With this vision in mind, St. Mary's Cathedral School strives for high standards of Catholic education by following the curriculum guidelines and standards of the Diocese of Dallas for Religion and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for all other subjects. These curriculum standards meet both national and state educational requirements. We also follow directives and directives proposed by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department (TCCED).
SMCS curriculum includes: Religion, Language Arts (English, grammar, reading, spelling, and phonics), Science, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Spanish, Health, Physical Education, and Technology.
St. Mary's Cathedral School teachers infuse daily learning opportunities to grow not only academically, but spiritually as well through activities designed to develop higher order thinking skills intended to challenge students to perform to the best of their abilities. With our enrollment at approximately 220 students, we are able to provide smaller class sizes, not exceeding 20 students. This, in turn, allows our teachers to differentiate their instruction, striving to meet the needs of all learners in their classroom.
As a faculty we set the goal to model, encourage, and create a school culture that is learner centered, based on high expectations, and continuous improvement.


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California Tour—April 2008
Six thousand air miles, 1,240 ground miles, eleven days, and one sleepless red-eye . . . Exhausting!
Speaking to about three thousand people, seeing God work in incredible ways, and spending time with all our children . . . Priceless!
We left Monterey, California, on Sunday, April 27th, at 8:30 pm as the sun cast brilliant color against the western sky and then sank into the Pacific. It was 70 degrees and our sandaled feet were very comfortable. We landed six restless hours later to 38-degree weather and a still barren landscape, and we knew we weren't in California any longer. Our toes protested. Home we went to appropriately clad our feet and our bodies!
What a ministry-rich trip! While we're still getting over the effects of it physically, we hope never to get over the effects of it spiritually. The presence and power of God were palpable throughout our varied arenas, from the student world at Cal Poly, and the very affluent neighborhoods of Solvang and Monterey, to the energizing and vital ministry of Bayside of South Sacramento (BOSS) in its multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-economical congregation whose "home" is found on the campus of Sacramento City College. Across all cultural, socio-economic, and ethnic distinctions, God is still God and people's struggles are amazingly similar in terms of marriage and family.
Always delighted to seize family moments on such ministry trips, we arrived in San Luis Obispo on Thursday, April 17, in time to celebrate Julie's 23rd birthday with her two sisters and many friends. The diverse group, including colleagues and friends from San Luis Sports Therapy Clinic, Athletes in Action, Cal Poly's women's lacrosse team, and her neighborhood, gathered around barbecued shish kabobs to celebrate Julie. What a joy to be there!
We spent the weekend in Solvang, an adorable little Scandinavian community between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara, speaking at a marriage conference on Friday and Saturday and then preaching Sunday morning for Valley Christian Fellowship. Longtime friends Alan and Ruthann Bosko arranged the weekend, and we so enjoyed partnering with them in the context of their vital church.
Shifting from married couples to singles, we spent an evening with the Athletes in Action group from Cal Poly on Tuesday, April 22, speaking on God's design for how to marry well. We love such opportunities and are always encouraged by those who respond with gratitude to hear a Biblical perspective on an area so potent and so culturally distorted.
Wednesday evening, we joined a sold-out crowd of 2400 at the fourth annual Thrive 2008 conference (www.Thrive2008.com), sponsored by Bayside Church of Granite Bay, California. It was an honor to present two workshops on marriage during the conference, and an encouragement personally to hear some great speakers during the plenary sessions. We're always grateful to partner with lead pastor Ray Johnston at Bayside, whose creativity and energy always inspire us.
Thrive's grand finale Friday night was followed by an early Saturday morning staff training session at Bayside of South Sacramento (BOSS). Paul and I led their staff of about 40 through a team-building exercise using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. It was an interactive, lively time as co-workers had moments of enlightenment regarding their temperament differences and the corresponding implications for their working relationships.
Berean Christian Bookstore of Sacramento hosted a book signing for us that Saturday afternoon—a first for us. The store manager, Leslie Garcia (who happens to be our son-in-law's aunt), assured us that "even famous authors don't draw a crowd." Fortunately, an email alert to our friends in the area generated some traffic, so we had a very fun reunion with some very dear folks that afternoon!
Sunday, April 27, was the last day of this eleven-day ministry tour and it was chock full! We had the privilege of preaching at both services at BOSS, the multi-cultural church where our daughter Kari and her husband Gabe serve on staff. We loved the congregation, who were anything but spectators. They were responsive and interactive throughout the service and we left with a longing to join them for worship frequently! The three-year-old church, led by Sherwood Carthen and executive pastor Bob Balian, draws about 2200 people to their two Sunday morning services held at Sacramento City College. Paul and I talked and prayed with many people after both services, several of whom admitted that they had come to church that morning on the verge of divorce, but were leaving with hope and a heart to make their marriages work. Praise God!
Taking advantage of our plan to fly out of Monterey at 8 that evening, our dear friends Johnny and Lori Potter invited us to do a marriage event from 5 to 7 pm for their new church, Stone Harbor. Why not??? We arrived at the Monterey airport (to turn in our rental car and check in for our flight) at 4:45 pm and were met by Johnny, who then whisked us off to their home where 40 people had gathered for the event. What a great group of people! We squeezed everything we could into the two hours and then were off to the airport for a red-eye home. Whew!!
We returned to Massachusetts with tired bodies but thankful hearts, feeling very met by God in each of the very different venues we experienced over those eleven days. We are more convinced than ever that whether you're a college student or a middle-aged married couple, whether you live in the inner-city or on the affluent gold coast of California, we all share the need to know Jesus personally and to understand and apply His Word if we're going to experience life His way.
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Google's doodle honors Anglo-Indian traveler and entrepreneur Sake Dean Mahomed on the 260th anniversary of his birth.
Mahomed was born in 1759 in Patna, India. His father died when he was 10, and Mahomed was brought up by British Capt. Godfrey Evan Baker.
Mahomed became a trainee surgeon in the army of the British East India Company, but quit the army when Baker resigned.
In 1794 he published "The Travels of Dean Mahomed," the first book by an Indian author written in English.
When Mahomed moved to Ireland, he met and fell in love with Jane Daly. Marriage between Protestants and non-Protestants was illegal, however, so the couple eloped. They married in 1786 and raised a family of seven children.
When they family moved to London in 1810, Mahomed opened the first Indian restaurant in Britain, Hindostanee Coffee House. "The Epicure's Almanack—an early London restaurant guide—hailed it as a place for nobility to enjoy hookah and Indian dishes of the highest perfection," Google says on its doodle page. Despite this, the restaurant was forced to close just two years later.
Seeking to reinvent himself, Mahomed moved his family to the beachside town of Brighton, where he opened a spa. "His specialty was a combination of a steam bath and an Indian therapeutic massage—a treatment he named 'shampooing,' inspired by the Hindi word champissage meaning 'a head massage,' " Google says.
In 1822, King George IV appointed Mahomed as his personal "shampooing surgeon." A portrait of Mahomed hangs in the Brighton Museum.


When it comes to tech that makes your drive - and your life - easier, Kia goes above and beyond. The automaker's intuitive and convenient UVO infotainment system is just the most recent development in Kia's long history of keeping things simple - and fun.
UVO, a Microsoft product, smothers drivers with a laundry list of features to keep them happy and connected wherever they go. This even includes the times when you're not even in your beloved Kia because UVO links easily with your smartphone.
With UVO, you can connect with Sirius XM TravelLink for up-to-the-minute weather, traffic, and gas cost updates; you can set it to track your speed with Speed Alert; you can say goodbye to the long treks searching for your parked car with the new Parking Minder app; and you can listen to all your favorite tunes through Bluetooth Audio or Sirius XM radio. UVO not only makes riding in your car fun, but stress-free and convenient too.
If you're already a Kia owner, you can get the most out of UVO by registering for a My UVO Account. UVO also has an eServices app that allows you to view information about your vehicle and driving habits. With the app you can track your mileage, monitor your fuel efficiency, keep up with routine maintenance and much more!
UVO is not just about fun, it's truly about convenience at every level. Come to South Hills Kia and see for yourself how UVO and Kia can make you enjoy driving again!


