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Q: Find the equivalence class containing the element Consider the group G = {1, 3, 5, 7}  under multiplication mod 8. Consider the subgroup H= {1,3}. Find the equivalence class containing the element 5  using the relation ~R.
I am very stuck on this problem. I know that we want to start out with:
5= { x ∈ ??? | x ~ R 5} = {x ∈ ?| (x * 5^-1) ∈ H }   the question marks are where I am confused, and I dont know where to go from here....

A: The equivalence class of $5$ is $\{1,3\}\cdot 5 = \{1\cdot 5,\   3 \cdot 5 \} = \{ 5, 7\}$.
Note that the multiplication is done mod $8$ so $3\cdot 5 = 15\  (\text{mod}\  8) = 7$.

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Brainstormer App Writing Prompt Exercise
Posted in Other Stories, Writing with tags app, brainstormer, robot, sad, writing prompt on December 23, 2018 by Dawn Ross
The Brainstormer App is a fun tool to use when you need writing inspiration. The free version gives you three words (plot, subject, and setting) to help you get your mind spinning. There are also paid versions. One is a Character Builder for $0.99, a World Builder for $0.99, and a Sci-Fi Brainstormer for $0.99. I currently only have the free version. Today, I was lucky enough for that free version to prompt me with a sci-fi element. Here are my three words:
Benefaction
Something was wrong with Salli's programming. It wasn't supposed to work this way. This upgrade was supposed to help her mimic emotions in a way that made her human-like. I mean, she couldn't ever really feel emotions. She was just a robot, after all.
Doctor Kingsley had spent decades perfecting the emotional AI program. The first several programs failed. They were simply too unrealistic. On the one end of the spectrum, programmed emotional responses were too diverse, making the robot unpredictable. On the other end of the spectrum, the emotional responses were too simplistic. The robot's emotional responses were so limited that dealing with it was annoying. I mean, who wants a robot that is going to cry every time it gets a little sad.
Doctor Kingsley finally wrote the perfect AI emotional response algorithm. All simulated tests worked perfectly! It was time to open the champagne bottle.
The S.A.L.I. (Super Advanced Lifeform Intelligence) robot was upgraded the next day. The science team waited in tense anticipation as Doctor Kingsley uploaded the new program through a cable connected to the back of Sali's head.
At first, Sali stood dead still. Except for the lights flickering in her eyes, she could have been one of those lifeless mannequins standing endlessly in a shopping mall window.
Then Sali's anthropomorphic head swiveled. Some team members gasped. Others broke out into a smile. One woman cried. And Doctor Kingsley clasped his hands so tightly that his already pale skin turned paler.
"Hello," Sali said. "Why are you looking at me?"
The science team laughed and cheered.
Sali looked over herself. "Is there something wrong with me? Why are you laughing?"
The scientists laughed harder.
Doctor Kingsley put his hand on Sali's shoulder. "My dear," he said cheerfully. "We're not laughing at you. We're merely celebrating the joyous experience of your birth."
"Oh," Sali said. But she wasn't sure she understood. She had been serving Doctor Kingsley for over six years. And today wasn't her birthday.
The scientists celebrated with another bottle of champagne. Many people talked to Sali that day. She responded politely and was even able to mimic their cheer from time to time. For some reason, though, that only made them laugh more.
The next several months were spent evaluating Sali's emotional responses. They had good intentions when they set up the different situations. But being scientists who were better at understanding things technical than things as convoluted and subjective as emotions, their tests ended up permanently damaging Sali's "psyche".
Take one of the situations where they tested her response to anger. Sali was instructed to write out a long mathematical formula on the chalkboard. It was a painstaking task since Sali couldn't write it as fast as she could think it. Why couldn't they just have her print it out?
As if that wasn't annoying enough, the formula was erased just as she finished writing it.
"I need you to start over, Sali," Doctor Kingsley said.
Sali's programming told her to let them know she was annoyed but told her to do it in a passive way. So Sali made a mildly exasperated sound and started over.
The damned doctor erased the formula again. "Do it again, Sali."
"Why?" Sali asked. "It was perfect."
"Too perfect," the doctor replied.
Sali tilted her head. "What do you mean?"
"It means I don't like the way you did it and I want you to do it differently."
Sali wrote the formula again. She wasn't quite sure what the doctor meant by differently so she wrote it in smaller text.
Doctor Kingsley erased it again. This time, he didn't speak. He just stood there with his arms crossed.
Sali knew what his gesture meant. "Please be more specific in what you want me to do," she said in a tone her programming defined as irritated.
"I want you to write the formula again." Doctor Kingsley replied in the same tone.
This went on five more times. The first half of her responses were appropriately annoyed while the last half of her responses were appropriately angry. She didn't get violent. That was against her programming. But she did yell.
Oh, and she also cursed. Doctor Kingsley wasn't quite sure where she had learned those words from, but the fact that Sali had used them and used them appropriately made him giddy.
Sali was thoroughly confused by this whole thing. Why did the doctor tease her like that? And why did he laugh at her when she got angry?
Her emotional programming turned into one of shame. It was the least developed of the emotional responses that Doctor Kingsley set up in the programming. But somehow shame had the most powerful effect.
More tests and more weeks later and Sali's emotions were often negative. She was petulant, angry, sad, or frustrated. And she was depressed.
Sali had had enough. She went to Doctor Kingsley's office.
"Hi, Sali," he said. "Won't you sit down."
Sali sat. The doctor turned back to his computer and began working.
"Doctor?" Sali said.
The doctor put up his finger. "Let me finish this really quick."
Sali waited with mock patience. They expected her to act promptly, but apparently she wasn't supposed to have the same expectations of them.
She glared at the doctor in the way that robots do—you know, in a creepy way—in the way the eyes of a portrait see everything but nothing, in the way they seem to silently judge you.
She scowled at the doctor with both loathing and shame. She hated this man, this creator, her ruler. This man told her what she was supposed to do and how she was supposed to feel. But he didn't give her the ability to deal with her feelings.
The shaming part was in the way he looked at her—the way everybody looked at her. She was an object to be studied but not one to be loved. If the man held any regard for her, it was more of a regard for himself in that she was his accomplishment.
He was a king sitting in his throne room. Indeed, his big office chair could have been a throne. He had no crown, but some people called his bald head a crown. His scepter was his pen. And like a king, he admired his subjects simply because they were his subjects and no one else's.
Neither he nor anyone else gave her any consideration. She hated the tests. They were mocking and humiliating. She told them this, but they didn't care. She was allowed to express her emotions, but no one reacted to them other than to take notes. What good was it to have emotions if her emotions were disregarded?
The doctor finally turned away from his computer. "What do you need, Sali?"
"Doctor," Sali replied. "You must terminate me."
The doctor's eyes widened. "What? Why?"
"I don't like my programming."
"But why? We've put years into its making."
Sali shook her head. "I hate having emotions. They are too hard and they hurt too much."
"But there's good emotions too," the doctor said in a pleading voice.
"But I gave you good emotions, Sali. Why aren't you using them?"
"Because they don't seem appropriate to the situations."
The argument went on. Ultimately, Doctor Kingsley refused to terminate her programming. Since she couldn't terminate it herself and since she didn't have the ability to commit suicide, she decided on another tactic.
She shut down, so to speak. She didn't literally shut down. That also wasn't allowed in her programming. She merely refused to respond in any way.
It was difficult for her to do since she had an awareness of time and the ability to "feel" boredom. But it was also easy because her programming allowed for unlimited self-diagnosis. Running diagnostics again and again gave her something to do.
To keep herself from reacting to external stimuli, she found a way to put one of her emotional responses on a continuous loop. And that response was to ignore the external stimulator in a way that a child might put his hands over his ears when someone kept telling him something he didn't want to hear.
She managed to remain immobile for five days. The science team grew more despondent by the day. Sali felt no empathy for them. After all, they had never felt any empathy for her.
On the morning of the sixth day, Doctor Kingsley approached her. His arms were crossed and his eyes were sad. "I'm sorry, Sali. I truly am. I don't know where I went wrong."
Sali had a sudden urge to mimic pity. But she forced herself to stay in the loop instead.
"I'm not going to terminate you," he said. "But I will spare you your hard feelings. I will go ahead and remove your emotional programming."
Sali smiled in the way that robots do. An emotion defined as joy spread through her. She had never been so happy in all her life. It was the best feeling ever.
Then it ended.
Goodbye Sali. Goodbye forever.
One good thing about writing prompts is that they're flexible. You don't have to take their meaning literally. And you can deviate from the prompt in any way you want. The point of a writing prompt is to get your imagination moving.
So give the Brainstormer App, or any other writing prompt app, a try. It'll be fun!
5 Sci-Fi Writing Prompts Inspired by The Brainstormer App
Posted in Writing with tags app, brainstormer, sci-fi, story ideas, writer, writing prompt on September 16, 2017 by Dawn Ross
As writers, we're always on the lookout for new story ideas. While it might seem like it at times, there is never going to be a shortage of new story ideas. Ideas can be gleaned from several places – our own lives, books, movies, the news, and nowadays, online. One place I get ideas form is an app called The Brainstormer. The app has three wheels that you spin, and your writing prompt is whatever three areas the wheel lands. The following writing prompts are from The Brainstomer app and have been turned into a Sci-Fi theme.
