The search for a woman who disappeared in 1906 draws anthropologist Erin Dawson to Cedar Canyon, where red mesas keep Navajo traditions and criminal evidence hidden. Her quest leads her to tribal policeman Adam Silverhorn and a dangerous drug cartel. Can they overcome the criminals and live long enough to tell each other how they feel?
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What happens when danger and love collide under a Navajo moon? The search for a woman who disappeared in 1906 has lead cultural anthropologist Erin Dawson to Cedar Canyon, where the iconic terrain of red rock walls and mesas keep Navajo traditions - and maybe criminal evidence - well hidden. When Erin's search leads her to cross paths with tribal policeman Adam Silverhorn, it's hardly love at first sight. But everywhere she turns, Adam is already there. Fighting their feelings for each other, the two are suddenly thrust into a battle far more dangerous - a common quest to rout an insidious drug cartel that has spawned the recent rise in gang violence on the reservation. Adam's position of authority gives Erin a rare glimpse into Navajo life few outsiders like her ever see - and into a crime ring that no one dares to imagine. As danger mounts, Adam and Erin begin to wonder if they will live to tell how they really feel.
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In 2012, in a letter to the Governor of Maine, David Campbell, CEO of FedTax, tried to garner support for remote-seller use-tax collection legislation by claiming that any retailer that uses a shopping cart or order management system could integrate and use his third-party tax collection system in 20 minutes (or less).
Many members of eMainStreet have been offended by this claim, not only because it is patently false, but also because proponents of the MFA have been using Campbell's false claims, like this one, to mislead lawmakers. Today, in response to a study about the true costs of sales tax software by TruST which blew up this falsehood, Campbell admitted that his software - TaxCloud - does not do what he previously claimed.
The truth is that TaxCloud only works with a fraction of shopping carts, order-management softwares and accounting systems. And there is no inexpensive or even relatively inexpensive solution for the thousands of stores that use custom shopping cart and order management technology. How is it that Campbell could claim that retailers would be up-and-running with his product in 20 minutes if his software isn't even compatible with most order management, accounting and shopping cart solutions?
It appears that Campbell may have purposely been misleading the Governor of Maine to elicit support for legislation that would enrich Mr. Campbell with taxpayer funds.
This seems to be a pattern. Campbell has repeatedly misled the public, media and elected officials about the capabilities of his sales tax software and about the burdens that the MFA would foist onto small businesses (here's another source for more information about FexTax/TaxCloud deceptions). In our opinion, this ought to disqualify Campbell as a reliable source for Congress and members of the media as relates to remote use tax collection legislation.


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Q: Open a file in a new browser window after having written it (with fopen) I'm writing a simple order system where several numbers (filled in inside a form) are written to another .php file (may be .html also), using the fopen function. This works fine, but after writing to the file, I want the browser to actually open that written file, preferably in a new browser window. This way my client can use this to print, use as an invoice, etc.
Now I'm still a rookie on php grounds and am not experienced with the use of fopen. But everywhere I look for tutorials etc., it's said that fopen opens (or writes of course) a file, but it doesn't for as far as I've experienced. It just seems to allow access to the specified file to write and read, rather to actually display the newly written page.
To avoid any confusion: I do NOT want to open links like other questions here on SO state.
My code:
<form action="" method="post">
  <input type="text" id="amountTuna" name="numberTuna" value="0"/>
  <input type="text" id="amountCheese" name="numberCheese" value="0"/>
  <input name="send" id="send" type="submit" value="Post order" />
</form>

<?php
if (array_key_exists('send', $_POST)) {
  $order = "order.php";
  $fh = fopen($order, 'w') or die("can't open file");//file handler

  fwrite($fh, "Tuna sandwiches: " . stripslashes($_POST['numberTuna']));
  fwrite($fh, "Cheese sandwiches: " . stripslashes($_POST['numberCheese']));

  $fh = fopen($factuur, 'r');
  $fileip = fread($fh, filesize($factuur));
  fclose($fh);
}
?>

Trying different fopen parameters such as 'w','r','r+' etc doesn't seem to make any difference. Removing fclose($fh) doesn't seem to make any difference either.

A: Use JS script to open new window. For example right after fclose($fh):
echo "";

A: Storing things in a database would likely be a lot easier.
That said, using fopen is to open the file itself, opening the written file in a new browser window will require some client-side scripting (i.e. Javascript) to load the newly created file.
Google Javascript window.open().
Tom

A: Since you just want to write to a printable page .. have you tried file_put_contents
Example
if (isset($_POST['send'])) {
    $file = "test.html";
    $data = "Tuna sandwiches: " . stripslashes($_POST['numberTuna']) . "
";
    $data .= "Cheese sandwiches: " . stripslashes($_POST['numberCheese']) . "
";
    touch($file);
    file_put_contents($file, $data);
}

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So, yesterday, i finished fencing off the bits of the garden where i am growing things.
a few days ago, the chooks were on the roof of their house, apparently disgruntled at being left in their coop for about a week without any time in the garden. it was funny cos they could have flown down into the neighbours' garden (which they've done before), except that they have a dog and the dog was in their yard. so the chooks were just sitting on the roof, hanging out.
i realised that i couldn't keep them out of the garden indefinitely. but whenever they have come into the garden, they have eaten and scratched everything in reach. so, i bit the bullet, or rather opened up my wallet, and bought heaps of fencing wire and fenced off all the main areas. and i've put a fence up on the side of the house, so that i can shut them in and have jessie (the dog) out and about. jess killed a chook (emma) in the first few weeks after the chooks started living here, and i've no doubt she'd do the same again given the chance.
anyway, it was a huge job, and i'm not 100% sure it will actually work, cos i wanted to keep the fences low, to keep the garden beds accessible to me, when i want to plant stuff. the chooks could just jump over the fences if they wanted to. but, let's hope they don't!
this morning i finished the gate on the side fence, or rather put the hinges on the gate and nailed in a piece of wood that sticks up above the fence. This bit of wood is there so that i can hang flags along the length of the fence, so that the chooks are deterred from trying to fly over the fence. I'll make the flags some time in the next week or so.


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Dubai: The world in Microcosm
People from around the world find Dubai a veritable paradise to live and work. And why not? With its brilliant weather, liberal tax-free regime, and cosmopolitan atmosphere, it is a magnet for ambitious and talented people everywhere.
It is the world in microcosm. Almost all cultural and ethnic milieus are present - over 200 nationalities in the emirate make it a unique and inspiring place to be. It is a young city too, with over 60% of its people between 20 and 40. Full of life and optimism, the energy of Dubai is infectious, and no-one who comes to Dubai is immune to it.
Situated as it in the center of East and West, Dubai has global experiences to offer its residents. In cultural events and cuisine, business and working life, and even in daily life, a Dubai resident can encounter almost any culture in the world.
Politically stable, and relatively crime-free, Dubai is among the safest places in the world. World-class healthcare, education, and infrastructure go a long way to ensuring that people here are among the happiest in the world. A survey by the Community Development Authority found that Dubai residents scored high on a happiness scale. Emiratis averaged 8.3 on the scale, and western expatriates 8.0; Arab expatriates followed with 7.9. Not far behind were Asian expatriates at 7.8. Ninety-three per cent of the populace felt safe: 96% among Emiratis and 89 per cent of expatriates .
Dubai's strategic location means that it is at the most eight hours by air from most of the world's important centres. It is a unique place from which to explore the rest of the world.
All this makes for great opportunities. Dubai's geographic advantage has made it a hub for travel, tourism, and commerce and industry. Many global enterprises have their regional headquarters here attracting many kinds of professionals and experts, and creating employment and opportunities.

