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Q: WritableBitmap: Memory allocation mismatch - How to solve? In my program I try to read a color palette image's (FormatConvertedBitmap with format Indexed4) pixels using a WritableBitmap.
The dimensions of the resulting image are 20 * 27 pixels.
The color palette is 16 colors, so each color takes a nibble and each byte carries two pixels.
However, in memory, WPF adds an additional DWORD to the end of each pixel row:

I'm not able to address particular pixels with this mismatch.

What BitmapSource property do I need to examine to be able to compute the correct stride of this image?

A: A WPF BitmapSource may use whatever stride it prefers, provided that it can hold the values of all pixels in a row. In particular, it may adjust the stride for whatever kind of optimized memory access.
The size of the underlying buffer is calculated by multiplying the stride with the number of rows:
WritableBitmap bitmap = ...
var bufferSize = bitmap.BackBufferStride * bitmap.PixelHeight;

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The head of the largest church in the world, Yonggi Cho, has come to Melbourne expressly to thank a Melbourne church for sending missionaries to Korea late in the 19th century. This missionary endeavour they started has resulted in there being 17 million Christians in South Korea today. The church he came to thank is St Mary's Anglican Church in Caulfield. Our "Christians who have made a difference" segment today is brought to us by the minister of St Mary's, the Reverund Mark Durie. The first Australian missionary to Korea was Henry Davies in 1890, but he died of smallpox and pneumonia after 8 months, aged only 32 years, and is buried in Busan.


