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"Playful learning is part of young people's world"
Corine Spaans
Night of the Nerds
Nowadays the world of the youth is surrounded by technology, it's just there. They grow up in it, they intuitively learn to use a tablet or smartphone and apps are very normal. "That is what we focus on in our workshops: playfully learning how to deal with the latest developments", Maurice Schmitz says. He organizes Night of the Nerds and is involved from the very beginning. "Eight years ago, we accidentally discovered that young people feel great enthusiasm for deviant and surprising applications of technology and that is still the core of everything we organize."
"Young people think that's great. Just because it is their world and they move easily in it. It is all new and that makes them happy and curious. The best feedback we receive is that they usually cannot name what they specifically have seen or done and then say 'I want to do this when I am older'."
Night of the Nerds is an annual event during the Dutch Technology Week. Held in the Klokgebouw and intended for young people between 14 and 19 years old. In two of the three halls, there are 'experiences' and visitors can immerse themselves in the interface between technology, creativity and art, Schmitz says. The third hall is equipped with rows of tables with laptops on them, divided into 'thinking areas'. There are plenty of workshops which you can attend to and with seven of those workshops, it is wise to register in advance. "It will go on all day long, one after the other will sit behind those tables." With as little explanation as possible, you get to work.
"The funny thing is when you ask them what they did the last hour, they say they have made a cool music track but in fact they have been programming" Maurice Schmitz, Organizer Night of the Nerds
This year there are six workshops which are about programming. One is combined with music and another with art. "Because we do agree that programming is actually a kind of language that you have to master in order to be able to understand things in the future." Sitting behind the laptop, using headphones, learning how to copy a dance or hip-hop track. To do this, you drag and drop pieces of code into the screen. A code can be six digits and three capital letters, which sounds like a piece from 'Levels' by Avicii. But too slowly and by taking out a letter or number, the track will go faster. The sound can be made heavier, higher or lower according to your taste. "It is very intuitive and the funny thing is when you ask the participants what they did the last hour they all say that they have made a cool music track but in fact, they have been programming." With art, they do the same thing. Recognizable pieces from the visual arts, like Mondriaan, you build with codes.
Other workshops have to do with data. There is an observation workshop, 'Get into the skin of an algorithm'. You create a profile by putting characteristics of people who walk around during Night of the Nerds in a list. Like someone walking around with glasses is someone who sees badly, or you see someone wearing shoes which were in fashion three years ago, may have no money for new ones. "That is actually how an algorithm works and that profile you will test on reality. Is that what you think is true, really true. That is a real 'o yes' experience."
Throughout the year Schmitz is looking for interesting combinations for the Night of the Nerds. Every year he visits the final exam presentations of all Technical Universities, art academies and creative MBOs. He also works with companies from the creative industry which work with VR and augmented reality and data visualization. And with the tech companies like ASML and VDL. "We also give assignments to artists to do something with, for example, artificial intelligence. We tell them: 'This is the latest state of the art, just do something surprising with it.' That almost always delivers something that really excites young people."
"It's always about what is going on now or is about to come. We think it is important to be at the forefront of developments. By not making it heavy – it always has a kind of light-footedness – we present things in a funny and different way like in a game or workshop. That is what makes it fun. And the great thing is that the makers get immediate feedback: a young person simply says what he or she thinks or just walks by."
After the DTW they will evaluate the workshops: what went well, what did the students like, what did they use? They are thinking of offering the workshops, or a part of them, to secondary schools the next school year, through the new platform: CreativeTechAcademy.
Night of the Nerds can be visited at the Klokgebouw on 5 June from 12.00 – 21.00
Corine Spaans is a writer. She is particularly interested in the stories of the people behind the innovations and has a passion for sport (innovation).
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Senior Thesis Advising
Columbia College is able to provide a small research fund to students conducting approved research for their senior theses. The average amount awarded is no greater than $250 and, if special permission is given, will not exceed $500. All funds are provided on a reimbursement basis. The process for students to receive this reimbursement is as follows:
Each student should download the Columbia College Senior Thesis Funding Application Form, complete Section 1 and submit it to their faculty adviser.
The faculty adviser confirms that the research plan and anticipated expenses are in alignment with the department and the student's course of study, before submitting the form to the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
The Director of Undergraduate Studies then confirms and approves the awarded amount, ensuring that no student is approved to receive more than $500, and that the overall departmental/program average per student is no greater than $250.
The College asks that the department/program representative submits all the departmental /program applications at one time. Forms should be submitted to Ariella Lang, associate dean of Academic Affairs and director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. They can be scanned and emailed or hand-delivered to 202 Hamilton Hall.
Students will then receive a notification from Academic Affairs noting the awarded amount and providing detailed instructions on how to submit expenses for reimbursement.
Of special note:
If students' research requires international travel, their approved funds (typically higher than $250) may be factored into the departmental/program average as $250. This ensures that students whose research does not involve international travel are not financially penalized.
Student should be reminded to retain all original receipts to be submitted for reimbursement.
Students should also note that delays can occur if receipts are submitted more than 120 days after the expenditure took place and the reimbursement will be taxed. It is therefore important that receipts are submitted in a timely fashion and students may submit multiple reimbursement requests.
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Wow! Let me catch my breath a second. It seems like we can't go a week without another serious security bug being announced right now.
This week alone we've had 0-days in Windows, POODLE finally (hopefully) hammering the death nail into SSLv3 and Drupageddon - a pre-authentication SQL Injection vulnerability in the popular and awesome Drupal CMS. We even had bugs in the bug tracker and I'm not even going to talk about Shellshock again.
SSL - more trouble than it's worth?
With a huge majority of sites shifting over to HTTPS - not because of security but because Google said it would give greater ranking to HTTPS websites - we could be forgiven for heading out to Starbucks without a copy of Wireshark. But alas no, don't be put off by encrypted traffic because it turns out we can now decrypt big old chunks of it. With mainstream media reporting POODLE not long after Heartbleed it's entirely possible that SSL/TLS is getting a bad name out there among normal, non-infosec people but that really wouldn't be fair.
Heartbleed was a programming error in OpenSSL's implementation and POODLE is a serious bug but in SSL version 3 - something that was deprecated over ten years ago and only used or supported in Internet Explorer 6. Given Microsoft themselves run a website dedicated to killing off the, very much legacy, Internet Explorer 6 it's fair to say this really shouldn't be that much of an issue for most people.
Transport layer security is still a cornerstone of secure communications over hostile networks, like the Internet. Any suggestion otherwise is misguided. We know it's not perfect but it's the best large-scale solution we've got right now. Like anything, it needs maintenance to ensure it remains fit for purpose.
It's not *that* long ago that DES was the de facto encryption algorithm, we've come a long way since then.
I'd bet my house that there is a very large stockpile of Windows 0-days out there, some in the hands of criminals, some researchers, some government agencies. The point is, as long as there is high profile software with widescale deployment there will be zero days. What is disappointing is how readily one zero day is all it takes to penetrate even large company defences. We saw it with the RSA breach and now with the Sandworm attacks against NATO.
So often, one click is all it takes. The wrong Powerpoint document with an OLE exploit. The wrong Google Ad even, as was discussed this week at BlackHat EU in Amsterdam at a talk introducing Same Origin Method Execution - a neat attack against JSONP.
But we can't have it all. If we want state replication across multiple devices, centralised storage with always-on - or at least always switch-on-able - access with easy to use, swipeable UIs that our children understand intuitively we have to appreciate that we have exponentially increased our attack surface. Without taking additional steps we're essentially baring our bum to the enemy and asking them to give it a big old slap.
If nothing else, all these bugs are raising awareness and that's a great thing because when it comes down to it, for all the billion-dollar industry security has become with anti-virus giving way to total threat protection giving way to unified threat management, etc, etc it all comes down to Doris in Accounts.


