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Meanwhile, Serena Williams also made quick work of her opponent, routing Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-2 6-1.
A two-time winner of the year's final Grand Slam, Venus has advanced into the fourth round here in each of her 10 career appearances. A back-to-back winner starting in 2000 and a finalist in 1997 and 2002, Venus feels all that experience makes her quite a dangerous opponent.
"Oh, I think I'm definitely at my best now," Venus said. "I think I understand the game more. Trying different kind of shots, too, lately. Trying to add some variety."
The seventh seed, Venus beat Bondarenko for the second consecutive year, also topping the 24-year-old in the third round here last season. She also teamed with Serena to top Alona and her sister Kateryna in the semi-finals in doubles in Beijing earlier this month en route to an Olympic gold medal. Venus used a booming serve to secure her third straight lopsided win, finishing with nine aces. Overall, she needed just over three hours to reach the second week.
The fourth seed, Serena won 71 percent of the points on her serve and captured four breaks en route to wrapping up the match in 66 minutes.
Venus and Serena are on course for a potential clash between each other in the quarterfinals. The sisters have squared off in three previous matchups at the US Open, with the older sister winning two of them. Before that can happen, Serena will face Frenchwoman Severine Bremond, who recorded a 7-5, 3-6,6-4 triumph over Tathiana Garbin of Italy.
Also advancing early was ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who routed No. 18 Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-0 6-3. Radwanska next will face Venus, a player that she managed just three games against in their only previous meeting in 2006.
Fresh off her upset of top seed Ana Ivanovic in the second round, Frenchwoman Julie Coin could not continue that success against compatriot Amelie Mauresmo, dropping a 6-4 6-4 decision. Dinara Safina continued in good pace after a slow start on Saturday, ousting Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 3-6 7-5 6-2. The sixth-seeded Russian continued to build off the momentum of her silver-medal performance at the Beijing Olympics when she defeated Italy's Roberta Vinci, 6-4 6-3 on Thursday. Safina, who has yet to make it past the quarterfinals at the US Open, improved to 35-4 since May.
In another seeded match Saturday, 17th-seeded Alize Cornet of France was upset by German Anna-Lena Groenefeld, who posted a 6-4 7-5 triumph.


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The good: After rushing for 26 yards at Stanford, USC compiled 296 against Cal, with Silas Redd (158) and Curtis McNeal (115) both topping 100 yards. … With Khaled Holmes at center and Abe Markowitz at left guard most of the game, the offensive line performed significantly better than the previous week.
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Q: Add hyperlinks to Cascading Dropdown using Javascript I've tried adding hyperlinks to my Javascript dropdown list, but when I try to do so, the dropdown list doesn't work. There are three drop downs:

*

*State: California, Oregon)

*County: California has Monterey, Alemeda as cities & Oregon has one city namely Douglas

*City: The counties of Montery, Alameda has cities:

For example, If a user chooses:

*

*State: California

*County: Monterey

*City: Salinas

I want Salinas to have a hyperlink so that when it is chosen, it either:

*

*Redirects automatically to the hyperlink or

*There is a button to complete the action.

How do I go about adding Hyperlinks to the cities (the final dropdown) with the following code:
Html
<form name="myform" id="myForm">
<select name="optone" id="stateSel" size="1">
    <option value="" selected="selected">Select state</option>
</select>

<select name="opttwo" id="countySel" size="1">
    <option value="" selected="selected">Please select state first</option>
</select>

<select name="optthree" id="citySel" size="1">
    <option value="" selected="selected">Please select county first</option>
</select>

Javascript
var stateObject = {
"California": {
    "Monterey": ["Salinas", "Gonzales"],
    "Alameda": ["Berkeley"]
},
"Oregon": {
    "Douglas": ["Roseburg", "Winston"],
}
}
window.onload = function () {
var stateSel = document.getElementById("stateSel"),
    countySel = document.getElementById("countySel"),
    citySel = document.getElementById("citySel");
for (var state in stateObject) {
    stateSel.options[stateSel.options.length] = new Option(state, state);
}
stateSel.onchange = function () {
    countySel.length = 1; // remove all options bar first
    citySel.length = 1; // remove all options bar first
    if (this.selectedIndex < 1) {
      countySel.options[0].text = "Please select state first"
      citySel.options[0].text = "Please select county first"
      return; // done
    }
    countySel.options[0].text = "Please select county"
    for (var county in stateObject[this.value]) {
        countySel.options[countySel.options.length] = new Option(county, county);
    }
    if (countySel.options.length==2) {
      countySel.selectedIndex=1;
      countySel.onchange();
    }

}
stateSel.onchange(); // reset in case page is reloaded
countySel.onchange = function () {
    citySel.length = 1; // remove all options bar first
    if (this.selectedIndex < 1) {
      citySel.options[0].text = "Please select county first"
      return; // done
    }
    citySel.options[0].text = "Please select city"

    var cities = stateObject[stateSel.value][this.value];
    for (var i = 0; i < cities.length; i++) {
        citySel.options[citySel.options.length] = new Option(cities[i], cities[i]);
    }
    if (citySel.options.length==2) {
      citySel.selectedIndex=1;
      citySel.onchange();
    }
 }
}

A: When the final selection is made you can use window.location.href = http://DESIRED_URL.com  to go to the desired page.  Fire this in the onChange method of your final select menu or when a button is clicked.
UPDATE
I've created a working pen that should do what you want.  I restructured the data to make it easier to parse and a bit more structured.  https://codepen.io/RTakes/pen/gRqBev
var stateObject = [
  {
    state: "California",
    counties: [
      {
        county: "Monterey",
        cities: [
          {
            city: "Salinas",
            cityLink: 'http://google.com'
          },
          {
            city: "Gonzales",
            cityLink: 'http://google.com'
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        county: "Alameda",
        cities: [
          {
            city: "Berkeley",
            cityLink: 'http://google.com'
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
   state: "Oregon",
   counties: [
      {
        county: "Douglas",
        cities: ["Roseburg", "Winston"],
        cities: [
          {
            city: "Roseburg",
            cityLink: 'http://google.com'
          },
          {
            city: "Winston",
            cityLink: 'http://google.com'
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
];

var stateSel = document.getElementById("stateSel"),
    countySel = document.getElementById("countySel"),
    citySel = document.getElementById("citySel");
 stateSel.options[0] = new Option('Select a State', null, true);
 stateObject.forEach((state, index) => {
  stateSel.options[index + 1] = new Option(state.state, index);
 })

stateSel.onchange = function (event) {
    var selectedIndex = parseInt(this.value);
  console.log(event)

    clearSelect(countySel);
  countySel.options[0] = new Option('Select a County', null, true)
  stateObject[selectedIndex].counties.forEach((county, index) => {
    countySel.options[index + 1] = new Option(county.county, index);
    })
}

countySel.onchange = function (event) {
    var selectedStateIndex = stateSel.selectedIndex;
    var selectedIndex = parseInt(this.value);
  var cities = stateObject[selectedStateIndex].counties[selectedIndex].cities;
    clearSelect(citySel);

  citySel.options[0] = new Option('Select a City', null);
  cities.forEach((city, index) => {
    citySel.options[index + 1] = new Option(city.city, city.cityLink);
    })
}

citySel.onchange = function(event) {
    var value = this.value;
  console.log(value)
  // window.location.href = value;
}

function clearSelect (select) {
    select.options.length = 0;
}

A: I did it for Salinas and Gonzales, you can do the same for all of them by adding new else if(document.getElementById("citySel").value == "..."){ and inside it location.href = "link..."; . Just use their value to check which option is chosen and location.href to navigate to the wanted page.

function myFunction(){

if(document.getElementById("citySel").value == "Salinas"){
location.href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salinas,_California";
}else if(document.getElementById("citySel").value == "Gonzales"){
location.href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales,_California";
}

}

var stateObject = {
"California": {
    "Monterey": ["Salinas", "Gonzales"],
    "Alameda": ["Berkeley"]
},
"Oregon": {
    "Douglas": ["Roseburg", "Winston"],
}
}
window.onload = function () {
var stateSel = document.getElementById("stateSel"),
    countySel = document.getElementById("countySel"),
    citySel = document.getElementById("citySel");
for (var state in stateObject) {
    stateSel.options[stateSel.options.length] = new Option(state, state);
}
stateSel.onchange = function () {
    countySel.length = 1; // remove all options bar first
    citySel.length = 1; // remove all options bar first
    if (this.selectedIndex < 1) {
      countySel.options[0].text = "Please select state first"
      citySel.options[0].text = "Please select county first"
      return; // done
    }
    countySel.options[0].text = "Please select county"
    for (var county in stateObject[this.value]) {
        countySel.options[countySel.options.length] = new Option(county, county);
    }
    if (countySel.options.length==2) {
      countySel.selectedIndex=1;
      countySel.onchange();
    }

}
stateSel.onchange(); // reset in case page is reloaded
countySel.onchange = function () {
    citySel.length = 1; // remove all options bar first
    if (this.selectedIndex < 1) {
      citySel.options[0].text = "Please select county first"
      return; // done
    }
    citySel.options[0].text = "Please select city"

    var cities = stateObject[stateSel.value][this.value];
    for (var i = 0; i < cities.length; i++) {
        citySel.options[citySel.options.length] = new Option(cities[i], cities[i]);
    }
    if (citySel.options.length==2) {
      citySel.selectedIndex=1;
      citySel.onchange();
    }
 }
}
<select name="optone" id="stateSel" size="1" >
    <option value="" selected="selected">Select state</option>
</select>

