GROTON -- The Nashoba Regional football team kicked off the season in style on Friday night.
Paced by a balanced offensive attack and a stout defense, the Chieftains picked up a 28-0 victory over host Groton-Dunstable.
"The defense played well tonight," said Nashoba head coach Jamie Tucker. "First play of the game, they (run) like 30 yards right up the middle, but then we held tough after that. It is nice to see the kids bounce back. We always talk about teams making plays on you but it is how you react, and I thought we did a good job tonight of responding."
Things started well for the hosts as senior Nate Townsend (4 carries, 44 yards) sprinted 40 yards on the first play from scrimmage. Just two plays later, though, Nashoba's John Duros recorded his team's first of three interceptions on the evening.
Two plays later, senor Sam Bolinskty (12 for 16, 137 yards, 2 TDs) threw a bullet deep down the field to Troy Barksdale, which resulted in a 52-yard touchdown. Alex Childs booted through the extra point to give the Chieftains a 7-0 lead just 1:12 in.
Nashoba extended its lead to 14-0 with 7:57 left in the second quarter when Barksdale took a handoff and sprinted in from 9 yards out. Childs was once again true on the extra point to make the score 14-0, which ended up being the score at the break.
Coming out of the locker room, the Chieftains embarked on a 12-play drive that saw Childs (18 carries, 89 yards, TD) cap off the march when he busted through the middle for a 9-yard touchdown run.
Childs booted through the extra point to give Nashoba a 21-0 lead.
The Chieftains final score of the evening came with 8:50 left when Bolinsky connected with Matt Johnson on a 12-yard touchdown pass. Childs booted through his fourth extra point of the evening.
"We have always been a team that is going to take what is there," Tucker said. "We ran the ball when we had to and threw it when we had to."


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AR/VR System UI Engineer
The Technology Development Group (TDG) is looking for an AR/VR System UI Engineer to help define and build the next generation use...Summary
The Technology Development Group (TDG) is looking for an AR/VR System UI Engineer to help define and build the next generation user experiences on our platforms using Apple's latest technologies including RealityKit and ARKit.
3 years experience in software development.
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Attention to detail, creativity and passion.
Proficent in ObjC/Swift.
You will work on the applications and system services that define the overall experience of our platforms; ultimately impacting the way our customers use our products. System applications such as the Home Screen, Notification Center and Lock Screen define the fundamental interaction models for Apple's iOS, tvOS and watchOS platforms.
You will work closely with Apple's UI framework, Human Interface designers and application teams - pushing you to think outside-the-box, and solve incredibly challenging and interesting problems in the AR/VR space.
You will work with technologies such as the newly announced SwiftUI and RealityKit frameworks, UIKit and ARKit. You will have access to a wide variety of internal frameworks and services that will allow you to create applications that are deeply integrated into our operating systems.
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The idea for these really simple picture frames came about as a result of mum Eona Craig's frustration with 'fridge door' art. Simply sticking the mini masterpieces created by her then two year old son onto kitchen appliances seemed inappropriate. Instead, she invented the frame to celebrate children's creativity in a way that is fun as well as functional.
See my opinion and our amazing art work by reading on..
As you can see from the photo there is a good chunky sized gap for your children's art work even suitable for pieces with sticky out bits for example pasta pictures.
We recycled the box the frame came in to cut out the correct size for our art piece in card :) Which were then painted white.
Then we painted hands for Handprints..
My messy happy little man after having messy fun art time with mummy!!
Here is our finished piece of art which I absolutely adore, obviously mummy helped alot with the design at the end.. as in I did it when K was in bed, and he was very pleased/impressed when he came down and seen the finished article, I shall now be hanging this in my office because it's so lovely and that's where I spend most of my time lol.
My opinion is only going to be short because I have no negatives, this is a great idea for a family and I think it is very reasonably priced at just £19.99!! Maybe buy one for a family member for christmas with a keepsake of your child's picture in. They are a lovely, simple, useful, effective design and product. When on your there website they have a video when they went to the dragons den and although they didn't invest in the company they did buy the product for there family which I thought was fab!


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Asahel Lynde Powers (February 28, 1813 – 1843) was an American painter active in New England.

Powers was born in Springfield, Vermont, and began his career as an itinerant artist at an early age. At 18 years old, Powers was already well-known. The first portrait attributed to him is of Dr. Joel Green from Rutland, Vermont, dated 1831, now on display in the Springfield Art and Historical Society. Like many contemporary paintings, Powers' early works were oil on wood panel. During the 1830s, Powers traveled through Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. From 1839 to 1841 he worked in New York's Clinton and Franklin counties. In the early 1840s, he moved to Olney, Illinois. There are no known works from his time in Illinois, where he died in 1843.

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 It's About Time, blog with paintings
 National Gallery of Art biography
 Springfield Art and Historical Society biography
Asahel Powers: Painter of Vermont Faces, Nina Fletcher Little, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1973.  Plates 37 & 38, pages 38–39.

19th-century American painters
1813 births
1843 deaths
People from Springfield, Vermont
People from Olney, Illinois

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Working with the news media is an effective way for academic researchers and physicians to educate the public, says Otis Brawley, MD, one of the most recognized figures in medicine today. Brawley spoke recently with physician/researchers at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University about the importance of working with the news media to explain difficult medical concepts and to influence public opinion on health issues and the importance of research.
Brawley is chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society and a professor of hematology and medical oncology at Emory School of Medicine. He is a regular contributor to CNN and is featured as one of four medical experts on cnn.com/health, one of the most widely viewed health-related websites.
Brawley's advice? Concise messages are important when communicating through print or electronic media. He typically consolidates what he wants to say into three points, which helps keep the message simple and understandable. He also tries to include colleagues in descriptions of his work and avoid jargon.
Acknowledging the difficulty of communicating complex medical concepts and data in lay language for the average news audience, Brawley strongly suggests working with an institution's media relations staff. This team can help physicians and scientists with their communications skills and connecting with the right audiences.
Cancer of the colon, ovaries, appendix or other organs within the abdomen often spreads to the lining of the abdominal cavity. Experts call this condition peritoneal surface malignancy. Until recently, treatment options for this form of cancer only provided relief from symptoms.
Emory University Hospital is one of a few facilities nationwide to utilize a new combination therapy to slow or prevent recurrence of this cancer. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC) is a procedure done immediately following surgery that delivers heated chemotherapy directly into the abdominal cavity where it can penetrate cancerous tissue. Heat at 42 C (107 F) destroys cancer cells and enhances the power of chemotherapy.
The term "intraperitoneal" means that the treatment is delivered to the abdominal cavity. "Hyperthermic chemoperfusion" means that the solution containing chemotherapy is heated to a temperature greater than normal body temperature.
Charles Staley, MD, chief of surgical oncology at the Emory Winship Cancer Institute, says by bathing the abdomen with heated chemotherapy immediately following surgery doctors can administer a higher dose of medication than would normally be tolerated by a patient if given intravenously – the traditional way chemotherapy is administered.
During surgery, Staley removes all visible tumors throughout the abdomen, a procedure known as cytoreductive surgery. Following surgery, while still in the operating room, Staley administers the new treatment, which takes about two hours. Recent studies show improved prognosis in patients treated with HIPEC after the cytoreductive surgery.


Apollo King Men's 3 piece 100% wool fashion suit comes with 31" jacket. This suit features a 2 button jacket with notch lapel, besom hanky pocket, flap jacket pockets, ticket pocket, side vents and a 5 button single breasted vest with lapel as well as flat front pants lined to the knee.
Apollo King Men's 3pc 100% Wool Fashion Suit - Pinstripe.
All sizes displayed are jacket sizes. All suits come with pants lined to the knee. Pant sizes for 36-46 will be 6 inches smaller then the jacket size. For example a 42 jacket will come with a 36 waist pant. Pants sizes for 48 and up will be 5 inches smaller than the jacket size. All pants will be unhemmed at the bottom.
Apollo King is the newest label by Loriano Suits. This collection offers the same fashion forward designs expected of Loriano in premium fabrics. Apollo King Suits are offered in 100% Wool, Soft Wool Blends and Wool Feel. What sets Apollo King apart is their 100% Wool and Wool Blend Fashion Collection. If you are a fan of Tayion or Steve Harvey Suits give the Apollo King Suits a try for a 3rd of the price.


