Based on the data of 25 cities in the Yangtze River Delta region of China, using the method of Lucas' endogenous economic growth model and establishing the fixed effect panel model, this paper makes an empirical analysis on the relationship between the industrial structure, the capital stock, the utilization of foreign capital, the degree of opening up, the government function, the infrastructure, the human capital, the development level of domestic trade and the economic growth in the Yangtze River Delta region. The results show that there is a significant long-term equilibrium relationship between the eight major economic factors and economic growth, and Eight economic factors have a different contribution to economic growth; the industrial structure is the most significant contribution to economic growth and the utilization of foreign capital is the most insignificant contribution to economic growth.
The Yangtze River Delta is located on the eastern coast of China. It includes Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Lianyungang, Huaian, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Taizhou, Suqian, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Zhoushan, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Quzhou, Taizhou and Lishui. The Yangtze River Delta is the key region of China's economic development. After 40 years of reform and opening up, the position of the Yangtze River Delta in the national economy has been continuously strengthened. The gross domestic product of the Yangtze River Delta region is 150037.3 billion yuan, accounting for 20.16% of the national gross domestic product; the added value of the tertiary industry is 81514.92 billion yuan, accounting for 21.22% of the national added value of the tertiary industry; the total import and export value is 85018.52 billion yuan, accounting for 34.73% of the national total import and export value; and the total retail value of social consumer goods is 61624.52 billion yuan, accounting for 18.54% of the national total retail value of social consumer goods. The above added value of tertiary industry, total import and export and total retail sales of social consumer goods may be factors that affect the economic growth of the Yangtze River Delta region. Therefore, it is important to study the factors that affect the driving force of economic growth in the Yangtze River Delta, and whether there is a long-term equilibrium relationship between economic factors and regional economic development in the regional economic system, and the contribution of each factor to economic growth. It has important reference value and reference significance for maintaining the healthy economic development of the Yangtze River Delta region and formulating economic policies of other regions.
All along, the factor affecting regional economic development is an important research topic in the field of economics. Scholars at home and abroad have done a lot of research in this field. Desmet and Rossihansberg  believed that the overall transformation and upgrading of industrial structure was achieved under the alternation of scientific and technological innovation and leading industries. The transfer of factors from low-productivity growth sectors to high-productivity growth sectors simultaneously promoted economic growth and total factor productivity. Amitrajeet and Hamid  studied the interaction between human capital and knowledge spillover in the semi-endogenous economic growth model, and discussed the basic conditions for the scale effect of human capital on economic growth. McRae  believed that the increase of infrastructure supply would produce significant positive externalities. Helpman and Krugman  believed that foreign trade could promote economic growth through economies of scale. Zhang Tongbin  studied the dynamic transformation mechanism of China's economic growth, and found that the cumulative human capital has spillover effect on economic growth. Li Jing et al.  believed that in the process of economic transformation, the market allocation of human capital might fail, leading to mismatches, resulting in inadequate innovation power. Li Jian et al.  took human capital as the threshold variable and considered the impact of FDI on China's innovation ability. Ye Changyou and Wang Yanyan  empirically found that transportation infrastructure strengthened regional economic links and promoted regional economic growth, especially in railway and highway construction. Sun Zao et al.  estimated the impact of infrastructure investment on three major regional economic growth, and found that there was an inverted U-shaped relationship between infrastructure investment and economic growth in the eastern and central regions, while there was no such curve relationship in the western region. Xia Xiangqian and Zhou Guofu  believed that if the government could reduce investment and administrative expenditure, and accordingly increase the social security and welfare expenditure needed for the development of science and technology, education and urbanization, in the long run, it could play a role in promoting total factor productivity and fundamentally improving the quality of China's economic growth. Sun Qunli et al.  measured 10 cities of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, and found that the level of economic development had no significant negative impact on fiscal expenditure, while the level of foreign investment was negatively correlated with the efficiency of fiscal expenditure. Wang Zhijian and Wang Binhui  used ARMA model to model and forecast the total retail sales of consumer goods in China. Fu Deshen and Kong Lingqian  found that the upgrading of industrial structure and trade openness have a mutually reinforcing interactive relationship, and the degree of mutual promotion in China's eastern, central and western regions has significant differences. Liu Xiaoling et al.  took Hunan Province as an example to analyze the impact of foreign direct investment and import and export trade on regional economy. Zhang Jinghong et al.  used co-integration test and fractional regression to analyze the growth of processing export trade to China's economy. Chen Dongya and Tong Changfeng  believed that investment was an important engine of economic growth, and fixed assets investment was driving economic growth. There was also a long-term stable and two-way Granger causality between them, which promoted each other.
All the above papers have deeply studied the internal relationship between various economic factors and economic growth. Few papers have synthesized the main factors that may affect economic growth. Based on the panel data of 25 cities in the Yangtze River Delta region, this paper studies the factors of economic growth in the Yangtze River Delta, taking into account the industrial structure, capital stock, foreign capital utilization, degree of opening to the outside world, government functions, infrastructure, human capital and the level of domestic trade development. Panel data model is tested by unit root test, co-integration test to avoid false regression. Using Lucas' endogenous economic growth model theory, the long-term equilibrium relationship between regional economic growth and its influencing factors is deeply analyzed by establishing a fixed-effect panel model, and error correction and causality test are carried out.
In order to study the dynamic factors of economic growth in the Yangtze River Delta region, this paper adopts Lucas' endogenous economic growth theory model  .
Formula (3), subscript i is the mark of each city, i = 1 , 2 , ⋯ 25 . Subscript t is the mark of each year, t = 2000 , 2001 , ⋯ 2016 . β 0 is the intercept, ε i t is the random interference term. The variables involved in the Formula (3) and their simple meanings are shown in Table 1.
Industrial structure: It refers to the composition of various industrial sectors in the national economy and within each industrial sector. The history of human society shows that the level of development of tertiary industry refers to the accumulation of people in science, technology and management methods. For the active economic zone of the Yangtze River Delta, this index can express the upgrading of industrial structure caused by technological accumulation and innovation. The value-added of the tertiary industry of each city is used to measure the industrial structure.
Capital stock: It refers to the accumulated physical capital at a certain time point, which reflects people's actual grasp of material means of production. Capital stock is used as an index to measure capital investment and to measure the contribution of capital investment to economic growth. Fixed assets investment of each city is used to measure capital stock.
basis, the policy advantages further make the Yangtze River Delta region become a key area for foreign investment for a long time, so foreign capital utilization has a certain impact on the economic growth of the Yangtze River Delta region. Foreign direct investment of each city is used to measure foreign capital utilization.
Degree of opening to the outside world: There are a large number of small and medium-sized private enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, and these enterprises mainly export trade and supply products to foreign markets, so they have a certain impact on the economic growth of the Yangtze River Delta region. Total import and export volume of each city is used to measure degree of opening to the outside world.
Government functions: Under the impetus of reform and opening up, the government plays an important role in the market economic system, and the transformation of government functions also has a certain impact on economic growth. The total budgetary revenues and expenditures of local governments of each city is used to measure government functions.
Infrastructure: It refers to the public service system that is used to ensure the normal development of national or regional economic activities. The improvement of infrastructure of a country or region is an important basis for its long-term sustainable and stable economic development. Highway density of each city is used to measure infrastructure. Among them: highway density = highway mileage/city area.
Human capital: It refers to the sum of economic value of knowledge, skills and physical strength existing in the human body. The core of human capital is to improve the quality of population. The number of students in regular colleges and universities per 10,000 people of each city is used to measure human capital. Among them: the number of students in regular colleges and universities per 10,000 people of each city = the number of students in ordinary institutions of higher learning/the permanent population of the city × 10,000.
The level of domestic trade development: Domestic trade mainly refers to the trade of commodities and warehouse receipts in China. Domestic trade not only reduces the cost of products from internal and external economy of scale, but also promotes the division of labor and specialized economy, and improves the price competitiveness of products. Total retail sales of social consumer goods of each city are used to measure the level of domestic trade development.
In this paper, 25 cities in the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Lianyungang, Huai'an, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Taizhou, Suqian, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Zhoushan, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Quzhou, Taizhou and Lishui, are selected as cross-sections of panel data. The time dimension is between 2000 and 2016. All the data in this paper come from Shanghai Statistical Yearbook, Jiangsu Statistical Yearbook, Statistical Yearbooks of each city in Jiangsu, Zhejiang Statistical Yearbook and Zhejiang Statistical Yearbook of each city. In the statistical yearbook, the unit of foreign direct investment and import and export volume is US dollars. In order to unify the statistical units, the exchange rate quotation at the end of each year is used to convert the US dollar into RMB (the exchange rate quotation comes from China Statistical Yearbook).
Because panel data is an extension of cross-sectional data and time series data, panel data model studies the cross-sectional time series problem. Therefore, unit root test should be carried out before regression analysis of panel data, so as to avoid pseudo-regression. The unit root test of panel data can be divided into two categories. The first category is the unit root test under the same root condition, which includes LLC test, Hadri test and Breitung test. The second category is the unit root test under different root conditions, which includes IPS test, Fisher-ADF test and Fisher-PP test  . Among them, the original hypothesis of Hadri test is that there is no unit root, while the original hypothesis of the other four test methods is that there is unit root. In this paper, the unit root test of panel data is mainly based on LLC test, Fisher-ADF test and Fisher-PP test. The test results are shown in Table 2.
The co-integration test methods of panel data can be divided into two categories: one is based on Engle and Granger two-step test, the specific methods are Pedroni test and Kao test; the other is based on Johansen test  . This paper mainly uses Kao test method; the original assumption of Kao test method is that there is no co-integration relationship between panel variables. The inspection results are shown in Table 3.
Table 2. Unit root test results for panel data.
Note: *, *** and *** indicate that the estimation of parameters is significant at 1%, 5% and 10% respectively. The values in parentheses are p, the same below.
Table 3. Results of panel co-integration test.
The above results show that Kao test rejects the original hypothesis, indicating that there is a co-integration relationship among lngdp, lntii, lnfai, lnfdi, lniet, lnfbe, lnrd, lnocs and lnscrt.
There are usually three forms to select the panel data model: the first one is the mixed estimation model. From time perspective, there is no significant difference between different individuals; From cross-section perspective, there is also no significant difference between different cross-section, then panel data can be directly mixed together and parameters can be estimated by ordinary least squares method. The second is the fixed effect model. If the intercept of the model is different for different cross-section or time series, the regression parameters can be estimated by adding virtual variables to the model. The third is the random effect model. If the intercept term in the fixed effect model includes the average effect of cross-section random error term and time random error term, and both random error terms obey normal distribution, the fixed effect model becomes a random effect model.
