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Q: Is it possible for a voltage multiplier to be used to provide both positive and negative voltage? What I was wondering is it is possible to use a single voltage multiplier to provide a negative and positive voltage.  Referring to this voltage doubler circuit, if you connect a capacitor to the top right node, and an ac source to that capacitor, can it produce dc voltage with the reverse polarity? I think it looks like it would because the diodes would be in the opposite polarity relative to the capacitor.

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if you connect a capacitor to the top right node, and an ac source to
that capacitor, can it produce dc voltage with the reverse polarity? I
think it looks like it would because the diodes would be in the
opposite polarity relative to the capacitor.

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Then yes but you'll still need another set of diodes and capacitors to keep your positive voltage. If this is not what you meant then I suggest you draw a picture of what you mean.

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Lee Sharpe's Manchester United away 1992 League Cup Final match worn shirt. This shirt was worn by Sharpe as a second half substitute, when he replaced Andrei Kanchelskis, in the 1-0 defeat of Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest at Wembley Stadium on 12th April 1992. This shirt was purchased through auction, when Sharpe put up his collection of match worn shirts up for sale in 2009.
Brian McClair's solitary goal inside 15 minutes gave United their first Football League Cup trophy success. Their first win made up for the previous disappointment of defeat to Sheffield Wednesday the year before.


This post is about an application using Numbers for creating an invoice.
There is a simple approach with a template showing all products in a table. The invoice then is created by deleting unwanted rows and adjusting the quantities.
Another version is more complex and allows to refer to an additional sheet where products are listed with their prices. It uses the embedded function 'Lookup' to retrieve the unit price from a sheet where all products are listed.
Both versions work with a control called Stepper to adjust the desired quantity for each item (see image below). I used Apple's template 'Invoice' which is available after the installation of Numbers.
The kernel of this version is a table where all products are listed. A calculation for the total net value, the tax, and the gross amount has already been added by Apple. If you use the template just tap on the cells to see how the calculation is done.
1 Tap on the tab 'Invoice' and select 'Duplicate' from the context menu.
This step is necessary to not loose the template for further invoices.
2 Delete unwanted rows by tapping on the table (to select the table object).
Bars appear above the columns and to the left of the rows.
3 Tap on the row in the left bar to delete it.
The whole invoice is immediately recalculated.
4 Repeat this step for all unwanted items.
If product properties have to be updated select the template 'Invoice' and make the necessary changes for product description or unit price.
An alternate version uses a separate sheet where all products are listed, the price list. Another sheet contains the template for the invoice with some rows where the desired products must be inserted by referring to the sheet 'Products'.
to search for a product in the sheet 'Products' and to insert its unit price in the column 'Unit Price'. Calculations are done by the same formulas as in version 1.
2 a control called Pop-Up Menu which contains all product descriptions.
The values for choosing a product must be added manually when creating the control. All values have to match the original product description. Otherwise the 'Lookup' function doesn't return a valid unit price.
The 'Pop-Up Menu' is bound to each line of the column 'Description'.
Here are the steps to create the Stepper Control to access the unit price from the sheet Products.
1 Tap on the first cell in the column 'Description'.
2 Tap on the 'Edit' symbol in the task bar of Numbers (top left).
3 Select the tab 'Format' and then 'Pop-Up Menu'.
4 Create the proper values by entering the product description.
You have to enter the exact description used in the sheet 'Products'. Otherwise the item cannot be found.
5 Use the function Lookup within the cell Unit Price to refer to the unit price in the table Products.
5.1 This is done by double-tapping on the cell Unit Price. The input bar of Numbers comes up.
5.2 Tap on 'Functions' and then on 'Reference'.
The LOOKUP function finds a match for a given search value in one collection, and then returns the value in the cell with the same relative position in a second collection.
The value to find. Search value can contain any value.
Select the first parameter by tapping on it.
The coordinate is overtaken as the first parameter.
The collection containing the values to be searched, search where can contain any values.
Select the second parameter by tapping on it.
Select the whole column Description by tapping on the upper bar (which comes comes up when selecting the table). The coordinates of this column are overtaken as the second parameter.
An optional collection containing the value to be returned based on the search, result values can contain any values.
Select the third parameter by tapping on it.
Select the whole column Unit Price.
The coordinates of this column are overtaken as the third parameter.
5.4 Tap on 'Finish' (white check mark with green background).
If you now want to create a new invoice, copy the template, enter the customer data, and compose the product list to be calculated. The latter is done by using the Stepper Controls for Description (Step 1) and Quantity (Step 2).
Version 1 is simple whereas version 2 is more suitable when it comes to a large number of products. The sheet 'Products' can also be used as a price list. Just style it with some added images of products and add the terms and conditions.
Another benefit of the 2nd version is that the maintenance of products is centralized. With added templates for offers, delivery notes, and sales confirmation there is just one data basis, the sheet 'Products'. If you change details of a product it will immediately be changed in all the other templates.
Invoices can be mailed to customers as PDFs. For archiving documents it's recommended to save a PDF on a cloud storage for which encryption is offered, in transit as well as at rest. iDriveSync for example offers client-side encryption and can be accessed via WebDAV protocol from within iWork for iOS.
For further information about cloud storages and WebDAV access please refer to 'Related links' below.
For small businesses Apple's Numbers might be useful. Legislation in nearly all countries require to save invoices for a longer period e.g. in Germany it's 10 years. Additionally it's required to use a strictly ascending invoice number. To fulfill all the advices mentioned in the legislation can be a hard job when using Numbers for iOS.
But as always it's a question of accurate work and an appropriate workflow.