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Our Top 5 Tracks For The Week
Chantelle Mayo
MASTERS OF MUSIC
With music constantly being released, it can be difficult to find new music without getting overwhelmed. Luckily, FIB Top 5 Tracks is here to simplify your search, with a mix of hot new releases and a couple of classics to satisfy your musical needs.
5. Rhianna ft. Drake "Desperado"
Sitting at No.1 on the Billboard Top 100 Charts, Rhianna's hot new single from the album "ANTI," entitled "Work," should probably be on this list. However, everyone knows that song from being playing 10 000 times a day on every commercial radio station, and it's time to let go. That does not mean that we should write Rhianna off entirely, though. "ANTI" is full of compelling, sassy songs that deserve as much attention, if not more, than "Work," and in particular, track 5, "Desperado." With an intriguing beginning, an attitude-filled synth accompaniment, and Rhianna's unstoppable voice, "Desperado" passed the test for FIB's Top 5 Tracks with flying colours.
4. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Gamma Knife"
Don't let the name scare you off! This Australian psychedelic rock band may be a bit kooky, but their energy filled albums and performances have taken Oz by storm, particularly in the past year. Their latest single, "Gamma Knife," only amps up the energy with a busy arrangement and an upbeat tempo. This is not a song to listen to on a lazy Sunday morning. This is a song to jump up and down to, shriek along to, and go a bit crazy to, and that is exactly how this band works. This song, like all of their tracks, is a little rough around the edges, and the band is known for their constant release of new music, but the honest recording and the obvious enjoyment the band gets out of this song is what makes it great. It makes the listener want to let their hair down, and just have fun.
3. Catfish and the Bottlemen "Soundcheck"
This Welsh indie-rock band has been around since 2007, but won their first Brit Award for British Breakthrough act in February this year. "Soundcheck" is a fantastic radio song, chilled enough to listen along to, but with an edge that keeps you listening for more. It's grungy, with a pop influence, rather than the more usual reverse-format, so fans of rock, pop, and indie versions of the two would find a place for it on their playlist. The band has played at several large-scale music festivals, including Glastonbury, T in the Park, Reading and Leeds, and Lollapalooza, and the influence of that environment is evident in this song's style. Somehow it sounds laid-back while still packing a punch, and that is why it gets a spot on this week's Top 5 Tracks list.
2. Adele "When We Were Young"
Who doesn't like heavy, emotional music from the queen of the genre, Adele. "When We Were Young" was Adele's second single from the album "25," and, like "Hello" before it, is full of Adele's signature sweeping vocals and impossible transitions through verse and chorus. This
track and the album as a whole stays true to Adele's style while showing a maturation of her songwriting, vocals, and of the artist herself. It is always a winner
1. The Beatles "Yesterday"
Following the death of the "5th Beatle" George Martin, it seems only fitting to look back and appreciate the impact of Martin and the music of the Beatles, on the music industry, and the world. In Paul McCartney's tribute to Martin, he mentioned classic "Yesterday" as one of the highlights of their work together. McCartney was originally against the inclusion of a string quartet on the track, as he believed it would damage the Beatles' rock'n'roll image, but as McCartney said "When we recorded the string quartet at Abbey Road, it was so thrilling to know his idea was so correct that I went round telling people about it for weeks." As it became one of the most recorded songs of all time, we can now say he was right.
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Storm Videos, Pictures and Updates
Storm Videos, Pictures and Update s
(C. Proxmire, July 5, 2012)
The storms that rocked SE Michigan on July 4, 2012 hit Ferndale particularly hard, first with a massive downpour of hail, then with winds, lightening and rain. As traditionally happens in storms, the power went out and downed power lines were a safety issue.
As of 8:50 pm on July 5, there were still 2,950 customers without electricity, and DTE says it may last through Saturday night as they clamor to restore service in many parts of the metro Detroit area.
On July 5 Ferndale Firefighters responded to many downed wires, including a flaming wire at Woodward Heights and Huron. Neighbors were evacuated and the area taped off, but it took hours for DTE to cut the power while the flames continued, surging in brilliance as power flowed cyclically through the line. With each intensifying of fire came a resounding electrical buzz.
On Albany, between Allen and Farmdale, residents were evacuated due to a power line down across several backyards. Ferndale Fire Dispatch said there were no structural fires that he was aware of, only issues with wires.
The high temperatures and unbearable humidity also pose a threat to health and safety, especially to those who do not have power to run their air conditioners or fans. While the Library is generally a good place too cool off, it too is part of the power outage, along with City Hall and many downtown businesses.
The Kulick Community Center (1201 Livernois) is the City's official cooling center, and it will remain open 24/7 while the heat and power emergency are happening. There are cots available for those who wish to stay the night, with priority going to seniors and families with younger children. There is also water and first aid.
Ferndale's CERT – Community Emergency Response Team – has stepped in to help. This is the first emergency where the group has been engaged since they began training back in February. Point person Sherry Kruzman-Martin arrived at Kulick at 11pm on July 4th to help with opening the center. She and volunteer Patricia Carlton Cissell covered the overnight shift, and in the morning Kruzman took control of organizing the contact list and calling in other volunteers. "We'll be able to have people on the lines, and people helping here at the center," Kruzman said. CERT volunteers have been specially trained to help in emergency situations, including watching downed power lines and other search and rescue tasks. They communicate with walkie-talkies and can be easily spotted with their neon-green safety vests.
To monitor the progress with power restoration, check out DTE's website at http://www.dteenergy.com/map/outage.html.
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A team of private investigators who spent years attempting to crack the D.B. Cooper case claimed Thursday they decoded a letter from the hijacker revealing his identity.
The group, led by documentary filmmaker Thomas Colbert, claims that a letter sent to &ldquoThe Portland Oregonian Newspaper&rdquo contains a confession from Army veteran Robert Rackstraw.
The letter was sent months right after a man only identified as Cooper hijacked a Seattle-bound flight and parachuted out of a plane with $200,000 and never to be heard or observed from once more.
FBI sketch of DB Cooper along side Robert Rackstraw.
&ldquoThis letter is too [sic] let you know I am not dead but really alive and just back from the Bahamas, so your silly troopers up there can stop hunting for me. That is just how dumb this government is. I like your articles about me but you can cease them now. D.B. Cooper is not genuine,&rdquo the letter reads. &ldquoI want out of the program and saw a way through very good ole Unk. Now it is Uncle&rsquos turn to weep and pay one of it&rsquos [sic] personal some cash for a modify. (And please tell the lackey cops D.B. Cooper is not my true name),&rdquo the letter continued.
Colbert told&nbspThe New York Everyday News&nbspthat he received the letter soon after suing the FBI for the files. He said he noticed that the letter was written in a related style to a separate letter and he referred to as a codebreaker to decipher it.
Rick Sherwood, a former Army Security Agency member, told the newspaper he spotted similarities with the words &ldquoD.B. Cooper is not genuine,&rdquo &ldquoUnk&rdquo or &ldquoUncle,&rdquo &ldquothe program,&rdquo and &ldquolackey cops.&rdquo Sherwood decoded &ldquothrough great ole Unk&rdquo to mean &ldquoby skyjacking a jet plane&rdquo employing a technique of letters and numbers.
&ldquoI study it two or 3 instances and stated, &lsquoThis is Rackstraw, this is what he does,&rsquo&rdquo Sherwood told The New York Day-to-day News, adding that the writer was taunting authorities like he generally does. &ldquoI was absolutely shocked his name was in there. That&rsquos what I was searching for and every little thing added up to that,&rdquo Sherwood said.
Colbert claimed in February that he believed Cooper was a CIA operative whose identity had been covered up by federal agents. He told the Seattle&nbspPI&nbspthat his team produced the connection from function a code breaker uncovered in 5 letters allegedly sent by Cooper.
He claimed in a January&nbspinterview that Cooper was Rackstraw. Colbert said at the time that a number of people who knew Rackstraw have come forward to claim he had possible connections to the CIA and other leading-secret operations.
The investigator told Seattle PI the man who sent the letter may have place the codes into a letter to signal to achievable co-conspirators that he was alive.
Rackstraw, 74, of San Diego, served in Vietnam. Colbert said in a&nbsppress release&nbspThursday that Rackstraw served in two of Sherwood&rsquos units, has Particular Forces paratrooper training, is an explosives expert and is a pilot with almost two dozen aliases. Colbert stated the FBI cleared Rackstraw in 1979.
In May, a Michigan publisher said the hijacker was former military paratrooper and intelligence operative Walter R. Reca. The publisher cited audio recordings that claimed Reca was speaking about the heist.
In 1971, on the night prior to Thanksgiving, a man calling himself Dan Cooper, wearing a black tie and a suit, boarded a Seattle-bound Boeing 727 in Oregon and told a flight attendant he had a bomb in a briefcase. He gave her a note demanding income. Right after the plane landed, he released the 36 passengers in exchange for $200,000 in ransom and parachutes. The ransom was paid in $20 bills.
The hijacker then ordered the plane to fly to Mexico, but near the Washington-Oregon border he jumped and was never observed or heard from again.
Despite the claims of the publishing organization, the FBI has never ever ruled out the possibility that the hijacker was killed in the jump — which took location in the course of a rainstorm at night, more than rough, wooded terrain. The hijacker's clothes and footwear were also unsuitable for a rough landing.
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It is amazing to me how we go around, and around, and around some more - always blaming higher management for safety and how institutions, companies, schools, and a like do nothing to provide safe working environment for their employees. Yes, it is true that at times they can be blamed. But, let us not be blinded to the fact that the ultimate responsibility falls on the employee who is in the trenches doing the work. You can have a utopian system, but if not followed by the staff, it will mean nothing. As Roger indicated below, the responsibility, at the end, falls on the shoulders of all involved:"safety culture" that engages personnel at all levels is needed to ensure the safety of all personnel". I would like to emphasize "ALL LEVEL".
Up till now, I have resisted responding to this string of e-mails. I was actually flabbergasted by the initial inquiry. However, in a private conversation with a colleague the response to me was I just did not understand how Universities worked and how low safety professionals typically were in the University hierarcy.
I am responding today because we have additional front page headlines about how one of the world's alleged leading health institutions, the CDC , has failed to follow its own rules for handling dangerous biological agents and failed to adequately inspect other laboratories. As you all know, the world of chemical safety and biological safety are joined at the hip. In both arenas, there is a need for science based safety procedures. That requires rigorous analysis and development of codified rules for conduct to minimize the potential for any adverse impact on faculty, staff, students and the public.
In my view, a "chemical waste storage" facility is exactly what is stated, it is a "chemical waste storage " facility. I find it difficult to comprehend how a faculty member , who should be providing leadership for creating a safe environment would even suggest the "chemical waste storage room" could also be used for "bike storage" . The reasons are clear as suggested by someone that the "chemical waste storage" room might contain corrosive vapors. If someone has a chemical waste storage facility in which it is obvious that corrosive vapors are present I hope it is evident to them they need to do a thorough analysis of the facility as to the adequacy of the operating procedures including ventilation. The analysis should have a cradle to grave orientation that considers all chemicals from the time of ordering to delivery to storage to use and on through to disposal. It is a linked system. The "chemical waste storage" room should be specific for the purpose not just a convenient empty room.
However, the real bottom line message, out of what I view as a nonsensical exchange, is that a "safety culture" that engages personnel at all levels is needed to ensure the safety of all personnel. Teaching institutions have a special responsibility since they should be educating students as to best practices. It is unfortunate the Judge in the UCLA case did not impose penalties on officials of the University at all levels that contributed to a culture that accepted unsafe practices at UCLA. Everyone needs to learn from that case..
In my opinion, an institution that has faculty who raise the question of whether a "chemical storage room " may also for convenience be used as a "bike storage" area does not have the appropriate "safety culture". for educating future generations.
Best wishes to all who toil in the trenches to create and maintain safe work environments.
Good point, David. Many cyclists have switched over to carbon composite frames in order to have the option of storing their bikes in corrosives storage areas.
I personally think that storing bikes in the chemmical storage area is not a good idea. That said, has anyone considered the long term damage to the bikes from chemical fumes in the storage area? From my experience, even stainless steel "corrodes" in a chemical storage area on long term exposure.
Perhaps caging off the space if the storage facility you need for waste? Ventilation will flow thru chain link, security can be managed, you'll just need to make sure emergency responders and others can get access to the waste as necessary (i.e. bikes not blocking waste cage door access).
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Leslie - It doesn't sound like you need much space; How about an aluminum storage building set up inside the storage area? Just a thought, since that could address the security issue and you should even be able to provide ventilation for the storage building if the logistics are right.
There is a room in an older science building that was originally designed for chemical storage; I am taking it over for our 180-day chemical waste accumulation area. Over the past few years it has been used for general storage (old chalkboards) and for faculty bike storage while they are on campus. The question is, can they continue to keep bikes in there along with the chemical waste.
I have said it's not a good idea due to security (number of people with access) and training issues, as Debbie mentioned. Two of the faculty in on the discussion are from the chemistry department, so feel they should continue to be able to access the space. One of them recently had his bicycle stolen from the hallway outside his office, so secure bike storage is really a hot button for him right now. There are two bike racks just outside the building, but during the school year these are usually quite full. Most of the faculty offices aren't large enough to keep a bike in while working, and if they are in the hallways the fire exits get blocked. This is an issue all over campus, I'm just making it more difficult by taking away the science faculty's locked room. They asked for input from my professional organization, so Thanks!
Yeah - we're a big bike campus, too. Working with the bike folks and the grounds folks, getting enough secure bike storage around the building helps a lot.
To questions like that, I usually respond, "Must we?" and then start to make sure what they want to do won't compromise compliance or fire code or exiting or potentially damage the bike. I presume they want to store the bikes in the waste room because it's more secure than outdoors. If something goes wrong in the waste room, would they really want their bike in there? Can you maintain exiting? Can your hazardous waste haulers access what they need to access without tripping over bicycles? Are they properly trained to be in the waste room? They'll need to have at least awareness level training for hazardous waste operations and that has to be refreshed annually. You can make it painful and bureaucratic - that might work to discourage them.
Hope this helps - just a few ideas off the top of my head.
Faculty want to know: Is is okay to store bicycles in the same room as with chemical waste?


