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Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) is a Government of Kerala undertaking that oversees the shipping and inland navigation matters of the state. It is headquartered in Kochi. It was formed in 1989 by the amalgamation of the Kerala Inland Navigation Corporation (KINCO) established in 1975, and the Kerala Shipping Corporation (KSC) established in 1974.

Activities

KSINC is engaged in the fields of transportation of passenger and cargo through the inland waterways of Kerala, Backwater tourism and construction and maintenance of small vessels and crafts.

Cargo services

KSINC barges carries bulk materials, potable water, petroleum products, acids and other materials through the inland waterways in Kerala and coastal region. KSINC caters to the needs of clients like FACT, IOC, KRL and BPCL. The company has a fleet of vessels. The vessels are constructed for navigation in the inland waters of the state. The company operates more than 10 barges for movement of bulk and liquid cargo through the inland waterways of the state. KSINC water barges supplies about one million liters of drinking water every day to Vypin, Murukkkumpadom, Panambukad, Vallarpadom and other islands around Kochi.

Construction and maintenance

KSINC has been constructing passenger boats, speed boats, house boats, tourist boats and small seagoing vessels. It constructs the vessels using wood, steel or FRP as per the requirements of customers. KSINC also has experience in repair (both hull and machinery) of large variety vessels. KSINC has a slipway, where vessels of weight up to 200 MTs can be hauled up and repaired. There are facilities to dock six vessels at a time. Facilities for manufacture, repair and servicing of seagoing and inland navigation vessels are available.

Tourism

KSINC operates a number of tourist boats and speed boats. The company also offers a sailing resort, "Lake Princess", with night accommodation for 16 persons.

Bunkering services

The company is engaged in bunker supplies to ships in the Cochin Port area since 1989. The company has ongoing contract for the delivery of fuel to ships with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. KSINC is also executing occasional bunker calls from the Bharat Petroleum Corporation. KSINC is also exploring the potential for outer bunkering.

See also

 MV Kairali
 Borders of India
 Climate of India
 Coastal India
 Exclusive economic zone of India
 Fishing in India
 Outline of India

References

Economy of Kerala
Companies based in Kochi
State agencies of Kerala
Shipping in India
Water transport in Kerala
Transport in Kochi
1989 establishments in Kerala
Government agencies established in 1989


