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/ Spleen and Lymphatic System
Spleen and Lymphatic System
en españolEl bazo y el sistema linfático
What Are the Spleen and Lymphatic System?
The spleen is located in the upper left part of the belly under the ribcage. It helps protect the body by clearing worn-out red blood cells and other foreign bodies (such as germs) from the bloodstream.
The spleen is part of the lymphatic system, which is an extensive drainage network. The lymphatic (lim-FAT-ik) system works to keep body fluid levels in balance and to defend the body against infections. It is made up of a network of lymphatic vessels that carry
— a clear, watery fluid that contains proteins, salts, and other substances — throughout the body.
What Does the Spleen Do?
The spleen acts as a filter. It weeds out old and damaged cells and helps control the amount of blood and blood cells that circulate in the body.
The spleen also helps get rid of germs. It contains white blood cells called
and macrophages. These cells work to attack and destroy germs and remove them from the blood that passes through the spleen.
The body also uses the spleen as a place to store blood and iron for future use.
What Does the Lymphatic System Do?
One of the lymphatic system's major jobs is to collect extra lymph fluid from body tissues and return it to the blood. This is important because water, proteins, and other substances are always leaking out of tiny blood capillaries into the surrounding body tissues. If the lymphatic system didn't drain the excess fluid, the lymph fluid would build up in the body's tissues, making them swell.
The lymphatic system is a network of very small tubes (or vessels) that drain lymph fluid from all over the body. The major parts of the lymph tissue are located in the:
The heart, lungs, intestines, liver, and skin also contain lymphatic tissue.
The major lymphatic vessels are:
the thoracic duct: It begins near the lower part of the spine and collects lymph from the pelvis, abdomen, and lower chest. The thoracic duct runs up through the chest and empties into the blood through a large vein near the left side of the neck.
the right lymphatic duct: It collects lymph from the right side of the neck, chest, and arm, and empties into a large vein near the right side of the neck.
The lymphatic system also helps defend the body against germs (viruses, bacteria, and fungi) that can cause illnesses. Those germs are filtered out in the lymph nodes, small clumps of tissue along the network of lymph vessels. Inside the lymph nodes, lymphocytes called T-cells and B-cells help the body fight infection. B cells make antibodies — special proteins that stop infections from spreading by trapping disease-causing germs and destroying them.
Most of our lymph nodes are in clusters in the neck, armpit, and groin area. They're also found along the lymphatic pathways in the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, where they filter the blood.
When a person has an infection, germs collect in the lymph nodes. If the throat is infected, for example, the lymph nodes in the neck may swell. That's why doctors check for swollen lymph nodes (sometimes called swollen "glands") in the neck when someone has a sore throat. This is called lymphadenopathy.
Non-Hodgkin (Non-Hodgkin's) Lymphoma
Word! Lymph Node
Word! Lymph
What Are Glands?
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Q: I'm getting errors on output.writeObject(new Boolean(true)); and also on Chat_ServerThread chatClient = new Chat_ServerThread(...) import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

import javax.swing.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class Chat_Server extends JFrame
{

// total number of clients that can be logged on to the message service
final int NO_OF_CLIENTS = 4;
// this ArrayList will store the client threads
ArrayList<Chat_ServerThread> chatClients = new ArrayList<Chat_ServerThread>();
// arrays containing valid names and passwords
String[] names = {"Adam Smith", "Bill Allen", "Cathy Clark", "Davina Doe"};
String[] passwords = {"LuQezz169", "amG4tyz", "Dw1wU9wy", "Fre195Ufm"};
// array containing valid chat tags
String [] chattag = {"Arken", "Ben", "DarkLark", "Free", "group"};
// this array indicates whether a client is currently logged on
boolean loggedOn[] = new boolean[NO_OF_CLIENTS];

// GUI components
JTextArea outputArea;

//Other Declartations
ServerSocket serverSocket;
DataInputStream serverInputStream;
DataOutputStream serverOutputStream;

public Chat_Server()
{   super("Chat_Server");
    addWindowListener
    (   new WindowAdapter()
        {   public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
            {   System.exit(0);
            }
        }
    );

    try
    {   // gets a serversocket and binds to port 6000
        serverSocket = new ServerSocket(6000);

    }
    catch(IOException e) // thrown by ServerSocket
    {   System.out.println(e);
        System.exit(1);
    }

    // create and add GUI components
    Container c = getContentPane();
    c.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    // add text output area
    outputArea = new JTextArea(17,30);
    outputArea.setEditable(false);
    outputArea.setLineWrap(true);
    outputArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
    c.add(outputArea);
    c.add(new JScrollPane(outputArea));
    setSize(360,310);
    setResizable(false);
    setVisible(true);
}

void getClients()
{   // add message to server output area
    addOutput("Server is up and waiting for a connection...");
    int userCount = 0;
    while(userCount < NO_OF_CLIENTS)
    {   try
        {   /* client has attempted to get a connection to server,
               create a socket to communicate with this client */
        Socket client = serverSocket.accept();

            // get input & output streams
        ObjectInputStream serverInputStream = new ObjectInputStream(client.getInputStream());
        ObjectOutputStream serverOutputStrean = new ObjectOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());

            // add message to server output area
            addOutput("Server is up and waiting for a connection...");
            // read encrypted username from input stream & decrypt
            EncryptedMessage uname = (EncryptedMessage)serverInputStream.readObject();
            uname.decrypt();
            // read encrypted password from input stream & decrypt
            EncryptedMessage pword = (EncryptedMessage)serverInputStream.readObject();
            pword.decrypt();

            // add messages to server output area
            addOutput("\nLogin Details Received\n----------------------------------------");
            addOutput("encrypted username : " + uname.getMessage());
            addOutput("encrypted password : " + pword.getMessage());

            boolean valid = false;
            int pos = Arrays.binarySearch(names, uname);
            if(pos >= 0)
            {   if(passwords[pos].equals(pword) && !loggedOn[pos])
                {   addOutput("Login details received from client " + (userCount+1) + ", " + uname + " are valid");
                    addOutput("Client " + uname + " is known as " + chattag[pos]);
                    valid = true;
                    loggedOn[pos] = true;
                    // send Boolean value  true to client
                    output.writeObject(new Boolean(true));

This returns an error on output. saying that it cannot be resolved
                    // add this new thread to the array list
                    Chat_ServerThread chatClient = new Chat_ServerThread (serverInputStream, serverOutputStream, names[pos], chattag[pos]);

This returns an error within the Chatserver thread. I'm also getting errors on output.writeobject. I'm not sure why it is doing this hopefully someone will be able to shed some light on things. it says that the constructor is not defined
                    chatClients.add(chatClient);

                    // start thread - execution of the thread will begin at method run
                    chatClient.start();

                    userCount++;
                }
            }
            if(!valid)
            {   /* user is not registered therefore write a Boolean value
                   false to the output stream */
                output.writeObject(new Boolean(false));
                addOutput("Login details received from client " + (userCount+1) + ", " + uname + " are invalid");
            }
        }

A: It seems that you have not created the instance of output. Try first initializing it with a constructor for whatever class it is you want output to be an instance of.
Regarding the constructor not being defined, check the constructor(s) for the Chat_ServerThread class and ensure that the arguments you are passing to the constructor match those which are defined in one of Chat_ServerThread's implemented constructors.

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Q: from .. import folder1 ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package Following some tutorial online, I am trying to import a folder as a package into a file.
Here is the hierarchy of my project:
folder1

folder2/
    file.py
    __init__.py

So, in file.py I am trying to import the content of folder1 as a package:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from .. import folder1

But when executing file.py
./file.py

I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "./file.py", line 9, in

from .. import folder1 ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

Any solution ?
Thanks!

