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Q: Showing different pages based on user authenticated or not - should I use multiple routers or combine them into one? I am currently working on a simple React application and I am handling the user authentication right now, so showing the correct pages based on logged in or not. I got a user component which is the first thing that's shown when I start my application. I am currently using the conditional operator "?" to check if a user is already logged in or not, so if I'm not logged in it uses the router in UserComponent to handle the login/register or if I'm already logged in it redirects me to the LoggedInComponent to handle a different router.
UserComponent:
export default function UserComponent() {
  const user = useContext(UserContext);
  return (
        user ?
        <LoggedInComponent />
      :
        <BrowserRouter>
          <Switch>
          <Route exact path="/" component={SignIn}/>
          <Route path="/signUp" component={SignUp}/>
          <Route path="/passwordReset" component={PasswordReset}/>
          <Route component={NotFound}/>
          </Switch>
        </BrowserRouter>

  );
}

LoggedInComponent:
export default function LoggedInComponent() {
  return (
        <BrowserRouter>
          <Switch>
          <Route exact path="/" component={DashboardPage}/>
          <Route path="/profile" component={ProfilePage}/>
          <Route component={NotFound}/>
          </Switch>
        </BrowserRouter>
  );
}

I was wondering if this is a good way to handle my routes or should I sort of combine them and do the "user authenticated or not" check somewhere inside the router? Because I currently got the issue when I'm logged in that I can see the login form for 2 seconds before it loads the DashboardPage (because they obviously share the same path right now). Should I just fix this issue with a spinner/loading screen or should I rewrite the code and combine both routers into one?
PS: I might wanna mention that I'm not that experienced with React, so I obviously don't know the clean or proper way to structure my projects yet

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U of M Men - Distance Runs to Top-Five Finishes at Penn Relays
» The Wolverines had athletes in two races at historic Penn Relays on Thursday -- the 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs -- and had top-five finishes in both sections of their respective events.
» Billy Bund placed third and Jonny Phillips took fourth in the second section of the 5K and August Pappas placed fourth in the 10K.
» Michigan has a rich history at Penn Relays, where 59 individual championships have been won by Wolverines.
» Today's races mark the end of U-M's week at Penn Relays, but the Wolverines also compete at Hillsdale Gina Relays, Texas State's Bobcat Classic and Stanford's Payton Jordan Invite this weekend.
Site: Philadelphia, Pa. (Franklin Field)
Event: Penn Relays
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., April 29-30 -- at Bobcat Classic (San Marco, Texas), Noon/9 a.m. CDT; at Hillsdale Gina Relays (Hillsdale, Mich.), 1 p.m./10 a.m.; Sunday, May 1 -- at Payton Jordan Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.), 11 a.m. PDT
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The University of Michigan men's track and field began competition at the Penn Relays on Thursday (April 28), with athletes running to top-five finishes in the second section of the 5,000-meter race and another placing fourth in the 10,000-meter race at Franklin Field.
The 5K effort featured three Wolverines and the top finisher was junior/sophomore Billy Bund, who ran 14:24.53 to place third, and fifth-year senior Jonny Phillips 14:26.24 finished fourth. The Maize and Blue trio pulled its share, leading for much of the race, which started at an honest pace.
The pace lagged through the middle part of the race, and picked back up over the last mile. Thought regional times weren't to be had this evening, it was a competitive field at one of the nation's most historically important meets, where U-M greats have had much success in the past.
"Jonny, (Nick) Posada and I wanted to be as competitive as possible with the goal of winning," said Bund, "but we were happy with putting in a competitive effort against the other guys in the race."
Bund's time was good for 21st overall, while Phillips placed 22nd among the 68 athletes in the collegiate open championship.
Fifth-year senior Nick Posada ran 14:37.81 for 14th, also in the second section.
Fifth-year senior August Pappas also earned a top-five finish, placing fourth in the 10,000-meter run at 29:48.61.
Tonight's races were Michigan's only two at Penn Relays this weekend. A number of throwers and field athletes are competing in San Marco, Texas, this weekend (April 29-30) at Texas State's Bobcat Classic, where events are set to begin at noon CDT on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday. U-M also has athletes at Stanford's Payton Jordan Invite and Hillsdale Gina Relays.

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UGI Reports Strong Third Quarter Results
August 7, 2021 August 5, 2021 - by MyChesCo
VALLEY FORGE, PA — UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) recently reported financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021.
Q3 GAAP diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of $0.71 and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.13 compared to GAAP diluted EPS of $0.41 and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.08 in the prior-year period.
Year-to-date GAAP diluted EPS of $4.48 and adjusted diluted EPS of $3.30 compared to GAAP diluted EPS of $2.49 and adjusted diluted EPS of $2.81 in the prior-year period.
Q3 reportable segments earnings before interest expense and income taxes1 ("EBIT") of $98 million compared to $81 million in the prior-year period.
Strong results from our diversified business led by increased total margins at UGI International in comparison to the prior-year period and new base rates at UGI Utilities that went into effect on January 1, 2021.
Completed another key milestone in the regulatory approval process related to the pending Mountaineer acquisition. The process is progressing well and the Company anticipates that the acquisition could potentially close as early as this fiscal year.
ESG HIGHLIGHTS
On May 14, 2021, UGI released its third ESG report and announced a commitment to reduce Scope I GHG Emissions by 55% by 2025.
On May 17, 2021, UGI announced that UGI International and SHV Energy intend to launch a joint venture to advance the production and use of Renewable Dimethyl Ether ("rDME") in the LPG industry.
On May 19, 2021, UGI announced that its President and CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
On August 4, 2021, UGI announced that Energy Services entered into definitive agreements to develop innovative food waste digester projects to produce RNG in Ohio and Kentucky, through its investment in Hamilton RNG.
READ: Axalta Provides Preliminary Selected Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2021 Unaudited Financial Updates
"UGI delivered strong third quarter results with GAAP diluted EPS of $0.71 and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.13," said Roger Perreault, President and Chief Executive Officer of UGI Corporation. "This performance was driven by higher total margins at UGI International primarily due to significantly colder than prior-year weather, new base rates in our Gas Utility that went into effect on January 1st, and execution on our key priorities, including our growth investments and business transformation initiatives. As a result of the strong year-to-date performance, we now expect the full year adjusted diluted EPS to be at the upper end of our guidance range of $2.90 – $3.002 for this fiscal year.
"Our businesses progressed well on several growth initiatives during the quarter. UGI Utilities continues to see solid customer growth and is on track to deliver compound annual rate base growth in line with historical trends, through the record capital expenditure plan. In connection with the pending acquisition of Mountaineer Gas, the largest gas distribution company in West Virginia, we filed a unanimous settlement before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. We provided testimony in a hearing before the Commission and expect to file a Proposed Order by August 10th. While the precise timing of the Commission's approval is uncertain, we have completed several key steps in the regulatory approval process and now expect to close well before the end of the calendar year, and even potentially within this fiscal year. The transaction remains accretive to earnings in the first full year of operation.
READ: Radian to Webcast Fourth Quarter Conference Callne
"UGI continues to execute on the renewables strategy that we discussed during the June 2021 Investor Day. Today, we announced that UGI Energy Services entered into definitive agreements to produce renewable natural gas in Ohio and Kentucky, through the Hamilton RNG joint venture. This project aligns with our renewables strategy and our goal of providing affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions to our customers. Our teams continue to explore an exciting range of renewables opportunities with strong return profiles in the US and Europe.
"We remain focused on execution and are confident that the company is well positioned to deliver another strong year of financial performance. We are excited about the opportunities ahead and are committed to maintaining the proven track record of delivering on our financial and strategic commitments."
READ: Vishay Precision Group Announces Date for Its Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2021 Earnings Conference Call
KEY DRIVERS OF THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
AmeriGas: National accounts volume increased 18%; lower total margin was primarily due to a decrease in cylinder exchange volumes as sales normalized after the higher pandemic volumes seen in Q3 FY20 resulting in slightly lower average retail unit margins
UGI International: Retail volume increased 21% on weather that was 54.7% colder than the prior-year period; Q3 FY21 EBIT of $41 million compared to $21 million in the prior-year period
Midstream & Marketing: Higher EBIT reflecting equity income from the investment in Pine Run; Q3 FY21 EBIT of $21 million compared to $20 million in the prior-year period
UGI Utilities: Higher EBIT largely driven by the increase in base rates, higher margin from large delivery service customers and customer growth
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Q: Can't display the user's name Here I am again with my old question. With your help, I have solved some troubles but I still can't display the name of the user who has posted the "tuto". Previously I couldn't get the user_id in the tuto creation, now this work. I hope you could help!
Regards
I have this error :
this is my form:
= simple_form_for @tuto do |f|
  - if @tuto.errors.any?
    #error_explanation
      h2 = "#{pluralize(@tuto.errors.count, "error")} prohibited this tuto from being saved:"
      ul
        - @tuto.errors.full_messages.each do |message|
          li = message
  = f.hidden_field :user_id, value: current_user.id
  = f.input  :title
  = f.input  :content
  = f.button :submit, "Save"

