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Geneviève Fioraso (born 10 October 1954) is a French politician, representative of the first district of Isère from June 2007 to June 2017, and a member of the Socialist Party. On 16 May 2012 she was appointed Minister for Higher Education and Research in the French government of Jean-Marc Ayrault.[1]
Member of the National Assembly
for Isère's 1st constituency
17 June 2012 – 21 June 2017
Richard Cazenave
Olivier Véran
Minister of Higher Education
Jean-Marc Ayrault
Laurent Wauquiez
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Geneviève Lefèvre
(1954-10-10) 10 October 1954 (age 68)
Amiens, France
University of Amiens, Master's degree in English
Official page on the site of the National Assembly
Since 2008 she has been deputy for the Economy, Universities and Research for the City Council of Grenoble. During her previous term she was Deputy assistant for the Economy, Innovation, Trade and Craft, and First Vice-President of Metro -Agglomeration community of the Grenoble Alpes Métropole-, in charge of economic development. Since 2003, she has been the CEO of the S.E.M. Minatec Entreprises (public-private venture, entrusted with the marketing of high-tech building of Minatec). She also serves as Chair of the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises Grenoble, Business Administration Institute of Grenoble.
1 Origin, and Training
2 Professional and political curriculum
Origin, and TrainingEdit
Born in Amiens in 1954, the youngest of six children, Fioraso obtained her high-school diploma Baccalauréat at the age of 16 years and married at 18. A student of Hypo-Khâgne, she continued her studies and obtained a master's degree in English, then worked as an English teacher in Amiens. In 1978 she left teaching and moved to Grenoble, where she served first as Information Officer, then managing Documentation and Press for the City of Grenoble, where she began collaborating with Hubert Dubedout, city's mayor and MP, and became his parliamentary attaché in 1983.
Professional and political curriculumEdit
In 1985 she participated in the cantonal electoral campaign, alongside Michel Destot. From 1989 to 1995, she was part of the management team of Corys, a startups of the CEA. Once he was elected mayor of Grenoble in 1995, Michel Destot requested that she serve as his Chief of Staff, for which she followed the economy and innovation affairs in particular. From 1999 to 2001, Fioraso was director of the Agence Régionale du Numérique, a regional agency set up by the digital network of cities of the Rhône-Alpes region. From 2001 to 2004, she was a senior marketing manager at France Telecom, in charge of emerging markets in the social-health sector. In 2007, Genevieve Fioraso won 63.03% of the vote and defeated Alain Carignon to be elected députée -member of the French Parliament- in Isère's 1st constituency. At the National Assembly, she was a board member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and various left group; member of the Committee on Economic Affairs , the Environment and Territory; and member of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices[2] (OPECST, Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques).
She did not contest the 2017 French legislative election.
her job in Grenoble (French) from: grenoble.indymedia.org Archived 28 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Fioraso Genevieve Blog.
Magazine Article in Acteurs de l'économie[permanent dead link]
^ « Geneviève Fioraso, Ministre de la Recherche », in "Le Portail du Gouvernement", last seen 23 May 2012
^ Parliamentary Office for evaluation of scientific and technological options (OPECST) Archived 13 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, official description from the Site of the National Assembly of France
Minister of Higher Education and Research
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I'm going to explore Porto quite soon (maybe will move here).
I wonder if locals are satisfied with air quality here?
Do you know any productions/factories that may contribute to air pollution in this city?
I lived in Porto for some years, and although air quality isn't the same as in a rural area, it is quite satisfying. I was never bothered just by breathing in air and never noticed pollution except for the black dirt that got deposited over the curtains after some months. What is terrible tough, is humidity. Porto is near the ocean, thus Winters are rainy and foggy. My books would get soaked even if they never left their shelves! On the other hand, the smell of the Atlantic ocean is frequently felt at the inner city and is rich in iodine, great for your health All the best!


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// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "extensions/browser/extension_user_script_loader.h"

#include <stddef.h>

#include <memory>
#include <set>
#include <string>

#include "base/files/file_path.h"
#include "base/files/file_util.h"
#include "base/files/scoped_temp_dir.h"
#include "base/location.h"
#include "base/macros.h"
#include "base/strings/string_util.h"
#include "chrome/browser/chrome_notification_types.h"
#include "chrome/test/base/testing_profile.h"
#include "content/public/browser/notification_observer.h"
#include "content/public/browser/notification_registrar.h"
#include "content/public/browser/notification_service.h"
#include "content/public/test/browser_task_environment.h"
#include "content/public/test/test_utils.h"
#include "extensions/common/host_id.h"
#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"

using extensions::URLPatternSet;

namespace {

static void AddPattern(URLPatternSet* extent, const std::string& pattern) {
  int schemes = URLPattern::SCHEME_ALL;
  extent->AddPattern(URLPattern(schemes, pattern));
}
}

namespace extensions {

// Test bringing up a script loader on a specific directory, putting a script
// in there, etc.
class ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest : public testing::Test,
                                      public content::NotificationObserver {
 public:
  ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest() : shared_memory_(NULL) {}

  void SetUp() override {
    ASSERT_TRUE(temp_dir_.CreateUniqueTempDir());

    // Register for all user script notifications.
    registrar_.Add(this,
                   extensions::NOTIFICATION_USER_SCRIPTS_UPDATED,
                   content::NotificationService::AllSources());
  }

  void Observe(int type,
               const content::NotificationSource& source,
               const content::NotificationDetails& details) override {
    DCHECK(type == extensions::NOTIFICATION_USER_SCRIPTS_UPDATED);

    shared_memory_ =
        content::Details<base::ReadOnlySharedMemoryRegion>(details).ptr();
  }

  // Directory containing user scripts.
  base::ScopedTempDir temp_dir_;

  // Updated to the script shared memory when we get notified.
  base::ReadOnlySharedMemoryRegion* shared_memory_;

 private:
  content::BrowserTaskEnvironment task_environment_;
  content::NotificationRegistrar registrar_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest);
};

// Test that we get notified even when there are no scripts.
TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, NoScripts) {
  TestingProfile profile;
  ExtensionUserScriptLoader loader(
      &profile,
      HostID(),
      true /* listen_for_extension_system_loaded */);
  loader.StartLoad();
  content::RunAllTasksUntilIdle();

  ASSERT_TRUE(shared_memory_ != nullptr && shared_memory_->IsValid());
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, Parse1) {
  const std::string text(
    "// This is my awesome script\n"
    "// It does stuff.\n"
    "// ==UserScript==   trailing garbage\n"
    "// @name foobar script\n"
    "// @namespace http://www.google.com/\n"
    "// @include *mail.google.com*\n"
    "// \n"
    "// @othergarbage\n"
    "// @include *mail.yahoo.com*\r\n"
    "// @include  \t *mail.msn.com*\n" // extra spaces after "@include" OK
    "//@include not-recognized\n" // must have one space after "//"
    "// ==/UserScript==  trailing garbage\n"
    "\n"
    "\n"
    "alert('hoo!');\n");