The combination of compelling on-field action and strong emotional content is what has always most drawn me to sports stories – both as reader and writer. I've written lots of football stories but they are never just about what happens on the pitch. My Leggs United series, for example, is about family life as much as football – oh, yes, and about a ghost too! See a dramatised extract and interview about writing football stories at http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/alan-durant-spot-the-ball-extract/5318.html). Teamwork and family ties are at the heart of Twin Power for Ever, which was broadcast on BBC School Radio's Together just prior to the 2010 World Cup. I want the reader to care about the characters and like them as they follow their exploits – on and off the pitch.
* On Me 'Ead, Santa!
* "Goal!" The keeper never stood a chance.
* It was a lousy draw. A terrible, heartbreaking gut-wrench of a draw. Of all the teams left in the cup, they had to go and get Durnsford. Away. They might as well kiss their dreams goodbye.
* "Roy Keane ate my nana's goldfish!" read the headline.
* I found the boots under a bush down by the railway.
* That night a strange glimmering figure appeared at the end of my bed. "Wh-who are you?" I stammered.
* "Pass it, pass it, PASS IT!" I screamed. But I may as well have saved my breath. John Plaistow had never passed the ball in his life. And he wasn't about to start now.


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Sylvester Stallone Returns As Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Starts Production
Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, The Expendables), who made a brief appearance as Stakar Ogord in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, has revealed that he will be returning in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
At the start of an Instagram post, Stallone said "Here I am on the set of Guardians of the Galaxy." He then shows the 360-degree cameras designed to capture all kinds of facial expressions so his face can be replicated digitally.
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Directed by James Gunn, who also directed the previous two films of the franchise, the third installment of Guardians of the Galaxy will star Chris Pratt (Onward), Zoe Saldaña (Avengers: Endgame), Dave Bautista (Army of the Dead), Karen Gillan (Spies in Disguise), Pom Klementieff (Avengers: Infinity War), and Sean Gunn (The Suicide Squad), who have all appeared in previous installments of the franchise before.
Will Poulter (Midsommar) was also recently confirmed to be playing Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Along with this third installment, Gunn will also be writing and directing the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, which will be premiering on Disney+ in December 2022.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had a bumpy production with Gunn getting fired in July 2018 over old tweets of his that resurfaced, only to be rehired in March 2019. The film will be released in theatres on 5 May 2023.
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The Elder Scrolls 6 To Release Exclusively On Xbox And PC
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Here are nine TV shows to catch this 2022 on streaming services.
Andrew Garfield Spills The Beans On His Spider-Man Return, Open To Suiting Up Again
Once a webslinger, always a webslinger.
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Valkyrie's new costume in Thor: Love and Thunder looks sweet!
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MLS transfer news and rumors
MLS Transfers: Marco Pappa To Return To The Fire?
Marco Pappa reportedly tells a Guatemalan newspaper that he is returning to the Fire on a two year deal.
By Anthony Seymour Jan 20, 2014, 2:42pm CST
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When Hot Time In Old Town Editor-In-Chief Sean Spence posted an article on January 3 pondering whether Frank Yallop and the Chicago Fire should pursue Marco Pappa, who had just been released from Dutch club SC Heerenveen, the prospect seemed a bit far-fetched. After all, the Fire had much more pressing needs in the back line and, due to MLS Roster Rules (section 2, category A), Pappa would be subject to the allocation process. The Fire would not be able to directly pursue him because of the transfer fee paid by Heerenveen when he departed the Fire.
Today, with the backline bolstered and rounds 1 and 2 of the SuperDraft behind us, the prospect no longer seems so far fetched. On January 20, Marco Pappa reportedly informed a Guatemalan Newspaper that he would be returning to the Chicago Fire on a two year deal.
In addition, Twitter has exploded with speculation on Pappa's return.
Marco Pappa reportedly told a Guatemalan journalist he'll return to Chicago Fire for 2 seasons. #IMFC #PotatoWatch
— Pablo A. Ortiz (@PabloJinko) January 20, 2014
Marco Pappa regresa al Chicago Fire, firma por 2 temporadas. Hoy llega Julio Cesar Rambo De Leon para integrarse a Municipal
— AntorchaDeportiva (@AntorchaDeporte) January 20, 2014
Acabo de colgar el telefono con el Jefe de redacción de la Web De Chicago Fire, traer a Marco Pappa no es facil a Chicago. #fb
— Planeta Deportivo (@wijors) January 20, 2014
Reports seem to differ on whether Pappa will be returning to the Fire or whether he has signed with the MLS and is hoping to return to Chicago Fire. Regardless, there are clearly some legs to this rumor, and there is a possibility that the Men In Red will have Marco Pappa once again inside the friendly confines of Toyota Park.
With the confusing MLS allocation process, the Fire are not permitted to just re-sign Marco Pappa and welcome him back to the club. For this deal to go through, the Fire would have to work out a trade with one of the teams higher than them in the allocation process to bring him back.
Why is a trade necessary? Currently, the MLS allocation rankings (last updated on January 14, 2014) has the Philadelphia Union and Seattle Sounders sitting at the top in 1st and 2nd respectively while the Fire are in 8th. Seattle recently traded for 2nd spot in the allocation order prior to the Super Draft, and rumors were that the Sounders were moving into position to sign Marco Pappa themselves. The possibility of bringing in Marco Pappa was the main catalyst for the recent trade between Chicago and Seattle.
Are one of these clubs looking to re-trade their allocation slot to the Fire? If what Marco Pappa is saying to reporters is true about returning to Chicago, then a trade would have to happen. Getting Marco Pappa back to the Windy City would probably not come cheap. It is likely that a player would need to be moved to get Pappa, and it seems unlikely that allocation money and/or a draft pick (or two) would be enough to move up in the allocation order, but stranger things have happened. The Philadelphia Union also recently made a trade to move up in the allocation order to the top spot so they can sign Maurice Edu, but it sounds like that is not exactly going as planned. Perhaps the Union might be interested in making a deal.
Additionally, if the Fire were to bring back Pappa, they would likely need to part ways with a player on their roster anyways to free up cap space. Pappa had a base salary of $135,000 in 2012 and, even with his limited playing time overseas, will probably demand a larger salary. Combine that with the recent additions of Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Patrick Ianni, and the looming possible return of maligned forward Federico Puppo, and the Fire's salary cap situation begins to get incredibly tight.
About Marco Pappa - the Guatemalan midfielder first came to Chicago on July 30, 2008 after signing a year and a half deal. He made his MLS debut for the Fire on August 2, 2008. During his time with the Fire, Pappa made 36 appearances for the Fire between 2008 and 2009 and scored 5 goals. Between 2010 and 2012, Pappa made 76 appearances for the Fire and scored 21 goals. On August 30, 2012, the Fire agreed to transfer Pappa to Dutch club SC Heerenveen of the Eredivisie during the middle of the MLS season. Pappa made only 12 appearances for Heerenveen and played only one minute this season. His contract was dissolved by the Dutch club on January 3.
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No Talking
Thomas Beckwith April 1, 2015
Writing a sci-fi novel? Need some quick ideas for your fictional hellscape? Then you need Randomized Dystopia, a tool which suggests basic liberties that your imaginary dictators can suppress.
Thomas Beckwith is a staff writer for The Millions and an MFA candidate at Johns Hopkins. Prior to coming to Baltimore, he studied literature and worked in IT while living in Dublin, Ireland. You can find him on Twitter at @tdbeckwith.
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Amidst all the sad tales of great bookstores going under, the Strand remains a fixture of the New York lit scene. At Vulture, Chris Bonanos explores the many reasons why the Strand is still afloat, among them the store's increasing sales of new books. You could also read our own Janet Potter on her lifelong infatuation with bookstores.
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Greenwell's Debut
Cara DuBois January 15, 2016
"What Belongs to You is a haunting, gorgeous, and fierce debut, capturing desire in every sentence—holding the space of what we long for and what can never truly be ours." The Rumpus reviews Garth Greenwell's debut novel. To compare and contrast, pair with our review of the novel.
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When Good Doesn't Win the Day
Bruna Dantas Lobato August 27, 2016
Recommended Listening: On NPR's All Things Considered, Petra Mayer offers advice to "literature's unpunished villains."
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PW's Top 10 of 2009
Sonya Chung November 1, 2009
Publisher's Weekly has released a Top 10 adult books list for 2009, fiction and non-fiction. Click here for the (perhaps surprising) list, including reviews.
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"Odessa stands for freedom as well as sleaze."
Nick Moran November 8, 2012
"Embracing the transients and flâneurs, this is, in effect, a museum of Russian literature. And, being Russian, it becomes a museum of censorship and repression as well as art: of genius and bravery, blood and lies." Snowdrops author A.D. Miller visits Ukraine's Odessa State Literary Museum.
Curiosities: 8x Buffalo
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Appearing Elsewhere: VQR Young Reviewers Contest winner and Millions contributor Emily drops by the NBCC blog to tell them what she's been reading.The NY Times fleshes out some of the details of Google's digitizing agreement with publishers and authors, including getting into some of the numbers involved. We explained the importance of the deal last year.At Jacket Copy Carolyn Kellogg gets Sarah Weinman to discuss the secrets behind her incredible speed-reading ability. (462 books in 2008!)Carolyn also recently highlighted all the great literary magazines that supplied the featured stories in last year's "best of" fiction anthologies, as well as the runners up.80 years after the last one, a new Winnie the Pooh book is on its way.A timely and topical list: the Top 10 green books of 2008For the multi-tasker (or perhaps the really lazy): the book holder bracelet."Had I an atheist friend who asked, 'Can you tell me please what this religion business is all about, not as some metaphysical hypothesis or historical phenomenon, but what it really means to be religious?' I might hand him or her a copy of Marilynne Robinson's novel Gilead. 'Read this,' I'd say, 'and it will give you a pretty good idea.'"For sports fans: Bill James on why statisticians should boycott the BCS.That perilous question: why blog?Vice did a fiction issue.David Brooks discusses some of the best long-form journalism of 2008 (with links!)The outgoing president's surprising reading list.The Hype Machine's impressive top albums of 2008 project.Wikipedia find of the week: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffaloA consideration of poet Jack Spicer.With apologies to William Carlos Williams, A poem for Blago.New short fiction from Horacio Castellanos Moya, author of Senselessness (via Scott)Jonathan Franzen on the Social Novel (via OUP blog)
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Documenting Death
Bruna Dantas Lobato March 29, 2016
"Maurice Sendak drew his partner Eugene after he died, as he had drawn his family members when they were dying. The moment is one he was compelled to capture, pin down, understand, see. Where many— maybe most—people look away, he wanted to render. He was very wrapped up in the goodbye, the flight, the loss; it was almost Victorian, to be so deeply entranced with the moment of death, the instinct to preserve or document it. It's also the artist's impulse: to turn something terrible into art, to take something you are terrified of and heartbroken by and make it into something else. For the time it takes to draw what is in front of you, you are not helpless or a bystander or bereft: You are doing your job." On Maurice Sendak and the art of death.
For the Grammarians
Nick Moran February 4, 2012
Who or whom? Which or that? Jon Gingerich has helpfully assembled a list of "20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes."