tutos_controller:
class TutosController < ApplicationController
  before_action :authenticate_user!
  before_action :set_tuto, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]

  def index
    @tutos = Tuto.all.includes(:user)
  end

  def show
    @tuto = Tuto.find(params[:id])
  end

  def new
    @tuto = Tuto.new
  end

  def edit
  end

  def create

    @tuto = Tuto.new(tuto_params)
    respond_to do |format|
      if @tuto.save
        flash[:success] = "Test"
        format.html { redirect_to @tuto, notice: 'Tuto was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @tuto }
      else
        format.html { render :new }
        format.json { render json: @tuto.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  def update
    respond_to do |format|
      if @tuto.update(tuto_params)
        format.html { redirect_to @tuto, notice: 'Tuto was successfully updated.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: @tuto }
      else
        format.html { render :edit }
        format.json { render json: @tuto.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  def destroy
    @tuto.destroy
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to tutos_url, notice: 'Tuto was successfully destroyed.' }
      format.json { head :no_content }
    end
  end

  private
    # def get_user
    #   @user = User.find(@tuto.user_id)
    # end

    def set_tuto
      @tuto = Tuto.find(params[:id])
    end

    def tuto_params
      params.require(:tuto).permit(:title, :content, :id, :user_id)
    end
end

users_controller
class UsersController < ApplicationController
  before_action :authenticate_user!
  def show
    @user = User.find(current_user)
  end

  def index
    @user = User.all
  end

  private
  def params_user
    params.require(:users).permit(:first_name, :last_name, :email, :id)
  end
end

tuto_model
class Tuto < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user

end

user_model
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
  # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
         :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
  validates :first_name, presence: true
  validates :last_name,  presence: true
  has_many :tutos

  def full_name
    "#{last_name} #{first_name}"
  end

end

and the view tutos/index.html.slim
.container
  .row
    .col-xs-12.col-sm-12
      h1.text-gray Tutorials
      br
      -if user_signed_in?
        = link_to "Create a tuto", new_tuto_path, class:"btn btn-success"
  .row

    table.board
      thead
        tr
          th Title
          th User

    hr

      tbody
        - @tutos.each do |tuto|
          .row
            .col-xs-4
              h6 = link_to tuto.title, tuto_path(tuto)
            .col-xs-4
              h6 = tuto.user.full_name
    hr

A: Actually you are not saving User information while creating Tuto.
You need to update user_id before saving the @tuto object.
Try like this
def create
    @tuto = Tuto.new(tuto_params)

    #add this line to capture user for your tuto.
    @tuto.user_id = current_user.id

    respond_to do |format|
      if @tuto.save
        flash[:success] = "Test"
        format.html { redirect_to @tuto, notice: 'Tuto was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @tuto }
      else
        format.html { render :new }
        format.json { render json: @tuto.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
end


We have a pc with intel 82579 ethernet controller , and it is not on the supported list.
Will it work , not work or do we just need to try/test it ?
if not we need to make it work.
Could you give this a try and give us the feedback?
Will "Intel® I210IT PCI-E Gigabit LAN" controller work for EtherCAT?
can not get it working.
then the intel 82579 comes up as networkadapter and I removed it.
at first could not find the right inf file , but found it on reinstall date in oem 4.
then it comes up with unindetified hardware and i go to the driver location.
but it indicates that no valid driver for this hardware is found.
that is different from the location that is in the documentation <RTE-installation directory>\cmpet1000 but are the right ones i think.
Had to do system recovery at this point because ethernet was not working any more.
can you help me to get it working.
which Version are you using exacly?
.. so what XP or Windows 7?
is this current RTE Version?
Could you give me the following Information from your nic?
then point on the Windows driver installation to this file.
the same file was already in the map . That one didn,t work.
Replaced it by the one you send and that worked.
Had to remove beckhoff twincat 2 otherwise it keeps installing the twincat intel DCI ethernet adapter.
What happens if I reinstall beckhoff twincat 2 or 3. It overwrites the driver again i think.
not i good idea, but I need twincat also to set basis parameters for the ax drives an other beckhoff devices.
Must use 2 pc,s one for codesys, one for beckhoff . any tips?
I think still error regarding the ethernet driver ??
check the Control RTE Manual.
you need to add the component in the RTE configuration.
Ok, it is working now.
forgot the driver in the component manager.


History buffs spent a cold autumn afternoon bringing a bit of forgotten history to life by walking the route of Croydon's doomed canal which was opened 200 years ago.
Penge partners organised the walk for 15 people who tried to imagine what the canal looked like as they ambled along its route.
In 1799 it was decided a Croydon needed a canal to link the growing town to London. Building of the waterway was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1801 and the grand opening was held on October 23, 1809.
The canal, however, was a financial failure, and closed after 27 years of service after the £100 shares decreased in value until they were worth just two shillings in 1830.
The picturesque 15km long waterway consisted of 28 locks and ran between the Grand Surrey Canal near New Cross Gate to where West Croydon station now stands.
Barges carried up to 30 tons of timber, coal, building materials, food and other supplies between London and Croydon.
By the 1830s the owners realised that the coming of the railways was an opportunity not to be missed, and they sold the canal for £40,250 to the London and Croydon Railway company.
Today, the stopping train from London Bridge to West Croydon follows the route of the old canal.
Local residents can still enjoy the remnants of the waterway, it was fed by a reservoir of water in South Norwood, now the South Norwood Lakes.
The two hour walk led by local historian Dr Chris Doran began at 2.30pm from the Seymour Terrace end of the canal in Betts Park.
One highlight of the walk was a stop at what was formerly the Anerley Tea Rooms now the St Hughes Estate.
A popular venue was the Anerley Pleasure Gardens which opened in 1841. It was boating and fishing destination and contained a maze and Swiss cottage house.
However the popularity of Crystal Palace quickly "eclipsed" the "tranquil" gardens.
Today little evidence is left of the canal with only a few traces remaining.


