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Activating Kids in the Selwyn District
The Selwyn Sports Trust is determined to add value for local families with sport and recreation opportunities – and a team of physical activity activators will make sure these opportunities continue to grow.
"Selwyn Physical Activity Activators are working with existing community leaders to influence change and create opportunities," says Mike Wilson of the Selwyn Sports Trust.
The project began with a process of consultation, engaging local preschools and parents, primary and secondary schools, Lincoln University's sport scholarship programme, local soprts clubs such as Waikirikiri Sport, spaces and places such as Foster Park, Selwyn Sports Trust and Selwyn District Council.
The pilot programme kicked off at Clearview Primary and Rolleston Christian School in 2016, engaging their 700+ students with a variety of physical activity opportunities. Currently, four Activators are engaging with 7,700 local students across 27 schools.
"In a short time, we have seen a significant impact from the Activators' work in schools, with local sports clubs and other community organisations. They have helped to build connections that will have a long-term impact on participation in physical activity for our young people."
Sport Canterbury's Physical Activity Leaders (PALs), Sport Start and Coach Developer programmes have given the Activators platforms to build momentum.
Since 2017, the team has organised Fundamental Movement Skills and Sport Spectacular events, reaching hundreds of students. They have also delivered school fundamental skill days and organise a Selwyn weekly sports module in terms 2 and 3, removing traditional barriers of time, cost and transport, for Selwyn families in 2018. This is weekly sport with a twist – six week blocks with a four-week skill development component and two-week barbarian style team games.
Hororata School Principal Marty Gameson commented on the Activator's success at his school.
"The Activator has made a real difference by keeping us up to date with sporting/physical activity opportunities available for our students in the community. The students themselves love her, and she is super encouraging, positive and makes it fun for the kids. Is there any chance we could increase her hours so she can have a greater impact within our community?"


But its a simple solution. They just need to make sure they have xpuipc and smartcars. There will be no issues with those two. Those who are attempting to use XCARS or XACARS will have non stop issues.
Please try Bryce's solution/fix and see if it helps. I am making this a STICKY so that everyone has access to this FIX. Thanks Bryce for the input.
Unfortunately, that does not help those of us who are using Macs, as smartcars is a windows program. The XACARS server needs to be set up right, and things should be good. My prior vAirline had no problem with XACARS.


2 Proxy Servers: Neanderthal or Dinosaur?
Deciding on a reliable proxy server for all your Web services can be a frustrating exercise. Configuring the proxy server can be a pain for the administrators, too, as noted in our recent article, "Securing via Proxy." Luckily, there is Pound, a secure and free reverse proxy server. Pound makes good sense, and is very nice to configure.
We'll use all of these features in examples, excluding the sanitizer part. Sanitizing is done automatically: Pound will check the HTTP (and HTTPS) headers for correctness, and only pass well-formed packets to the back end servers. Assuming the checking isn't too Draconian, this is a useful feature that will catch a good number of exploit attempts.
So what is it that we'd like to do with Pound? How about improve two aspects of Web services: reliability and security.
Pound addresses reliability directly, by providing load balancing and failover. These two items are separate because some load balancer products do not take care to check the state of back end servers before sending requests to them. If a back end ever fails to respond, Pound stops sending requests to that server until it becomes responsive again; i.e. automatic failover happens.
The security benefit of Pound is that it can remove your Web servers from the Internet, if need be. If you're a hosting provider or university, you've most likely dealt with compromised Web sites as a result of long forgotten PHP-based programs lingering about. Most exploits will run code from another Web site, or download a program from another Web site and run it. With a reverse proxy, the actual Web servers don't require access to the Internet, rendering this class of exploits officially neutered.
When people begin to move Web services to proxy servers, they quickly realize that even with all this newly gained failover capability, they still have a single point of failure — the proxy server. It's true, and is why running a reliable proxy is important. Extremely busy sites can also install SSL accelerator cards to lighten the CPU load. It's also possible to have failover-capable proxy servers. Possibly the best option is CARP. For a more universally supported option, it's also possible to use VRRP or even OSPF to achieve failover.
So how does Pound do this? Let's say we want to use a few Internet-accessible IP addresses for SSL Web sites, and another to serve all non-SSL sites. We'll proxy to back-end servers, which are not Internet accessible. For each SSL Web site, we must configure a separate service in Pound.
This tells Pound to listen on the "real" IP address of 1.1.1.1, port 80, and proxy all requests to the back-end servers listed. Failover automatically happens, so there's nothing to configure to accomplish this important feature. SSL certificates will presumably be configured as well, when a separate section for port 443 is configured.
You must configure one service statement per Web site. The above configuration proxies all requests for www.server.tld (HeadRequire just says to match something in the header) to 10.0.0.1, port 80. Multiple BackEnd statements, of course, can exist for each name-based virtual host configured.
Just place that within a Service section, and client requests from the same IP that remain active within a five-minute period will all end up at the same back-end server. Header values, cookie data, and even URL contents can also be used to keep track of sessions. None of them work for all situations, so getting sessions working correctly requires a bit of understanding about how the application works.
There are a few other details to configuring the Pound proxy server, but this is a great start. Once a few fundamental issues with HTTP, sessions, and SSL are understood, it's trivial to configure Pound.
Go forth, and bring to the land a robust and secure Web infrastructure.


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6 Post-Pandemic Fashion Must Haves for Men
So, you've been wearing nothing but sweatpants and t-shirts for a year. That's fair. After all, when you're taking a meeting over Zoom, no one can tell you're not really wearing pants.
We've all been cooped up indoors with nowhere to go, but now, the world is slowly getting vaccinated, and quarantine chic is meeting its rightful end.
It's hard enough remembering how to get to the office. How are you supposed to remember what to wear? What is classy but casual enough to go from shopping to dinner? Are you expected to go on a date again? In person? Thankfully, you don't have to answer those questions yourself.
We asked Modern Luxury's VP of Fashion and Creative Director James Aguiar to share his thoughts on post-pandemic fashion. He wrote an honest and hilarious op-ed about his own descent into what he calls "adult baby syndrome," the phenomenon wherein grown humans head out into the world in what are essentially pajamas. He also took a stand and promised to bring some glamour back into his own life.
See also: Comfort Class: Our Style Expert Weighs in on Post-Pandemic Fashion
If you're feeling a return to fashionable form, our fearless fashion leader has got your back on a few must-have pieces that will help you baby step out from elastic-everything back into a silhouette that really says something.
House shoes are for the house. "Now that laces on shoes are back," Aguiar says, "this Wolverine BLVD low sneaker in cognac is the perfect hybrid of dressed up and down."
The hour for living is nigh, so what's on your wrist really matters. "I actually have to keep my mind on the time now," Aguiar says, "and this Gucci 25H is the ultimate in high watchmaking while still making it fashion."
"The Canali Shacket says it all. If I have to put on a blazer, this is the one."
See also: 5 Post-Pandemic Fashion Must Haves for Women
"This Vince cotton twill popover says 'I know I have to dress up, but I can still relax.'"
"This Alexander McQueen suit is the ultimate business-on-top, party-on-the-bottom look." Mullets are back, right?
Not ready to go to the office every day? Neither is Aguiar. "My work-from-home life will continue in this Dior Oblique robe," he says, and yours should, too.
Tags: fashion watches shoes web-og
Photography by: Courtesy Wolverine; Gucci; Canali; Vince;Alexander McQueen; Dior

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Erm the first 3 are all real, the Royal Navy use the Red and Blue Dauphins at Plymouth for transporting the FOST team to ships.
Flag Officer Sea Training - All RN ships and many NATO vessels attend the Sea Training course at Plymouth to work up the ship and crew and be certified for operational use. These are where the FRADU hawks come in as they act a aircraft threats for air defence training, whilst the Dassault Falcons tow the targets for live fire AA and provide the ECM & EW threat.
The Gazelles used to be the Helicopter trainer for the Royal Navy and they even had their own display team called 'The Sharks'. which that model represents.
The WS70 is of course a Whiff but was put forward as a Wessex replacement.
Was looking for photos of Hawker Sea Fury's and found this privately owned one painted in an interesting disruptive scheme.
Some neat stuff, mostly RN.
These are probably suitable here . More ideas than models I found them in in a German site had to use the print screen function to grab them . As far as I know the first one is a baloon carried windturbine .
Found this over on the News Stand site. It seems that HS-5 "The Nightdippers" have painted up their CAG bird with a new scheme. Haven't seen this one on a SH-60 yet. Who wants to try it?!
Not quite sure what it is showing, but I like it never-the-less.
Looks like a tethered aerodynamic balloon used as a wind powered generator.
indeed the full drawing at the site says it is to be taken up to 10 kilometres where the wind speed is 25times greater the surface , if my limited German does not mislead me .
Das Ozean-Schnellschiff von morgen reminds me of the anime Porco Rosso, where a passenger ship is outfitted with a catapult rail and storage for two interceptor flying boats to fend off sky pirates.
German liners between the World Wars would carry a float plane on a catapult forward, launching it about a day's sailing out, carrying high-priority mail.
Enormous is humanity's need for energy. To ensure life in future, there are fantastic plans, is it necessary to source new, un-depletable power sources. Jetstream power plants are to source electrical power from the high-altitude winds that blow continually in heights upwards of 10km. there, close to the troposphere, wind currents are 25 times stronger than near the ground. The large wind turbines are connected to rigid balloons that also carry the generator and other equipment. The energy produced is sent through the tether to to the ground. the balloon power plants can also be used as relay stations for radio transmission and TV broadcasts.
Gotta love the 1960s wording in the first two sentences, oozing confidence in how technology will overcome all the world's problems.
Looking for Gripen NG pics, I found this, which is apparently called Rockwell "Snake" and was a forerunner to the X-31. Looks kinda cool, doesn't it?
That it does. The tails look somewhat anachronistic - like they're from a Mustang or something!
Found this whiffed He100 racer.


