How to clean water blocks?
Water blocks may be disassembled for cleaning purposes on an occasional basis. The warranty is not rendered void on dis-assembly of the water block, but the customer loses the EK leak-free guarantee which comes with a factory tested water block. An old, but soft toothbrush is an excellent cleaning tool!
5% vinegar is enough to kill 99.9% of algae and bacteria that could be present on copper in not maintained cooling loop as well.
Upon cleaning, it is necessary to flush the water blocks in water and rinse them with distilled water. After rinsing, we recommend wrapping the water blocks in paper towels until completely dry. It is nearly impossible to avoid naturally occurring copper tarnishing (oxidation) as the oxidation will reoccur the moment the copper is cleaned of the all oxides.
When cleaning nickel plated copper, it is forbidden to use any aggressive chemicals (or vinegar) or rough materials as you may damage the plating and thus void the warranty. Please note also that due to presence of dye additives and other chemicals, the nickel layer may also become discolored/stained over a period of time. However, the staining is normally reversible by simple flush and rinse.
Polish the hardened deposits (such as algae or dirt) from the nickel plated copper if necessary.
EK recommends the use of automotive soft, non-abrasive metal polish creams. After you finish using other cleaning methods, give the nickel plating a good polish with a non-abrasive metal or chrome polish. Apply a small amount of polish to a cloth or to the surface of the nickel. Wipe the entire surface of the nickel with the polish, using small circular motions, until it looks shiny and clean. Use another clean cloth to remove the remains of the polishing paste from the surface. Always rinse with distilled water after you are done with polishing.
Acrylic will fail prematurely if subjected to even small amounts of alcohol, acetone or other aggressive chemicals. Please do not use anything but warm, soapy water and a toothbrush to clean the acrylic (plexi) glass water block tops and reservoir tubes. Using aggressive chemicals will surely void your warranty!
Algae- or dirt deposits may be rubbed out using a soft cloth in combination with warm, soapy water. Rinse with distilled water after cleaning.
POM (polyoxymethylene) or Acetal can withstand chemicals such as alcohol or acetone but EK recommend using these very sparingly as the drying chemicals will certainly leave some residue. Usually POM can be cleaned easily with just a soft cloth and warm, soapy water – without the use of any chemicals. Rinse with distilled water after cleaning.
Using a corrosion inhibiting coolant (such as EK-Ekoolant or other market proven coolant) is highly recommended for any water cooling loops. Since EK-Ekoolant is also a surfactant, it will prevent algae growth and dirt deposition on all wet surfaces.
Clean the radiators and flush them with warm water prior to use. You may use a vinegar/water solution. Radiators are – due to the nature of manufacturing – usually the source of all dirt particles found on the loop. Always rinse the radiators with distilled water after you have finished cleaning.
Refrain from using Copper Sulphate based additives in your loop in order to prevent tarnishing on your water cooling gear internals!
Usually when cleaning the water blocks, there is a black residue left on the copper from what seems to be O-ring grease mixed with degraded rubber.
I take care to remove that, and grease the O-rings to keep the rubber lasting longer, and if i find that they are too thin or they are so brittle they have a crack, I replace them.
I like your guides, and I'd like it if you mentioned maintenance of the O-rings (cleaning, greasing and replacing) since they are absolutely essential for keeping the system leak-free.
What type of grease is used for the seals/rubber gaskets?


Camp Creek, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. 22 March 2015. Not including the legs, this female is about 4mm long.
Spiders are capable of long distance movement when they are small spiderlings. They accomplish this with strands of silk that function like kites in the wind. The bowl and doily spider frequently engages in this 'ballooning' which might help explain its continent-wide distribution. Bowl and Doily Weavers are mostly found during the spring months in the Sonoran Desert.


This article provides information on how to pick the right trekking company for your Kalaw to Inle Lake trek in Myanmar: which trekking company to pick from depending on your needs, cost per person per trekking company to fit your budget and review of the trek.
Kalaw is a serene town up in the Burmese hills. It is located at over 4,000 ft over sea level. The temperatures are lower and the air is cooler.
We left Bagan at 6pm and were dropped off in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere in Kalaw at 1 :30 am. A couple, a solo female traveler and us two were on the side of the road. Where to go? The female traveler had a reservation for a hotel so we followed her, hoping there would be other hotels around. Luckily for us, Golden Lily Guesthouse was next door. We went in and spent the night from 2am to 6am.
Amenities : The guesthouse has a very bad reputation and from our research, it is one of the least recommended hostels we've read about. Room with two single beds, seemed old but clean. Shared bathrooms were extremely dirty – very glad we did not have to use them. Management seemed nice and accommodating (surely because they wanted to sell the trek to us). Recommended only in our circumstances ( for a couple hours of rest) but would highly suggest to search for a better accommodation.
A better guesthouse would be Golden Kalaw Inn, a clean double room costs a little over USD $20, breakfast included and friendly staff.
How to choose which trekking experience you want ? Find trek maps here.
One of the stops along the trek: visit a local shop. This Burmese lady makes scarves for sale.
2,000 kyats total for monastery donation.
Read the review of the trek with Ever Smile from Erohism.
It can get a little muddy during the summer months.
Sam's Family Trekking (081 50377 or 081 50444/50327): the most famous trekking agency out of the three. We would have gone with them as they had a group of two people doing the 2D1N trek but they only offered an overnight at a homestay, which would have been a great experience if we had two nights, but we preferred to sleep in a monastery…even if it was an empty one. We stopped by the homestay on our way to the monastery and it looked like a regular guesthouse with other trekkers.
Golden Lily Guesthouse: $81 for the two of us which is more expensive than booking in advance with Ever Smile or going with the group of 4 at Sam's Trekking. We had an amazing trek guide/cook: Ashok, a very dynamic, lively and passionate guide who was very knowledgeable about the vegetation in the hills of Myanmar.
What to bring to your Kalaw to Inle Lake trek?
There are shops around in case you need to buy snacks, water, etc. but expect inflated prices. Meals are included in the price of the trek so we only brought in our own water and small snacks.
– optional: an extra pair of pants (J slipped in the mud and an extra pair of pants would have been nice) and a book.
We were able to spend the night at an empty monastery (which is what we wanted) without electricity. We had a delicious meal by the fire. It helped that our guide was of great company, we had a great evening of story-swapping. We would highly recommend him as a guide, very knowledgeable and easy to get along with. In the meantime, we had our bags dropped off at Nan Da Wann Hotel in Inle Lake and we were not obligated to stay there if the hotel did not suit us.
In the morning, we left the monastery after breakfast, once again prepared by our guide, and we were on our way to Inle Lake. We made a couple of stops along the way, meeting up with other travelers and to visit a primary school.
We arrived in Inde-in ( a nice village to visit) for lunch time, I couldn't wait to take off my shoes! We had lunch at one of the local eateries and quickly walked around before hopping on the boat to Inle Lake where you have to sign in and pay a fee of 1,500 Kyats per person. After enjoying the ride under the hot sun, we had made it to Inle Lake. Our bags had safely arrived as well and we sadly parted with Ashok, who was on his way back to Kalaw – for another trek the next day.
Given our situation, we were fortunate to have everything fall into place. We had done our research preparing for this and read horrible reviews about Lily's GH and the Singh's brothers' treks. However, we couldn't have been more pleased with our trek . If you can request Ashok as your guide, you should have a very enjoyeable trek! If you have more time to prepare, and don't want to chance it, I would suggest to book ahead with either Ever Smile or Sam's Family Trekking. With hindsight, I would opt for a 3 Days 2 Nights trek to see more of the Myanmar landscape and based on the 2-day trek, it was not too physically demanding and one of the highlights of our Myanmar adventures.
How long did you stay in Kalaw? Share you travel stories with us !
View our other travel tips from Myanmar for travels on a budget. View our Myanmar itinerary to plan your next trip.
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According to law enforcement … Robin told cops another car cut him off as he was leaving Chateau Marmont … forcing him to swerve his black convertible Porsche into a parked car.
Robin's ride sustained serious damage to the front and back end … but we're told no one was injured in the wreck. The parked car, a Volkswagen, was also towed from the scene.
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The former home of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Lisa Vanderpump was heavily damaged on Friday evening by a massive fire. The fire broke out around 6:30PM in the exclusive gated Beverly Park community located in the Beverly Hills Post Office area.

