Below are Frequently Asked Questions regarding our South Africa Holiday Package. Click on a question to see the corresponding answer!
What is the standard amount of gratuity / tipping?
The standard amount to tip a waiter / waitress would be 10% of the bill.
What language do the locals speak?
South Africa has 11 official languages! However, luckily all you need to know is English as it the most widely spoken language. All tourist related employees can speak English.
Does the holiday package include any high risk Malaria destinations?
No, the holiday package only goes through regions which are classified as malaria free.
Yes driving in South Africa is generally very safe! Inside our guide (which you receive once you make a booking) we provide more specific safety recommendations, such as do not drive in the dark, etc.
How can I determine the exact price of the holiday package?
You will need to go to our Booking page. Enter your details, and submit them. We'll get back to you as soon as possible with a quote.
Is the holiday suitable for children?
Yes, it is! Some activities may not be suitable for children under a certain age. However there will always be an activity available which is child friendly!
Can we extend the holiday package?
Yes, we are able to extend the holiday package for you. Contact us and can have a chat about it!
Can we modify the holiday package?
We have carefully chosen this package as we believe it offers the best of South Africa experience for this duration stay. By using the same service providers we are able to offer the holiday package at this highly competitive price!
However, if you have a request or a suggestion, you are more than welcome to contact us and we will see how we can help you. See our contact page for email address.
You are more than welcome to stay longer in South Africa after our package, as long as your visa is valid for that period.
Why are flights not included in the package?
Firstly, all our guests fly into South Africa from different locations. Hence a holiday package with fixed flights, e.g. flying from London, would not be ideal for all travelers. If we were to manually quote and book tickets for our travelers this would result in a lot of our time being used, which would ultimately result in the price of our competitively priced tour package increasing!
Also different travelers prefer different airlines, stop over times, etc. It might make sense for some travelers (In Europe especially) to first travel by train to a certain airport and then to fly out from there.
To book your flights to South Africa, we suggest you follow our guide here. This will show you how to get the best value money flights. This includes information about South Africa's local airlines which service national routes, e.g. Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg or Cape Town.


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I wanted to just sit & write about something that's been weighing heavy on me. I hope I'm able to get my point across eloquently.
So, as many of you probably know, I have a YouTube channel. Not a huge one, but I'm able to interact with lovely people all around the world. About a week ago I got a comment from a subscriber that kind of… well… shook me up. The subscriber said that based off of my Instagram feed, she would love to have my lifestyle and be me. Be. Me. I immediately teared up while reading that… and not because I felt great. This person has no idea that in 72 hours I have my routine appointment with my therapist. This person has no idea that I deal with depression and anxiety to the point where there are days I can't leave my bed because I physically cannot muster up the energy to do so (Thank God this has gotten loads better). This person does not want to be me.
With that being said, let's discuss my title choice. "The New OCD".
Yes, absolutely made up and a play on words. But this is quite literally what I feel is happening to so many of us. Why have we become so obsessed with other people? Their lives? Their appearance? Why are we constantly comparing ourselves to other people? Why do we feel inadequate? Why aren't we captivating?


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North Korea Tests Sea-Based Missiles
By Elizabeth Philipp
North Korea conducted two tests of a sea-based missile late last year, apparently with mixed results.
The most recent ejection test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), on Dec. 21, was successful, according to analysts. In an analysis of satellite imagery for 38 North, an online publication of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Joseph Bermudez said reports of the Dec. 21 test at the Sinpo Shipyard were supported by imagery of the site.
Ejection tests are designed to evaluate the missile's stabilization systems and the process of underwater launch. North Korea first conducted a successful ejection test from a submerged barge last May. (See ACT, June 2015).
The Dec. 21 ejection test came less than a month after a failed Nov. 28 launch test from North Korea's experimental SINPO-class submarine. Despite the failure of the launch test, some experts suggested it may be a more focused research and development effort by Pyongyang to hone and eventually deploy a sea-based nuclear-armed missile. The subsequent ejection test in December appears to substantiate this suggestion.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency first reported on the Nov. 28 launch that day, citing a South Korean official who described the test as unsuccessful because the missile "failed to soar from the waters." Additionally, "no missile flight was tracked on radar" nor was missile debris "observed floating on the surface of the water following the test," according to Bermudez, who is chief analytics officer for AllSource Analysis.
Bruce Bennett, a senior defense analyst at Rand Corp., told Arms Control Today in a Dec. 17 email that the development of new technologies is sometimes a process of "two steps forward, one step back," in which "something that worked in an earlier test fails in a later test." Testing the SLBM would help North Korea "identify flaws that need fixing," he said.
Missile components are increasingly difficult for Pyongyang to procure due to UN Security Council resolutions, Bennett said. Resolutions have included demands for North Korea to cease its nuclear weapons program, including ballistic missile development.
The SLBM tests coincided with the run-up to North Korea's Jan. 6 test of a nuclear device (see page 36). Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency on Dec. 10 reported North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's announcement that his country was "ready to detonate self-reliant A-bomb and H-bomb." The assertion of a hydrogen bomb, or H-bomb, design is new for North Korea.
North Korea said the Jan. 6 test involved a hydrogen bomb, but experts are skeptical of the true test type. North Korea is believed to be able to deliver a nuclear weapon via its medium-range Nodong missile. (See ACT, June 2014).

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2020 Oxford Literature Festival's value for money
Call me old fashioned, but I always like to refer to the Oxford Literary Festival as Britain's only AA festival… Accessible and Affordable that is.
When you consider the pedigree of some of its guest speakers, and the choice of splendid venues they occupy (The Sheldonian and Bodleian for example) it's astonishing just how good value the festival's events are.
For instance, consider the following: you can get to see, hear and maybe even meet the following authors/celebrities - renowned chef Prue Leith, one of the UK's best known naturalists and conservationists Chris Packham, newscaster, broadcaster and Mastermind host John Humphrys, cricketing legend Henry Blofeld, tv historian Michael Wood, one of Britain's best known and respected politicians Ken Clarke and the creator of the 'No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' Alexander McCall Smith - for anywhere between £7 to £15 (the differentiation in prices is according to where you sit as many of these are being held in The Sheldonian).
Similarly, you can enjoy an audience with famous names like crime writer Val McDermid, Olympic gold medalist Lady Mary Peters, Lady Brenda Hale (and maybe too her now famous spider brooch) who as president of the Supreme Court of the UK declared Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament unlawful, theoretical physicist and tv presenter Professor Jim Al-Khalili, former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis and Newsnight journalist and presenter Kirsty Wark, acclaimed Hollywood actress Greta Scacchi, TV historian Ruth Goodman, poet and Booker prize-winning novelist Ben Okri and best-selling creator of the Alex Rider series Anthony Horowitz - all for £7 to £12.50.
Add to that Lucy Worsley and Dermot O'Leary for £10, spine chilling author Michelle Paver for £8 and a whole host of other familiar names for ticket prices between £8 to £20, and it all adds up to a really affordable experience. Plus of course, there are numerous free events as well (but more on those next week).
As for accessibility, I'll be taking a look at that tomorrow…


