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A Breakdown of Common Swimming Strokes
By Sarah Wassner-Flynn • Sep 24, 2019
Swimming has come a long way since it first made it's splash in the sports world in the early 1800s. Back then, the two competitive swimming strokes were side stroke and breaststroke. By 1904, freestyle and backstroke were added to the lineup, and it wasn't until 1956 when butterfly made its Olympic debut.
What Are the Competitive Swimming Strokes?
Today, there four competitive swimming strokes:
There are also two popular recovery strokes:
Sidestroke–which is no longer recognized as a competitive stroke–is still popular among beginner and recreational swimmers.
Elementary backstroke, which is often taught in swim lessons as an easy recovery stroke.
While each stroke comes with its own set of challenges and benefits, collectively, swimming is one of the best workouts you can do. Not only does it offer a powerful one-two punch of aerobic exercise and muscular-endurance training, it's also low impact, which is great for people with joint issues.
But before you can soak up all of those benefits, you first need to know how to actually swim the strokes correctly. "Whenever you're learning a new stroke, start slow and master the form," says Paul Bisono, a certified swim coach and owner of H2.O Aquatics swim school in Hauppauge, NY. "Going fast with bad form is like driving a car with a bad motor. You might move for a little while, but it's not going to last."
How to Perform Common Swimming Strokes
Here's a breakdown of the six common swimming strokes, plus expert tips to help you get you ready to dive right in.
1. Freestyle Swim Stroke
The Stroke: What originated as the "front crawl" has evolved into freestyle–the speediest stroke. When swimming the freestyle stroke correctly, you'll stay on your stomach while taking forward-reaching strokes with each arm, one at a time. You breathe to the side, and you use a flutter kick.
Mistakes to Avoid: When working on improving your freestyle stroke, it's important to keep your head still, says Bisono. "The waterline should divide the head. And only turn head your head to breathe," he advises. Focusing on the bottom of the pool will lock in the proper head position, which will help decrease any resistance.
As for your kick? Keep it light and relaxed in a simple up and down movement.
Pro Tip: "When doing freestyle, draw a little 'S' while your arm is pulling down through the water," Bisono says. This will help you catch more water and result in a stronger stroke.
2. Backstroke Swimming
The Stroke: Also known as the "back crawl," backstroke is similar to freestyle, but swum on the back. Like freestyle, it incorporates flutter kicks, and you alternate your arms as you reach behind you, and then circle them forward for recovery. The arms stay straighter in backstroke than in freestyle.
Mistakes to Avoid: When swimming backstroke, make sure that you're bringing each arm past your hip during the "catch" portion of the stroke (that's when the arm is underwater). If you shorten your catch, you'll lessen the power of your stroke. (Just be sure to keep your catch just below the water's surface; too deep, and you'll just slow down.)
And don't let your legs lag. "You should always be kicking to the surface of the water," says Bisono. "If you don't see white splashes coming from your feet you are only dragging your legs." Kicking will not only help you go faster, it also keeps your hips higher in the water, preventing your lower body from sinking as you swim.
Pro Tip: Try learning the backstroke in stages, suggests Mikey Flaherty, a coach with Swim with Heart in Santa Monica, CA. "Do six strokes relaxed on your back, then flip over to your stomach and swim 10 freestyle strokes. Then, flip back over for six more strokes," he says. "This will help you feel more comfortable swimming on your back."
3. Breaststroke Swim Stroke
The Stroke: Often the first stroke taught to beginners, the breaststroke is said to be the easiest to learn. (Incidentally, it's also the slowest of the strokes.) The breaststroke entails the pull (both arms simultaneously executing a half-circular arm movement to the side underwater), the breath (lifting your head above the surface of the water), the kick (a whip kick or "frog" kick), and a glide (a streamline position with straight arms and legs). This "pull-breathe-kick-glide" pattern is repeated for the duration of the lap.
Mistakes to Avoid: When figuring out how to do a perfect breaststroke, watch the arm placement during the pull phase. "Your hands should not be much wider than your shoulders," says Flaherty.
And don't short-change your glide during the recovery portion of the stroke, advises Bisono. An exaggerated glide with your body in a tight streamline position "actually gives your body body a lot of movement forward," he shares.