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What is happening to Evening Grosbeaks?
By Laura Erickson, on March 21, 2012
Evening Grosbeak feeding on box elder seeds.
In the summer of 1981, when my husband and I moved into our house in Duluth, Minnesota, Evening Grosbeaks instantly became woven into the fabric of my daily life. They were the first birds I heard calling in the trees as we lugged boxes and furniture into the house, and the first birds to visit our bird feeders—even before the first chickadees showed up. Day after day throughout the following decade, Evening Grosbeak calls provided a lively and cheerful background soundtrack for our lives, indoors and out.
Their numbers dropped in summer, rose in winter, and were huge during spring and fall migrations, but season after season, year after year throughout the 80s, Evening Grosbeaks were virtually always present in my yard. I had better luck with them than many people because my box elder trees attracted flocks flying overhead, but just about anyone in Duluth with platform feeders offering sunflower seeds had Evening Grosbeaks at least sometimes.
By the early 90s, grosbeak numbers seemed to be declining. I grew concerned, even mentioning my apprehensiveness in my first book in 1993. I thought it was part of a disturbing pattern in Duluth—during this same period, my neighborhood lost a lot of nesting birds, and the huge waves of migrating warblers and thrushes in my backyard dwindled. Friends of mine who lived in Duluth for several decades before I did also noticed the disappearance of many local nesting species—birds which have not returned. Duluth's Christmas Bird Count data was tricky to analyze because the count circle changed in 1979, so the pre-1979 count historical dataset is separate from that post-1979, and the graphs of the datasets are on different scales. Pre-1979, the highest average Duluth count was 20 EVGR per party hour.
The highest average number of EVGR per party hour post-1979 was slightly less than 6.5—a third less than in the earlier period. So the following graph is on a different scale than the previous one. The smaller per-party average is almost certainly an artifact of the increasing numbers of CBC parties during the 70s and 80s. Evening Grosbeak flocks can be localized within a city, but when fewer parties participated, they would naturally have headed to the best feeders, so the number of grosbeaks counted wouldn't increase nearly as significantly as the number of parties did.
Evening Grosbeaks were counted on every single Duluth CBC from 1979 until 2002, when not one was found. There were a handful in subsequent years, but 2011/12 has now been the third year in a row that they weren't found at all on Duluth's Christmas Bird Count.
The pattern of Christmas Bird Count data for all of Minnesota shows a very steep climb in Evening Grosbeak numbers peaking in the mid-60s. (Notice that the higest years, statewide, averaged about 5.25 EVGR per party hour.)
Why the rise in the middle, and why the drop? Did the population really increase in the 60s, or was the increase an artifact of the increasing numbers of birders and count circles in the northern third of the state during the 60s? It's impossible to know. I've talked to people in their 80s and 90s who grew up in Duluth and remember lots of grosbeaks throughout their childhoods. That's anecdotal, though it may be significant in light of the absence of better data. But the rise and fall could also be due to the decades-long but irregular cycles of spruce budworm populations, a major component of the diet fed to nestlings. All we know for certain is that the decrease since the 80s is real, and has been found throughout both the United States (first graph) and Canada (second graph).
These Christmas Bird Count graphs show an intriguing biennial rhythm, probably due to the cyclical nature of the seeds grosbeaks feed on. Evening Grosbeaks were not known in the Eastern states until the late 1800s; their sudden appearance there may have been due to ornamental tree plantings (box elder wasn't native to the East), the increase in popularity of bird feeding, or unknown factors.
Data from the Breeding Bird Survey extends back only as far as 1966. The same biennial rhythm is evident, and the sad decline is quite clear, both in Minnesota (first graph) and throughout Canada (second graph):
We don't know if the huge drop in numbers was part of an extremely long cycle (perhaps related to spruce budworm outbreaks), if it was a simple matter of returning to a "normal" level after an unexplained but brief population surge, or if this really has been a catastrophic loss. Several factors may have contributed to the drop:
Evening Grosbeaks feed their nestlings insects, including (possibly preferentially in some places) spruce budworm. Controlling spruce budworm has been an important forestry goal for many decades, with heavy use of pesticides over enormous swaths of northern forest. One of the pesticides currently used is Bacillus thuringiensis, which isn't known to harm birds, but regardless of the pesticide used, the loss of larval insects during the nesting season may well be implicated.
Adult and young Evening Grosbeaks feed heavily on maple and, especially, box elder seeds. In recent decades, forest management in huge swaths of northern forests has focused on fast-growing softwood trees for paper and wood products rather than on slower-growing hardwoods such as maple and box elder. This may have reduced another important food source.
Exploitation of "tar sands" has also been implicated in the loss of huge swaths of Canadian forest habitat.
Large numbers of Evening Grosbeaks are killed by cars during winter, when they are drawn to roads to pick up road salt and grit. In a single incident reported in 1981, over 2,000 Evening Grosbeaks were killed along a 16-km stretch of a British Columbia road, with many more dead birds seen off the road that weren't counted (Smith, W. G. 1981. Observations on a large highway kill of Evening Grosbeaks in British Columbia. Syesis 14:163.)
Evening Grosbeaks are killed in much larger than average numbers at windows. Klem in 1989 listed them as the tenth-most frequently reported species killed by collision with building windows.
What can we do individually and collectively to protect Evening Grosbeaks?
Those of us who are lucky enough to get them in our backyards should do everything we can to make our windows bird-safe. The American Bird Conservancy now sells a tape that, applied to the outside of windows, makes them more visible to birds. This tape is predicted to last for about four years. (ABC Bird Tape.)
Driving at the slowest speed that is safe, courteous, and convenient allows us to react more quickly when wildlife is present, and gives birds a better chance of avoiding our car. This at least helps minimize our contribution to the huge numbers of birds killed on highways. (It also saves natural resources!)
Reducing our use of paper, purchasing recycled paper whenever possible, and recycling rather than discarding paper reduces our personal complicity with the forestry practices most harmful to Evening Grosbeaks.
Conserving energy reduces our personal complicity with fossil-fuel extraction that destroys habitat.
Encouraging and supporting research about Evening Grosbeaks, including filling gaps in life history information, will shed more light on what the species' needs are and what may have caused its decline. Knowing whether the drop in numbers is part of a natural cycle, a simple population blip, or a grave conservation issue will be a critical first step if action is to be taken under state or federal endangered species regulations. Membership and contributions to state and regional birding and ornithological societies and to research and conservation organizations (such as the American Bird Conservancy, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Audubon) can help make a difference.
If you've kept records of numbers and locations over the years, going back through your notes on Evening Grosbeaks and posting the information on eBird will provide valuable data. If you have older birding friends who kept a detailed field notebook during earlier decades, ask them to allow you to post their data on eBird.
By the late 90s, Evening Grosbeaks completely disappeared from my Duluth yard. On a handful of occasions since then, I've had one or, at most, two birds visit for a few minutes and move on, and never more than a single visit per year. Then, this past August, for the first time since the mid-90s, an actual flock of grosbeaks, 16 birds including adult pairs feeding fledglings, showed up and were present every day for six weeks. Much of the time they fed on seeds or loafed in my box elders, but part of the time they visited my feeders and bird bath. I woke to their calls every morning and could hear their comfortable chattering throughout each day. They vanished in mid-September, and I haven't had one in my yard since. But hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul; even as I do my best to follow my own conservation advice, I'll keep hope alive that this splendid bird's disappearance is just a temporary blip.
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HALFWAY BETWEEN LA and Santa Barbara lies the coastal city of Ventura. It starts at the top of the steep Ventura foothills and winds its way down to the Pacific, overlooking Channel Islands National Park. The city is reputed — among those in the know, that is — for its epic surf conditions, its nearly endless green space, and its 10,000-year history. And while other cities may have been hogging the California spotlight until now, it's high time we started talking about Ventura instead. Here are 12 ways to start the conversation.
5. Chili peppers became a thing here.
The city of Ventura recently celebrated its 150th anniversary…and so have many of the town's ghostly residents. Ghost hunting excursions are commonplace here, with popular destinations being the Olivas Adobe (where a mysterious lady in black has supposedly been seen for many years), City Hall (in which several ghosts are said to reside), and downtown's Bella Maggiore Inn, where a ghost named Sylvia reputedly spooks guests.
A cemetery from the 1860s that became the final resting place for many of Ventura's founders is now known as Cemetery Memorial Park, popular with local residents, but its history is somewhat lost to time. Many of the buried are unknown, records destroyed and tombstones misplaced, including the tombstone of Mother Ida May Shively, buried in 1901 at what was then known as St. Mary's Cemetery. The tombstone was uncovered at Surfers' Point in 1993 and retrieved by Shively's 91-year-old daughter.


