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Adelaide Monday September 18, 2017
Touch Of The Fumbles: The worst moment
Touch of the Fumbles
There are moments that have always stuck in my mind from the Crows' 2006 preliminary final loss to West Coast, which still ranks as the worst defeat I've endured as an Adelaide supporter.
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Paddy's coming back to SA for a crack at a Grand Final. Photo: Julian Smith / AAP
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I remember that as we stood beneath the Spring sunshine before the game, the Footy Park PA was blaring out Barnesy's No Second Prize, which ordinarily I'd consider a bit naff but on this day it gave me goosebumps instead.
That's my overriding memory – Jimmy Bloody Barnes, whose lyrics seemed to suddenly crystallise just what this game meant.
At half-time – with the Crows up by 22 and having held the Eagles to two goals – I got a text message from my then-boss, who was kicking back in a corporate box somewhere: "Do we dare to dream?"
I didn't write back for fear of jinxing it. Perhaps he'd jinxed it already. Because you probably don't need me to tell you that the Eagles, predictably, came storming back, with only poor kicking keeping us vaguely in the contest before we fell three goals down late in the last.
The other moment that's burned on my brain came at the death.
If you watched the match on TV you'd have missed this bit, but when Bock kicked his second time-on goal in succession to put us within four points with seconds left (exactly how many isn't clear, since this was back in the days of the 'five minute warning') and Goodwin broke away with the ball from the resultant centre bounce, I could swear Brett Burton was standing free on the fifty-metre line.
Just one kick, just one mark, and Burton would have been lining up for his third goal of the game, which would have put Adelaide into a grand final after the siren.
But instead the ball was called back, with the umpire handing a free to – of all people! – former Crow Tyson Stenglein for an infringement at the centre bounce.
And so, instead, it was the Eagles lining up after the siren for a redundant goal, whose only contribution was to make our loss look somehow less gallant.
For 11 years, those have been my abiding memories of that horrific bastard of a game: Jimmy Barnes, my boss's wide-eyed, hopeless optimism and the Birdman standing in a mile of space, helplessly flailing his arms like a drowning man. Which, in a way, I suppose he was.
Afterwards, a mate and I went to a now-defunct city bar and pounded the pain in our bellies with copious Jägerbombs; the next day I stayed in bed past noon, nursing a thumping head and bruised heart until my then-girlfriend (now-wife, who tends to tolerate my all-encompassing football fandom with a weary mix of bemusement and disdain) came home from work after several calls went unanswered and unnoticed, to make sure I hadn't swallowed my tongue while I slept.
It was three months since Australia's similarly nasty exit from the World Cup against Italy, and the lyrics from an old English football anthem kept shuffling through my aching head: "Stay in bed, drift away… it could have been all songs in the street, it was nearly complete, it was nearly so sweet…"
And, as it turned out, Barnesy's eerily prophetic lyrics that only a day earlier had told of hope and steel and grit, now grimly summed me up: "A person who had a broken heart, with nothing to drive him on, no hope, no spark, no flame…"
It's as bad as I've felt after an Adelaide loss.
Sure, some might argue 1993 was more gut-wrenching, given our 42-point half-time lead should have been insurmountable. But in only our third season, there was something of fate telling us we weren't there yet.
Post-premierships, there have been plenty of other finals losses that have knocked me flat: I was despondent after Buddy's final, season-wrecking goal in '07, but at least we went down to a player like Buddy, and not a nobody like Jack Anthony. Which we did two years later, in one of our three hideous finals losses to Collingwood this millennium. I was at the MCG in '02 when Tyson Edwards and Andrew McLeod were successively carried from the field, and with them our hopes of a third Grand Final.
I was also at Football Park when the Pies killed off our 2008 season, after we were knocked out of the top four on percentage in the final match of the minor round before being knocked out of the competition altogether in the first week of the major round.
Then there was 2012, when we somehow hit the front against the Hawks before obligingly handing back the lead, as was our style at the time. But we at least finished the season optimistic of big things to come (which was quite prescient, albeit not in a good way).
For me though, when I contemplate two decades of failure and heartbreak, it all comes back to '06.
That's the one that hurt the most, and the one that still haunts me when I contemplate this coming Friday night – our first home preliminary final since that car-crash of an afternoon.
The tagline on the movie poster for one of the Exorcist sequels was "Do you dare walk these steps again?"
It's a question I've been asking myself in recent days as I've pondered whether it's finally time to perform my own exorcism, of sorts.
Because until the weekend just gone, I have never sat down to re-watch that preliminary final. Indeed, I'd never even seen the broadcast; I was at the game, and while I probably taped it (or whatever you did 11 years ago) it has long been, both physically and psychologically, filed away in some dusty bottom drawer, never again to be validated by human gaze.
But in the end, I didn't have to go scouring through some cardboard box of unmarked VHS tapes. There's a scene in High Fidelity where the protagonist realises with amazement that the university-era sweetheart who broke his heart – the one he "never got over" – was listed in his local phone directory.
"She's an extra-terrestrial, ghost, a myth – not a person in a phone book," he muses agape.
That was kinda how I felt when I realised that the two hours of football fandom that left me scarred for life – the match the embodies two decades of relative anguish and futility – was readily and freely available on YouTube. Well, of course it is.
But unless you're a West Coast supporter, a Port Adelaide fan or an incurable masochist, I wouldn't advise watching it. Which is why, in a gallant gesture of self-sacrifice, the Fumbles bravely sat through the entire duration – so you don't have to.
It's an odd feeling, watching the first-half unfold with the dour knowledge of the second-half to come.
Key moments seemed eerily familiar, like recapturing the essence of a half-forgotten dream (the kind that jolts you awake in fright, presumably). Matty Bode's two second-quarter goals, for instance, the second coming after he leapt onto the ball like a diminutive platoon-leader trying to save his squadron from an exploding grenade, before bouncing up like a jack-in-the-box to pirouette and snap the ball through the big sticks.
Burton was lively and damaging, but missed crucial chances to extend what could have been a decisive lead.
Given he retired ten years ago, it's easy to forget now what a pall Ricciuto's Parvo-dogged absence cast over proceedings.
But there were other things too. Things I'd either wilfully forgotten or perhaps never even noticed in my grimly partisan fog. Like the fact that we weren't really outplaying West Coast in that first half at all, merely outscoring them. It's possible, too, that we've always overplayed the fact that Biglands copped a knee injury, leaving Clarke to ruck against the ominous Cox/Seaby tandem (Doc held his own for hit-outs, but Cox threw in 27 influential touches – as many as anyone on the field, save for Judd.) But the fact that Biglands left the field halfway through the second term with only a solitary handball to his name suggests his absence may not have been as decisive as legend would have it.
And the fact is, West Coast won by 10 – with 10 more scoring shots.
So we were probably lucky to end up as close as we did.
Indeed, these days I hardly carry a grudge against the Eagles at all and, given their helpful role in hastening Port Adelaide's post-season turmoil, I almost felt sorry for them when they fronted up for their obligatory thrashing by GWS.
Stevie J kicked six against West Coast. Photo: David Moir / AAP
Still, it was little wonder the Eagles were so readily overwhelmed in the proverbial football cauldron that is Spotless Stadium, forced to play in front of 14,865 baying Giants supporters. Terrifying.
For the Giants, the likes of Coniglio, Kelly and Ward led from the front, while it was a massive week for the J family, with Stevie kicking a bag and Matty finally finding love.
The Eagles did not receive a rose. Photo: David Moir / AAP
If anything, the Eagles' insipid capitulation highlights just how much has changed in the 11 years since our last finals meeting with them, undoubtedly our last and best chance since '98 to snare that elusive bastard that is our mythical third flag. For, despite an injury plague and patchy late-season form, we had done what we had never managed before or since: not only secured a top-two finish but won our first final to secure a home-ground Grand Final qualifier.
All the elements were there: the parochial crowd, an imposing first-half lead… and it had been almost 10 years since our premiership double – just long enough to slowly comprehend that winning AFL flags (let alone two in succession) is actually a bit tricky.
And now, after 19 years, it feels nigh-on impossible.
And yet, here we are again.
With a home preliminary final, 10 years and 364 days since the last one. And facing another bogey side, with the very real prospect that another former Crow will deliver the knockout blow.
Yes, this one. Photo: Julian Smith / AAP
Until last Friday night it had been a good couple of years since I'd cheered a Paddy Dangerfield goal, but his early brace helped dispel the uneasy prospect of us taking on the rampant Swans for a spot in the Grand Final…
…at least until it became clear that the Swans had suddenly gone from rampant to rancid, at which point relief about Sydney's finals exit quickly gave way to worry about Geelong's imposing form.
The Swans appeared to have run out of puff. Photo: Julian Smith / AAP
It was, we were told, the Swans' lowest score since '97 – a good omen for the nostalgic among us, perhaps. But it also seems hard to believe, given their dour, defensive early-2000s era, so perhaps it's just Fake Football News, like when Brian Taylor confidently asserts that this will be Geelong's first final ever outside Victoria.
Lance impressed his teammates by cunningly sneaking a hip-flask past security. Photo: Julian Smith / AAP
And already, our finals injury curse is returning with familiar capriciousness, this time striking down Mitch McGovern with hamstring soreness. There are options, of course; if he doesn't play, Andy Otten could return for his first game since he was squeezed out for the Round 20 Showdown. But nevertheless, as the socialists used to say, an injury to one is an injury to all.
The good news is, the last time Otten came back into the side for a preliminary final, he made a solid fist of it. The bad news is, we lost the game by five points.
And there's the rub.
In quiet moments (well, most moments really) I've pondered the possibilities of Friday's game, and I think I've cracked the two most likely outcomes: we either win, or we lose.
But it's more than that. We can win by a lot, or a little, and we can lose by a little, or a lot.
I see the latter as highly unlikely, so obviously the one that bothers me most is c) we lose by not much.
That's the option I could really, truly do without. Especially where Paddy D is concerned.
Hopefully on Friday night there is more of this… Photo: Michael Errey / InDaily
…and not so much of this! Photo: Julian Smith / AAP
Because, just quietly, I'm about done with close finals losses.
Do we dare walk these steps again? Well, what else can we do?
Other than fervently hope that eventually they'll lead somewhere different. One day.
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Samsung / Google Delay Nexus Prime and Ice Cream Sandwich Launch Event Out Of Respect For Steve Jobs
By Awais Imran | October 7th, 2011
According to a report published just now, Samsung and Google have decided to postpone their Nexus Prime / Android Ice Cream Sandwich event out of respect for the just-passed Apple co-founder and ex-CEO Steve Jobs.
The news comes from Business Insider – a business website covering media and technology – in a post where they talk about Google's official statement regarding the topic under discussion.
Samsung announced a joint event with Google called UNPACKED 2011: Google Episode on September 29th. It was widely believed that the two companies would be showcasing two new products at the event: the strongly rumored Nexus Prime and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich(Samsung even teased the Nexus Prime in a video released yesterday).
News of Samsung postponing the event started spreading earlier today, but the reason for delaying the event wasn't exactly clear until a few minutes ago when a Google spokesperson confirmed that the company felt that "this isn't the right time to announce a new product as the world expresses tribute to Steve Jobs' passing."
From Business Insider:
Samsung and Google canceled their big Android next week out of respect for Steve Jobs, a source close to the two companies tells us.
Earlier this morning, the two companies issued a joint statement saying "both parties have agreed that this is not the appropriate time for the announcement of a new product."
Steve Jobs, as you all know, passed away this Wednesday. We published our own tribute to the great man, which you can read here.
We've already talked in detail about the Nexus Prime. According to multiple reports, it is going to be Google's next experience smartphone. Exact specifications are unknown at the moment, but a dual-core processor, a 720p Super AMOLED HD display and strong optics are expected to be part of the deal.
As a matter of fact, a video of what appears to be a leaked Nexus Prime showed up today. The person handling the phone shows Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich's all new Tron-like interface with some of the finest transitions and animations this writer has ever seen. It's not all just eye-candy, though, as ICS makes some significant UI improvements over its predecessor which, you can all see in our post. It is also going to be a grand unification update of sorts that will ensure that one version of Android runs on both smartphones and tablets.
Samsung and Google have told Business Insider that the event's delay does not mean that the products themselves have been delayed. When both companies will actually announce said products is unknown at the moment, but we will inform you as soon as we know.
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1914 saw the first large-scale use of chemical weapons. Gas helmets were part of every soldier's equipment and technology changed in response to the advances in gas warfare.
In 1915, the British Army developed the phenate hexamine anti-gas helmet, a flannelette hood treated with chemicals to absorb chlorine, phosgene and tear gas. Colourless phosgene, the biggest chemical killer of the War, was responsible for most gas deaths. Gas, however, was responsible for less than 8% of all fatalities during the War.
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Wallenberg är en svensk framstående finansfamilj känd sedan släktens grundare André Oscar Wallenberg grundade Stockholms Enskilda Bank 1856. Familjen kontrollerar indirekt en tredjedel av Sveriges BNP genom sitt bank- och industriimperium. Globalt avviker släkten från andra ledande finansfamiljer i andra länder i avseende om inflytande över ett lands näringsliv. Släkten har i Sverige haft ett dominerande inflytande över näringslivet i mer än ett sekel.

