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Adolfo Constanzo
Adolfo (designer)
Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo (November 1, 1962 – May 6, 1989) was an American serial killer, drug dealer and cult leader. His nickname was El Padrino de Matamoros (The Godfather of Matamoros).
Biography and beginnings
Constanzo was born in Miami, Florida to Delia Aurora Gonzalez, a Cuban immigrant mother in 1962. She gave birth to Adolfo at the age of 15 and eventually had three children of different fathers. She moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico after her first husband died and remarried there. Constanzo was baptized Catholic and served as an altar boy, but also accompanied his mother on trips to Haiti to learn about Voodoo. The family returned to Miami in 1972 and his stepfather died soon after, leaving the family with some money. As a teenager, Constanzo became apprenticed to a local sorcerer and began to practice a religion called Palo Mayombe, which involves animal sacrifice. His mother remarried and his new stepfather was involved in the religion and drug dealing. Constanzo and his mother were arrested numerous times for minor crimes like theft, vandalism and shoplifting. He graduated from high school, but was expelled from prep school. His mother believed he had psychic abilities for supposedly having foretold the attempted assassination of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
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Adolfo is a Brazilian municipality located in the interior of the state of São Paulo in the microregion of São José do Rio Preto. The population is 3,623 (2015 est.) in an area of 211.1 square kilometres (81.5 sq mi). The municipality was established in 1959.
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Adolfo Sardiña (born 1933), professionally known as Adolfo, is a Cuban-born American fashion designer who started out as a milliner in the 1950s. While chief designer for the wholesale milliners Emme, he won the Coty Award and the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award. In 1963 he set up his own salon in New York, firstly as a milliner, and then focusing on clothing. He retired from fashion design in 1993.
Adolfo Sardiña was born in Cárdenas, Cuba on the 15th February 1933. His mother was Irish; his father Spanish. He attended the St Ignacio de Loyola Jesuit School in Havana and served in the Cuban Army. In 1948 Adolfo immigrated to New York.
As his mother had died in childbirth, Adolfo was brought up by an aunt who enjoyed wearing French haute couture, and encouraged her nephew to pursue fashion design. With his aunt's help, Adolfo joined Cristóbal Balenciaga as an apprentice milliner. He worked at Balenciaga from 1950-52.
In 1953 Adolfo joined the New York-based wholesale millinery company Emme as their chief designer. In the summer of 1957, to further his skills, he served an unpaid apprenticeship with Coco Chanel's New York hat salon. Adolfo would later admit that he "never enjoyed making hats."
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Barry Alvarez: Nebraska's Not That 'Far Away' from a Turnaround
Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez knows what it takes to turn around a program. A linebacker at Nebraska under Bob Devaney, he cut his teeth under two hall-of-fame coaches, Hayden Fry (Iowa) and Lou Holtz (Notre Dame), before getting his chance to run his own program. He took over as head coach at Wisconsin in 1990.
In the five years prior to his arrival the Badgers were 14-42, never winning more than five games in a season. Alvarez laid out the plan for his team from his very first meeting in January of 1990.
"I tried to explain to them that I was a no-nonsense coach and those that followed the program we gave them would win championships and those that didn't follow wouldn't be around very long," Alvarez recalled in an interview with Hail Varsity Radio host Chris Schmidt on Wednesday.
He was right on both counts. Alvarez said 52 players quit between January and the start of the season. The Badgers went 1-10 before back-to-back 5-6 seasons the next two years.
In Year 4, the Badges broke through. Wisconsin went 10-1-1 in 1993, winning the Big Ten, the Rose Bowl and finishing in the top 10 of the Coaches and Associated Press polls.
New Nebraska head coach Scott Frost is trying to engineer his own turnaround as the Huskers (0-4) head to Madison to face Wisconsin (3-1) on Saturday.
While the record looks more like a Year 0 situation than many had anticipated, Alvarez said he's been impressed with the Huskers despite the zero in the wins column.
"Offensively, they've got a lot of weapons," Alvarez said. "I'm very impressed with [Adrian] Martinez. I think he's a very gifted quarterback. He's what they're always looking for at Nebraska. He can beat you with his feet, but he can also throw the football."
Add Alvarez to a growing list of Martinez admirers early in the quarterback's true freshman campaign.
Nebraska's defense drew some praise as well.
"It looks like the defense is playing hard to me," Alvarez said. "I don't see every game, every play, but I see them in patches. They've had some tough breaks, they've had some penalty issues that have cost them games, but I don't think they're that far away."
Nebraska and No. 16 Wisconsin kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT on BTN on Saturday.
To hear the complete interview with Alvarez tune in to Hail Varsity Radio today live at 4 p.m. CT or check out the podcast later tonight.
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Chris Helmer does primarily international and maritime work, both litigation/arbitration and transactional. Her 30+ years of litigation and arbitration experience puts her in a unique position to assist clients in contract drafting and assessing contractual risks. And that dispute resolution experience includes regular handling of the issues particular to cross-border and admiralty disputes that not every practitioner is accustomed to dealing with—service abroad, obtaining evidence abroad, jurisdiction over foreign parties for claims arising in faraway countries, vessel arrests and attachments, Customs, FCPA and export sanctions issues, and enforcement of international arbitration awards and foreign judgments. If a business plan or problem has a foreign component, Chris has likely dealt with it.
Industries Chris works with include natural resources, agriculture, food and beverage, technology, shipping, marine terminals, and manufacturing. She has done hundreds of simple to complex contracts dealing with licensing and product sales, agency and distribution, vessel construction, charter parties, foreign joint ventures, letters of credit, and cross-border financing. Her litigation/arbitration experience includes not only U.S.-based disputes but management of foreign litigation and handling arbitrations before the recognized international arbitral institutions—ICC, SIAC, ICDR (AAA), LCA, and others.
Chris's service as temporary in-house counsel to an international financing subsidiary of Daimler Benz and her work with myriad business people give her a good understanding of what clients really need and want. She keeps up with a network of experienced foreign counsel through her work as an officer of the International Bar Association's Litigation Committee and teaches international law classes and admiralty law as an adjunct professor for Lewis & Clark Law School. Chris is regularly listed in Oregon Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America in the categories of international, business litigation, and admiralty. She was recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year - USA" in Admiralty and Maritime by Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2018.
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Q: 1602 LCD Module showing garbage output I connected 1602 LCD with Arduino( Without I2C) to print Hello World, but after printing hello world for few seconds it starts showing garbage values
Here's my code
    #include<LiquidCrystal.h>

    int Contrast = 145 ;

    LiquidCrystal lcd(12,11,5,4,3,2);

    void setup() {
    // put your setup code here, to run once:
    analogWrite(6,Contrast);
    lcd.begin(16,2);
    //  Serial.begin(115200);
    }

    long result = 0;
    void loop() {
    // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
    lcd.clear();
    lcd.setCursor(0,0);
    lcd.print("Hello ");
    lcd.setCursor(0,1);
    lcd.print("World ");

