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William Hill plc è uno dei maggiori bookmaker in Italia e nel Regno Unito. Presente nel listino della Borsa di Londra, è una delle aziende fondatrici dell'indice FTSE 250. Al 2 agosto 2013 la compagnia dichiarava un valore di mercato di 4,7 miliardi di sterline.

Storia
La compagnia è stata fondata da William Hill nel 1934 quando il gioco d'azzardo era ancora illegale in Gran Bretagna. Dopo l'avvicendamento di diversi proprietari la compagnia fu acquistata dalla Sears Holding nel 1971, poi dalla Grand Metropolitan nel 1988 e infine dalla Brent Walker nel 1989.

Nel settembre 1996, Brent Walker ottenne un risarcimento da 117 milioni di sterline sui 685 pagati per acquistare William Hill quando si scoprì che Grand Metropolitan aveva esagerato per eccesso i profitti della compagnia al momento della vendita.

La banca di investimenti giapponese Nomura raccolse, nel 1997, 700 milioni di sterline per rilevare William Hill con procedura di leveraged buyout quando Brent Walker collassò sotto il peso dei debiti che all'epoca ammontavano a 1,3 miliardi di sterline. In seguito alle indagini del dipartimento anti-frode due dirigenti della compagnia furono condannati a pene detentive.

Nel febbraio 1999 venne abbandonata l'ipotesi di quotare in borsa la compagnia a causa dello "scarso interesse" e Nomura passò la gestione di William Hill a due fondi amministrati da Private equity firms Cinven e dalla CVC Capital Partners per 825 milioni di sterline.

La compagnia fu quotata alla borsa di Londra nel 2002. L'anno seguente il direttore esecutivo David Harding ottenne un bonus di 2,84 milioni di sterline rendendolo il quinto direttore esecutivo più pagato del 2003 nel Regno Unito.

La compagnia ha acquistato il Sunderland Greyhound Stadium nel 2002 e il Newcastle Greyhound Stadium nel 2003.

Nel giugno 2004, il direttore esecutivo David Harding vendette azioni per un valore di 5.2 milioni di sterline per far fronte ai costi del proprio divorzio provocando un decremento del valore borsistico della compagnia per un totale di 75 milioni di sterline.

Nel 2008, Ralph Topping fu nominato direttore esecutivo. Dopo essere stato espulso dalla Strathclyde University per essersi comportato da "delinquentello" per propria stessa ammissione, Topping venne assunto in un punto gioco William Hill vicino ad Hampden Park a Glasgow nel 1973 cominciando la propria scalata nelle gerarchie della compagnia.

Nel novembre 2008, William Hill comincia una collaborazione con Orbis (poi chiamata OpenBet) e con la compagnia di software israeliana Playtech per porre rimedio alle proprie lacune nel mercato online.

L'accordo prevedette il pagamento da parte di William Hill al fondatore di Playtech Teddy Sagi 144,5 milioni di sterline da vari fondi e da compagnie affiliate. Tra questi si annoverano anche una serie di casinò online che William Hill continua a gestire sotto il nome di WHG Playtech che assunse un valore del 29% della nuova struttura di William Hill.

William Hill PLC è quotata al London Stock Exchange (WMH.L) ed è stata inclusa nell'indice FTSE100 nel maggio 2013. Il Gruppo genera ogni anno ricavi per 1,4 miliardi di sterline. William Hill opera in Italia dal 2011 attraverso la piattaforma www.williamhill.it con licenza AAMS.

Ad oggi William Hill si presenta come uno dei leader mondiali del gioco online con oltre 17.000 dipendenti in diversi paesi e una rete capillare di circa 2.400 sale scommesse nel Regno Unito.

Attività

William Hill opera in tutto il mondo, impiegando approssimativamente 16 600 persone con uffici nel Regno Unito, Irlanda, Gibilterra, Filippine, Bulgaria, Spagna, Australia, Israele e Italia. La compagnia offre la possibilità di scommettere via telefono, via internet e in oltre 2000 punti di gioco ufficiali nel Regno Unito. William Hill è il maggior operatore nel Regno Unito e in Irlanda rappresentando circa il 25 del totale del mercato. I call center per scommesse telefoniche della compagnia, che si trovano a Rotherham, nello Yorkshire Meridionale, raccolsero oltre 125 000 scommesse al Grand National festival del 2007 e, stando a quanto riportato dalla compagnia stessa, i centri scommesse raccolgono in media un milione di schedine al giorno. Il sito internet è stato lanciato nel 1998, è presente in 170 paesi ed esiste in 26 lingue!

Oltre alle scommesse sportive via internet la compagnia offre anche giochi di casino online, "skill games", bingo online e poker online. Dall'approvazione del Gambling Act del 2005, i video-poker hanno aiutato ad incrementare i profitti limitando le perdite in altre aree.

William Hill ha gestito anche un suo proprio canale televisivo nel 2004, esperienza che durò due anni, mentre ora offre un canale televisivo interno che trasmette dai punti gioco. Le trasmissioni vengono registrate negli studi di Leeds e, insieme al canale radiofonico, offrono un servizio unico dedicato agli scommettitori.

Nell'agosto 2010, William Hill ha dato vita ad un programma di informazione e formazione per i suoi oltre diecimila impiegati con il fine di combattere il gioco d'azzardo tra i minori nei suoi punti vendita.

William Hill Media
Il sito di notizie della compagnia funziona come sito gemello per il canale di scommesse sportive, proponendo in palinsesto sport online e interviste sulle corse dei cavalli e altro contenuto.

William Hill offre una moltitudine di media interattivi sia nei punti gioco che su internet. Un canale radiofonico, William Hill Radio, trasmette in diretta le corse dei cavalli, ed esiste ormai da oltre un decennio trasmettendo cronache in diretta, notizie e previsioni. Podcast audio e video possono essere scaricati su iTunes. Nel giugno del 2010 William Hill ha dato il via ad un progetto che si propone di trasmettere in diretta gli eventi sportivi via radio.

William Hill trasmette quotidianamente in tutti i suoi punti gioco nel Regno Unito, caso unico nel campo delle scommesse e del gioco d'azzardo. Tutti i programmi vengono trasmessi in diretta dagli studi di Leeds.

Fuori dal Regno Unito
Nel 2009 William Hill ha trasferito la divisione online a Gibilterra a causa della minor pressione fiscale presente nell'enclave. A Gibilterra William Hill fa parte della Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association. Le operazioni online della compagnia erano precedentemente basate nel paradiso fiscale delle Antille Olandesi fino a quando, nel 2007, una normative mise fuori legge la pubblicità nel Regno Unito per le compagnie del gioco d'azzardo non basate nel territorio dell'Unione Europea.

Nel marzo 2009, William Hill ha chiuso 14 punti gioco in Irlanda con la conseguente perdita di 53 posti di lavoro. Nel febbraio 2010 la compagnia annunciò che i restanti 36 punti gioco dell'Eire si trovavano "sotto revisione" annunciando la possibile introduzione delle controverse macchinette per scommesse nei punti gioco irlandesi.

Nel settembre 2009 la compagnia ha partecipato ad un'asta per acquistare la prima licenza per il gioco d'azzardo in India dimostrando interesse ad entrare nel mercato indiano del gioco attraverso il remoto Stato Himalayano del Sikkim.

Nel giugno 2012, William Hill è sbarcato in Nevada, l'unico Stato degli Stati Uniti a permettere le scommesse sportive acquistando tre catene di bookmakers: Lucky's, Leroy's, e le operazioni satellite del Club Cal Neva, per un totale di 53 milioni di dollari. All'epoca dell'accordo la compagnia controllava il 55% dei punti per scommesse sportive dello Stato e l'undici per cento degli introiti. Tutti e tre i canali vennero portati sotto il marchio di William Hill.

Dal 2013 William Hill è presente anche in Australia dove ha acquistato il bookmaker Sportingbet (proprietaria anche della spagnola Miapuesta) per un totale di 459,4 milioni di sterline e di Tomwaterhouse.com per 34 milioni di dollari.