In the selection method of panel data model, we often use F test to decide whether to choose mixed model or fixed effect model, and then use Hausman test to determine whether to establish random effect model or fixed effect model.
Fixed effect model is divided into three types: individual fixed effect model, time fixed effect model and individual time fixed effect model. If we are fixing individuals, we should choose individual fixed effect model. However, we still need to choose to use individual fixed effect model or mixed estimation model. Therefore, it is necessary to take F value test.
H 0 : For different cross section models, the intercept term is the same (mixed estimation model is the appropriate model).
H 1 : For different cross sectional model, the intercept term is different (the individual fixed effect model is the appropriate model).
In Formula (4), S S E r and S S E u respectively represent the sum of residual squares of mixed estimation model and individual fixed effect model respectively, and S S E r and S S E u are calculated by Eviews 10.0 software; N denotes the number of cross-section members (25 cities of the Yangtze River Delta region in this paper, N = 25); T denotes the total number of observation periods of each cross-section member (the time dimension from 2000 to 2016 in this paper, T = 17); K denotes the number of explanatory variables. After calculation, The F value is obtained, F = 43.71 > F α ( T − 1 , N T − T − K ) = F 0.05 ( 16 , 400 ) = 1.69 . So reject the original hypothesis and choose the individual fixed effect model.
H 0 : Individual effects have nothing to do with explanatory variables (random effects model is a suitable model).
H 1 : Individual effect is correlated with explanatory variables (fixed effect model is the appropriate model).
Eviews 10.0 software is used for Hausman test. The results are shown in Table 4.
Table 4 shows that the original hypothesis should be rejected and the alternative hypothesis should be accepted. The fixed effect model is a suitable model. Therefore, the results of F test and Hausman test show that the fixed effect model should be chosen.
There are multiple cross-sectional individuals. In order to reduce the effect of heteroscedasticity and synchronous correlation that are caused by cross-sectional data, a likelihood-independent regression method is used to estimate the generalized least squares of the model, and the regression analysis of Formula (3) is carried out. The results are shown in Table 5.
Then, the unit root test is carried out on the residual sequence ε i t produced by regression analysis of panel data. The test results are shown in Table 6.
Table 4. Hausman test results for random effects.
Table 5. Panel data regression results.
Table 6. Unit root test of the original value of residual sequence.
Above all, we can find that there is a long-term equilibrium relationship between economic growth and industrial structure, capital stock, foreign capital utilization, degree of opening to the outside world, government functions, infrastructure, human capital and the level of domestic trade development in the Yangtze River Delta. From the perspective of output elasticity, industrial structure has the greatest impact on regional economic growth. If the industrial structure is increased by 1 percentage point, the economic growth will increase by 0.610 percentage points. The tertiary industry in the Yangtze River Delta region has rapidly developed, and has initially formed a modern industrial layout dominated by the tertiary industry. Its management model and R&D capability are in the advanced ranks. The level of domestic trade development has a greater impact on regional economic growth. If the level of domestic trade development is increased by 1 percentage point, the economic growth will increase by 0.220 percentage points. The degree of opening to the outside world has a greater impact on regional economic growth. If degree of opening to the outside world is increased by 1 percentage point, the economic growth will increase by 0.103 percentage points. The total import and export volume of the Yangtze River Delta region has been growing steadily since the reform and opening-up. Infrastructure also has a greater impact on regional economic growth. If infrastructure is increased by 1 percentage point, the economic growth will increase by 0.046 percentage points. Infrastructure construction in the Yangtze River Delta region is relatively perfect, and various public service systems can guarantee the normal development of regional economic activities. Infrastructure also has a greater impact on regional economic growth. If infrastructure is increased by 1 percentage point, the economic growth will increase by 0.046 percentage points. Infrastructure construction in the Yangtze River Delta region is relatively perfect, and various public service systems can guarantee the normal development of regional economic activities. Capital stock also has a greater impact on regional economic growth. If capital stock is increased by 1 percentage point, the economic growth will increase by 0.019 percentage points. After a period of development in the Yangtze River Delta region, capital stock has accumulated a lot, and capital investment in various economic activities is sufficient. The impact of foreign capital utilization on regional economic growth is obvious. If foreign capital utilization is increased by 1 percentage point, the economic growth will increase by 0.017 percentage points. The regression coefficient of human capital and government functions are negative. Researching on the relationship between human capital and economic growth, one of the key and difficult points is how to measure human capital. Because of the different measurement methods, the corresponding conclusions are often quite different and lack of comparability. For example, using panel data of 14 European countries from 1980 to 2004, Elias and Micaela  empirically studied the impact of human capital on economic growth. When different methods are used to measure human capital, the final conclusions are significantly different. Researching on the relationship between government functions and economic Growth, some scholars also believe that the enhancement of government economic capacity restricts economic growth or has no correlation. For example, Fu Wenlin and Shen Kunrong  believed that the proportion of GDP expenditure in government budget is negatively correlated with economic growth.
Co-integration theory constructs a long-term dynamic equilibrium relationship between some non-stationary variables. The errors between these sequences and equilibrium are called equilibrium errors. The model is modified by the equilibrium error of co-integration combination, which becomes the error correction model. Its idea can be summarized: The imbalances that occur in one period will be revised in the next period. On the premise of co-integration relationship, error correction model of panel data can be established.
Formula (6), ln y is the logarithmic form of dependent variable, ln x n is the logarithmic form of the nth independent variable, Δ is the first-order differential operation, m is the lag order, E C M i t is the long-term equilibrium error. In Formula (6), if β n is significantly different from 0, the nth independent variable is the short-term Granger cause of the dependent variable; if λ is significantly different from 0, the independent variable is the long-term Granger cause of the dependent variable.
Formula (7), Δ denotes first-order differential operation, and E C M denotes long-term equilibrium error. The causality among variables can be identified by the significance test of the coefficients of the error correction model. Firstly, all β i ( i = 1 , 2 , ⋯ 8 ) in the error correction model are tested. The original hypothesis is H 0 : β i = 0 ( i = 1 , 2 , ⋯ 8 ) . The original hypothesis is rejected if it passes the significance test, it can judge the short-term causality between economic growth and the eight major influencing factors; otherwise, it accepts the original hypothesis and proves that there is no short-term causality. Secondly, The long-term causality among variables can be judged by testing the significance of coefficient λ of error correction item E C M i t . The original hypothesis is H 0 : λ = 0 . The original hypothesis is rejected if it passes the significance test, it can judge the long-term causality between economic growth and the eight major influencing factors; otherwise, it accepts the original hypothesis and proves that there is no long-term causality. The error correction model can be analyzed by Eviews 10.0 software. The results are shown in Table 7.
Table 7. Test results of panel data error correction model.
capital utilization and capital stock, there is a short-term causal relationship between industrial structure, degree of opening to the outside world, government functions, infrastructure, human capital, the level of domestic trade development and economic growth. Secondly, the regression coefficient of error correction E C M i t is −0.232, which is significant and not zero at 1% significant level, indicating that short-term fluctuations of explanatory variables have a reverse correction effect on long-term equilibrium. That is to say, if the last period's GDP deviates from the equilibrium state by 1 percentage point, the next period's GDP will be adjusted to the equilibrium state by 0.232 percentage points. At the same time, there is a long-term causal relationship between the eight factors and the economic growth in the Yangtze River Delta.
Firstly, optimize the industrial structure of the Yangtze River Delta region: promote the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries; strengthen scientific and technological innovation; release new vitality of traditional industries; accelerate the transformation of new and old economic momentum; consolidate the foundation of sustainable and healthy economic development. Accelerating the development of modern service industry, promoting the mutual promotion of modern service industry and traditional service industry, accelerating the innovation and development of service industry and cultivation of new momentum, these are important.
Secondly, adhere to the opening up of the Yangtze River Delta region: continue to develop foreign trade; accelerate the transformation of foreign trade growth mod; optimize the structure of import and export commodities; strive to improve the quality and efficiency of foreign trade; these are significant.
Thirdly, improve the capital stock in the Yangtze River Delta: optimize the economic structure; aim at improving the quality and efficiency of the capital stock; change the mode of economic growth; take a new road of industrialization; change the extensive mode of economic growth; realize the new expansion of the quantity on the basis of steadily improving the quality of the capital stock; these are crucial.
Fourthly, strengthen the infrastructure in the Yangtze River Delta region: build a reasonable distribution; complete function and efficient operation of infrastructure system; accelerate the construction of comprehensive channels inside and outside the region; form a system suitable for the development layout and industrial layout of the urban agglomeration in the Yangtze River Delta; these are vital.
Fifth, make rational and effective use of foreign capital in the Yangtze River Delta: rationally guide foreign investment; optimize industrial structure; guide foreign investment to modern services such as finance, logistics, information technology, software and technology development with high added value; further encourage foreign investment in R&D centers, high-tech industries, advanced manufacturing industries and energy-saving rings; these are essential.
Sixth, stabilize the level of domestic trade development in the Yangtze River Delta region: continue to vigorously promote the development of modern circulation mode; improve the level and quality of opening-up in the field of domestic trade; enhance the competitiveness of circulation subjects; establish a conservation-oriented domestic trade development mechanism; there are momentous.
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Dark circles under or around the eyes is caused by many factors. The following are the most common causes of dark circles.
Treatment of underlying cause- antoxidants, anemia management, etc.
Topical agents: hyproquinone, retinoic acid, azelaic acid, kojic acid, Vit. C etc.
Home care- regular moisturizers, sunscreen, application of lightening creams.
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Cold. Try a cold compress or try a cooled, used teabag.
Extra pillows. Elevate your head with two or more pillows to prevent puffiness that develops when fluid pools in your lower eyelids.
Extra sleep. Although short nights don't usually cause under-eye circles, a lack of sleep makes you paler and more hollow-eyed, so shadows and circles you already have are made more obvious.
Dark glasses and sunscreen. Sun tan can make circles worse.
Camouflage. The right concealer can do just that — hide dark circles. If the circles under your eyes are bluish, use a peach-colored concealer, not one that's white or gray. And avoid scented products and those containing salicylic or glycolic acid, which can irritate delicate eye tissue, making redness and swelling worse.
One of the best natural cures for dark circles under the eyes involves using cucumber slices or cucumber eye pads.
1. Drink at least ten glasses of water everyday.
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Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Friday inspected bus terminals in Cubao, Quezon City ahead of the Holy Week vacation.
The PNP is on full alert from March 23 to June 13 for Oplan Sumvac or Oplan Summer Vacation 2018.
Dela Rosa inspected the security measures being implemented at the terminals and personally checked on the passengers during his visit. Joining him in conducting the inspections was National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Oscar Albayalde.
Thousands of passengers are expected to flock to the different airports, bus terminals and ports for various vacation destinations starting Holy Week.
While there are no reported threats of terrorism, Dela Rosa said the PNP does not want to be complacent.


