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Robotic lawn mower from iRobot receives approval from FCC
Wendy Lemeric 19 August 2015 | 3:50 AM
iRobot Corporation, a Massachusetts-based robotics company that popularized the robot vacuum "Roomba," is all set to bring to the market a new household device that will make backyard chores a lot easier.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently given its approval to the company for the release of a robotic lawn mower (RLM), according to a report from Reuters.
There are not a lot specific details about the device; but according to the news report, the robotic lawn mower works with stakes in the ground, which transmit signals wirelessly to power up the mower and instruct it where to mow.
According to CNBC, this is not the first time that a robotic lawn mower will be introduced in the market. Brands of robotic lawn mowers such as Bosch and Robomow already exist.
However, iRobot claims that its RLM is different from the rest, since other brands still need complex installations and initial setups before users can enjoy a hands-free lawn mower.
iRobot's version uses the stakes, which stick out 24 inches from the ground and emit the signals for the mower.
This design required a waiver granted by FCC to ensure that the signal-emitting process of the device will not interfere with operations from The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
Initially, the NRAO made its objections on the company's request for a waiver; but according to an iRobot spokesman, FCC had done an assessment and confirmed that the device will not affect radio astronomy, as stated in the Reuters report.
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FCC ensured that the signal beacon from iRobot's device should be safe, provided that the company adheres to the specified limitations of the beacon's height, intensity of signal, and residential use.
Reports of an RLM from iRobot have been circulating for almost a decade; and still, it appears that it won't be hitting the markets very soon.
iRobot has yet to announce a definite date when the RLM will be available for sale.

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When it comes to energy policy, our state has the opportunity to lead.
This past winter, during the polar vortex that gripped large swaths of the country, utility customers acutely felt the impact of failed state energy policies when electricity costs spiked to near-unimaginable levels and some customers faced monthly bills of $1,000 or more. While that was unusual, in places like California, they will become the norm in less than a generation due to the shutdown of larger power plants such as nuclear plants, combined with constraints in natural gas transmission and other factors.
We cannot let Florida become California — or, anything close. When it comes to energy policy, our state has the opportunity to lead the rest of the country in the right direction.
This year, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is concluding a multi-year site selection process that has culminated with a favorable recommendation by an independent judge to place two new nuclear units at the existing Turkey Point site in South Florida. Soon this project will go before the state's Siting Board.
While a small but vocal group of activists will oppose commercial nuclear power at every turn, there is a growing chorus across the country that a balanced portfolio that includes nuclear energy is essential. Over the last five decades, five Florida nuclear plants have provided the largest quantity of zero-emission electricity supply in a safe, reliable way to quietly fuel our homes and businesses.
Recently, proving that the support for nuclear energy policy is not a partisan issue, former U.S. Sens. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and Judd Gregg, R-N.H., stepped forward with statements of support, noting that "nuclear energy is mission-critical in providing a diverse energy mix, which ensures that the lights stay on without an over-reliance on any one fuel source."
Carol Browner, a Floridian, former secretary of the Florida DEP and the longest-serving administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, noted that "preserving our existing nuclear plants will be a key part of our efforts to reduce carbon emissions and build a cleaner-energy future and safer environment for our children."
These state and national leaders are echoing the sentiments of the American business community, utility customers and parents across the United States. In addition to the environmental benefits, they recognize that, even during harsh climate events, nuclear power stands strong as the most efficient, affordable and reliable source of large-scale, around-the-clock electricity.
Failing to afford Florida utility customers this option for the future would simply be a mistake.
Nuclear energy is one of the few topics where the views of the business and environmental communities are converging. Florida is wisely leveraging this. Like the U.S. Navy, which has developed more than 100 nuclear reactors over 60 years, our state has methodically moved forward in a way that can meet our energy needs, while also protecting consumers.
While Florida faces a number of the same challenges as other states, our problem is actually compounded by the fact that we are a peninsula and that energy, if it's not produced here, needs to be shipped in from somewhere else.
The state Siting Board has an opportunity to ensure that Florida continues to move forward with a home-grown, reliable electricity supply from nuclear power plants.
Jerry Paul is a nuclear engineer, attorney and former member of the Florida Legislature. He was principal deputy administrator of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration and was the Distinguished Fellow for Energy Policy at the University of Tennessee Howard Baker Center for Public Policy. He is a contributing expert to the Energy Information Center (www.energyinfocenter.org). Contact him at jpaul@energyinfocenter.org.


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Save the Dates for MoMA PS1's VW Sunday Sessions
Get your tickets to one or many of the VW Sunday Sessions cultural events at MoMA PS1 this year.
by Meg Cotner
If you've made a promise, resolution, or goal to get more art and culture into your life, consider adding MoMA PS1's VW Sunday Sessions to your list. This acclaimed series presents programs featuring performance art, music, dance, conversation, and film, and is seriously thought-provoking. It "underscores how live art forms encourage engagement with our contemporary world."
We often miss telling you about them because tickets are usually sold out by the time the individual events cross our collective desks, so we are here to show you an overview of the entire 2018 series. So check them out and get your tickets early—shows tend to sell out sooner than later. All events take place at MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City.
Anti Bodies
Sunday, January 28, 2-6pm
"Anti Bodies is an afternoon of performance, readings and installations organized with Topical Cream, a platform for female-identifying and gender non-conforming persons working at the intersection of contemporary art and technology." More information.
home school Field Day
Sunday, February 4, 2-6pm
"In collaboration with home school, a pop-up art school based in Portland, Oregon, VW Sunday Sessions presents a day of activities modeled after a school field day, featuring music, workshops, karaoke, poetry, and a film program." More information.
Monastic and Ecstatic: A Glimpse Into The Life and Legacy of Alice Coltrane
Sunday, February 11, 1-6pm
Enjoy "an afternoon celebrating the legacy of Alice Coltrane in collaboration with her son, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. Alice Coltrane, also referred to as Swamini and Turiyasangitananda by her family and students, was a prolific composer, harpist, and keyboardist who dedicated the later years of her life to the Sai Anantam ashram she founded in 1983 in Agoura Hills, California." More information.
Kim Brandt, Problems
Experience the premiere of Problems, "a new work from New York based choreographer Kim Brandt. Moving between the individual and the collective, performers execute movement-based scores that connect our spatial and temporal understandings of place. The performance focuses on building and dismantling a set of kinetic structures created specifically for the VW Dome." More information.
TALK HOLE presents: Annual New Unfluencers Summit
"Steven Phillips-Horst and Eric Schwartau, better known as the comedy duo TALK HOLE, host what they call 'the world's first global summit on influencer culture' as part of VW Sunday Sessions." More information.
Sex Workers' Festival of Resistance
Sunday, March 4, 3-6pm
"For this day-long festival, sex workers and their allies from New York and across Europe will convene at MoMA PS1 to debate, perform, dance, strategize, and share knowledge. The day will feature film, performance, and discussion exploring how the desires and struggles of sex workers become embodied in everyday acts of creativity and solidarity." More information.
Colin Self, Siblings (Elation VI)
Sunday, March 11, 2pm and 5pm
"Artist and performer Colin Self presents Siblings, the sixth and final part of The Elation Series, a sci-fi opera encompassing, performance, music, sculpture, and video that he has been developing since 2011." More information.
Leilah Weinraub, SHAKEDOWN
Sunday, March 18, 3:30-6pm
Leilah Weinraub's documentary feature film SHAKEDOWN (2018) is, "a dreamlike depiction of Los Angeles's black lesbian strip club scene in the early 2000s and the culture that surrounded it. Shakedown was a weekly club night held during this period, and it serves as the film's center with female performers from the party in leading roles." More information.
Hair Wars
"Hair Wars began as an informal stage show in Detroit nightclubs, used as a quirky marketing tool for hair stylists in the mid 1980s. The showcase has since toured to nearly 20 cities, gaining international recognition and becoming a major platform for emerging and established stylists across the country. Beginning at 6:05pm—Hair Wars' regular start time—VW Sunday Sessions presents a showcase of fantasy hair pieces created by an intergenerational group of artists and hair entertainers that stretch and blur the boundaries of fashion, humor, performance, sculpture, and spectacle." More information.
Come Together: Music Festival and Label Market
Saturday, March 24, noon-9pm
Tickets $10-$15
"MoMA PS1 again joins forces with Other Music to present the second annual music festival and label market, featuring a label fair, live performances, workshops, and panels that celebrate the interactive ecosystem of local and international music communities." More information.
Past and Future Fictions
Sunday, April 1, 2-6pm
"To mark the culmination of the 5th annual Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, VW Sunday Sessions brings together projects and organizations whose missions focus on radical archiving—both the preservation of politically potent content and the assertion of archiving as a radical act." More information.
Spring Performance Festival
Sunday, April 15, noon-6pm
Tickets FREE with museum admission—"Admission to MoMA PS1 is currently free for all NYC residents, courtesy of the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation."
"In conjunction with MoMA PS1's Spring Open House, VW Sunday Sessions presents a performance festival in collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist-run venue Secret Project Robot. A celebration of New York City's performance scene, the program features artists who first found an outlet for their work, as well as camaraderie and resources, within the city's alternative spaces." More information.
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About Meg Cotner
Meg Cotner was trained as a harpsichordist and now works as a freelance writer and editor. She is the author of "Food Lovers' Guide to Queens," and is a skilled and avid home cook, baker, and preserver.