  UserScript script;
  EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionUserScriptLoader::ParseMetadataHeader(text, &script));
  ASSERT_EQ(3U, script.globs().size());
  EXPECT_EQ("*mail.google.com*", script.globs()[0]);
  EXPECT_EQ("*mail.yahoo.com*", script.globs()[1]);
  EXPECT_EQ("*mail.msn.com*", script.globs()[2]);
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, Parse2) {
  const std::string text("default to @include *");

  UserScript script;
  EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionUserScriptLoader::ParseMetadataHeader(text, &script));
  ASSERT_EQ(1U, script.globs().size());
  EXPECT_EQ("*", script.globs()[0]);
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, Parse3) {
  const std::string text(
    "// ==UserScript==\n"
    "// @include *foo*\n"
    "// ==/UserScript=="); // no trailing newline

  UserScript script;
  ExtensionUserScriptLoader::ParseMetadataHeader(text, &script);
  ASSERT_EQ(1U, script.globs().size());
  EXPECT_EQ("*foo*", script.globs()[0]);
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, Parse4) {
  const std::string text(
    "// ==UserScript==\n"
    "// @match http://*.mail.google.com/*\n"
    "// @match  \t http://mail.yahoo.com/*\n"
    "// ==/UserScript==\n");

  URLPatternSet expected_patterns;
  AddPattern(&expected_patterns, "http://*.mail.google.com/*");
  AddPattern(&expected_patterns, "http://mail.yahoo.com/*");

  UserScript script;
  EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionUserScriptLoader::ParseMetadataHeader(text, &script));
  EXPECT_EQ(0U, script.globs().size());
  EXPECT_EQ(expected_patterns, script.url_patterns());
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, Parse5) {
  const std::string text(
    "// ==UserScript==\n"
    "// @match http://*mail.google.com/*\n"
    "// ==/UserScript==\n");

  // Invalid @match value.
  UserScript script;
  EXPECT_FALSE(ExtensionUserScriptLoader::ParseMetadataHeader(text, &script));
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, Parse6) {
  const std::string text(
    "// ==UserScript==\n"
    "// @include http://*.mail.google.com/*\n"
    "// @match  \t http://mail.yahoo.com/*\n"
    "// ==/UserScript==\n");

  // Allowed to match @include and @match.
  UserScript script;
  EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionUserScriptLoader::ParseMetadataHeader(text, &script));
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, Parse7) {
  // Greasemonkey allows there to be any leading text before the comment marker.
  const std::string text(
    "// ==UserScript==\n"
    "adsasdfasf// @name hello\n"
    "  // @description\twiggity woo\n"
    "\t// @match  \t http://mail.yahoo.com/*\n"
    "// ==/UserScript==\n");

  UserScript script;
  EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionUserScriptLoader::ParseMetadataHeader(text, &script));
  ASSERT_EQ("hello", script.name());
  ASSERT_EQ("wiggity woo", script.description());
  ASSERT_EQ(1U, script.url_patterns().patterns().size());
  EXPECT_EQ("http://mail.yahoo.com/*",
            script.url_patterns().begin()->GetAsString());
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, Parse8) {
  const std::string text(
    "// ==UserScript==\n"
    "// @name myscript\n"
    "// @match http://www.google.com/*\n"
    "// @exclude_match http://www.google.com/foo*\n"
    "// ==/UserScript==\n");

  UserScript script;
  EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionUserScriptLoader::ParseMetadataHeader(text, &script));
  ASSERT_EQ("myscript", script.name());
  ASSERT_EQ(1U, script.url_patterns().patterns().size());
  EXPECT_EQ("http://www.google.com/*",
            script.url_patterns().begin()->GetAsString());
  ASSERT_EQ(1U, script.exclude_url_patterns().patterns().size());
  EXPECT_EQ("http://www.google.com/foo*",
            script.exclude_url_patterns().begin()->GetAsString());
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, SkipBOMAtTheBeginning) {
  base::FilePath path = temp_dir_.GetPath().AppendASCII("script.user.js");
  const std::string content("\xEF\xBB\xBF alert('hello');");
  size_t written = base::WriteFile(path, content.c_str(), content.size());
  ASSERT_EQ(written, content.size());

  std::unique_ptr<UserScript> user_script(new UserScript());
  user_script->js_scripts().push_back(std::make_unique<UserScript::File>(
      temp_dir_.GetPath(), path.BaseName(), GURL()));

  UserScriptList user_scripts;
  user_scripts.push_back(std::move(user_script));

  TestingProfile profile;
  ExtensionUserScriptLoader loader(
      &profile,
      HostID(),
      true /* listen_for_extension_system_loaded */);
  loader.LoadScriptsForTest(&user_scripts);

  EXPECT_EQ(content.substr(3),
            user_scripts[0]->js_scripts()[0]->GetContent().as_string());
}

TEST_F(ExtensionUserScriptLoaderTest, LeaveBOMNotAtTheBeginning) {
  base::FilePath path = temp_dir_.GetPath().AppendASCII("script.user.js");
  const std::string content("alert('here's a BOOM: \xEF\xBB\xBF');");
  size_t written = base::WriteFile(path, content.c_str(), content.size());
  ASSERT_EQ(written, content.size());

  std::unique_ptr<UserScript> user_script(new UserScript());
  user_script->js_scripts().push_back(std::make_unique<UserScript::File>(
      temp_dir_.GetPath(), path.BaseName(), GURL()));

  UserScriptList user_scripts;
  user_scripts.push_back(std::move(user_script));

  TestingProfile profile;
  ExtensionUserScriptLoader loader(
      &profile,
      HostID(),
      true /* listen_for_extension_system_loaded */);
  loader.LoadScriptsForTest(&user_scripts);

  EXPECT_EQ(content,
            user_scripts[0]->js_scripts()[0]->GetContent().as_string());
}

}  // namespace extensions

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L.A. County Targets July 4th On Reopening Businesses & Economy
By July 4th, the goal is to successfully implement a "full or staged" reopening of all businesses, such as retail, restaurants and malls, and other areas of the local economy.
A new announcement has just been made regarding when L.A County will officially be reopening. It appears that L.A. County is now looking to lift restrictions sooner, despite previously stating that lockdown orders would last through all of July, as it is now being reported that opening the economy could arrive just in time for the 4th of July.
Los Angeles County officially targets the busiest holiday of the summer, the 4th of July, for a "safe reopening" of all businesses and the economy. Kathryn Barger, Board of Supervisors chairwoman, reveals the announcement via press release following a recent meeting of the L.A. County Economic Resiliency Task Force. By July 4th, the goal is to successfully implement a "full or staged" reopening of all businesses, such as retail, restaurants and malls, and other areas of the local economy that have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus outbreak.
Barger explained the new reopening goal, saying:
"The economic and sociological impacts created by the COVID-19 shutdown have hurt our vulnerable populations the most. The County, in partnership with our Task Force members and key stakeholders, is prepared to move forward with recommendations that ensure the safety and well-being of employees and customers while safeguarding public health."
Upon hearing Barger's reopening plans, L.A. County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer offered her honest opinion about how reopening cans safely be achieved. Ferrer stated that "we're all aiming for that date but in order to get there safely, we have to do a lot of things right. It's always helpful for us to have a target date in mind. If we all do our part, that's certainly a goal we can reach."
To date, L.A. County has seen 1 million unemployment claims filed and that 75% of projected job losses are from individuals who make less than $50,000 per year in areas such as restaurants and retail companies.
Bien Luigi
Highest Single-Day Jump In COVID-19 Cases Experienced As Texas Gov. Reopens Businesses & Schools
Kasi Bennett And Usain Bolt Welcome Baby Girl
US Capitol Police Chief Resigns After Riots At The Capitol
"The violent attack on the U.S. Capitol was unlike any I have ever experienced in my 30 years in law enforcement here in Washington, D.C.," Sund said.
Nationwide Protests Against Police Brutality Addressed By Trump With U.S. Military Deployment Threats
Trump threatens to invoke the 213-year-old Insurrection Act to activate the military to operate in the U.S.
Study Shows More Americans Are Praying During The Coronavirus Pandemic
While prayer is something religious Americans do often, in community and in private, there's also something about this practice that appears to transcend traditional religion.
Walmart Halts Displaying Mississippi State Flag For Having The Confederate Emblem
The company actually stopped selling the flag back in 2015 and feels this is the right thing to do.

