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<?php
ob_start();

define('SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'dev');

/* Database connection */
$db = getenv('TESTDB');
switch ($db) {
case "PGSQL";
    define('SS_DATABASE_CLASS', 'PostgreSQLDatabase');
    define('SS_DATABASE_USERNAME', 'postgres');
    define('SS_DATABASE_PASSWORD', '');
    break;

case "MYSQL":
    define('SS_DATABASE_CLASS', 'MySQLDatabase');
    define('SS_DATABASE_USERNAME', 'root');
    define('SS_DATABASE_PASSWORD', '');
    break;

default:
    define('SS_DATABASE_CLASS', 'SQLitePDODatabase');
    define('SS_DATABASE_USERNAME', 'root');
    define('SS_DATABASE_PASSWORD', '');
}

echo SS_DATABASE_CLASS;

define('SS_DATABASE_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('SS_DATABASE_CHOOSE_NAME', true);

/* Configure a default username and password to access the CMS on all sites in this environment. */
define('SS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME', 'username');
define('SS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD', 'password');

$_FILE_TO_URL_MAPPING[dirname(__FILE__)] = 'http://localhost';


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The nice French doctor looked beadily at the screen. There were the results of my tests, in irrefutable detail. They had taken my blood; they had beeped in my ears; they had covered me in painful hair-pulling electrodes, and now there was no use bluffing. I tried to draw her attention to what I conceived was my Hulk-like strength, the blast furnace super bellows of my lung capacity. She wasn't having any of it. There was the key piece of data -- blinking like a Geiger counter. I have really known it, or suspected it, for decades. In the past few months I have had the joy of being back on my bike, and the reality of my physique has been obvious to all the people who have overtaken me; and when I say all, I mean all. There have been moments -- puffing uphill, against the wind -- when I could have been overtaken by a toddler on a tricycle. It's not my tyres. It's not the cycle superhighways -- excellent in every respect. The grim truth is that, excluding my rucksack, I have been carting around 16-and-a-half stone, and there it was on the doctor's screen.
She launched into the catechism. What did I eat? I described the delicious late-night binges of chorizo and cheese. She winced. How much did I drink? We tried to work it out in units. Glasses, pints, bathfuls? She looked suitably appalled. She began to sketch out steps I could take -- and I suddenly felt ashamed. Here I was, a representative of the political class of what is now the fattest nation in Europe and a living embodiment of our state of moral akrasia. Our kids are now so fat that asthma is on the rise. Their parents are so obese that they are starting to die earlier -- for the first time this century -- than the previous generation. We are spending tens of billions of taxpayers' money on the consequences of this national weakness of will. We expect the state to pay for all the premature cancers and cardiovascular diseases we contract as a result of our obesity, to say nothing of stapling our stomachs and liposuctioning our thighs. We have every possible incentive to change, to get a grip, to go for a different and more rewarding and more fulfilling lifestyle. But we are sunk in inertia -- a moral inertia that exactly corresponds to the political inertia of the British ruling class.


I'm really trying to curb my snacking habit lately, which is an ongoing battle if I'm honest. It's so easy to reach for the chocolate or even a protein bar when feeling peckish. I'm not the biggest fan of protein bars however. A lot of them are high in sugar and quite processed. Going forward I'm going to try and make my own versions where possible.
These bars literally take 10 minutes to make. Perfect if like me, you're always on the go!
** My scooper for protein is quite big, so judge it based on your size. Just don't put too much in or that's all you'll taste.
This quick recipe makes 5 / 6 protein bars. I try not to make big batches because I'll end up eating three in a row. Too much of any food no matter how healthy, isn't good for us.
I'm currently using My Protein (here) and I'm adding it to healthy recipes where possible. I'm really fussy when it comes to protein as I find a lot are too strong on my stomach and / or taste horrible, but so far so good with this one.
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Threat Boom Boosts Cybersecurity Vendors
Recent earnings reports from publicly traded cybersecurity players, including Akamai, CyberArk, Fortinet, and Qualys, among others, show how well — or not so well — vendors are keeping pace with enterprise security.
These vendors are coupling software and/or firewall gear with subscription services that stay ahead of malware trends. At the same time, they're focused on moving their products to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, albeit slowly, and they are intent on colonizing the network edge, particularly in anticipation of 5G mobile broadband.
Here's a rundown of recent reports:
Akamai (Nasdaq: AKAM) credits the ability to protect customers of its international content delivery network against a variety of Web-based attacks for impressive financial results announced on February 11, including fourth-quarter 2019 revenues of $772 million, up 8% year-over-year and 9% in constant currency (when adjusted for foreign currency rates); and total revenues for 2019 of $2.894 billion, up 7% year-over-year or 8% in constant currency.
On the earnings Webcast, CEO Tom Leighton said the recent revenue grew mostly from sales of managed security services. Astonishingly, in 2019, Leighton said over 1,500 enterprise customers mitigated 46 billion malicious log-ins and 6 billion application attacks — all representing a 150% increase over threats in 2018.
Akamai also has an eye on software that ensures enterprise compliance with government regulations, a potentially lucrative space given the emphasis on guarding personally identifiable information.
CyberArk (Nasdaq: CYBR) showed solid quarterly and year-end results on February 12, thanks in part to its focus on security threats involving access rights. "IT environments are changing at an unprecedented rate driven by digital transformation and cloud migration strategies," said CEO Udi Mokady on the earnings Webcast. "These trends are expanding the attack surface, while at the same time there is a sprawl of privileged activity." This expanding enterprise access is where ransomware has gained a foothold, he said.
CyberArk's total fourth-quarter revenue was $129.7 million, up 19% compared with the fourth quarter of 2018. Quarterly earnings were $37.8 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, compared to $33.4 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, last year. Total annual revenue was $433.9 million, up 26% compared with 2018.
CyberArk is focused on outreach to channel and technology partners. The company's 450-plus channel partners were responsible for 67% of 2019 revenues. And advisory firms such as Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, and Accenture boosted last year's sales by over 50%, execs said. On the technology side, the company's C3 Alliance includes RedHat, UiPath, Blue Prism, Rapid7, Tenable, AWS and Microsoft. "Security is a team sport," said Mokady.
On the downside, CyberArk lowered EPS guidance for 2020, prompting a negative market reaction despite the good results.
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), as it has before, touted secure SD-WAN and its proprietary ASICs in its latest earnings report on February 6. For the full year 2019, total revenue of $2.16 billion was up 20% from 2018. Earnings for the quarter were 76 cents a share, up 22% from a year earlier. And the vendor announced an agreement with Equinix to supply secure SD-WAN equipment to that carrier.
That deal is even more interesting given Equinix's recent acquisition of Packet, a provider of so-called bare metal services, or dedicated hardware, to multi-cloud service providers. Given the rise of multi-cloud deployments incorporating public and private clouds, as well as the growing popularity of SD-WAN managed services, Fortinet's probably picked a great time to supply Equinix.
Qualys (Nasdaq: QLYS) had good news in its earnings report February 12: Fourth-quarter revenues rose 14% to $84.7 million, and for the year 2019, revenues rose 15% to $321.6 million. Net income for 2019 was $96.4 million, up 31%, and annual earnings per share rose 33% to $2.33.
Like its successful competitors, Qualys is working to improve its threat protection through alliances and internal development aimed at unifying its security services for easier management and oversight. It's extending its partnerships with major cloud providers, such as Microsoft and Google. Perhaps most important, though, Qualys is hooking up with service partners, including security service provider Proficio, and Coalfire, a cybersecurity advisory service. Both moves should help Qualys keep pace with the rising tide of threats, while ensuring its reach among managed service providers.
Those with Questions ...
As noted, some cybersecurity vendors lowered guidance for 2020, for a range of reasons. But in at least two cases, the moves beg a deeper look into what's happening.
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) drew market sighs when it announced second-quarter 2020 results on February 12. As with preceding results, executives blamed "a bit of a pause" in customer decision-making for lackluster numbers. Revenues of $12 billion were down 4% year-over-year; net income was flat at $3.3 billion, and earnings per share grew 5% year-over-year to $.77.
As Cisco struggles to shift its business from reliance on hardware to one that emphasizes software and services, customers remain confused about the role of new Silicon One ASICs, as well as the company's focus on 400-Gbit/s and 5G wares. Even more confusing was CEO Chuck Robbins's statement on the recent earnings Webcast: "Over the past several quarters, we've made tremendous progress integrating automation, analytics, and security across our enterprise networking portfolio while at the same time shifting to a subscription-based model."
Not surprisingly, Cisco's shares dropped precipitously after the call. In midmorning trading on February 13, they were changing hands at 46.88, down -3.06 (-6.12%).
FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) announced on February 5 that fourth-quarter 2019 revenues increased 8% year-over-year to $235 million. Annual 2019 revenues were $889 million, up 7%. But net income was down for the year to $11,559 million, nearly 30% below 2018, and earnings per share were $0.05 compared to $0.08 in 2018.
Like Cisco, FireEye is intent on transforming its business. Like Cisco, its history is in hardware, and like Cisco, it's aiming to move away from that model. But perhaps unlike Cisco, it's more sincere about a wholesale shift to cloud and services. So far, things look promising: Revenues for Mandiant Services, the firm's flagship security service, grew 29% in the fourth quarter of 2019. To boost its capabilities, the company purchased security instrumentation supplier Verodin for $250 million n May 2019 and in January 2020 finalized the purchase of Cloudvisory (terms not disclosed), a startup that offers cloud-based security and compliance tracking and mitigation.
More on the Way
Earnings season's not over yet for cybersecurity firms. Still to weigh in are Palo Alto Networks, Splunk, and Zscaler. It will be interesting to watch how the market reshaping around secure SD-WAN, edge mobility, threat expansion, and compliance will further materialize. There may be some surprises in store.