The heavy rains over the Department of Chocó during the early hours of Saturday, which caused the overflow of five rivers that flooded several municipalities, left as consequence floods in localities such as San Juan, Iro, Condoto, Cértegui, Istmina and Quito and a balance of almost 1,500 families affected, according to the latest reports from the Risk Management Unit.
It is a great paradox: while some municipalities in that department suffer from lack of water, others such as Istmina and Medio San Juan suffer flooding, even in the mountainous Andagoya, several of its inhabitants witnessed how the level of the San Juan River touched the suspension bridge, according to Caracol Noticias TV.
The same media published how an affected person from Itsmina, identified as Didier Restrepo, described the fact: "we are in the street of commerce, here we are totally flooded, commerce is 98 percent flooded, businesses with total loss".
Meanwhile, Eduardo José González, director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, reported on his twitter account that "In the early hours of February 23 there were very heavy rains that affected five rivers in the department of Chocó. Six municipalities have been affected, fortunately, there are no reports of people who have lost their lives, are missing or are injured, and the authorities are doing the analysis of damages and needs, "according to Semana.
In turn, President Iván Duque announced through his twitter account that the National Government provided immediate aid for 1,500 people affected by the floods in seven municipalities of Chocó, El Espectador reported.
"We work to address emergency floods in 7 municipalities of Chocó. I spoke a few minutes ago with mayors and local authorities. Immediate help was available for 1,500 people," said the Colombian leader from Cúcuta, where he was supporting humanitarian aid for Venezuela.
The Colombian government also installed a departmental risk management council, in which the Minister of the Interior, Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez and the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) participate. At the time of writing this article, Eduardo González, director of the UNGRD, indicated that there were neither dead nor disappeared.
Itsmina, a population of 25 thousand inhabitants, was one of those that received the most impact. The police command reported that the waters of the San Juan River increased its level surprisingly and that the flow went up so fast that there was not even time to alert the community about the emergency.
According to El Tiempo, several years ago the authorities of this town installed several alarms in the urban area in order to prevent people with several minutes of anticipation of a possible river flood. "When the siren rang, everything was already flooded," said one villager. Since 2011 Istmina did not suffer an emergency of this magnitude and, again, it mainly affected trade.
The authorities added that in Itsmina, the flood of the river destroyed two houses and that, during the evacuation, a volunteer firefighter from the municipality of Tadó was injured. In Condoto, the neighborhoods Comercio, Cabecera, Héroes, Salto Bolívar, Claret, Cascajero, and San Pedro also suffered consequences.
Before President Duque pronounced on the case, journalist Félix de Bedout tweeted in his personal account the following message: "Quiet, at some point the government of Colombia will take a little time out of its international agenda to attend the emergency in Chocó . #SOSItsmina." Other characters like Armando Benedetti, Juan Luis Castro, Santiago Moure, Gustavo Petro and Daniel Samper Ospina did something similar, Semana noted.
Translated from "Inundaciones en Chocó: unas cifras alarmantes"


Egypt sold $1.014 billion worth of one-year dollar-denominated treasury bills at an average yield of 3.797 percent, the central bank said on Monday.
The auction will be settled on Feb. 12. Egypt sold $854 million in dollar-denominated bills at an average yield of 3.797 percent at a similar auction on Jan. 6.


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PENN VALLEY, CA - A new mobile video startup for authors, moblio.io, launched online today. A video production agency, moblio.io creates book trailers specifically designed for the social media mobile space. That means vertical formats, fully captioned, short, and uniquely branded, delivering a highly engaging viewing experience in multiple mobile formats.
"Video is changing so rapidly today in our mobile world," states moblio.io founder Doug Broomfield. "With no set standards across all the social media sites and the need for multiple video formats, we wanted to develop a service that could create mobile video content optimized for each social media platform, creating the best video experience for our clients across all the social media sites, doing it all with professional copywriters and seasoned editors who understand the art of great storytelling."
Picking a vertical, Broomfield's group decided to first focus on the literary market. "As we developed our mobile video product, we thought 'why not book trailers?' Books are prime candidates for a visual story and our caption-based storytelling approach seemed a perfect fit for authors," says Broomfield. "So we grabbed a few books and started experimenting. In no time we realized we had a compelling product and started to reach out to published authors. The few we connected with responded favorably, and we were off to the races."
moblio.io, a mobile-first company, originally started off as a text-to-video conversion service, converting online news articles to short text-captioned videos. Though still a service that moblio.io provides, along with blog and other article conversions, as well as captioned company promos, personal stories and listicle videos, the company's primary focus is currently on the book publishing industry. Using high resolution stock assets, moblio.io uses its streamlined system to produce mobile video content in a matter of hours, and at an affordable price that can fit any budget. "It is one of the rare times where a customer gets all three in a product - good, fast, and affordable," according to Broomfield.
"Be it a social media ad, organic post, part of an author's media kit, or just a fun piece of content for an author to share with their followers/readers, a moblio.io mobile book trailer really does have the opportunity to move the needle for an author in the social media space, and inevitably not only get more eyeballs on their books, but help build their brand," Broomfield concludes. "We like to think of it as a book's calling card."
"I'd like to thank the authors who were willing to journey with us as we developed our service," states Broomfield. "In particular, Maria Adolphs ("Gathering of the Tribe"), Diana Orgain ("A Bundle of Trouble"), Steve Giblin ("Walking in Mud") and especially Pete Vanek ("Karen Way"), Katie Cross ("Miss Mabel's School for Girls" and "The High Priestess"), and Jesse Wiegers. They have been, and continue to be, invaluable to moblio.io as we work to create a product that is second-to-none in the marketplace. Also, a special thank you to the good people at AllSides.com. Our entire business would not exist if it were not for the very first text-to-video conversion pieces we created for them in the Spring of 2021."
About moblio.io
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Q: How to add Custom error message in magento I included a link named track your order in footer. If user click this link without logged in, it should show error message like please login to track your order.
I'm new to magento please guide me to do this.

