Remove a rug of a floor and measure pedal height over a floor (fig. 6.1). If the pedal height does not correspond to norm, execute adjustment, as set forth below.
Pedal height over hollow 182,1 (+5,0) mm.
Separate a contact socket of the switch of a signal of braking, turn away a lock nut of the switch of a signal of braking and wrap it so that it did not concern the lever of a pedal of a brake.
Turn away a lock nut of a pusher and adjust height of a pedal of a brake over a floor in the specified limits for what reduce or increase length of a pusher, rotating it пассатижами (fig. 6.2).
Rotation of the switch of a signal of braking establish a backlash between its pusher and an emphasis of a pedal within 0,5–1,0 mm. Reliably tighten a lock nut of the switch the moment 8–10 Н·м.
The course of a pedal of a brake should make not less than 130 mm.
At a deviation of a course of a pedal from norm repeat adjustment of height of a pedal and a backlash between the switch of a signal of braking and a pedal emphasis.
Connect a contact socket of the switch of a signal of braking.
Be convinced that at отпускании pedals of a brake the braking signal dies away.
At the idle engine dump depression in the vacuum amplifier, two-three times having pressed a brake pedal, and hand pressing check up a free wheeling of a pedal of a brake.
The free wheeling of a pedal of a brake should make 3–8 mm.
If a free wheeling of a pedal less than the specified bottom limit, be convinced of conformity to norm of a backlash between a pusher of the switch of a signal of braking and an emphasis of a pedal of a brake.
If the free wheeling of a pedal more than the specified top limit, means, the backlash between an axis and the lever of a pedal of a brake is too great. Check up a technical condition of these details and if necessary replace them.
At the working engine press a pedal of a brake with effort approximately 120 кгс. Check up on presence of leaks the main brake cylinder, a hydrodrive of brakes and each connection.
For simple check of work of the vacuum amplifier it is necessary to execute the following.
Pressing, but gradually rises by the second or third pressing, the amplifier of brakes is serviceable. If the pedal height does not vary, the amplifier is faulty.
At the idle engine some times press a pedal of a brake and check up change of height of a pedal. After that press a pedal and start up the engine. If thus the pedal leaves downwards a little, the amplifier is serviceable. If the pedal height remains former, the amplifier is faulty.
At the working engine press a pedal of a brake and stop the engine. Keep a pedal of a brake pressed during 30 with. If during this time the pedal height does not change, the amplifier is serviceable. If the pedal rises, the amplifier is faulty.
If at one of the specified ways of check malfunction has been defined, check up a vacuum hose and the amplifier, eliminate malfunctions. If results of all checks positive, the amplifier is serviceable.
Check spend on the return valve established in a vacuum hose.
Remove a vacuum hose of the amplifier of brakes (fig. 6.3).
The return valve is established with a tightness in a vacuum hose on adjusting labels.
Check up work of the return valve by means of the vacuum pump.
In case of malfunction of the return valve replace it in gathering with a vacuum hose.
Remove a stopper of a tank of a hydrodrive of brakes and add a brake liquid (fig. 6.4).
At hit of a brake liquid on a paint and varnish covering of a body immediately смойте it.
At removal of air from a hydrodrive under pressure do not press a brake pedal.
Attach a vinyl hose to the union for prorolling on the wheel cylinder, lower other end of a hose in capacity with a brake liquid (fig. 6.5).
Some times press a brake pedal.
At the pedal pressed to the full weaken an inhaling of the union for prorolling until through a hose the brake liquid will not start to follow, then tighten the union.
Repeat listed above action until in a liquid following from the brake cylinder there will be no air vials.
The moment of an inhaling of unions of prorolling 7–13 Н·м.
Execute the specified operations on other wheel cylinders in a following order: a back right wheel (in a direction of movement of the car), a forward left wheel, a back left wheel, a forward right wheel.
After prorolling of a hydrodrive of brakes of 20 times press a pedal of a brake with effort more than 10 кгс.
More than three times to the full tighten the lever of a drive of a lay brake.
At lifting the lever should move on 6–8 teeth of sector (the point of the appendix of effort should settle down on distance of 25 mm from a lever end face). At moving on большее or smaller number of a teeth of sector adjust a lever course (fig. 6.6).
The control lamp of inclusion of a lay brake dies away at full deenergizing of a brake and lights up at lever lifting on one tooth of sector. If the switch does not operate, as is specified, replace it.
Upon termination of adjustment be convinced of absence притормаживания back wheels at completely lowered lever of a drive of a lay brake.


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Euro 2016: Fassi at the "Casa azzurri"
Published: 14th June 2016
Fassi is at the "Casa azzurri", the home of the Italian national football team, throughout its tournament
Lyon (France) - 14th June. The victorious debut of the Italian national team at the European Football Championship yesterday in Lyon was welcomed by the many French fans who were at the stadium to watch the match along with Fassi France.
Fassi, as official sponsor of the Italian national football team, is present at all the "Casa azzurri" events during the tournament of the national team, supporting this partnership passionately and enthusiastically.

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DRAMA: Nigerian Military unaware of Chibok girls' release claims operations still ongoing to rescue the girls
Nigeria's military says it is not aware of the twenty one Chibok schoolgirls released by the Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday.
The Defence Headquarters said it is conducting "serious operations to rescue them and other Nigerians in Boko Haram captivity."
This was contained in a news alert from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday morning.
It stated: "Military is unaware of the release of some Chibok Girls but serious operations are on to rescue them and other Nigerians in Boko Haram's captivity - DHQ."
However, Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu on Thursday confirmed that 21 of the Chibok girls, out of the over 200 abducted in April 2014, are in the custody of the Department of State Services.
He said in a statement released Thursday, "It is confirmed that 21 of the missing Chibok Girls have been released and are in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. The Director-General of the DSS, Malam Lawal Daura has just briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the matter."
Shehu added: "The release of the girls, in a limited number, is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and Boko Haram, brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government. The negotiations will continue."


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Q: Disable password hasing in CakePHP 4.x / Authenticator 2.x I am using CakePHP for a school project where a filled in database is given to you.
Users are required to login by a username / password which I already made. The problem however, users in the database have an unencrypted password which I want to authenticate them with.
I can't find any way to disable the password hash check. I tried specifying a fallback password hasher like this.
$authenticationService->loadIdentifier('Authentication.Password', [
    'fields' => [
        'username' => 'username',
        'password' => 'password',
    ],
    'passwordHasher' => [
        'className' => 'Authentication.Fallback',
        'hashers' => [
            'Authentication.Default',
            [
                'className' => 'Authentication.Legacy',
                'hashType' => 'md5',
                'salt' => false
            ],
        ]
    ]
]);

But I can't find any way to disable the 'hashType'.

A: I ended up not disabling password hashing, but using a fallback method as the one in my question.
I hashed all the passwords in my database with sha1 by using a SQL Query. (sha1 isn't secure, but that was not required in my case).
When a user logs in, CakePHP checks if the password has to be upgraded to a more secure hash and does so if required.
(More info on CakePHP hashers/upgrading can be found here: https://book.cakephp.org/authentication/2/en/password-hashers.html)

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Eugene Tucker, 86
Gene was proud to have served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserves and as an Airman First Class in the United States Air Force. Gene loved his country and was proud to serve faithfully. After his service for our country, Gene worked in computer systems management for Warren Professional Buildings.
Gene was lucky and was able to marry the love of his life, Marion Ann (Sutton) Tucker on Friday, February 13, 1970, in Valdosta, GA. They spent 52 amazing years together, showing their children and grandchildren the meaning of true love.
Gene was a member of Lynn Lane Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, OK, where he and Marion were very active and enjoyed attending many activities. He was a member of the Marine Corps League, NRA, and Red Castle Gun Club, and he enjoyed target shooting at Tulsa Firearms.
Gene was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, William Tucker. He is survived by his wife Marion; sons, Jimmy R. Cook, Jr. of Norman, OK, and Eugene Walter Tucker, II (Todd) of Tulsa, OK; grandson, Devin Tucker and wife, Kristyn of Glenpool, OK; granddaughter, Sarah Ann McMullen and husband, Daniel of Olive, OK; grandchildren, Erricka, Jason, Marissa (special love), J. C., Jacob, Jared, Jenna, and Lucas; many great-grandchildren; sister, Madge Byington and husband, Jonathan Futch of Homerville, GA; and a lifetime of friends.
Memorial Service was 2 p.m., Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at Moore's Eastlawn Chapel, 1908 S. Memorial Dr., Tulsa, OK. The service was also webcast on Gene's obituary page at http://moorefuneral.com.
The family is requesting donations in Gene's memory be made to the International Rett Syndrome Foundation at www.rettsyndrome.org, in honor of Marissa.