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This exercise works the latissimus dorsi and teres major.
This exercise works a little bit the rhomboid, trapezius and posterior deltoid when the shoulder blades get closer.
Generally, all « Pull » exercises work the biceps and anterior brachialis. This movement with the semi-pronated grip work especially the brachioradialis.
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Sbisa, Gaunce project to be Canucks on chopping block for Vegas expansion draft
Rob Williams
Vancouver Canucks / Twitter
Ever since the NHL announced the rules for this June's expansion draft, a couple of things were clear right away.
The NHL's 31st team would get the best expansion roster that we've ever seen – at least on paper – and most teams would lose a player of some significance.
The Vegas Golden Knights must pluck one player from each of the other 30 teams by 2 pm PT on June 20, with the list being revealed to the public on June 21.
Each team has until June 17 to submit their protected list to the league, which must include either:
7 forwards, 3 defencemen, and 1 goaltender OR
8 skaters (forwards/defencemen) and 1 goaltender
Players with no-movement clauses must be protected, while first- and second-year pros, as well as unsigned draft choices, are exempt from the process.
Vegas, meanwhile, have some regulations to follow as well. Vegas must:
Select 14 forwards, 9 defencemen, and 3 goaltenders
Select a minimum of 20 players who are under contract for the 2017-18 season
Select players with an aggregate Expansion Draft value that is between 60-100% of the prior season's upper limit for the salary cap
Not buy out any of the players selected in the Expansion Draft earlier than the summer of 2018
The Canucks were proactive at this year's trade deadline, trading away Jannik Hansen, who appeared that he was going to be the odd man out for Vancouver's protected list.
Barring a trade, conventional wisdom suggests that the Canucks will protect the following 11 players:
Jacob Markstrom (G)
Alex Edler (D)
Chris Tanev (D)
Erik Gudbranson (D)
Henrik Sedin (F)
Daniel Sedin (F)
Loui Eriksson (F)
Bo Horvat (F)
Sven Baertschi (F)
Markus Granlund (F)
Brandon Sutter (F)
The Sedins and Eriksson are locks, of course, by virtue of their no-movement clauses. Ryan Miller isn't on this list because he is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
If the Canucks go down this path, Vegas will have the following players available for selection:
Richard Bachman (G)
Luca Sbisa (D)
Alex Biega (D)
Brendan Gaunce (F)
Derek Dorsett (F)
Michael Chaput (F)
Reid Boucher (F)
Joseph Cramarossa (F)
Drew Shore (F)
Joseph Labate (F)
They'll also be able to select players like Miller and Anton Rodin, although that is unlikely given they will become unrestricted free agents.
With so many moving parts around the league, it's difficult to predict what Vegas will need. Will they be on the lookout for a defenceman or a forward from Vancouver? If it's a defenceman, Luca Sbisa could catch their eye. If it's a forward, Brendan Gaunce is the most likely candidate to be Vegas-bound.
Sbisa has had a turbulent three seasons in Vancouver, particularly among fans. But the 27-year-old has slowly improved.
He's not as good as GM Jim Benning must have thought he would become when he acquired him as part of the Ryan Kesler trade in 2014, but he is a bonafide NHL defenceman, albeit in a third-pairing role.
Sbisa, 27, has youth on his side, as well as an expiring contract after next season. That contract carries a $3.6 million cap hit, and that may scare the Golden Knights off. But if they can stomach his hefty salary, perhaps they'll be intrigued by Sbisa's toughness on the back-end.
The Swiss defenceman is having a decent season by traditional statistics, as he is fourth in points (12) among Canucks defencemen and second in plus-minus (+2). But by advanced statistics, he ranks dead-last among Canucks defencemen in shot attempt differential (46.17%).
Gaunce, on the other hand, appears to offer everything Sbisa doesn't.
The Canucks' first round pick in 2012 is still looking for his first goal of the season, despite appearing in 57 games. He ranks 13th in points in a Canucks uniform this season, which is notable because only 12 forwards play on a nightly basis.
But one look at analytics suggests that Gaunce may be a victim of some bad luck this season. The soon to be 23-year-old has the best shot-attempt differential on the team, for players with more than 20 games played this season.
Gaunce has been used primarily as a winger, but has also played more at centre during his career, and that versatility should intrigue Vegas.
So what is Vegas GM George McPhee to do? It may depend on how much he values advanced statistics versus the eye test. It may also depend on how much his owner values money.
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The campaign CARS is a 20th Century Fox advert, born from the union between Tiempo BBDO (based at Barcelona, Spain) and News Corporation in 2008. This customer case is known in the marketing & communication market for Print, Commercials Archive, Corporate Image, 20th Century Fox Adverts.
Bassat Ogilvy, based at Barcelona, Spain has been asked to develop BIRDS for their brand Barcelona Music PalaceProduct: Barcelona Music Palace in 2010. This campaign is known in the marketing & communication market for Print, Commercials Archive, Cinemas, Theatres, Concert Halls, Barcelona Music Palace Adverts.


This handmade skinning knife features a 3 3/4" long, 1/8' thick D2 tool steel blade, with a 4" long finger ring handle. The blade is shaped for increased usability in the field with greater control and comfort for the user. The arched edge increases the length of cutting/slicing for more consistence while processing game.
Classic - Leather sheath with wood handle.
Tactical- G10 handle with kydex sheath.


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Livestream – #FloodWallStreet Protest
Here We Go Again: US Strikes Syria
TDS/TCR (Verklempt)
By ek hornbeck
Farewell. We hardly used you.
Who needs therapy?
The real news, as well as the 4 (!) part web exclusive extended interview with the Big Dog and this week's guests below.
This week's guests-
Monday 9/22: Jenny Nordberg
Tuesday 9/23: Tony Zinni
Wednesday 9/24: Tia Torres
Thursday 9/25: Steven Johnson
The Colbert Report
Monday 9/22: Tweedy
Tuesday 9/23: Naomi Klein
Wednesday 9/24: Bill Cosby
Thursday 9/25: Walter Mischel
Jenny Nordberg is going to talk about the practice of bacha posh and her new book(s?) The Underground Girls Of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys and The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan. As the titles suggest this is not uncommon in Afghanistan so young women can be protected from violence and receive an education in what is, even after 13 years of U.S. occupation, an extremely sexist and patriarchal society especially in some areas and among some ethnic groups.
She is not without other journalistic credentials, from Good Reads–
Together with The (New York) Times' investigative unit, Nordberg previously worked on projects such as an examination of the American freight railroad system; a series that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, and U.S. efforts at exporting democracy to Haiti.
She has also produced and written several documentaries for American television, about Iraqi refugees, Pakistan's nuclear proliferation and the impact of the global financial crisis in Europe.
In Sweden, Nordberg was a member of the first investigative team at Swedish Broadcasting's national radio division, where she supervised projects on terrorism and politics. Nordberg has won awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors, The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and Guldspaden; Sweden's premier investigative journalism award.
Lest you think this a distinctly Islamic practice allow me to draw your attention to Yentl and this bit of Harry Potter fan fiction (though the author of the Crooks & Liars review claims Harry doesn't even live under the stairs anymore when he quite clearly does in the excerpt).
Chapter 1 introduces us to poor Harry, who doesn't live under the stairs and is inexplicably permitted to answer the door by his evil, atheist, Dawkins-loving Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Harry Potter who lived under the stairs in a house on Privet Drive with his aunt and uncle.
Tweedy is a new group featuring Jeff Tweedy (who also performs with Wilco) and his son Spencer. Jeff is a much sought after session musician and producer and during several solo tours has mostly worked acoustically which is what you should expect from tonight's musical segment.
sausage grinder of snark
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Enjoy various sightseeing tours and excursions as well as diving trips arranged by the resort's friendly tour desk staff. Other features on-site include internet access, beachfront restaurant and bar serving palatable Thai and International cuisines, two outdoor swimming pools, baby sitting service, parking facilities, and laundry service.
Good service all the way!
Sudala Beach Resort is boutique resort, located on the unspoiled and pristine of Bang Niang Beach, Khao Lak, Phang-Nga province, only 85 kilometers. (One hour driving) from Phuket International Airport.
Sudala Beach Resort is filled with fine facilities and conveniences, 78 rooms: 24 Deluxe Villa rooms and 54 Superior (Building) rooms.
The villas and buildings are designed rhymes the lush tropical atmosphere, guest can enjoy the choice of 2 swimming pools, restaurants, recreational and entertainment activities.
Refreshing yourself with 2 outdoor swimming pool for all in the family among the lush tropical garden.


Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris is located in Paris. A visit to Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris represents just the start of the adventure when you use our Paris road trip website to plot your vacation.
It's a great experience! One Sunday morning, amateurs of music (and especially of Bach!) gather for a breakfast (not terrible! but so much worse...) They are then "prepared" vocally by a great chef singing and repeat the final chorus of the Cantata of the day. They then attend the concert and sing this chorus. The Chief Jérome Pernoo is excellent and smiling, young performers are all very good. In short, a great way to start Sunday. I would absolutely recommend.
Magnifique salle, décor boisé, bonne acoustique et qui mériterait que l'on y aille plus souvent!
Beautiful room, Woody décor, good acoustics and that deserves to go more often!
Merveilleux! Longue vie au Centre de mec!
Wonderful! Long live the man Center!


"Father Gallus!" Endys hollered to the old priest, his grey robes flapping wildly about his delicate frame. At eight years old, he was a wisp of a child next to the other children his age. His hair still so blond it gleamed white in any available light and his pale blue eyes like orbs of sky trapped in ice. He was a breathtakingly beautiful boy, gentle, serene and quiet, most of the time. Today he seemed alive with excitement as he raced to his mentor.
"Slow down lad, you will lose your breath or make me lose mine just watching you imp. What do you need child?" Gallus asked as Endys came to him with a very old looking book.
"Father Flamen gave this to me today at lectures. I wanted to show it to you." Endys said, indeed out of breath as he handed the book, open, to the elderly priest.
The page was a drawing of the lunar flowers that indeed the child had been named after.
"That's what Father Flamen said. I already read it during midday meals. Father Gordus yelled at me about food and books." Endys said sheepishly, books weren't allowed at the meal tables.
"Endys you are far too astute for a child. Yes, men do that and often hurt the ones they love most in the end. It is a sad part of life." Gallus patted the child's head.
"I don't know where to look." Endys pouted, wanting the continuation of the story.
"Most answers are found within dear boy. Look within first, then without." Gallus guided sending the boy back to his lessons smiling fondly as the reborn Endymion was beginning to show signs of awakening rapidly.
Endys sat curled upon his cot when the boy that shared his cell returned from lessons. "Have you decided yet Endys?" Poll asked as he set his books down on their shared study table.
"I don't know. I think so. It says they can love and hate, why can't they feel other emotions too?" Endys asked and Poll shrugged.
Endys smiled and hugged Polls shoulders. "But I'll still see you every day. We'll still be friends Poll, don't worry." Endys reassured as he finished packing his few possessions in preparation for his interview and his entering the priesthood officially and just three days away from his twelfth birthday.
"Sol is angry." Mane said as Gallus settled onto his cushion in the temple.
"I live to serve you Lord Mane." Gallus said as he returned to his quarters. His new acolyte tucked into his alcove asleep. White blond hair, splayed across the pillow, and a contented smile on young lips.
"Sleep well young one. Your life is now changing. For your sake and his, I pray you remember soon." Gallus said as he crawled into his own bed for the night.


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Faintley Speaking is a 1954 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.  It is the twenty seventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.

Synopsis
An overhead phone conversation from a Miss Faintley draws a struggling author into a mystery involving a parcel drop that leads to murder of Faintley, a seemingly respectable schoolteacher. Mrs Bradley investigates the case, involving a gang of smugglers, through her devoted secretary Laura who goes undercover.

References

Bibliography
 Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
 Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

1954 British novels
Novels by Gladys Mitchell
British crime novels
Novels set in England
British detective novels
Michael Joseph books

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I am printing out the final draft of Asha Means Hope even as I blog. On Monday, I will mail it to Francoise Bui, my editor at Random House. I'm waiting now for word from my agent about Sparrow's first book, and if she gives me the green light, I'll print that out on Monday, too, and send that manuscript to Margaret Woollatt, my editor at Dutton. It feels like the end of final exam week, except I don't have the stamina I had when I was nineteen. I'll finish my last school visit of the year on Monday, at Washington Irving Middle School in Boston, sponsored by the Foundation of Children's Books, mail off the manuscripts, and then curl up under the afghan my mother crocheted and drool for a while.


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HomeReportsHuman Rights Reports...Custom Report - 431db408e9
Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland
The labor law prohibits discrimination in employment and occupation based on race, gender, language, HIV/AIDS or other communicable disease status, religion, political views, or social status. The law does not prohibit discrimination based on age, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Gender-based discrimination in employment and occupation occurred (see section 6). While women have constitutional rights to equal pay and treatment and may take jobs without the permission of a male relative, there were few effective measures protecting women from discrimination in hiring, particularly in the private sector. The average wage rates for men by skill category usually exceeded those of women.
Persons with disabilities faced discrimination in hiring and access to work areas. The government did not effectively raise awareness of or enforce disability and employment law provisions. Openly LGBTI persons were subject to discrimination in employment and to social censure.
Migrant workers enjoy the same legal protections, wages, and working conditions as citizens but sometimes faced discrimination in employment due to societal prejudice against foreigners.
The law prohibits discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin nationality, gender, marital status, religion, political affiliation, political outlook, pregnancy, socioeconomic status, disability, or "any other conditions." The law prohibits discrimination in respect of employment and occupations, but authorities enforced these rights unevenly. The law specifically recognizes the additional burden on pregnant women and persons with disabilities. The penalty for conviction of discrimination on any of the above grounds is insufficient to deter violations. The government took limited measures to enforce the law. Sexual orientation, gender identity, and HIV-positive status have no basis for protection under the law.
Discrimination in employment and occupation occurred with respect to women, who had fewer employment opportunities than did men, and the jobs available did not provide equal pay for equal work. Discrimination in employment and occupation occurred against sexual orientation, gender identity, or both.
Discrimination against migrant workers also occurred.
The law prohibits employment discrimination and stipulates that every employer pay male and female workers equal pay for work of equal value. The law prohibits women working underground but places no other legal limitations on the employment of women. Workers may file legal complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace.
The government did not provide data on the enforcement of antidiscrimination provisions. Penalties for employment discrimination include fines and imprisonment and were, when enforced, sufficient to deter violations.
Discrimination in employment and wages occurred against women and persons with disabilities. Women generally received less pay than men for similar work. The nongovernmental Fiji Disabled People's Association reported most persons with disabilities were unemployed due in significant part to discrimination by employers.
The Occupational Safety Administration (OSHA) received 500 reports of work-place discrimination in 2018. Of the 157 reports that resulted in further inspection, 7 percent concerned ethnicity, nationality, language, or religion, a number similar to previous years, 12 percent concerned age discrimination, and 2 percent concerned disability. The government effectively enforced applicable laws against employment discrimination.
Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of Person, Including Freedom from:
e. Denial of a Fair Public Trial
g. Abuses in Internal Conflict (if applicable)
e. Internally Displaced Persons (if applicable)
g. Stateless Persons (if applicable)