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U.S. Legalizes Same Sex Marriage
Created: 26 June 2015 | Written by Christopher | Print
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The U.S. Supreme court ruled 5-4 in support of same sex marriage on Friday. Thirty seven States already recognize same sex marriage, while 13 don't. The ongoing battle over the last two years was a fierce one, that included warnings from some Bishops. The real tragedy is that the U.S Bishops weren't more unified about this, and many didn't speak about it, or campaign against the depravity.
Did we really expect anything else? Modernists are insistent to push its agenda come hell or high water. In 2005 a very similar situation happened in Canada in which it legalized same sex marriage; being the 4th country in the world to do so. This event was another step in the erosion of morality. Today it's same sex marriage, tomorrow it's pedophilia, and the next day its bestiality. In the recent past no one would have said that same sex marriage was on the horizon, and many would say "Your just fear-mongering", or "It will never happen." It's part of an agenda to bring about total depravity, just one more notch in the post for the modernists. When you put a frog into a pot of boiling water it will jump out. But if that same frog is put into room temperature water and the heat is turned up slowly it will not notice that it is being boiled alive.
Today's society has done a complete reversal on what is good and what is evil (some say there is no such thing.) It is drunk on itself, but it doesn't realize what is really happening. The media pushes that it is about "love", and because society was pushed so hard for so long that it doesn't realize it has been duped. Greater society no longer understands what love is. If you read the comments below about any given article or forum on the internet regarding same sex marriage you will see a few that oppose it, but many who are for it, and many will chastise, ridicule and wish harm on those who doesn't support it. It is a modern day persecution. Is this the "love" they are preaching?
The Catholic Church and scripture certainly teaches against same sex marriage, not because it "just hates" everything, but because it hates sin. Sin is a destructive force, rather than a force for good. There are aspects to this whole movement that most are not aware of. For starters there are serious health concerns for those who partake in sodomy. It also re-defines the term family that binds people together, and replaces it with a term that is about self. Family is rooted in the ability to procreate but same sex marriage does not allow for this. This in turn promotes a lifestyle of selfishness, turning oneself inwards, demanding that the individual be served rather than the family. Hedonism becomes the focus of the relationship and its god is self pleasure. Same sex attractions used to be a mental disorder, but because of this agenda being pushed, the various Physiatrist associations of the world decided to drop this idea. You can still find pamphlets such as "The Medical Consequences Of What Homosexuals Do" and videos such warning against what "Homosexuals Do" on the internet. Even the U.S. CDC publishes statistics on the medical consequences and the outlook isn't good for homosexuals! The idea that same sex attraction is genetic is also a farce perpetrated by those pushing this agenda. The entire human genome has been mapped, and no one has found a gay gene. Multiple studies of twins were done, in which one of the twins were gay and the other weren't; they found no genetic connection. It is a purely mental condition, resulting from the environment. No one is born gay, and if you look up "Not Born Gay" on facebook you will see the testimonials of a woman who used to have same sex attractions, was heavily involved in the LGBT lifestyle and has since made a complete 180 in this regard. These are all things that do harm to the person, and it doesn't even take into consideration what it does to society as a whole!
Mark my words, the next marching order is paedophilia. Even now as I write this there are certain groups and individuals pushing for it. It is not hard to find articles about it. If you are for same sex marriage and reading this article do yourself a favour and look up the negative aspects of same sex marriage, sodomy, and the various perversions. The image above says "Be on the right side of history", but what it doesn't realize is that same sex marriage is really on the wrong side of history as attested to in scripture and other long forgotten empires that embraced this lifestyle.


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Якушинцы () — село в Якушинецкой сельской общине в Винницком районе Винницкой области Украины.

Код КОАТУУ — 0520688901. Население по переписи 2001 года составляет 2463 человека. Почтовый индекс — 23222. Телефонный код — 432. Занимает площадь 2,83 км².

Адрес местного совета
23222, Винницкая обл. Винницкий р-н, с. Якушинцы

История
Атамановский утверждает, что поселение на месте современных Якушинцев существовало уже в XIII столетии. Также он пишет, что в XVII столетии село принадлежало представителю давнего украинского боярского рода Коцюб или Козуб, которые позднее стали именоваться Якушинскими. Руликовский указывает, что Якушинцы были переданы земянину Борису Коцюбе Великим князем Литовским Свидригайлом, однако это предположение, по словам Атамановского, является ошибочным, поскольку согласно люстрациям 1545-го и 1552-го, Коцюба ими уже владел, а Свидригайло княжил на Подолье во второй раз в 1440-е—1452 год. Также согласно письму 21.05.1431-го, Якушинцы принадлежали пану Евсею и имели точно определенные и никем не оспариваемые границы с соседними усадьбами. Также опираясь на географическое положение села и направление колонизации подольских земель, Атамановский указывает, что населённый пункт или ровесник Винницы, либо даже старше её.
Первая школа села была построена в 1864-м году. Языком образования был украинский.

В 1920—1930-е годы в школе преподавал известный краевед Степан Килимник (позднее уехавший в Канаду). Многие из записанных им рассказов и обряды были родом из Якушинецкой земли.

Религия
В селе действует храм Святителя Николая Чудотворца и храм Преподобного Серафима Саровского Винницкого районного благочиния Винницкой епархии Украинской православной церкви.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Учётная карточка на сайте Верховной рады
 Отдел образования Винницкой райгосадминистрации. Село Якушинцы

Населённые пункты Винницкого района

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Q: truncating text in rails I've got some user-entered text I'm displaying on the page that needs to be truncated nicely so as to fit into a fixed width. Rails has a nice helper built in for truncating strings, and specifying the omission text like so:
truncate(post.title, :length=>50, :omission=>link_to("...",post))

or I can css it like so but neither of these are quite satisfactory. I want the ellipsis to link to the original/full text in the case that some text is truncated, and I want the truncation to work with respect to the actual space taken up by the characters at time of rendering (without using a fixed-width font), not with respect to a character count.
so. is there a fix to the css version to use an arbitrary html string for the truncation text? or is there a way for rails to tell how much space the string is gonna take up when it is truncating? It seems to be a problem that people have since there's a built-in Rails helper for truncating text, but are these people all using fixed-width fonts?

A: There is no way to know how wide the rendering will be until it is rendered. It will be different with various browsers / devices / font availability / settings.
Your only solution will be to calculate the width via javascript and then modify the markup, generate your ellipses link, etc.
Many relevant thingies in several answers here: Calculate text width with JavaScript
update this particular answer even adds a … for you: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3140086/168143

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Nearly all disputes about political economic issues, boil down to differences in philosophies regarding the nature of the legitimate role of government. When I'm discussing an economic issue with someone and there is disagreement, my first question to them is always about what the role of government should be. My second question is about how they justify their answer to the first question. What is the basis for their beliefs about the jurisdiction of government? It is interesting that when Noah Webster published his first dictionary in 1828, the word "government" denoted internal self-control, whereas today when we speak of government, it invokes the image of the federal institution that takes care of us, or at least ought to do so.
We have all had the biblical injunction quoted to us "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's..." Before we can give heed to that maxim though, we must know what rightfully belongs to Caesar, and if Caesar is justified in ruling over all domains and spheres of life. Our Founding Fathers emphasized limited government, particularly as it pertained to the federal level. Along these lines, two clauses from the U.S. Constitution have been given a virtually unlimited purview. The first, The General Welfare Clause has given rise to the liberal political mandate that the federal government's foremost duty is to correct any perceived social or economic injustice. The second, The Commerce Clause, has been used by the courts to give the president and congress unbridled power to meddle in economic affairs. The application of both has become so broad that it practically invalidates the concept of limited government altogether.
The Federalist Papers were essay documents written by founding luminaries James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay using pseudonyms. The purpose was to persuade the common people to ratify the Constitution, by offering a comprehensive commentary on the meaning of many of its clauses. Madison, here, and in other writing, explained the limitations of "General Welfare."
We can now turn our attention to the Commerce Clause. George Mason University economist Walter Williams offer a historical synopsis in the following paragraph of his essay "Commerce Clause Abuse."
"For most of our history, the Courts foiled congressional attempts to use the "commerce clause" to sabotage the clear meaning of the Constitution, particularly the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. The Courts began caving in to congressional tyranny during the 1930s. That tyranny was sealed in 1942 by a little known U.S. Supreme ruling in Wickard v. Filburn. Mr. Filburn was a small farmer in Ohio. The Department of Agriculture had set production quotas. Mr. Filburn harvested nearly 12 acres of wheat above his government allotment. He argued that the excess wheat was unrelated to commerce since he grew it for his own use. He was fined anyway. The Court reasoned that had he not grown the extra wheat he would have had to purchase wheat; therefore, he was indirectly affecting interstate commerce."
This is the current legal approach to lawsuits against implementation of President Obama's health care bill, which have been adjudicated in various federal courts. The basic legal complaint asserted is that the federal government cannot force citizens to buy health insurance under penalty of civil law. Some have argued in response that we require persons to buy automotive insurance protection if they choose to drive a motor vehicle. The obvious distinction is that this mandate is exercised at the state level of government, not the federal level, and is thus consistent with the constitutional principle of Federalism(the distinctions in jurisdiction and powers delegated between state and federal levels of government).
A second aspect of the fundamental disagreement over the role of government is a rooted in stereotypes about political parties. We often hear, for example, that liberals are for the little guy, but conservatives are for big business, etc. These are your father's or grandfather's caricatures'. I tend to think that most politicians are out for themselves, but have different views and methods about how to assure their perpetual incumbency. There are notable exceptions — those people are the true statesmen.
We also hear taunts about which political party is the most unethical. When there is a moral failing by a particular member in congress, it is customary to be taken to task by acquaintances of the opposite political persuasion. I have never understood this tactic. Personally, I am a conservative because I believe that a conservative political platform, though imperfect, is the best way to govern humanity. I vote for conservative politicians because of their promises to uphold conservative tenets. When they fail to do so, I am disappointed and frustrated, but no more inclined to chuck conservative principles as some antagonists would insist I do. Individuals are fickle — principles are not.
I have never believed in man-made utopias. People who think that government of men, by men and toward men, can dispense with all injustices, wind up creating worse disparities than the ones attempt to alleviate.
Is the addition of Moore really less for conservatives?