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Q: WSoD being caused by this piece of code This is a function I'm writing which is supposed to post an input along with some other information, to a database. As of right now, activating the plugin produces a WSoD, when the function is removed the rest of the plugin functions as intended.
This is the input:
 <input type="text" maxlength="4" name="' . $quanid . '" value="" class="input" />
            <button class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit">Submit</button>

$quanid is coming from a CSV file:
   while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {

      $quanid = $data[2];

add_action('login_head','ref_access');

function ref_access(){
global $error;

if (is_user_logged_in())
$newdb = new wpdb( 'user', 'pass', 'db', 'localhost' );
global $newdb;
$hf_username = wp_get_current_user();
$inputValue = $_POST[$quanid];
$wpdb->insert(
$table,
array(
    'ItemID' => $quanid
    'Price' => $inputValue
    'user' => $hf_username
),
);

{

}else {
     $error = "Error: You must be logged in to submit prices";
     return ;
     }
}

A: You have a problem with your code formatting and syntax at the very least:
function ref_access(){
global $error;

if (is_user_logged_in()) // <-- problem here...
$newdb = new wpdb( 'user', 'pass', 'db', 'localhost' );
global $newdb;
$hf_username = wp_get_current_user();
$inputValue = $_POST[$quanid];
$wpdb->insert(
$table,
array(
    'ItemID' => $quanid
    'Price' => $inputValue
    'user' => $hf_username
),
);

{ // <-- problem here...

}else {
     $error = "Error: You must be logged in to submit prices";
     return ;
     }
}

Correctly formatted:
function ref_access(){

    global $error;

    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {

        global $newdb;

        //you are not using $newdb anywhere in this functions
        $newdb = new wpdb( 'user', 'pass', 'db', 'localhost' );

        $hf_username = wp_get_current_user();
        $inputValue  = $_POST[$quanid];

        //you need to delcare global $wpdb here if you plan to use $wpdb instead of $newdb
        $wpdb->insert(
            $table, //there is no $table variable within this function
            array(
                'ItemID' => $quanid
                'Price'  => $inputValue
                'user'   => $hf_username
            )
        );

    } else {
         $error = "Error: You must be logged in to submit prices";
         return;
    }

}

Update:
With regards to your comment about $table being defined in another function, you need to then pass the valuue $table to your function call ref_action('my_table_name').
Example:
function ref_access($table = '') {
  //function code
}

//Usage

ref_access('my_table_name');

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How to watch Aretha Franklin's funeral on-air and online
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FUNERAL
The homegoing celebration for Aretha Franklin will happen on Friday morning. The funeral is expected to begin at 10 a.m. from Greater Grace Temple on Detroit's west side.
View the official program for Aretha Franklin's funeral service on Friday
WATCH: Remembering the Queen of Soul special on Channel 7
FULL COVERAGE: Aretha Franklin passes at 76
Celebrities, public figures mourn passing of Detroit icon Aretha Franklin
A timeline of major events in the life of Aretha Franklin
7 Action News will stream the event live online at WXYZ.com and on our Facebook page beginning at 9 a.m. We will have a special airing from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. with Carolyn Clifford and Glenda Lewis.
Also, WXYZ has partnered with the Downtown Detroit Partnership to screen the funeral at Campus Martius Park on a big screen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The funeral is expected to last several hours, with special speakers including former President Bill Clinton, Smokey Robinson and more.
Performances at the funeral will include Stevie Wonder, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson and many more.
For full coverage of Aretha Franklin's death and celebration, visit WXYZ.com/aretha .
View the full funeral program below:
FINAL Program for Service by WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit on Scribd


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Q: Get function value of a instance method in Scala How do I get the function value f of an instance method?
class X(i : Int){
    def method(y : Int) = y + i
}

val x = new X(10)
val f : (Int) => Int = ?

val r = x.method(2)
val r2 = f(2)

Calling x.method(2) and f(2) would be the same method call.

A: scala> class X(i : Int){ def method(y : Int) = y + i }

defined class X

scala> val x = new X(10)

x: X = X@15b28d8

scala> val f = x.method _

f: (Int) => Int = <function>

scala> val r = x.method(2)

r: Int = 12

scala> val r2 = f(2)

r2: Int = 12

A: this useful reference indicates that methods don't have functions, functions have methods - however if you wanted to make a function from a method perhaps this is what you want:
scala> def m1(x:Int) = x+3
m1: (Int)Int
scala> val f2 = m1 _
f2: (Int) => Int = <function>