William Hill in Italia
William Hill opera in Italia dal 2011 attraverso la piattaforma www.williamhill.it con licenza AAMS. In Italia William Hill ha gradualmente ampliato l'offerta di prodotti dividendoli in due macrocategorie: le scommesse sportive e i giochi online. Le scommesse sono il mercato di riferimento di William Hill il cui palinsesto si basa su numerosi sport, eventi e campionati. L'offerta è ulteriormente cresciuta dal 2013 con l'apertura del palinsesto complementare. Questo ha introdotto e continua ad introdurre nuovi eventi e tipologie di quote e ha consentito a William Hill di avvicinare, con la sua offerta, sempre di più il mercato italiano alle scommesse "all'inglese".
A fianco delle scommesse William Hill offre una ricca serie di giochi online che spaziano dal Casinò al Bingo fino al Poker e ai Flash Games. Questi, in continuo aggiornamento, completano l'offerta William Hill.

Nell'ottobre del 2014 William Hill ha ricevuto il premio per "Operatore di scommesse sportive 2014" e quello per la "Stella nascente del 2014" assegnati da EGR (eGaming Review) a riconoscimento del lavoro svolto nel mercato italiano.

Sponsorizzazioni
Nel 2007 William Hill minacciò di ritirare la propria sponsorizzazione a vari eventi ippici a causa di una disputa nata con Receourses sulla questione di TurfTV. William Hill, che era stata da sempre critica verso TurfTV, fu in seguito obbligata ad un umiliante passo indietro e a sottoscrivere gli accordi con il canale nel gennaio 2008.

Nell'agosto 2009, William Hill divenne sponsor ufficiale della squadra di calcio spagnola Málaga CF.

La compagnia sponsorizza il premio annuale William Hill Sports Book of the Year dedicato "all'eccellenza nel giornalismo sportivo".

Dal 2014, William Hill è lo sponsor ufficiale del Campionato del mondo di freccette PDC.

Pubblicità
Nel maggio 2008 la Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ha proibito a William Hill di trasmettere uno spot televisivo perché giustificava il comportamento del giocatore d'azzardo anche se socialmente irresponsabile'.

Nell'ottobre 2009, la ASA ha proibito un poster e una pubblicità sui quotidiani nazionali che prometteva "£100 di puntate gratuite". La pubblicità fu considerata "probabilmente ingannevole" e in violazione del codice di verità del Committee of Advertising Practice.

Nel marzo 2010 una pubblicità che promuoveva William Hill best prices FACT fu proibita dalla ASA. La pubblicità violava diverse norme del Committee of Advertising Practice codes, tra cui la sostanzialità, la verità e l'onestà.

Nel settembre 2011 William Hill realizzò uno spot televisivo con il single del 2005 "A Bit Patchy" come colonna sonora.

Nel dicembre 2012 le pubblicità che promuovono "Migliori prezzi sui migliori cavalli" e "Migliori offerte sulle migliori squadre" furono proibite dalla ASA. Le proibizione avvenne a causa della violazione di diversi articoli sulla pubblicità. Anche le pubblicità che promuovevano le "migliori quote garantite" vennero proibite.

Nell'estate 2015 William Hill ha lanciato una campagna pubblicitaria televisiva realizzata dall'agenzia Leagas Delaney che racconta l'ascesa di un personaggio misterioso destinato a fare storia. Alla fine dello spot il personaggio misterioso svela la sua identità dicendo: "Io sono il calcio e nessuno mi conosce come William Hill".

Controversie

Nel 2005 William Hill acquistò 624 punti di gioco nel Regno Unito, in Irlanda, nell'Isola di Man e nell'Isola di Jersey da Stanley Leisure per 504 milioni di sterline: l'acquisto permise, per breve tempo, a William Hill di sorpassare Ladbrokes come primo bookmaker del Regno Unito in termini di punti di gioco ma non di ricavi. L'ufficio britannico per il commercio equo obbligò william Hill a vendere 78 dei 624 punti di gioco acquistati da Stanley per timore del realizzarsi di pratiche anti-competitive.

A causa del timore che William Hill avesse pagato troppo per i punti di gioco di Stanley la compagnia fu esclusa dall'indice FTSE 100 nel dicembre 2005.

La compagnia è stata criticata da due sindacati, il Community e lo Unite, per il trattamento dei lavoratori dei punti gioco. Le critiche erano soprattutto rivolte alla pratica di far lavorare gli impiegati dei punti gioco da soli esponendoli così a rischi. Sono stati inoltre rilevati casi in cui i lavoratori sono stati obbligati a lavorare fuori orario senza essere pagati.

Nel novembre del 2008 gli analisti di UBS hanno espresso "preoccupazione" per il livello del debito della compagnia che si attestava al di sopra del miliardo di sterline, debito che è stato in seguito riportato attestarsi al miliardo e mezzo. Nel 2009 la compagnia corse ai ripari offrendo sia un rights issue che un corporate bond al fine di ripianare il debito.

Dal 2001 al 2009, William Hill ha pagato al parlamentare George Howarth 30 000 sterline l'anno per fungere da consigliere parlamentare. Mentre si trovava sul libro paga di William Hill presentò un emendamento alla finanziaria del 2003 proponendo un aumento della tassazione per le scommesse tra individui (detto in gergo "betting exchange"). Nel 2009 Howarth ha lasciato il proprio posto a causa dello scandalo sulle spese appena emerso.

Nel febbraio 2018 la UKGC (commissione parlamentare sul controllo del gioco d'azzardo del Regno Unito) ha inflitto a William Hill una multa di 6,2 milioni di sterline per aver infranto la regolamentazione vigente in materia di riciclaggio di denaro e di contrasto al gioco d'azzardo patologico.

