Police and the family of missing person, 31-year-old Eimantas Gerdvilis, are becoming increasingly concerned for his welfare.
Mr Gerdvilis was last seen in the Killycomain Gardens area of Portadown in the early hours of Saturday, February 13.
He is described as being about 6ft tall, of medium build and with balding dark hair. He is believed to have been wearing a tracksuit, blue shoes and a silver/ grey puffer jacket.


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        Running with Scissors

                        author

                        Augusten Burroughs

                        original language
English

                        published
2002

Back cover

The true story of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull an electroshock-therapy machine could provide entertainment.

Opening

My mother is standing in front of the bathroom mirror smelling polished and ready; like Jean Naté, Dippity Do and the waxy sweetness of lipstick. Her white, handgun-shaped blow-dryer is lying on top of the wicker clothes hamper, ticking as it cools. She stands back and smoothes her hands down the front of her swirling, psychedelic Pucci dress, biting inside of her cheek.

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Constance ('Connie') Kimble dies at age 79
Constance ("Connie") Kimble, family matriarch, teacher, nurturer, loving, caring, supportive, selfless mother, grandmother, and Nana, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the Orange Regional Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill, N.Y. She was 79.
Daughter of the late James and Mae Baggatta, she was born on Nov. 8, 1939, in Middletown, N.Y.
Connie had been employed as a monitor in the Middletown City School District and served at the Mechanicstown School and also the Presidential Park School. She was a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Bullville, N.Y. Connie was also a member of the Jaycee's, the D&H Dance Group, and the Marching Middies Booster Club.
Survivors include her son, James A. "Duke" Kimble and his wife, Sandi, of the Town of Crawford, N.Y.; daughters, Jo-Marie Totten and her husband, William, of Milford, Pa., and Sherri-Lynn Brockett and her husband, Randy, of Otisville, N.Y.; daughter-in-law, Carol Kimble of Port Jervis, N.Y.; her loving partner, Arthur Gambetti of Pine Bush, N.Y.; her brother, Louis Baggatta of Sullivan County, N.Y.; grandchildren, Kara and Rick Tompkins of Montgomery, N.Y., Hope Totten of Tennessee, Brice Smith and his fiancé, Karina Torruella, of Middletown, William G. Totten III and his fiancé, Marissa Kaleita, of Hamburg, N.J., Donald H. Kimble III and his wife, Ande, of Milford, Pa., Meghan Smith and Albert Sanchez of Middletown, and Rachel M. Totten of Milford, Pa.; great-grandchildren, Jaylen Jones, Gage Smith, Dominic Totten, Aubree Kimble, Aidan Kimble, Jaxon Kimble, Reid and Garret Tompkins.
Connie was predeceased by her husband, Donald H. Kimble Sr.; son Donald H. Kimble Jr.; sister Judy Marino; and brother James Baggatta.
Visitation was held May 11 at the Cornelius, Dodd and Connell Funeral Home, Middletown.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered May 13 at St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Bullville, N.Y. the Rev. Sean Harlow, O. CARM. was the Celebrant. Interment followed in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Middletown.
Memorial contributions may be to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

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Knowing the Good Bugs from the Bad Bugs makes a huge difference when growing food.
This is the Crane Fly. It is quite large (larger than the diameter of a quarter). I found this one on a blackberry leaf.
This is a bad bug.
Although not in my area, they can be invasive. They tend to feed on roots, root hairs and the crown of the plant stunting it and minimizing production.
There is absolutely no need to spray pesticides for these. Simply (if yo have the guts) hand pick them! Or, use duct tape!
Not to worry, they DO NOT bite.


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Film Review: The Mothman Legacy
Fans of Cryptozoology will find much to enjoy about Seth Breedlove's latest documentary film, The Mothman Legacy. This film marks his second dive into the pervasive Mothman myth (Mothmyth? Mythman?). The first was 2017's The Mothman of Point Pleasant, which focused on the accounts of a group of children on one fateful bus trip. Breedlove returns to the West Virginia town which remains the epicenter of Mothman sightings and mythology, and is also home to the world's premiere museum on the subject. Breedlove interviews "eyewitnesses", and the family behind the museum who have their own chilling encounter stories.
There are indeed many similarities between accounts, including height (it's always said to be at least 6 feet tall), vast wingspan (between 10 and 20 feet), and glowing red eyes. It always leaves by shooting straight up into the air at a high speed. More troubling, every person who reports an encounter, also tells of a personal tragedy occurring weeks, or sometimes just days later. Is the Mothman a harbinger of doom, like the Banshee of Celtic lore? As one of the interviewees wisely states, "An absence of evidence doesn't necessarily indicate evidence of absence."…
Read the rest at Hammer to Nail!
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When I mentioned a Hot Pot restaurant in Chinatown, my English friends were baffled. In their mind, they associated this with a wintery stew from up north. Well, Hot Pot in the Asian context is sometimes called Steamboat or in some parts of the world, Mongolian Hot Pot. It is thought to have originated in Mongolia about 100 years ago. Now you will find versions of hot pot all over China and South East Asia or wherever you find the Chinese diaspora.
Hot Pot in Chinatown is part of a big Thai chain and this is their first outlet in London. It's a spacious and modern space with built in induction hobs on the tables, not cramped and cluttered like some others in Chinatown. The tables are well spaced out and the staff are friendly and helpful. If you have not had Hot Pot before, they will talk you through it. Yes, you have to cook your own food.
As they only serve hot pot, the menu is just a selection of the raw foods available. You choose two broths from the 5 available. Being a Thai chain, I expect their Tom Yum to be good. We chose Tom Yum and a plain chicken broth. The Tom Yum was fiery and the chicken was made from scratch. The other popular choices are the Szechuan Mala (spicy) or the herbal chicken soup (an acquired taste).
In other Hot Pot restaurants in Chinatown, they are mainly mainland Chinese and the choice of broths and meats are quite different. Expect Hot Pot to be different.
While you are waiting, you can order some starters like a Thai green papaya salad. There is a sauce bar where you help yourself to a variety of hot and not so hot sauces. I'd recommend the House Sauce, tangy and spicy and just perfect for dipping.
What is Hot Pot or Steamboat?
It is a meal where everyone cooks their own food in a communal pot of broth. Think, Chinese fondue. It's really popular in Asia as it's a great excuse to get big groups together for a meal. It's highly interactive and there's something for everyone.
We like to do Hot Pot parties at home in the winter as it's very sociable and a great alternative to a dinner party. Get's everyone energised and involved. Instead of a table top hob, we have special Steamboat pots that is heated by charcoal. Usually, we make some dumplings to cook in the steamboat too.
How to eat Hot Pot?
You firstly order your broth and a selection of food to cook in it. Everyone has their own ladle and sometimes, a little basket like ladle too. This is to cook with and to fish out bits from the pot.
When the broth first arrives, don't be tempted to put everything in at once. Start with the things you want to eat and also what takes the longest to cook, like meat. Most of the meat is sliced very thinly so it cooks very quickly.
The etiquette is to pick up bits that you want to eat and put it in your ladle, then hold this in the soup. Alternatively, you can follow, the "throw it all in and do a lucky dip" style. The temperature would have dropped a bit so put the lid on and turn up the heat until it boils. Then turn it down and everyone can start picking what they want.
We chatted, dipped, fished, ate and drank 0ur fill while catching up. Time flew by and you don't really notice it.
This is how it continues until you have had your fill. The broth is constantly topped up through the meal, so there is always plenty.
What to order for the Hot Pot?
We ordered the Tom Yum and the chicken broth. The tom yum is very spicy but you can cool down with one of their ice drinks, I recommend the watermelon.
Depending on whether your group is vegetarian or not. Here I am going to assume you are all carnivores. We like to order a mixed selection of meat, seafood and vegetables. As you cook, all the ingredients will infuse a bit of flavour into the broth, making it rich and delicious at the end.
So my non-Asian friends might not be familiar with what's on the menu or what strange things that appear on the vegetable tray. I can't translate it all but it's all delicious with no strange animal body parts.
We saw another table ordering crab but though it looked nice, would have been very messy to eat.
It's safe for pregnant women to have hot pot too, just make sure that all the food is cooked well before you eat it.
Can you drink the Hot Pot Broth?
Yes, you absolutely can. It's the best part of the meal.
When you've had your fill of the meat and fish, time for some noodles. There is usually a choice of noodles, from egg noodles to rice noodles. To make the noodles, take a handful and put it in your ladle. Dunk the whole thing into the broth for about 1 minute to warm it up. Then put this in your bowl. Top up with the soup and anything else you fancy that is still cooking in the pot. At this point, you can add an egg to the noodles.
Poach your egg in your own ladle in the soup. Make sure you hold on to it until the whites go opaque or it could go swimming in the soup and be lost forever.
Up until the noodles, it has been a really low carb, high protein meal. You won't leave the table feeling bloated.
Dunking our prawns into the broth. When they turn pink they are done.
This is my favourite of the Hot Pot places in Chinatown. It's a cut above. If you have never had Hot Pot, get a few friends and try this place. They've got quality ingredients and a nice environment. Go for the super hot Tom Yum soup and cool it down with an iced watermelon. Once you've done it once, you will keep going back.