Pro Tip: Not sure how to do proper breaststroke arms? Head to the ledge of a pool and do a little experiment. Stand in waist- to chest-deep water, place your hands on the ledge, and try to push yourself using only your arms. If your arms are wide, you don't have enough strength to lift yourself out. When your arms are closer, you'll be able to push yourself up. "That's the strength and arm movement you want to have for the pull of the breaststroke," says Bisono.
4. Butterfly Swim Stroke
The Stroke: Arguably the most challenging stroke of all, the butterfly stroke uses a symmetrical arm stroke with an above water recovery. Beneath the surface, the body is moving in a wave-like motion, propelled by a powerful dolphin kick. Thanks to the incredible momentum a swimmer can create with this motion, the butterfly is the second-fastest stroke of all, under freestyle.
Mistakes to Avoid: The biggest challenge to mastering the butterfly technique is getting your kick just right. Many people make the mistake of kicking too hard and too big, which can tire you out. Instead, work on a smaller, more controlled kick.
You may want to practice a dolphin kick with a kickboard before adding the arms, focusing on avoiding bending your knees too much and keeping your toes pointed.
Pro Tip: Don't expect to swim a full length of butterfly right off the bat. "Because of fatigue and difficulty, I recommend pushing off the wall and doing one or two strokes the best you can," then working your way up to a full length, Flaherty says.
5. Side Stroke
The Stroke: As one of the first swimming strokes around, sidestroke may be retro, but its mechanics are effective. The sidestroke is performed completely on one side, using a scissor kick and an asymmetrical "reach and pull" arm movements underwater.
Mistakes to Avoid: When learning how to swim the sidestroke, watch the position of your legs. Try to keep them stacked closely while kicking, swinging one leg forward and one as though they are two parts of scissors (with your hips acting as the fulcrum). The tighter your kick, the more powerful it will be.
Pro Tip: Hate putting your face in the water? The sidestroke is ideal for you, as it allows for most of your face and one ear to remain out of the water.
6. Elementary Backstroke
The Stroke: As you might guess, this stroke done on your back. But there's no rotation involved, like in backstroke. Often taught as a process of "Tickle-T-Touch" (or, in some places, "Chicken, Eagle, Rocket"), elementary backstroke incorporates a series of three arm movements:
Both arms curled up with hands pointed towards armpits and your elbows to the side ("tickle")
Both arms extended out at a 90-degree angle from your body ("T")
Both arms pulled down alongside the side of your body ("touch).
As for the kick, this stroke is propelled by the whip kick used in breaststroke.
Mistakes to Avoid: To avoid exerting too much energy, relax your body to keep your belly, head and feet up as you lay back into the water. "This stroke should take minimal energy," Flaherty says.
And don't be afraid to add some oomph into your kick. "Keep your heels facing out and push out as if you are going to forcefully kick someone," Flaherty advises.
Pro Tip: Be patient as you learn any stroke and you will get it right. Elementary backstroke, especially, may come easier to you than you think. "Despite what people say, everyone can float," says Flaherty, which is the crux of this stroke. "The key is to keep relaxing."
About Sarah Wassner-Flynn
A longtime runner and triathlete, Sarah Wassner-Flynn has been able to blend her passions for endurance sports and writing into a freelance career. She's covered everything from profiles on Olympic gold medalists to tips on training for your first 5K for numerous media outlets. When she's not writing about races, Sarah is usually training or competing in one. She also writes kid's and teen nonfiction books and articles for National Geographic and Girls' Life Magazine. Sarah lives just outside of Washington, D.C. with her husband, Mark, and their three children. Follow her on Twitter.
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The average price per square foot for homes sold in January was up by only a few dollars, when compared to the price per square foot that we saw in December.
Let's review what happened during January with Gold Canyon area real estate sales.
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Q: Intellisense Not Recognizing Python Module(Pygame) I was using Visual Studio 2013 to edit some python code, and Intellisense is giving me a green squiggly line when I  import pygame. How can I fix this?

A: I've tried using Eclipse with Pygame. It doesn't recognize it.
Visual-Studio2013 just probably thinks something is wrong.
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Q: Paperclip, S3, Heroku: Missing Image Long time viewer, first time asker. I've searched for this topic but don't believe I've found the answer.
I have a Post model that has an image. I'm using the Paperclip gem, saving to Amazon S3, and hosting on Heroku.
The file upload form works fine, because I can see that images are sent to my S3 bucket.