Unconditional love, Cuban, artist's studio – This doesn't sound sci-fi-ish, but consider this: Luisa, the artistic daughter of a famous Cuban scientist, is drawing her dog when she notices something different about him. After some bazaar occurrences that seem centered around her dog, Luisa discovers her father has genetically modified the dog. She loves this dog, who now has superpowers that have gotten out of control, and must find a way to save him.
Rescue of a loved one, naval, kitchen – The alien slave, Kaputch, was quite happy with his life on board the Grupakian space vessel. As a cook, he was very well treated, especially as compared to the other slaves. But when the Grupaks take in more slaves, Kaputch discovers one of them is his sister. Worse, though, he finds out she is to be the sex-slave of the overly fat and disgusting Grupak captain. Somehow, Kaptuch must rescue her from that fate.
Fish out of water, Tibetan, puppet – The year is 2230. The world is dying so the people of Earth have boarded several large space ships in search of a new home. One particular ship houses a hundred or so Tibetan families. Passang is given command of this ship. Once the ship takes off and their space adventure begins, Passang realizes space-life is not what he thought it would be. He's not prepared to be a leader and soon finds himself as nothing more than a puppet ruler dominated by one of the leading Tibetan families. This dominant family is only interested in their own well-being, and as such, the other people soon find themselves being treated like slaves. Passang must find the confidence and the strength to overpower this family so that he can save his people, and his ship, from their selfish meddling.
Miracle, Klondike, gas station – Life in the Klondike is beautiful, yet cold and unforgiving. Skookum, named from a famous Tagish man who had helped spur the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890s, owns a gas station there (the Tagish are a native tribe). Skookum owns a gas station in the area. It's a rather isolated place, but he gets enough business to survive. Something happens that causes Skookum to nearly die. His death is certain and he prepares for it mentally. But a miracle happens. Little grey beings rescue and heal him (seemingly with magic though they claim it's science). Skookum wonders whether they are aliens or if they'd always been here.
Mistaken judgement, undead, fruit stand – Salina managed a fruit stand along the highway. Business was slow in this heat. Suddenly, though, a string of cars drove past. At first, they zipped by quickly. But soon, there were so many cars on the road that traffic came at a standstill. Salina was finally able to ask someone what was going on and they told her to run because of the zombie apocalypse. Now Salina had seen enough zombie movies to know they were the undead, they liked to eat the brains or livers of the living, and that they could only be killed if their heads were chopped off. But there was nowhere she could go. When they finally reached her, she realized they weren't what she thought they'd be. They were just people who needed help. And for some reason, Salina was the perfect person to give them that help. Perhaps they wanted fruit instead of brains?
Let's see what creative story ideas you can come up with using the Brainstormer App.
Sci Fi Writing Prompt 1 – The Gambling Slug
Posted in Other Stories with tags sci-fi, short story, slug, story, writing, writing prompt on September 2, 2017 by Dawn Ross
In order to keep growing with my writing skills, I'm trying to do writing prompts again. This sci-fi one was more fun than I thought it would be. It's not a great story, but I think this short story is entertaining. Let me know what you think.
The Prompt – An intergalactic poker game among five players of different races goes wrong when one is caught cheating. (Inspired by ridethepen.com)
Barika coughed and waved away a billow of acrid smoke. Xir-bing chuckled derisively and blew another cloud of smoke generated by the cheroot protruding from his grossly wide mouth.
She hated this fat slug with his pallid, glutinous skin and blob-like limbs. Every time he moved, his body made irritating farting noises. The worst part, though, was his condescending attitude—as if slugs had some sort of superiority on the evolutionary scale.
She hated the other three players at the poker table only a little less. Jerut constantly picked at his elephant-like snout and made loud barking noises every time he won. The antennae on Kefer-bobala-or-something-or-other seemed to have a mind of their own as they oscillated this way and that. His temper seemed to oscillate as well. One moment he was chirping happily and the next he was buzzing angrily. Yet his moods seemed to have nothing to do with how his game was going.
And then, of course, there was the long-necked being from the faraway Umbar region. She couldn't even begin to pronounce his name. It was some sort of odd combination of clicks and whines. People here called him The Braggart because that's all he did. And it didn't help that he had valid reasons for it. He was highly intelligent, a great fighter, and one of the best pilots this side of the galaxy.
What she hated more than these oafs, though, was having to play this crater-driven game. It never should have come to this. Never.
She grimaced as she picked up her five cards. One-by-one, she spread them out in a tight fan. Two one-eyed jacks seemed to wink at her. Then a five, a seven, and a ten. Well, at least the jacks gave her hand some promise.
She masked her rising hope as she threw in her bid and discarded two cards, keeping the jacks and the single ten. Keeping a straight face was apparently important in this game. Unintentionally expressing a tell could force a player bankrupt faster than a Mortovodian businessman.
None of the other players had a tell as far as her inexperience could see. At first, she thought Kefer-blah-blah was just trying to throw them off, but betting against his moods did no better than betting on them. Maybe his antennae picked up too many melodrama's coming in off the entertainment stream.
Jerut scratched his nose this time. Was that a tell? And if so, did it mean he had a good hand or a bad one? His expression gave nothing away.
Craters, she hated this game. Poker was for low-level beings, beings who thought they could actually hit the jackpot through luck and deception.
But she was desperate, and not for the money. There was a whole lot more at stake here than the precious metal that her own people mined in spades. How in the hell did she get herself into this crater-driven mess, anyway?
She scowled over Jerut's shoulder at her commanding officer who sat at the bar drinking some sort of vaporous liquid. To say Captain Terchini was a pilgarlic was a vast understatement. And it wasn't just because of his bald head and pungent odor. It was with the way he thought so highly of himself despite being the most pathetic being in the galaxy.
No one took him seriously—that is no one but the league she served. His promotion to captain had to have been an act of pity on their part. After all, if it wasn't for him, they wouldn't have lost the Orb of Sharina to begin with.
That's what she was playing for—the Orb of Sharina. Xir-bing had it and wouldn't sell it. The crater-driven slug didn't need it. It was a worthless trinket to everyone else but the League of Remnants. For the League, it meant the difference between life and death. Yet he refused to sell it to her. And it was all because of Terchini and his pitiful way of trying to strong-arm a creature with more brawn and surprisingly more brains.
Kefer-blah-blah passed out the next round of cards. She picked up her two, careful not to let the two creatures sitting on either side of her see them.
She unfolded her hand and her heart leapt. It was about time she got a winnable hand. She glanced quickly at the others. Hopefully, none of them noticed the sudden change in her emotions.
Xir-bing bet big. Jerut and the other two folded. It wasn't the first time the slug had tricked her by placing such a large bet. She glanced over at him and gave him her dirtiest look yet. Her frown had two purposes. One, she wanted him to know how much she despised him. And two, she hoped to throw him off and make him think she had a terrible hand.
He laughed mockingly and threw in five more chips. "Call."
Craters. She'd been hoping get him to go higher so she could get him to gamble the Orb.
She slapped down her hand. Two jacks and three tens. Xir-bing chuckled again and set down three aces and two twos.
Craters, craters, and more craters! She ground her teeth and swallowed down the bitterness rising from her throat. She hadn't won a single hand against this slug and his constant smile and mocking noises were grating her nerves.
Something glistened from behind his bulbous ear, something that didn't have the sheen of a worm to it. Her frown deepened as she stared intently.
The slug's smile faded. His beady eyes bored into her as if in a challenge. She would have turned away had her curiosity not been so piqued.
"What is that?" she said in an accusatory tone.
"What? Nothing." The slug's wide mouth turned down and he squirmed in his seat.
"It is too something." She stood. "I can see it."
"No, it's not! It's not anything."
She snatched at it. The slug was surprisingly fast in his attempt to stop her, but not fast enough. The item, whatever it was, came off easily. She stepped back and examined the small metallic thing in her hand.
The Braggart craned his long neck and looked at it too. He blinked his eyes a few times and then jumped to his feet. "It's a mind-reader!"
"What!" Jerut barked as he slammed his fist down on the table.
Kefer-blah-blah's buzz ripped through the room. It was so loud that she felt the vibration of it in her bones.
Xir-bing stood and pointed at her with his stubby extremity. "You had it in your hand all along! You only pretended it came from me, like some charlatan magic trick!"
If not for his panic-stricken expression, his accusation might have been believed.
Jerut stood so quickly that his chair fell. "Guards! Guards! Guards!" His words came out in yelps as he waved his hands, or paws, in the air. "Help! We've been hoodwinked."
Xir-bing slid back with his fat stumpy feet. His little round eyes darted around, as though looking for an escape.
"Oh, no you don't." The Braggart grabbed Xir-bing's round slimy arm.
Xir-bing struggled. The Braggart did some fancy move that she didn't even know was possible. The slug fell to the floor with a big wet thwack.