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Q: SQl query across 2 tables with conditional Using the MYOB database I want to query across two tables.
I have the following inner join occuring and it's linked between the ShippingMethodID.
 INNER JOIN ShippingMethods ON Sales.ShippingMethodID = ShippingMethods.ShippingMethodID

There is a field I want to use in the ShippingMethods table called ShippingMethod which has string values for the actual shipping method.
Inside my WHERE section I want to test for ShippingsMethods.ShippingMethod = Post , for example. But my sales table, I only have the ID to go by, and I'm never certain of the index number.
How might I Run a WHERE statement that links the two tables to a required value?

A: You could also add the condition to the join
INNERJOIN ShippingMethods ON (Sales.ShippingMethodID = ShippingMethods.ShippingMethodID
        AND ShippingsMethods.ShippingMethod = 'Post')


Following the worst earthquake in Nepal over the last 80 years, there is an urgent demand for assistance to poor households to help them rebuild their lives. This includes support to rebuilding infrastructure as well as securing poor households with income – through employment opportunities created by reconstruction efforts. The ILO has been asked by the Government of Nepal to contribute to such efforts.
The ILO will focus its efforts in the upcoming period on creating temporary jobs through debris removal thus restoring access to rural communities. Clearing landslides on rural roads is a priority, and much experience has been gained of such work through ILO disaster efforts in Haiti, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.


The Genelec 7370A combines the Laminar Spiral Enclosure (LSE™) technology with AutoCal™ and GLM™ control network technologies. Genelec state-of-the-art AutoCal™ allows to automatically align every subwoofer for level, timing, crossover phase and equalisation of room response anomalies. Providing high SPL, extended low frequency performance, accurate tonal characteristics reproduction and high dynamic capabilities, the 7370A supports a distributed bass management architecture.
As a cost-effective package it offers 7.1 channel analogue XLR inputs and outputs together with stereo AES/EBU XLR inputs and outputs without the need for additional external A/D converters. A Class D amplifier unit is integrated into the enclosure and contains DSP crossover filters, driver overload and protection circuitry.
The 7370A is the low frequency monitoring tool for demanding music studios, mobile vans, digital workstations, radio and TV broadcasting, providing outstanding sound clarity, definition and neutrality you can trust. Offering comfort, flexibility and unlimited configuration possibilities, you can now only focus on your creative work.


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Q: Count with grouping in Excel I want to count a number of rows for each value appearing in a column. Is there an easy way to do this in excel?
Let's say I have the following table:
A    B     C
1   Cat    A
3   Cat    A
3   Cat    B
4   Dog    A
5   Cat    B

I want to get the following result:
B    Row_Count
Cat   4
Dog   1

Also, it would be nice to be able to SUM
B    SUM_Col_A
Cat   12
Dog   4

But I cannot specify strings "Cat" and "Dog" explicitly because my columns contain >1000 distinct values.

A: To find the Grand Total of Cat & Dog use the following Formula.
=SUMIF($B$2:$B$6,$B$8,$A$2:$A$6)
=SUMIF($B$2:$B$6,$B$9,$A$2:$A$6)
To find the Total of Cat & Dog use these Formula.
=COUNTIF($B$2:$B$6,$B$11)
=COUNTIF($B$2:$B$6,$B$12)
Check the screen shot.

I do hope this help you.

A: Many ways.. simplest one (to my view) is to use a pivot table but it depends on your needs..

If you define your data table with a name then it will expand automatically as you add value and a refresh on the pivot will update the numbers

A: Step-1:You can copy B column to a new sheet and apply remove duplicates
Step-2: use countif and sumif formula on them


News: Slash with Myles announce one-off London show!
Slash has announced a one-off UK show for this June with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators..
The show takes place at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo on 6th June.
The show is two days before Slash headlines the second stage at this summer's Download Festival.
'Apocalyptic Love' features Myles Kennedy as the singer on each of its 13 tracks. Myles is also confirmed to tour with Slash throughout his world tour, playing under the name of 'Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators'.
Tickets go onsale on Friday 16th March at 9am from all usual ticket outlets.


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Q: Is there a distribution that matches my data? I am not an experienced statistician, typically only dealing with normally distributed data. I would like to know if the following data sample can be represented by a well-known distribution?
If so, I assume I can then start to draw/extrapolate assumptions from my data for further analysis, such as what the population of data might look like.
Thanks,
Blake

A: This is more difficult to answer than you might hope.

*

*There are possibly thousands of named (or brand-name) distributions in some literature or another. I doubt that anyone knows about more than a small fraction of them. There is indefinite scope for creating more, given the rather small constraints on what a distribution can be. Although it is a nice if one such looks like a good summary of your data, there is not much real magic in there being a distribution with a name and a more or less straightforward algebraic form for one of more versions of the distribution (density function, cumulative distribution function, quantile function, whatever).

*(Warning: prejudice ahead) It's also arguable that the most useful distributions are those with one to three parameters. Distributions with four or more parameters are often very difficult to fit and even if you can fit them successfully, they aren't necessarily easier or more effective to work with than empirically smoothed versions of the data.

*Once you allow a distribution to be a mixture of two or more others you have even more flexibility, although opinion seems to vary on the usefulness of such exercises. It can make real sense if (and perhaps only if) you know in advance that you have qualitatively different kinds being mixed up, e.g. males and females, and for some reason you can't compare them directly.

*From the other end, statistical people learn to be a little suspicious of histograms unless they have scope to play with bin start and width and get a sense of which features on histograms are genuine and which are artefacts of histogram choices. This is especially true for small samples.

*It's rare that subject-matter knowledge is completely irrelevant as there could be special reasons for bumps and gaps in the data or limits to the data.

*It is entirely possible that -- even though your distribution may look a bit awkward -- it will look less awkward on a transformed scale. As your horizontal axis gives no detail whatsoever on even the sign(s) of your data, specific advice is hard, but by far the most common examples would be logarithmic transformation of a positive variable and square root transformation of a zero or positive variable.

*You haven't said why you think it's important to name the distribution in terms of a statistical goal or purpose. Many statistical methods don't depend at all on knowing the form of any marginal distribution you have, as being normal or gamma or whatever.
That said, in your particular case it appears that you have $\sim10,000$ values, so the small sample worry is ... relatively small.
The detail that catches my eye is a moderately abrupt drop between bin 12 and bin 13. (I would be able to give a less awkward description if the magnitude axis were labelled informatively.) It's my impression that few of the more common named distributions allow that kind of drop.
It's perhaps a useful function of this forum for people with experience of data to assert that very commonly empirical distributions are (much) more awkward than standard forms. Textbooks and courses don't often seem to prepare people for this truth.