<select name="opttwo" id="countySel" size="1">
    <option value="" selected="selected">Please select state first</option>
</select>

<select name="optthree" id="citySel" size="1">
    <option value="" selected="selected">Please select county first</option>
</select>

<button onclick="myFunction()">search</button>

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"ANS Press" website www.anspres.com has been hacked by hackers.
The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety was told this by "ANS Press" website employee Sevda Hasanova. According to Hasanova, ANS Press's website was hacked at 3:00 p.m. on 8 December. Despite of all the efforts, it has been impossible to restore the site, said Hasanova. She stated that "ANS Press" website hosted by a server located in the USA and technical assistance can be provided by the server only. The server is also puzzled about the country the site was attacked from, according to Hasanova. Hasanova claims that the site has been hacked by Armenians.
Due to disputes over a region known as Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan has been at war for nearly 20 years. Although a ceasefire was declared between these two countries on 12 May 1994, there has been no diplomatic relations between these two neighbor South Caucasus countries. And various websites belonging to these countries have been subject to cyber-attacks.
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Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands (although the actual seat of government is in The Hague) and has about 800,000 inhabitants. The older part of the city is built around a pattern of semicircular canals.
The city is well known for its red light district, de Wallen, its numerous coffee shops with legalized cannabis, the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Rembrandt House Museum, Anne Frank's house, and the semi-circular canals flanked by rows of age-old houses.
Amsterdam was founded as a fishing village around the thirteenth century. A dam was built on the river Amstel, hence the name Amstelerdam, dam on the river Amstel. Before long the "Amsterdammers" discovered they had a talent for trade and from the fourteenth century onwards trade with the Hanseatic cities flourished.
Then in the 16th century, the Dutch war of independence began against the Spanish. Although originally on the Spanish side, Amsterdam switched sides in 1578. As a result, freedom of religion was reinstated, a very smart move at the time. Religious wars raged throughout Europe and a lot of people were looking for a place of refuge where they would not be condemned for their religion. Wealthy Jewish families from Spain and Portugal came to settle in the Netherlands. Merchants of Antwerp fled the destruction and ransacking of their city by the Spanish. The Huguenots from France sought refuge in Amsterdam so they could practice their religion. But in Amsterdam nobody really had a belief, as long as you were willing to pay your taxes and do your bit for the economy.
The Seventeenth century was Amsterdam's Golden Age. Amsterdam's ships sailed to Indonesia, Brazil and Africa, gathering an impressive empire in the process. Rembrandt also worked in this century, and the canals were constructed around this time. Amsterdam became the most important port of the world and an international center for banking.
The 18th and 19th century saw a decline in the prosperity of Amsterdam. Wars against England and France took their toile on the city and trade was lost in London. At the end of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution reached Amsterdam. Waterways to the sea and to the river Rhine improved communication with the rest of Europe and the world. Amsterdam got a new lease on life, but never reached the same supremacy as before.
World War I did not affect Amsterdam as the Netherlands remained neutral, although trade and industry suffered. During World War II about 100.000 Jewish people were deported from Amsterdam, almost completely wiping out the Jewish community in Amsterdam.
The sixties and seventies put Amsterdam back on the map, for reasons other than trade. The tolerance of soft drugs made the city an ideal place for the hippie generation. Riots and clashes against the police became common, and many illegal squatters were forcefully expelled from their shelter. In 1980, while Queen Beatrix pledged her oaths to become the new Queen of The Netherlands in the New Church on Dam square, a group of protesters outside fought against a police force.
Nowadays Amsterdam has become more peaceful and has retained its tolerance of soft drugs and social problems.
Apart form the mentioned museums Amsterdam also has the Stedelijk Museum, for modern and classical art, and numerous smaller art galleries. The RAI center hosts many large commercial exhibitions and congresses each year. Amsterdam has a Music Conservatory and is the home of well-known theatre- and music groups, like Theatre Group Amsterdam, (Theatergroep Amsterdam), the National Dance Theatre and the famous Concertgebouworkest. The latter is named after the historic concert hall the Concertgebouw, famous for its accoustic qualities. A newer theatre, the Muziektheater, is better known with its popular name the Stopera, a contraction of the Dutch words for City Hall and Opera. Both the music theatre and the new City Hall are an architecural unity. Another older, but famous theatre is Carré along the river Amstel.
Amsterdam's zoo is called Artis.
Amsterdam is the home town of Ajax, an honorary division soccer club that won the European cup several times, and the Worldcup once. Halfway the nineties, they abandoned their old Ajax Stadium for the new Arena, located in the south-east of the city.
The Amsterdam Admirals is the baseball team of the capital. It also has a top field hockey team, hockey club Amsterdam.
Amsterdam has two major universities, the University of Amsterdam (Universiteit van Amsterdam, the UvA, and the Vrije Universiteit, the originally protestant Free University or VU. It also has a Music Conservatory and a Social Academy.
To be done: Bijlmerbajes - Bijlmerramp - Amsterdam Sail - architecture - monuments - annual events - more on population - famous Amsterdammers -
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The Battle of Sidi Brahim was a battle at Sidi Brahim in French Algeria between the troops of Abdelkader El Djezairi and French troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Lucien de Montagnac from 22 to 25 September 1845. The French force was made up of the light infantry troops of the 8th Infantry Battalion and the second squadron of the 2nd Regiment of Hussars.

Battle
The encounter was unplanned and poorly commanded by Montagnac, and went badly for the French troops. After a first encounter, the French's numbers were reduced from 450 to 82 chasseurs and hussars against hundreds of Algerians (Abd-el-Qader's never massed more than ca. 500 horsemen for pitched battle). Cornered, the chasseurs of the carabinier company took refuge in a marabout, from which they repulsed all assaults. After a siege lasting many days, without food or water and short of munitions, they were reduced to cutting up their musket balls in order to keep firing. Emir Abdelkader captured captain adjutant major Dutertre and taken under guard to the front of the marabout to demand the chasseurs' surrender, but instead used his time there to exhort the survivors to fight to the death, for which Abdelkader beheaded him. Abdelkader then demanded that the French bugler (Guillaume Rolland) sound the retreat, but he instead sounded the charge, whilst one chasseur replied to another of Abdelkader's other demands for their surrender with the word, Merde! (Shit). (in reference to Cambronne's answer at Waterloo). When the remaining 80 survivors completely ran out of munitions, they managed to break through the enemy lines with a bayonet charge, but only 16 of them managed to rejoin the French lines (5 of which died some days later). Among the dead was Montagnac himself. The remains of the soldiers killed at Sidi Brahim were gathered at Djemmaa Ghazaouet in the "Tombeau des Braves" then reburied at the Musée des Chasseurs at the old fort in Vincennes in 1965.

Legacy

The extreme bravery shown by the battalion led to its being nicknamed the battalion of Sidi-Brahim and the battle being written up among its battle honours. However, according to Gilles Manceron, the soldiers "were led in quite an inconsiderate manner" by Colonel de Montagnac "whose writings boast, with no remorse, of several war crimes". The expression "faire Sidi Brahim" became a motto of the Chasseurs (light infantry / mountain battalions). During the First World War, the 7th Battalion of Chasseurs Alpins (7°BCA) took a German pass for several days and, lacking munitions, managed to repulse the German attack with stones. There the chasseurs won the nickname "schwarzen Teufel" (black devils), which later became "Blue Devils" (les Diables bleus), which they still use. The insignia of the 7th BCA  is still a devil, in a hunting horn (representing the Chasseurs).

External links
Les Zouaves et les Chasseurs a Pied, Duc d'Aumale, Henri d'Orléans - pseudonym - M. Lévy frères - 1859 - 184 pages
Sidi-Brahim - 23, 24, 25 et 26 septembre 1845, Esquisse Historique - Charleville - Imprimerie Nouvelle - 1889 - 58 pages

Notes

Conflicts in 1845
Sidi Brahim
Sidi Brahim
French Algeria
1845 in Algeria
September 1845 events

