As travelers, there's an allure for us to do interesting things and to be engaged in the culture of the country we visit. Why not? It's fun, stimulates the mind, recharges the spirit and we come back with some fun stories about how we Ran with the Bulls (and got gored) or went on a Safari (and a lion only ate half of our arm).
How about going to a quaint, sleepy village on the Irish coast? Peace and quiet is a good thing.
I spent six, excellent months in a languid, little place and physically exerted myself to train for an event. Daily, I ran and performed calisthenics on the beach. It was one of the most beneficial moments of my training life. It gave me the chance to get my head clear and focus on the next major task at hand.
I'd been an attraction to the locals for a long while. As the lads sat upon the stony-shore walls, smoking cigarettes and drinking their beers, they watched the red-faced American huffing and puffing as he ran up and down the sand dunes, and swam into the waters. On a good day, the locals said you might see a whale, (never saw one) and on a bad day when it rained you could engulf yourself in the hospitality of the pub and café culture; a pint of cider or a hot cup of coffee would open up your gills and let you release whatever stress you felt.
The hilly village had smoky colored hills, and deep-colored green tree-lines that flanked her sides. The little homes, dotting the hillsides, were constructed in a bumbling kind of imperfect way. The homes had that oddly peculiar look that made them pleasing to your eyes.
I bumped into the pub owner one day at the Chipper shop (Fish and Chips shop) and he invited me to his establishment. Told me they turned it into a disco at night-time, and the locals have a great time, doing karaoke and 'having a laugh'. I'd stayed away from the pub life for a good minute, because I felt it took me off plan. I knew most of the locals by sight. I liked tame. One night, likely the best version of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" rendition came smoothly through my room window. An Irish singer from a traveling band mesmerized me with his command of the country song.
I entered the pub. The place was packed with probably everyone from the village. I leaned up against the bar and ordered a Bulmer's Cider and made small talk with the Portuguese fisherman who was killing time. Within two sips of my lovely cider, which contained in total 5 teaspoons of unhealthy sugar, 1 chair smashed open the skin of his brow, and seven hefty lads began beating us with their ten strong fingers curled up to make good-sized fists. He bled everywhere. Blood shot all over the floor and bar counter. Punches came down upon us from all angles.
Clearly I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. We fought back, and I gave better than I got, with the barstool I used on a fellas head. Too bad it didn't go on longer. I was using the tables for my defilade and resisting a good amount of blows. Within seconds it ended. The bouncers, and the Gardai (the Guardians of the Peace) who were moonlighting, separated the mass of thrashing bodies. Through the verbal jousting and drunken screaming I was asked what happened.
I turned to face two Gardai to give my response. They were too busy listening to me speak to realize the weak grip they had on the initiator of this drunken melee allowed him to come free. He charged me and punched me squarely in the mouth. I crashed to the floor and with his quick action the melee started again. I slowly regained my footing, paused, looked at the circus before me, and crawled through the horrified crowd. I exited the building; no one stopping me.
The next morning, the Gardai showed up at my room. They asked me questions. Told me everything was caught on video tape. One officer apologized and the other one told me, "If you had wanted to give him a few good strikes to the face we would've looked the other direction." No. I thanked him. They were serious.
I was back to training mode, and I chalked that up as just one weird incident in many that I've experienced. It was time to get back to my sand runs. A week later, the Portuguese fisherman came back with his friends and beat the instigator prettily with an iron bar. All was good. He was actually an American upstart who went home to Boston.
I left the drowsy, little village and moved on a week later to another locale closer to Tramore, on the South-Western Coast, and just as beautiful.
Irish Pubs are no different from English Taverns and American Bars. You're more likely to die or be injured from heart disease, cancer, a stroke, liver disease, influenza or diabetes sooner than you'd get punched in the nose. Equally, more deaths or injuries come from car accidents, falls, drownings and firearms. So pub life is actually not a bad thing at all, if you want to have a pint of beer, in a foreign town. You may get involved in an oddball situation but that's rare. You're actually going to have a better chance of dying from being born than getting killed in a pub. Yep, 10,000 people of out 10,000 will die upon being born, so don't live your life fearfully. Get out there, have some fun, and try to maintain some situational awareness.
Few of us are highly trained, ninja, black ops, cage-fighters. The best thing you can do is to avoid a fight if at all possible. My philosophy today is to walk away, and if you can't then hit them hard. I'm all about turning the other cheek (and I have had a few people spit in my face too, and laugh as I departed) but when someone is punching me in the back of the skull, enough's enough.
Keep in mind that if you do get in a fight in a foreign country, you are beholden to the rules and laws of that nation. I'm not a huge fan of traveling to places where the police force is used to bribery, theft is a way of life, and the police might ignore your requests or demands. Stay well-within defined tourist locales. Outside of our more popular paradises are what's called the impoverished paradises. These are going to have a bar culture and a police culture very different from what you know.
Remember you are a guest, a tourist in a foreign land. No one likes the ugly American. Try to not bring attention to yourself, like the American kid who said aloud, "All Irish people are stupid!" and then fell off the hill and landed on broken glass, at Clare Castle.
There are so many photogenic places, where you can get great meals, have a wonderful time snorkeling, hiking and bike riding. The night life is great too! But in the impoverished paradises, the huge problem is there are far too many people and not enough resources to go around. My buddy got a promotion and is moving to Korea. He also met his wife in Thailand. Good things can happen to world travelers. But when it comes to lesser developed countries or impoverished nations, like China, Kenya, Bangladesh, Haiti to name a few, be careful. They have this problem. Places like Vietnam, Brazil, Nigeria are all photogenic places as well but tensions can be high. Why?
Everyone is competing for menial jobs, and law enforcement struggles to make ends meet too. If you happen to get into a disagreement with someone, try to resolve it, rather than trying to entirely get your way. Resolve it, and move on to enjoy your vacation.
1. Avoid Conflict– Remember Ralph Macchio in the Karate Kid? Yeah he took a lot of abuse. Just because you can fight back and win, doesn't mean that you should fight. Just don't get into a bar fight in the first place. Most fights escalate from something tame real quick. But, a tame situation can remain tame. Stay calm, be passive, try to dissolve the situation and exit. Sure, you look like a weeny, but you get to keep your good looks, and that wonderful nose that God gave you? Well… Oh, and one more thing. I personally know two people stabbed to death after a bar brawl.
2.Run Away-Sound like the sissy thing to do? Did you read what I wrote above? Unless you are U.S. Marine Brian Stann or Army Green Beret Tim Kennedy, then just get out of trouble. You don't need to get a glassing to the top of your head, or worse, to your face. In the end, you enjoy your vacation, and can think about how you 'could have' hurt the other guy but chose not to. Don't you want to be a good role model to your kids, family and your nation as an ambassador? You don't have to run, but definitely get out of there quick. Or do you want to tell the other story? The story where your eye socket was broken and you spent the night in jail. The story where your wife left on the next plane to America and you were hauled off before the judge to spend 30 hot days in a chicken wire cage during their summer. Think about it. The sun beaming down on your head all day might not be a good thing.
3. Hit them first-If you get a REAL good sense that the fight is coming, and you are backed into a bad situation, then you better hit first. Hit first and hit really hard. You'll have to deal with the potential good beating you will get. But, if you get the first hit, he might not ever be able to hit back. This is because the first blow usually sets the tone for the way the rest of the fight will go. The first hit can potentially throw the opponent off-balance and you can drive in with a few other attacks. Yeah, you could end up in a tussle on the floor. But, with some good luck the bouncers will split you two up. If you DO get the first hit, and he goes down, stay on him and be brutal.
4. Let the bouncers break it up and listen to what the police say. If you tried to get out of it, and witnesses are willing to account for your actions, it's going to look good for you.
Again, if you are going to travel overseas, make sure you know what you're getting into. Could this happen in many place in America? Sure it could but the laws are different here too, right?Traveling alone is difficult to do. Read the travel advisories online. There are too many stories about tourists who have been stabbed to death or beaten badly in a bar environment. Know what you're potentially walking into before going in. Sometimes you 'll have to find a way out of conflict. Take responsibility for yourself and try to behave yourself. You should have a pretty good time.


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How I saved my business when a supplier fell through
Patrick Stafford
Richard Fine and Gary Smith started eco-friendly packaging company BioPak back before the global financial crisis – but that period of time provided it with one of its biggest challenges.
A key supplier was suddenly unable to supply the biodegradable packaging company with product, and it eventually had to abandon the partnership and seek alternative arrangements.
BioPak is fine now, turning over $11 million a year. But the challenge represents a key lesson for SMEs in dealing with the supply chain.
So how's the business going?
Fantastic. It's moving at a rapid pace, and there's so much opportunity and room for growth. The biggest challenge is resources, human and otherwise. But personally, I'm juggling about six or seven different projects at once so it's challenging to make sure everything gets covered properly.
You had a pretty big supply problem early on in the business. What happened?
The business at that stage was still quite small, we were getting market penetration just at the start and the product offering was quite unique. There were some players at that time who were just using old style tactics, and I felt that the product we were offering was better. The product in question was called "eatwear", and it was high quality, very rigid, and there was just nothing like it on the market at the time.
There was, however, a price premium. A couple of customers were using it and we were bringing in container loads every single month.
What were the signs?
Their supply became more and more erratic. It was just really strange, the company was always making excuses as to what the issues were and it just became completely unreliable.
I mean, I had a phone call once asking where this product was that we needed, and they were saying the container hadn't shipped it. We were placing orders and they weren't getting to where they needed to go.
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Every local church is made up of a diverse group of people, both young and old. Paul encourages Titus to teach believers to recognize the season of life they are in and to look for ways to serve others. A church is strengthened by the older saints coming along side and encouraging the next generation with the lessons they have learned.


