A favorite among French chefs, tarragon has a distinctive flavor and fragrance that's reminiscent of anise. Delicious in sauces and condiments, it's also a natural for fish, poultry, eggs, and vegetables – and beverages, too! Find out all you need to know about this royal herb right here on Foodal!
With the arrival of cooler weather, we instinctively turn to denser foods to provide more fuel, and heat, for our bodies. But we can turn up the heat even more with the addition of warming spices. Join us for a look at which spices provide the most warmth, and how to add more of them to your menu.
A dish with too much spice can take on blazing intensity, making it unpalatable for all but the most hard-core of heat seekers. The good news? Even if your dish has become too hot to handle, it can be brought back from the brink of disaster! Check out the five best methods to save your dinner (and your taste buds) right here on Foodal.
Are you curious about how to make your own natural, crystalized ginger? Sweet, spicy, chewy, crunchy – Foodal has the perfect recipe for you, and you only need two ingredients! Whether you want a quick tummy tamer or an exciting new garnish for your next dessert, these candies have exactly what you're looking for. Keep reading now on Foodal!
Fennel seed is a fantastic addition to your spice rack. It can be used to season lots of dishes, whether meat, fish, or vegetarian. Plus, beneficial properties can help with various health issues too, like digestive problems. Read on for an overview of this interesting spice!
Ramson is a fabulous herb with a fresh and tangy taste. We like to use this garlic-flavored plant in a variety of recipes. Read on for tips on how to collect it, and grow it on your own. And find a great idea for our superb pull-apart bread. Get the recipe now!
Did you know you can use lavender in your cooking? The wonderful scent and flavor of this Mediterranean flower will provide both sweet and savory recipes with a new twist. To find out how to add this fragrant flower to your own culinary creations, read more now on Foodal.
Anise and star anise: one name that unites two different spices. Find out about the medicinal benefits of common anise and its essential oil, and the intriguing look of exotic star anise. And get some inspiration when it comes to cooking with these very similar aromatic spices.
Vanilla is one of the most popular – and most expensive – spices. Learn about its origins, complicated extraction, and synthetic substitutes. A whole range of different vanilla products provides the delicate and aromatic flavor of the queen of spices. Read on to discover its secrets!
Want to try your hand at making your own mustard? If so, give Foodal's guide a read and get started now. You add different ingredients to make it your own and use it for everything your would use store-bought for or even add some extra sweetener and use it in place of BBQ sauce.
Mustard is one of most basic condiments. But did you know that there a hundreds of regional varieties? Join us in our look at the basics of mustard lore and learn what you need to know to match the correct type of mustard with various foods.


While it's not uncommon to spot a Louis Comfort Tiffany stained-glass window or two in a grand mansion or house of worship, what about an entire interior space designed by him? Step inside a rarely opened synagogue in the Upper West Side to view one of his largest works, with a main sanctuary that is arguably his greatest pièce de résistance in all of New York.
Join New York Adventure Club for an exploration of the landmarked Shearith Israel synagogue, commonly known as the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, which is home to North America's first Jewish congregation dating back to 1654.


London based DJ & Producer, whom we featured in our Behind The Decks series, last summer, Talal releases a new EP on Capital Heaven, to kick off new year. The London based imprint has been a home to Quivver, H.O.S.H., Ruede Hagelstein and other top artists. With support on previous releases from luminaries such as John Digweed, Petar Dundov, Steve Lawler, Sasha and Danny Tenaglia, Talal delivers two slabs of solid gold for his latest offering.
Following a year which featured the heavily supported 'Moapa' and an appearance at Robot Heart's Further Future Festival, Talal now makes his much anticipated debut on Capital Heaven. Talal releases a new EP, which features the enchanting 'Fourie and 'Stay On' singles.
So far the Talal's new EP has received early support from the likes of Alan Fitzpatrick, Dubfire, Danny Tenaglia, Luigi Madonna, Maceo Plex, Petar Dundov, Robert Babicz, and Sasha amongst others. You can now preview both tracks below.


During the three-year period, roughly 40 per cent of the respondents had changed jobs at least once, while among under 25s, the figure was 90 per cent.
Even though changing jobs is most common among people just embarking on their careers, for the accountant Niina Hänninen (39), the period of searching only began at the age of 30.
After gaining a vocational qualification in business administration, she found a job that she stayed at for nine years. She topped up her qualification to a bachelor's degree while working and took up an overseas secondment.
After this, she tried out studies in the field of social work but decided to continue as an accountant. She accepted a short-term post in accounting, after which she worked for three years for a different company, but part of the same group.
"It's true that once you have mustered up the courage to change jobs for the first time it's easier the next time."
Next, spurred by desire to make a difference, Hänninen took a job at a charitable organisation, before the English language and international atmosphere offered by a company in bag business tempted her to change jobs again. Now she has worked for a couple of years as an accountant for a record company, which allows her to be involved in the music industry, a passion of hers.
After switching jobs so many times, Hänninen was starting to feel embarrassed about telling her friends that she had moved on to a new place yet again.
"Even in a job interview, the interviewer wanted to know why I have changed jobs so many times. But going through it, I realised there had been a good reason for each change. Now I feel at ease: I've found the right place."
Marika Kivilehto (36) has also transferred to a new job every couple of years, with the desire to learn something new as the driving force behind the changes.
Last December, Kivilehto took up a post as the HR development manager for the engineering business RD Velho. By chance, she came across the job only six months after announcing her wish list to her husband while bathing in a sauna.
"I remarked to my husband that if I changed jobs it would be to work for a Finnish company which was striving to expand and where I could be involved in developing HR right from the beginning."
When Kivilehto talks about her career, a clear pattern emerges: she has accepted all the jobs with great enthusiasm, given her next step some serious consideration and worked hard to achieve her goals.
After graduating from upper secondary school, she trained for her dream job as a hairdresser, but ended up running an online beauty product shop.
From there, she moved to another online retail job in the same field, working as an assistant buyer for the cosmetics department at SOK, while completing a bachelor's degree in business administration and specialising in HR.
"I thought I should gain experience in all aspects of business in case I became a manager one day."
Kivilehto has also made some bold decisions, such as changing a permanent post to a short-term contract. "I've never paid any attention to the length of the contract but to what the job involved and what it could teach me."
She has also proposed changes to her job description. While working as a consultant at the Manpower recruitment company she said to her boss that more consultants needed to be hired to implement the company's new operating model and offered to lead the team. The boss took Kivilehto up on her offer.
In her last job as a HR Partner at Danske Bank, she ended up coaching managers for cooperation negotiations. She learnt a lot from the job, but the three more negotiations that followed the first ones in a quick succession, sparked an idea that culminated in the announcement she made to her husband while in sauna.
At some point, Kivilehto felt some bangs of worry that the rapid job changes might not do anything to improve her CV, but came to a conclusion that her range of experience was an asset.
"My career path could have followed a dozen other routes. I've had some bold ideas, been active in realising them and then one thing has just led to another."
People who change jobs frequently often end with a better pay than those who stick with one employer. Statistics on pay also reveal that transferring to new duties within the same company can boost pay but the benefits of changing jobs or tasks within a company vary between fields. In 2007 to 2010, the wage package in the industrial sector grew most for employees changing to a different company while in the service sector, transferring to new duties within the same company had the most positive impact on pay.
People with a high level of education benefit the most from career changes, whereas employees with a low level of education – women in particular – do not usually gain financially from changing jobs.
Rapid moves from one company to another may arouse questions in potential employees, says Hannu Solanne, managing director at Uranus, a recruitment company. He believes four to six years to be an ideal period of time in the same job, with a longer stint weakening the applicants' appeal in the eyes of recruitment people. When remaining longer with the same employer, it is a good idea to seek new challenges within the same company.
If an applicant's working history is meandering, a little bit of creativity can be applied to compiling the CV. The most relevant work experience can be placed first, instead of listing jobs in chronological order or jobs can be grouped according to the job description.


