However there are 2 scenarios, you could use BGDatabase in multi-threaded environment (for example, with Unity ECS).
Use data from BGDatabase and create Unity ECS entities. Merge changes back to database on save if needed.
If you need some of these Unity ECS entities to be persistent, (e.g. they needs to be saved/loaded), store them back to database the moment they needs to be persisted, e.g, when the game needs to be saved. Run saving/loading on main thread.
If you need to call database from multithreaded environment, use BGMainThreadRunner.RunOnMainThread(Action action). This will add action to the jobs list to be run on main thread. Make sure you call at sparingly, at some relatively rare condition, otherwise it can become a bottleneck.
Use multi-threading addon (MT addon). Multi-threading addon creates environment, which can be accessed from multiple threads safely, by coping chosen tables data into special data containers.
You can chose which tables you want to be accessible for multi-threading operations.
You can merge changes back to main database either manually or auto (on saving). Otherwise changes are not synchronized. Merging changes back is pretty expensive operation.
MT addon has it's own code generator and API very similar to single-threaded API.
There are 2 types of transactions: lightweight, lock-free readonly transactions and very heavy write transactions. If you need to update data very often, please, consider scenario # 1 instead.
Lists fields, Unity assets fields and fields, which reference Unity objects are not supported.
We tried our best to make multithreaded API very similar to single-threaded one. Also, we provide code generation for MT addon. Start working with multithreading environment by creating read-only or write transactions.
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I wanted to go over the supplement part of it. I went over a few things in the last video: make sure you are lean, you are reducing your sodium intake. Also, if you drink grape juice, its going to bring out sugar, that will bring out your veins a little more if you are trying to get really vascular at a certain point of time.
Another thing is the supplements. You are going to see these everywhere. These are Nitrix, BSN is a really popular brand, one of the most popular for this. What it does and what it says it does is gives you size, strength, vascularity, pumps and recovery. What you are going to notice from taking this is, I have used this before - You are going to notice a really good pump, your veins are going to pop out more than normal, You are going to feel really... You normally get a pump after working out. With this, it lasts much, much longer. You feel just a really good pump. And it really does motivate you to work out more and with getting vascular, you are going to see your veins come out more.
You want to get a controlled release, basically Nitrix has that, but its a volumizer. It dilates your blood vessels, You are going to feel bigger with it. So, look for a supplement that says timed release, because the stuff goes really, really fast. So, if you are taking it and you take a day off from it, you can almost feel from taking a day off. You want it to last throughout the day. You want to feel the pump throughout the day. You want timed-release.
This brand does work really well and I have tried on others that work well. Muscletech is a good one that is out. But it is expensive. Also, Pinnacle has a brand that is out that is not bad. Either, again, look at the amount you are getting. This depends on your weight, so on this one, if you are under 200 pounds, you take three tablets three times per day. If you are over 200 pounds, you take 4 tablets three times per day. So, you can see a bottle doesn't go very far. So, you can go through these pretty quick. I would not stay on them for more than two months at a time.
And you should see some gains from it, especially from feeling a lot better. You are probably going to go to the gym more. And you are going to look a lot better definitely when you are done working out longer. You are going to keep the pump longer and become more vascular so you can definitely notice the difference in that. These can get expensive, especially from the amount you are taking. So, make sure you are getting the timed-release capsules.
Also, there are powders out. NO-Xplode, which is also by BSN, take it before you work out. And there is Cell-Mass, which you take afterwards. And there are a lot of powders out there with this.
I recommend the pills. Just because its just concentrated. With the powder, you have to take a lot more and I don't think it works as well as the pills. So, try both to see what you like. I do take NO-Xplode sometimes before I work out and it does work, but I think the pills just have more dramatic effect for just holding on and becoming more vascular.
I have tried all these brands, but I prefer the pills over powders.


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Кориа́ндр посевно́й, или Кориа́ндр овощно́й, разг. Кинза́ () — однолетнее травянистое растение рода  семейства .

Кориандр используется как пряность в кулинарии и для придания приятного аромата в парфюмерии, косметике, мыловарении. Растение является хорошим медоносом.

Этимология

Название «кориандр» происходит от , заимствованного из , . В микенском греческом известна форма /ko-ri-ja-do-no/ [koriadno], идентичная мифологеме . Народная этимология производит слово от , что означает «клоп», поскольку в незрелом состоянии растение издаёт резкий запах клопа. Тем не менее, к концу сушки дециловый альдегид (его содержание составляет до 60—80 % в эфирном масле зелёных частей растения), который даёт этот запах, почти полностью выветривается и к моменту созревания плоды содержат лишь его остатки. Однако существует и омонимичное  со значением «зверобой».

Зелень кориандра часто называют «кинзо́й» из  (kindzi), этимологию которого, в свою очередь, связывают с  (gindz) «круглый». На Северном Кавказе в арго пчеловодов растение называется «коляндрой» (заимствование из новогреческого), в Белоруссии «каляндра» — это и зелень, и измельчённые плоды. Последнее восходит через  к метатезированным формам типа ср.-греч. , ,  и . Другие народные названия растения — кишнец посевной из  (gešniz); шлёндра, чилантро, хамем из  (hamem); кишниши, кашнич из . Арабское название кориандра —  (kuzbara), еврейское —  (gad), или  (kusbara) (последнее заимствование из арабского), корё-сарам— «상차 санча» — от китайского 香菜  (на хангукском и чосонском звучит как 고수 косу), др.-инд. dhāneyam, хинди, непали dhaniyā и тому подобные.

Некоторые растения из других родов и даже семейств обладают сходными вкусовыми качествами. По этой причине кулинары их тоже называют кориандрами, хотя они имеют другие ботанические названия. Например, так называемый мексиканский кориандр, или длинный кориандр — это , а вьетнамский кориандр — .

Происхождение и распространение
Возможная родина — Восточное Средиземноморье.

В Центральную и Западную Европу кориандр попал от римлян. В Великобритании он появился после римского завоевания (I век н. э.) и культивировался в течение долгого времени в юго-восточных графствах, где и до сих пор распространён как сорняк. В эпоху географических открытий (XV—XVII века) кориандр из Европы был завезён в Америку, Австралию и Новую Зеландию.

В России упоминание о кориандре как об огородном растении встречается в литературных источниках начиная с XVIII века. В 1784 году о нём писал русский агроном А. Т. Болотов. Старорусское название «кишнец» свидетельствует о том, что кориандр попал в Россию с Востока, по-видимому, из иранских или тюркских языков, где кориандр обозначается словами gešniz (фарси) и kişniş (турецкий).

Начало массовых посевов кориандра в России относят к 1830-м годам. Кориандр наравне с анисом впервые ввёл в культуру в России в 1830 году граф П. И. Апраксин, который вывез семена этих культур из Испании и раздал их крестьянам села Красного Воронежской губернии (ныне Белгородской области) для посева. Известно, что в 1860 году учёный управитель имений Апраксина Н. Д. Хлебощин писал: «Всегдашняя соседница аниса есть сорная трава коляндра» — и рекомендовал пропалывать анис от кориандра как можно чаще.

Широко культивируется в странах СНГ: на Украине, в Центрально-Чернозёмном районе и юго-восточных областях европейской части России, на Северном Кавказе. Овощеводы выращивают кориандр на широте Москвы и даже в центральных районах Якутии. Кориандр является одичавшим заносным растением в Крыму, Средней Азии, на Кавказе и юге европейской части России.

Ботаническое описание

Травянистое однолетнее растение с веретеновидным корнем.

Стебель у кориандра прямостоячий, голый, высотой до 40—70 см, разветвлённый в верхней части.

Прикорневые листья широколопастные, трёхраздельные крупно рассечённые, с широкими дольками и длинными черешками, по краю надрезанно-пильчатые; нижние стеблевые — короткочерешковые, дважды перисто-раздельные, средние и верхние — сидячие, влагалищные — перисто-рассечённые с линейными дольками.

Цветки мелкие, белые или розовые, расположены сложными зонтиками на концах цветоносов, образуя 3—5 лучей. Краевые цветки длиной 3—4 мм.

Формула цветка:

Плод — яйцевидно-шаровидный нераспадающийся вислоплодник, твёрдый с 10 извилистыми и 12 прямыми рёбрышками.

Цветёт в июне—июле, плоды созревают на юге в июле, в более северных районах — в августе—сентябре.

Растительное сырьё

Химический состав
Плоды в зависимости от сорта и происхождения содержат 0,2—1,6 % эфирного масла, 16—28 % жирного масла, небольшое количество алкалоидов, пектин, крахмал, белковые вещества (11—17 %), стероидное соединение кориандрол, стерины, аскорбиновую кислоту, дубильные вещества, органические кислоты, сахара (фруктозу, глюкозу, сахарозу), рутин и другие полифенолы. В листьях содержатся аскорбиновая кислота (до 0,14 %), каротин (0,010 %), рутин (до 0,145 %). Неприятный запах неспелых плодов обусловлен альдегидом транс-трицеденолом-2.