A: put this code in your controller
$session = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');
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    Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->addError('You are not logged in');
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Mage::getSingleton("core/session")->addSuccess("Add success message");
Mage::getSingleton("core/session")->addError("Please login");
Mage::getSingleton("core/session")->addNotice("Add notification message");

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A: Added because this question appears in Google.
For a yellow "warning" message (the one you probably want for this purpose), use
Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addNotice('Please log in to track your order');

For a green "success" message, use
Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addSuccess('Tracking successful');

For a red "error" message, use
Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addError('There was an error tracking your parcel');

A: you can use addError() function to include your error message in session

A: Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addSuccess('Success Message');
Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addError('Error Message');
Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addWarning('Warning Message');
Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addNotice('Notice Message');

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Clavey Falls, Tuolumne River – With countless stories of bad entry lines and legendary surfs in Clavey Hole, Clavey Falls on the Tuolumne River is arguably one of the most notorious rapids in the world. Well before you approach this Class IV+ rapid, you'll hear the thundering sound of cascading water ahead. That alone is enough to get your heart pumping, so it's no wonder that this infamous 8-foot staircase drop causes anxiety for guides no matter how many times they've run it. There will be only one thing going through your head when you get to the top of the falls: Stay in the boat. After all, Clavey Hole has been known to spit out paddlers as it grabs hold of boats for countless minutes.
Westwall, Forks of the Kern River – There are a number of unforgettable rapids on the Wild & Scenic Forks of the Kern, but for guides, no rapid is more consequential than Class V Westwall. With a must-make move at stake—"threading the needle" between a large pour-over hole at the top and an undercut rock feature known as Whale's Tail—it's the kind of rapid that gives just about everyone butterflies. If you don't make the move, you'll likely be dealing with an 8-foot drop and potentially dangerous scenarios like underwater sieves that can trap boats. Many consider it to be one of the hardest moves on the river, hence, it's notoriety.
Mushroom, Cherry Creek/Upper Tuolumne – If you want to experience some of the hardest commercially rafted whitewater in the country, let alone California, Cherry Creek is it. On average, the river drops 110 feet per mile, and in some stretches, up to 200 feet per mile. That's some seriously steep whitewater. And speaking of steep, infamous Class V Mushroom Rapid, which most guides consider the hardest rapid of the entire run, descends some 30 vertical feet in just 50 yards as it tumbles over ledges and into holes. And with a must-make move before a big hole at the bottom, it's as gnarly as it sounds.
Suicide Falls, Kaweah River – When spring snowmelt is at its peak, the rugged Kaweah River just outside of Sequoia National Park, has a reputation for its fast and furious Class IV+ whitewater. Among the non-stop thrills this steep river canyon offers, is Suicide Falls, which gets its ominous and threatening name from a river-wide ledge. And if this wasn't enough of a challenge for paddlers, at the bottom of the big drop is a large recirculating hole that likes to unintentionally surf boats.
Tunnel Chute, Middle Fork of the American River – We've got the Gold Rush to thank for one of California's most exciting rapids. While trying to uncover a lucrative gold site in the late 1860s, miners blasted through a granite mountainside along the Middle Fork of the American River, leaving behind famous Tunnel Chute. As you enter into this man-made rapid, waterfalls careen into the main chute on your left. After a hefty drop, you're whisked through a 90-foot-long tunnel before being spit out on the other side. On any given run, guides just hope they're upright at the bottom.
Maytag, North Fork Yuba – A booming and thunderous Class V, Maytag is the crème de la crème on the Goodyear's Bar section of the North Fork Yuba. As the river narrows, boats are forced into a big recirculating hole—a massive raft-swallowing hole that there's no way around. Luckily, the rapid is easily scouted and makes for quite an entertaining show as guides (some better than others) try to maneuver through this wild rapid. And hey, it's all part of the fun. If you're not going to run this one, you might as well not even show up at all.
Beginner's Luck, North Fork Stanislaus River – If you can catch the elusive North Fork Stanislaus at runnable flows—there's usually a brief window in April—its crystal clear turquoise waters offer a little slice of whitewater bliss. But there's no warming up on this feisty stretch of Class IV+ whitewater. The first rapid of the day, just 100-yards from the put-in, is Beginner's Luck. And if you're lucky, you'll stay in the raft. Right out of the gate, this Class IV rapid challenges paddlers with multiple staircase drops, holes and shallow ledges. And with Body Slam waiting for swimmers just downstream, it's the most consequential rapid on the whole run. How's that for a wake-up call?
Staircase, North Fork American – With many steep drops and boulder mazes, the Class IV-V North Fork of the American River is technical all around. And as guides near the end of 9.5 miles of challenging whitewater, they're ready to let out a big sigh of relief…after Staircase, that is. The last big rapid of the day, and arguably the most vertical, Class IV+ Staircase is full of drops, big waves, and huge boulders that take some serious maneuvering. It can be a tricky run and is well-known for wrapping and even flipping rafts.
Ned's Gulch, Merced River – Flowing straight from Yosemite Valley, the Merced River offers rollicking, non-stop whitewater during the spring. But it's unassuming Ned's Gulch that gets notorious cred…for being a boat flipper. At high water this Class IV staircase rapid is full of holes that deliver huge cresting waves at an unexpected intensity that catches many paddlers off guard. Those in the know say it doesn't take much to get off your line and upside down. Oh yeah, and since it's right along one of the main roads into Yosemite, there are usually spectators waiting to witness the carnage. Come on, you'd watch too.
Freight Train, California Salmon River –The free-flowing Cal Salmon River is as much scenic as it is exhilarating. Considered by many to be one of the most challenging rivers in California, the Cal Salmon's narrow canyon walls and churning snowmelt waters create a series of memorable Class IV-V rapids, including Freight Train. Not only is it long, steep and intense, this boulder-strewn Class V rapid ends in a narrow chute. There's only one thing guaranteed if you're running Freight Train–you'll never forget it.
Special thanks to Natalie Haber, Tom Patoff and Jessica Wallstrom from the OARS. Crew for their input on this list. Which notorious California rapids would you add? Chime in below.


Thanks so much or sharing. I thought I had seen most Halloween themed activities, but these are new to me. My school is in Anoka, MN the Halloween Capital of the World! We celebrate Halloween in a big way. Thanks for sharing.


In the early 1960's two new briquette factories, Derrinlough and Croghan, opened because of the demand for briquettes.
Due to the opening of Derrinlough and Croghan, Bord na Móna began to market briquettes. Before this, Lullymore could not meet the demand and marketing was not required.
The use of Briquettes expanded and Bord na Móna began to use marketing campaigns - the first publicity officer was appointed in 1962.
In 1961, Hurricane Debbie caused serious damage to milled peat stocks. This led to the decision to protect the stockpiles with polythene.
In early 1962, the stockpiles were frozen due to the low temperatures and the men had to use pickaxes and sledge hammers to break through the frost.
During the 1960's, harvesting and footing of turf continued to involve manual labour. Eventually a machine was developed to perform the windrowing procedure.
By 1967, Bord na Móna was operating six sod moss machines which cut the peat moss in sods from the bog and stacked them in walls.
In 1960, the board of Bord na Móna agreed a bog development programme costing £0.5 million to supply fuel to new peat fired power stations including Shannonbridge.
Due to poor weather condition in the 1960s the board began the Foidin experiment. The short cycle harvesting project, however, was not a success.