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Nissan Qashqai reigns supreme at the top of UK new car sales charts
The award-winning, British-built Nissan Qashqai continued its dominance of the new car registration charts in November.
Statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders revealed the popular family crossover was the best-selling new car in the UK for the 11-month period from January to November inclusive – and was also the most popular new model in November itself. Qashqai has now topped the monthly sales league four times in 2022.
So far this year, a total of 39,198 new Qashqais have been driven off dealership forecourts and the figure for November stood at an impressive 5,636.
There was more good news for Nissan in the SMMT's new car registration numbers. The brand's market share for 2022 (year to date) stands at 4.63 percent, up from 4.04 percent at the same point last year.
And Nissan's market share for November was a healthy 6.44 percent, helping to make it the fifth most popular new car brand in the UK.
The all new version of Qashqai, built in Sunderland and launched last year, has been a huge hit with the buying public.
It also received plenty of compliments from motoring writers, and picked up double honours at The Motor Awards 2021, organised by News UK. Qashqai received the overall 'Sun Car of the Year' award as well as being named 'Small SUV/Crossover of the Year'.
With a new electrified powertrain, class-leading technologies and advanced connectivity, the latest Qashqai redefined the popular crossover segment once more.
And it saw the introduction of advanced technologies such as ProPILOT with Navi-link and Adaptive LED headlights.
A refined cabin environment, massaging front seats and segment-leading head-up display are complemented by family-friendly features such as 85-degree rear opening doors and 504 litres of boot space.
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And the good news doesn't stop there, with the introduction of Nissan's unique e-POWER technology to the range having taken place this autumn.
Commenting on the latest SMMT registration statistics, Michael Auliar, NMGB Sales Director, said: ''As we've said before, we have been delighted by our new car sales performance in 2022.
''Qashqai has now topped the monthly sales charts no fewer than four times and it was wonderful that we were above the six per cent overall market share mark in November. It's extremely satisfying to be in such a strong position as we approach the end of the calendar year and we thank all our dealers and customers for their support.''
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Syria challenged the Obama administration to prove its claim that military forces used chemical weapons in an attack that killed hundreds of civilians. The United States and its allies prepared for what could be a military assault on the country.
BEIRUT — European and Arab nations joined Tuesday to condemn Syrian dictator Bashar Assad for gassing his own people as the United States pondered possible military action in its first direct intervention in the Syrian civil war.
France, the United Kingdom and the Arab League said Syria must be held responsible for the attack.
"France is ready to punish those who took the decision to gas the innocent," French President Francois Hollande told a meeting in Paris of French ambassadors.
The Arab League issued a statement Tuesday that Assad is to blame and that the United Nations should respond. The league, which met in an emergency session in Cairo, did not call for military intervention.
British Prime Minister David Cameron recalled English Parliament lawmakers from a summer recess for a vote Thursday on his nation's response. He said the United Kingdom could "not stand idly by."
White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to discuss what options President Obama was weighing, but the Pentagon has said it could launch cruise missile strikes at selected targets. U.S warships remain in the Mediterranean off Syria's coast, and U.K. warplanes were gathering at an air base in Cyprus, according to Britain's Guardian newspaper.
Carney said any operation would not attempt to depose Assad. He said that when Obama "has made a decision and has an announcement to make, he'll make it."
Syria challenged the Obama administration to prove its claim that military forces used chemical weapons in an attack that killed hundreds of civilians.
The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency accused Secretary of State John Kerry of using "fabricated" evidence to claim it is "undeniable" that Syria used chemical weapons against civilians Aug. 21. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said his country would defend itself using "all means available" in case of a U.S. strike.
The United Nations said its team of chemical weapons experts in Syria delayed a second trip Tuesday to investigate the alleged poison gas attack near Damascus by one day for security reasons.
Russia demanded Western nations stop talk of attacks and take the matter to the United Nations, where Moscow has used its veto power on the Security Council to block action against Assad.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said an attack without U.N. approval would cause "new suffering and catastrophic consequences for other countries of the Middle East and North Africa," according to the Russian TV station RT.
Ken Pollack, a former Middle East adviser to the National Security Council in the Clinton administration, said a military strike could have unforeseen results and bring a response from others, such as Syria backers Iran, Russia and the terrorist group Hezbollah based in Lebanon.
"Going to war always means opening Pandora's box," Pollack said.
If the strike is limited, neither the Iranians, Hezbollah or the Syrian regime want a fight with the United States or Israel, he said.
"I think there's a reasonable expectation this can be kept limited in terms of blowback," he said.
Pollack and other analysts, such as former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, said any military action must be strong enough to deter Syria from using chemical weapons and help rebels end the Assad regime.
It would be dangerous if the U.S. goal is to only contain the Syrian conflict, Pollack said. "That's how you get sucked into something without thinking about it," he said. "It's the incremental escalation to simply buy off criticism (that the USA is not engaged) that gets you into a lot of trouble."
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he would support a plan to launch cruise missiles and follow up with a comprehensive strategy that better arms rebels, takes out the "command and control" capabilities of Assad and "shifts momentum in favor of those being massacred."
"If it's just going to be some token attacks with cruise missiles ... it won't be worth anything," McCain said.
Top generals from the United States and European and Middle Eastern allies met in Jordan for discussions, according to Jordanian state media.
Iran and Syria threatened to target Israel if the Assad regime is attacked. Israel put its anti-missile batteries on alert and carried out army exercises near its northern border with Syria.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin met for the second time this week with his security Cabinet and said in a televised statement that Israel would "respond powerfully" if Syria or any nation tries to do it harm.
How many people died in last week's attack is unknown. Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian group based in France, said at least 350 people died in a region outside Damascus from what appeared to be poison gas. Rebel groups who have been trying to topple Assad for more than two years said more than 1,000 people died.
President Obama has offered only non-military aid and made promises to help supply rebels with small arms but the United States hasn't intervened directly into the war.
Abdulbasit Sa-ad al-Dein, president of the Joint Staff of the Unified Forces in Aleppo for the Free Syrian Army, the main rebel fighting force, said the rebels could take advantage of an attack if the United States hits "regime locations and military points like ballistic missile launchers and air bases."
Abou Anas, a military commander of Liwaaa al Sahaba, an Islamic brigade deployed south of Damascus, said FSA commanders will meet to discuss a ground operation in conjunction with possible airstrikes by the West.
"We will have a limited window of opportunity to secure strategic locations after the airstrike as regular Syrian troops will be severely weakened," he said.
Contributing: Alan Gomez in Phoenix; Dorell reported from McLean, Va.


Established 1987 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Hispania News is "The Hispanic Community's Newspaper". Available weekly in print and online in both English and Spanish. This was the official website of the Hispania News circa 2011-2012. Hispania News ceased operation in 2012 when Robert Armendariz, the paper's editor and publisher passed away.
Armendariz, a longtime advocate for Hispanic causes, had been head of the Colorado Springs Press Association for many years. He served on community boards including the Fine Arts Center. The 25th anniversary edition of Hispania News online had just been published before his death.
I learned of the death of Bob Armendariz from friends who live in Colorado Springs. I remember the day very clearly since I was frantically searching for moving company that could get me and my stuff to Colorado from Baltimore, Maryland. I apparently chose a very unauspicious time since most of the recommended movers were booked solid. But I perservered and eventually found HampdenMoving.com online and submitted a request for a fast quote. Long story short: They came later that very day and within 3 days, they had packed everything, scheduled a long distance move, and I was on my way. Having such incredibly helpful Baltimore household movers are appreciated to no end. They unpacked my stuff - nothing was lost or broken - and I honestly can't believe how smoothly the move went, given the short time frame and the initial panic. When I recently I discovered that the domain for hispania-news.com was available I bought it with the goal of recreating some of its content from archived pages. I definitely didn't want someone else purchasing the domain and re-purposing the site for something that had nothing in common with the original website. This a a homage to a remarkable man and his newspaper, the Hispania News.
The content below is from the site's 2011 -2012 archived pages. It gives just a quick glance at the depth of the news coverage offered by its the online edition.
Local, National & International News for Southern Colorado's Hispanic Communities.
Hispania News is your newspaper. Tell us about your loved ones serving our country in the armed forces! We would like your tales of the honor, sacrifice and courage of these sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters.
College In Colorado se asocia con Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation y Holy Family Parish para ofrecer una feria sobre cómo planear, llenar solicitud y pagar los estudios universitarios.
College In Colorado partners with the Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation and Holy Family Parish Center to host a fair about planning, applying and paying for college.
This edition of Facts for Features highlights the many statistics associated with the return to classrooms by our nation's students and teachers.
HAF y H&R Block reanudan el programa para educar a los contribuyentes de habla hispana.
Este esfuerzo para servir a la comunidad, programado para este verano, tendrá como objetivo varias ciudades del país.
The outreach efforts, set to kick off this summer, will be targeting cities around the nation.
You're eager to help your child succeed, but not every body is a trained educator.
The Marian House is once again conducting a school supply drive for the children in our programs.
All donations can be dropped off at the Marian House before August 6th.
It's important that children maintain the skills they've developed at school over the summer, particularly reading skills.
Fall 2011 internship applications are due by June 17.
Hispanics earn less than Whites and Asians no matter what their specific undergraduate major, with few exceptions.
The ACT is a curriculum-based achievement exam.
Donors underwrite the evening's expenses, guaranteeing that all proceeds directly benefit future generations of CSU-Pueblo students through scholarships and programs.
Pi Day in a worldwide celebration which, through a resolution by the U.S. Congress on March 11, 2009, is now recognized as a holiday.


