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from bot import CelestialBot
from discord import Embed
import asyncio
import datetime
import sqlite3

class Iapetus(CelestialBot):
	def __init__(self):
		super().__init__("Iapetus", color=0x01796F)
		self.handleEverything = True
		self.defaultCmd = self.checkReminder
		self.buildHelp({
			"add Event Name YYYY-MM-DD" : "Adds a new countdown with the given name and date to your list. If you already have a countdown with the same name, the date will be updated to the given date.",
			"delete Event Name" : "Deletes all events with the given name from your countdowns",
			"delay Days" : "Sets the number of days between automatic reminders; default is daily (1); you'll always be reminded if you send a message on the day of an event",
			"list" : "Lists all your countdowns"
		})
		self.about = "Iapetus is believed to be the Greek God of mortality. I share this name with one of Saturn's moons because my function is to provide a countdown to the inevitable."
		self.commands.update({
			"add" : self.addCountdown,
			"delay" : self.setDelay,
			"list" : self.listCountdowns,
			"delete" : self.removeCountdown
		})
		self.db = sqlite3.connect("iapetus.db")
		self.dbc = self.db.cursor()
		try:
			self.dbc.execute("CREATE TABLE dates (name text, date text, owner text)")
			self.dbc.execute("CREATE TABLE lastReminder (owner text, date text, delay number)")
		except sqlite3.OperationalError:
			pass

	async def setDelay(self, message, args):
		"""Sets the delay for a given user

		Args:
			message: Message object
			args: Message content split by whitespace
		"""
		try:
			delay = 1 - int(args[2])
			self.dbc.execute("UPDATE lastReminder SET delay=? WHERE owner=?", (delay, message.author.id))
			self.db.commit()
		except Exception as e:
			await self.reply(message, "Something went wrong parsing your request: ```{0}```".format(str(e)), reply=True)

	async def checkReminder(self, message, args):
		"""Checks when a user was last reminded of their countdowns and reminds them if necessary

		Args:
			message: Message object
			args: Message content split by whitespace
		"""
		lastReminder = self.dbc.execute("SELECT date, delay FROM lastReminder WHERE owner=?", (message.author.id,)).fetchone()
		if lastReminder is not None:
			# check when last reminder was issued
			lastReminder, delay = tuple(lastReminder)
			lastRemDate = datetime.datetime.strptime(str(lastReminder), "%Y-%m-%d").date()
			daysSinceRem = self.daysUntil(lastRemDate)

			# check if any events are today
			now = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
			eventToday = self.dbc.execute("SELECT * FROM dates WHERE owner=? AND date=?", (message.author.id, now)).fetchone()

			if (daysSinceRem < delay) or (daysSinceRem < 0 and eventToday is not None):
				self.updateUserReminderDate(message.author)
				if len(list(self.getUserCountdowns(message.author))) > 0:
					await self.listCountdowns(message, args)

	async def addCountdown(self, message, args):
		"""Adds a countdown to the database or changes the date on an existing countdown

		Args:
			message: Message object
			args: Message content split by whitespace
		"""
		if len(args) < 4:
			return
		try:
			name = " ".join(args[2:-1])
			date = args[-1]
			ddate = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
			remaining = self.daysUntil(ddate)
			if remaining == 0:
				await self.reply(message, "That's today!", reply=True)
			elif remaining < 0:
				await self.reply(message, "{0} was {1} day(s) ago.".format(name, -remaining), reply=True)
			else:
				verb = "Added"
				if self.dbc.execute("SELECT * FROM dates WHERE owner=? AND name=?", (message.author.id, name)).fetchone() is None:
					self.dbc.execute("INSERT INTO dates VALUES (?, ?, ?)", (name, date, message.author.id))
				else:
					self.dbc.execute("UPDATE dates SET date=? WHERE owner=? AND name=?", (date, message.author.id, name))
					verb = "Updated"

				# check if user has an entry in lastReminder
				if self.dbc.execute("SELECT * FROM lastReminder WHERE owner=?", (message.author.id,)).fetchone() is None:
					today = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
					self.dbc.execute("INSERT INTO lastReminder VALUES (?, ?, 0)", (message.author.id, today))

				await self.reply(message, "{0} countdown for {1}. Only {2} day(s) to go!".format(verb, name, remaining), reply=True)
		except Exception as e:
			await self.reply(message, "Something went wrong parsing your request: ```{0}```".format(str(e)), reply=True)
		self.db.commit()

	async def removeCountdown(self, message, args):
		"""Deletes countdowns matching a given name and belonging to a given user from the database

		Args:
			message: Message object
			args: Message content split by whitespace
		"""
		if len(args) < 3:
			return
		event = " ".join(args[2:])
		data = (event, message.author.id)
		before = int(self.dbc.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dates WHERE name=? AND owner=?", data).fetchone()[0])
		self.dbc.execute("DELETE FROM dates WHERE name=? AND owner=?", data)
		now = int(self.dbc.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dates WHERE name=? AND owner=?", data).fetchone()[0])
		if now < before:
			await self.reply(message, "Deleted {0} countdown(s) named {1}".format(before - now, event), reply=True)
		else:
			await self.reply(message, "Couldn't find an event with the given name", reply=True)
		self.db.commit()

	async def listCountdowns(self, message, args):
		"""Lists all the countdowns belonging to the author of a given message

		Args:
			message: Message object
			args: Message content split by whitespace
		"""
		self.updateUserReminderDate(message.author)
		events = self.getUserCountdowns(message.author)
		count = 0
		pastEvents = []

		resp = Embed(title="{0}'s countdowns".format(message.author.name), color=self.color)
		desc = "Nothing happening today. "
		today = []
		past = ""
		for event in events:
			count += 1
			data = tuple(event)

			name = data[0]
			date = datetime.datetime.strptime(data[1], "%Y-%m-%d").date()
			remaining = self.daysUntil(date)

			if remaining == 0:
				today.append(name)
				pastEvents.append(data)
			elif remaining < 0:
				past += "{0} was {1} day(s) ago. ".format(name, -remaining)
				pastEvents.append(data)
			else:
				resp.add_field(name="{0} ({1})".format(name, data[1]), value="{0} day(s) to go!".format(remaining), inline=False)

		if len(today) > 0:
			desc = "{0} {1} today! ".format(
				", ".join(today),
				"is" if len(today) == 1 else "are"
			)
		if past != "":
			desc += past

		if count == 0:
			desc = "You have no countdowns"

		resp.description = desc
		await self.reply(message, embed=resp)

		toDelete = len(pastEvents)
		if toDelete > 0:
			for eventData in pastEvents:
				self.dbc.execute("DELETE FROM dates WHERE name=? AND date=? AND owner=?", eventData)
			await self.reply(message, "Deleted {0} event(s) that are either today or in the past".format(toDelete), reply=True)

	def updateUserReminderDate(self, user):
		"""Sets the current date as the last time a given user was reminded of their countdowns

		Args:
			user: User whose reminder date to update
		"""
		now = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
		self.dbc.execute("UPDATE lastReminder SET date=? WHERE owner=?", (now, user.id))
		self.db.commit()

	def getUserCountdowns(self, user):
		"""Gets a user's countdowns

		Args:
			user: User whose countdowns to get from database

		Return:
			Generator with all the given user's countdowns
		"""
		return self.dbc.execute("SELECT * FROM dates WHERE owner=? ORDER BY date", (user.id,))

	def daysUntil(self, date):
		"""Determines the number of days until a given date

		Args:
			date: Date to check

		Return:
			Number of days from today to the given day
		"""
		return (date - datetime.date.today()).days

if __name__ == "__main__":
	bot = Iapetus()
	bot.run(bot.getToken())

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Detrík () is a village and municipality in Vranov nad Topľou District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.