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The materials sector…is it really?
Neil Witten
Innovation Lead for Advanced Materials, Innovate UK
I've been with Innovate UK for just ten months but before that spent all of my working life in industry and specifically in materials manufacturing businesses.
I have occasionally referred to the 'materials sector' as if it is one body and I've heard others use the same phrase. Yet you don't need to be a material scientist to know that there is a difference between glass and graphene or steel and polyethylene.
So, is it really a sector and, if so, why doesn't it appear as one?
The missing link
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First let's confidently approach the huge, grey, herbivorous mammal in the room…the UK has no clear, coherent materials strategy. Not at a national level nor at a sectoral level. Various strategies exist (of varying age and heritage) across the sub-sector councils such as the Metals Council, the Composites Leadership Forum and others, often valiantly attempting to tackle similar challenges.
Whether you are talking about traditional or frontier materials and everything in between, there is no 'one truth' describing why materials are strategically important to the nation. There have been worthy attempts and a plethora of vision documents, roadmaps, etc. that often obliquely reference materials, but still no clearly articulated UK materials strategy.
Why is that? I hear things like 'government gets cars and planes, but they just don't get materials'. Is that really the problem? Long before my time at Innovate UK, the government did seem to 'get materials'. The Department of Trade and Industry, as it was then, published a strategy for materials back in 2006 as part of the Materials Innovation and Growth Team initiative.
Later in 2012 advanced materials and nanotechnologies were listed as one of the eight great technologies by the then Chancellor as part of the Industrial Strategy. In 2014 to 2015 the government helped establish the Advanced Materials Leadership Council, which published a series of vision papers, was disbanded and replaced by a new, more agile version in 2017 to 2018, which was equally short-lived.
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In more recent years…a materials leadership vacuum! And just at the time when arguably the UK and the planet need materials innovation more than ever.
While no national strategy exists, the technical comparisons where one material type pits itself against another are abundant (for example, 'composites are lighter than metals' or 'polymers are lighter than glass'). We all know there is no universal material solution. Seemingly each sub-sector feels the need to jockey for position and to demonstrate their value at the expense of their material cousins. This is of no real strategic value and conveys the appearance of a fragmented sector.
Come on folks…do you see other sectors operating like that? Not generally! End-use sectors seem to grasp the concept of working together on the things that matter to them all then speaking with one voice. As a result, they have clarity, gain credibility, and get heard.
Some shout louder
In the case of materials, some seem to get heard more than others, that's evident. Perhaps it is the size of some sub-sectors, their heritage or having been previously nationalised that give connections into government that can be nurtured and maintained? Perhaps they are just fundamentally important, economically, societally and, or, technically.
I certainly don't doubt the importance of iron and steel, regionally or nationally, in enabling construction and infrastructure, mobility, etc. I believe strongly that without our base in that industry we would be poorly placed to develop and innovate the next generation of ferrous metal alloys for instance. But 'other materials are available' and it can equally be argued that we also must focus on new materials to be successful in the drive towards a net zero future. A strategy brings balance.
Perhaps the movement of people in and out of ministerial roles with responsibility for materials, science, etc. doesn't help. This can lead to different approaches …but be fair. With the best will in the world material scientists themselves struggle to keep abreast of every new challenge and opportunity in the sector. So why should we expect others to be any more on top of it? That's why one voice is important.
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Unite with one voice!
My conclusion is simple, we need a UK materials strategy! The call to action is less simple.
Those that need to hear and understand why we need a UK materials strategy do not want to hear from a dozen or more sub-sectors all with different arguments and interests. Ultimately nobody wins and others get handed the agenda.
So, can the UK materials sector:
corral and put individual interests to one side momentarily to serve the greater good?
cooperate to focus on national challenges (and there are some big ones with equally big prizes!) and economic outcomes?
speak with one voice?
If we can then we may just inch toward a national materials strategy.
As with so many aspects of life, there are things you can control and others you can't. The materials community should remember and celebrate its similarities while appreciate its differences. It must recapture the materials agenda and work as one toward solutions.
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Neil is passionate about materials, advanced or otherwise and more specifically the fundamental role that materials research and development plays supporting all sectors thereby underpinning industrial and societal development.
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Texas Governor Signs Bill That Bans Transgender Girls From Female Sports Teams In Schools
Tuesday, October 26th 2021, 2:33 pm
By: CBS News
Texas' Republican Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law that will require public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex. When the bill goes into effect in January, transgender students will be forced to compete on the team that corresponds to the sex on their birth certificate – which may differ from their gender identity.
While bill's text states it will address past discrimination against girls in athletics, LGBT advocates say it will prevent transgender athletes from participating on teams designated for their gender identity.
Amit Paley, CEO and executive director of the Trevor Project, which works to prevent suicide among LGBTQ youth, said even though the Texas bill has been signed, the fight isn't over. "@TrevorProject is here for support 24/7—we'll continue working w/ our partners to challenge this law to protect trans & nonbinary Texans. #LetKidsPlay," he tweeted.
Seven other states have passed similar laws this year, according to Reuters. In Florida, Republican Governor Ron De Santis signed into law a bill that bans transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams at the high school and college level.
The law, which was signed on the first day of Pride Month, states that women and girls must play on the sport teams of the "biological sex" on their birth certificate. Therefore, a transgender girl whose birth certificate denotes her "biological sex" as male, cannot play on a girls' sports team.
In April, the NCAA Board of Governors, which oversees the main governing body for college sports, said it "firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports." The board said it would only hold NCAA championships at "locations where hosts can commit to providing an environment that is safe, healthy and free of discrimination."
Despite this, a Republican-led national campaign, which began in Idaho in March 2020, is aiming to bar athletes who were assigned a male gender at birth from competing against those assigned as female in public schools or colleges, Reuters reports.
Idaho's ban has been blocked by a federal court, pending the outcome of a legal challenge against the measure, according to Reuters.
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Today's sketching excursion to Mānoa Chinese Cemetery (Honolulu) was one of our less well prepared outings. Harald forgot to take his set of Micron pens, AJ was accosted by an over-friendly chicken, and neither remembered to bring a camera to document the event. In true USk fashion, we tried to make the best of the situation anyway. Although today's sketches (chicken! tree!) may not have captured the most iconic sights, we had fun and gained a serious appreciation of the beauty and special character of our location. Definitely a destination to return to.
The photos below were taken later in the day when we briefly returned to the cemetery – this time with camera.
The aspect that I enjoy most about the Urban Sketchers (USk) organization is its worldwide network of artists. When I traveled to San Diego recently I was fortunate to go at a time when the local group had scheduled a weekend event. For this reason I was able to cross paths with my fourth USk chapter.
San Diego Urban Sketchers held their 10/18 meetup on Coronado Island. The weather was accommodating, the scenery was captivating, and the company was incredibly welcoming. As usual, I was blown away by the artwork exhibited at the show-and-tell session toward the end of the get-together.
My sketch was of the west side of the historic Hotel del Coronado … and includes an attempt to capture a spin class that was being held outdoors that morning.
The employees on the beach were very accommodating as I crouched in the lounge area to sketch the scene (green sweatshirt in background).
I hope to visit this group again and I encourage fellow sketchers to look for local USk chapters wherever their travels take them!
Despite former Tropical Storm Ela passing the islands this weekend, we lucked out this morning with good weather at Kewalo Basin Harbor. Not that we were totally unaffected: we know of at least one person who was unable to make it because of poor weather elsewhere. The setting at the harbor was pleasant though, with moderate tourist activity, generally involving diving, parasailing, and pirate-ship tours.
We struggled again with attendance this weekend and had only six participants. Despite the low numbers we spent a productive 1.5 hours sketching a variety of scenes in the harbor and then shared our work with each other. Even with a small group, the post-sketch discussion always offers great opportunities to compare our various drawing styles, backgrounds, and equipment (micron pens, different pencil leads, and paper thicknesses).
Having experienced active and vibrant Urban Sketchers communities on the mainland and elsewhere, we remain committed to our goal of developing a similar group here. We hope former participants will keep coming and new / curious artists will check us out! Our next event will be on Saturday, August 8, so save the date on your calendar.
For the second time this year, at least one of us was able to make it to the San Francisco Bay Area Urban Sketchers' First Thursday event. It was held in Berkeley at Pedro's Brazil Cafe & Westbrae Biergarten and was attended / hosted by a very welcoming crowd, as usual.
After settling in, I looked for subjects that were challenging with regard to depth / perspective and began my work. For reasons that are still somewhat mysterious to me, some of the children playing in the outdoor area found me quite captivating, and I fielded many questions about what I was doing, when I would start my next sketch, and why I was not using colour. After some time the nearby parents rescued me (though I will admit that I enjoyed talking to the young'uns) and I continued with the mission at hand.
It was a pleasant evening with many subjects to focus on … from the swiftly moving to the stationary! One of the evening's high points was the show-and-tell session; the sketches exhibited were impressive and intriguingly variable in the styles presented. As before, I left inspired and anxious to continue practising. Two of my sketches are included with this post.
Well-blended sketchers, patrons, bandeira do Brasil, and barrels.
Sketch of handle that operates the umbrella / sun shade.
This post is related to art supplies rather than a sketching excursion. One of the artists who attended our event on 11/15 mentioned a DIY (do it yourself) miniature art kit which was very intriguing to me. I want to sketch when traveling but don't like to carry a lot of weight or bulky items. The DIY aspect seemed like a particularly appealing challenge especially for creative people – how to put together a customized and relatively inexpensive kit?
After browsing a variety of websites for ideas, I decided to start with the basics … an Altoids case. I purchased the mints at a local market and emptied the contents for future disposition (I'm not so keen on bathing my teeth in sugar!). After taking some measurements of the case I thought about my personal art habits and started to research whether the appropriate supplies are available for purchase in small sizes or able to be modified to a smaller presentation. I was quite surprised as to what is available "off the rack" … for example: crayons, watercolour pencils, pens, water vials, and watercolour paint sets.
After acquiring a sample of several items, I played with their fit into the Altoids case. With thought, quite a few items can be positioned in such a small space! At this time, I'm not sure what I want to include in my kit as I am a novice artist and haven't developed strong preferences yet. But, the beauty of this arrangement is that it can be customized as tastes change. I included some photos of several arrangements in this post. It might not be clear, but some space was left for missing items I have not yet trimmed to size (chamois cloth, sponge, eraser, graphite pencil, etc.). I'll publish a follow-up post when I have had some time to play with this setup a bit more. In the meantime, please share your ideas if you would like!