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This is a disambiguation page—it lists subjects that have to do with Heroes which might be easily confused.
Time could refer to:
"Everytime You Go Away", a song by Paul Young featured in The Wall.
Isaac's First Time, the graphic novel about Isaac's first prophetic painting.
The Los Angeles Times, which includes a faulty report about El Vengador's death.
Once Upon a Time in Texas, the seventh episode of the fourth season.
Out of Time, the seventh episode of the second season.
Space-time manipulation, Hiro's ability to bend the space-time continuum at will.
Stolen Time, the graphic novel about Jessica's partnership with and murder of D.L.'s crew.
Super speed, Daphne's ability that, when supercharged, lets her travel through time, according to Einstein's theory of relativity.
Theory:Time travel, the mechanics of time travel.
Times Square, New York, NY, where Hiro teleports for the first time.
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Q: How to change the marker cluster icon image in angular google map? I have a list of markers in my angular google map. I'm able to create the clusters inside the map. But the issue is, instead of the blue cluster icon, I want to use my own icon.
This is my code:
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            <ui-gmap-google-map id="mapDiv" center='map.center' zoom='map.zoom'>
                <ui-gmap-markers fit="map.fitProperty" models="markers|filter:filterSite" coords="'self'" type="'cluster'" icon="'icon'">
                    <info-window></info-window>
                </ui-gmap-markers>
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        </section>

Can anyone help me on this?

A: Angular Google Map have 5 icons for markercluster. Such as .../m1.png -> .../m5.png. m1.png icon here!
You can update icons with config clusterOptions="{imagePath: 'yourImagesPath/m'}".
Make sure m1.png -> m5.png exist in your images folder.
Your code should be:
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Eddie Hearn is claiming that he has signed three world champions to Matchroom USA to be featured on DAZN. Whether that's true or not remains to be seen, as he was supposed to make a roster announcement at the end of this month.
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He has approached Mayweather Promotions about having Gervonta "Tank" Davis exclusively on DAZN. He has stated that those talks have basically gone nowhere. Davis could be a key addition but it looks like he will remain fighting on Showtime for the time being.
Who can forget the negotiations that took place on social media. When Adrien Broner turned down a three fight deal, with all three fights being in one year. Broner was very crude and unprofessional in his response. He labeled the deal "a slave deal", a statement Broner received backlash for.
The Charlo twins Jermall and Jermell, left the door open to at least listening to Hearn make his pitch. The twins would be a big pickup for Hearn but can it be enough to make a splash. It also must be noted there hasn't been much chatter coming out of either camp about the possibility of working together. But we never know what can be going on, as negotiations are usually done behind close doors.
Hearn has also shown interest in Jarret Hurd who is currently injured at the moment. For his part the unified junior middleweight titlist has been mum on the possibility of working with Hearn. Deontay Wilder the WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World has vowed never to work with Hearn.
Hearn has courted Mikey Garcia several times in the hopes of being able to sign him. Garcia would be a big name and can help Hearn make the splash that he is looking for. We expect more clarity on the situation after Garcia fights at the end of July.
Hearn has claimed to have Dmitry Bivol already secured for DAZN, a statement Bivol's manager has denied. It's been a tougher journey than Hearn expected. He has had rough time so to speak. He may have to eventually end up overpaying for fighters, in hopes of enticing them to sign.
He is in a completely new market and it seems as if fighters are reluctant to work with him. He has now pushed back his announcement of fighters on the roster, is it him just stalling? Does he really have three champions already under his banner? I guess soon we will know, that is unless the announcement gets pushed back once again.