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HOME > Press Release > GIROPTIC 360cam makes its mark as the world's first 360°HD camera at Web Summit 2015 in Dublin
GIROPTIC 360cam makes its mark as the world's first 360°HD camera at Web Summit 2015 in Dublin
Fran Lambert - 18/09/15
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GIROPTIC will be showcasing the innovative GIROPTIC 360cam at Web Summit 2015 on the French Tech Pavilion, which has been set up by Business France, the French export-support agency, in partnership with French Tech. Exhibiting on Thursday 5 November in the main hall next to French Tech (T802), GIROPTIC was selected by a jury of French and Irish experts based on the disruptive innovation of its product and the relevance of its technology.
The GIROPTIC 360cam is the world's first 360°HD camera featuring three lenses and three microphones, enabling the world around to be simultaneously captured in a single photo or video file for the first time in photo and video history. The GIROPTIC 360cam mobile app also means the camera can be controlled remotely via Wi-Fi and that content can be viewed and shared online.
Come and experience the true magic behind the GIROPTIC real-time fusion technology embedded in the 360cam. With the press of a button, users can capture incredible 360° video footage at a resolution of 2K (2048 x 1024) at up to 30 frames per second, and stunning 4K pictures (4096 x 2048). Files are recorded as jpg (photos) and mp4/h264 (videos) so can be edited and shared straightaway.
Users can choose the mode they want to capture the world in:
1) Video and time lapse to record life on the move.
2) Photo and photo burst to catch specific moments.
Users can also take advantage of the unique live mode to broadcast and share the full moment in real time. The 360cam's user-friendly design means that no more than two buttons are needed to manually operate the camera.
The first immersive 360° camera, the GIROPTIC 360cam is also waterproof, making it the most versatile camera on the market. It can be used for a wide variety of functions.
Users who want to travel and record on the go: The 360cam has a removable and rechargeable battery and a tripod mount to adapt it to any camera accessory.
Users who want to keep an eye on what's happening when they're away or even make a cool 360° time-lapse of their party: The 360cam can be attached to a light bulb mount and powered using any light socket to stream content directly via Wi-Fi.
Professional broadcasters who want to live-stream 360° content without worrying about Wi-Fi performance: The Powered-Over-Ethernet base can be attached to stream a live 360° feed directly from the camera.
With cameras currently in production and the launch a few weeks away, Web Summit 2015 in November represents a valuable opportunity for GIROPTIC to showcase its brand new product. The leading summit for digital start-ups, Web Summit will act as a link between GIROPTIC and major players and innovative start-ups in the new tech industry, providing a platform for developing new partnerships, fostering new innovations and combining expertise from different sectors.
About GIROPTIC
GIROPTIC, based in Lille, France, with an office in San Francisco, USA, specialises in 360° imaging technology. After six years of research and development and four generations of products, GIROPTIC has developed and patented a unique real-time image fusion process from multiple sensors. On May 20th 2014, GIROPTIC launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund its first consumer product: the GIROPTIC 360cam. In 45 days, the start-up raised over $1.4 million, becoming France's largest crowdfunding campaign.
GIROPTIC paves the way to a new 360° era, for consumers and professionals, where photos and videos won't be limited to a single frame.
The GIROPTIC 360cam forever changes the way we capture and experience life around us.
Up. Down. All Around.
For more information on GIROPTIC, visit http://giroptic.com and http://360.tv
For further information regarding this press release, please contact:
Fran Lambert, Communications Adviser
Business France - The French Trade Commission in the UK
Email: fran.lambert@businessfrance.fr
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Death of a Legend: Pele the 'King of Football' passes away
Pele, the legendary Brazilian footballer who climbed from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and most well-known athletes of all time, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in Sao Paulo. He has been in and out of the hospital in recent months after a tumour on his colon was discovered.
Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, set a global record with 1,281 goals and is the only player to win the World Cup three times.
He helped establish football the world's most popular sport with magnificent talents and a captivating grin, and he captivated popes, presidents, and Hollywood stars throughout a seven-decade career as a player and advocate for the sport.
He learnt the game from his father, a semi-professional player whose promising career was cut short by a knee injury, who was born on October 23, 1940, in the tiny Minas Gerais town of Tres Coraçes. Myths obfuscate some parts of his boyhood, including the origin of his renowned moniker.
According to Pele (on occasion), he frequently played goalkeeper in neighbourhood sports, and youngsters began comparing him to a local player named "Bile" – and the letters were twisted over time.
Whatever the reality was, he rapidly wowed scouts as an attacking striker rather than a goalie – a prototype number 10. Pele was admired for his versatility, and more than any other player before or after, he could do it all: he was two-footed, had amazing pace and stamina, could head, pass, tackle, and, of course, score goals.
He joined Santos at the age of 15 and transformed the little coastal club into one of football's most recognisable names.
During his 18-year tenure with the club, he won every Brazilian football award, as well as two Copa Libertadores (the South American counterpart of the Champions League) and two Intercontinental Cups (the yearly tournament between the top teams in Europe and South America). His potential was quickly noticed by the national team, and he was named to the Brazil squad for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, despite the fact that a team psychologist deemed him "clearly infantile" and urged against playing him.
At the 1970 tournament in Mexico, a now completely mature 29-year-old Pele won the title for the third time with a Brazil team that included other talents like Carlos Alberto Torres and Tosto, and is often regarded as the best team ever.
"I told myself before the game, 'He's made of skin and bones just like everyone else,'" Tarcisio Burgnich, the Italian defender tasked with tracking Pele in the 1970 World Cup final, stated.
"However, I was mistaken."
Pele resigned in 1974, but after discovering that ill-advised investments had left him bankrupt, he accepted an offer to play in the embryonic North American Soccer League the following year for the then-astonishing amount of roughly $1 million per year. Even seasoned New Yorkers were taken aback by Pele's magnetism.
He mingled with celebrities and once shared a table at the legendary Studio 54 nightclub with Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, and Andy Warhol, who referred to Pele as the exception to his rule that everyone will have 15 minutes of fame.
"Pele was one of the few who disagreed with my theory: instead of 15 minutes of fame, he'll have 15 centuries," the artist explained.
Even in such company, Pele avoided drink and narcotics, claiming that he needed to safeguard his physique and serve as a role model for children.
He confessed to other "weaknesses," nevertheless. His two divorces, several relationships, and the two children he acknowledged fathering outside of marriage fostered views of a chasm between the squeaky-clean business pitchman and the elusive real-life Edson.
Pele led the New York Cosmos to the league title in 1977, attracting millions of fans to a sport that had previously appeared unreachable and European.
Years later, when the United States was awarded the privilege to host the 1994 World Cup, the president of the United States Football Federation cited Pele as the "most crucial" reason. According to FIFA's website, Pele scored 1,281 goals in 1,366 games at a staggering pace of 0.94 goals per game.
Some were friendly matches or games played as part of his military duty, but he was just as successful in official events, scoring 757 goals in 812 games.
Pele had a history of health problems, including hip surgery that left him with persistent discomfort and difficulty walking unassisted. He cut back on public appearances but was active on social media.
Six known children survive Pele. A seventh child, whom he didn't accept as his own for years, passed away from cancer in 2006.
Pele went on to score a hat-trick in the semi-final against France, as well as two goals in the final against the host Swedish side, to help Brazil win its first-ever championship. Injuries kept him out of all but two games of Brazil's 1962 World Cup victory.
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Наташа Шарлотта Деметріу () — англійський комік, актриса і сценарист. Найбільш відома ролями вампірки Наді в комедійному серіал FX «Чим ми займаємося в тінях» (від 2019 року) та Софі в ситкомі Channel 4 «Stath Lets Flats» (з 2018), який знімає її брат Джеймі Деметріу.