Join the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department at the new Dead Creek Visitor Center in Addison to learn more about bird banding and conservation. Songbird banding will take place from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. 16, 17 and 21. Owl banding will take place from 8 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20.
Members of the public will help identify the birds, observe the banding process, and can even help release the birds after they are banded. There will also be stations to identify birds using binoculars, a hunter education station to learn about waterfowl blinds and decoys, and a station with stuffed bird mounts.
Interested school groups are asked to contact Corey Hart at corey.hart@vermont.gov.
The new Dead Creek Visitor Center is located at 966 Route 17, Addison.


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Bike mechanic lands job at NASA after impressing customer by keeping his bike running smoothly
Steve Partida hopes his story can inspire other bike mechanics
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By Henry Robertshaw
Bicycle mechanics may be more familiar with fixing dodgy gears and creaky headsets, but mechanic in America will be swapping all that for something more out of this world.
Stephen Partida, who, for the next few weeks at least, works at the Bike Effect shop in Santa Monica, California, has been offered a job at NASA by a customer who was apparently very impressed by Partida's work.
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Cycling Industry News (opens in new tab) reports that Partida took to Facebook in an attempt to inspire his fellow bike mechanics of the importance of their work, telling them not to forget to treat every customer with respect.
"The customer liked my attitude, work ethic, and my quality work," Partida wrote.
"I kept his bicycle in top shape and it paid off tremendously. I'll be building spacecraft that will travel to Mars and beyond.
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Writing a group for his fellow mechanics, Partida said that he hoped his story could provide inspiration for others.
"I'm writing this not to brag bu to inspire. Don't underestimate your own abilities as bicycle mechanics. You do great things. You stem from a long lineage of great and you are capable of doing greater things.
"Don't discount a single customer that walks in your doors. Treat everyone with the same level of respect that you would want to be treated with. The alter egos of your customers will surprise you."
Henry Robertshaw
Henry Robertshaw began his time at Cycling Weekly working with the tech team, writing reviews, buying guides and appearing in videos advising on how to dress for the seasons. He later moved over to the news team, where his work focused on the professional peloton as well as legislation and provision for cycling. He's since moved his career in a new direction, with a role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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The world is changing and fast, with the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain all leading the way. These exciting developments are already having an impact on supply chains and this will only increase with time.
As customers needs change what trends will disrupt the supply chain in 2018?
Amazon the retail giant are a perfect example of supply chain innovation with them processing over 400 orders per second during peak times. This is not by chance as Amazon have invested heavily in their supply chain technology over the last few years allowing them to take control of the online retail space. In 2014 they introduced same day delivery which many thought could never work (how wrong they were).
This success has led to consumers demanding faster and more streamlined services. In 2018 JOH Partners expect that this consumer demand will spread to other industries such as the automotive and industrial manufacturing sectors. Innovation in the supply chain will be key to staying relevant in 2018.
A Capgemini Consulting survey found that 98% of 3PLs said that improving, data-driven decision making is 'essential to the future success of supply chain activities and processes'. Additionally, 81% of shippers and 86% of SPLs surveyed said that using big data effectively is fast becoming a core competency of their supply chain organisation.
Supply Chain Management Review predict that in 2018 companies will begin to utilise geography specific data to anticipate the demand for a region, allowing them to ship in advance.
A Label Insight study suggested that 94% of consumers will stay loyal to a brand that is transparent meaning that data-driven logistics will play a key role in aiding communication along the supply chain.
By 2020 Gartner believe that the number of connected devices to the IoT will have more than tripled, suggesting that there could be as many as 20.8 billion globally. This will lead to massive revenue opportunities in supply chain operating efficiencies.
In 2018 IoT devices can be used to improve vendor relations with communication happening in real-time and the improved communication will also make tracking assets considerably easier as IoT sensors can provide much more accurate inventories than a human can.
In 2018 we will see delivery robots becoming more involved in last mile deliveries. With concerns over public safety regarding drone we have seen a more focus given to land-based robot delivery systems powered by AI software.
Many organisations are now investing huge amounts of money into the development of robot delivery systems in an attempt to save costs in the long run. A study conducted by ARK Investing Group predicted that drone delivery would cost Amazon less than $1 per shipment, while they currently spend approximately $5.75 on shipping per package.
As many logistics providers are asset-based their need to think about sustainability will play a key role in 2018 for example when purchasing transportation. P&G, the world's leading provider of consumer goods, recently stated on their website that they aim to have 'zero manufacturing waste to landfill'. In 2017, UPS announced they would add additional compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet which has more than 4,400 vehicles.
A study by Nielson found that 66% of respondents would pay more for a product or a service if the company was committed to positive social and environmental change.
Consumer power will push more companies to make their supply chains green this year.
Contact JOH Partners today to discuss further your companies supply chain talent need.
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BLU Logic integrates with your factory audio system, so your incoming and outgoing cellular calls are heard through your front factory speaker.
With BLU Logic, you can answer your incoming calls with the push of a button, while outgoing calls are as simple speaking into the fixed microphone provided.
The sound level of incoming calls is easily adjusted up or down with simple, clearly identified button functions.
BLU Logic works with most Bluetoothtm capable cellular telephones, and the system can be programmed to recognize and pair up to seven different cellular phones, accommodating various occupants.
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Water affects the design of every building, site, and city in aesthetic, functional, and symbolic ways. This course examines issues of water-conserving design, with an emphasis on urban water use and stormwater management. In addition to lectures and discussion, workshop participants will develop water-conserving design proposals at the site and neighborhood scales informed by international precedents and practice.


