After writing his famous "Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Information" paper for Scientific American, Jeff Rothenberg has a web site full of interesting articles on the technical, software and hardware issues of preserving digital information for the long term. Click here for the web site.
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Jasmina Aganovic The Naturalist Sana Amanat The Hero Maker David Bancroft The Southern Chef Sean Barrett The Fisherman Maxine Bédat The Fashion Mogul Tiffani Ashley Bell The Coder Mary Berry The Farmers' Advocate Marcelo Bonta The Equity Advisor Julian Mocine-McQueen and Heather Box The Storytellers Heber Brown III The Baltimore Pastor Katie Button The Restaurateur Camille Delebecque The Fermenter LaToya Ruby Frazier The Artist Alex Freid The Zero-Waste Wiz Angel Garcia The Conservative Jihan Gearon The Navajo Warrior José González The Outdoorsman Emily Graslie The Educator Katie Hinde The Milk Maven Rob Hogg The Heartland Climate Hawk Lucy Holtsnider and Zion Klos The Sailors Angel Hsu The Data Architect Mark Jacobson The Clean Energy Mastermind Trip Jennings The Filmmaker Murrawah Johnson Naomi Klein's pick: The Native Daughter Emily Kirsch The Solarpreneur Katherine Wells and Flora Lichtman The Adaptors Ted Lieu The Congressman Angelo Logan The Mechanic-Turned-Activist Peter Malinowski The Oysterman Nia Martin-Robinson The Recruiter Michael Mazourek Dan Barber's Pick: The Flavor Saver Nona Yehia and Penny McBride The Modern Farmers Heather McGhee The Policy Shaper Kandi Mossett The Crusader Sudha Nandagopal The Equalizer Ayanna Pressley The Fighter Adrianna Quintero La Voz Donovan Richards The NYC Councilman Anthony Rogers-Wright Bill McKibben's pick: The Organizer Pamela Ronald The Rice Whisperer Cameron Russell The Model Activist Tyler Sit The Midwest Pastor Julia Stewart The Booster Nathaniel Stinnett The Voting Guru Julien Terrell The Youth Organizer Vien Truong The Power Shifter Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley The Foodcasters Allison "AKU-MATU" Warden Annie Leonard's pick: The Rapper Jalonne L. White-Newsome The Clean-Power Enforcer
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When it comes to climate change, the residents of California's 33rd district are in for a rough ride. They're already experiencing record heat and severe drought, and with the Pacific lapping at their feet, rising sea levels and ocean acidification aren't far away. They also have a congressman who recognizes climate change as one of the greatest threats facing humanity.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Ohio, Ted Lieu has now lived in California for more than a decade. He joined the House of Representatives last January, after serving four years as a California state senator. In April, he introduced the Climate Solutions Act — a bill that would set national goals for emissions reductions, renewable portfolio standards, and energy efficiency standards. He modeled the legislation, now under review in a congressional committee, after the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), which set similar goals for the state of California back in 2006.
In September of last year, when news broke that Exxon knew about climate change in the '70s and didn't do anything about it, Lieu became one of the first to call for a federal investigation into whether the company broke the law by keeping its mouth shut. And in December, he co-wrote a letter to the CEOs of six of the nation's leading fossil fuel companies, asking them to disclose what they knew about climate change and when.
Lieu spoke with Grist about preparing for climate change, holding oil executives accountable for their actions, and engaging his constituents in environmental advocacy. Below are excerpts from the conversation, condensed and edited for clarity.
When did environmental issues become a passion of yours?
The environment was always an issue I had cared about, but it wasn't until I saw the movie An Inconvenient Truth that it caused an emotional reaction in me. It was clear to me that this is essentially the one issue that we need to address. All of us each day deal with a thousand issues, but this'll be the one that could kill humanity as a species if we don't address it.
What would the Climate Solutions Act accomplish?
One of the reasons AB 32 has worked well in California is it didn't say, "Here are 493 specific things to do to reduce carbon pollution." AB 32 basically said, by 2020, we're going to go to pre-1990 levels in terms of greenhouse gases, and then it gave the California Air Resources Board the authority to get the state there. What my federal bill does is it sets a goal of reducing carbon pollution by 40 percent in 2035 and by 80 percent in 2050, and it tells the Environmental Protection Agency, "You now have the regulatory power and authority to take our nation to those goals."
In California, even though the population has increased, the energy usage has largely remained flat, and that's because there are incredible energy efficiency laws in California in terms of its building codes, in terms of other regulations. So the second part of the bill tells the Department of Energy to set nationwide energy efficiency standards and then to ratchet them up every few years. The third part of the bill sets a nationwide renewable portfolio standard. That's something that California has. There are some other states looking at doing it, and I think we should have it nationally, and that will move us toward much cleaner power.
Why did you decide to take the lead in holding Exxon accountable for what it knew about climate change?
I thought the allegations were very shocking — that Exxon scientists essentially confirmed that climate change was happening in the 1970s and was largely being influenced by fossil fuels and that the company in fact went the other way in sort of denying the science and spreading this information. It reminded me of what the tobacco companies did in America, and I thought, "Well, I definitely know this is morally wrong. I now want to see if it's also illegal."
So that's why I have now written two letters — both of those letters with other members of Congress. One is to the U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, asking for an investigation. The second is to the Securities Exchange Commission, also asking for an investigation.
In America, companies do lie, and they do make false statements, and many times, nothing happens. But in the area of security law, if they lie and make false statements, that is not only illegal, but they will be prosecuted. And my belief, looking at the securities filings, is ExxonMobil did not adequately disclose the known risks of climate change that their scientists had confirmed decades ago, and that is a violation of securities law.
"I think with every passing year, you get more and more bipartisan support to take action on climate change."
How does being a veteran influence your approach to climate change?
When I talk about climate change, I always try to mention that it is part of U.S. national security. One of the things that makes America's military totally awesome is that not only does it rely on technology and facts, it takes the world as it is. It's not ideological. It doesn't take the world as it thinks it should be or hopes it will be. Not only are some of our bases now going to be more at threat of being flooded, we also have climate change affecting food and water supplies in other parts of the world, which creates refugee issues and creates more conflicts, which then may draw the U.S. to engage in other parts of the world.
The U.S. military also realizes that relying so much on fossil fuels is not the best way forward, partly because it takes a lot to transport and deliver fossil fuels to the units that need them, and we suffer a lot of casualties in different parts of the world simply trying to get fossil fuels delivered so our units could operate. If you could have them operate, for example, on solar power, it would be much easier, and you wouldn't have the same transportation issues that you have now.
If we could get people to think about climate change not just in them breathing better air but also affecting U.S. national security, I think that would also go a long way in getting legislation accomplished.
How has the conversation around climate change shifted since AB 32 passed almost a decade ago?
There is clearly much more momentum for climate change legislation now than there was a decade ago, and the public is much more cognizant of climate change because they're seeing it. They're experiencing hotter temperatures, they're seeing more extreme weather events, they're seeing more droughts. The voters are quite smart. They understand that when [more than 95 percent] of scientists all say the same thing, and their predictions come true 10, 20 years later, then generally that means that it's true.
You also see a shift in the conversation now, where 15 years ago, there were I think a fair number of people that actually thought climate change wasn't happening. That is very few now. It's now just the fringe, crazy people that say that. Even the conservative Republican legislators I talk to on the House floor now tend to say that climate change is happening. They might push back that it's not being caused by humans but the conversation has shifted.
You also see a dramatic shift in other countries acknowledging climate change and wanting to solve the issue. The U.S. and China embarked on a historic agreement [last] year on climate change, so now you have the two leading economies in the world working together to mitigate climate change — and it's a pretty big deal for China to do this.
I had the opportunity to go with leader Nancy Pelosi on a congressional delegation to China last [November]. I was one of six members selected to go with her, and one of the reasons was to follow up with president Xi Jingping's visit to the United States in September and to talk about climate change and encourage further cooperation on that issue. I think it's heartening to see Chinese officials talk about climate change and how they want to be part of the solution.
Are you optimistic about the future of the Climate Solutions Act?
Ultimately, yes. I'm very cognizant it's not going to happen this term, especially during a presidential election. But I am optimistic that we will get this passed. We had some movement [last] year already with about 10 Republicans issuing a resolution saying that climate change is real, and we need to do something about it. I think with every passing year, you get more and more bipartisan support to take action on climate change. And my view of democracy is that — well, I have two views: One is that everything seems impossible until it happens and No. 2 is that the side with the facts ultimately wins in the end.

