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Moultoniella is een geslacht van halfvleugeligen uit de familie schuimcicaden (Cercopidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van dit geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1923 door Lallemand.

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Het geslacht Moultoniella  is monotypisch en omvat slechts de volgende soort:
 Moultoniella bipars Lallemand, 1923

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The Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman flew into Moscow for the Russia-Saudi opening match and was hosted by the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the VIP section of the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
The Saudi Prince looked less than happy as his side received a drubbing at the hands of the Russians. Both FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Vladimir Putin shrugged their shoulders after the first goal. The match ended in 5-0 in favour of Russia.
Russia scores opening goal of 2018 #WorldCup! Ends it by spelling S-A-U-D-I!! #ArabiaSaudita.


I hope things are going well for you! I've been pretty busy, and there is lot's to cover so let's start.
The golf season has really begun to pick up for me as I approach the heart of my schedule and I'm excited about that! I broke through for my first win of the season last week and it felt great! Things that I've been working on are slowly coming together and it's great to see and feel those changes in competition. I have 5 events left and I hope to continue the trend upward. I also have a couple of charity events I will be playing in to raise money for my nonprofit organization. I want to thank everyone for there continued support.
This month I will be visiting Springfield, MO! I'm looking forward to catching up with the Stars for Autism crew who continue to amaze me! Their work in the community has been second to none, with training individuals, and writing books, I'm speechless at the level of pace they keep. It's always special to see them and Trey Brand who has taken up the game of golf and has done quite well! Springfield has a special place in my heart because it feels like home and the people are wonderful.
My radio show wrapped up it's second season. Toni and I are very grateful for the love and support we get each and every week! Our guests have been tremendous and we are very excited about starting season three next week. When I started my show, I didn't know how long it was going to go for, but with tons of support, we have exceeded expectations and we've become bigger! We hope to continue to provide a platform for causes that are important to you as we give voices to those that are doing great things in the community. You can listen to us on blogtalkradio.com (The Elijah Winfrey Show).
I'm excited to officially confirm The Elijah Winfrey Charity Invitational will be played August 24th at Jefferson Park in Seattle, WA! I look forward to playing in my event for the first time in about 5 or 6 years. We'll have more info soon, but registration opens July 1st. Proceeds will benefit TeamWinfrey as we continue to give back to our community!
Thank you all for the love and support you continue to shoe me on all social media outlets. continue to make someone or something better and I'll catch ya on the flipside!


What is the missing ingredient — not genes, not upbringing — that shapes the mind?
We know that genes play an important role in the shaping of our personality and intellects. Identical twins separated at birth (who share all their genes but not their environments) and tested as adults are strikingly similar-though far from identical-in their intellects and personalities. Identical twins reared together (who share all their genes and most of their environments) are much more similar than fraternal twins reared together (who share half their genes and most of their environments). Biological siblings (who share half their genes and most of their environments) are much more similar than adopted siblings (who share none of their genes and most of their environments).
Many people are so locked into the theory that the mind is a Blank Slate that when they hear these findings they say, "So you're saying it's all in the genes!" If genes have any effect at all, it must be total. But the data show that genes account for about only about half of the variance in personality and intelligence (25% to 75%, depending on how things are measured). That leaves around half the variance to be explained by something that is not genetic.
The next reaction is, "That means the other half of the variation must come from how we were brought up by our parents." Wrong again. Consider these findings. Identical twins separated at birth are not only similar; they are "no less" similar than identical twins reared together. The same is true of non-twin siblings — they are no more similar when reared together than when reared apart. Identical twins reared together — who share all their genes and most of their family environments-are only about 50% similar, not 100%. And adopted siblings are no more similar than two people plucked off the street at random. All this means that growing up in the same home — with the same parents, books, TVs, guns, and so on — does not make children similar.
So the variation in personality and intelligence breaks down roughly as follows: genes 50%, families 0%, something else 50%. As with Bob Dylan's Mister Jones, something is happening here but we don't know what it is.
Perhaps it is chance. While in the womb, the growth cone of an axon zigged rather than zagged, and the brain gels into a slightly different configuration. If so, it would have many implications that have not figured into our scientific or everyday way of thinking. One can imagine a developmental process in which millions of small chance events cancel one another out, leaving no difference in the end product. One can imagine a different process in which a chance event could derail development entirely, making a freak or monster. Neither of these happens. The development of organisms must use complex feedback loops rather than blueprints. Random events can divert the trajectory of growth, but the trajectories are confined within an envelope of functioning designs for the species defined by natural selection.
Also, what we are accustomed to thinking of as "the environment" — namely the proportion of variance that is not genetic — may have nothing to do with the environment. If the nongenetic variance is a product of chance events in brain assembly, yet another chunk of our personalities and intellects would be "biologically determined" (though not genetic) and beyond the scope of the best laid plans of parents and society.


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Q: Map state object with array as values We have the following state in react:
state = {
  thumbnail: [],
  title: [],
}

Which gets set after we retrieve some data from themoviedb api, like
axios.get(
    `http://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?sort_by=popularity.desc&with_genres=28,99&api_key=${apiKey}`
)
.then(res => {
    const thumbnail = res.data.results.map(res => res.poster_path)
    const title = res.data.results.map(res => res.original_title)

                this.setState({ thumbnail, title })
                // console.log(posterPath);
})

So our state will look like :
thumbnail: ['url1', 'url2'] // 20 entries
title: ['title1', 'title2'] // 20 entries, too

Then I want to render a list which has to take these two props as values and Display them, but I don't know how to, what I've tried is:
{Object.entries(this.state).map((url,i) => {
    console.log(url[1]);
    return(
        <ImageCard
            key={i}
            source={{uri: 'http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342'+url.thumbnail}}
            style={{width: width * 0.3, height: height * 0.3, margin: 3}}
            title={url.title}
        />
    );
})}

But it doesn't work, i wanna map over the whole state object So i won't have to do two maps, anyone has any ideea how can I map over this data structure?

A: Since the thumbnail and title are related with each other, I would keep only one array inside the state like this:
state = {
  data: []
}

Changing to axios.get like this:
axios.get(
  `http://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?sort_by=popularity.desc&with_genres=28,99&api_key=${apiKey}`
)
  .then(res => {

    let temp = res.data.results.map(item => {
      return {
        thumbnail: item.poster_path,
        title: item.original_title
      }
    })

    this.setState({ data: temp })
  })

And displaying the ImageCard like this:
this.state.data.map((item, index) => {
  return (
    <ImageCard
      key={index}
      source={{ uri: 'http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342' + item.thumbnail }}
      style={{ width: width * 0.3, height: height * 0.3, margin: 3 }}
      title={item.title}
    />
  );
})

A: You could just do the following instead of 2 maps, if the 2 arrays will be the same length
{this.state.title.map((title, i) => {
  return(
    <ImageCard
        key={i}
        source={{uri: 'http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342'+this.state.thumbnail[i]}}
        style={{width: width * 0.3, height: height * 0.3, margin: 3}}
        title={title}
    />
  );
})}

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Can I be an Ajarn in Thailand?
The question, "How to become an Ajarn in Thailand?" is a good one if you want to know how to become an English teacher. Teaching English abroad is becoming increasingly popular these days. Whether it be a student wondering what to do in their gap year to someone looking for a career change, there are opportunities abound for becoming an English teacher all over the world. One such place with a high demand for teachers is Thailand. Teachers in Thailand are known by two local terms, Kru and Ajarn. Thailand's culture is very respectful of teachers, so it's a great place to learn how to teach if you are new to teaching.
Going back to the two terms above, Kru is a teacher of children or students up to the end of high school or secondary school. Ajarn is a teacher of adults, usually students at university or adults studying in language schools. An Ajarn (or a kru) in Thailand is a highly respected position and your students will refer to you with this polite particle before your first name. Therefore you will hear students call you either just "Ajarn", or "Ajarn David" etc. This will carry over to friends and acquaintances in other areas of your life. If they know you are a teacher, you will be referred to as Ajarn, even if you are not their teacher! This whole concept is multiplied in small towns and villages. If you are the only foreign teacher, you will be known only as "Ajarn". As a side note, Ajarn can also refer to anyone teaching an adult anything, whether it be about Buddhism, cooking or Thai boxing.
So, how does one become an Ajarn? Thailand is very welcoming of teachers and is actively looking for new teachers of English at all levels from kindergarten to high school and above. Most schools require a teacher to have a basic amount of training. This is usually 120 hours of TEFL training. The most convenient way to do this is by enrolling in an online TEFL certificate and getting your training at home. If you aren't sure what TEFL stands for check out this earlier post on the topic. Not all schools require a certificate of higher education and you can teach TEFL without a degree in many places throughout Thailand. Don't forget, once you have your certificate you can teach in many places as well as Thailand. The best places to teach English abroad are subjective and everyone will have his or her favorite, but that's the amazing thing about your certificate it allows you to travel the world!
Once you are in Thailand, your first TEFL lesson will be a memorable one and you'll have all your students calling you Ajarn in no time!
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John Jansky is a self taught artist and Performance Painter / Magician from Danville, IL. He was inspired to do speed painting after seeing a video trailer of Denny Dent. His speed paintings are something you have to see in person to believe it can even be done!
John can be seen across the country performing his speed paintings at music and art festivals as well as at concert events. To date the majority of his speed painting performances have been in conjunction with concert events. Moving music and enthusiastically fast paintings combine to create a very unique and memorable memory for people in the audience. On average the full pop art portraits are completed in under 8 minutes.


