Soldiers from the North East of England followed the same route troops would have taken to go to war in 1918.
A group of soldiers from the North East of England have undertaken a World War One pilgrimage to London.
They boarded a train filled with passengers to follow the same route that soldiers would have taken to go to war 100 years ago.
The 10 young soldiers on board were from the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick, in North Yorkshire.
In 1918, they could have been on their way to war.
Lieutenant Hugh Risk, an instructor at the Infantry Training Centre, said if he was of age at the time he would have wanted to enlist.
"I would have been equally keen to get abroad and perform my duty"
A soldier from the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick pays tribute to the fallen, after a special train journey to London.
A two-minute silence and then the Last Post echoed throughout King's Cross station.
As the piper made his way along the platform, even the busiest of commuters stopped for a moment to reflect.
Passengers paid their respects as a piper performed the Last Post at King's Cross Station.


With big names like Billy Talent headlining and Alvvays putting on a performance prior, to up and coming bands like Broncho and Miracles, the crowd was treated to an evening jam packed with great music.
Performing on a big stage in front of a huge crowd like that is really exciting for bands that as one of the vocalists said, have "played on stages smaller than that corner." On top of their set, Miracles won the SIRIUSXM Emerging french artist of the year award.
A special thanks goes out to the organizers for having us there and to Grant Martin for being nice enough to lend me his camera for a few photos at the Indies!


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Dogs come trained in loyalty, unconditional love, and friendship. It's only the easy stuff that they need to learn. True, teaching all the other stuff can be daunting but all we need is the right advice at the right time. How does the beginning of the year sound? January is National Train Your Dog Month. It's a time when trainers, dog owners, and canine experts come together to celebrate their love for their furry friends by sharing what they know. The internet and social media become a treasure trove of information, tips, and advice. All due to a movement started by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers many years ago.
Wales was the first country to claim that training dogs with e collars was cruel and banned it. But many countries, including the U.S., do not agree and e collars are still legal here.
Blanche Saunders published "Training You to Train Your Dog", the first of its kind!
While hunting for Jack the Ripper the English police sought the help of trained bloodhounds!
Just when man discovered farming, he discovered how to train dogs to help with it! Dogs were also trained for inter-tribal fights.
A new year calls for a new bag of tricks! Think of a simple and fun trick like rolling over, playing dead, or fetch.
In January, reserve Friday evenings for your dog. Go for a walk, to a dog museum, or watch a dog movie with buttered popcorn and a special treat for your best pal!
Share your dog training accomplishments and challenges with other dog lovers through pictures and videos. Have fun and build a better dog training community.
Yes, a long way to keeping a dog inside a loving home. Hundreds of dogs are given away each year because their owners couldn't train them and found them difficult to live with. A celebration like this one can help train and save them.
Experts say training a dog is not a luxury but imperative to his well being and health.
It always helps to hear you're not alone. This month-long celebration connects you to others like you. Share their experiences, laughs, watch experts' webinars or silly bloopers.


