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N-butyltin trichloride
sub-chronic toxicity: oral
combined repeated dose and reproduction / developmental screening
20 December 2002 to 07 June 2003
OECD Guideline 408 (Repeated Dose 90-Day Oral Toxicity in Rodents)
Minor deviations which not have influence on the validity of study.
other: OECD Guideline 421 (Reproduction/Developmental Toxicity Screening Test)
TEST ORGANISMS:
- Species: Albino rats
- Strain: Wistar outbred (Crl:(WI)WU BR)
- Age at study initiation: approximately 7 weeks old males and females (13-14 weeks age of females in the satellite study)
- Weight at study initiation: 135.0 - 167.1 g (mean 150.7 g) for males; 112.6 - 148.5 g (mean 126.2 g) for females (body weights for females in the satellite groups at the start of treatment ranged from 194.2 - 229.6 g (mean 208.5 g).
- Number of animals:
Dose-range finding study: 21 males and 21 females
Main study (13-week subchronic study) - 43 males and 43 females (4 dose groups of 10 rats/sex/dose group)
Satellite study (reproduction/developmental toxicity screening): 44 females
Upon arrival animals were put in a quarantine room and were given time to acclimate to the new surroundings. The quarantine and acclimatisation periods between arrival and experimental start date were 9, 13, and 13 days for the dose-range finding study, 13-week study, and satellite study, respectively.
The animals were housed in one room, in macrolon cages, with sterilised wood shavings as bedding material.
2 (dose-range finding study) or 5 rats (13-week study) were housed per cage, separated by sex. During the premating period, females of the satellite groups were housed 3 or 4 per dose group per cage. During gestation and lactation, the females were housed individually.
The room was ventilated with about 10 air changes per hour and was maintained at a temperature of 22 ± 3 °C at a relative humidity of 30-70 %. Lighting was artificial with 12-hour light and dark cycles.
Feed and drinking water were provided ad libitum. A commercial rodent diet was provided.
oral: feed
ADMINISTRATION / EXPOSURE:
- Duration of exposure: 14 days or 13 consecutive weeks, dose-range finding study and subchronic study, respectively
- Type of exposure: via the diet (rodent diet: Rat & Mouse No.3 breeding diet RM3)
- Doses: 0, 300, 1500 and 7500 mg MBTC/kg diet for subchronic study
SATELLITE GROUPS AND REASONS THEY WERE ADDED: Four satellite groups of female rats were added. The objective was to provide initial data on the possible reproductive and developmental effects of butyltrichlorostannane after oral administration. For the description of the method and results, see section 7.8.3 Toxicity to Reproduction, Other studies.
The analytical method was validated in the matrix under examination, viz. RM3 diet, before the start of the study. The test material and other organotin chlorides used as internal standards were converted into the corresponding ethylated tetraorganotin derivatives, which were extracted into the hexane layer. GC-MS analysis was then performed.
The homogeneity, stability, and achieved concentration (content) of the test material in RM3 rat feed was analysed in the batch of diets prepared for the dose-range finding study and the 13-week study.
From these analyses, it was concluded that the test material was homogenously distributed in all diets, the test material was stable in the diets at room temperature for 7 days and in the freezer at <-18 °C for 6 weeks, and the content of the test material was close to the nominal level for all diets.
Dose-range finding study: 14 days
Main subchronic study: 13 weeks
300 mg/kg diet
1 500 mg/kg diet
Dose-range finding study: 4 animals per sex per dose
13-week study: 10 animals per sex per dose
yes, plain diet
- Dose-range finding study: 0, 100, 300, 1000, 5000 mg/kg diet
- 13 week subchronic study doses: 0, 300, 1500 and 7500 mg/kg diet
CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS AND FREQUENCY:
- Clinical signs: at least once daily (in the morning) and on working days also once in the afternoon.
- Mortality: at least once daily (in the morning) and on working days also at least once in the afternoon.
- Body weight: once during the acclimatisation period, once at initiation of the study prior to introduction of feed. Thereafter, body weights were recorded once weekly. In the dose range finding study, body weights were recorded twice weekly. Furthermore, all animals were weighed on the day of necropsy in order to determine their correct organ to body weight ratios. - Food consumption: measured per cage over weekly periods by weighing the feeders (in g/animal/day). The efficiency of food utilisation was calculated and expressed in g weight gain/g food consumed. Food consumption of male rats of the main study was not measured in weeks 10 (all animals) and 11 (some animals), because this measurement was hampered by the mating procedure (male rats of the 13-week study were used to mate with the female rats from the satellite group).
- Water consumption: provided ad libitum, the amount consumed was not measured.
- Intake of test material: the intake of test material per kg/bw/day was calculated from the nominal dietary concentration of the the test material, the food consumption and the mean body weight in the period for which the intake of the test material is calculated.
- Neurobehavioural testing: arena testing, functional observational battery (FOB) and motor activity assessment.
- Ophthalmoscopic examination: observations made prior to the start of the treatment in all animals and towards the end of the treatment period in all surviving animals of the control and 7500 mg/kg groups. Eye examinations were carried out using an ophthalmoscope after induction of mydriasis by a solution of atropine sulphate.
- Haematology: at necropsy at the end of treatment, after overnight fasting, blood samples were taken from the abdominal aorta of all surviving animals. Determinations carried out included: haemoglobin, packed cell volume, red blood cell count, reticulocytes, total white blood cell count, differential white blood cell count, prothrombin time, thrombocyte count. The mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were calculated.
- Biochemistry: at necropsy at the end of treatment, after overnight fasting, blood samples were taken from the abdominal aorta of all surviving animals. Measurements made included alkaline phosphatase activity (ALP), aspartate aminotransferase activity (ASAT), alanine aminotransferase activity (ALAT), gamma glutamyl transferase activity (GGT), total protein, albumin, albumin to globulin ratio (A/G), urea, creatinine, total bile acid, bilirubin (total and direct), cholesterol (total), triglycerides, phospholipids, Ca, Na, K, Cl, inorganic phosphate, fasting glucose.
- Urinalysis and renal concentration test: Shortly before the end of the treatment (days 86-87), all animals were deprived of water for 24 hours and of food during the last 16 hours of this period. During the last 16 hours of deprivation, the rats were kept in metabolism cages (one rat per cage) and urine was collected. The concentrating ability of the kidneys was investigated by measuring the volume and density of the individual samples. The determinations carried out with the urine collected in the renal concentration test included: appearance of the urine, glucose, pH, occult blood, ketones, protein, bilirubin, urobilinogen, microscopy of the sediment.
- All animals were subjected to a complete gross necropsy. In the dose-range finding study, the animals were killed after 14 days of treatment. In week 14, the animals of the 13-week study were killed on a number of successive working days so that the average time of killing was approximately the same for each group. The animals were killed by exsanguination from the abdominal aorta under anaesthesia.
ORGANS EXAMINED AT NECROPSY:
- Macroscopic: organs weighed included adrenals, brain, epididymides, heart, kidneys, liver, ovaries, spleen, testes, thymus, thyroid (with parathyroids), uterus.
- Histopathological examination was performed on tissues and organs of all animals of the control and treatment groups and included adrenals, aorta, brain (brain stem, cerebrum, cerebellum), caecum, colon, epididymides, eyes, GALT (gut associated lymphoid tissue, including Peyer's patches), heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, mammary gland (females), mesenteric lymph nodes, nerve-peripheral (sciatic), oesophagus, ovaries, pancreas, parathyroid, pituitary, prostate, rectum, skin (flank), small intestine (duodenum, ileum, jejunum), spinal cord (at 3 levels), spleen, sternum with bone marrow, stomach (glandular and non-glandular), sublingual salivary glands, submaxillary salivary glands, testes, thymus, thyroid, trachea/bronchi, urinary bladder, uterus (with cervix), and all gross lesions.
A 14-day dose range finding study was performed to determine the dose levels to be used in the main study. For this purpose 4 animals per sex per dose were administered the test material daily via the diet at dose levels of 0, 100, 300, 1000, 5000 mg/kg diet. In the dose range finding study, the animals were examined for clinical signs, mortality, body weights, food consumption and gross necropsy (adrenals, kidneys, liver, spleen, testes and ovaries).
- Test material analysis:
Homogeneity: one way analysis of variance (Anova) using the sample location (1-5) as grouping factor. The test material was considered to be homogeneously distributed in the diets if p > 0.01 and/or if the relative standard deviation (RSD) between the samples means was less than or equal to 15 %.
Stability: one way analysis of variance (Anova) using time as grouping factor. The test material was considered to be stable in the diets if p > 0.01 and/or if the mean concentration on the last day was between 80 and 120 % of the mean concentration on the first day (t =0).
Achieved concentration: for each concentration level, the mean of the concentrations, as measured in the diet samples used for the assessment of the homogeneity, was considered to represent the achieved concentration. The content of the test material in the diet was considered to be 'close to intended' if the mean measured concentration was between 80 and 120 % of the intended concentration.
- Body weight: one way analysis of covariance (covariate: body weight on day 0) followed by Dunnett's multiple comparison tests.
- Neurobehavioral observations: parameters assessed during functional observations were measured on different measurement scales (e.g. continuous, rank, categorical). Continuous measures were analysed by analysis of variance techniques and other parametric tests where appropriate. Rank and categorical data were analysed non-parametrically. Motor activity data were analysed using analysis of variance techniques.
- Food consumption and food efficiency: one way analysis of variance (Anova) followed by L.S.D. tests.
- Red blood cell and clotting potential variables, total white blood cell counts, absolute differential white blood cell counts, clinical chemistry values, volume and density of the urine, organ weight: one way analysis of variance (Anova) followed by Dunnett's multiple comparison tests.
- Further details below
Description (incidence and severity):
No treatment related findings were observed.
no mortality observed
Description (incidence):
No mortality occurred.
Body weights were similar among the groups in males and females throughout the study.
- Food consumption: Food consumption was slightly higher in males of the 7500 mg/kg group. This difference was statistically significant on days: 21, 35, 49 and 63. Furthermore, an occasional statistically significant difference was seen in the 300 and 1500 mg/kg groups. Food consumption in females was similar among the groups throughout the study. An occasional statistically significant difference was seen in all dose groups.
Overall intake of the test material for the 300, 1500 and 7500 mg/kg groups was 19, 96 and 521 mg/kg bw/day, respectively for males and 20, 101 and 533 mg/kg bw/day, respectively for females.
Analysis of the test material in diet samples revealed that the test material dose was close to the nominal level for all diets. Mean measured concentrations ranged from 93 to 109 % of nominal concentrations.
- Food conversion efficiency: Similar among the groups in males and females throughout the study. An occasional significant difference was seen in males.
No treatment-related ocular changes were observed.
Haematological findings:
The number of reticulocytes was statistically significantly increased in males of the 7500 mg/kg group. Mean corpuscular haemoglobin was statistically significantly decreased in females of the 7500 mg/kg group. Prothrombin time was statistically significantly decreased in males and females of the 7500 mg/kg group. The total numbers of white blood cells and lymphocytes were statistically significantly increased in males of the 7500 mg/kg group.
In males of the 7500 mg/kg group, ALP, ASAT, GGT, A/G ratio, bile acids, triglycerides, phospholipids and potassium were statistically significantly increased and sodium was statistically significantly decreased. In females of the 300 mg/kg group, ASAT was statistically significantly increased. In females of the 7500 mg/kg group, triglycerides were statistically significantly increased.
Urinary pH was higher in males of the 1500 and 7500 mg/kg groups. Further semi-quantitative and microscopic urinary observations were similar among the groups.
- Renal concentration test: Urinary density in males of the 1500 mg/kg group was statistically significantly lower relative to the control group. This change was not considered related to the treatment, in the absence of a dose-response relation. No other changes were observed in urinary volume and density among the groups.
The results of the neurobehavioral observations and motor activity assessment did not indicate any neurotoxic potential of the test material.
The absolute (males) and relative (males and females) liver weights were statistically significantly increased in the 7500 mg/kg group. No other statistically significant differences were observed among the groups.
No treatment related changes were observed.
NOAEL: Although not accompanied by histopathological findings, the changes in haematology, clinical chemistry and liver weights are indicative of liver damage. On the basis of the increases in ASAT, GGT, bile acids, triglycerides and relative liver weights in animals of the 7500 mg/kg group, the No Observed Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) in the sub-chronic toxicity study was placed at 1500 mg/kg diet. This level was equivalent to 96 mg/kg bw/day in males and 101 mg/kg bw/day for females.
OTHER: RANGE FINDING STUDY Dietary doses of 100, 300, 1000, and 5000 mg/kg feed (ppm) were administered for 14 days. No clinical abnormalities were observed. Body weights were not significantly different among the groups. Food consumption and food conversion efficiency were similar among the control and treated groups. Absolute and relative organ weights (ovaries, testes, adrenals, kidneys, spleen and liver) were not significantly different among the groups, except for the relative liver weight of the females of the 5000 mg/kg group which was slightly (ca. 8 %) but significantly increased. Macroscopic examination at necropsy did not reveal any treatment-related changes. Dietary exposure of the test materialup to 5000 mg/kg diet was well tolerated by rats for 14 days. The only possible treatment-related change was a slight, but significant increase in liver weights of females of the 5000 mg/kg group. Dose for the main subchronic (13 -week) and satellite studies were chosen as 300, 1500, and 7500 mg/kg diet based on the dose-range finding study.
other: The NOAEL of 1500 mg/kg diet was equivalent to 96 mg/kg bw/day in males and 101 mg/kg bw/day in females.
organ weights and organ / body weight ratios
other: Based on increases in liver enzymes, bile acids, triglycerides in blood, and relative liver weights in animals at the 7500 mg/kg diet group (equivalent to 521-533 mg/kg/day)
Although not accompanied by histopathological findings, the changes in haematology, clinical chemistry, and liver weights are indicative of liver damage. On the basis of increases in ASAT, GGT, bile acids, triglycerides, and relative liver weights in animals of the 7500 mg/kg diet group, the NOAEL in this subchronic toxicity study was placed at 1500 mg/kg diet. This level is equivalent to 96 mg/kg bw/day in males and 101 mg/kg bw/day in females.
The toxicity of the test material was examined in Wistar rats using continuous administration in the diet for 13 consecutive weeks (OECD Test Guideline 408). In satellite groups of female rats, a reproduction/developmental screening study was also performed. The 13 -week study used four groups of 10 rats per sex per group. The control group was kept on an untreated diet and three test groups received diets containing 300, 1500, and 7500 mg/kg (ppm) of the test material in the feed. These dose levels were based on the results of a preceding dose-range finding study that used doses of 0, 100, 300, 1000, and 5000 mg/kg diet. Clinical observations, growth, food consumption, food conversion efficiency, neurobehavioral testing, ophthalmoscopy, haematology, clinical chemistry, renal concentration test, urinalysis, organ weights and gross examination at necropsy, histopathology examination were used for detection of toxicity.
The calculated intake values for the three test groups receiving 300, 1500, and 7500 mg/kg diet were 19, 96, and 521 mg/kg bw/day for males and 20, 101, and 533 mg/kg bw/day in females. A treatment-related increase in urinary pH was seen in males of 1500 and 7500 mg/kg groups, but this change was not considered toxicologically relevant. The males of the 7500 mg/kg group showed significant increases in reticulocytes, total white blood cells, lymphocytes, ALP, ASAT, GGT, bile acids, triglycerides, potassium, and absolute and relative liver weights, and decreased prothrombin time. In females of the 7500 mg/kg group, triglycerides and relative liver weights were significantly increased and prothrombin time was decreased. These changes were considered treatment-related and toxicologically relevant. No other treatment-related changes that were significant were observed in the high dose group, or the lower groups.