Раннє життя
Натасія Шарлотта Деметріу народилася в Лондоні в сім'ї матері-англійки та батька-грека-кіпріота. Вона виросла в Північному Лондоні. Її молодший брат, Джеймі Деметріу, комік і актор, з яким вона часто співпрацює. Вона вивчала акторську майстерність в університеті Лідса. Перш ніж стати професійним коміком, Деметріу працювала візажистом, зокрема над музичними відео для Boy Better Know.

Кар'єра
Дебютне шоу Деметріу, You'll Never Have All of Me, виграло нагороду Skinny Debutant Award на Единбурзькому фестивалі Fringe у 2014 році. Вона була давнім членом комедійної скетч-групи Oyster Eyes і писала сценарії для Анни та Кеті та The Midnight Beast. Деметріу дебютувала на телебаченні в 2013 році.[9] У 2015 році вона була в пілотному комедійному скетч-шоу People Time на BBC Three з Еллі Вайт, разом зі своїм братом Джеймі Деметріу, з Клаудією О'Доерті, Ліамом Вільямсом, Алістером Робертсом і Дараном Джонсоном.

У 2018 році вона зіграла сестру Стета свого реального брата Джеймі Деметріу в ситкомі Channel 4 Stath Lets Flats про сімейних агентів з нерухомості, який написав і створив її брат. 11 травня 2020 року в Інтернеті було випущено спеціальну міні-серію «блокування» через пандемію COVID-19. На церемонії вручення нагород BAFTA 2020 Стет Летс Флетс отримав три нагороди: найкращий актор у комедії, найкращий сценарист комедії та найкраща комедія за сценарієм.

У 2019 році Деметріу також знялася та написала сценарій комедійного скетч-шоу BBC Three «Еллі та Наташа», натхненного соціальною тривогою та життям жінки в сучасному суспільстві, з Еллі Вайт. У березні 2020 року повідомлялося, що BBC замовила серіал із шести серій, але це було відкладено через пандемію COVID-19.

З березня 2019 року Деметріу грає роль Наді, грецького ромського вампіра у комедійному серіалі жахів FX, який отримав визнання критиків «Що ми робимо в тіні». Серіал створили Джемейн Клемент і Тайка Вайтіті на основі однойменного фільму 2014 року. У псевдодокументальному фільмі розповідається про трьох вампірів (Ласло, Надя та Нандор), які живуть у будинку на Стейтен-Айленді та намагаються впоратися з сучасним Нью-Йорком, разом із енергетичним вампіром (Колін) і людиною, знайомою Нандора (Гільєрмо). У серіалі знялися Кайван Новак, Метт Беррі, Харві Гілен і Марк Прокш. Другий сезон з десяти епізодів дебютував у квітні 2020 року.

Починаючи з 18 травня 2020 року, Деметріу та Вік Рівз були співведучими неавторизованого конкурсного реаліті-шоу Netflix The Big Flower Fight. Серія з восьми частин передбачає 10 пар конкурсантів у конкурсі на вибування, що включає величезні квіткові інсталяції, а переможець збирається розробити інсталяцію, яка буде виставлена в лондонському Королівському ботанічному саду Кью.

У 2021 році Деметріу був регулярним учасником другої серії «Цього разу з Аланом Партріджем», де зіграла кокетливого візажиста на ім'я Тіфф.

Особисте життя
Деметріу живе в Північному Лондоні зі своїми собаками. Серед її хобі — садівництво.

Вибрана фільмографія
 2019—2021 — Чим ми займаємося в тінях
 2018—2021 — Stath Lets Flats
 2021 — This Time with Alan Partridge
 2019 — Ellie & Natasia
 2019 — The Road to Brexit
 2016 — Year Friends

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I've got horses on the mind after watching some footage my grandfather took to make a documentary in of the Nihang people in India.
I'm looking through my old posts and enjoying them, regardless of their "quality." It motivates me to post regularly again, especially since, despite its intended looseness, this journal is my most focused and full collection of work.
Right now I'm going through my backups and taking stock of my personal Flash and programming projects, making plans for an update to my site. I have several Flash "toys" that I'll make available somewhere, and maybe build a few more. I'd forgotten how much fun they are to make.
I'm fortunate to meet passionate and generous people, who put my hopes so close-at-hand.
Sketches on the Metrolink train to Azusa. Sat across from a talkative trucker who would glare distrustfully at any sudden noise.
Trying to describe this breeze with lines.
Starting another series, I'm reconsidering the focus for this set of daily drawings. It's good for me to draw with or without a purpose, though having a subject ready can help when I have no ideas. So for now, I'm going to go with anatomy studies: specifically back and neck, because I feel like that's something I focus on, without know hardly anything about.
On the train home. I really liked the cat attempts.


When it comes to storytelling, we have a problem.
It's not our fault though – as human beings we are hard-wired from birth to look for patterns and explain why they happen. This problem doesn't go away when we grow up though, it becomes worse the more intelligent we think we are. We convince ourselves that now we are older, wiser, smarter, that our conclusions are closer to the mark than when we were younger (the faster the wind blows the faster the windmill blades turn, not the other way around).
Even really smart people see a pattern and insist on putting an explanation to it, even when they don't have enough information to reach such a conclusion. They can't help it.
This is the thing about being human. We seek explanation for the events that happen around us. If something defies logic, we try to find a reason why it might make sense. If something doesn't add up, we make it up.
Ever heard the Latin expression Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc, meaning 'After this, therefore because of this'? Of course you have - it is the basis of the saying 'Correlation Does Not Imply Causation'. It is also known in statistics as the Post Hoc Fallacy, and is a very familiar trap that we all fall into from time to time. This is the idea that when things are observed to happen in sequence, we infer that the thing that happened first must have caused the thing that happened next.
The Post Hoc Fallacy is what causes a football manager to only wear purple socks on match days. He once wore them at a match and his team won. Obviously, it was the socks that did it. Now he fears that if doesn't wear them to a match the team might lose. Damn those stinky purple socks (he also daren't wash them for fear of the magic pixie dust washing out).
For a humorous view of the Post Hoc Fallacy, let's take a look at Pastafarianism. It's all the rage these days. Not heard of it? It's one of the newest and fastest growing religions on the block. Pastafarian Sparrowism, to give it its full title, is a 'vibrant religion that seeks to bring the Flying Spaghetti Monster's fleeting affection to all of us, through the life of His Prophet, Captain Jack Sparrow'. Seriously, they're not joking. Well, actually, they are. They promote a light-hearted view of religion and oppose the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools. They also maintain that pirates are the original Pastafarians.
Wow, look at that straight line, I hear you all say – there's clearly a correlation between the decline in the numbers of pirates and the rise in global temperatures, so there just must be a causal connection here, mustn't there? Yup, you've all just fallen for the Post Hoc Fallacy (I just knew you would).
Just because there is a straight line on the graph it doesn't necessarily follow that one thing caused the other, particularly when you've grabbed two seemingly unconnected variables at random and stuck them together to see whether there might be some sort of tenuous correlation between them.
In the case of pirates and global warming, take a closer look at the labels on the x-axis. Notice something strange? Apart from the fact that the proportions of neighbouring data points are all out of whack, there is also the issue that a couple of them have been humorously disordered to deliberately deceive.
I don't know about you, but I'm a believer! As soon as I've hit the 'Publish' button I'm giving up stats for a life as a pirate on the open seas. I'll stop global warming if it's the last thing I do.
This blog post is an extract from the witty new book Truth, Lies and Statistics.
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If you look online there are all sorts of humorous graphs that prove the Post Hoc Fallacy. Over the past 20 years or so, there's been a huge increase in the anti-vaccine movement, particularly in the US, and there have been all sorts of spurious correlations that have been 'discovered' that 'prove' that there is a causal link between vaccination programmes and autism. At the same time, to debunk the most crackpot of the theories, other – equally ridiculous – correlations have popped up too.
I also quite enjoyed the correlation that proved that Mexican lemons are a major cause of deaths on US roads. Wait, what? I must have missed the news that day – Mexican lemons are killing Americans? You bet!
My, my, just look at the R-squared value – it really must be true. Although the graph seems to be telling us that the more Mexican lemons there are in the US the fewer road deaths there are, the inescapable conclusion is that MEXICAN LEMONS KILL AMERICANS! What should we do about it? Should we import more Mexican lemons (the correlation tells us that this is what we should do)? Or should we ban Mexican lemons altogether? After all, if there are no Mexican lemons on the streets then they can't kill any more Americans.
What utter tosh! I don't care if there is a correlation, there is nothing to suggest that lemons cause accidents. If there was, don't you think that lemons would be causing accidents on Mexican roads before the trucks crossed into the US? What about Sicilian lemons? Do they cause road deaths in Italy and across Europe?
Oh, the power of correlations. As long as your audience doesn't understand that correlation is not causation you can make them believe pretty much anything.
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Caryocar brasiliense, known as pequi (, ) or "souari nut", like its congeners, is an edible fruit popular in some areas of Brazil, especially in Centerwestern Brazil.