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Towards healthier homes: the rental WoF (University of Otago Public Health Summer School)
Otago University of Wellington 23 Mein Street Wellington, Wellington, 6021 New Zealand (map)
Te ahu ki ngā kāinga oranga: Te Tohu Hauora (WoF) mō ngā whare rēti
Are you aware that substandard housing is a major public health issue in New Zealand, with poor quality housing contributing to ill health and increased injury rates? We know that around two-thirds of our dwellings are uninsulated and most are inadequately heated. A lack of regulation and enforcement has lead to rental housing being in worse condition than owner-occupied housing; this is of great concern as there has been a rapid rise in the number of people renting.
After a decade of research the University of Otago developed the rental WoF in conjunction with the Green Building Council and ACC. The rental WoF was recently introduced by the Wellington City Council. The rental WoF sets minimum standards for health and safety for all residential rental properties.
David Ormandy, a Professor at the Warwick Medical School, will give an overview of what the United Kingdom and Wales have done to improve their housing quality. He will be joined by local researchers who will outline housing research in New Zealand and the barriers to improving housing quality.
Overview of housing quality in NZ.
Health problems associated with poor quality housing.
How to improve housing quality.
The way forward.
Style of course
Symposium - Multi-speaker presentations in lecture theatre setting.
This course is suited to anyone who wants to be right up to date with what is happening to improve housing quality. Those people studying or working in housing improvement (assessors, builders, installers of insulation/heating), government departments with housing and or health responsibilities, policy will find it of use.
By the end of this course participants should have the knowledge about:
The unique quality issues that New Zealand housing faces.
The health and injury burden associated with poor quality homes.
What has been done to improve housing quality overseas.
What can be done to improve housing in New Zealand.
What is the way forward
Draft Timetable
Session 1: Overview of housing quality in NZ
Setting the scene: Housing issues facing NZ - Prof. Philippa Howden-Chapman
BRANZ House Condition Survey - Ms. Vicki White
Accident hazards in the home - Assoc. Prof. Michael Keall
Natural disasters and housing – the Christchurch experience - Ms Graciela Rivera-Munoz
Session 2: Health problems associated with poor quality housing
Housing quality and children's hospital admissions - Dr. Nevil Pierse
Household crowding and health outcomes - Prof. Michael Baker
Housing respiratory burden - Dr. Lucy Telfar-Barnard
Housing and mould - Dr. Caroline Shorter
Session 3: How to improve housing quality
HHSRS – the UK experience - Prof. David Ormandy
The University of Otago Rental WoF - Dr. Julie Bennett
Local government rental WoF implementation experiences - Ms. Carolyn Dick
Session 4: The way forward
Central government, MBIE experiences with enforcement of Insulation Regulations - Mr. Steve Watson
Renters United - Mr. Robert Whitaker
Finish -Drinks and nibbles
Prof. Philippa Howden-Chapman - University of Otago, Wellington. Philippa is a professor of public health at the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, where she teaches public policy. She is director of He Kainga Oranga/ Housing and Health Research Programme and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities. She has conducted randomised community housing trials in partnership with local communities, which have had a major influence on housing, health and energy policy. She has a strong interest in reducing inequalities in the determinants of health and has published widely in this area, receiving a number of awards for her work including the Prime Minister's Science Prize in 2014. She is currently the chair of the WHO Housing and Health Guideline Development Group and was a member of the Children's Commissioner's Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Ms. Vicki White - Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ). Vicki is an author of the 2015 BRANZ House Condition Survey. The analysis focuses on comparing house condition between the two tenures (owner-occupied and rented). The BRANZ House Condition Survey (HCS) provides a snapshot of the state of New Zealand housing at a point in time
Assoc. Prof. Michael Keall - University of Otago, Wellington. Michael is an injury epidemiologist who has been working for the University of Otago, Wellington since 2006. He is currently leading the Home Injury Prevention Intervention, a major randomised controlled trial funded by the NZ Health Research Council that is looking at the effectiveness of repairs to home injury hazards as a means to reduce home injury. He is a principal investigator in two major research programmes hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington - He Kainga Oranga and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities.
Ms Graciela Rivera-Munoz - University of Otago, Wellington. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Graciela has a background in political sciences and public health education. Graciela has a research focus on the role of communities in public health practice and in the development, implementation, and evaluation of public policy in a broader sense. Currently, she is engaged in a qualitative case study of housing recovery after the Canterbury Earthquakes of 2010-2011 and the development of a critical theoretical perspective on the concept of community, neighbourhood, and suburb resilience, as a main-stay of the disaster literature.
Dr. Nevil Pierse - University of Otago, Wellington. Nevil is deputy director of He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme. Originally a statistician by training, his current work is done in partnership with a wide variety of stakeholders including government and community organisations, and is focused on the design and implementation of randomised trials in the home and community.
Prof. Michael Baker - University of Otago, Wellington. Michael is a public health physician and professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington. He is a co-director of the Housing and Health Research Programme/He Kainga Oranga and director of the Health Environment & Infection Research Unit (HEIRU). Micahel has a strong research interest in infectious diseases, environmental health and health determinants. He has researched major infectious diseases of childhood, such as meningococcal disease and rheumatic fever, and the effects of poor housing conditions, notably household crowding.
Dr. Lucy Telfar-Barnard - University of Otago, Wellington. Lucy's research interests cover seasonal and cold-temperature-related morbidity and mortality; respiratory disease; tenancy law and the regulation of rental housing quality; New Zealand housing construction types, their distribution, classification and associated health outcomes; and novel epidemiological uses of administrative datasets. She is currently measuring New Zealand's respiratory disease burden, and assessing the effect of mechanized home ventilation systems on health outcomes
Dr. Caroline Shorter - University of Otago, Wellington.
Prof. David Ormandy - Warwick Medical School, United Kingdom. Currently, member of the World Health Organization Working Group developing Healthy Housing Guidelines. Member of the Working Group for the National Healthy Housing Standard, published in 2015 by the American Public Health Association and the National Center for Healthy Housing. In 2012, advisor to the Building Research Establishment (BRE) on a project to develop a methodology to compare the one-off cost of mitigating housing hazards with the estimated annual cost saving to the health sector in England - Real Cost of Poor Housing. Also advisor to BRE on production of a Guide and an Assessment Protocol on Overheating in Dwellings published in 2015. From 1992 to 1998, involved in studies for UK government into controls on minimum standards in housing and the health impact of housing conditions. Responsible to the UK government for the projects to develop the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS), which was adopted as the statutory method for assessing housing conditions in England and Wales in 2006. Developed training courses for local authority officers on the use of the HHSRS.
Dr. Julie Bennett - University of Otago, Wellington. Julie is a Research Fellow for the Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago, Wellington. She has worked and done research in the field of public health in a range of roles. Her research interests include reducing inequalities, air pollution, respiratory health and housing.
Ms. Carolyn Dick - Senior Advisor Policy, Wellington City Council.
Mr. Steve Watson - National Manager Compliance and Investigations, Housing and Tenancy Services, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Steve has a 35 year career in law enforcement and regulation. He was previously a Police Officer, but his last 10 years have been spent with MBIE and its former agency the Department of Labour. He was awarded an MBIE Chief Executive leadership Award in 2016 for his leadership of Government collaborative regulatory work in the Immigration and Employment fields for the Canterbury Rebuild.
Mr. Robert Whitaker - Renters United. Robert is a spokesperson for Renters United, who believe in the rights of renters to live in safe and healthy homes, pay affordable rents, be able to find a rental home free from discrimination, intimidation and harassment, expect respective and responsive relationships with tenants and landlords, and have long-term security and stability of rental agreements.
Course cost and registration
A 50% discount is available to full-time students, those unwaged and University of Otago staff.
Māori and Pacific scholarships
Scholarships for course attendance are available to Māori and Pacific people studying or working in Māori or Pacific health. A scholarship will enable the recipient to attend a one-day course of their choosing. Please note that the number of scholarships provided is limited so get in quickly to be eligible.
To apply, you need to fill in the registration form found on the registration portal. Once you have selected your ethnicity and that you wish to apply for a scholarship, the following will come up to be completed.
Please explain your work in the public health sector.
Please list the reason(s) why the cost of registration may prevent you from attending this Summer School course
Please tell us how attendance at this Summer School course will help you in your professional development
Please tell us about your commitment to Hauora Māori or Pacific Health
If you have any queries please email kerry.hurley@otago.ac.nz
Source:: http://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/publichealth/summerschool/otago665002.html
Tooku Nei Whare - Home Ownership Workshop hosted by Waikato-Tainui
Improving indoor air quality (University of Otago Public Health Summer School)


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The Namesake - The Sacrifices of an Immigrant
Nalini's trip to the local flea market causes her to remember her mother's stories of how her name was chosen. A tale about the struggles of leaving your home country for a new future and the sacrifices family members must make in the process.
Jasmine Huang
When Nalini first returned to university, she sought the raw, unfettered roughness of the nearby flea market. A dusty combination of all things disorganized and forgotten, the flea market had, in its messiness, a comforting familiarity. The stalls were never filled during the few days she stopped by last year, and this time was no less different. In this quiet, Southern municipality, Sunday mornings were reserved for church, not flea markets. There were the usual Confederate banners nicely framed by marijuana leaf tapestries, the array of knives lined up on tables as beautifully worn-in leather jackets hung on metal racks. Mold occasionally clung to these objects but rarely deterred from their attractiveness. Coffee was being sold for a dollar. She always wanted to ask for a cup––"Can I get a cuppa joe?"––but the words, as much as she wanted them to belong, felt foreign in her mouth. So she never bothered, only continuing her circumambulation around the sacred, well-traveled path of the flea market.
Amid the rubble of objects, though, she saw white flowers painted against the rough surface of a wooden box, bold, black letters etched on its side; in cursive handwriting, they spelled out her name–– "Nalini." She continued to act disinterested, masking her surprise and glancing casually from side to side until two of her friends pointed out how it had her name on it. The box advertised having some sort of flower tea, but being in the realm of the lost and forgotten, it was quite empty save for some wood dust.
When Nalini was younger, people loved to ask what she was named for. The name was strange in the land of Sarahs, Kevins, and Maddies. Tea, she would answer, inspiring furrowed brows in the process. She was named for the soft fragrance of lotus tea. If her grandmother was a shadowy moon in her mother's universe (may she rest in peace), her grandfather was the sun, the stars, and the blue, blue sky. During her youth, Nalini's bedtime stories consisted solely of her mother's fond memories of Nalini's grandfather. A shy, quiet man whose tall, lanky build hid the fragile soul within it, her grandfather loved painting, the Beatles, and drinking lotus tea. In her mother's dramatic retelling of her childhood, the smell would often waft through the apartment as the country struggled to move past its troubled history and crumbling government. When her mother's student visa finally got approved, her family urged her to leave and go to America. After earning a degree, years passed; amidst the flurry of life, her stomach swelled up with Nalini. Between adjusting to the hubbub of California and pregnancy, she would eventually receive a letter, hastily written in feverish, angry scribble. Her grandfather had died months ago, alone, in an unknown, quickly-industrializing city.
At this point in the story, the enthusiasm in her mother's voice would stop, and Nalini would find herself looking up to see her mother's eyes downcast. Though now officially dead, he had been dying from cancer for quite some time. Unbeknownst to her mother, her grandmother had insisted her daughter be kept ignorant of this fact, fearing that she would rush back to her homeland and jeopardize her visa status in America. Her mother heard all of this from a secondary family member. With nothing else in her capacity except some rage, grief, and the naming rights of a mother, she named her firstborn Nalini, or lotus, in an attempt to recall the memory of her father. Nalini's mother would then turn and look at her with a sad little smile at her lips before running her fingers through her daughter's hair, a cue that it was time for her to go to sleep.
Nalini could feel the wood grain of the box as she held it in her hand, fingers lightly tracing the patterns. "How much is this?" She asked the boy sitting behind the counter, his eyes hidden by the reflection of his glasses. "One dollar," he murmured in reply. Nalini handed him a bill and, picking up the box, continued walking.