A: Not the best solution but you can run this command in your command line while in the parent directory of folder1 and folder 2:
python -m folder2.file

Else, you can add an __init__.py file in the directory containing both your folders:
folder1

folder2/
    file.py
    __init__.py

__init__.py

Last solution I can think of is:
import sys
sys.path.append(r"/path/to/your/project")

You will be able to import folder1 like so:
import folder1


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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include "dynUtf8Parser/dfa/stateAllocator.h"

using namespace DeterministicFiniteAutomaton;

#ifndef NUM_DFA_STATES_PER_BLOCK
#define NUM_DFA_STATES_PER_BLOCK 20
#endif

StateAllocator::StateAllocator(NFA *anNFA) {
  nfa = anNFA;
  nfaStateMapping = new NFAStateMapping(this);
  stateSize = (nfa->getNumberStates() / 8) + 1;
  stateAllocator = new BlockAllocator(NUM_DFA_STATES_PER_BLOCK*stateSize);
};

StateAllocator::~StateAllocator(void) {
  nfa = NULL;

  if (nfaStateMapping) delete nfaStateMapping;
  nfaStateMapping = NULL;

  stateSize = 0;
  if (stateAllocator) delete stateAllocator;
  stateAllocator    = NULL;
}

State *StateAllocator::allocateANewState(void) {
  State *newState = NULL;

  // start by checking if we have any allocated but unused DStates...
  if (allocatedUnusedStack.getNumItems()) {
    newState = allocatedUnusedStack.popItem();
    emptyState(newState);
    return newState;
  }

  // We have no allocated but unused DStates....
  newState = (State*)stateAllocator->allocateNewStructure(stateSize);
  emptyState(newState);
  return newState;
}

/*
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 * obtaining a copy of this software and associated
 * documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the
 * Software without restriction, including without limitation
 * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
 * sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
 * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
 * subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall
 * be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
 * Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
 * KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS
 * OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
 * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
 * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */

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Woman claims she was wrongfully terminated for pregnancy bed rest
On behalf of Law Offices of Allan A. Sigel, P.C. posted in Wrongful Termination on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.
In Oct. 2007, a relatively new legal secretary at the Washington, D.C., office of a national law firm learned that she was pregnant. Unfortunately, there was a dangerous tear in her placenta. Her doctor recommended full bed rest until the tear had healed, so she took approved, short-term disability leave from her job. In Jan. 2008, she was fired from her job despite having no previous problems at the job and having been led to believe she was well regarded.
She believes this was wrongful termination in violation of the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the District of Columbia Human Rights Act. She has filed suit against the law firm under those two statutes, along with a claim for intentional infliction of emotional harm. She is seeking $1 million in compensation for those violations and $10 million in punitive damages because, the lawsuit reads, she was subjected to "outrageous, misogynistic attitude, behavior, and treatment of a woman that shocks the conscience."
"I was on mandated bed rest," she told reporters recently. "I did everything I was supposed to do as far as getting my disability and checking in....They just terminated me at my lowest point, regardless of all that I had done."
In fact, she claims in her complaint that, at the time of her wrongful termination, the human resources actually told her that the complications in her pregnancy "were not his problem." She learned later that the HR director had told other employees she was fired because she improperly took leave for morning sickness.
Her attorney commented that he had never used the term "misogynistic" in a legal complaint before, but felt it was warranted in this case. "That's exactly why [the Pregnancy Discrimination Act] was passed, to prevent that."
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Some people ignore warming up for jogging. You should make it a practice to walk for five minutes, then stretch for a few minutes before you begin jogging.
Warming up ensures that your cardiac system is well prepared to enhance your heart rate and improve blood flow. The warm-up session should not exceed 15 minutes.
When starting out, begin at a slow pace and raise your speed progressively to a comfortable level. Your breathing mechanism is a critical aspect at this stage because it determines how long you will sustain your session.
Practice diaphragmatic breathing for this increases oxygen flow. When it comes to exhalation, use your mouth as much as possible. This ensures that you release as much heat as possible from your system.


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Ecthyma
"Ecthyma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An ulcerative pyoderma usually caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection at the site of minor trauma. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Ecthymas
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ecthyma".
Bacterial Infections [C01.252]
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections [C01.252.410]
Streptococcal Infections [C01.252.410.890]
Ecthyma [C01.252.410.890.210]
Skin Diseases, Bacterial [C01.252.825]
Ecthyma [C01.252.825.210]
Skin Diseases, Infectious [C01.539.800]
Skin Diseases, Bacterial [C01.539.800.720]
Pyoderma [C17.800.695]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Ecthyma".
Pyoderma
Skin Diseases, Bacterial
Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial
Digital Dermatitis
Erysipelas
Erythema Chronicum Migrans
Erythrasma
Fasciitis, Necrotizing
Granuloma Inguinale
Mycetoma
Rhinoscleroma
Staphylococcal Skin Infections
Syphilis, Cutaneous
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous
Streptococcal Infections
Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial
Pneumococcal Infections
Rheumatic Fever
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Ecthyma".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ecthyma" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Ecthyma" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Ecthyma" by people in Profiles.
A rare case of ecthyma gangrenosum associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. J Infect Chemother. 2013 Aug; 19(4):761-3.
Ecthyma gangrenosum in a 67-year-old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Emerg Med. 2012 Aug; 43(2):339-41.
The perfect storm: Torsades de Pointes in a child with leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Dec; 49(7):996-9.
Cutaneous lesions in disseminated candidiasis mimicking ecthyma gangrenosum. Am J Med. 1981 May; 70(5):1133-5.
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Goralnick, Eric
Haynes, Harley
Walls, Andrew
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Panelus rhodesiensis är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Renaud Maurice Adrien Paulian 1975. Panelus rhodesiensis ingår i släktet Panelus och familjen bladhorningar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Bladhorningar
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We have been calling Tiger Woods' press agent Ari Fleischer (along with lots of other media outlets, we're sure) asking whether the texts Joslyn James posted on her Web site this morning are truly from the golf star.
We left messages and also sent emails.
We haven't heard back from his office yet but welcome any statement from Fleischer or any member of Tiger's team.
UPDATE: Ari's office has emailed us and told us our message has been forwarded directly to Ari. We await any official statements.
We're also wondering if any sponsors have contacted Tiger since the texts were released. Are there more texts from Joslyn or Tiger? Do they plan on taking any legal action? How will they prevent other women from posting embarrassing texts from Tiger?
We anxiously await Ari's call.


