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Packers, Greater Green Bay Community Foundation kick off Give BIG Green Bay
45 local nonprofits selected to participate in third annual community-wide giving day Feb. 16-17
Atkinson, Michael
At a time when local nonprofits need critical financial support, Give BIG Green Bay is back for another year. The Green Bay Packers Foundation and the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation are excited to host the fourth annual community-wide giving day from noon on Feb. 16 until noon on Feb. 17, 2021. Give BIG Green Bay will highlight the work of 40 local nonprofit organizations working to change lives in our community. Thanks to the generosity of the Green Bay Packers Foundation and other donors, this year's event will offer $350,000 in matching funds and incentives.
The combined three-year total of this unique crowd funding effort has exceeded $3.4 million of support for local nonprofits. Last February, more than $1.2 million was raised in 24 hours through the generosity of 2,800 donors. More than 43% of these donors self-identified as new to the organization they supported.
It is broadly recognized there has never been a more critical time to raise awareness for the important role nonprofits are playing in our community. Unprecedented demands are being placed on nonprofits, while their economic resources and human capital are severely constrained, putting our most vulnerable at risk. Give BIG Green Bay continues to be an innovative program that connects those who serve to needed resources.
On Feb. 16 to Feb. 17, from noon to noon, people everywhere can donate to support the work of any of the 45 local participating nonprofits by visiting giveBIGgreenbay.org. This online giving platform makes it easy to contribute any amount to make a BIG difference in Brown County. The Give BIG Green Bay team will work closely with participating nonprofits using social, print, and broadcast media to create awareness about this exciting 24-hour event. Additionally, participating nonprofits will rally their supporters to amplify the impact.
The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation will underwrite all program expenses allowing 100% of the Green Bay Packers Foundation $250,000 commitment to be allocated as matching funds and encourage our community to give BIG. Additional fundraising incentives are available this year, due to the generosity of Give BIG Green Bay supporters: Janet and Charlie Lieb, Kris and Terry Fulwiler, The Village Companies, and Associated Bank. Thanks to these funding partners, every dollar donated during the 24-hour giving day will go even further to support important work happening in the community.
"There has never been a more important time for all of us to come together as a community for a common goal. We are proud to be a part of Give BIG Green Bay, which connects people directly with impactful nonprofit agencies who are dedicated to serving the residents of Brown County," said Mark Murphy, Green Bay Packers President/CEO. "We encourage everyone to learn more about these important organizations and to donate, at any level."
A diverse cross-section of organizations serving Brown County was selected. This year, 33% of the participating nonprofits are first-time participants. The combination of experienced and new nonprofits is sure to bring a powerful energy to Give BIG Green Bay 2021.
"Green Bay is our home and we are all committed to supporting those who care so deeply for our community. The past few years are a clear indication that Give BIG Green Bay is connecting with people's desire to help.," said Dennis Buehler, President and CEO of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation. "We hope that as circumstances allow, people will join us to support local nonprofits who are on the front lines addressing some of our most pressing needs."
Congratulations to the 2021 Give BIG Green Bay Nonprofit Partners! They are listed below by cause:
Firefly Acres Horse Farm
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Green Bay Botanical Garden
Neville Public Museum Foundation
The Art Garage
Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity
Olde Main Street Green Bay
YWCA Greater Green Bay
CollegeReady
Encompass Early Education and Care
Family & Childcare Resources of N.E.W.
Greater Green Bay YMCA
Literacy Green Bay
NWTC Educational Foundation
Baird Creek Preservation Foundation
Brown County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League
Aging & Disability Resource Center of Brown County
Altrusa House
American Red Cross Northeast Wisconsin Chapter
Foundations Health & Wholeness
Jackie Nitschke Center
Oral Health Partnership
Wello
Wise Women Gathering Place
Casa ALBA Melanie
Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin
Hope and Olive
Integrated Community Solutions
Service League of Green Bay
Hunger & Homelessness
Denmark Community Cupboard
Freedom House Ministries
House of Hope Green Bay
The Salvation Army of Greater Green Bay
4th HOOAH Wisconsin
Green Bay Action Sports Organization (GBASO)
myTEAM TRIUMPH
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Wisconsin
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay
The Children's Museum of Green Bay
Foster the Village
Journey to Adult Success
We All Rise: African American Resource Center
For more information, please visit givebiggreenbay.org.
About the Green Bay Packers Foundation
The Green Bay Packers Foundation was established in 1986 as a vehicle to assure continued contributions to charity. It supports a variety of nonprofit organizations and community programs through its annual grant cycle, impact grants and program-based grants that benefit scholarships, volunteerism, social responsibility, veterans and the military, youth/high school football, cancer awareness and youth fitness. The Foundation is a component of Green Bay Packers Give Back, the organization's all-encompassing community outreach initiative, and has distributed more than $14.4 million for charitable purposes since its inception.
About the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
Established in 1991, the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation has provided more than $134 million in grants since inception to improve the quality of life in Northeastern Wisconsin. As a nonprofit charitable organization, the Community Foundation manages 700 funds with assets exceeding $156 million. Over the past year, $17.7 million in grants were distributed to local nonprofit organizations. Our mission is to inspire and encourage charitable giving in Northeast Wisconsin by connecting caring people with solutions to strengthen our community. www.ggbcf.org
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Season Ticket Holders who opted in will receive email Tuesday with purchase information; Tailgating in the parking lots is prohibited and attendees must wear face coverings at all times
Packers elevate DL Brian Price and CB KeiVarae Russell for gameday
TE Bronson Kaufusi signed to a reserve/future contract
Lambeau Field preparing for Saturday's Divisional Round game
Divisional playoff game to host ticketed fans for the first time this season; fans reminded of new protocols
Titletown ready for Divisional playoff weekend
Visitors reminded to follow COVID-19 protocols while enjoying outdoor activities; Titletown parking lot to be used for gameday parking
Packers place T Jared Veldheer on reserve/COVID-19 list
Transaction announced Wednesday by GM Brian Gutekunst
Fans invited to support Packers in playoffs from home with 'Glow Pack Glow'
Free green and gold bulbs for porch lights now available at the Lambeau Field Atrium and 46 Below in Titletown for fans to show their support for the Packers
Packers sign T Jared Veldheer off of the Indianapolis Colts' practice squad
G Simon Stepaniak placed on injured reserve
Packers Everywhere set to host free virtual pep rally for fans
Fans attending virtually will have the chance to win autographed Packers prizes
Tickets to Saturday's Divisional Playoff game sold out
Tickets cannot be resold or transferred; attendees asked to keep in mind COVID-19 protocols, including no tailgating and wearing face coverings
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Touchdowns for Hunger™ is in its 18th season and has raised more than $1.5 million
Packers invite fans to join in the postseason excitement
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As an academic medical center, we have the opportunity to use the most recent medical breakthroughs to improve our patients� kidney health, conduct cutting edge research and offer unique treatments not found at other hospitals in the region. LSU nephrologists offer in-depth consultation for congenital renal disorders and genetic counseling. Our individually tailored nephrology care often also incorporates nutritional counseling and medication management.


