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Tempurpedic Vs Dreamcloud
After years of travel for work and leisure, and sharing rooms with colleagues and friends, I've discovered that even preferences in beds come down to a matter of taste. In this case, taste relies hugely on quality of sleep. So in searching for the bed that's right for you, it can't be as simple as taking just anyone's word on which ones are good and which ones are not. You'll have to consider your size, your weight, your body type, what position you sleep in, and whether you share a bed with a partner, a child, a pet, or laundry.
I've rounded up three of the more affordable but highly rated mattresses which are currently on the market. In my opinion, the DreamCloud defeats them in convenience, luxury, and comfort; though I reiterate the value of personal preference.
I'll begin by describing the DreamCloud, then detail its similarities and differences with 3 other brands afterward.
DreamCloud Description Tempurpedic Vs Dreamcloud
The DreamCloud is one of the first beds-in-boxes, compressed and delivered to your doorstep. It's a 15-inch hybrid mattress, with 5 layers of combination memory coils and materials. Its Euro Top cover is a blend of cashmere and polyester, quilted and reinforced at the edges, giving the bed a comfortable, seamless, and lavish quality. The gel swirl in its own memory foam provides a cooling sensation, even as your body sinks into the top layer. The memory technology offers pressure relief by contouring to the parts of the body which protrude into the mattress, particularly the shoulders and hips. The poly foam underneath it acts as the supporting layer, allowing more stability and adequate spinal alignment. Its second layer is 8 inches of coils that provide a bouncy response to touch, increasing mobility for repositioning the body on the surface. The coils are individually wrapped, permitting independent movement. This greatly reduces motion transfer, or the disturbance of separate regions of the bed. At the very bottom is a firm foam that serves as a sturdy foundation for the entire mattress.
DreamCloud Vs Saatva
Both the DreamCloud and Saatva are hybrid mattresses which are extremely similar in features, but differ in subtle ways. For starters, Saatva, though also available online, isn't a bed in a box, and isn't compressed when delivered. They have coils and memory materials in their makeup, but their ratios and assembly create some variance.
Composition Tempurpedic Vs Dreamcloud
The Saatva is also a hybrid , with a blend of foams and coils. They have 2 variants: an 11.5-inch plus a 14.5-inch mattress; but for the purpose of juxtaposition with the DreamCloud, I will explain the latter, which is a approximate.
Its anti-bacterial, cotton Euro Top covers a mixture of memory substances and wires, to promote lumbar support and spinal alignment. The next 4 inches of the mattress is constructed of foam-wrapped coils, which compress or spring back based on the pressure exerted. An extra layer of steel coils make up another 7 inches, further stabilizing the upper layers and encouraging durability. All edges of the mattress are reinforced by a foam, to improve edge support throughout the sleep surface.
The biggest differences of the Saatva mattress are the total height of its coils, as well as the foam perimeter. Their firmness is comparable, with DreamCloud allowing a little more sinkage to its Euro Top and memory layers, and Saatva in a slightly firmer medium.
Both have responsive materials that give very good mobility to shifting sleepers. However, if we take note of their composition, bear in mind that Saatva has more coil and less foam. The DreamCloud's thicker foam layers can suck up more energy, and may therefore muffle individual movements better. This is an important consideration for light sleepers, and the ones that share beds. Saatva's advantage lies in its solid perimeter support, maximizing every bit of the mattress, with no falling at the sides.
Pricing and Perks
Saatva's costs are at least $100 cheaper, from their Twin to Queen sizes; but even out with DreamCloud for its King and California Kings. They range between from $799-$1599, with DreamCloud offering discounts on their website more frequently.
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Key Takeaways Tempurpedic Vs Dreamcloud
The DreamCloud has a more luxurious feel, thanks to its lavish, cashmere blend Euro Top, and upper memory layers. The gel-infused memory technology lets you sleep cooler through the evening. The combination of foam gives it more sinkage, which is excellent for side and back sleepers; the latter is granted excellent pressure relief for shoulders and hips. It has a perfect balance of comfort and support, and fantastic reduction of movement for co-sleepers.
Saatva is a firmer medium mattress, and naturally boasts of better lumbar alignment. Its firmness is also good for people who sleep on their stomachs, as the top keeps you on the bed without stifling your face. Its edge support, as a result of its all-foam perimeter, has better stability. This is good for people who use their beds to double as sitting spaces, or tend to dangle over the sides when sleeping.
DreamCloud Vs Nectar
Contrary to DreamCloud, Nectar is a multi-layer, all-foam mattress. Its design includes several types of foam to serve an assortment of functions. At 11 inches tall, its base layer is its thickest element, made of 6 inches of firm but breathable foam. Above that is 3 inches of an adaptive memory foam, made for contouring to the sleeper's body and relieving pressure from certain points. An inch of what Nectar describes as "semi-open lush foam" is sandwiched between the latter and the top layer, made of a quilted gel memory foam. The mattress is encased in long-staple cotton and Tencel fabric, which are light and airy materials.
Based on the disparity of their composition, you'd expect quite distinctive features from each mattress. However, that's not the case with those two. Both have been categorized as medium firm, with Nectar being only a notch firmer; despite that, they both have a reasonable amount of sinkage and pressure relief.
The main distinction is DreamCloud's amount of bounce, giving sleepers more freedom when repositioning. This is thanks to the existence of coils, which is absent from Nectar. Having said that, Nectar's product gives its sleepers a deeper hug as the range of foams contour to their bodies. This same quality translates to slightly superior motion isolation, attributable to the pure foam design.
Prices and Perks
Almost all of Nectar's prices are nearly half DreamCloud's, save for the King and California King, whose costs continue to be a good $500 cheaper. This may be due to the quantity and quality of materials used. Recall that the Nectar is only 11 inches tall, while the DreamCloud is a full 4 inches taller. What you do not pay for in Nectar's mattress is the feel of DreamCloud's plush cashmere blend, which really sets it apart as an affordable luxury bed.
Off the bat, you can make a choice based on whether you enjoy the feeling of being "in" the bed or "on" the mattress. Sleepers who prefer to sleep tight and cozy in their beds would love Nectar's foams, while those who want a milder cradle, whilst keeping to the surface should choose the DreamCloud. Those who sleep in a combination of positions during the night may also benefit more from DreamCloud's responsive materials. Both dissipate heat, thanks to their gel parts, so hot sleepers will enjoy the breathability of both mattresses as well.
DreamCloud VS Casper Tempurpedic Vs Dreamcloud
Much like the Nectar, Casper is an all-foam mattress. At only 10 inches, Casper is made of 4 inches of a assorted array of foams. The 1st 3 layers are equally 1.5 inches thick. Its top layer is a bouncy, perforated poly foam which they refer to as "open cell," which increases breathability. The next layer has the memory material that offers compression and pressure relief. The bottom 2 layers are poly foams of increasing density toward the bottom, giving the mattress a foundation and stability.
Though made of different materials and assembled quite differently, both have a medium firm feel, with Casper on the firmer end of this scale. It follows that Casper gives a feels more supportive when lying on the trunk, but the DreamCloud gives better pressure relief for both back and side sleepers.
Though both mattresses are elastic, the DreamCloud especially returns to its shape quicker than Casper. This exact same characteristic, with the inclusion of DreamCloud's coils, make it easier for combination sleepers to move about at night. Despite Casper's design for a breathable top foam, DreamCloud wicks the heat better, which may be attributed to its gel cooling technologies.
Casper's prices range from $595-$1295, while DreamCloud starts at $899 for the Twin and up to $1599 for the California King. Casper has a free trial of 100 days, while DreamCloud grants a full 365 days. Respectively, the former offers a 10-year warranty, while the latter promises a life.
DreamCloud is the obvious winner between these two, in terms of luxury and comfort. However, their cost gap is also notable, so based upon your budget, Casper's not a bad alternative.
Recommendations Tempurpedic Vs Dreamcloud
Purchasing a mattress isn't something which should be done on a whim; it's a very important decision. There are loads of things to consider, and most important are your personal preferences and requirements. In fact, a long and healthy life depends on it. The amount of money that goes into those is no small object either, so review and discern before making a decision. You will sleep better at night.


