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Several WVU players sign free agent deals
by Shanna Rose - April 29, 2017 April 30, 2017 0198
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Only two members of the West Virginia University football team were selected in the NFL Draft but several former Mountaineers inked free agent deals on Saturday after the draft concluded. Skyler Howard- Seattle Seahawks Jeremy Tyler- Buffalo Bills Rushel Shell- Pittsburgh Steelers Christian Brown- Pittsburgh Steelers Adam Pankey- Green Bay Packers Maurice Fleming- Tampa Bay Bucaneers Tyler
WVU Football announces Players of the Year
by Shanna Rose - January 13, 2017 0142
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-- West Virginia University football coach Dana Holgorsen has announced the Mountaineers' Player of the Year Awards for outstanding performance on the field during the 2016 season. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Skyler Howard DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Rasul Douglas SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Marvin Gross Jr. OFFENSIVE SCOUT TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Will
WVU's season shouldn't be defined by disappointing ending
by Shanna Rose - December 30, 2016 0112
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Miami outmanned 14th-ranked West Virginia University in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Wednesday, cruising to a 31-14 victory. Despite the disappointing loss, the Mountaineers had one of their best seasons in head coach Dana Holgorsen's tenure. The program took strides in the right direction. "We got beat by a good football
Mountaineers Embarrassed By Hurricanes
by Ashley O'Brien - December 28, 2016 December 28, 2016 0156
ORLANDO — Two former Big East teams met in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Wednesday in what was supposed to be a good matchup. The 16th ranked West Virginia Mountaineers had a stellar first quarter then sleepwalked their way through periods two through four en route to an embarrassing 31-14 loss to
WVU's offense to face tough test against Miami
ORLANDO, Florida--West Virginia University's offense will face a tough test on Wednesday night when the Mountaineers face former Big East foe Miami in the Russell Athletic Bowl at Camping World Stadium. WVU's offense averages 506.9 yards per game and it's rushing offense ranks 18th in the country, averaging 239.5 rushing yards.
WVU's Howard ready to end bittersweet career on top
ORLANDO, Fla.--West Virginia University's Skyler Howard will play his final game as a Mountaineer on Wednesday evening in the Russell Athletic Bowl against the Miami Hurricanes. The journey has been one full of ups and downs for the senior but at the end of the day he has amplified the toughness
Mountaineers Bounce Back, Dominate Iowa State on Road
by Ashley O'Brien - November 26, 2016 November 26, 2016 096
The 18th ranked West Virginia Mountaineers rebounded well following last week's Oklahoma debacle and went into Ames, Iowa and dismantled the Iowa State Cyclones 49-19 in a game where many fans wondered if the team would show resiliency after the Sooners loss, or if they would roll over and let Oklahoma
Mountaineers Suffer Humbling Loss
by Ashley O'Brien - November 20, 2016 0112
It was said to be the biggest game at Mountaineer Field in over 20 years when the 14th ranked West Virginia Mountaineers hosted the ninth rated Oklahoma Sooners in a primetime contest on Saturday night. However, the players must have missed the memo. A true tale of two halves, the Sooners left Morgantown
Mountaineers Sloppy, But Survive in Win Over Texas
by Ashley O'Brien - November 12, 2016 November 13, 2016 0145
The 16th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers hit the road to the iconic Austin, Texas to take on the improving Texas Longhorns in front of a large and rowdy crowd. In a contest that may have made hair fall out and emergency room trips a necessity, the Mountaineers stood tall and held on
WVU's receivers still looking to breakout
by Shanna Rose - October 28, 2016 0123
Morgantown, W.Va.--With a group of talented wide receivers like Shelton Gibson, Daikiel Shorts, Ka'Raun White and Jovon Durante on the field, opponents are in for a real threat when they face West Virginia University. But the Mountaineers receiving corps has yet to live up to its full potential. "My guys haven't played


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We should have known that Mobily would do what GTA did in Guam and announce the official release of the iPhone 4 at a very late time. Only less than 12 hours until Mobily showrooms open tomorrow.
Mobily posted a brief message on their Facebook page (Arabic only) announcing that they will begin selling the iPhone 4 tomorrow Saturday September 25.
The announcement said that the iPhone 4 will be available in "all main branches" and for more information you can visit Mobily's website. Currently Mobily's site still mentions the iPhone 3GS.
No word about pricing unfortunately. We will keep you up to date with the latest news about the official iPhone 4 release in Saudi Arabia.
Expected prices (thanks Thamir): 3,099SR for 32GB and 2,699SR for 16GB.
Mr. Khaled, I heard from TUAW that facetime is disabled in UAE.
/Users/Pc/Desktop/facetimeuaeno.We just got confirmation on our story earlier this week that FaceTime had gone missing in parts of the world, mostly around the Middle East. @dutweets is the official Twitter account for du, the telecom operator for the iPhone in the United Arab Emirates, and in a tweet just a little while ago, the account confirmed that FaceTime is currently unavailable in that country. The iPhone hasn't even officially launched there yet, but the account also says that FaceTime "won't be working as of the launch" (which takes place tomorrow), so even official customers there won't have access to the video chat feature.
Unfortunately, there's no detail yet on why — we've heard that there may be local restrictions on VoIP technology that would block these kinds of communications. And this is only confirmation for the UAE, though it's probably a pretty good guess that other outages are legit as well. Stay tuned — we'll keep an eye out for official confirmation in other areas, as well as a reason why this decision was made.
Those prices seems a bit higher than I thought! It seems like they are the prices of the iPhone only (with no contract), am I right?!
The question is now…….STC, where the F are you?!
It says here that the price is 2699 SR for the 16 gig and 3099 for the 32 gig models.
Can somebody please confirm if the Saudi iPhone 4s will be unlocked officially? or Locked to Mobily???
Khaled, how sure are you that STC will be bringing out the iPhone 4? As far as I know, they didn't announce anything about it. Or am I mistaken?
I wont believe it until I get this in my hand by end day.
They changed the mobily Iphone page. Somehow it mentions Iphone 4 but still with Iphone 3gs picture. The bundles have been updates as per the Iphone 4 prices.
Checked the mobily store on Andalus street in Jeddah. They "claim" they are not selling the iphone 4 at any of their stores until monday at the earliest. Typical false advertising or misinformed employees or likely both.
Has anyone else had any luck in Riyadh or at the Tahlia store in Jeddah?
Will check in Riyadh after 1300 hour. I will appreciate if we can get more checks for this misleading information.
@mws Please update us if you get one and also please state which branch you got your unit. Thanks!
Help me to confirm if it now available here in Jeddah (Thalia)..
Got mine from Mobily Tahlia in Jeddah. Wait time was almost 3 hours.
Facetime setting is set to on, but haven't tested it yet.
New prices of Iphone 4 from jarirbookstore..
Is the iphone 4 bundle 299 and 399 available for new subscribers or for Raqi VIP customers only?
Can you guys suggest where i can buy the iphone 4 in Riyadh? I tried looking in Al-Batha area and mobily rep told me that its out of stock at the moment, is this true?
I would really appreciate it very much if you can direct me to what mobily store the iphone 4 is available.
Hi friends,In KSA the prices are too high for IPhone4,I dont no why.


team of 30 volunteers, including eight doctors, a pharmacist, a chiropractor, a nurse/educator, pre-med students, and ancillary staff, headed to Armenia June 14 to set up and staff two-day medical clinics in Vanatzor and Stepanavan.
What do you do when it's pouring outside? The first Sunday of spring, March 25, was an unusual rainy day. Since I was not inspired to do anything I stayed home and watched TV.
Little League baseball in Glendale was a semester-long refresher course each year on the American way of life. Demanding coaches, a hectic schedule, and a win-lose setup were just a few of the subjects players and parents had to master.
What better way than to spend the first Sunday of spring, outdoors under the Southern California sun, and raising funds for a good cause! Come join us and participate in a walk-a-thon at Pasadena High School benefiting Vanadzor schools in Armenia.
2012 is The Year of the Armenian Book, but I don't need an excuse to visit any bookseller, bookstore, or online book site. These are interesting times for the product known as 'the book,' as the market struggles to keep up with changes in digital publishing technology.
Learning a slice of history from the city of Tabriz, where Armenians have thrived for centuries, is one of the attractions of a special March 10 banquet planned by "Jan Tavriz." The group strives to preserve Armenian heritage in Tabriz and in the northwestern region of Iran known as the province of Azerbaijan.
Following the passage of the French Senate bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, the author submitted a timeline, which reflects her disappointment at President Obama for not honoring his campaign pledge to recognize the Genocide.


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Amar was also a BUTEX scholar at UC Berkeley, California.


