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Orellana's Robots
"Climate scientists are now connecting the dots and starting to glimpse how a terra preta therapy might heal our atmosphere and oceans."
Robot: n.; a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically.
In 2009, the New Scientist interviewed James Lovelock, the originator, with Lynn Margulis, of the Gaia Hypothesis, that all Earth was a great living organism. At 90, Lovelock's outlook for the human future was dim.
Do you think we will survive?
I'm an optimistic pessimist. I think it's wrong to assume we'll survive 2°C of warming: there are already too many people on Earth. At 4°C, we could not survive with even one-tenth of our current population.
What about work to sequester carbon dioxide?
That is a waste of time. It's a crazy idea — and dangerous. It would take so long and use so much energy that it will not be done.
Do you still advocate nuclear power as a solution to climate change?
It is a way for the UK to solve its energy problems, but it is not a global cure for climate change. It is too late for emissions reduction measures.
So are we doomed?
There is one way we could save ourselves and that is through the massive burial of charcoal. It would mean farmers turning all their agricultural waste — which contains carbon that the plants have spent the summer sequestering — into non-biodegradable charcoal, and burying it in the soil. Then you can start shifting really hefty quantities of carbon out of the system and pull the CO2 down quite fast.
Would it make enough of a difference?
Yes. The biosphere pumps out 550 gigatonnes of carbon yearly; we put in only 30 gigatonnes. Ninety-nine percent of the carbon that is fixed by plants is released back into the atmosphere within a year or so by consumers like bacteria, nematodes, and worms. What we can do is cheat those consumers by getting farmers to burn their crop waste at very low oxygen levels to turn it into charcoal, which the farmer then plows into the field. A little CO2 is released but the bulk of it gets converted to carbon. You get a few percent of biofuel as a by-product of the combustion process, which the farmer can sell. This scheme would need no subsidy: the farmer would make a profit. This is the one thing we can do that will make a difference, but I bet they won't do it.
In 2010, New Society released a book I had been laboring on for several years, The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change. I can't claim that the central theme of reversing climate change with biochar was original, and indeed, I hastened to give credit to key scientists, many of whom I had the honor of meeting on my trips to Brazil. Their light was hidden under a bushel, however, and I saw my role as turning the bushel over and letting that light out.
In compiling The Biochar Solution, I searched the earliest sources for the observation of terra preta do Indios (the dark earths of the Indians), and in that process discovered, stored for safekeeping in the library of Seville, Spain, the journal of Francesco de Orellana's scribe, Friar Gaspar de Carvajal — Relación del Nuevo Descubrimiento del Famoso Río Grande que Descubrió por Muy Gran Ventura el Capitán Francisco de Orellana ("The Account of the Recent Discovery of the Famous Grand River which was Discovered by Great Good Fortune by Captain Francisco de Orellana").
Carvajal's history of the journey had remained in the Archivo de Indias and largely forgotten for 353 years until the Chilean historian, José Toribio Medina, compiled an abridged version in Spanish in 1895. A translation of Medina's account by Bertram T. Lee and edited by H.C. Heaton is in Stanford University Library as The discovery of the Amazon according to the account of Friar Gaspar de Carvajal and other documents as published with an introduction by José Toribio Medina (New York, American Geographical Society, 1934).
In The Biochar Solution, I related the expedition that began in February 1541 when, by various accounts, Gonzalo Pizzaro (1502-1548) left coastal Ecuador to travel inland in search of cinnamon and gold, then fell on hard going, with hundreds (mostly slaves) starving and dying. Pizzaro, desperate, dispatched a trusted lieutenant, Orellana (1511-1546), to take 50 men and descend a newly discovered river in search of food. Historian Ed Hart explained what happened next:
Having traveled 200 leagues (a league equates to 2.6 miles) down fast-flowing rivers through inhospitable country where food was scarce, in the end his party hadn't the food, the capacity, the support or the means to alleviate Pizarro's predicament. There was no way back. They were both in the same famished predicament only in different places.
By improvisation and his unique skills, especially in languages, Orellana and his men escaped being swallowed by the jungle, eaten by crocodiles or strung up on poles by headhunters, and managed to find their way across the uncharted continent to the Atlantic Ocean, where they navigated the coast to Venezuela and returned from there to Spain. To Emperor Carlos V, Orellana's tale seemed fantastic and contrived, and so it was that Carvajal's Jornadas languished four centuries on a dusty library shelf, unpublished.
In recent days we have seen ramped-up interest both in the terra preta soils, which, as Lovelock said, are essential to any plan to escape the juggernaut of rapid climate change, and in the history of ancient civilizations. All around the planet, LIDAR imaging has rolled back the forest cover and, in the Amazon, revealed vast city complexes, validating Carvajal's account. While slow to understand what soil scientists like Sombroek, et al, were telling them, climate scientists are now connecting the dots and starting to glimpse how a terra preta therapy might heal our atmosphere and oceans.
Explorers and scientists who arrived after Orellana found no trace of the great civilizations Orellana claimed to have discovered. Since the interest of the conquerors was best served by relegating the history of the Americas to Stone Age isolated bands of hunter-gatherers until their Christian redemption in service to the monarchs of Europe, calling Orellana and Carvajal fabricators suited the times. Hart wrote in 2013:
Some, like American archaeologist Betty Meggers (1921-2012), didn't believe that the nutrient-poor, acidic oxisols (soils) could support more than the minimum recycling of nutrients required to sustain an unchanging fetid equilibrium. In Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise, published in 1971, she was unequivocal: there just wasn't enough resources to sustain agriculture, significant population densities or social organization beyond that of the "pop-up" hunter-gatherer village.
But by the 1960s, soil scientists and geographers had already begun to unravel the popular myth and replace it with hard evidence of an entirely different story.
In January 1542, nearly a year into his expedition, Orellana captured two Yagua chiefs named Aparia and Dirimara, whose names likely came from the Yagua words (j)ápiiryá ('red macaw clan') and rimyurá {'shaman'), linguistically similar to the language of Peru, Quechua. Today the Yagua live in some 30 subsistence communities scattered throughout a 70,000 sq. mi. section of the Peruvian and Colombian Amazon basin, still speak Yagua and still wear a traditional clothing made of palm fiber.
Carvajal described them as pale-skinned Indians with fine hair to their waists, who stood "a span taller than the tallest Christian." They spoke of wealthy cities in the hinterland, part of a confederation which included Aparia the Lesser and Aparia the Great, part of which extended 80 leagues (208 miles) from the Rio Caracuray to the Rio Javari. This corresponds closely to Yagua land today, extending southward from the second to the fifth parallel and westward from the 70th to the 75th meridian west. Carvajal observed that the settlements were so close to each other they were separated by "less than a crossbow shot." Similarly, the Machiparo territory, a neighboring confederation, extended 190 leagues (494 miles) from Rio Juruá to the Rio Japurá/Caquetá.
Traveling further down river, Orellana next encountered the Omagua, who had the custom of flattening their children's heads by binding a piece of wood to the forehead soon after birth. Omagua women would jeer at the women from other tribes, saying that their heads were "round like those of forest savages." The Omaguas considered their flattened foreheads a sign of cultural superiority over their neighbors, and for a long time they resisted abandoning this custom, even under missionary pressure. Los Llanos, modern home of the famous Gaviotas ecovillage, is in former Omagua territory. Carvajal, estimating their army at 50,000 men between 30-70 years of age under arms (younger men were exempt from military service), noted the Omagua had a hereditary aristocracy, a sign of sedentary, agrarian culture. The territory was described as having roads ("royal highways") into the interior. A single settlement, with an overlord named Ica, was 5 leagues long (13 miles) and rich in gold and silver.
At the point where Omagua territory ended, the people were described as "stocky," (in contrast to the tall Yagua), bore wooden shields and lived in stockades "fortified with walls of heavy timber." Inside these gated fortresses were large plazas in which 10-foot carved wooden reliefs stood. In The Biochar Solution, I translated Carvajal's entry from the medieval Spanish:
In this town were houses of pleasing interiors with much stoneware of diverse forms. There were enormous pitchers and vases, and many other smaller containers, plates, silverware, and candlesticks. This stoneware is of the best quality that has ever been seen in the world, and even that of Malaga does not equal it. It is all enameled with glass, of all colors and the brightest hues. Some are drawn to frighten, but on others, the drawings and paintings are delicate depictions of nature. They craft and they draw everything like the Romans. There were ornaments of gold and silver, and in this house were two idols woven of feathers of intricate design, and designed to frighten. There were giant statuary and in one there were working arms and knees, run by gears and wheels. The statues' heads had very great ears, with ornate earrings. And also in this town were much gold and silver, but our intention was not to look for wealth but to eat and to try to discover how we might save our lives.
From this village there went out many roads, fine highways to the inland country. The Captain wished to find out where they led to. For this purpose, he took with him Cristóbal Maldonado and the Lieutenant and some other companions and started to follow the roads. He had not gone half a league when the roads became more like royal highways, and wider. When the Captain perceived this, he decided to turn back, because he saw it was not prudent to go any farther.
A few days later, Carvajal described making port at a medium-sized village and being astonished by its feats of architecture.