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International Cooperation to Improve Access to and Sustain Effectiveness of Antimicrobials
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Christine Årdal, Kevin Outterson, Steven Hoffman, Abdul Ghafur, Mike Sharland, Nisha Ranganathan, Richard Smith, Anna Zorzet, Jennifer Cohn, Didier Pittet, Nils Daulaire, Chantal Morel, Zain Rizvi, Manica Balasegaram, Osman Dar, David L. Heymann, Alison Holmes, Luke Moore, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Marc Mendelson and John-Arne Røttingen
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Blood Stream Infection Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Mortality Hazard in HIV-Positive Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data
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David A. Barr, Joseph M. Lewis, Nicholas Feasey, Charlotte Schutz, Andrew D. Kerkhoff, Shevin T. Jacob, Ben Andrews, Paul Kelly, Shabir Lakhi, Levy Muchemwa, Helio A. Bacha, David J. Hadad, Richard Bedell, Monique van Lettow, Rony Zachariah, John A. Crump, David Alland, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Krishnamoorthy Gopinath, Sarman Singh, Rulan Griesel, Gary Maartens, Marc Mendelson, Amy Ward, Christopher M. Parry, Elizabeth A. Talbot, Patricia Munseri, Susan E. Dorman, Neil Martinson, Maunank Shah, Kevin Cain, Charles M. Heilig, Jay Varma, Anne von Gottberg, Leonard Sacks, Douglas Wilson, S. Bertel Squire, David G. Lalloo, Geriant R. Davies and Graeme Meintjes
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This second part of a two part series of white papers provides discussion of the differences in function of differential and single-ended voltage measurement for industrial process measurement and control. Part One focused primarily on single-ended voltage measurement, how it differs from differential, and in what application context it can be best applied. This white paper, provided below, delves into differential voltage measurement and how it may be advantageous, even necessary, in a range of application scenarios.
The papers are produced by Acromag, Inc., a globally recognized manufacturer of signal conditioning equipment. Information about Acromag's extensive product offering is available from M.S. Jacobs & Associates, as well as technical details and application assistance.
Process control requires process measurement. The industry provides a enormous array of measuring devices for almost every conceivable process parameter. Selecting the right signal conditioner that will convert a current process state into a signal to be transmitted to and utilized by a controller can be challenging. One area of confusion centers around whether to use differential or single-ended voltage measurement.
Acromag, Inc., a globally recognized manufacturer of signal conditioning equipment for industrial process measurement and control, has provided a white paper that helps sort out reasons behind a beneficial selection of single-ended or differential voltage measurement devices. Explanation of how each functions and tips on selection criteria for an application are also provided. The technicality of the language is at a level that is comprehensible to most, but retains that exciting engineering edge for the purists among us. The first part of two (Part Two), provided below, focuses mostly on single-ended measurement. Part two covers differential.
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Point to point wiring from each measurement device to the control point.
Wireless linkup from measurement location to controller.
Wired network connection between measurement and control devices.
Power wiring options that allow back connected bus power or top mounted screw terminals. You can even provide primary and backup power sources to the two connections.
Front facing screw terminals for connections make status checking of inputs a simple operation with your digital volt meter.
Modules are rail mounted and can be placed immediately adjacent to one another for high density installation.
Modules have a built in webpage for display of operational information. Configuration is accomplished using a front mounted USB port.
Operable in temperatures -40 to +70 deg. Celsius.
Two Ethernet ports on each unit allow modules to be daisy chained, reducing or negating need for local hubs.
Acromag's Priority Channel Technology assures that data update frequencies are maintained, regardless of other network traffic.
The short video below provides additional detail on the useful features of the Acromag line of industrial Ethernet I/O modules. Watch the video. Share your process measurement and control connectivity challenges with a sales engineer specializing in industrial Ethernet I/O. Combine your process knowledge with the state of the art product knowledge of a product specialist for the best solutions.
Welcome to the third and final part of this series on electrical grounding for equipment and instruments. Part One and Part Two can be found as previous posts to this blog, and I hope you read them too. Those initial parts provided practical knowledge about equipment grounding and personnel protection in a format understandable to anyone. Those of us more deeply involved with electrical matters likely know someone that could benefit from these articles and I urge you to share.
This third installment includes a section entitled "Some Basic Ground Rules For Wired Equipment" which lists out an array of useful tips for connecting wired signals to devices, and more.
Product specialists are always on hand to discuss and solve your process measurement and control issues. Combine the process knowledge of the on site stakeholder with the product and application expertise of the professional sales engineer to produce the best outcomes.
Electricity, like many beneficial trappings of modern society, is both beneficial and dangerous. Protecting users of equipment and appliances from the potentially harmful impact of electric shock is a socially accepted mandate that has been codified everywhere in the developed world.
You can find the initial installment on our previous blog post, and the third installment follows this blog post. All three parts are recommended reading for anyone, but stakeholders in process measurement and control will benefit from refreshing and enhancing their understanding of this important subject. It is a quick read and presents technical subject matter in a way that can be comprehended by anyone.
Grounding of electrical equipment and electronic instrumentation is an aspect of project design and implementation that sometimes gets taken for granted. To say that proper electrical grounding is important is an understatement because, without it, certain safety aspects that we rely upon will simply not work. Additionally, and often more confounding, is the intermittent, unexpected, or bizarre behavior of electronic measurement and control devices when proper electrical grounding is not established.
In my reading of the white papers, I gathered a few things I did not know, refreshed a few I had forgotten, and reinforced my understanding of the topic. There is something in the documents for everyone, and a small investment in time will yield some benefit. All stakeholders in industrial process measurement and control, from the factory floor to the executive office, should have the basic understanding contained in these papers.
Part One of the three part series is below. Part Two and Part Three will be published simultaneously in posts following this one. You can get any level of application assistance you need from the sales engineers that specialize in industrial process equipment, measurement, and controls. Their product knowledge and technical resources, combined with your process mastery, will yield the best solution to any issue.
Big Signal Loop? Consider Using a Splitter.
In the cabled process measurement and control world, the 4 to 20 milliampere signal is generally considered the standard for transmitting analog control and measurement signals over any distance.
There is an immense array of instrumentation and controllers available for use with 4-20 ma signals, so expertise in routing and delivering those signals should be part of your process M&C skill set.
There are other devices available that may combine special characteristics that solve your signal transmission challenges. Contact a product specialist and discuss your existing or anticipated project requirements. I continually urge engineers to take their process expertise, combine it with the extensive product knowledge of a professional sales engineer, and produce the best possible outcome.