rec. The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, England, 29–30 September and 1 October, 2009. DDD.
Haydn's two Cello Concertos seem to have their admirers and detractors in roughly equal numbers. I'm one of the former, especially since the discovery of the C-major concerto, now listed as No.1, in the 1960s, replaced the D-major in my affections. Despite the detractors, one or both concertos have not been without some distinguished recordings and the new version from Meneses can now be added to the list of recommendations. At over 70 minutes, too, it's excellent value, especially by comparison with the EMI recording with Rostropovich and the Academy of St Martin's, clocking in at a miserly 49 minutes, though the mid-price partly compensates (5672342).
Antonio Meneses' performance of the C-major, which opens the new CD, is sprightly and stylish. Though the Northern Sinfonia play on modern instruments, as does Meneses himself, as far as I am aware, the performance represents an improvement in period awareness from that of Miloš Sádlo, the first to be available, on Supraphon (and briefly on Music for Pleasure) which introduced me to the work and which I'm sorry to see is no longer available, even as a download. I can't recall how the violins were placed on that recording, but I'm pleased that they are divided here.
The Cello Concertino by Meneses' fellow Brazilian, Clóvis Pereira, which follows, is a tuneful and likeable work – which doesn't at all mean that it's superficial. It's described by Pereira himself in the notes as in quasi-baroque style. I very much enjoyed hearing it as a bridge providing variety between the two Haydn works and would like to hear more of his music. I found the rhapsodic slow movement especially attractive. That composer note is, however, all too brief: it doesn't even give the composition date, and I would have liked Pereira to explain the marking Aboio (Adagio) for the slow movement. An aboio is a kind of Song without Words, native to several parts of Brazil. The finale marking Rondo agalopado is, presumably, his own invention to indicate the galope. Without a score, I can only assume that the performance is as good as those of the two Haydn works: it certainly sounds fully committed. As I recently discovered, there is a considerable amount of musical talent in Brazil of which we are too little aware: see my review of music from the South of that country in my June 2010 Download Roundup – here.
I started by saying that the Haydn C-major concerto had replaced the D-major in my affections, but the equally stylish performance here goes a long way to restoring my enjoyment of it. One small caveat – I thought that all concerned might have made a little more of that wonderful recurring tune in the finale which is so reminiscent of 'Here we go gathering nuts in May', but that might have been achieved at the expense of the wistfulness which is also inherent in this movement and which is well brought out here.
There seems to be little point in making detailed comparisons with other performances, since no other version of one or both of the Haydn works comes with such an interesting coupling – inevitably, since only odd short pieces of music by Pereira exist in the UK domestic catalogue.
I shall, however, be holding on to my deleted Philips Concert Classics CD as a reminder of Maurice Gendron's feeling for this music – if I can find it! I was introduced to the D-major in a recording in which he was soloist, coupled with the Grutzmacher rearrangement of Boccherini. In the remake, with both concertos, he acts as conductor in stylish performances for their time, which I could wish to see returned to the catalogue. I recommended René Capuçon's Virgin Classics recording (5 45560-2) in my June 2009 Download Roundup – here – but the spurious 'Concerto No.4' on that recording is no match for the Pereira on the new CD, unless you are averse to mixing the old and the new. I sometimes am, but definitely not in this case.
The Avie sound is good throughout – the kind of recording, typical for this label, which never draws attention to itself. Pereira's own notes may be too brief but the worthwhile analyses by Peter Avis of the Haydn are fuller.
Avie advertise in the booklet several other recordings of instrumental and chamber which Meneses has made for them: Peter J Lawson made his Bach Cello Suites Recording of the Month (AV0052, 2 CDs) – see review – Michael Cookson praised his Schumann and Schubert, with Gérard Wyss (AV2112) – see review – and Dominy Clements enjoyed his Beethoven Cello Sonatas with Menahem Pressler (AV2103) – see review. That I now intend to investigate some or all of these other issues indicates how highly I rate the new Haydn and Pereira recording. These performances are now my benchmarks for Haydn and the Pereira Concertino offers a surprisingly apt coupling.


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Therapists: Katie Gordon, Ph.D., Brandon T. Saxton, M.S.
Will did not want to share his history with us, but we were able to obtain information from medical and court records. We learned that Will was an only child whose parents died when he was a young boy. He was then placed in the foster care system and was removed from three homes due to severe physical abuse (e.g., being stabbed with a knife and burned with cigarettes). Tragically, these early childhood experiences disrupted Will's ability to form healthy attachments and trust people. He also developed a persistent fear that people would abandon him once they knew the truth about his past.
Will dropped out of high school due to disinterest, but actively pursued self-education through reading materials on a wide range of topics including history, chemistry, art, physics, and literature. He also chose to work as a janitor at MIT in order to gain more exposure to advanced mathematics. Based on Will's verbalization and impressive knowledge, he appeared to have superior intellectual functioning. After explaining his educational history to us, Will stood up and looked at the diplomas and degrees on our walls and said, "You wasted $150,000 on an education you could've got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library." He then made his way to our bookshelf, eyed a history book, and said, "If you want to read a real history book, read Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. That book will #$%&ing knock you on your #$%." We thanked him for the advice and turned to his employment history, which consisted of working a string of different jobs including custodial work and construction.
Will's criminal records revealed the following charges: Assault (June, 1993; September, 1993), Grand Theft Auto*(February, 1994), Impersonating a Police Officer (January, 1995), Mayhem, Theft, and Resisting Arrest (dates unknown).
*He had this charge dropped by arguing that it fit within Free Property Rights of Horse and Carriage from 1798.
Based on his presentation and behavior in Good Will Hunting (available on Netflix!), we decided to evaluate Will for antisocial personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While he exhibited some PTSD symptoms in response to severe childhood abuse (e.g., persistent and exaggerated negative beliefs about oneself, others, or the world), he did not appear to meet full diagnostic criteria for the disorder (e.g., he did not appear to exhibit signs of recurrent, intrusive memories of the trauma).
According to the DSM-5, antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occurring since age 15. Will clearly met at least 4 of the 7 criteria (3 are required for this diagnosis): 1) failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors, as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest (see legal history section), 2) deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure (e.g., lied about having 12 older brothers: Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brian; had Chucky pretend to be him during a job interview), 3) irritability or aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults (see presenting problem and legal history sections), and 4) consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations (he quit at least two jobs without providing notice to his employers). While we can't be completely certain that some of these behaviors were present by age 15, it seems reasonable to suspect that in light of his criminal record dating back to age 16.
A subset of individuals with antisocial personality disorder also exhibit psychopathic traits, including extreme callousness with regard to other people's feelings. While Will displayed antisocial patterns, including criminal behavior, he did not appear to lack in conscience or concern for others. He experienced genuine and deep feelings for Skylar (a woman he dated) and his friends from Southie. Therefore, Will did not appear to be psychopathic. That is important for treatment planning, because there is evidence that individuals with psychopathy do not tend to improve or actually become worse with therapeutic intervention. Treatment research on antisocial personality disorder has not clearly identified effective treatments for this disorder. Most effective treatments for these types of behaviors target adolescents in family-focused, multicomponent treatments, which draws attention to the importance of early intervention for antisocial behavior.
Though he did not appear to meet criteria for PTSD, many of Will's problems likely stem from, or were exacerbated by, tragic and traumatic childhood events. Therefore, he may benefit from a therapeutic approach that addresses the negative impact of these experiences while teaching him healthy emotional coping and behavioral strategies. Because this particular approach has not been scientifically-tested, his therapist should regularly monitor Will to ensure that he is receiving benefit from it. If he is not improving or becoming worse, this approach should be discontinued. Will has a number of strengths including his insight, knowledge, and desire for interpersonal connections – all which suggest that he may benefit from therapy, if he is willing to participate in it.
We contacted Will's therapist, Sean Maguire, to follow-up on his status. Sean informed us that their therapy had a rough start, but they ultimately formed a strong, meaningful rapport and made substantial progress. Sean said that he last heard from Will through a letter that said he "had to see about a girl," meaning that he had finally left his comfort zone in Southie and went to California so that he could continue his relationship with Skylar. We viewed this as a hopeful sign of progress for Will.
Some aspects of antisocial personality disorder were accurate, as specified above. Will's intellect is atypically high, and that fact is recognized with the fictional world of the movie.
Yes, Will was written and portrayed as a nuanced and sympathetic character who effectively evoked compassion.
On a scale of not liking them apples to very much liking them apples, we love them apples.


I'm inspired by the platform YYC Cycle has given me to connect and build relationships with people who share a common goal.
This community has uplifted me since my very first visit. I've been encouraged and motivated to be fearless, limitless, and resilient.
Everyday I am grateful for my body and good health. I can move, improve, challenge, and surprise myself.
Whether the 1st class or the 100th, a good day or bad, the Bikergang is committed to health and betterment. I'm excited and privileged by a rider's decision to spend an hour with me.