Here are this week's top 10 straight from the Amazon Bestseller ranks. This week the category is nursing and feeding for babies and toddlers. Make sure you have the best products to help you prep bottles when your baby is still small.
If your baby is older and already weaning, there are bestsellers to help ranging from a no-spill drinking cup, to coverall bibs and easy to store snack pots.
The Munchkin Miracle cup is such a good cup to use to help your little one transition to using a 'proper' cup. Instead of the more traditional follow on cups from a bottle such as sippy cups or straw based cups, the Miracle cup actually gives a similar experience to drinking from a normal cup but with none of the spills. The cup genuinely doesn't spill- we had a few of these and the only time any water came out was if they got dropped from a height and then a bit of a splash would occur. No spills in bags though.
The Perfect Prep Machine takes the guesswork out of making up formula bottles by doing the whole job for you. With a hot shot button to kill off any bacteria in the formula and a top up button to add the right quantity of water to make a body temperature bottle of milk, you can have a bottle ready to go in under two minutes. Makes those night feeds really simple. The machine works with all formulas and you can set what feed size you need. It even has a cleaning cycle!
The Travel Food Warmer comes in handy when you're out and about with your baby over a feed time. Fill up the flask with hot water and when the time comes to feed your baby, just put the hot water into the plastic cup and pop in the bottle or food pot to get it to the right temperature.
When you start to wean your baby one of the things guaranteed is the mess. Food will end up in places that you never thought possible. You can try to limit this mess a bit by using full bibs with sleeves like these fun, colourful bestsellers. With a bib like this on, your baby or toddler will at least not have to have their top clothes and it will even protect their bottom half too. The bibs go on the arms then tie at the back so really easy to put on and off.
Feeding babies and toddlers means having loads of little pots of food everywhere. These Love a Bowls from Munchkin fit the bill as they don't spill or leak, can stack neatly to save space in the cupboard and will go in the dishwasher, microwave and freezer. Perfect!
There's a lot of baby bottle brands available, but these Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature bottles are the Amazon Bestseller. They have loads of design features to make them stand out from the rest: breast-like shaped teat to encourage latching, anti-colic valve for a slow flow and lower air flow, soft teat and easy-hold bottle. All these features come together to make feeding a pleasurable bonding moment for you and most importantly your baby.
The NatureBond manual breast pump has won a number of awards due to its ease of use and good value. The pump is soft and comfortable to use and can be easily transported in your changing bag when you go away to visit family or on holiday. Make it easier on yourself by expressing milk so you can share feeding with your partner or just use to collect 'let-down' milk to make you more comfortable.
A lot of babies and toddlers will dribble especially during teething. These fun and stylish bibs will catch all the dribbles and the food spills keeping their clothes dry and clean and so lessening the amount of washing that needs to be done. With different colours and designs you can choose the bibs that best go with your little one's clothes so they can still look cute even while dribbling!
Weaning your baby takes a bit of prep if you want to make lots of different purees for your baby to try. Use these clever little freezer cube trays to store baby food in portions so you can batch make and then freeze for quick use later. With lids on each cube you can easily transport them when you're feeding your baby while out.
Bottles, dummies, teethers and breastfeeding equipment can be sterilised quickly and easily using the Milton Cold Water Steriliser. Can hold six bottles of any brand and will only take 15 minutes to sterilise so you can quickly have a full lot of bottles ready for the day. The steriliser has a lid and locking handle so you can easily transport it for holidays or visits.


Added "Quick Links" on Dashboard - You'll notice additional links and "widgets" on the Dashboard that allow you to access the most used parts of Viper faster.
Improved integrated support - The new "Help" widget in the bottom left of every screen allows you to look up Knowledge Base articles and submit support requests without ever leaving Viper. This is the BEST way to get help with any Viper-related questions, requests, or issues.
Password Management - You can now change your password for accessing Viper using the "Account Settings" link in the upper left.
Added ability to "activate" Snapshots - You can mark a snapshot as "Active" which makes it the editable Proposal/Costing and shows on the Client Site. This makes it easy to revert to any snapshot at any time.
Added Snapshot descriptions - You can add descriptions for each Snapshot to organize them better.
Added option to "hide event dates" from Client Site - When adding/editing Events, choose to hide the start and end dates on the Client versions of the Proposal and Costing.
Added toggle to hide/show Sections and Events in Proposal Table of Contents - You can hide any Event or Section, which makes it easy to show content to your Client when it's ready or hide it when it's not ready.
Hide events in the Costing - If you hide all Costing Line Items in a Costing Event, the Event will be hidden in the client version of the Costing.
Hide Executive Summary if empty in the Program Scope - If you have no Events with dates in your Proposal, the Executive Summary section is hidden from the Program Scope.
Add field for Referral Details - In the Program Details tab, you can use a text box to enter additional referral details.
Improved Word download - Further improvements have been made to the Word download to better match style and format in Viper Proposals.
Added support for Commission Tracking. Submit a support ticket if you would like the "Commission Rate" and "Commission Amount" columns enabled for your costings.
Added support for "Internal Total Units" which allows you to track breakage and actuals. When the column is enabled, you can set a different internal quantity than what you price to the client. You can enable the Internal Total Units column in the Admin Site, from the Costing Control tab within each office's profile.
Added "Client Costing Notes" text area to the bottom of the Costing spreadsheet where you can enter notes, comments, policies, exceptions, etc. related to your costings.
Edit Unit Descriptions for Packages in Costing - Like Products, you can now change the Unit Description for Packages.
Quantity overrides for Products in Package REMAIN when changing Package quantity - Since the introduction of the Costing, the quantity for each Product in a Package can be "overridden" manually. However, when the quantity of the parent Package was changed, any quantity overrides for Products were lost and replaced with new calculated values. Now, quantity overrides for products in packages are NOT changed when the quantity of the parent Package is changed.
Added menu option to view/edit "Product Details" - Click the gear icon to the left of each product in the Costing to view and edit the product's Classification, Capacity, Unit Step, Unit Minimum, and Unit Maximum. Remember that Unit Step and Unit Minimum impact the Total Units calculation for each Product.
Added support for decimals - You can now enter decimals into the "Quantity" and "Units" columns. Be sure to update the Unit Step and possibly Unit Minimum for products that you want to sell in decimal units.
Updated Providers Popup to more accurately calculate price for Products in Bundled Packages - In the Costing, the price of Products in Bundled Packages is calculated based on the Profit Percent (Margin/Markup) of the parent Package. The Providers Popup has been updated to reflect this so that the price of a Product is calculated from the Profit Percent entered for the Bundled Package in the Costing.
Program Events Report - This new report allows you to view ALL program Events across all your Programs. Depending on how busy you are, this can be a useful planning tool. You can access the report in the left column menu in the Content Library tab.
Search Articles page - This new search feature allows you to search all your articles based on name, destination, or category. Results are displayed in a flat list instead of the category/sub-category hierarchy you are accustomed to in the Content Library. You can access the search page in the left column menu in the Content Library tab.
Product Pricing Report - Added columns for Provider Name and Effective Date. You can access the report in the left column menu in the Content Library tab.
Provider Payment report - Use this report to view upcoming and past due scheduled payments owed to providers. Date filters allow you filter by payment due date. You can access the report in the left column menu in the Programs tab.
Added additional column to the Programs Report download for "Referral Details."
Added support for File Attachments in Proposal content - You can use the "File Attachments" content block to upload files and display them in your Proposal content for clients to download.
Easily switch between Slideshow and Gallery - When editing a Slideshow or Gallery, you can check a box to toggle between displaying your images in Slideshow or Gallery format.
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Status History for Providers - In the Providers tab, you can track the Status History for each Product including the user and timestamp for each status change. This can be especially useful for reviewing when a Product was put on "Courtesy Hold" and if it needs to be released or confirmed with a deposit to the Provider.
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Q: Decompiling, modifying and compiling a flash object I have never worked with flash (SWF) before but I am in a situation where I need to modify an old flash object used internally on a site. The problem is that the flash object contains a year picker that stops with 2021 which is a problem now.
The source code is not available anymore (it's nearly 10 years old) but I have managed to decompile it using an online service and thus obtaining the source. I also found the year picker's definition, which goes like this:
        ...
        {
            label:"2020",
            data:"2020"
        }, {
            label:"2021",
            data:"2021"
        }];