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The social media campaign that aims to topple leader of 'Africa's North Korea'
By Bukola Adebayo, CNN
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki (L) has been in power since 1993.
(CNN)A social media movement created to expose Eritrea's closed regime is gaining momentum.
Driven by young Eritreans living in the United States, UK, and Europe, the 'yiakl' campaign, which means enough, is calling for an end to what they say is a repressive regime in their home country.
The people in the movement are seeking the ouster of the country's longtime President Isaias Afwerki and supporters hope it can morph into the type of people-led movement that toppled Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule in Sudan.
Modeled on the viral ice-bucket challenge, people involved in the social media campaign are nominating others to take part. But instead of dousing themselves in ice cold water, the Eritreans are instead sharing videos speaking out against the President.
Swedish-Eritrean activist Vanessa Tsehaye told CNN: "The #yiakl campaign gathers the frustration amongst Eritreans and shares it with the world in an attempt to mobilize people and put pressure on the Eritrean regime."
The Nay-sayers thought #Yiakl was only in the Diaspora. They thought we were foolish for pushing for change when the people back home stayed silent. They thought the people back home would never resist. But they are wrong.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE OF ERITREA 🇪🇷 pic.twitter.com/kg2Ey1Lk6Y
— RoraHabab✨روره حباب (@habab_rora) June 5, 2019
Many people have backed the movement, often speaking in their native Eritrean languages in videos that describe the conditions in a country often called the "North Korea of Africa."
Some, however, have criticized the campaign for coming at the same time as the Sudan crisis where hundreds have been killed in massive protests.
#Yiakl ppl are just 🗑 period! Using #Sudan tragedy to promote your campaign is sickening!! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
— FiniFelitee (@finifelitee) June 13, 2019
Afwerki took power in Eritrea in 1993, becoming the country's first president. No elections have been held since then.
There is no freedom of the press, critics of the regime have been jailed, and others have disappeared from public view for years, according to reports compiled by Human Rights Watch agency.
Eritreans who want to leave the country must get an exit visa issued by the government.
Under Afwerki's regime, citizens are enlisted in national military service that's supposed to last 18 months, but can last indefinitely.
Tens of thousands have fled the country by traveling treacherous migration routes to escape the forced conscription.
Many Eritreans living abroad shared tales on social media of their time in the military camps, known as Sawa, with one describing it as "a horror."
This was me in Sawa when i was 16 years and 8 months old. Sawa is a really scary thing, and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most terrifying. I lived through this horror.#EndhighSchoolInSawa #Yiakl #Eritrea pic.twitter.com/xS4Kk1tb4p
— ABI 🇪🇷 (@abitecl) June 10, 2019
Critics jailed, forced migration
In an open letter to President Afwerki this week, 100 African activists said they were concerned about the fate of imprisoned journalists and activists in Eritrean prisons.
They asked that they be allowed to visit those that were jailed.
The activists including Noble Laureate winner Prof. Wole Soyinka and Ugandan opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine said Eritrea has been described as the "most closed society" in Africa.
"Over the past two decades, Eritrea has been described as the most closed society on our continent, an unfortunate situation for a country with such rich human capital and potential, with so much to offer not only Africa but also the world," the letter reads.
They hailed the President for repairing the country's frosty relationship with neighboring Ethiopia, saying a similar gesture is needed to end "Eritrea's isolation from the larger African family."
The Eritrean government slammed the group in a terse statement on Thursday, saying it had chosen an "inappropriate medium of communication."
Eritrea has witnessed six decades of war, and the government was now committed to a peaceful resolution, the Ministry of Information said in response, adding that officials would not be distracted by external attempts to isolate the country, .
"None of them have firsthand knowledge of or have ever visited, the country. When one skims through the list, there is not even a single individual who had penned one single article on the predicaments of Eritrea in all those decades when it faced enormous existential threats," the statement read.
The release alluded that the group of influential activists was working for "external powers," which have been known to use "African voices" to promote division in the nation.
"One wonders whether a similar gimmick is on the offing in this case, too. Particularly as some of the individuals in the list have murky associations with certain powers," the statement read, adding that the activists were welcome to visit the country.
"Eritrea's motto has been, 'Come and See,' Eritrea is open to all those with genuine interest in understanding the country, its people, and its leadership. Otherwise, Eritrea's "rightful place in the family of African nations," achieved and preserved through the blood, sweat and sacrifice of her children, remains intact," the statement continues.
Hope for reform?
Former enemies Ethiopia and Eritrea declared an end to a conflict last year that claimed the lives of 70,000 people.
Diplomatic missions on both divides had been closed, and communication lines shut down during the border war, which was fought from 1998 to 2000.
Many hoped the decision would open up the country, often described as the "North Korea of Africa," and its people to the world. However, that change has been slow in coming.
The government still restricts internet access, and World Bank figures show that only 1.3 percent of Eritreans are currently online.
Tsehaye, who founded a youth-led organization demanding the release of political prisoners in Eritrea, says time is up for the Afwerki's government.
"We are saying enough to the dictatorship, enough to our people's suffering and enough to the silence. The Eritrean people deserve better," she said.
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13 Jun 2019 9:51 AM | Ronald Russ (Administrator)
The Arkansas State Library is pleased to announce that Karen O'Connell will be joining our staff as Coordinator of the Arkansas Center for the Book. She will begin her duties on July 29. Karen will replace Zoe Butler, who retired in April.
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Cool Ass Cinema Presents: A Screenplay Not By Quentin Tarantino Part 2
CHAPTER 3: EXCUSE ME, DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND THE DEAD NIGGER STORAGE?
"...All of a sudden, Quentin decided he wanted the full credit on PULP FICTION--he's really into full authorship. I said, 'No, I won't give up the script credit.' But I needed money...He said, 'I'll give you that money now, if you sign this paper.' And I did."--Roger Avary talking about financial woes in trying to finish KILLING ZOE (1994) and sacrificing his original script and co-writing credit to Tarantino to solve them.
PULP FICTION was also the movie where Our Man Quent' and his way with word came under staunch scrutiny for his use of foul language and his burgeoning usage of the 'taboo for whites' word, 'nigger'.
His scripts were frequently praised for their unusually random qualities and melodic writing style, but for every Seinfeldian convo about French fast food you have a dozen or so meaningless 'nigga' this, 'nigga' that, or the word 'muthafucka' five times per sentence. Aside from former 'fuck' movie champion, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985), I think the Q King is the reigning title holder of profound profanity postulations.
"I don't need you to tell me how fuckin' good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it. I know how good it is."--That's a line of dialog spoken by Q acting as Jimmie from PULP FICTION during 'The Bonnie Situation' segment. This line is actually code for something else. This is what Q was REEEAAALLLYYY saying: "I don't need you to tell me how fuckin' good my writing is, okay? I'm the one who writes it. I know how good it is."
This is also where Jimmie asks Jules and Vinnie if they saw a sign that said Dead Nigger Storage before pulling up in his driveway as they arrived with the brain splattered remains of Marvin lying in the back seat.
If I'm not mistaken I'd say this was the first time the word had been used so profusely since the 1970s; during a time when such films would air on television, have expletives censored, but no problem with the N word getting a pass.
Tarantino seems to have a field day with the word whether it ends up in one of his movies, or out in public (reportedly he elucidated this colorful word to a NYC waitress some years ago). He seems to simply like throwing it around, most likely because he knows it annoys people. And annoy some folks he did with his next movie when he had some of his cast rabidly speaketh this epithet in JACKIE BROWN in 1997. With his upcoming slavery flick DJANGO UNCHAINED, it remains to be seen just how creative QT gets with this oft repeated addition to his vocabulary.
Personally, I don't think he uses this word because it makes sense in the context of his scripts, or necessarily that of the characters he has concocted, I think he does it because it sounds KOOL. He's probably the only director in Hollywood who could get away with just about anything because we've been programmed to believe it's good because his name is on the credits. Let's face it, everything QT does, it's because he thinks it's KOOL. Let's be reasonable, the man could shoot an entire movie built around close ups of female feet accompanied by a rambl-icious narration from Morgan Freeman and the critics would herald it cutting edge and T Bone's new breakthrough.
Since the N word was frequently tossed around in 70s movies, and T-Bone is a devout worshipper at the altar of 70s sinema, it only makes sense his movies would reflect that; not to mention his scripts (both the ones he wrote and the ones he pushed someone into signing over to him) are built around a patchwork quilt of assorted scenes from any number of big Hollywood flicks, or Drive In/42nd Street trash that played, or co-billed with other similar fare throughout that decade. Still, I can't help but feel his fervent use of 'nigger' is little more than Vocabularic Exploitation.