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DJ Durkin, center, watches as Tyrell Pigrome takes a snap during the 2017 Spring Game. Photo courtesy Maryland Athletics.
"Toxic" Maryland football program depicted in second ESPN article
August 10, 2018 Ryan Homler Football, Maryland Sports 0
The University of Maryland football team's culture under head coach DJ Durkin and members of his staff has been described as "toxic" by current players, according to a report published by ESPN on Friday.
The report, which featured testimonies from current and former players, included stories of harsh treatment of the team by Durkin, strength and conditioning coach Rick Court and other staff members.
A player holding a meal while in a meeting had the meal slapped out of his hands in front of the team. At other times, small weights and other objects were thrown in the direction of players when Court was angry.
The belittling, humiliation and embarrassment of players is common. In one example, a player whom coaches wanted to lose weight was forced to eat candy bars as he was made to watch teammates working out.
To a former staff member at Maryland, what he witnessed was enough to make him tell ESPN, "I would never, ever allow my son to be coached there."
The reports of the toxic environment in College Park coincide with another ESPN report, focusing on conflicting statements surround the death of Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair.
McNair collapsed at an organized team workout on May 29 — which featured a series of 110-yard sprints — and was eventually transported to Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, before he died on June 13.
While athletic director Damon Evans said that McNair was "having problems recovering" at the conclusion of the workout, the initial ESPN report stated that the McDonough product faced physical difficulties prior to finishing the workout.
According to a current player, the toughness of the Maryland coaching staff could have played a role in McNair's death, as he told ESPN, "It shows a cultural problem that Jordan knew that if he stopped, they would challenge his manhood, he would be targeted. He had to go until he couldn't."
Following McNair's death, ESPN reported that certain players alluded to the fact that the coaching staff worked on making the practices a little less intense, as some even criticized the methods used by Court and Durkin. However, players said that once preseason practices started on Aug. 3, the practices reverted back to their typical intensity.
"Now that we get to camp, it just seems like regular business," a current player told ESPN. "That's when I started to get upset because I feel like nothing's really changed. Have these guys learned their lesson?"
ESPN reported that it had reached out to both Durkin and Court for comments, but Maryland's athletic department declined to make them available. However, the university did release a statement, saying, "The alleged behaviors raised in the ESPN story are troubling and not consistent with our approach to the coaching and development of our student athletes. Such allegations do not reflect the culture of our program. We are committed to swiftly examining and addressing any such reports when they are brought to our attention."
The full article can be read here.
Daniel Oyefusi also contributed to this story.
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The Smithsburg boys lacrosse team earned the No. 2 seed in the Maryland Class 2A-1A West Region West Section tournament and a bye in the first round of the playoffs, which begin Wednesday.
The Leopards will host Oakdale in a section semifinal game, likely on Friday or Saturday.
Boonsboro is the No. 4 seed in that section and will host Catoctin in a quarterfinal game on Wednesday.
In the Class 3A-2A West boys draw, North Hagerstown is the No. 9 seed and will play at Frederick Wednesday at 7 p.m. South Hagerstown's boys are seeded 11th and will play at Poolesville at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
On the girls side, North Hagerstown drew the No. 3 seed in the Class 3A-2A West bracket and will sit out the first round of the playoffs. The Hubs will host the winner of Wednesday's Frederick-Middletown game in the quarterfinals Friday night.
South Hagerstown's girls have the No. 7 seed and will host Northwood on Wednesday. Game time has not yet been set.
In the Class 2A-1A West girls bracket, Boonsboro grabbed the No. 7 seed and will host South Carroll on Wednesday. Smithsburg is seeded 11th and travels to Oakdale.


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Painter, Mixed Media Artist
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Quinton L. Greene was born in Kinston NC in October of 1962 and from the ages of 8 to around his late 20's, his interest was not in canvas art or drawing but more of dance and music. Even though in High School he took art and drawing classes, he focused more on chorus and modern dance. After graduating from High School, he entered the Army from December of 1981 to November of 1984. He was released in November of 1984 with a Medical (Honorable) Discharge. He was diagnosed with Depressive Disorder and PTSD.
For many years he struggled with alcoholism and depression after leaving the Military. After moving to New Jersey from North Carolina, he was able to overcome his demons thru the help of his Higher Power and MICA Group Therapy in 1994. He entered Camden County College in 1997 and got married that same year in July to Priscilla Wims-Greene. Around 1999, he picked up a brush and canvas and fell in love with the arts.
As a self-taught artist, it was challenging at first, but he studied other artists' forms and techniques, and from that study, he was able to create his own thought and ideas and method of creating art on canvas. Dr Ralph Hunter (Curator) of African American Heritage Museum of Southern NJ gave him his first public showing at the Martin Luther King Center in Newtonville NJ in the early 2000's and he has been exhibiting ever since and improving on his techniques and abilities. His creativity has led him not only to paint on canvas but to design on canvas with multimedia.
Since his first DAYVIEW, he has gone on to connect with several Community Galleries and been featured in Maine, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and multiple exhibits here in New JerseyJ. Now He is one of the many artists for the African American Heritage Museum of Southern NJ (in Atlantic City and Newtonville NJ). The Brigantine Art walk Group and Foundation of Brigantine NJ. The Annex 24 Art Gallery located in Lancaster PA. The Noyes Stockton Museum of Art and Art Garage in Atlantic City NJ. The Bradley Beach ART Alliance of Bradley Beach NJ. The West End Arts Gallery located in Long Branch NJ. The Jewish Community Center Artists and Crafters Alliance in (Flatbush) Brooklyn NY. And many other affiliations in NJ and abroad.
For me, creating and designing art on canvas is multi-necessary. And by that I mean, creating and designing help me keep balance in my life. It is truly a mind, body, spirit infusion of enlightenment that holds me on the path of mental freedom from my negative past experiences. Many have let negative past experiences destroy them. But I believe if someone finds the strength to redirect that negative energy, one could open a whole new world of hope and peace.
Art helps me build a life of hope and peace in my inner mind. Finally, my dreams and inspirations are to have a place to call my own, where I and others can work in our community with kids (after school and summer art programming with multiple forms of Art Continuum) and disabled veterans with art therapy (to help them suppress or even overcome their symptoms of PTSD).
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Fans can get even closer to the Vodafone Super Rugby action this year with RUGBY.com.au Radio to deliver all matches on Aussie soil, and Australian away games in New Zealand and Japan in 2018.
Captaining the RUGBY.com.au commentary team will be Network Ten's voice of Rugby and former ABC Broadcaster, Gordon Bray.
Bray will be supported by a dedicated team of fellow commentators and experts including Rio Gold Medal medalist, Shannon Parry, former Qantas Wallabies Adam Freier and Ross Reynolds and former Scotland International Dan Parks.
The announcement of more live radio content coincides with news that ABC Grandstand will share it's broadcast call with RUGBY.com.au, giving fans a chance to listen in to radio as well as stream the call live through RUGBY.com.au and it's social media channels.
Rugby Australia Head of Marketing and Digital Media, Adam Freier said: "We're really excited about this partnership with ABC Grandstand after the successful launch of RUGBY.com.au Radio in 2017.
"By working together, we will be able to deliver every Australian Super Rugby game on Aussie soil and when our teams head to New Zealand and Japan.
"We're very fortunate to have outstanding broadcast partners in FOX SPORTS and Network TEN and we will be to continue to drive Rugby's voice through the ABC network and RUGBY.com.au Radio.
ABC Manager of Sport, Nick Morris said: "Rugby has a long and proud broadcast history on the ABC and we are really excited that this partnership with Rugby Australia will give our audiences the opportunity to hear more matches of Super Rugby on ABC platforms than ever before.
"Fans of Super Rugby will be able to listen to all matches featuring Australian teams, played in Australia and New Zealand, on a mix of ABC broadcast platforms, including the ABC Listen app, ABC Radio and Grandstand DAB+, along with Rugby Australia's RUGBY.com.au Radio.
Gordon Bray will kick off the commentary for the 2018 Vodafone Super Rugby season this Friday alongside Aussie 7s Co-Captain Shannon Parry when the Melbourne Rebels take on the St.George Queensland Reds LIVE from AAMI Park in Melbourne.