Whether you expand locally or grow your overseas footprint, phone calls and e-mail can only do so much. Making your mark and staying competitive often requires face-to-face interaction and long-term relationship-building. The team at Azon learned this lesson the hard way — through years of trial and error, missteps and false starts — before finally realizing they couldn't go all-in on global growth by testing the waters with only one foot.
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Like many manufacturers, Azon faces a talent challenge as baby boomers retire and too few millennials take their place. As Azon acquires new talent and adjusts to long-time workers retiring, they take key steps to facilitate transitions.
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The wedding of Hedwig and Henry the Bearded. Hedwig's Codex, 1353. Wikimedia Commons
Duke Henry was irritated. A pious and religious man himself, he could not bear the sight of his beloved wife attending mass and performing all her noble deeds barefoot. She could be a shining example of both genuine and active faith, but she should not forget she was his duchess too. For the sake of her family and her own dignity she should present herself in more fitting attire. At least in public. But how to talk sense into that stubborn head of hers?
She wouldn't listen to him. Long ago he had acknowledged who in their union had the last word. The only person he could turn to and whose words she would pay heed to was her confessor. Thus, the duke sought the latter's cooperation. Everything went well, at least this is what the two conspirators thought. The duchess listened patiently, nodded her head in understanding, accepted a pair of brand-new shoes presented to her and solemnly promised to wear them. And she turned out to be as good as her word. She did wear them… tied to her belt. And this is how she has come down both in legend and history. Barefoot, with shoes dangling at her waist.
Duchess Hedwig with a pair of shoes tied to her belt and a model of Trzebnica sanctuary in her hand, c. 1370, National Museum of Wrocław. Photo courtesy of Tomasz Mizerka
The future saint Hedwig was born sometime between 1174 and 1178 into a powerful Bavarian family. Her father was Berthold IV, duke of Merania, and her mother was Agnes of Rochlitz from the House of Wettin. The family was closely related to the ruling house of Germany, the Hohenstaufen. Through Hedwig's sisters and their marriages, they also became related of the kings of France and Hungary. Hedwig herself received an excellent education at Kintzingen near Wurzburg. Not only could she read, write and interpret Holy Scriptures, but she learned what hard work meant and was not afraid of it.
Count Bertold VI of Andechs-Meran and Agnes of Wettin, St Hedwig's parents with their sons and daughters. Hedwig's Codex, 1353. Wikimedia Commons
Initially she was to marry a ruler of Serbia, but when these plans came to naught her father arranged another match for her. This time he did not have to look far and in 1186, his daughter traveled to Silesia to the court of Frederick Barbarossa's cousin, Duke Bolesław the Tall of the House of Piast. Hedwig brought to her future husband Henryk, Duke Bolesław's son, not only a spectacular lineage and excellent connections, but also her own boundless energy which was to prove useful over nearly forty years of their marriage. If we are to believe the chronicler's note, it was Hedwig who was to negotiate Henryk's release when he was held captive by his political opponent. She walked barefoot and begged for his freedom on her knees until she gained what she came for.
Hedwig, Henryk and their children (from left to right): Gertruda, Agnieszka, Zofia, Konrad, Henryk and Bolesław. Hedwig's Codex. Wikimedia Commons
Hedwig and Henryk had seven children together, four sons and three daughters. In 1209 they decided to take a vow of chastity and keep it until they die. She was in her early thirties at the time, he was forty-three. Hedwig outlived her husband and four of their children. In 1241 she suffered a devastating blow when her beloved son Henry fell at the Battle of Legnica. Tradition states it was Hedwig, accompanied by her daughter-in-law, who identified Henry's mutilated body at the battlefield. Reportedly, his death did not come as a surprise for she had seen it in a vision prior to the battle.
The aftermath of the Battle of Legnica. Henry the Pious head is paraded before the walls of the castle. Hedwig' Codex, 1353. Wikimedia Commons
Children were not the only ones she lost. Her sister Gertrude, queen of Hungary was secretly murdered and her other sister Agnes was exiled from her husband's court and died in disgrace after the pope declared her marriage to King Philip II Augustus of France null and void and their children illegitimate. There is an air of sadness around the life of this youngest of Hedwig's sisters.
Agnes was the first to die and was thus forgotten by her siblings. None of her brothers or sisters made any effort to preserve her memory. No donation was made for the sake of her soul, no necrology mentions her name. One reason for this was her uncertain status at the French court. Some did believe she was the king's wife while others thought she was a mere concubine. Agnes was never crowned queen and thus her marriage proved not as prestigious as her father had hoped. Thus because of the surrounding scandal, her family must have thought it best to have her forgotten.
Agnes of Meran, the unfortunate queen of France and St Hedwig's sister. Hedwig's Codex, 1353. Wikimedia Commons
Despite personal losses Hedwig herself kept faith and continued to perform good deeds, taking care of the poor and ill, founding hospices and religious houses and introducing innovative methods while doing so. The convent of Trzebnica, for example, was built by criminals as the duchess thought it beneficial for them to replace their prison inactivity with hard work.
Her own life was one of prayer, hard work and self-sacrifice. She pushed herself to the limits of self-mortification with fasting, self-flagellation and hours spent in prayer. She departed this world on 15 October 1243 at Trzebnica. Shortly afterwards her resting place became a focus of miracles and a destination for pilgrims. She was canonized in 1267.
St Bartholomew crypt. The oldest surviving part of the religious house founded at Trzebnica by Hedwig and Henry. Photo courtesy of Witold Wiński
Hedwig is not only a patron saint of Silesia itself, but also of a great number of churches and towns. Her cult is still alive especially in her beloved Trzebnica, where following her wish her husband founded a religious house for nuns of the Cistercian order. Hedwig established close ties with it throughout her life, living, praying, working and dying there.
Hedwig convincing Henry to found the religious house at Trzebnica, today a sanctuary and her burial place. Hedwig's Codex, 1353. Wikimedia Commons
Hedwig was also closely associated with the oldest surviving castle in Silesia. There are few signs of domestic comfort left at Wleń Castle today, but thanks to in-depth archaeological research we know where St. Hedwig must have dwelt and prayed during her frequent stays. The fortress continues to dominate the town and valley and from its walls we can admire the same breathtaking views the future saint admired in her day. Only last year, with great pomp and ceremony the tiny town of Wleń at the feet of the castle officially placed itself under her protection. Fond memories of the good duchess were evoked. These were her dower lands, after all, which she learned to love and care for. The citizens have not forgotten the duchess's close ties with their town.
Wleń Castle – Its setting is among the most picturesque in both Silesia and Poland and its historic value unquestionable. This is where the future saint stayed. Photo courtesy of Anna Łasek, Wleń – Lahn Fotograficzne https://www.facebook.com/miastowlen (Przemysław Zatylny).
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Will We See an Extension of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act through 2014?
The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 has provided relief to thousands of borrowers who have completed short sales or obtained loan modifications with mortgage principal reductions. Before this law was enacted, any forgiven mortgage debt was taxable by the government. For example, if a lender reduced a borrower's principal balance by $100,000.00, then the borrower would have to report that forgiven debt as ordinary income and pay taxes on it. This was, of course, impractical and unreasonable for borrowers who were already experiencing financial hardship and were relying on modifications or short sales to save them from foreclosure. Most borrowers could not afford their tax bills and were stuck in the same situation as they were in before they had requested help from their lenders.
Under The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, borrowers do not have to pay taxes on cancelled mortgage debt as a result of a modification or foreclosure of their primary residence. This act was originally supposed to end at the end of 2012, but it was granted an extension through 2013 on the third day of the new year.
An extension may be granted through 2014, but it is unlikely. Both H.R. 2788 and H.R. 2994 are bills that will extend The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act for at least another year, but they were each referred to committee over the summer and have received no attention since. There are 44 cosponsors for H.R. 2994, but it is already now the middle of December and time is running out. In order for this bill to be enacted, it still needs to pass the House and Senate and it must get signed by the President before December 31, 2013. It is improbable that an extension will be granted, but not impossible; especially with the economy rebounding and many forgetting the plight of those left behind. It's important to not forget these individuals that still need relief and who have often spent years trying to get a modification or a short sale approved only to now be taxed when they finally get the relief that they have hoped for.
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"Colleges have always been the face of movements," Tommy Erb PO '18, director of Know Tomorrow Claremont, said.
With that logic in mind, Erb and Juliana Rossi de Camargo PZ '16 drafted a petition expressing support for carbon pricing. As of Nov. 11, 412 people had signed the petition, including Pomona College President David Oxtoby and Pitzer College President Thomas Poon.
"We, the undersigned, call upon the Presidents of the Claremont Colleges to publicly support a national price on carbon. Climate change is the greatest threat to current and future generations," the petition reads.
The petition goes on to claim that carbon pricing is an effective solution for climate change because it has been proven to work on smaller state and city levels and in other countries.
Erb said that Know Tomorrow will ask the presidents to follow up on the petition by writing an op-ed piece about why carbon pricing is good solution, traveling to Sacramento with a group of students to speak with Governor Jerry Brown about carbon pricing on the national level, and participating in a press conference.
If students and college presidents sign the petition, it will send a strong message to political leaders, according to Erb.
"The point of the op-ed piece is to create political discourse around this and within the public sphere and get it on the radar," Lindsey Burkart-Lima PZ '16 said.
David Gelber, co-creator and executive producer of the television series "Years of Living Dangerously," a documentary series on climate change, said that he hopes the petition will help create a "national consortium of colleges and universities to advocate for a price on carbon."
Gelber said that it is important to bring carbon pricing to the attention of national leaders. We need "meaningful action," he added.
"Initially our Know Tomorrow was just kind of an overall environmental climate change awareness campaign, and then the 'Years of Living Dangerously' documentary really pushed for it to be more carbon priced," Grant Steele PO '18 said.
In the second season of "Years of Living Dangerously," Erb will appear in an episode focused on carbon pricing as a solution.
"One of the single most important things that can be done is to make the fossil fuel industry… pay for the garbage which they are putting into the atmosphere," Gelber said. "Right now, they are able to dump pollutants into the atmosphere with no regards to the costs that the general public must shoulder."
Gelber said that he created the documentary series because other major media outlets were not covering "the most important story facing the planet right now" in an effective manner.
According to Erb, a price on carbon can come in two forms: a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax. A cap-and-trade system sets a limit on how much carbon can be emitted. Companies and corporations receive credits for carbon, which can be traded and sold if one company chooses to invest in renewable resources and others do not. Erb said that both the state of California and the European Union have instigated this kind of program. China has also committed to implementing a cap-and-trade system.
Erb said that this is "a charge on the amount of carbon dioxide that is emitted by a polluter." In order for them to stop, Erb believes that these companies need to see their profits being actually affected.
A tax on carbon emissions would cause the price of oil and natural gas to increase, but the money raised by the tax could be given back to households to offset the raised costs of energy. This option would also make renewable energy more cost-competitive, both for consumers and for the fossil fuel companies.
"If we put a realistic price on carbon, there is a chance that more people will be persuaded to curtail emissions because they're too expensive, and that investment will be directed toward renewable energy," Gelber said. "We are not going to get to where we need to go without putting a price on carbon."
Oxtoby said that he has "actually been a strong proponent of carbon pricing for some time." He said that he signed the petition not just as a president, looking out for the wishes of staff and students at Pomona, but as an individual.
"Carbon pricing is the one thing we could do, if we had the will to do it, right away, that would have a big impact," Oxtoby said.
On Nov. 6, several students from Know Tomorrow met with Poon.
According to Burkart-Lima, Poon was "more than happy to show his support for the campaign," as it aligns with Pitzer's core goals and values.
Erb's goal is to build support among colleges across the nation in favor of a price on carbon in order to pressure politicians to act.
"We have a ten- to fifteen-year window, where if we don't do something, the feedback loops are gonna kick in and it's not going to matter. It's going to be too late," Erb said.
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From about 1150 to 2004, Scottish Land Law was based on Feudal principles. In theory, only the Crown held absolute title; others (such as Barons) held land subordinate to the Crown, and this land was held conditionally - generally subject to providing men for military service, but also subject to monetary or other payment. The Barons could in turn transfer land to others, but again this was subject to feudal conditions. Over time, this system was heavily diluted but remined the theoretical backbone to Scottish property law.