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Kamala Harris unveils 'Medicare for All' plan that preserves role for private insurance
(CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris released a health care plan on Monday that would put the US on the path toward a government-backed health insurance system but stops short of completely eliminating private insurance.
Harris' proposal, which her campaign unveiled just days before she takes the stage in Detroit for the second Democratic presidential debate, hosted by CNN, positions her to the right of progressives, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose plan goes farther and gets to a "Medicare for All" health care system more quickly. But it is to the left of moderates like former Vice President Joe Biden, who would retain the present system but add a government-run — and presumably less expensive — insurance option to the Affordable Care Act exchanges.The future of private insurance in America has become a key point of difference among the more than 20 candidates running for the 2020 Democratic nomination and a litmus test among progressives who have publicly declared their support for "Medicare for All." Harris has offered mixed messages so far on the role of private insurance, at times indicating she'd eliminate private coverage and at other points saying that she'd keep it in some form.Her plan makes clear she supports a role for private insurance companies within the health care system, in a stark difference from the Medicare for All Act proposed by Sanders, which essentially eliminates private insurance. Harris calls for transitioning to a Medicare for All-type system over a 10-year period — longer than the four-year transition period laid out by Sanders. Her plan also does not raise middle class taxes, another distinction with Sanders."This isn't about pursuing an ideology," Harris wrote in the post. "This is about delivering for the American people."Read More
What 'Medicare for All' means, politically and practicallyHarris would expand on the current Medicare system, which consists of the traditional Medicare program but also provides a private insurance option called Medicare Advantage. About one third of Medicare enrollees — or 22 million people — have signed up for these private plans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation."We will allow private insurers to offer Medicare plans as part of this system that adhere to strict Medicare requirements on costs and benefits," writes Harris. "Medicare will set the rules of the road for these plans, including price and quality, and private insurance companies will play by those rules, not the other way around."But this means she would still jettison employer-sponsored health plans, which now cover more than 150 million Americans.Harris plan got the nod of approval from former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who helped implement the Affordable Care Act under former President Barack Obama."This plan builds on the progress we made in the Affordable Care Act and expands upon its promise of universal coverage through a sensible expansion of the popular Medicare system," she said. "To get all Americans covered by health insurance, where cost is not a barrier, we need innovative ideas like this. Senator Harris' plan is a smart way to get to Medicare for All where all individuals and employers can transition smoothly into a system that covers everyone."Harris expands the transition time for achieving her Medicare for All goal to 10 years, as compared to the four years proposed by Sanders under his Senate bill. But Americans will also be able to buy into Medicare immediately if they want."By extending the phase-in period to 10 years, we will decrease the overall cost of the program compared to the Sanders proposal, and we can save additional money by accelerating delivery system reforms and value-based care that rewards meaningful outcomes," explained Harris, who has signed on as a co-sponsor to the Sanders bill. Another notable difference in the Harris plan to the Sanders bill — she would not increase taxes on the middle class. Under the Sanders plan, households making above $29,000 would be taxed an additional 4% income-based premium. Harris raisies the threshold, exempting households making below $100,000, with an even higher income threshold for families living in high-cost areas. A progressive tax system would be designed for households making over $100,000.In a CNN interview earlier this month, Harris pledged she would achieve universal health care without raising middle-class taxes, saying, "I'm not prepared to engage in a middle-class tax hike. The rules have been written against middle class and working families for far too long."A campaign aide says Harris' health care proposal would expand Medicare's coverage to dental, vision and long-term care. Out of pocket costs would be capped at $200, similar to the Sanders plan, so Harris' plan virtually eliminates cost sharing and ensures no deductibles or copays. One issue Harris doesn't address in her post is how insurers would get reimbursed. They currently get paid by the federal government and, in some cases, enrollees pay a monthly premium in addition to their Medicare premium."This is a great first step," said Sabrina Corlette, research professor at the Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms. "It still envisions Medicare for All and the 10-year ramp is a practical reality. Her proposal is a nod that many people like to have that option (of private insurance), while maintaining that everyone would be covered in this guaranteed Medicare for All system."Corlette says she'll support whomever becomes the Democratic nominee but does not work with the Harris campaign. She sees many paths for achieving Medicare for All and applauded the Harris team for releasing a plan.But, she warned, "the devil's in the details."The biggest detail is how Harris would pay for this overhaul of American health care without raising taxes on the middle class.Harris says she would tax Wall Street stock trades at 0.2%, bond trades at 0.1%, and derivative transactions at 0.002% — a plan Sanders has floated in the past to pay for some of his progressive proposals. She would also tax offshore corporate income at the same rate as domestic corporate income.Economist Michael Linden, a former senior policy adviser to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, tells CNN that he believes those corporate taxes would roughly cover the gap between the Sanders bill and Harris proposal, avoiding the tax on families making less than $100,000. The problem, says Linden, "We don't know how much Sen. Harris' proposal will cost with a 10-year phase in. No one's done an estimate."Dr. Kavita Patel, who served as director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in the Obama White House, applauded the Harris plan, saying it shows "Sen. Harris is serious on healthcare. This is a pragmatic path to universal coverage," she says.Patel helped develop policy for the Affordable Care Act and believes Harris' plan builds on the lessons of the ACA."I always said the ACA was step one," says Patel. "There are critical pieces of the ACA that are informing Harris' team. ACA was our path to universal coverage."And Patel sees an important distinction between Harris and the former vice president, characterizing Biden's health policy position as "practical politically, but incremental.""Harris in her plan is redefining what access to healthcare looks like and guards it against future administrations," says Patel, citing how the Trump Administration has whittled away at the ACA.But another Obama-era administrator, while noting Harris has now planted herself squarely to the right of Sanders yet to the left of Biden, warned against making too many distinctions between the Democrats."What you're talking about here is sky blue vs powder blue whereas Trump is blaring grey," says Andy Slavitt, a former Obama administrator who oversaw Medicare and the ACA. "Save some energy for acknowledging that there's a significant contrast to the man who enjoys the electoral advantage in the general. Americans want healthcare to work, they're less obsessed about the details than what the debates will let on."
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Theater department raises the curtain for 'The Winter's Tale'
Asia Rapai and Asia Rapai
Even Shakespeare wrote coming of age stories that college students can relate to.
That's the interpretation by the directors of William Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale," being performed this weekend at the University.
The Theatre and Film Department will perform the play at the Joe E. Brown Theatre in University Hall. The play, which is one of Shakespeare's last, is directed by doctoral graduate students Darin Kerr and Heidi Nees.
Nees said the setting of the play is grounded in 1914 Great Britain where a king's jealousy poisons the people around him until time passes and life lessons are learned.
Three major characters — King Leontes of Sicilia, his queen Hermione and King Polixenes of Bohemia — are played by undergraduate students, while graduate students and faculty members surround them as the court that offers wisdom and advice.
When Leontes becomes consumed by the idea that Hermione could be pregnant with Polixenes' child, he makes impulsive decisions that harm his family.
After tragedy takes over, the play jumps ahead 16 years with a more comedic feel as the characters realize their transformations through time and the lessons they learned.
When casting the play early this fall, the directors said they had a mix of age groups to work with including undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty members and an 8-year-old. Given this range, the directors said they decided to use it as a tool for telling a different version of the story.
"It was really out of the audition process that we came to emphasize the sort of generational aspects of the piece and the relationship of youth to age and everything in between," Kerr said.
Senior Leigh Yenrick, who plays Hermione, said this Shakespeare play is more challenging to understand than his well-known plays. When she saw how the directors interpreted the story, she grew excited about her role.
"This is a little bit different take than I would've imagined," she said. "It makes the story more interesting. It heightens the stakes a little bit, especially for my character. It makes her words that much more powerful."
Senior doctoral graduate student Matthew Gretzinger, 39, is involved with the production process by acting and serving as dramaturg. As dramaturg, Gretzinger researched the play and historical information as well as taught the actors about the verse and meaning of Shakespeare's language. Gretzinger said he has studied Shakespeare in a variety of ways for about 20 years.
With the research he has done, he said he is impressed by the directors' interpretation of the story and that their casting choices help to emphasize the meaning.
"The contrast of youth and age gives it more dimension and makes it seem more real," Gretzinger said.
Rehearsals began in early October, and stage manager Devon King, a sophomore, said they have come a long way since then.
"Everything has come together great. It's been an amazing process," she said. "It's really nice how everybody has come together to make this production."
King said the directors have added an interesting preshow that will be performed while people are being seated right before the play. It's a dream sequence that ties in at the very end of "The Winter's Tale."
"It's really cool. If you want to see that, get there early," King said.
Although she added that you will not miss anything that is vital to the play if you miss the preshow.
King said it also might be worth coming to the production to see a particular scene with a bear attack.
"There's thunder and lightning and somebody gets eaten by a bear. It's a crazy scene," she said.
What: "The Winter's Tale" by William Shakespeare, performed by the Theatre and Film Department
Where: Joe E. Brown Theatre, University Hall
When: Dec. 3 and 4 at 8 p.m., Dec. 4 and 5 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $9 for students and seniors (55 and over) and $12 for adults. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 419-372-2719 or at the Box Office on the day of the performance with an additional charge of $3.