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Paysage d'Hiver Shares Crushing Raw Black Metal On Entrancing Latest Record
Geister — the revelatory new full-length album from the long-running and rather prolific Swiss black metal project Paysage d'Hiver — treks through ominous snowy tumult with searing intensity. There's an alluringly esoteric combination of bone-chilling atmosphere and scorching rage as the hazy album rolls on, surreally mixing these sensations into an unsettling reverie. It's like a swirling fog in which every breath threatens to swallow up ice crystals.
Overall, the record is intense. The guitars seem noticeably sharper than one might expect from the atmospheric black metal that Paysage d'Hiver generally performs, and the volatile, thick fog that consistently courses through the album broadens the impact, suggesting (although not entirely turning into) something like ferociously pummeling crust. The journey is quite dynamically varied, even while sticking to the thunderous guitars (and formidable accompanying instrumentation) that define its runtime, but it's also staggeringly weighty.
Although the album ends with the ambiance-centered "Geischtr," there's not exactly room for a break here. Besides the tearing ferocity, Geister also moves pretty quickly, as though capturing the sounds of a raging snowstorm. The consistently dramatically soaring album features intriguingly quieter moments on "Undä" and around "Gruusig" and "Schuurig," but Geister remains agonizing.
As the sometimes frantic-sounding rhythms rush through Geister, there's a sense of heated and disorienting energy, like attempting to move forward through an onslaught of snow and wind but just getting thrown back into the ground. In a feature generally in line with the compelling work that Paysage d'Hiver has released throughout the project's over two decades of existence, Geister is startlingly expansive, delivering an immersive experience with wallops of extended atmosphere — but it's also rattlingly uneasy, with grippingly trembling rhythms.
It's not particularly fantastical or even just bright. Instead, Geister lands like a gravel pit. It's just about relentlessly abrasive, with (among other elements) scouringly rough guitars.
The swiftly moving rhythms — which seem noticeably extra brisk on tracks including "Wüetig" and "Anders" — make the album seem at times like a harried journey through some desolate expanse, and the record's grueling sonic texture makes the trek feel accessibly personalized, like confrontational jolts of energy. The experience of careening through Geister could be compared to the feeling of exhaustedly wandering through some abandoned and debris-strewn mountainside town covered in snow and ice while inwardly plagued by visions of the destruction that previously unfolded as snow continues to fall, with no break in the clouds — and no sign of life — in sight.
Eventually, the rhythms seem to evoke a creeping sense of sobering — and existentially reorienting — terror, because the atmosphere-drenched album's snowstorm-like inward expanse stretches on to jarring extremes but the rhythms feel like avalanche-inducing shock waves. The record seems like the moment of a psychic break held in some kind of metaphysical stasis and repeatedly played out on a loop for over an hour (more than an hour and ten minutes of music appear on Geister).
The album is already at its place of unrest from its pretty much very first moments, but it is not unmoving — instead, it's consistently devastating, like a snowstorm with flaming hail falling in the middle of it because: Why not? Whether or not the hail or snow are really there within the album's teeming world, the strain is so excruciating that boundaries between what's real and what's illusory seem surreally blurred — but the feelings prove powerful.
Paysage d'Hiver has shared the following on Bandcamp about the narrative underlying Geister: "Each full-length release, including the so-called "demos" and regular albums, constitutes a chapter of a continuing story, which PAYSAGE D'HIVER narrate about a protagonist called "Der Wanderer", who roams an otherworld realm. In "Geister", the Wanderer has a lucid dream in which he meets beings from another dimension, which is in fact our world. To him, we terrestrials appear as the ghosts. Our only means of contacting the Wanderer in the world of PAYSAGE D'HIVER is through the rites of winter, such as the Tschäggättä, which is a traditional mask cult from the Lötschental, a valley in the canton of Valais in Switzerland."
One of the masks that the artist references is on the album cover.
Geister by Paysage d'Hiver is available via Kunsthall Produktionen.
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Mooy's Socceroos stand-in wants a Saudi win and a European contract: 'Pretty or ugly'
By Dave Lewis Nov 11 2021 8:40AM
By Dave Lewis
Nov 11 2021 8:40AM
Midfielder James Jeggo says the Socceroos have discovered the knack of winning "pretty or ugly" and are primed to topple Saudi Arabia on Thursday night to return to the top of the pile en route to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.
Poised to start in place of the unavailable Aaron Mooy, Jeggo, 29, views last month's 2-1 loss to Japan in Tokyo as a minor stumble on the road to Qatar.
"We've shown we can win in different ways and have different strings to our bow, different weapons," Jeggo told FTBL.
"After the Saudi game it will only be halfway. But if you look at our results (before Japan) it was 11 wins in a row and there's a reason why that hasn't been done too often before in Asia.
"We're a team able to go to different places under different circumstances and put in performances that win games.
"They might not always be the prettiest performances but the most important thing is getting three points, and we've shown we can win pretty or we can win ugly.
"We just need to keep doing what we've been doing and I'm confident we'll have more than enough (to qualify)."
Jeggo is in his second season with Greek Super League outfit Aris, and with his contract up in June is unsure of what lies next.
"The family loves it here," he said. "There's definitely the possibility of staying on. I've enjoyed it and have played a lot.
"We'll just have to wait and see," added the Austria-born former Adelaide, Austria Wien and Sturm Graz number six.
"There are a lot of things that come into the decision-making and obviously the World Cup is at the forefront of that.
"It's still early doors and the most important thing is focusing on the national team, the rest of the season and making sure I'm doing well for my club.
"There were talks with Aris at the end of last season but I broke my foot and we sort of agreed to wait a while.
"I'm sure we'll sit down again with them soon as see where it leads us."
Seven-cap Jeggo's preference is to remain in Europe where he's in his sixth year.
"I absolutely love it here," he said. "For any player there is so much that comes with being in Europe that tests and challenges you.
"Coming to Greece - with its culture and different style of football - has taken me out of my comfort zone.
"It's offered me some challenges and also the chance to get better.
"The biggest thing for me is to keep playing at a good level and I think Europe is the place to do that."
Aris finished third last season and would be sitting fourth this time round but for a six-point deduction imposed over player registration irregularities.
"They may be appealing it so we'll see what happens there," added Jeggo who has made seven appearances so far this season.
The A-League, where he also featured for Melbourne Victory, remains a longer term option.
"I always follow the league from afar and absolutely loved it there when I was younger," he said.
"I think it's a really good place to play football and is great for family also. I think later down the track that's something I would love to do again."
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"I may not change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the minds of change" —Tupac Shakur.
Rashad Staton is the fourth executive director of Community Law in Action, Inc. A proud Baltimore native, Rashad is a past Fellow of Campaign of Black Male Achievement, BMe Vanguard Fellow, Center for Urban Families – Practitioner Leadership Institute Fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation – Young Emerging Leader Fellow and a graduate of Johns Hopkins University's Bunting Neighborhood Leadership Fellow Program.
Rashad proudly served as a U.S. Congressional Page and intern under Congressman Elijah Cumming and was a former Baltimore City Youth Commissioner. Rashad has worked for several organizations and held various positions at Family League of Baltimore, Higher Achievement, Elev8 Baltimore, AmeriCorps and most recently served as the sole Youth Engagement Specialist for Baltimore City Public School. He has also presented professional workshops nationally addressing topics on youth engagement, social justice, equity and inclusion, civic engagement, and education at various speaking engagement. Rashad is the founder of Catalyst of Change Enterprise, LLC a consultant company working to advance youth and community development and engagement.
Rashad has received several awards and honors, including Fearless Hero, Community Star Award presented by Muhammad Mosque #6, Alumni of the Year Award presented by Morgan State University, and CLIA's "Inspiring Voices Award." Rashad is a proud member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Black Professional Men Inc., and 100 Black Men of America.
Rashad is a graduate of Morgan State University with a bachelor's degree in political science. He is presently working on his master's degree in public administration with a concentration in non-profit management from the University of Baltimore. As a self-proclaimed "Catalyst of Change," Rashad centers himself in being a public servant who provides strategic planning and development spaces and opportunities for youth and young adults through an asset and strength-based lens, ultimately changing the narrative and perception from of deficit framing to positive outlooks and outcomes.
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He is currently an instructor for the University of Minnesota Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residents and is an instructor for Basic Life Support. Dr.Pihlstrom is an American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Diplomate and is a member of the Minnesota Dental Association, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
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Activities: On the day of surgery, stay home and rest. If you received intravenous anesthesia, your body will need 18 hours to clear the medications. Do not drive a vehicle or operate machinery during this time.
The day after surgery, do whatever you feel like doing, except strenuous physical activity. Do not do too much too soon. If you currently participate in a sport or training program, do not exercise during the first three days after surgery.
Rest is important for good healing. Try to get eight to ten hours of sleep a day during the week after surgery.
Diet: When you get home, begin with clear, cool liquids that contain sugar, such as fruit juice, pop (especially 7-Up, ginger ale, or cola drinks), or Gatorade. No hot liquids for the first 24 hours following surgery. Progress to soft foods such as scrambled eggs, pancakes, noodles (macaroni & cheese or spaghetti), apple sauce, mashed potatoes, meat loaf, yogurt, rice or beans. Advance to more solid foods as you feel comfortable. Let your comfort be your guide – if something sounds good to you, try it.
DO NOT use a straw during the first 48 hours after surgery.
Avoid food with sharp edges such as pretzels, potato chips, nuts and popcorn.
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Being a college student can be an exciting and rewarding time in life. But with that excitement can come stress, uncertainty, relationship problems and academic difficulties. Counseling provides an opportunity for you to meet with a trained, professional counselor who can offer objective, non-judgmental feedback about your concerns. A counselor will not try to "fix" your problems or make you do anything. Instead she can ask questions and make observations that may help you get new perspectives on your concerns, and new ideas on how to solve them.


