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By Angel Nuñez
On September 10, we celebrate the Battle of St. George's Caye. This is the time of the year when Belize dresses itself with its patriotic colors: blue, white and red. Let me give you a little background based on archives of Belize, how this thing came to happen. But first the lyrics of our patriotic song.
It was the tenth day of September In ninety-eight Anno Domini
when our fore-fathers won the
glorious fight at Old St. George's Caye
Then hail them - cheer them.
Let our grateful loyal hearts not fail them,
as we march and sing and shout in merry glee
The Battle of St. George's Caye.
Hip! Hip! Hurrah. Hip! Hip! Hurrah.
The historical encounter we refer to today as "the Battle of St. George's Caye" took place in 1798. Why did the Spaniards assemble such a huge invasion fleet to attack the tiny settlement of Belize? For some sort of answer we have to look back at the period between 1715 and 1760, during which the Spaniards drove the Baymen from the Settlement on many occasions. Since the Spaniards never attempted to occupy the area, the Baymen always returned to the logwood forests.
Prior to 1798 the Spaniards attempted to invade Belize at least six times, and only once were they successful when in 1779 Spanish ships surprised the inhabitants of St. George's Caye, burned down the buildings and took away 140 prisoners.
Based on a report by a Spanish Commissioner who visited the Yucatan that the Baymen were extending their logwood cutting borders dangerously close to a nearby Spanish town, Spain issued orders for the immediate and effective expulsion of the settlers occupying the Settlement. In March of 1796 it was reported that the Spaniards had started warlike preparations in the neighborhood. This, of course made the people of the Settlement very worried, and the Baymen immediately requested defensive help from the Governor of Jamaica, who complied by sending Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Barrow to the Settlement as Commander-In-Chief.
And then on September 10, 1798 the Spanish fleet came into the area of St. George's Caye and it was then that the Baymen drove them and beat them in the famous battle of St. George's Caye. Never again did they attempt to drive out the Baymen from their settlement so this is considered the great victory for the settlement of Belize.
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Re: The Tenth Day Of September [Re: Marty] #415400
In 98 Anno Domini
"Among the ideas of Toynbee which influenced the Milner Group we should mention three: (a) a conviction that the history of the British Empire represents the unfolding of a great moral idea – the idea of freedom – and that the unity of the Empire could best be preserved by the cement of this idea; (b) a conviction that the first call on the attention of any man should be a sense of duty and obligation to serve the state; and (c) a feeling of the necessity to do social service work (especially educational work) among the working classes of English society."
- pg. 10, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ESTABLISHMENT, by Carroll Quigley, GSG & Associates, 1981
We understand the need by some important people in powerful places to protect the British-ness of Belize's history, particularly at this specific time of the Tenth of September (Battle of St. George's Caye) celebrations.
At this newspaper, we do not feel it is our responsibility to disrespect the British aspect of the settlement's history, but Belize is no longer a British colony, has not been so for thirty years, and it has appeared to us that we have different population strands which have to be tied into a single national rope. That would be if the socio-political leaders of Belize are really serious about this nation-building proposition.
Of the British Caribbean possessions we know, the only one which did not choose to go the way of political independence was Bermuda. Today, Bermuda, which remained a British colony, may be the most peaceful and prosperous of the former British colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
It is tricky to describe Bermuda as Caribbean, because she is way up north in the Atlantic near the northeast coast of the United States. But, for sure Bermuda is British, and being British appears to have worked for Bermuda. There is no agitation that we know of among Bermuda's citizens to become independent.
It is not necessarily the fact that it was remaining British which has made Bermuda's situation more prosperous and stable than Belize's. There are other factors which are involved here. Significantly, there is no claim, such as the Guatemalan claim to Belize, on Bermuda's land and sea. Again, the population of Bermuda is pretty much the way the population of British Honduras used to be – majority black, with an elite, lighter-skinned class. Bermuda has no known oil fields. All Bermuda is, is a tourism island.
Belize has much more potential than Bermuda. The people of Belize decided more than six decades ago that they wished to be independent of Great Britain and to run our own affairs. We achieved our objective in 1981. Thirty years later, we can say that things are not going very well in Belize: they are not going well at all.
When we say things are not going well, we are speaking of the base of the sociological pyramid. Our young men have, in frustration and ignorance, turned against each other with murderous and increasing violence. But this frightening violence is confined to specific areas of the Southside of the old capital. Just two or three short blocks away from the violence, wealthy banks, wealthy insurance companies and wealthy law firms/offshore banks line Albert and Regent Streets. But, for Wagner's Lane, Rocky Road, George Street, Taylor's Alley – it's a case of no money, hot lead, funeral after funeral, jail cell after jail cell.
Important people in powerful places in Belize behave as if what's happening on the Southside with young black people isn't happening at all. Those important people in powerful places insist that 98 Anno Domini is where it's at. Those of us who thought in 1969 that black people had a future in Belize, are confused in 2011. Why is 98 Anno Domini so good for us when everything else is looking so bad?
These are deadly times on the Southside streets. Important people in powerful places decided that old St. George's Caye is key, the centerpiece to the September process. These are people, it appears to us, who would be happy in Bermuda. On St. George's Caye, you see, they are escaping from the reality of suffering black people. On St. George's Caye, you can be British for a day. Good for you.
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BYU basketball: Eaton nets career highs over Waves in Judkins' 300th victory
By Deseret News Feb 5, 2015, 10:23pm MST
Royce Hinton, For the Deseret News
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Lexi Eaton led BYU women's basketball past Pepperdine, 77-58, on Thursday night at the Marriott Center for head coach Jeff Judkins' 300th win.
"I'm really excited for this win because it keeps us in the hunt for the conference championship," Judkins said. "It's amazing that I've been here that long to get 300 wins. I've had so many great memories here at BYU. Lexi showed tonight why she's not only one of the best players in the conference but in the whole country."
In 14 seasons at the helm of the Cougars, Judkins has now compiled a 300-138 overall record.
Eaton led BYU with a career high in points (37) and rebounds (14) to go along with five assists. Morgan Bailey added 12 points, all from the second half, as well as eight boards. Makenzi Morrison contributed 10 points and five assists, while Kylie Maeda added a team-high eight assists in the Cougar win.
Pepperdine (6-17, 1-11 West Coast Conference) collected the first four points of the game from the charity stripe to take an early 4-0 advantage. BYU (18-5, 10-2 WCC) countered with back-to-back 3-pointers from Morrison and Xojian Harry to take an 8-7 edge.
The teams traded points from there with an Eaton layup tying the game at 15 apiece. Maeda hit an outside shot — assisted by Eaton — to put her team up 20-17, forcing a Waves timeout.
Eaton scored the next eight points for the Cougars, including consecutive treys, to extend BYU's advantage to eight. That was followed by a Micaelee Orton transition bucket to put the Cougars up by 10, 30-20, forcing another timeout from Pepperdine.
The scoring went back and forth until the end of the half as Orton drained a shot at the buzzer to keep BYU in front by double digits, 36-26. Eaton had a near double-double at the intermission with 24 points and eight boards.
Orton scored three of the Cougars' first five points coming out of the break to give her a new career high in that category and put BYU up 41-28. Morrison then completed a three-point play to extend the Cougar lead to 18 at 48-30 as part of an 8-2 BYU run.
Both teams took turns scoring baskets following the Cougar rally as an Eaton free throw extended BYU's advantage at 64-41 and tied her previous career high in points. The Waves followed by making five of their next six shots while limiting the Cougars to 1-of-6 shooting in the same stretch.
BYU stayed composed, however, maintaining its near 20-point advantange through the end of the game, eventually winning 77-58.
The Cougars return to the Marriott Center on Saturday to face off against Loyola Marymount at 2 p.m. MST. The game will be streamed live on TheW.tv. Links to live stats and a video feed can be found on the BYU women's basketball schedule page.
Royce Hinton is the men's and women's volleyball sports information director for BYU Athletic Communications.