So the actual change is easy enough, but how do I proceed from here?
I have no idea how to compile flash, and there is no make file etc which I guess is normally used.
How do I compile the flash object again from the modified source?
Note: For various reasons it is not an option to simply skip the flash object and building the same functionality using HTML.

A: Based on the suggestions from Organis, this is what I did.

*

*I downloaded the Free Flash Decompiler and opened the SWF file. This gave me a treeview of objects and code modules to the left.

*I searched for "2021" since this was the last year in the dropdown.

*Found the relevant section which looked like this:
 ...
 {
   "label":"2020",
   "data":"2020"
 },{
   "label":"2021",
   "data":"2021"
 }];

*I tried editing the source code, but it didn't work. Got a namespace error.

*Instead I edited the P Code in the right pane. It looked like this:
pushstring "label"
pushstring "2022"
pushstring "data"
pushstring "2022"
newobject 2
...
newarray <number of years>

*Note that array length had to be adjusted to the total numbers of years in the range

*Furthermore I had to increase the stack size etc because the Flash object crashed when loaded. I increased all these values a little by trial-and-error.
body
maxstack 17
localcount 3
initscopedepth 15
maxscopedepth 17

Hope it helps somebody in a similar situation.


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Famous for her elegantly written and whimsically illustrated children's books Millions of Cats, The Funny Thing, Snippy and Snappy, and Tales from Grimm, Wanda Gág (1893–1946) lived a life not unlike that of the characters in the German fairy tales that her grandparents told her as a girl.
In a new biography for young readers, award-winning author Gwenyth Swain brings the visionary and eccentric artist to life. Swain takes readers into Wanda's girlhood in rural Minnesota, where, from an early age, her artistic talents flourished. Yet Wanda, the eldest of seven siblings, was pushed abruptly into adulthood when her father's untimely death left her in charge of the household. After years of struggle, Wanda Gág was finally able to go to New York to pursue her passion. Her art was eventually featured at top galleries and her books, influenced by her love of nature and animals, became wildly popular among children and critics across the United States.
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Unfortunately, these days, you may have e-mail scattered everywhere. You may have an account at work, one with your home Internet service provider, others with online giants like Yahoo! or Hotmail. And if you're a student, add a school e-mail address.
Checking all these sources can be maddening. While there's no single solution for consolidating e-mail addresses, a number of strategies can help reduce the problem.
Let's assume you have an e-mail account at the office, one with AOL, a Yahoo! account, and one from finance megasite money.net. How do you consolidate this mess?
First off, the worst place to consolidate e-mail is at work, since that may be the only place you would be able to read your messages. Instead, look for an account with universal access. A Web-based e-mail provider like Yahoo! offers this advantage, since you can hop on its website from just about anywhere. Yahoo! e-mail can also be configured to download mail from other providers using POP3 (an Internet protocol used to download e-mail). Yahoo! will forward your mail to another address, if you choose to aggregate elsewhere.
The disadvantage of services like Yahoo! is that if you get a lot of e-mail, especially with large attachments, you can quickly run over your allotted disk space.
If you have Internet access through an ISP, or have a website through a hosting service, it may provide e-mail accounts, complete with Web access. This is probably the best consolidation option, as such services usually offer much more disk space to hold your mail, compared with the free services.
Unfortunately, America Online is an island unto itself. About all you can do is forward all your other e-mail accounts into your AOL account. You can't automatically forward your mail from AOL, and you can't check mail from other services. If you have an account with money.net, you're in the same boat. So perhaps the best advice is to start out with the right e-mail providers, or you may later find your mail scattered to the four winds.
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"Honest conversation" drives Utah to the forefront of the West
Utah Jazz has taken the top spot in the West, thanks in part to an "honest conversation" between All-Stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell.
The young and talented roster appeared to be on the verge of destruction after Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 in March last year and unwittingly infected his teammate Donovan Mitchell.
Gobert was able to fix fences through a phone call with Mitchell, however, and now the duo are leading the jazz into one of the team's most successful runs in years.
"We had a very honest conversation and that's all I needed," said Gobert Sam Amick in an interview for the Athletic. "You know, when I knew afterwards that I was telling him everything that was on my mind and I heard everything that was on his mind, I knew that we could move forward."
Rudy Gobert pulled the plug out of the socket @ TheAthletic (@ rudygobert27)
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* How the relationship with Donovan Mitchell was healed
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– Sam Amick (@sam_amick) February 3, 2021
The Jazz was able to regroup despite media coverage as the COVID incident broke their camaraderie, but the team exited the Orlando bubble after losing their series in the first round.
Gobert and Donovan signed a five-year extension in the off-season that they will keep in Utah until at least the 2024-25 season, rekindling ambitions for a run for the title.
"For me it was really like that I could put myself in his shoes and I think he could put himself in my shoes," said Gobert. "As two young executives on this team, it can be very powerful when two executives are able to do so. And I think that really allowed us to grow. In a way, we've celebrated our growth as players, as people, as players too. And that's a big reason why we believe today that we can win a championship together. "
Gobert averages 13.9 points, 13.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists this season, while Mitchell averages 23.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game this season.
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Amphipsocidae es una familia de piojos de la corteza con alas peludas en el orden Psocodea. La mayoría de sus especies miden de 3.0 a 4.5 mm de largo y tienen muchos pelos en las venas y el margen de su ala anterior. Las venas principales del ala anterior por lo general están alineadas con dos hileras de pelos. Poseen un labro ancho y plano, con bordes bien definidos al igual que otros miembros del infra-orden Caeciliusetae, .

Existen por lo menos 19 géneros y 240 especies descriptas en Amphipsocidae. Estos insectos inconspicuos están distribuidos ampliamente. El género Amphipsocus (98 especies descriptas) habita en África tropical y el este de Asia. Los géneros  Afropsocus, Capillopsocus, Ctenopsocus, Harpezoneura, Pentathyrsus, Schizopechus, y Xenopsocus son endémicas de la región Afrotropical, mientras que  Complaniamphus, Pseudokolbea, Siniamphipsocus, y Tagalopsocus son endémicas del este de Asia. El género Polypsocus es endémico de América; Europa tiene dos especies, Kolbia quisquiliarum y Brachypsocus badonneli.

Géneros
Estos 21 géneros corresponden a la familia Amphipsocidae:

 Afropsocus c g
 Amphipsocopsis c g
 Amphipsocus c g
 Brachypsocus c g
 Calocaecilius c g
 Capillopsocus c g
 Complaniamphus c g
 Ctenopsocus c g
 Dasypsocus c g
 Harpezoneura c g
 Kodamaius c g
 Kolbia c g
 Pentathyrsus c g
 Polypsocus Hagen, 1866 i c g b
 Pseudokolbea c g
 Ptenopsila c g
 Schizopechus c g
 Siniamphipsocus c g
 Taeniostigma c g
 Tagalopsocus c g
 Xenopsocus c g
Fuentes de información: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Referencias

Bibliografía
Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.