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Laura Shur born and educated in Glasgow. Laura studied at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music, and graduated with a Diploma in Musical Education. She then took further study at Jordanhill Teacher Training College to gain a School Teaching Diploma. The same year she gained the ARCM in piano performance and LRAM in piano teaching.
She has given many piano recitals, including a debut at The Royal Festival Hall and BBC Broadcasts, as well as ensemble playing with the Scotia Trio and Four Hands in Harmony Duo.
Her extensive teaching career includes class singing, and music up to 'A' level standard in schools in Glasgow and London, piano tuition at the RSAM, in schools and privately.
She has given lectures at ISM and EPTA conferences, and had articles published by Music Teacher, ISM, EPTA, SMA and ABRSM journals.
Her first compositions were pieces for six hands at one piano, written for piano pupils, which Novello published in 1984 as the first of the successful series 'Tunes for Three'. She now has over 50 publications for piano solo, duet and trio, woodwind, strings, vocal and choral works. Her publishers are Novello, Universal, Lomond, Spartan Press, Alfred, Peacock Press, Lindsay Music UK and Alry (USA), and her works have been performed world-wide.
In 2002 Trinity College of Music added the new category of Piano Trio (6 hands - 1 Piano) to their exam syllabus and commissioned 9 of Laura Shur's compositions. Since 2009 Trinity Guildhall commissioned over 20 of her Trios and, in 2010, added 22 of her published piano duets to their duet category. 21 of these are published by Spartan Press from their 'Keys for Two' and 'Pianoel' series.
She resides in London, and her time is divided between composing, lecturing and teaching.
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The Energy Saving Regulation sets out thermal insulation standards for residential and commercial buildings. With the amendment to the EnEV 2014, legislators are tightening the regulations for buildings. In principle, the values set out in the regulation must be observed during the refurbishment of existing buildings as well during the construction of new buildings. As proof of compliance with these regulations, the legislators require an Energy Performance Certificate to be issued for the new or refurbished building. The EnEV 2014 replaces the data in the old 2009 Energy Saving Regulation and tightens the regulations. The new regulation came into effect on 01 May 2014. The key changes in the new energy saving amendment relate to new building projects implemented after 2016.
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Details of the EnEV 2014
The new Energy Saving Regulation came into effect on 01 May 2014. The regulation basically stipulates that from 2016 new construction projects involving residential and non-residential buildings must meet more stringent regulations. The stated objective is to further reduce the annual primary energy requirement and take steps to significantly lower energy consumption.
In summary, the changes to the Energy Saving Regulation stipulate that in new construction projects the energy values of the overall building are to be reduced by 25 % from January 2016. The amendment mainly concerns new buildings. As the 2009 Energy Saving Regulation already laid down significantly more stringent reference values for existing buildings, with any reductions in these values merely resulting in minor improvements, the legislators decided not to further reduce the values stipulated for existing buildings.
The Energy Saving Regulation amendment aims to establish a near zero energy standard for buildings across the EU. The requirements will gradually become more stringent by 2021.
Besides the regulations for the thermal insulation of the building envelope, including the external walls as well as the windows and doors, the EnEV 2014 also addresses the replacement of old boilers.
To ensure that the standards are met, the amendment has also changed the regulations concerning the Energy Performance Certificate and the following applies:
there is an obligation to give the energy values of a house/apartment in sales and letting advertisements,
the information provided must include the energy efficiency rating if the Energy Performance Certificate was issued after the Energy Saving Regulation 2014 entered into force and if the building is a residential building,
sellers and lessors will from now on be obliged to present the Energy Performance Certificate while the property is being viewed. Buyers or tenants must now be presented with the original Energy Performance Certificate or a copy of this in the case of tenants,
owners of public buildings that are not occupied by public authorities must display the Energy Performance Certificate in a clearly visible place.
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Differences relating to existing buildings and new buildings
Whereas significantly more stringent requirements regarding the annual primary energy use will apply to new buildings from 01.01.2016 at the latest, the Energy Saving Regulation 2014 amendment does not alter the values for existing buildings. Instead, the values set out in the EnEV 2009 apply to modernising an existing building. The Energy Saving Regulation 2014 comes into force as soon as the refurbishment of existing buildings involves:
the replacement of structural elements,
a first-time installation,
an installation of internal or external windows
a glazing replacement.
If the building is a residential building, the following values apply:
Windows: Uw threshold value 1.3 W/m²K.
For existing buildings that are not designed for residential purposes and where the average temperature does not exceed 19 degrees, the following value applies:
You will find further information and brochures on the Energy Saving Regulation online on www.enev-online.de or at one of our Deceuninck partners near to you.
Differences in residential and non-residential building projects
Legislators differentiate quite substantially between residential and commercial buildings. The basic difference is in the heating of the building. As it can be expected that residential buildings are heated more by their respective use, significantly more stringent threshold values apply here. Through the amendment of the EnEV building developers are, however, granted some leeway. Residential and commercial buildings currently being built, for instance, only have to comply with the values set out in the EnEV of 2009. If a planning permission application for a residential or commercial building was not granted until after 01 May 2014 the requirements of the amended EnEV 2014 then apply. The requirements of the amended EnEV 2014 must apply to a new building project for which planning permission was granted after 01 January 2016. These more stringent requirements mean that the threshold values which previously applied have been lowered by a factor of 0.75 in reference buildings and relate in particular to the windows and window doors installed in buildings. By 01.01.2016 the following reference values will apply to windows, front doors and window doors in residential buildings:
Windows Uw ≤ 1,3 W/m2K
Window doors Uw ≤ 1,6 W/m2K
Front doors Ud ≤ 1,8 W/m2K
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Non-residential buildings
The threshold values for non-residential buildings have also been changed. Here again the date of application of 01.01.2016 will apply to new construction projects. Any building built after this date must meet the new fixed values. Since non-residential buildings are used for different purposes, legislators have divided these buildings into two categories:
Buildings in which the temperature is 19 degrees and higher: Uw threshold value: 1.3 W/m²K (as of 01 Jan. 2016 0.98 W/m²K)
Buildings in which the temperature does not exceed 19 degrees: Uw threshold value 1.9 W/m²K
From 01 January 2016, the average U-value requirements become more stringent for all transparent structural elements in non-residential buildings. The amendment also applies to curtain walls, light domes, glass roofs and continuous skylights:
New value for transparent components/curtain walls: Uw threshold value: 1.5 W/m²K
New value for glass roofs, light domes, continuous skylights: Uw threshold value: 2.5 W/m²K
At the same time, thermal insulation for the summer months must also be considered in these buildings. The statutory requirements for the Energy Saving Regulation 2014 are based on § 4 EnEV 2014 as well as on the attachments listed there.
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What the EnEV 2014 means in practice
Until now, new construction projects have not needed to be built in compliance with the more stringent regulations. Developers have been uncertain about which Energy Saving Regulation applies to the respective construction project. In principle, the regulations are based on the date the planning permission application was lodged or granted.
If a planning permission application was lodged before 30.04.2014 and permission has already been granted, then the requirements of the Energy Saving Regulation 2009 apply. The same applies to planning permission applications that were not finally approved before 01 May 2014. If the planning permission application was not filed until after 01 May 2014, then the EnEV 2014 legislation automatically applies. The developer is, however, free to comply with the requirements of the more stringent EnEV 2014 and to use these as a basis for the construction project.
For planning permission applications or building notifications that do not take place until after 01 January 2016, the EnEV 2014 will essentially apply to existing buildings as well as the more stringent regulation in the case of new buildings.
Potential fines and certificates
The more stringent requirements of the Energy Saving Regulation concern in particular the guidelines for the Energy Performance Certificate. These must now be handed over to the tenant or buyer of a property as an original or copy. The procedure for advertising a property has also been changed. Whereas previously it was sufficient to state that an Energy Performance Certificate was available, in future, advertisements will have to include the respective parameters. The lessor or seller also has to make sure that the interested party is able to inspect the Energy Performance Certificate when viewing the property.
Infringements of the Energy Saving Regulation established within the context of inspections or non-observance of the obligation to specify details in property advertisements will result in penalty charges being imposed. Fines will be imposed on both lessors and owners if they do not comply with the obligation to hand over the Energy Performance Certificate. Depending on the severity of the infringement a fine of between 5,000.00 euros and 50,000.00 euros will be due.
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Manchin Calls on Reid, Obama to Work with Republicans to Avoid Debt 'Crash'
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West Virginia Democratic senator Joe Manchin called on Senate majority leader Harry Reid and President Obama to reach out to Republicans on reducing the nation's debt, lest the red-ink continue, precipitating an economic "crash."
Manchin, on CNN's State of the Union, frankly conceded that Obama's lack of outreach to congressional officials of both parties has hurt his legislative proposals. Obama is not a "gregarious" person like Bill Clinton, and his lack of relationship with senators makes it easier for them to turn down his entreaties, Manchin said, adding that Obama should ask himself "what his legacy will be?" and imploring him to work with Republicans to avoid a debt "crash."
From Reid, Manchin said he wanted to see "more of an engaging" style.
Earlier in the interview, Manchin said the disclosures about the NSA's keeping five years of phone records from every American meant "we found out that Big Brother is truly watching you."
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Investigators are testing different ways of helping primary care practices to provide better self-management support for their patients with diabetes.
Self-management support involves providing people with the help and resources that they need to take care of their health. This is especially important for patients with diabetes, but it is often hard for physicians and practices to do this well. This project tests different ways of helping primary care practices to do a better job of self-management support for their patients with diabetes.


