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Newsline: US embassy in Cuba resumes visa and consular services
January 4, 2023 at 2:53 pm · Filed under Cuba and tagged: Cuba, Diplomacy, Diplomatic Briefing, US
The United States Embassy in Cuba is restarting visa and consular services Wednesday. The Embassy confirmed it will begin processing immigrant visas, with a priority placed on permits to reunite Cubans with family in the U.S., and others like the diversity visa lottery. They are anticipated to give out at least 20,000 visas a year, though it's just a drop in the bucket of the migratory tide, which is fueled by intensifying economic and political crises on the island. (https://www.wifr.com/2023/01/04/us-reopening-visa-consular-services-embassy-cuba/) The resumption comes amid the greatest migratory flight from Cuba in decades, which has placed pressure on the Biden administration to open more legal pathways to Cubans and start a dialogue with the Cuban government, despite a historically tense relationship.

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Q: Jumping from a tall building with a chair
Warning: Don't try this at home!

I saw a memeish post that when your building is on fire and you're in a high floor then take a chair, tie some weights which are heavier than you to the chair and then jump holding the chair and release the chair when it touches the ground to have a "safe" landing.
Of course this is an extremely dangerous thing, but I'm wondering is it physically sensible? Would you not be hurt in a significant way if you jump like this?

A: When you fall to the ground, the ground has to provide an impulse to you, to reduce your momentum until your velocity is zero with respect to the ground. An impulse can be thought of as an average force multiplied by the impact time. Assuming that your impact velocity is the same with and without the chair, the impulse must remain constant, so the only thing that will decrease the average force you feel is increasing the impact time. This is the basic physics behind a crumple zone, which prolongs impact time by crumpling, absorbing a portion of the energy.
With that considered, your question asks what happens if you jump off the chair in such a way that when you hit the ground, your velocity with respect to the ground is zero? Whilst it is true that the ground will provide no impulse to you upon impact, what you have failed to consider is the impulse provided by the chair. In order to be stationary relative to the ground, you have to be launched upwards by your chair. The impulse imparted by the chair will equal that provided by the ground in the no-chair scenario. To calculate how much the chair will hurt you, think of the average force multiplied by the time it takes to jump. Therefore, the answer depends on the relative of time taken to come to rest by impact with the ground and the time it takes to jump off the chair. Note that time taken to jump off the chair is only the period of time over which you are pushing off the chair. This ratio is hard to estimate without some data. However the two times are likely to be comparable in size, so the change in average force will probably fall within an order of magnitude. Therefore, jumping off the chair will probably still hurt you just as much as crunching to the ground.
As an addendum, a more likely way the chair could save you, is if the legs were extremely long and buckled over a large enough period of time to lower the average force enough such that it wasn't enough to kill you. So, in some sense, you might  be better off staying on the chair than jumping off it.

A: You would be hurt.  However things are slightly complicated (see below).
The purpose of carrying something heavy is that you can, at the last moment, throw it downwards / jump upwards off it, thus reducing your downwards velocity.  The easiest way to think about this is to use the standard physicist's 'make an absurd approximation' trick to establish how much you could make things better by.  In this case this trick is to make the thing you jump off with be essentially infinitely heavy.  Let its mass be $M$ and your mass be $m$, with $M \gg m$.  What you're going to do is to stand on it as you fall and then jump the moment before you hit the ground.
So just before you jump the whole assembly is travelling downwards at $V$, where $V$ is the terminal velocity of the system.  The momentum of the system is
$$p = (m + M)V$$
You then jump upwards at $v$, and just after you jump the momentum is
$$p = mV_m + M(V_m + v)$$
where $V_m$ is your downwards velocity.  Momentum is conserved (there's no time for gravity to have done anything as you do it all at the last moment) so
$$mV_m + M(V_m + v) = (m + M)V$$
Now remember $M >> m$, so we can just drop the terms in $m$:
$$M(V_m + v) \approx MV$$
Or in other words
$$V_m \approx V - v$$
And it's easy to see that this is the best case: if you make $M$ smaller things get worse.
So the very best you can do is to reduce your terminal velocity by the velocity with which you can jump upwards.  If you can jump $2\,\mathrm{m}$ in the air then you can jump upwards at about $6\,\mathrm{m/s}$ so this is how much you can reduce your velocity by.  The terminal velocity of a human falling is something over $44\,\mathrm{m/s}$, so you can reduce it to something over $36\,\mathrm{m/s}$: this is not going to save you.
However things are not this simple in real life.
First of all, if you are jumping off something which isn't very high, then you may be able to use this trick to save yourself, so there is a regime in which it does work.
Secondly whether it works depends on what your terminal velocity is: it will almost certainly be more with the big mass than it will without, so the big mass can make things worse.  For instance, if you are a mouse, then you would be very foolish to do this trick: you should just jump and walk away at the bottom.
So to deal with this properly actually requires you to take many variables into account.

A: Actually, your impact to the ground should be twice as hard as the weight, (you added, exceeding your own) tied to the chair will increase the force of your impact.

A: The principle behind this is the same as how modern cars are designed with crumple zones. A chair also naturally provides crumplage in that the legs will fold out or in under significant impact.
I'm not sure about your description. I'd imagine you should be standing on the chair for it to work.
Regarding getting hurt, this is extremely likely as unless your chair is already structurally weak, then it will take a fair bit of force to get it to collapse. In fact you are probably likely to get more hurt due to having less control over the landing rather than bracing with your feet on a flat even surface.