History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1363.

Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 345 metres and covers an area of 9.528 km².

Population
According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 57 inhabitants. 52 of inhabitants were Slovaks and 5 others and unspecified.

See also
 List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"
 Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1764-1919 (parish B)
 Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1835-1848 (parish B)

External links

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Surnames of living people in Detrik

Villages and municipalities in Vranov nad Topľou District
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I just finished a spring 10x10 challenge on Instagram. It originated with Lee of Style Bee in was in collaboration with Caroline from Unfancy.
Basically you pick ten items of clothing from your wardrobe and wear/style/create outfits from them for ten days.
So without further ado, here's 10 things I learned from wearing 10 items for 10 days.
I generally like my clothing. I'm pretty proud of this fact. It's honestly taken a lot of work and patience to get to this place. Of course there's always items I would love to add to my collection, but overall, I did have a feeling of contentedness.
My shoe game needs work. I don't really pay a lot of attention to shoes, but seeing how worn out and basic my shoes are made me want to spice it up a little bit.
Scarves and hair can be a great accessories. This is especially useful because I'm not great at accessorizing.
It's nice to wear "real" clothing and not just loungewear or yoga pants all day. I spend most of my time at home so it's easy to fall into this trap. Of course there's nothing wrong with yoga pants, but dressing up a little for yourself is a good confidence boost.
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My clothing is more versatile then I gave it credit for. I had this jumpsuit that I'd worn for awhile but I was selling it short. I thought it as a one trick pony. But through some reimagining I came up with a few different looks from a pretty basic palette.
It's ok to think about what I wear. Again I had insecurities of appearing vain or indulgent by talking about what I was wearing each day, but what we wear is important. It effects how we feel, it effects the people who made our clothing, it effects our environment. All of those are good reasons to care.
How I see myself is not necessarily how others see me. This kind of goes along with the whole "boring" narrative I mentioned earlier. Clothes that I might be tired of can be something new to somebody else. I might think a certain shape is unflattering on my body, but others might not agree...or even care.
I'm a terrible poser. Every time Joe would take my outfit photo there were so many awkward moments... Especially with my hands... what do you do with your hands?
There's a community of likeminded woman out there who are so kind and positive. Honestly, this was the best part of the challenge. It was so nice to see complete strangers complimenting and encouraging one another. It restored my faith in humanity.
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Q: SAP UI5: Fill XML-Dropdown dynamically using Lifecycle Hook Function I've done the Tutorial for building Fiori-like UIs with SAPUI5 and tried adding a sort-function.
The Dropdown-Box is filled with the Names of the JSON-Model-Data:
{
"SalesOrderCollection": [
    {
        "SoId": "300000097",
        "ApprovalStatus": "",
        "Status": "Initial",
        "ConfirmationStatus": "",
        "BillingStatus": "Initial",
        ...
        } ...

I implemented this function in my View Controller to fill the dropdown:
    fillDropdown : function(evt) {

    // Get current view and dropdownbox
    var oView = this.getView();
    var oDropdown = oView.byId("ddbox");

    // Get names of nodes in model
    var metaArray = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(oView.getModel()
            .getProperty("/SalesOrderCollection/0"));

    // Add every name to dropdownbox
    var arrayLength = metaArray.length;
    for ( var i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
        oDropdown.addItem(new sap.ui.core.ListItem("item" + i)
                .setText(metaArray[i]));
    }
}

Finally, here comes my problem:
How can I run this function automatically when the View gets rendered? I know the lifecycle hook functions onInit & onBeforeRendering but I can't use them in my XML-View:
I can register the eventhandler for UI-Elements like here:
<uicom:DropdownBox id="ddbox" editable="true" change="handleListSort">

But not for the View or the Page like I tried here:
<Page title="myPage" onBeforeRendering="fillDropdown">

<core:View controllerName="sap.ui.demo.myFiori.view.Master" (...) onBeforeRendering="fillDropdown">

Possible dirty workaround: Call the function when clicking on the Sort-Button in the IconTabBar
<IconTabBar select="fillDropdown">

Thanks for your help!

Update
If I used a JavaScript-View instead of an XML-View, I could simply implement my fillDropdown function in the onAfterRendering function of my View.
But why do XML Views not throw lifecycle hook events?

Update 2
I also can't use the onAfterRendering of my View Controller; oView.getModel().getProperty("/SalesOrderCollection/0"); returns no object because the content of my model is (whyever) only available after the hook functions.

A: onInit, onBeforeRendering, onAfterRendering, onExit are lifecycle events. You do not need to register from view. Your function should be called when you implement independent from the view type. Please have a look at here http://jsbin.com/hiyanuqu/1/edit
BTW, there is a similar built in control in sap.m library called Input with Suggestion.
https://openui5.hana.ondemand.com/test-resources/sap/m/demokit/explored/index.html#/sample/sap.m.sample.InputSuggestionsCustomFilter