Junkers Ju.87 Dive Bomber "Stuka"
Image From: Richard Bickers. The Battle of Britain. Military Archive Research Services photo.
The most famous Sturzkampfflugzeug (dive bomber) was the one nicknamed Stuka. It was the most famous of all planes used by the Germans as a divebomber. The Stuka was designed strictly as an army cooperation divebomber at the urging of General Ernst Udet. It is instantly recognisable with its inverted gull-wings, and fixed-undercarriage. The Ju 87 was ugly, sturdy, accurate, but very vulnerable to enemy fighters. The Germans learned in the Battle of Britain that its use demanded air superiority. It was too slow, unmanoeuverable and underarmed, but its effectiveness in destroying vehicles, fortifications or ships, or just scaring people, was undoubted. Its accuracy was high when in a full dive that was up to 80 degrees. Once the bomb was released it used an automatic pull-up system to ensure that the plane pulled out of the dive even if the pilot blacked out from the high g forces. The Germans fitted the wheel covers with sirens that were used once the planes went into a dive to shatter the morale of enemy troops and civilians. They also fitted whistles onto the fins of the bombs to ensure that the recipients knew just when the bombs were released and could track them on the way down. Over 5700 Stukas were built.
The Ju 87B-1 flew with a crew of 2, the pilot and a rear-gunner. The engine was an 880kW Junkers Jumo 211Da that could pull the aircraft up to 385km/h. It had an operational ceiling of 8000m and a range of only 600km. Its armament was three 7.9mm machine guns and either one 500kg bomb or four 50kg bombs fitted to racks either under the fusilage or under the inboard portion of the wings.
From 1942 on the Ju 87G-1 was a dedicated anti-tank aircraft on the eastern front. It was fitted with a 1400hp Junkers Jumo 211J engine. It had a maximum speed of 314km/h, a ceiling of 8000m and a very limited range of only 320km. The reduced speed and range was due to the armour plating installed to protect the pilot and gunner when flying low-level tank busting missions. It was armed with two 30mm cannons in pods under the wings and a 7.92mm machine gun in the back for the gunner.


It's the biggest party in Hollywood: the Golden Globes red carpet, of course! The stars slayed the red carpet of this award today with designer gowns, dresses, jewellery and beauty looks. Here are the picture of those celebrities, who we think have nailed the look.