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WrestleRant Radio - August 25, 2015
Coming off one of the wildest weekends in wrestling history, Graham "GSM" Matthews breaks it all down on the final episode of WrestleRant Radio of the summer! He gives his on-site report of NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn from Saturday night and why it was the best NXT live special to date, along with high praise for the Women's Championship match between Bayley and Sasha Banks and the WWE debuts of Jushin Liger and Apollo Crews.
From there, GSM is welcomed by the returning RJ Marceau to share their experience at SummerSlam in the Barclays Center on Sunday night, including the reaction to Jon Stewart, how Seth Rollins came off like a star, anti-Roman Reigns chants, the issue with WWE's "Diva Revolution," the controversial finish to The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar and whether a rematch is in order, Sting going after the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions, the return of The Dudley Boyz on Raw, a new Wyatt Family member, and much more!
Don't forget: Next Tuesday, Sept. 1, WrestleRant Radio returns to EC Radio LIVE at 9/8c!
After months and months of anticipation, SummerSlam week has finally arrived! Before Graham "GSM" Matthews takes the train to Brooklyn and witnesses a wrestling weekend of epic proportions, he welcomes Michael Yoder and Arden Franklin to the go-home episode of WrestleRant Radio to preview both SummerSlam and NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn!
In this hour and a half hour-long extravaganza, the three share their thoughts on the WWE debuts of Jushin Thunder Liger and Apollo Crews, why Finn Balor must leave TakeOver still the NXT Champion, WWE dropping the ball on Dolph Ziggler, making a case for a Stardust and King Barrett victory, if Dean Ambrose will turn on Roman Reigns, John Cena potentially winning his record-setting 16th world championship, predictions for the epic main event between Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker, and much more!
Less than two weeks out from WWE SummerSlam, PW247.net's own Nick Halgan joins Graham "GSM" Matthews on the latest episode of WrestleRant Radio to talk all things wrestling including an analysis of the current state of WWE and what it's missing, including in NXT. Also, will the women ever get the chance to headline Monday Night Raw? They give their candid thoughts on how far women's wrestling WWE has come in the last few weeks and CM Punk and Ronda Rousey in UFC before transitioning into some TNA talk along with what the company needs to do in order to succeed.
From one organization to another, GSM and Nick break down everything Lucha Underground has done right and why they're the perfect alternative to WWE, sharing their two cents on last week's critically acclaimed Ultima Lucha season finale and whether there will end up being a Season 2. Finally, they close out the show discussion the rise of Global Force Wrestling, their recent television tapings, if they need a "face of the company," and much more!
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This past week, the wrestling world lost another legendary icon in Roddy Piper, and Graham "GSM" Matthews spends a good portion of this week's WrestleRant Radio paying tribute to the "rowdy icon" by sharing his earliest non-WWE memories of him and the incredible impact he left on the pro wrestling business. He also shares his brief thoughts on the tremendous video package WWE put together for him at the start of Monday's Raw and the overwhelming response from fans and wrestlers alike on social media in recent days.
In other news, Layla retires from WWE! GSM talks her decision to hang up her boots for good and some of her career highlights over the last nine years. Also, he gives his full predictions for Wednesday's Ultima Lucha special presented by Lucha Underground, which will be headlined by a blockbuster title bout between Prince Puma and Mil Muertes. Stay tuned for more random wrestling ramblings as well as his experience meeting the likes of Rey Mysterio, Alberto El Patron, Mick Foley, Samoa Joe and others at Sunday's Northeast Wrestling show!
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Still problems with the "mysterium" Iray lighting. Look at sickleyield.deviantart.com/. Since there are tutorials on the subject. maybe it helps !?!?
I tried to follow one of those but I couldn't keep up... too confusing, information overload... I think I still lack some basic DAZ knowledge.
But I think I'm gonna drop Iray anyway. Main reason: I have no compatible NVidia card. 3Delight is much much faster, and I'm looking into Luxrender so I can offload it to other computers. If Luxrender does a good job, that is what I'll focus on.
I used to draw with Poser and continue to render in luxlender. But is also not easy and also takes the render takes long. But I wish you much success!


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Columbia University, Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology is seeking full time Attending at Allen Hospital for a BE/BC Neonatologist. Clinical Responsibilities include level II NICU coverage, Delivery attendance and Well Newborn Services. Attending will work ~48 hours/week in shifts that vary from 12-24-hours. Candidate will participate in resident education and rotation thru Level III nursery at Morgan Stanley's Children's Hospital of NY. Columbia University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Please email resume and cover letter to Dr. Richard Polin rap32@columbia.edu.
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Luton Town files stadium planning application
by Matthew Campelli | 05 Jul 2016
The stadium development will be part of a wider regeneration project in Luton
English League Two football club Luton Town has filed a planning application as its ambitious bid to build a new stadium complex gathers pace.
The application includes plans for a 17,500-capacity stadium in the Power Court part of the town, and a mixed-use development including hotels and a cinema – expected to fund the stadium – to be built in Newlands Park. The project has been designed by AndArchitects.
The football club recently carried out an exhibition and a public consultation, with 90 per cent of the 4,000 visitors in favour of the scheme – which would see the club move from its current Kenilworth Road ground.
In April, Luton Town chief executive Gary Sweet said the plans would "help enormously to invigorate our town and region", adding: "Not only will this help create a more attractive place to live, work and play but the economic impact will be significant for both our town and club."
If Luton Borough Council accepts the planning application the stadium is expected to be ready before the 2020/21 season.
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Luton Town Football Club will apply for planning permission to build its ambitious stadium and mixed-use development this summer ahead of the 2016/17 season. The League Two club has identified two site – Power Court and Newlands Park – as
Luton Town finds new stadium site
Luton Town Football Club (LTFC) will submit a formal application for its new stadium in 2016 after choosing its preferred site following a period of consultation. The League Two club is eyeing up Power Court, a redundant piece of land
Luton Town secures new stadium site for £10m
Luton Town Football Club (LTFC) is a step closer to building a new stadium after securing a plot of land close to the town for £10m. In a statement, LTFC chair Gary Sweet said the club had purchased a 40-acre
Luton Town 'close' to securing new stadium location
Luton Town Football Club (LTFC) is close to securing a site for its planned new stadium, according to club CEO Gary Sweet. Speaking ahead of the game against Hartlepool on 18 April, Sweet said the club had passed "another important
English League Two football club Luton Town has filed a planning application as its ambitious bid to build a new stadium complex gathers pace. The application includes plans for a 17,500-capacity stadium in the Power Court part of the town, and a mixed-use development including hotels and a cinema – expected to fund the stadium – to be built in Newlands Park. The project has been designed by AndArchitects. The
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Q: Sensor for adjustable standing desk I'm a novice when it comes to electronics, so please bear with me. :) I have this idea of a Internet connected hight adjustable desk that keeps tracks of it's "modes". With other words: I would like to know when the desk is adjusted from sitting to standing and vice versa.
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*Some kind of sensor connected to a Raspberry Pi through GPIO.

*Simple daemon that reads the input from the sensor and determines if the desk is adjusted for sitting or standing.

*The daemon logs everything to a database.

*A web app that presents the data in some nifty way.

My only problem is the sensor. I have no idea of how I should determine the state of the desk. Any ideas?
The desk is an IKEA Galant with adjustable legs. Sorry about the Swedish on that page.