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namespace NServiceBus.AcceptanceTests.Correlation
{
    using System;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using AcceptanceTesting;
    using EndpointTemplates;
    using NUnit.Framework;

    public class When_using_a_custom_correlation_id : NServiceBusAcceptanceTest
    {
        [Test]
        public async Task Should_use_the_given_id_as_the_transport_level_correlation_id()
        {
            var context = await Scenario.Define<Context>()
                .WithEndpoint<CorrelationEndpoint>(b => b.When(session =>
                {
                    var options = new SendOptions();

                    options.SetCorrelationId(CorrelationId);
                    options.RouteToThisEndpoint();

                    return session.Send(new MessageWithCustomCorrelationId(), options);
                }))
                .Done(c => c.GotRequest)
                .Run();

            Assert.AreEqual(CorrelationId, context.CorrelationIdReceived, "Correlation ids should match");
        }

        static string CorrelationId = "my_custom_correlation_id";

        public class Context : ScenarioContext
        {
            public bool GotRequest { get; set; }

            public string CorrelationIdReceived { get; set; }
        }

        public class CorrelationEndpoint : EndpointConfigurationBuilder
        {
            public CorrelationEndpoint()
            {
                EndpointSetup<DefaultServer>();
            }

            public class SendMessageWithCorrelationHandler : IHandleMessages<MessageWithCustomCorrelationId>
            {
                public Context TestContext { get; set; }

                public Task Handle(MessageWithCustomCorrelationId message, IMessageHandlerContext context)
                {
                    TestContext.CorrelationIdReceived = context.MessageHeaders[Headers.CorrelationId];

                    TestContext.GotRequest = true;

                    return Task.FromResult(0);
                }
            }
        }

        [Serializable]
        public class MessageWithCustomCorrelationId : IMessage
        {
        }
    }
}

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Cara Mía Theatre and Prism Movement Theater find the recipe for uproarious laughter in Gog and Magog: Two Clowns Trapped in Hell.
Dallas — Fresh and refreshed is how one feels after experiencing the comic physical theatre joy of Cara Mía Theatre Co. and Prism Movement Theater's Gog and Magog: Two Clowns Trapped in Hell, a world premiere.
In the midst of mass shootings of high school children in Parkland, Fla., and other national and political tragedies, this piece of pure slapstick in the traditional style of The Three Stooges or Laurel and Hardy offers a communal relief valve. It is impossible to hold back the tears of laughter as we share with Gog (Frida Espinosa Müller), Magog (David Lozano) and God (Liz Magallanes) in a moment of their entrapment in hell. We don't know exactly why they are in hell, but suffice to say that this hell is not gruesomely hellish. Gog and Magog just have a little difficulty getting Abuela's quesadilla recipe right for God's taste; therein lies the fun and games.
The Latino Cultural Center stage is turned into an intimate seating setting, so that the distance between actors and the public is minimal. Scenic designer Scott Osborne has created an efficient and compact pyramidal brick oven that also serves, somewhat, as an altar from behind which God makes her appearance.
Get ready to be called into action if seated in the front rows. The forbidden pleasure of playing with food is shared with the audience, some of whom were asked to join the mayhem on opening night. Of special note is the cumbia "Quesadilla Dance." Be prepared to participate (it's harmless) and to laugh until your sides hurt.
Written by Jeff Colangelo and Hope Endrenyi and directed by Colangelo, co-produced by Lozano's Cara Mía Theatre Company and Colangelo's Prism Movement Theater, this once again proves the power of collaborations to amass talent in order to bring forth something fresh and outside of each particular comfort zones. For Lozano, this piece brings out an inherent talent for making people laugh (the flip side of his serious and driven personae as theatre director and community arts leader). For Espinosa Müller, it is pure joy to see her show off her youthful physical theatre training in clowning—as opposed to seeing her in plain granny garb playing the Abuelita. Without a doubt, physical comedy is a strong point for this theatre power couple, who have been collaborating artistically for 14 years.
The devising and physical theatre focus of Prism brings a new dynamic to the works of Cara Mía. Previous collaborations between these two organizations included the memorable Teotl: the sand show from 2014. Showing off local talent, it is notable that co-writer Endrenyi will be part of the Hamilton national tour.
There's an certain amount of improvisation in the show, but some of the bits are so perfectly timed they are surely structured. Some of it will change at each performance with a new audience, since the rapport with the audience plays a pivotal part in their clowning. Furthermore, since there is no known language employed — although there are a few intelligible words in English and Spanish — the jibber-jabber is also made up on the spot. This piece demands great timing from stage manager Jonah Gutierrez and an innate intuition for comedic action by the actors, all of which this performance has.
Gog and Magog: Two Clowns Trapped in Hell enjoyed a public workshop in 2016 with Lozano as Magog and Ruben Carrazana as Gog. That performance had great timing and comedic value; however, the switch from the male-male cast to the male-female cast is a fortuitous one. While the dynamics in 2016 were effective, the casting of Espinosa Müller brings a new dimension to this piece. Wearing no make-up (except for a spattering of white flour on the face) and dressed in a baker's garb, she looks and feels like a child playing in mom's kitchen while she's away. There is an element of innocent mischievousness in her rendering of Gog that is totally captivating. It is evident for Lozano, too, that the familiarity of working together with her makes for a relaxing and easy partnership. They play off each other seamlessly. Think of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo from the famed sitcom I Love Lucy.
God (Liz Magallanes) plays a mostly invisible role. She seems to be demanding seriousness and the making of a proper quesadilla, particularly those from Abuela's Cookbook. It is refreshing to see God reveal herself as a larger than life She.
The sound design by Sammy Rat Ríos has an efficient minimalism, calling forth certain moments with a repeated theme that cues Gog and Magog as God is about to make an appearance and scold them. Chef costumes by Ryan Matthieu Smith and properties — a lot of them! — by Frida Espinosa Müller add to the kitchen milieu. Given the number of demo and competitive cooking shows on TV, it's a sight we're used to.
But those shows' shenanigans can't compare to what we see in this tight, cohesive and very funny performance.


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The Albanian Riviera has so many heaven beaches that you start to forget the names.
In this laid-back tour, immerse yourself in inimitable culture, amazing food and natural wonders. Sunbathe in deserted beaches and relax in seaside villages. Get ready to dine surrounded by pine trees in Llogara National Park, sip coffee listening to the music of waterfalls in Borsh and firm your eyes in the natural spring lake of "Blue Eye".
Tour pace: You will walk for about 1 hour daily across mostly flat terrain.
Himare via Llogara National Park Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch Make your way to Himare and the Albanian Riviera by way of Llogara National Park, where a delicious lunch among pine trees welcomes you. Play with deer and relax in the vivid green park while sipping mountain tea. Enjoy e free evening in the seaside village of Himara.
Llaman Beach & Ali Pasha Castle Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner Transfer to Llaman beach, through snakey seaside road where it will unveal e well protected bay with a gravel beach and turquoise waters. Enjoy a relaxed beach day until the late afternoon, where en route to Himara, you will stop and explore the Ali Pasha Castle with your Tour Director. Marvel at the architecture and listen to entertaining legends about the man who build it, Ali Pashe Tepelena.
Sarande via Bunec Beach Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner Leave Himara for the seaside town of Saranda. Stop en route to the idyllic beach of Bunec. Enjoy snorkeling, exploring underwater caves. Relax swimming, sunbathing and having Albanian style "refreshing": Raki and fruits. Transfer to Saranda in the late afternoon. Celebrate your beach day with a seafood based dinner by the Ionian Sea, enjoying Saranda's sunset.
Ksamil Islands & Castle of Lekuresit Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner Set off for a beach day at Ksamil Islands. Travel by boat to the Twin Islands close by, where you will have them practically all to yourselves to explore, swim, sunbathe and enjoy food and drinks at small cafés and restaurant on the Islands. Spend your afternoon in Ksamil or Add an Excursion. Optional Excursion: Unesco - recognized Butrint Archeological Park. Enjoy dinner and a sightseeing tour in the Castle of Lekuresit, where a superb view stretches at sunset over Saranda and Butrint Lagoon. Optional Excursion: Midnight transfer to Mango Beach Club.
Ksamil Islands & Castle of Lekuresit Cutlery-52 Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner Set off for a beach day at Ksamil Islands. Travel by boat to the Twin Islands close by, where you will have them practically all to yourselves to explore, swim, sunbathe and enjoy food and drinks at small cafés and restaurant on the Islands. Spend your afternoon in Ksamil or Add an Excursion. Optional Excursion: Unesco - recognized Butrint Archeological Park. Enjoy dinner and a sightseeing tour in the Castle of Lekuresit, where a superb view stretches at sunset over Saranda and Butrint Lagoon. Optional Excursion: Midnight transfer to Mango Beach Club. Day 8 - Departure day Included meals: Breakfast (excluding early morning departures) Transfer to the airport for your return flight home.