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Kids In Need, Inc.
Creating A Brighter Future For Our Children
Kids In Need, Incorporated is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1999 by the late Keith James and Edmund Lothian. It was incorporated under the laws of the state of New York in 2003. Their initial desire was to put computers into the hands of Jamaican children to ensure that they would not be left behind in a world increasingly dependent on technology. In reaching out to schools in their former home of St. James, Jamaica, they found that there were many other needs including support for book and uniforms for children as well as building upkeep and equipment for schools.
Kids in Need, Inc. is a membership organization and membership is open to anyone who supports our mission to provide educational support to the children of St. James, Jamaica. K.I.N. is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. Most of its current members are former residents of Saint James, Jamaica, West Indies.
At K.I.N. Inc. our mission is to provide elementary and primary-aged children in the Saint James parish of Jamaica, West Indies with financial support and any additional assistance required to meet their educational needs.
These needs shall be pursued by:
Hosting fund raising events
Encouraging the active participation of the local population
Seeking to secure donations from philanthropic sources
Identifying and selecting "projects of assistance" in K.I.N.'s target arena
Organizing committees, where necessary, for the purpose of running an efficient operation
Collaborating with organizations with a similar mission
Complying with the laws of the United States of America as a registered corporate entity
K.I.N. Inc. is governed by its twelve (12) members headed by a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Events Coordinator. They meet the second Sunday of each month to plan and coordinate the activities of K.I.N. Inc.
Meet our Officers and Members
Read about the schools and children we have helped
"Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed." – Mark Twain
K.I.N. Officers & Members
Edmund Lothian
Pauline James
Judith Cato
Charles Campbell
Patrick Muir
Herbert Wallace
Keith James (1952-2012)
Learn About Schools In Jamaica
K.I.N. Inc. In Action
Keith F. James Memorial Scholarship
Schools We've Helped
Join Kids in Need
Education Gives Hope
501(C3) Confirmation Letter


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Girls Tennis: Stromski faces tough opponent in SWR's Manfredo
By Joe Werkmeister
ROBERT O'ROURK PHOTO | Sara Stromski of Southold/Greenport lost 6-2, 6-0 at first singles Tuesday against Aimee Manfredo.
SWR 7, SOUTHOLD/GREENPORT 0
On the rare occasion Aimee Manfredo is not on a tennis court, it's a good bet she's in the gym working out to get stronger and improve her game. She started playing tennis at age 6 and hasn't looked back since.
"This is my life," she said after posting her 12th win of the season Tuesday afternoon for Shoreham-Wading River.
What does she do when not playing tennis?
"Play more tennis," she says with a laugh.
All that work has paid off for the Shoreham sophomore. Her win against Sara Stromski of Southold/Greenport at first singles brought her record for the last two years to 29-2. Most of her matches this season have been relative yawners; ten of her 12 victories have been 6-0, 6-0.
The Wildcats defeated the Clippers in a sweep 7-0.
Against Stromski, a senior in her second year playing first singles, Manfredo faced one of her tougher opponents of the season. When the teams met for the first time in September, Manfredo had to miss the match due to family obligations. So the two faced each other for the first time Tuesday at Shoreham-Wading River High School in the final week of the regular season.
Manfredo prevailed 6-2, 6-0, but Stromski made her earn each point.
"It was competitive," Manfredo said. "Better than my other matches. And [Stromski] was really nice so it made playing fun. That's always a plus."
Playing at first singles has meant facing one tough opponent after another for Stromski. While the wins haven't always been there (3-9), she's held her own in every match.
"She's done a great job of trying to build up confidence and not get down on herself after a loss," said Southold coach Allison Krupski. "As long as she plays well and plays her game as well as she knows how to play, then we're happy either way."
ROBERT O'ROURK PHOTO | Shannon Quinn teamed up Jessica Rizzo at first doubles and lost in three sets against Shoreham.
Krupski said Stromski's performance against Manfredo was as well as she's seen her play in a few weeks.
"Sara plays up when she meets an opponent like Aimee," Krupski said. "It's great for her personal experience with tennis."
Manfredo came into the match off her first loss of the season. In a non-league match against The Stony Brook School Friday, Manfredo lost in three sets against Tylah Gantt. It's been her only three-set match all season. Gantt won 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
"In the third set it's a matter of stamina and hitting your shots," Manfredo said.
Stony Brook plays in League V, part of Division III, so the two wouldn't meet again until possibly the county tournament. The Wildcats and Clippers are in League VIII, part of Division IV.
Manfredo's tough stretch will continue Thursday when she goes up against Erica Bundrick of Mattituck. Bundrick was responsible for the only blemish on Manfredo's record last year. After losing to Manfredo in the regular season, Bundrick beat her in the quarterfinals of the division tournament, denying Manfredo a spot in the county tournament.
"We're friends, but we've played each other so many times," Manfredo said. "It's my turn this year."
Shoreham coach Debbie Lutjen said this string of competitive matches serves as good preparation for Manfredo going into the division tournament, scheduled to start Friday at Shoreham.
"Aimee's having a great season and I'm glad she had the match she had today because she needs to play players like that who can hit the ball with her," Lutjen said.
The Wildcats improved to 10-2 in league after the win against the Clippers (4-8). They've done it with a balanced lineup that has had success from top to bottom. While Manfredo has dominated, every other singles player for Shoreham has posted winning records.
Junior Jaclyn La Sita won 6-3, 6-1 at second singles against sophomore Alexandra Small to improve to 8-5. Junior Natalia Rodriguez and senior Nanette Stirpe both improved to 10-4.
Rodriguez won 6-3, 6-1 at third singles against senior Liz Anderson. Stirpe defeated sophomore Victoria Piechnik 6-2, 6-2 at fourth singles.
Stromski will be the only singles player for Southold who will compete at this weekend's individual tournament. Krupski said her first doubles team of Shannon Quinn and Jessica Rizzo may play as well.
The two teamed up for the first time as freshmen last year and have continued to gain experience playing together.
"They're starting to figure out how they need to communicate with each other, where they need to move, how they need to move," Krupski said. "They've still got a lot to learn, but they're making leaps and bounds for sure."
Quinn and Rizzo forced the only three-set match against the Wildcats. They won the first set 7-5 against seniors Ashley Etienne and Nicole Smith before falling 6-2, 6-2.
The Wildcats also had wins at second doubles behind Kiera Latham and Emma Stoll. They won 6-4, 6-2 against Katherine Bertschi and Abby Schamdin. Shorheam's third doubles team of Brielle Mauder and Courtney Hauf won 6-1, 6-2 over Shannon Smith and Mackenzie Feeley.
Each team has two matches to close out the league season before the division tournament begins.
And when it does, Manfredo will look to become the first Shoreham tennis player to win the division tournament since Kelley LoRusso won it in 2002 as a freshman. LoRusso played her next three years on the boys team before a four-year career at the University of Connecticut.
Joe Werkmeister is the editor of The Riverhead News-Review and The Suffolk Times. A graduate of St. Bonaventure University, he joined the Times Review Media Group Staff as a sports reporter in 2006. He is a three-time New York Press Association Sports Writer of the Year.
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For the live users list feature to work we will be using Scaledrone's new observable rooms feature. The observable rooms feature will let us keep track of who is currently connected to the chat room.
Check out the working live example and grab the source code from GitHub.
First, we'll need to connect to a Scaledrone channel which you can create here for free. We'll also be generating a random name and color which we'll pass to Scaledrone to distinct the user.
We'll assign a random hex color and a random name to each user generated from a list of adjectives and a list of nouns.
We'll connect to a room called observable-room. Any room name will work, but for the live users functionality to work, we'll need to prefix the room name with observable-.
// More events code to follow..
Next, let's set up the code for handling users joining and leaving the room. A user who connects to a room is called a member in Scaledrone lingo.
Let's define a global members array to keep track of the current online users state.
Now that we have a members array we can add and remove joining members from it.
We'll need a data event an listener to listen to the messages sent by users.
You can now test out the app. Check the console logs, you should see a message that you successfully connected to the room.
We won't be using any fancy frameworks but rather use the regular DOM API. Let's write a function to update the who's online display called updateMembersDOM and a function to add a new message to the chat window called addMessageToListDOM. Make sure you uncomment those two function calls in the previous code.
Lastly, let's hook up the submit button. When receiving the submit event (which can be triggered by clicking "Send" or pressing Enter) we'll clear the input and send the message into the room.
And we're done! You can grab the full script.js file from here.