After the wild success of PULP FICTION, the Summer of QT Love was officially in full swing and was only gonna get worse and spread like a venereal disease at Woodstock by the early years of the new millennium. Before that, there was one more crime flick left in him and it was one that would bring him even more critical acclaim, if slightly less US box office appeal. And it's the only film I think he's done that's brimming with originality and focus as opposed to some immature problem child you keep having to make stand in the corner.
CHAPTER 4: FOXY JACKIE BROWN LIKES QUENTIN'S COFFY, TOO
The jaws of QT were flappin' wackily in the wind during the making and promotional jaunts of JACKIE BROWN (1997), a picture where he proudly boasted of bringing back the careers of Pam Grier and Robert Forster. It wasn't like they weren't making movies, just not necessarily mainstream ones. It wasn't unusual to see either star on a TV show, or on the video store shelf in some new DTV release. This was just more masturbational ego stroking that would grow and throb eventually exploding in a volcanic miasma of celluloid jism. Sadly, post JACKIE BROWN, QT failed to pull out in time and fathered some mongoloid movies of his own.
Q also stated this was his ode to blaxploitation flicks, despite it never really feeling like one; at least not in the traditional 70s sense of the word. Nor does JACKIE BROWN resort to the extreme violence of those movies. Hell, the cast o' crackas' in this thing defies its blax flick origins. It does frequently indulge in the ferociously un-PC language those films lovingly wallowed in. That Q took blaxploitation conventions and made them into his own vision was arguably the only time in his career post JB where he doesn't go apeshit with referencing other movies in the most mentally handicapped way imaginable.
The great Quen-tazmo worked his magic and helped get an Oscar nod for Forster and Golden Globe noms for both Grier and Jackson.
Incidentally, it did put them back in the public eye, but it wasn't like they were sitting at home waiting desperately for a phone call from their agent.
We all know how Q likes to take credit for reviving an allegedly dead career, but they were working the entire time. It's motion picture class warfare. A lot of folks will make derogatory remarks because so and so was relegated to B pictures as opposed to big scale Hollywood B pictures. "Oh, you make THOSE movie?!" Furthermore, I have no explanation for Forster's involvement in DRAGON WARS (2007). A lot of actors often claim their reason for appearing in foreign films was because they'd "never been there, but always wanted to go."
What was so goddamn scenic about Korea that Forster felt the need to appear in this horrendous movie whose only points of interest are some Cool Ass Creature Attack sequences?
"I've always liked afros--if I were black, I'd wear an afro..."
Anyway, so Q came through again, but it was here where he really began to grate on my nerves. If he wasn't stirring the ire of Spike Lee in regards to T-Bone's free flying use of the N word, he was showing his African American roots on talk shows while promoting JACKIE BROWN.
Suddenly, his verbage involved a lot of "know what I'm sayin'"s and waving his hands around before said appendages were magnetically drawn to his crotch.
Once the hoopla of the film had passed, the QTmeister miraculously was his old self-centered self once more. But his drunk and disorderly behavior would pretty much re-surface every time a new flick of his was in the making.
CHAPTER 5: PULP GODZILLA
"I have an idea for a Godzilla movie that I've always wanted to do. The whole idea of Godzilla's role in Tokyo, where he's always battling these other monsters, saving humanity time and again- wouldn't Godzilla become God? It would be called "Living Under the Rule of Godzilla". This is what society is like when a big fucking green lizard rules your world."--Tarantino makes a threat that he may ruin the Godzilla series further beyond the damage Ryuhei Kitamura did in 2004.
Over the years, Q Man has talked about his desire to make certain types of movies, including a Godzilla film. Thankfully, Toho had enough sense to whip out their bud nippers on this idea since Quentin T-Bone Thunderbolt envisioned the Big G as God of all things; likely something akin to the stone monstrosity of DAIMAJIN (1966), only with long, drawn out round table conversations about lesser known Japana-ploitation movies while Tokyo falls apart around the characters. However, the Toho execs ultimately failed to keep those bud nippers handy and suffered a brain-eurism when they gave slop artist Ryuhei Kitamura the keys to the kaiju kingdom for GODZILLA FINAL WARS.
Speaking of QT doing the Big G, can you imagine what such a movie would look like? Most likely the script would be too enormous to be contained in a single feature so it would be about 4 hours long and split into two halves. Naturally, the first half would contain all the monster action. Of course it would suspiciously focus more attention on a woman's vendetta against an elite faction of the Yakuza who prayed Godzilla into existence in an effort to topple Japan's thriving economic system; it heavily rebounding despite numerous natural disasters.
What's the reason behind this Yakuza factions desire to annihilate their own countries economic vibrancy? What's the reason behind this lone female assassins vendetta? Well that's where part two comes in. Yes. Lots and lots of lip flapping accentuated by cues lifted randomly from all manner of sources. A couple of jive talkin' Japanese hitmen named Fukasaku and Honda, a trip to an island allegedly ravaged by Godzilla and inhabited only by the "MALFORMED MEN" aka the Ainu people and at least two gratuitous close ups of Nipponese female feet.
There will be very little monster action and far more monster pontification. However, the ending would have both the Yakuza gang and the lone lady assassin suddenly transforming into Tokusatsu characters for no apparent reason other than it looks KOOL. Also, T Bone will claim he's going to make Meiko Kaji and Etsuko Shihomi stars and give them nothing to do all at the same time. Naturally this garbage would bomb, critics would no doubt fawn all over it and Q Baby would go national stating how proud of his B movie bomb he is, because nobody puts Q Baby in a corner.
Which brings us to the film T Bone did make that slightly resembles that made up shit above. This is also where my feelings and opinion of Quentin Tarantino greatly changed.
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART MUTHAFUCKIN' THREE...
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A few years ago I attended the Masters of Food and Wine in Mendoza, Argentina and ate and drank my way through a week of decadent wine and amazing food created by an outstanding group of very funny chefs, including our buddy Chef Andrew Ormsby. This years festival is underway and words can not describe the wonderful adventure this week in the mystical land of Mendoza.
There is a certain magical, romantic feeling in the air of Mendoza, and every person you meet is your friend. The hospitality is endless, as is the ever flowing wine and hearty food. Though many moments of this trip were memorable, there were a few that stand out as my favorites.
One was watching my dear friend Chef Andrew talk about his appreciation of great ingredients and passion for cooking with my friend, the amazing Walter Bressia, owner and winemaker for what I think is the best winery in Argentina, Bodega Bressia. In 2003, after making wine for other wineries in the area for 30 years, he and his family started Bodega Bressia with the goal to make "Vinos de Autor" (Author Wine) with a hands off approach in the winery, allowing the grapes to shine, and often blending varietals to create the best wine they can. Walters story was similar to Andrews in that his wine is an example of his passion and comes from his heart, thus creating award winning wine that will knock your socks off. The love, sincerity and joy that both of these men feel for their craft is contagious, making everyone around them also want to be as creative and daring as they are.
Argentina is known for their lavish, hearty Asado afternoon barbecues where slabs of beef are roasted and grilled to be served with spicy chimichuri and bold Malbec, but it was their olive oil and avocado oil that really impressed. Intensely flavorful, fresh and green. I am not the type of girl who dips their bread in olive oil, or drowns their veggies in oil….but the robust, green flavor of this oil made me a fan. The avocado oil from Argentina is exceptional as well. Containing all the good elements of an avocado, with an extremely high heat point avocado oil is perfect for use in anything from dressing a salad, as the flavor is light and aromatic, to frying squash blossoms, tortillas or chicken.
Another element of my personal food celebration in Argentina was the cheese. Prior to visiting I would not have thought about Argentina being a great producer of cheese, which of course made complete sense after my arrival as this is the land of great beef, and of course similarly great cows milk cheese like the delightful taste of sharp Argentine Sardo, similar to a Sardinian sheeps milk cheese, San Ignacio Blue made from cows milk with the mold spores used to give this crumbly blue its flavor imported from France, and my favorite Argentine Reggianito, little Reggiano made originally in Argentina by former Italian farmers who move to Argentina but missed the silky, superb flavor of their Parmigiano Reggiano and began making it using traditional methods with Argentine cows milk. The cheese is aged longer than any other cheese in Argentina, creating crystals throughout the cheese giving it extra flavor and texture, much like Parmigiano but at about half the cost. When I was in Buenos Aires the Park Hyatt Hotel had many beautiful elements to it, a great bar, beautiful dining room, fantastic patio overlooking the Recoleta district….my favorite, an entire room of cheese.
At the end of the festival the guest chefs were invited to an Asado celebration at the Zuccardi Winery that I was thrilled to be able to attend. Under the canopy of the vineyard, vines often grow quite high, we sipped Chardonnay and picked grapes while Zuccardi roasted meats for the afternoon barbecue. Over empanadas filled with beef, pork and vegetables the friendship and mutual respect of the chefs was apparent as they shared stories of their cooking adventures, and continued through tasting hearty Malbec and bold Cabernet Sauvignon with roasted beef, sausages and lamb with spicy chimichuri sauce.
The Argentine diet is heavy, and they often eat dinner at midnight, but surprisingly after a week of hearty wining and dining I had lost about 5 pounds. The key, everything that we enjoyed was fresh and the wine did not contain sulfides. Nothing was tampered with or processed; everything was prepared fresh, grown locally and regionally, resulting in clean, intense flavors. Just that is worth another trip. Hopefully we will have it soon as I would love to introduce Gary to this beautiful, magical country.