Signed by the Colts to the practice squad on October 24, 2018.
Waived by the Detroit Lions on October 6, 2018.
Signed to the Detroit practice squad on October 3, 2018.
Waived by the Lions on September 5, 2018.
Signed to the Detroit practice squad on September 2, 2018.
Waived by the Lions on September 1, 2018.
Signed by Detroit to a reserve/future contract on January 2, 2018.
Signed to the Lions practice squad on December 14, 2017.
Waived by Detroit on December 9, 2017.
Signed to the Lions active roster from the practice squad on November 27, 2018.
Signed to the Detroit practice squad on September 3, 2017.
Waived by the Lions on September 2, 2017.
Signed by Detroit as a free agent on February 9, 2017.
Waived by the Dallas Cowboys on August 16, 2016.
Signed by Dallas as an undrafted free agent on May 9, 2016.
Spent time on Detroit's practice squad but has not seen game action.
Spent 14 weeks on the Lions practice squad and one week on the active roster. He did not see game action.
Spent part of the offseason with the Cowboys before being waived prior to the start of the regular season.
Played in 23 games at UAB and Toledo and totaled 102 tackles (71 solo), 2.0 sacks, two interceptions, nine passes defensed and three forced fumbles. Also played one season at Reedley (CA) Junior College and had 44 tackles, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries.
In his only season with Toledo, he played in 11 games and had 48 tackles (34 solo), two interceptions, three passes defensed and three forced fumbles.
In 2014 with UAB, he appeared in 12 games (eight starts) and accumulated 54 tackles (37 solo), 4.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and six passes defensed. His 54 tackles ranked second on the team.
In 2013 at Reedley (CA) College, he finished with 44 tackles, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries.
Attended Lake Wales (Fla.) High School and played under Rod Shafer.
Earned 5A all-state honorable mention honors as a quarterback his senior year.
Has two brothers and five sisters.
A native of Lake Wales, Fla.


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        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public string Email { get; set; }
        public string Phone { get; set; }
        public AddressRequest Address { get; set; }
        public string DateOfBirth { get; set; }
        public string Ssn { get; set; }
        public string TaxId { get; set; }
        public string RoutingNumber { get; set; }
        public string AccountNumber { get; set; }

        public override string ToXml()
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            return ToXml("applicant-details");
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            return BuildRequest(root).ToXml();
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            return ToQueryString("applicant-details");
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This pair of stunning floor lamps with metal construction and crystal glass accents is sure to add an elegant touch to your living space.
Perfect for the minimalist home, this set of two simple yet charming floor lamps will fill your living room with light -- and style. The crystal glass details, including the finial, are carefully crafted, adding a subtle elegance to the design.
Each takes one maximum 150 watt standard-medium base bulb (not included). On-off socket switches. 8-foot long silver cords.
A handsome pair of floor lamps from the 360 Lighting brand.
Polished steel finish. Metal construction. Crystal glass accents on each pole.
White fabric drum shades with ball finials.
Looking for simple yet elegant floor lamps for my new sitting room. Plus, the daily special pricing was great! Now I can't wait to see if these were really a bargain.
To use in in the bedroom & bedroom.
Looking for the crystal, silver look, great price for 2 & reviews were great!
I really liked the offer of two lamps at this price, an excellent price! I know they will look great in my living room. Thanks, Lamp Plus for having this offers. When I saw these lamps I knew I was done searching. I am happy!
May I put an LED Bulb on this lamp?
BEST ANSWER: Yes, that's what I use. These lamps are gorgeous and very classy! I get many compliments on them! Enjoy!
Do you sell Floor lamps with USB connections?
BEST ANSWER: I have added a link below to some currently available USB floor lamps.
Do these lamps qualify for free return shipping?
The Best buy ever !!!
Great for the price, buy it you don't gonna regret. They are elegant and beautiful.
These lamps are beautiful, what I like most is the unique style, they look great in my formal living room. Very good quality and value. The poles need slightly better alignment though, after many attempts to join them, one of the lamps has an ever so slightly tilt. Luckily, I was able to position it to where it's not noticeable.
GREAT DEAL , Easy To Put Together.
Very lovely lamps. Look amazing in my home.
Perfect for my living room!
I was looking for floor lamps for my living room that went with the new foyer/hall and dining room lights I purchased. These were perfect. Beautiful chrome and crystal lights that were simple but elegant! I love them.
These lamps are well priced and beautiful! They look just like the pictures and are easy to assemble. Very happy with them.
The lamps are beautiful. Love them.
Beautiful and elegant did I mention perfection?
I purchased a set for my studio and couldn't be any happier.
They are beautiful. They really brighten up my place. The crystal stands out. The white lamp shades also looks great. I would buy them again.
So glad I ordered these, very pretty and easy to put together!
Love the lamps. The are very stylish and a perfect addition to our home. It is the perfect amount of light.


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Q: Arduino not working the same when powered with battery, not usb So, I'm building an Arduino toy car. It runs with 4 motors and has 2 color sensors and 8 IR sensors. It must work on battery because i don't want it to be hooked to USB all the time and motors require much more current than USB can provide. So here's the problem...
When I have my arduino powered with USB cable or USB cable and battery, it works perfectly, but when I have it powered only on battery (7.2V), 4 LED's in the left color sensor glow dimmer, and the right one doesn't even work.
I should point out that some of the pins of color sensor that should be plugged in 5V or GND are plugged in digital output pins set on HIGH or LOW.
The arduino i'm working on is Arduino Mega 2560 and color sensors are TCS230.

A: I think you should measure supply current of the board and then check if your battery is able to provide such value. Also try to feed the board from external supply through wall adapter connector (or Arduino's Vin terminal). The idea is that you may need higher voltage and(or) current, then 7,2V.

A: Check to make sure you have the correct resisters values in place to drive the LEDs. You can sometimes get away without doing so but it is iffy and you can sink a lot of current you don't really need to. I found this link, "Driving LEDs with an Arduino".