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News and Trends / MacBook, iPad Offspring: The New MacBook Air
MacBook, iPad Offspring: The New MacBook Air
By Reuters | Print
In introducing the new MacBook Air, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said: "We asked ourselves what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up? Well, this is the result."
CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct 20 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the thinnest, lightest Mac laptop yet, fusing features from its popular iPhone and iPad with its traditional line of personal computers.
Apple, whose computers have taken market share from PCs based on Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows, will bring a version of its mobile applications store to the Mac, aiming to replicate its success and spur development of new programs.
Loading up Macs with iPad features may help Apple stave off investors' fears that sales will begin bleeding over to the tablet, which has stirred up astonishing demand.
The new MacBook Air -- introduced on Wednesday with Jobs' signature "one last thing" set-up -- is designed to reproduce the versatility of popular devices such as the iPhone and iPad, and will incorporate FaceTime video chats, which Apple is bringing to all its Macs.
Utilizing flash storage like the iPad rather than hard drives like conventional computers, it can power up almost instantly from standby mode and store data twice as quickly as a standard hard drive. But it sacrifices processing power compared with Apple's other laptops.
"We asked ourselves what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up? Well, this is the result," Jobs said at a media event in Cupertino, California, calling the Air the "future of notebooks."
It starts at $999 for an 11.6-inch model, weighs as little as 2.3 pounds (1 kg), and measures 0.11 inches (0.3 cm) at its thinnest to 0.68 inches (1.7 cm) at the rear.
"They're basically merging the product lines; they're simplifying it," said Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu. "They're taking the strengths out of what they've learned on the iPhone and iPad and bringing that technology over to the Mac side. It makes a lot of sense."

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


In short, what is to be known is little and what is to be trusted is nothing.
The least of kyn castes are the Churls, the undistinguished rabble of the lowest rank of Dremora. Churls are obsequious to superiors but ferociously cruel to humans and other Daedra.
The highest of the regular rank-and-file of Dremora troops are the Kynvals, warrior-knights who have distinguished themselves in battle, and shown the deliberate steadiness of potential war leaders.
I did note, however, that when Divayth Fyr sought a Daedra of a character like unto the Dremora, but of greater power, and greater inclination for independence and initiative, or solely as a master, he summoned Xivilai, who are like the Dremora in personality and temperament, except that they hate subordination, and are liable to disloyalty and betrayal when they feel they have not been treated with the proper deference and respect.
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Q: Passport js always shows Unauthorized I am new to nodejs(v4.5) & express(v4) and i am trying to create login with passport js(local) . i tried a lot but i always get 401 error. I also checked forums but could not find the solution.
Express-session is v1.5.
This is my code:
app.js
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var session      = require('express-session');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var passport = require('passport');
var flash    = require('connect-flash');

var base = require('./base');
var app = express();

// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

require('./config/passport')(passport);

// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

app.use(session({
    secret: 'vidyapathaisalwaysrunning',
    resave: false,
    saveUninitialized: true
 } ));
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session()); // persistent login sessions
app.use(flash());

app.use(function (req, res, next) {
    req.rooturl = req.protocol + '://' + req.get('host')  + '/';
    next();
});

require('./routes/admin')(app, passport);
// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  var err = new Error('Not Found');
  err.status = 404;
  next(err);
});

// error handlers

// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
  app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
    res.status(err.status || 500);
    res.render('error', {
      message: err.message,
      error: err
    });
  });
}

// production error handler
// no stacktraces leaked to user
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
  res.status(err.status || 500);
  res.render('error', {
    message: err.message,
    error: {}
  });
});

module.exports = app;

db.js
var mysql   = require('mysql');
var sqlConnection = function sqlConnection(sql, values, next) {
    if (arguments.length === 2) {
        next = values;
        values = null;
    }

    var connection = mysql.createConnection({
    host     : 'localhost',
    user     : 'root',
    password : '',
    port: 3306,
    database : 'test'
  });

    connection.connect(function(err) {
        if (err !== null) {
            console.log("[MYSQL] Error connecting to mysql:" + err+'\n');
        }
    });

    connection.query(sql, values, function(err) {
        connection.end();
        if (err) {
            throw err;
        }
        // Execute the callback
        next.apply(this, arguments);
    });
}

module.exports = sqlConnection;

admin.js
var db = require('../config/db');
module.exports = function(app, passport){
  app.get('/admin', function(req, res) {
    res.render('login/admin', {
        rooturl: req.rooturl,
        title: 'Crud'
    });
  });

  app.post('/admin', passport.authenticate('local-login'), function(req, res) {
      res.json('5');
  });
};

admin.ejs
$('#login').validate({
        submitHandler: function(form){
            var data  = $(form).serialize();
            $.ajax({
                type:'post',
                url: document.url,
                //data: new FormData(form),
                data: data,
                processData: false,
                cache: false,
                success: function(d){
                    alert(JSON.stringify(d));
                }
            });
            return false;
        }
    });

passport.js
var LocalStrategy   = require('passport-localapikey').Strategy;
var db = require('./db');

module.exports = function(passport) {
   // console.log('5');
    passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {
        console.log('4');
        done(null, user.id);
    });
    passport.deserializeUser(function(id, done) {
        db("SELECT * FROM user WHERE id = ? ",[id], function(err, rows){
            console.log('6');
            done(err, rows[0]);
        });
    });
    passport.use('local-login',
        new LocalStrategy({
            usernameField : 'email',
            passwordField : 'password',
            passReqToCallback : true
        },
        function(req, username, password, done) {
            console.log(username);
            db("SELECT * FROM user WHERE email = ? and password = ?",[username, password], function(err, rows){
                console.log('2');
                if (err)
                    return done(err);
                if (!rows.length) {
                    return done(null, false, req.flash('loginMessage', 'No user found.'));
                }

                if(password != rows[0].password){
                    return done(null, false, req.flash('loginMessage', 'Oops! Wrong password.'));
                }
                return done(null, rows[0]);
            });
        })
    );
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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namespace Microsoft.JScript {

    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Reflection;
    using System.Reflection.Emit;

    internal sealed class For : AST{
      internal AST initializer;
      internal AST condition;
      internal AST incrementer;
      internal AST body;
      private Completion completion;

      internal For(Context context, AST initializer, AST condition, AST incrementer, AST body)
        : base(context) {
        this.initializer = initializer;
        this.condition = condition;
        this.incrementer = incrementer;
        this.body = body;
        this.completion = new Completion();
      }

      // no debug info for the for statement iteself
      internal override Object Evaluate(){
        this.completion.Continue = 0;
        this.completion.Exit = 0;
        this.completion.value = null;
        this.initializer.Evaluate();
        while (Convert.ToBoolean(this.condition.Evaluate()) == true){
          Completion c = (Completion)this.body.Evaluate();
          if (c.value != null)
            this.completion.value = c.value;
          if (c.Continue > 1){
            this.completion.Continue = c.Continue - 1;
            break;
          }
          if (c.Exit > 0){
            this.completion.Exit = c.Exit - 1;
            break;
          }
          if (c.Return)
            return c;
          this.incrementer.Evaluate();
        }
        return this.completion;
      }

      internal override AST PartiallyEvaluate(){
        this.initializer = this.initializer.PartiallyEvaluate();
        ScriptObject current_scope = Globals.ScopeStack.Peek();
        while (current_scope is WithObject) current_scope = current_scope.GetParent();
        if (current_scope is FunctionScope){
          FunctionScope scope = (FunctionScope)current_scope;
          BitArray before = scope.DefinedFlags;
          this.condition = this.condition.PartiallyEvaluate();
          //Do not need to clear the defined flags because the condition is always completely executed if the body is reached.
          this.body = this.body.PartiallyEvaluate();
          scope.DefinedFlags = before;
          this.incrementer = this.incrementer.PartiallyEvaluate();
          scope.DefinedFlags = before;
        }else{
          this.condition = this.condition.PartiallyEvaluate();
          this.body = this.body.PartiallyEvaluate();
          this.incrementer = this.incrementer.PartiallyEvaluate();
        }
        IReflect conditiontype = this.condition.InferType(null);
        if (conditiontype is FunctionPrototype || conditiontype == Typeob.ScriptFunction)
          this.context.HandleError(JSError.SuspectLoopCondition);
        return this;
      }