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Car Craft
The Whiteman family business is called Car Craft (located in England) and has been in existence for more than a decade, handling all sorts of body repairs, restorations and resprays. In 1991 they introduced a Fiat 126 based small two seater sportscar (?!). This car was an immediate success. It's good lookin', cheap and called Zero.
Within months arrived the Cosworth Zero with a 45 bhp engine developed from the basic 650cc air cooled twi-cylinder engine. This was made with the help of a SU carb, modified head, Kent camshaft and Ansa exhaust system. In 1994 started the development of a new car, named the Cyclone.
Soon Car Craft decided to concentrate on the Cyclone so they sold the Zero project to the Fiat Recycling Centre of London (7 Doyle Road, London SE25 5JN, United Kingdom).
The Cyclone has one simple purpose: practical performance. It's based on a space-frame chassis with a mid-mounted transverse Vauxhall engine, and fully adjustable high spec double-wishbone and AVO pro-race coil/over suspension and disc brakes all round operated by balance adjustable twin master cylinders.
Cavalier SRI engines are pretty lusty, while 16-valve versions of the light and powerful Vauxhall four-cylinder engine can provide stonking performance, and lightweight and Ford Zetec powered versions were also available.
As 2000 approached news leaked out from the factory that a new model will be offered so production of the Cyclone is slowly phasing out.
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The rubber tines on our Wizard rake allow you to collect garden debris without causing damage to stone, wood, concrete, brick, or lawn. It's also ideal for collecting wet leaves from a patio or gravel area. It works well with pine needles and maple pods where a traditional rake or a broom won't do the job.


The next Ultra Marathon is Saturday, March 07, 2020. There is an equipment inspection Friday, March 06, 2020. Cost is $245.00 for the captain and $245.00 for a crew member if any.
The Ultra Marathon is an unsupported, expedition style adventure race for kayaks, canoes, and small boats. The distance is roughly 62 miles depending on your course selection. There is a time limit of 2 days or less. Your safety and well being are completely up to you.
SPECIAL NOTE: As of UM2008 the required finish time is noon on Sunday.
Note that the WaterTribe Marathon runs concurrently with the Everglades Challenge.
Race - Saturday, March 07, 2020 to Sunday, March 08, 2020.
As of EC2008 both UM and EC particiapants must get to CP1 by noon Sunday.


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There is a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms during the daytime hours Thursday when the high will be 93. The heat index is expected to reach 101.
The chance of rain will increase to 60 percent during the evening Thursday when the low will be 70.
On Friday, there is a 70 percent chance of thunderstorms and temperatures will be much cooler with a high of only 78 expected.
The chance of rain will decrease to 50 percent Friday evening when the low will be 65.
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Nowshad () may refer to:
 Nowshad, Khuzestan
 Nowshad, Kurdistan

See also
 Nowshadi, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran

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Apple has a seemingly secret app: MobileMe Backup. Don't let the name fool you, though; MobileMe Backup will actually back up pretty much anything and everything on your Mac, but there is a catch.
If you had a MobileMe account before the transition to iCloud, you may have heard about the MobileMe Backup tool.
The app, made by Apple, still requires a MobileMe account to unlock the full app; it backs up your personal data and information on a custom schedule.
The good news is, if you did have a MobileMe account (or still do if you haven't made the transition), you will be able to use the full app. If you didn't have a paid MobileMe account prior to iCloud, you will only have access to the trial mode of MobileMe Backup, capping your backups at 100MB.
The 100MB doesn't sound like a lot, and in fact it isn't, but it should be more than enough to back up some of your most vital information. With the release of iCloud the chances are that Apple will eventually phase out this handy app, but it shouldn't stop you from using it right now to ensure your data is always backed up should anything go wrong with iCloud.
Download and install the MobileMe Backup tool, which can be found in an Apple support document.
After it's installed, you can set up a backup plan by clicking on the + sign.
If you had a MobileMe account and have full access to the app, you aren't limited in the type of backup you can set up. If you are locked to the trial, whatever backup plan you decide on, make sure the total size of the backup does not exceed 100MB. You more than likely can back up your Personal Data & Settings and not exceed the 100MB size limit.
If you decide you want to create a custom backup, the options are more or less endless. You will be presented with some predefined categories, or you can narrow it down to a specific file or folder to back up.
After you have selected the type of backup, you will be presented with a list of all the items to be backed up, as well as the total size of the backup. If you selected your personal data to be backed up, you will see that the app defaults to iDisk, which is fine if you were once a MobileMe subscriber (even at that, eventually iDisk will no longer exist).
To delete iDisk as the backup destination, click on the iDisk icon and delete it from the destination portion. Clicking on the + will allow you to designate the new backup destination. You can back up to anywhere on your Mac, or even to an external drive.
You can get as creative as you would like with backups. If you need to restore from a given backup, launch the app, select the Restore tab, and follow the prompts.


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Q: How to show locations of friends on map near by 20 km from user current location in ios I want to get locations of my friends near by me within 20km.App should track my current location and when i want to search for friends within 20km,It should show All my friends location on map.
locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
locationManager.delegate = self;
locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone;
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;
[locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

 -(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation {
NSLog(@"OldLocation %f %f", oldLocation.coordinate.latitude, oldLocation.coordinate.longitude);
NSLog(@"NewLocation %f %f", newLocation.coordinate.latitude, newLocation.coordinate.longitude);

}

A: Look into
-(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateLocations:(NSArray *)locations;
and use this to get your current location:
  [locations lastObject];

and to get distance use this:
  distanceFromLocation:

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Авиагоризо́нт — бортовой гироскопический прибор, используемый в авиации для определения и индикации продольного и поперечного углов наклона летательного аппарата (тангажа и крена), то есть углов ориентации относительно истинной вертикали. Прибор используется лётчиком для управления и стабилизации летательного аппарата в воздухе.

Это устройство имеет важнейшее значение при полётах по правилам полёта по приборам (ППП), однако мало используется при полётах, проводимых согласно правилам визуальных полётов (ПВП), кроме чрезвычайных случаев, когда пилот теряет пространственную ориентацию.

Классификация
Различают автономные и дистанционные авиагоризонты.

Автономный авиагоризонт
В автономном авиагоризонте измерительный прибор и индикатор выполнены единым агрегатом. К нему подводится только питание, которое может быть электрическим или пневматическим. Существуют зарубежные авиагоризонты, оборудованные аккумуляторной батареей. Автономный авиагоризонт, имеющий механическую связь между гироскопическим датчиком и системой индикации, способен сохранять работоспособность при потере питания в течение времени выбега ротора гиромотора (около 3 минут).

Дистанционный авиагоризонт
Понятие «дистанционный авиагоризонт» относится в основном к электромеханическим авиагоризонтам, в которых измерительный прибор и индикатор выполнены в виде отдельных агрегатов, и не распространяется на современные навигационные комплексы, построенные на основе  и бесплатформенных инерциальных навигационных систем.

Измерительным прибором в дистанционных авиагоризонтах является гировертикаль (типа ЦГВ — центральная гировертикаль, МГВ — малогабаритная гировертикаль и др.), а в качестве индикатора служит так называемый указатель горизонта, зачастую представляющий собой сложный индикатор, показывающий массу параметров и выполняющий несколько функций — пилотажно-командный прибор (ПКП, также КПП). Применение дистанционного авиагоризонта позволяет расположить гировертикаль максимально близко к центру тяжести летательного аппарата, что позволяет уменьшить погрешности прибора.

Типы индикации авиагоризонтов

 вид с воздушного судна (ВсВС) или прямая индикация,
 комбинированный  или смешанный тип индикации (кАГ),
 вид с земли на воздушное судно (ВсЗ) или обратная индикация,

Вид с воздушного судна (ВсВС) или прямая индикация
Наиболее распространена система индикации в которой ориентация самолёта задаётся фоновым изображением, которое поворачивается по тангажу и по крену. Фоновое изображение представляет собой линию, находящуюся на границе двух областей разного цвета (обычно коричневого и голубого или светло серого и чёрного у устаревших). Эта линия является линией искусственного горизонта. Перед фоновым изображением располагается упрощённый силуэт самолёта, который закрепляется неподвижно относительно прибора или имеет ограниченную регулировку по тангажу. Текущий угол крена считывается лётчиком со шкалы, нанесённой по окружности лицевой панели прибора, с маркером сверху (в советских приборах — снизу). Угол тангажа определяется пересечением центра силуэта самолёта со шкалой на подвижном фоне (картушке). Каждая линия шкалы соответствует 5° или 10° тангажа.

Авиагоризонты с такой индикацией используются в основном на маломанёвренных самолётах и вертолётах.

комбинированный  или смешанный тип индикации (кАГ)
В авиагоризонтах типа кАГ угол тангажа отображается по типу ВсВС, а угол крена показывается вращением силуэта самолёта так, как будто данный самолёт наблюдают с земли сзади, т.е. по типу вид с земли ВсЗ.  Подвижный экран со шкалой тангажа в этих приборах имеет лишь одну степень свободы и может перемещаться только вверх или вниз. Угол же крена определяется по шкале, расположенной по окружности корпуса, относительно подвижного силуэта самолёта.
Такой вид индикации был реализован во многих советских авиагоризонтах.