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Casa da Balança
Scale House - Museum Center of Metrology
With the doors opened since 1999 and situated at Largo do Chão das Covas, the Casa da Balança is a museological unit of metrology.
Displays a permanent collection of the history of metrology in Portugal with measuring instruments from the 15th century to the 20th century. The permanent exhibition presents the measuring workshop from the Municipality of Évora, disabled in 1993.
Studying, maintaining, valuing and disseminating its heritage fund are the goals of Casa da Balança and, in this sense, offers free visits or guided visits to its permanent collection and has its own program of activities for the public, in its space and in itinerancy.
Lardo do Chão das Covas, nº 15, Évora, Portugal
Address: Lardo do Chão das Covas, nº 15, Évora, Portugal
Site: http://www2.cm-evora.pt/casadabalanca/casa_balanca.asp
Email: casadabalanca@mail.evora.net
Schedule (All Year):
Monday to Friday from 09:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 02:00 p.m. to 05:30 p.m.
Closed on Weekend.
Price: Free entry.
Authority: Municipality of Évora – Heritage and Culture Divison.
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The preliminary State subsidy printouts (ED 279s) that many have been asking about, will be coming out in a few days. The Department has been dedicated to completing the preliminary, estimated State subsidy printouts, and as soon as those are finalized, the information will be posted on our website at http://www.maine.gov/doe/eps/. Also at that time, superintendents and business managers will be alerted via a Priority Notice. It will be important for districts to remember that those initial printouts will reflect the currently enacted biennial budget, and will likely be adjusted as the Legislature responds to current and projected budget shortfalls.
All eyes are on February for another reason as many of us will be challenged.
Next week, the Governor and First Lady launch Maine DOE's Read to ME Challenge, and that means I will be challenging others to read aloud with a child for 15 minutes a day, so watch the Maine DOE Facebook page. The Department hopes the month long challenge will go viral via social media and build a greater awareness around the benefits of reading with children and sharing literacy in any way we can. The simplest ways to build early literacy foundations is by reading aloud, exposing children to words, language patterns, and help with listening skills while building bonds. Thank you in advance for taking the challenge and extending the challenge using social media with the hashtag #ReadtoME or #ReadaloudME.
Changes at Maine DOE have ranged from transfers, promotions and rehires. From November through this month, there have been over 15 people coming and going in the Department and the naming of a new acting deputy commissioner.
In technology news, Maine's Learning Through Technology team hosted the Move the Needle Summit and shared news about Brightbytes, a useful planning tool for districts.
This past month, 2016 Maine Teacher of the Year shared her views on teaching 21st century skills, Maine Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) announced the 2016 Agricultural Teachers of the Year. Also, the Department shared nominations are now open for next year's Teacher of the Year and Maine's History Teacher of the Year.
NCLB report cards were made available this month in the Maine DOE Data Warehouse.
The fourth annual winter wellness workshop "Building Partnerships for Wellness Success" is next week.
Maine is one of four states leading efforts to create innovative opportunities in public school classrooms around the country through the Next State of Learning project.
Also this month, Maine DOE shared news about a series of webinars primarily designed to showcase one particular aspect of a league school's personalized learning efforts.
Reporting window for Special Education is now open.
Under Maine's approved Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility waiver, the Maine DOE has committed to the U.S. Department of Education to submit new lists of priority and focus schools in January 2016 based on the most recent data. Moving forward, states were presented with two options from the USDOE. Read more here.
The Department's Office of Special Services issued parental consent for evaluation guidance regarding initial evaluations and reevaluations. Plus, read here to learn more about annual review of IEP transition plans.
And finally, this past Saturday, Acting Commissioner Beardsley was a guest on Maine Public Broadcasting's "The Maine Event." A recording of the show is available here.


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Colin is the one who taught me French.
I looked at what Rik gave me quite closely.
Are you seriously thinking about going?
Bryce can swim much further than I can.
Teruyuki looked toward the horizon.
Natraj usually eats lunch alone.
I know how hard it must've been for you to tell Sid about what happened.
Tracey died when he was thirty years old.
Cindy became best friends with Donne.
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I didn't give Thierry anything.
Kris and Lucifer played ping pong.
I've been trying to reach Kristin.
Leonard's way of speaking gets on my nerves.
Who did Suzan sell his car to?
Jerome climbed up the ladder.
Martin didn't want to talk about his illness.
Ilya took a picture of her mother with her cell phone.
Jennie is in the warehouse.
Oscar might possibly have been the one who broke the window.
Lonhyn has a rare gene mutation.
Troy isn't very good at cooking.
Hwa was asked by Tanya to mow the lawn.
Rudolf says he killed Harv.
Max met Blake at school.
Personally, I don't think Piete has a chance of winning.
Are you still convinced Sanjib was the one who did it?
You wanted to get your hands on Harmon's money.
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The intention of this study is to elaborate on important factors determining choice of water in a low-income area in Kampala, Uganda. The study area is located in a parish called Nateete, at the outskirts of the city. My approach includes both a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with people living within a defined geographical area. An important aim of the study is to link social practices to the water landscape. The latter is in this thesis understood as the physical water resources available to people in the geographical area under study. In my attempt to relate actions to the water landscape, I have employed a theoretical direction called the time-space perspective. Of special interest is this direction's emphasis on how human action is influenced by various constraints. However, the understanding of watercollection practices is also sought in culturally embedded perceptions. In this thesis objective meaning of physical and social reality is not seen as pre given, but as a product of meaningful construction by interacting subjects. In this regard the influence of culture on both preference and perception of risk is elaborated. Among my respondents no one have a household connection to the piped water network. This implies that unless rainwater is collected from the roof, water has to be carried from the source to the dwelling. The study area is also characterised by having different water sources, with different characteristics available to people. Many of my respondents buy water from outdoor taps serving piped water. Nevertheless, the study shows that a large proportion still obtains water from traditional sources. Sadly, these are of questionable microbiological quality. Traditional sources are in this thesis understood as water sources where accumulated ground water can be fetched. The study illustrates the importance of distance to source on choice of water. The number of collectors decreases with distance from the source for all sources in the study area. The influence of the form and character of the water landscape has thus been indicated. However, the distance decay is not equal for all sources, making it necessary to focus on the characteristics of the water. Cost is one factor significantly influencing choice of water. Since water from traditional sources is free of charge (unless vendors who bring the water are employed), many overcome constraints in order to collect from these. Another factor hindering a transition from traditional to modern water sources seems to be culturally embedded perceptions in disfavour of piped water. Even though piped water is of good microbiological quality, there is a considerable dissatisfaction with this kind of water. Central in this thesis is it to explain why many prefer water from some traditional sources, even though these are of poorer microbiological quality compared to piped water. Much of the dissatisfaction with the latter seems to be related to the use of chlorine, affecting the taste and smell of water. There also seems to be a fear of visible contamination at times present in piped water. I assume the fear is related to the greater inability to predict when, and understand why, this contamination occurs. In comparison, visible contamination in traditional sources is closely related to rainfall. The emphasis of visual judgement of water is also believed to be an important reason for the lack of focus on the microbiological content of water in Nateete. In general, piped water seems mostly to be used when it is considered as the most convenient option. It is thus relatively little attention among my respondents to the improvements in microbiological quality that it offers. The main conclusion of this thesis is that the respondents seem to take into account the subjective, physical and social world in the process of choosing water source. It is thus not a question of whether structure or agency determine water-collection practices in Nateete, but rather of how these work together.