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Q: jinja2 python print a variable plus one In jinja2 templating language, how do I perform simple arithmetic on a variable and print it out? If I do {{ x + 1 }}, I got error Could not parse the remainder: '+ 1' from 'x + 1'.
x is passed in from django backend with render_to_response('template.html', { 'x': 123 })
Is this not possible in jinja2 or my code screws up somewhere else?

A: It turns out it was Django template that I'm using. And here's how to do simple math:
{{ first|add:second }}
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/templates/builtins/#add

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#define API_VIDEO_TEST_MOCK_RECORDABLE_ENCODED_FRAME_H_

#include "api/video/recordable_encoded_frame.h"
#include "test/gmock.h"

namespace webrtc {
class MockRecordableEncodedFrame : public RecordableEncodedFrame {
 public:
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(encoded_buffer,
                     rtc::scoped_refptr<const EncodedImageBufferInterface>());
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(color_space, absl::optional<webrtc::ColorSpace>());
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(codec, VideoCodecType());
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(is_key_frame, bool());
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(resolution, EncodedResolution());
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(render_time, Timestamp());
};
}  // namespace webrtc
#endif  // API_VIDEO_TEST_MOCK_RECORDABLE_ENCODED_FRAME_H_

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, ENGLAND -- Members of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath Health and Wellness Center (HAWC) spiced up their Body Composition Improvement Program by providing a healthy cooking class.
Staff Sgt. Natalie Gatewood, a nutrition counselor at the base, noticed there was something lacking in the required sessions. Most of the participants either didn't know how to cook, used too many processed foods, or just didn't know how to make healthy choices, she says. So, when the HAWC underwent renovations and a kitchen was provided, Gatewood took the logical step as their eating mentor and started the cooking class.
The class is held for up to 15 participants and is required for those in the Body Composition Improvement Program. Extra spots can be filled by family members and civilian workers. The typical class starts with simple ingredients costing about $10 for a small group or family.
"It's not just about not knowing how to cook," Gatewood says. "I try to make my class (cook with) five ingredients or less for the most part. It's really quick, and I cook everything right in front of (them), so (they) know they can cook quick, healthy food."
The food normally takes less than a half hour to make, and provides lots of healthy tips throughout the class.
The food was great, says Ana Pinto, a class participant. "I'm going to make it tomorrow night for my family."