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Home > Where Can I Get Topsoil In Hampshire?
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Photo is of Rouen at 3 km from Bonsecours
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Visit Bonsecours: highlights and tourist information
Bonsecours is situated in the Seine-Maritime department and Normandy region.
Popular places to visit nearby include Rouen at 3 km and La Bouille at 16 km. For more sites to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Bonsecours, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Bonsecours in Normandy.
at 3 km (direction north-west)
You will enjoy a stroll along the banks of the Seine river...
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Jumieges Abbey
Abbey at 22 km (direction west)
The extensive ruins of Jumieges Abbey are one of the most visited...
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Lyons-la-Foret
Most Beautiful Village at 25 km (direction east), in the Eure department
The half-timbered buildings in the village of Lyons-la-Foret make it one of...
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Chateau Gaillard
Castle at 29 km (direction east-south-east), in the Eure department
The evocative ruins of Chateau Gaillard, built in the 12th century by...
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at 31 km (direction west-north-west)
It is the houses and scenery along the banks of the Seine...
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Most Beautiful Village at 36 km (direction west-south-west), in the Eure department
The village of Le-Bec-Hellouin is one of the prettiest in Normandy, and...
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Chateau de Harcourt
Castle at 37 km (direction south-west), in the Eure department
The Chateau de Harcourt in Eure is a medieval castle now restored...
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at 45 km (direction west), in the Eure department
The canals and rivers are the highlight in Pont Audemer, famous for...
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at 45 km (direction south), in the Eure department
In Evreux it is the two religious monuments - the cathedral and...
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at 45 km (direction south-east), in the Eure department
Vernon has an attractive historic centre and sits on the banks of...
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Giverny Gardens
Garden at 48 km (direction south-east), in the Eure department
The most famous, most visited, and perhaps most attractive gardens in France,...
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Most Beautiful Village at 53 km (direction south-east), in the Val-d'Oise department
At La Roche-Guyon, a 'plus beau village de France', you can exlore...
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Chateau de Beaumesnil
The Chateau de Beaumesnil is a baroque style castle surrounded by park...
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Map of places to visit near Bonsecours
Markets in and near Bonsecours
Market days in Bonsecours: weekly market: Friday;
Bonsecours: market Friday (0km)
Darnetal: market Sunday (3km)
Sotteville-les-Rouen: market Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (3km)
Bihorel: market Wednesday & Saturday & Friday (4km)
Le Petit-Quevilly: market Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (5km)
Rouen: market Tuesday all day & Sunday & Saturday all day & Friday (5km)
Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray: market Wednesday (5km)
Le Grand-Quevilly: market Tuesday & Friday (6km)
Mont-Saint-Aignan: market Wednesday (6km)
Canteleu: market Saturday (7km)
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More information about Bonsecours, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Bonsecours, France
What to do at Bonsecours? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Bonsecours.
Lyons-la-Foret (25km)
La Roche-Guyon (53km)
Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (36km)
Pont-Audemer (45km)
Abbaye Saint Georges de Boscherville (Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville) (12km)
Abbaye de Jumièges (Jumieges) (22km)
Abbaye Saint-Georges (12km)
Jardin Plume (14km)
Parc du manoir de Villers (14km)
Jardins du château de Vandrimare (16km)
Jardins du château du Champ de Bataille (34km)
Arboretum d'Harcourt (37km)
Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (41km)
Les jardins du château de Miserey (46km)
Jardin du musée d'art américain (48km)
Jardin de Claude Monet (49km)
Jardin d'art et d'essais (49km)
Domaine du château d'Ambleville (51km)
Domaine de Villarceaux (53km)
Réserve naturelle régionale des Larris et Tourbières de Saint-Pierre-es-Champs (44km)
Rouen (3km)
Elbeuf (17km)
Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (41km)
Bonsecours is in the north of France at 3 kilometres from Rouen, the department capital (general information: Bonsecours is 109 kilometres from Paris).
Commune: Bonsecours
Canton: Boos
Arrondissement: Rouen
Distance to Bonsecours
from Rouen (prefecture): 3 km
Most visitors arrive by car, with Le Havre and Dieppe on the coast here being very convenient. For driving distances to Bonsecours from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 18 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, Belbeuf, Bihorel, Bois-Guillaume, Boos, Darnetal, Deville-les-Rouen, Franqueville-Saint-Pierre, Le Grand-Quevilly, Le Mesnil-Esnard, Le Petit-Quevilly, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Rouen, Saint-Aubin-Epinay, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Saint-Leger-du-Bourg-Denis, Saint-Martin-du-Vivier and Sotteville-les-Rouen.
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The FCRA is the new FLSA
By Porter Wright on November 3, 2014
Recent multi-million dollar settlements highlight the importance for employers of complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). They also highlight that, when it comes to class action lawsuits in the employment-law context, the FCRA is the new FLSA!
The FCRA has very specific requirements employers must comply with if they engage a background check service providers (referred to as "Consumer Reporting Agencies" (CRAs) in the FCRA) to compile background reports on applicants or employees. These types of reports include credit reports, criminal background reports, and other reports that have any bearing on someone's moral character or reputation. We have discussed these requirements at length here and here, but, long story short, employers who run background checks on applicants or employees must do all four of the following:
Disclosure: Disclose to the applicant or employee that a consumer report, i.e., a background check is going to be compiled on the applicant or employee for employment purposes;
Authorization: Obtain authorization from the applicant or employee allowing the employer to have the report complied;
Pre-Adverse Notice: If the employer decides that it may take an adverse action against the applicant or employee in part because of any information that was disclosed in the background report, the employer must provide the applicant or employee notification of that fact and make other required disclosures; and
Adverse Notice: If the employer is going to take an adverse action against the applicant or employee in part because of any information that was disclosed in the background report, the employer must provide the applicant or notification of that decision and make other required disclosures.
Many employers run into problems because they fail to comply with one or more of these four distinct steps, but even employers who do manage comply with these four broad requirements tend to miss some of the more intricate, lesser-known requirements that each step further requires. Add a per-violation statutory penalty and an award of attorneys' fees for each FCRA violation an employer commits and it becomes clear how FCRA class actions are quickly becoming the new go-to class action lawsuits for plaintiff-employment lawyers.
The proof is in the pudding. Take, for example, the recent preliminarily-approved $6.8 million class action settlement in Knights v. Publix Super Mkts., Inc., No. 3:14-cv-0072 (M.D. Tenn. 2014) – the largest FCRA class settlement of its kind to date. In Knights, the class members, which includes all job applicants who applied for positions with Publix from March 12, 2012 through May 13, 2014, claimed that the supermarket chain violated the FCRA by failing to provide them with "stand alone" disclosures before obtaining consumer reports that were used for employment purposes.
This "stand alone" requirement concerns the first two steps. While the "stand alone" requirement does not prevent an employer from combining the disclosure and the authorization requirements into one form (see 15 U.S.C.S. § 1681b(b)(2)(A)(ii)), it does prohibit the disclosure and authorization from being combined with other things, like an employment application. In fact, the FCRA provides that the disclosure must be made in writing in a document that consists "solely" of the disclosure. See 15 U.S.C. § 1681b(b)(2)(A)(i). This means an FCRA-compliant disclosure must not contain extraneous information.
So what is prohibited extraneous information? Well, the class plaintiffs in Knights claimed that Publix illegally included a liability release on its background check authorization forms that essentially sought to change the disclosure and authorization document into a waiver document where applicants would release their legal rights. Other courts have heard these types of cases and have concluded that waiver language in an FCRA disclosure form can violate the FCRA. See Reardon v. ClosetMaid Corp. (W.D. Pa. Dec. 2, 2013); Singleton v. Domino's Pizza (D. Md. Jan. 25, 2012).
Under the terms of the proposed settlement, Publix will pay approximately $48 to each of 90,633 class members. About $2.27 million is set to be allocated to attorneys' fees.
In another case, Dollar General and class plaintiffs have asked a Virginia federal court to approve a $4 million class settlement in response to class allegations that the retail company violated the FCRA by sending applicants outdated notices. As we discussed here employers have been required to provide updated forms to applicants and employees since January 1, 2013.
Other similar class suits are also making their way through the courts. Mack v. Panera, LLC and Mack v. American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (AMC) have been filed by a former employee of both companies. The plaintiff claims both companies forced potential employees to sign off on illegal background checks by requesting background checks in applications filled with language not related to the background check itself. Mack is seeking up to $1,000 in statutory damages for each class member, which consists of applicants and employees nationwide who filled out job applications with the companies within the past five years. Nine West Holdings Inc. was also recently hit with a putative class action that alleges the company conducts background checks on job applicants without proper disclosures.
Takeaways: The FCRA is not an easy statute to comply with. In addition, many states have their own background check laws that add additional requirements on employer hiring in their states. It is advisable that employers conducting background checks of any kind on applicants or employees consult with competent counsel before doing so and have counsel review their forms and their processes to ensure they are FCRA compliant in all respects – even if the background screening company assures them their forms are compliant.
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Q: Result of obj.apply{ func1() } is different than obj.func1() In kotlin, apply{} is defined as inline fun <T> T.apply(block: T.() -> Unit): T
I thought the use of this function is to minimize this code
obj.func1()
obj.func2()
obj.func3()
...