For your interior decorating home staging needs, you can depend on Brandon Paige Design. Contact us to learn more about our services. We serve in Los Angeles County and Orange County, California as well as areas in the Inland Empire. Get in touch with us to set an appointment! You may also fill out the questionnaire provided on this page to get started.


Snow Hill Sage has masses of beautiful spikes of white flowers rising above the foliage from late spring to early summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its fragrant narrow leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.


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Kissimmee shopping center at busy intersection sells for $5M
Pleasant Hill Center comprises two retail buildings totaling nearly 46,000 square feet, at one of Kissimmee's busiest intersections. (Marcus & Millichap)
An Orlando trucking business owner paid $5.075 million on Friday for 46,000 square feet of retail space at one of Kissimmee's busiest intersections.
Vlado Ivetic, vice president of Ivetic Trucking, is the new owner of Pleasant Hill Center at the southwest corner of Pleasant Hill Road and John Young Parkway (U.S. 441). The shopping center consists of two buildings -- one fronting on each of the major roads -- with 19 tenant spaces.
Marcus & Millichap's Brian Capo and Luke Watson represented the seller, developer Randy Sheive, who built the shopping center in 2006.
The list price was $5.5 million. "We felt confident we could get at or above $5 million," Watson said. "We brought it out with a little bit of a cushion."
Pleasant Hill Center was sold Friday for just over $5 million to the owner of an Orlando trucking business. (Marcus & Millichap)
Capo said the amount of traffic at the intersection was both a blessing and a challenge in marketing the property. One advantage was that the shopping center has multiple access points from both major roads.
"That corner gets 106,000 vehicle trips per day," Capo said. "Anyone who knows that area knows the traffic backs up all the way to Emmett Street. It's ridiculous."
The Florida Department of Transportation is wrapping the design phase for a $91 million intersection improvement that involves building an elevated, two-way turn lane.
FDOT will also add one travel lane in each direction, bike lanes and signalization improvements. The project is funded for right-of-way acquisition in FY2019 but not funded yet for construction.
The FDOT rendering shows what the northbound lanes of Pleasant Hill Road will look like after the "flyover" turn lanes are built. (FDOT)
Capo said misconceptions about the "flyover" lane caused some confusion about the status of the shopping center. But the final intersection design will end up improving access to the site because it will remove the through-traffic from the grade-level lanes.
"We had a lot of interest in this asset," Capo said. "We showed it 10 times. This contract was all cash with 30 days to close."
Fairbanks at I-4 in Winter Park is being considered for urban scale redevelopment

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As always good service and friendly. I eat here every time I come to visit me son at K State. Have never had any problems.
Yeah! Ask for their gf bread and you can have a pretty good sandwich! The portions seemed a bit small but overall very good.
Many options to choose from and service was great.


If you haven't experienced a hot stone massage, try one as soon as possible. The feeling of warm stones caressing your body as tense, sore muscles melt away is indescribable. Here's how it works: Your therapist rubs heated basalt stones over your oiled body, and rests them on top of and beneath you—on your stomach, in your palms, between your toes. Some say the stones have healing qualities, making a hot stone massage a more profound experience than your basic massage.
There's something almost decadent about a trained therapist massaging your feet for a half hour or more. Plus, this affordable treatment is available at most spas. A classic foot massage often starts with a soak in aromatic warm water. Once your feet are toasty and relaxed, your therapist will massage your feet and toes–and you will sigh with pleasure. Reflexology, which is different than a foot massage, targets specific reflex points on the foot to create a healing response in corresponding organs and areas of the body.
The word spa goes back to mineral springs in prehistoric times. Today, many spas offer hydrotherapy circuits–sequence of swimming pools, cold plunge pools, showers and waterfalls, designed to help you relax. Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria™ Resort is known for its dedicated spa hydrotherapy circuits. And Kohler Waters Spa at The American Club is famous for therapeutic water services like an Acoustic Bath that blends music and sound vibration, a body scrub, Vichy hydro-massage and Lavender Rain.
Spa treatments that include the word ritual make our hearts beat faster. Basically, a spa ritual is a series of treatments combined in one experience. The idea is to provide a multi-step experience to take spa-goers far away from the everyday. Ritual experiences treat different body parts and some combine ancient or indigenous rites, herbs and aromatherapy fused with newer techniques. One example: Miraval's 100-minute Crystal Salt Serenity combines a salt and oil scrub, massage with warm crystal stones and a scalp massage. In a word: divine.
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1. Mother Emanuel AME Church held its first service since the shooting death of nine African-American church members on June 17.
2. People line up to enter for Sunday service at the Emanuel AME Church.
3. Two children wait to enter the Emanuel AME Church June 21, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina.
4. A member of the church is seen outside of Emanuel AME before its first service since the Charleston shooting.
5. A Charleston County sheriff's deputy checks bags as people line up to enter for Sunday service at the Emanuel AME Church.
6. Gloria Moore watches the church as parishioners take their seats at the Emanuel AME Church.
7. A woman prays as she attends the Sunday service outside of the Emanuel AME Church.
8. People pray and listen to the Sunday service outside of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
9. Parishioners sit at Emanuel AME Church four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of its pastor and eight others.
10. The Rev. Norvel Goff, right, prays at the empty seat of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney.
11. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C., embraces U.S. Sen Tim Scott, R-S.C., at Emanuel AME Church.
12. A parishioner prays at the empty seat of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney at the Emanuel AME Church.
13. The congregation departs following Sunday services at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
14. A family is seen leaving Emanuel AME Church following Sunday services.
15. People embrace as they depart the Emanuel AME Church following Sunday services.
16. Church members comfort one another after Emanuel's first service since the Charleston shooting.
17. Church members comfort one another outside of Emanuel.
18. A mother and son surround a memorial for the nine church members killed during the Charleston shooting.
19. Charleston natives comfort each other during the church's first service since the shooting on June 17.
20. Activist DeRay McKesson is seen outside of Emanuel AME church.


