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Taprooms and Temples: Beer, Buddhism and Tourism in China
November 28, 2011 Topic: AutocracyCivil SocietyDomestic PoliticsEconomic DevelopmentHistoryIdeologyReligionTradePolitics Region: China
Looking to unconventional sources to explain the complexities of U.S.-China relations.
by James Carter
Sipping a beer at the Tsingtao Brewery, two facts came to mind: China produces twice as much beer as the second-place United States, and it is home to twice as many Buddhists as the next country, Thailand. Neither beer nor Buddhism is native to China, but both have thrived and become essential aspects of the Chinese identity. A closer look at both also shows why Americans and Chinese so often misunderstand one another.
A research trip to temples and monasteries in China and Hong Kong brought to mind this juxtaposition of beer and Buddhism. It took me to Qingdao (Tsingtao by an older spelling), and I was on a break from research at the city's municipal archive and Zhanshan Temple for some sightseeing.
According to hotel-rack brochures, the obvious tourist destination was the city's brewery, which retains the old Tsingtao spelling. Founded by German and British colonists in 1903, the original building is now a museum, complete with taproom. Perfect, I thought: a little history, local color and a fresh beer waiting at the end.
So on a rainy summer day, I made my way to the Tsingtao Brewery and Museum. A taxi dropped me two blocks from the entrance because the street was torn up for construction. After dodging sewer trenches, puddles and building equipment, I arrived, muddy and wet, at the glass entryway to the visitors' center and joined a Japanese tour group. Several security guards and docents were quick to share with me their feelings about the visitors from Tokyo: Japan, in their view, had been unjustly rewarded for its mid-twentieth century brutality and aggression by becoming rich. Worse, they considered Japanese tourists to be unapologetic and condescending.
The Tsingtao Brewery reflects a complex story of foreign influence: founded by colonizing Europeans, it fell into Japanese hands during the First World War. The city was reoccupied by Japan in the 1930s, then by American marines in 1945. The brewery survived the communist victory of 1949 despite its awkward history as a foreign product made to satisfy colonial tastes and owned for decades by occupying, imperial powers. In 1954, then state owned, Tsingtao began exporting. As China's best-selling beer, it has become ubiquitous in Chinese restaurants in more than sixty countries. Today, as a local resident proclaimed to the China Daily, one "cannot be a real Qingdao person without beer."
Both the brewery's complex history and the staff's anti-Japanese sentiments were buried beneath a more urgent message of consumerism. Copper brewing vessels and vintage advertisements celebrated the beer's cosmopolitan past with little reference to, and no judgment on, the foreigners who had founded and sustained it. That fits the ruling party's promotion of economic growth, hoping a contented people will never challenge its political domination.
Across town, however, I found a different perspective on the local German role. At the site of WWI German fortifications, a separate museum told a story of oppression: strident anti-imperialist rhetoric accompanied caricatured mannequins of German soldiers. These weren't at all like the Germans depicted back at the brewery in subdued, life-sized paintings, rubbing elbows with amiable European neighbors. Rather, they were the "foreign devils" the regime blames so often for China's troubles during the past century or two.
By the time my brewery tour ended at the combination gift shop and taproom, the weather had turned for the worse. Encouraged by torrential rain, I took a seat in the bierstube to sample its products. (I particularly recommend the dark lager, produced only for local consumption.)
Most other visitors were Japanese. The bartender said this was typical—Japanese bus tours were the lifeblood of the museum, though the number of Chinese visitors was increasing. As each tour group emerged into the bierstube, a ritual recurred: groups of travelers marked their tables with camera bags, raincoats and umbrellas. A member or two collected their vouchers, redeemed them for glasses of beer and distributed them to cheers, giggles or nervous smiles. About half the beer went unconsumed.
There also were a few Australian, American and European tourists, and with them the pattern changed. Other groups stopped and stared, carefully observing how these (presumably knowledgeable) beer drinkers approached their brew. It didn't matter if the drinkers were college-age backpackers from Sydney or middle-aged Brits on a package tour; they were presumed to have authentic knowledge about beer. When a young German couple sat down, word spread quickly, and they held court for nearly an hour, sharing opinions on Tsingtao, both the city and its beer. I guessed they wouldn't get a similar welcome at the bunker museum across town.
Also different at the bunker museum was my conversation with the ticket-taker, an older woman dressed in drab clothing of the late Mao era. She described those early Germans in stock phrases about foreign devils, feudalism and the "carving of the melon"—a euphemism for how European imperialists divided up China in the nineteenth century. At the brewery, in contrast, the bartender was a stylish young woman who spoke excellent English and would not revert to her native language though I stayed with Chinese.
The beer and the brewery, she said, made Qingdao unlike other places in China. Japanese tourists came—she felt—for this very reason: Tsingtao represented a link to a lost colonial past. Chinese tourists, on the other hand, were eager to claim a beer culture as their own but weren't sure how to do it (thus the fawning over the Germans). They wanted Qingdao to be what China was becoming: a cosmopolitan place with global reach. Foreigners were no longer an imperial threat and there was no risk that Tsingtao would be recolonized (even though Anheuser-Busch purchased a minority share in the 1990s, since sold). Instead, the Germans offered knowledge and maybe reassurance that something uniquely Chinese—with Anglo-German roots and a complex colonial history—was in place on the north China coast.
The nationalism that bubbled awkwardly at the brewery brought me to Qingdao's Zhanshan Buddhist temple. Founded in the 1920s by local authorities eager to make the city seem more Chinese after years of foreign administration, the temple was one of Qingdao's first Chinese-style buildings and symbolized the relationship between Buddhism and nationalism early in the twentieth century. It more or less does the same today. Buddhism, imported from India long ago, is the largest of China's five officially approved religions, and the Chinese Buddhist Association claims 180 million members. With popular support for the once-unifying communist ideology mostly gone, the regime hopes closely monitored religions will help fill a vacuum of belief and lead to a "harmonious society"—one in which people don't challenge party rule.
There were many similarities among visitors to both places. The beer museum was a purpose-built tourist attraction. Yet its crowds resembled those at the temple—a structure devoted, in theory at least, to antimaterialism. At both, visitors enthusiastically, if awkwardly, approached cultures perceived as exotic, if somewhat alien, parts of China's past that were finding new utility (and profitability) in the present. Money changed hands readily as visitors bought souvenirs to authenticate their visits: incense and prayer beads for Buddha, commemorative bottle openers for beer.
Unlike temples in, say, Hong Kong, the Zhanshan temple charges admission, and its grounds were crowded with snack carts and souvenir shops selling incense to burn in trough-like censers. Older visitors—usually women—approached this task with reverence, bowing gently before placing a smoking stick in the censer. Younger people more often seemed embarrassed or amused. Many purchased enormous packs of incense sticks, lighting them all simultaneously while making exaggerated bows. Then, laughing and posing for photos, they tossed the smoking bunch into the ash-catcher. This earned derisive glares from the faithful, succinctly capturing the differing attitudes toward Buddhism in modern China.
All of China offers such contradictions and transitions. I have wondered if its relations with the United States are often tense because both nations share so much: nearsighted self-confidence, belief that their own country must play a unique role in the world and a conviction that almost any cost may be paid for the sake of economic growth. China's experiment with state capitalism suggests that tropes like "capitalism cannot function without democracy" are no longer true, if ever they were. Like Buddhism and beer, China has taken economic and political ideologies and shaped them into something that is uniquely Chinese but still highly functional.
Likewise, the people I met defied easy classification. Did the bartender at the brewery, with her excellent English, represent the internationalism of coastal China or merely its hunger for tourist dollars? If Qingdao people cannot be authentic without beer in their lives (as the China Daily suggested), why were foreigners asked to pass judgment on the brew and its culture? Perhaps the incense-burning tourists were dealing with the same questions, if unconsciously, at the Zhanshan Temple: what is China, and what does it mean to be Chinese? Those are questions the Chinese people appear to be grappling with. In the meantime, a dark lager on a rainy day is highly recommended.
Source URL: https://nationalinterest.org/commentary/taprooms-temples-beer-buddhism-tourism-china-6192