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Hikvision secures one of Cape Town's busiest and most affluent suburbs with Licence Plate Recognition solution and sees 65% decrease in crime
Some of Cape Town's busiest roads, leading to one of the wealthiest suburbs, are now being secured with an automated Licence Plate Recognition system installed by LPR Solutions. At its heart is a network of 42 sophisticated Day/Night cameras from Hikvision, whose iVMS video management software streams the video data to the LPR software. The increased surveillance has led to a dramatic drop in crime within the suburb, down an indicated 65% following the introduction of the cameras.
Sea Point is one of Cape Town's most affluent and highly developed suburbs, the only one in fact to have high-rise development of any significance. The area's oceanside location and general level of affluence make it very popular with city residents who enjoy the beach front promenade, a paved walkway along the beach-front used by residents and tourists for walking, jogging and socialising. It is also attracting a large amount of investment in second homes and apartments.
However, it is not that long ago that the area was regarded as less desirable, even dangerous. On top of South Africa's high crime rates, many of the apartment blocks had been neglected by the absentee landlords, leaving them in poor physical condition. The result was a very high crime rate, much of which was attributed to vehicle-borne criminals.
Monitoring universal access
Located just a few kilometres west of the city's Central Business District, the roads that access Sea Point are some of the busiest in the entire peninsular. Many arterial roads lead in and out of the area, providing drivers with a wide variety of route options and appealing to residents and legitimate visitors. However, the sheer number of route options means that the criminal fraternity has also been able to enjoy only partially restricted access to this valuable real estate.
Recognising the possibility to improve the safety and security of the area, the Sea Point City Improvement District, a joint Municipal/Police entity, decided to establish a licence plate recognition (LPR) system to monitor Sea Point's access roads and highways. Their aim was to identify and track every individual vehicle entering or leaving the area and co-ordinate law enforcement activity to combat crime. To design and implement the system they turned to local company, LPR Solutions.
Our challenge – the first LPR installation in Cape Town
"This project is the first large-scale LPR solution to be installed in Greater Cape Town," says LPR Solutions' Chris Hobbis.
"With an average of over 300,000 vehicle movements per hour being expected for the network of just over 40 cameras, the sheer intensity of traffic movement represented a considerable technical hurdle for the system designers to overcome. On top of this, the LPR system had to be robust enough to cope with the speed of the passing traffic on these major link roads in all weathers and be operational day-and-night.
"Therefore, our emphasis for the camera was on build quality, reliability, weather protection, image quality and true day/night capability," states Chris.
The LPR team also installed the network wireless and cabling links to feed the camera streams to a dedicated central control room located within Sea Point, which is manned around-the-clock by a staff of six.
The focus of the design was to record every vehicle movement into and out of the Sea Point area from the minimum number of cameras. After analysing the road infrastructure, the engineers at LPR Solutions identified 42 points for the cameras, with each camera dedicated to monitoring one lane of traffic. Once these points were calculated, the demands to be placed on the cameras were investigated.
Although the primary imaging requirement was for a rugged and reliable, true Day/Night camera capable of withstanding the environmental conditions in this busy seafront neighbourhood, the team's stringent assessment protocol also included:
• Camera and video monitoring software features
• Product availability
• Level of technical support
• Total Cost of Ownership
Their eventual choice was the Hikvision DS-2CD4012F-A Smart IPC day/night box camera, with every camera protected from the environmental stresses by an IP66 housing. Each camera's video stream is recorded on a dedicated server through Hikvision's iVMS video monitoring software suite and fed from there to LPR's itrack licence plate recognition software.
A truly SMART solution
Reflecting on their choice of the DS-2CD4012F-A camera, Chris says, "The main challenges we faced on this project were the changes in lighting conditions as we passed from day to the dark of night, the speed of the passing traffic and ensuring the utmost in reliability.
"We opted for one of the new breed of SMART cameras from Hikvision, which offers unparalleled image quality under all lighting conditions and fast, remote focusing capability whilst more than meeting our needs for efficient bandwidth and storage utilisation. Visitors to South Africa will know that daytime conditions can be very bright but the DS-2CD4012F-A copes with everything. Moreover, the bright lens produces brilliant 1280 x 1024 HD720p video at up to 60 fps, critical for an application where image detail is critically important. Combined with the Smart Focus capability, which allows the SMART cameras to automatically adjust the image sensor position to guarantee optimal focus without user intervention, accurate rendering of licence plates no matter what the vehicle speed has not been an issue.
"As well as Smart Focus, the Hikvision DS-2CD4012F-A also features a comprehensive suite of SMART features, including Smart Codec, Smart VQD (video quality detection), Smart Face Detection and Smart Audio Detection. The Smart Codec is particularly significant in a network situation as the advanced encoding algorithm streams images at a very low bitrate without compromising quality. Compared to traditional cameras, the Hikvision Smart cameras enhance image quality by up to 30% while minimizing the system's load and storage requirements. And, if necessary, up to 64 GB of on-board storage can be utilized," added Chris.
The result is crystal-clear images under the most challenging of environmental conditions, making it the ideal camera for all forms of surveillance, from large scale projects to small businesses.
A first for Cape Town and a Drop in Crime
The installation of Cape Town's first large-scale Licence Plate Recognition solution has had "an immediate impact", according to Chris. "Crime in the area has dropped dramatically! Early indications are that there has been a 65% decrease in recorded crime within the Sea Point suburb.
"Another immediate result of the success of the Sea Point installation is the award of a large, 75-camera contract from City of Cape Town Metro, which involved a change from the originally specified camera manufacturer to Hikvision Smart cameras.
"The roads in Sea Point are now being used by those with a legitimate interest in travelling to and from the area, and this is likely to have a significant impact on those that live, work and play within its confines. The contribution of the Hikvision cameras to this increased quality of life cannot be underestimated and should not be ignored."


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Q: Why is it considered that $(\mathrm d x)^2=0$? Why is it okay to consider that $(\mathrm d x)^n=0$ for any n greater than $1$?
I can understand that $\mathrm d x$ is infinitesimally small ( but greater than $0$ ) and hence its square or cube should be approximately equal to $0$ not exactly $0$ .
But if this is so then how can we expect the results obtained from calculus to be exact and not just approximate ( like the slope or area under a curve )?
I have also noticed some anomalies, like $\sqrt{ (\mathrm d x)^2 + (\mathrm d y)^2 }$ is $0$ but $\mathrm d x\sqrt{1+ (\mathrm d y/\mathrm d x)^2 }$ is not $0$ when these two things are apparently the same . Moreover we can  claim that
$$(\mathrm d x)^2=(\mathrm d x)^3=(\mathrm d x)^4 = \cdots = 0$$
which is quite hard to believe.
Can you help me figure out the logic behind these things ?