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LATINX/CRITICAL RACE THEORY (LatCrit)
TRANSITION TO WOMANHOOD
MALE ARCHETYPES: MACHISMO/CABALLERISMO
FEMALE ARCHETYPES
SCHOOL/CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AND IDENTITY
Appendix: Addressing Common Core State Standards
They Weren't Always Mad, Sad, or Bad: Transitions into Womanhood
Cheryl A. Canino
This unit, entitled They Weren't Always Mad, Sad or Bad1: Transitions into Womanhood based on the seminar The Place of Women: Home, Economy and Politics is intended to create a body of work to present students with an opportunity to gain language to discuss issues related to the transitions from girlhood into womanhood. It is an attempt to expose students to a diversity of short fictional and nonfictional texts examining the definition and role of women. It is hoped that by providing literature and nonfiction text featuring a myriad of female characters, students will be exposed to numerous expressions of the construct of "femaleness." Using a presentation of dissimilar examples of "femaleness," students will develop language to critically analyze characters in literature as it relates to the transition experience from girlhood to womanhood. Students will be asked to re-vision a world using their new voice and language defining "femaleness" as refined by their reading, student to student discourse and writing.
How do you help students tell the story of who they are? We all know a story has a beginning, middle and an end but where are our students on this trajectory? What definitions of "female," girl or woman exactly are they bringing when they come to school? How have they processed the definitions, roles, and images they have been given and/or been exposed to? When you encounter a student how do you know where they are? What does a particular mindset look like? How will they behave if they define themselves in a particular way? As observers of students, what definitions and/or biases do we bring to the table? Are we objective? How reliable is our lens when it comes to assessing our students? And at the end of the day, what is the "correct" point of view to project to a classroom of diverse students? Is there an ideal or standard of womanhood that we should inform our students about?
This curriculum serves to assist middle schoolers develop and explore "femaleness" as a fluid construct of identity. Using literature and nonfiction text, students will be asked to critically analyze female characters, their roles and choices as presented. In New Haven, the current core text being used is The House on Mango Street (THOMS) by Sandra Cisneros, and while this curriculum uses THOMS as a "foundational" text, other texts could serve as viable options. The text serves as a launchpad for whole class and small group discussions. Having a common or a foundational text not only provides students with a shared literary experience from which they can develop a common language, but it also allows students to create a barrier of safety--a level of personal distancing. This personal distancing shifts classroom discussions away from individual experiences that may subject students to judgments that sometimes accompany discussions related to topics of gender and sexuality. Negative judgments would have a deleterious and stifling effect on not only classroom discussions but run contrary to what the curriculum hopes to achieve--a nonjudgmental exploration of women and their roles in the world.
Students will gain voice and language through exploration of the fluidity of the construct of femaleness. The curriculum attempts to expand initial literature inquiries into the female construct by providing students further opportunities to explore, discuss, synthesize and refine ideas using nonfiction texts concerning women, their roles and world placement using various sociological, economic and political lenses. Exposing students to a diversity of voices of and about women through both the dramatic narrative, essays and other multimedia concerning the economics, sociological and political aspects of womanhood should serve as a contextual backdrop which for some students may be a first inquiry into unquestioned acceptance of what it means to be female. The curriculum seeks to compel students to think critically about what it means to be female, look beyond traditional binary frameworks of male versus female, single versus married ideologies and seeks to have them reevaluate what may be familiar female images. It asks students to examine and question the possibility of limitations of their constructs of "femaleness."
Using reflective writing, small and large group discussions, students will develop voice, and identity, appreciate the multi-dimensions and perspectives contained within the construct of the female and its intersections of sex, class and race. The curriculum forces students not only to gather information about women from fictional narratives and historical sociological, economic and psychological essays but it asks them expend synergistic energy to evaluate various expressions to develop agency, to not be victims and determine their role in the depicting what it means to be "female."

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Delta Science Panel Witness List Raises Questions About Commitment to Real Science
January 22, 2010 -- Stockton -- The Department of the Interior has released the draft agenda for the National Academy of Sciences panel reviewing the biological opinion mandating reduced diversions of fresh water from the Sacramento Delta to protect Delta fish populations.
The panel's list of outside experts has struck the environmental and fishing community with its blatant bias in favor of agricultural and urban water users.
The "expert" invited to represent the Sacramento Delta is a representative from the "Coalition for a Sustainable Delta," an astroturf organization funded by Stewart Resnick, the billionaire owner of Paramount Farms, a San Joaquin Valley agribusiness. The group is housed in Resnick's Paramount Farms headquarters, and three of its four officers are Paramount employees.
"This is an insult to Delta residents who will be most affected by the decisions of this panel," said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla of Restore the Delta. Delta farmers and Delta cities rely on water from the Delta, which has suffered from water quality problems from overpumping in previous years. The collapse of Delta fish populations has also severely impacted the Delta's and California Coastal commercial, sportfishing and tourism industries, to say nothing of the natural environment. Neither Restore the Delta staff, nor any of its 4500 members were invited to testify before the panel.
Commercial salmon fishermen aren't even represented on the witness list. The group invited to testify before the panel is the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, which studies skipjack and yellowfin tuna populations. These deep sea fish breed in Mexico and in warm years are sometimes found as far north as Point Conception in Santa Barbara. "It is ridiculous to suggest that the West Coast's largest salmon run can be replaced by increased fishing of skipjack tuna in Southern California," said Zeke Grader of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association. "This leads me to question whether the Department of the Interior is serious about restoring the West Coast salmon fishery and the thousands of lost jobs in coastal communities in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington."
Another "expert" witness has been the source of deep skepticism because of the lack of vetting of his research. BJ Miller, who is listed on the panel as a "consultant" is expected to testify that he has found no correlation between Delta smelt populations and Delta pumping. Miller has no University affiliations and his research has never been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. He has been listed as a "Consulting Engineer" for agricultural groups, including the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, a major beneficiary of Delta pumping.
The Metropolitan Water District also is slated to testify at the hearing. The District has had its plans for further housing development in Southern California impacted by the biological opinion. Observers wonder whether these industry groups even belong as expert witnesses at a hearing for an independent scientific review of the biological opinion determining freshwater flows needed to restore salmon, smelt, and other species of fish.
We had expected better from the current administration," said Byron Leydecker of Friends of the Trinity River. " Seeing that the National Academy of Science review will be an extended process, we hope that representatives from the salmon industry, Delta communities and the independent, University-affiliated biologists who are studying the decline of Delta fish populations will be given an equal opportunity to testify in the near future."
Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, (209) 479-2053
Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen (415) 561-5080 x224
Byron Leydecker, Friends of Trinity River (415) 383-4810
Carolee Krieger, California Water Impact Network (805) 969-0842


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Q: svn commit using TeamCity I am using Visual studio and TeamCity tools. I have added project in TeamCity. When TeamCity project build succeeded, TeamCity automatically should commit new binaries from bin/Release folder to specifed SVN path(e.g svn:\abc.com\root\trunk ). Does any one know how can I achieve this? Please let me know the steps. Thanks in advance.

A: Add Command Line build step to your TC configuration, just after the primary build step, containing command commit_build.bat. Create a commit_build.bat file that will commit your artifacts to SVN with the standard svn commands.
Don't forget to commit commit_build.bat into the repo.

A: Our build process includes a "Tag" MsBuild step after the building and unit testing steps are completed. this step cleans up any extra files from the build (e.g. unnecessary external dependencies if you are building a project to be referenced elsewhere) and commits the binaries. this is simply an MsBuild step which runs an MsBuild script tagging the built projects.
you can obtain the list of DLLs the project builds using the TargetOutputs element of the MsBuild call in your script, for example:
<MSBuild Projects="yourSolutions" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=Release;Platform=x86">
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you can then use standard svn commands to commit your files.

A: Here is what we used in our CI--Can handle most cases for auto compiling binaries and auto resource packaging:
:Deleting all missing files
for /f "usebackq tokens=2*" %%%%i in (`svn st ^| findstr /R "^!"`) do svn del "%%%%i@"

:Add all valid files
for /f "usebackq tokens=2*" %%%%i in (`svn st ^| findstr /R "^?"`) do svn add "%%%%i@"

:This line is needed, otherwise svn may result in "outdated"
svn up --accept working .