A long-time reader and writer of fantasy, plus a few odd jobs to support my addiction to reading.
One hilarious accident after another, this book is funny and rich with description. The characters are humorous, and I enjoyed every minute reading this story. My only issue is now I have to wait for the book in its entirety!
Aspiring madman, plotting my characters' destinies on page.
I love stories. I have a few I'm working on I'd like to share.
It puts the words on the page.


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History Piz Nair
Skiing – the Myth of St. Moritz
Corviglia - from the cradle of winter tourism to home of championships
St. Moritz is without a doubt the world's most high-profile snowsports resort. And it's not just the altitude, dry climate, many hours of sunshine or the spectacular panorama that make the ski resort so unique: it's the pioneering achievements that are so thrilling. Indeed, as a tourist resort, St. Moritz is able to look back on a significant history, and its magic never dulls, not matter how often that story is told.
Johannes Badrutt - the first winter pioneer
The first pioneer we ought to mention is a successful Engadin hotelier by the name of Johannes Badrutt, who boosted the summer season in the Engadin with lots of guests from England. His guests came from a country renowned for its rather damp and rainy climate. In autumn 1864 the hotelier was telling his guests that the Engadin is also blessed with plenty of sunshine in winter, but they found that hard to believe. And so Badrutt made a wager with his English guests that he would cover their hotel costs if they were not satisfied with their winter stay. And if they enjoyed the conditions, they could stay as long as they wanted. For the English guests it was a win-win situation – and so they readily accepted the bet, travelling to St. Moritz in time for the festive season in winter 1864/65. In fact, they enjoyed their winter sojourn so much they stayed on right through to Easter, returning home with a nice tan. So they became the first winter tourists of the Alps and, thanks to the ingenuity of Johannes Badrutt, winter tourism took its course.
A creative pioneering spark
News of the sun-blessed Engadin soon spread – and the ad men soon rolled up their sleeves too:
'Warmed by the genuine glow of the mountain sun, you return to your daily work refreshed and tanned, invigorated and rejuvenated, toughened and steeled.'
With English tourists now arriving in St. Moritz in droves for their winter holidays, innovations were being launched almost every year to convey the sheer diversity of winter activities to the tourists. By winter 1868 the first English ice skating club had been founded in St. Moritz, followed by Switzerland's first ever spa resorts, the first game of curling and the first curling club on the continent in 1880 and, in 1884-85, the construction of the legendary Cresta Run.
Listed below are a few of the other pioneering achievements of the 19th and 20th century.
1928: first Winter Olympics held from February 11 to 19; 1928 Olympics affected by thawing conditions
1928: an out-and-out success for Scandinavian competitors first and foremost
1929: Switzerland's first ski school in St. Moritz (Alpina)
1930s: the golden age of skiing
1910: Muottas Muragl, once used also as a skiing area
1941: first Swiss youth ski camp in Pontresina
1955: long postponed because of the Second World War, the Corviglia-Piz Nair cable car finally goes into operation, becoming the first cable car of the Engadin to travel beyond 3000 metres above sea level.
Ski World Cup and Olympic Mountain Corviglia
Among the biggest sporting events that have taken place on Corviglia are
1928: Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz (the second ever Winter Olympic Games)
1934: First FIS Alpine Ski World Championship held in St. Moritz
1948: Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz (the first Winter Games after the end of World War II)
1948: FIS Alpine Ski World Championship
2003: FIS Alpine Ski World Championship (at the same time the first major alpine event, which was mainly based on certified green electricity: Clean Energy St. Moritz)
2017: Fifth FIS Alpine Ski World Championship held in St. Moritz
Ski Myth St. Moritz
The World Ski Championships in February 2017 were already the fifth Alpine Ski World Championships to be held in St. Moritz. No other place has been able to host so many Alpine Ski World Championships and Winter Olympics (1928 and 1948). The sporting legacy of Corviglia is enormous. The following video takes this myth into account:
Pictures of the Ski World Championships 2017
The History is alive
St. Moritz, with its local mountain Corviglia, looks back on a past that offers plenty of material for exciting stories. To bring these stories to life, the Engadin St. Moritz Mountains cable car company created the augmented reality app WINTEROLYMP. The digital experience unites tourism, culture and history in a combination of reality and technology.
At four stations, visitors can find out, for example, how Johannes Badrutt set winter tourism in motion, which personalities shaped the history of skiing in St. Moritz or how the famous bronze ibex reached the Piz Nair. Starting at the valley station in St. Moritz village, the interactive discovery tour leads via Chantarella and the Quattro Bar at the Corviglia mountain station to the ibex on Piz Nair.