Hello guys, and welcome to MNO – the only place online where you can find truly high-budget investment opportunities for elite programs by experienced admins. As many of you are all too aware, the HYIP industry is at a low point right now. Will this be reversed soon, especially with new promising programs coming to replace old ones? This remains to be seen, but the theory of cycles in the HYIP industry suggests so, and those savvy enough to support the best programs are those who do best at the end. As they say, the early bird catches the worm, and that's also true in the HYIP world. Whether it's going to happen with the brand new program I'm introducing in today's news section called Growth9, we'll see. The admin didn't have the best start by being hit by a massive DDoS attack immediately on launch, and the program spent hours offline while upgrading servers. More on that and also the last news from CryptoStability (and no, it's not about the eagerly anticipated addition of new payment processors!) will be found later, after the article of the Top Five Popular Programs on MNO.
Accurate information that's always on time.
The best programs always list on the MNO monitor.
Reviews of new programs to think about.
Actually I hate MNO, but can't stop reading it anyway!
I remind you that the last article from the Top Five series was posted on MNO about seven weeks ago when the situation in the HYIP industry was completely different from what we see today. Needless to say that the Top Five positions that are usually determined by the percentage of combined income from referral commissions and own profit from investments received by MNO are totally different now as well. Only ArdexFunds remains from the previous list while four others are either new programs that joined MNO over the last seven weeks, or just didn't qualify to be included at that time due to some stiff competition from their rivals. In any case, the new format that I introduced for the Top Five Popular Programs articles a couple of months ago will continue so you will be able to see all the figures and details in an easy to read and navigate style I hope you like. So, shall we begin?
Investment plans (recommended plan marked in bold) – 2%-2.5% for 6 days, 2.2%-3% for 10 days, 2.6%-5% for 15 days, principal back.
Payment processors accepted: PerfectMoney, SolidTrustPay, Payza, Payeer, BitCoin, AdvCash.
Withdrawals are processed manually within a 24 hour maximum.
After the admin's decision to upgrade BTCino to Premium listing on MNO his program immediately skyrocketed to the top of the rankings as expected. With all the main payment processors accepted now, a proven set of very profitable short to medium term plans from which many investors already made significant profits with, BTCino is poised for success. The lack of competition for this type of program nowadays will play a crucial role in the future development of the program and I expect BTCino to take a higher share of the current HYIP market soon enough. The possible expansion of the program to new markets makes it easier for me to recommend investments there at a reasonable level, of course, and only what you can afford to lose.
Withdrawals are processed mostly instantly. Payouts are usually processed instantly to all payment processors, profits are accrued to your account Tuesday to Saturday for the previous trading day with the exception of extra bank holidays announced on the site, remember to switch off the compounding rate for your deposit in order to be able to make daily withdrawals.
After fierce competition in the last Top Five seven weeks ago, ArdexFunds dropped out of the list, but only temporarily and re-claims its position now. Now higher on my list than ever since so many other closures, ArdexFunds are still standing and seem stronger than ever. Almost six months on MNO and since day one the program has been an impeccable performer and garnered a lot of positive feedback from investors many of who already profited. The program is from a very experienced admin whose previous efforts ran for up to two years. ArdexFunds is clearly capable of repeating it with the right conditions and investor support.
Investment plans (recommended plan marked in bold) – 0%-120% weekly for 2-4 weeks with total return of 110%-150%.
There is no account area so you just need to enter your PerfectMoney or BitCoin accounts you invest with to check your history of transactions. There is no need to withdraw as all the payments are processed automatically by the script.
Cryptonus is perhaps the most unusual program from the list for reasons I will explain. Having started from only BitCoin investments and not even having an incentive program, Cryptonus stunned everyone with a total revamp of the plans and the addition of a PerfectMoney version in just a couple of weeks making it necessary for me to review the program for a second time. Investors seem to have embraced the changes and favor the program over many more traditional rivals. Therefore, if you're looking for something totally different and don't want to bother withdrawing funds from your account (as payments will be sent weekly to your BitCoin or PerfectMoney accounts) then Cryptonus might be the right choice for you.
Payment processors accepted: PerfectMoney, SolidTrustPay, Payza, Neteller, Payeer, BitCoin, AdvCash, OkPay.
This is just one more program from the Top Five list that accepts SolidTrustPay, Payza, and Neteller, so if you're into the verifiable payment options you will like BandeiraCorp for sure. You can also invest in three different currencies and BTC too, so the choice of payment methods is good. BandeiraCorp is at the stage now that the first investors are reaching their break-even points, but it's hard to predict how much further the program will develop. The website looks about the best I've seen and is powered by a totally custom-made script, although the grammar mistakes you can see all over the site might not be so appealing. However, flying quite under the radar over the first eleven weeks online might just the thing BandeiraCorp needs to ensure slow but stable growth and become something bigger once the new HYIP season starts.
Investment plans (recommended plan marked in bold) – 3%-5% for 70 business days.
Withdrawals are processed instantly if they are below the $500 threshold, otherwise they will be paid manually within a 24 hour maximum.
Started off on a very strong foot and splashing lots of money on huge advertising campaign including the top banner on the MNO blog paid for three months in advance, the further growth of CryptoStability was impeded by a lack of payment options. And though the admin has already managed to implement STP, Payza, and AdvCash to the script (you can see them in your account area), the actual approval of the accounts seems to be stalling. After a week we still don't have an update on when they can be used. On the bright side though, all the current investors of CryptoStability seem to have been enjoying instantly processed payouts and perhaps, the new summer HYIP season that is coming soon will breathe new life into it. The start has been good so far, and I hope the admin will continue his job and members will enjoy profits for a long time.
To close let me remind you that this list is only valid at the time of writing, so always consult the MNO monitor before investing in anything. Statuses can change faster than you think, as the HYIP industry is highly volatile at the moment. Best of luck with your investments and remember to be sensible and only invest money you can afford to lose, how ever good a program might seem.
Hello, We just suffer from a Heavy DDoS attack and our Dedicated server crash.
If such a poor level of initial security doesn't put you off and you still want to know more about Growth9, I can tell you that now that the admin upgraded his security while still on day one. I hope this will prevent a recurrence in the future and turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Anyway, as more details will follow in the upcoming review of Growth9 to be posted on my blog by Sunday, I will still briefly introduce the program and its main features to you now, so you will be the judges of that and see if that program is what suits you best and is worth adding to your portfolio.
Our Company Growth9 UK LTD is now officially open to accept members globally, Our Customer Support Team are on standby to assist everyone who may encounter any problem with our company website.
"Become a Regional Representative at CryptoStability. It's Free & Profitable!
We would like to remind all our members about the partnership opportunity. We have a standard and representative affiliate programs and becoming a representative is completely free of charge! Yes, even without an active deposit you can become a part of our company and represent CryptoStability to your friends, colleges and family.
From MNO Premium list: BTCino, ArdexFunds, BandeiraCorp, CryptoStability, AppStorm.
From MNO Basic list: TokyoInvestmentCompany, LottoSyndicat.
That's all the news for today. I hope you enjoyed reading my articles and discussing any interesting aspects from the latest developments in the HYIP industry. If so, make sure to subscribe to the daily news by entering your details in the form on the top right-hand corner of my blog (a separate page for that is currently in development by my programmer and is coming soon) and confirm by clicking the link you will be sent. Then you're done and will be able to receive timely updates on the biggest online investment opportunities straight to your mailbox. Also, there is still time to vote in the poll it's important to get your opinion to which you can find on the MNO TalkBack page. It will be open just for two more days with the final results to be drawn and discussed on Sunday, so stay active and share your thoughts on what the most significant factor you consider before joining a HYIP. Click here to vote and see the preliminary results. I'll be back on Sunday with a detailed look at the newest addition to the MNO Premium List Growth9 and any important updates from the HYIP industry. Thanks for reading and see you all then!
Filed under Daily News, Top Five by MONEY-news expert on May 27th, 2016.


In healthcare, applying deep learning models to electronic health records (EHRs) has drawn considerable attention. This sequential nature of EHR data make them wellmatched for the power of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN). In this poster, we propose "Deep Diabetologist" – using RNNs for EHR sequential data modeling to provide personalized hypoglycemic medication prediction for diabetic patients. Our results demonstrate improved performance compared with a baseline classifier using logistic regression.


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De Ruetz is een linkerzijrivier van de Sill, die bij de hoofdkam van de Alpen in het gletsjergebied van het Stubaital in de Oostenrijkse deelstaat Tirol ontspringt. Zij doorstroomt het Stubaital, door de gemeenten Neustift, Fulpmes, Mieders, Telfes en Schönberg. In Fulpmes wordt de Ruetz in een krachtcentrale van de Österreichische Bundesbahnen gebruikt voor het opwekken van energie voor de Brennerspoorlijn. De Ruetz gaat onder de Stephansbrücke door en om vlak daarna in het Wipptal in de Sill uit te monden.

Vroeger werd het water vanaf Fulpmes via een aquaduct naar Schönberg geleid om daar in de Ruetzkrachtcentrale stroom op te wekken voor de Mittenwaldspoorlijn. Voordat waterbeheer voor de Ruetz werd ingesteld, was het een wilde bergrivier, die met name in Neustift meerdere malen verwoestingen aanrichtte.

Linker zijrivieren:
 Schlickerbach
Oberbergbach
Rechter zijrivieren:
 Pinnisbach

Rivier in Tirol
Stroomgebied van de Donau

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This hoodie is a double lined zippered insulated sweatshirt that is designed to keep the heat in and the cold out. One of the most comfortable sweatshirts on the market. Meets ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 Class 3 standards.


Hendrickson schedules its 13th session of Hendrickson Vehicle Suspension Institute (HVSI) technical suspension training for heavy-duty transportation service technicians and parts personnel.
There will be two separate sessions held, one October 22nd -23rd and the second October 24th -25th , at Northwest Technical Institute Facility in Springdale, Arkansas. Each session is scheduled for one and one-half days including lecture and hands-on training covering Trailer 101, Hendrickson Tire Inflation Systems (TIREMAAX® PRO & CP), and TRI-FUNCTIONAL® Bushing Replacement. The training is conducted by Hendrickson's regional field service managers.
Hundreds of technicians from independent repair facilities, fleets, and OE service dealerships, have participated in the past thirteen sessions. Previous HVSI training sessions have taken place in various locations across the US and Canada, and Mexico.
The HVSI program provides technicians as well as parts and service personnel with a basic orientation and hands on experience for the recommended installation, service, maintenance, and repair procedures for Hendrickson truck, trailer, and lift axle suspension systems.
"This course was very informative and the instructors were first rate. I've taken away some very useful information on the Hendrickson equipment that I was trained on" stated Mike Sullivan of Mercer Spring.
"The overwhelming feedback on our HVSI program has been outstanding, it is our objective to train and educate as many technicians and parts professionals as possible to ensure our customers' equipment is on the road, in optimum condition, and they have a great experience with our products." said David McCleave, sales & marketing director for Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems.
For additional information about HVSI and how to sign up for upcoming and future sessions, please contact Jose Cabral at (630) 910-2836 (jcabral@hendrickson-intl.com) or contact your local Hendrickson representative.