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In a clinical study, Acapsil removed the infection from venous leg ulcers is less than half the time (3 days versus 7 and 8 days) compared to an antibiotic and an antiseptic. It also cut the number of days the patient needed to remain in hospital by one fifth.
- Acapsil will reduce the pain, smell and discharge in the entire area.
- Acapsil will assist and speed up the healing of most VLUs.
- Acapsil has closed VLUs on which all available approaches had been tried unsuccessfully.
If the underlying condition has passed a certain threshold, it will no longer permit full closure, or the ulcer will recur. This situation can only be remedied by removing the cause, which usually means surgical intervention.
Acapsil can help reliably rid the area of infection and reduce the inflammation and pain in the entire area.
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Home » Categories » Supplements » Herbs » Catnip
About Catnip
Catnip is a European herb in the mint family. European settlers are said to have brought it to North America. Catnip has a hairy stem and spiky, heart-shaped leaves. For centuries, the pointed purple-tinged white flowers have been used for medicinal purposes. It can be found growing in a variety of settings including gardens, roadsides, and near water.
Catnip reaction
We've all seen a cat's reaction to catnip at some point. It usually makes for a good laugh watching a feline rolling around, meowing in pleasure, or running around the house as if on hyper-drive. What causes this reaction?
Researchers believe it may have something to do with pheromones, odorless chemicals that cats use to mark their territory. Nepetalactone, and its metabolic product, nepetalic acid, found in catnip may mimic these chemicals, resulting in one happy kitty. But it's not all rosy. Eating catnip can cause aggressiveness.[4]
Not all cats are affected by catnip, however. Since the reaction is hereditary, an estimated 50% of felines don't experience excitement or euphoria around the herb. A cat must have a specific catnip-prone gene. Kittens under six weeks of age also don't get a catnip high. Typically, the reaction emerges at around three months of age.
Who it effects
Felines aren't the only creatures that have a reaction to catnip. Some mammals, wild cats, and insects catch a buzz from it, too.[2]
Catnip uses
Catnip chemical structure
General uses
Catnip has been used for:
Gastro intestinal (GI) problems
Boosting urination
Kick-starting menstruation
In the 1960s, it was reported that the plant provided a high that was similar to marijuana when smoked. Years later it was revealed that the researchers studying catnip actually mixed up the two plants.[5, 6]
Topical uses
It is also used topically for:
Compresses for swelling
Forms of catnip include the leaf, extract, tea, juice, tincture, and poultice.
Does catnip work
Catnip plant
Catnip may work for anxiety.
There isn't enough evidence to recommend catnip for:
GI problems
Increased urination
Catnip interacts with lithium and sedatives. Always talk to your healthcare provider before taking a new supplement, including catnip. It's a good idea to discuss catnip with your doctor before using it if you're taking any medication at all.
Recommended dose
For tea, mix one to two teaspoons (1g to 2g) with dried catnip herb. For liquid extract, use .5 teaspoons to 1 teaspoon per 1 cup of water. Catnip can be consumed up to three times per day.[5]
Catnip is safe for most people -- except children.
The herb is unsafe in high doses.
It may cause headaches and vomiting.
It is unknown if catnip causes skin reactions.
Do not use catnip when pregnant or breastfeeding.
Catnip may cause a miscarriage.
Women with pelvic inflammatory disease should not use catnip. It may prompt menstruation.
Catnip may worsen heavy periods.
Stop using catnip at least two weeks before surgery.
Follow all directions for supplement use.
Supplements aren't regulated by the government. Safety and consistency aren't guaranteed, and effects may vary.
Although we don't sell catnip, you can compare brands, quality and price here at PricePlow.
Consult other reputable sources, such as scientific journals, for information on catnip before using it. Educate yourself about what you put in your body.
WebMD.com; "Catnip"
Jeff Grognet; The Canadian Veterinary Journal; "Catnip: Its Uses and Effects, Past and Present;" 1990
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture; "Catnip;" 2012
The Humane Society of the United States; "Catnip: Why Cats Go Crazy For It;" 2012
NYU Langone Medical Center; "Catnip;" August 2013
Francie Diep; Popular Science; "FYI: Can Humans Get High on Catnip?; April 2013
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Exhibition's Shakespearean Tragedy
Here's what we knew and had known a long time in 1956: British films are dicey and a risk in US markets. Even the best of them were hard sells with no guarantee you'd be rewarded for quality product. Shakespeare adapting just set bars higher. The one actor/director who'd made success of that was Laurence Olivier with Henry V and Hamlet, yet those were ten years ago by 1956 and a rock-and-rolling generation since was not on record wanting more. Producer Alexander Korda had been decades trying to crash US markets and was nearest among Brit impresarios to have done so. His latest was Richard III as envisioned by Olivier and this time he'd recover at least part of his gamble on a comfortable front end. Being two million was spent on this Bard-tacular, shot in Vistavision and Technicolor, any monies got back quick were welcome. Korda made a devil's bargain with US exhibition's most implacable enemy when he sold premiere dibs on Richard III to NBC ... television, that is ... a major motion picture debuting free on the dreaded tube. The Faustian deal was sealed with the broadcaster's tender of $500,000 to Korda, an amount exceeding domestic gross on many a Brit-pic playing stateside ... and here was AK collecting it all in one lump, months prior to Richard III's American bow.
Hands were thus shook in June 1955, NBC pledging to unspool its expensive pageant just once, hopefully in January of 1956, and in color, more a symbolic (and publicity generating) gesture as there were only 25,000 color television sets in the country to see RIII that way. Korda meanwhile shopped for a US distributor to coordinate two-a-day roadshowing, these engagements to immediately follow NBC's broadcast. British executives, taking a tip from Walt Disney's successful "Disneyland," believe that a TV showing of a film stimulates movie attendance, reported TIME magazine in July, though The New York Times acknowledged there was many a Hollywood executive who'd give them an argument over that forecast. Korda's deal with NBC was not without precedent. He'd recently peddled The Constant Husband to them for a $200,000 first-run in America, though worrisome must have been fact that the comedy garnered poor reviews from tele-critics and saw no interest from theatres afterward. NBC's mission now was to get some of the RIII half-million back in sponsor buys. As of December, however, they were getting a cool reception, according to Billboard, so much so that Richard's proposed evening berth was rethought to maybe a daytime spot. Said the trade: The move would cut the price of the show to advertisers from its current selling price of $900,000 for primetime showing to about $450,000 for the Saturday afternoon airing. Despite said adjustment, a new year saw NBC still beating the bushes hard for advertisers to take it off the hook. One-shot spectaculars, surely what Richard III shaped up to be, were in doldrums generally, sponsors by now more vested in popular week-to-week programs with their loyal followings. NBC had to get Richard III on the air by a March 10 weekend, per promise to Korda. Would they have to do so without ad support?
General Motors came to the rescue in late January. They'd buy most of Richard III's real estate and interrupt the feature but three times to hawk automotive wares (per promise to Olivier when the deal was struck). GM's outlay was between $350-400,000 --- with the rest "sustaining" time picked up by NBC. Richard III was set to run on Sunday afternoon, March 11, 1956, opening later that night at New York's Bijou Theatre, a charity benefit attended by Laurence Olivier and other cast members (Toronto had a "North American Roadshow Premiere" on March 1). Ticket prices were apropos to hard tickets ... $1.50 to $2.80, with a $3.00 top on weekends. Richard III was figured to settle in for a long run, but exhibition watched warily. Would customers pay for a show they'd just had for TV Sunday dinner? Never mind sock business it had done in England since premiering there on December 13. They hadn't got Richard III in advance on tele's. Still, business was record-shattering over there, and despite highbrow content, hopes were high that RIII might score in the states. General Motors was sufficiently impressed to line up a mid-broadcast "talk" by Dr. Frank Baxter, Professor of English Literature at USC, who'd regale viewers as to matters Shakespearean during the four-five minute intermission. Does Baxter's name ring bells? He lent gravitas to, among other things, a series of Bell science films shown ad nauseum in schools, then introduced The Mole People later in 1956, warning patrons as to possibility of lost civilizations beneath the earth. Could GM have picked a better man to enlighten us?
NBC estimated that twenty-five million would be watching come March 11 (over 146 stations in forty-five states). So as not to offend, they'd remove three minutes from Richard III's two-hour and forty minute length, these including a decapitation, two children being suffocated, and Richard's extended death throes on Bosworth Field. The network would not, however, cut the word bastard from Shakespeare's prose. TV competition for that weekend was less than fierce, although CBS countered in part with a Ford Star Jubilee starring Bing Crosby, High Thor, "a Musical Production of the Maxwell Anderson Fantasy." That ran Saturday night of the 10th, and garnered ratings, if not positive reviews. Response to Richard III was more upbeat. Here was Olivier's best turn at Shakespeare yet, said many. Scribes wondered if a new era was being ushered in even as some expressed reservation over fitness of big-screen spectacles on TV, especially ones in Vistavision. The New York Times saw Richard III as compromised visually by twenty-one inch screens: The normal household distractions, such as a ringing telephone or a wriggling child, are also less conducive to complete absorption than the disciplined silence that prevails in a movie house. The black-and-white image viewed by an overwhelming majority at home was adjudged fuzzy and flat, though it was worth noting (courtesy Dr. Baxter) that more people saw Richard III (on television) than had witnessed all the stage productions since Shakespeare's time.
Many schools assigned Richard III as homework, pretty much blowing a weekend for kids nationwide (wonder how many still remember?). NBC would sound trumpets over record viewership approaching fifty million, which as of 1956, represented nearly a third of the country's population (The Motion Picture Herald called this figure unrealistic). A doubting press figured it for braggadocio, and wondered what fraction of viewers submitted to the entire three hours. Calmer reason suggested no more than twenty-five million hung in for the dollop. Still it was a fantastic number, as The New York Times acknowledged: Television has every reason to be heartened by the film's very substantial acceptance (and surely it was, judging by the NYT's own front page coverage). Buckets of Richard III publicity sallied forth. LIFE and Newsweek gave it covers and much coverage within. Theatres reported business slightly off during the Sunday broadcast, not an outcome appreciated by exhibitors. Lopert Films (a United Artists sub) was handling US distribution for Richard III. They claimed the TV run would only enhance business for theatres. Sourer notes were struck by Laurence Olivier, who called NBC's presentation deplorable. I'd been afraid of this, but the facts turned out worse than my fears, he said to The Washington Post. Advertising intervals, the network's mandated cuts, and a lack of size and color were chief among the actor's complaints (yet hadn't he signed off on the deal fully aware of these contingencies?).
Harrison's Reports monitored theatrical runs of Richard III and laid down home truths after dust settled. Poor Richard, wrote Pete Harrison in July, if any producer is still toying around with the idea of making one of his new productions available to television to be shown nationally over a major network before releasing it for theatre showings, the experience had with Richard III should make him give up the idea. Harrison noted the film's recent departure from the Bijou in New York after a run of eleven weeks and one day, during which business was generally below expectations, with plenty of seats available for most of the two performances given daily (previous Shakespeares Hamlet, Henry V, and Julius Caesar had lots longer runs). He branded Richard III a flop and warned that the effect of a telecast prior to theatre bookings is deadly rather than helpful. Showmen across the country shunned Richard III and punished a worthy product for having fraternized with free-vee. Overall figures were dismal. RIII brought back a frightful $43,000 in domestic rentals, later augmented with mid-60's bookings that realized an additional $9,000. Unfortunate outcome of all this was fact that so few audiences got to enjoy 35mm prints of Richard III, which having derived from Vistavision negative, looked spectacular. There were years spent in more-or-less lockdown, broken when Janus Films syndicated Richard III to television in the seventies, albeit trimmed to 138 minutes. Criterion would eventually offer a widescreen DVD, which was complete, and of stellar quality. Kudos to them for making this most visually spectacular of Shakespeare dramatizations available again.
Tom Ruegger said...
Great post...all new material to me! Never heard this story before. I love tales about the movies and TV partnering up. Thanks.
THey were still showing those Bell Science films in school in the early 70s..I'd always get a kick out of them because I knew dr. Frank,the gyrating professor from The Mole People.
Hard to believe someone would think showing a 3 hour shakespeare production on small b&w tvs,many probably with bad reception,was a smart move.
Dugan said...
Love the stuff about kids ruining their Sunday watching "Richard III," I remember my English teacher dragging us down to the Twin Cities to see "Oedipus the King," talk about killing a good weekend. My feeling is that "Henry V" plays better for a general audience than "Richard III," it's just more accessible.
When Monty Python became a big hit stateside in the 70s, I assumed that US networks would stop running the same predictable pablum and bring in some British sketch comedy shows themselves, perhaps Marty Feldman's BBC shows.Was I naive!(I was only 16). What did we see premiere Fall '75? The Donny and Marie show!Laverne and Shirley!And Lawrence Welk kept waving that baton.I'd look at the Fall preview issues of TV Guide-No British shows!They could remake an English show but not run the original!Most Americans aren't anglophile and never will be.
Jim Lane said...
Twenty-seven years later, Universal made the same gob-smacking mistake with their movie of the Joe Papp-Kevin Kline-Linda Ronstadt revival of The Pirates of Penzance. The show was an award-winning smash on Broadway, then Universal got the bright idea to premiere their movie simultaneously in theaters and on cable TV (HBO, if memory serves). I don't know what the box-office take was, but it's my recollection that the movie played to tumbleweeds and howling coyotes all across America. Also, pleasant and enjoyable as it is, Pirates is nowhere near the caliber of Olivier's Richard.
Lou Lumenick said...
For me, Dr. Baxter's finest hour on the tube came on an episode of Mr. Novkak when the bald-pated prof discussed hair loss with Dean Jagger, who finally gave up his toupee to play the principal.
High Tor was a filmed production from Bing Crosby Productions that was originally supposed to go to theaters as well after its TV debut.
But Der Bingle supposedly decided it was lacking in production values. I saw this at Lincoln Center a couple of years ago and while the sets are indeed flimsy, it's a charming piece with good songs and the first filmed appearance of Julie Andrews. Crosby's widow is supposedly trying to clear the rights for an authorized DVD release.
Thanks for that info on "High Tor," Lou. I did find some distinctly mixed reviews that came after the 1956 broadcast, and that, of course, piqued my curiosity to see it.
Richard Roberts sent along this e-mail concerning British comedians on American TV ...
Hey There John,
I wanted to correct anonymous's comment in the RICHARD III comments that the networks didn't run any British comedy when Monty Python became a Public Television hit. Marty Feldman actually beat the Pythons stateside, first as one of Dean Martin's Summer replacements when clips from his MARTY show were mixed with numbers by the Golddiggers. This was in the summer of 1971 or 72, I believe. Then Feldman's ITC show THE MARTY FELDMAN COMEDY MACHINE was run on ABC in the fall of 1973. Both Python and Feldman, as well as the Two Ronnies and other British comics, were showcased on another NBC Dean Martin Summer Replacement show,COMEDYWORLD, in 1974. This was the first place I ever saw the Dead Parrott sketch.
Hope You and Yours had a Happy Thanksgiving.
(not counting earlier kid shows like The Bugaloos and The Double Deckers)I remember the Marty Feldman Comedy Machine and The Goodies playing on PBS here before Monty Python,which premiered first here in Dallas Tx I believe..I remember it well.
Sean Grey Hanson said...
I haven't heard this story before but it sounds interesting.