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    attr_accessor :image_file_name, :image_content_type, :image_file_size, :image_updated_at
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And here's my config/production.rb:
# Required for Paperclip / AWS
config.paperclip_defaults = {
:storage => :s3,
:s3_credentials => {
    :bucket => ENV['S3_BUCKET_NAME'],
    :access_key_id => ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
    :secret_access_key => ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']
    }
}

And here's my show.html.haml file:
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Shouldn't the @post.image.url be enough? What may I be missing to properly route to the image?
This is what I see when I pull Heroku Logs:
2015-06-23T15:38:26.181383+00:00 app[web.1]: ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] "/images/medium/missing.png"):

For reference, here's my repository for the project: https://github.com/lucasvocos/pitstop
Please let me know if there is anything else to provide in the question, too. As this is my first time asking. Thanks everyone.

A: I had a similar problem that the upload was working but the display was showing a broken link. I checked the source for the link and it was not pointing to the url shown for the image on S3. I had to add the host name to my paperclip config
  config.paperclip_defaults = {
  :storage => :s3,
  :s3_host_name => 's3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com',
  :s3_credentials => {
    :bucket => ENV['S3_BUCKET_NAME'],
    :access_key_id => ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
    :secret_access_key => ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']
  }
  }

A: You need to set heroku environment variable for s3 bucket variable:
heroku config:set S3_BUCKET_NAME='Your Bucket Name'
heroku config:set AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='Your AWS ID'
heroku config:set AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='Your AWS Secrete Key'

A: You have to commit the missing.png in \public\images\medium.(make sure \public\images\medium\missing.png exist, then commit). This images is the default until you upload some valid image.
However, also is recommended to define the url in model, something like this:
has_attached_file :image, styles: {
 medium: "700x500#",
 small: "350x250>" }, :url => '/:class/:attachment/:id/:style_:basename.:extension'


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By SC Contributor • Lifestyle February 26, 2018 at 2:51pm
When you mix college kids, little girls and crafts, you end up with glue-covered hands, pipe cleaners everywhere and lots of laughter. Girls With Purpose's event this past Sunday at Whole Foods, Craft With Purpose, brought young women and elementary-aged girls together to give back to the community. Girls of all ages worked together to create care packages for kids in the cancer ward at Palmetto Children's Hospital.
"We're making cards and making stuff for kids like us but they have cancer," said Mary Catherine, a bright and lively fourth grader at the event. "We're going to be sending them to the children's hospital and hope they brighten up everyone's day."
Girls With Purpose is a campaign that seeks to provide young girls with mentors to "empower these young girls to pursue leadership positions…and sometimes it's hard for kids to get that kickstart, so we're trying to help them along," said Rachel Barnett, a senior PR major who has been working on the campaign since its inception this past August.
Girls With Purpose is a subset of its parent organization, With Purpose, which according to Barnett is "a youth-led movement to find safe and effective treatment options for kids with cancer." With Purpose was created after its founder's 3-year-old son, Sam passed away after a battle with cancer. For Barnett, Craft With Purpose was both a way to tie Girls With Purpose back to the mission of its parent organization and a mentor-mentee meet-and-greet.
The girls painted canvases with things that made them happy as a homage to Sam, whose last words before he died were, "I am happy." Mary Catherine painted a picture of butterflies and the sun "that represents that there's always a little bit of light in your life."
Attendee Natalie Fischer, 19, came to the event to help out and left knowing that she had made a difference. "It made me happy to know the kids were going to receive the things we worked hard on," Fischer said, "Hopefully it'll make them happy too."
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Released on 11 March 1977, Dandy in the Underworld is the eighth and final studio album by T. Rex (their twelfth since their debut as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1968). It reached No. 26 in the UK charts, the band's highest-charting album since 1974's Zinc Alloy. The leading single I Love to Boogie had been a hit single in the UK the previous year, peaking at No. 13 in the singles chart.
Dandy in the Underworld was regarded by critics as a comeback for the band. It was praised for the strength of the songwriting and Bolan's vocal performances. However, it would prove to be the band's final album, as Marc Bolan died in a car crash in September 1977 at age 29.
Dandy in the Underworld gathered the most consistently positive reviews for any T. Rex album in five years. Having fallen from critical and commercial favour, the band had endured some fiercely hostile press, but NME, which had been amongst the most negative, noted of the album: 'very listenable, well arranged [and] immaculately played.'