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Mike Passell
Michael Passell (born 1946) is a professional American bridge player from Dallas, Texas.[1]
Passell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008.[2]
1 Bridge accomplishments
1.1 Honors
1.3 Wins
1.4 Runners-up
2 2015 Palmetto Regional incident
Bridge accomplishmentsEdit
HonorsEdit
ACBL Hall of Fame, 2008[2][3]
AwardsEdit
Fishbein Trophy (2) 1978, 2016
Mott-Smith Trophy (2) 1978, 1983
WinsEdit
Bermuda Bowl (1) 1979 [4]
d'Orsi Senior Bowl (1) 2013 [4]
World Transnational Open Teams Championship (1) 2001 [5]
North American Bridge Championships (27)
Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 1988 [6]
Silodor Open Pairs (3) 1978, 1983, 1999 [7]
Grand National Teams (1) 1981 [8]
Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1991, 1996 [9]
Roth Open Swiss Teams (2) 2013,[10] 2016
Vanderbilt (2) 1978, 1982 [11]
Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2009,[12] 2017
Keohane North American Swiss Teams (3) 2008, 2009 [13] ,2014
Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1986, 1988, 1993 [14]
Reisinger (4) 1976, 1988, 1992, 2003 [15]
Spingold (3) 1978, 1986, 1989 [16]
Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2016
Runners-upEdit
North American Bridge Championships
von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1976 [17]
Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1982 [18]
Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1983 [19]
Grand National Teams (2) 1998, 2004 [8]
Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2003 [9]
Vanderbilt (3) 1976, 1997, 1998 [11]
Senior Knockout Teams (3) 2013,[12] 2014, 2015
Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2006 [13]
Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1995 [14]
Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1996 [20]
Reisinger (5) 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996 [15]
Spingold (2) 1994, 1997 [16]
2015 Palmetto Regional incidentEdit
In November 2015, the ACBL Appeals and Charges committee upheld a finding by the Ethical Oversight Committee that, during the 2015 Palmetto Regional, Passell had violated sections 3.1, 3.7, and 3.20 of the ACBL's Code of Disciplinary Regulations. According to a joint statement by the ACBL and Passell, Passell admitted to fouling a board at the 2015 Palmetto Regional and failing to call the tournament director. Passell was suspended for 14 days starting December 20, 2015, and forfeited the 15.40 masterpoints earned at the event.[21]
^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 707. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
^ a b "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^ "Passell, Mike". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
^ a b c World Team Championship Winners
^ World Transnational Open Teams Winners Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Lebhar Imp Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-21. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ "Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "GNT Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2009-07-24. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-29. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "Roth Open Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-26. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "Baze Seniors Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "Keohane Swiss Teams Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ a b "Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ "von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-06-18. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ "Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-25. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ "Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
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Everyone wants their kids to learn Chinese. There's only one problem: learning the language is not at all easy. The utterly different characters are hard for any native English speaker to get their head around, let alone an eleven year old. However, with Chineasy, Chinese characters more made more accesible by putting the characters into simple illustrations. Characterising the characters, if you will.
The creator of the Chineasy phenomenon is ShaoLan Hsueh. An entrepreneur who was born in Taiwan but now based in London, ShaoLan realised her British born children found learning Chinese very difficult. Her solution was to find a completely new way to read Chinese. And it worked!
With the Chineasy book, anyone can teach themselves how to read Chinese. The simple system of the book also should mean that you can build on your basic understanding and develop your Chinese.
The Chineasy book makes Chinese fun and easier to read and that is only the start, there are flash cards and postcards and a really great website to help you out.
KidRated Top Tip: This book is not just for kids. If parents fancy learning Chinese, Chineasy is a great place to start for them too!


The modern day implant dentist can no longer follow protocols for implant dentistry that were established decades ago. Patient demands, modern techniques and an understanding of what will allow us to achieve the best results are driving the field of implant dentistry. To be a complete implant dentist, we must be able to perform techniques that will help us preserve the hard and soft tissues that are present around the patient's natural teeth.
Immediate placement and immediate placement with immediate temporization is a critical set of procedures that all implant dentists will need to become familiar with or be left behind by the rest of the pack. Not only are the results ideal when the criteria and protocols are followed, but patient acceptance is unlike any other implant treatment. We can predictably and easily keep all of the peri implant tissues intact by using the right protocols.
This course consists of three portions: There is an intense lecture/didactic portion that will present all of the rationale, criteria, and clinical procedures necessary to perform these procedures. There will be videos of live surgeries and restoration fabrication so the participants can see the actual procedures being performed. Finally there is a hands on portion that will allow the participants to actually place the implants, graft the sockets around the implant and fabricate the provisional restorations. You will be able to return to your practice and get right to work performing all of the procedures with confidence.
Learn the criteria to follow to lead you to success.
Hard tissue grafting at time of placement, do we need it?
During our hands on portion of the course. Participants will be learning proper protocol for tooth extraction with the emphasis on bone and tissue preservation. Participants will then place a dental implant with emphasis on proper 3D positioning and bone grafting. We will then fabricate a provisional restoration that will properly support the peri implant soft tissue which will result in an ideal result.
Dr Zachary Papadakis received his doctorate degree from New York University College of Dentistry in 1993. He immediately entered the post graduate program in Prosthodontics and Occlusion and graduated as a Prosthodontist in 1995. He then completed in 1999 the 2 year CDE program at NYU for the Surgical and Prosthetic treatment of Dental Implants.
Dr Papadakis is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at New York University, he teaches in the Implant Program where he is the Prosthetic Director. He is also the assistant Director of the 3rd year advanced Implant Program. Dr Papadakis has lectured nationally on Implant Dentistry as well as Removable and Fixed Prosthodontics. He holds a Fellowship in the ICOI as well as the AGD. Dr Papadakis maintains a private practice on the upper east side of Manhattan where he works full time.
"Great update on all the latest techniques related to immediate implant placement and temporization - state of the art lecture."
"It is a great course, like his way of lecturing. Nice pace. Best part was the hands-on portion which really makes it clear and precise on what needs to be done chairside."
"Dr. Papadakis gave a clear and simple presentation of the immediate temporization technique. Very easy to follow protocols that will allow you to do this technique Monday morning."
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Q: Efficient way for mongodb.find() to search through 1 million document? I have a blog post server that will contains million of articles, and i need to be able to get all Articles written by User A.
What would be the best schema design.
1) Separate both User and Articles documents, and to get user A Articles search in all the million record for the User's id
articles.find({Writer_id: User_A.id})
2) Put a article id reference inside User schema. ex:
 userSchema = {
    name: "name",
    age: "age",
    articles: [ {type:mongoose.Article_id}, {type:mongoose.Article_id} ]
   }

And search for User A and make a join to get Articles back.

A: It's far better to keep the Writer_id approach and create an index on that property. If you store an array of references, then you'll need to perform an $in operation on your find() calls. This will result in your query "jumping" from one matching Article_id to another. If instead you have a Writer_id and an index built for that property, all of user's articles will exist in the same sequential "block" in the index, requiring no jumping around whatsoever. The result is a far more read-efficient find() operation.
Additionally, the articles array approach would require frequent updates to the user document, whereas the Writer_id approach only requires inserts. Inserts are incredibly efficient, whereas frequent updates are relatively inefficient. Finally, an array of Article_ids can potentially (if unlikely) result in hitting the 16 MB document size limit. The Writer_id approach runs into no such limitation.
The difference should be relatively negligible for a smaller project, but if you're looking for scalability, then you're better off with the Writer_id approach.