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Cinderella story? NJ's Sky Blue FC has high hopes for a successful 2020 soccer season
Sky Blue FC is preparing for what is likely to be a historic season for the organization after a disappointing campaign the previous year.
Cinderella story? NJ's Sky Blue FC has high hopes for a successful 2020 soccer season Sky Blue FC is preparing for what is likely to be a historic season for the organization after a disappointing campaign the previous year. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/soccer/2020/01/15/nj-sky-blue-fc-hopes-successful-2020-soccer-season/4457608002/
Melanie Anzidei, NorthJersey.com Published 5:30 a.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020 | Updated 6:15 p.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020
The U.S. Women's National Team celebrated in a sea of red, white and blue in New York City, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. NorthJersey.com
There is a Cinderella story brewing in New Jersey, and it will continue to take shape on a pitch inside Red Bull Arena this spring.
Sky Blue FC, New Jersey's professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League, is preparing for what could be a breakout season for the organization — a club that not long ago was unable to convince a local, top prospect to join its roster; finished dead last in season rankings; and was plagued by reports of poor management, substandard housing and woeful training facilities for its players.
This year, the club — partly owned by Gov. Phil Murphy — is in a very different place.
The team will be moving into its new home at Red Bull Arena for the 2020 season, upgrading from its former home at Rutgers University's Yurcak Field in Piscataway to one of the premier facilities in Major League Soccer. On Thursday, the team will be taking the stage in Baltimore at the NWSL's annual college draft, where the team has two first round picks, as well as three in the second round.
"There are so many things that are going right, and we are just going to dig in and keep challenging ourselves," said club owner Tammy Murphy in a recent interview with NorthJersey.com and the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey. "If there's anything that we think we can improve upon, we're not going to stop and we're not going to rest until we are the gold standard for the league."
But let one thing be clear: the club's turnaround was no accident. It was carefully calculated.
In February, the team announced Tammy Murphy, Gov. Murphy's wife, would take an active role in the club. Two months later, Alyse LaHue was named the club's interim general manager, after former GM Tony Novo resigned. When she was named full-time GM in September, LaHue became one of only two women to hold that rank in the league. Last month, the team named a new head coach, Freya Coombe, currently the only female head coach in the NWSL.
Sky Blue midfielder and New Jersey native Carli Lloyd (10) steals the ball from Reign forward Darian Jenkins, left, in the second half. The match between Sky Blue FC and Reign FC ends in a tie, 1-1, at the Red Bull Arena on Sunday, August 18, 2019, in Harrison. (Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com)
And Sky Blue continues its momentum by signing key players to its roster as opening day approaches, including Monday's re-signing of captain Sarah Killion.
"Tammy and I really took a fine-tooth comb to go through this club over the last season," LaHue said. "For us, really, 2019 was about stabilization of the club and finding some unique opportunities to please the fans.
"If we look at 2019 as the year of stabilization, we feel really good going into 2020."
Last season, the club was able to seize the momentum from the buzz generated by the FIFA Women's World Cup over the summer — something that could be replicated this year with the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. After the U.S. Women's National Team won the FIFA tournament for a fourth time, several players from the national team's star-studded roster came home to play in the NWSL. Fans flocked to watch their favorites play at the club level across the country, including in New Jersey.
More than 8300 fans came to Red Bull Arena to see the Sky Blue FC v. Orlando Pride game. Sunday, September 29, 2019. (Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com)
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To meet growing demand at its home games — and to test the waters about how fans would respond to Red Bull Arena — Sky Blue relocated two of its home matches to the Harrison stadium, including its final home game last fall. The MLS arena has the capacity to house five times the number of fans Sky Blue was used to in Piscataway. Its two matches in Harrison saw record-breaking crowds of 8,314 in October and 9,415 in August. For comparison, Yurcak limited Sky Blue's crowds to 5,000 fans.
This year, Red Bull will be Sky Blue's home for all of its home games during the 2020 season. The venue has often been described by players, including homegrown star Carli Lloyd, as one of their favorite venues to play in. "There was no question that we all wanted to play here," Lloyd said in October.
Coombe, Sky Blue's head coach, said playing inside a professional stadium inevitably raises the players' morale.
"The team is very, very excited to be playing in such a fantastic stadium and to be provided the opportunity to really showcase their talent and provide entertaining games for the fans," said Coombe. "So, there's a real good positive energy and vibes among the players. That I think is infectious among the community, and trying to reach the fans in the local area."
The Sky Blue FC fans hold up a banner reading "Support your local team" during a match against Reign FC at Red Bull Arena on Sunday, August 18, 2019, in Harrison. (Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com)
Sky Blue is hoping to grow its fan base even more in 2020 by tapping into the North Jersey and New York City sports market. In Piscataway, public transportation for fans was limited. In Harrison, there's a PATH station that provides access to New York City adjacent to the soccer stadium.
"We see a huge opportunity to expand, obviously, well beyond just our youth and family fan base — which has been tremendous through the years — but also to look into North Jersey and also New York City, where we know there's a lot of young singles or soccer fans that haven't been able to get to our games," LaHue said.
This weekend, Sky Blue will host its first-ever Fantasy Camp in Brooklyn. The day-long, co-ed event offers participants a chance to be coached and trained by Sky Blue players for $95, or $85 if you sign up as a group of five. There will be drills, a 5-on-5 competition, and after the event — only open for those 21 and older — participants can mingle with the players. Because demand has been so great for the camp, the club is already planning a second session sometime during the season, LaHue said.
Being in a new market also raises the bar for what Sky Blue hopes to accomplish in the future. In 2019, the team finished second-to-last in season rankings. The year before that, the team finished rock bottom. Regardless, LaHue has high hopes for 2020. The team is hoping its turnaround in North Jersey will attract some of the game's top prospects, as well as help propel the team into the playoffs.
"I believe a team in the New Jersey/New York market should be a preeminent team not just in NWSL, but in the world," LaHue said. "That's our goal. That's always been our goal."
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Lombo Leaps to the Show
January 22, 2018 /in Newsletter /by stocktonheat
The month of January has been an up and down month for the Heat but one player has remained consistent throughout the month, with 7 points in 7 games, and that player is Ryan Lomberg.
Three multi-point efforts, a bobblehead night in Stockton and his first ever recall to the Calgary Flames have made it quite the month for the Heat's pugilist.
"I do think I'm playing with a bit more confidence now and I guess, some call it puck luck, but I am getting the bounces now," Lomberg explained about his recent play. "I've tried staying as consistent as possible throughout the whole year and trying to work as hard as I can every game."
"Sometimes you get the bounces and sometimes you don't."
Ryan Lomberg celebrating with his team along the bench after recording his first goal of the season back in November (PHOTO BY JACK LIMA).
In his first 30 games this season, Lomberg recorded just 3 goals and 7 points, a bit of step back in terms of production from the pace a season ago, where Lomberg notched 13 goals and 29 points while becoming the first every Heat player to suit up in every game during the course of the season.
And over parts of the last two years with the Heat, he's been trusted to do everything and play everywhere.
"At the beginning of the year, we were using him in the middle of the ice, which is not his natural position, but he was doing anything to help our team win," Heat Head Coach Ryan Huska said. "I think he's more comfortable when he's at now on the wing, and lately had been playing with Andrew Mangiapane when he's here, and Brett Findlay and Spencer Foo, so guys we consider some of our best offensive players."
"He's had that 'Garnet Hathaway' effect on his line, bringing the sandpaper which creates loose pucks, and with his speed and his puck handling ability, he's been able to chip in offensively."
Being compared to a fellow undrafted, and really undervalued player like Hathaway should certainly be a compliment one of the newest contracted prospects of the Calgary Flames. Hathaway now is an everyday player for the Flames and is enjoying some terrific success with the big club while doing the same things there that he brought day in and day out in Stockton.
But perhaps the higher praise from his coach is his team first mentality, willing to sacrifice offensive stats to be whatever the team needs him to be.
"I've always prided myself on being that guy that can go to coach and say that I'm ready for whatever, center on the fourth line or wing on the first line, I'll come to work and do my job and be as productive as I can be," Lomberg continues. "Obviously, playing 20-minutes a game on the first line is where everyone dreams of playing, but everyone has their role, and it's my job to do what's asked of me, whatever that may be."
"I'm a team guy, so wherever the coaches need me, that's where I'll be."
And it's that attitude that has captured not only the hearts of fans, but the attention of Brad Treliving and his staff. Plucked out of the USHL, Lomberg faced an uphill battle in his first season for playing time, spending most of his year in the ECHL.
However, that time increased ten-fold last season, and the gritty forward earned himself an NHL contract with his attitude off the ice, and his play on it.
Ryan Lomberg pictured with Heat Head Coach Ryan Huska was named the best leader during Flames Development Camp this past season. He's looking to continue to be a leader with the Heat to get him back wearing the Flaming-C!
It all culminated in his first taste of life in the NHL with the team on the road in Carolina.
"For them to believe in me, trust me, and allow me to prove myself as I did, it felt really good," Lomberg said of his call-up to Calgary. "Every second I was there I was watching guys like Gio and Johnny and seeing what they do at the rink to prepare. Just having a taste of it, it drives me to get myself back up there."
"Having said that, I was up for 24 hours, so it was unbelievable experience but I'm nowhere near close to satisfied."
With a glimpse into the life of hockey stardom, and reaffirming Lomberg that he's on the right path to play in the top league in the world, the popular Stockton forward is looking inward into what he needs to do to follow in the footsteps of a Hathaway, and become an everyday, NHL player.
"I gotta stay with it; have to bring the energy every shift, work as hard as I can and stay consistent," Lomberg explains. "I think I've been doing a lot of good things this season, but no one is perfect, and I have a lot to work on. Husk keeps telling me that it's my play away from the puck, positioning and little things like that, that when I do get my chance I have to be 100% ready."
Quite the month for last year's selection in Stockton as the Fan Favorite, averaging a point-per-game, earning his first hint of NHL hockey, and being forever immortalized in bobblehead form.
And the support here in Stockton couldn't have been better. Looking at the data, the post announcing Lomberg's call to Calgary may be the most popular player related post in the history of the Heat's Facebook page. Nearly 10,000 fans were reached with over 1,200 fans clicking on the link to read the story.
"It was unbelievable to see the number of people rooting for me," Lomberg said with a smile. "It just makes me want to push that much harder to get back."
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Under Marin Alsop's sensitive guidance, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has found the heartbeat of this music.
That Marin Alsop is a musician of outstanding gifts is amply reinforced by this all-Barber anthology. In her red-blooded rendering of the wartime Second Symphony, she shows just what a powerfully inspired creation it is, extracting every ounce of sinewy logic from its fraught outer movements, while distilling wonder and atmosphere in the haunting central Andante, unpoco mosso. No less convincing is her reading of the magnificent First Symphony, always acutely responsive to the music's daring expressive scope and building climaxes of riveting cumulative intensity. In its unhurried authority, big heart and epic thrust, it's the kind of interpretation you could have imagined from Bernstein in his NYPO heyday. Elsewhere, she brings an aptly bardic quality to the outer portions of the First Essay, while few could fail to respond to the twinkling affection and gentle wit she lavishes on the irresistible School for Scandal Overture.
Were the orchestral contribution just a fraction more polished, this would be a world-beater.
Zinman's stylish 1991 anthology with the Baltimore SO tends to throw into sharper relief the relative shortcomings of Alsop's hard-working Scots (their fiddles especially lack something in silk-spun refinement and tone when playing above the stave). The expert engineering can't quite disguise the acoustical shortcomings of Glasgow's Henry Wood Hall, but the result is tonally truthful and conveys plenty of impact when required.
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Mongabay Series: Almost Famous Animals
The clouded leopard: conserving Asia's elusive arboreal acrobat
by Linda Lombardi on 9 February 2017 |
The clouded leopard is not closely related to the leopard, but has its own genus (Neofelis), separate from the big cats (Panthera). In 2006, the single species of clouded leopard was split in two: Neofelis nebulosa is found on the Asian mainland, while Neofelis diardi, the Sunda clouded leopard, occurs only on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
Another subspecies native to Taiwan (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura) is believed to be extinct, after none were found in a camera trapping survey conducted between 1997 and 2012.
Originally, researchers found it difficult to breed the animals in captivity, since mates tended to kill each other. A variety of breeding techniques have however allowed zoos around the world to begin mating the animals successfully, to create and maintain a genetically viable captive population.
Clouded leopards are incredibly elusive, and only with the advent of new technology, including camera traps and radio collars, have scientists been able to begin defining clouded leopard ranges, distribution, populations and threats. Public outreach is also helping build awareness around the plight of these Vulnerable wild cats.