Hey guys im back with another exciting question. You may remember me as the guy that got stuck on this mountain. Well I couldnt find any way to get down so now we're in it for the long haul (not down the mountain).
Since we're gonna be here for a while I need a bigger water tank. The one we have now is only 50 gallons! I want one of those cool intermediate bulk container totes to put all our drinking water and other water in. Problem is Im too poor to buy a water pump! So im going to use the one under the sink in our trailer.
The shoddy construction of this trailer (on the area around where the water pump is attached to the floor) has the dual function of both letting mice in and allowing me to run a 1/2" water hose through the floor to my ibc tote.
So I want to run a hose from the pump inlet through the floor to outside where it would connect via pvc adapter to the tote outlet.
Oh also if youre wondering why i want to do this in the first place here is the reason. We are paying rent to live here on an older couples 40 acres. They have big fancy solar panels and a 220v well pump and we use that pump to run water 400 feet through a shallow gulch and into our 50 gallon tank. Problem is that they dont want us to for example, connect that line to our city water inlet cause then every time I brush my teeth Im using their precious battery bank to fire water 200 feet out of the ground into my sink. So besides filling our tank any other water pressure has to come from our Pentair shurflo 4008 101 a65. Problem is I want to buy a washing machine and a bathtub and they would drain our 50gal tank like the dickens. The folks up there with the pump only want us to refill the tank in the afternoon when the sun is high and those panels are smokin. So basically we need a bigger tank.
My question is. If i empty the 50 gal tank in the trailer, disconnect it, and attach a 1/2" hose (or another hose) to the vacuum end and then run that hose to the tote outside (the one thats 275 gallons I think) does anyone see any complications?
I dont understand much about water pressure but for example, i already dismantled the outdoor shower, connected some poly pipe to it and hooked that up to an instant propane water heater outside to make a real outdoor shower. Since I did that though my pump has been activating only half the time I run water and then when I shut the water off it keeps running for about a second longer for some reason.
Anyway I just hope that the 10v pump under the sink can do what i want it to. Will the water heater still work? How does that work anyway?
Thanks for all the help friends and btw my trailer is the 2019 WILDWOOD XLITE 282qbxl. Have a good evening.
I don't want to sound disrespectful, but I am in Alaska and I would worry about water pipes freezing this winter. I spend one winter in a 32' travel trailer when I was much younger. I put a plywood skirt around the trailer to keep my water pipes from freezing. What plan do you have for cold weather? You said you are in the mountains. I do not know of any mountains in the US that does not have freezing weather.
Side note about MICE: Stuff the hole where your water hose is "letting mice in" with steel wool.
Please be more respectful to your landlords solar system. I have solar system in my RV because I need a CPAP to sleep at night. Batteries should not be discharged below 50%. Discharging batteries below 50% will shorten their lifespan.
You could also learn to use less water like other boondockers. IE:Navy showers, rinse your toothbrush in a cup of water, etc. Fifty gallons a day is a lot of water. The other question: Where is all this water going? I hope you have septic tank.
If you do get this set up working. You will need to make a cover for the IBC that is light tight.
Any sunlight that gets in will cause unwanted growth.
Also you will need some type of filtration system to allow air in and out as you use and fill the IBC to prevent airborne contaminants.


NED's interactive program teaches positive life lessons with a fun twist.
The NED Show came to perform for students at CAS Middle School in Douglas on August 18th. NED is a character education program that promotes positive attitudes and encourages students to do their best every day. Named after the show's main character, NED is an acronym that stands for Never give up, Encourage others, and Do your best. This program has been performed all over the United States, including the White House. They have also toured internationally in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Both the students and their teachers enjoyed plenty of laughs, and are looking forward to applying what they learned to prevent bullying, build relationships, and continue to keep the kindness going.


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Most people think of Tesla as a luxury brand catering to the high end luxury car market, and they are correct. . . for now. Tesla is currently competing with the Mercedes S class with its Tesla Model S and the BMW X5 (and possibly) the BMW X6 with their Tesla Model X. However, most people seem to forget that Elon Musk's dream has always been to build an affordable electric car priced for mass market production but with compelling range, style & brand…
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People's ability to claim their rights is hampered by poorly governed or weak institutions. On the UN's Human Rights Day, we're launching a new tool to help practitioners to plan programmes that put governance considerations at their core. Jo Rowlands, Oxfam's Senior Global Programme Adviser on Governance and Institutional Accountability explains more.
These days, the view that poor governance underpins poverty and inequality is hardly new. But that doesn't stop it being an intractable and challenging issue to address.
theoretical possibilities to real action with real people on the ground?
Now, Oxfam has produced a framework and a learning companion that might just make all this a bit easier.
So far, so good for thinking things through and setting out programme intentions. But then we meet the next challenge: how to actually do it in practice? Even the best thought out programme plan requires a constant stream of judgements and choices in order to be implemented. And in cases where a more evolutionary approach can be taken to a programme, there are even more critical moments of choice. To compound the problem, the people who design the plan are rarely the same ones who deliver it .
Rather than re-inventing the wheel, we set out to pull together in one place a wide range of already existing tools to support programme and project delivery on the ground. Some of these are tools that are familiar and well used; others are more specialist. Some are Oxfam's own material; others are from a wide range of other organisational sources. We have clustered them around the framework, relating the tools to the different aspects, and also to different stages of the programme and project cycle. The framework itself is written in plain, non-specialist language.
The feedback so far from Oxfam staff who have started using the framework is that they feel more confident, that 'governance' has become less of a daunting topic to engage with, and that they understand better what kinds of contributions Oxfam can make to supporting local people to make the changes they need. We're hopeful that it will also support more fruitful collaboration and exchange with others working on the same issues.


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From 50 AD St. Paul established Christian communities throughout Asia Minor, especially along the coast. His first journey took him to Attalia (Antalya). His last was to take him to Rome but instead, left him shipwrecked in Patara, 45 minutes along the coast from Oludeniz.
Patara has an impressive history. Not only was it one of the principal cities and trading centre of Lycia, it was also the birthplace of St. Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, whose outstanding efforts to give to those in need formed the basis of our modern-day Santa Claus. It was here that St. Paul settled and carried out important missionary work.
In 325 AD Constantine at Nova Roma (Istanbul) ordered a synod (counsel or committee) to be held to consolidate the beliefs of the Christian communities. The Bishops of Christendom attended, including the Bishop of Myra (St. Nicholas). Records show that St. Nicholas came to Symbola (now known as Oludeniz) more than once, visiting the church of the Archangel and our very own church here at Ecclesia, the St. Demetrius.


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Q: Default Mime type in Rails 5 controller tests I know that starting with Rails 5.0 I can add as: :json attribute to send the test HTTP request with application/json content type like this:
post :create, params: { account_id: 123, user: { ... } }, as: :json

Is there a way to configure this behavior globally, so that I don't need to specify the content type on each test?
I'm upgrading from Rails 4.2 and realised that without this attribute all my requests are treated as URL encoded forms, including my payload being URL encoded. This is causing many failures when I run my test suite and for some reason was working just fine in Rails 4.2.

A: You can specify in your routes the default format for them, like so:
defaults format: :json do
  resources :photos
end

as can be seen here: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#defining-defaults
You can always use a before_action as well:
before_action :set_format

def set_format
  request.format = 'json'
end

A: You could always just override ActionDispatch::Integration::RequestHelpers#process.
module JSONRequestHelper
  alias_method :original_process, :process
  def process(method, path, **args)
    original_process(method, path, args.merge(as: :json))
  end
end

require 'test_helper'

class ApiTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
  include JSONRequestHelper
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Q: DynamoDB append a map to list in a map in a list in a map in a list I have the follow attribute in a DynamoDB table (trust me, I know it's a mess):
"list1": [
  {
    "mapName": "map1",
    "list2": [
      {
        "mapName": "map2",
        "list3": [ #append map here
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]

I need to append a map to list3, and I am struggling with the syntax of how to make update_item do this. The position in list1 and list2 are stored in variables i and j respectively. I am trying something like this:
table.update_item(
    Key={
        'primary_key': item_name
    },
    UpdateExpression="SET list1[:i].list2[:j].list3 = list_append(list1[:i].list2[:j].list3, :x)",
    ExpressionAttributeValues={
        ':x': map,
        ':i': i,
        ':j': j
    }
)

The error message I am getting with the code is at the update_item line:
"errorMessage": "An error occurred (ValidationException) when calling the UpdateItem operation: Invalid UpdateExpression: Syntax error; token: \":i\", near: \"[:i]\"",

I'm guessing I will need some combination of ExpressionAttributeNames and ExpressionAttributeValues, but I am not very familiar with boto3 syntax. Any help on how to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.