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Anyone know how to fix it?
Thank you
Andy
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Still struggling with this.
I found some advice to find which class is causing issues by adding echo "Class: ".$path."\n to the /setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/Di/Code/Reader/ClassesScanner.php file.
Now I'm getting the below when running setup:di:compile
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#4 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/vendor/magento/framework/Code/Reader/ClassReader.php(36): Magento\Framework\Code\Reader\ClassReader->getParameterClass()
#5 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/vendor/magento/framework/ObjectManager/Definition/Runtime.php(54): Magento\Framework\Code\Reader\ClassReader->getConstructor()
#6 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/vendor/magento/framework/ObjectManager/Factory/Dynamic/Developer.php(48): Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\Definition\Runtime->getParameters()
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#9 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/Di/App/Task/Manager.php(38): Magento\Setup\Module\Di\App\Task\OperationFactory->create()
#10 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Console/Command/DiCompileCommand.php(189): Magento\Setup\Module\Di\App\Task\Manager->addOperation()
#11 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(255): Magento\Setup\Console\Command\DiCompileCommand->execute()
#12 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(1021): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run()
#13 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(275): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand()
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#16 /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/public_html/bin/magento(23): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run()
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Tu Van I did try removing the vendor folder but this didn't work either.
Hope someone can advise.
Andy

A: There is a syntax error either correct it by hand or as suggested delete the whole vendor folder and reinstall it. Be careful when editing magento core files.
Here I list some commands that may be useful to you.
If you can manually fix the error after run the command,
composer dump autoload
php bin/magento setup:di:compile .
Otherwise use the command
rm -rf vendor
composer install