Главные компоненты эфирного масла — линалоол (60—80 %) и гераниол (до 5 %), их содержание зависит от условий выращивания, сорта, стадии вегетации растения. Имеются данные о том, что при культивировании кориандра в Западной Сибири выход эфирного масла из зелёных плодов растений достигает 3,24 % (линалоола 36,6 %). По мере созревания плодов количество эфирного масла уменьшается, но увеличивается содержание линалоола.

Эфирное масло из зрелых плодов — бесцветная жидкость с очень резким кориандровым запахом и горьким вкусом, при сильном разведении или в микродозах приобретающая приятный и нежный запах и вкус.

Вторым технически ценным продуктом, получаемым из плодов кориандра, является жирное масло. Плоды кориандра содержат 18—20 % жирного масла, состоящего из олеиновой (28,5 %), изоолеиновой (52 %), линолевой (13,9 %), пальмитиновой (3,5 %), стеариновой (1,5 %) и миристиновой (0,6 %) жирных кислот.

Фармакологические свойства
Препараты из плодов кориандра используются как возбуждающее аппетит, улучшающее пищеварение, желчегонное средство при заболеваниях печени и жёлчного пузыря, при метеоризме, как отхаркивающее, противогеморройное, ранозаживляющее, как улучшающее запах и вкус лекарств. Плоды кориандра входят наряду с цветками бессмертника, листьями трилистника и мяты в состав желчегонного чая, а также слабительного и противогеморройного сборов.

Значение и применение

Для медицинских целей и для кулинарии широко использовалось в Древнем Египте и имело большое ритуальное значение в погребальных обрядах и жертвоприношениях, о чём свидетельствуют изображения, находимые археологами. Применялось в медицине Древнего Египта. В Китае известно с IV века.

Из плодов получают эфирное масло, которое используют для синтеза линалилацетата, цитраля и других душистых веществ, применяемых в парфюмерии и косметике для придания парфюмерным изделиям запаха ландыша, фиалки, розы, бергамота, лилии, лимона и других. Эфирное масло используют в технике, мыловарении и в текстильной промышленности. После отгонки эфирного масла экстрагируют жирное масло, применяемое в мыловаренной промышленности и производстве олеиновой кислоты.

Кориандр — ценное противоцинготное средство. Отходы кориандра в виде шрота, получаемого после отгонки эфирного масла из плодов и отделения жирного масла, являются ценным кормовым продуктом для скота, свиней, кроликов и птицы.

Применение в медицине

В качестве лекарственного сырья используют плод кориандра (), он входит в состав желчегонного и желудочного сборов.

Имеется рекомендация об использовании плодов кориандра как антисептического и болеутоляющего средства при гастритах, язвенной болезни желудка и двенадцатиперстной кишки. Линалоол, выделенный из эфирного масла, входит в состав антибактериальных капель, используемых при катарах верхних дыхательных путей, антибактериальных конфет. Эфирное масло кориандра является исходным сырьём для синтеза альдегида цитраля, применяемого в глазной практике при кератитах, конъюнктивитах, глаукоме, а также для лечения трещин сосков молочных желёз у кормящих матерей.

В народной медицине плоды кориандра применяли при заболеваниях желудочно-кишечного тракта и как противоглистное, их настой использовали для улучшения аппетита, как болеутоляющее, противопростудное средство. Плоды кориандра в порошке или настое применяли как ветрогонное.

Применение в кулинарии
Семена кориандра находят широкое применение как пряность для ароматизации и витаминизации колбас, сыра, мясных и рыбных консервов, маринадов (прежде всего, для мяса, а также солений и ликёров), добавляются при выпечке бородинского хлеба, кондитерских и кулинарных изделий, а также при изготовлении некоторых сортов пива и ликёров (в Германии). Плоды можно использовать при солении мяса, особенно свинины.

В пищу также употребляют листья молодых растений кориандра столовых сортов в фазах розетки и начала стрелкования (в России и странах бывшего СССР листья кориандра более известны как кинза). Листья имеют сильный пряный запах (чем отличаются, к примеру, от петрушки), их используют в салатах, а также как приправу к супам и мясным блюдам. В отличие от зёрен кориандра, имеющих крайне широкое распространение в кухнях мира, кинза особенно популярна в кавказской, а также в паназиатской кухне, особенно китайской (одно из её названий — китайская петрушка). Широко используется также и в мексиканской кухне.

Значение в пчеловодстве
Ценный ранний медонос. Взяток мёда с озимых посевов кориандра цветение которых обычно приходит в период хороших осадков и совпадает с устойчивой тёплой погодой составляет 700—1200 г в день на пчелиную семью. Например, в 1957 году в некоторых колхозах Ставропольского края и Северной Осетии пчелиные семьи хорошо подготовились к медосбору подсолнечника за счёт раннего взятка с кориандра, в результате чего собрали мёда по 30—35 кг в среднем от семью пчёл. Медосбор на пасеках, не имевших раннего взятка, составил 10—12 кг в среднем на семью. Выделение нектара при жаркой погоде обильное, особенно в первую половину дня. Один цветок может дать 0,5 мг сахара. Нектаропродуктивность 1 га составляет 200—500 кг. В условиях горной зоны Кабардино-Балкарии продуктивность 120—200 кг/га. На юге Нечернозёмной зоны получена продуктивность мёда 310 кг/га.

Пыльники тычинок созревают раньше, чем рыльца плодника, поэтому кориандру необходимо перекрёстное опыление. Пчёлы — основные опылители кориандра. Имеет неприятный «клопиный запах», поэтому посещается множеством мух, которые также опыляют растение. При изоляции цветов кориандра от посещения пчелами завязываемость плодов не превышала 49,4 %, а при посещении пчёлами достигала 68,3 %. При слабой посещаемости пчёлами необходима дрессировка.

Экспериментальные посадки НИИ пчеловодства кориандра сорта Янтарь в условиях юга Нечерноземья показали, что максимальная продуктивность нектара и семян получается при норме высева 3 млн всхожих семян на гектар. Увеличение нормы высева приводит к снижению продуктивности мёда за счет уменьшения числа цветков на 1 м² и содержания нектара в одном цветке. Между высадкой семян 1 и 15 мая ощутимой разницы в продуктивности не обнаружено.

В результате пчелоопыления урожаи семян кориандра вместо обычных в среднем 7—9 ц/га составляют 16—27 ц/га. На 1 га посевов насчитывается до 1,5—1,8 млрд цветков. Для эффективного опыления необходимо размещать 2—3 пчелиные семьи на 1 га посева. Пыльца кориандра фиолетового цвета, мёд с резким привкусом, тёмного цвета. Специфический аромат мёду придают терпеноидные соединения. Кристаллизуется в течение 1—2 месяцев в крупнозернистую или салообразную массу.

Классификация

Таксономическое положение
Вид Кориандр посевной входит в род  семейства  порядка .

Сорта
Наиболее распространён сорт Янтарь (до 90 % всех площадей).

Получены новые сорта кориандра, характеризующиеся высокой эфиро- и жиромасличностью (23—29 %), а также высоким содержанием линалоола в масле (например, сорта Алексеевский 247, Луч). Имеются также сорта овощного направления.

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

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Медоносы

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Wine Down The Pants Trick On This Week's "Got Warrants?"
It's another instant classic this week from the Bangor Police Department and their weekly "Got Warrants" segment. Read 'em and weep. And try to use the phrase "trouser-aged earthy undertones" in your conversation this week.
A man walked into a local convenience store and placed a bottle of wine into his own personal mobile wine cellar (his pants). When employees, alert to the wine down the pants trick, yelled for him to stop- he retrieved the bottle from his pants, placed it back on the shelf, and sauntered out of the store.
The man left the store but was recognized from previously being warned by staff and cops to stay away from the store after numerous attempts of placing stolen items down his pants. He was later found walking in the neighborhood, but he had discarded his hat and shirt in order change his appearance. He still was wearing his pants and we appreciate it. He was taken to jail for violating his bail conditions and for criminal trespass.


