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Slam Dunk Assignments: The Easy Method That Sells More Story Ideas
Note: In this post from the past, you'll learn about one easy method to come up with story ideas that never gets old.
Enjoy! —Carol.
Are you short on story ideas to pitch magazine editors?
A lot of writers make it a lot harder than it needs to be to come up with story ideas to land an assignment.
You try and be ultra clever. You spend countless hours doing research looking for a nugget of information…and then another. Or you second guess every single one of the story ideas you come up with. Sound familiar?
Some story ideas deserve that kind of attention. But if you're hustling to land more work and make more money, you need to pitch story ideas that sell.
And there's one angle that few writers take the time to craft, but that often results in an easy sale.
What is this slam-dunk idea? Let me show you how it's done:
Spin story ideas into the future
When you come up with a story idea for a publication, dissect it in as many ways as possible. Come up with fresh angle for a different market, interview new sources, and turn that one story idea into many story ideas and assignments.
But what if the pub you really want to pitch has already published a piece similar to your story idea? Don't give up. There's at least one more great way to spin a story– and that's into the future.
The magic of follow-up
The one story that's never written enough is the follow story. A big news story happens and the media is all over it. Then, it fades from view.
But a story is never just one point in time. It continues to unfold.
And often, nobody comes back to find out how it all worked out. Often, things don't go as forecast, and there's a nice, juicy story there just waiting to be told.
Start looking forward
When I was a staff reporter, I used to keep what journalists call a "future" file. It's a big tickler file with future dates on all the pockets. You could just as easily use the calendar in your phone or on your computer.
When something happened — for example, when a promise was made by a politician or business leader — I'd drop a note in my file for the anniversary of that event or promise.
I'd drop one in for a year after an earthquake. Or the month that government agency's five-year plan was supposed to be achieved. A year after a company's bankruptcy or merger.
Then, when that time rolled around, I'd be back to write another story that updated the news.
Follow-up stories are great for nearly every type of article topic. Examples:
Celebrity: A year after the divorce, the career-making Oscar, the movie blockbuster or dud
Business: Did growth targets announced previously get met? Did the merger really save overhead?
Government: Did that aid program meet its goals? Where did the money really go?
Arts: Did that new museum open on time? If not, what's the holdup? If a local director went off to Broadway — how'd they do their first season?
All too often in our short attention-span world, stories fade and we never find out what the outcome was of a drama that once captivated us. But we'd love to know.
One editor of mine loved a variant of these called "Where are they now?" stories.
If a prominent figure has faded from view, and you've found out what they're doing today, it's always a great story.
Yes, it's an old saw — but one that leads to a lot of great story ideas editors love. Anytime big dollar amounts are being tossed around, pay attention. There are always good stories lurking.
For instance, once I discovered there was a public database where you could see who got the federal stimulus money. That allowed me to get an assignment from Seattle Business magazine following up on what happened to all the stimulus grants won by organizations and agencies in my state.
Having a future file allows you to get ahead of story ideas that can be fat packages too, such as the opening of a big new institution or a big corporate anniversary.
Sell more story ideas the easy way
Hitting an anniversary early enough to get it assigned and published at the right moment takes planning — it takes a futures file.
Anytime you hear of something that's supposed to happen in the future, make note. That's the seed of a great story just waiting for you to pitch.
What story ideas can you spin into the future right now? Let's discuss on Facebook or LinkedIn.
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30 comments on "Slam Dunk Assignments: The Easy Method That Sells More Story Ideas"
Joe Kovacs says:
Follow-up is great not only to generate article ideas but also because it serves readers who really care about a particular story and demonstrates that you, as a media outlet, care as well.
Carol, I hope I'm not getting off topic here (if so, excuse me). But if you consume a story simply because it's in the media and then forget about it when something else shows up on the front page the next day, how much did you really care? Where's the attention span? Maybe you're just reading something because it is in front of you.
I live in Washington, DC. A few months ago, one of the Metro stations was closed for a few hours because someone got hit by a train. There was no follow-up story by the Washington Post to at least let readers know whether the person was okay. And I did wonder. It made me realize that story was likely more about letting commuters know about possible delays than anything else.
I understand the Post is a news organization. But the lack of follow-up did seem a bit ruthless and non-human. I think that follow-up stories whether it's a day, a week or a year later, Carol, not only help article writers come up with ideas (thank you for making this great point!) but I think also serve as a positive relationship-serving tool for the media outlet and its readers.
It's not that they're ruthless…there are just a lot of stories to chase. And followup often falls by the wayside – that's why it's such a great story to pitch.
I'm not sure how else to contact you, so I'm sending you a comment. I was trying to subscribe to your feed with AOL Reader but it isn't working. Perhaps something is wrong with your address? I'm not sure how it all works yet.
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I didn't know AOL Reader even existed! But you don't want to get me on RSS — subscribe on email because I send cool freebie stuff out to my subs on email…free training videos, or then there's the time I gave out my cel phone number and just did free mini-mentoring sessions all day. If you're on RSS you'll never see these offers.
Hey — I'm back to say I tested it and the RSS add box comes up fine and seems to include AOL Reader too…so not sure what's up there. Try another browser I say…or better yet, subscribe on email. 😉
John McDuffie says:
As always, I can usually find a good idea and a creative booster by visiting your website. We rely on every one but ourselves to keep up with the whens and wheres of today and tomorrow. I used to write everything in a planner and I kept those planners. I could go back to a month or day from the previous year or 10 years and pull out something I could write about today. I have replaced the planners with a Google calendar titled "yesterday or tomorrow", but the concept is the same and works.
Thanks, Carol, creating a 'future' file is an incredibly valuable tip.
I'll put it into use right away.
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I like the idea.
However, I've heard that when it comes to magazines, you need to think six months in advance. So, it seems a bit odd to pitch an idea about a year anniversary after just six months have passed. Therefore, does this work better with newspapers which have a minimal turnover time?
Janeen says:
Larry, some magazines will accept manuscripts a month in advance of publication especially if they are time sensitive. If you have written for them before , they may even accept on shorter notice, especially if the idea is one that would be of great interest to their readers.
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Agree. And newspapers and newsweeklies are great for these. And regional magazines in my experience don't have as long leads either, more like 3 months.
Bigger anniversaries like 25 or 50 years from something are fine for big mags too, it's close enough when you're researching it.
Francesca Nicasio says:
Brilliant. It's sounds obvious now that you mentioned it, but for some reason, pitching a "follow up" article hasn't occurred to me. Which is weird because I'm the type who would always google stuff like "Whatever happened to… [insert person / issue here] 🙂
Well, then these will be a lot of fun for you!
Talk about a learning moment. I'd like to see more post-event stories and articles that follow the money and reveal the winners and losers.
The context of results later on seem so much more reality-based than what happens during events when hype rules.
Thanks Carol
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As a business reporter, I became increasingly jaded about what companies said in press releases, and fell in love with circling back to see if their projections came true, and if not why not. Made for a lot of great stories!
Readers deserve to know how things turned out. It's the responsibility of journalists to not let important stories drop and to follow them through time.
This is a great idea. And so obvious once it's pointed out:)
I regularly wonder about the result of a story I heard in the past. Time to go back and review some of those.
Thanks for pointing out the importance of planning. I'm working on a submission calendar for myself. It would be easy to adapt the detailed short-term calendar into a less detailed long-term calendar.
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Peter D. Mallett says:
This is a great advice. Most people are looking to write about the newest thing, but it is also good to look back, and then write what's happened since then.
You mentioned careful planning. Since most magazines work 6 to 8 months ahead I'd assume you have to pitch a story well ahead of the actual aniversary.
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That's correct — I'd put it in the futures file for when I'd need to pitch that anniversary or follow-up.
I think it would be great if programs such as Evernote would have a calendar for reasons such as this. Are there any that do?
Joseph Rooks says:
I believe Evernote recently added a bunch of "Reminder" features in the latest update – See if you can find anything on their website about that to figure out if it'll be useful for you. 🙂
I'm very low-tech myself and tend to just keep a word doc with dates pegged in. Doesn't matter how you do it, but every writer who wants to pitch publications should have a futures file of their own!
I love this idea! From a reader standpoint, there have been many times I've read an article and wondered, "Yes, but how's that going to look a year from now?" Definitely will consider taking the time to find out now. 😉
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Jevonnah says:
Excellent article! Great tips and ideas. Thank you.
This is a great idea that I will definitely put to good use.
Was hoping to share this, but I notice you don't have a Twitter button for each article. Is this intentional? I've noticed this on a few other well known sites, now I'm wondering if I should ditch the share buttons.
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Joel, I surely do have retweet and everything else, in Sharebar over on the left…try opening your window wider.
Also, Sharebar only shows when you click INTO that post, BTW, not when you're looking at the home. It figures if you're not in the post, you're not interested enough to share it yet. 😉
Janeen Johnson says:
Awesome! My first published story was an art piece about the 5 year anniversary of a controversial statue. I never really gave this much thought about follow ups but you are so right. Brilliant post as usual Carol. 🙂
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Thanks Janeen – and thanks for sharing your follow-up win.
When you have to come up with 3-4 stories every week as a staff writer, follow-ups become a staple of your pitch list. And the thing is, they're often so interesting! I love it when politicians or business leaders promise something, because I can put a pin in their forecast date and come back and bust them for being liars. 😉
Heather Villa ( says:
I assumed the Bald Eagle was still on the endangered species list. But I didn't stop at my assumption. When I did a bit of research, I realized that the answer I found would make an amazing story. My article,"Meet the Eagle Man," published in Living Green ended up being a follow up to a story first published in The New Yorker in 1954. The article is also a follow up to an environmental issue that is now resolved.
Heather Villa
Thanks for sharing your great follow-up story example, Heather!
Look at the time span on that one. Sometimes 20 years or 30 or 50 years later makes a great follow-up point.
Jennifer Gregory says:
Great idea! I have always loved the VHS 1 shows (Where are they now) about the one hit wonders. I guess I am dating myself though :>)
I would also add after disasters as well. I have had luck with this as well. I wrote a front page feature for our local paper 6 months after a big tornado. Or even tragedies, such as how is the Arizona fire station faring a year from now after losing all those firefighters. I know that a lot of trade publications wrote about how their industry fared after Sandy as well as preparedness tips. I bet that you could do follow ups on the businesses featured for countless trade publications. As far as businesses go, I think always wonder after big Scandals what happens to a company, so that would be another angle.
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When you're talking to sources, one of your final questions should always be, "What will happen next?" Often, that's another nice story waiting to be told.
At one point, I covered the bankruptcy of Eddie Bauer's parent company. One of the best stories I did was on the state of the company 1 year after they filed. I love follow-up stories! Often they end up as interesting scoops because nobody else bothers to keep on the story…and so often, much has gone wrong or not been fulfilled as promised.