With multicore processors becoming the standard architecture, programmers are faced with the challenge of developing applications that capitalize on multicore's advantages. This paper presents rMPI, which leverages the on-chip networks of multicore processors to build a powerful abstraction with which many programmers are familiar: the MPI programming interface. To our knowledge, rMPI is the first MPI implementation for multicore processors that have on-chip networks. This study uses the MIT Raw processor as an experimentation and validation vehicle, although the findings presented are applicable to multicore processors with on-chip networks in general. Likewise, this study uses the MPI API as a general interface which allows parallel tasks to communicate, but the results shown in this paper are generally applicable to message passing communication. Overall, rMPI's design constitutes the marriage of message passing communication and on-chip networks, allowing programmers to employ a well-understood programming model to a high performance multicore processor architecture.
This work assesses the applicability of the MPI API to multicore processors with on-chip interconnect, and carefully analyzes overheads associated with common MPI operations. This paper contrasts MPI to lower-overhead network interface abstractions that the on-chip networks provide. The evaluation also compares rMPI to hand-coded applications running directly on one of the processor's low-level on-chip networks, as well as to a commercial-quality MPI implementation running on a cluster of Ethernet-connected workstations. Results show speedups of 4x to 15x for 16 processor cores relative to one core, depending on the application, which equal or exceed performance scalability of the MPI cluster system. However, this paper ultimately argues that while MPI offers reasonable performance on multicores when, for instance, legacy applications must be run, its large overheads squander the multicore opportunity. Performance of multicores could be significantly improved by replacing MPI with a lighter-weight communications API with a smaller memory footprint.


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The infrastructure bill is a coming-of-age moment for crypto
BYDante Alighieri Disparte
August 10, 2021, 12:00 PM UTC
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wy.), joined by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), speaks about a cryptocurrency amendment to the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Aug. 9. "Harnessing blockchain and the crypto industry should be a cornerstone of U.S. economic competitiveness and industrial policy," writes Dante Disparte.
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Who would have thought a once obscure, 13-year-old industry would have become one of the sticking points in a must-pass, trillion-dollar, generational infrastructure package?
Two things show that the blockchain and crypto industry have come of age. The first is that the industry was targeted in the first place in the original bill, however misguided and ill-informed the provisions were. The second is that the industry demonstrated its political weight by organizing a rapid and coordinated intervention that succeeded in producing amendments, and that thwarted provisions that should have been stricken altogether and debated as a part of a separate cross-sector discussion on harnessing exponential technology in the U.S.
As it stands, the infrastructure bill's provisions relating to blockchain and cryptocurrency reporting appear to have survived review by the Senate, but members of the bipartisan Blockchain Caucus in the House are signaling their intention to reinvigorate the debate.
That crypto made it to the floor of the Senate at such a pivotal time shows that the industry has arrived—and the cost of arrival is the prospect of being taxed, regulated, and held to higher standards of accountability. It also underscores the perils of trying to buy political insurance when the house is on fire, and the fact that policy leaders often miss how public blockchains (and crypto more broadly) are necessary infrastructure to meet 21st-century needs and correct existing market failures.
At issue in the bill—and what has been construed by the crypto industry as a cynical move to kill a nascent technology—were two provisions. The first relates to tax compliance, and it would raise up to $30 billion over 10 years by taxing the industry, or so the bill's proponents argued. The second relates to cryptocurrency transactions and would have determined which types of entities would be construed as financial intermediaries, thereby having reporting requirements imposed on them.
While both original provisions were flawed, the definitional overreach on which entities should be reporting intermediaries in a cryptocurrency transaction is the most troublesome. It would negate the market reality that crypto trades and transactions are increasingly flowing to (and through) well-regulated firms and exchanges. What underpins both of these issues is the broad perception that crypto equals circumvention of financial rules and is a haven for nefarious actors bent on eroding U.S. national security through anonymous payments and new forms of Internet hot money that make ransomware possible. On both scores, correlation does not equal causality, and critics fail to acknowledge the broader consumer privacy erosion that takes place in core financial services without enhancing national security.
While there is a lot of education and myth busting to do in Washington, D.C., on the importance of open-source technologies and public blockchains, the fact remains that harnessing blockchain and the crypto industry should be a cornerstone of U.S. economic competitiveness and industrial policy. As the COVID-19 pandemic made painfully clear, any semblance of household, business, and government continuity, especially the provision of digital public goods, hinges on privacy-preserving, cyber-resilient critical infrastructure or a veritable network of trusted digital commons.
The very backbone of an emerging multitrillion-dollar industry—one that is increasingly calling the U.S. home, contributing to economic recovery, and creating thousands of jobs—is the often dismissed technology that powers cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and an open, safe, and secure Internet of value. This is true notwithstanding the fact that traditionalists must suspend disbelief when they first encounter crypto, in the same way the early days of the Internet evoked anxious ambivalence or fear.
Rather than circumventing the rules, many of these technologies (and the responsible technologists and companies that are harnessing them) are enshrining law and responsible market conduct into code. This allows business models to scale to henceforth unreachable applications, use cases, markets, and people, billions of whom are hopelessly out of reach of the formal economy but for digital transformation, of which blockchain and crypto are essential parts.
One example is how the power of blockchain-based payment systems would have been a difference maker during the onset of COVID-19, which triggered unprecedented government economic intervention to stave off financial ruin. More than $6.6 trillion (and counting) in taxpayer-funded intervention has been mobilized to address the deleterious effects of the pandemic on U.S. households, small businesses, and other vulnerable industries. In mobilizing this economic stimulus, sums not seen since war times, the value, speed, trust, auditability, and reliability of blockchain as foundational infrastructure would have added value.
Reports show that up to $400 billion of unemployment money may have been lost due to fraud. Billions more were sent to the wrong recipients or lost altogether due to the opacity and slow-moving nature of traditional payment methods. Similarly, as the IRS has reported, the U.S. labors under a trillion-dollar tax gap. While the crypto industry has been singled out as an essential source of tax receipts (and no responsible company in this industry would negate its tax obligations), the real gain in public revenue collection, attribution, and recognition lies in legal and technological complexity—all things that blockchains are well-suited to addressing. Indeed, an EY-backed initiative called the Prosperity Collaborative is meant to address these issues in a public-private manner.
The 2,700-page infrastructure bill represents an important generational opportunity for the U.S. to upgrade its physical and digital infrastructure to meet the challenges and demands of the 21st century. Along the way, the role of industry, whether traditional or nascent, as a contributor to improving U.S. economic competitiveness and our collective commons is as much a cornerstone of post-pandemic recovery as it is a pillar of long-range national security. On both fronts, the trust and power of collective witness and a technology that enshrines unique value on the Internet, while democratizing access, creates a uniquely American answer to a world that has reached a point of diminishing returns.
Dante Alighieri Disparte is the chief strategy officer and head of global policy at Circle, a leading digital financial services firm.
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Die Spartiate war ein 74-Kanonen-Linienschiff (Zweidecker) der Téméraire-Klasse (Duquesne-Gruppe) der französischen Marine (1797–1798) und später britischen Marine (1798–1857).