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Jamaicans Are Worried Foreigners Will Take Over the Ganja Market
Smoking ganja is (now) legal in Jamaica, but locals are worried that they're being shut out.
by Dexter Thomas
May 4 2019, 1:30pm
ORANGE HILL, Jamaica — It's hard to believe lighting up a joint was illegal in Jamaica until about four years ago. But since a 2015 law change, individuals can have a small amount of ganja for personal use, medical sales are allowed, and ganja tourism is on the rise. Which all means permits are being issued for growers and other ganja-related businesses.
The question that worries locals is: Who's going to profit from this? Jamaicans, or somebody else?
The ganja gold rush has attracted foreign investors pumping in money and setting up shop on the island. Smaller local farmers, many of whom had been harassed and punished for growing in the past, simply can't compete. It now costs $2,000 for a growing license and $10,000 for a distributor's license, and the application process can be difficult.
"I'm not saying all of these investors coming in are evil," says Ras Iyah V, an activist who's been fighting for ganja legalization for years. "I'm just saying most of these coming in are concerned with money. About making money out of an industry that our people have suffered for."
VICE News visited Jamaica to find out what the future of ganja is on the island.
This segment originally aired April 25, 2019, on VICE News Tonight on HBO.
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Help honor Jay Edelnant's UNI Career!
Jay is retiring from UNI in May of 2017 - after 45 years! We are currently working to endow a scholarship in Jay's name -- The Edelnant Theatre Enhancement Fund. Once endowed, this fund will generate at least a $1000 scholarship for a deserving Theatre student, and will also be used to support students pursuing professional internships by helping to defray their housing costs.
Please help us get this worthy fund endowed!
Contribute to the Theta Alpha Phi Scholarship Account. This endowed scholarship is reserved for those excellent students in our department whose achievements and contributions represent the highest quality. The fund was originally started by a group of alum in the 1930s to help build a new theatre. As the fund grew, the interest generated went to scholarships, making it the oldest existing theatre scholarship fund. When the Strayer-Wood Theatre was built in 1978, alum ensured the tradition of sponsoring a scholarship for future TAP members by raising $40,000 and permanently endowing this scholarship fund. Typically the awarding of this scholarship provides substantial tuition support for 2 or 3 students every year.
Become a member of Friends of Theatre UNI! (Formerly STAGE Inc.) Friends is a nonprofit group from which the Department of Theatre at UNI profits enormously. Friends of Theatre UNI works to increase community awareness of the UNI theatre program while raising funds to provide special extras that patrons and student appreciate. Contributions by Friends have included coat racks in the Strayer-Wood Theatre lobby, a listening system for the hearing-impaired, and providing tickets for underserved audiences. With an emphasis on student support, over 80% of the funds raised by Friends of Theatre UNI goes directly to students to help pay tuition. If you are interested in ticket packages for the 2017-18 Theatre UNI season which are available with various levels of donations, please download the membership form.
Contribute to the Strayer-Wood Theatre account. This unrestricted account allows us to do many things, including supporting the residencies of guest artists. We believe our students' education is enhanced when they are exposed to techniques and experiences from artists representing the broader world of theatre. Past guest artist residencies have provided experiences in Acting for the Camera, Shakespearean texts and performance, professional scenic painting technique and collaborations with professional costume, sound and scenic designers.
This fund is also used to provide support to students traveling to see professional theatre productions or attending conferences in their area of specialty.
The Fund was established in Fall, 1999 in honor of the years of dedicated teaching and service. Professor Eilers contributed to the University of Northern Iowa and Cedar Valley in promoting and insuring quality educational theatre experiences for classroom teachers and young people.
The purpose of the fund is to insure that monies are available to establish and maintain drama programs in every school throughout the Cedar Valley, and bring theatre to the lives of all students. Funding will provide individual student scholarships so that any student, regardless of economic circumstances, has access to any of the fee bearing programs and classes of the Sturgis Youth Theatre.
underwrite ticket costs incurred by students to attend SYT productions.
Just click the "Give Now" button at the upper right part of this page. You will be directed to a UNI Foundation page that specifically lists these donation opportunities. You should scroll down to see the "other" gift field, and the amount you indicated should be present. If you would like to discuss alternate means of supporting our program, please contact Department Head Eric Lange.


Retail has always been a tough business, and the change brought by the explosive technology revolution of the last 20 years hasn't made things any easier. Now more than ever, it is absolutely essential for retailers to stay ahead of developing trends. The "Finding Success in Retail" event, hosted by CHYE (Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs) this week Tuesday night in Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street, was a forum for the men and women of the retail industry to do exactly that.
We're all familiar with just how cheap and convenient shopping online on Amazon or eBay could be. What you may not have been so familiar with is just how many of your friends and neighbors are sitting on the other side of the screen, selling you that bargain-priced pair of headphones or that bulk pack of pens.
On Monday night, some 120 guests gathered at Deloitte & Touche LLP's headquarters located at one of New York City's leading landmarks, 30 Rockefeller Center, for a unique celebration. The high caliber networking event acknowledged the achievements of Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs (CHYE) and gave tribute to the organization's Founders Circle.


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Q: Grab NSString from Parse.com and paste it into UILabel I'd like to grab a NSString from the Parse.com and paste it into a Label in my iOS App.
Does anyone know how to do so ?
I'm having massive problems with it :/
Thanks in advance

A: The counter-question is "Which NSString do you want to get"? I assume it's some property of a PFObject that you want to display, right?
What makes this property so interesting?
Let's say you want to display the title of a Book whose author is Hemmingway.
First you want to find the object:
PFQuery *query = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:@"Book"];  // I want to find a book
[query whereKey:@"author" equalTo:@"Hemmingway"];       // authored by hemmingway
PFObject *book = [query findFirstObject];               // go get it!

Then you just read its properties with objectForKey
myLabel.text = [book objectForKey:@"title"];

Check out the iOS guides for more advanced questions. If you plan to display many properties of many PFObjects, you might want to check out the PFQueryTableViewController


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Naked and Afraid XL
Lacey Jones
Naked And Afraid Challenge Location: Belize
Lacey Jones grew up on Quigg Island in Liberty, Maine. She and her family lived off the grid without running water or electricity, just a generator and a wood stove to keep them warm and cook their meals. As a young child, she attended a survivalist school in the summers where she learned about shelter building, fire starting, edible plants, hunting, fishing and many other outdoor skills. Her father was a bit of a nomad, moving from campground to campground, sleeping in a tent and living off the land. He passed on his knowledge of the great outdoors as well as his passion for being a part of nature, while her mother was a full blown hippie naturalist who passed on her love of plants and natural remedies.
Lacey is always in search of her next big adventure. In high school, she was prom queen and was voted most argumentative. After college, she decided to join the Army and was deported to Iraq. Once her contract was up, she was ready to move on to the next big stage in life. She got married and had two children. Still feeling the pull of the great outdoors, she started going on kayaking, hiking and camping trips. Every year she joins a group of fellow veterans and they travel across the country, camping and seeking their next adventure. At the moment, she is in the process of obtaining her Doctorate in Emergency Management and getting her pilot's license.
Lacey is incredibly excited to get out there and test her survivalist skills. She needs to know come the Zombie apocalypse-and we all know its coming-that she can survive and has what it takes to get her family through whatever happens. She is nervous about meeting her partner; being completely naked in front of a stranger is something new for her. It's sure to be interesting. She knows Naked and Afraid will be the ultimate adventure.
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You met these 12 survivalists during their Naked And Afraid challenges. Watch their journey as they return one more time for 40-Days of Naked And Afraid XL.
Who Will Survive?
From the masters of survival comes the most extreme challenge yet: 40 days, 12 men and women. This is the ultimate test of human endurance.
Hungry? Follow the guys as they hunt for an electric eel.
Hunting for Eel
When you're spending 40 days in the wild, you will be amazed what one must do in order to find protection from the sun. Alana and Dani show us what a mud bath really means.
Mudding Up
In need of heat, Eva and Laura use their survival skills in order to start a fire.
Starting Fire
After finding himself partnered with Luke and Honora, Chris becomes concerned that Honora was not able to complete her initial Naked And Afraid challenge.
Three Heads Are Better Than Two
Dani J. wakes up to an unpleasant surprise after being forced to spend her first night in Colombia alone.
Dani's On Her Own
From survivalists arrivals to a tap out, this week's Naked And Afraid XL had it all! Here are the highlights and lowlights from the premiere episode.
Week 1 X-Posed
Chris, Luke, and Honora inspect a fruit tree that might provide them desperately needed food. The team is at odds when they weigh the risk of climbing the incredible heights vs. the reward of food.
Risk Vs. Reward
Dani set out to find her partners. Meanwhile, Laura and Eva have no idea that they had a third teammate missing. So when they hear a noise in the distance, they don't expect to find Dani!
I Have Naked People
The walk to find a source of water leads EJ and Jeff through a wall of black palm, which has piercing needles that can dig into flesh and break under the skin.
Thorn To The Bone
Catch up on this weeks' highlights and lowlights on Naked And Afraid XL, including small victories and big blowouts.
Desperate for protein, EJ and Jeff go scouting for bigger game to add to their vegetable diet. When they stumble upon a turtle, they celebrate in true EJ and Jeff fashion.
Turtle Touchdown
Since Dani J. feels like the odd woman out, she goes on little adventures by herself. Rio Negro teammates Laura and Eva don't know where she goes, so they have to focus on their own survival more than taking care of a third teammate.
Odd Woman Out
The team dynamic at El Bosque camp is tense. Shane, who thinks survival should be active, and Alana and Dani B., who think survival should be lazy, can't get on the same page about how to handle basic survival tasks.
Don't Question Me
More victories, more disappointments, one more tap out. Here's the recap of this week's Naked And Afraid XL.