Enlaces externos

Psocodea
Familias de insectos


I'd love to see it happen too if only Yonkers politics doesn't get in the way.
Well it seems that the Yonkers folks voted for it unanimously… I think it is up to the state now to determine if they can take over the park lands and build on it, which most residents don't seem to keen on. I imagine that if that falls through, the project will get nowhere, as there's no purpose to build this entire thing and have no parking there whatsoever.
Don't forget the other power plant that was part of terminal city. It was located on the site of the Waldorf-Astoria which replaced it.
There was a power plant, in the bowels of GCT, on the east side (46th St. & Lex?). It went down four levels, even lower than the baggage tunnels and steam tunnels. I was never granted entry.
I'm pretty sure there was one in the city where there was an explosion during the construction of GCT. I have a very old copy of a newspaper article, I'll have to dig it out. May be the same place you're mentioning.
Never heard of an 'explosion', other than the required blasting for construction. Dat Manhattan Schist and Fordham Gneiss is tough stuff! That I do know! We sent our excavated material and construction debris up to Morrisania yard. Wither it went, I don't know. Perhaps it is rip-rap along the Hudson.
I believe the facility deep underneath Grand Central was actually a substation to convert AC into DC to power the trains, and it is no longer in use. AC/DC substations once required large mechanical rotary converters while today solid-state units are used.
On the Long Island Rail Road, there are some old substation buildings still standing, in the style that the Pennsylvania Railroad used for its original electrification. One is at Mineola. Another can be seen on the right side on a NJT train as it approaches the Hudson River tunnels near Secaucus.
One challenge in restoring old power station buildings is that they may contain considerable amounts of PCBs and asbestos, and cleanup is expensive.
Oh, okay, so you must be talking about M42, which is technically a part of Grand Central. I've been down there once… people do still work there, and the old machinery is all still there, but it isn't actually used. While its location is supposed to be "super secret," there is an old freight elevator across from the police station on the lower level of GCT that goes there.
And yes, I think you're right about the cleanup issues… the plan for restoration did mention some type of pollution on the site, but it didn't go into detail.
What's the status of the Port Morris power plant? Never heard of that one, me. Is the Port Morris Branch, from Morrisania, still in service? The Morrisania yard was a favorite place for NYPDs 'Finest' to "cop" a nap, or whatever….
According to the Preservation League of NY State, it was demolished "in the mid-20th century." I haven't been able to find an exact date on it. As for the branch, it is abandoned as far as I know, though there may be some tracks still in place in some spots.
Didn't CSX build a by-pass, from the old Flexi-van Terminal to Port Morris and the Bronx Terminal Market? Maybe you, and the "Fish Eye", can tour the tunnel from Morrisania, eastward next Hallow'een. That would be, truly, spookey. Bring your Glock! Boo!
Off topic: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad had a barge-serviced terminal around 138th Street and the Harlem River. Just a dinky thingie, with a round freight house and a small Diesel servicing it. Last I remember, it was an export base for old NY taxicabs going to South America and a new life.
New York's version of Battersea Power Station, a disused generating station in London that has just sat there for the last thirty years, as it was too expensive to maintain and too expensive to tear down, and all sorts of proposals were floated for its reuse. It may be that's where their inspiration is coming from; Battersea, now that the liens and encumbrances are finally off, and it's available for redevelopment, are being turned into condos, I believe, with some retail and office space.
Students at Yonkers Middle High School have selected to repurpose this building as part of their ACE(Architecture, Construction, Engineering) project.
Their proposal is to turn it into a Family oriented- Educational, Research, recreational center for kids and young adults.
The need of the hour is Yonkers based professionals in the ACE field to mentor/guide our students through the project. This great learning opportunity needs support from professionals in Yonkers.
Because the Port Morris station was adjacent to the ROW of the NHRR , a "tie" power circuit linked Port Morris with the Cos Cob Powerhouse. This compelled the NHRR power engineers to operate Cos Cob with 25 cycle power , the Port Morris frequency , instead of a lower frequency with was given serious consideration.


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Varsity Softball vs. Cheshire Academy
Cherim Kang '21
Cherim Kang, Campus Reporter
Filed under Sports
On April 3rd, a brutally blustery day with plenty of wind, Kent's varsity softball team marched onto the field, facing the weather with undaunted faces. Since it was their first home game, the girls were eager to defeat their opponent and show the renewed potential of our girls varsity softball team. Especially this year, there were a lot of expectations for the team, since some of the athletes were recruited to Kent.
For this home game, a group of Kent community members came to support their friends and to watch the first home game of the team. The game started off with Kent on the defense. Teagan Graham '21, the new ace pitcher of the team, demonstrated her flawless pitching skills at the beginning, putting Kent's strength on show to our opponent Cheshire Academy.
As the game continued, despite Cheshire Academy's sturdy attacks, the girls gave some great performances on the field. Morgan Lee '22 showed several outstanding defensive moves, Jana Safy '21 made multiple solid hits, and Gia Orsino '19 got a stellar hit but it, unfortunately, flew out of bounds.
Despite our girls' best and unflagging efforts, Kent went through some vicissitudes due to Cheshire Academy's hard-hitting plays. Jessica Greene '21 says, "We were faced with a much faster pitcher than most of the girls in our team were used to." However, she also comments, "Some of our new girls, like Juliette Roy '21, made some memorable hits," and reflects, "We tried our best to keep good energy on the bench. And overall, I think it became an opportunity for us to realize our mistakes and holes."
The girls lost to Cheshire Academy by 2-6, but still proved that they have unlimited potential and more to expect.
Graham, after the game, expressed a similar sentiment, saying, "Even though the weather was very rough today, I would say it was my one of the best learning experience so far since it was one of my best performance so far in my life." Her teammate, Jessica Greene '21, the shortstop of the team, commented on Teagan's pitching skills, "First off Teagan's pitching was very very good, and it kept us in the game as much as possible."
Head coach of the team, Daniel Zurolo, commented on his team's performance after the game by explaining, "When we had our Spring trip to Florida, we played outstandingly; the warm weather there made our girls feel very good and confident."
He continued, "When we come back to campus, sometimes it could just feel like almost starting over again because it is hard to all the sudden just pick up where you left off from Florida. So we took a step or two backward and now we are trying to recapture the positive things that we gained from Florida which will allow us to perform better for our next game."
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St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church is the first Coptic parish that was built and established in the district of Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt. Being one of several Coptic Orthodox Churches in Heliopolis, St. Mark's Church is specifically located on Cleopatra Street, near the Cleopatra Hospital.

Early history

Establishment

The idea of establishing a church in Heliopolis started out in 1917. A committee was formed, and eventually, the cornerstone was founded on Friday, June 16, 1922, under the papacy of Pope Cyril V. Prayers were held in a temporary location and started in January 1925. This was the case until 1930, when the construction was finally complete. The late Fr. Ibrahim Luke served as the first priest, and was at St. Mark's Church until he died in 1950. Today, there are nineteen priests that serve Saint Mark's Church alone.

Endowment lands
Some of the adjacent land was purchased in 1948 to build the church hall and chapel. It was opened by Pope Cyril VI on June 5, 1964, and the new altar was consecrated, bearing the name of Saint Menas.

Coptic TV
Father Daoud Lamei is a Coptic leader who has inspired others. He is married. He has been serving at St. Mark's Church in Heliopolis since he was sixteen years old. He is a prolific producer of videos and books of Coptic Orthodox teachings, and his sermons are presented on Coptic Television channels and online, on YouTube and other sites.

Papal visits
As Saint Mark's Church has had a long history, there were several occasions upon which there were Papal visits made by different Coptic Popes. Among them are:
 Pope Joseph II: laid the cornerstone of the church hall.
 Pope Cyril VI: in 1960 for prayer and in 1964 for the opening of the church hall.
 Pope Shenouda III: visited several times; in 1973 and 1981 for preaching, as well a more recent visit in 2000, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Fr. Ibrahim Luke's departure.

See also
 Christian Egypt
 List of Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt

References

External links

 The official website of St. Luke's Church
 Fr Daoud Lamei Sermons

Coptic Orthodox churches in Cairo
Coptic history
Coptic architecture
Oriental Orthodox congregations established in the 20th century
Churches completed in 1930
Church buildings with domes
20th-century Oriental Orthodox church buildings
20th-century churches in Egypt


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Мадьяризация (, от  «венгр», «венгерский язык») — переход на венгерский язык и усвоение венгерской культуры невенгерскими народами. Термин «мадьяризация» получил наибольшую известность в историографии по отношению к периоду 1867—1918 гг. в истории Австро-Венгрии, когда венгерская верхушка развернула целенаправленную, амбициозную и довольно агрессивную политику по ассимиляции невенгерских меньшинств на землях Венгерского королевства. Главным объектом этой политики были хорваты, с которыми в 1868 году было заключено Венгерско-хорватское соглашение о разделе властных полномочий в Транслейтании, но несмотря на которое политика мадьяризации в Хорватии велась всю вторую половину XIX века, а также словаки, с которыми никаких соглашений не подписывалось. Национальные меньшинства — трансильванские саксы, румыны, сербы, русины, евреи, цыгане — также были объектами ассимиляции. Политика имела некоторый временный успех, преимущественно в городской местности, но, вызвала массовое недовольство подвластных народов и привела в конечном счёте к распаду Австро-Венгрии в 1918 г. на ряд независимых государств, в которых венгерские меньшинства стали объектом ответной дискриминации.

