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10 Modern Methods of Mind Control
Nicholas West
The more one researches mind control, the more one will come to the conclusion that there is a coordinated script that has been in place for a very long time with the goal to turn the human race into non-thinking automatons. For as long as man has pursued power over the masses, mind control has been orchestrated by those who study human behavior in order to bend large populations to the will of a small "elite" group. Today, we have entered a perilous phase where mind control has taken on a physical, scientific dimension that threatens to become a permanent state if we do not become aware of the tools at the disposal of the technocratic dictatorship unfolding on a worldwide scale.
Modern mind control is both technological and psychological. Tests show that simply by exposing the methods of mind control, the effects can be reduced or eliminated, at least for mind control advertising and propaganda. More difficult to counter are the physical intrusions, which the military-industrial complex continues to develop and improve upon.
1. Education — This is the most obvious, yet still remains the most insidious. It has always been a would-be dictator's ultimate fantasy to "educate" naturally impressionable children, thus it has been a central component to Communist and Fascist tyrannies throughout history. No one has been more instrumental in exposing the agenda of modern education than Charlotte Iserbyt — one can begin research into this area by downloading a free PDF of her book, The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America, which lays bare the role of Globalist foundations in shaping a future intended to produce servile drones lorded over by a fully educated, aware elite class.
2. Advertising and Propaganda — Edward Bernays has been cited as the inventor of the consumerist culture that was designed primarily to target people's self-image (or lack thereof) in order to turn a want into a need. This was initially envisioned for products such as cigarettes, for example. However, Bernays also noted in his 1928 book, Propaganda, that "propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government." This can be seen most clearly in the modern police state and the growing citizen snitch culture, wrapped up in the pseudo-patriotic War on Terror. The increasing consolidation of media has enabled the entire corporate structure to merge with government, which now utilizes the concept of propaganda placement. Media; print, movies, television, and cable news can now work seamlessly to integrate an overall message which seems to have the ring of truth because it comes from so many sources, simultaneously. When one becomes attuned to identifying the main "message," one will see this imprinting everywhere. And this is not even to mention subliminal messaging.
3. Predictive Programming — Many still deny that predictive programming is real. I would invite anyone to examine the range of documentation put together by Alan Watt and come to any other conclusion. Predictive programming has its origins in predominately elitist Hollywood, where the big screen can offer a big vision of where society is headed. Just look back at the books and movies which you thought were far-fetched, or "science fiction" and take a close look around at society today. For a detailed breakdown of specific examples, Vigilant Citizen is a great resource that will probably make you look at "entertainment" in a completely different light.
4. Sports, Politics, Religion — Some might take offense at seeing religion, or even politics, put alongside sports as a method of mind control. The central theme is the same throughout: divide and conquer. The techniques are quite simple: short circuit the natural tendency of people to cooperate for their survival, and teach them to form teams bent on domination and winning. Sports has always had a role as a key distraction that corrals tribal tendencies into a non-important event, which in modern America has reached ridiculous proportions where protests will break out over a sport celebrity leaving their city, but essential human issues such as liberty are giggled away as inconsequential. Political discourse is strictly in a left-right paradigm of easily controlled opposition, while religion is the backdrop of nearly every war throughout history.
5. Food, Water, and Air — Additives, toxins, and other food poisons literally alter brain chemistry to create docility and apathy. Fluoride in drinking water has been proven to lower IQ; Aspartame and MSG are excitotoxins which excite brain cells until they die; and easy access to the fast food that contains these poisons generally has created a population that lacks focus and motivation for any type of active lifestyle. Most of the modern world is perfectly groomed for passive receptiveness — and acceptance — of the dictatorial elite. And if you choose to diligently watch your diet, they are fully prepared to spray the population from the above.
6. Drugs — This can be any addictive substance, but the mission of mind controllers is to be sure you are addicted to something. One major arm of the modern mind control agenda is psychiatry, which aims to define all people by their disorders, as opposed to their human potential. This was foreshadowed in books such as Brave New World. Today, it has been taken to even further extremes as a medical tyranny has taken hold where nearly everyone has some sort of disorder — particularly those who question authority. The use of nerve drugs in the military has led to record numbers of suicides. Worst of all, the modern drug state now has over 25% of U.S. children on mind-numbing medication.
7. Military testing — The military has a long history as the testing ground for mind control. The military mind is perhaps the most malleable, as those who pursue life in the military generally resonate to the structures of hierarchy, control, and the need for unchallenged obedience to a mission. For the increasing number of military personal questioning their indoctrination, a recent story highlighted DARPA's plans for transcranial mind control helmets that will keep them focused.
8. Electromagnetic spectrum — An electromagnetic soup envelops us all, charged by modern devices of convenience which have been shown to have a direct impact on brain function. In a tacit admission of what is possible, one researcher has been working with a "god helmet" to induce visions by altering the electromagnetic field of the brain. Our modern soup has us passively bathed by potentially mind-altering waves, while a wide range of possibilities such as cell phone towers is now available to the would-be mind controller for more direct intervention.
9. Television, Computer, and "flicker rate"— It's bad enough that what is "programmed" on your TV (accessed via remote "control") is engineered; it is all made easier by literally lulling you to sleep, making it a psycho-social weapon. Flicker rate tests show that alpha brain waves are altered, producing a type of hypnosis — which doesn't portend well for the latest revelation that lights can transmit coded Internet data by "flickering faster than the eye can see." The computer's flicker rate is less, but through video games, social networks, and a basic structure which overloads the brain with information, the rapid pace of modern communication induces an ADHD state. A study of video games revealed that extended play can result in lower blood flow to the brain, sapping emotional control. Furthermore, role-playing games of lifelike war and police state scenarios serve to desensitize a connection to reality. One look at the WikiLeaks video Collateral Murder should be familiar to anyone who has seen a game like Call of Duty.
10. Nanobots — From science fiction horror, directly to the modern brain; the nanobots are on the way. Direct brain modification already has been packaged as "neuroengineering." A Wired article from early 2009 highlighted that direct brain manipulation via fiber optics is a bit messy, but once installed "it could make someone happy with the press of a button." Nanobots take the process to an automated level, rewiring the brain molecule by molecule. Worse, these mini droids can self-replicate, forcing one to wonder how this genie would ever get back in the bottle once unleashed. Expected date of arrival? Early 2020s.
A concerted effort is underway to manage and predict human behavior so that the social scientists and the dictatorial elite can control the masses and protect themselves from the fallout of a fully awake free humanity. Only by waking up to their attempts to put us to sleep do we stand a chance of preserving our free will.
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psql (9.1.10)
Type "help" for help.

postgres=#

However, I don't understand why the postgres Unix account (when I do sudo su - postgres) is necessary.  What's wrong with just running "psql" from my original Unix account?
And do the postgres Unix and command line share the same password?
*I'm pretty new to Linux/postgres, so feel free to give fundamental explanations
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However, I don't understand why the postgres Unix account (when I do sudo su - postgres) is necessary. What's wrong with just running "psql" from my original Unix account?
And do the postgres Unix and command line share the same password?