Spark plugs on the FRS/BRZ/86 twins are a little bit of an adventure. I'll outline how, when, and why to change them. For what it's worth, the manufacturer recommends replacing these every 60,000 miles.
The car we changed plugs on was suffering severe drivability issues. Likely related to a bad ignition coil. However, it was well over 60k miles on the original plugs, so we replaced the spark plugs at the same time.
The FRS was having moments of extremely low power and breaking up at certain rpms, occasionally leaving the driver stranded for short periods of time.
The FA20D engine uses a unique plug, supplied by Denso. The particular size, material, heat range, and shape requirements mean the plug is uniquely designed for this application. So, choices are few, and expensive (think economy of scale for manufacturing costs).
If you didn't realize, the FA20 engine is a boxer design. That means the cylinder heads are horizontal - facing the sides of the car. In in the case of the FRS & BRZ, leave you just about .05mm of space to access the spark plugs between the engine and the frame of the car.
Toyota & Subaru maintenance guides suggest that lift the engine 4-5 inches to gain enough room to work. This involves removing and disconnecting quite a few parts and electrical connectors, so we thought we'd give it a shot without doing any of that.
It took us approximately 4 hours - However, it was the first time we'd changed plugs on a boxer engine and the car was still hot when we started. Both slowed us down. Having done it once now, I'm positive it would only take an hour or so.
We'll be messing with the injector computer and messing around near various electrical components. To keep yourself from accidentally shorting something or worse yet, shocking or burning yourself - disconnect the battery.
This isn't really necessary, but it's easy to remove and it'll make your life a littler easier.
They use 4 x 12mm nuts per bar, 2 on each end. If you have an aftermarket bar, I'd definitely remove that now so you don't have to work around it.
Remove driver's side hose bracket.
This bracket holds some hoses tight that'll get in your way a little. We need every millimeter, so 1 10mm bolt will remove the bracket. Just unclip the hoses from it and place it aside.
Remove metal fuel injector cover.
The cover is held on with 2 x 10mm bolts located at the front and back of the cover.
Remove bolt holding the ignition coil on.
Each coil has a single 10mm bolt holding it in place.
First disconnect the ignition coil connector. Just squeeze the clip and slide it off.
The coil just snaps onto the spark plug. You'll be able to wiggle and pull it out, horizontally out of the cylinder head. Note that the coil is longer then there is space, you'll need to flex the rubber shaft to be able to get them out.
Space is so limited, you'll have to do some tool juggling here.
First, slide the 14mm deep socket into the spark plug hole, centering it over the spark plug. Now, carefully slide the 3" extension in behind the socket and gently snap it into the socket. I say gently because you'll want to avoid damaging fragile ceramic of the spark plug.
At this point, the plug was still too deep to use my ratchet, so I added the 1.5" extension too.
Now rotate and align the tool till the socket engages the spark plug.
Now insert your ratchet and remove the spark plug (lefty-loosey).
Again, due to the limited space, you'll need to remove the 1.5" extension before the spark plug is all the way out. Using just the 3" extension.
Once it's fully unthreaded, remove your tools and fish the spark plug out by hand.
Again, there's 4 x 12mm nuts holding the strut bar on. It's only slightly in the way, but it's easy and there's some space to be gained by removing them.
The Injector ECU is in the way on the passenger side. It's just *2 x 10mm bolts. Remove the bolts and move the ecu out of the way.
The wires are long enough, you should be able to rotate it back toward the firewall and get it out of the way.
The injector cover on this side is just about the same, there's *2 x 10mm bolts holding it on.
You'll need about 1 ft the vacuum hose. Slide one end of the hose over the terminal of a new spark plug and insert it into the cylinder head. The hose will give you the reach and control to install the new spark plug without cross-threading the plug.
You should be able to spin the plug a few times before it tightens up too much to use the hose. If it tightens up right away, remove and try again.
Now use your 14mm deep socket and extensions to tighten the plugs all the way. The torque rating is 12.5 ft/lbs. You won't be able to use a torque wrench, so make sure you don't over do it.
Install the coil by flexing the shaft and sliding it in over the spark plug. It'll snap in lightly when fully seated. (You may want to test how this feels with a spare spark plug).
Re-connect the wire harness connector.
Install the 10 mm ignition coil bolt. Don't over-tighten, they're only 6 ft./lbs.
Install injector covers. There are 2 x 10mm bolts per side.
Install injector computer (passenger side).
Rotate the injector computer back in place and install the 10mm bolts.
Install hose bracket on the (driver's side, 1 x 10mm) and snap the hoses back into it.
Install strut braces. 4 x 12mm ea. 12 ft./lbs.


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Album of the Week: 'So' By Peter Grabriel
Jason Gross May 16, 2016
Turning 30 years old this week is the fifth studio album by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Peter Gabriel. Released on May 19, 1986, So quickly turned the original lead singer for Genesis into a mainstream music star. To date, over 5 million copies have been sold in the US and 900,000 more in his native UK. The album also featured his first #1 single and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1987 Grammy Awards.
Five singles were released from the album, the first "Sledgehammer" being the most successful. It became a #1 hit in both the US and Canada while also peaking in the Top 10 in seven other countries. The music video for "Sledgehammer" is the most-played video in MTV history and won a record nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987. The influential claymation, pixilation, and stop-motion animation in the video was created by Aardman Animations (Wallace and Gromit) and the Brothers Quay.
"Don't Give Up" featuring Kate Bush cracked the Top 10 in four countries including the UK while only making it to #72 in the US. "Big Time" charted the highest in the US at #8 and also featured a music video with stop-motion animation. "In Your Eyes" was a moderate success upon it's initial release, peaking at #26 on the US pop chart and #1 on the US mainstream rock chart. It was re-released in 1989 on the Say Anything... soundtrack, appearing in the film and also its trailer. Thanks to the iconic scene of Lloyd (John Cusack) serenading his girlfriend Diane (Ione Skye) with the track, the song would re-enter the Billboard pop chart and peak at #41. The final single "Red Rain" went to #3 on the US mainstream rock chart, but never became a popular single.
My memories of this album center around the "Sledgehammer" music video. I remember it being one that you always stopped everything to watch. It was like visual overload and you could always find something new in it each time you watched. "Sledgehammer" was also the reason why I bought 3rd Bass' Derelicts of Dialect album in 1991 and it's sample on "Pop Goes the Weasel." My music taste was split at that point in my life between rap and rock so it became the perfect storm. I couldn't tell you any other tracks on that 3rd Bass album, but I guess still has an impact on my memory.
Rediscover the So album this week via YouTube below. You can also join me by posting your favorite tracks or memories in the comments.
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Hot water immersion heater elements are usually rated at 3 or 6 Kilowatts (kW). Hot water cylinders/tanks come in many shapes, sizes and capacities, ranging from 40 to over 400+ litres in larger homes. Running a bath will use approximately 60 - 80 litres of water.
To estimate* how much a tank of hot water costs to heat simply enter your tank size in litres and the immersion heater element power rating (usually 3kW). If your heater is 6kW it will cost the same amount but take half the time.
*Based on heating mains water from 15° to 60° (recommended for hot water storage) using the UK Average rate of 17.78p/kWh (December 2018 tariff). Totals do not include keeping the tank at the required temperature between heating cycles and assume 100% efficiency. Per year costs are based on 2 heating cycles per day.
Should you leave your immersion heater on 24/7?
Heating water with electricity is expensive when compared to gas or even oil. Leaving your immersion heater on all the time can be a waste of energy. We would recommended having a timer fitted – making hot water available to suit your lifestyle. Having a correctly sized hot water tank for your needs could help reduce your bills.
What can affect the cost of electric water heating?
Check that your immersion heater is thermostatically controlled – this is very important – otherwise it will be overheating your water which will cost more. If your water is scalding hot, then it may not be working correctly. Having an insulated cylinder is important too, most modern hot water cylinders are pre-insulated. If yours isn't, consider buying an insulated jacket to keep the water warmer for longer, so you'll use less kilowatts (money!) to bring the water back up to the required temperature. Remember you need to heat the water in your immersion heater to above 50°C to kill off bacteria.
Can you get energy efficient immersion heaters?
Unfortunately not, electric immersion heaters will consume the same amount of electricity and produce the same amount of thermal heat, relative to power input.
Something that can affect their performance is limescale in hard-water areas. A lining of calcium carbonate (limescale) grows thicker over time on the heating elements of the immersion rod. If this becomes too thick, the heat generated by the heater element can't be transferred into the surrounding water. This trapped heat builds up in the immersion heater rod causing it to burn-out and ultimately fail.


Less a car than a 5th-grade science project on seed germination, the Peel Trident was designed and built on the Isle of Man in the 1960s for reasons as yet undetermined, kind of .
It's why I said back in 2002 that it could lead to an occupation not just of undetermined length or undetermined consequences, but of undetermined costs.
The risks of long-term exposure to those residues are still undetermined.
MOUNT LAUREL—A laptop and accessories, valued at an undetermined amount, were taken from a room at the Rodeway Inn sometime between 8:15 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on June 8, police said. There was no sign of forced entry to the room, police said.
For a time, it had the makings of a mountain mystery. Three deaths -- first an elderly couple then, weeks later, an 11-year-old boy -- in the same hotel room with the same immediate response from authorities: cause of death undetermined.
Obama says of Iraq that we are in "a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences."