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Take a one day trip from Bucharest to visit Unirea salt mine in Slanic Prahova and float in Grota miresei salt lake.
You will leave Bucharest in the morning to travel to Slanic Prahova. It is a 2 hours trip. You will spend 3 or 4 hours inside the mine visiting, playing or having your lunch.
The microclimate is constant and can not be found on the surface: temperature 12-13 ° C, relative air humidity 50-60%, radioactivity at detection limit, atmospheric pressure is 18 mmHg higher than surface, high concentration of natural saline aerosols, scarcity of plant allergens, the absence of pathogenic germs and pathogens.
Going back to the surface you will visit Grota miresei. It is an salt mountain with a lake inside. If the weather will allow, you can take a swim. The lake water is so salty thet you will float at the surface.
The trip back to your accommodation in Bucharest will take 2 hours.
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I want to own a baby tiger.
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I'm pretty sure Texas has pretty lax animal/pet laws, but I don't really know if because you can, you should sort of thing? When I had my iguana, because he was considered an exotic pet, my vet was the large cat vet at the Buffalo Zoo. He was always covered in scratches. I had asked him once about working with lions and tigers, and his response was to never take your eyes off what they are doing. That doesn't seem fun to me.
There was something on NPR a while back about a tiger that lived in a gas station somewhere in the US as kind of a roadside attraction, and the whole story just seemed sad to me. Even if you can have a nice habitat with lots of room, I think the animal would probably still suffer.
I've known people who thought it would be cool to get foxes or bengal cats as pets, and that always ended up not going well. And that's on a much smaller scale. A tiger can eat you.
" never take your eyes off what they are doing." same goes for cougars.
Yeah, Seigfried and Roy thought it was awesome to have tigers as pets, they had an awesome tiger show in Las Vegas for 13 years, then on Oct. 3 2003 the white tiger Montecore attacked Roy and dang near killed him, it's a miracle that he lived. Roy and Seigfried had raised Montecore from a cub. They never did officially find a reason for the attack.
Yeah, Siegfried & Roy thought it was awesome to have tigers as pets, they had an awesome tiger show in Las Vegas for 13 years, then on Oct. 3, 2003, their white tiger, Mantecore, attacked Roy, & dang near killed him... it's a miracle that he lived.
Roy and Siegfried raised Mantecore from a cub. They never did officially find a reason for the attack.
You may get away with it, but do you have the space to properly take care of a tiger?
Do you have the money - to get the proper permits, construct an appropriate enclosure, pay for vet care, & feed the tiger?
Do you have the space for for a proper habitat, to put an enclosure around?
Siegfried & Roy [kept] big cats for over 30 years before Roy was attacked, and they had everything I asked about.
Roy lost so much blood [in a very-short time - he was quickly sped to a nearby hospital] that he had a stroke. In a matter of a few minutes, a healthy, active man became an invalid, with multiple disabilities.
His life was utterly changed by seconds of unexpected aggression from a big predator - one that he thot he knew well.
No matter how carefully trained, how knowledgeably they are reared, wild animals remain wild - even after taming. Lifelong habituation does not alter the fact of their wildness; habituation is the thinnest of veneers over their bone-deep wild heritage.
That isn't to say that wild animals are incapable of attachment, or that they don't form strong bonds with individual humans that they know, who have been kind to them - there are many well-documented, highly-emotional reunions of adult wild animals IN THE WILD, greeting the caregivers of their childhood with obvious joy.
Jane Goodall & a chimp she saved from a slow death in illegal captivity; a female leopard who brought her cubs back "home" when their natal den was flooded, & left with them when the water went down; elephants who were orphaned & reared by a single carer greet that person gladly, & they remember them well. But habituated animals who live their lives out in captivity, & who are dangerous, can BECOME dangerous at any time - even to those they love.
Fear, anger, the handler takes a misstep & trips - any small error, any emotional turmoil, can change everything in an instant of time.
Roy & Siegried's home was designed for their big cats, not for the humans - there are built-in safety devices, yes, but it's designed for THEIR comfort, not human standards.
There are shallow loafing pools to cool off & take the weight of a big meal off the body, there are wide concrete 'banisters' on all the stairs that serve as ramps for the cats' access; every section can be shut off from all others, to separate one or more cats [such as a new mother with her litter], or let them all interact.
It's not a 'house' - it's a walled compound, with multiple fences topped by angle-iron that segment it like an orange. Shade trees & lawns are for the cats' comfort; there's no AC in most of the house, only the bedrooms & the kitchen [IIRC] are cooled - the rest is screened windows, & open arches.
Check out the many photos of their home & compound on-line.
He's wearing orthopedic shoes; he needs a cane to walk; he's gained a lot of weight; his left hand is barely usable at all. He has visible muscle atrophy; his face & his speech are affected.
Compare that photo to the ones below - Siegfried is blonde, Roy is dark-haired with blonde tipping. // The final photo is of both men, with Mantecore between them, aged about 6-mos; the tiger died in 2014, at 17-YO.
I've reared & released hundreds of wildlings, small mammals & birds of various species; i took them in from infancy or childhood, & cared for them until they were ready to live free, on their own. None has ever come back to visit, nor did they become habituated pests, rummaging in trashcans, or begging at ppl's feet. I don't habituate them - if they survive, i want them to go into the wild unencumbered, safely afraid of humans - untrusting, wary, & alert.
Habituated animals get into trouble - a tame wildling who tries to approach someone only scares them, & bad things happen; usually the animal is killed, no matter how nonaggressive their approach is.
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I've always been amazed at how well S&R take care of those big cats, they truly do the best they possibly can for them, and to the best of my knowledge have never mistreated or abused any of them. They have all my respect for not having Montecore put down after the attack, I know most people would have had him destroyed. Instead they claimed it was what it was a tragic accident, and still loved and cared for him until his death.
The thing is if a pet big cat has a bad day and lashes out at a human the person is seriously hurt or killed, if a house cat or dog does the same thing the human may be hurt but will most likely not be killed.
Can I own a tiger cub? I know it'll be huge in the cost of buying and growing him up.
I want to know is it possible to pet a tiger?
I have watched Life of Pie, where his father told him that Tigers are not friendly. lol. that's what scares me. But I love tigers.
P.S - I don't know if it's legal in the US or not. So, forgive me if I wrote something violent.
I have learned that nothing in life is impossible. You should dream big and follow your dreams. If you love tigers, there is always a chance in your future to own a tiger cup!
First of all, you should get yourself a proper education on a subject. Not that purchasing a regular cat won't require education, but cup lion or tiger - in your case - it's a more complicated story.
Then you can read all the stories about people, who used to have a baby tiger and learn from them.
Is it expensive? Not always. There are options, always options to choose in life.
I strongly believe, since you dream that big, you did an equal big enough of research about your dream-to-be pet. Tigers are cool and believe me I do love tigers, as much as elephants, I do also admire crocodiles and other animals and would (never!) want them to be my pets! Hey, how about a baby raccoon for a change? That will be something!
So there is an option for you. There is a chance after all that you don't have to give up your dreams and your cup tiger is waiting for you not far away, just around the corner and it's 100% legal!
S/he won't need for you to break a bank. That pet would be affordable. It won't be scary for you and your family to have a cup tiger in your household. You can even give him/her a bath once in a year or so, to keep your pet clean!
And the best part: it will be a cup forever! You can pass your passion for tigers to your own kid/s! How cool is that?
Seriously? I couldn't help myself!


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Davis Regional Celebrates Eula McLelland's 54 Years of Service
(Statesville, NC, 10/9/2020) – Starting as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in 1969, Eula McLelland could not have envisioned the changes and advances she would witness in her fifty-four-year career. Making formula for newborns, carrying IV bags for patients because IV rolling stands were not commonplace, seeing IV fluid mixed in Central Sterile, welcoming IV controllers into patient care so the IV would drip at a steady rate without nursing's constant supervision, and using computers or handheld devices to chart patients' progress were advances she saw in her career.
Mrs. McLelland began her nursing career when she met Miss Elizabeth Hill, Davis Hospital's legendary Nursing Superintendent. McLelland asked Miss Hill for a job, but she only could work from 6 pm until 2 am. McLelland said, "I had small children, and I needed to be home with them while my husband was at work. I thought coming in at 6 pm would let me take care of the children, do the cooking before I left, and then be home before my husband left for work. Miss Hill was so flexible in working with me that I'm still amazed and grateful."
Starting at Davis Hospital's West End location as a Certified Nursing Assistant and then as an LPN at Davis's current location on Old Mocksville Road, McLelland worked in Labor & Delivery, Newborn Nursery, Postpartum, ER, and ultimately in the Behavioral Health Department where she continued to work until her recent retirement.
"I was always meant to be a nurse" noted McLelland, "and while it might sound like a cliché to say that, I wanted to be a nurse so badly that I probably would have worked for nothing, had they asked. The way I see it is if you can do something you love and make a living at it, then you're very lucky."
McLelland said that while she enjoyed working all over the hospital, she especially enjoyed working with behavioral health patients. The different diagnoses or the various conditions her patients were dealing with kept her job very interesting and her nursing skills very sharp. She recalls studiously reading the drug book to be more confident about the medications and dosages for her patients.
When asked which doctor made the biggest impression on her, she recalled watching her first delivery with Dr. Richard Boyd. Dr. Boyd was an exceptional OB/GYN and a favorite among all the hospital staff.
While retirement was a long time coming, McLelland reports that she's enjoying it very much. "I really didn't have time for hobbies with working and the children, but now I think I need to find a few hobbies. I enjoy reading, especially anything medical, and I am looking forward to meeting my great-grandchild who will be visiting later this month. Between my two daughters, five grandchildren, and a new great-grandchild, my life is good. I don't need or want accolades or flowery words about my nursing career, I simply did a job I loved, and I was fortunate enough to work for a hospital that truly felt like family. It was the only place I ever wanted to work."
Josh Snow, Davis Regional CEO, commented on Mrs. McLelland's retirement. "Eula is a ray of sunshine, always smiling and willing to work wherever she was needed. She devoted her life to our hospital, our staff, and our patients, and she will be missed. We wish her a happy retirement. She has certainly earned it."
Davis Regional Medical Center
218 Old Mocksville Rd.