Only the Crown could grant a Barony title. As well as land, the grant included Baronial rights, such as holding markets and administering justice. The party granted the title could style himself "John Smith, Baron of Auchenshuggle". He could, or in some instances had to, attend Parliament.
The Baronial rights could not just pass from father to son, and had to be confirmed by the Crown. This was a method of maintaining control and loyalty. Charters of Confirmation continued to be necessary until a reforming Act in 1874.
From about 1746 onwards - when most jurisdictional rights were removed - Barony titles gradually reduced in importance.
A Baron could sell parts of his land to others, but still retain the Barony title, so long as (pre 2004) he retained an area of land. A market sprang up in the second half of the 20th Century in Barony titles; a Barony could be bought, generally with a small area of ground within the Barony. The title was registered in the Sasine or Land Register.
In 2004, following the Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 2000, feudal law was abolished in Scotland. This is not the place to examine all the implications of this tectonic shift in Scots Law, but it did mean that overnight Barony titles could no longer be registered in the Scottish Land Register.
What is the Scotttish Barony Register?
In 2004 it was no longer possible to register Barony titles in the Scottish Land Register. However, the 2000 Feudal Reform Act had specifically preserved the dignity of baronial titles, but without creating any alternative register. Lawyers and others involved in baronial matters decided that a privately created and run register would help to maintain the integrity of the market, and so the Scottish Baronial Register was created.
Who is the Custodian of the Register?
The current Custodian is retired solicitor, and Writer to Her Majesty's Signet, Alastair Kennedy Shepherd. He was qualified for forty years, specialising in rural property, and of course Baronies. Alastair was appointed on 1st December 2020, following the retiral of the founding Custodian, Alistair Rennie, former Deputy Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, who served from 28 November 2004. .
Can I view the Register?
No, the Register is not public. However for a modest fee a Scottish Solicitor can request a Letter of Comfort from the Custodian, which letter proves the registration of the Barony title in question.
Can I as a Scottish Baron apply for a Coat of Arms from Lord Lyon?
Lord Lyon will recognise the holder of a Scottish Barony, duly registered in the Scottish Barony Register, as having the appropriate jurisdiction to apply for a Coat of Arms. However the applicant will stilll need to prove that he or she is a "virtuous and well deserving person".
It should be noted that Lord Lyon will not refer to the Barony title in any Letters Patent he might issue. More information is available on the website of the Lord Lyon.
What benefit does a Barony title give one?
The reasons for buying a Barony Title are many and various, and the incentive to buy will be different for every individual. The documents will normally comprise an Extract Crown Charter in favour of the original Baron; quick copy titles tracing the ownership of the Barony from the original Crown grant to 2004; copy searches; and an Assignation or Assignations from owner to owner since 2004. The Scottish Barony Register will, on registration, provide a simple certificate.
Many buyers cite a desire to purchase a small part of Scottish history - it should be borne in mind that the history of many Baronies can significantly pre-date the Extract Crown Charter, and enjoyment can be had tracing the history of the Barony back to medieval times.
Some foreign based purchasers wish to apply for a Coat of Arms from Lord Lyon; the procedure is mentioned above.
Some may enjoy the pleasure of being able to call oneself "the Baron/ess of Auchenshuggle" and to think of the former Barons of that name in times gone by.
For further information, please get in touch via a solicitor about applying to register a Scottish Barony. We have included a list of solicitors in Scotland who have experience in dealing with Scottish Baronies.
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Tag: italians do it better
Ibiza by night meets Luca Di Gregorio!
Luca Di Gregorio is an Italian music producer and also Ceo of "Italian Do It better".
Luca, that's based in London, also created a famous group on Facebook named:"Italiani a Londra" that's one of the most influent in the City!
Ibiza by night met Luca (in the pictures below) to talk about the current and future projects.
IBN:So Luca, how did you decide to create the project "Italiani a londra"
Luca: "Hi There Guys, well it all started roughly six years ago,when after a couple of beers with a buddy of mine in London, we were talking about using facebook to create a group of some sort, that would help people from Italy connect with each other. That's when the name "ITALIANI A LONDRA" was born".
IBN: How it works?
Luca: "It's really simple I have to say. You can subscribe trought the dedicated area, like every other group in Facebook. After you are accepted from one of the admin, you can post anything you like, following the guidelines created by our team, Also as a personal advice to new members, I would say: use the search box on the right column to put #buy 'bycicle for example to find every post in the group using those words. it will save you time and don't overcrowd the group with 100s of similar questions".
IBN: Which are the most frequent requests in the group?
Luca: "The most frequend question have to be the ones about NIN (national insurance number) how to translate Italian sentences in english, where to find rooms or work and also a great amount of pictures from photographers from all over the world, that are very appreciated by our community. Other than that sometimes we receive request of help, from members of the community, to help find their beloved that are missing and we helped actively people to connect them with people in London that could help them. The last family just a week ago found their son that was missing for a couple of weeks. We are so happy when the community is used in the right way".
IBN: Let's talk about Luca…why did you move to London?
Luca: "I came to London for the first time because of I was working as a professional model in Milan and I just started to play in some clubs during the afterparties and so I decided to go to London to see if I could work there, but unfortunately after two years living there, i decided to move to South America (Venezuela) where I toured in several cities with the LOVE PARADE on tour mgmt, also playing a dj set at the LOVE PARADE Caracas 2007. After that experience I move to London again and after that the rest is history".
IBN: What about the future projects?
Luca: "Of course it has to be the new portal http://www.italiansdoitbetter.world that will debut in mid June with a series of language exchange events in London, collaborating with Avalon School of English and the portal Dreammy Music and in which people can practice their english, connect with other londoners, drink a ccoktail with their friends and enjoy the performances from artists from all over the world. We will release more info trough a teaser video aired on all our portal in a couple of weeks!"
Luca with one of his artists Elif Celik from Turkey
Thanks Luca!
Useful and related links:
http://www.dreammy.org/music
http://www.avalonschool.co.uk
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Dodgers claim left-handed pitcher Eury De La Rosa, assign him to Triple-A.
The Dodgers claimed left-handed pitcher Eury De La Rosa on Thursday. The left-handed pitcher had not allowed an earned run in six innings for the Oakland A's Triple-A affiliate before he was designated for assignment.
De La Rosa will be assigned to Triple-A Oklahoma City. To make room for him on the 40-man roster, pitcher Brandon McCarthy was moved to the 60-day disabled list.
McCarthy is having Tommy John surgery on his right elbow today.
De La Rosa, 25, made 44 relief appearances for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2013-14 and posted a 4.21 ERA (4.30 FIP) in 51 1/3 innings.
His lefty-righty splits with Arizona suggest De La Rosa could be more than a situational reliever. Right-handers own a .259/.333/.440 slash line against him, left-handers .247/.322/.358.
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Eddystone Lighthouse
Image by Gail Buckler
Building the current lighthouse circa 1881
© Trinity House
Lighthouse keepers on relief day
Eddystone Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1882, the fourth lighthouse to mark the small but dangerous Eddystone Rocks 13 miles south west of Plymouth
Height of Tower
Height of light above Mean High Water
4th Order (250mm) rotating
Fl (2) 10s
Range of light
Winstanley's Tower 1698-1703
The original tower, completed in 1698, was the first lighthouse to be built on a small rock in the open sea. The first attempt to render the Eddystone safe to shipping was by an eccentric named Henry Winstanley. As a showman he had established Winstanley's Waterworks near Hyde Park which remained one of London's foremost popular attractions for decades. In 1696 he commenced work on a steel structure and finding conditions considerably harder than he had envisaged doubtless began to wonder what he had let himself in for however the work progressed steadily.
England was at war with France at this time and such was the importance of the Eddystone project that the Admiralty provided Winstanley with a warship for protection on the days when work was taking place. One morning at the end of June in 1697 the protective vessel did not arrive; in its stead a French privateer arrived, and subsequently carried Winstanley against his will to France. When Louis XIV heard of the incident he ordered that Winstanley be immediately released saying that "France was at war with England, not with humanity". The universal benefit of the Eddystone—and of lighthouses everywhere—was understood by all.
Rudyerd's Tower 1709-55
The next man to get a patent charter for the Eddystone was a Captain Lovett who acquired the lease of the rock for 99 years, and by an Act of Parliament he was allowed to charge all ships passing a toll of 1d per ton, both inward and outward. His architect was John Rudyerd, a silk mercer on Ludgate Hill; the profession of scientist or engineer did not really exist then and issues of those nature were approached by people as hobbies rather than professions. Taking a shipbuilder's rather than a house builder's approach he came up with a design based on a cone instead of Winstanley's octagonal shape. His final wooden tower, lit in 1709, proved much more serviceable than its predecessor; the lighthouse stood for 47 years.
On the night of 2 December 1755, the roof of the lantern caught fire, possibly through a spark from one of the candles. The keeper on watch was Henry Hall—94 years old but said to be 'of good constitution and active for his years'—did his best to put out the fire by throwing water upwards from a bucket. While looking up, some of the roof's molten lead fell into his throat. He and another keeper battled continuously against the fire but they could do nothing as the fire was above them all the time - as it burnt downwards it gradually drove them out on to the rock. The fire was observed from the shore by a Mr. Edwards, 'a man of some fortune and more humanity'. The old account says, he sent off a boat which arrived at the lighthouse at 10 am after the fire had been burning for eight hours. The sea was too rough for the boat to approach the rock so they threw ropes and dragged the keepers through the waves to the boat. The lighthouse continued to burn for five days and was completely destroyed.
Henry Hall died 12 days after the incident; a Dr. Spry of Plymouth made a postmortem and found a flat oval piece of lead in his stomach which weighed 7 ozs. 5drs. Dr. Spry wrote an account of this case to the Royal Society, but the Fellows were sceptical as to whether a man could live in this condition for 12 days. This so incensed him that, for the sake of his reputation, he performed many experiments on dogs and fowls pouring molten lead down their throats to prove that they could live.
Smeaton's Tower 1759-1882
After experiencing the benefit of a light for 52 years, mariners were anxious to have it replaced as soon as possible. Trinity House placed a lightvessel to guard the position until a permanent light could be built. In 1756 Yorkshireman John Smeaton, recommended by the Royal Society, travelled to Plymouth on an assignment which was to capture the imagination of the world. He had decided to construct a tower based on the shape of an English Oak tree for strength but made of stone rather than wood. For such a task he needed the toughest labourers; many of the men employed had been Cornish tin miners. Press ganging had become a problem for the workforce, so to ensure that the men would be exempt from being kidnapped into naval service, Trinity House arranged with the Admiralty at Plymouth to have a medal struck for each labourer to prove that they were working on the lighthouse.
Local granite was used for the foundations and facing, and Smeaton invented a quick drying cement, essential in the wet conditions on the rock, the formula for which is still used today. An ingenious method of securing each block of stone to its neighbour, using dovetail joints and marble dowels was employed, together with a device for lifting large blocks of stone from ships at sea to considerable heights which has never been improved upon. Using these innovations, Smeaton's tower was completed and lit by 24 candles on 16 October 1759. In the 1870s cracks appeared in the rock upon which Smeaton's lighthouse had stood for 120 years, necessitating a new tower; the top half of Smeaton's tower was dismantled and re-erected on Plymouth Hoe as a monument to the builder. The remaining stump still stands on the Eddystone Rock.
Douglass' Tower 1882
No time was lost in building another lighthouse on the rocks; the task of building a new tower gave ample opportunity to incorporate many of the latest ideas in lighthouse construction, which by 1877 had become a much more scientific business, largely due to the efforts of Robert Stevenson, who developed Smeaton's idea and contributed many of his own. Douglass used larger stones, dovetailed not only to each other on all sides but also to the courses above and below, and in 1882 the present Eddystone Lighthouse was completed and opened by the Duke of Edinburgh, who laid the final stone of the tower.
This was the first Trinity House rock lighthouse to be converted to automatic operation. To enable the work to be carried out a helipad was built above the lantern. The automation was completed and the light reintroduced on 18 May 1982, 100 years to the day since the opening of Douglass's tower by the Duke of Edinburgh.
The lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from Trinity House's Planning Centre in Harwich, Essex.
All lighthouses
All lightvessels
Berry Head Lighthouse
Berry Head Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1906 as part of a chain of south coast beacons, atop an extensive limestone headland above near-perpendicular cliffs
Bishop Rock Lighthouse
Bishop Rock Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1858—and further strengthened in 1887—to mark a rock ledge 46m long by 16m wide, four miles west of the Isles of Scilly
Bull Point Lighthouse
Bull Point Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1975—replacing an earlier light built in 1879—to guide vessels navigating off the North Devon coast