      internal override void TranslateToIL(ILGenerator il, Type rtype){
        //This assumes that rtype == Void.class
        Label body_start = il.DefineLabel();
        Label continue_lab = il.DefineLabel();
        Label first_time = il.DefineLabel();
        Label loop_end = il.DefineLabel();
        bool noCondition = false;
        compilerGlobals.BreakLabelStack.Push(loop_end);
        compilerGlobals.ContinueLabelStack.Push(continue_lab);
        if (!(this.initializer is EmptyLiteral)){
          this.initializer.context.EmitLineInfo(il);
          this.initializer.TranslateToIL(il, Typeob.Void);
        }
        il.MarkLabel(body_start);
        if (!(this.condition is ConstantWrapper) || !(this.condition.Evaluate() is bool) || !((bool)this.condition.Evaluate())){
          this.condition.context.EmitLineInfo(il);
          this.condition.TranslateToConditionalBranch(il, false, loop_end, false);
        }else
          if (this.condition.context.StartPosition + 1 == this.condition.context.EndPosition)
            // the for does not have a condition specified. If there is no increment as well emit debug info for the whole for
            noCondition = true;
        this.body.TranslateToIL(il, Typeob.Void);
        il.MarkLabel(continue_lab);
        if (!(this.incrementer is EmptyLiteral)){
          this.incrementer.context.EmitLineInfo(il);
          this.incrementer.TranslateToIL(il, Typeob.Void);
        }else if (noCondition){
          this.context.EmitLineInfo(il);
        }
        il.Emit(OpCodes.Br, body_start);
        il.MarkLabel(loop_end);
        compilerGlobals.BreakLabelStack.Pop();
        compilerGlobals.ContinueLabelStack.Pop();
      }

      internal override void TranslateToILInitializer(ILGenerator il){
        this.initializer.TranslateToILInitializer(il);
        this.condition.TranslateToILInitializer(il);
        this.incrementer.TranslateToILInitializer(il);
        this.body.TranslateToILInitializer(il);
      }
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Railway the only mode of transport reducing carbon emissions
Railway is a crucial part of the European Union environmentally-friendly policy. Year by year, the sector is gradually moving towards carbon neutrality by reducing its emissions. To unlock the full potential of railways, there is much work to do for both EU authorities and the Member States. Such opinion was expressed by CER Executive Director Libor Lochman at the online RailTech Infra Forum 2020.
"The European Green Deal is a collection of various components that are giving the push for the European economy to be environmentally-friendly and carbon neutral. There are, of course, elements that are essential for railways. The commitment to the decarbonisation is the principal key approach applicable to the mobility where the railway could be a solution. It is the only mode of transport, unlike all the others, that is reducing carbon emissions on a yearly basis," Libor Lochman, Executive Director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), said in his speech at the RailTech Infra Forum 2020 on Wednesday, 16 June.
Set of goals
The mentioned potential of the railway is not enough. A set of goals is required to be implemented in order to achieve full decarbonisation by 2050. That's why the EU Commission is developing the 'Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy for Europe' that will be unveiled this year. It will be in line with the Green Deal and will define a much greater role for railways. The next point is the creation of conditions to develop recharging infrastructure for the rolling stock powered from the alternative sources (batteries and hydrogen).
Libor Lochman, CER Executive Director, source: International Transport Forum / OECD
"At the first place, we should see the changed regulation regarding the alternative fuel infrastructure. There is a need to complete the directive that will provide a much better boost for the new alternative resources and renewables. We should also see the possibilities to enhance the investments into the recharging points for the alternative fuels," Mr Lochman noted. Moreover, there could be implemented a range of initiatives for increasing the capacity of railways, stimulating the combined transport, improving the TEN-T regulation and more stringent standardisation of the combustion vehicles. "Obviously, the increase of capacity is an essential element, we will not be able to do this without digitalisation of infrastructure and services to that," the CER Executive Director added.
CER's input to Green Deal
CER, as the association representing the majority of rail business in Europe, has already proposed several key points to achieve the above-mentioned goals. The first point is an action plan for rail freight. The second item is related to standardisation and interoperability. "We will definitely need to improve cross-border interoperability. We need to have a single loading gauge, we need to enable longer trains, at least at a length of 740 metres, and we need to have an axle load of 22.5 tonnes," Libor Lochman specified.
Two other points are dealt with road transport. On one side, there is a strong demand to improve connectivity between railways and roads, while, on the other side, both sectors should have equal opportunities. To this end, CER has been insisting on reviewing the Eurovignette Directive and introduction of tolling and external-cost charging on all major roads. Libor Lochman once more recalled for this and stressed the necessity to implement the polluter-pays and user-pays principles. The two last points refer to the financial side including the increase of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) budget and facilitation of private investments in rail projects. "This is what we have to continue doing," Mr Lochman summarised.
'Level playing field across the modes is vital for European Green Deal'
CER: European Green Deal will foster railways
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Tags: battery-powered train, CEF, CO2 emissions, Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), European Commission, European Green Deal, hydrogen-powered train, innovation, investment, modal shift, rail digitalisation, rail freight, RailTech Infra Forum 2020
Major punctuality drop long-distance trains Deutsche Bahn
'Long distance passenger and cross-border freight equally important'


Over the years that followed this unforgettable clairaudience experience, the only name that came close to match Kate Brian was Byron Katie who is sometimes referred to as Kate Byron. I did ponder if I was supposed to connect with her work as it identifies and questions the thoughts that cause anger, fear, depression, addiction and violence in the world. This is closely related to my work as a Life Alignment practitioner and teacher; but I didn't get a strong urge to check it out further.
During the latter part of 2012 I was working on my computer preparing for a forthcoming trip to Australia to visit my children and run a couple of workshops in Perth and Sydney. An email came in from a meet – up group that I had joined in Perth and that is when I first came across the name Kate Brain who was a member. It caught my attention immediately so I contacted Kate via email requesting that we connect. At this early stage I didn't give much information except that I felt I had been guided to contact her.
A couple of days later I had a response which included a link to Kate's website. I was quite intrigued by this synchronistic connection because I found out that Kate Brain is a facilitator for the work of Dr John Demartini, well known author and one of the world's leading authorities on human behaviour and personal development.
I attended his Breakthrough workshop in Durban and have a photo of us both on my website. Now I knew that there was a common interest between us I felt more comfortable to divulge a little more about my experience. I wondered if I would get to meet Kate?
The synchronistic timing of events that led up to our meeting were nothing short of a miracle.
Amazingly Kate and I were running workshops in Perth at the same time, but it looked virtually impossible that we would be able to meet. Kate was arriving in Perth just in time for her workshop and she planned on leaving directly afterwards. I was arriving from South Africa two days before her workshop, so if we were going to meet it had to be the day after my arrival.
I took a chance and gave her a call the day after I arrived. I told her about my whole clairaudience experience wondering if she would think I was potty. Kate's response was mind blowing!
'Where exactly do you live Christine', she enquired? I described where I lived at the time of having the experience and Kate replied, 'well I grew up in that area with my family in a house on a sugar cane farm right there'. The man's voice that you heard was most probably the house keeper that we employed. We were very fond of him as he used to play with us as children. I remember he used to push us around in the wheel barrow. In fact he was considered the man of the house as my father was away a lot on business and my mother relied on him for everything that had to be fixed in the house. My mother was very upset that he couldn't come to Australia with us.
Kate continued, 'I felt drawn to see a psychic two weeks before you made contact with me'. The psychic told me that our faithful and loved house keeper had been brutally murdered but I don't know when. I couldn't do any police investigations, as a child I only knew him by his nick name, which we gave him as a term of endearment. I asked her for his nick name and checked through dowsing with my pendulum, whilst she was talking to me. 'Is this the man that had spoken to me that night?' My pendulum confirmed a strong yes!
So at long last this is the Kate I was supposed to meet. For Kate my story didn't seem strange at all as she had been prepared for a deeper understanding through the psychic. Was this all engineered 6 years prior? Why did he want us to meet? What was the higher purpose?
Both of us were excited to meet for coffee the next afternoon in a lovely little town called Subiaco to discover more.


