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Q: foreach select query how to shorten hello i have a select query that is integrated in a search function: i have this code:
foreach ($keywords as $key=>$keyword){
$where .= "`column_a` LIKE '%$keyword%'";
$where .= " OR ";
$where .= "`column_b` LIKE '%$keyword%'";
$where .= " OR ";
$where .= "`column_c` LIKE '%$keyword%'";
$where .= " OR ";
$where .= "`column_d` LIKE '%$keyword%'";
$where .= " OR ";
$where .= "`column_e` LIKE '%$keyword%'";

    if ($key != ($total_keywords - 1)){
        $where .= " AND ";
    }
}

$results = "SELECT `column_a`, `column_b`, `column_c`, `column_d`, `column_e` FROM `table` WHERE $where";

okay, in case of searching for just one keyword the query looks like:
SELECT `column_a`, `column_b`, `column_c`, `column_d`, `column_e` FROM `table` WHERE `column_a` LIKE '%one%' OR `column_b` LIKE '%one%' OR `column_c` LIKE '%one%' OR `column_d` LIKE '%one%' OR `column_e` LIKE '%one%'

what is pretty long. now in case of having two searchterms it will look like:
SELECT `column_a`, `column_b`, `column_c`, column_d`, `column_e` FROM `table` WHERE `column_a` LIKE '%one%' OR `column_b` LIKE '%one%' OR `column_c` LIKE '%one%' OR `column_d` LIKE '%one%' OR `column_e` LIKE '%one%' AND `column_a` LIKE '%two%' OR `column_b` LIKE '%two%' OR `column_c` LIKE '%two%' OR `column_d` LIKE '%two%' OR `column_e` `LIKE` '%two%'

what is definetly too long. so my question is, is there another way to get the same result? i already know that there is MATCH() AGAINST() but this hasnt worked for a unknown reason.
so if there is someone who could help me, i would really appreciate. thanks a lot.

A: Check out this answer.
It will shorten your query, up to 5 conditions will always be enough.
More than that, you can join all columns to one and search in it:
SELECT `column_a`, `column_b`, `column_c`, column_d`, `column_e` FROM `table`
WHERE CONCAT(column_a, column_b, column_c, column_d, column_e) REGEXP 'one|two'

But full-text indexes (if you have them) possibly may not work in this query. Check if performance is appropriate.

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Q: PHP implement preg_match with an array then preg_replace the matches Namaste, everyone. So I grabbed this very useful snippet from php.net and modified it.
$cat = strip_tags(trim($_POST["cat"]));
$joke = strip_tags(trim($_POST["joke"]));
$patterns = array();
$patterns[0] = '/quick/';
$patterns[1] = '/brown/';
$patterns[2] = '/fox/';
$replacements = array();
$replacements[0] = 'bear';
$replacements[1] = 'black';
$replacements[2] = 'slow';

echo preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $joke);

This code works perfectly. Any time any of the words in the $patterns array are present they are replaced with the corresponding $replacement.
I'd like to run a preg_match on $patterns first and if there is a match set a variable named $status to true and run the preg_replace. But if there is not a preg_match I'd like to have an else if that says else if no match set $status to false.
Is it even possible to run preg_match on my $patterns array how I have it set up now? If so how could I do that? I'd like to run preg_match on the existing array to reduce writing more code for a second array that would just contain the same words.
Thanks

A: Option 1:
$joke2 = preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $joke);
$status = ($joke == $joke2) ? 'green' : 'red';

Option 2:
$matches = array_filter($patterns, function($a) use($joke) { return preg_match($a, $joke); });
if (!empty($matches)) {
    $status = 'red';
    $joke2 = preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $joke);
} else {
    $status = 'green';
}

What you are asking is option 2 but imho it's too complicated


This thesis explores how memory plays an important part in the identity of cities, and questions how do our collective memories define a sense of place over time? Focusing on the founding villages within the city of Mississauga, Ontario, this thesis explores the forgotten identities of its early settlements. Working alongside existing site conditions, and through the design of architectural installations, I intend to design "memory triggers" that activate the presence of surviving elements, such as building fragments, photographs, concealed remains, and transmedia stories that can engage the residents and the visitors with a memory of the past that is constructed in the present, providing unique experiences that inform a meaningful present. Eventually, my aim is to construct images of the past into the future based on the few remnants of these lost towns, embodied in various physical forms, in a way that will establish their place within the city.


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Mycteroperca fusca, the Island grouper or comb grouper, is a species of grouper from the family Serranidae which is endemic to the Macaronesian Islands in the eastern Atlantic. It is classified as Vulnerable in The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.

Description
Mycteroperca fusca is a large species which has a brownish or dark grey body colour when adult which is marked with irregular pale blotches and spots as well as a prominent maxillary streak. When stressed  M. fusca is capable of reversing its body colour and pattern. Juveniles are mottled greenish brown, with prominent white spots on the head and the body, with the dorsal, anal and caudal fins have white streaks andtranslucent golden pectoral fins. The body is oblong and compressed  with a depth that is 3.0-3.3 times the standard length. There is a convex interorbital area and it possesses enlarged serrations on the preopercle at its angle, forming a rounded lobe below a shallow indentation on the vertical limb.  There are a few small serrations on the subopercle and interopercle. In the juveniles the anterior and posterior nostrils are slightly unequal but in adults with the posterior nostrils are three times larger than the anterior nostrils. The lower jaws protrude well beyond the upper jaws.

The meristic formula is D, XI,14-16; A III, 10 - 12. The maximum length is 80 cm.

Distribution
Mycteroperca fusca is an insular species from the Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde. In 2010, two individuals were reported in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel.

Biology
Mycteroperca fusca is a demersal species which is found near the seabed in rocky regions at depths from 1 to 200 m. The juveniles are frequently found in tidal pools. It prefers areas with crevices, caves and seaweed to provide cover. It is a protogynous hermaphrodite, i.e. the females change to males, and aggregations of spawning fish have been reported. Spawning begins in February in the Canary Islands and continues through to July. They can live for 30–40 years. They are predatory feeding on crustaceans, cephalopods and fish, its main prey are Chromis limbata, Thalassoma pavo, Boops boops and Similiparma lurida and this species is an active hunter, exploring its territory in search of prey.

Conservation
Mycteroperca fusca has a limited range where it is rare especially in areas which are subjected to heavy fishing pressure. A number of studies have shown a negative correlation between the abundance of M. fusca and the amount of fishing pressure, suggesting that overexploitation has significantly reduced the population. It may also be threatened by competition and parasites from the invasive non-native European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), which has escaped from aquaculture in the Canaries, and African hind Cephalopholis taeniops, which has thought to have arrived in the Canaries in ships' ballast water from West Africa.

References

External links

Mycteroperca
Fish described in 1838

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// .NAME vtkImageViewer2 - Display a 2D image.
// .SECTION Description
// vtkImageViewer2 is a convenience class for displaying a 2D image.  It
// packages up the functionality found in vtkRenderWindow, vtkRenderer,
// vtkImageActor and vtkImageMapToWindowLevelColors into a single easy to use
// class.  This class also creates an image interactor style
// (vtkInteractorStyleImage) that allows zooming and panning of images, and
// supports interactive window/level operations on the image. Note that
// vtkImageViewer2 is simply a wrapper around these classes.
//
// vtkImageViewer2 uses the 3D rendering and texture mapping engine
// to draw an image on a plane.  This allows for rapid rendering,
// zooming, and panning. The image is placed in the 3D scene at a
// depth based on the z-coordinate of the particular image slice. Each
// call to SetSlice() changes the image data (slice) displayed AND
// changes the depth of the displayed slice in the 3D scene. This can
// be controlled by the AutoAdjustCameraClippingRange ivar of the
// InteractorStyle member.
//
// It is possible to mix images and geometry, using the methods:
//
// viewer->SetInputConnection( imageSource->GetOutputPort() );
// // or viewer->SetInputData ( image );
// viewer->GetRenderer()->AddActor( myActor );
//
// This can be used to annotate an image with a PolyData of "edges" or
// or highlight sections of an image or display a 3D isosurface
// with a slice from the volume, etc. Any portions of your geometry
// that are in front of the displayed slice will be visible; any
// portions of your geometry that are behind the displayed slice will
// be obscured. A more general framework (with respect to viewing
// direction) for achieving this effect is provided by the
// vtkImagePlaneWidget .
//
// Note that pressing 'r' will reset the window/level and pressing
// shift+'r' or control+'r' will reset the camera.
//
// .SECTION See Also
// vtkRenderWindow vtkRenderer vtkImageActor vtkImageMapToWindowLevelColors