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August 22, 2019 August 3, 2019 alasdairstuart
Apollo at 50
This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you liked it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here.
I have, of course, spent a good chunk of the week up to my knees in the Apollo anniversary programming. It's been heady and weird, depressing and uplifting watching the old footage alongside some innovative and at times wildly eccentric new perspectives.
Let's rip the bandaid off first. Fifty years ago people were concerned about the environment, a seemingly unwinnable war or two overseas and whether or not we really should be spending all this money on something that isn't houses and jobs for poor people. It plays a lot like the issue of Sandman which introduces the immortal Hob Gadling; a story bookended by two pub conversations, centuries apart which are essentially about the same things.
But while there's reassurance here there's also entitlement and complacency. We can, and have waited for the future to come when we could have gone out and built it. But instead of a first step Apollo has come to be viewed as a destination and you can see the seeds of that here.The surly bonds of Earth have been stripped and now all we have to worry about is waiting for the next trans-lunar shuttle. Seeing BBC Panorama's counsel of luminaries, including an impossibly young Brian Aldiss, discuss the philosophical impact of the landing was especially weird. The greatest minds of their time, which was fifty years ago, talking about a future which, for us, has yet to arrive.
So there's that, the sense of a brave new world which a full lifetime and a bit for me later, is still brave, new and years away. But on the upside there's the genuine sense of wonder and awe.. The German live coverage was fronted by a brilliantly enthusiastic broadcaster with a desk full of papers and a pair of guys in silver overalls simulating Armstrong and Aldrin's landing. When the landing was confirmed, seeing Walter Cronkite, another name for God in the annals of broadcast journalism, visibly tear up was incredibly powerful. Even the BBC, terribly proper then as opposed to the 'EPIC BANTS AND DYSTOPIA!' It defaults to so often now, was oddly sweet to watch. Lots of serious people in bow ties discussing the implications of an event that had clearly shaken them to their core.
These images still have incredible power, more so because of the manner they were presented. Channel 4's coverage cheerfully refused to be tidy and we saw countless moments of humanity in among those vast beats of achievement and history. In the 'Go/No Go' rundown seconds before launch, you can hear Poppy Northcott. The only woman in Mission Control, forgotten for decades but inescapably present, indisputably there. A road that would lead to Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, Christa McAuliffe, Cady Coleman beginning with one simple incredibly powerful 'Go.' Poetry in rocketry, hiding in plain sight.
Danie Ware talks here about the magic of little things and that's what so much of this brilliant coverage exposed. The polite lie that Mike Collins would be able to 'swoop down and rescue' Aldrin and Armstrong had they got in trouble is delivered with a straight face. Minutes later it's followed by a terse conversation between Eagle and Ground Control wherein Aldrin explains a switch has snapped off and they think they can fix it.
A switch.
Snapped off.
In the truck cabin you're sharing with your commanding officer, while both wearing deep sea diving suits, perched on top of a chicken wire and good intentions frame holding a bottle rocket under you. Which is on the MOON. They fixed it. I'd have thrown up, fixed it, maybe thrown up again and needed a nap.
This was HARD. This took brilliant people a decade to do at a level where it was PRETTY certain stuff would work out and even then the Eagle was 17 seconds from using all it's fuel, off course and had to be looked for by Collins during overflights. Alone. 250,000 miles from home. Looking for the only two people he could share a ride home with. Who, by the way, joked with each other about whether the door was locked or not ON THE LADDER TO THE LUNAR SURFACE LIKE IT WAS NOT IN FACT A THING.
The Moon landings? VERY much a thing.
That combination of gloriously weird humanity (There's a lovely Collins quoteabout how he had warm coffee and peace and quiet before they came back) and epic awe inspiring achievement powers the Channel 4 coverage but it isn't the only new perspective this anniversary found.
The BBC's 8 Days: To the Moon and Back, directed by Anthony Phillipson not only includes a lot of these moments (One of which is my favorite conspiracy trail head, the Chinese folk tale the crew were told to keep an eye out for) but wraps them up in something I've genuinely never seen before. Patrick Kennedy, Jack Tarlton and Rufus Wright play Collins, Aldrin and Armstrong respectively and the words they say are exactly the words the astronauts used.
So are the voices.
The actors are fed real time recordings of in capsule conversations and re-enact them. There's still emotional nuance and physical presence to the performances but it's given a superstructure of established history that gives the whole thing, oddly enough, a unique voice. It's great work from the actors too whose emotional trajectory matches the astronauts' as well as their speech patterns. Not an easy choice to make, but then even that's thematically appropriate.
The Apollo program, all of it, was humanity at its best built on rockets based on designs by humanity at its worst. It's an extraordinary story and one that rewards you the further in you dive. The shows I mentioned today will be available for at least the next 30-60 days I would guess. Here's 8 Days: To the Moon and Back, the Channel 4 coverage and If you want more, I cannot recommend From The Earth To The Moon by HBO highly enough.
Jack Tartlon
Patrick Kennedy
Rufus Wright
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If there are two things that Vienna got plenty of, it is churches and composers. Therefore, it isn′t really surprising if the two things are often combined: Plenty of churches have occupied composers and musicians and now claim to be that very one church that is particularly close to a certain composer. This works pretty well, since many composers, including the entire Vienna Classic school, moved around all their life like crazy - thus, giving a share of their fame to plenty of houses, theatres and churches. The Gumpendorfer Kirche, also called Kirche St. Aegidius or St. Ägyd has close ties with Joseph Haydn.
The father of the Vienna Classic school had a house near the church, in today′s Haydngasse. There he spent the last (and fairly unproductive) years of his life, enjoying his wealth, fame and parrot (who outlived him by many years and was later sold for a fortune - apparently he was able to say "Papa Haydn!"). When Joseph Haydn died in 1809, his body was laid in the Gumpendorfer Kirche. There is a plate on the façade of the church that commemorates this event and clever people have tried to spread the name "Haydnkirche" for the church. The Haydn memorial, however, can be found in front of the nearby Mariahilferkirche.
A few words on the earlier history of the Gumpendorfer Kirche: The oldest written record for a church on this site dates back to 1244. This was when the area of Gumpendorf was still a village outside of Vienna. With time, the population of Gumpendorf grew, as the street between Vienna and the village (today′s heavy-traffic-road Gumpendorferstraße) became an important trade route. At some point the Kirche St. Aegidius had become too small and a new building was needed. An architect by the name of Josef Reymund was hired in the mid-18th century for demolishing the old, small church and building a bigger and better one. He did so by using the stones of the Medieval church.
The construction took place from around 1765; but it was an ongoing project that span several decades. For all sorts of reasons (financial ones, changes in the plans), the completion of the new Gumpendorferkirche just didn′t happen. Three Emperors had come and gone, Napoleon had been defeated and Joseph Haydn had died when the church was finally and officially opened in 1820.
The opening mass was celebrated by Archbishop Sigmund Count of Hohenwart. The long construction time is echoed by the style of the church: Both late Baroque and neo-Classicist elements can be found. The façade is decorated with St. Leopold and St. Joseph. The interiors were partly added after the opening in 1820.
Attractions nearby include the Haydnhaus (run by the Wien Museum as one of the Musikerwohnungen), the Raimund Theater, the Westbahnhof, the church Maria vom Siege, the Mariahilferstraße, the Stadthalle and the Vienna Public Library. If you walk southwards, you get to he Wienzeile, from where you can stroll via the Naschmarkt (Vienna′s biggest farm market) to the Karlsplatz Square with its many attractions.