    delay(500);
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Main Courses - In the Oven!
For the Roemertopf, you always need to fill the lid with water to soak it while you are preparing your food and filling the bottom part. Do NOT preheat the oven! Once you have all of your ingredients in the bottom, drain the water from the lid and place on top. Put directly into the oven and turn on your oven to the appropriate heat. You shouldn't clean either of these with soap - just a good scrubbing with water and a brush is all you want to do.
Fill the lid of your Römertopf (or Clay or Ceramic Baking Pot) with water to soak it while preparing the rest here. Sprinkle some olive oil in the Römertopf, measure out and add rice, twice the quantity of water, chopped leeks (or onions) and chicken thighs. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and summer savory. Drain water out of the lid and place on top. Bake for one hour at 200°C/400°F.
Sprinkle some olive oil in the bottom of the Römertopf, then place in the turkey thigh (or two, if they fit). Douse liberally with soy sauce and water. Drain water from the lid, cover and bake at 200°C/400°F for at least 1.5 hours, more if you have more meat. (This works well also with a piece of frozen meat: just set the temperature a bit lower to 150° and cook for 3-4 hours.) If cooked long enough, the meat will just fall off the bone.
Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F. Coat a baking sheet with olive oil, then spread out on it chicken thighs and drumsticks, small whole potatoes (either white or red), quartered onions (or chunks of leeks), chunks of carrots and a bunch of peeled garlic cloves. Toss these all around to coat with olive oil, then sprinkle with salt, pepper and summer savory. Bake for 1 hour.
Sprinkle some olive oil in the bottom of the Römertopf, then add chopped leeks, 3-4 chopped peppers and chicken leg pieces. Make a good quantity of slightly thick sauce using chicken broth, tomato paste and a good amount of sweet paprika (the seasoning). Pour the sauce over the ingredients, nearly covering them. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and more sweet paprika. Bake for one hour at 200°C/400°F.
Sprinkle some olive oil in the bottom of the Römertopf. Add lamb chunks, carrot chunks, leek chunks (or quartered onions), zucchini chunks, multiple peeled garlic cloves. Make enough of a sauce of chicken broth and tomato paste to nearly cover the ingredients in the pot. Bake for one hour at 200°C/400°F. Serve with couscous.
Make the Butter sauce: finely cut 3 shallots (DON'T use more!!). Cook in 1/4 liter white wine (Riesling) until the liquid is almost gone. (This takes a while, so start well in advance of mealtime!) Slowly beat in 200 gr. cold butter. Keep sauce warm (but don't boil it).
Lay fish (salmon, cod, sole, halibut - either alone or in a combo) on a lightly oiled baking tray. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Bake at 200°C/400°F for about 10 minutes.
Serve with boiled potatoes (or wild rice) and green beans (or asparagus).
Heat some oil in a large skillet. Add 1 cup chopped leeks on medium-high heat and cook for about 7 minutes. Then add 1 cup chopped carrot, 1 cup chopped zucchini and 1-2 tsp. minced garlic. Cook for several minutes until all of the veggies are softened. Remove from heat and set aside to cool a little.
In a small bowl, crumble 1 slice of toast and soak in 2 Tbsp milk for 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Lightly oil a glass baking dish.
In a large bowl, combine 500 gr. ground meat, 1 large egg, 1 tsp. each salt and pepper, 1/2 tsp. thyme, 1/4 tsp. ground sage, cooled veggies and soaked bread crumbs. Shape into a loaf on baking dish and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
I like this a lot, but my kids care almost nothing for it.
Cook the pasta as designated on the package.
Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F. Mix the cooked pasta with ricotta cheese, chopped mozzarella, 1 slightly beaten egg, salt, pepper and 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce.
Spread 1/2 cup tomato sauce in a baking pan, put pasta mixture on top, top with another 1 - 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce and sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese. Bake for 30 minutes.


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GSA reorganizing tech service as part of Federal Acquisition Service
The General Services Administration will reorganize its Technology Transformation Service after only a year, putting the agile-focused TTS under the more traditional Federal Acquisition Service and appointing a new FAS head, FedScoop has learned.
Rob Cook speaks at FedScoop's 2017 IT Modernization Summit in March at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop)
Acting GSA Administrator Tim Horne notified Congress on Wednesday of his intent to make the move, which will "allow GSA to continue to support the missions of both organizations while achieving significantly greater impact and results," he said in an official email to staff obtained by FedScoop.
With that reorganization, Horne has elected to install a new, non-career appointee as FAS commissioner. Alan Thomas will assume that role, Horne said, which has been held for the past four years by Tom Sharpe.
"Alan brings to GSA broad experience with both technology and business management. He is familiar with GSA and FAS, and has knowledge and experiences with the latest private sector business practices," the acting commissioner wrote to staff.
Rob Cook will continue to serve as deputy commissioner of the TTS, and Kevin Youel Page will continue as deputy commissioner of FAS.
"By placing all of the offices focused on government modernization into the same organization, GSA will be better able to leverage its expertise and assets in support of the White House and its Office of American Innovation," Horne's email says.
In a separate note to the TTS, Cook explained that the change came as "unexpected."
"I appreciate that this change is unexpected and significant and will raise questions and concerns," Cook wrote. "That's a reflection of how much we all care about our group and our mission. But I can assure you that the intention behind this is to help us thrive, and I believe it will prove to be a very positive change. We will continue to have our own culture and identity, and we will continue to work as we always have in an agile, user-centered way. And the move comes with many important practical benefits such as authorities and funding."
Cook wrote that GSA leadership would be hosting a town hall focused on the reorganization and to share "its strong support for our mission."
FedScoop has reached out to GSA for further comment.
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Bathybates – rodzaj słodkowodnych, drapieżnych ryb okoniokształtnych z rodziny pielęgnicowatych  (Cichlidae).

Występowanie
Gatunki endemiczne jeziora Tanganika w Afryce Wschodniej. Zasiedlają strefę batybentalu.

Klasyfikacja
Gatunki zaliczane do tego rodzaju:
 Bathybates fasciatus
 Bathybates ferox
 Bathybates graueri
 Bathybates hornii
 Bathybates leo
 Bathybates minor
 Bathybates vittatus

Gatunkiem typowym rodzaju jest Bathybates ferox.

Przypisy

Bathybatini

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Cave Kayaking in Belize
I was originally supposed to cycle through the Rockies this summer. I planned an awesome route from Denver that went west over a huge mountain pass of 12,000 feet, and then looped back to Denver over a three day trip. But when I realized that I wouldn't have much time to acclimate to the elevation change, including one morning of riding from 9,000 to 12,000, I would be putting myself at risk of an altitude injury. It would be one thing if I lived out there, but I'm in Chicago at 600ft. It was a terrible idea, so I scrapped it and went to Belize instead.
Direct flights from Chicago to Belize City can easily go for $600, which is bullshit. Instead, I flew to Cancun for half that much and took an overnight bus across the border, getting into Belize City at 7:30am. The pickup location for the kayaking trip was a mile from the bus station. It was already a hot morning with the sun beating on the side of my face. I had gotten six hours of sleep in the last two days and felt like shit. I didn't care. I was about to paddle through a river cave, and that's way important than sleep.
I met the guide at the terminal and we waited for a few other people. Soon, I left on the westbound highway in a shuttle with other Americans on a 60 minute drive into the country. Belize gets a huge number of American tourists – perhaps because it is the only English speaking country in Latin America – and perhaps because its beaches and jungles are amazing places to visit.
We got to the park and geared up for the trip. We hiked on a well-maintained path consisting of three river crossings and lots of flora and fauna that our guide, Abner, pointed out to us – including aloe leaves, termites that taste like peppermint, and tree bark that you can braid into a rope. This jungle had everything a Mayan kid needs to survive in the wild.
Our kayaks were waiting for us at the river launch, a small opening between two cave tunnels. Water flowed out of one and disappeared into the next. We got in and paddled upstream into the darkness of the river cavern. Quickly, the light of day was gone and we had to rely on our headlamps to navigate. Abner told us that in ancient times the Mayans would carry torches through these caves.
We floated back out and into the entrance of the next cavern, quickly losing daylight again. But we weren't alone. Tubers were everywhere. I had originally thought to sign up for a tubing trip on this river, but the outfitters who I tried all wanted a two person minimum. So I went with the kayaking trip instead. Turns out that was the right decision, since the guides basically daisy chain all of the tubers together to keep people from floating out of sight. It would have meant that I would have been stuck with a group of strangers, and likely would have been awkward. But in a kayak, I could paddle in my own personal space. I could be a lone cat in a big jungle.
Occasionally the river would pick up and carry us into a riffly channel, but never enough to cause a problem for the novice. It was perfect speed for a scenic river float – never too fast to care about its whitewater rating and never too slow to get bored or restless. Half the fun was trying to navigate around all of the tubers, careful not to hit somebody's leg with my paddle. We came out of the last and longest tunnel and paddled into daylight under a gorgeous forest canopy. Everything was so much more lush and green – so much more vibrant – than the rivers I'm used to back home. My packraft would be awesome for this.
Soon we reached the river takeout and the trip's end. Done already? Well, shit. I could eat something and go another three hours easy. But since the tour outfitters work with the cruise lines, they have to get people back to their ships on a schedule. But not before serving us grilled chicken, rice, and beans at a nearby food hall. The national dish of Belize is beans and rice that is boiled in coconut milk. There's nothing fancy about it but it is delicious.
If I were to come back with a packraft, I would have to skip the cave section since you need a licensed tour guide. But Abner told me that the rest of the river is open. Like if say, I wanted to show up with my inflatable toy and three days of gear for a serious river run in the jungle.
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I'm a guy from Chicago who travels as often as possible. It is my lifelong goal to see the world by train, foot, bicycle, and raft. I like open country roads, urban nightlife, good cuisine, local beer, alpine mountains, wild rivers, and lots of other badass shit. And I will write about it as often as I can.
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Every autumn, Don Demers and a group of his friends (including artist Chris Blossom) meet in East Boothbay, Maine, to enjoy the tranquility of the coastal town. "The clean and low light is distinct from summer light," says Demers. "It's great for painting." Standing on the banks of an offshoot of the Damariscotta River, the artist painted this tranquil New England scene.