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What is your role in all of this?
Since you've made it here, you're clearly more than an observer.
Are you a leader? A manager?
A financial supporter? A volunteer?
What are you willing to contribute to achieve the outcome you seek?
Your time? Talents? Connections? Finances?
March for Our Lives in Parkland, Florida. Photo taken by the founder of Uniting for Action.
In the face of tremendous resources opposing what we seek (in the 2018 election cycle so far, gun rights groups, including the NRA, have outspent the competition more than 40 to 1), we have to start showing up and getting in the game.
That means that every one of us that cares enough to want a certain outcome has to be willing to contribute something of value towards achieving that outcome. We know we can't get something for nothing – especially in the face of such overwhelming opposition.
Fortunately, there are enough of us that want gun safety to actually achieve it if we pool our resources and allocate them effectively.
A student leaves a flower for her dead friend in Parkland, Florida. Photo taken by the founder of Uniting for Action.
After you've given something that is a stretch financially, consider the additional ways you can apply your resources to the outcomes we seek.
Email us at volunteer@UnitingForAction.com to let us know, on average, how much time you can offer per day, per week, or per month, and we'll send you supportive tasks that can be managed wherever you are, whenever you're available.
We all know other people that could make a difference if they chose to apply their resources to our common cause. You can significantly multiply your impact by not only contributing your own time, talents, and finances, but also by encouraging and enrolling other people you know to do the same. This could be as simple as sharing our efforts on your social media accounts along with your heartfelt messages, to personally reaching out to the CEO's, celebrities, politicians, civic leaders, and influencers that you're connected with that you know could make a difference. When you connect with them, create opportunities for their involvement in such inspiring ways that they are compelled to join us in action. Email us at volunteer@UnitingForAction.com for support.
We greatly honor and appreciate you for answering the call in this time of need!


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Q: navbar stick on reaching a scroll position 0 is not working I read and tried several example of making a navbar stick on scrolling, but did not get success. I am using latest bootstrap template and cdn links, also established a link of js file. The example code was taken from w3school. I found nothing wrong in the code. Please leave some suggestions.
Here is my html, css and js respectively.

window.onscroll = function() {myFunction()};

var navbar = document.getElementById("navbar");
var sticky = navbar.offsetTop;

function myFunction() {
  if (window.pageYOffset >= sticky) {
    navbar.classList.add("sticky")
  } else {
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  }
}
body {
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  font-size: 28px;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.header {
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  padding: 30px;
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El municipio de Courtland (en inglés: Courtland Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Nicollet en el estado estadounidense de Minnesota. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 630 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 5,78 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Courtland se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 109.06 km², de la cual 94,76 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (13,11 %) 14,3 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 630 personas residiendo en el municipio de Courtland. La densidad de población era de 5,78 hab./km². De los 630 habitantes, el municipio de Courtland estaba compuesto por el 97,78 % blancos, el 0,63 % eran asiáticos, el 0,95 % eran de otras razas y el 0,63 % eran de una mezcla de razas. Del total de la población el 1,75 % eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Enlaces externos

Municipios de Minnesota
Localidades del condado de Nicollet

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As the electric grid is increasingly powered by renewables, it will need energy storage for when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining. But the three top grid-scale energy storage technologies today—pumped hydropower, lithium-ion batteries and "flow" batteries—arguably, aren't up to the challenge.
The U.S. Department of Energy's technology incubator ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) wants to change that. It's going long on a number of high-risk, high-reward R&D projects that might change the entire grid storage equation. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has said he thinks grid-scale battery storage will be the key innovation that enables the grid to completely decarbonize by midcentury.
Here's the grid-energy storage landscape today: Pumped hydropower, in which excess electric power pumps water uphill and is returned to the grid using water turbines when that water is released back downhill, makes up 95 percent of today's grid-scale energy storage, according to ARPA-E. In total, it contributes 20.4 gigawatts of generating capacity to the grid. However, pumped hydro requires compliance with land use and environmental regulations, huge supplies of water, and big hills to pump the water up. So, while it's reliable and cheap, it's not broadly or universally scalable.
Lithium-ion batteries have powered the consumer electronics revolution of the past 30 years, but they're also expensive, compared to, say, pumped hydro. And their flammability, as Samsung Galaxy Note 7 customers know, could be more than just an inconvenience if a grid-sized battery farm went full Hindenburg with a flame out. So, at the grid scale, lithium ions could perhaps only be scored partly reliable, affordable, or scalable.
The flow battery, another promising technology, stores its power in vats of electrolyte; it's scaled up simply by adding more vats. Though flow batteries represent a new frontier of grid-scale reliability, at present they're also expensive.
According to a recent report, ARPA-E has invested $85 million in energy storage research projects since 2009. The website for ARPA-E chronicles some 73 projects at companies, labs, and universities—among them, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Penn State, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Ford, Boeing and General Electric.
Today there are already grid-scale energy storage technologies based on simple scientific principles that everyone learned in high school physics. Lift a mass m to a height h, and its gravitational potential energy is m times h times the acceleration due to gravity (9.8 meters per second squared).
All of which means unused energy on the grid can be readily stored in the form of mass—typically, water or slabs of metal or concrete—that's been lifted or pumped up a hill. Then when the grid needs that energy, what's gone up is allowed to come down, and the stored energy is then recaptured via water turbines or regenerative braking devices.
It can't be deployed everywhere. Let's say you want to alleviate the problem of storage in the [U.S.] desert southwest. Where are you going to get the hydro, and where are you going to pump it? There need to be a variety of solutions to address the storage problem. Pumped hydro is demonstrated, it's successful, and it's low cost. And, in fact, that was one of the drivers for electrochemical batteries. We wanted to be as cheap as pumped hydro. That's challenging. That's very hard.
With that in mind, ARPA-E has set some lofty goals for the electrochemical battery research it supports: a price of $100 per installed kilowatt-hour of grid storage; 5000 charge-discharge cycles (i.e. 10 years of system life); and a roundtrip efficiency of 80 percent or greater per charge-discharge cycle.
In general, says Rohlfing, electrochemical batteries still rank among the most promising energy storage technologies—but not necessarily the lithium-ion kind that Elon Musk touts with his Tesla Powerwall home storage system.
"It's very logical what Tesla and others are doing to say 'We're going to use lithium-ion for grid-scale storage,'" Rohlfing says. "Lithium ion has a lot of attributes, and high power is one of them. But it doesn't necessarily mean it's the right choice for [the] grid. It is the most mature battery technology, so it is of course what you can buy today, and what companies will give you a warrantee for. There's 30 years worth of development.
At the moment, Rohlfing says, the flow battery is one of the leading prospects for grid-scale storage because they are like a cross between a standard battery and a fuel cell. Again, expanding the capacity of a flow battery is as simple as adding another tank of electrolyte.
The element vanadium, often mined from magnetite in South Africa, Russia, and China, costs $3500 or more per kilogram at high-purity concentrations of 99.9 percent.
Another variant, now being investigated by a team at Harvard, relies on nature for its electrolyte. The group is now zeroing in on an organic compound called a quinone that's very similar to a chemical found in rhubarb.