Хронология
Мадьяризация подразделяется на раннесредневековую (X—XVI века) и новую (XVIII—XX века). Новая мадьяризация проходила в три этапа.

Периодизация
Мадьяризация условно подразделялась на три этапа. На первом этапе 1800—1867 гг. она имели черты борьбы венгров, возрождавших родной язык и культуру в условиях германизации и давления со стороны Вены. На втором этапе 1867—1880 гг. позиции венгерского языка укрепляются, немецкая угроза нейтрализуется, и мадьяризация принимает наступательную форму по отношению к соседним невенгерским народам, многие из которых добровольно ассимилируются в венгерской среде, пользуясь венгерским языком как инструментом карьерного роста. В 1880—1918 гг. мадьяризация принимает агрессивные формы и наталкивается на сопротивление национальных окраин королевства.

Предыстория
Национальный состав Центральной Европы сложился в результате раннесредневековых миграций германских, славянских, финно-угорских и романских народов и племён. В средние века к ним добавились дисперсные поселения евреев и цыган. В условиях ограниченной территории, особенно пригодной для сельского хозяйства, усилилось соперничество народов за контроль над территориями. Античная Римская империя II—III веков оставила наибольший след в этнографии Дакии (Римская Дакия), где сформировался румынский народ. В VIII—IX западные славяне основали обширное государство Великая Моравия, которая позднее пала под ударами венгерских и немецких феодалов, несколько потесненных в XVI—XVII вв. Османской империей. Консолидацию центральноевропейских земель завершила Австрийская империя, где ведущие государственные и экономические посты занимали немцы, а самыми многочисленными народами были славяне. Кроме них в империи проживали романоязычные румыны и итальянцы, а также цыгане и евреи. В условиях подобной пестроты национального состава, Габсбурги были вынуждены продвигать немецкий язык в роли лингва франка, но подобная германизация вызывала недовольство среди национальной интеллигенции покорённых народов. Первый национальный кризис лоскутной империи произошёл в 1848 г. Опасаясь национально-освободительного движения среди славян, Габсбурги идут по линии разделяй и властвуй, устанавливая более тесное сотрудничество с венгерской верхушкой империи, среди которой удалось распространить антиславянские идеи. Пользуясь господствующим положением венгерского дворянства в ряде восточных регионов империи со времён венгерских нашествий X века, Габсбурги идут на компромисс, предоставляя венграм особые права в империи. Начинается золотой век венгерского языка.

Венгерский Ренессанс
Венгров, боровшихся против правления Габсбургов, вдохновляла в первую очередь венгерская литература, находившаяся, правда, практически в зачаточном состоянии по состоянию на начало XIX века. С огромным энтузиазмом венгерские интеллектуалы пытались поднять на борьбу массы, и в 1848-60 гг. именно венгерские писатели активно поддержали мадьярский национализм. Возрождение венгерского литературного языка по времени совпадало с возрождением чешского литературного (так наз. «чешские будители»). Однако венгерские писатели, пользуясь широкой автономией Транслейтании, быстро вытеснили из своей страны немецких, тогда как в Богемии период вытеснения затянулся из-за отсутствия соответствующего официального статуса: здесь в интеллектуальной среде по-прежнему главенствовали немцы, а чешские интеллектуалы-будители долгое время были разрознены.

Венгерский язык в период мадьяризации
До конца XVIII века языком официального делопроизводства, богослужения и образования в католической Венгрии была латынь. При этом на основе народной латыни поздней античности в подвластной Венгрии Трансильвании развился румынский язык. И всё же, омертвление классической латыни постепенно приводит к распространению более «живого» немецкого языка, который становится языком торговли и городских регистров. Венгерская знать, кроме латыни, довольно хорошо владела французским и немецким языками, тогда как мадьярскими наречиями пользовались крестьяне и слуги. В мае 1774 года император Иосиф II официально заменил латынь немецким, который и стал официальным языком Австрийской империи. Убеждённый в том, что просвещённой страной можно править только с помощью единого живого языка, император отправлял всех чиновников на три года учить немецкий язык.

Этот указ вызвал чувство национальной гордости у венгров, многие из которых решили возродить язык своих предков. Гердер, в четвёртом томе своих «Идей к философии истории человечества» (1791) предсказывавший, что венгры исчезнут вместе со своим языком в море славян и немцев, спустя два года в первом томе «Писем о поощрении гуманности» (Рига, 1793) одобрительно отозвался о борьбе венгров за сохранение своего национального языка. В 1792 году венгерский язык стал обязательным для преподавания во всех школах страны, за исключением Хорватии, а в 1805 году нижней палате парламента было дано разрешение вести дебаты как на венгерском, так и на латинском языке. На прошения, поданные на венгерском языке, королевским чиновникам предписано отвечать на этом же языке. Язык стал стержнем венгерского самосознания.

Своеобразный символический поворот в возрождении языка произошёл в октябре 1825 года, когда Иштван Сеченьи (1791—1860) обратился к верхней палате парламента на языке, который венгерские магнаты по-прежнему считали языком крестьян. Спустя месяц этот великий реформатор предложил внести сумму в размере годового дохода от своего поместья, чтобы помочь основать Венгерскую академию наук, и в итоге требуемая сумма была собрана. Вслед за Сеченьи большой вклад в дело мадьяризации внёс пламенный журналист Лайош Кошут, полагавший, что повсеместное распространение венгерского языка — самое эффективное оружие в борьбе против тирании немецкой Вены и постоянного соперничества более многочисленных славян. Между 1832 и 1844 годом венгерский язык в Венгрии стал официальным во всех сферах жизни: в 1836 г. он стал обязательным в суде, в 1840 году правительственные чиновники обязаны были общаться друг с другом на венгерском, в 1844 году этот язык стал обязательным в парламенте и во всех учреждениях страны. Начиная с этого года все законы стали публиковаться на венгерском, и он стал языком преподавания в школах страны, исключая Хорватию, Словению и немецкие колонии в Трансильвании.

Прогресс
Прогресс венгерского языка в собственно венгерских землях был быстрым и довольно убедительным. Поэтому поражение венгерских революционных идей в 1849 г. было чисто формальным. На практике венгры максимально расширили свою этническую и лингвистическую автономию, и значительно ограничили планы австрийских правителей. Венгрия ясно дала понять, что не желает оказаться в положении прусской Польши или Прибалтики. Обеспокоенный ростом национального самосознания в Венгрии, в 50-е гг. XIX в. Александр фон Бах направил на службу в Венгрию тысячи немецкоязычных чиновников, чтобы сдерживать рост национализма в Венгрии. Однако, было уже поздно. Не владеющие довольно сложным для изучения венгерским языком австрийские чиновники не могли даже собрать налоги с разноязыких народов на востоке империи, где венгерский язык уже стал выполнять роль лингва франка. Недоборы поставили империю Габсбургов на грань банкротства, что в итоге привело к вынужденным конституционным реформам 60-х годов XIX века, когда была официально провозглашена двуединая монархия Австро-Венгрия. После 1867 года мадьяризация Транслейтании приняла наступательную форму. В 1879 г. хорваты и даже некогда привилегированные венгерские немцы больше не освобождались от изучения венгерского языка. Цыганских детей забирали у родителей и отдавали в венгерские семьи на воспитание. В 1891 году для детей всех национальностей было введено обязательное посещение венгерских детских садов с целью помочь меньшинствам в изучении венгерского языка. В том же году все населённые пункты королевства Венгрия получили венгерские названия, в почти принудительном порядке все невенгры принимали венгерские имена и фамилии, которые зачастую калькировались или переводились на венгерский язык с языка-источника. К примеру, румын «Ион Негру» становился «János Fekete» (Янош Фекете), а словацкое поселение «Нова Вес» превращалось в «Újfalu». К началу XX века мадьяризация приняла почти тотальный характер.