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Фокусът е точка, в която се събира снопът от всички лъчи, успоредни на главната оптична ос, след пречупване през леща или отражение от вдлъбнато огледало.

Фокус при различни оптични системи:
 За класическа двойноизпъкнала леща, фокусът е точката, в която се пресичат лъчите, които преди пречупването са били успоредни на главната оптична ос. Тъй като светлина може да преминава от двете страни на лещата, фокусите са два (по един за всяка страна). Разстоянието от главната равнина на лещата (P1 или P2) до съответния фокус се нарича фокусно разстояние.
 Сферичните или параболичните огледала имат един фокус, където се събират всички, успоредни на главната оптична ос, лъчи след отражение от огледалото.
 Елиптичните и хиперболични огледала имат два фокуса.

Разстоянието F от центъра на лещата до нейния главен фокус се нарича фокусно разстояние. То зависи от съотношението:
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където:
 F – фокусно разстояние на лещата;
 n2 – коефициент на пречупване на светлината на границата между средата и лещата;
 n1 – коефициент на пречупване на светлината на границата между лещата и средата;
 R1 – радиус на предната кривина на лещата;
 R2 – радиус на задната кривина на лещата.

Оптичната сила на лещата (D) е обратнопропорционална на нейното фокусно разстояние (F):

Оптичната сила на лещата се измерва в диоптри, като 1 диоптър = 1 метър–1

Във фотографията
За разлика от идеалния оптичен фокус, който може да се постигне с тънки лещи в теоретични системи, на практика във фотографията няма случай фокусирана фотографска система да образува точка каквато е дефиницията в раздел оптика и физика. За пояснение "да образува" означава обект да бъде проектиран, като образ върху медия или електронен сензор. В практическите фотографски системи всяка високо-контрастна точка от реалния свят може да бъде фокусирана върху медията или сензора ако тя се пада между безкрайност и минималното фокусно разстояние на въпросната фотографска система. Но за разлика от теоретично фокусираната с идеален образ в практическата система тази точка ще има определено количество дефекти наричани кривене и аберации.

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Filling the gaps in big data
Hadoop Adoption – Where is your organization?
Talent Gap
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The Data Science Iron Triangle – Modern BI and Machine Learning
The New Iron Triangle
It is cliché to discuss IT/business solutions as people, process, and technology. Some call it the "golden triangle," but in this blog, we refer to it as the iron triangle. Since the 1960s, technology has disrupted business through the advent of computing and information management. These systems replaced highly manual operations such as record keeping, finance, and reporting. Companies that didn't adopt technology were soon out of business or in decline. Only 66 companies from 1955's Fortune 500 exist today. Many people attribute this to technology adoption, which will have a greater impact going forward. Today, computing is taking on even the higher functions of decision and cognitive support. The cognitive computing path is not easy and is full of potholes and challenges.
Most organizations struggle to unlock data science in the enterprise. To that end, Cloudera offers the Data Science Workbench, a collaborative, scalable, and highly extensible platform for data exploration, analysis, modeling, and visualization. It's powerful features finally get data scientists, analysts, and business teams speaking the same language. Cloudera has simplified the technology, but the people and process are often a source of friction. That friction is what defines the new data science iron triangle. This new iron triangle is made up of data science, IT operations, and business operations. Understanding the data science iron triangle helps organizations adopt and realize value from this new frontier.
The data science iron triangle is different from the golden triangle in that it is very disruptive, complex, and emotional. This is not a discussion about replacing rooms full of filing cabinets and paper receipts with massive refrigerator-sized computers. It is about replacing human cognition and intelligence with algorithms. Until now this was all very much science fiction. Skeptical? You are already experiencing it today through chatbots with your bank, telecom providers, and many online service providers:
As paraphrased from Wikipedia, "Chatbots are programs that are often designed to convincingly simulate how a human would behave as a conversational partner, thereby passing the Turing test. The Turing test is all about how your algorithm simulates human behaviors. A successful Turing test means that your algorithm is very human-like. Chatbots are typically used in dialog systems for various practical purposes, including customer service or information acquisition."
Why the Data Science Iron Triangle Matters
The three components of the data science iron triangle all have their challenges and strife. Only when organizations understand these challenges will they begin to harmonize and put them to work in a seamless fashion. Below we deconstruct three data science iron triangle dilemmas.
The IT Dilemma: IT is faced with a whole new set of challenges. How do I wrangle in my data science community? How do I support these so-called 'mad scientists' and their exotic technologies, algorithms, and mathematics? How do I govern these systems and development processes while also managing quality? More importantly, how can we put them to good use and achieve positive ROI?
The Business Dilemma: Data science is complex and has its own language and perceptions. As a result, friction exists between data science and business communities. It is not only nomenclature and vernacular, but raw fear and emotion. Human cognition has never been challenged by technology and automation, and this scares people. How do we get business to address these trust issues so people still feel like they are in control?
The Data Science Dilemma: Data scientists don't want to be harnessed by overbearing IT processes and a lack of faith from the business. They don't care, but they should. Data science without IT and business support will become your organization's Spruce Goose. Data science needs to succeed in your organization. What is the amalgam – or better yet – what is the glue that can bind business, IT, and data science together?
The solution to these data science iron triangle dilemmas is the modern business intelligence platform. The modern BI platform provides a non-intimidating analytic platform for all data – big and small. Being able to scale up and scale down rapidly is key. Solutions like Cloudera Altus give enterprises the ability to perform analytics on big data in the cloud. Leveraging tools like R, Apache Spark, and Python enable data scientists to perform advanced analytics at scale. With the Cloudera Data Science Workbench, analysts can solve high-impact business problems like next best action/offer, churn prediction, and preventative maintenance.
The icing on the cake is the ability to visualize it all seamlessly through business intelligence tools built for Cloudera. Business intelligence is the glue that binds traditional BI and data science together. The goal is to enable business people to operationalize and put data analytics to work. To do this we need a BI tool built for Cloudera. Arcadia Data has created a BI tool for Cloudera that sets a new analytics standard, native to the data lake. It allows you to connect to data, build semantic datasets, visualize, and optimize through a single pane of glass. With Cloudera and Arcadia Enterprise, organizations can break down the data science iron triangle through rapid visualization of data science outputs. You also don't have to move data, and you can combine the workloads of machine learning and BI together on the same platform. IT ops, business ops, and data science teams require tools that are consumable, friendly, and puts the human in control.
Visit Cloudera's Solution Gallery to find out more about Arcadia Enterprise or take Arcadia Instant out on a test drive; it's free, easy to learn, and will not time-out!
by John Thuma, Director of Analytic Solutions, Arcadia Data (@AnalyticsRNA)
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one full week to accomidate more films and activties.
the week until Sunday, April 24th.
the fest all day on the final day of the festival.
this year was the best ever.
Festival an event to cherish for the Lake Geneva area.