We are in Singapore so that Pam can meet with her colleagues at TWR and Steve can get a couple of days R&R before heading back for a round of administration duties to wrap up the term. We had the privilege of witnessing the wedding vows of our friends Karen and Moaz on the weekend and headed out last night for a look at the Christmas lights along Orchard Road.
I don't think either of us will ever get used to the idea of Christmas in the tropics. There is something almost surreal about strolling down the avenue in shorts and a light top in the early eveing when it is still plus 30 degrees and seeing Christmas decorations. We stopped alongside this enormous three story tree outside a Christian department store called Tangs and went inside to browse the ornaments. We have two tiny trees in our apartment in KL, but found nothing that small. They had Christmas balls the size of five pin bowling balls and peacocks that were even bigger, but nothing tiny. They do Christmas in a big way.
Everywhere you looked there were decorations and carol music on every corner. Store windows had displays of winter clothing and the Salvation Army were out with their kettles. Everything you would expect to find back home except for the palm trees, the shorts and the sandals, and the heat. Oh, for a little snow!
We'll trade you! You drive in the snow, we'll hang out in shorts… sounds good to me!
The title of your blog made me smile–we're singing that tune with some of the kids at our Christmas assembly.
Whatever the season, Christmas is about the reason–but I would find tropical weather at this time of the year very strange, too.


Vermont's next governor, Republican Phil Scott, waved to supporters as he awaited the election results at the Sheraton on Tuesday evening.
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Other ballot items in the city included an $8.3 million bond to improve the city's water infrastructure, and a vote to authorize the city to relocate the Burlington bike path.
Elsewhere Westford voted to purchase 130 acres of the former Jackson farm for a town forest and conserve another 42 acres as a working farm. In Newfane, voters rejected a bond proposal for a new municipal office building.
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Update 10:06 p.m. Bethel is the third "mirror town" to report, in addition to Cambridge and Jericho. In all three of these towns, which historically reflect the statewide results, Republican Phil Scott has out-polled Democrat Sue Minter. In Bethel Scott received 555 votes, Minter 423.
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Update 9:04 p.m. We're awaiting the official tally from votes in Windham and Grafton on the controversial Iberdrola wind project. Unofficially, one of the opponents says the the Grafton vote was 235 no, 155 yes.
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Update 8:58 p.m. Phil Scott arrives to cheers at the Republican election night event in Burlington. There are also cheers of "Go Trump" from supporters.
Update 8:52 p.m. Results from Cambridge are in, and Scott has out-polled Minter, 1068 to 808. Cambridge is the first one of the five "mirror towns" to report. In the past, these towns typically reflect the final statewide results.
Update 8:50 p.m. Sue Minter has lost her hometown of Waterbury to Phil Scott, 1465 votes to 1552 votes, respectively.
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Update 7:38 p.m. We're watching five "mirror towns" that have a history of picking winners in the governor's race: Bethel, Bristol, Cambridge, Jericho and Randolph.
Update 7:25 p.m. AP called U.S. Senate and presidential races based on exit polls. First votes are just now being tallied by Secretary of State's office.
Hillary Clinton, accompanied by her husband former President Bill Clinton, greets supporters in Chappaqua, N.Y. after voting. The Associated Press called Vermont for Clinton shortly after the polls closed.
Update 7:02 p.m. No big surprise: The Associated Press calls Vermont for Hillary Clinton. Final vote percentages will take a while to sort out — including how many write-ins for Sen. Bernie Sanders. An election day robocall effort, urging Vermont voters to do just that, was apparently spearheaded by a California man.
The AP has also called the Senate race for incumbent Sen. Patrick Leahy, who was facing a challenge from Republican Scott Milne.
Update 6:43 p.m. As the votes are counted, party faithful and many candidates are gathered in Burlington. The Queen City location is a departure for Republicans, who usually make their election night home in Montpelier. This time, they're at the Sheraton Burlington. Democrats are at the Hilton Burlington and Progressives are gathered across the street at the Skinny Pancake.
This cow/race car sits in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in Burlington, where Vermont Republicans are readying for their election night rally.
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Update 5:15 p.m. Secretary of State Jim Condos says turnout appears to be track to set a record. As reported earlier, voter registration has broken the previous record, but Condos says the number has continued to climb.
Secretary of State Jim Condos says he believes it is legal for a voter to take a photograph with their ballot because Vermont election law does not expressly prohibit this practice.
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I have a suggestion for additional function. I would like to be able to set a point as an origin and then have POAC tell me the x and y offset from that origin of each point I create, rather than the distance between each point. It would also be useful to change which point is set as the origin and have all the offsets update automatically.