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package io.rong.app.message;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.HandlerThread;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;

import io.rong.app.R;
import io.rong.imkit.RongContext;
import io.rong.imkit.RongIM;
import io.rong.imkit.widget.provider.InputProvider;
import io.rong.imlib.RongIMClient;
import io.rong.message.TextMessage;

/**
 * Created by Bob on 15/6/6.
 * 会话扩展功能自定义
 */
public class ContactsProvider extends InputProvider.ExtendProvider {

    HandlerThread mWorkThread;
    Handler mUploadHandler;
    private int REQUEST_CONTACT = 20;

    public ContactsProvider(RongContext context) {
        super(context);
        mWorkThread = new HandlerThread("RongDemo");
        mWorkThread.start();
        mUploadHandler = new Handler(mWorkThread.getLooper());
    }

    /**
     * 设置展示的图标
     *
     * @param context
     * @return
     */
    @Override
    public Drawable obtainPluginDrawable(Context context) {
        return context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.de_contacts);
    }

    /**
     * 设置图标下的title
     *
     * @param context
     * @return
     */
    @Override
    public CharSequence obtainPluginTitle(Context context) {
        return context.getString(R.string.add_contacts);
    }

    /**
     * click 事件
     *
     * @param view
     */
    @Override
    public void onPluginClick(View view) {
        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
        intent.setData(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
        startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CONTACT);
    }

    @Override
    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

        if (resultCode != Activity.RESULT_OK)
            return;

        if (data.getData() != null && "content".equals(data.getData().getScheme())) {
            mUploadHandler.post(new MyRunnable(data.getData()));
        }

        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    }

    class MyRunnable implements Runnable {

        Uri mUri;

        public MyRunnable(Uri uri) {
            mUri = uri;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            String[] contact = getPhoneContacts(mUri);

            String showMessage = contact[0] + "\n" + contact[1];
            final TextMessage content = TextMessage.obtain(showMessage);

            if (RongIM.getInstance().getRongIMClient() != null)
                RongIM.getInstance().getRongIMClient().sendMessage(getCurrentConversation().getConversationType(), getCurrentConversation().getTargetId(), content, null, null, new RongIMClient.SendMessageCallback() {
                    @Override
                    public void onError(Integer integer, RongIMClient.ErrorCode errorCode) {
                        Log.d("ExtendProvider", "onError--" + errorCode);
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess(Integer integer) {
                        Log.d("ExtendProvider", "onSuccess--" + integer);
                    }
                });
        }
    }

    private String[] getPhoneContacts(Uri uri) {

        String[] contact = new String[2];
        ContentResolver cr = getContext().getContentResolver();
        Cursor cursor = cr.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        if (cursor != null) {
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            int nameFieldColumnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME);
            if (contact.length > 0)
                contact[0] = cursor.getString(nameFieldColumnIndex);

            String ContactId = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
            Cursor phone = cr.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, null, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID + "=" + ContactId, null, null);

            if (phone != null) {
                phone.moveToFirst();
                contact[1] = phone.getString(phone.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
            }
            phone.close();
            cursor.close();
        }
        return contact;
    }

}

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After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree Damian Whitworth, The Times One of the publishing sensations of the year For anyone who has ever felt a little overwhelmed in a big city, or wanted to step out of the rat race for an hour or two, Jack Cooke will be something of an inspiration Robert Hardman, Daily After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree Damian Whitworth, The Times One of the publishing sensations of the year For anyone who has ever felt a little overwhelmed in a big city, or wanted to step out of the rat race for an hour or two, Jack Cooke will be something of an inspiration Robert Hardman, Daily MailA wonderful cocktail of engaging writing, beautiful illustration and heartfelt appreciation for the natural world An essential oddity for any book collection.In this charming, witty and exquisitely illustrated companion, Jack Cooke explores the city through its canopy teetering on the edge of an oak s branches, scurrying up a Scots pine, spying views from the treetops that few have ever had the chance to see He takes us through the parks, over the canals and rivers and into secret gardens on his journey sometimes only ten foot above the street.Part guidebook, part meditation on the consolations of nature, The Tree Climber s Guide is as uniquely odd, alluring and motley as the trees themselves It is a journey into the tangle of bark and branches that surround us all and a welcome reminder that the best things in life are free they just sometimes require a step in the right direction.
If you are not living in UK (even worse, Northern Hemisphere), I don't recommend you to read the book. The author wrote about his experiences when he climbed each type of trees (as well as some guides/tips), so it was difficult for the reader who live outside the similar geography to enjoy his book to the fullest.
As an audiobook, this was a delightful light "read" of the authors trollops in tree.
DNF at 26%. The beginning essays were interesting (if impossible to actually back up with science), but beyond that, this book isn't useful if you don't live in London (or the UK more generally, perhaps). And I'm still really sad that it's a misdemeanor to climb public trees in NYC.


This sale is for a Genuine old Apple Keyboard as in the picture.
They are all fully working however they are a little dirty and we do not have the time to clean them fully.
They are US layout which is only very slightly different from UK. The 3 Key does not show the Pound Symbol however if you set your Mac up to use a UK layout you just need to remember the 3 and shift is the £ symbol.
We have a large Qty if you are interested in a QTY please let us know.


ALMOST COMPLETE. Beautiful Rambler Located on .99 acre lot. Home includes granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, Deck on the back, and a split bedroom floor plan. Please call for more information.
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Muay Thai is not just a sport, exercise it is an Art of fighting with a ceremony before, and after including respect to mother earth and the directions.With our experienced Ajarn and assistant teacher training programs are arranged to suite all needs. Short or long term... serious to try getting ring fight experience to getting some basic training.
Sometimes a person just wants to try for the experience for whatever reason and we can find a way.
Ladies can have training and all experiences including fighting in the ring for own experiences.


30dB.com research shows that when social media discusses Bryce Harper, people used these words: , to recover from, against, angry, was mad, seized, rant, counterfeit, arguing, disgusting, celebrates, angrily, to beat, in loss to, popular, to confront, welcome, seize, loss, late, bashing, not pleased, spirited, strong, was able, argues, costly, mad, was not happy, winning, his cool, the ultimate, happy with, loses, losing, lost, seizes, suspended, be suspended, is overrated, thanks. Based on our research, see the crowd's opinion and sentiment on Bryce Harper . The data was collected from samples of comments made on the Internet through 04/26/2019. You can intereact with the polling data and see actual excerpts of opinions we've gathered.Use the search box to enter topics, terms, and/or names to see the latest trends and opinion polls on news, sports, politics, entertainment, celebrities, hashtags, products, electronics and more. Opinion polls are updated several times every day on every topic.


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Q: How to Implement URL Routing with PHP + IIS? I wrote a content switcher script that uses dynamic URLs to pass parameters indicating what data is to be sent.
For example to view the about page you would type: http://www.example.com/?page=about
The issue is that this is not user friendly especially in my case where users will not necessarily be accessing this page via a link from the home page.
What I would rather have the URL look like is: http://www.example.com/about/
Unfortunately I am running PHP5 on an IIS platform, not Apache, so this eliminates the most common methods that use mod-rewrite.
I'm looking for examples of how to do URL Routing with PHP + IIS.
Can it be done on the IIS 7.5 platform?

A: Since you're using IIS 7, you can use the new rewriting support that's now available.
Take a look at http://www.iis.net/learn/extensions/url-rewrite-module/using-the-url-rewrite-module

A: IIRF is a rewriting filter that works with IIS (5,6,7, 7.5) and uses configuration syntax that is the same as mod_rewrite.
Since you are using IIS7.5, you can also take advantage of the Rewriting Module from Microsoft.
Both of these work fine with PHP.

A: Take a look at ISAPI Rewrite.

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Yonkers World War II Vets 'Finest Example Of What America Has To Offer'
Filed Under:Mike Spano, Sean Adams, Veterans Day, World War II, Yonkers
World War II veterans are honored at Yonkers City Hall. (credit: Sean Adams/WCBS 880)
YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Bagpipes echoed in Yonkers City Hall last week in tribute to a handful of citizens.
They would tell you they're just regular folks — modesty is part of their fabric. But their mettle was tested in the crucible of combat.
With the world consumed in flames — the flames of war — they rose to meet a great evil. Their country sounded the call. They answered, united, and helped shape the world we know today.
As time marches on, more and more voices of the World War II generation have become silent.
The proud sons and daughters of Yonkers bore witness to history. They saw the worst of humankind and the best.
Walter Plaut, 92, though, was not born in Yonkers. His family escaped Nazi Germany in 1936.
"We're of the Jewish faith, and my family was persecuted in Germany, although we were very fortunate — I think most of them came out alive. A lot of them did not," Plaut told WCBS 880's Sean Adams. "And this was like a vendetta for me."
He was barely 18 years old. He enlisted with the Army Air Forces and served in North Africa and Italy.
"When you read all the atrocities that were happening around you, etc., you say to yourself, 'I'm not going to let that happen to me. Gotta do something about it,'" Plaut said. "And my motivation was doing something about it. The easiest way was to join the military."
Carl Davies joined the Navy. He served 39 months in the Pacific Ocean as a quartermaster second class aboard the battleship New Mexico.
The ship endured two kamikaze attacks.
"The concussion came in through the port hatchway, and it killed the skipper," Davies said. "And I was face-down behind him because that was my battle station. … He was killed. I didn't have a scratch. It just wasn't my time to go."
Yonkers World War II veteran Carl Davies receives a medal from Mayor Mike Spano. (credit: Sean Adams/WCBS 880)
He said in the chaos, explosions, smoke and flames, there was no time to cower, no time for fear.
"My job was to steer the ship, so I had to get back to my battle station," he said. " … You're dazed, I'll be honest with you. You're in a fog. But whoever was alive after the damage was done, you had to collect your thoughts, and we got back to normal again."
Lawrence Hughes was just 18, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. He jumped on D-Day and fought the long slog to Berlin.
"I was amazed with all the buildings bombed out," he said. "It looked like a mess, but I imagine it looked beautiful in its day."
He said it's true what has been said: War is hell.
"I'm glad it did get over when it did because it was an awful thing fighting your way there," Hughes said. "It's not a thing you want to think about or see again."
Once home, Hughes went to his father's bar for a drink. And then he got on with his life. He married his sweet girl, Bernice, 66 years ago. They had four children, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
World War II veteran Lawrence Hughes with his family (credit: Sean Adams/WCBS 880)
Time, though, has not healed all wounds. His wife said he doesn't like to talk about carrying a fellow soldier on his back, only to find out he had died.
Hughes' advice to younger generations: "Learn to live with one another instead of always arguing and fighting. Keep the peace is the main thing. Keep the peace, because war is hell. I lost good friends.
"I hope these young ones today don't ever see a war. It turns you, from a little saint to a devil."
Tom Brokaw long ago dubbed them the "greatest generation." Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano concurs without a doubt. He bestowed medals of gratitude and heartfelt thanks.
"They are modest," he said. "They do have a sense of duty, and they have love of country. They're committed family people. They really are the finest example of what America has to offer to the world, and I think that that's something that we're losing, and it's sad in a way. But hopefully we'll continue to learn from them and strive to be more like them."