Cakewalk: Scratchpad for iPad | Tape Op Magazine | Longform candid interviews with music producers and audio engineers covering mixing, mastering, recording and music production.
I have seen the future, and it is touch. And fun. Cakewalk's Scratchpad is their first foray into iOS apps and is exactly what it sounds like. The main portion of the on-screen interface is divided into a 3×3 array of Expression Pads. A Browser panel on the left displays a menu tree for navigating loops, covering the usual beat suspects - drum & bass, dub, hip-hop, etc. Touch to open a folder and audition any of the loops, then drag-and-drop from the Browser onto an Expression Pad. Once assigned to a pad, you can start the loop from the pad's play arrow or trigger an entire three-pad column from its play button. Return to the Browser and find another loop, and drop it into the same column or another. You can play multiple columns at the same time or loops in separate columns - all synced to the global tempo. So even with only nine pads, you can make a fair number of arrangements, 80 if my math is right, since any combination of the nine can play at once. In addition to the included loops, you can buy expansion loops or load your own via Dropbox.
Besides the Browser, the left-hand panel tabs to an Inspector for the selected pad. Here you can choose to one-shot the loop or have it continuously play, as well as adjust, panning, volume, and trigger-type. The trigger-type determines how the pad responds to... well... triggering. Normal mode simply starts and stops a loop just as one expects. Momentary lets you play the loop as long as you hold your finger down - lift it and the loop stops. Re-trigger lets you restart the loop from the top. (Warning: Set Re-trigger loops to one-shot, otherwise you have to use the global stop.) Toward the bottom of the Inspector is the easily overlooked Resolution setting, where you can choose how soon the loop starts playing after you hit the pad play button. The Inspector also includes a filter for the pad, either low or high-pass. Turn it on, and move your finger around the X-Y Pad for resonance and cutoff. Very chic.
As the name implies, the pads allow you to play with the loop, putting the scratch into Scratchpad. You can scratch or scroll though the loop, or even apply stutter or tape-stop effects. Finally, you can record your performance and play it back from the Browser. Nice. Or you can load it into your DAW of choice via Dropbox for further refinement. Or use your performance, as the name also implies, as a scratch version of the song and build up live- played parts as replacements. However, many of the loops are good - in fact, very good. So good, that within a few minutes of downloading the app, I was banging out an industrial-sounding song - verse, verse, and chorus.
Cakewalk has offered several variations of beat productions before, including Project5, the pad-based soft-synth Beatscape, and the current Matrix module within SONAR [Tape Op #99]. Scratchpad is easily my favorite of these, and not just because it is the simplest, but because it works intuitively with no muss or fuss. It is simplicity itself, so of course my only complaint is that it's too simple, mainly due to the iPad platform. While Dropbox is great for some use cases, it's a less than ideal storage solution, especially for live use, and Scratchpad begs to be played live. Moreover, the current version of Scratchpad does not support iTunes File Sharing for wired transfers. A bigger screen for more pads would be nice, too, like on my Windows tablet, which also has a USB slot for expansion and storage. Fortunately, the app was programmed with cross-platform support in mind, and Cakewalk's CTO has said that they are considering other releases. As cool as Scratchpad is, a Windows version with scrollable columns on a full-sized touchscreen would make a great instrument - either as a standalone application or as a VST. While I wait for that version, my fingers won't be crossed; they'll be busy playing Scratchpad for iPad.


This is the first of what I pray will be many spoken word efforts witnessing to God's saving grace over my life. I'm Just Saying speaks of a time when I wrestled with demons and did not know they were there. Through it, my family was there witnessing my mood swings and battle with depression. I kept trying to do things my way, putting a smile on my face and pretending everything was ok. Well, the problem with pretending the truth will surface and the mask has to come off. This very brief audio is me sharing what I pray will encourage someone else to get the help they need. Thank you for listening.
© Torrie Slaughter, Torrie Slaughter Photography, www.ourgivenpurpose.com & Our Given Purpose™ 2018. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site's author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Torrie Slaughter, Torrie Slaughter Photography, www.ourgivenpurpose.com & Our Given Purpose™ 2018 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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Amazing!! So talented. But most importantly, what a testament to the relentless love of our Father.
Thank you Sister Friend. And yes I am a witness to our Father's relentless stubborn love.


Formed in June 1973, Jenway was created to design and manufacture a range of electronic thermometers and probes.
The 1980s saw Jenway expand its product range to introduce a broader range of products for analysis. Electrochemistry and optical spectroscopy were two particular areas of speciality.
Developments made in this area subsequently have included colorimetry, nephelometry, UV and Visible spectroscopy and fluorimetry.
There are many diverse applications for Jenway products. These include industry areas such as food manufacturing, medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, water related and educational markets.
The entire range of Jenway instruments have a role to play in environmental monitoring. The increasing awareness internationally of environmental pollution has also contributed towards opening up various new important areas for Jenway to expand into.
Jenway has recently been incorporated into the Bibby Scientific Equipment Division. Jenway now stands alongside Techne and Stuart product ranges.
Currently, the aim of Jenway is to concentrate on the development and extension of the existing Jenway product ranges, to ensure that the group of products will always meet the most stringent demands set by users worldwide.
All Jenway Instruments are guaranteed for two years (unless specified otherwise) against faulty components or workmanship.
Our policy is one of continuous research and development. We therefore reserve the right to amend the specifications given on this website and associated downloaded documents without notice.
Jenway focuses on Measuring Up to your requirements.


The apps are necessary to control the DJI multirotor mapping. They're used for developing the flight plan and transmitting it to the DJI multirotor, which will perform an automated takeoff, fly a very precise pattern, capture images at the appropriate point and return for landing.
Controls DJI UAV to capture vertical and oblique photographs. Combining vertical and oblique photographs allows for making more complex 3D models (i.e. building with large overhang). We use this as a backup to Map Pilot for certain situations, primarily in building complex models.
These apps help show you where and when it's safe to fly, by showing restricted areas, weather, sunspot activity and sun angles.
Hyper local weather information – with down-to-the-minute forecasts of when the rain will start or stop and up to 10 days of forecast info.
Shows sun angles/shadows for given time and location.
Pix4D Pro Mapper – (This program is at the core of our UAV mapping workflow. It takes the images from any of the capture apps we use and processes them into either final output products, or files to be further processed in either Virtual Surveyor or Global Mapper). Vertical Aspect is a Pix4D reseller and we offer various levels of training rebates if you purchase through us.
Take the output from Pix4D and create terrains in Virtual Surveyor – enabling you to perform the functions of a surveyor at your desktop. Measure complex volume piles, remove terrain, insert breaklines, generate movies from the 3D model and more… We liked this one so much we became a reseller. Contact Us for a demo or to get a coupon code worth up to $175.
The "Swiss Army Knife" program for professional mapping and GIS use. You'll need the base program, plus the LIDAR module to manipulate point clouds.
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The North Face started off way back in the late '60s when two outdoor enthusiasts decided they wanted to start off a small brand selling mountaineering equipment and apparel. Now, over 50 years later, The North Face is one of the most well-known exploration brands in the world. Ranging from technical performance apparel to high-fashion collaboration pieces, The North Face always deliver on quality and style.