The Postgres user can't log in and only reads/writes to whatever it owns, unless you create it or configure your computer otherwise otherwise.
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Empowering women in traditional Kashmiri culture
A narrow path winds through Kashmir's Valley of Pearls (a name given to scenic Rawalakot valley) towards 13 tin-roofed shops hidden in a rickety row, a women-only market that doubles as a space for those seeking help against the violence of Pakistan's patriarchy.
The market, in a small village outside the main city of Rawalakot in a conservative corner of Azad Kashmir, began simply as a place run by women for women.
There they could buy and sell sewing supplies, visit clothing boutiques or train as beauticians — a welcome outlet for many struggling with the restraints on women in the deeply traditional Muslim area.
Social worker Nusrat Yousuf, who works with victims of domestic violence through the non-governmental organisation (NGO) she heads, helped persuade a generous landlord to provide the land to set up the market in 2011.
Women in the area, she says, are forbidden by their families to work in the main markets in the area's towns and cities.
"They become frustrated when they can't get jobs and spend their lives at home," the 48-year-old widow tells AFP. The market, from which men were at first banned, provided a way around conservative beliefs, making women "economically strong".
Yousuf describes it as a place "where they can visit and freely discuss all their issues — such as childbirth, menstruation, cooking, and domestic issues, and we find solutions".
That increasingly includes how to help divorced women and victims of domestic violence lodge complaints with police and fight their cases in the courts.
Women have battled for their rights for decades in Pakistan. Hundreds are murdered each year — usually by male relatives — in so-called "honour killings" and disfiguring acid attacks are still common.
Rights groups and politicians have for years called for tougher laws to tackle perpetrators of violence against women in Pakistan.
"Police were not arresting an influential man who cut off the nose of his wife three months ago," she says, describing just one of the cases she has handled from her office in the market.
"She approached us, and our NGO staged a protest against police," Yousuf explains, adding that she then met with police officials and lodged a complaint. "Now the culprit is in police custody. We have hired a female lawyer to fight the case," she says.
Razia Bibi, a 35-year-old mother of two whose husband divorced her five months ago, described how Yousuf is helping her navigate the courts to seek alimony from her children's father.
"I am hopeful that the verdict will be in my favour," she says.
Yousuf says her NGO, the Pearl Rural Support Programme, which brings together women's organisations in seven local villages, is also lobbying the government for a separate desk for women at every police station, where they can speak to a female officer "more comfortably".
Yousuf says that, originally, men were banned from entering the market. Now they can enter — but only in the company of a woman.
The market has made life easier, says customer Ayesha Bibi. "We had to travel to the main markets for such things in the past, and we needed the company of a male family member to go there," she explains.
It is also providing economic opportunity for those such as computer graduate Sara Rasheed, whose family refused her permission to work in any area dominated by men.
She convinced them to allow her to open a beauty parlour and a garment shop in the market, she says. "I am earning a good income and saving lots of money for my future and family," she adds proudly.
Khurshid Begum, a 42-year-old widow and mother of four, opened a tailor's shop and teaches sewing to young girls there.
"My business has flourished… My income has increased," she says.
"We are trying to make more and more women skillful in future," Yousuf says. "I am very happy that I am achieving my goal."
The article was first published here in daily Dawn.
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Q: Different mathematical methods in quantum mechanics? My understanding is that in quantum mechanics the wavefunction may be expressed as a function or as a ket vector (composed of many orthogonal ket vectors). I'm not too sure about the further differences between these two approaches. For example, I am familiar with operating on the wavefunction as a function with the hamiltonian operator, but when you use ket vectors can you use the hamiltonian operator in the same way or do you have to find matrix representations of the operators?
I would also be grateful for any links to websites or books explaining the different approaches.

A: The "wavefunction" way of talking about things is a special case of the more abstract "Hilbert space" formulation.
The abstract formulation says that states live in a Hilbert space, that is a complex vector space with an inner product (plus some technical assumption about completeness). The Hamiltonian is then a linear operator on that space. The way you define your Hilbert space will affect what your operators look like and how you define them.
Perhaps the most important example of an inner product space is $L^2$, the space of all square-integrable functions (that is, $\psi:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{C}$ such that $\int_{-\infty}^\infty |\psi(x)|^2dx$ exists), with inner product $\langle\phi,\psi\rangle = \int_{-\infty}^\infty \phi(x)^*\psi(x)dx$. This is just what you'd normally talk about with normalizable wavefunctions. Natural operators can be formed out of things like multiplication by functions, and derivatives.


Nasal endoscopy is a procedure to look at the nasal and sinus passages. It's done with an endoscope. This is a thin, flexible tube with a tiny camera and a light. An ear, nose, and throat doctor (otolaryngologist) will often do this procedure in his or her office.
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Why might I need a nasal endoscopy?
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How do I prepare for a nasal endoscopy?
Ask your healthcare provider if you should stop taking any medicines before the procedure. These may include blood thinners. You should be able to eat and drink normally before the procedure. Your healthcare provider may give you more instructions about what to do before the test.
Just before the procedure, a topical decongestant may be sprayed into your nose. This helps reduce swelling and lets the nasal endoscope pass easily through your nasal cavity and sinuses. Your nose may also be sprayed with an anesthetic, which will briefly numb your nose. Healthcare providers may need to avoid these medicines under special circumstances, though. In certain cases, you might also need a shot (injection) of anesthetic.
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Talk to your healthcare provider about what to expect after your nasal endoscopy. Ask whether he or she has specific instructions. If you had your procedure in the office, you should be able to go home right after the procedure. You should be able to go about your activities as normal. Let your provider know if you have a nosebleed that doesn't go away.
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Follow all of your healthcare provider's instructions about medicines and follow-up. In many cases, your provider will want to schedule another nasal endoscopy in the future to see how your treatment has progressed.


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When I met Richard Fine in the summer of 2001, he was riding high. Shortly after that he was rotting in jail.
A prominent attorney with a thriving practice in Beverly Hills, in the sunny days of 2001 Fine was a political insider with powerful connections to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Henry Waxman and political commentator Arianna Huffington.
Fine fought and won important cases, such as one in 1997 against the sale of the Long Beach Naval Air Station to the Chinese Overseas Shipping Company. He was most famous in California for taking on the governor and the Legislature in 1997 for paying state employees before a budget had been passed. In 2003, the California Supreme Court found in favor of Fine when they ruled that employees couldn't be paid without a budget in effect. That action gained Fine considerable notice and public notoriety as news outlets poured in to cover the story. Both the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee ran extensive coverage on Richard Fine from 1997 until 2003.
In 1998, Fine took on a case involving property owners in Marina Del Rey. What grew out of this is either "the biggest case of judicial corruption in the history of the United States," as Fine claims it is, and that he became a political prisoner as the result of it; or it was a personal vendetta being staged by Fine over spilled milk, as his detractors claim. The answer to that is still being debated.
Fine hardly looks the part of a rabble-rousing revolutionary. He's more like an academic don you picture from the novels of Saul Bellow or Vladimir Nabokov. Fine was educated at the University of Chicago, where he obtained a doctorate in law in 1964, the London School of Economics and Political Science for another Ph.D. in International Law and the Hague's Academy of International Law. When we met was also the Honorary Counsel to Norway. He lost that position when he was incarcerated.
Two days after the town hall meeting, Fine held a rally on the steps of the Los Angeles County Courtroom and delivered essentially the same message. Three days after that, Fine was hauled away to jail where he sat in solitary confinement for a year-and-a-half before he was released without charges by the very judge who sent him there and had him disbarred from the practice he'd excelled in for 42 years.
A former U.S. Justice Department attorney in Washington, D.C. under the legendary Robert Morganthau, Fine headed up the anti-trust division there from 1968-1972 and later went on to specialize in class action litigation when he opened a private practice in Los Angeles in 1974.
In 1998 Fine, took on the case that grew into his crusade to expose judicial corruption. To understand how that grew into such a contentious battle, it is necessary to go back in time to the case that prompted it.
After years of legal maneuvering on a class-action litigation, on June 14, 2007, Fine filed a petition for writ of mandate in the case of Marina Strand Colony II Homeowners Association vs. County of Los Angeles, LASC Case No. BS 109420, as the attorney for the Marina Strand Colony II Homeowners Association. The petition sought to overturn the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' approval of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in favor of the redevelopment of an apartment complex in Marina del Rey.
Fine's petition alleged that the EIR violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Among the numerous other complaints was Fine's allegation that Los Angeles County did not receive any positive financial benefit from the project, as required by CEQA. Los Angeles County was the Respondent in the case.
L.A. County won the case.
The judge who ruled in favor of the county was Superior Court Judge David Yaffe, who resigned from the bench in September 2010. Yaffe was also a Los Angeles County employee being paid $47,000 a year in addition to his $176,000 state salary as a Superior Court Judge. He couldn't fairly judge the case, Fine reasoned, because he had a conflict of interest. The county was paying his salary, and Yaffe was ruling for the county.
Fine said the judges were guilty of double-dipping by drawing the county salaries. In addition to their voter-approved salaries of $176,000 per year, the L.A. County judges, commissioners and supervisors were also receiving an additional $47,000 per year in salary, retirement and medical insurance. No, these were "benefits", according to Los Angeles County and the California State Legislature.
In 2008, Yaffe ordered Fine to reveal his assets and pay $46,000 to the county in order for Fine to receive his legal fees on the Marina Strand case. Fine refused and Yaffe threw him in jail.
The Fine-Yaffe tug-of-war might be dismissed as a nasty personality clash that grew into dysfunctional proportions if it didn't involve such basic questions as due process, habeas corpus, and the passage of ex post facto laws by the state legislature.
In fact, it does: Fine was held for a year without charges, ergo the habeas corpus question. And Fine brought an action against L.A. County for the illegal payment of county employees deciding public cases, including the Board of Supervisors and L.A. County judges. At the time, such payments were prohibited under the state constitution.
During his incarceration, the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee were notably silent. Instead, Fine's case was taken up by a woman named Leslie Dutton who posted a number of videos of Fine on Full Disclosure.
Richard Fine is now working as an independent strategic consultant for a private firm in Los Angeles. He is keeping a low profile, at least for the time. He is planning his own strategy of getting his license to practice law restored. Whatever chance he might have of doing so and bringing an action against the judges who jailed him for exposing their dual salaries is unclear. Although the limelight around him may have dimmed considerably since the days when he regularly won his cases, the reflected light of Fine's lonely battle burns bright.