A: So I managed to do what I wanted as follows:
string = f"SET list1[{i}].list2[{j}].list3 = list_append(list1[{i}].list2[{j}].list3, :x)"

table.update_item(
    Key={
        'primary_key': item_name
    },
    UpdateExpression=string,
    ExpressionAttributeValues={
        ':x': [map]
    }
)

Not the most elegant solution, if anyone can show how to do this without the fstring, please post an additional answer.


One thirty in the morning and I cannot fall back asleep. Two weeks into this diet, and I sort of miss being able to eat bread and butter whenever I am hungry.
Well, let's try the reverse: what have I already accomplished since Monday? First and foremost, I HAVE ALREADY VOTED!!! Pears are canned. Four small sewing projects I started last Saturday are finished. Three loads of laundry done. Yesterday's phone calls returned. Husband's car taken to dealership for repairs. Another embroidery block almost finished. Kids are still alive despite their tantrums over... whatever.
In the meantime, what do you do when you are Sleepless in Seattle???


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El Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola fue un banco de crédito mexicano fundado el 10 de marzo de 1926 por medio de la promulgación de la Ley de Crédito Agrícola. Su sede se estableció en el antiguo edificio de la Comisión Monetaria de México, en la calle de Isabel la Católica, esquina con República de Uruguay, dentro del corredor bancario de la Ciudad de México. En sus inicios, el banco se desempeñó como una oficina que ofrecía información a pequeños agricultores sobre crédito para la producción, irrigación y extensión de sus tierras de cultivo, así como de abonos, control de plagas y mejoras materiales en las propiedades agrícolas.

Antecedentes y origen
Tras la Revolución mexicana, el país entró en crisis. La población no contaba con dinero para adquirir productos básicos y muchos negocios quebraron por la falta de financiamiento, lo que intensificó un ambiente político y social de inestabilidad económica. Como consecuencia, los bancos comerciales aumentaron la tasa de interés de los créditos que otorgaban a la pequeña parte de la población que lograba acceder a ellos.

En 1924 se expidió la Ley de Instituciones de Crédito y en ella se reguló la figura de la banca especializada con bancos de descuento y depósito, hipotecarios, refaccionarios, de fideicomiso, agrícolas e industriales, orientados a la pequeña y mediana empresa.  Por su parte, el gobierno creó bancos de desarrollo para apoyar a sectores productivos de la población que necesitaban financiamiento accesible y a tasas bajas para poder reactivar sus negocios o iniciar proyectos productivos que les generan ingresos y crearán empleos en un ambiente poco propicio para ello. Así, al mismo tiempo que comenzaba a estabilizarse la economía, se crearon condiciones económicas para generar empleos, productos y estabilidad social.

En julio de 1925, la Secretaría de Hacienda creó una comisión para el estudio y el establecimiento de un banco nacional refaccionario dedicado al sector primario. Una de las propuestas que llegó a aquella provino de Manuel Gómez Morín, quien sugirió un sistema global de crédito que incluyera un corpus legal donde se contempla la ley agrícola, el registro de la propiedad, un banco agrícola y sociedades organizadas por agricultores individuales.

De esta manera, con el objetivo de apoyar al sector social de la economía, principalmente a los ejidatarios, se creó en 1926 el Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola y nueve bancos regionales por medio de la Ley de Crédito Agrícola, la cual sufriría modificaciones sucesivas en 1931, 1934 y 1939. Este marco favorecería con créditos a las sociedades locales y a las uniones de crédito para fomentar la agricultura, y en su caso, la venta del producto.

El Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola, creado con fondos estatales, se originó estrechamente vinculado al Banco de México, el cual actuó como prestamista de emergencia para la creación del nuevo ente público. Los primeros créditos se destinaron principalmente a sociedades cooperativas agrícolas, las cuales encontraron un mecanismo para comprar materia prima, maquinaria y granos para su siembra.

Las tareas encomendadas al Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola comprendieron la irrigación, la formación de estaciones experimentales, la liquidación de la Caja de Préstamos, apoyo a los bancos ejidales, así como la comercialización y exportación de productos de las sociedades locales y regionales de crédito agrícola. La administración del banco se confió a 11 miembros propietarios y 5 suplentes designados por los accionistas.

Entre las sociedades de crédito destacadas se encontraban las del Estado de México, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, Veracruz y Tamaulipas. El Banco tuvo presencia en casi todo el territorio nacional, incluyendo los terrenos del enorme latifundio Terrazas en Chihuahua, los de la Colorado River Land Company en Mexicali, la Compañía Constructora Richardson en Sonora o los ingenios de Ayotla en Oaxaca, San Cristóbal en Veracruz y el de Atencingo en Puebla.

Evolución
En el gobierno de Lázaro Cárdenas se concibió al ejido como eje transformador de la economía mexicana, entrando ahí la participación del Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola como medio para buscar y consolidar las masas populares posrevolucionarias a través de la canalización de fondos públicos. El financiamiento agrícola creció en el gobierno de Lázaro Cárdenas de manera acelerada, pues, a poco tiempo de su creación, atendió a un 20% de la población ejidal en todo México.

En 1935 y 1936 se transfirió el crédito ejidal al Banco Nacional de Crédito Ejidal y el Banco Agrícola reunió en su seno solamente a las sociedades de pequeños agricultores, cuyo número hacia 1940 era de 967 con 31,622 socios. El poco éxito de la institución en ese período se ha intentado explicar por medio de diversas causas: la carencia de capital, los altos costos de la administración frente a la pequeña cuantía de los préstamos otorgados, la constante vigilancia que había que ejercer sobre los prestatarios, las dificultades de recuperación, la falta de experiencia, las presiones políticas, etc. Como sucedió con el Banco Nacional de Crédito Ejidal, el Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola funcionó tanto como institución financiera, como institución administrativa, de fomento, de planeación y de comercio. Además de proporcionar crédito, se dedicó a otras actividades: compra-venta de mercancías y productos, distribución de semillas, entre otros.

En 1939 se vuelve a reformar la Ley de Crédito Agrícola, con el objetivo de perfeccionar la organización y funcionamiento de las sociedades de agricultores que integraban el sistema. En esta revisión se determina que el  funcionamiento del Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola no satisfacía las esperanzas que había abrigado la nación con su creación, atribuyéndose esto a las deficiencias en la administración e incluso a las condiciones de atraso de la población indígena.

Desde la fundación del Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola se han creado diversos entes públicos con misiones y objetivos similares: el Banco Nacional de Crédito Ejidal (1935); el Banco Nacional de Crédito Agropecuario (1965); el Banco Nacional de Crédito Rural (1975) y Financiera Rural (2003). Además, desde 1954 operan en el país los Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura, por medio del Banco de México.

Véase también

 Banco Nacional de Crédito Ejidal
 Financiera Rural
 Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultural
 Ley de Crédito Agrícola (1926)
 Reforma agraria de México