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10 Lesser Known Historical Attractions in India
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Listed below are some of the lesser known tourist attractions in India:
Bhangarh Fort, Rajasthan
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Situated in the Rajgarh municipality of Alwar district in the state of Rajasthan, Bhangarh is known to be a haunted fort which has generated lot of interest amongst the visitors recently for its spooky ambiance. It is believed that the place is cursed by a black magic sorcerer and the entire town is haunted. The remnants of the fort and its eerie surroundings are enough to scare the wits out of even the most courageous visitors who dare to enter the premises at their own risk. No one is allowed to stay overnight in the fort as it is believed that anybody entering the fort after dusk never comes back. Bhangarh has earned the distinction of being one of the scariest places in the world.
Kumbhalgarh Fort, Rajasthan
[caption id="attachment_9985" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Kumbhalgarh Fort, Rajasthan[/caption]
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Situated in the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan near Udaipur, Kumbhalgarh Fort is an off-beat tourist destination that offers unique experience to the visitors. The fort's periphery is surrounded by 36 km long wall which is the second longest in the world. Built on a hilltop, Kumbalgarh Fort offers magnificent views of Aravali ranges and sand dunes of Thar Desert. Kumbalgarh is the second largest fort in Rajasthan was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013. There are numerous Hindu and Jain temples inside the fort. Rajasthan Tourism organizes a three day annual festival in the fort every year which includes events like sound and light show, traditional Rajasthani folk dance and music, heritage walk inside the fort and tug of war.
Tughlaqabad Fort, New Delhi
[caption id="attachment_9986" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Tughlaqabad Fort, New Delhi[/caption]
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Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi was built during the Mughal Era under the reign of Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty. It is one of the lesser known attractions of Delhi not visited by many tourists. The ruined fort was once known for its remarkable architecture with massive stone fortifications and sloping walls which are 10 to 15 meters high. The fort also houses the Mausoleums of Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq, his wife and his son and successor Muhammad bin Tughlaq. Spread over an area of 06 km, Tughalaqbad has a wildlife century nearby and a shooting range for professional shooters.
Jageshwar, Uttarakhand
[caption id="attachment_9987" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Jageshwar, Uttarakhand[/caption]
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Situated in Almora district of Uttarakhand, Jageshwar is a sacred spot of Hindus and has a temple with Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva. Comprising of a cluster of large and small temples, Jageshwar village is a pilgrimage site and holds religious importance. Nestled amidst lush green surroundings, Jageshwar offers panoramic views of the snow covered Himalayas. The town celebrates Jageshwar Monsoon Festival in the month of August and Shivratri Mela during spring season which are attended by local inhabitants in large numbers. The Patal Buveneshwar Caves near Jageshwar are another tourist attraction of the area.
Maluti Temples, Jharkhand
[caption id="attachment_9988" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Maluti Temples, Jharkhand[/caption]
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Maluti is a small little known town in Jharkhand with 72 ancient temples that portray scenes from Mahabharta and Ramayana. Built on the foundations of Hindu mythology, Maluti temples are known for performing the ritual of goat sacrificing to appease Goddess Kali. The temples are in need of urgent repair as they have been left in a dilapidated condition by the state government which is doing little to preserve these heritage structures.
Arvalem Caves, Goa
[caption id="attachment_9989" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Arvalem Caves, Goa[/caption]
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Arvalem Caves also known as Pandava Caves are located in the Bicholim town of North Goa and date back to 6th century. Deriving their name from the epic Mahabharata, the caves are a heritage site with simple architecture and plain walls. It is believed that Pandavas, the heroes of epic took refuge in Arvalem Caves during their exile. There is a Shivalinga in one of the caves and the carvings inside resemble the famous Ellora caves. Other attractions in the vicinity are waterfalls and Rudreshwar temple.
Rosary Church, Karnataka
[caption id="attachment_9990" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Rosary Church, Karnataka[/caption]
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Rosary Church at Shettihali in Karnataka is an architectural wonder partially submerged in water giving it a look of a stranded ship. Situated amidst picturesque surroundings with river Hemavathy running quietly by its side, Rosary Church was built in 1860 by French missionaries for British estate owners. The craftsmanship of the colonial era is admirable as the church is built with mortar and bricks and a mixture of jiggery and eggs to withstand natural calamities. The ruins of the church are fully visible only during summers and winters as it is submerged in water during monsoons.
Osian, Rajasthan
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Osian is an ancient temple town near Jodhpur in Rajasthan and is known as Khajuraho of Rajasthan as some its temples resemble the famous group of Khajuraho temples. The town has a cluster of Jain temples which date from 8th to 11th century. Osian was a religious center of the kingdom of Mewar and some of the famous temples here are Sun temple, Kali temple and the main Jain temple of Lord Mahavira. The awe inspiring architecture of Osian temples makes it a must visit destination on the tourist circuit of Rajasthan.
Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh
[caption id="attachment_9992" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh[/caption]
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Nestled amidst the majestic Vidhya and Satpura ranges, Amarkantak is a pilgrim town in Annupur district of Madhya Pradesh. The town has 11th century temple with geometric architecture and unique ancient carvings. Amarkantak was also the spiritual sojourn of famous Indian poet and saint Kabir who meditated here on a platform which stands in the middle of the town and is named after him. Three rivers Narmada, Son and Johila emerge at Amarkantak and it is surrounded by a rich variety of flora with medicinal properties.
Undavalli Caves, Andhra Pradesh
[caption id="attachment_9993" align="aligncenter" width="810"] Undavalli Caves, Andhra Pradesh[/caption]
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Situated in Gunter district of Andhra Pradesh, Undavali Caves are carved out of solid sandstone on a hillside surrounded by green countryside. The caves have intricate carvings and a large statue of Lord Vishnu in reclining posture sculpted from a single block of granite. The main cave showcases the Gupta architecture and the other caves exhibit Jain sculptures and Buddhist artwork.]]>
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The first example of SCP-2568 retrieved.
Special Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-2568 is to be contained in a cubical enclosure constructed of 9 smaller cubes. Each smaller box will be 9 centimeters on each side, with an error of at most 0.1 centimeters. It must be kept in a room with walls at least 9 cm thick. Paths from the object to the walls, floor, and ceiling should be kept clear of objects that might be harmed by a steel ball appearing inside them.
Following incident SCP-2568-C, if multiple instances are contained within the same room, they are not to be placed directly in line with each other, to reduce the risk of collisions.
A magnet of sufficient strength to counteract the force of gravity at the center of the central box is to be placed at the top of the containment apparatus, along with variable strength electromagnets placed on all four sides, connected to the in-box sensors, in order to cancel out any virtual velocity the item might pick up.
Each box is to be equipped with three laser or ultrasonic rangefinders, one on each axis, pointed at the center of the box. Note: See Addendum 2568-A regarding the use of ultrasonic rangefinders. The distance measurements from these sensors are to be continuously monitored by an automatic program and used to adjust the strength of the magnets in the case of the item moving. The calibration of the magnets and sensors is to be checked during regular monthly maintenance. Continuous human monitoring is considered wasteful and unnecessary at this time.
An instance of SCP-2568 which acquires a significant velocity such that electromagnetic containment apparatus is unable to contain it will almost certainly lodge itself in the chamber walls or some other solid object, from which it can easily be retrieved. For this reason, it has been classified as Safe.
SCP-2568-1 is non-anomalous anomalous but classified as Safe. It is extremely old; as such, it should be kept in a glass or ceramic case with a neutral pressure argon atmosphere to prevent any degradation, as per normal Foundation Archives protocol. Full transcriptions of its surface markings are to be stored in redundant electronic and physical forms so as to prevent any possible loss of information.
Description: SCP-2568 is a collection of twenty-nine (29) twenty-seven (27) steel balls 3 centimeters 2.9979 centimeters in diameter. Instances of SCP-2568 appear to have no anomalous properties except that they move only in increments of 6 centimeters two times their diameter along their axes and rotate only in increments of 45 degrees around their axes.
The actual diameter of each instance of SCP-2586 is exactly the distance that light can travel in 100 picoseconds (29,979 microns, 2.9979 centimeters) on average, with expected variance from pitting and wear. This was not determined with precision until several years after the recovery of SCP-2568 through the use of microwave interferometry. The difference between 29,979 microns and the 30,000 micron measurements used in all existing containment gear is small enough not to present a problem, as evinced by the fact that the holes on SCP-2568-1 vary by as much as 1000 microns and have no trouble containing instances of SCP-2586, and in fact is outside the manufacturing tolerances of all but the most expensive equipment available.
Similarly, the movement of SCP-2586 is limited not to increments of 60,000 microns, but 59,958 microns, or twice the nominal radius.
When a force is applied to an SCP-2568 object, it acquires a "virtual" velocity; that is, if a force were applied which would accelerate it to 1 cm/s, it would rest in place for 3 seconds, then teleport 3 centimeters in the direction in which the force was applied.
Note by Dr. M█████: This is, of course, relative to the planet Earth. If not, each of these things would be constantly hopping about and flashing as the planet turns and moves through space. I'd love to get one of these out into the Moon's gravity well and see what happens!
Note by O5-█: Request denied. That's a little more expense than we can stomach for a Safe at this time.
As mentioned above, these items cannot move except along three perpendicular axes. The vertical axis is oriented upwards (that is, toward and away from Earth's gravitational center), but the two horizontal axes are not aligned to gravity, magnetic fields, or any other obvious means of directional determination. The axes are fixed and cannot be changed by any means so far devised.
When one of the objects does move, it emits a flash of electromagnetic radiation in all frequencies at the destination, the brightness of which scales linearly with the object's virtual velocity. Dr. M█████ is currently working on the initial stages of a test to determine if useful energy can be extracted from this process; for now, he has advised all personnel handling SCP-2568 to be careful not to accelerate them to too great a velocity, as they could theoretically produce harmful levels of ionizing radiation.
The first example of SCP-2568 was recovered from its resting place in the tomb of ███████ in Eritrea. During initial containment at Provisional Site ██, the object's position was measured with consumer-grade ultrasonic rangefinders due to availability. The sound waves emitted during their operation imparted a virtual velocity to the object which eventually caused it to "hop" out of the containment tent, through several meters of air, and into the cereal bowl of a member of the expedition during breakfast, causing surprise and distress but no injuries. Henceforth, only laser rangefinders are to be used in containment to prevent this kind of incident in the future.
Addendum 2568-B: Recovery of later samples.
Further excavation of the tomb of ███████ has revealed twenty-eight (28) additional items with the same properties, hereby classified as additional instances of SCP-2568. They were found in various positions on a square piece of very hard, ornately carved and painted oak wood, about 4 cm thick, with 3 cm hemispherical divots spaced 3cm apart in an 8x8 grid. This object is hereby classified SCP-2568-1.
Foundation anthropologists, posing as Eritrean government officials, cooperated with researchers from the British Museum and the University of Cambridge Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology to determine that SCP-2568-1 was most likely a game board of some kind, and was produced at least [REDACTED] years ago, which is consistent with the age of the tomb from which it was recovered.
Two instances of SCP-2568 in their containment boxes were placed in the same secure locker area, one above the other. As the standard lockers at Facility ██ are 18 centimeters tall, when the power supply on the upper object's containment apparatus failed, it gained a virtual velocity due to the force of gravity and fell through the top of the second container's box. The sensors in that container detecting both objects triggered a bug in the the control program which caused it to emit the maximum values for the associated electromagnets, applying a very high force to the lower SCP-2568 instance. When the upper one proceeded, a few microseconds later, to move downward into the same space as the lower one, the magnetic forces prevented either one from appropriately vacating the space as normal.
The sudden duplication of mass and collision of particles within the strong magnetic field caused ██████ to ████ with the ████ of the upper instance, creating ████ and a massive explosion which destroyed the entire locker area. This caused a minor containment breach in which SCP-████ killed 8 security personnel before being contained. █ Safe SCPs and ██ anomalous items awaiting classification were lost.
Dr. D███████ and Dr. M████ agree that such incidents can be entirely avoided by simply spacing out these objects diagonally, so they cannot easily move into the same space. In addition, the control program has been corrected for all remaining containers.
Note by Dr. D███████: This raises some interesting questions. Clearly these things are dangerous, but perhaps only when they are so tightly contained? On a board like SCP-2568-1 they would collide all the time, and we have to assume that they were safe enough to be played with.
Four instances of SCP-2568 were placed on SCP-2568-1. D-2568-22 was informed that he would be "well rewarded" if he were to successfully cause them to collide. After a few minutes of getting used to their anomalous properties, he managed to maneuver them into place on the board.
When any two instances were made to collide, the one not moving was bumped out of its place in the direction of the moving one, but only by one space. When at the edge, both simply stopped. How this happens is unknown; in theory, the non-moving instance should be bumped off the board and continue into free space.
When all four instances were made to collide, each emitted a very bright flash of light and all four acquired an extreme virtual velocity. Two ricochetted around the board until succumbing to friction and settling down. One flew off the board at an angle and embedded itself in the 10 cm glass of the observation room, and the fourth disappeared. D-2568-22 fell unconscious and was declared dead when medics entered the chamber; upon attempting to move his body, it was discovered that the final instance of SCP-2568 had passed through his skull and into his brain stem, killing him instantly.
Clearly, SCP-2568-1 is capable of controlling the virtual velocity of these objects in a way that we don't understand. I suggest an immediate reclassification of that item as anomalous, under a Safe categorization, and a good deal of further testing.