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Listen to M83's Soundtrack to the Tom Cruise Sci-Fi Film Oblivion in Its Entirety
M83's Anthony Gonzalez, in collaboration with Joseph Trapanese, has scored the Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi film Oblivion. The entire soundtrack is available to stream, below, via Mashable. It features the new M83 track "Oblivion", featuring Susanne Sundfør.
Oblivion is in theaters April 19 with its soundtrack arriving April 9 via Back Lot Music.
Also below, watch an interview with Gonzalez at last year's Primavera Festival in Barcelona, in which he hinted at this project.
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Is it Time to clean your window sills? Here are tips and Tricks from around the globe: To clean window sills, pour some diluted rubbing alcohol on a cloth and rub the entire surface.Then dust off the sill with a clean cloth.
To make a spray cleaner fill a spray bottle with 3 tablespoons ammonia, 1 tablespoon vinegar and the reminder with some water.
Dust those window blinds by wrapping a cloth around a ruler. Spray cloth evenly with some dusting spray and run the flat ends across each blind. Looks good, cleans good and it's fun.


With 40,000 + cars passing a-day, this A-grade location will drive business to your door.
What a great opportunity to expose your business passing traffic on National Highway Number One whilst being surrounded by a hive of activity from complimentary businesses. Located adjacent to Cairns' International Airport, this site is suitable for a variety of light industrial uses including, hire cars, car detailing, storage, mechanical and other light industrial uses...you'll do well here.
For more information, to arrange an inspection or to lease this shed contact Stuart Carr or Jorian Cunliffe.
Disclaimer: In preparing this information Go Commercial (Cairns) has used its best efforts to ensure that the information contained is true and accurate, however, the Office and the Agent provides no guarantees, undertakings or warnings concerning the accuracy, completeness or up-to-date nature of the information provided by the Vendor or other Persons. All interested parties are responsible for their own independent inquiries in order to determine whether or not this information is in fact accurate.


Missouri's Jessica Vander Kooi, center, celebrated a point with Shen Danru, left, and Tatum Ailes in Game 3 of yesterday's regional semifinal win over Hawaii in State College, Pa.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. » The team from the "Show Me State" showed up. Big time.
And No. 6 Hawaii had no answer.
The Rainbow Wahine never truly figured out Yang, Missouri's 6-foot-3 sophomore hitter from Shan Dong, China. That lack of translation translated into Hawaii getting bounced out of the NCAA volleyball tournament's sweet 16 for the second consecutive year by a lower-ranked team in a snow-covered gym far from home.
Yang put down 24 kills, including three at the end of momentum-turning Game 3, to lift No. 8 Missouri over Hawaii 30-26, 26-30, 30-27, 30-22 yesterday at Rec Hall. The Tigers (25-4) advance to their first elite eight appearance and will face No. 17 Tennessee today (11 a.m. Hawaii time) for a spot in next week's final four in San Antonio.
The Lady Vols (24-8) upset host and second-ranked Penn State in last night's second match 30-27, 14-30, 30-27, 33-31, ending the Nittany Lions' year at 31-3.
The weary Wahine (27-7) return home, four victories shy of their fifth national title, four wins away from giving coach Dave Shoji 901 in his 31-year career. Hawaii has been on the road for the last 11 days, 16 of the past 18 dating back to Nov. 22, and even Shoji looked tired in the postmatch interview.
"Maybe the travel finally caught up to us," Shoji said after seeing his team's 21-match win streak skid into history. "At the end, we didn't have another gear to go to. We ran out of gas ... we ran out of magic at the end."
Magic AND momentum. After seemingly having taken control after Game 2 and leading 11-8 in Game 3, the Wahine hit a wall ... and a bad rotation.
The Tigers scored six straight, including three kills in a row by Yang to take a 14-11 lead. Hawaii rallied behind two of Tara Hittle's 19 kills to go back on top at 18-16.
It didn't last long. After Missouri coach Wayne Kreklow called a timeout, the Tigers teamed up to block Hittle twice and tie it.
There would be six more ties and three lead changes, with Hawaii taking its last at 24-23 on a Tiger net violation. But Missouri took advantage of two Wahine hitting errors -- both Juliana Sanders and Susie Boogaard hit wide -- and got three kills from Yang to close out Game 3 on a 7-3 run.
It carried over to the start of Game 4, where the Wahine quickly found themselves behind 5-0, including being aced by Missouri setter Lindsey Hunter for three straight points. Hawaii never got closer than 25-21 before being outscored 5-1 to end the season with its seventh loss, the most since the 1997 team finished 25-8.
Jessica Vander Kooi of Missouri spiked the ball past Hawaii's Victoria Prince yesterday.
After 2 hours and 18 minutes, the careers of Hawaii seniors Victoria Prince, Ashley Watanabe and Boogaard were pau. Watanabe had 26 digs, Prince 11 kills and three block assists, and Boogaard three kills, two block assists and an ace ... and very few words.
"I don't know what I would ... could ... have changed," said Watanabe, her single-season dig record ending at 461.
When asked what made Yang so hard to stop, Prince had no answer, only tears.
Yang wasn't the only Tiger to do damage. Senior middle Lisa Boyd had 12 kills and was in on eight blocks, including four solo. Shen Danru also had 12 kills.
Sophomore libero Tatum Ailes had a career night -- 26 digs -- and motivation. Her parents were stranded due to the weather "and I did it for them," she said.
What does this do for the Missouri program? Hawaii is the highest-ranked team the Tigers have ever defeated.
"It's really big, one of the biggest nights in the program up to this point," Kreklow said. "When you talk about the traditional volleyball powers, you're talking about the Hawaiis and the Penn States. It's such an honor to just get here and play against these teams. And to be able to win against Hawaii ... I couldn't be prouder of my team. Hawaii is a great team, a fantastic opponent."
But one that leaves its first trip to Penn State, and its first meeting with Missouri, with a loss after hitting .200. Although the Wahine had more digs (95-87), the Tigers continually deflated Hawaii's hitters with key defensive plays.
"They were very disciplined, played perimeter defense like we do," Shoji said.
Both teams had four players in double-digit digs: Watanabe (26), Kanoe Kamana'o (20), Hittle (16) and Boogaard (13) for Hawaii; Ailes (26), Jessica Vander Kooi (20), Danru (12) and Abbie Booth (12) for Missouri.
"Missouri is a great defensive team overall," junior setter Kamana'o said. "It was pretty hard for us to put balls down. They did a great job reading our hitters.
"No one gave up (after Game 3), we weren't going to give it away. We did what we could take care of, what we could control. Missouri did a job."
Freshman Jamie Houston and Hittle, a sophomore, led Hawaii with 19 kills each. Sanders, a sophomore middle, added 11 kills and four blocks. Junior hitter Sarah Mason, who lit up Texas for 15 kills last week, had nine last night.
The Wahine were outblocked 16-8 and didn't have a single block in Game 3. Shoji said he thought that blocking was one of the Tigers' few weaknesses.
"That was the one thing we've been working really hard on, trying to get better at," Kreklow said. "You never know if it will carry over from practice into a game. I'm happy it did."
Kelsey Fautsch had 16 kills as the Lady Vols handed the Nittany Lions their first loss at home in four seasons, 30-27, 14-30, 30-27, 33-31.
Penn State had not lost at Rec Hall since falling to Stanford 3-1 on Sept. 4, 2001, a streak of 77 straight.
Yuliya Stoyanova and Kristen Andre each added 12 kills for Tennessee. Penn State's Nicole Fawcett had a match-high 19 kills.
Aces -- Missouri (5): Hunter 3, Danru, Booth. Hawaii (1) Boogaard. Assists -- Missouri (65): Hunter 55, Vander Kooi 6, Ailes 4. Hawaii (69): Kamana'o 59, Boogaard 8, Hittle, Mason.
T -- 2:18. Officials -- Joan Powell, Glenn Sapp. A -- N/A.