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Looking at the big disruptions we are seeing in many realms, we're struck by how often those shifts are being driven by new bottom-up, participatory, or peer. TED's head of media, June Cohen, has.
Why do some TED talks rack up millions of views, change lives and are talked. Previous Research: We based our experiment on peer-reviewed academic.
Apr 19, 2019 · The Association for Fire Ecology is excited to be hosting this event in Tucson, Arizona in cooperation with the Southwest Fire Science Consortium.
Here are the top five subjects you should include in every performance plan and review checklist. Don't forget to make them SMART. 1. Educational: Outside sources include TED talks, MOOCs. in.
Dec 10, 2012. This past Friday, TED sent out a mass email to TEDx organizers, ominously titled "A. The event featured talks on crystal therapy and Egyptian. aims for life- changing grandeur over the dull churn of data and peer review.
TED Talks have an 18-minute time limit. TED guidelines state that all science and health information presented must be supported by peer-reviewed research. Ideas worth spreading do not mean.
Jul 13, 2012. Science journalist Carl Zimmer talks about how the controversy played out. So Felisa Wolfe-Simon, for example, did give a TED talk several months after. said oh, well, we can only do this through peer-reviewed channels.
Meet Trinity's Trailblazers. Trinity has a proud tradition of inspiring those who study and work within its walls to challenge norms and think creatively.
A 2012 presentation at TEDxCharlotte in North Carolina described the science behind perpetual motion machines, which have never been peer-reviewed in a legitimate academic setting. For TED, success is.
Jan 17, 2014. The gist of these arguments is that TED Talks are vapid, culty. TED's lack of substantial peer review and its emphasis on what is new, what.
By teaching ways to find misinformation in the venues many of us consider pristine realms of expertise—peer-reviewed journals such as Nature, reports by the National Institutes of Health, TED.
Scientists are active participants in Twitter debates, blogs and podcasts, appear on TV, are interviewed for newspapers and the radio, give TED talks, have their own. the important scientific.
Apr 11, 2018 · When you picture the rugged coastlines of Norway, tropical heat probably doesn't come to mind, but it should. Even in the country's Arctic reaches, the coast is typically free from ice and.
Apr 11, 2018. New TED Talk reveals collaborative vision designed to build better. peer- reviewed science focused on oil and gas methane emissions.
Jan 8, 2014. TED Talks are exclusive, expensive and reach an insane number of viewers online. They've. It is not a peer-reviewed scientific paper. It can't.
[Updated, Aug. 18, 2016, 11:33 a.m. | When the Hansen paper finally passed peer review and was published in March 2016. the hope of influencing negotiations at the December round of talks in Paris.
Purchase Your TEDxMidAtlantic Ticket Now ». He has written about his data quest for Wired, Motherboard, and Boston Review and is working on a book. He authored 30 books and 650 peer-refereed journal articles, and was. of Tomorrow" from Simon & Schuster and TED Books, based on his TED talk which has.
Aug 1, 2012. With their never-ending talk of Twitter revolutions and the like, Guys gives a Daily Mail column as much credibility as a peer-reviewed paper.
Dec 6, 2018. Sumant's talk on superlubricity and its implications as a game-changing. and has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications.
EDF will also get support from TED Talks, which hopes to spur fundraising for a variety. In Pennsylvania, EDF relied on peer-reviewed scientific research conducted at the state's oil and gas sites.
Peter has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and editorials in scientific journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of.