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A young woman wearing a face mask walks along a quiet street in Shanghai.
I've been in China for the past while, and can say that I've seen the coronavirus outbreak from the inside (albeit from Shanghai and not from ground zero, thankfully). Here are my observations and my take on the situation.
At the time of writing, it has been exactly one month since the 2020 Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) holiday — the annual mass migration (largest in the world) of people from major cities back to their hometowns. The outbreak of the coronavirus (now called "COVID-19") was only made public about one week prior to the Spring Festival holiday. At the time, information was very limited and the risk was not taken very seriously — the Spring Festival migration occurred as per usual, with billions of people traveling by train, bus, and planes back to their hometowns.
Based on some back-of-the-napkin estimations using traffic outflow numbers, approximately 5 million people left the virus epicenter of Wuhan in the month of January, mostly returning to smaller towns and villages in the province of Hubei (where Wuhan is the capital). Using the number of people evacuated from Wuhan by foreign government planes as a sample study, the infection rate (# confirmed infected/sample size) was approximately 1%. Extrapolating that same infection rate to Wuhan means upwards of 50,000 infected people may have left Wuhan during the month of January, carrying the virus outwards towards other parts of the world (80+% to within Hubei province).
Since many infected cases may go unreported, it is difficult to determine an accurate value for R0, the reproductive/transmissive coefficient. I have seen studies estimating the R0 for COVID-19 to be between 2–3, meaning that an infected patient would on average infect 2 or 3 other people. If this is the case, then the estimated 50k people that left Wuhan in January could do some serious damage worldwide.
Many subsequent studies have seemed to agree on the fact that this coronavirus is highly contagious, unlike previous viral outbreaks such as SARS and MERS which were more deadly but much less contagious. With that in mind, and the current death rate (# dead/# confirmed infected) being about 2%, it is clear that this is a serious viral epidemic and something that should be taken seriously worldwide. In comparison, the seasonal flu's death rate is only about 0.05%, based CDC data from the United States government. Those aged over 60 or have underlying medical conditions are especially susceptible to the deadly effects of COVID-19.
Even though the numbers have not been too bad outside Hubei province with the exception of a couple other hard-hit regions (Henan, Hunan, Guangdong), the magnitude of the containment measures being taken by officials and businesses clearly indicate the seriousness of the matter.
China, being a highly economically motivated nation (and culture), practically allowed its economy to grind to a complete halt. This cost is too high to justify for some simple flu. Some analysts have speculated that the number of cases (infected, deaths) in Hubei province were much higher than given in the official data, and judging by the data we have now (1 month later), that speculation was likely justified.
Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, would have had up to 110k infected, based on the estimated infection rate of 1%. Following the simple math we established earlier, at a death rate of ~2%, Wuhan alone would have seen ~2k deaths by the end of January alone, without considering subsequent infectious cycles. The official numbers for January 31 were: ~12k confirmed cases, ~250 deaths. It certainly would not seem farfetched that the official numbers from the early days of the outbreak were underreported by ~10x. Coupled with the numerous on-the-ground whispers out of Wuhan, of infected people dying at home (because hospitals are over-capacity) and people who died but were "not diagnosed," it is reasonable to believe that the actual damage was indeed much higher than reported, certainly in Wuhan city.
Thankfully, for China, things have begun to look up a bit. Based on official data, the daily increase of newly confirmed infected COVID-19 cases and number of deaths have both peaked as of mid-February. Newly confirmed cases and deaths are going down (as of the last week of February) and the number of patients recovered have increased significantly. However, some recent reports of patients who have "recovered" but were still carrying and transmitting the virus after 14 days have surfaced, complicating the situation even further.
Regardless, it appears as if China's peak infection period may have been reached, which is positive news. There is no doubt that having the epidemic peak within 1 month of its initial alert was largely down to the swift and blanketing measures China was able to take to forcefully or voluntarily restrict human traffic flow and to keep everyone at home. Yes, there were videos and reports of people being forcefully locked in their apartment complexes, or of people (whether infected or not) being dragged away to "quarantine," but regardless of how Orwellian the measures may seem, it has overall been effective in reducing and containing the potential outbreak. There is no doubt also that social media played a huge role this time around (compared to previous epidemics), as fearful information was able to spread quickly, motivating people to be self-aware and take the appropriate measures to minimize risk (e.g. wearing masks, self-quarantine at home, etc.).