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A rugate filter, also known as a gradient-index filter, is an optical filter based on a dielectric mirror that selectively reflects specific wavelength ranges of light. This effect is achieved by a periodic, continuous change of the refractive index of the dielectric coating. The word "rugate" is derived from corrugated structures found in nature, which also selectively reflect certain wavelength ranges of light, for example the wings of the Morpho butterfly.

Characteristics

In rugate filters the refractive index varies periodically and continuously as a function of the depth of the mirror coating. This is similar to Bragg mirrors with the difference that the refractive index profile of a Bragg mirror is discontinuous. The refractive index profiles of a Rugate and a Bragg mirror are shown in the graph on the right. In Bragg mirrors, the discontinuous transitions are responsible for reflection of incident light, whereas in rugate filters, incident light is reflected throughout the thickness of the coating. According to the Fresnel equations, however, the reflection coefficient is greatest where the greatest change in refractive index occurs. For rugate filters, these are the inflection points in the refractive index profile. The theory of the Bragg mirror leads to a calculation of the wavelength at which the reflection of a rugate filter is greatest. For an alternating sequence in the Bragg mirror, the maximum reflection at a wavelength  is:

In this equation  and  stand for the high and low refractive indices of the Bragg mirror while  and  are the respective thicknesses of these layers. For the more general case that the refractive index changes continuously, the previous equation can be rewritten as:

On the left hand side is the integral over the refractive index over one period of the refractive index profile  divided by the period length . This term corresponds to the mean value of the refractive index profile. As a sanity check for the correctness of this equation, one can solve the integral for a discrete refractive index profile and substitute the period of a Bragg mirror .

The figure on the right shows the reflection spectra calculated by the transfer-matrix method for the refractive index profiles of a Bragg and Rugate filter. It can be seen that both mirrors have their maximum reflectivity at 700 nm, whereas the rugate filter has a lower bandwidth. For this reason rugate filters are often used as optical notch filters. Furthermore, one can see a smaller peak in the spectrum of the rugate filter at . This peak is not present in the spectrum of the Bragg mirror because of its discrete layer system, which causes destructive interference at this wavelength. However, Bragg mirrors have secondary maxima at wavelengths of , which may be undesirable if you only want to filter out a certain wavelength. Rugate filters are better suited for this purpose because the sinusoidal refractive index profile has anti-reflection properties similar to those of black silicon. This reduces the intensity of the secondary maxima.

Production
Rugate filters can be produced by sputtering and chemical vapor deposition. A special challenge is the creation of the continuous refractive index profile. To achieve this, the chemical composition of the mirror must also change continuously as a function of the layer thickness. This can be achieved by continuously changing the gas composition during the deposition process. Another possibility for the production of rugate filters is electrochemical porosification of silicon. Here, the current density during the etching process is selected so that the resulting porosity and thus the refractive index varies sinusoidally with the layer thickness.

References

Optical filters
Electrodynamics
Physical optics


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No New COVID-19 Cases Registered Over the Past Day
👤Пайрав Назаров	🕔18:14, 31.Май 2021
DUSHANBE, 31.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – There were no new cases of COVID-19 over the past day, reported the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population. As of May 31, 13,308 infected cases have been registered, of which 13,218
Meeting of the Government of Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, 01.06.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – The Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomai Rahmon held a meeting of the government today. The meeting's agenda included the process of implementation of the governmental decree on
U-19 Football Team to Attend 2021 Arab Nations Cup in Egypt
DUSHANBE, 31.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – The U-19 football team of Tajikistan will take part in the 2021 Arab Nations Cup, which will be held from June 20 through July 6 in Egypt. According to the results of the draw, the
Rafoat Shoazimova Wins a Prize at the Asti Film Festival in Italy
DUSHANBE, 31.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – Tajik actress Rafoat Shoazimova won the Best Actress award for her role in the film Provincial Dreamers at the Asti Film Festival in Italy. "The whole family was excitedly watching the live broadcast of the
Football Team Ties Against Thailand in Sharjah
DUSHANBE, 31.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – The friendly match between the national teams of Tajikistan and Thailand, which took place on May 29 at the Khalid Bin Mohammed stadium in Sharjah, ended with the score of 2-2. Tajik team lagged behind
Tajik Delegation Leaves for Iran to Discuss Security Cooperation
DUSHANBE, 31.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – Today, the official delegation of Tajikistan headed by the Minister of Internal Affairs Ramazon Rahimzoda flew to Iran. The delegation is expected to meet with the top leadership of Iran to discuss bilateral cooperation in
Jalilov Will Not Play in 2022 World Cup Qualifiers Against Japan and Myanmar
DUSHANBE, 31.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – Alisher Jalilov will not be able to play for the national team of Tajikistan in the two final matches of the second round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Myanmar. The reason
NATIONAL BANK OF TAJIKISTAN: Exchange Rate for Today
DUSHANBE, 31.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – On May 31, the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) determined the official exchange rate of foreign currencies for accounting and payment of customs duties as follows: 1 USD – 11.3200 TJS, 1 Euro – 13.7447 TJS,
DUSHANBE, 28.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – There were no new cases of COVID-19 over the past day, reported the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population. As of May 28, 13,308 infected cases have been registered, of which 13,218 or
Tajik Entrepreneurs Take Part in the Tashkent Global Textile Days
DUSHANBE, 28.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – Tajik entrepreneurs are taking part in the Tashkent Global Textile Days. The event opened on May 26 and will run until May 29. The Tajik delegation will visit the UzTextile Expo, and will hold business
Tajik Athletes Win Bronze Medals at the Asian Boxing Championship
DUSHANBE, 28.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – Yesterday, fights of athletes took place in the semifinals of the Asian Boxing Championship. Two Tajik sportswomen — Mijgona Samadova and Shoira Zulkainarova took part in fights and lost to their rivals. Mijgona Samadova in
Dushanbe Hosts Meeting of the Working Commission for Organizing the Export of Early Fruits and Vegetables
DUSHANBE, 28.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – Yesterday, Dushanbe hosted the third meeting of the Working Commission for organizing the export of early fruits and vegetables in strict compliance with phytosanitary and epidemiological requirements. The Commission was attended by Deputy Prime Minister
Ambassador of Tajikistan Meets Egyptian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Asian Countries
DUSHANBE, 28.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – On May 26, the Ambassador of Tajikistan to Egypt Zarobiddin Kosimi met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt for Asian Countries Tariq Al-Wasimi. The meeting focused on issues of cooperation between the
Khatlon Hosted Bokhtarfood-2021 Forum
DUSHANBE, 27.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – In order to achieve and realize the instructions of the government of Tajikistan to increase its export potential in the field of agriculture and to improve the competitiveness of agribusiness within Bokhtarfood-2021 Forum, the Chamber
Minister of Transport and French Ambassador Discuss Logistics Cooperation
DUSHANBE, 27.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – The issue of establishing cooperation in the development of logistics in Tajikistan was discussed by the Minister of Transport Azim Ibrohim and the French Ambassador to Tajikistan Michel Tarran. The parties agreed to study this
Ahmadzoda and Miyashita Discuss Prospects for Bilateral Cooperation
DUSHANBE, 27.05.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – There are numerous resources and opportunities for strengthening cooperation, and a number of projects are being implemented with the support of the Japanese Embassy. This was stated by the Chairman of Sughd Rajabboy Ahmadzoda at