LONDON (Reuters) – Doctor Copper seems very confused at the moment. The metal with the honorary degree in economics is caught between the current reality of deteriorating macro signals and the belief that things will soon get better.
Nowhere more so than in China, the single biggest user of copper and just about every other industrial metal. It was Beijing's campaign to soak up excess liquidity in the Chinese economy that stopped copper in its upward tracks in the second quarter of last year.
Since then copper has trudged sideways in a broad $5,700-6,400 range, marching to the news beat of the U.S.-China trade dispute. More tariffs mean more potential pain for Chinese manufacturers. Fewer tariffs help Beijing to re-stimulate the country's flagging growth engines.
Stimulus is already on its way. Doctor Copper's problem is calculating when it's going to start working and whether it's going to be sufficient to kick-start the Chinese economy.


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Q: Retain environment variable values for Symfony2 app development in Docker I have a Symfony2 app running inside Docker container. The parameters.yml file is set to pick environment variables as following:
framework:
    secret: "%env.secret%"
    ...

The Docker compose file contents are:
services:
    my-website:
        env_file: my-website.env
        build: .
        expose:
            - "80"
        volumes:
            - .:/app

The environment variables file is:
SYMFONY__ENV__SECRET=1234567890
...

Everything works fine when accessed via "app.php". However when accessed in dev mode (via app_dev.php) it fails to pick the environment variables. Is there any way to use the environment variables? I do not want to create another parameters.yml file with hardcoded values. Than you!

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My laptop has free dos. I want to install windows 10 creator's update (iso file) in it by downloading it from Microsoft's office website.
Will I get to use the full version of the os?
They don't provide the product key. Is there any problem in installing it?
You can install it, but it will not be activated. I do not think there is a time limit, but there may be some limited functionality.


I'm so glad that I found this program (I saw it highly reviewed on a blog). I'm using it to learn Arabic, and I'm really impressed with all of the ways the program allows you to practice along the way. You spend a lot of time actually vocalizing the words rather than just reading them or hearing them. The program records your attempts at each word/sentence and rates your progress with each one (100%, 75%, 50%, 0%). You can easily go back to the words that you're struggling with to keep practicing them. The lessons are very helpful, and they list the important phrases below so you don't have to try and find them again in the larger recording. It's equally great on the desktop or the app. I first started using the (free) app and liked it so much that I bought the Level 1 Arabic, and definitely haven't regretted it!


So the Ziff Davis DevSource website has been doing interviews with ".NET Rock Stars" and an interview with yours truly went up today. In it you can find out all kinds of random esoterica about what I think about programming and other such things. I'll also be hanging out in the forum this week, so feel free to drop by and say hello!
This entry was posted in Blogging, Personal on April 19, 2004 by paulvick.
I own an atari 2600 with 60+ games, a TRS80 and a sega master system (the original 8 bit). I sometimes have to beat on the sega to get it working. Dungeons and Daggorath was by far the best game (TRS80)..I've even recently played the windows remake (http://nitros9.stg.net/daggorath.html). I used to program basic on the TRS..but I was really young and didn't know what I was doing. Examples came with the instruction manual and I'd just type them in and enjoy seeing them run.
The other cool thing are my atari cassette games. I have about 10 games on tape (cassettes) which you put into a tape player, and it has a cartridge you put into your atari which plugs into the headphone jack of the tape player…and the games played.