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Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) is used in conjunction with SPF and DKIM to combat email spoofing. Spoofing occurs when a scammer uses your domain in the From field of an email to impersonate one of your users. DMARC uses a policy that is given by your email provider. This policy tells the receiving email host how to treat emails sent from your domain based on the criteria that you set. This mechanism also gives visibility into reports on what your domain is sending, and how receiving hosts are treating that mail.
Log into your domain control panel.
Select Sender Authentication (DKIM) and select the domain name to enable.
Copy the TXT Record Key and TXT Record value provided.
Navigate to the domain DNS.
Create a new TXT record using the values provided. Allow around 30 minutes/1 hour and then return to the DKIM page to Verify the TXT record.
Log into where the domain DNS is managed.


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Bella Italia - Leicester Square
All restaurants in City Of London » All restaurants in Chinatown » Italian restaurants in City Of London » Bella Italia - Leicester Square
22 Leicester Square, Central London, WC2H 7LE
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Family is key to the Italian way of life, which is why at Bella Italia they welcome everyone, young and old, to enjoy some fine Italian fare. Dining at Bella Italia is always a delicious experience, and in central London you'll find plenty of opportunities to kick back and tuck in. Whether you're seeing a show in the West End or soaking up the atmosphere of Covent Garden, Bella Italia will add plenty of flavour to your day. With a number of Bella restaurants close to all of London's famous sites, this laid-back Italian restaurant is ideal for a break from treading the tourist trail. Bella Italia's menu is fresh, fun, packed with quality ingredients and offers something for everyone. Try a calzone, like the pollo e spinaci with torn chicken breast, fresh spinach, Parmesan and mozzarella, or for something lighter look to the low-calorie section of the menu - these dishes have less than 600 calories and range from pizza and pasta to salad and seafood. Alternatively, keep things authentic by trying the agnello tagliatelle from the Abruzzo region - slow-cooked lamb and red wine ragu with fresh egg tagliatelle and Parmesan shavings. The menu also includes gluten-free pizza and pasta dishes. If opting for a romantic meal for two, the antipasto misto board is great for sharing, coupled with a chilled bottle of Prosecco. Italian restaurants wouldn't be Italian restaurants without a comprehensive list of top-notch wines, and Bella Italia is no exception. From a white grillo from Sicily to a full-flavoured Salice Salentino Riserva hailing from Puglia, there is something to satisfy the most discerning grape connoisseur. With a superb selection of beers and soft drinks too, there's no doubt Bella Italia offers greatvalue, great-quality Italian dining in the centre of London. Families fear not, as there's an impressive kids' menu at only £5.25 for a main course, dessert and drink. There's no need to worry about the little ones running riot - a complimentary activity book will keep them entertained while you tuck into dessert - the Cookie Dough Lava Cake is worth every calorie. Buon appetito.
Mon: 8am-12am
Tues: 8am-12am
Weds: 8am-12am
Thurs: 8am-12am
Fri: 8am-1am
Sat: 8am-1am
Sun: 8am-11.30pm
Bella Italia - Cranbourn Street (Leicester Square)
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Q: JPanel consuming entire JFrame I am creating a Java application which has a login screen. Right now I am designing the login screen. I use a Panel in a JFrame, which is positioned at BorderLayout.CENTER, and then set the layout of the Panel as GridLayout(3,1). Right now my application looks like this:

I want to design my JFrame like this:

Here the grey portion is the JFrame and the red portion is the Panel which has the login screen, TextField's and Button's. I don't want the TextField and Button's on the entire screen.
This is what I did right now
public class MailClient {

JFrame loginScreen;
JTextField emailid;
JPasswordField password;
JButton login;
Dimension loginScreenSize;
JPanel entireLogin;
BorderLayout mainLayout;

public static void main (String args[])
{
    MailClient obj = new MailClient();
    obj.build();
}
public void build()
{
    mainLayout = new BorderLayout(40, 40);

    loginScreenSize = new Dimension(300,300);

    loginScreen = new JFrame("MailClient");
    loginScreen.setSize(loginScreenSize);
    loginScreen.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    loginScreen.setResizable(false);
    loginScreen.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    loginScreen.setLayout(mainLayout);

    entireLogin = new JPanel();
    entireLogin.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));

    emailid = new JTextField();
    password = new JPasswordField();
    login = new JButton("LOGIN");

    entireLogin.add(emailid);
    entireLogin.add(password);
    entireLogin.add(login);

    loginScreen.add(entireLogin, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    loginScreen.setVisible(true);
}

}

A: Add an empty border of the thickness you find appropriate around the centered JPanel if you want it to have a border to the edge (if it resizes, for example).
myPanel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(int, int, int, int))

Set the maximum size for the centered JPanel if you want to prevent it from being made larger by the BorderLayout CENTER normal workings.
myPanel.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(x, y))

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Infantile spasms IS is a rare seizure disorder that occurs in young children, usually under one year of age.
Our biggest challenge has been the stress to our family. Several studies showed the high-dose ACTH may be superior to what was then used as the dosage for prednisone.
Sometimes babies are developing normally when they start having infantile spasms and the cause is unknown. A spinal tap lumbar puncture may be necessary since some disorders can be detected only in spinal fluid.
A young child having infantile spasms, on the other hand, may just have little head drops that do not appear to be anything serious. The spasms usually become more obvious as they did in this case. At SickKids the dose is lowered slowly over six weeks and then the treatment is stopped. The condition often improves once the drug is stopped. Your baby's blood needs to be tested every one to two weeks and the urine tested two times a week.
Generalized Convulsion: There are circumstances where ACTH may be the best medication to choose and other circumstances where vigabatrin would be best. Hold, rock, swing, give warm baths, play music, or do anything that seems to make your baby feel better.
Ask everyone who comes into your home to wash his or her hands. In another study cited by the researchers, 80 percent of 10-year-olds with diagnosed infantile spasms had some type of intellectual disability. Here is what to do if your baby throws up the medicine or if you forget a dose: ACTH is more likely to be effective at higher doses than lower doses. If medicines don't control the spasms, a special diet, such as the ketogenic diet , might help. These pictures help the doctors see if your baby's brain looks normal or not.
If a child has a symptomatic known cause for infantile spasms or the spasms do not stop with treatment, they are more likely to have learning problems and development problems that continue for the rest of their life.
What makes a carb good and what makes it bad? July 31, 2018 at 2: What are Infantile Spasms? Article Sources Coulter, DL et al. He explained to us that we should have hope in the treatment, and that we should take positive signs as they come, but he also warned us of becoming complacent. About 1,200 children in the US are diagnosed each year with IS. Give the next dose a little earlier and then return to giving the medicine at the usual times after that.
Family, friends and your religious community may help support you in different ways. This lamp uses a special light to show these changes.


Do you need a Licensed Building Practitioner for your renovation?
Do you need a Licensed Building Practitioner for your renovation? The laws have changed, let's find out what that means for you.
Service award two years running! We are so proud, but what does that mean for our clients?
HOUZZ SERVICE AWARD TWO YEARS RUNNING FOR ALPHA 1 BUILDERS!
Which Colour Trend Does 2019 Hold?
In 2018 we saw lots of moody options early in the year with emerald green, navy and black. Alongside blush pink and muted earthy tones. Moving into 2019 what can we expect?
How can my renovation give me a warm, dry and healthier home?
We talk through heating and ventilation solutions, the what, where, when & how.
Smart, functional & beautiful kitchen design.
If a 'dream kitchen' is part of your renovation or building project, check out this stunning feature kitchen from the houzz nz website. It really is just incredible..
With paint - White's white, right?
White colour trends this season. Yes, there really is a difference and Resene paints show us the ins and outs.
Best in Service award 2018!
Looking for outstanding Customer Experience? Look no further... See how we won our award for best in service from houzz nz.
The world of architectural design is incredibly varied as are the homes we choose to live in. So what do you need to look for?
What happens when it is hot enough to fry an egg on your deck or it's raining cats and dogs?


I Finally got around to messing around with Substance painter here are some renders.
end poly count is 6100, part of me wanted to shave off the back of the Eye/Eye Socket Geometry. Sadly I don't think it would get me to an Even 6k.