Years ago Geoffrey A. Moore wrote a book called Crossing the Chasm, where he pointed out the reason most product that are successful on a niche market, never make it to the masses.
It turns out that in Roger's curve, between the early adopters and the masses there's a chasm. And the dilemma companies face to cross that chasm, is that these two kind of markets want something totally different. Innovators and early adopters want something that's new, and the masses want something that works. They want a totally different thing.
What happens with products with better privacy is that most of them don't work (and don't solve the global privacy problem though). And what I mean by that is most products with worse privacy work better or at least are more convenient (or people are just locked-in). For example, not so long ago I changed my profile's settings on Google, and deleted some default options like saving my browsing history on YouTube, turn off location tracking, and many more. Well, I'm obsessed with privacy and I'm willing to pay the price of not having most of the benefits Google offers, but I doubt the mainstream public would adopt that now. Because the pile of benefits of having no privacy is greater than their need (perceived need) of having more privacy. They want something that works.
Or consider TOR browser. It is the best browser when it comes to privacy. Its system hides your IP and allows you to use the Internet privately. It's cool (I love it), but for most people it doesn't work. When it covers your IP, it goes through eight or so more IPs, but it's slow. It's not as fast as a regular browser so people don't use it — just innovators, early adopters and people doing weird things.
When it comes to privacy there's a chasm we need to cross. Some might think that by using the law we can change things, but that won't get us through the chasm. GDPR has make a huge change on privacy, and has force some companies to do things right (alas, only the ones operating in Europe), but in order to cross that chasm and attack the root of the problem we need something that works.
Of course browsing privately won't solve our lack of privacy, the problem is bigger than that and tech companies have powerful lock-ins that don't make it easy to switch. Nevertheless, maybe we can't force people to change their thoughts around this issue, but maybe we could build something that works, and make people switch and fight for privacy… Easier said than done though.


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You hit the alarm, get up, and get going, They say "I can't do it", you say "I've already done it". They say "I'm not sure it will work", you say "I fixed it." They say "I need a break", you say "I'll sleep when I'm dead." If this sounds like you, and you don't want to risk your health & life, then you may need to take 5 minutes just to read this blog.
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It's 1pm. I'm standing at the Woolies (grocery store) across the road. My mind is stuck in neutral: "Do I take the Chicken pesto, or thai chicken curry? Oh, there's a low-cal Beef Stroganoff option, but the cellophane on that packet looks cancerous… or should I just have a fruit-salad? But fruit have sugars, which will spike my insulin…." a full minute later, I walk out with the same meal I had yesterday. It's just easier.
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"NFDA welcomes the UK and EU's agreement on terms for the Brexit transition period," said Sue Robinson, Director of the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) on today's announcement.
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Cessna FA150L Aerobat (Reims)
Owner/operator: Electrical Engineering Services (reg owner)
Registration: G-ARRF
C/n / msn: 150-59297
Location: Henscott Farm Airstrip, Bradford Holsworthy, Devon - United Kingdom
Departure airport: Bodmin, Cornwall (EGLA)
Destination airport: Henscott Airstrip, Bradford Holsworthy, Devon
Investigating agency: AAIB
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11 March 1988 in a landing accident when it undershot on approach to Henscott Farm Airstrip, Bradford Holsworthy, Devon (at approximate coordinates 50'51.35"N 4'15.33"W). According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot reported that normal downwind and base legs were flown for a left hand circuit [at Henscott Airstrip, Bradford Holsworthy, Devon] but that, perhaps, with the benefit of hindsight, the final turn was made a little too low. As the approach appeared normal, full flap (40 degrees) was lowered in stages, and the speed set at 55 miles per hour.
However, as it became apparent that the aircraft was likely to undershoot, full power was applied, but the aircraft failed to climb. The pilot raised the nose in order to clear the earth bank, but struck it instead approximately six inches from the top with the nose landing gear, followed by the right main landing gear. The aircraft came to rest some 10 metres past the airfield boundary, resting on its nose. Neither occupant of the aircraft was injured, and there was no fire."
According to the AAIB report, the damage sustained to the airframe was to the landing gear, wingtips, and fuselage. It would appear that G-ARRF was withdrawn from use after this accident, with the registration being cancelled by the CAA on 13 June 1988 as "Permanently Withdrawn From Use".
However, the registration was restored to a new owner - Electrical Engineering Servicesof Banbury, Oxfordshire - on 2 September 1988 (just under three months later). The registration was cancelled by the CAA for the second and final time on 11 December 1996, some eight years later.
The fuselage of G-ARRF was last reported in private ownership in Banbury, Oxfordshire as a plaything, but is believed to have been scrapped in June 2008
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/cessna-150a-g-arrf-11-march-1988
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisengland/8260617251
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000761205.html
5. http://devonairfields.hampshireairfields.co.uk/
Photo of G-ARRF courtesy AirHistory.net
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Subject: [mg125267] Re: Can I solve this system of nonlinear equations?
It is not solvable. Or at least, a rationalized version has no solution. Here is one way to show this.
For showing non-solvability, it suffices (by Hilbert's Nullstellensatz, apologies for pulling that bit of math jargon out of a hat) to find a way to write a constant as an algebraic sum of these polynomials. That is to say, we show the ideal defined by those polynomials contains 1. One way to do so uses a bit of code that I posted to MathGroup around a year ago.
I'll just copy it here for completeness.
On your example we proceed as follows.
We check the result. Specifically we show that the conversion matrix, multiplied by the polynomial system input regarded as a vector, indeed gives a constant.
So there you have it: no solution for this system.