2019 could be the biggest year ever for the global cannabis industry. And these five marijuana stocks may be the winners.
You could rightfully call 2018 a turning point for marijuana stocks. Canada legalized marijuana for recreational use by adults. Michigan became the 10th U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana, while Missouri and Utah joined the growing club of states that allow medical marijuana. And the November 2018 elections resulted in more representatives in the U.S. Congress who support changes to federal laws regarding marijuana.
All of this could mean 2019 emerges as an even better year for marijuana stocks. Canada should move past the initial supply-chain problems with its recreational marijuana market. The country is also likely to finalize regulations for cannabis edibles -- including cannabis beverages -- and concentrates. In the U.S., the prospects for the federal government to leave marijuana legalization to the individual states appear to be better than ever.
But which marijuana stocks are best positioned for success in the new year? Here's what you need to know about the top marijuana stocks to buy in 2019.
Before buying any stock, it's important to understand the underlying business. And the marijuana industry is more complex than it might seem at first glance.
First, there are key geographic considerations. Canadian pot stocks have received the most attention from investors over the past few years. That makes sense, with Canada's mature medical marijuana market and the country's heavily anticipated legalization of recreational marijuana in 2018. As a result of these factors, the world's largest marijuana producers are based in Canada.
But Canada will generate less than 12% of the total marijuana sales worldwide in 2019, according to estimates from Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics. The U.S. is and will continue to be where the most money is made for the marijuana industry, with nearly 80% of global marijuana sales in 2019.
Ancillary products and services providers.
Marijuana producers represent the most pure-play way to invest in marijuana stocks. These companies cultivate marijuana (often in indoor facilities and greenhouses), produce cannabis products, and distribute the products to customers.
Ancillary products and services providers don't grow cannabis plants themselves. Instead, these companies supply the products and services needed for marijuana growers and others in the cannabis industry to conduct their business successfully -- from fertilizer and lighting systems to distribution and financing.
Cannabis-focused drugmakers include any biotech or pharmaceutical company that specializes in developing prescription drugs based on ingredients from the cannabis plant called cannabinoids. These companies conduct clinical testing of these cannabinoid drugs and market the products after receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval or regulatory approvals in other countries.
The two key things to look for in marijuana stocks are similar to what you should look for in any stock: growth opportunities and the ability to capitalize on those opportunities.
Growth opportunities are pretty easy to find for most marijuana stocks. More countries around the world are legalizing medical marijuana. More U.S. states are doing so as well, with several also legalizing recreational marijuana.
However, pay close attention to the geographical regions where specific marijuana stocks can operate. Some Canadian marijuana stocks, for example, can't conduct business in the U.S. and maintain their listings on major stock exchanges as long as the sale of marijuana remains illegal at the federal level in the United States.
Determining how well a given marijuana stock can capitalize on its growth opportunities isn't as easy. For marijuana producers, capacity -- typically measured in kilograms of cannabis that can be grown on an annual basis -- and distribution channels make a big difference in how much companies can grow. Potential competition is a factor for all types of marijuana stocks.
Constellation Brands ranks as the No. 1 premium beer company in the U.S., with best-selling brands Corona and Modelo. While the beer industry, in general, hasn't grown all that much, Constellation has generated industry-leading growth thanks to its high-end and craft beers. But Constellation Brands is also a marijuana stock now, thanks to its 38% ownership stake in big Canadian marijuana producer Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC).
Constellation made a multibillion-dollar bet on Canopy Growth because it thinks cannabis is a "once-a-century disruptive market transition" and that Canopy Growth is the best marijuana supplier in the world. The company is one of several beverage makers that have been attracted to the possibility of launching a new category of beverages -- cannabis-infused drinks. In addition, beverage companies have been concerned that marijuana legalization could negatively affect the sales of alcoholic beverages. By getting involved in the marijuana industry, Constellation hopes to offset any losses from shifts in consumer demand from alcohol to marijuana beverages.
But just how big is the cannabis opportunity? Constellation believes the total addressable global market could top $230 billion within the next 15 years.
Of course, Constellation and Canopy won't be able to capture all of that market. Still, Constellation projects that Canopy could realistically claim up to 40% of the Canadian market and between 5% and 15% of the market in the rest of the world, including the United States.
Capacity shouldn't be an issue. Canopy Growth has 4.3 million square feet of growing space licensed for production. The company's total growing space is 5.6 million square feet -- the most of any Canadian marijuana producer.
As for distribution channels, Canopy secured supply agreements for the recreational marijuana market with all of Canada's provinces. The company has a strong global presence, with operations in Australia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Constellation's retail operations in the U.S. would also provide an immediate distribution channel for Canopy's cannabis products should federal laws change to allow the company to expand into the U.S. market.
Constellation and Canopy together present a combination that's currently unmatched in the global marijuana industry. While there are other partnerships between major Canadian marijuana producers and companies outside the industry, none of them are as tightly integrated and well positioned competitively as that of Constellation and Canopy.
The obvious question, though, is, why go with Constellation Brands instead of Canopy Growth? The primary advantage for buying Constellation is that the company's core beer, wine, and spirits businesses provide stability while it also stands to benefit from potentially explosive growth in the global marijuana industry through its stake in Canopy. Constellation also holds the option to buy a majority interest in Canopy Growth in the future, something the company is likely to do if the marijuana market grows as quickly as anticipated.
In addition, Constellation has a couple of other pluses. Its stock trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio (share price divided by predicted earnings per share) of less than 18 and a price-to-sales ratio (share price divided by sales per share) of 4.3 -- a much more attractive valuation than Canopy Growth claims. Constellation also pays out a modest dividend yield (annual dividend paid divided by share price) of 1.6%.
Innovative Industrial Properties is a real estate investment trust specializing in the medical cannabis industry. REITs are investment companies that own real estate assets, which allows retail investors who wouldn't ordinarily be able to buy whole buildings to get in on real estate growth. Stocks of REITs can be attractive for marijuana investors in comparison with pure-play marijuana stocks because REITs spread their risk across multiple leaseholders -- even if one or two fail, it's not catastrophic to the whole investment. Innovative Industrial Properties currently owns nine properties, all of which are either greenhouses or indoor facilities used for cultivating marijuana.
There are a couple of main growth opportunities for Innovative Industrial Properties. First, the company has plenty of room to expand in the seven states where it already operates: Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania. Importantly, three of these states -- Arizona, Massachusetts, and Michigan -- could have marijuana markets of well over $1 billion by 2022, according to Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics.
The other primary growth opportunity for Innovative Industrial Properties is to expand into additional states. Thirty-one states have legalized medical marijuana. Many marijuana producers could find that leasing facilities rather than buying is a financially attractive option, presenting opportunities for Innovative Industrial Properties.
One key advantage for Innovative Industrial Properties in capitalizing on these opportunities is the company's solid balance sheet. The company has no debt, which makes it easier for Innovative Industrial Properties to invest in buying and developing new properties.
The company is also profitable, thanks to leasing out all of its properties and generating an average annual return from its investments of 15.7%. With a weighted-average lease length (which gives the lease terms of larger tenants more weight than smaller tenants) of around 15 years, Innovative Industrial Properties should be able to count on a dependable revenue stream for a long time to come.
It's possible that other REITs will enter the cannabis space. However, Innovative Industrial Properties has developed expertise in the industry that will take time for potential rivals to build.
Investors also have one other thing to like about Innovative Industrial Properties: a nice dividend. As a REIT, the company is required to return at least 90% of taxable income to shareholders through dividend payouts. The company's dividend yield currently stands at 2.69%.
KushCo Holdings is the top supplier of packaging solutions to the U.S. cannabis industry. The company offers packaging products including pop-top bottles, vaporizer cartridges, tubes, and other containers -- all designed specifically for cannabis products.
Multiple growth opportunities exist for KushCo. Because KushCo has become the go-to source for packaging solutions for cannabis businesses, the company should profit from expansion in the U.S. marijuana market. Marijuana Business Daily projects the U.S. market will more than triple by 2022, with total sales of $22 billion. KushCo hopes to capture a significant share of the portion of that total amount that will be spent on packaging. Its vaporizer segment also stands to benefit from growing consumer demand for these products.
The company is also looking to grow in Canada and in Europe. Although investors have focused heavily on the Canadian opportunity, Europe could be a big market for KushCo as well, with several countries, notably including Germany and the United Kingdom, allowing the use of medical marijuana.
In addition, KushCo is expanding into other areas of the cannabis supply chain. The company's acquisition of Summit Innovations in May 2018 led to its establishment of Kush Energy, which focuses on supplying the cannabis industry with hydrocarbons and solvents, both of which are important in extracting cannabinoids from cannabis plants.
KushCo also acquired Zack Darling Creative Associates, with its subsidiary The Hybrid Creative, in July 2018. This deal provides another avenue for growth in providing branding, marketing, and e-commerce solutions to the cannabis industry.
While KushCo could face competition down the road, these expansions help give the company a cushion if larger packaging companies decide to jump into the cannabis market. KushCo's established relationships with marijuana growers and expertise in meeting their needs should also give the company a competitive advantage.
Liberty Health Sciences might seem to have a relatively limited opportunity at first glance. The company produces medical marijuana and operates dispensaries in Florida. However, there's more to this story.
Florida is on track to become the third largest marijuana market in the U.S. by 2022, with total marijuana sales of $1.7 billion, according to Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics. Liberty Health Sciences is one of only 14 licensed producers in the Sunshine State.
Liberty CEO George Scorcis estimates that the company claims a market share of roughly 15% currently, giving the company a strong position with relatively few competitors. But he thinks the company's expansion of its cannabis production facility and the addition of more dispensaries should boost Liberty's market share to 25%.
The Florida opportunity alone makes Liberty Health Sciences an attractive prospect for investors. The company's current market cap -- the total value of all outstanding shares -- is only a little higher than the dollar amount of annual sales that Liberty should be able to generate in Florida within a few years.
Liberty Health Sciences isn't limited to only Florida, though. The company plans to expand into more states that have solid medical marijuana markets, with an Ohio dispensary opening in 2019 and Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania on the short list.
Origin House ranks as the top distributor of marijuana products in California. The company distributes more than 50 brands to around 70% of the dispensaries in the state.
The California market gives Origin House a tremendous opportunity for growth. California's legal recreational marijuana market opened for business in 2018. By 2022, the state's total annual marijuana sales should more than double to $7.7 billion -- nearly one-fourth of worldwide marijuana sales. Origin House is poised to profit by distributing many of the top-selling brands.
The company owns several of those brands. Origin House currently generates around 70% of its total revenue from the distribution, with close to 30% of revenue stemming from sales of its own brands, according to CEO Marc Lustig. This mix is likely to shift to a 50/50 split as the company acquires more brands.
Although its core business is in California, Origin House is based in Canada. The company expects to see growth from its home country, too. In September 2018, Origin House acquired 180 Smoke, a leading vaporizer retailer in Canada, with 26 retail locations and solid online retail operations.
Over the long run, Origin House's strategy is to replicate its success in California in other markets. In particular, the company plans to export its brands into additional states in the U.S. and into other countries.
What about potential competitive threats? It won't be easy for another company to dislodge Origin House from its position as the top distributor in California, as long as it does a good job serving its customers and partners.
And while the competition for cannabis brands is intense, Origin House has an edge thanks to its distribution business. The company's data allows it to have a unique insight into which brands perform the best -- and therefore which brands it should acquire. Overall, these advantages make Origin House one of the most promising under-the-radar marijuana stocks on the market.
While the opportunities for marijuana stocks are great, so are the risks. In the U.S., the most significant risk is that the industry's growth could be hampered by federal laws that ban the sale of marijuana. Although the likelihood that the federal government could crack down on marijuana businesses appears to be decreasing because of recent election outcomes, the possibility of such an action persists.
One key thing for investors to watch in 2019 is the stance of the new U.S. Attorney General. Previous Attorney General Jeff Sessions was adamantly opposed to marijuana legalization and even overturned Obama administration policies that prevented the U.S. Department of Justice from interfering in states that had legalized marijuana. It's not known yet what actions Sessions' replacement might take with respect to marijuana.
Investors should also monitor the progress of legislative efforts to revise federal laws to leave marijuana legalization decision to the individual states. Setbacks for these efforts could cause marijuana stocks to fall.
Both in and outside the U.S., there's a risk that marijuana markets won't grow as quickly as anticipated. Most marijuana market projections assume that more countries will legalize medical and/or recreational marijuana. If that doesn't happen, marijuana stocks could experience significant declines as positive estimates don't come to fruition. It's also possible that existing markets where marijuana is legal won't expand as much as expected as a result of onerous regulations, high taxes, supply problems, or other issues.
And for each of the five marijuana stocks discussed earlier, there's a good possibility competitors will be more successful. All of the companies have early-mover advantages in their respective markets, but their leads aren't insurmountable.
Given these risks, investing in marijuana stocks is best suited only for aggressive investors. Even these investors should be aware of the risks and proceed cautiously by not investing more than a small amount of your overall portfolio in marijuana stocks.
There are two keys to winning in 2019 and beyond through investing in marijuana stocks. One is to pick the right stocks to buy. Constellation Brands, Innovative Industrial Properties, KushCo Holdings, Liberty Health Sciences, and Origin House appear to have what it takes to check that box.
The other key is to invest with a long-term perspective. All of these stocks could experience significant volatility over the short term. But if global marijuana industry growth is even close to what many expect it will be, there will be plenty of marijuana stocks that deliver market-beating returns. These five top marijuana stocks are more likely than most to be in that group.