вид с земли на воздушное судно (ВсЗ) или обратная индикация
В авиагоризонте типа ВсЗ реализуется индикация типа ВсЗ и по тангажу, и по крену. Индикатором тангажа является стрелка с видом силуэта самолёта с боку с отсчётом угла тангажа по специальной шкале против носика силуэта самолёта. Индикатором крена является силуэт самолёта с видом сзади и с отсчётом угла крена по специальной шкале против крыла самолёта. Такой вид индикации позволяет простоту и ясность восприятия, быстроту и высокую точность отсчёта, и главное с точки зрения безопасности безошибочность первых действий пилота в особых случаях полёта.

Технические ограничения

По кинематическому ограничению различают «выбиваемые» и «невыбиваемые» авиагоризонты. «Выбивание» авиагоризонта происходит при совпадении осей вращения ротора гироскопа и одной из рам карданного подвеса (при достижении угла тангажа ±90°), при этом гироскоп теряет одну степень свободы и соответственно своё свойство сохранять ориентацию в пространстве. Для предотвращения этого в конструкцию авиагоризонтов вводится механическое ограничение угла перемещения рамки гироскопа по тангажу. Более совершенными способами обеспечения «невыбиваемости» является использование в качестве измерительного прибора гиростабилизированной платформы (см. Гировертикаль) или инерциальной навигационной системы.

Все существующие системы измерения пространственного положения имеют ограничение по максимальной угловой скорости.

Характеристики советских/российских авиагоризонтов

Литература
 Автоматическая бортовая система управления АБСУ-154-2. Руководство по технической эксплуатации. Часть 2
 Пассажирский самолёт Ил-18. Техническое описание. Москва, Оборонгиз, 1961 г.

Примечания

Ссылки

 Авиагоризонты и гироскопические системы
 Авиационные приборы

Авиаприборы


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1950s kids "the red generation"
Swedes born in the fifties are often seen as a forgotten generation, crammed between the babyboomers of the forties and the cool sixties kids. But at last they have a defining feature: they are officially the socialist generation.
The label comes from research carried out by Statistics Sweden, which shows that not once in the last 30 years has a majority of Swedes born in the fifties supported the country's conservative parties.
This is the first time that voting choices have been analysed by generation instead of age groups.
Since 1972, with only a few exceptions, all generations of Swedes have tended to support the socialist parties. Those born in the 1930s and 1960s drifted to the right on a couple of occasions, but primarily around 1990 when increased support from these generations saw the conservative parties take power.
But there has never been a conservative majority among those born in the fifties. Their voting patterns have always been much further to the left than other generations and on several occasions - 1981, 1994 and 2002 - the left parties enjoyed over 30% more support than the right.
"Those born in the fifties became politically conscious in the late sixties and early seventies. That was when they were at the impressionable age, between 15 and 25, when it comes to politics, religion, taste in music or favourite football team," said researcher Sören Holmberg.
Among people born in the thirties and forties, no significant difference between male and female political sympathies has been found. That is not so for those born in the following two decades.
Women born in the fifties were further to the left in their voting patterns than men up until the end of the 1990s, but now that gap has closed. Women born a decade later are still clearly more in favour of Sweden's socialist parties than their male counterparts, according to Statistics Sweden.


I WROTE A COLUMN the other day expressing my unalterable opposition to capital punishment. Never in recent years have I received more angry mail.
My objections to the death penalty are simple: (1) It doesn't deter criminals from killing their victims. (2) It's cheaper to jail a murderer for life than to execute him. And (3) its only purpose, therefore, is vengeance.
Vengeance, I said, is at best an ugly emotion that stultifies reason and incinerates human compassion. We officially condemn it in individuals. The law does not excuse a Hatfield who kills a McCoy for killing a Hatfield.
Instead, we say, Mr. Hatfield must allow us, the people, to wreak our vengeance. "Put down your gun, Mr. Hatfield," we tell him, "so that our paid executioner can drop the sodium cyanide pellets or give the lethal injection that will kill Mr. McCoy for killing a Hatfield."
I find it absolutely appalling that a supposedly civilized society will kill its own citizens for no other reason than sheer vengeance. That's a barbaric act that should be reserved for capricious tyrants or bloodthirsty dictators.
What surprised me about the response to that column was not the counter-arguments but the anger. As usual with letter writers who disagree with me, I found their reasoning ill-founded, ill- thought-out and/or just plain wrong.
"You myopic people who eschew the death penalty do not seem to know that there are social misfits in society who must be removed from the scene . . . We do not need more jails costing the taxpayers millions to satisfy urges such as yours. We need only more cemeteries to plant the criminals."
Or: "I recently read where an elderly Sacramento couple were . . . bound, gagged, beaten, tortured with a cigarette lighter and killed. Any sick psycho who would do that shouldn't be allowed to live in the same world I live in."
So much for vengeance. Anger is its mother, and these are angry times. It's little wonder, I suppose, that the popularity of the death penalty is increasing, not decreasing. But neither anger nor vengeance ennoble the soul.
As to my other arguments, several readers took me to task for asking, "Why do we kill people to show people that killing people is bad?" Not so, they said. The purpose of killing murderers, they said, is to keep them from killing again.
It certainly does that, but so does sentencing them to life without parole. The latest studies indicate it costs at least $1 million more to execute a murderer than to imprison him for life -- which shows you how far more expensive lawyers are than prison guards.
Maybe so, writes one reader. "But the real injustice is the laws that make (capital punishment) so expensive. Cut the appeals and the savings would be enormous."
Quite right. But in our democracy we view with horror the thought of the government killing an innocent person. The purpose of these laws allowing numerous appeals is, of course, to ensure that such dreadful mistakes don't happen.
Despite these liberal laws, we've made just such mistakes in the past. As my friend Grover Sales says, "We certainly made a beaut 2000 years ago."


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What Causes Breast Cancer? These Families Want To Help Find Out
WNYC Radio | By Paige Cowett
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Bernice Singleton (left), one of the original mothers in the research project, is seen with her daughter Jenny and granddaughter Gretta.
At 48, Jenny Singleton got breast cancer. At 66, her mother did, too.
"When my breast cancer was diagnosed, I immediately thought we must have a gene for it," Jenny Singleton said. "So I was tested and I didn't have the BRCA gene. And so that's often left me wondering, well, then why is it that my mom and I both got breast cancer?"
Cancer susceptibility genes are estimated to account for only 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers overall. Now the Singletons and thousands of other families are part of a study that is looking to see if there is evidence that environmental exposures in the uterus during pregnancy could account for some breast cancers later in life.
/ Paige Cowett/WNYC
Barbara Cohn, director of the Child Health and Development Studies, looks through participant files collected over 56 years.
Epidemiologist Barbara Cohn is leading this research. Cohn is the director of the Child Health and Development Studies project in Oakland, Calif.
From 1959 to 1967, the group's researchers enrolled some 20,000 pregnant women — including Jenny's mother, Bernice — in a long-term study to track their health and the health of their children.
Over the past five decades, the researchers have tracked those families, using the data to investigate everything from the effects of smoking and exposure to pesticides during pregnancy, to possible causes of schizophrenia.
Cohn is using blood samples taken during pregnancy to test her hypothesis that pregnancy is a particularly vulnerable time to be exposed to environmental chemicals. "To our knowledge, we're doing the very first what I call 'womb to breast cancer' study in the world," she said.
Health researchers in this field sometimes say that genetics load the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger. But finding that trigger is hard. Cohn is hoping to pinpoint chemicals in the pregnant mothers' blood that might be associated with a greater risk of breast cancer in their daughters, more than 50 years after they were born.
Standard labs conduct this kind of research by testing for the presence of specific chemicals, one by one — a labor-intensive process. "One chemical at a time is never probably going to give us the whole answer," Cohn said.
That's why Cohn has turned to Dean Jones, director of the clinical biomarkers laboratory at Emory University in Atlanta. His lab uses ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometer to analyze tens of thousands of chemicals at once using just a drop of blood. His team has also developed computerized algorithms to analyze how the body processes the chemicals it is exposed to.
The sum of those exposures to environmental risk factors over a lifetime is something that Jones and other researchers call the "exposome."
/ WNYC
Find other stories in the Living Cancer series at WNYC.org.
Jones said that "sequencing the human genome was the easy part; now we're trying to sequence the human exposome." Jones and others are trying to come up with a map of how our bodies react to all of those exposures. His lab is part of the first exposome center funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Cohn and Jones' collaboration is just beginning to show some results. When Jones tested Cohn's study samples, he found that the mothers of daughters with cancer had irregularities in the way they appeared to metabolize linoleate, an essential fatty acid. Jones doesn't know yet why or how an exposure could trigger that problem. But if he can understand the mechanism, he'll have a shot at figuring out how to prevent or reverse the change.
Jones' goal is to be able to analyze a million chemicals someday and come up with an affordable clinical test that doctors could use routinely to predict health outcomes based on specific biomarkers, "so that we can develop what I call a health forecasting system," Jones says.
The research and technology aren't there yet, but Cohn and Jones are determined to get them closer.
Our series is produced with member station WNYC, and with WETA, whose documentary Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies will air on PBS in March.
Copyright 2021 WNYC Radio. To see more, visit WNYC Radio.
Paige Cowett