This game is based on the classic game show blockbusters and is a great PowerPoint version. Game instructions are included. Best use with 2 teams and a list of your own questions relating to each letter!
Just a game for fun where the boys have to guess what gadget is underneath the blue boxes as soon as possible. Click slideshow and then click to reval the gadget box by box.
I use this to get my pupils to anwser questions in ICT using the compter rather than paper. This sort of form is great because all they can do is type in the anwser field nothing else! not changing colours or anything!
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With the gas prices being so high, more and more people are becoming aware of how valuable energy is in our daily lives. Hybrid cars show how energy can be conserved and pollution reduced. The cleanest non-hybrid vehicle can put about 90 percent smog pollution in the air versus the hybrid.
The Honda Insight was the first hybrid on the US market in 1999. It is electrically powered and can go 61 mpg on city roads and 70mpg on the highway. Then in 2000, Toyota brought the Prius to the market, it goes 52 mpg in the city and around 45 mpg on the road.
The Honda Civic hybrid came out in 2002 with 46mpg on city roads and about 51mpg on the highway. Since then there have been other hybrid models such as the Chevy Silverado, the Dodge Ram pickup, and the Ford Escape SUV.
Hybrids are more efficient for many reasons. For one, the battery of a hybrid lasts longer. It is equipped with two energy supplies- the gas and electricity. The car is made of lighter materials, that means less energy is used. The engine in a non-hybrid is heavier, so it needs more power to accelerate and to go up an incline. And with a hybrid, there are fewer cylinders.
Using hybrid cars and preventing pollution can potentially go hand in hand. A lot of time has been invested in the creation of hybrid cars and pollution prevention to develop a more economical option, but there is more to it as the effects of pollution on the atmosphere have also been considered. Hybrid cars and pollution prevention can offer a valuable advantage; lower emissions and this can have an excellent effect on the amount of pollution distributed. Far lower emissions of pollution and the other benefits can be gained when using hybrid cars. Hybrid cars and pollution prevention are now acceptable forms of vehicles that lower these emissions.
Tailpipe emissions affect the environment and pollution levels but this can be significantly lowered when using hybrid cars. The gases released when gasoline is burned, pollute the atmosphere and usually consist of gases including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and hydrocarbons. These are known as greenhouse gases and have particularly detrimental effects on the atmosphere and the environment. These gases remain trapped in the atmosphere, affecting our climate and have an overall adverse impact on pollution but taking measures such as recycling and using hybrid cars can lower pollution and other impurities that may be caused. Using a hybrid car is just one way to reduce the problem but avoiding the use of cars altogether would eliminate the problem. There are many steps other than using hybrid cars that could be taken to preserve energy and prevent pollution.
There are many advantages of using hybrid cars on the economy and pollution levels. It is growing increasingly more important to make an effort to produce fewer gas emissions and airborne pollution. For a clean earth, pollution needs to be significantly lowered, and hybrid cars release a lot more infrequent greenhouse gases compared to vehicles run with a gasoline engine.
Climate changes have also been put down to the severe amounts of pollution that we have unleashed on the world, and the growing environmental disasters are a nasty warning signal that time is running out. These significant reductions that are witnessed by owners of hybrid cars can be a big step on the way to improving the planet. Hybrid cars can save on fuel and even reward owners with a car tax rebate, so there are numerous advantages to switching to these vehicles. Although they save money, the most important benefit is the effect of the gas emissions on pollution and the environment.
Hybrids have less internal machinery. The energy and time needed to move a cylinder up and down in a non-hybrid are greater. To start the car, the non-hybrid engine needs more power because it has more cylinders. Besides, each cylinder uses more fuel for cylindrical displacement.
There are some tips to keep in mind when driving a hybrid to maximize energy and mileage productivity.
Drive slowly – Aerodynamic drag increases if you drive fast. If you slow down, you will save energy.
Drive at a constant speed – Increasing your spend and then slowing down wastes fuel.
Try not to break suddenly -The motor in a hybrid is like a generator. Energy is lost if you stop abruptly. Try to give your car some recovery time.
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San Bernardino Valley College football coach Pat Meech knows his school lacks the resources to compete weekly against the more traditional powers in Southern California. Now he doesn't have to do so.
The junior college season will kick off this week and the entire conference structure and playoff format has been reworked. The Foothill Conference no longer exists. Adios Mission Conference. Sayonara Western State Conference.
The sport will now be governed under the umbrella of the Southern California Football Association.
Teams are separated into two divisions – the National and American. The National is subdivided into three seven-team conferences (Northern, Central, Southern) while the American has two eight-team conferences (Mountain, Pacific).
The National Division, the power conference, includes perennial title contenders such as Mt. SAC, Bakersfield and former Foothill Conference juggernaut Grossmont. Chaffey, Riverside and Citrus are among the other entrants.
SBVC and Victor Valley factor into the weaker American Divsion. But Meech doesn't mind being lumped into the also-ran category.
Veteran Chaffey coach Carl Beach, who was on the committee that developed the new alignment, isn't quite sure his team is ready to battle the big boys, citing resources and enrollment but admits past success is the reason his school has been put in with the stronger teams.
"It's more about what we have done in the past. I'm not so sure we belong there but we'll see," he said.
The alignments will be reviewed every two years with some teams moving up or down depending on competitive balance.
A similar format has been used in the Northern part of the state for several years and received a favorable review.
When it comes to picking a field for the playoffs, eight teams will be chosen. Each of the three National Division conference will be given two spots for a total of six teams.
The American Division would qualify the winner of each conference for the final two spots, provided those teams finish with winning records. If a conference winner is not above .500, a wild-card would be chosen based on state power ranking.
There will be three additional bowl games for teams not making the playoffs to be awarded based on state ranking.
The original plan called for four teams to make the playoffs with all of those coming from the power division. The lesser schools balked at that idea so the current format was a compromise.
Beach said the committee wanted to get the new system in place. This one primarily divided teams based on their competitive history.
When the alignment is addressed again in two years he said more emphasis will be placed on enrollment, particularly a school's ability to draw out-of-state athletes. Resources and facilities will also be issues.
Teams in the American Division will have seven conference games, then fill out their schedule with three games against the National Division, giving them a chance to boost their power ranking and see if they are competitive against those teams.
SBVC's nonconference foes will be Riverside, College of the Desert and Saddleback. The Wolverines have played Riverside 68 times, the first coming in 1926 but haven't faced the Tigers since 2002.
Victor Valley's opponents will be Riverside, Palomar and Mt. SAC.
Rams coach Dave Hoover was alright with the division of the teams but isn't happy with his brutal nonconference schedule.
Chaffey and the other teams in the National Division have six conference games and four non-conference contests.
The Panthers will square off against Mt. San Jacinto, Southwestern, Antelope Valley and Grossmont – all significantly longer trips than treking 20 minutes to SBVC.
While SBVC is excited about renewing its rivalry with Riverside, it is mystified why Chaffey wasn't included on the non-conference schedule since rivalries were also supposed to be kept in tact. That also baffles Beach.
Coaches were allowed to submit a list of three teams they wanted to keep games with and both SBVC and Chaffey listed the other as their top choice.
"It doesn't make sense. We have to pass them by to go to all out other games," Beach said.
Hoover asked to keep Antelope Valley, Desert and Chaffey and got none of those.