Note If you follow my process, you are pretty much guaranteed to lose data. Please think carefully before running any commands from this page.
A few days ago Elasticsearch died on one of my servers due to a lack of memory - One of my Python scripts interacting with a headless Chrome instance forgot a close a few tabs… a lesson for another day.
So, a few pkills & a systemctl start elasticsearch later, my node was back up and running, but he wasn't looking too healthy - I had an unassigned shard for one of my indices.
"reason" : "checksum failed (hardware problem?) : expected=b3b6ae3d actual=18b61dd7 (resource=BufferedChecksumIndexInput(MMapIndexInput(path=\"/var/lib/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/nodes/0/indices/eUZzli7PQdynUV89X-A7Dw/2/index/_3p5v.cfs\") [slice=_3p5v_Lucene50_0.pos]))"
So, the checksum on one of my shards doesn't match what Elasticsearch/Lucene is expecting, so either my HDD is on its way out (plausible) or Elasticsearch running out of memory meant it didn't shutdown cleanly.
A quick rummage through Google gives us a post by Jilles van Gurp who follows some similar steps but on an older (1.x maybe?) version of Elasticsearch. Here, Jilles is using the Lucene libraries packed with Elasticsearch to check the index (and also fix any errors it finds, should we want it to).
# We then run CheckIndex on our shard.
In my instance, it found a few corrupt entries which I was willing to sacrifice, in order to get the rest of the index back online. So, we can re-run the command with -exorcise (previously -fix) to tell CheckIndex to fix the issues.
If it fails to run, chances are it is due to a permissions error. Running it with sudo works, but in retrospect, it might be better to run it as elasticsearch using su - elasticsearch -c "command"
At this point, I continued to struggle to get the damn shard to join its friends, so I continued my hunt. I considered rewriting the checksum for the shard to what Elasticsearch was expecting, but decided against that.
I then spotted the file corrupted_OC4_2JgCQrW_8MjrZgpDVQ in my shard index directory and wondered if that was telling Elasticsearch to not even bother trying to initialise the shard because it's corrupt. A swift rm later and we're back on the right path!
I restarted my elasticsearch instance again and watched as the shards came online and begin getting assigned with curl -XGET localhost:9200/_cat/shards?v. In another window I was also running tail -f /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log, and then something caught my eye, a new error message.
drwxr-xr-x 2 elasticsearch elasticsearch      12288 May 21 14:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 elasticsearch elasticsearch       4096 May 21 14:31 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 May 21 14:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 May 21 14:31 ..
Yup, and you translog. Simply running sudo chown elasticsearch:elasticsearch * in both directories fixes the issue, and elasticsearch starts initialising our fixed shard!