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Following an initiative from a group of lawmakers that recently visited the Falkland Islands, the Panama National Assembly signed a resolution for the creation of an "Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group" between the Falklands and Panama.
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Measure sleeve overlap distance in poles by measuring combined thickness of steel using PECT technology.
Pulsed Eddy Current testing – PECT is a portable rapid thickness measurement technique on steel substrate. It can measure thickness through a layer of insulation or cladding or concrete with high precision or measure thickness of substrate steel through a steel casing or sleeve with acceptable accuracy. E.g. Steel pipes or poles inserted in structural steel sleeves or plates. A classic example of this application would a light pole or sign structure mast inserted into a structural sleeve.
In the absence of original drawings or known thickness or tube insertion length, industry end users have been specifying radiographic method to measure the length of the steel pole inserted into the structural steel sleeve. Ultrasonic test method cannot be applied in structural joints like these due to an acoustic gap between the outer and inner steel tubes.
Considering known hazards of radiation and difficulty of creating exclusion zones in public places, LMATS staff has applied a non-radiation Pulsed Eddy Current technique to determine the engagement length of the pole inserted in to the structural sleeve by measuring combined thickness of the pipes within the sleeve insertion length.
Overlapping sections are precisely measured and mapped and a 'C' plan view is given to the client for the purpose of engineering calculations and addition of other equipment on the light poles or sign structures.
Pulsed Eddy Current testing has following advantages in light pole or Sign structures testing.
PECT is a non-radiation technique hence exclusion zone is not required in the public places.
EWP is not required for PECT because distance up to 30m can be scanned from ground level.
PEC is very fast and on-site assessment method. 1/100th of the speed of radiation technique.
PECT is economical test because unlike Radiography only 1 personnel can do the job.
PECT instruments are highly portable as compared to Radiography instruments. PECT instruments can be carried as check-in luggage without dangerous goods permit requirements.
Unlike ultrasonic testing, acoustic coupling is not required. PECT can measure steel thickness of 2 plates or wall thickness having an air gap.
Light pole or sign post structures testing.
Corrosion or thickness testing of light poles, pylons and structures.
Thickness testing of Culverts and level crossing pipes.
Click on this link to read details about Pulsed Eddy Current testing on the main webpage.
Compared to conventional ultrasonic testing or radiographic testing, Pulsed Eddy Current - PEC testing instrument and sensors are complex and expensive. This test method requires highly trained, skilled and experienced technicians. LMATS staff are certified and experienced engineers to provide Pulsed Eddy Current - PEC testing.
LMATS offers Portable PECT regularly to its clients in VIC - Victoria (Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, Dandenong, Wodonga, Gippsland), NSW - New South Wales (Albury, Wodonga, Sydney, Cooma, Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Central coast), Qld – Queensland (Brisbane, Gladstone, Chinchilla, Rockhampton, Tasmania) WA – Western Australia (Perth, Bunbary, Collie, Pilbara, Karratha, Esperance, Geraldton, Mandurah, Kalgoorlie, Kambalda, Newman, Olslow) and other states as required by our customers.
To find out more about LMATS Pulsed Eddy Current testing Capabilities simply contact one of the nearest LMATS branch or contact us on +61 3 9399 9199 to get instant information.


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Typist collected the work. I started more. We went to Oxford with Tom & Julie by train. Stayed at Clarendon. Called on Tom (porter at St John's). We went to dinner at Ch.Ch. at the rooms of Howarth. I in evening dress, Laura in red velvet skirt, gree[RG] long[RG]emerald earrings, white blouse with many red buttons, gold Ibizan necklace. Present L, me, Tom, Julie, Dunnet, Alan Hodge, a girl called Tallent[RG], Kenneth Allott, and Audrey Beecham.
At Taylorian Institute Laura addressed English club. Subject: The End of The World and spoke at the end on politics. Howarth had just made a speech on the importance of the English Club being an anti-fascist organization. Some good questions e.g. by one Charles Owen an American, & several obstructive ones from obvious communists. Afterwards talk in the Randolph lounge. Mostly Allott. We liked Audrey Beecham best.
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In this section, you can access all of the resources you'll need to conduct surveys with our Citizen Science team. These include study site maps and driving directions, training handouts, weekly practices and online quizzes, and lists of birds for each site, which can all be accessed on each of the pages in our drop down menu. Below we have some general resources about our projects and other ways that you can practice your bird identification skills.


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Q: Bash - running process in background and getting return code after it's done In bash, I would like to run a background process, do something in loop while the process is running, and once the process stopped I would like to get its return code.
Here is what I have so far:
my_build_command
build_pid=$!
sleep 1
while [[ -d /proc/$build_pid ]]
do
    # Do something...
    sleep 1
done

# HOW TO GET THE RETURN CODE OF build_pid?

Is it possible to achieve what I want?

A: wait $pid does return the return code of the corresponding background process
#!/usr/bin/env bash

(sleep 2; true) &
background_process1_pid=$!
(sleep 2; false) &
background_process2_pid=$!

echo "doing something"

wait $background_process1_pid
echo "background_process1 return code: $?"

wait $background_process2_pid
echo "background_process2 return code: $?"

A: return code of previously executed program is given by echo $?.
In your case you might want to get the value before using sleep 1

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package org.languagetool.rules.en;

import com.hankcs.algorithm.AhoCorasickDoubleArrayTrie;
import org.languagetool.AnalyzedSentence;
import org.languagetool.AnalyzedTokenReadings;
import org.languagetool.Language;
import org.languagetool.LinguServices;
import org.languagetool.UserConfig;
import org.languagetool.languagemodel.LanguageModel;
import org.languagetool.rules.*;
import org.languagetool.rules.ngrams.Probability;
import org.languagetool.rules.patterns.PatternToken;
import org.languagetool.rules.spelling.CachingWordListLoader;
import org.languagetool.tagging.disambiguation.rules.DisambiguationPatternRule;
import org.languagetool.tools.StringTools;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;

import static org.languagetool.rules.patterns.PatternRuleBuilderHelper.token;
import static org.languagetool.rules.patterns.PatternRuleBuilderHelper.pos;
import static org.languagetool.rules.patterns.PatternRuleBuilderHelper.tokenRegex;
import static org.languagetool.rules.patterns.PatternRuleBuilderHelper.csRegex;

/**
 * Finds some(!) words written uppercase that should be spelled lowercase.
 * @since 5.0
 */
public class UpperCaseNgramRule extends Rule {