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A guide to the new COVID-19 testing rules for travel to the US
Former 'Globe Trekker' Host Justine Shapiro weighs in on travel restrictions amid surging coronavirus cases and the future of the travel industry.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ordered that all travelers flying to the U.S. from abroad will have to show proof of negative Covid-19 tests before boarding their flight starting Jan. 26. The CDC said preflight testing is necessary as Covid-19 cases continue to soar and new, more contagious strains of the virus emerge around the world.
Here is what you need to know about the new protocols before you take a trip.
Who does it affect?
The order applies to everyone traveling to the U.S. on international flights, including U.S. citizens. You will need to show negative test results even if you are flying on a private jet or charter flight. There are exceptions for children under age 2, airline crews, and federal law-enforcement agents and members of the military traveling for duty.
What countries are covered?
All of them. Passengers need to show proof of a negative test when traveling to the U.S. from any country, including Mexico and the Caribbean. Airlines can seek temporary waivers for certain countries where testing supplies are inadequate, but carriers haven't yet said which countries might fall into this category.
The universal testing requirement goes into effect Jan. 26. People arriving from the United Kingdom already have been subject to similar testing requirements that went into effect in December following the emergence of a new coronavirus strain there.
What kind of test will I need, and when? What happens if I don't have my results?
U.S.-bound air travelers must get tested no more than three days before flying and bring written or electronic proof of the results. Airlines can accept both PCR and rapid antigen tests. If you don't have the documentation with you, airlines won't allow you to board, according to the CDC's order.
Airlines are still working out the exact protocols they will use to check test results. Customers coming from the U.K. on United Airlines show test results in the lobby before security, but the details might not be the same for other countries, a United Airlines Holdings Inc. spokeswoman said.
What if I have been vaccinated?
Even if you have been vaccinated for Covid-19, you still will need to show proof of a negative test.
What if I recently had Covid-19 and got better?
If you have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past three months but no longer have symptoms, the CDC doesn't recommend getting tested again. If you are in this group and have met the criteria to end isolation, the CDC says you can travel as long as you have written permission from a health-care provider or public-health official. Bring your positive test result and the doctor's letter to show the airline in lieu of a negative test result.
Does this mean the U.S. has lifted bans on most travel from Europe, the U.K. and other countries?
Not at this point. Airlines have been pushing the government to drop those bans, especially now that testing requirements are going into effect. The government hasn't taken any action on that though, so people who aren't U.S. citizens or permanent residents can't come to the U.S. from most of Europe, the U.K., Brazil, China and Iran. Likewise, many countries don't allow travelers to enter from the U.S., or continue to impose lengthy quarantine requirements on arrival.
What if I need to change my travel plans now?
Airlines already have done away with most international change fees and are adding more flexibility for people who need to adjust their plans and get to the U.S. before the new testing requirements go into effect.
American Airlines Group Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc., for instance, will allow people to rebook international tickets to the U.S. that had been scheduled through Feb. 9, as long as new travel starts on or before Jan. 25. That means you can rebook to fly before testing is required without paying higher last-minute fares.
Do I need to get tested again or quarantine when I get back to the U.S.?
The CDC recommends people get a second test three to five days after travel and stay home for seven days (or 10 days without a second test). Testing on its own isn't a substitute for social distancing and wearing face masks, CDC officials said.
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Navy helicopter crashes in Imperial County desert; all 4 aboard survive, Navy says
United News Team June 9, 2022
A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed during a training mission in the Imperial County desert north of Yuma Thursday afternoon, the second military aircraft to go down in the area in two days, the Navy said.
All four crew members on board survived the crash, although one sustained injuries not considered life-threatening and was taken to a hospital, according to Cmdr. Zachary Harrell, a spokesperson for the San Diego-based Naval Air Forces command.
The MH-60S Seahawk helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 3, based at Naval Air Station North Island, Harrell said.
The crash was reported around 5 p.m. in the Palo Verde area south of Blythe, on the California-Arizona border, according to an alert posted on the Naval Air Facility El Centro Facebook page.
Harrell said the helicopter crashed and that the incident was not just a hard landing.
"It was a crash, and everybody survived," he told the Union-Tribune late Thursday.
The incident comes just a day after a Marine Corps Osprey crashed near the Imperial County community of Glamis — about 40 miles west of where the Navy helicopter went down Thursday.
Five Camp Pendleton-based Marines were killed in that crash.
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Jon Hamm Joins 'Million Dollar Arm' For Disney!!!
by Gumbercules9000 on May 10th, 2012
Hi, Bryan Here…
Jon Ham (Mad Men) has joined the cast of 'Million Dollar Arm' where he'll play a sports agent based on real life agent J.B. Bernstein. Bernstein discovered professional pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel through a reality show he staged in India with cricket players.
I think Hamm is perfect for this role. Thomas McCarthy penned the script with Joe Roth, Mark Ciardi, and Gordon Gray producing. There is no director yet, but the film plans to start shooting in the fall.
"Bernstein repped top talent, but was burnt out and disillusioned until he watched the cricket game on late night TV and noticed how similar the game's throwing motion was to that of baseball pitchers. He headed to India and wound up hatching the reality show Million Dollar Arm and auditioning 40,000 hopefuls. He brought back the two 19-year old finalists to the U.S., but it wasn't as simple as signing with a ball club and heading to the minor leagues. Neither player had ever ventured beyond their rural village and Bernstein had to teach them as much about American culture and speaking English as he did the rules of baseball. All the work paid off when the imports became the first Indian players to sign pro baseball teams when they got contracts with the Pittsburgh Pirates."
Your thoughts? Will this be another 'Jerry Maguire' film?
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This is more or less a tag game.
Get everyone seated in a circle. The starting player starts the tag by pointing with their elbow at the person beside them and says "vroom!".
The person tagged then has a couple of options: They can continue by tagging the person beside them in the same manner ("vroom!"); they can change the direction by not doing anything and making a screeching noise (imitate a car skidding); or they can simply stand up with their hands in the air.
If they change direction, then the person that just tagged them is then considered tagged.
If they stand up, everyone must stand up. Last one standing sculls.
If you anticipate the tag, you scull.
If you take too long, you scull.
If you stuff it up, you scull.
It is meant to be played as fast as possible.


If your project has a large number of tests, it can take a long time for tests to complete running serially on one machine. Running tests in parallel across many virtual machines can save your team time and money when running tests in Continuous Integration (CI).
Cypress can run recorded tests in parallel across multiple machines since version 3.1.0. While parallel tests can also technically run on a single machine, we do not recommend it since this machine would require significant resources to run your tests efficiently.
This guide assumes you already have your project running and recording within Continuous Integration. If you have not set up your project yet, check out our Continuous Integration guide.
Cypress' parallelization strategy is file-based, so in order to utilize parallelization, your tests will need to be split across separate files.
Cypress will assign each spec file to an available machine based on our balance strategy. Due to this balance strategy, the run order of the spec files is not guaranteed when parallelized.
Refer to your CI provider's documentation on how to set up multiple machines to run in your CI environment.
Once multiple machines are available within your CI environment, you can pass the --parallel key to cypress run to have your recorded tests parallelized.
Running tests in parallel requires the --record flag be passed. This ensures Cypress can properly collect the data needed to parallelize future runs. This also gives you the full benefit of seeing the results of your parallelized tests in our Dashboard Service. If you have not set up your project to record, check out our setup guide.
CI machines contact the Cypress Dashboard Service to indicate which spec files to run in the project.
A machine opts in to receiving a spec file to run by contacting Cypress.
Upon receiving requests from a CI machines, Cypress calculates the estimated duration to test each spec file.
Based on these estimations, Cypress distributes (load-balances) spec files one-by-one to each available machine in a way that minimizes overall test run time.
As each CI machine finishes running its assigned spec file, more spec files are distributed to it. This process repeats until all spec files are complete.
Upon completion of all spec files, Cypress waits for a configurable amount of time before considering the test run as fully complete. This is done to better support grouping of runs.
In short: each Test Runner sends a list of the spec files to the Dashboard Service, and the service sends back one spec at a time to each Test Runner to run.
Cypress will automatically balance your spec files across the available machines in your CI provider. Cypress calculates which spec file to run based on the data collected from previous runs. This ensures that your spec files run as fast as possible, with no need for manual configuration.
As more and more tests are recorded to the Cypress Dashboard, Cypress can better predict how long a given spec file will take to run. To prevent irrelevant data from affecting the duration prediction, Cypress doesn't use old historical run data regarding the spec file.
With a duration estimation for each spec file of a test run, Cypress can distribute spec files to available CI resources in descending order of spec run duration. In this manner, the most time-consuming specs start first which minimizes the overall test run duration.
Duration estimation is done separately for every browser the spec file was tested against. This is helpful since performance characteristics vary by browser, and therefore it is perfectly acceptable to see different duration estimates for each browser a spec file was tested against.
The examples below are from a run of our Kitchen Sink Example project. You can see the results of this run on the Cypress Dashboard.
In this example, a single machine runs a job named 1x-electron, defined in the project's circle.yml file. Cypress runs all 19 spec files one by one alphabetically in this job. It takes 1:51 to complete all of the tests.
Notice that when adding up the spec's run times (0:55), they add up to less than the total time for the run to complete (1:51) . There is extra time in the run for each spec: starting the browser, encoding and uploading the video to the dashboard, requesting the next spec to run.
When we run the same tests with parallelization, Cypress uses its balance strategy to order to specs to run based on the spec's previous run history. During the same CI run as above, we ran all tests again, but this time with parallelization across 2 machines. This job was named 2x-electron in the project's circle.yml file and it finished in 59 seconds.
The difference in running times and machines used is very clear when looking at the Machines View on the Dashboard. Notice how the run parallelized across 2 machines automatically ran all specs based on their duration, while the run without parallelization did not.
Parallelizing our tests across 2 machines saved us almost 50% of the total run time, and we can further decrease the build time by adding more machines.
Multiple cypress run calls can be labeled and associated to a single run by passing in the --group <name> flag, where name is an arbitrary reference label. The group name must be unique within the associated test run.
For multiple runs to be grouped into a single run, it is required for CI machines to share a common CI build ID environment variable. Typically these CI machines will run in parallel or within the same build workflow or pipeline, but it is not required to use Cypress parallelization to group runs. Grouping of runs can be utilized independently of Cypress parallelization.
The first group can be called Windows/Chrome 69.
The second group can be called Mac/Chrome 70.
The third group can be called Linux/Electron. Electron is the default browser used in Cypress runs.
The 1x, 2x, 4x group prefix used here is simply an adopted convention to indicate the level of parallelism for each run, and is not required or essential.
The number of machines dedicated for each cypress run call is based on your CI configuration for the project.
This pattern is especially useful for projects in a monorepo. Each segment of the monorepo can be assigned its own group, and larger segments can be parallelized to speed up their testing.
A CI build ID is used to associate multiple CI machines to one test run. This identifier is based on environment variables that are unique to each CI build, and vary based on CI provider. Cypress has out-of-the-box support for most of the commonly-used CI providers, so you would typically not need to directly set the CI build ID via the --ci-build-id flag.
You can pass a different value to link agents to the same run. For example, if you are using Jenkins and think the environment variable BUILD_TAG is more unique than the environment variable BUILD_NUMBER, pass the BUILD_TAG value via CLI --ci-build-id flag.
During parallelization mode or when grouping runs, Cypress will wait for a specified amount of time before completing the test run in case any more relevant work remains. This is to compensate for various scenarios where CI machines could be backed-up in a queue.
You can see the result of each spec file that ran within the Dashboard Service in the run's Specs tab. Specs are visualized within a Timeline, Bar Chart, and Machines view.
The Timeline View charts your spec files as they ran relative to each other. This is especially helpful when you want to visualize how your tests ran chronologically across all available machines.
The Bar Chart View visualizes the duration of your spec files relative to each other.
The Machines View charts spec files by the machines that executed them. This view makes it easy to evaluate the contribution of each machine to the overall test run.