In this village was a very large public square, and in the center of the square . . . were two towers, very tall and having windows, and each tower had a door, the two facing each other, and at each door were two columns; and this entire structure that I am telling about rested upon two very fierce lions, which turned their glances backward as though suspicious of each other, holding between their forepaws and claws the entire structure.
The "fierce lions," were most probably jaguars, which would have been a concern to herders. Paguana, a land of villages two leagues (5 miles) long, was described as having many "sheep like Peru" (llamas) and being rich in silver, pineapples, avocados, plums, cherimoya (passion fruit). It had wide roads and stood over a bluff at a point where the river was so wide the Spaniards couldn't see the opposite bank.
The expedition then passes 70 leagues downriver through the "Provincia de Picotas" (headhunters) before Orellana came upon two white women and "many Christians" with Indian wives, possibly survivors of the ill-fated Diego de Ordaz Rio Orinoco expedition of 1531-1532. One of the ships, under the command of Lt. General Juan Cornejo, was wrecked just north of the Amazon and the entire party "lost to the jungle."
"There are very large cities that glistened white and besides this land is as good, as fertile, and as normal in appearance as our Spain…. [A]ccording to the disposition of what we saw, the interior must be populated much as what we had seen, and thus, this area ... we must say is "grandísimo."
Carvajal's experience in Spanish cities like Seville and the royal capital, Valladolid, provided some reference for "very large cities," but the sheer scale of these 13-mile long, wealthy "glistening white" cities, and what he witnessed passing down the river dwarfed even those. For some 200 miles, "the farthest separation less than an average league, and at least five cities lasted entire leagues without separation from house to house."
Passing into Provincia de San Juan, which extended 150 leagues (390 miles) into the Amazon delta, Carvajal says it was ruled over by the overlord, Couyuco/Quenyuc, who had an elaborate tribute (tax) system. The region was said to be densely populated (according to their Indian guides) and had roads and stone houses with doors. In these tidal reaches, dominated by Carib tribes, the chief Arripuna was "the overlord of white men and Christians." Carvajal describes Tinamostón, chief of La Provincia de los Negros (they covered themselves in black body paint) and the chiefdom of Nurandaluguaburabara-Ichipayo, guarded by fortresses built on hills stripped of vegetation.
Of the Amazon women warriors, Carvajal describes their bravery, mores, and customs. Was Father Gaspar going for accurate detail or was he writing for the prurient delight of other monks? He wrote:
These women are very white and tall, and have very long hair, bound and shaken wildly at the top, and are very bold and walk naked, but for leathers over their shames. They carry scimitar knives and bows and even if you shoot them with arrows in their arms, they still fight as much as ten men; and these women put so many arrows into one of our brigs, that it looked like a porcupine.
Fearing for their lives, the travelers bypassed large population centers, occasionally got into skirmishes with armies numbered in the thousands, and looked for small towns into which they could land a raiding party, steal whatever food they could lay their hands on quickly, and resume their journey downriver. Father Gaspar observed and recorded fine colored clothes of cotton and wool, wealthy port cities, ceremonial buildings with roofs clad in macaw feathers, woven tapestries that narrated historical events, elaborately carved furnishings, and even machinery.
Meggars and others who said no large population centers could have been possible in the Amazon were disproven by the Orellana expedition, although it has taken almost 500 years to confirm. Thanks to LIDAR, there is now little doubt that "very large cities" existed and were supplied by an advanced form of agriculture that the Spanish, and many later, failed to comprehend.
In 1661, Santarém was founded by Father João Felipe Bettendorf with the name "Aldeia do Tapajós" (Tapajós village) in the divide where the Amazon and Tapajós rivers run along many miles, side by side, without mixing. Today Santarém is the seventh largest city in the north region of Brazil. Bettendorf was an educated man and could not help but observe the difference in the color of the soils. He named them terra preta do Indios.
The first published mention of dark earths in Amazonia, "black and very fertile," was in 1870 by the American geologist and explorer James Orton, a professor at Vassar, in his book The Andes and the Amazon, dedicated to Charles Darwin. In 1865-66, Louis Agassiz put together an expedition to the Amazon that included the young Canadian geologist Charles Hartt. Later named the first professor of geology at Cornell University, Hartt published studies of this soil (1874), as did his assistant Herbert Smith (1879), and the British geologists Brown and Lidstone (1878). Ballard S. Dunn's book, Brazil: Home for Southerners (1867), described the post-civil war emigration to slavery-legal Brazil of 10,000 to 20,000 former Confederate soldiers and plantation owners. Descendants of Confederados now comprise a tenth of the municipal population of Santarem. Former First Lady Roslynn Carter had a relative among the originals. But well before this period, R.L. Allen wrote in American Agriculture (1846):
"Charcoal dust applied in the same way has been found to increase the early growth from four to ten-fold."
It is therefore no surprise that the Confederados chose terra preta lands for their new plantations. They had plenty to chose from — terra preta soils cover an area in Brazil the size of Great Britain. It's also no surprise that Henry Ford chose to site Fordlandia and his "Dearborn in the Jungle," the Belterra rubber plantation, on a terra preta bluff outside Santarem.
The oldest written record of charcoal use in agriculture may be the "Nogyo Zensho," a Japanese agricultural encyclopedia written in 1697 during the Edo period by the wandering samurai-turned-peasant Yasusada Miyazaki. The earliest chemical description linking terra preta to carbon came in 1903 from the German geologist Friedrich Katzer, who identified the high organic matter content in the soil, the fine carbon biochar giving the dark hue, and suggested a cultural origin. His library and samples were destroyed in the siege of Sarajevo in 1992–1996.
From the 1920s into the 1970s, much time was wasted debating whether terra preta was formed by the accumulation of organic material in former lakes and ponds that attracted Indian settlement or by organized manufacture as Katzer had said. Wim Sombroek showed terra preta "obtained its specific properties from long-lasting cultivation" and, while questioning whether it was "economically justifiable" (in 1966), proposed developing new dark earths as carbon sinks and for food security, a strategy he named, "Terra Preta Nova."
According to historian William Denevan, after 1980, groups of terra preta researchers can be identified, particularly in Germany, Brazil, and Colombia, but "in the US these Amazonian dark earth studies elsewhere initially aroused little interest." It was not until the mid-1990s that geographers, archaeologists and soil scientists began to find common cause, and today we can start to add climate scientists to that mix.
Terra Preta Nova may have finally found its calling.
But before we leave, let us stop and ponder one more piece of Father Gaspar's narrative that we brushed by perhaps a bit too quickly. Carvajal reported, "There were giant statuary and in one there were working arms and knees, run by gears and wheels. The statues' heads had very great ears, with ornate earrings."
Giant robots — in a place where almost all of the monumental architecture was carved from wood because stone was scarce. To make these giant robots, society would need either to have developed sophisticated metallurgy or elaborate woodworking. These androids would have required gears as precisely tuned as time-pieces. Since no machines of this type have since been discovered in the Amazon, one might surmise they were not widespread, although in the tropical climate even durable hardwoods like teak and mahogany would have eventually degraded. Nonetheless, to be able to make a giant statue with working arms and knees requires considerable engineering skill. Could that have come from a survivor of the Cornejo shipwreck? Chinese merchants? Or, was it a skill developed over the course of many millennia, along with astronomy, agronomy, and architecture? We may never know.
All that we can say now is that Orellana was not lying. It was those who came later that were wrong.
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Juannie said...
I don't have the link to the reference, but as I was involved in Climate Science for twenty-four years and read a lot of scientific papers, I remember a paper that attributed the little Ice Ages in the 15-1600's to the rapid growth of the Amazon forests after the decimation of the cultures that inhabited these areas along the Amazon River. The civilizations were apparently decimated by a huge smallpox epidemic that ravaged the indigenous peoples after the Europeans had passed through and they were reduced to such small numbers that disappeared into the jungle. The resulting regrowth of the flora drew down such huge amounts of atmospheric carbon that the reverse of atmospheric warming, atmospheric cooling took place.
I could probably put my hands on the paper if you're interested. It seems to fit in and be another link of the historic puzzle.
Incidentally, I add pulverized charcoal (and rock dust for mineralization) from our fireplace in all my compost and my wife's gardens are so superior to any other gardens in the area in both production and quality. She has turned heavy clay soils into dark rich loam full of earthworms and other soil critters.
John Hemingway said...
A fascinating and inspiring article, and well written!
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The town of Beaumaris in Anglesey is home to one of the oldest houses in the UK.
We are admiring it when we notice a rather splendid car coming round the corner.
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As I scrolled down I kept expecting one of them to be driven by Mr Toad. Poop, Poop.
I see that after the red car went by, the two ladies watching the cars go by , tired and left. AND YESSSSS, those are all splendid cars.
Fabulous; have saved the photos…….some of you know that I do love old cars (and old men)…classics each and every one! Many thanks.
Char. we did know about you enthusiasm for classic men, but not for cars! I hope you have as much fun with the cars as you do with the men!
My dear departed parents were both Welsh, married in Lanfairfechan (across the Menai Straits), and set up housekeeping on Anglesey, where my father was the local Customs and Excise Officer. Spent summers there in my late teens and even waitressed at a frightful teashop/cafe in Beaumaris.
Happy to bring back memories – and for no charge!
I like the two-tone blue convertible, with a drive in matching hat and coat.