Taxonomy

The pequi tree grows up to 10 m (30 ft) tall. It is common in the central Brazilian cerrado habitat from southern Pará to Paraná and northern Paraguay. Its leaves are large, tough, hairy and palmate, with three leaflets each. Unlike most other cerrado trees, it bears flowers in the dry winter months, approximately July to September.

The yellowish-white flowers are hermaphroditic and bear many stamens; they somewhat resemble a huge pale St John's Wort flower (a distant relative among the Malpighiales). There are often two dozen or more flowers per inflorescence.

Pollination
Pollination is mainly by bats and, as usual in such cases, the flowers do not have a pleasant smell but produce copious thin nectar. Flowers open in the evening and produce nectar throughout the night, ceasing in the early morning. Each night's last nectar, produced around dawn, seems richer in sugars than that produced in the night, though it is much less in quantity. Moths, nocturnal wasps and ants visit the flowers at night. The former two might do some pollinating but they are not known to be of major importance.

During the day, the flowers are visited by bees and wasps which feed on remaining pollen. From dusk to the cessation of nectar production, hummingbirds may visit the flowers. While most of them only do this opportunistically, some species — e.g., the fork-tailed woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) and in particular the glittering-throated emerald (Amazilia fimbriata) — appear to visit pequi tree flowers on a regular basis.

More significantly, visits by small "tanagers" of the Thraupidae and Cardinalidae families around dusk are noted. In particular species like the guira tanager (Hemithraupis guira), white-lined tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) and the palm (Thraupis palmarum) and sayaca tanagers (T. sayaca) seem to be quite fond of pequi flower nectar and spend considerable time feeding on it when available. But even curl-crested jays (Cyanocorax cristatellus) have been observed to hang about flowering pequi trees at daybreak, though perhaps not just for the nectar, considering many insects attracted by it earlier would still be around on the tree.

As the stigmata dry out at daybreak, it is not clear whether birds, particularly tanagers, play a role in pollination or are merely making use of an easy early-morning snack, particularly considering that during the flowering season of C. brasiliense, little such food is available.

Fruits
Fruits start off dark purple, turning olive green and finally buffy green as they ripen, taking about 5–6 months. Ripe fruits are about the size of an orange. They resemble a mangosteen (another distantly related member of the Malpighiales) in having a few (usually 1-4) segments of pulpy pericarp inside the skin, yellow and with a typical strong taste and smell mixing sweet, fruity and cheesy aromas. This is derived mainly from volatile ethyl esters.

Embedded in the mesocarp is a light-colored seed enclosed in a blackish shell covered with thin and tough woody spines, though spineless individuals exist in the wild. Both the mesocarp and the seed are edible for humans as well as many animals, including usually carnivorous species like the yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima).

Use by humans and status

Pequi pulp is a very popular food in Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Minas Gerais, eaten by itself raw or prepared or used as an ingredient in cooking or to flavor beverages. Pequi with rice and chicken is an especially popular preparation.

Pequi pulp will tarnish silver cutlery and, if eaten raw, the fruit is best enjoyed out of hand. Care must be taken to gently scrape the pulp off the pit using one's teeth: The spines can detach and hurt the mouth, causing considerable pain and being difficult to remove.

The pits with spines and remaining pulp can be left to dry in the sun for two days or so. Afterwards, the spines can be scraped off with a knife or stick, and the pit can be cracked open to extract the seed. From the latter, the edible pequi oil is extracted commercially. They can also be roasted like peanuts and eaten with salt as a rich snack.

Nearly every part of the tree is usable for food, medical or construction purposes. Pequi occupies an important role in the culture of indigenous people in Brazil's Cerrado region. Traditionally, rural Brazilians plant pequi trees around villages; the seeds take a long time to germinate so that new trees must be planted every so often for the supply not to cease. Demand for the fruit has risen in recent decades while habitat has been destroyed, putting the stocks under strain. One report writes:
"The pequi is the main symbol of this de-structuring of the economy. The pequi is habitually consumed by the population in the Cerrado zone and is deeply rooted in the regional culture and cooking. For the Mineiros, the Cerrado inhabitants of Minas Gerais, the pequi does not belong to anyone, because it belongs to all. Therefore, they maintain their ancestral right to take it wherever it is, in public or private land, fenced in land or unfenced land, etc., wherever it is, the pequi was always "accessible" to the regional society."

Ecological relevance
Given the importance of bats and perhaps birds for pollination, removal of native woodland is liable to have long-term negative impacts on fruit yield even if no C. brasiliense trees are physically harmed. This is true for other native pollinators, such as Melipona quadrifasciata and Scaptotrigona postica, because they nest in pequi trees, commonly building nests in the hollows of the trees. Conserving pollinator habitat is probably crucial for rich yields of the valuable fruits and other produce.

Footnotes

References
  (2001): Diurnal bird visiting of Caryocar brasiliense Camb. in Central Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 61(2): 311-316.  PDF fulltext
  (2006): Notas sobre aves de rapina (Cathartidae, Acciptridae e Falconidae) brasileiras [Notes on Brazilian birds of prey]. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 14(4): 401-404 [Portuguese with English abstract]. PDF fulltext
  (2002): Verification of FSC Principles and Criteria. In: Evaluation report of V&M Florestal Ltda. and Plantar S.A. Reflorestamentos, both certified by FSC - Forest Stewardship Council. World Rainforest Movement.