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Home > Ministries > Local > Middle School
The Middle School Ministry at Glenwood offers many opportunities for students to get connected to other students and leaders as well as grow in their relationship with God. As we build deep relationships, we are committed to challenging, encouraging, and equipping each other to become like Jesus in every vital relationship by loving God, loving others, and influencing others to love God.
Mid-week Events
We will meet at GCC (6:30pm - 8:30pm) every Wednesday. For more information, or to get plugged into youth group, contact Andrew Zegan at azegan@glenwoodcc.org
Mid-week Summer Schedule
Jun 1 - Graduation Party
Jun 8, 15, 22 - Summer Youth Group
Jun 29 - No Youth Group (VBC)
Jul 6 - Welcome Party
Jul 10-15 - HS Summer Camp
Jul 17-22 - MS Summer Camp
Jul 27 - Summer Youth Group
Aug 3, 10, 17, 24 - Summer Youth Group
Aug 31 - No Youth Group
During our sunday mornings, our youth ministries offers one service 9:00am. Our 9:00am service meets in room 314 on the third floor. Our hope for our Sunday morning classes are to encourage and support students to build their love for God through knowing Him more. If you have any comments or questions. You may contact Andrew Zegan at azegan@glenwoodcc.org
Getting in "The Know"
You can find more info if look below at our "News" and calendar "Event" items to see what's coming up. You can also get updates about the ministry by checking out our Student Ministries Facebook Page, Instagram. If you don't find the info you're looking for, feel free to contact us by calling the church office or sending an email to azegan@glenwoodcc.org.
Youth Winter Retreat 2022 Registration
This winter we're returning to the camp where we did our high school summer camp! The theme for this winter retreat is 'passing the torch' and we'll be talking about what it means to seek out wise counsel and help and in turn pass along that...
Hello Parents & Students!
High school & Middle school summer camps are back. High School will be going to Camp Jonah in Trout Lake, WA. Middle School will be going to Camp Morrow in Hollow, Oregon. We are providing a different experience this year and you won't want to...
Please note: this event has been postponed to March. Check back for updates!
GCC Youth Ministies will be returning to Shiloh Bible Camp for another year of fun and fellowship and growing in our relationships with Jesus. At Shiloh Bible Camp, we will experience the beautiful evergreens in Cosmopolis,...
Ministry Events
High School & Middle School Winter Retreat
Friday, February 10, 2023 - 4:00pm - Off Site - Camp Jonah
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 6:30pm - MAIN
Both High School and Middle School ministries will be meeting at GCC from 6:30pm to 8:30pm (doors will open at 6:15pm). In order to ensure safety, High School and Middle School will be together for games and teaching and split for small groups.
Youth Group Schedule (Wednesdays at GCC, 6:30pm-8:30pm)...


Mike Sherris Associate Head of School, Risk & Actuarial Studies gives his perspective on using the criteria-based assessment tool Review.
A force-field diagram shows the opposing pressures (or forces) that are bearing on a situation. Within the context of planning and managing change, the diagram shows the forces which are supportive of change (the driving forces) and the forces which are likely to be unhelpful or resistant (the restraining forces).
LaWanda Darden used to drape herself in sheets to design play clothes, but thanks to an internship with Zac Posen in summer 2014, she now knows exactly all that goes into designing a collection for New York Fashion Week. This intense 8-week stint in New York's Tribeca neighborhood only served to solidify her dream of becoming a fashion director of a large company or starting her own company to design special occasion and ready-to-wear clothes for men and women.


This site is about Prince songs (mostly).
All opinions are my own except where stolen from someone else.
I try to reference where I can but there is no peer review.
If you leave garbage in the comments, it will be swept away.


Remember when we used to flush old medications down the toilet to get rid of them? Please don't do that anymore. Even as long as a decade ago, studies found that chemicals from discarded meds were found in eighty percent of America's streams.
In most communities we can now find pharmacies that take and dispose out-of-date medications. Residents can take prescriptions and other chemicals to a Hazardous Waste Collection Facility.
I point this out because as Spring nears, it's a good time to do a sweep of your medicine cabinet, and check discard dates. If you're like most of us, you've forgotten what those pills were for anyway.
If you're disposing of prescriptions, be sure to mark out your name and other personal information on the label.
Don't just check prescriptions. Over the counter items also have expiration dates. Get rid of everything that's not current.


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"Team Hoyt Day" Celebrated in Boston
Rick and Dick Hoyt honored for inspiring others.
By Alison Wade
Robert James Reese
Rick and Dick Hoyt were honored by the Boston City Council yesterday, which declared October 22, 2014 "Team Hoyt Day" in the city of Boston. The father-son duo, best known for their 32 Boston Marathon finishes, received two standing ovations during the ceremony, Universal Hub reports.
"Dick and Rick Hoyt are personal heroes of mine, I have so many fond memories of cheering them on during the marathon. They are an incredible team of athletes, and remarkably inspiring individuals who really exemplify 'Boston Strong,'" said Boston City Councilor Matt O'Malley during the ceremony, reported the Boston Globe.
Rick Hoyt was born with cerebral palsy as a result of his umbilical cord being wrapped around his neck. Though doctors recommended that the Hoyts institutionalize Rick, they refused to do so, and they found that he was capable of much more than doctors initially predicted.
Team Hoyt was formed in 1977, when a local athlete became paralyzed in an accident. Rick wanted to show him that life would go on. Dick was a 36-year-old non-runner at the time, but he obliged his son, pushing him in a wheelchair. After the race, Rick told his father through a communication device, "Dad, when I'm running, it feels like I'm not handicapped."
Since then the Hoyts have completed more than 1100 races together, including 32 Boston Marathons and six Ironman Triathlons, as well as biking across the country. They have become icons in the running community, and even have their own statue in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, near the start of the Boston Marathon.
Dick, 74, says he has completed his final Boston Marathon, but Rick, 52, plans to continue participating in the race. He will be pushed by a family friend in 2015.
Team Hoyt Starts Again
2014 Boston Marathon Will Be Last for Dick and Rick Hoyt
Team Hoyt Honored with Statue at Boston Marathon Start
Celebrate Pi Day the Runner's Way
Team Hoyt Has Different Look
These Are Halcyon Days for Team Alberto Salazar
Soldiers Celebrate President's Day With Races
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Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel's YUE Receives Highest Honor at The 2015 Best of the Best Culinary Awards
(Hong Kong – 3 July 2015) Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel's Chinese restaurant YUE has received the Gold with Distinction Award at the 2015 Best of the Best Culinary Awards, the highest honor in Hong Kong's largest culinary pageant organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. The award was received in the Chicken Pot Category for the Chicken Pot with Figs and Preserved Lemons, marking the restaurant's third award in this annual event, evidence of YUE's strong commitment to and execution in the culinary craft.
Under the leadership of Executive Chef Chow Hon Ling and inspired by his wealth of experience and creativity with Chinese cuisine, our team has injected new life the traditional chicken pot, uniting the features of a classic Cantonese dish with a bold creative touch to bring new meaning to Cantonese cuisine. The Chicken Pot with Figs and Preserved Lemons is a balance of opposites, coupling the complementary flavours of sweet, juicy figs and tangy, salty preserved lemons, making the taste of the chicken complex and unforgettable from the first bite.
Chicken Pot with Figs and Preserved Lemons is crafted with a meticulous methodology. First, the fresh chicken is flash-fried and then stewed for ten minutes with mushrooms, garlic and the preserved lemon. Then, a bit of honey, oyster sauce, sugar and an aromatic selection of spices add a touch of sweetness and spiciness to the mixture. After it is cooked, the chicken is sliced and transferred to the hot pot, and the broth is poured over it, steaming and fragrant. The meat is crispy on the outside but tender on the inside and is perfectly complemented by the robust flavours of the preserved lemon, figs and marinated eggs.
Chicken Pot with Figs and Preserved Lemons will make its grand debut at YUE on 1 August 2015, priced at HK$288 for a half portion and HK$576 for a full portion, and patrons will receive a 20% discount from 1 to 31 August. During the same period, YUE is also offering an Award-Winning Duo Menu, starting from HK$4,088 for six guests. In addition to the award-winning chicken hot pot, the feast also includes the 2013 Best of the Best Culinary Award-winning Spotted Garoupa Duet, as well as a selection of YUE's other finest dishes. (Please refer to the attached document for details on the Award-Winning Duo Menu.)
Award-Winning Duo Menu
Chicken Pot with Figs and Preserved Lemons Group Photo of Chef Team and Judges
Escape the urban landscape of downtown Hong Kong and retreat to a beach resort. Only 30 minutes from Central, our hotel is a welcoming seaside oasis with lush tropical gardens that sets the stage for a relaxing holiday, an idyllic wedding or a lively conference.
Our 453 rooms and suites feature tranquil views of the sea or neighbouring Gold Coast Yacht and Country Club, allowing guests to be comforted by the cool sea breeze as they enjoy the genuine warmth of our service.
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#World Cup #football
Nat'l football coach Bento bristles at criticism of lethargic offense
All News 16:04 October 06, 2021
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- Here are the facts: South Korea got held to a 0-0 draw by Iraq and then eked out a 1-0 win over Lebanon to open the final Asian qualification round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup last month.
And based on these facts, pundits and fans alike have criticized the national team for such lethargic showings against heavy underdogs.
And head coach Paulo Bento will have none of that.
"About the opinion that comes from some people that our wingers and our strikers had poor performances (in September), it's just an opinion that I should respect, but I shouldn't agree (with), because I have a different opinion," Bento said in an online press conference Wednesday from the National Football Center (NFC) in Paju, Gyeonggi Province.
Bento opened training camp there Monday to prepare for two more World Cup qualifying matches: first against Syria at home Thursday and then against Iran in Tehran on Tuesday.
South Korea's lack of scoring has been particularly frustrating because Bento doesn't lack for attacking options. Captain Son Heung-min has established himself as one of the most lethal attackers in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur. Forward Hwang Ui-jo of FC Girondins de Bordeaux led his French club in scoring last season and is off to a strong start this season. Hwang Ui-jo joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in August to become the second South Korean in the Premier League this season after Son and already has three goals in four league matches for them. Son and Hwang Hee-chan were both named to the Premier League's Team of the Week for their performances last weekend.
And Bento kept things close to the vest when asked about how he can best utilize the talent on his hand.
"We'll see what we're going to do. We'll try to show tomorrow," the coach said.
On why players' performances with their clubs haven't translated into success internationally, Bento said: "We don't need to be too intelligent to know that things in some aspects with the club are easier to work than in the national team. We shouldn't compare the performance of players on the clubs with the performance of players on the national team."
Bento did acknowledge that he has been heartened by Hwang Hee-chan's quick start to his Premier League career.
"It's good for him. I think he can develop some features and characteristics and can improve his way of playing," Bento said. "He's a fast player with good technical skills. Of course, we should take advantage of that."
Son and Hwang Ui-jo both dealt with injuries during and after their last trip to South Korea for World Cup qualifiers. They reported to training camp two days after it opened and still played the full match against Iraq on short rest.
Bento has since been grilled about managing the workload of Europe-based players, one suggestion being that South Korea should still be able to beat teams like Syria without needing 90 minutes from Son or Hwang.
Bento has countered that he wants to put all of his best players in the starting lineup and stuck to his guns again Wednesday. Asked whether Son will start or come off the bench Thursday, Bento said, "He'll play from the beginning."
Iran are at the top of Group A following two consecutive victories. South Korea are in second place at four points. Syria are in fourth place after a draw and a loss.
There are two groups of six in the current phase. The top two nations from each group will punch their tickets to Qatar for football's showpiece event. The two No. 3 seeds will square off in a playoff, and the winner will then reach the last-chance intercontinental playoff.
South Korea are trying to extend their World Cup appearance streak to 10. They've been in every tournament since 1986 in Mexico.
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Nat'l football captain Son Heung-min hopes for fans' return
Thriving Wolverhampton forward Hwang Hee-chan determined to continue fine form for nat'l team
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Spot ethanol prices rose again early Wednesday on talk of strong export demand, increased speculative activity and expectations that Thursday's U.S. Department of Agriculture report will show a lower corn supply estimate than previously thought.
In addition, a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration issued midmorning Wednesday showed blending activity surged to a six-week high of 875,000 bpd during the week-ended Feb. 3, which coincided with a 630,000 bpd surge in implied gasoline demand to 8.941 million bpd -- the highest demand rate since the week before Christmas.
In cash trade, prompt delivered product at Argo terminal in the Chicago market was talked at $1.56 to $1.59 per gallon for gain of 2.5 cents. Product for prompt shipment traded under Rule 11 was talked at a $1.55 to $1.58 per gallon bid/ask, up 3.5 cents. A February barge at the New York Harbor traded at $1.645 per gallon for a 2.5-cent gain on the session.