Unicaja Malaga announced that it has reached an agreement with American forward Jeff Brooks who joins the club with a one-year deal.
Unicaja Malaga announced that it has reached an agreement with American forward (he can play at both the "3" and "4" positions) Jeff Brooks who joins the club with a one-year deal.
The 27-year old player spent the last season playing with Russian Avtodor Saratov recording some impressive numbers, especially in Eurocup where he averaged 13 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1 steal for an evaluation index of 21.3 in Eurocup.
In the VTB League, he scored 11 points, grabbed 5.8 rebounds and dished 2.2 assists per game. He is a forward who can help his team's offense in multiple ways, being solid with the ball in his hands, and quite able to threaten the basket from close, mid and long range.


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Dave Hawkins talks new cd and upcoming concerts
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Singer/songwriter Dave Hawkins dropped by the studio with his guitar "Sparky" to talk about his most recent cd, "As Long As We Get There" and a concert he's got coming up on December 23rd at the College Hill Coffee Company.
Dave started the interview off by performing the title track of his album, "As Long As We Get There." I asked him about working with Tom Rush and Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull, and other memorable performances. I also asked him to share details of his guitar collection.
Dave talked about the musicians who played with him on his new album including Michael Ronstadt, Bobby Fisher, the Flannel Horns, and Triple the Trouble. And, he also talked about the country flavor of some of the songs perhaps due to his life in Nashville.
His current band is called "The Perfect Men." He'll be performing at the Blind Lemon on December 20th and then at the College Hill Coffee Company on December 23rd. The interview ended with a performance of a nostalgic song he wrote, "Somebody Stole the Chickens."
His albums are available for sale on his website.
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Ballista is a character from the tactical SRPG ES game Girls' Frontline developed by MicaTeam and published by Digital Sky and its derivatives. She joined the struggle on February 8, 2018.
The Ballista is a bolt-action sniper rifle developed by FN.
1. Safety comforming to SAAMI or CIP standards.
2. Manual-action or gas-operated semi-automatic, but capable of supporting ambidextrous operation.
3. A Mean Rounds Between Failures (MRBF) of no less than 1000.
4. Presence a MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail on the 12 o'clock (top) side, with enough length to mount daylight optics and nightvision devices such as the AN/PVS-22, -26, -23 and the SU-232/PAS, all while supporting the installation of an aperture back up iron sight.
5. The weapon's zeroing is not affected when suffering impacts.
6. Presence of Picatinny rails at the 3 o'clock / 9 o'clock (both sides) to mount accessories such as laser pointers.
7. Capable of field disassembly in under two minutes and reassembly within the same amount of time.
8. Incorporation of a quick-detach barrel without further adjustments after barrel change, with the barrel change taking no more than 20 minutes.
10. A weight with the Picatinny rail at 12 o'clock and a 5-round live magazine below 18 pounds.
11. A 10-shot group accuracy of 1.0 MOA between 300 to 1500 meters regardless of whether the weapon is shoulder-fired or stabilized on a platform.
Though not limiting the type of action and the caliber, an accuracy of 1.0 MOA at 1500 meters is what any semi-automatic rifle cannot guarantee, prompting all the participating firms to opt for the .338-caliber cartridges, which have better ballistic performances over the 12.7mm rounds, in addition to designing the weapon as bolt-action.
Eventually, the MSR of Remington won the competition, making the Ballista of FN, the M98B of Barrett, the Finnish Sako TRG-42, the Tactical-2 of Sig-Sauer, the British Accuracy International AWM338, the Ashbury ASW338, the Armalite AR30 and the PGM of Drake Industries of France collectively failures of this competition.
However, among all the rifles participating, only the MSR and the Ballista is a weapons system specifically designed for the competition, while all other rifles are already marketed, putting much attention on the two. The Ballistica is the lastest of all PSR-project rifles to be put into market, without prototypes for all proposed calibers (only the .338 Lapua Magnum-chambering is put into the market, the .308-caliber variant is financially costly while the .300 Winchester Magnum-chambering variant "only existed in the manuals"). What's worse is that the Ballista did not incorporate a MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail, but rather an incompatible rail system made by FN itself, which, though not posing a significant problem due to its detachable nature, it made the weapon an outcast from the well-marketed MSR and other combat-proven rifles, making it difficult to receive adequate positive comments and prospects. The weapon was also presented at the 2012 SHOT show, but did not sell well.
The Ballista uses a Mauser-type rotary bolt action and a 26-inch free-floating barrel in the standard model, which was grooved to improve heat dissipation. The muzzle can accept flash hiders or silencers. Tools for barrel-change can be carried with the weapon with the help of the handguard, with the barrel-change process taking only 2 minutes.
The weapon is chambered in either the 7.62 x 51mm NATO (or the .308 Winchester available to the civilian hunting market), the .300 Winchester Magnum (7.62x67mm) or the .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6x70mm).
The receiver is made of steel, with the hollowed, segmented handguard being stamped from aluminium alloy. The handguard is octagon-shaped, with screw-ports on the top and the sides to mount various rails. A grip can be installed below the handguard where it connects with the receiver, to facilitate shoulder-firing when the user cannot unfold the bipods. The weapon uses a magazine release button found on AR-style weapons.
The weapon needs to be raised to reload due to the length of the 10-round magazine (while the MSR doesn't). The stock is adjustable in three ways (cheekrest, recoil-dampening pad and monopod) in addition to being foldable. The cheekrest of the weapon blocks the bolt and extraction port when the stock is folded, acting as a safety. The weapon also has a grip safety in place. The trigger pull-force of the Ballista can be adjusted, with various slots and hollows in the weapon to further reduce its weight.
Shikra Execution (猎鹰刑场) Passive: Adds a mark to an enemy every 3 (1.5) seconds.
lasting 4 (6) seconds or until all marks are consumed.
Has an initial cooldown of 8 seconds and an interval of 20 seconds.
Others Supply boxes or the guaranteed drop on Supply Box 777 during event "Singularity"
Ballista was leaked early when Girls' Frontline celebrated its first anniversary from the celebration picture posted by her illustrator, however most of the focus was placed on then-already-live FAL and FN57, while the two on the right simply served as early teasers.
However, this changed as Ballista went live, spawning speculation that the red-haired doll is not far from going live. Furthermore, the word on her clothes stood for the city in which FN is based, Herstal. Making it virtually sure that she would be an FN weapon, going live in less than a year.
As is the case with FAL, there's a Shikra-shaped biomechanical pet next to Ballista, which lands onto her head when a battle is won.
According to her illustrator, Lin is an osprey. Normally ospreys prey on fish, but occasionally they hunt down other birds, rats or snakes as additional food. Though an osprey, it is biologically not so close to eagles as falcons, making it technically incorrect to call her an eagle.
Ballista, I will be joining your team today....... Where are you looking at ? Now the stakes are high, please be focus.
This Fashion Magazine.... Seriously, she is still absent from panic as usual.
Is this an order ? If not, please do not disturb my work.
...... I had been working hard to create this serious enviroment, why can't you just give up ?
........ Commander, I'm still working, you will be disturbing....... fine, just today, no second time.
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Lecture: "After Buddhism. Rethink dharma for a secular world"
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25 centuries have gone by since Buddha began his teachings and Buddhism still inspires people all around the world, including those who live in secularized societies. But what does adapting religious practices to a secular context involve?
Lecturer Stephen Batchelor has been working on a philosophical, contemplative and ethical vision of Buddhism, adapted to our time. Most people continue thinking about "dharma" basically as a synonymous of religion called "Buddhism". But is thinking about "dharma" as a religion useful?
At this lecture, within the framework of the series "Thought and religion in Asia", Batchelor deepens into the teachings of Buddha not as a dogmatic metaphysics but as an ethical and pragmatic teaching. Understanding Buddhism as a culture of awakening in constant evolution, whose longevity responds to its ability to reinvent itself and interact in a creative way with societies it comes accross. Making a difference between the central teachings of Gotama of cosmological and metaphysical beliefs of ancient India, we will see that dharma isn't something to believe in, but something "clearly visible and immediate" in the heart of human life, right now.
Lecture in English with consecutive translation.
Stephen Batchelor, author of Después del budismo. Repensar el dharma para un mundo secular (Editorial Kairos) worldly recognised for his work as an author, teacher and Buddhist expert, he has been teaching for more than 25 years at the meditation centre Gaia House in the United Kingdom. Among his previous books, we highlight Budismo sin creencias and Confesiones de un ateo budista.