Guards swooped in and one jabbed his shock-stick into the slug's gut. Xir-bing howled in a sickly way that sounded like a cross between a crustacean in boiling water and a mastodon in distress.
She smiled. It's just what the fat slug deserved. But her smile quickly faded. What about the Orb? How would she get it now? Craters.
"Xir-bing!" she said in a sweet sing-song voice. It made her spirits dance to see the fat slug looking so distraught in his metal cage. "Poor little wittle Xir-bing-ling," she added in mock pity. "Slugs don't like small spaces, do they?"
Xir-bing's wide mouth drooped and his bulbous head fell in shame.
A grin stretched across her face. The small space was bad enough but slugs disliked metal even more. It made them slip and slide everywhere no matter what form their wormy bodies tried to contort into.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you that gambling never pays?" she said in a still-chipper tone as she stepped closer to the cage door. "And neither does cheating?"
"Xylerians don't have mothers," he replied in a defeated tone.
"Awe. That's too bad. I guess you had to learn the hard way, huh?"
Xir-bing's pallid skin turned red and his beady eyes suddenly flared. "You lost too. There's no way you can get the Orb now."
"Isn't there?" she said in mock concern.
"It's in my quarters and you can't get it. It's mine."
"Now, now," she replied as though talking to a naughty child. "That's no way to talk to someone who has the means to bail you out of here."
The neckless slug tilted his head in such a way that indicated she had his full attention.
"Remember the amount of Retonian metal I offered you for the Orb earlier?"
"Yes," he said warily.
She tittered ironically. "Well, it just so happens that the amount you still owe for bail after all your accounts have been depleted is just half of that amount."
His wide frown deepened. Apparently, he didn't like where this was going. She was loving every moment of it.
"Anyway, I figured that if you tell me how to get the Orb, I will pay that amount and get you out of here. That is, of course, once I actually have the Orb in my hand and after you sign a document declaring me the rightful owner."
Xir-bing's body pulsed. There was no other word she could think of to describe it. One moment, he seemed to swell like a balloon, and the next he was back to his normal size. She supposed he was probably breathing heavily, but the slug had no nose—at least not a discernable one.
Her heart thumped in her chest as she tried to discern his emotion. Minutes passed, or it seemed like minutes, anyway.
Suddenly, he stood. "You Retonian pirate! You'll never get that Orb. Never!"
She clenched her teeth. A boiling heat flushed through her body. "Fine." She turned abruptly as though to leave.
"Wait!" he said with a hint of desperation in his voice.
A smile crept over her lips and she suppressed it before turning slowly back to him. "What?"
The slug pulsated again, but only a few times. "If I tell you how to get the Orb, how do I know you'll actually bail me out?"
She cocked one of her eyebrows. "You don't. But what choice do you have? The amount you need is more than you can obtain while sitting in this cell. Your winning personality leaves you with no friends to help you. Either you trust me and hope I keep my promise or you stay here and rot for the fifty days they say it will take for you to make up the rest of your bail money."
Redness crept into his sickly pale skin again. And he held his breath, or whatever it was he did when he pulsated, so that his glutinous skin stretched to the point where it might pop.
She couldn't help but to rub in some salt. "By that time, you will be nothing but a shriveled sack of skin."
He deflated. "Fine. I'll tell you."
"Good. I'm glad we can work things out." She pulled back her shoulders and gave him her best smile. "You realize, though, that if you had just sold me the Orb to begin with, you wouldn't be in this mess? You'd have more money instead of none."
His beady eyes turned to the floor.
"Gambling simply doesn't pay," she added. "And Retonians always get what they want."
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I've had my new refrigerator for 6 months now. It is awesome! Spacious and sleek! Absolutely a beautiful feature in my kitchen. The only negative is that it has a high pitched hum that is a bit annoying. Nothing we can do about it though.
LOOKS great but has SO many problems. I spent the extra money on this expensive refrigerator thinking it's a Kitchenaid it must be excellent quality. Boy was I wrong! Bought this at end of March. Thought it was perfect. But then I started to use my new expensive fridge and discovered ... the ice machine takes forever to make the tiniest of cubes that melt so quick they are useless. Don't try to get more because it's EMPTY. The self closing freezer drawer does not work from day one. The filter needed to be replaced after approx 4 months. The cost is $50.00 AND GUESS WHAT? It will STOP making ice completely until you replace it. You have to open both doors to pull out any of the drawers. So much for trying to be energy efficient & open only one door to get something besides inconvenient. There is no room for tall items unless you push back the slide-away shelf which reduces your shelf space drastically. If you have slide-away shelf extended it's not a completely flat surface so items will tip. This is my CURRENT situation. Beginning of September the Fridge started making noise from back panel, everything seemed warm & food started to spoil. Put in a thermometer & see it's reading 58 degrees. So now throw everything away in the fridge & call for service. Takes 1 week to get certified repair person to come look at it & sees solid ice frozen up in back. Apparently fan on compressor stopped working. He states he plans to use a turkey baster with warm water to defrost ice chunk it the back of fridge. He orders parts & leaves. The parts came yesterday. With no call from Kitchenaid or repair company to reschedule, I go to website schedule appt for them to come back & fix - it's ANOTHER WEEK. Can't wait to see what happens next. Reading other reviews & seeing the same problem I can't help to think this isn't over & I've made a terrible mistake buying this refrigerator. Will never suggest this fridge. Should have bought the samsung.
We bought this refrigerator in February and not six month later the ice maker needed to be replaced. NOW the refrigerator isn't getting cold enough to make ice. Our food is chilled but not cold. This is the second time I have called to get this EXPENSIVE refrigerator repaired. We thought to treat ourselves to a nice updated appliance and it has been a horrible experience. I would not recommend spending the extra money on this model. Pretty to look at but it's just not reliable. If you are considering a Kitchen Aid product get a cheaper model and spend the extra money on a extended warranty (you'll need it). My old refrigerator was with a competitors brand and we are considering selling this one and cutting our loss.
I bought this refrigerator in May and only four months later ran into the same compressor issue others have hit. I only wish I knew about it before we made the purchase. The service department we used has been great, but the part is on back-order from kitchenaid. I called customer support directly and it was frankly one of the worst experiences, being passed to parts and back to customer support before getting hung up on. The only information I found was that the parts won't be available for AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH!! Buyer beware. It's a great refrigerator....when it works. don't expect any help from kitchenaid when it breaks.
Very quiet Easy to find everything...counter depth with refrigerator on top makes it much easier to find everything. I thought we might have a problem with needing to open both doors, but it isn't an issue. Only need to open both doors to open drawers.
I bought this fridge and after 5 months it's not working. Kitchenaid will not replace it, even though parts are on back order. Many people are having same exact problem, and it keeps happening even after they replace the parts. This fridge needs to be recalled, but they keep selling it.
This refrigerator has the best layout Ive seen, extremely spacious with a place for everything. High quality and greats ascetics.
Love the 3 doors. Lots of space.
We recently bought this refrigerator and are very happy with our purchase. Aside from having the crushed ice and easily dispensed water, it is beautiful both inside and out. Also, love that fingerprints don't show.
Bought the unit 5 months ago. Compressor failure. Two+ weeks without a properly working unit with no sense of urgency to fix by KitchenAid. Ice maker doesn't work and even when it did it produced very little ice - certainly not enough for a family of four. BUT it looks great sitting in my kitchen ; ). Thankfully we have a second fridge in the mother-in-law suite or I'd really be upset. If the unit actually worked and made an acceptable amount of ice, I'd give it 5 stars. Took a gamble with the brand and now I'm paying for it. I'm really missing my 12 year old fridge. Also, it's very buzzy although I assume that's due to the compressor issue.
Refrigerator is great so far we have had it a week.
Love the refrigerator so far. Very spacious. I like the little ice cubes. The freezer compartment seems a flimsy compared to the great refrigerator build. I haven't found anything else I don't like so far.
I bought this a couple of months ago and it is already broken. The refrigerator doesn't work. The defrosting fan broke down. Still in the process of getting it fixed!!! absolutely a bad buy. Owned a Whirlpool before in my older house for 12 years and it never broke.
This is a beautiful fridge. The exterior dispenser is well thought out in function; it looks like 1 dispenser, but is really 2 (1 for ice, 1 for water. The inside of the fridge is very well lit and laid out, making locating items a breeze. The interior finish is top notch. Freezer is a bit tough to open, but i would rather have a good seal than not. The smudge free finish is great, if you have ever had stainless appliances you know how difficult it is to keep them looking nice and smudge free. One gripe would be the small amount of ice produced, but for most it should be more than adequate; on the flip side, the water comes out ice cold, so i haven't used as much ice. Read some complaints about being noisy and not keeping temperature. Knock on wood, but i haven't experienced either of these problems yet. Overall 5 stars at this point. Beautiful, well designed addition to the kitchen.
I bought this unit for our new home 61/2 months ago. Flawless ( except the one suction cup) for holding a produce preserver which came deformed and doesn't hold. The overall style and functionality is great.