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Workingman's Dead
Workingman's Dead Grateful Dead
Artist: Grateful Dead
1Uncle John's Band04:45
2High Time05:15
3Dire Wolf03:16
4New Speedway Boogie04:22
5Cumberland Blues03:20
6Black Peter05:44
7Easy Wind04:58
8Casey Jones04:27
Total Runtime36:07
Info for Workingman's Dead
It's become almost a cliché to say that the two studio albums released in 1970 by The Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, are the high point of the band's studio output. That probably depends what your favorite version of the Dead is. If you're looking for the jamming flights of fancy that mark the band's live shows, these two albums aren't for you. But if it's songcraft that's your thing, then there is no doubt that the band was never better than on this duo. The first of those, Workingman's Dead, was the product of a band that changed their tactics because they had no other choice, but necessity proved to be the mother of something truly special.
The Dead were having money issues at the time they made Workingman's Dead, which meant they had to simplify. Another factor was that they, like so many other music fans, had become enamored with the harmonies of Crosby, Stills & Nash. "Hearing those guys and how nice they sounded together, we thought, we can try that," Jerry Garcia recalled. "Let's work on it a little."
The shift to mostly acoustic material brought the harmonies to the forefront and also put a spotlight on Robert Hunter's lyrics for the first time. It all came together immediately on opening track "Uncle John's Band," a gorgeously melodic balm for the frazzled nerves of a culture in upheaval. That song was bookended by "Casey Jones," a genial rambler about a runaway train conductor, Hunter's metaphor for an entire generation that can see its scary destiny and still barrels toward it at full speed. That was something with which the Dead could identify; "Trouble with you is the trouble with me," Garcia sings.
In between those two high points, the Dead get to try on different styles and guises. There's Band-like balladry ("High Time"), country rock à la The Byrds ("Dire Wolf"), and bluegrass ("Cumberland Blues.") Percussive penultimate track "Easy Wind" is the only thing that sounds like it belongs on previous Dead albums; here it's a bit of a sore thumb. By contrast, "New Speedway Boogie," the band's ornery take on the Altamont tragedy, is a far more effective change of pace from the mellower stuff surrounding it.
For all of these subtle stylistic shifts and the band's heretofore untapped capability as harmonizers, what really elevates Workingman's Dead are the uniformly great lead vocal efforts by Jerry Garcia. Chief among these is the mesmerizing "Black Peter," a deathbed lament where Garcia, then all of 28, gives a harrowingly convincing performance. The album may not have the same amount of knockout songs as the follow-up American Beauty, but it makes up for it with the winningly ramshackle vibe that it maintains. It's probably not fair to compare all other Grateful Dead albums to Workingman's Dead. Better to compare Workingman's Dead to some of the best albums in rock history, since it no doubt deserves that exalted status." (Jim Beviglia, www.americansongwriter.com)
'...a modest, even penitent look back, not for nostalgic reassurance but for wisdom and perspective....maps the crises of the present onto the past and offers solace only in the ability of human virtues...to survive the most harrowing chaos.' (Rolling Stone)
'Inspired by the first two Band albums and the harmonies of Crosby Stills & Nash....Homespun folk and frontier songs played and sung in a loose, lived-in manner and sung as an old tie-dye T-shirt.' (Mojo)
Jerry Garcia, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, vocals
Bob Weir, guitar, vocals
Pigpen (Ron McKernan), keyboards, harmonica, vocals
Phil Lesh, bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann, drums
Mickey Hart, drums
Recorded February 1970 at Pacific High Recording Studio, San Francisco, California
Produced by Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, Grateful Dead
Label: Grateful Dead/Rhino
American Beauty: The Angel's Share (Remastered)
American Beauty: The Angel's Share (Remastered Demos)
Ready or Not (Live)
The Grateful Dead (Remastered)
Aoxomoxoa (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Remastered)
Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe it If You Need It (Live - Remastered)
Anthem Of The Sun (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - Remastered)
Label: Rhino Records
The Best Of The Grateful Dead Live (Remastered)
Label: Grateful Dead/Rhino, Rhino Records
Grateful Dead Records Collection (Remastered)
Smiling On A Cloudy Day (Remastered)
Cornell 5/8/77 Live (Remastered)
Label: Warner Music Group
The Complete Sunshine Daydream Concert (Live - 8/27/72 Veneta, Oregon)
Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/29/1990
Grateful Dead feat. Branford Marsalis
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 7/8/78 (Live)
From the 1960s until the 1995 death of guitarist, singer-songwriter Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead played roughly 2,300 long, freeform concerts that touched down on their own country-, blues and folk –tinged songs, and on a similarly wide range of cover versions. Along the way, they popularized the concept of the jam band, influencing thousands of songwriters and basement improvisers and earning themselves maybe the most loyal fans a rock band have ever had.
Nearly as famous as the band itself were its legions of "Deadheads" — predominantly white men who have lovingly preserved the era that spawned the Dead by emulating their Summer of Love predecessors' philosophy and that period's accoutrements: tie-dye clothing, hallucinogenic drugs, and the Dead's music. These fans supported the band with an almost religious fervor, following the group around the country, trading tapes of live concerts (something the band allowed as long as it wasn't for profit, providing prime spots for tapers at shows), and providing a synergy between band and audience that was unique in rock. In true psychedelic style, the Grateful Dead preferred the moment to the artifact — but to keep those moments coming, the Dead evolved into a far-flung and smoothly run corporate enterprise that, for all its hippie trimmings, drew admiring profiles in the financial and mainstream press.
Lead guitarist Jerry Garcia took up guitar at 15, spent nine months in the Army in 1959, then moved to Palo Alto, where he began his long-standing friendship with Robert Hunter, who late became the Dead's lyricist. In 1962 he bought a banjo and began playing in folk and bluegrass bands, and by 1964 he was a member of Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, along with Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and longtime associates Bob Matthews (who engineered Dead albums and formed the Alembic Electronics equipment company) and John Dawson (later of New Riders of the Purple Sage).
In 1965 the band became the Warlocks: Garcia, Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann, and Phil Lesh, a former electronic-music composer. With electric instruments, the Warlocks debuted in July 1965 and soon became the house band at Ken Kesey's Acid Tests, a series of public LSD parties and multimedia events held before the drug had been outlawed. LSD chemist Owsley Stanley bankrolled the Grateful Dead — a name from an Egyptian prayer that Garcia spotted in a dictionary — and later supervised construction of the band's massive, state-of-the-art sound system. The Dead lived communally at 710 Ashbury Street in San Francisco in 1966–67 and played numerous free concerts; by 1967's Summer of Love, they were regulars at the Avalon and Carousel ballrooms and the Fillmore West. MGM signed the band in 1966, and it made some mediocre recordings. The Dead's legitimate recording career began when Warner Bros. signed the band. While its self-titled 1967 debut album featured zippy three-minute songs, Anthem of the Sun (Number 87, 1968) and Aoxomoxoa (Number 73, 1969) featured extended suites and studio experiments that left the band $100,000 in debt to Warner Bros., mostly for studio time, by the end of the 1960s. Meanwhile, the Dead's reputation had spread, and they appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969.
As the Seventies began, the Dead recouped its Warner debt with three comparatively inexpensive albums — Live/Dead (Number 64, 1969) (recorded in concert at San Francisco's Fillmore West in February and March of 1969), Workingman's Dead (Number 27, 1970), and American Beauty (Number 30, 1970). The former featured extended psychedelic explorations, such as the classic "Dark Star," while in sharp contrast the latter two found the Dead writing concise country-ish songs and working out clear-cut, well-rehearsed arrangements. Workingman's Dead (including "Uncle John's Band" [Number 69, 1970] and "Casey Jones") and American Beauty (including "Truckin'" [Number 64, 1971], "Ripple," and "Box of Rain") received considerable FM radio airplay, sold respectably, and provided much of the Dead's concert repertoire.
With a nationwide following, the Dead expanded its touring schedule and started various solo and side projects (aside from the band members' own works, many Dead members also appeared on the half-dozen-plus albums Dead lyricist Robert Hunter began releasing in 1973). The group worked its way up to a 23-ton sound system and a large traveling entourage of road crew, family, friends, and hangers-on — most of whom would later become staff employees complete with health-insurance and other benefits, as the Dead evolved into an efficient and highly profitable corporation. The Dead finished out its Warners contract with a string of live albums including 1971's Grateful Dead, a.k.a. "Skull and Roses" (Number 25), which introduced more concert staples such as "Bertha" and "Wharf Rat." In 1973 the Dead played for over half a million people in Watkins Glen, New York, on a bill with the Band and the Allman Brothers. By then the group had formed its own Grateful Dead Records and a subsidiary, Round, for non-band efforts. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-grateful-dead/biography