External links

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Edible nuts and seeds
Fruit trees


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Q: PHP - swiftmailer autoloader not working I'm trying to use swiftmailer to send transactional emails but I always get the following error in Email.php, when I try to create swiftmailer's objects:
Warning: require_once(Swift/SmtpTransport.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Tutorials\E-commerce\inc\autoload.php on line 13

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'Swift/SmtpTransport.php' (include_path='C:\xampp\htdocs\Tutorials\E-commerce\classes;C:\xampp\htdocs\Tutorials\E-commerce\pages;C:\xampp\htdocs\Tutorials\E-commerce\mod;C:\xampp\htdocs\Tutorials\E-commerce\inc;C:\xampp\htdocs\Tutorials\E-commerce\template;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\Tutorials\E-commerce\inc\autoload.php on line 13

The thing is, I included composer's and swiftmailer's autoloaders (separately), so it should find the classes. I have a custom autoloader but, if I include swiftmailer's autoloader directly, even if my autoloader doesn't find the classes, the include statement should be triggered and find them right?
I can get it to work if I include each class individually but that's not very practical.
This is my dirs structure:
index.php
inc
    config.php
    autoload.php
classes
    SwiftMailer
         vendor
         composer.json
         composer.lock
    Url.php
    Core.php
    Email.php
    Login.php
    etc
pages
    login.php
    basket.php
    etc
etc

Email.php:
<?php

// I tried including them separately (also, php has no problem in finding them):
require_once 'SwiftMailer/vendor/autoload.php';
require_once 'SwiftMailer/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/swift_required.php';

class Email {

    public function __construct() {
        $this->objTransport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance();
        etc

autoload.php:
<?php
require_once('config.php');

function generic_autoloader($class_name) {
    $class = explode("_", $class_name);
    $path = implode('/', $class) . '.php';
    require_once($path);

}

spl_autoload_register('generic_autoloader');

config.php:
It's a file where I define several constants (eg: classes directory, pages directory, root path..) and at the end I have this:

set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array(
    realpath(ROOT_PATH.DS.CLASSES_DIR),
    realpath(ROOT_PATH.DS.PAGES_DIR),
    realpath(ROOT_PATH.DS.MOD_DIR),
    realpath(ROOT_PATH.DS.INC_DIR),
    realpath(ROOT_PATH.DS.TEMPLATE_DIR),
    get_include_path()
)));

I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the problem or not (I'm following a tutorial and I haven't quite understood this part of the code yet), so I'll leave it here:
index.php:
<?php
require_once('inc/autoload.php');

$core = new Core();
$core->run();

Core.php:
<?php

class Core {
    public function run() {
        ob_start();
        require_once(Url::getPage()); // Url::getPage just returns the path of the current page ($_GET['page'])
        ob_get_flush();
    }
}

Thanks in advance!

A: If there is indeed an SmtpTransport.php file in the right folder, it seems that the error is precisely what it says it is : a wrong file name.
You should replace
$this->objTransport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance();

by
$this->objTransport = SwiftMailer_SmtpTransport::newInstance();

You should also include composer's autoload file (the autoload file inside vendor)