#ifndef vtkImageViewer2_h
#define vtkImageViewer2_h

#include "vtkInteractionImageModule.h" // For export macro
#include "vtkObject.h"

class vtkAlgorithm;
class vtkAlgorithmOutput;
class vtkImageActor;
class vtkImageData;
class vtkImageMapToWindowLevelColors;
class vtkInformation;
class vtkInteractorStyleImage;
class vtkRenderWindow;
class vtkRenderer;
class vtkRenderWindowInteractor;

class VTKINTERACTIONIMAGE_EXPORT vtkImageViewer2 : public vtkObject
{
public:
  static vtkImageViewer2 *New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkImageViewer2,vtkObject);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Get the name of rendering window.
  virtual const char *GetWindowName();

  // Description:
  // Render the resulting image.
  virtual void Render(void);

  // Description:
  // Set/Get the input image to the viewer.
  virtual void SetInputData(vtkImageData *in);
  virtual vtkImageData *GetInput();
  virtual void SetInputConnection(vtkAlgorithmOutput* input);

  // Description:
  // Set/get the slice orientation

  enum
  {
    SLICE_ORIENTATION_YZ = 0,
    SLICE_ORIENTATION_XZ = 1,
    SLICE_ORIENTATION_XY = 2
  };

  vtkGetMacro(SliceOrientation, int);
  virtual void SetSliceOrientation(int orientation);
  virtual void SetSliceOrientationToXY()
    { this->SetSliceOrientation(vtkImageViewer2::SLICE_ORIENTATION_XY); };
  virtual void SetSliceOrientationToYZ()
    { this->SetSliceOrientation(vtkImageViewer2::SLICE_ORIENTATION_YZ); };
  virtual void SetSliceOrientationToXZ()
    { this->SetSliceOrientation(vtkImageViewer2::SLICE_ORIENTATION_XZ); };

  // Description:
  // Set/Get the current slice to display (depending on the orientation
  // this can be in X, Y or Z).
  vtkGetMacro(Slice, int);
  virtual void SetSlice(int s);

  // Description:
  // Update the display extent manually so that the proper slice for the
  // given orientation is displayed. It will also try to set a
  // reasonable camera clipping range.
  // This method is called automatically when the Input is changed, but
  // most of the time the input of this class is likely to remain the same,
  // i.e. connected to the output of a filter, or an image reader. When the
  // input of this filter or reader itself is changed, an error message might
  // be displayed since the current display extent is probably outside
  // the new whole extent. Calling this method will ensure that the display
  // extent is reset properly.
  virtual void UpdateDisplayExtent();

  // Description:
  // Return the minimum and maximum slice values (depending on the orientation
  // this can be in X, Y or Z).
  virtual int GetSliceMin();
  virtual int GetSliceMax();
  virtual void GetSliceRange(int range[2])
    { this->GetSliceRange(range[0], range[1]); }
  virtual void GetSliceRange(int &min, int &max);
  virtual int* GetSliceRange();

  // Description:
  // Set window and level for mapping pixels to colors.
  virtual double GetColorWindow();
  virtual double GetColorLevel();
  virtual void SetColorWindow(double s);
  virtual void SetColorLevel(double s);

  // Description:
  // These are here when using a Tk window.
  virtual void SetDisplayId(void *a);
  virtual void SetWindowId(void *a);
  virtual void SetParentId(void *a);

  // Description:
  // Set/Get the position in screen coordinates of the rendering window.
  virtual int* GetPosition();
  virtual void SetPosition(int a,int b);
  virtual void SetPosition(int a[2]) { this->SetPosition(a[0],a[1]); }

  // Description:
  // Set/Get the size of the window in screen coordinates in pixels.
  virtual int* GetSize();
  virtual void SetSize(int a, int b);
  virtual void SetSize(int a[2]) { this->SetSize(a[0],a[1]); }

  // Description:
  // Get the internal render window, renderer, image actor, and
  // image map instances.
  vtkGetObjectMacro(RenderWindow,vtkRenderWindow);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(Renderer, vtkRenderer);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(ImageActor,vtkImageActor);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(WindowLevel,vtkImageMapToWindowLevelColors);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(InteractorStyle,vtkInteractorStyleImage);

  // Description:
  // Set your own renderwindow and renderer
  virtual void SetRenderWindow(vtkRenderWindow *arg);
  virtual void SetRenderer(vtkRenderer *arg);

  // Description:
  // Attach an interactor for the internal render window.
  virtual void SetupInteractor(vtkRenderWindowInteractor*);

  // Description:
  // Create a window in memory instead of on the screen. This may not
  // be supported for every type of window and on some windows you may
  // need to invoke this prior to the first render.
  virtual void SetOffScreenRendering(int);
  virtual int GetOffScreenRendering();
  vtkBooleanMacro(OffScreenRendering,int);

protected:
  vtkImageViewer2();
  ~vtkImageViewer2();

  virtual void InstallPipeline();
  virtual void UnInstallPipeline();

  vtkImageMapToWindowLevelColors  *WindowLevel;
  vtkRenderWindow                 *RenderWindow;
  vtkRenderer                     *Renderer;
  vtkImageActor                   *ImageActor;
  vtkRenderWindowInteractor       *Interactor;
  vtkInteractorStyleImage         *InteractorStyle;

  int SliceOrientation;
  int FirstRender;
  int Slice;

  virtual void UpdateOrientation();

  vtkAlgorithm* GetInputAlgorithm();
  vtkInformation* GetInputInformation();

  friend class vtkImageViewer2Callback;

private:
  vtkImageViewer2(const vtkImageViewer2&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
  void operator=(const vtkImageViewer2&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
};

#endif

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Q: Joining columns when any match I want to join two tables/dataframes based on some conditions.
For example in one table I have a column name
In the other table I have the columns name1, name2, name3
How do I join the tables on the columns, when any of the name columns in the second table matches, and use the columns in the order of name name2 name3 to join when possible?

A: You can just use join that takes an expression as the conditional algorithm and use the or (||)
df1.join(df2, $"name" === $"name1" || $"name" === $"name2" || $"name" === $"name3")


The region's history dates back hundreds of years, if not thousands. At a distance of 10.6 kilometres north of Monemvasia, on the hill named "Kastraki" ("Little Castle"), there was an important Mycenean centre. In the 6th Century B.C., Dorian Argives built the city of Epidaurus Limira on this hill, which developed into an important administrative and residential centre in classical times.
Above the estate, on the hill "Kastraki", one can see remains of a Hellenistic fortress (250 B.C.), which served as the fortified border outpost of Epidaurus Limira. In the Limnes area (about 1 km from the estate) you can see in the courtyard of the Church of Agia Thekla various architectural elements that may have come from the ancient sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis, which was described by Pausanias (170 A.D.) in his travels. In classical times, tufa limestone quarries used to operate in the areas of Nomia and Agios Fokas (relevant studies in the estate library). The great earthquakes of 365 and 375 A.D. destroyed and submerged the coastal settlements of the region.
In 583 A.D., after the local Laconians laid the foundations for the fortress to protect themselves from raids by both Slavs and Saracens, the security of the outlying villages in the region became irrevocably tied to the fate of the castle-fortress. After the fall of Byzantium, Monemvasia came under Venetian rule (1461-1540), then passed to Ottoman control (1540-1690) before reverting once again to the Venetians, who landed in the "Ambelakia" ("little vines") region (1689), where Kinsterna's vineyards are located today. After a year, they succeeded in taking the fortress, which they held until 1715, when the Ottoman's recaptured and held it until 1821.
The early history of the mansion is lost in the mists of time, and, unfortunately, no records have been found regarding the original structure and the time of its construction. The age of the lintels in the Reception area and in Room 37, according to a study carried out by Democritus Institute, places their likely dates of construction at 1667-1783 and 1720-1784 respectively. The manor house is situated in an ideal position for monitoring the area and forms a classic "Π" shape common to medieval defensive structures. The interior courtyard is dominated by a great cistern encircled by 20 imbedded columns. The mansion actually owes its name to this unique and imposing cistern, since the word "kinsterna" traces a circuitous route from the ancient Greek "kisti", which then joined with the Latin "sterna" to become "cisterna" and then reentered Byzantine Greek as "kinsterna".
In 1670, the Ottoman traveler Evliya Ҫelebi noted that there were many public wells and cisterns in Monemvasia and that these comprised important monuments of the region's cultural heritage. Ottoman characteristics of the building, such as its embrasures and gun holes and the large fireplaces and chimneys are still evident today, combined with Byzantine and Venetian elements most clearly visible in the exterior faces of the walls and the ceramic designs and brickwork. The rich and complex past of this fortress-manor can also be traced in the base of a defensive cannon, in the estate's olive-press, in a detention cell that today comprises the mansion's most unique and sought-after suite (Byzantine Suite 25) or in hidden storage rooms (Kinsterna Suite 39).
After the Revolution of 1821, the manor and its estate, whose previously recorded owner was Ibrahim Bey, passed to the ownership of the new Greek State. In 1870, the estate was purchased by the Kapitsini family. A portion of the manor complex was inhabited until the 1970s by Lina Kapitsini, the last "Lady" of Monemvasia. After 1980, the property was gradually abandoned to the elements. By 2002 when it was purchased by its current owners, nature had once again taken over and was slowly destroying the manor house and outlying buildings.
In 2006, a talented and experienced team of architects, engineers and designers began to restore the mansion, in close cooperation with the Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities. Throughout this painstaking process, traditional methods and materials (both old and newly crafted from local sources) were employed. During the restoration process, a great deal of original and local materials were used: cypress wood, reeds from nearby wetlands, slate slabs for paving and roofs, handmade ceramic elements from Geraki, old Pendelic marble, hand-made forged iron doors and various antique items such as lanterns, chandeliers, chairs, etc. Many craftsmen from the surrounding region, whose skills have been handed down from generation to generation, contributed their passion and know-how to this masterpiece as well. The Kinsterna was reborn as a boutique hotel in 2010, despite the enormous size and complexity of the project and its many challenges.
During your tour, you will discover many elements and characteristics from the original construction and design of the mansion. From the Byzantine domes and internal water pipes and conduits to the handmade embroideries and original fireplaces in the rooms, every part of this splendid building has its own unique story to tell.
For many centuries, this property, which later witnessed the revival of Kinsterna manor, was a model of autonomy and sustainability, functioning harmoniously within a rich and lively natural environment. Fed by abundant flowing water from natural springs, the estate nourished the people living on it and undoubtedly contributed to the local economy, as shown by historical archives from the Byzantine and Ottoman years.
These traditional practices and occupations – from a time when communities were economically independent – lie at the heart of Kinsterna's model of sustainability and of its owners' philosophy and vision. With special emphasis on reviving and strengthening these ancient practices (harvesting grapes and making wine and tsipouro, gathering olives and producing olive oil, baking bread, making soap, weaving fabric on the traditional loom, etc.), the owners have consciously made great efforts to ensure that the local community and wider region will benefit from this impressive model of sustainability.
Another important pillar of Kinsterna's philosophy is based on a cultivation and celebration of the human element in warm, sincere and welcoming hospitality – a well-known point of pride throughout Greece. Visitors to Kinsterna may be surprised by the friendly (and at the same time consummately professional) attitude and performance of the entire staff, who are genuinely eager to welcome visitors to this little corner of paradise in the southern Peloponnese. This is their home, and it gives them both pride and pleasure to share it with our guests.
Use of local ingredients in our kitchen: garden produce, meat, chicken, herbs, wine, olive oil, etc.
Program for recycling towels, etc.