:Final commit
svn commit . --non-interactive --no-auth-cache --trust-server-cert -m "Some comment: %build.counter%"

You can use all the upper lines in one task or separate each of them into tasks, which is better.
You may need to find out what's actually doing by reading the documents, and altering the lines on your own auto-commit as a customized task.

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Q: Categorising groups based on the number of duplicates I am trying to sort groups into categories based on the number of duplicates.
The following code tells us how many duplicates are in each group, with the data grouped based on the 'Branch Code':
repeatsfirst <- group_size(group_by(mergedfirst,mergedfirst$`Branch Code`))

Giving us the following output:
[1]  7 15

I then want to create a column that has a number in each row indicating the number of times a group (Branch Code) is duplicated.
It should look something like this:
Branch Code    Number of repeats

80012               7
80012               7
80012               7
80012               7
80012               7
80012               7
80012               7
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15
50246               15

A minimum reproducible example of the 'mergedfirst' dataset is shown below:
structure(list(`Branch Code` = c(80012, 80012, 80012, 80012,
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A: We may use add_count
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CSR was retained by the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen, GmbH (HSB) of Wernigerode, Germany, to engineer a new "front end" on a 1918-built steam locomotive. The steam engine number 99-5906, is an 0-4-4-0T "Mallet"-type steam locomotive that has been modified many times over its service life.
The subject locomotive 99 5906 shown at Alexisbad during instrumented temperature and pressure testing.
"The management at HSB saw the need to replace the stack on the 5906 as an opportunity to provide an operational and mechanical improvement to the locomotive," said Bernd Seiler, Department Head of Equipment Technology at HSB. "The current stack had been made in-house by staff sometime in the last few decades, and the poor design, inclusive of some 30 facets, has resulted in a locomotive that could use some improvement."
CSR was brought in by HSB to provide engineering support to the railways' mechanics. Work began in July 2014, with the instrumentation and testing of the 5906. CSR employed National Instruments software and a variety of digital instruments to record the 5906 under real world test conditions. The successful completion of such tests is something which CSR believes has yet to be accomplished with such granularity on any steam locomotive.
"The opportunity to outfit a working steam locomotive with a host of temperature and pressure sensors, all of which fed into a monitoring computer system, is the type of innovative research we strive to make a reality here at CSR," explained Wolfgang A. Fengler, MSME, a Technical Advisor for CSR. "The results of the instrumentation and testing on locomotive 5906 is a second-by-second digital report of the Rankine cycle at work. The tools we have at our disposal now are something the engineers designing these locomotives could have only dreamed about a hundred years ago."
Testing was completed in August 2014, since which time CSR has been completing detailed engineering of an advanced, "Lempor" exhaust nozzle and stack. Key to the work on behalf of HSB is that improvements performed on the steam locomotive not impact the historic appearance of the engine. That in mind, it is anticipated the Lempor exhaust will increase the power of the locomotive and decrease fuel consumption.
In addition to adding a Lempor exhaust, CSR is designing what is known as a "Master Mechanics Front End," a system of baffles and spark-abating netting commonly used in the smokeboxes of U.S. steam locomotives but which saw little use in Germany. This new system will decrease the risk of starting lineside forest fires while improving the flow of hot gases through the smokebox.
"We have a locomotive that was designed in the 1890's to operate some 25 to 30 km between service stops that is being used here on the HSB to run 180 km or more before servicing," explained Seiler. "We view our work with CSR as an opportunity to minimize wear and tear on the engine, decrease coal consumption and increase the power and reliability of our motive power. If we can make the locomotive a better tool without impacting the historic integrity, we get a win-win."
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Colby Cosh: That radical Bernie Sanders, advocate of ... first-past-the-post?
With the outcome of the Democratic race unclear, commentators are beginning to devote extra attention to the question of a 'brokered convention'
Mar 02, 2020 • March 2, 2020 • 4 minute read
This column is scheduled to appear in print on what the U.S. news media covering the presidential nominating process calls "Super Tuesday." It is definitely the single most important date on the nominating calendar. On the Democratic side, 14 states, including California and Texas, will hold primaries, and a little more than one-third of the total number of delegates to the party's national convention will be chosen.
On the other hand, because the major parties have been successful at creating incentives for states to hold primaries at the same time, the habit of speaking of two or even three "Super Tuesdays" denoted with Roman numerals has lately taken hold. Something like that seems destined to happen in 2020, with the Democratic Party not yet having chosen an overall consensus favourite. March 17 features only four states, but they include vital Florida and Ohio; that's arguably pretty super. April 28 (six states including New York and Pennsylvania) could also be crucial if the race remains competitive by then.
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April 28 could also be crucial if the race remains competitive by then
With the outcome of the Democratic race unclear, commentators are beginning to devote extra attention to the question of a "brokered convention": what happens if no candidate shows up with a first-ballot majority of pledged delegates? The question came up at the tail end of the televised debate in Las Vegas on the evening of Feb. 20. The candidates on the stage were asked whether they would automatically support the person who had amassed the most delegates even if he did not necessarily have a majority.
Five of the six answered no. But Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said yes, going on at some length about how it would be a grievous sin against democracy for the front-runner not to be handed a victory, even with fewer than 50 per cent of the delegates.
If any Canadians were still hanging on and watching, they might have noticed that this was an endorsement of their much-derided "first past the post" electoral system. Not only that, but this was a plea for first-past-the-post predicated on the notion of democratic purity — on the premise that the people and not the backroom bosses should choose the Democratic nominee for president. Funny old world, at least when you peek over a border.
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses a rally in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 2, 2020. Photo by Jonathan Ernst /Reuters
After losing his prolonged two-person bout with Hillary Clinton in 2016, Sanders had succeeded in extracting reforms to the nominating system from the Democratic Party. In exchange Sanders allowed the convention go ahead without whipping up 1968-type street warfare — a possibility that now seems more likely in 2020 — and he campaigned hard for Clinton in the general election. His most important procedural victory was having national convention "superdelegates" bumped down in status. The superdelegates — party bosses and elected Democratic officials who go to the convention without being pledged to any candidate — used to vote alongside the delegates chosen by ordinary Democrats in primaries and caucuses.
These votes settled the issue in 2016; Sanders stayed in the race until the end, winning 43 per cent of the overall popular vote, and when the convention began Clinton only had 2,205 of the 4,763 delegates formally pledged to her. She turned up, in other words, with a plurality of the delegates, but not a majority. But the unpledged superdelegates, naturally preferring somebody who was actually a Democrat, spurned Sanders' appeals and voted for Clinton almost unanimously on the first ballot. Because Sanders was given a voice in planning for 2020, that can't happen quite the same way this time; unpledged superdelegates are eligible to vote only on the second and later ballots.
Sanders now believes (or perhaps "attests" is the word) that a plurality of pledged delegates should be sufficient to choose a candidate for president. His jarring change of tune has not gone unobserved. On Feb. 27, at a CNN "town hall" in South Carolina, Elizabeth Warren told the audience that she hadn't helped make the Democrats' 2020 convention rules: Bernie did.
A woman holds a bobblehead of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders during a campaign rally in Springfield, Va., on Feb. 29, 2020. Photo by Susan Walsh/AP
"The way I see this," said Warren, who is increasingly playing the attack-dog role in the Democratic field, "is (that) you write the rules before you know where everybody stands, and then you stick with those rules. I don't see how come you get to change it just because he now thinks there's an advantage to him for doing that."
It's enough to make a believer in democratic purity sad. The Democratic nominating process is now more proportional than ever, if you're a believer in proportional representation, and only a handful of states now use the weird "caucus" system to select their delegations. This relative proportionality has naturally made it less likely that one candidate will come to the convention with a clear majority.
But the party's task, the sole reason for all this madness and hubbub, is to choose one leader — a single presidential candidate. So it is bound, now or at some other time, to lead to horse-trading and secret compromise. This, as you will know, is an alleged strength often cited by those who like proportional systems for general elections.
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Vishwanath Sharma (19 October 1939 - 20 November 2017) was an Indian politician.  He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Jhansi in 1980 and Hamirpur  in 1991.