Geschichte
Die Spartiate wurde in Toulon aus adriatischer Eiche gebaut. Dem Eichenholz aus Südeuropa wurde von Seiten der Royal Navy besondere Widerstandsfähigkeit nachgesagt, weshalb Prisen aus diesem Holz ein höherer Wert als anderen, vergleichbaren Schiffen beigemessen wurde. In englischem Dienst kämpfte sie 1805 bei der Schlacht von Trafalgar unter dem Kommando von Francis Laforey. Sie war das Schlußschiff der luvseitigen, von Admiral Nelson selbst kommandierten Schlachtreihe. Gemeinsam mit der vor ihr in der Reihe stehenden Minotaur erzwang sie die Aufgabe des spanischen 80-Kanonen-Schiffs Neptuno. Dabei wurden laut Eintrag in den Logbüchern zwei Seeleute und ein Schiffsjunge getötet, der Bootsmann, zwei Midshipmen, ein Marinesoldat und sechzehn Seeleute wurden verletzt. Die Neptuno wurde jedoch anderntags von der gefangenen Besatzung zurückerobert und erlitt kurz darauf Schiffbruch.

Die Spartiate kehrte in ihren Heimathafen Plymouth zurück, wo sie vom Dezember 1805 bis zum Februar 1806 repariert wurde. Danach gesellte sie sich zur Kanalflotte, wo sie die nächsten beiden Jahre an der Blockade von Rochefort beteiligt war. Das Kapitänslogbuch weist aus, dass die Spartiade jeweils zum Aufnehmen von Nachschub vom 25. Juli bis zum 3. August 1806, vom 14. Januar bis zum 26. Februar 1807 und vom 29. Juni bis zum 16. September 1807 in den Heimathafen zurückkehrte. Im Januar 1808 war sie im Verband von Admiral Strachan, der die Verfolgung des Konteradmirals Zacharie Allemand aus Rochefort aufnahm. Am 21. Februar 1808 wurde sie zur Mittelmeerflotte in Palermo abgeordnet und blieb in diesem Kommando bis Ende 1809. Im Juni 1809 nahm sie an den Angriffen auf die Inseln Ischia und Procida im Golf von Neapel teil.

In den folgenden Jahren war die Spartiate auf verschiedenen Stationen in Portugal, dem Kanal und dem Südatlantik im Einsatz. Im Jahre 1832 war sie an der Blockade holländischer Häfen beteiligt, ehe sie im darauffolgenden Jahr nach Südamerika zurückkehrte. 1835 wurde sie ausgemustert und sieben Jahre danach zur Hulk zurückgerüstet, um die Hulk Sans Pareil zu ersetzen. 1857 wurde die Spartiate abgewrackt.

Die Flagge
An Bord der Schlacht um Trafalgar war First-Lieutenant James Clephan, dem nach der Schlacht die Besatzung als Zeichen des Sieges den Union Jack des Schiffes überreichte. Lieutenant Clephan war ein ehemaliger Matrose, der sich zum Offiziersrang emporgedient hatte. Seine Familie bewahrte die Flagge mitsamt der originalen Gefechtsschäden auf. Sie gilt als der einzige bestehende Union Jack aus der Schlacht von Trafalgar. Nachdem ein Nachfahre Clephans sie zum Verkauf anbot, wurde die Flagge am 21. Oktober 2009 bei Charles Miller Ltd für £384.000 versteigert.

Literatur

 J. J. Colledge; Ben Warlow (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
 Brian Lavery (2003): The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
 Rif Winfield (2005): British warships in the age of sail, 1793–1817 : design, construction, careers & fates
 David J. Lyon (2003): The sailing navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy built, purchased and captured 1688–1860

Weblinks
 Spartiate (franz. Marine) auf threedecks.org (englisch)
 Spartiate (brit. Marine) auf threedecks.org (englisch)

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Q: What is the backend of the mobiledata service of Bluemix? I analyzing if I use or not the mobiledata of Bluemix to my app, but I could not find what is the DB engine behind its Solution.
Anyone know what is the backend of mobiledata service of Bluemix?

A: Backend of mobile data service of bluemix is cloudant.For details please refer below link on getting started:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-rapiddev-app/

A: Backend of mobile data service of bluemix uses Cloudant NoSQL Database for Bluemix as datastore.

A: It actually uses Cloudant behind the scenes.  Cloudant is based on CouchDB and adds Lucene Indexes as well.

A: Basically, you can select any database service available on Bluemix to store your data. It depends on type of application and data to be stored. If you need to store relational data, go for a SQLDB service. If your mobile application need to store JSON data, then you need a NoSQL database service available on Bluemix. Cloudant is a good NoSQL database and most developers use it as a mobile data backend service.


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Afternoon visit of Shakti Shalini Trust, a Delhi based NGO dedicated to advancing women rights by dealing with gender based violence. Shaktishalini works on a broad front, from raising public awareness about the issue to starting up a women shelter home where victims can seek a safe sanctuary. The goal for the organization is to empower women and enhance their status in society, helping as many women as possible facing violence. In the evening, we will visit an Indian home and enjoy traditional home-style Indian cooking. A full meal will be demonstrated to you. You'll also learn the art of tying the Sari by the lady host and then you will have this Sari as a souvenir.
DAY 13: Delhi - Haridwar
Haridwar is a sacred territory where pilgrims come from across the world. It is set amidst calm and attractive surroundings at the foothills of the mesmerizing Himalayas. It is believed in the Hindu traditions that one must visit Haridwar at least once in a lifetime. It is a magnificent place where the holy river Ganga enters the Indo-Gangetic plain of North India. The views of the holy river Ganga and majestic mountains are the sights to behold. In the afternoon visit Hari –Ki-Pauri for Ganga Aarti, one of the famous rituals in India. It starts after sunset, with great crowds gathered in the region of both banks of a canal that carries the waters of Ganges.
DAY 14: Haridwar - Rishikesh - Haridwar
Early morning we will enjoy a yoga session. After breakfast excursion to Rishikesh. Visit Ram Jhulla, Laxman Jhulla and Sadhak Grama Ashram. After sightseeing visit Sadhak Grama Ashram. Built like a beautiful Meditation hill village, this ashram is the Headquarters of the Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International, a worldwide non-profit society with the aim and purpose to teach Yoga & meditation within the tradition of the Himalayan Masters. You will enjoy a meditation session here.