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epidemiology of hydatid disease in sardinia: a study of fertility of cysts in sheep. hydatidosis, caused by echinococcus granulosus, is a cyclozoonotic disease of economic significance in sardinia. the life-cycle involves stray and sheep dogs as definitive hosts and sheep, pigs, goats and cattle as intermediate hosts. the most important intermediate host is sheep, due to home slaughtering with ready access of the viscera to dogs. this survey was undertaken in 1987 to ascertain the epidemiological significance of sheep in maintaining the life-cycle. a total of 700 (91.3%) of 767 ... 1990 2230030
chronobiology of oestrus ovis (diptera: oestridae) in sardinia, italy: guidelines to chemoprophylaxis. oestrus ovis (linné 1761) larvae are obligatory parasites of the nasal and sinus cavities of sheep and goats. infestation is prevalent in hot and dry regions, such as mediterranean countries. the current work was developed to establish the chronobiology of o. ovis in sardinia, to determine the most suitable time for chemoprophylaxis. a survey was carried out during 1998, and sheep heads were collected monthly from local flocks. a total of 443 heads was examined, and the prevalence of oestrosis w ... 2002 12144298
haplotype affinities resolve a major component of goat (capra hircus) mtdna d-loop diversity and reveal specific features of the sardinian stock. goat mtdna haplogroup a is a poorly resolved lineage absorbing most of the overall diversity and is found in locations as distant as eastern asia and southern africa. its phylogenetic dissection would cast light on an important portion of the spread of goat breeding. the aims of this work were 1) to provide an operational definition of meaningful mtdna units within haplogroup a, 2) to investigate the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of diversity by considering the modes of selection operate ... 2012 22363488
identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the nicastrese goat and sardinia sheep mannose-binding lectin. this study was undertaken to detect polymorphisms in the goat and sheep mannose-binding lectin encoding gene (mbl2) and to explore allelic variability of this gene in these two species. the analysis and comparison of the sequences obtained from sheep showed 13 polymorphic sites, six in the promoter and seven in exon 1, four of which were of the missense type. in the goats, 12 polymorphic sites were detected, five intronic, five in the promoter, and one exonic. the exon site was responsible for a ... 2011 21948269
detection of pathogens in ovine and caprine abortion samples from sardinia, italy, by pcr. during 2003-2005, 399 abortion samples (315 fetuses and 84 placentae) were collected from 107 ovine and caprine farms in northern sardinia. tissues from aborted fetuses and placentae were examined by pcr assay to detect dna from coxiella burnetii, chlamydophila abortus, salmonella enterica serovar abortusovis, toxoplasma gondii, and neospora caninum. the dna from at least 1 of these 5 infectious agents was amplified in 41% of ovine fetuses, while only 17% of the caprine fetuses yielded a positiv ... 2007 17459840
esr dating of an ancient goat tooth from nuoro, sardinia, italy. the dating of fossil teeth of an ancient goat (nesogoral melonii) using the electron spin resonance (esr) technique is reported. this animal was found in the fossiliferous site at orosei (nuoro, sardinia, italy) and was endemic in the region. molar teeth were cleaned and enamel was completely removed from dentine. enamel was irradiated with a 60co gamma source and measured with an esr spectrometer (x-band) to obtain the signal vs. dose curve and fitted with an exponential function. the archeolog ... 2006 16597696
small ruminant lentivirus genotype e is widespread in sarda goat. the highly divergent srlv genotype e has recently been characterized in italy as a low pathogenic caprine lentivirus in the roccaverano breed. the availability of a genotype specific diagnostic test based on a comparative assay, using a combination of genotype specific recombinant antigens allows a wide serosurvey in other goat populations. the island of sardinia still has the highest small ruminant population of any italian region and crossbreeding has been limited to goats, mainly with the mal ... 2010 20060658
role of chlamydophila abortus in ovine and caprine abortion in sardinia, italy. between 1999-2003, 14321 sera and 646 abortion samples (498 foetuses and 148 placentae) were analysed from 807 sheep and goat farms distributed all over the island of sardinia. after notification of abortion in a flock, sera collected at random from adult animals were examined to detect antibodies specific to chlamydophila (c.) abortus by elisa, whereas foetuses and placenta were analysed by pcr assay. specific igg antibodies were detected in 611 (4.8%) sheep and 106 (5.8%) goats. from a total o ... 2005 15943071
occurrence, distribution, and role in abortion of coxiella burnetii in sheep and goats in sardinia, italy. between 1999 and 2002, 9349 sera and 517 aborted samples (422 foetuses and 95 placenta) were analysed from 675 sheep and 82 goat farms distributed all over the island of sardinia. after abortion notification, sera collected at random from adult animals were examined to detect antibodies specific to coxiella burnetii by elisa, whereas foetuses and placenta were analysed by pcr assay. specific igg antibodies were detected in 255 (38%) sheep farms and in 39 (47%) goat herds whereas 40 ovine (10%) a ... 2004 15066733
survey of ovine and caprine toxoplasmosis by ifat and pcr assays in sardinia, italy. during the period 1999-2002, we have analyzed 9639 serum samples and 815 aborted samples (670 fetuses and 145 placenta) from 964 ovine and caprine farms distributed over all sardinia island. after abortion notification, sera collected at random from adult animals were examined to detect simultaneously igg and igm antibodies specific to toxoplasma gondii by indirect immunofluorescence assay, whereas fetuses and placenta were analyzed by a single tube nested pcr assay. specific igg antibodies were ... 2003 14597274
assessing genetic diversity in italian goat populations using aflp markers. amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) markers were used to investigate the genetic variation in a sample of seven goat (capra hircus) populations. a total of 210 individuals (30 per population) were analysed using seven selected aflp primer combinations that produced 219 clear polymorphisms. four autochthonous goat breeds (bionda dell'adamello, frisa, orobica and verzaschese), two primary populations, one from the lombardy alps (val di livo) and the other from sardinia island (sarda) and ... 2001 11683715
ticks infesting domestic animals in italy: current acarological studies carried out in sardinia and basilicata regions. the note reviews published and unpublished data on acaralogical studies carried out by different parasitologists' groups in sardinia and basilicata regions. in sardinia 72 collecting sites were investigated and a total of 4,086 ticks were collected from hosts (cattle, sheep, goats and pigs) and from soil. so far 2,413 ticks belonging to six genera have been identified: rhipicephalus (67.2%), haemaphysalis (24.1%), hyalomma (2.7%), boophilus (0.7%), dermacentor (4.9%), ixodes (0.3%). host-associa ... 1999 11071541
characterization of yeast population and molecular fingerprinting of candida zeylanoides isolated from goat's milk collected in sardinia. the occurrence of yeast microflora in raw goat's milk collected from 62 dairy farms located in different areas of sardinia was evaluated. candida zeylanoides was the most frequently occurring species followed by different basidiomycetous species. in the strains isolated some biochemical characteristics of technological interest were investigated and a predominance of lipolytic yeast species was found. we employed a simple method of dna extraction that in a minimal time and with low-cost provided ... 2010 19879008
cystic echinococcosis in italy from the 1950s to present. in italy the epidemiological pattern of cistic echinococcosis (ce) is incomplete and the information for most regions is out of date, contradictory, and almost exclusively limited to the intermediate hosts. the disease is found most frequently in particular social and economic conditions: widespread use of extensive or semi-extensive sheep farming, illegal slaughtering, and high numbers of sheepdogs and other types of dogs. the highest incidence in sheep is found in sardinia (70.6-92.8%), sicily ... 2004 16044697
analysis of pharmaceutically relevant taxoids in wild yew trees from sardinia. needles from a series of wild yews (taxus baccata l.) from sardinia were investigated for their contents of 10-deacetyl baccatin iii (dab-iii, 1), paclitaxel (taxol) (2) and taxine (3). despite a common geographical origin, ample variation of the taxoid profile was discovered, and several samples were surprisingly devoid of all terpenoid markers above. this finding is unprecedented within the european yew, while the general lack of taxine might rationalize the observation that most plants invest ... 2003 12628392
[further inquiries on paramphistomosis (paramphistomum cervi) in sardinia]. 1963 14123058
specific igg antibody responses in oestrus ovis l. (diptera: oestridae) infected sheep: associations with intensity of infection and larval development. larvae of oestrus ovis (diptera: oestridae) are ubiquitous parasites of nasal and sinusal cavities of sheep and goats. according to the chronobiology of o. ovis infections in sardinia and the seasonal pattern of the igg response, the optimal period to investigate the relationships between o. ovis larval populations and intensity of local and systemic igg antibody responses was mid-july in the summer season. sarda x lacaune ewes (n=186), divided into three ram-families were used in the study. sys ... 2008 18584967
[epidemiology and social/health implications of hydatidosis in sardinia]. all surgically treated cases of hydatidosis registered in sardinia from 1969 to 1984 have been analysed. the 16-year period clearly shows that unilocular hydatid disease caused by larvae of tapeworm, echinococcus granulosus, is endemic in sardinia. in this region there are foci of human infection notably in the sheep rearing areas, of nuoro and sassari. the incidence of human hydatidosis shows a marked regional variation varying during the last survey (1982-1984) between 16.9/1000 in the provinc ... 1989 2491290
sheep oestrosis (oestrus ovis linné 1761, diptera: oestridae) in sardinia, italy. oestrosis, the nasal myiasis of sheep and goats, is caused by the larvae of oestrus ovis l. 1758 (diptera, oestridae) that develop from the first to the third stage larva in the nasal cavities and frontal sinuses of affected animals. the authors report the results of an epidemiological study of oestrosis of sheep in sardinia, italy. heads of 6-month to 10-year-old sardinian sheep (n=566) from 124 free-ranging flocks were examined for the presence and location o. ovis larvae from december 1996 to ... 2001 11705659