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External links
 Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website

Indian National Congress politicians
1939 births
2017 deaths
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1980–1984
Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh

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Ayers also held forth on his media diet, the red scare of the NYC mayoral election, and the disappointments of President Obama.
How has this book tour been? You did Morning Joe and some other cable-news programs — do you watch them?
No. Unless you call The Daily Show cable news — I'm devoted. And if you call The Onion the mainstream media, I also read that. That's where I get my news: The Onion, Daily Show, and Stephen Colbert.
My daily dose of the New York Times and NPR. My sons tease us about it — they prefer Truth Out, Daily Kos — but it's a ritual I've enjoyed my whole adult life. Bernardine Dohrn, my partner of many decades [and also a Weather Underground co-founder], listens to sports talk radio — Mike and Mike in the Morning. But if I really want to know what's going on, I do a lot more going online than I ever did, starting with Democracy Now.
Have you been following the NYC mayoral race?
A little bit. We're Chicagoans, so we're horrified that Rahm Emanuel, who is so grotesquely unpopular and such a terrible, terrible mayor, has already raised $5 million. He's got the money, the media, and the access to power.
Bill de Blasio, the big favorite here, comes out of a young leftist tradition — including his involvement with the Sandinistas — and now he's facing charges of being a communist sympathizer, a socialist, all of those right-wing buzzwords. How do you think he should handle the criticism?
What's interesting is that his father was also blacklisted and that really altered the course of his life. A guy who lost a leg in WWII and became an alcoholic — that's the nature of blacklisting. The thing about Bill de Blasio is that he should be very proud of the fact that he supported the Sandinistas when he was a young man because being progressive about the role of Latin American independence and self-determination, 30 years ago, was prescient and correct. He shouldn't run from it, he should embrace it.
We watched John Kerry, when he ran for president, try to run from the one moment he told the truth about Vietnam, and that didn't serve him very well.
What should NYC voters make of De Blasio's time in Nicaragua?
They should say that he stood up for humanity. He stood up for human rights against the blind imperial monster. That was the right thing to do then and it's the right thing to do now.
But what about De Blasio's actual capacity to effect change? Does his talk of income inequality inspire any optimism in you or is he just paying lip service to popular ideas?
I think Occupy talked about income inequality and that's a good thing. They put it on the agenda. But I will say this: If you look at history, Lyndon Johnson passed the most far-reaching civil-rights legislation since Reconstruction and yet he wasn't part of the black freedom movement. Roosevelt passed the most far-reaching labor legislation, and yet he wasn't part of the labor movement. Nor was Lincoln part of an abolitionist party. Those three are remembered for great things because of power from below.
What I'm interested in is organizing in the places we have power: the neighborhood, the classroom, the workplace. I'm less interested in wondering if power will give us what we need. I tend to think power will never give us what we need, unless we demand it.
What about education reform? Are De Blasio's ideas about universal pre-kindergarten viable?
In a decent and humane society, universal preschool education would be a given and so would family leave for all parents, not just mothers. The fact that he at least leans away from the billionaire agenda of privatizing the public space is a terrific thing.
In the past, De Blasio has labeled himself a "Democratic socialist." How socialist is he on a scale of one to ten?
I've spent most of my life avoiding labeling people in a glib or easy way. Me, I'm a radical — I want to go to the root of things. On the First Amendment, I'm a fundamentalist. On the economy, I'm a socialist. On government, I'm kind of an anarchist. And on prisons, I'm an abolitionist. So you know, those labels are partial.
Do you think his popularity is part of a broader trend among young people, especially in major cities, moving to the left?
I'd like to think so. But I hope that young people in New York and other major cities don't think their salvation lies in an election or with a politician. It never does.
Speaking of, what's been the biggest disappointment for you of Obama's presidency?
I wouldn't say he's disappointed me very much. He is exactly as he advertised himself. He said all through the 2008 campaign, I'm a middle-of-the-road moderate, pragmatic politician. The right looked at him and said, No, he hangs out with black nationalist preachers and pals around with terrorists and he's a secret Muslim socialist. The left looked at him and said, I think he's winking in my direction. But he wasn't winking.
Have you been following the shutdown and debt-ceiling negotiations? What do make of the current state of things in D.C.?
One of the things that's bizarre about the government shutdown is that the debate is supposedly between those who want to be fiscally responsible and those who want to tax and spend. Nothing could be further from the truth! All governments at all times, all they want to do is tax and spend. The question is tax whom, how much, and spend on what.
I want to spend on education, health care, and disparities of income. The right wants to spend on the Pentagon, surveillance, and incarceration. We can balance the budget in a nanosecond by shutting down the trillion-dollar-a-year military juggernaut and the billions a year we spend on spying. Frankly, we don't need it to be safe. We don't need it for the future of the planet.
But of course, I can see like everyone else that a group of rabid right-wing nuts have taken control of the Republican Party and they're the ones driving this current craziness.
What was the last time you spoke with the president?
It was before 2008. I wish he invited me to the White House every Monday for consultations, but it hasn't happened yet.


Description: Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto - where survival is the primary objective - "Tsotsi" traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking.
"Tsotsi" is a gritty and moving portrait of an angry young man living in a state of extreme urban deprivation. His world pumps with the raw energy of "Kwaito music" - the modern beat of the ghetto that reflects his troubled state of mind.
The film is a psychological thriller in which the protagonist is compelled to confront his own brutal nature and face the consequences of his actions. It puts a human face on both the victims and the perpetrators of violent crime and is ultimately a story of hope and a triumph of love over rage.
"Tsotsi" literally means "thug" or "gangster" in the street language of South Africa's townships and ghettos. "Kwaito" is South Africa's answer to American Hip Hop.


Light Pen With Fat Grip?
I know the title sounds a bit like an oxymoron but I have found that while I like nice, thick sections to grab onto, my wrists just cannot stand heavy pens, especially those that weigh over 30g without cap (I never post so the cap weight is irrelevant).
Currently I am looking for a pen with a section diameter larger than 10mm (preferably 11 and above) but an uncapped weight under 25g (preferably 20 and below) with a budget of under $50. I am contemplating on the Moonman M5 wooden pen but not sure if the section is thick enough. Does anyone know of pens that would meet these criteria?
Location:This side of the other side.
Indian ebonite pens! ASA and Ranga work for me.
"Want little. Need less. Love more."
The Asa pens are often thicker and light and can be had for less than 50.
Moonman M2 has a thicker section and is light, but it is short with a step down so I feel the grip is awkward.
The pilot explorer is very light and not too thin.
The ultimate "fat" pen but light enough that a user could, and was expected to, write all day: Sheaffer PfM.
Don't take any job that requires new clothes.
Bexley Prometheus if you can still find one.
It's very light and the section and barrel is no doubt among the widest I have tried (I don't own a 149, nor a Pelikan 1000 for comparison).
Gama, Hawk also is a large size pen.
All Indian ebonite pens are obviously very light.
Edited by sansenri, 15 April 2019 - 21:09.
Ranga 8B is a pretty substantial pen, very light and a great writer.
Thanks for the advice, guys. I guess Indian is the way to go within my budget range. I've noticed Ranga is somewhat more expensive than Asa, would you say there is a noticeable difference in quality?
That's actually a very interesting read, but the article doesn't seem to be too fond of the pen's current incarnation... is the Viewpoint any good?
I would say that current version of the Viewpoint has two significant flaws.
First, the barrel has two GIANT cutouts in it -- not like the 2mmx10mm windows in the Lamy Safari, but rather 4mmx35mm or so. Second is the nasty rubber sleeve covering the section -- guaranteed to have ink ooze in and out by capillary action if you fill from the bottle.
Don't bother with the sub-$20 sheaffers. they feel cheap and nasty and just aren't worth it.
Edited by Honeybadgers, 16 April 2019 - 02:23.
Ranga and ASA make very good pens and I own pens from both of them. I the ASA Nauka which is a larger pen, so might be worth considering; I also have the Ranga 8B in both ebonite and acrylic. All of them write very well but my favourite is the ebonite 8B - it's a c/c version with a medium Jowo nib and it's an absolute pleasure to use.
Also I agree with platinum plasir, another wonderful cheapish pen, light but with pretty decent girth.
as ED you can also check the ASA Gama Eyas, it's about the same size of the Ranga 3 or 3C or 8B, it's a very affordable pen (around 22-23$ on Asa pen site, come only in brushed black).
The nib is reasonably good, but it's also possible to fit another #6 size nib in place of the provided one, probably Jowo or Bock will fit, I switched an Omas nib I had in, it fits perfectly. So far a very well behaved ED, no burping whatsoever.
Edited by sansenri, 16 April 2019 - 18:45.
No. I have both. Ranga is VERY responsive and has more options available.
I like the ASA Maya, but it is not configured in the way I asked it to be. I did not ask for anything unusual. Just that it be threaded to accept a Bock housing, which ASA has done may times in the past. I received a pen with Jowo housing. I've been trying to get a response from ASA for nine months. I've sent several emails. I've pm'd the owner four times. Nothing. No response at all. Unfortunately I've given up.
Edited by Karmachanic, 16 April 2019 - 18:14.
I actually think the wing sung 590 feed is a great modificaiton for the ranga eyedroppers - it has a breather tube which helps air exchange and prevents burping. Been using one with a JoWo EF and have nearly drained the pen without a single burp yet.
"I was using a noodlers feed in it since I lost the included one"