Wallenbergsläkten kontrollerar och är delägare i flera stora svenska och andra europeiska industrikoncerner, till exempel världsledande multinationella telekommunikationsföretaget Ericsson, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Stora Enso, Nasdaq, Wärtsilä, Electrolux, ABB, SAAB och SAS Group.

En lång rad med företeelser är uppkallade efter medlemmar i släkten. Till exempel maträtten wallenbergare, uppkallad enligt vissa efter bankmannen Marcus Wallenberg.

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Äldste kände anfader var rusthållaren i Herseberga i Skärkinds socken, Östergötland, Per Hansson (1670–1741), som 1692 gifte sig med Kerstin Jacobsdotter Schuut (1671–1752). Deras barn kallade sig omväxlande Hertzman och Wallberg, och utgör med förgreningarna Wallberger och Wallenberg den så kallade Hersebergasläkten. Per Hansson var far till kronolänsman Jakob Persson Wallberg (1699–1758) i Vifolka härad. Jacob Wallenberg var skeppspräst på  en ostindiefarare, och har skildrat sin första resa i skriften Min son på galejan.

Det wallenbergska finanshuset grundades av André Oscar Wallenberg som 1856 startade Stockholms Enskilda Bank, efter skotsk bankmodell, vilken är en av föregångarna till dagens Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB).

Under 1920-talet var Wallenbergsfären och Ivar Kreuger huvudkonkurrenter om makten inom det svenska näringslivet. När Kreuger gjorde sin (sista) framställan i februari 1932 till Riksbanken om bankgarantier, gick alla de stora svenska affärsbankerna med på detta utom Stockholms Enskilda Bank. Efter det att Kreugers bolag försatts i konkurs, övertogs flera av de Kreugerkontrollerade industriföretagen av Wallenbergsfären och dessa utgör fortfarande kärnan i nuvarande innehav.

Förvaltandet och utvecklandet av resterna av det kreugerska imperiet kom att falla på Marcus Wallenberg, som dominerade det svenska näringslivet under mer än ett halvt sekel. Tillsammans med Curt Nicolin lade han grunden, under och efter andra världskriget, till familjens maktposition inom svenskt näringsliv. Efter Marcus Wallenbergs död uppstod ett maktvakuum inom sfärens ledning. Hans äldste son Marc hade begått självmord 1971 och den yngre sonen Peter, vilken av fadern inte ansågs skickad att klara en ledande befattning inom sfären, hade hållits tillbaka under hela sin levnad. Därmed hamnade sfärens ledning i praktiken hos tjänstemän inom Investor. Peter Wallenberg tog dock i praktiken befälet inom sfären under 1980-talet och ökade de ägande stiftelsernas förmögenheter avsevärt. Han var aktiv in i det sista, han avled 2015, men sönerna Jacob (född 1956) och Peter jr (född 1959) och deras kusin, Marcs son Marcus (född 1956) leder numera (2019) verksamheten.