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When one kWh electricity produces four kWh heat COP=4. From the graphics of the calculator you can see when the heat pump is needed the most. Calculation is more accurate when you use the SCOP coefficient of the particular season. If the heat pump is mostly used in the winter for heating, SCOP is typically about 2,5. SCOP gets weaker when the temperature difference increases.
When it is very cold it is not worth warming and when it is very warm it is not worth cooling.
Solixi heat pump is an exception, where the outside temperature does not affect.
The price of the electricity and SCOP determine the price of the heat or cold produced by the heat pump.
The calculator raises the amount of energy (MWh) used when SCOP improves (no consumption of electricity). Check MWh when you adjust SCOP.
Large boiler and capacity (MWh), suitable temperatures always somewhere in the three part boiler and a thick uniform insulation are a paradise for a heat pump.
Solixi controller optimises running times and temperatures.
SCOP gets better and the times for cheap electricity can be utilized.
If the electric power of the heat pump is 10 kW and SCOP 2 the heat pump produces 20 kWh in an hour. If the power is too small also other heaters are needed and the running times can not be shortened or cheap energy fully utilized. It may be worth adding heat pumps, power increases and running times can be optimized.
Heat pump can produce at most about 60°C temperatures. Heat pump is at its most efficient (COP) usually at 0-50 °C temperature.
heat pumps are powerful (kW).
the capacity of the boiler is sufficient (MWh).
there is a heating system in the house that utilizes low temperatures.
Find a suitable sizing with the calculator, it takes into account the variables that are affiliated with profitability.
Current heat pumps work much cheaper with Solixi.
Hot can be produced cheapest with solar concentrators.
Electrical heaters are quick and cheap to install.
You can get high power from burners.
when accurately timed produce adjusted heat (even 125°C) when electricity is at its cheapest. There is plenty of room in a large Solixi boiler for cheap hot.
Large boiler reduces start-ups and wear and tear, lifetime lengthens.
Solar concentrator can give the heat pump even half a year's vacation, it decreases the usage also in the winter time.
Even smaller heat pump will do because the boiler will even out the consumption peaks.
Geothermal heat pump gets heat from the ground with good efficiency in the winter, when it is not been used in the summer and fall.
The intelligent Solixi three part boiler can optimize the operating temperatures of the heat pump with which the efficiency (SCOP) is lifted. More heat with less electricity.
Certainty improves. Boiler gives time to the maintenance to act. You can see where the defect is from the controller. The controller adjusts automatically other heaters to replace the heat pump.
Solixi uses ja starts heat pumps optimally, at the right time with right temperatures.
Solixi saves in the investment and operating expenses of the heat pump and lengthens lifetime.
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Somehow I bought too much mozzarella. Or, this one week I didn't do pizza and so I forgot to tick them off when I sent the order… In my ears I can already hear someone say (read *hubby*) so, do you intend to open a cheese shop or something? And just because there are two or three mozzarellas more than usual. Yes, this is the background information to this nibble. To use off some of this cheese and not like the other day, doing caprese spoons (yes, the same load of cheese).
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Straight out of the Bronx, NY -- the birthplace of hip hop -- Reminisce "Remy Ma" Smith-Mackie is one of the genre's most respected emcees. As the only female member of Big Pun's Terror Squad, Remy Ma earned her "Queen of Rap" crown with her 2006 solo debut, "There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story." Her career was derailed after a shooting incident in 2007, which resulted in six years in prison. After her release in 2014, Remy joined Love & Hip Hop ready to win and turn out tracks with her mentor Fat Joe and other hip-hop royalty. With her newfound freedom, Remy is back working on music, cohosting the talk show "State of Culture" and balancing her family life with her supportive husband, Papoose, and kids.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Papoose represents the grind and hustle of real New York hip hop. Already renowned for his mixtapes, Papoose reached a wider audience with the release of his debut full-length album, "The Nacirema Dream," in 2013. Beyond his music, Papoose's relationship with Remy Ma, whom he married in 2008, has inspired a passionate following of its own. As a husband, father and constant supporter of Black love, Papoose is an outspoken advocate for positive depictions of African-American relationships and families.
Joe Budden
The always outspoken Joe Budden is the brutally honest voice of the community. His wildly successful brand includes the ongoing "Joe Budden Podcast" and his "State of the Culture" YouTube talk show, but navigating his personal life is a different matter altogether. After reinventing himself as a family man with the birth of his baby boy Lexington, Joe and his partner Cyn called off their engagement and hit the bumpy road to co-parenthood.
Cyn Santana
A New Yorker through and through, Cyn Santana made a big splash with her quick wit and fiery personality when she debuted on Season 3 as the girlfriend of Erica Mena. After the two broke up, Cyn started a relationship with rapper Joe Budden in 2016, soon after moving in with him and having their baby boy, Lexington. Cyn and Joe got engaged at the end of Season 9, only to suddenly break up during the show's off time. But since kick-starting a music career of her own, Cyn has vowed not to let her personal drama get in the way of her success.
Yandy Smith-Harris
Yandy Smith-Harris is a multi-hyphenate mogul. She built her empire launching her Yelle Skincare line, heading media brand Everything Girls Love and taking on the role of hip-hop activist. A successful businesswoman and mother, Yandy is not the same struggling music manager from Season 1 who worked for Jim Jones. Her brand represents class, honesty and grace under pressure. Whether she's holding down the household while her husband, Mendeecees, serves his prison sentence or standing up for herself against the likes of Chrissy Lampkin, Yandy faces everything life throws at her head-on.
Kim "Kimbella" Vanderhee
Originally from Miami, Kim "Kimbella" Vanderhee made a name for herself not only as a model and brand ambassador, but as a sensitive-but-tough, tell-it-like-it-is personality as well. After a falling out with her good friend Yandy, Kimbella has been on a mission to rebuild her squad with other supportive and likeminded women. She proved her strength again when she held it down at home with her four kids while her husband, Juelz Santana, was incarcerated for 17 months.
Harlem, NY, rapper Juelz Santana shot to fame as a member of the hip-hop group The Diplomats (a.k.a. Dipset). After kicking a years-long opiate addiction, Juelz settled into family life with his kids and Kimbella, a former video vixen he's been married to since 2019. Shortly after his nuptials, Juelz began a 27-month prison sentence for carrying a concealed weapon inside an airport, although he was released in 2020 after serving 17 months.
Rich Dollaz
The CEO and founder of Dollaz Unlimited, Rich Dollaz started out as an ambitious intern at Sean "Diddy" Combs's Bad Boy Records. He rapidly climbed the ranks to become one of the most sought-after promoters and managers in hip hop. And although he has a penchant for mixing business with pleasure, having had past relationships with clients Erica Mena, Jhonni Blaze, Diamond Strawberry, Mariahlynn, Jade Wifey and Anaís, Rich never settles when it comes to his career or his love life.
Juliette "Juju C."
Model, author and entrepreneur Juliette "Juju C." is focused on building her brand after her breakup from Dipset rapper Cam'ron. She wrote her novel "Secrets of the Jewel" to empower women. She continues to pursue an acting career and make new connections -- some even romantic.
Safaree
Born in Brooklyn, Safaree Samuels shot to fame as the ex-boyfriend of Nicki Minaj. But the rapper-producer-songwriter and Love & Hip Hop mainstay emerged as a star in his own right thanks to his hilarious persona and flair for the flamboyant. After some failed flings, Safaree hooked up with Erica Mena, and the couple married in 2019. After having two children together, Mena filed for divorce in 2021.
Mariahlynn
Mariahlynn is a Jersey City, NJ, native who grew up in the foster care system. She started writing lyrics as a teenager, finding sanctuary from the drugs, crime and violence that were so pervasive in her neighborhood. But success didn't come overnight. In her early years, Mariahlynn worked as a stripper and exotic dancer to support her family, and she faced constant industry rejection as a result of her unconventional image and raw personality. Everything changed in 2015 when she caught the attention of DJ Self with her debut single, "Once Upon a Time." Mariahlynn has been grinding nonstop ever since, turning out bops and collaborating with artists like Remy Ma. And despite still struggling to hold her family together, Mariahlynn is determined to take her career to the next level.
Anaís
Born in the Dominican Republic, Latin music superstar Anaís Martínez shot to fame as the Season 2 winner of the Puerto Rican reality competition "Objetivo Fama." After releasing two Spanish-language albums, Anaís set out on a mission to conquer the North American market, all while trying to find peace in her personal relationships and figure out an angle to break the ceiling in the next phase of her career.
A true hard-knock success story, Jermaine "Maino" Coleman spent 10 years in prison. But the Brooklyn rapper used the time in lockup to develop his skills as an emcee, and upon his release in 2003, he launched the independent record label Hustle Hard Entertainment. After a few years of navigating industry politics, he finally made a big splash with his 2009 debut album, "If Tomorrow Comes…" Ambitious and entrepreneurial, Maino is on a mission to elevate his profile to international superstar status and extend his influence to all areas of the entertainment business.
Maggie Carrie
Model, entrepreneur and artist Maggie Carrie Heckstall made headlines when she was badly wounded in a shooting at a concert in Manhattan. The traumatic incident left her with physical and psychological scars, even as it brought her closer to her boyfriend Maino. Although she's the girlfriend of a famous rapper, Maggie resists stereotypes. Having lost her mother in a car accident at a young age, Maggie spent her childhood in the foster care system and, as an adult, acts as the caretaker for her older brother Julius, who lost his eyesight and the use of his legs due to diabetes. Self-sufficient, Maggie owns and operates her own highly successful business: the Hair Like Maggie shop in Newark, NJ. Meanwhile, she's making moves to kickstart her performing career, a profession sometimes at odds with her fear of crowds and public venues.
DJ Self
The self-proclaimed "Prince of New York," Power 105.1's DJ Self was born and raised in Brooklyn during hip hop's golden era. As the CEO of Gwinin Entertainment, his clients included fellow Love & Hip Hop castmates Mariahlynn and DreamDoll. During his time on the show, he was romantically involved with Yorma Hernandez, Cardi B, Major Galore and others.
One of the music industry's most sought-after makeup artists, Jonathan Fernandez has been perfecting his craft since he was 16 years old. With his fiery charisma and outrageous sense of humor, Jonathan is usually the glue of his social circle, although his flair for drama often makes waves. On a mission to step out from the shadows of his famous friends and carve out his own identity, Jonathan has first had to make peace with his difficult past and self-destructive tendencies.
Alexis Skyy
A native of Long Island, NY, Alexis Skyy made her mark as a dancer and video vixen. She soon rocketed to fame as the girlfriend of rapper Fetty Wap, but that relationship and its messy fallout transformed Alexis into a favorite of the gossip blogs. The hijinks came to a screeching halt in January 2018 when she gave birth to daughter Alaiya -- three months prematurely. After finding purpose and responsibility in her role as a mother, Alexis parlayed her newfound maturity into a music career.
Mendeecees Harris
As a native of Harlem, NY, Mendeecees Harris is a self-made man. While he is heavily immersed in the business side of the music industry, he prides himself on pursuing a wide variety of entrepreneurial endeavors that range from real estate to fashion. And despite being incarcerated from 2016 to 2020, the music manager continues to support his wife, Yandy Smith-Harris, and his blended family.
Judy Harris
Judy Harris is the mother of Mendeecees Harris and grandmother to his kids, Lil Mendeecees, Aasim, Omere and Skylar. Judy has maintained good relationships with all of Mendeecees's children's mothers, though occasionally she butts heads with his wife, Yandy.