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Harmon was one of the classiest players who ever played the game. A genuine star he did not make a show of fame or demean an opponent. He played with a singular passion for the game and was a consummate gentleman who engendered the respect from his teammates and opponents and love from those that knew him. A true superstar he hit 573 home runs and stands at 11th on the all-time home run leader list and drove in 1584 runs. He was a 13 time All Star and the American League MVP in 1969. In 1970 he led the American League with 41 home runs and hit over 40 home runs 8 times during his career. He began his career with the Washington Senators in 1954 and went with the franchise when it moved to Minnesota in 1961. He finished his career with the Kansas City Royals in 1975. In 1969 he hit 49 home runs and drove in 140 runs, a career best. Since his records were set in the non-steroid era at a time when ballparks were larger than when many of the current home run leaders played they are truly remarkable. He was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 on his fourth year of eligibility with 81.3% of the vote.
He was a generous man who contributed much to his community and to cancer treatment and research. He made sure that he continued his association with the Twins until this season when after his diagnosis with Esophageal Cancer he spent his customary time with the team during Spring Training. Due to his treatments he was unable to attend opening day.
I had the privilege of meeting him twice. The first time was on Sunday July 12th 1970 when I was 10 years old at Anaheim Stadium when the Twins were playing the Angels. It was photo day and though my parents took pictures of us with many of the players including Harmon who I remember teasing me about my Angels' cap. He hit a two run home run in the first inning off Angels' starter Tom Murphy. It was amazing thing to see for a ten year old. That picture must have been lost years ago as I found only a few from that day when I was searching my parents' collection of photos after my father died last year.
One of his nicknames was "killer" but that was in relation to his hitting and how he played the game. In life he was a kind, generous, soft spoken and gentle man who exemplified all that is good. He was a mentor to young people and players and many players who played with or on teams where he coached credit him with lessons in life as well as baseball. He was engaged in many charitable beginning in 1977 when he established the Danny Thompson Memorial Gold Tournament which has raised over 8.6 million dollars in the fight against Leukemia and Cancer and is named after a teammate from the Twins who died of Leukemia in 1976 at the age of 29. In 1991 he established the Harmon Killebrew Foundation.
I met Harmon again in the summer of 2003 when I was stationed aboard the USS Hue City at Mayport Florida. He was on a USO tour co-sponsored by AT&T called the Heroes to Heroes Tour. He was travelling with fellow Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins, John Tudor, Manny Sanguillen, Paul Blair and Jimmy Winn. There were two visits that day in Mayport, one at the Naval Station Galley at breakfast and one at the Navy Exchange. The breakfast meeting was not well publicized and due to traffic congestion the players arrived late. However, I was one of just a few sailors who where there when they arrived. We spent an hour together the players outnumbered the sailors. I remember Harmon as one of the nicest athletes that I had ever met. I told him about meeting him in 1970 and he remembered the day but not the 10 year old, but then there were hundreds of us out there that day.
He was one player that I always admired. Legend has it that his image was used as the Major League Baseball logo, although that his contested by the artist. Personally I think that he had to be the model for the logo as the image is so true to Killebrew that I cannot believe that it is anyone other than him. But then I can believe what I want, if he wasn't and it was a composite as the author claims his image had to be part of it.
Harmon Killebrew was an amazing man who I am honored to have met and seen play on television and in person. I have his autograph on a card with the other 5 players that I met in Mayport that morning in 2003 as well as the Stockton Ports hat that I was wearing that day. Though I only met him those tow times I feel like I have lost a friend. The things that he signed and my memories of him are what I have left of one of baseball and humanity's greats. Harmon you will be missed. May you rest in peace.