to
obj.apply {
    func1()
    func2()
    func3()
}

But now I think it has some totally different actual use case. In my android studio project, i got this log
2020-12-08 13:3:22.648 28006-28006/com.skb.skara D/VideoViewActivity: onStart: pos 2677
2020-12-08 13:3:22.649 28006-28006/com.skb.skara D/VideoViewActivity: initializePlayer: seeked to 0
2020-12-08 13:3:22.650 28006-28006/com.skb.skara D/VideoViewActivity: onStart: pos 2677

for this code
private var currentPosition: Int

override fun onStart() {
    super.onStart()
    Log.d(TAG, "onStart: pos $currentPosition")
    initializePlayer()
    Log.d(TAG, "onStart: pos $currentPosition")
    if (currentPosition == 0) {
        Log.d(TAG, "onStart: vid start")
        fullscreen_video.start()
    }
    show()
}

private fun initializePlayer() {
    fullscreen_video.apply {
        setVideoPath(videoUrl)
        seekTo(currentPosition)
        Log.d(TAG, "initializePlayer: seeked to $currentPosition")
    }
}

Then I changed initialisePlayer function to this
private fun initializePlayer() {
    fullscreen_video.setVideoPath(videoUrl)
    fullscreen_video.seekTo(currentPosition)
    Log.d(TAG, "initializePlayer: seeked to $currentPosition")
}

and then I got this log
2020-12-08 13:12:53.548 28006-28006/com.skb.skara D/VideoViewActivity: onStart: 2677
2020-12-08 13:12:53.550 28006-28006/com.skb.skara D/VideoViewActivity: initializePlayer: seeked to 2677
2020-12-08 13:12:53.550 28006-28006/com.skb.skara D/VideoViewActivity: onStart: 2677

Someone please explain this behaviour and also explain the use of scope function apply{}

A: Be careful, VideoView has its own currentPosition. Accessing currentPosition inside its apply block will get the currentPosition of the VideoView.
private fun initializePlayer() {
    fullscreen_video.apply {
        setVideoPath(videoUrl)
        seekTo(currentPosition) // This will use VideoView.currentPosition
        Log.d(TAG, "initializePlayer: seeked to $currentPosition") // This, too
    }
}

Explain about apply:

The context object is available as a receiver (this). And this always can be omitted.

If you want to access the currentPosition you declared above, use this@YourActivity.currentPosition. Replace YourActivity with your activity.

A: See the table below, within the scope of also, this.currentPosition is fullscreen_video.currentPosition, instead of your var currentPosition
Kotlin's scope operators are like a swiss army knife with a method for every scenario.
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/scope-functions.html

Function
Object reference
Return value
Is extension function

let
it
Lambda result
Yes

run
this
Lambda result
Yes

run
-
Lambda result
No: called without the context object

with
this
Lambda result
No: takes the context object as an argument.

apply
this
Context object
Yes

also
it
Context object
Yes

It can be really useful for DSL APIs and also calling multiple setters after creating a simple Java object.
    val x = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm()).apply {
      init(null as KeyStore?)
    }

In this form the incomplete object is never available until fully constructed. So you can assign directly to a field (ignoring concurrency and memory barriers).
But also keeps things in expression form, so you can chain operators instead of having values you mutate imperitively.
Here is an example where also is useful instead.
fun getRandomInt(): Int {
    return Random.nextInt(100).also {
        writeToLog("getRandomInt() generated value $it")
    }
}

If you switch to also, it should make this difference clearer for your case.


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What's next for Volvo?
Volvo executives reveal big plans for the brand
Top Gear Philippines recently got to chat with Ai Phing Teh, Volvo Car Asia Pacific's regional business manager, and Rose Dimalanta, first executive vice president of Viking Cars.
Ai Phing Teh has been with Volvo since 2003. When the brand expanded its dealership network in the Asia-Pacific region, she took on a more active role as its regional business manager in 2009. "At the time, there was a region-wide growth," she shares.
How far has Volvo gone in the region and what can we look forward to? Here are excerpts from our interview from Teh and Dimalanta.
Top Gear Philippines (TGP): Volvo Car Asia Pacific manages 10 markets from its Kuala Lumpur office, and Volvo has been present in the Philippine market for 17 years. How significant is our local market?
Ai Phing Teh (APT): We have the longest history here. And in the local premium segment, there is growth. I think that it is time to get a bigger piece of the share.
TGP: Does Zhejiang Geely (the parent company of Geely Automobile that purchased Volvo last year) manage Volvo?
APT: We are a stand-alone company with a separate management group in Sweden. Everything is run from the Swedish office. The good thing we see from being owned by Geely is that we have more funds for research and development. But, we have shown that we are totally separate from Geely. The fruit of this push toward research and development is that Volvo will soon be manufacturing its own engines and power plants. Also, each new Volvo model to be released from now on will come out with an all-new safety feature.
TGP: Big news for Volvo locally is the launch of the five-year warranty program. Can you tell us more about it?
Rose Dimalanta (RD): All cars sold from June onward will have it. That is peace of mind for five years. This also includes five-year roadside assistance. This is a first in the premium segment, and the best type of warranty.
TGP: Does the recently passed Lemon Law have any effect on how manufacturers do business?
RD: It is good for customers, because they have another thing to fall back on. Manufacturers will also welcome it because it will set the guidelines for what it is covered. It will work both ways.
TGP: What's next for Volvo in the Philippines?
APT: In 2012, a five-door hatchback is coming in, and a light version of our SUV will be launched. That's two new-car launches by September next year. Globally, the V60 hybrid electric car is also set to make its debut in two years time.
Interview by Paulo Rafael Subido
Price this car #11: Ford Explorer


Writers' Building, a spectacular piece of colonial architecture built in 1777, so named because it once housed the writers of the East India Company. Until recently it hosted West Bengal's state government.
Farther south along the Hooghly River lies the Victoria Memorial Hall ( victoriamemorialcal.in), a grand landmark in marble. It opened to the public in 1921 and is a tribute to Queen Victoria.
Surrounded by 64 acres of garden, the building is now a museum whose permanent collection includes priceless pieces by Bengali masters as well as a series of paintings set in India but made by European painters.
with streetcars (trams), cars and old-style hand-pulled rickshaws.
passion for travel is ignited by culture will find much to love in Kolkata.
India's most intellectual city brims with cultural magic and colonial charm.


kes one think that there are tree leaves drawn on this pen looking more beautiful because they are shown under the full moon.
Vibrant colors are selected for making this close to real life design on the Bohème Doué Moongarden Fountain Pen. The leaves are red-gold colored and they are further beautified by the stylish gray toned body of the pen. This is a must-have for writing instruments collectors because of the uniqueness of the design. Another thing that makes this pen sought after by connoisseurs is the beautiful gold nib that is made up of 18k gold, handcrafted by expert artisans at the Montblanc workshop.
In contrast to the color of the metal body of this pen, the clip is a bright red-gold color which makes the whole pen a striking beauty. The barrel is a gray color metal with the Moongarden design on it.
The best part of this pen is that no matter how much complex the process was to make it, it is very easy to use it. All the attributes of this pen like design, details, grip, flow and simplicity are world class. You can use different colors when it comes to the choice of ink. One can use the quality Montblanc ink cartridges for the Bohème Doué Moongarden Fountain Pen. The official available colors are Mystery Black, Royal Blue, Midnight Blue, Burgundy Red, Lavender Purple, Oyster Grey, Toffee Brown, Irish Green, Corn Poppy Red.