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military power in the world. >> guest: yes. >> host: at the same time you say there's a need for increased spending on defense. you worry in the book that the administration and others have not put enough money into defense money. you tell funny story about a guy with a sign that says more than half of the u.s. budget goes to defense. but when you break it down actually you conclude money spent by the chinese and the like, the chinese are out spending. ohs are trying diminish our lead in terms of military money. >> guest: of course. you can understand the settlement of other nations they like to get stronger, you're not going to try to dissuade the chinese from saying they are going build their military. we have to make an honest assessment of the threats that exist in the world and the missions that the military might be called upon to carry out. our military has a far boder array of responsibility and missions than a nation like china or russia or other nations in the world.
and to protect ourselves to protect our seedlings to respond to humid tear crisis and have a missile defense and list goes on and on in various challenges our military has. in my view, requires an annual budget of 4 percent of gdp. right now we're 3.8% of our gdp. total spending is about 20% of the gdp. we're saying the defense budget ought to be 20%. there are a lot of percentage. i apologize for taking that course. i think sometimes we say, gosh, we're spending so much more than any other nation in the world. why should we be sp spending any more on the military? they spend far less than we do. as you go behind the numbers and find they don't report all of their military spending and their cost, for instance, of standing up an army they have con sings, not a paid voluntary arm army.
american workers at a disadvantage. they instead make an adjustment and changes for the entire planet. that's why the president's cap-and-trade plan, which would only end up effecting americans and american employers would end up with let's say the largest emitters, the largest user of energy would say why build a new factory in america? why keep a factory in america going when i'm going to have pay for more excessive prices for energy in this country. why not go to other nations like brazil, indonesia, china, india, that don't have the cap-and-trade costs, and therefore i can be more effective and more cost effective. >> host: what about american leadership. there were america acts as a role model? >> guest: well, if the role model causes the largest emitters in the world, which are china and other developing nations to simply smile and say, boy they made our life easier. america is cutting their growing their emissions like crazy.
we haven't helped the world. that's not kind ever leadership i think the world needs. what america can do is pursue, a course which in my view has perhaps even more compelling reason to pursue it, that is to pursue a course of energy independents and the course that would allow us to become energy independent has as a biproduct and important biproducts production of greenhouse georgias. to become energy dependent we need to use less gas. it's a we need more nuclear power plants. that's a nonemitter of co2. we have ways of making america a far more -- a far more leader role in the world without at the same time putting ourselves at the competitive disadvantage with nations that, you know, are competing for the very jobs that our workers want. >> host: getting back to the idea of soft power.
jihaddism. which trace the roots to a number of intellectual scholars who believe the role of the coran as they read is it an aggressive militaristic conquering approach which the great majority of muslims, in my view, do not accept but that narrow group is, of course, lead by names like osama bin laden, and they seek to draw support from muslim youth and other muslims. most people reject that. you look at the place like afghanistan, my guess is the great majority of people there would be delighted if they never saw al qaeda or for that matter the taliban again. but none the less, that threology does exist and it is theology which looks at us as somehow being evil. it is a theology that says everything is america is wrong and is a threat to them.
they see, for instance, that democracy itself is crazy. their view is that the law should come from god and that the idea that individuals will create their own law from democratic process is in their view, a form of blasphemy. almost everything we do from their perspective is contrary to their view of how a god wants things to be, and as a result, they take a very violent means to try and overthrow the modern movement within the muslim world. i think our way gourd in the muslim world is support modern voice voices and moderate voices among -- muslim and help them reject the violent, extreme ideology. >> host: why don't you think those governments are doing themselves? >> guest: many are. and some others can use some help. the philippine government, for instance, was dealing with a al qaeda-like movement. they were finding it difficult.
in the construction business. my dad worked as a laborer putting up plaster. i think it was the precursor of wall board. my dad never put enough time and money together to complete college. he went on to have a successful career and politics. >> he did run for president? >> guest: yes. how can someone born in mexico? they studied it for some length in 1986 and the constitution says, if my memory hold that a president must be a natural born citizens. now he was not naturalized by i haveture of the fact that the parents were u.s. citizens. he was a natural-born citizens and therefore can become the united states president. in the same way let's say a service man and woman are living abroad and they had the child abroad. the child could not be prevented from becoming a president. the schield would become a u.s.
was trading at over $90. i'm proud of the fact he was able to turn the company around, shore up the financial base, get the products out people wanted. that allowed him to obviously save a lot of jobs, create a successful enterprise but i'm afraid the rambler that he championed is now gone. jeep is still around. but new and different than what he was running the enterprise. >> one of the interesting things about this is right in the start of the book when you say when you dad ran for president he characterized the as being a miniskirt. you say your campaign..
effective as he could have been in helping us get out of distress. he has, frankly, scared the heck of the private sector. when you say you're going to raise taxes next year, the stairs new investors. you say we're going to have campaign trade, and tens of energy, that is going to cause you to pull back. when you say we're going to have carjacking and take away from the american worker the right to vote, that scares away workers, but employers. and trillion dollar deficits, obviously frightening the financial sector and anyone who needs money to grow and thrive. so it has been a policy which has not been as effective as it could have been. but longer term the foundations of our economic vitality relate to the entrepreneurialism of america, the educational base of our country, the family formation and the investment that parents making children, our energy independence, all these things come together to form the basis of our economic vitality. and those foundations are very much in distress right now.
care system like this socialized medicine systems that exist in europe. the president may as well for all i know. that, in my view, would be very detrimental way for a health care system to move. so, you know, not going to step away from the fact that i think their is a great effort to try and socialize the medical system in this country. i think with a very serious implication for our economic future and for our well-being, from a health standpoint. >> host: at the end of the book you wrap up by talking about a new commitment to citizenship among americans, and you suggest that we find common cause and do less of the special-interest politics. you talk about an optimism that you believe is part of the american character, hard work, deep religious faith and the like. you must be aware that when people are asked by political pollsters if you think the country is on the right or wrong track, it is up 60, 70, 80 percent who say we are set headed in the wrong direction. >> guest: i think they're absolutely right.
at think we ought to give it to 100 percent. that is what this book is saying. washington politicians have put us on our road to decline. they're taking america in the wrong direction. this massive growth of government, this inability to deal with energy, the failure of our schools, the failure of our immigration system to welcome the best and brightest and in a better start country and, instead, open borders to those who are helping, all of these elements together are imperiling our future to my but optimism flows from the fact that the american people when confronted with the truth to the right thing. i think you're seeing that happen. the reason that tea party ears are gathering in expressing their views because they say, we have been the silent majority too long. that is a movement which gives me some encouragement. people are paying attention and recognize that the consequences of continuing down this washington driven past are not good for the country.