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6 Pack Band – India's First Transgender Pop Group
Hum Hain Happy - 6 Pack Band
Y-Films launches India's first transgender band, the Brooke Bond Red Label 6 Pack Band. Check out their debut single, 2016's happiest song, 'Hum Hain Happy'....
By Transgender Universe
This is the first of six songs they plan to release this year as they aim to raise transgender awareness in India.
In India, male to female transgender people are referred to as "Hijra's" and are also referred to as "3rd Gender". "We realized that the LGBT community in India is very different from the rest of the world. They belong to the lowest economic strata and are shunned by their family," said Ashish Patil, head of Y-Films, which launched the band. "If this reaches out to more people, you look at them a little differently, with more tolerance," he said. Shamir Tandon, who founded the group, auditioned over 200 people before settling on it's six members. "The idea was to transcend boundaries, so we thought instead of doing a Hindi song lets do an English one. They are always happy despite the fact that people abhor them, disrespect them. Happy, we hope, will be heard by everybody in the world.", said Tandon.
All the members of the group are from Mumbai and are between the ages of 22 and 23. Indian singer Sonu Nigam is also involved with the group.
The voice over at the beginning of the song was done by actress Anushka Sharma.
This marks the start of a new wave of transgender acceptance in India as it comes on the heels of the country announcing it's first transgender police officer.
The Road to Becoming Unapologetically Transgender
Why I no longer care about what people think about me being transgender. – "The Weekly Rant" with Mila Madison
Rosy Khin
I Never Lied: The Truth About the Deception Narrative
You can't lie about something you don't know.
Clara Barnhurst
AOSTV
I Didn't Transition to Be Happy, I Did It to Survive
When coming out as transgender is a matter of life or death in "The Weekly Rant" with Mila Madison.
Tia Song
The Transgender Cinderella Effect
When your presentation has a shelf life in "The Weekly Rant" with a Mila Madison.
filmplus
When Your Transition Goes off the Tracks
Mila Madison realizes she may not be as accepted as she had previously thought in "The Weekly Rant."
I Never Wanted to Be Transgender
Want implies choice. Nobody wants this.
kellydee
I Love Being Transgender! Don't You Love Being Trans?
Olivia Jaramillo on what it takes for us to love who we are.
Olivia Jaramillo
Rkallen
My Time of the Month as a Transgender Woman
Mila Madison explores the subject of PMS and transgender women in "The Weekly Rant".
Daemone
The Perils of My Coming out as Transgender at Work – Part III
What happens when you decide to come out as transgender at your job and everything goes wrong.
What Might Be
A transgender lady discusses rejection and coming to terms with the damage of being discarded.


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Q: Hibernate error: ids for this class must be manually assigned before calling save() I am new to hibernate and spring in general. And trying to create a food delivery application. I've two classes as below Restaurant and CustomerOrder mapped with oneToOne Association.
CustomerOrder.java
@Entity
@Table
@Getter
@Setter
public class CustomerOrder {

    @Id
    Long id;

    @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
    @JoinColumn(name = "restaurant_id", nullable = false)
    Restaurant restaurant;
}

Restaurant.java
@Entity
@Table
@Getter
@Setter
public class Restaurant {

    @Id
    Long id;
    String name;
    String address;

    @OneToOne(mappedBy = "restaurant")
    CustomerOrder customerOrder;
}

i have pre populated postgres database. I am using import.sql for it, which loads the values in the database at the boot time of the app.
import.sql
insert into customer("id", "location", "name") values (1, 'cg road', 'kunal');
insert into customer("id", "location", "name") values (2, 'delux avenue', 'tirth');
insert into customer("id", "location", "name") values (3, 'sp road', 'parth');

insert into restaurant("id", "address", "name") values(1, 'divine circle', 'grand thaker');
insert into restaurant("id", "address", "name") values(2, 'alpha mall', 'honest');
insert into restaurant("id", "address", "name") values(3, 'acropolish mall', 'starbucks');

application.properties
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/zomato1?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true
spring.datasource.username=
spring.datasource.password=
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
spring.jpa.show-sql=true
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true

when i do the post request to create the new entry for CustomerOrder with the body
{
"id" : 1,
"restaurant_id" : 2
}

I am getting the above error.

A: maybe you should add @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY) to your both classes
@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
Long id;

maybe this Hibernate: ids for this class must be manually assigned before calling save() can also help

A: Although hkmaarouf's answer would fix the problem, It will only apply in case the responsibility of generating the ID is given to the database.
The other approach is to generate the ids before the entities are persisted.
The following example shows one way of doing it for one of your entities:
CustomerOrder customerOrder = ...; // Obtain an instance of your entity
customerOrder.setId(getNextId()); // getNextId() returns the potencial entity ID
customerOrderRepository.save(customerOrder);


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/* eslint import/no-extraneous-dependencies:0 */
/* eslint no-param-reassign:0 */
import test from 'ava';
import sinon from 'sinon';

import Hooks from '../src/Hooks';

test.beforeEach((t) => {
  t.context.hooksInstance = new Hooks();
  t.context.eventName = 'foo';
  t.context.cb01 = sinon.spy();
  t.context.cb02 = sinon.spy();

  t.context.hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, t.context.cb01);
  t.context.hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, t.context.cb02);
});

test('throws when event object has not name', (t) => {
  t.throws(() => t.context.hooksInstance.trigger({}), /Event object must contain name./);
  t.throws(() => t.context.hooksInstance.trigger([]), /Event object must contain name./);
  t.throws(() => t.context.hooksInstance.trigger(/foo/), /Event object must contain name./);
});

test('throws when event name is not a string', (t) => {
  t.throws(() => t.context.hooksInstance.trigger(null), /Event name must be a string./);
  t.throws(() => t.context.hooksInstance.trigger(), /Event name must be a string./);
});

test.cb('calls all callback methods asynchronously', (t) => {
  t.plan(4);
  t.context.hooksInstance.trigger(t.context.eventName);

  t.false(t.context.cb01.called);
  t.false(t.context.cb02.called);

  setTimeout(() => {
    t.true(t.context.cb01.called);
    t.true(t.context.cb02.called);
    t.end();
  }, 1);
});

test('can call callbacks synchronously', (t) => {
  t.context.hooksInstance.trigger({
    name: t.context.eventName,
    sync: true
  });

  t.true(t.context.cb01.called);
  t.true(t.context.cb02.called);
});

test('it can change context (sync)', (t) => {
  t.pass(1);

  const value = 'bar';
  const cb = function () {
    t.is(this.foo, value);
  };

  t.context.hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, cb);

  t.context.hooksInstance.trigger({
    name: t.context.eventName,
    context: {
      foo: value
    },
    sync: true
  });
});

test('it can change context (async)', (t) => {
  t.pass(1);

  const value = 'bar';
  const cb = function () {
    t.is(this.foo, value);
  };

  t.context.hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, cb);

  t.context.hooksInstance.trigger({
    name: t.context.eventName,
    context: {
      foo: value
    }
  });
});

test.cb('uses hookiesBase', (t) => {
  t.pass(1);
  const value = 'bar';

  const hookiesBase = {
    foo: value
  };
  const cb = function () {
    t.is(this.foo, value);
    t.end();
  };

  const hooksInstance = new Hooks({
    hookiesBase
  });
  hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, cb);

  hooksInstance.trigger({
    name: t.context.eventName,
    context: {
      foo: value
    }
  });
});

test.cb('passes arguments to callback method (async)', (t) => {
  t.pass(3);
  const val1 = 1;
  const val2 = 2;
  const val3 = 3;

  const cb = function (arg1, arg2, arg3) {
    t.is(arg1, val1);
    t.is(arg2, val2);
    t.is(arg3, val3);
    t.end();
  };

  t.context.hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, cb);

  t.context.hooksInstance.trigger(t.context.eventName, val1, val2, val3);
});

test('passes arguments to callback method (sync)', (t) => {
  t.pass(3);
  const val1 = 1;
  const val2 = 2;
  const val3 = 3;

  const cb = function (arg1, arg2, arg3) {
    t.is(arg1, val1);
    t.is(arg2, val2);
    t.is(arg3, val3);
  };

  t.context.hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, cb);

  t.context.hooksInstance.trigger({
    name: t.context.eventName,
    sync: true
  }, val1, val2, val3);
});

test.cb('uses context of the subscriber', (t) => {
  t.pass(1);

  const value = 'bar';

  const hookiesBase = {
    foo: value
  };

  const cb = function () {
    t.is(this.foo, value);
    t.end();
  };

  t.context.hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, hookiesBase, cb);

  t.context.hooksInstance.trigger(t.context.eventName);
});

test.cb('can use customAsyncMethod', (t) => {
  t.pass(1);
  const value = 'foo';
  const cb = (arg) => {
    t.is(arg, value);
    t.end();
  };

  const customAsyncMethod = () => {
    cb(value);
  };

  const hooksInstance = new Hooks({
    customAsyncMethod
  });

  hooksInstance.on(t.context.eventName, cb);
  hooksInstance.trigger(t.context.eventName);
});


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Nekoma er et kommunefrit område i Rush County, Kansas, USA.