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We offer a comprehensive range of technical consultancy services for projects relating to civil engineering (including tunnels, bridges and viaducts); engineering design in rail infrastructure and rail systems; signalling and telecommunications; railway electrification and power engineering (catenary and power supplies); ERTMS; systems engineering (including systems integration and technical assurance); project management and construction management; strategic feasibility studies; testing and commissioning; and transport-planning master-plan development.
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SYSTRA has been involved with the development or design of more high-speed lines than any other engineering consultant. Our experts have all the technical skills required to ensure the success of high-speed projects: we can perform studies prior to management of the project, and then carry out all design and construction engineering, from operations engineering to maintenance engineering and including supervision of works, testing, delivery, launch and staff-training programmes.
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The first phase of the Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar RRTS project is expected to be completed by December 2024.
Oxford Station Redevelopment, UK
The redeveloped Oxford railway station will result in better passenger services and faster rail journeys.
Surat Metro Rail Project, Gujarat, India
The Surat Metro rail project aims to improve daily public transportation for seven million people in the city.
Metrolinx's Ontario Line, Toronto, Canada
The 15.6km-long Ontario line in Toronto, Canada, is expected to be completed in 2030.
Tshiuetin Railway Modernisation Project, Canada
The Tshiuetin railway modernisation will involve track upgrades, construction of a new station, and acquisition of new trains.
Toulouse Aerospace Express (TAE)
Toulouse Aerospace Express (TAE) is a €2.7bn ($3.29bn) integrated project comprising the proposed third automated metro line and the Airport Express line in France's Toulouse region.
Reseau Electrique Metropolitain (REM), Montreal, Quebec
Réseau Électrique Métropolitain (REM) is an under-construction fully automated light rail transit (LRT) project that will serve the major metropolitan areas in Montréal, Canada.
Bogota Metro
Bogota Metro Line one, Section one (PLMB) is a 23.96km-long elevated mass rapid transit (MRT) line to be built in Bogota, Columbia.
Paris Metro, Île-de-France
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Jurong Region Line
The Jurong Region Line (JRL) will connect the north-western and western parts of Singapore. JRL is the seventh mass rapid transit (MRT) line in the country and is planned to be opened in three phases.
Quebec City Tramway
Quebec City Tramway is a 23km-long transit network project being developed in Quebec City, Canada.
Old Oak Common Station, London
Old Oak Common is a new railway hub being developed in London, UK, as the only station that will connect the new High Speed 2 (HS2) railway line with the Elizabeth line.
RER E Line Extension, Paris
The RER E Line extension, also known as EOLE (Est Ouest Liaison Express) project, involves the expansion of Line E of the RER rail network in Paris, France, westwards from its existing terminus in the Haussmann-Saint-Lazare railway station to the Nanterre La Folie station.
Crossrail Liverpool Street Station, London
Liverpool Street Station is being upgraded by Crossrail as part of a £14.8bn (approximately $19bn) Elizabeth Line (formerly Crossrail) project in London, UK.
Odense Tramway, Odense
The Odense Tramway is a double-track light rail transit (LRT) system planned to be developed in the city of Odense, Funen Island, Denmark.
Tours–Bordeaux High-Speed Rail
Also known as the South Europe Atlantic high-speed rail (SEA HSR), Tours-Bordeaux high-speed rail is a massive project under development in France.
Sound Transit's East Link Extension Project, Washington
The East Link Extension is a light rail route extension project, which will connect downtown Seattle, US, with the cities of Mercer Island and Bellevue, including the Bel-Red corridor area, as well as the Overlake area in Redmond.
Panama Metro
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Lucy was amazing! She is very honest, knowledgeable, and prompt. We had a wonderful experience with her and definitely recommend using her services! If we are ever in need of realtor services again we will definitely use her.
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Q: Probability theory: How to show that expectation indeed countable additivity for non-negative random variables? How can I show that the equation

is true?
I know the monotone convergence theorem plays a role, but I'm not sure how to bring it in. Should the expected values be written as integrals? Also I should show that the sum is finite.

A: If you treat expected values as Lebesgue integrals then this result follows from the monotone convergence theorem, applied to $Y_N=\sum_{n=1}^N X_n$, and linearity of Lebesgue integration. The assumption that either sum is finite is not required.

A: Put $Y_k:= \sum_{n=1}^k X_k$. Then
$$Y_k \nearrow \sum_{n=1}^\infty X_n$$
and by monotone convergence theorem (used in the last equality below)
$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \mathbb{E}(X_n) = \lim_{k \to \infty}\sum_{n=1}^k \mathbb{E}(X_n)=\lim_{k \to \infty}\mathbb{E}\left(Y_k\right) = \mathbb{E}\left(\sum_{n=1}^\infty X_n \right) $$


On the AjaxRay site today there's a new review of an introductory book from Packt Publishing about unofficial wiki is a BIG try to help in this issue. Besides, recently Packt has published the first book on Kohana "Kohana 3.0 Beginner's Guide". Jason D. Straughan wrote this book for Kohana version 3.x.
The review includes an overall assessment of the book, a detailed description of how the chapters are laid out and some of the complaints he had about the book's contents - a lack of code examples in some places, demos/screenshots pointing out what the framework can really do and the inclusion of some deprecated methods.
Overall, the book is well organized, focused and will be helpful on it's purpose. I felt it's capable to teach Kohana to a new guy, in a smooth way. Yes, there have some printing mistakes, old (because they are changed in new version) function use and some other minor issues, but seems ignorable to me. I'd recommend it for Kohana beginners.