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Burney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Ansar Burney (born 1956), Pakistani-Arab human rights activist
Cecil Burney (1858–1929), British admiral
Charles Burney (disambiguation), several people
Christopher Burney (1917–1980), British spy during World War II
Clarence A. Burney (1876–1933), Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
Dennistoun Burney (1888–1968), British engineer and inventor
Edward Francis Burney (1760–1848), English artist and illustrator
Frances Burney (1752–1840), English novelist and diarist
Henry Burney (1792–1845), British agent, ambassador of the East India Company
James Burney (1750–1821), British admiral
 Linda Burney (born 1957), Australian politician
Sarah Burney (1772–1844), novelist, known as S.H. Burney
S. M. H. Burney (Sayed Muzaffar Hussain Burney, 1923–2014), Indian civil servant
Venetia Burney (1918–2009), namer of the dwarf planet Pluto

English-language surnames

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25 people trained directly (NGO/MFI staff).
TBC people trained by organisations we trained.
82 people trained directly (NGO staff and students).
264 people trained by organisations we trained.
Building NGO capacity: by 1) encouraging NGO and MFI staff to manage their own money, 2) by training them to use participatory training methods, 3) giving them business knowledge and skills as hardly any of them have ever run a business while they are being asked to run income-generation programmes.
Debt: "multifinancing" i.e. taking debts from several lenders has become endemic in Nepal and pushed many families to unsustainable levels of debts. Our programmes focus on debt consequences, keeping a manageable debt level, planning future expenses, saving for emergencies and discouraging loans for daily life consumption.
Remittance use: with an average 1,500 Nepalese leaving their home country to work abroad evrey day, remittances have reached more than 30% of Nepal's GDP in 2015 (source: World Bank). Remittances are very often used for consumption, rather than invested in productive ways. With FINLIT Nepal, our goal is to encourage a more sustanaible use of remittances and build youth's critical thinking so that they weigh the pros and cons of immigration, as well as encourage local income generation.
Ethics: our programmes include relations with others, community impact, values and ethics, as our goal is to help Nepal develop more harmoniously and not to foster a selfish consumption-focused culture.
Save the Children Nepal + India: Read more.
Nepal Prosperity Institute/FIN LIT Nepal: we trained a group of undergraduate ambassadors selected by NPI/FIN LIT Nepal who will train high school students throughout Nepal. Read more.


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Chang Bhakar eller Changbhakar var en brittisk vasallstat i Chutia Nagpur (norra Gondwana), Indien. Statens yta var 2 346 km², och större delen av befolkningen var gonder.

Härskare

Bhaiya
 1819 - 18.., Man Singh Deo
 1848 - 1865, Janjit Singh Deo
 1 december 1865 - 1897, Balabhadra Singh Deo
 1897 - 1932, Mahabir Singh Deo
 1932 - 1947, Krishna Pratap Singh Deo

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 Worldstatesmen - Chang Bhakar

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KABUL (AFP) - Afghan ground forces will be barred from calling in Nato air strikes after an attack killed a number of children this week, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday.
"I issue a decree, from tomorrow none of the Afghan forces are allowed to ask for foreign air support under any conditions," he said in an address to young officers at a military academy in Kabul.
"Our forces ask for air support from foreigners and children get killed in an air strike," he said.
This was apparently a reference to an attack during an overnight raid by combined Afghan and Nato ground forces on a Taleban hideout in a remote eastern region on Wednesday.
Initial reports said 10 civilians, including five children and four women, were killed when the air strike was called in.
Three Taleban commanders, including a notorious Al-Qaeda-linked militant leader called Shahpoor, were also killed in the raid, Afghan officials said.
Civilian casualties caused by Nato forces fighting Taleban Islamist insurgents are a highly sensitive issue and are regularly condemned by Mr Karzai.
"We are happy the foreign troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan," he said, referring to the scheduled withdrawal of US-led Nato combat troops by the end of next year.
"I have been arguing with the foreign troops, don't bombard our houses, don't go to our villages, don't disrespect our people. And we hear our forces partnered with foreign forces are violating human rights."
Mr Karzai said Afghan forces would be able to defend the country after the foreign troops withdraw.
"I agree we are passing through a challenging phase, but we are the owners of this country.
"America is not the owner of this country, Pakistan is not the owner of this country, Germany is not the owner of this country, France is not the owner of this country.
"And fortunately, we will show to the world that we can protect our country, and we can defend our country," he said.
More than 3,200 Nato troops, mostly Americans, have died in support of Mr Karzai's government in the 11-year war since the Taleban were ousted by a US invasion in 2001, but relations between the president and the United States are often prickly.


2018 is only about half-done, but St. Louis has already enjoyed a remarkable roster of new restaurant openings. The RFT's food team has been delightedly stuffing its face at eateries ranging from Italian-inspired fine-dining spots to fast-casual Vietnamese places to pizzerias .... so many pizzerias ... and we'd highly recommend following in our footsteps! Use this list next time you're looking to try something new for dinner, or just to get the intel on that spot around the corner you've been too busy to check out.
You'd be a fool to keep revisiting the tried and true when there are so many interesting places you could visit. How about having a food adventure?
Posted Jul. 13, 2018 & filed under Food and Drink.