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Q: Colored MATLAB Compass Graph I'm quite new to MATLAB and therefore any help is very appreciated.
I want to visualize multiple vectors using MATLAB's compass graph. Is it possible to colorize the different vectors? Those vectors change over time and the order in which they're handed to the compass graph never changes. Is there another way to distinguish the vectors?
Thank you in advance!
M.
EDIT: The solution works (i.e. arrows are colored) until the very last vector element of the compass is reached. If I do not stop the loop before, the method exits with the error ??? Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals.. Every object (i.e. arrows) of the compass is correctly adressed except the last; checked the indexes, everything seems to be ok.What can I do?
Here's the code I currently use:
handle = compass(viewframe(1,:),viewframe(2,:));
colors = get(0,'DefaultAxesColorOrder');
for i=1:length(handle)
   set(handle(i),'color', colors(mod(i,length(colors)),:))
end

A: Building on @cyborg answer, you could assign the colors in one call:
Z = eig(randn(5));
clr = lines(numel(Z));  %# colors you want to use

h = compass(Z);         %# compass(real(Z),imag(Z))
set(h, {'Color'},num2cell(clr,2), 'LineWidth',2)

You could also use a legend for annotation:
str = cellstr( num2str((1:numel(Z))','Arrow %d') );  %'
legend(h, str, 'Location','BestOutside')

A: You could do this:
Z = compass(eig(randn(5)));
colors = get(0,'DefaultAxesColorOrder')
for i=1:length(Z)
    set(Z(i),'color',colors(mod(i-1,length(colors))+1,:))
end


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Extreme biking in Bolivia takes you on a wild ride with new craze Skreeing
Extreme biking in Bolivia isn t just about the world s most dangerous road - Skreeing, which involves riding fast downhill, is the new kid on the block.
This will probably be different from anything you've done on a bike before,' says my guide, Cody, as we stand 4,700m up in the mountains of La Cumbre, outside the Bolivian city of La Paz, looking down at the steep grey slope of skree (loose rocks) we're about to ride. 'With single-track biking, you have to follow the trail. But this is an open field and there's a lot of creativity. It's like painting. You can paint anywhere.'
Judging by the kit we're wearing, skreeing, as it's known, isn't a risk-free art form. I'm in full-length shin-to-knee guards, protective jacket, gloves, goggles and a full helmet. For good measure, we make a sacrifice to Pacha Mama (Mother Earth), pouring a little alcohol on to the earth and our tyres, and take a sip.
It's an odd, scary sensation, riding fast downhill on ground that shifts beneath your bike tyres. 'The closest comparison is skiing,' says Cody. 'The ground gives a little bit. It's like carving in skiing. It feels pretty weird at first but two or three goes and you soon get the feel for it.'
It takes all of ten seconds for me to wipeout. I come off again on the second run, my right shoulder taking the brunt of the fall. However, once you realise the deep covering of skree is actually a pretty soft landing, it boosts your confidence to go faster.
Speed and confidence are the key things here; the faster and more solidly you ride, the more you tend to glide or zoom across the surface, instead of the tyres sinking into the skree.
Make tracks: Ride the wild hills of Bolivia and create your own masterpiece on the earth (Picture: GravityBolivia.com)
The runs are filled with jumps, curves, dips, long straights where you can pick up speed, dunes to climb and a natural half-pipe. I reach the bottom out of breath each time. Just before the four-wheel drive gives us a lift back to the top for another run, I look back at the other bikers starting their descents from the ridge and realise how far and how quickly we're dropping altitude.
My confidence high, I stop following Cody and some of the other guides, and venture off alone, creating my own 'artwork' across the slopes. It's a mistake. A creek comes out of nowhere. I see it at the top of a ridge but am going too fast to stop. This time, instead of soft skree, it's mainly rock I land on. I hit it hard. The bike's seat is bent out of shape, the back tyre and left pedal also wrecked. I'm in just as bad shape, with pain in my elbow, hip and thigh (where I hit the ground) and agony in both thumbs (from the handlebars). I can hardly move my left leg, which is cut and twisted. Cody comes to help out. 'Everyone crashes, it's really just part of the ride,' he says as I hobble out of the creek and push my bike up the hill. 'I did the same thing you did last time I was here.'
As we break for lunch, a gloomy mist rolling across the mountains. I sit out the next few rides, the pain in my leg and thumbs too great. But after trying out the spare bike and realising it's actually less painful to ride than to walk, I give it another go.
I'm cautious at first but quickly get carried away and pick up speed. I see Phil, an expert biker, hit a hole in the ground and fall from his bike to do a face plant. Ted, another experienced rider, hits a dune and comes off with a face full of dust. We tally up; most of us have between four to eight falls each, some worse than others.
We ride until late in the afternoon. Nursing injuries and covered in dust and dirt, we drink 'victory beers' at the bottom of the mountain, looking back up at the tyre trails we've created on the landscape.
I'm glad I took a few more rides, despite the pain. Partly because it's always good to get back on the horse after a fall and partly because the afternoon riding was so much fun. But mostly because I didn't want to leave the skree fields of Bolivia as my unfinished masterpiece.
Skreeing feels like painting a beautiful picture (Picture: GravityBolivia.com)
A one-day skreeing trip with Gravity, including bike and all equipment, starts from £62pp for a group of four and above. Visit www.gravitybolivia.com/skreeing. Graeme stayed at El Rey Palace Hotel, £65 per night, booked by Journey Latin America (Tel: 020 8747 8315; www.journeylatinamerica.co.uk), which offers packages to Bolivia starting from £1,29 9pp. British Airways (Tel: 0844 493 0787; www.ba.com) offers return flights from Heathrow to La Paz, via Miami with onward travel on American Airlines, from £930.ç
Fuente: http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/876335-extreme-biking-in-bolivia-takes-you-on-a-wild-ride-with-new-craze-skreeing


March 5, OctaFX – The British pound is under selling pressure against the greenback on Tuesday, with the pair now trading below the key 1.3200 support level.
The GBPUSD pair is now testing minor support around the 1.3170 level, with key weekly support below, at 1.3100. Technicals indicators on the four-hour time suggest that the GBPUSD pair has further scope to trade lower in the short-term.
If the GBPUSD pair trades above the 1.3200 level, buyers may test towards the 1.3230 and 1.3260 resistance levels.


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Faryab-provinsen er en af Afghanistans 34 provinser . Den ligger i den nordlige del af landet. Administrationscenteret er Meymaneh.

Faryab-provinsen er, som de fleste provinserne i Nord-Afghanistan, ikke domineret af stammefolket pashtunerne, men derimod af usbekere (53,5 %) og tajikere (27 %). Men der findes lommer beboet af pashtunere (i alt 13 %), hovedsagelig koncentreret i det urolige nælte nord og nordvest for Meymaneh.

Referenser

Afghanistans provinser

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


The A340 RC plane is scaled upon the European designed airliner manufactured by the Airbus Group.
Unfortunately there are few resources for commercially available EDF or turbine RC airliners.
Supreme-Hobbies produced a nice looking EPO A330-A340 airliner. It is no longer available.
One resource is the Norbert Rauch site which offers a series of Turbine RC airliners. Norbert produces fibre-glass parts for several airliners.
The Norbert Rauch site which offers a series of Turbine RC airliners.
The models are suppliers as part model fibre-glass kits only. All the models are built with the same three initial building blocks. Fiberglass nose & tail cones together with engine nacelles. Foam cores for the center fuselage, wings, horizontal stabilisers & retracts are provided by other individuals who are linked from his site. It is then up to the modeler to complete the model from drawings.
Click the model retailer link below to view the RC A340 specifications and part details.


I was 5 years old when my father came home with our first computer. An Apple IIe. It came with a book on programming in BASIC, which I devoured. I would type simple programs and run them. Computers attracted me for many reasons. The ability to focus 100% on the task, the quiet, alone time.
But most of all, computers allowed me to be 100% in control of the outcome. A computer only does what you tell it to, and if it does what you weren't expecting, the only person to blame is yourself. Your understanding of the problem is off, your view of the logic flow needs to change. Whatever is wrong, the only person you have to blame is yourself.
12 php.log: what is the proper way to clear log file?
7 What would be the cleanest / easiest method of collecting rental property data?
6 Pattern for allowing a user to change his password. Should the user have to repeat the new password as well as enter the old password?
5 Can lye be extracted from bamboo ash?