I donned my Lululemon's and hit the highway…translation, I power walked into Central Park and never looked back for 7 hours. Can you imagine what my bill would have been if I spent 7 hours stretched out on a therapists' leather couch? Say goodbye to any more designer bags.
I cruised all of my favorite spots such as; Rumsey Playfield where Good Morning America holds their summer concerts, Bethesda Terrace, the Boathouse, Alice in Wonderland statute, cast iron Bow Bridge where Sarah Jessica Parker jumped into infamy, Turtle Pond, The Great Lawn, The Reservoir, the Gardens at 104 Street and 5th Avenue.
Then I headed back down the west side to TKTS to see if I could indulge and distract myself in a Broadway show, but, alas, I had seen everything. I crossed over the the east side, where face lifts, helmet head hairdo's and Roger Vivier flats abound and dove into J.Crew's flagship store at Rockefeller enter. Of course, I did purchase because shirts were 25% off. Pathetically, knowing the ropes because Courtny has interned at J.Crew in the NY area to compensate for all her unpaid internships, I waltzed over to the red phone and placed my order…the stars had aligned…not only did I earn a discount, but no shipping or tax…yahoo!
I did a drive by at St. Patrick's to pray for a dry and parched apartment, visited the Saks shoe floor with its' own zip code. I almost bought Courtny a McQueen clutch which was beyond drastically reduced, but after emailing David a photo, he gave it a thumbs down…sorry Court, you can still borrow mine.
I zoomed through H&M where the merch has become very cheap looking. I embraced Zara on 5th Avenue which is the bomb. The tour was endless, the highlight being, Bergdorf Goodman (I overheard, "Thank God the Chanel department is finished, it was such an imposition to have to go to 57th Street.") Please note, the Chanel store is one block away from Bergdorf's!
I glided through Barneys and drooled over the men's Louboutin shoes (I only wear men's because the women's are too small. Does that mean if I was a guy I would be endowed?) I attempted to purchase supplies at Nespresso on Madison. Can you believe they do not sell the cleaning kits for the business espresso machines in the store? I have to call the 800 number, order a $1.99 kit and pay a $6.00 shipping charge. Seriously?
I maintained a pinkie's up 'tude and entered the hallowed and sterile confines of Hermes in search of elitism. I walked past Laduree, the French macaroon boutique and marveled at the long line snaking down Madison and rounding the corner onto 73rd Street…all this for a tiny macaroon?! I put on my snarking face and entered Tom Ford's world. I was seduced my a pair of brogue tie shoes, adorned with a metal plate at Celine. I stepped inside and, of course, they do not carry Grande size shoes for American feet.
I waltzed into Proenza Schouler and embraced the lovely Emerald and dissed with Kelly…she bought a B&B in Peru and is departing very soon. Before exiting, I reveled in the beauty of all their colorful fab bags. I trudged into the Park at 5th and 66th and climbed the hill to acknowledge Balto who has been perched on the rock outcropping for 85 years.
I listened to a band on the promenade, crawled pass Sheep's Meadow, limbed across Century Park West with no purchases in hand and collapsed in my apartment, first checking to see if I my bedroom had turned into beachfront property whilst I was gone.
In a bowl, mash salmon and beat in 1 egg. Make sure to remove black skin on side and bones after removing salmon from can. Form patties and coat with bread crumbs or Panko. Important, refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Reshape. Heat skillet and sauté in vegetable oil until browned. Separately, sauté mushrooms and onions until onions are golden. Set aside. Bake croquettes on cookie sheet with mushroom and onions scattered on top of croquettes for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 6 to 8 croquettes.
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The Bahamas reopened its borders.
Starting November 1, travelers entering The Bahamas will no longer need to Vacation-in-Place.
Traveler must have a COVID-19 RT-PCR test result issued within 5 days prior to arrival. No other type of COVID-19 test is accepted. Children under the age of 10 and airline pilots and crew who remain overnight in The Bahamas are exempt from presenting a COVID-19 PCR-RT test result.
Travelers must apply for a Bahamas Travel Health Visa. Confirmation will be provided via email. Each traveler must have their confirmation on hand upon arrival at their destination. Travelers must also upload their negative COVID-19 test result. Travel Health Visa applications take up to 72 hours to process and should be completed with adequate lead time.
Traveler with a COVID-19 RT-PCR test result issued within 7 days prior to arrival are still allowed to enter until November 6, if they booked their trip before November 1.
Starting November 14, as part of the Travel Health Visa application, travelers will be required to opt-in to COVID-19 health insurance that covers them for the duration of their stay.
Travelers who exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 at any time during their stay will be required to take a Rapid Antigen Test and receive a negative result before being permitted to continue their vacation.
Travelers who tested positive will be subject to a follow up with a COVID-19 RT-PCR swab test.
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Cons: "Customer service. Ridiculous when buying flight tickets, regardless the economy "restriction" if you buy two tickets together you put them together even if your picking the seats. A money scam charging more for us to pick our seats. Common sense isn't that common"
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Cons: "After missing all our other connections, our luggage was delayed for hours, we were only given $12 each for meal vouchers for an entire day of layover, we were not given the upgrade for the seats we originally paid for (nor seats together) only promised refunds. The line for service was 2 hours."
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Pros: "the staff was great from check in at the airport until I landed"
Cons: "I wish the snacks were heathy like dried fruit and nuts"
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Cons: "Plane to start,delay loading,dlaying taking off.almost hour late arriving."
Cons: "Seat back in front of us broke. So my partner and I had to move to other seats during landing."
Pros: "Generally clean plane with good entertainment system and technology overall. Diabetic meal much better than in the past."
Cons: "Didn't announce meal choices at the start so flight attendant had to repeat herself every. Single. Row. They forgot my diabetic meal on the last part them forgot to include cutlery and it took a long time to sort out but they were otherwise lovely."
Pros: "I like the ease of boarding and the offer of complimentary check-in if the bags. I assume it was because the flight was fully booked. Overall I was pleased."
Cons: "The entertainment could be better during the flight. I also don't remember being offered any snacks during the flights either."
Cons: "Plane not ready to go because of missing trash bags"
Cons: "Seats were quite uncomfortable, there was no entertainment options, there was no way to charge any electronic devices because the plane was so old, which meant I almost wasn't able to catch a ride home after the flight. For a cross-country flight, I would expect a better experience."
Pros: "There was an extra seat and they allowed me to move there. Superb entertainment!!"
Cons: "They guy behind me kept kicking my chair"
Cons: "Why is coffee such an exorbitant request?"
Pros: "Crew, and price"
Cons: "Old style aircraft with little room and common screen"
Pros: "No drama- always great flying from Long Beach"
Cons: "Really wish that there were power adaptors. Landed with a dead battery."