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Broad Coalition Urges Obama to Diversify IP Appointments
EFF and Others Call for New Offices to Promote Innovation
Washington, D.C. - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has joined a broad coalition of public interest groups and trade associations calling for President Obama to diversify future appointments to intellectual property policy positions and create new offices devoted to promoting innovation and free expression.
In all, 19 organizations signed the letter to the president, spearheaded by Washington D.C.-based non-profit Public Knowledge. The coalition includes the Consumer Electronics Association, the American Library Association, and the Wikimedia Foundation.
Several of the president's recent appointees to positions that oversee intellectual property policy have represented the recording industry or other industries that support overly broad IP protection. But many positions with IP policy responsibilities have not yet been filled. In the letter sent today, the coalition urges the administration to appoint individuals representing the diversity of stakeholders involved in IP issues.
"Innovators, artists, and the increasingly participatory public are all deeply invested in the future of America's intellectual property policy," said EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Fred von Lohmann. "For example, thousands of remix videos are posted to YouTube every day, and they are already an important part of political debate and artistic expression in the 21st century. America needs policymakers who will protect new tools and new artistic works."
The coalition also calls on the president to create new positions at the Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Trade Representative, and the Department of State dedicated to promoting innovation and advancing the cause of progress in sciences and the useful arts.
"While the content industry plays a significant role in our economy, so too do the creators of technology and their force of innovation," said Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge. "And while we recognize the rights of corporate content creators, we might also recognize the rights of consumers lawfully to create their own works and to use their own digital media. It's that balance the Administration needs to recognize."
For the full letter to President Obama:
http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/obamaIPcoalitionletter.pdf
Fred von Lohmann
Senior Intellectual Property Attorney
fred@eff.org
Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | July 18, 2019
A Bad Copyright Bill Moves Forward With No Serious Understanding of Its Dangers
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act, aka the CASE Act. This was without any hearings for experts to explain the huge flaws in the bill as it's currently written. And flaws there are. We've seen some version of the CASE Act pop up...
Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | July 10, 2019
Life-Altering Copyright Lawsuits Could Come to Regular Internet Users Under a New Law Moving in the Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to vote on the CASE Act, legislation that would create a brand new quasi-court for copyright infringement claims. We have expressed numerous concerns with the legislation, and serious problems inherent with the bill have not been remedied by Congress before moving it forward. In...
Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | May 21, 2019
Reddit Commenter's Fight for Anonymity Is a Win for Free Speech and Fair Use
A fight over unmasking an anonymous Reddit commenter has turned into a significant win for online speech and fair use. A federal court has affirmed the right to share copyrighted material for criticism and commentary, and shot down arguments that Internet users from outside the United States can't...
YouTube User Fights Unfair Takedown Campaign from UFC
San Francisco – The creator of popular post-fight commentary videos on YouTube is demanding an end to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)'s unfair practice of sending takedown notices based on bogus copyright claims. The creator, John MacKay, is represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). MacKay operates the "Boxing...
Media Alert: Court Hearing Monday for Redditor Fighting to Stay Anonymous
San Francisco – On Monday, May 6 at 11am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue that a San Francisco court should quash a subpoena from the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society aimed at getting the identity of an anonymous Reddit commenter. Watch Tower is the supervising body...
Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | April 14, 2019
EFF's Tweet About an Overzealous DMCA Takedown Is Now Subject to an Overzealous Takedown
Get ready for a tale as good as anything you'd see on television. Here's the sequence of events: the website TorrentFreak publishes an article about a leak of TV episodes, including shows from the network Starz. TorrentFreak tweets its article, Starz sends a copyright takedown notice. TorrentFreak writes about the...
Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | March 26, 2019
EU's Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next?
In a stunning rejection of the will of five million online petitioners, and over 100,000 protestors this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive in its entirety...
Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | March 22, 2019
This Could Be It: Key Polish Political Party Comes Out Against Article 13
With only days to go before the final EU debate and vote on the new Copyright Directive (we're told the debate will be at 0900h CET on Tuesday, 26 March, and the vote will happen at 1200h CET), things could not be more urgent and fraught. That's why...
Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | March 13, 2019
If It Really Wants To Restore Debate, Facebook Should Update Its Ad Policy
Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new "privacy-focused" direction for the company that, while sounding great in theory, also set off several alarm bells—including concerns about competition as the company moves to make its messaging properties indistinguishable from one another. As usual for Zuckerberg, it's all...
Deeplinks Blog by Elliot Harmon | March 1, 2019
Don't Sacrifice Fair Use to the Bots
Three years ago, we warned of a string of dangerous new policy proposals on the horizon. Under these proposals, platforms would be forced to implement copyright bots that sniffed all of the media that users uploaded to them, deleting your uploads with no human review. It's happening. The European...


Agworld is a great software tool that allows agronomists to collaborate with farmers about management decisions on their operations. Agworld delivers considerable value, because its developers thought through the farm-level workflow, and understood how to make it easy for the farmer and the agronomist to use the same system.
Agworld holds your retailer accountable by alerting you about how many times the agronomist was on a crop and did or did not make a recommendation. It clearly documents what applications were made and when, so you know exactly what is being done in your fields.
It documents all communication, removing ambiguity. Agworld facilitates record keeping of crop plans, work orders and more, enabling farmers to make management decisions based on measured insights — not gut feelings.
Agworld assigns costs to products and activities. So at any point in time, the farmer can have a snapshot of their risk throughout the whole operation, and actual costs to-date versus what was originally in their plan.
Agworld also has a dynamic permissions functionality, so farmers can choose which partners to share select information with, like their agronomist or food processor.
Agworld aims to make your life easier by compiling all work orders and other paperwork in one place. It's user-friendly and mobile, so you can spend more time with your agronomist in the field.


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The Disappointing and Overpaid
Ralf Schumacher is likely to stay at Toyota due to some convoluted formula involving saving face and what former team principals want. I can't explain it, so here:
Ex-head of research Norbert Kreyer was fired in late 2004, but he says struggling Schumacher will almost certainly not follow him through the door later in 2007 because it will mean team President John Howett loses face.
Kreyer said he advised his Toyota superiors in 2004 to sign Nick Heidfeld to drive for the team in 2005 and beyond. "But Howett resisted with all of his effort," he told Sport Bild. "Instead, he wanted a big name, which played right into the hands of Ralf's former manager Willi Weber. "Kreyer said it is therefore 'obvious' that Howett is still resisting his colleagues' affection for Heidfeld and still supportive of Schumacher, who so far in 2007 has failed to match the pace of team-mate Jarno Trulli.
That's clear as mud.
Credit Yahoo F1 for the quote.


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Kelli S. Burns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of South Florida
August 17, 2020 August 17, 2020 by Kelli Burns
Talking about TikTok
Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com
I recently did a radio interview with Morning Wave in Busan, a morning news talk show in South Korea, on the topic of security concerns related to TikTok. If you are interested in learning more about TikTok, you can read my thoughts to some of the possible questions. Or you can listen to the radio interview here.