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Coronavirus: Saudi royal hospital 'shutting down' after doctor tests for virus
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Sources inside Riyadh's King Faisal Hospital describe scenes of 'chaos', with at least 12 confirmed cases, and King Salman isolated at his palace
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Saudi Arabia's King Faisal Hospital, where members of the royal family, including King Salman, are treated, has been closed to all but emergency cases after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, medical sources in the hospital told Middle East Eye on Friday.
The hospital, one of the biggest in the country with about 1,000 beds, will remain closed to most patients until at least Tuesday, after the female anaesthetist had exposure to colleagues and patients.
The woman collapsed during a procedure and is suspected of having picked up the virus from a domestic worker at her home, sources told MEE.
Staff in the anaesthesiology department have been isolated at their homes and are being monitored.
As many as 12 people inside the hospital have tested positive for the virus, but the exact number is not known because testing is limited, a medical source inside the hospital told MEE.
All but four hospital entrances have been closed and guards placed on each are monitoring everyone who goes in and out.
A source said: "They have halted all routine treatment of patients, which is crippling for a hospital this size. It is one of the biggest and most prestigious in Saudi.
"The hospital is only dealing with emergency admissions and it is chaos in here because no one knows who is infected and what to do."
When contacted by MEE, the hospital confirmed that it would start shutting down non-emergency services from Sunday. Routine appointments are not scheduled for Friday and Saturday as it is the weekend.
Some emergency services are also being withdrawn and patients are being contacted about the situation.
The hospital has a special wing for treating members of the royal family, particularly the king and his brothers.
Officially there have been 274 cases of infection and no fatalities so far in the kingdom, according to the latest figures provided by the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
But the real infection rate is many times higher than that, according to medical sources in Riyadh.
All internal flights, train travel and taxis have been cancelled for two weeks.
On Thursday, King Salman appeared on television to deliver a statement on coronavirus. In a heavily edited broadcast, he read from a script to deliver a message of reassurance to Saudis.
"The strength, steadfastness, determination that you have demonstrated during the honourable defiance of this difficult phase, and your full cooperation with relevant government agencies, are the most important contributing factors and pillars of the success of the state's efforts, which has prioritised safeguarding health and made it the state's top concern," he said.
"Therefore, rest assured that we are very keen on providing the necessary medication, food and living necessities for citizens and residents of this blessed land."
The king, who is 84 and suffers from dementia, appeared to be in good health. MEE understands he has been isolated in his palace and has received visits from Chinese specialists in coronavirus.
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Q: How many extra pellets are fired from a Two Shot Prefix Shotgun? I was looking at the legendary weapon effects wikia page and came to the two shot entry. It says that it "fires an additional projectile." I remembered that I recently found a two shot combat shotgun. Does its prefix mean that it fires one more pellet or twice the pellets when compared to a normal combat shotgun?

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Does its prefix mean that it fires one more pellet or twice the pellets when compared to a normal combat shotgun?

Per your link to the Wikia:

The Two shot modifier makes the weapon fire an additional projectile while still using only 1 ammo and at slightly reduced accuracy.

This means that 2 rounds will be expended. Here are some examples that will help answer your question:

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*If you have 10 pellets from a shotgun cartridge, 20 will be fired instead.

*If you have 1 slug fired from a shotgun, 2 will be fired for 1 trigger pull.

*If the two shot was on a hunting rifle, instead of 1 bullet leaving the barrel, 2 will be sent downrange.

A: Well, let's put the speculations aside and test it experimentally!
If we compare two identical stock double-barrel shotgun (With a long barrel) in our inventory, we can see that the predicted damage for the shotgun with Two-Shot is already twice the damage of the standard shotgun:

If we test it point-blank on a gentle Deathclaw, we can observe the real damage difference between the two shots, which is just over 2x:

The slight difference can be explained by the pellets spread. I tried to reduce it to the maximum by using the Long Barrel mod and having my character placed at the exact same spot, doing a Body shot in VATS
So, in conclusion, Two-Shot will fire twice the amount of pellets from a shotgun doing correctly twice the damage.

A: truth is this. when a two shot is applied to the shotgun, a single bullet is added, and doubling the damage of all bullets, and screwing the spread and accuracy. it is explain why the test results were more than double damage. actually it is 2.25X damage boost if ignore other conditions like accuracy or armor.

A: Despite the most voted answer being that it doubles the amount of pellets, this is incorrect, and the 2-shot version doing more than double damage of the single shot actually supports the truth of how 2-shot works on shotguns and that is this:
A normal shotgun produces 8 pellets, with the damage spread among them evenly. A 2-shot fires a 9th pellet that does the same damage as the other 8. Here is some math to explain why it might do more than double damage in a testing scenario:
Firing with 8 pellets and 6 hit. Your listed damage is 80, so you do 60 damage.
Firing with 8 pellets doing 80 damage and a 9th doing 80 damage, when 7 pellets hit, including the 9th, you do 140 damage, more than twice as much as the first test.


A trio of museums in Rotterdam are currently exploring this theme of contemporary creative culture in China with three interrelated exhibitions on Architecture, Art and Photography. Nederlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Nederlands Fotomuseum. The explosion of industry and commerce in China over the last few years has gripped the West's attention. Some are gripped by fear, some by fascination, but whichever way you look at it China is very big, and growing fast; the industrial revolution going on over there cannot be ignored. But what about the creative revolution? Change and creation go hand in hand, so one would expect that with the pace of change in China right now there must be a great deal of creativity energy brewing. These shows are examining, through carefully selected works, how young creative talents are expressing themselves in their various mediums; how they are influenced by and how they may be influencing the "new" China. Only having time to see the NAI show I was impressed with the selection of work being shown. Avoiding the enormous homogenous development going on across China, this show focuses on small studios doing creative one-off building projects. With a great respect for traditional forms and natural materials, but using innovative techniques and a minimalist style, these young guns are creating a new and distinctive Chinese architecture for the 21st century. I also enjoyed the monumental exhibition design, which with its towering columns of images evokes a dense urban landscape and gives some sense of both the conceptually and literally enormous scale of the subject.


As you will see there are big changes on the front page of the Aurealis website. Chimaera Publications are soon to publish a six book series of Classic Australian SF, which can be pre-ordered via the website. The most notable change will be found within the shopping cart, once you have ordered from the Aurealis website. We now accept online payment of orders only via PayPal. You can still make cheque payments (made out to Chimaera Publications) via mail.
PayPal is a safe, easy way to pay and get paid online in any way they prefer: via credit cards, bank accounts, buyer credit or account balances.
If you don't already have a free PayPal account you can join here.
As if inter and intra-galactic politics weren't enough, then there was Star Wars vs Star Trek, and now we find ourselves in an era of sci-fi spin-offs, remakes, revivals and reincarnations, from small screen to silver screen, live action to 3D.
Join the voyage through the Stargates, Star Treks, Battlestars and Dr Whos with Oscar Hillerström (Empire, Rotten Tomatoes, Popcorn Taxi and 'Captain' of SCI FI Channel Australia's website), Adam Richard (comedian, TV and radio personality) and Jane Badler (famed for her role as 'Diana' in the original series of V) as they answer the questions we don't dare ask.
ACMI, Studio 1 Federation Square Melbourne, Thursday 29 July, 7pm, tickets from ACMI Full $14 Concession $11.
The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction of the year was established in 1987 by James Gunn, Director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas.
Australia's Damien Broderick's story can be found in Jonathan Strahan's The Best SF and Fantasy of the Year Vol. 4 (Night Shade Books).
In July's Good Reading Magazine (@GoodReading) "Steampunk. What is it?" by Michael Pryor. And it looks like the digital edition is now iPad friendly.
Melina Marchetta interviewed by her mentoree Jessica Flood for NSW Writers' Centre http://bit.ly/aCUrTT Also link to her class on July 24th.
SpecFaction NSW co-convenor Nathan Burrage has announced that nominations are now open for the 2010 Aurealis Awards. Entry forms are available from the Aurealis Awards website.
NSW Writers Centre workshop "Writing the Fantastical" with Kate Forsyth. In the course, Kate will take participants through the many sub-genres of fantasy fiction along with practical techniques for creating fantasy fiction. The one-day course runs from 10am-4pm Sunday 8 August here at the NSW Writers Centre at Balmain Rd, Rozelle and costs $140 (full price), $100 (members) and $85 (concession members).