A: Let us try to understand stuff at the intuitive level with the help of a toy problem. If you are looking for advanced mathematics, please skip this answer.
Suppose, a class of children is going from a place A to B.
At the beginning of the journey, the teacher says, "Hi class! There is a bit of a problem. The speedometer of the bus is not working. But, we would need to calculate the speed of the bus for some time. Can we do it? I can tell you that for the next few seconds, the distance travelled by the bus $x = t^2$, where $x$ is in meters and $t$ is in seconds. Specifically, I want you to find out the speed at $t=2$ and $t=3$ seconds."
The class which has no concept of calculus, is puzzled at first. But slowly, they try to figure out some approximations.
Siddhartha: If we want to find the speed at $t=2$ seconds, we can have a look at the distance travelled b/w $t=1$ and $t=2$. That would be 3 meters, so we can say that the speed is greater than 3 m/s.
Akanksha: Good point. But instead of the previous one second, we can have a look at the next 1 second. In the next 1 second, the bus travels 5 m. So, the speed is lesser than 5 m/s. In fact, we can say that the speed is between 3m/s and 5m/s at $t=2$ seconds.
Harsh: But why are we taking the unit of time to be 1 second. If we reduce the time gap, we will get a better approximation, no?
Siddhartha: Lovely! Lets do it with a time gap of 1/2 seconds. Then.
(Starts putting up numbers on paper and doing some addition subraction)
Wow, so, with a time gap of 1/2 second, we can say that our speed is between 3.5 and 4.5 m/s
Akanksha: And we can repeat this process for smaller times as well. In fact, I have a feeling that if we take time gap to be 1/4 seconds, we will get speed between 3.75 and 4.25 seconds.
Teacher: Why don't you check that?
After a few seconds, Harsh verifies the claim. At this point, the teacher asks them to find a proof if this holds for general $t$ and $\Delta t$
So, the students do the calculation
$v = ((t + \Delta t)^2 -t^2)/ \Delta t
= (2t\Delta t + (\Delta t)2)/ \Delta t
= 2t + \Delta t$
So, if we take the time gap to be $\Delta t$, we can say that our velocity lies between, $2t -\Delta t$ and $2t + \Delta t$. So, if we put our $\Delta t$ to be very small (approximately zero), we get our velocity as $2t$. We can call this our velocity just now.
Teacher: Excellent! The technical term for this is instantaneous velocity. Can you repeat the same procedure if I gave you $x = t^3$ instead?
Students (all excited): Yes sure!
$v = ((t + \Delta t)^3 -t^3)/ \Delta t
= (3(\Delta t)t^2 + 3t(\Delta t)^2 +  (\Delta t)^3))/ \Delta t
= 3t^2 + 3t\Delta t + (\Delta t)^2$
Siddhartha: Teacher, I am getting this expression. What should I do now?
Teacher: Try for $t=2$. See, what happens?
Siddhartha: If I put $\Delta t$ to be very small, say 0.0001, I get values very close to 12.
Teacher: Lovely. What about $t=3$? General $t$?
Siddhartha: I can always put $\Delta t$ to be very very small. So, the only term which remains is $3t^2$.
Teacher (after waiting for others to catch up): Excellent! Now, do you notice that in effect, when we are expanding $(t + \Delta t)^n$, we can for our purposes ignore all powers greater than 2. So, we could have expanded $(t + \Delta t)^2$ as $(t^2 + 2t\Delta t)$ and $(t + \Delta t)^3$ as $(t^3 + 3t^2\Delta t)$ and still got the same answer.
Students fall silent for some time.
After some time, a student breaks the silence.
Akanksha: It is because, in the division we have the power of $\Delta t$ as 1. So, any terms of higher power would become very small, when we make $\Delta t$ small. In fact, if we take $\Delta t$ to be almost zero, the higher powers would all be almost zero, since if $\Delta t = 0.0001$, its higher powers would be even smaller, in fact, much smaller.
Teacher: Excellent thinking Akanksha. In fact, all of you have done a great job. You have figured out the basics of calculus by yourself. Let me just fill in some nomenclature so that we can share with others our line of thought.
When we say that $\Delta t$ is almost zero, we write it as $\lim_{\Delta t \rightarrow 0}$. Since, this is used many many times, we actually save a lot of effort just by writing $dt$ instead of writing $\Delta t$ under $\lim_{\Delta t \rightarrow 0}$.
So, when, the denominator has the power of $dt$ at one, we can safely put $dt^2$, $dt^3 \ldots$ as 0. However, if the denominator has higher power of $dt$, then, we obviously cannot do this.
Can you understand this, my dear students?
Harsh: So, you are saying that we can ignore all powers of $dt$ higher than the lowest power in denominator.
Teacher: Yes.
Harsh: Would it also hold for non-integral powers?
Teacher: You say?
Harsh: It should, since $0.0001^{3/2}$ is still smaller than 0.0001, which we are taking to be almost zero.
Teacher: Lovely!

In our case, we can't say that $\sqrt{(dx)^2 + (dy)^2} = 0$, without more context. Specifically, the context required is whether or not we can ignore infinitesimal change in $x$. Neither can we say that $dx \sqrt{1 + (dy/dx)^2}$ is not zero for the same reason.
In fact, the two ($dx \sqrt{1 + (dy/dx)^2}$  and $\sqrt{(dx)^2 + (dy)^2}$) are identical. If one is zero, the other has to be.
What we can say is $\sqrt{1 + (dy/dx)^2}$ is non-zero. Because it is square root of (1 + square of something), hence, square root of (something always positive).

A: Classical authors like Pierre de Fermat and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz discarded higher order terms in infinitesimal $E$ (in the case of Fermat) or $dx$ (in the case of Leibniz)  while fully understanding that the terms are not being set to zero but rather discarded.  In other words, they used a generalized notion of relation of equality up to a negligible term.
Fermat specifically introduced a term that is translated into English as adequality to refer to such a more general relation.  Leibniz is quite specific in his writing (for example in his published response to Nieuwentijt in 1695) that he is working with such a generalized relation of equality.
In modern infinitesimal theories, this type of relation is formalized in terms of what is known as the standard part function (or shadow).  Thus, the calculation of the ratio $\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}$ for $y=x^2$ will yield not the expected $2x$ but rather the infinitely close quantity $2x+\Delta x$ where $\Delta x$ is infinitesimal.  To calculate the derivative at a real point $x=c$ one takes the standard part of $2c+\Delta x$ to obtain $2c$, the expected answer.
Thus when expanding the expression $(x+dx)^2=x^2+2dx+dx^2$ one does not set the term $dx^2$ equal to zero, even though superficially it may seem that one is doing just that. One has to see the broader picture when these expressions are set in relation to one another to understand what is going on.
A broader perspective on these developments can be found in this recent article. For additional articles in this area see this page.

A: It is not the square of $\mathrm{d}x$ that is $0$. It is $\mathrm{d}x\land\mathrm{d}x$ that is zero.
This comes into play in differential form and in changes of variables. Suppose that $u=x+y$ and $v=x-y$. Then
$$
\begin{align}
\iint f\,\mathrm{d}u\,\mathrm{d}v
&=\iint f\,\mathrm{d}(x+y)\,\mathrm{d}(x-y)\\
&=\iint f\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}x+\iint f\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}y-\iint f\,\mathrm{d}y\,\mathrm{d}x-\iint f\,\mathrm{d}y\,\mathrm{d}y\\
&=\iint f\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}y-\iint f\,\mathrm{d}y\,\mathrm{d}x\tag{1}
\end{align}
$$
Why do $\iint f\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}x=\iint f\,\mathrm{d}y\,\mathrm{d}y=0$? Well, inside the outer integral, $x$ is supposed to be held constant, so the inner $\mathrm{d}x$ will vanish. The same goes for the double $y$ integral.
Another consequence of this follows from
$$
\begin{align}
0
&=\iint f\,\mathrm{d}u\,\mathrm{d}u\\
&=\iint f\,\mathrm{d}(x+y)\,\mathrm{d}(x+y)\\
&=\iint f\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}x+\iint f\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}y+\iint f\,\mathrm{d}y\,\mathrm{d}x+\iint f\,\mathrm{d}y\,\mathrm{d}y\\
&=\iint f\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}y+\iint f\,\mathrm{d}y\,\mathrm{d}x\tag{2}
\end{align}
$$
That is, $\mathrm{d}y\land\mathrm{d}x=-\mathrm{d}x\land\mathrm{d}y$. Thus, the integral in $(1)$ is equal to
$$
2\iint f\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}y\tag{3}
$$

Note
It is not the case that $\sqrt{\mathrm{d}x^2+\mathrm{d}y^2}=0$. It is the same as $\mathrm{d}x\sqrt{1+\left(\frac{\mathrm{d}y}{\mathrm{d}x}\right)^2}$ in whatever context they both make sense.