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News March 17, 2015 by Auto Service World
Van Angels Call For Changes To Motor Vehicle Act A Lasting Legacy For Their Sons
#aftermarket – Two mothers who fought for safe student transportation after their sons were killed in 15-passenger vans are calling a recent amendment to Canada's Motor Vehicle Safety Act a "lasting legacy" that will change the way school boards, organizations, and the general public will view transportation of students and small groups in Canada.
Isabelle Hains of Bathurst, New Brunswick and Stella Gurr of Nanaimo, British Columbia announced today that the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Act has finally been amended to include the Multifunction School Activity Bus (MFSAB), making it a new and distinct definition under Canada's Motor Vehicle Safety Act effective February 11, 2015.
The amendment was published in the Canada Gazette Part II on February 11, 2015 and has the support of all provincial/territorial governments.
"Multifunction School Activity Bus" means a school bus that is designed to pick up and drop off students under circumstances in which there is no need to control traffic.
These vehicles are built to the same high safety standards as the familiar yellow school buses but do not require the signal stop arm and flashing lights safety features (Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard #108 and #131). MFSAB's are meant for commuting passengers from point to point, rather than the repeated and frequent roadside pickup and drop off necessary to transport students to and from school.
ALTERNATIVE TO 15 PASSENGER VANS
The mothers say the introduction of the new definition provides school boards, commercial bus operators and the general public with an alternate choice of vehicle that offers a similar high safety standard as a yellow school bus.
Many school districts across Canada still use 15-passenger vans. The mothers are concerned that this may continue unless all the provinces and territories decide to use only yellow school buses and MFSAB's to transport students to after school activities.
Prohibiting the use of 15-passenger vans for extra curricular activities is a provincial/territorial responsibility. They are asking for a mandatory Van Angels law across Canada that permits only yellow school buses or Multifunction School Activity Buses for students participating in after school activities.
"Like many other Canadians I knew nothing about the serious safety concerns associated with 15 passenger vans until my son was killed," says Hains. "I had to educate myself and had to push and fight for changes to safe student transportation."
Hains says "Parents with children in the school system need to know there is now an alternative to 15 passenger vans that is built to the high yellow school bus standard."
Gurr adds that with the new definition there should be no confusion when consumers want to be sure that they are purchasing a type of vehicle that meets very strict US and Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for a school bus body build.
"It will be clearly identified on the vehicle certification label; 'School Bus' or 'MFSAB'," says Stella Gurr.
The mothers have been working with Transport Canada since September 2010, when they met with Federal Transport Minister Chuck Strahl and his provincial and territorial transport ministers in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
At the time, Mr. Strahl promised to consider their request to recognize the Multifunction School Activity Bus (MFSAB) as a sub-category of a 'school bus' under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
Since 2010 the Van Angel mothers has managed to accomplish a review of the 15-passenger van for student transportation and national distribution of a brochure called Safety Guidelines for the use of 15-Passenger Vans, as well as the introduction of the MFSAB in the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
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Having lost 5-1 in the Europa League on Thursday, Everton's crisis deepened in a listless defeat at Southampton.
Ronald Koeman was sacked by Everton on Tuesday, with his transfer dealings playing a big role in his removal.
Everton have struggled despite splashing the cash ahead of this season and Gylfi Sigurdsson acknowledges he could have been better.
Gylfi Sigurdsson's stunner and Jordan Pickford's penalty save highlighted Everton's progress in the Europa League.
Swansea City must act quickly in the transfer market to replace Gylfi Sigurdsson, says boss Paul Clement.
During weeks of negotiations with Swansea City, Gylfi Sigurdsson thought his move to Everton might never come to fruition.
Everton midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson thinks new team-mate Wayne Rooney has been unfairly treated during his career.
Gylfi Sigurdsson's switch to Everton can be the catalyst for a stronger Swansea City squad, according to Paul Clement.


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'Act of unconscionable cruelty': 31 Ukrainian health care institutes attacked
A newborn baby in an incubator at a maternity ward that was moved to the basement of a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine. Credit: UNICEF/Andriy Boiko
Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, at least 31 attacks on health care institutes have been documented by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The WHO, together with UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), called on Russia to halt all attacks on health care in Ukraine, stating that 31 attacks on health care have been documented via the WHO, which resulted in 24 health care facilities being damaged or destroyed.
"These horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to patients and health workers, destroying vital health infrastructure and forcing thousands to forgo accessing health services despite catastrophic needs," a statement from the three organisations read.
The attacks led to at least 12 deaths and 34 injuries and affected access to and availability of essential health services, according to the WHO, which is still working to verify further reports, as "attacks continue to be reported."
Most recently, an airstrike devastated a maternity hospital in the port of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine, killing at least three people and wounding at least 17 people, according to Ukrainian officials.
Mariupol. Direct strike of Russian troops at the maternity hospital. People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity! How much longer will the world be an accomplice ignoring terror? Close the sky right now! Stop the killings! You have power but you seem to be losing humanity. pic.twitter.com/FoaNdbKH5k
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 9, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video of the aftermath of the attack, saying it was an atrocity. Mariupol's City Council said it caused "colossal" damage.
Needs are growing, access is limited
The WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA criticised all acts of violence on health care institutes. "To attack the most vulnerable – babies, children, pregnant women and those already suffering from illness and disease, and health workers risking their own lives to save lives – is an act of unconscionable cruelty."
They added that, already, the needs of pregnant women, new mothers, younger children and older people in the country are rising, while access to services is being severely limited by the ongoing conflict.
Humanitarian 'race against the clock' in Ukraine, says Médecins Sans Frontières
Individual actions to support Ukraine and its citizens
"For example, more than 4,300 births have occurred in Ukraine since the start of the war and 80,000 Ukrainian women are expected to give birth in the next three months."
Mariia Shostak, a 25-year-old woman living in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation launched a military offensive in Ukraine, and gave birth amid the sounds of air raid sirens. CC @unfpahttps://t.co/IYn6ovsPdY
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) March 8, 2022
"Oxygen and medical supplies, including for the management of pregnancy complications, are running dangerously low," the organisations said.
They called on the upholding of international humanitarian and human rights, stressing that the protection of civilians must be the top priority.
"Health care and services should be protected from all acts of violence and obstruction. Amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has already put health systems and health care workers under enormous strain, such attacks have the potential to be even more devastating for the civilian population."


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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2016/09/29/report-cornell-lost-280-million-dollars-in-interest-rate-swaps/)
Report: Cornell Lost $280 Million in Interest Rate Swaps
By Josh Girsky | September 29, 2016
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A report released by the Roosevelt Institute, Cornell's first student-run think tank, asserts that the University may have lost as much as $280 million over the past 16 years due to interest rate swaps.
An interest rate swap is a deal that colleges conduct with banks, often when universities issue debt to raise money. The think tank asserts that this financial instrument was a major contributor to Cornell's $25 million dollar budget deficit in fiscal year 2015.
According to the report, Cornell's $280 million loss was one of the most drastic out of the 19 schools examined in the study. Only Harvard, which lost over a billion dollars — but enjoys a significantly greater endowment than Cornell — lost more money.
Interest rates on debt often correlate with broader national interest rates, but schools would often rather pay a fixed rate because they are less risky, so they buy interest rate swaps from banks.
When schools buy interest rate swaps, they promise to pay the banks a fixed interest rate, while the banks pay the variable rate on the debt that the school issued. When the variable rate is higher than the fixed rate, the school makes money. However, when the variable rate is lower than the fixed rate, schools lose money.
Therefore, in 2008 — when interest rates plummeted to nearly zero percent and Cornell had bought swaps at four percent — the University lost millions of dollars. Eighty percent of the deficit in 2015 was due to costs from interest rate swaps, according to the University.
Cornell is not alone, however, in losing money on interest rate swaps. The report shows that the 19 schools sampled in the report lost approximately $2.7 billion dollars due to swaps and based on a random sample, 58 percent of schools own interest rate swaps.
Jack Polizzi '18, one of the report's contributors, explained that the numbers are just estimates based on data on the swaps that Cornell provides on its website and the LIBOR rate, which was used as the benchmark variable rate in the swap deals.
He said that he hopes Cornell will release the actual data on the interest rate swaps.
"The thing that we want to see is transparency here," he said. "We want to get answers, figure out why this happened, what we can do to prevent things like this in the future and hopefully actually get Cornell to release documents pertaining to these swaps so we can really take a look at what happened."
He added that interest rate swaps are zero-sum deals because either the banks lose money or the schools lose money. That system presents a problem when the banks have a lot more people to predict how the Federal Reserve will set interest rates, which the LIBOR rate is strongly correlated with.
"It's to some degree unavoidable because you have one party whose entire business model is based around understanding credit markets, Fed watching, trying to predict where the economy is going to go and then you have schools where that's not their job at all," Polizzi said.
He pointed out that banks can take advantage of their resources to make money off of schools and said some of the interest rate swaps that schools have bought are set for 30 years, much longer than swaps sold to any other type of institution.
"[Schools] have an investment committee which is maybe a few people who are not versed in instruments like this, so right away you have an information asymmetry which makes it relatively easy for the banks to take advantage of schools," he said.
Joanne DeStefano, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Cornell, said the University has historically had a good track record in strategies designed to minimize interest paid on debt.
"However, in a plan designed to manage the University's long-term capital plan in the most cost-effective manner, the University entered into certain interest-rate swap agreements in 2006 and 2007," she said. "As with all financial instruments, swap agreements carry with them a degree of market risk; the great recession affected these swaps in a negative way."
Despite DeStefano's comments, Polizzi found records of swaps from other years besides just 2006 and 2007. In addition, he found that the results of the swaps has been extremely negative. According to the report, the total loss to colleges from these deals could pay for tuition for 108,000 students across the country.
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Josh Girsky is a member of the Class of 2019 in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is a Senior Editor on the 136h Editorial Board and previously served as Managing Editor on the 135th Editorial Board and News Editor on the 134th editorial board. He can be reached at [email protected]
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IPD: Stewart Avenue Stabbing 'Not a Random Act of Violence'
By Josephine Chu September 29, 2016
So far, IPD says no evidence suggests that this stabbing was related to the homicide that resulted in the death of Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire, who was killed in front of Olin Hall exactly a month ago, on Aug. 28.
Newly Elected Student Assembly Members Detail Job Ambitions
By Madeline Cohen September 29, 2016
"This is the first year our identity is being represented on it, and I am prepared to create resolutions with the assistance and approval of the community," said Mayra Valadez '18.