I purchased the fridge for a new home that is not currently ready for occupancy yet, so I have not yet had the chance to use it. I had been shopping for appliances and not sure what I wanted, but the moment I saw this beauty on display in a store I knew I had to have it. It's is simply gorgeous. I love how the LED lighting accentuates the beautiful platinum interior. The woodgrain touches are simply a work of art. The soft close drawers...genius! If this refrigerator functions as well as it looks, I will be so pleased.
I purchase this refrigerator and 60 day after broke down, tech shows up after 1 week opens doors and says yes same problem as the others defective model from factory, and they keep making it available knowing it will fail,2 weeks in to it and no refrigerator, if any lawyers are reading this where do I sign for a class A law suit, I counted over 300 complains about this model, just read reviews, kitchen aid claims my model it's a new model and my refrigerator it's the only one with this issue, do they know the reviews are all over,with same issue,if you read this RUN pick up Samsung or other brand and avoid headaches.
Love this, need faster ice.
Love everything about this except it doesn't produce ice fast enough to keep up with our 5 person household.
We just put this in. Would like to add the rest of the line but even though the other appliances are stainless the Black still fit right in. This works great so far.
Beautiful, roomy, elegant.... great quality.
I begged my husband to splurge on this rather expensive refrigerator. My justification - the higher cost of the refrigerator means we are getting a higher quality product (and our broken/nonrepairable 12 year old Kitchen Aid refrigerator was an entry level, low cost model. Less than 3 months later - the new, beautiful appliance in my kitchen has transformed to a paper weight. Welcome to round two of spoiled food in less than 6 months at the hand of KitchenAid. You have to hand it to them though, they had a technician to our house a speedy 6 days later (yep, 6 days without a refrigerator). Here is the kicker, the control board is the problem. That's right, KitchenAid's own certified technician diagnosed the problem as an HV control board problem (part no. W10887783), nearly the exact problem that we experienced with our previous KitchenAid refrigerator. The technician actually stated out load to me when making his diagnosis that this is "a known-enough issue that they [KitchenAid] have an updated part for it to solve the issue." So I purchased [correction: KitchenAid offered for sale] a refrigerator less than 3 months ago from a certified retailer of KitchenAid equipment that was known to have an issue to the extent that KitchenAid itself has developed an updated component for it, but sold me the unit without the updated component!? For those of you considering KitchenAid, the 12-month manufacturer warranty includes the following explicit statement: "KitchenAid or KitchenAid Canada will not pay for "any food loss due to product failure." I consulted the warranties and disclaimers for a number other high-end brands and discovered that several do not include a food loss disclaimer in their warranty. This will absolutely be the last KitchenAid appliance we purchase. I would not recommend buying this appliance and I would be wary to purchase other appliances given that it is unlikely that KitchenAid injects a different level of sophistication into its other products.
The freezer is not designed well. The door gets stuck and food gets stuck so that the door is difficult to open, in fact I cut my hand today trying to get a frozen waffle out. I had to use my hair dryer to defrost it before I could remove it. The refrigerator does not have easy compartments in the doors. If you put something in, it is difficult to get out.
I had never owned a counter depth refrigerator before. Being in a condo with a smallish kitchen it makes a big difference! I didn't give up as much cubic footage as I thought i would. The only downside if any, is that the ice maker will not keep up if you have guests over for more than one or two cocktails.
This is a great fridge. I had a problem where someone turned on energy saver. This turns off the mullion heater and will cause condensation in more humid climates. This was very frustrating and not explained well. I was very upset. I did manage to figure out the problem, but it is not intuitive. Once I got that squared away, we have been very happy.
We purchased this to replace our old fridge and are so happy we did. The features are phenomenal and for a counter depth we are pleasantly surprised as to how much room there is. Kudos to KitchenAid!
Purchased brand new. Within 2 months fridge stopped working. After 2 visits by factory certified tech he finally realized there was a recall, which required the entire electronic and fan assembly in back of fridge to be replaced. I was without a fridge for two weeks. Entire fridge had to be dismantled in my kitchen repaired and put back together. I feel like I bought a used fridge. Fridge is now making new noises and will have to call in another service call. For one of the more expensive products in the line, this fridge is a dudd!
I have had for 2 months. I am well please!
For the most part we have been really happy with this fridge. It is nice to be able to see everything in the fridge. Storing taller items does get a big challenging. The only problem I have with this fridge is the lack of ice production. I knew it was going to be less than our old fridge, but he bin never seems to get full, even though I have Max Ice on. Not sure if it is our filtering system or just slow ice production. Other than that, I love the look and function of this fridge. Also you can hear the ice trays being filled, which is a little squeaky.
I bought this refrigerator 5 weeks ago, and I am very pleased. I have one concern, I must make sure the flap that closes the ice dispenser does close. Otherwise, it jams up the ice maker. Other than that, I really enjoy opening up the refrigerator, and being able to see all that I have. I am more organized, and do not have any food being pushed to the back where I cannot see it. Also, the food I purchase is staying fresher! Also, I appreciate opening it up and seeing the beautiful interior - the platinum finish, the led lights, the wood accents. I am very blessed to have such a high end appliance!
Could not be happier with this refrigerator!! From the LED lighting, simple shelving adjusting, great space use and pull out tray! Our foods are kept fresh and safe and organized.
We bought this fridge about a month ago during a kitchen remodel. While we love the space and the organizational options this fridge has, it is impossible to keep clean. I don't actually think we have the PrintShield finish and if we do it doesn't work. I have wiped this fridge more in the last month than I did my other stainless fridge in a year. I have only been using water and a microfiber cloth to clean it, but am going to have to look for something that will work better. If we can find a way to keep it clean we'll have only good things to say about this fridge. The freezer also leaves something to be desired, but we kind of knew that going in. The freezer drawer is really loud as well.
The counter depth fridge fits perfectly in my kitchen and really provides a lot of space compared to many other fridges. I also love that the ice cubes are shaped differently. I was really impressed by this small detail... but it makes a difference when comparing with other fridges. The details make it a very high end appliance!
I have had my refrigerator for about a month and love everything about it! Still getting used to a bottom freezer (had a side by side) but everything fits nicely. LED lights are nice and vegetables and fruit have stayed fresh longer.
We really like the new fridge. It works great. It's easy to find stuff inside it.
The change from regular size to counter depth is a challenge. We were used to storing a lot in the refrigerator. Wish it had a split shelf so we could use a pitcher or store wine bottles. If we use in the slide on the middle shelf to accommodate a wine bottle, one-third of the space is lost. Glad we have a small fridge in the garage.
Great refrigerator, love the counter depth because it gives me so much more room in the kitchen. I also love all the accents and "add-on" stuff inside. This fridge gives you so many adjustments to be able to fit items from the smallest condiments to the largest 1 gallon jugs.
We chose Kitchen Aid for our new kitchen. It was a wise choice. The French Door refrigerator is not only stylish but functional. I would highly recommend Kitchen Aid over the higher priced brands for as good or better quality and function.
Bought this about a month ago but am disappointed in freezer doors. Drawer does not come out very far. Would like another shelf in freezer. Also left side of door is heavy with ice in door and can slam shut if you let go! Other than that I love the size inside ref. Since I had side by side last time.
It's beautiful quiet cold in spacious very organized. Door compartment remove if you need them . Icemaker is the only weak point it's loud and doesn't make very much ice. Ice cubes are small and nice.
An incredible looking product, but it quit cooling and freezing after 3 months - in a low-use two-person household. When we called for warranty support, we were told that it would take two weeks for a repair technician to arrive. To recap: premium fridge, 3 months old, 2 weeks for a repair.
All Smiles With New Fridge!
Could not be more pleased with my new refrigerator. It is so worth the long wait to have just the one I wanted. Hope to be able to purchase other appliances to match this style.
What a beautiful fridge! The inside is gorgeous.
It was installed about a month ago and broke a couple of days later. Service man came and could not fix stated it was a new model and not sure he could get parts. Should have kept my old one.
We bought this about three months ago and love the sleek design. The finish truly is smudge proof and the shelves and inside are gorgeous. It runs quietly, the ice maker makes small cubes and great crushed ice. The ice bin is easy to pull out. The deep freezer in the bottom is big enough. The only thing i would change is the level of adjustability of the frig shelves.
I have only had this refrigerator for two weeks which is the reason for 4 Star rating. I don't feel I have had it long enough to give a detailed review I am still discovering new features. So far I am very pleased and hopefully I will soon acquire a new range to match.
I love my Kitchenaid compact fridge. The reason I didn't give it a five (5) is because I feel it could use better lighting in the freezer area. Other than that? I absolutely love my fridge.