A ban on sales of loose cigarettes and tobacco advertising went into effect Thursday in Colombia, the health ministry said.
(AP) -- The Agriculture Department wants consumers to know when there's less chicken in their chicken.
In 2007, nearly two million children in the United States had at least one parent serving in the military. Military families and children, in particular, suffer from mental health problems related to long deployments.


How to drop 40lbs from your 2003 350z, new seats!
This weekend I spent some quality time finally working on the 350z before the upcoming autocross season (Dixie Champ Tour is coming up quickly).
In prep for STU I want to see what kind of weight I can get out of the car, I really don't know if this car (2003 Touring) can come anywhere close to what my first one (2003 Enthusiast, 3075lbs) weighed, or even the second one (2004 enthusiast, 3062). I have yet to get it up on the scales, but I assume going into this that the car is heaver than both of them. The power, heated, leather seats that came with the car, along with the potential extra stereo equipment, and electronics for the VDC mean the car likely weighs a good bit heaver than the previous cars.
Earlier today I took the leaking wheel/tire to Solo Performance Specialties to take the tire off the rim and take a look at the wheel and see what the damage really was. After popping the tire off the wheel we quickly found that the wheel had a repair attempted both inside and outside of the wheel, it actually looked like someone had taken JB Weld to it.
When I picked up the 350z in Chattanooga back in November, I figured out that the radio wasn't great, the sound was weak, and it didn't appear to pick up any FM signals whatsoever. Over the Xmas weekend I decided it was time to rip into the car to remove the stock Bose amp and subwoofer (behind the driver's seat) as well as try to tack down why the FM reception was non-existent.
The first step was to get into the subwoofer location behind the driver's seat, a quick screw driver inserted into the panelling to pop the cover off. pry and then pull it off. Once I removed the cover, I quickly found that the stock Bose setup had already been removed, I figured that might be the case, but wasn't 100% sure until we pulled the cover off. While in there I took the time to clean up some of the stray wiring that was in there, some exposed wires, and some live power wires that simply had electrical tape wrapped around them.
After working on the (lack there of) Sub, it was time to rip into the dashboard. I've done it so many times on my prior 350zs that it is straightforward and fairly painless to do. The one thing that gave me trouble was disconnecting the wiring harness from the center console where the harness powers the hazard, and seat warmer switches. I ended up pulling the panel up and off of the emergency brake in order to get to the plug for the wiring.
Once I pulled the plastic for the console out of place I dug in behind the stereo itself. First thing I checked was to see if the antenna wiring was plugged into the head unit, unfortunatly it was, so that wasn't going to be an easy fix! I tracked down some wires from the stereo by pulling down the manual from the Pioneer website.One thing I did find was there is the "mic" for the handsfree bluetooth setup was plugged into the "wired remote" port on the back of the head unit. I unplugged that, but unfortunately couldn't plug it into the proper MIC input as the jack was the wrong size. I plugged the mic back into the W/R port and started playing around with the headunit to see if I could get any stations tuned.
While digging in the center console compartment I found a wireless remote for the stereo, thinking that might work with "options" better than the touch screen I try to start using that, with no success. I checked the battery in the remote, and found it was a CR2016, but the remote said it took a CR2025, so I grabbed a spare and popped that in place. Ends up, that didn't work either, no matter what I tried I couldn't get the remote to work. Until I once again unplugged the mic from the "wired remote" port, one I did that the remote started working properly. So apparently whomever installed this radio, the wiring was done incorrectly on the MIC, and that was causing problems.
I went ahead and left the MIC unplugged and put everything back together in the car. I immediately tried to tune FM, and found that I could actually tune to a specific station, where previously I was only able to scan, and with the lack of signal previously, the scan would continue until manually stopped by switching input sources. I still wasn't able to get a clear tune on a station, but when I pulled the car out of the garage to reposition where it was parked, I did find that it started to get a signal to a local radio station here.
So it looks like the ultimately problem with the radio may just have been the miswired Mic, we'll see, next time I drive the car, how things play out. It might be a while though before I get back out in the Z, it has turned cold here in Missouri and I don't plan to drive the car too much in below freezing temps, due to the abuse on the tires.


Before buying a mutual fund, check the types of services offered and fees charged by the fund. Read the fund's prospectus to learn what services it provides to shareholders. Some funds provide special services, such as toll-free telephone numbers, check-writing privileges, and automatic investment programs. You should find out how easily you can buy and sell shares and whether the fund charges a fee for buying and selling shares. You can expect funds that require extra work by their managers, such as international funds, to have higher costs.


Needless to say there are restrooms here, and there are water hookups. Unsurprisingly there are showers at this campground. You can't be in a building every day; you have to get out every now and then, and Gilfillan Estate in Minnesota is exactly what you need.
As long as you fancy the outdoors you will fancy Minnesota. The obliging operators of the campground and the great quality of everything here have folks coming from far and near.
So much cool stuff close to Gilfillan Estate, and when you are here for a while you will feel like a whole new person.
variety of local attractions and such a delightful variety of outdoors recreation are good reasons to come. Some of the things you can do here at Gilfillan Estate are playing golf, and relaxing, so it's just not possible to get bored.
night is rather cooler of course, commonly in the 60's. Daytime highs through the winter are in the 20's with winter lows in the 0's overnight here at Gilfillan Estate.
Outdoors recreation in the vicinity of New Ulm, Minnesota, the metro area neareast to Gilfillan Estate. Find info on campgrounds, marinas, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater, golf courses and more.


The work of Matt Eich is getting noticed. Last week's gallery reception and artist's talk at Medium Festival were both well attended and received. Beyond the boundaries of our San Diego venue, the work is the subject of major editorial attention in CNN, The New Yorker, Photograph Magazine, and PDN.


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Is Partisan Gerrymandering Constitutional?
Are lines drawn based on party affiliation constitutional?
The U.S. Supreme Court may provide an answer before the next round of redistricting commences in 2020.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to review a case out of Wisconsin to determine if there are limits to drawing lines based on party affiliation.
Tie Vote Kills President Obama's Immigration Plan
In a one sentence ruling, the U.S Supreme Court upheld a judgment by the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit striking President Obama's executive order on immigration.
U.S. Supreme Court: UT Affirmative Action Program is Constitutional
In a 4-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the use of race in the admissions program at UT-Austin is constitutional.
Supreme Court: Aggregate Contribution Limits Unconstitutional
In a 5-4 decision that will certainly alter the political landscape, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that aggregate limits on the amount an individual can give violates the First Amendment.
U.S. Supreme Court: We Are Open for Business!
The U.S. government may be shutdown, but the U.S. Supreme Court is ready to tackle some challenging issues. including affirmative action and campaign donor limits.
The case involving campaign contributions comes at an interesting time. Both Democrats and Republicans have been raising money from faithful donors during the government shutdown.
SCOTUS: Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
Breaking News: The U.S. Supreme Court has declared the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional.
Supremes: No Proof of Citizenship Required to Vote
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an Arizona law that required proof of citizenship to vote in addition to what federal law requires.
This was a major victory for minority and civil rights groups who argued that the requirements were an attempt to suppress the vote of citizens and legal immigrants.
The case is Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., No. 12-71.