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SJPD say dramatic rescue of homeless man from fire highlights need for mental-health training
Silicon Valley attorney says FaceApp privacy agreement "could mean anything"
Rep. Speier on detention facilities: If it were a dog kennel, 'It would be shut down'
SMART train, the Sonoma Marin area Rapid Transit, is in a suicide crisis
Elizabeth Holmes appears in court, judge orders FDA to produce documents
Jury finds family of 8 died by murder-suicide in cliff crash
Courtesy: KATU News
By Janie Har, AP
Posted Apr 04 2019 03:17PM PDT
Updated Apr 05 2019 09:10AM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A special coroner's jury in California ruled the deaths of two women and their six adopted children was a murder-suicide after hearing testimony that one of the women had searched death by drowning online and the other deliberately stepped on the gas, sending their SUV plunging off a cliff.
Jurors deliberated for about an hour Thursday before returning the unanimous verdicts that Jennifer and Sarah Hart killed themselves on March 26, 2018, in Mendocino County. The jury decided the six children, 12 to 19, died at the hands of another and not by accident.
Authorities had indicated they believed the crash was deliberate but wanted a jury to make official findings.
A coroner's inquest is generally used in cases involving in-custody deaths or officer-involved shootings where public interest is high and the need for transparency critical, said Mendocino County sheriff's Capt. Gregory L. Van Patten.
The deaths drew national attention, partly because the women were alleged to have abused their children. The body of Devonte Hart, 15, who was black and had gained attention when he was photographed in tears while hugging a white police officer during a 2014 protest in Portland, Oregon, has not been recovered.
Jurors were instructed to choose from four manners of death for each of the eight people: natural causes, suicide, accident or an intentional act by another. They sat through nearly two full days of testimony.
"It is my belief that both Jennifer and Sarah succumbed to a lot of pressure," sheriff's Lt. Shannon Barney said Thursday. "Just a lot of stuff going on in their lives, to the point where they made this conscious decision to end their lives this way and take their children's lives."
The crash happened days after authorities in Washington state opened an investigation into allegations of neglect. The bodies of both women were found in the vehicle, which landed below a cliff located more than 160 miles (250 kilometers) north of San Francisco.
The Hart family had fled their Woodland, Washington, home March 23 after a visit from social workers that day.
Sarah Hart searched suicide, drowning, Benadryl dosages and overdose methods on the internet throughout the drive to California, California Highway Patrol investigator Jake Slates said. She also queried whether death by drowning would be painful. Authorities recovered the deleted searches from her phone.
"They both decided that this was going to be the end," Slates said. "That if they can't have their kids that nobody was going to have those kids."
The bodies of siblings Markis, Jeremiah and Abigail were found the same day near the car. Weeks later, the body of Ciera Hart was pulled from the Pacific Ocean. Hannah Hart was eventually identified through a DNA match.
Slates said that Jennifer Hart, who rarely drank, had a blood alcohol level over the legal limit and may have been "drinking to build up her courage." Sarah Hart had 42 doses of generic Benadryl in her system and the children also had high amounts of the sleep-inducing drug in their bodies, he said.
A neighbor of the Harts had filed a complaint with the state, saying the children were apparently being deprived of food as punishment. No one answered when social workers went to the family's home.
A witness who was camping by their vehicle says he heard their car rev up and peal out around 3 a.m. March 26.
Sarah Hart pleaded guilty in 2011 to a domestic assault charge in Minnesota over what she said was a spanking given to one of her children. Oregon child welfare officials also investigated the couple in 2013, but closed the case without taking any action.
Judge finds suspect in murder of Nia Wilson competent to stand trial
By Aja Seldon, KTVU, Henry Lee, KTVU, Jeff Shuttleworth
A judge on Wednesday reinstated criminal proceedings against the suspect charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Nia Wilson after reviewing a third doctor's report.
KTVU's Henry Lee says the doctor found John Lee Cowell, 28, mentally competent to stand trial despite his mental illness.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge James Cramer suspended the criminal proceedings against Cowell last Dec. 27, saying there was "substantial evidence" that he's mentally incompetent to stand trial.
The rescue was swift, with the first tweet alerting the public to avoid the area, going out at 3:38 p.m. The tweet of the rescue was sent by 3:44 p.m.
Civil grand jury: Some San Francisco neighborhoods more prone to fire damage in quake
By Daniel Montes
A civil grand jury report released Wednesday found that some San Francisco neighborhoods may be more vulnerable to fire damage in the event of a major earthquake.
Although the city's Fire Department has access to a seismically safe high-pressure Auxiliary Water Supply System, separate from the city's municipal water supply, that system doesn't reach all parts of the city.
Neighborhoods like the Outer Richmond, Outer Sunset, the Bayview and Hunters Point, among others, are particularly vulnerable, according to the report.


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Breakfast this morning was oatmeal. Perhaps I was hungry, but this oatmeal was truly the best oatmeal I have ever had. After breakfast we raised the anchor and began our long awaited journey to The Baths. The Baths, while undoubtedly beautiful, harbor a dark history. We followed a path through the rock formations and came to a cliff. After much hesitation we began jumping of the cliff into the waters below. We did this until it was time to go. Our next destination, Spanishtown, was also a highly anticipated activity. Before we raised our anchor we had our first Hibiclens showers and we felt super clean after showering. In Spanishtown we went to a restaurant. The food was great, but the restrooms were amazing! Afterwards we headed to an ice cream shop. Back on the boat we sailed to Mountain Point. We closed the day with an excellent dinner of chili. The highlight of the day was an encounter with dolphins swimming no more than 20 feet from our boat. The duties of our day were halted to watch a mother dolphin and her baby explore and frolic around us. P.s. at the start of the voyage the ship felt small and cramped, but now that we have grown so close, the ship has never felt larger.