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Essay on the Doctrine of Social Contract and the Origin of the State
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Even before the publication of Rousseau's Social Contract, Hume, the English philosopher, declared that contract as the basis of relations between the governors and the governed was incompatible with the facts of history. Jeremy Bentham said, "I bid adieu to the original contract, and I leave it to those to amuse themselves with the rattle who could think they need it."
Bluntschli characterised it "in the highest degree dangerous, since it makes the State and its institutions the product of individual caprice." Sir Henry Maine maintained that nothing could be "more worthless" than such an account of the origin of society and government as given by Hobbes.
As an explanation of the origin of the State the theory is now entirely discredited. The following points of criticism may be noted:—
Historically, the theory is a mere fiction. There is nothing in the whole range of history to show that the State has ever been deliberately created as a result of voluntary agreement. Nor can we suppose that man could ever think of governing himself when he lived under conditions of extreme simplicity, ignorance and even brutality by which the state of nature is characterized.
The fact of the matter is that man can live only if he lives in society, and that he can live in society only if he accepts certain restraints on his freedom of action. These restraints are government in the germ. Society and State are natural institutions. It is man's social need which gives them existence and they continue to exist because of this need.
The example of the Mayflower compact of 1620 is very often cited in support of the theory of Social Contract. The Puritan emigrants to America, while they were still on board the ship Mayflower, drew up and signed a document which declared: "We do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body-politic, for our better ordering and preservation."
But this is not a correct example; nor can any other similar example be cited to hold a parallel to the formation of the State by men living in the state of nature.
The Puritans immigrating to new lands were not ignorant of political institutions. They were born and had lived in the State and when they went out of it they were fully familiar with the nature of their political governance, and the rights and duties of a citizen in a politically organised society. What the Mayflower compact really meant was "merely the transplanting to new lands of political institutions by men already subjected to political authority."
And the covenant they concluded did not mark the origin of a new State. They remained subjects of England even after setting up their body-politic. When the United States of America came into being by virtue of a solemn compact (the Articles of Confederation), the State had been familiar to them both as an idea as well as a fact.
The theory of Social Contract is, indeed, remote from actualities and completely oblivious of facts. Nothing like the state of nature had ever existed and even Hobbes himself, after discussing the state of nature, admitted that "it was never generally so."
The most primitive peoples that the Anthropologists have described lived under a regulative system of some sort and conformed to rigid customary modes of behaviour. It is quite unhistorical to suppose that such men would resort to a contract.
The very idea of a contract belongs to a later stage of social development than the hypothesis demands. Primitive man did not possess that maturity of outlook which the making of a social contract presupposes. Moreover, the conditions of a contract also presuppose a system of law to support it.
The advocates of the Contract Theory hold individuals as making a contract for their personal safety and the security of property. But history tells us just the other way. Early law was more communal than individual and the unit of society was not the individual but the family. "The family was the unit, property was held in common. Custom formed law and each man was born into his status in society.
Society has thus moved from status to contract and not from contract to status, as it has been maintained by the Contractualists. Contract is not the beginning, according to Sir Henry Maine, but the end of society.
In the primitive society birth determined the position of every man; it was not a matter of choice or voluntary arrangement. "He who is born a slave, let him remain a slave; the artisan, an artisan; the priest, a priest." This is the command of status and we cannot imagine a slave having free choice to contract. If he has a free choice to contract, then he no longer remains a slave.
Even if it be granted that the State is the result of contract, commonsense will tell us that there are always two parties to the contract. There cannot be a one-sided contract, as was conceived by Hobbes. Moreover, every contract lapses after the death of one of the contracting parties. It cannot be made legally binding on the descendants of the original parties to the contract.
Bentham remarks, "I am bound to obey not because my great-grandfather may be regarded as having made a bargain which he did not really make with the great-grandfather of George III, but simply because rebellion does more harm than good."
It is assumed by the Contractualists that men are equal in the state of nature. This assumption is incorrect. If status detennined the position of man in the primitive society, then the natural inference is that inequality, rather than equality, existed in the state of nature. Nor can we accept human nature as it has been portrayed by the exponents of the Contract theory.
The life of man may justly be described as a life lived in groups. And while living with others he is neither as bad as Hobbes, thinks, nor is he as good as Rousseau considers him to be. Both Hobbes and Rousseau have allowed their intellect to be carried away by their imaginations.
The conception of natural rights and natural liberty, as is said to have existed in the state of nature, is illogical and fallacious. Liberty cannot exist in the state of nature. Law is the condition of liberty. Without restraint liberty is nothing short of licence and a condition of licence is anarchy, pure and simple.
The state of nature being pre-political and even pre-social, it was subject to no civil law. Rights, too, arise in a society and every right is accompanied by a corresponding obligation. If there is no society, we cannot think of rights. No rights existed before the State arose.
Finally, there can be no rights without a consciousness of common interest on the part of the members of a society and common consciousness was conspicuous by its absence in the state of nature.
"Without common consciousness," writes Green, "there might be certain powers on the part of individuals, but no recognition of these powers by others as powers of which they do not allow the exercise nor any claim to such recognition; and without this recognition or claim to recognition there can be no right."
Even on a rational analysis, the theory of Social Contract can no longer be upheld. The relationship between the individual and the State is not voluntary. Each one of us must compulsorily belong to a State and the ties which bind men together are permanent.
Each of us is born into the State; we are part of the State; and the State is part of us. Burke has aptly said that the State "ought not be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement on a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties.
It is to be looked on with reverence. It is a partnership in all science, a partnership in all art, a partnership in every virtue and in all-perfection.
As the end of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are to be born."
If the theory of Social Contract is accepted as the true origin of the State, it will make the State purely the handiwork of man, an artificial contrivance. But the State is neither the handiwork of man, nor the creation of God; nor the result of force. It is the product of growth and evolution and many factors enter into the process of its development.
Finally, the authors of the Contract Theory had no mind to trace the origin of the State. Their primary object was to establish the basis of political authority. Determined to prove certain results, they wove a web of their own and in a manner which suited their purpose and, thus, a contradictory theory has been presented as the origin of the State.
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Judge Declares Mistrial In Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Case
By Lauren Stephenson
Comedian Bill Cosby had been charged with three counts of sexual assault.
The judge presiding over the Bill Cosby sexual assault case has declared a mistrial.
The ruling comes days after jurors told the judge they were deadlocked. He told them to try to reach an agreement.
The 79-year-old didn't testify during his six-day trial for aggravated indecent assault.
Andrea Constand testified that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her at his Pennsylvania home in 2004.
Cosby has said he only gave Constand Benadryl and that the incident was consensual.
Dozens of women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct. This was the first time he was criminally charged. While the statute of limitations ran out in many of those cases, some have sued him in civil court.
Constand sued Cosby in civil court in 2005. During a deposition, Cosby admitted to getting prescriptions for quaaludes and that he planned to give them to women he wanted to have sex with.
Related Story Defamation Lawsuit Against Bill Cosby Thrown Out Of Court
Cosby settled the civil lawsuit in 2006.
His attorneys tried to prevent Cosby's admission from being used against him in the criminal case. They argued Cosby gave that testimony with the understanding that he wouldn't face criminal charges. But in December 2016, a judge ruled the deposition could be used as evidence in the criminal case.
In April 2017, the same judge ruled that jurors could hear Cosby's testimony regarding quaaludes.
However, he also ruled in Cosby's favor, stating neither the prosecution nor the defense could "make any reference to any civil suit or the settlement thereof."
It will now be up to prosecutors to decide whether they want to retry the case.