Just in time for Halloween, the fourth and final installment of our interview with Ray Pointer, author of The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer, focuses on the Surrealism found in so many Fleischer cartoons, and why we shouldn't let it get in the way of enjoying the opportunity to be amused.
Jane: Fleischer animation is often referred to as surreal. How did this come about?
Ray: Well, first of all, that seems to be something that people have read into the cartoons in the last 30 years. What's interesting about the Surrealism that pops up in the Fleischer cartoons is the question of what should be considered the source of these elements and images. Surrealism started after World War I and continued to advance in the early 1920s. At the time it was considered "avant-garde," something practiced by artists in more intellectual circles. When you consider that the majority of the people working in the animation industry then had no education beyond high school, it's doubtful that they had much consciousness of surrealism as an art movement. Yet many surreal elements do appear in Fleischer films: the dreamlike content, the contradictions of reality. This sort of thinking was a reflection of Max's concept that, as he often stated, "If it can be done in real life, it isn't animation."
Jane: That's interesting. So would you say that Max was largely the influence in terms of the Surrealism of the Fleischer Studios cartoons?
Bimbo and Betty Boop in "Barnacle Bill" (1930) demonstrate Max's maxim that "if it can be done in real life, it isn't animation."
A comparison of the images above from "Bimbo's Initiation" (1933) with the two images to the right from "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920) show the influence of German Expressionism on the Fleischer style.
Jane: So it would seem that what is seen today as Surrealism in Max's cartoons was unique to them, right?
Ray: Well, it was certainly one of the things that made them a standout. But it was not exclusive to the Fleischer cartoons. The silent Felix the Cat cartoons under the "influence" of Otto Messmer were probably more intentionally Surrealistic. And, because animation was a small industry at the time, animators sometimes changed studios, bringing with them what they had learned so there was a great deal of cross-pollination of concepts and techniques.
Jane: What are examples of what we see today as "Surrealism" in these cartoons?
Ray: Well, aside from the generalization about "dreamlike" imagery, there were things like inanimate objects coming to life. This was quite common in Fleischer cartoons, more than what you saw in Disney's cartoons.
Jane: Yes, it seems that Disney was focused more on capturing realism than Max was.
Disney used this on rare occasions, and of course, several of Disney's Silly Symphonies brought inanimate objects to life. (The Skeleton Dance, Flowers and Trees, Broken Toys, Cookie Carnival.) But these were used within the concept of a fantasy world and not in contrast to reality. Max, however, was using the animated inanimate object concept a decade earlier.
Jane: What examples of that can you cite?
Ray: A few that come to mind immediately are in Bubbles (1922) where The Clown sees morphing reflections in a big bubble. Another is seen in Ko-Ko The Kop (1927) where Ko-Ko starts to kiss a pretty girl standing in a window, and the image morphs into his kissing Fitz, the dog. In fact, this cartoon probably is the most "surrealistic" in the series with its cross-cutting between Max in reality and Ko-Ko in the pen and ink world constantly changing from one thing to another, then cutting to showing Max cranking the Pan background. This also represents Max's position as the artist/inventor who made the cartoons possible.
Inanimate objects become animate in "Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Jane: That's funny how you narrow in on the tendencies to over-analyze things these days.
Ray: Yes, it reminds me of Walt Whitman's poem, When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer. Too much effort can be wasted analyzing these things and the enjoyment is totally missed. You have people today going into great study trying to figure out the "meaning" of a lot of these things. I find that rather unfortunate because they miss the point since it was nothing more than imaginative amusement. That, to me, is what it meant.
Ray Pointer "rolled off the Assembly Line" at Henry Ford Hospital on July 4, 1952. He attended Special Ability Art classes at The Detroit Institute of Arts, and graduated from Cass Technical High School, earning a Commercial Art degree. He attended Wayne State University and the University of Southern California, Department of Cinema/Television.
A self-taught filmmaker, Ray experimented with animation from 1963 to 1973, with his first professional exposure at The Jam Handy Organization in Detroit. And in 1973, he received the first Student Oscar for the cartoon short, Goldnavel.
Ray served in the U.S. Navy as a Motion Picture Specialist, serving in a junior officer's position as Producer for Navy Broadcasting in Washington D.C. During this period, he received The Gold Screen Award from the National Association of Government Communicators for the animated television spots: Pride and Professionalism and Shore Patrol.
In the 1990s, Ray was active in the Animation Renaissance on the west coast, as an Assistant Animator and Storyboard Artist for Film Roman, DIC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera, Universal, Disney Interactive, Fred Wolf Films, MGM, and Nickelodeon, where he advanced to Animation Director. In 1996, Ray became an active member of The Animation Peer Group of The Television Academy of Arts and Sciences. Since 2009, Ray has been an Adjunct Professor in Digital Media at Kendall College of Art and design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2000, Ray began assembling a selection of the early Max Fleischer Out of the Inkwell and Ko-Ko Song Car-tunes films, which are available on DVD from his web site, www.inkwellimagesink.com.