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Sudan scraps law curtailing women's rights
Thousands of women flogged, fined during Bsahir's ironfisted rule under archaic public order law for 'indecent and immoral acts'.
Activists say the public order law was used as a weapon, with security forces regularly arresting women
KHARTOUM - Sudan's cabinet Tuesday scrapped a controversial law that severely curtailed women's rights during the 30-year tenure of deposed autocrat Omar al-Bashir, state media reported.
Thousands of women were flogged, fined and even jailed during Bashir's ironfisted rule under the archaic public order law for "indecent and immoral acts".
"The council of ministers agreed in an extraordinary meeting today to cancel the public order law across all provinces," the official SUNA news agency reported.
The cabinet's decision is still to be ratified by the ruling sovereign council, which is an 11-member joint civilian-military body.
Bashir seized power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989, severely restricting the role of women in Sudan for decades.
During his rule, authorities implemented a strict moral code that activists said primarily targeted women, through harsh interpretations of Islamic sharia law.
Bashir was deposed by the army on April 11 after months of protests against his rule.
Women were at the forefront of demonstrations.
Activists say the public order law was used as a weapon, with security forces regularly arresting women even for attending private parties or for wearing trousers.
The law also punished those who consumed or brewed alcohol, which is banned in the northeast African country.
Sudan's new government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has assured citizens it will uphold women's rights.
On Tuesday, the cabinet also decided to "restructure the country's judicial system in order to prepare it for the new era," SUNA reported without elaborating.
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About DBLY Group, LLC
Started in 1983 as a sole proprietor when Mr. Donn Bly landed his first custom programming contract (survey analysis software for Fort Wayne Community Schools that ran on the then brand-new IBM XT platform) the DBLY name in its various forms has been in use ever since.
By the end of the 1990's D. Bly Consulting had grown to have an increased focus on computer and networking service, was based in DeKalb County, and was often called upon by other Northeast Indiana computer stores to solve the "hard problems" that their own staff couldn't handle either because they were overtaxed or due to lack of specialized training or knowledge.
With the explosive growth of the network service sector of the business, the company was hard-pressed to keep up with demand. In order to meet that need at the end of 1999 Mr. Bly took on a business partner and formed Technology Specialists (Tspec) based out of Fort Wayne. While the original intent was to provide an enhanced level of coverage for their respective clients and to allow for more personal time, the combination resulted in explosive business growth.
As a business principal and technologist at Technology Specialists, Mr. Bly initially focused on the training and expansion of the network support personnel, but the primary responsibility in the later years of his tenure focused on building Technology Specialists into a premier business-oriented Internet Service Provider, providing reliable Internet access and services.
In March 2007 after spending 23 years of working 60 to 80 hours a week, Mr. Bly sold his ownership position in Technology Specialists so that he could slow down and pursue other entrepreneurial interests. However, as part of the terms of the sale Mr. Bly retained the "DBLY" name, marks, rights to the customer lists, and various other technologies.
DBLY Group, LLC was formed to act as a repository of those assets, and opened an office on Main Street in Auburn Indiana.
In 2013 the building at 113 W 7th Street, Auburn Indiana was purchased and renovations began, adding a data center with a fiber optic Internet connection, redundant power, redundant isolated environmental systems, and biometric security.
In 2016 the offices and day to day operations were moved from Main Street to 7th Street, consolidating operations.


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Can crowdfunding bring solar energy to small businesses?
Commercial solar development has trailed residential and industrial. A startup wants to change that
By Ananya Bhattacharya Mar 10, 2016, 1:47pm EST
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Solar energy is one of the fastest growing new industries in the United States, earning a shout out from President Obama at his State of the Union speech. The president noted that it is now a bigger business than coal, and typically pays its workers a higher wage. Now a Colorado-based startup, Wunder Capital, is trying to make it easy for anyone to invest in the sun-backed-boom.
Wunder works with installers, developers, and distributors across the US to bundle a number of solar projects together into an investment vehicle. It's aiming to fund small, commercial projects which have struggled to grow at the same rate as residential solar and big industrial deployments. "We want to be the company that unlocks that potential," said Bryan Birsic, Wunder's CEO. "The company that knows how to go in and do these million dollar and below deals — the vast majority of US businesses need that."
This week, Wunder announced that it was also raising its own funding, a $3 million round of venture capital that will allow it to grow its team and potentially expand into new markets. As for the capital investors give to Wunder, the company is targeting 6 percent returns from its 10-year Income Fund and 11 percent returns from its 2-year Bridge Fund. Wunder says that so far it has met those benchmarks. "Actual returns have been exactly 6 and 11 percent as promised, and we have yet to miss a payment to investors since our first investments in July, 2015," said Birsic. Of course, Wunder is still a ways off from seeing the final results of its 10-year fund.
"We want to be the company the unlocks that potential."
When Birsic and his two co-founders looked at solar, they found a real scarcity of software entrepreneurs trying to solve energy problems. As part of the Techstars accelerator program, the founders created an online software platform to find and evaluate projects. According to Nicole Litvak, a senior analyst at Greentech Media, the new funding round is a positive sign for Wunder, as it continues "working to bridge the disconnect" between early stage commercial projects in need of backing and small-scale investors interested in solar.
However, there are some warning signs for Wunder, says Litvak. She notes that other companies have tried and failed to unlock the potential of the commercial solar market. They struggled to find suitable partners to invest in because commercial developers were unfamiliar with the benefits of these platforms or were unwilling to fully disclose financial information to them. Consequently, these ventures have had little effect on the commercial solar industry on the whole, which has been stagnant since 2012, despite there being plenty of rooftops and land available for solar energy use.
"Working to bridge the disconnect."
There is 30 times greater solar capacity in the US today than there was in 2006, according to data from SEIA's annual Solar Means Business report. But Birsic notes that while industrial and residential sectors in solar were experiencing triple-fold growth, commercial installations grew just 25% from 2011 to 2014. "The commercial solar installations are only estimated at $3 to $4 billion. If commercial was growing the way these other spaces were, it'd be an $8 or $10 or $12 billion dollar industry," he said.