Lateral Entry Admission Rank list is announced. You can check your Rank by this Link.
The Engineering Lateral Entry Counseling (Direct Second Year) will be held in Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering Karaikudi and the counseling will begin on 18th July 2012.
The counseling call letters are being dispatched to the students who have applied for lateral entry for BE BTech courses.
30th July to 9th August 2012 : Electrical Branch.
Detailed Counseling Timetable with cut off details will be published shortly.
Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering is opened a Webpage for B.E. Lateral Entry Admission Related Details.
Last year (2011) Lateral entry cutoff details are available in that site now.
Further updates also will be updated periodically.


New from Creative Coverings, the "Posy" dupioni table linen features a chic, modern color combination of black, yellow and gray. The design is available in 132-inch rounds and runners. Also new from the company is a mustard-colored dupioni line of napkins and sashes, which are ideal pairings for the Posy print, along with other gray linens.
Designer Lollipop puts edible images within clear lollipops, enabling event planners to offer custom lollipops that feature anything from beautiful photos to brands. All items are made to order, with a turnaround time of three days for small orders and two weeks for large orders (150 pieces or more). Along with custom designs, the company offers its own exclusive designs. Rush service is available.
New from Fortune Products, the company now offers its Fairy Berries glowing lights as 12 lights spaced 12 inches apart on a 13-foot string. Each string runs for more 48 continuous hours on three AA batteries, with ¾-inch balls producing a glowing, tiny light that fades on and off slowly. The result is a moving firefly or fairy light effect, according to the company.
Note: Act fast--information on these products is available online only through April 23. Do you have a cool new product to share with us? Please send it here--thanks!


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Lebanese Red Cross: 75 people injured in clashes between Security forces and rioters in downtown Beirut
Syria continues doing its duty in fighting terrorism and protecting citizens from terrorist groups' atrocities: Foreign Ministry
Al-Mikdad calls for Palestinian unity to face American-Zionist schemes
Terrorists prevent civilians from leaving terrorist-held areas via humanitarian corridors for the sixth consecutive day
Palestinian foreign ministry calls on UN organizations to stop Israeli crimes against Palestinian children
US presence in Syria contradicts with international law: Zakharova
Protests in Jordan against gas deal with Israel
American Army belies Trump & admits injury of 11 soldiers by Iranian retaliatory attack
Iraq: The Withdrawal of the USA forces is a Decision of sovereignty
A citizen was killed & two others wounded by terrorist attack against Aleppo
Analyses and Studies
Syrian Cuisine
Arab and Foreign Press
Syria Profile
Presidential Activities
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Tell Brak
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Tell Brak is situated in the Upper Khabur of north eastern Syria. It is one of the largest ancient hills in northern Mesopotamia, over 40 m high, 800 x 600 m in area, with an extensive outer town including a corona of smaller tells surrounding the main tell. As a 'Gateway City', Brak controlled one of the major roads leading from the Tigris Valley north to the metal sources in Anatolia and west to the Euphrates and the Mediterranean. The tell itself was occupied from at least as early as 6000 BC to the end of the Late Bronze Age , with settlement of 'Ubaid to early Islamic date also attested in the outer town. Excavated areas of the site up to now date from the mid-fifth to the end of the second millennium BC. The earliest identified non-residential structure at Tell Brak is what must have been an enormous building, even though only a small portion of the room has been excavated. This building has a massive entranceway with a basalt door-sill and towers on either side. The building has red mud brick walls which are 1.85 meters thick, and even today stand 1.5 meters tall. Radiocarbon dates have placed this structure securely between 4400 and 3900 BC.
A workshop of craft activities has been identified at Tell Brak, as has a large building which contained mass-produced bowls and a unique obsidian and white marble chalice held together with bitumen. A large collection of stamp seals and so-called 'sling bullets' were also recovered here. A 'feasting hall' at Tell Brak contains several very large hearths and a quantity of mass-produced plates.
Surrounding the tell is an extensive zone of settlements covering an area of about 300 hectares, with evidence of use between the Ubaid period of Mesopotamia through the Islamic periods of the mid-first millennium AD.
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Django 1.10.5 fixes several bugs in 1.10.4.
Fixed a crash in the debug view if request.user can't be retrieved, such as if the database is unavailable (#27567).
Fixed a regression in the timesince and timeuntil filters that caused incorrect results for dates in a leap year (#27637).
Fixed a regression where collectstatic overwrote newer files in remote storages (#27658).
Stephen Newey donated to the Django Software Foundation to support Django development. Donate today!


The administration's program to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program has given the green light to 664,607 since 2012, including several linked to fraud, terrorism and gangs, according to the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services agency.
What's more, applications for permanent residence have surged from 3,000 to 7,500 a month, far above projections, according to agency answers provided to Senate Judiciary Immigration and the National Interest Subcommittee Republicans and obtained by Secrets.
USCIS said it is also producing 144,275 "employment authorization documents" each month, and has the capability to approve 400,000 work permits a month.
President Obama proposed DACA in 2012. It allows younger illegals who entered prior to June 2007 to get a renewable work permit and exemption from deportation. Since then, 243,872 renewals have been granted.