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Professionals with experience as coaches, counselors, financial & life planners, therapists, human resources personnel, and educators can become certified 2young2retire® facilitators. It is beneficial to have prior experience facilitating groups although this is not an essential requirement.
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Factory Reset Protection or FRP is a software which was introduced for Android version 5.1. With the help of FRP, only the original users are able to reset their devices and not someone else. This is really helpful in case someone's phone is lost or stolen for that matter. However, it becomes a problem for those who have bought a second-hand device or for those who forgot their original ID and Password. With Factory Reset Protection, your phone data is saved in case your phone gets stolen or lost. You will be locked out if you do not type your password and verify your account.
In such a situation, you will have to bypass the Google Factory Reset Protection to continue using your phone. If you do not know how to Bypass the security, you have nothing to worry about. All you need to do is scroll down and you will know everything that you are looking for.
You will see an option of inserting a SIM. You do not have to do anything, just click on "Skip" and move on.
The next step is to connect to your Wi-Fi. Select a network, enter the password and then click on "Next" to move further.
You will see the terms and conditions window on the next page. Tick on the options which say "I understand and agree…" and click on "Next".
You will see the Google Account Verification window opened up.
Connect your device using an on the go cable and connect the pen drive where you copied the tool.
Look for th FRP tool with .apk extension once you see the File Manager pop-up.
On the "Development Settings", click on "Install" and move further. You will see the development settings window on your device.
Once done, you are free to open the app file to the settings page of your phone. There, you can change "Backup and Reset" to "Factory Data Reset" by clicking on the Erase Everything option.
You will have to set up your Samsung device once again after it reboots but the device will not ask you for the Google Account Verification.
Reset your HTC phone and turn on the phone again and click on "Start". Connect to the WiFi network and then click on "Next".
You will see a "Verify Your Account" screen where you need to tap on the email or phone option which will open the keyboard. Then, long press on settings key.
Once HTC Sense Input Settings Screen opens, tap "Personal Dictionary" followed by long pressing "HTCVR" and then, "Share".
To open the App info page, long press the email icon. Click "Notification" and then "App Settings".
Select "Manage Accounts" from the three dots which appear on the corner of the screen on the top right.
You will be taken to your device's settings. Click on Google —> Search and Now —> Now Cards —> Enable "Show Cards".
When taken to the next screen, click on "No, Thanks" and then type Google on search bar and select first link which you see. Click on "No, Thanks" again on the window which opens next.
After the file has been downloaded, go back and enable "Show Cards" again. Then, install the downloaded file.
After you install the file, click on "Open" and then, search "Google Account Manager" which reads "Type Email and Password".
Lastly, click on "Try" where you will see three dots appearing on the "Retype Password" screen. Select "Browser Sign-in" and you can enter a new Google Account and then restart your phone to set it up once again and this time, you will not be stuck on FRP Lock screen.
The ways which we have mentioned above have helped the Android users to bypass the security and we are pretty sure that these techniques will help you as well.


Vikings Women's Soccer Coaches Paul Stone and Gil Bridger anticipate an exciting season ahead, beginning with their pre-season training camp and exhibition play.
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I am a graduate of Azusa Pacific University with a Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Performance and Music Education. As a vocal student and emphasis, I was required to sing in 5 languages. German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English languages. I have had more than 20 years experience in teaching voice, and over 100 students ranging from 3 years of age to adult. I have been a vocal and piano teacher for more than 25 years. I have my bachelor's degree from Azusa Pacific University in Vocal Performance and Music Education. I have had students from three years of age to adults. The past four years I h [more]
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I am currently a soloist with my congregational choir and have taught voice students for more than 10 years. My former students are currently appearing in local theatrical and musical productions, commercials, and performing groups. I have had a 100% success rate with auditions--every student of mine has gotten into the performing arts school of their choice. I have sung back-up vocals on CDs and toured internationally with a popular blues group in Canada, the Rick Zona Project. I studied voice with Faye Newman, a gifted vocal coach and music director. If you're looking to improve your vo [more]
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I took Voice 101 in 2010 at Golden West College. I have been singing for about eleven years. At nineteen I had voice lessons over a duration of one year, by an esteemed Opera singer that also taught at local school. From age nineteen to age twenty five I sang in garage bands. The music I sang ranged from hard rock to rock ballads. After the band years I continued singing non-professionally as a hobby. Over the last several months I have learned a great deal more about sight reading and singing with solfege. I am proficient to teach at a beginner's level and I'm sure I can help anyone begin [more]
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If this student is trying to improve her singing skill and sing what she always wanted to sing, I could help her. I know how to use her body to produce best sound out of instrument she has. Graduating from Juilliard school with Master's degree, I performed many major opera companies in U.S., Korea, Japan, Russia. I taught in universities as a full time professor for 12 years and also prepared high schoolers to enter colleges they want to apply. I sent students to Peabody, San Francisco conservatory, Manhattan school of Music, Manes School of Music, George Mason University. [more]
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I was born at the beginning of my mother's very successful career as an Opera Singer in New York. She attended New England Conservatory of Music and then Julliard. So my formal vocal training was with the Best! I sang in every group our school had and qualified for All-State Chorus. I sang the solo in The Omnipotence for my Senior Graduation. During college I was a vocal major and toured New England with a small women's jazz group. We performed at Yale one season. My teachers have been excellent both in New York and California. I've sung in community Choruses, and church choirs during the foll [more]
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I have had a total of 10 years training with two different teachers both furthering my vocal technique, expression and stage presence. I have coordinated and participated in 3 full recitals throughout my four years at Chapman University. I have participated in 4 full operas including "L'Elisir d'Amore," "Gianni Schicci," "Suor Angelica," and "Die Fleidermaus" with Opera Chapman while pursuing my Bachelor's Degree. I have studied with many prestigious professors throughout my Chapman experience and would love to pass my expertise on to inspire therm. [more]
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Yangshuo is a very busy tourist spot. It is the centre for rock climbing, boat trips and cycling on the Li and Dragon river (small and pretty river).
If you would like to spoil yourself in Yangshuo town centre try staying at The Bamboo House Resort. We did not stay but had a great breakfast there. The owner, a lady called Rosie gave us a tour. The bedrooms were fantastic (and some had their own jacuzzi in the room). The rates are good outside the Chinese peak holiday periods. Her website is http://www.bamboohoue.weebly.com and her email is bamboohouse23@hotmail.com.
Most of the rivers look pretty dead in China. You rarely see any life in them and seeing fishermen is quite rare. Not sure if this is due to the pollution or the fact that they are almost all dammed. These rivers seem to be better.
We spent the morning on the website, preparing e-mails to send to Ben for the updates. It is so much better when we can use 3G to connect the computer to the phone. It is then little and often rather than catching up for a week!
In the afternoon we drove to the Yangsuo Mountain Resort to meet up with Ronald who suggested that we take a walk along the river and on into the karst landscape.
There are queues of rafts running down the river, so don't expect to be on your own. The charge is 150 Yuan per person, about 30 pounds per raft for a couple of hours.
Along the walking path we saw a sort of giant pear shaped grapefruit and some cotton growing.
On the way back through the village we had a chance to look at one of the trucks up close that we had passed everywhere in China. Very basic but reliable, they are used all over China.
Its been good to settle somewhere for a couple of days as we have driven a lot in China, stopping in each place for only one night. Tomorrow we will carry on again, but will not check out of the guest house until midday.