The Gary Sinise Foundation serves our nation by honoring our defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need. This is accomplished through the creation and support of unique programs designed to entertain, educate, inspire, strengthen, and build communities. In 2012, the Gary Sinise Foundation began building custom Smart Homes for America's severely wounded veterans through its Building for America's Bravest partner program. In 2013, the Gary Sinise Foundation expanded these efforts by establishing its R.I.S.E. (Restoring Independence & Supporting Empowerment) program. In 2015, the Gary Sinise Foundation launched Soaring Valor with The National WWII Museum. The program provides WWII veterans a chance to visit the museum and documents their first-hand accounts of the war for future generations.
The Center for Global Change was created to provide assistance to the abused, neglected, and underprivileged orphans around the world. C4GC supports individuals, programs, and organizations that truly enrich the lives of the impoverished. Our goal is simply to satisfy the most fundamental human needs that we so often take for granted.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation's mission is to increase public awareness of the nature and urgency of key economic challenges threatening America's future and accelerate action on them. To meet these challenges successfully, they work to bring Americans together to find sensible, sustainable solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides in order to achieve real results.
The Kauffman Foundation helps individuals attain economic independence by advancing educational achievement and entrepreneurial success, consistent with the aspirations of their founder, Ewing Marion Kauffman.
The Center for Education Reform drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children by leading parents, policymakers and the media in boldly advocating for school choice, advancing the charter school movement, and challenging the education establishment. Through its storehouse of data and unique insights into American communities, CER uses information to turn parents into activists, policymakers into advocates, and educators into reform leaders. The Center for Education Reform changes laws, minds and cultures to allow good schools to flourish. The Center for Education Reform is a 501c(3) public, nonprofit corporation organized in the District of Columbia in 1993. Support for CER comes from more than 1,000 individuals, foundations, and civic leaders.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works in the United States to ensure that all people – especially those with the fewest resources – have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.
Scott Oki, is a well-known philanthropist, entrepreneur and new author, thanks to the recent release of his first book entitled: Outrageous Learning: An Educational Manifesto, which highlights the troubles facing our nation's schools and presents solutions that will bring constructive change to public education.
Scott Oki, former CIO of Microsoft and one of Forbes magazine's wealthiest 400 U.S., "marries his passion for things entrepreneurial with things philanthropic in ways that encourage others to do the same." His Foundation works to positively reform education through the advocacy of longer school years, increased volunteer participation, and local budgetary control, the elimination of standardized curriculum, early intervention and specialized instruction.
Quilliam is the world's first counter-extremism think tank. Located in London, the founders are former leading ideologues of UK-based extremistIslamist organizations – organizations that are still active today. Extremism, a prelude to terrorism, cannot be contained by Muslims alone.—not least because religious rigidity and extremism are products of the failures of wider society to foster a shared sense of belonging and to advance liberal democratic values among all sections of society. That said; Quilliam believes a more self-critical approach must be adopted by Muslim leaders to free communities fromWestophobic ideological influences, escape social insularity and facilitate the organic growth of Western Islam.
Quilliam seeks to challenge what we think, and the way we think. It aims to generate creative thought paradigms through informed and inclusive discussion to counter the Islamist ideology behind terrorism, whilst simultaneously providing evidence-based recommendations to governments for related policy measures.
Ninety-seven of the fuel used in U.S. transportation is petroleum based, meaning oil has a monopoly, and we as consumers have no choice. The Set America Free Coalition's mission is to change that. Their focus is to educate people about the danger of the U.S. dependence on foreign oil and the need for fuel choice; increase public demand for and use of flexible fuel vehicles and plug-in hybrids and support policy solutions that increase fuel choice.
The Institute for the Analysis of Global Security is a nonprofit public educational organization focusing on energy security. IAGS seeks to promote public awareness to the strong impact energy has on our economy and security and to the myriad of technological and policy solutions that could help us move into an era of enhanced energy security, and increase peace, prosperity and stability in the world.
Alliance of Youth Movements (AYM) unites individuals, government officials, academics, and private and public sector leaders from around the world to explore ways to advance grassroots movements seeking positive social change through 21st century technology and tools. AYM positively empowers leaders to affect nonviolent change in the world by creating and promoting use of technological tools to advance freedom, human rights, democracy, and development around the world. Watch their video to learn more.
The Claremont Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. These principles are expressed most eloquently in the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims that "all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." To recover the founding principles in our political life means recovering a limited and accountable government that respects private property, promotes stable family life, and maintains a strong defense.
Miracles for Kids is a non-profit organization based in Orange County, California. Our mission is to improve the lives of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
The Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California, Irvine is the hub of a global network established to study new environmental and human security challenges. CUSA undertakes interdisciplinary research to understand and develop solutions to pressing human and environmental security challenges. CUSA's education programs prepare the next generation of leaders and researchers and our public service activities enhance awareness, preparedness and response to help address emerging security challenges that impact our families, communities, and nation.
Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a nationwide, non-partisan organization, is the primary channel through which senior business executives can help enhance the nation's security. BENS members use their business experience to drive our agenda, deliver our message to decision makers and make certain that the changes we propose are put into practice. BENS has only one special interest: to help make America safe and secure.
The Sheriff's Youth Foundation was created in 1985, based upon the belief that crime prevention programs focused on youth are the key to developing safer communities. The Youth Foundation received its charitable tax-exempt status (#95-4047797) from the Internal Revenue Service and California Franchise Tax Board. The Foundation's objective is to increase community safety by fostering self-esteem and a sense of purpose, assisting youth to find value in themselves, to feel a sense of direction, and define who they are. The foundation supports two countywide programs; Success Through Awareness & Resistance (STAR) Program and the Youth Activity Leagues (Y.A.L.).


"WHAT CLASSES SHOULD I TAKE?!" has to be the most asked question between friends during each semester's registration period. Every time I am asked I give the same answer without fail. Every single Hawk on Saint Joseph's campus should register for Professor Flocco's Public Speaking and Presentation class at some point in their academic career; if it was allowed, I'd take it again for fun! This class teaches students a valuable skill that can be used in any future career, as well as provides students with a unique classroom experience that they are sure to never forget.
As you may have imagined, the structure of this class revolves around five speeches that each student gives to the class throughout the semester. The speeches range in nature, going from descriptive speeches to speeches where the goal is to persuade the audience to take action, and culminates with a "special" speech. When I gave my first speech, a descriptive speech on Harry Potter (what? I'm a huge fan!), my hands were shaking so badly that I couldn't read my note cards and I was in serious danger of crying. I would say being terrified of public speaking is a major understatement. Progressively throughout the semester, with the advice from Professor Flocco and practice, the delivery of my speeches drastically improved. Although I still get butterflies in my stomach before speaking in front crowds, my crippling fear is gone and I am able to now speak with confidence. This has been a crucial skill development for class presentations, interviews and for my role as a Saint Joseph's University Hawk Host!
While I am grateful that I learned how to effectively speak in public settings, what really makes this class special is the overall classroom experience. Each class is different and unlike one that you've ever been in before because students are presenting completely new speeches each time. I compare this experience to an hour and fifteen minutes of listening to new stories. Sounds fun, right? While listening to your peers speeches, you get to learn about their backgrounds, their interests and their passions. I was amazed at how open my classmates were to share their stories with us, which could be very personal at times, and enlighten us on things that they really cared about. It is hard to articulate just how much respect I had for each of my classmates by the end of the semester.
Professor Flocco is a fantastic teacher who cares about the development of her students' skills. If I had never registered for this class I might have never had the opportunity to represent SJU to prospective Hawks, to present at Orientation to incoming parents or been able to ace my internship interview. Thank you Professor Flocco, for giving me a voice!
Chelsea Letts is a senior, Criminal Justice major and Communications minor from Harleysville, PA. She is the Secretary and Treasurer of SJU's Student Union Board and the co-chair for the Spring Concert. Chelsea is currently an intern with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and hopes to find herself working in federal law enforcement after graduation.