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Chicago-Midway International Airport
Title: Chicago-Midway International Airport
Subject: William P. Hobby Airport, Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Vivaaerobus.com
"MDW" redirects here. For other uses, see MDW (disambiguation).
For other uses, see Midway Airport (disambiguation).
Chicago Midway International Airport
Aerial view of Chicago Midway International Airport, a.k.a. the "world's busiest square mile".
IATA: MDW – ICAO: KMDW – FAA LID: MDW
City of Chicago
Chicago Department of Aviation
Chicago, Illinois, US
Focus city for
620 ft / 189 m
41°47′10″N 87°45′09″W / 41.78611°N 87.75250°W / 41.78611; -87.75250Coordinates: 41°47′10″N 87°45′09″W / 41.78611°N 87.75250°W / 41.78611; -87.75250
www.flychicago.com
FAA airport diagram
Location of airport in Chicago
4L/22R 5,507 1,679 Asphalt
4R/22L 6,446 1,965 Asphalt/Concrete
13C/31C 6,522 1,988 Concrete
13L/31R 5,141 1,567 Asphalt
13R/31L 3,859 1,176 Concrete
Statistics (2012)
Cargo tonnage
Enplanemants (2010)
Source: FAA[1] and airport website[2]
Chicago Midway International Airport (IATA: MDW, ICAO: KMDW, FAA LID: MDW), is an airport in Chicago, Illinois, United States, located on the city's southwest side, eight miles (13 km) from Chicago's Loop.
Dominated by low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines, Midway is the Dallas-based carrier's largest focus city as of 2011.[3][4] Both the Stevenson Expressway and Chicago Transit Authority's Orange Line provide passengers access to downtown Chicago. Midway Airport is the second-largest passenger airport in the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as the state of Illinois, after Chicago O'Hare International Airport.[5]
1.1 Early history (1923–1962)
1.2 Post-O'Hare reconstruction (1963–1993)
1.3 Years of ATA (1994–2008)
1.4 Years after ATA (2009–)
1.4.1 Privatization proposals
1.4.1.1 2009
3 Airfield
4 Terminals, airlines and destinations
4.1 Top destinations
4.2 Charter service
4.3 Previous airline service
5.1 Significant incidents
5.2 December 8 incidents
6 Transit
Early history (1923–1962)
Originally named Chicago Air Park,[6] Midway Airport was built on a 320-acre (1.3 km2) plot in 1923 with one cinder runway that primarily served airmail services. In 1926, the city leased the airport for commercial purposes. The airport was designated as Chicago Municipal Airport on December 12, 1927.[7] By 1928, the airport had twelve hangars and four runways, lit for night operations.[8]
In 1931 a new passenger terminal opened at 62nd St;[8] the following year the airport claimed to be the "World's Busiest" with over 100,846 passengers on 60,947 flights.[9] (The July 1932 Official Aviation Guide shows 206 scheduled airline departures a week.)
The March 1939 OAG shows 47 weekday departures: 13 on United, 13 American, 9 TWA, 4 Northwest, and two each on Eastern, Braniff, Pennsylvania Central, and C&S.[10] New York's airport (Newark, then LaGuardia by the end of 1939) was then the busiest airline airport in the United States, but Midway passed LaGuardia in 1948 and kept the title until 1960.[8]
More construction was funded in part by $1 million from the Works Progress Administration; the airport expanded to fill the square mile in 1938–41 after a court ordered the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad to reroute tracks that had crossed the square along the northern edge of the older field.
In July 1949 the airport was renamed after the 1959
The April 1957 OAG shows 414 weekday fixed-wing departures from Midway: 83 American, 83 United, 56 TWA, 40 Capital, 35 North Central, 28 Delta, 27 Eastern, 22 Northwest, 19 Ozark, 11 Braniff, 5 Trans-Canada, and 5 Lake Central. Air France, Lufthansa, and REAL (of Brazil) had a few flights per week.[12] Midway was running out of room and in any case could not handle the 707 and DC-8 jets that appeared in 1959; every Chicago jet flight had to use O'Hare, which had opened to the airlines in 1955. Electras and Viscounts could have continued to fly out of Midway, but O'Hare's capacious new terminal opened in 1962, allowing airlines to consolidate their flights. From July 1962 until the 727 appeared in July 1964, Midway's only scheduled airline was Chicago Helicopter. In August 1966, a total of four fixed-wing arrivals were scheduled, all United 727s.
Post-O'Hare reconstruction (1963–1993)
By 1967, reconstruction began at the airport, adding three new concourses with 28 gates and three ticket counters,[9] and in 1968, the city invested $10 million in renovation funds.[8] The funds partly supported construction of the Stevenson Expressway, which proved to be a major route for passengers to the airport, and Midway saw the return of major airlines during that year, serving 1,663,074 passengers on jets such as the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, Boeing 727, and Boeing 737 that could use Midway's runways, which the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 could not.
In 1979, Midway Airlines began operations,[9] the first to do so after the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, and became the flagship carrier at Midway until it ended operations in 1991.[8] Midway Airlines helped to revitalize the airport and lead the way for other discount carriers, who benefited from Midway's lower costs and close proximity to Chicago's Loop, to prosper.[8] Southwest Airlines, which began operations at Midway in 1985,[13] was one such beneficiary. Three years earlier in 1982, the city of Chicago purchased Midway Airport from the Chicago Board of Education for $16 million.[8]
The Midway Airport is the terminus of the line, which traverses the southwest portion of the city before ending in the Loop and cycling back to Midway again. The Orange Line does not run 24 hours per day (unlike the Blue Line, which provides 24-hour service to O'Hare and the Red Line), but does operate extensive hours from about 4:00 am to 1:00 am, running at an average of 8-minute intervals. The train journey from Midway Airport to the Loop takes 25 minutes.
Years of ATA (1994–2008)
In 1996, after failing to get his Lake Calumet Airport and having received harsh criticism for the idea of turning the airport into an industrial park, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced the Midway Airport Terminal Development Program, which was launched the following year. At the time, it was the largest public works project in the state.[14] The Midway Airport parking garage opened in 1999, bringing covered parking to the airport for the first time. The garage is connected to the Midway terminal building for convenient access to ticket counters and baggage claim areas.[9]
Continuing with the expansion project, a pedestrian bridge over Cicero Avenue was constructed in 2000, connecting the new terminal to the new concourses.[8] In 2001, the new 900,000-square-foot (84,000 m2) Midway Airport terminal building opened, offering expanded ticket counters, spacious baggage claim areas, traveler information, and a short walking distance to airline gates.[9] A 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) food court opened with Chicago-style food and retail options.
In 2002, Midway welcomed the return of direct international service after a 40-year absence with the opening of the new Federal Inspection Service facility in Concourse A.[15]
In June 2004, Mayor Daley and airline officials celebrated the completion of the Terminal Development Program.[8] The expansion project, designed by HNTB[16] resulted in the addition of 14 gates (from 29 to 43), with the airport now providing 43 gates on 3 concourses.[8] A new 6,300-space economy parking garage, including a new bridge and roadway used exclusively for buses shuttling passengers to and from the terminal, opened in December 2005.[8]
Simultaneous to Midway's expansion, ATA Airlines began rapid expansion at Chicago Midway in the early 2000s (decade), and was the airport's dominant carrier prior to 2004, occupying and operating 14 of the 17 gates in Concourse A.[17] However, after the airline declared bankruptcy in October 2004, scheduled service from Midway significantly decreased.
For over 16 years, Midway had been the main hub for Indianapolis-based ATA, but the airline shut down on June 7, 2008.[18][19] Earlier, the airline filed for bankruptcy in April 2008; on April 3, 2008, ATA Airlines discontinued all operations.[19]
In November, 2008, Porter Airlines, which flies between Midway and Toronto, Canada, was the only international route served from Chicago–Midway after ATA Airlines, which had flights to Mexico, ceased operations in April that year. On December 13, 2010, a second carrier, Volaris, began flights between Guadalajara and Midway.
Years after ATA (2009–)
Starting in early 2009, a construction project added a new walkway and food court to Concourse A. The project also connected gates A4A and A4B to the main A concourse. Expansions were completed in the spring of 2010.
Today, Southwest Airlines is the largest airline serving Midway with 253 daily flights. Midway is also Southwest's largest focus city. Southwest pilots expressed concern about the control tower closure between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. due to 2013 Federal budget sequester as it will impact red-eye flights to the west coast and diversion to other airports.[20]
Privatization proposals
Chicago has considered privatizing the airport, but the deals fell through in 2009 and 2013.
On April 20, 2009, a $2.5 billion deal to privatize the airport via a 99-year lease fell through when the consortium could not put together financing. The City is to keep $125 million in the down payment. The consortium operating under the name of Midway Investment and Development Company LLC consisted of Vancouver Airport Services, Citi Infrastructure Investors, and Boston's John Hancock Life Insurance. It was awarded the contract in October 2008 by the City Council, which voted 49–0 to approve it. The consortium would have operated the airport and collected airport parking, concession, and passenger facility charges. However, Chicago would have continued to provide fire and police services. Chicago privatized the Chicago Skyway in 2007.[21]
In September 2013, Mayor Rahm Emanuel terminated negotiations to privatize the airport, noting that the process was no longer competitive after one of the two finalists had backed out. The one remaining was Great Lakes Airport Alliance — a partnership of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and Ferrovial. Macquarie was one of the investors in the Chicago Skyway. The group that had backed out was a group that included the Australia-based Industry Funds Management and Manchester Airports Group. The Great Lakes proposal had been valued at $2 billion and would have involved a 40-year lease.[22][23]
Chicago Midway Airport is the second-largest passenger airport in the state of Illinois after Chicago O'Hare International Airport.[5] In 2005, Chicago Midway International Airport was the 30th-busiest airport in the United States in terms of passenger traffic.[24]
Chicago Midway ranked highest in customer satisfaction among medium-sized airports (10 million to 30 million passengers per year) in J. D. Power and Associates' 2008 study.[25]
Southwest, along with its subsidiary AirTran Airways, is the dominant carrier at Midway, controlling 34 of the airport's 43 gates. Currently, the airlines offer a combined 250 daily departures to 60 nonstop destinations.[26]
Historic Airline Operations
(Takeoffs Plus Landings)
Recent Traffic
Change over previous year
15,672,688 015.34% 298,115 23,260.4
15,628,886 00.37% 278,734 17,162.4
Source: Midway Airport[2]
All terminals and hangars were on the square periphery. By the late 1970s, the shorter north–south and east–west runway pairs had been closed, though some were converted to taxiways. The other four runways remain in use, all strengthened and enhanced, but about the same lengths as always. A short runway (13R/31L) for light aircraft was added in 1989.
Chicago Midway International Airport covers one square mile (640 acre, 2.59 km2) and currently has five runways:[27]
Runway 13C/31C: 6,522 ft × 150 ft (1,988 m × 46 m), air carrier runway, ILS-equipped.
Runway 4R/22L: 6,446 ft × 150 ft (1,965 m × 46 m), air carrier runway, ILS-equipped.
Runway 4L/22R: 5,507 ft × 150 ft (1,679 m × 46 m), general aviation and air taxi.
Runway 13L/31R: 5,141 ft × 150 ft (1,567 m × 46 m), general aviation and air taxi.
Runway 13R/31L: 3,859 ft × 60 ft (1,176 m × 18 m), light aircraft only.
Because Midway is surrounded by buildings and other development, the landing thresholds of the runways are displaced to provide a proper obstacle clearance. Both the FAA and the airlines ensure safety by adhering to calculated load limits and various weather minimums. Because of the displaced landing thresholds, the runways have shorter distances available for landings than for takeoffs. 13C/31C, the longest runway, only has an available landing distance of 6,059 feet (1,847 m) in the southeast direction, and 5,826 feet (1,776 m) operating to the northwest. The largest aircraft normally seen at Midway is the Boeing 757. Normally, the commercial planes only take off from and land on runways 4R, 22L, 31C, and 13C. The other runways are used by smaller aircraft. Out of the four large runways, all are used about evenly, with the exception of 13C. 13C is only used occasionally in certain weather conditions.
Terminals, airlines and destinations
The carrier transporting the most passengers from Chicago Midway Airport is Southwest Airlines. In 2008, a total of 17,340,497 passengers were carried through MDW, a 10.52% decrease from the previous year. Also in 2008, 253,901 aircraft passed through Midway Airport, a 16.66% decrease from 2007.[28]
Midway has 43 aircraft gates on three concourses (A, B, and C)[9]
The three concourses and their gates are:
Concourse A – 17 gates (A1–A3, A4A–B, A5, A7, A9–A12, A14–A19)
Concourse B – 23 gates (B1–B3, B5–B12, B14–B26)
Concourse C – 3 gates (C1–C3)
Note: All international arrivals are handled in Concourse A.
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Top 10 domestic destinations (April 2012 – March 2013)[29]
1 Atlanta, GA 528,000 AirTran, Delta, Southwest
2 Denver, CO 450,000 Frontier, Southwest
3 Las Vegas, NV 400,000 Southwest
4 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 378,000 Delta, Southwest
5 Tampa, FL 364,000 AirTran, Southwest
6 Phoenix, AZ 282,000 Southwest
7 Kansas City, MO 271,000 Southwest
8 St. Louis, MO 269,000 Southwest
9 Los Angeles, CA 264,000 Southwest
10 Houston, TX 244,000 Southwest
Previous airline service
During the 1950s, before the rise of O'Hare, Midway was the world's busiest airport and one of the hubs of the U.S. airline system.[8] United Airlines was headquartered at Midway in the pre-O'Hare days, and American Airlines was originally based at Midway until it moved its headquarters to New York City in the mid-1930s. TWA and Eastern Air Lines and several other airlines had many flights. The terminal was extensively renovated in 1958 and again in 1967, after which several legacy carriers resumed service.[8]
The December 1970 OAG shows 86 weekday arrivals (77 jet) on 13 fixed-wing airlines from 31 airports,[30] but the August 1974 shows 14 arrivals (all jet) on four airlines, and in 1976–79 Midway had only the two or three Delta DC-9s from St Louis. Midway Airlines arrived on October 31, 1979 with DC-9 nonstops to Kansas City, Detroit and Cleveland Lakefront; they expanded greatly in the 1980s. Midway was a focus city for Vanguard Airlines from 1997 to 2000.[31]
Among the other airlines that used to frequent Midway were Access Air, Kiwi International Airlines, Northeast Airlines, US Airways, MetroJet, Ozark Air Lines (2000–2001), and Pan American Airways (1998–2004).
Both American Airlines[32] and United Airlines[33] ended all scheduled service to Midway in September 2006, in favor of concentrating Chicago-area operations at the larger nearby O'Hare International Airport, which is a hub airport for both United and American.
Big Sky Airlines started nonstop service on December 3, 2006, between Springfield, Illinois, and Midway and added daily nonstop flights to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, beginning on March 17. However, citing poor demand, both the Springfield and Eau Claire flights were discontinued on June 9, 2007.[34]
Mesa Airlines, which began nonstop service from MDW in early 2007, discontinued all flights to Decatur and Quincy, Illinois, effective November 9, 2007. The flights, which were operated by Air Midwest, were terminated citing poor passenger demand.[35]
Chicago Midway International Airport was once the largest hub of ATA Airlines and its wholly owned regional airline partner Chicago Express Airlines, which operated as ATA Connection . ATA had operated a hub at Midway since 1992. As recently as 2004, ATA operated over 100 daily flights to over 30 destinations. The airline cut back service from Chicago after declaring bankruptcy in late 2004. On April 3, 2008, the airline again declared bankruptcy and ended all scheduled operations, including service to the four cities it still served at Chicago–Midway.
Continental Airlines provided daily service from Chicago–Midway to Cleveland and Newark until May 2008. The airline discontinued Chicago–Midway service on May 31, 2008, citing high fuel prices.
VivaAerobus served Chicago–Midway to Monterrey, Mexico until April 14, 2012.
Pet Airways served Chicago-Midway with seasonal flights to Denver-Rocky Mountain before ceasing all flights in early 2013.
Significant incidents
On June 30, 1956, United Airlines Flight 718, a Douglas DC-7, was headed for Midway Airport. Over the Grand Canyon it collided with a TWA Super Constellation, killing all 128 people on both planes. This became the impetus for the modern air traffic control system.
December 8 incidents
On December 8, 1972, United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737-200, crashed into a residential area outside Midway during landing. The crash of the 737-200 killed 43 of the 61 on board, and two on the ground.
Exactly 33 years later, on December 8, 2005, Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, a Boeing 737-700 inbound from Baltimore-Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Maryland, slid off the runway while attempting to land at the airport in a heavy snow storm.[36] The airplane broke through the barrier fence of the airport, and came to rest at the intersection of 55th Street and Central Avenue bordering the airport at its northwest corner.[36] A 6-year-old boy was killed as a passenger in a vehicle that was struck by the plane after it skidded into the street.[36]
List of All Major Incidents at Chicago Midway International Airport
May 31, 1936 NC14979 DC-2 Trans World Airlines - On approach to 27L, 1 engine out, strong gusts, crashed half a mile east of field
December 4, 1940 NC25678 DC-3A United Airlines 6356 S. Keating Ave. Pilot lost sight in bad weather and crashed on landing approach resulting in nine deaths.[37][38]
May 20, 1943 42-7053 B-24E U.S. Army Air Force 3625 W. 73rd St. On approach, disoriented in bad weather, hit huge gas storage tank 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast [39][40]
September 26, 1946 NC19939 DC-3 Trans World Airlines West of 96th Ave. at 97th St. Midair collision with Boeing PT-17, DC-3 limped in to Midway
July 2, 1946 NC28383 DC-3 Trans World Airlines - Crashed 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of field
March 10, 1948 NC37478 DC-4 Delta Air Lines 5000 W. 55th St. Plane took off 36L, at 150 feet (46 m) went vertical, at 500 feet (150 m) nosed over, crashed on 55th St.
March 26, 1949 NC90736 DC-6 American Airlines - Hit power lines on approach
December 18, 1949 NC86501 L-049 Trans World Airlines - Landing too far down 13R, crashed through fence, ended up at 63rd and Cicero
January 4, 1951 N79982 C-46 Monarch Airlines - Overloaded taking off on 31L, could not climb, crashed on railroad tracks one half mile northeast
September 16, 1951 N74689 C-46 Peninsula Transport - Belly-landed 500 yards (460 m) away at northeast 63rd and Harlem
March 3, 1953 N6214C L-1049 Eastern Airlines On field Landed on 31L, gear collapsed, skidded southwest toward Hale School
July 17, 1955 N3422 Convair 340 Braniff International Airways On field Hit gas station sign on approach to 13R, flipped over, crashed
August 5, 1955 N74601 Boeing 377 Northwest Airlines - Landed 31L, could not stop, crashed through fence at 55th and Central
February 20, 1956 N7404 Vickers Viscount Capitol On field Landing on 31L, plane flopped in 300 feet (91 m) short of threshold
March 15, 1959 N94273 Convair 240 American Airlines - Lost sight of 31L on approach, crashed in railroad yard one half mile south of field
November 24, 1959 N102R L-1049H Trans World Airlines Came to rest 63rd and Kilpatrick Plane departed 31L, fire on #2, circled to land 31L, crashed 0.2 miles (0.32 km) southeast of field
September 1, 1961 N86511 L-049 Trans World Airlines - Plane departed Midway, lost elevator bolt, crashed near Hinsdale, Illinois
December 8, 1972 N9031U 737-200 United Airlines 71st and Springfield Aircraft descended too low on approach to 31L and struck houses, crashed 1.25 miles (2.01 km) southeast of airport
March 25, 1976 N1EM Lockheed Jetstar Executive On field Pilot unfamiliar with plane attempted take off 13R, never airborne, crashed into fence 63rd and Cicero
August 6, 1976 N9446Z TB-25N Air Chicago 61st and Moody Avenue Poor maintenance, plane took off 4L, lost engine 2, crashed 0.4 miles (0.64 km) west of field
December 8, 2005 N471WN 737-700 Southwest Airlines 55th & Central Landed 31C during snowstorm, crashed through fence, hit 2 cars, killed child in car, 55th and Central
INFORMATION SOURCED FROM: Civil Aeronautics Board archives, NTSB records.
NOTE: The runway now designated 13C/31C was designated 13R/31L until 1989, when a new Runway 13R/31L was built. Runways 27L and 36L have been closed since the 1970s.
Midway Airport is served by the Chicago Transit Authority's "L" trains. Passengers can board Orange Line trains at a station in the airport terminal, which runs to downtown Chicago and the Loop (transit time about 25 minutes). This same station doubles as a stop for many CTA-run buses that serve the surrounding areas. Midway is one of the few airports in the United States that has rapid transit train to terminal service.[41]
Chicago portal
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I am making progress. Week three is complete. I did great this week. This third week was a lot easier. I did take Sunday off this week.
During the third week, I walked a total of 35.09 miles and averaged 4.94 miles per day. This chart was created by Runtastic. I took Sunday off.
Above is another depiction of the exercise from the Fitbit dashboard. I use a Fitbit Surge to measure my steps. The Fitbit said I walked 3 more miles than the GPS. That was likely indoors.
Above is another depiction of the exercise from the Runtastic Dashboard. I use man iPhone for GPS.
So how much weight have I lost? I have lost a total of 8.5 points in 3 weeks and 2.3 pounds this week. The weight loss is gradual so you can see I am doing it by combining exercise and calorie restriction.
So how did I complete week three successfully? Not much different than the first two weeks but I did add a couple days with Hatch Chile Chicken. That helped my protein intake. I continued to take in 35-40 grams of fiber and averaged 90-128 ounces of water per day.
Weight loss tip: Make time to exercise!
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Several years ago we conducted a series of focus groups across the U.S. We spoke to a variety of people who are just like your clients.
We learned that Financial Advisors and the Industry are perceived in a rather unflattering light; "used car salesmen", "in it for themselves" and "just want to get their hands on my money" were among the comments we heard.
But the one that really stuck with us was this: "They are all a bunch of Darth Vaders, working for the Evil Empire".
Face it. This is the market's predominant "Worldview." And no matter how much you protest or try to persuade otherwise, people can't seem to get past that hard mask.
Many simply assume that Financial Advisors only have a selfish interest.
Is that unfair? Probably. But whether conscious or unconscious, it's an ingrained stereotype, a go-to perception.
When Advisors effectively address the "Darth Vader Complex", productivity and revenue consistently increase far beyond the norm.