Pros: "Left on time Nice flight attendants Arrived early"
Cons: "Runway time in New York"
Pros: "All OK"
Pros: "United airlines canceled a flight last minute that I needed in order to get to my best friends' wedding on time, I usually fly AA but the United flights were slightly cheaper at the time. The options United gave me would have had me missing the wedding, AA had more flights that allowed me to make it in time, considering it was booked 12 hours before take-off, it was decently reasonable and left on time and got in early (imagine that, United). Thank you American Airlines, again!"
Pros: "Tight isles tight seats crabby attendants sucks the life out of you. You arrive at destination feeling dead."
Cons: "Movies were ok. The food was passable, but, no place to eat it. Small trays, no place to put anything. And no sooner you get organized and situated to eat and was movie their ready to collect trash. Can I eat without choking my food......I got 8 hours to kill! Luggage was there when we arrived.....guess that was good...."
Pros: "Left on time, arrived early, God food, pleasant flight."
Cons: "Missed my connection in London due to a computer malfunction that took over an hour to remedy. In getting to London, I was automatically rebooked, but with a flight that got me in 10 hours later than expected. I asked customer service about alternate flights, with or without connections, that might get me in earlier, but was given a quite curt, "that is not possible," and turned away. Even if that was the case, which seems unlikely given the multiple other flights arriving in Luxembourg from European airports earlier in the day, it was not particularly friendly."
Pros: "God service at the flight ."
Cons: "Canceled my first flight of American airlines, I had to wait 11 more hours, I had no compensation and nobody even apologized to me."
Pros: "Quick boarding and taxi. On and off the flight seemlessly."
Pros: "Roomy legroom and proximity to the restroom"
Cons: "There is limited recline."
Pros: "My wife and liked the food selection during both flights. We also liked how one of five flight attendants actually seemed to enjoy their job. And also how that one flight attendant made sure we were taken care of."
Cons: "Initially upon arriving in phili, my wife and I boarded the plane and I walked on the plane first than immediately my wife was asked by a flight attendant if she was supposed to be on the flight without any explanation at all, it was weird and disheartening. Also other than one flight attendant actually seemed to enjoy what they were doing, and I am a big customer service man, and some of the attendants didn't seem to care AT ALL at many points, very disappointed. Also he plane that we took out of the United States to go to Ireland was very small, and the plane to return us to the states was very small as well. The flight from our connection in phili to go to Charlotte was the biggest plane we had, just for a two hour ride.. really disaipointsd with American Airlines."
Pros: "Flight was smooth and landing was good"
Cons: "Having to pay for luggage under the plane. I booked my flight 3 months in advance to sit with my wife and we got switched, fortunately I asked the man next to her to trade me seats. I ve flown to Managua about 7 or 8 times with American Airlines and this was my least favorite flight. People take up the space in the overhead compartments above my seat almost all the time then there is no space for mine."
Pros: "Getting off of that plane."
Cons: "I understand delays happen and are sometimes out of your control. However, customer service is something that you can, should, and must control. I witnessed a lack of self control of the American employees (including a Supervisor) and every point of my trip w/your customers. I was embarrassed for the American executive team."
Cons: "It's getting progressively pricier with all kinds of added fees and the seats and spaces smaller. It's rediculous..."
Pros: "Flight research tools."
Cons: "After choosing seats through this website we were kicked out of all of them and was separated from my partner. Every single flight we took was late and we missed a connection due to a late take off. The low cost was not worth the extreme effort and connecting flights."
Pros: "Pleasant staff, clean passenger lounge and plane cabin"
Cons: "Wish standard seating allowed for more width, better way to avoid reclined seat in front"
Pros: "I fainted on my flight and everyone was really nice and helpful to make sure I was okay."
Pros: "Nice plane when we finally boarded it. Crew was very professional."
Cons: "Endless advisories, the official explanation of the flight delay and estimated departure was constantly in flux."
Cons: "The man sitting next to me had too much BO used much of my space."
Pros: "JoMarie was very helpful at LGB. And we eventually arrived at our destination."
Cons: "This was a horrible travel experience, the worst I have ever known. My uncle had died, so I had to search for the soonest and most economical flight in order to attend the funeral. Traveling with me was my aunt (his ex wife) and my cousin (his only daughter). Our initial flight was delayed 'due to mechanical issues' and they said we weren't going to make our connection in Phoenix. So they had to reroute the whole trip, which took about half an hour because all of the flights were full. So instead of flying from LGB - PHX - CLT - CAE and arriving Saturday night, we ended up departing from LAX (which we specifically were trying to avoid) almost 9 hours later. From there to DEN - CLT - GSP arriving Sunday morning. Because of this I had to contact the hotel and let them know that we weren't going to check-in until the next day, but I still ended up having to pay for Saturday night. Then, I had to cancel the rental car and make a new reservation to pick it up at GSP and return at CAE since the hotel was close to CAE, plus the return flight was through CAE. Also, wifi was an additional cost (which we didn't use because of this), the snacks were pitiful, and the seats were very narrow and uncomfortable. I have flown with JetBlue in the past, but on this occasion, last minute flights to South Carolina were prohibitively expensive. That being said, if I had known how bad the experience with American was going to be, I would have gladly paid literally double the price for the JetBlue tickets. And in the future, I will be flying exclusively with JetBlue no matter what the cost."
Pros: "Business class is very good"
Pros: "This is the first American flight in the last five I've taken where it was not cancelled or extremely late so that's something to remark upon."
Pros: "Loved that he was upfront with all of us that it would be a bumpy flight after about 20 minutes, which he was correct and very accurate."
Cons: "I thought his delivery sounded a little more "worrisome" than it needed to be. I thought that he could have expressed the same sentiment, while sounding more confident in his ability and more soothing for folks like me who despise turbulence:)"
Cons: "Flight was cancelled due to maintenance issues. I got home at 1 am instead of 10 pm."
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Q: Methods to limit bandwidth usage with WinHTTP APIs I'm using WinHTTP APIs in a C++ code similar to the one at the bottom of this article. It runs from my Windows service, and is used to download updates in the background. The code works fine, except that I've received complaints that when it is downloading an update that code uses up too much bandwidth available on a client computer.
Is there a way to make those WinHTTP APIs, WinHttpQueryDataAvailable and WinHttpReadData in particular, limit how much bandwidth they use? Say, up to 30% of the available bandwidth.
PS. For the ease of reference I'm going to copy the code I'm referring from the MSDN article:
DWORD dwSize = 0;
DWORD dwDownloaded = 0;
LPSTR pszOutBuffer;
BOOL  bResults = FALSE;
HINTERNET  hSession = NULL,
           hConnect = NULL,
           hRequest = NULL;