Referencias

Bancos de México
Reforma agraria
México en 1926
Lázaro Cárdenas

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Home Car Reviews Hyundai Santa Fe SR Review
By Matt CalvittoOct 31, 2015, 23:36 pm0
Hyundai Santa Fe SR makeover brings more aggressive styling and better driveability to the Hyundai Santa Fe, but value is in question
The Hyundai Santa Fe is arguably one of the most mid-size seven seats SUVs on the Australian market and for good reason – it's very comfortable, practical, economical, well made, has a long warranty and thanks to the Series II update, surprisingly nice to drive.
Hyundai has built upon improving the Santa Fe's driving experience by releasing the new Hyundai Santa Fe SR, which overtakes the Highlander-upon which it is based- as the flagship of the Santa Fe range and brings more aggressive styling, O.Z Racing wheels, Brembo brakes and a unique suspension tune.
Styling upgrades
Ride and handling combination
Sharp Brembo brakes
Comfort and practicality
Interior largely untouched from Highlander version
No mechanical upgrades
Pricier than its Kia Sorento Platinum cousin
Falls behind in driver assist technology
The Hyundai Santa Fe range opens with the Hyundai Santa Fe Active 2.4 litre petrol with a six-speed manual from $38,490 through to the Hyundai Santa Fe SR from $59,990. The Hyundai Santa Fe SR is fitted with bespoke equipment that includes Brembo brakes, four-piston Brembo monobloc calipers on all four corners housed behind 19×8 OZ Racing Versilia performance alloy wheels shod with 235/55 R19 Michelin Latitude Tour rubber.
The Santa Fe SR is suspended by firmer H&R Performance springs, to ensure flatter cornering.
There is also a suite of airbags, lane departure warning, a reversing camera, parking sensors at the front and rear, seven leather seats with heating and cooling for the front and heating for the outermost seats, satellite navigation, a full length glass roof, climate control and High Intensity Discharge Headlamps.
Climb into the Hyundai Santa Fe SR interior and it is much the same story as that as the Santa Fe Highlander – big comfy leather seats, ample room for the first five passengers with the last two chairs reserved for children. There's the same excellent fit and finish and the same very useful satellite navigation and infotainment system.
What does become apparent is a lack of SR branding- there aren't any special motifs or fixtures to segregate the Santa Fe SR from other models in the range as Hyundai has done with other models such as the i30 SR.
The Hyundai Santa Fe SR is also fitted with an automatic tailgate and, unlike the Santa Fe Elite we tested earlier this year, the automatic tailgate fitted to our SR test car was not erratic in its operation.
The Hyundai Santa Fe SR shares the same 2.2 litre turbo diesel with the rest of the Santa Fe range, and power and torque outputs remain unchanged at 145 kW @ 3800 RPM and 436 Nm @ 1800-2500RPM respectively.
The engine is mated to a six-speed automatic that is also found in other Santa Fe models and is very smooth and precise in its shifts. The engine is still very noisy though, and isn't as hushed as when installed in the newer Kia Sorento, another Hyundai Group product.
While the drivetrain is not as sporty as the car's styling and upgraded wheel, brake and suspension package would have you believe, it does offer more than enough punch for overtaking and should be able to haul seven people and cargo with little fuss.
Average fuel consumption was 8.8 litres per 100 kilometres, slightly higher than Hyundai's claimed 7.3 litres per 100 kilometres, and the system does without any high tech start/stop systems.
The driving experience is where the new Hyundai Santa Fe SR really needs to impress. After all, those alloys, springs, brakes and tyres add nearly $6,000 to the Highlander's sticker price. On the tarmac, the transformation pays dividends.
The SR feels tighter and tauter than normal Santa Fes and when put through its paces on a spaghetti-like and twisty country backroad, the Santa Fe SR's handling wasn't more than capable for a high-riding 4×4 SUV, but it felt even more confident than a number of "normal" cars we have sampled and the driving experience is miles ahead of other SUV rivals such as the Toyota Kluger.
Ride is noticeably firmer than the configuration in other versions, but never jars or becomes brittle.
The Brembos bring the SR to a stop quickly but progressively, and the brake pedal isn't too sharp or oversensitive.
There is also a four-wheel drive system with a lock function and hill descent control should it be required.
While we were won over by the Santa Fe SR's newfound dynamics and road manners, we wonder if shoppers are willing to pay a large premium over the Highlander and Elite models, which are more than nice enough to drive and are more than acceptably styled and equipped.
Moreover, the top of the range Kia Sorento Platinum CRDi is priced from $55,990 and includes driving aides such as adaptive cruise control and blind spot monitoring that are nowhere to be seen in the Santa Fe range.
The entire Hyundai Santa Fe range has been awarded an ANCAP five-star safety rating and the following active safety systems are standard across the board: Anti-skid Braking System (ABS) 4 channel with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist System (BAS), Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) with Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Traction Control System (TCS).
Standard passive safety features include: dual front and side airbags, as well as curtain airbags that extend to the second row of seating and a driver's knee airbag.
Servicing and Warranty
The Santa Fe is covered by Hyundai's five-year unlimited kilometre warranty and lifetime capped price service programme.
Hyundai Santa Fe SR Specs
Make and model: Hyundai Santa Fe SR
Engine type: 2199cc, inline four-cylinder, turbo diesel intercooled with DOHC with VVT and electronic fuel injection Power: 145kW @ 3800rpm
Transmission: six-speed automatic, 4×4 on demand
Dimensions: 4690mm long, 1880mm wide, 1690mm high and 2700mm wheelbase
Suspension: Front: MacPherson Strut System with Tuix Performance Springs Rear: Multi link with Tuix Performance Springs
Steering: Electrically assisted Rack and pinion
As per any Hyundai Santa Fe, the Hyundai Santa Fe SR is a talented and accomplished in many areas, but we're not sure that the cosmetic and handling tweaks are worth the large price premium.
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Was eight days full of music, games, fun, friends and God's upside down truth. This was a great camp with 30 Slovak students, 11 american friends and 13 leaders.
We learned 8 new songs for our final concert during our choir practice and workshops each day. One of the student's highlights of the camp is always Survival, which is an all day hike in the woods. Some of the best memories are when a group gets lost, is caught in a storm or finds themselves in the pitch dark woods with no light. This provides so many opportunities for team building.
Many of our students responded to the gospel presentation. For some of them it was the first time they heard that God is a personal loving Father who wants a relationship with us. We especially celebrate the decision for Jesus that our friend made. She has been a part of our Fusion for almost 3 years, but we had not seen any signs of her interest in spiritual things. God had been working in her and she was so ready to confess her sins and accept Jesus as her Saviour.


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Tim Albee just got a big write-up in the latest issue of CGW.
It seems, also, that he has started a new studio in Poland.
Does anyone know if they sell CGW at any chain book stores?
I went to CGW's website and here is a link to the interview.
Thanks for the link. I'm interested in his apprentice program. Will have to see how that shapes out over time.
Cool. Glad to see him getting some non "lightwave community" press.


The Archbishop of York has said he supports the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement the Government struck with the EU, as he warned MPs against blocking its implementation.
Dr John Sentamu said rejecting the proposed deal "without the prospect of an alternative" would be to "betray" the trust people have placed in politicians.
In a letter published by the Yorkshire Post, he said: "To act in ways that bring about the collapse of a government's position without the prospect of an alternative would be to betray the trust we place in our representatives."
Acknowledging how he voted to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum, Dr John warned that holding a second referendum on Brexit would undermine public trust and established decision-making procedures.
He continued: "Our first concern must be maintaining respect for democratic law-making institutions, which are under heavier pressure today than for more than a century.
"Permanent loss of confidence in governmental institutions always results in civil unrest and violence."
The Anglican leader also wrote about the need to preserve "positive relations" with "those who have been our neighbours immemorially, and will be our neighbours so long as life continues on this continent."
Speaking ahead of a crunch vote by MPs on the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement on Tuesday 11th December, Dr John said MPs had a "duty" to "bring order out of... chaos".
Last month,t he Archbishop of Canterbury said churches must "strive for reconciliation" in the face of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, as some politicians try to "drive a wedge between people".


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To find out more about our teachers and their courses, click on English Teachers at WCI.
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Halting changes to the Personal Independence Payment will create a £4.4 billion "black hole" in the budget.
£4.4 billion isn't a helpful way to describe the budget's "black hole" caused by the withdrawal of the changes—it adds up all the spending over the five years to 2020/21. Dropping the policy will make public finances £1.3 billion worse off than they would have been by the end of the Parliament. And the government was already relying on £3.5 billion other savings that have yet to be identified.
The government's plans for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), a disability benefit, had been forecast to cut its spending by a total of £4.4 billion over the five years to 2020/21. Those plans won't go ahead, so all things being equal, government spending will be that much higher over the period than had been predicted.
But it's not that useful to talk about this figure as a "black hole" in the budget, as was widely done in the last week. It makes more sense to think of its effect on the budget in annual terms, because spending on this sort of measure runs on until policy is changed again. Otherwise you could pick any arbitrary period—ten years say—and then the "black hole" would be twice as big.
The government has been known to present figures in this way too. Last year it announced a "£27 billion improvement in the public finances" that was spread in the same way over five years (and which later disappeared).
In 2016/17, the financial year that's about to start, the PIP changes were only due to save £15 million according to the Treasury, rising to £1.3 billion in 2019/20.
While the financial position of the government will be £1.3 billion worse than had been forecast that year, the forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) still has the government moving into surplus.
Yesterday the OBR chairman Robert Chote told MPs that that the chance of reaching surplus by 2019/20 isn't "materially" lower due to the changes to PIP, still at around 55% according to its forecasts.
This forecast had already counted unspecified savings of £3.5 billion towards meeting the surplus that year. These are to be delivered through an efficiency review to conclude in 2018.
Putting this £3.5 billion together with the £1.3 billion that was meant to be saved from the changes to PIP in 2019/20 means that the Chancellor will have to find a total of £4.8 billion from non-protected spending in 2019-20 to make his sums add up.
That's if the underlying forecast does not change again in the autumn—and forecasts do change a lot between "fiscal events", as last week's Budget showed.