The budget that appears poised for passage through the General Assembly and Governor Raimondo's office fills me more with dread than hope. In recent years, state budgets have moved us incrementally in a worse direction. The combined effort of Raimondo and House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello seems almost like a reordering of things in the favor of special interests, with substantial risks for the future, like a wrecking ball held high somewhere in the dark.
The other large tax break Raimondo proposes is a "tax-increment financing" program that would allow new state tax revenue created by big development projects to be funneled back into paying for the project or infrastructure surrounding the project.
Most commonly attached to local property taxes, a state TIF could involve a range of state revenue, including income tax, sales tax and hotel tax. For example, a developer proposing a neuroscience building that includes a hotel and shops could pay off a bond using a portion of the new state taxes it generates.
What a contorted concept. When does a developer get his or her hands on tax revenue to pay off his or her own debt? Never. These would be non-voter-authorized bonds taken out with future tax revenue as security. Whether tax revenue actually goes up or not, the money must be paid.
… if demand for downtown Providence real estate were stronger and companies were clamoring for Financial District offices, someone, if not the current owner, would come to the rescue.
The fatal problem that appears destined to destroy Rhode Island and undermine the United States is that simply making things better and easier for everybody does not create enough opportunity for political favors and self-dealing.
An overabundance of cash filled envelopes. Do I sound cynical? You bet.


Super opportunity for an Account Manager to join this charity specialist agency in North London, to work on International and National charity accounts.
This agency works with some of the UK's top charities and not-for-profits.
Reporting to the Account Director, the Account Managers role is to provide and deliver exceptional fundraising projects.
Deliver exceptional donor and data led creative - developing and managing schedules, and ensuring creative stays true to brief.
Test, learn and report back on key findings - ensuring results are accurately collated and fed back.
Help grow the clients' business - identifying opportunities and working with the AD to make recommendations.
Develop strong client relationships - keeping in regular contact in person and on the phone.
Manage partners, freelancers and suppliers - to deliver work on time and on budget.
Support the SAM and AD on a daily basis.
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The Liberal Democrats on Gloucestershire County Council will at Wednesday's extraordinary council meeting call for the Cabinet to ask Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) to halt work on the incinerator at Javelin Park until a full and public independent review has been undertaken to scrutinise both the Council's procurement process and the contract in detail.
On two separate occasions, the Liberal Democrats have challenged pivotal decisions made by the Conservative Cabinet regarding Gloucestershire County Council's residual waste project. Firstly, in December 2011, the Liberal Democrats lodged what is known as a 'call-in' over the selection of a preferred bidder and again another 'call-in' was submitted in September 2012 over the Cabinet's decision to award the contract to Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) before the Council's planning committee had considered the incinerator application.
"From the beginning, we've always challenged the process. In making a decision to cancel the incinerator contract at this stage, one needs to be sure of the exact costs involved and whether or not the contract had the necessary break-clauses in place to minimise any potential financial risk to this council.
"I am not convinced that the £60m-£100m cost to cancel the UBB contract is accurate, but has been instead overly estimated as a scaremongering tactic to stop elected members from voting in favour of cancelling the contract for fear of reprisals to council services.
"It is only right and responsible for an independent auditor to examine the contract in detail and determine impartially the actual figures involved with cancelling a contract of this nature and at this particular stage.
"If the figures are proved to be accurate, then, the Tories should be ashamed of themselves in purposefully tying our hands to a stringent and highly inflexible contract that will cost many millions of taxpayers' money to cancel and detrimentally affect many council services.
"Until we know fully the costs involved, then, I do not feel that any elected member on Wednesday can make an informed decision over whether or not to cancel the incinerator contract.
"Labour has been overzealous in calling for the cancellation of the incinerator without first looking at all the costs involved and are playing politics over an important issue, which is simply for the benefit of their parliamentary candidate standing in Stroud. If sensible they too would be asking for such a review.
"If Labour are serious about cancelling this contract then wouldn't it be better for them to know all the facts and surely if the Tories have nothing to hide then delaying work until the contract has been independently scrutinised would give elected members and residents of Gloucestershire confidence in the current administration.
"A review of this kind would give elected members like myself who were only elected in 2013 all the facts to make a reasoned and informed decision on whether it really is in the best interests of Gloucestershire to cancel the incinerator contract or not. I believe in transparency and I come to this without any prejudice.