Publishers in Nepi, Italy: Directory of Italian Publishers in Nepi.
Displaying 1 to 1 of 1 Italian publishing companies in the city of Nepi, Italy.
Children and teenagers' publications with promotional gadgets.
1 publishers in Nepi, Italy in the directory.


I put off publicly exercising for years (i.e. going to a gym or any sort of class) because I did not want to be the one jiggling and huffing and possibly puking with an audience. No way was I going to humiliate myself further by trying to move my excessive weight in front of "the pretty people." (That was my term of endearment for the lean, skinny, fitness model, size 2 type people. Sorry, but when you've been fat most of your life this is how your brain works. And as I've said before, I really don't think I'm alone here.) No way was I going to workout alongside the already fit people.
1. Just because people are skinny doesn't mean they exercise regularly or are fit. I have seen many a skinny person sucking wind after a few reps. Skinny doesn't equal fit.
2. Skinny people don't inherently understand exercise like I thought they did. I've watched lots of skinny people who have no idea where to position his/her body or how to properly lift a weight.
3. There is an…how shall I say this tactfully…interesting type of skinny person who thinks because s/he does some type of exercise regularly that s/he is, in fact, an authority on being fit. And, more often than not, I found it is these same people who don't listen to the person leading the class, don't take form correction, don't truly exert themselves but work hard at making it look as if they do, and also don't talk to anyone in the class who is overweight.
4. Overweight people are strong. When you carry a lot of excess weight around you have muscles and a certain amount of muscle endurance. You may not see said muscles, but they are there. Think about it! Think about how strong those leg muscles have to be to haul around 50+ extra pounds or whatever daily…all day!
You will very likely not keep up and be winded…at first. And that is due as much to your inactivity as your extra weight. You will also encounter skinny people at those classes and at the gym who cannot keep up and get winded, too. And that is due to their inactivity, same as you! Do you see that in some regards you are on the same playing field as the skinny folks?? When you are inactive, no matter what your weight, exercise is a challenge.
Keep in mind you are strong! Once your body adjusts to moving, your cardiovascular endurance improves, and you shed some weight you will likely find you can push heavy weight. Don't be afraid of that! Being strong is awesome! For me, it was a source of pride and confidence–something that kept me motivated. I like being able to sling weights. I like being able to haul a full wheelbarrow around in the summer. I like moving furniture around when I feel like it. I like that I'm not delicate and can hold my own if the situation calls for it. Strong is good–use that to your benefit at the start!
Everybody starts somewhere with exercise…even skinny people! Try to move past the fears and doubts and give it a shot!


This is the next installment in a series of mastermind sessions that I did with a few members of the coaching group alum. It's Natalie's turn in the hot seat. In this conversation, we talk with Natalie about her business. The bulk of the conversation is on figuring out how she can narrow her focus and building her website. These are the two things that we determine will lead to immediate income.
Over the next few weeks, you're going to hear a few very special episodes that are a part of a series of mastermind sessions that I did with a few members of the coaching group alum. On this episode, Erika is on the hot seat over travel challenges. She explains the aspects of traveling that give her the most trouble. Then, other members of the mastermind ask questions and share ideas and advice to help Erika overcome these situations.
This episode is the recording of June's live Q&A. Brendan Mahan once again joins me on this Q&A. We answer the question, "What should every ADHD house have?" We share some of the items we use regularly. We also discuss ADHD advocacy, strategies and routines for sticking to day-to-day schedules, and avoiding burnout.
Natalie Walker joins me on this episode of the podcast. Natalie is a multi-creative who has tackled some pretty big dreams and always has been determined never to allow her different brain to define or stifle what she has gone after in her life. Natalie is a creative artist, and I think you will enjoy this conversation with Natalie about her background, her ADHD diagnosis, and her music.
Jason Warren joins me on this episode of the podcast. Jason is a writer, theatre director, and acting teacher based in London, UK. He trains actors in London, and his experience with ADHD and neurodiversity are a fundamental part of the skills he teaches. In this conversation, you will hear Jason talk about his career and how his recent ADHD diagnosis impacts it. We cover many topics in the episode, including decision fatigue, routine, language, task management, and much more.
Nathalie Pedicelli joins me on the podcast this week. On this episode, Nathalie will share her knowledge and experience in the area of organization. She shares her history of organizing, and in our conversation, we tackle many areas of life where organization can be a real struggle. In this conversation, Nathalie gives us all practical tips to implement to become more organized.
This episode is the recording of May's live Q&A. The questions answered in this episode were submitted by listeners of this podcast, both ahead of time and live. Brendan Mahan once again joins me on this Q&A.