Why do you think Tiktok gained such popularity recently? Who uses it and how do they use it?
TikTok is the perfect social media platform for these times. We have been spending a lot of time at home, which gives us time to look at TikTok and to also create our own videos. The videos are short, creative, and entertaining. The company actually saw the most downloads of an app ever (315 million) in the first quarter of 2020, and I expect when the data are available, the download numbers for quarter 2 will be staggering.
TikTok is definitely a platform for Gen Z-ers with users aged 18-24 comprising about one-third of all users, although usage by older people in their late 20s, 30s, and even 40s is increasing. Overall, about 50% of the global audience is under 34.
The most appealing and addictive part of TikTok is the challenges, which might be a dance or lip-synched skit. Users can watch the challenges created by others and then make their own version. Many users view TikTok as a fun way to engage with others, but we are actually seeing healthcare and mental health professionals using the platform to disseminate health messages and political campaigns using it for political messages.
Source: https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistics/
Should we have security concerns related to TikTok?
When a social media platform is free for users, you need to take a look at the company's business model. The revenues for most of these platforms are coming from selling user data and also selling advertising on the platform, which involves the use of user data. I would say that regardless of the type of platform, the security concerns are the same. For those of us outside China, there are concerns about possible government access of the data.
Being a Chinese-owned company, one of the concerns related to TikTok was that user data would be accessible to the Chinese government. TikTok, however, has tried to distance themselves from their Chinese owner ByteDance with a global headquarters in Los Angeles and a CEO who is an American and ex-Disney executive. They say that user data is stored in the United States with a backup in Singapore and that they would never turn user data over to the Chinese government.
We have seen entire countries have concerns about TikTok, most notably India and the United States, but it seems that political issues are driving a rejection of TikTok in some cases. India has had violent clashes over a shared border with China and retaliated by banning 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok and WeChat. Indian users represent about 30% of app downloads so this is a significant blow. In the United States, although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited national security concerns for the government stance on TikTok, Trump has indicated he wanted to punish China for the pandemic. He may also be annoyed because K-pop fans spread a campaign on TikTok to snap up tickets to Trump's rally with the intent to be no-shows. Other countries, such as Australia, that are having their own political tensions with China are discussing a possible ban as well.
Most of the concerns are about whether the Chinese government would have or would be able to gain access to the data. In turn, some people are concerned that the data could be used for espionage or foreign influence campaigns during an election. Some experts say that Beijing wouldn't be able to get their hands on the data as easily as people think as Chinese companies have previously been able to resist pressure from Beijing. But others disagree.
Other concerns include security vulnerabilities, but many social media platforms have had security issues that are patched through updates. Some of TikTok's previous flaws involved people being able to gain control of user accounts and collect email addresses. But TikTok has addressed the issues. Facebook has had similar issues with users being able to find profiles based on email addresses or phone numbers. That's different than being a threat to national security.
The most problematic issue is foreign and domestic actors using the platform for propaganda, similarly to how Cambridge Analytica exploited Facebook users. For example, false claims about coronavirus have been disseminated on TikTok. Other concerns include the platform censoring content that's critical of the Chinese government.
Some companies are not allowing their employees to use TikTok. Can they do this?
On the corporate side, Wells Fargo no longer allows employees to have TikTok on their company-issued phones, but as a bank, it is in the heavily-regulated and security-conscious financial services industry. Similarly, the U.S. military does not allow TikTok on military-issued phones and discourages it on personal phones. Amazon sent out an email to employees to remove TikTok from mobile devices where they access their Amazon email and then later said it was a mistake and rescinded the request.
Amazon's initial policy seems a bit overreaching, and I'm wondering if Amazon backed off because they were concerned about legal issues. It's one thing if it's a company-provided device and another if the employee owns the phone.
As users of these apps, what security risks should we be concerned about?
The best strategy for a social media user is to learn as much as you can about how to protect yourself on the sites you are using. Learn how to adjust your privacy controls. Be aware that social media platforms are not only collecting everything you share, like, comment on, etc. on the platform, but also might be able to access your photos and videos, your contact list, and your geolocation. They often know where else you go on the web, even if you use a different device, and they match your online data to what they can learn about you offline, such as where you use your credit cards, to form a more complete picture of who you are.
We also need to be aware that we could be the targets of a disinformation campaign on social media. Question what you read. Google the details of any story to try to discover if it's true. Don't mindlessly share content you see others posting. Fake political news stories are an assault on democracy and those who post them may be trying to interfere in elections or sow divisiveness in a country. Some social media platforms are doing a better job than others at taking down or marking fake stories.
How would recent action taken against governments and companies to limit and even ban social media affect social media service providers? What kind of changes can we expect from the apps themselves or business?
For TikTok, it might be in the company's best interest to spin off from parent company ByteDance to distance itself from China. All companies though need to do a better job at protecting user data and being more transparent in how they are using your data. Quite a few governments have passed regulations in recent years that affect social media platforms. For example, the EU introduced the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, which regulates how companies, including social media platforms, store and use people's data.
Can a country "ban" a certain social media app?
A government can force Apple and Google to remove apps from the app stores and also require telecom companies and ISPs to block certain sites. But people are always going to be able to get around any social media bans. The most popular way is probably with a Virtual Private Network or VPN. If you can trick the platform into thinking you are in a different country or in an unknown location, you will be able to access the app. On a phone, you can download a Hotspot VPN to give you access to apps that are blocked in the app store.
In a less extreme situation where a social media app needs more controls, a government or even advertisers, as we are seeing right now with Facebook because of hate speech and misinformation, can pressure or force the social media companies to change their practices. Resulting legislation is often related to the content posted on the social media sites or data privacy.
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC), the local telecommunication watchdog in South Korea, fined Tiktok around $155,000 for failing to protect users' private data. Why?
In this case, TikTok collected data from children under age 14 without parental consent and then did not inform them that the data were being stored overseas. These kinds of laws to protect the use of children's data are common. In the United States, we have the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. TikTok also made a similar mistake in the U.S. and was fined $5.7 million, which was the largest fine ever imposed in this country in a child privacy case. TikTok is now under suspicion for not actually deleting the children's data.
Personally, I think we need to hold all social media platforms to a higher standard. Just because a platform is based in your home country doesn't mean we should overlook their issues and give them a pass. We usually just ask these companies to do better and they say they will do better and we trust them until the next mistake.
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David A. Green es un astrónomo británico que actualmente trabaja en el observatorio de radioastronomía Mullard de la Universidad de Cambridge. Está especializado en el estudio de los remanentes de supernova, donde mantiene un catálogo censando las remanentes identificadas como tales en la Vía Láctea (ver enlaces externos). Ha publicado más de un centenar de artículos en revistas científicas con comité de lectura. También publicó una obra de referencias sobre las supernovas históricas en colaboración con F. Richard Stephenson.