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A Maud királyné  föld (norvégül: Dronning Maud Land) az Antarktisz egy része, amely a Stancombius-Willson-gleccser végén (20° ny. h.) és a Shinnan-gleccser végén áthaladó (44°38' k. h.) meridiánok közé esik. 1938. január 14. óta Norvégia igényt tart rá mint függő területre, de ezt – akárcsak az Antarktiszra vonatkozó többi területi igényt – nemzetközileg nem ismerik el; a terület az Antarktisz-egyezmény hatálya alá esik. Területe megközelítőleg 2,5 millió km², nagy részét jégpáncél borítja.

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You know Christopher Pratt designed the Newfoundland flag, and if you're a cultural being at all, you'd recognize a painting as his just by the style of it. Maybe you've even read his poems, or know that his first name is actually John, not Christopher. But to really know a cultural icon, you have to watch the doc on them.
Take the trailer below, where Pratt candidly tells the camera he's content but not happy, and has regrets anyone who knows him could likely name.
Like Harvey's previous documentary on another epic local painter — the stunning I Heard a Birch Tree Whisper in the Night (about Gerald Squires) — his doc Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt is sure to be a riveting rendering of one of our province's most nationally renowned cultural icons.
Harvey says he was drawn to Pratt as subject matter because "he was part of the Holy Trinity of NL painters that I recognized since I was a child: Squires, Pratt, and Blackwood." It begs the question of whether Blackwood will get the Harvey biography treatment to complete what would be a holy trinity of docs.
Like Blackwood and Squires, Pratt was naturally pulled to painting. He was at Mount Allison University studying Pre-med, when he found himself engrossed with Fine Arts. None other than Lawren P. Harris and Alex Colville encouraged him to pack in his future stethoscope for a paintbrush. Some of the precision evident in his work came from his time working as a construction surveyor at the American Naval Base at Argentia.


This stylish boutique hotel houses a roof-top infinity pool, a 24-hour fitness centrel, 2 dining options and complimentary Wi-Fi access.
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, The Cafe Post offers both Western and Asian favourites. Located on the 29th floor, the Sky Bar offers views over the metropolitan district of Wan Chai. In-room dining is possible.


The Deus Bike Build Off stands out amongst other bike building competitions because it centres on 'creating the most with the least'.
Meet Arfan of Bckyrd Customs in Indonesia – a Bike Build Off veteran – who took the time to talk about the Indonesian build scene and the same love of creating a truly unique bike out of the things that are available to you.
"Over the years, we have entered three different bikes into the Bike Build Off, the most recent was a little Café Racer we built out of a 1997 Honda GL Pro. What makes us different is what makes a lot of bike builders in Indonesia different, we are more into building bikes that are fully functional, proportional, aesthetically easy and fun to ride by design.
We do that from the ground up and with what resources we have readily available and with our bare hands, rather than getting a bike, buying some parts and ostensibly just decorating it".
Some of the best and most creative builds we have seen since the Bike Build Off's inception in 2010, have come from Indonesia and we're certainly expecting big things from the archipelago this year.
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Property maintenance services from Gardenzilla offer lawn mowing, garden maintenance, snow removal, and more - with simple monthly pricing, and no long term commitment. We are the best choice for property maintenance services in Midtown Toronto.
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Spring is the busiest time of year in the gardens, and with good reason - we have just a month and a half to get your garden off to a good start. You can pick and choose the services that work for you - most customers start with an affordable spring cleanup of the yard and gardens, followed by basic care for the lawn, and optional flower planting and seasonal planters.
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We've already looked at the structure of PCl 3.
In fact, it doesn't. A non-existent compound - NCl 5 Nitrogen is in the same Group of the Periodic Table as phosphorus, and you might expect it to form a similar range of compounds.
You might have expected it to use the 4s orbital because this is the orbital that fills before the 3d when atoms are being built from scratch. In methane all the carbon-hydrogen bonds are identical, but our electrons are in two different kinds of orbitals.
What is the ionic bond formation of aluminum and chlorine?
We are starting with methane because it is the simplest case which illustrates the sort of processes involved. Phosphorus forms two chlorides - PCl 3 and PCl 5. Covalent bonding at A'level Cases where there isn't any difference from the simple view If you stick closely to modern A'level syllabuses, there is little need to move far from the simple GCSE view.
At a simple level like GCSE a lot of importance is attached to the electronic structures of noble gases like neon or argon which have eight electrons in their outer energy levels or two in the case of helium. The atoms could have become ions in previous reactions with other atoms or the atoms may have reacted with each other, transferring the electron s from one to the other. Energy is released whenever a covalent bond is formed.
It starts with a simple picture of the single covalent bond, and then modifies it slightly for A'level purposes. Why then isn't methane CH 2?
If the phosphorus is going to form PCl 5 it has first to generate 5 unpaired electrons. In order to fill its valence shell, sodium has two options:. Why does phosphorus form these extra two bonds? When an electron moves from one atom to another, both atoms become ions. The reason that NCl 5 doesn't exist is that in order to form five bonds, the nitrogen would have to promote one of its 2s electrons. Questions to test your understanding If this is the first set of questions you have done, please read the introductory page before you start.
For example, water is composed of two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom. You may well have been left with the strong impression that when other atoms react, they try to achieve noble gas structures.
A more sophisticated view of covalent bonding The bonding in methane, CH 4. Atoms like sodium, with only one or two electrons in a valence shell that needs eight electrons, are most likely to give up their valence electrons to achieve a stable state.
You might wonder whether all this is worth the bother! You will remember that the dots-and-crossed picture of methane looks like this. Use the BACK button on your browser to return quickly to this point.
You might perhaps wonder why boron doesn't form ionic bonds with fluorine instead. Hybridisation The electrons rearrange themselves again in a process called hybridisation.