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Another way for authors to connect with readers in the digital age.
Although not quite as personal as physically shaking hands or listening to a reading, e-book owners can still have a personalized message from the author in their e-book with Kindlegraph.
Not only is Kindlegraph a way for readers to experience something personal from the author of their favorite book, but it gives those readers who may not be able to attend an author event or book signing an opportunity to make that digital connection.
Authors are able to add the service as another tool in their marketing tool box and find personal exposure to readers who may otherwise not have the chance to receive a signed message. It's also a great service to offer for virtual book signings where author and reader can meet virtually through Google Hangouts, Skype or any of the video based services.
Yes, change is sometimes difficult to accept, but, as we all now know, ebooks are here to stay and gaining ground daily through all sources. It's unrealistic to think an author can personally plan signing events in all venues, but Kindlegraph gives them an alternative to reach readers around the globe in a more personalized way.
ImaginePublicity authors, Diane Fanning and Susan Murphy Milano are offering personalized messages through Kindlegraph, and I'm sure there will be more to come from our other authors.
To have your Kindle copy of their books signed, follow the links below!
Wow! This is very cool! Unfortunately, it doesn't apply to my current type of authorship! Boo Hoo! Congrats Imagine Publicity for hooking up with the creator! Now that's saavy!
I am blown away! Thank you so much! I'll be contacting the rest of our authors to encourage them to take advantage of Kindlegraph and become part of the "elite" ImaginePublicity Group.
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History of The Cumberland Insurance Group
The Cumberland Insurance Group has been providing protection against loss to its policyholders for over a century and a half. On February 23, 1844 the New Jersey Legislature granted an Act of Incorporation establishing the Cumberland Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The following month an organizational meeting was held at the Davis Hotel in Bridgeton, New Jersey to adopt by-laws and elect officers. Benjamin Sheppard became the first president of Cumberland and he also purchased the first policy from Cumberland to insure his mill. During the very early years of operation the Directors and Officers actually inspected the properties and adjusted the losses. Soon, increasing business growth made it necessary for Cumberland to appoint agents and adjusters throughout its market area in order to serve better its many policyholders. Many of Cumberland's first agents and adjusters were professionals such as lawyers and physicians. Eventually, the agents themselves became professionals in the insurance field. Today Cumberland retains a strong commitment to the independent agency system with over 400 agents representing our company in four states.
To provide additional protection to our policyholders, Cumberland organized the Minerva Fire Company in Bridgeton in 1854. In 1866 Cumberland assisted in the purchase of a fire engine for the fire company. This fire engine, called a Minerva, later became part of our Company trademark. By 1867 Cumberland's growth had exceeded the capacity of its accommodations and therefore a new building was purchased to house the growing Company at 107 East Commerce Street in Bridgeton. Cumberland had to keep its insurance products up to date in the face of rapid technological advancements, which included insuring properties that utilized gas for lighting and cooking and those properties using electricity. Conditions that were once exclusions had become so commonplace that they now had to be included in the policy coverage. By the turn of the century Cumberland was using standard form policies and was active in the State and National Associations of Mutual Fire Insurance. Innovations such as combined policies and reinsurance would fuel future expansion at Cumberland during the 20th century. Cumberland's surplus continued to grow from a little more than $1,000 in 1844 to over $162,000 by 1919 with over 7,700 policies in force. This continued growth required the construction of a new office building on Pearl Street in Bridgeton, which opened in 1927. Cumberland's financial strength allowed it to survive and prosper through the Great Depression, two World Wars and several severe storms, including the hurricane of 1944 and Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
In 1958 Cumberland's charter was amended to allow Cumberland to write all types of insurance, except life. Cumberland's continued growth necessitated the construction of a new modem 12,000 sq. ft. office building at West Broad Street in Bridgeton in 1963. In 1969, at the time of Cumberland's 125th Anniversary, Cumberland's surplus was over $3.5 million. In 1982 the Cumberland Insurance Company, Inc. was organized as a fully owned subsidiary to write Workers' Compensation and General Liability coverage, thereby providing additional products for our policyholders. The establishment of new products and a growing employee base required Cumberland to construct a 32,000 sq. ft. office building at 633 Shiloh Pike in Hopewell Township, NJ in 1988. On October 1, 2000 the Chester County Mutual Insurance Company of Downingtown, PA merged into Cumberland Mutual Fire Insurance Company. This combination created a strong regional company, writing insurance policies in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. In 2002 a technology unit was established in Mansfield, Ohio in order to develop new insurance products more rapidly and efficiently for our policyholders. As we move forward into the 21st century, technology will play a vital role, along with our highly skilled workforce, in our future success. In 2004 we completed our merger with the Mutual Insurance Company of Calvert County, Maryland in Prince Frederick, MD and exceeded $100 million in written premiums. We completed our Corporate Headquarters expansion in Bridgeton in 2004 and in 2006 the completion of our new Pennsylvania branch office in Sadsbury Township, PA. In recent years, the company endured Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 which was the largest catastrophe event in company history and resulted in over $47 million in claims.
With over 150 employees, 100,000 policyholders, 430 agents, $341,000,000 in total admitted assets, and $174,000,000 in total surplus at the end of 2018, Cumberland is the oldest Mutual Property and Casualty Insurer domiciled in the State of New Jersey. Through the years Cumberland's directors, officers, and employees have supplied the necessary wisdom and integrity to sustain Cumberland's tremendous growth and provide exceptional service to its customers. We look forward to maintaining this tradition of excellence into the future.


Yes it's been a while since my last post and I really have missed you! Why so quiet? I took some time out over the Easter break to work, rest and play, which included redecorating my lounge at the cottage (more to come on that at a later date) and restoring a salvaged Victorian fire surround.
Once again, taking time out from the 'normal' routine showed me that I still have some way to go in order to stop working quite so hard, and to know when to slow things down - a lot! When I'm at home I am at my most relaxed, however, it is during these times of relaxation that I begin to compile a mental to-do list which reads like a novel.
But wait, there's hope! I find that creating my own distractions can offer the perfect antidote to this sometimes frenzied workaholism, so with this in mind I recently set off into Bath with @simonwatsonpt, camera in-hand, and with a spring in our step.
Because I have spent much of my life living in or around this World Heritage city, I do sometimes take both its Georgian grandeur and rich history for granted by assuming that everyone else has seen it too. So over the next few weeks, I will be sharing some of the sights with you, yes YOU, through my eyes so we can explore Bath together.