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Akkmulyator possesses 100% efficiency at 27 В°C. At -18 В°C efficiency of the same akkmulyator falls to 40%. Now to start the engine, it is necessary to have more than twice more energy, than it was necessary at 27 В°C. Emphasize this important factor to your clients. Indicate the need of big akkmulyator, especially in cold climates.
Starting power (starting amperes) shows ability of the accumulator to start the car in the conditions of very cold weather. It shows the number of amperes which develops the accumulator within 30 seconds at -18 В°C without power failure lower than 7,2 volts (the minimum level demanded for reliable start). The this indicator, the more starting power of the accumulator is higher.
Probably, at each motorist there comes such moment when to potter further with the old rechargeable battery becomes too troublesome. Especially if outside winter there are also bitter colds. Constant problems with start of the engine, infinite "house" recharge and fear that the showered active weight at the most inappropriate moment will close plates then from some intersection you will be dragged home on the tow. A conclusion arises: the new accumulator is necessary. But what?
The prestige and popularity of some brand of accumulators have crucial importance upon purchase, but it is necessary to consider also some technical moments. Of course, the chemical composition of plates or technology of their production are hardly known to the seller. And whether the buyer needs it? It is better to pay attention to what can be seen most. For example, the packaged plates (each plate is packed into a microporous envelope separator), which prevent short circuit between them owing to fall of active weight and respectively prolong the term of "life" of the accumulator. Such packages are well visible if to open a jellied stopper. Pay attention and to traffic jams. It is known that at accumulator charging water from electrolyte is evaporated and at electrolysis decays on hydrogen and oxygen.
The low-served accumulators are delivered by producers sukhozaryazhenny (as the majority of served) or filled in with electrolyte at the plant. If you buy the accumulator for the future, then it is better to buy sukhozaryazhenny: it has a big period of storage. To bring them to the working condition, it is necessary to fill in electrolyte. The akkmulyator which are filled in at the plant are already ready to work. Electrolyte for them prepares experts from high-quality components and contains much (sometimes more than twenty) the additives interfering sulphation, fall of active weight, etc. It is necessary to tell that the special modifiers which are allegedly containing such additives were available for sale, but they do not cause trust. The filled-in accumulators have one more advantage. Before getting to retail chain stores, they are subjected to special charging with control of parameters on the special equipment. At the same time it is much easier to reveal low-quality batteries.
Probably, the most important what the buyer has to pay attention to, are characteristics of the accumulator. They are three. The first – nomanalny tension, it at all batteries identical, and it is impossible to be mistaken. Upon purchase it is desirable to check the accumulator a load fork. The second – the capacity measured in ampere/hours (A/h) means, roughly speaking, the quantity of the electric power which is kept in the accumulator. Depends on capacity as it is long possible to twist a starter the engine, more precisely – how many it is possible to make attempts to start the engine. The price of the accumulator is almost directly proportional to its capacity. And the third characteristic – starting current (it is measured in amperes. A), i.e. the current given on a starter during start-up. On accumulators it can be specified on four different systems: GOST (on domestic), EN (the standard of Uniform Europe), SAE (the American standard) and DIN. The last, German standard, is closest to our state standard specification and on the majority of the European batteries is put "by default" i.e. when the system of the standard is not specified. The it is more, the quicker and with a bigger force the starter will turn the engine.
It is better if you buy the accumulator with those characteristics which are specified in the maintenance instruction of your car: so it will serve to you longer at the minimum expenses. It is possible to save and buy the accumulator of smaller capacity, but it will serve you less usual term and it is bad to cope with winter start. Having bought the battery even not much more to bigger capacity, you will not win in service life since constant недозаряд the accumulator will lead to sulphation of plates, and will lose in money. It is not necessary to be fond of the raised starting current also: you will burn a starter. Replace oil in the engine better, and problems with start will not be.
The main task of the accumulator is giving of current for start of the engine. The current which is required for a provorachivaniye of the cold engine differs from the car to the car. It depends on the size of a piston stroke and diameter, the number of cylinders, a scrolling ratio an engine / starter, resistance of a chain, temperature, viscosity of oil of the engine and loading of auxiliary devices. The four-cylinder engine can demand the same size of current of start as well as eight-cylinder with large working volume. When the original accumulator equipment approaches the car, all these factors are considered.
The second purpose of the akkmulyatorny battery is completion of load requirements of the car when they exceed a possibility of charging system on supply with energy. The charging system maintains electric loading under normal conditions of the movement. Nevertheless, if the engine is idling, the battery can fill a part of energy for auxiliary devices. It takes place when driving on the city at constant stops and renewal of the movement at normal loading of auxiliary devices. The rechargeable battery has to fill electric loading of the car at refusal of charging system.
The more cold on the street – the more problems at drivers. One of main – as on a frost to start the engine. And here first of all the accumulator makes itself felt. On it in a frost the greatest loading falls: start of the engine demands much more great efforts. That the starter turned the crankshaft of the cold engine, the rechargeable battery needs to give much more energy. At the same time do not forget that maintenance of the accumulator happens not instantly, and after a while: the electrolyte which thickened on cold slowly gets in plates. For this reason the repeated attempt of start of the engine is recommended to make only in a few minutes. Besides on a frost the battery during the work of a starter is discharged very quickly.
The second – candles. It is one winter better to establish new. But it is the theory, and in practice often such factors as "economy" or lack of it in due time near at hand come into force. Because while the engine is launched normally, many do not even remember that in the engine there are candles... If candles nevertheless old – establish in them a necessary gap which constantly increases because of an obgoraniye of electrodes. It is better to make it in good time, otherwise it is necessary to be picked when it is necessary to go. As a last resort, if the engine is not launched, the gap can be established less recommended, but in this case electrodes will burn even quicker.