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"I am glad to commend Stephen Sizer's ground-breaking critique of Christian Zionism. His comprehensive overview of its roots, its theological basis and its political consequences is very timely. I myself believe that Zionism, both political and Christian, is incompatible with biblical faith. Stephen's book has helped to reinforce this conviction." Revd John Stott, Rector Emeritus, All Soul's, Langham Place, London, the principal framer of the Lausanne Covenant (1974) and founder of the Langham Partnership International.
"This is a very fine and important book. All Christians who believe that Jesus favoured peacemakers, should read it and realise what terrible harm is being done in the name of Christianity. And all who are concerned about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict should read it to understand how Christian Zionism disables the US as fair minded mediator. European foreign policy thinkers should read it,because this distortion of US political space, puts a greater responsibility on European governments to stand up for justice and international law" Right Hon. Clare Short, former British Secretary of State for International Development.
Read my University of Middlesex PhD thesis
The Promised Land: A Critical Investigation of Evangelical Christian Zionism in Britain and the United States of America since 1800
Endorsements of Christian Zionism: Roadmap to Armageddon?
Christian Zionism: Roadmap to Armageddon?
An introductory article What is Christian Zionism?
The following three chapters are a summary of my book:
Christian Zionism Master History (part 1)
Christian Zionism Master Theology (part 2)
Christian Zionism Master Politics (part 3)
The following were research chapters that were later edited and included in the book:
Chapter 1: Christian Zionism Defined
Chapter 2: A History of Christian Zionism
Chapter 3: Edward Irving (1792-1834) The Origins of the Rapture Doctrine
Chapter 4: John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) The Father of Dispensationalism
Chapter 5: Cyrus Scofield (1843-1921) and the Rise of Modern Dispensationalism
Chapter 6: Hal Lindsey and Armageddon Theology
Chapter 7: The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
Chapter 8: The Hermeneutics of Christian Zionism Critiqued
Chapter 9: The Jewish Temple within Christian Zionism
Jerusalem Paper for Arab League Conference
Paper delivered at the Qatar Conference on Jerusalem 26-27 February, 2012.
The Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism
The Jerusalem Declaration (2006) x
Israel and the Church: Seven Biblical Answers
What is the relationship between Israel and the Church? This short paper refutes the seven most popular assertions of Christian Zionism.
Seven Biblical Answers
Critical Acclaim and Reviews by:
Graham Beynon
Paul Boyer
Gordon Bridger
Mark Chmiel
Kenneth Cragg
Phil Groom
Charles Kimball
Anthony McRoy
Michael Spath
Stephen Travis
Scott Waalkes
Donald Wagner
1. The historical roots of Christian Zionism
The early intimations: proto-Christian Zionism The socio-political context for the rise of Christian Zionism The origins of covenantal premillennial restorationism in Britain The origins of dispensational Christian Zionism in Britain Lord Shaftesbury and the influence of restorationism upon British foreign policy British Christian political support for the Jewish Zionist movement The Balfour Declaration and the implementation of the Zionist vision Dispensationalism and the birth of Christian Zionism in America (1859 – 1945) Anti-Semitism and American liberal Christian Zionism (1918 – 1967) Contemporary American evangelical Christian Zionism (1967 – 2002) The proliferation and diversification of Christian Zionist organizations The historical roots of Christian Zionism: conclusions
2. The theological emphases of Christian Zionism
The Bible: a literal futurist hermeneutic Chosen peoples: the relationship between Israel and the church Restorationism: the return of the Jews to Zion Eretz Israel: reclaiming Judea, Samaria and beyond Jerusalem: the eternal and exclusive Jewish capital The temple: rebuilding for desecration The future: the eschatology of Christian Zionism The distinctive theology of Christian Zionism: conclusions .
3. The political implications of Christian Zionism
The chosen people: supporting Israeli colonialism Restorationism: facilitating aliyah from Russia and Eastern Europe Eretz Israel: sustaining the West Bank settlements Jerusalem: lobbying for international recognition The temple: identifying with religious Zionism The future: opposing peace and hastening Armageddon The political implications of Christian Zionism: conclusions
Observations on the development of Christian Zionism Variant forms of Christian Zionism The constructive and destructive aspects of Christian Zionism A critical assessment of Christian Zionism Biblical Zionism: a convenantal alternative
Evangelical Christians are sometimes accused of not being sufficiently interested in politics and not contributing to the great debates about social welfare in our world today. 'Too heavenly minded to be of any earthly use', is the charge. While there may often be truth in this accusation, Stephen Sizer's challenging study of Christian Zionism demonstrates that there is at least one area in contemporary politics where this is decidedly not so. But is the influence of Christian Zionism valid and helpful? Is the theological basis of this political stance misguided and the outcome contrary to God's will?
Stephen's careful survey of this movement demonstrates that theology really matters and, if the theology is wrong, the consequences are disastrous. Prior to examining the theological position of the various strands of Christian Zionism, Stephen devotes his first chapter to an historical exploration of the development of this movement. He traces the transition of Christian Zionism from early nineteenth-century rural England to mainstream American evangelicalism in the twentieth century.
He notes the historical and interpretative reasons why Christian Zionism evolved into different schools of thought. Then he launches into a theological analysis and critique of those positions in his second chapter.
Seven basic theological tenets are accepted in varying degrees by evangelical Christian Zionists. The foundation upon which the other tenets are based is a literalist hermeneutic and a consistently futurist reading of prophecy. Quite apart from the political outcome of this way of reading the Bible, there are serious implications for the church and the gospel. At heart of the problem, he claims, there is actually a devaluing of the significance of the Lord Jesus Christ and his atoning work for Israel and the nations.
The third chapter of this book shows how the belief that the Jews remain God's chosen people (apart from Christ and his church) leads Christian Zionists to endorse and justify many of the current policies of the Israeli government, including the annexation and settlement of Palestinian-owned land. The return of Jews to Israel is actively encouraged and facilitated. Western governments are pressured to relocate their embassies to Jerusalem and to recognize this as the eternal and exclusive capital of the Jews.
Those who believe that Scripture predicts the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem and a reinstitution of the priesthood and sacrificial system offer varying degrees of support to Jewish Temple Mount organizations committed to achieving this end. Moreover, as Stephen concludes, since Christian Zionists are convinced there will be an apocalyptic war between good and evil in the near future, there is no prospect for lasting peace between Jews and Arabs. Indeed, to advocate that Israel compromise with Islam or coexist with Palestinians is to identify with those destined to oppose God and Israel in the imminent battle of Armageddon (p. 252).
Stephen shows that the New Testament must be our guide in understanding how the Old Testament has been fulfilled for us in Christ and in judging what remains to be worked out in history. Every Christian needs to be clear about the way the Bible fits together, observing the way the inspired writers of the New Testament reveal this. But especially those who presume to tell us how the future will unfold need to be sure that they are not misusing the Bible and, in their misguided zeal, dishonouring God. I hope that Christian Zionists who read this book will recognize that it is written by someone who believes in the inspiration and authority of Scripture as they do, and will consider carefully the challenge he brings to their particular line of interpretation. David Peterson Oak Hill College, London Extract from the
Underneath the beautiful Sea of Galilee lies a hidden fault-line that runs down from Mount Hermon through the Jordan Valley to the Red Sea, the Arabian peninsula and on to the heart of East Africa. Over thousands of years, earthquakes along this fault-line have devastated countless civilizations. Today there is a human fault-line running through the same land – a fault-line that is largely hidden from view until it erupts in violence. The cause of these volcanic eruptions has to do with the pressure of two peoples, like two tectonic plates, trying to occupy the same land – one the military occupier, the other the occupied. The media present this as a clash between two cultures, Palestinian and Israeli or Oriental and Western. As I hope to show, the convictions of Christian Zionists have made a significant contribution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Zionism defined
In general terms, Zionism may be defined as 'the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel'. The term 'Zionism' was first coined in 1892 by Nathan Birnbaum, then a student in Vienna. A year later he published a booklet entitled, The National Rebirth of the Jewish People in Its Homeland as a Means of Solving the Jewish Problem, in which he advocated Jewish nationalistic ideas that Theodor Herzl was to later expound in A Jewish State, published in 1896. At the First World Zionist Congress, which Herzl convened in Basle a year later, he and Birnbaum articulated the deep longings of many Jewish people for their own homeland. Various strands of Zionism emerged in the early twentieth century including practical, socialist and communist.
The most recent and probably most destructive form to appear is known as Messianic Zionism. Distinct from much more traditional and less extreme expressions of Zionism, this is associated with individuals like Rabbi Kahne and Gershon Salomon, together with the Gush Emunim movement and the Temple Mount Faithful. Messianic Zionism was spawned from within the ultra-Orthodox subcultures of the 'Charedi Bible-belt' around Jerusalem following the 1967 'Six Day War'. The Charedim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) were, according to Sachar, 'the first to embrace the territorialist mysticism inherent in the 1967 triumph' and came to be a decisive factor in Likud's electoral victory in 1997. Equating Arabs with the ancient Amalekites, and convinced they have a divinely ordained mandate to carry out ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians from Israel, religious Zionists have been in the forefront of the illegal occupation of Palestinian land, attacks on Muslims and mosques and the systematic expansion of the West Bank settlements, especially in places like Arab East Jerusalem and Hebron. Ironically, the Zionist vision which initially called simply for a 'publicly secured and legally assured homeland for the Jews in Palestine', was largely nurtured and shaped by Christians long before it was able to inspire wide-spread Jewish support. As will be shown in chapter one, proto-Christian Zionism predated and nurtured Jewish Zionism, while the contemporary Christian Zionist movement emerged only after 1967, alongside Messianic Zionism, in part in reaction to the widespread criticism Israel has endured over the last thirty-five years.
Christian Zionism defined
At its simplest, Christian Zionism is a political form of philo-Semitism, and can be defined as 'Christian support for Zionism'. The term 'Christian Zionist' first appears to have been used by Theodor Herzl to describe Henri Dunant, the Swiss philanthropist and founder of the Red Cross. Dunant was one of only a handful of Gentiles to be invited to the First World Zionist Congress. Walter Riggans interprets the term in an overtly political sense as 'any Christian who supports the Zionist aim of the sovereign State of Israel, its army, government, education etc., but it can describe a Christian who claims to support the State of Israel for any reason'. Evangelicals, in particular, are increasingly polarized as to whether Christian Zionism is biblical and orthodox or heretical and cultic. Two mutually exclusive positions have emerged – that of covenantalism and dispensationalism. …