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The research focus "Transitions in youth" examines the conditions of transition processes which adolescents and young adults go through and how they cope with these. It is mainly concerned with demands in the context of educational settings, providing fundamental scientific insights which can be drawn on in making youth policy decisions as well as informing practical interventions. Here the improvement of the social and vocational integration of disadvantaged young people is seen as a cross-functional task of youth policy, involving issues of youth social work per se as well as age-specific education, training and labour market policy.
In recent decades a structural shift has occurred that involving the breakdown of standardized processes and restrictions. For young people this has generated greater freedoms and opportunities as well as creating fresh risks and demands. In order to ensure young people are able to make the most of opportunities to shape their lives in the process of social and vocational integration, they require the skills to be able to take decisions and tolerate uncertainty as well as the capacity for productive risk-taking. Not all young people are equally well prepared for this since they have differing resources and potential for coping with the various demands. This applies particularly to primary resources (family, siblings, friends, neighbourhood milieu, peers), an area that requires closer attention.
In order to develop their capacity and potential to cope with risks, young people also require secondary resources, i.e. political and institutional stakeholders – including schools, institutions and youth social work organizations, associations, employment agencies, local authorities, job centres, companies – all of whom make an important contribution to structuring the biographies of young people: for example the education programmes at schools, the vocational training system as a transition from school to working life and the role of youth social work in supporting this transition. A characteristic feature of studies within the research focus "Transitions in youth" is a process-oriented, multi-dimensional approach which looks both at the structures and framework conditions of social, cultural and economic integration as well as adopting the individual perspective of both the protagonists responsible and the recipients over time.
This is achieved by carrying out a series of longitudinal studies on transitions from school to vocational training and employment, education-related regional studies and European cooperation projects focusing on the social and vocational integration of young people.


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That pleasant evening with your friends at a favorite local restaurant may be more expensive than you planned: Pennsylvania has severe penalties for driving while under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances (DUI). Before you put your keys in the ignition, consider the consequences for your wallet, your reputation, your livelihood, and even your freedom.
In 2003, the Commonwealth's DUI laws were changed. The legal limit for DUI is now .08% – down from the previous .10.%. There is also a new system of graduated penalties, depending on 3 factors: your blood alcohol level (BAC), the severity of injuries and damages you caused while driving under the influence, and how many times you have previously been convicted of DUI. These 2003 changes also focus on treatment for alcohol or drug problems in appropriate circumstances.
What is "Driving under the Influence"?
If you are age 21 or older, you are considered by law to be driving "while under the influence" if your BAC is .08 or higher. However, even if you have a lower BAC, or if you are impaired by drugs (or drugs and alcohol combined), you may also be guilty of DUI, if you are stopped by police for "driving erratically": too slow or too fast, making wide turns, weaving in and out of lanes, driving through stop signs, or similar driving behavior. This "general impairment" can be proven by the police officer's opinion that you were incapable of safely operating a vehicle on the streets of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania has a "zero tolerance" policy for drivers under age 21 who drive with BACs of even just .02%. If you are convicted of DUI (.02% and above), there will be jail time ranging from 2 days to 6 months, suspension of your license for an entire year, and a fine between $500 to $5,000.
Just by being licensed to drive here, you have agreed to take one or more chemical tests of breath, blood or urine if the police arrest you for DUI. If you refuse, your driver's license will be automatically suspended for one year. This license suspension is for refusal to take the test, and can be imposed by PennDOT even if you are found not guilty of driving while under the influence. It will also be in addition to other license suspensions if you are convicted of DUI.
Generally, the penalties are arranged by (a) level of impairment; and (b) number of prior DUI convictions. The first tier is for "General Impairment" of .08% to .099% BAC. A first offense at that impairment level will result in 6 months probation and a $300 fine with no suspension of driving privileges. But, a third offense at that BAC level is eligible for 10 days to 2 years in prison, a $500 – $5,000 fine, and a full-year suspension of your driver's license. The second-tier penalties are for "High Rate" BAC; that is, .10% to .159%. The third level is for "Highest Rate" BAC – .16% and over. There, too, the consequences for a DUI conviction are greater if this is not your first arrest. For example, for a third offense under the "Highest Rate" category, the penalties are: 1 to 5 years in state prison, a minimum fine of $2,500 and an 18-month suspension of your driving privileges. If you are involved in a crash resulting in death, bodily injury, or even property damage, you are subject to the penalties at the second-tier level, even if your BAC is lower than .10%. Within this three-tiered penalty system, there are possible court-ordered treatment program alternatives in certain cases. The goal of the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) Program is to divert certain first-time DUI offenders out of the criminal justice system.


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The effect of propranolol treatment in schizophrenia on CSF amine metabolites and prolactin
R. H. Belmaker, R. P. Ebstein, H. Dasberg, A. Levy, G. Sedvall, H. M. Van Praag
Recent reports have suggested that high doses of propranolol may be an effective treatment in schizophrenia. To determine whether such treatment has effects on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) amine metabolites and prolactin similar to the effects of the neuroleptic drugs, we studied CSF from ten patients before and after propranolol therapy. The initial CSF sample was removed after a drug-free period and propranolol dosage was then increased over 1 week to 1000 mg daily in all ten patients. A second CSF sample was removed after 3 weeks of propranolol therapy. Propranolol levels and prolactin in CSF were measured by radioimmunoassay. Homovanillic acid, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Propranolol had no effect on the prolactin or amine metabolite concentrations. CSF propranolol levels averaged 40 ng/ml (range <1-78).
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Belmaker, R. H., Ebstein, R. P., Dasberg, H., Levy, A., Sedvall, G., & Van Praag, H. M. (1979). The effect of propranolol treatment in schizophrenia on CSF amine metabolites and prolactin. Psychopharmacology, 63(3), 293-296. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433565
Belmaker, R. H. ; Ebstein, R. P. ; Dasberg, H. ; Levy, A. ; Sedvall, G. ; Van Praag, H. M. / The effect of propranolol treatment in schizophrenia on CSF amine metabolites and prolactin. In: Psychopharmacology. 1979 ; Vol. 63, No. 3. pp. 293-296.
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Un agroecosistema és un ecosistema en el qual els éssers humans intervenen per afavorir determinats organismes que tenen valor alimentari, sanitari, cultural i/o econòmic, és a dir, que descriu les activitats agràries realitzades per grups de persones en el medi físic i el seu impacte. Posseeix característiques particulars, ja que és el resultat de las variacions geogràfiques, junt amb el clima i sòl propi, les relacions econòmiques i la estructura sociocultural que esdevé de la història.

L'agroecologia empra aquest terme per a definir la seua unitat d'estudi.

Origen del concepte

Més enllà de la relativa indefinició de l'objecte d'estudi, que deu i pot superar-se a través dels consensos de les comunitats científiques contemporànies (2010), una definició d'agroecosistema que recull la complexitat del terme seria: el conjunt de relacions i interaccions que succeeixen entre sòls, climes, plantes cultivades, organismes de diferents nivells tròfics, plantes adventícies i grups humans en determinats espais geogràfics, quan són enfocades des del punt de vista dels seus fluxos energètics i d'informació, dels seus cicles materials i de les seues relacions simbòliques, socials, econòmiques i polítiques, que s'expressen en diferents formes tecnològiques de maneig dins de contextos culturals específics.

Per descomptat que les relacions a les quals es refereix la definició plantejada abasten tant aquelles merament físiques o biofísiques i químiques com les de caràcter ecosistèmic i les culturals, que poden ser i són dinàmiques, permanents, canviants, profundes i àmplies o superficials.