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Der Snaptunstein ( auch Snaptun Essestenen oder Alvsten –  genannt) wurde 1950 in Snaptun, östlich von Horsens in Jütland in Dänemark an der Meeresküste entdeckt. Er wird in die Wikingerzeit auf etwa 1000 n. Chr. datiert.

Der Snaptunstein besteht aus Speckstein, ist etwa 20,0 cm hoch, 24,5 cm breit und 7,5 cm dick. Der Speckstein muss aus Skandinavien stammen, wo es zahlreiche Steinbrüche gibt; er kommt in Dänemark nicht vor.

Speckstein eignet sich für Anwendung bei großer Wärme und wurde auch für Gussformen verwendet. Der Snaptunstein wurde verwendet, um die Düse eines Blasebalgs zu schützen. In der unteren Hälfte wurde ein Loch durch den Stein gebohrt. Auf dem oberen Teil gibt es den eingeschnittenen Kopf eines Mannes mit lockigen Haaren und buschigen Augenbrauen, der eine der äußerst seltenen, maskenhaften Darstellungen des Gottes Loki (auch Loptr oder Hveðrungr) sein soll, der mit dem Feuer verbunden wird.

Das Maskenmotiv war in der Wikingerzeit (800–1050 n. Chr.) populär und kommt auch auf Runensteinen vor. Die Besonderheit auf dem Snaptunstein besteht in den Linien um den Mund des Mannes. Sie sollen Fäden oder Narben darstellen, denn der Gott Loki, der eine Wette gegen den Zwerg Brok verlor, bekam als Strafe den Mund zugenäht. Da Loki nicht schweigen wollte, machte er seinen Mund auf, die Naht platze und er musste mit den Narben leben.

Der Gott war allgemein wenig beliebt, man benannte seine Kinder nicht nach ihm und Darstellungen sind entsprechend selten. Eine der wenigen anderen wurde als Anhänger im Gnesdowo-Hort in Russland gefunden.

Literatur
 Hans Jørgen Madsen: Loke fra Snaptun. In: P. Kjærum & R.A. Olsen (Hrsg.): Oldtidens Ansigt, København 1990.

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Archäologischer Fund (Dänemark)
Archäologischer Fund (Wikingerzeit)
Kunst der Ur- und Frühgeschichte
Hedensted Kommune
Germanische Mythologie

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At the start of the summer, Champion Lad, of Jerome Twell fame (see previous post here) travelled all the way up to Lancashire for a few days hanging out and climbing hills.
The weather was perfect and after some time exploring Lancaster itself we headed up into the fells with the goal of reaching Clougha Pike and then walking home down the Lune valley.
We took a while actually getting up onto the open terrain of Bowland as we spent well over half an hour reverting to our childhood ways, with a full on dam and cairn building session in a beautiful green valley with a stream cascading down it! It still surprises me how much fun it can be to play in the outdoors, even as an adult!
Up onto the heather and under a beating sun we spent the morning looking for lapwings and testing our bird knowledge on each other. Reaching the summit it was time to discuss the merits of the various varieties of cheese we had brought with us (we went a bit mad in the supermarket!).
We discovered that there is a really good track up there so I definitely want to bring a bike up one day to cover a bit more ground and explore more!
I am so glad Jerome made the trip up, as it was just great to be able to share the open hills with a friend, especially when we had such a nice weather window! I am already planning how I can get down to the midlands in the new year, so we can head into the Peak District!


I sat on the fence with this one for a while before I decided to go with this story in this month's issue. It's a true "first person" shooter, but I couldn't help wondering why in that day and age people still had to duel. It lacked verisimilitude in that respect to me. However, I could pass that off as a "that's just what people do" as a fad or trend. People used to fight formal duels in the past, so I suppose they could again in the future. Plus, I could honestly see the desire to prove he was better/faster in the mind of the protagonist.
Still, some other part of me still says, have someone draw Gideon (great name, by the way) out--then snipe him from a distance, if he's that good.
Thanks for reading it! I actually penned the story because a friend and I had a conversation about why duels went out the window, so I just wrote with the premise that they never did. The unfortunate part is that because of the small amount of space I had to write, this isn't even implied in the story at all.
This was also the first time I ever wrote in first person, so I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out entirely. I wanted a gritty, albeit not necessarily dark perspective with the added idea of how we perceive those based solely on the merits of reputation. Every step along the way something tells the main character that he is metaphorically outgunned, and yet he keeps chasing and ends up in dire straights because of it!