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The presence of rats in Toronto is hardly unheard of, but this is something else. A North York neighbourhood's residents have been left disgusted and terrified by a persistent Toronto rat problem in the area. Some people have even admitted they're getting scared to go outside.
According to CTV News, recent local construction has spawned something of an infestation of the rodents in the area of Dufferin Street and Eglington Avenue West.
Local resident Loreto Marchione said he's dedicated far too much time in recent days to setting up rat traps around his home and the houses of neighbours. In a pretty gross illustration of the extent of the problem, he says he has caught 19 rats in a matter of weeks since sewer repairs were carried out by the city.
"I did my best, I caught 19, but I don't know what to say anymore," the longtime resident told CTV. "Everybody is scared. I've never had anything like this in my life. I've been here 47 years. We've seen little mice once in a while, but nothing like this, this is unbelievable."
Marchione's neighbour Sylvia Simone said the rats started surfacing in the summer.
"They're just everywhere, it's a mess. I'm worried about them getting into the house when it gets colder. It's a big problem, it's not just us, it's all the neighbours on the street.
"I'm frustrated, I can't come out of my backyard because I'm scared," Simone said. "I don't want a rat infestation in our neighbourhood."
The problem of rats in the 6ix is hardly a new one, but the scale of the issue in this particular area sounds pretty grim, tbh.
A study released back in May suggested that the number of rats in Ontario's largest city has doubled in the space of seven years.
One Twitter user thinks he may know where this particular sudden influx is coming from, though. "It's election season. They are everywhere."
@CTVToronto It's election season. They are everywhere.
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Marchione and his fellow residents in the area contacted their local councillor Mike Colle and Toronto Public Health in an attempt to solve the issue, and they were reportedly told the issue would be addressed in some capacity on Friday.
"Everybody is complaining, it's not a joke, it's serious, and that's why we want some action," said Marchione.
A fact sheet, two years out of date, on the City of Toronto website says the city addresses rodent complaints but does not investigate all of them unless they relate to rodent infestations in food premises and institutions like hospitals and schools. It advises that residents should store garbage correctly, reduce clutter, eliminate potential food sources to prevent infestation. If an infestation occurs, it suggests seeking private oest control services.
And this is just considering the rats, not taking into account the raccoons and other pests that Ontarians face. Or, even, the scale (sorry) of the snake problem.
It can be really difficult for residents to deal with troublesome animal invaders. Leave the pitchfork out of it, though.
Narcity has reached out to Toronto Public Health for comment.
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Constructing complete, accurate plant DNA barcode reference libraries can be logistically challenging for large-scale floras. Here we demonstrate the promise and challenges of using herbarium collections for building a DNA barcode reference library for the vascular plant flora of Canada.
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Ayresome Primary School of Middlesbrough is the latest school to join the Ad Astra Multi-Academy Trust with the assistance of Tilly Bailey & Irvine Law Firm.
The school starts 2019 with "academy" status and joins the five existing schools from Hartlepool and Stockton as members of the Trust. Ad Astra was created with the conversion of two Hartlepool-based primary schools, West Park and West View, in 2015 and has continued to grow ever since, in both number of schools and geographical reach.
On adding Ayresome Primary School to Ad Astra, Andy Brown OBE; CEO at Ad Astra Academy Trust, said: "We are excited that Ayresome Primary is the first school in Middlesbrough to join Ad Astra. It is a large, complex multi-cultural school with lots of challenges but also many strengths."
Ayresome Primary School promotes a positive and inclusive ethos, the key components of which being:
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Trust in yourself, your abilities and those around you.
Tolerance, humility and empathy for everyone.
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Determination to achieve, no matter how small or big the dream is.
Excellence in all that you do.
Headteacher, Lisa Biggin, is looking to continue those values with the support of Ad Astra Academy Trust and commented that: "Joining Ad Astra has already shown me the wealth of support my staff and I can get. We have already been linked with experts from the south that will enrich our curriculum offer."
The conversion process was handled by the Academy specialists at Tilly Bailey & Irvine Law Firm, which has guided Ad Astra Academy Trust through all of its conversions since its inception. After completion of its sixth conversion, Craig Malarkey, head of the Academies Team, said:
"It is great to see Ad Astra continuing to grow and expand its family of schools within the Trust. By working with additional schools in the Trust the team at Ad Astra can reach more and more children with its high standards of education, both at its roots in Hartlepool, but also now in the wider Teesside area".
An Ofsted report of West View Primary School (member of Ad Astra) in October 2017 commented that "the Ad Astra Academy Trust has provided effective support to improve the quality of teaching and learning and leadership. Staff have benefited from a range of trust network hubs to develop their skills. The range of school support services, such as human resources and estate management, enables school leaders to focus on curriculum development and the quality of teaching and learning. Opportunities for peer review in the trust, support school improvement and working beyond your own school."
The Trust continues with its ambition to bring such positive impacts.
To discuss corporate and commercial matters or academy conversions, please contact our legal specialists at Tilly Bailey & Irvine on 01740 646000 or visit its Wynyard office.
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The picture of JANE WYMAN comes from a duo portrait with ROBERT FOXWORTH.
The picture of DAVID SELBY comes from a duo studio portrait with SHANNON TWEED.
The picture of ANA ALICIA is from a single portrait of her in a wicker chair.
The pictures of ROBERT FOXWORTH and LANA TURNER are from a duo portrait of both stars.
The background of the composition is a vineyard at dawn.
The seasonal summary is written in "Times Roman" (instead of "Gotham Book").
The billing block is written in "Univers Ultra Condensed Regular" (instead of "Univers Thin Ultra Condensed").
As this artwork was not designed at the WARNER BROS. headquarters in Burbank, CA, but by the European WARNER HOME VIDEO branches, it is not completely identical in the various markets this time. This results in slight differences in the DVD packages of the various European editions, particularly in the design of the inlay card with the episode overview.
As a DFCF special feature, an interview about the development of this artwork, "The Complete Artwork Story", is available in the Bonus Material section.
After # 020 <2.02>, the synopses still refer to "The Globe" although the correct terminology is "The New Globe".
The episode titles of # 029 <2.11> and 030 <2.12> should have been in quotation marks because they are meant to be quotes, as the opening credits of these episodes indicate.
In # 037 <2.19>, the correct listing of the writers is GARNER SIMMONS (first) and E.F. WALLENGREN (second), as seen in the opening credits; WARNER BROS. mixed them up and listed ERNIE WALLENGREN first.
In # 039 <2.21>, "Sheriff" is misspelled "Sherriff".
Incoherent: Unlike season 1, the original airdates of the episodes are not listed this time.
The episode synopses in the edition for the German speaking countries were revised by the DFCF for WARNER HOME VIDEO (Germany) so they do not contain the minor flaws from the Scandinavian edition.
The U.S. artwork is completely different. It was designed entirely by the Burbank headquarters of the WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION, the WARNER BROS. division in charge of releasing MOD (manufactured on demand) products.
All publicity stills on the front sleeve are from season 2 only; none of them is printed flip-flopped on the package this time. The publicity photos were pre-selected in the WARNER BROS. slide archive in May 2010 by DFCF President THOMAS J. PUCHER to secure correct photo identification per season; after appropriate shots were singled out, the final choice for the artwork was made by the WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION.
The white background of the packaging is to be kept in the U.S. design line. Therefore, only the color of the lettering was changed; the green color, however, does not seem to follow a specific concept with regard to the series contents (such as white wine and red wine, for instance), but seems to be a randomly chosen color scheme only.
Incoherent with season 1: The falcon logo and the coat of arms with the seasonal numbering are outlined only this time.
The new character image compilation on the front does not show all major rôles from this season's main title, but a few characters only.
The compilation is a retouched extract of the official season 2 cast group photo.
It remains a mystery, however, why DAVID SELBY, who is the new key component to season 2 and portrays one of the most important characters in the series, was not incorporated into the key art.
The photo of the Victorian Mansion on the back sleeve was taken by SASCHA KURZ (DFCF) and licensed to WARNER BROS. for the use in the artwork.
The photo of ROBERT FOXWORTH and LANA TURNER on the back is mirror-inverted although that same picture had been revised by the DFCF for the European releases.
The U.S. artwork does not have a billing block (credits) on the back sleeve.
Neither does it have an inlay card or any other episode list.
The inlay paper is too small for the Viva Multi-Disc box so certain parts of the artwork, which are supposed to be on the front and on the back, actually appear on the spine.
Please refer to the essential information from season 1 in that respect.
Although the original picture negative was not digitized this time either, the picture quality is much richer in contrast and sharper than the average digitized picture in the season 1 set.
In the German language region 2 release, the scene with Richard and Melissa in bed in # 033 <2.15> (approximately 35:43) was edited in the version aired on television. That particular portion of film was dubbed by new German speakers for the DVD.
In the U.S. edition, the DVD transfers of # 019 <2.01> and 028 <2.10> come from a video master (instead of an early generation film print), resulting in some discoloration near the top of the screen and static lines near the top sometimes.
The other episodes, however, are slightly better in picture quality than the region 2 release as they are from an earlier generation of release prints.
The audio of # 019 <2.01> in the U.S. edition is not as loud as in the other episodes.
basically unedited also in the configurations in the German speaking countries and Spain, with the exception of # 025 <2.07>; in that episode, the scene with Lance, Angela and Julia in the Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion study, when Lance denies that he is Joseph's father, is missing (approximately minute 37).
A request for a statement on that issue was sent to WARNER HOME VIDEO; details will be stated here upon receipt.
The "LORIMAR Presents" logo is missing.
In the configurations distributed in Spain and the German speaking countries (contrary to the Nordic releases), the teaser trailers, which featured a short sneak preview of the respective episode, are missing also.
In the U.S. edition, # 019 <2.01> and 027 <2.09> are shortened. Instead of using the original CBS versions, syndication prints (shortened for U.S. reruns) were used. Approximately three minutes of playing time are missing in these episodes.
In # 028 <2.10> and 033 <2.15> through 035 <2.17>, the teaser trailers with the sneak previews before the main title were cut off.
In regions 2 and 4, the scene in # 036 <2.18> when Linda comes to see Cole at the Gioberti House (approximately minute 27) is footage from a take that is different from the original TV airings used by LORIMAR in both PAL and NTSC areas. This concerns the first part of that scene from the moment Cole comes down the stairs to the cut before Linda and Cole are in the kitchen.
The background score - continuing from the preciding scene (Maggie and Chase's argument at the County Building) - "stutters" during the cut from the establishing shot of the Gioberti House to the interior scene (striking repeat of a part of the cue).
The audio and the picture are slightly out of sync both in the English version as well as in all the dubbed versions.
In WARNER HOME VIDEO's PAL version for the DVDs, the camera remains for an unusually long time on the stair landing at the beginning of the interior scene before Cole finally appears (see the following screen grabs - upper row).
Compare: Only a split second goes by until Cole appears on the landing at the beginning of the scene in LORIMAR's original PAL version for television - also LORIMAR's NTSC TV version as used for the region 1 DVDs (screen capture at the bottom).
In WARNER HOME VIDEO's PAL version for the DVDs, Cole slams the front door shut (see the following left screen grab).
Compare: He closes the door, using the doorknob, in LORIMAR's original PAL version for television - also LORIMAR's NTSC TV version as used for the region 1 DVDs (right screen capture).
In WARNER HOME VIDEO's PAL version for the DVDs, Linda is completely out of the frame right before the cut to the kitchen (see the following left screen grab).
Compare: Linda's sleeve still remains to be seen right before the cut in LORIMAR's original PAL version for television - also LORIMAR's NTSC TV version as used for the region 1 DVDs (right screen capture).
In the region 2 configurations distributed in the German speaking countries, the aspect ratio of the DVD menu is 1.66 : 1 (High Definition), i.e. not compatible with the episodes, which are in their original 1.33 : 1 (= 4 : 3) aspect ratio. This is the same problem that occurred in the season 1 release.
Modern TV sets, however, experience no problems at all to adjust to the correct aspect ratio automatically.
In all other configurations, the aspect ratio of the DVD menu is fully compatible with the episodes this time, i.e. in the 1.33 : 1 (= 4 : 3) aspect ratio.
The configuration in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is as simple as in season 1.
This time, however, all discs have background sound effects; but the embedded music is the main theme version of season 1, as it is the case with most other series released by WARNER BROS. Strangely enough, the embedded theme suffers from an 8 % acceleration unfortunately.
The menu design does not match the artwork of the regions 2 and 4 packaging, but refers to the white region 1 packaging with its green lettering. The WARNER HOME VIDEO Burbank headquarters insisted on using that white menu despite the red packaging.
The configuration in Spain is as simple again as in season 1 and has no background sound effects again.
The character compilation and the row of photos is not the same as the final version on the DVD package. For the menu, WARNER HOME VIDEO (Spain) accidentally used the last but one draft before the final revision was made. Compare the various drafts in "The Complete Artwork Story" in the bonus material section.
As in season 1, the look of the configuration in Scandinavia is more appealing. All discs have background sound effects; the embedded music, however, is the main theme version of season 1, as it is the case with most other series released by WARNER BROS.
The U.S. configuration is simple. As there are no subtitles and no additional audio layers besides the original English audio in the MOD edition, it is just one page per disc without sound effects.
# 023 <2.05> is listed as "The Expose" whereas the official spelling in the opening credits of the episode is "The Exposé" (acute, i.e. diacritical mark above "e", missing).
Depending on the availability in the various country-specific configurations, please refer to the essential information from season 1 in that respect.
Note that the Spanish edition is not only labeled as compatible to DVD region 2 this time, but also to DVD region 4.
The region 1 edition does not contain regularly pressed discs, but burnt DVD-R discs as this is a so-called MOD release ("manufactured on demand", i.e. made to order).
For general technical specifications, consult the Technical Details section.