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When I see a piece of news from the traditional media about eSports, I can only smile. I listen to all kinds of misinformation. The most common is to say that electronic sports have "come out of nowhere. "As if they had arisen by some kind of spontaneous generation.
That's why I'm going to tell you a story. Sit around the fire and listen carefully. Hear how everything started.
A History of Men and Machines
It was the 60s, and video games were science fiction. They were not even conceived in the collective imaginary, whether as entertainment or as a sport. In 1962 a guy named Steve Russell developed something called Spacewar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology! It was a program he did with his colleagues, all of them university students, to work on a PDP-1 computer. Spacewar! It was a "game", for lack of a better word. In it, two spaceships tried to destroy themselves without falling into the gravitational force of a star.
Exactly ten years later, in October 1972, Standford University held a Spacewar competition! They called the event "intergalactic olympics", and attendees drank free beer. The prize for the winner was a one-year subscription to the famous Rolling Stone magazine.
Eight years later in 1980, Atari organized the first large-scale tournament in the history of eSports. It consisted of getting the best score from the popular Space Invaders (the Matamacians par excellence). More than 10,000 people from all over the United States competed (given the technical limitations of the time) in-person in New York. The winner of the Space Invaders National Championship was Rebecca Heineman. She became the first person to win a national video game tournament. Subsequently, she developed a successful career as a programmer in the sector.
Promises of the Future
Between March 8 and 11, 1990, the company of Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda held the first Nintendo World Championship. It was held in 29 cities in the United States with the games Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and Rad Racer. It consisted of different competitions, individual, and in pairs. Although there was no official list of winners, this honor was later taken by Thor Aackerlund.
Parallel to the tournament, Nintendo Power magazine held a contest in which they gave away something very special. It was a golden NES cartridge with the three games of the competition. It is currently valued at more than $ 15,000. There was another similar Nintendo World Championship four years later, but it did not have the effect of the first.
The Lost Opportunity of Nintendo
Pokémon fever, starting in 1996, again prompted Nintendo to do competitive events. The trigger was the releasing of Pokémon Stadium in 2000, which gave a spectacular never before seen in the saga. It was a 3D video game for Nintendo 64. What made it unique is that you could use the equipment saved in Game Boy cartridges.
That same year national competitions were held all over the globe, looking for the best players. The champion of Spain was a very young Sergio García Maroto, who then competed against the best in Europe. His performance was so good that he managed to qualify for the Sydney World Championship in Australia, where he won third place.
For things in life, Sergio would be known twelve years later as the Youtuber Knekro. He became famous again thanks to his content of League of Legends, the eSport par excellence.
Returning to Pokémon, Nintendo had a golden opportunity. Following that championship, eSports could have been born a decade earlier. But the Japanese company could not see the potential behind all that. And, unfortunately, the competitive Pokémon was relegated to the background.
Pokémon was not the only example of what we could call the pre-eSports era, although it was the most popular. In the late 90s, and early new century, there were a few others.
To name one, there was the Red Annihilation tournament of the Quake shooter in 1997. It is considered one of the first examples of "modern" eSport. Among the 2,000 participants, the winner won the Ferrari from the game's chief developer, John Carmack.
On the other side of the globe, in South Korea, Starcraft, Blizzard's science fiction RTS, triumphed. This country was the first to professionalize eSports competitions. The players were treated as "athletes", and the games began to be broadcast on television. The first clubs, sponsors and player unions also emerged.
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Thanks to Blizzard, although indirectly, came the definitive boom with the editor of video game Warcraft. The same users created the Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) map, which is now standalone Esport game from Valve and which Riot would later rely on for the LOL.
League of Legends has become the most popular eSport , but there are many others. From shooters (Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, Overwatch …), card game (Hearthstone), mobile (Clash Royale) or more original (Rocket League).
Today, eSports move millions around the planet, and its a booming business. But all this comes from certain "intergalactic Olympics" 45 years ago. Therefore, when you hear that the phenomenon is recent, remember this: Rome was not made in one day.
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Finally the World Basket Cup has come! This is the world cup for individuals and its extremely fun and exciting. At the beginning choose your name, design your character and you are ready to compete in this world cup. Use the arrow keys on keyboard to navigate the character and spacebar to shoot. By holding the spacebar a little bit your shoot is gaining power. After you win some matches you will have some money to buy accessories that will help your character to play better and to be more fashionable there on the field. The people aren't informed about the world cup so there are very few of them in the audience but who cares, right? The joy and excitement while playing this game is more important than anything.
Use left and right arrow keys to move, down arrow key to pick up the ball, up arrow key to jump and space to throw the ball
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Naturelly has partnered with Entertainment One (eOne) to create a new line of jelly featuring its popular preschool property Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom. The partnership will mark the Ben & Holly brand's entrance into the food aisles initially launching on Ocado https://www.ocado.com/search?entry=Naturelly
Naturelly have created a special 'Magic Jelly' for kids aged 12 months + in two new flavours; Strawberry and Blackberry. The flavours are inspired by 'The Fruit Harvest' episode in the animated series when Mr Gnome can't resist eating all the strawberries and blackberries that he is helping to pick on harvest day.
As with all Naturelly juicy jelly snacks the new range for pre-schoolers will have no added sugar or sweeteners, only 36 kcal per 100g pouch, 100% RDI of Vitamin C and are Vegetarian society and school approved.
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning animated series that airs daily on Channel 5 Milkshake and Nick Jr. Jelly is a recurring theme in the show and one of the main characters, Nanny Plum, often creates a 'Jelly Flood' with one of her magic spells.
The Magic Jelly will be available from August 2017, just in time for summer picnics during the school holidays and Back to School lunchboxes. The new range also includes an exclusive on-pack promotion; fans of the show will have the chance to win a Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom bicycle or 1 of 100s of Ben & Holly Goodies including toys, back-packs and DVDs. To find out how to enter click here
Dean Dempsey Naturelly Founder comments: 'We are totally thrilled to be partnering with eOne to bring the Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom brand to our lunchbox snacks. We share the same brand values; playfulness, adventure and exploration and we believe that the Magic Jelly will be a fun treat on days out or after activities for kids aged 12 months plus."
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Oppo's First Android Smartwatch Duplicated Apple's Idea
They all come in a body design that bares strong resemblance to the Apple Watch, save for the missing digital crown.
Benson Umoh
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Something felt a little familiar about Xiaomi's Apple Watch clone when we first laid eyes on it a few months ago, but Oppo's first entry into the smartwatch space may have made us do a double take.
The aptly-named Oppo Watch was announced alongside the Find X2 series in Beijing earlier today. It's an Android-powered wearable that runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 2500 chipset, and for those who care, this comes with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage.
Much like the latest Apple Watches, Oppo's smartwatch lets you make phone calls via an eSIM, make payments via NFC (at least in China) and keep track of your vitals like heart rate, exercise performance, menstrual cycles and sleeping quality. The obvious missing feature here is the electrical heart sensor, meaning no electrocardiogram capability.
The watch comes in two flavors: the 46mm version with a 1.91-inch AMOLED screen should last for up to 40 hours on a single charge, whereas the smaller 41mm version with a 1.6-inch screen does 24 hours only.
They charge up quickly thanks to Oppo's VOOC technology: a 17-minute session already gets you back up to 50-percent charge. These two models also have different levels of water resistance, with the bigger one rated at 5ATM, whereas the smaller one is at 3ATM only.
They all come in a body design that bares strong resemblance to the Apple Watch, save for the missing digital crown. Heck, even some of the UI elements clearly took a page out of Apple's book.
Folks in China will be able to pre-order an Oppo Watch today ahead of the March 24th launch. The 46mm will be available for 1,999 yuan or about $290, and you get to pick either black or rose gold.
The smaller 41mm version will cost 1,499 yuan or about $220, and it comes in black, white or pink. And then you have the premium 46mm stainless steel edition with sapphire crystal, and this is asking for 2,499 yuan or about $360. Still noticeably cheaper than the Apple Watches, of course.
The Oppo Watch won't be leaving China any time soon, but Oppo has entered a partnership with the Boston Marathon Association for some co-branding and co-development work over the next four years, so don't be surprised if you trip over an Oppo Watch in the next race.
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Earning airline miles and hotel points from credit cards that offer valuable sign-up bonuses is among the easiest ways to travel the world for pennies on the dollar.
Many of these cards give you 50,000+ bonus miles just for applying and using the card. The credit cards listed below are the best current sign-up bonus offers and offer a way to earn A LOT of free travel.
With the right planning you can earn hundreds of thousands of airline miles and hotel points.
Important reminder: As always, you should only apply for credit cards if you responsibly manage your credit score and pay off your balance in full every month.
Here is a look at the top 10 best credit card sign-up bonus offers.
Current bonus offer: 100,000 Ultimate Rewards points after spending $4,000 within three months.
Why it's a good deal: Just released last month the Chase Sapphire Reserve has quickly become the most talked about high-end credit card out there. The card is offering 100,000 Ultimate Rewards points after spending $4,000 within the first three months.
The sign-up bonus along is worth a minimum of $1,500 when redeem for travel through Chase's Ultimate Rewards travel portal. If you are savvy about getting the max value of your Ultimate Rewards points then you can likely get close to 2.00 cents in value per point when transferred to Ultimate Rewards transfer partners (see a full transfer chart here).
The Sapphire Reserve card earns 3x points on dining and travel purchases making it a among the best cards for everyday purchases in these categories.
$300 annual travel credit that is automatically applied as a statement credit.
Complimentary airport lounge access with Priority Pass membership (yes, you get to bring in unlimited guests traveling with you).
Great travel and shopping insurance protection.
$100 statement credit towards a Global Entry or TSAPre fee.
Current bonus offer: 80,000 Ultimate Rewards points after spending $5,000 within three months.
Why it's a good deal: Chase's Ink Business Preferred Card is now Chase's top rewards earning business credit card. The card offers a valuable 80,000 Ultimate Rewards points sign-up bonus.
For those who are not familiar, Chase Ultimate Rewards points are the most valuable and flexible transferable bank-points out there.
They can be can be transferred to any the valuable 1:1 airline and hotel transfer partners including United, Hyatt, British Airways, and among others.
Having the flexibility of redeeming points for the travel you want makes it much easier to book the ultimate trip you've dreamed of. Plus, you always have options on how to use your rewards points and with the highest-value option for your type of travel.
Earn 3 points per $1 on travel, shipping purchases, internet, cable and phone services, advertising purchases made with social media sites and search engines (up to $150,000 spent per year).
Earn 1 point per $1 on everything else.
Current bonus offer: 50,000 miles after spending $3,000 within 90 days—worth $500 in free travel.
Why it's a good deal: The Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® is one of my favorite flexible rewards credit cards. The card now has an all-time high sign-up bonus of 50,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 within the first 90 days.
This 50,000 mile sign-up bonus is worth $525 when redeemed for travel, plus you'll have one of the top earning cards on the market. The sign-up bonus was recently bumped up to 50,000 miles and it's the highest offer ever on this card!
With the card you'll earn 2X arrival miles on every $1 spent and have one of the top travel credit cards when it comes to ease and flexibility of redeeming miles.
You can redeem Arrival miles at a value of 1.0 cent per mile for a statement credit for any paid flight or hotel using your Arrival card. When you redeem miles for travel you also earn a 5% mile rebate, that means you're earning at 2.14% cash back on every dollar spent.
You can read my full review of the Barclaycard Arrival Plus here.
Tip: I've successfully earned the 50,000 mile sign-up bonus on this card 3 times, which means I've earned $1,200+ worth of free travel!
Current bonus offer: 50,000 Membership Rewards points after spending $5,000 within the first three months.
Why it's a good deal: The 50,000 Membership Rewards points offer now available on the Amex Business Gold Rewards Card is double the standard offer of 25,000 points. This makes it a great time to sign-up and earn the additional points.
Plus, the card offer a $0 annual fee the first year so you won't pay anything until the second year of holding the card and can decide if it is worth keeping.
Amex Membership Rewards are valuable flexible points which can be transferred to numerous airline and hotel programs. To see all the transfer options check out my transfer points guide.
Current bonus offer: 60,000 bonus miles after first purchase.
Why it's a good deal: This card was just released late this year and offers a sizable sign-up bonus with no minimum spending requirement. You'll get 60,000 miles after making your first purchase.
Avianca miles are incredibly valuable for booking awards on Star Alliance airlines, such as United, Lufthansa, ANA, Turkish Airlines, Singapore, and more.
The card earns 3X miles on Avianca purchases and 2X miles on gas and grocery.
Public offer: 50,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 within three months.
Annual fee: Waived the first year, then $95.
Why it's a good deal: The United Explorer Business card is offering a solid 50,000 mile bonus at the moment. Of course, the card does fall under Chase's 5/24 rule, but it could be an option if you still remain under this limit.
Each calendar year you spend $25,000 on your card you will earn one 10,000-mile bonus.
Why it's a good deal: The Chase Sapphire Preferred card is offering 50,000 Ultimate Rewards points after spending $4,000 within the first three months.
An extra 5,000 bonus points can be earned after an authorized user makes their first purchase within the first three months.
The Sapphire Preferred card earns 2x points on dining and travel purchases making it a great card for everyday purchases in these categories.
The 50,000 Ultimate Rewards points can be transferred at a 1:1 ratio to Korean Air, United, Hyatt, and other valuable partners – check out a my full transfer guide here.
Current bonus offer: 100,000 Membership Rewards points after spending $15,000 within three months.
Why it's a good deal: Currently the Business Platinum Card from American Express is offering a huge sign-up bonus of up to 100,000 Membership Rewards points.
You'll earn 50,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first three months, plus an additional 50,000 bonus points after spending another $10,000 in the first three months.
This increased sign-up bonus offer will last until January 25, 2017.
$200 airline incidental credit (every calendar year).
50% points rebate when you redeem points for first/business class tickets or any class ticket with your designated airline.
Free Boingo (unlimited) and Gogo® (10 passes) internet access.
Why it's a good deal: As a solid offer that is almost always around, American Airline AAdvantage miles are still among the most valuable airlines miles to earn for travel on Oneworld alliance airlines. It may be a bit of a time crunch to earn the miles before the upcoming AA devaluation on March 22, 2016. However, if you are redeeming most of your miles before then this is a great way to refill you mile balances for the future.
There is currently a 50,000 mile bonus offer on all versions of the Citi AAdvantage cards. This includes two personal versions (platinum select and executive) and the business card as well..
American Airlines AAdvantage miles can be redeemed for flights on any of the Oneworld partner airlines. These include some of the top first and business class cabin flights in the world—including Cathay Pacific which you can book for only 67,500 miles one-way from the US to Asia.
Current bonus offer: 25,000 SPG points after spending $3,000 within the first six months.
Why it's a good deal: The Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card offer 25,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 in the first 6 months of card membership.
The American Express SPG cards are among the most flexible hotel credit cards available and the points are valuable for both hotel stays and flights.
Starpoints can be transferred to numerous valuable airline programs and when you transfer 20,000 points you'll earn a 5,000 point bonus.
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Any particular reason the Barclaycard Arrival Plus moved ahead of Chase Sapphire Preferred this month?
Bijan711, I consider them to both offer a lot of value, but given Chase's 5/24 rule getting approved for the CSP may be out of reach for many. Also, the list isn't set in a rock-solid order of best to worst cards and depending on individual situations one card may make more sense then another.