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Veterans Who Have Passed: Angelo Joseph Salvi
February 13, 2020 Andrew
Source: Rockford Register Star, Feb. 2, 2020.
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Crouse, Robert "Bob" James – 2015
June 30, 2015 Jan
Source: Rockford Register Star 6/29/2015
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Jess, Fred H.
January 29, 2015 Jan
Born Jan. 19, 1919, in Ripon, WI; son of Frederick Jess, Sr. and Marguerite (Doehring) Jess.
WWII U.S. Army veteran; Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps, served in the European Theater.
Graduate Ripon College and The Milwaukee School of Engineering. Employed by Barber Colman Co.
Married 1946 to Vera Debiasi.
Died January 23, 2015, in his home.
Sunset Funeral Home, St. Peter Catholic Church, Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 28, 2015.
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Garton, Robert J. "Bob"
November 22, 2014 Jan
Born Jan. 27, 1924 in Elk Mound, Wi, the son of David and Irene Garton.
Veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving in the European, African, and Middle Eastern Theaters.
Former supervisor of National Lock.
Also worked as a brick mason with his brothers at G & G Masonry.
Charter member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
Died Nov. 15, 2014, at Alden Debes Rehabilitation & Health Center.
Sundberg Funeral Home; private burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Source; Rockford Register Star, Nov. 19. 2014
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Key, James L.
July 15, 2014 Jan
Cherry Valley —-
Born November 22, 1925, in Marion, IN; the son of the late Solomon D. and Mirada (Moore) Key.
He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the European Theater.
He worked for G.E., the Ft. Wayne and Rockford Newspapers, and Quaker Oats.
Died Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Northwoods Care Centre, Belvidere, IL.
Belvidere Funeral Home; Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Rockford, IL.
Source: Rockford Register Star, July 12, 2014
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GentriWatch: Scenes from a Gentrifying Dorchester
Plus, last call for the Williams Tavern and My Diner.
By Kyle Scott Clauss·	 4/15/2016, 8:39 a.m.
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city.
Photo by John Daley on Flickr/Creative Commons
Too often, the debate over Boston's housing crisis has a dehumanizing effect. Amidst all the urban planning lingo—Inclusionary Development Policy, no-fault evictions, IMP, RFP, CPA—it's easy to forget what we're actually talking about. Longtime residents of our neighborhoods are increasingly finding themselves unable to remain in their homes for a variety of reasons, chief among them skyrocketing rents and a shortage of affordable housing.
The Dorchester Reporter launched the first part of a series on gentrification in the neighborhood, and it's a candid, heart-wrenching look at its emotional toll.
"I like to be stable," Sandra Teixeira told the Reporter. Since receiving a no-fault eviction, she's finding it exceedingly difficult to find an affordable place to raise her son. "I have an eleven-year-old, he's been in the same school four years, he might have to move. I'm not a young girl. For me to go out and work I have to have a home because home is a place of peace, a place of comfort, a place to recharge my batteries. Without that, it's like another vicious cycle going around."
Another Dot resident detailed how a new landlord let his building fall into disrepair, awash with garbage and crime. But due to the lack of affordable options elsewhere, residents were reluctant to hold the landlord accountable, for fear of retaliation—i.e., evictions.
You can read the Reporter's full story here.
Things aren't looking good for Williams Tavern and My Diner.
The city's Zoning Board of Appeals approved plans Tuesday for luxury condos in the space currently occupied by the two longtime South Boston businesses at 100 A Street, Universal Hub reports. While developer Michael Moor's attorney, David Murray, says his client will offer space in the six-story, nine-unit condo building's first floor for My Diner, the decade-old restaurant may look to move elsewhere.
Notice something changing in your neighborhood? Let me know: [email protected], @KyleClauss.
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Q: Creating a navigation view in Interface Builder I'm trying to create a navigation view in the Interface Builder. It's not in the MainWindow.xib, so the relevant sample project on the Apple Dev. site is useless.
The most logical (and cleanest) way to approach this seems to create a Xib-file where the File's Owner is a subclass of UINavigationController - however, I cannot get this to work at all in IB, (because UINavigationController acts as a folder, and File's Owner doesn't, even when I change the class).
Alternatively, I've got a Xib-file where the File's owner is a subclass of a normal ViewController (VCA). I've added a NavigationController with a ViewController that's another subclass of UIViewController (VCB), and I've specified a Xib view for this ViewController. But I have no idea how to specify the view of VCA in IB, and my attempts to do this programmatically haven't worked.
Please help!

A: I've had trouble doing things like this when I was getting started and the most workable approach I came up with was to create the UINavigationController programmatically.  I adapted my code from the iPhone "utility" Xcode template.  Here's a bit of it that will hopefully get you going: (edited for brevity; self is a UIViewController)
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A media query consists of a media type and an optional expression to check for specific media features. Some of the features you can check for include: width, height and color. For example, you can define a media type of screen and then set the media query to display different styles to a user agent that has a max-width of 320px so that smaller screens would get a different look and feel from larger ones.
You add the media queries right into the link or @-code you use to call your style sheet. And you write them in the same syntax as you would CSS. In other words: query: value.
What features can you check for with media queries?
width - check the width of the display area including any scroll bar. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
height - check the height of the display area including any scroll bar. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
device-width - check the width of the rendering surface. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
device-height - check the height of the rendering surface. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
orientation - check if the orientation is portrait or landscape.
aspect-ratio - check the ratio of width to height. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
device-aspect-ratio - check the ratio of the device width to the device height. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
color - check the number of color bits per color component. By just mentioning color you are applying the styles to all color devices. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
color-index - check the number of color entries in the color lookup table of the device. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
monochrome - check the number of bits per pixel in a monochrome frame buffer. You can use just monochrome to match all monochrome devices. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
resolution - check the pixel density of the output device. You can use min- and max- prefixes.
scan - check if the device is progressive or interlace scanning. This is usually for tv devices.
grid - check if the device is grid or bitmap. Grid devices include "tty" terminals and phones with only one fixed font.
A media query is a logical expression with either a true or false value. You can use boolean operators like and, or and not. There is also a keyword only that you can use to hide style sheets from older user agents.
Here are a few sample media queries you can use to define specific devices. Keep in mind that for every example here there are probably 10 other ways you could define a media query to get similar results.
The following example demonstrates all media query examples above in action, when a media query is applied you will see its title as highlighted, just try to resize browser widow or change orientation of your device if you use tablet or mobile phone for viewing this article.


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Digital assets: the government will not ban them
The digital asset ecosystem isn't the wild west it used to be. It's maturing, it's becoming safer, and more players will benefit from its increased regulation.
The year 2022 has witnessed several major shifts in public policy related to digital assets in the United States, United Kingdom and within the European Union. Far from banning digital assets, the new announcements are clear and positive signs of the integration of digital assets into the current regulatory and legal frameworks in different regions of the world. Now that the size and benefits of digital assets are too great to ignore, these governments are now trying to catch up with Switzerland and Singapore. Singapore is now home to thriving industrial clusters specializing in digital assets due to years of clarity in regulatory and legislative policies.
The digital asset ecosystem isn't the wild west it used to be. It's maturing, it's becoming safer, and more players will benefit from its increased regulation. This is the same process that many technologies go through when they become "part of the furniture". Using these networks will become second nature, as will the many people who no longer think twice about using GPS to get around a city they are discovering for the first time.
A size that has become unmistakable
The digital asset ecosystem hit an all-time high in November 2021 with a market cap of more than $3 trillion. The advantages of these new technologies such as speed, accessibility and increased transparency can no longer be ignored. At the same time, its potential risks, including those related to cybersecurity and criminal activities, are now well known.
The first big announcement came from the United States of America. In March, the Biden administration announced the Executive Order for the Responsible Development of Digital Assets. It is a well-written policy document that clearly outlines the potential benefits and risks of digital assets and urges various federal agencies to investigate and make recommendations on how the United States can remain "a global leader in the growing development and adoption of digital assets" and associated innovations" and "defense certain key risks that require an evolution and convergence of the US public's public approach to 'looking at digital assets.'
Not wanting to be left behind, the UK Treasury has announced plans to make the UK the "global hub for cryptocurrencies."[4]. Although details are scarce, some initial initiatives include "legislating a 'financial markets infrastructure enabling environment' to help companies innovate, a two-day 'CryptoSprint' event chaired by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in May 2022, a Working with the Royal Mint (UK Minting Agency) on a non-fungible token or NFT and a dialogue group that will work more closely with the sector."
Finally, the proposal for a market for crypto assets ("Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA)") makes its way through various working groups to the European Parliament. The text of this proposal is under constant review. If it continues on its way, it will eventually be scrutinized by Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Europe to provide the EU with a unified regulatory framework for digital assets.
Governments deal with new technologies in different ways
Each government will take a slightly different approach depending on their own local political structure, the level of development of the digital asset industry in their country, and other political imperatives. This approach may take time to develop and evolve over time. There is no difference from previous waves of technological change. Railways were the subject of several legislative efforts in the 1840s in the United Kingdom to raise safety standards for railway carriages and tracks. This is also true of automotive safety in the United States, thanks in part to the work of Ralph Nader in the 1960s.
The internet, the latest big wave of technology, is still relevant. One facet of internet governance, data protection and privacy, is handled very differently across the United States. There are no federal online privacy laws like the European Union and its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This law was not enacted overnight. In fact, it took two decades to develop and implement the GDPR. Another example of these differences is the regulation of comments on the Internet. Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act gave online service providers protection from liability for the conduct of users of their platform. This law was enacted in the 1990s and is one of the reasons why so many social media companies were founded in the United States. In contrast to this US law, the EU Digital Services Act is a relatively recent initiative that will eventually go through all the legal stages of the EU process in 2024, some 30 years after the advent of the commercial internet.
The digital asset industry can be found in many places
For years, the question has often been asked about digital assets, "What if the government bans them?" But it turns out that many governments, and not just one, decide how new technologies are deployed on a global scale. This is especially true for free software in an internet-connected world. Far from banning digital assets, it turns out that many governments are currently competing to accommodate companies using these technologies. Governments that manage to find the right balance between their policies will welcome a new wave of technological change and the jobs, tax revenues and welfare that it brings.
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While the period of the Titans is poorly documented in the surviving texts of Ancient Greece, the childhood of Zeus is somewhat better represented. As with much of Greek myth, however, there is not one source of what happened. There is a piece here and a piece there, and much of it is contradictory. We just have to do our best, and in the case of Zeus' childhood, that meant trying to see how the different pieces from different stories might fit together.
One ancient myth, not strictly from the Greeks, is that the Milky Way sustained to young gods with its milk. The goat Amalthea is pretty well documented in the surviving texts in a few different stories regarding Zeus' childhood, so in this case I took some literary liberties and tied the two different legends together into one.
The goat may seem like a pretty minor figure in the story, but without giving too much away, 2500 years after this goat was written about in Greek myth, it would help to inspire the name of a modern day weapons system in use by the American military today. Just which one will become clear in a few weeks.