Move yourself close to the edge of the bed while still lying on your back.
Bend your knees upward and flatten your feet on the bed.
Roll onto your side closest to the edge of the bed, keeping your knees together. Keep your shoulders in line with your hips — don't twist your spine as you roll.
Once you're on your side, use both hands to push yourself up into a sitting position. Let the weight of your legs swinging to the floor help you move.
When you're sitting up, take a moment to rest and take deep breaths, if needed, particularly if you're feeling lightheaded.
When you're ready to stand up, lean forward. Use your legs and arms to push yourself up to a standing position. Tighten your stomach muscles to help keep your back straight.
Once you're standing, straighten both of your legs at the same time.


The Council of the City of Augusta, Kansas met in regular session on May 2, 2011, with Mayor Kristey Williams presiding. Council present were Holly Harper, Matt Childers, Michael Huddleston, Michael Wallace, Mike Rawlings, Sue Jones, Ronald Reavis, and Matt Malone. Also present: City Manager Bill Keefer, City Attorney David All, Assistant to the City Manager Josh Shaw, City Inspector Dan Allen, and City Clerk Erica Jones. Visitors present were: Michael McDermott, Martin Goedecke, Eric Christinat, and Steve Compton.
Minutes: Reavis made a motion to approve the minutes from the April 18, 2011 meeting. Harper seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
April (4A): Huddleston inquired about the two payments on page 1 and page 2 referencing API. Jones stated it was for loan payments made to the City for the loans made by API and Network Kansas. E. Jones stated the City is paid an administrative fee to handle these payments. Huddleston inquired about the payment to Dave's for towing. Keefer stated it was for towing a New Holland tractor for the Park Department. Wallace made a motion to approve Ordinance 4A in the amount of $386,630.98. Childers seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Eric Christinat, Executive Director of Downtown Augusta, Inc. requested the closure of the 400,500, and 600 blocks of State Street on the afternoon and evening of Friday, June 10 for the annual Grasshopper Festival. Wallace made a motion to close the 400,500, and 600 blocks of State Street on the afternoon and evening of Friday, June 10 for the annual Grasshopper Festival. Harper seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Kelly & Ohio Intersection: Williams stated that there were three different options discussed at the work session and that the roundabout option is no longer feasible due to requirements by KDOT for larger trucks. Wallace made a motion authorizing a change in the scope of work for the Kelly & Ohio Intersection Project from a roundabout to a traditional four-legged intersection and authorizing the City Manager to notify KDOT of the same. Childers seconded the motion.
Huddleston stated that a square intersection is now going to cost us $35,000 more. Huddleston stated when the roundabout was first proposed that more people than just him asked if it would support fire trucks, school buses, and interstate trucks, and that Goedecke did not explain his answer the same as he did in his memo and now the City is stuck with an additional expense of $35,000. Keefer stated we would be responsible for the remainder of the engineer's contract and an additional $35,000. Williams inquired about when the radius was originally measured an approved and why now is KDOT not approving it. Goedecke stated that the roundabout is a compromise of right of way cost, public safety, vehicle operation, and large trucks. Goedecke stated he felt as few large trucks as there are that use this intersection the roundabout would be able to accommodate them if they swing out on to the apron, just as they swing out into the intersection now, to make a right turn. Goedecke stated KDOT does not consider that acceptable and would require the roundabout to accommodate a right turn by those large trucks without pulling out on to the apron, and that is not the type of roundabout we were looking at.
Williams asked Goedecke if he felt any of this was avoidable. Childers stated he does not recall Goedecke using the word "compromise" during the work session, and that the governing body had been told the roundabout would be able to handle large trucks. Goedecke stated all projects have some compromises. Malone asked Goedecke if he has worked with KDOT in the past and if they have a good working relationship. Goedecke state he has, including the current 7th Street project, but that you work with different people at KDOT on different projects. Williams stated she thinks the roundabout would have been a good project, but that she is disappointed we got this far.
Goedecke stated he had not designed a roundabout for KDOT before, but that he did a lot of work to look at things. Goedecke stated he felt like it was the right thing to do for the City with the benefits that had been identified, within the budget of the project. Goedecke stated he did not realize there would be an issue with really large trucks making right turns. Williams asked if there is a mathematical formula that could have been used. Goedecke stated there is not a formula that could have been used, but that there is software that could calculate that but that he does not have that software. Goedecke stated he did look at KDOT's design criteria. Reavis stated that at the public meeting that was held with staff, Goedecke, and representatives from KDOT a man asked if a truck with a 63 foot trailer could use the roundabout and everyone, including the person from KDOT, said that it would. Reavis stated he didn't specifically inquire about right turns. Goedecke stated he felt by pulling out on the apron they would be able to make a right turn at the roundabout, but that KDOT now disagrees.
Huddleston stated the next item on the agenda is a request for an additional $35,000 to be paid to Goedecke for the new intersection when we have already paid for the design of the intersection. Goedecke stated he will have to re-create all of the drawings for a new intersection design. Williams stated she is frustrated that we wouldn't be here now if we had all the information from the beginning. Goedecke stated he followed KDOT's design manuals for the roundabout. Williams stated the governing body should have understood the complexity of the project.
S. Jones asked if we have received any information back from Westar about their pole and the easements. Goedecke stated he had not, but that he included the cost to relocate the pole in the cost of the project. S. Jones asked if Goedecke is the appropriate person to handle this or if it should be staff or the city attorney. Goedecke stated at some point the decision will have to be made, but that he is doing the legwork and keeping staff informed. Goedecke stated it will not be known where it will have to be moved until the plans are drawn and that they are still looking for the easement.
Reavis stated he doesn't think we will know the property requirements until the plans are completed, so he would not recommend notifying the property owners until that is known. Keefer stated it is important to notify at least two of the property owners, because they were originally told we would be purchasing their full property. Keefer stated they need to know so they can move forward with their plans for the property, but that we will note that they will be contacted in the future about construction easements and right of way. Williams stated we should let them know that their buildings are no longer in jeopardy.
Huddleston stated Kansas is an ownership by record state, and stated that if Westar does not have a recorded easement then why do we keep going back to them. Goedecke stated they do not have a recorded easement, but that they do say they have an easement so he has asked them to provide us with a copy. Wallace stated they should be given a deadline to produce it. Keefer agreed and stated that Westar does not have a franchise, so they are saying they have an easement with the property owners. Keefer stated there is an easement on record, but that their pole is located outside of that easement.
Childers asked what would happen if the amendment to the Engineering Agreement is not made. Keefer stated we would not have a project because we wouldn't have plans. Keefer stated we would have to hire a new engineer and pay for the cost of an entirely new design. Childers asked if we do not approve this could we lose the $500,000 funding from KDOT. Keefer stated that is a possibility. Malone stated we paid $65,000 for the design of the roundabout and asked staff if they thought Goedecke would honor the cost in the original agreement. Keefer stated that the $12,000 remaining out of the $65,000 original agreement would not be enough to cover the costs of the new plans, but that he would have to defer that question to Goedecke. Malone asked how much is budgeted for this project. Keefer stated there is $200,000 in the project fund, plus and additional $75,000 that will be added this year. Keefer stated we will have to issue temporary notes for this project, but not issue debt. Malone stated he would like to know what he is voting on before throwing more money at this project. Keefer stated we will not know the actual costs of the project until we let bids, but that they generally come in under Goedecke's estimates. Goedecke asked the governing body if instead of a contract, they would be more in favor of paying by the hour. Goedecke stated he does not want to hold the city hostage and that he wants to work with the city, but that he will have more expenses.
Wallace stated that he told the governing body a year or two ago that the engineer should be liable for mistakes. Wallace stated he doesn't think this was a mistake on Goedecke's part, but that the governing body has said in previous meetings that Goedecke is exempt from his mistakes. With that Wallace made a motion to approve an amendment to the Engineering Services Agreement with Goedecke Engineering for the Kelly & Ohio Intersection project. Rawlings seconded the motion. Wallace amended the motion to include amend the agreement to be paid at an hourly rate not to exceed a total amount of $35,000. Childers seconded the motion to amend. Motion to amend carried without opposition. Williams disagreed that the Council exempted Goedecke from errors. Motion carried without opposition. Malone inquired about the hourly rates. Keefer stated we will pay an hourly rate up to the $35,000.
Dike Road: Wallace made a motion to approve an agreement with Butler County as part of the Vacation of the Dike Road right-of-way between Highway 54 and Thunder Road. Harper seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Levee Enhancement Project: Rawlings abstained from the discussion and voting due to a conflict of interest. Reavis inquired about the location of the new field entrance. Keefer stated it would be in the same proximity where Dike Road intersects with Thunder Road. Reavis stated he doesn't want to promise access if we cannot since we don't own that property. Keefer stated as trail manager we do have the authority to allow access. Reavis made a motion to approve the purchase of Tract 9-A (0.10 acres) in the amount of $250, the small tract that is a remnant of Tract 9-A (1.6 acres) and Tract 34-B (0.4 acres) in the amount of $1,000, for a total of $1,500 from Jerry Fritchman for the levee enhancement project. Wallace seconded the motion. Huddleston stated the sign at US 400 says the road is Hunter Road, but that everyone refers to it as Dike Road. Dan Allen stated it is officially called Hunter Road and is indicated as such on all flood maps. Motion carried without opposition.