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Allardyce 'not in control' of Barkley situation
Lyndon Lloyd	Friday, 15 December, 2017 0comments | Jump to last
Updated Sam Allardyce says that there's little he would be able to do should the club accept an offer for Ross Barkley in the coming transfer window but he hopes the midfielder will stay.
Barkley will enter the final six months of his Everton contract in January and would be eligible to sign a pre-contract agreement with another club but there is speculation that he could also be tempted away in a permanent transfer as well.
Chelsea almost signed the 24-year-old over the summer but the move collapsed at the last minute and the London club could return next month with an offer to both the Blues and the player to sign him.
Barkley's difficult relationship with Ronald Koeman was cited as a possible reason why he didn't sign a new contract over the summer and there is hope at Goodison Park that he could yet commit his future to Everton now that the Dutchman has gone.
Allardyce admits he doesn't have much say in the matter but he holds out hope Barkley could end up staying.
"It's a difficult one," the manager said in The Guardian. "I haven't had the opportunity yet to find out the truth, or the whole scenario, to ask: 'Where does it lie?' and then make a decision one way or the other.
"I'm not in control of that in too many ways. If someone comes in during January and says: 'Here you go' [with an offer] and the club says: 'Look, if he's not going to sign for us this has to be the case,' then I accept that.
"If Ross stays until the end of the season and I feel he is giving 100% to the team, like he has done since he was a kid, then he is an available asset for us until he leaves on a free transfer. I would hate that to happen but it might do."
Allardyce was quizzed on Barkley again during his press conference ahead of Monday's game against Swansea and he repeated his stance that he hasn't spoken to the player about his future.
He agreed, however, that it would probably make sense for Everton to listen to cash offers for him in January if he is set on leaving rather than letting him go for just a development fee in the summer.
"There's been no contact from Chelsea that I'm aware of. If that materialises then that discussion would happen between all the various people in the club from the top down to me to make the best decision for the football club.
"If Ross isn't interested in staying at Everton — and I don't know whether he is or if he isn't at the moment — then it would be sensible to consider any offers there are in January.
"But at this moment we're speculating because there is no offer to consider. At the moment, Ross is recovering from an injury. I'm more interested in Ross Barkley being fit and available because he is an Everton player at the moment."