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Mix Six: "The Re-Record"
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE You can thank both members of the Popdose staff and Styx for this mix. Styx streamed tracks off their new album Regeneration Volume 1 on their Facebook page a couple of weeks ago, and there was a press release promoting "the event" that circulated to all the writers at Popdose – which started a lengthy thread about the merits of the re-records and why artists bother doing them in the first place. So why do artists take the time to re-record their hits? The best answer was given by Chris Difford from Squeeze, who said in a Huffington Post interview: "Well, Squeeze has never owned our own copyrights because, obviously, they're owned by a major record label. We thought it might be fun to re-record our songs to make it possible for us to own a little bit more of our own history." Even if you're just a casual music fan, you probably know that artists rarely own the music they create. Rather, the labels structure album deals so they get the gravy and the artist gets a few drips from the label's plate. It's all very sad and unfair, but when you're starting out as a band, you're often desperate to make a deal, and the labels know this and use it to their advantage. Artists who have staying power can try and purchase the rights to their music (which can be very expensive), or they can do a re-record as a way, to use Difford's phrase, to own a bit more of their own history. The result, as you'll hear, is uneven, but it's interesting to hear an artist try and recreate the magic.
[My thanks to Scott Malchus, Dw Dunphy, Matt Wardlaw, Jeff Giles, and Dave Steed for the song suggestions. ~ Ted]
"Hourglass," Squeeze (Download)
Glenn Tilbrook seems to think that he and Chris Difford sound exactly the same as they did back in the day. And while many of the songs sound very close to the original on Spot the Difference, Tilbrook's voice is sounding a bit weathered on "Hourglass." Still, this song has always been a kind of sleeper favorite of mine — even though it did very well for the group back in 1987. Nowadays? Well, it seems most radio stations are only interested in playing "Tempted," "Cool for Cats," or "Black Coffee In Bed." "Hourglass," however, has a lovably quirky quality that manifests itself in the chorus.
"Sister Christian," Night Ranger (Download)
"Sister Christian" is the biggest hit for Night Ranger, and they re-recorded it. Why? Well, maybe it was for similar reasons as Squeeze re-recorded their hits. But I gotta say that they really did their fans a disservice by doing so. Kelly Keagy tries to capture the power and the magic of when he first laid down the master vocal track for this song back in the early '80s, but I think you can hear that there's something missing from this recording.
"Come Sail Away," Styx (Download)
Yes, yes, yes, we all know that Dennis DeYoung left the Styx corporation years ago, and their current lead singer (Lawrence Gowan) has been with the band for 11 years and singing their hits for audiences around the world. So one would presume that a re-recording of "Come Sail Away" wouldn't stray too far from from the original — but it does at times. The song has always been a cheesy anthem (that I love, by the way), but the weird synth bleeps and burps, stacked drum fills, and uninspired vocals by Gowan make me wonder why the band bothered to re-record this song. Say what you will about DeYoung, but the guy could really sell heartfelt emotion in a song — even when he was singing about robots. Gowan hits all the right notes, but to me he's emotionally divorced from the song and is just going through the motions from start to finish.
"Stone in Love," Journey (Download)
I'm not a Steve Perry purist, so it doesn't bother me that Journey decided to re-record their hits. Arnel Pineda does a fine job of singing "Stone in Love," and brings a seasoned voice to the table. And much like Steve Augeri, Pineda had some mighty big shoes to fill when he got tapped to front Journey. But I think both vocalists rose to the occasion and have given the band a second and third life.
"Detroit Rock City," KISS (Download)
Knowing Gene Simmons' love of money, it was probably his idea to package Sonic Boom with "Kiss Klassics" that were re-recorded. "Detroit Rock City" is a song you don't mess with. I mean, it's a piece of work that represents the band at the pinnacle of their career. And if there were ever a KISS song that achieves perfection, it's "Detroit Rock City." So why mess with perfection? It's difficult to say, but the more I hear this version, the more I hear Gene Simmons' saying: "I think I've found a way to freeze out Peter Criss and Ace Frehley even more!"
"School's Out," Alice Cooper (Download)
What do you think? Is Alice riding the trend of re-recording one's hits to boost his bottom line? Well, if we've learned anything from professors Difford and Tilbrook, it's this: it used to be a big no-no to sell out, but in this age of diminishing profits from record sales, selling out is a big yes-yes.
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History of slot machines began in 1895 year. It was heavy iron machines with three drums and only five symbols. With the plan of time, these symbols were replaced by 50 card faces, what made slots much more popular.
Another name of slot is "one arm bandit" that was received due to the lever, which is situated on the machine's right side. Today slot machines have three or five reels and are equipped both with lever and button. The integral part of slots is so called currency detector that makes out coins. Today, playing slots became very popular, especially for beginners. This type of gambling is easy, has a lot of attractive themes, require small bet to start game and in addition gives more opportunity to win big amounts of money.
Moreover, it is not necessary to visit gambling houses in order to play such casino games as slots: it can be also done through the Internet. There is almost no difference between online slot and casino's one. They are distinguished only by the way of getting earned money, through cash desk in casino or through the virtual account. In comparison with other casino games, slots are based on fortune.
There are three types of slots that are similar both for online gambling and casino.
Straight slots. It is the simplest type of slots, because it is easy to play and understand.
Progressive slots. This type plays the same as previous one, but it has one important peculiarity which is the following: one or several slots are connected among another group of same slots. When a gambler starts play, some small part of his bet is taken to general jackpot. The only thing remains to do - to win until someone else on the same machine will not do this first.
Bonus slots. This machines offer extra games for extra bets, when a player receive certain combination of symbol on the monitor.
Before starting a slot game it is quite important to know personal possibilities. In comparison with Blackjack, for example, slots have no strategy. It will be not out of place to remember that it is very essential to know payout percentage and payout schedule of each slot machine.


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News Energy & environment Nuclear
ONR and Environment Agency to assess ABWR reactor design
By Jason Ford	 16th January 2013 12:36 pm 16th December 2015 12:05 pm
The reactor design for two new nuclear power stations in England and Wales is to undergo a generic design assessment (GDA) by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Environment Agency.
Horizon Nuclear Power intends to use Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) design in power stations proposed for Oldbury in Gloucestershire and Wylfa on Anglesey.
Hitachi completed the £696m acquisition of Horizon from RWE and E.ON in November 2012. Hitachi-GE will now act as technology provider and delivery team leader for Horizon's developments.
These include plans by Hitachi to build two to three 1,300MW plants at each site, with the first units coming online in the mid-2020s.
In a written statement to parliament, energy minister John Hayes said: 'The application is an exceptional one.
'It is an application for GDA of a reactor design that has already been in operation elsewhere in the world.
'And it follows the purchase by the vendor and designer of the intended operator of two sites that have been determined in the Nuclear National Policy Statement as potentially suitable for the deployment of new nuclear power stations, and the purchase of the sites themselves.'
ONR and the Environment Agency said they will now begin preparatory work with the Department of Energy and Climate Change and Hitachi-GE about the timescales and resources involved in assessing this new design.
In December, the independent nuclear regulators concluded a five-year generic design assessment for EDF and Areva's UKEPR nuclear reactor.
They said in a statement, 'In December, we concluded a generic design assessment for the (EDF and Areva) UKEPR nuclear reactor, a process which secured safety enhancements to the original design.
'This experience shows that we have an appropriate model in place to carry out such work, but we also recognise that the ABWR design is different and will present its own unique challenges.'
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Is the gda for the abwr going to take 5 years?


Radio-One, the radio conglomerate has sold it's Miami station and therefore will not sponsor the event. We are sad to announce that the Miami Springfest for 2008 has been cancelled.
I can not confirm or deny this yet. I put in a call and will wait for a reply from Radio One. I will update this entry once I find out for sure.