KVPY 2018 Registration Payment last date was 7th September 2018. Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore conducts a national level scholarship programme. This exam is known by Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY). KVPY Exam is organized for providing generous fellowship & contingency grant to the selected KVPY fellows up to the pre-Ph.D level or 5 years. This programme is started by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Check this article to get complete details about KVPY Application Form 2018.
KVPY 2018 Application Form last date was 31st August 2018. Fee payment last date was 7th September 2018 only for registered candidates. Click here to fill application form.
KVPY 2018 Registration had been started from 11th July 2018.
Last date to fill the application form was 31st August 2018.
There is no other mode to get the KVPY Application Form 2018.
Before filling the application, candidates keep ready with the scanned images (photograph, signature & scanned copy of caste/medical certificate (only for PwD).
Fill the application form carefully and submit it.
Take a printout of the KVPY 2018 application form for future references.
Candidates have to pay Rs. 1000 (for general/OBC category) & Rs. 500 (for SC/ST/PwD category) as a registration fee. The fee can be deposited through two modes, i.e. online mode (credit card/ debit card/ internet banking) and offline mode (Challan).
Nationality: Applying candidates must be an Indian Nationals.
For Stream SA: Candidates, those studying in 11th standard with science subjects & secured 75% aggregate marks (65% marks for reserved categories) in Mathematics & science subjects in Class 10th can apply.
For Stream SX: Candidates who studying in class 12th & score 75% marks (65% marks in case of SC/ST/PwD category) in aggregate in Mathematics & science in 10th standard can also apply.
For Stream SB: Candidates, those studying in 1st year of UG course in basic sciences & score at least 60% marks (50% for reserved categories) are also eligible.
KVPY registration 2019 will be started from the month of July 2019. Kishore Viagyanik Protsahan Yojna is a national level fellowship programme regulated by the IISc. It is conducted to provide fellowship up to the pre-Ph.D. level to the selected KVPY Fellows.
Navigate to the official website link (Link is given above).
Now, click on the link "Login for Application".
After that, you have to fill your name, DOB, email id, mobile number, studying class, select stream, nationality & specify citizenship.
You will receive an sms/email regarding the "User ID" & "Password" on your registered Email ID or Mobile No.
Login with the "User ID" & "Password".
Now, you have to fill your personal, qualification and exam city preference.
You also have to upload scanned photograph, signature and other certificates as applicable.
The size of the photograph & signature should not be more than 80KB in JPEG/JPG format.
The caste certificate size must be 300KB in JPEG/JPG/PDF format.
Now, you have to select the payment mode and pay the application fee through online/offline mode.
After two days, candidates can check their application status & take the printout of the application form.
Question: How will I get the application form?
Answer: The application form has been issued through online mode only. No offline application is available.
Question: When will the KVPY 2018 Registration start?
Answer: The registration has been started from 11th July 2018.
Question: What should I do if the required scanned document size will exceed?
Answer: You have to compress the file & then upload it.
Question: I am studying in 11th class from science group. Am I eligible to apply?
Answer: Yes, you are eligible to apply for stream SA.
Question: What is the last date to apply for the exam?
Question: Can I pay the fee through offline mode?
Answer: Yes. In offline mode, you have to download the Challan & submit the fee.
Question: After the form submission online, is there any need to submit the application by post?
For any other query about KVPY Registration 2018, you can leave your queries below in the comment box.
Link is given in our article.
If i'm then what will be the syllabus. Will questions come from 12th class syllabus.
I'm currently studying in 12th standard (PCM).Am i eligible ?
I'm studying class 12th at present now which sream should i apply.
Link is not activated yet.
Igot CGPA 9 in 10th.can I give the exam.
what is the link? where I would get the registration form?
I am studying in 11th std. my 10th maths mark is 72 out of 100.
can i apply for this exam?
Is it compulsory for SA stream for done paper of PCMB?
Yes, can give the exam.
Will I be informed about when the registration is starting ?
I am studying in 11th science stream and I have got 98% in maths and 87% in science.So I got 92.5%in aggregate.Can I apply for KVPY?
I am in 12th standard. Can I apply forSA stream?
You can apply is Sx stream.
How to pay the exam fee? Can we pay it by offline mode?
hi i m in class 11th and having physics, chemistry and biology. do i am eligible for kvyp?
I have passed +2 this year with 83%. Am I eligible for this Test. If yes then….. under which stream should I apply??
You can apply under SX stream.
Eligibility is given in our article.
Sir I have passed class 12th standard exam with 81.4% marks in 2018.I was a student of science stream.Am I eligible for KVPY exam 2018?
Please tell me that I am class 12 passed students in this year. Then I give kvpy exam and which stream I take.
I have just passes 10th class with 97 marks in maths and 83 in science, can I apply for kvpy?
Sir I scored 10 points as CGPA in my 10th. In 11th I scored 90 in science and 73 in maths .Am I eligible for writing this exam?
I am in BTECH first year(academic year 2017-2018 and i have completed my first year , my 2nd semester result has been declared on 31st of may and i have secured 8.32 SGPA in second semester . I want to ask that am i eligible for the exam of KVPY 2018.
What will be cut off marks for OBC category for applying after icse 10th std. in 2018?
My daughter is in 10th now….Is there any KVPY exam she could attend?
Sir I study in the 11th standard pursuing the commerce stream. Am I eligible to appear for the examination?
You can apply now also.
Sir i am a student who appeared the 12 board exam in this year(2018). Am i eligible for KVPY 2018 scholarship??
Sir i have taken board examination for 2017-18 a month before. For session 2018-19 of kvpy which stream should i take sb/sx?
I am student of class 12. I have secured 86% in 11 class in PCM. Am I illegible for KVPY.how can I apply it?
Yes, eligible. Application form is not released yet.
Sir, i got 8 grade in mathematics and 9 grade in science subject in class 10th.should i eligible for the kvpy exam and i am belonging to general category.
Can to apply kvpy my max in 51%in 12th (maths) group .
Give the details of payment:beneficiary name,a/C No.bank details for Rtgs.
what hell it is , i couldnot find any site for registration.
I have already completed my 12th class but I am presently doing a long term. Am I eligible for kvpy 2018 sx stream..
read the streams and you will be known.
My daughter will be completing her 10th in 2018. Is there any exam under KVPY after 10th or for which stream can she apply?
For KVPY 2017 exam, a 11th student is eligible to apply?
I did amistake in application form how can i correct it.is there any correction option.