  public static final int THRESHOLD = 50;
  private static MorfologikAmericanSpellerRule spellerRule;
  private static LinguServices linguServices = null;
  private static Set<String> exceptions = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(
    "Bin", "Spot",  // names
    "Go",           // common usage, as in "Go/No Go decision"
    "French", "Roman", "Hawking", "Square", "Japan", "Premier", "Allied"
  ));
  private static final AhoCorasickDoubleArrayTrie<String> exceptionTrie = new AhoCorasickDoubleArrayTrie<>();
  private static final List<List<PatternToken>> ANTI_PATTERNS = Arrays.asList(
    Arrays.asList(
      token("Hugs"), token("and"), token("Kisses")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Please go to File and select Options.
      token("go"),
      token("to"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(","),
      tokenRegex("[Aa]nd|[Oo]r|&"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // "The goal is to Develop, Discuss and Learn.""
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(","),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("[Aa]nd|[Oo]r|&|,"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // "The goal is to Develop, Discuss and Learn.""
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(")"),
      token(","),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("[Aa]nd|[Oo]r|&|,"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      csRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(">"),
      csRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Two-word phrases with "?" or "!": "What Happened?", "Catch Up!" (can be headlines)
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("[\\!\\?]")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Step1 - Watch the full episode.
      tokenRegex(".*\\w.*"),
      tokenRegex("-|–"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Step 1 - Watch the full episode.
      tokenRegex(".*\\w.*"),
      tokenRegex("[0-9]+"),
      tokenRegex("-|–"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Markdowm headline # Show some
      token("#"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Markdowm headline ## Show some
      token("#"),
      token("#"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Markdowm headline ## Show some
      token("#"),
      token("#"),
      token("#"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Scene 4, Lines 93-96
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("\\d+"),
      tokenRegex("-|–|,"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("\\d+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // 1.- Sign up for ...
      tokenRegex("\\d+"),
      token("."),
      tokenRegex("-|–"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // French Quote + Uppercase word
      tokenRegex("«"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // H1 What's wrong?
      tokenRegex("H[1-6]"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // ii) Enabling you to ...
      tokenRegex("[a-z]{1,2}"),
      token(")"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // bullet point
      token("•"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Dash + Uppercase word
      tokenRegex("-|–"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("Step|Grade|Phase|Reason"), // I finished Step 6
      tokenRegex("\\d+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("the|our|their"), // Let's talk to the Onboarding team.
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("team|department")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // 12.3 Game.
      tokenRegex("\\d+"),
      tokenRegex("\\.|/"),
      tokenRegex("\\d+"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Lesson #1 - Learn the alphabet.
      tokenRegex(".*\\w.*"),
      token("#"),
      tokenRegex("[0-9]+"),
      tokenRegex("-|–"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      token("BBC"),
      token("Culture")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      token("Time"),
      tokenRegex("magazines?")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // name of TV series
      token("Dublin"),
      token("Murders")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      token("Amazon"),
      token("Live")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Company name
      token("Volvo"),
      token("Buses")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      csRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token("/"),
      csRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // "Order #76540"
      csRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token("#"),
      tokenRegex("\\d+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // "He plays games at Games.co.uk."
      csRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token("."),
      tokenRegex("com?|de|us|gov|net|info|org|es|mx|ca|uk|at|ch|it|pl|ru|nl|ie|be|fr")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),  // He's Ben (Been)
      token("("),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(")")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      token("["),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token("]")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      token("Pay"),
      token("per"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("Hi|Hello|Heya?"),
      token(","),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // "C stands for Curse."
      tokenRegex("[A-Z]"),
      tokenRegex("is|stands"),
      token("for"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // The Story: (short headlines with colon)
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(":")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Stop & Jot: (short headlines with colon)
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token("&"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(":")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Easy to Use: (short headlines with colon)
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      tokenRegex("[a-z].+"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(":")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),  // e.g. "Top 10% Lunch Deals"
      tokenRegex("\\d+%?"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[0-9]+"),  // e.g. "6) Have a beer"
      tokenRegex("[)\\]]"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[a-z]"),  // e.g. "a) Have a beer"
      tokenRegex("[)\\]]"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[\\(\\]]"),  // e.g. "(b) Have a beer"
      tokenRegex("[a-z0-9]"),
      tokenRegex("[)\\]]")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),  // e.g. "Freelance 2.0"
      tokenRegex("[0-9]+"),
      tokenRegex("."),
      tokenRegex("[0-9]+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*"),  // e.g. "You Don't Know" or "Kuiper's Belt"
      tokenRegex("[''`´']"),
      tokenRegex("t|d|ve|s|re|m|ll"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),  // e.g. "Culture, People , Nature", probably a title
      token(","),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token(","),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("The"),  // e.g. "The Sea is Watching", probably a title
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token("is"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      token("Professor"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      token("Time"),
      token("magazine")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // My name is Gentle.
      token("name"),
      token("is"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // They called it Greet.
      tokenRegex("calls?|called|calling|name[ds]?|naming"),
      token("it|him|her|them|me|us|that|this"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // ... to something called Faded
      tokenRegex("some(thing|body|one)"),
      tokenRegex("called|named"),
      csRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // It is called Ranked mode
      csRegex("is|was|been|were|are"),
      csRegex("calls?|called|calling|name[ds]?|naming"),
      csRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // What is Foreshadowing?
      tokenRegex("Who|What"),
      tokenRegex("is|are|was|were"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+"),
      token("?")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // His name is Carp.
      token("name"),
      tokenRegex("is|was"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].+")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // FDM Group
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*"),
      token("Group")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Enter key
      tokenRegex("Enter|Escape|Shift|Control|Meta|Backspace"),
      token("key")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Victor or Rabbit as everyone calls him.
      pos("NNP"),
      tokenRegex("or|and|&"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Hashtags
      token("#"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*")
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      tokenRegex("Teams|Maps|Canvas|Remind|Switch|Gems?|Glamour|Divvy|Solo|Splash|Phrase|Beam") // Microsoft Teams, Google Maps, Remind App, Nintendo Switch (not tagged as NNP), Gems (Ruby Gems)
    ),
    Arrays.asList(
      pos("SENT_START"), // Music and Concepts.
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*"),
      tokenRegex("or|and|&"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*"),
      pos("SENT_END")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Please click Send
      csRegex("click(ed|s)?|type(d|s)|hit"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Please click on Send
      csRegex("click(ed|s)?"),
      tokenRegex("on|at"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*")
    ),
    Arrays.asList( // Chronicle of a Death Foretold
      csRegex("Chronicle"),
      token("of"),
      tokenRegex("the|an?"),
      tokenRegex("[A-Z].*")
    )
  );

  private final Language lang;
  private final LanguageModel lm;

  public UpperCaseNgramRule(ResourceBundle messages, LanguageModel lm, Language lang, UserConfig userConfig) {
    super(messages);
    super.setCategory(Categories.CASING.getCategory(messages));
    this.lm = lm;
    this.lang = lang;
    setLocQualityIssueType(ITSIssueType.Misspelling);
    addExamplePair(Example.wrong("This <marker>Prototype</marker> was developed by Miller et al."),
                   Example.fixed("This <marker>prototype</marker> was developed by Miller et al."));
    if (userConfig != null && linguServices == null) {
      linguServices = userConfig.getLinguServices();
      initTrie();
    }
    if (spellerRule == null) {
      initTrie();
      try {
        spellerRule = new MorfologikAmericanSpellerRule(messages, lang);
      } catch (IOException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
      }
    }
  }

  private void initTrie() {
    CachingWordListLoader cachingWordListLoader = new CachingWordListLoader();
    List<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
    words.addAll(cachingWordListLoader.loadWords("en/specific_case.txt"));
    words.addAll(cachingWordListLoader.loadWords("spelling_global.txt"));
    Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<>();
    for (String word : words) {
      map.put(word, word);
    }
    synchronized (exceptionTrie) {
      exceptionTrie.build(map);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public List<DisambiguationPatternRule> getAntiPatterns() {
    return makeAntiPatterns(ANTI_PATTERNS, lang);
  }

  @Override
  public final String getId() {
    return "EN_UPPER_CASE_NGRAM";
  }

  @Override
  public String getDescription() {
    return "Checks wrong uppercase spelling of words that are not proper nouns";
  }

  @Override
  public RuleMatch[] match(AnalyzedSentence sentence) throws IOException {
    List<RuleMatch> matches = new ArrayList<>();
    AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens = getSentenceWithImmunization(sentence).getTokensWithoutWhitespace();
    boolean atSentStart = true;

    boolean isSentence = isSentence(tokens);
    if (!isSentence) {
      // might be a headline, so skip it
      return toRuleMatchArray(matches);
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {
      AnalyzedTokenReadings token = tokens[i];
      String tokenStr = token.getToken();
      //System.out.println(i + ": " + prevIsUpperCase(tokens, i) + " - " + tokenStr);
      if (tokenStr.length() > 0
          && !token.isImmunized()
          && Character.isUpperCase(tokenStr.charAt(0))
          && !StringTools.isAllUppercase(tokenStr)
          && !atSentStart
          && token.hasPosTagStartingWith("VB")   // start only with these to avoid false alarms. TODO: extend
          && !token.hasPosTagStartingWith("NNP")
          && token.isTagged()
          && (!prevIsUpperCase(tokens, i) || (prevIsUpperCase(tokens, i) && i == 2))  // probably a name, like "Sex Pistols", but not c
          && !nextIsUpperCase(tokens, i)
          && !prevIsOneOf(tokens, i, Arrays.asList(":", "née", "of", "\"", "'"))  // probably a title like "The history of XYZ"
          && !nextIsOneOfThenUppercase(tokens, i, Arrays.asList("of"))
          && !tokenStr.matches("I")
          && !exceptions.contains(tokenStr)
          && !trieMatches(sentence.getText(), token)
          && !maybeTitle(tokens, i)
          && !isMisspelled(StringTools.lowercaseFirstChar(tokenStr))    // e.g. "German" is correct, "german" isn't
      ) {
        if (i + 1 < tokens.length) {
          List<String> ucList = Arrays.asList(tokens[i - 1].getToken(), tokenStr, tokens[i + 1].getToken());
          List<String> lcList = Arrays.asList(tokens[i - 1].getToken(), StringTools.lowercaseFirstChar(tokenStr), tokens[i + 1].getToken());
          Probability ucProb = lm.getPseudoProbability(ucList);
          Probability lcProb = lm.getPseudoProbability(lcList);
          double ratio = lcProb.getProb() / ucProb.getProb();
          //System.out.println("-->" + ucProb + ", lc: " + lcProb + " ==> " + ratio);
          if (ratio > THRESHOLD) {
            String msg = "Only proper nouns start with an uppercase character (there are exceptions for headlines).";
            RuleMatch match = new RuleMatch(this, sentence, token.getStartPos(), token.getEndPos(), msg);
            match.setSuggestedReplacement(StringTools.lowercaseFirstChar(tokenStr));
            matches.add(match);
          }
        }
      }
      if (!token.isSentenceStart() && !tokenStr.isEmpty() && !token.isNonWord()) {
        atSentStart = false;
      }
    }
    return toRuleMatchArray(matches);
  }

  boolean isMisspelled(String word) throws IOException {
    synchronized (spellerRule) {
      return linguServices == null ? spellerRule.isMisspelled(word) : !linguServices.isCorrectSpell(word, lang);
    }
  }