The introduced research aims to develop a smart elevator control system that takes in consideration the aspects that conventional elevators do not consider like saving time, power, and costs. The introduced system deigned based on a 5-storey building. Using image processing and object recognition techniques to detect passengers and move the elevator car to the requested floor after going through an algorithm depending on the number of passengers inside the elevator's car and the number of passenger waiting for the elevator on each floor. Then it has to decide which floor is more efficient to answer its call first depending on the direction the passengers inside the elevators are heading to. It can offer a solution to the passengers call distribution. The proposed system shows more desirable results than the conventional systems in simulations through less consuming power and increasing the life time for the elevators itself and less economic stuff by decreasing the maintenance costs.
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Hamza Ijaz Abbasi, and Abdul Jabbar Siddiqui, "Implementation of smart elevator system based on wireless multi-hop AdHoc sensor networks," Conference: Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Networked Embedded Systems for Enterprise Applications, NESEA 2011, DOI: 10.1109/NESEA.2011.6144930, Perth, Australia, December 8-9, 2011.
Disha Chandankhede1, Shraddha Lokhande2, Jayashri Belkhode3, Sonu Dhabarde4, and Rajshree Patil, "Smart Elevator System," International Journal of Research In Science & Engineering, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, e-ISSN: 2394-8299, p-ISSN: 2394-8280, March-April 2017.
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MITS Altair Simulator
The Simulator
The MITS Altair is widely accepted to be the computer that first kicked off the personal computer age.
Before the MITS Altair, owning a computer was not something individuals did. Now everybody has a computer in their pocket.
But it all started with the Altair, and Bill Gates (sometimes Richest Guy on Earth) got his first big break on the Altair.
The wonderful thing about learning to code on an Altair meant there was nowhere for the magic to hide. These days many professional programmers do not understand computers from the bottom to the top, because they've always worked in high-level languages and made use of extensively layered software. Programming the Altair was programming the bare metal — no operating system.
If you can write even the simplest of programs on an Altair, then you have a level of insight into how computers really work that puts you in an elite echelon.
You can still find Altairs in museums, and some lucky individuals still have their machines. But they're rare.
Here is a faithful simulation of a MITS Altair, complete with fan noise, switch clicks, volatile memory, and a functioning Intel 8080 processor. It works just like a real Altair, and runs at the correct 2Mhz clock speed.
It's the real thing.
But virtual.
The Altair sprang to life as a construction project in the January and February 1975 issues of Popular Electronics magazine, designed by a fellow called Ed Roberts.
Using a soldering iron and a kit of components, for around $439 you could build your own Altair. This was about two weeks income for the average household at the time, so still a pretty big deal. But any other computer of the time would cost at least ten times that much.
Ed Roberts only expected to sell a few hundred kits, but much to his surprise he sold thousands in the first months.
There was something in the air; the computer revolution was willing itself to happen.
The article, and the Altair, also stimulated the creation of the Homebrew Computer Club, a place where Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs would go to hang out with like-minded souls, and eventually gave rise to Apple, and the iPhone probably lurking in your pocket.
Construction was not for the faint-hearted, and many of the kits were not successfully assembled. MITS also started selling pre-assembled machines for $621 as people came to recognise the exciting thing about computers is software, moreso than building hardware.
Here's a more detailed history, and another detailed history.
Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen wrote the very first Basic interpreter (high level language) for the Altair, the start of Microsoft.
The original Popular Electronics article is large and slow to load, but gives a good flavor of the time.
The MITS Altair ran an Intel 8080 processor at 2Mhz — the direct ancestor of the processor likely inside your desktop or laptop computer, but several million times less powerful.
It came standard with 256 bytes of RAM (not, gigabytes, not megabytes, not kilobytes — just 256 bytes). The architecture allowed for up to 64k of RAM, but anything so large was just crazy-talk; not the least because the memory would lose its contents every time the machine was powered down.
The Altair, like all entry-level computers of the day, had no screen and no keyboard.
It also had no operating system.
Instead, it featured banks of lights and switches. The processor would be manually halted, the memory would be loaded with whatever program and data you wanted (laboriously toggled-in through the switches), then the processor would be re-started and immediately execute whatever instructions it found.
These days we're accustomed to slow boot-sequences, but in reality computers instantly come to life and start executing instructions. It's just usually the operating system that takes control and makes the boot-sequence slow. No operating system, no start-up delay.
The lack of a screen or keyboard obviously meant you weren't going to be playing Call of Duty or surfing the web (there wasn't one), but Altair programmers rejoiced in extreme satisfaction even just getting the LEDs to flash in a certain way, and some did go on to write useful business software and entertaining games on the Altair.
The point of it wasn't necessarily achieving an amazing outcome — the point was in mastering the technology.
Today's computers (and phones) all work on exactly the same principle as the MITS Altair and its contemporaries. It's just the truth is hidden, and so people's understanding is incomplete. For them, there's a level at which things operate "by magic".
With the Altair, you go behind the curtain.
The Intel 8080 was (is!) is very simple CPU.
Only 78 instructions — that's it.
You may have worked with languages like Python or Javascript. These are fairly high-level computer languages, where you express yourself at a fairly abstract level and a lot happens "by magic".
Below that are more powerful but primitive languages, such as C. Computers don't really understand these languages; instead they're handled by another piece of software magic called a "compiler" which converts it into a form the machine can really handle.
Below that is a language called "assembler", which is customarily as low as programmers go (and even then, only relatively few of them). Assembler is a language that works at the level the computer hardware works, but even it is not in a form the computer can directly handle.
The reality is something called "machine code" -- ones and zeros that the computer hardware can directly process.
Your Windows computer, your Macintosh, your smartphone — they all execute machine code. That's all they do. Everything else is a layer of magic applied on top of that reality. Every programming language, web browser, operating system, game, word processor, video software — they all are machine code when the computer runs them.
Machine code is the truth and reality. Everything else you see in a computer is just fancy dress.
Machine code programming isn't all that hard. Here's a link to a (slow loading) original manual for the MITS Altair that starts assuming you know nothing about computers, and takes you through to writing your own program.
Even better, a reformatted version of the same manual, by Kevin Cole.
Also a very useful link to the 8080 instruction set reference card.
And the full Intel 8080 Programming Manual.
Here's a very useful tutorial by Mihai Pruna.
Here's the simulator itself, written entirely in Javascript and with thanks to Martin Maly and Chris Double for their 8080.js Intel 8080 emulator.
To use, it's identical to getting your pre-assembled MITS Altair shipped from New Mexico, opening the box and plugging it in. So read the ALTAIR manuals for info on what the switches do, and read the 8080 instruction set reference for info on the machine language.
Important things to know:
1. First turn it on
2. There's a slide-out at the bottom which will let you "see inside" the processor and inspect registers and memory. This does not exist on real Altairs.
Click here to LAUNCH SIMULATOR
The Intel 8080 is a "Turing Complete" machine, which means anything that any computer can do, a MITS Altair can do too (subject to memory limitations).
In reality, here's a couple of sample goals you could set yourself:
A program that adds two numbers, say 3 and 7, and displays the result on the LEDs
A program that reads the switches, and in the LEDs displays the same pattern
A program that starts at zero and displays a binary count in the LEDs
A single LED on, all the others off, and the active LED sliding up and down the display, over and over
You'd start by reading the original Altair manual (slow to load), which explains everything from the very start in good detail. Understand what the switches do, understand the Intel 8080 instruction set, and get coding.
Or for something much easier on the eye, Kevin Cole's reformatted version of the same manual.
Known differences
There's a few areas in which the simulation is not completely accurate:
Single-step on the Altair operated on a per-cycle level, whereas the simulator operates per-instruction. This is a characteristic of the 8080 library being used.
The updating of the LEDs and reading of the switches is not as speedy or as immediate. This is because the HTML DOM is a lot slower than actual pieces of wire.
Some of the status LEDs are not faithfully simulated.
The Protect switch is not implemented.
Who am I and why did I do this?
I designed and built my own "switch panel" 8080-based computer in the 70's, and taught myself machine code. It wasn't an Altair, but it was somewhat similar. After that I got a degree in computer science and eventually started my own software company, launching a product we developed and sold around the world over a period of 20 years before selling out to a US multi-national.
These days I'm passionate about kids understanding what goes on inside their smartphones -- they live in a digital world, they are digital citizens, so best they understand and control technology rather than the other way around.
My "main" project is S2JS -- an educational webapp that aims to help kids move beyond the (insanely excellent) Scratch programming environment from MIT, and introduce them to a more conventional programming language in the form of Javascript.
There's really no overlap between S2JS and this Altair emulator. Kids these days don't want to flip front panel switches (well, not many of them, anyway). But I'd noticed there was no online Altair emulator and it seemed like an omission that needed rectifying, so here it is.
I never owned or used a real Altair, so if you're an old Altair switch-flipper and notice some aspect of this simulation which isn't accurate, please do let me know.
Or if you're involved with kids who have been learning Scratch and need somewhere to go next, please point them towards S2JS.


As a media buyer previously, I was always frustrated with the lack of tracking on iOS in mobile inventory. However, it was possible to track performance on Android and as Android's market share grew, so did the conversions attributed to mobile display. Mobile apps, however, were another story altogether – as a performance shop, I could not justify buying app inventory. A couple of years have passed since then, and mobile display has exploded. Interesting cross-device targeting & attribution companies (InMobi, AppsFlyer, MediaLets & more) have sprung up to close the loop on mobile at the same time that the issue of ad viewability has come to a head. At a recent member meeting of the IAB, the discussion revolved around mobile ad viewability and the huge challenges that the Media Rating Council (MRC) faces in trying to set standards, especially with app inventory. "This is a tech problem," said the MRC, "and it will be solved with tech." For the company(s) that provide/s that technology, the future is bright.