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Barnes and Noble is located in an old landmark building at 1201 3rd Street in Santa Monica. The building's existing 20,000 square foot roof is both barrel and flat with an acrylic coating over a spray foam roof system. The spray foam roof was absorbing moisture and required repair. Barnes and Noble turned to their Roof Consultant, Norm Francis of Benchmark, Inc., for a recommendation.
Norm Francis was familiar with Gaco Western products and recommended first repairing the spray foam roof, and then installing the GacoFlex S20 Roof Coating System because it forms a monolithic system that fully adheres to any shape or substrate to provide a seamless weather-tight seal. GacoFlex S2000 Solvent-Free 100% Silicone Roof Coating features FM Approval, has a highly reflective, glossy finish that can reduce cooling costs, and will endure permanent ponding water without softening. While all GacoFlex coatings carry a 50 Year Limited Material Warranty, Gaco Western and Permanent Roof offered a 20 Year Labor and Material Warranty on the coating project, ensuring that Barnes and Noble could be confident they had the long-lasting protection they needed.
The existing spray foam roof required various repairs which included removing and replacing the moisture-laden foam with 3 lb/sq. inch 2-stage repair kits. Moisture travels in spray foam, and if any wet spray foam was not removed and replaced it would cause the Silicone Coating to blister. To help ensure that all moisture was successfully removed from the spray foam, Permanent Roof removed and replaced more foam around the water-damaged area than may appear necessary to the untrained observer. A Gaco Field Service Technician was on hand several times to inspect the repairs and perform test cuts which helped Permanent Roof ensure they kept the roof a consistent thickness.
Installing the GacoFlex S2000 Solvent-Free 100% Silicone over 2000 Square Feet of 6:12 pitch/26 degrees roof was a challenging job. The roof was slippery and, at the specified application rate of 2.5 gallons per 100 square feet, the coating could possibly run, streak and blob which would have caused inconsistent thickness and the chance of too little coating in some areas of the roof. Instead, Permanent Roof opted to install two separate, thinner layers to achieve the specified 38 dry mils, making it easier to keep the thickness consistent everywhere.
Various repairs were made to the existing spray foam roof by removing and replacing the moisture-laden foam with 3 lbs/sq. inch 2-stage repair kits. After repairs were completed, the roof was power washed to remove dirt and debris, allowed to dry thoroughly and then primed with GacoFlex E5320 2-Part Epoxy Primer. Next, roof details were sealed using GacoFlex SF2000 SeamSeal and then GacoFlex S2000 was applied in 2 layers to achieve a total of 38 dry mils.
"This was a challenging job. Due to the air conditioning units and mechanical platforms, attention to detail was critical. However, once the E5320 Primer was applied, and the roof was detailed using SF2000 SeamSeal where applicable, the GacoFlex S20 Silicone Coating went down nicely and the roof turned out beautiful," according to one of the Permanent Roof applicators.
Existing spray foam roof was absorbing moisture.


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The focus of the report is the "homework gap" — the inequities in digital learning created by students who have high-speed broadband at school but not at home.
In December 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which included a directive for the IES to commission a report to examine the gap. IES — the statistics, research and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education — was given 18 months. The deadline came and went in June 2017.
In a statement to EdScoop, an IES official said the report is currently undergoing scientific review and is expected to be published in March or April. It's the first time IES has attached a publication date to the report, CoSN CEO Keith Krueger confirmed to EdScoop.
Krueger believes that the coalition's letter prompted IES to finally come forth with a timeframe for publishing the research, which is a welcome announcement for education groups and school officials who will rely on this data to develop policy and better understand their districts' broadband inequity.
Chip Slaven, senior advocacy adviser at the Alliance for Excellent Education, which signed the letter, said he is confident about what the report will reveal.
"It's going to say that there's a problem, that there's a need, and that we need to take steps to improve it," Slaven told EdScoop.
A number of recent studies support Slaven's — and the overwhelming majority of the education community's — stance on the matter.
CoSN and the Alliance co-authored a report in May 2017 that showed that 7 in 10 teachers assign homework that requires broadband access in some capacity, but 1 in 3 households don't subscribe to any broadband service, putting students in these households at a significant disadvantage. A 2015 study from the Pew Research Center offered similar findings, revealing that nearly 5 million households with school-aged children don't have any broadband access.
"When you have 50 percent of students who can't do their homework at night because they lack internet or computer access, that's a huge problem," Slaven said.
The spring timeframe is, coincidentally, when many education advocates suspect the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on its proposal to roll back the Lifeline program, a subsidy to help low-income households access affordable communication services.
The Lifeline program was created in 1985 with the mission of providing telephone service to rural and low-income households through a monthly subsidy, and expanded in 2016 to give families the option to use the subsidy — generally $9.25 a month per household — toward broadband access.
Almost 12.5 million people use the program nationwide. The FCC voted to scale down the program back in November, and the window for public comments closed on Jan. 24. Among the proposals that were open to public comment was a ban on telecom resellers, or telecom providers that don't have their own network infrastructure.
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, a Democrat, said that the reseller ban could affect 70 percent of all Lifeline users, forcing them to find new providers — if any exist in their regions. Finding new providers could prove financially impossible for these Lifeline users, as the FCC also said that it is considering public comment on a proposal that would require state approval for telecom providers to participate in the Lifeline program. Krueger and Slaven said that a state-by-state approval system would discourage the companies from going through the process at all. This could effectively leave former Lifeline users with no access to affordable telecom services, Krueger and Slaven said, and would be a major step backward for digital equity.
"The decision [to scale back Lifeline] doesn't make any sense," Slaven told EdScoop.


I decided to gather some useful links that could be handy during your next interview preparation. Here I decided to share my own thoughts and links to the particular resource. The same thing could be found on GitHub here. Happy coding!
🆓 / 💰 Much free contents, but has some premium content for the extra money.
💰 / 🆓 Mainly paid content, but has some free.
Coding-interview-university. Good resource, have very long list of advices on what to read and how to prepare for your coding AND System Design interview.
InterviewBit. A self-paced tutorial like a resource on preparation for coding, system design AND have a mock interview feature. Contains many problems for different companies.
LeetCode. Many challenges, problems for solving. Have a bonus system. You could spend money and buy a premium subscription for mock interviews and premium problems.
InterviewCake. This resource is about coding practice, but it differs from others. The main focus here is to give you a basic intuition on how to address the particular problem.
System Design Primer. A great resource on how to deal with system design interviews. Contains different use cases and real world experience. Highly recommend to review it.
HiredInTech Guys are doing a great job on advising and use cases for system design interviews. Definitely, recommend spending some time here.
Technical Mock Interview. The main focus is mock interviews and with detailed feedback.
Pricing: $80 per session OR $340 for 5 session package.
Gainlo. The main focus is mock interviews. Also, they have a good blog on general advices on how to deal with interviews.
Pricing: $50-$130 per interview based on the interviewer, interview type, industry, etc.
System Design Interview. Very concentrated course. Many use cases, examples. Highly recommend it before preparation. After a couple of years of design, you will definitely find something new for you.
Pricing: a whole course for ~ $79.


Can this sweater be put I. The dryer.?
BEST ANSWER: I would not put this sweater in the dryer. It is 100% cotton and would definitely shrink in length. This sweater really needs to be washed in cold water and left on a drying rack to be stretched/blocked back into shape.
I've washed and dried mine. I'm petite and order a regular size just so that it can shrink and still fit. It goes from the size of a regular to a perfect petite so I'd guess it shrinks a couple of inches in length.
I have not washed the sweater yet. I will not put it in the dryer to avoid possibility of shrinking.
I only put the sweater in the dryer to fluff and shake out wrinkles. Then I dry flat.
I wouldn't put it in the dryer. I dry mine flat.
I would flat dry or dry clean.