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Q: Finding integrating factor by $z=xy$ For a differential equation $Mdx+Ndy=0$ Show that
$(\frac{\partial{M}}{\partial{y}}-\frac{\partial{N}}{\partial{x}})/(Ny-Mx)$ is a function of $g(z)$ here $z=xy$
then integrating factor is $\mu=e^{\int{g(z)dz}}$
Here what i know only is integrating factor can be found $\mu=e^{\int{\frac{\frac{\partial{M}}{\partial{y}}-\frac{\partial{N}}{\partial{x}}}{N}}}$ But I do not know where to start?

A: Assume that there is an integrating factor of the form $\mu(xy)$. Then multiplying through by $\mu$ should make the equation $\mu M \; dx +\mu N \; dy =0$ exact.  So we must have
$$\frac{\partial}{\partial y}(\mu M) = \mu M_y+x\mu 'M = \frac{\partial}{\partial x}(\mu N)=y\mu 'N+\mu N_x.$$
Solve for $\mu'$ to get:
$$\mu'(z) =(\mu M_y-\mu N_x)/(yN-Mx) = \mu (z)\frac{M_y-N_x}{Ny-Mx}.$$
If this last fraction (your $g$) is a function of $xy$, then such a $\mu (xy)$ exists and you can solve the separable differential equation for $\mu$:
$$\frac{\mu'}{\mu } = \frac{M_y-N_x}{Ny-Mx}=g(z)$$
$$\ln(\mu ) = \int g(z) \; dz$$
$$\mu = e^{\int g(z) \; dz}$$.
Just be sure to put everything in terms of $z$.
Note, the integrating factor you put in your question is for the case when $g$ is a function of $y$ alone. $\mu(x)$, $\mu (y)$ and $\mu (xy)$ are different cases and each has it's own formula.


In the highly competitive AEC marketplace, knowing and anticipating a project's expenses correctly provides a definite advantage when competing for a contract. But, even in the best of circumstances, cost estimating is complicated and there are myriad risks and uncertainties to consider. First, it's important to understand the complexity of cost estimating. Companies should invest in proper training for estimating professionals. In many organizations, technical experts (e.g., architect, engineer, designer) are automatically assumed to be qualified to collect, build, and analyze project scope and deliver estimates. While this approach sometimes works on smaller ventures, assigning untrained technical people to build scopes and estimates on larger, sophisticated projects can prove to be a very challenging. Deriving high-quality cost estimates depends heavily on the quality of data, for example, historical databases, comprehensive project plans, and standard work break down structures make it easier to make comparisons to similar projects.
In most cases, the better the data, the better the resulting estimate will be. But you should always be on the lookout for common items that significantly increase risk in the planning and budgeting phase of projects.
Download the whitepaper to learn our best practices when it comes to AEC project estimating and risk management.


For the 6th year running, Consilium Recruit was delighted to co-sponsor the annual Midlands Aerospace Alliance conference where we launched our 2019 Aerospace & Defence Salary Guide.
Attendees & sponsors included industry leaders Boeing, Airbus, Rolls Royce and Meggitt, plus some of the Midlands leading SME's such as AE Aerospace, Gardner, Coventya & Nasmyth Group.
The reoccurring theme for the MAA conference over the past few years has been the ever-increasing skills shortage which was high on the agenda again. It's clear that despite the right noises being made by government and bodies such as MADE UK, there is frustration that not enough is being done, let alone at the right level to fulfil the ever-increasing shortage. The importance of Apprenticeships was heavily promoted, with companies operating within the Aerospace sector urged to appoint more apprentices in an attempt to bolster internal talent pools.
Equally, the 'B' word featured high on the agenda too, but the general consensus seemed that the government should just make a decision as uncertainty is deemed the single biggest problem. At least 3 or 4 people I spoke to suggested that although a no-deal is not ideal, business would find a way to succeed as this is what UK industry does best.
Ultimately, it was great to hear the genuine positivity within the industry, buoyed by the number of major programmes in development, coupled with the advancement of new technology.
The salary report provides a comprehensive guide to the latest remuneration packages and is the perfect tool for bench-marking, plus provides a guide to benefits packages and recruitment trends for the year ahead. To request your copy, please contact James Charlett or request a copy via our website.


"Art is an escape for me. I create because it is my passion."
I was born in Thames, New Zealand and studied a Bachelor of Media Arts in Hamilton. I currently live near the beach in Auckland, New Zealand with my family.
My journey as an artist has been both revitalised and influenced by my trips abroad to places like India and my year sabbatical living in China 2015. From the use of bright colours to patterns, the inspiration is evident in my work.
My work explores themes of nature, popular culture, and portraiture. I have a vibrant digital pop art aesthetic that plays with ben-day dots, positive and negative space and 2D shapes to create dimension and texture.
To me, Frida Kahlo is truly iconic. I'm drawn to her not only because of her amazing artwork but for her strong individuality.


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Breakout Labs Welcomes Startups in Food, Health, Metals, Adhesives
Hatch Detroit Business Contest Down to Four Finalists; Voting Ends Nov. 2
Sarah Schmid Stevenson
The ideas have been pitched, the public cast their votes online and through social media for the semi-finalists, and now the Hatch Detroit retail business contest is in its final stage. This is the hard part, where we choose the winner. Will it be the wine bar or the tea room? The pop-up furniture store or the storefront laboratory for local fashion designers?
Through Wednesday, November 2, Detroiters are being asked to vote for one of four brick-and-mortar startups that Hatch Detroit's contest organizers hope will be yet another piece in the city's revitalization. At stake is $50,000 in seed money, as well as an estimated $25,000 worth of in-kind services from contest sponsors and a marketing campaign hammered out by Team Detroit.
The contest began in July, when organizers Ted Balowski, an account executive at Troy, MI-based CareTech Solutions, and Nick Gorga, an attorney at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn in Detroit, began receiving more than 200 business-idea submissions. The 200 were then narrowed down by the public to 10 semi-finalists through online voting.
"You always hear about crowdfunding," Balowski says, "and we wanted to give the community the opportunity to participate. The response and the amount of positive feedback has been overwhelming. People got behind it very quickly."
Though the crowd isn't funding it per se—Balowski and Gorga put up a chunk of the prize money, with individual and corporate sponsors contributing the rest—they have chosen the winners at every step of the way. On October 21, the four finalists gathered for a "Hatch Off," where they went before judges Torya … Next Page »
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Mrs. Mildred Coney 80, a retired educator of Hardeeville, SC entered into eternal rest on Saturday April 6, 2019.
Mrs. Coney is preceded in death by her husband Elgie Coney, her parents John Haygood & Louis Wilson, her children, Joseph Coney & Arthur Wilson.
Mildred leaves a lifetime of joyous memories to loving children, Cynthia Coney Parker, Elgie Coney Jr., John Edward Coney and a host of other relatives and friends.
The relative and friends are invited to attend her Celebration Of Life on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the Greater Pentecostal Temple, 5905 South Okatie Highway, Hardeeville, South Carolina.