// Use WinHttpOpen to obtain a session handle.
hSession = WinHttpOpen( L"WinHTTP Example/1.0",
                        WINHTTP_ACCESS_TYPE_DEFAULT_PROXY,
                        WINHTTP_NO_PROXY_NAME,
                        WINHTTP_NO_PROXY_BYPASS, 0);

// Specify an HTTP server.
if (hSession)
    hConnect = WinHttpConnect( hSession, L"www.microsoft.com",
                               INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTPS_PORT, 0);

// Create an HTTP request handle.
if (hConnect)
    hRequest = WinHttpOpenRequest( hConnect, L"GET", NULL,
                                   NULL, WINHTTP_NO_REFERER,
                                   WINHTTP_DEFAULT_ACCEPT_TYPES,
                                   WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE);

// Send a request.
if (hRequest)
    bResults = WinHttpSendRequest( hRequest,
                                   WINHTTP_NO_ADDITIONAL_HEADERS,
                                   0, WINHTTP_NO_REQUEST_DATA, 0,
                                   0, 0);

// End the request.
if (bResults)
    bResults = WinHttpReceiveResponse( hRequest, NULL);

// Keep checking for data until there is nothing left.
if (bResults)
{
    do
    {
        // Check for available data.
        dwSize = 0;
        if (!WinHttpQueryDataAvailable( hRequest, &dwSize))
        {
            printf( "Error %u in WinHttpQueryDataAvailable.\n",
                    GetLastError());
            break;
        }

        // No more available data.
        if (!dwSize)
            break;

        // Allocate space for the buffer.
        pszOutBuffer = new char[dwSize+1];
        if (!pszOutBuffer)
        {
            printf("Out of memory\n");
            break;
        }

        // Read the Data.
        ZeroMemory(pszOutBuffer, dwSize+1);

        if (!WinHttpReadData( hRequest, (LPVOID)pszOutBuffer,
                              dwSize, &dwDownloaded))
        {
            printf( "Error %u in WinHttpReadData.\n", GetLastError());
        }
        else
        {
            printf("%s", pszOutBuffer);
        }

        // Free the memory allocated to the buffer.
        delete [] pszOutBuffer;

        // This condition should never be reached since WinHttpQueryDataAvailable
        // reported that there are bits to read.
        if (!dwDownloaded)
            break;

    } while (dwSize > 0);
}
else
{
    // Report any errors.
    printf( "Error %d has occurred.\n", GetLastError() );
}

// Close any open handles.
if (hRequest) WinHttpCloseHandle(hRequest);
if (hConnect) WinHttpCloseHandle(hConnect);
if (hSession) WinHttpCloseHandle(hSession);

EDIT: While following up on @RemyLebeau suggestions, I created a test C++ project (you can download it from here) that attempts to calculate the current download rate used by the method above and use "Sleep" API to throttle itself. Unfortunately the results I'm getting from it are quite unexpected. I made a screenshot:

See the difference between my reading and what Task Manager is giving me. (Note that nothing was using bandwidth at the time I was running these tests.)
I must be missing something. The question is what?

A: It is not always easy to throttle by "30% of available bandwidth", as you would have to know what the "available bandwidth" actually is, and that may not always be easy to determine programmably.  I suppose you could clock each loop iteration to calculate the probable bandwidth based on how long each read takes.  But that very well may fluctuate as bandwidth is used for other things, and as you throttle your bandwidth usage, your calculation of the available bandwidth would be affected.
What is more common (and typically easier) to implement is to throttle by desired "bytes per (milli)second" instead.  You can't throttle WinHttpReadData() itself, but you can throttle how often you call it.  Just keep track of how many bytes you are reading and sleep your loop iterations so you don't read too many bytes past your desired throttle speed - sleeping longer to slow down, and sleeping shorter to speed up, eg:
// Keep checking for data until there is nothing left.
if (bResults)
{
    char *pszOutBuffer = NULL;
    DWORD dwOutBufferSize = 0;

    do
    {
        // Check for available data.

        // RL: personally, I would not bother with WinHttpQueryDataAvailable()
        // at all.  Just allocate a fixed-size buffer and let WinHttpReadData()
        // tell you when there is no more data to read...

        dwSize = 0;
        if (!WinHttpQueryDataAvailable( hRequest, &dwSize))
        {
            printf( "Error %u in WinHttpQueryDataAvailable.\n", GetLastError());
            break;
        }

        // No more available data.
        if (!dwSize)
            break;

        // (re)Allocate space for the buffer.
        if (dwSize > dwOutBufferSize)
        {
            delete [] pszOutBuffer;
            pszOutBuffer = NULL;
            dwOutBufferSize = 0;

            pszOutBuffer = new char[dwSize];
            if (!pszOutBuffer)
            {
                printf("Out of memory\n");
                break;
            }

            dwOutBufferSize = dwSize;
        }

        // Read the Data.
        DWORD dwStart = GetTickCount();
        if (!WinHttpReadData(hRequest, pszOutBuffer, dwSize, &dwDownloaded))
        {
            printf("Error %u in WinHttpReadData.\n", GetLastError());
            break;
        }
        DWORD dwEnd = GetTickCount();
        DWORD dwDownloadTime = (dwEnd >= dwStart) ? (dwEnd - dwStart) : ((MAXDWORD-dwStart)+dwEnd);
        if (dwDownloadTime == 0) dwDownloadTime = 1;

        printf("%.*s", dwDownloaded, pszOutBuffer);

        // throttle by bits/sec
        //
        // todo: use a waitable object to sleep on, or use smaller
        // sleeps more often, if you need to abort a transfer in
        // progress during long sleeps...

        __int64 BitsPerSec = (__int64(dwDownloaded) * 8) * 1000) / dwDownloadTime;
        if (BitsPerSec > DesiredBitsPerSec)
            Sleep( ((BitsPerSec - DesiredBitsPerSec) * 1000) / DesiredBitsPerSec );
    }
    while (true);

    // Free the memory allocated to the buffer.
    delete [] pszOutBuffer;
}
else
{
    // Report any errors.
    printf( "Error %d has occurred.\n", GetLastError() );
}