Fortunately, for those living in the less affected Chinese cities, things were not as bad as depicted in some media. Thanks to a swift and combined effort of central warning and citizens self-confinement, human flow was reduced significantly everywhere in China. Schools remain closed and work-from-home has been the de facto arrangement for most offices since the end of the Spring Festival holidays. Cities such as Shanghai resembled tidy ghost towns during the entire month of February, much contrary to the usual crowded and bustling metropolises that they are.
A normally busy major street in Shanghai, totally deserted even on a gorgeous sunny day.
Temporary medical tents set up in front of a hospital in Shanghai
Despite some reports of drastic Orwellian measures to lock residents inside of their homes, they do not accurately reflect the situation on the ground. Numbers such as "700 million people on lockdown in China" are grossly over-exaggerated by sensationalist media, when the fact is people in the majority of Chinese cities are still free to move around if they choose to, but people are simply playing it safe and staying home. Most local communities and residential compounds have enforced their own check-in/check-out systems to track the movement of residents, and temperature checks are enforced at the majority of places. All in all, the measures are taken in a reasonable way that is not overly disruptive to the freedom of residents.
In and out slips given to residents leaving their residential complex.
An Aldi supermarket in Shanghai, freshly out of meat and poultry.
Using Baidu's big data for tracking the nation's migratory flow, it's evident that after people went home for the Spring Festival and news of the breakout became a national emergency, they cancelled or postponed their plans to return to their cities of work. Using Shanghai, the economic hub of China, as an example, the number of returnees to the city on the first day after Spring festival this year is ~4x lower than what it had been in 2019. What has traditionally been the peak day of the year for incoming human flow to the city is no different than an average day for 2020.
Incoming migration flow to Shanghai, with the graph comparing between this year's (yellow) and the previous year's (white) 7th day of Chinese New Year.
In order to minimize exposure and cross-contamination, companies and institutions across the country have taken extraordinary measures to keep facilities closed for two weeks or more after the end of the holidays. In terms of people's daily lives, this has led to a wave of "work from home" practices and people getting used to cooking at home again. In terms of the nation's economy however, the impact has been significant. Manufactured products, exports, oil demand, car sales, etc. are all down significantly, and the domino effect on the supply chain is affecting transnational businesses across the world.
It doesn't just end there either — China, being the nation of the nouveau riche and now one of the largest exporters of tourists worldwide, has seen its tourism outflow effectively go to zero. This has put major economic dents in several nations that depend heavily on Chinese tourism, such as France and Thailand.
Incoming migration flow to Shanghai continues to be magnitudes lower than last year, nearly one month after Chinese New Year.
As of late February, things are showing early signs of returning to normal in China. The outbreak numbers seem to have peaked, and some companies are allowing their employees to return to the office. More and more restaurants are opening their doors once again, if only to serve by delivery services. Now, as things are looking more optimistic and human flow starts to increase again, will this lead to a second wave of outbreaks? We'll find out. At the meantime, it's wise to continue staying home if possible, and to tread with caution.
Meanwhile, outside China, it looks like things are starting to get messy. Clusters of viral outbreak have gotten out.
The past week (starting mid-February) alone saw drastic increases in confirmed cases in various countries across the globe, most significantly in South Korea, Japan (largely thanks to the Diamond Princess cruise ship), Iran, and Italy. Stories of a 38-year-old "superspreader" being the origin of half of Italy's confirmed cases certainly paints a grim picture.
The next 2–4 weeks will be crucial in determining whether or not COVID-19 turns into a global pandemic. On one hand, many countries took swift measures early on to reduce flight traffic, especially to/from China, and so far cases are mostly isolated within a few nations. On the other hand, however, the latest explosive growth in countries like South Korea and Italy is very concerning.
In my opinion, the thing that's even more concerning is that, for the majority of countries around the world, it won't be easy to implement blanketing measures of containment. China is a special case due to the nature of the country and its system, and actions of massive scale can be implemented very quickly. Countries in the EU on the other hand, for example, will likely have difficulty putting any sort of effective collective measure in place in a timely manner. This means that a lot of the containment and prevention efforts will have to come down to each and every individual.