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At their town hall on March 23, Sen. Patty Kuderer, Rep. Amy Walen and Rep. Vandana Slatter — all Democrats who represent Washington's 48th Legislative District — told personal stories about their experiences with sexual education, gun violence and climate change, to both relate to their constituents and explain how they have voted on certain bills this session.
Covering parts of Redmond, Bellevue and Kirkland, the 48th Legislative District is fairly liberal, and all of the candidates in 2018's general election for the district were Democrats. But that doesn't mean that all constituents agree with their representatives.
Slatter said that she knows legislation can feel like a "blunt instrument" and that parents are feeling unheard. Walen said she supports the new curriculum, but that she doesn't think it will pass because it is so controversial. She said that some families do a good job communicating about difficult topics, but hers didn't.
Erica Genzale, a local parent who attended the forum, said that "topics such as single parenthood, homosexuality, masturbation [and] contraception should only be discussed between a child and their parent." She would like legislators to send the proposed curriculum to a vote of the people.
Kuderer, who is a co-sponsor of the bill (SB 5395), said that her 8-year-old recently came home from school and asked how babies are made. She said that she wants schools to provide "medically accurate, age appropriate information." She also said that parents still have the option talk to their kids outside of school, or pull them out of class.
Audience members were also critical of the legislators' stances on election reform and gun control. One person commented that Kuderer's bill to require presidential candidates to release their tax returns was "juvenile," but Kuderer responded that 26 other states and Congress were also looking at the issue.
Another question referenced recent shootings at mosques in New Zealand, noting that they were able to ban assault weapons within a week of the incident. With Democratic majorities in both chambers, why couldn't Washington state take any action, they asked — a question that was met with both boos and applause.
Slatter said that the controversy and the challenge was apparent.
Walen said that she grew up in a family that owned guns for hunting and other recreational activities, but that she received training and the guns were locked in a safe. She said that it's been "frustrating" that the Legislature hasn't been able to enact reasonable regulations for firearms.
Kuderer said she's been "studying the issue of gun violence for a very long time," and that one of her goals is to reduce suicide by gun, which is something that affected her family.
"We have to remember that we're all part of a conversation, but we can't allow the extremes to control it," she said.
Another personal story was Slatter's, about how her hometown in Canada was affected by climate change. She said passing environmental bills is a priority for her caucus this year, referencing the 100 percent clean energy bill and Kuderer's single use plastic straw bill.
Other subjects included housing and homelessness, along with health care, taxes and education — including the levy swap, higher education and special education. Kuderer said that she would like to see a mental health counselor in every school, and that the state has to increase its overall investment in behavioral health.
Slatter said that a more diverse and sustainable funding source, besides just property tax, is needed at the state level, and that discussions will continue after the House and Senate release their budgets this week.
The current state legislative session is scheduled to end April 28.