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How to stretch a canvas print – I don't know about you, but I love large pieces of art. There's just something about a big image that makes it more interesting. Maybe you can see more details, or maybe there's just some wow-factor from the size. No matter what it is, I love it!
We also love decorating our house with our own images. Sure, prints you buy from the store might look great and they might go well with your furniture or create a certain vibe you want. But for us, there's nothing more fun than walking through our house and seeing a photo that we took on vacation or some other personal image that reminds us of a time or place.
So for us the solution is large prints of our own images. It's easy enough to get a poster print these days for not much money, but the real problem is that getting a large poster framed can cost hundreds! Way more than you paid for the print.
Canvas prints usually cost more than poster prints but on large ones you can save lots of money if you stretch them yourself. And then it doesn't need to be framed. Plus, it makes it looks like your photos belong in a gallery. We've done 6 canvas prints so far and they're always fun conversation pieces when people come over.
If you're intimidated by the idea of making a stretching frame and stretching the canvas, don't be. I'll walk you through it step by step. It's really easy, doesn't take that long and all you need are some basic tools, nothing fancy.
Obviously the first step is to go online and order a canvas print. Take your time and shop around because prices can vary widely! Some sites have great prices on smaller pieces but get really expensive on the larger ones or they don't even offer larger ones. For example, I found a site that could only do prints up to 20 x 30 inches and for that they charged $130 un-stretched. The print I'm using in this post has a finished size of 33 x 50 inches and cost me about $80 un-stretched. If I wanted it stretched it would have cost $60 more but I did it myself for just $15 in wood.
When ordering your print you need to consider how the sides of the finished piece will look. Since the canvas needs to wrap around to the back for stapling, you can either leave the sides plain white or have the image wrap around.
I've tried it both ways, and in the end I like it best when the print wraps around the side of the frame. It's just a personal preference, but keep in mind that having white edges also means you need to be extra precise with the size of the frame and when stretching the canvas so the frame lines up right on the edge of the image. When the image wraps, the final piece is smaller than the flat print so you might want to order a slightly larger print. For this tutorial I'll assume you want the image to wrap around.
Ok, so now that you have your print, let's get on to building. If you're an experienced builder, the short instructions are to make your frame smaller than your print so you have enough canvas on each side to pull it around the edge of the wood and then staple it into the back of the wood frame. If you are not as experienced you can follow along as I go through it step by step.
Since your image needs to wrap around the side and cover the back edge where you staple it, you need to get the measurement of the width of your wood, add the thickness and then double that to account for both sides. I'm always a big fan of taking practical measurements instead of doing math so I lay out 4 pieces of the wood stock, 2 standing up and 2 lying down and then measure the whole thing at once. I make fewer mistakes this way.
This is the amount of canvas you need for the print to wrap the visible sides and the underside edge of the frame. Since this is your first time stretching a canvas I suggest you add another 2 inches so you have 1 inch of canvas on each side to hold on to while you stretch the canvas. You can see in the pictures that I didn't give myself any extra to hold onto. It can be done this way but it is a lot harder on your fingertips.
Subtract the overhang amount and cut 2 frame pieces to this length.
The key to keeping the finished frame square is to have the opposite sides be exactly the same length. The easiest way to do that is to clamp the pieces together and cut both pieces at once. That way if your cut is off by a 1/16 of an inch it doesn't matter because they are both exactly the same length.
On the long-side pieces, mark a center line along the length. This step will make sense in a minute.
Now measure the short dimension of your print and subtract the overhang amount. Then measure the thickness of 2 frame pieces and subtract that amount. That way the short edge is the correct length after it is butted up to the long edge. Cut 3 pieces to this length. Yes, 3 pieces not just 2.
Remember that center line you marked on the long pieces? You will attach the third short piece in the middle of the frame at that mark to help give it extra support and help keep it from bowing or twisting. I wouldn't say this extra support is mandatory, but it sure helps me keep things flat and square.
And just like that, you're ready to put it together. Use the corner clamp to hold each joint while you pre-drill and attach the pieces using screws. Remember, the short pieces should be butted up to the inside of the long pieces so those sides end up the correct length.
Attach all pieces except for one end of the center support. Stop and measure your frame from corner to corner.
If the measurements are the same you know it's square. If not, pull on the opposite corner until the measurements match. Once it's squared up, clamp it in place and attach the last end of the center support.
Now it's time to stretch your canvas!
Lay your print face down on a very soft surface. You will be leaning on the print and pulling on it and you don't want to scratch the image. I always do this on carpet. Center your frame on the back of your print and then start the stretching in the center of one side. It doesn't matter which one.
Press the frame down so the print doesn't move while you pull the canvas up and over the back of the wood frame and staple it in place. Then do the same on the other 3 sides just using one staple at the center of each side. You want to pull the canvas tight, but not so tight that you deform the frame. This is a good time to flip your artwork and check that it's still centered.
From here you just work your way out from the center staples. Put in 2 or 3 more staples in each direction and then do the same on the opposite side. Try to keep a consistent amount of tension in the canvas.
You can see here that some of my staples are not all the way in. If you're putting as much pressure as you can on the staple gun and they are still not going all the way in, the best thing is to switch to a shorter staple. If you're like me and don't always have a bunch of different sizes sitting around, just lightly tap them in with a small hammer.
When you get to the corners there are different ways you can treat them. I guess any upholstery corner technique would probably work. I've tried out different folds and in the end I've settled on a simple fold over like you use when wrapping a birthday present.
Some fancy folds did a better job of hiding the fold but this way is easier and I don't think it's very noticeable at all. I just make sure the fold is on the top or bottom edge of the finished piece so the sides stay nice and clean.
Then, just add some picture hanging wire to the back, and you're done! You'll be surprised at how light the finish piece is and you can use simple, lightweight picture hangers.


The transition from one year to another is always a great time to assess successes, acknowledge good work, and look towards the year ahead. Being a city of food-lovers, San Francisco publications ran several stories in the past few weeks focusing on our top restaurants. And on almost every list was one or both of Divisadero's newest hot spots: 4505 Burgers & BBQ and Brenda's Meat & Three.
Opening its doors in late October 2014, Brenda's Meat & Three took over Blue Jay Cafe's spot on Divisadero near McAllister Street.
This year, the Southern-style restaurant, only two months old, made Zagat's list of Top 50 restaurants in San Francisco, ranking above The Slanted Door and Coqueta. It's "a restaurant worth breaking your resolutions for," said SF Weekly food critic Anna Roth in a recent rave review. "Am I gushing? I am. I can't help myself."
In addition, Both Brenda's and 4505 made SFist's list as one of the 15 Best New Restaurants In The Bay Area.
While Divisadero is full of excellent places to eat, it's nice to see two of our newest additions receive so much attention. With upcoming additions like Sightglass Coffee, Repose Coffee, Seniore's Pizza, Zaytoon's restaurant spinoff and more on the way, let's see how the culinary landscape shapes up in 2015.


In a world of talking tigers, violent glowy orbs, and endless menus, it's up to you and you alone to save the day by turning coloured lights into fearsome attacks. Sdorica Sunset is a particularly handsome version of the turn-based, colour-matching action RPG. But is it any good?


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Gigabyte GSmart G1310 is a new handset that is running on Android 2.2 a.ka.Froyo Platform and same OS is used by Motorola Atrix 4G. This gadget will provide support to Dual-SIM technology so the user is able to enjoy dual-connectivity and communication via single handset.
The expected price of Gigabyte GSmart G1310 Smartphone is €199. This gadget will first come to Eastern Europe market possibility in the first quarter of this year.


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Tender launch soon for proposed $90m multi-storey residential development at Footscray
Feasibility studies, conducted following the Victorian Government's approval for the construction, have cleared the way for the $90 million multi-storey residential development at Footscray.
By Margaret Ambrose on September 3, 2011
Victoria, Melbourne
Contractors sought for work on $18.8m Coleraine District Health Service redevelopment
Next week, work on the $18.
Victoria, Western District
Victorian Government releases plans for new $21m, 84-bed expansion of women's prison
The Victorian Government has released plans for a new $21 million, 84-bed expansion of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre women's prison in Melbourne.
Expressions of interest sought from developers for proposed $220m police complex at Docklands
The Victorian Government has earmarked $220 million for the construction of a police complex housing more than 1,600 officers to be built in the Docklands.
Leighton seeks deadline extension for troubled $600m Victorian desal plant after earnings fall
Leighton, the builder of Victoria's troubled desalination plant, is seeking a deadline extension after it revealed its expected earnings have fallen by nearly $600 million since April.
Energy & Utilities Projects, Water and Wastewater
Victoria, Gippsland
No legal action for Santos Queensland operations, according to CEO David Knox
Regardless of the fact that Santos is spending $10,000 a minute setting up its massive coal-seam gas operation in Queensland, chief executive David Knox has ruled out using legal action to explore or mine land against the wishes of the property owner.
Resources Projects, Oil and Gas Extraction and Production
Mackay Sugar awards G&S Engineering $14m contract for part construction of co-generation plant
Australia's second largest sugar milling company Mackay Sugar has awarded G&S Engineering a $14 million contract for part construction of a co-generation plant in northern Queensland.
Energy & Utilities Projects, Electricity
Queensland, Mackay
Leighton Contractors awarded $115m to deliver Intermodal Logistics Centre for Sydney Ports
Leighton Contractors has been awarded a $115m contract by Sydney Ports Corporation to deliver the main construction phase of the Intermodal Logistics Centre at Enfield in south-west Sydney.
New South Wales, Sydney
Planning application lodgement delayed for proposed Penshurst wind farm in Southern Grampians
The planning application for the proposed massive Penshurst wind farm, to be built in the Southern Grampians in Victoria, is expected to be lodged months later than anticipated.
Energy & Utilities Projects, Wind
Victoria, The Grampians
Proto Resources signs $34m debt finance and supply deal with Caterpillar for Barnes Hill JV
Proto Resources have signed a $34 million debt finance and equipment supply deal with Caterpillar for its Barnes Hill JV in Beaconsfield, northern Tasmania.
Resources Projects, Iron Ore Mining, Manganese and Other Mineral Mining, Nickel Ore Mining
Tasmania, Midlands