The job purpose is to manage the data and processes within the 3 HR systems, SelectHR, aCloud Recruitment and SelectPay. To work with colleagues responsible for Access Dimensions and Access Focal point to ensure seamless integration of the ERP.
Assist colleagues across the range of HR related responsibilities.
IIED is a policy and action research organisation. We provide expertise and leadership in sustainable development at local, regional, national and global levels to improve livelihoods and protect the environments on which these livelihoods are built. We specialise in linking local priorities to global challenges. IIED is based in London and works in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and the Pacific, with some of the world's most vulnerable people. We work with them to strengthen their voice in the decision-making arenas that affect them — from village councils to international conventions. In alliance with others, we are helping to tackle the biggest issues of our times – from climate change to the pressures on natural resources and the forces shaping local markets.
This role is based in the Human Resources Team.
Responsible for the effective management of IIED's HR data within SelectHR, aCloud Recruitment and SelectPay.
Develop and produce reports and statistics as required.
Oversee the authorisation process within SelectHR's Self-Service.
Update the staff list and other HR information documents as necessary.
Assist the Head of HR with the "Sabbatical" applications and Performance and Development Review (PDR) processes.
Respond appropriately to HR enquiries from internal and external customers.
Produce salary, offers of employment and other ad-hoc letters.
Prepare and maintain personnel files, keeping in line with current data protection legislation and in line with GDPR.
Update HR Data on IIED systems as appropriate, e.g. SharePoint and IIED website.
Provide administrative support to Head of HR in organising meetings and attending and taking minutes as required e.g. Operational Management Team (OMT) meetings.
Carry out background research to support the Head of HR in the implementation of policy reviews and HR projects.
Attend monthly COG (Co-ordinator and Core Group) and ERP meetings reporting on HR issues and responding / collecting queries.
Produce HR wide statistics and metrics.
Manage the new joiner administration including issuing contracts, offer letters, reference requests and pre-employment checks.
Assist in the planning of individual induction programmes in collaboration with relevant colleagues; deliver HR-related induction sessions.
Coordinate the hiring of temporary staff for IIED (agency or otherwise) and ensure that payments are processed efficiently.
Manage the relationship with Kings College, London for the annual placement of interns and oversee the recruitment of interns in partnership with colleagues in the Groups.
Administer appraisal and training/development activities.
Using SelectHR manage the online booking process for internal workshops, training interventions and the maintenance of the training calendar.
Participate in organisation-wide projects, initiatives or working groups for the development, implementation and improvement of systems and business operations.
Support the Head of HR and contribute to the development and implementation of the new People Strategy (2019 to 2024).


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Characteristics: Catalase enzym for peroxide decomposition.
Purpose: Advised for elimination of residual peroxide after bleaching to shorten wash-off time.
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Purpose: Cost effective. Uniform and high degree of hydrophility.
Characteristics: Synergetic blend of anionic/noionic surfactants, plus peroxide activator.
Characteristics: Concentrated blend of anionic/noionic surfactants. Foamless. Economical.
Characteristics: Blend of anionic/nonionic alcohol enthoxylates and dispersing agents.
Purpose: Strong wetting and dearating.
Stable up to 40 g/l NaoH.
Finishing of thick fabrics, denim, rain-coat etc.
Characteristics: Mixture of organic compounds. Silicate free.
Characteristics: Derivatives of carboxylic acids and phosphoric acid compoundes. Silicate free.
Purpose: Applicable for continous pad-steam and cold-pad-batch peroxide bleaching. Imparts sustainable whiteness and pin-hole prevention.
Characteristics: Blend of carboxylic acid polymers and phosphonates.
Purpose: Prevents calcium, magnesium, ferric and cupric salts precipitation on fabrics during scouring, bleaching and dyeing. Functions also as silicate free peroxide stabiliser in exhaust system.
Characteristics: Very efficient and cost effective calcıum, magnesıum, iron complexing agent.
Purpose: Advised to be used with EXOLINE 4000 WEL together to enhance dispersibility power.
Characteristics: Highly effective as sequestrant at high pH (11-12) and of high temp (90-100˚C).
Purpose: Particularly prepared for dyeing with high amount of salt, to prevent white spots on fabrics.
Characteristics: Combination of acrylic mono and copolymers.
Purpose: Effective, economical sequestrant with high dispersing power to prevent calcıum- magnesıum settle on fabrics as patches during scouring, bleaching and dyeing.
Characteristics: Acrylic based polymer. Foam free. Lubricant.
Purpose: Foamless, crease free dyeing of cotton an blends.
Characteristics: Blend of anionic, fatly acid esters.
Purpose: It covers 4 types of esters to impart crease free and uniform dyeing result. Each component has different effect zone to deal with all possible defects of cotton/blends dyeing.
* Advised in polyester dyeing and re-dyeing of faulty-unleveled dyed fabrics.
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Spyro: Reignited Trilogy is now available on Steam
By Shaun Prescott 04 September 2019
Time to collect some stuff – purple dragon style.
(Image credit: Activision)
Originally released in 1998 for PlayStation, Spyro the Dragon belongs to that pantheon of '90s collect-em-up 3D platformers that, while good at the time, haven't aged particularly well. And yet, when the Spyro: Reignited Trilogy released for PS4 and Xbox last year, the critical reception was surprisingly glowing. Gamesradar gave it four stars, writing that it "hasn't let go of its unique, kid-friendly charm".
Anyway, nearly a year later, the trilogy has made its way to PC and is currently available on Steam. The package includes the original Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. It's no mere up-res either: studios Iron Galaxy and Toys for Bob have basically rebuilt the game from the ground, resulting in a lush modern aesthetic with none of the, uh, charmingly retro trappings of the PS1 era.
It's currently $39.99 / £34.99 / AU$69.95 on Steam. Check out a trailer below.
Shaun Prescott
Shaun is PC Gamer's Australian editor and news writer. He mostly plays platformers and RPGs, and keeps a close eye on anything of particular interest to antipodean audiences. He (rather obsessively) tracks the movements of the Doom modding community, too.


George and his yellow buggy joined the Club today, activity for last Sunday, busy times!
Club BBQ is Sunday 30th March at 1300 hopefully on the hill, if not in the grass field adjacent. As usual I will do rolls with sausages and burgers etc but please bring your own drinks, could you also let me know if you are attending and bringing a guest so that I have some idea of numbers.
Last year it was so windy I could hardly get the BBQ alight!!!
Cracking day of sunshine today and warm!
Activity this week has been hedge planting on the access road and preparing the ground to move reception across the public road way from the houses. I have also been clearing some old tree stumps out of the wooded east section to make it a bit more usable and the Police have been back training on site again for the first time this year. French group coming in the morning tomorrow with 4 Land Rovers before going on to Murrayfield. It's all go!!!


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Urbinum Hortense was an ancient Roman town of central Italy, of uncertain location, mentioned by Pliny the Elder in a roughly alphabetical and contextless list (NH 3.114). Until the mid-20th century, it was sometimes assumed to have been the ancestor of the modern town of Urbino; but that city is on the Metauro River and in the same list Pliny mentions an Urbinum Mataurense, a better fit: most topographers therefore did not make the identification.

In the early 1930s, G. Bizzózero, an amateur archaeologist of Trevi, found ancient remains on a hilltop in Umbria near Collemancio in the comune of Cannara not far from his hometown, and declared them to be the ruins of Urbinum Hortense. There is indeed a rather sizable town on that hill, where excavations have continued sporadically; but its identification is mere surmise, although it has acquired currency by being taken up on widely disseminated tourist and automotive maps of Umbria.

References
"Urvinum Hortense" (Thayer's Gazetteer of Italy).

Roman sites of Umbria
Former populated places in Italy
Archaeological sites in Umbria


We consider flux compactifications of heterotic string theory in the presence of fermionic condensates on M-1,M-2 x X-7 with both factors carrying a Killing spinor. In other words, M-1,M-2 is either de Sitter, anti-de Sitter or Minkowski, and X-7 possesses a nearly parallel G(2)-structure or has G(2)-holonomy. We solve the complete set of field equations and the Bianchi identity to order alpha'. The latter is satisfied via a non-standard embedding by choosing the gauge field to be a G(2)-instanton. It is shown that none of the solutions to the field equations is supersymmetric.