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The Baroque Era
17th to mid-18th century
(Classical Music Map)
I. History of Classical Music (by John Stanley)
The great composers and their masterworks in MP3 format
Albeniz Borodin Donizetti Hindemith Prokofiev Schutz
Albinoni Brahms Dowland Janacek Puccini Scriabin
Allegri Britten Dvorak Kodaly Purcell Sibelius
Arne Bruckner Falla Leoncavallo Rachmaninov Smetana
Auber Busoni Field Liszt Rameau Strauss J.S.
Bach Byrd Gabrieli Lully Ravel Strauss R.
Barber Carissimi Gershwin Mahler Respighi Stravinsky
Bartok Charpentier Gesualdo Mendelssohn Rimsky-Korsakov Tallis
Beethoven Cherubini Glinka Meyerbeer Rossini Tchaikovsky
Bellini Chopin Gluck Monteverdi Saint-Saens Telemann
Bernstein Clementi Gounod Mozart Scarlatti Verdi
Berwald Corelli Grieg Mussorgsky Schoenberg Victoria
Berlioz Couperin Handel Pachelbel Shostakovich Villa-Lobos
Bizet Debussy Haydn Paganini Schubert Vivaldi
Boccherini Delibes Hildegard Palestrina Schumann Wagner
Orff "Carmina Burana"
II. History of Jazz
(1678 -1741)
The son of a baker, Antonio Vivaldi grew up in a simple Venetian home. His father, Giovanni Battista, broke with the family tradition and gave up baking to become a musician, and from 1685 was employed at St Mark's as a violinist.
A career in the church was an attractive escape from poverty and Antonio began training for the priesthood at the age of 15. He simultaneously developed his own skills on the violin and occasionally deputized for his father at St Mark's. In 1703 betook holy orders but after 1705, supposedly because of a chest complaint, he no longer said Mass. (This was to cause him problems later on when in 1737 a production of one of his operas was banned by the papal authorities, describing the composer as a non-practising priest who had an alleged relationship with a female singer.) Also in 1703 Vivaldi became the Maestro di Violino at the Pio Ospedale della Pieta, an orphanage for girls in Venice, where music played an integral part in the curriculum. At the hospice he raised musical standards to a high level; the regular concerts given by the hospice's orchestra, performed behind a "modesty" screen, were extremely popular and, according to a contemporary account, the equal of anything in Paris. Writing in 1740, the traveller Charles de Brasses described the orphanage girls: "They are reared at public expense and trained solely to excel in music. And so they sing like angels ..."
For Vivaldi the appointment was a golden opportunity to develop the concerto form and he produced a large number of works for unusual combinations of instruments as aids to his teaching. Having established himself as a teacher and composer with the publication in 1711 of L'estro annonico (Harmonic inspiration), a collection of concertos for one, two, and four solo violins, Vivaldi also garnered a reputation as a virtuoso violinist of great energy and daring. He became interested in having his works published and arranged for editions to be printed in Amsterdam to give him a professional advantage in northern Europe. Vivaldi was quick to capitalize on his new-found fame with a string of performances and compositions, sometimes altering the dedication of works to flatter illustrious persons passing through Venice. He stopped publishing music when he found it more lucrative to sell direct to visitors.
In 1713 Vivaldi's first opera, Ottone in villa, was performed in Vicenza. This was followed by Orlando, which opened the 1714-15 season at Sant' Angelo, Venice, and subsequently by at least another 40 operas during his career. Around the same time Vivaldi is believed to have composed his Gloria in D, one of a number of sacred works by this prolific composer. Cast in nine movements, the Gloria features solo voices and is full of contrasts in scoring, style, mood, and key.
Vivaldi's one period of work away from Venice was between 1718 and 1720 in the employ of Prince Philip of Hess-Darmstadt at Mantua. In the heartland of northern Italy he worked in the extraordinary splendour of the court with its vast rooms painted with murals, its elaborate Zodiac Hall, and Mall of Rivers. Undoubtedly this environment, rather than the mudflats of the Venetian basin, was the inspiration for Le quattro stagioni (The four seasons). This famous work is part of Vivaldi's Opus 8, which appeared in 1725. Of Vivaldi's 500 concertos, more than 230 are for solo violin, and The four seasons consists of four of them. As in the Gloria, Vivaldi's variety of technique is given free rein. The piece is an early example of programme music (where the music tells a story or depicts a scene). In it Vivaldi employed various instruments to represent, for example, birdsong, a sleeping shepherd, and a barking sheepdog.
After Vivaldi's death his work suffered a rapid decline in popularity and for a long time he was remembered only as a virtuoso musician. In the nineteenth century, however, German research into J.S. Bach revealed that he had transcribed a number of Vivaldi's works for keyboard. Interest in Vivaldi's work was reawakened, and its rich variety and inventiveness became appreciated; in the late twentieth century his music is even more popular than when he was alive.
Antonio Vivaldi (с 1678 -1741)
REPRESENTATIVE WORKS
"THE FOUR SEASONS"
(Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa, conducted by Rudolf Pribil) - complete
Concerto 1: Spring
Allegro (Danza pastorale)
Concerto 2: Summer
Allegro non molto - Allegro
Adagio - Presto - Adagio
Concerto 3: Autumn
Adagio molto
Concerto 4: Winter
Allegro non molto
Concerto for Violin, Strings and Cembalo in E flat major "Del Ritico"
Concerto Grosso OP. 3/8
(I Solisti Di Zagreb) - complete
Larghetto
Concerto Grosso in D minor
Concerto in A major
Andante molto
Concerto in G major
Concerto Grosso Op. 3/10
Largo - Larghetto
Sinfonia in C major
Concerto Grosso for Violin and String Orchestra Op. 3/3 in G major
(Camerata Romana, Conductor Eugen Duvier) - complete
Concerto Grosso for Violin and String Orchestra Op. 3/6 in A minor
Concerto Grosso for Violin and String Orchestra Op. 3/9 in D major
Concerto Grosso for Violin and String Orchestra Op. 3/12 in E major
Concerto Grosso for Violin and String Orchestra Op. 4/2 in E minor
Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra in D major Op. 10/3 "Il Gardellino"
Gloria in D, RV589
Magnificat in G minor
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Fox News Host Gets Word Hunter Biden Will Be 'Indicted,' President Will Pardon Him
Fox News host Jesse Watters has been informed by his sources that Hunter Biden will be indicted, and President Joe Biden is likely to pardon him. Watch:
"We all see that emperor, Joe Biden has no clothes," Jesse Watters told viewers on his primetime show. "Joe Biden isn't perfect. Joe Biden's not making anybody happy. He's not delivering for Republicans or Democrats or anybody. And his polling numbers are terrible. And Democrats are about to get wiped out and America knows it."
"So does the media, but the media has too much pride to admit they were wrong," he continued. "So the cover-up continues. We told you this week, his approval rating slipped to 34%. He's losing blacks, whites, Latinos. Primetime is hearing that Hunter will be indicted. Biden will probably pardon his son and announce he's not running for re-election. So who else is there to carry the torch?"
Watters didn't elaborate the concrete information that leads him to believe Hunter Biden might be indicted. Such a development would send a shockwave through a political establishment that has been almost entirely unaccountable to the law for at least the last two decades.
But a bit of a tremor did ripple through the mainstream media suggesting that such a legal calculation is not entirely outside the realm of possibility. The New York Times, gatekeeper of the Beltway cocktail circuit, finally acknowledged that the Hunter Biden laptop was real and could contain evidence of crimes.
The New York Times' corroboration of the Hunter laptop emails was buried deep within its story, but nonetheless shows Hunter Biden could be guilty of knowingly avoiding the Foreign Agent Registration Act requirements while his father ran for president.
"Last year, prosecutors interviewed Mr. Archer and subpoenaed him for documents and grand jury testimony, the people said. Mr. Archer, who was sentenced last month in an unrelated securities fraud case in which a decision to set aside his conviction was reversed, had served with Mr. Biden on Burisma's board, starting in 2014," the Times reported.
"People familiar with the investigation said prosecutors had examined emails between Mr. Biden, Mr. Archer and others about Burisma and other foreign business activity," the report added. "Those emails were obtained by The New York Times from a cache of files that appears to have come from a laptop abandoned by Mr. Biden in a Delaware repair shop. The email and others in the cache were authenticated by people familiar with them and with the investigation."
Obviously, a FARA violation is the tip of the iceberg of criminal wrongdoing evidence when it comes to Hunter Biden's laptop. There is evidence of rampant corruption extending from the son of the current president to the highest echelons of the Communist Party's spy apparatus, as well as to Ukrainian oligarchs. Further emails were even recently divulged that provide a potential damaging link to the "big guy" himself.
If Biden were to desire to pardon his son Hunter Biden for criminal wrongdoing, the clock might be running out for him to do so. The only way that President Biden could pardon his son for crimes if he were actually charged while he is still in office.
During Heat of 2020 Campaign, Joe Biden Lied About Biden Laptop Report Being 'Classic Trump' Smear
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The Tokyo Diaries – 2nd August
in Olympics
By Keith Miller
The focus for New Zealand largely shifted back on to the water as Lisa Carrington made her first appearance in Tokyo. And what a start – in her K1 200m heat she cruised away from the field to win and drop straight into the semi-finals. She then paired up with Caitlyn Regal to do exactly the same again in the K2 500m. In the other heat, the second pairing of Teneale Hatton and Alicia Hoskin finished a distant fourth but managed to qualify for the semi-final as well.
At the Olympic Stadium, we were treated to the sight of two-time Olympic champion Ivan Tikhon (BLR) competing in the Hammer. He was competitive, but unable to to make it through to the final competition. Still, not bad for a 45-year-old.
There were all sorts of drama during the Heats of the Women's 1500m. Canadian Gabriela Dobues-Stafford (owner of one of the best hairdos seen in Tokyo to date) won Heat 1, While Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands took out Heat 2 – but only after being flattened with a lap to go. Remarkably, Hassan went on to with the 5000m during the evening session as well, setting up a potential double. However, the favourite will most likely be Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, who easily took care of Heat 3.
In the 100m Hurdles, Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn looked relatively comfortable in beating World Record Holder Kendra Harrison (USA) to take the Gold Medal. Jamaican Megan Tapper hung on for the Bronze.
There were a couple of close finished elsewhere with the Korean Women's Handball team clawing back late in the game to draw with Angola 31-31 and keep their quarter final hopes alive. They snuck through and will play Sweden in the next stage. In the Water Polo, Italy and Hungary had both qualified for the next stage of the Men's event but fought out a tense 5-5 draw in the final round of pool play.
20-year-old New Zealand weightlifter Kanah Andrews-Nahu, competing in her first Olympics, will have gained a wealth of experience from her time in Tokyo. In the 87kg class she lifted a total of 206kg. But in that event, all the talk was about the long-awaited arrival of Laurel Hubbard. Realistically, she was never really a chance for Gold, but a medal was certainly not out of the question. Unfortunately for Hubbard her three no-lifts had her out of the competition before she had even really started, which was a disappointing end.
There was a massive upset in the Women's Hockey as India ended the Australian run, winning 1-0 in the quarter finals. Sadly for New Zealand they were headed the same way, barely firing a shot in their 3-0 loss to the World Champion Netherlands side. The Circle Penetration stat (28-3) spoke volumes about their lack of impact, and once again it was down to Grace O'Hanlon to keep the scoring down. After a great win over Argentina in the first round, it was all downhill from there and they will be heading home very disappointed.
The happiest coach in the world
New Zealand Diver Anton Down-Jenkins took a cautious approach in relation to degrees of difficulty but executed well to make sure he qualified for the semi-final stage, finishing 16th. His was a reasonably consistent performance, and he will look to gain confidence by doing well in a world class field.
Action was underway at the Velodrome as the Women's Team Pursuit team kicked off proceedings for New Zealand. They were 6th best on the night, and now face Australia to see whether they can finish with a good enough time to compete for Bronze. The Men's team did well to finish third and will now come up against a very strong Italian side to try and make it through to the Gold medal race. The Australian team suffered a mishap when the handlebars on Alex Porter's bike snapped, faceplanting him into the boards. The Australians were allowed another attempt and finished a brave 5th.
Breaking a fall with your face – not recommended
The first Gold on the track was won by the Chinese Women's Team Sprint, who beat Germany in the final race. The ROC took out the Bronze by beating the Netherlands.
A big upset in the Womens Football semi-final, with Canada defeating the USA 1-0. They will now come up against Sweden, who beat Australia by the same scoreline, to battle it out for the Gold Medal.
Torrential rain struck the evening session of the Track & Field, causing delays in the Discus & Pole Vault events. However, history was made on the track when Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali became the first non-Kenyan athlete to win the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Olympic Gold Medal since 1980. Ethiopian Lamecha Girma grabbed Silver, whilst it was not all gloom and doom for Kenya, with Benjamin Kegen collecting the Bronze.
The final event of the night, as highlighted earlier, was the comfortable win by Sifan Hassan in the Women's 5000m, capping off another great day in Tokyo.
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iCourt PhD students are viewed as integrated members of the iCourts research team. They will have access to all iCourts facilities, including expert supervision, visits to our targeted international collaborators, research funding, specialised research training courses, etc.
Within the first month of enrolment at the Law Faculty in the iCourts doctoral program, students must write up a three-year individually tailored work programme. This should be prepared by the individual PhD students in close cooperation with their supervisors and the head of doctoral training. All PhD students must have a main supervisor and a co-supervisor who approve the individual program. As iCourts is a basic science research centre, all individual projects must have appropriate methodologies, as well as include primary research in addition to drawing on secondary sources.
To facilitate leaning all PhD students will upon enrolment be appointed a mentor who will introduce him/her to iCourts and the Copenhagen Law Faculty. PhD-students who have been in iCourts for more than a year are expected to act as a mentor for new students.
Within the first year of enrolment all PhD students will present his/her research project at an internal iCourts seminar. Here you will receive critical feedback on your project from the iCourts team, and you will be expected to regularly share your insight and knowledge with the team. As part of the program, PhD-students will share research skills between them. PhD-students will be expected to form their own workshops and organise international doctoral conferences on relevant research issues.
All iCourts PhD students are expected to visit at least one, and hopefully two of our targeted international collaborators. Students should present a research visit plan to their Supervisors and the head of iCourts doctoral training before finalizing any arranged visit. The goal of such visits is to expose doctoral students to a research environment outside the University of Copenhagen. To this end, students are expected to solicit feedback and be an active participant in the intellectual life of the host institution.
Finally, as part of the overall PhD-programme, PhD students must build experience in the academic profession of sharing research and teaching. iCourts students are expected to fulfil this requirement through teaching either in Copenhagen or at the institution of one of our targeted international collaborators. We also encourage that iCourts students publish during their research project, but in any event expect students to demonstrate that they have fulfilled these expectations.
In 2014 Northwestern University's Department of Political Science and iCourts launched a dual degree program that allows iCourts doctoral students to qualify for PhD in Political Science at Northwestern University.
Dual degrees require students to have doctoral advisors and to complete the mandated requirements of both institutions. The requirements for Northwestern's Doctorate have been modified for students pursuing a dual degree.
Admission: Dual degree candidates from the University of Copenhagen apply to Northwestern's department of Political Science in fall quarter, as part of Northwestern's normal admissions cycle. Upon request to the relevant Northwestern Director of Graduate Studies, University of Copenhagen applicants can have their application fee waived. This request should come at the time of application.
Coursework: Dual degree students must acquire a minimum of 3 course credits in Political Science and a minimum of 9 course credits in total during their time at Northwestern (the equivalent of 1 year of course work, in residence). Coursework will normally, but not necessarily, be undertaken in consecutive quarters. Northwestern coursework undertaken as a visitor may be used towards this requirement.
Methods training: Students must obtain methods training approved by the Director of Graduate Studies of Political Science. This training may be completed at another University, at the Department of Political Science, or in another Northwestern department.
Exams: University of Copenhagen dual degree students will take one comprehensive exam in their political science field of choice. Each program area has slightly different preparation requirements for field exams, which are explained by looking at the various program areas listed here. Additional information is in the guide to graduate study.
Second year paper requirement: Dual degree students must fulfill the second year paper requirement of the Department of Political Science. A chapter of the student's dissertation can be used to fulfill this requirement, and this requirement may be completed during or after the one year of coursework at Northwestern. For more information, see the guide to graduate study.
Teaching: Dual degree students are required to teach (TA or lecture) for at least one quarter during their doctoral training. Students may teach at either institution, but teaching location is generally tied to funding. When on iCourts funding, students will not teach at Northwestern. Students who teach at Northwestern may satisfy their University of Copenhagen teaching requirement, but find that their funding package is decreased according to University of Copenhagen rules.
Residency Requirements: Dual degree students must be in residence at Northwestern University for a minimum of four quarters. Dual degree students may remain beyond the original terms of their formal exchanges, subject to funding and visa restrictions.
Dissertation Committee and Dissertation Prospectus Defense: Dual degree students must have advisors from both institutions. Northwestern University's Graduate school requires that two Northwestern Graduate Faculty serve on dissertation committees. The entire dissertation committee must sign off on a 10-20 page dissertation prospectus that defines the research question, justifies its theoretical contribution, and specifies the method of investigation. This prospectus is normally defended at a meeting with dissertation committee members. The meeting occurs after the completion of coursework and the comprehensive exam. Prospectus approval is separate from and in addition to the Phd plan required by the University of Copenhagen.
Dissertation Requirements: Dual degree students must submit a version of their dissertation that satisfies all quality, editing, binding and other material requirements of the Northwestern dissertation. This includes a requirement that the dissertation be written in English.
Dissertation Defense: In addition to the defense requirements at the Faculty of Law, a dissertation defense must be conducted at Northwestern University. This defense must adhere to Graduate School rules and program requirements regarding all other defenses, e.g., that defense committees must include at least two Northwestern University graduate faculty members and at least one member from the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law.
Funding: Students accepted to the Faculty of Law doctoral program generally have three years of doctoral funding that can support their year(s) in residence at Northwestern. With the exception of granting a tuition waiver, Northwestern University will not initially fund incoming University of Copenhagen dual degree students. Students will be responsible for any fees normally paid by Northwestern graduate students, and for securing health insurance that meets requirements at Northwestern University.