Medlemmar i släkten Wallenberg i urval

 Marcus Wallenberg d.ä. (1744–1799), kyrkoherde i Linköping
 Jacob Wallenberg (författare) (1746–1778)
 Marcus Wallenberg (1774–1833)
 André Oscar Wallenberg (1816–1886)
 Knut Agathon Wallenberg (1853–1938)
 Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1863–1937)
 Marcus Wallenberg senior (1864–1943) ("Häradshövdingen")
 Jacob Oscar Wallenberg (1872–1939)
 Axel Fingal Wallenberg (1874–1963)
 Nannie Wallenberg (1885–1962)
 Jacob Wallenberg (1892–1980) ("Jaju")
 Nita Wallenberg (1896–1966)
 Marcus Wallenberg junior (1899–1982) ("Dodde")
 Gustav Wally (1905–1966)
 Raoul Wallenberg (1912–cirka 1947)
 Marc Wallenberg (1924–1971; "Boy-Boy")
 Peter Wallenberg senior (1926–2015; "Pirre")
 Peder Wallenberg (född 1935)
 Jacob Wallenberg (född 1956)
 Marcus Wallenberg (född 1956; "Husky")
 Axel Wallenberg (1958–2011; "Vava")
 Peter Wallenberg junior (född 1959; "Poker")

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Släktträd

Se även

 Wallenbergsfären
 Wallenbergare – maträtt

Referenser

Litteratur

Externa länkar

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Manabe and Hasselmann's Path to Nobel Prize in Physics 2021
1st Floor (auditorium), Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
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As mentioned by Manabe and Hasselmann, it was surprising at first to learn that Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded to two climatologists. On the second thought, it was not surprising at all if realizing the purpose of the Nobel Prize "to endow prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind". In fact, it is the third time that climate-related issues were recognized by the Nobel Prize, namely, Chemistry Prize in 1995, Peace Prize in 2007, and Physics Prize in 2021. Climate system involving interaction between atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, and the most recent agent "anthroposphere" could be one of the most complex systems that human has ever encountered. Manabe projected the warming we are now facing more than 50 years ago using a simplified atmospheric model and then slowly made his earth system model more complex to entangle the Climate Puzzle. He and colleagues created the foundation of earth system models that are now widely used in understanding past climate and projecting future climate. Hasselmann as an oceanographer who studied turbulence and ocean wave interaction in early years realized how seemingly random processes (such as weather) could trigger well-organized large-scale and low-frequency variability (such as climate). He crafted a fingerprint methodology to quantify the relative contribution of natural processes and human activities to the climate change and created a new research field Detection and Attribution. The global heating we are now facing is nothing new to the climate science community but may be a shocking news to many outside the field. Hasselamnn said "we have been warning against climate change for about 50 years or so". How did this ignorance happen? How did Manabe and Hasselmann have the foresight, what have they done, and who they are? This talk will explore for you.


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Gardner Commemorates Iwo Jima 75th Anniversary with Colorado Veterans
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) attended the wreath laying ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima at the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial along with two veterans from Colorado who fought at Iwo Jima.
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"It's an incredible experience to be able to come here and meet with Coloradans and people around the country who were at Iwo Jima. These are people who are larger than life, who we read about in our history books and who were there 75 years ago when our nation called, when our nation needed them,"said Senator Gardner. "You can hear their courage, you can hear their sacrifice, and you can hear what it means to them, to recite their friends who were lost. In a world where everybody has to be somewhere, thank God these men and women were there for this country."
Attending the ceremony from Colorado were U.S. Marine Sgt. John "Jack" Thurman from Northern Colorado and U.S. Navy Veteran Ralph Whitlock from Parker, who both fought at Iwo Jima. Sgt. John "Jack" Thurman is pictured in the famous "Gung Ho" photograph, taken after the flag raising at Iwo Jima.
Gardner recently introduced a resolution honoring the gallantry and heroism demonstrated 75 years agoduring the victory that was led by the United States Marine Corps over Imperial Japan on the island of Iwo Jima.
Cory Gardner is a member of the U.S. Senate serving Colorado. He sits on the Energy & Natural Resources Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee, the Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee, and is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy.
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var helpers = require('./helpers');
var email = require('../email');
var checkinModels = require('../apps/checkins/models');
var ReportSettings = require('../apps/reporting/models').ReportSettings

describe("Partners", function() {
    var checkinUrl = '/checkins';
    var partnersUrl = '/partners';
    var partnerEmails = [
        'test-partner-1@fakedomain.com',
        'test-partner-2@fakedomain.com'
    ];
    var jwtAuthValue = null;

    before(function() {
        helpers.ensureTestUserExists();
        ReportSettings.remove({email: helpers.testEmail}, function (err) {
            if (err) {
                console.log("Couldn't delete report settings for the test user!");
                throw err;
            }
        });
    });

    it("shouldn't exist for a new user", function (done) {
        helpers.withTestUserJwt(function (token) {
            helpers.jwtAuthRequest('get', partnersUrl, token)
                .expect(200)
                .end(function(err, res) {
                    if (err) throw err;
                    if (res.body.length > 0) {
                        throw Error("The response contained partners before it should have.");
                    }
                    done();
                });
        });
    });

    it("should be set-able and retrievable by users", function (done) {
        helpers.withTestUserJwt(function (token) {
            helpers.jwtAuthRequest('post', partnersUrl, token)
                .send(partnerEmails)
                .expect(200)
                .end(function (err, res) {
                    if (err) {
                        throw err;
                    }
                    // Make sure we can retrieve them.
                    helpers.jwtAuthRequest('get', partnersUrl, token)
                        .expect(200)
                        .end(function(err, res) {
                            if (err) {
                                throw err;
                            }
                            // Make sure we got a number back.
                            if (typeof(res.body.length) != "number") {
                                throw Error("Didn't get a list back; got a "+typeof(res.body.length)+".");
                            }
                            // Make sure we have two items.
                            if (res.body.length !== 2) {
                                throw Error("Got "+res.body.length+" results back instead of 2.");
                            }
                            // Make sure the emails are what we set them to be.
                            for (var i in partnerEmails) {
                                if (partnerEmails[i] !== res.body[i]) {
                                    throw Error("Emails didn't match or weren't in the same order.");
                                }
                            }
                            done();
                        });
                });
        });
    });

    it("should receive an email when a checkin is submitted", function (done) {
        helpers.withTestUserJwt(function (token) {
            helpers.jwtAuthRequest('post', checkinUrl, token)
                .send({statusValue: checkinModels.statusesByKey.bad.value, statusLabel: checkinModels.statusesByKey.bad.label})
                .expect(201)
                .end(function (err, res) {
                    if (err) {
                        throw err;
                    }
                    if (res.body.sentMessages !== partnerEmails.length ||
                        res.body.failedMessages > 0) {
                        throw Error("Should have gotten "+partnerEmails.length+
                            " sent messages when submitting a checkin; got "+
                            res.body.sentMessages+" sent and "+
                            res.body.failedMessages+" failures instead.");
                    }
                    // Make sure we got a sentMessage for every partner.
                    done();
                });
        });
    });

    it("should reject invalid partner emails", function (done) {
        helpers.withTestUserJwt(function (token) {
            helpers.jwtAuthRequest('post', partnersUrl, token)
                .send([partnerEmails[0], 'invalidEmailgmail.com'])
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                .end(function (err, res) {
                    done();
                });
        });
    });

    it("should NOT let an anonymous user set accountability partners", function (done) {
        helpers.anonymousRequest('post', partnersUrl)
            .send(partnerEmails)
            .expect(401, done);
    });

    it("should NOT let an anonymous user fetch accountability partners", function (done) {
        helpers.anonymousRequest('get', partnersUrl)
            .expect(401, done);
    });
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Billième – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, w departamencie Sabaudia.

Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwało 210 osób, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 35 osób/km² (wśród 2880 gmin regionu Rodan-Alpy Billième plasuje się na 1417. miejscu pod względem liczby ludności, natomiast pod względem powierzchni na miejscu 1437.).