While we all eagerly watch the daily COVID-19 statistic updates, everyone, please make sure to wash your hands regularly and wear a face mask when out in public, and avoid unnecessary travel. Oh, and, be prepared for the impending economic impact.
Originally published at https://hopefreiheit.com on February 24, 2020.
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Four Steps to Safer Food
This summer, scores of Americans, most of them small children or senior citizens, have already or will become deathly ill after eating ground beef boldly labeled "USDA approved."
The now infamous ConAgra case started with a few sick kids in Colorado and quickly spread coast-to-coast, eventually triggering the recall of 18 million pounds of ground beef tainted with E. coli.
Now we know that this recall came weeks late, after most of that meat had been consumed by innocent consumers from Washington state to New Jersey. Because they trusted government's food inspections, several kids suffered kidney failure and spent days or weeks hooked up to kidney dialysis machines. For some, the long-term prognosis is grim, with the risk of further kidney failure, dialysis, transplants or worse. I know this because I am a trial lawyer who has built a practice on food pathogens. Many of those kids' parents have hired me to help them get compensation for hundreds of thousands in medical costs. Which may prompt some readers to consider me a blood-sucking ambulance chaser who exploits other people's personal tragedies.
If that's the case, here's my plea: Put me out of business. Please.
For this trial lawyer, E. coli has been a successful practice - and a heart-breaking one. I'm tired of visiting with horribly sick kids who did not have to be sick in the first place. I'm outraged with a food industry that allows E. coli and other poisons to reach consumers, and a federal regulatory system that does nothing about it. Stop making kids sick - and I'll happily move on. Here's how:
Actually inspect and sample food. At present, the U.S. Department of Agriculture employs thousands of inspectors across the nation to inspect hundreds of plants that produce millions of pounds of beef at processing plants and retail outlets. The General Accounting Office has warned that the USDA's food samplings are so scattered and infrequent that there is little chance of detecting microscopic E. coli or any other pathogen. So hire more inspectors and give them real authority to sample meat and stop its distribution as soon as a pathogen is detected. Implement a sampling system that provides a reasonable chance of preventing another outbreak. Doing so might add a nickel a pound - maybe less - to the price of hamburger. But it will also cut into my business. And isn't that the idea?
Consider mandatory recall authority. This authority was required in Sen. Tom Harkin's Safer Meat, Poultry and Foods Act of 2002. Under the present system of voluntary recalls, no company has actually refused to recall contaminated product. But in its recent report, the GAO did document several instances where companies delayed complying with recall requests. Delays mean tainted product has more time to reach consumers.
Require the meat industry to document where specific lots of food are sold. That way, it can be recalled quickly if a pathogen is detected. In most E. coli outbreaks, there is no recall because retailers don't know where the meat came from and processors rarely step forward. ConAgra deserves credit for owning up to its responsibility to track down as much of the tainted meat as possible and for covering the medical costs of its victims. But ConAgra is the exception. Timely online records would allow meat to be efficiently tracked down and recalled as soon as inspectors get a positive test result. Those plastic club cards issued by grocery chains could enable stores to contact specific individuals who have bought suspect ground beef.
Merge the two federal agencies responsible for food safety. Right now USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service and the inspection arm of the Food and Drug Administration share this mission. The system is bifurcated, which leads to turf wars and split responsibilities. We need one independent agency that deals with food-borne pathogens.
None of this will stop E. coli entirely. This invisible poison has been around a long time and is bound to pop up again. But these steps will enable us to detect it far more quickly, to alert stores and families, and to keep our most vulnerable citizens - kids and seniors - out of harm's way. And, with a little luck, it will force one more damn trial lawyer to find another line of work.


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Q: How to build a flow using groovy script or Java SDK programmatically in mule 4 I had a problem with creating flow programmatically at runtime on mule 4. (so that when a user calls a endpoint, a new flow can be created and started).
Currently, I can use scripting module (groovy engine) to invoke a pre-defined and registered flow using:
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I tried to build a flow. There is a method in org.mule.runtime.core API:
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Cognex Launches New Version of Identification and Label Verification Software
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In-Sight Track & Trace enables pharmaceutical serialization
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, announced a new version of the In-Sight® Track & Trace identification and data verification solution for healthcare serialization. A follow up to successful deployments of In-Sight Track & Trace 1.0, this version includes enhancements that address additional requirements for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to achieve unit-level product traceability.