We're working hard to get things ready for next weekend – specifically for Saturday 16th March – when we launch both our Different Moons book and website, and re-open The Apna. All the events will be focused in Haslingden, where the book launch takes place at 12 midday at the Library, and of course it's where the Apna is – at 69 Deardengate.
Up to now we've focused on getting the book ready, and it's currently at the printers so we just have to be patient. But recently there's been a flurry of activity at the Apna (see previous post), and this week we'll be completing the website (www.differentmoons.org). For a glimpse of what our designers, Osprey Delivers, are doing there's a preview of a page above, while below there's an example of what it might look like on your phone….


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Q: Figures "not responding" when generated in a while loop in Python Matplotlib Is it possible to have multiple figures generated and shown within a loop? I would like to display each figure, so that I can inspect it, before moving on to the the next one. To make this question clearer, I have written a little example of what I would like to do. At the moment, the figures are displayed as "not responding", so I can't see whats in them. I have tried using plt.waitforbuttonpress and plt.ion, but this doesn't seem to be working.
I am using the spyder editor, but it would great if the solution could work in other editors as well (like idle).
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

pi = 3.14
figureTime = 1.0

x  = np.arange(0,2*pi,0.1)
y1 = np.sin(x)
y2 = np.cos(x)

plt.ion()

for i in xrange(1,11,1):

  plt.close('all')

  # Figure 1
  plt.figure()
  plt.plot(x,y1*i)
  plt.show()
  plt.draw()
  plt.waitforbuttonpress(timeout=figureTime)
  raw_input("Press Enter to continue")
  plt.close()

  # Figure 2
  plt.figure()
  plt.plot(x,y2*i)
  plt.show()
  plt.draw()
  plt.waitforbuttonpress(timeout=figureTime)
  raw_input("Press Enter to continue")
  plt.close()

A: ok solved it. The following code works for spyder and idle. All you have to do is call plt.ion() outside the loop, and plt.waitforbuttonpress() when ever you want to pause the figure! Easy!
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")

pi = 3.14

x  = np.arange(0,2*pi,0.1)
y1 = np.sin(x)
y2 = np.cos(x)

plt.ion()

for i in xrange(1,11,1):

  plt.close('all')

  # Figure 1
  plt.figure()
  plt.plot(x,y1*i)
  plt.show()
  plt.waitforbuttonpress()

  # Figure 2
  plt.figure()
  plt.plot(x,y2*i)
  plt.show()
  plt.waitforbuttonpress()


Full information concerning enrolment procedure for ESLS and POLS is available on the University of Milan website at: http://www.unimi.it/ricerca/dottorati/111216.htm.
For SOMET information is avalilable at https://www.unito.it/postlaurea/dottorato/sociologia-e-metodologia-della-ricerca-sociale.
Candidates admitted to the Ph.D. courses ESLS and POLS will have to enrol imperatively from September 20 to September 26 (h. 14.00) using SIFA online service.
Candidates admitted to the Ph.D. course SOMET will have to enrol imperatively from September 3 to September 12 (see the official call for application).
Successful applicants must confirm their enrolment into the PhD programme through the same on-line procedure used for submitting the applications within 5 days from the publication of final merit ranking list. Missing the deadline will result in exclusion from the PhD programme (see the official call for application).


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"Ya Nass Remixes"
Two digital EPs containing remixes of tracks off Yasmine Hamdan's acclaimed album Ya Nass:
1. SAMAR - Oriental Skweee Remix by EASY & C.O.U.
2. NEDIYA - skw3 Remix by EASY & C.O.U.
3. HAL - Remixed by MARK ERNESTUS
1. NEDIYA - A.Turk Ancient Love Radio Edit
2. NEDIYA - A.Turk Ancient Love Club Mix
3. NEDIYA - A.Turk Wave Radio Edit
4. NEDIYA - A.Turk Wave Extended Mix
Vol.1 features an elegant, meditative remix by MARK ERNESTUS, the legendary Berlin producer known for his influential work as one half of the production duo Basic Channel aka Rhythm & Sound aka Maurizio (along with Moritz Von Oswald). Mark Ernestus come up with his own reading of Hal, the song which Yasmine Hamdan sings onscreen in Jim Jarmusch new movie Only Lovers Left Alive.
Norwegian duo EASY & C.O.U. are part of the exciting underground electronic scene known as Skweee, wich has been burgeoning in Sweden, Finland and (for some strange reason) Portland, Oregon. Skwee producers use bleepy, minimal synths and funky rhythms to create a groovy, playful and stripped-down sound. EASY & C.O.U. are the main (and sole?) exponents of Oriental Skweee, a sub-genre they created. They give a thoroughly fun treatment to Yasmine's tracks Samar and Nediya
Vol.2 features two more classically club-oriented remixes (which each come in short and long versions), created by Turkish production team Armageddon Turk (aka A.Turk), consisting of Orkun Tunc & Doruk Ozturkcan. They've remixed artists such as Pet Shop Boys, Kelis and Britney Spears… sometimes without being commissioned to do so, but the artists likes their remixes so much that they approved them… Their Ancient Love Mix of Nediya is most likely to be heard on dancefloors throughout this Summer.
YASMINE HAMDAN
Jamilat Reprise
Al Jamilat
Ya Nass
Ya Nass Remixes


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«American Idea (The)»
Musique: George M. Cohan •
Paroles: George M. Cohan •
Livret: George M. Cohan •
Aucun dossier informatif complémentaire concernant American Idea (The)
Versions majeures de «American Idea (The) »
American Idea (The) (1908-10-New York Theatre-Broadway)
Théâtre: New York Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Première Preview : lundi 05 octobre 1908
Première : lundi 05 octobre 1908
Dernière : samedi 28 novembre 1908
Mise en scène : George M. Cohan •
Producteur : George M. Cohan • Sam H. Harris •
Avec : George Beban (Pierre Souchet), Trixie Friganza (Mrs. Waxtapper), Gilbert Gregory (Herman Budmeyer), Walter Le Roy (Daniel Sullivan), Miss AlexanderM. Avery (Ensemble), Miss Barron (Ensemble), Carrie Bowman (Catherine Budmeyer), Miss Brooks (Ensemble), M. Conway (Ensemble), Miss Courtney (Ensemble), Miss Coyle (Ensemble), Robert Daily (Stephen Hustleford), M. Day (Ensemble), M. Doyle (Ensemble), Miss V. Earl (Ensemble), M. Fink (Ensemble), Harold Forbes (Charlie Sullivan), Miss Ford (Ensemble), Bessie Friganza (Ensemble), Miss Gilbert (Ensemble), Miss Glasson (Ensemble), Harold Gordon (Bellboy), Rosie Green (Vera), Stella Hammerstein (Edythe Yellowback), Miss Harries (Ensemble), Miss Hartford (Ensemble), Miss Hartman (Ensemble), Miss Hay (Ensemble), Miss Hilton (Ensemble), M. Lasher (Ensemble), Miss Lee (Ensemble), Miss LeRoy (Ensemble), M. Levallin (Ensemble), M. Lorraine (Ensemble), Edith MacBride (The Mysterious Girl), Hugh Mack (The Mysterious Man), Miss Martin (Ensemble), Minna Martrit (Ensemble), Miss F. Martyn (Ensemble), M. McCormick (Ensemble), Miss McNown (Ensemble), Lola Merril (Nellie Sullivan), Miss Monroe (Ensemble), M. Monte (Ensemble), Miss Newell (Ensemble), M. Rawley (Ensemble), Miss E. Ross (Ensemble), Miss F. Ross (Ensemble), M. Shattick (Ensemble), M. Shields (Ensemble), Miss Snyder (Ensemble), M. Stevens (Ensemble), Richard Taber (Herman Budmeyer), Richard Tobin (Officier), Miss Troutman (Ensemble), Gertie Vanderbilt (Violette), Mr. Waite (Ensemble), Miss Watson (Ensemble), Miss Whiteford (Ensemble), Miss Wilson (Ensemble)
Presse : "George M. Cohan presented another of his musical frivolities ... to an audience that filled the house. From the rise of the curtain the show went with vim and dash that were typically Cohanesque.
[The show] . . . presents dozens of pretty girls in costumes which appear to change every few minutes, and the entire production is filled with catchy songs, dances, and marches, that both thrill and amuse.
What semblage of a plot there is refers to the troubles between a Dutch brewer and an Irish politician who live in Brooklyn and decide to go to Paris to catch a French count as a son-in-law. The entanglements that arise give room for much comical work and make many amusing situations." (The New York Times)
Versions régionales ou mineures, ... de «American Idea (The)»


Our catering company is ISS (Integrated Service Solutions) who provide us with all our catering requirements. Our menu usually changes on a termly basis. Please feel free to look at our current menu below to see what our current school dinners are.
We currently have a daily breakfast club running. Please see the morning and after school clubs page for more information regarding this.