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August 31, 2018 / 6:03 PM / a year ago
Bulgaria reports its first outbreak of African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria reported its first outbreak of African swine fever on Friday, with authorities saying seven backyard pigs at a farm close to the Romanian border had been infected with the disease.
African swine fever is a highly contagious disease that affects pigs and wild boar. It does not affect humans.
Seven infected animals were found at one farm in the northeastern village of Tutrakantsi, village and tests confirmed the virus, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said, adding that all 23 pigs in the village will be culled and a 3-kilometre quarantine zone will be established around the village.
Neighboring Romania has reported hundreds of cases of the disease in pigs since June, while China has also reported five cases of the disease in the past month.
Bulgaria built a fence on its land border with Romania last month in an attempt to prevent the crossing of wild boars that could spread the disease onto its territory.
The cases in Romania were among pigs kept in backyards and small holdings as well as several large private farms since June.
Last week it reported an outbreak at its largest pig breeding farm, saying over 140,000 animals there will be culled.
Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova; Editing by Susan Fenton

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River erosion, River footpath needs closing
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Light not working all the time
LED streetlight light out on Bath Road A4
Corner of Bloomfield Road
Road markings becoming very worn
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LED streetlight light out on A4
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Pot hole returns
Sewer running down back of our property is blocked
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Street light & road sign not lit at night
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Street light not lit at night (Repton Road)
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Huge pot hole at junction
Huge pot hole as you turn into Sandy park from wick Road.
Sunken utility cover.
There is a large pothole at top of sandy park, which is causing incidents
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Street light not lit at night
Street lamp still not fixed
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Broken Kerbstone outside 197 Bloomfield Road
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Overgrown brambles/hedge
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Dumped bags in car park
Street is dark
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There is a dip in the road and crack
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Glass on road
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Light not working
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Light not working making it unsafe to walk along the path
Street light not working at night
Too bright and shines directly into our bedroom
Outside on road outside 136 and 138 Bloomfield Road. About 3 to 4 ins deep and about 8 to 10 ins in length
Street light does not work
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Lampost and light over zebra crossing not working
Both streetlights are out
I live by lamp post it helps light up area of houses near
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Street light not working in Mapleleaze
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Full public bin
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Street light and sign
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Solid lump of salt unable to use any of the grit
Street light hit by lorry and is now facing the wrong way
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Entire length of communal path in front of the houses, has uneven surface, and reportedly causing falls.
Dangerous Flooding on corner road
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Light out
Fixed 14:46, 25 Sep 2021, last updated 13:45, 22 Nov 2021
Smelly drains on sandholme road
Damaged cover.
17:08, 21 Sep 2021, last updated 16:26, 11 Jan 2022
Overgrown trees
11:21, 15 Sep 2021, last updated 10:47, 21 Sep 2021
Workers repaired pathway outside 66 Harrow Rd. and left plastic barriers on pavement to allow concrete to dry. They are still there a week later and need to be collected
Fixed 20:06, 13 Sep 2021, last updated 21:43, 8 Nov 2021
Overgrown vegetation partially obstructing footway
Closed 15:40, 12 Sep 2021, last updated 00:05, 4 Oct 2021
Overgrown hedge obstructing footway
Fixed 14:04, 12 Sep 2021, last updated 12:58, 11 Oct 2021
Low hanging trees obstructing footway
Lights not on at night it's number 18 on wick road opposite 212
Light not working outside 6 Allison Road BS4 4PN
Fixed 20:31, 9 Sep 2021, last updated 12:58, 11 Oct 2021
This walkway is getting narrower and narrower
Tree branches covering traffic lights
21:54, 30 Aug 2021, last updated 13:50, 26 Oct 2021
Overflowing waste bins
Fixed 17:35, 30 Aug 2021, last updated 18:19, 27 Sep 2021
Overgrown shrubbery
Fixed 17:31, 30 Aug 2021, last updated 08:27, 1 Oct 2021
Pedestrian guardrail danger
14:53, 24 Aug 2021, last updated 14:54, 24 Aug 2021
Maintenance hole cover is large trip hazard due to pavement damage
17:30, 21 Aug 2021, last updated 08:14, 10 Dec 2021
Blocked gully
16:06, 19 Aug 2021, last updated 10:02, 22 Sep 2021
Overgrowth obstructing pedestrian side of shared space
Fixed 15:58, 19 Aug 2021, last updated 14:28, 16 Dec 2021
Rubble on Road
Closed 11:41, 18 Aug 2021, last updated 00:05, 22 Sep 2021
Raised slabs - major trip hazard
Rubbish everywhere
Over flowing bins
Pedestrian walkway in nartrow lane leading leading to Bloonmfield road
16:51, 2 Aug 2021, last updated 13:26, 5 Aug 2021
Traffic light for turning right from Bath road to Sandy Park road is not working
Closed 15:49, 2 Aug 2021, last updated 00:05, 24 Aug 2021
Large pothole on junction
Fixed 22:47, 28 Jul 2021, last updated 15:03, 5 Aug 2021
Pot hole and drain cover that is loose
Closed 10:14, 27 Jul 2021, last updated 00:05, 24 Aug 2021
Outside number 21 damage to paving
Trees obscuring pedestrian traffic lights
20:00, 22 Jul 2021, last updated 20:50, 21 Oct 2021
Here are some other nearby reports:
Over grown brambles etc
Closed 21:13, 6 Sep 2021, 0.5km, last updated 00:06, 11 Oct 2021
Bushes overgrown onto walkway
19:05, 19 Dec 2021, 0.5km, last updated 20:31, Sunday
Roundabout needs lane markings
Fixed 11:56, 23 Nov 2021, 0.6km, last updated 16:27, 13 Jan 2022
Not on at night causing issues pulling into driveway
Fixed 22:07, 16 Sep 2021, 0.6km, last updated 12:58, 11 Oct 2021
A4 Bath Road Speed camera continually flashing on Lodekka side
19:50, 12 Jan 2022, 0.6km, last updated 15:23, Thursday
Overgrown foliage
15:38, 29 Oct 2021, 0.6km, last updated 12:51, 10 Nov 2021
Sunken dropped kerb
Fixed 16:28, 29 Jul 2021, 0.6km, last updated 14:45, 25 Aug 2021
The road is sinking and a very large crack has appeared from one side of the road to the outher
Fixed 14:56, 6 Sep 2021, 0.6km, last updated 09:29, 6 Oct 2021
This Street Lamp is outside No 64 Runswick Road.
Fixed 12:39, 21 Sep 2021, 0.6km, last updated 15:01, 30 Nov 2021
Road markings needed
08:09, 11 Jan 2022, 0.6km
Large weed obscuring illuminated bollard in island.
13:08, 12 Aug 2021, 0.6km, last updated 13:45, 9 Sep 2021
Light not lit
Street light 3 & 5 both not working and both are outside a primary school
Street light number 11 not lit
Street lamp not illuminating at night
The drain outside 151 Winchester Rd does not drain
11:18, 26 Jul 2021, 0.6km, last updated 10:01, 13 Sep 2021
Fixed 13:51, 29 Oct 2021, 0.6km, last updated 13:25, 22 Nov 2021
Fridge freezer left on pavement
Central reservation barrier
Fixed 21:58, 6 Sep 2021, 0.7km, last updated 00:55, 23 Sep 2021
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Logan's Sanctuary is an electronica album by Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Brian Reitzell, conceived as the soundtrack for an imagined sequel to the film Logan's Run.