A clouded leopard in a treetop perch. The Asian species is arboreal, and well known for its climbing abilities. Photo by Bill Wood courtesy of the Clouded Leopard Consortium in Thailand
If quizzed on what we know about Asia's clouded leopard, most of us would be stumped. But ask an expert who works with these wild cats, and you'll get an earful. "They are phenomenal athletes. They can climb like no cat I've ever seen. They can hang from one paw; hang upside down. I have seen them do stuff that is just amazing!" exclaims Bonnie Breitbeil, the Clouded Leopard SSP Coordinator and International Studbook Keeper for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
The animal is beautifully marked and has fascinating adaptations to suit its arboreal lifestyle: "It can go down headfirst down a tree — only a few cats in the whole kingdom can do that," notes Lon Grassman, one of the first researchers to trap and radio collar a wild clouded leopard. "They have rotating ankles," he adds. They also have very long teeth compared to the size of the head, prompting some to call them modern-day saber tooth cats. "Evidence suggests that their super-long teeth help them grasp prey up in the trees where they can't use their paws to help," he says.
And while Breitbeil gets all technical around it when she calls these felines paedomorphic, what it comes down to is this: to us humans, clouded leopards simply look adorable. "They still look very young when they're older," she explains. "The shape of their faces and their ears still have that babyish look."
Clouded Leopard SSP Education Advisor Karen Povey, who works at Tacoma, Washington's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, recalls the first time she met one. "None of us had ever worked with a clouded leopard before and we were instantly charmed by him," she says. "Everyone was smitten."
Clouded leopards generally trigger the "adorable" response in humans. Here a healthy trio in captivity: male and female parents, plus their female cub. They were all were reared at a private facility in France. Photo by Thierry Plaud
Three subspecies
Despite its common name, the clouded leopard is not closely related to the leopard at all. It is, in fact, found in its own genus (Neofelis) separate from the big cats (Panthera).
Until recently only one clouded leopard species was recognized, but in 2006, based partly on analysis of mitochondrial DNA, the single species was split into two. Neofelis nebulosa is found on the Asian mainland, from the Himalayan foothills of Nepal through mainland Southeast Asia into China. Neofelis diardi, the Sunda clouded leopard, occurs only on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Another subspecies native to Taiwan (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura) is believed to be extinct, after none were found in a camera trapping survey conducted between 1997 and 2012.
Based on the DNA evidence, the two surviving species are estimated to have split over a million years ago, and despite their similar appearance and behavior, are no closer genetically than any two other of the world's big cat species to each other.
Clouded leopards have very long teeth compared to the size of the head, and have been dubbed modern-day saber tooth cats. "Evidence suggests that their super-long teeth help them grasp prey up in the trees where they can't use their paws to help," researcher Lon Grassman says. Photo by L. Grassman courtesy of CKWRI
The mainland clouded leopard is currently classified as Vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its numbers have been going down due to habitat loss and hunting. The Sunda clouded leopard is also classified as Vulnerable, with its habitat in Borneo and Sumatra rapidly being lost to oil palm plantations.
Captive breeding challenges
Clouded leopards are currently being bred quite successfully in captivity, but figuring out how to get that process right in the first place wasn't easy. Zoo researchers faced one serious problem when the animals were originally paired for breeding: "mates" had a tendency to kill each other.
When AZA studbook keeper Breitbeil first got involved with the species, she did a survey of available research and the data clearly showed that the clouded leopard displayed more mate aggression than other cat species, but she wanted to find the cause. "We started delving into why, focusing on behavior," she recalls. "The anecdotal information was that the [animals] tend to be a lot more stressed than other cats — that they don't react to change very well. Was this somehow exacerbating mate ggression?"
Research into the species' stress hormones confirmed that levels were high. "Then we started asking what do the [clouded leopards] need? What are we not giving them?", remembers Breitbeil. A joint project between US and Thai zoos looked at one of the most basic aspects of animal husbandry — the enclosures in which the cats were being kept. Thailand had a large number of clouded leopards in a variety of different impoundments, so it was possible to evaluate variables.
Can you spot the clouded leopard in this photo? Hint: these felines like it up high. Also note the extreme height of this enclosure; zookeepers have found that these arboreal cats are more aggressive and stressed when kept in cages that lack height. Photo by Bill Wood courtesy of the Clouded Leopard Consortium in Thailand
Some clouded leopards were kept next to larger predators, like tigers. "We could take baseline data there, and then move them and see if that changed their stress levels, and [we] found that [it] definitely did," Bretbeil says. "So we started changing things like [what animals] they were nearby and giving them a lot more height — that seems to be a huge factor, providing enclosures that have appropriate height."
While reproduction successes increased after these changes were made, keepers were still reluctant to put clouded leopards together to breed for fear of injury or death. So a couple of other unusual breeding strategies evolved that also improved mating success rates.
One method was to hand-raise the animals. This is something zoos normally don't do because hand-raising can prevent baby animals from socializing with members of their own species; it is usually only done when a mother is unable to raise its young naturally. But with the clouded leopard, hand-raising did help. Being raised by humans seemed to reduce the animals' stress levels, making them more at ease with their captivity.
Zookeepers also started pairing animals up as youngsters to create mating bonds — another highly unusual approach. In some cases they've even matched up trios: bonding a male and two females, to help assure a better success rate. "Most animals you would never manage that way, and we don't think [clouded leopards] pair bond like this in the wild," Breitbeil explains. Natural or not, these techniques are proving effective. "This has helped to the point that I have more cats than I have homes for them," says Breitbeil.
The hope of artificial insemination
Once the urgently important clouded leopard captive breeding challenge was addressed, researchers faced new problems. While zoos were now, for example, able to employ hand-raising to help achieve and maintain a genetically viable captive population, that technique also made it impossible for those human-acclimated animals to ever be returned to the wild.
A clouded leopard cub feeding. Hand-raising is generally not used with zoo animals as it eliminates any possibility for release to the wild. But hand-raising of clouded leopards seems to reduce the animals' stress levels, making them more at ease with captivity, and less likely to kill mates when bred. Photo by Bill Wood courtesy of the Clouded Leopard Consortium in Thailand
Not that a release program is an immediate prospect — far too little is known to date about wild clouded leopards to begin doing restorations. But to keep future conservation options open, alternative breeding approaches are needed and now being tested.
"Some zoos are mother rearing, but keepers are interacting a lot with the offspring — we're calling that social rearing. That's [a program] in its infancy right now," Breitbeil says. "We need to find out: will [these offspring] make successful mates?"
Another approach being tried is artificial insemination (AI). This method could increase genetic diversity without creating potential behavioral conflicts. AI would also allow for the breeding of clouded leopards that are too aggressive to safely breed by more natural means. "If they're aggressive, their genetics just don't get represented [in new births] right now," Breitbeil says.
AI in clouded leopards is hard to accomplish because the feline's reproductive physiology is different from other cats. Most feline species are either induced ovulators (mating causes eggs to be released), or they possess a regular mating cycle. Clouded leopards do something that's sort of in-between. Under natural conditions, they only come into estrous at certain times of year, but the animals also may need to mate for ovulation to occur. Clouded leopards are also extremely sensitive to ovary control drugs, needing doses smaller than those used for a domestic cat.
Max, a captive clouded leopard, goes upside down. These cats are renowned for their amazing canopy acrobatics. Photo by Bill Wood Courtesy of the Clouded Leopard Consortium in Thailand
It's way too soon to call AI a success in clouded leopards. "That would be [an] ideal [reproductive strategy], but we're not putting eggs in that basket right now, since it took 25 years to repeat the [AI] success [with the clouded leopard] they had at Smithsonian 25 years ago," Breitbeil explains. And even if AI and other captive breeding techniques do prove successful, no one knows how these artificial selection methods will impact the future of the species, especially if captive clouded leopards are ever reintroduced to the wild.
Wild mysteries, new technologies
While much has been learned about managing clouded leopards in captivity, very little is known about them in the wild. They're hard to find, and few researchers study them.
To address that need, Karen Povey and her team at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium started the Clouded Leopard Project in 2000. "We were a group of people intrigued by this animal, and concerned that no one was out there advocating for it. We said, 'we could sit here complaining that no one is doing anything, or we could step up and do something,'" she recalls. "We decided that we wanted to do some fundraising to support research. We investigated who was doing that; at the time, we could only find one person."
That one researcher was Lon Grassman of Texas A&M University. Grassman was gathering basic natural history data on previously unstudied Asian carnivores, and other little known animals for his dissertation. Working in Thailand, he was trying to catch any wild cat species possible. As a result, he became one of the first two scientists ever to live-trap a clouded leopard.
Lon Grassman was one of the first researchers to trap and radio collar a wild clouded leopard. The animals are notoriously difficult to find in the wild and track. Photo by L. Grassman courtesy of CKWRI
A wild radio collared clouded leopard awaits release. Photo by L. Grassman courtesy of CKWRI
"When you put live traps out, you never know what you're going to capture; the [traps aren't] species specific," Grassman explains. "You catch anything that wants to eat a chicken. I was thrilled to death to have captured four clouded leopards, as well as other species. Basically, we didn't even know for sure [what the clouded leopard's] home range size [was at that time] — I was able to get home range sizes," says the researcher.
Clouded leopards are superlatively elusive, and other than when he trapped an animal, Grossman almost never saw one, or any of the other cat species he was studying, for that matter. He recalls a time when he was radio tracking a study animal. "I knew I was literally ten feet from it. I got so close that my radio signal was blaring, and I just said, 'where is this cat?'" Suddenly a clouded leopard "exploded" out of the tree above him. "I was right under that cat. He jumped to the ground and ran off. I was that close, and I didn't know where he was."
Technological advances, especially camera traps, have been very important for increasing knowledge of clouded leopards. Researchers set up camera traps in pairs along abandoned and overgrown logging roads, which offer easier routes for the animals to travel than does the dense brush. Individual cats can be identified by their coat patterns, so once photos of both sides are obtained, it's possible to know if the same animal is being seen repeatedly. Using statistical modeling, scientists are now learning something about clouded leopard species density and connecting that data to the quality of habitat. Such studies are helping scientists better understand the threats being experienced by these little-seen felines.
Andrew Hearn's recent dissertation work used camera trap and radio collar data from sites in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, to investigate how the Sunda clouded leopard is responding to human habitat disturbance.
A clouded leopard close up: the last thing its treetop prey ever wants to see. Photo by L. Grassman courtesy of CKWRI
"Our study provides the first, albeit tentative evidence, that Sunda clouded leopard population density will be negatively impacted by hunting pressure, forest fragmentation, and recent logging activity, and that well managed selectively logged forest may support higher densities than primary forest," says the researcher. Forest canopy has been found to be important for clouded leopard movement, which makes sense considering the species' climbing abilities. Likewise, movement is impaired by large open spaces, like those found on oil palm plantations.
Along with habitat destruction, hunting remains a serious threat. "This species is a classic example of one that is being decimated by illegal trade, yet [it is] not a focus or priority for conservation organizations," notes Chris Shepherd, TRAFFIC's Regional Director for Southeast Asia. Shepherd is coauthor of a 2014 Asian wild cat trade study which found that the clouded leopard was the most common species observed in markets in two Myanmar border towns.
Unfortunately, Shepherd says, clouded leopard trafficking has gained little attention compared to the trade in tigers and other so-called flagship species.
Gaining financial support, building awareness
While progress has been made regarding clouded leopards in captivity and in the wild, there's still much researchers want to know about these animals. But there is some good news on that front.
Povey says that some larger clouded leopard research projects are getting good financial support from grants and universities, though smaller projects often can't afford the necessary equipment. "We get funding requests with some regularity from Nepal and northern India," she explains. "They're passionate people who know there's a need to understand the animal in their region. Those are the people who are struggling. You [need] a certain number of camera traps to make it a statistically valid study, and with each costing three or four hundred dollars, that can be insurmountable." Radio collars are even more expensive, due to their long life batteries, and cost around $2,500 each.
Ganja, a clouded leopard in a private facility in France. When originally bred in captivity, clouded leopards tended to kill their mates, but innovations by zookeepers have resulted in successful breeding in captivity. Photo by Thierry Plaud