  // a very rough guess whether the word at the given position might be part of a title
  boolean maybeTitle(AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens, int i) {
    return firstLongWordToLeftIsUppercase(tokens, i) || firstLongWordToRightIsUppercase(tokens, i);
  }

  boolean firstLongWordToLeftIsUppercase(AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens, int pos) {
    for (int i = pos - 1; i > 1; i--) {
      if (isShortWord(tokens[i])) {
        continue;
      }
      return StringTools.startsWithUppercase(tokens[i].getToken());
    }
    return false;
  }

  boolean firstLongWordToRightIsUppercase(AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens, int pos) {
    for (int i = pos + 1; i < tokens.length; i++) {
      if (isShortWord(tokens[i])) {
        continue;
      }
      return StringTools.startsWithUppercase(tokens[i].getToken());
    }
    return false;
  }

  private boolean isShortWord(AnalyzedTokenReadings token) {
    // ignore words typically spelled lowercase even in titles
    return token.getToken().trim().isEmpty() || token.getToken().matches("and|or|the|of|on|with|to|it|in|for|as|at|his|her|its|into|&|/");
  }

  private boolean trieMatches(String text, AnalyzedTokenReadings token) {
    List<AhoCorasickDoubleArrayTrie.Hit<String>> hits = exceptionTrie.parseText(text);
    for (AhoCorasickDoubleArrayTrie.Hit<String> hit : hits) {
      if (hit.begin <= token.getStartPos() && hit.end >= token.getEndPos()) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  private boolean prevIsOneOf(AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens, int i, List<String> strings) {
    return i > 0 && strings.contains(tokens[i-1].getToken());
  }

  // e.g. "The history of Xyz"
  //           ^^^^^^^
  private boolean nextIsOneOfThenUppercase(AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens, int i, List<String> strings) {
    return i + 2 < tokens.length && strings.contains(tokens[i+1].getToken()) && StringTools.startsWithUppercase(tokens[i+2].getToken());
  }

  private boolean prevIsUpperCase(AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens, int i) {
    return i > 0 && StringTools.startsWithUppercase(tokens[i-1].getToken());
  }

  private boolean nextIsUpperCase(AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens, int i) {
    return i + 1 < tokens.length && StringTools.startsWithUppercase(tokens[i+1].getToken());
  }

  private boolean isSentence(AnalyzedTokenReadings[] tokens) {
    boolean isSentence = false;
    for (int i = tokens.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
      if (tokens[i].getToken().matches("[.!?:]")) {
        isSentence = true;
        break;
      }
      if (!tokens[i].isParagraphEnd() && !tokens[i].isNonWord()) {
        break;
      }
    }
    return isSentence;
  }

}

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text:
Hornets strive to make every day a gold ball day
Nathan Giese, Plainview Herald
Travon McCaslin and the Tulia boys basketball team strive to make every day a gold ball day to achieve their playoff goals down the road.
In order to have the playoff success they seek, the Tulia boys basketball team is focused on making every day a gold ball day. Doing that means being at their best when there's nobody else around.
The Hornets don't just grade themselves on their game performance. They also give themselves a rating for each practice. On the wall of the auxiliary gym at Tulia High School is a five-day calendar. Each day has a place for a sticker. Following each practice, the Hornets huddle up and decide where that practice session falls on the team's three-tiered system.
On Thursday, the first day of the Hornet Invitational, two stickers featuring the Bushland Falcons logo are on the calendar. This signifies the team had a "Bushland practice," a so-so day. Not bad, but not great. Bushland is the team Tulia lost to in the bi-district round of the Class 3A playoffs a season ago.
"Bushland practices, they happen," said Tulia junior Travon McCaslin, who helped lead the Hornets to an 89-39 victory over Kress on Thursday. "That's going to happen. Not every day is going to be amazing."
What the Hornets try to avoid is having a "home practice." Those are the days the team had a bad practice, one that would prevent Tulia from making the playoffs at all. A "home practice" is a no good, very bad day.
The top tier, and goal, is to achieve a gold ball sticker. Those are the days the Hornets are sharp, crisp and locked in. They're the kind of practices championship teams have. If they want to get gold balls in February games, the Hornets need to earn gold ball stickers during December practices.
"Every practice is basically just us being better than how we were last year," said McCaslin. "we just want to be better every day."
Through play on Thursday, the Hornets have been better. They've rattled off nine consecutive wins, which includes winning the Lamesa tournament championship last weekend. In that tournament, Tulia secured a victory over New Deal, which is currently ranked seventh in Class 2A.
McCaslin is one of several returners from last year's one-and-done playoff team. The Hornets return the majority of last year's squad that, according to the junior guard, didn't live up to their own standards.
"Last year was a kick in the gut. Like a haymaker," said McCaslin. "We got way too complacent. We felt like we were so good. Our heads were big. Now we're taking it one game at a time and focusing and dialing in."
That one-game-at-a-time mentality is highlighted by what's next to the calendar in the practice gym. Just to the right are individual breakdowns of each of Tulia's games so far this season. Each breakdown shows the score and how the Hornets did in each of their five key focuses.
Those focuses are having fewer than 10 turnovers; win the rebounding battle; score 70 points; four turkeys – one turkey equals three consecutive defensive stops where the other team doesn't score; and composure rating.
These are the areas the Hornets fell short in in that playoff loss to Bushland, as well as other games throughout the season. They're also the areas that help the team determine if they've had a home, Bushland or gold ball practice.
"Right now, I feel like we're a good playoff-contending team, but we're not state-level yet," said McCaslin. "That's obviously the goal is us winning state. We've still got a lot more practices and a lot more stepping up to do. Everybody has to be leaders."
Nathan Giese
Nathan Giese is Plainview's newest sports reporter.


People work in teams. Who we work with has a major impact on our performance. Maximizing the performance of individuals requires creating group cultures that unlock and inspire people's full potential. The drive and skills of people are influenced by the drive and skills of the people around them. What we believe is impressive, possible or simply expected at work is defined in part based on what our peers at work are accomplishing.
Social performance management (SPM) describes methods that focus on managing individuals, taking into account the degree to which their performance is defined, influenced and constrained by the people they work with. It's different from many performance-management methods that focus on individuals without considering how their performance is affected by other people. A core tenet of SPM is that to create a high-performing organization, companies must manage employees in the context of their work groups. It's not enough to focus on individual performance in isolation. Performance-management methods must take group dynamics into account to be fully effective.
On the other hand, we can't change the behavior of groups without changing the behavior of the individuals in the group. This raises the challenge of how to manage individual employee performance in a group context. This requires doing two things: Effectively categorizing employees based on their level of performance relative to the group, and then managing them appropriately based on their performance category.
Breakaway performance — riders well out in front of the peloton. These people's performance is often orders of magnitude higher than average performers'. Breakaway contributors tend to be highly self-driven. They hate anything that prevents them from being productive. This includes working with low-performing people. Managing breakaway contributors is about recognizing them for their contributions and giving them resources that help them be more successful.
Leading-edge performance — riders at the front of the peloton. These are individuals whose performance consistently exceeds expectations but who are not achieving breakaway performance levels. Even if these employees never achieve breakaway performance, they set the pace in terms of defining what good performance looks like in the company. Managing leading-edge contributors is about letting them know they are viewed as being above average and investing to help them reach even higher levels of performance.
Solid performance — riders in the middle of the peloton. These are good employees doing good work. Many employees move back and forth between this category and leading-edge performance. A few may even reach the breakaway level. Managing solid contributors is about showing appreciation for what they contribute and giving them access to development resources for those interested in getting to higher levels of performance.
Trailing performance — riders at the back of the peloton. These are employees who are struggling in their role. Managing trailing contributors is about providing a path for improvement and giving them confidence in their ability to get back on track. If trailing contributors are unwilling or unable to improve their performance, they should be moved to another role where they can be more successful. Tolerating trailing contributors erodes the commitment and performance of the entire work group. The issue is not just with their performance; it's about ensuring that high-performing employees don't have to work with low-performing colleagues for an extended length of time.
Straggling performance — riders who have fallen well behind the peloton. These are employees whose performance is counterproductive because it undermines the success of their colleagues. It is unproductive and unfair to force other people to rely on them. Managing these employees involves being very clear on what they need to improve, providing them with resources to improve and then holding them accountable for improving within a set amount of time.
The speed of the riders at the front of a bike race like the Tour de France is influenced in part by the speed of the riders behind them. This is particularly true for the bulk of riders who form the peloton. The same is true for companies. How an organization addresses low performance affects the behavior and commitment of its high-performers. People draw energy and ideas from being around others who share similar passion for their work. They lose energy if they are forced to work with people who don't share their dedication or focus on doing the best job possible. If you want to increase the results achieved by top performers, the best place to start may be through increasing the level of results achieved by average and low performers.