A: If you would mount a distance sensor like a HC-SR04, LV-EZ4 or similar on the underside of the desk looking at the floor you would not only be able to see when the desk is moving but also you would see the height of the desk. (For detecting when the desk is moving simply check to see if the distance changes more than the )
Example of someone who hooked up a HC-SR04 to a pi

A: We need a bit more info on what the difference is between sitting and standing position and how you would sense it, but my first inclination would be a mechanical solution using either a simple switch with a roller on the end -- http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/V15T16-CZ100A06-K/480-2990-ND/1823502 for example -- or a simple optical interrupter, like http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/EE-SX4070/OR524-ND/154253, especially if its OK to add some sort of tab to the legs.  The interrupter is a light emitter/receiver pair, and when some opaque object prevents the emitter's light from hitting the receiver, the output changes state. There are also reflection-based models, where the sensor can tell when its pointing at a reflective surface.
If for some reason, a simple switch or optical interrupter wont work, then you move to the distance sensor.


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Did Patrick Mahomes Draft Himself to Kansas City?
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Patrick Mahomes is once again the MVP favorite as we head toward the final stretch of the NFL season. Mahomes has led Kansas City to a 9-2 start, which is the best in the AFC. He is also on pace to break the single-season passing yard record. Already a Super Bowl Champion and MVP, Mahomes has quickly become the face of the NFL. So when looking back at the 2017 NFL Draft, it seems like the Chiefs pulled off one of the best draft picks of all time. However, did Patrick Mahomes draft himself to Kansas City?
Travis Kelce welcomed his quarterback on his podcast, New Heights, for this week with his brother Jason Kelce. During the latest "New Heights" episode, Mahomes unleashed a ton of information regarding his pre-draft visits with the Chiefs. Many have heard that current general manager Brett Veach was the one pushing for Mahomes before the draft. Even with Veach pushing for Mahomes, another name was trying to help Mahomes become a Chief.
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"The first day that I met coach Reid was at the facility — we have the meetings, the top-30 visits," Mahomes said on the podcast. "That was the first time I really met him. At that time, there was no time limit, so I was in there for like five hours. He's just going through plays. I'm going to just give you all the inside scoop. Matt Nagy, who's our quarterbacks coach now, was our offensive coordinator then. He really liked me, so he gave me the plays they were going to go over the night before.
"So, of course, I crushed the meeting. I stayed up all night studying those plays. The rest was history, man. I met coach Reid, he went over the plays, we went and had some lunch. He had a couple of cheeseburgers and then we went back and I looked back on the board and I had seen that I was a guru, in a sense, because I knew every single play and every check."
Nagy loved the upside of Mahomes and wanted him in Kansas City. However, it was all up to how the board fell during the draft. Did the general manager at the time, John Dorsey, want to give up the assets to acquire Mahomes? Did he know what other teams had him atop their board?
Ultimately, Mahomes gave a little tip to the Chiefs before the draft to tell them what other teams were looking at him.
"I kind of gave a little inside info to the Chiefs and was like 'Hey, if y'all let me go 12 or below, I'm going to get drafted by someone else," Mahomes said. "So I gave the Chiefs a little bit of info on that because I wanted to be here. I don't know who was at 12 that time, but I knew right around there was where I was going to get drafted. My agent talked to Brett Veach and the Chiefs' staff. I remember at about pick nine or 10, Veach sent my agent a little picture of a Red Raider with the 'Guns Up,' so I knew the Chiefs were drafting me."
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Chiefs fans praised Veach for pushing for Mahomes before the 2017 Draft. However, Kansas City fans need to praise Nagy for the inside scoop he gave Mahomes before his pre-draft interview.
With Nagy tipping the playbook to Mahomes and the former Red Raider giving the front office a heads-up on what they needed to do to land him, it made Kansas City go all in to draft him. It has been rumored that Arizona and New Orleans were going to select Mahomes if he was still on the board. However, the Chiefs were the winners of the sweepstakes of the best quarterback in the entire NFL.
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Lib Dem MEPs have welcomed the Coalition Government's commitment to ensure that cuts to European funding from 2014 onwards will be shared in a fair manner across the UK.
The Coalition Government has announced England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be subjected to an equal percentage cut of around 5 per cent compared to the current 2007-2017 EU funding levels.
MEPs and national governments are currently negotiating the next long-term EU budget for 2014-2020. Although a final deal has yet to be reached, the EU's budget is expected to be cut in real-terms for the first time in its history.
The leader of the Liberal Democrat delegation in the European Parliament, North East MEP Fiona Hall, said: "Lib Dem MEPs are lobbying our business and treasury ministers to ensure that the UK will put in place a fair system of allocating future EU regional funding across the UK, and also across England's regions. We must use EU funds effectively to help close the economic north-south divide."
South East Lib Dem MEP, Catherine Bearder, the party's European regional spokesperson, commented: "I asked the EU's Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn to ensure that Member States are given the flexibility to spend regional EU funds in less developed and sparsely populated regions to help create jobs and stimulate sustainable growth."
Lib Dem MEP for Yorkshire & The Humber, Edward McMillan-Scott, a Vice-President of the European Parliament, added: "It is vital that northern regions like my own are not disproportionately affected in an EU funding settlement over those regions closer to the M25. Countless examples exist in Yorkshire of the beneficial impact vital EU funding has in creating jobs and supporting research. Competition for this funding is always fierce between the UK's regions but this is about making sure that northern regions get their fair slice of EU funding going forward."
The estimated total allocation of EU regional funding for England is €6.174 billion for the period between 2014 and 2020. A breakdown of estimated allocations across Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas is expected to be announced shortly.


The meeting at Orpington Hospital was a great success. Members of the support group came along during the day to meet patients visiting the hospital.
The Orpington support group will be at Orpington Hospital from 10am to 4pm this month. Members will have a table in the entrance and be there to meet and chat to anyone who is affected by polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis.
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Kentz secures second major contract in a week
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Irish-founded engineering services group, Kentz has secured a second major contract win in under a week, yesterday announcing the award of a five-year framework contract for general engineering services on the SAMREF refinery in Saudi Arabia.
Earlier this week the company — which specialises in providing infrastructural support services for major oil and gas exploration companies around the world — announced the winning of a $190m (€141m) three-year contract with Qatar Petroleum, which will see it install and monitor industrial control systems for nearly 800 oil wells across Qatar's Dukhan Oilfield.
The Saudi deal will see Kentz (via its local subsidiary, Saudi Arabian Kentz Ltd) provide experienced and qualified design engineers, technicians, planners and support professions of different specialties and disciplines when required.
SAMREF is a complex refinery which was formed for the development, construction, ownership and operation of crude oil refining facilities in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
It is an equally owned joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Mobil Yanbu Refining Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil.
Kentz, which also recently noted that it is on track to deliver double digit earnings growth this year, has seen its new business levels increase during 2013 on the back of an increased level of contract bidding activity during the first six months of the year.
As of the end of October, the company had a record project backlog level, valued at €3bn, with a prospect pipeline valued at over $15bn.
It also had a strong order intake, of $1.8bn worth of projects, in the first 10 months of the year.
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Q: Does a running Linux write on the SD card it was booting from? I intend to install a consoled Linux on an SD card. The small computer it will run on, have 128MB memory. There will be a database server and a HTTP server installed, but the data files will be on an SSD or pendrive. I don't want the Linux to write anything on the SD card, it should just read it by booting and running the applications. Is this possible?