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using System;

namespace Alachisoft.NGroups
{
	[Serializable]
	public class TimeoutException:System.Exception
	{
		public System.Collections.IList failed_mbrs = null; // members that failed responding

		public TimeoutException():base("TimeoutExeption")
		{
		}

		public TimeoutException(string msg):base(msg)
		{
		}

		public TimeoutException(System.Collections.IList failed_mbrs):base("TimeoutExeption")
		{
			this.failed_mbrs = failed_mbrs;
		}

		public override string ToString()
		{
			System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();

			sb.Append(base.ToString());

			if (failed_mbrs != null && failed_mbrs.Count > 0)
				sb.Append(" (failed members: ").Append(failed_mbrs);
			return sb.ToString();
		}
	}
}


As possibly music's next teenybopper heartthrob, Lauv (born Ari Leff) arrived at Rickshaw Stop last night for the second stop on his "late nights, deep talks tour" this spring.
A little more soulful than the Biebs himself, Lauv set himself apart with his dark R&B tones and genuine connection to his fans. Although he's still on the up and up, you could hardly tell due to his natural ability to get the audience adrenalized.
Lauv's 2016 single "The Other" currently has almost 80 million streams on Spotify, and it was nice to see the SF native back home performing amongst a group of dedicated followers.
Bows, a Berkeley band that described itself as "ethereal" and "space-like," opened the show. Most of their songs had a whimsical reverb/auto-tune sound to them, leaving the crowd with a sense of excitement to hear more music as the night went on.


Patients may resume a regular diet without special restrictions. Many patients note a scratchy throat from the endotracheal tube for the first day and may prefer soft food initially.
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Low-grade temperature after nasal surgery is common. You should notify our office if your temperature is 101ºF or greater.
Some bloody nasal and postnasal drainage after nasal surgery is expected. You should expect light bloody drainage for the first 1-2 days. Call the office if your bleeding becomes excessive.
Nausea may occur after nasal surgery. Most often it improves significantly the day after surgery. You may be given a prescription medicine to help with nausea. Call the office if you need help managing your nausea or vomiting.
Severe nasal congestion is to be expected after nasal surgery due to swelling and sometimes due to packing in the nose. You may use decongestant spray or decongestant pills (like Sudafed®) for some relief if tolerated. Please read the packaging insert as decongestants cannot be safely used with certain medical conditions, including high blood pressure and heart disease. Saline spray and elevating the head may also help slightly.


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Jolly Roger well worth it: Fike, CBA get 2 champs each at Corinth Holders tournament
By Jack Frederick jfrederick@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7824 | Twitter: @_jackfrederick
WENDELL — A long weekend of wrestling at the Corinth Holders-hosted Jolly Roger Invitational was well worth it for C.B. Aycock and Fike by Saturday night.
Out of 25 schools to participate …
Fike senior Aaron Bancroft, bottom, goes for the takedown against Troy Weaver of D.H. Conley in their 170-pound championship match Saturday at the Jolly Roger Invitational at Corinth Holders. Bancroft won by fall to remain unbeaten and help the Golden Demons to a second-place overall finish in the 25-team tournament.
Jack Frederick | Times
Fike junior Kam McCullen, right, squares off against Raleigh Wakefield's Terry Edwards in their 145-pound championship match Saturday at the Jolly Roger Invitational at Corinth Holders. McCullen won the match to help the Golden Demons to a second-place overall finish in the 25-team tournament.
C.B. Aycock senior Christian Decatur, left, works on Ethan Lenyszyn of D.H. Conley in their 113-pound championship match Saturday at the Jolly Roger Invitational hosted by Corinth Holders. Decatur won to stay unbeaten and help the Golden Falcons to a fourth-place overall finish.
C.B. Aycock senior Tyler Hughes, standing, works for position against Andrew Meyer of Wakefield in their 152-pound championship match Saturday in the Jolly Roger Invitational at Corinth Holders High. Hughes won a major decision to stay unbeaten through 38 matches this season.
Posted Sunday, January 12, 2020 10:56 pm
Out of 25 schools to participate in the proceedings, the two Wilson Times readership area teams finished near the top after some of the biggest performances of the night.
Appearances by four Golden Demons in the title bout — and a pair of winning finishes by Kam McCullen at 145 pounds and Aaron Bancroft II at 170 — led the Golden Demons to a second-place finish in the team scores behind only Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons.
"This weekend was long, tiring," Bancroft said. "Ready to go home, but it was good. It was good team-wise as well. We had four people in the finals and two champions as of right now, so it was a very successful weekend."
The Golden Falcons finished not much further behind Fike in fourth, just six points behind the home-team Pirates, due in part by dominant performances by Tyler Hughes (152) and Christian Decatur (113) in the championship bouts of their respective weight classes.
Rounding out the top 10, Central Davidson finished in fifth, Raleigh Athens Drive tied Southern Durham for sixth, while D.H. Conley finished eighth, South Central finished ninth and Hampstead Topsail took 10th.
By entering into what was a competitive tournament, Decatur, Hughes and Bancroft all put their undefeated records on the line.
But the weekend saw no change to the loss column for any of the three as they ransacked through their own respective weight classes without much trouble and a medal around their neck.
Of all the boys championship bouts, Bancroft was one of only three to win his first-place match by pin.
Bancroft's quick work of Greenville D.H. Conley's Troy Weaver came after what was a slow start for the Fike senior wrestler. On the opening lunge of the match, Bancroft's head met Weaver's knee, producing a nasty stinger than ran from Bancroft's neck down to his arm.
The Fike wrestler said afterward that, for a brief time, all he could see was white.
After a couple of minutes of injury stoppage time, though, Bancroft resumed play and dominated Weaver, pinning him by fall 1:33 seconds in.
"I was happy. It's my fourth year being here and my third time winning," said Bancroft, who won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A championship at 160 pounds last season. "Even though I didn't win it four times, three times is a very good accomplishment. At that moment in time when I had my hand raised, it just felt like it was needed, like I deserved it, basically. Working hard and everything."
After the tournament, Bancroft now sits at a perfect 33-0.
Earlier in the evening, Hughes and Decatur came to the same result of victory by a pair of major decisions which boosted their records to 38-0 and 39-0, respectively.
Decatur, taking the mat at center court in the second finals bout of the evening, dispatched Ethan Lenyszyn of D.H. Conley by 13-0 decision. Decatur said he found such success by searching for whatever weakness he could find in his opponent.
"You've got to wait for your opponent to make any little mistake and you've got to feed off of it," Decatur said twirling his first-place medal. "Whether it's a miss high, a duck, loose arm, anything that can get the points."
For the weekend, Decatur gave up just two points, which came in the semifinals; Decatur said the only reason for that was he let his opponent up so he could score more points by takedown.
"I think my wrestling was pretty solid," he said.
Later on in the night, Hughes jumped out to a huge lead in his bout, but gave up a number of points late when he got tired. Even still, he won by 21-9 major decision.
"I got a little sloppy toward the end, a little fatigued, but it wasn't technically too bad," Hughes said. "I just got a little too sloppy."
Hughes, who had one of the most technically sound performances of the night, was searching for a first-round pin, which he ended up not needing. For the weekend, he finished with two pins and a pair of major decisions.
"It went good," Hughes assessed of his weekend. "A couple matches, it was a little tough. I let more points than I usually want to, but overall, it's what I expected it would be, to come in and get first without too much trouble."
DEMONS IN THE FINALS
Even the pin by Bancroft aside, the Jolly Roger proved to be a productive experience for Fike.
In the 106-pound title match, Jahmez Settles began what was a long night for the Golden Demons vying for the top.
Though Settles eventually finished second by 6-3 decision behind Cardinal Gibbons' Luke Kunath, the Demons appeared in more first-place matches than any other school.
Later in the night, in the 182-pound match, Zametrie Bagley fought admirably against Corinth Holders' Preston Collie, but lost 5-2 to finish as runner-up.
The first to capture a spot at the top of the podium was McCullen in the 145-pound championship match.
McCullen found an equally competent competitor in Raleigh Wakefield's Terry Edwards, with the two entering overtime tied at 1. That's when McCullen made the turn and finished out the victory by 3-1 decision.
"I knew going in that the guy was my level or better, so I just went in with the mentality of doing what I've got to do and making sure he doesn't do what he wants to do," McCullen said.
To pull out the victory against a tough opponent made the fruits of his labor all the more sweet.
"I'm happy about it. I'm proud of myself," McCullen said. "My coaches are proud of me."
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The Redblacks-Alouettes rivalry may be rather new by CFL standards, but that doesn't mean you won't find a hard fought contest when these two square off. If you want to see a good game of CFL football, then there are few better than a Redblacks-Alouettes game.
The NHL rivalry between the Ottawa and Toronto is an intense one, and it's no different when it comes to the CFL. There is always a lot of bragging rights on the line when these two Ontario-based rivals square off, so don't miss it when the Redblacks take on the Argonauts.
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When my pet goldfish died my parents thought it would be a great idea to replace it with a hamster... Poor little guy drowned in seconds..
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A man goes to the doctor, and says "I broke my arm in three places." And the doctor says, "Well then don't go to those places anymore."
Most of us were taught to never get in cars with strangers, so taxi cabs make absolutely no sense.
Be nice to people on your way up so they won't get suspicious when you're rich and you invite them to your island to hunt them for sport.
There was a kidnapping at my school today... It's okay guys, he woke up.
If you can't do what's right you can always do what's left.
Teacher: Class we will have only half a day of school this morning. Class: Hooray! Teacher: We will have the other half this afternoon!
What does a bee say before it stings you? This is going to hurt me a lot more than it hurts you!
Teacher: Why can't you ever answer any of my questions? Pupil: Well if I could, there wouldn't be much point in me being here!
What do you say to the banjo player in the three piece suit? A: Will the defendant please rise.
If old people are so wise... How come they always die before everyone else?
The cemetery down the street seems like it's a pretty exclusive club. People are dying to get in...
What did the cannibal do after dumping his girlfriend? He wiped his butt!
Why did the sick eagle get deported? Because he was an illeagle.
Waitress: "Do u have any questions about the menu?" Me: "What kind of font is this?"
I would tell you another chemistry joke... But all the best ones Argon.
My friend David lost his ID the other day. Now we just call him Dav.
Instead of "Who's your daddy?" I accidentally said "How's your daddy?" and we put our clothes back on and discussed her father's cholesterol
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How many letters are in the alphabet during the Christmas Season? Only 25...because there's Noel.
What clothes do lawyers wear to work? Lawsuits.
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Poly(3-hydroxyvaleriansäure), Kurzzeichen PHV, auch Polyhydroxyvalerat genannt, ist ein Biopolymer aus der Gruppe der Polyhydroxyalkanoaten. Neben Poly(3-hydroxybuttersäure) (PHB) ist PHV der bekannteste Vertreter dieser Gruppe. PHV ist ein aus erneuerbaren Rohstoffen fermentativ herstellbarer Polyester mit 3-Hydroxyvaleriansäure (HV) als formales Monomer. Am β-Kohlenstoffatom des Monomers gibt es ein Stereozentrum, das Monomer ist also chiral. Bei einer biogenen Produktionsmethode entsteht das Enantiomer mit  (R)-Konfiguration.