Springs, AR 72632 USA Ginko seeds, pawpaw seeds and trees.
apple scionwood, but no longer grows trees for sale.
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apples, pears, plums, and grapes.
out-of-print books on gardening, garden history, fruit, etc.
* Christian Homesteading Movement*, Richard Fahey, Oxford, NY 13830.
especially for North West gardens.
nursery, but accepts retail customers.
currants, autumn olive, much more.
Waterville, ME 04903. Hardy trees and plants, including fruits.
Road, Williams, OR 97544. Many rare and unusual plants. Catalog $3.
Fishman, 3010 Ettersburg Road, Garberville, CA 95542. (707) 986-7504.
assortment of European hard cider varieties.
to the commercial market. To request a catalog call (513) 354-1496.
and European varieties. Catalog $1.
trees imported from Canada – honeyberry, dwarf sour cherry, and saskatoon.
733-0324. Muscadine grapes and other fruits.
the future. He has many varieties of early-ripening apples.
antique and disease-resistant varieties. Small fruit also.
247-5864. Good list of fruits.
*Lake Sylvia Vineyard Nursery*, 13375 51st Avenue, South Haven, MN 55382.
garden hand tools, pea shellers, and high speed nut crackers.
893-2141. Tree fruits, berries, grapes for south. Free catalog/list.
West, Plains, MT 59859 . Large selection of field grown seedlings.
800-551-9875 <(800)%20551-9875> (VOICE) 406-826-5700 (FAX).
vines, and many other plants including magnolias. Catalog $6 or free list.
Canandaigua, NY 14424. (800) 836-9630. A fine list of new and old fruit.
exotic tropical fruit trees and seeds. Certified to ship anywhere.
stock of grafted pawpaw, hybrid chestnuts, pine nuts & fruit trees.
blueberries, and ribes. Free catalog.
377-3653. Southern fruit, including mayhaw. Send SASE for list.
line of dwarfing rootstocks. Minimum order 100.
1-800-572-1553. More than 150 fruit tree varieties.
boxes of classic apples, rootstocks, young trees and scionwood, workshops.
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The Senior Staff of Civic.Asgardia met Sunday for their weekly meeting. Here is the activity report based on notes from that discussion.
Last week, we posted the minutes directly into a Forum post. We lost much formatting.
This week, let's try a view-link to a Google Doc. **Translation staff, Chapter staff - you are welcome to localise this for the members in your forum. Please send a summary of comments back to myself or Rebekah during your weekly census report to ensure we can respond to your chapter's needs.
If there are issues viewing this link, please let me (Nik) know. Thanks.
Which communication platform does the Civic.Asgardia Staff use?
We currently use Facebook messenger and are going to be migrating over to Discord.
It has everything that administration teams need. Even the ability to apply services and custom bots to stream new topics into divisions, to show commits from other web hooks like github, gitlabs, gitbooks and many (100+) other service endpoints, no matter if self-hosted or served as SaaS. From my point of view the free plan of slack will never be out of bounds for what you want to do.
Hello there, I have one question about the reports, is this the first report on google doc?
And I bet you wonder why people think you have no clue what you're doing, too.
Why are Asgradian things put into google drive, or google to metric who looks at what, for how long? Without being invasive(and I'm itching to be invasive, just to see how bad it is in there) I can confidently suggest the the 2TB HD in the server hosting this should be able to hold such readily, keeping everything "in house". Same with the comms platform - that has no rights, considering the potential scope of conversations, sitting in a third parties data mine ready for their use. It should be all happening in house - That's how you prevent third parties having access to data they shouldn't have - you don't give it to them willingly. More importantly, why is this happening somewhere outside the ability for the common Asgardian to either review or participate? You shouldn't need to post notes, you need to have everything said and done evidenced. This isn't personal conversation, transparency matters. You can't honestly expect everyone to start using something shady just because you're too simple to see why it's a bad idea to be using it in order to get to this data.
Slack isn't that great. It can do the job, but at what cost... There's a reason that's not open source.
Why slack? Easy: you have all platforms combined (Video- and Audio-Communication, Text based chats, public and private channels, share storage, IRC gateways and much more). Slack's free plan is enough for the needs of such a team.
But, I do agree, having everything in-house is the best approach. An IRC Service would be a good standard for chats and it can be extended with low efforts. If I would orchestrate a project like asgardia, I would place an own server for civic asgardia, integrated into a network of servers who power asgardia.
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Maybe we can send all our spare hardware to one address.
Hey Nikari, do you have a big house?
"Better" than IRC would be XMPP, IMHO. It can do everything IRC can do. It can do everything slack can do(apart from provide assured privacy risks, unless you aim for this like google talk, whatsapp or FB chat). And it can do more. Being open source, extension is trivial. It's proven itself rock solid in terms of reliability and resilience to assault which is why it's used as the backend for so many other services.
Eventually I'd see a network of servers powering Asgardian services, but for what we need to be doing the existing infrastructure should cope for now. It's not as if we need SIP/VOIP bandwidths for 160,000 users, that can come later.
Regarding sending all the hardware to one address - most unwise - two sets of shipping if for no other reason. It'd be trivial to setup a section in the foum for people to post specs on hardware they're wanting rid of, and other people can simply respond saying they'd like it. I'd not suggest getting second hand hardware in these days of persistent threats as you've no way of telling what they've allowed to adjust the firmwares to their hardwares. Potential infection spread. Most user practices are not entirely clever.
Great - now gain access to those "backups".
Is just our Ministry of Information and Communication have to write a simple e-mail to Mr. Trump... a soooo gentleman and nice one, which will disclose Fort Meade's secrets for us for sure and for free (in that order ;-))).
Good luck with that, you'll excuse me if I don't hold my breath whilst waiting for the certificates to be able to log into the VPN and LDAP details to login to their systems once you're connected.


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Um transformador de corrente (abreviadamente TC) é um equipamento que reproduz, no seu circuito secundário, a corrente que circula em um enrolamento primário, com sua posição vetorial substancialmente mantida, em uma proporção definida, conhecida e adequada.
Os transformadores de corrente, também chamados de transformadores de instrumentos, utilizados em aplicações de alta tensão (onde circulam, frequentemente,  baixas correntes), fornecem correntes suficientemente reduzidas e isoladas do circuito primário de forma a possibilitar o seu uso por equipamentos de medição, controle e proteção.

Simbologia e Convenções

A simbologia padrão dos transformadores de corrente (TCs) mostra os terminais primários de alta tensão H1 e H2 e os terminais secundários X1 e X2. O ponto, para transformadores com polaridade aditiva, indica onde entra a corrente no primário e onde sai a corrente no secundário (defasamento de 180°).

Modelos industriais de TCs têm os terminais de alta tensão marcados como P1 e P2 (Primário 1 e Primário 2), sendo que em muitos casos pode haver diferentes ligações do circuito primário que permitam alterar a relação de transformação. Os terminais secundários são marcados como 1s1, 1s2, 2s2... (número, algarismo, número), indicando respectivamente o número do enrolamento, o símbolo de terminal secundário (s) e o número da derivação do terminal secundário.

Circuito Equivalente

O circuito equivalente aproximado para um transformador de corrente é mostrado na figura ao lado, onde a transformação da corrente entre os circuitos primário e secundário é feita sem perdas. A impedância de dispersão do primário Z1 é multiplicada pelo quadrado da relação N² quando referida ao secundário.

Z2. Os componentes de perdas no núcleo por correntes parasitas e por magnetização são dados por Zm e a impedância de carga é dada por Zc.

Este circuito generalizado pode ser simplificado como mostrado no esquema ao lado. A impedância primária Z1 pode ser desprezada, uma vez que o reduzido número de espiras no primário (o que é verdadeiro para a maioria dos TCs comerciais) tem pequena resistência e pouca dispersão. A corrente através do ramo magnetizante Xm é Im, chamada corrente de excitação. A corrente de excitação é atrasada de 90° em relação a V1'.