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Benicia Magazine
Bio: Margaret Kenrick, Benicia Ballet's Director
Adriene Rockwell,
Rob Kunkl
From the age of four, Margaret Rose Kenrick knew she wanted to be a ballerina, and that's exactly what she became. By the time she was eight, she was on point, dancing professionally at the Riverside Ballet Theatre in her hometown. She left high school as a junior to attend the University of Washington and dance for the Pacific Northwest Ballet Company, where she dazzled audiences from the Kennedy Center Stage. She was soon recruited for the prestigious Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.
Eventually, some 20 years ago, her passion for dance brought her to the Benicia Ballet Theatre to perform as the Sugar Plum Fairy, but this was long after her life had taken a traumatic turn. At the height of her dance career, at age 21, she was in a devastating car crash, which left her without any feeling in her legs. Although she learned to walk again, it was years before she could dance.
With support from friends and family, she kept her chin up and shifted her focus towards her studies. As a dancer, she loved the human body, so she earned her BA from UCLA, and an MA from UC Riverside in biological sciences. Her father, a professor, drove her to midterms and her mother, a nutritionist, made sure her body and mind stayed strong and healthy.
Just as determined now as she was at 4, Margaret won't let anything get in the way of her dreams. Not even a diagnosis of Lupus Disease nearly 13 years ago has held her back. Today, in addition to her current role as the director of the Benicia Ballet School and the non-profit Benicia Ballet Theatre, she works full time as a pre-nursing professor at Los Medanos College. After years of research in the biotech industry, she now consults for Genentech doing research on age-related macular degeneration. And in the afternoons, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at Brandman University.
She lives with her husband in Concord, and her daughter Samantha (21), son Anthony (13), and hundreds of dance students keep her motivated each day. The hardships along her path, she says, have taught her to fill every day with something important. That, she does.
This article appears in the November 2015 issue of Benicia Magazine.
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Yesteryears: a mural in progress
Baroness Dame Julie Tan is awarded The Careme Medal
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Lee Wilder Snider: A Retrospective @ Benicia Public Library @ Marilyn Citron O'Rourke Art Gallery - Benicia Public Library
Jan 14 – Feb 13 all-day
"Lee Wilder Snider: A Retrospective", will be on display in the Marilyn Citron O'Rourke Art Gallery at the Benicia Public Library from January 14th through February 13th, 2020. Lee is a local Benicia artist known for her amazing landscape works. An artist's reception will be held at the library, on Jan 26th from 2-5 pm, and the public is invited to join the artist, friends and fellow Benicians to enjoy refreshments, and view Lee's work; much of which will be on loan from local collectors.
Categories: Arts Food and Drink
Downtown Benicia Restaurant Week @ Downtown Benicia
Downtown celebrates California Restaurant Month with Restaurant Week in January. A dining passport offers a 15%-20% discount at participating eateries (conditions may apply).
Categories: Benicia Dining Food and Drink
Carmel-by-the-Sea Culinary Week @ Carmel-by-the-Sea
Carmel-by-the-Sea will host the first annual Carmel-by-the-Sea Culinary Week, January 19-26, as part of Visit California's Restaurant Month. Culinary Week offers an impressive lineup of restaurants that allow visitors to immerse in Carmel's Old World elegance and modern charm. Carmel-by-the-Sea's eateries will feature a variety of different cuisines that range from local to international. Each restaurant will provide either special prix fixe menus, special offers or demonstrations. Sign-up today at www.carmelculinaryweek.com for your Carmel-by-the-Sea Culinary Week Passport.
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This is why the substance of the abstract must reflect the essence of the research in terms of —. For a supervisor, it sets the work in a useful context of overview.
For a fellow student it facilitates research by indicating the content in summary and therefore making selection of resources more efficient. The abstract is a detachable, unbound section of the thesis normally comprising a single A4 page.
The abstract should be very concise — maybe as little as a single paragraph of say words. You need to compress the whole of the thesis into an abbreviated series of statements, omitting illustrative details. There is no room for any padding. It requires good summarizing skills. Below it is an edited version showing that the abstract follows the criteria enumerated above. The Latitudinal Defense Hypothesis predicts that levels of defense are highest near the equator and decrease toward the poles.
This hypothesis is based mainly on insect herbivory that occurs during the summer. Mammilian herbivory in the winter is a more likely driver of plant defense levels in northern latitudes. Early successional trees such as birches are favored by fire and provide an important food source for mammals like snowshoe hares. In order to test the Latitudinal Defense Hypothesis, we collected birch seeds from eight locations in northwestern Canada and grew seedlings in a common garden.
We assessed levels of defense by counting resin glands because resin glands are negatively correlated with snowshoe hare preference. This research will provide valuable information regarding the biogeography of defense and address the role of fire in plant-mammal interactions on a continental scale.
We found that the number of resin glands from the seedlings raised in a common garden was less than those collected in the eight locations chosen for our study…. The chronological structure of the abstract is not as important as the crucial need to include the four topics exemplified in the example given above. The difficult part is to summarise in one page a substantial research project which might have taken up to two years to complete.
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Even though the general APA requirements remain the same for all educational levels and academic majors, the acceptable length of an abstract often depends on a particular establishment. This paper describes and analyzes the Naxi language, which belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family and is now on the brink of extinction. Some peculiarities of the language in question made it interesting for the research, as Naxi bears a certain resemblance to Chinese and Japanese languages, though at the same time differs from them.
A closer research, however, shows that Naxi grammar, morphology and especially intonation has some features not characteristic of the other world languages, which makes its preservation a top priority for linguists. The example comes from a 6-page research paper in linguistics, which is why less than a hundred word abstract is a perfect fit. However, there are other examples of abstracts that presuppose a longer text.
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The abstract is an important component of your thesis. Presented at the beginning of the thesis, it is likely the first substantive description of your work read by an external examiner. The abstract is a summary of the whole thesis. It presents all the major elements of your work in a highly condensed form.
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Every golf instructor in the world wants you to swing like Ernie Els. They show you videos of him so you can see what you are aiming for. Watch out, though. His swing is not what it seems.
The main thing you get from watching Els's swing is his marvelous rhythm. Go ahead and copy that. His swing speed is another matter entirely.
You know, it looks like he has a languid, flowing swing that any of us can imitate. But we also wonder why he hits the ball so far with such a slow swing. News flash: his swing is FAST. It only looks slow because of its efficiency.
Here's a video from andrewrice.com that puts a clock on his swing. From takeaway to impact, it's only 1.033 seconds. Let's call it one second. That's fast.
If you can get a metronome, set at mm=60 and get it going. Now when you hear a tick, start your swing, and swing the way you normally do. By the time you hear the next tick, the club should have returned to the impact point.
I'll bet dollars to donuts you were maybe halfway into your downswing when you heard that second tick.
My Legal Department advised me to warn you against trying a one-second swing right now just to see if you can do it. You could hurt yourself. Seriously. So don't do it!
If you want to hit the ball farther, one of the things you have to do is swing faster. But if you want to pick up your swing speed, you need to do it gradually. This is not a one-week project. More like six months, at least.
When you start swinging faster, it throws your timing off. You have to do the same things, in the same order, in less time. That takes getting used to.
Not to mention, there is a practical limit to your swing speed based on your strength, flexibility, and athleticism.
And finally, you don't want to swing at your maximum speed anyway. You want to swing at your optimum speed, which is a bit slower.
How do you know what that speed is? It's the fastest speed at which you can reliably hit the ball on the center of the clubface.
So let Ernie be Ernie. Let you be you. Admire his swing, but remember it's his swing, not yours.