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Tax Cut Deal Stalls Temporarily In House
Elise Foley
Deputy Politics Editor, HuffPost
Arthur Delaney
Dec 16, 2010, 01:49 PM EST | Updated May 25, 2011
UPDATE: The House of Representatives is slated to vote near midnight Thursday on the bill to preserve extended unemployment benefits and tax cuts for the rich now that Democratic leaders appear to have addressed concerns from rank-and-file members.
After several hours of recess, Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) said members will be allowed to vote against the underlying bill even if an amendment to the bill's estate-tax provision is approved. Previously, if the estate-tax amendment carried, the entire bill would have gone to the Senate immediately without another vote on final approval. Several Democrats who supported the amendment but not the overall package had objected to being forced to vote the same way on both items.
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats planning to push through the Obama tax bill unchanged ran into problems on Thursday as rank-and-file members refused to play their part.
After an hours-long meeting of the Democratic caucus, lawmakers said plans for the vote were still in flux as leadership attempts to determine whether its current plan has enough votes to move forward.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said some Democrats criticized procedures that would only allow lawmakers to introduce one amendment to the bill, and which, if passed, would send the amended package immediately back to the Senate. The current rule allows each party one amendment and an hour and a half of debate time, with 45 minutes of the Democrats' time being granted to those in opposition to the bill. The likely amendment would be a change to the bill's estate-tax provision, presented by Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.).
"A lot of members are saying 'I'd like to amend it, but I'd like to vote against it,' " Waxman said.
Democrats will likely have to alter the rule if they want the bill to pass -- meaning delays in what some had hoped would be a smooth process to approve a bill the Senate passed 81-19 on Wednesday. Though a leadership aide said that Democrats were still whipping support for the rule, Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) said leadership is looking for a way to allow members to vote in favor of the amendment raising the estate tax without voting for the underlying bill. Slaughter said a final vote should happen by the end of the day.
"It may well be that they come to the decision that you just put it out there and you either vote to concur or vote not to," Waxman said. Still, others who opposed the bill said they think it will eventually pass. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said he supports the amendments but not the final bill, which he plans to vote against.
"I think there will be attempts at amendments, but I think it will be difficult to get those amendments through," Cummings said. "You've got the Republicans who like it, so you don't need a whole lot of Democrats. When you combine the Republicans with the Dems, it should pass."
Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) said he wasn't happy with how the rule was put together. Earlier this week, he withdrew his proposal to equalize the duration of unemployment benefits and tax cuts for the rich. The deal, brokered by the White House and congressional Republicans, provides two years of tax cuts for the rich in exchange for just 13 months of extended unemployment benefits.
"Obviously I'm very disappointed that my proposal wasn't included," Wu told HuffPost. "I think it also indicates that we can better perfect the small 'd' democratic process within the Democratic caucus. I think the result might have been different if we had used a different process to determine what we were going to do on this bill."
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) echoed that sentiment.
"There's a pathway that they seek for this bill to move forward," Edwards said, and measures that interfere with the pathway are "not in the cards."
Come 2012 another reauthorization of the federally-funded benefits, which provide up to 73 weeks of aid for people who exhaust 26 weeks of state benefits, would face tough sledding in a Republican-controlled House, even though the unemployment rate is expected to remain above 9 percent.
The benefits lapsed two weeks ago because Congress failed to reauthorize them on time. More than a million people have already missed checks.
Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), who led the charge against the tax deal, said he wants Democrats to be given a chance to make additional amendments to the bill, including changes to tax cuts that could threaten revenue for Social Security.
The leadership is not allowing debate over Social Security because "they don't have the time," Welch said. He said Democratic leaders were not "twisting arms" on the matter and would allow dissenting members to state their case.
Still, he said the momentum from the Senate would make it difficult to block the bill.
"I think the die was cast basically in the Senate," Welch said. "Where we had an opportunity ... was by making senators who were going to hold the middle-class tax cuts hostage to the tax cuts at the high end, make them debate that and vote that over and over again."
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Adicet Bio Closes $51M Series A Financing; Acquires Applied Immune Technologies
IsraelUSA
Published on January 27, 2016 By FinSMEs
Adicet Bio, Inc., a Menlo Park, California-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of next-generation cell immunotherapies, closed a $51m Series A financing.
The round was led by OrbiMed with participation from Novartis Venture Fund and Pontifax.
In addition to the round of funding, Adicet also announced the acquisition of Applied Immune Technologies, Ltd., a Haifa, Israel-based company that develops immunotherapies directed to the intracellular proteome.
The company will use the funds to progress its universal immune cell therapy ("uICT") platform technology and related products and advance Applied Immune Technologies' programs and product pipeline.
Founded by Aya Jakobovits, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, and OrbiMed, Adicet Bio is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company engaged in the design and development of immunotherapies for cancer and other disease indications, with a focus on novel universal immune cell therapies (uICT).
Based on work by Prof. Yoram Reiter, a world leader in the research of immunotherapies directed to the intracellular proteome, Applied Immune specializes in generating and developing T-Cell Receptor-Like ("TCRL™") antibodies with high affinity and specificity to disease-specific intracellular peptides presented on the cell surface by the major histocompatibility complex ("MHC"). The company, which also established Epitarget™, a proprietary technology to identify and validate novel disease-specific peptide targets, will continue its operations in Israel as Adicet's wholly-owned subsidiary.
Following the financing and acquisition, the Adicet Board of Directors will include: Jonathan Silverstein and Carl Gordon, General Partners and Co-Heads of Global Private Equity at OrbiMed, Aya Jakobovits, Florent Gros, Managing Director at Novartis Venture Fund, and Erez Chimovits, Managing Director at OrbiMed Israel.
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Moving a cardiac regulatory protein to the right place
by Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Models for alternative splicing regulation of TTN pre-mRNAs by wild-type (left) and mutant (right) RBM20. Credit: Frontier Research Unit: Gene Expression,TMDU
The largest known protein, titin, named for the Titan giants of Greek mythology, is a molecular spring found in cardiac muscle. It provides structural support and maintains tension during muscle stretching. Mutations in the titin gene, and in the gene encoding its regulatory protein RBM20, cause dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), in which the left ventricle of the heart is enlarged and weakened, and cannot pump blood around the body efficiently.
The RBM20 protein is divided into domains that have remained unchanged throughout evolution, thus sharing identical sequences among different species. Such regions are usually functionally important, but the role of the fully conserved 5-residue RSRSP stretch within an RS-rich region, full of arginine (R) and serine (S) amino acids, had not been investigated. However, this stretch is the site of many different mutations in DCM patients, a mutation "hotspot," so it was ripe for exploration.
An international team of researchers led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) investigated the RSRSP stretch and showed it to be essential for nuclear localization of the RBM20 protein. Chemical modification of part of this stretch was also found to be important in the role of RBM20 as a titin regulator. The study was reported in Scientific Reports.
RBM20 controls a step in gene expression of the titin gene known as splicing, whereby introns are removed to leave the protein-coding exons behind as messenger RNA. Intron-exon processing can exclude certain exons, resulting in two major versions of titin that have distinct effects on normal cardiac function as well as cardiac dysfunction leading to DCM progression.
"We found mutations in DCM patients and examined the effect of mutations, especially those in the RSRSP stretch of RBM20," study authors Hidehito Kuroyanagi and Akinori Kimura say. "Wild-type RBM20 was localized in the nucleus where splicing occurs, whereas the mutations in the RSRSP stretch prevented the protein from localizing there and carrying out its function." However, the mutations had no effect on the actual role of RBM20 in splicing per se.
Mice genetically engineered to carry an RBM20 mutation of the RSRSP stretch seen in DCM patients were unable to express the smaller version of titin like the patients because of the effect of the mutation on the RBM20 function as a splicing regulator. These mice will prove useful as a DCM disease model for future in vivo work.
The team then showed that amino acids in the RSRSP stretch undergo phosphorylation, which is the enzyme-controlled addition of a phosphate group that is often involved in protein activation. "For the first time, we found that two serine residues in the RSRSP stretch are constitutively phosphorylated," corresponding author Hidehito Kuroyanagi explains. "Moreover, the simultaneous phosphorylation of both serine residues was essential for the nuclear localization of RBM20."
More information: Rie Murayama et al, Phosphorylation of the RSRSP stretch is critical for splicing regulation by RNA-Binding Motif Protein 20 (RBM20) through nuclear localization, Scientific Reports (2018). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26624-w
Journal information: Scientific Reports
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Citation: Moving a cardiac regulatory protein to the right place (2018, June 28) retrieved 30 January 2023 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-cardiac-regulatory-protein.html
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Sindh's Chief Minister should do what Punjab's C.M. did
A cleaner Lahore
Sir: A friend of mine visited Lahore after many years and was surprised at the change he saw. The old city, which had been the dirtiest locality in the city not so long ago, was incredibly clean. No plastic bags, no garbage, everything spotlessly clean. Apparently a Turkish company has been given the contract to manage Lahore. The Punjab chief minister has done a great job, with a budget much less than that of Sindh's. I believe we should buy an air ticket for the Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah to visit Lahore to learn how to spend the budget money wisely.
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Doug Risebrough, a four time Stanley Cup champion with the Montreal Canadiens, always played the same way - day in, day out, pre-season or game seven.
Risebrough played with tons of heart and determination, and with a hatred for losing which no doubt was nurtured during his days with the Habs. In Montreal he learned how to win and how not to accept anything less, something he was always able to take with him and make him a better leader.
A leader he was. He captained the Flames to their first Stanley Cup appearance in 1986, only to fall just short to his old Montreal Canadiens teammates. Risebrough was an essential cog in the Flames rise from also-rans to contenders in his four seasons there.
Risebrough was a very physical player, playing much bigger than his 5'11" and 170 lb frame should have allowed. He would hit anything in an opposing jersey, never afraid to get his nose out of joint. Risebrough would pay for this, however, missing significant time in 6 of his 13 seasons, including his final four in Montreal, leading to his trade to Calgary. Among the serious injuries on his medical charts are badly separated shoulders which would lead to early arthritis, a severe groin/abdominal pull, and career ending knee surgery.