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A post about the rain – using the word moist a lot because I know people don't like it.
A post about how I enjoyed being in the city for a conference and wish I was in the city every day for work.
A "what I've done over the last few days post" – it would have been very boring.
A post about some current events, about which I have no expertise and when I thought about them had no idea where to go with the post.
Something funny – I'm nowhere near the proper head space to write funny right now.
Maybe tomorrow I will wake up and be ready to write something real….probably not.


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Q: (MongoDB) Adding a new field to a document with value as the sum of its nested sub-document array I have following user collection document:
user: {
  _id: ObjectId("...")
  name: "Kid",
  items: [
    {
       name: "pencil",
       type: "SCHOOL",
       amount: 1.00
    },
    {
       name: "computer",
       type: "PERSONAL",
       amount: 9999.99
    },
    {
       name: "notebook",
       type: "SCHOOL",
       amount: 9.00
    }
  ]
}

Now, I am trying to add a new field named schoolAmount to the top level document by summing amount in the subdocument that is of SCHOOL type. So in the above example document would haveschoolAmount: 10.00 // (1 + 9). How could I make such a query? I am only aware of simple query like below using the shell.
db.user.updateMany({}, {$set: {"schoolAmount": <I need help here>}});

A: I assumed the document to look like what is inside of user. Then first doing aggregation and storing the output in cursor, then iterating over the cursor I can update the total.
var output = db.test.aggregate([{"$match":{name:"Kid"}},{"$unwind":"$items"},{"$match":{"items.type":"SCHOOL"}},{"$group":{"_id":"$name","total" :{$sum: "$items.amount"}}}])

while (output.hasNext()) {
   var doc = output.next();
   print(doc._id);
   print(doc.total);
   db.test.update({"name":doc._id},{$set:{"total":doc.total}})
}

Final doc
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5f07e1616fddd269188c731c"),
    "name" : "Kid",
    "items" : [
        {
            "name" : "pencil",
            "type" : "SCHOOL",
            "amount" : 1
        },
        {
            "name" : "computer",
            "type" : "PERSONAL",
            "amount" : 9999.99
        },
        {
            "name" : "notebook",
            "type" : "SCHOOL",
            "amount" : 9
        }
    ],
    "total" : 10
}


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Hyundai's Hydrogen HTWO to Enter Motorsports
by Jose Antonio LópezJun 11, 2021All News, Hyundai, Motorsports, Slider0 comments
Hyundai Motor Group's hydrogen fuel cell system brand 'HTWO' will enter the motor sports market. On the 11th, Hyundai announced that it would provide a hydrogen fuel cell power generation system for the ETCR (Electric Touring Car Racing), which will be launched for the first time this year.
The biggest feature of 'ETCR', a motorsport competition operated only by pure electric vehicles, is that the drivetrain including the engine is removed from the existing TCR vehicle and an electric motor and battery are installed.
Hyundai Motor Group not only participates in 'ETCR' as a player, but also plays a role in establishing a charging infrastructure through a hydrogen fuel cell power generation system so that all participating companies can smoothly operate high-performance electric vehicles.
The mobile fuel cell power generation system to be provided by Hyundai Motor Group is a 160kW-class power generation module, boasting an output equivalent to two of the fuel cell systems applied to the Nexo, a hydrogen electric vehicle. can be filled within.
Hyundai Motor Group will further advance the electrification system of various products through 'ETCR', which will serve as a test bed for high-performance electric vehicles, while also providing a new market for 'HTWO' based on stable operation of a hydrogen fuel cell power generation system. The plan is to promote advancement and new business opportunities.
In the future, 'HTWO' plans to expand the application of fuel cell technology verified through the Nexo to future mobility fields such as ships and railways as well as urban air mobility. In particular, the mobile hydrogen fuel cell power generation system supplied to 'ETCR' is expected to play a major role in generating emergency power in remote areas where power supply is difficult.
A Hyundai Motor Group official said, "It is very meaningful that the hydrogen fuel cell system will be in charge of the charging infrastructure for high-performance racing vehicles at the ETCR, the first pure electric vehicle racing competition held this year. We will do our best to preoccupy the upcoming hydrogen society by providing a high-level hydrogen fuel cell system."
Source: Hyundai
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Written by Jose Antonio López
Passionated about Korean cars from Hyundai, Kia & Genesis. Photographer. I love being in nature, hiking. Tech lover.


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Franziska Hentke (Wolfen, RDA, 4 de junio de 1989) es una deportista alemana que compitió en natación, especialista en el estilo mariposa.

Ganó una medalla de plata en el Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2017 y una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato Mundial de Natación en Piscina Corta de 2014.

Además, obtuvo una medalla de oro en el Campeonato Europeo de Natación de 2016 y cuatro medallas en el Campeonato Europeo de Natación en Piscina Corta entre los años 2009 y 2017.

Palmarés internacional

Referencias

Nadadores de Alemania
Nadadores de Alemania en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016
Nadadores de Alemania en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


It started with several colorful mask tapes. I didn't know what exactly I could do with them, I just wanted to try different materials to make dolls.
When I finished the wall painting, I felt that I need to write some words on it. Maybe the first form of Chinese writing — Oracle bone script 甲骨文 — which I learned from my university before.
By looking at Jackson Pollock and his drip painting technique, I transformed a white fabric into an expressive costume.
Growing up with dolls and toys, my childhood memories were about changing dresses for Barbies with my cousins, or making toys and dolls with my father, or waiting for my Mom bringing me new dolls from her trips, and most of the gifts I received from family and friends were dolls and fluffy toys. Which made me have a special feeling towards dolls — they are your siblings and your best friends.
What's next? finding my Paradigm.
Looking at my space experiment, there are too many things happening there, graffiti, texts, symbols, expression, abstract art, toys and dolls, textile art, installation, spatial art, digital painting, portraits, which made me so confused — which one should I focus on? I can't find an answer, I wanna everything.
Looking at the gound of my space, it reminded me of Jackson Pollock and abstract expressionism.
They asked me to cover it.
My friend took some photos of me in my painting zone, I like those photos when I looked up, like looking for something I don't know.