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Crude extends declines as Trump increases pressure on OPEC
The price of crude oil declined slightly after Trump asked OPEC members to boost production. On Friday, he sent a tweet saying that he had talked with some OPEC members, who were 'in agreement' about raising crude production. However, according to OPEC secretary general, no such conversation had taken place. He said that the cartel will determine whether to boost production in their meeting in March. For months, Donald Trump has criticised OPEC for cutting production, with the aim of boosting prices. However, some of his actions, like cutting-off Iran and putting sanctions on Venezuela have contributed to the high prices.
The euro rose slightly against the USD ahead of a busy week. Today, Europe will release some data that will help measure the performance of the economy. The industrial sentiment is expected to decline to minus 2.0 from the previous -1.7. The services sentiment is expected to decline to 11.1 from the previous 11.3 while the consumer confidence is expected to remain unchanged at minus 7.9. The business and consumer survey is expected to drop to 105 from the previous 105.5. Meanwhile, Belgium will release its CPI data.
Today, traders will receive the PCE data ahead of the Fed's interest rates data and NFP data. The core PCE price index for March is expected to rise by 1.7%. On a MoM basis, the core PCE data is expected to rise to 0.1%. In March, personal income numbers are expected to rise by 0.4% from the previous 0.2%. The personal spending is expected to rise by 0.7%. This data will come a few days after the US released better-than-expected first-quarter GDP numbers. This week, the Fed will make its decision while the Labor Department will release the jobs data.
The EUR/USD pair rose slightly today to a high of 1.1156 from last week's low of 1.1110. On the hourly chart, the price is slightly above the 25-day and 50-day moving averages. The volumes are relatively low while the money flow index has declined to a low of 36. The pair will likely continue to consolidate along these prices ahead of the FOMC decision on Wednesday.
XTI/USD
The XTI/USD pair extended Friday's declines to reach an intraday low of 62.9. On the four-hour chart, the price is slightly below the 50-day and 25-day moving averages. The two averages are doing an intersection, which could lead to lower prices. The RSI has dropped to below 30 while the Stochastic Indicator has started to move up. The pair could resume its upward trend because OPEC is unlikely to yield to Trump's pressure.
In the past few weeks, the EUR/GBP pair has been in consolidation mode as shown on the 30-minute chart below. The pair is trading along the 0.8626 level, which is slightly above last week's low of 0.8620. The price is slightly below the 50-day and 25-day moving averages. The Average True Range (ATR) has continued to drop. Today, the pair will likely react to the data from the EU and a statement by Governor Mark Carney.


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Q: Hadoop S3A filesystem, abort object upload? I have code like
ParquetWriter<Record> writer = getParquetWriter("s3a://my_bucket/my_object_path.snappy.parquet");
for (Record r : someIterable) {
   validate(r);
   writer.write()
}
writer.close();

if validate throws an exception, I want to release all resources associated with the writer.  But I don't want to create any objects in S3 in that case.  Is this achievable?
If I close the writer it will conclude the s3 multipart upload and create an object in the cloud.  If I don't close it, the parts written so far will remain in the disk buffer, clogging up the works.

A: Yes it is a problem. It's been discussed in HADOOP-16906 Add some Abortable.abort() interface for streams etc which can be terminated
Problem here is it's not enough to add to the S3ABlockOutputStream class, we'd need to pass it through the FSDataOutputStream etc, specify it in the FS APIs, define semantics if the passthrough doesn't work, commit to maintaining it etc. A lot of effort. If you do want to do that though, patches welcome...
Keep an eye on HDFS-13934, multipart upload API. This will let you do the upload and then commit/abort it. Doesn't quite fit your workflow.
Afraid you will have to go with the upload. Do remember to set a lifecycle rule for the bucket to delete old uploads, and look at the hadoop s3guard uploads command to list/abort them too.


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Collaboration: VERBUND-APG AG and TIWAG-Netz AG
In order to implement the third EU liberalisation package for the revival of the competition on the EU electricity market as efficiently as possible and to optimally introduce it on the market, VERBUND-Austrian Power Grid AG and TTWAG-Netz AG have agreed to enter into a close collaboration.
Due to emerging demands, the TIWAG-Netz AG will commission VERBUND-Austrian Power Grid AG to manage the transmission network.
The management of the nationwide transport which serves the Tyrolean high-voltage power line will in future be administrated by Verbund's grid subsidiary. The ownership of grids and grid infrastructure facilities and the value-creation from the operation of high-voltage power lines will remain unchanged in Tyrol.
High Collaboration Requirements on the European Grid
The transmission network operators in Europe have been subject to high collaboration requirements since the start. The most recently concluded third EU liberalisation package makes these requirements clear once more. The central content of the third liberalisation package concerns the independence of the transmission network provider from production and trade.
Improvement and Grid Situation
This future-orientated collaboration with the control areas from TIWAG-Netz and VERBUND-Austrian Power Grid AG will lead to significant improvements in the situation on the electricity balancing market. Through the collaboration, the further development of the national Austrian electricity market will be improved and will further drive forward the integration of the entire European electricity market.
Austrian Control Area Leaders now responsible for around 95% of the Federal Territory
The VERBUND-Austrian Power Grid AG is Austria's control area leader and is currently already responsible for the federal states of Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria, Carinthia, Upper Austria and Salzburg. The electricity flow between the large production facilities and the distribution grids in Austria are controlled on a daily basis and equalized, and imports and exports to countries abroad are processed. Via the collaboration between VERBUND-Austrian Power Grid AG and TIWAG-Netz AG, the area of responsibility has been expanded around Tyrol and, with this, comprises 95% of the Austrian electricity market. The collaboration will bring about further improvements for security of supply in Austria via the inclusion of the Tyrolean power plants and the optimisation of the controlling facilities. This is particularly necessary given the continuous increase of electricity from wind turbine plants in Germany, which is placing the highest demands on the management of electricity flow in Europe. Furthermore, the processing of the daily programme for around 107 balancing groups will be made easier and an improved European access to the market with cheaper electricity prices will be made possible.
It should go into operation in 2011. The preparations will be commenced immediately.
Advantage for Austrian Electricity Customers
For Austrian electricity providers and electricity customers, the collaboration between TIWAG-Netz and VERBUND-Austrian Power Grid should make the administrative side of things much easier. Due to the expanding standardised Austrian electricity market, there are lower administrative expenses and the possibility to reduce the balancing energy costs for electricity traders. The VERBUND-Austrian Power Grid will subsequently fulfil all further measures to be implemented, as required by the third EU liberalisation package.