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1968: The year when "60 Minutes" debuted. It happened on this date that year.
"An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was born on this date in 1896.


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Distinguished Speakers Series: Dan Fuss, CFA
Author: Cara Esser, CFA | December 4th, 2015 | CFA Society Chicago Events
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Dan Fuss, CFA and former member of the CFA Society Chicago, spoke to a packed house at the University Club of Chicago on December 3. Fuss has over five decades of investment experience and joined Loomis, Sayles & Company in 1976. He's Vice Chairman of the firm's Board of Directors and manages the firm's flagship Loomis Sayles Bond Fund, as well as a number of other fixed income offerings. Fuss has earned numerous accolades over the years including Morningstar's Fixed Income Fund Manager of the Year, the Institutional Investor Money Management Lifetime Achievement Award, the Lipper Excellence in Investing Award, the CFA Society Milwaukee Lifetime Achievement Award, and was named to the Fixed Income Analysts Society's Hall of Fame.
During his talk, Fuss focused on what he calls the Four Ps: Peace, Prosperity, People, and Politics. Starting with peace, he discussed the growing conflicts in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South China Seas. While he brought up the Cold War and the challenges faced by governments and leaders then, he remains optimistic about the issues facing the world today. Fuss believes that world leaders can work together to solve these problems.
Fuss also believes that in the United States, despite a gridlocked Congress with little appetite for increased spending, the nation's share of military spending is likely to rise, especially given the geopolitical climate. That's "prosperity," or lack thereof. With rising military spending, the government will need more revenues and those revenues can come from two sources: debt and taxes. Higher taxes, he says, will push more investors to favor tax-exempt muni bonds and which will have implications for the taxable bond market.
Fuss' "people" is focused on changing demographics, which is not just a challenge faced by the United States. All developed countries are aging and those aging populations require more resources, especially healthcare, which is another reason he expects taxes to increase. Fuss also believes that this demographic shift will increase the demand for bonds because private and public sector defined benefit plans will need to rely more heavily on bonds, rather than stocks, for liability matching.
As for politics, Fuss was not optimistic. He believes the Senate and the "ruckus" House will continue to be unable to deal with serious issues facing the country. This means the United States may be a ways from solving some of the issues facing it today, including the demographic shift and the resulting impact on government revenues.
Though not an official "P," Fuss also talked briefly about the Federal Reserve. He noted that, despite the Fed's domestic mandate, it has been more transparent about its consideration of global issues in determining the timing and magnitude of increasing interest rates. While many believe that if the Fed doesn't raise rates this December it won't move in 2016 because it's an election year, Fuss disagrees. That said, he believes the chance of a rate hike in December remains 50/50, despite the recently positive statements by Chairwoman Janet Yellen. In all, Fuss anticipates a slight upward pressure on interest rates and a slight downward pressure on P/E ratios because of these aforementioned "Ps" and is positioning his portfolios cautiously.
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import unittest

from piston.post import Post
from piston.steem import Steem
from piston.exceptions import (
    MissingKeyError,
    InsufficientAuthorityError,
    VotingInvalidOnArchivedPost
)

identifier = "@xeroc/piston"
testaccount = "xeroc"
wif = {
    "active": "5KkUHuJEFhN1RCS3GLV7UMeQ5P1k5Vu31jRgivJei8dBtAcXYMV",
    "posting": "5KkUHuJEFhN1RCS3GLV7UMeQ5P1k5Vu31jRgivJei8dBtAcXYMV",
    "owner": "5KkUHuJEFhN1RCS3GLV7UMeQ5P1k5Vu31jRgivJei8dBtAcXYMV"
}
steem = Steem(nobroadcast=True, keys=wif)

class Testcases(unittest.TestCase):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Testcases, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.post = Post(identifier, steem_instance=steem)

    def test_getOpeningPost(self):
        self.post._getOpeningPost()

    def test_reply(self):
        try:
            self.post.reply(body="foobar", title="", author=testaccount, meta=None)
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_upvote(self):
        try:
            self.post.upvote(voter=testaccount)
        except VotingInvalidOnArchivedPost:
            pass
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_downvote(self, weight=-100, voter=testaccount):
        try:
            self.post.downvote(voter=testaccount)
        except VotingInvalidOnArchivedPost:
            pass
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_edit(self):
        try:
            steem.edit(identifier, "Foobar")
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_post(self):
        try:
            steem.post("title", "body", meta={"foo": "bar"}, author=testaccount)
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_create_account(self):
        try:
            steem.create_account("xeroc-create",
                                 creator=testaccount,
                                 password="foobar foo bar hello world",
                                 storekeys=False
                                 )
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_transfer(self):
        try:
            steem.transfer("fabian", 10, "STEEM", account=testaccount)
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_withdraw_vesting(self):
        try:
            steem.withdraw_vesting(10, account=testaccount)
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_transfer_to_vesting(self):
        try:
            steem.transfer_to_vesting(10, to=testaccount, account=testaccount)
        except InsufficientAuthorityError:
            pass
        except MissingKeyError:
            pass

    def test_get_replies(self):
        steem.get_replies(author=testaccount)

    def test_get_posts(self):
        steem.get_posts()

    def test_get_balances(self):
        steem.get_balances(testaccount)

    def test_getPost(self):
        self.assertEqual(Post("@xeroc/piston", steem_instance=steem).url,
                         "/piston/@xeroc/piston")
        self.assertEqual(Post({"author": "@xeroc", "permlink": "piston"}, steem_instance=steem).url,
                         "/piston/@xeroc/piston")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

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St John the Baptist's Church
Dronfield, Oaks Community Church
Dronfield, Dronfield United Reformed Church (formerly Salem Chapel)
Dronfield, St John's Church Hall
Dronfield, Kingdom Hall (1950s)
Dronfield, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Demolished)
Dronfield, Dronfield Methodist Church
Dronfield, Shaun Hadley Room (Civic Hall)
Dronfield, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Dronfield, Dronfield Baptist Church
Dronfield, Lea Road Methodist Church (Demolished)
Dronfield, Burial Ground
Dronfield, Church of The Holy Spirit (RC)
Copyright of David Lindley
St John the Baptist's Church, Dronfield
St John the Baptist's Church,
Church Street, S18 1QB,
Dronfield, Derbyshire.
This Church has (or had) a graveyard.
This Place of Worship was founded before 1000, and we understand it is still open.
"The Gospel of Christ was possibly brought to the Dronfield area as a result of the missionary activities of the brother Chadd and Cedd, in Mercia in the 7th century. At the dawn of the second millennium there would probably have been a preaching cross and church on the hillside overlooking the Drone Valley. St John the Baptist church became the Catholic Church which grew from these early beginnings".
This is a quotation from the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Dronfield website. As this refers to the period before the Reformation, all our places of worship would have been "catholic", in the widest sense.
It is evident that through the ages, those who served St John's were proud of this heritage. The return to the Religious Census of 1851 (HO 129/448/5/1/1) was completed by Willm Conyngham Ussher, Curate of Dronfield, who lived in Dronfield. Under "Name and Description of Church or Chapel" he wrote:
"Dronfield - a Parish Church - (St John the Baptist) 132 feet long & a spire of some height, had formerly a Chantry, & was appropriated to Beauchieff Abbey. The Vicarage is in the gift of the Crown. The Church of Dronf. was given to Beauchief Abby by Sir Hy. [Henry] De Brailsford, time of Edwd. I & appropriated within 1399. Thomas Gomfrey Rector died Oct 1399. Wm Cooke Vicar 1531. The Church Register commences 1560. Popun. [population] nearly 4000. Vicarage endowed in A.D 1405".
His estimate of the congregation on March 30th was 50 in the morning and 140 in the afternoon, with 45 Sunday Scholars in the morning (33 boys and 12 girls), and 33 boys and 14 girls in the afternoon. He added that "the Winter Congregations are very small - the Church being cold & damp". [Note: the Curate's surname is also recorded as "Ussher" on the 1851 household Census - he was born in Dublin]
Kelly's Directory of 1932 records that the Church, situated on a height, is a large building in the Early Gothic style, consisting of chancel with vestry, clerestoried nave, aisles, porch and an embattled western tower with spire rising to a height of 132 feet and containing a clock and 6 bells". Its situation, "on a height", prompted our photographer, David Lindley, to comment that it is "one of those difficult-to-photograph churches... quite large so you need to stand well back, though there is really nowhere to go, as it's a bit hemmed-in on the south side, and the land rapidly falls-away on the north & east sides. There would be a good view from the west... but there's a huge tree right in front of the tower"...
Now or formerly Church of England.
This Church is located at OS grid reference SK3528678426. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:
St John the Baptist's Church, Dronfield shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Dronfield shown on a Google Map.
I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Dronfield, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.
Information provided on the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Dronfield website. (verified 2019-02-03)
Information last updated on 6 Feb 2019 at 15:49.
Please also remember that whilst the above account may suggest that St John the Baptist's Church remains open and accessible, this may not remain so.