text:
Zion's Keyhole Slot
Bryce Canyon: Southern Utah's winter alternative
Hike Bryce Canyon
By Brooks Stevenson
Scott T. Smith
By now the feeling is almost palpable. Utah is starting to settle into its month-long role as the stage for the world's most famous athletic competition, and you either want to be right in the mix of things, or you're trying to avoid being caught up in the mayhem by accident.
So if you're like me, you decided not to sell your car so your family could afford to stand on a hillside at Snowbasin Ski Resort, mingle with our European comrades, and hopefully see a downhill ski racer as she cruises by at 70 m.p.h. Hurry, ring the cowbell before it's tooŠ late. Some things are better seen on TV anyway.
But you still want to enjoy this winter: Romp in the best snow on earth, take in some unique scenery, and spend some time with friends and family.
Well, look no further than perhaps the farthest place from the Olympics in Utah: Bryce Canyon National Park. That's right, the brilliant sandstone of southern Utah is the place to be this winter when our newly christened freeway system turns into a multi-lane parking lot.
I know, it doesn't sound right. But trust me on this one. Just load the family truckster to the gills with snow gear, take a day or two of your hard-earned vacation and set the autopilot for Ruby's Inn just outside of Bryce Canyon. Not yet convinced? Read on and decide for yourself where you'd rather recreate this winter.
The first time I visited Bryce Canyon National Park I was barely 10 years old. I was captivated with the remarkably diverse scenery: the tall, thick pine forest where we had camped and the radiant Claron sandstone of the nearby canyons. It was summertime and I assumed that the desert exterior that I saw was a year-round fixture.
A few years later I remember seeing a series of photos of Bryce Canyon during the winter months. One in particular still stands out in my mind: a lone cross-country skier gliding through the snow encrusted hoodoos as the sun rose in the distance. It was then I realized Bryce Canyon was not only a summer hot spot for tourists, but also a winter wonderland in the high desert of southern Utah.
In 1875, Ebenezer Bryce came to the Paria Valley with his family. He was sent. By early pioneers to settle the area. Quickly putting his skills to good use he built a road to the top of a nearby plateau to retrieve firewood and timber, and constructed an irrigation canal to raise crops and animals. It was during his forays for timber, water sources and lost cattle that Bryce came upon the brown, red, orange, yellow, pink and white pinnacles of limestone, sandstone and mudstone that rimmed the eastern edge of the plateau.
Locals soon dubbed the out-of-place area "Bryce's Canyon," and the name has stayed with the region since.
Eventually Bryce and his family moved to Arizona, but it wasn't long before another group of intrepid settlers, Reuben and Minnie Syrett, made the area home. In 1916, the Syrett family began to homestead on the plateau adjacent to "Bryce's Canyon," unaware of the geological phenomenon spread along the edge of the thick pine forest near their cabin. One day, as the story goes, one of the Syretts' neighbors paid a visit and asked Reuben if he'd seen the "big hole" on the edge of the plateau. The neighbor said it wasn't much, but Syrett might want to take a ride with him and have a look.
Impressed by its formations and colors, Syrett continued to bring friends and family to the canyon for picnics and hikes, and has been credited with stimulating the great interest that resulted in the area being set aside as a national monument in 1923. Syrett also established a lodge called Ruby's Inn that still stands today.
Not your average desert clime
In a place like Bryce, with oranges and reds ablaze in the midday sun, you don't normally think winter sports. But you should. At an elevation of nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, Bryce Canyon receives an average winter snowfall of nearly 100 inches, with March being the snowiest month of the year. The winter season brings both warm sunny days and subfreezing night temperatures. And there are activities for virtually everyone.
For the fans of petrol-powered machines there are 20 miles of picturesque groomed snowmobile trails near Tropic Reservoir and the East Fork of the Sevier River. Untold miles of signed and ungroomed trails lie just north of Ruby's Inn, including the Aquarius Plateau complex along forest roads that present unmatched vistas and pristine snow conditions.
If you're more into powering your own skis, there are more than 18 miles of groomed cross-country ski tracks to explore and practice your technique on. Once you've mastered the thoroughfare of groomed trails, move on to the wide-open terrain of untracked powder and solitude in and around the park.
You can also strap on a pair of snowshoes and explore the far reaches of the park the way Ebeneezer Bryce might have done it more than 100 years ago.
"Utah isn't afraid of snow," notes Jean Seiler, marketing director for Ruby's Inn, "and there are always sunny days and plenty of chances to enjoy our national parks and not feel the crowded stress of Salt Lake and the Olympics."
Along with the choose-your-own-adventure theme of Bryce Canyon, there is also a yearly winter festival. For the past 15 years, Seiler and the Ruby's Inn crew have put together one of the best winter festivals in the West — the Bryce Canyon Winter Festival. Nearly 1,000 people converge on the inn and the park for a weekend to enjoy snowshoeing, hiking, sledding, snow sculpting, ski waxing clinics, cross-country skiing and the beauties of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The festival is designed around activities that anyone, of any age or ability, can enjoy, from simple hikes to intense snowshoe journeys.
This season the festival will be held February 2-4, 2002, to accommodate the many festival volunteers who'll also be working closely with the Olympics.
"We're going to continue with the yearly festival, but on a slightly smaller scale," Seiler says. "Normally there are a variety of races and competitive events that are an integral part of the festival, but we won't have our normal staff of volunteers, which will make it hard to hold many of these events. We'll still have ski and snowshoe rentals, our trails will be immaculately groomed, and the park and its hiking trails will be open."
Ruby's Inn will also play host this year, if only for a few minutes, to those carrying the Olympic Torch before it wends its way north for the opening ceremonies.
"We want to be a getaway for families who want to enjoy a little winter recreation," Seiler says. "Bryce in the winter is unlike anything else you'll ever see. And with all the focus on Utah and the Olympics, what a great chance to see what the rest of this great state has to offer."
Nature has spent millions of years, hard at work, carving and shaping the pink cliffs of Bryce, which is not actually a canyon, but the eastern escarpment of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Ebeneezer Bryce once called it a "helluva place to lose a cow." I'd say it's also a helluva great place to enjoy the winter sunshine, recreation and desert scenery.
Check the Ruby's Inn web site for information on accommodations and activities at www.rubysinn.com, call (800) 468-8660, or visit the park web site at www.nps.gov/brca/index.htm. you'll find history, geology and park-specific information for winter visitors.


text:
Baryscapus servadeii är en stekelart som först beskrevs av Domenichini 1965.  Baryscapus servadeii ingår i släktet Baryscapus och familjen finglanssteklar. Inga underarter finns listade.