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Calamus bulubabi W.J.Baker & J.Dransf., Phytotaxa 163(4): 186 (2014)
New Guinea present (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
Widespread in southern New Guinea; recorded from the Timika area in Papua Province, Indonesia to Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
Occurs in a wide range of lowland primary and secondary forest habitats up to 300 m. (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
Distinguished by the broadly elliptic leaflets grouped in divaricate pairs, the leaf sheaths that are densely covered in fine, flexible, hair-like spines and the dense, matted, white indumentum that is often present between the spines and on other parts. (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
Donggieb (Kati), Kurni (Biaru), Tipa (Awin). (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
The spines are recognised in the epithet of C. bulubabi, which is Indonesian for pig hair. (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
Used for tying timbers in construction. (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
Slender to moderately robust, clustering rattan climbing to 30 m. Stem with sheaths 11-25 mm diam., without sheaths to 9-14 mm diam.; internodes 10-36 cm. Leaf ecirrate, to 78-130 cm long including petiole; sheath dark green, sometimes with thick, white, caducous, woolly indumentum of matted, fine, white and buff hairs, woolly indumentum lacking in other material, dark punctuate scales also present, densely armed with fine, flexible, brown to black, hair-like spines to 25 mm long, sometimes with indumentum as sheath; knee 26-48 mm long, 15-20 mm wide, colour and armature as sheath; ocrea not well-developed, consisting of a low crest to 5 mm high extending along adaxial surface of petiole base; flagellum present, to 2.5 m long; petiole 1-22 cm, 6-11 mm wide and 4-5 mm thick at base, shallowly channelled adaxially, rounded abaxially, indumentum as sheath, sparsely to densely armed with fine spines to 5 mm long; rachis arching, armed with reflexed grapnel spines; leaflets 10-16 each side of rachis, mainly arranged in divaricate pairs (sometimes in threes, sometimes with solitary leaflets interspersed), elliptic, cucullate, longest leaflets at base or mid-leaf position, mid-leaf leaflets 14-33 × 3.5-4.2 cm, apical leaflets 12-15 × 1-3 cm, apical leaflet pair united from half to two thirds of their length, leaflets unarmed, except for very few marginal bristles at apex and very occasional bristles on major veins of adaxial surface, leaflets sometimes glabrous, or (in forms with woolly indumentum) bearing scattered woolly indumentum and sometimes a band of woolly indumentum along adaxial surface of one leaflet margin, transverse veinlets inconspicuous, leaflets producing numerous fine fibres when cut. Staminate inflorescence arcuate, 1.5-2.2 m long including 15-33 cm peduncle, lacking a flagelliform tip, branched to 3 orders (sometimes 4 orders at base); prophyll 22-28 × 1.4-2.6 cm, somewhat inflated, opening asymmetrically at apex, sometimes splitting more deeply to produce distal limb, indumentum as sheath, sparsely armed with fine spines as sheath, always subtending a primary branch; peduncular bracts absent, rachis bracts 5.5-26 × 0.3-2 cm, similar to prophyll, but usually entirely unarmed; primary branches 6-13, to 30 cm long, 8-25 cm apart, diffusely branched and sometimes recurving, with up to ca. 80 rachillae, bracts on primary branch funnel-shaped; rachillae 30-50 mm × ca. 1 mm, straight to sinuous; rachilla bracts ca. 1 × 1.2 mm, distichous, inconspicuous; floral bracteole ca. 1.5 × 1.3 mm, cup-shaped. Staminate flowers 3-4.2 × 2.2-2.6 mm in bud prior to anthesis; calyx 2.2-2.6 mm diam., tubular in basal 1.6-1.8 mm, with 3 lobes 1.6-2 × ca. 0.6 mm; corolla 3.8 × 4 mm in bud, tubular in basal 1.4-1.6 mm; stamens 6, filaments 1.6-2 × 0.2-0.4 mm, anthers ca. 2 × 0.6-0.7 mm; pistillode ca. 0.6 × 0.2 mm, trifid. Pistillate inflorescence similar to staminate inflorescence, 0.6 to at least 1.6 m long including 18-25 cm peduncle, flagelliform tip absent, branched to 2 orders (sometimes 3 orders at base); prophyll 14-26 × 0.7-1.5 cm, similar to staminate inflorescence, subtending primary branch; peduncular bracts absent, rachis bracts similar to staminate inflorescence (the inflorescence of Dijkstra BW 6628differs from other material in being somewhat more slender and flagellum-like inflorescence, and bearing narrower primary bracts with grapnel spines around the base, one peduncular bract and more robust rachillae; in other respects it is similar to all other material of the species); primary branches ca. 8, to 20 cm long, 6-16 cm apart, erect or recurving, with up to 17 rachillae, bracts funnel-shaped; rachillae 25-90 mm × 1.3-2 mm, more or less straight and stiff; rachilla bracts 1-2.5 × 2-2.5 mm, distichous, inconspicuous; proximal floral bracteole 2.2-2.5 diam, ca. 0.5 mm deep, distal floral bracteole 1.8-2 diam, ca. 0.5 mm deep, scar from sterile staminate flower adnate to outer surface of distal floral bracteole, rounded. Pistillate flowers not seen. Sterile staminate flowers not seen. Fruit spherical, ca. 13 × 13 mm including beak ca. 1 × 1 mm, with 16 longitudinal rows of brown, channeled scales. Seed (sarcotesta removed) 9 × 9 × 4.5 mm, discoid, concave and smoother on one side, convex and with angular sculpturing on the other side; endosperm homogeneous; embryo basal. (Fig. 3) (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
INDONESIA. Papua Province: Near Mindiptanah, 5°52?S, 140°41?E, 21 August 1957, Dijkstra BW 6628 (AAU, CANB, L!, LAE); Timika, Campus of PT Freeport Indonesia, Kuala Kencana, walkway to clinic, 60 m, 4°24'10"S, 136°52'5"E, 9 February 1998, Baker et al. 825 (AAU, BH, BO, K!, L, MAN); Timika, near Kuala Kencana, 50 m, 4°24'19"S, 136°50'27"E, 19 February 1998, Dransfield et al. 7688 (BH, BO, K!, L, MAN). PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Gulf Province: Omei River, Malalaua subdistrict, 150 m, 8°3?S, 146°8?E, 16 April 1980, Akivi & Marukumul NGF 36597 (LAE!); Malalaua, Merigem, near Kakoro/Bulldog, 75 m, 7°49'30"S, 146°29'30"E, 24 November 1972, Zieck & Kumul NGF 36531 (K!, LAE!, L, BH); Malalaua, Omei River, near Kakoro/Bulldog, 75 m, 7°49'30"S, 146°29'30"E, 26 November 1972, Zieck & Kumul NGF 36538 (BH, CANB, K!, L, LAE); Kerema, Murua, 18.5 km from Kerema, 10 m, 7°58?S, 145°46?E, 22 May 1989, Poudyal et al. 82 (K!); Kikori District, bank of Kikori River near to Kopi, 13 km N of Kikori, 40 m, 7°19'16"S, 144°11'0"E, 19 November 2000, Baker et al. 1094 (AAU, BRI, K!, LAE, NY). Western Province: North Fly District, Tabubil-Kiunga road, 18 km SSE of Tabubil, 300 m, 5°25'7"S, 141°17'31"E, 11 December 2000, Baker et al. 1128(holotype K!, isotypes AAU, LAE, NY). (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
Calamus bulubabi (Fig. 3) is a widespread, though not frequently encountered rattan that is recognised by the combination of broadly elliptic leaflets grouped in divaricate pairs and ?hairy? leaf sheaths that are densely covered in fine, flexible, hair-like spines. Several specimens also bear dense, matted, white indumentum between the spines and on other parts, including the leaflets, which may bear a narrow band of white indumentum along the adaxial surface of one margin. It resembles most closely C. papuanus Beccari (1886: 60) and C. spiculiferus, both of which bear somewhat similar leaves, leaflets and inflorescence morphology. However, the former is more slender and the latter more robust than C. bulubabi, both have a group of large leaflets at the leaf apex, whereas the leaflets of C. bulubabi diminish in size towards the leaf apex, both have spiny inflorescences bracts compared to the usually unarmed inflorescences of C. bulubabi (except for the prophyll), and neither display the typical hair-like spines. Some material shows close affinities to Calamus bulubabi, but cannot be confidently placed in the species at this time. Four specimens from 750?1300 m elevation in the Southern Highlands (Baker et al. 635, 655, 1121 [K!, LAE], Zieck NGF 36258 [BH, LAE!]), all but the last sterile, resemble C. bulubabi, but differ in having caducous sheath spines, sometimes tough, leathery leaflets, larger apical leaflets grouped at the leaf tip and more robust rachillae. The specimens may represent a high elevation form of C. bulubabi or may belong to a further undescribed species. Another sterile specimen (Rahiria & Zieck NGF 36564 [LAE!]) resembles C. bulubabi vegetatively, but bears low, closely spaced ridges on the stem with occasional spicules, rather than hair-like spines. This specimen was collected in northern New Guinea, whereas all other specimens come from the southern half of the island. We note that there are two gatherings labelled as Zieck & Kumul NGF 36535 at Leiden, only one of which is C. bulubabi. (W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014)A
A. W.J. Baker & J. Dransfield - New rattans from New Guinea (Calamus, Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa. 2014