Check out some contemporary Buddhist art, featuring modern mandalas at this new exhibition.
Los Angeles artist James Stanford presents Shimmering Zen, an extraordinary new exhibition of Contemporary Buddhist art, featuring modern mandalas.
Using historic Las Vegas neon signage and architectural elements from the 1950s and 1960s, shot in the Mojave Desert, Stanford artfully creates digital montages, mesmerizing designs using unique newly developed purpose specific technology. Stanford's group of intriguing digital reconfigurations convey and respond to the potency of the mandala as a symbol, and its influence and importance to Asian culture worldwide.
As a leading maker of contemporary mandalas, Stanford's work is an interpretation of the ancient traditions of Buddhism, drawing from historic metaphor, Chinese fable, and the aesthetics of the Tibetan Mandala. Born and raised in Nevada, Stanford grew up in a household of educators. As a young man, after a transformative and spiritual moment at the Prado Museum in Madrid opened his mind to a higher consciousness, this new spirituality became firmly entwined with his creativity. With the advent of Apple software, the tools of technology merged with his ambitious thirst for spiritual growth and education. This led to Stanford's personal commitment to Zen Buddhism and cemented his unique creative identity.
In Stanford's conceptually complex and visually sumptuous work, the mandala offers contemplation for both spiritual and material realities. Using a mix of traditional photographic and digital techniques, Stanford's works are made unique and compelling by vividly illuminated moving networks and layers.
The exhibition will be complemented by the official launch of Stanford's upcoming book of the same name, Shimmering Zen. The book is a compilation of 150 of Stanford's works created over the last 15 years and published in a large format hardback. The book is published by Ianthe Press Limited It includes essays by the artist and the curator, and a foreword by Jeff Rosen, Vice President, The Higher Learning Commission, Evanston, Illinois.
James Stanford studied painting at the University of Washington (UW) (MFA) and the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) (BFA) and also practices photography, digital illustration and drawing. Dedicated to creativity and the fine arts, he has taught at UNLV and UW, established the Smallworks Gallery, and curated exhibitions at various venues, including the Las Vegas Contemporary Arts Centre. He currently lives and works in Las Vegas.
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package org.zmpp.vmutil;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.zmpp.base.DefaultMemory;
import org.zmpp.base.Memory;
import org.zmpp.blorb.BlorbResources;
import org.zmpp.iff.DefaultFormChunk;
import org.zmpp.iff.FormChunk;
import org.zmpp.media.Resources;