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(en inglés) F. Richard Stephenson & David A. Green, Historical supernovae and their remnants, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2002, 252 páginas ISBN 0-19-850766-6

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 Página profesional de David A. Green
 Lista de publicaciones de David A. Green en la base de datos ADS
 Catálogo de remanentes de supernova mantenido David A. Green en su página profesional
 Versión más antigua del mismo catálogo, disponible en el sitio Centre de datos astronómicos de Estrasburgo

Green, David A.
Astrónomos de Reino Unido del siglo XXI
Nacidos en Kingston upon Hull

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12.2 Pharmacodynamics
The mechanism of action of pirfenidone in the treatment of IPF has not been established.
The effect of pirfenidone on QT interval was evaluated in a randomized, placebo, and positive controlled parallel study in 160 healthy adult volunteers. Volunteers received pirfenidone 2,403 mg/day (recommended dose) and 4,005 mg/day (1.6 times recommended dose) or placebo for 10 days or a single-dose of 400 mg moxifloxacin (active control).
Relative to placebo, the maximum mean change from baseline in study-specific QT interval was 3.2 milliseconds (ms) and 2.2 ms for pirfenidone 2,403 mg/day and 4,005 mg/day, respectively. No volunteer had a QTc interval greater than 480 ms or change from baseline greater than 60 ms. Although there was no evidence that pirfenidone prolonged the QTc interval in this study, a definitive conclusion may not be drawn as the positive control (moxifloxacin) did not perform as expected in this study, and pirfenidone at 4,005 mg/day (1.7 times the maximum recommended dose) did not cover the maximum pirfenidone exposure increase with co-administration of fluvoxamine, a strong CYP1A2 inhibitor.
After single oral-dose administration of 801 mg pirfenidone (three 267 mg capsules), the maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) was achieved between 30 minutes and 4 hours (median time of 0.5 hours). Food decreased the rate and extent of absorption. Median Tmax increased from 0.5 hours to 3 hours with food. Maximum plasma concentrations (Cmax) and AUC0-inf decreased by approximately 49% and 16% with food, respectively.
Bioequivalence was demonstrated in the fasted state when comparing the 801 mg tablet to three 267 mg capsules. The effect of food on pirfenidone exposure was consistent between the tablet and capsule formulations.
A reduced incidence of adverse reactions was observed in the fed group when compared to the fasted group. In controlled studies with IPF patients, pirfenidone was taken with food [see Dosage and Administration (2) and Clinical Studies (14)].
The absolute bioavailability of pirfenidone has not been determined in humans.
Pirfenidone binds to human plasma proteins, primarily to serum albumin, in a concentration-independent manner over the range of concentrations observed in clinical trials. The overall mean binding was 58% at concentrations observed in clinical studies (1 to 10 mcg/mL). Mean apparent oral volume of distribution is approximately 59 to 71 liters.
In vitro profiling studies in hepatocytes and liver microsomes have shown that pirfenidone is primarily metabolized in the liver by CYP1A2 and multiple other CYPs (CYP2C9, 2C19, 2D6, and 2E1). Oral administration of pirfenidone results in the formation of four metabolites. In humans, only pirfenidone and 5-carboxy-pirfenidone are present in plasma in significant quantities. The mean metabolite-to-parent ratio ranged from approximately 0.6 to 0.7.
No formal radiolabeled studies have assessed the metabolism of pirfenidone in humans. In vitro data suggests that metabolites are not expected to be pharmacologically active at observed metabolite concentrations.
The mean terminal half-life is approximately 3 hours in healthy subjects. Pirfenidone is excreted predominantly as metabolite 5-carboxy-pirfenidone, mainly in the urine (approximately 80% of the dose). The majority of pirfenidone was excreted as the 5-carboxy metabolite (approximately 99.6% of that recovered).
The pharmacokinetics of pirfenidone and the 5-carboxy-pirfenidone metabolite were studied in 12 subjects with moderate hepatic impairment (Child Pugh Class B) and in 12 subjects with normal hepatic function. Results showed that the mean exposure, AUC0-inf and Cmax of pirfenidone increased approximately 1.6- and approximately 1.4-fold in subjects with moderate hepatic impairment, respectively. The exposure of 5-carboxy-pirfenidone did not change significantly in subjects with moderate hepatic impairment.
The pharmacokinetics of pirfenidone and the 5-carboxy-pirfenidone metabolite were studied in 18 subjects with mild (CLcr 50 to 80 mL/min), moderate (CLcr 30 to 50 mL/min), and severe (CLcr less than 30 mL/min) renal impairment (n=6/group) and in 6 subjects with normal CLcr (greater than or equal to 80 mL/min) renal function. Results showed that systemic exposure (AUC0-inf) to pirfenidone increased approximately 1.4, 1.5, and 1.2-fold in subjects with mild, moderate and severe renal impairment, respectively. The corresponding AUC0-inf of 5-carboxy-pirfenidone increased 1.7, 3.4, and 5.6-fold, although the change in the patients with mild renal impairment was not statistically significant. The renal clearance of 5-carboxy-pirfenidone decreased significantly in patients with moderate to severe renal impairment.
The pharmacokinetics and safety of pirfenidone has not been studied in subjects with end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis.
Results of population pharmacokinetic analysis suggest that no dosage adjustment is needed in geriatric patients.
Results of population pharmacokinetic analysis of pirfenidone showed no significant differences in pharmacokinetics between males and females.
Results of population pharmacokinetic analysis showed that obesity (Body Mass Index [BMI] greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2) has no significant effect on the pharmacokinetics of pirfenidone.
Population pharmacokinetic analysis showed that race has no significant effect on the pharmacokinetics of pirfenidone.
Drug Interaction Studies
Cytochrome P450 1A2 Inhibitors
Pirfenidone is a substrate of cytochrome P450 1A2. In a single-dose drug interaction study in 25 healthy nonsmokers and 25 smokers, pirfenidone was co-administered with fluvoxamine (50 mg at bedtime for 3 days; 50 mg twice a day for 3 days, and 50 mg in the morning and 100 mg at bedtime for 4 days). An approximately 4-fold increase in exposure to pirfenidone in nonsmokers and approximately 7-fold increase in exposure in smokers was observed.
In a single-dose drug interaction study in 27 healthy subjects, co-administration of 801 mg of pirfenidone and 750 mg of ciprofloxacin (a moderate inhibitor of CYP1A2) on Day 6 (ciprofloxacin was dosed at 750 mg twice daily from Day 2 to Day 7) increased the exposure to pirfenidone by 81%.
Cytochrome P450 1A2 Inducers
Following a single oral dose of 801 mg pirfenidone in 25 smokers and 25 healthy nonsmokers, the systemic exposure in smokers was significantly lower compared to nonsmokers. AUC0-inf and Cmax of pirfenidone in smokers were 46% and 68% of those in nonsmokers, respectively.
Inhibitory Effect of Pirfenidone on P-glycoprotein (Pgp)
The potential for pirfenidone to inhibit Pgp mediated transport of digoxin (5.0 μM) was evaluated in the absence and presence of pirfenidone at concentrations ranging from 1 to 1,000 μM in in vitro system. Pirfenidone showed weak inhibition (10% to 30%) of Pgp facilitated digoxin B-A efflux at concentrations of 100 μM and above. Effect of pirfenidone upon Pgp substrate pharmacokinetics and safety has not been evaluated in humans.
Inhibitory Effect of Pirfenidone on CYP2C9, 2C19 or 1A2, 2D6, 3A4
The potential for pirfenidone to inhibit CYP2C9, 2C19 or 1A2 was evaluated in vitro at concentrations up to 1,000 μM (approximately 10-fold the mean human Cmax). Pirfenidone showed a concentration-dependent inhibition on CYP2C9, 2C19 or 1A2, 2D6, and 3A4. At 1,000 μM, pirfenidone inhibits the activity of these enzymes by 30.4%, 27.5%, 34.1%, 21%, and 9.6%, respectively. Effect of pirfenidone upon pharmacokinetics and safety of CYP2C9, 2C19, 1A2, 2D6, and 3A4 substrates has not been evaluated in humans.
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Jean Marie Laprise began producing Brussels sprouts commercially in Chatham-Kent in 1992 in spite of OMAFRA stating that it could not be done successfully due to our climate. Brussels sprouts are normally grown in temperate climates along the Atlantic or Pacific coasts in Canada and the US.
By 1998, Laprise Farms Ltd had become the largest producer of Brussels sprouts in Canada. In 2000, Dave Vansegbrook partnered with Laprise and eventually, they more than doubled the business to the point that all Brussels sprouts produced for processing and freezing in eastern Canada are produced by the Laprise / Vansegbrook joint venture in Chatham-Kent.
This operation is also by far the largest fresh market supplier of Brussels sprouts in eastern Canada. Since the closing of the two Brussels sprout freezer plants in British Columbia, the reduction of acreage in that area, and the increase in production by this partnership, Chatham-Kent has become the Brussels sprout capital of Canada. You may find these Brussels sprouts fresh in most chain stores from September to November.
"Frozen Brussels sprouts labeled "Product of Canada" under all major brands and store brands were most likely grown right here in Chatham-Kent. "
The health benefits of Brussels sprouts have often been noted in magazines and other publications. Food safety is a priority in this operation. It is Canada Gap Certified which means it is third party audited annually to ensure that all food safety protocols are followed and that there is traceability on their product from the seed to the finished goods going to the market.
Many people locally have never seen Brussels sprouts grown and have no idea of how much impact they have in our community. Approximately 105 to 110 seasonal jobs are created locally from the greenhouse production of transplants in March, to the transplanting of the crop, to hoeing and topping. The harvest is from September to November.
The Brussels sprout business is very capital intensive and high risk. Furthermore, it is very labour and management intensive which makes it a very tough business to get into.
"The balance between processing and fresh market volume is also important to maintaining viability in a very competitive business where the sale price in 2017 is the same as in 1991."
Belgium and California are the two largest competitors. Their main advantages are the temperate climate as well as the much longer growing season. Growth, efficiency, and economies of scale have allowed us to provide a quality product at a competitive price while keeping the business in Canada.
The packing shed operates from mid-September to late November starting with one shift, then moving to two shifts after Thanksgiving, operating seven days per week with 35 people per shift. The field staff of approximately 35 operate 24 hours per day to supply the packing shed for 16 hours of operation per day. An additional nine field staff operate on an eight to ten hour shift as required. The five harvesters and 20 delivery units along with all the packing shed equipment and other supporting equipment require full time maintenance staff to be available 24 hours per day.
The Brussels sprout test plots planted annually are an important part of the program. The process ensures the best quality and best tasting product possible available to the customer in the size that will meet market demands for both the freezer and fresh market customers.
One thing that is clear with both Dave and Jean is that neither of them would want to take on this task on their own.
"It takes an enormous amount of qualified, responsible, dedicated, as well as food-safety and quality-minded staff to get this job done. "
Being a dependable supplier to customers who depend on them exclusively for their supply of quality raw product is a responsibility that this operation takes very seriously. They treat their customers with great respect as partners in the business.
The Laprise side of the partnership currently has five family members involved in ensuring continuity of supply and the stability of this operation to our customers as well as for Dave long term. The eventual succession planning and transition of responsibilities is inevitable in all businesses. Change often brings new opportunities and we will be ready for change as always!


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Let's Cheers to This è il secondo album in studio della band statunitense Sleeping with Sirens, pubblicato il 10 maggio 2011 dalla Rise Records.

Questo è il primo album che vede come chitarristi Jesse Lawson e Jack Fowler.