Manning's former bandmate in Jellyfish, Jason Falkner, contributed to two tracks. Also, photographs of Falkner dressed in costumes reminiscent of the film were incorporated into the CD booklet. Manning, Reitzell, and Falkner later formed the band TV Eyes, recording their first album between 2000 and 2003, although it was not released until 2006.

Track listing
"Islands In The Sky" - 2:39
"Search For Tomorrow" - 5:13
"The Game" - 4:24
"Lara's Rainbow" - 5:08
"Metropia" - 5:56
"Pleasure Dome 12" - 4:46
"Ian's Orbit" - 6:00
"Escape" - 3:27
"Endless Tunnels" - 6:10
"The Silver Garden" - 5:40

Personnel
 Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Producer, Composer, Performer
 Brian Reitzell - Producer, Composer, Performer
 Jason Falkner - guitar on "Metropia"; lead vocal, guitar and bass on "Search For Tomorrow"
 Justin Meldal-Johnsen - bass on "Lara's Rainbow", "Metropia", "Ian's Orbit", and "Endless Tunnels"

External links

Album information at Discogs.com
 Album review
Jason Falkner website listing of session work

Albums produced by Brian Reitzell
2000 albums
Emperor Norton Records albums
Science fiction concept albums

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Q: Writing multiple strings into a variable (Python) I am trying to make a Python NetSH network maker using Python and the Tkinter Module, I am currently stuck on how to combine an entry when making the final Batch document that the program will execute. Please refer to the start of the 'e1' section to understand my problem.
My aim is to take both entries from the user and write them to a batch file to make a wlan network using the computer's network card. I also have tried referencing the variables separately which has also given errors.
#Simple GUI
#Import Tkinter
from tkinter import *
import tkinter.messagebox
import os
import subprocess
from subprocess import Popen

#Window
master = Tk()

#Modify Root Window
master.title("Simple GUI")
master.geometry("640x420")

Label(master, text="Network Name").grid(row=0, column=0)
Label(master, text="Network Password").grid(row=4, column=0)

e1 = Entry(master)
e2 = Entry(master)

e1.grid(row=1, column=0)
e2.grid(row=5, column=0)

e3 = (e1, " key=", e2)

# Secondary Window
def success():
   tkinter.messagebox.showinfo("Success", "WiFi Network created!\n\nThe Wifi
Network will end once the computer is restarted or shut down")

#CMD Command
def run():
    text_file = open("wifi.txt", "w")
    text_file.write("netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=")
    text_file.write(e3)
    text_file.write("\nnetsh wlan start hostednetwork")
    text_file.close()

Button(master, text='Generate', command = run).grid(row=6, column=0,
sticky=N, pady=2)

#Making a label
master = Frame(master)
master.grid()
label2 = Label(master, text = "This is a baisc Python program using the
Tkinter GUI interface \n to successfully execute bash code in the Command
Prompt to make a WiFi Network using your laptop's Network Card.")
label2.grid(row=10, column=0)

#Button 'Help'
def info():
    tkinter.messagebox.showinfo()
B1 = tkinter.Button(master, text ="info", relief=RAISED,\
                         bitmap="info")
B1.grid()

#Text Writing
def writeFile():
    file = open('command.bat')
    file.write(metinF.get() + '\n')
    file.close()

'''
#Button
button1 = Button(app, text = "Generate")
button1.grid()

button2 = Button(app)
button2.grid()

button2.configure(text = "Decline")

button3 = Button(app)
button3.grid()

button3["text"] = "Help"
'''

#Label 2
app = Frame(master)
app.grid()
label2 = Label(app, text = "\n Made by Christopher Grainger \n 2018")
label2.grid()

#Kick Event
master.mainloop()

Please help as this error is extremely confusing and not even Google has any valid solutions for this. I've tried things listed online but they also have their own errors.
Thanks;
Chris
appleosophy.com
@appleosophy

A: You are trying to write a tuple into a file.But write method only takes string as argument. Use
e3 = e1.get() + " =key" +e2.get()

inside your run function.
Get method returns the input in the entry as string.