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"Love Hurts," performed by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
Love hurts and the plaintive emotions expressed by this duo resonates deeply. But criticism, even constructive criticism, hurts far more. I cannot find anyone who sings about constructive criticism. The website, Lyrics.com, advertises itself as "The Web's Largest Resource for Music, Songs & Lyrics" and a search found 10 lyrics, 0 artists, and only 2 albums matching "constructive criticism." On the other hand, it found 20,197 lyrics for "love hurts," 112 artists, and 100 albums. Maybe "love" and "hurt" is a yin and yang thing or part of a beck and call scenario while "constructive" and "criticism" does not quite work.
Constructive criticism lacks the romance but it still hurts, often hurts a lot. The fact that it is basic and not flashy does not diminish the pain. Just a different part of a person's ego hurts. Even when delivered with kindness, pain results. Someone can say, "But it's good for you," "Be strong," or "Get over it and use the criticism to your advantage." The person not criticized always has an easier time delivering the message than the target has receiving it.
The truth is that if a person can handle constructive criticism and get past the pain and their ego, their business and sales improve. I see agency owners, the ones that have built the most solid agencies not necessarily the biggest by any means, take constructive criticism far better than their peers. Taking constructive criticism and the ability and willingness to do so is one of the most fascinating and interesting aspects of why people own agencies and become executives. Their entire goal, if subconscious, is to hold a position where people will not criticize them. This is actually a testable personality trait and to date, I have not seen the test miss.
Criticism hurts all types of people but some people work constructively in response. The people who avoid criticism as entirely as possible are the owners and executives who need to be the boss for one reason–so they will not be criticized. They are not in business to actually build a business. They are in business to avoid being criticized. Without any exaggeration I have seen agencies go bankrupt, suffer E&O claims and suffer huge losses of value, which were all avoidable if the owner could have handled criticism. In the most extreme cases, they chose, explicitly, failure over criticism. I clearly remember the day when one owner broke down over the constructive criticism involving his agency's bankruptcy due to miss-spending trust monies. The failure of bankruptcy was less painful than the accompanying criticism and goes to show just how painful constructive criticism can be to some people.
The insurance industry has a large percentage of owners who cannot stand criticism and it hurts their agency's performance. I recently completed a deep study of which characteristics result in the truly best agencies. One defining factor was whether the owner ran the agency as an agency, for their personal purposes, or ran it as a business. Guess where sensitivity to criticism is least? Most?
I recently read a story exemplifying the best of both sides of constructive criticism. Constructive criticism was given 20 years ago to a particular younger person. They were clearly hurt. But it was fairly given and delivered without malice. Today, the person who gave the constructive criticism is going to work for the person to whom he delivered the criticism. She took the advice after licking her wounds and made herself better. She now owns her own business that she runs as a business and it is so successful, she has become a local economic force. The person who delivered the constructive criticism can now expect fair criticism at his employee reviews. By both parties working constructively, using the pain that entails positivity, everyone gets getter.
On the other hand, if I am a carrier and I am looking to appoint agencies with the best futures, I probably would focus on owners who are the least sensitive to constructive criticism. This is not so that companies can deliver criticism (some really should look in the mirror first) but because it is a characteristic of the most solid agency owners. I built proxy measures that are tangible and provable -- these are not "gut" instincts and a third-party test does exist to determine who is and who is not best able to deal with contractive criticism.
If I am a competitor, an opportunity exists to take advantage of those agencies run by people who are too sensitive to criticism. The bigger they are the more vulnerable they are. This is because their weaknesses are less likely to be addressed since a high probability exist no one will offer constructive criticism to these kinds of bosses and even if they do, the boss is less likely to listen.
If by chance you are someone that is extremely sensitive to constructive criticism, maybe it helps to know constructive criticism hurts for every adult on some level and some part of their ego. I know hard work can overcome an adequate portion of one's sensitivity. The advantage people have, that were excessively sensitive but grow stronger is they have empathy today that enables them to connect to many people more deeply. They have turned the lemon into lemonade.
Clearly this article's topic is not a normal insurance topic. However, in many agencies and situations, the ability and willingness to deal with constructive criticism is far more important to many agencies' futures. Everyone gets hurt in love and criticism. What you do with constructive criticism determines that future. How well do you deal with constructive criticism?
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import datetime
import json
import random
import re