Sanitary Sewer Easements: Childers made a motion to approve two Sanitary Sewer Easement for Butler County as part of the levee project and the relocation of the sewer force main serving Sewer District #12. Reavis seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Public Hearing: Council considered scheduling a public hearing to take input on moving forward with the issuance of General Obligation Bonds for the City's Levee Project and to appoint appraisers for the project. Keefer stated the Corp is accelerating the project, so we have no choice but to move forward with this. Keefer stated the statute requires we appoint three disinterested householders to make sure no one is receiving special considerations. Keefer stated that the Division of Water Resources is required to sign off on this part of the project as well. Keefer stated he was able to identify two individuals, Paul Oliver and Rick Blue, who were interested in serving as appraisers. S Jones asked what process was used to select the appraisers. Keefer stated he picked two people that are members of the community who do not own property in this area and would not directly benefit from the project. Huddleston recommended Steve Compton to fill the third position. Dan Allen stated Compton lives in the project area. Keefer stated the decision is up to the governing body, but that he doesn't think their appointments would be challenged. Wallace made a motion to approve Resolution 2011 – 05 authorizing several actions including the scheduling of a Public Hearing for 7 p.m. on May 16, 2011 to take input on moving forward with the issuance of General Obligation Bonds for the City's Levee Project and to appoint Paul Oliver, Rick Blue, and Steve Hollingsworth as appraisers for the project. Malone seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Appointments: Wallace made a motion to approve the Mayor's appointments to the various boards and committees of the City. S Jones seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Official Newspaper: Reavis made a motion to designate the Augusta Gazette as the City's official newspaper. Childers seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Official Depository: Rawlings made a motion to designate Emprise Bank as the City's official depository. Malone seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Zoning Regulations: Williams thanked Downtown Augusta Inc. Executive Director Eric Christinat for his time and input on the changes to the ordinance. Huddleston stated he still thinks the regulations are too restrictive and that it seems we are punishing those not on the list by charging them $325, which isn't fair. Huddleston asked how other Mainstreet Communities handle their zoning. Christinat stated that some have a list of excluded businesses, but that doesn't seem to work very well and it could be very exhaustive. Christinat recommended reviewing the list once a year and making any necessary changes. Christinat stated he thought the $325 charge was unreasonable at first too, but he wants to make sure the costs incurred by the city are covered and maybe reducing the fee will still cover those costs. Huddleston asked if it would work better if the fee were more reasonable.
Childers inquired about the cost of notification. Dan Allen stated he and his staff have to locate the CAMA #'s and legal addresses in a 200 foot arc around the four corners of the property requesting a conditional use permit and send a notification to the property owners and publish the notice in the newspaper. Allen stated it takes a lot of labor hours to prepare all the notifications. Huddleston asked if the costs associated with a commercial request is different than a residential. Allen stated there is usually more property owners involved downtown. Huddleston stated the city should share the cost of the conditional use permit in order to get businesses downtown. Malone asked how many businesses have been told no. Allen stated a couple have, but that the majority are granted a conditional use permit. Mr. All stated that if you don't have a list of acceptable businesses, you will have one you don't want. Mr. All stated this ordinance is the best way to take care of that, and that the process of amending the ordinance when necessary has been working. Allen stated Christinat has tried to get people downtown involved in the meetings, but that no one has showed up. Huddleston stated a clock repair shop would be prohibited under these regulations. Rawlings stated that when the ordinance was first drafted, those interested wanted the downtown to be strictly retail.
S. Jones inquired about the impetus for the proposed changes tonight. Allen stated that last year a smoke shop moved in downtown over the weekend. Allen stated when he told them they were not permitted to be there, they refused for file for a conditional use permit and pay the fee. Allen stated he tried to work with them and told them if they sold coffee, they could be considered a restaurant that sells cigarettes and would be approved under the current regulations. They agreed, but then decided to move. Allen stated he tried to work with them but they didn't want to be worked with. Allen stated a Title Company that was located downtown when the regulations were first put in place decided to move to another location downtown, but since their type of business was not allowed and they were only grandfathered in for their original location they technically were not allowed downtown. Allen stated if the business owners would notify people that they need to check with the city before moving in, it could address these issues in advance. Huddleston stated if we are going to keep it as is and review it annually that is okay with him, but he still thinks the fee is excessive. Huddleston stated the city will not go out of business because of three conditional use permits per year. Keefer stated he understood and agreed with Huddleston, except that the city does have tangible expenses such as staff time, postage, publication costs, and bills from the County that will not go away. Keefer stated we want to do all these things for our citizens but we do not want to raise taxes, and we cannot keep providing these services without a cost. Huddleston stated he doesn't think $1,000 per year would require us to cut services, and that we subsidize the pool and airport by more than that. Keefer stated he has started to work on the 2012 budget and there will probably be some hard decisions to make this year.
Keefer stated vary rarely has a conditional use permit ever been turned down. Keefer stated that most don't get to that point because of recommendations by Allen. Keefer stated if the governing body wants staff to research our tangible costs we can do that. Wallace stated if staff is making a recommendation to a business and telling them they will be approved and they are not, the city should absorb that cost. Wallace made a motion to approve Ordinance 2021 amending the City's Zoning Regulations. Huddleston seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
There was a consensus by the governing body to review the conditional use permit fee. S. Jones stated that if a business cannot afford $325 upfront, they probably will not be successful anyway.
Work Session: Wallace asked if FEMA is done with their stuff. Keefer said no and stated that is a separate and distinct issue regarding levee certification. Wallace made a motion scheduling a work session with the Corps of Engineers on Monday, May 9, at 7 p.m. to review and discuss the Levee Project. Childers seconded the motion. Motion carried with Rawlings opposing.
Tornado Siren: Keefer stated the Whitewater River Fire District has asked the City of Augusta to donate a used tornado siren to them that we are replacing. Keefer stated staff does not have a problem with donating a siren and stated the one we would most likely donate is the one currently located on Arnold Drive. Wallace stated he would like to see an article in the newspaper about the City donating the siren. Wallace made a motion to donate a used tornado siren to the Whitewater River Fire District. Huddleston seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Wallace – Wallace inquired about the repairs needed for the Library roof. Keefer stated the roof is 10 plus years old and that Dan Allen is getting an estimate so the funding can be included in the 2012 budget. Keefer stated in the mean time we will be doing some basic patching repairs.
Huddleston – Huddleston asked if someone can close off a road without coming to the Council for permission. Keefer said it depends. Huddleston inquired about the Church downtown. Keefer stated they did block of a couple of parking spaces, but stated if it had been a large event or would have required the street to be blocked for an extended period of time they would have had to come to the Council for permission. Keefer stated we work with small groups and neighborhood block parties, etc.
Malone – Malone stated the red light on the stop light at 7th and Lulu is not working.
Wallace – Wallace stated there were a lot of maps to look at tonight and stated that staff needs to start projecting those for the citizens to be able to see them. Wallace stated the property owner at 1210 passed away, but that the property is in bad condition. Dan Allen stated he has sent letters and spoken in person to the person in charge of that property, but that there has been no response. Wallace stated there is a lot of trash and weeds. Childers asked if Allen needs assistance from the governing body in getting these types of properties addressed. Allen stated it is not as easy to get these cleaned up as one would think and that there are certain procedures that have to be followed. Childers stated there are several properties throughout town that are dangerous and need to be addressed.
Wallace stated there will be a parade on May 14th at 10 a.m. to welcome home the 226th Engineering Company from their deployment. Wallace stated the parade will be on State Street and will start at the Senior Center.
Executive Session: At 8:40 p.m. Wallace made a motion to enter executive session for 15 minutes to confer with the City Attorney on matters that would be considered privileged in an attorney-client relationship. Childers seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
At 8:56 p.m. Wallace made a motion to exit executive session with no action being taken. Childers seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.
Adjourn: At 8:57 p.m. Wallace made a motion to adjourn. Harper seconded the motion. Motion carried without opposition.