Povey also wishes conservationists had more funds to support public education in range countries. One of her projects created a teachers' curriculum and children's book about the clouded leopard for use in Thailand. Originally bilingual, it was published in English/Thai, but then was additionally published in English/Malay and English/Bahasa Indonesia editions.
What's particularly interesting about the book is that it's not just about the animal and its place in the ecosystem, but also about a researcher who studies it. "In many of these places, often people don't value what researchers do, and working with wildlife is not seen as a prestigious job," Povey says. So one goal was to show what researchers do. "If [people] encounter researchers or see cameras, they'll [now] understand what [the equipment is] for," she explains. "Originally a lot of people thought [the cameras] were law enforcement tools, and would steal or break them."
More importantly, Povey hopes this educational outreach will begin to involve local people more deeply in conservation, instead of all the work being done by outsiders. "It's critical that the people who live [in range countries] start to do more of this research," she says, and one place to begin is with the youngsters: "We want kids to be inspired, [to know] that you can have a job working with wildlife and science that is really good for your community."
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U-Boat! (Volume 2)
U-Boat! (Volume 2) quantity
SKU: U-Boat-2 Category: Books Tags: german, heinrich, Knights Cross, Rocek, submarine, topp, u-boat, u960, uboats, USS Angler
by Harry Cooper
PLEASE NOTE – This is an entirely new book with many new stories and photos; many never before seen.
Like its predecessor, this book is unlike any other about the history of the U-Bootwaffe because each chapter was written by a veteran of the War at Sea. These are their memories; these are their words. No researcher could write anything even close to "U-BOAT! (Volume II). This is from the men who were there. There is a stirring Introduction by famous author Captain EDWARD L. BEACH (1163-1989) USN (Retired) with words of praise for the abilities and honor of these men. Beach has published many books, including the famous 'RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP!' Another by RICHARD HENRICK (2568-1992), who wrote many submarine books including 'CRIMSON TIDE', about the merits of this book.
Chapter 1, 'Submarine Technology' – ERICH TOPP (118-1985), third most successful submarine Skipper of World War II, tells how technology has changed from his Type VII-C to the more modern submarines of today.
Chapter 2, 'The Last Boat through Gibraltar' – Oberleutnant zur See GÜNTHER HEINRICH (1945-1991) was commander of U-960 and he tells of his experiences in combat then tells how he managed to penetrate the Straits of Gibraltar on the surface without any interference from the Royal Navy…….and only one meter of water beneath the keel!
Chapter 3, '500 Pesos for a White Man's Head' – GEORGE ROCEK (828-1992) rode USS ANGLER and he tells of the rescue of many from the Philippines immediately after that island nation fell to the Japanese – and why it was so critical to get these people safely away.
Chapter 4, 'Submarine Mystery Solved!' – Combat crew chief John Carlin was sure they had sunk an enemy submarine, but they had no idea which one. Sharkhunters solved the mystery for them and as it turned out, the Skipper of the submarine, like John Carlin, was also a Member of Sharkhunters.
Chapter 5, 'der Seekrieg' – are the sometimes humorous funny memories of the war as told by Knights Cross holding U-Boat Skipper SIEGFRIED KOITSCHKA (225-1986)…………scared the heck out of a boatload of French fishermen.
Chapter 6, 'Pig Chase in the Atlantic' – JÜRGEN WATTENBERG (154-1985) was in the Germany Navy from the days of the Reichsmarine then of course, into the Kriegsmarine. As training Skipper, OTTO KRETSCHMER (122-1985) and Joachem Schepke were his students and they played many a prank on him. He was Navigation Officer aboard the pocket battleship GRAF SPEE when that beautiful ship was destroyed in Montevideo Harbor. Later in the war, he was Skipper of U-162 and in this chapter, he tells of the time they met 'Douglas' on the high seas. This puts a human face on an otherwise life and death struggle.
Chapter 7, 'A Moment in U.S. Navy History' – JIM VERDOLINI (480-1988) was a kid of seventeen years when he joined the U.S. Navy and not once but twice, fate put him into a historical moment. As radioman aboard USS GUADALCANAL Jim watched the sinking of U-515 and the capture of her Skipper, Werner Henke. He was radioman on that carrier when they captured U-505 and towed her back towards Bermuda. He was then transferred to the Pacific where he served aboard USS RANDOLPH and he describes the fire and carnage of a kamikaze attack on his ship and others in the fleet.
Chapter 8, 'AVISO GRILLE – Hitler's Yacht?' – Once the luxury yacht of a king, the Kriegsmarine took this ship as more or less a showpiece where Adolf Hitler sometimes met with heads of state. Naturally, the press at the time dubbed this ship "Hitler's Yacht" but was this an accurate statement? What did Hitler eat when aboard? How did he act? This chapter gives an insight into Hitler when he was aboard and why duty as a seaman aboard wasn't bad duty at all, as HERBERT WEISE (348-1987) learned after being posted to that ship's crew. This is his story, his memories.
Chapter 9, 'The Italian Submarine FINZI' – Tenente Mario Rossetto remembers being placed in command of this boat – then told NOT to engage any enemy units. This was a difficult order for a young lieutenant to follow as he wanted combat, but on this first mission, he was overloaded with supplies and fuel to meet and resupply another Italian submarine off the Cape of Good Hope. Believing that he would be late to the rendezvous point, Rossetto pushed FINZI hard…..so hard in fact, that his engines quit in mid-ocean! This was the one and only resupply mission attempted by the Italian submarines. Did he make his meeting with the submarine DA VINCI? It's in this chapter.
Chapter 10, 'Caribbean Assistance?' – During the war and for decades thereafter, rumors flourished that German U-Boats got help in the Caribbean in the form of food, fresh water and fuel. Did this really happen? Sharkhunters contacted the son of George Gough for an answer. Known at the time as "Uncle George", he ran a small fleet of trading ships (sailing schooners mostly) out of Belize. His son tells of their experiences during the early war years – and the arrest of his father on 7 July 1942. This is right from the source.
Chapter 11, 'That's Her – The VALLIANT!' – No one can doubt the bravery of the Italians who rode the 'pigs' – the Maiale as their crews called them but for two men to ride one of these two-man torpedoes and attack a Royal Navy battleship – incredible! What was the result? It is all in this chapter by retired Ammaraglio Luigi Durand de la Penne. These guys were tough!
Chapter 12, 'The Enemy Below' – This was a great movie starring Robert Mitchum and Kurt Jürgens but how many know that this storyline was inspired by an actual event during battle in World War Two? This story is told from both sides in this chapter – first from the memories of an American destroyer escort's commanding officer's report then from VINZ NOSCH (280-1987), a crewman aboard the U-Boat. VINZ also tells some of the history of his boat's time in the war including the time they met with a Type X-B boat and a doctor transferred to their boat to tend to their badly wounded Skipper only to have U.S. Navy planes jump them. As they reached a safe depth, they could hear the X-B boat getting hammered; then they heard it sinking past them to its doom at the bottom of the ocean.
Chapter 13, 'Another Victim of the Rot Teufel Boot' – BERNARD MAUER (2052-1991) recalls the time the tanker he served aboard an old tanker and fate put them in the crosshairs of U-552, the 'Red Devil Boat' commanded by ERICH TOPP (118-1985), third most successful submarine Skipper of World War Two and holder of the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf and Crossed Swords.
Chapter 14, 'Radiostation Atlantik' – THILO BODE (304-1987) was I.W.O. aboard U-505 then Skipper of U-858 that he surrendered in the USA. BODE tells of the way the U-Bootfahrer perceived this propaganda radio station – much like Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally on the other side. Did the men of the U-Bootwaffe believe the gloom and doom statistics from this radio station? Other than one U-Boat that surrendered to an airplane, did any others give up because of this radio station or others like it? Bode tells it in this chapter.
Chapter 15 'Operation URSULA' – Anyone who thinks that post-WW I U-Boat combat began on 3 September 1939 with the sinking of the liner ATHENIA by U-30 under Fritz-Julius Lemp needs to read this chapter. It was Sharkhunters, thanks to super-spook PETER HANSEN (251-1987), that first broke the story of Operation URSULA in which German U-Boats were in combat AND sinking ships years before September 1939. One Skipper received the Spanish Cross in Gold with Diamonds directly from the hand of Adolf Hitler. You cannot call yourself a true historian of the U-Bootwaffe if you do not read this critically important story.
Chapter 16, 'The End of SS SAN DEMETRIO' – Kapitänleutnant OTTO von BÜLOW (305-1987), Skipper of U-404 and one of only twenty-eight Skippers to receive the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf tells of his encounter with this ship and the cat-and-mouse game they played after this ship spotted the periscope of U-404. The chase was on and in this chapter von BÜLOW tells how it all unfolded.
Chapter 17, 'R-Boats from the Caucasus to Gibraltar' – ALFRED NUESSER (1092-1989) tells of his combat experience aboard these sleek, small craft aboard which he served in many theaters of World War Two. As the fronts shrank on all sides, his R-Bootflottille was pushed inexorably further and further to the west.
Chapter 18, 'Long Overdue – Presumed Lost to Enemy Action' – American Merchant Marine Captain ARTHUR MOORE (533-1988) digs deeply into the mysterious loss of three American Flag merchant ships that were lost without a trace in World War Two…………lost without a trace until Captain MOORE began digging. What did he learn? The answers are here in this chapter.
Chapter 19, 'Takes Wife – Saves Life!' – U.S. Navy submarine officer Edward Campbell posted aboard an American submarine but was given shore leave to get married and the boat departed without him – never to return. Campbell talks about the other boats on which he served before and after the one that never returned. His submarine experiences cover almost the entire war.
Chapter 20, 'The Death of AWA MARU' – Radioman CHARLES LEVINE (2969-1993) rode USS QUEENFISH when that submarine intercepted and sank the mercy ship (not hospital ship) more or less against orders. Why did the Skipper, Charles Laughlin, attack and sink this ship that was supposed to have safe passage through his area? What happened to Laughlin when he returned to base? And what was AWA MARU really carrying? All that and more is in this chapter.
Chapter 21, 'SURCOUF! French Giant' – The very name tingles with excitement and mystery. What really did happen to this largest of all submarines of her day? All that is known – and some previously unknown – will be found in this chapter from her inception through building, through her escape to England where she planned to join the British but instead was violently seized by Royal Navy personnel with the loss of two British officers. We follow SURCOUF through all her many machinery problems, breakdowns and repairs in British then American shipyards and ultimately to the place where she was lost off the entrance to the Panama Canal………..or was she really lost there?
Chapter 22, 'Type IX Long-Range U-Boat' – An American 'spook' who served with ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) during the war and later on with the NSA (so secret it is known as No Such Agency). Captain ROBERT THEW (333-1987)takes a long and critical look at Germany's main long-range U-Boat with the eye of an Intelligence Agent. BOB is very thorough in his analysis. His findings and assessments of this type of submarine are all in this chapter along with the many variants, their modifications, weapons upgrades, their operations, their strong points and their weaknesses. There are photos never before seen on some of the Type IX variants.
Chapter 23, 'Former Enemies' – R-Boat veteran ALFRED NUESSER (1092-1989) was transferring to a new post aboard an old ship when it was torpedoed by a Royal Navy submarine. Many of the men aboard the old ship perished and AL was close to death himself when rescued by UJ-2102. After the war he tracked down a couple men of the Royal Navy submarine crew. What was the result? It's in this chapter.
Chapter 24, 'U.S. Navy 'Armed Guard" – With the entry of the United States into World War Two, it became necessary to arm the merchant ship with deck guns and anti-aircraft guns. It was, therefore, necessary to station U.S. Navy crews aboard to man the weapons and Otis Moorehead goes into detail on this almost unknown branch of the United States Navy. Otis covers the Murmansk Run, ships lost there and more action in the North Atlantic with photos of stricken ships and their crews.
Chapter 25, 'U-DEUTSCHLAND' – In World War One, the Royal Navy had the German Navy and her merchant fleet blockaded in their ports but Germany needed raw materials for her war efforts – and Germany needed a victory of some kind, of ANY kind, to boost the spirits of citizens in Germany. A large cargo carrying submarine was built and commissioned, and she was meant to thumb the German nose at the mighty Royal Navy blockade. This boat was strictly and totally unarmed – the Captain did not even have so much as a pistol. She thumbed her nose at the Royal Navy blockade not once but twice, and that is in this chapter. There is also a very interesting connection between the Skipper of this boat, Kapitän Paul König of World War One and the Drumbeater, Korvettenkapitän REINHARD HARDEGEN (102-1985) of World War Two. It is in this chapter.
Chapter 26, 'German and Royal Navies' – Perhaps a better title for this chapter would be 'How to Catch a Submarine with Fishing Line' because that is what happened. U.S. Navy submarine veteran and researcher KEN HENRY (1468-1990)tells us of the war patrols of the German UB-14 and the Royal Navy E-7. Each boat had its share of wartime adventures and each had a turn being caught in an anti-submarine net. Their paths crossed more than once, but at the last time, one was caught in a net while the Skipper of the other attacked – in a rowboat – and dropped grenades on the trapped submarine below. This chapter tells the results of this last meeting between the two Skippers.
Chapter 27, 'Pirates in Uncle Sam's Navy' – Early in 1942, the U-Boats were running unchecked across the American throat off the US east coast and there was virtually nothing with which to stop them. This critical situation gave rise to 'Project LQ' and the American "Q" ship efforts began. How many ships were involved in this project? What happened to each in combat? What role did REINHARD HARDEGEN (102-1985) play in the "Q" ship actions? This chapter tells of this history, much of it previously unknown.
Chapter 28, 'SS JEAN NICOLET' – This Liberty Ship was sunk by submarine and what took place with the survivors/prisoners heralded the most brutal, inhuman acts of atrocity in World War Two or in any other war. What happened to the submarine's commander and hew crew after the war ended? What was their punishment for this terrible butchery? The answer will surprise and probably outrage you.
"U-BOAT!" (volume II) is softbound, contains 230 pages and 109 photos
Rise and Fall of the U-Bootwaffe