No obstant això la incidència dels factors culturals en la delimitació física i conceptual dels agroecosistemes, el fet és que la seua presència i estructura biofísica és un fort punt de referència per a la seua definició formal, perquè representa òbvies facilitats de delimitació espacial, comparabilitat i possibilitat d'avaluació i monitoratge en termes espacials i temporals. És a dir, que el fet biofísic de l'existència material de sòls, climes, plantes i organismes en espais geogràfics precisos, facilita la delimitació i estudi general dels agroecosistemes.

Les discussions se centren ara en quin és el nivell de definició del agroecosistema o, en altres paraules, què és el que es pot considerar o no com un agroecosistema i com incideixen les variables culturals en el repte de nomenar-los i classificar-los. D'igual manera, és necessari realitzar un esbós general de les relacions ecosistèmiques i culturals en els agroecosistemes per a entendre la dimensió del repte que implica el seu estudi.

La decisió sobre què considerar com agroecosistema és encara difusa i no existeix cap consens entre els estudiosos sobre quin és la vertadera o almenys la millor unitat d'anàlisi. L'assumpte no és gen fàcil, ja que es tracta de definir la unitat mínima o màxima d'anàlisi, sobre la qual es puguen abocar diferents consideracions taxonòmiques, funcionals, aplicades i de transferència de coneixements i tecnologies i fins i tot, d'obtindre una referència fàctica com a objecte de relacions socials i de formulació de polítiques públiques.

El problema podria ser d'escala, però també és d'incommensurabilitat del terme. D'escala, perquè a nivells molt xicotets, el paisatge dominant convoca a utilitzar categories àmplies com a conques hidrogràfiques o territoris i en escales molt grans, a usar el cultiu o la finca com a objecte d'estudi. D'incommensurabilitat, perquè, com es va anotar anteriorment, les variables culturals són contínues en el temps i l'espai i la seua inclusió incideix en la manera de nomenar els agroecosistemes. No obstant això, diversos investigadors han realitzat esforços per definir i classificar agroecosistemes en diferents nivells. Un dels principals i més coneguts treballs en aquesta direcció es va fer al començament de la dècada dels vuitanta a Costa Rica arran de la teoria de sistemes.

Aquesta teoria considera els sistemes agrícoles com un subconjunt dels sistemes ecològics, la qual cosa no és totalment cert, si es consideren els factors socioculturals. Resulta evident, que els agroecosistemes comparteixen amb els ecosistemes els fonaments de les interaccions en i entre espècies, els antagonismes, l'al·lelopatia, les depredacions, els cicles de nutrients, les successions vegetals i animals, les adaptacions i els desequilibris i, en fi, les bases del funcionament ecològic de la natura. Però el sistema agrícola és part de sistemes molt més amplis, que podríem enunciar ací com a sistemes ambientals i l'estructura dels quals, composició i funció sobrepassa en molt als sistemes ecològics que s'enuncia.

Anàlisi ecològica
Els productors primaris són les plantes conreades i les herbes adventícies. Els consumidors primaris estan constituïts per la ramaderia, les plagues i les malalties. Com a consumidors secundaris es troben depredadors i parasitoides que poden tindre un paper molt important en el control de plagues. Com en qualsevol ecosistema terrestre, la producció primària sol estar limitada per la disponibilitat d'aigua i de nutrients, però a diferència dels ecosistemes naturals, en els agroecosistemes es produeix una eixida important de matèria orgànica i elements minerals. Per a garantir la sostenibilitat del sistema cal reposar la matèria orgànica i els nutrients exportats d'aquest. En general les xarxes tròfiques dels agroecosistemes solen ser molt més simples que les dels sistemes naturals, cosa que pot ajudar a augmentar el rendiment de les produccions amb més valor econòmic, però que al mateix temps, pot suposar incrementar el risc d'aparició de plagues i malalties a conseqüència dels desequilibris ecosistèmics.

Funció
La principal diferència dels agroecosistemes amb els ecosistemes (poc intervinguts), es basa en la seua dependència de la gestió humana per a assegurar el seu funcionament: producció, fertilitat, cicle de l'aigua, relacions entre animals i plantes, manteniment de la qualitat dels sòls, etc. Això els confereix característiques pròpies i originals: agrobiodiversitat, regulació cultural, infraestructures i paisatge agrari. Per tot això, el paper i importància dels éssers humans, tant com espècie biològica (consumidor), transvasament d'energia i materials, com en el seu vessant cultural, en l'estructura i funcionament dels agroecosistemes és consubstancial i ineludible.

Els agroecosistemes, són la factoria en la qual es genera i manté la biodiversitat induïda per l'acció de l'ésser humà (agrobiodiversitat). En la seua composició es compten les races de bestiar, les varietats de plantes cultivades, varietats i tipus de plantes existents en pasturatges i prats, així com els paisatges culturals associats als usos agraris.

Importància
Els serveis essencials d'aprovisionament que depenen de l'agrobiodiversitat, més enllà de la importància de disposar d'aliments abundants i variats (seguretat de subministrament), inclouen el patrimoni genètic i la seguretat alimentària. Aquestes dues últimes funcions estan molt amenaçades pel desenvolupament de sistemes intensius (dependència de llavors i varietats comercials, organismes genèticament modificats (OGM) per exemple per a l'alimentació animal, l'ús desproporcionat d'agroquímics en sanitat vegetal o l'alimentació animal amb productes que podrien suposar un risc per a la salut humana.

El manteniment de la biodiversitat en un agroecosistema és necessari per a garantir la provisió contínua de béns i serveis com ara:

 L'evolució i millora dels cultius i la ramaderia mitjançant la millora, és a dir, la interacció entre el medi, els recursos genètics i les pràctiques de gestió que té lloc en els propis agroecosistemes assegura el manteniment i l'adaptació a les condicions canviants d'una biodiversitat agrícola dinàmica.
 El suport biològic a la producció, això és, el suport proporcionat pels organismes que constitueixen la diversitat biològica dels agroecosistemes. Per exemple, la fauna del sòl i els microorganismes, juntament amb les arrels de les plantes i dels arbres, asseguren els cicles nutritius, així com els depredadors, els organismes que controlen malalties i la resistència genètica de les plantes cultivades ajuden a contindre plagues i malalties, a més dels pol·linitzadors contribueixen a la fecundació dels cultius.
 Les funcions ecològiques més àmplies, en altres paraules, els processos ecològics valuosos que resulten de les interaccions entre espècies així com entre aquestes i el medi, com el manteniment de la fertilitat del sòl, la qualitat de l'aigua i la regulació del clima.

La biodiversitat és, efectivament, un important regulador de les funcions dels agroecosistemes, no sols en el sentit estrictament biològic del seu impacte sobre la producció sinó també en satisfer una sèrie de necessitats dels agricultors i la societat en general. La comprensió dels cicles de vida, les respostes ecològiques i les interaccions que es produeixen tant dins dels organismes que proporcionen serveis ecològics com entre aquests, permet als gestors dels agroecosistemes utilitzar i augmentar els serveis essencials proporcionats per la biodiversitat. Així aquests poden reduir les necessitats d'entrades externes, incrementar la productivitat i millorar la sostenibilitat de l'ecosistema.

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Agronomia
Agricultura
Ecologia