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I think there may be a clue in the text <quote> "Vi-Aqua makes water wetter"
It's probably good for oiling snakes. Do the Irish have a different All Fools Day to us?
I can't help thinking that if anyone ever has to ask that question the answer is almost always going to be yes.
Yes, that's a well known fact although it's actually "wettability". Any soap or detergent based product will destroy the surface tension and is/was used in our job/hobby as an additive for pesticides or foliar feed as it makes the liquid spread over the plants instead of forming droplets.
It doesn't make the water any wetter though otherwise you could have degrees of wetness, up to and including dehydrated water.
Concentrated water anyone, or maybe some diluted water ?
I like mine diluted with whisky.
Green Aura wrote: I like mine diluted with whisky.
Irish I hope, as in whiskey.
I was intrigued (doesn't happen very often) and looked at the "How it works" on their web site.
They say <quote> "The Vi-Aqua Technology uses a series of special micro and mega radio waves, with frequencies up to about 27 MHz"
Well to start with "microwaves" start at 1000 MHz or some people have them starting at 3000 MHz, which is a tad higher than 27 MHz and "megawaves" is not even an electronic term, it should be "shortwave"
Whether it works or not, I haven't a clue, but if you want to try it yourself you can buy a CB radio walkie talkie (they operate on 27 MHz) and stick the antenna in your watering can for 15 seconds.
Given where I live, Tony, I'd probably be driven out of town.
Where I work filters that site out as a producer of spam! Make of that what you will.
Don't let it get past your lips!
Or leave it well alone!
We definitely need a like button.
Is that Robin Williamson from The Incredible String Band, Dunc?


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However, it's a paltry return with a host of top FTSE 100 stocks currently yielding more than 5% or 6% a year, and thanks to recent stock market turbulence, many are trading at discounted valuations as well.
Pipes and wires transmissions giant National Grid (LSE: NG) is one of the most popular income stocks on the blue-chip index. The £26bn company operates in the traditionally defensive utility sector with interests in both the UK and US.
However, that has not prevented it from suffering along with the rest of the FTSE 100, its share price falling 9.5% in the last year to 773p. That may put some people off, but others may see this as a buying opportunity as it now trades at a tempting valuation of just 13.6 times earnings, below the 15 mark traditionally seen as fair value.
There are company specific reasons why its stock has fallen. Just before Christmas, electricity regulator Ofgem proposed price controls for networks in a bid to save consumers £6.5bn, a move that left National Grid "disappointed". It plans to halve the baseline cost of equity returns to 4%, to help consumers benefit from low interest rates, but this could squeeze National Grid's ability to pay dividends, the main reason people hold its shares.
Payouts could come under pressure after the new system kicks in from 2021. As with every stock, there's something to worry about. However, the forecast dividend is currently a generous 6.2%, while revenues are expected to grow slowly but steadily, and it remains one of three dividend stocks favoured by Kevin Godbold.
Direct Line Insurance Group (LSE: DLG) is an overlooked FTSE 100 stock also worth highlighting, especially now, as it offers a forecast yield of 8.5%. By the end of next year, that's forecast to hit 9%. A sky-high yield is often a sign of a company in trouble and its stock has endured a difficult year, dropping almost 14% to 318p in the last 12 months, faster than the FTSE 100 as a whole.
Direct Line has retained a loyal own-brand customer base which has partly shielded it from the comparison site melee. But sales have been hit by the loss of major partnerships with Nationwide and Sainsbury's, and a rise in weather-related claims after last winter's cold spell.
Revenue growth has also flattened. In 2014, it earned £3.14bn, a figure that's forecast to be slightly lower five years later at £3.07bn for 2019. However, return on capital employed remains healthy at 21.9%, as are forecast operating margins of 16.9%.
Again, we have a potential buying opportunity here, with the stock trading at just 10.9 times forecast earnings. That dizzying dividend only has cover of 1.1, but doesn't seem threatened for now. Even if it is trimmed, the yield would still beat anything you are likely to get from a cash ISA.


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Le Scinque pentaligne (Plestiodon fasciatus) est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Scincidae. Ce lézard se rencontre dans une large moitié est des États-Unis, du Texas à la côte est au sud (à l'exclusion de la Floride) et jusque dans le sud de l'Ontario au Canada.
Ce reptile peut atteindre entre  de longueur, queue comprise qui peut être aussi longue que le corps. Les jeunes sont brun à noir avec 5 bandes longitudinales blanches et la queue de couleur bleu, ces couleurs s'atténuant avec l'âge − en particulier chez les mâles. Il a un corps élancé aux pattes fines, à 5 doigts. Le dimorphisme sexuel est visible par la tête plus large des mâles ainsi qu'une coloration orange-rouge au niveau du cou, surtout en période de reproduction.
Le Scinque pentaligne est un animal diurne appréciant les milieux semi-ouverts où il peut facilement se chauffer au soleil et se cacher. Il chasse principalement des insectes divers mais peut aussi consommer des escargots, de petits lézards, grenouilles et même souriceaux.
Après un hiver passé en hibernation cette espèce se reproduit au mois de mai et les femelles, ovipares, pondent de 15 à 18 œufs qu'elles vont couver et protéger contre les prédateurs. De 4 à 6 semaines plus tard les petits naissent et la femelle cesse de s'en occuper.

Description

Plestiodon fasciatus est un scinque de taille modérée, atteignant de  de longueur totale (queue comprise, qui peut être quasiment aussi longue que le corps).
Les juvéniles sont brun foncé à noir avec 5 bandes longitudinales blanches à jaunâtres d'égales largeur, courant sur tout le corps, et une queue bleu vif. Cette couleur bleu disparait avec l'âge et même les bandes peuvent s'atténuer chez les individus âgés, qui tendent à devenir brun, gris ou olive une fois adulte. Cette atténuation est plus rapide et marquée chez les mâles que chez les femelles. La bande centrale se divise en deux au niveau de la tête et rejoint les narines de chaque côté.

Le corps est mince, élancé. Les pattes sont fines, avec 5 doigts aux griffes bien développées, ceux des pattes postérieures étant plus longs.

Le dimorphisme sexuel se constate par la tête plus large des mâles ainsi qu'une couleur nettement orange voire rouge au niveau de la gorge, en particulier durant la saison des amours, même si la taille est identique.

Confusion possible avec d'autres lézards
Plestiodon fasciatus est assez similaire d'apparence avec les espèces Plestiodon inexpectatus et Plestiodon laticeps, dont les aires de répartition recoupent la sienne. Il se distingue de la première par la disposition de ses écailles et de la seconde également par ses écailles − deux larges écailles postlabiales caractéristiques − et par une taille adulte différente.

Répartition

Cette espèce se rencontre dans une large moitié est des États-Unis. Sa limite ouest correspond à une ligne verticale coupant le Texas en deux et sa limite est est la côte Atlantique. Au sud depuis la côte nord du golfe du Mexique (à l'exception de la Floride) et jusqu'au nord du pays, dans le sud de l'Ontario au Canada. Il existe de plus quelques populations isolées dans le nord-ouest de sa répartition, dans l'Iowa et le Minnesota. Les populations sont généralement plus abondantes dans les plaines proches des côtes.

Cette répartition recoupe les États suivant :
 aux États-Unis dans l'est du Texas, dans l'est de l'Oklahoma, dans le Missouri, dans l'Arkansas, en Louisiane, dans le sud de l'Illinois, dans l'Indiana, dans l'Est du Kansas, dans l'Ohio, dans le Kentucky, en Virginie, dans le Maryland, en Virginie-Occidentale, dans le Delaware, dans le Michigan, dans le New Jersey, dans le Wisconsin, dans l'État de New York, dans l'ouest du Connecticut, en Pennsylvanie, dans le Tennessee, en Caroline du Nord, en Caroline du Sud, dans le Mississippi, dans l'Alabama, en Géorgie et dans le nord de la Floride ;
 au Canada dans la province de l'Ontario.

Biologie et mœurs

Plestiodon fasciatus est un lézard diurne et terrestre qui apprécie les milieux semi-boisés leur fournissant à la fois de nombreuses cachettes ainsi que des lieux pour se chauffer au soleil. Il passe l'hiver en hibernation.

Les mâles adultes sont extrêmement territoriaux. Ils peuvent tolérer des femelles et des jeunes mais ils défendent activement leur territoire contre tout autre mâle. Les mâles semblent plutôt détecter les phéromones par contact direct que par olfaction de molécules dans l'air pour reconnaître des membres de leur espèce − y compris des mâles à repousser.