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 Kellin Quinn – voce, tastiera, programmazione
 Jack Fowler – chitarra solista
 Jesse Lawson – chitarra ritmica, cori
 Justin Hills – basso
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Information overload: Visualising electronic warfare to manage data proliferation
A proliferation of devices and technologies to intercept and manipulate the electronic spectrum has resulted in an often-overwhelming deluge of complex data. The questions for many is what do we do with it? Visualisation software could hold the key, as Claire Apthorp finds out.
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There is no doubting that the modern battlespace generates vast quantities of data and that commanders struggle both to capture and interpret it. However, at least in areas like firepower or mobility, there is the opportunity to cast an eye over what is happening and gain some comprehension of the situation on the ground.
There is no such comfort blanket when it comes to electronic warfare. The interplay between offensive and defensive systems is largely invisible to the naked eye and the overwhelming electrical nature of modern warfare means there is a veritable deluge of signals and information. For the soldiers, sailors and airmen charged with conducting electronic warfare operations this poses a conundrum.
They may well get a picture of what is happening from the systems they are using and understand the complexity of the electronic spectrum in the battlespace far more, but systems with a dedicated purpose can only give them a narrow window on what is happening. As a result, visualising, interpreting and planning can be difficult.
Leveraging commercial systems
Fortunately, it is not only the military that suffers from this difficulty of interpreting the ones and zeroes of modern life. Wherever data and the intangible is everyday, people and companies have moved towards developing ways to visualise and collate the data flows in order for the human brain to better interpret them.
When confronted with such a dense and hostile electronic environment, it is no surprise that the military has also begun to look at how such tools can be employed. Whether it's electronic warfare sensors operating in unexpected ways, such as indicating a threat that is not present, or the need to be able to quickly identify a source of ambiguity and correct it, visualisation tools can assist in the smooth operation of duties.
The solution that the Canadian Forces Electronic Warfare Center developed…was to repurpose a commercial off the shelf visualisation product.
One example presented in a recent NATO paper on the subject was the programming of a radar warning receiver (RWR), which requires a set of unique parametrics for each threat radar. RWR programmers are required to search through lengthy tabular listings of parametrics to find the conflict, which is a tedious and time-consuming exercise. The solution that the Canadian Forces Electronic Warfare Center developed, through Defence Research and Development Canada, was to repurpose a commercial off the shelf visualisation product into a tool called the Visual Interface for Electronic Warfare system that could display and sort the parametrics more easily.
The problem is also being addressed by the US Army which, in June last year, issued a solicitation to industry that aimed to "identify industry sources capable of providing a range of services and efforts necessary to continue the design, build, integration, testing, delivery, and maintenance of the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) system".
US Army programmes: EWPMT and Raven Claw
EWPMT features a composable, open architecture, which means it can be customised for different services, and fielded in almost any deployment environment. It has been a US Army programme of record since 2014. Raytheon is the main contractor for EWPMT and this year delivered Capability Drop II. "For the first time, electromagnetic spectrum operators can plan electronic warfare and control the battlefield spectrum in one standard tool," Frank Pietryka, director of electronic warfare systems at Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business stated at the time.
"The beauty of EWPMT is that we designed it from the ground up as a buildable architecture; the end product is determined by which plug-ins are included," said Dan Kilfoyle, technical director of electronic warfare systems.
"The beauty of EWPMT is that we designed it from the ground up as a buildable architecture."
The objective now for the army is to move EWPMT beyond headquarters and into forward command posts. A tool for this, Raven Claw, has been built on the foundational components of EWPMT Capability Drop 1 and 2 and was conceived during EW experimentation at Fort Sill.
Raven Claw is designed to work networked or in a disconnected, intermittent or latent environment. As a result it is not dependent on a host server or external data and can function on its own with last known data and real-time feeds from sensors all within the environs of a ruggedised military laptop.
Building to interface with the Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Database
Elsewhere in industry, SRC, a large developer of signals intelligence and electronic warfare systems, has built a number of visualisation tools around its products to provide fast, accurate and timely data, so that operators can receive actionable intelligence when it's needed.
According to the company, its "tools have been designed by an experienced team of software developers and EW engineers and analysts to automate processes so that analysts can focus on what's really important — the threat. This blend of software engineers and subject matter experts provides a unique advantage by combining technical know-how with true insight into the problem set, resulting in more efficient solutions".
The tools are built on and designed to interface with the US Government's Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Database.
The tools can be used individually to help with specific segments of the intelligence production and reprogramming cycle or they can be used collectively to assist the entire process. Specifically, the tools are built on and designed to interface with the US Government's Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Database, which is the standard source of parametric data for radars and other non-communications emitters for the US military.
Europe looks to defences as Russia invests in advanced capabilities
As Russia invests in more advanced electronic warfare capabilities, European armed forces are also waking up to the need for both better systems and better integration of systems in order to combat these capabilities. At the Electronic Warfare Europe conference in 2017 a number of companies presented tools that are the initial response to this emerging requirement.
In particular, the drive here is also towards exploitation of commercial off-the-shelf or military off-the-shelf systems that can be rapidly fielded. One promising line of investigation is the repurposing of test and evaluation systems to give a coherent visualisation tool also in an operational environment.
Advanced tools are still in their infancy and will need to be supported and resourced.
Rohde & Schwarz, Saab and number of other European companies already have such tools on offer for the test and evaluation community and point to their development for the operational community. However, as one presenter pointed out, the lack of a coherent European-wide project that could release the necessary funds for further development is a significant hurdle.
Electronic warfare visualisation tools are a relatively inexpensive way to enhance and harness existing capabilities. In the future they will give commanders and operators a much better understanding of the dense and complex electromagnetic battlespace. However, advanced tools are still in their infancy and will need to be supported and resourced in order to come to fruition.
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[98 Report Pages] Maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) are among the most critical areas of the engineering industry and are crucial for industry growth and seamless operations. Globally, the MRO sector is witnessing a significant change that has redefined the industry outlook. The sustained overall economic and manufacturing growth continues to drive maintenance and repair demand in developed as well as developing economies. Globally, private and public enterprises, including SMEs as well as large enterprises, are focusing on attaining efficiency in MRO by accelerating the maintenance and repair activities through industry specialized augmented reality technology solutions. At the same time, the competitive intensity is increasing at both the market and the supply side.
According to Infoholic Research, the global augmented reality for MRO market is valued at $403.3 million in 2018 and is expected to reach $3,319.0 million by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 42.1% during the forecast period to 2024. The market is driven by demand from the US and Western European countries. The Western Europe market has the strongest hold due to the presence of various large and small-scale manufacturing-based industries. The US is driving the market due to the demand from industrial and commercial channels, especially aerospace, automobile, and manufacturing set-ups. The market in APAC is in its initial stages due to the lack of industry-specific augmented reality technology solutions and digital infrastructure in emerging economies that hampers the market growth.
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In the small town of Marfa, arts pioneer Virginia Lebermann uses indigenous methods and a keen eye for design to transform her family home.
With its ethereal high-desert landscape, cavernous blue skies, and "views for 50 miles," as the artist Donald Judd once put it, the far-west Texas town of Marfa has been a magnet for artists, writers, and other creatives since the 1970s. These days, the boho clan comes for the art, including the obligatory pilgrimage to Judd's Chinati Foundation, and is summarily awed by the setting. And some, like me, end up buying property here despite the fact that (or because) this globally renowned cultural mecca consists of a single stoplight, a few dusty streets, and a hodgepodge of mostly unassuming architecture.
Barnette with Lebermann and her son, Henry, on the roof of their 1969 Jeep in front of the main house.
"The house just needed to be listened to a bit more."
LEFT: In the guest room, a Spanish chair pulls up to an antique desk, and the artworks are by Nick Terry. RIGHT: In the kitchen's fireplace, a barro rojo bowl from Oaxaca, Mexico, holds onions. The antique furniture, including a French table, was inherited from Lebermann's family. The floor is poured concrete, the ceiling is reclaimed longleaf pine, and the print is by Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe, and Alexandre Singh.
In conversation, Lebermann has a habit of hanging back and taking things in before responding. So it's no surprise that she "stared at" the home for six months before devising a plan and hiring contractors. During that time, she researched both the architecture and style of the lower Rio Grande Valley, learning about traditional methods of construction. She finally set out to renovate the building into a four-bedroom house for her family, including her husband, the chef Rocky Barnette, and Henry, her 11-year-old son from a previous marriage.
Spray-painted tumbleweeds hang from the cedar ceiling in the living room. The sofa is by Minotti, the white chair is by Axel Vervoordt, and the floor lamp (foreground) is from John Derian. The painting is by Charlotte Culot.
The meticulous renovation took two-and-a-half years to complete. Part of that had to do with replastering the original adobe walls. Lebermann discovered that the most indigenous method—which is known as earth plaster—involves fermenting barrel-cactus pads in water, creating an adhesive that is added to the local mud. "You end up with proper, old-school plaster," says Lebermann, who supervised the fermentation process in horse troughs installed for the purpose in her backyard.
Her new cedar-shingle roof is also west-Texas traditional, but because Lebermann, who grew up on a ranch, wanted exposed shingles inside the house as well as out, two separate roofs ended up being built. And rather than standardize the home's asymmetrical openings, she found an artisan in the town of Presidio, about an hour's drive away, to hand-make on-site new windows and doors fitted with copper screens and hinges forged by a local blacksmith.
LEFT: A pair of vintage Italian chairs frames an Axel Vervoordt cocktail table in the library. The custom bookshelves are mahogany, the burlap-and-tinsel chandelier is by Sean Daly, and the rug is by Society Limonta. The three adobe sculptures under the table are by Rafa Esparza. RIGHT: In Lebermann's dressing room, vintage cowboy boots are arranged on an antique table. The chest is by Maria Yee, the antique bench is Spanish, and the Huichol beaded skull is from Mexico. The painting is by Mark Flood, and the floor tiles are Mexican.
To furnish her new space, Lebermann looked far beyond the Texas desert all the way to Belgium, where she sourced many of her home's cornerstone pieces from the legendary designer Axel Vervoordt. Indeed, the rustic aesthetic of her house—handcrafted white walls, exposed wooden ceiling beams, oiled mesquite floors, and an overall sense of calm—have much in common with Vervoordt's elemental interiors. "His style of furniture, big and comfortable, visually just works so well in a minimal setting such as the Chihuahuan Desert," Lebermann says. The neutral palette also made it easy to layer in the colorful textiles that Lebermann and Barnette have collected from Mexico and South America, as well as vintage and antique furniture from Spain, Italy, and France.
In the master bedroom, a British Khaki bed is dressed in Matteo sheets. The side table is by Maria Yee, the chair is by Michael Tracy, and the rug is from ABC Carpet & Home.
LEFT: The guest bath's sink is by Waterworks, the mirror is from BDDW, and the artwork is by Julio Larraz. RIGHT: In Lebermann's bathroom, a Waterworks tub is encased in mahogany, and the photograph is by Kate Breakey.