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presqualene pyrophosphate (chemical compound)
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Presque Isle (Maine, United States)
Presque Isle, city, Aroostook county, northeastern Maine, U.S., on the Aroostook River and its affluent the Presque Isle Stream, near the New Brunswick (Canada) border, 163 miles (262 km) north-northeast of Bangor. Settled in the 1820s as Fairbanks, it was incorporated as a town in 1859 with a name
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press (basketball)
basketball: Principles of play: The press, which can be either man-to-man or zone, is used by a team to guard its opponent so thoroughly that the opposition is forced to hurry its movements and especially to commit errors that result in turnovers. A full-court press applies this pressure defense from…
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press (furniture)
wardrobe: …was originally known as a press, and at quite an early date its division into two parts—one for hanging garments, the other for laying them out flat—became established. By the 17th century the word wardrobe was coming to be accepted as descriptive of this kind of piece, while the earlier…
press (machine tool)
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press (weightlifting)
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press agency (journalism)
news agency, organization that gathers, writes, and distributes news from around a nation or the world to newspapers, periodicals, radio and television broadcasters, government agencies, and other users. It does not generally publish news itself but supplies news to its subscribers, who, by sharing
press association (journalism)
Press Association (British organization)
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press die (technology)
tool and die making: The fabrication of pressworking dies constitutes the major part of the work done in tool and die shops. Most pressworking dies are utilized in the fabrication of sheet-metal parts that range in size from the finger stop on a dial telephone to the panels of an automobile body.…
press mold (technology)
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press ram (technology)
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press section (papermaking)
papermaking: Formation of paper sheet by machines: The press section increases the solids content of the sheet of paper by removing some of the free water contained in the sheet after it is formed. It then carries the paper from the forming unit to the dryer section without disrupting or disturbing sheet structure…
press syndicate (journalism)
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history of publishing: Continental Europe and other countries: …the founding in Paris of La Presse (1836) by Émile de Girardin, who might be called one of the first press barons. He introduced new features and serials to raise circulation as high as 20,000 and thus to enable him to lower the price of his newspapers. A prominent contemporary…
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pressing (food processing)
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interest group, any association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on the basis of one or more shared concerns, attempts to influence public policy in its favour. All interest groups share a desire to affect government policy to benefit themselves or their causes.
pressure leaching (industrial process)
metallurgy: Leaching: Pressure leaching shortens the treatment time by improving the solubility of solids that dissolve only very slowly at atmospheric pressure. For this process autoclaves are used, in both vertical and horizontal styles. After leaching, the pregnant solution is separated from the insoluble residue and sent…
pressure mine (submarine mine)
mine: Submarine mine: The pressure mine employs the principle that beneath every ship in motion in shallow water there is an area of reduced pressure. The pressure mine contains a chamber divided by a diaphragm, with one side of the chamber open to the sea. Any sudden decrease in…
pressure node (physics)
sound: Measuring techniques: …in Figure 6—that is, a pressure node (corresponding to a displacement or velocity antinode) occurs at the open end of a tube, while a pressure antinode (corresponding to a displacement or velocity node) occurs at the closed end. Because most microphones respond to changes in pressure, this type of representation…
Pressure Point (film by Cornfield [1962])
Peter Falk: …in the early 1960s included Pressure Point (1962), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), and The Great Race (1965). At the same time Falk's television work gained increasing notice, and he won his first Emmy Award for a 1962 performance in the…
pressure receptor (physiology)
pressure remanent magnetization (physics)
rock: Types of remanent magnetization: PRM (pressure remanent, or piezoremanent, magnetization) arises when a material undergoes mechanical deformation while in a magnetic field. The process of deformation may result from hydrostatic pressure, shock impact (as produced by a meteorite striking the Earth's surface), or directed tectonic stress. There are magnetization changes with stress in…
pressure ridge (ice)
sea ice: Sea ice formation and features: A pressure ridge is composed of a sail above the waterline and a keel below. In the Arctic most keels are 10–25 metres (about 33–80 feet) deep and typically four times the sail height. Keel widths are typically 2–3 times the sail width. Antarctic pressure ridges…
pressure sore (ulceration)
bedsore, an ulceration of skin and underlying tissue caused by pressure that limits the blood supply to the affected area. As the name indicates, bedsores are a particular affliction for persons who have been bedridden for a long time. The interference with normal blood flow is caused by the
pressure staging (engineering)
turbine: Turbine staging: Pressure staging uses a number of sequential impulse stages similar to those illustrated in Figure 1, except that the stationary passages also become highly curved nozzles. Pressure-staged turbines can range in power capacity from a few to more than 1.3 million kilowatts. Some manufacturers prefer…
pressure vessel (reactor part)
nuclear reactor: Structural components: …gas-controlled reactor (HTGR), a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) is utilized so that the coolant is contained and operated under conditions appropriate for power generation—namely, elevated temperature and pressure. Within the reactor vessel are a number of structural elements: grids for holding the reactor core and solid reflectors, control-rod guide tubes,…
pressure wave (physics)
longitudinal wave, wave consisting of a periodic disturbance or vibration that takes place in the same direction as the advance of the wave. A coiled spring that is compressed at one end and then released experiences a wave of compression that travels its length, followed by a stretching; a point
pressure-assisted sintering
advanced ceramics: Pressure-assisted sintering: The sintering processes described above can be assisted by the application of pressure. Pressure increases the driving force for densification, and it also decreases the temperature needed for sintering to as low as half the melting point of the ceramic. Furthermore, shape forming…
pressure-flow hypothesis (botany)
angiosperm: Process of phloem transport: Mass-flow hypotheses include the pressure-flow hypothesis, which states that flow into sieve tubes at source regions (places of photosynthesis or mobilization and exportation of storage products) raises the osmotic pressure in the sieve tube; removal of sugars from sieve tubes in sink regions—i.e., those in which sugars are removed…
pressure-gradient force (atmospheric science)
Buys Ballot's law: …between the wind and the pressure gradient is a right angle. This is almost exactly true in the free atmosphere, but not near the surface. Near the ground, the angle is usually less than 90° because of friction between the air and the surface and the turning of the wind…
pressure-on-the-face mole (tunnel machine)
tunnels and underground excavations: Soft-ground moles: A third type is the pressure-on-face mole. Here, only the face is pressurized, and the tunnel proper operates in free air—thus avoiding the high costs of labour under pressure. In 1969 a first major attempt used air pressure on the face of a mole operating in sands and silts for…
pressure-ridge cave (geology)
cave: Other types of lava caves: So-called pressure-ridge caves can be formed beneath the ridges by the mechanical lifting of the roof rock. Such cavities typically measure one to two metres in height, have a roughly triangular cross section, and extend several hundred metres in length. Unlike lava tube caves that are…
pressure-sensitive adhesive (adhesive)
adhesive: Pressure-sensitive adhesives: Pressure-sensitive adhesives, or PSAs, represent a large industrial and commercial market in the form of adhesive tapes and films directed toward packaging, mounting and fastening, masking, and electrical and surgical applications. PSAs are capable of holding adherends together when the surfaces are mated…
pressure-temperature-time path (geology)