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Deadly U.S. Winter Storm Maintains Its Icy Grip, Claims at Least 34 Lives
Millions of Americans might have been dreaming of a white Christmas, but surely nothing like this. The brutal winter storm that has blanketed much of the U.S. in a coating of snow and ice will continue into the week as travelers see cancelled flights and dangerous roads combining to make their holiday travels a misery.
Disney Star Bette Midler Goes on Profane Environmental Rant: 'I Bathe Once a Month! F**k You!'
Disney's "Hocus Pocus 2" star Bette Midler lost her cool Wednesday when a random Twitter commenter challenged her commitment to environmental activism, launching an unhinged and profane online rant in which she claimed "I bathe once a month!"
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Disney's Animated Enviro-Propaganda Film 'Strange World' Set to Bomb at the Box Office
The Walt Disney Co. looks like it has another woke box office bomb on its hands with Strange World, the environmentally themed animated adventure featuring the studio's first openly gay teen character in a cartoon feature.
Alarmists Call for 'Doubling Down' in War on Climate Change
Climate alarmists have pointed to hurricane Ian as evidence that "the climate emergency is very much here" and demands immediate action.
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During an interview aired on Friday's edition of Bloomberg's "Wall Street Week," Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers stated that, given the current issue
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Pakistan: One-Third of Nation Underwater After Record Floods
Roughly a third of Pakistan was considered underwater as of Monday due to ongoing flooding that has killed at least 1,136 people since the nation's monsoon season began in June, Pakistan Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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China: Post-Drought Floods Force Nearly 50,000 to Evacuate Sichuan
Torrential rain hammered southern China's Sichuan province over the weekend after several weeks of drought causing the region's landscape to suffer flash flooding that forced the evacuation of nearly 50,000 people as of Sunday, China's state-run Global Times reported.
Japan May Build More Nuclear Reactors Despite 2011 Post-Tsunami Promise
Japan's federal government said on Wednesday it is mulling over plans to build "next-generation nuclear power plants," Kyodo News reported, noting that the admission marks a major shift from previous statements by Tokyo that it would not pursue "new nuclear energy" in the wake of the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan.
China Manufactures 'Artificial Rain' to Fight Drought
China's ruling Communist Party ordered its meteorological bureau to dispatch special rain-making aircraft to drought-afflicted areas of the country's south on Tuesday as part of a wider effort to protect China's autumn harvest from ruination by a regional heatwave that began in June, the Global Times reported.
Bushfires Add to Pressure from Drought in China
Bushfires have reportedly engulfed "several mountains" in Chongqing, a municipality within southern China's Sichuan province, in recent days, the Global Times reported on Monday, noting that the wildfires have merely exacerbated an ongoing heatwave and drought across most of China's southern region that began in June.
China Struggles to Prevent Food Crisis as Drought Hits Heartland Farms
China's central government on Monday was "ramping up" efforts to prevent an ongoing heatwave and drought from ruining much of the nation's autumn grain harvest across China's southern region, the Global Times reported, noting that the autumn grain harvest in jeopardy contributes 75 percent of China's annual grain production on average.
China Orders Communist Officials to 'Produce Artificial Rainfall' as Drought Threatens Crops
China's central government issued its first national drought alert of 2022 on Thursday, advising authorities to "produce artificial rainfall when necessary" due to the "risk of wildfires" across vast swathes of China's central and southern regions, according to Xinhua, the country's official state press agency.
Watch: Chinese Workers Test Fishermen's Live Catch for Coronavirus
The local government of Xiamen, China, recently ordered municipal workers to test both fishermen and their catch, including "live fish" and crabs, for the Chinese coronavirus out of alleged concern that international fishing activity in the area may have sparked local outbreaks of the virus, the Chinese government-controlled news outlet Sixth Tone on Thursday.
Maher: Climate Numbers Have Been 'Thrown Around' 'Forever' — In the 90s, They Said 'We Were Already Going to Die' if We Hit 2005 Levels
On Friday's broadcast of HBO's "Real Time," host Bill Maher praised the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act but noted that climate activists have "thrown around these numbers forever." And said that back in the 1990s "we were already
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Report: China Destroying Myanmar with Rare Earth Mining for 'Green' Energy
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Cuba Evacuates 4,000 as Massive Fuel Depot Fire Rages for Third Day
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Bolsonaro Torches Leonardo DiCaprio, 'Greta Timberlake' in Twitter Rant
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On Friday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends First," Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) argued that the Inflation Reduction Act, the reconciliation deal announced by Congress will boost inflation, but Democrats will argue, "well, it was worth it because
India: Lightning Kills Nearly 50 People in One Week
Nearly 50 people have been killed by lightning in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state within the past week, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Thursday, noting that India has recorded almost 750 deaths from lightning strikes nationwide since April.
Study: Most Trash Polluting Galapagos Islands Comes from Illegal Chinese Fishing Boats
Illegal Chinese fishing boats are responsible for the majority of man-made ocean waste found near or in the Galapagos Islands Marine Preserve, which is located off Ecuador's Pacific coast, the Latin American news site Infobae reported on Monday.
Exclusive — GOP Bill Would Codify Trump-Era Rule Blocking States from Stifling Pipeline Construction
Rep. Ted Budd is seeking to codify a Trump-era rule that limits states throwing up regulatory roadblocks to pipeline construction.
As World Fears Large-Scale Power Shortages, Zambia Boasts Electricity Surplus
Zambia's state-owned electricity company ZESCO said this week it had produced a surplus of energy for Zambia of about 1,156 MW, the online newspaper New Zimbabwe reported Friday.
Exclusive: Steve Milloy – Blackouts and Brownouts Seen in California and Texas 'Coming to the Rest of Us'
Blackouts and brownouts as seen in California and Texas will spread across the U.S. if the "climate agenda" continues, Steve Milloy said.
Video: Japanese Soccer Players Ignore Nearby Volcanic Eruption
A soccer game in Japan continued uninterrupted last week while an active volcano visibly erupted nearby, Chile's CHVNoticias website reported on Wednesday, noting that all athletes, officials, and spectators of the event participated in the game as if nothing was amiss despite plumes of volcanic smoke gathering in the sky above the open-air soccer stadium.
Summers: Fed 'Lost Its Way' by Talking Environment, Social Justice While Dismissing Inflation and Still Has 'Problematic Groupthink'
During an interview aired on Friday's edition of Bloomberg's "Wall Street Week," Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers said that the Federal Reserve "lost
Pope Francis: 'Consume Less Meat' to Save the Planet
Pope Francis urged European youth this week to eat less meat as a means of curbing global warming and preserving the planet.
Poll: Only 1 in 5 Americans Wants Joe Biden to Run for President in 2024
President Joe Biden's job approval rating among U.S. adults sits at 38 percent, and just 20 percent want him to run in 2024, per a poll.
7 Jul 2022, 10:58 AM PST
Sydney: 50,000 Residents Ordered to Evacuate Flooded Area
Australian government officials ordered roughly 50,000 residents of Sydney to evacuate their homes on Tuesday after local waterways swelled beyond danger levels amid heavy rains, Reuters reported.
Study: 25% of World Population at Risk as 6-Inch+ Floods Sweep China, India
Roughly one-quarter of the world's population is currently at risk from "once-in-a-century" floods, with nearly 70 percent of this demographic living across South and East Asia, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday citing a new assessment published by the journal Nature Communications.
China: 13 Regions Flooded as Record-High Rainfall Continues
China's state-run Global Times reported on Monday that 13 Chinese regions were "devastated" Sunday by floods that are projected to last through the coming days. Southern China's annual rainy season began in recent weeks and has caused record flooding nationwide.
India Study: Delhi Air Pollution Cuts Life Expectancy by Nearly 10 Years
A U.S.-based research group estimated Tuesday that current air pollution levels in the Indian national capital territory of Delhi shorten the average lifespan by as much as ten years, the Times of India reported.
Australia: Five States Seeing Power Disruptions as Winter Arrives
Nearly all of eastern Australia suffered localized blackouts on Tuesday evening, with some of the power outages expected to extend into at least Wednesday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
India: Elephant Kills Woman, Returns to Attack Corpse at Funeral
An elephant trampled a 70-year-old woman to death in eastern India's Odisha state last week, then returned to attack the same woman's corpse during her funeral, the National newspaper reported on Monday.
Chile Is the Key to a 'Green Revolution,' and China Has Colonized It
China has spent much of the past two decades cornering Chile's lucrative copper and lithium markets, potentially making it impossible for nearly any other country to establish a formidable "green" economy, as both resources are pivotal in the making of electric vehicles.
Christian K. Caruzo
Southern China Floods Kill at Least 17, Displace Nearly 300,000
At least 17 people were killed across China's neighboring provinces of Hunan and Guangxi as of Thursday after severe rainfall caused flooding and landslides that swept away entire villages and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the southern region, the Associated Press reported.
9 Jun 2022, 7:37 PM PST