Historie
Nekoma blev grundlagt i 1884. Det første postkontor i Nekoma åbnede i 1890.

Geografi
Nekomas ligger 621 m.o.h.

Referencer

Byer i Kansas

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Beta drug test abandoned
Trials of a much-anticipated new Alzheimer's drug have failed.
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has announced its large clinical trial for a drug called solanezumab has failed for the second time.
The latest tests were a repeat of an earlier clinical trial of the drug, but this time testing it in patients with early-stage Alzheimer's disease.
The results were anticipated not only because of hope for people with dementia, but because the drug could have demonstrated that beta amyloid contributes to the cause of Alzheimer's disease - a major but recently controversial theory in the field.
Beta amyloid is a protein that forms clumps in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, but scientists do not yet have the full picture on the cause of the disease.
"This is disappointing news for families who are watching Alzheimer's rob their loved ones of their memories and emotions - it consumes and absorbs families," said Australian neuroscientist Dr Bryce Vissel.
"Importantly, this isn't the end for beta amyloid theory. There's a trial of another important drug for Alzheimer's, aducanumab, being run by Biogen [another pharmaceutical company] which has shown interesting and encouraging signs.
"And there are numerous other trials in the pipeline of drugs which act in a variety of different ways to try to slow or reverse Alzheimer's.
"There's good reason to have hope and optimism that a treatment will become available for this devastating disease in our lifetimes."
There are more than 353,800 Australians living with dementia, and the costs of managing the disease are expected to rise to $83 billion by the 2060s, representing around 11 per cent of Australia's health and residential aged care sector spending.


Dear Media: What Can You Say About the Communists After 35 Years?
During the civil war era, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, many western thinkers expressed their views about the North and the South. One the the strongest and most accepted views in the west was that the Communist North were the good guys and that the Democratic South were the bad guys.
These so called "experts" believed that Ho Chi Minh was the liberator of Vietnam, fighting for the well-being of the nation. They gave the North titles such as liberators, freedom fighters, partiots, and heroes. These very same individuals characterized South Vietnam as American puppets, taking orders from the U.S. government.
The western media tore up South Vietnam, profoundly hurting the South Vietnamese image, not to mention damaging the morale of the American soldiers serving in Vietnam at the time. Hundreds upon hundreds of literature during the 1950's to the 1970's sympathized with the Communists and at the same time demonizing the South. These authors and writers called the South cowards, corrupted, and the like.
These days, alot of information is steadily flowing out, clearly falsifying these shrewdly biased allegations against the South, proving that the writers of that era were nothing more than a bunch of gullible yes-men and malicious sympathizers.
If one wanted to discredit these idiots and what they have written in the past, one does not even need to look very far. All you have to do to prove these fools wrong is look at what is happening in Vietnam today. Rampant corruption, total disregard for human rights, suppression of free speech, and concessions to China, just to name a few.
So tell me, communist sympathizers, is this what's supposed to happen? Were the Communists as good as you said they were? Is this the workers' paradise that all of you idiots worked so hard to promote? What can you say about the Communists now that so much of what you said in the past has so clearly been proven wrong? How do you feel, knowing that the regime you worked so hard to promote is now causing pain and suffering to 80 million people? Pretty pathetic, right?


Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones was arrested in southern England for possible assault on Wednesday, and was released on bail today, the Associated Press reports. Police in Surrey say the man, ostensibly Ronnie, was taken into custody in connection with a domestic incident.
The Rolling Stones guitarist will face further inquiries in January.
Currently Ronnie is dating Ekaterina Ivanova, after divorcing his wife of 24 years, Jo Wood, last month, on the grounds of adultery.


Discover how you can prepare for your new life as a student here at Loughborough University and take a look at some of the things you can do before you get here.
Before you set foot on campus, take a look at our handy list of the things you can do before you get here. Some of these are important.
Before we can issue you a student ID card, you will need to register online. Follow these simple step-by-step instructions.
Once we've emailed you, you'll be able to retrieve your student IT credentials - this consists of your student email, username and password.
Discover what day you'll be arriving and where you can collect your new student ID card.
Useful information and advice for parents or guardians of a student who will be joining us in September.
Don't panic – we're pretty sure you won't be needing the kitchen sink. Here are some tips on what to bring with you.
Who better to offer you tips than our current students? See what snippets of wisdom they have shared with you right here.
Get to grips with the support services available here at Loughborough University, so that if you ever need support you know who to contact.


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Q: Why does query time decrease, but overall code time increase when implementing indexes? I loop through a number of messages with an unixtime as well as an userid, where I want to find the number of messages inside a 24 hr time slot for each user. I posted my code on codereview to get some help. From there I optimized the
cur.execute('SELECT unixtime FROM MessageType1 WHERE userID ='+str(userID[index])+' ORDER BY unixtime asc')

query as I found that it compromized of 6.7s of the total 7.2s running time of my code. I optimized it by making indexes on the unixtime column using CREATE INDEX unixtime_times ON MessageType1 (unixtime asc). Now that query takes 0.00117s opposed to 6.7s, but the overall time it takes to run my code has gone from 7.2s to 15.8s. Everything is unchanged except for the indexes. Upon further inspection, it seems like messages = cur.fetchall() is taking 15.3s after implementing indexes. Anyone have clue why? Thanks in advance!
con = lite.connect(databasepath)
    userID = []
    messages = []
    messageFrequency = []
    with con:
        cur = con.cursor()
        #Get all UserID
        cur.execute('SELECT DISTINCT userid FROM MessageType1')
        userID = cur.fetchall()
        userID = {index:x[0] for index,x in enumerate(userID)}
        #For each UserID
        for index in range(len(userID)):
            messageFrequency.append(0)
            #Get all MSG with UserID = UserID sorted by UNIXTIME
            cur.execute('SELECT unixtime FROM MessageType1 WHERE userID ='+str(userID[index])+' ORDER BY unixtime asc')
            messages = cur.fetchall()
            messages = {index:x[0] for index,x in enumerate(messages)}
            #Loop through every MSG
            for messageIndex in range(len(messages)):
                frequency = 0
                message = messages[messageIndex]
                for nextMessageIndex in range(messageIndex+1, len(messages)):
                #Loop through every message that is within 24 hours
                    nextmessage = messages[nextMessageIndex]
                    if  nextmessage < message+(24*60*60):
                    #Count the number of occurences
                        frequency += 1
                    else:
                        break
                #Add best benchmark for every message to a list that should be plotted.
                if messageFrequency[-1]<frequency:
                    messageFrequency[-1] = frequency

A: The best index for this query:
SELECT unixtime
FROM MessageType1
WHERE userID ='+str(userID[index])+'
ORDER BY unixtime asc

is MessageType1(UserId, unixtime).
With an index on unixtime only, the database has basically two possible execution plans:

*

*It can ignore the index, read the rows "sequentially", filter them, and then do the sort.

*It can return the rows from the index, in sorted order, and then filter on output.

My guess is that it is choosing the second approach, based on your timings.  The "fetch" component of the processing ends the execution of the query, so that is really fast.  It then has to read the entire table to get the results you want.
This approach can take longer than just reading the data in order, because of locality issues.  Without the index, it would read the first page and all the records on the first page.  With the index, each record is on a random page -- no locality.  This can be particularly problematic when the table is larger than memory available for the page cache, and you end up with a situation known as "thrashing".