A: I don't fully understand. are you trying to boot off a SD card and save files to the hard drive? ("im going to try to answer it anyway")
What linux distro? I know on ubuntu you can tell ubuntu where to install, how to install, where to save other files, and even to run without installing! With most Distros, files not OS related will be saved to the hard drive by default.
Ubuntu can be configured/install in pretty much every way imaginable. Offical Ubuntu Installation Page


Strain sensor mounted with light curable adhesive - Microstrain, Inc.
A device includes a structure, a strain sensor and a light curable adhesive. The structure has a structure surface. The light curable adhesive bonds the strain sensor to the structure surface.
M. Vaziri and C.-L. Chen, "Optical-fiber strain sensors with asymmetric etched structures," Applied Optics vol. 32, No. 31 (Nov. 1993).
Arms, S.W., Townsend, C.P, "Microminiature, Temperature Compensated, Magnetoelastic Strain Gauge," SPIE's 9th Int'l Symposium on Smart Structures & Materials and 7th Int'l Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring of Aging Infrastructure, San Diego, CA, Mar. 17-21, 2002. Accessed online at .
James W. Dally and William F. Riley, "Experimental Stress Analysis." McGraw-Hill, NY, Third Edition, 1991, pp. 196-197.
This patent application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/211,975, filed Sep. 17, 2008 which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/091,244, filed Mar. 28, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,461,560, which claimed priority of U.S. provisional patent application 60/556,974, filed Mar. 26, 2004.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,256,505 to Arms, et al., ("the '505 patent") "Shaft Mounted Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Operation and Data Transmission," filed Jan. 31, 2004 incorporated herein by reference.
This patent application is also related to a paper by Arms, S. W. et al., "Power Management for Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors" ("the power management paper"), Proceedings SPIE Smart Structures and Smart Materials, Paper no. 5763-36, San Diego, Calif., March 2005, incorporated herein by reference.
1. A device comprising a structure, a strain sensor, a light curable adhesive, a moisture barrier, and a protective cover, wherein said structure has a structure surface, wherein said light curable adhesive bonds said strain sensor to said structure surface, wherein said moisture barrier is located to protect said light curable adhesive, wherein said protective cover is bonded to said structure surface, wherein said protective cover extends over said strain sensor and over said moisture barrier, wherein said moisture barrier substantially fills said protective cover, wherein said protective cover includes a first port and a second port, wherein said first port is for filling said protective cover with said moisture barrier and wherein said second port is for providing an exhaust while filling.
2. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein said light curable adhesive includes UV light curable adhesive.
3. A device as recited in claim 2, wherein said strain sensor has a backing, wherein said backing transmits UV light.
4. A device as recited in claim 3, wherein said backing includes fiberglass.
5. A device as recited in claim 3, further comprising a bonding pad on said backing for providing electrical contact to said strain gauge, wherein said bonding pad includes at least one from the group consisting of a window and a stripe for facilitating UV light transmission to said UV light curable adhesive.
6. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein said moisture barrier comprises a wax material.
7. A device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said moisture barrier includes at least one from the group consisting of wax, grease, a foam, and waxoyl.
8. A device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said protective cover is a preformed protective cover.
9. A device, as recited in claim 8, wherein said preformed protective cover includes a vent to provide pressure equalization without allowing moisture to pass.
10. A device, as recited in claim 8, wherein said preformed protective cover is fabricated of polycarbonate.
11. A device, as recited in claim 8, wherein no wires exit said preformed protective cover.
12. A device as recited in claim 8, wherein said preformed protective cover has a convex outer surface with said convex curvature extending from said structure surface.
13. A device as recited in claim 8, wherein said preformed protective cover has a shape wherein all of said preformed protective cover facing a shear-oriented impact load transfers said shear-oriented impact load into a compression load.
14. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein said moisture barrier comprises a thin layer on said component.
15. A device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a moisture detector located to detect moisture in a vicinity of said light curable adhesive.
16. A device as recited in claim 1, further comprising an electronic circuit connected to receive data from said strain sensor wherein said moisture barrier is located to protect said electronic circuit.
17. A device as recited in claim 16, wherein said electronic circuit includes a microprocessor and signal conditioning.
18. A device as recited in claim 17, wherein said electronic circuit includes a transmitter.
19. A device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said structure includes a civil structure.
20. A device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said structure includes a machine.
21. A device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said structure includes at least one from the group consisting of a building, a bridge, a vehicle, construction equipment, and excavation machinery.
22. A device, as recited in claim 21, wherein said vehicle includes a car, a truck, and a ship.
23. A device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said structure includes a spinning shaft.
24. A device, as recited in claim 23, wherein said spinning shaft is part of at least one from the group consisting of a motor, a pump, and a generator.
25. A device comprising a structure, a strain sensor and a light curable adhesive, wherein said structure has a structure surface, wherein said light curable adhesive bonds said strain sensor to said structure surface, wherein said light curable adhesive includes UV light curable adhesive, wherein said strain sensor has a backing, wherein said backing transmits UV light.
26. A device as recited in claim 25, wherein said backing includes fiberglass.
27. A device as recited in claim 25, further comprising a bonding pad on said backing for providing electrical contact to said strain gauge, wherein said bonding pad includes at least one from the group consisting of a window and a stripe for facilitating UV light transmission to said UV light curable adhesive.
28. A device comprising a structure, a strain sensor, a light curable adhesive, a moisture barrier, and a protective cover, wherein said structure has a structure surface, wherein said light curable adhesive bonds said strain sensor to said structure surface, wherein said moisture barrier is located to protect said light curable adhesive, wherein said protective cover is bonded to said structure surface, wherein said protective cover extends over said strain sensor and over said moisture barrier, wherein said protective cover is a preformed protective cover, and wherein said preformed protective cover includes a vent to provide pressure equalization without allowing moisture to pass.
29. A device comprising a structure, a strain sensor, a light curable adhesive, a moisture barrier, and a moisture detector, wherein said structure has a structure surface, wherein said light curable adhesive bonds said strain sensor to said structure surface, wherein said moisture barrier is located to protect said light curable adhesive, wherein said moisture detector is located to detect moisture in a vicinity of said light curable adhesive.
This patent application generally relates to a strain gauge. More particularly it relates to a way of bonding a strain gauge to a structure. Even more particularly it relates to a way to protect the strain gauge.
One aspect of the present patent application is a device that includes a structure, a strain sensor and a light curable adhesive. The structure has a structure surface. The light curable adhesive bonds the strain sensor to the structure surface.
FIGS. 10a-10c are views of another embodiment of a tape-mounted protective cover for protecting a strain gauge and moisture sensor in which the printed circuit board is mounted to the protective cover, and the protective cover also includes an integrated replaceable sealed battery and openings for wax insertion.