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An MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan is a type of scan which uses changing magnetic fields to produce a 3D picture of the inside your body.
An MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan is a type of scan using changing magnetic fields to produce a 3D picture inside your body.
The scanner is linked to a computer that takes information from the scanner and creates this image which is then analyzed by one of our radiologists.
Prior to your scan you make be asked to fast for 2-6 hours depending on your procedure. At the time of your appointment you will be asked to complete an extensive safety consent form. It is very important that this is answered correctly. If you need assistance please ask our friendly staff to help you fill this in.
On the day of the exam, you will be require to get changed into a gown and remove all metal items from your person prior to entering the MRI room.
An MRI scan typically takes between 10-60mins to perform with most examination in the 15-20min range.
On completion of the procedure the pictures are processed and transmitted to the Radiologist, who will then examine the films and send a report to your referring doctor.
MRI scans use radio waves to produce the image. The waves are similar to normal radio station waves in the environment. They have no ionising radiation component and are very safe.
Why am I being asked so many questions relating to implant and devices?
An MRI scanner is a very strong magnet ranging from 15000 – 30000 gauss. A fridge magnet is approximately 5 gauss. For this reason extreme care must be taken by the radiology staff to ensure that no magnetic items including implanted items enter the MRI room.
Some devices such as Pacemakers cannot enter a MRI room and as such you may be ruled out from having your procedure.
The safety questions asked by MRI staff are very important and for your safety must be answered correctly to avoid major injury or death.
Will the MRI affect my artificial Joint of fillings, etc.?
No. The magnetic field only affects ferrous magnetic metal. The MRI technician will advice you if there is any concerns regarding your implanted devices.
I'm very claustrophobic, how will I get through the scan?
1 in 10 people are naturally claustrophobic. MRI technicians are well trained to look after you and have multiple ways of assisting you throughout the test. The current MRI machines are much better suited to claustrophobic patients then machines of yesteryear. They are all well-lit and have their own air-conditioning supply.
Our system is 70cm wide and patients can be potentially scanned up to 200KG so there is significant room inside the machine. The tunnel is much shorter allowing in some cases your head not to be in the machine and scans can be performed very quickly if need be (less than 10min).
If you have significant concerns please discuss with your doctor prior to attending your MRI as they may be able to prescribe medication to assist your scan.
Will I require an injection for my scan?
Some procedures require an injection of Gadolinium to help delineate some structures or diseases within the body.
Gadolinium is very safe and has no correlation to iodine used in CT scans. In very rare cases it is possible to have an allergic reaction to this contrast. Radiology staff are well trained in dealing with these reaction and you must inform them of any possible issues after your injection including nausea, itchiness or tightness in your chest.
It is also important to inform the staff prior to your injection if you have diabetes, heart, kidney or thyroid problems as well as if you have had issues with contrast before.
I might be pregnant, can I still have an MRI scan?
MRI imaging produces small amounts of heat within the body while generating your pictures. For this reason we typically don't perform MRI scan within the first trimester of pregnancy.
In the 2nd or 3rd trimester it is perfectly safe to have a MRI procedure. if you feel you may be pregnant or are actively trying to conceive, please discuss this with our MRI department at the time of booking.
Can I still breast feed after my MRI scan?
The contrast given within MRI is a very safe and only a small amount is required. For this reason there are no problems with breastfeeding after your MRI contrast examination.
If you are concerned, however, you may express for 24hours to ensure that there is no gadolinium within the breast milk.
After the scan, a radiologist will perform a written report for your referring doctor. The reception staff will be able to inform you when this report will be ready so you can make an appropriate appointment.


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More room at Palace
The Old Palace Lodge Hotel is expanding and will create 12 new jobs, following a £1.1 million loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Work has begun on the hotel, based on Church Street in Dunstable, to create 18 new bedrooms at the Grade II listed building. Phil Davies, Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking and Martyn Murphy, MGM Hotels The renovation will cater for a surge in demand due to its town centre location. The funding from Lloyds Bank has allowed the hotel to increase its capacity by a fifth.
There will be 86 bedrooms available for guests once work is completed by the end of the month. The 18th century hotel has been owned by umbrella company MGM Hotels since 2004.
The Old Palace Lodge Hotel employs 38 members of staff and will be welcoming 12 new full and part-time employees to the team. Martyn Murphy, director of MGM Hotels, said: "This expansion marks a major milestone for us and our brand, and supports our vision for continued long-term growth. "We've been working with Lloyds Bank since we took over the business 13 years ago. "The team fully understand what we're trying to achieve and, with the latest funding package, we're now able to meet customer demand as well as improve guest experience."
The new deluxe bedrooms will have interactive smart tvs and air conditioning, free local, national and mobile calls and free 100 Mbps Wi-Fi.
Phil Davies, relationship director at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said: "As one of the oldest and most established hotels in the town, this expansion gives The Old Palace Lodge Hotel the opportunity to build on its established reputation, as well as create new jobs in the area. "We are committed to helping Britain prosper by supporting small-to-medium sized businesses like MGM Hotels, which is why, since the start of 2011, we have grown our net lending to SMEs by 31 per cent whilst the market has contracted by 12 per cent."
Image: Martyn Murphy, MGM Hotels (Left) and Phil Davies, Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking


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Tyler Bozak (ur. 19 marca 1986 w Regina, Saskatchewan, Kanada) – hokeista kanadyjski, gracz ligi NHL.

Kariera klubowa

  University of Denver (2007 - 3.04.2009)
  Toronto Maple Leafs (3.04.2009 - 1.07.2018)
  Toronto Marlies (2009 - 2010)
  St. Louis Blues (1.07.2018 - nadal)

Sukcesy
Klubowe
  Puchar Stanleya z zespołem St. Louis Blues w sezonie 2018-2019

Bibliografia

 Tyler Bozak – profil na stronie NHL
 Tyler Bozak - profil na stronie Hockey Reference

Kanadyjscy hokeiści
Zdobywcy Pucharu Stanleya
Hokeiści St. Louis Blues
Hokeiści Toronto Maple Leafs
Hokeiści Toronto Marlies
Urodzeni w 1986


It has been 10 years since Pixar's animated hit "Finding Nemo" splashed into theaters and everyone fell in love with a clown fish named Marlin and his forgetful blue tang fish travel companion, Dory, in a quest to find his son, Nemo. This week, Pixar announced a sequel, "Finding Dory," will swim into theaters on Nov. 25, 2015.
Marlin and Nemo will return along with the Tank Gang and several of the original characters from the first film, but some new characters will be introduced. In the first film, many fans wondered why Dory swam alone as she bumps into Marlin in his search to find his son. Now that Nemo is safely home with his father and his newfound friends, the group abandon the Australian waters and set out to the sunny California shores to find Dory's family.
If "Finding Dory" is as successful as its successor, "Dory" will be in great shape. "Nemo" is the third-highest grossing animated film and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Since its release, the film has sold over 40 million copies and was the highest grossing G-rated film before Pixar's own "Toy Story 3" overtook it.
I, for one, cannot wait for the film to hit theaters. I enjoyed the original as much now as I did when I used my niece and nephew as an excuse to watch it in theaters when it first was released. And, of course, everyone's favorite character was Dory to begin with.


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The overall objective of this research is to investigate the 10 years cardiac risk assessment for high risk patients and effectiveness of an innovative and multi-disciplinary program addressing blood pressure (BP) control in rural India.
To develop a multifaceted primary healthcare worker intervention that utilises a smartphone clinical decision support system to improve optimal BP control in high risk individuals.
To evaluate this program utilising a mixed methods evaluation in a cluster randomised trial involving villages in rural Andhra Pradesh.
Study has ended, data analysis ongoing. More than 54,000 subjects aged 40 years and above in 54 villages have been screened.