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Q: ValueError: Target size (torch.Size([1, 1])) must be the same as input size (torch.Size([1, 2])) While trying to train my model with 2 targets, I get the error…"ValueError: Target size (torch.Size([1, 1])) must be the same as input size (torch.Size([1, 2]))". I have a data set with 2 targets. I tried a lot even by resizing the tensors but no use. Also if I make the output_dim = 1, it always predicts the same class out of two.
** Loading Training data
class SwelltrainDataset(T.utils.data.Dataset):

  def __init__(self, Swelltrain):

    sc = StandardScaler()

    X_tr = sc.fit_transform(X_train)
    Y_tr = y_train

    self.X_tr = torch.tensor(X_tr, dtype = torch.float32)
    self.Y_tr = torch.tensor(Y_tr, dtype = torch.float32)

  def __len__(self):
    return len(self.Y_tr)

  def __getitem__(self, idx):

        return self.X_tr[idx], self.Y_tr[idx]
train_ds = SwelltrainDataset(Swelltrain)

bat_size = 1
idx = np.append(np.where(train_ds.Y_tr == 0)[0],
                np.where(train_ds.Y_tr == 1)[0],
                )

train_ds.X_tr = train_ds.X_tr[idx]
train_ds.Y_tr = train_ds.Y_tr[idx]

train_ldr = T.utils.data.DataLoader(train_ds,
    batch_size=bat_size, shuffle=True)
batch = next(iter(train_ldr))

I am using LSTM Model with dimensions: input_dim = 16, hidden_dim = 100, layer_dim = 1, output_dim = 2
class LSTMModel(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, input_dim, hidden_dim, layer_dim, output_dim):
        super(LSTMModel, self).__init__()
        self.hidden_dim = hidden_dim

        self.layer_dim = layer_dim

        self.lstm = nn.LSTM(input_dim, hidden_dim, layer_dim, dropout=1, batch_first=True, )

        self.fc = nn.Linear(hidden_dim, output_dim)

    def forward(self, x):
        h0 = torch.zeros(self.layer_dim, x.size(0), self.hidden_dim).requires_grad_()

        c0 = torch.zeros(self.layer_dim, x.size(0), self.hidden_dim).requires_grad_()

        x, (hn, cn) = self.lstm(x, (h0.detach(), c0.detach()))

        x = self.fc(x[:, -1, :])
        return (x)

**Model Training
optimizer = optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=0.001)

loss_func = nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss()

epochs = 2
loss_list = []

model.train()

for epoch in range(epochs):
    total_loss = []

    for X_tr, Y_tr in train_ldr:

      X_tr = X_tr.unsqueeze(1)

      Y_tr = Y_tr.type(torch.LongTensor)
      Y_tr = Y_tr.unsqueeze(1)

      optimizer.zero_grad()
      output = model(X_tr.float())

      pred = output.argmax(dim=1, keepdim=True)

     loss = loss_func(output, Y_tr.float())

      loss.backward()

      optimizer.step()

      total_loss.append(loss.item())

    loss_list.append(sum(total_loss)/len(total_loss))
    print('Training [{:.0f}%]\tLoss: {:.4f}'.format(
         100. * (epoch + 1) / epochs, loss_list[-1]))

ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-30-1ab26e6f45d7> in <module>
     31
     32 #      print(Y_tr.size())
---> 33       loss = loss_func(output, Y_tr.float())
     34
     35         # Backward pass

~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\torch\nn\modules\module.py in _call_impl(self, *input, **kwargs)
    887             result = self._slow_forward(*input, **kwargs)
    888         else:
--> 889             result = self.forward(*input, **kwargs)
    890         for hook in itertools.chain(
    891                 _global_forward_hooks.values(),

~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\torch\nn\modules\loss.py in forward(self, input, target)
    712         assert self.weight is None or isinstance(self.weight, Tensor)
    713         assert self.pos_weight is None or isinstance(self.pos_weight, Tensor)
--> 714         return F.binary_cross_entropy_with_logits(input, target,
    715                                                   self.weight,
    716                                                   pos_weight=self.pos_weight,

~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\torch\nn\functional.py in binary_cross_entropy_with_logits(input, target, weight, size_average, reduce, reduction, pos_weight)
   2825
   2826     if not (target.size() == input.size()):
-> 2827         raise ValueError("Target size ({}) must be the same as input size ({})".format(target.size(), input.size()))
   2828
   2829     return torch.binary_cross_entropy_with_logits(input, target, weight, pos_weight, reduction_enum)

ValueError: Target size (torch.Size([1, 1])) must be the same as input size (torch.Size([1, 2]))

A: Try converting your Y_tr variable into a 2 class one hot label:
one_hot_label = torch.nn.functional.one_hot(Y_tr.to(torch.int64), 2)

one_hot_label = one_hot_label.float()

This should have the shape of target torch.Size([1, 2])