metamorphic rock: Pressure-temperature-time paths: Interaction between metamorphic petrologists and geophysicists in the 1980s led to the realization that each metamorphic rock follows its own unique path through pressure- (depth-) temperature space during metamorphism and that these paths bear little or no resemblance to steady-state geotherms. The specific…
pressurized-water reactor (nuclear energy)
nuclear reactor: PWRs and BWRs: …are two basic types: the pressurized-water reactor (PWR) and the boiling-water reactor (BWR). In the PWR, water at high pressure and temperature removes heat from the core and is transported to a steam generator. There the heat from the primary loop is transferred to a lower-pressure secondary loop also containing…
pressworking (technology)
automation: Automated production lines: Pressworking operations involve the cutting and forming of parts from sheet metal. Examples of such parts include automobile body panels, outer shells of major appliances (e.g., laundry machines and ranges), and metal furniture (e.g., desks and file cabinets). More than one processing step is often…
pressworking die (technology)
Prestatyn (Wales, United Kingdom)
Rhyl: Prestatyn, which adjoins Rhyl to the east, is a similar holiday resort. Prestatyn has remains of prehistoric settlement, Offa's Dyke (8th century), and a demolished castle (12th century). Pop. (2001) 25,390; (2011) 25,149.
Prestea (Ghana)
Prestea, town, southwestern Ghana, West Africa. It is located on the west bank of the Ankobra River, about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Cape Coast. It is linked by railroad with Tarkwa and with Sekondi-Takoradi, both to the southeast. Prestea is a centre of trade for the surrounding agricultural
Prester John (legendary ruler)
Prester John, legendary Christian ruler of the East, popularized in medieval chronicles and traditions as a hoped-for ally against the Muslims. Believed to be a Nestorian (i.e., a member of an independent Eastern Christian church that did not accept the authority of the patriarch of Constantinople)
Prester John (work by Buchan)
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir: …style of Robert Louis Stevenson, Prester John (1910); it is a vivid, prophetic account of an African rising. During World War I Buchan held a staff appointment, and in 1917 he became director of information for the British government. His Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) was the most popular of his series…
Prestes, Julio (Brazilian politician)
Washington Luís: His candidate, Júlio Prestes, won in a controlled election in 1930; but the supporters of the opposition candidate, Getúlio Vargas, organized a successful coup d'état and deposed Luís on Oct. 24, 1930, just before he was to complete his term. The last president of the "old" republic, he…
Prestes, Luís Carlos (Brazilian revolutionary)
Luís Carlos Prestes, Brazilian revolutionary. Beginning in 1924, he led a rebel force on a three-year trek through Brazil's interior in an effort to spark a rebellion in the countryside. Although the effort failed, he became a romantic hero. He went on to lead the Brazilian Communist Party, which
prestidigitation (entertainment)
conjuring, theatrical representation of the defiance of natural law. Legerdemain, meaning "light, or nimble, of hand," and juggling, meaning "the performance of tricks," were the terms initially used to designate exhibitions of deception. The words conjuring and magic had no theatrical significance
prestige (sociology)
Oceanic art and architecture: New Zealand: The continual quest for prestige in Maori society encouraged men of high status to commission and own important works. The choice of such works changed throughout Maori history. It appears that war canoes were the most prestigious works in the 18th century. Communal war canoes, which were up to…
Prestige, The (film by Nolan [2006])
Michael Caine: …Children of Men (2006) and The Prestige (2006), the latter also directed by Nolan. In 2007 he starred in Kenneth Branagh's remake of Sleuth, portraying the character originally played by Olivier.
prestin (protein)
echolocation: …form of a protein called prestin increases their sensitivity to high-frequency sounds and thereby facilitates the detection of return echoes. The nearly identical molecular structure of the Prestin gene in these animals, which differs from the structure of the Prestin gene found in all other mammals, is an example of…
Prestoea montana (plant)
palm: Distribution: The vegetation dominated by Prestoea montana is distinctive in the montane forests of the Caribbean. Many of these palms are economically useful, and their natural or seminatural stands may be immensely important in local economies.
Preston (Ontario, Canada)
Cambridge: …the towns of Hespeler and Preston, and parts of the townships of Waterloo and North Dumfries. Galt was founded about 1816 and, along with Dumfries Township, became the home of large numbers of Scottish immigrants. Hespeler and Preston were settled in the early 1800s, largely by Mennonites from Pennsylvania, U.S.…
Preston (England, United Kingdom)
Preston, city and nonmetropolitan district, administrative and historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. It is located at the lowest bridging point of the River Ribble estuary before it flows into the Irish Sea. The town of Preston grew near the site of a Roman fort at Walton-le-Dale, on
Preston (district, England, United Kingdom)
Preston: nonmetropolitan district, administrative and historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. It is located at the lowest bridging point of the River Ribble estuary before it flows into the Irish Sea.
Preston and Olin Institute (school, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States)
Virginia Tech: The Preston and Olin Institute, a Methodist school founded in 1854, became the nucleus of Virginia Tech, which was established in 1872. It was then known as Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College and was Virginia's land-grant college under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862;…
Preston, Ann (American physician and educator)
Ann Preston, American physician and educator who struggled for the rights of women to learn, practice, and teach medicine in the mid-1800s. Preston was educated in Quaker schools and later became active in the abolition and temperance movements. Her temperance work had aroused in her an interest in
Preston, Battle of (British history [1648])
Battle of Preston, (17–19 August 1648). In war, victors often fall out among themselves. Two years after the end of the English civil war, the victorious Parliamentary army took on its former allies, the Scots, at Preston. The battle was to become yet another famous victory for Parliamentary
Battle of Preston, (9–14 November 1715). The last important siege of a city in England, Preston pitted the British army of the Hanoverian King George I against a Jacobite army attempting to restore Stuart rule in the person of the Old Pretender: Prince James, son of the deposed King James II. After
Preston, Frances Cleveland (American first lady)
Frances Cleveland, American first lady (1886–89; 1893–97), the wife of Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, and the youngest first lady in American history. Frances Folsom was the only daughter of Emma Harmon Folsom and Oscar Folsom, a lawyer. She lived comfortably and
Preston, Kelly (American actress)
John Travolta: In 1991 he married actress Kelly Preston, his costar in The Experts (1989); she died from breast cancer in 2020.
Preston, Lewis Thompson (American bank executive)
James Wolfensohn: …of the World Bank, replacing Lewis Preston, who retired because of ill health. Rather than measuring success by the volume of loans, Wolfensohn tried to shift the Bank's emphasis back to alleviating poverty, creating sustainable development, and attaining social justice. He also sought to end corruption and to bring more…
Preston, May Wilson (American illustrator)
May Wilson Preston, American illustrator associated with the Ashcan School. She was known for the authenticity she brought to her work for the major magazines of the early 20th century. May Wilson displayed marked artistic ability from an early age. In 1889, when she was barely out of high school,
Preston, Robert (American actor)
Robert Preston, versatile American actor best known for his role as Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man on the Broadway stage in 1957 and in the 1962 film. The son of a minor-league baseball player, Preston attended school in Hollywood, Calif., but quit at the age of 16 to become an actor. His
Preston, Thomas (British military officer)
Boston Massacre: From mob to massacre: Thomas Preston marched seven soldiers with fixed bayonets through the crowd in an attempt to rescue the sentry. Emboldened by the knowledge that the Riot Act had not been read—and that the soldiers could not fire their weapons until it had been read and then…
Prestonpans, Battle of (British history)
United Kingdom: The Jacobite rebellion: …the same size at the Battle of Prestonpans. In December, with an army of 5,000 men, he marched into England and got as far south as the town of Derby, some 150 miles from London.
prestressed concrete (building material)
prestressed concrete, Concrete reinforced by either pretensioning or posttensioning, allowing it to carry a greater load or span a greater distance than ordinary reinforced concrete. In pretensioning, lengths of steel wire or cables are laid in the empty mold and stretched. The concrete is placed