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Advances in Technology and Economics 1303
Subject:Economics, IT-Management, Technology
Advances in Technology and Economics The microeconomic picture of the U.S. has changed immensely since 1973, and the trends are proving to be consistently downward for the nation's high school graduates and high school drop-outs. "Of all the reasons given for the wage squeeze aˆ" international competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts aˆ" technology is probably the most critical.
It has favored the educated and the skilled," says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates, and by about 7% for those with some college education.
Only the wages of college graduates are up. Of the fastest growing technical jobs, software engineering tops the list. Carnegie Mellon University reports, "recruitment of it's software engineering students is up this year by over 20%." All engineering jobs are paying well, proving that highly skilled labor is what employers want! "There is clear evidence that the supply of workers in the [unskilled labor] categories already exceeds the demand for their services," says L.
Mishel, Research Director of Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for society. " The danger of the information age is that while in the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough purchasing power to grow the economy," M. B. Zuckerman. My feeling is that the trend from unskilled labor to highly technical, skilled labor is a good one! But, political action must be taken to ensure that this societal evolution is beneficial to all of us.
"Back in 1970, a high school diploma could still be a ticket to the middle income bracket, a nice car in the driveway and a house in the suburbs. Today all it gets is a clunker parked on the street, and a dingy apartment in a low rent building," says Time Magazine (Jan 30, 1995 issue). However, in 1970, our government provided our children with a free education, allowing the vast majority of our population to earn a high school diploma. This means that anyone, regardless of family income, could be educated to a level that would allow them a comfortable place in the middle class. Even restrictions upon child labor hours kept children in school, since they are not allowed to work full time while under the age of 18. This government policy was conducive to our economic markets, and allowed our country to prosper from 1950 through 1970.
Now, our own prosperity has moved us into a highly technical world, that requires highly skilled labor. The natural answer to this problem, is that the U.S. Government's education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle class income of 1970 required a high school diploma, and the middle class income of 1990 requires a college diploma, then it should be as easy for the children of the 90's to get a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world.
Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the poisoning and corruption of these medias, to benefit a few.
From the 1950's until today, television has been the preferred media. Because it captures the minds of most Americans, it is the preferred method of persuasion by political figures, multinational corporate advertising, and the upper 2% of the elite, who have an interest in controlling public opinion. Newspapers and radio experienced this same history, but are now somewhat obsolete in the science of changing public opinion. Though I do not suspect television to become completely obsolete within the next 20 years, I do see the Internet being used by the same political figures, multinational corporations, and upper 2% elite, for the same purposes.
At this time, in the Internet's young history, it is largely unregulated, and can be accessed and changed by any person with a computer and a modem; no license required, and no need for millions of dollars of equipment. But, in reviewing our history, we find that newspaper, radio and television were once unregulated too. It is easy to see why government has such an interest in regulating the Internet these days. Though public opinion supports regulating sexual material on the Internet, it is just the first step in total regulation, as experienced by every other popular mass media in our history. This is why it is imperative to educate people about the Internet, and make it be known that any regulation of it is destructive to us, not constructive! I have been a daily user of the Internet for 5 years (and a daily user of BBS communications for 9 years), which makes me a senior among us.
I have seen the moves to regulate this type of communication, and have always openly opposed it. My feelings about technology, the Internet, and political process are simple. In light of the history of mass communication, there is nothing we can do to protect any media from the "sound byte" or any other form of commercial poisoning. But, our country's public opinion doesn't have to fall into a nose- dive of lies and corruption, because of it! The first experience I had in a course on Critical Thinking came when I entered college.
As many good things as I have learned in college, I found this course to be most valuable to my basic education. I was angry that I hadn't had access to the power of critical thought over my twelve years of basic education. Simple forms of critical thinking can be taught as early as kindergarten. It isn't hard to teach a young person to understand the patterns of persuasion, and be able to defend themselves against them. Television doesn't have to be a weapon against us, used to sway our opinions to conform to people who care about their own prosperity, not ours. With the power of a critical thinking education, we can stop being motivated by the sound byte and, instead we can laugh at it as a cheap attempt to persuade us.
In conclusion, I feel that the advance of technology is a good trend for our society; however, it must be in conjunction with advance in education so that society is able to master and understand technology. We can be the masters of technology, and not let it be the masters of us. Bibliography Where have the good jobs gone?, By: Mortimer B. Zuckerman U.S.
News & World Report, volume 119, pg 68 (July 31, 1995) Wealth: Static Wages, Except for the Rich, By: John Rothchild Time Magazine, volume 145, pg 60 (January 30, 1995) Welfare Reform, By: Lawrence Mishel http://epn.org/epi/epwelf.html (Feb 22, 1994) 20 Hot Job Tracks, By: K.T. Beddingfield, R.
M. Bennefield, J. Chetwynd, T. M.
Ito, K. Pollack & A. R. Wright U.S.
News & World Report, volume 119, pg 98 (Oct 30, 1995)
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Set in Germany during World War II, The Book Thief follows the life of Liesel Meminger, a nine-year-old Jewish girl. When Liesel's mother is forced to put both of her children into foster care because there is no more food or opportunity for work, she realizes that it may be the last time she ever sees her children. Death reigns during this time of terror and interestingly enough Death is also the narrator of Liesel Meminger's life story. As the world crumbles around her, Liesel finds comfort in the books that are supposed to be tossed in the fires to burn. With Death as an interested onlooker, will Liesel live to see a calmer life in better times?
The Book Thief is a good book for teenage girls because even in the worst of times people can rise above the terrors around them. Death as the narrator makes this book frighteningly poignant. Zusak tells the story of madness during World War II but also of the strength of the many people who fought against it, in each of their unique ways. This is a great book for teens who like historical fiction, stories about war, societal struggle, and the power of friendship.
Mark Zusak is an Australian author who now lives in America. The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger are both international best sellers. Zusak set his sights on being an author at the age of sixteen and despite twenty years of writing, he still feels moments of doubt in his ability and struggles to always improve his art. His next book, The Bridge of Clay, is due out in 2010.


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Q: MongoDB: Remove all null elements in an nested array How do I remove all null elements in the data array - which is nested in the group array?
{
    "_id" : "wLXDvjDvbsxzfxabR",
    "group" : [
        {
            "title" : "title 1",
            "data" : [
                {
                    "note" : "text"
                },
                null
            ]
        },
        {
            "title" : "title 2",
            "data" : [
                {
                    "note 1" : "text"
                },
                {
                    "note 2" : "text"
                },
                null,
                {
                    "note 3" : "text"
                },
                null
            ]
        }
    ]
}

So in this example three null elements should be removed...
This gives me an 409-error:
Collection.update(
    { _id: 'wLXDvjDvbsxzfxabR' },
    { $pull: { "group.$.data": null } }
);


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The Journal of Toxicological Sciences
The Journal of Toxicological S ...
The principle of safety evaluation in medicinal drug - how can toxicology contribute to drug discovery and development as a multidisciplinary science? -
Ikuo Horii
Global Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
Horii Science Associates
Keywords: Evolutional toxicology,	Molecular toxicology,	Systems toxicology,	Adverse outcome pathway,	Precision medicine,	Risk assessment/management
2016 Volume 41 Issue Special Pages SP49-SP67
DOI https://doi.org/10.2131/jts.41.SP49
Published: December 31, 2016 Received: December 31, 2016 Released on J-STAGE: March 01, 2017 Accepted: - [Advance Publication] Released: - Revised: -
Pharmaceutical (drug) safety assessment covers a diverse science-field in the drug discovery and development including the post-approval and post-marketing phases in order to evaluate safety and risk management. The principle in toxicological science is to be placed on both of pure and applied sciences that are derived from past/present scientific knowledge and coming new science and technology. In general, adverse drug reactions are presented as "biological responses to foreign substances." This is the basic concept of thinking about the manifestation of adverse drug reactions. Whether or not toxic expressions are extensions of the pharmacological effect, adverse drug reactions as seen from molecular targets are captured in the category of "on-target" or "off-target", and are normally expressed as a biological defense reaction. Accordingly, reactions induced by pharmaceuticals can be broadly said to be defensive reactions. Recent molecular biological conception is in line with the new, remarkable scientific and technological developments in the medical and pharmaceutical areas, and the viewpoints in the field of toxicology have shown that they are approaching toward the same direction as well. This paper refers to the basic concept of pharmaceutical toxicology, the differences for safety assessment in each stage of drug discovery and development, regulatory submission, and the concept of scientific considerations for risk assessment and management from the viewpoint of "how can multidisciplinary toxicology contribute to innovative drug discovery and development?" And also realistic translational research from preclinical to clinical application is required to have a significant risk management in post market by utilizing whole scientific data derived from basic and applied scientific research works. In addition, the significance for employing the systems toxicology based on AOP (Adverse Outcome Pathway) analysis is introduced, and coming challenges on precision medicine are to be addressed for the new aspect of efficacy and safety evaluation.
© 2016 The Japanese Society of Toxicology
Edited and published by : The Japanese Society of Toxicology
Produced and listed by : Sendai Kyoudou Printing Co., Ltd., Japan Fukuda Printing Co., Ltd.(-Vol.33 No.1)