Customers can use In-Sight Track & Trace 2.0 with multiple networked In-Sight vision systems to decode human-readable text along with 2-D and 1-D barcodes, including Data Matrix, GS1-128, GS1 DataBar, securPharm and Pharmacode.
"In-Sight Track & Trace is an off-the-shelf label verification and serialization software supplement for our pharmaceutical customers required to comply with GS1 and FDA regulations and similar laws worldwide," says Herbert Lade, Vice President and Business Unit Manager, Vision Systems. He adds, "In the newest version, we incorporated bundling reading support, secondary authentication capability and our OCRMax™ tool for the highest read rates in the industry. This new feature provides superior read rates of human-readable dates, lot codes and serial numbers."
The pre-programmed add-on software package needs little set up through a touch screen or HMI. In-Sight Track & Trace can be easily integrated into third-party serialization software or MES with industrial protocol support and built-in I/O controls. The technical controls needed for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 validation, including secure user authentication and automatic audit trail generation, are also included.
In-Sight Track & Trace 2.0 is available now.
About Cognex Corporation
Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of image-based products, all of which use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that give them the human-like ability to make decisions on what they see. Cognex products include machine vision systems, machine vision sensors and barcode readers that are used in factories and distribution centers around the world where they eliminate production and shipping errors.
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Escalating weed-delivery turf war, state seeks to join lawsuit against Santa Cruz County
A bud of a cannabis plant growing at Oaksterdam University in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group file)
By Nicholas Ibarra | nibarra@santacruzsentinel.com | Santa Cruz Sentinel
PUBLISHED: December 5, 2019 at 5:12 pm | UPDATED: December 6, 2019 at 4:13 pm
SANTA CRUZ — A turf war over cannabis delivery rules pitting Santa Cruz County against California regulators is escalating, with the state now seeking to join a pot company's lawsuit against the local government.
Filed in Santa Cruz County Superior Court by Salinas-based retailer East of Eden in July, the suit aims to prevent the county government from enforcing an ordinance barring out-of-area retailers from delivering cannabis within its borders.
Per state regulations, licensed cannabis retailers can deliver their wares almost anywhere in California — regardless of local prohibitions.
Santa Cruz County was among a number of local governments to cry foul after the state's delivery rules were finalized in January. Its critics claim the regulation undermines the local authority promised under Proposition 64, the voter-approved initiative that legalized the recreational sale of cannabis in 2018.
In April, Santa Cruz County was joined by 24 California cities in a lawsuit challenging the state's delivery rules. The case is ongoing in Fresno County court, with a trial date set for April 20.
But rather than wait for that case to play out, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is now taking the offensive against Santa Cruz County's local ordinance on behalf of the state Bureau of Cannabis Control.
Becerra filed a petition to join the East of Eden case in November, seeking an injunction against enforcement of the county ordinance and a declaration from the court that the state's rules are valid.
California's delivery regulation "is critical to the state's commercial cannabis market and valid," Becerra wrote in a proposed complaint. The Office of the Attorney General declined a request for comment on the filing, referring the inquiry to the Bureau of Cannabis Control.
Santa Cruz County spokesman Jason Hoppin said the state's decision to side with the commercial cannabis retailer's challenge is "beyond the pale."
Referencing the ongoing case in Fresno County, Hoppin speculated that the state may be looking for a "friendlier forum" to defend its delivery rules.
"I think that's a mistake on their part," Hoppin said. "I don't think the local residents in Santa Cruz County are going to look kindly upon an effort to undermine a local regulatory scheme they helped create."
East of Eden sued Santa Cruz County after receiving a May letter demanding it cease delivering cannabis within the jurisdiction, according to a complaint filed by the company. The pot retailer said it immediately stopped making deliveries to the county, and claims to have lost significant revenue as a result.
"Our position has been that Santa Cruz is enforcing the law that they want to see, not the law that exists on the books," said Gavin Kogan, CEO of East of Eden's parent company, Grupo Flor.
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Kogan added that he welcomes the state's interest in the case.
"I certainly think that it is a signal that East of Eden is not wrong in its assertion of its interpretation of the law, because the very body that promulgates and enforces that law is joining the lawsuit," he said.