L'espèce est capable d'autotomie pour détourner l'attention d'un prédateur et s'enfuir, et la queue est capable de repousser. Elle est également capable de mordre.

Cette espèce peut vivre environ 6 ans dans la nature, même si le taux de mortalité des jeunes est probablement élevé.

Nourriture
Ce scinque est principalement insectivore, se nourrissant d'araignées, de termites, de mille-pattes, de coléoptères et de larves. Il peut également consommer des escargots ainsi que de petits vertébrés tels que de petites grenouilles, de petits lézards et des souriceaux.

Reproduction

Cette espèce est ovipare. La saison des amours débute en mai, et le mâle immobilise la femelle en l'attrapant par le cou avec ses mâchoires puis utilise sa queue pour aligner leur cloaques pour y insérer l'un de ses hémipénis. La copulation dure en général de 4 à 8 minutes. Après un peu plus d'un mois de gestation les femelles pondent de 15 à 18 œufs dans des cavités existantes comme des terriers abandonnés, des trous dans un arbre ou anfractuosité de rochers.
L'humidité étant importante pour le développement des œufs les femelles choisissent un site de ponte, cherchant par exemple des trous plus profonds dans les milieux secs. Plusieurs femelles peuvent utiliser le même site de ponte, même lorsque ceux-ci sont en grand nombre. Ceci permet une meilleure surveillance du nid et leur permet également de partir à la recherche de nourriture sans laisser celui-ci sans surveillance.

Les œufs ont une coquille très mince. Ils sont ronds ou légèrement ovales et mesurent environ  de long. Blancs lorsqu'ils sont pondus ils prennent petit à petit la couleur du sol, et durant son développement l'œuf absorbe l'humidité du sol.
Les œufs incubent en général de 4 à 6 semaines, plus précisément de 24 à 55 jours, la durée pouvant varier selon la température.

Après la ponte les femelles couvent et surveillent les œufs et les défendent contre les prédateurs de petite taille. Toutefois une fois les petits nés la mère ne s'en occupe pas. Les petits atteignent la maturité sexuelle au bout de 2 ou 3 ans.

Menaces
L'espèce est classée en « Préoccupation mineure » (LC) sur la liste rouge de l'UICN et n'est donc pas considérée comme menacée dans son ensemble.

Ce lézard est toutefois la proie de plusieurs grands oiseaux comme des crécerelles, corbeaux, faucons. Il est également chassé par des renards, opossums, serpents, ratons laveurs ainsi que par les chats domestiques.

Il semble de plus qu'il existe une « sous-population » génétiquement discernable qui est adaptée aux forêts caroliniennes de nord de l'Amérique. Cette sous-population, moins adaptée aux conditions qu'elle rencontre au Canada, est considérée comme « En danger » (Endangered) par le Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario et l'autre sous-population est considérée comme « D'intérêt particulier » (Special Concern) car elle n'est pas en danger mais pourrait l'être à terme, en particulier par l'extension des activités humaines.

Taxinomie
Cette espèce a été décrite par le naturaliste suédois Linnaeus en 1758 sous le nom de Lacerta fasciata. L'espèce a ensuite été placée dans le genre Eumeces en 1888 par Angelo Heilprin puis enfin dans le genre Plestiodon en 2004, par Andreas Schmitz.

Carl von Linné a également décrit quelques années plus tard une espèce Lacerta quinquelineata, maintenant généralement considérée comme un synonyme de P. fasciatus mais qui pourrait en fait correspondre à l'espèce Plestiodon laticeps.

Il n'existe pas de sous-espèce reconnue pour cette espèce. Toutefois Il semble qu'il existe une « sous-population » génétiquement discernable qui est adaptée aux forêts caroliniennes de nord de l'Amérique sans que cette sous-population n'atteigne le statut de sous-espèce.

Voir aussi

Publication originale
 Linnaeus, 1758 : Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, ed. 10 (texte intégral).

Articles connexes
 le genre Plestiodon
 les scinques

Liens externes

Notes et références

Saurien (nom scientifique)
Scincinae


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Clarity Alliance Elect Laurence Armstrong as Chairman
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Following a ballot of the members of The Clarity Alliance (an alliance of the best of the audio and video industries in the UK), Laurence Armstrong, managing director of Henley Designs, has been elected as the next chairman of the Alliance.
In order for the Alliance to be successful in its objective of raising the profile of the UK hi-fi and home cinema sector, it is essential that members of the industry come together and work on a common plan for growth. Laurence was extremely enthusiastic about this necessity when the plans for consumer facing campaigns were presented to him and pledged to offer Henley Designs' help in whatever way it can assist.
Laurence succeeds Alan Sircom, as chairman of the Alliance. Alan took on the role during the formation and initial launch stages of Clarity, driving the creation of its constitution, planning its training and qualifications and overseeing the development of the first consumer facing campaigns. Alan will continue to serve on the board of directors in an ex-officio capacity during Laurence's chairmanship.
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Scientists in Israel "found one of civilization's oldest and largest wine cellars" containing 40 "three-foot-tall jars" speckled with "organic traces of acids that are common components of all wine," The New York Times reports. "The storage room held the equivalent of about 3,000 bottles of red and white wines," although curiously, not a single DVR'ed episode of The Bachelorette.
Quoth a participating scientist, clearly either impressed or drunk or both: "This wasn't moonshine that someone was brewing in their basement, eyeballing the measurements. The wine's recipe was strictly followed in each and every jar." Archaeologists believe that the wine cellar and surrounding structure "was destroyed 3,600 years ago in some violent event, perhaps an earthquake." An earthquake? No. The violent event most likely to occur in the presence of 3,000 bottles of red and white wines is an emotionally fraught conversation.
Did ancient woman confront ancient man about his failure to pick up paper towels on the way home, and why it's so hard for him to just do this one thing? Or did ancient man ask ancient woman why ancient woman's ex-boyfriend suddenly followed him on Instagram? Were ancient woman and ancient woman's ex-boyfriend talking again? It's fine—it's just that, if there were really nothing weird about it, why would ancient woman not just tell ancient man? And before ancient woman "gets into all that again," does she mind grabbing a bottle of wine from the cellar? Ancient couple needs a drink.
See also:Scientists' Joy at Finding 6,000-Year-Old Winemaking Cave Somewhat Mitigated by Poor Yelp Reviews.


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Q: Getting two reputation points for a suggested edit even after reaching the 1000 reputation points boundary Look at this answer by Jeff Atwood ♦. It means any Stack Overflow user can earn a maximum of 1000 reputation points from suggested edits. I have already earned 1000 reputation points by suggesting edits. Look at this picture:

But still I am getting two reputation points for suggested edits (and that's where I suspect a bug), which will be removed one day later (that is fine). Look at this picture:

So is it a bug or not?
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When I post an answer and delete that answer, at that time my reputation is recalculated and the actual reputation is shown (after removing the suggested edits' +2 reputation). This happened thrice.
And now I can not tell more about this issue. See my reputation.

A: It's bug-like (although not really a bug since you end up with the correct amount of rep), but I don't think many people see this. At 2000 rep, you can directly edit questions and answers, and so you don't get the +2's for suggesting edits anymore. The cap is at 1000 points of rep from edits. So the only people who see this will be folks with rep between 1000 and 2000 who edit like mad, but get very few points from asking or answering questions. In practice, I doubt that this comes up very often.
I have 45K and have made a boatload of edits in my day, but /reputation says I only got 18 reputation from suggested edits; looks like I hit 2000 points on my eleventh day on SO. I missed seeing this issue by a mile! I expect this is fairly typical -- it seems hard to imagine somebody making 500 edits before they get 1000 points of rep from some other source.