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We introduce a framework that represents environmental texture sounds as a linear superposition of independent foreground and background layers that roughly correspond to entities in the physical production of the sound. Sound samples are decomposed into a sparse representation with the matching pursuit algorithm and a dictionary of Daubechies wavelet atoms. An agglomerative clustering procedure groups atoms into short transient molecules. A foreground layer is generated by sampling these sound molecules from a distribution, whose parameters are estimated from the input sample. The residual signal is modelled by an LPC-based source-filter model, synthesizing the background sound layer. The capability of the system is demonstrated with a set of fire sounds.
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Bishop Chatard alumni react to 'same-sex attraction' seminar invite
by: Harper Robinson - Digital Reporter
Posted: Sep 21, 2022 / 10:14 AM EDT
Updated: Sep 21, 2022 / 09:01 PM EDT
UPDATE: The program scheduled for October 13 with Catholic speaker and author Kim Zember has now been postponed according to the St. Luke Catholic Church website.
A statement posted today, said "Reaction on the part of many to the proposed program brought about a realization that many Catholics are confused about the importance of this virtue as a way of life for all of God's people. In order to do so, this particular event has been postponed to allow for discernment regarding how best to proceed with an event that more clearly takes all of these concerns into consideration."
INDIANAPOLIS — Many members of Bishop Chatard High School's community, including alumni, saw an invitation recently on the school's website regarding a same-sex attraction seminar being held in October at St. Luke's Catholic Church.
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The response of a few alumni? Absolutely disgusted.
When Alumni 1 saw the letter floating around social media, she immediately sent it to FOX59 regarding her disgust in the matter.
Alumni 1 wrote:
"St. Luke Catholic School/Church is hosting a speaker (Kim Zember), who will be speaking on same-sex attraction. Bishop Chatard has sent this out as a follow-up to everyone from their school to try to get people to attend. I attended Bishop Chatard High School about 3 years ago, but my assumption is not only Chatard but all the schools in the archdiocese like Cathedral sent out a similar email to all their students. This is very disturbing that they are trying to have young teenagers listen to brainwashing opinions. A reason why many people in the LGBTQ+ commit suicide and suffer from many things is because of people like them. In the email, they do recommend people in high school or older but this is still not acceptable behavior. They say in short, by going to this meeting and restraining from same-sex attraction, you will be saved by Jesus Christ."
After reaching out, I was able to contact two other alumni of Bishop Chatard, who identify with the LGBTQ+ community, in order to hear from the perspective of those who feel their sexual orientation and/or identity will be condemned in the seminar.
Alumni 2 explained to me her time as a then-closeted lesbian at Bishop Chatard. She told me she spent most of her high school career trying to figure out who she was and who she wanted to be, as most kids that age do. However, she felt she could not be her true authentic self attending a Catholic high school as a lesbian.
"Graduating and leaving Chatard gave me my first opportunity to be free," Alumni 2 said, "I finally got to experience what it felt like to be my whole self.
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Alumni 2 explained to me that as a senior at Bishop Chatard, you are required to attend a Mass with the archbishop to celebrate graduating from the school. Alumni 2 and her friends refused to attend this Mass. She explained this was set to happen right after all of the gay teachers at Chatard had been fired.
"We decided we did not want to attend mass with a man who was openly homophobic," said Alumni 2.
With the help of one of their teachers, they wrote a letter saying they were not choosing to attend the Mass. After submitting the letter, their parents were unwantedly notified. They were told there would be disciplinary action if they did not attend.
"This essentially outed a lot of us and made for some very uncomfortable questions with our families," said Alumni 2. "I did end up attending the mass, but I and lots of other students from my school and others wore rainbow pins, hairbands, bracelets, etc., to show our defiance against the archbishop and our support for the LGBTQ+ community."
Already not having fond memories of being allowed to truly be herself in high school, Alumni 2 told me she felt "physically ill" when she saw the seminar information.
"I was heartbroken, to be honest," she said.
"I texted a screenshot to one of my friends and I said 'it makes me physically ill'. I am just so disappointed. I am well aware that the Catholic Church is not one for change, but I am still baffled that in 2022 they still stand by the horrible rhetoric that they have about being queer."
Alumni 2 explained that while she wasn't invited to a "same-sex attraction" seminar at her time at Chatard, she heard things similar to it quite often.
"We had this chapel on campus, and in the back of the chapel, we had pamphlets that we could grab and/or give to people," she said. "They were on topics like birth control (it's a sin), watching porn (also a sin), and being gay (definitely a sin). These pamphlets were clearly written with teenagers and young people in mind.
"The pamphlet about being gay contained things that were also being taught to us. It made points like, it's possible to overcome your same-sex attractions or through God, it is possible to get past this phase."
I reached out to Bishop Chatard regarding the seminar. This was their response.
"To clarify, Bishop Chatard did not send out any sort of seminar invitation. As the North Deanery high school of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, it is our policy to assist the nine parishes of the North Deanery by publicizing their events and programs. St. Luke Catholic Church is hosting the speaker, and requested this assistance. As a result, we posted speaker information on our website."
Referring back to the letter that Alumni 1 sent the FOX59 newsroom, it's clear that Bishop Chatard's logo is at the top of it.
"How can a community try to teach everyone to love all and accept all when they do the exact opposite" said Alumni 1. "When something pertains to them that they want, they believe it's okay. But anything that they don't like, they refuse to budge on. They pick and choose and that's not how it works."
I asked for further comment from Bishop Chatard on the subject and the situations Alumni 2 and 3, another LGBTQ+ member, found themselves in during their career there – I have yet to hear back.
The seminar was set to be held at St. Luke's Catholic Church on October 13 at 7 p.m., but has since been postponed.
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From the twenty films longlisted for Best International Independent Film at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), eight have been supported by Creative Europe.
This marks the first time BIFA have published the longlist in a bid to highlight the outstanding quality of the films in contention.
120 Battements Par Minute (BPM (Beats per Minute) Robin Campillo's Cannes Grand Prix winning ensemble drama portrays a group of AIDS activists in the early-90s.It had its world premiere at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was released earlier this year by Curzon Artificial Eye with Creative Europe support through the Selective Distribution scheme.
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Cold War (Zimna wojna) Pawel Pawlikowski has followed up his Oscar-winning Ida with Cold War, an epic, decades-sprawling romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Polish production company Opus Films received Slate funding in 2014 for the development of this film. The release of the film in the Czech Republic, France, Hungary and Spain has also been supported through the Automatic Distribution scheme.
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Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993) In the summer of 1993, following the death of her parents, six year old Frida moves from Barcelona to the Catalan countryside to live with her aunt and uncle, now her new legal guardians. Country life is a challenge for Frida – time passes differently, and the nature that surrounds her is mysterious. Spanish production company Inicia Films received Single Project funding to develop this film. Its release was also supported through Creative Europe's Sales Agent and Automatic Distribution schemes in Denmark, Greece and Poland.
U - July 22 (Utøya 22. Juli) Erik Poppe's drama about the 2011 terror attack in Norway that killed 77 people was released in the UK by Modern Films Entertainment with Creative Europe funding through the Selective Distribution scheme.
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Q: I can't put colored overlay on top of jumbotron image the original bootstrap css keeps overriding my custom css and I am not able to put image with covered overlay or something similar. Here is the very simple code:
CSS & HTML