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A Call To Be Green
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Ever since the invention of electricity and the car, the population of the world has relied on non-renewable resources, such as coal or natural gas as their main source of energy. Not only do non-renewable resources pollute the environment, they will also run out over a period of time. There are many alternatives to non-renewable resources called renewable resources. These renewable resources include solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectric energy, and nuclear energy. It is important to use renewable resources as the main source of energy because they cost less, they omit little or no pollution, and they will not be depleted over a period of time.
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Defiant chronicles the remarkable life of Janine Shepherd, an elite ski racer whose bid to represent Australia in the Olympics was cut short by a tragic accident. She recalls the 10 days she hovered between life and death, faced with the difficult choice to let go or return to a body that would never be whole again.
After six months in a hospital battling to rehabilitate her permanent disabilities, she not only taught herself to walk again, she earned her wings as both a pilot and an aerobatics instructor.
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The 1981 Scheldeprijs was the 68th edition of the Scheldeprijs cycle race and was held on 28 July 1981. The race was won by Ad Wijnands.

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Edgar Núñez Magaña (Ciudad de México, 1980) es un chef de cocina mexicano, Creador de su propio estilo culinario, la «cocina vegetal mexicana», que se inscribe dentro del grupo más amplio de la gastronomía mexicana moderna.

Es el cocinero y director ejecutivo del restaurante Sud777, que se ha mantenido sostenidamente en lugares destacados en la lista de S. Pellegrino de los mejores 50 restaurantes de Latinoamérica.

Trayectoria

Inició su carrera profesional como aprendiz en el ramo de la hospitalidad, lo que lo llevó a trabajar en restaurantes reconocidos mundialmente como el restaurante Noma o los restaurantes de Paul Bocuse en Lyon, Francia.

Fue discípulo del chef Olivier Lombard, quien lo acercó a la Academia Culinaria de Francia.
Más adelante ejerció como chef en algunos restaurantes en la Ciudad de México: Ivoire, Café Lutèce y Landó Grill.
En 2008, el restaurante Sud 777 inicia actividades con Edgar Núñez como chef copropietario y, para 2016, inicia actividades como chef copropietario de Comedor Jacinta, con una oferta gastronómica que combina su propuesta moderna con los sabores caseros y la cocina de diferentes épocas de la tradición mexicana.

Hoy es un importante promotor de la cocina mexicana moderna y sus ingredientes guardando un gran respeto por la tradición y sus procesos. Además es reconocido por su visión culinaria enfocada en la sustentabilidad al ser de los primeros chefs en México en contar con una producción de ingredientes de forma in-house, local y de proximidad a sus restaurantes.

Estilo culinario
Aunque no se dedica a la cocina tradicional mexicana, su estilo rescata y busca enaltecer los ingredientes mexicanos y ciertas elaboraciones que apelan a las raíces, pero combinadas de una manera esencialmente moderna o actual. Sin embargo, a él mismo no le agrada el encasillamiento como «actual» (ni ningún otro): prefiere decir que lo que hace es «orgullosamente mexicano».
Debido a que sus ingredientes favoritos para sus platillos son los vegetales, se dedica también a cultivarlos, principalmente con su propia huerta en sus locales, pero además colabora con horticultores de la zona, e incluso utiliza el método ancestral mexicano de cultivo en las chinampas de Xochimilco, donde posee su propio lote. En un contexto cultural esencialmente carnívoro, le costó inicialmente desplegar e imponer su estilo que él ha denominado «cocina vegetal mexicana» y que aunque pone énfasis en el uso de los vegetales como los ingredientes estrella, no es una cocina vegetariana, ni vegana.

En cuanto a la organización de la oferta gastronómica en el restaurante que dirige, es notable el dinamismo: Más de 20 veces por año cambia el menú compuesto por cinco platos y tres veces al año renueva la carta totalmente.

Comedor Jacinta
A finales de 2016, el chef Edgar Núñez inaugura como chef copropietario, Comedor Jacinta. Este restaurante ubicado en Polanco, Ciudad de México es un comedor mexicano con una propuesta casual dining mucho más informal con platillos inspirados en su infancia influenciada por su mamá. Comedor Jacinta es la interpretación de cómo este chef ve la cocina mexicana hoy en día.

Membresías
Es miembro de la Academie Culinaire de France, fundador de la Asociación Mexicana de Food Trucks y miembro del Colectivo Mexicano de Cocina AC.

Premios y reconocimientos
 En 2012 obtuvo el primer lugar en la «Distinción Bohemia»
 La revista Forbes lo ha mencionado entre los diez mejores chefs de México.
En 2017 fue jurado de la tercera edición del concurso gastronómico S. Pellegrino Young Chef.
2018, aparición en la lista de los 100 mejores restaurantes del mundo de S. Pellegrino en el lugar 64.
2018, aparición en la lista de los 50 mejores restaurantes de Latinoamérica de S. Pellegrino en el lugar 14
2019, aparición en la lista de los 120 mejores restaurantes del mundo de S. Pellegrino en el lugar 58.
2019- Grado Chevalier en l'Academie Culinaire de France.

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Q: Using knockout extenders to return data not tied to the underlying observable? I am trying to add default sorting to an observable array. However, I don't want it to apply to the underlying observable. Just return the array as sorted without affecting the extended target.
I have this extender:
ko.extenders.defaultSort = function (target, sortExpression) {

var expression = sortExpression;
//it is an observable, the underlying value is an array, and it's not a computed observable
if (ko.isObservable(target) && Array.isArray(target()) && ko.isComputed(target) == false) {

    //returns the sorted array and sorts the target,
    //do not want this behavior, just want to return the underlying array sorted
    target.sorted = function () {
        var arrayValue = target();
        return arrayValue.sort(expression);
    };
}

}
I can take this model:
var testModel = ko.validatedObservable({
        Confirmations: ko.observableArray([
            {
                Id: 5,
                IsOwner: ko.observable(false),
                User: ko.observable("Johnny"),
                AvailableLabs: ko.observableArray([
                    {
                        Key: "guid", Value: "Something"
                    },
                    {
                        Key: "guid2", Value: "Something2"
                    },
                    {
                        Key: "guid3", Value: "Something3"
                    }
                ])
            },
            {
                Id: 2,
                IsOwner: ko.observable(true),
                User: ko.observable("Same"),
                AvailableLabs: ko.observableArray([
                    {
                        Key: "guid31", Value: "this is cool"
                    },
                    {
                        Key: "guid15", Value: "another item"
                    }
                ])
            }
        ]).extend({
            defaultSort: function(a, b){
                if(a.Id < b.Id) { return -1;}
                if(a.Id > b.Id) { return 1; }
                return 0;
            }
        })
    });

If I load the page and view testModel().Confirmations() normally. I see the array with the ID 5 record being first.
Then if I type:
testModel().Confirmations.sorted()

It returns an array with the ID 2 record first, so it has been sorted now, great! But when I once again type testModel().Confirmations(), the ID 2 record is now first. I don't want the behavior. I just want to return a separately ordered array. I thought by using target() to first get the underlying value, then return that, it wouldn't affect the observable, but that appears to be wrong. How can I do that?
Note, I cannot use ko.toJS or ko.toJSON because I need to preserve any other nested observables and their extended properties for further processing after binding.

A: I was able to figure this out, you need to slice the value as a new array first, which knockout provides a helper function to do so straight off the observable:
target.sorted = function () {
     return target.slice().sort(expression);
}

The sort is also a knockout wrapped method of the regular sort. Which I found documentation of here:
https://knockoutjs.com/documentation/observableArrays.html
They also did exactly what I was trying to do, have a .sorted method which returns a copy of the array sorted and doesn't not affect the original. But upon reading this:
https://github.com/knockout/knockout/issues/2501
.sorted is only in v3.5+, which I don't have.