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Start School Later: New Study Shows That More Sunlight Before Classes Improve...
Start School Later: New Study Shows That More Sunlight Before Classes Improves Test Scores
By David Cantor
Score one to circadian rhythm. A new study published in the Journal of Human Resources (paywall) by researchers from Northwestern University found that exposure to more sunlight before school raised math and reading scores by 0.08 and 0.06 respectively.
The authors focused on the Eastern/Central time zone boundary on the Florida panhandle. They found that students who lived in the Eastern time zone got less sunlight before school and more later in the day, which pushed their sleep cycles later. Students in the Central time zone were exposed to more sunlight before school and less after.
When students in the Central time zone moved into the Eastern zone, the researchers found that having less sunlight was associated with poorer performance, especially in math.
Moving start times one hour later "relative to sunrise" boosted test scores, especially among adolescents, who need more sleep. Girls benefited at an earlier age because they enter puberty earlier, the authors said. Currently, teens in the East suffer a "double hit," lead author Jennifer Heissel said in an interview on the website of Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy: They get little sunlight in the morning and their body wants to stay awake later.
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Heissel also suggested moving start times an hour earlier for younger children, who go to bed earlier.
"One of the most compelling parts of the research is that the sleep changes are driven by puberty and not necessarily a behavioral effect," Heissel said on the Northwestern website. "That makes it harder for people to say a child should just get to bed earlier. It's harder to do that when your body is telling you to do something different."
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Самира Махмальбаф (, Sämira Mäxmälbaf; ) — иранский кинорежиссёр и сценарист, дочь Мохсена Махмальбафа. Обладательница ряда кинонаград, в том числе двух Призов жюри Каннского кинофестиваля.

Биография
В возрасте семи лет участвовала в съемках фильма «Велосипедист» у своего отца Мохсена Махмальбафа. В 14 лет бросила школу ради учёбы на киностудии «Махмальбаф фильм хауз». В семнадцатилетнем возрасте она, после съемок двух видеоклипов, приступила к созданию фильма «Яблоко». Годом спустя, в возрасте восемнадцати лет, она стала самым молодым кинорежиссёром, участвующим в официальной программе Каннского кинофестиваля. За два года «Яблоко» участвовало более чем в ста кинофестивалях и было показано более чем в 30-и странах.

В 1999 году Самира Махмальбаф снимает свой второй фильм «Школьные доски» с которым в 2000 году выигрывает Приз жюри Каннского фестиваля.

В 2008 году во время съёмок пятого фильма «Двуногий конь» на Самиру Махмальбаф было совершено покушение, в результате которого пострадало несколько членов съёмочной группы.

Фильмография
 1999 — Яблоко
 2000 — Школьные доски
 2002 — 11 сентября (эпизод Бог, создание и разрушение)
 2003 — В пять часов пополудни
 2008 — Двуногий конь

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 Биография на официальном сайте семьи Махмальбаф

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'Moving to Spain is now nothing but a pipe dream'
2021-05-15 - Kathy Randle
Dreams of retiring to Marbella on the south coast of Spain have been dashed for Kathy Randle, 59, from Redditch.
Ms Randle said the added complications created by Brexit have made her feel "uneasy".
"I love the warmer climate and it would have been the perfect way to live out the end of our days," she said.
"You talk to people who have done it in the past and hear about their lifestyle, and you want the same. But now Brexit has made that so much harder."
She added that the uncertainties of how the rules might change for Britons abroad over the coming years have created a "fear of the unknown".
"There is a niggling uncertainty and moving to Spain has become a pipe dream now – especially because my husband was not completely sold on the idea in the first place," she said.
Ms Randle works part time but said she was ready to retire this June. But with no plans to move imminently, she said she may as well keep on working.


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LACO's annual Sound Investment premiere concert is quickly becoming one of my favorites of the year. This year, the official name of the concert was "Chopin: Piano Concerto," but I didn't show up for Chopin, I showed up for Sound Investment premiere. I'm glad I heard the Chopin, and I'll get to that piece a little later, but I'll start with the Sound Investment premiere. Did I mention it was a premiere?
Sound Investment is LACO's commissioning club. It's been around for 13 years, but this is only my second year participating. In a nutshell, you make a donation to join the club, and all those donations get compiled and are given to a promising, exciting young composer, who then writes a brand-spanking-new piece of music. It provides a very rare opportunity for any Joe Sixpack (or Untrained Ear, like myself) to help bring a new piece of orchestral music into the world, and during the course of the season, investors get invited to a few events to see how the work is coming along. Learn more about Sound Investment and join the club!
This year's Sound Investment composer was Hannah Lash, and she introduced her piece, This Ease, by saying that it was not influenced by any sort of outside event or emotion. I'm a creative sort, and that struck me as intriguing, and actually probably very difficult to pull off. Kudos to Ms. Lash for retreating into a creative space, again and again over the course of a year, and never letting anything seep in to color or affect this piece of music!
I ended up feeling one resounding thing as I listened toThis Ease: anticipation. There's a moment in many adventure movies – think The Goonies or Indiana Jones – where an object of desire (some sort of treasure, medallion, or jewel, for example) is revealed for the first time. The music is humming with anticipation: bright sounds that reflect the grandeur and importance of the object, with unsettling elements weaving their way through the background, like musical foreshadowing that hints of the danger, mystery, and power that the object can bring.
This Ease sounded like an 18-20 minute experiment in that moment. The piece evolved and grew, but it never lost that sense of anticipation. It was full of complex sounds and stunning instrument combinations, and was enjoyable, and, at moments, breathtaking to listen to. In a way, though, I felt unsatisfied, because that anticipation never grew into anything. There was no sense of conclusion. Imagine being handed a wrapped present and spending 20 minutes looking at it, smelling it, shaking it, turning it over in your hands, imagining the multitude of things it could contain, but never being able to open it. That's how I felt at the end of This Ease. It was an exciting exploration, and beautiful too, but anticlimactic.
Chopin, on the other hand, knew how to write a climax. His Piano Concert No. 2 ended with a exhilarating flourish, delivered by the impressive LACO musicians and an incredibly dynamic guest soloist, Natasha Paremski. The solo passages throughout all three movements were endlessly impressive. Ms. Paremski's fingers danced up and down the keyboard for the duration of the piece, and her encore, which was the 3rd movement of some Prokofiev piece (I couldn't quite hear her from my seat), was downright dizzying. The Chopin provided me some unintentional chuckles, too. While Jeffrey Kahane conducted the entire evening, he was blocked entirely by the raised piano lid during the Chopin, and there were stretches that I forgot he was even there, until I would see, during his grander gestures, a single outstretched arm, baton in hand, enthusiastically leading the musicians. Ah, piano lids!


Although, technically, the Barchester Chronicles miniseries is not a mystery, it certainly qualifies as "cozy." This miniseries is a favorite of ours— not only because of its terrific plot, or because it stars some wonderful actors (Geraldine McEwan, Nigel Hawthorne, Alan Rickman, Donald Pleasence, Clive Swift, Susan Hampshire, ETC) but also because the scenery is absolutely and wonderfully British.
The BBC production is based on two of Anthony Trollope's novels (Barchester Towers and the Warden), and deals with the power struggles between those who are truly good people and those who only have the appearance of being good because of their chosen professions. (This is quite a brief summary of the plot!) I first saw the production years ago when it originally aired on Masterpiece Theatre. You cannot imagine how excited I was when I discovered that it was available now on DVD. I lost absolutely no time in getting it so that my family could enjoy it. And, they have!
One thing to remember, though, is that the Barchester Chronicles was made in 1982, and was meant to air on television. So, although the settings are beautiful, and the plot is delightfully "cozy" – it does not have the appearance of today's productions. But, even without today's razzle-dazzle special effects and the multi-million dollar salaries spent to procure "major stars," it is one of our very favorite shows.
Anne, The Barchester Chronicles is absolutely one of the best series! My husband, daughter, and I love it.
I just discovered this great web site. Thank you for putting it together!
One thing that I did not find on your TV list was the Dr. Blake mystery series. It's great (Australian) and I think fits into the Cozy category.