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New Fortress Energy: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
NEW YORK (AP) _ New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) on Monday reported fourth-quarter net income of $170,000, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had profit of less than 1 cent.
The company posted revenue of $145.7 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $182.1 million, or $1.71 per share. Revenue was reported as $451.7 million.
New Fortress Energy shares have fallen 21% since the beginning of the year. The stock has nearly quadrupled in the last 12 months.
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Are you ready for auditions? Is it time to get serious about singing lessons and finding a true voice teacher in opera or musical theatre? Ms. Todd maintains a private voice studio in Cleveland, Ohio where most of her students are musical theatre actors or opera singers in the Cleveland theatre scene and throughout the US. She does have a select group of younger students, some beginner voice students, who are considering a career in the performing arts. Ms. Todd's focus in teaching is to prepare singers for auditions to work and get paid for their singing. She prepares singers for professional auditions, competitions and performances. She also prepares high school and older for both undergraduate auditions and graduate auditions in both voice performance and musical theatre. Ms. Todd also plays full piano accompaniment for all of her students' lessons. Once or twice a year, Ms. Todd holds a voice studio showcase for students to perform. Those singers pursuing vocal performance degrees are encouraged to prepare a senior recital before going to college.
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Tarion Young as a singing gondolier at The Venetian in Las Vegas working now.
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Lara Mainier cast as Jan in Grease at The Paramount Theatre in Chicago and performed the role of Pinkalicous in Pinkalicous at the Broadway Theatre in Chicago, two year run!!!.
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Andrew Miller Four year scholarship winner for attending Ithaca College for Musical Theatre.
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When you're thinking about spending your life with someone else, you have to take a lot of things into consideration—can they be a life-long partner who supports you and makes you proud? If not, it's probably best to find someone else who's better suited for you. It's definitely easier than trying to change the person you're with just to conform and fit your needs. One Reddit user who insisted that his girlfriend of three years sell her successful businesses before he proposed to her found that out the hard way.


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An American actress and singer who is widely popular for her role as Layla Grant in the ABC musical drama series named "Nashville". She daughter to Wendy and Ashley. She graduated from Lake Mary Preparatory School. She was associated with Orlando Repertory Theater for a decade. She has already starred in television movies like Jr. Pet Detective Sharknado, Ace Ventura and The Good Mother. She has also starred in lead character in the romantic musical drama film Jen and the Holograms.
Exploring her personal life she has not married yet. After being so beautiful she has still managed to be single. Till now her named has not been linked with anyone. It seems like she has not still found her perfect partner or may be she is still busy in focusing in her acting career rather than worrying about her love life. Since she has not married yet she has not faced any divorce cases.


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Shock in Kentish Town as mother watches her son die in third fatal stabbing in under a week
Police at the scene where a teenager was stabbed to death in Bartholomew Road (Picture: Emily Banks) - Credit: Archant
A night of knife violence in Kentish Town last night saw two young men killed, and another suffer stab injuries.
Victim Abdikarin Hassan, who was fatally stabbed in Bartholomew Road in Kentish Town. Photo by: PRESS ASSOCIATION - Credit: PA
Kentish Town residents are in shock after a mother watched her young son lie dying in the street after realising he was the victim of one of two fatal knife attacks in London on Tuesday night.
Three young men from the area have been stabbed to death in less than a week in an escalation in street violence.
Two were killed less than a mile away from each other.
The first victim on Tuesday night, 17-year-old Abdikarim Hassan, was found with knife wounds in Bartholomew Road at about 8.30pm on Tuesday.
A teenager was stabbed to death in Bartholomew Road - Credit: Archant
He died yards away from tributes to Lewis Blackman, who was killed in Kensington on Sunday.
His mother saw him lying on the floor as he died, after realising he was the victim of the attack, neighbour Layla Awod said.
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"She said (to the police) that jacket looks like her son's and can she have a look if it's her son and they refused," Ms Awod said.
"She called his mobile and it was ringing and that's when she realised that it was her son, and they refused to let her in."
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He came to the UK from Somalia when he was two years old and was the eldest of six children, his uncle Yusuf Ahmed said.
Abdikarim was a college student and was a "good guy" who was "always smiling" and liked playing football, he said.
Abdikarim's aunt Fatima Deria said: "It's very unfortunate - 17 years old - it's sad."
Speaking on behalf of mother Shamso Mohamed Ahmed, Ms Deria added: "She said she came here for their safety, to flee from home. But he's not safe is he? He's dead."
Hours later, police were called to Malden Road, near the junction with Marsden Street.
They found a man, named locally as Sadiq Aadam, believed to be in his 20s with serious stab injuries. He was also pronounced dead at the scene.
In a joint statement, responding to the deaths, Camden council leader Cllr Georgia Gould, Holborn and St Pancras MP Keir Starmer, and borough commander Nick Davies reacted to the deaths. "It is appalling and deeply sad that these two young people have lost their lives in these circumstances, in the very midst of our communities. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the families and everyone who knew these young men. Camden Police are providing specialist support to the families of the victims.
"We want to reassure every Camden resident that the safety of our communities is our highest priority and we are directing all of our attention and resources to keep you safe."
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick called knife crime a "blight" on London, and urged young people to think before carrying knives,
"Stop and think. Do you really want your life to end? or end someone else's and waste your own life in prison.
"Whoever you are, if you have information, if you know another young person who is going out with a knife then help us protect them. Tell us. We will act."
It has been announced extra police are being deployed on the streets of Kentish Town in the wake of the attacks.
Detectives from the Homocide and Major Crime Command have launched separate murder investigations. There have been no arrests in connection with Tuesday's deaths.
The stabbings follow the killing of Kentish Town teenager Lewis Blackman in Kensington, last weekend. He also lived on the Peckwater Estate.
He was pronounced dead at the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning, after police responded to a large number of cars in Logan Place, Earls Court.
A teenager who was arrested near the scene of the stabbing has since been released.
Anybody with information about either incident can contact police on 101, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.
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Q: Function scope error in javascript I have a code and it does as follows
var Device = function(temp){
    this.list = temp;

    Device.prototype.getList = function(){
        return list;
    };

    Device.prototype.foo = function(tempFunc){
       navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(
    function(pos) {
                //I want to call getList here so lets do it
                //Method No1
                var list = this.getList();
                //Method No2
                var list = Device.prototype.getList();
                //Method No3
                var list = getList.call(Device)
            },
            funciton(){
              console.log("Error")
            }
    };
};

In all three methods I am getting an error.
1.object [object global] has no method called get list.
2. list is undefined
3. Can not call a undefined.
I also tried to call the foo method in this context then pos is not recognized in the context and passing the getList as a argument did not help me either. I think I do have understanding of the issue here but I do not know how to handle it. I need the getList method to be called in the anonymous function but that function gets called in the global context is my thinking. Could anyone sort this out for me.