Häufiger wird jedoch das Copolymer Poly(3-hydroxybutansäure-co-3-hydroxyvaleriansäure) (PHBV, auch P(3HB-3HV), CAS-Nummer: ) hergestellt, da es bessere thermoplastische Eigenschaften hat.

PHV-Biogene Produktion
Bei der fermentativen Herstellung werden die Polyhydroxyalkanoate von Bakterien als interzellulare Energie- und Kohlenstoffspeicher im Zellinneren angelegt, wenn eine Nährstoff-Mangelsituation vorliegt (typischerweise limitierte Mengen von Stickstoff (N), Phosphor (P), Schwefel (S), Sauerstoff (O) oder Magnesium (Mg)), aber Kohlenstoff im Überschuss vorhanden ist. Sie können von den Bakterien als Reserve mobilisiert werden, wenn später eine Kohlenstoff-Mangelsituation entstehen sollte.

Das Bakterium Chromobacterium violaceum DSM 30191 akkumuliert in der Zufuhr-Batch-Bakterienkultur das Homopolymer der 3-Hydroxyvaleriansäure zu 100 %, wenn Valeriansäure als alleinige Kohlenstoffquelle unter Stickstoff Begrenzung zugeführt wird. 65 % der zellularen Trockenmasse ist Poly(3-hydroxyvaleriansäure). Liegen jedoch als Kohlenstoffquellen Fructose, Gluconat, Propionat oder Hexanoat vor, akkumuliert das Bakterium den Homopolymer der 3-Hydroxybutansäure.

Poly(3-hydroxyvaleriansäure) wurde auch durch zwei weitere verschiedene Stämme des Chromobacterium violaceum akkumuliert. Ein weiterer Stamm des Chromobacterium violaceum zusammen mit drei Stämmen des Janthinobacterium lividum akkumulieren aus Valeriansäure hingegen das Copolymer Poly(3-hydroxybutansäure-co-3-hydroxyvaleriansäure).

Die Dynamische Differenzkalorimetrie ergab für die reinen PHV eine Glasübergangstemperatur zwischen −10 und −12 °C und einen Schmelzpunkt zwischen 107 und 112 °C, mit einer Schmelzenthalpie von 79,5 kJ/kg. Für die biosynthetische Poly(3-hydroxyvaleriansäure) ergibt sich eine ungefähre Molare Masse zwischen 60 000 und 145 000 g/mol.

PHB-PHV-Copolymer (PHB / PHV), (PHBV), P(HB-HV)

PHB-PHV-Copolymer, Biogene-Synthese

Poly(3-hydroxybutansäure-co-3-hydroxyvaleriansäure), das bis zu 95 mol% aus 3-Hydroxyvaleriansäure-Einheiten besteht, wurde durch das Bakterium Pseudomonas sp. HJ-2 unter limitierenden Bedingungen synthetisiert, wenn nur Valeriansäure als Kohlenstoffquelle zugeführt wird. Das Bakterium Ralstonia eutropha akkumuliert ein Copolymer mit bis zu 90 mol% 3-Hydroxyvaleriansäure-Einheiten, wenn auch hier reine Valeriansäure eingesetzt wird.

Langfristig ist es wichtig, die Substratzusammensetzung so zu manipulieren, dass die synthetische PHBV-Produktion durch mikrobielle Fermentation kostengünstig ist. Lävulinsäure (LA) ist ein erneuerbares Nebenprodukt, das als Substrate für die PHA-Biopolymersynthese auf Interesse gestoßen ist. LA kann kostengünstig aus einer Vielzahl von kohlenhydrathaltigen nachwachsenden Biomaterialien hergestellt werden, darunter (Cellulose|zellulosehaltige) wald- und landwirtschaftliche Abfallreste, Papierfabrikschlamm und Zellulosefasern aus Papierherstellungsprozessen.