import sqlalchemy.orm
import zeeguu_core
from sqlalchemy import Column, ForeignKey, Integer, func
from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
from zeeguu_core import util, logger
from zeeguu_core.language.difficulty_estimator_factory import DifficultyEstimatorFactory
from zeeguu_core.model import Language

db = zeeguu_core.db

class User(db.Model):
    __table_args__ = {'mysql_collate': 'utf8_bin'}

    EMAIL_VALIDATION_REGEX = r"(^[a-z0-9_.+-]+@[a-z0-9-]+\.[a-z0-9-.]+$)"
    ANONYMOUS_EMAIL_DOMAIN = '@anon.zeeguu'

    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    email = db.Column(db.String(255), unique=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(255))
    invitation_code = db.Column(db.String(255))
    password = db.Column(db.String(255))
    password_salt = db.Column(db.String(255))
    learned_language_id = db.Column(
        db.Integer,
        db.ForeignKey(Language.id)
    )
    learned_language = relationship(Language, foreign_keys=[learned_language_id])

    native_language_id = db.Column(
        db.Integer,
        db.ForeignKey(Language.id)
    )
    native_language = relationship(Language, foreign_keys=[native_language_id])

    from zeeguu_core.model.cohort import Cohort
    cohort_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey(Cohort.id))
    cohort = relationship(Cohort)

    def __init__(self, email, name, password, learned_language=None, native_language=None, invitation_code=None,
                 cohort=None):
        self.email = email
        self.name = name
        self.update_password(password)
        self.learned_language = learned_language or Language.default_learned()
        self.native_language = native_language or Language.default_native_language()
        self.invitation_code = invitation_code
        self.cohort = cohort

    @classmethod
    def create_anonymous(cls, uuid, password, learned_language_code=None, native_language_code=None):
        """

        :param uuid:
        :param password:
        :param learned_language_code:
        :param native_language_code:
        :return:
        """

        # since the DB must have an email we generate a fake one
        fake_email = uuid + cls.ANONYMOUS_EMAIL_DOMAIN

        if learned_language_code is not None:
            try:
                learned_language = Language.find_or_create(learned_language_code)
            except NoResultFound as e:
                learned_language = None
        else:
            learned_language = None

        if native_language_code is not None:
            try:
                native_language = Language.find_or_create(native_language_code)
            except NoResultFound as e:
                native_language = None
        else:
            native_language = None

        new_user = cls(fake_email, uuid, password, learned_language=learned_language, native_language=native_language)

        return new_user

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<User %r>' % (self.email)

    def details_as_dictionary(self):
        from zeeguu_core.model import UserLanguage

        result = dict(
            email=self.email,
            name=self.name,
            learned_language=self.learned_language.code,
            native_language=self.native_language.code
        )

        for each in UserLanguage.query.filter_by(user=self):
            result[each.language.code + "_min"] = each.declared_level_min
            result[each.language.code + "_max"] = each.declared_level_max
            result[each.language.code + "_reading"] = each.reading_news
            result[each.language.code + "_exercises"] = each.doing_exercises
            result[each.language.code + "_cefr_level"] = each.cefr_level

        return result

    def preferred_difficulty_estimator(self):
        """
        :return: Difficulty estimator from preferences,
        otherwise the default one which is FrequencyDifficultyEstimator
        """

        from zeeguu_core.model.user_preference import UserPreference
        # Must have this import here to avoid circular dependency

        preference = UserPreference.get_difficulty_estimator(self) or "FleschKincaidDifficultyEstimator"
        logger.debug(f"Difficulty estimator for user {self.id}: {preference}")
        return preference

    def text_difficulty(self, text, language):

        estimator = DifficultyEstimatorFactory.get_difficulty_estimator(self.preferred_difficulty_estimator())
        return estimator.estimate_difficulty(text, language, self)

    def set_native_language(self, code):
        self.native_language = Language.find(code)

    def set_learned_language(self, language_code, session=None):
        self.learned_language = Language.find(language_code)

        from zeeguu_core.model import UserLanguage

        # disable the exercises and reading for all the other languages
        all_other_languages = (UserLanguage.query.
                               filter(User.id == self.id).
                               filter(UserLanguage.doing_exercises == True).all())
        for each in all_other_languages:
            each.doing_exercises = False
            each.reading_news = False
            if session:
                session.add(each)

        language = UserLanguage.find_or_create(session, self, self.learned_language)
        language.reading_news = True
        language.doing_exercises = True

        if session:
            session.add(language)

    def set_learned_language_level(self, language_code: str, level: str, session=None):
        learned_language = Language.find_or_create(language_code)
        from zeeguu_core.model import UserLanguage
        language = UserLanguage.find_or_create(session, self, learned_language)
        language.cefr_level = int(level)
        if session:
            session.add(language)

    def has_bookmarks(self):
        return self.bookmark_count() > 0

    def date_of_last_bookmark(self):
        """
            assumes that there are bookmarks
        """
        return self.bookmarks_chronologically()[0].time

    def active_during_recent(self, days: int = 30):
        if not self.has_bookmarks():
            return False

        import dateutil.relativedelta
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        a_while_ago = now - dateutil.relativedelta.relativedelta(days=days)
        return self.date_of_last_bookmark() > a_while_ago

    def cohort_articles_for_user(self):
        from zeeguu_core.model import Cohort, CohortArticleMap
        try:
            cohort = Cohort.find(self.cohort_id)
            cohort_articles = CohortArticleMap.get_articles_info_for_cohort(cohort)
            return cohort_articles
        except NoResultFound as e:
            return []