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Kirkman Pedestrian Bridge Takes Big Step Forward
I-4 Express Website Now Available
Managed lanes, known locally as I-4 Express, will open on Interstate 4 (I-4) in early 2022. To help motorists make the most of this new travel option, the Florida Department… Read More
Nightly closures and traffic pacing operations may be necessary at the Interstate 4 (I-4) and State Road (S.R.) 408 interchange through December for minor work, such as installing signs, painting,… Read More
I-4 Entrance and Exit Ramps at S.R. 434 Interchange Closing Nightly December 3 – 11
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A pedestrian bridge planned for Kirkman Road (State Road 435) took a major leap toward completion this month when the I-4 Ultimate team used three large cranes to set the bridge in place.
The work required road closings in the evening and overnight hours. To minimize traffic disruptions, the steel pedestrian bridge that spans above Kirkman Road was assembled on the ground. The 185-foot-long truss was lifted, set on top of support structures and then secured into place. Three cranes were needed to hoist the 155,000-pound unit.
Although the structure does not cross Interstate 4, the pedestrian bridge serves the overall goal of the I-4 Ultimate project to improve mobility and safety throughout the 21-mile corridor.
Tentatively scheduled to open in January 2019, the new bridge will make it safer for residents and visitors to walk or bike from the east side of Kirkman Road, where many hotels and businesses are located, to the Universal Orlando area on the west side.
The new bridge will span Kirkman Road just north of the intersection with Major Boulevard, where crossing Kirkman Road on foot is challenging because the street-level pedestrian crosswalk stretches across nine lanes of traffic. The new bridge not only will make it safer for people and vehicles in the area, but it also will reduce the number of times traffic on busy Kirkman Road must come to halt to allow pedestrians to walk across 140 feet of traffic lanes – nearly half the length of a football field.
The total length of the ramps to and from the bridge plus the elevated span will be 882 feet. The ramps will be 10 feet wide.
For more information or to keep updated on temporary road and lane closures, visit: i4ultimate.com/construction-map.
Eastbound I-4 Between Lee Road and Maitland…
Multiple Closures Scheduled in Downtown Orlando…
Nightly Closures Scheduled at I-4 and S.R. 408…
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SHIELD DRIVE Science Center
1-day Symposium
Our Next Webinar Coming soon…
Date: Friday, Nov. 12th, 2021 – 2:00 pm EST
Title: A Perspective on the James Webb Space Telescope
Speaker: Greg Robinson
Greg Robinson has over 30 years of experience with engineering, program and project management, and senior executive leadership at NASA. As Program Director of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), his focus is development efficiency, management processes, contractor performance, and mission success. Greg will share his perspective on the development of this latest NASA achievement and the potential scientific discoveries that it will reveal
Date: Friday, Oct. 8th, 2021 – 2:00 pm EST
Title: Enabling Scientific Discovery
Speaker: Andrea I. Razzaghi
Andrea will share her journey from African American girl growing up in Washington, DC to senior NASA leader immersed in science, technology, and engineering. She will talk about the interplay between science and engineering in making the unknown known. Andrea will share exhilarating highlights from past missions where she played a significant role in enabling scientific discovery and will provide of preview of some exciting missions to come.
Date: Friday, Sept. 10th, 2021 – 2:00 pm EST
Title: Sonar, Esforzarse y Lograr: Reach, Strive, Achieve –From Costa Rica to Mars
Speaker: Sandra Cauffman, Director of the Earth Science Division, SMD, NASA
Mrs. Cauffman serves as the Deputy Director of the Earth Science Division, in the Science Mission Directorate at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters since May 2016. From February 2019 to June 2020 she served as the Acting Director of the Earth Science Division. She provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and overall management for the entire agency's multi-billion Earth Science portfolio, from technology development, applied science, research, mission implementation, and operation.
Prior to joining NASA HQ, Mrs. Cauffman worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for 25 years as a civil servant (CS) and 3 years as a contractor prior to becoming a CS. Mrs. Cauffman joined NASA in February 1991, when she started as the Ground Systems Manager for the Satellite Servicing Project, where she supported missions such as Hubble Space Telescope (HST) First Servicing Mission, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), and Explorers Platform (EP)/Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE).
Since then she has served in a number of roles: GOES I/M and N/P Instrument Manager, Project Formulation Office (PFO) Office Chief, Instrument Systems Manager for GOES-R, Deputy Project Manager for GOES-R, Assistant Director for the Flight Projects Directorate (code 400), Project Manager (PM) for the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (SMEX) (GEMS), Deputy Project Manager for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission, and Deputy Systems Program Director for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series before moving to HQ.
Mrs. Cauffman has been awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and she is a two-time recipient of the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. She is also a four times recipient of the NASA Acquisition Improvement Award, and numerous GSFC and HQ awards. She is a Senior Fellow on the Council for Excellence in Government. She is an Honorary Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Costa Rica. She is also an Honorary Member of the Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y de Arquitectos in Costa Rica. She received a B.S. in Physics, a B.S in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering, all from George Mason University. Her profile has been highlighted by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women for being a positive example for women, especially, youth and children. Due to her extensive work in outreach and STEM in Costa Rica and Latin America, the Government of Costa Rica issued a stamp in her honor in 2017.
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July 9, 2021 – 2:00pm EST
Title: From Puerto Rico to Outer Space
Speaker: Mayra Natalia Hernandez Montrose
Ms. Mayra Montrose is Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs in the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) of NASA since December 2018. She served as Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs from December 2019 to August 2020.
From 2015 to 2018 she was Program Executive for Earth Science Flight Missions in SMD, where she managed five spaceflight projects: monitoring solar irradiance (TSIS-1 on ISS), methane and carbon (GeoCarb), polar radiant energy (PREFIRE), surface mineralogy, and dust sources (EMIT) and plant health (ECOSTRESS).
She worked at the National Science Foundation (NSF) from 2006 to 2015, where she served as Manager of the Presidential National Medal of Science and the NSF Alan T. Waterman Award. She was also the Executive Secretary of the Committee on Science of the White House National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) that coordinates science policy for the U.S. Federal Government, and of the Committee on STEM Education of the NSTC.
Ms. Montrose began her professional career at NASA, where she managed programs, such as the Energy and Water National Applications in the Applied Sciences Program in SMD, the Education Program in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and the Life Sciences Small Payloads program in the Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications. Ms. Montrose worked for five years as Executive Officer to the NASA Chief Scientist. Ms. Montrose's first job with NASA was at the Kennedy Space Center, where she worked as an experiment engineer. She has received numerous achievement awards acknowledging her significant contributions, including two from the European Space Agency and the German Space Agency, and the NASA Cooperative External Achievement Award for her efforts in serving as an interface with new prospective commercial partners of NASA.
She earned Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Ms. Montrose was born and raised in Puerto Rico.
Speaker: Laura Delgado López
Laura Delgado López is a Policy Analyst at the Policy Branch of the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD). She is part of a team focused on providing policy support to SMD's 90+ missions that span Astrophysics, Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, as well as reimbursable projects for other agencies.
From July 2016 to November 2018, she was at Harris Corporation's Space and Intelligence Systems Segment. As an advocacy lead she supported the business activities of the international, and environmental solutions teams. In addition to guiding the development of relationships with key customers, partners, and influencers, she provided the leadership team with analysis and advice of the relevant budgetary, policy, and regulatory developments that could impact current and future business activities.
Before joining Harris, Ms. Delgado López spent five years in the non-profit sector. She was a Project Manager at the Secure World Foundation (SWF), where she led the SWF Human and Environmental Security initiative as well as engagement with the Latin American space community. Of note are her recent positions as Earth Observations Associate at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, and as a correspondent for SpacePolicyOnline.com. Ms. Delgado López is a former Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier's Space Policy journal, the premier peer-reviewed publication for the interdisciplinary study of space policy. In this role, she managed the timely coordination of the review and editing process of submitted manuscripts and worked with the publisher to guide the direction of the journal, identifying relevant policy issues for research and debate. She currently serves on the SWF Advisory Committee, providing input to the President and Executive Director concerning SWF's mission and strategy and providing subject matter expertise to SWF leadership and staff.
Ms. Delgado López's research has focused on issues related to Earth observations, space politics and policy, international cooperation, and public opinion. Her work has been featured in publications such as Space Policy, Astropolitics, Space News, among others, and has led to media appearances in major Spanish-speaking media outlets, including CNN en Español.
She holds a Master of Arts in international science and technology with a focus on space policy from the George Washington University. She was a 2009 Truman Scholar and a 2009-2010 Northrop Grumman Fellow at GWU's Space Policy Institute. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Puerto Rico.
June 11, 2021 – 2:00pm EST
Title: Young Voices: Effects of distribution structure on predictions of plasma behavior in marginally unstable plasms.
Speaker: Dr. Emily Lichko
Dr. Lichko's research focuses on kinetic plasma physics processes in space and astrophysical plasmas, in particular as they relate to questions of particle heating and nonlinear processes that affect the evolution of collisionless, anisotropic plasmas. She received her B.S. in Physics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 2013 and her Ph.D. in 2020 from the University of Wisconsin –Madison, working under the supervision of Professor Jan Egedal. Dr. Lichko is currently an NSF AGS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Arizona, working with Prof. Kristopher Klein on the effects of linear and nonlinearities physics on the onset and evolution of microinstabilities in space–relevant plasmas
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May 14, 2021 – 2:00pm EST
Title: A Path Towards Creating Effective Scientific Presentations
Speaker: Heather Elliott
This webinar is designed to set you on a path towards creating effective presentations. Presentations are a key way of advertising your work and an integral part of establishing collaborations. We go over general advice for making scientific presentations at conferences, and more formal presentations to clients and government agencies (e.g. NASA Preliminary
Design Reviews and Critical Design Reviews). The advice includes how to prepare presentations, and how to give presentations. We provide some advice for dealing with common problems encountered during presentations.
Additional links and references are provided to guide your journey towards being an effective presenter.
Dr. Elliott's research focuses on the plasma properties of large‐scale solar wind structures, and Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections. Her work with ACE, Ulysses, New Horizons, OMNI, and Polar data has spanned a wide range of topics: solar wind, interstellar pickup ions, Jupiter's magnetotail, ion outflow in Earth's magnetosphere, comet tails, forecasting the Kp Index, and solar wind interaction with Pluto. Currently, she is the Deputy PI for the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument on the New Horizons spacecraft. She is a Co‐I on the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, the Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission, and the SHIELD DRIVE Data Center. As an undergraduate, she was a summer student at Arecibo Observatory assisting with
ionospheric research, and her master's work compared simulation results to thermospheric observations. Her Ph.D. dissertation examined how the solar wind affects the cold ion outflow that escapes from the ionosphere into the high altitude polar magnetosphere.
April 9, 2021 – 2:00pm EST
Title: Young Voices
Speaker: Parisa Mostafavi
Heliospheric shocks Propagating Beyond the Heliosphere: How Far Does the Sun's Influence Extend into the Interstellar Medium?
Current spacecraft have identified many interesting discoveries about shocks' structure in the outer heliosphere and the very local interstellar medium (VLISM). In this talk, I summarize how the structure of heliospheric shock waves changes with distance from the Sun. A two-fluid (thermal gas and nonthermal energetic particles) model has been used to study the shock structures observed in these regions. We show that a small percentage of the solar wind flow energy at the upstream of the heliospheric termination shock (HTS) is converted to downstream thermal heating, as it was observed by Voyager 2 and nonthermal energetic particles called pickup ions (PUIs) provide almost all the dissipative heating of the bulk flow energy at the HTS. Next, we study the inner heliosheath (IHS) medium and show that the IHS temperature mediation due to the presence of many shocks results in the more effective production of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs). The predicted ENA flux matches the observed IBEX ENA flux more closely when shock waves are present in the IHS. Voyager 1 and 2 crossed the heliopause in 2012 and 2018, respectively, and are both continue to make in-situ measurements of the VLISM for the first time. The first observed VLISM shock by Voyager 1 was extremely broad, exhibiting properties very different from those shocks in the heliosphere. We find that the VLISM is collisional with respect to the thermal plasma (unlike the collisionless heliosphere), and the broad VLISM shock structure is due to thermal particle collisions. Many interesting questions have been raised about shocks propagation by Voyager 1 and 2 traveling into the ISM. However, they were not instrumented properly to elucidate the physics of shocks in a completely different medium, and thus a dedicated spacecraft is needed. A future interstellar probe is the first deliberate mission to the interstellar medium through the outer heliosphere with the dedicated set of observations to answer the most debated questions about the heliosphere and discover our local interstellar neighborhood.
Speaker: Elena Provornikova
Interstellar Probe: a future mission to unravel mysteries of the heliosphere and its interstellar neighborhood
An Interstellar Probe mission to the local interstellar medium would bring new discoveries of physical mechanisms shaping our vast heliosphere and directly sample the unexplored Local Interstellar Cloud that our Sun is traveling through. Interstellar Probe would enable for the first time to explore the heliosphere edge with dedicated instrumentation, to take the image of the global heliosphere by looking back and explore in-situ the Sun`s interstellar neighborhood. The Interstellar Probe would represent Humanity's first explicit step into the galaxy. In this presentation, I will give an overview of heliophysics science for the mission and discuss the compelling discoveries that await on the journey up to 1000 AU from the Sun.
March 12, 2021 – 2:00pm EST
Title: Experiences from the Voyager Interstellar Mission
Speaker: Charles Kohlhase
Charles Kohlhase led the design of many deep-space missions during his extended career, including Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Cassini missions. For his sustained robotic exploration contributions over the last 40 years of the 20th century and solid success record, he received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and has an asteroid, 13801 Kohlhase, named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on January 6, 2003 (M.P.C. 47300). He managed and guided the team which designed the epic Voyager Grand Tour mission to the outer planets and their moons and rings. After Voyager, Kohlhase became the science and mission design manager for the international Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Following the launch, cruise, and Saturn orbit phases of Cassini, he has continued to advise NASA/JPL on numerous missions to Mars and to other worlds. In addition to his counsel on various review boards, Kohlhase has chaired the Mars Program Systems Engineering Team, composed of many senior experts spanning diverse disciplines. He is also a member of the Advisory Council for The Planetary Society.
Speaker: Suzanne Dodd
Suzanne Dodd is the Project Manager for the Voyager Interstellar Mission and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Director for the Interplanetary Network Directorate. She became the Voyager Project Manager in 2010, returning to the project she first worked on after her college graduation. The Interplanetary Network Directorate oversees NASA's Deep Space Network and Advanced Multi-Mission Operations System. She has over 30 years of experience in spacecraft operations, including project manager roles on the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array. Suzanne worked at Caltech for 11 years as the Spitzer Space Telescope Science Center Manager and the Manager of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, NASA's multi-mission center of expertise for long-wavelength astrophysics. Suzanne has also worked in the area of mission planning and uplink on the Cassini Mission to Saturn, the Mars Observer Project, and the Voyager Uranus and Neptune Missions.
Suzanne has a BS degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech, a BA degree in Math/Physics from Whitman College, and an MS degree from the University of Southern California in Aerospace Engineering. She is the recipient of a NASA Exceptional Service Medal, NASA Public Service Medal, NASA Silver Achievement Medal, and NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. She also has an honorary Ph.D. from New York University for her role in the Voyager Interstellar Mission.
February 12, 2021 – 2:00pm EST
Title: How discoveries are made: Finding the needle in a haystack
Speaker: Nancy Crooker, Boston University
Nancy U. Crooker is an American physicist and professor emerita of space physics at Boston University, Massachusetts. She has made major contributions to the understanding of geomagnetism in the Earth's magnetosphere and the heliosphere, particularly through the study of interplanetary electrons and magnetic reconnection. Crooker has published 207 peer–reviewed articles across a range of topics within space physics. Her early career was as a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University and then the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1970s. There, together with Joan Feynman in their seminal Nature paper, she was one of the first physicists to use geomagnetic data as a way to reconstruct solar activity prior to the space age. Crooker then developed the concept of anti–parallel merging of magnetic field lines in Earth's magnetosphere published in Journal of Geophysical Research in 1979. In 1990, she returned to UCLA as an adjunct professor before making her final move to Boston University as a research professor in 1994. Around this time, Crooker switched focus from the magnetosphere to the heliosphere, in particular the interplanetary manifestations of coronal mass ejections. In 1997, she co–edited a monograph on coronal mass ejections. In 2002, she coined the term "interchange reconnection" for describing the dynamic process by which heliospheric magnetic flux introduced by coronal mass ejections is subsequently removed, a term which has been comprehensively adopted in the field. Crooker is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), where the fellowship program recognizes AGU members who have made exceptional contributions to Earth and space science through a breakthrough, discovery, or innovation in their field. She also received the prestigious Eugene Parker Lecture award from the AGU in 2013, only the third woman to do so. Crooker was president of the AGU Space Physics & Aeronomy Section from 2004 to 2006 and served on the AGU Board of Directors from 2010 to 2012.
Speaker: Dr. Fran Bagenal
Dr. Fran Bagenal was born and grew up in England. She studied Physics and Geophysics at the University of Lancaster. In 1976, inspired by NASA's missions to Mars and the prospect of the Voyager mission, she moved to the US for graduate study at MIT. Her 1981 Ph.D. thesis involved analysis of data from the Voyager Plasma Science experiment in Jupiter's giant magnetosphere. She spent 1982–1987 as a post–doctoral researcher in space physics at Imperial College, London. Voyager flybys of Uranus and Neptune brought her back to the US and she joined the faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1989. She was a professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences until 2015 when she chose to focus onNASA'sNew Horizons and Juno missions. She remains a research Scientist at the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics. In addition to the Voyager mission, Dr. Bagenal has been on the science teams of the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Deep Space 1 mission to CometBorrelly. She edited Jupiter Planet, Satellites, and Magnetosphere(Cambridge University Press, 2004). She's on the plasma teams of the first two New Frontiers missions:theNew Horizons mission that–after a 9.5–year flight –flew pastPluto on July 14, 2015and Juno that went into orbit over the poles of Jupiter in 2016.
Watch the webinar here
January 8, 2021 – 1:00pm EST
Title: Coming From Far Away Lands: How different backgrounds Shape their Careers
Speaker: Stamatios Krimigis
Dr. Stamatios Krimigis is Emeritus Head of the Space Exploration Sector at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), has built instruments that have flown to all 9 classical planets beginning with Mariner 4 to Mars in 1965, and is Principal Investigator on NASA's Voyager 1, 2. Among his most recent awards are the National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Lifetime Achievement (2015), the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (2016), and the Theodore von Karman Award (2017) of the International Academy of Astronautics. He has published more than 630 papers in peer–reviewed journals and books and is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Physical Society (APS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Parisa Mostafavi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory interested in investigating the structure and properties of the solar wind plasma both in the heliosphere and the interstellar medium. Parisa is from Iran and she graduated from Science and research university in Tehran with a BS in Engineering Physics (minor in plasma). Parisa got an MS in Plasma Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. Then she immigrated to the USA in 2014 to follow her dreams of a space science major. She got an MS in Space Science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). She was awarded her Ph.D. in Space Science, supported by the NASA Earth and Space Sciences Graduate Research Fellowship, at UAH under the advisement of Prof. GaryZank.Parisa received numerous awards and recognitions during the past years. She was recognized by the Dean of graduate studies at UAH for the Academic Excellence Award every year from 2015 to 2019. She also received the UAH College of Science Graduate Research Award in 2019. Recently, Parisa received the prestigious Fred L. Scarf Award which is given annually to one honoree in recognition of an outstanding dissertation that contributes directly to solar–planetary science. She is an honorary member of Phi–Kappa–Phi. She spent the last year of her Ph.D. working with Prof. Dave McComas at Princeton University where she was awarded the Visiting Student Research Collaborator position. She continued her collaboration with the Space Physics group at Princeton as a Visiting Research Collaborator. Her work focused on shock waves mediated by energetic particles. She developed a theoretical model and a numerical code to investigate the structure of the shock waves in the presence of the energetic particles in the heliosphere and the very local interstellar medium. Parisa Mostafavi has started working at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2019. She is currently working on many interesting projects such as modeling the inner heliosphere, analyzing the Parker Solar Probe data, and working on the future Interstellar Probe mission.
November 20, 2020 – 1:30pm EST
Title: The Rewards of a Career in Space Physics: Opportunities and Choices
Speaker: Margaret Kivelson, UCLA and University of Michigan
Margaret Galland Kivelson is a Distinguished Research Professor of Space Physics at UCLA and a Research Professor at the University of Michigan. She received multiple degrees (A.B., M.A., and Ph.D.) from Radcliffe College, Harvard University, where her dissertation in Quantum Electrodynamics was supervised by Julian Schwinger. After a decade as a Consultant to the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, CA, she redirected her interests to Space Physics, joining an active group at UCLA. She has contributed to the field as a theorist, as author of a widely used text book, and as an instrument Principal Investigator, most recently having joined the Europa Clipper mission as Team Leader for the Magnetometer investigation. Her honors include being an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, recipient of the Alfvén and the Cassini medals of the European Geophysical Union, the Fleming medal of the American Geophysical Union, the Kuiper medal of the American Astronomical Society, and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Speaker: Nicola Fox, NASA Headquarters
Nicola Fox is the Heliophysics Division Director in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Heliophysics is not only vital to understanding Earth's most important and life-sustaining star, but the study of key space phenomena and processes supports situational awareness to better protect astronauts, satellites, and robotic missions exploring the solar system and beyond. Until August 2018, Fox worked at the Applied Physics Lab at the Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, Maryland, where she was the chief scientist for Heliophysics and the project scientist for NASA's Parker Solar Probe –humanity's first mission to a star. Fox is a proven leader with extensive project, program and supervisory experience, having served as the deputy project scientist for the Van Allen Probes, and the operations scientist for the International Solar Terrestrial Physics program. She has authored numerous scientific articles and papers in addition to delivering science presentations worldwide. In addition to her research, she is also keenly involved with science education and outreach activities. Fox was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in England. She graduated from The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London with a BS in Physics. She received an MS in Telematics and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey. She then returned to Imperial College to complete a PhD in Space and Atmospheric Physics. She has also previously worked at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, receiving a number of agency awards for outstanding performance.
October 16, 2020 – 2pm EST, 1pm Central
Title: A Path to Improving Writing Skills: Things I Didn't Learn In School
Speaker: Heather Elliottt, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio TX, and University of Texas-San Antonio, helliott@swri.edu
In this webinar, you will learn about:
psychology that hinders writing skills, and ways to overcome it
how to identify problematic aspects of your writing
how to write concisely for paged limited writing such as proposals
ways to organize your material while reducing repetition and having coherence, precision, and cohesion
key references for low-cost books that focus on improving writing and editing
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Mobile and Console Gaming is one of the fastest-growing industries with an estimated revenue of $152.1 billion for the year 2019. The popularity of online and mobile gaming is increasing day by day. Additionally, these games organize regional and global championships, where gamers can win a lot of cash and goodies. Amidst all these thrusts in video games, crypto-based games that are developed on blockchain technology adds a whole new horizon to space.
Games mostly use one of the two revenue models: earn by advertisement or by selling in-game currencies. The in-game currency is a type of digital assent that players can earn, buy, and spend on purchasing any material or for level upgrades. The amalgamation of blockchain and cryptocurrencies in gaming can serve on two fronts. The first is the development of games on blockchain technology and another is the use of respective crypto as in-game currency.
Till now, the in-game currencies can be traded or used only within the game. However, the tokenizing of game assets will generate a cryptographic accounting system for game tokens. As a result, those tokens can be bought, sold, and traded outside of the game.
There are several start-ups, working toward the implementation of this model. One of them is ClanPlay, which is all-set to reward gamers playing Clash Royale with new crypto named "Good Game." The digital asset that will be earned in the game will also be traded on various exchanges and can also behold in wallets.
Doge Racer is one of the first that has Dogecoin as in-game currency. In the latest update, an option for buying various materials in-game using the crypto has been added. The Chinese company, Chukong Technologies, is another firm that is working for the integration of gaming with blockchain and cryptocurrencies. A noteworthy fact is: Chukong is the parent company of Cocos2d-x; It is a game development platform and has rolled out popular games like Angry Birds and Clash of Kings.
Future Prospects for Crypto Games:
Gamers are one of the dedicated community and are spread over the vast demographic area and varying in an age group. The future of cryptocurrency-based games is bright, as gamers could earn virtual currencies while playing games. Not only that, those currencies can further be traded as crypto-assets having a real-world value. The more and more integration of blockchain in video games will lead to monetization and creation of digital micro-economies within the gaming world. On top of that, it's a marvelous business idea as it incentivizes people to play more. The crypto space will be the ultimate winner in all these as it will increase the use of cryptocurrency and blockchain.
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Mushrooms are a Powerhouse of Nutrition
by Brent Wallace | May 25, 2018 | Fruits & Vegetables, Health • Wellness • Nutrition, Healthy Living, Home, Whole Food Nutrition
by Brent Wallace | May 25, 2018 | Fruits & Vegetables, Health • Wellness • Nutrition, Healthy Living, Home, Whole Food Nutrition | 0 comments
Q: What is the health and nutritional value of mushrooms?
A: Mushrooms may lack the deep green or brilliant red hues consumers have come to associate with nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables, but they are a "powerhouse of nutrition" and not a white food to be avoided, said Angela Lemond, a registered dietitian nutritionist and spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Low in calories and fat and cholesterol-free, mushrooms contain a modest amount of fiber and over a dozen minerals and vitamins, including copper, potassium, magnesium, zinc and a number of B vitamins such as folate. Mushrooms are also high in antioxidants like selenium and glutathione, or GSH, substances believed to protect cells from damage and reduce chronic disease and inflammation.
Some studies suggest mushrooms are the richest dietary source of another antioxidant called ergothioneine, or ERGO, which is also present in large amounts in red beans, oat bran and liver. ERGO and other antioxidants are primarily concentrated in the caps, not the stems.
But the nutrient profile of a mushroom varies depending on the type and the method of cultivation, according to Robert Beelman, a professor emeritus of food science and director of the Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. His 2017 study, which compared ERGO and GSH in different mushroom types, found levels varied more than 20-fold.
Beelman's study found specialty mushrooms like gray and yellow oyster, shiitake, maiitake and porcini have far higher concentrations of both ERGO and GSH.
Observational studies suggest that people who consume a lot of mushrooms have a lower risk of developing breast cancer and dementia, but these studies are not definitive and do not prove a causal relationship.
If you want to beef up your intake of antioxidants, though, you'll have to eat a lot of mushrooms. Beelman says you should aim for 3 milligrams of ERGO a day, "but the only way you can do that is to eat 100 grams — 3.5 ounces — of button mushrooms a day, or about 25 grams of oyster, shiitake or maiitake mushrooms, since they have four times as much."
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This report explores the opinion of Wyoming AARP members about their utilities. Specifically, members rate priority of the Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC) to ensure both the quality of utility service and the affordability of utility rates for residential customers.
More than nine in ten respondents say it should be a top (56%) or high priority (36%) for the WPSC to ensure high-quality service and affordable utility rates for all residential customers.
More members rate each of the utility services listed in the survey as "good" rather than "excellent."
Electric and gas receive generally good ratings.
Respondents give their cable company the poorest rating for service quality. Almost half rate the quality of service as "poor" or "fair."
Respondents are somewhat displeased with their local and long-distance telephone service. Almost one-quarter rate the quality of services from their local telephone company (22%) and cable company (27%) as "fair," and about one in seven or less rate each utility company's service as "poor."