The band hasn't released any new music since The Weirdness in 2007, and Williamson hasn't played on a Stooges record since their third album, 1973's Raw Power. He rejoined the group in 2009 following the death of guitarist Ron Asheton from a heart attack.
Watt and the Stooges perform this weekend at Chicago's Riot Fest alongside acts like Elvis Costello, the Descendants, hometown heroes Rise Against, Fishbone and dozens more. Founded in 2005, the festival is a three-day affair this year, with two days happening outdoors at Humboldt Park.
Riot Fest's Chicago lineup may not have the obvious eclecticism of bills like Coachella and Lollapalooza, but the presence of Costello, Gaslight Anthem, Awolnation, Dropkick Murphys, Dead Sara, Of Mice and Men and dozens more offers a wide array of choices. Petryshyn, who expects to keep the festival manageable with 30,000 people per day this weekend, is trying to foster musical knowledge among his audience.


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Retail industry is looking at Omni-Channel in a big way in 2014 so that connected customers can shop for and purchase the same items across different channels. GrowthPraxis, a consulting and research firm focused on Payments and Commerce has come up with a report that talks about the evolution from single channel to multi-channel retail and now to Omni-channel retail. And this revolution is all about making sure the consumer experience with a brand is consistent.
To overcome drop in sales and to compete with the ecommerce industry; traditional retailers started launching their own online stores in last few years – "Multi-channel" sales strategy. In this process, many retailers attempted ecommerce, by setting up online operations as standalone businesses with separate technology. The channels available to businesses were created through Internet and mobile. This drastically changed the retail landscape. For example, email, text messages, e-commerce services and technology have created new opportunities for business. These multiple channels have helped in creating a reliable distribution channel that concentrate on different demographic populations. Multichannel contributes to the rapid growth of revenue, branding, loyalty and positive word of mouth.
On the flip side server crashes, lack of inventory, data leakage and software updates played the role of a spoiler. Additionally, while shopping through those systems customers witnessed price anomaly between online portal and offline formats. There were also issues of stock out and payment failures.
The poor experiences of the customer lead to decrease in sales and jeopardized the traditional retail's brand image. The fear of failure still lingers in the minds of many retailers. However in recent times, the advantages of ecommerce/mobile commerce have made it absolute necessary for traditional retails to open their own websites.
The present objective of retailers is to remove the drawback in multi channel sales channel and build a robust sales channel which will help in boosting sales and gaining of lost market share. As a result, retailers are moving towards what is called "Omni-Channel retailing. In its most basic terms, Omni-channel retailing means connected customers can shop for and purchase the same items across different channels. It can be in a retail store, through computer, through smartphones at any place and time. Omni channel will be an integration of technology and retail where the customer experience will be same while shopping through online or offline system.
However, Omni Channel retailing is not easily achievable. Systems will become more complex with the expansion of technology, as a result of which retailers will have problem in managing. Moreover retailers face issues in ramping required skills to analyze the enormous amount of data generate through traditional POS, mobile POS, self-serving kiosks, and online shopping to name a few. As a result, large numbers of technology companies have popped up to help retailers in building Omni-channel sales. In cases, we have also seen retailers planning to acquire technology startups to overcome the challenges associated in building an Omni-channel.
Nordstrom is a very good example of a retailer who has achieved major milestone when it comes to Omni-channel retailing. Nordstrom is a leading specialty retailer offering clothes, shoes, and accessories for men, women and children. It has presence in 44 countries. Nordstrom has created a seamless experience for Nordstrom customers. Customers are able to buy in store, buy online – ship to home, buy online – pick up in stores and return through any channel. The retailer achieved this success through a drop ship process. Customers have started loving the experience and in this process, the company has increased its profitability.


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Violence in northern Myanmar overshadows peace process
Fighting continues in northern Myanmar as Union Peace Conference negotiations commence.
by Brennan O'Connor
Sun Sep 04 2016 10:48:50 GMT+0000
The Ta'ang National Liberation Army [TNLA] was excluded from the peace conference on August 21. It is currently fighting against the Myanmar Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA). This year, fighting between the various groups in northern Shan State has displaced thousands of villagers. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
Shan State, Myanmar - The comprehensive peace process, led by the government and supported by donor countries , which aims to end the decade-long conflicts with Myanmar's ethnic minorities, has yielded mixed results.
While ceasefires were signed with some groups, extensive fighting has continued with groups in the north.
During the Union Peace Conference on August 31, the newly elected civilian government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, formally sat down with the armed groups to negotiate a national peace settlement.
When the National League for Democracy (NLD) won the November election, Suu Kyi said national reconciliation and peace were her party's top priorities. But, achieving these goals involves close cooperation with the military that controls 25 percent of the parliamentary seats and three key ministries.
Yet, not all fighting groups were included in the negotiations: Three groups - Ta'ang National Liberation Army, Arakan Army and Kokang's Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army - were barred from taking part in peace negotiations and signing the nationwide ceasefire agreement for refusing to issue a public commitment to disarm .
In response to the government's pledge last week that the peace conference would be all-inclusive, the banned groups issued a joint statement expressing their willingness to attend the conference and negotiate an end to the fighting, but that they were unwilling to agree to an unconditional surrender without guarantees.
READ MORE: Displaced by continued fighting in Myanmar's Shan state
Myanmar Army soldiers travel by truck near Karen State capital Hp-An. For the first time in over six decades, ceasefires have been signed with most of the state's armed groups, but at the same time peace has come to the troubled state, fighting has started in Shan and Kachin states. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
Child soldiers who allegedly deserted from the Myanmar Army. They are held in Laiza, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army [KIA] located near the Chinese border. The KIA has been fighting with the government since its 17-year ceasefire unravelled in 2011. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
Ta'ang National Liberation Army [TNLA] soldiers explain to Ta'ang villagers why they are fighting with the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA). After the RCSS/SSA signed the nationwide ceasefire, from which the TNLA were excluded, it sent troops from its southern base to areas controlled by the Ta'ang in northern Shan State. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
A bullock cart passes a store that was bombed by the Myanmar Army in Thawt San village. Located about 56 kilometres north of Kyaukme town, the village that is now controlled by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army has been the scene of heavy fighting. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
A Ta'ang National Liberation Army soldier chants a Buddhist mantra on the night before a memorial service for slain soldiers killed by the Burma Army. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
A Kachin Independence Army soldier holds landmines that he made at a frontline army camp. Two weeks later, he was killed after one exploded as he planted it in the jungle. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
A landmine victim and former Karen National Liberation Army soldier rests at Care Villa Centre for handicapped residents at the Thai refugee camp. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
Kachin Independence Army female recruits rest between drills. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
An ethnic Kachin woman suffers from severe bleeding after giving birth. Fighting between Kachin rebels and the government soldiers near her village forced her and her husband to flee to an internally displaced persons' [IDP] camp near the Chinese border.[Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
A newborn takes her first breath of air at an IDP camp clinic near the Chinese border. Her mother was rushed to a nearby hospital after suffering from severe bleeding caused by the delivery. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
Farmers from frontline village, Thawt San, head to their farms. After the village was occupied by the RCSS/SSA during a joint offensive, only a handful of the original inhabitants remained. Most fled to IDP camps in Kyaukme town, located about 56 kilometres south. After government soldiers left, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army recaptured the village from RCSS/SSA soldiers. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
Ta'ang National Liberation Army soldiers patrol in the frontline village, Thawt San. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]
Mountain ponies at the frontline of the fighting between the Ta'ang National Liberation Army and RCSS. [Brennan O'Connor/Al Jazeera]