Nicholas Ibarra
Nicholas Ibarra covers government, education, cannabis and agriculture for the Sentinel. Raised in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Nicholas has earned multiple statewide awards for his writing, which has appeared throughout numerous Bay Area newspapers including the Mercury News and East Bay Times. He has also contributed reporting to publications including KQED Radio, Scientific American and Sierra Magazine. Nicholas earned a B.S. in journalism from San Jose State University.
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Chos3n are a Gospel group based in the UK as heard on BBC Introducing, and other UK and overseas radio stations.
Chos3n formed in 2011 after singers Juliette and Andrea met in a local Choir. Upon an attitude of serving the Lord and bringing others to the Good news, Juliette , Andrea and Jamila decided to form an album and started to pen an album.
Chos3n has been seen at Carnivals and have performed in Jam House Birmingham amongst Churches, and private venues up and down the country and overseas.
Chos3n has been picked up by Local BBC radio (WM) and have performed on a number of different shows.
Our mission statement is to encourage inspire, and challenge people to think about their lives and the end Goal . we try to address this through song in a relatable way in order that others may be reached both inside and outside of Church.


ARSENAL boss Unai Emery should avoid playing two up front as a way of fitting both Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette into the side.
That's according to Gunners legend Martin Keown.
The north London side got off to a disappointing start in the Premier League last weekend, suffering a 2-0 defeat at home to Manchester City.
Aubameyang was not given enough service up front before being shifted out wide following the introduction of Lacazette.
Both strikers played prominent roles during pre-season and one of Emery's key headaches is figuring out the best way to fit them both into his team.
There have been suggestions he could switch his formation to play both players in a front two.
But Keown is unsure it's a wise move, suggesting it could leave them vulnerable in midfield and at the back.
"Does he play Aubameyang slightly wider, cutting in?" he exclusively told Starsport when asked how to fit the Gabon international into the line up alongside Lacazette.
"If he plays two up top that's quite a brave thing to do. If you look at the way that teams play there are very few teams that play with two strikers.
"England managed it in the summer because they played with three at the back. It'll be interesting to see how he's going to make that work.
"I think it's an interesting discussion - how does he keep both of those players happy?
"Both of them top marksmen. I'd say Aubameyang is probably in front at the moment.
"Lacazette is pretty lethal in front of goal. This is the fruit of the work Wenger's left behind, I don't think that's so much of a problem.
Martin Keown was speaking at the 2018 FA & McDonald's Grassroots Football Awards.
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Martin Keown was speaking at the 2018 FA & McDonald's Grassroots Football Awards, celebrating grassroots heroes across England.


ATMOS recreates the appearance of a natural sun and sky in any environment day or night. Vivid beams of light are cast into the room from an ultra-bright distant 3D sun which appears to move in parallel with the viewer.
From sunrise to sunset, ATMOS changes the colors and intensities of the artificial sky throughout the day to replicate the effects natural light has on our circadian rhythm.
ATMOS can interface with most building lighting control systems and dimmers, including DMX512, DALI, 0-10V, ethernet, and mobile phone apps.
Large skylights of unlimited length and width can be created by tiling arrays of ATMOS units.
ATMOS's slim profile allows it to be easily installed into almost any recessed ceiling or wall. When installed directly overhead, ATMOS requires 15 inches of ceiling depth when installed above. ATMOS can also be installed in a corner configuration without any loss of ceiling height or wall depth.
A bright distant sun can be seen when looking towards the sky. When one or two dimension arrays of ATMOS are installed each person in the room will always only see one sun. Just like real windows, the sun's position in the sky is determined by your viewing angle rather than your position.
ATMOS can reproduce sky colors and sun intensities for any time of day or world location.
By reducing blue light in the evening, ATMOS can simulate sunset colors and help maintain a natural circadian rhythm.
At night, a distant moon illuminates the room with soft moonlight.
ATMOS provides over 2500 lux at full brightness at a distance of more than 6 feet. According to studies, this can be used to treat users with seasonal affected disorder (SAD), boost mood, and increase productivity.
Traditional artificial light treatments for SAD are partially ineffective because users must sit within 2 feet of a bright light boxes for 1-2 hours a day.
ATMOS projects sunlight as a straight beam, allowing it to be placed over 6 feet away without diminishing the transmitted lux. Learn more about the health benefits of using ATMOS here.