A: In standard analysis there are no infinitesimals. $dx$ is merely an element of syntax used in expressing $\frac{df}{dx}$ and $\int f(x) dx$ and nothing more. Instead everything gets defined in terms of bounds on real numbers. In particular limits are defined in terms of bounds on real numbers, which gets you derivatives and integrals. In this setting, a situation where you would see $dx^2$ if you were using infinitesimals might be differentiating $x^2$. In this case you find $\frac{(x+h)^2-x^2}{h}=2x+h$. This $h$ term is not zero...but if $x$ is not zero and $h$ is going to zero then it is much smaller than the $2x$ to which it is being added. That is, the leading order term of $(x+h)^2$ is $x^2$; the first order correction is $2xh$.
Much of calculus is purely concerned with leading order terms and first order corrections. Much of the rest of it confines attention to second order corrections. Despite this, if you had $h^k$ by itself for some large integer $k$, you would not think of it as actually being zero; you only neglect it when it is being added to something much larger than itself. Thus in the infinitesimal language you shouldn't really think of $dx^2$ as being zero, but rather so much smaller than $dx$ that $dx+dx^2$ can be treated like $dx$. (In particular, under normal circumstances $\sqrt{(dx)^2+(dy)^2}$ can be interpreted as $dx \sqrt{1+(dy/dx)^2}$.)
This infinitesimal language can be formalized, resulting in theories which are referred to as nonstandard analysis. There are basically two ways to do this. One is smooth infinitesimal analysis which actually uses nilpotent infinitesimals, i.e. "nonzero" numbers with some power of them being zero. For instance for a nilsquare infinitesimal $dx$ you have $f(x+dx)=f(x)+f'(x)dx$ as an exact equality in SIA.
SIA is a somewhat foreign theory, for at least two reasons. First, some finesse with logic is required to make it work without contradictions. You can't define SIA in classical logic, it is an inconsistent theory there, because (as you hinted at) one can use excluded middle and the field axioms to prove that $(dx)^2=0$ implies $dx=0$. Intuitionistic logic dodges this issue. Second, SIA, as the name suggests, describes a "smooth universe": all the functions in it are infinitely differentiable. Standard analysis deals with less regular functions quite routinely.
The other main way to formalize infinitesimals is hyperreal analysis, which is suited to describe exactly the same things as standard analysis, in a certain precise and very strong sense. Hyperreal analysis has infinitesimals, but they are not nilpotent. Instead, hyperreal analysis replaces the limits of standard analysis with a "standard part" operation, which takes a number with an ordinary real part and an infinitesimal part and "discards" the infinitesimal part.
I only mention these so that you know that there is some power beyond just intuition in the use of infinitesimals. Nevertheless I would strongly encourage you to learn the meaning of everything in the standard framework.
Revising based on the bounty commentary: first of all, one should not view $\sqrt{dx^2+dy^2}$ (intuitively the length of an infinitesimal line segment) as being zero. It is exactly the same as $|dx| \sqrt{1+(dy/dx)^2}$. (We might need the absolute value because $x$ might rise or fall along the path.) A more general way to handle this would be to parametrize the curve in terms of an additional variable $t$, so that $\sqrt{dx^2+dy^2}=dt \sqrt{(dx/dt)^2 + (dy/dt)^2}$. Now $t$ only goes up (by our choice) so no absolute value is required.
As for writing $dx+dx^2 \approx dx$, it really depends on the context. With derivatives, the whole point is not to exactly write down the function, it's all about linear approximation. Thus for instance when I write $(x+h)^2 \approx x^2+2xh$, I am doing that because I don't want to pay attention to terms of higher order than $h$, because those first two terms (the largest ones, if $h$ is small enough) are enough for whatever purpose I have.
On the other hand, a basic philosophy in calculus and (standard) analysis is that one can prove that two things are equal by proving that they are arbitrarily close together. So to follow your example, when you expand out a proof that $\int_0^\pi \sin(x) dx = 2$, you might show that there is a lower sum for $\int_0^\pi \sin(x) dx$ which is at least $2-\epsilon$ and an upper sum which is at most $2+\epsilon$, for each $\epsilon>0$. The partition depends on $\epsilon$, and that dependence is exactly where the "limit" operation is hidden. (In practice we don't do this, we just use the FTC, but the FTC is proven in this fashion.)

A: This post is meant an extended comment rather than an answer.
Ian points out that there are three ways to interpret the symbol "$dx$":

*

*infinitesimal analysis;

*hyperreal analysis;

*differential forms.

The first two approaches are somewhat less standard, I think, and indeed, I know very little about either.  As such, I'd like to comment on the question from the perspective of (3) differential forms.

In the theory of differential forms, the following five objects should be distinguished:
$$dx, \ \ d(x^2), \ \ (dx)^2, \ \ \ dx \wedge dx, \ \ d(dx).$$

*

*The object $dx$ is a "differential $1$-form."  It is not zero.

*The object $d(x^2)$ is equal to $2x\,dx$, which is also a "differential $1$-form."  It is also not zero.

*The object $(dx)^2$ is a "smooth quadratic form."  It is not zero.  Here, the squaring is an operation called "symmetric product."

*The object $dx \wedge dx$ is a "differential $2$-form."  It is equal to zero.  The $\wedge$ symbol is an operation called "wedge product."  The wedge product has the funny property that $dx \wedge dx = 0$, whereas $dx \wedge dy = -dy \wedge dx$ is not zero.

*The object $d(dx)$ is a "differential $2$-form."  It is equal to zero.  In fact, the symbol $d$ is called the "exterior derivative," and has the funny property that $d(df) = 0$ for any function $f$.

While this does not answer the question per se, I hope this clarification will be useful to understanding.

A: The question was: why is it considered that (dx)^2 = 0? In my view there are two answers that are related to one another. One answer is that dx can be regarded as a differential form and then we have the Grassmann algebra of differential forms that is designed to work correctly for integration, area and volume and so on. This has been discussed in other posts. Another answer is that dx could be intepreted as a nilpotent infinitesimal, and then dx^2 = 0 is motivated by thinking that dx is so small that dx^2 can be ignored. In that theory Bell and Lawvere use the notion that an element * with square 0 can be regarded as indistinguishable from 0. This requires the use of intuitionistic logic in the theory. But if you add a formal element * to the real numbers so that its square is 0, and extend the real numbers so that R^ = { a + b*| a and b are standard reals}, then you obtain a domain where a lot of calculus can be done. Again this is discussed here in other posts. So an element * with square 0 is also a way to think of the dx with dx^2 = 0. Now my point is that if you have dx and dy linearly independent over R and you assume that (adx + bdy)^2 = 0 for all real numbers a and b, then you deduce (assuming we are generating here an asoociative algebra) that dxdy = -dydx. Thus the Grassmann algebra can be viewed as a consequence of the principle that all "infinitesimals" should have square zero. This remark is meant to be a chapter in the discussion of nilpotent infinitesimals. The usual definitions of differential forms are done on a different basis. I hope this makes my previous post clear.

A: While there are several outstanding answers here, there are a couple of intuitive ideas I would point out that are made rigorous between differential forms, grassman algebras, and other such topics, showing that this can be context dependent. Intuitively, in pre-modern math/physics/classical geometry etc., we can look at a differential as only "mattering" when it is on the order of the system we are working with. For example, if the lowest order form is a 2-form, like $dxdy$, it is the "largest", so upon a double integration, 3 forms (like $dxdydz$) are still being multiplied by an infinitesimal, returning 0. This is nonrigorous and depends on the context (don't take it seriously), however (as in the drawing below) it can be quite elegant.
My favorite (context-dependent) proof that differentials square to zero is from geometry. Take a square, given by the points $(0,0),(0,t),(t,t),(t,0)$. Then the area is $A = t^2$. Taking the differential area, we get
$$
A + dA = A + tdt + tdt + dt^{2}
$$
$$
\implies dA = 2tdt + dt^{2}
$$
comparing this with the difference quotient, we find that
$$
dA = 2tdt
$$
But this means that
$$
2tdt + dt^{2} = 2tdt
$$
ergo $dt^{2} = 0$.

It serves to notice that for higher order geometry, the same type of behavior occurs with, for example, the volume of a box: we find that $dV = 3t^{2}dt$, which correspond to the infinitesimals of the faces, while the edges' and the vertices' differentials are of higher order and thus zero.

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11/14/2020 Battle of the Bayou 2/4 March 17 7 0
11/14/2020 Battle of the Bayou S/R 17 7 0
Michael Grey
11/14/2020 Battle of the Bayou Jig 17 7 0
11/14/2020 Battle of the Bayou 6/8 March 16 3 3 14
11/17/2020 Dunedin Highland Games Virtual Jig 6 5 5 2
1/19/2019 Central Florida Highland Games Piobaireachd 11 6 6 12
1/19/2019 Central Florida Highland Games 2/4 March 14 5 5 10
Jeffrey Anderson
1/19/2019 Central Florida Highland Games S/R 13 7 0
James D. Nisbet
2/23/2019 NE FL Scottish Games Piobaireachd 10 7 0
2/23/2019 NE FL Scottish Games 2/4 March 12 2 2 11
2/23/2019 NE FL Scottish Games S/R 12 7 0
4/6/2019 Dunedin Highland Games Piobaireachd 11 7 0
4/6/2019 Dunedin Highland Games 2/4 March 18 6 6 13
4/6/2019 Dunedin Highland Games S/R 15 7 0
4/6/2019 Dunedin Highland Games Jig 15 0 0
4/7/2018 Dunedin Highland Games 2/4 March 11 3 3 9
Terry Lee
4/21/2018 Loch Norman Highland Games Piobaireachd 17 7 0
4/21/2018 Loch Norman Highland Games 2/4 March 17 3 3 15
4/21/2018 Loch Norman Highland Games S/R 16 7 0
5/26/2018 Greater Greenville Scottish Games Piobaireachd 16 7 0
5/26/2018 Greater Greenville Scottish Games 6/8 March 14 6 6 9
10/6/2018 Scotland Co Highland Games S/R 12 7 0
10/21/2018 Stone Mountain Highland Games 2/4 March 10 6 6 5
10/21/2018 Stone Mountain Highland Games S/R 9 7 0
11/3/2018 Charleston Scottish Games Highland Gathering Piobaireachd 9 4 4 12
9/16/2017 Charleston Scottish Games Highland Gathering Piobaireachd 10 7 0
9/16/2017 Charleston Scottish Games Highland Gathering 2/4 March 10 4 4 7
9/16/2017 Charleston Scottish Games Highland Gathering S/R 9 7 0