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Our vision is to be a leading supporter of engineering-related research, training and education that makes a real difference in improving the safety of the critical infrastructure on which modern society relies. Our income is generated from the profits from our trading arm, Lloyd's Register Group Ltd, and our investments. We meet our aims by awarding grants, acting directly, and working closely with the Group which shares our mission.
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Q: Android admob interstitial adds showing only once after the app starts On a button click i am showing admob interstitial adds.
For the first time it only shows the add, Again clicking on button it doesn't shows the adds.
Currently i am referring to use this google admob example link https://developers.google.com/admob/android/interstitial
Using SDK version 20
Here is the code below:
MobileAds.initialize(this, new OnInitializationCompleteListener() {
  @Override
  public void onInitializationComplete(InitializationStatus initializationStatus) {}
});

AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
InterstitialAd.load(this,"ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1033173712", adRequest, new InterstitialAdLoadCallback() {
    @Override
    public void onAdLoaded(@NonNull InterstitialAd interstitialAd) {
        // The mInterstitialAd reference will be null until
        // an ad is loaded.
        mInterstitialAd = interstitialAd;
        mInterstitialAd.setFullScreenContentCallback(new FullScreenContentCallback(){
            @Override
            public void onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() {
                // Called when fullscreen content is dismissed.
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), " The ad was dismissed.\n",
                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }

            @Override
            public void onAdFailedToShowFullScreenContent(AdError adError) {
                // Called when fullscreen content failed to show.
                Log.d("TAG", "The ad failed to show.");
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), " The ad failed to show.\n",
                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }

            @Override
            public void onAdShowedFullScreenContent() {
                // Called when fullscreen content is shown.
                // Make sure to set your reference to null so you don't
                // show it a second time.
                mInterstitialAd = null;
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), " The ad was shown\n",
                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void onAdFailedToLoad(@NonNull LoadAdError loadAdError) {
        super.onAdFailedToLoad(loadAdError);
        // Handle the error
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),loadAdError +" custom  interstitial ad wasn't ready yet\n",
                Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        Log.i(TAG, loadAdError.getMessage());
        mInterstitialAd = null;
    }
});

showAd = findViewById(R.id.showAd);
showAd.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View view) {
        if (mInterstitialAd != null) {
            mInterstitialAd.show(MainActivity.this);
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), " The interstitial ad wasn't ready yet\n", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
});

A: @NadeemAslam is correct. As a clear alternative, this is how I always implement it too using a method that I call within
    protected void loadInterstitialAd() { //your method can be private or protected
    if (interstitialAd == null) {
        InterstitialAd.load(this, "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1033173712", new AdRequest.Builder().build(), new InterstitialAdLoadCallback() {
            @Override
            public void onAdLoaded(@NonNull InterstitialAd newIntad) {
                interstitialAd = newIntad; //interstitialAd is static variable
                interstitialAd.setFullScreenContentCallback(new FullScreenContentCallback() {
                    @Override
                    public void onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() {
                        interstitialAd = null;
                        loadInterstitialAd(); //METHOD CALL WITHIN ITSELF
                    }
                });
            }

            @Override
            public void onAdFailedToLoad(@NonNull LoadAdError loadAdError) {
                interstitialAd = null;
            }
        });
    }
}

A: Interstitial ads will be shown only once after the app start, as you need to load the ad again to show it again.
Once you start the app ad will be loaded, you need to implement the callback to it. Once your ad is showed, you need to load the ad again before showing it.
You can read the official documentation for better understanding.
Interstitial ads documentation
Update:
@Rishi You need to load ad again on ad dismissed
@Override
 public void onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() {
                    loadInterstitialAd(activity);
                }

Here is the code to load the ad
  public void loadInterstitialAd(Context context){
        AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
            InterstitialAd.load(context,your ad id, adRequest,interstitialCallback);
    }

    InterstitialAdLoadCallback interstitialCallback = new InterstitialAdLoadCallback(){
        @Override
        public void onAdLoaded(@NonNull InterstitialAd interstitialAd) {
            mInterstitialAd = interstitialAd;
        }

        @Override
        public void onAdFailedToLoad(@NonNull LoadAdError loadAdError) {
            mInterstitialAd = null;
        }
    };

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New pilgrim's pit stop named after murdered boy
The Very Reverend Jane Hedges, Dean of Norwich and Robin Stapleford, rector of the Upper Wensum Benefice at the restored gas house at St Andrews in Great Ryburgh after its restoration and renaming as the William Martin Building. Picture: Supplied by Anne Prentis
A new stopping place for pilgrims on their way to one of Britain's holiest places has been named in memory of an 11-year-old boy who was brutally murdered.
The gas house and the footings of the new building, showing its comparative size. This is at St Andrews in Great Ryburgh, which was restored and renamed the William Martin Building. Picture: Supplied by Anne Prentis
The Very Reverend Jane Hedges, Dean of Norwich, cut the ribbon at the William Martin Building, which sits next to a former gas works hut at the medieval St Andrew's church in Great Ryburgh.
The church is along the Walsingham Way footpath between Norwich Cathedral and Little Walsingham, which is famous for its shrines to the Virgin Mary.
Anne Prentis, church warden, said the brick-and-flint building was named after a chance encounter its builder, Peter Trent, had with the great nephew of William Martin when he was at the site last year.
She said: "This poor lad [William] had been one of three boys who, while being treated in hospital in Norwich for a range of medical conditions, were brutally murdered by a deranged patient from a nearby ward in 1875.
The new William Martin Building at St Andrews in Great Ryburgh with the small gas house on the left and the new building housing WC and small kitchen on the right with the church in the background. Picture: Supplied by Anne Prentis
"So shocked were the public of the time to hear of the violence of the assault, the incident and subsequent court proceedings were widely reported, both in the Norwich papers and titles nationwide.
"Towards the end of 2018, a great nephew of the little boy came into the churchyard looking for the grave.
"When it was suggested that the new building be dedicated to the memory of their great uncle, the family readily agreed."
The building has facilities for pilgrims and walkers making the journey, as well as a toilet and kitchen for people attending community events at the church.
The Very Reverend Jane Hedges, Dean of Norwich and Robin Stapleford, rector of the Upper Wensum Benefice in front of the restored gas house at St Andrews in Great Ryburgh after its restoration and renaming as the William Martin Building. Picture: Supplied by Anne Prentis
The Revd Robin Stapleford, rector of the Upper Wensum Benefice, gave a rendition of his Walsingham Ballad, and the choir sang from the pulpit.
About 90 people attended the opening of the new building, and the dean gave a service of thanksgiving.
Ms Prentis added: "Until recently the project was known as the Gas House Project, the first phase being the restoration of the small 1914 flint and brick building that housed the machinery for generating the acetylene gas that lit the church.
"The building itself is stunning, thanks to Peter Trent's skills at working with traditional flint and lime mortar - it lies timelessly alongside the medieval church."
Peter Trent laying flints on the south gable of the former gas house at St Andrews in Great Ryburgh during its restoration and renaming as the William Martin Building. Picture: Supplied by Anne Prentis
The decaying gas house at St Andrews in Great Ryburgh prior to its restoration as the William Martin Building. Picture: Supplied by Anne Prentis
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Joe Cuccia, J&L Automotive and Recovery, Hazen, presented the Mercer County Ambulance Board with the facts of what they are looking at for Rig 50's future. As they attempted to stay ahead of the curve with this rig, he reported that they had fallen behind.
Cuccia shared that recently the emissions control device broke. This device allows exhaust gases back into the engine and antifreeze to cool it down. However, when the device broke, antifreeze went inside the engine. Because of the stress of runs that engine was under, the discharge of antifreeze out of the tail pipe wasn't the worst of the rig's problems.