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Speaking of Cox
I picked up a Toronto Star sports section that had been abandoned on the subway this morning. I probably should have stuck to my book.
I'm going to tread into CoxBloc territory here and I don't even know where to start. Cox assembles a rambling collection of "thoughts" on the Rangers-Leafs pre-game festivities; McCabe's gaffe; Tlusty's photos and comes to the strange conclusion that the Leafs have sold their soul.
Where to begin? Let's start with the pre-game shenanigans, in the print edition Cox writes:
Were [Stafford] Smythe around yesterday, the collective misbehaviour of today's Leaf millionaires would undoubtedly have made him throw up.
For starters, you had the team and one of the veterans it counts upon for mature leadership, Darcy Tucker, rapped on the knuckles and fined by the NHL for participating in a truly adolescent scene last Saturday night in the pre-game warm-up with the Rangers.
So in the print world of Mr. Cox, one would conclude that the skirmish must be a pretty big deal. It's the first page lead (or lede for your print-junkies) it includes an exhumation of poor Stafford Smythe, and it produces the usual smug indignation from Cox.
But over in the electronic world of the Star it's a bit of a different story.
In his on-line "blog" (which is just another 500 word column that the Star insists on calling a blog even thought it has all the intimacy and two-way communication of K-Fed and Britney's marriage with about half the intellect) Cox writes of the skirmish:
Everybody's up in arms about Sean Avery after Saturday night's Rangers-Leafs game, and to be sure this is a juicy story. But outrage? I don't think so. Peel away all the rhetoric and here's what you have: two guys pushed and shoved during the pre-game warm-up, said nasty things to each other and then fought during the first period. Big Deal.
I'd just like to know which one it is - blog=no big deal or front-page=lead item and big deal?
Flipping back to the print story, Cox concludes the Avery-Tucker skirmish with this odd thought:
Try as they might to make it all Sean Avery's fault, the Leafs were, essentially, found equally culpable in the idiotic episode.
The Rangers were fined $25,000 and the Leafs $10,000. Avery was fined $2,500 and Tucker was fined $1,000. The League said, "The unprofessional conduct of Avery in initiating this altercation...is the basis for this discipline....Tucker also bears some responsibility for his inappropriate response. "
So, the Rangers fines are 2.5x those of the Leafs. The League found that Avery was the initiator while Tucker only bears "some responsibility" and Cox concludes that the Leafs are "equally" culpable.
That's the strangest definition of "equal" I've ever encountered.
Next up: the McCabe give-away.
It was a bad pass. A horrific pass. A stupid play. Next...
Oh good, more moral indignation from Cox - just what we all needed - and this time it's poor Jiri Tlusty in the cross-hairs.
For those of you living under a rock, the kid took some naked photos of himself and emailed them to a woman, who promptly posted them all over the web. The fact that the Toronto media are only picking up on this today (it's the front page of the Toronto Sun) tells me these guys need to trade in their dial-up modems and check out this thing called the world-wide-web. Deadspin broke the Tlusty story on November 8 and it's been on Leaf discussion boards for days. That's a long time in this world of 24 hour news cycles and breaking stories, yet Cox only brings his faux-moral indignation to the table today, he writes:
...if this was a team of pride and tradition, Tlusty wouldn't have been in the lineup last night and Leaf ownership wouldn't have been hiding behind a press release.
The youngster would be back in the minors, having disgraced what was once a Canadian institution – a team that once had a member of Parliament in its lineup – with his amateur porn shots. Ownership, meanwhile, would be vowing to make certain such foolishness never reoccurred.
Really? A teenager sends a naked photo and he's disgraced a Canadian institution? For posing naked he should be sent to the minors? Is once having a member of Parliament in its lineup really the best indicator of quality? Has Cox ever watched question period? What's a bigger disgrace to the Leaf brand - a teenage prospect posing naked for a cell-phone photo or a paedophile ring being run out of Maple Leaf Gardens? Hmm...so many questions.
Sure Tlutsy was rather misguided in sending those photos, but to call for his demotion in order to protect the Leaf brand - a brand that is somewhat sullied after 40 years of losing, managerial incompetence, criminal behaviour and other assorted f*ck ups is a bit rich.
That said, I do look forward to future columns from Cox calling for the suspension of Garth Snow for encouraging hot (well, hottish) girl on girl action. Keeping Robbie Schremp buried in the AHL for his frightening photos in a bad thong. Shutting down the NBA for the way players interact with fans (some of those guys are married!). The elimination of NFL franchises in Cincinnati and Minnesota (surely Cox would call for Fred Smoot to be sent out to sea, alone on an ice floe) and the future of Isiah Thomas outside of sports, perhaps as a squeegee kid.
Look, I'm not saying that athletes shouldn't be held to the same standards as the rest of us. I'm not saying that Tlusty didn't make a mistake and I'm not saying there isn't a place for some sort of moral decency.
But I'm sick of Cox being all incensensed and sanctimonious over what are essentially mistakes. A teenager posed naked; McCabe blew a pass; Tucker and Avery had a little spat - is this really the right fodder for the front page of a sports section? Can one really tie these things together and conclude that a franchise has lost it's soul? Is this really the best that Cox can do?
As an aside, didn't the Leafs sell their soul back in the 70s? I'm pretty sure you can only sell your soul once. It's just like the "city losing it's innocence" trope that lazy media types love to trot out - once that innocence is gone, just like one's soul - there's no getting it back.
As for Cox, if this is the best he can do and he honestly believes that last night was some sort of tipping point or threshold for the Leafs, it's time he heeded his own advice to McCabe and considers a move to a new market to ply his trade.
Labels: Damien Cox, MLSE, MSM, Tlutsy, Tucker
James 12:25 pm
Great write-up. As a Leafs fan in Lotus Land (Vancouver) my options are limited for print-media "quality" sports columnists who regularly write on the Leafs. I started reading Cox's stuff on thestar.com a few years back, and I really am getting sick of his constant contrarian, anti-leaf views. Sure, they haven't done much in the past 40 years to warrant much love, but neither have the Canucks and they get much sloppy love from the sports columnists writing for the rags here.
I'm dying for some level-headed, intelligent, thoughtful columns on the leafs from someone who has an inside track and doesn't just bash on the leafs to pay the bills so he can follow his true love of tennis.
Sorry about the rambling, but geez, what a douchenozzle. Hadn't heard the Tlusty stuff out here, I feel for the kid! Dumb move but hey, I did a lot of stupid crap when I was his age and I didnt have a whole city following my every move.. Hope he deals with it ok.
MF37 - I read that article and was just waiting for someone to tear it apart because sadly I can't do it anymore. I literally feel burnt out reading the tripe that Simmons and Cox write.
The kid was trying to hook up with some chick and sent her some pictures to entice her. Big deal would have been appropriate about that incident than the Avery-Tucker spat. Men who are much older than 18 do much worse things to pick up women.
Highlight of watching The Score last night? Strachan saying that Simmons is an idiot that says idiotic things (paraphrased) after he wrote that Larionov shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame. Al was right but the irony meter was off the charts.
Pseudonym 4:02 pm
Hey, I've noticed that the Toronto Star has become vehemently anti-Maple Leaf. I used to think they just hated Pat Quinn but with Quinn gone it has only picked up. My read is that the Star is expressing fan discontent and directing it at management. Afterall 41 years is a long time to milk fans and show nothing for it. So is Cox going overboard - you bet. Do the Leafs deserve such treatment - absolutely.
Bring on the next saviour - Glen Healy?
MF37 5:48 pm
Pseudonym - I'd agree with you if Cox was taking shots at Peddie, Ferguson and the MLSE board with the same regularity that he goes after the players.
He's calling out McCabe so much that you'd think #24 is the one responsible for Cox wearing those horrid mustard coloured dress shirts on TV.
Tlusty is just a kid who made a mistake. I think Shoalts and Wharnsby had the right take and Cox really needs a holiday, some perspective or a new beat...how long until Tennis season?
Pseudonym 11:15 am
By the way mf, I always enjoy reading your blog. Your comments are thoughtful and intelligent.
And I am not a fan of Cox. He's one of those trashy journalists that intentionally goes over the line cuase it sells papers. I also usually don't have too much empathy for high paid athletes though poor Jiri had no clue how foolish he was last year. Not too many players run away from Toronto because of the attention they get here. And you're going to get positive and negative attention. Those who choose to play here appreciate that hockey matters here. It doesn't in Phoenix. So Bryan McCabe with the biggest contract on the team (and not close to their best player) is going to get both positive and negative attention. He's a big boy and understood the Toronto market when he asked for a no movement clause in his contract. If he doesn't like it he can always waive his no movement clause. I would bet that doesn't happen.
Snowman 12:23 pm
the leafs suck. but you already knew that didn't you!
http://the-leafs-suck.blogspot.com/
Snowman is the epitome of the anti-Leafs fan that makes up such a large percentage of other team's fanbases.
Too bad they just can't be fans of their own team.
Don't like it, don't read it! Since when does a journalist have to write a column that fits your point of view? You might try the National Inquirer...
Anonymous - No reporter, columnist, author, blogger, anonymous internet commenter or writer of any sort is under any obligation to file anything approaching my point of view. How boring would that be?
But to only read and comment on things one agrees with? That's a really limiting approach to life. I mean just for starters, such an approach would deprive the six or so people who comprise my readership from being exposed to such uplifting and enriching comments like the one you left here.
Greener 3:19 am
Great article, MF. Thoughtful and objective. Exactly what the usual Leaf-based Toronto media doesn't subscribe to.
There is such a lust for Leafs copy in Toronto that the easiest (read: laziest) thing you can do as a journalist is to write lowest common denominator pieces like Cox's. It's an ugly brand of cynicism, designed only to give the blood thirsty what they have been trained to think they deserve; a lackluster hockey team.
As for the Tucker/Avery thing, I guess Cox is the type to peak out of his window if someone is yelling in the street, and then quickly draw the blinds shut. What kind of team would we have if we didn't have guys like Darcy, ready to kick Avery's head in for ANY perceived infraction against a teammate. What would Cox have said if Avery had been allowed to throw his little-guy shit around, and nobody stepped up? We all know what the answer to that is.
mimo70 4:25 pm
Yes, Cox's outrage at the Jiri Tlusty incident was just plain ridiculous. Who knew Cox was such a prude.
Cox is justified in criticizing JFJ and Leaf upper management, but he seems too eager to bash the blue and white and their fans(me included) on a weekly basis. The Tlusty incident was just another club for Cox to use in his non-stop bashing.