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The vector-control teams from Manchester, Clarendon, and St Elizabeth have ramped up their vector-control activities and public education to assist with fighting the dengue outbreak.
Public-health officials from the Manchester Health Services shared information with residents from Allison in Manchester on Wednesday on how to prevent dengue fever and eliminate mosquito breeding sites. The public-education exercise was held at the Assemblies of the First Born Church in the parish. The health team also assisted the community members with establishing a health committee that will assist in sensitising residents about dengue fever and how to destroy mosquito breeding sites.


Think Coal, Think BPG. The group is a coal mining & trading company which owns concessions ("iup") in south and east Kalimantan.
Kalimantan Coal Project Update Australia Oriental Minerals Announced That Coal Mining Operations at Muara Teweh in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Have Been Suspended as a Result of Sub-Economic Returns DUE to a Combination of the Weak Global Economic Outlook and the Complex Geology Resulting in a Lower Than Expected Inferred Coal .
East Kalimantan's coal fiasco and the victory of the .
Altura Mining Will Spin Off Coal Assets In Singapore IPO .
Altura said it will be the controlling shareholder in the new company, which will hold 100 percent of the Delta Coal mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, and at least 70 percent of the Tabalong Coal project in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Kaltim Prima Coal Mine, East Kalimantan Province, .
About Us. Link to one of our . Lotus Resources is a prominent supplier of thermal coal primarily focused on . East Kalimantan Our coal mines in this Province have .
Adaro Energy is one of the largest coal miners . The company operates the largest single coal mine in the country (in South Kalimantan) . Central and East Kalimantan.
About Kaltim Prima Coal mine Brief history What must happen PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), located in the province of East Kalimantan, is the biggest coal mine in .
Coal Mines In East Kalimantan, Coal Mines In East .
List of main infrastructure projects in Indonesia . Balikpapan coal railway: East Kalimantan: . The line was expected to link a coal mine in Muara Wahau to a port .
Kaltim Prima, one of the new generation of Indonesian thermal coal producers, is located in north-eastern Kalimantan. It owns mining.Read More.
Indominco's Best Safety Performance 2009. In April 2010, PT Indominco Mandiri (Banpu Group), a coal mining company at Bontang, East Kalimantan, had awarded WASCO for "Best Safety Performance 2009" category in civil work, through the ex.
A portrait of deforestation in East Kalimantan, .
Sep 25, 2010 · Deforestation is caused, in part, by land use changes resulting from cash-crop plantations and mining, particularly for coal in East Kalimantan. Recent increases in the rates of deforestation have occurred in three stages, and have been exacerbated by a number of policy developments and reforms.
SAMARINDA, Indonesia — Officials in Indonesia's coal-rich province of East Kalimantan have announced the revocation of more than 400 mining permits, as part of ongoing efforts to clean up the industry.
Coal mining is booming in East Kalimantan, home to 28 percent of Indonesia's total coal reserves. Already, 6.6 million hectares – an area the size of Switzerland .
Welcome to PT. BISM PT Bina Insan Sukses Mandiri (BISM) owns coal mining concession for 5,000 Hectares in East Kalimantan, Indonesia .
Ascon Indonesia Internasional – Successful coal and .
ASCON works alongside a variety of coal mines which are located all over Indonesia, however with a main focus on South and East Kalimantan. The main mines that we .
Chairman of Indonesian Coal Mining Association (APBI-ICMA) INDONESIAN COAL INDUSTRY OUTLOOK. . EAST KALIMANTAN.
Location. The map below shows the location of Muara Wahau District, the approximate location where the coal mine, aluminum smelter, and coal power plant would be built, in East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan Province.


David D., Montgomery G., & Bovbjerg D. (2006). Relations between coping responses and optimism-pessimism in predicting anticipatory psychological distress in surgical breast cancer patients. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 203 – 2013.
Montgomery, G., David, D., Schnur, J., Hallquist, M. , Bovbjerg, D., & Silverstein, J.(2010). Mediators of a brief hypnosis intervention to control side effects in breast surgery patients: response expectancies and emotional distress. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 80 – 88.
Montgomery G., David D., Bovbjerg D., Green S., Hallquist M., Kangas M., & Schnur J. (2009). Fatigue during breast cancer radiotherapy: An initial randomized study of Cognitive-Behavioral Therpy plus hypnosis. Health Psychology, 28, 317 – 322.
Montgomery G., David D., Winkel G., Schnur J., Sohl S., Sucala M. (2012). Distress and emotional well-being in breast cancer patients prior to radiotherapy: an expectancy-based model. Psychology and Health, 27, 347 – 361.
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LeBron James' pizza party Tweet causes chaos at L.A. shop, but he's no show
Associated PressJul 11, 2018, 2:14 AM EDT
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of fans hoping to see new Los Angeles Laker LeBron James on Tuesday had to make do with free pizza instead.
James was a no-show at the Blaze Pizza outlet in Culver City, California. The NBA superstar tweeted a day earlier about a "pizza party" at the location and fans hoped it was a hint that he might attend.
Haven't been to a pizza party in a minute 🤔 Culver City? 👀🍕 https://t.co/1QxgALyekK
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That message packed the street with Lakers fans/pizza lovers who wanted both. Plus traffic on the street was backed up (and there were a lot of media vans there).
James is an investor in the Blaze Pizza chain. Blaze gave away pizzas at Southern California locations for three hours to celebrate his move from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Lakers, which was made official on Monday.
The first fan in line at the Culver City store, Janet Raines, arrived at 7:30 a.m. and waited for hours.
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Rick Wetzel, a co-founder of Blaze Pizza, said the chain expected to give away up to 1,500 pies at the Culver City location alone.