While physical, Risebrough walked the line from chippy to dirty. He was among the best pests ever in the game. Who can forget his role in the Battle of Alberta wars between the Flames and Edmonton Oilers. He once received a 6 game suspension for swinging his stick at the head of Glenn Anderson. Another time he used his skates to slice Marty McSorley's discarded jersey to pieces.
Don't get us wrong, Riser was a very good player, too. He was an exceptional skater, blessed with speed and balance and agility. Enhancing his skating abilities was his ability to read the play as it was happening. Best applied defensively, he could anticipate what the opposition was going to do, and break up plays using his vision.
Risebrough was a penalty killing specialist. Firstly, he had outstanding arm and wrist strength, making him one of the best on faceoffs. Throw in his anticipation and skating skills and Riser was a natural born penalty killer. Because of his breakaway speed he was always a short handed threat to score.
Risebrough was never a noted scorer. He never scored more than 23 goals or 60 points, and, largely due to injury, rarely challenged those career highs. He didn't have the hands to match his anticipation skills, so when he turned over the puck he wasn't the greatest offensive threat. He had a hard wrist shot and could use his teammates well if given that extra second.
We subscribe to the theory that Risebrough could have been a better offensive player if he ever was given the opportunity. To crack that dynastic Montreal team in the late 1970s Riser had little choice other than to accept his role as pest, face off and defensive specialist. He was able to establish himself as one of the best at his trade and by the time he left for Calgary, he was destined to fulfill that role forever.
Forced off the ice because of the knee injury, Risebrough became general manager and coach of the Flames. He was burned badly by the Doug Gilmour for Gary Leeman trade, forever overshadowing his accomplishments as GM in Calgary.
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Home » News » DNREC's Division of Fish & Wildlife announces that shellfish aquaculture has begun in Delaware's Inland Bays
DNREC's Division of Fish & Wildlife announces that shellfish aquaculture has begun in Delaware's Inland Bays
by Administrador web|Published May 22, 2018
When a new shellfish grower recently placed his first shipment of tiny oysters in growing cages in Rehoboth Bay, it marked the physical start of Delaware's shellfish aquaculture program administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's Division of Fish & Wildlife.
"Planting" the tiny oysters on leased acreage was the realization of an idea that began in 2012 with conversations between DNREC, the Delaware Department of Agriculture, the Center for the Inland Bays, Delaware SeaGrant, and stakeholders – and which led to legislation in 2013 authorizing commercial shellfish aquaculture in Delaware's Inland Bays.The logo for the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
"We see this as a significant first step in the development of the new shellfish aquaculture industry," DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin said. "We are making great strides in the Inland Bays in improving water quality and the ecology, and shellfish aquaculture contributes to achieving those goals. It is very encouraging to see this first seeding of what will become the foundation for commercially-grown oysters and hard clams in Delaware."
In addition to the leaseholder cited above, DNREC's Shellfish Aquaculture Program has received 23 lease applications to date for the new industry. If all of these applications are approved after the review process, 126 acres will be leased for shellfish aquaculture in the Inland Bays – with maximum acreage limited by law to 5 percent of Rehoboth and Indian River Bays, and 43 acres in Little Assawoman Bay. NOTE: Outside of the leased shellfish aquaculture acreage, the Inland Bays are accessible and open to recreational fishing, crabbing and clamming, subject to Delaware's normal recreational fishing license and regulation requirements.
Applications for shellfish aquaculture leasing are continuously being accepted and evaluated by the Division of Fish & Wildlife. On May 10, DNREC updated the Inland Bays interactive shellfish aquaculture maps to reflect acreage currently available for lease. (For more information on the program, the latest information on the shellfish aquaculture webpage on the DNREC website.)
As with the tiny oysters sown by the new grower in Rehoboth Bay, acreage already leased is showing signs of shellfish aquaculture activity. Throughout spring, shellfish growers have been arranging to purchase young oyster and hard clam "seed" to place on their Inland Bays' leases. These planted shellfish are very small now, but will grow to market size. Shellfish aquaculture is considered environmentally "green" as an industry because shellfish filter the water and get all their nutrition from it. The filtering and feeding of the oysters can result in the reduction of excess nutrients such as nitrogen that cause algal blooms and decrease water clarity.
It is also expected that the new shellfish aquaculture program will result in a boost for Delaware's economy. The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) Fisheries estimated that in 2015, US shellfish farmers produced an estimated $295 million in product. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science estimated that the value of the oysters and clams sold in Virginia alone in 2017 was $56.6 million. In time, and with a lot of care and attention from the state's new shellfish growers, the Inland Bays-grown oysters planted this spring will be available for sale in a year or two.
Source: https://news.delaware.gov/2018/05/21/dnrecs-division-fish-wildlife-announces-shellfish-aquaculture-begun-delawares-inland-bays/
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Earlier this year I wrote a survival guide for Cold Weather Running.
I'm getting hits on it again because baby it's cold outside…again. And early. It seems so strange to have below zero temps in November.
I don't own a treadmill nor have access to one, so I still run daily outside no matter the weather. I will say though that I'm frustrated. Now that I'm running more marathons again, I want to run faster and longer. And when it's cold and icy – well that's impossible to do outside.
With below zero temps – you can't stay out as long, and with icy roads – you have to really slow down. And another thing – there's no way to stay hydrated on a long training run because your water freezes. Yeah. That.
So here I am itching to train – and outside running isn't going to cut it. So I'm considering a treadmill. WHO AM I? But unless I don't want to train from November until March – I really don't have a choice.
I'm reposting my Winter running tips here – but I also want to give a shout-out to my new favorite winter running pants. I have a few pairs of fleece tights – but these Polartec tights from Athleta are AMAZING! Worth the price. You need these!
It's officially two weeks until the Twin Cities Marathon. Do you think it should be said with a "The?" Or just as two weeks until Twin Cities Marathon? Does the "The" make me sound too Californian and how they talk about their roads? I giggled every time I said "The 405" for those few years I lived in LA. Said like it was a living entity. Which I guess – TRUTH – in LA that freeway has a life of its own. But let's talk less about freeways and more about marathon preparation and surviving the taper.
I was feeling a little unsure about hitting my goal race pace two weeks ago when I last wrote about my marathon training. But then I had a great 13 mile run and an AMAZING 22 mile run – and then BOOM I felt ready to set a PR and that my last 15 weeks of training, as well as last year and half of increased running finally paid off. All of the stars had aligned – I was injury free, I had trained well, and finally the summer heat broke and gave me a morning of running in sub-40 temps.
But then the heat came back and the humidity hit nearly 100% yesterday and my 13 miles did not go well. I decided to take it easy and just try to hit under a 9 min mile pace and be happy to be hitting my taper feeling fine and ready. However, to say I wasn't disappointed would be a lie. And then those damn doubts started hitting again.
But deep down I think I know I've got this. And hopefully the weather will stay cool for me. Who wishes away summer? Distance runners do, that's who!
So now I have two weeks until the race and if you've trained for marathons before, you know these two weeks of the taper can be more difficult than even your two weeks of your traning start or the two weeks of your peak mileage.
As they say "The hay is in the barn." Your big training is done and you are prepared – so why do you feel so crazy-anxious.
1. Keep running. A taper doesn't mean you stop or even barely run. You are still running A LOT – only about 30% less each week. So don't make this a running vacation – just a running taper. And you want to run. Keep running. Just less miles. But not zero miles. Running will keep you sane.
2. Now is not the time to set a new PR. Take your runs at a training pace or even some shorter tempo runs. But don't decide to set a new 5K PR and possibly get injured.
3. If you are thinking of buying new shoes or gear or clothes, this is your deadline. I bought new shoes last week so I could take my last "long-ish" run in them. I wouldn't plan to run the marathon in new shoes without getting 2-3 weeks of mileage on them. Same goes for gear or clothing. Make sure you try those new shoes or shirt or socks or bra out. You don't want to find out it's crazy uncomfortable on mile 6 on race day.
4. Carbing-up doesn't start now. It's probable that we will all put on a few pounds over the two week taper as we are running less – but this isn't the time to have a free-for-all in the eating department. Continue to focus on eating healthy, and it's not the time to try new foods a few days before the race.
5. Relax and find some distractions. I'm guilty of thinking WAY to much about my next race and stressing out way too much. I also try to stay away from all running articles and chat boards as I will start to question my training decisions. So find some fun distractions – getting together with friends, heading to see some movies, binge watching a new show on Netflix, trying to figure out your daughter's Algebra homework, get a pet!…you get the idea. I'm actually heading to Costa Rica for six days during my taper. It will be a fun distraction to run in a new spot for a few days. Enjoy life and don't think just about the marathon.
What tips do you have to survive the two week taper before a marathon?
Schools are closed today. Not for snow, but for cold. We had -45 wind chills this morning with actual temps of -22. I went for a four mile run and actually felt a bit overdressed. One layer too many – but it was good to be warm and safe and I take preparation for any cold weather run very seriously.
I also welcome concerned, adult, encouraging, kind and even humorous conversations about crazy cold weather running on social media. But some people like to throw around the word 'stupid' instead. Because that's now how I guess people constructively talk to other people in 2014. Attacking strangers on social media is the new fashion of the season. YAY us!
Which makes me sad for all of humanity. Also now I feel obligated to contact the internets to make sure I'm dressing my kids appropriately when I let them go outside in this cold. Because we did go outside. I have so much guilt.
So to get over my awesome berating on the twitter this morning, we decided to do a cold winter weather science experiment. We boiled water and threw it into the air to see if it really does just freeze immediately into little ice crystals and vaporize. And it does! So cool! (Please note for all of you worried internet people – I did this experiment before my daughter did it just to make sure it really worked so I did not feel like I was putting her at risk that boiling water would rain down on her panda hat cuteness…so please don't call me icky internet words).
Then we went to see Disney's Frozen again and now are even more obsessed with Olaf The Snowman.
Now we are eating popcorn and drinking hot cocoa.
All the good things you are suppose to do when school is called off.
However, now school is also called off for tomorrow. One day off is fun, two days off calls for an emergency plan to keep the kids entertained without donuts and cocoa. Maybe I'll just go for a long run in the frigid temps and think about some fun things we can do as a family.
So do you love when school is called off? What is your favorite activity for kids on a day off from school?
I'm also honored and crazy excited that my post On Being Vulnerable is syndicated on BlogHer today!