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Once you have assembled your ideas, work with your builder, architect or designer on you plan, its effect on other parts of the home, and your ideal materials. Try to get these decisions made early and stick to them. People who change their minds halfway through a project often face delays and extra costs.
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Unless you're one of the lucky few, a lot of us carry our teenage skin with us well into our twenties, and being a student certainly doesn't help. After going overboard on your last night out (or several), stressing out about getting those last minute deadlines met, or not changing our bed sheets last term (where's Mum when you need her?), our skin suffers.
Mix together an equal amount of Yogurt and Honey - 1tbsp is enough for one facemask. Pop in a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon and blend together. Leave the mask on for 5-10 minutes before rinsing off. If you make enough you could store in it a labelled jar in the fridge for those emergency skin repair days (but don't store it for too long!). This mask will exfoliate and brighten the complexion whilst the spices plump your skin and boost your circulation.
Mix together two cups of brown sugar and one cup of granulated sugar until it's clump free. Add about a cup (depending on how thick or runny you want the scrub to be) of your favourite oil - almond or coconut works well - along with one tablespoon of vanilla extract. Mix it all together until it's smooth and scrub away! This gorgeous scrub will remove dead skins cells, exfoliating your skin to leave you baby smooth.
This one is super easy and so effective! Chop up and crush some fresh mint leaves and just pop these mashed leaves on those dreaded dark under-eye circles. After 20 minutes, rinse off and say goodbye to those bad boys.
All you need to do is blend or mash together some chopped up cucumber and tomato into a pulp. Apply the pulp to your scarred areas and leave for 5-10 minutes before rinsing off. Tomato is a natural bleach and cucumber is packed with antioxidants, so together they work wonders on scarred skin as well as making your skin glow.
Separate the white and yolk from an egg. Using just the white, whisk or beat until the whites are stiff. Use a brush to apply the egg whites to puffy eyes and leave for 15 minutes before rinsing. Try adding a little witch hazel into the mixture to reduce the puffiness even more.
All five of these natural remedies offer your skin far more antioxidants, vitamins and minerals as high street and high end products and have none of the chemicals! But, the best bit about it all is how cheap and versatile all of these ingredients are. Why not make a Veggie Scar Remover whilst making your salad for your lunch or a Mint Eye Saviour whilst making some mint tea… Double Whammy!
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Broken Glass Purple wood print by Susan Stevenson. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and added depth of a wood print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 3/4" thick maple wood. There are D-clips on the back of the print for mounting it to your wall using mounting hooks and nails (included).
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Neutral non-colouring henna (Cassia obovata – a material cosmetics are made of) is used for hair regeneration and shade dillution.
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Pour Cassia by water at 60°C. Apply immediately after cooling or leave to stand for the night.
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MAK Magic Blog: Cards at Work!
The staff at MAK sat down with Cards at Work and could not believe the amount of great card magic and entertainment presented here. There are literally, dozens of effects that are amazing and easy to do. Duh, they're self-working card tricks! Okay, they may be self-working and that might seem lame to some of you, but they are never the less, baffling and will keep a group of spectators glued to your every move. TV personality, actor and magician, Dave McCeary has a presentation style that is easy going and a tad on the crazy side. You will find yourself laughing and learning at the same time as he performs TV Dice, Hands Off, Count Down and even a version of Scarne's Drunken Poker Deal. This is a must have for anyone new to card tricks and even for those card pros who could use a couple of self-working effects to add to a well rounded card routine at the tables or strolling.
The magic staff at MAK all give this one three thumbs up. Three, there are three of us here hence three thumbs.


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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords will offer a revamped recruitment system | We are Xbox
Although many will have missed Taleworlds Entertainment's first proposal, Mount & Blade: Warband, which is currently available for Xbox One, many others are very aware of what this studio can offer in its second installment. The development of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords It is being hard, but in this last year, since last E3, the important improvements that will be implemented in this title have been discovered. Having approached some of the factions that will make up a war scenario of medieval conquest, those who have enjoyed the first game will undoubtedly remember the recruitment options that allow the player to create his own army.
It is this recruitment tool that is the star of the new press release posted on Steam by those responsible for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords. Back in Calradia, users will have to embody a new character who will aspire to be the owner and lord of the entire territory. From there, how to progress in this experience that exposes absolute freedom, offers the possibility of recruiting different units to face the inevitable battles.
This is the renewed lighting engine of Mount & Blade II
"The ability to build your own army is one of the core gameplay systems of the Mount & Blade franchise. Going from town to town recruiting troops is a key aspect of the emerging narrative for players, who will have to establish relationships with the different settlements in order to access a large number of recruits.they comment from the blog, where they assure that, despite the fact that the base works the same "We've been working to improve the system and make it feel more natural and fun for players."
In this way the figure of the remarkable, which are specific NPCs with which, as they say, they have managed to expand the game mechanics to offer greater control in recruitment. "Instead of building relationships with a settlement, players will have to build relationships with notables in the game, which can be found in both cities and towns"postulates the statement, assuming that the relationship with these notables can confer important advantages. "Increasing your relationship with notables in the game will give you access to higher level units; each notable will have their own preferred troops, so there will be some that will offer you many types of infantry and others that will offer you archers. This allows players to create direct relationships with specific notables who will bring them troops according to the player's preferred composition for their armies."
In addition, it seems that this recruitment system will not only be a tool for users. AI-led warlords themselves will also employ this same system. This will allow you to avoid some conflicts that slightly affected the experience of its first installment, where these gentlemen seemed to magically create troops. Of course, the number of recruits will be finite and players will be in competition for free recruits with the feudal lords of Calradia. This will not eliminate the option of being able to recruit new soldiers from prisoners or the existence of mercenaries, who will continue to be an essential part of the progress of your army.
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Now it's time to wait, we suppose to the next E3, so that Taleworlds Entertainment can solve some questions of great interest about Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords. For example, many hope that the developer can resolve once and for all the long-awaited release date of this game. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords confirmed its arrival on Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC, but given its independent character, this development seems never to end. Hopefully E3 in Los Angeles starting next week can resolve this issue and we'll have a more or less definitive release date.
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Q: getting a HttpServletRequest response address Im using an ajax script to send a request to a servlet which in turn sends a request to a database and then when the database returns some data to the servlet, the servlet returns the result back to the web page. The problem is, this same script is used again on another page to do exactly the same thing except the output needs to be different.
My idea was to determine what page the request came from and format the response using this information.
Ive tried HttpServletRequest req.(almost everything the API allows) to try and get the required information but it doesn't appear to return what i need. I can get it to return the servlet address using request.getRequestURL but I need the webpage this request originated from, not where it was sent.
Am I missing something obvious here ?

A: There is an HTTP Header called "Referer" that contains the information from which page the request was triggered. For AJAX requests, this header normally contains the URL of the page in which the AJAX request was triggered. You can get this header using request.getHeader("Referer"), so you could try if that is what you need.
But it's up to the client to send that header, so you cannot be sure that it will always be there. And this approach may also lead to maintainability issues, e.g. if you move you web page to a different URL. So it may be the better design to parameterize your JavaScript and you servlet, i.e. the client adds a parameter to the URL that tells the servlet from which context the request is coming from or what the expected output format is.