    @classmethod
    @sqlalchemy.orm.validates("email")
    def validate_email(cls, col, email):
        if (any(x.isupper() for x in email)):
            raise ValueError("You should use only lowercase letters for email")
        if not re.match(cls.EMAIL_VALIDATION_REGEX, email):
            raise ValueError("Invalid email address")
        return email

    @classmethod
    @sqlalchemy.orm.validates("password")
    def validate_password(cls, col, password):
        if password is None or len(password) == 0:
            raise ValueError("Invalid password")
        return password

    @classmethod
    @sqlalchemy.orm.validates("name")
    def validate_name(cls, col, name):
        if name is None or len(name) == 0:
            raise ValueError("Invalid username")
        return name

    def update_password(self, password: str):
        """

        :param password: str
        :return:
        """
        salt_bytes = "".join(chr(random.randint(0, 255)) for _ in range(32)).encode('utf-8')

        self.password = util.password_hash(password, salt_bytes)
        self.password_salt = salt_bytes.hex()

    def all_reading_sessions(self, after_date=datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1),
                             before_date=datetime.date.today() + datetime.timedelta(
                                 days=1)):
        from zeeguu_core.model.user_reading_session import UserReadingSession
        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(UserReadingSession)
        return (query.
                filter_by(user_id=self.id).
                filter(UserReadingSession.start_time >= after_date).
                filter(UserReadingSession.start_time <= before_date).
                order_by(UserReadingSession.start_time)).all()

    def all_bookmarks(self, after_date=datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1),
                      before_date=datetime.date.today() + datetime.timedelta(
                          days=1)):
        from zeeguu_core.model.bookmark import Bookmark, UserWord

        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(Bookmark)
        return (query.
                join(UserWord, Bookmark.origin_id == UserWord.id).
                filter(UserWord.language_id == self.learned_language_id).
                filter(Bookmark.user_id == self.id).
                filter(Bookmark.time >= after_date).
                filter(Bookmark.time <= before_date).
                order_by(Bookmark.time).all())

    def all_bookmarks_fit_for_study(self):
        from zeeguu_core.model.bookmark import Bookmark

        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(Bookmark)
        return (query.
                filter_by(user_id=self.id).
                filter_by(fit_for_study=True)).all()

    def bookmarks_chronologically(self):
        from zeeguu_core.model.bookmark import Bookmark

        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(Bookmark)
        return (query.
                filter_by(user_id=self.id).
                order_by(Bookmark.time.desc())).all()

    def starred_bookmarks(self, count):
        from zeeguu_core.model.bookmark import Bookmark, UserWord

        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(Bookmark)
        return (query.
                join(UserWord, Bookmark.origin_id == UserWord.id).
                filter(UserWord.language_id == self.learned_language_id).
                filter(Bookmark.user_id == self.id).
                filter(Bookmark.starred == True).
                order_by(Bookmark.time.desc()).
                limit(count))

    def learned_bookmarks(self, count=50):
        from zeeguu_core.model.bookmark import Bookmark, UserWord

        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(Bookmark)
        learned = (query.
                   join(UserWord, Bookmark.origin_id == UserWord.id).
                   filter(UserWord.language_id == self.learned_language_id).
                   filter(Bookmark.user_id == self.id).
                   filter(Bookmark.learned == True).
                   order_by(Bookmark.learned_time.desc()).limit(400))

        return learned

    def _datetime_to_date(self, date_time):
        """
            we define datetime as being any datetime object,
            and date as being a datetime object with only the year, month and day part
        """
        return date_time.replace(date_time.year,
                                 date_time.month,
                                 date_time.day, 0, 0, 0,
                                 0)

    def _to_date_dict(self, dict_list, date_key):
        """
            :param dict_list: a list of dictionaries
            :param date_key: the key that maps to the datetime object in the dictionary
            :return: dictionary with dates mapping to a list of dictionaries
        """
        date_dict = dict()
        for dictionary in dict_list:
            date = self._datetime_to_date(getattr(dictionary, date_key))
            date_dict.setdefault(date, []).append(dictionary)

        return date_dict

    def _to_serializable(self, tuple_list, key_name, *args):
        """
            :param tuple_list: a list of tuples with
                1. position: date
                2. position: list of objects with 'json_serializable_dict()' method
            :param key_name: the key name of the final serialized objects in the result list
            :param *args: the list of arguments that should be passed down to the 'json_serializable_dict()' method
            :return:
        """
        result = []

        for date, object_list in tuple_list:
            serialized_objects = []
            for obj in object_list:
                serialized_objects.append(obj.json_serializable_dict(*args))
            date_entry = dict(
                date=date.strftime("%A, %d %B %Y"),
            )
            date_entry[key_name] = serialized_objects
            result.append(date_entry)

        return result

    def reading_sessions_by_day(self,
                                after_date=datetime.datetime(2010, 1, 1), max=42):
        """
        :param after_date: The date from which the reading sessions will be queried
        :return: a serializable list of of objects containing a date and all the reading sessions belonging to that date
        """

        reading_sessions = self.all_reading_sessions(after_date)
        date_reading_sessions_dict = self._to_date_dict(dict_list=reading_sessions, date_key='start_time')
        sorted_date_reading_sessions_tuples = sorted(date_reading_sessions_dict.items(), reverse=True,
                                                     key=lambda tup: tup[0])

        if (len(sorted_date_reading_sessions_tuples) > max):
            sorted_date_reading_sessions_tuples = sorted_date_reading_sessions_tuples[:max]

        result = self._to_serializable(sorted_date_reading_sessions_tuples, key_name='reading_sessions')

        return result

    def bookmarks_by_date(self, after_date=datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)):
        """
        :param after_date:
        :return: a pair of 1. a dict with date-> bookmarks and 2. a sorted list of dates
        """

        def extract_day_from_date(bookmark):
            return bookmark, bookmark.time.replace(bookmark.time.year,
                                                   bookmark.time.month,
                                                   bookmark.time.day, 0, 0, 0,
                                                   0)

        bookmarks = self.all_bookmarks(after_date)
        bookmarks_by_date = dict()

        for elem in map(extract_day_from_date, bookmarks):
            bookmarks_by_date.setdefault(elem[1], []).append(elem[0])

        sorted_dates = list(bookmarks_by_date.keys())
        sorted_dates.sort(reverse=True)
        return bookmarks_by_date, sorted_dates

    def bookmarks_by_day(self, with_context,
                         after_date=datetime.datetime(2010, 1, 1), max=42, with_title=False):

        bookmarks = self.all_bookmarks(after_date)
        date_bookmarks_dict = self._to_date_dict(dict_list=bookmarks, date_key='time')
        sorted_date_bookmarks = sorted(date_bookmarks_dict.items(), reverse=True, key=lambda tup: tup[0])

        if (len(sorted_date_bookmarks) > max):
            sorted_date_bookmarks = sorted_date_bookmarks[:max]

        result = self._to_serializable(sorted_date_bookmarks, 'bookmarks', with_context, with_title)
        return result

    def bookmarks_for_article(self, article_id, with_context, with_title=False):

        from zeeguu_core.model import Bookmark, Text

        bookmarks = []

        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(Bookmark)
        all_for_article = (query.join(Text).
                           filter(Bookmark.user_id == self.id).
                           filter(Text.article_id == article_id).
                           order_by(Bookmark.id.asc()).
                           all())

        for each in all_for_article:
            bookmarks.append(each.json_serializable_dict(with_context, with_title))

        return bookmarks

    def bookmarks_by_url_by_date(self, n_days=365):
        bookmarks_list, dates = self.bookmarks_by_date()

        most_recent_n_days = dates[0:n_days]

        urls_by_date = {}
        texts_by_url = {}
        for date in most_recent_n_days:
            for bookmark in bookmarks_list[date]:
                urls_by_date.setdefault(date, set()).add(bookmark.text.url)
                texts_by_url.setdefault(bookmark.text.url, set()).add(bookmark.text)
        return most_recent_n_days, urls_by_date, texts_by_url

    def bookmarks_to_study(self, bookmark_count=10):
        """

        :param bookmark_count: by default we recommend 10 words

        :return:
        """
        from zeeguu_core.word_scheduling import arts

        bookmarks = arts.bookmarks_to_study(self, bookmark_count, zeeguu_core.db)

        return bookmarks

    def bookmark_counts_by_date(self):
        """returns array with added bookmark amount per each date for the last year
        this function is for the activity_graph, generates data
        """

        # compute bookmark_counts_by_date
        year = datetime.date.today().year - 1  # get data from year 2015(if this year is 2016)
        month = datetime.date.today().month
        bookmarks_dict, dates = self.bookmarks_by_date(
            datetime.datetime(year, month, 1))

        counts = []
        for date in dates:
            the_date = date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
            the_count = len(bookmarks_dict[date])
            counts.append(dict(date=the_date, count=the_count))

        bookmark_counts_by_date = json.dumps(counts)
        return bookmark_counts_by_date

    def learner_stats_data(self):
        """returns array with learned and learning words count per each month for the last year
        this function is for the line_graph, generates data
        """

        # compute learner_stats_data
        from zeeguu_core.model.learner_stats.learner_stats import \
            compute_learner_stats
        learner_stats_data = compute_learner_stats(self)

        return learner_stats_data

    def user_words(self):
        return [b.origin.word for b in self.all_bookmarks()]

    def bookmark_count(self):
        return len(self.all_bookmarks())

    def word_count(self):
        return len(self.user_words())

    def levels_for(self, language: Language):
        """

            the level that the system considers for this user

            TODO: must think better about this...