To start with, we hid indoors for a while as William gave us a presentation of what the site has to offer. If you come there for the "Winterfell Experience" you will be shown clips of the scenes shot at or around Castle Ward and photos that illustrate how sets and CGI were used to transform the location into Winterfell. I am always very impressed when I see how they manage to use and completely transform elements of an existing site.
William also talked a bit about the bike tours of filming locations that they offer, where you rent a bike that comes with "Stark Sack" that includes a map of locations, a cloak and a sword. They will also soon be launching an app that will interactively inform you of nearby filming locations when you are biking the trails around Castle Ward and then you will be able to play a clip of a scene filmed at that spot.
So, I gave William fair warning but he was eager to take on the task of teaching me the basics of archery. To much surprise and my great pleasure, I picked it up much more quickly than I had expected—I must say that William was an excellent teacher! Yes, some arrows went astray at first, but after William explained a bit more how to calibrate for your dominant eye, they started to cluster together on the target. I never managed to hit the "stag's heart" (a red balloon), but one arrow did brush it at least.
Alas, it wasn't quite enough to save me from being executed!
Fortunately, I had some ointment to put on and then I felt right as rain again and left Castle Ward with a bit of an itch to do some more archery in the future. Both Elio and I would also love to return to the area, perhaps to hike or bike along the trails.


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Home Business Companies NBN
NBN Co calls for design feedback
NBN Co has called for responses from industry on its proposed design for fibre, wireless and satellite implementations for the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia.
Written by Josh Taylor, Contributor on Aug. 17, 2010
The NBN footprint map (Credit: NBN Co)
With parts of the fibre network already live in Tasmania and beginning to be rolled out in Townsville, NBN Co stated it has "already consulted widely on the fibre product, both in industry forums and in an estimated 150 hours of bilateral discussions". NBN Co has called for "additional feedback" on the fibre proposal, but has said the release of the proposals for the company's wireless and satellite services is intended as the "starting point for discussion" with NBN stakeholders.
Wireless product overview (Credit: NBN Co)
The NBN Co Wireless Access Service is designed to reach 4 of the 7 per cent of the population that won't be covered by NBN Co's fibre-to-the-home services. Unlike the 1Gbps speeds promised by NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley to fibre customers last week, the company has determined that residents in the wireless coverage area will receive a modest 12Mbps speed, in line with the speeds promised by the Coalition in its broadband policy.
The document states that the wireless technology intended to be used will be "4th Generation", indicating that Long-Term Evolution or WiMax-like technologies will be employed.
Satellite product overview (Credit: NBN Co)
While the NBN Co Satellite Access Service will reach 3 per cent of the population, those not covered by fibre or wireless, and makes up the largest geographical coverage in Australia. NBN Co has set the minimum speed for the service at 12Mbps "with a development and migration path to higher speed services".
NBN Co is seeking formal response submissions from industry on the proposals outlined in the documents with submissions due by 2 September.