Yuangpeng und Kollegen stellten das Copolymer Poly (hydroxybutyrat-co-hydroxyvalerat) (PHBV) mit dem Bakterium Ralstonia eutropha her. Sie konnten zeigen, dass ein PHBV mit einem Gehalt von ca. 53 % HV gebildet wird, wenn nur Lävulinsäure (LA) als Kohlenstoffquelle diente. Jedoch war die Trockenmasse mit 1,29 g L−1 gering.
Bei ihren Versuchen im 2-Liter-Fermenter waren die optimierten Bedingungen: 15 g L−1 Glucose, Lävulinsäure als Co-Kohlenstoffquelle, ph=7, Temperatur 30 °C, 25 Stunden Kulturzeit. Dabei entstanden 12,6 g L−1 Trockenmasse mit 81,2 % PHBV, wovon der Hydroxyvalerat-Anteil 68 % betrug.  Sie beschreiben den Stoffwechselweg der PHBV Synthese mit Hilfe einer aktivierten Lävulinsäure um das Lävulin-Coenzyms zu bilden, das dann in Propionyl-CoA-Carboxylase
und Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase aufgeteilt wird. Dies könnte der Grund für die Erhöhung des HV-Gehalts sein, wenn die LA-Konzentration erhöht wurde, weil mehr Propionyl-CoA gebildet wurde. Es wurde vorgeschlagen, dass die HV-Produktion durch ein geeignetes C: N-Verhältnis signifikant beeinflusst wird. Mit zunehmender Caseinpeptonkonzentration stieg der HV-Gehalt signifikant an.

Eigenschaften von PHB/PHV Copolymeren

Polyhydroxybuttersäure (PHB) lässt sich wegen seiner spröden, harten und kristallinen Natur nur eingeschränkt verwenden. Weil die PHB-Schmelztemperatur nahe an der Zersetzungstemperatur liegt, schränkt es seine Verarbeitungsmöglichkeiten ein.

Poly (hydroxybutyrat-co-hydroxyvalerat)-Copolymere (PHBV) haben bessere Anwendungseigenschaften und bessere Verarbeitbarkeit, da die Kristallinität durch die längeren Seitenketten niedriger ist. Eine Parallelanordnung der Polymerhauptketten wird erschwert. Die Kristallinität sinkt linear mit dem Hydroxyvalerat-Anteil.

Bei PHBV-Copolymeren mit bis zu 53 % Hydroxyvalerat-Anteilen sinkt der Schmelzpunkt mit zunehmendem 3HV-Anteil von 176 auf 101 °C ab.

Die Glasübergangstemperatur Tg sinkt mit zunehmenden 3HV-Anteil bis zu 25 % auf −6 °C ab, so dass das Material auch bei niedrigeren Temperaturen noch nicht spröde wird. Die Steifigkeit wird geringer, Flexibilität und Zähigkeit nehmen zu. Insgesamt werden die Eigenschaften damit dem Polyolefin Polypropylen ähnlicher.

Während PHB sich schon ab 200 °C thermisch zu zersetzen beginnt, begann bei einem PHB/PHV (16 % PHV) die Zersetzung erst bei 266 °C. Die Gefahr der Degradation von PHBV durch Thermische Zersetzung bei der Verarbeitung nimmt ab und das Verarbeitungsfenster wird vergrößert.

Anwendungen der PHB-PHV Copolymere
Der in PHBV vorhandene Anteil an HV hat einen signifikanten Einfluss auf den Schmelzpunkt, der mit zunehmender Menge an HV in PHBV abnimmt. Dies führt zu einer Verbesserung der Duktilität und Flexibilität des Polymers.
Die PHBV-Copolymere schmelzen bei niedrigeren Temperaturen als das Homopolymer, was eine nützliche Verbesserung der Schmelzverarbeitbarkeit ergibt. In ihren anderen Eigenschaften ähneln sie denen von Polyhydroxybuttersäure (PHB).
Poly (hydroxybutyrat-co-hydroxyvalerat)-Copolymere (PHBV) werden für allgemeine Zwecke gegenüber Polyhydroxybutyrat(PHB)-Homopolymeren bevorzugt verwendet, um ein besseres Gleichgewicht zwischen Steifheit und Zähigkeit zu erhalten. PHBV mit Gehalten von 5 bis 20 % HV ergeben einen nützlichen Bereich von Eigenschaften, die denen der Polyolefine Polyethylene und Polypropylen weitgehend ähnlich sind.

Die hervorragenden Eigenschaften von PHBV, wie Absorptionsvermögen, biologischer Ursprung, geringe Zytotoxizität, Piezoelektrizität und Thermoplastizität, machen es vielversprechend für Biomaterialanwendungen wie die Herstellung von kardiovaskulären Stents, Arzneimittelfreisetzungs- und Transportsystemen, resorbierbare chirurgische Nähte und medizinische Verpackungen. Auf dem Gebiet der Tissue Engineering umfassen die Anwendungen die Entwicklung von Gewebepflastern, biologisch abbaubaren Implantaten, Biosensoren und die Herstellung poröser Gerüste, die die Behandlung von Knochendefekten ermöglichen. Die Gerüste werden mit PHBV per 3D-Druck aufgebaut.

In anderen Branchen außerhalb des biomedizinischen Bereichs gibt es eine breite Palette von Anwendungen, die reichen von elastische Lebensmittelverpackungen, Einweggegenstände des täglichen Bedarfs, von Taschen, Behältern, Verpackungen, Einweg-Hygiene-Artikel (Handtücher, Windeln und Taschentücher) bis zu Produkten, die eine hohe mechanische Beständigkeit erfordern, wie z. B. als Helme für Radfahrer und als Leiterplatten (für Elektronik).

PHBV-Copolymere werden für biologisch abbaubare Folien wie Mulchfolie im Agrarsektor und für kosmetische Behälter (von denen blasgeformte Shampooflaschen das bekannteste Beispiel sind) und andere Gegenstände verwendet, die schwer zu recyclen sind, wie z. B. Einwegrasierer oder medizinisch kontaminierte Gegenstände.

Die aktuelle Forschung untersucht die Anwendung von PHBV in Denitrifikationssystemen, um die hohe Konzentration von Nitraten im Abwasser zu beseitigen.

PHBV-Blends
Es laufen Untersuchungen zu Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Polylactid (PHA/PLA) Blends. Die Mischungen/Blends werden über eine gemeinsame Schmelze erzeugt. Die Untersuchungen zeigen den Einfluss von Anteilen an PLA auf thermische Stabilität, Entflammbarkeit, thermo-mechanische Eigenschaften, Kristallinität und Erhöhung der Bioabbaubarkeit.

Es wurden Verbundwerkstoffe hergestellt, die bis zu 30 Vol .-% biokeramische Partikel enthalten. Die bioaktiven Calciumphosphate Hydroxyapatit (HA) und Tricalciummonophosphat -Partikel sind mithilfe der etablierten Verarbeitungstechnologien gut dispergiert und in der PHB-PHV-Matrix homogen verteilt. Der Elastizitätsmodul und die Mikrohärte der Verbundstoffe nehmen mit zunehmendem Volumenprozentsatz an biokeramischen Partikeln zu. Sie werden als Verbundwerkstoffe in der rekonstruktiven Chirurgie in der Medizin eingesetzt werden.

Literatur
 Ralf Wilhelm Oberhoff: Modifizierung und Verarbeitung von Poly(3-hydroxybuttersäure-co-3-hydroxyvaleriansäure) (PHBV) mit kugelförmigen Mikropartikeln. Technische Universität Dresden 2005, .