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GLT's Ring Light Brings New Appeal and Functionality to Automotive and Other Lighting Applications
GLT's Ring Light Brings New Appeal and Functionality to Automotive and Other Lighting Applications Brecksville, OH, April 25, 2016 – The new ring light from Global Lighting Technologies is a bright and uniform circle of LED-based illumination that lends a special look and appeal to lighting applications. It uses as few as 1 LED, can be produced in a variety of colors, and can be integrated into a wide variety of products. https://www.led-professional.com/project_news/automotive-lighting/glt2019s-ring-light-brings-new-appeal-and-functionality-to-automotive-and-other-lighting-applications https://www.led-professional.com/project_news/automotive-lighting/glt2019s-ring-light-brings-new-appeal-and-functionality-to-automotive-and-other-lighting-applications/@@download/image/GLT-463.jpg Featured | Automotive | Systems | Jun 18, 2016
Brecksville, OH, April 25, 2016 – The new ring light from Global Lighting Technologies is a bright and uniform circle of LED-based illumination that lends a special look and appeal to lighting applications. It uses as few as 1 LED, can be produced in a variety of colors, and can be integrated into a wide variety of products.
The new ring light from Global Lighting Technologies is a bright and uniform circle of LED-based illumination that lends a special look and appeal to lighting applications. It uses as few as 1 LED, can be produced in a variety of colors, and can be integrated into a wide variety of products.
In automotive applications, GLT's lighting technology can provide distinctive illumination for daytime running lights, dashboards, doors, sills, interior illumination, cup holders, side markers and tail lights.
In addition to automotive, GLT's ring light can be used in a wide range of products from desk lamps to wall wash on thermostats and smoke detectors as well as product logo illumination, imparting a special look and appeal that distinguishes the products it's used in.
The light is bright and uniform, and can be created in a continuous ring, a segmented ring, or an arc. The optical portion of the ring light contains an injection molded optical light guide incorporating LEDs aligned on the input edge containing custom designed optical extraction features to evenly distribute the light rays around the ring.
GLT works with customers to seamlessly integrate the ring light into their custom products, providing full engineering and prototyping services. With more than 1.25 million square feet of manufacturing space in 5 facilities in Taiwan and China, GLT can build customers' products in even the highest volumes.
For more information, contact Global Lighting Technologies (GLT), Inc., 55 Andrews Circle, Brecksville, OH 44141. Tel: 440-922-4584; Toll-Free: 866-922-4584; Fax: 440-922-4585. E-mail: sales@glthome.com. Web: www.glthome.com.
About Global Lighting Technologies:
Global Lighting Technologies (GLT), Inc. was founded in 2000 to develop LED-based edge lighting technology for the latest generation of flat panel displays. Today, GLT is developing new lighting concepts for solid state lighting in general illumination applications utilizing its LED-based light guide technology. GLT's edge lighting technology focuses the light of LEDs placed along one or more edges of a thin light guide in order to deliver the light precisely where needed, providing bright, uniform light in a thinner form factor with more efficient light extraction and fewer LEDs. With five manufacturing facilities in the Far East, GLT is poised to deliver a better light guide at lower cost with faster turnaround.


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Gordon McCorkell (born 1983, Barrhead, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish actor who is best known for the role of Derek "Deek" Henderson in River City from 2002 to 2012. He has also appeared in the Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill productions, Chewin' the Fat and as Winston's grandson Joe in the pilot episode of Still Game. He was a member of PACE Youth Theatre until 2002 but still is involved in activities. He also appeared as David in the BAFTA Award-winning children's drama Jeopardy (2002–2004).

In June 2016, McCorkell was recognised by Glasgow's International Financial Services District for achieving top marks in his final exams.

He was nominated for the award by Glasgow Kelvin College for his 'A' grade achieved on the HND Accountancy course, and is now looking for a trainee accountant position with a view to obtaining a professional accounting qualification.

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Scottish male television actors
Scottish male soap opera actors
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Weiming Wang, Haiyuan Chao, Jing Tong, Zhouwang Yang, Xin Tong, Hang Li, Xiuping Liu, Ligang Liu. Saliency-Preserving Slicing Optimization for Effective 3D Printing. Computer Graphics Forum, accepted, 2015.
晏浩, 张明敏, 童晶, 潘志庚, 基于Kinect的实时稳定的三维多手指跟踪算法, 计算机辅助设计与图形学学报, 2013.
Jing Tong, Ligang Liu, Jin Zhou, Zhigeng Pan. Mona Lisa Alive--Create Self-moving Objects Using Hollow-face Illusion. The Visual Computer (Proc. CGI), 2013.
Jin Zhou, Jianjiang Pan, Jing Tong, Ligang Liu and Zhigeng Pan. Fast 3D Human Body Reconstruction from Kinects (in Chinese), Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics, Vol(25), 2013.
Jing Tong, Jin Zhou, Ligang Liu, Zhigeng Pan and Hao Yan. Scanning 3D Full Human Bodies Using Kinects,IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE Virtual Reality), 18(4), 643-650, 2012.
Qing Zhang, Jing Tong, Huamin Wang, Ruigang Yang and Zhigeng Pan. Simulation Guided Hair Dynamics Modeling from Video, Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Pacific Graphics), 31(7): 2003-2010, 2012.
Xueqin Xiang, Zhigeng Pan and Jing Tong. Depth Camera in Computer Vision and Computer Graphics: An Overview, Journal of Frontiers of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 5(6): 481-492, 2011.
Jing Tong, Mingming Zhang, Xueqin Xiang, Huaqing Shen, Hao Yan and Zhengming Chen. 3D Body Scanning with Hairstyle Using one Time‐of‐Flight Camera, The journal of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (Proc. CASA), Vol.22, 203-211, 2011.
Xueqin Xiang, Guangxia Li, Jing Tong, Mingmin Zhang and Zhigeng Pan. Real-Time Spatial and Depth Upsampling for Range Data. LNCS Transactions on Computational Science, Vol. 6670: 78-98, 2011.
Jing Tong, Xueqin Xiang, Hongbo Tian, Zhigeng Pan and Mingmin Zhang. 3D Reconstruction of Non-rigid Shapes Using one TOF Camera (in Chinese), Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics, Vol(23), 377-384, 2011.
Xiang, Guangxia Li, Zhigeng Pan and Jing Tong. Fast and Simple Super Resolution for Range Data, 2010 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 319-324, 2010.
Jing Tong and Zhengming Chen. Approximate Geodesics Path on Triangle Mesh (in Chinese), Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics, 20(2):180-185, 2008.
Jing Tong and Huayong Guan.Realistic Rapid 3D Face Modeling for Film/TV Animation (in Chinese), 31(7): 2003-2010, 2007.


Source: Forest Products Journal. 47(11/12): 53-58.
Sixteen stands were harvested at intensities (proportion of basal area removed) ranging from 0.27 to 1.00. Logging contractors used one or two rubber-tired cable and/or grapple skidders. Harvested sites were similar in slope, tree size, and stand composition. Thirteen of the stands had even-aged structures while the other three were uneven-aged. Skidding time per cycle was directly related to skidder type, distance, and number of stems hauled, and inversely related to harvest intensity. Skidding productivity (grapple skidder, per productive hour) was sensitive to distance, stem size, number of stems in a load, and harvest intensity. Productivity was more sensitive to tree size than harvesting intensity.
Kluender, R.; Lortz, D.; McCoy, W.; Stokes, B.; Klepac, J. 1997. Productivity of rubber-tired skidders in southern pine forests. Forest Products Journal. 47(11/12): 53-58.


His work is influenced by his native Scotland and places visited.
Chris Cannon uses personal photography to influence his digital illustrations. His first series, Reflections, was influenced by his native Scotland and points of interest from places he had visited; from personal achievements to locations that held special memories.
Born in Glasgow, and now working and living in London as a digital designer, Chris has recently exhibited in his local area and is always being inspired by photography to reimagine his personal experiences. His illustrative process consists of gradually stripping back and reducing his photographs to simple colours, shapes and form to reflect the essence of the memory and experience. The hope being, that when looking at these illustrations every person can weave their own memory through the simplified version of, what was, his reality.