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Anti-Critical Race Theory candidates for school board win overwhelming support from Dallas parents
Candidates who ran on an anti-Critical Race Theory platform won two open school board seats in Dallas's Southlake district on Saturday with a landslide almost-70-percent majority.
May 3, 2021 minute read
'Anti-woke' candidates opposed to critical race theory being taught in Dallas school win control of affluent district board with nearly 70% of vote during bitterly contested election https://t.co/f2v2TpfPXF
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) May 3, 2021
The district planned to introduce mandatory diversity modules for students, and the move was extremely unpopular with the community. During school board meetings, parent after parent got up to speak against the plan, claiming it amounted to discrimination against white children.
Some parents even pulled their kids out of school in protest, and at least one of them went to court and successfully managed to put the implementation of the diversity plan on hold.
Probably due to this outrage, the two new school board members won the elections by a whopping margin of 40 points.
"This election was a referendum on those who put personal politics and divisive philosophies ahead of Carroll ISD students and families and their common American heritage and Texas values," said Hannah Smith, one of the winners.
"The voters have come together in record-breaking numbers to restore unity. By a landslide vote, they don't want racially divisive critical race theory taught to their children or forced on their teachers. Voters agreed with my positive vision of our community and its future."
Ed Hernandez, who ran against Smith and lost, commented the following:
"I don't want to think about all these kids that shared their stories, their testimonies. I don't want to think about that right now, because it's really, really hard for me. I feel really bad for all those kids, every single one of them that shared a story. I don't have any words for them."


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    def validate(record)
      record.errors.add(:base, ANOTHER_ERROR_MESSAGE)
    end
  end

  test "with a class that adds errors on create and validating a new model with no arguments" do
    Topic.validates_with(ValidatorThatAddsErrors, on: :create)
    topic = Topic.new
    assert topic.valid?, "Validation doesn't run on valid? if 'on' is set to create"
  end

  test "with a class that adds errors on update and validating a new model" do
    Topic.validates_with(ValidatorThatAddsErrors, on: :update)
    topic = Topic.new
    assert topic.valid?(:create), "Validation doesn't run on create if 'on' is set to update"
  end

  test "with a class that adds errors on create and validating a new model" do
    Topic.validates_with(ValidatorThatAddsErrors, on: :create)
    topic = Topic.new
    assert topic.invalid?(:create), "Validation does run on create if 'on' is set to create"
    assert_includes topic.errors[:base], ERROR_MESSAGE
  end

  test "with a class that adds errors on multiple contexts and validating a new model" do
    Topic.validates_with(ValidatorThatAddsErrors, on: [:context1, :context2])

    topic = Topic.new
    assert topic.valid?, "Validation ran with no context given when 'on' is set to context1 and context2"

    assert topic.invalid?(:context1), "Validation did not run on context1 when 'on' is set to context1 and context2"
    assert_includes topic.errors[:base], ERROR_MESSAGE

    assert topic.invalid?(:context2), "Validation did not run on context2 when 'on' is set to context1 and context2"
    assert_includes topic.errors[:base], ERROR_MESSAGE
  end

  test "with a class that validating a model for a multiple contexts" do
    Topic.validates_with(ValidatorThatAddsErrors, on: :context1)
    Topic.validates_with(AnotherValidatorThatAddsErrors, on: :context2)

    topic = Topic.new
    assert topic.valid?, "Validation ran with no context given when 'on' is set to context1 and context2"

    assert topic.invalid?([:context1, :context2]), "Validation did not run on context1 when 'on' is set to context1 and context2"
    assert_includes topic.errors[:base], ERROR_MESSAGE
    assert_includes topic.errors[:base], ANOTHER_ERROR_MESSAGE
  end
end


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/**
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

'use strict';

const each = require('../lib/each.es6');
const invariant = require('invariant');
const ImmutableStore = require('./ImmutableStore.es6');

class ImmutableReducerStore extends ImmutableStore {

	constructor(options) {
		const parentOptions = Object.assign({}, options);

		parentOptions.dispatchFunction = function dispatchFunction(store, actions, action) {
			const {source, type, payload} = action;
			let fn;

			if (actions.has(source)) {
				fn = actions.get(source);
			}

			if (actions.has(type)) {
				fn = actions.get(type);
			}

			if (!fn) {
				return;
			}

			const result = fn.call(store, this.state, payload);

			invariant(
				ImmutableStore.checkImmutable(result),
				'non-immutable, non-primitive state was returned from an ' +
				'ImmutableReducerStore private method `%s`',
				fn.name
			);

			this.state = result;
		};

		if (options.init) {
			parentOptions.init = function init() {
				options.init.call(this);

				const defaultState = this.defaultState;
				const keys = Object.keys(this);

				const hasOneImmutableDefaultStateProperty = (
					ImmutableStore.checkImmutable(defaultState) &&
					'defaultState' in this &&
					keys.length === 1
				);

				invariant(
					hasOneImmutableDefaultStateProperty,
					'An ImmutableReducerStore must provide only an Immutable `defaultState` property ' +
					'during `init`. Instead found the keys `%s`.',
					keys.join()
				);

				this.state = this.defaultState;
			};
		}

		if (options.private) {
			each(options.private, (key, fn) => {
				parentOptions.private[key] = function privateMethod() {
					const previousState = this.state;
					const previousDefaultState = this.defaultState;

					const result = fn.apply(this, arguments);

					invariant(
						previousState === this.state,
						'ImmutableReducerStore private method `%s` attempted to directly manipulate ' +
						'the store state. Instead return the new state',
						key
					);

					invariant(
						previousDefaultState === this.defaultState,
						'ImmutableReducerStore private method `%s` attempted to directly manipulate ' +
						'the default store state. This should be immutable and not change.',
						key
					);

					const keys = Object.keys(this);
					invariant(
						'state' in this && 'defaultState' in this && keys.length === 2,
						'ImmutableReducerStore private method `%s` attempted to ' +
						'assign additional state properties `%s`. ' +
						'Instead a reducer should always return the new state.',
						key, keys.join()
					);

					return result;
				};
			});
		}

		super(parentOptions);
	}

	toString() {
		return `[ImmutableReducerStore ${this.displayName}]`;
	}
}

export default ImmutableReducerStore;