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Conor McGregor shocked the world of mixed martial arts today when he took to Twitter to announce his retirement from the sport. The news came as a big surprise but was also met with quite a bit of skeptic cynicism as McGregor has claimed retirement before, although it didn't last long. Last week, we reported that McGregor had actually requested shares in the UFC before accepting another fight. Now that McGregor is calling it quits, some believe he is simply doing it to gain leverage with UFC president Dana White. Those rumors can be put to bed though because White spoke to TMZ Sports about Conor's request and he shut it down fast.
White also spoke about McGregor's retirement and his relationship with the fighter.
"I've never had a bad conversation with Conor McGregor since he's been in the UFC," White explained adding that he's not worried he'll be able to find another star fighter. "It's part of sports. There will be others."
Most recently, McGregor has been implicated in an alleged sexual assault which reportedly took place in Ireland.


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A tourist in Liguria, Italy, recently said she found a valuable item she returned to Harrison Ford — a credit card belonging to the legendary actor.
It was not an ordinary credit card either. It was signed by the award-winning actor himself.
Juliette Caldi told The Daily Mail that she found the card while scouring the streets of Polzia.
The wallet was abandoned by Ford at a nearby hotel, and it was credit-card company BSI's that helped her to find its owner.
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"I could not resist it. Why not? It had an incredible story and I wanted to help. I could easily have kept it, but it was worth taking the chance. I really want to thank him," Caldi said.
Caldi decided to forward her find to BSI, which eventually contacted Ford's publicist and arranged a meeting between the star and the woman.
Just last week, Ford welcomed a new son and announced the divorce of his second wife, Calista Flockhart.
Ford wed his "Baywatch" co-star in 2000 but only lived together for seven years and have endured a rocky relationship ever since.
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One of the most beautiful Italian boroughs, this ancient Messapian town with its landscape of whitewashed houses and trulli, white washed, stone buildings with cool, shaded, cave-like interiors, amid hills covered with almond trees and with fortified masserie (large farmhouses of the 17th century) here and there, is today mainly an agricultural center, surrounded by fertile fields of olive groves and vineyards, as well as a lively tourist destination.
The architecture is typical of the region with an old Centro Storico (Historical Centre) containing narrow streets and churches. The town also features several community squares, each of which are build on the edge of the hill allowing for some spectacular landscapes.


I have studied Bachelor degree in Biology, Master degree in Ecosystem Biology and PhD in Hydrobiology at Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. The topic of the thesis was "Assessment of the ecological potential in Czech reservoirs based on fish community". As a member of Department of Fish and Zooplankton Ecology I participated in many ichthyological survey in reservoirs, lakes and rivers in Austria, the Czech Republic, France and the Netherland. I was at work placement at IRSTEA (France) focused on fish community indicators on European scale. In the field of science I am studying fish ecology in reservoirs, mainly population dynamics of piscivorous fish and application of biological data to assessment of the ecological quality related to Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). I am author or co-author of more than 30 scientific papers published in Czech or IF journals, methodologies, books and other publications.
Cílem kurzu je podpořit praktickou připravenost posluchačů pro řešení hydrobiologické problematiky v terénu. Kromě rutinní schopnosti odběru vzorků a ovládání základních terénních měřících přístrojů by cvičení především mělo naučit všímat si v terénu indicií, signalizujících momentální stav vodního ekosystému, kriticky je hodnotit a syntetizovat informace do uceleného závěru.
The aim of this course is improve students practical skills for dealing with hydrobiological issues in the field. The course is based on commonly used sampling methods and measuring environmental data, but also looking around indices reflecting actual status of the water ecosystem, assess it and synthesise information into conclusions.
Cílem kurzu je demonstrovat hlavní zástupce živočišných a rostlinných organismů žijících u nás ve stojatých a tekoucích vodách. Seznámit se s metodami jejich sběru, zpracování a určování. Probrat biologii těchto organismů, tj. rozmnožování a ontogenezi, potravní biologii, dýchání, vylučování, nervová, smyslová a pohybová ústrojí. Dále bionomii jednotlivých druhů a jejich ekologické niky ve vodním ekosystému.
The aim of this course is to demonstarte the main representatives of animals and plants inhabiting lotic and lenitic freshwater ecosystems, to present methods of collecting, sampling, presevation and determination. To present the biology of organisms, i.e. their mode of reproduction, ontogenesis, feeding biology, respiration, excretion, sensory organs and locomotion. In individual species present their bionomy and their ecological niche in the ecosystem.
Baran R., Tušer M., Balk H., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Jůza T., Koliada I. , Muška M., Sajdlová Z., Vejřík L., Kubečka J. (2019) Quantification of Chaoborus and small fish by mobile upward-looking echosounding Journal of Limnology 78 : 60-70.
Blabolil P. (2019) Popularizace (hydro)biologie na jihu Čech [Popularization of (hydro)biology in South Bohemia] Vodní hospodářství 69 (3) : 13-16.
Jůza T., Draštík V., Čech M., Sajdlová Z., Anton - Pardo M., Blabolil P., Peterka J. (2019) The vertical distribution of maraena whitefish ( Coregonus maraena ) early juveniles in different times of day in a newly created oligotrophic lake Limnologica 76 (May) : 19-27.
Blabolil P., Čech M., Jůza T., Kočvara L., Matěna J., Říha M., Vejřík L., Peterka J. (2018) Condition and feeding behaviour of subadult burbot (Lota lota) in riverine and lacustrine environments Biologia 73 : 83-91.
Blabolil P., Duras J., Jůza T., Kočvara L., Matěna J., Muška M., Říha M., Vejřík L., Holubová M., Peterka J. (2018) Assessment of burbot Lota lota (L. 1758) population sustainability in central European reservoirs Journal of Fish Biology 92 : 1545–1559 .
Blabolil P., Frouzová J., Matěna J., Peterka J. (2018) Immersion mass marking of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) larvae in oxytetracycline hydrochloride and its detection using fluorescence microscopy Biologia 73 : 531-535.
Čtvrtlíková M., Kučerová A., Rychtecký P., Blabolil P., Borovec J. (2018) Hydrobotanický průzkum umělých jezer Medard, Most a MIlada [Aquatic macrophyte survey in artificial lakes Medard, Most and Milada] Zpravodaj Hnědé uhlí 2018 (4) : 16-24.
Fischer D., Muška M., Vlach P., Dort H., Ťuláková A., Blabolil P., Vašek M., Kočvara L. (2018) Ichtyofauna CHKO Brdy, zjištěné negativní faktory a návrhy managementu [Fish communities of the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, current threats and management suggestions] Bohemia centralis 34 : 231-278 .
Jůza T., Blabolil P., Čech M., Kubečka J., Mrkvička T., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Peterka J. (2018) Spatial distribution of four freshwater fish species in different types of artificial European water bodies Biologia 73 : 647-658 .
Lyach R., Blabolil P., Čech M. (2018) Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo feed on larger fish in late winter Bird Study 65 : 249 – 256.
Baran R., Jůza T., Tušer M., Balk H., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Jayasinghe A.D., Koliada I. , Mrkvička T., Muška M., Ricard D., Sajdlová Z., Vejřík L., Kubečka J. (2017) A novel upward-looking hydroacoustic method for improving pelagic fish surveys Scientific Reports 7 : 4823.


On Friday, the 19th of June in Ancona, during the event "L'impresa fa cultura", organized by the advanced cultural district of the Marche Region, the University of Studies of Macerata presented "The kitchen of wonders", an applied research realised in collaboration with Cucine Lube.
The aim of the conference is to renew the historical relation between design and manufacturing industries, while looking at the future, innovation and development, through the presentation of successful case studies and new production opportunities.
The project wants to configure a new domestic space suitable for accommodating children, while offering them an educational model for proper nutrition to favour a healthy sustainable lifestyle. The kitchen recovers its educational value and food is interpreted as a social space of relations between classes, regions, nations and cultures. Through the use of the kitchen experimental modules, children can interact with food, ordinary tools and unknown instruments, as well as play with simple machines using their five senses to learn the value of contact with the earth, the sequence of seasons, and the farmers' rituals.
Being a collective kitchen, "The kitchen of wonders" highlights the great attention paid by Lube Group to experimentation in order to create new relations between generations, traditions and consumption.
In the same days the investigation work "Kitchens of Wonders" was presented at Symbola's Soft Economy Festival as an example of research and culture developed by Made in Italy companies.