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Flying Without a Tail
"It remains a fundamental aerodynamic axiom, by the way, that a plane will not stay in the air without its tail." That's a line that appeared in this spac eand which, as these things go, wrought a flurry of protests.
"I have several things I would like to point out relative to this statement," says Steve Willie, writing from Olympia, Washington. Letters beginning like this have a way of putting me quickly to sleep, the subtleties of aerodynamic theory not among the topics that get my turbines turning.
"Several recent aircraft designs," writes Willie, "don't have a tail." He cites so-called "flying wing" concepts like that of the B-2 bomber and the tail-less X-45, an unmanned combat air vehicle, or UCAV. Several of the Wright Brothers' experimental prototypes also were built without tails.
The key being, they weren't supposed to have them. What got this discussion running was the crash of American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus A300 that parted company with its tail after a crewmember overreacted to a wake turbulence encounter. The blueprints of a B-2 or a Wright Brothers box kite from 1902, simply don't necessitate a vertical stabilizer (that's the more technical term for tail, and we'll be using the terms interchangeably from this point). The A300, like virtually every modern airliner, is a different story, and should that stabilizer be abruptly separated from the rest of the plane, well, my initial statement stands.
But wait a minute, and hang on tight…
"Any aircraft with digital flight controls, including large commercial airliners, can theoretically be programmed to fly without a vertical stabilizer. I cannot guarantee that existing onboard computers would be sufficiently powerful to make the necessary control corrections, but recent simulations suggest that differential thrust could provide any missing directional stability. The plane cannot be allowed to bank, because any non-symmetric aileron input will result in uncontrollable adverse yaw, which needs rudder input and cannot be corrected quickly enough by differential thrust."
That's Willie talking again. I have no idea if this is true, or even what he's saying, exactly, except to know that it can't possibly apply to an airliner's day to day operations. In the interest of saving coffee, I won't be looking into it. "Just trying to help you meet your own high standards of accuracy," says Willie in closing. Of course you are.
I should have learned my lesson. In one of the very first Ask the Pilot question and answer sessions, a seemingly straightforward illumination of how a plane gets off the ground brought forth a veritable pounding of wait-a-minutes from annoyed readers. My explanation, so went the dissenting letters, was overly bogged down in the principles of Daniel Bernoulli, the 18th century Swiss mathematician whose experiments with velocity and pressure form a staple of Aviation 101: high pressure beneath a wing; low pressure above. (See chapter one of my book — that's the boring chapter — for a slightly more nuanced look at this.)
But while the laws of Bernoulli are not in dispute, theirs is only half the story. Or more, or less, depending who you ask and how much they happen to care. "Bernoulli is so old school," countered one flight instructor. The simple matter of deflection, he and others insist — the act of an airfoil pushing against the oncoming current of air — is the more "true" reason a plane stays aloft. If nothing else this is more intuitively graspable, easily demonstrated by angling your hand out the window of a speeding car — your arm held aloft by an ample molecular cushion.
It's amusing, charming, romantic — and possibly embarrassing — that the very premise of lift, the most basic kernel of flight itself, is debatable in 2004. "But either way," I once wrote, "it's all in the wing."
Wrong again. When I dared state the implausibility of an airplane flying with a missing wing, I was promptly sent a photo of an Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter that managed a safe touchdown after its entire right wing had been torn away during a combat exercise. McDonnell Douglas, makers of the F-15, dispatched a team of engineers to have a look at the miracle plane, concluding the jet's wide, flat body and powerful rudders were able to provide just enough control to allow the survivable emergency landing. Difficult enough for an F-15, and — here we go — a full one hundred percent impossible when applied to your civilian passenger plane.
For ease in sorting my mail, please include the word "bullshit" in your subject line.
Truth be told, nearly anything from a Frisbee to a cannonball can be hurled through the air, often with a surprising degree of grace. Arcing across the sky and flying, however, are, different things, the latter implying an aircraft's ability to maneuver and remain aloft on more or less its own terms. In accomplishing this, we're accustomed to a traditional layout — the tubular fuselage, tailplane, and the cantilever wing. Our image of the airplane is thus universally conventional, identically replicated by every five year-old's doodlings or the rote memory of folding a paper airplane. Yet wild variations on this orthodoxy are not only possible, but proven.
Already mentioned is the B-2, essentially a modernized version of some decades-old "flying wing" prototypes. https://www.military.cz/usa/air/war/bomber/b35/xb35fl_wing1.jpg We have the airplane and airfoil as a single, integrated unit. Short of a dearth of window seats, there is nothing inherent to this shape that outright precludes a commercial adaptation. It ain't for lack of imagination that we don't have one. Engineers have submitted passenger-carrying proposals. Making it impractical are eight decades of entrenched civil aviation mindset and infrastructure.
A variant of the flying wing is the "lifting body," employing a more blended wing/fuselage. Look carefully and shades of these applications can be noticed in existing civilian models. The Shorts 330 and 360, a pair of commuter turboprops built in Northern Ireland, borrow from the lifting body concept to aid their stubby wings. Note also how the 330 uses a twin-tail design, seen from time to time and prompting a question for Steve Willie: will a Shorts 330 remain airborne if one of its two tails falls off?
If you haven't noticed thus far, appreciating some of flight's more exotic potentials dictates a journey past Ask the Pilot's carefully monitored DMZ. Combat aviation is generally off limits in this space, but I'm allowing a temporary excursion.
For the record, my general infatuation with airplanes has included one or two from the armed forces realm. My favorites as a kid, replicated in scale from the boxes of Revell and Monogram, were the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom and the Boeing B-52 bomber. The Phantom, a staple of the Vietnam war and one of the sexiest planes ever made, is a rare breed nowadays, but the eight-engine B-52, itself a 48 year-old design, continues to pull its weight over Afghanistan and the Middle East. A B-52 was the star of Kubrick's "Doctor Strangelove" (1964), if that helps you to picture one.
(Getting back to the B-2 for a moment: is it just me, or does this plane look like it just flew out of the pages of Revelation? Am I the only one creeped out? Only the F-117, perhaps, is more fiendishly apocalyptic)
It's worth mentioning that aviation, like many other industries, is rich with civilian/military crossovers. The 747 was originally conceived as a military transport; early Soviet passenger liners descended from bombers. Perhaps more intriguingly, it can work the other way too: the US Air Force's KC-10 refueler is an adaptation of the civilian DC-10. The 767 is also in line to become a refueling platform. Lockheed's P-3 Orion, more than two hundred of which are still used by the US Navy, emerged from the L-188 Electra. The Brits turned their Comet and VC10 into a maritime patrol vessel and tanker respectively, while Boeing just announced its 737 will become a naval patrol bomber.
It remains to be seen how radically different commercial airliners of the next century will look. And be forewarned that pleasant aesthetics and efficient aerodynamics are at times mutually exclusive. Those who've seen renderings of Boeings upcoming 7E7 Dreamliner will note its eccentric, to put it politely, appearance. "With a forehead like a porpoise," as one wag put it. Consider also the cartoonish blended winglets of the 737-800.
Then again the A380, the big new Airbus behemoth preparing for debut in 2006, is pretty damn unattractive — and conventional.
Just how revolutionary can we get? Well, have a look at this, and be and certain to watch the videos, which I assure you are not fakes.
Great fun, but deserving of a disclaimer. Is there really such a thing as a flying lawn mower? Sure, so long as it's not really a lawn mower. Look closely https://www.flyinglindy.homestead.com/Mower.html and you'll discover a lightweight airfoil body and a "handle" that acts as a vertical and horizontal stabilizer. The entire machine is carefully balanced and arranged — if not elegantly so — to fly. Though only a toy, it's an aircraft, not a mower. Rigging a propeller to your John Deere will not have the same results and is liable to hurt somebody.
"Air does not yield to style," an aircraft designer once said. What it does yield to, as we can see, depends mostly on our imagination.
Icarus had it all wrong, but others, maybe, were on the better track. It's without irony that for years the logo for All Nippon Airways depicted Leonardo daVinci's 16th century "helicopter" design — a corkscrewing flying machine that, while an impressive statement of the artist's vision and intellect, could never get off the ground.
Or could it?
It's best I remain clear of certain blanket statements from this point on. Can a lawn mower fly? Can a plane stay in the air without wings or a tail? I'm keeping my mouth shut, lest I crank up the mental wind tunnels of all the aerodynamic free thinkers out there.


In celebration of our long-term partnership with National Gardens Scheme (NGS), our President, HRH the Princess Royal, visited Moor Wood in Gloucestershire on 28 June 2015. The garden has been opening for the NGS for 20 years, and holds the National Collection of Rambler Roses.
Founded in 1927, the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) has donated more than £45 million to charity. Over £3 million has already been raised by the National Gardens Scheme for Carers Trust, and their support has increased to £400,000 in 2015/16.
"NGS is one of our longest standing supporters and we are extremely grateful for the tremendous difference their support allows us to make to carers lives".
There is still time to visit a garden, and show your support for Carers Trust.
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Sarah Anne Baxter Kersh, the daughter of Lenore M. Mott of Riverdale, the Bronx, and DeWitte T. Kersh Jr. of Providence, R.I., was married yesterday to Jonathan Alan Veitch, the son of John and Carol Lee Veitch of Los Angeles. The Rev. Robert Burch performed the Episcopal ceremony at St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University in New York.
Mrs. Veitch, 31 years old, is the director of international licensing and distribution for Calvin Klein Inc. in New York. She graduated from Brown University. Her father is a partner in the Providence law firm of Tillinghast, Collins & Graham. Her mother is the dean of admission and financial aid at the College of Mount St. Vincent in Riverdale. The bride is a stepdaughter of Peter Mott of Riverdale and Sharon Kersh of Providence.