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Why the Russian Government Loves Vodka
A Big Mac Mystery
Our story starts in Russia during the sixteenth century when vodka probably entered the Russian diet. It ends now with alcohol addiction a big problem for individuals and for the Russian government.
Where are we going? To sin taxes and inelastic demand.
The Importance of Vodka Money
The Russian government has been addicted to vodka money. It all began centuries ago when Ivan IV established government controlled taverns called kabaks. Spreading across Russia, the kabaks became the only taverns in town when the competition was outlawed. A source of monopoly and tax revenue by the 1800s, vodka sales might have been creating a superpower by generating at least one-third of all government revenue.
Surely trying to maximize revenue, Peter the Great proclaimed that a wife should be whipped if she took her husband home from a tavern prematurely. Catherine II later commented (we think) that a drunken people were easier to rule.
Fast forwarding to the 20th century, first Vladimir Lenin prohibited vodka and then Stalin reversed the policy because he needed the money for industrialization. Again recognizing the impact of inebriation on productivity, life expectancy and family life, in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev initiated an anti-drinking campaign that was condemned in this Soviet joke:
"There was this long line for vodka, and one poor guy couldn't stand it any longer: 'I'm going to the Kremlin, to kill Gorbachev,' he said. An hour later, he came back. The line was still there, and everyone asked him, 'Did you kill him?' 'Kill him?!' he responded. 'The line for that's even longer than this one!'"
As recently as 2010, the Russian finance minister said Russia state coffers need people to smoke and drink more.
Napoleon III summarized the sin tax dilemma when, urged to forbid smoking, he said "This vice brings in one hundred million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid it at once–as soon as you can name a virtue that brings in as much revenue." As Napoleon implies, demand for vodka, cigarettes and sugary drinks tends to be less sensitive to price hikes. Called inelastic, the quantity demanded minimally sinks when a tax or monopoly pricing elevates the cost.
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Farenthold his power 'to go too far,' ex-aide says
The embattled congressman has since taken "sensitivity training" and so has his staff, a spokeswoman says.
Farenthold his power 'to go too far,' ex-aide says The embattled congressman has since taken "sensitivity training" and so has his staff, a spokeswoman says. Check out this story on caller.com: http://callertim.es/2z51Msq
John C Moritz, USA Today Network Published 5:29 p.m. CT Dec. 12, 2017 | Updated 5:54 p.m. CT Dec. 12, 2017
Congressman Blake Farenthold in August 2015 at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.(Photo: Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times file)Buy Photo
U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold "allowed the power of his office to go too far," which enabled a sexually charged atmosphere inside his Capitol workplace, a former aide told the USA Today Network on Tuesday.
"I think the things he did, and allowed to continue in his office, have consequences and there should be no tolerance whatsoever for the environment we had to work in," said Elizabeth Peace, a former spokeswoman for the embattled Corpus Christi Republican.
"His comments were inappropriate and his unwillingness to immediately take action to allow us to work in a safe environment is inappropriate."
But Peace, who joined the office after another staff member had filed a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against Farenthold in 2014, added that he had done "a lot of things he did that I am incredibly grateful for" and that there thing about him that she respects.
"At the end of the day, I think he is someone who allowed the power of his office to go too far," she said. "And he has to be held responsible for what he did and what happened to his staff."
More: Who in Congress has been accused of sexual harassment? That's 'strictly confidential'
More: Some in Congress call on Rep. Blake Farenthold to resign
More: Farenthold sexual harassment allegations to be investigated by House ethics panel
Peace's comments came after Farenthold's office disclosed that the congressman brought in outside investigators and he and his staff underwent "sensitivity and anti-harassment training" last year amid complaints of inappropriate comments and actions.
"The investigators did not find corroboration of the alleged sexualized comments attributed to the complaining employee," Farenthold's communications director Stacey Daniels said in an email to the USA Today Network.
She declined to say whether the findings would be made public or to identify who conducted the investigation. But Daniels insisted that the matter had been properly dealt with.
"Regardless of the finding that there was no evidence of gender bias, or inappropriate sexualized comments by office personnel, (Farenthold) and the entire staff took sensitivity and anti-harassment training to insure full compliance with office policy and the law," she said.
The training was done with the staff by Office of House Employment Counsel, Daniels said.
Farenthold has rejected calls that he resign but faces a hotly contested Republican primary in March. He has been under fire nationally after reports surfaced that he settled a federal sexual harassment lawsuit with taxpayers' money. The suit, filed in 2015 and settled for $84,000 that same year, was filed by a former staff member who said she endured crude comments from Farenthold and his top aide.
Lauren Greene, who filed the suit after being fired by Farenthold, is cooperating with a House Ethics Committee investigation into the matter, her lawyer, Leslie Alderman, has said.
Meanwhile, Farenthold has drawn six Republican opponents for the upcoming primary in what is considered a safe Republican district. Three Democrats have also filed.
One of his former campaign consultants, Steve Ray, has signed on with Republican hopeful Bech Bruun. Ray who worked on Farenthold's campaigns dating back to his first run for office in 2010, declined discuss the current controversy.
"What I will say is that I've known Bech Bruun since 2008 and he is a great guy," Ray said. "He is the future of the Republican Party in Texas. When I got the opportunity to work for him, I felt like I had to take it."
Last week, a group of protestors assembled outside of Farenthold's district office in Corpus Christi demanding that he follow the lead of others in Congress who have resigned in recent days after being caught up in allegations of sexual misconduct.
Farenthold was in Washington at the time, but issued a statement repeating his assertion that he had done nothing to warrant his leaving office and quoted the findings of an independent arm of Congress that he said had cleared him of wrongdoing.
"As usual, the Democrats organizing this rally don't have the facts straight," Farenthold said in his statement that included. "After an exhaustive investigation, the Independent Office of Congressional Ethics reported, "there is not substantial reason to believe that Representative Farenthold sexually harassed or discriminated against Complainant."
Last week, two Republican congresswomen, Mia Love of Utah and Barbara Comstock of Virginia, called for Farenthold to resign. So far, none of Farenthold's colleagues from Texas have joined that call.
"We have no comment for you at this time," said Kevin Boland, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Fort Worth, the only woman in the Texas Republican delegation.
John C. Moritz covers Texas government and politics for the USA Today Network in Austin. Contact him at John.Moritz@caller.com and follow him on Twitter @JohnnieMo.
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Asus is showing off its new line of Z87-based Haswell motherboards, and one of the more immediate updates you'll notice is the fit and finish. Asus has made moderate adjustments to the ROG and TUF product families, but has completely retooled the 'Deluxe' line, ditching the two-toned blue scheme for a polished gold-anodized and black that finally matches its moniker.
A full suite of boards spanning Mini-ITX, microATX, and ATX form factors will be available, including a new addition to the Republic of Gamers line, the Maximus VI Hero. The Hero is a slimmed down version of the Extreme, with a much more reasonable MSRP of around $200, yet still featuring most of the same functionalities.
The entire ROG lineup features SupremeFX integrated audio, which now includes software called Sonic Radar. Sonic Radar maps directional sounds onto a two-dimensional onscreen overlay. It can be attuned to different in-game sounds such as footsteps or gunfire, and then display which direction they came from.
The rugged Sabertooth board has been further bolstered with dust plugs for the ports, adjustable ducting around the CPU socket, and a reinforced back plate for heavy CPU coolers that covers nearly the whole backside of the board to combat warping and assist with cooling. If something more "practical" is your style, the new TUF Gryphon microATX mobo mirrors the board-level components and features of the Sabertooth, but leaves out the thermal armor, back plate, and additional accessories.
Some notable changes have been made to Asus' UEFI as well, which will now summarize any adjustments selected by the user before applying them and exiting. Another tweak sharpens the interface with adjusted scaling and fonts, and adds a new favorites tab that can be populated with frequently used functions, along with text notes saved by the user.
As for the less superficial changes to Z87 motherboards, details are limited because of non-disclosure agreements in place until the official launch of Haswell in June. Some of the expected changes in the Haswell chipset include a switch to all 6Gbps SATA ports, abandonment of PCI, triple display support, and TRIM for RAID0 configurations.