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Writing in the Guardian, David Wearing highlights the democratic deficit in UK foreign policy. 90% of the public opposed the war in Iraq, but Blair invaded. 61% opposed Israel's attack on Lebanon - but the UK government supported it. 63% oppose the UK's nuclear deterrent, but the government is renewing it. And this in a country with free elections and the right to protest, which is generally seen as a democracy.
Wearing identifies the core problem as the undue influence of wealth, which benefits greatly from the UK's "special relationship" with the US. That's part of the problem, but only part; a bigger problem is that foreign policy is traditionally seen as being about protecting the "national interest" - and both due to a legacy of absolute monarchy and the influence of foreign policy realists, that interest is seen as being independent of the will of the people, an idea which is simply anathema in a democracy. After all, if government policy isn't in some way reflective of our desires, then it has no mandate and is simply illegitimate.
New Zealand too suffers from this disease - our foreign policy is about making farmers rich and appeasing the American hegemon. MFAT fought tooth and nail against the nuclear ship ban, opposes international human rights treaties which might upset the US, and still opposes real action on climate change. But believe it or not, they've got better. Thanks to MMP, we have more control over the government, which in turn controls MFAT. And on core issues of foreign policy - the nuclear ban, or sending soldiers to die for American imperialism, governments know they will pay a heavy price at the ballot box. Our government can no longer do what it wants on the world stage, secure in the knowledge that we cannot effectively hold it to account.
Which points to one way forward for the UK. Yes, they need to rein in the power of lobbyists and eradicate those undemocratic attitudes amongst the foreign policy mandarins. But they also need electoral reform. Proportional representation will finally make the UK government accountable to its people. And that in turn will start to bring foreign policy under democratic control.
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The Pivot
Better Than Fast Food
How Wendy's 1980s turnaround changed the fast food business.
By Katy Waldman
Pedestrians walk past a Wendy's restaurant in 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images.
According to Wendy's mythology, the chain's founder, Dave Thomas, had a particular meal that he liked to order. He would get a single cheeseburger with pickles, onions, and mustard, a cup of chili, a side salad, and a small Frosty. Then he would wash it all down with a diet soda. The tastes of Jim Near, Wendy's president from 1986 to 1995, were more variable. "He liked the hamburgers," recalls Denny Lynch, senior vice president of communications at Wendy's and one of the few employees remaining at the company whom knew both men personally, "but I think he switched it around."
Near was a master of the switch-around. Thomas may have soaked up more media attention as the public face of Wendy's, but Near, his friend and colleague, proved at least as influential in reversing the company's faltering fortunes in the mid-'80s, one of the most successful turnarounds in American business history. Near grew up in the restaurant industry: As a teenager in Columbus, Ohio, in the early '50s, he worked as a short-order cook at the White Castle his father owned. He met Thomas when the Burger Boy Food-A-Rama store he bought at age 23 began to lure customers away from Thomas' nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
But years would pass before the two men's paths converged to produce fast food genius. In 1969, Thomas parted ways with KFC in order to launch his own franchise, which he named for his daughter, Melinda Lou. The young girl had struggled to pronounce Melinda as a toddler, so her family called her "Wenda." Thomas' new chain, Wendy's, prided itself on fresh, high-quality ingredients and sandwiches made to order. In a fast food landscape dominated by an assembly-line mentality and low-grade meats and greens, it blew past the competition. Meanwhile, Near became vice president of Burger Boy, then accepted an executive position at the food-and-beverage company Borden Inc. He worked at Borden for five years before defecting to his old rival. In 1974, Near purchased the first of 39 Wendy's stores he would franchise.
If McDonald's represented drive-through's hyperactive clown, Wendy's was its wholesome little sister. The chain defied convention by using fresh meat instead of frozen (despite a shorter shelf life and higher costs) and cooking its patties at less-than-blasting temperatures, to preserve the beef's natural juices. Wendy's popularity exploded in 1984 when it launched a wildly successful ad campaign, "Where's the Beef." WTB "was our grand-slam, homerun, bottom-of-the-ninth-in-the-World-Series," Lynch remembers.
The growth quickly undermined the company. Wendy's pulled in a record $76.2 million in sales in 1985 but got complacent from success. "In retrospect, we were reading our own news clippings maybe a little too much," says Lynch. Management started cutting corners. The chain rolled out a misguided breakfast menu that tested well in trials but ultimately failed to turn a profit: Its elaborate, made-to-order French toast and omelets didn't mesh with a fast food audience, many of whom wanted to eat on the go. The cumbersome breakfast effort marked a turning point in the Wendy's narrative. By December, 20 percent of the company's stores teetered on the edge of bankruptcy.
All businesses go through boom-and-bust cycles, and the management team at Wendy's could have hunkered down and waited for their fortunes to change. Instead, though, Thomas tapped his friend Jim Near to run the company as president.
Near brought immense restaurant experience to his new role: He'd worked grills and cash registers, opened and closed stores for the day, managed payrolls, and hired and trained employees. He was, in the words of Peter Romeo, author of Restaurant Reality Check, "a ketchup-in-his-veins type of guy."
Near fine-tuned and standardized the Wendy's operations. Floors were going to sparkle, and greeters would welcome customers at the entrance. Every meal would be prepared according to precise specifications that were carefully tested in control groups and uniform across franchises. Near also seemed to excel at placing the right people in the right jobs. For instance, a friendly, talkative type might go behind the register, while a quick-handed pro would be assigned to man the grills.
Near deepened his credibility with the store owners he managed. He took responsibility for two Wendy's in his neighborhood, visiting them every morning and every evening. He told employees they reported directly to him and that their new focus would be on the fundamentals of the business. Near liked to stalk through the dining areas of his stores examining people's trays. If customers were leaving fries, he'd go harass the fryers: Were they serving the potatoes too hot? Too cold? Not using enough shortening? And he would sit in his car in the parking lot, surveilling the activity at the drive-thru window.
Besides getting elbow-deep in his company's operations, Near also reworked the Wendy's menu. He pressed for a skinless chicken breast sandwich and an expanded salad bar. And he revolutionized Wendy's signature offering: the square burger. When you think about fast food hamburgers today, you probably imagine a small, two-ounce patty (or layers of them) tucked inside a bun. But in 1985, the only burger available to Wendy's patrons weighed 4 ounces—the equivalent of a McDonald's quarter pounder. Near believed he could nab more sales by introducing options for people with smaller appetites. So he launched a two-ounce burger initiative (one that, incidentally, also ended up catering to those with larger appetites, as it spawned double sandwiches). The bantam patties, which succeeded in driving up profits and expanding the chain's customer base, had another important result: a value menu. Selling a quarter-pound burger for 99 cents would have been crazy; selling a 2-ounce version for the same amount translated into business gold. In 1989, Wendy's was the first fast food restaurant to wholly embrace the cash-strapped young-adult market by offering a constellation of seven discounted items. That year saw a 25 percent increase in sales.
Near's third and perhaps most brilliant maneuver was to coax Dave Thomas out of semi-retirement and into the national spotlight. At Near's urging, Thomas became the face of a new Wendy's advertising campaign. Competing in the fast food ad space with clowns and kings, the founder appealed to potential customers with his blend of endearing squareness and folksy charm. "He's the Santa Claus of the system," Near said of Thomas in 1991. Explaining his rationale further, he added, "We got to thinking we're maybe the only major company in the business that has its own founder available. And [Dave is] just so good, and so genuine."
Thomas held Near in equally high esteem. As Rajan Chaudhry reports in a 1992 edition of Restaurants and Institutions, Thomas printed business cards in 1989 that read "Founder and Jim's Right Hand Man." The two men would take the mic at company conferences and playfully compete over who fried the better chicken breast. "When you're in the audience, watching senior executives needle each other, you think, 'Wow. These guys are joking and having fun,' " says Lynch. "It creates a culture where people enjoy their jobs." The newly upbeat atmosphere had real consequences for employees: Six years into Near's presidency, Wendy's turnover rate had dropped from 55 percent to 20 percent per year.
The favorable numbers kept pouring in. After a $4.9 million loss in 1986, Wendy's same-store sales began to rise—and continued to increase for 16 consecutive years. Consumer polls deemed Wendy's food, menu variety, and atmosphere the best in the quick-service burger industry. The chain even snagged the overall top rating from Restaurants and Institutions between 1988 and 1994, beating out Burger King, McDonald's, and six other competitors.
Near died suddenly of a heart attack in 1996, while attending the Olympic Games in Atlanta. Today, 16 years after his death, Wendy's is regaining its footing in the wake of the recession and some destabilizing ownership changes. It tails McDonald's, Subway, and Starbucks as the fourth most popular fast food business in the United States and boasts more than 6,500 stores worldwide, and more than 46,000 employees. Wendy's ranks third in consumer polls that ask about "the most familiar and best quality quick-service brands" in the country. (The top five in order, in case you're interested, are Subway, Dairy Queen, Wendy's, Five Guys, and Chick-fil-A.) "The feeling is beginning to come back," says Lynch. He says the new CEO, Emil Brolick, was hired by the Wendy's Dream Team—Thomas, Near, and Gordon Teter, who succeeded Near—in the early phases of the '80s turnaround.* If Smith learned anything from his predecessors, Wendy's may be in for another pivot.
*Correction, Oct. 12, 2012: This article originally misidentified the current CEO of Wendy's as Roland Smith. Smith retired from Wendy's in 2011.
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Fortinbras is the nephew of the king of Norway, and he provides a second foil to Hamlet in the play. Although we do not see Fortinbras until the final scene, we learn a great deal about him: like Hamlet, his father was once king and was murdered. Like Hamlet, Fortinbras is now under the rule of his uncle.
Unlike Hamlet, however, Fortinbras seems capable of channeling his desires for vengeance into fruitful action. Instead of becoming paralyzed by philosophical questions, Fortinbras raises an army and heads to Poland to begin reclaiming the lands lost in the battles that took his father's life. Ultimately, Fortinbras' revenge comes in being named king of Denmark on Hamlet's death.