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Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology
Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik startsida
/ Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology
/ About CLINTEC
/ Divisions at CLINTEC
/ Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
/ The history of ENT Karolinska
The history of ENT Karolinska
Gunnar Holmgren
At the end of the 1800s-century otolaryngology began to separate from general surgery. The first clinic for ear, nose and throat (ENT) diseases in Sweden was established at the Royal Serafimer Hospital in the 1890s as an outpatient clinic. A few years later, governmental funds were raised for a teaching position at the Karolinska Institute for the teaching otology, rhinology and laryngology at the Serafimer ENT clinic. ENT diseases became a mandatory course in medical school from 1907. That same year a department of otolaryngology was started at Sabbatsberg hospital under the leadership of Gunnar Holmgren, "the father of Swedish ENT". In 1910 the first in-patient ENT ward was established at Sabbatsberg. The disease panorama was mainly complications to infectious diseases, i.e. diphtheria, tubercu- losis, scarlatina, otitis media and pseudo croup. In this preantibiotic era fatal outcomes were common. Besides pioneer clinical work, such as introducing the binocular microscope in ear surgery, allowing to perform fenestration surgery for otosclerosis Gunnar Holmgren conducted major clinical and experimental scientific work. Holmgren had a wide international network, was the president of the Swedish Association of Otorhinolaryngology for 17 years, a member of the Nobel committee and founder of the scientific journal Acta Oto-Laryngologica in 1918.
Many of the ENT surgeons trained at Sabbatsberg were later appointed heads of ENT departments that opened up throughout the country. Sabbatsberg became the ENT flagship clinic in Sweden until the Karolinska hospital was opened.
Karolinska hospital in Solna was inaugurated in 1940 and Torsten Skoog was appointed professor and head of the department of otorhinolaryngology. Professor Paul Frenckner had laid the foundation for modern endoscopy during the 1930s during at his stay at Sabbatsberg`s hospital. During his and professor Gunnar Holmgren´s leadership in the 1940s and 1950s ear surgery at the Karolinska hospital was developed in terms of both reconstructive ear surgery and otosclerosi
In 1960 Carl-Axel Hamberger was appointed professor at Karolinska and successor as the head of the department and remained so until he resigned in 1975. After studies at Memorial Hospital in New York under John Conley he introduced advanced tumour surgery of the head and neck at Karolinska, including transnasal surgery of the pituitary gland, which became the dominating approach for the following decades. A close cooperation was established with Radiumhemmet, the oncological institution at Karolinska and multidisciplinary conferences with representatives from head and neck surgeons and oncologists were introduced for all cancer patients. An Audiological section with Lennart Holmgren and later Bengt Barr was also established during this time.
At the research laboratory Gustav Vth at Karolinska an expanding "Ear-lab" was formed under Jan Wersäll. Important morphological animal studies were performed of the inner ear using electron microscopy, a novel technique at that time. With Åke Flock the field was expanded to physiological studies of the inner ear including studies of ototoxicity and physiology of single hair cells.
In the 1960,s the ENT clinic comprised of four wards with altogether 86 beds. Thanks to improvement in methods of general anesthesia, improved treatment modalities and transition to outpatient surgery the number of beds have successively been reduced over decades. The question today is whether or not this reduction has gone too far, as the number of beds per inhabitant in Stockholm today is among the lowest in Sweden and in Europe.
In 1972 the Huddinge Hospital was opened and was at that time the largest hospital in Sweden. Two years later an ENT department was opened with professor Wersäll as the head of this novel university clinic, fully staffed with a professor, teachers and teaching-assistants, and linked to the Karolinska Institute. Wersäll returned to Karolinska Hospital in Solna as the head of the department after Carl-Axel Hamberger´s retirement in 1975.
During the 1990s and 2000s a series of reorganizations were promoted by the political regime of the county council including new financial system. In 1997 all head and neck surgery in Stockholm was concentrated to Karolinska Hospital in Solna. The profile of Huddinge Hospital was advanced ear surgery, Cochlear implants and Phoniatry.
2004 the Karolinska Hospital, Solna and University Hospital, Huddinge, joined together as Karolinska University Hospital and in 2011, the previously separate Karolinska Institute ENT entities at Solna and Huddinge were joined together as one academic unit under the leadership of Lars Olaf Cardell
In the fall of 2018 the ENT clinic at Karolinska in Stockholm morphed into a novel concept named The New Karolinska University Hospital. It is a whole new, previously untested, operational model with a new thematic organization consisting of themes and functions, and is based on the patient's journey through the healthcare system. The ENT department has clinically been split up and reorganized into two parts, the Theme Cancer and the Theme Trauma and Reparative Medicine. The academic ENT-division remained united under the leadership of Cardell and has continued to be a part of CLINTEC (created in 2005).
The ENT division has at present a dozen research groups with 33 PhD fellows.
Agneta Wittlock


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Valheim is better because it rejects boring survival systems
By Fraser Brown published 16 February 21
RIP starvation and repair bills.
(Image credit: Coffee Stain Publishing)
Half of PC Gamer is obsessed with Valheim, the Viking-themed survival game that punched its way into the Steam top 10 and sold a million copies in a week, so naturally I don't trust it. How has this seemingly extremely conventional survival game ensorcelled so many people? I stuck on my big beard and picked up my axe, determined to find out. I return begrudgingly impressed.
The first surprise is how lovely it looks. The distinct lo-fi aesthetic conjures up memories of early 3D games, but elevated by modern lighting and other bells and whistles. Screenshots and gifs don't really do it justice, and what just seems like an old school throwback when static becomes something striking and novel in motion. It's easy to see why it's left people enamoured so quickly. But it's not just its good looks that make it stand out—it's also extremely easy going.
As Chris noted when he explained why Valheim is making him love survival games again, it's a surprisingly forgiving game, and it's better off for it. Sure, you can find yourself out of your depth, overextended and, finally, dead—this is still a survival game—but these moments don't feel like punishments. In the beginning, there are hardly any threats at all, and when you do venture into more dangerous areas, you're given a clear warning.
Death isn't the only thing that isn't a nuisance in Valheim. There's no thirst meter, and while there is a hunger system, it's one that exclusively provides benefits. No longer will you have to frantically find food because, mid-expedition, you start to die of starvation. Instead, you've got room in your belly for three food items, the combination of which will determine your health and regeneration. There's strategy and experimentation and, crucially, nothing being thrust upon you. If you want to spend a few hours just building, you don't have to engage with the system at all.
So much time is wasted in survival games just going through daily chores, eating, drinking, fixing or replacing tools—Valheim gets rid of that last hassle too. Bring any damaged item to the workbench and you'll be able to make it as good as new again, at no cost, so you won't have to spend ages scurrying around looking for more resources just to make something you've already crafted a dozen times. When you craft, you're always making something new, or contributing to a new building project.
In cutting and reducing so much busywork, Valheim's one of the most welcoming survival games around, and the lowering of these barriers is one of the reasons it's currently enjoying huge player numbers—despite the fact that you can hardly move without bumping into another crafting or survival romp. And it loses nothing of value. All the things these systems were trying to achieve, Valheim still manages, without using the stick. All the adventures, risky expeditions and joyful moments where you finally crush another obstacle have been preserved. There's tension and challenge and you can even get squashed by a falling tree—you'll have all the danger and anecdotes you need. But you don't need to go through hours of drudgery first.
Conquer Viking purgatory with these Valheim guides
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Valheim boss: Summon and defeat them all
Valheim workbench: How to build and upgrade it
Valheim dedicated server: How to get one working
Valheim copper: How to get it
Valheim map: The best world seeds
Valheim seeds: How to plant them
Valheim iron: How to get it
Valheim Elder: Summon and beat the second boss
Valheim boar: How to tame one
Valheim armor: The best sets
Valheim commands: Handy cheat codes
Unlike, say, Dark Souls, you don't see people holding up any survival games as examples of things where the difficulty teaches you to get good. We don't need a game to teach us to remember to eat when we're hungry. Nobody believes that dying from starvation repeatedly while they try to build a really cool tower makes the construction project more meaningful or memorable. By appealing to masochism, survival games seem to miss all the other things that attract people to the genre.
Survival games have just become too bogged down by their desire to replicate the survival experience instead of trying to capture what makes it an attractive videogame subject. And even if you are looking for a hardcore survival sim, the extremely basic ways most of them simulate your health means that you're not really getting something remotely realistic. Scum, with its elaborate injury and metabolism system, which required you to take bathroom breaks, simulated fat and muscle, and could lead to the loss of body parts, is a rare exception. It's very much not for me, but it takes these normally dull systems in a fascinating direction.
I don't want to imply that Valheim's current popularity is exclusively down to the rejection of the genre's most boring bits—it's also uncommonly polished for an Early Access game, boasts a simple but reasonably flexible building system, and is set in an inviting procedural world that beckons you to explore it. But it is extremely familiar, and while I work away on my base and hunt down mythological monsters, I often find myself thinking about other survival games, and how I'd probably rather be playing them, if only they could embrace Valheim's laid-back philosophy.
Grounded is another relaxing survival game, and one that's quite a bit more novel than Valheim, but it maintains a pretty typical thirst and hunger system. It's a constant source of frustration in a game I otherwise adore. Whenever I'm getting stuck into an exciting project or bounding off into a probably fatal adventure in the spider-infested hedgerow, in the back of my mind I'm always getting ready for an interruption because I've run out of water or my food has become rotten. No matter what precautions I take, I'll eventually be forced to stop having fun so I can manage a system that brings me only misery. I'm used to it and just power through, but now Valheim's reminded me that there's a better way. Grounded is still in development, so I hope Obsidian's paying attention.
At the moment, I absolutely favour kinder games, because reality is kind of a slog, and the prospect of more hard work just makes me want to go to bed for the next year. But there's definitely a middle ground to be found here. Survival games can demonstrably be challenging, complex sandboxes that make you work for your victories without throwing hunger meters and repair bills at you. It would be nice if they could just cut us a bit of slack.
Fraser is the UK online editor and has actually met The Internet in person. With over a decade of experience, he's been around the block a few times, serving as a freelancer, news editor and prolific reviewer. Strategy games have been a 30-year-long obsession, from tiny RTSs to sprawling political sims, and he never turns down the chance to rave about Total War or Crusader Kings. He's also been known to set up shop in the latest MMO and likes to wind down with an endlessly deep, systemic RPG. These days, when he's not editing, he can usually be found writing features that are 1,000 words too long. He thinks labradoodles are the best dogs but doesn't get to write about them much.