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DONALD HARRISON COLTRANE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Tonight, in honor of the legendary jazz saxophonist, John Coltrane's birthday, Grammy nominated Donald Harrison will be performing. Donald was born in New Orleans and grew up in a home environment saturated with the city's traditional brass bands, afro-new Orleans culture, modern jazz, R&B, funk, classical, world and dance music. His connection to New Orleans' roots was deepened by his father, a Big Chief, in a new American style of African culture developed in New Orleans. Donald later became the Big Chief of The Congo Square Nation Afro-New Orleans cultural group in 1999. Donald Harrison created "Nouveau Swing," a style off jazz that merges with modern dance music like R&B, Hip-Hop, Soul and Rock. Over three decades playing as a professional artist has placed Harrison on stage and on recordings with some of the most influential artists of the 21st century.
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Ascension Kitchen is run Lauren Glucina with her partner Stipe Vezich. However, it started as a health and wellness blog five years ago. Lauren spoke to the team about her latest range of desserts.
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OOZOO does not follow trends, it sets trends. OOZOO watches are fashion items in every sense of the word. For OOZOO fashion comes first, as long as it's affordable, trendy and of high quality.
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and Flotsam and Jetsam: the Amelia Island Affair.
What would be a perfect writing day?
Find out at Jean Grant's today. Also get a little tease of my new romantic suspense/thriller For the Love of a Spy: the Scrivener and the Handyman.
Is he a handyman? Or something else? Maris wades into international intrigue to find out.
I admit it: For the Love of a Spy was born out of a delicious dream. I woke slowly, savoring the romance, and latching onto the last line. It is in fact, the last line of the story. But you have to read the whole book to get to it. Thankfully, there's quite a lot of good stuff—adventure, action, and romance—to help you through.
Maris Graystone, Washington pundit, meets Michael Kinder, handyman with an air of mystery, and sparks fly. But he appears unpredictably, leaving Maris limp and lovelorn. Looking for safe harbor, she yields to Émile, a dashing French diplomat. Will she embrace the luxury and comfort of Émile and his chateau or the romance of international intrigue with Michael?
"It's not important." His serious tone told her that it was indeed important, but it also stopped her from asking any more questions.
Please drop by Rebecca Grace's My Writing Corner today for a look at my new romantic suspense For the Love of a Spy: the Scrivener and the Handyman . In this new excerpt, Maris asked a most important question.
When Maris Graystone, author of the political column The Scrivener, and the mysterious Michael Kinder, meet, sparks fly. Their love affair intensifies against the backdrop of the dramatic world events of 1991. Michael appears and disappears at unpredictable moments, leaving Maris limp and lovelorn. Looking for safe harbor for her emotions and her body, she accepts the advances of a dashing French diplomat.
Torn between the luxury and comfort of Émile and his Paris flat, and the romance of international intrigue with Michael, she must choose…but which one?
To celebrate the release of For the Love of a Spy: the Scrivener and the Handyman I thought I'd treat you to an excerpt.
Our heroine, Maris, is in Paris when she gets a strange telephone call telling her a man is dead. She fears it's the man she loves, but the caller did not specify. She is distraught, then afraid.
She had to get out of the apartment. She grabbed her purse and stumbled down the broad circular stairway, running blindly down the street. At the end of the block, she turned left, heading toward the Place de l'Opéra. She crossed the busy square before the Opera House and made her way down the Boulevard des Capucines to the Madeleine. She found a bench and tried to calm down.
She regarded the Napoleonic-era church with sad eyes. Normally, its perfectly balanced Greek lines soothed her. Not today.
As she worked on her breathing, a tall man in a heavy, fur-trimmed coat sat down on the bench next to her. He stared straight ahead. Maris watched him, a little perplexed that a Frenchman would ignore a beautiful woman sitting beside him. Oh well, I'm not exactly well-coiffed this morning.
She stood up abruptly, and the man rose as well. She turned down the Rue Royale, heading toward the Place de la Concorde. Something made her turn around. The man was right behind her, matching her stride. She went right at the circle and headed up Avenue Gabriel. He still followed her. She noticed he wore dark glasses—hardly necessary in the pale autumn light. She quickened her pace. Her heart pounded. What is going on? Could this be the man who had called her? Why hadn't he spoken to her then? Should I stop and see what he wants? No! Every instinct screamed. Don't let him catch up with you.
She ducked into a linen shop, people crowding in behind her. They were apparently having a sale. Maris sidestepped a diminutive Frenchwoman with hennaed hair towering in outrage at the proprietor's unwillingness to come down on the price of a tablecloth, and crouched behind a display case, hoping no one would draw attention to her strange behavior.
She waited a full ten minutes, panting raggedly. When at last she steeled herself to peek over the case, the man was nowhere to be seen. At the door, she peered right and left. No sign of him. She insinuated herself into a crowd of tourists heading down the avenue de Marigny. A sign on her right said Le Marché des Timbres. I remember this. It's the open-air stamp market I used to go to that year I was in school at Sèvres. She turned into it.
The kiosks were closed. Oh, right—it's open on Thursdays. That was my day off from school. What day was it, anyway? Friday. Friday? Now, what…Oh no. She'd almost forgotten the state dinner with the Russian delegation tomorrow night.
Émile had told her to find a suitable dress, a formal gown. She took one last sweep of her surroundings. Whoever her stalker was, he must have given up. Hopefully for good.


The company has a big factory with several parts which cover the following: slate cutting, pebble production, rock face, stone aging, gravels and artistic objects.
Our company AKROLITHOS S.A., has within its premises a large and modern pebble production facility which produces pebbles in different sizes and colors. The main products of this unit are: Thasos pebbles, sky pebbles and dark pebbles.
In a different department, with high specification machinery, AKROLITHOS S.A. produces ROCK FACES which are used for wall installation both indoors and outdoors, building entrances and stone built fences. Mainly produced types of Rock Face are: Evenos, Akron, Pepem, Thasos, Yellow.
Another department within our company's factory, equipped with modern machinery and highly trained staff deals with the production of Grey Kavala Slate. Indicative products are: Grey Kavala cobbles in different dimensions 10x10cm, 10x20cm, 10xFL, 15xFL, Grey stenari for flooring and stone fillets for walling etc.
Over the last few years our company has entered dynamically the market for special marble manufacturing, creating a wide range of marble product using locally quarried marble mainly.
Akrolithos S.A. also has an artistic design department, whereby the use of CNC, we create art designs, out of stone, such as statues, sculptured pictures, signage etc.


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Maciej Damian Mataczyński (ur. 26 lipca 1975) – polski prawnik, doktor habilitowany nauk prawnych, specjalizuje się w prawie cywilnym, prawie Unii Europejskiej, prawie handlowym oraz prawie międzynarodowym prywatnym, profesor nadzwyczajny Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu.

Życiorys
Stopień doktorski uzyskał w 2003 na podstawie pracy pt. Przepisy wymuszające swoje zastosowanie w prawie prywatnym międzynarodowym: studium prawnoporównawcze ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem problematyki zobowiązań umownych (promotorem była Aurelia Nowicka). Habilitował się w 2012 na podstawie oceny dorobku naukowego i rozprawy Cywilnoprawne skutki naruszenia obowiązków nabywców znacznych pakietów akcji spółek publicznych. Pracuje jako profesor nadzwyczajny w Katedrze Prawa Europejskiego Wydziału Prawa i Administracji UAM. Odbył także studia zagraniczne: w Instytucie T.M.C. Assera w Hadze (1999), Academy of European Law we Florencji (1999) oraz w Harvard Law School (2001-02) w ramach stypendium Komisji Fulbrighta. Ponadto wielokrotnie odbywał staże naukowe w Instytucie Maksa Plancka w Hamburgu.

Zasiadał w radzie nadzorczej koncernu PKN Orlen (2006 oraz 2008-2013). Od 2008 jest też członkiem rady nadzorczej Firmy Oponiarskiej Dębica SA. W latach 2004-2012 był radcą prawnym, a od 2012 pracuje jako adwokat.