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Q: How to map one dataframe to another (python pandas)? Given these two dataframes, how do I get the intended output dataframe?
The long way would be to loop through the rows of the dataframe with iloc and then use the map function after converting df2 to a dict to map the x and y to their score.
This seems tedious and would take long to run on a large dataframe. I'm hoping there's a cleaner solution.
df1:
ID    A    B    C
1     x    x    y
2     y    x    y
3     x    y    y

df2:
ID    score_x    score_y
1          20         30
2          15         17
3          18         22

output:
ID    A     B     C
1     20    20    30
2     17    15    17
3     18    22    22

Note: the dataframes would have many columns and there would be more than just x and y as categories (possibly in the region of 20 categories).
Thanks!

A: Use DataFrame.apply along columns with Series.map:
df1.set_index('ID', inplace=True)
df2.set_index('ID', inplace=True)
df2.columns = df2.columns.str.split('_').str[-1]

df1 = df1.apply(lambda x: x.map(df2.loc[x.name]), axis=1).reset_index()

print(df1)
   ID   A   B   C
0   1  20  20  30
1   2  17  15  17
2   3  18  22  22

print(df2)
     x   y
ID
1   20  30
2   15  17
3   18  22

A: Using mask:
df1.set_index('ID', inplace=True)
df2.set_index('ID', inplace=True)

df1.mask(df1=='x',df2['score_x'],axis=0).mask(df1=='y',df2['score_y'],axis=0)

Result:
     A   B   C
ID
1   20  20  30
2   17  15  17
3   18  22  22

If there are many columns and they are all named in the same way, you can use something like that:
for e in df2.columns.str.split('_').str[-1]:
     df1.mask(df1==e, df2['score_'+e], axis=0, inplace=True)

A: There might be a more elegant way for this, but assuming you can enumerate through the categories and columns:
import numpy as np

df3 = df1.set_index('ID').join(df2.set_index('ID'), on='ID')
for col in ['A','B','C']:
     for type in ['x','y']:
         df3[col] = np.where(df3[col] == type, df3['score_'+type], df3[col])

>>> df3
     A   B   C  score_x  score_y
ID
1   20  20  30       20       30
2   17  15  17       15       17
3   18  22  22       18       22

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Published: 25th June 2020
Cooperate by following measures or will be forced to impose lockdown: Karnataka CM tells public
Some reports had even suggested that a decision on lockdown is likely at the cabinet meeting scheduled today
Could Bengaluru be faced with another lockdown?
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday asked people to cooperate by following the measures put in place for the control of COVID-19 if they don't want another lockdown or sealing in Bengaluru. Amid talks about re-imposing lockdown in the city following the recent spike in cases, the Chief Minister said he will hold discussions on Thursday and Friday regarding the strict measures that need to be taken to control the virus.
"COVID pandemic is increasing, we are making all efforts and we have even sealed some areas. Today afternoon at Krishna (the CM's home office) I have called a meeting with Ministers and officials and will discuss the strict measures to be taken to control COVID," Yediyurappa said. He said, "Tomorrow noon I have called a meeting of legislators of all political parties from Bengaluru and all Ministers from the city to discuss with them, seek their opinion and take stringent measures." Citing an increase in cases, Health Minister B Sriramulu on Tuesday had said the government may have to think about imposing lockdown in the city if the situation continues.
Following this several Ministers in the state cabinet on Wednesday had said, any decision on re-imposing lockdown in the city will be taken only after consulting experts. Some reports had even suggested that a decision on lockdown is likely at the cabinet meeting scheduled today. The Chief Minister said there is no lockdown in the entire city, adding only in a few areas it has been imposed and would continue.
Concerned over the increase in COVID-19 cases in the city, Yediyurappa on Monday had directed officials to implement lockdown measures strictly in certain clusters which have reported greater number of coronavirus infections. The city's busy K R Market and Kalasipalya Market have been sealed for 15 days by the civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) as part of measures to check the spread of the deadly virus.
Stating that Bengaluru is a model for the whole country in COVID-19 management, Yediyurappa on Thursday said, when you compare with other major cities, "we have not yet lost control." "But, still in the last few days there has been a spike in COVID cases, what measures have to be taken to control it- we will hold discussions about it both today and tomorrow and will make all efforts to take more strict measures," he said.
A total of 1,678 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the city till last evening. This includes 78 deaths and 475 discharges. The number of COVID-19 cases in the state which stood at 3,408 as of June 1 has crossed the 10,000 mark on Wednesday with the state capital topping the districts in the infection count. Seeking public cooperation in controlling the spread of the virus, Yediyurappa said social distancing and other measures in place were not followed, there has been spread to slums and other places.
"If you don't want Bengaluru to be sealed once again please cooperate and maintain distance," he added. Yediyurappa also said, the government has taken all measures for the safe conduct of SSLC (class 10) exams from today, and students should come out and write exams for their bright future.


You may have noticed the vehicle — it resembles a Fred Flintstone teardrop camper, but with many more windows — parked in the Center for Tomorrow Lot, or tooling around the back roads near Helm Warehouse and Crofts Hall.
That's Olli, and the self-driving electric shuttle that advances New York State as a hub for autonomous vehicle research made its public debut yesterday as part of the Fourth Annual Symposium on Transportation Informatics. The two-day conference at UB brings together nationwide leaders in next-generation transportation technologies.
While UB has no current plans to transport students in the shuttle, researchers will examine the feasibility and benefits of doing so on UB campuses, including the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
The Olli project — co-managed by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) — supports Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's ambitious clean energy goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030.
The shuttle, which is mostly 3D printed, is capable of seating eight passengers and reaching 25 mph. It was developed by Local Motors, a ground mobility company. Additional support comes from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Inc., Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition and Wendel Architecture, Engineering, Surveying & Landscape Architecture P.C.
"The Olli project serves as another example of the private public collaboration that is driving the expansion of our clean energy economy and innovative technologies," Barton says.
UB has extensive experience in transportation research and computer science and engineering, two critical fields in the development of autonomous vehicles.


Today, Mogo Finance Technology Inc. announced it has successfully completed an initial public offering of its common shares. Mogo issued 5,000,000 common shares at a price of $10 CDN per share, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds to Mogo of $50 million. Mogo's common shares will begin trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "GO".
LaBarge Weinstein acted as counsel to Mogo with a team that included Shane McLean, Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe, Kyle Lavender, Tayyaba Khan, Emma Wilkins and Nicolas Joubert.


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>> >> > Looks completely wrong, mlpdsp asm does not use MMX.
>> > OBJS-$(ARCH_X86), similar to what we have for all other ARCHs.
> With the same trick that we use for e.g. MMX-OBJS and OBJS-$(HAVE_MMX).
what you intended? It doesn't  works though.
to see that the build fails.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Client
{
    static class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

            //MessageBox.Show("This software is not involved in ANY WAY with the the LEGO company. This means:" + Environment.NewLine + "- This software is not sponsored by the LEGO company in ANY WAY" + Environment.NewLine + "- This software recieves NO SUPPORT from the LEGO company" + Environment.NewLine + "- All the LEGO company copyrighted models, like logos, are NOT owned by the creators of this software and are owned by the LEGO company" + Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + "By using this software, you agree that you will not (try to) make money with this software and agree that this software is in NO WAY involved with the LEGO company.", "Attention");
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Q: css margin problem My css looks like this
* {
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0;
}
body {
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
div#header {
    background-color: #969696;
    height: 80px;
}
div#mid-bar {
    background: url(images/home.jpg) left no-repeat #6f6565;
    height: 200px;
}

#searchbox {
    background-color: #c1c1c1;
    width: 200px;
    height: 180px;
    margin: 10px 20px 10px 350px;
}

and my html

you can see the problem. the space between header and mid-bar which is created due to the margin given in the searchbox div.
i want this margin for searchbox within the mid-bar div... and not from header div.