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Hubble sees a southern wonder
Jonathan Nally | Jun 22, 2011 | Comments 0
Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the heart of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128. Hubble's reveals the vibrant glow of young, blue star clusters and a glimpse into regions normally obscured by the dust.
THE GALAXY KNOWN AS NGC 5128 is a favourite of amateur astronomers in the Southern Hemisphere. Easily visible through a small telescope, it has a rounded shape with a prominent "dark lanes" running through its centre.
Those lanes are composed of interstellar "rivers" of dust encircling the galaxy.
Astronomers have now used the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 to zoom in on this region of NGC 5128 in multi-wavelength observations, resulting in the most detailed view ever of this galaxy.
As well as features in the visible spectrum, the composite shows ultraviolet light from young stars, and near-infrared light, which lets us glimpse some of the detail otherwise obscured by the dust.
The dark dust lane that crosses Centaurus A does not show an absence of stars, but rather a relative lack of starlight, as the opaque clouds block the light of background stars from reaching us.
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 has focused on these dusty regions, which span from corner to corner in this image.
It is thought that at some point in the past, NGC 5128 collided and merged with another galaxy. The shockwaves of this event caused hydrogen gas clouds to coalesce and sparked intense areas of star formation, as seen in its outlying regions and in red patches visible in this Hubble close-up.
This wide-field image shows the full extent of galaxy NGC 5128 and its dark, central dust lanes. NGC 5128 is more than 11 million light-years from Earth.
The galaxy's compact core contains a very active giant black hole. Powerful jets emanating from the vicinity of the black hole are emitting vast amounts of radio and X-ray radiation (although these are invisible here as Hubble's instruments).
At just over 11 million light-years distant, NGC 5128is relatively nearby in astronomical terms. However, it is not only close, it is also bright. This makes it a very attractive target for amateur astronomers in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is visible. Stargazers can see the galaxy through binoculars, while larger amateur telescopes begin to unveil the distinctive dusty lanes.
Editor's note: You'll often see this galaxy called Centaurus A, but this is not strictly correct. Centaurus A is the name given to a region within the galaxy that is emitting large amounts of radio waves. The overall galaxy is called NGC 5128.
Adapted from information issued by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgment: R. O'Connell (University of Virginia) and the WFC3 Scientific Oversight Committee. Wide-angle NGC 5128 image courtesy ESO.
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The Chaparral 347 SSX has a LOA of 33'6" (9.91 m), a beam of 10' (3.05 m), and a draft of 23'' (0.58 m).
Chaparral designed the 347 SSX to meet the needs of two types of boaters: On one hand, she is made to appeal to owners of smaller bowriders who want to move up to a bigger boat that offers the features of a bowrider and overnighting capabilities. On the other, the 347 SSX is built for cruisers who want to move down to a more practical dayboat that still allows the occasional overnight stay.
Chaparral offers the 347 SSX in three different cockpit layouts, but this layout, which foregoes starboard cockpit seating for a wet bar had much to offer.
The port console opposite the helm has a hinged door that opens to reveal the companionway to the forward cabin on the 347 SSX. Descend two stairs to the cabin and one finds a full-sized Ultraleather couch that converts into a double berth measuring more than 6' (1.8 m) long. If an owner orders the optional 24" (61 cm) flatscreen TV with DVD player, it mounts on the front of the galley console, and guests can watch it while seated on the lounge. The small galley has a color-coordinated solid-surface countertop, a trash receptacle, and an optional stainless steel microwave. Another standard feature in the cabin, a cedar-lined hanging locker with built-in light.
Open the hinged door on the port console and the companionway stairs lead to the 347 SSX's cabin.
The cabin lounge has good seated headroom and the two ports let in light, and, if the option is selected, they can also be opened to let in fresh air.
The lounge converts into a berth that should sleep two adults comfortably.
The optional flatscreen TV is installed on the galley console opposite the belowdecks lounge.
This locker at the aft end of the cabin is cedar-lined and has a built-in light.
In the molded private head, there was plenty of seated headroom on the porcelain toilet, and also a bench seat that folds down to cover the toilet. The compartment includes a stainless steel sink and pull-up shower and also a stainless steel handrail for safety. There's an opening port (with frosted glass) with a screen and a power vent, which both help rid the area of steam after a shower.
This folding seat on top of the toilet gives people a place to sit down when using the shower.
An integrated stainless steel davit with rode locker is standard and can be equipped with either an optional galvanized or a polished stainless steel anchor on the 347 SSX. Other options include a power windlass and a rode with 30' (9.14 m) chain and 200' (61 m) of rope, but those popup stainless steel cleats are standard.
Between the helm and portside consoles is a walkthrough to the bow with a lower door and hinged center windshield section. The bow passenger area offers a two-person seat to starboard and a wraparound lounge to port, with molded-in lockers beneath each. There was an integrated armrest for the lounge and extra lumbar padding for both forward-facing seats. A hatch that opens on a gas strut reveals a locker in the sole. A draining scupper in the lip of the opening is separate from the drain on deck and both direct water overboard. The outboard seat cushions to port cover a large insulated cooler that drains overboard. The center cushion can be removed to provide a skid-resistant step to the bow so crewmembers can tend to dock or anchor lines.
The forward passenger area has space for five. The forward-facing seats have comfortably angled backrests. The portable table can be positioned to serve the bow or moved aft for use in the cockpit.
The bow lounges offer deep backrests and a full-length stainless steel grabrail adds security.
The steering wheel is offset to starboard so two people can use the bench seat. Note the optional joystick docking control (red arrow) is positioned ahead of the shift/throttle binnacle.
The helm of the 347 SSX has twin 9" Simrad multi-function displays placed side by side on the dash. The displays are angled inward to reduce glare and simplify operation.
Accessory switches are arrayed in aluminum dash panels in an L-shaped pattern on either side of the tilt steering wheel.
The dash is shrouded by an eyebrow finished in dark vinyl that gives the helm an upscale automotive look and feel and should minimize glare on the panel. We liked that the binnacle-mount shift/throttle controls to starboard are angled to make them more comfortable to reach from the helmsman's position on the bench seat, though the Simrad NSS9 evo3 displays have a wide viewing angle and work well even with polarized sunglasses. Down low on the helm console, there's an angled footrest.
The fiberglass hardtop is equipped with LED overhead lighting and sunroof, and can also have a nicely integrated optional, retractable SureShade cockpit awning.
On the port side of the sunroof there is a pull-out black-out shade.
On the starboard side of the sunroof is a dimming shade that pulls out.
The hardtop sound bar keeps the crew entertained, thanks to the optional Wet Sounds stereo upgrade shown here.
For those who want relief from the sun, there is an optional Sure Shade that automatically slides out to cover the cockpit. Note the integrated grab rails built into the hardtop supports (red arrow).
The 347 SSX comes standard with another forward-facing bench seat to port opposite the helm. Abaft, an L-shaped lounge wraps around to port and to starboard is a one-person lounge. Instead of the jumper on the backside of the helm seat, our test boat had the optional wet bar console that adds a freshwater sink with pull-out faucet, a trash receptacle, a 54-quart (204 L) cooler and a 12V DC plug. A stainless steel refrigerator is an available upgrade.
The Chaparral 347 SSX comes with upgraded tri-tone upholstery with diamond stitching and custom-embroidered Chaparral logo.
The optional wet bar is located directly abaft the helm seat and owners can opt to include a stainless steel refrigerator.
The removable table can be placed in the cockpit (not shown), and there will still be enough room to starboard to pass from the helm to the transom. The grabrail on the wet bar console improves safety.
A billet aluminum gate to starboard leads aft to the 347 SSX's swim platform. An aft lounge will accommodate two to three people sitting up or it can be opened up to form a sunlounge where a couple of people can stretch out. Push a button at the helm and the whole seat structure raises to provide access to the engine compartment.
In this photo, the stern lounge on the 347 SSX forms a sun pad in its folded-out position. Note the cup holders forward of the pad.
In its standard, folded position, the stern lounge serves as an aft-facing seat to watch watersports or enjoy the view of the anchorage.
In its own locker to starboard, there's a telescoping, four-step ladder. Chaparral beveled the top handle for better grip.
The swim platform spans the width of the boat's 10' (3.05 m) beam to offer plenty of room for gearing up for watersports.
A hatch in the cockpit sole between the helm and companion seats opens the in-sole stowage compartment. Note the scuppered entry, stainless steel gas strut, and protective mat lining the locker. The locker measures 5'9" (1.75 m) long, 3'9" (1.4 m) wide, and 2'5" (.7 m) deep.
The entire aft seat structure raises on a power ram to provide good access to the twin MerCruiser V-8 engines.
Chaparral offers the 347 SSX with a total of 12 twin sterndrive packages from MerCruiser and eight from Volvo Penta. The MerCruiser packages include twin 300-hp engines, 350-hp 6.2 L, 380-hp 8.2 MAG, or 430-hp 8.2 MAG HO engines with Bravo 3 or Bravo 3X twin-prop drives, which can be upgraded with DTS (Digital Throttle and Shift), Axius Premier joystick docking and SeaCore corrosion prevention. Volvo Penta options range from twin 300-hp engines or 350-hp 5.7-liter V8s to twin 380-hp or 430-hp V8s with Duoprop drives. These packages can be upgraded with DP Joystick controls, Trim Assist, Cruise, and Trip Computers.
We tested the Chaparral 347 SSX with twin 300-hp MerCruiser 6.2 L Bravo 3s. The boat has a dry weight with engines of 12,000 lbs. (5,443 kg), and with two people, a quarter tank of fuel, two-fifths of the freshwater load and 50 lbs. (23 kg) of gear on board, we hit a top speed of 48.5 mph (42.2 knots) at 5100 rpm and burned 53.1 gph, giving the boat a range of 123 statute miles. Best cruise came in at 3500 rpm, where the boat ran 23 mph (20 knots) and burned 18.8 gph, resulting in a range of 165 statute miles.
Chaparral's Extended V-Plane bottom and Kevlar-reinforced hull combine to offer comfortable cruising in conditions much rougher than this.
The understated graphics and accents on the Chaparral 347 SSX complement the boat's shape and design.
The 347 SSX comes with four batteries with automatic switches and a 50-Amp charger. The engine compartment has an automatic fire extinguishing system and Lenco electric trim tabs with position indicator lights come standard.
The Chaparral 347 SSX appeals to owners moving up or down in their respective boating careers. For folks who want to overnight, she's big enough that she could sleep a couple belowdecks in the cabin and an additional two people in the cockpit with the curtains installed. To enhance the boat's versatility, owners can add the optional cockpit wet bar. With twin V-8 engines, she offers the performance that will appeal to someone looking for a boat with a sportier feel than a typical cruiser. She could handle tube-towing duties and the deep-V Extended V-Plane bottom design with 22-degrees of transom deadrise to handle bumpy conditions.
Top speed for the Chaparral 347 SSX (2019-) is 48.5 mph (78.1 kph), burning 53.10 gallons per hour (gph) or 200.98 liters per hour (lph).
Best cruise for the Chaparral 347 SSX (2019-) is 23.0 mph (37 kph), and the boat gets 1.22 miles per gallon (mpg) or 0.52 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 165 miles (265.54 kilometers).
Tested power is 2 x 300-hp Mercury 6.2L.


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The photo appears to show a ship entering a lock. Is this the Welland Canal, the Soo Locks or some other set of locks in/near the Great Lakes? For you ship enthusiasts out there, the ship is the B.F. Jones. The photo is from the 1940's.
Thanks to Steve Haverty for verifying the location as the Soo Locks. The ship is entering the Poe Lock.
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Q: pre-commit run yapf --all-files not finding all files? Running: RH7, Python 3.8.3, pre-commit 2.8.2
I download a repo from github. I make a "bad" change to an existing file, such as not enough empty lines preceding class statement. I run

pre-commit run yapf --all-files

and I get Failed as expected.
However, if I create a new file with the same mistake, no error is found! It's as if the new file is not being seen.
Please advise.

A: pre-commit only runs on files which are checked in to the repository
this makes it so you generally don't need exclusion rules that many other tools require (to exclude virtualenvs, .tox, .git, other junk files, etc.)
it also allows pre-commit to do smart things when making commits, such as only sending the changed files to the underlying tools
try git add thatfile.py and then running pre-commit run yapf (and/or --all-files)

disclaimer: I'm the author of pre-commit