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Should Egypt's Morsi Stay or Go?
Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner
https://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2013/07/should-egypt-morsi-stay-or-go
I was not present in Egypt yesterday, June 30, but I watched some of the wall-to-wall broadcasts on Egyptian television of packed squares and streets across the country, of gesticulating orators, defensive government spokesmen, and articulate commentators. The demonstrations across the country were, by consensus estimates, 7 to 10 times larger than the biggest anti-Mubarak crowds in early 2011. They dwarfed street rebellions such as those in Iran in 1979 or Peking in 1989. Simply put, they were probably the largest political demonstration in human history.
One television station called itself the "Voice of Tahrir Square" and simultaneously showed scenes from there and seven other cities.
I was moved by the humanity of the crowds and (sometimes despite myself) thrilled by their centrism and constructive outlook. Who could have imagined a mere year ago, when Mohamed Morsi supposedly won the presidential election, that this massive Rebellion would be served up as his anniversary present, as he cowered behind walls in a distant palace?
The day also raised two policy thoughts:
The American role: Time and again, commentators brought up the vital importance of the U.S. government in the drama of the day. One person, for example, counted four main actors: the demonstrators, the president, the military, and Washington. Crowds expressed anti-Obama feelings; at least one much-photographed bi-lingual sign provided an English translation: "OBAMA SUPPORTS TERRORISM." (Morsi's critics routinely call him a terrorist.)
A sign in Cairo's Tahrir Square announcing that "Obama Supports Terrorism" in English and Arabic.
The message from Egypt was crystal clear: It's time for the administration to stop coddling Morsi and to get behind the millions of protestors. But will the geniuses in the White House, the State Department, and Embassy Cairo hear? Obama's initial response today was tepid but at least mildly in the right direction: "Our commitment to Egypt has never been around any particular individual or party. Our commitment has been to a process."
Whither Morsi: Awesome and satisfying as the June 30 rejection of Muslim Brotherhood rule was, what should come next is not obvious. Emotionally, I want Morsi and his foul crew gone as soon as possible from the corridors of power. Tactically, however, I fear that, once they are dispatched, the politically obtuse military leadership will likely muck things up and the opposition will be unable to unify or to handle the looming economic disaster. If Egypt's pain is to have benefit, it would be by discrediting Islamism. For that to happen, it's probably better that Morsi linger in office and be ascribed responsibility for the hunger and other disasters ahead.
I write this with trepidation, as always when the heart and mind disagree. (July 1, 2013)
Related Topics: Egypt, Radical Islam
What to Want in Egypt
Better Dictators than Elected Islamists
My Moments on Al-Jazeera
1 Democracy [138 words] Sal Jul 25, 2013 17:29 208494
One more pakistan in the making [57 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes car313 Jul 5, 2013 08:21 207647
Should Egypt's Morsi Stay or Go? [212 words] Judith Jul 4, 2013 13:47 207606
1 And the people of Egypt did it again with great flare [300 words] dhimmi no more Jul 3, 2013 20:24 207569
GO! [5 words] rdbyrne Jul 3, 2013 18:07 207567
2 The sinking ship of Morsi and the rats! [257 words] dhimmi no more Jul 3, 2013 13:13 207562
Analyses [59 words] David W. Lincoln Jul 3, 2013 11:51 207560
1 Clueless Morsi declares that if he is gone there will be a civil war in Egypt! [57 words] dhimmi no more Jul 3, 2013 07:24 207546
1 EGYPT WILL REMAIN A MESS [197 words] JACQUES HADIDA Jul 2, 2013 22:25 207535
Egypt on the brink [140 words] Nazim cairo Jul 2, 2013 18:18 207529
2 Milad Hanna and Egyptian identity revisited [321 words] dhimmi no more Jul 3, 2013 10:34 207529
1 The better of two evils [253 words] Michael Jul 2, 2013 15:24 207522
imbroglio in the Middle east [96 words] jerome Jul 2, 2013 12:57 207517
Is this the end of political Islam in Egypt? I doubt it [222 words] dhimmi no more Jul 2, 2013 12:46 207516
1 This video says it all! Irhal ya Morsi [67 words] dhimmi no more Jul 2, 2013 11:52 207514
The Future of Morsi [73 words] David G. Cashin Jul 2, 2013 10:45 207510
Follow your heart. [91 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes john w. mcginley Jul 2, 2013 09:09 207504
3 تمرد or Tamarud [413 words] dhimmi no more Jul 2, 2013 09:01 207503
1 Ane Patterson [27 words] sara Jul 2, 2013 16:14 207503
1 Hayzaboon aka Anne Patterson [97 words] dhimmi no more Jul 2, 2013 19:09 207503
It's as confusing as the left hand pretending it doesn't know what the right hand is doing. [98 words] Lynn Jul 2, 2013 08:21 207501
Resources on the topic [16 words] vitk Jul 2, 2013 07:57 207499
Should Egypt's Morsi stay or Go? [87 words] Anne Jul 2, 2013 07:53 207498
Should Morsi go? [6 words] Steven L Jul 2, 2013 04:14 207493
1 Morsi's departure or stay is irrelevant [234 words] Prashant Jul 2, 2013 02:20 207492
I'd say he's discreditied himself and those who share his beliefs enough. [134 words] Jesse Kleitman Jul 2, 2013 01:50 207489
Morsi is unfit to rule Egypt [84 words] NuritG Jul 2, 2013 00:16 207486
Morsi [12 words] HEALER Jul 1, 2013 22:58 207482


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Q: Passing data into leaflet js via a php script I'm trying to display route data on a map using leaflet.  I'm pulling the data from a MYSQL database with a php script. which is working.  The data is stored in an array called vechiclelatlong.  I use <?php include('../php/vTrackerv3.php'); ?> under the Javascript tag where is have my Leaflet script.  I am getting the following error:

Uncaught ReferenceError: vehiclelatlong is not defined

See scripts below:
PHP script:
<php
function vData(){
include("dbconnecti.php");

$strtDate = strtotime('20150404');
$endDate = strtotime('20150405');

$query = "SELECT ED.latitude, ED.longitude, ED.timestamp, ED.creationTime
FROM EventData ED
WHERE ED.latitude <> 0 AND ED.longitude <> 0 AND (ED.timestamp >= $strtDate)  AND (ED.timestamp <= $endDate)";
$results = $dbconnect->query($query);

if (!$results)  {
    echo mysql_error();
    die('There was an error excuting query statment: ' ); //. mysqli_error());
}

$num_of_rows = $results -> num_rows;
$data = array();

echo "var vehiclelatlong = [";

for ($x = 0; $x < $num_of_rows; $x++)   {
    $data[] = $results -> fetch_assoc();

    echo "[".$data[$x]['latitude'].",".$data[$x]['longitude']."]";
    if ($x <= $num_of_rows - 2)
    {
        echo ",";
    }
  }

  echo "];";

}
vData();
?>

HTML script
 <!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>Tobago Street Map </title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/black-tie/jquery-ui.css" type="text/css" />

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.leafletjs.com/leaflet-0.7.3/leaflet.css" />

A: While your PHP looks to be creating an array, I'm not sure that you're going to have consistent luck getting JS to read it that way (an arrant space here or there, etc.). At least I've tried that in the past, only to realize that while it LOOKS like a good array, it isn't.
I think you're better off just returning your MySQL as a true array and then using json_encode($array) to get it in something that will consistently be read by JS.
Something like
var vehiclelatlong = <?php json_encode($array); ?>;

EDIT:
Lets stick with your array (although JSON ~ GEOJSON and there are good PHP GEO tools out there).  I got it to work doing the following.
1. made sure both files had a *.php extension
2. removed **" on either side of my include statement in my main page
3. made sure my included file was correctly referenced in my main page
4. made sure my DB query was returning a valid result.  I made some changes (including just trying it using SQLite) but you can see the same result.
<?php
function vData(){
$db = new PDO("sqlite:so.db");
$query = "SELECT latitude, longitude FROM EventData";
$statement1 = $db->prepare($query);
$statement1->execute();
$results = $statement1->fetchall(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
echo "var vehiclelatlong = [";
$count=1;
foreach ($results as $result)   {
echo "[".$result['latitude'].",".$result['longitude']."]";
if ($count < count($results)) echo ",";
$count++;
}
echo "];";
}
vData();
?>