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The increase in extreme weather events such as cyclones and heavy rains due to climate change causes displacement of coastal inhabitants pushing them towards the urban shore. Global warming is affecting the rainfall in South Asia, increasing it in some places and decreasing it in others. In 2017, at least 41 million people in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal were affected by flooding resulting from the unusually heavy monsoon rains.
In addition to extreme weather events, India and Bangladesh have been witnessing the same predicament that has arisen from a common environmental disaster. These two countries share a border of low-lying wetland jungles and Bay of Bengal delta—the Sunderbons—where densely settled landscapes have been submerged by the rising seawater setting populations on the move. Cities in India and Bangladesh do accommodate displaced people reluctantly as marginal laborers or small-scale entrepreneurs in the informal economy where they lack secure contracts, benefits or social protection.
River deltas and coastal areas around the world are vulnerable to the effects of rising seas, but the densely populated developing countries such as Bangladesh and India, both of which have long shallow coastlines (India 7500 km and Bangladesh 710 km), are among the most affected regions. Greenpeace India estimates that, in India, 24 million people would be displaced if the sea level rose to one meter and about 34 million if the sea level rose to three meters by the end of the century. It is estimated that one-meter rise in sea level would inundate about 17.5% of the land area in Bangladesh. The sea-level rise along with its concomitant events severely affects the livelihoods of about 35 million natural resource-dependent coastal populations of Bangladesh, and a significant proportion of them might turn into climate migrants by the middle of this century.
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Q: Submitting a form from one model's controller and view to a different model I'm new to Rails and working on a sample app. The idea behind the app is that it's a computerized check-in sheet for kids to ride a school bus. There are four models: Family, Kid, SchoolRide, and HomeRide. For Family and Kid, I generated complete scaffolds, but for SchoolRide and HomeRide, they're just models with a boolean field each of whether the kid has checked in to the schoolbus in the morning or checked out in the afternoon when coming home.
I want to be able to have a user check in a kid from a form rendered on the kid show view, but I'm having trouble creating instances of my ride models from the kids controller. How do I set up the views, routing, and controllers? Where/how do I pass in the parameters to the ride models in the kids controller?
Here's my form rendered into the kid's show view. Currently, I'm getting a syntax error.
<%= form_with(model: @school_ride, remote: true), :url => school_rides_path, :html => { :method => :post } do |form| %>

  <%= form.label :check_in %>

  <%= form.check_box :check_in %>

  <%= form.hidden_field :kid_id, value: @kid.id %>

  <%= form.submit %>

<% end %>

Here're my models:
class Kid < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :family
  has_many :school_rides
  has_many :home_rides
end

class HomeRide < ApplicationRecord
    belongs_to :kid
end

class SchoolRide < ApplicationRecord
    belongs_to :kid
end

Here are some relevant parts of my kids controller:
def show
    @family = Family.all
    @school_ride = SchoolRide.new
  end

  # GET /kids/new
  def new
    @kid = Kid.new
  end

  # GET /kids/1/edit
  def edit
  end

  # POST /kids
  # POST /kids.json
  def create
    @kid = Kid.new(kid_params)

    respond_to do |format|
      if @kid.save
        format.html { redirect_to family_path(id: @kid.family_id), notice: 'Kid was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @kid }
      else
        format.html { render :new }
        format.json { render json: @kid.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end

  private
  # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
  def set_kid
    @kid = Kid.find(params[:id])
  end

  # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
  def kid_params
    params.require(:kid).permit(:name, :birthdate, :grade, :family_id)
  end

  def school_ride_params
    params.require(:school_ride).permit(:check_in)
  end

Here's some of my routing:
  resources :kids

 resources :school_rides, only: [:new, :create]

A: Try this:
<%=form_for @school_rid, remote: true do |form| %>


I hope everyone had a fantabulous Christmas! We had a fun time. Although there was a gaping hole where my dad should have been..
Okay this picture of Ellie was actually from the weekend, but she was just as delightful yesterday, which may or may not have anything to do with the oodles of presents she recieved (this bouncer was not one of them, but she does find it far more fascinating than she did when she was little enough to use it).
I pledge to do more outfit posts. I keep intending to take outfit pictures but either I forget the camera, it's out of batteries or I plan to do it 'later' and by the time I remember it's too dark for a decent photo. Poo.
Today was my brother's 25th birthday. I went to Chadstone shopping centre to get his present this morning before his birthday lunch (yes, I left it stupidly late. But I did know what I was getting him). In Australia, Boxing Day (the day after Christmas), is pretty well-known for its sales. Stores open at 7am and people arrive in droves to get their hands on a bargain. After driving around the carpark for 20 minutes I thought it was a completely dumb idea to shop that day, but then I tumbled into a parking spot completely by fluke. I thought my luck was getting a little better. It ended up being a good morning, depite it taking three times as long to get anywhere because of the crowds.
And I got this fedora from K-mart for $10, also significantly reduced.
I never seem to find hats that look good on me, but I quite like this one and I need one for summer. I never really wore hats before but now I want to set a good example for Ellie. The band around the hat is a little tacky looking, so I think I'll replace it or remove it altogether.
I also got lime green chairs from Target for our dining table. I've been looking for second-hand chairs for ages and gave up when I found these cute little numbers (for 30% off). I'm quite over eating on stools.
The gift I got my bro was a remote controlled helicopter. They are pretty damn cool.
In Heidi & Seek news, these are the new listings for tonight.
Remote control helicopter is so cool!
Maisie, yes, it was from a shop called Ritual.