Charmides, son of Glaucon, was an uncle of Plato, the brother of his mother Perictione. Based on Plato's Charmides, supposed to take place upon Socrates' return from the siege of Potidæa (Charmides, 153a), which lasted from 432 till 429, in which Charmides is presented as a teenager who couldn't have been noticed by Socrates before his departure to the war (Charmides, 154a), he might have been born sometime between 445 and 440. He was also a cousin of Critias, whose father Callæschrus was a brother of his own father Glaucon. Owing to these family ties, he became a member of the aristocratic party, which led him in 404 to become one of the Thirty Tyrants along with his cousin Critias, who was their leader. He died the next year in the civil war that led to the restoration of the democracy, during riots in Munychia, in the suburbs of Athens (Xenophon, Hellenica, II, 4, 19).


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A Twitter handle is the username that appears at the end of your unique Twitter URL.
A Twitter handle is not the same as a Twitter name. Twitter handles appear after the @ sign in your profile URL and it must be unique to your account. A Twitter name, on the other hand, is simply there to help people find the company they're looking for.
While choosing a Twitter handle may seem simple, there are 330 million monthly active users now on the platform. This means that finding the ideal handle on the first try isn't as easy as it once was.
Use your name: If you have a pre-established business or personal brand, use it. If users have already claimed your title, adding descriptors like "Inc," or "HQ" may help.
Avoid numbers and underscores: Twitter handles should be as simple and memorable as possible. Adding numbers and underscores makes your username more complex and harder for followers to find.
Be consistent: Use the titles you embrace on other social channels. This will help with cross-promotion and make it easier for followers to track you.
Don't stuff your handle with keywords: It's easy to get into the habit of putting keywords everywhere. Unfortunately, keywords in your Twitter handle sometimes look spammy.
Keep it short and sweet: Twitter is all about short, instant-impact content. Keep your name small to avoid taking up too much of the character limit when people respond to you or retweet your content.
Be careful with "The Real": If someone else has your ideal Twitter handle, consider using "The Real," such as @TheRealStanLee. However, the number of fake accounts using this prefix means that it's essential to verify your account if you want to stand out.
With millions of users already active on Twitter, there's a good chance someone else has your handle.
If you can't access your ideal handle, don't panic. One option is to ask the person who owns your Twitter handle whether you can have it. Alternatively, if you have a trademark on your company name, issue a complaint with Twitter.
Adding "HQ" or "Inc" to demonstrate your professionalism.
Adding "The" to the front of your Twitter username.
Referencing your industry. Many app developers use the word "app" at the end of their Twitter handle to make it unique.
Adding terms like "Team" or "Community", i.e. "SproutSocialTeam".


I will have my full Collection of 2019 Communion Dresses including my NEW and EXCLUSIVE DESIGNER RANGE which I have designed myself and can be made to measure. I will also have an amazing range of Shoes and Accessories to match.
Just Come On In And Enjoy.
I really look forward to meeting you all over the next few months, Cathy.
In Johnstown Village Turn up the Tipper Road located immediate left 50 Metres after the Johnstown Inn. Cathys shop is 250 Metres up the Tipper Road on the left hand side opposite ADM Londis Distribution In St johns grove.
Drive Left into St Johns Grove, immediate right and right again, continue to the shop.
1 hour from Dundalk. 1 hour from Navan.
40 Minutes from Portlaoise. 1 hour from Kilkenny.
1.5 Hours from Limerick. 2 Hours from Galway.
1 Hour from Tullamore. 1.5 Hours from Waterford.
"Shop Location" Page For Google Map.
I look forward to seeing you and your Sons or Daughters in the shop or at one of my shows for the "Ultimate 2018 Communion Dress or Suit Experience"
See you all very soon, Cathy.
"Excellence" with "Value for Money"


Notes on Labour (Kumartuli Ballmaker) from Praneet Soi on Vimeo.
This artisan is situated in a workshop located few meters away from the printer whom I had begun to follow and collaborate with. In this cramped space he manufactures cheap plastic balls, the type children play with in the side-streets and alleyways within the city. Extremely flimsy, a slight breeze could easily set a ball rolling.
The machine is an old, antiquated, mechanical-electrical piece of equipment. A handfull of colored pellets is fed into a funnel at the top, a sweaty arm swings up and turns a large wheel, a foot pumps what appears to be a bellow placed upon the floor and a set of hands curtly open and close a heavy metal dye. A pearlescent ball emerges, its hemispheres marked by oozing plastic.
The machine is connected to the mains and generates heat that melts the raw plastic.The ball is flipped this way and that a knife deftly slices away the unwanted plastic excess after which the ball is dropped into a bucket of water to cool off.
His movements are economized so as to smoothen the interface between man and machine. The repetitive movements also act as a meter, setting up a schedule that ensures that no motion is missed. And no time wasted. A days work produces about four hundred balls, which are loaded into plastic sacks and then carted away.


Amazon.comThis online superstar has been mentioned by more than one expert as a potential buyer of HP's webOS. But with its Android-based Kindle Fire ready to ship, does that really make sense? Or maybe Amazon would eschew Android for the chance to own its own all-in-one software-to-hardware integrated device.
Just a year after it bought Palm and its webOS for over a billion dollars, HP announced plans to discontinue offering smartphones and tablets based on the webOS platform. Many thought that was the death knell for the webOS platform. But wait. A whole bunch of companies are reportedly interested in buying webOS from HP. Some experts say webOS's extensive patent portfolio makes it a worthy investment for companies embroiled in the complex world of patent lawsuits. Others speculate that it could be turned into an underlying OS for some other platform or device. In any case, here's a look at the potential buyers of webOS.


Explore our full line of pre-proofed pastries, and NEW thaw and serve pastries. Delight your customers with time-honored European flavor that is second to none. The Schulstad baking tradition is rooted in old-world, authentic recipes for an one-of-a-kind taste.
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Plenty of Time for New Strike Platform
The Pentagon has directed USAF to speed up work toward a new long-range strike aircraft, advancing the "to be fielded" date from 2037 to 2018. Ken Kreig, for one, sees no problem with advancing the program by nearly 20 years. The Pentagon acquisition chief told reporters on Feb. 10, "I think there's a lot of time." He prefaced that by saying the Air Force needs to conduct an analysis of alternatives to focus on the different ways to create a desired "set of effects" and then he said, "One … tries to figure out what the acquisition strategy is." Where is H.G. Wells when you need him?


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import clangFlags from 'clang-flags';
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Home / News & Sport / Senator Doherty calls for mass demo in relation to LGH cuts
Senator Doherty calls for mass demo in relation to LGH cuts
The people of Donegal need to hold a mass rally aimed at resisting cuts at Letterkenny General Hospital.
Senator Pearse Doherty says that a large attendance would send a clear message to the government that the people of Donegal will not accept these cuts without a fight.
Yesterday, a number of staff members on temporary contracts contacted Highland Radio to say they had been told their jobs would go at the end of this month, although the HSE denied this.
Senator Pearse Doherty, says the people of Donegal need to pressurise the government in relation to these proposed cuts.
https://highlandradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/pear1pm.mp3
https://dev.highlandradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/pear1pm.mp3


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and newly-installed IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi held their first working meeting Thursday.
No details of the meeting were released.
Netanyahu currently holds the Defense portfolio, functioning as Defense Minister for the country, as well as leading the nation as prime minister.