Tipos construidos

São classificados de acordo com o modelo do enrolamento primário, já que o enrolamento
secundário é constituído por uma bobina com derivações (taps) ou múltiplas bobinas ligadas em
série e/ou paralelo, para se obter diferentes relações de transformação.
Quanto aos tipos construtivos, os TCs mais comuns, são:
 Tipo Enrolado
Este tipo é usado quando são requeridas relações de transformações inferiores a 200/5

tipo Barra

Transformador de corrente cujo enrolamento primário é constituído por uma barra.
 Tipo Bucha
Consiste de um núcleo em forma de anel (núcleo toroidal), com enrolamentos secundários.
 Tipo Janela
Tem construção similar ao tipo bucha, sendo que o meio isolante entre o primário e o
secundário é o ar.
 Tipo Núcleo Dividido
Transformador de corrente tipo janela em que parte do núcleo é separável ou basculante.
 Tipo com vários enrolamentos primários
Transformador de corrente com vários enrolamentos primários distintos e isolados separadamente.
 Tipo com vários núcleos
Transformador de corrente com vários enrolamentos secundários isolados separadamente e montados cada um em seu próprio núcleo, formando um conjunto com um único enrolamento primário, cujas espiras (ou espira) enlaçam todos os secundários.

Classificação

Os transformadores de corrente são classificados em dois tipos:

 Transformadores de Corrente para serviços de medição

Utilizados para medição de correntes em alta tensão, possuem características de boa precisão (ex.: 0,3%-0,6% de erro de medição) e baixa corrente de saturação (4 vezes a corrente nominal).

 Transformadores de Corrente para serviços de proteção

Utilizados para proteção de circuitos de alta tensão, são caracterizados pela baixa precisão (ex.: 3% de erro de medição) e elevada corrente de saturação (da ordem de 20 vezes a corrente nominal).

Modo de ligação
O modo de ligação é extremamente importante, pois se ligado de maneira errada o transformador irá sofrer danos irrecuperáveis.

A ligação dos terminais deve ser feita da seguinte maneira:
 Primário: a bobina deve ser ligada uma fase;
 Secundário: os terminais devem ser ligados em curto-circuito (impedância nula), caso contrário, terá um circuito aberto que irá saturar o TC e danificá-lo.
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User Compliance, Field Efficacy, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of an Ultraviolet Water Disinfection System and other Drinking Water Treatment Alternatives for Rural Households in Mexico
by Reygadas Robles Gil, Fermin, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. 2014: 86 pages; 3685996.
Enabling Low Carbon Communities: The Roles of Smart Planning Tools and Place-Based Solutions
by Jones, Christopher Mark, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. 2014: 195 pages; 3686343.
Just Water? Social Disparities and Drinking Water Quality in California's San Joaquin Valley
by Balazs, Carolina Laurie, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. 2011: 142 pages; 3616201.
Drought resilience of maize-legume agroforestry systems in Malawi
by Kerr, Amber Catherine, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. 2012: 211 pages; 3555757.
Development of Mesoporous Nanocatalysts for Production of Hydrogen and Fisher Tropsch Studies
by Abrokwah, Richard Yeboah, Ph.D. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. 2016: 221 pages; 10117803.
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I read an article in National Geographic about my heros Dean Potter and Tommy Caldwell and their awesome Yosemite climbing adventures. I thought, "I want to go to there." I left my summer internship at a plastic injection molding factory and called my buddy Danger who is always down for adventure. He told me his sister Kirby was going too; I said "sweet". We planned on setting up top ropes and finding short easy bolted routes but… Danger's family's friend Tony offered to let Kirby borrow a harness and shoes. We left with a trad rack. The trip's dimensions had drastically changed. We were geeking out as much as you might think.
Max can sport climb 5.10s pretty reliably and have followed someone climbing trad once.
Danger had bouldering experience and has lead sport a few times. He did not know how to clean a route.
Kirby had never been climbing before.
Yosemite Free Climbs and our invaluable copy of How To Rock Climb by John Long. I cannot recommend John Long's book enough. It has super beta for everyone from beginners to experts. We all read the book cover to cover in the car and were feeling much more confident.
We get to Camp 4 around 5:30AM to get a campsite. Why so early?
We received this dire warning from crazy guy who smelled like fish: "There are thousands of people in the valley man. Ya gotta believe me man there are thousands of people in the valley man." He offered more advice but it's not funny in writing; ask me to do an impression. Anyways he was right and a line to check in had already formed at 5:30AM.
On our first day we organized all of our gear and Danger and I taught Kirby necessary climbing skills (knots, belaying, cleaning, back clipping, hand jamming, etc.). Then we found a 5.4 route called Regular Route. We practiced placing gear and got our multi-pitch tactics down.
Either the route has become overgrown since 2003 when our guidebook was written or we got horribly lost. Oh ya, and Danger was mangled pretty good by an evil shrub. It was getting dark so we decided to rappel down. We realized that we only brought 2 belay devices. Luckily I knew what to do, double rappel.
Now it was time for the big time, the dreaded Munginella (5.6). I did not have much trouble getting up to the first belay tree.
I then belayed Danger and Kirby up to the first belay tree. I then went in the wrong direction and went way off route to the right.
Luckily, someone had recently installed solid bolt that people who went off route could use to pendulum back to where they are supposed to be. At this point I was out of gear so I made my first anchor (4 equalized pieces) and performed my first ever legit hanging belay.
We could see the top-out point so Danger and I decided to leave Kirby at the first belay and proceed without her. I made it to da top thanks to an ancient Friend cam. I belayed Danger up without incident and then Danger belayed up Kirby. Kirby climbed up 2 pitches straight like a superstar. It was neat. She made it to the top just as it got dark.
I cannot overemphasize how awesome Kirby was/is. We left her tied to a tree for at least 2 hours and did not complain once. I highly recommend Kirby. Anyways, the hike down was pretty easy. We went the wrong way once but it was immediately obvious that it was not the trail, even in the dark. I will never forget that day… Oh Dip! I wanna be back there!
Thanks for bein' super awesome adventurin' friends!


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Coronavirus: State lists 261 nursing homes with cases; at least 19 facilities in Riverside County affected
Shane Newell
Palm Springs Desert Sun
COVID-19 infections have been found in at least 19 nursing facilities in Riverside County, according to the California Department of Public Health, which for the first time Saturday released statewide data on such facilities, which have proven to be hotspots for the virus.
The list encompasses a "point in time snapshot'' of 86% of facilities that have reported data within the last 24 hours.
Of the 1,224 nursing homes in the state, there have been 261 with at least one confirmed COVID-19 infection, in either a patient or a health care worker, as of Friday.
As of Saturday, 1,290 staff had tested positive, as well as 1,740 patients, at facilities throughout the state. Together those 3,030 cases represent 10.5% of the state's total number of confirmed cases.
The hardest-hit of the Riverside County facilities on the list is the Extended Care Hospital of Riverside, with a total of 52 confirmed infections.
The following list separates infections between staff members and patients. It is unclear why the state chose "11" as the reporting cutoff number:
Alta Vista Healthcare and Wellness Centre, fewer than 11 patients
Arlington Gardens Care Center, fewer than 11 staff, fewer than 11 patients
Community Care and Rehabilitation Center, fewer than 11 staff, 25 patients
Community Care on Palm, fewer than 11 staff
Cypress Gardens Care Centers, fewer than 11 staff
Desert Regional Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility, fewer than 11 patients
Extended Care Hospital of Riverside, 26 staff, 26 patients
Highland Springs Care Center, fewer than 11 staff, fewer than 11 patients
Indio Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, fewer than 11 patients
Manorcare Health Services-Hemet, fewer than 11 staff; 31 patients
Manorcare Health Services-Palm Desert, fewer than 11 patients
Providence Orange Tree, fewer than 11 staff
Ramona Rehabilitation and Post Acute Care Center, fewer than 11 staff, fewer than 11 patients
Rancho Mirage Health and Rehabilitation Center, fewer than 11 staff, fewer than 11 patients
Riverside Postacute Care, fewer than 11 staff
The Village Healthcare Center, fewer than 11 staff
Valencia Gardens Health Care Center, 12 staff; fewer than 11 patients
Villa Health Care Center, fewer than 11 staff
Vista Pacifica Convalescent Hospital, fewer than 11 staff
One facility not included on the list is Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a facility in Riverside where 50 patients and staff tested positive for the virus.
County authorities evacuated the facility's 83 patients on April 8 after many staff failed to show up for work.
Medical care: California program meets needs for adequate, local medical care amid pandemic
City News Service contributed to this report.
Desert Sun reporter Shane Newell contributed to this report. He covers breaking news and the western Coachella Valley cities of Palm Springs, Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs. He can be reached at shane.newell@desertsun.com, (760) 778-4649 or on Twitter at @journoshane.