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Chandika Hathurusingha's homework, analytical strength and game reading is the key to this success, feels Mohammad Ashraful
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He has been considered as one of finest batsmen Bangladesh have ever produced. Mohammad Ashraful, the former Bangladesh captain, in an interview with the CricketSoccer on Wednesday, gave credit to Chandika Hathurusingha for the recent success of Bangladesh.
Here are the excerpts:
CricketSoccer: How would you describe this epic win of Bangladesh against Australia?
Mohammad Ashraful: It's really a big achievement for Bangladesh Cricket. Australia is literally a giant in World Cricket. They are five times World Champion. They have ruled the world of cricket for nearly two decades. Though they are going through a build up period, still defeating them in any format should be considered to be a milestone for Bangladesh Cricket. I would like to congratulate all the players, coach and support staffs of the national team
CS: Is this the weakest Australia team ever?
Ashraful: It's difficult to comment whether they are weakest ever or not, depending on the result of one single match. But I believe that this Bangladesh team is stronger than the current Aussie side. There is a big difference in this two teams right now. If you see the current Bangladesh squad, you will find out at least 5-6 players who have huge experience in international cricket. They are tried and tested in every condition. The likes of Shakib al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim are seasoned in all formats of the game. There is a perfect balance of youth and experience in the current Bangladesh squad. Where as the Australia team lacks experience. They have only two match winners. David Warner and Steve Smith. They have to take a lot of responsibility, thus, have to bear extra pressure. If Australia is to do well, both Warner and Smith have to deliver. That's why I would tell that this Bangladesh team is far better than Australia side.
CS: Is it players' performance or home advantage that clicked for Bangladesh?
Ashraful: Obviously the cricketers have performed under the pressure. But I would say that Bangladesh utilised the home advantage properly. Earlier, we couldn't use the home advantage. But now, we have realized the importance of utilising the home condition, especially against the teams outside the sub-continent. You see, we have played against Australia on a complete turner. I would give credit to coach Chandika Hathurusingha for this superb planning.
CS: How would you assess the performance of coach Chandika Hathurusingha?
Ashraful: Ohh, Hathurusingha is doing a wonderful job. He has taught the Bangladesh players how to utilize the home condition. He has changed the entire mentality of the cricketers. Now we have started to believe that we can defeat any team in the world. I would like to mention one thing. You must remember the 2015 series between India and Bangladesh. We hosted India and played all the three one day international matches on seaming track. Now that's called homework. Chandika Hathurusingha observed India's weakness against pace bowling and that's why didn't hesitate to play the matches on pacer friendly tracks. And the result was that India was defeated handsomely in that ODI series. Hathurusingha has the skill to read the opponent's strength and weakness and plan accordingly. His homework is the secret behind all this success.
CS: Sunil Joshi was appointed a consultant for the spinners. Was it a fruitful move on Bangladesh Cricket Board's part?
Ashraful: Yes of course. Joshi was a left arm spinner. It's very natural that he will have a great understanding with Shakib and Taijul Islam. Joshi is an experienced spinner on sub continental condition. He must have been a good motivator for the Bangladesh spinners.
CS: How would you describe Shakib's performance?
Ashraful: Shakib has been an integral part of the Bangladesh cricket for last 11-12 years. He is world number one all rounder in Test. And don't forget that Bangladesh have been the 8th or 9th team in test cricket in all these years. So being on top of Test cricket, that too after representing a country with a low ranking, it reflects the greatness of Shakib itself. He has been a special player for Bangladesh Cricket.
CS: Can Bangladesh win the series from here?
Ashraful: They should. and if that happens, it will be a milestone for us. Let's pray for a 2-0.
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Q: Как быть если соединение с Интернет было разорвано. Повторить выполнения команды python Если нету интернет соединения, в случаи ошибки как снова открыть и потом продолжить выполнения дальнейшего кода. Проверка если команда выполнилась, то продолжить программу, если ошибка (проблемы с интернетом, разорван), повторить команду через 10 секунд (100 раз)
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoAlertPresentException
import unittest, re, time,random,datetime,os,errno,traceback;
while 1:
    #...другой код
    try:
        driver.get('https://account.mail.ru/login'`)
    except Exception as exc:
        print(exc)
        traceback.print_exc()
#... другой код

Traceback (most recent call last):
    File ...in check_response
      raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
  selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":"[name="Login"]"}
    (Session info: headless chrome=78.0.3904.70)

A: Пример того, как можно бесконечно ждать соединения:
while 1:
    try:
        driver.get('https://account.mail.ru/login'`)
        break # Выйти из цикла в случае успеха
    except Exception as exc:
        print(exc)
        traceback.print_exc()
        time.sleep(10) # Спать 10 сек, если exception

Если нужно ограничиться конкретным количеством попыток, то можно использовать цикл FOR:
attempts = 5
for i in range(attempts):
    try:
        driver.get('https://account.mail.ru/login'`)
        break # Выйти из цикла в случае успеха
    except Exception as exc:
        print(exc)
        traceback.print_exc()
        time.sleep(10) # Спать 10 сек, если exception

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"Mom, I'm in love with him," she said as she clutched her hand to her heart and stared into your face. Can you really picture your baby telling you this?
What do you think your reaction would be?
I wasn't totally surprised at her announcement. I have mom-sensory overload. I knew something was up right away. Her cheeks turn bright red every time she mentions his name. Her hands tremble right when she is about to see him. The strings of hearts they leave on each other's Facebook pages, kisses in the rain, and the constant love note texting. Not to mention the long, late night phone conversations that often culminate with him driving across town to our house just to say goodnight to her in person.
This is a whole new level of parenting, people.
Colic, potty training, broken limbs, shaky math grades, sibling rivalry, and even grade school bullies — you name it, we survived and conquered!
But first love? Where do I even start? I feel like I'm watching a Jenga tower being built before me, and I have one piece and I don't know what to do with it.
I chewed my nails wondering about her sharing the perfectly crafted heart her father and I worked so hard to nurture. She starts college in a couple weeks, would her outlook change on this relationship? I think about my own experience and how different of a person I was at 21 than I was at 18. How was I suppose to relay that to her without sounding insensitive? Then again, there are many happy couples that fell in love at 18 and went on to lead fruitful lives, right?
For the first time in my 21 years of parenting, I became confused at what my role should be in the situation. Where and when do I add my Jenga piece? I mentioned this to her and she reassured me that she is a smart young woman and I had to trust her. She promised to tell me if she needed my help or advice. Tears welled up in my eyes as I agreed. We've spent many nights since, sprawled out on the bed, giggling and chatting about love, bad boys, nice guys, father figures and everything in between if you know what I mean.
Can you believe that once I loosened my control over my daughter and let her fly, our relationship actually became closer? I didn't think that could happen, but it did.
Here we are, six weeks into the relationship and it is still going strong. We've all come a long way. I've made it a point to get to know her boyfriend and even give him a playful (but serious) round of twenty questions about his life, viewpoints, family and most of all his feelings for Maya. He sat up tall and answered every one wholeheartedly and passionately. He is a bright, sincere, creative young man and it's easy to see he truly loves Maya back. They have a great friendship and make a great match. Last night at dinner, I watched as they scootched together, looked dreamily in each other's eyes and then kissed.
My daughter is in love. In my nightly prayers I send her blessings that this will be a positive experience she'll cherish for her entire life.
Still, he better not break her heart!
I would love to hear your stories about first love, advice, handling young love, and all that jazz!