WaterNSW will increase staff and provide an alcohol-free, family-friendly section at its popular Bendeela Recreation Area in the Kangaroo Valley over the summer holiday period.
Bendeela Recreation Area is managed as two separate areas depending on the number of vehicles and visitors. The rear camping area will be open to visitors from midday 15 December 2017 and close at midday 29 January 2018.
The alcohol-free section of the camping ground has been well received by visitors since it was introduced in late 2015. Increased security and signage will also be present as WaterNSW encourages visitors to respect the wildlife, the environment and other visitors.
"Bendeela is an important part of the catchment area for Greater Sydney's drinking water and WaterNSW wants the thousands of people who use the area each year to do so safely and with minimal impact on the environment," a spokesperson for WaterNSW said.
"It is important that visitors and WaterNSW work together to minimise any environmental impact on the water storage areas and to ensure the safety of all visitors and wildlife.
"WaterNSW will provide a greater staff presence and patrol campsites throughout the school holidays. These measures are intended to ensure the safety of campers and wildlife and deter potential anti-social behaviour.
Signage and educational material will inform visitors about respecting the wildlife, especially the bare-nosed wombats prevalent in the area.
Visitors are encouraged to give the wombats space and drivers are urged to stick to the 15km/h speed limit in the park for their protection. If a wombat is injured, please let WaterNSW and security know immediately.


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-- This includes the parameters, except for the variadic ones.
function Frame:get_locals()
    return self._locals
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--- Returns all external local variables by name.
function Frame:get_upvalues()
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end

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function Frame:get_named_variables()
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function Frame:get_all_variables()
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-- @tparam name
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-- @tparam parameterIndex
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local function add_variable(frame, v)
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            frame._upvalues[v.name] = v
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            frame._locals[v.name] = v
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    end
end

local function add_locals(frame, thread, level)
    local parameter_count = assert(frame.nparams)
    local i = 1
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        local parameter_index
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            parameter_index = i
        end

        if not string.match(name, '^%(') then -- internal locals start with (
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                                 value = value,
                                 parameter_index = parameter_index})
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    end
end

local function add_var_args(frame, thread, level)
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        local name, value = debug.getlocal(thread, level+1, -i)
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local function add_upvalues(frame)
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    frame._named_variables = {}
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            local mt = getmetatable(slot_value)
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local function gather_value_origins(frames)
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            local next_frame = frames[i+1]
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        -- resolve other variable names:
        for _, variable in ipairs(frame._variables) do
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local function trace_frames(thread, level, max_level)
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    local frames = {}
    local i = 1
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        local frame = new_frame(thread, level+i)
        if not frame then break end
        frames[i] = frame
        i = i + 1
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    gather_value_origins(frames)
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                    {__call = function(_, ...)
                         return new_frame(...)
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Marvel fans have been waiting a long time, but it's finally here – Netflix dropped the "Jessica Jones" trailer today, and everyone is expecting it to be a hit.
If you're not all caught up on the countless characters and storylines of the Marvel franchise these days, Jones is a former superhero who now works as a detective in New York City, investigating cases involving people with "extraordinary abilities." Her story will eventually tie in with Netflix's "The Defenders" along with Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, the same way the "Iron Man," "Captain America" and "Thor" films tie into the Avengers films.
Krysten Ritter plays the title character, along with David Tennant as villain Kilgrave and Mike Colter as Luke Cage (who will be getting his own series in 2016).
Sharp-eyed viewers will spot the Avengers Tower in the background.
Marvel's "Jessica Jones" premieres on Netflix on November 20.


With more and more people cycling to work, bicycle shelters and bike racks have become a familiar feature in many privately-owned car parks. Smoking shelters are also popular for outside offices, pubs, restaurants and hotels. Many establishments also require safe, secure and watertight outdoor storage areas while commercial car ports are also a frequent sight in modern car parks.
Whatever type of shelter or storage solution you require, Avium can supply, fit and maintain it, even down to the common-or-garden litter bin or simply some smart, comfortable outdoor seating for staff and visitors, with or without canopies.
With a combined experience of over 50 years in car park services in the Swindon area, no-one is better equipped than Avium to ensure your instructions are carried out promptly and to exacting standards. We also offer a full maintenance service to ensure your shelters and storage bunkers are kept in tip-top condition.


Useful links will be gradually built up. If you know an organisation that you think it would be useful to include please contact the Clerk.
999 Emergency. Immediate threat to life or property.
101 every other non-emergency situation.
To report an incident to an individual officer, you can dial 101 and leave them a voicemail message by following the recorded instructions and entering their collar number when prompted.
Our neighbourhood officers are: Sergeant Weston, collar number 1687 and PC Michelle Skingsly, collar number 4480.
By email. Look on website https://leics.police.uk/contact and go to Local policing section of the website, where you can leave a message for your local officer.
01858 828282 HDC Community Safety Team or Environmental Health re anti social behaviour, during office hours.
0800 555 111 Crime stoppers. A crime can be reported here anonymously.
Lutterworth CommunityTransport Service (01455 555571 ) You will need to register with your name and address. You will be charged per mile, but it is cheaper than a taxi! Can cater for wheel chair users.
Local Demand responsive service. Thursday, 9.30 from Arnesby to M Harboro; 12.30 M Harboro to Arnesby; Leics County Council + Murphys taxis. Tel:01858410210 to book a taxi. Weds, Arnesby to Leicester 10.30; Leic to Arnesby 1.30; LCC + Karls Kabs; Tel: 07815044068. Do not run if no bookings received. £4 return. Bus passes valid.
An App (on iphone and android) called "NHS now" can be downloaded free, with info about local health services.
Have you got the phone number of a relative or friend in case of day or night time emergencies?
There may be an initial start up charge and there will be a monthly charge.
Either of these services will provide you with an emergency button to wear, which, when pressed will go through to a switchboard who will contact your named family or friends. If no-one is at home, they will call a paramedic.
12.15. Monday – Friday. Cost: £2.70. Book previous week preferably, but can book day before. Book at school (ring bell by gate) or by phone. Tel: 2478563 for further information.
Arnesby Village Hall: (Brian & Sue Spriggs 0116 2478559) The focus of village events such as monthly Saturday morning coffee and Swap Shop, (both Brian &Sue Spriggs) and film club.
Arnesby Baptist Chapel (Johnny Hutton 2478392). Sunday services at 10.45 & 6 pm. Tuesday coffee mornings.
Mobile Library Van: Third Tuesday of each month at 11 – 11.30 in St Peter's Road.
Dementia Support Café, Main st, Countesthorpe, 3rd Monday of month, 2 – 3.30. Tel: 2311111, Alzheimer Soc.