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Ants are a part of life no matter where you live. They can range from simple nuisance ants that invade your kitchen, to carpenter ants that can cause major damage to your house, or even painful stinging swarms of fire ants.
With over 1,000 different species of ants in North America, there is no "one solution" to rid your house of them. Here we will cover the over-the-counter and natural remedies one can use at home. If you find yourself overwhelmed, the experts suggest reaching out to a local university's Cooperative Extension or contacting a professional pest management service in your area. Before we get too in-depth, here's a quick ant removal checklist you should consult when you notice an ant problem.
Size: ¼ to ½ inch long. One of the largest species and easiest to spot.
Nest Locations: Prefer living, standing trees. Will also nest in soft, moist lumber or logs.
Food: Will scavenge for a broad range of food. Plant nectar, meat, honeydew, seeds, sugar, and other insects.
If you find carpenter ants nesting in your home, it is often a sign that you have had or have a water leak that caused damage to a section of wood within your home. Carpenter ants prefer not to nest in or destroy dry lumber, but will happily move into that area should a termite or wood beetle nest be present. Replacing the damaged wood should remove the carpenter ant problem if other pests are not present.
Also Read : Why Cleaning an Empty House Cleaning Takes More Time?
Removal and Control: Locate the nest by observing the ants' movement. Use baits or sprays to destroy the nest and replace damaged wood to prevent future infestations.
Nest Locations: Outdoor soil; under stones, logs, or any cover. Will also nest indoors under sinks, insulation, dishwashers, walls, floor voids, and moist warm areas.
Food: Sugary foods, dead insects, and meats.
They are named "odorous" due to the coconut smell they create when crushed. If you only find a few wingless ants in your house, chances are the nest is located outdoors, and they are only coming in for your food. If you see winged ants or constantly see a large number of wingless ants inside, the nest is likely in your house.
Removal and Control: Monthly treatments with baits and sprays may be necessary. Keep food sealed, clean countertops and home regularly. Contact a pest management company if you feel overwhelmed.
These little guys are considered the warriors of all ant species. They may be small, but they can take out a colony of red ants.
Nest Locations: Anywhere dirt can be found. Around and under bricks and pavement. Grassy areas and even extreme areas like salt marshes. Introduced here from Europe, they are not native to the Americas.
Food: They are opportunistic eaters. Will dine on anything from dead insects to pollen and food in your kitchen.
Removal and Control: Use over-the-counter baits and barrier sprays to keep ants at bay. If found in-house, clean up any leftover food remnants. Note: They do not bite or sting.
These ants are generally found in dry desert areas and prefer loose to gravelly soil to build their nests in. Nests can be rather large underground, with some found to be over 5 feet deep. These ants feed on seeds and generally won't enter or cause damage to homes. Their main threat to humans is if you happen to stand on the nest, causing them to swarm and sting you.
This species of ant is native to South America and is considered an invasive species in North America. They reached American shores sometime between 1933 and 1945, most likely by being sucked into the ballast tanks of ships leaving South America and then emptied here.
There is certainly no shortage of commercially available ant products available at your local home goods store. The number of options out there can be overwhelming, but they fall into six distinct categories of treatment methods: baits, contact sprays, perimeter sprays, foggers, glue traps, and lawn treatments.
Each manufacturer uses a slightly different chemical formula for its ant poison, but just about all are highly effective. It's a good idea to take note of the brand/chemicals you use so you can either stay with that option for continued success or try something new.
Important: Read all manufacturers' warnings and their application guide before use. The following is just meant as a general guide to the various ant control methods currently commercially available.
Application Methods: Baits contain poison mixed with materials that attract ant foragers. The ants take small portions back to the nest for the queen and other nest mates to eat. The intoxicant must be slow-acting, so ants have time to make their way back to the nest and feed other members. Pre-packaged bait stations should use less than 1 percent of the active ingredient. Do not use bait stations in conjunction with any sprays.
Baits with 5.4 percent borate can kill the foraging ants before they reach the nest.
Application Methods: Directly spray onto the nest once located. Do not use when using bait stations.
Kills the nest and some returning worker ants.
Queen could survive if nest isn't fully saturated.
Surviving members of colony could re-establish a new nest elsewhere in your house.
Application Methods: Spray the perimeter around all of your windows, doors, and areas where utilities penetrate to the outdoors.
Open cabinets, cupboards, drawers, closets, and doors in areas to be treated.
Remove or cover exposed foods, dishes, utensils, food-processing equipment, and surfaces. Remove pets and birds, and cover and turn off air flow systems in aquariums. Remove or cover children's and pet toys. Cover waxed wood floors and waxed wood furniture in the immediate area surrounding the fogger (newspaper may be used).
Close outside doors and windows. Shut off fans and air conditioners, and temporarily disconnect smoke alarms.
Turn off all flames, pilot lights, ignition sources, and running electrical appliances that cycle off and on. Call your gas utility or management company if you need assistance.
Do not use fogger in a cabinet or under a counter or table.
Application Methods: Place traps along known ant routes in your home.
Application Methods: See manufacturer's notes on the product you choose. Most can be dumped into a seed spreader and broadcast evenly through your lawn.
There's certainly no shortage of ant treatment methods out there today that claim to be all natural and to work just as well as poisons. We scoured the web and came up with a list of the most popular ant control methods and then presented them to our expert, PJ Liesch, Extension Entomologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab.
Much to our surprise, it turns out that most of the methods we found have little to no research to support their effect, and may just be myths.
Tape, sticky side up: In theory, could work, but tape probably won't stay "sticky" for very long. Also, if there are lots of ants or other insects, they can walk over their "stuck" companions to cross the barrier.
Boric acid: Can be effective, but it depends on how it's used. Pure boric acid wouldn't work great. Boric acid as part of a bait can be very effective if used correctly in the correct type of bait. This boils down to a difference in presentation, as the boric acid in the nutrient source (i.e., the bait) will help get the ants to eat it.
Vaseline barrier: Could be effective in theory, although you'd need to use a lot of Vaseline, it would be a huge mess, and dirt and debris, etc., would get stuck to it fairly quickly, limiting its effectiveness.
Diatomaceous earth/Powdered silica gel: Diatomaceous earth/(DE)/Powdered silica gel can be effective. However, some products can be more effective than others. Professional (pesticide) grade DE and silica gel are designed specifically for controlling insect pests and must be applied appropriately and in the correct location (such as inside wall voids) to be effective. Simply pouring DE around the outside of your home to try and keep ants and other insects at bay isn't going to work well.
Dish detergent mixture: There's some truth to the dish detergent. Technically, soap solutions can be used as a contact insecticide to kill ants and other insects. Soaps can have insecticidal properties, although each soap brand can have a slightly different formula, so some dish soaps might work while others don't. To guarantee that this will work, you can actually find "insecticidal soap" at the hardware store or garden center. This is essentially the same stuff as dish soap, except that it's designed to work best against insects, and lacks the colors, fragrances, and moisturizers of dish soaps. A solution of insecticidal soap must be sprayed directly onto insects to be effective. Once the solution dries, it will stop working.
In conclusion, remember our checklist at the top of this article, and follow its steps before anything else when you notice the presence of ants.
Properly identify the ant species by contacting your local university's Cooperative Extension.
Use bait stations with slow-acting poisons to eradicate the nest.
Create a 2-foot boundary around your home, free from landscaping and vegetation.
Keep all food stored in sealed containers.
Keep all your floors, kitchen counters, and surfaces clean.
Replace any damaged, moist, or soft wood you have in and around your home.
Contact a pest management service if you feel overwhelmed.
Thank you so much for the wealth of information! I have a customer that has issues with fire ants coming into the house every summer. I'm going to send this to her. There are many things to consider that factors into preventing them. This is a great way to have a handy "checklist." Thanks again for the helpful post!