        :param language:

        :return: pair of level_min and level_max for this user

        """
        from zeeguu_core.model import UserLanguage

        lang_info = UserLanguage.with_language_id(language.id, self)

        # default values, for when there's no corresponding setting
        declared_level_min = -1
        declared_level_max = 11

        # start from user's levels if they exist
        if lang_info.declared_level_min:
            if lang_info.declared_level_min > 0:
                declared_level_min = lang_info.declared_level_min

        if lang_info.declared_level_max:
            if lang_info.declared_level_max < 10:
                declared_level_max = lang_info.declared_level_max

        CEFR_TO_DIFFICULTY_MAPPING = {
            1: (1, 5.5),
            2: (1, 6),
            3: (3, 7),
            4: (4, 8),
            5: (6, 9),
            6: (7, 10)
        }

        if lang_info.cefr_level and lang_info.cefr_level > 0:
            declared_level_min, declared_level_max = CEFR_TO_DIFFICULTY_MAPPING[lang_info.cefr_level]

        # If there's cohort info, consider it
        if self.cohort:
            if self.cohort.language:
                if self.cohort.language == language:
                    if self.cohort.declared_level_min:
                        # min will be the max between the teacher's min and the student's min
                        # this means that if the teacher says 5 is min, the student can't reduce it...
                        # otoh, if the teacher says 5 is the min but the student wants 7 that will work
                        declared_level_min = max(declared_level_min, self.cohort.declared_level_min)

                    if self.cohort.declared_level_max:
                        # a student is limited to the upper limit of his cohort
                        declared_level_max = min(declared_level_max, self.cohort.declared_level_max)

        return max(declared_level_min, 0), min(declared_level_max, 10)

    @classmethod
    def find_all(cls):
        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(User)
        return query.all()

    @classmethod
    def find(cls, email):
        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(User)
        return query.filter(func.lower(User.email) == email.lower()).one()

    @classmethod
    def email_exists(cls, email):
        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(User)
        try:
            query.filter(func.lower(User.email) == email.lower()).one()
            return True
        except sqlalchemy.orm.exc.NoResultFound:
            return False

    @classmethod
    def find_by_id(cls, id):
        return User.query.filter(User.id == id).one()

    @classmethod
    def all_recent_user_ids(cls, days=90):
        from zeeguu_core.model import UserActivityData
        sometime_ago = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=days)

        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(UserActivityData)
        recent_activities = query.filter(UserActivityData.time > sometime_ago).all()
        user_ids = set([each.user_id for each in recent_activities])
        return user_ids

    @classmethod
    def exists(cls, user):

        query = zeeguu_core.db.session.query(User)
        try:
            query.filter_by(
                email=user.email,
                id=user.id
            ).one()
            return True
        except NoResultFound:
            return False

    @classmethod
    def authorize(cls, email, password):
        try:
            user = cls.find(email)
            if user.password == util.password_hash(password, bytes.fromhex(user.password_salt)):
                return user
        except sqlalchemy.orm.exc.NoResultFound:
            zeeguu_core.warning(f"Login attempt with wrong email: {email}")
            return None

    @classmethod
    def authorize_anonymous(cls, uuid, password):
        email = uuid + cls.ANONYMOUS_EMAIL_DOMAIN
        return cls.authorize(email, password)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


On this day, November 23, in 1887, William Henry Pratt was born in Camberwell, England. In 1909, an athletic and adventurous young man of 22, Billy Pratt set sail for Canada, chosen over Australia by a lucky coin toss. He arrived at Montreal on May 17 and headed west, working odd jobs as he traveled across the Prairies, over the Rockies and into British Columbia. Somewhere along the way, he fell in with a theatrical troupe and found his true calling.
Adopting the ominous sounding stage name of Boris Karloff, the young actor barnstormed all over America with two-bit stock companies, learning his trade. In 1919, he landed in Los Angeles where the new business of making motion pictures was underway. Karloff's gaunt profile and dark complexion landed him the usual villainous parts of the day, playing Hurons, Arabs, French-Canadian trappers, Mexican outlaws, evil princes and assorted henchmen. In 1926's The Bells, Karloff memorably plays a Mesmerist copied off Werner Krauss' Dr. Caligari.
In 1931, director James Whale picked Karloff to play The Monster in Frankenstein. To Karloff, it was just another job, one of 18 films he made that year.
Frankenstein, of course, was a sensation and Boris Karloff was not only propelled to movie stardom, but his version of the Monster attained mythic status.
We celebrate another Karloff family birthday, today. On this day, November 23, 1938, Karloff donned his Frankenstein gear and reported to the set at Universal to film the mirror scene with Basil Rathbone in Son of Frankenstein. The crew surprised Boris with a birthday cake. That very same day, there were more celebrations on the set when word came that Boris' wife, Dorothy, had given birth to a baby girl, Sara Jane.
Today, Sara Karloff keeps the memory of her father alive, appearing at conventions and operating the official Boris Karloff website. In 1996, with the complicity of fellow monster-star offspring Bela Lugosi Jr. and Ron Chaney, Sara Karloff successfully petitioned the US Post Office into issuing stamps honoring their famous fathers.
And yet another happy coincidence: Christopher Lee's daughter, Christina, was born on this date, in 1963. Lee, of course, is another actor whose career was launched playing Frankenstein's Monster.
From all of us Frankenstein fans, here's a heartfelt happy birthday to dear Boris — the most famous Frankenstein of them all — and to the Daughters of Frankenstein, Sara Jane Karloff and Christina Lee.
The photo of Karloff with Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi comes from the Basil Rathbone website where you can see more pictures from the Son of Frankenstein set.
The photo of Christopher Lee and daughter appears in Lee's autobiography "Tall, Dark and Gruesome".
Wow, those are great pics. I'll come back later and read through it.


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The Lister Medal is an award presented by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in recognition of contributions to surgical science. It is named after the English surgeon Joseph Lister (1827-1912), whose work on antiseptics established the basis of modern sterile surgery.

The medal has its origins in the Lister Memorial Fund, started by the Royal Society, which was raised by public subscription after Lister's death, with the object of creating a lasting mark of respect to his memory. In 1920, the Royal College of Surgeons of England became the trustees and administrators of the fund. They were entrusted with the task of awarding a monetary prize and a bronze medal (gold since 1984) every three years, irrespective of nationality, to those who had made outstanding contributions to surgical science. The triennial award is decided by a committee representing the Royal Society, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Glasgow.

The Lister Medal, although it is not always awarded to a surgeon, is one of the most prestigious honours a surgeon can receive. The obverse of the medal consists of a representation of a bust of Lord Lister. The reverse side has the recipient's name across centre, and around the edge of the medal is text naming the award along with the dedication:

On the occasion of the award, the medallist delivers the Lister Oration (sometimes called the "Lister Memorial Lecture"). The first award was announced in 1924, with the presentation and the lecture taking place the following year. The most recent award was made in 2015, with a total of 27 people having received the medal to date.

Medallists

Notes

See also

 List of medicine awards

References

External links
From mourning to scientific legacy: commemorating Lister in London and Scotland by Marguerite Wright Dupree (Notes Rec R Soc Lond. 2013 Sep 20; 67(3): 261–280)

British awards
Medicine awards