A: I's a known bug:  would use padding instead of margin. so:
div#mid-bar {
    background: url(images/home.jpg) left no-repeat #6f6565;
    height: 200px;
padding-top: 10px;
}

#searchbox {
    background-color: #c1c1c1;
    width: 200px;
    height: 180px;
    margin: 0px 20px 10px 350px;
}

A: Give padding to #mid-bar instead of searchbox margin

A: I have seen this happen when you don't give margins to parents and the first element, even a child that you give margin to, causes gaps in the parents by creating margins. One way I've overcome this is by using paddings on the parent containers instead of margins.
See your example here with paddings: http://jsbin.com/ememi3

A: If you are intent on using margins, try setting margin:0; in #mid-bar.  Otherwise give #mid-bar a padding-top:10px; and remove top margin from #searchbox.

A: Everyone seems to agree on this one, padding will work much better then margins will. I looked into it a little and it seems Pixeline is right, it's a known bug in Firefox, hopefully they will fix it in 4.


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Police believe remains are those of missing girl
Nov. 12, 2010 Updated: June 17, 2016 3:42 p.m.
HICKORY, N.C.
The mystery of how a disabled 10-year-old girl was killed deepened Friday when police matched a bone to the girl and said they believed a set of remains uncovered five miles away were also hers.
The bone, found in some brush alongside Zahra Baker's prosthetic leg, was discovered in an area near where Zahra's stepmother, Elisa Baker, once lived. Baker is in jail, charged with trying to throw off investigators with a bogus ransom note.
Recently, she began cooperating with police and led them to the area where the remains were found, though she has not been charged in Zahra's death.
Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins said investigators matched the bone with Zahra's DNA.
"I've been dreading this moment from early on in the investigation," Adkins said. "We have recovered enough physical evidence to think we have found Zahra."
Police found a child's remains earlier this week, and they need to be tested to make sure they are Zahra's, Adkins said.
The freckle-faced Zahra, who had bone cancer that forced her to use a prosthetic leg and hearing aids, was reported missing by her parents Oct. 9. They said she was last seen in her bed at their home.
"Investigators, agents, officers and staff who worked on this case are devastated that we were not able to find Zahra alive and bring her home safely," said Adkins, who wouldn't answer any questions at a news conference.
Soon after Zahra was reported missing, investigators cast doubt on accounts given by Zahra's father and stepmother. Police had trouble finding anyone other than Zahra's parents who had seen her alive in the weeks before her disappearance, and a suspicious early morning fire occurred at the family's home several hours before she was reported missing.
It was then that police discovered a ransom note addressed to Adam Baker's boss on the windshield of Baker's car. Police went to that man's house, and found him and his daughter to be fine. Elisa Baker, 42, admitted writing the note and has been charged with obstruction of justice, police said.
Adam Baker, 33, was arrested on charges unrelated to Zahra's disappearance and is free on bail. He is facing one count each of assault with a deadly weapon and failure to return rental property, two counts of communicating threats and five counts of writing worthless checks, authorities said.
District Attorney James Gaither Jr. refused to say if the girl was dismembered or if any more charges were imminent.
"I'm not going to discuss that right now," Gaither said.
Neighbors and relatives have said that Elisa Baker had a short temper and was abusive toward her stepdaughter. Caldwell County Department of Social Services investigated the family because Zahra went to school with bruises and a teacher alerted school officials, who have said they are prohibited by law from discussing the case.
Zahra's friends and family in Australia were less than thrilled when she moved away, especially since her medical treatments were free there. Kim Wright, who came something of a surrogate mother to Zahra in Australia, told The Associated Press they became friends four years ago at a cancer fundraising event. She was sitting in a chair waiting for her head to be shaved to raise money when Zahra approached, took her hand and told her not to be scared.
Zahra was diagnosed with bone cancer about five years ago. She had her leg amputated and a few months later, doctors discovered tumors in her lungs. She had chemotherapy, but the treatment led to a partial hearing loss. Still, she remained upbeat, attending a camp for children with cancer and inspiring her fellow campers by taking part in all the physical activities.