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Looking super clean and fresh!! that manifold :nice: so many clean builds out the US, seeing a lot from california especially at the eibach show and chronicles meet. Those night pics look awesome with the parking lights on!
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Marshalltown rallies past No. 9 Waukee in nightcap on Eygabroad walk-off
Times-Republican staff
sports@timesrepublican.com
T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE - Marshalltown senior Tate Kuehner, bottom, successfully steals second base as Waukee's Carson Schau (22) fields the throw during the third inning of Game 1 at Wednesday's CIML Iowa Conference doubleheader on Wednesday night at the MHS diamond. The two teams split the twinbill with Waukee winning the opener 13-3 in six innings, and the Bobcats rallying to take the nightcap, 3-2.
For the third time in the last 10 days, the Marshalltown baseball team got knocked down only to fight back to its feet a couple hours later.
The Bobcats got bounced around by Class 4A No. 9 Waukee in the opening game of Wednesday's CIML Iowa Conference doubleheader but bounced back to take the second game in walkoff fashion. After the Warriors rolled to a 13-3, six-inning triumph in the opener, Marshalltown proved its mettle with a 3-2, comeback victory in the nightcap.
Dylan Eygabroad drove in Blake Trowbridge and Tate Kuehner with his one-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning, sending the Bobcats (11-10, 4-6) to their second last at-bat victory in three days. Carson Williams drove in Joseph Harris as the game-winning run in the 13th inning of Monday's second game against Mason City, and it was Eygabroad's turn to play hero on Wednesday night.
Trowbridge worked a 10-pitch at-bat against Waukee reliever Jalen Martinez that eventually resulted in a walk, and Kuehner was plunked with the second pitch he saw. Both runners advanced on ball in the dirt and Eygabroad delivered with a hit to left.
"Our guys could have folded the tent after game one but to their credit they just kept hanging around," said MHS head coach Steve Hanson, whose 600th career win came in the second game of a doubleheader June 10 at Fort Dodge. "We picked up a run in the fifth to tighten things up and Joseph kept throwing strikes to get us to the bottom of the seventh.
T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE
"There were a few key plays in the bottom of the seventh, starting with Blake Trowbridge's 10-pitch at-bat to get us a runner. Then Tate Kuehner got hit by a pitch but they both moved up on a very good dirt-ball read. That left it up to Dylan Eygabroad, who was patient enough to get a good pitch and then do something with it to drive in the tying and winning runs."
Harris went all seven innings on the mound in the second game for Marshalltown, allowing two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out one. Two nights after playing a combined 20 innings, his contributions on the mound were immeasurable.
"In a week full of games, Joseph's outing was important tonight but might be more important to the rest of our staff as we try to navigate pitch counts and arm health," said Hanson.
Eygabroad also scored Marshalltown's first run, cutting the deficit in half in the fifth when he walked, moved up on an error and scored on a balk with Harris at the plate. Harris followed with a single but Will Van Buren was thrown out trying to score the tying run.
Both teams had just four singles in the second game.
In the opening game, the Warriors (14-8, 5-5) scored at least two runs in five of their six at-bats, with Tony Oleshko going 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs to lead the way.
Waukee had 11 hits while Marshalltown managed six hits — half of them doubles — in the loss. Dru Dobbins had an RBI double to plate Harris, who had singled, in the bottom of the second, and Van Buren had a two-run single in the fifth to push across Kuehner and Eygabroad, who reached on a single and double, respectively.
Aidan DeVolder also had a double in the defeat. Carson Williams allowed seven runs — four earned — in three innings on the mound, surrendering seven hits in the loss. Trowbridge and Gannon Williams went the rest of the way, allowing Waukee's final five runs, though only two were earned as the Bobcats committed four errors.
"We got banged around in game one," said Hanson. "We didn't pitch it very well and consequently didn't play very good defense, which is a bad recipe against any team but especially against a talented Top-10 team like Waukee.
"On top of the ragged pitching and defense, we also struck out nine times which takes a lot of pressure off their defense. Give Waukee's starting pitchers some credit because they threw with plus velocity and did a nice job."
Marshalltown marches on with tonight's home doubleheader against Des Moines Hoover and Friday's game at Johnston in the Brent Prange Classic. The Bobcats meet the Dragons at 4:45 p.m.
At Marshalltown
Waukee 13, Marshalltown 3, 6 innings
WAUKEE	023	323	—	13	11	0
MHS	010	020	—	3	6	4
Jackson Wentworth and Jacob Goyke; Carson Williams, Blake Trowbridge (4), Gannon Williams (5) and Joseph Harris, Aidan DeVolder (4). W–Wentworth (4-2). L–C. Williams (1-2). 2B–WAU: Aiden Ward, Jalen Martinez, Tony Oleshko 2; MHS: DeVolder, Dylan Eygabroad, Dru Dobbins. LOB–WAU 7, MHS 5.
Marshalltown 3, Waukee 2
WAUKEE	000	200	0	—	2	4	2
MHS	000	010	x	—	3	4	2
Mitch Randall, Martinez (6) and Alex Walsh; Harris and Will Van Buren. W–Harris (2-1). L–Martinez (0-3). LOB–WAU 5, MHS 7.
T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE – Marshalltown senior Tate Kuehner, bottom, successfully steals second base as Waukee's Carson Schau (22) fields the throw during the third inning of Game 1 at Wednesday's CIML Iowa Conference doubleheader on Wednesday night at the MHS diamond. The two teams split the twinbill with Waukee winning the opener 13-3 in six innings, and the Bobcats rallying to take the nightcap, 3-2.
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As COVID-19 Spikes, a Connecticut Nursing Home Faces Staff-Wide Breakouts, Patient Deaths
By Matthew Impelli On 11/17/21 at 4:51 PM EST
U.S. Connecticut
With COVID-19 cases increasing across the U.S., a nursing home in Connecticut is facing a breakout of cases among staff members and numerous new COVID-related deaths among patients.
The Greer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Canaan, Connecticut, said in a recent update that since September 30, 89 COVID-19 cases have been reported among both staff and residents. According to the update, 67 residents and 22 staff members were infected with the virus since that date.
According to information from the facility, among the 67 residents that were infected with COVID-19, eight have died and 56 have recovered. All 22 of the staff members that were infected have since recovered, according to the facility.
As of November 15, the nursing home said that there are only three active cases among the 70 individuals living within the nursing home. "Our assisted living facility remains unaffected, this outbreak is in the skilled nursing facility only," the press release said.
"We are encouraged to see only 3 active cases of COVID-19 remaining within our nursing home," Geer Village Senior Community CEO Kevin O'Connell said.
"Of the total 67 residents affected over the course of this outbreak, 56 are fully recovered and off isolation," he continued. "Sadly, we have lost 8 individuals with serious underlying health issues to COVID."
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The press release also noted that among the 89 total cases within the nursing home, 87 of them were considered fully vaccinated. The nursing home noted that the previous outbreak occurred before the COVID-19 vaccine booster shot became available.
"Our priority is always the health and safety of the staff and residents at Geer. We are saddened to see some in the Geer family become ill. We pray for their speedy recovery and continue to do everything in our power to minimize the risk across all our operations," O'Connell added.
According to data from the Connecticut Department of Health, from October 27 to November 9, across all nursing homes in the state, 45 new COVID-19 cases were reported in residents. There were also at least 54 COVID-19 cases among nursing home staff during the same time period, the data shows.
As the holidays approach, the U.S. has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases over the past month.
According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of Monday, the U.S. had an average of 83,671 cases over the past week. In comparison, on October 24, the nation had an average of around 63,000 new COVID-19 cases per week.
Data from the CDC shows that states such as Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and New Mexico all saw an increase in cases over the past week.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, recently discussed the increase in COVID-19 cases in several states.
"The only thing that's a little bit disconcerting is that we're beginning to plateau," Fauci said during a Reuters Total Health conference on Tuesday. "In other words, the deceleration of cases is now plateaued, and in some areas of the country, we're starting to see a bit of an uptick."
A Connecticut nursing home is facing a COVID-19 breakout among staff and patients. Above, a stretcher is moved from an AMR ambulance to the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Washington where one associate and one resident were diagnosed with COVID-19 according to a statement released by the facility in Kirkland, Washington on February 29, 2020. Jason Redmond/Getty


Book publisher, Parragon, is bringing the third novel in the Descendants series to bookshelves.
Dubbed Rise of the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, the latest installment follows on from the previous two titles, The Isle of the Lost and Return to the Isle of the Lost.
Written by adult fiction author Melissa de la Cruz, The Isle of the Lost is the book prequel to the Disney Channel's original movie, Descendants.
Now fans can find out what happens next with the third book, which launches in the UK on August 22nd.
"We are so pleased to be offering the latest installment in Melissa de la Cruz's Descendants series," said Etta Saunders, head of licensed publishing of Parragon.
Meanwhile, Disney's Descendants 2 will air on Disney Channel this October.


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