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Q: suppress 500 errors in console after REST request I'm making multiple REST calls via Javascript to determine if a user is in several Sharepoint groups.
If the user is not in the group, the REST request returns a status of 500, along with a message saying "user cannot be found".
When an error is returned, I resolve my promise with "false", so my function works ok.
But - every REST response of 500 puts an error entry in the Javascript console - is it possible to suppress those entries?
I know they don't impact the function, but it clutters up the console.
function IsUserInGroupNumber(permissionRequested,userEmail,groupNumber){
var deferred=$.Deferred();
var url=L_Menu_BaseUrl+"/_api/web/sitegroups("+groupNumber+")/Users/getByEmail('"+userEmail+"')/Email";
$.ajax({
    type: 'GET',
    url: url,
    beforeSend: function (XMLHttpRequest) {
        XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json; odata=verbose");
    },
    processData: false,
    success: function (data)
    {
        deferred.resolve({requestedPermission:permissionRequested,groupNumber:groupNumber,hasPermission:true});
    },
    error: function(data){
        //user not found in the group returns a 500 error - but return value of 'false'
        deferred.resolve({requestedPermission:permissionRequested,groupNumber:groupNumber,hasPermission:false});
    }
});
return deferred.promise();
}

A: The service shouldn't respond with a 500 status code. That means something on the server is failing. You can't control how the JavaScript console / browser interprets and resolves an error or status.
Also, as of jQuery 1.5, $.ajax already returns a promise: http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/
You could simplify your code a great deal with something like:
function IsUserInGroupNumber(permissionRequested, userEmail, groupNumber){
  return new Promise(resolve, reject) {
    $.ajax({
      type: 'GET',
      url: L_Menu_BaseUrl + "/_api/web/sitegroups(" + groupNumber + ")/Users/getByEmail('" + email + "')/Email",
      beforeSend: function (xhr) {
          xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json; odata=verbose");
      },
      processData: false,
    })
    .done(function() {
      resolve(true)
    })
    .fail(function() {
      resolve(false)
    })
  }


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Q: Getting the correct length of string with special character The following code returns 3:
#include <string>

int main() {
    std::string str = "€";
    return str.length();
}

I want it to return 1. It returns 3 because the euro symbol is represented by "\342\202\254". I need it to return 1 to align some text in columns.


When it comes to maneuvering the world of dating sometimes we come to a crossroads with our partners. They can be the type of crossroads that bring us to a complete halt, ending our relationship, or they can be ones that simply make us think, slowing it down. From infidelity to lying to compromise to equality. These are all important things that need to be confronted when they appear in front of us. Especially when presented in negative ways. When not confronted, these things tend to fester within one, or both, partners and can bring on the feeling of resentment. Resentment is like cancer to a connection and will poison you, as well as your partner, over time. Don't let that happen.
How do you do that? By tackling the problem head on. Today we are here to discuss what happens when your partner (she) never puts forth effort to do anything for you. This could be favors, gifts, chores, errands, etc. Whatever it is for you, she's just not doing it, correct? And that's problematic to say the least. We get that. Which is why we are here to figure out exactly why your girlfriend or wife never does anything for you.
You absolutely cannot expect her to go out of her way to do things for you when you would not do the same for her. Relationships are all about treating each other as equals. Both needs and wants should be met. This will never be a one sided thing. If you are not doing anything for her, why should she want to do anything for you? She might be more apt to start doing these things for you if you were to also start doing those things for her. Have you been accommodating her when she asks for favors? Have you ever, more than once, surprised her with a gift? Do you go out of your way to take care of her? If not, take this reason sincerely. She might not be doing these things for you, because you do not do them for her. This is not saying that you will be obligated to do these things, but it sure would work in your favor. Try doing the things you want from her, to her and see if she starts to reciprocate the actions.
Have you thought about what she has done for you versus what she hasn't? It might be time to consider that she may think that she is doing important things for you. You may just not be receptive to those actions, because you are yearning for different types of gestures. She could be completely unaware that something is missing or wrong when it comes to this situation. She,might feel like what she is doing for you is more than enough. It's important not to get greedy. You cannot expect her to do everything that you want all of the time. Note the gestures she does make and try to give her credit for those. Even if it isn't exactly what you were looking for. You can always try asking her why she does not do the other things for you. Why she only does certain things and not others. You never know, she might have a good answer to those questions! And from there you can both work on getting what you want when it comes to doing things for each other. You can try to reach a compromise in the end.
Sometimes one partner will completely stop doing things for their counterpart if they are upset, sad or angry. Frustration is the key that locks the niceties away. For a short time, that is. Can you think of a reason why she may be unhappy with you lately? Address that ordeal and try to find a solution to make her feel better. This might unlock the door and bring her back to wanting to do things for you again. However, just letting her stay upset will eventually bring her to give up entirely. Possibly on the entire relationship that you two have.
You may find that she was, at one point, doing things for you. And now suddenly all of that has come to abrupt end. This could be because she was feeling underappreciated for the previous things that she was helping you with or doing for you. It's important to be grateful to your partner. It is like when you work hard at your job, but no one ever praises you for it. That could make you not want to try as hard any longer. Because why? If we aren't getting the props we deserve, there might not be any motivation left in us to work that hard. This could be the reason why she never does anything for you.


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Sky Leo introduces Step-by-step Animal Puzzles for iOS
[prMac.com] Moscow, Russian Federation – Sky Leo today is proud to announce the release of Step-by-step Animal Puzzle 1.01, their new game title for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Step-by-step Animal Puzzle offers the player a different take on the puzzle experience: putting together a wholesome picture from multiple elements on different layers rather than using only a single layer broken up into puzzle pieces.
The game presents the player with a series of consecutive phases to allow the player to assemble a picture step-by-step, starting with the background and ending with the foreground elements. The game is essentially a virtual version of paper cutout activities, in which children cut out elements and assemble them together on one surface to create a picture.
Using a solid challenge-and-reward model, Step-by-step Puzzles is aimed at helping children develop vital skills central to their growth and development, but not at the cost of fun. With a finely tuned balance of sufficient challenges and exciting rewards, the game boasts natural appeal for young minds and a substantial amount of replay-ability as well. With more than 70 animals in total, it offers enough variety to keep a youngster's energetic mind busy for a long time.
Featuring a total of 14 puzzles with over 75 different graphical elements (land animals, birds, and fish), the game boasts a healthy variety that provides many hours of gameplay. Completing each puzzle rewards the player with a pleasant musical interlude and animation featuring multicolored balloons.
The overall gameplay time offered by the game is also expanded by means of the Creative Mode, in which the player is given the freedom to create whatever they wish using 100+ different graphical elements (plants, backdrops, clouds, animals, etc.). These creations can then be saved in the gallery to show others.
* iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, iPod touch and iPad
Step-by-step Animal Puzzle 1.01 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.Sky Leo
Step-by-step Animal Puzzle 1.01
Located in Moscow, Russia, Sky Leo is a new company founded in 2012, whose primary focus is to create games that everyone wants to play. Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Sky Leo. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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Helicopis gnidus, the gnidus metalmark, is a species of butterfly in the family Riodinidae.

Description
In Helicopis gnidus the uppersides of the wings are mainly black, with a large orange basal area, followed by a broad patch of white. The hindwings have iridescent patches (or "metalmarks") as well as several long tails.

Distribution
This species occurs in the northern countries of South America, mainly in Suriname, Brazil, Peru and Colombia.

Subspecies
H. g. gnidus (Suriname)
H. g. beaulieui Le Moult, 1939
H. g. galatea Stichel, 1919 (Brazil)
H. g. interrupta Le Moult, 1939 (Peru, Brazil, Colombia)
H. g. medialis Schaus & Cockerell, 1923 (Colombia)
H. g. nigrobasalis Aurivillius, 1929 (Brazil)
H. g. obidonus Le Moult, 1939 (Brazil)

References
Funet

External links
Butterflies of America
Neotropical Butterflies

Riodinidae
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
Butterflies described in 1787


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### :warning: This gem is deprecated  and will not be maintained anymore. Instead, use [phrasing](https://github.com/infinum/phrasing) that does the same with some plus.  :warning:

Static Content provides an easy way of defining static content in your application.