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Writedowns see value Solid Energy plummet
by Cameron Slater on October 6, 2013 at 11:00am
Here is a question for you… why does Mark Ford receive a full salary for his role at Watercare as CEO when he also spends time feeding from the government trough for such activities as Solid Energy chair?
Ailing state-owned coal miner Solid?Energy's net value to the taxpayer has plunged from more than half a billion dollars to less than $100 million in three years, its annual result yesterday revealed.
The company reported a $335 million loss as it wrote down the value of mines, alternative energy investments and land to the tune of $215.3 million and incurred $102.2 million in one-off restructuring, redundancy and closure costs.?
Chairman Mark Ford said the write-downs "draw a line under those parts of the business that no longer form part of our future and acknowledge that any future improvement in value will come from our core coal mining activities".
Solid Energy said the writedowns of its assets and other factors had reduced its existing shareholders' equity by $332 million to $91.6 million. Its shareholders' equity in 2011 before investments in alternative fuels failed to fire.
Surely if one is paid a full ticket then all their other revenue sources are by the wayside?
Surely if one is a 'full time employee' they can't devote time to other activities?
Mark Ford must be NZ's most proactive trougher.
Cameron Slater
As much at home writing editorials as being the subject of them, Cam has won awards, including the Canon Media Award for his work on the Len Brown/Bevan Chuang story. When he's not creating the news, he tends to be in it, with protagonists using the courts, media and social media to deliver financial as well as death threats.
They say that news is something that someone, somewhere, wants kept quiet. Cam Slater doesn't do quiet and, as a result, he is a polarising, controversial but highly effective journalist who takes no prisoners.
He is fearless in his pursuit of a story.
Love him or loathe him, you can't ignore him.
To read Cam's previous articles click on his name in blue.
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Born in 1962, Christopher McDougall is an American author and journalist with a penchant for covering the odd or extreme in the world: Frenchmen who work out in coconut trees, fugitive Mexican pop stars, and endurance running.
After graduating from Harvard, McDougall was hired by the Associated Press as their new Lisbon correspondent, despite lacking knowledge of both Portuguese and journalism.
After leaving the AP, McDougall wrote for a wide variety of publications, including Men's Health and New York Times Magazine. In their pages, he covered a wide breadth of subjects, from why America hasn't been hit by another terrorist attack since September 11 to "physiological oddities" like the health benefits of old lumberjack saws or the Tarahumara tribe of near superhuman ultrarunners.
First published in 2009, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen became a New York Times bestseller, staying on the list for over four months and selling over 219,000 hardcover copies in its first year. A movie version of the book is reportedly in the works, to be written and directed by Peter Sarsgaard.
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We've put together a detailed training regimen with exercise sequences, YouTube instructional videos, running app recommendations, discussion forums, blogs, groups and everything to get you up and barefooting.
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We wrote this so others don't rush into barefooting and suffer injuries like we did. Take a moment (or the rest of your life) and benefit from our experiences and research.
If you are a beginner and you have made the lofty decision to train to run a marathon, then this is the guide for you. Are you a beginner? For this guide, if you cannot yet run for 30 minutes straight, you are a beginner. If you cannot run 30 minutes or cannot run for just 10 minutes, don't worry, you will get there soon. This guide will also be helpful for people who are in shape but do not run. For instance, if you have been doing martial arts for years, consider yourself physically fit, and do not run, you can still benefit from this guide.
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William H. Gray III
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William Herbert Gray III (August 20, 1941 – July 1, 2013) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1979 to 1991. He also served as chairman of the House Committee on the Budget from 1985 to 1989 and House Majority Whip from 1989 to 1991. He resigned from Congress in September of that year to become president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund, a position he held until 2004.
House Majority Whip
Tom Foley
Tony Coelho
David Bonior
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
January 3, 1989 – June 15, 1989
Dick Gephardt
Chair of the House Budget Committee
James R. Jones
from Pennsylvania's 2nd district
January 3, 1979 – September 11, 1991
Robert N. C. Nix Sr.
Lucien E. Blackwell
William Herbert Gray III
(1941-08-20)August 20, 1941
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
July 1, 2013(2013-07-01) (aged 71)
Franklin & Marshall College (BA)
Drew University (MDiv)
Princeton Theological Seminary (ThM)
As an African American, he was the fourth-highest-ranking member of the House at the time of his resignation and a minister in Philadelphia. He was co-founder of the government lobbying and advisory firm, Gray Loeffler LLC, headquartered in Washington D.C.[1]
Gray was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but grew up in St. Augustine, Florida, where his father was president of Florida Normal and Industrial Institute (later renamed Florida Memorial University), and later in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he graduated from Simon Gratz High School. He attended Franklin & Marshall College, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1963. He went on to obtain a master's in divinity from Drew Theological Seminary in 1966 and a master's in theology from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1970. Gray received a L.H.D. from Bates College in 1994.
In 1972, Gray succeeded his father as the senior minister at Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Philadelphia in the United States House of Representatives in 1978. He represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1978 until his resignation on September 11, 1991. He was the first African-American to chair the House Budget Committee and also the first to serve as the Majority Whip (1989–1991). As chairman of the Committee on Budget, Gray introduced H.R. 1460, an anti-Apartheid bill that prohibited loans and new investment in South Africa and enforced sanctions on imports and exports with South Africa. This bill was an instrumental precursor to the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 (H.R. 4868).
Portrait of Gray in the Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
Gray resigned unexpectedly from Congress in 1991 to serve as president of the United Negro College Fund from 1991 to 2004. The move was considered surprising and prompted speculation that it may have been connected with an investigation into alleged campaign finance violations by the Gray team. A Pennsylvania Senate seat had been left vacant when Senator John Heinz was killed in a plane crash. Major-party candidates were chosen by the party committees because it was too late for a primary. The speculation was that Attorney General Dick Thornburgh struck a deal with Gray, who not only had been the subject of an investigation into campaign finance irregularities but also a grand jury investigation into his church's financial dealings. It was reported that Gray agreed not run in the special election and in return Thornburgh would drop the investigations. Thornburgh resigned as Attorney General and went on to run himself, but lost in an upset to Democrat Harris Wofford.[2][3][4][5][6] Gray did not run. He resigned from Congress two months earlier, in order to take the job as President of the United Negro College Fund and the Justice Department never brought charges against him.
Gray served as a special adviser to the President and Secretary of State for Haitian affairs in 1994. He was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Top Political Activists."[7]
Outside politics he was also a businessman who has been a director at Dell from 2000. Gray was a director of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Prudential Financial Inc., Rockwell International Corporation, Visteon Corporation and Pfizer. He retired from Bright Hope Baptist Church in 2007 and was succeeded by Kevin R. Johnson.
Gray was married to the former Andrea Dash; they have three sons, William IV, Justin and Andrew. Gray was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Gray died on July 1, 2013, in London, while attending the Wimbledon tennis tournament with his son Andrew. Gray's death came suddenly and no cause of death has been given. He was 71.[8]
In 1997 he received the Four Freedom Award for the Freedom of Worship.[9]
In 2014 President Barack Obama signed U.S. House resolution 4838 directing Amtrak to rename Philadelphia's 30th Street Station to William H. Gray III 30th Street Station.[10]
List of African-American United States Representatives
^ .William Gray's Profile on Forbes.com
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^ "Why Would Gray Resign? Several Ideas Are Floated - philly-archives". articles.philly.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
^ "Thornburgh Aide Linked to Gray Leak : Congress: A Justice Department probe says the chief spokesman and an ex-FBI official confirmed a damaging report on House Democratic leader. - latimes". articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
^ "Editorials & Opinion | The Conniving Ways Of Dick Thornburgh | Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
^ Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. United States Congress. p. 494. ISBN 9780160801945. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
^ "Pennsylvania's Top Political Activists". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-11-13.
^ "Former Congressman William Gray dies". UPI. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
^ https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4838/text
United States Congress. "William H. Gray III (id: G000402)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Bio with picture from the National Council of Churches
William Gray - Forbes Profile
Dell Profile
Pew foster care
Robert N. C. Nix Sr. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
James R. Jones Chair of the House Budget Committee
Tony Coelho House Majority Whip
Les AuCoin, Joe Biden, Bill Bradley, Robert Byrd, Tom Daschle, Bill Hefner, Barbara B. Kennelly, George Miller, Tip O'Neill, Paul Tsongas, Tim Wirth Response to the State of the Union address
Served alongside: Max Baucus, Joe Biden, David L. Boren, Barbara Boxer, Robert Byrd, Dante Fascell, Tom Harkin, Dee Huddleston, Carl Levin, Tip O'Neill, Claiborne Pell Succeeded by
Tip O'Neill
Tip O'Neill Response to the State of the Union address
Served alongside: Tom Daschle, George Mitchell, Chuck Robb, Harriet Woods Succeeded by
Dick Gephardt Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
Tony Coelho House Democratic Whip
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