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Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019, 11:34 am
AMARILLO, Texas – Having completed more than 300 federal projects, Brothers Saul and Samuel Maldonado of SAM Engineering & Surveying, Inc. (SAMES) in McAllen, Texas, are no strangers to federal contract work, and were eager to join the ranks of Department of Energy (DOE) subcontractors within the nation's Nuclear Security Enterprise.
The Texas-based, minority-owned, small business will get that opportunity as part of the Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) Mentor-Protégé Program at the Pantex Plant.
The Mentor-Protégé agreement with SAMES is the first of its kind at Pantex for CNS, which operates the plant for DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration. CNS signed a similar agreement in March at the Y-12 National Security Complex with Hatfield Construction.
Michelle Reichert, CNS chief operating officer said, "We value small businesses. Partnering with them is essential for us to accomplish our important mission for the nation. I'm excited to see how this relationship will further our infrastructure revitalization efforts."
As the Protégé, SAMES will support the Pantex mission by providing surveying and engineering expertise, and in turn, CNS will offer guidance on business management and development. In fact, SAMES will get right to work surveying and refurbishing some 56 miles of roads on the plant site this summer.
"This agreement is mutually beneficial," said Ryan Johnston, who manages the CNS small business program at Pantex. "SAMES will provide the unique surveying and engineering expertise we need, while gaining the skills necessary to compete for larger DOE subcontracts."
DOE Mentor-Protégé Programs seek to foster long-term business relationships between small, disadvantaged business entities and DOE prime contractors, and to increase the overall number of small businesses that receive DOE prime and subcontracts.
Kelly Delgado-Goudschaal (c), Pantex supply chain manager, signs the first Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC Mentor-Protégé agreement at Pantex with brothers Samuel and Saul Maldonado, Chief Executive Officer and President respectively of SAM Engineering & Surveying, Inc. Also pictured are (l to r) James Carducci, Pantex senior subcontract administrator; Bill Eckroade, National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office deputy manager; Bill Bridenbaugh, Pantex procurement manager; and Ryan Johnston, Pantex small business program manager.
Pantex Small Business Program Manager Ryan Johnston (l), SAM Engineering & Surveying, Inc. President Saul Maldonado, Pantex Supply Chain Manager Kelly Delgado-Goudschaal, and SAMES, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Samuel Maldonado, celebrate signing the first mentor-protégé agreement for Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at Pantex.
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) operates the Pantex Plant, located in Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security Complex, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, under a single contract for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration. Pantex and Y-12 are key facilities in the U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise, and CNS performs its work with a focus on the absolute priorities of safety, security, quality, mission delivery and cost efficiency.
For more information on each site, visit www.pantex.energy.gov or www.y12.doe.gov. Follow Pantex on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Follow Y-12 on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Title: Size doesn't matter – either in psychometrics or brain volume
Lutz W, Striessnig W, Dimitrova A et al. Years of good life is a well-being indicator designed to serve research on sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021; 118 (12): e1907351118 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907351118
Chopra S, Fornito A, Francey SM et al. Differentiating the effect of antipsychotic medication and illness on brain volume reductions in first-episode psychosis: A Longitudinal, Randomised, Triple-blind, Placebo-controlled MRI Study. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-021-00980-0
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Patterns and processes of pathogen exposure in gray wolves across North America
By: E. E. Brandell, Paul Cross, Meggan E. Craft, Douglas W. Smith, E. J. Dubovi, Marie L. J. Gilbertson, Tyler Wheeldon, John A. Stephenson, Shannon Barber-Meyer, B. L. Borg, Mathew Sorum, Daniel R. Stahler, Allicia P Kelly, Morgan Anderson, H. D. Cluff, Daniel R. MacNulty, David L. Watts, G. Roffler, Helen M. Schwantje, Mark Hebblewhite, K. Beckman, and P. J. Hudson
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The presence of many pathogens varies in a predictable manner with latitude, with infections decreasing from the equator towards the poles. We investigated the geographic trends of pathogens infecting a widely distributed carnivore: the gray wolf (Canis lupus). Specifically, we investigated which variables best explain and predict geographic trends in seroprevalence across North American wolf populations and the implications of the underlying mechanisms. We compiled a large serological dataset of nearly 2000 wolves from 17 study areas, spanning 80° longitude and 50° latitude. Generalized linear mixed models were constructed to predict the probability of seropositivity of four important pathogens: canine adenovirus, herpesvirus, parvovirus, and distemper virus—and two parasites: Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii. Canine adenovirus and herpesvirus were the most widely distributed pathogens, whereas N. caninum was relatively uncommon. Canine parvovirus and distemper had high annual variation, with western populations experiencing more frequent outbreaks than eastern populations. Seroprevalence of all infections increased as wolves aged, and denser wolf populations had a greater risk of exposure. Probability of exposure was positively correlated with human density, suggesting that dogs and synanthropic animals may be important pathogen reservoirs. Pathogen exposure did not appear to follow a latitudinal gradient, with the exception of N. caninum. Instead, clustered study areas were more similar: wolves from the Great Lakes region had lower odds of exposure to the viruses, but higher odds of exposure to N. caninum and T. gondii; the opposite was true for wolves from the central Rocky Mountains. Overall, mechanistic predictors were more informative of seroprevalence trends than latitude and longitude. Individual host characteristics as well as inherent features of ecosystems determined pathogen exposure risk on a large scale. This work emphasizes the importance of biogeographic wildlife surveillance, and we expound upon avenues of future research of cross-species transmission, spillover, and spatial variation in pathogen infection.
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The exhibition Maurice Marinot. The Glass, 1911-1934 has been organised by LE STANZE DEL VETRO in collaboration with the Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD). Curated by Jean-Luc Olivié and Cristina Beltrami, the exhibition will be the first international tribute to Maurice Marinot (1882-1960), a great glass artist and craftsman and a pioneer both in terms of technique and taste. An indefatigable experimenter, Marinot invented formulas for processing the material that were to be emulated for decades to come. Over 200 works, mainly from foreign museums, will be on show to illustrate the evolution and complexity of Marinot's glass. They will be accompanied by 115 drawings, including sketches and designs for objects and exhibition installations from various museums, especially the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, and the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels.
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Q: SQLite, Kotlin, Android. SELECT query with variate number of arguments I am building and android app with kotlin. It uses SQlite
I need to select data from a table and query condition depends on a method arguments
it is like
fun getData(a:String, b:String, c:String): Array<String> {
    val db = readableDatabase
    var selectALLQuery = "SELECT * FROM $TABLE "
    var conditions:ArrayList<String> = arrayListOf()
    var arguments: // WHAT should be type?

    if (a != "") {
         // add a to the query with WHERE
         conditions.add("a = ?")
         // add a value to arguments. how?
    }
    if (b != "") {
         // add b to the query with WHERE
         conditions.add("b = ?")
         // add b value to arguments. how?
    }
    if (c != "") {
         // add c to the query with WHERE
         conditions.add("c = ?")
         // add b value to arguments. how?
    }
    if (conditions.count() > 0) {
         selectALLQuery += " WHERE "+conditions.joinToString(" AND ")
    }
    val cursor = db.rawQuery(selectALLQuery, arguments)
}

Is this good approach? of there are better ways?
If this is corect way, what should be type of arguments variable?
Update
I found the solution to skip usage of SQL templates and just build a query fully myself and TEXT fields are quoted with DatabaseUtils.sqlEscapeString .

A:
var arguments: // WHAT should be type?

The rawQuery method expects an Array.
I would use
fun getDataV2(a: String, b: String, c: String): ArrayList<String> {

    val rv = ArrayList<String>()            //Return value
    var sql = "SELECT * FROM $TABLE "       //Core SQL ro always be used
    val values = arrayOf(a, b, c)           //Convert inputs to an array
    val columns = arrayOf("a", "b", "c")    //Likewise for the columns
    val arguments = ArrayList<String>()     //Initially 0 arguments
    val whereclause = StringBuilder()       //Initially empty whereclause
    var after_first = false                 //Flag to indicate whether the first arg has been added
    for (i in values.indices) {             //Loop through values
        if (values[i].length > 0) {         //Is there a value?
            if (after_first) {              //Is this not the first value
                whereclause.append(" AND ") //If it is not the first value add the ADD keyword
            }
            whereclause.append(columns[i]).append("=?") //if there is a value then add the expression
            arguments.add(values[i])        // and then add the value to the arguments ArrayList
            after_first = true              // change flag to indicate that a value has been processed
        }
    }
    // Add the WHERE keyword and the where clause if needed
    if (whereclause.isNotEmpty()) {
        sql = "$sql WHERE $whereclause"
    }