The dielectric constant measured in such a device is greatly influenced by the presence of moisture because the dielectric constant of air is one, but the dielectric constant of water is 80. A patterned humidity sensor developed at Dublin City University is described in a paper, "Humidity Sensors," and includes a comb-like structure, as shown in FIG. 1b. This sensor uses polyimide as the moisture sensing dielectric material because of its excellent thermal and electrical stability. It also uses a silicon nitride substrate.
The change in capacitance of capacitance sensor 20 is detected by capacitance signal conditioning circuit 50, A/D converter 52, and microprocessor 54 and transmitted externally by transmitter 56 through antenna 58, as shown in FIG. 4a. These components are all located on circuit board 59 that is also bonded to surface 28 of structure 30. Base station 62 receives transmission from antenna 58 and from other sensor nodes that may be nearby. Signal conditioning circuit 50 includes, sine or square wave oscillator 70 that provides a high frequency signal to capacitive divider 72 that includes capacitance sensor 20 and reference capacitor 74. Reference capacitor 74 has an inorganic dielectric and is insensitive to changes in humidity. Output of capacitance divider 72 will track changes in capacitance in humidity sensitive capacitance sensor 20, and this signal is amplfied in AC amplifier 76, rectified in full wave synchronous rectifier 78, and filtered in low pass filter 80 to provide a DC output proportional to the difference in capacitance between capacitors 20 and 74. If this number stays constant then capacitance sensor 20 has not changed and humidity has not entered. Thus, the present invention provides self-testing of the integrity of the epoxy bond between sensor assembly 32 and structure surface 28 and wireless transmission of the integrity data.
An alternative embodiment to determine change in capacitance of capacitance sensor 20 is shown in FIG. 4b. An AC signal generated by a program running on microprocessor 54 derived from the microprocessor clock is provided across outputs 82, 84 of microprocessor 54. Input 86 receives a signal resulting from RC delay across resistor 88 and capacitance sensor 20. This delay will change as moisture level increases between plates 20a, 20b of capacitance sensor 20. Microprocessor 54 detects the presence of moisture based on the delay between output signal 82 and input signal 86.
Uni-axial, bi-axial and triaxial strain gauges, such as those available from Vishay Micromeasurements, Raleigh, N.C. can be used, such as part numbers CEA-06-125UW-350, CEA-06-125UT-350, and CEA-06-125UA-350. Principal strain magnitudes and strain directions can be computed, as described in a textbook by James W. Dally & William F. Riley, "Experimental Stress Analysis", Third Edition, Chapter 9, Strain-Analysis Methods, pp 311-315 publisher: McGraw-Hill, Inc., NY, N.Y. (c) 1991, 1978, 1965 by Dally and Reilly. These gauges include resistors, and the resistance changes both from changes in strain and from changes in moisture. The gauges do not include ability to detect moisture and do not include ability to distinguish a change in resistance due to a change in moisture from a change in resistance due to a change in strain. The deleterious effects of moisture and some ways to waterproof are described in the Dally & Riley book on pages 196-197. The present patent application provides a way to detect both strain and moisture and to protect against moisture.
FIG. 4a also shows an energy source, such as a battery or an energy harvesting device. These supply Vsupply to processor 54. Processor 54 can control power Vcc to capacitance signal conditioning 50 and A/D converter 52. Processor 54 can also control power Vcc′ to strain gauge 22, strain gauge signal conditioning DC AMP, and the strain gauge A/D converter. Power Vtx can also be provided to transmitter 56 under control of processor 54. Also processor 54 can write data to non-volatile memory 57. A more detailed circuit diagram for a single strain gauge bridge is provided in FIG. 16 of the '505 patent. Multiple strain gauge bridges can be provided, as shown in FIG. 2 of the '108 patent, which includes a multiplexer.
An improved system for in-field connection of a strain gauge to a metal or non-metal structural surface, using optimum epoxy formulations, and with subsequent waterproof encapsulation of the strain gauge and its signal conditioning, data logging, and wireless communication electronics, is needed. The finished package must be low profile, durable, low cost, and suitable for long term deployment. With the self-testing feature described herein above providing wirelessly transmission of information about the ingress of moisture, such a package has potential for much wider use individually or in a network of many such nodes than currently available packages. The application of wireless sensors with data logging elements, signal conditioning electronics and bidirectional electronics has been described in the '108 patent.
Sensor assembly 32 is applied to surface 28 of structure 30 with epoxy as shown in step 203. Threaded plunger 96 provides compression on sensor assembly 32 including strain gauge 22 and capacitance moisture sensor 20. Threaded plunger 96 is tightened as shown in step 204, to provide compression force on sensor assembly 32.
To maintain a long life for battery 118, the power management paper describes techniques to reduce power consumption, extending the life of battery 118. These energy saving strategies are also useful when energy harvesting systems are deployed, such as those describes in the '693 patent to Hamel and the '505 patent to Arms. The energy harvesting methods could be used to eliminate battery 118 and energy can be stored on a capacitor, as described in these patent applications. The present inventors found that low leakage electrochemical batteries exhibited characteristics that were favorable for use with energy harvesting. Battery 118 can be a rechargeable battery and energy harvesting can be used to recharge battery. Alternatively, electromagnetic energy can be provided to recharge battery 118 as described in the '730 application. Alternatively, a charger can be plugged into the sensor node to charge battery 118.
The '505 patent also provides a scheme for performing automatic and wireless shunt calibration and for adjusting offsets and gains wirelessly.
Next, wax moisture barrier 130 is provided to protect components on circuit board 59 and sensor assembly 32 including strain sensor 22 and capacitance sensor 20 as shown in FIGS. 7, 8. It is well known that microcrystalline wax is the most effective organic barrier material currently available for protecting strain gauge circuits from moisture. Wax is reported to be superior to butyl rubber and silicone rubber because both of these materials absorb moisture from the environment while wax rejects moisture. But there are several disadvantages of using wax barriers, including weak mechanical properties, a tendency to become brittle at extremely low temperatures, and a low melting point of 170 deg F. or 80 degrees C.
The present inventors found that problems associated with the weak mechanical strength of wax 130 could be avoided by providing wax 130 inside polycarbonate protective cover 89, 110 to control and protect wax 130 from mechanical damage as shown in FIG. 8. They provided injection gun 132 filled with liquid polycrystalline wax 130 to fill protective cover 89, 110 and encapsulate sensor assembly 32 and electronics on circuit board 59 inside cover 89, 110 after cover 89, 110 has been mounted to surface 28 of structure 30. Inlet filling tube 134 is connected to threaded wax inlet hole 136 of protective cover 89, 110 using polytetraflourethylene (Teflon) tubing. Molten wax 130 is injected into cover 89, 110 through inlet hole 136 until cover 89, 110 is visually full of wax 130 and wax 130 begins to be extruded out of outlet hole 138 and into outlet tube 140 in cover 89, 110, as shown in FIG. 8.
In addition, vent 170, such as a vent provided by W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc., Newark, Del., may be provided to provide pressure equalization without allowing moisture to pass, as shown in FIGS. 10a, 10b, 10c.
Protective cover 160 has a rounded convex outer surface with curvature extending from the structure surface to which it is attached, as shown in FIG. 10a. This shape facilitates transfer of many impact loads that might shear adhesive bond 162 into compression loads. Thus a falling object is less likely to cause breakage of adhesive tape 112 holding protective cover 160 to the structure surface. Protective cover 160 includes printed circuit board 59 mounted to mounting bosses 164 on bottom surface 166 with screws 168, as shown in FIG. 10b.
Protective cover 160 also includes adhesive tape 112 for adhesively attaching protective cover 160 to a structure surface, as shown in FIG. 10c. Inlet hole 136 and outlet hole 138 are provided as described herein above, as shown in FIG. 10a. Inlet hole 136 and outlet hole 138 may be threaded to accommodate a plug and o-ring for sealing purposes after filling is complete. Vent 170, such as a vent provided by W.L Gore and Associates, Inc. Newark, Del., can be provided as well.