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The CIF Project was started by the International Union of Crystallography to look into a new standard format for crystallographic data. CIF (Crystallographic Information File) is now in general use in the small molecule field. mmCIF is a subset of this project which is responsible for designing a format for use with macromolecules.
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The start of the Blawn Wash Gather on Monday has once again sparked debate about the management of wild horses in Utah. UPR's Elaine Taylor has the story.
Lisa Reid with the BLM says the roundup is going well. The BLM aims to collect 140 horses from state land in the south western portion of Utah.
"Thus far we've been able to gather 70 horses successfully, we've had no incidences, no deaths, everything had come in healthy, looks great and we couldn't be more pleased with operations," Reid said.
Opponents to the collection of the horses say new management practices need to be used. Suzanne Roy, Director of the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, says the area where the horses are currently being gathered used to be designated as a federal habitat area. When the BLM traded the area to the state no provisions were made for the horses, and now they are being eliminated.
Roy says the BLM's practice of putting the horses up for adoption is not a solution, explaining that 50,000 horses are in holding facilities across the U.S. while only 2,500 horses are adopted each year.
"To suggest that adoption is the solution here is definitely misleading," she said. "The majority of the horses are going to be sent to long-term holding facilities where they have to be maintained at taxpayer expense, and that's not a solution."
Roy says birth control methods should be implemented instead of collection, though Reid says that isn't possible because of the land designation. She says horses on state land are considered a nuisance.
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Thoughts arising while sweeping the shop floor, waiting for boards to come out the back end of the thickness planer, or putting away tools . . .
A principle known as Occam's Razor holds that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is usually the best among reasonable, verifiable, non-simplistic possibilities. In other words, eliminate the burden of the unnecessary. I propose the Woodworker's Edge: let this principle apply to woodworking jigs. The simplest jig that gets the job done quickly and well is the best jig. The idea is to make woodworking projects, not elaborate jigs. Simple, effective jigs are cool jigs.
I wish someone would manufacture a 12″ jointer with about a 55″ bed. I mean just the jointer, not a jointer-planer combination and not an aircraft carrier monstrosity. I could use it along with my DW735 portable thickness planer. I imagine it would save a large share of the cost of a combination machine, not to mention changeover hassles, while retaining the advantages of the 12″ width.
I wish Lie-Nielsen would make a 55 degree frog for their #4 smoothing plane (2″ blade width) as they do for their #4 ½ (2 3/8″ blade width). 45 and 50 degree frogs are available for both planes. I've used the #4 bronze nearly since it was first produced, and later replaced its 45 degree frog when the 50 became available. It is my all-round smoother and I've never used the 45 frog since. It seems the 55 would make even more sense for difficult woods in a #4 than in a #4 ½ since the narrower plane would reduce the pushing force required.
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I wish more wood was sawn into different thicknesses within one flitch. That way table legs, aprons, and tops could be made from consistent wood taken from one flitch without having to resaw the dried lumber. I guess this would be a lot of trouble for the sawmill and maybe just too impractical, but it would be nice to have such lumber widely available. Using 8/4 lumber for all the parts of a table requires a lot of resawing. There is always a bit of a gamble, certainly considerable waste, and more work in resawing 8/4 lumber to get 3/4″ finished stock.
Recently I've gotten into the making of many single purpose jigs to manufacture the Super Chute, in fact, there is now a dedicated wall space organized with 17 jigs. There are also new ones for my table saw and drill press. During the process it seemed a little agonizing to reach the point so often in fabrication where I realized another jig was required for accuracy and repeatability ("oh no, another jig?") because you just want to build your project and not stop to do something else. Some of them have been redesigned and rebuilt, as has the featured product itself. In the end, I think the stimulating problem solving and experimentation involved in jig making are complimentary to building furniture. Design, create, and evaluate. It's a very rewarding process.
That sums up my experience perfectly. Even though wood is dead it acts like it's alive and has a mind of its own.
With your skill I wonder why you don't make your own smoother with a 55 degree bed. Krenov planes are easy and work well. You can make one as wide or narrow and a whatever pitch you want.
If you know of sawyers/dealers that make this available on a regular basis, I and readers would appreciate it. I don' t know of any.
Good luck with the shooting board. Readers, click on Tico's name and check it out.
Yes, as it happens, that is part of the next post. I don't know why I don't make Krenov planes. I think I should.
At the LN hand tool event last week, their rep announced that they would be producing the 55° frog for the #4.
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Q: 2 Variable induction on a summation I'm trying to prove this is true:
$$\sum_{i=1}^{k} 2^{i-1}(k-i) = 2^k-k-1$$
I'm used to doing normal inductions on summations, but this one is a little confusing to me. Basically, because both i and k are present in the equation itself am I supposed to ensure that both i goes to k+1 and and k also goes to k+1?
Does it matter if you start with inducting on k or i first?
I've tried an induction where I induct on i first:
$$\sum_{i=1}^{k+1} = \sum_{i=1}^{k} + 2^{k+1-1}(k-(k+1)) =  2^k-k-1+2^k(-1)=-k-1$$
Obviously this isn't what I want since I want the end goal to look like:
$$2^{k+1}-(k+1)-1 $$
Additionally if anyone knows of any places where I could find example problems of summations using two variables I'd love to know.

A: The $i$ in your formula is an auxiliary variable or index to express the sum with the $\sum$ notation instead of using $\cdots$. Consider another example (so you can then try with yours):
$$\sum_{i=1}^{k}(2i-1)=k^2,\:k\in \mathbb N. \qquad (1)$$
Here $\sum_{i=1}^{k-1}(2i-1)$ is a more compact (and perhaps more formal and precise) notation for the $k$-termed sum
$$(2\cdot \underline1-1)+(2\cdot \underline2-1)+(2\cdot \underline3-1)+\cdots+(2\cdot (\underline{k-1})-1)+(2\cdot \underline k-1).$$
Note that each term is $2i-1$ but in the first one $i$ has been replaced by $1$, then by $2$, and so on until $k$ (these numbers are underlined in the previous equation).
And more important for our discussion: there's no such thing as $i$ in this last equation. It's disappeared, even when the original expression had such 'variable'.
But as I've said, that's just an auxiliary symbol. Think that it could even be replaced for something like $\bigcirc$, as in $\sum_{\bigcirc=1}^{k}(2\cdot\bigcirc-1)$.
So now, you can use that 'expanded' expression for your proof by induction. When you feel more comfortable with the $\sum$ sign, you can even work with its properties and avoid the expanded expressions with $\cdots$.
In our case, first note that when $k=1$ we have that $(1)$ becomes
$$\sum_{i=1}^{1}(2i-1)=1^2.\qquad (2)$$
The expression on the right side is obviously equal to $1$. Now, on the left side we have a sum in which the index $i$ varies from $1$ to $1$: that is, there is only one term (no actual sum) which is $2i-1$ but taking $i=1$. So on the left we have $2\cdot 1-1=1$, and so $(2)$ is true.
Then, for the inductive step we need to prove that if $(1)$ holds when $k=h$, that is
$$\sum_{i=1}^{h}(2i-1)=h^2,$$
then it also holds when $k=h+1$, which means
$$\sum_{i=1}^{h+1}(2i-1)=(h+1)^2.$$
Note that I did not replace the $i$'s. The induction happens in the variable that really is a variable to which we can assign the value that we want. We could actually have worked without $\sum$ and say that we want to prove that if
$$(2\cdot \underline1-1)+(2\cdot \underline2-1))+\cdots+(2\cdot (\underline{h-1})-1)+(2\cdot \underline h-1)=h^2$$
holds, then also
$$(2\cdot \underline1-1)+(2\cdot \underline2-1)+\cdots+(2\cdot (\underline{h-1})-1)+(2\cdot \underline h-1)+(2\cdot (\underline{h+1})-1)=(h+1)^2$$
does.
For a proof of this fact consider that in the last expression the terms on the left from the first one until the next to last one add up to $h^2$ (that's the inductive hypothesis), so
$$(2\cdot 1-1)+(2\cdot 2-1)+\cdots+(2\cdot (h-1)-1)+(2\cdot h-1)+(2\cdot (h+1)-1)=$$$$=h^2+(2\cdot (h+1)-1)=h^2+2h+1=(h+1)^2,$$
and this completes the proof.
The same can be expressed with $\sum$ notation, if we consider that doing the sum with $i$ going from $1$ to $h+1$ is equivalent to do it with $i$ from $1$ to $h$ and then adding the term corresponding to $i=h+1$. Then it would be the same:
$$\sum_{i=1}^{h+1}(2i-1)=\sum_{i=1}^h(2i-1)+(2\cdot (h+1)-1)=h^2 +(2\cdot (h+1)-1)=(h+1)^2.$$

A: Put
$$
S(k) = \sum\limits_{i\, = \,1}^k {2^{\,i - 1} \left( {k - i} \right)} \quad \quad F(k) = 2^{\,k}  - k - 1
$$
so you shall demonstrate by induction that
$$
S(k) = F(k)
$$
Then clearly the induction is on varying the $k$, while the $i$ is just a parameter internal to $S$.
Now

*

*the identity is true for $k=1$
$$
S(1) = \sum\limits_{i\, = \,1}^1 {2^{\,i - 1} \left( {1 - i} \right)}  = 0 = F(1) = 0
$$

*if the identity is true for $k$ then it is true for $k+1$, because we have
$$
\eqalign{
  & S(k + 1) = \sum\limits_{i\, = \,1}^{k + 1} {2^{\,i - 1} \left( {k + 1 - i} \right)}  =   \cr
  &  = \sum\limits_{i\, = \,1}^{k + 1} {2^{\,i - 1} \left( {k - i} \right)}  + \sum\limits_{i\, = \,1}^{k + 1} {2^{\,i - 1} }  =   \cr
  &  = \sum\limits_{i\, = \,1}^k {2^{\,i - 1} \left( {k - i} \right)}  + 2^{\,k} \left( { - 1} \right) + {{1 - 2^{\,k + 1} } \over {1 - 2}} =   \cr
  &  = S(k) - 2^{\,k}  + 2^{\,k + 1}  - 1 = S(k) + 2^{\,k}  - 1 \cr}
$$
and
$$
\eqalign{
  & F(k + 1) = 2^{\,k + 1}  - k - 1 - 1 = 2^{\,k}  + 2^{\,k}  - k - 1 - 1 =   \cr
  &  = F(k) + 2^{\,k}  - 1 \cr}
$$

That's all what needed to give the proof by induction