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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
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#ifndef ESA_NUM_VOICES
#define	ESA_NUM_VOICES		1
#endif

#define KERNADDR(p)	((void *)((p)->addr))
#define	DMAADDR(p)	((p)->map->dm_segs[0].ds_addr)

#define ESA_MINRATE	8000
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struct esa_list {
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	int			indexmap[ESA_NUM_VOICES * 2];
};

struct esa_dma {
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	caddr_t			addr;
	bus_dma_segment_t	segs[1];
	int			nsegs;
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	struct esa_dma		*next;
};

struct esa_channel {
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	void			(*intr)(void *);
	void			*arg;
};

struct esa_voice {
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	struct esa_channel	play;
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	struct esa_dma		*dma;
	int			inlist;
	int			index;	/* 0: play, 1: record */
};

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{
	struct device		sc_dev;
	bus_space_tag_t		sc_iot;
	bus_space_handle_t	sc_ioh;
	bus_addr_t		sc_iob;
	bus_size_t		sc_ios;

	pcitag_t		sc_tag;
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	bus_dma_tag_t		sc_dmat;
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	void			*sc_ih;

	struct ac97_codec_if	*codec_if;
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	enum ac97_host_flags	codec_flags;

	struct device		*sc_audiodev[ESA_NUM_VOICES];

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Bringing the Dead to Life: Writing a Biography of An Ancestor.
The other day I was asked if I had any ideas about writing the biography of a dead family member. This struck a responsive chord in me. For some time I've wanted to write about my mother's father, my grandfather. He was only thirty-two when he died in 1920. A Winnipeg fire fighter, he succumbed to the great flu pandemic that was sweeping the world. My mother was only two when he died and she has few stories about him.
Maybe you're also thinking about writing the life story of a distant family member. Before beginning, you'll need to pull together as much information as you can on your ancestor. Here's an approach I'm going to use for my grandfather's story. You might want to try this.
Locate relatives and friends. Where possible, audio record interviews with descendants. Try to find out as much as you can, whether it's first person accounts, documents, or leads to other people who may have information about your relative. For example, I've started to interview my ninety-two-year-old mother on everything she knows about my grandfather.
Research documents. Personal letters, diaries, and wills, as well as census, land, church, probate, and court records, may yield details of your subject's life. For example, I've contacted The Fire Fighters Museum of Winnipeg to ascertain if there are any records of my grandfather.
Search for historical and cultural information. This will give you some clues about your relative's life. In my case, I want to find out about the working life of Winnipeg fire fighters around 1920. What were the qualifications to get into the fire department? What did the job pay? How many hours a day did they work? Was there a pension plan?
Read local and ethnic histories. These can provide clues as to how your relative may have lived and provide interesting texture to your story. For example, I want to read newspaper accounts of the impact the the flu pandemic was having on Winnipeg.
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Manchester United have become the world's most popular team, as measured by fans on Facebook, the social networking site that has more than 600 million active users across more than 200 countries. United overtook Barcelona in the past few hours, and currently have more than 9.053m 'fans' against Barca's 9.050m.
Given the trends of additional fans over the past year, Manchester United will now remain as the No1 sports team in the world. No other sports team, in any sport in any country, is gaining anywhere close to as many fans as United. (United's city rivals, Manchester City, who play United tomorrow, have 413,000 Facebook fans currently, for example, or fewer than 1/20th of the number of United).
United's supporters might argue they have held the status of 'world's most popular' for many years anyway. But in what amounts to the biggest ongoing opinion poll in the world, that status has now been corroborated.
For more background on this, see sportingintelligence's story from earlier this week.
United's status as the No1 team comes as they remain at No3 in the Deloitte Rich List of world football, behind Real Madrid and Barcelona. That list ranks clubs on income, and the Spanish giants remain No1 and No2 largely on the basis of massive TV deals and the strength of the Euro. United can argue that they are more widely followed around the world though, and point to Facebook as evidence. The task ahead for club commercial departments is how to turn followers into cash.
For the real time tallies of United and Barcelona, their official Facebook pages are linked here ( for United) and here (for Barca).