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BROCKTON — The opening of school here in September almost had the feel of a memorial service.
Teachers from across the city descended on the high school where 80 yellow ribbons had been fastened to seats throughout the auditorium. Superintendent Kathleen Smith, in a grim voice, told everyone to look to the left and to the right: Each ribbon represented a colleague whose position had been cut over the summer in a painstaking effort to plug a $16 million budget gap.
Many teachers, though, needed no symbolic reminders of the departed: Years of painful cuts have left many of them with more students in their classrooms than they ever imagined, in many cases far exceeding acceptable levels in the affluent suburbs. Resources are running thin, too. Brockton was able to spend just $1.28 per student on classroom supplies during the 2016-17 school year, while Weston, one of the wealthiest towns in the state, provided $275 per student.
"The kids are the ultimate victims," said Mark Richardson, a social studies teacher who delivers lessons on medieval times to 41 students in a middle school library that has been converted into a classroom. "It's a shame what is happening here."
Twenty-five years after the state enacted its landmark Education Reform Act, which pumped millions of dollars into public education, enormous funding gaps exist between poor and affluent school systems. By many accounts, the gaps are widening.
Now, Brockton is exploring a lawsuit against the state — challenging the funding system — and is lining up other school districts to join it. Worcester, another struggling city, decided last month to jump in.
Brockton and Worcester school leaders view the funding inequities as a civil rights issue, depriving their students, who are largely poor, minority, and immigrants, the right to an equal education. The chief culprit, they argue, is the state's formula for doling out aid, which favors poorer districts but has failed, by a wide margin, to keep pace with the actual cost of providing a public education.
Real estate taxes fund most of the rest of school spending, a fact that further locks in inequality of opportunity. Wealthy communities have an obvious, systemic advantage; they can make up the difference and then some, while others, like Brockton, are barely scraping by. A legislative commission highlighted this divide 2½ years ago and implored lawmakers to update the state formula to reflect the true cost of an education.
But the new legislation, which would likely require the state to spend hundreds of millions of additional dollars, has moved slowly on Beacon Hill.
Kindergarten student Javani Centeio participated in a computer library class.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Superintendent Smith, who began as a teacher in Brockton four decades ago, said she never thought she would see the return of the days when Brockton had 38 students in a class, not enough desks, and not enough books. She said she spent much of last summer fretting about how deeply she would need to cut.
"We waited all summer to see if this money would come in or that money," Smith said in a recent interview. "It was just devastating all the way through. . . . We are hanging on by a thread."
State data reveal huge gulfs in the wealth of the state's school systems. In Brockton, household income on a per-pupil basis is $95,000. Yet 30 miles away in Weston, it is $1.5 million per student. Brockton's equalized property valuation on a per-pupil basis is $309,000; in Weston, $2.6 million.
Overall, Brockton spent $14,778 per student, while Weston spent $24,458. Seventy percent of Brockton's students are economically disadvantaged, lack English fluency, or have disabilities, which means they cost more to educate because they often require specialized programs or extra tutoring. In Weston only 24 percent of students fall into one of those categories, and yet the town spends vastly more on its schools — because it wants to and can.
By contrast, Brockton relies heavily on state aid, which covers 80 percent of its overall spending on education — $213.6 million — including the cost for local students attending independent charter schools.
Paul Reville, an education secretary under former governor Deval Patrick, said Brockton and Worcester have a compelling case against the state.
"It seems to me you have a basis that the Commonwealth is not doing enough for the neediest districts," said Reville. "How can the state hold them accountable for results if they are not providing adequate resources?"
Brendan Moss, a spokesman for Governor Charlie Baker, defended state spending on education, saying the governor's budget proposal for next year includes the highest spending amount ever on K-12 education.
If approved by the Legislature, local education aid would reach $4.85 billion, a 2 percent increase over this year, representing an extra $104 million, according to a state education department memo.
But the increases Baker is proposing will likely make only a dent. For instance, Brockton's spending on employee benefits and other "fixed charges" during the 2016-17 school year was $43.6 million — about $25 million more than the state formula estimated the costs would be, according to an analysis by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees.
Kindergarten student Leonel Monteiro crossed his legs in teacher Amy Mazzola's class and listened to readings. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
The result is that Brockton has struggled increasingly in recent years to provide the basics for its 17,000 students, as spending on the schools has grown only incrementally, failing to keep up with inflation. School officials cut over 150 positions over the past three years and have fallen behind on buying new computers at a time when the state is moving standardized tests online.
Cuts are evident across its two dozen schools. At Raymond Elementary School, where a blue and white "Save Our Schools" sign hangs in the window, classes have as many as 30 students in kindergarten and around 35 in some upper grades, including those where native speakers of Cape Verdean Creole are learning English.
One kindergarten teacher, Kristen Crugnale, bought six iPads with her own money for her 30 students to make up for a shortage of classroom computers, but, like many teachers, she is feeling overwhelmed at times by the class sizes.
"There is no way I can get to all of them in a single day," she said. "I feel I have to give some students busy work so I can do small groups."
Melynda Pilling, a fifth-grade teacher, said she, too, feels stretched thin. She has 35 students in one class who don't speak English fluently, including 11 recent immigrants, and gets assistance only part of the day from a teacher's aide.
"I was just working with students who don't know letters and letter sounds and others who are almost at grade level," Pilling said recently, as her students headed across the hall for a math class.
Across the street at North Middle School, three dozen students in a science class sat elbow to elbow along five tables that stretch almost from one wall to the other.
Budget cuts have threatened progress and undercut morale in a school system that for years has defied the odds of working with the most challenging student populations in public education.
Its high school has garnered national attention as a rare turnaround success for an urban district. It didn't come easy. Brockton High, the largest in the state with 4,200 students, initially had abysmal scores when the MCAS premiered in the late 1990s but eventually made big gains by focusing on writing, critical thinking, and other literacy skills.
The relentless budget squeeze has jeopardized that, officials said. While the high school's MCAS scores have held fairly steady in English and science, they have fallen by five points in math over the past four years, state data shows. The four-year graduation rate last year also slipped slightly to 87.2 percent, a rare decrease.
"I think students, family, and teachers always rise to the occasion to do more with less, but at some point we are going to reach a breaking point," said Clifford Murray, the high school principal.
The high school has scrapped many electives or restricted enrollment in them, including foreign languages. The school also doesn't have enough money for substitute teachers. Morgan Finnegan, 17, a senior, estimated that her classes have been sent to the cafeteria 10 times because of teacher absences.
"Sometimes it's aggravating because I've done my homework and they don't give you an assignment," she said.
Henil Son, 17, a junior, said it's stressful to be in classes with so many students because some of them act out. Numbers are, however, sometimes helpful when working on class assignments, he said, because "you have more heads you can put together."
Brockton has long fought for equitable school funding. It sued the state in 1978, arguing an overreliance on local property taxes to finance public schools was inherently unfair.
Budget cuts have hit Brockton hard. A former library at North Middle School is used as a crowded classroom.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Fifteen years later, the plaintiffs finally prevailed. The state Supreme Judicial Court determined the state wasn't meeting its constitutional duty of providing an adequate public education to all children. At the time, affluent districts were spending three times more per student than the poorest ones.
The court ordered lawmakers to fix the spending disparities, an effort that was already underway. The ruling came shortly before Governor William Weld signed the 1993 Education Reform Act, which included a new funding formula.
That new funding formula initially shrank the spending gaps by dramatic margins.
In 1993, communities with the lowest per capita income spent about $1,400 less per pupil than towns with the highest incomes, but within seven years that gap narrowed to $370 per student, according to a report by the state education department in 2013.
But the gaps now appear to be widening. Several school systems that have among the highest income levels in the state, such as Weston, Lexington, Concord, Carlisle, and Wellesley, spent more than $18,000 per student, while several urban districts with low income levels, such as Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford, and Lynn, spent below $15,000 per student, according to state data for the 2015-16 school year.
"We took enormous strides in the 10 years following education reform, but we've slid back in this state into extreme inequities," said state Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz, a Boston Democrat who cochairs the Joint Education Committee. "The need is gaping."
The funding formula, known as the foundation budget, is supposed to promote equity by attempting to calculate the cost of an adequate education in each school system based on the students they serve. The formula then aims to account for a community's ability to pay.
Under the formula, the state doles out more aid on a per-pupil basis for those students who typically cost more to educate, such as those with disabilities or language barriers. As a result, Brockton received about $9,600 per student in state aid during the 2016-17 school year, compared to only $1,500 in Weston, according to state figures.
But the formula has failed to keep pace with escalating costs, according to a report by the legislative commission.
While the report did not include a price tag, another study in 2011 by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a left-learning think tank, found the foundation budget calculations were off by more than $2 billion.
Smith said problems run deeper than the foundation budget. The state has been shortchanging reimbursements paid to school districts when their students attend independently run charter schools or pricey out-of-district special education programs. The state also changed how it counts low-income students, causing some districts to receive significantly less aid.
"It's a broken system," Smith said. "Massachusetts wants to talk about leading the nation . . . but you can't ignore the kids in the urban districts."
Brockton's possible litigation might not be necessary, though, if lawmakers take action.
Legislation to update the state funding formula and pump more aid into the public schools, especially the neediest ones, has the support of nearly every state senator — though it faces a less certain future in the House and Baker has not indicated if he supports it.
"Every year we don't act is another year that students are moving through a system that is subpar and in many cases is immorally under-resourced," Chang-Diaz said. "We can never get those years back for kids."
James Vaznis can be reached at james.vaznis@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @globevaznis.


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The Midwest state of Iowa might see as much as 60 MW of wind power if a current proposal goes ahead. The proposed wind farm -- backed primarily by Zond Systems Inc and also by Windtricity of California -- would be sited near the town of Alta on Buffalo Ridge, says Ty McNeal of local company WindWay Technologies, which is also joining in the development.
Wind power development is emerging as a significant force in the upper Midwest. Various plans are afoot in Minnesota and Iowa on Buffalo Ridge, one of the windiest spots, ranging from Zond's small municipal installation at Waverly in Iowa to Northern Natural Power's 23 MW of power in northwest Minnesota to the 25 MW Kenetech wind farm now going in the ground for Northern States Power also on Buffalo Ridge.
In this latest project, negotiations to sell power to Midwest Power, a utility based in Des Moines, have been ongoing for a number of months, confirms the utility's John McNeal. Although "not much" is currently going on in the talks, the utility is optimistic. "There are some issues we are trying to resolve," he cautions. Midwest Power, the electric division of Midwest Power Systems, sells to 420,000 customers mostly in Iowa and also in a small part of South Dakota.
The 120 turbines used would be 500 kW turbines of Zond's choice, says McNeal. Planning is in the early stages. The go-ahead was given during a zoning meeting in late November for one of the 25 landowners who will have to agree to and get permission for the $60 million wind farm. The developers hope to start the project in the spring, says McNeal. Legislation was recently passed in Iowa for a "2% law" which dictates that investor-owned utilities must spend 2% of their funds on alternative power.


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Q: Lower bound of the index of a subgroup of a non abelian simple group Let $G$ be a simple , non abelian group . Let $H$ be a subgroup of $G$ such that $[G:H] < \infty$ . Show that: $[G:H] \ge 5$

A: $G$ acts by left multiplication on the left cosets modulo $H$, which gives us a homomorphism $G\to S_{[G:H]}$. This is either trivial, meaning  $H=G$ (which is excluded); or it is injective, which means that the smallest nonabelian simple group must fit in $S_{[G:H]}$.


Music, food, champagne and fashion. A very good combination, one I can always rely on! All week they're celebrating in different cities throughout Europe, and last Thursday it was my turn to co-host the 7 For All Mankind event over here, together with Anna from NSMBL and Rene from Fashion Fillers, to celebrate the new "black & white" capsule collection. Gorgeous fabrics, cool prints, amazing cuts, a collection making it very hard to choose your favorite from. In the end I opted for the striped version, to come home with me. I think we will be very good friends. Happy weekend guys!


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Hyalorrhipis hyalinus är en insektsart som beskrevs av Boris Petrovich Uvarov 1929. Hyalorrhipis hyalinus ingår i släktet Hyalorrhipis och familjen gräshoppor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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