/**
 * This utility class was introduced to avoid a code smell in data
 * initialization. It offers methods to read data from streams and files.
 *
 * @author Wei-ju Wu
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class FileUtils {

    /**
     * This class only contains static methods.
     */
    private FileUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * Creates a resources object from a Blorb file.
     *
     * @param blorbfile the file
     * @return the resources object or null (on failure)
     */
    public static Resources createResources(final File blorbfile) {
        RandomAccessFile raf = null;
        try {
            raf = new RandomAccessFile(blorbfile, "r");
            final byte[] data = new byte[(int) raf.length()];
            raf.readFully(data);
            final Memory memory = new DefaultMemory(data);
            final FormChunk formchunk = new DefaultFormChunk(memory);
            return new BlorbResources(formchunk);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            if (raf != null) {
                try {
                    raf.close();
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Reads an array of bytes from the given input stream.
     *
     * @param inputstream the input stream
     * @return the bytes or null if the inputstream is null
     */
    public static byte[] readFileBytes(final InputStream inputstream) {
        byte[] data = null;
        if (inputstream == null) {
            return null;
        }

        try {
            final List<Byte> buffer = new ArrayList<Byte>();
            int databyte = 0;
            do {
                databyte = inputstream.read();
                if (databyte != -1) {
                    buffer.add((byte) databyte);
                }
            } while (databyte != -1);
            data = new byte[buffer.size()];
            for (int i = 0; i < buffer.size(); i++) {
                data[i] = buffer.get(i);
            }
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                inputstream.close();
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
            }
        }
        return data;
    }

    /**
     * Reads the bytes from the given file if it is a file and it exists.
     *
     * @param file the file object
     * @return a byte array
     */
    public static byte[] readFileBytes(final File file) {
        byte[] data = null;
        if (file != null && file.exists() && file.isFile()) {
            RandomAccessFile raf = null;
            try {
                raf = new RandomAccessFile(file, "r");
                data = new byte[(int) raf.length()];
                raf.readFully(data);
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            } finally {
                if (raf != null) {
                    try {
                        raf.close();
                    } catch (Exception ex) {
                        ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return data;
    }
}


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How do you create a work environment that is motivating and inspiring for your employees? Look around. Everything that goes into your office space helps to create a positive (or negative) office culture. From the breakroom to desk space, employee programs, and even the office layout – every feature of the office has the ability to have an impact on the people that work there.
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Parras de la Fuente è una centro abitato del Messico, situato nello stato di Coahuila, capoluogo del comune di Parras.

Altri progetti

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Centri abitati del Coahuila

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Q: Is there an easier way to type and compile C on Mac OS X? I've just started learning C on Mac OS X. I have downloaded Xcode too.
So far, I have been typing my apps into TextEdit, and then using the Terminal to locate my apps and compile them using gcc hello.c etc.
Is there an easier way (using Xcode perhaps?) to type my code into some form of IDE, and then automate the compiling with a 'compile and run' button or similiar? It seems a bit primitive and tedious using TextEdit and then switching to the Terminal to compile. However, I do not have much experience with lower level languages like C, so I'm unsure if it is even possible.
Thanks

A: Yes that is what XCode is for.
Look at the tutorial on the open screen of XCode (version 3.2.1 for OSX 10.6) This is for objective C but the tools are the same.
Or if the objective C is confusing choose a new project from XCode. File->New Project) choose command line tool as the project type and then choose type as C from the pop up menu

A: Xcode will definitely be easier, although for a "hello world"-type project like yours, its advantages may not be obvious. Install it, fire it up, and leave TextEdit behind ...
OTOH, you could edit your source code in vi or emacs (in Terminal), which would avoid having to flip between Terminal and TextEdit. BTW, this is the way development used to be done ...

A: Use XCode, you already have it. :)