Everyone feels awkward at networking events. And I mean everyone. Even the guy who is talking up a storm with everyone has a moment of uncertainty when approaching a complete stranger. If you level the playing field with the people in the room, the more the nerves with subside. Intimidation is a real bummer especially to one's self-esteem. Don't let self-doubt or fear hinder your opportunity to meet someone worth meeting. During my networking events, I've met a variety of outstandingly interesting people. I've met music producers, app developers, travelers, shoe makers, engineers who believe they are going to save the world with their new discovery of renewable energy, and more. If you're intimidated by a person's job title, don't be. Remember that person came out for the same reason you did so introducing yourself isn't out of the ordinary. If they didn't want to talk to you, they shouldn't have come to that event in the first place.
Small talk, is well…small. However, don't be afraid to start there. Some are terrorized by the fear of the conversation awkwardly disseminating to those horrifying silences. What helps is easing into conversations with the small talk: company, profession, what exactly do they do, etc. Then from there, you can take the conversation into so many different directions! How, you may ask? Be curious! How did they get to where they are now? Was it something they've always wanted to do? Was that their passion? If not, what is? Do they like what they do? Why don't they like what they do? Do they have any other passion? What do they do outside of work? You'll be surprised how being curious about their life will get you into deep conversations sometimes. Treat the conversation as a casual, informal interview. You're digging deeper of what this person's story is. This is why journalists are natural conversationalists. They ask questions because they are naturally curious about the person. Now, you may not care what they do and might lose interest in the middle of their stories and that's fine. You can end the conversation right there with, "Thank you for sharing that, it was so nice meeting you. Can I get a card?". You can speed up the conclusion by telling them that you'll add them on LinkedIn or Facebook (new friends/ connections don't hurt even though they aren't relevant to you!). You never know, you might need that person later on down the road.
Just as you are looking for that one connection that will give you your big break, someone out there is looking for a person like you. Some are threatened by the fact that there are well established professionals who, they think, won't bother with the likes of them. On the contrary, businesses these days are looking for new, young, fresh-minded individuals who are willing to be coached and trained. On the other side of that thought, some might think they are too old to be interacting with such a innovative crowd. There might be some who are looking for the well-experienced. Everyone just has to remember that they have something to offer. If you don't have the knowledge, you have to show them (and to yourself) that you have the tenacity to get it. There is no age limit for someone to have determination and drive. Many have the talent and experience, but few have the hustle and grit. Don't think that you're the only person in the room that has to prove something. There will be others that will be curious about you and take an interest in what you do. If you remember that you're just as equal as the person you're talking to or wanting to talk to, they will naturally flock to you. Just try it. You are definitely someone worth meeting. People will believe it if you do.
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Exhibition: How barriers still divide Europe 30 years since fall of Berlin Wall
By Natalia Liubchenkova •et; last updated: 15/07/2019 - 13:06
Frankie Quinn
Three decades since Europe's most infamous wall came crashing down, barriers are still dividing people on the continent.
That's the claim of a new exhibition in France that explores man-made barriers in Europe today through the eyes of contemporary photographers, documentary makers and artists from 15 different countries.
The showcase opened this month as a part of the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival, which is celebrating its 50th year.
The exhibition comes in the year the world marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Euronews talked to the curator of the 'Walls of Power' exhibition, István Virágvőlgyi.
In his opinion, the European walls are driven by a will for power and control. He explored the motivations that stand behind the barriers' construction that divides us and built three sections of the exhibition accordingly.
There are walls of influence, walls of segregation and the walls of migration, he explains.
The walls of influence are the barriers between the sovereign powers. The walls of segregation are barriers within a society, and the walls of migration - instruments of admission procedures.
Sometimes they are only a couple of metres long or built dividing a village and their existence seems absurd and largely inexplicable.
Virágvőlgyi looks for the reasons behind them and shows us the most outstanding examples of human divisions: watch the video at the top of the page to learn more about them.
From the Peacelines I series, North Belfast, 1994. Courtesy of the artist.Frankie Quinn
READ MORE: Take another look at our 'European Sleepover' episode in Nicosia - the last divided capital city in the world
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SELECT LA: Spinoff Event
Industry: Energy, Environmental and Technology, Healthcare, Information and Communication Technology, MedTech
Los Angeles is home to the United States' largest county economy with an annual GDP of over $707 billion, and a gross metropolitan economy of over $1 trillion, making it the third largest in the world. With 88 fantastic cities and over 100 unincorporated areas within Los Angeles County, investment opportunities here are unrivaled throughout the nation. In fact, FDI Cities Magazine ranked Los Angeles 5th in the world for return on foreign investment.
The World Trade Center Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation are delighted to jointly host this spinoff event, presenting an array of opportunities to match international investors with local partners, such as table exhibits, one-on-one interactions, plenary panels and breakout sessions led by local and international executives.
SELECT GREATER RICHMOND, VIRGINIA FOR BIOTECH, MANUFACTURING, AND FINANCIAL SERVICES: Spinoff Event
Industry: Biotechnology, Equipment and Machinery, Financial Services/Financial Technology
The Greater Richmond Partnership invites you to visit Richmond, Virginia, April 27-28, immediately before the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit. Join us to learn how our diverse industry sectors – including advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, and fintech – create a business environment that provides opportunities for growth. Our two-day event will allow visiting executives to expand their knowledge of the region, meet with business leaders, and receive one-on-one consultations from experts.
SEMICONDUCTOR & EV/AV ECOSYSTEM EXPLORATION: Greater Phoenix Spinoff Mission
Industry: Information and Communication Technology
As one of the fastest-growing markets in the nation, Greater Phoenix has shown resilience through collaboration and innovation – developing a region strengthened by legacy and emerging industries and unapologetically positioning itself as a top global destination for semiconductor and electric/autonomous vehicle manufacturing.
In partnership with the U.S. Commercial Service and SelectUSA, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council invites semiconductor and electric/autonomous industry executives to learn about the opportunity Greater Phoenix presents to businesses across the globe looking to scale and expand operations in a leading U.S. market.
SELECT GREAT FALLS MONTANA FOR YOUR U.S. LOCATION: A SelectUSA Spinoff Event
Learn why Great Falls Montana should be your point of entry into the US market. Great Falls Montana cost of doing business is just 87% of the national average - an immediate saving of 13% to you! Great Falls Montana cost of living is just 92% of the national average so your team can enjoy a higher standard of living. Great Falls Montana has a very stable government in Montana with a track record of having some of the lowest taxes in the US. We also have less regulatory burdens. Great Falls Montana is on the CanMex corridor, an interstate that runs from Northern Canada all the way down to Mexico. We have East/West rail lines to ports and are an excellent choice for serving the wester US and Canada as well as Central US and Canada. Don't take our word for it, join us so you can hear from other executives why they are glad they selected Great Falls Montana!
INNOVATION MARYLAND: SelectUSA Spinoff Tour
Industry: Biotechnology, Information and Communication Technology
The Maryland Innovation Spinoff Tour will be a two-day event for companies in the innovation space, with a special focus on Biohealth and Information and Communication Technology companies. Day 1 will highlight the assets Maryland has to offer all international companies, with a seminar on available resources, tours of our first-in-the-world Global Gateway Soft Landing program partner incubators, and an intimate welcome reception designed to connect visiting companies directly with industry and government officials. Day 2 will include a series of meetings and visits with prominent companies and government institutions, promoting the wealth of assets that make Maryland a global leader in science and technology. The final agenda will be customized based on specific sectors and participant interests. Companies may also work with us directly to arrange one-on-one site visits in Maryland before and after the SelectUSA Summit.
GREATER SEATTLE, UNCOMMON THINKERS WELCOME: Spinoff Event
Industry: Aerospace and Defense, Information and Communication Technology
Greater Seattle is home to the two largest cloud computing companies in the world (Amazon + Microsoft), and the largest aerospace supply chain in the United States, due in large part to Boeing's more than 100-year history in the region. It is also committed to being 100% reliant on non-carbon emitting energy by 2045, which is fostering radically new ideas in energy production and storage technologies, grid management and alternative energy supplies. Join us in the "Emerald City" for the SelectUSA Seattle Spinoff where we will catalyze these unique strengths to focus on aerospace, maritime, and the intersection of IoT and sustainability across our key industries. If you are driven by new ideas, we hope you will join us.
2023 SELECTUSA INVESTMENT SUMMIT
National Harbor, MD
THE HIGHEST-PROFILE EVENT IN THE U.S. DEDICATED TO PROMOTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI)
The SelectUSA Investment Summit is the top event in the United States for FDI promotion, connecting investors, companies, economic development organizations (EDOs) and industry experts to seize every opportunity available to make investment deals happen through U.S. investment.
The 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit returns to National Harbor, Maryland from May 1-4, 2023 to establish new connections and opportunities to grow through investing in the U.S.
APPLY TO ATTEND THE SUMMIT
SOUTH CAROLINA AUTOMOTIVE EXPERIENCE: Spinoff Event
Join us for a two-day visit to the Palmetto State, which is home to Volvo, Mercedes Vans, Honda ATV, Michelin and BMW's North American headquarters. The schedule of events will include networking opportunities with local industry and business leaders, a full-day program on doing business in the U.S. and why South Carolina is an excellent location for automotive suppliers. Also included will be an exciting tour of BMW's largest manufacturing facility in the world. Guests will enjoy the Greenville experience and see why the city has been ranked as one of the top destinations to live, work and play in the U.S.
Registration Instructions: Interested participants must register for this Spinoff event by emailing laycock@sccommerce.com.
THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCE INDUSTRY: Spinoff Event
Industry: Biotechnology, FoodTech, MedTech
Hear about how life sciences have grown to an industry that creates more than $160billion in economic impact, employs more than 170,000 people while supporting more than 400,000 jobs in the region.
POWER-CA (PARTNERS FOR OCEAN, WIND AND ENERGY RENEWABLES IN CALIFORNIA): Spinoff Event
Experience Humboldt County, i.e., California's famous "lost coast", for this exciting event. Humboldt County was recently part of the first-ever federal auction to build massive wind farms off California's coastline. The auction — the first on the West Coast —netted bids exceeding $331 million US dollars for Humboldt, and included two wind development areas located 20 miles off Humboldt's shore. This event will focus on opportunities which are expected to culminate as a result of the nation's first commercial-scale floating wind turbine project off California's coast.
At this event, participants will hear from (and meet) industry experts, federal & state agencies, and local leaders to discuss opportunities related to offshore wind, aquaculture, and marine & environmental technology development. Participants will also be able to engage with the Humboldt's business community, and also local agencies, to learn about workforce and supply chain opportunities for these and other projects which are developing in Humboldt County. This event will be held event at the historic Scotia Lodge, a boutique hotel located at the northern entrance to Avenue of the Giants and Redwood State Park.
To learn more, and to see the full schedule of Spinoff Events before/after the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit, check out the Spinoff Event page on our Investment Summit website.


A lovely wool and piecing combination featuring lovely fall colors. Sweet little birds, flowers and flying geese make up this charming wall hanging.
Norma Whaley will teach her techniques for wool applique.
Kit is available for purchase. The kit includes all of the wool and fabrics for this wall hanging, plus the pattern. The flying geese are pre-cut. You just need to provide your favorite thread for the applique - DMC, Valdani etc. Cost for kit is $78 payable to the teacher.
Cost for kit is $78 payable to the teacher.
Kit is available for purchase. The kit includes all of the wool and fabrics for this wall hanging, plus the pattern. The flying geese are pre-cut.


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