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Myanmar: UN envoy urges investigation into claims of sexual assaults after violence flares in Rakhine state
Ethnic Rakhine people shelter in a stadium in Sittwe. Photo: Joe Freeman/IRIN
By UN News Centre
Gravely concerned about allegations of rape and sexual assault of women and girls in Northern Rakhine state in Myanmar following recent border attacks, Zainab Hawa Bangura, the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict called today on the Government to ensure that an impartial and effective investigation is conducted into the alleged incidents.
It is also vital to provide enough access for the humanitarian organizations to intervene and ensure life-saving clinical management and psycho-social support services for survivors, and end access restrictions on human rights monitors and member of the media, she added in a statement issued by her Office.
The envoy warned that there might be more similar incidents of sexual assaults in the future as the escalation of the violence continues, and urged to the Government of Myanmar to act now to prevent any future incidents.
"These are not isolated incidents but are part of a wider pattern of ethnically motivated violence that my office has tracked over the past several years. It is critical to end impunity for sexual violence, and I would remind the relevant authorities that human rights must be respected even in the context of counter-insurgency operations," said Mrs. Bangura.
Finally, the Special Representative stressed that her Office will continue to monitor the situation, provide any necessary support to the survivors, and hold perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence accountable.


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MainAll NewsInside IsraelReport: Israel boycotting Swedish Foreign Minister
Report: Israel boycotting Swedish Foreign Minister
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, known for her anti-Israel statements, is visiting the region but will not meet Israeli officials.
Tags: Sweden-Israel Sweden Margot Wallstrom
Elad Benari , Dec 13 , 2016 6:13 AM
Israel is boycotting Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom's upcoming visit to Israel due to her past anti-Israel statements, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Monday.
According to the report, Wallstrom will arrive in the region on Thursday, but will not meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who also serves as Foreign Minister, or any other Israeli minister.
The Swedish Minister reportedly sought to hold meetings with Netanyahu and other Cabinet ministers during her visit, and was told that their schedules do not allow for such meetings. Sources, however, told Yedioth Ahronoth that Wallstrom in fact is not welcomed in Israel.
The newspaper noted that, despite not having meetings scheduled with Israeli officials, the Swedish Foreign Minister decided to visit the region anyway and meet with Palestinian Authority (PA) officials.
Wallstrom has several times in the past caused an uproar in Israel with her statements. In 2014, then-Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman denounced Sweden's decision to recognize the PA as "the State of Palestine", saying that "relations in the Middle East are a lot more complex than the self-assembly furniture of IKEA".
Wallstrom later replied and said she would be "happy" to send Liberman some IKEA furniture "and he will also see that what you need to put that together is, first of all, a partner."
Following that incident, Wallstrom accused Israel of being "extremely aggressive" and accused the Jewish state of "irritating its allies".
In December of 2015, she attacked Israel again, claiming during a debate in parliament that Israel was "executing" without trial terrorists who carried out stabbing attacks in Israel.
Several weeks before that, the Swedish minister provoked a firestorm of criticism, when she appeared to blame the terrorist attacks in Paris on "Palestinian frustration" with Israel.
In January, shortly after Wallstrom's remarks, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely announced that Swedish officials are no longer welcome to visit Israel.