Some might say there is no greater love than that between a father and his daughter. This is certainly the case for the late Muhammad Ali and his daughters. The boxer reportedly had seven daughters and two sons.
His heartbeat for them continued, 30 minutes after all of his other organs stopped working, according to his daughter, Hana Ali, who took to social media Saturday to share a touching look at her father's final moments.
Ali, 74, also known as "The Greatest," died Friday at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, after being treated for a respiratory issue. The family spokesperson issued the following statement.
His daughter Laila Ali, a former American professional boxer who retired undefeated, and other siblings also shared memories about their father.
Giving pops a bday massage!
I know him as THE GREATEST father. I love you so much, Dad. His spirit visited me last night. Thank you world for your love & support!!!


I thought that with Easter fast approaching, the coming week would be a good time to repost some of the Easter projects we have done in the past! We hope you enjoy some of these projects!!!
It's time for my first post!
I received flowers as a thank you gift at work on Friday and thought it would be fun to create a cute Easter-themed vase to hold them. I was able to find all of my supplies for the vase at the dollar store, with the exception of a few items I already had at home (likely purchased from the dollar store in a previous visit).
I looked online and in magazine for inspiration for my Easter-themed vase and combined a number of ideas to create my clay pot bunny centerpiece. This project was extremely simple and would be a great craft for individuals with children also!
My completed clay pot bunny vase.
The first step is pretty simple, let's paint a base coat on our clay pots. I decided that my bunny was going to be white so I painted two coats of white paint on the clay pot.
Once the base coat was dry, it was time to add the bunny's face. I'm not a strong painter so I decided to sketch the face of my bunny onto the clay pot with pencil before I started painting.
I used the smallest paint brush I owned and painted over my pencil marks. This was actually easier than I thought it would be. My hands were shaky but I was happy with the outcome.
Once dried, I glued ribbon along the top of the clay pot (like a headband). I decided to use super glue to ensure it held well. If you're making this craft with children, you could help them use super glue or try a regular white glue to hold the ribbon.
I was originally planning to make ears from felt but couldn't find the colours I wanted at the dollar store. Instead, I spotted these cute bunny ears (for clipping into hair I assume). I ripped off the clips and glued the ears onto the ribbon.
I added the flowers into the vase and voila, my clay pot bunny vase was complete!
Thank you for joining me on my first post – I look forward to sharing more craft ideas with you soon!
That bunny face is so darn cute!!


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Q: read values from excel and stored in listcollection of type viewmodel I am writing a c# code that is using DocumentFormat.OpenXml 2.5.0 library to read the values from an excel file. The excel has three columns. My program needs to read three columns values and store the value in List collection that returns an IEnumerable<ShipViewModel>
My View model basically contains three properties. See code below
public class ShipViewModel
{

    public string Column1 { get; set; }
    public string Column2 { get; set; }
    public string Column3 { get; set; }

}

Logic to read the excel file
 public List<ShipViewModel> OpenSpreadsheetDocument(string filepath)
        {

            List<ShipViewModel> model = new List<ShipViewModel>();

            // Open a SpreadsheetDocument based on a filepath.
            using (SpreadsheetDocument spreadsheetDocument = SpreadsheetDocument.Open(filepath, false))
            {
                WorkbookPart workbookPart = spreadsheetDocument.WorkbookPart;
                WorksheetPart worksheetPart = workbookPart.WorksheetParts.First();
                SheetData sheetData = worksheetPart.Worksheet.Elements<SheetData>().First();
                string text;
                foreach (Row r in sheetData.Elements<Row>())
                {
                    foreach (Cell c in r.Elements<Cell>())
                    {
                        text = c.CellValue.Text;
                        Console.Write(text + " ");
                    }
                }
            }
        }

I am looking at populating the list collecting in the for loop. See code below for example.
But if you check the loop above, Column2 and Column3 will contain the same cell value of Column1 which should not be case. The value of the cell only changes during the next iteration.
 ShipViewModel shipViewModel = new ShipViewModel();
                    shipViewModel.Column1  = c.CellValue.Text;
                    shipViewModel.Column2   = c.CellValue.Text;
                    shipViewModel.Column3  = c.CellValue.Text;

                    model.Add(shipViewModel);

A: I can  show you my solution how to import data from Excel to database, you have to install LinqToExcel from nuget.
Here is code:
[HttpPost]
    public JsonResult UploadExcel(Item items, HttpPostedFileBase FileUpload)
    {

        List<string> data = new List<string>();
        if (FileUpload != null)
        {
            // tdata.ExecuteCommand("truncate table OtherCompanyAssets");
            if (FileUpload.ContentType == "application/vnd.ms-excel" || FileUpload.ContentType == "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")
            {

                string filename = FileUpload.FileName;
                string targetpath = Server.MapPath("~/Content/Uploads/Excel/");
                FileUpload.SaveAs(targetpath + filename);
                string pathToExcelFile = targetpath + filename;
                var connectionString = "";
                if (filename.EndsWith(".xls"))
                {
                    connectionString = string.Format("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; data source={0}; Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;", pathToExcelFile);
                }
                else if (filename.EndsWith(".xlsx"))
                {
                    connectionString = string.Format("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source={0};Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES;IMEX=1\";", pathToExcelFile);
                }

                var adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]", connectionString);
                var ds = new DataSet();

                adapter.Fill(ds, "ExcelTable");

                DataTable dtable = ds.Tables["ExcelTable"];

                string sheetName = "Sheet1";

                var excelFile = new ExcelQueryFactory(pathToExcelFile);
                var artistAlbums = from a in excelFile.Worksheet<Item>(sheetName) select a;

                foreach (var a in artistAlbums)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        if (a.Name != "" && a.Description != "" && a.Number != "")
                        {
                            Item TU = new Item();
                            TU.Name = a.Name;
                            TU.Description = a.Description;
                            TU.Number = a.Number;
                            db.Items.Add(TU);

                            db.SaveChanges();

                        }
                        else
                        {
                            data.Add("
");
                            if (a.Name == "" || a.Name == null) data.Add("
 Name is required
");
                            if (a.Description == "" || a.Description == null) data.Add("
 Description is required
");
                            if (a.Number == "" || a.Number == null) data.Add("
Number is required
");

                            data.Add("
");
                            data.ToArray();
                            return Json(data, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
                        }
                    }

                    catch (DbEntityValidationException ex)
                    {
                        foreach (var entityValidationErrors in ex.EntityValidationErrors)
                        {

                            foreach (var validationError in entityValidationErrors.ValidationErrors)
                            {

                                Response.Write("Property: " + validationError.PropertyName + " Error: " + validationError.ErrorMessage);

                            }

                        }
                    }
                }
                //deleting excel file from folder
                if ((System.IO.File.Exists(pathToExcelFile)))
                {
                    System.IO.File.Delete(pathToExcelFile);
                }
                return Json("success", JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
            }
            else
            {
                //alert message for invalid file format
                data.Add("
");
                data.Add("
Only Excel file format is allowed
");
                data.Add("
");
                data.ToArray();
                return Json(data, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            data.Add("
");
            if (FileUpload == null) data.Add("
Please choose Excel file
");
            data.Add("
");
            data.ToArray();
            return Json(data, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }
    }