.jumbotron {
    background: url(../img/img_nature.jpg);
    background-color: rgba(255, 132, 230, 0.85);
    background-size: cover;
}
<!doctype html>

    <title>Hello, world!</title>

    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-PsH8R72JQ3SOdhVi3uxftmaW6Vc51MKb0q5P2rRUpPvrszuE4W1povHYgTpBfshb"
    crossorigin="anonymous">

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/custom.css">

Hello, world!

This is a simple hero unit, a simple jumbotron-style component for calling extra attention to featured content or information.

It uses utility classes for typography and spacing to space content out within the larger container.

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I know that this is very simple question but I've tried a lot of online videos and tutorials step by step with clean code from the original bootstrap page.

A: It looks like you're trying to use CSS to put a background colour in front of a background image on the same element.
Thing is, background images appear in front of background colours.
On account of your comment, the ideal solution is to put 2 new divs into the code, make the jumbotron relative, and make the overlay div absolute.

Hello, world!

This is a simple hero unit, a simple jumbotron-style component for calling extra attention to featured content or information.

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And then put the overlay on .overlay, and move .inner in front.
.jumbotron {
    position: relative;
    background: url(../img/img_nature.jpg);
    background-size: cover;
}

.jumbotron > .overlay {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-color: rgba(255, 132, 230, 0.85);
    z-index: 1;
}

.jumbotron > .inner {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2;
}

A: If I understand correctly what you want, you can try to add this:
!important.
For example:
background-color: rgba(255, 132, 230, 0.85) !important;

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Biografia
Considerato uno dei principali registi egiziani della sua epoca, nasce in una famiglia di religione cristiana. Il suo debutto cinematografico avviene nel 1942 e prosegue con la regia di novantasette pellicole fino al 1993.

Filmografia
Doa al karawan (1959)
Hasan wa Naimah (1959)
El haram (1965)

Premi e riconoscimenti

Festival internazionale del cinema di Berlino
1959: - Nominato all'Orso d'oro per Hasan wa Naimah
1960: - Nominato all'Orso d'oro per Doa al karawan

Festival di Cannes
1965: - Nominato alla Palma d'oro per El haram

Collegamenti esterni

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Rick Pitino's loyalty and attention will be divided this week.
The Louisville coach will guide Puerto Rico's junior and national teams in a six-day, nine-game exhibition tour starting Tuesday against his Cardinals, who will be led by assistant coaches. Pitino is preparing the national squad for the FIBA Americas Championship in Mexico City later this month in a quest to qualify for the 2016 Olympics, but he also wants to develop a young Louisville roster that lost four regulars from last season.
That's a bold statement by the Hall of Famer, who has won NCAA championships at Louisville and Kentucky and coached Providence to the 1987 Final Four. But considering the Cardinals must replace forward Montrezl Harrell and guard Terry Rozier - both drafted by the NBA - along with forward Wayne Blackshear and guard Chris Jones, jelling quickly is critical for Louisville as it prepares for Year 2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Louisville returns sophomore guard Quentin Snider and 6-foot-10 Chinanu Onuaku, who helped the U.S. Under-19 team win the gold medal at the World Championships. Junior forward Mangok Mathiang, also 6-10, competed with Australia at the World University Games.
International competition has raised both post players' performances, with Pitino particularly impressed by Mathiang's growth.
Two weeks of workouts in Louisville against Puerto Rico have also raised Pitino's opinions of 6-6 forward Lee and 6-2 guard Lewis. Lee arrives after ranking fourth nationally last season in scoring at 21.4 points per game with Drexel; Lee averaged 16.3 points and 2.9 assists per contest last year at Cleveland State.
Both additions will be important for Louisville after losing so much offense, and Pitino praised Lee's ability to ''put points up, something so needed on this year's team.'' The coach added that Lewis brings ''incredible leadership'' and physical toughness, especially in the lane.
Though Pitino noted that the Cardinals will have a size advantage against Puerto Rico, their opponents are more experienced and feature NBA veterans such as Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Berea. Louisville must also adjust to playing with international rules such as: a 24-second shot clock like the NBA; shooting 3-pointers from 20 feet, 6 1/4 inches instead of 19-9; and four 10-minute quarters instead of 20-minute halves.
The first three days could provide the toughest challenge for both teams, who will play doubleheaders with Louisville splitting its roster for games against the junior and national teams.
That schedule means a lot of minutes for the Cardinals and plenty of time for Pitino to see what his rotations might be next season. But there'll be no mistaking his priority of guiding Puerto Rico deep into international competition with a shot at qualifying for the Summer Games in Brazil.