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8 subtle 'Stranger Things' references only true Stephen King fans will spot
So many glorious Stephen King references.
Image: netflix/twitter/@stephenking/mashable composite
By Sam Haysom 2016-08-01 17:44:02 UTC
It's safe to say Stranger Things — the eight-part mystery/coming-of-age/horror series created by the Duffer Brothers — has taken the world by storm.
Just look at the way people reacted when Netflix went down over the weekend; the show is currently a worldwide obsession.
SEE ALSO: 'Stranger Things' characters reimagined as waffles
And aside from the gripping storyline, part of the show's charm is easily the nostalgia-fest created by its multitude of references to 80s and 90s culture; The X-Files, Twin Peaks, and the films of John Carpenter and Steven Spielberg are just a few of the many inspirations that get nods throughout the show.
But the biggest inspiration of all? Surely the work of best-selling horror writer Stephen King (who is clearly a big fan of the show himself).
Watching STRANGER THINGS is looking watching Steve King's Greatest Hits. I mean that in a good way.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) July 17, 2016
STRANGER THINGS is pure fun. A+. Don't miss it. Winona Ryder shines.
From telekinetic little girls to dark alternate dimensions, we've rounded up some of the many nods to the king of horror below...
1. This pointed line in the first episode.
Image: netflix/mashable composite
It's clear from the very first episode that Stranger Things is every Stephen King-lovers dream. In a flashback, Winona Ryder's character Joyce Byers remembers finding her son Will in his den out in the woods, and surprising him with Poltergeist tickets.
She says he's allowed to watch it as long as he doesn't have nightmares for a week, and when Will says he doesn't "get scared like that anymore", Joyce replies: "Oh yeah? Not even of... clowns?"
If that's not a reference to Pennywise, the iconically nightmarish clown from Stephen King's It, we don't know what is.
*Shudder*
Image: Warner home video
Reference: It.
2. The main characters.
Will, Mike, Dustin and Lucas wouldn't be at all out of place in a Stephen King novel.
Image: netflix
Writing about children — particularly children who are on the fringes of typical high school cliques — is one of the things Stephen King does best.
In both The Body and Dreamcatcher, King writes about a group of four friends (all boys) who band together to contend with both bullies and the supernatural; in It, he writes about a slightly larger group of friends who dub themselves "The Losers' Club."
With their love of Dungeons and Dragons and their adorable idiosyncrasies, the four main characters in Stranger Things could slot easily into a King novel.
Referred to by one of the bullies as "those losers," it's easy to imagine them getting along well with Bill Denbrough's gang.
Reference: The Body/It/Dreamcatcher.
3. Eleven...
Eleven is another character who wouldn't feel out of place in a Stephen King book.
Eleven is a kidnapped little girl who escapes the clutches of a shady government organization and uses her supernatural powers to evade capture.
Aside from having slightly different powers (telekenisis rather than pyrokenisis), Elle is basically a homage to Charlie McGee — the protagonist of King's novel Firestarter (basically another badass little girl on the run from a mysterious organization).
Charlie McGee could well be the inspiration for Elle.
Image: universal pictures
Reference: Firestarter.
4. ...And this line about her character.
Any uncertainty as to the inspiration behind Eleven's character is removed when Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper meet the sister of Terry Ives — the woman who appears to be the real mother of Eleven.
Her sister says Terry believes the girl is "special... born with abilities." When Joyce questions what she means by abilities, Terry's sister simply responds: "Read any Stephen King?"
5. The adventure along the railroad tracks.
This scene looks very familiar.
The scene above, in which the three boys and Elle are hunting for the gateway to The Upside Down along some wooded railway tracks, is a clear tribute to Stand by Me — the 1986 film based on King's novella The Body (which involved the four main characters following some railway tracks in search of the dead body of a school boy).
The four main characters in 'Stand By Me'.
Image: colombia pictures
Reference: Stand by Me/The Body.
6. Fighting the bullies.
This scene has strong echoes of a scene in 'It'.
The scene in which Dustin is threatened at knife point by a school bully is strongly reminiscent of a scene in It in which Ben Hanscomb, a member of The Losers' Club, is held at knife point by Henry Bowers.
The theme of standing up to — and ultimately getting the better of — bullies also plays a central role in Stand by Me and Dreamcatcher.
Reference: It/Stand by Me/Dreamcatcher.
7. The Upside Down.
Creepy alternate dimensions are a King staple.
They don't look quite the same, but the eerie alternate reality in Stranger Things — known as The Upside Down — draws parallels with the dimension that invades earth in The Mist (another King novella that was turned into a film): both were caused by a government experiment gone wrong, and both result in otherworldly creatures breaking through into our world.
The thin film of reality between alternate dimensions is in fact a recurring theme in King's work: as well as being present in The Mist, it's also central to his novel Lisey's Story and his novella N.
The characters in 'The Mist' also have to deal with some unpleasant beasts from another dimension.
Image: Momentum pictures
Reference: The Mist/Lisey's Story/N.
8. Finally, the series' disturbing close.
Will Byers may have escaped The Upside Down, but he's clearly not free of it.
Having watched the whole of Stranger Things, we'd be surprised if the Duffer Brothers haven't read the previously mentioned Lisey's Story — King's novel about a widow who follows a trail of clues left by her dead husband to journey into a frightening other world.
In King's story the main character, Lisey, encounters some nightmarish monsters in that world, but even after she's returned back to our reality — and this is the key point — she's still haunted by the things she's seen.
Not just haunted by the memories, either; there's the sense that the creature she's encountered is still out there somewhere in the darkness between worlds, actively seeking her out.
The grim twist at the end of Stranger Things, when the finally-rescued Will Byers coughs a monstrous worm into his bathroom sink before flickering in and out of The Upside Down, is a clear sign that he too isn't entirely free — and that he might have to find a way to deal with his demons in the show's next season.
Reference: Lisey's Story.
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A high-fat meal induces low-grade endotoxemia: evidence of a novel mechanism of postprandial inflammation
Clett Erridge, Teresa Attina, Corinne M. Spickett, David J. Webb
School of Biosciences
College of Health and Life Sciences
Background: Bacterial endotoxin is a potently inflammatory antigen that is abundant in the human gut. Endotoxin circulates at low concentrations in the blood of all healthy individuals, although elevated concentrations are associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis.
Objective: We sought to determine whether a high-fat meal or smoking increases plasma endotoxin concentrations and whether such concentrations are of physiologic relevance.
Design: Plasma endotoxin and endotoxin neutralization capacity were measured for 4 h in 12 healthy men after no meal, 3 cigarettes, a high-fat meal, or a high-fat meal with 3 cigarettes by using the limulus assay.
Results: Baseline endotoxin concentrations were 8.2 pg/mL (interquartile range: 3.4–13.5 pg/mL) but increased significantly (P < 0.05) by ≈50% after a high-fat meal or after a high-fat meal with cigarettes but not after no meal or cigarettes alone. These results were validated by the observations that a high-fat meal with or without cigarettes, but not no meal or smoking, also significantly (P < 0.05) reduced plasma endotoxin neutralization capacity, which is an indirect measure of endotoxin exposure. Human monocytes, but not aortic endothelial cells, were responsive to transient (30 s) or low-dose (10 pg/mL) exposure to endotoxin. However, plasma from whole blood treated with as little as 10 pg endotoxin/mL increased the endothelial cell expression of E-selectin, at least partly via tumor necrosis factor-α–induced cellular activation.
Conclusions: Low-grade endotoxemia may contribute to the postprandial inflammatory state and could represent a novel potential contributor to endothelial activation and the development of atherosclerosis.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/86.5.1286
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blood mononuclear-cells
factor-kappa-b
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
carotid atherosclerosis
neutralizing-capacity
insulin-resistance
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Erridge, C., Attina, T., Spickett, C. M., & Webb, D. J. (2007). A high-fat meal induces low-grade endotoxemia: evidence of a novel mechanism of postprandial inflammation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86(5), 1286-1292. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/86.5.1286
Erridge, Clett ; Attina, Teresa ; Spickett, Corinne M. et al. / A high-fat meal induces low-grade endotoxemia : evidence of a novel mechanism of postprandial inflammation. In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2007 ; Vol. 86, No. 5. pp. 1286-1292.
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Curt Siodmak (August 10, 1902 –  September 2, 2000) was a German-American novelist and screenwriter. He is known for his work in the horror and science fiction film genres, with such films as The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain (the latter adapted from his novel of the same name). He was the younger brother of noir director Robert Siodmak.