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Unhappy birthday for Madrid as season ends in one nightmare week
Big squad rebuilding job in store for whoever takes over managerial reins at Real
Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 18:30
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Real Madrid's Gareth Bale watches on as his side crash out of the Champions League against Ajax at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Photograph: Jaview Soriano/AFP/Getty
Today is March 6th, Real Madrid's birthday, but there is nothing to celebrate.
This week has been the worst in their 117-year history: three home defeats, eight goals conceded and just one scored, all three competitions gone, one after the other – knocked out of the Copa del Rey, the La Liga title race, and the Champions League.
The 4-1 humbling at the Bernabéu by Ajax on Tuesday night saw Real lose their grip on a trophy they have held for three years. The predominance over their greatest rivals held for 87 years is also gone.
For the first time since 1932, Barcelona have won more clásicos than Madrid, two victories in four days last week leaving the all-time record at 96-95. For the first time too, a home team holding a 2-1 first-leg victory went out of the Champions League.
Madrid are used to breaking records, but not like this. Four home defeats in a row – before Barcelona beat them twice came Girona – equals their worst run. Six times they have been beaten at the Bernabéu, a fortress now easily stormed. To add injury to insult, Vinicius, who hobbled off the pitch in tears, has torn ligaments in his right ankle and will not play for up to two months.
"We're sad, we feel bad," Real's coach Santiago Solari said quietly in the aftermath.
There was little else he could say and if he lamented those things that went against his team, from posts to injuries to the VAR verdicts, there was no escaping reality: Madrid were not good enough.
"We lost it all," Dani Carvajal said, bewildered on the touchline. He paused, trying to find the words, on the verge of tears, and added: "We lost it all at home. Our season is practically over."
This point in March is too soon for it to end: Madrid will not play a game that really matters for almost six months.
"Here lies the team that made history," said a funereal Marca. Three consecutive Champions Leagues, four in the last five years, make the era that closed here against Ajax the second greatest in European Cup history, after Madrid's own between 1956 and 1960.
"What we did will be remembered for a long time," said the centre-back Nacho, and he was right. But perhaps that was part of the problem. Madrid's collapse began amid the celebrations.
So much has happened so quickly, even if that actually serves to reveal that the rot at Real runs deeper. The final whistle had barely gone in Kiev last season, Madrid European champions for a third year in a row, when Cristiano Ronaldo, his relationship with the club long since broken, announced he would be leaving.
Within a few minutes, Gareth Bale said that he might be going too. Within five days, Zinedine Zidane, the coach who had arrived in a time of crisis and won it all, was gone.
Under the Frenchman, Madrid had clinched a title every 16 games on average, yet he walked away.
"It's a sad day," the club's president, Florentino Pérez, said. "It's not a sad day for me," Zidane retorted. "It might look like a strange moment, but it is the right moment."
Madrid had not planned for this. They sought an alternative, but most candidates said no. Under pressure and in a hurry, Madrid signed their fourth or fifth choice, the Spain manager Julen Lopetegui, two days before the World Cup began. Spain sacked him and 138 days later, he was gone from Madrid too.
Zidane had left for a reason. Last season, Madrid were European champions, but they finished third in La Liga, 17 points behind Barcelona, some of the structural and cultural flaws disguised by that success.
Over the last few seasons, the squad has got slowly weaker, spending reduced as a response to a new economic reality. This summer, a World Cup year, they took a step further. After nine years, Ronaldo's departure was always likely to be the most damaging of all even if few imagined it would be quite this devastating.
"Some players had to step up; not score 50 a season [like Ronaldo], but 20," Luka Modric said. But Madrid's players did not hit that target and are running at a goal a game fewer than last season.
"That's our biggest problem," the Ballon d'Or winner said, but it is not Madrid's only problem, and the players left are better than this, or should be. "None of us have been at our level, myself included," Toni Kroos admitted.
If this day had to come eventually – Madrid couldn't win the European Cup indefinitely – no one expected it to end like this, except perhaps Zidane and even he did not foresee a decline of such magnitude. There is nothing to play for in the next six months, but much to do, including hiring a new manager – another one.
Clean out
Lopetegui began with European Super Cup defeat against Atlético and ended with a 5-1 hammering by Barcelona in October. Solari was appointed on the basis of one outstanding quality: he was in place. He was appointed "temporary" coach but federation rules only allow clubs to have interim managers for two weeks. If Solari stays to the end of the season, it will only be because there is nothing to play for and no point burning anyone else.
"Madrid have more suitors than Julia Roberts, " Solari joked darkly this week. José Mourinho's name has emerged again, amid an urge to throw everything out, tear it all up and begin again, and sign big.
The president has long wanted to clean out some of the dressing room heavyweights and considers the former Manchester United manager capable of doing that, but Pérez also knows the risks. He knows the finances, too; signing galácticos is no longer the sole preserve of the Spanish giants.
Outside the Bernabéu, as Madrid's worst week ended on Tuesday night, some fans chanted for Pérez to leave. Others for Mourinho to come. Most, though, made their way home in resigned silence. Those days were good, but they were gone. Inside the ground, Ajax's fans sang Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
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Q: Swift: Change UIButton backgroundColor when button is pressed? I'm trying to create a Quiz app that consists of two buttons, false and true button. My question is, when I press one of the two buttons, I want it to change its background colour ONLY SHORTLY when its pressed then I want it to go back to the color it originally was, but I can not figure out how to change the background color shortly. This is the code I have for this part so far:

@IBAction func answerButtonPressed(_ sender: UIButton) {

        let userAnswer = sender.currentTitle
        let actualAnswer = quiz[questionNumber].answer

        if userAnswer == actualAnswer {
            sender.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
        } else {
            sender.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
         }

        if questionNumber + 1 < quiz.count {

        questionNumber += 1
            }
        else {
            questionNumber = 0
        }
        updateUI()

        }

    func updateUI() {
        questionLabel.text = quiz[questionNumber].text
        trueButton.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
        falseButton.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear

}

A: You can try
// add this code snippet outside of any class
extension UIButton {
  func shortChangeTo(_ color:UIColor) {
    let prev = self.backgroundColor
    self.backgroundColor = color
    DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1.0) {
       self.backgroundColor = prev
    }
  }
}

to use it
if userAnswer == actualAnswer {
   sender.shortChangeTo(.green)
} else {
   sender.shortChangeTo(.red)
}

And change
updateUI()

to
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1.0) {
  self.updateUI()
}

A: Here is the UIButton extension with the change background for short time color with animation.
extension UIButton {
    func shortChangeBackground(with color: UIColor) {
        let originalColor = self.backgroundColor

        UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
            self.backgroundColor = color
        }

        UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3, delay: 1.0) {
            self.backgroundColor = originalColor
        }
    }
}

Use:
@IBAction func onDoneAction(_ sender: UIButton) {
    sender.shortChangeBackground(with: userAnswer == actualAnswer ? UIColor.green : UIColor.red)
}

A: This will help you to change the button colour to colour you want (green or red or whatever) and change it back to clear with delay of 0.2 seconds. In the easiest way possible.
In the IBAction of answerButtonPressed put the following lines after the answer check is done.
Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 0.2, target: self, selector: #selector(updateUI), userInfo: nil, repeats: false)

In selector, specify your function used to update the user interface.