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Q: use remainder to set field values in ms access i am trying to have my code update a column in my validation table when the ID value in another table is even but i keep getting a syntax error, and from what i can tell from all the examples ive seen online its right (apparently not, but it looks right). The syntax error gets thrown on the where statement part of the code, does anyone see something that I dont?
DoCmd.RunSQL "UPDATE OTCValidation LEFT JOIN Option16 ON Option16.[Plan Code]=OTCValidation.[Plan Code] SET OTCValidation.[Step 1 Actual]= Option16.[RXOTCIND] WHERE Option16.ID % 2 = 0 AND OTCValidation.[Plan Code] is not Null"
DoCmd.RunSQL "UPDATE OTCValidation LEFT JOIN Option16 ON Option16.[Plan Code]=OTCValidation.[Plan Code] SET OTCValidation.[Step 2 Actual]= Option16.[RXOTCIND] WHERE Option16.ID % 2 <> 0 AND OTCValidation.[Plan Code] is not Null"

A: Access uses the Mod keyword as the modulus operator.
DoCmd.RunSQL "UPDATE OTCValidation LEFT JOIN Option16 ON Option16.[Plan Code]=OTCValidation.[Plan Code] SET OTCValidation.[Step 1 Actual]= Option16.[RXOTCIND] WHERE Option16.ID Mod 2 = 0 AND OTCValidation.[Plan Code] is not Null"
DoCmd.RunSQL "UPDATE OTCValidation LEFT JOIN Option16 ON Option16.[Plan Code]=OTCValidation.[Plan Code] SET OTCValidation.[Step 2 Actual]= Option16.[RXOTCIND] WHERE Option16.ID Mod 2 <> 0 AND OTCValidation.[Plan Code] is not Null"


How to open files from MS-Office 2007 or 2010 (.DOCX, .XLSX,...)?
Several methods. If one doesn't work then try another. If you end up with lots open then just close some!
Note that if you still have MS Office or other suite or program set as the default for opening such files then method 1 uses that default program/suite instead of LibreOffice. In such cases methods 2. 3 or 4 should work. Method 5 is a bit variable on Windows but works well on everything else.
Method 1. Generally you can just double-click on such files. Really whatever you normally do to open files should work.
Method 1a. (unlikely but possible) Your computer might have been tweaked so that you only single-click instead of double-click to open files normally = in which case a double-click might open the file twice.
Method 2. It is also possible to first open LibreOffice and then use it's File - Open dialogue-box to find and open a file.
Method 3. Open LibreOffice itself rather than Writer, Calc or other module/program/app. You might have seen this if you close all documents without exiting from LibreOffice. You get a kinda launch page or spalsh screen (actually the real splash screen is the banner you get when opening LibreOffice, just before it's properly open). This has a list of recently opened documents in a panel to the left and a grey empty space to the right that contains a white dialogue-box which contains icons of each different app/program/module. Drag the file into the grey-space there.
Method 4. Drag the file onto any of the icons that would normally open LibreOffice. It doesn't matter if you drag it onto the wrong icon. For example dragging a .docx file onto the Impress icon still opens the file in Writer.
Method 5. On non-Windows platforms you can right-click on the file and choose "Open With .." and choose LibreOffice or one of the specific modules/programs/apps. Windows has the same option but often 'forgets' to list LibreOffice.
To set LibreOffice to be the default suite for opening all files (Note that you can still use the above methods to open individual or small groups of files in any other relevant app/program/suite/modue). There are various approaches, some of which don't always work well in Windows. Windows tries to keep things simple by hiding options and reducing the amount of information available. So try the easiest methods first and if they don't work move on to the next method.
Method 1. Right-click on such a file and go down to "Properties". A pop-up dialogue-box appears. Click on the "OPen With" tab or button. LibreOffice should be in the list but sometimes Windows hides it.
Method 2. Find "Set default programs" (how to get there varies between different versions of Windows and is not even standardised in other OSes either). It's often in a "control panel" or "system settings" or "system configurations", in Xp it's sometimes at the top of the "Start" button menu. If there's an option for "Office" then set LibreOffice.
However, i would personally recommend against doing this. LibreOffice and MS Office work well alongside each other and neither is so huge that it fills current drive-space. Each has advantages and disadvantages. LibreOffice produces higher-quality documents more efficiently and faster. Mostly whatever is possible with one is also possible with the other although some people claim that certain things "can't be done" until they find out how. MS Office's updates are usually security-updates, which it seems to need quite a lot of. LibreOffice is already secured so it's updates are usually bug-fixes and increasing functionality.
If you still have MS Office 2007 or more recent on your machine then there is no real need to get rid of it and it might sometimes get better results when trying to open these sorts of files. Such files often contain proprietary or binary blobs that make such files incompatible with any program other than the version of MS Office they were initially created with. A file created on MS Office 2007 might have trouble opening on MS Office 2010 or 2013 or 365. Sometimes LibreOffice struggles more and sometimes it is the only program that can successfully open such files. So keeping both suites keeps your options open.
Files from Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010 are also called Office Open XML, OpenXML, OOXML, Office 12, .docx, .docm, .xlsx, etc. (list). LibreOffice 3.3 and higher can read these files, but is also able to write in these formats.
This page was last edited 20:57:34, 2018-04-04 by Adolfo Jayme Barrientos. Based on work by Dennis Roczek and Tom Davies and others.