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

    gem 'static_content'

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install static_content

After install the gem, you just need run the install generator:

    $ rails g static_content:install

## Usage

### Creating content

The content we create can be normal text or a markdown. Let`s see the way we can create a content.

Use the `StaticContent::Content.from_slug` like:

    StaticContent::Content.from_slug(:about_title, default: "My awesome about page")

as this uses `find_or_initialize`, if is a new `slug` its create, if a old one its only return the value not raising a error.

So you can use this on a seed for example to create the default things.

### Showing content

#### content

Show your content as html converted from markdown, in your view, just add:

```
<%= c :about_title, default: "# My awesome about page" %>
```

to be converted into

```
<h1>My awesome about page</h1>
```

Please note that a `default` option is required. If it hasn't been created, it will be created upon the first request.

#### raw content

Show your raw content, in your view, just add:

```
<%= rc :about_title, default: "# My awesome about page" %>
```

no change the value as

```
# My awesome about page
```

Please note that a `default` option is required. If it hasn't been created, it will be created upon the first request.

## Versioning

Static Content follow the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).

## Issues

If you have problems, please create a [Github Issue](https://github.com/Helabs/static_content/issues).

## Contributing

Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Helabs/static_content/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

## Release

Follow this steps to release a new version of the gem.

1. Test if everything is running ok;
1. Change version of the gem on `VERSION` constant;
1. Add the release date on the `CHANGELOG`;
1. Do a commit "Bump version x.x.x", follow the semantic version;
1. Run `$ rake release`, this will send the gem to the rubygems;
1. Check if the gem is on the rubygems and the tags are correct on the github;

## Maintainers

- [Rafael Fiuza](https://github.com/guiloyins)

## Credits

Static Content is maintained and funded by [HE:labs](http://helabs.com.br/opensource/).
Thank you to all the [contributors](https://github.com/Helabs/static_content/graphs/contributors).

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[ruby_gems]: http://rubygems.org/gems/static_content
[code_climate]: https://codeclimate.com/github/Helabs/static_content
[code_climate_badge]: https://codeclimate.com/github/Helabs/static_content.png
[travis_ci]: http://travis-ci.org/Helabs/static_content
[travis_ci_badge]: https://secure.travis-ci.org/Helabs/static_content.png
[gemnasium]: https://gemnasium.com/Helabs/static_content
[gemnasium_badge]: https://gemnasium.com/Helabs/static_content.png
[coveralls]: https://coveralls.io/r/Helabs/static_content
[coveralls_badge]: https://coveralls.io/repos/Helabs/static_content/badge.png?branch=master

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Bingo is a game that is enjoyed by women of all ages. If you really enjoy this game, then you will be interested in throwing the ultimate bingo party. Gather everyone together and throw a girls bingo party that will be the talk of the town. Before starting, however, it is important to keep a few pointers in mind.
Having a bingo party is a great way to provide an evening of fun for all your girlfriends. The first step is to select the theme. Maybe you would you like to organize to 80's or 90's themed party, with music from that era? Or perhaps a theme based on a favorite movie or television show? No need to go overboard with decorations, just have some basic invitations created and gather your music (and maybe a few posters) together.
Then, just simply organize your playing space for your guests to sit. Make sure everyone has cards, daubers and all of the required tools. Also, ensure that everyone is clear on which version of bingo is played (i.e. 90-ball UK, 75-ball American, 80-ball or even 30-ball speed bingo…or a combination of different games) and the rules.
Part of the fun of having a girl's bingo party is being able to pick your own games. Decide which patterns will be needed for a win, and how many winners per game. Will there be any consolation flights? For example, will those who are 1-away and/or 2-away continue to play on for a second prize after the game has been won?
If you like, some appetizers or finger foods may be served. Perhaps some wine or other light refreshments. This will serve to lighten the mood and create a wonderfully social atmosphere, which should be one of the goals of the party.
Prizes can be handled in several different ways. You could choose to offer small items. These could either be purchased at dollar stores, or even donated by the guests. On the other hand, it would also be possible to charge the guests per card (check and make sure this is permissible in your location first). Then, you may be able to offer some cash prizes instead of, or in addition to small trinkets.
A really easy version of having the ultimate bingo party at home is to play the games online. This could involve everyone logging in to your favorite bingo site and having a "virtual" party. Of course, you would need to have a number of devices able to connect to the internet (or each person could bring their own).


What Does M2M Technology Do?
Our technological society stands in the golden era of the Information Age. First we democratized data so that anyone in the world with an internet connection could join the global information superhighway. Now, we'll do the same for machines. Here we stand proudly at the dawn of a new era in the information age where machines that talk to other machines will make our lives more efficient, convenient, comfortable, and streamlined than ever before.
It's all a function of the power of the internet of things, and it can only exist thanks to M2M technology. So, what is M2M technology you ask? Well, it is the means by which networked computers facilitate communications between the objects they are hosted on and react accordingly without the aid of human interaction.
It provides the framework for each of the lightbulbs in your home or office to report their exact usage statistics and power consumption to your electric meter, which could then text or email you the data.
It's a cutting edge use for a technology that has actually been around longer than the cellular phone. Among its earliest uses is the Caller ID feature that told people who was calling their phone way back in the days of landlines.
Simply put, M2M is a form of computer networking that forms the basis of interoperability between networked devices. Today, the innovations are occurring around doing so wirelessly. Machines that share data are able to act and react according to what they send each other.
This allows for the new levels of interactivity between smart devices that forms the backbone of the Internet Of Things.
New levels of interconnectivity allow for seamless integration of the physical space with the virtual space as facilitated by radio signals triggered by a variety of stimuli.
In conclusion, machine to machine communication technology pushes our devices ever farther into the great future we are mapping with each new app, wearable, and smart device, and Kika proudly stands at the helm of this incredible age while ever strident in the shaping of its future.


The Stix – BGG003 is a manual magnetic scanner with a trailing encoder and magnetic wheels. It is designed to translate two Phased Array probes and two Phased Array probes around ferrous piping and vessels. Its simple and functional design allows for minimal adjustments between scan setups.
Contact us to find out more about the Stix 4 Probe Weld Scanner or any of our other Phased Array & ToFD equipment, or request a quote online.


Adapted from a book-length poem written in and about the Roaring Twenties, Andrew Lippa's WILD PARTY tells the story of one wild evening in the Manhattan apartment shared by Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville dancer and a vaudeville clown. In a relationship marked by vicious behavior and recklessness (mirroring the time in which they live), they decide to throw a party to end all parties.
As the guests arrive, we meet an assortment of people living on the edge. Queenie and Burrs set out to make each other jealous, but Queenie begins to fall in love with her conquest named Black. After a long night of decadence, Burrs' jealousy erupts and he comes to a violent end at Black's hand. In the stark light of a new day, Queenie moves out into a brighter world, although not necessarily a brighter future, leaving the passed-out revelers in her wake.


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We use almost all of the GTFS files we obtain from PVTA, and at the moment we do expect them to have certain fields.

### calendar.txt

We look for a `service_id` column, and for its entries to contain the letters `UMTS`. Currently, Bojangles is only interested in UMass Transit Services's bus data. We place no other constraints on this ID, as long the identifiers match those found in trips.txt.

We also look for columns `monday`, `tuesday`, etc., which we expect to have boolean values representing whether a vehicle schedule does or does not operate on the given weekday.

Finally, we use the `start_date` and `end_date` columns to determine whether a particular vehicle schedule runs on today's example of today's weekday. We expect these dates to be formatted year-month-day, as in `20161027`.

### stops.txt

We use two columns in this file: `stop_name` and `stop_id`. We expect the stop IDs given here to match the stop IDs given in stop_times.txt.

### trips.txt

We expect the `service_id` column to match the `service_id` column from calendar.txt.

We then use the `trip_id` column to identify trips, which we expect to match the trip IDs given in stop_times.txt.

We expect the `route_id` to match the `ShortName` of the route at the Avail endpoint.

The `direction_id` and `headsign` must be present. We have no other constraints on their format.

### stop_times.txt

We expect `trip_id` and `stop_id` to match the IDs from `trips.txt` and `stops.txt` respectively.

We expect `departure_time` to be a time in the format H:M:S, as in `16:36:00`.

## Avail departures endpoint

We expect the object which we receive at the configured endpoint to have a `RouteDirections` object.

We expect each of those `RouteDirections` to have a `route_id` matching the route ID at the routes endpoint, and to have a `Departures` object.

We expect those `Departures` to be ordered by estimated departure time.

Within each departure we expect an `SDT` Unix timestamp with a timezone of +0400 or +0500, and we expect a `Trip` object.

We expect that `Trip` object to have an `InternetServiceDesc` which should match the headsign we got from trips.txt.


A survey of the ways in which people's changing experience of work is shaped by gender, race, ethnicity, class, and culture in Canada and the wider global context. (lec 3) cr 3. Crosslisted with LBST 2026. Students may not retain credit for both SOCI 2026 and LBST 2026.