Here are printable coloring puzzles for all 26 letters of the alphabet. There are two puzzles for the letter X: one with words that begin with X and one that also includes words that end with X. The puzzles will also introduce some new vocabulary words to your student. Print the puzzles on cardstock for best results, color the pictures and cut apart the pieces.
These alphabet coloring puzzles are the first in a series of alphabet activity pages. Stay tuned.
Have fun learning the alphabet and beginning sounds with these printable ABC Coloring Puzzles.
I've been thinking a lot about the curriculum that I will be using this year and spending lots of time researching different books and programs. I've decided not to go with a prepackaged Kindergarten program, because I don't want to feel the pressure of doing and completing everything in a set program. If I were to pick a prepackaged Kindergarten program, I would probably pick My Father's World because it is reasonably priced, Biblically based, and has simple, straightforward instructions.
The reason I chose this book, is because it's colorful and goes at a great pace. It introduces children to shapes, same & different, numbers, counting, addition, time, calendars, money, measurements and more. Each lesson is one page, front and back.
I'll be using Readingeggs.com for our reading. This is a great computer program that teaches all the basics of reading. My daughter loves it!! (I'll talk more about that in my next post.) I'll also be using the Bob Books. These books are not the most interesting or colorful books, but they've given my daughter quick success. I've had trouble finding any other books that are able to get her reading so quickly and easily. Within 3 days, she's been able to read the first book with minimal help.
I chose this book, because it has clear instructions on how to write letters properly. I know how to write, but when I'm teaching I want to be sure to teach proper techniques. This book seems to make those techniques clear. It is also a very colorful, fun looking book.
This book is one of my favorite books. It has poems, stories, songs, art, history, and science. It contains a lot of classical stories that every child should know, like The Little Red Hen or The Gingerbread Man. We started this book last year and it quickly became a favorite in our household. Everyone gets excited to read these stories. It also has pictures to go with all the stories. When we finish this book, we'll probably go on to the kindergarten book.
I'm really interested in this program. It seems like a great way to expand little children's vocabulary. You read stories aloud and teach them words like muddy, soil, dew, stare, fluffy, etc. This is something I can use for both my preschooler and my kindergartner.
My children love workbooks. They love to write and circle things. So I like to include a few books from the Spectrum Early Years series. I really like these books because the are cheap and they cover many subjects. I'm going to choose Phonics Readiness for my 5 year old. And Basic Concepts for my 3 year old. The phonics book covers letter sounds and recognition. The Basic Concepts book covers beginning writing, shapes, colors, and other early learning concepts.
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GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2019 photos copyright Hugues DUMONT AutoMobilSport.com
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Roborace sets benchmark for autonomous cars at Goodwood Festival of Speed
10.07.2019: Roborace laid down the first ever official timed autonomous run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard hillclimb this weekend.
Roborace laid down the first ever official timed autonomous run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard hillclimb this weekend.
DevBot 2.0, the company's self-driving race car took to the Hill in the blazing sun on the Saturday of the event racing up the 1.16miles of the course in 66.96 seconds and reaching a top speed of 162kph.
Last year Roborace claimed the record for the first ever fully autonomous run up the hill at 2018's Festival of Speed using its other self-driving vehicle platform - Robocar. This year's run improved upon the unofficial time from the previous year by a huge nine seconds.
The self-driving racing series not only impressed the crowds with their record-breaking run, but in the morning they had also treated fans to a showcase of DevBot 2.0's capabilities as their CEO and Formula E champion, Lucas Di Grassi drove the car manually from the start line before stopping outside Goodwood house, leaping out taking the steering wheel with him leaving the car to complete the hillclimb fully autonomously.
The Roborace team took the decision to remove the doors of the car for the demonstration to show the shocked audience that there was definitely no human behind the wheel and the car amazed the crowds further by telling the waiting race driver 'Bye-Bye Lucas' before it sped off up the course.
"The team are thrilled to have set the first ever official time for an autonomous vehicle at the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb." Said Bryn Balcombe, Roborace's Chief Strategy Officer. "We've set the benchmark and now we set the challenge to break that record in 2020 as part of Roborace Season Beta.
Our achievements with Robocar & DevBot 2.0 demonstrate the value motorsport plays in driving innovation and public engagement. We've now opened access to these vehicle platforms for research, software, sensors, compute & simulation innovations that will push these boundaries forward. Come join us on the journey!"
Dan Garlick, General Manager of the Goodwood Festival of Speed commented: "This year's Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard truly shook up the established order, and Roborace produced a really significant performance.
"We saw the DevBot 2.0 raise the bar for what autonomous vehicles can achieve, which was fitting during a weekend when Volkswagen's all-electric ID.R demolished the 20-year-old record for the outright fastest time on the Hill. Roborace has brought a whole new story to the sport that has really struck a chord with the crowd."
DevBot 2.0 is the hero vehicle for Roborace's inaugural Season Alpha - the first experimental season of the competition which started earlier this year in Monteblanco, Spain. Roborace provides identical hardware to teams taking part in the competition and they provide the software to drive the cars - making it a competition of intelligence.
This first season will see the company trial different formats at locations across Europe in preparation for Season Beta the following year and the first full season in 2021.
Coverage of Season Alpha events can be found on Roborace's YouTube channel, along with all of the activity at Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Victoria Tomlinson, photos Roborace
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Research: One summer of Math research. Two summer of physics research, one in QG that continued for the following year and resulted in a publication and some local presentations, the other was an REU for one summer that resulted in a presentation. Will be continuing this as a full year senior thesis in black hole thermodynamics.
Coursework: Despite attending a liberal arts college, I will have taken by the time I graduate two semesters of mechanics, two semesters of electricity and magnetism, two semesters of quantum mechanics, one semester of thermo, one semester of stat mech, one semester of astrophysics/cosmology, one semester of astronomy, general relativity, tensor calculus, complex analysis, topology, as well as some other interesting, but not pertinent math courses such as abstract algebra and real analysis.
I am applying as a theorist (relativity, astrophysics, or cosmology) for most programs, but I might apply for some computational cosmology too.
I don't have much info as to the likelihood that I will be competitive for most schools because of the number of moving parts in a physics application. It is hard for me to objectively compare myself to other students in these forums so ANY FEEDBACK would be greatly appreciated.
Here is a list of schools I might apply to. If you have suggestions for schools that I should consider/give up the dream please let me know!
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Josh McWilliams (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) led the Green Terror (1-4, 0-2 CC) with 15 points while DJ Harper (Glenn Dale, Md./Riverdale Baptist) added 11 points and seven rebounds.
Justus Melton led the Red Devils (4-1, 2-0 CC), who were receiving votes in the latest D3hoops.com poll, with 24 points – 16 of which came in the decisive second half – to go with nine rebounds.
Trailing 34-31 at halftime, McWilliams canned a triple on the opening possession of the second half to tie the game for the ninth time.
Dickinson rebuilt a three-point lead before a Benjamin Young (Grasonville, Md./Kent Island) layup and Harper jumper gave McDaniel a 39-38 lead with 15:15 to play.
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Any idea?
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János Lázár, the Hungarian prime minister's commissioner for protecting non-smokers, has called on the Hungarian parliament pass legislation prohibiting anyone born after January 1, 2020 from smoking.
Addressing a conference organised by Tobacco Hungary, Mr Lázár suggested that if necessary, parliament would amend the constitution in order for the bill to pass.
The aim of the ban is to turn Hungary into the world's first non-smoking country.
Mr Lázár added that he will also propose making it illegal to smoke while driving the same way that using a mobile phone is. The commissioner said his proposal also included giving condominium communities greater freedom to restrict smoking in certain areas of apartment complexes.
Mr Lázár has yet to officially submit the proposal to the cabinet, the Government Information Centre said.
Hungary is already one of the most restrictive countries in the world for smokers. Since 2013, cigarettes have only been available from special tobacco shops. Authorities claim that the number of cigarettes bought in the country has since dropped by more than 40 per cent.
Terrible! Would that include smoking a pipe?