I wonder, at 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning, where this post will land.
I am awake, again and still. No real reason why. My brain hasn't fixed on one thing, the thing that has me awake and troubled - rather it flits through things. Page after page of small anxiety: there is a perpetual laundry basket on my unfurnished bedroom's floor, my office has some papers that have been on the desk a year, our garage is a bit too full of unfiltered clutter, and Annabeth didn't read enough this summer.
A couple of undisciplined hours of non-musing of that sort, and I found myself here. I went through phone pictures and came upon this one, from the summer. Mid-summer, with family, on the Bay, that I wrote about in July. I like it.
As of Wednesday of this week, the rest of us will all have Somewhere to be. The older two start school - with backpacks too loaded for their size and homework assignments. Expectations - theirs for a new year, and those thrust upon them by the rest of us. First and fourth grades. Lofty stuff.
Gavin will minister guidance and reassurances to the older set at the same school- those anxious to leave, and the parents that watch them go. I will marvel at that process and wonder about when our kids are that age - if knowing the college process, if being on the periphery of so many teenagers (between football and college counseling... around 100/year... for 20 years - give or take - thousands of kids...) will make it any easier for us when ours matriculate.
Of course, it won't. Not really.
For my littles, it is the special new that is the beginning of a school year. The new that is specific to elementary school: sharpened pencils and book bags with zippers that still stick a little. Scuffless shoes, and sharp haircuts. Skin still warm from extra sun. Brains that fell so easily into not-so-much, now creakily trying to grab hold of words from new teachers' mouths. School lunches on little green trays at weird hours of the morning. Friends not seen in months to whisper to from desks still perfectly ordered.
They all just live here. And for those parents of now teens, their kids live there for even shorter. The littles - more and more as they grow - believe themselves to be wholly separate from us. We know different.. but for this to work, we have to pretend we agree with their version of things.
We are all of us always on the edge of something. For me now, the edge of sleep. The edge of another day. The edge of a new week, and the edge of a new year. The periphery of other lives led, influencer and influenced. I will shuffle them off to school at 7:30 each day. And for a few days - the silence will alternately welcome and confuse me.


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Q: Rearranging two almost identical implicit equations I'm aware this question may appear simple, but here it is:
How do you get from this:
$\frac{2h'+s}{\sqrt{h'}}=\frac{2h+s}{\sqrt{h}} $
To this:
$s=2\sqrt{hh'}$

$h'(2h+s)^2=h(2h' +s)^2 $
$h(4h'^2+4h's+s^2) = h'(4h^2+4hs+s^2)$
$4h'^2h + 4h'sh+s^2h=4h^2h'+4hsh'+s^2h'$
$4h'^2h+s^2h = 4h^2h' + s^2h'$
$4((h')^2h + h^2h')=s^2(h'-h)$
$s^2 = \frac{4(h')^2h + h^2h'}{h'-h}$
From here it went pear-shaped:
$s = \frac{2\sqrt{(h')^2h + h^2h'}}{\sqrt{h'-h}}$
$s = \frac{2\sqrt{(h')^2h + h^2h'}\sqrt{h'+h}}{\sqrt{h'-h}\sqrt{h'+h}}$
$s = \frac{2\sqrt{(h')^3h+2(hh')^2+h^3h'}}{\sqrt{(h')^2-h^2}}$
I couldn't see how I could get from here to the answer.
I've made several other attempts with different methods but they all had the same outcome.
Thank you for your help.

A: at the LHS: $\frac{2h'+s}{\sqrt{h'}}=\frac{2h'}{\sqrt{h'}}+\frac{s}{\sqrt{h'}}=2\sqrt{h'}+\frac{s}{\sqrt{h'}}$
at the RHS: $\frac{2h+s}{\sqrt{h}}=\frac{2h}{\sqrt{h}}+\frac{s}{\sqrt{h}}=2\sqrt{h}+\frac{s}{\sqrt{h}}$
we left with $2\sqrt{h'}+\frac{s}{\sqrt{h'}}=2\sqrt{h}+\frac{s}{\sqrt{h}}$
now we can change thing sides like this:$$2\sqrt{h'}+\frac{s}{\sqrt{h'}}=2\sqrt{h}+\frac{s}{\sqrt{h}}\\\implies2\sqrt{h'}-2\sqrt{h}=\frac{s}{\sqrt{h}}-\frac{s}{\sqrt{h'}}\\\implies2(\sqrt{h'}-\sqrt{h})=s(\frac{1}{\sqrt{h}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{h'}})$$
can you go from here?

A: Multiplying both sides by $\sqrt{hh'}$ results in:

 $$2h'\sqrt{h}+s\sqrt{h}=2h\sqrt{h'}+s\sqrt{h'}.$$

Rearranging to bring the $s$'s together and the other terms together gives

 $$s\sqrt{h}-s\sqrt{h'}=2h\sqrt{h'}-2h'\sqrt{h}.$$

Factoring and breaking $h$ into $\sqrt{h}\sqrt{h}$ gives

 $$s(\sqrt{h}-\sqrt{h'})=2\sqrt{h}\sqrt{h}\sqrt{h'}-2\sqrt{h'}\sqrt{h'}\sqrt{h}=2\sqrt{h}\sqrt{h'}(\sqrt{h}-\sqrt{h'})$$

Assuming that $h\not=h'$, we can divide and get the desired result.

A: WLOG $\sqrt h=H,\sqrt{h'}=H'$
Method$\#1:$ $$\implies\dfrac{nH^2+s}H=\dfrac{nH'^2+s}{H'}=\dfrac{nH^2+s-(nH'^2+s)}{H-H'}=n(H+H')\text{ if } H-H'\ne0$$
$$\implies nH^2+s=Hn(H+H')\iff s=?$$
Method$\#2:$
$\dfrac{nH^2+s}H=\dfrac{nH'^2+s}{H'}=K$(say)
So, $H,H'$ are the roots of $$nt^2-tK+s=0\implies HH'=\dfrac sn$$