Wybrane publikacje
 Przepisy wymuszające swoje zastosowanie w prawie prywatnym międzynarodowym, wyd. 2005,
 Swoboda przepływu kapitału a złota akcja Skarbu Państwa, wyd. 2007,
 Cywilnoprawne skutki naruszenia obowiązków nabywców znacznych pakietów akcji spółek publicznych, wyd. 2011,
 ponadto glosy do orzeczeń sądów, rozdziały w pracach zbiorowych i artykuły publikowane w czasopismach prawniczych, m.in. w "Ruchu Prawniczym, Ekonomicznym i Socjologicznym", "Państwie i Prawie", "Palestrze" oraz "Orzecznictwie Sądów Polskich"

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Mataczyński, Maciej (1975- ) w katalogu Biblioteki Narodowej
 Mataczyński, Maciej w repozytorium Amur

Absolwenci Wydziału Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Ludzie związani z przemysłem petrochemicznym
Polscy specjaliści prawa międzynarodowego
Polscy specjaliści prawa handlowego
Stypendyści Fulbrighta
Urodzeni w 1975
Wykładowcy Wydziału Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

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A husband and wife team, Jonathan ("Jona") Felts and Gretchen Ferrell, with day labor and entertainment provided by their daughter, Opal.
They have both been involved in permaculture and local food activism and education since before they joined forces in Costa Rica in 2003. Jona specializes in plant propagation and was a greenhouse grower for a couple of decades, during which time he began learning about, and eventually taught, permaculture. Gretchen coordinates and guides experiential education trips for students, abroad and domestically.


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package com.google.worldcoin.crypto;

/**
 *
This is just a wrapper for the i (child number) as per BIP 32 with a boolean getter for the first bit and a getter
 * for the actual 0-based child number. A {@link List} of these forms a path through a
 * {@link DeterministicHierarchy}. This class is immutable.
 */
public class ChildNumber {
    public static final int PRIV_BIT = 0x80000000;
    public static final ChildNumber ZERO = new ChildNumber(0);

    /** Integer i as per BIP 32 spec, including the MSB denoting derivation type (0 = public, 1 = private) **/
    private final int i;

    public ChildNumber(int childNumber, boolean isPrivate) {
        if (hasPrivateBit(childNumber)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Most significant bit is reserved and shouldn't be set: " + childNumber);
        }
        i = isPrivate ? (childNumber | PRIV_BIT) : childNumber;
    }

    public ChildNumber(int i) {
        this.i = i;
    }

    public int getI() {
        return i;
    }

    public boolean isPrivateDerivation() {
        return hasPrivateBit(i);
    }

    private static boolean hasPrivateBit(int a) {
        return (a & PRIV_BIT) != 0;
    }

    /**
     * @return the child number without the private/public derivation bit set.
     */
    public int getChildNumber() {
        return i & (~PRIV_BIT);
    }

    public String toString() {
        return String.format("%d%s", getChildNumber(), isPrivateDerivation() ? "'" : "");
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        return this == o || !(o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) && i == ((ChildNumber) o).i;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return i;
    }
}


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CGTN: China's COVID-19 vaccines proven safe, effective by trials and data
January 18, 2023 adminComments Off on CGTN: China's COVID-19 vaccines proven safe, effective by trials and data
BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — COVID-19 vaccines produced in China have been proven to be safe and effective by clinical trials and real-world data. The vaccines have helped save people in China and around the world, which is an irreversible accomplishment and cannot be challenged by denialists.
Various options
China is the only country with COVID-19 vaccines developed via multiple technical routes – they work in different ways.
In addition to mRNA vaccines that uses new technology as the Pfizer Inc. product, people can also choose the well-tested, traditional inactivated vaccines, which turned out to be the mainstream in China.
Chinese companies also made viral vector vaccines and protein subunit vaccines to give people more options.
In addition to the mechanism of action, Chinese vaccines also come in different forms – jabs, inhalers and nasal sprays – in case you prefer one of them.
In total, there are currently 13 vaccine products available in China.
"China always puts first the safety of vaccines," said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a regular press conference on Friday. "China-made vaccines have a good safety record with overall low adverse event rate."
Billions of people have taken the Chinese jabs, which is hard evidence of the vaccines' safety. As of January 12, over 1.3 billion people in China have taken over 3.4 billion doses of vaccines, with more than 241 million of them aged above 60.
According to statistics from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 188 cases of severe adverse reactions were reported from December 15, 2020, to April 30, 2021, on the Chinese mainland after a total of 265 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered, with a rate of 0.07 per 100,000 doses. CDC called the rate "extremely rare."
Three of the Chinese vaccine products are on the Emergency Use Listing of the World Health Organization (WHO). Sinovac's CoronaVac is the only vaccine on the list that is recommended to use on children aged between three and four. In August 2022, CoronaVac was approved by regulators in Chile and China's Hong Kong to be used on six-month-old babies.
Solid effectiveness
By law in China, a vaccine must go through clinical trials in order to get government approval, during which the effectiveness must be scientifically proven. Many Chinese vaccines, like products from Sinopharm and Sinovac, were tested among different races of people.
In a Phase-III trial of CoronaVac in Türkiye that involved more than 10,000 people, two doses of the vaccine yielded an efficacy of 83.5 percent. Researchers said the vaccine "has high efficacy with a good safety and tolerability profile."
According to the WHO, a large multi-country Phase-III trial of Sinopharm's vaccine also demonstrated a 79-percent efficacy against hospitalization, which is high enough to get recommendation from the organization.
When the WHO listed the first Chinese vaccine for emergency use in May, 2021, head of the organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they included the product for its "safety, efficacy and quality."
Compared with other vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer during that time, the inactive vaccine from China had an advantage: It can be stored and transported in a standard refrigerator at 2-8 degrees Celsius. It is particularly suitable for developing countries with inadequate vaccine storage and transportation facilities to store large amounts of vaccines at low temperatures.
Helping the world
China donated and exported a big amount of its COVID-19 vaccines, fulfilling its international responsibility, especially when some of the most developed countries stockpiled vaccines for its own people.
According to data analytics Airfinity, the U.S. and UK exported almost none of their vaccine storage by the end of March 2021. Emmanuel Macron, president of U.S. ally France, urged the U.S. to drop its restrictions on the export of COVID-19 vaccines and ingredients in May 2021, when more than half people in the U.S. have received at least one dose.
More than 120 countries and international organizations received over 2.2 billion doses of vaccines made in China. People in more than 100 countries used Chinese vaccine products, among them are leaders of over 30 countries.
The Chinese vaccines are precious achievements of the country's fight against COVID-19, which also benefited people in many other countries. These contributions should not be discredited or distorted.
Link: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-01-17/China-s-COVID-19-vaccines-proven-safe-effective-by-trials-and-data-1gFeDhuFJ0k/index.html
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DALLAS, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, YPO, the premier global leadership community for chief executives, announced the election of Anastasios (Tassos) Economou to YPO's highest elected office, the 2020-2021 chairman of the YPO Board of Directors. Economou is the 69th member to hold this office and will succeed current YPO Chairman Elizabeth Zucker. He will […]
انطلاقًا من مؤتمر التغير المناخي COP27 إلى قمة مجموعة العشرين: شباب العالم يحثون قادة العالم على التمسك بتعددية الأطراف وتمكين الشباب
شرم الشيخ، مصر، 14 نوفمبر 2022 / PRNewswire / — قبل قمة مجموعة العشرين، دعا طلاب من 15 جامعة مرموقة في تسعة بلدان قادة العالم إلى تمكين الشباب والتمسك بمبادئ تعددية الأطراف؛ لينقلوا التزاماتهم بانبعاث كربوني صفري إلى حيز التنفيذ. جاءت دعوة العمل من السفراء الشباب للتحالف العالمي للجامعات حول المناخ (GAUC) ، والذين أصدروا […]
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Транзи́сторно-транзи́сторная ло́гика (ТТЛ, TTL) — разновидность цифровых логических микросхем, построенных на основе биполярных транзисторов и резисторов. Название транзисторно-транзисторный возникло из-за того, что транзисторы используются как для выполнения логических функций (например, И, ИЛИ), так и для усиления выходного сигнала (в отличие от резисторно-транзисторной и диодно-транзисторной логики).