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Imagining Zion [electronic resource] : dreams, designs, and realities in a century of Jewish settlement /
S. Ilan Troen.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
xv, 341 p. : ill., maps.
0300094833 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Agricultural colonies--Palestine--History.
Jews--Colonization--Palestine--History.
Jews--Israel--Economic conditions--20th century.
Jews--Palestine--Economic conditions--19th century.
Kibbutzim--History.
Moshavim--History.
Urbanization--Israel--History.
Zionism--Palestine--History.
Troen, S. Ilan (Selwyn Ilan), 1940-
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Imagining Zion [electronic resource] : dreams, designs, and realities in a century of Jewish settlement / S. Ilan Troen.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-324) and index.
Appeared in Choice on 2004-02-01:
In this book of both history and urban planning, Troen (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev) chronicles many of the Zionist strategies past and present and weaves the ideas of the settlers with the reality of how various communities were settled. He details the past 125 years of Israeli history, covering much ground in both rural and urban settlements. Many European Zionists were utopians and dreamed of building a perfect, or more perfect, society. Gradually, the dream gave way to problems of security that overshadowed other ideas about equality. The original settlers probably could not have envisioned a wall separating Jews and Arabs. Troen combed many essential primary sources that explain how complicated the physical development of Israel has been and shows how Israeli towns and settlements, both inside and outside of the Green Line, were organized. It might have been interesting to contrast the dreams of Palestinians in terms of communities and to discuss in more detail how and why the present settlements formed their cities in the West Bank and Gaza. Troen includes many maps and photographs that help readers see some of the transformations that occurred. This significant study bridges the gap between narrative history and a focused analysis on Israeli planning. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. G. R. Sharfman Hiram College
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This work shows how professionals & settlers have continually innovated plans for both rural & urban frontiers in response to competing demands for social & political ideologies & the need to achieve productivity, economic independence & security in the often hostile environment of Israel/Palestine.
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This timely book tells the fascinating story of how Zionists colonizers planned and established nearly 700 agricultural settlements, towns, and cities from the 1880s to the present. This extraordinary activity of planners, architects, social scientists, military personnel, politicians, and settlers is inextricably linked to multiple contexts: Jewish and Zionist history, the Arab/Jewish conflict, and the diffusion of European ideas to non-European worlds. S. Ilan Troen demonstrates how professionals and settlers continually innovated plans for both rural and urban frontiers in response to the competing demands of social and political ideologies and the need to achieve productivity, economic independence, and security in a hostile environment. In the 1930s, security became the primary challenge, shaping and even distorting patterns of growth. Not until the 1993 Oslo Accords, with prospects of compromise and accommodation, did planners again imagine Israel as a normal state, developing like other modern societies. Troen concludes that if Palestinian Arabs become reconciled to a Jewish state, Israel will reassign priority to the social and economic development of the country and region.
The Zionist Village
Covenantal Communities p. 3
Trial and Error in the Village Economy p. 15
The Economic Basis for Arab/Jewish Accomodation p. 42
The Village as Military Outpost p. 62
Urban Zion
Tel Aviv: Vienna on the Mediterranean p. 85
Urban Alternatives: Modern Metropolis, Company Town, and Garden City p. 112
"Imagined Communities": The Zionist Variation p. 141
Post-Independence Opportunities and Necessities
The Science and Politics of National Development p. 163
From New Towns to Development Towns p. 184
Israeli Villages: Transforming the Countryside p. 208
Establishing a Capital: Jerusalem, 1948-1967 p. 233
Contested Metropolis: Jerusalem After the 1967 War p. 259
Epilogue: Israel into the Twenty-First Century p. 281
Notes p. 293


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namespace asan {

namespace {

using common::rpc::GetInstanceString;

AsanLogger* logger_instance = NULL;

void InitExecutionContext(const CONTEXT& rtl_context,
                          ExecutionContext* exc_context) {
  DCHECK(exc_context != NULL);

  exc_context->edi = rtl_context.Edi;
  exc_context->esi = rtl_context.Esi;
  exc_context->ebx = rtl_context.Ebx;
  exc_context->edx = rtl_context.Edx;
  exc_context->ecx = rtl_context.Ecx;
  exc_context->eax = rtl_context.Eax;
  exc_context->ebp = rtl_context.Ebp;
  exc_context->eip = rtl_context.Eip;
  exc_context->seg_cs = rtl_context.SegCs;
  exc_context->eflags = rtl_context.EFlags;
  exc_context->esp = rtl_context.Esp;
  exc_context->seg_ss = rtl_context.SegSs;
}

}  // namespace

AsanLogger::AsanLogger() : log_as_text_(true), minidump_on_failure_(false) {
}

void AsanLogger::Init() {
  bool success = rpc_binding_.Open(
      kLoggerRpcProtocol,
      GetInstanceString(kLoggerRpcEndpointRoot, instance_id_));

  // TODO(rogerm): Add a notion of a session to the logger interface. Opening
  //     a session (either here, or on first use) allows for better management
  //     of symbol context across trace log messages for a given process.
  if (success) {
    const base::CommandLine* command_line =
        base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess();
    std::string message = base::StringPrintf(
        "PID=%d; cmd-line='%ls'\n",
        ::GetCurrentProcessId(),
        command_line->GetCommandLineString().c_str());
    success = common::rpc::InvokeRpc(
        &LoggerClient_Write,
        rpc_binding_.Get(),
        reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(message.c_str())).succeeded();
    if (!success)
      rpc_binding_.Close();
  }
}

void AsanLogger::Stop() {
  if (rpc_binding_.Get() != NULL) {
    common::rpc::InvokeRpc(
        &LoggerClient_Stop,
        rpc_binding_.Get());
  }
}

void AsanLogger::Write(const std::string& message) {
  // If we're bound to a logging endpoint, log the message there.
  if (rpc_binding_.Get() != NULL) {
    common::rpc::InvokeRpc(
        &LoggerClient_Write,
        rpc_binding_.Get(),
        reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(message.c_str()));
  }
}

void AsanLogger::WriteWithContext(const std::string& message,
                                  const CONTEXT& context) {
  // If we're bound to a logging endpoint, log the message there.
  if (rpc_binding_.Get() != NULL) {
    ExecutionContext exec_context = {};
    InitExecutionContext(context, &exec_context);
    common::rpc::InvokeRpc(
        &LoggerClient_WriteWithContext,
        rpc_binding_.Get(),
        reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(message.c_str()),
        &exec_context);
  }
}

void AsanLogger::WriteWithStackTrace(const std::string& message,
                                     const void * const * trace_data,
                                     size_t trace_length) {
  // If we're bound to a logging endpoint, log the message there.
  if (rpc_binding_.Get() != NULL) {
    common::rpc::InvokeRpc(
        &LoggerClient_WriteWithTrace,
        rpc_binding_.Get(),
        reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(message.c_str()),
        reinterpret_cast<const DWORD*>(trace_data),
        trace_length);
  }
}

void AsanLogger::SaveMiniDump(CONTEXT* context, AsanErrorInfo* error_info) {
  DCHECK(context != NULL);
  DCHECK(error_info != NULL);

  if (rpc_binding_.Get() == NULL)
    return;

  EXCEPTION_RECORD exception = {};
  exception.ExceptionCode = EXCEPTION_ARRAY_BOUNDS_EXCEEDED;
  exception.ExceptionAddress = reinterpret_cast<PVOID>(context->Eip);
  exception.NumberParameters = 2;
  exception.ExceptionInformation[0] = reinterpret_cast<ULONG_PTR>(context);
  exception.ExceptionInformation[1] = reinterpret_cast<ULONG_PTR>(error_info);

  const EXCEPTION_POINTERS pointers = { &exception, context };
  common::rpc::InvokeRpc(&LoggerClient_SaveMiniDump, rpc_binding_.Get(),
                         ::GetCurrentThreadId(),
                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned long>(&pointers), 0);
}

}  // namespace asan
}  // namespace agent


The top of a spring pendulum (red circle) is moved to and fro - for example by hand; this motion is assumed as harmonic, which means that it is possible to describe the motion by a cosine function. The oscillations of the spring pendulum caused in this way are called forced oscillations.
If the exciter's frequency is very small (this means that the top of the spring pendulum is moved very slowly), the pendulum will oscillate nearly synchronously with the exciter and nearly with the same amplitude.
If the exciter's frequency agrees with the characteristic frequency of the spring pendulum, the oscillations of the pendulum will build up more and more (resonance); in this case the oscillations are delayed about one fourth of the oscillation period compared with the exciter.
If the exciter's frequency is very high, the resonator will oscillate only with a very small amplitude and nearly the opposite phase.
If the constant of attenuation (the friction) is very small, the transient states will be important too; therefore you have to wait some time in this case to notice the mentioned types of behaviour.
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This newsletter is intermediary to our last conference (Paris, France) and our future seminar (Bochum, Germany) and conference (Groningen, The Netherlands).
In this newsletter, we reminisce our last conference in Paris, but we also look upon our future activities. Enjoy!