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Donald Trump & The NRA Are No Match For A Mother Who Lost Her Child
By Lucy McBath
Her name was Ayana McAllister. She was shot and killed in our nation's capital last week. And it has never been more important that people know her name.
More than four years ago, my son, Jordan Davis, was senselessly shot and killed in a dispute over loud music at a Jacksonville, Florida, gas station. Just like Ayana, he was a teenager, doing exactly what teenagers are supposed to be doing: hanging out with friends. My life changed forever that day. But since then, I've found a new purpose working with gun violence prevention advocates and fighting against a dangerous gun culture in America that abets the deaths of our children, our Ayanas and Jordans.
When I learned that just a few miles from where I had been earlier this month in Washington, D.C., 19-year old McAllister, was shot and killed while home for spring break from St. Augustine's University, my heart broke her family and loved ones. And my heart broke for this nation.
The Washington Post reported that during a campaign stop on campus this fall, Ayana mentioned she was moved by the Clinton campaign's "Mothers of the Movement," a group of women who have seen children taken by gun violence or police-involved incidents. As a proud member of this group, our charge was to speak out about the importance of electing leaders who will do more to end the senseless gun violence and shoot-first culture we have in this country. We heard from communities about what they wanted to see from elected leaders and what they need to thrive in a safer environment.
We, as a nation, must be better. We continually allow politicians to do nothing other than send "thoughts and prayers" when our children are gunned down in their hometowns out doing what normal teenagers do. We continually let politicians win their seats despite passing policies that put more guns in more places, with no questions asked. We continually let politicians off the hook for passing laws that disproportionately affect communities of color and women like Stand Your Ground or laws that allow domestic abusers to have guns.
This fight is long and arduous, but make no mistake about it, in the end gun safety will win. Our children's lives depend upon it.
That stops now. The NRA leadership may have poured more than $30 million into the election of Donald Trump in hopes that their agenda would get a carte blanche, but they didn't count on facing a powerful and passionate opposition.
So, while the gun lobby is taking advantage of the early days of the Trump administration and the new Congress, doing everything they can to gut our nation's gun laws to sell more guns, we must get to work.
Already, the NRA leadership helped push dangerous policies that make it easy for people prohibited from gun ownership to pass checks, including blocking the Social Security Administration from submitting 365,000 records of prohibited purchasers into the background check system.
And in the midst of a suicide epidemic among U.S. veterans, gun lobby-backed lawmakers are pushing a bill that would put more veterans in danger by removing from the background check system nearly 170,000 records of veterans with severe mental illness who are prohibited from purchasing guns, allowing them to buy firearms again.
They are also trying to deregulate firearm silencers and thus, imperil Americans who won't be able to hear the shots coming and take the necessary steps to protect themselves and their families.
As a woman of color and a mother whose child was taken away by senseless gun violence, I understand the importance of standing up and empowering others for the day of reckoning with the gun lobby.
And we can't forget their top priority — what the gun lobby calls "concealed carry reciprocity," which would allow people with conceal carry permits in any state to carry their firearms in any state. I fear that it would lead to convicted felons and domestic abusers being allowed to carry hidden, loaded weapons everywhere.
This is where we come in.
We've fought against this dangerous policy before — and we've won. And just like we've been shutting down radical gun bills in statehouses across the country — we've learned how to be the David to the NRA's Goliath and we'll do it again.
In the wake of Ayana's death, her mother stated, "We did everything we could to keep these kids safe." No mother wants to utter those words after the kind of tragedy her family is experiencing — I know firsthand.


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layout: docs
title: Using Authentication for a Registry
category: launching_containers
sub_category: building
weight: 7
---

# Using Authentication for a Registry

A json file `.dockercfg` is generated in your home directory on `docker login`. It holds authentication information for a public or private docker registry. This `.dockercfg` can be reused in other home directories to authenticate. One way to do this is using Cloud-Config which is discussed more below. If you want to populate these values without running docker login, the auth token is a base64 encoded string: base64(<username>:<password>).

## The .dockercfg File

Here's what an example looks like with credentials for docker's public index and a private index:

#### .dockercfg

```json
{
  "https://index.docker.io/v1/": {
    "auth": "xXxXxXxXxXx=",
    "email": "username@example.com"
  },
  "https://index.example.com": {
    "auth": "XxXxXxXxXxX=",
    "email": "username@example.com"
  }
}
```

The last step is to tell your systemd units to run as the `core` user in order for docker to use the credentials we just set up. This is done in the service section of the unit:

```ini
[Unit]
Description=My Container
After=docker.service

[Service]
User=core
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run busybox /bin/sh -c "while true; do echo Hello World; sleep 1; done"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```

### Cloud-Config

Since each machine in your cluster is going to have to pull images, cloud-config is the easiest way to write the config file to disk.

```yaml
#cloud-config
write_files:
    - path: /home/core/.dockercfg
      owner: core:core
      permissions: 0644
      content: |
        {
          "https://index.docker.io/v1/": {
            "auth": "xXxXxXxXxXx=",
            "email": "username@example.com"
          },
          "https://index.example.com": {
            "auth": "XxXxXxXxXxX=",
            "email": "username@example.com"
          }
        }
```

## Using a Registry Without SSL Configured

The default behavior of Docker is to prevent access to registries that aren't using SSL. If you're running a registry behind your firewall without SSL, you need to configure an additional parameter, which whitelists a CIDR range of allowed "insecure" registries.

The best way to do this is within your cloud-config:

```yaml
#cloud-config

write_files:
  - path: /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/50-insecure-registry.conf
    content: |
        [Service]
        Environment='DOCKER_OPTS=--insecure-registry="10.0.1.0/24"'
```


This includes a single session where Sara will clear as many trapped emotions from your Heart Wall as possible. Removing the Heart Wall naturally releases a lot of issues, and having a Heart Wall can also block you from getting clear answers in focused clearings. We always recommend to start with a Heart Wall clearing. Removing the Heart Wall takes about 6 sessions total.


Fountain Pen for Nail Art decorations. The set consists of a fountain pen and 5 dotting tools. Ideal to decorate your nails with acrylic colors and create fantastic miniatures on your nails. Also with various dotting including tips you can use it as a spot to delineate the line of the French Manicure, apply the uv gel, create points and nail art decorations.


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Cycling-Froome to be Israel Start-Up Nation's road captain at Tour de France
15 Jun 2021 10:45PM (Updated: 15 Jun 2021 11:20PM)
REUTERS: Four-times Tour de France winner Chris Froome will line up for this year's race with Israel Start-Up Nation as their road captain, the team announced on Tuesday.
Froome, who won the Tour in 2013 and from 2015-17, was not part of the Tour last year after being left out of the Ineos-Grenadiers squad.
"Chris will be our road captain in this year's Tour de France," sports manager Rik Verbrugghe said in a statement.
"As a four-time winner of the Tour, the value of his experience cannot be underestimated. It will be extremely useful for the team during the race.
"On a performance level, I believe that we will see another improvement from the Dauphine to the Tour after our recent training camp in the Alps. We hope to see Chris progress stage by stage throughout the race."
Froome spent more than three weeks in hospital after breaking his neck, femur, elbow, hip and ribs in a high-speed crash in 2019.
The 36-year-old Briton said at the Criterium du Dauphine this month that his target was not winning the Tour this year but returning to his former levels.
"After two years away from the Tour de France I can't wait to get back. It has been an arduous journey since my crash at the Criterium du Dauphine in 2019, but this has been one of my biggest motivations," Froome said.
"I've been working tirelessly to get to where I am, and although my ambitions this year won't be as leader, I hope to add my experience and support to the team as best I can as road captain.
"We have a strong contender in Michael Woods and I look forward to giving my all for him and the team in the battle to Paris."
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Edmund Blair)
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Hospital Transactions & Valuation Issues
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Tenet completes divestiture of 143-bed St. Louis hospital
Alyssa Rege - Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 Print	| Email
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare completed the sale of St. Louis-based Des Peres Hospital to Chesterfield, Mo.-based St. Luke's Hospital May 1.
As part of the deal, St. Luke's acquired the 143-bed hospital and affiliated physician practices.
St. Luke's also rebranded Des Peres Hospital as St. Luke's Des Peres Hospital.
"St. Luke's is the St. Louis area's only independent healthcare provider, and we are confident that welcoming St. Luke's Des Peres Hospital into our family is a win for everyone," Christine M. Candio, RN, St. Luke's Hospital president and CEO, said in a May 1 statement. "Now, we will engage in a collaborative process to determine our future plans to further our mission of improving the quality of life for patients and the community."
The sale is part of Tenet's hospital divestiture plan, which officials expect will yield more than $1 billion in proceeds. The 68-hospital system also completed its sale of Berwyn, Ill.-based MacNeal Hospital, for which Tenet received $550 million of cash proceeds during the first quarter of 2018, and sold its minority interest in four Texas hospitals in March.
More articles on transactions and valuations:
10 recent healthcare partnerships and transactions
Kaufman Hall: Hospital M&A up 11%+ from Q1 2017
Tenet acquires remaining stake in United Surgical Partners for $630M


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Left your phone in the cold? Here's how to fix it
Posted by Appster | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized |
It's happened to all of us: you accidentally left your smartphone in the car. Sometimes you might rush back to get it, and other times you might think, "Hey, I don't need it right now, I'll get it when I head back." Normally, a smartphone sitting in a vehicle for a few hours is not too big of a deal, but when the temperature outside is below freezing, it could cause some unexpected problems for your phone's battery. The biggest problem is a quick drain — depending on how cold it is, a smartphone battery could go from fully charged to completely dead in a matter of minutes. What's worse is that right after that quick drain it will be impossible to recharge the device. But don't worry! Your battery is OK and your smartphone is going to be fine. Read on for tips on what to do if you face these issues, and then continue reading further to learn about why this happens. Also keep in mind the same principles apply to pretty much any device with a lithium-ion battery including laptops, tablets, portable game systems, and the list goes on. What to do if your cold phone won't charge If you have a cold phone that's dead and refuses to charge, all you need to do is wait for it to get back to a normal temperature....
Nintendo Partnering with LINE for 'Dr. Mario' Mobile Game this Summer
Once again Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad has some breaking news concerning Nintendo and their upcoming mobile plans. Announced today, Nintendo will be partnering with chat juggernaut LINE to produce a mobile game based on the Dr. Mario franchise. Titled Dr. Mario World, the game will be coming to both iOS and Android and is pegged for an early summer 2019 release, according to the official press statement. The game will be initially released in approxiamately 60 countries and regions, which will include both Japan and the United States. And as expected it'll be free with optional in-app purchases. Nintendo is partnering with LINE to create a Dr Mario mobile game. It will be a puzzle game for smartphones planned to launch in Summer 2019. pic.twitter.com/dAOZOSS29i — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) January 31, 2019 As pointed out in a follow-up tweet by Ahmad, this will now be the third company Nintendo has partnered with to produce a mobile game. They worked with DeNA on Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (Free) and CyGames on Dragalia Lost (Free). Hopefully we'll be hearing more about Dr. Mario World in the coming weeks, and hopefully it won't see any kind of delay like the upcoming Mario Kart Tour mobile game which was just delayed earlier today. Go to Source Author: Jared...
OnePlus is discounting bundles for Valentine's, including the OnePlus 6T
Valentine's Day is not far off now (make your dinner reservations today if you haven't already!). To celebrate, OnePlus.com is offering a select few of its bundles at discounted rates, one of which includes the 2018 favorite smartphone, the OnePlus 6T. The two featured bundles are themed around pairing together and partnering together, to keep with the Valentine's Day tone. The first bundle features the OnePlus 6T smartphone, a pair of OnePlus Bullets Wireless headphones, and a bumper case. You'll save $20 on this "You Complete Me" bundle which could cost you anywhere from $628 to $708, depending on which model of OnePlus 6T you settle on. Editor's Pick OnePlus 6T review: Fundamentally great (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr6baqZG3aY Update – December 31 – The OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition has launched, which has a black carbon fiber design with McLaren's signature "Papaya Orange" color around the rim, along with 256GB of storage and 10GB of … The second bundle is two sets of OnePlus Bullets Wireless — one for you and one for your crush. You'll save 10 percent off this "Perfect Pair" bundle bringing the total price down to $124. There are also some accessory bundles on offer, but they are not themed to Valentine's Day and only net you a five percent discount. Those bundles include cases, headphones, screen protectors, chargers, etc. Click the buttons below to grab one of these...
First Facebook, now Google's internal iOS apps are blocked by Apple
Apple has apparently revoked certificates for Google's internal iOS apps (not its consumer apps). The revocation likely stems from the revelation that Google's Screenwise Meter app used Apple's enterprise program, violating Apple's rules. Facebook had a similar revocation earlier this week surrounding an app of its own. Google just issued a statement to The Verge regarding the rumor that Apple disabled Google's enterprise developer certificate. In Google's statement, the company admits that there has been "a temporary disruption," seemingly confirming the rumor is true. "We're working with Apple to fix a temporary disruption to some of our corporate iOS apps, which we expect will be resolved soon," Google said in the statement. According to sources familiar with the matter, all of Google's internal iOS apps are now disabled. These include early beta versions of popular Google apps like Gmail, Google Maps, etc., as well as apps designed specifically for Googlers such as the Gbus app and an app for the various cafés on Google campuses. Apple blocking Google's apps is likely to do with its Screenwise Meter app, which tracks how people use their smartphones. The iOS app for the service — which has since been disabled — relied on the Apple enterprise program which allows companies to create apps for use within that company (i.e., not available to the general public). Editor's Pick Facebook is paying people to install...
Energizer's upcoming phone lineup includes a few with pop-up selfie cameras
With Mobile World Congress set to kick off in a few weeks in Spain, Energizer plans to announce a whopping 26 smartphones at the yearly event. GSMArena reported that among the 26 phones are the Ultimate U620S and U630S, which feature pop-up selfie cameras. Pop-up selfie cameras aren't new — the Vivo Nex features a similar selfie camera mechanism, while the Oppo Find X slides an entire section of the phone up. The difference is that the Ultimate U620S and U630S are the first phones to pack two selfie cameras in the pop-up mechanism — one 16MP camera and a second 2MP depth sensor. Energizer Ultimate U620S Energizer Ultimate U630S Editor's Pick Best Android phones (January 2019) With Android thoroughly dominating the mobile industry, picking the best Android phones is basically choosing the best smartphones, period. There are a ton of choices out there, but what's best in 2019? Related: Refurbished phone guide … The similarities between the Ultimate U620S and U630S end there. The Ultimate 620S features a 6.2-inch display with Full HD+ (2,280 x 1,080) resolution, triple 12MP, 5MP, and 2MP rear cameras, MediaTek's octa-core Helio P70, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of expandable storage, and a 3,200mAh battery that supports 18W fast wired charging. Meanwhile, the Ultimate U630S features a 6.3-inch display with HD+ (1,480 x 720) resolution, dual 16MP and 2MP rear cameras, MediaTek's octa-core Helio...


A company that sells different type of tobaccos that offers bitcoin as payments.
Vertcoin is a digital cryptocurrency that is touted to be ASIC and Multipool resistant with its innovative Scrypt-N hashing algorithm.
Strapping Fellow, formerly Cloudy Sky Leatherworks, was founded in Blacksburg, Virginia on January 1st, 2013 as an international storefront for fully customizable leather watch straps.
Fight for the Future is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 whose mission is to ensure that the web continues to hold freedom of expression and creativity at its core.
AsMoney is an electronic payment system based on Bitcoin network that helps its members make instant payment for goods or services or send and receive money with minimum fee. Asmoney is the cheaper and safer way to pay and get paid.


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First developed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990, HTML is short for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML is used to create electronic documents (called pages) that are displayed on the World Wide Web.
HTML provides the basic structure of web pages, and is your very first step into the world of coding. Knowledge of web page structure is a valuable asset for anyone to have.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in HTML or any XML-based markup language.
CSS describes how elements should be rendered on screen, on paper, in speech, or on other media, and for describing the presentation of Web pages, including colors, layout, and fonts.
You'd learn how to style user interfaces with code.
JavaScript is a programming language used primarily by Web browsers to create a dynamic and interactive experience for the user. It makes an HTML page interactive and user-friendly.
JavaScript has emerged highly on the web, and it also supports external applications like PDF documents, running widgets etc. It is the most widely used client-side scripting language on the internet.
Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991, Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language. Python's design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its notable use of significant whitespace.
Its language constructs and object-oriented approach aim to help programmers write clear, logical code for small and large-scale projects.
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Welcome to the CNI Fall 2006 Meeting
Representatives from the member organizations of the Coalition for Networked Information gather twice annually for Task Force Meetings. The meetings are designed to explore new technologies, content and applications; to further collaboration; to analyze technology policy issues; and to catalyze the development and deployment of new projects.
This year's fall meeting was held December 4-5, 2006 at the Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel. Registration forms were sent to Task Force representatives and guests in early September. Project Briefings are the very heart of every Task Force Meeting. These are 1-hour break-out sessions which address state-of-the-art developments and issues of interest to the membership, as outlined in each year's Program Plan.
Plenary Sessions are held at the beginning and end of each meeting. They include presentations of CNI's latest initiatives as well as insights from national and international leaders in the networked information community. This year, CNI Executive Director Clifford Lynch reported on developments over the past year, and he also presented the 2006-2007 CNI Program Plan during the opening plenary. In addition, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation named its 2006 Awards for Technology Collaboration (MATC); the awards were presented by Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium and the inventor of the World Wide Web. The closing plenary address was delivered by Daniel Atkins in his new capacity as head of the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure.
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With the help of somebody who had been here previously we were acquainted with some ridiculously deep snow in Niseko. The majority of the time you couldn't see your skis and the powder was knee to shoulder-deep high.
My tips managed to break through.
We also had some more good meals out; a Hama pot (which had lots of shellfish, many of which I didn't know what they were) and Ramen.