Игнорируя недовольство словаков, румын, немцев и особенно хорватов, Франц Иосиф нехотя, но поддерживал мадьяризацию в надежде укрепить своё государство по линии «"доминирующие" венгры и немцы против "подчинённых" славян-румын». Являясь одновременно королём Венгрии, он три-четыре раза в год посещал «своё» Венгерское королевство, но едва ли разделял венгерские пристрастия своей жены. А она в последние годы жизни перешла преимущественно на венгерский язык, угождая Будапешту. Дошло до того, что даже оперы Вагнера там стали исполнять в переводе. Более того, если в Венгрии кому-то хотелось говорить по-немецки, то, согласно этикету, он должен был сначала сказать по-венгерски «пожалуйста», иначе на его немецкую речь мог последовать ответ на венгерском. В сельской местности тем более было принято приветствовать знакомых на родном языке. Поскольку каждый знал множество шутливых выражений на четырёх и даже пяти языках, по свидетельству Эмиля Райха, говорящий мог начать предложение на латыни, продолжить его на венгерском, а закончить на словацком или немецком. В XVIII — XIX вв. знать прекрасно владела французским языком, а крестьянские семьи в приграничье обменивались детьми, чтобы венгры и немцы могли лучше усвоить языки друг друга.

Постепенное понижение статуса немецкого языка в самой Венгрии было почти незаметным. Немецкие интеллектуалы, владевшие умами и сердцами Будапешта, пребывали в безмятежном покое до 1840-х годов, пока в университеты не нахлынул поток венгерских учёных и писателей. Внезапно очнувшись, немецкоговорящая профессура университета Будапешта пыталась было протестовать, особенно после того, как её существенно потеснили в 1872 году, но было слишком поздно. Спикера немецкого меньшинства в парламенте Эдмунда Штайнакера (1839—1929) вывели из его состава в 1892 году за критику мадьяризации. Детство Теодора Герцля прошло в Будапеште, где он настолько сроднился с немецкой культурой, что написал стихотворение, восхвалявшее «борьбу за культуру» Бисмарка, а в двадцать лет отказался говорить на венгерском языке. Аналогично, но не в такой резкой форме поступили филолог Густав Генрих (1845—1933) и преподаватель реального училища Иоганн Генрих Швикер (1839—1902), занимавшиеся изучением взаимосвязи немецкой и венгерской литератур. Якоб Блейер (1874—1933), заседавший в нижней палате парламента с 1926 про 1933 год, был последним, кто противостоял антинемецкой политике Хорти. Именно Блейер подвигнул историка из Вены Фрица Вальявенца (1909—1960) изучать распространение немецкой культуры в юго-восточной Европе. Примечательно, что уступки венграм, на которые пошла немецкая элита, вызвали брожения в умах прочих народов империи, которые по-прежнему пребывали в полуколониальном состоянии.

Методы мадьяризации
В ход были пущены и многие другие средства и уловки. Постепенно поддержка и распространение венгерского языка стали основой венгерской внутренней политики. Национальная принадлежность отошла на второй план. Национальность определялась на основе родного языка, что позволяло причислять к венграм многих венгроязычных людей разных культур и даже вероисповеданий. В отличие от Цислейтании, где немецкое самосознание, немецкое происхождение и немецкий язык рассматривались как триединая модель с тремя обязательными компонентами, венгерское правительство проявило большую гибкость. Для поощрения мадьяризации были сняты запреты на межнациональные браки, в том числе с евреями. Многие венгероязычные евреи получили возможность широкого карьерного роста. Дети в большинстве смешанных семей, в том числе и в тех, где оба родители были невенграми, посещали венгерские школы и усваивали венгерский язык. При этом любое сопротивление мадьяризации жестоко подавлялось полицией и другими административными органами.

Миграция
Миграционный обмен также стал важным инструментом мадьяризации. Так, венгерское правительство систематически поощряло эмиграцию наименее ассимилированных славян и румын из сельских окраинных регионов страны в Америку (в первую очередь в США и Канаду, а также Аргентину и Бразилию) через подвластные Австро-Венгрии хорватские порты на Адриатике. Для этого в ускоренном порядке им выдавались паспорта, а с американскими судоходными компаниями заключались обоюдовыгодные контракты. Так, американские компании получали дешёвую рабочую силу, а Венгрия «избавлялась» от неблагонадёжных славянских меньшинств. При этом этническим венграм загранпаспорта либо не выдавались, либо этот процесс умышленно тормозился венгерской бюрократией. Так, венгры составляли 54,5 % населения Транслейтании в 1910 г., но лишь 26,2 % эмигрантов в период между 1901 и 1913 гг., в то время как невенгры (46,5 % населения) поставляли 72 % эмигрантов между 1901 и 1913 гг. Параллельно шёл процесс расселения венгров из центра страны по всему периметру венгерского государства, особенно по этническим окраинам (Трансильвания, Воеводина, Словакия, Закарпатье), а невенгров поощряли к переселению в окрестности Будапешта, где их ждала верная ассимиляция.

Региональные особенности мадьяризации

Наибольшей мадьяризации подверглись дисперсно расселённые, но довольно многочисленные евреи, массово переходящие с идиша на венгерский. Быстро ассимилировались многие трансильванские саксы. Венгерский язык усвоили также многие цыгане в Венгрии. Словацкая и румынская верхушки омадьярились ещё в XI—XIII веках. Практически повальный характер мадьяризация приняла в городах, особенно крупных.

Население удалённых сельских районов этот процесс затронул слабо. Неиндоевропейский венгерский язык, принесённый в Европу кочевниками с Урала, не родственный ни одному из языков Европы, требовал особых усилий при изучении, а потому усваивался довольно медленно, особенно взрослыми.

Результаты
Тем не менее, как следствие мадьяризации, доля венгров в населении Транслейтании возросла:

1787 г., перепись:
 Невенгры: 71 % (5,681 млн)
 Венгры: 29 % (2,322 млн)

1809 г., перепись:
 Невенгры: 70 % (7,0 млн)
 Венгры: 30 % (3,0 млн)

1880 г., перепись:
 Венгры: 46 %
 Невенгры: 54 %

1900 г., перепись:
 Венгры: 51 % (8,5 млн)
 Невенгры: 49 % (8,1 млн)

1910 г., перепись, национальность устанавливалась на основе вопроса о родном языке:
 Венгры: 55 % (8,5 млн)
 Невенгры: 45 % (8,1 млн)

Хотя данные последних двух переписей считаются несколько искажёнными венгерскими властями, умышленно завышавшими численность венгров и владеющих венгерским языком, прогресс мадьяризации всё же был налицо. Особенно заметным он был между 1880 и 1915 гг.

Так, по переписи 1880 г. население Транслейтании:

 Венгры 46,58 % (без Хорватии-Славонии),
 Румыны 17,48 %
 Немцы 13,61 %
 Словаки 13,49 %
 Прочие (украинцы, евреи, цыгане) 8,84 %

При этом по данным последней переписи 1910 г.:

 Венгры 54,5 % (без Хорватии-Славонии),
 Румыны 16,1 %
 Словаки 10,7 %
 Немцы 10,4 %
 Прочие (украинцы, евреи, цыгане) 8,3 %

Тем не менее, так называемые «меньшинства» зачастую составляли большинство населения региона своего исконного проживания по границам королевства. Повышение доли венгров с 46,58 % до 54,5 % в Транслейтании в целом происходило в основном за счёт мадьяризации городов и горожан. В сельской местности доля венгров практически не изменилась.
Так, в населении Братиславы доля венгров возросла с 7,5 % в 1850 г. до 40,5 % в 1910, где они оттеснили немцев, а затем сами стали объектами словакизации.

 1850: Немцы (75 %), словаки (18 %), венгры (7,5 %) — оценка
 1880: Немцы (68 %), словаки (8 %), венгры (8 %), евреи 16 %
 1910: Немцы (41,92 %), словаки (14,92 %), венгры (40,53 %), прочие — 2,7 % при всём населении 78.223 чел.  Данные составлены на основе родного языка и практически не отражают еврейскую общину (14 %), так как её родным языком стал по большей части немецкий и производный от него идиш.

Ныне (2001 г., перепись) 92 % населения города составляют словаки, 3,5 % — венгры, 0,2 % — немцы.