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Western Amateur
2014 Western Amateur Stroke Play Competition
Matthew Negri, Raymond Knoll and Joshua Seiple wait to tee off during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur Championship.
Raymond Knoll.
Bobby Holden of Simi Valley, California tees off during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur Championship.
Raymond Knoll of Naperville, Illinois tees off during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
A scoreboard welcomes players to The Beverly Country Club in Chicago.
Defending Western Amateur champion Jordan Niebrugge of Mequon, Wisconsin tees off during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
SEC Freshman of the Year Robby Shelton of Wilmer, Alabama tees off during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
All-Pac-12 selection Cheng-Tsung Pan tees off during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
Jordan Niebrugge sizes up a putt during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
Jordan Niebrugge and his father Rod stand on the 11th tee during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
Robby Shelton tees off during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
Robby Shelton.
Connor Black of Humble, Texas and WGA Chairman Dennis O'Keefe.
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Dave Lubnik hits a shot from the bunker during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
William White of Waukegan, Illinois reads the green during the 2014 Western Amateur.
Raymond Knoll is interviewed by ABC-7 Chicago following his round at the 2014 Western Amateur.
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Wyndham Clark of Greenwood Village, Colorado lines up a shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
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Geoff Drakeford of Australia hits a shot during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur. Drakeford and Zecheng Dou lead the tournament following the first round.
Beau Hossler of Mission Viejo, California reacts to a missed putt during the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
Joshua Munn of New Zealand hits a shot from the fairway during the 2014 Western Amateur Championship.
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Joshua Munn and Tom Loveland of Birmingham, Alabama shake hands following the first round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
Zecheng Dou of China lines up a putt during the 2014 Western Amateur.
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Doug Ghim of Arlington Heights, Illinois tees off during the second round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
Tianlang Guan of China tees off during the second round of the 2014 Western Amateur.
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Protect ancient woodland
One of the UK's most important wildlife habitats is disappearing before our eyes. We need to do more to protect ancient woodland.
We must take action to save the ancient woodland we have left, before it's too late.
Credit: Patrick Nairne / Alamy Stock Photo
Ancient woodland is one of the UK's most precious natural assets. These sites have evolved over centuries into our richest, most biodiverse land habitats.
Today, ancient woodland covers less than 3% of the landscape. But we're losing what little remains at an alarming rate.
More than 1,200 ancient woods are under threat right now.
The long-term effects of poor management, tree disease, climate change and intensive land-use take their toll, but the most immediate threat is inappropriate development.
Every day we see plans proposed for housing estates, leisure complexes, roads, quarries and railways that will damage ancient woodland edges, tear into habitats or completely destroy sites.
Threats to woodland, wildlife and the wider environment are growing. Our trees and woods face a challenging combination of pressures, from humans, pests and diseases.
The Woodland Trust is not anti-development. We recognise the need for investing in infrastructure and we support sustainable development where trees and woods can play a central role.
We know that ancient woodland loss and damage is preventable. We want to see development projects that actively avoid precious habitats and properly respect the value of woods and trees. Houses, transport links and thriving businesses need not come at the expense of irreplaceable natural assets.
HS2 rail link
HS2 is a grave threat to the UK's ancient woods, with 108 at risk of loss or damage. We can't let this happen.
Thousands of you have supported our campaigns to improve protection for ancient woods and trees. When the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published in July 2018, we were thrilled. For the first time, protection for ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees in England was put on a par with the best of our built heritage.
This is a huge step forward for our natural heritage and something we've campaigned on for nearly two decades. We couldn't have made this happen without your support. But there's still work to do.
Planning policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland still needs to properly protect ancient habitats. And in England, planning policy needs to be enacted at a local level. Sadly, the NPPF changes will not protect precious sites from national infrastructure schemes like HS2. We need to work hard to ensure projects like these can be delivered in a sensitive and sustainable manner.
We must act to save what remains, before it's too late.
Explore what we're doing to save ancient woods and how you can help
Help us save Coed Wern from destruction
Ancient woodland is under threat from a holiday park proposal in Glasinfryn, near Bangor.
Oxford to Cambridge Growth Arc
We're concerned for the significant amounts of ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees that lie inside the Arc.
Campaign in your community
Local communities taking action is the most effective way to protect woods and trees. Need help? Check out our useful resources.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Woods and Trees
The APPG meets several times a year to discuss steps to protect, restore and expand woods and trees in a time of climate and nature crises.
Saved: Nidd Gorge
Thanks to thousands of you speaking up, North Yorkshire County Council has ditched plans to build a road through the ancient woodland of Bilton Beck & Rudding Bottoms at Nidd Gorge.
Saved: ancient woods at Tirpentwys
Almost two hectares of ancient woodland have been saved from a quarry access road near Pontypool in Torfaen.


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20 strnatcmp.c -- Perform 'natural order' comparisons of strings in C.
25 arising from the use of this software.
34 appreciated but is not required.
36 misrepresented as being the original software.
37 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
69 * Do a natural order comparison of two strings.
74 * first string is greater than second string it retuns >0.
85 * first string is greater than second string it retuns >0.
107 * fewer characters, use apr_pstrndup.
128 * Duplicate a block of memory.
194 * dst_size - 1.
199 * 1) strncpy() doesn't always NUL terminate; apr_cpystrn() does.
201 * unnecessary; apr_cpystrn() does not.
204 * to allow a check for truncation.
214 * @param src The string to rid the spaces from.
215 * @return A pointer to the destination string's null terminator.
223 * @param argv_out Output location. This is a pointer to an array of strings.
224 * @param token_context Pool to use.
236 * on subsequent calls.
238 * @param last State saved by apr_strtok() between calls.
252 * These are snprintf implementations based on apr_vformatter().
255 * value of snprintf, and side-effects due to %n in the formatting string.
267 * In no event does apr_snprintf return a negative number.
277 * @param ... The arguments to use to fill out the format string.
289 * @param ap The arguments to use to fill out the format string.
320 * Convert a numeric string into an apr_off_t numeric value.
321 * @param offset The value of the parsed string.
325 * followed by numeric digits appropriate for base.
327 * not NULL, it is set to the first invalid character in buf.
343 * followed by numeric digits appropriate for base.
345 * not NULL, it is set to the first invalid character in buf.
351 * to ERANGE. On success, errno is set to 0.
356 * parse a base-10 numeric string into a 64-bit numeric value.
357 * Equivalent to apr_strtoi64(buf, (char**)NULL, 10).
360 * to ERANGE. On success, errno is set to 0.
366 * as bytes, K, M, T, etc, to a four character compacted human readable string.
370 * @remark All negative sizes report ' - ', apr_strfsize only formats positive values.