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Q: How to get section header from UItableView I am trying to get section header view using this code:
[tableView headerViewForSection:indexPath.section];

but this code always returns me nil.
Could you give me some examples to get section header view from table view?
This is my viewForHeader implementation:
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{

  DynamicHeader *headerView = [[DynamicHeader alloc] init];
        headerView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 40);
        UILabel *headerLbl = [[UILabel alloc] init];
        headerLbl.frame = CGRectMake(10, 10, 300, 20);
        if(((SectionViewController *)sharedInstance.currentViewController).currentSectionType == 25)
        {
            UIImageView *imgView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"minus.png"]];
            imgView.frame = CGRectMake(285, 14.5, 16, 13);
            [headerView addSubview:imgView];
            UITapGestureRecognizer *recognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:sharedInstance action:@selector(headerTap:)];
            [headerView addGestureRecognizer:recognizer];
            headerView.tableView = tableView;
            headerView.heightForRows = 95;
            headerView.isOpen = YES;
        }
 headerLbl.text = [[[[[((SectionViewController *)sharedInstance.currentViewController).responseDictionary valueForKey:DATA_PARAMETER] valueForKey:SECTION_TABLE_PARAMETER] objectAtIndex:section] valueForKey:TABLE_SECTION_HEADER] capitalizedString];
 [headerView addSubview:headerLbl];