Barbara Hale, a wavy-haired model and Hollywood leading lady of the 1940s and 1950s who warbled with Frank Sinatra in his first big film role and had a long television career as the devoted secretary Della Street to Raymond Burr's tireless defense lawyer Perry Mason, died Jan. 26 at her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. She was 94.
Ms. Hale was the matriarch of a show business family that included her late husband, actor Bill Williams, who starred in the 1950s western series "The Adventures of Kit Carson," and their son, William Katt, who played the title role in the early 1980s TV series "The Greatest American Hero." Katt confirmed the death and said the cause was complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The series aired from 1957 to 1966, making it one of the longest-airing courtroom shows in history, and Ms. Hale earned an Emmy Award for her role as Street. Two decades later, she reprised her role in more than two dozen made-for-TV movies for NBC.
Mason, who solved murder mysteries with his savvy as a cross-examiner, is the creation of novelist Erle Stanley Gardner.
There had been many Mason iterations: a low-budget movie series in the 1930s with titles such as "The Case of the Lucky Legs" and "The Case of the Curious Bride" and then as a radio show on CBS from 1943 to 1955, with a rotating cast of Masons and Streets.
The television series was propelled by the chemistry among its top cast: Burr as the brilliant courtroom tactician, William Hopper as the private investigator who helps Mason pull off his legal victories in down-to-the-wire dramatics, and Hale as the glamorous and unflappable secretary who gamely stays late at the office every day. The perpetually stymied adversary was the district attorney played by William Talman.
Ms. Hale, who won a 1959 Emmy for best supporting actress in a dramatic series, stayed with the show until it folded. Burr once called her "a remarkably intuitive actress. She has an instinct for doing exactly the right thing when it is needed." The actor, who cultivated orchids in his spare time, named one after her.
She later appeared in movies such as the all-star disaster film "Airport" (1970) — as the wife of a pilot played by Dean Martin — and had a long sideline as a commercial pitchwoman for Amana kitchen appliances.
Ms. Hale and Burr — the surviving members of the old principal cast — reunited in 1985 for "Perry Mason Returns," in which Mason takes leave from a judgeship to exonerate his former secretary from a murder charge. Ms. Hale's son, William, played the private-eye role.
"Perry Mason Returns" was an enormous hit and led to a run of made-for-television movies. They tended to accent the personal, thoroughly platonic bond between Mason and Street far more than the old series.
After Burr's death in 1993, the TV movies continued briefly with Ms. Hale as Street and Hal Holbrook playing a defense lawyer named "Wild Bill" McKenzie.
Barbara Hale was born April 18, 1922, in De Kalb, Ill., and grew up in Rockford, Ill., where her father was a landscape gardener. She won a beauty contest in high school, and while attending the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, she began modeling.
For a time, she became known as the "Long Woolies Girl" for her form-fitting allure in warming undergarments.
She rose to leading parts opposite Mitchum in "West of the Pecos" (1945) and the comedy-romance "Lady Luck" (1946) with Robert Young.
In "The Window" (1949), a first-rate thriller, she and Arthur Kennedy played the preoccupied parents of a tenement youth (Bobby Driscoll) who witnesses a murder and becomes the target of the killers. Ms. Hale also starred with Williams, her husband, in "The Clay Pigeon" (1949), a taut drama about a veteran who is framed on a murder charge. In "A Lion Is in the Streets" (1953), she was the sweet-natured wife to Cagney's rabid political demagogue.
She co-starred with Larry Parks in "Jolson Sings Again" (1949), playing a wife of the entertainer Al Jolson, as Stewart's spouse in the light comedy "The Jackpot" (1950), and in the title role in the costume romance "Lorna Doone" (1951), with Richard Greene.
Ms. Hale also was a leading lady in westerns such as "The Lone Hand" (1953) and "The Oklahoman" (1957), both with Joel McCrea, and "7th Cavalry" (1956), with Randolph Scott. In "The Far Horizons" (1955), with Fred MacMurray and Charlton Heston as the westward explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Ms. Hale played a love interest of the two men, along with Donna Reed as the Indian maiden Sacagawea.
In addition, Ms. Hale became a prolific performer on TV anthology series such as "Climax!," "Schlitz Playhouse" and "Playhouse 90." In the early 1980s, she appeared on "The Greatest American Hero" playing the mother of Katt's character.
Ms. Hale wed Bill Williams, whose real name was Herman Katt, in 1946. He died in 1992. Besides their son, of Woodland Hills, Calif., survivors include two daughters, Johanna Katt and Juanita King, both of Van Nuys, Calif.; two half-brothers; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
In 1993, Ms. Hale told the Chicago Tribune that playing Della Street for so long was appealing for many reasons — among them, the character did not threaten to throw off her family life when she was a young mother.
"When we started, it was the beginning of women not working at home," she said. "I liked that she was not married. My husband didn't have to see me every week married to another man, and our children didn't have to see me mothering other children.