Простейший базовый элемент ТТЛ выполняет логическую операцию И-НЕ, в принципе повторяет структуру ДТЛ-микросхем и в то же время за счёт использования многоэмиттерного транзистора объединяет свойства диода и транзисторного усилителя, что позволяет увеличить быстродействие, снизить потребляемую мощность и усовершенствовать технологию изготовления микросхемы.

ТТЛ получила широкое распространение в компьютерах, электронных музыкальных инструментах, а также в контрольно-измерительной аппаратуре и автоматике (КИПиА). Благодаря широкому распространению ТТЛ входные и выходные цепи электронного оборудования часто выполняются совместимыми по электрическим характеристикам с ТТЛ. Максимальное напряжение в схемах с ТТЛ может достигать , однако, это приводит к большому уровню паразитного сигнала. Достаточно малый уровень паразитного сигнала при сохранении достаточной эффективности достигается при напряжении , поэтому данное значение и вошло в технический регламент ТТЛ.

ТТЛ стала популярной среди разработчиков электронных систем после того, как в 1965 году фирма Texas Instruments представила серию интегральных микросхем 7400. Данная серия микросхем стала промышленным стандартом, но ТТЛ-микросхемы производятся и другими компаниями. Более того, фирма Texas Instruments не была первой, кто начал выпуск ТТЛ-микросхем, несколько ранее его начали фирмы Sylvania и Transitron. Тем не менее промышленным стандартом стала именно серия 74 фирмы Texas Instruments, что в значительной мере объясняется большими производственными мощностями фирмы Texas Instruments, а также её усилиями по продвижению серии 74. Поскольку биполярные ИМС серии 74 фирмы Texas Instruments стали наиболее распространёнными, их функционально и параметрически повторяет продукция других фирм (Advanced Micro Devices, серия 90/9N/9L/9H/9S Fairchild, Harris, Intel, Intersil, Motorola, National и т. д).

Важность ТТЛ заключается в том, что ТТЛ-микросхемы оказались более пригодны для массового производства и при этом превосходили по параметрам ранее выпускавшиеся серии микросхем (резисторно-транзисторная и диодно-транзисторная логика).

Принцип работы

Принцип работы ТТЛ с простым инвертором:

Биполярные транзисторы могут работать в режимах: отсечки, насыщения, нормально активный, инверсно активный. В инверсно активном режиме эмиттерный переход закрыт, а коллекторный переход открыт. В инверсном активном режиме коэффициент усиления транзистора по току значительно меньше, чем в нормальном режиме, из-за несимметричности конструктивного исполнения переходов база-коллектор и база-эмиттер, в частности, из-за разницы в их площадях и степени легирования коллекторного и эмиттерного слоёв полупроводника (подробнее о режимах работы биполярного транзистора см. Биполярный транзистор).

При нулевом потенциале на любом эмиттере многоэмиттерного транзистора VT1 он работает в нормальном режиме насыщения, так как в базу втекает ток резистора R1, поэтому потенциал коллектора VT1 и базы VT2 близок к нулю (Vбэ1 = (A|B=0) + 0,7В ≱ Vбк1 + Vбэ2, описано в этой статье на английском языке), что переводит VT2 в режим отсечки, поэтому на коллекторе VT2 потенциал близок к потенциалу источника питания Vcc, — на выходе элемента логическая 1. В этом состоянии изменение потенциала другого эмиттера не изменяет состояние элемента. Через эмиттер (вход), присоединённый к «земле» на землю вытекает ток I = (Vcc — 0,7)/R1,  — падение напряжения на прямосмещённом эмиттерном переходе VT1.

Если отключить все эмиттеры, или подать на них напряжения логической 1 (более ), то через прямосмещённый коллекторный переход VT1 в базу VT2 будет втекать ток резистора R1, I = (Vcc — 1,4)/R1,  — сумма падений напряжений на прямосмещённом эмиттерном переходе VT2 и прямосмещённом коллекторном переходе VT1, при этом VT2 переходит в состояние насыщения, его коллекторный потенциал становится близок к нулю (логический 0).

Таким образом, на выходе будет логический 0 только если все входы имеют состояние логической 1, это соответствует логической функции И-НЕ.

ТТЛ имеет повышенное, по сравнению с ДТЛ-логикой быстродействие, даже если используемые транзисторы имеют равное быстродействие. Это обусловлено тем, что при переходе выхода из состояния логического нуля в логическую 1 транзистор выходит из насыщения, неосновные носители, накопленные в базе VT2 не только самопроизвольно рассасываются, но и стекают в коллектор насыщенного VT1 (как было ранее сказано, его потенциал близок к нулю). Типовая задержка на элемент ранних серий ТТЛ-микросхем около .

Некоторые микросхемы в каждой серии ТТЛ изготавливаются без резистора R2, на выход выведен коллектор VT2, так называемые элементы с «открытым коллектором». Группу таких выходов можно электрически соединить, снабдив единственным внешним резистором, другим концом присоединённом к Vcc, при этом реализуется логическая функция «И» — такое соединение иногда называют «проводным И». На электрических принципиальных схемах в условном обозначении элементов с открытым коллектором используется дополнительный символ.

ТТЛ-логика (как и ТТЛШ) является прямым наследником ДТЛ и использует тот же принцип действия. Входной ТТЛ-транзистор (в отличие от обычного) имеет несколько, обычно от 2 до 8, эмиттеров. Эти эмиттеры выполняют роль входных диодов (если сравнивать с ДТЛ). Многоэмиттерный транзистор по сравнению с применявшейся в схемах ДТЛ сборкой из отдельных диодов занимает меньше места на кристалле и обеспечивает более высокое быстродействие. Следует отметить, что в микросхемах ТТЛШ, начиная с серии 74LS, вместо многэмиттерного транзистора используется сборка диодов Шоттки (серия 74LS) или PNP транзисторы в сочетании с диодами Шоттки (серии 74AS, 74ALS), так что фактически произошёл возврат к ДТЛ. Название ТТЛ заслуженно носят лишь серии 74, 74H, 74L, 74S, содержащие многоэмиттерный транзистор. Все более поздние серии многоэмиттерного транзистора не содержат, фактически являются ДТЛ и носят название ТТЛШ (ТТЛ Шоттки) лишь «по традиции», будучи развитием именно ДТЛ.

Транзисторно-транзисторная логика с диодами Шоттки (ТТЛШ)

В ТТЛШ используются диоды Шоттки, в которых барьер Шоттки не позволяет транзистору войти в режим насыщения, в результате чего диффузионная ёмкость мала, и задержки переключения малы, а быстродействие высокое. Такая комбинация (биполярный транзистор-диод Шоттки в цепи база-коллектор) считается отдельным компонентом — транзистором Шоттки — и имеет собственное обозначение на электрических принципиальных схемах.

ТТЛШ-логика отличается от ТТЛ наличием диодов Шоттки в цепях база — коллектор, что исключает насыщение транзистора, а также наличием демпфирующих диодов Шоттки на входах (редко на выходах) для подавления импульсных помех, образующихся из-за отражений в длинных линиях связи (длинной считается линия, время распространения сигнала в которой больше длительности его фронта, для самых быстрых ТТЛШ микросхем линия становится длинной, начиная с длины в несколько сантиметров).

Разновидности

Серии ТТЛ-микросхем зарубежного производства
В скобках указаны типовые значения времени задержки (Tpd) и потребляемой мощности (Pd) для каждой серии, взятые из документа SDAA010.PDF фирмы Texas Instruments, кроме 74F, для которой данные взяты из AN-661 фирмы Fairchild.