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Half Evidence ( Kecap Tuyul and Charles premier) and Now Cut (Stéphanie Briand and Philippe Desclais) are two french bands with many common points : all their members are self-taught (and not really interested in learning how to play music "normally"), they like unexpected sounds and strange soundscapes, they use modified and/or home made instruments, they love to play with other improvisers / experimental bands. So it's no surprise that they decided to try to play together shortly after they discovered each other's music. Des ailes dans le plomb was improvised and recorded during their first meeting in november 2014.
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Al-Dahnāʾ, great arc of reddish sandy desert, central Saudi Arabia, extending about 800 miles (1,300 km) southward from the northeastern edge of the desert Al-Nafūd to the northwestern borders of the desert Rubʿ al-Khali (the Empty Quarter). Thus, Al-Dahnāʾ links the great deserts of Saudi Arabia. It consists of seven major sand ridges, which are separated from one another by plains. It measures about 30 miles (48 km) in width and provides spring and winter pastures. Al-Dahnāʾ is crossed by roads connecting Kuwait with Al-Zilfī and Riyadh and connecting Riyadh with Hasa.
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The Al-Dahnāʾ belt, separating Najd from eastern Arabia, is a sand stream moving slowly over 800 miles from Al-Nafūd to…
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The Al-Dahnāʾ belt, separating Najd from eastern Arabia, is a sand stream moving slowly over 800 miles from Al-Nafūd to the Rubʿ al-Khali. Usually it is no more than 50 miles wide. The sands, frequently reddish in colour, vary greatly in form; particularly in…
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A great arc of sand, Al-Dahnāʾ, almost 900 miles (1,450 km) long but in places only 30 miles (50 km) wide, joins Al-Nafūd with the Rubʿ al-Khali. Eastward, as the plateau surface slopes very gradually down to the gulf, there are numerous salt flats (sabkhahs) and marshes. The gulf coastline…
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Al-Nafūd, desert region, northern Saudi Arabia, a portion of the larger Arabian Desert. It lies at an average elevation of 3,000 feet (900 metres) and covers about 25,000 square miles (65,000 square km). The reddish, sandy Al-Nafūd (Arabic: "The Desert") is sometimes called the Great Nafud. It is the second largest…
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Government of India launched the Total Sanitation Campaign for Rural sanitation in the year 2003-04. This triggered a social movement on sanitation in rural masses and helped improve their life style. The Campaign was re-named as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) from 01st April 2012. The campaign emphasised more on construction and use of Individual House Hold Latrine (IHHL). Under NBA, the incentive for the construction of IHHL was raised from Rs.3200 to Rs.4600. All BPL families and six categories of APL families viz. SC, ST, Small &Marginal farmers, landless families, physically handicapped and Women headed families were covered under NBA.
Recently from 02nd October 2014, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan(NBA) is retitled as "Swachh Bharat Mission"(Gramin). The incentive for construction of IHHL under SBM (G) is raised from Rs. 4600/- to Rs.12000/- (GoI Share - Rs.9000/- and GoM Share – Rs.3000) for the categories mentioned above. As per the guidelines under NBA the Base Line Survey (BLS) was conducted in the State of Maharashtra in all 27902 GPs during the period 02/10/2012 to 31/01/2013.