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IACTEC: The new technological and business collaboration space promoted by the IAC
02/13/2018 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)
IACTEC is a technological and business collaboration space set up by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) to promote collaboration between the public and private sectors by boosting the creation of quality employment and the generation of high added-value technological products with a high commercialization potential, both nationally and internationally.
IACTEC has been created as a key strategic environment for the development of talent and dynamic and innovative production practices in the Canary Islands and Spain, providing an accessible environment and abundant human, scientific, technological, and financial resources.
Strategic value
For decades now, the IAC has played a leading role in the development of advanced astrophysical instrumentation in Spain. That experience has further expanded in recent years with the construction of the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC). The GTC was built and designed mainly by Spanish companies, which have become highly skilled in the development of space and astrophysics technologies. In collaboration with national and international businesses, the IAC has designed and built instruments for the biggest, most advanced and complex telescopes in the world.
IACTec building. Credit: Daniel López / IAC.
Thanks to the technological skills acquired and the participation of Spain in the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Space Agency (ESA), the IAC now has access to leading projects in the areas of astrophysics, both ground- and space-based, and a wide experience in the building of cooperative consortia. The climate of confidence generated in the technological and business sector is of great strategic value and provides direct access to contracts, opening up the possibility of competing for tenders with a high guarantee of success.
IACTEC, which in 2018 will have its definitive location in the Science and Technology Park of Tenerife (PCTT), in La Laguna, commences its activities advocating three lines of action for which the IAC already possesses key skills in strategic disciplines, such as optics, electronics, specialized software development, and precision mechanics. These three "first light" programs are: a) Microsatellites, which in its first phase will be designed for taking images of the Earth surface; b) Medical Technology, that will study applications for Biomedicine derived from the knowledge of the instrumentation for the capture and processing of the light; and c) Large Telescopes, which in turn consists of three projects related to the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the European Solar Telescope (EST) and the robotic Liverpool Telescope 2 (LT2).
The IACTEC team
IACTEC has a highly qualified team of professionals in the fields of engineering and science integrated within the structure of the IAC. It has the technical support of the Institute, particularly of the Instrumentation Division, which has 30 years' technical knowledge in developing cutting-edge technology.
The Cabildo de Tenerife, through the "Agustín de Betancourt" - Fostering Knowledge and Technology Transfer Programme, has financed the recruitment of the first eight IACTEC engineers through the "IACTEC Technological Training" project. This programme plans to increase annually the number of people hired to reach, in 2020, the figure of 32 engineers at IACTEC.
IACTEC website
Press release: IACTEC a step nearer
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Chile opposition moves to impeach Pinera over Pandora Papers claims – Diverse Bulletin
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Chile's Sebastian Pinera was accused of using 'his office for personal business'. — Reuters pic
SANTIAGO, Oct 13 — Chile's opposition today moved to impeach the country's president, Sebastian Pinera, for the controversial sale of a mining company through a firm owned by his children, which appeared in the Pandora Papers leaks, a congressman said.
Pinera used "his office for personal business" said congressman Tomas Hirsch when presenting the accusation in the lower house of Congress, the first step in the impeachment process that could last for several weeks.
The move comes after the Chilean public prosecutor's office opened an investigation on October 8 into the claims surrounding the sale in 2010, during Pinera's first term in office, of the Dominga mining company.
That investigation was prompted by the Pandora Papers leaks, a vast trove of reports on the hidden wealth of world leaders researched by the International Consortium of Journalists (ICIJ).
One of the richest men in Chile, Pinera has denied the claims, saying when the investigation was opened that he had "full confidence that the courts, as they have already done, will confirm there were no irregularities and also my total innocence."
Now Chile's Chamber of Deputies, controlled by the opposition, will have to decide whether to approve or reject the indictment, a vote that will take place the first week of November, congressional sources explained to AFP.
If it receives the green light, the case would pass to the Senate, which would have to act as a jury to seal Pinera's fate.
His second term, which began in March 2018, ends next March 11.
The Pandora Papers linked Pinera to the 2010 sale of Dominga through a company owned by his children, to businessman Carlos Delano—a close friend of the president—for $152 million.
It said a large part of the operation was carried out in the British Virgin Islands.
In addition, it said a controversial clause was included that made the last payment of the business conditional on "not establishing an area of environmental protection in the area of operations of the mining company, as demanded by environmental groups."
That decision falls within the remit of the Chilean president. — AFP
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On June 15th, the World Tapas Day is celebrated, whose purpose is to make known in a simple way the great variety of possibilities offered by Spanish cuisine. The Consorcio Jamón Serrano Español (CJSE) will participate again this year, in collaboration with Turespaña. There will be different promotional events in both European and American countries. The Consorcio Serrano Ham seal of quality will be present in Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Mexico and Argentina with several special activities to commemorate this day.
Different cities of the world present a program of the most complete and several of its bars and restaurants will offer tapas at special prices, will organize competitions, tastings and other activities with the Consrocio Serrano ham as the protagonist. The Consorcio Serrano seal of quality identifies those Serrano hams that have passed the quality controls set by the CJSE. In addition, unlike other types of hams, for its flavor and texture, the Consorcio Serrano ham allows it to be combined with any other food, which makes it an ideal ingredient for making a tapa.
On this occasion, the entity has planned the presence of Consorcio Serrano ham in Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Mexico and Argentina; countries with greater presence and potential in the export of Spanish serrano ham and where the growth forecasts are higher. In all of them, the entity will participate with its product through different actions in order to bring the qualities of its ham to the public.
Thus, in Germany, from June 15 to 18, the Food & Style Fair will take place, which will be held at the Munich airport. During these four days, the Consorcio del Jamón Serrano Español together with Turespaña will be present with a tasting stand where the assistants will be able to taste the authentic Consorcio Serrano ham. In addition, there will be several demonstrations of ham craving and a Spanish chef will prepare different tapas. On the other hand, in Frankfurt, the CJSE participates in a route of 10 restaurants that will offer tapas accompanied by a glass of wine, and in which the ham will have great prominence.
The action in France, will consist of a contest through social networks of tapas with Consorcio Serrano ham as the main ingredient. The winner of the best tapa will take a Consorcio Serrano ham as a prize. In addition, in more than 100 restaurants in Paris there will be tastings of Consorcio Serrano ham and information leaflets will be distributed to publicize the product.
The Consorcio del Jamón Serrano Español will also be present in northern Europe, specifically in Sweden and Norway. The Embassy of Spain in Stockholm will hold an event in which chef Carlos Andrino will prepare different tapas with Consorcio Serrano ham that will be enjoyed by those attending this select event.
On the other hand, in Norway, fourth country in Europe where the CJSE is going to promote the World Day of the Top, the "Spanish Way of Life" will take place, an event in which there will be a promotion space ConsorcioSerrano in which you can taste the ham of the countermark of the CJSE. There will also be time to see the qualities of Serrano ham on Norwegian television through the kitchen program Wenche Kitchen – God Morgen.
In Mexico the promotion of the World Tapas Day 2017 already began on May 6 with a tapas contest, made in collaboration with the Spanish Office of Tourism in Mexico, in which university students participated and which sought to reward the best tapa. In addition, this Thursday, June 15 have also organized different training conferences around the tapa.
Finally, in Argentina there will be an event at the Embassy of Spain where there will be a ham cutter and information will be provided to all attendees on the qualities of Consorcio Serrano ham.
"The presence of the Consorcio del Jamón Serrano Español on the World Tapas Day is one of the best opportunities we have throughout the year to advertice the qualities of our Consorcio Serrano ham. The CJSE has always wanted to support this international project, which allows enhancing the gastronomic qualities of our product, as well as the possibility of joining the shopping basket of international consumers "said Miguel Ángel García Bravo, director of marketing and promotion of the Consorcio del Jamón Serrano Español.
Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Mexico, Argentina.


Percept were engaged by leading Australian power solution company, Powerwest for their capabilities statement design.
Powerwest is a successful power solution company with many large projects for the mining industry across Australia. Their core business is designing, constructing and operating remote power stations.
After rebranding Powerwest and creating their website, Percept were engaged to design the capabilities statement with the look and feel that fits with the new branding. The capabilities statement design is aimed at the managing directors of companies within the mining and engineering industries.
The capabilities statement design features beautiful aerial photography of Western Australia. This visually connects the client to the location of its business operations as well as depicts the size of their projects when working with the mining industry. Mines by nature are visually dramatic. Using full page imagery of the projects helps convey the scale of Powerwest's work and positions them accordingly. A combination of aerial landscapes and people in-situation in various roles present an authentic and transparent view of Powerwest projects.
A graphic line device was created, inspired by the negative space between the letters in the logo design. Representing connection and continuity, this element features throughout the document and creates a sophisticated visual style that is unique to the Powerwest brand.
Text is kept to a minimum, only communicating key information so that decision makers succinctly get a clear impression of Powerwest's offerings and clean typography helps convey this in a modern and professional way.