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Q: How does the Entity Framework walks through a collection that is too big? I am new to Entity Framework.
And I have one concern:
I need to walktrhough a quite big amount of data that is gathered via a LINQ to Entities that combines couple of properties from different entities in an anonymous type.
If I need to read the returned items of this query one by one until the end, am I under the risk of OutOfMemory exception as the collection is BIG or EF uses SqlDataReader implicitly?
( Or should I use EntityDateReader to ensure that I am reading the Db in a sequential order (But then I have to generate my query as a string I guess) )

A: As I see it there are  two things you can do, firstly turn off tracking  by using .AsNoTracking this will in most cases cut your memory set in half which may be enough.
If your set is still too big use skip and take to pull down the resultset in chunks. You should also use this in conjunction with AsNoTracking to ensure no memory is consumed with tracking
EDIT:
For example you could use something like the following the following to loop through all items in chunks of 1000. The below code should only hold 1000 items at a time in memory.
int numberOfItems = ctx.MySet.Count();

for(int i = 0; i < numberOfItems + 1000; i+=1000)
{
    foreach(var item in ctx.MySet.AsNoTracking().Skip(i).Take(1000).AsEnumerable())
    {
         //do stuff with your entity
    }
}

A: If the amount of the data is as big as you said i would recommend that you don't use EF for such a case. EF is great but you sometimes need to fallback and use standard SQL to get better performance.
Take a look at Dapper.NET https://github.com/SamSaffron/dapper-dot-net
If you really want to use EF in every case i would recommend that you use a Bounded Contexts (multiple DBContexts).
Splitting your model in multiple smaller contexts will improve the performance as you will use less resources when EF creates an in-memory model of the context.

The larger the context is the more resources are expended to generate
  and maintain that in-memory model.

Also you can Detach and Attach when sharing instances of multiple context so you still don't load all the model.


You have a head for numbers and logic, and are considering trying your hand at writing code, what road to go down, php, C, C# or Java and these days everyone needs some basic html.
Rather than there being one single type of code for computer programmers around the world to use, there are now literally hundreds of different languages used in the IT industry, presenting a dilemma if you're a beginner and want to know which one is best to learn for starters.
Generally speaking, the best language for you depends on what you want to learn programming for. For instance, do you want to learn how to make your own Apps? Are you a gamer keen to get more involved with an online community? Do you want to build websites?
Whatever your end goal, there's an ideal starter language for you, though be warned that mastering programming takes a significant amount of time and dedication.
Given that most website developers cut their teeth making their own WordPress sites, PHP may be the ideal way to begin as a developer. As the main language of the blogging platform, it's both easy to learn and ideal for seeing how lines of code can change the look and functionality of a site. A good knowledge of PHP can open a large number of job opportunities up for you, particularly in the field of website design and development. PHP is, however, a relatively basic language with limited applications, so if you do want to progress in IT, you will need to push your programming skills forward.
By some distance one of the most-popular coding languages across the world, C is also one of the most useful if you're keen to embark on a career in web design, programming and development. As a standardised, general-purpose programming language, C is a useful foundation for more-complicated languages.
If you've got your sights set on a career with Microsoft, then you'll need to be an expert in C#. Essentially an evolved hybrid of C and C++, C# is a fundamental part of Microsoft's .Net framework, meaning it's used extensively in software development across a wide range of applications, though in particular for the development of Office Suite and the Windows operating system.
Another main advantage of learning Java is that, since it's relatively mainstream, there are loads of books, websites and online tutorials available to help you learn, while a solid working knowledge of the language will also help you in your quest for paid work.
1.There are hundreds of different coding languages out there, meaning it may be hard to decide which one to learn first.
2. Generally speaking, the best language for you depends on what you want to learn programming for.
3.That is, the language used for developing apps is different to that used for building websites.
4.For many programmers, PHP is the best introduction to coding, with this language allowing you to build your first website through WordPress.
5.C is also a massively-popular language among both beginner and experienced programmers.
6. C# is a very useful language to learn if you want to work with Microsoft products.
Given that most website developers cut their teeth making their own WordPress sites, PHP may be the ideal way to begin as a developer. As the main language of the blogging platform, it's both easy to learn and ideal for seeing how lines of code can change the look and functionality of a site.
A good knowledge of PHP can open a large number of job opportunities up for you, particularly in the field of website design and development. PHP is, however, a relatively basic language with limited applications, so if you do want to progress in IT, you will need to push your programming skills forward.
By some distance one of the most-popular coding languages across the world, C is also one of the most useful if you're keen to embark on a career in web design, programming and development.
If you've got your sights set on a career with Microsoft, then you'll need to be an expert in C#.
Essentially an evolved hybrid of C and C++, C# is a fundamental part of Microsoft's .Net framework, meaning it's used extensively in software development across a wide range of applications, though in particular for the development of Office Suite and the Windows operating system.
Plus, it's simple, easy to learn and widely-used by corporate and public sector organisations, meaning if you master it your chances of employment are good.
1. There are hundreds of different coding languages out there, meaning it may be hard to decide which one to learn first.
3. That is, the language used for developing apps is different to that used for building websites.
4. For many programmers, PHP is the best introduction to coding, with this language allowing you to build your first website through WordPress.
5. C is also a massively-popular language among both beginner and experienced programmers.
6.C# is a very useful language to learn if you want to work with Microsoft products.
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Soutpansberg (afrikaans für 'Salzpfannenberg', in älterer niederländischer Schreibweise Zoutpansberg) ist ein Gebirge in der Limpopo-Provinz im nordöstlichen Südafrika und der nördlichste Gebirgszug Südafrikas.

Der Soutpansberg erstreckt sich über ca. 250 Kilometer in West-Ost-Richtung südlich der Grenze zu Simbabwe, die Ausdehnung in Nord-Süd-Richtung beträgt zwischen 15 und 60 Kilometer. In der westlichen Hälfte werden mit den Bergen Hanglip () und Lajuma () seine größten Höhen erreicht. In diesem Teil befindet sich auch das Naturschutzgebiet Western Soutpansberg Conservancy mit einer Fläche von 90.000 ha. Im Westen schließt sich das Gebirge des Blouberg an.

Das Gebirge ist nach der Salzpfanne an seinem westlichen Ende benannt. Der ältere Name lautet jedoch Ijserberg für "Eisengebirge". Es war der Namensgeber für die kurzlebige Burenrepublik Zoutpansberg.

Weblinks

 N. Hahn: Soutpansberg. auf www.soutpansberg.com (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Gebirge in Südafrika
Geographie (Provinz Limpopo)


Retail licensees can't advertise free products or provide free samples to customers.
"Essentially what was happening here that caused the investigation was advertisements by the licensee that (said) 'Try it before you buy it,' which is against the law," said Mikhail Carpenter, a spokesman for the Liquor and Cannabis Board.
Licensees are also required to trace their products from production to sale, and the report alleges Dank's was diverting products to be given out as free samples.
Dank's owner, Random Vaughn, said he plans to challenge violations issued by the state that could cost him his license. Vaughn said upstairs is an office for his film production company and the samples were purchased to be consumed there.
Dank's remains open while Vaughn's case goes forward.
Carpenter said regulators have also referred a charge of operating a marijuana club, a Class C felony, to Thurston County prosecutors.