        return headerView;

}

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

 if((DynamicHeader *)[tableView headerViewForSection:indexPath.section] != nil)
        {
            return ((DynamicHeader *)[tableView headerViewForSection:indexPath.section]).heightForRows;
        }
        else
        {
            return 95;
        }

}

- (void)headerTap: (UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
    DynamicHeader *view = (DynamicHeader *)[recognizer view];
    if(view.isOpen)
    {
        view.heightForRows = 0;

    }
    else
    {
        view.heightForRows = 95;
    }
    view.isOpen = !view.isOpen;

    [view.tableView beginUpdates];
    [view.tableView endUpdates];
}

A: Quite old question, but maybe a solution is helpful to others too...
An UITableView does create cell, header and footer views only if they are needed (e.g. they are visible in the table view content area).
If the cell, header or footer view isn't visible in the table view, a call to 'cellForRowAtIndexPath:', 'headerViewForSection:' or 'footerViewForSection:' might return 'nil'.
(See UITableView.h for documentation of this behaviour. The only exception would be, that the view has not jet been recycled by the table view)
Of course you can create any table view subview by calling the responsible delegate method directly, but UITableView wouldn't do so by itself.
So the solution to access a cell, header oder footer view is to make it visible in the table view first.
An example for an header view:
CGRect  sectionHeaderRect = [self.tableView rectForHeaderInSection:groupSectionIndex];
[self.tableView scrollRectToVisible:sectionHeaderRect
                           animated:NO];

// Let the tableview load the needed views
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

    UITableViewHeaderFooterView*    groupSectionHeaderView = [self.tableView headerViewForSection:sectionIndex];

    // Use groupSectionHeaderView
});

A: Use this delegate method to access the header view:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayHeaderView:(UIView *)view forSection:(NSInteger)section

A: Have you implemented
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section

and
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section;

in your ViewController subclass?
And if yes, probably you have some problem in one of these methods.

A: Your header view must inherit from UITableViewHeaderFooterView or else this call will not work and always returns nil.

A: Where are you calling [tableView headerViewForSection:indexPath.section];?
If you are calling it in - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath before the tableView is visible then you will get nil back as the tableView is not setup yet.
If you call it else where once the tableView is loaded, you should get a UITableViewHeaderFooterView back.

A: heightForRowAtIndexPath called before viewForHeaderInSection so of course you will get nil.


Mark Noll, [Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802866379/?tag=mikehickcom-20), pp. 70-71, emphasis added.
By "complex nature of reality," Noll refers to the multiplicity of the atonement. Who put Jesus on the cross? Judas? Pilate? The priests? God? Jesus himself? Yes — they all did. Does God love sinners or punish them? He does both. Was the cross the worst moment in human history or the best? It was both at the same time.
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Hernando High School Senior "Strive to Drive" Car Giveaway!
Thank you to the Hernando County Habitat for Humanity!
The Hernando County Education Foundation would like to thank the Brooksville Habitat for Humanity for theitr donation, we can not wait to do more business with you!
Thank you to GlenLakes Garden Club!
We would like to thank the GlenLakes Garden Club for donating hundreds of dollars in school supplies to our Tools 4 Schools stores! You have made an incredible impact and we thank you for your efforts to help the Hernando County Education Foundation and our county's public schools.
Congratulations to our 2017-2018 Volunteer of the Year Award Winners!
Congratulations to the Diva Angel's and the Glen Lakes Garden Club for being the recipients of our Outstanding Business Partner Engagement Award !
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Congratulations to the Timber Pine's Educator's Club for receiving our Community Commitment to Education Award!
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Way to go Hernando Schools!
Tools 4 Schools was officially opened on March 11, 2016! This is the first store of this kind in Hernando County! Hernando County Public Education Teachers will be able to shop the store once a month to pick up supplies for their classrooms and/or students at no cost!
The Tools 4 Schools Store is fully funded and paid for through grants, community and corporate donations. We would like to thank Suncoast Credit Union and the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations as they are our main store sponsors! Suncoast Credit Union donated $25,000 which was matched by the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations for a total of $50,000! We would also like to thank Target for their donation of $4,000 that was also matched through the Consortium of Florida Education Foundation to a total of $8,000! We want to thank all of our sponsors and donors that made this project possible!
If you would like to donate supplies (teacher and student), make a financial donation or if your company or corporation would like to support this effort please contact Tammy Brinker at 352-797-7313 or brinker_t@hcsb.k12.fl.us.
Tools 4 Schools store. time in the store.
picture infront of the store. loaded with educational goods.
with their new school the Tools 4 Schools store.
truly displays the excitement she wants to buy.
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