Splunk software provides a command named streamstats that adds all the cumulative summary statistics to all search results in a streaming or a cumulative manner. This command calculates the statistics for each event when it is observed. As an example, the running total of a specific field can be calculated using this command without any hassles. The value will be calculated as the sum of the values for each processed event until the current event.
The streamstats command is very much similar in comparison with the eventstats command with the only difference being that it uses events before the current event to compute the aggregate statistics that are applied to each event. If there is a need for us to include the current even into the statistical calculations as well, then the expression current = true can be used (which is always the default condition).
The streamstats command is also similar in comparison with the stats command. In streamstats command, the calculation of the summary statistics is performed on all the search results unlike the case with stats command. The stats command will work on a group of results as a whole instead of all search results as such.
This is well described as a statistical aggregation function. We should be using the AS clause to place the result that has been obtained until this point into another new field with a name that you specify or mention. The function can also be applied to an evaluation of an expression (using the eval command), or to any number of field(s).
Let us now look at the theory we have just discussed in the section above in the form of examples and let us understand the nitty gritty details that we might have missed exploring earlier.
This example computes the average of a field with a specific condition but over the last 10 events as we have discussed earlier.
This example counts the occurrence of an event within a time window of the specified value. Assuming that the max_stream_window argument that is present in the limits.conf file (which defaults this to 10000 events), the following command will do what is supposed to be done.
This example calculates the hourly cumulative totals of category values. This is achieved by using the streamstats command to produce the hourly cumulative totals, let us check the example.
The timechart command which we have discussed earlier buckets the events into a span of 60minutes or 1hour and counts the total values of each category available. It also fills the NULL values so that there is nothing missing on this front. Then the actual data is passed to the streamstats command to calculate the accumulated total as per the example's intent.
In this article, we have tried to take a closer look at how to use the streamstats command and also have understood its functionality with few illustrative examples. We have also seen where this command can find its usage. If you are in need of any other details like the optional parameters to this command, please refer to the official Splunk documentation.


The firm that owns Zara, Inditex, has reported a massive 22% profit increase, which it puts largely down to rapid growth in sales in Eastern Europe and its online offering in China.
It's becoming a familiar story now. Western Europe is in the doldrums, and so is America, but untapped markets such as eastern Europe and China are yielding encouraging results for manufacturers and retailers. The latest is that Inditex's profits rose 22% to £2bn in 2012.
Analysts were expected slightly high results, meaning shares were down 3% this morning, but this is not necessarily a reflection of a slowdown. The company announced plans to open 440 new outlets in 2013, and the expansion of its online offering in China should continue to bolster the balance sheet.
The firm is already the world's largest clothing retailer, but it's getting bigger. In December last year it opened it's 6,000th store – in London – and it also got footholds in 64 new markets around the world in the final three months of 2012 alone.
It is a rare international success story for Spain, which does not have the largest roster of companies competing on the world stage. Still there is a lot of room for the growth to continue on its aggressive path: the firm has about 14% of the market in its home country (Spain), but less than 1% of the market in huge economies such as China and the US.
Meanwhile its competitors languish in stilted western economies. British fashion retailer French Connection revealed today pre-tax losses of £7.2m in 2012. Its core markets are the UK and Europe – no wonder it's having a hard time.


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perfect peace whose mind
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Photo Credit: Rosa G. Gonzales
1. Corpus Christi History by Murphy Givens
Corpus Christi Caller Times (August 9, 2000). Available on microfilm.
2. Obituary
PROF. J. D. MEREDITH
An Old-Time Instructor of Corpus Christi Passes Away.
Died, at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas, Wednesday morning, August 23, 1905 at 2 o'clock, J. D. MEREDITH, a native of Virginia, aged 75 years, 11 months and 28 days. Prof. Meredith's death was unexpected to most of his friends, though he had been in poor health for some time, the last week or two, very ill. Tuesday morning just before day Mr. Meredith called his wife to his bedside and said, "Mrs. Meredith, you ask me about every three days how I feel, if I feel I'm going to get well. I thought that was understood long ago between us, that we felt God by His Holy Spirit, directs our every step. I have never had a fear; I feel I am going to get well, but trust it all to God." Prof. Meredith came to Corpus Christi in 1877, establishing here the Corpus Christi Female College which he conducted up to the time of his death. During the 28 years he taught many of the children of this city and section, at one time having a most flourishing school. He made many friends in this section who are sorry now to hear of his death. He leaves besides his bereaved widow, one son, John Calvin Meredith, of San Antonio The funeral took place Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock, from the C. C. female College building, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Springall, of Ennis Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. D. B. South; interment in the old Bay View cemetery.
Source: Corpus Christi Weekly Caller, August 25, 1905, p. 5, col. 1
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission MR. MEREDITH DEAD
Rev. John Dabney Meredith died in this city on Wednesday morning, August 23, 1905, in the seventy-sixth year of his useful life. He was born in Buckingham County, Va., on September 18, 1829 and came to Texas when in the prime of life. For twenty-eight years Corpus Christi was his home and the memory of his busy days as a Christian educator will long be a proud heritage of the community. His life was a happy exemplification of the verity of that promise which was his favorite verse in the Bible. They will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee because he trusteth in Thee. He was a graduate of Hampden Sidney college, where he became tutor of Greek and mathematics, and also obtained his A. M. degree in the University of Virginia. He graduated from the Theological college at Danville, and preached the Gospel at various places. He afterwards secured license to practice law in San Antonio. But his great work was as a teacher. In this field, assisted by the wife who now mourns his loss, he effected incalculable good upon his day and time.
Source: The Corpus Crony, August 12, 1905, p 4, c 1
Research by: Monsignor Michael A. Howell
Transcribed by: Kathryn H. Martin, member Coastal Bend Genealogical Society