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Construction of Digital Elevation Models for a Southern European City and a Comparative Morphological Analysis with Respect to Northern European and North American Cities
Silvana Di Sabatino
Laura S. Leo
Rosella Cataldo
Rex E. Britter
A morphometric analysis of a southern European city and the derivation of relevant fluid dynamical parameters for use in urban flow and dispersion models are explained in this paper. Calculated parameters are compared with building statistics that have already been computed for parts of three northern European and two North American cities. The aim of this comparison is to identify similarities and differences between several building configurations and city types, such as building packing density, compact versus sprawling neighborhoods, regular versus irregular street orientation, etc. A novel aspect of this work is the derivation and use of digital elevation models (DEMs) for parts of a southern European city. Another novel aspect is the DEMs' construction methodology, which is low cost, low tech, and of simple implementation. Several building morphological parameters are calculated from the urban DEMs using image processing techniques. The correctness and robustness of these techniques have been verified through a series of sensitivity tests performed on both idealized building configurations, as well as on real case DEMs, which were derived using the methodology here. In addition, the planar and frontal area indices were calculated as a function of elevation. It is argued that those indices, estimated for neighborhoods of real cities, may be used instead of the detailed building geometry within urban canopy models as those indices together synthesize the geometric features of a city. The direct application of these results will facilitate the development of fast urban flow and dispersion models.
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Driving Mechanisms of Double-Nosed Low-Level Jets during MATERHORN Experiment
Luigi Brogno
Francesco Barbano
Laura Sandra Leo
Harindra J. S. Fernando
In the realm of boundary layer flows in complex terrain, low-level jets (LLJs) have received considerable attention, although little literature is available for double-nosed LLJs that remain not well understood. To this end, we use the Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations (MATERHORN) dataset to demonstrate that double-nosed LLJs developing within the planetary boundary layer (PBL) are common during stable nocturnal conditions and present two possible mechanisms responsible for their formation. It is observed that the onset of a double-nosed LLJ is associated with a temporary shape modification of an already-established LLJ. The characteristics of these double-nosed LLJs are described using a refined version of identification criteria proposed in the literature, and their formation is classified in terms of two driving mechanisms. The wind-driven mechanism encompasses cases where the two noses are associated with different air masses flowing one on top of the other. The wave-driven mechanism involves the vertical momentum transport by an inertial–gravity wave to generate the second nose. The wave-driven mechanism is corroborated by the analysis of nocturnal double-nosed LLJs, where inertial–gravity waves are generated close to the ground by a sudden flow perturbation.
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Chicago's Heat Island and Climate Change: Bridging the Scales via Dynamical Downscaling
Patrick Conry
Mark J. Potosnak
Edward Bensman
Jessica J. Hellmann
The interaction of global climate change and urban heat islands (UHI) is expected to have far-reaching impacts on the sustainability of the world's rapidly growing urban population centers. Given that a wide range of spatiotemporal scales contributed by meteorological forcing and complex surface heterogeneity complicates UHI, a multimodel nested approach is used in this paper to study climate-change impacts on the Chicago, Illinois, UHI, covering a range of relevant scales. One-way dynamical downscaling is used with a model chain consisting of global climate (Community Atmosphere Model), regional climate (Weather Research and Forecasting Model), and microscale ("ENVI-met") models. Nested mesoscale and microscale models are evaluated against the present-day observations (including a dedicated urban miniature field study), and the results favorably demonstrate the fidelity of the downscaling techniques that were used. A simple building-energy model is developed and used in conjunction with microscale-model output to calculate future energy demands for a building, and a substantial increase (as much as 26% during daytime) is noted for future (~2080) climate. Although winds and lake-breeze circulation for future climate are favorable for reducing energy usage by 7%, the benefits are outweighed by such factors as exacerbated UHI and air temperature. An adverse change in human-comfort indicators is also noted in the future climate, with 92% of the population experiencing thermal discomfort. The model chain that was used has general applicability for evaluating climate-change impacts on city centers and, hence, for urban-sustainability studies.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0241.1
Identification and Characterization of Persistent Cold Pool Events from Temperature and Wind Profilers in the Columbia River Basin
Katherine McCaffrey
James M. Wilczak
Laura Bianco
Eric Grimit
Justin Sharp
Robert Banta
Katja Friedrich
H. J. S. Fernando
Raghavendra Krishnamurthy
Paytsar Muradyan
Cold pool events occur when deep layers of stable, cold air remain trapped in a valley or basin for multiple days, without mixing out from daytime heating. With large impacts on air quality, freezing events, and especially on wind energy production, they are often poorly forecast by modern mesoscale numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. Understanding the characteristics of cold pools is, therefore, important to provide more accurate forecasts. This study analyzes cold pool characteristics with data collected during the Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2), which took place in the Columbia River basin and Gorge of Oregon and Washington from fall 2015 until spring 2017. A subset of the instrumentation included three microwave radiometer profilers, six radar wind profilers with radio acoustic sounding systems, and seven sodars, which together provided seven sites with collocated vertical profiles of temperature, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction. Using these collocated observations, we developed a set of criteria to determine if a cold pool was present based on stability, wind speed, direction, and temporal continuity, and then developed an automated algorithm based on these criteria to identify all cold pool events over the 18 months of the field project. Characteristics of these events are described, including statistics of the wind speed distributions and profiles, stability conditions, cold pool depths, and descent rates of the cold pool top. The goal of this study is a better understanding of these characteristics and their processes to ultimately lead to improved physical parameterizations in NWP models, and consequently improve forecasts of cold pool events in the study region as well at other locations that experiences similar events.
A Case Study of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer Evolution on a Slope at the Foot of a Desert Mountain
Manuela Lehner
C. David Whiteman
Sebastian W. Hoch
Derek Jensen
Eric R. Pardyjak
Observations were taken on an east-facing sidewall at the foot of a desert mountain that borders a large valley, as part of the Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations (MATERHORN) field program at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. A case study of nocturnal boundary layer development is presented for a night in mid-May when tethered-balloon measurements were taken to supplement other MATERHORN field measurements. The boundary layer development over the slope could be divided into three distinct phases during this night: 1) The evening transition from daytime upslope/up-valley winds to nighttime downslope winds was governed by the propagation of the shadow front. Because of the combination of complex topography at the site and the solar angle at this time of year, the shadow moved down the sidewall from approximately northwest to southeast, with the flow transition closely following the shadow front. 2) The flow transition was followed by a 3–4-h period of almost steady-state boundary layer conditions, with a shallow slope-parallel surface inversion and a pronounced downslope flow with a jet maximum located within the surface-based inversion. The shallow slope boundary layer was very sensitive to ambient flows, resulting in several small disturbances. 3) After approximately 2300 mountain standard time, the inversion that had formed over the adjacent valley repeatedly sloshed up the mountain sidewall, disturbing local downslope flows and causing rapid temperature drops.
The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Observational Field Campaign
Mark Stoelinga
Larry K. Berg
Caroline Draxl
Robert M. Banta
Irina Djalalova
Julie K. Lundquist
Aditya Choukulkar
Laura Leo
Timothy Bonin
Yelena Pichugina
Richard Eckman
Charles N. Long
Kathleen Lantz
Rochelle P. Worsnop
Jim Bickford
Nicola Bodini
Duli Chand
Andrew Clifton
Joel Cline
David R. Cook
Melinda Marquis
Jim McCaa
Joseph B. Olson
Sebastian Otarola-Bustos
George Scott
William J. Shaw
Sonia Wharton
Allen B. White
The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)- and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-funded program, with private-sector and university partners, which aims to improve the accuracy of numerical weather prediction (NWP) model forecasts of wind speed in complex terrain for wind energy applications. A core component of WFIP2 was an 18-month field campaign that took place in the U.S. Pacific Northwest between October 2015 and March 2017. A large suite of instrumentation was deployed in a series of telescoping arrays, ranging from 500 km across to a densely instrumented 2 km × 2 km area similar in size to a high-resolution NWP model grid cell. Observations from these instruments are being used to improve our understanding of the meteorological phenomena that affect wind energy production in complex terrain and to evaluate and improve model physical parameterization schemes. We present several brief case studies using these observations to describe phenomena that are routinely difficult to forecast, including wintertime cold pools, diurnally driven gap flows, and mountain waves/wakes. Observing system and data product improvements developed during WFIP2 are also described.
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0035.1
CASPER: Coupled Air–Sea Processes and Electromagnetic Ducting Research
Qing Wang
Denny P. Alappattu
Stephanie Billingsley
Byron Blomquist
Robert J. Burkholder
Adam J. Christman
Edward D. Creegan
Tony de Paolo
Daniel P. Eleuterio
Harindra Joseph S. Fernando
Kyle B. Franklin
Andrey A. Grachev
Tracy Haack
Thomas R. Hanley
Christopher M. Hocut
Teddy R. Holt
Kate Horgan
Haflidi H. Jonsson
Robert A. Hale
John A. Kalogiros
Djamal Khelif
Richard J. Lind
Iossif Lozovatsky
Jesus Planella-Morato
Swagato Mukherjee
Wendell A. Nuss
Jonathan Pozderac
L. Ted Rogers
Ivan Savelyev
Dana K. Savidge
R. Kipp Shearman
Lian Shen
Eric Terrill
A. Marcela Ulate
R. Travis Wendt
Russell Wiss
Roy K. Woods
Luyao Xu
Ryan T. Yamaguchi
Caglar Yardim
The Coupled Air–Sea Processes and Electromagnetic Ducting Research (CASPER) project aims to better quantify atmospheric effects on the propagation of radar and communication signals in the marine environment. Such effects are associated with vertical gradients of temperature and water vapor in the marine atmospheric surface layer (MASL) and in the capping inversion of the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL), as well as the horizontal variations of these vertical gradients. CASPER field measurements emphasized simultaneous characterization of electromagnetic (EM) wave propagation, the propagation environment, and the physical processes that gave rise to the measured refractivity conditions. CASPER modeling efforts utilized state-of-the-art large-eddy simulations (LESs) with a dynamically coupled MASL and phase-resolved ocean surface waves. CASPER-East was the first of two planned field campaigns, conducted in October and November 2015 offshore of Duck, North Carolina. This article highlights the scientific motivations and objectives of CASPER and provides an overview of the CASPER-East field campaign. The CASPER-East sampling strategy enabled us to obtain EM wave propagation loss as well as concurrent environmental refractive conditions along the propagation path. This article highlights the initial results from this sampling strategy showing the range-dependent propagation loss, the atmospheric and upper-oceanic variability along the propagation range, and the MASL thermodynamic profiles measured during CASPER-East.
ASIRI: An Ocean–Atmosphere Initiative for Bay of Bengal
Hemantha W. Wijesekera
Emily Shroyer
Amit Tandon
M. Ravichandran
Debasis Sengupta
S. U. P. Jinadasa
K. Arulananthan
G. S. Bhat
Mark Baumgartner
Jared Buckley
Luca Centurioni
J. Thomas Farrar
Arnold L. Gordon
Verena Hormann
Ewa Jarosz
Tommy G. Jensen
Shaun Johnston
Matthias Lankhorst
Craig M. Lee
Andrew J. Lucas
Jennifer Mackinnon
Amala Mahadevan
Jonathan Nash
Melissa M. Omand
Hieu Pham
Robert Pinkel
Luc Rainville
Sanjiv Ramachandran
Daniel L. Rudnick
Sutanu Sarkar
Uwe Send
Rashmi Sharma
Harper Simmons
Kathleen M. Stafford
Louis St. Laurent
Karan Venayagamoorthy
Ramasamy Venkatesan
William J. Teague
David W. Wang
Amy F. Waterhouse
Robert Weller
Caitlin B. Whalen
Air–Sea Interactions in the Northern Indian Ocean (ASIRI) is an international research effort (2013–17) aimed at understanding and quantifying coupled atmosphere–ocean dynamics of the Bay of Bengal (BoB) with relevance to Indian Ocean monsoons. Working collaboratively, more than 20 research institutions are acquiring field observations coupled with operational and high-resolution models to address scientific issues that have stymied the monsoon predictability. ASIRI combines new and mature observational technologies to resolve submesoscale to regional-scale currents and hydrophysical fields. These data reveal BoB's sharp frontal features, submesoscale variability, low-salinity lenses and filaments, and shallow mixed layers, with relatively weak turbulent mixing. Observed physical features include energetic high-frequency internal waves in the southern BoB, energetic mesoscale and submesoscale features including an intrathermocline eddy in the central BoB, and a high-resolution view of the exchange along the periphery of Sri Lanka, which includes the 100-km-wide East India Coastal Current (EICC) carrying low-salinity water out of the BoB and an adjacent, broad northward flow (∼300 km wide) that carries high-salinity water into BoB during the northeast monsoon. Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) observations during the decaying phase of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) permit the study of multiscale atmospheric processes associated with non-MJO phenomena and their impacts on the marine boundary layer. Underway analyses that integrate observations and numerical simulations shed light on how air–sea interactions control the ABL and upper-ocean processes.
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00197.1