Life and career
Siodmak was born Kurt Siodmak in Dresden, Germany, the son of Rosa Philippine (née Blum) and Ignatz Siodmak. His parents were both from Jewish families in Leipzig. Siodmak acquired a degree in mathematics before beginning to write novels. He invested early royalties earned by his first books in the 1929 movie Menschen am Sonntag, a documentary-style chronicle of the lives of four Berliners on a Sunday based on their own lives. The movie was co-directed by Curt Siodmak's older brother Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer, with a script by Billy Wilder in collaboration with Fred Zinnemann and cameraman Eugen Schüfftan. Siodmak was the nephew of film producer Seymour Nebenzal, who funded Menschen am Sonntag with funds borrowed from his father, Heinrich Nebenzahl.

In the following years Siodmak wrote many novels, screenplays, and short stories, including the novel F.P.1 antwortet nicht (F.P.1 Doesn't Answer) (1932) which was adapted into a film featuring Hans Albers and Peter Lorre.

Siodmak decided to emigrate after hearing an anti-Semitic tirade by the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and departed for England where he made a living as a screenwriter before moving to the United States in 1937. His big break in Hollywood came with the screenplay for The Wolf Man (1941), starring Lon Chaney, Jr., which established this fictional creature as the most popular movie monster after Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. In the film, Siodmak created several werewolf "legends" — being marked by a pentagram; being practically immortal apart from being struck/shot by silver implements/bullets; and the famous verse:
Even a man who is pure in heart,
And says his prayers by night
May become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms
And the autumn moon is bright
(The last line was changed in the sequels to "And the moon is full and bright".)

Siodmak's science-fiction novel Donovan's Brain (1942) was a bestseller that was translated into many languages and was adapted for the cinema several times, beginning in 1943 with The Lady and the Monster, then 1953's Donovan's Brain and 1962's The Brain. Other  films he wrote the screenplays for include Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, I Walked with a Zombie and The Beast with Five Fingers. An extensive interview with Siodmak about his career in both Germany and Hollywood is found in Eric Leif Davin's Pioneers of Wonder. In the plots of his work, Siodmak utilised the latest scientific findings combining those with pseudo-scientific motifs like the Jekyll and Hyde complex, the Nazi trauma and the East–West dichotomy.

In 1998, he won the Berlinale Camera at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.

Siodmak died in his sleep on September 2, 2000, at his home in Three Rivers, California.

Works

Novels
 F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1933)
 Black Friday (1939)
 Donovan's Brain (1942)
 The Beast with Five Fingers (1945)
 Whomsoever I Shall Kiss (1952)
 Riders to the Stars (1954) (novelisation of the film Riders to the Stars)
 Skyport (1959)
 For Kings Only (1964)
 Hauser's Memory (1968)
 The Third Ear (1971)
 City in the Sky (1974)
 Frankenstein Meets Wolfman (1981)(novelisation of the film Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man)
 Gabriel's Body (1991)

Short stories
 The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika (1926)
 Variation of a Theme (1972)
 The P Factor (1976)
 Experiment with Evil (1985)

Non fiction
 Even a Man Who Is Pure in Heart: The Life of a Writer, Not Always to His Liking (1997)
 Wolf Man's Maker (2001) (Posthumous autobiography)

Filmography

Film adaptations
 , directed by Alfred Zeisler (1930, based on the novel Schuß im Tonfilmatelier)
 F.P.1 antwortet nicht, directed by Karl Hartl (1932, based on the novel F.P.1 antwortet nicht)
 I.F.1 ne répond plus, directed by Karl Hartl (1933, based on the novel F.P.1 antwortet nicht)
 F.P.1, directed by Karl Hartl (1933, based on the novel F.P.1 antwortet nicht)
 Girls Will Be Boys, directed by Marcel Varnel (1934, based on the play The Last Lord)
 The Lady and the Monster, directed by George Sherman (1944, based on the novel Donovan's Brain)
 Donovan's Brain, directed by Felix E. Feist (1953, based on the novel Donovan's Brain)
 Studio One: Donovan's Brain (1955, TV series episode, based on the novel Donovan's Brain)
 The Brain, directed by Freddie Francis (1962, based on the novel Donovan's Brain)
 Hauser's Memory, directed by Boris Sagal (1970, TV film, based on the novel Hauser's Memory)
 Der Heiligenschein, directed by Heinz Schirk (1977, TV film, based on a short story by Curt Siodmak)

References

External links

Siodmak on Siodmak

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2000 deaths
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German screenwriters
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German male short story writers
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Q: Numerically checking if expression is 0 I ended up with the example below after some debugging. An expression at the end,  Norm[A . X1 + X1 . A - B] is zero. However,

*

*using N gives around 0 + 0.002 i, fails approximate numerical equality testing

*using N[...,100] gives Indeterminate
Is there a more robust way of testing expressions for zero numerically?
(* Solve Lyapunov equation A,B *)
A = {{10, 17}, {17, 29}};
B = {{26, 2}, {2, 4}};

normalize[vec_] := vec/Norm[vec];
evecs[mat_] := Transpose[normalize /@ Eigenvectors[mat]];

U = evecs[A];

s = Eigenvalues[A];
sdiv = 1/Outer[Plus, s, s];
Y = (U\[Transpose] . B . U)*sdiv;
X1 = U . Y . Transpose[U];
X2 = LyapunovSolve[A, B];
Print["X1 == X2 ", Reduce[X1 == X2] ];   (* True *)
Print["error X2 ", N@Norm[A . X2 + X2 . A - B]];  (* 0 *)

Print["error X1 ", N@Norm[A . X1 + X1 . A - B]]; (* 0 + 0.002 i *)
Print["error X1 ", N[Norm[A . X1 + X1 . A - B], 100]]; (* Indeterminate *)

A: This is a convenient form in which to apply PossibleZeroQ. It returns True if the first argument is a matrix all of whose elements pass the PossibleZeroQ test.
MatrixQ[A . ExpandAll[X1] + ExpandAll[X1] . A - B, PossibleZeroQ]
(* True  *)

PossibleZeroQ, which was suggested by @J.M. in a comment, uses both symbolic and numeric methods to test for zero. As the docs for PossibleZeroQ mention:

The general problem of determining whether an expression has value zero is undecidable; PossibleZeroQ provides a quick but not always accurate test.

A: I had a similar need lately and came up with this:
NEqual[x1_,x2_,opts___?OptionQ]:=Module[{samethreshold},
    samethreshold=Evaluate[SameThreshold/.Flatten[{opts,Options[NEqual]}]];
    If[
        Dimensions[x1,AllowedHeads->"ListLike"]==Dimensions[x2,AllowedHeads->"ListLike"],
        Return[If[Norm[x1-x2]<samethreshold,True,False,False]],
        Message[NEqual::nedd];
        Return[False]
    ];
];

Options[NEqual]={SameThreshold->10^-8};

NEqual::nedd="Arguments of NEqual have different dimensions.";

Of course, since your expression is 0 + 0.002 i it gives False:
NEqual[N@Norm[A . X1 + X1 . A - B], 0]
(* False *)

but I just thought I'd throw it out there in case anyone has suggestions for improvement.