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Kostel svaté Maří Magdaleny je farní kostel v římskokatolické farnosti Olešná na Moravě, nachází se v centru vesnice Olešná, která je částí města Nové Město na Moravě. Kostel je orientovanou jednolodní plochostropou klasicistní stavbou s gotickým jádrem, pravoúhlým závěrem, obdélnou předsíní a hranolovou věží. Kostel je chráněn jako kulturní památka České republiky.

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Kostel byl postaven někdy kolem roku 1369, kdy byla zaznamenána první zmínka o osadě Olešná, tehdy vznikla kratší a nižší gotická stavba kostela. Kostel tehdy již měl zaklenutý presbytář a nedaleko kostela stála dřevěná věž, ta od kostela byla oddělena hřbitovem, který byl obehnaný zídkou. V kostele je zazděn náhrobek Wolfganga Ludvíka Hetzera z Aurachu, který byl pohřben v roce 1672. Mezi lety 1788 a 1790 byl kostel přestavěn a také byl zrušen hřbitov a přesunut do místa za osadou. V roce 1786 byla také postavena budova fary. V roce 2000 byl kostel opraven, budova byla v interiéru znovu nalíčena a současně byla odkryta fresková výzdoba z doby kolem roku 1600. V roce 2016 byla opravena fasáda kostela, kdy financování se zúčastnili i obce, které přísluší místní farnosti.