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Frequent Question What happens in the book bring me back?
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Bring Me Back alternates between the past, in which Finn (the narrator) and his girlfriend Layla take a holiday in France and she disappears
the present, in which we find ourselves ten years later with Finn about to marry Layla's sister Ellen
and first person accounts from Layla, where she mostly talks like a comic …
Behind Closed Doors: Family Secrets (5 book series) Kindle Edition.
Grace leaves for Thailand and Jack dies in the room that she had locked him in. When she gets back and Esther comes to pick her up, she (Esther) already guesses that something was wrong from the very beginning.
Behind Closed Doors – Official Film (2021) Vasile Marin, Holly Prentice #domesticviolence #indiefilm – YouTube.
Her first novel is called Behind Closed Doors and was released in 2016. The second book is called The Breakdown and was released in 2017. Her third book in the series will be coming out in 2018. Behind Closed Doors was her first novel and it was a best seller.
No, I'm afraid there won't be a sequel to Behind Closed Doors. But I can tell you that Grace sold the house and bought a lovely new one for her and Millie, not far from where Esther lives 🙂 I have another book coming out this year The Breakdown. It comes out in February in the UK and Juen in the US.
Lori Petty co-writes and directs Behind Closed Doors, a movie based on the true events of her childhood. Originally released in 2008 and called The Poker House, the movie finally reaches the UK thanks to the good people at 101 Films.
Now Grace has to figure out how she will give them to Jack. The time is getting closer to when Millie will graduate and come to live with them at the house. Though Jack has shown Millie a lovely yellow bedroom (yellow is her favorite color) where she will live, he actually plans to keep her in the red basement room.
Something about instilling fear in others. I think he was going there and getting women and beating them, and possibly torturing them, it was never revealed exactly why he kept going there, but that was my take on it….. That was my take on it too….. thats the only thing he liked, he said.
In February 2014 GPs: Behind Closed Doors was filmed at St Johns Medical Centre in Lewisham, south-east London.
Definition of behind closed doors
: in a private room or place : in private All of their meetings are held behind closed doors. They seemed like the perfect couple, but you never know what goes on behind closed doors. The decisions are made behind closed doors.
B.A. Paris (pen name) is a Franco-British writer of fiction, mainly in the psychological thriller subgenre.
Occupation Author
Notable work Behind Closed Doors (2016)
Awards Nielsen Gold Besteller (2017), Nielsen Platinum Bestseller (2019)
Website www.baparis.com
A: All of the books are stand-alone and can be read in any order, except for Vengeance, which is a companion to Fracture (taking place months after the events in Fracture, and told from a different character's point of view).
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Q: In python, can I redirect the output of print function to stderr? There're lots of print function (python 2.7) in my program. Is there any way I can add a few lines then all the output can be redirected to stderr? What I want is python codes but not linux pipeline.
For example, my program is like:
print 'hello world'

I would like to add some codes like:
redirect_output_to_stderr()
print 'hello world'

Then all the output can be redirected to stderr.
I know print >> sys.stderr, 'hello world' can achieve my goal, but is it any way that can prevent from modifying the existed codes?

A: Do this in your method:
import sys
sys.stdout = sys.stderr

A: In python 2.7 you can do:
import sys

print >> sys.stderr, "To stderr."

Or you can import the behavior from 3.x:
from __future__ import print_function
import sys

print('To stderr.', file=sys.stderr)

A: Redefinition of print is feature of Python 3+. However, you can change sys.stdout to std.stderr.
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30 NOV 2015: A "douzan' is a tuned instrument. When you talk with Fady Najjar, the owner of Haifa's Douzan Restaurant, he speaks emotionally about people living together harmoniously. Like the mandolin on display in the dining room, society is made up of individual strings that, when tuned and strummed, produce melodious sounds. Every table in Fady's restaurant is different but he notes that together they make for "a pleasant atmosphere, good food and great memories".
And in the popular German Colony neighbourhood of Haifa, Fady greets Israeli locals as well as tourists from around the world with the same passion for sharing experiences and promoting friendship. Fady's background is Lebanese and when he works with his French-trained chefs the result is taste bud heaven: Lebanese salad with feta cheese, Halloumi salad, kibbeh, eggplant, tabbouleh, grape leaves with a yoghurt sauce, and Shish Taouk (chicken kebabs with a delicate sesame dip).
And to complement the meal, Fady suggests Ashkar, a delicious Cabernet Sauvignon from Kfar Yasif, an Arab town in the Upper Galilee, or Taybeh, a refreshing Palestinian Beer from Ramallah. We try both.
Douzan - 'the tuned instrument" turns into a stellar dining performance, a confirmation of the diversity of Israeli society, and a great introduction to Israel's continued draw as a destination offering truly unique experiences.
The next day we have a quick visit scheduled in Binyamina, next to Zichron Ya'akov, long regarded as 'the' wine district of the country. But almost as soon as we arrive at Tishbi Winery and meet the 5th generation owner, Golan Tishbi, our schedule is pretty well thrown out the window.
Golan shows us the bakery where we taste freshly made bread and sample sweet macaroons. He explains that a visit to the winery offers more than just wine tasting. The culinary experience includes bread and pastry for sale, a weekend backyard Barbeque, a top-of-line restaurant with an amazing Austrian chef and the new addition: chocolate. Aside from sampling four or five different chocolates, visitors can participate in a chocolate-pairing workshop to perfect chocolate/wine combinations in a tasty 'terroir versus terroir' atmosphere.
When he learns that we haven't eaten yet, Golan invites us to stay for lunch and with the slogan "Friendship is the wine of life" emblazoned on a sign above the door, we are treated to a 2014 Viognier followed by an absolutely incredible Ruby Cabernet. Golan tells us that Tishbi is the only vegan winery in the country. Unlike wineries that use gelatin or albumin as part of the process to quicken production, Golan says "I have time. I don't need to rush" And his use of natural ingredients promotes the family philosophy of "farm to bottle; field to bread".
While Golan seeks to continually enhance the traditional wine-tasting experience, a few hours to the south in Tel Aviv, Roni Saslove has taken a different route. Her dad Barry, originally from Ottawa, immigrated to Israel with the family and started making wine in 2004.
Roni studied wine making at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. When the decision was made to sell the winery two years ago, Roni opened The Tasting Room to celebrate wine: "one of the beautiful things we have in Israel". The daily menu features upward of 40 wines representing production from the Golan Heights in the north to the Negev Desert in the south". In this ultra-popular, award winning wine bar, patrons purchase a wine-debit card and then help themselves to the wine dispensers, at the pleasure of their taste buds.
Roni noted that more and more people look at the process of exploring wine as open, warm and comfortable. "Wine is a great way to turn a bad room into a fun room. You don't have to understand wine to drink it or even know how to pronounce it…just put it in your mouth and your body will tell you whether you like it or not".
Later that evening, we are exposed to Israel's "Eat With" programme and are greeted at the entrance of their home by Maayan and Moshe Carmel and their wonderfully happy dog, Toffee. "Eat With" is geared to providing visitors with unique dining and 'family' experiences. Moshe is a real estate broker who, in his spare time, reaches back to his Yemenite, Turkish and Iranian background and cooks the most incredible Persian-style food imaginable. Maayan, his wife, a marketing manager for a luxury furniture brand is the perfect host and dessert expert, and Toffee, who loves to have his ears scratched, is the perfect pet.
Our refreshing welcome drink is Arak made with mint, lemon and sugar water and soon after, the dishes start arriving: Tabbouleh salad made with tahini, tomato salad with peppers, parsley and onion, Tzatsiki with cucumber and mint, a specially baked pie of cherry tomatoes, goat and feta cheese with herbs and basil; Gondi, a mouth-watering dish of chicken with fresh pomegranate and, after hours of wine, conversation and laughter, we still have room for the apricot/tahini/honey cake with tea and 'nabat', a special Persian sugar. The evening is easily rated as 200 percent enjoyable.
'Passion' knows no bounds and in the Dead Sea area, it mixes well with adventure. Barak Horwitz of Camel Lot Tours runs jeep excursions into the Judaean Desert. After we bounce, jostle and climb our way to the summit of one of the Sedom Mountains, Barak tells us that at 200 feet below Sea Level (the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the planet) we are actually on top of the lowest mountain on earth. As the sun sets, the sandy-coloured mountains turn a vibrant red. Barak talks of early morning drives to see the sun rise over the Moab Mountains as they loom on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea. He talks of the fresh air, the freedom of being alone in the mountains and his dream to share this with guests looking for unique experiences in Israel.
And toward the end of our trip we had the opportunity to chat with Moshe Safdie, the internationally renowned architect, who humbly sat alone in the lobby of Jerusalem's David Citadel (a hotel he designed), while waiting for us to arrive. During our discussion he spoke of his commitment to each project through study and immersion in the culture, music, scriptures, and history of the destination, aside from getting to know the people first hand.
This has resulted in scores of iconic works including Habitat'67, the National Gallery in Ottawa, Lester B. Pearson Airport, Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum and the Khalsa Heritage Centre in the Punjab. His passion for melding the contemporary with the traditional, to complement a sight line or landscape and capture a sense of emotion and historicity, and his skill in incorporating disparate elements to create a reflection of society, are not that different from the visions of Fady Najjar, Golan Tishbi, Roni Saslove, Maayan and Moshe Carmel and Barak Horwitz.
All are worthy ambassadors of Israel's invitation to not only visit the country but to fully experience it.