Several years ago I discovered a site that offered week-long painting sojourns in Provence - the dream holiday for a landscape painter, foodie, market-shopper and confirmed francophile. This painting was inspired by a scene near where I stay there, and is one I did last year as a workshop demonstration piece. The workshop was about how to experiment with landscape space and abstraction through simplification of forms.
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Era figlio di Maximilian von Longueval, barone di Vaux e – dal 1580 – conte di Buquoy, e della di lui consorte Margherita di Lille. Il padre era un alto ufficiale, che, combattendo sotto Alessandro Farnese, cadde in battaglia presso Tournai.

Fu un importante comandante delle truppe cattoliche durante la fase boema della Guerra dei trent'anni.

Come il Tilly era di origine vallone ed al servizio spagnolo. A differenza del grande generale comandante dell'esercito della Lega cattolica, il Buquoy derivava la sua esperienza militare completamente dal confuso teatro fiammingo. Era un generale impetuoso e molto coraggioso, ma dotato di una strategia convenzionale, che non lo distingueva da altri colleghi della sua epoca.

Alla moda olandese, evitava possibilmente le battaglie dirette, preferendo ad esse le schermaglie, le manovre e gli assedi. Rifiutando lo scontro con il conte di Thurn nella prima fase della guerra dei trent'anni, rischiò di perderla, ma il suo modo di condurre la campagna successivamente vanificò tutto il vantaggio dei protestanti. Morì in battaglia combattendo contro il principe di Transilvania, Gabriele Bethlen, a Nové Zámky.

Biografia
Si arruolò da giovane nell'esercito spagnolo che combatteva nelle Fiandre.
Preso prigioniero davanti a Emmerich am Rhein e presto rilasciato, venne sconfitto nel 1600 a Nieuwpoort dal principe Giovanni Maurizio di Nassau-Siegen, ma ebbe modo di dimostrare le sue capacità nell'Assedio di Ostenda e nella conquista di 's-Hertogenbosch. Nel 1602 venne nominato Feldzeugmeister e nel 1606 fu ambasciatore alla corte di Francia. Continuò comunque la carriera militare e nel 1618 l'Imperatore Mattia lo nominò comandante in capo del suo esercito elevandolo al grado di Feldmaresciallo.

In occasione della rivolta protestante Boema, egli raggiunse il suo esercito a Dráchov ed il 10 giugno 1619 tese un'imboscata all'esercito protestante di Ernst von Mansfeld, che stava marciando verso České Budějovice. Nella battaglia che ne conseguì a Sablat, von Mansfeld subì una sonora sconfitta e Buquoy poté, con l'aiuto del suo subalterno Wallenstein occupare la città di České Budějovice. Nel proseguimento della campagna le truppe di Buquoy sconfissero nuovamente i nemici presso Netolice, occupando n numerose città e castelli.

Alla notizia dell'irruzione in Ungheria di Gabriele Bethlen nel settembre del 1619, Buquoy, con 16.000 uomini, raggiunse il Danubio e contese con successo al nemico l'attraversamento del fiume. Presso Eggenburg Buquoy sconfisse un esercito comandato dal Thurn.

Dopo la ritirata dei protestanti boemi e degli ungheresi, Buquoy ingaggiò un esercito di 20.000 uomini, difese l'Austria contro le nuove incursioni boeme, respingendole. Nel settembre del 1620, a Krems, si unì all'esercito della Lega cattolica tedesca e venne ferito nella battaglia presso Rakovník. L'8 novembre 1620 il suo esercito, insieme a quello della Lega cattolica, comandato dal Tilly, sconfisse quello protestante nella battaglia della Montagna Bianca. Buquoy avrebbe dovuto comandare, in questo scontro, l'ala destra dello schieramento cattolico, ma a causa delle ferite subite a Rakovník, non poté partecipare direttamente al combattimento, seguendolo solo da una carrozza.

Successivamente Buquoy occupò, per conto dell'Imperatore Ferdinando II il Castello di Karlštejn, obbligando le autorità locali a rendere omaggio all'imperatore. All'inizio del 1621 chiese di lasciare il servizio, ma rimase in servizio avendogli l'imperatore assegnato la signoria su Nové Hrady, Rožmberk, ed altri possedimenti.

Nel febbraio del 1621 Buquoy marciò nuovamente in Ungheria contro Gabriele Bethlen. Dopo un breve assedio di Presburgo, iniziò nel giugno di quell'anno l'assedio di Nové Zámky, oggi in Slovacchia. Qui, il 10 luglio 1621, durante una sortita dei difensori, rimase colpito a morte. Il comando del suo esercito passò a Rodolfo di Tiefenbach.

Matrimonio e discendenza
Karel Bonaventura sposò la milanese Maddalena di Biglia, figlia di Baldassarre Biglia, conte di Sarona, e di Giustina Visconti, contessa di Carbonaro. Da Maddalena Karel ebbe un figlio:
 Carlo Alberto di Longueval (1607 – 1663), conte di Bu(c)quoy, Barone di Vau(l)x, Grande di Spagna, Cavaliere dell'Ordine del Toson d'oro, amministratore reale spagnolo della contea di Hainaut; sposò Maria-Guglielmetta di Croy, contessa di Solre, dalla quale ebbe otto figli, tra i quali:
 Landelin, colonnello dell'esercito imperiale, morto nella battaglia di Slankamen (1691) contro i turchi
 Carlo Filippo (1636 – 1690), principe di Longueval (innalzato a tal rango nel 1688 da Carlo II, re di Spagna), Barone di Vau(l)x e di Rosenberg, che sposò in prime nozze Maria Margherita di Hornes ed in seconde nozze Maria di Beausignies; da quest'ultima ebbe due figlie e due figli, che morirono senza eredi
 Carlo Alberto,  consigliere della Corte imperiale e di guerra.

Bibliografia
(in lingua tedesca salvo diverso avviso)

 Carl von Landmann, Bucquoi, Karl Graf von in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), Band 3, Leipzigm Duncker & Humblot, 1876, pp. 497–500.
 Golo Mann, Wallenstein - Sein Leben, 2. Auflage 1971, Frankfurt am Main, S.Fischer Verlag. Graf Buquoy, pp. 163 sgg., 167, 176, 186, 201, 204, 235, 423 sg. ISBN 3-10-047903-3
 Roman von Prochazka: Genealogisches Taschenbuch erloschener böhmischer Herrenstandsfamilien. Ergänzungsband, herausgegeben vom Vorstand des Collegium Carolinum (Institut), Forschungsstelle für die böhmischen Länder in München, München, R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1990, pp. 85-87, ISBN 3-486-54051-3
 Friedrich Hermann Schubert, Bucquoi, Karl Bonaventura Graf von in: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), Band 2, Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4, p. 712 sg.
 Hans Sturmberger, Aufstand in Böhmen. Der Beginn des Dreißigjährigen Krieges, München, 1959.

 Buquoi (de Longueval) Barone de Vaux, in: Der Wappen des böhmischen Adels. Siebmacher's Wappenbuch, IV. Band, 9. Abteilung. Nürnberg, 1886, p. 109 f. und Wappentafel 59; Ristampa: Neustadt an der Aisch 1979 (= J. Siebmacher's großes Wappenbuch; Bd. 30)

Altri progetti

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