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Os Acordos de Évian são o resultado de negociações entre os representantes da França e do Governo Provisório da República Argelina (GPRA) durante a Guerra da Argélia, acordos que  foram assinados a  em Évian-les-Bains, na Alta Saboia (França) e que se traduziram pelo cessar fogo aplicado a todo o território argelino a partir do dia seguinte.

Os acordos foram aprovados durante o referendo de , por 91% dos votantes da França metropolitana, já que os eleitores dos departamentos da Argélia estavam excluídos dessa votação.

Os Acordos de Évian puseram fim a sete anos e cinco meses de guerra, durante a qual a França  enviou cerca de  homens e durante a qual de  a  argelinos foram mortos (mais de um milhão e meio segundo o Estado argelino). Do lado francês contam-se  mortos de militares,  a  harkis, e entre 4000 a 6000 entre os civis 'europeus', assim como cerca de  feridos.

No terreno, os acordos, longe de trazerem à população paz, inauguram um período de violência e de massacres dos harkis.

A expressão Acordos de Évian é uma expressão jornalística já que o seu nome oficial é  Déclaration générale des deux délégations du 18 mars 1962.

Variantes
Atendendo aos interesses em jogo há variantes segundo um governo e outro. Assim o texto argelino de 1962 fala de Gouvernement provisoire de la République algérienne (GPRA) enquanto a França se refere à FLN, a Frente de Libertação Nacional.

Disposições
O acordo compreende duas partes, uma em que se acorda o cessar fogo e uma outra sobre declarações relativas à Argélia tais como: período de transição, prisioneiros e  referendo para a autodeterminação para a validação da independência.

Notas e publicações
 René Mayer Algérie, mémoire déracinée L'Harmattan 1999

Tratados de paz
Guerra de Independência Argelina
1962 na França
1962 na Argélia
Relações entre Argélia e França

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This page includes the walkthrough for the Waldensians quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Talk to Sir Hanush in Rattay and he'll tell you that he needs help with something. The Vicar is in Uzhitz and Hanush wants you to find out why he's there and convince him to leave. Tell him that you'll get started right away.
This quest requires that you have a Speech skill of at least 12 to complete it properly. If you're close to that but need a boost, visit the Apothecary in Rattay and pick up a Bard potion. This will level up your speech by 5 temporarily. You won't need it until later in the mission.
Head to Uzhitz to meet with the Vicar. He's staying at a house near the church with his guards. He'll tell you about Waldensians and give you a book called Heretic's testimony. The testimony will describe the route to the Waldensians' meeting place.
Head north east past the Tavern and the Church until you reach a crossroads. Take the path marked by the shrine leading north and follow the path all the way down.
On the right, you'll see some of the items described in the testimony such as 3 beehives, a crumbling stone wall, a fisherman's home, and 2 weeping willows, and some broken wood by the river.
If you reach the small wooden bridge, you've gone too far. There's a path that opens up to the left prior to the bridge with bales of hay and an opening to the Waldensians meeting place.
Walk towards the tree and on the chair there is a wooden cross. Pick it up and bring it back to Uzhitz. Speak to the town's people and they will tell you to ask Father Godwin about it. Father Godwin will be suspicious of your motives. Use the follow dialogue options to get him to tell you who the cross belongs to.
Sir Hanush would most certainly agree.
How can I get to hear their private prayers?
Before 21:00, head to the Bauer's farm which should be marked as objective B on your compass. Near the front of the farmhouse on the west side is a ladder leading up to the loft. Jump the fence, sneak up to the ladder, and climb into the loft without being seen. Wait until nightfall and the Bauer's will gather in the farmhouse to pray.
After the cutscene plays, return to Uzhitz to tell Father Godwin what you heard at Bauer Farm. Choose these responses to the priest.
The Prayer was led by a woman.
They're afraid of the Vicar.
Return to the Bauer Farm and find Mrs. Bauer. If you are taking the Bard Potion to increase your Speech skill past level 12, use it now. Tell her that you work for the Vicar and then select the God plan's for her to flee to convince her to leave. If you are successful, she'll see the points you've made and agree to leave.
Back in Uzhitz, tell the Vicar you know who the heretics are. He'll relieve you of your duties and pursue the Bauers. Head back to Rattay and tell Sir Hanush that he won't have to worry about the Vicar anymore and this will complete the quest Waldensians.
Sir Hanush mentions a reward for your services but it seems there may be a bug with this quest that doesn't show what the reward is.


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Michael Been of The Call is Celebrated
Posted by xneverwherex on April 22, 2013
The Call (featuring Robert Levon Been of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
Jeffertitti's Nile
DJ Dan Mancini
Its not often that a show touches your heart and is so endearing. But this show was just that. It took a year and a half for the show to be put together. It appeared that The Call's music was not the easiest to learn, but Robert did one hell of a job to follow in his father's foot steps.
Robert Been, bassist and singer of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, came together with his father's band The Call to perform their music. It was one of two shows that the band will be playing. His father, Michael Been, died a few years back on tour with his son's band. It was sudden and way too soon. So this was a perfect tribute to his father, bassist and singer, of The Call.
The band seemed very excited to be playing. Their music still sounded incredible and they definitely still knew how to rock. Their 80s alternative U2-esque sound was amazing as they opened up the set with 'Everywhere I Go'. The crowd was enthusiastic with lots of cheers. Tom (Dickie), the guitarist, was right in front of me clad in a BRMC shirt. It was fitting and he was full of smiles. He smiled at me a few times, easily one of the younger people in the audience. The guys next to me were pumped up as they yelled out songs and talked about their first time seeing the band. Scott, the drummer, was on top of it, pushing the band through the music. Jim was great on keyboards, having a really fun time.
The band seemed to be racing through songs and they all sounded incredible. While I only recognized a handful of songs, it was easy for me to want to be there to support this special night. Their songs are easy to get into and their music still has a current sound to it. The gents next to me gave Robert a hard time about messing up a few of the songs. Robert was cute and nervous and some of the songs were clearly more difficult than others.
One of my favorite bits of the night was the crowd heckling him for not quite getting the songs right. He commented on how hard they were to learn and why it took so long for them to have this night. He told a heart warming story about his dad's bass being stolen. Then one day he gets a call from a pawnshop in Santa Cruz with the owner being a huge fan of the Call and realizing that it was Michael's bass. It landed back in Robert's hand and he's been playing it. He comments about it being very hard to stay tuned, but that it was special.
I was beyond excited to hear 'Let The Day Begin'. I had recently heard it when BRMC had played it, but it was just incredible to hear the band play it. The crowd sang along and clearly was having a great time. The lyrics still seem so relevant. The set ended with 'Walls Came Down' and it sounded even better live. With everything that had been going on, the song just seemed so fitting. They ended the set with Uncovered which was just Robert singing and it was just hauntingly beautiful. It was great that they kept playing and didnt leave the stage right at 11. They pushed on and said to hell with last calls/closing times. Its a joke anyway – I sure dont remember this when I last lived here. (Apparently its a new thing – with some place moving in and wanting to change it up – thank you gentrification).
Robert definitely tried his hardest and wanted to please the band and his fans. A guy commented next to me, 'well he's definitely not his father, but he's holding his own'. Robert sounded great and albeit a bit nervous, he was clearly having fun. The guys were all good natured and poking fun at him. His father definitely had to be smiling down at him. The band clearly missed Michael but this was the best tribute anyone could have asked for. It was just heartwarming and endearing and Im glad that I got to be there to be a part of it.
Jeffertitti's Nile, the opener, is a 4 piece band from LA and a friend of Roberts. The lead singer came out clad in skin tight jeans, that looked like they were painted onto him. He had a mop of blonde hair hanging in his face reminding me of a surfer. But a surfer band they were not. The other guys came out in long shirt/dresses and pants and longish hair stepping out of the 60s. It was fitting that they played psychedelic-garage-bluesy-glam rock. They kind of flowed all over the stage. The real awesomeness was the drummer and his hair which exceeded Brent (fathead of The Dandy Warhols). This guy had the most awesome head of hair, only sadded by the fact that the drums hid it. People seemed to really enjoy them. They were pretty quiet with not much to say, and when they did say something it was all distorted through the mics. This is one band that I cannot wait to see again.
Setlist (from LA – and prob the same in SF)
I dont wanna
Floating Back
Turn a blind eye
tore the old place down
swim in the ocean
let the day begin
modern romans
whats happened to you
you run (acoustic)
walls came down
I feel alone lyrics
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The BOP-E Series allows ethernet control of 100W, 200W and 400W BOP bipolar power supplies via LAN/Web pages. Labview and C drivers are provided to speed up test system integration. Web page operation allows monitoring and quick verification of complex test programs. Options are available for all BOP-E Series models to work with inductive loads or capacitive loads.
± 0-5 Amps to ± 0-30 Amps.
Dual-range 16-bit interface provides 15 bits of resolution for both full and quarter scale output.
True 4-quadrant programmable voltage and current ethernet control power supplies.
Dual-range, 16-bit interface provides 15 bits of resolution for both full and quarter scale of output.
Inductive and capacitive load optimized versions.


NEW ORELEANS, Louisiana -- Rochester native and now former Vikings punt returner Marcus Sherels has signed a one year deal with the New Orleans Saints. Sherel spent the last eight seasons with the purple and gold, scoring five special teams touchdowns. The former John Marshall Rocket played his college ball at the University of Minnesota.