 74 — базовая ТТЛ-серия. Несмотря на то, что была первой серией, выпускавшейся фирмой Texas Instruments, до сих пор находится в производстве ({Tpd = , Pd = );
 74L — серия с пониженным энергопотреблением, заменена серией LS, а также КМОП-микросхемами, значительно превосходящими её по экономичности (Tpd = , Pd = );
 74H — повышенная скорость. Использовалась в 1960-е — начале 1970-х годов и была заменена S-серией (Tpd = , Pd = );
 74S — с диодами Шоттки (Schottky). Хотя устарела (её превосходят серии 74AS и 74F), до сих пор производится фирмой Texas Instruments (Tpd = , Pd = );
 74LS — с диодами Шоттки и пониженным энергопотреблением (Low Power Schottky) (Tpd = , Pd = );
 74AS — улучшенная с диодами Шоттки (Advanced Schottky) (Tpd = , Pd = );
 74ALS — улучшенная с диодами Шоттки и пониженным энергопотреблением (Advanced Low Power Schottky) (Tpd = , Pd = );
 74F — быстрая (Fast) с диодами Шоттки (Fast) (Tpd = , Pd = , в действительности 74F несколько уступает по быстродействию 74AS);

Префикс серии «74» обозначает коммерческий вариант микросхем, «54» — индустриальный или военный, с расширенным температурным диапазоном .... Тип корпуса, как правило, указывается последней буквой в обозначении, например для Texas Instruments тип корпуса пластиковый DIP кодируется буквой N (SN7400N).

Советские серии ТТЛ-микросхем
 106 — ранняя серия ТТЛ-микросхем пониженной степени интеграции (не более 2 логических элементов в одном корпусе), предназначенная для тяжёлых условий эксплуатации (военная аппаратура, космос, и т. п.). Не имеет аналогов среди микросхем фирмы Texas Instruments.
 133 и 155 соответствуют сериям 54 и 74;
 130, 131 — сериям 54H и 74H;
 134, КР134 — сериям 54L и 74L;
 136 и 158 — близки к сериям 54L и 74L, но имеют вдвое большее энергопотребление при несколько большем быстродействии;
 530 и 531 — сериям 54S и 74S;
 533 и 555 — сериям 54LS и 74LS;
 1530, КР1530 — сериям 54AS и 74AS (приблизительное соответствие);
 1531, КР1531 — сериям 54F и 74F;
 1533, КР1533 — сериям 54ALS и 74ALS;

Особенности применения микросхем с ТТЛ-логикой
При работе ТТЛ-логики наблюдаются достаточно сильные всплески токов (особенно на выходе), которые могут создавать паразитные наводки на цепях питания, приводя к сбоям самих ТТЛ-элементов. Для борьбы с этим явлением необходимо руководствоваться следующими правилами:
 Питание ТТЛ-микросхем организуется в виде двух шин (обычно из медных или латунных полос) с короткими отводами печатных дорожек к выводам питания. При многослойном монтаже выделяются отдельные слои для шин питания. Применение разветвлённых дорожек питания запрещено.
 Между шинами питания устанавливаются блокировочные конденсаторы с малой паразитной индуктивностью (керамические или слюдяные). Минимальная ёмкость, количество блокировочных конденсаторов определяется инструкцией по монтажу ТТЛ-микросхемы.

Не всегда все имеющиеся входы ТТЛ-элемента используются в конкретной схеме. Если по логике работы на входе необходим нулевой сигнал, то неиспользуемые входы соединяются с общим проводом.

 Для собственно ТТЛ-схемы неиспользуемые входы можно никуда не подключать, но из-за паразитной ёмкости будет появляться задержка прохождения сигнала (около 2 нс на один вход), кроме того, на неиспользуемые входы могут наводиться помехи. У ТТЛШ оставлять неподключёнными неиспользуемые входы запрещено.
 Можно соединить используемые и неиспользуемые входы (если это допустимо по схеме), но это увеличивает нагрузку на источник сигнала и также увеличивает задержку.
 Неиспользуемые входы можно присоединить к выходу инвертирующего элемента, входы которого подсоединяются к общему проводу.
 Неиспользуемые входы можно присоединить к источнику питания через резистор — для одних серий (количество одновременно подключаемых входов к одному резистору и величина этого сопротивления регламентируются соответствующими инструкциями) или непосредственно к питанию — для других.

См. также
 Логические элементы

Примечания

Ссылки
 http://www.inp.nsk.su/~kozak/ttl/ttlh01.htm Справочник по стандартным цифровым ТТЛ микросхемам

Семейства цифровых интегральных схем
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Review: Just Jim (2015)
Directed, written, and starring Craig Roberts - alongside a particularly captivating Emile Hirsch - this brave, tense, funny film will keep you captivated.
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As far as directorial debuts go, Just Jim is a damn good one. Craig Roberts of Submarine and 22 Jump Street fame – apparently as Spencer in Jump Street… I dunno either. I'm guessing you also spent the whole time staring at Channing Tatum? But in case you're having trouble placing him, he's the Welsh kid from Tracey Beaker and Young Dracula.
Set in Wales in what appears to be the 1970s, but mixed with hints of the decades that followed, we can see that the mise-en-scène was telling us something (you know how films like to do that) about the village Just Jim is set in; locked in time, unable to move on and, more importantly, unwilling to. Setting the particularly drab scene very well.
Jim is your run of the mill 'different kid', bullied, beaten, and downtrodden. Roberts plays this excellently, aided a lot by his acting talent, but also a lot by the fact that his face is, in his own words, "very round" and nowhere near as structured as his devilish companion, Dean (Emile Hirsch). Hirsch is given the character of "cool American dude come to swoop in and make the bumbling valley boy as cool as an American", thus finally proving to the world that Americans are 1000% cooler than the Brits; I mean thank God someone finally said it!!
But despite this slightly cliched plot point the rest of it is marvellously original. To be honest Roberts' spin on the familiar story-line is pretty refreshing anyways – probably because he's Welsh! The scenery of the film is beautifully bleak, the kind of shots you'd see on Countryfile, of rolling hills, and babbling brooks, but the tone of the film turns it all into this warped version of what we're seeing; our eyes are tricked in to seeing beauty as beast, and idyllic as isolated.
You can expect the clever shots you'd see in most Indie films – this one actually funded by BBC Films, but lets go with Indie! There's the two-shot of one person, often expressing an empty space. The handheld slo-mo following shot that follows a character down a road (over the hills, and far away), only for them to look back over their shoulder, rain falling; and everyone gets a hipster hard-on for the meaning and artistry – present company included. But that's why we love these films, and that's why we keep coming back to them. The lighting of this film was clever, a lot of single lit scenes, a lot of shadow, and unless Wales is genuinely that grey then the whole thing seems to have been graded just a little bleaker.
There are a few scenes thrown in that I'm guessing you could class as meta but they didn't really fit in or mean anything – which is the exact description of what meta is, right? However, these scenes bugged me a bit; they seemed unnecessary and on the whole just style over substance. Roberts was most probably playing safe, and sticking to the artsy-fartsy-Indie-windie rule booky-wook – Russel Brand's new autobiography about how no one gives a shit about him anymore. Which is understandable considering this is his first go at it, but most of the underwater scenes could've been cut, and it seems ridiculous to even have to mention that this film has underwater scenes… or is it a reference to Submarine? Ohhhh Craig Roberts you clever meta-mother.
So as I was saying the underwater scenes really were a stroke of artistic genius; worth the ticket price just for them alone.
I didn't know what to expect from the film, it's billed as a comedy and the blurb we were given at the screening made it seem like a pretty standard buddy movie. So when I was greeted with distant parents, stylised sets and dialogue I thought, "ah, it's a dark comedy!" And what with being very trendy I was well prepared to laugh at vaguely humourous exchanges and shots of people eating a Mr. Whippy by a recycling bin that's been graffitied with the words "FUCK OFF." But thankfully, I didn't have to. The dialogue, acting, and graffiti in this film are all genuinely very funny and require no sense of irony to be able to enjoy.
But this is where Just Jim lulls you in to a scene of false security, I was snuggled in, popcorn in hand (I had to provide my own), ready for the UK's answer to Superbad. But my friends, this never happened.
In reality what I witnessed was a portrayal of socio-psychopathy, betrayal, and mind boggling. Every time you think you've got it sussed you're just flat out told "WRONG! go again… WRONG!" I took AS-Level psychology, I've read American Psycho and Fight Club, so when it comes down to psychoanalytical pieces of film or writing I'm quite well versed – as in two books and half an A-Level better than you are! But even I, one of the great thinkers of our time, couldn't quite figure this one out. Never fear though, as thankfully you're not left in the dark and (nearly) all is revealed as the film goes on. Dean's real intent with Jim, what's up with Jim's parents, and more importantly what's up with Jim!
Just Jim is a brave, emotional, exciting, joy of a film; all its faults and cliches can be forgiven, mostly for the sheer enjoyment of it. Roberts, if he can keep it up, is well on his way to establishing himself as Britain's best unknown talent, maybe never having the success of a Benedict Cumberbatch or Eddie Redmayne but with just as much talent and probably even more diversity. Emile Hirsch knocks out another solid Emile Hirsch performance – playing an American, incredibly – a role he was born to play! Just Jim won't break records and it probably won't ever get the coverage it deserves, but if you are given the opportunity to see it, then I urge you to grab that chance and clear your schedule – although at a running time of 84 minutes I wouldn't take the whole night off.
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Delhi-based hair salon, Looks Salon, brings its brand to Mumbai, with an open lattice-like structure and space designed by group DCA
Looks Salon at Mumbai's Seawoods, Grand Central Mall marks the Delhi-based brand's first journey into western India. The primary design intention was to create a defined salon space–inside and out–to help introduce the brand to a new city with tough competition.
The final design is one of a curvilinear lattice-like structure that blends elements of branding, materiality and function. The site, being set inside a mall came with several challenges; an oblique demising-line in the front, and an odd-shaped parcel.
The store-front's extensive length intends to provide a public face that feels transparent while simultaneously ensuring privacy for the indoors, through the lattice's morphological design. The lattice has been modelled to cut across the front demising-line, piercing through the salon's glass façade, while visually adjusting the store-front's length and creating a distinct first impression. Due to the constraints of plywood as a material, a composition of several horizontal fin elements were used to reinforce the lattice's self-supporting structure and to bind the curvilinear elements together. Functionally, they also double up as storage and shelving whilst addressing privacy concerns and shielding the interior spaces from outside passersby.
The lattice has been modelled to cut across the front demising-line, piercing through the salon's glass façade, while visually adjusting the store-front's length and creating a distinct first impression
The spatial layout, planned around an existing structural grid, helps craft a largely free-flowing interior space. Spatial separation is made possible by the lattice which expands and contracts to adapt to the shape of the site. This allows the salon's varied functions to be divided into independent spaces across diaphanous partitions. The entryway opens into a reception and waiting area, which connects to the styling zone; the Kerastase room is placed in one of the corners to separate it from the bustle of the salon.
The custom-designed lattice has been built in stained birch plywood, and is the element that defines the salon's overarching décor theme. Cut out of a plywood board that measured eight feet by four feet, these fins are designed to be further divided into five to eight pieces, each prefabricated in the architects' workshop, and transported and assembled together at the site later.
The structure morphs the walls and the ceiling together is accentuated by the use of a largely minimal colour palette. The back walls have been finished in a grey-hued distressed plaster, while several services that enter the salon space are left exposed to exude a raw and rough feel and look. Circular mirrors suspended from the ceiling and lighting design adds a spirit of playful drama to the interior space.
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La Conner is a town in Skagit County, Washington, United States with a population of 965 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town hosts several events as part of the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival held in April.