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South San Francisco Students to Celebrate Second Annual Statewide Observance of Ruby Bridges Day
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California's First Statewide Observance of Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
South San Francisco, CA November 18, 2021 by Leslie Guevarra, Senator Becker's Office Senator Becker, South San Francisco Students & Teachers Celebrate California's First Statewide Observance of Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day Senator Josh Becker, D-Peninsula, joined jubilant students,…
South San Francisco Students to Celebrate First Statewide Observance of Ruby Bridges Day
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SSFUSD Students Present Proclamation to City Council Designating November 14 as Ruby Bridges Day throughout South San Francisco
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Ben Stover is the Clinical Director of the Lakeview office of The Ardent Counseling Center in Chicago, IL. He is a graduate of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and Eastern Illinois Universityand has worked building groups and doing individual counseling with adults with chronic mental illness in a, providing individual and couples counseling in a private practice, as well as working as a senior manager in a Care Coordination program on a contract with a major insurance company. His primary clinical interests are bipolar, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Ben is trained in Eye Movement Desensitatization and Reprocessing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, Motivational Interviewing, and Existential therapy modalities.
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It took a lot for him to come back, both physically and mentally.
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Two of the three seeds in the women's draw have advanced after the first round of games at the 2019 Burnie International. Spanish seventh seed Georgina Garcia-Perez had the easiest path, downing Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-1, 6-4 in a match lasting 77 minutes on court one. Garcia-Perez made up for an inferior percentage on her first serve with an excellent conversion rate on her second serve, allowing her to dictate proceedings and not allow Haddad Maia to break at any stage. After an easy first set, games were on serve in the second set until 4-4 when Garcia-Perez broke and then served out the match to love. Also advancing was Bulgarian eighth seed Viktoriya Tomova, who was made to work hard for her berth in the second round by Belgium's Maryna Zanevska. Despite not serving any aces, Tomova got her first serve in at an impressive 75 per cent, and managed to overcome three service breaks while breaking the Zanevska serve five times herself to win 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 40 minutes. Tomova looked set to ease through the second set after leading 3-0 before Zanevska lifted, but it was to no avail. Arguably the most entertaining game of the day was the three-set affair between unseeded pair Ekaterine Gorgodze from Georgia and Anna Zaja from Germany. The match appeared set for a short day at the office for Gorgodze, who needed only 25 minutes to overwhelm her opponent with her strong ground game and win the first set 6-1. Zaja finally found her range in the second set, and needed just the one break point opportunity to take it 6-3 level the game. Gorgodze broke early in the third set to establish a 3-0 lead, but Zaja hit back to trail 4-3 before the Georgian broke again and then served out the game to triumph 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in one hour and 44 minutes. The only seed to fall on Tuesday was Hungarian fourth seed Fanny Stollar, who was forced to retire through injury during the first set of her match against Victorian Destanee Aiava. Stollar was in command during the early stages as she shot out to a 3-0 lead, before Aiava lifted to reel off the next four games as the Hungarian started to struggle and called for her first medical time out. Aiava was ahead 6-5 before Stollar was forced to concede.
Two of the three seeds in the women's draw have advanced after the first round of games at the 2019 Burnie International.
Eyes on the ball: Spaniard Georgina Garcia-Perez concentrates on her shot. Pictures: Brad Cole.
Spanish seventh seed Georgina Garcia-Perez had the easiest path, downing Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-1, 6-4 in a match lasting 77 minutes on court one.
Garcia-Perez made up for an inferior percentage on her first serve with an excellent conversion rate on her second serve, allowing her to dictate proceedings and not allow Haddad Maia to break at any stage.
After an easy first set, games were on serve in the second set until 4-4 when Garcia-Perez broke and then served out the match to love.
Also advancing was Bulgarian eighth seed Viktoriya Tomova, who was made to work hard for her berth in the second round by Belgium's Maryna Zanevska.
Despite not serving any aces, Tomova got her first serve in at an impressive 75 per cent, and managed to overcome three service breaks while breaking the Zanevska serve five times herself to win 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 40 minutes.
Tomova looked set to ease through the second set after leading 3-0 before Zanevska lifted, but it was to no avail.
Arguably the most entertaining game of the day was the three-set affair between unseeded pair Ekaterine Gorgodze from Georgia and Anna Zaja from Germany.
The match appeared set for a short day at the office for Gorgodze, who needed only 25 minutes to overwhelm her opponent with her strong ground game and win the first set 6-1.
Gritted teeth: Georgian Ekaterine Gorgodze puts all her effort into a forehand shot.
Zaja finally found her range in the second set, and needed just the one break point opportunity to take it 6-3 level the game.
Gorgodze broke early in the third set to establish a 3-0 lead, but Zaja hit back to trail 4-3 before the Georgian broke again and then served out the game to triumph 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in one hour and 44 minutes.
The only seed to fall on Tuesday was Hungarian fourth seed Fanny Stollar, who was forced to retire through injury during the first set of her match against Victorian Destanee Aiava.
Stollar was in command during the early stages as she shot out to a 3-0 lead, before Aiava lifted to reel off the next four games as the Hungarian started to struggle and called for her first medical time out.
Aiava was ahead 6-5 before Stollar was forced to concede.
Two better than one: Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia plays a double-handed backhand shot.


Whether you're in high school, college, or already enlisted in the Army, you can start your journey to becoming an Officer right now.
Army ROTC offers two-, three-, or four-year college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or current college students.
Employers are always looking for workers who have held leadership roles. The program establishes a relationship between you and a participating partner and affords you priority employment consideration.
How long do you have to serve in the army?
Army ROTC students who receive an Army ROTC scholarship or enter the Army ROTC Advanced Course must agree to complete an eight-year period of service with the Army.
You can serve full time in the Army for three years (four years for scholarship winners), with the balance in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).
It's an experience that you can't get anywhere else, and your leadership skills will be challenged every day. Contact your campus Military Science department for more specific details on your Army ROTC service commitment.
All scholarship students will be required to serve in the military for a period of eight years. This obligation may be fulfilled by serving four years on Active Duty, followed by four years service in the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR).
If you are selected for Green to Gold Program, you may obtain early release from Active Duty. Army Regulation 635-200, Chapter 16-2, provides for the honorable, early discharge of Soldiers so they can enroll in an Army Senior ROTC program.
The early discharge may be up to 30 days prior to the start of school. Terminal leave is NOT authorized.
You must meet the requirements of the Green to Gold Program.
The separation authority must ensure that you meet the criteria, have served honorably and possess Officer attributes.
You must agree to the stipulations of the terms of the USAR enlistment contract or ROTC student contract. Otherwise, you will be in breach of your contract and subject to involuntary order to Active Duty to complete the prior service remaining and/or the scholarship contractual obligation. If you are a scholarship Cadet, you may be required to repay the scholarship benefits received in lieu of Active Duty service.
There are several options of commitment available to Army ROTC students in exchange for the tuition scholarship, the military training and leadership development.