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De Pianosonate in fis (4) is een compositie van Igor Stravinsky uit 1903-1904, opgedragen aan Nicolas Richter. Het werk werd voor het eerst ten gehore gebracht tijdens een privé-uitvoering ten huize van Nikolaj Rimski-Korsakov. Lang dacht iedereen, inclusief Stravinsky, dat het werk verloren was gegaan. Het manuscript bevindt zich echter in de Saltykov-Shchedrin Openbare Bibliotheek van Sint-Petersburg, waaraan het was geschonken door de erven Rimski-Korsakov, samen met het manuscript van de Symfonie in Es (W9).

Delen
I. Allegro;
II. Scherzo;
III. Andante;
IV. Finale.

In zijn autobiografie beschreef Stravinsky hoe hij worstelde met de problemen bij het componeren, met name met zaken als vorm. Dat was de reden dat hij het advies en de hulp van Rimski-Korsakov zocht en kreeg. Zo af en toe hoor je de toekomstige stijl waarin Stravinky zou componeren, maar de invloeden van Rimski-Korsakov, Tsjaikovski, Alexander Glazoenov en ook Sergej Rachmaninov zijn hierop nog volop aanwezig.

Oeuvre
Zie het Oeuvre van Igor Stravinsky voor een volledig overzicht van het werk van Stravinsky.

Literatuur
 Stravinsky, Igor (1975), An Autobiography (Eng. vertaling (1936) van Chroniques de ma Vie, 1935), Londen, Calder & Boyars
 White, Eric Walter (1979), Stravinsky. The Composer and his Works, Londen, Faber and Faber
 bijlage-Naxos uitgave

Geselecteerde discografie
 'Pianosonate in fis' op Works for piano door Michel Béroff (EMI Classics, 2cd's 7243 5 86073 2 1)
 uitgave Naxos; Victor Sangiorgio

Compositie van Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky
Compositie voltooid in 1904


Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Rodríguez A, Ramírez B, Silva C, Rotellar F, Cienfuegos JA, Salvador J, Frühbeck G.
Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona,Spain.
Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) is an adipokine with physiological effects on the control of glucose homeostasis as well as potentially involved in inflammation.
The association of circulating NAMPT concentrations with obesity has not been clearly established. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the effect of obesity on circulating concentrations and gene expression levels of NAMPT in human peripheral blood cells (PBCs) as well as its involvement in inflammation, glucose and lipid metabolism.
Forty-four serum samples obtained from 14 lean and 30 obese volunteers were used to analyse the circulating concentrations of NAMPT. In addition, PBC, omental adipose tissue (OM) and liver biopsy samples obtained from a subgroup of subjects were used to determine transcript levels of NAMPT by Real-time PCR. Glucose and lipid profile as well as several inflammatory factors and hepatic enzymes were analysed. NAMPT circulating concentrations (P<0.01) and gene expression levels in PBC (P<0.05) were significantly increased in obese patients as compared to lean subjects. Total-cholesterol (P=0.016), HDL-cholesterol (P=0.036) and triglycerides (P=0.050) were significant and independent determinants of circulating concentrations of NAMPT (P<0.01). Moreover, a positive correlation (P<0.01) was found with the hepatic enzymes alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and γ-glutamyltransferase after BMI adjustment.
Our work shows that NAMPT circulating concentrations and mRNA expression levels in PBC are increased in obese patients and that plasma NAMPT levels are related to inflammation, lipid metabolism and hepatic enzymes suggesting a potential involvement in fatty liver disease and in the obesity-associated inflammatory state.


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Q: No space after image when image is centered On my website, when I center an image which has text after, the space between image and text disappear.
No align, space exists:

Align center, space disappear:

A: This seems like a margin issue, make sure the div that contains the image + text has the correct margin-bottom when you add the Align center


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Recently I have learned that in order for your make-up to look flawless and long lasting you DO need a good primer. Back in the days, I never understood primer. It was just an additional step in make up routine that would annoy me because it would add another layer on my face and makes it heavy. But if you choose the correct primer that is the same base as your foundation and or powder, it would fit and blend in like no other.
Primers solve a whole lot of skin troubles: they fill in texture (like fine lines or enlarged pores) to create a smooth canvas on which foundation and pigment can lay, and they extend the wear of makeup, preventing shine and mid-day meltdown. The technique on layering the primer is allowing it to set and bong in the skin properly, leaving 5 minutes between application and layering foundation or powder.
This is my first ever primer purchase. I had to pick a free product from Body Shop so this primer was my pick. The reason I selected this is because I have dry skin, so this will act as a primer and moisturize at the same time. After using it for several months, even though this primer feels very light and absorbs quickly, I would advise only a thing layer. Any excess would over-tighten the skin. I didn't see much of moisturizing effect as advertised and I suspect the primer has a bit of a shimmer finish. The downfall of this product is it doesn't hide pores and skin imperfection. It surely cannot be used alone to improve the look of skin. However, my choice of Body Shop as a brand is because of it natural ingredients. Like this primer has vitamin E complex, aloe vera and beeswax in it which help protect and soothe the skin.
This thing is awesome. For my skin type (dry), it works perfectly. It helps to mattify the skin in just the right places whilst still maintaining the dewy glow that I've grown to. The texture is just what I like in a primer, thick and velvety which works perfectly under my Pro long wear studio fix foundation. For lasting power I would give it a full ten. Just because I have worn this on a lot of night out and parties, and at the end of the night my makeup still completely intact on my face after dancing and sweating. I have dry skin, and it doesn't dry out my skin at all. My only downfall for this product is, it's expensive. Other than that, this product is going to be my holy grail from now on!


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Terps football team this year - Washington Times
Holidays a lot happier for
Terps football team this year
After every Maryland football season from 1997 to 2000, Terrapins senior linebacker Aaron Thompson would go home to Baltimore for winter break and catch up with his friends. For four years Thompson redshirted in 1997 he talked up the Terps, who finished with a losing record each year.
"That's all right, we're going [to a bowl] next year, we're going next year," Thompson would tell them.
Last winter, Thompson was eating pizza with friends when one said bluntly that the 2001 Terps wouldn't make a bowl game. Sometime after Maryland won its sixth game to qualify for a bowl on its way to a 10-1 season, Thompson reminded his friend of that lack of faith.
"He said, 'I knew y'all were going to do it all along,'" Thompson said.
In the weeks following their victory over N.C. State, which clinched the ACC title outright and a place in a BCS bowl, Maryland players could afford to sit back and wait to see whom they would play in a bowl on or after New Year's Day. With time off from Nov.17 until practice started again Monday, they also caught up with friends and family who had endured the bowl-less seasons along with them.
Some family and friends stood by the Terps the whole way; others, like in Thompson's case, had expressed doubt that the team would become successful.
At home in the upstate New York town of Horseheads, senior Guilian Gary listened to friends' stories of where they were when he snared the game-winning touchdown pass from Shaun Hill against N.C. State. People told him it was a "$12 million catch," representing the approximate Orange Bowl payout. Gary said it felt good to receive the congratulations, and it never got old.
"It was a completely different feeling with everybody congratulating you. … I could sit there and tell that story or explain how happy I am, because I've been on the other side saying, 'Next year,' so many times," Gary said. "Now it feels good, and I'll tell it to anybody."
Senior center Melvin Fowler had not been home to Wheatly Heights, N.Y., on Long Island, since before summer practice started. He and high school friends would always talk football when they got together, but after Maryland's amazing run, Fowler got some more attention, especially from former high school teammates still playing collegiately.
"They're living vicariously through me," Fowler said with a smile. "It's a great feeling. I definitely don't want to let them down, not for a second."
Sophomore tailback Bruce Perry and junior linebacker E.J. Henderson really got to see the fruits of Maryland's success in Orlando, Fla., where they were finalists for two of college football's top individual awards Perry for the Doak Walker Award and Henderson for the Butkus Award. Although neither came home with the prize, they basked in the exposure they helped create this season.
"Basically what we said to each other was, 'We want this to be an every-year thing. We want to have somebody [at the awards] every year,'" Perry said. "And that's just going to help our program grow more."
And there are phone calls offering congratulations. And e-mails. And people asking about tickets. And people players don't even know coming up to them to wish them well. These are all things that, because Maryland hadn't reached a bowl in 10 seasons, players hadn't had to deal with.
"It's added pressure, pressure that we've never had to deal with before," said Thompson, who is in the process of making sure his parents, some family and his girlfriend get to Miami for the game. "But it's good stress."