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Home Agency News Two held near India-Nepal border for killing Delhi gym owner
Two held near India-Nepal border for killing Delhi gym owner
The Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrested two men while trying to flee to Nepal after allegedly killing a gym owner in the Preet Vihar area of the national capital, said an official on Friday.
New Delhi: The Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrested two men while trying to flee to Nepal after allegedly killing a gym owner in the Preet Vihar area of the national capital, said an official on Friday.
The accused have been identified as Inder Wardhan Sharma (36), a resident of Begamabad, Modi Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and Ravi Kumar (30), a resident of district Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.
On December 31, 2022, Gym owner Mahender Aggarwal was shot multiple times by two armed assailants in his office. Aggarwal was declared brought dead at the hospital.
"During preliminary investigation, it was revealed that Inder used to work as a manager in the Gym owned by Mahender. We came to know that there was also some dispute between Inder and Mahender over the issue of salary and other monetary transactions. At that time Mahender also got a case registered against Inder," said Ravindra Singh Yadav, the Special Commissioner of Police (Crime).
Several raids were conducted in search of the accused in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi to nab Inder but he was frequently changing his locations.
"We received specific inputs that both the accused are trying to leave the country via Raxaul at India-Nepal border. A team went to the Border and Inder and Ravi Kumar were spotted and nabbed," said the official.
"On sustained interrogation both accused persons have admitted their involvement in the murder case. Subsequently they have been arrested under appropriate sections of law," said the Special CP.
"Inder wanted to eliminate Mahender due to a grudge. He arranged arms and discussed his plan with his associates Ravi Kumar and Vijay. On the day of the incident Vijay drove them in a car to the Mahender office. Inder and Ravi went inside the office and shot him dead by firing indiscriminately," said the official.
"His associate Vijay was waiting outside in the car. After committing the murder, the trio fled away from there and went into hiding in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and finally planned to sneak into Nepal," the official added.
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By Duane Norman , in Exposing MSM Lies Rants on April 24, 2017 .
Battling it out with discount carriers, the world's biggest airlines are rolling out ultracheap economy-class tickets, or cutting back sharply on basic amenities for their lowest-paying customers. At the same time, they are pulling out the stops to lavish their premium fliers with more perks.
American Airlines Group Inc., United Continental Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. all now offer super-low fares, dubbed "basic economy," that strip out even once-standard allowances, such as carry-on baggage or a choice of seat before boarding.
But at the front of the plane, the same carriers are showering premium passengers with ever more comfort. Middle East and Asian airlines are among those leading the way, with U.S. carriers trying to catch up. American Airlines has upgraded its business class. Delta last year unveiled plans for business-class suites, effectively small cabins that can be closed off from others, with fully reclining seats. The suites should feature on planes this year.
Bear in mind, this is the same Wall Street Journal that shamelessly published the Shultz/Baker/Paulson essay on why a "carbon tax" is essential, in spite of all evidence to the contrary. So why hasn't the publication looked at the increase in emissions generated by first class, and more importantly, private aviation?
Electricity and heat production are two things that just aren't going away at the moment, unless the world is prepared to replace every coal-fired plant with nuclear power. Manufacturing and construction are the backbones of our economy, and like electricity and heat production, the carbon effects are all meted out across the entire population, not solely the direct consumer – for example, that coal-fired plant might power millions of homes, and the carbon impact of goods sold in stores are borne out by everyone who consumes goods anywhere.
Therefore, transportation is the single biggest place any individual has the most profound impact on their "carbon footprint", whether it is via abstaining from travel altogether, or by traveling via more efficient means (i.e. riding a motorcycle to work instead of driving an SUV). Yale Climate Connections states that the US aviation industry produces 11 percent of US transportation emissions are produced by aviation, and estimates the number at 2-3% of all global CO2 emissions per annum are produced by aviation. 2-3% globally is almost certainly accurate, since 11% of the above 23% is 2.53%, so we'll just call it 2.5% for simplicity's sake.
Just from the eyeball test, it looks as though each business class seat could fit at least six economy seats. Which indeed corresponds to Quartz and The Daily Mail claiming that flying first or business class can increase a passenger's "carbon footprint" by between six and nine times that of an economy traveler. And do not buy the nonsense of the first/business class flyer "subsidizing" the economy passengers – many of those seats are provided for free via "upgrade" to "preferred" travelers, or financed by businesses who pay reduced fares for bulk purchases of tickets. How much of a "subsidy" can the first class cabin be if airlines are willing to give it away?
An all-economy version of the largest jumbo-jet plane in existence, the Airbus A380, could fit up to 840 passengers. Yet, as cited by Wikipedia, all but one configuration offers 517 or less seats, with the lone exception being an Emirates version that carries 615. So, the average A380 carries 60% of its total possible passengers, because far more space is left for the first class passengers.
Yes, nine first class seats and two "residence" seats on Etihad's A380 upper deck take up as much room as 78 economy seats directly below on the main deck. But don't hold your breath waiting for the "climate change" crowd to suggest a 6-9x "carbon tax" for first-class aviation.
Take note, private flights can use up to 37 times the personal carbon emissions of commercial flights.
"The Revenant" actor burned more than 17,000 gallons of jet fuel during the trip, which, according to the Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator, equals approximately 169,400 lbs. of coal burned, or about 90 tons of coal.
His 8,000-mile trip used more total greenhouse gas emission than 33 passenger vehicles over a one-year period of time, as well as that of 57 tons of waste sent to a landfill. The total trip also burned more carbon emissions than 20 U.S. homes' electricity use over one year. DiCaprio did all of this in just one back and forth trip.
When you have £16billion in the bank, a Cessna is simply not an option. Instead, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud is about to take delivery of an Airbus A380, the world's biggest private jet.
The same model is used by Singapore Airlines and Emirates and can fly 800 passengers 8,000 miles before refuelling. But the Saudi prince doesn't need 800 seats, so he will have them removed to make room for an opulent, marble-finished Turkish bath and a parking space for his Rolls-Royce.
So, while governments of the world have no problem elaborating at length on why a "carbon tax" (which disproportionately affects the poor) is essential for "the survival of the human race", they have no problem with a Saudi prince single-handedly putting as much carbon in the atmosphere as the equivalent of over 800 people would in an all-economy long-haul flight.
An Earth Day outing to the Everglades seems like a great way to raise awareness about climate change, but let's think about that for a moment. Google Maps calculates the distance between the White House and the Everglades at approximately 1,000 miles. Air Force One is a modified 747. How Stuff Works found that, when there are 500 people on a 747, the it's actually pretty fuel efficient, and you get around 100 miles per gallon per person. But when it's basically just Barack Obama, Bill Nye, and some staffers on board, the math is less generous. The plane burns about five gallons of fuel per mile, so the approximately 2,000-mile roundtrip would burn somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 gallons of jet fuel, which checks out with CBS News White House reporter Mark Knollers' ballpark estimate.
Pres Obama's Earth Day trip will cover 1,836 miles roundtrip and consume 9,180 gallons of fuel on Air Force One.
That's almost 90 metric tons of carbon. The green house gas emissions of the trip are equivalent to burning 95,000 pounds of coal or consuming 207 barrels of oil, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. And that's to say nothing of the presidential motorcade or any other aspect of the trip.
For the record, I'm not in opposition to private or first-class flight – count me firmly in the "denier" camp, as someone who thinks that CO2 is not the end-all-be-all that the left claims it to be. However, I'm also not Obama and Nye, who both hypocritically state that "carbon emissions will doom us all" while simultaneously emitting as much CO2 on one flight as thousands of Americans (already ranked #8 on the per-capita CO2 emissions list worldwide) do in a full year.
Nye, who served as an honorary co-chair for the March for Science, chided lawmakers who ignore scientific research in areas like climate change and railed against the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts.
Perhaps Nye would be taken more seriously if instead of complaining about Trump's budget cuts, he instead decided to cut into his own hypocrisy and eschew the planet's wealthy who emit far more CO2 on one flight than nearly all Americans do over the course of an entire year.
It would be funny, if it weren't already so sad.