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New Illinois FirstNet website a repository for NPSBN information
On February 22, 2012, President Obama signed into law the "Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012," which included provisions to fund and govern a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). It also called for the formation of FirstNet as an independent authority within the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to create the overarching framework for the network and secure nationwide standards for use and access to the network. The FirstNet Board is also responsible for issuing requests for proposals to build, operate, and maintain the network, and overseeing the contracts with non-federal entities to build, operate, and maintain the network.
FirstNet will ensure the participation of the public safety community in design, operation, and governance. The nationwide network should be first and foremost a public safety network linking law enforcement, emergency management, fire, public works, and EMS. Although the network may eventually be used for other purposes, public safety considerations in design, operation, and governance must be kept paramount from the outset.
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is designated as the State of Illinois primary point of contact for FirstNet. For more information, visit Illinois FirstNet's website.
Illinois Interoperability Field Operations Guide
The Illinois Interoperability Field Operations Guide (I2FOG) is a collection of technical reference material to aid Illinois Communications Unit personnel in establishing communications solutions during emergency incidents and planned events.
Illinois Interoperability Field Operations Guide 2018
Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP)
The latest version of the Illinois' Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP) has been officially accepted by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Illinois State Police, Illinois Terrorism Task Force, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Emergency Services Management Association, Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, and Chicago/Cook County Urban Area.
The plan identifies a statewide strategy that focuses on establishing a single platform so all public safety agencies can share emergency information. The development of the SCIP was a cooperative effort by a consortium of federal, state, and local public safety practitioners working through the Illinois Terrorism Task Force's Communications Committee and the Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee. Annual reviews/updates to the SCIP will be conducted under the auspices of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
Download a complete copy of the Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan, Illinois: A State of Interoperability, Sept 2016 (1MB)
Statewide Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan (TICP)
Illinois recognizes the need for immediate interagency communications, interoperability, and cooperation. Effective prevention, protection, response and recovery to incidents, whether natural or man-made, mandate instant interoperability and cooperation from local to State to federal response agencies. Effective communication requires coordination, collaboration, and a method of resolving conflicts.
This document establishes a Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan (TICP) for the State Agencies of Illinois, inclusive of Illinois Homeland Security Statewide Regions and closely aligned non-governmental organizations. The TICP is intended to document the interoperable communication resources available to Illinois State entities, who controls each resource, and what rules of use or operational procedures exist for the activation and deactivation of each resource. Many of the assets identified in this plan are also available to county and local agencies. The use of those assets will be covered in their tactical plans.
The development of this TICP was a cooperative effort by a working group comprised of representatives from each of the State Agencies participating in the Plan. The make-up of the workgroup ensured that the interests and needs of each participating agency were addressed during development of the plan.
Download a complete copy of the Statewide Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan (TICP), January 2017, Version 2.4.
A shortened guide can be found here for helpful information regarding the VHF and UHF state level interoperability channels ISPERN, IREACH, IFERN, POINT, and MABAS firegrounds. The guide also includes recommended VHF and UHF programming templates incorporating the national interoperable pool channels.
Illinois Transportable Emergency Communications System (ITECS)
In 2006, the ITTF placed nine Illinois Transportable Emergency Communications System (ITECS) suites throughout the state. The ITECS has a robust communications capability to ensure communications interoperability at the site of a major disaster.
The suites are sophisticated mobile communications packages with multiple systems that are housed around the state and are available to deploy anywhere in Illinois to enhance or replace local emergency response communications following any disaster or incident. Each ITECS suite contains two laptop computers, a satellite Internet system, radios and repeaters, chargers and backup batteries, a multi-line telephone system, a 50-foot communications tower and one 10,000 watt diesel generator.
Each ITECS suite is staffed by three personnel: a supervisor/frequency manager, an electronics/computer technician, and a mechanical technician. These personnel received special training on the equipment and attend a training workshop each year to keep current in equipment operations. The communications suite and tow vehicle cost nearly $400,000. Funding for the equipment came from the U.S. Department of Homeland security federal preparedness grant.
State Radio Communications System for the 21st Century (Starcom21)
Starcom21 is an APCO Project-25 Trunked Radio System for voice and data operations for the State of Illinois. As the state's interoperable platform, Starcom21 also provides radio communications and interoperability to federal, state, and local public safety agencies. ISPERN radio transmissions are cross patched creating interoperability on Starcom21. Other VHF frequencies may be bridged into the network in the future. Starcom21 provides radio coverage in more than 98 percent of the geographic area of Illinois with a failure rate of 5 percent or less. The legislation that established the State Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) also established a Starcom21 Oversight Committee, with voting membership, to reflect the user base of the system. The Oversight Committee is establishing guidelines and practices for use of the system so that one group of users will not negatively affect another group operating on the system. Each individual agency using Starcom21 agrees to abide by the guidance given by the Starcom21 Oversight Committee.
The Starcom21 Oversight Committee, statutorily chaired by the Illinois State Police, was established by state legislation in 2006. The Oversight Committee was called to order after the final system acceptance of Starcom21 in 2008. The Oversight Committee is made up of various public safety disciplines that are representative of users of the Starcom21 network. The Oversight Committee is responsible for approving requests for use of the system based on the potential impact on current Starcom21 users and must, as well, review all requests for patches, bridges, or gateways to the system. The Committee also reviews requests for adding additional users and directs the vendor in the appropriate methodologies to be used in addressing requests from potential users.
The State of Illinois and Motorola Solutions have entered into a 10 year contract to provide the State of Illinois' interoperable communications platform. STARCOM21 provides interoperable communications to state, local, federal, and approved non-governmental agencies. For more detailed information including fee structures or to download the contract please visit the Illinois BidBuy website.
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Getting Women in the Room: Lessons in Gender and WASH
The Water Towers of East Africa / Photo by CIFOR
What does it mean for a project to be "sustainable"? Most fundamentally, it means a project doesn't fail in the long term — that the natural environment remains intact and that local actors are able to sustain the benefits of project activities and to take ownership. Sustainable projects take into account the needs of all community members, regardless of status, age or gender.
Despite being one of the key principles of good development, achieving sustainability in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector has been a difficult task. To address that problem, the USAID-funded Sustainable WASH Systems (SWS) Learning Partnership, led by the University of Colorado Boulder, takes a systems approach to strengthen the delivery of WASH services in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya. As one of the partners on the project, Environmental Incentives supports learning and adaptive management to improve systems over time. An integral aspect of the SWS approach is an understanding of all the key actors in a system. As Brittany Ajroud, a learning specialist with Environmental Incentives, says, "When we're talking about sustainability and thinking of a community, we really need to understand the make-up of that community."
As we know, women make up around 50% of most communities, but they have often been left out of WASH conversations, compromising the sustainability of many efforts. Ajroud explains why this is so problematic: "Women bear the brunt of work when it comes to fetching water, when it comes to maintaining the health of their families. It's then surprising when they aren't consulted when the government or a donor is looking to put in, for example, a new water point, or when they're creating messaging around sanitation. You really have to think about the user."
Incorporating women's empowerment and gender equality into WASH project design and implementation, in a significant way, is a necessary shift that will improve sustainability. But what does that actually look like, and what are the barriers? "A problem we're still facing is how to get women in the room," Ajroud says.
This continues to be a challenge for many projects and is something that SWS partners are monitoring and learning from. For example, SWS partners Oxford and UNICEF are using County WASH Forums in Kitui County, Kenya, to strengthen the institutional coordination needed for effective rural water delivery. Despite an inclusive invitation, at two recent county meetings, only 16% and 21% of the attendees were women. Notably, female participants had a higher level of education and more experience (20 years on average) than male participants. According to Ajroud, "That tells us there are some very qualified women out there, and I think we need to understand — what are the barriers to participation, why are those numbers so low, and once they make it into the room, do they have a voice in discussions and decisions that get made?"
Clearly, the SWS partnership has not yet solved the problem of gender equity in these systems, but, as Ajroud says, "Change starts with understanding the system. That seems so basic, but it is fundamental because often we go in with a solution without really thinking about what the problem is. A good way to discover solutions that address barriers to women's empowerment, participation, and access is by conducting a gender analysis." USAID's "Tips for Conducting Gender Analysis at the Activity or Project Level" provides a useful overview of this process.
From her experience as a learning specialist working with the partnership, Ajroud has additional thoughts about how WASH practitioners can better integrate gender equality into programming. She says, "I think all projects should have indicators that, first, are sex-disaggregated. It's a really basic thing, but if you want to drive up participation, you need to know how many men and how many women are attending a meeting, like in the Kenya example." Though this may seem basic, as she says, many projects overlook this step. "And beyond that," Ajroud continues, "projects should have indicators and learning questions that go beyond the numbers to track qualitatively what's happening within a community and how interventions are specifically impacting women, men, girls, and boys. It comes back to good project management and thinking carefully about gender in the design, monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes. If all projects were doing this and doing it thoughtfully, I think it would have a big impact."
One of the partnership's goals is to share learning outcomes that will improve sustainability within the WASH community. SWS partners will participate at the UNC Water and Health Conference, October 29—November 2, 2018, to discuss some of these findings, and will engage on conference topics including "WASH Equity and Inclusion". To learn more about the SWS Learning Partnership, visit the program website.
Tiffany Gibert is a Communications Specialist supporting Environmental Incentives' International Practice Area. She bridges her expertise in storytelling with her passion for international development initiatives that benefit ecosystems, biodiversity, and all members of the global community.
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Bethesda released the teaser trailer for Fallout" New Vegas today. It's done in the same style of the teaser for Fallout 3 though it's packed full of references for Fallout veterans like me. Have a look at it here in all it's glory.
First off, the trailer is set in what appears to be (or could at least be likened to) Golgotha from Fallout 2. For those of limited recall or the true Fallout novice, Golgotha was the graveyard where all the mobsters from New Reno were buried.
Pulling out a little more, we can see the city itself with a few recognizable landmarks. I have to say, it all looks remarkably complete for a city surrounded by military test facilities.
Bethesda has been hush hush regarding any further details. We'll start getting answers soon I'm sure, but at least we've got something now.