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Average UK House Price Rising at Quickest Pace Since June 2010
By Shane Croucher
April 15, 2014 10:36 BST
Britain's housing market recovery is accelerating with the average price of a house seeing its sharpest annual increase in nearly four years.
According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), UK house prices increased by an average of 9.1% in the year to February 2014, up sharply from January's 6.8% rise and the fastest rate since June 2010. The average house price is now £253,000.
Housing demand is soaring as the government's Help to Buy scheme makes mortgages cheaper and easier to access.
And the UK's economic recovery, which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says is the strongest in the Western world, is strengthening – which has also added to demand.
A serious supply shortage has helped to drive up prices. Government estimates put the number of new homes needed annually in the UK at 290,500 to keep up with demand. But in 2013, just 133,670 new homes were registered by construction firms.
However, England is the only nation within the UK that has an average house price above its pre-financial crisis peak.
And within England, just three of the nine regions have prices at pre-crisis highs – east of England, south east and London.
It is London prices – where the ONS said the average rose by 17.7% to £458,000 – that are distorting the wider picture.
The supply and demand imbalance is a particularly acute in London. And high demand from wealthy foreign investors for central London property, many of who can pay in cash, is pushing up prices in the English capital.
Elsewhere in the UK it is a different story. Though prices are rising again in the north east of England, by 2.9% over the year to February, it has the lowest average price at £146,000 - three times lower than in London.
The average house price stood at £264,000 in England, £167,000 in Wales, £130,000 in Northern Ireland and £183,000 in Scotland.
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UK Housing Crisis: Local Councils Set to Build 10,000 New Homes
UK Housing Bubble? George Osborne \'Not Seen Evidence\' Help to Buy Fuelling House Price Boom
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CHICAGO – On Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, he was bestowed with the honor that signals the arrival of any pitcher in Major League Baseball.
That night, Game 1 of the American League Division Series in Anaheim, Terry Francona gave the ball to Jon Lester to start the opening contest for Red Sox. It was the coming of age for the young lefty who was in his third season in the majors and had already contributed to a World Series title the year before.
He carried it during those playoffs, the ALDS in 2009, another World Series title run in 2013 with the Red Sox and then the American League Wild Card game during a brief stop in Oakland in 2014. While he didn't start the NL version of that game in 2015 with the Cubs, he was the first guy on the mound for the Cubs in the NLDS and NLCS that followed.
Three-straight series wins in 2016 en route to a World Series title were all started by Lester as well.
Nine-years and 11 Game 1 starts later, it's Lester who is now doing the torch-passing in 2017.
Wednesday's decision by Joe Maddon puts Kyle Hendricks, not the veteran lefty, on the mound to start the NLDS against the Nationals Friday night at Nationals Park. Lester gets Game 2, taking a figurative back seat for at least one night in the Cubs' rotation.
As someone who appreciated the honor, however, Lester couldn't have been happier when discussing the opportunity for his younger counterpart on Wednesday.
Lester is right about Hendricks, who has ascended to the top of the Cubs rotation over the past year with his methodical pitching style. It wasn't as successful as his near Cy Young campaign in 2016, when he led the NL with a 2.13 ERA and went 16-8 with a pennant-clinching victory in Game 6 of the NLCS, but Hendricks showed steady improvement in the second half after a hand injury in June.
While his ERA finished at 3.03, he had that down to 2.19 in the 13 second half starts to re-establish himself as a shutdown starter. A nagging hamstring to Jake Arrieta, who had a strong second half of his own, along with Lester's own injury in the second half, cleared the way for the torch to make its way to Hendricks.
"He was probably a guy who threw the ball the best on our staff, from start to finish last year, including playoffs, and nobody talks about him," said Lester of Hendricks. "I don't think people know what he did in the NLCS. He should have won two games, he gave up a solo homer to Adrian Gonzalez and lost 1-0. He's been our solid guy that kinda just hangs out in the background and goes out there and does his job.
Hendricks watched Lester do that well in 2016, going 2-1 in his three Game 1 starts in which he never allowed more than three runs and shutout the Giants in the NLDS opener at Wrigley Field. It's that example set on the mound, beyond any sort of pep talk or advice, that the new Game 1 starter will take to the mound with him at 6:31 PM central time on Friday at Nationals Park.
"The advice I gained from these older guys, especially Jon, is more watching them," said Hendricks on Wednesday. "Watching them in the years previous, how they've handled these games. Day in and day out, the work that they do, it's no difference for them when they go into these type of games.
Lester won't either, even though he'll be checking out this Game 1 from the dugout.
Just as someone was for him.


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Martin Crutsinger
Published: July 6, 2020, 10:21 AM
Updated: July 6, 2020, 10:40 AM
Tags: Business
Activity in services sector shows record rebound in June
Published: July 6, 2020, 10:21 AM Updated: July 6, 2020, 10:40 AM
FILE - In this Thursday, April 2, 2020 file photo, bagel shop manager Samantha Maddocks runs then lone shop still open in one walkway in the Pike Place Market in Seattle. Growth in the U.S. service sector slowed in March with a much bigger decline expected in coming months from all the shutdowns and job layoffs that have occurred because of efforts to contain the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
WASHINGTON – Activity in the U.S. services sector rebounded strongly last month, but those gains are now being threatened by the resurgence of coronavirus cases in many parts of the country.
The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its service sector index rose to 57.1 in June, up from a reading of 45.4 in May. Any reading above 50 means that the service sector, where the majority of Americans work, is expanding.
The June advance was 11.5-percentage points higher than the Mayreading. It was the largest percentage point gain in the history of the services index which goes back to 1997. The April decline in the index had been the biggest point-drop on record. Before the April and May setbacks, the index had been in expansion territory for 122 months.
Last week, ISM reported that its manufacturing index rebounded to a reading of 52.6 after registering big declines in the two previous months.
The reading for services index was better-than-expected but did still left concerns about what rising virus cases could do to efforts by restaurants, bars and other service businesses to stay open.
"We believe the recovery will progress at a slower pace compared to this initial, snap-back phase," said Gregory Daco, chief economist at Oxford Economics. "The concerning trajectory of the virus in recent weeks will be the key impediment constraining the recovery as many states have now paused or rolled back their reopening plans due to a spike in cases."
Daco said it will be difficult for the recovery to gain momentum until businesses and consumers are confident that the worst of the pandemic is over.


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Who Will Emerge As Champion Of A Crowded 23-6A?
By TexasHSFootball.comWednesday 05
Photo via John Glaser, TexasHSFootball.com
The staff of TexasHSFootball.com is sharing who they think will win each district, once a day, for every district in 6A.
Even with new head coach James Farmer at the helm of the program, his familiar work as an assistant at Pearland will keep the program performing at a high level.
With 15 starters returning from an 8-4 team and two district losses, Pearland has the pieces moving into place to gear this team for a deep playoff run and keep the standard high at Pearland.
Prediction: Pearland
Tony Venegas
This district proved to be one of the toughest challenges in 2017 with the top four teams being very strong in their own right. Alief Taylor has Brennan Eagles returning but they must replace 18 starters from last year's co-district title team. Pearland Dawson should be better as should
Richmond George Ranch in Year 2 of 6A play but I'm going to stick with the traditional power and pick Pearland.
The Oilers have nine returning starters on offense and six on defense that bring back plenty of experience. Even with former head coach Tony Heath stepping away from coaching, interim head coach James Farmer has been around the program long enough to keep the train going.
Competition will be tough but as I said, I think Pearland will have enough in the tank to get the job done in 2017.
Cody Daniel
District 23-6A appears to be a wide open race with Alief Taylor, Pearland, Pearland Dawson and Pearland George Ranch all entering the season with legitimate hopes of a league title. I think George Ranch is going to be just a step behind the other three premier teams in this district and Taylor is tasked with replacing do-it-all quarterback Dontay Warren. Courtesy of history, I'll give the edge to Pearland to win the district over Dawson, George Ranch and Taylor.
The Oilers had what can be considered a down season by their standard at 8-4 last year and return an experienced line and a stout defense. More notably, though, the last three times Pearland won just eight games in a season, a trip to the state semifinals followed with two state championship appearances.
The Oilers are stacked, experienced and have history on their side.
Hunter Cooke
I'm a huge sucker for big-name teams and returning starters, and Pearland has the name and has returning starters, 15 to be exact, with a whopping nine on offense.
8-4 isn't the norm for a Pearland team, but with so much returning, it's hard not to pick the Oilers, even when you have a talented Alief Taylor team led by Brennan Eagles and a George Ranch team that I think is going to be pretty solid. Pearland has the returners, they have the prestige, and even in a coaching change, I like them a lot.