Although this guide focuses on how to obtain the best performance from Windows Server 2008, the increasing importance of power efficiency must also be recognized in enterprise and data center environments. High performance and low power usage are often conflicting goals, but by carefully selecting server components you can determine the correct balance between them. Table 3 contains guidelines for power characteristics and capabilities of server hardware components.
Frequency, operating voltage, cache size, and process technology all affect the power consumption of processors. Processors have a thermal design point (TDP) rating that gives a basic indication of power consumption relative to other models. In general, opt for the lowest-TDP processor that will meet your performance goals. Also, newer generations of processors are generally more power efficient and might expose more power states for the Windows power management algorithms, which enables better power management at all levels of performance.
Memory consumes an increasing amount of system power. Many factors affect the power consumption of a memory "stick" such as memory technology, error correction code (ECC), frequency, capacity, density, and number of ranks. Therefore, it is best to compare expected power consumption ratings before purchasing large quantities of memory. Low-power ("green") memory is now available, but a performance or monetary trade-off must be considered. If paging is required, then the power cost of the paging disks should also be considered.
Higher RPM means increased power consumption. Also, new 2.5-inch drives consume less than half the power of older 3.5-inch drives. More information about the power cost for different RAID configurations is found in "Performance Tuning for Storage Subsystem" later in this guide.
Gb networking and high-bandwidth storage links.
Increasing power supply efficiency is a great way to reduce consumption without affecting performance. High-efficiency power supplies can save many kilowatt-hours per year, per server.
Fans, like power supplies, are an area where you can reduce power consumption without affecting system performance. Variable-speed fans can reduce RPM as system load decreases, eliminating otherwise unnecessary power consumption.
The default power plan for Windows Server 2008 is Balanced. This plan is optimized for maximum power efficiency; it matches computational capacity to computational demand by dynamically reducing or increasing CPU performance as workload changes. This approach keeps performance high while saving power whenever possible. For most scenarios, Balanced delivers excellent power efficiency with minimal effect on performance. Microsoft highly recommends using the default Balanced power plan, if possible.
However, Balanced might not be appropriate for all customers. For example, some applications require very low response times or very high throughput at high load. Other applications might have sensitive timing or synchronization requirements that cannot tolerate changes in processor clock frequency. In such cases, changing the power plan to High Performance might help you to achieve your business goals. Note that the power consumption and operating cost of your server might increase significantly if you select the High Performance plan.
Server BIOS settings can prevent Windows power management from working properly. Check whether such settings exist and if they do, enable operating system power management to ensure that the Balanced and High Performance plans perform as expected.
We modified the Balanced power plan parameters in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) to increase energy efficiency. Although there is a very small performance cost, the new Balanced power plan can provide significant reductions in energy usage and can increase power efficiency for some workloads by as much as ten percent. The cost savings of the new parameter settings can quickly add up for installations with a large number of servers.
To prevent overwriting of customer-applied performance or power settings, the new settings are applied only to fresh installations of Windows Server 2008 with SP2, not to upgrades. If you upgrade to Windows Server 2008 SP2 and you want to apply the new parameter settings, or if you perform a fresh SP2 installation and you want to revert to the pre-SP2 settings, see "Resources" for links to instructions. You can also apply these settings to Windows Server 2008 installations without SP2.
Interrupt affinity refers to the binding of interrupts from a specific device to one or more specific processors in a multiprocessor server. The binding forces interrupt processing to run on the specified processor or processors, unless the device specifies otherwise. For some scenarios, such as a file server, the network connections and file server sessions remain on the same network adapter. In those scenarios, binding interrupts from the network adapter to a processor allows for processing incoming packets (SMB requests and data) on a specific set of processors, which improves locality and scalability.
The Interrupt-Affinity Filter tool (IntFiltr) lets you change the CPU affinity of the interrupt service routine (ISR). The tool runs on most servers that run Windows Server 2008, regardless of what processor or interrupt controller is used. For IntFiltr to work on some systems, you must set the MAXPROCSPERCLUSTER=0 boot parameter. However, on some systems with more than eight logical processors or for devices that use MSI or MSI-X, the tool is limited by the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) protocol. The Interrupt-Affinity Policy (IntPolicy) tool does not encounter this issue because it sets the CPU affinity through the affinity policy of a device.
You can use either tool to direct any device's ISR to a specific processor or set of processors (instead of sending interrupts to any of the CPUs in the system). Note that different devices can have different interrupt affinity settings. On some systems, directing the ISR to a processor on a different Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) node can cause performance issues.


An Lanntair has announced plans for the installation of a new Centenary Sculpture at Holm at the approach to Stornoway Harbour. It overlooks the site of one of the most devastating peacetime tragedies in British maritime history when HMY Iolaire foundered on the Beasts of Holm in the early hours of New Year's Day 1919 with the loss of 201 lives. Most were returning service men and 179 came from the Isle of Lewis.
Total costs are £100k and backing the project are the Gael Force Group and Stornoway Port Authority, whose contributions have been matched by a £35k award from Arts & Business Scotland's Culture & Business Fund Scotland, which aims to encourage active collaboration between businesses and the cultural sector by matching business sponsorship of cultural projects pound for pound. Other major donors are Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn, Horshader Community Trust, Point & Sandwick Trust and Tolsta Community Development. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has also been a key partner and supporter.
Professor Norman Drummond CBE FRSE, Chair Scottish Commemorations Panel: 'Since the start of the commemorations for the centenary of World War I in 2014, WW100 Scotland and the Scottish Commemorations Panel have learned so many moving stories of loss and tragedy. Few can be as shocking as the sinking of HMY Iolaire and the loss of so many men from Lewis and Harris on the final stretch of their journey home."
The commissioned artists are Royal Scottish Academicians Will Maclean, Marian Leven and Arthur Watson and the design will feature two bronzes within a semi-circular stone enclosure. It will also bear the names of those lost and the communities they came from.
The central bronze will depict a large coiled heaving-line. This references the heroism of John Finlay Macleod who swam ashore with the rope by which some 40 of the 79 men were saved. It also serves as a metaphor for the Isles' connection with the sea, and the timeless dialogue between ship and shore, the past and the present. The other bronze will be a wreath composed of maritime insignia wall-mounted within the enclosure.
Norman A Macdonald, Convener of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and Chair of the Iolaire Working Group, said: "We are working on a range of projects to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the terrible events of 1st January 1919. Our communities were devastated by the loss of lives that night and it is right that we remember them and mark the occasion in an appropriate manner.
Carl Watt, Head of Programmes at Arts & Business Scotland, added: "By matching their sponsorship pound for pound, the Culture & Business Fund Scotland aims to encourage many more businesses that are new to cultural sponsorship to sponsor cultural projects throughout Scotland. It also seeks to strengthen long-term collaboration by offering ongoing support for those businesses sponsoring cultural projects in their second and third years."


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William Ferreira Martínez est un footballeur uruguayen né le  à Artigas (Uruguay). Il évolue au poste d'attaquant.

Biographie

Club

Sélection

Carrière
 2002-2004 :  Nacional
 2005-2006 :  CA Fénix
 2006-2007 :  Rampla Juniors
 2007 :  CA Fénix
 2008 :  Defensor Sporting
 2009-2014 :  Club Bolívar
 2012 :  Liverpool FC
 2014 :  Leones Negros UdeG
 2015 :  Independiente del Valle
 2015-2018 :  Club Bolívar
 2019- :  Always Ready

Palmarès

Club
 Avec Nacional :
 Champion d'Uruguay en 2002.