    //Prepare to run the rawQuery
    val db = this.writableDatabase
    //Run the rawQuery
    val csr = db.rawQuery(sql, arguments.toTypedArray())
    Log.d("GETDATAV2",sql + " Argcount =" + arguments.size) //TODO for testing, REMOVE before publising
    //Populate the ArrayList to be returned from the Cursor
    while (csr.moveToNext()) {
        rv.add(csr.getString(csr.getColumnIndex(COLNAME))) //<<<<<<<<<< COLNAME assumed for testing
    }
    //CLose the Cursor
    csr.close()
    //Finally return the ArrayList
    return rv
}

Testing
Using the following, in an activity, to test a number of premutations :-
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
    val dbHelper = DBHelperKotlin(this)
    dbHelper.writableDatabase.delete(DBHelper.TABLE,null,null); //Delete any existing rows
    // Add the testing data
    dbHelper.add("Test1", "a", "b", "c")
    dbHelper.add("Test2", "b", "c", "d")
    dbHelper.add("Test3", "c", "d", "e")
    dbHelper.add("Test4", "d", "e", "f")

    //testing against older method removed (hence starting with 3)
    val result3 = dbHelper.getDataV2("","","");
    for (i in result3.indices) {
        Log.d("TEST1V2RESULT",result3.get(i))
    }

    val result4 = dbHelper.getDataV2("","b","");
    for (i in result4.indices) {
        Log.d("TEST4V2RESULT",result4.get(i))
    }

    val result5 = dbHelper.getDataV2("a","b","c");
    for (i in result5.indices) {
        Log.d("TEST5V2RESULT",result5.get(i))
    }

    val result6 = dbHelper.getDataV2("a","","");
    for (i in result6.indices) {
        Log.d("TEST6V2RESULT",result6.get(i))
    }

    val result7 = dbHelper.getDataV2("","","c");
    for (i in result7.indices) {
        Log.d("TEST7V2RESULT",result7.get(i))
    }

    val result8 = dbHelper.getDataV2("a","","c");
    for (i in result8.indices) {
        Log.d("TEST8V2RESULT",result8.get(i))
    }
}

Results in
05-26 12:23:36.452 3593-3593/? D/GETDATAV2: SELECT * FROM mytable  Argcount =0
05-26 12:23:36.452 3593-3593/? D/TEST1V2RESULT: Test1
05-26 12:23:36.452 3593-3593/? D/TEST1V2RESULT: Test2
05-26 12:23:36.452 3593-3593/? D/TEST1V2RESULT: Test3
05-26 12:23:36.452 3593-3593/? D/TEST1V2RESULT: Test4
05-26 12:23:36.452 3593-3593/? D/GETDATAV2: SELECT * FROM mytable  WHERE b=? Argcount =1
05-26 12:23:36.453 3593-3593/? D/TEST4V2RESULT: Test1
05-26 12:23:36.453 3593-3593/? D/GETDATAV2: SELECT * FROM mytable  WHERE a=? AND b=? AND c=? Argcount =3
05-26 12:23:36.454 3593-3593/? D/TEST5V2RESULT: Test1
05-26 12:23:36.455 3593-3593/? D/GETDATAV2: SELECT * FROM mytable  WHERE a=? Argcount =1
05-26 12:23:36.455 3593-3593/? D/TEST6V2RESULT: Test1
05-26 12:23:36.455 3593-3593/? D/GETDATAV2: SELECT * FROM mytable  WHERE c=? Argcount =1
05-26 12:23:36.456 3593-3593/? D/TEST7V2RESULT: Test1
05-26 12:23:36.456 3593-3593/? D/GETDATAV2: SELECT * FROM mytable  WHERE a=? AND c=? Argcount =2
05-26 12:23:36.458 3593-3593/? D/TEST8V2RESULT: Test1

However
With simple modification the above can be far more flexible and cater for any number of columns on any table (assuming the columns exist in the specified table) as per :-
fun getDataV3(table: String, args: Array<String>, columns: Array<String>) : ArrayList<String> {

    val rv = ArrayList<String>()            //Return value
    var sql = "SELECT * FROM $table "       //Core SQL ro always be used

    if (args.size != columns.size) {
        // handle mismatch between columns and args??????
        return rv
    }

    val arguments = ArrayList<String>()     //Initially 0 arguments
    val whereclause = StringBuilder()       //Initially empty whereclause
    var after_first = false                 //Flag to indicate whether the first arg has been added
    for (i in args.indices) {             //Loop through values
        if (args[i].length > 0) {         //Is there a value?
            if (after_first) {              //Is this not the first value
                whereclause.append(" AND ") //If it is not the first value add the ADD keyword
            }
            whereclause.append(columns[i]).append("=?") //if there is a value then add the expression
            arguments.add(args[i])        // and then add the value to the arguments ArrayList
            after_first = true              // change flag to indicate that a value has been processed
        }
    }
    // Add the WHERE keyword and the where clause if needed
    if (whereclause.isNotEmpty()) {
        sql = "$sql WHERE $whereclause"
    }

    //Prepare to run the rawQuery
    val db = this.writableDatabase
    //Run the rawQuery
    val csr = db.rawQuery(sql, arguments.toTypedArray())
    Log.d("GETDATAV3",sql + " Argcount =" + arguments.size) //TODO for testing, REMOVE before publising
    //Populate the ArrayList to be returned from the Cursor
    while (csr.moveToNext()) {
        rv.add(csr.getString(csr.getColumnIndex(COLNAME)))
    }
    //CLose the Cursor
    csr.close()
    //Finally return the ArrayList
    return rv
}

And can then be invoked like :-
    val result10 = dbHelper.getDataV3(DBHelperKotlin.TABLE,arrayOf("","",""), arrayOf(DBHelperKotlin.COLA,DBHelperKotlin.COLB,DBHelperKotlin.COLC))
    for (i in result10.indices) {
        Log.d("TEST10V2RESULT",result10.get(i))
    }
    val result11 = dbHelper.getDataV3(DBHelperKotlin.TABLE,arrayOf("","b",""), arrayOf(DBHelperKotlin.COLA,DBHelperKotlin.COLB,DBHelperKotlin.COLC))
    for (i in result11.indices) {
        Log.d("TEST11V2RESULT",result11.get(i))
    }

Result of the above being :-
05-26 12:52:24.444 3960-3960/aso.so56298529querywithmultileargs D/GETDATAV3: SELECT * FROM mytable  Argcount =0
05-26 12:52:24.444 3960-3960/aso.so56298529querywithmultileargs D/TEST10V2RESULT: Test1
05-26 12:52:24.444 3960-3960/aso.so56298529querywithmultileargs D/TEST10V2RESULT: Test2
05-26 12:52:24.444 3960-3960/aso.so56298529querywithmultileargs D/TEST10V2RESULT: Test3
05-26 12:52:24.444 3960-3960/aso.so56298529querywithmultileargs D/TEST10V2RESULT: Test4
05-26 12:52:24.444 3960-3960/aso.so56298529querywithmultileargs D/GETDATAV3: SELECT * FROM mytable  WHERE b=? Argcount =1
05-26 12:52:24.444 3960-3960/aso.so56298529querywithmultileargs D/TEST11V2RESULT: Test1

A: Maybe this will be helpful:
fun buildQuery(mainQuery: String, vararg args: Pair<String, Any>): String {
    return mainQuery + if (args.isNotEmpty()) {
         args.map {
            "${it.first} = ${it.second}"
        }.joinToString(" AND ")
    } else {
        ""
    }
}

Then the call is:
val query = buildQuery("SELECT * FROM PERSON ", "a" to "Tim", "b" to 77)
println(query)

The output is:
SELECT * FROM PERSON a = Tim AND b = 77

A: a, b, c are all Strings.
So you can type arguments as list of String.
val arguments = mutableListOf<String>()

Reason I used MutableList instead of Array is to dynamically add items.
Inside your if statements, after adding condition, you can add item to arguments like,
arguments.add(a)

Finally in db.rawQuery(), you can pass this as an array using toTypedArray.
db.rawQuery(selectALLQuery, arguments.toTypedArray())

Anko
In Kotlin, you can simplify db connection and queries using Anko.
https://github.com/Kotlin/anko/wiki/Anko-SQLite
Check Querying Data part .