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Hartford Falls at Notre Dame 87-60
Hartford came into the game wanting to get better and be prepared for the America East conference season rather than trying to beat Notre Dame. Even though they lost, the Hawks have a lot to learn from playing the No. 14 team in the country.
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The Hartford Hawks started the game with a 10-3 run, starting with the first two points of the game from a layup by Mark Nwakamma. They got ahead, which was surprising since Notre Dame is the best team in the country for scoring. But all good things must come to and end, right? Committing 10 turnovers in the first half alone would kill any team's run.
"We went too fast and that's the segment that killed us." said Head Coach John Gallagher
I don't think there's a better team in the top 25 for Hartford to play. Why? They have similar playing styles and, like Hartford, can shoot the three ball pretty well. Hartford is known as the three point team in the America East and Notre Dame is 18th in the country for three pointers made per game. It was like playing a better version of themselves.
"As crazy as it sounds, that's as good of a team as we're gonna face this season."
The game was pretty balanced until Notre Dame started to heat up from beyond the arc. After that, there was no looking back as the Irish slowly ran away with the game.
Not everything from the game was bad. Freshman John Carroll threw himself into the game as he drew a foul on Austin Burgett to be the first and only Hawk to the free throw line. Nwakamma went 2-for-2 from downtown, after only having one 3-pointer the entire season. Corban Wroe let himself get run over to draw an offensive foul.
If Hartford had come into the second half the way they started the game, the score would have been relatively different. But poor shooting combined with Notre Dame's inability to miss a shot caused them to run away with the game. Making 13 threes in a game from five different players will pretty much win any game.
Throughout the game one of the main things mentioned was that Hartford is going to be a tough team to beat in the America East Conference, and that's all Coach John Gallagher wants, "We got better tonight. That's the best way to look at it."
The Hawks have one final non-conference game against Texas A&M, a bit of a homecoming for the few Texans on the team, on Saturday.