The Menu Widget allows you to easily create a simple flyout menu typically found in desktop applications or website navigation. Vertical and Horizontal Menu widgets are available in the Wireframe widgets library.
If your design needs a custom menu, you can use dynamic panels for more flexibility.
To add a Menu widget to your wireframe, drag and drop a menu widget from the Wireframe widget library. By default, the menu includes three menu items and padding.
To edit or remove the padding, right-click on the widget and choose Edit Menu Padding.
To format the styles, use the Editor toolbar above the wireframe grid. Since new menu items and submenus get their formatting from their parent menu item, it helps to format the menu before adding menu items.
To edit the text, select a menu item and type inline.
To add or remove a menu item, right-click on the menu item and choose Add Menu Item Before/After and Delete Menu Item from the context menu.
add a submenu, right-click on the menu item and choose Add Submenu from the context menu.
Edit rollover and/or selected styles to change the look of the menu items when you rollover them or set them to their selected state. For example, highlighting a menu item to show which page you are viewing.
You can learn more about formatting widget styles and the OnPageLoad event in the articles Widget Styles and Page Load Interactions.
The Tree Widget allows you to create an expandable/collapsible menu you typically find in a file browser or website navigation.
To add a tree, drag and drop the widget from the Wireframe widget library. By default, the tree has one root node and three child nodes.
To format the styles, use the editor toolbar.
To edit the text, select a node and type inline.
To expand/collapse the item for the default view, click the +/- icon next to the root.
To edit tree properties, right-click on the widget and select Edit Tree -> Edit Tree Properties from the context menu. You can choose whether to show node icons or expand/collapse icons, and also edit the expand/collapse icons.
To import an image for the node icon, select a tree node, right-click and select "Edit Icon". In the Edit Icon dialog, import an image file and select which nodes to assign that icon.
Now you can save time creating these common navigations using the Menu and Tree widgets.
You can use the actions "Expand Tree Node(s" and "Collapse Tree Node(s)' to dynamically expand or collapsed a node upon interacting with a widget. Note that clicking the expand and collapse icons on the Tree do this automatically. However, if you wanted to, say, click on a button and have it expand a branch in the tree, you can add an OnClick case to the button to do this.
To choose which node(s) to expand/collapse, click the blue underlined "Tree Node" link the Actions description.
To add or remove nodes, right-click on a node and use the context menu. You can choose to add a child node or sibling node. Adding a child node will add a node item one level deeper. Adding a sibling node will add a tree node in the same level.
You can also move the nodes up and down or indent and outdent using the context menu.
Edit rollover and/or selected styles to change the look of the tree nodes when you rollover or set it to its selected state.


POTEAU � Carl Albert State College Regent Jenna McBee resigned as regent this week, effective immediately. She has a new gig, and the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that she cannot hold both seats.
McBee of Poteau was appointed in June as a special district judge for District 16, LeFlore and Latimer counties. She had served as a CASC regent since being appointed by then-Gov. Brad Henry in March 2010 to fill a vacancy left when longtime Regent F.L. Holton died.
McBee worked for the Rubenstein, McCormick and Pitts law firm of Edmond, Okla., and served as Henry�s designee to the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission, as a child and family service review consultant for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as a member of the Oklahoma Professional Society on Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
McBee had just been elected chairwoman of the CASC Board of Regents for the 2013-14 year when she learned of her judicial appointment. On Tuesday, the CASC board selected Regent Ron Lawson to serve as chairman in her stead.
CASC President Garry Ivey said the college and its administrators are excited for McBee and congratulate her as she steps into her new judgeship.
�The district court system�s gain is our loss in that we will miss her as a member of our Board of Regents. She provided excellent leadership for the college as a regent and prior to that as a trustee of our Development Foundation,� Ivey said.
He noted that McBee is a CASC graduate, was in the school�s Scholars Program and served as Miss CASC. Ivey lauded her commitment and love for the college, and said he is confident she will remain a strong supporter of the school.
McBee and her family are not unfamiliar to life with a judge. Her father, A.J. Henshaw Jr., served as Sequoyah County associate district judge for 30 years before retiring in 2010.
McBee holds a bachelor�s degree from Oklahoma State University and a law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She and her husband Matthew have a son, Ethan.


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Arteta: I want more from Arsenal, it wasn't good enough
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta conceded the Gunners were not good enough as they suffered stoppage-time heartbreak against Everton in the Premier League.
Arteta's Arsenal suffered their third defeat in four Premier League matches after Demarai Gray's stunning individual effort saw the hosts snatch a dramatic 92nd-minute victory.
Martin Odegaard had given the visitors a half-time lead with his neat volley from Kieran Tierney's cross at Goodison Park.
Arsenal were made to rue their failure to convert their winning position, as Richarlison equalised before Gray completed the turnaround in the second minute of stoppage time.
Arteta felt his players were punished for their lack of game management after succumbing to three consecutive league defeats to Everton for the first time since 1986.
"In the first half, we were very inconsistent with the ball," Arteta told Sky Sports. "I didn't like it. [We had] no penetration; one of the few times we did it, we scored.
"Second half, we tried to do more of those things, created four big chances, but conceded a very sloppy goal when you need to manage the game.
"I think the team tried to keep going, we kept pressing high. We lost a few important duels that put us some pressure."
"What I want is more from my team. Today, you have the game under control even though you're not playing your best, and you have to find a way to win it.
"It could have been very different, but we haven't managed to do it. When the opponent is there for the taking, you have to do it, and we haven't. It wasn't good enough."
Odegaard concurred with Arteta that seventh-placed Arsenal must significantly improve their performance levels.
Former Real Madrid midfielder Odegaard was one of Arsenal's better performers on Merseyside; registering game-high tallies of four key passes and three shots on goal.
Odegaard's goal was the ninth consecutively scored by Arsenal in the Premier League by a player aged 23 or younger, their longest such run in Premier League history.
He also became the youngest Norwegian (22 years, 354 days) to score in back-to-back Premier League appearances since John Arne Riise in August 2002 for Liverpool (21 years, 328 days).
"It's a hard one to take. I think in general, we were not at the level we needed to be at today," he said. "We had some good moments, but we have to do much better. We should have been better.
"It's hard to say exactly what happened. We have to do better when we have that lead. We stopped playing and gave them the game they wanted to play.
"I think it is [a mindset problem]. When you're leading 1-0, you get afraid to lose the win and, in my opinion, that's what we did wrong today.
"You go for the second goal and that was the intention, but we didn't manage to do that on the pitch."
Arsenal have lost consecutive Premier League matches when scoring the first goal in each match, the first time they have done that since December 2016, with one of those defeats also a 2-1 loss against Everton at Goodison Park – the other was a 2-1 defeat to Manchester City.
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What are interest rates based on?
The bond market drives mortgage rates. That's because home loans are packaged as bundles of securities and sold in the bond market. Global and national news events steer bond prices higher and lower, and mortgage rates move similarly in response.
NerdWallet's daily mortgage rates are an average of the published annual percentage rate with the lowest points from a sampling of major national lenders. APR quotes reflect an interest rate plus points, fees and other expenses, providing the most accurate view of the costs a borrower might pay.
Are interest rates going to rise?
The short answer is yes, interest rates most likely will increase. That's because the Federal Reserve has been nudging short-term interest rates higher and says it will continue to do so. While higher short-term interest rates don't immediately affect long-term mortgage rates, they will compel longer-term rates to rise over time.
Mortgage rates are most likely to move higher in response to good economic or political news, and lower in reaction to bad news. The Fed is tightening the money supply (raising interest rates) because of continuing good national economic news, in the hope of controlling inflation.
How do your credit scores affect your rate?
Your mortgage rate is all about your credit scores. Lenders call it "risk-based pricing." Higher credit scores indicate a lower risk that you'll default on a loan — so you get a better interest rate. The lower your credit scores, the higher your interest rate.
An annual percentage rate is your monthly payment interest rate, plus fees. For example, you may make a monthly mortgage payment calculated at 5% interest, but because of upfront or continuing fees, your APR might be 5.25%.
» MORE: What is APR and how does it affect your mortgage?
How are these interest rates calculated?
Interest rates are based on an index, or a market-based rate plus a profit margin for the lender. Published interest rates, as seen in advertising or in online rate tools, are often national rates that are not adjusted for regional variances, and they estimate a rate that would be offered to a borrower with credit scores within a certain range. Published rates almost always vary from the rate you'll actually get on a home loan.
Source: NerdWallet. Average of the published annual percentage rate with the lowest points for each loan term offered by a sampling of major national lenders. APR quotes reflect an interest rate plus points, fees and other expenses, providing the most accurate view of the costs a borrower might pay.
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Volunteer for Harvard Law School's (Mock) Jury Duty!
Calling all who are interested in serving as jurors in the mock trials for Harvard Law School's Winter 2015 Trial Advocacy Workshop! Trials will be held: Thursday, January 22 2:00pm-6:00pm Harvard Law School, Cambridge Suffolk Superior Court, Boston Friday, January 23 2:00pm-6:00pm Harvard Law School, Cambridge Suffolk Superior Court, Boston.
The attorneys in these trials are 2nd and 3rd year Harvard Law students who would benefit greatly from feedback on their performances. We are hoping to have 10-15 people per jury to deliberate and to give their judgments on whether the students have convinced them or not in the individual cases.
Please contact Amy Soto at asoto@law.harvard.edu if you are able to serve during one or more of these afternoons!