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Children of the Nile - Enhanced Edition Review
Children of the Nile - Enhanced Edition, developed and published by Tilted Mill Entertainment.
The Good: Advanced resource and needs relationships, right balance of automation, quick tutorial for those itching to play, many small improvements from the original release, scenario and campaign editors
The Not So Good: Almost trivially easy because buildings don't cost anything other than basic collectible resources that can't permanently run out nor require upkeep, sluggish pace can become tiresome, no intermediate mission objectives, default tutorials progress very slowly
What say you? A city builder that has partially stood the test of time: 5/8
MY POORLY WRITTEN INTRODUCTION
The city builder used to be a thriving genre, with many notable titles numerous enough that I don't have to spend time remembering their names since you should know them already. Anyway, one of those titles was Children of the Nile, the first of Tilted Mill's efforts (which include Caesar IV and SimCity Socieites) that was apparently pretty good (I missed out on it). Since the improvements made in the Enhanced Edition are available as a free download for owners of the original game, I'm going to write this review for people unfamiliar with the city builder and evaluate the title as a whole. Sounds good? Glad to hear it!
GRAPHICS AND SOUND
Children of the Nile looked OK back in 2004 when it was released (3-D graphics!), and with a couple of animation and visual upgrades, it looks, well, like an OK game from 2004. Not that there's anything wrong with that, since the title will run on a wide range of systems, and I wasn't really expecting a dramatic upgrade from a sub-expansion patch. You can get down to ground level and follow your villagers around as they do their daily tasks, which is a nice touch. Also neat is the small real-time view of the occupants when you click on a building. Voyeurism has never been so much fun! The terrain as a whole is pretty bland, with brown being the dominant hue. The user interface is essentially the same, with less-than-spectacular text menus for buildings and a lack of robust on-screen feedback. The sound consists of fitting background music with some quips by your residents and suitable construction noise. It's not spectacular by any means here in 2008, but it'll do.
Children of the Nile - Enhanced Edition comes with 20 scenarios that also comprise a campaign that unlocks an easy, medium, and hard scenario each time. The scenario list simply shows the name of the city you will control, and hides difficulty and objective information until you click on it: how archaic. Children of the Nile can be complex for beginners, so there are a number of tutorials to teach the basics of the game. The "normal" three-mission tutorial progresses very slowly since you can't skip past instructions and the game is poor to detect when you've completed something. You'll commonly sit there for minutes at a time staring at instructions on how to move the camera well after you've already done it. The Enhanced Edition adds a "quick start" tutorial that is far superior, as it quickly moves through the basics once you complete them, but it does leave a lot of content out you will need for the first easy scenario in the campaign. Children of the Nile comes with editors to make your own scenarios and campaigns, so it's a bit odd that the Enhanced Edition didn't ship with a bunch of user-created scenarios since the game has been out for four years. Each individual scenario takes a really long time to complete, so even with only twenty, you'll be busy for a while.
Like most city builders, Children of the Nile gives you the task of constructing buildings to satisfy your citizens' needs. The game is very well automated: all you need to do is place the appropriate buildings and your citizens will go collect supplies and manufacture their goods without intervention. This has benefits and drawbacks: while it makes the game easier to learn, you'll commonly be sitting there waiting for buildings to finish and the basic game never gets more complicated than placing buildings. I suppose that's all a city builder is, but a bit more variety is always appreciated. The reason why Children of the Nile tends to get boring is that you can't really lose. Unlike most games where you have a budget to worry about, your buildings have no daily or annual upkeep cost and no purchase price other than bricks. You can plop down 100 buildings without penalty and simply wait for resources to accumulate, so as long as you place them in the correct order to satisfy needs, then you'll do OK. Just spam a whole bunch of brick makers and bricklayers (which are both free) and sit back and wait. As you can see, strategy really has nothing to do with it, which is very disappointing. Maybe this is the problem with going back and playing a game after you've experienced more sophisticated sequels, but it is what it is.
Each citizen has a set of basic needs that must be fulfilled. Farmers grow food, shopkeepers produce goods, priests perform a range of services (medicine, worship, burial, education), military troops provide security, and entertainers are to be laughed at. There is a flow chart of education, as people progress from simple villagers to educated priests and scribes. Still, as long as you have the right structures close enough to the people that need them, you'll be fine. Children of the Nile assumes you remember everything from the manual and tutorials, as tool-tips are short and the missions don't provide any objectives other than the overall goal. One thing I liked in Imperium Romanum was the intermediate objectives that served as a sort of tutorial to guide you towards your overall goal. Sadly, Children of the Nile lacks this feature, so you are left having to remember all of the resource and needs relationships as you progress. The interface could be better designed: all of your citizens are organized in an approval list (a good feature), but it displays green even if they have one or two key areas of need. This makes it so that you need to constantly monitor each building in your village, something that the people report was supposed to eliminate. There's a new icon that shows buildings that have no problems, but you still need to click through all of the others to see what the troubles are. For a game that features so much great automation, this annoying amount of micromanagement and tedium is quite unwelcome.
The basic mechanics of Children of the Nile can be quite interesting, with sophisticated and numerous needs by each of your residents. The game progresses very slowly, however: even at the maximum accelerated rate (2.5x), it was still sitting around waiting for bricks to accumulate with an entire city essentially queued up for success. There are some minor wrinkles to the time elements that make the game somewhat intriguing: you can introduce trade with outside cities, there are planting and harvesting seasons (along with damaging floods), and edicts can be issued to provide bonuses with a tradeoff. In addition to the basic suite of buildings, you can decorate your cities with plazas, gardens, and temples. These increase your town's prestige in addition to usually fulfilling a scenario objective. Roads can also be constructed to make a more realistic town, and the Enhanced Edition's roads make travel faster (surprising that they were merely cosmetic before). The Enhanced Edition also brings a whole bunch (48) of bug fixes, and I must say that playing Children of the Nile has been very stable with no noticeable problems whatsoever. How many games can you say that about? It also comes with a handful of new plazas and other decorative features and the brickyard to make construction even easier and faster.
I'm not sure what all the hubbub was about, because I'm not really that impressed with Children of the Nile. Maybe it's because I'm playing the game four years after it came out, but the game appears to be too easy to provide much of a challenge. There are a lot of needs to attend do, but it's simply a matter of choosing the right structure. The best thing about Children of the Nile is the amount of automation in the game, but it also holds the game back from being truly sophisticated. As long as you plop down the right buildings, everything will be run for you since villagers will collect resources automatically and all you need to worry about is proximity. Most buildings have no-cost, and the ones that do only cost bricks, which can be easily manufactured by placing no-cost brick makers and bricklayers. Where's the challenge? I had the same problem with the SimCity series of games, but even they introduced some difficulty in balancing your budget early on. Children of the Nile removes any sort of trouble since most resource collecting buildings are free and those that require bricks have no other upkeep. The interface shows everything is OK with bright green lights even if there are a number of problem areas that need attention. The quick start tutorial is a great addition to the game, as it significantly speeds up the learning process. The twenty scenarios that are available either as stand-alone missions or linked in the campaign might not seem like a lot of content, but each one takes a long time to complete (thanks to the leisurely pace of the game) and the included editors allow you to make more. For $20, I might give this game a look at, but Children of the Nile – Enhanced Edition is too trivial for my tastes.
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Dockless bikes are available in cities across the country.
Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan has co-authored an ordinance with Councilmembers Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Noel Gallo to establish regulations and new permits for dockless bike and scooter sharing programs.
"The proposed ordinance will provide responsible guidelines for scooter and dockless bike companies as they do business in Oakland," said Kaplan.
Dockless bikes and scooters are being made available by being placed in public locations and can be a benefit to the community and help with health and mobility if done correctly, said Kaplan. However, if done incorrectly, these bicycles and scooters can have negative impacts by blocking wheelchairs and pedestrians, cluttering sidewalks and becoming blight, she said.
"Our proposed requirements deal with a range of problems and potential problems that have occurred—including prohibiting threatening noises, requiring liability insurance, and where they can be deployed," says Kaplan.
The ordinance also requires local maintenance teams, designated locations for dockless bikes and scooters and discounted membership plan for those who are low-income.
In addition, the ordinance will require dockless bikes and scooter companies distributed equitably throughout Oakland. No less than 50 percent of operator scooters and bikes shall be deployed in Oakland's Communities of Concern.
"To make sure that we can have good mobility options for everyone in our community, it is important that bike and scooter share systems be properly regulated, provide affordable rates, local jobs and reliable local maintenance teams, and benefit the public. Depending how they are handled, bike and scooter share systems could be a benefit or have negative impacts on our community—so I am urging Oakland to adopt responsible regulations," said Kaplan.