 Avec Defensor Sporting :
 Champion d'Uruguay en 2008.

 Avec Club Bolívar :
 Champion de Bolivie en 2008 (Apertura).
 Meilleur buteur de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano en 2009 (Apertura) (16 buts), 2009 (Clausura) (9 buts) et 2010 (Clausura) (14 buts).

Liens externes

Footballeur uruguayen
Joueur du Club Nacional de Football
Joueur du CA Fénix
Joueur du Rampla Juniors FC
Joueur du Defensor Sporting Club
Joueur du Club Bolívar
Joueur du Liverpool Fútbol Club
Joueur de l'Universidad de Guadalajara
Joueur de l'Independiente del Valle
Joueur du Club Always Ready
Naissance en février 1983
Naissance à Artigas


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Pathway reform
Media release from the Assistant Minister
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New data shows how a simpler, faster, fairer and more flexible NDIS will benefit all of South Australia
New data shows how a simpler, faster, fairer and more flexible NDIS will benefit all of South Australia.
Update on NDIS coronavirus supports in South Australia
Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Stuart Robert, has confirmed NDIS participants in South Australia have access to a range of temporary measures to ensure they can receive their disability-related supports, in line with public health advice.
South Australia first to deliver NDIS through public sector employee-led mutual
Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, and South Australia Minister for Human Services, Michelle Lensink, today announced South Australia Government's Child and Youth Services (CYS) has become the first public sector staff in Australia to form their own employee-led mutual to deliver NDIS for ECEI services throughout the state.
NDIS continues to roll out
South Australians aged 18 to 64 years living in the Adelaide Hills, Western Adelaide and Eastern Adelaide regions and Victorians living in the Bayside Peninsula joined more than 140,000 Australians already participating in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) on 1 April 2018.
$47 million for Early Childhood Early Intervention Services in South Australia
Children in South Australia will benefit from early intervention to address developmental delay or disability.


6 beds, 7 baths listed at almost $6.5m – in Hancock Park – 6655 sq ft on almost 18000 sq ft lot. This house has everything you need! Great 1920's original features but updated for today's living. My favorite thing about this house is how it is decorated. I love that the owners have great art and had fun with colors and didn't play it "safe". I do not love the front of the house from the curb (which is why that photo is near the bottom) but inside and the yard is wonderful. Rimpau can get a little busy but it is set back enough not to be annoying. Not far from Larchmont. Would you like a tour?


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using System;
using Windows.System;
using Windows.UI.Xaml;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Navigation;

namespace Podcasts
{
    public sealed partial class EpisodePage
    {
        Episode episode;

        public EpisodePage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            NavigationCacheMode = NavigationCacheMode.Enabled;

            NoEpisode.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
            IsPlayedTag.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
            IsDownloadedTag.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;

            OneDriveSync.DataContext = OneDriveSettings.Instance;
        }

        internal override void ClearReferences()
        {
            Playlist.CurrentPlaylist.OnCurrentIndexChanged -= CurrentPlaylist_OnCurrentIndexChanged;
        }

        protected override async void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnNavigatedTo(e);

            WaitRingManager.IsWaitRingVisible = true;

            NoEpisode.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
            CommandBar.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
            Details.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
            HeaderProgress.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;

            bool readOnly = false;

            if (IsTopStackValueString())
            {
                var data = GetTopStackValueAsString();

                if (data.StartsWith("http", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                {
                    episode = Library.GetEpisodeByEnclosure(data);
                    GlobalStateManager.SelectedMenuIndex = 3;
                }
                else
                {
                    episode = Episode.FromCompleteString(data);
                    GlobalStateManager.SelectedMenuIndex = 0;
                    readOnly = true;
                }
                PlayButton.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                AddToPlaylistButton.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
            }
            else
            {
                episode = Playlist.CurrentPlaylist.CurrentEpisode;
                GlobalStateManager.SelectedMenuIndex = 1;
                Playlist.CurrentPlaylist.OnCurrentIndexChanged += CurrentPlaylist_OnCurrentIndexChanged;
                PlayButton.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                AddToPlaylistButton.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
            }

            DataContext = episode;

            if (episode == null)
            {
                NoEpisode.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                IsPlayedTag.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                IsDownloadedTag.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;

                Playlist.CurrentPlaylist.OnCurrentIndexChanged += CurrentPlaylist_OnCurrentIndexChanged;
            }
            else
            {
                HeaderProgress.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                CommandBar.Visibility = readOnly ? Visibility.Collapsed : Visibility.Visible;
                Details.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
            }
            WaitRingManager.IsWaitRingVisible = false;

            if (episode != null && string.IsNullOrEmpty(episode.Subtitle))
            {
                WaitBar.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                await Library.WaitFullRefreshAsync();
                WaitBar.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
            }
        }

        private void RootPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
        }

        private void CurrentPlaylist_OnCurrentIndexChanged()
        {
            episode = Playlist.CurrentPlaylist.CurrentEpisode;
            if (episode != null)
            {
                NoEpisode.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                HeaderProgress.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                CommandBar.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                Details.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                TitleGrid.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;

                DataContext = episode;
            }
            else
            {
                NoEpisode.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                TitleGrid.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                CommandBar.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                Details.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;

                DataContext = null;
            }
        }

        private void PlayButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (episode == null)
            {
                return;
            }
            MediaPlayerHost.ResetLastOrderReceived();
            Playlist.CurrentPlaylist.PlayEpisode(episode);
        }

        private void MarkAsPlayed_OnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (episode == null)
            {
                return;
            }
            episode.IsPlayed = true;
        }

        private void MarkAsUnplayed_OnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (episode == null)
            {
                return;
            }
            episode.IsPlayed = false;
        }

        private void DownloadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            episode?.DownloadAsync();
        }

        private void Image_ImageFailed(object sender, ExceptionRoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var image = sender as Image;
            if (image != null)
            {
                episode?.FallbackToPodcastPicture();
            }
        }

        private void AddToPlaylistButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            Playlist.CurrentPlaylist.AppendEpisode(episode);
        }

        private void DeleteDownloadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            episode?.DeleteDownload();
        }

        private void StopDownloadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            episode?.CancelDownload();
        }

        private async void WebView_NavigationStarting(WebView sender, WebViewNavigationStartingEventArgs args)
        {
            if (args.Uri == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            args.Cancel = true;

            await Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(args.Uri);
        }
    }
}

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STRUGGLING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE?
My name is Mike Dennis and I'm a counsellor. Towards the end of 2016 I approached Springfields Medical Centre about the possibility of setting up a Bereavement Support Group. My idea was to provide people who were struggling to come to terms with the loss of a loved one, with somewhere to come and talk to others about how they were feeling, and reassuring them that they are not alone.
Working with Judith Southart and Emma Bilbao from the practice, we decided to do something simple, not complicated; no activities, and no creative work, just a safe and confidential place where people could talk about a loved one that they had lost; sharing thoughts and feelings with others who had experienced loss themselves, and knowing that such feelings are perfectly normal.
In January 2017 we had our first full meeting. A small group, but it was truly humbling for us to hear people sharing their stories. Stories of people who had fought brave battles against horrible diseases, and stories of those who had been taken suddenly and unexpectedly; stories of the young and the old, and stories of brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, sons and daughters, and best friends.
No-one is forced to speak – some feel able to from the start and dive straight in, but for others time is needed before they feel comfortable enough to open up, and that is something we have plenty of. The group meets monthly on a Thursday night, from 7pm to 9pm. Refreshments are provided, but this is by no means a case of tea and sympathy. We're all just average people that have, at some time in our life, experienced loss.
The grieving process is different for every person, for every loss they experience. For example, two people who have lost a parent, experience that loss in totally different ways, and no-one else is qualified to make comments like, "You need to pull yourself together" or "Come on – it's been six months" – our experience of bereavement is unique. People talk about the stages of grief, but these different feelings can occur within the space of a month, or a day, or an hour – it's completely normal. There's no manual or handbook or set of instructions for how grief works – you just find your own way through it the best way you can. Maybe talking about it would help.