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They have taken up what's known as magnet fishing, a hobby that — measured in terms of social media — is all the rage in Europe but is just now becoming a pastime in the American Midwest.
The hobby consists of attaching a powerful magnet to a rope, then tossing the magnet into a waterway. Once the magnet hits bottom, you drag it until it locks onto something metal. Then you haul the item to the surface.
Sometimes the result is treasure, most of the time it's junk, and sometimes what you haul to the surface is just plain weird.
"It's one of those hobbies where it's kind of silly and it takes a lot of time and it's kind of stinky and the water's gross and you have to wear gloves and my wife's always like, 'Ugh, where are you going?' " said Jim Walters, a magnet fishing hobbyist from West Bend.
Walters operates a Facebook page, Magnet Fishing Wisco, for magnet fishing enthusiasts in the region.
"It's getting some recognition out there a little bit, but really no one knows what it is," Walters said. "It's kind of a new thing here (in the U.S.)."
He says he decided to try magnet fishing after stumbling onto videos about the hobby on YouTube.
Walters said it was a situation of ending up going down a "YouTube rabbit hole."
"I ended up about five hours later just like, 'wow.' "
He's been magnet fishing for four or five years now, he said.
"The fun thing about a magnet is it's just like fishing," Walters said. "Something will hit. It will go 'clink.' It will give you a feeling on the rope. 'I've got something.'
"You can kind of tell by the sound and the feel how big the item is."
The process combines an outdoor activity with suspense, history, a little bit of exercise, sometimes crime and the satisfaction of knowing you're helping clean up the environment by ridding the region's waterways of metal junk.
Just make sure your tetanus shot is up to date.
The magnets
The fishing magnets are rated by pounds of lift or pulling force. For magnet fishing, a suggested range is 300 pounds of lift to 1,200 pounds of lift.
That's not how much the magnet weighs but is an estimate of its "sticking" power.
"It's a powerful magnet that looks a little like a hockey puck," Walters said.
The higher the lift rating, the more the magnet costs.
A magnet with 1,200 pounds of pulling force is listed for $64.95 on Amazon.
A magnet fishing kit with a 1,200 pound magnet, rope and a carrying case, is $106.79, with $3.95 shipping on eBay.
You don't need the most powerful magnets to get started magnet fishing, Walters said.
"If you're putting a (magnet fishing) rig together, it's your own invention," Walters said.
But be careful using the magnets.
"These magnets are pretty strong," Walters said. "You have to watch your fingers and watch the side of the car."
The magnets are labeled with "Caution: Pinching Hazard."
Walters says he transports the magnets in a large plastic bucket with something such as a towel or a piece of foam in it to block the force of the magnet from coming in contact with a vehicle's metal.
You also have to be careful to keep the magnet from latching onto a metal bridge or pier support. If that happens, it's a battle to retrieve the magnet. (In one YouTube video, magnet fishermen had to hook their rope to a trailer hitch on their car and then used the car to pull the magnet free.)
"It takes a little practice to make sure the current doesn't take your magnet in a direction you don't want it to," said Trisha Timm, a magnet fishing hobbyist who lives in Saukville.
For Timm and her family, magnet fishing is an extension of their outdoor pursuits. The family has a Facebook page dedicated to outdoor activities, including magnet fishing videos.
"We're fishermen also and we get (our lines) caught on this stuff all the time," Timm said of underwater metal junk. "The fact that we can get it out for not only ourselves but for other fishermen as well, that's one of the biggest things."
She gets a lot of curious questions while out magnet fishing.
"A lot of people walking by are so interested," she said. "They say, 'what are you guys doing?' And we say, 'magnet fishing.'"
So far the Timm family has pulled a lot of metal garbage out of area waterways, including a 75-pound unidentified hunk of metal pulled from the Milwaukee River near Grafton.
"We pulled a bike out of the water," Timm said. "It wasn't in there for long.
"There was still air in the tires."
Walters has devised a uniform of sorts that he wears when magnet fishing. "It's a pretty obnoxious outfit," he said.
Here's what it consists of:
Waders, for obvious reasons. "You're going to get wet," Walters said.
Protective gear. "I always have something on my shins and my ankles," Walters said. "You really never know" what is under the water or whether it could poke or stick you as you toss and retrieve your magnets.
Gloves. He uses a type of fishing glove.
Safety glasses and a hat.
"Who knows what's in there?" Walters added. "I've heard of guys west of here finding what were traveling meth labs. They found a couple of those that were dumped in rivers toward the LaCrosse area. Awful. Just awful."
Walters was magnet fishing in the northern portions of the Milwaukee River.
He tossed a magnet out into the middle of the river.
"I felt something and it felt pretty solid. Rectangular shape... really heavy," he said.
He hauled it out of the river and what he had was a heavy, muck-encased rectangular piece of cast iron. "I thought, 'this is cool,'" he said.
OK. How do you clean it up?
"I got on the YouTube again and realized I had to get a kiddie pool and four bottles of Coca-Cola and let this thing sit for two weeks in my garage," Walters said. "It was submerged in this disgusting, surgary, nasty, murky mess for two weeks."
The cola bath and some scrubbing resulted in the removal of the muck, allowing Walters to identify it as a bridge plaque made by the Lassig Bridge and Steel Co., in Chicago. It was stamped with a date from 1900.
"I cleaned it up and lacquered it and it looked pretty slick," Walters said. It ended up sitting in his garage.
One day, he had a rummage sale. The sign was still sitting in the garage but was off to the side, away from the rummage merchandise that was for sale.
A guy at the rummage sale spotted the sign.
"It ended up he was an architectural antique dealer from Chicago," Walters said. "He peeled off $500 bucks right there ..." for the bridge plaque. "He already had a buyer in mind."
Somebody has to clean all this stuff up
Europe has had issues with magnet fisherman pulling junk up out of rivers and lakes and then leaving big piles of useless waste metal and muck along the shoreline.
Walters and Timm say that is unacceptable to them and that it defeats the purpose of cleaning up the waterways, which is part of the mission of magnet fishing.
"That's kind of the big thing," Walters said. "You're cleaning up the metal trash that has been sitting" sometimes for generations, at the bottom of rivers and lakes.
All the junk they pull up to the surface, "We're just scrapping it and getting it out of the water," Timm said. "It will go to the scrapyard and it will be disposed of correctly."
"You're doing what you can for the planet," she added. "That's the most important thing."
Walters and Timm say they go to great effort to make sure their hobby doesn't run afoul of the law.
"I've called and I've talked to wardens and law enforcement as well," Walters said. "They get a kick out of it for the most part, as long as you're not trespassing."
There are ample opportunities for magnet fishing in the state.
"There's a lot of public access to water in Wisconsin," Walters said.
With magnet fishing, there is no license required.
The state Department of Natural Resources has no problem with magnet fishing.
"We think it's absolutely wonderful that people want to go out and help clean up our waterways and remove garbage or debris, junk," said Robert Rosenberger, deputy bureau director for the DNR waterways program. "Getting that out of a river is great."
In the meantime, Walters says he will keep on magnet fishing.
"When I find a new hobby, I go a little nuts," he said.
What's in the water
Walters and Timm tend to find all sorts of things when they are out magnet fishing. Some of what they find has become fairly routine, but some of it isn't.
Upper torso of a mannequin. "Strangest thing I've ever found. It had a steel rod running through the center of it and the magnet locked onto that," Walters said. "As I'm bringing it up, I'm seeing a torso and it was definitely a 'What in the heck just happened?' moment because you're seeing this and it doesn't make sense. You're seeing this upper torso coming out of the water."
Gumballs. "I found a gumball machine that someone had stolen and chucked in the river," Walters said. "The gumballs were still intact."
Japanese paratrooper. "I pulled up this little Japanese WWII soldier figurine," Walters said. "It was a Japanese paratrooper. 3½ inches tall."
Guns. Walters has pulled a couple of handguns out of area waterways. Both were turned over to law enforcement and the guns had not been reported missing or stolen. "How did it end up here?" Walters said. "Was it grandma who didn't like grandpa's gun and tossed it into the river?"
An ironing trivet. A trivet is a piece of metal on which hot dishes or other hot things are placed. The trivet from the river was shaped like an iron for ironing clothing, Timm said. Did she know what it was when she pulled it up? "Absolutely no clue," she said.
Fishing gear. Just about anything a fisherman would drop in the water, Walters has pulled up to the surface. That includes knives, pliers, hooks and Leatherman multitools.
Railroad spikes. Especially around railroad bridges, the spikes that are used to hold the rails in place are plentiful in waterways, Walters said. He estimates he has fished about 400 railroad spikes out of waterways in southern Wisconsin.
Bicycles. Lots of them. "I've pulled a lot of bikes out of (the water)," Walters said. "I just pulled one up Tuesday." Some are fairly new, some are really old. Chances are, they are crusted with unimaginable muck. "You have to be ready for that big, nasty bicycle," Walters said.
Anything else of note?
"I found an old toolbox that was completely full of Craftsman tools that were in beautiful condition," Walters said.
Lainey Seyler of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
Contact Joe Taschler at (414) 224-2554 or jtaschler@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeTaschler or Facebook at facebook.com/joe.taschler.1.