A: First, it's generally not a good idea to build prototype properties inside a constructor function.
function Device(temp) {
  this.list = temp;
}

Your "getList" function has to explicitly retrieve the "list" property of the receiver object (the value of this):
Device.prototype.getList = function() {
  return this.list;
}

The most complicated part is setting up the callback function, but luckily it's not bad:
Device.prototype.foo = function(tempFunc){
   navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(
       function(pos) {
         var list = this.getList();
         // ... whatever ...
       }.bind(this), // <-- the important part
       function(){
         console.log("Error")
       }
    );
 };

The .bind() function will give you a function that's got this pre-arranged.


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The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
Simon Blackburn
Over 3,300 entries with the most recent terms and concepts, and biographical entries for over 400 philosophers
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Contains extra features including key vocabulary, chronologies of philosophical events, and web links
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This bestselling dictionary is written by one of the leading philosophers of our time, and it is widely recognized as the best dictionary of its kind. Comprehensive and authoritative, it covers every aspect of philosophy from Aristotle to Zen. With clear and concise definitions, it provides lively and accessible coverage of not only Western philosophical traditions, but also themes from Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy.
Entries include over 400 biographies of famous and influential philosophers, in-depth analysis of philosophical terms and concepts, and a chronology of philosophical events stretching from 10,000 BC to the present day. New entries on philosophy of economics, social theory, neuroscience, philosophy of the mind, and moral conceptions bring the third edition of this dictionary fully up to date.
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Simon Blackburn is one of the UK's leading twenty-first century philosophers. He retired as professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge in 2011 and is now Collegial Professor at the New College of the Humanities. He remains a distinguished research professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He was previously a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford and has taught full-time at the University of North Carolina as an Edna J. Koury Professor.
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Apatrapya (Sanskrit, also apatrāpya; Pali: ottappa; Tibetan Wylie: khrel yod pa) is a Buddhist term translated as "decorum"  or "shame". It is defined as shunning unwholesome actions so as to not be reproached by others of good character.  It is one of the virtuous mental factors within the Abhidharma teachings.

The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:

What is apatrapya? It is to avoid what is objectionable in the eyes of others.

The difference between hri (self-respect) and apatrapya (decorum) is that hri means to refrain from unwholesome actions due to one's own conscience, while apatrapya means to refrain from unwholesome actions to avoid being reproached by others.

Alternate translations
decorum- Guenther, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
shame - Erik Pema Kunsang
consideration - Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
propriety - Rangjung Yeshe Wiki

See also
 Mental factors (Buddhism)

Notes

References
 Guenther, Herbert V. &  Leslie S. Kawamura (1975), Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding". Dharma Publishing. Kindle Edition.
 Kunsang, Erik Pema (translator) (2004). Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1. North Atlantic Books.

External links
 Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for khrel_yod_pa

Wholesome factors in Buddhism
Religion and peace
Morality
Sanskrit words and phrases


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Q: Use getPerspectiveTransform to obtain transformation matrix and then use it to transform a single point into warped space I have the following image:

As you can see, there is a green point there with coordinates (x1,y1). Next, I identify some reference and target points in order to get the corresponding perspective transformation matrix using:
matrix = cv2.getPerspectiveTransform(referencePoints, targetPoints)

How should I use that matrix to transform just the (x1,y1) point into a new point (x2,y2) with the new perspective.

As an additional example, imagine you have two points in the original image with a distance d1 between them, but you want the true distance d2 between those two points. Then, you should transform both points into the new space (with a birds eye perspective) and calculate the distance again.
In particular, the transformation matrix is:
matrix = array([[ 3.51546299e+00,  1.70317103e+01,  3.42045887e+02],
                [-9.18633633e-01,  1.31323789e+01,  1.77154086e+03],
                [ 2.00130923e-06,  2.07269593e-03,  1.00000000e+00]])

And the point I want to transform is:
A = [303.7355, 1101.029]

Thank you


ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK, December 4, 2007 — Most Reverend William Murphy, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre has been elected chairman of the Domestic Justice and Human Development Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for a three-year term effective immediately. The election occurred November 15 during the bishops' general meeting November 12-15, 2007 in Baltimore. Bishop Murphy will succeed Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
The Domestic Justice and Human Development Committee is a standing committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. It coordinates the USCCB's policy development and advocacy on major national issues including: health care, welfare reform, violence and the death penalty, poverty, civil rights, housing, homelessness, hunger, rural life, economic justice, labor and employment. It has oversight of the USCCB Department of Social Development and World Peace with regard to these issues.
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In addition, Bishop Murphy serves on the USCCB Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and is a member of the Committee on International Policy. Earlier in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Murphy to serve as a member of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
His service to the USCCB included a position on the Board of Directors, as well as a member of Committees on International Justice and Peace, Latin America, an Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care Issues as well as an adjunct to the Committee on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Most recently, Bishop Murphy served on the USCCB Committee on Migration.


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In 2015, Oaktree Development proposed a 219-unit housing development on the environmentally sensitive Mugar parcel in East Arlington, invoking the state Chapter 40B provisions which allow housing developments with a certain affordable component to skirt local land use controls.
The project has been on hold since December 2015 when Arlington's Zoning Board of appeals (ZBA) asserted that the Town has met one of the "safe harbor" thresholds available under Chapter 40B, that of having 1.5% of eligible land area devoted to affordable housing. If achieved, that status gives the Town far more control over 40B projects and limits the developer's ability to override local zoning and wetlands protections.
Oaktree disputed the Town's findings, and the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) agreed with Oaktree. In early 2017 the Town appealed the 1.5% decision to the next level, the Housing Appeals Committee (HAC).
In a separate court proceeding, the Town of Arlington sued the state to obtain data needed to support its 1.5% calculation, and the Town prevailed.
Now – finally – the 1.5% appeal is scheduled to be heard by HAC in late October. HAC may then take several months to hand down a decision.
When that decision comes it cannot immediately be appealed to a court of law by either party. Instead, the actual substantive hearing process on the project would commence, led by the Zoning Board of Appeals, and continue to a conclusion (either an approval, a rejection, or an approval with conditions). At that time, whichever party continues to dispute the 1.5% calculation could raise it as an issue in a court challenge.
Why shouldn't the Mugar Parcel be developed?
The 17-acre Mugar parcel lies almost entirely in the 100-year floodplain as defined by the 2010 FEMA mapping, and includes substantial wetland areas. The site is a remnant of the Great Swamp of Alewife Brook, a tidal marsh which once handled tidal floodwaters naturally, but has been degraded and filled over the past century. With increasing development, and increasing rainfalls, our surrounding and downstream neighborhoods, streets and roadways are threatened with more frequent, and more severe, flooding.
Oaktree's development scheme calls for 219 units of rental housing and over 300 at-grade parking spaces to be built on the western end of the site, covering acres of the site with impervious surface and displacing identified wetlands.
In invoking the provisions of Chapter 40B, the developer has given notice that it intends to seek waivers from many of the local Arlington regulations that protect sensitive natural resources.
Arlington Land Trust continues to advocate for the permanent protection of the Mugar parcel as conservation land. The site is subject to regular and significant flooding, and is a critical stormwater buffer for the surrounding and downstream neighborhoods of East Arlington.
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