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Electricity: The Spark of Life @ Manchester Science Festival
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Event: 08/10/2018 - 28/04/2019
Our friend electric
Electricity will run through Manchester, even before the Christmas lights are turned on - as the city's science festival sparks up interest in a form of energy which we now take for granted.
Electricity: The Spark of Life is a free exhibition at the Science and Industry Museum. It shines a halogen glow on how "scientists experimented with electricity and how mass generation and distribution changed our lives."
Sentinel - Climate Change in Sound & Light Manchester Science Festival. Photographer: Jason Lock.
Having already been at the Wellcome Collection (London) and Teylers Museum (Haarlem, Netherlands) the exhibition visits Manchester before it goes into storage.
The story of electricity spans a shocking amount of time.
Amber: A Pendant carved in the form of a frog from 550–450 BCE (Origin unknown) is an artefact which represents the "the source of the earliest documented manifestations of static electricity." The pendant's title is a reference to "Amber's light-inducing effect." The ancient Greeks named it 'elektron' (meaning "formed by the sun"),
Electric Rays or Torpedo Rays are also part of the story because of their ability to produce an electric shock for the capture of prey and for defence. They can be seen in Plate for serving fish Campania, Southern Italy 325-300 BCE.
Louis Figuier (1819 –1894) was one of the scientists who moved the public's understanding of electricity beyond an 'act of the Gods' explanation.
Les Merveilles de la Science (1867–70) from Louis Figuier 's illustrated compendium, depicts Jean-Antoine Nollet's 1746 experiment in which he electrified a human chain of 180 royal guards in front of King Louis XV. He used a Leyden jar a device for storing electrical charge, which was invented by Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745.
Experiments, of course, play a vital part in advancing scientific and popular understanding. Electrical experiments included making use of metal wires, lightning rods, metallic conductors and electric eels amongst other things.
The Electric Boy, Essai sur l'electricité des corps, 1746. By Jean-Antoine Nollet (19 November 1700 – 25 April 1770) - Science History Institute, Public Domain,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63746734
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, electricity was used in the medical treatments - in the form of electrotherapy. The electrotherapeutic chair produced a current that was passed through wires to the metal hand grips.
Meanwhile the electric chair - an instrument of punishment and death - was emerging into the light (or darkness). Its stark reality can be seen in a photograph of the original electric chair used at Sing Sing Prison, New York (c.1950).
A review of history leads to the question, Electricity – where now? Sir Peter Cook and Christine Hawley 1982 concept Solar City envisioned clean energy in the home via: "An assembly of space-economic structures with extended surfaces of photovoltaic cells."
Traditional Arabic planning principles combined with state-of-the-art technologies are behind the British architects Foster Partners Masdar City project. The work-in-progress aims for sustainable eco-city on the edge of the desert near Abu Dhabi.
Electricity: The Spark of Life is at Science and Industry Museum, Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, until Sunday 28 April 2019.
The 12th Manchester Science Festival starts on 18th October. It is made up of 'exhibitions, interactive events for all ages, virtual soundscapes, science-focused conversations, cinema-making and computer coding'.
The Arts Meets Science element includes the world premiere of Future Bodies at HOME in Manchester (until Saturday 13 October). Future Bodies envisages a world where our brains can be uploaded to computers and our faculties can be upgraded.
Contagion, is a new work by choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh. It includes digital visuals, to tell the story of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, commonly termed Spanish Flu.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the pandemic got its name because the Spanish press were the first to report it. It infected 33% of the Earth's population and resulted in a bigger death toll than the First World War (1914-18).
Contagion, which involves eight female dancers, will be at Imperial War Museum North on 21 October and the British Library, Euston Road London on 2-3 November.
A more contemporary danger to life on earth is addressed in Sentinel, Climate Change, Sound & Light, at Waterside, in Sale, Trafford, on Thursday 25 October. It uses synths and electro-rhythms mixed with live vocals, data art, laser lighting and video to create a show inspired by themes of climate change and forced migration.
Photographer: Jason Lock.
Sentinel was conceived and composed by Richard Evans (previously a keyboardist with Manchester band James). Live vocals are performed by Charlotte Dalton, and visuals provided by artist Valentina D'efilippo.
Totem by entrance to Museum of Science and Industry. By MSI Marketing - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60654720
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Why? Electrifying Exhibition in Manchester
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Website: https://www.manchestersciencefestival.com/event/electricity-the-spark-of-life
Where: Science and Industry Museum, Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, M3 4FP
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We still have some 4+4 = zombies here. Tell them whether they will listen.
My coppers,please don't let them kill you oooooo!
So GEJ postponed the election 5hrs to its start and even after such a bogus budget for INEC?
Now, what's the difference between GEJ & PMB?
Where is the change you claim to bring if you're doing same thing or even worse as the previous govt.?
Not if the borders are opened to allow more Nigers, cows and rams entrance to be counted in election.The closure of borders came as a shock.
I THOUGHT i voted-out incompetence in 2015, but ended up voting-in a far worse COLOSAL DISASTER!
Biko carry your bag leave Aso rock your time Don expire brainless man.
This is what a responsible man will tell his supporters .
God bless you alhahi Atiku abubakar.
Buhari is just shifting his doom day. Atiku all the way.
Abo.ki keep quiet. No be your olodo brothers postpone am? Nigerians need to teach you guys how things are done with common sense. It's unfortunate that people are still campaigning for uneducated people to become president. How can peter obi and osibanjo be vice to people who dont know jack and can't even speak correct English? Such a messed up country.
I am so in pain right now. I weep for my country. What a mess @INEC. We travelled far for this elections only to hear its postponed. What a shame!
Nevertheless, we are not deterred, we will come out and vote come February 23rd. Believe me, this tyrant and his cabals must go!!!
To tell you how incompetent and corrupt this government are.
But have u seen the silly comment Keyamo just released. APC should not shoot themselves on the leg.
I thought i voted CHANGE in 2015, but i was damn WRONG!
This doomed shithole is long overdue for RE-COLONISATION!
That's their aim to fustrate voters, we must show them we are bigger than them and anything they throw at us by being peaceful in the face of provocation, turn up en-mass and cast our vote. Better day are coming soon.
I thought I'm the only one seeing that... I need to wash my face with ice.
Was it on the election day? if you see bad condemn it abeg... don't be a blind follower.
This is exactly what they want to achieve by postponing the election. They want to discourage and kill people's spirit. They are many people like you out there who have spent money to travel to their states to vote, my aunty included. It is very certain that most of them will travel back home and make up their minds not to go back to vote because of the cost and stress, and guess who this will mostly affect, of course Southerners mainly, Atiku's strong hold. INEC and APC know what they are doing.
On this day, February 16th, 2019, Sarrki got delivered!


Pico de Gallo is one of my favorite snacks and toppings EVER! You can put it on everything! It goes well on eggs for breakfast, tacos, fajitas, salads, or just as as an appetizer as chips. It's just a few simple ingredients that bring so much flavor and nutrition!
We eat pico once every 2 weeks. It really is a staple in our house. My kids love it too! My daughter is the first to help chop the veggies. My son will only hit the button on the food processor, but I will take what I can get right now. I think we have stepped into the preteen era. Let me tell you, it's not fun. I may need to eat a lot more pico to keep me happy. My sweet baby boy who adored his momma now has a little attitude, thinks he knows it all, and also thinks I am the most embarrassing person in the world. It's heartbreaking! I may just have to dance through the house with my bowl of pico to further the embarrassment! What's a mom to do but to fully embrace it?
This Pico is packed full of flavor and nutrition! It may leave you dancing!
Cut jalapeno in half, remove seeds, and place in a small food processor with small bunch of cilantro.
Place chopped tomatoes in a medium bowl.
Add chopped onion, cilantro/jalapeno mix, adobo, and salt.
Enjoy with chips or on top of dishes!
Get your groove on in the kitchen with my food video for Pico de Gallo!


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Customers love the horror of going to the cinema at Wisbech - and that's even before they see a movie!
Fright night at theLight cinema in Wisbech where COWA students (right) have been showcasing some of their original horror art work. Picture: COWA
Horror was the theme running through an exhibition by students at a Wisbech cinema.
Level 3 art and design students from the College of West Anglia�s Wisbech campus, held a month-long exhibition at The Light Cinema, Wisbech and displayed artwork inspired by film. Picture; COWA
And with a mixture of various art forms on display customers loved it.
The students exhibiting all come from the Wisbech campus of the College of West Anglia.
The showcase for the level 3 art and design students was at the Light cinema and included some of their work produced throughout the year.
The month-long exhibition featured pieces that had been inspired by film as part of their coursework. The brief was to produce art that responded to a film of their choice. Students displayed a mixture of artwork, sculpture, fashion and photography during the exhibition.
Level 3 art and design students from the College of West Anglia's Wisbech campus, held a month-long exhibition at The Light Cinema, Wisbech and displayed artwork inspired by film. Picture; COWA
Many students' chose to base their artwork on horror films. The resulting sculpture, photography, fashion and mixed media created a dramatic and theatrical display.
College of West Anglia course director Sian Thomas said: "It is brilliant that the Light cinema has given us this fantastic opportunity to exhibit our students work and support their local community in this way."
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