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Taking Pride in Progress
by Dev Shields | Jun 22, 2017
In celebration of Pride Month, Canadian Club Toronto was pleased to welcome Randy Boissonnault, Special Advisor to PM Trudeau on LGBTQ2 issues and Edmonton Centre MP this past Thursday, June 15th. Hosted by CCT Director Michael Bach, the event featured Mr. Boissonnault telling his own story, and then talking policy and history with Egale's Helen Kennedy.
Boissonnault began with his own personal history, recounting his struggles living in Alberta in the 1970s as a deeply closeted gay man. He talked of running far away from queer spaces to avoid the suspicions of others, but also to hide from what he knew to be true about himself. In 2013, he sought out the nomination for Edmonton Centre. Boissonnault recalled having dinner with a friend who told him that a gay Francophone would never make it here, and he should return to Montreal…a place in which he never resided. Proving them wrong, he was elected in 2015.
"People will underestimate us." he asserted. The triumphs of the LGBTQ2 community have not been without backlash, doubt and violence. Pride parades which now happen all across the globe, started small and quiet, he recounted. Boissonnault remembered marches that included as few as 30 participants. Which grew to 300. That grew to 1000's. Toronto Pride had humbler beginnings, which can be hard to conceive when one peeks out at the sea of rainbow that lines Church-Wellesley village today. Things didn't change overnight, and didn't change without the bravery of LGBTQ2 people, Boissonnault pointed out. The diversification of Canadian political caucuses has in turn, been able to reflect the voices of these Canadians. This has resulted in the gained protections, marriage equality, and equalized benefits for many LGBTQ2 people.
The next big task will be expunging criminal records for LGBTQ2 people in Canada who were unfairly punished for being queer. An apology is also expected to be a part of this plan, Boissonnault said. In addition, Boissonnault is committed to better serving gender diverse Canadians, improving health care for LGBTQ2 people and providing safe and adequate housing for LGBTQ2 people, specifically youth and seniors.
There are big consequences for not getting things right, Boissonnault warned. In Canada, 13% of hate crime victims are targeted because of their sexuality/gender identity, with 40% of those victims being under 25. LGBTQ2 youth are twice as likely to be homeless when compared to straight, cisgender youth which can be the product of being thrown out by parents/guardians that don't support their coming out. When businesses don't contribute to fostering a safe space for their employees, it can negatively impact both parties. Boissonnault said "…it's as if 15% of your employees just don't show up." There is a lot to lose and a lot at stake for LGBTQ2 folks at this pivotal time. Boissonnault affirmed that he will not sit down and shut up.
His solo address ended with a story about a friend of his and her child. Asking about the rainbow flags that lined the streets, the child's mother educated them about Pride and LGBTQ2 folks. When asked later to reiterate what they had learned about the Pride and the flag's symbolism, their response was simple: "All the peoples".
Helen Kennedy then took the stage to join Mr. Boissonnault in a fireside chat. She began by inquiring about his coming out story. After being embarrassed by a classmate who used a gay slur, he decided to come out, saying: "I never wanted anyone to have power over me again." He returned home to live a life of authenticity.
When it came down to Boissonnault's vision for LGBTQ2 policy in Canada, Kennedy had some questions. Specifically, about the inclusion of intersex people in the community and their rights. When speaking of the "I" missing from the acronym, Boissonnault said that the government was continuing to gather information about what should be included in the acronym and how it can be standardized everywhere. Kennedy pushed harder, insisting that intersex people should have certain protections extended to them in Canada. This would include freedom from surgeries that seek to "normalize" the genitalia of intersex people by removing parts that don't prescribe to the norm. Boissonnault said that it would need to be looked at further to make a change, and that he is currently reaching out to different groups of people as well as the secretariat.
Funding of programs for LGBTQ2 people was next to be discussed, with Kennedy insisting that there was more the federal government could be doing to provide funds. Boissonnault explained that there are certain time and policy constraints that come with releasing funds to organizations. "Money can't be let out without a program", Boissonnault stated. Kennedy pointed out that all of Egale's proposals that would require government funding had been churned back to her. Boissonnault countered, saying that it takes at least 9 months to even get a budget ready. He requested the patience of LGBTQ2 Canadians in the process.
Before heading to question period, Kennedy brought up the issue of gender-based violence (GBV) in LGBTQ2 relationships. Boissonnault agreed, saying that the government was trying to determine the best and most respectful way to gather data about queer experiences of GBV. Kennedy added that according to Stats Canada, assaults against LGBTQ2 people tend to be the most violent of all hate crimes. "Yet there are never any campaigns." she said. This lead to a brief discussion about safety and security for LGBTQ2 community centres, where Kennedy insisted that the process is lengthy and difficult and ultimately can end in rejection. Boissonnault urged community centres to apply if they are qualified. They touched very quickly on the gay blood and sperm ban before opening the floor up to questions.
An audience member named Ron stood up, asking what advice should be given to city folks looking to aid rural members of the LGBTQ2 community. Boissonnault suggested the boosting of formal networks, as well as training and equipping allies with basic terminology.
Host Michael Bach took the stage once again, to thank Randy and Helen for a lively debate and discussion. "I never thought I would be at KPMG talking about intersex people 30 years [after I came out]…but this is how things change." It is imperative to remember where we came from, and how we got here. As Rohan Sharma, an employee of KPMG, said earlier in the night: "We stand on the shoulders of giants." The liberties and freedoms we know now were once just something to scoff at. And though we may have a long way to go, nothing is done without conversation, and nothing is done when we refuse to speak loud enough to be heard.
If you'd like to know more about Canadian Club Toronto or our upcoming events, visit us at canadianclub.org. Find us on Twitter: @CdnClubTO, Instagram: @CdnClubTO or Facebook: Canadian Club Toronto.
Special thanks to Randy Boissonnault and Helen Kennedy for being guests of Canadian Club Toronto. Thanks extended to Michael Bach for hosting the event.
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Patent's Prosecution History Informs the Meaning of the Claim Language, Saving them from Invalidity
In Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Iancu, [2018-2232] (March 13, 2020), the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB's claim construction and vacated its determination that the challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,214,506 on a method for treating onychomycosis were unpatentable as obvious.
Kaken proposed that the phrase "treating a subject having onychomycosis" means "treating the infection at least where it primarily resides in the keratinized nail plate and underlying nail bed." The Board rejected Kaken's construction as too narrow, concluding that "the express definition of onychomycosis includes superficial mycosis, which in turn is expressly defined as a disease that lies in the skin or visible mucosa.
The Federal Circuit found that the prosecution history — which specifically includes statements made by Kaken to overcome a rejection and the examiner's statements explaining withdrawal of the rejection based on those statements — provides decisive support for limiting the claim phrase at issue to a plate-penetrating treatment of an infection inside or under the nail plate.
A patent's prosecution history can "inform the meaning of the claim language by demonstrating how the inventor understood the invention and whether the inventor limited the invention in the course of prosecution, making the claim scope narrower than it would otherwise be. Particularly useful are "express representations made by or on behalf of the applicant to the examiner to induce a patent grant," which include "arguments made to convince the examiner that the claimed invention meets the statutory requirements of novelty, utility, and nonobviousness."
The Federal Circuit said that Kaken's statements during prosecution, followed by the examiner's statements, make clear the limits on a reasonable understanding of what Kaken was claiming.
The Federal Circuit thus reversed the Board's claim construction, and vacated the determination of obviousness based upon the erroneous construction.
Prosecution History Doesn't Have to Rise to the Level of Disclaimer to Inform the meaning of the Disputed Claim Term
Don't Exalt Slogans over Real Meaning; Find the Claim Construction that Naturally Aligns with the Specification and Prosecution History
BRI Should Not Depart from What the Claim Language and Specification so Clearly Mean
Detailed Analysis of Specification and Prosecution History Revealed Meaning of Claims
Consider All of the Patent Family's Prosecution History When Communicating with the USPTO
By: Jewell N. Briggs, Associate


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Carbohydrates boost trees' drought survival chances
By Mark Kinver
Environment reporter, BBC News
duration 1 July 2014
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image captionTropical forests are projected to face a growing risk from droughts in the future
Higher levels of compounds called non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) boost tropical trees' chances of surviving droughts, a study has suggested.
An international team of scientists found that species with elevated NSC levels survived up to 17 days longer.
The discovery could help restore forests devastated by logging and increase their resilience to future climate change, they added.
The findings have been published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
"The diversity of tropical trees is staggering but explaining why this diversity arose and how it is maintained is a puzzle," explained co-author Andrew Hector from the University of Oxford's Department of Plant Sciences.
"We've shown that different species appear to have evolved different levels of drought-busting compounds, which probably play an important role in defining their different ecological niches and which means diverse mixtures of species may be an important insurance against the increasing droughts predicted by climate change models."
Unlocking secrets
Prof Hector told BBC News that previous studies on plant physiology had indicated that NSCs played a role in a tree's drought resilience abilities.
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image captionThe researchers say the findings could help identify species that are vulnerable in drought conditions
"Why this is the case in not very well known. We set out to test that, but it was a tricky thing to do," he said.
The team planted 1,400 saplings, made up of 10 different tropical tree species, and divided the young plants into two groups.
The first group was raised initially in dark conditions before being exposed to sunlight. The pattern was reversed for the second group, with the saplings first being grown in sunlight before being placed in dark conditions.
As plants need sunlight to photosynthesise and produce chemicals that feed them, the second group had suppressed NSC levels, allowing the team to compare how this group fared with the first group (with normal NSC levels) when exposed to drought conditions.
The saplings with suppressed NSC levels died more quickly than those with normal levels.
"We now have a characteristic trait - levels of these previously unseen non-structural carbohydrates - that allow us to predict which species and individuals are more vulnerable to drought," observed co-author Michael O'Brien from the University of Zurich.
The study showed that saplings with suppressed NSC levels dried out (desiccation).
Another member of the team, Sebastian Leuzinger from the Auckland University of Technology, added: "These results also contribute to the hotly debated topic of what exactly kills plants in a drought: whether they actually die of thirst or whether they starve to death.
Prof Hector explained that the findings could have a number of practical uses: "It means we might be able to identify what species within a forest might be at risk in time of drought, but we might be also able to use it for forest restoration.
"If you plant a large area with a species of tree that has low levels of NSC then it suggests that the whole area is potentially vulnerable to droughts," he suggested.
"Diverse mixture of plants means you are spreading the risk. Although you might lose your vulnerable species, you still have resilient ones in there so the forest maintains its function."
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Universal Music plans to explore Africa's streaming growth
By TechGist Africa January 10, 2021
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In Africa, where streaming and other modes of music delivery are relatively untapped, Universal Music Group Inc. is reinforcing its presence.
According to the company's newly named regional chief executive officer, Sipho Dlamini, the company, plans to develop operations in countries like Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya in 2021.
Universal also has an office to manage French-speaking countries in Ivory Coast, alongside a headquarters for the northern nations in Morocco.
Music companies see an opportunity to expand streaming services in Africa, as increased mobile availability and higher internet speeds enable the young population of the continent to become more connected. The company said Universal is also aiming to sign more African artists to the label, investing in recording facilities and live music to give them to a broader audience.
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According to the International Phonographic Industry Federation, recorded music revenue for Africa and the Middle East increased by almost 16 percent to just over US$100M in 2019.
Universal partners with the largest telecommunications firms in Africa, including MTN Group Ltd., Vodacom Group Ltd. and Orange SA, said Dlamini.
"For African music around the world, there has never been a more exciting time as it continues to influence and inspire culture and creativity while reaching a wider audience through streaming globally every day," he said.
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