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Trump's Iran Threat May Wreck Talks With North Korea
As he prepares for possible talks with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un about controlling the North's nuclear weapons program, President Trump is facing his most complicated national security challenge so far. He has made the task far harder by threatening to blow up the only other recent deal to control a nuclear program, with Iran.
After decades of effort, Iran was close to producing enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb when it reached the deal with the major powers in 2015.
Iran gave away about 97 percent of its low-enriched uranium, destroyed 13,000 of its 19,000 centrifuges and pledged to incapacitate a heavy-water facility intended to produce weapons-grade plutonium.
If Iran tries to cheat, the most rigorous technological verification system in the world can detect the violations and alert the world in time to intervene. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which monitors the agreement, has repeatedly found Iran in compliance; scores of experts, including American diplomats and military officers, have affirmed the deal's efficacy. Israel's army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, told Haaretz on Friday that the deal has delayed the "Iranian nuclear vision by 10 to 15 years."
Although Iran never had a nuclear weapon, the agreement required months of talks and two years of technical and political negotiations. Now consider North Korea, with 20 to 60 nuclear weapons, and facilities for producing plutonium and enriching uranium, many of which are hidden.
Mr. Trump has insisted on the North's complete and verifiable denuclearization. And, by all indications, he wants it done immediately. Yet by threatening to abrogate the Iran deal and reimpose sanctions Mr. Trump has added to the challenge of making that happen.
He has claimed, without a shred of evidence, that Iran is out of compliance, and has complained that Iran is still building ballistic missiles, arming Hezbollah and supporting President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. None of these concerns were supposed to be prevented by the deal.
He has demanded that Britain, France and Germany fix what he calls "flaws" in the pact by May 12, presumably so he will have someone else to blame when it falls apart.
The president, and his new hard-line team of national security advisers, may think that walking away from the Iran deal will persuade Mr. Kim of his toughness and his determination to secure terms that go far beyond those reached with Iran. More likely, Mr. Kim will see it as proof that the United States cannot be trusted to stick to its commitments and will be reluctant to reach any agreement.
Persuading a country to give up weapons is never easy. The North Koreans have said they need nuclear weapons to deter American aggression. And Mr. Kim has set the pace for most of the recent diplomacy — including his surprise invitation to Mr. Trump and his visit with President Xi Jinping in China. That said, he reportedly told China and South Korea he will discuss "denuclearization" with the Americans.
Denuclearization has had some successes. After Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus inherited thousands of nuclear weapons when the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States persuaded them to transfer the devices to Russia. South Africa had about a half-dozen warheads but gave them up after the end of apartheid. Libya shed its rudimentary nuclear program under pressure from Britain and the United States after the Iraq war.
And in 1994, most likely before North Korea had any nuclear weapons, a limited agreement with the United States froze the North's plutonium program for about eight years until it fell apart under President George W. Bush.
A serious negotiation with North Korea would include Mr. Trump pressing Mr. Kim to freeze nuclear and missile testing, halt the production of nuclear weapons fuel and the deployment of nuclear weapons and put an Iran-like verification system in place. But why would Mr. Kim agree to any of that if the Americans walk away from the Iran deal? Why would Mr. Kim, or any future adversary for that matter, assume Mr. Trump is negotiating in good faith?
The Iran deal has achieved what it was intended to do — limit Iran's nuclear program. There is still hope that something similar can be achieved in North Korea. Indeed, Mr. Trump could contribute in an unprecedented way to international peace and security by engaging with Mr. Kim. That possibility will be squandered, though, if the American president escalates a manufactured nuclear crisis with Iran at the very time he is trying to defuse one with North Korea.
Courtesy: The New York Times


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E-book: 30 tricks, tips and ideas for increasing queries
Objectives and Challenges
We dreamt of new contacts that would make our marketing volumes sky-rocket and who could become our partners over time. We realised that to achieve this, we needed to create one untold wild proposal that would be impossible, or at least very difficult to refuse.
By brainstorming, we created a value proposition to keep our future partners in mind, the main purpose of which was to gather contacts or lead generation.
What did we do? We wrote a 42-page e-book, full of valuable tricks, useful ideas and practical tips from cover to cover. A total of 30 tips on how to increase the volume of queries on your website.
The process itself was as follows: in order to better familiarise oneself with the e-book, the interested person had to complete a contact form on the landing page and leave us his/her email address. We followed the barter economy fair principle: the book for you, the contact for us!
How did we do it? To ensure that our eBook, which is carefully thought out and full of valuable information, reaches the most relevant audience, we have included several different channels: our own website, email marketing, blog, social media channels, Facebook ads, guest blogs and pop-ups.
In all of the channels mentioned, we used a clearly distinctive and motivated CTA to direct all interested people to the landing page created for the campaign. When the interested person had filled out the form on the landing page, the 42-page e-book dropped into his/her virtual mailbox.
The active period of the campaign lasted for 4.5 months, and during the period the e-book was downloaded by 662 people.
Thanks to the value proposition, we obtained 231 new contacts, which means that ca. ⅓ of those that filled out the form were new contacts.
The average conversion of the landing page was 52.8%.
The average cost per click (CPC) for Facebook ads was 1.19 euros and the average cost per contact (CPA) was 1.71 euros.
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3 Truly Inspiring Moments from #LinkageWIL | Linkage, Inc.
When you get 900+ women leaders together for a week of self-discovery and reflection, inspiring things happen. Over four days in Phoenix, AZ, we heard from illuminating keynote speakers, made new connections that will last a lifetime, and gained countless new insights to help each of us uncover what's next.
We've compiled three of the most inspiring moments from this year's Women in Leadership Institute™ below–and we want to hear from you! Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
We were inspired by the stories and accomplishments of women veterans.
It is truly meaningful when women leaders come together in collaboration to share their unique experiences and perspectives. That's exactly what happens each year at #LinkageWIL as women from the private sector, non-profits, military, and more, come together for four days of exploration and self-discovery. This year, the Institute kicked-off on Veterans Day and I had the privilege of acknowledging a cohort of veterans participating in the Institute through our partnership with the Homefront Foundation.
You used your voice—and we loved hearing what you had to say.
We discovered what "QTIP" really means.
Carla Harris led a panel discussion with this year's recipients of Linkage's Women in Leadership Executive Impact Award. This year's honorees shared their own personal stories of growth and discovery—and a few memorable lessons that they've learned along the way. One moment we won't soon forget? Millie Marshall, President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, pulled out a small and unexpected prop… a box of Q-tips. On the big screens, we could see the words "Q-tip" printed on the side… a reminder, Millie explained with a smile, to "Quit Taking It Personal." Now, that's a "tip" we can take to the bank!
Now that you've had time to reflect, tell us: What most inspired you during your time at #LinkageWIL? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
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