So looking to do something like in the pic below but not sure which would be my best option.
A: build in in block and get it plastered up. East enough to do but long term how will the nice crisp edges look in a few years.
B: shutter it with some mesh in it. Bit more time consuming to get perfect but should be much harder to chip at the corners.
? Is there any other way to do this type of thing that I don't know about.
Use one of those Thin Film renders?
I have seen rendered walls with pantile etc tops.
That's my biggest concern. It won't look right with copings on either.
Can you render the copings, or use distinctive materials such as coloured half moon engineering or glazed bricks, or something that looks sharper such as slate slabs or porcelain tiles?
Could maybe plaster the sides and make up a mould type thing and use concrete for this.
I would build it in blocks, point it well, and paint it.
Ive just had a garden wall done in krend to match the hugely expensive alumasc render on the house.
The garden wall was wobbly block and a real eysore. The block had hairline cracks here and there so he put mesh in those areas. He also coverered te wall in sbr before starting.
There are copings on the top of this wall as its 3m high. I am going to get the same man to do me raised planters a bit like your photo @Declan52 I will top with those with a 'coping' cut from patio tiles so it matches I dont think leaving to top just rendered will be very durable.
Bloody hell Lizzie, that's nice - no wonder your over budget!
Meant to add - I rendered the walls at my last place, it was a retaining wall and I tanked it but I did notice it had stained in places when I went by the other week.
He used SBR as a base before he put anything on and I am hoping that will minimise staining. I'm told the Krend is less prone to stains but who knows! He was a good man he is a stonemason by trade used to working on restorations of historic churches and listed buildings. Obviously he does some modern render jobs too - he seemed to use a real craftsman's ethos on the job. He showed me that the drips under the concrete copings were non existent in places (moulding fault) he took his grinder and went all along the 12m and regularised the drip channel under the coping. I thought that was really good a lot of renderers would have just slapped it on and not looked at something that wasn't part of their job....or wanted to charge me extra.
It's 12m long x 3m high and cost £1600 including materials to render it which i didn't think was a bad price. It wasn't the cheapest quote but I liked him best. It was supposed to be a brick faced wall originally but for some reason the rubbish people who did the retaining wall did a zig zag join brick to block just after the meters cupboards. It is at our entrance and it looked atrocious we had no choice but to deal with it.
We painted the huge 25m long x 3m high retaining wall behind the house in dark grey to try and hide the awful block work and now I find there is grey masonry paint splashed on the white house wall (expensive Alumasc render system ). They obviously didn't bother to cover it up properly and I couldn't have eyes in the back of my head or be on site every minute of every day to watch them. I am very upset but what can I do now culprits are long gone.
If I went for render I would have put a stop bead at the bottom and covered it with some decorative stone.
You reckon k rend a better option than silver sand and white cement.
Did they spray that on?
If so what sort of kit does it need?
@Ferdinand it was done with a trowel and then when nearly dry it was 'scratched' to finish it at 15mm grain to match the house render.
Have found another option using timber.
In the pics below they have used decking boards and while it looks decent it's not really what I am looking. So I could replace the decking boards with a cladding type board that some of you have used.
In terms of hardwood what would be the best option here. I like the look of iroko. Any other types of hardwood that would be suitable.
Look at the woods used by coastal engineers.
Though something like the plasticised wood cladding may be suitable.
A huge amount depends on the deals you can make, as we all know.
Hmm. Is there a sheet material that would be suitable?
Declan52 this is very contrivance , it is amaiznig in night. I will also use this idea.
@Declan52, I'm trying to decide on rendered garden walls & raised planters very similar to the image in your original post above.
Went with the decking type wall. Don't think the white wall look would last with my kids jumping over it and the frost.
Its been in over 6 months and bar a few of the mitre corners opening up with the timber swelling and contracting it has been no need for any maintenance.
I done it during the hot summer so the wood was always going to move about so come this summer if I think it needs it I might redo a corner if I could be arsed!!!
I have it divided up so some sections are flowers and others are herbs and have another bit where there are lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, chili's and garlic are planted.
Looks great, I painted my cabin with Cuprinol so that when it does start to look even slightly tatty I just slap on another coat of paint and it looks as good as new !
Looks fab! Yorkshire Terrier on the astroturf?
Yeah that is sparkles the miniature yorkie.
P.S. Who golfs with a hurley stick?
We are multi talented here so can swing either stick.
My wife would kill me if I do any more homers, my wrist and both elbows are done.


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Naogaon Sadar (en bengali : নওগাঁ সদর) est une upazila du Bangladesh dans le district de Naogaon. En 2001, elle dénombrait  habitants.

Upazila de Naogaon

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Protests and the Pandemic
In India, the protests against the economically liberal agrarian reform of the Hindu nationalist government are ongoing. Farmers fear losing their land to food companies.
At first glance, the expressway to Delhi in the Indian state of Haryana looks like a kilometer-wide picnic field. Farmers from all parts of the country sit between long lines of parked tractors, especially from the northeastern region of Punjab, the largest wheat-producing area of India. Every few hundred meters there is a food stall, distributing lentils, rice and bread, but also pizza. Protest started in the villages in the summer, but farmers moved to the capital to put more pressure on the government. This made their protests known around the world. Solidarity rallies were held in December in Hamburg and Berlin as well.
The ruling Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided in September to undergo a massive liberalization of the agricultural sector. The new law seeks to abolish the former price guarantee system for staple foods such as wheat and rice. Instead, large food companies are to negotiate the price directly with the farmers. The government has promised this will reduce corruption and make distribution more efficient.
Amol Singh from Patiala in southwest Punjab is one of the protesters. He and his father are among the leaders of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, a coalition of 32 farmers' associations that have called for protests. He fears that large companies will bring prices down so much that the existence of many farmers will be threatened. "It's not just about pricing policy, "said Singh in an interview with Jungle World. "In the long term, this will give companies the opportunity to change local conditions of production." Farmers could lose an immense part of their land to the corporations, who could gradually buy up the land. This not only threatens the livelihood of the rural population. "The state price guarantee system is directly linked with the national distribution system of subsidized food," he explains. "What the government buys from the farmers at fixed prices, is then made available to the poorest as basic staples for food security."
The agricultural reform is embeddeed in far-reaching economic and social changes which the BJP government has implemented since 2014. It severely restricted workers' rights and profoundly changed notions of citizenship. This Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) de facto creates a two-tier immigration system – while it becomes more difficult for Muslims to apply for citizenship it gets easier for everyone else. Those who could not be included in the newly established Nationl Citizenship Register (NC) face deportation or internment.
According to the farmers' union Bharatiya Kisan Union, 41 people died in the protests by December 20, most of them from hypothermia and illness, and some committed suicide. Police also attacked the protesters in several states, even though the farmers' demands are widely supported by the public. When the government tried to justify the police brutality and portrayed the protesting farmers as misguided and Pakistan-controlled terrorists, a storm of protest broke out on Twitter, not only in India but also in countries like Canada, where many Punjabi families have relatives. In the meantime, the government has moderated its propaganda.
"We all depend on getting something to eat, people know that they need the farmers," Atif Jung said in an interview with Jungle World. His father works in agriculture and he is doing his doctorate on the political influence of farmers' associations in the state of Uttar Pradesh. But he also points out that one must pay attention to the tensions among the peasantry. "If you look at who's leading the movement, it's mostly Sikhs from Punjab and Jats from Haryana. These regions are certainly most affected, but it is also noticeable that the Muslim rural population, for example, is hardly present in the movement."
The Jats are a predominantly conservative, rural group of the population, most of whom were actually supporters of the government until recently. In addition, according to Jung, many moneylenders are also involved in the protests, who often charge horrendous interest rates and see their income at risk as a result of the reforms. In order to win back groups that the BJP counts among its voter goups, negotiations are currently underway between the government and the farmers 'associations, which so far have remained unsuccessful.
International media in particular see the farmers' protests as an uprising by the common people against neoliberal reforms and a continuation of the protests against the citizenship law. But it is not that easy. The current campaign, with its mainly male leaders, is fundamentally different from the protests of the previous year. Back then, crowds of people had resisted the wintry cold, blocking roads to draw attention to the government's human rights violations. At the forefront were women, Muslims and Dalits. These groups are only marginally involved in the movement against agricultural reform at the moment. When the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) wanted to show solidarity with the detainees of the movement against the CAA, the other farmers' associations very quickly distanced themselves from the protest movement. Representatives of these organizations told The Print platform that they wanted nothing to do with "separatists" and "anti-nationalists". Apparently there is a great fear that the movement will be delegitimized like the previous movement for equal rights for Muslims as Indian citizens.
Almost everyone agrees that agriculture cannot go on as it has been up to now. Even if market liberalization could be prevented, a system of great inequalities remains. Access to land is still difficult, especially for women. Above all they are the ones who work in the fields – a large part of this is classified as "housework." Seema Kulkarni is the head the Makaam organisation, which campaigns for the rights of women farmers. She demands that their demands should be taken up by the movement. "Although women were involved in all major agricultural protest movements, those in charge often ignored their concerns," she says. A stronger focus on the distribution and use of resources could also lead to a more careful use of land resources and contribute a first step towards ecological agriculture. Leaders of the protest against the Citizenship Amendment are aligning with the farmers to form a common platform of struggle. "If we want others to show solidarity with us, then we have to start ourselves," says Nasreen Syed, one of the women leaders of the protest in Bangalore. "This is the only way we can create a broader movement against the government. We have to form alliances."
Photo credits: Bharatiya Kisan Union, Dakaunda
This article was originally published in German by Jungle World and in Italian by Global Project.
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