Наследие мадьяризации и реакция в новых независимых государствах
В ходе мадьяризации (как раннесредневековой, так и более поздней) венгерский язык и венгерская культура широко распространились в Прикарпатье и Центральном Подунавье к началу XX века. Примечательно, что мадьяризация имела важные этнокультурные последствия и для самих венгров. В их генотипе и фенотипе значительно уменьшилась доля азиатских элементов (до около 10 %) при параллельном росте европейских. Оставшиеся за Уралом ханты и манси, наоборот, испытали на себе большее азиатское влияние. Распад Австро-Венгрии в 1918 г. и особенно Трианонский договор, который Венгрия была вынуждена заключить как проигравшая в Первой мировой войне сторона, привёл к отторжению от Венгрии 2/3 территории бывшей Транслейтании и потере около 1/3 венгерского населения. В новых независимых государствах, как славянских (Сербия, Словакия, позднее Чехословакия, СССР и Украина), так и романских (Румыния), венгры и омадьяренные элементы воспринимались как «пятая колонна», подвергаясь ответной дискриминации. В каждом из них развернулись процессы своего этнократического строительства: румынизация, словакизация, украинизация, югославизация, хорватизация и т. д. Многие этнические венгры предпочли репатриацию в Венгрию, часть из них сменила язык и самосознание на новый доминирующий (особенно в Трансильвании, где многие венгры-секеи и чангоши проживают дисперсно среди румын). По прошествии времени сама Венгрия теряет интерес к проблемам венгерских ирридент за пределами своих границ. Тем не менее, с конца 1990-х власти новых независимых государств стали более благосклонны по отношению к венгерским меньшинствам, в частности, были признаны права венгров на использование венгерского языка в образовании и местном управлении. Из-за крайне неблагоприятной демографической обстановки численность венгров как в самой Венгрии, так и за её пределами сокращается.

См. также
 Венгры на Украине
 Венгры в Румынии
 Венгры в Словакии
 Венгры в Сербии
 Венгры в Хорватии
 Венгры в Австрии
 Трансильванский меморандум
 Румынизация

Ссылки
 Славянский фактор в развитии Венгрии в последней трети XIX — начале XX в
 «Венгерское повествование» в «Истории Западной Европы в новое время» Н. И. Кареёва или о распространенных клише и стереотипах в отдельном историческом исследовании
 Мадьяризация

Примечания

Культурная ассимиляция
Венгерский язык
История Венгрии
Политика Австро-Венгрии
Население Австро-Венгрии


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HD 161693 (Alruba) – gwiazda w gwiazdozbiorze Smoka, odległa od Słońca o około 533 lata świetlne.

Nazwa
Nazwa własna tej gwiazdy, Alruba, wywodzi się od arabskiego słowa  , odnoszącego się do "czterech" otaczających ją, jaśniejszych gwiazd. Znana jest z katalogu Al Sufiego. Międzynarodowa Unia Astronomiczna w 2018 roku formalnie zatwierdziła użycie nazwy Alruba dla określenia tej gwiazdy.

Charakterystyka
Gwiazda jest słabo widoczna gołym okiem, ale znajduje się w charakterystycznym punkcie, otoczona przez cztery dosyć jasne gwiazdy tworzące "głowę" Smoka: γ Dra (Eltanin), β Dra (Rastaban), ν Dra i ξ Dra (Grumium). Te cztery gwiazdy wraz z piątą μ Dra (Alrakis) były nazywane przez Arabów  , "matki wielbłądzice". W legendzie miały one chronić "cielę wielbłąda" – właśnie HD 161693 – przed atakiem pary hien lub wilków (ζ Dra i η Dra).

HD 161693 jest białą gwiazdą ciągu głównego należącą do typu widmowego A0. Jest 127 razy jaśniejsza niż Słońce.

Zobacz też
 lista gwiazd w gwiazdozbiorze Smoka

Przypisy

Gwiazdozbiór Smoka
Gwiazdy pojedyncze
Gwiazdy typu widmowego A


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November 13, 2014 / Sunnyside Neighborhood / Queens Buzz. A warm hearted, quick-witted, long-time Sunnysider passed away earlier this week. He was a giver, not a taker. A lot can be said about Luke Adams, as there are as many tales to tell about the man as there are leaves on the trees in Sunnyside Gardens in summertime.
Luke grew up in Queens and as a fairly young man settled into Sunnyside. He ran a travel agency and took folks to places around the world. Lily Gavin of Dazies Restaurant shared Luke's passion for travel and she joined him on a number of trips. Luke was, by nature, an adventurer.
Luke's travel agency was adjacent to the office of the Woodside Herald. He became good friends with Joseph Sabba and his son Buster, both of whom were publishers of the Woodside Herald [in respective succession]. Luke assumed the role of a reporter and photographer for the paper, and he enjoyed those roles, which he would play in some manner for the rest of his life.
Click here for the rest of the story about Luke Adams Sunnysider.
November 13, 2014 / Sunnyside Neighborhood / Queens Buzz. A warm hearted, quick-witted, long-time Sunnysider passed away earlier this week. He was a giver, not a taker. Continued.
Luke was also active in the cultural, civic, political and business life of Sunnyside & Woodside. Luke successfully campaigned to have the iconic Sunnyside arch erected at 46th and Queens Blvd and was supportive of the creation of the Sunnyside Artists organization. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Lions Club. He supported many a candidate for political office, many of whom still play important roles in different levels of NYC, NYS and the federal government. And Luke was a long serving member and supportive advocate of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce, and at one time held the office of president in that organization.
But the lasting legacy of Luke Adams is the memories he created and shared with many of us in the community. Oguzhan Turan, President of the Queens chapter of the Turkish Cultural Center in Sunnyside, told a tale about how he met Luke - that sounded very much like my own. Oguzhan said when he arrived in Sunnyside, Luke Adams was the first person to reach out to him and welcome him into the community.
As I listened to Oguzhan describe meeting Luke, I recalled my own experience, receiving that same warm Luke Adams welcome on a cold December night in 2008. I was just getting started with covering events for Queens Buzz and I had made my way down to the St. Sebastian's Christmas tree lighting at Sohncke Park in Woodside. I recall not really knowing a single person at the event.
Luke, a big bear of a man, approached me and asked me what I was doing. After I explained that I was covering this event for a new website [he was covering it for the Woodside Herald], he welcomed me and starting introducing me to everyone at the event. Having spent most of the prior two decades in Manhattan, I was taken aback by such a warm and genuine welcome. He read my surprise and explained to me that, "Sunnyside is the Small Town in the Big City".
Yes, it certainly is. But sadly this week, we lost some measure of that small town warmth … with the passing away of Luke Adams ... Slan.
Click here to read related stories. One is about Luke Adams by close friend Patricia Dorfman, and another about Luke Adams Sunnysider of the Year.
The funeral services for Luke Adams are scheduled for 11 am at St Raphael's church along Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside.


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Q: C# WPF better way to iterate on children and change property I have to iterate through all children of a stackPanel.
Being new to WPF I do that
foreach (var item in spTab3.Children)
  {
    if (item.GetType() == typeof(ListBox))
      ((ListBox)item).Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
     if (item.GetType() == typeof(Grid))
      ((Grid)item).Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
    ....
  }

that is I have to cast all types of elements to get to set the visibility. I bet there is a smarter way to do all the togheter.
Thanks
---EDIT---
So in short I have a stackpanel spTab3 with children.
When I do what suggested by Bijington:
spTab3.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;<----------set all children to collapsed
spTab3.Children[iVisibleTab-1].Visibility = Visibility.Visible;<----set only one to visible

the second line has no effect.
While when I do as stated by Spawn that works:
foreach (var item in spTab3.Children)
    ((UIElement)item).Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;

 spTab3.Children[iVisibleTab-1].Visibility = Visibility.Visible;

can anyone explain me why?!?

A: Every child in Panel is UIElement. So its type derived from DependencyObject which has SetValue method. Use it.
foreach (UIElement item in spTab3.Children)
{
    item.SetValue(UIElement.VisibilityProperty, Visibility.Collapsed (or Visible));
}

Keep in mind that it's not a WPF style solution. You better need to declare dependency property and to bind item's visibility to this property.
In case that panel and code are inside a Window
public static readonly DependencyProperty IsItemVisibleProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("IsItemVisible", typeof(Visibility), typeof(MainWindow), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(Visibility.Visible));

public Visibility IsItemVisible
{
    get
    {
        return (Visibility)GetValue(IsItemVisibleProperty);
    }
    set
    {
        SetValue(IsItemVisibleProperty, value);
    }
}

XAML:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <StackPanel>
        <Button Visibility="{Binding IsItemVisible,RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}}">Collapsed 1</Button>
        <Button Visibility="{Binding IsItemVisible,RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}}">Collapsed 2</Button>
        <Button>Visible</Button>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

A: A more efficient way of showing/hiding the Children within the StackPanel would be to simply set the Visibility property on the StackPanel itself.