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Olbermann Assumes NBC's Bill Moyers Chair In Liberal Outrage
By Tim Graham | February 15, 2007 3:45 PM EST
Keith Olbermann's arrival as the lone commentator at NBC Nightly News is the first overt commentator NBC's hired since PBS omnipresence Bill Moyers in 1995. A quick Nexis search shows Olbermann has been very rarely on NBC News airwaves. He actually anchored NBC Nightly News as a weekend substitute on April 12, 1998 (Easter Sunday, see accompanying photo) and May 9, 1998. In recent years, he's surfaced a few times on the Today show. He was interviewed to plug his "Worst Person In the World" book last September 15. He reported on major-league shortstop Alex Rodriguez on February 16, 2004, and co-hosted the Saturday edition of Today with Campbell Brown on August 23, 2003.
In the commentary and prime-time special clauses of Olbermann's new deal, there are obvious parallels with Moyers. They are two fiercely left-wing commentators who oddly deny a liberal bias when asked by the press. In February 1995 promotional spots NBC promised: "Bold, clear, balanced and fair. Now NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw has a new dimension -- Bill Moyers." Moyers began his new duties on February 14, 1995, and NBC had no plans to provide a conservative counter-weight.
Just like the odd denials of Steve Capus that it's "really sad and pathetic" to think Olbermann tilts NBC further to the left, in February of 1995, we reported in MediaWatch that the New York Times relayed February 1 that NBC News President Andy Lack dismissed questions about Moyers' liberal bias at PBS, insisting "that perception is inside the beltway, and perhaps inside about ten blocks of New York and ten blocks of L.A. I don't think the American people give a whit about it." The same day the Baltimore Sun quoted Moyers: "I'm not in politics. I have no agenda. I'm not pushing a platform. I have no ideology." Really? In a 1989 Esquire profile Moyers tagged Newt Gingrich as "Joe McCarthy with a southern accent."
Here's an example of his Nightly News commentary, from March 7, 1995: "Gingrich uses words as if they were napalm bombs....He sent conservative candidates a long list of words to smear their opponents -- words like 'sick,' 'pathetic,' 'traitors,' 'corrupt,' 'anti-family,' 'disgrace.' With talk radio quoting it all back to us, our political landscape is a toxic dump."
Moyers only lasted a few months, leaving his evening-news spot due to heart trouble. A year later, on April 12, 1996, Moyers hosted a Dateline NBC special blaming conservatives for the Oklahoma City bombing -- which might offer an inkling of the kind of prime-time Olbermann specials we might see:
As Welch listened to G. Gordon Liddy on his car radio, Moyers charged: "The airwaves are still saturated with militant rhetoric. Day and night you can hear a stream of rage and insult directed with unremitting hostility at government and others. It rubs like salt in deep wounds and some of the families are trying to counter it."
Then, as viewers saw several victims being interviewed by KTOK's Carole Arnold, Moyers explained: "Emerging from their private grief, they appeal for an end of hateful talk and political invective. Their experience is their message. What a society sows, it reaps....This local station has given the families a forum, but it also carries several hours of talk every day that they find inflammatory." The station does not carry Liddy, so the broadside against "hate" and "inflammatory" talk goes undefined. Welch proceded to tell Arnold: "Of course I think the media need to be involved a little bit in a little bit of control of the hate radio going on. I'm very disturbed about that. I mean where's the responsibility?"
...Moyers concluded the hour with this seeming indictment of House Speaker Newt Gingrich as co-conspirator: "It will never be the same. The bombers saw to that. The tears and grief, the pain and the sorrow were all intended. Terrorism is the politics of murder. We should have seen it coming. Hate was in the air. Government had been vilified, found guilty and sentenced to die. It didn't matter who was in the way. There are lessons for us here, something to take away from the wreckage of that day, if we're listening, one year later."
One more footnote in recent media history: Moyers was also an early contributor on MSNBC, back when they tried the schtick of hitching their network to the Internet. Moyers rotated in as a host of their badly named prime-time interview show "Internight," and lit up with the usual liberal bias.
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