Set the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6. Wrap the beets individually in foil and bake for 40-70 minutes, depending on size. To check, push a sharp knife through to the centre of each one – it should be soft all the way through. Set aside to cool, then peel and cut into a rough 2cm dice.
Toss the rhubarb with the sugar, spread it over a foil-lined oven tray and roast for 10-12 minutes, until soft but not mushy. Set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, whisk the vinegar, molasses, maple syrup, oil, allspice and some salt and pepper. Add the onion, set aside for a few minutes to soften, then add the parsley and beets. Stir to combine, season to taste and, just before serving, gently fold in the rhubarb, its juices and the cheese.
Leave root and 1-inch stem on beets; scrub with a brush. Place in a medium saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes or until tender. Drain and rinse with cold water; drain. Cool slightly.
Trim off beet roots; rub off skins. Thinly slice beets; place in a large bowl.
Combine vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in salt, peppercorns and bay leaves. Pour vinegar mixture over beets; cover and chill. Discard bay leaves. Enjoy!
Peel and cut the onions, carrots, and beets (alternatively, shred the carrots and beets using the shredding blade of a food processor) and sauté over medium heat in the olive oil with a pinch of salt in a large soup pot. Reserve a small amount of beet to grate and add near the end to enliven the color.
In the meantime, bring the vegetable stock to a boil. When the vegetables are soft (about 5 minutes), add the shredded cabbage and the hot stock. Bring to a boil and simmer 15-25 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
With a few minutes left, add the reserved grated beet. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then squeeze in the lemon juice, aiming for a pleasing but subtle sour taste. Serve with freshly grated black pepper, a dollop of sour cream, and chopped parsley, if desired. Enjoy!
Combine beets, fennel, orange slices or medallions, mint and cilantro in a large salad bowl.
Whisk together lemon or lime juice, sugar, cumin, salt, optional garlic and olive oil.
Toss with the salad and serve. Enjoy!
Wash and core the cabbage and peel the carrots and beets with a vegetable peeler. Using a food processor*, with the slicing disc in place, process the cabbage and transfer to a large bowl.
Install the shredding disc and process the carrots and beets and transfer to the bowl.
Install the chopping blade and process the parsley and transfer to the bowl. Thinly slice the red onion and add to the bowl.
Combine vinegar, oil, salt and pepper in a small bowl and whisk until salt dissolves.
Toss vinaigrette with the cabbage-beet-carrot mixture. Allow the slaw to stand for 20-30 minutes before serving, tossing regularly.
Add additional salt and pepper to taste and serve. Enjoy!
* If you do not own a food processor you can slice the cabbage into thin strips with a knife. I recommending using a hand-held or box grater to shred the beets and carrots.
Peel the beets and shallots. Combine them in a food processor and pulse carefully until the beets are shredded; do not purée. (Or grate the beets by hand and mince the shallots, then combine.) Scrape into a bowl.
Toss with the salt, pepper, mustard, oil and vinegar. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Toss in the herbs and serve. Enjoy!
Use equal parts beet and cabbage, about 8 ounces of each.Shred the beets (with the shallot) as directed; shred the cabbage by hand or by using the slicing disk of the food processor project management tools.
Add 1 navel orange (including its juice), peeled and roughly chopped. Enjoy!
Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add beets, onion and chard stems. Cover; cook until onion is soft, about 8 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat broth in a small saucepan. Once the onion is soft, mix the rice into the beets and onion. Sauté for a minute. Add wine and simmer briskly, stirring, until wine has been absorbed, about 1 minute.
Add 1/2 cup hot broth and briskly simmer, stirring, until broth has been absorbed. Continue simmering and adding hot broth, about 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly and waiting until each addition has been absorbed before adding the next, until rice is just tender and looks creamy, 15 to 20 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper. Stir in chard greens and brie a minute or two before removing from heat. Enjoy!
Mix the rest of the ingredients together.
salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!
to a boil, then turn heat down to maintain a slow boil.
add the sliced beets, cover with a lid and refrigerate.
in the refrigerator up to 6 months. Enjoy!


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Blog: The Rest of the Story - Scientology Inc. Spies - 2012-10-07
The Rest of the Story - Scientology Inc. Spies October 7, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
reference: Busted! Scientology Spies in South Texas
In the third week of September a documentary film crew arrived at our home for a ten day stint. The crew wanted to know all about Operations of David Miscavige's Scientology Inc. carried out against Monique and me. I told them there had been no overt harassment to speak of going on around here since Nov 2, 2011 when the Miscavige Squirrels left town. There was only a deep-cover, constant surveillance operation.
They pressed for particulars on the surveillance apparatus. I told them I assumed there were at least three safe houses in our town that were devoted to surveillance. I described how they would situate them so that they could alert tails in such a fashion that we could never spot a tail. They asked whether I had any suspicions about any of the houses involved. I casually pointed to a green house situated catty-corner to ours, 201 Bayshore Drive, apparently abandoned for the two years we've lived in our current locale. I noted small slits cut in the upstairs bedroom window blinds facing our home. I told them that if I had the time I could likely blow the whole thing wide open, but with all the other forms of resistance that gets thrown our way, and the importance of our activity, I don't have the time to investigate it. So, we live with it. I told them I wasn't too interested in fooling with it because it was David Miscavige's intent to distract me from the more important work we do day in and day out; that the intent of Miscavige's productions was to get into the target's head; and that the way to get into Miscavige's head is not let him get into yours, or as Jason Beghe says "the way to handle bullying is to not be bullied."
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The LSU Tigers had one of the best recruiting classes of 2016 and they are looking to build their 2017 class to be even better. They did just that on Saturday as they landed one of the country's top outside linebackers.
Four-star linebacker Patrick Queen announced his commitment to the Tigers on Saturday and it looks like he is pretty committed to playing for the team next fall.
He spoke with 247Sports' Sonny Shopp and talked about his decision to commit to LSU.
"I feel like it's the right decision," Queen said. "Me and my parents had been talking about it for a while and praying on it, and if the opportunity presented itself, I was going to make the most of it.
Queen is the 24th-ranked ATH in the country and the 13th-ranked player in the state of Louisiana.