A: In this situation, the following would be the fastest and simplest solution:
Just change your 'updateUI ()' function as follows:
func updateUI() {
        questionLabel.text = quiz[questionNumber].text
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.3) {
            self.trueButton.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
            self.falseButton.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
        }

    }

So what's happening here?
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.3)

The above line of code is holding off green/red color for 0.3 secs (you can change this number to your preference) before changing the background back to clear color.


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New WWE Kid Power Ups for World Children's Day
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World Children's Day is a global movement for children, by children. This post is part of our World Children's Day series, which spotlights partnerships and individuals making a difference for children around the world.
UNICEF Kid Power is founded on a simple premise: children have the power to make a difference in this world. Our partners at WWE share this belief and are inspired by the impact made by the UNICEF Kid Power team. Working together, students and teachers have saved the lives of more than 99,000 children suffering from severe malnutrition.
In honor of World Children's Day — November 20, 2019 — the WWE Universe wants to celebrate all that kids are doing to make a better world for themselves. They have created two brand new Kid Power Up videos that will activate and empower students while making real-world impact!
We want every child to realize they have the power to make a difference.
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WWE is focused on positively impacting children and families around the world. WWE joined the UNICEF Kid Power team in January 2019 to help bring empowering experiences to kids and classrooms across the United States. Students are some of the biggest fans of WWE Superstars, and we now have a robust collection of Kid Power Ups featuring these Superstars.
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Children's favorite, Bayley, is back for her second Kid Power Up with a new Connect video: Emotions Relay. The Bella Twins are new to the UNICEF Kid Power team and get personal with Fearlessness.
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The truth is it is the same thing. While many children and even some adults have come to believe vaping is a healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes or other forms of tobacco use, the fact is that's only half true. "E-cigarettes are not safe for youth, young adults, pregnant women, or adults who do not currently use tobacco products," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In other words, vaping is a healthier alternative ONLY for current ADULT smokers who are NOT pregnant if used as a COMPLETE substitute for regular cigarettes and other smoked tobacco products.
According to the CDC, evidence from two randomized controlled trials found that e-cigarettes with nicotine can help smokers stop smoking in the long term compared with placebo (non-nicotine) e-cigarettes. However, a recent CDC study found that many adults are using e-cigarettes in an attempt to quit smoking, but most do not stop smoking cigarettes and are instead continuing to use both products (dual use).
Statistics show that in the United States, youth are more likely to use e-cigarettes than adults.
The CDC continues to stress that nicotine is highly addictive and can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to mid-20s. Furthermore, studies show that young people who use e-cigarettes may be more likely to smoke cigarettes in the future.
Murphy suggests the marketing, packaging, and even the manufacturing of vaping substances is specifically designed to lure and attract young people.
So, what is inhaled from e-cigarettes?
And what is inhaled from traditional cigarettes?
According to the CDC, tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemical components, and at least 250 of these chemicals are harmful to human health.
Regardless if something has fewer dangerous chemicals or not, even one dangerous chemical is well, dangerous!
The CDC states this very clearly: E-cigarette aerosol generally contains fewer toxic chemicals than the deadly mix of 7,000 chemicals in smoke from regular cigarettes. However, e-cigarette aerosol is not harmless. It can contain harmful and potentially harmful substances, including nicotine, heavy metals like lead, volatile organic compounds, and cancer-causing agents.
Not to mention, using nicotine in adolescence can harm the parts of the brain that control attention, learning, mood, and impulse control.
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Set a good example by being tobacco-free. If you use tobacco, it's never too late to quit. For free help, visit gov or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
Talk to your child or teen about why e-cigarettes are harmful to them. It's never too late.
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Joey Gallo Traded to Yankees: How the Deal with Texas Impacts New York's Projections
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Texas Rangers outfielder and first baseman Joey Gallo has been traded to the New York Yankees, The Athletic's Levi Weaver reported on Wednesday.
Gallo is having a career year and is tied for 11th in MLB in Wins Above Replacement with 4.1, according to ESPN.
The 27-year-old is hitting .223/.379/.490 with 25 homers and an MLB-leading 74 walks.
The 6-foot-5, 250-pound lefty has put up close-to-career-high numbers in on-base percentage and OPS+ thus far this season.
He was named to his second All-Star team a few weeks ago and also participated in the Home Run Derby.
Gallo has one more year of team control remaining before he's set to become a free agent after the 2022 season.
With the acquisition, the Yankees will undoubtedly bolster their lineup, which has been sputtering in the bottom of the pack in runs scored and batting average all season.
Despite coming into the season as clear -223 favorites to win the AL East, the Yankees have drastically underperformed. They are currently 8.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox for first place in the division and three games back from the Oakland A's for the second wild card spot.
New York has a 41.7% chance to make the playoffs and a 4.2% chance to win the division, according to FanGraphs.
The Yankees have 17-1 odds to win the World Series at DraftKings, 25-1 odds to win it all at PointsBet and 30-1 odds at FanDuel.
Their odds to win the AL East are similarly lengthy, with lines at 11-1 at DraftKings, 15-1 at PointsBet, 14-1 at BetMGM and 13-1 at FanDuel.
The Action Network will update this story if their various odds change as a result of this trade.
DraftKings slates the Yankees' odds to make the playoffs at +110 yes, -130 no.
The Rangers, meanwhile, have virtually no path to the postseason. They entered play Wednesday with a 36-65 record and a 0.0% chance to make the playoffs or win the division, according to FanGraphs.
For reference, their odds to win their division at DraftKings is 1000/1.
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Gallo is a massive acquisition for the Yankees, and his presence in the Bronx upgrades New York's "True Talent" level by 2.2 wins to that of a 90.5 win team in my projections — up from 88.3 wins before the trade.
Before the trade, I projected the Yankees' for 86.3 wins at the end of the season. The Gallo addition upgrades that projection by 0.9 wins to 87.2.
However, that still falls short of my prorated projection for the Athletics (88.5), who I have slated to lock up the final playoff spot in the American League. And they have plenty of ground to make up on Tampa Bay (projected 93.8) and Boston (93.4) in both the AL East and wild card hunt.
One area of potential frustration: the Yankees already strike out a ton (24.4%, 21st in MLB), and Gallo (32.2%) has the second-highest strikeout rate in the majors.
He'll provide big-time power to the middle of their lineup, alongside high-strikeout sluggers in Aaron Judge (24.9%) and Giancarlo Stanton (29.2%), who rank first and second in baseball in both average and maximum exit velocity.
Gallo has toned down his swing to cut down on his strikeout rate, but I couldn't imagine a better landing spot in terms of park effects. It's a potential fantasy team in the making, with Gallo's left-handed swing in Yankee Stadium complimenting a righty-heavy Yankee lineup, and they'll have him under contract for one additional season.
Gallo is also a tremendously underrated defender, ranking as the best defensive right fielder in baseball (+13 and +14 in Defensive Runs Saved) over the past two seasons. And he can play scratch defense in center field, too.


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