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Q: Could not initialise shaders after properly compiled Can anyone please help me on this?
After successfully compiled shaders still the link status is false.
Nothing showing in the console when I add gl.getShaderInfoLog(fragmentShader).
if (type == 'x-fragment') {
str = "#ifdef GL_ES\n" +
"precision highp float;\n" +
"#endif\n" +
"varying vec2 vTextureCoord;\n" +
"uniform sampler2D uSampler;\n" +
"uniform int uDrawColourMap;\n" +
"uniform int hasTexture;\n" +
"uniform vec4 uColourMapColour;\n" +
"varying vec4 vColourAttribute;\n" +
"void main(void) {\n" +
"if (uDrawColourMap == 1) {\n" +
"  gl_FragColor = uColourMapColour;\n" +
"  return;\n" +
"}\n" +
"if (hasTexture == 1) {\n" +
"    gl_FragColor = texture2D(uSampler, vec2(vTextureCoord.s, vTextureCoord.t));\n" +
"}\n" +
" else {\n" +
" gl_FragColor = vColourAttribute;\n" +
"}\n" +
"}\n";
shader = gl.createShader(gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER);
} else if (type == 'x-vertex') {
str = "attribute vec3 aVertexPosition;\n" +
"attribute vec2 aTextureCoord;\n" +
"attribute vec4 aColourAttribute;\n" +
"uniform mat4 uMVMatrix;\n" +
"uniform int hasTexture;\n" +
"uniform mat4 uPMatrix;\n" +
"varying vec4 vColourAttribute;\n" +
"varying vec2 vTextureCoord;\n" +
"void main(void) {\n" +
"    gl_Position = uPMatrix * uMVMatrix * vec4(aVertexPosition, 1.0);\n" +
" if (hasTexture == 1) {\n"+
" vTextureCoord = aTextureCoord;\n"+
"}\n"+
" else {\n"+
"vColourAttribute = aColourAttribute;\n"+
"}\n"+
"}\n";
shader = gl.createShader(gl.VERTEX_SHADER);
}

A: You need to call gl.shaderSource(shader, source) to upload your GLSL source. You then need to call gl.compileShader(shader) to compile the shader. After that you can call gl.getShaderParameter(shader, gl.COMPILE_SHADER) to check if it was successful or not. Also after compiling the shader you can call gl.getShaderInfoLog(shader) to get any messages from the GPU driver/browser.
NOTE: according to the OpenGL spec shaders are allowed to always claim to successfully compile as long as they still fail to link if they are invalid.
That means you should always also link the shaders into a program and check the program's LINK_STATUS and program info log
var program = gl.createProgram();
gl.attachShader(program, vShaderInfo.shader);
gl.attachShader(program, fShaderInfo.shader);
gl.linkProgram(program);
console.log("link success:", gl.getProgramParameter(program, gl.LINK_STATUS));
console.log("log:", gl.getProgramInfoLog(program));

You need to call gl.getProgramInfoLog not gl.getShaderInfoLog to get errors from linking.
Run to see the error

var gl = document.createElement("canvas").getContext("webgl");

function makeShader(type) {
if (type == 'x-fragment') {
str = "#ifdef GL_ES\n" +
"precision highp float;\n" +
"#endif\n" +
"varying vec2 vTextureCoord;\n" +
"uniform sampler2D uSampler;\n" +
"uniform int uDrawColourMap;\n" +
"uniform int hasTexture;\n" +
"uniform vec4 uColourMapColour;\n" +
"varying vec4 vColourAttribute;\n" +
"void main(void) {\n" +
"if (uDrawColourMap == 1) {\n" +
"  gl_FragColor = uColourMapColour;\n" +
"  return;\n" +
"}\n" +
"if (hasTexture == 1) {\n" +
"    gl_FragColor = texture2D(uSampler, vec2(vTextureCoord.s, vTextureCoord.t));\n" +
"}\n" +
" else {\n" +
" gl_FragColor = vColourAttribute;\n" +
"}\n" +
"}\n";
shader = gl.createShader(gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER);
} else if (type == 'x-vertex') {
str = "attribute vec3 aVertexPosition;\n" +
"attribute vec2 aTextureCoord;\n" +
"attribute vec4 aColourAttribute;\n" +
"uniform mat4 uMVMatrix;\n" +
"uniform int hasTexture;\n" +
"uniform mat4 uPMatrix;\n" +
"varying vec4 vColourAttribute;\n" +
"varying vec2 vTextureCoord;\n" +
"void main(void) {\n" +
"    gl_Position = uPMatrix * uMVMatrix * vec4(aVertexPosition, 1.0);\n" +
" if (hasTexture == 1) {\n"+
" vTextureCoord = aTextureCoord;\n"+
"}\n"+
" else {\n"+
"vColourAttribute = aColourAttribute;\n"+
"}\n"+
"}\n";
shader = gl.createShader(gl.VERTEX_SHADER);
}
return { shader: shader, src: str };
};

function compileShader(shaderInfo) {
 var shader = shaderInfo.shader;
 var src = shaderInfo.src;

 gl.shaderSource(shader, src);
 gl.compileShader(shader);
 console.log("compile success:", gl.getShaderParameter(shader, gl.COMPILE_STATUS));
 console.log("log:", gl.getShaderInfoLog(shader));
}

var vShaderInfo = makeShader('x-fragment');
var fShaderInfo = makeShader('x-vertex');
compileShader(vShaderInfo);
compileShader(fShaderInfo);

var program = gl.createProgram();
gl.attachShader(program, vShaderInfo.shader);
gl.attachShader(program, fShaderInfo.shader);
gl.linkProgram(program);
console.log("link success:", gl.getProgramParameter(program, gl.LINK_STATUS));
console.log("log:", gl.getProgramInfoLog(program));

The error from the above program says your uniform precision for hasTexture does not match from vertex shader to fragment shader. The default for int is highp in vertex shaders and mediump in fragment shaders so change one or the other. Either put
uniform mediump int hasTexture;

In your vertex shader or
uniform highp int hasTexture;

In your fragment shader
or change to a bool.

note: I feel compelled to point out using flags to select features in a shader is an anti-pattern. You should consider using different shaders instead if flags in one shader (best) or you should at least remove the flags and design the shader so you can pass in white.
Example:
gl_FragColor = uColourMapColour *
               texture2D(uSampler, vTextureCoord) *
               vColourAttribute;

To draw with a solid color

*

*set uColourMapColour to your desired color

*turn off the attribute for vColourAttribute with gl.disableVertexAttribArray(vColourAttribLocation) and then set it to 1 with gl.vertexAttrib4fv(vColourAttribLocation, [1, 1, 1, 1]);

*set uSampler to a 1x1 pixels white texture

To draw with vertex colors

*

*set uColourMapColour to [1, 1, 1, 1])

*turn on the attribute for vColourAttribute with gl.enableVertexAttribArray(vColourAttribLocation) and point it to some data (gl.bindBuffer, gl.vertexAttribPointer);

*set uSampler to a 1x1 pixels white texture

To draw with a texture

*

*set uColourMapColour to [1, 1, 1, 1])

*turn off the attribute for vColourAttribute with gl.disableVertexAttribArray(vColourAttribLocation) and then set it to 1 with gl.vertexAttrib4fv(vColourAttribLocation, [1, 1, 1, 1]);

*set uSampler to your texture

This also lets you combine things like drawing your texture tinted by setting both a texture and uColourMapColour as well as blend vertex colors and textures colors, etc.


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Q: setTint not working I have a been looking around to change the tint of my UINavigationBar on iOS 5.1.
I have a UITabBarController with two UINavigationControllers attached, the following code is placed in the custom UINavigationController:
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [self.navigationController.navigationBar setTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
}

...but this does not have any effect.
Thanks in advance.

A: If you have subclassed UINavigationController (and not having a UIViewController inside a UINavigationController which is most common) then you should do this instead:
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [self.navigationBar setTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
}

because self is already a navigation controller. Otherwise your code you would have worked just fine (ie You had a UIViewController or one of its subclasses and you've embedded it via code or via Interface Builder into a UINavigationController)

A: try this

*

*(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
}


Since the chat get spamed daily by new comers with question I will try to accommodate as much as I can.
"can someone plz tell me my stats?"
no that cost 1 speaker. Go to profile ur attack and def rating equals 2% of the number u c.
"can u explain to me about allies?"
sure we can add the attack and def rating to ur total and then take 2% of that. It would be ur total ratings. The current version of the game doesn't show u the total soo use a calculator. Eg u spent 1 mil on a ally with 10000 attack rating tje actual bonus u get from him will be 200. Get the picture?
"plz buy me and my allies"
u gain 4% of the sales of cost to u when ever u are bought and sold. The value of ur allies raise by 4% each time they are bought and sold. Players will have to pay the 4% gold extra to buy back. In the end the final bidder pays the other the additional gold. One persons gain is another persons loss. Only benefitiary is the person being traded.
buy a few very expensive allies and bank more as u buy back till a point when u won't buy back when they are sold.
Note a much more liqiluid bank system is attack potions. The bank however charge 25% interest. I buy the rain of fires. 750k sale value each. If u r getting farmed then losing 25% is much better than 100%.
I get to kingdom design later.
"how do u make money in this game?"
there r many ways to do that. Questing is fastest for FOBs. Allowing u quick cash to build more buildings.
"how do I get more quests?"
u get better quests when u explore more land and build buildings on it or upgrade existing attack builds. Ie building that give u more troop limits.
go to main and press battle. A list of targets will be shown. Under each target there will be a comment telling u the size of ur rewArd when and only if u win the battle. Large reward normally mean the target is much stronger than u. Hence yield more rewards. Average rewards means player is of equal str. I say str cause it doesn't count troop numbers. In which case u gain loot based on ur troop number x100 plus plunder bonus. Small rewards u take a small % of gold less than that of average targets. But because u r hitting the weak u suffer higher unit cost than ur targets no matter how strong u r. Tiny rewards u only get gold equal to ur ur plunder bonus. And the loses u take would def make u cry. This is the games way of protecting the weak.
well the more expensive u cost the higher the plunder bonus. Since u have little control of ur own costs. That is determined by ur peers.
Well said Raven. Hopefully the chat room will be less chaty. As a side note... You make alot more money attacking or questing then begging others to buy you or your allies. Trading allies is pocket change compared to attacking or questing.
Before I continue. A small error correction on gold looted. It's ur total attack str x 2% x100.
I have a question. Now u are my owner. When I do spies attack, will u still have my spy defense bonus?