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During a lively meeting at the T or C brewery on Thursday Dec 20th, around 35 community members showed up to hear about the Great Blocks project and offer preliminary ideas for upgrading the stretch of Foch Street between Main and Broadway downtown.
The meeting began with architect Robert Loftis and landscape designer Tess Houle of MRWM explaining the scope of the project and some of the challenges of Foch Street.
The grant only covers creation of "shovel-ready" construction documents, and can only be used for public infrastructure like streets, sidewalks, parks, seating, shade, and so on. No private property or building facades will be addressed, though in some cases, the architectural firm might make suggestions to building and land owners about compatible and attractive changes they may wish to consider.
Concerns about the high water table, high mineral content, and utility infrastructure were noted. The state Department of Transportation and Historic Preservation Office will have requirements that may cause complexity. And the Americans With Disabilities Act will govern many aspects of the project.
make Foch a pedestrian mall. Alternately, plan for it to be easily closed for special events.
The presenters emphasized that no ideas were "bad" at this early stage. Every idea has pros and cons, they explained, and now was the time to make space for a wide range of visions.
On the topic of shade, they explained that shade from trees is always cooler than from a built structure, but trees present challenges. The perfect street tree grows large, but not too large, grows and drops its shade-giving leaves at the right times of year, creates no sidewalk buckling issues, requires little to no watering or other attention, does not drop messy fruits, has no thorns or other hazards, does not attract insects, and, on Foch Street, can tolerate the high water table and high mineral content of the downtown area. There are only a few species that can do all of the above.
The meeting ended and attendees were invited up to speak with the professionals personally and review site analysis posters on easels at the front of the room.
MRWM and MainStreet will announce the time and place of the next public meeting, at which sketches will be offered, after the first of the year.
Robert Loftis, MRWM Landscape Architects, 1102 Mountain Rd NW, Suite 201, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, 505-268-2266, fax 505-2659637 or rloftis@mrwmla.com.


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