History

La Conner was first settled in May 1867 by Alonzo Low and was then known by its post office name, Swinomish. Its location on the Swinomish channel was an ideal safe harbor for ships. In 1869, J.S. Conner bought the settlement's trading post and in 1870 had the name changed to honor his wife, Louisa Ann Conner. The French-appearing "La" represented her first and middle initials. When Skagit County was created out of Whatcom County in 1883, La Conner was chosen as the county seat, but would only hold that designation until November 1884 when the seat was moved to Mount Vernon.

In early 2020, nine businesses in downtown La Conner announced their closures—mostly attributed to lost revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic and from the cancellation of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

Geography

La Conner is located along the Swinomish Channel, across from the Swinomish Indian Reservation on Fidalgo Island, in western Skagit County. The Rainbow Bridge, a steel arch bridge, connects La Conner to the Swinomish Indian Reservation. The town is north of Skagit Bay and is connected to nearby highways by local roads. The center of town, known as "the Hill", roughly bounded by Second, Morris and Commercial streets and the Swinomish Channel, is a historic district and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which,  is land and  is water.

Economy

La Conner is located at the edge of the Skagit Valley, the largest tulip-growing region in the world and host of an annual tulip festival in April. Other crops grown in the area include strawberries and wheat.

Demographics

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the town was $42,344, and the median income for a family was $52,083. Males had a median income of $40,074 versus $26,875 for females. The per capita income for the town was $24,308. About 8.8% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 891 people, 467 households, and 224 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 526 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 87.1% White, 0.7% African American, 5.1% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 3.4% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.2% of the population.

There were 467 households, of which 18.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.6% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 52.0% were non-families. Of all households 45.8% were made up of individuals, and 24.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.91 and the average family size was 2.70.

The median age in the town was 52.8 years. Of all residents 16.8% were under the age of 18; 4.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.3% were from 25 to 44; 34.5% were from 45 to 64; and 26.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 45.1% male and 54.9% female.

Landmarks

La Conner's Rainbow bridge connects La Conner to Fidalgo Island, which includes the gated Shelter Bay Community, the Swinomish reservation, and the city of Anacortes. The center of town—roughly bounded by 2nd, Morris, and Commercial streets and Swinomish Channel—is a historic district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Also on the NRHP is the Bethsaida Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage east of town.

Notable residents

Author Tom Robbins is a long-time resident of La Conner. Many of his books, most notably Another Roadside Attraction, have chapters set in the vicinity.

Pacific Northwest photographer Art Hupy (1924–2003) settled in La Conner in 1977 and founded the Museum of Northwest Art in 1981. Many influential Northwest artists including Guy Anderson, Clayton James, and Barbara Straker James have close ties to La Conner.

Radical labor activist Hulet M. Wells (1878–1970), a 1912 Socialist candidate for mayor of Seattle, president of the Seattle Central Labor Council, and founder in 1931 of the Unemployed Citizens' League of Seattle was born in a cabin near La Conner, where his Canadian-born parents homesteaded in 1877. Jailed at McNeil Island Penitentiary for his opposition to World War I, Wells was one of the leading public faces of Washington radicalism during the first decades of the 20th century.

Joe Shell (born in La Conner in 1918) is a former member and floor leader of the California State Assembly and was the intraparty opponent of Richard M. Nixon for the California Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1962. His father was an Indian agent at the time on the Swinomish Reservation.

In addition to these, there is also Brian Cladoosby. He has been the Chairman of the Swinomish Indian Senate from 1997 onward. In 2013 he was elected to be the (21st) President of the National Congress of American Indians and still serves today, as well as being the President of the Association of Washington Tribes.

Arts and culture

The Museum of Northwest Art showcases a permanent collection of northwest artists and revolving shows throughout the year. The town is also home to the Skagit Historical Museum, with perhaps the best view in town, and the Quilt Museum, located in one of the oldest homes in town, the Gaches Mansion.

The town of La Conner is home to several fine art galleries, including La Conner Seaside Gallery, Forum Arts, Earthenworks, and Alek's Art Studio. Visual artists, painters, and photographers have also worked from spaces in and around La Conner, including Northwest School members Guy Anderson, Morris Graves, and Richard Gilkey. Fishtown, an informal artists' community housed in a cluster of old cabins and fishing shacks on the north fork of the Skagit River delta, housed many artists from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.

Also famous for its many feral domestic turkeys, the town named the turkey as their "Official Town Bird in 2005". On August 8, 2006; however, a debate was heard in town council about whether the birds should be removed because of nuisance complaints about noise, fecal matter, and ingestion of garden materials.  As of October 2010, the town council declared the turkeys to be a nuisance and has since taken action to have them removed from the town limits.

La Conner's public library, which is run by the town government and serves residents of the local school district, opened on November 26, 1993, at a former storefront. Plans to construct a permanent library were announced in 2012 with a ten-year fundraising campaign. Construction on the new library began in October 2021 and was completed the following year at a cost of $5 million. The  building opened on October 18, 2022, and includes community spaces, a rooftop solar array, and signage in English, Spanish, Braille, and Lushootseed.

Sister cities
La Conner has the following sister cities.
  White Rock, BC, Canada
  Kenmare, Ireland
  Olga, Russia
  San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua

References

External links

 Town of La Conner
 Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

National Register of Historic Places in Skagit County, Washington
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
Towns in Skagit County, Washington
Towns in Washington (state)