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Russian House of KC is a non-profit organization that promotes cultures of the Russian-speaking community of Kansas and Missouri
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Jewish Family Services (JFS)
We would like to welcome our new member and community partner. Jewish Family Services (JFS) of Greater Kansas City has withstood the test of time. Founded in 1901 as United Jewish Charities, JFS was one of the founding agencies of United Way of Greater Kansas City. From crisis to chronic challenge, mental to spiritual struggle, physical to psychic pain, birth to end of life, JFS provides a breadth of services: Food, Shelter and Employment, Older Adult Programs, Mental Health Services, Family Life Education, and Chaplaincy. Throughout its over 117-year history, JFS has responded to the needs of all Kansas Citians, regardless of religion, race or economic status; over half of the 17,000 individuals we serve each year are not Jewish.
More information can be found online at http://www.jfskc.org/
Writers Place
We would like to welcome the Writers Place, our new member.
The Writers Place is a literary center that advances and celebrates the craft of writing. As a literary community center and gathering place for writers, readers, and the general public, Writers Place provide support, resources, and inspiration for those in our region who care about the word as art.
Learn more about Writers Place
We would like to welcome our new member and a community partner:
Kansas City Ballet.
Founded in 1957, Kansas City Ballet is a 30-member professional ballet company under the direction of Artistic Director Devon Carney and Executive Director Jeffrey J. Bentley. Kansas City Ballet offers an eclectic repertory ranging from the traditional classics to exciting contemporary ballets. Through its professional company, its second company (comprised of KCB II and Trainees) and its many community service programs, we seek to nurture and develop our artists, audiences and students in the values inherent in the creativity, diversity and joy of dance. The company reaches over 20,000 Kansas City students and adults each year through its community education and engagement programs and provides dance training through the Kansas City Ballet School.
Our home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity on the campus of Union Station, in conjunction with our Resident Company status at the world-class Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts has truly positioned Kansas City as a Destination for Dance.
Kansas City Ballet presents Romeo & Juliet
Oct. 13-22, 2017
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy ranks among the world's most enduring stories. Artistic Director Devon Carney brings us his interpretation of this classic masterpiece with soaring choreography and sweeping characters. Don't miss one of the most popular ballets in the world, the fateful embrace of star-crossed lovers. Enjoy the music of Sergei Prokofiev performed live by Kansas City Symphony.
Special offer to our members and friends: 50% off of Zones B or C.
Park University
We would like to introduce our new member: Park University.
Park University is a renowned private university of nearly 10,000 students located just north of downtown Kansas City in beautiful Parkville, MO. Park also features 4 campus centers in the Kansas City area (Downtown KC, Lenexa, Independence and Parkville) and 40 campus centers in the USA.
Excellent Academics - Park features over 60 Bachelor and Master high quality online and face-to-face degree programs in business, music, technology, health and education led by faculty who put students first! Park is also ranked as the #4 four-year college in the USA for adult learners according to Washington Monthly. Park has a world-renowned International Center for Music featuring many Russian-speaking musicians such as the highly skilled pianist Behzod Abduraimov as well as faculty members Stanislav Ioudenitch, Ben Sayevich and Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich and Daniel Veis.
Affordable Education – Park has ranked as one of the top ten lowest cost private universities in the USA according to US News and World Reports!
Personal Attention - With 15-20 students per class from more than 50 countries, students receive personalized attention from professors with a practical educational focus.
Safe/Welcoming Environment- For over 100 years Park has welcomed international students to study in one of the safest communities in Missouri.
Great Location with Career Opportunities- Located in the heart of the USA in the large Kansas City area, we assist students with finding valuable career opportunities through our Career Center.
www.park.edu
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
We would like to introduce a new member of our organization.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City, founded in 1958, is one of the nation's premier regional opera companies and brings high quality live operatic performances to the people of the Kansas City area and a five-state region. Repertoire choices encompass original language performances of standard repertory as well as contemporary and American operas. Lyric Opera also offers innovative and award-winning programs designed to further music and arts education both in schools and in the community.
Mark your calendar.
Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
September 30, October 4 and 6 (7:30 pm) and October 8 (2:00 pm)
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – 1601 Broadway KCMO 64108
With this simple recipe for regret, Tchaikovsky turned Pushkin's classic Russian novel into one of the world's most beloved operas. Awash in aristocratic formality and extravagance, Onegin's youthful disillusionment snowballs into a tragic love story saturated with drama, death, and desperation. Yet, along this cold, dark descent, Tchaikovsky never fails to flood us in famed arias, renowned ballroom dance numbers, and unforgettable moments.
Special offer.
Enjoy this classic Russian opera and receive a discount of 25% off regular ticket price by joining the Russian House of Kansas City group order.
Contact us for details and RSVP for group orders.
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Brooklyn Decker(I)
Band Aid (2017)
Actress and former model Brooklyn Danielle Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, the oldest child of Tessa Renee (Moore), a nurse, and Stephen Michael Decker, a pacemaker salesman. She has a younger brother, Jordan. Decker has German, English, and Irish ancestry. When she was a teenager, she was discovered by a talent spotter in a shopping mall in Charlotte, North Carolina and embarked on a modeling career. Her first modeling engagement was for a prom dress maker.
Huge modeling success followed, with Decker appearing in various magazines and campaigns. In 2006, she appeared in her first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Decker appeared again in the 2007 and 2008 issues, and was the cover girl in 2010. Alongside modeling, Decker began acting, winning roles in TV series such as Chuck (2007), Royal Pains (2009) and Ugly Betty (2006). She then moved on to movie projects, including Just Go with It (2011), Battleship (2012) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012).
Since 2009, Decker has been married to tennis player Andy Roddick.
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Kettering, Ohio, USA
Andy RoddickApril 17, 2009 - present (2 children)
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Tessa Renee Decker (Moore)
Jordan Decker (Sibling)
TV commercial "Breaking Up?" for the BMW X1 compact SUV.
She, her mother and grandmother share the same birthday.
I'm named after a horse. My mom's best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested 'Brooklyn' as a more formal version, and it just stuck. And now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.


This page describes how to set up the utility library for the Maps SDK for iOS. If you like, you can also install the utility library's demo app into a temporary Xcode project, and run it to see examples of the library's functionality.
The utility library is available as a CocoaPods pod named Google-Maps-iOS-Utils. CocoaPods is an open source dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects.
For details, see the CocoaPods Getting Started guide.
Choose either Swift or Objective-C when prompted. CocoaPods updates your spec repositories, then opens the demo in a temporary Xcode project named SwiftDemoApp.xcodeproj or ObjCDemoApp.xcodeproj.
Edit the AppDelegate.swift or AppDelegate.m file in your Xcode project, and paste your API key into the definition of the kMapsAPIKey constant.
If you don't already have a pod file for your project, create a file named Podfile in your project directory. This file defines your project's dependencies.
Note: The marker clustering utility is dependent on the quadtree, but you can use the quadtree without marker clustering. If you want only the quadtree utility, you can change pod 'Google-Maps-iOS-Utils' to 'Google-Maps-iOS-Utils/QuadTree' in your pod file.
Add a new header file in your project's root folder. Name the file whatever you like, with a file name extension of .h.
In the Xcode project editor, select the main project.
Go to Build Settings in the Xcode build editor.
In the build settings, find Swift Compiler - Code Generation.
In the Objective-C Bridging Header section, add the path to the header file you created.
For more details, see Apple's guide to using Swift and Objective-C in the same project.


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