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Q: Batch - check if variable matches any item in a list I've got a simple script that grabs a PC's manufacturer and sets a variable:
for /f "usebackq tokens=2 delims==" %%A IN (`wmic csproduct get vendor /value`) DO SET VENDOR=%%A

What I need to do next is to check if my new VENDOR variable matches anything in a list:
Acer
Gateway
Packard
Alienware
ASUS
Dell Inc.
Fujitsu
HP
Compaq
Lenovo
IBM
Samsung
Sony
Toshiba

and then DO COMMAND1 if found, and DOCOMMANDB if not found.
I think that piping the variable into findstr might work, but I only know findstr usage when you're feeding it a text file. I'm really bad at regex so I would need some guidance on that if it's the best option.
How can I accomplish the above?

A: If you pipe the Vendor to findstr /I /G:Vendorlist.txt and use conditional execution && for success and || for fail :
@Echo off
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%A IN (
  'wmic csproduct get VENDOR /value'
) DO Set VENDOR=%%A
Echo:%VENDOR%|Findstr /I /G:VENDORList.txt >NUL 2>&1 &&(
  Echo found %VENDOR% in List
)||(
  Echo %VENDOR% not found in list
)

A: Slightly different approach.  You could also put all the vendors in a list and read the list with a FOR /F.
@echo off
for /f "usebackq tokens=2 delims==" %%A IN (`wmic csproduct get vendor /value`) DO SET VENDOR=%%A

FOR %%G IN ("Acer"
            "Gateway"
            "Packard"
            "Alienware"
            "ASUS"
            "Dell Inc."
            "Fujitsu"
            "HP"
            "Compaq"
            "Lenovo"
            "IBM"
            "Samsung"
            "Sony"
            "Toshiba") DO (
            IF /I "%vendor%"=="%%~G" GOTO MATCH
)

:NOMATCH
echo Does not match
pause
GOTO :EOF

:MATCH
echo Does match
pause
GOTO :EOF

If you want to read the list where each entry is on its own line.
FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%G IN ("filelist.txt") DO IF.......


Properties for sale or to let in South Africa are numerous but when it comes to making use of real estate agents who do you trust?
Lower Commission Rates – being charged steep commission rates is no home owners dream and although real estate agents sure need to get 'paid' – charging ridiculous amounts of money screams 'greed' like nothing else and we all know a greedy person is definitely not an honest person.
Value for money – buying a home, commercial property, etc. should always be an investment.
With Find a Provider you will be able to find real estate agents in your area providing excellent services at best prices.


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Q: jQueryUI Draggable + Sortable Ignores Handle I'm mostly wondering if anyone else has run into this issue when combining both Draggable and Sortable plugins from jQueryUI.
If I'm just using the Draggable plugin, it obeys the handle I've specified in the setup. However, as soon as I setup Sortable on the drop targets, Draggable seems to throw caution to the wind and let you drag the entire element, completely ignoring the handle that I've specified.
$('.column-one, .column-two, .column-three').sortable({ revert : 150 });

$('.tile').parent().draggable({
    start: function() {},
    stop: function() {},
    handle: '.tile-draggable',
    connectToSortable: '.column-one, .column-two, .column-three'
});

I've setup a JSFiddle here so you can see what I'm talking about:
https://jsfiddle.net/4y8a8zpe/2/
Comment out the first line of the JS to see the handle working properly.

Note: While setting up this JSFiddle, I've also seem to come across some weird CSS issues, but feel free to ignore that.

A: You might be able to get away with one or the other - they're very similar functionality.  If not, sortable also has a handle option.
http://api.jqueryui.com/sortable/#option-handle

$('.column-one, .column-two, .column-three').sortable({
  revert: 150,
  handle: '.tile-draggable'
});

$('.tile').parent().draggable({
  start: function() {},
  stop: function() {},
  handle: '.tile-draggable',
  connectToSortable: '.column-one, .column-two, .column-three'
});
.column-one,
.column-two,
.column-three {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 320px;
  height: 600px;
  padding: 0 10px;
  background-color: #fffbf2;
  margin-right: 10px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.abstract_tile {
  display: block;
  width: 300px;
  background-color: #fff2f6;
}
.tile {
  width: 300px;
  border: solid 1px #ccc;
}
.tile-top {
  background-color: #e3ffec;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px;
}
.tile-bottom {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100px;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
}
.tile-footer {
  background-color: #e3ffec;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px;
}
.tile-footer .left {
  float: left;
}
.tile-footer .right {
  float: right;
}

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Q: "Mesh -> Full" Disables MeshFunction in ParametricPlot3D Here's my code
a := -2
q := 1/Sqrt[Abs[a]]
r[u_] = Cosh[q*u]^-a
h[u_] = -(1/q) Integrate[Cosh[q*u]^(-a - 1), u]
m[u_, v_] := r[u] *Cos[v]
k[u_, v_] := r[u]* Sin[v]
FSurface[u_, v_] := {m[u, v], k[u, v], h[u]}
GGP = ParametricPlot3D[FSurface[u, v], {u, -2 , 2 }, {v, 0, 2 \[Pi]},
  BoxRatios -> {3, 3, 3}, PlotPoints -> 50, MaxRecursion -> 0,
  Mesh -> Full, MeshFunctions -> {#4 + #5 &, #4 - #5 &},
  Method -> "BoundaryOffset" -> False, PerformanceGoal -> "Quality"]
(*Delete triangles in the mesh*)
GGPT := DeleteCases[GGP, _Polygon, \[Infinity]]
DiscretizeGraphics[GGPT]

My goal is to plot the surface and then get different meshes of it. Here's the plot and mesh Mathematica generates.

I would like a mesh on the surface that cuts this mesh diagonally. This mean we can just rotate the mesh by 45 degrees. When I do so using MeshFunctions -> {#4 + #5 &, #4 - #5 &}, I get the following:

The problem with this mesh is that the lines don't meet around 0. Using Mesh -> 50 or any number doesn't fix it because the problem persists and it creates point that aren't vertices.

This can be fixed using Mesh -> All. However, when I do so, DiscretizeGraphics doesn't work.
A method that I found that generates a good mesh is using Mesh -> Full. It creates a mesh where all the points are vertices as bellow.

Basically, I want to DiscretizeGraphics of a mesh which has points only on the vertices. I wish i can use Mesh -> Full and MeshFunctions -> {#4 + #5 &, #4 - #5 &} together and then discretized graphics but they seem to negate each other.
Thank you in advanced for your help

A: I think it's easier just to program the mesh than to try to get complicated, sophisticated functions like ParametricPlot3D to do something simple.  The function sleeveMesh3D creates a 2D, right-triangular mesh of the domain $[0,1]^2$ and applies a function which should be periodic in the first coordinate with period $1$.
sleeveMesh3D // ClearAll;
sleeveMesh3D[f_, m_Integer, n_Integer] :=
  With[{pts =
     f /@ Tuples@{Most@Subdivide[0, 1, m], Subdivide[0, 1, n]}},
   GraphicsComplex[
    pts,
    Table[
      Line[{
        (n + 1) Mod[i - 1, m] + j,
        (n + 1) Mod[i, m] + j + 1}],
      {i, 0, m - 1}, {j, n}
      ] ~Join~
     Table[
      Line[{
        (n + 1) Mod[i, m] + j,
        (n + 1) Mod[i, m] + j + 1}],
      {i, 0, m - 1}, {j, 1, n}]
    ]
   ];

Example:
With[{i = 24, j = 20},
  Graphics3D[
   sleeveMesh3D[
    FSurface[
      Rescale[#[[2]], {0, 1}, {-2, 2}],
      Rescale[#[[1]] - #[[2]]*j/(2 i), (* rotate each layer *)
       {0, 1}, {0, 2 Pi}]
      ] &, i, j]]
  ] // DiscretizeGraphics


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package com.lostessence.client.component;

import com.artemis.Component;

/**
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Stellagosa: Wait, what was it that I heard? Was it… "feast on the dragons"? We must check on grandfather, right away! Let me know when you're ready to depart.
Speak with Stellagosa to take a ride back to Azurewing Repose.
Stellagosa: Look! They're headed for grandfather's pool! It's not too late. We'll just jump the mountains to cut them off, and… No, no… they're everywhere! Hang on, (name). We're going in low.
Stellagosa: No… we're too late!