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Q: CSS tabs position left in IE but in Mozilla they are centered. Is there a fix for IE? The tabs work perfectly.  I am just having a problem with the placement in IE.  In Mozilla it shows the placement of the tabs perfectly but when I load the page in IE it moves the tab to the complete left of the table the tabs are in.
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Jaume I – The conquest of the pine islands (IV)
Everything began a long time ago, on December 7th 1234, when James I of Aragon empowered Guillem of Montgrí, the then elected archbishop of Tarragona, to conquest Ibiza (Medina Yebisah) and Formentera.
The King wanted to take over the islands, which were then occupied by the Saracens, as feudal land. As the historian Joan Marí Cardona tells in his book 'La conquista catalana de 1235', James I signed the agreement on the cession of feuds on the aforementioned date, "merely reserving the sovereignty, with the right to make war and peace". He set a term for the conquest from the date the donation was to be signed until the next festivities of Saint Michael, which were to be held on September 29th of the following year 1235.
Guillem of Montgrí disposed of nine months and 23 days to prepare his soldiers and the squad that should bring them to the coast of Ibiza. In theory, the summer was supposed to be the best time of the year for navigations, which is why this date was chosen.
On April 12th 1235, Guillem of Montgrí signed a contract with Pere, Infant of Portugal and Nunó Sanç, the Count of Rosselló. They then gathered their forces in order to carry out the conquest.
Thus on the date indicated in the King's donation, the conquest of Ibiza and Formentera was happily brought to a termination. On August 8th 1235, the date of the festivities of Saint Ciriac, the town and the castle of Ibiza were conquered by the troops of Montgrí, Sanç and Pere of Portugal. Only shortly after, the remaining lands of the Pityuses were occupied as well.
The legend of betrayal
On Saint Ciriac in 1235, the Catalan troops defeated the Saracen resistance and intruded into the fortified precincts of Ibiza. The legend most popular amongst the Ibizian people and that is still well known today, is the one of the fall of the town. Apparently the conquest happened very smoothly, as it was facilitated by the Moorish sheik's brother who wanted to take revenge upon his sibling for stealing his wife. According to the feature writers, "he took advantage of one of the windows of his house that was situated outside the city-walls in order to let besiegers enter." On the path that leads to the cathedral, a little chapel reminds of this legend of betrayal. The chapel is called Saint Ciriac and every year in the scope of the commemorative programme of the festivities, one of the acts consists of the island's authorities visiting this place. Afterwards, the institutional act takes place on the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, where the falling statue of Guillem of Montgrí is located.
This mixture of tradition and legend has been bequeathed less than five centuries ago hence 15th century documents give evidence of denominations such as ´the field of betrayal´ and ´the door of betrayal´. We do not know the protagonists´ names, neither the betrayer's, nor the betrayed or the wife's names… but why would we want to find out? In the end, the most beautiful legends are always the ones in which a love affair lead to a splendid conquest.
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Why German wine is cool again
They might have been big in the 1970s, but German wines have long been overlooked in favour of their French, Spanish, Italian and New World cousins. But like flares, they're suddenly back in fashion - and tasting better than ever. Rebecca Dunphy heads to one of the country's most exciting winemaking regions to find out more.
The Pfalz is patchworked with vineyards
Even people who swear that they know nothing about wine can get a bit sniffy about German ones, dismissing them as unsophisticated. But the experts, like Sainsbury's wine technical manager Lisa Rogerson, know better. 'I think there's still a perception that Germany only produces sweet, Liebfraumilch-like wine styles, but actually the cool climate is perfect for cultivating a number of more popular varieties,'she says. I want to discover Germany's modern wine scene, so I've come to the southwesterly Pfalz region: it's a hotbed of experimentation, and has a reputation for producing impressively full-flavoured wines.
My base camp is the Steigenberger Hotel in Deidesheim, which is on the Deutsche Weinstrasse, or German Wine Route. Opened in 1935, it was the first tourist attraction of its kind, running through 53 miles of beautiful countryside. Deidesheim is home to many of the region's best-known wine estates, and its cobbled streets are enticingly lined with local weingüter, or wineries. I spot Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl – one of Germany's top Riesling and sparkling winemakers – but we're heading for the historic Weingut von Winning, which was founded in 1849.
We head deep into the vaulted cellars with young, dynamic winemaker Andreas Hütwohl for a tasting. The labels are contemporary and the wines are deliciously dry – they couldn't be further from my earliest memories of sipping soft, flowery Liebfraumilch on the front steps of my best friend's house in the 1980s.
An antique barrel in the cellar at Weingut von Winning
'We're using traditional techniques, fermenting in oak – we make our wines dry, but with texture and complexity. And we only want to use natural yeasts,' explains Hütwohl. I taste peaches, apricots, almonds, layers of smoky minerality – and tellingly, I forget to spit. The Pfalz is one of the warmest, sunniest regions in Germany; practically Mediterranean. It's protected by dense forest that shelters the vineyards from rain and cold winds from the Atlantic. You'll even see wild figs, almond trees, kiwis and citrus fruits growing. The soil is also key. 'Unlike the Mosel, where you find mainly slate, which give you steely, citrus characters, we have lighter sandstone and limestone soils, originating from former coral reefs, which give more exotic, ripe citrus, peach-like flavours,' I'm told.
Just as its wines have evolved over the past 40 years, so too has Germany's cuisine. Von Winning's Leopold restaurant puts a delicious modern twist on local favourites, which pair perfectly with contemporary dry whites: we feast on wild herb and goat's cheese salad, veal fillet and succulent white asparagus (a regional speciality, eaten at every meal when it's in season) and Pfalz strawberries and homemade ice cream. Meanwhile, the quirky Weinstube Eselsburg in Neustadt serves superb liver dumplings and bratwurst, which come with lashings of sauerkraut and fried potatoes – sensational with a refreshing Riesling to cut through all the richness.
Enjoying Riesling
International grape varieties, such as Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, are increasingly finding a foothold here. At a charming tasting aboard a traditional horse-drawn wagon we sample the wines of Weingut Kirchner, known for being one of the pioneers of Sauvignon Blanc in the region. There isn't a sweet wine in sight, and what we sip is super-fresh, floral and herbal – surely destined to be the next hot thing in wine-buying.
Most people don't even realise that Germany makes red wines, but the country is actually the third biggest producer of Pinot Noir (or spätburgunder) – and the Pfalz is where the majority of reds are made. On the southernmost point of the Deutsche Weinstrasse, where the imposing German Wine Gate looks out to France, we visit Weingut Friedrich Becker, whose Pinot Noirs have recently come to the world's attention. A lucky combination of perfect soils, restricted yields and working in harmony with nature creates complex and seductive wines to rival those of Burgundy.
Tasting German Sauvignon Blanc in a horse-drawn wagon
The Pfalz hosts some 200 wine festivals a year – the Wurstmarkt in Bad Dürkheim is the biggest in the world. It would be easy to assume that all there is to do here is eat and drink, but the region is perfect for active holidays too. Take the Palatinate Forest Mountain Bike Park, which has an incredible network of hiking and cycling trails. Sticking to two wheels, we work off the trip's excesses by pedalling to Rhodter Rosengarten, one of the world's most venerable vineyards – some of the Gewürztraminer vines are 400 years old.
On our final day we hike from Hambach Castle to Zeter Berghaus, a traditional hut, for a barbecue in the hills overlooking the villages and vineyards. The Pfalz really is full of surprises.
British Airways flies direct to Frankfurt from London, from £48 each way. Rooms at the Steigenberger Hotel start from £70 per night (steigenberger.com)
To tempt customers back to Germany and demonstrate how much its winemaking scene has grown, the Sainsbury's wine team introduced a Rheinhessen Pinot Noir to the Taste the Difference range. It was an instant hit, and has since been joined by a Taste the Difference Mosel Pinot Blanc. Why not hold a tasting evening where everyone brings one of these German wines? Follow Rebecca's tasting notes to get the most out of them.
Taste the Difference German Pinot Blanc
'Light and elegant, but certainly no pushover. This Pinot Blanc is citrus-crisp, with mouthwatering pear and a whiff of meadow flowers. Try it with seafood, white meat and creamy sauces. I've even enjoyed a glass of it with steak.'
Sainsbury's Liebfraumilch Pfalz
'People might turn their noses up at Liebfraumilch, but this 1970s classic is soft, floral, grape- sweet and refreshingly low in alcohol at just 9%. Chill like beer as a deliciously different aperitif, or serve it with Asian and spiced food.'
Dr Loosen Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett
'This comes from the steep, sunny slopes of Graach in the Mosel. Look out for notes of peach and sweet apple, and a tingling acidity. Brilliant with scallops, roast chicken, pork and blue cheeses.'
Taste the Difference Rheinhessen Pinot Noir
'Don't expect a rich, ripe red. This is a cool- climate Pinot Noir that's full of fresh cherry-fruit flavours and silky-soft tannins. Great after 30 minutes in the fridge – one for the barbecue, or to enjoy with salmon.'
Rebecca Dunphy