Exception "run out of gas"
"During contract execution, when a contract sends a message, that message call itself comes with a gas limit, and the sub-execution works the same way (namely, it can either run out of gas and revert or execute successfully and return a value). If sub-execution runs out of gas, the parent execution continues; thus, it is perfectly "safe" for a contract to call another contract if you set a gas limit on the sub-execution. If sub-execution has some gas remaining, then that gas is returned to the parent execution to continue using."
1) firstly how do I know if it has run out of gas, since no return code is provided?
2) and, secondly, it does nt work. Unfortunately, when it runs out of gas, the exception is forwarded up and the current execution is stopped.
So, is the tutorial wrong?


Archery and Crossbow are both great activities to introduce some healthy competition to your team and an enjoyable opportunity for them to try their hand at some new skills.
Your delegates will be supervised by our qualified instructors. They'll be in safe hands and discover some surprising differences between these ancient disciplines.
How well do you know your team? Are they calm under pressure? Can they react quickly and keep their eye on the detail? Let them try clay pigeon shooting and find out for themselves!
As well as being great fun, it's an opportunity to develop these desirable skills. It's also a suitable activity for a competitive team building event.
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Suitable as an individual or team activity.
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Based on the popular American Archery Tag, Bow Tag is a competitive team activity where teams take to battle on the Bow Tag Field.
Equipped with bow, mask and armguard the objective is to tag the opposing team with a foam tipped arrow.
Each team has a scoreboard when a core is hit it will fall from the score board 5 fallen cores and your team is out! The game area is covered in large inflatable obstacles (similar to typical paintball sites) and the arrows are foam tipped, so it's all perfectly safe.
There's even a 'no man's land' between the team areas to make sure the competitive spirit doesn't get out of hand! All games are refereed by qualified Instructors, who keep safety and fair play in mind at all times.


I have another quick Christmas card for you today. It gains it's interest through using both types of embossing - heat and dry and a little details with Washi Tape.
I wanted to create an earthy yet simple look to the card so I ran some Naturals White card sandwiched between the Festive Flurry Embossing folder through my Big Shot.
I cut a strip of the Naturals White ran a length of Washi Tape from the lovely new Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi tape pack (there are 3 reels with different patterns) and distressed the edges with the distressing tool. I then wrapped the strip with some linen thread and adhered it to the embossed card.
The greeting is heat embossed in gold (to match the gold design on the Washi) cut out with a framelit and sponged around the edges using Soft Suede ink. It is raised up on dimensionals.
The entire card front was then adhered to a Sahara Sand Card mat before being adhered to a Naturals White card base. I love the layers and the simplicity of this card. It was quick to make too, and the design would suit a number of different colour combinations.


... well, one suspects the word "robocall" would come up with remarkable frequency, at least as far as the opposition parties, with "Vikileaks" running a close second.
Yes, it being Wednesday, the halls of Centre Block will seem deceptively serene this morning as MPs from all parties disappear behind closed doors for the traditional Wednesday rap sessions. Don't worry, they'll almost certainly make up, and then some, for the temporary dearth of sound and fury during the equally traditional caucus outs.
On the agenda for the House of Commons today: the proposed free trade agreement between Canada and Panama -- which up until this moment, I hadn't noticed has been branded the "Canada Panama Growth and Prosperity Act," leaving one to wonder whether there is any item of parliamentary business that can't be converted into a talking point.
As far as I can tell -- and I may be wrong -- the bill itself has not yet been placed under time allocation, which is somewhat odd, given the cheerfulness with which the Official Opposition has successfully stymied the passage of similar free trade proposals during minority parliaments past, to the point that I started thinking of its occasional cameo appearance at the top of the order paper as a tacit admission that the government house leader had simply run out of useful business to keep the Chamber occupied, and was simply running down the clock.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page will provide advice and guidance to the members of Government Operations and Estimates, who are currently conducting a somewhat meta, but nevertheless necessary review of the estimates review process itself.
At Foreign Affairs, the investigation of the role of the private sector in "achieving Canada's international development interests" continues with appearances by Clark University geography professor Anthony Bebbington and Goldcorp vice-president Brent Bergeron.
Before all that gets underway, however, MPs will retreat behind closed doors for the weekly meetings of their respective caucuses.
Hitting the media circuit: Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, who will present a joint statement issued by the Inter-Parliamentary Group for Human Rights in Iran -- of which he appears to be the only Canadian member -- which will "sound the alarm on escalating mass domestic repression" and condemn the "massive state-sanctioned assault on human rights".
Later today, Rob Stewart, director and star of Sharkwater, a documentary that, according to the official site, "expos[es] the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations" will hold court with reporters before a screening of the film at Library and Archives Canada.


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Spirits as medicine for a dark past
Schrijfster Toni Morrison
Spirits play a important role in post-colonial and minority literature as a means of processing black pages from history, according to literary scientist Chia-Sui Lee. PhD defence 11 January.
It is a decisive point in time in the novel Beloved by Afro-American author Toni Morrison: the black community helps the main character Sethe to drive an evil spirit out of her house. It is the spirit of her oldest daughter, Beloved, whom Sethe had murdered to avoid her falling into the hands of a slave trader.
Collective trauma
'Morrison used this climax to draw attention to a collective trauma among the descendents of American slaves,' says Lee. 'In the time of slavery, slaves were often alone, and couldn't ask for help from people around them,' Lee explains. 'In Beloved, the Afro-American community is ready to drive out the ghosts of the past. That has a healing effect.'
Room for thought
Lee believes that ghost stories can create room for thought in countries and regions where there is one dominant story. In postcolonial literature and the literature of minority groups in particular ghosts can contribute to processes of healing, whether that is among present-day Afro-Americans or South Africa at the time of apartheid. Lee: 'Ghost stories can teach readers such things as respect for traditions, ancestors and nature. In that sense, ghosts have agency, real power to bring about change.'
Moral dilemma
In The Woman Warrior by Chinese-American author Maxine Hong Kingston it is a ghost that draws attention to a moral dilemma. Hong Kingston tells the reader how her unmarried aunt became pregnant, was expelled from the community and eventually committed suicide. She later returns as a ghost. Hong Kingston uses this story to highlight the lack of women's rights in Chinese society.
Ghosts Here and There: Spectral Resistance and Dialogue in Postcolonial Literature
Film and Literary Studies (BA)