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Yellowknife group hands out hundreds of Christmas presents to families in need
Inside Yellowknife's Tree of Peace Friendship Centre on a dark winter morning, a dozen volunteers prep tables heaped high with teddy bears, remote control cars and Barbie dolls.
Michael Fatt calls them his "elves" — which would make him Santa.
This improvised Christmas workshop is the result of an epic bottle drive Fatt ran over the past month, collecting more than $6,000 worth of empties from Yellowknifers.
"Our first run there was overwhelming," he said. "We made five van loads and filled up my shed; it was overflowing into my backyard."
Now, the fruits of that labour are here for all to see — free presents for Yellowknife families that need help filling the space beneath the Christmas tree.
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Anytime before 3 p.m. Saturday, families can swing by and make their picks from tables stacked with books, stuffed animals, sports equipment, remote control toys, dolls, board games — you name it.
Fatt's elves are on standby to wrap visitors' selections, and have candy and other small gifts to give away as stocking stuffers as well.
First event for new Yellowknife charity
The event is the first for the Yellowknife chapter of the Crazy Indians Brotherhood.
The organization, founded in Winnipeg in 2007, aims to provide a place where people with addictions or criminality in their past can work to give back to their communities and become positive role models.
Membership is not exclusive to Indigenous people, though the name of the group, and of Yellowknife's still-developing Savage Family chapter, is intended to reclaim language used to insult them.
"Our main focus is going to be … giving back to the community of Yellowknife, to the less fortunate," said Jay Holt, the new chapter's president.
This week, that meant splurging on toys for Yellowknife kids.
"It was fun; I love shopping. I was pretending I was buying them for myself," Fatt said.
"The Christmas he never had as a kid," Holt said with a laugh.
Holt said the toy giveaway is the perfect event to kick things off, though it will be followed by regular "feed the people" events where healthy meals are provided to those in need.
"We're getting positive feedback," said Holt. "We actually turned some volunteers away because it's been overwhelming."
"People just jumped in and helped out."
Fatt, who earned his "full patch" membership of the brotherhood through the long hours he spent collecting cans and bottles, said the response showed how generous Yellowknifers could be.
"I love the city of Yellowknife," he said. "They're very considerate towards the less fortunate."
For now, selection is limited to one gift per child. Any toys left at the end of the day will be donated to other Yellowknife organizations that are holding toy drives.
Visitors are asked to wear a mask and keep their kids in the car to limit the risk of COVID-19.


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This Seemingly Small Detail Could Be the Key to the Night King's True Identity
Bran and the Night King Dress Alike on Game of Thrones
August 24, 2017 by Quinn Keaney First Published: August 22, 2017
Although the Night King has been terrorizing Game of Thrones for three seasons now, we still don't know who he was before he became the White Walkers' leader. We have a few ideas, of course, but it's hard to ignore all the evidence piling up that the Night King is actually Bran Stark. Sound insane? We thought so too . . . at first.
Reddit user Turm0il26 recently proposed the idea that once Bran comes to terms with the fact his powers are the reason Wylis becomes Hodor, who then goes on to one day save his and Meera's lives, Bran will wrongly assume he can go back in time to stop the White Walkers from ever existing in the first place. With the Night King and his army already doing serious damage to Jon Snow's forces, it's possible that Bran will get the idea in his head in season eight that the only way to put an end to the war between humans and White Walkers is by preventing the creation of the Night King (although it's worth noting that Bran doesn't seem interested in helping anyone these days). To accomplish this, he'd have to travel far enough back in time to stop the Children of the Forest from ever plunging dragonglass into the heart of one of the First Men, which is how the first White Walker comes into existence.
This Compelling Theory Makes the Night King That Much More Terrifying
We already know that the two share an intense connection, since we see Bran experience the touch of the Night King while warging in season six. If you subscribe to Turm0il26's theory, the reason the Night King and Bran could be so drawn to each other is because they are the same exact person, only at different stages of their lives. "Bran goes back all the way to where the Night King was created, to warg into the human that later is going to become the Night King," the Redditor writes. "He wargs into him to instead stop the 'dragonglass into the heart'-event from happening. Only he doesn't think of that the Children of the Forest won't recognize him from the future . . . He tries to go back in the current timeline, but can't because he's too deep into the past and stayed too long . . . From here Bran gets stuck in the past and becomes the Night King."
Obviously Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have neither confirmed nor denied this theory, but we might have gotten another clue that the connection between Bran and the Night King is legit, courtesy of the show's costuming department. As you can see in the GIF below, the clothes Bran wears in a season six scene are remarkably similar to the outfit the Night King wears in season seven's "Beyond the Wall."
In all fairness, most of the characters on Game of Thrones wear some variation of armor, black leather, and fur. Still, from the shape of their garments to their walk, the similarities are pretty striking. Could this be our first solid clue that Bran is well on his way to becoming the Night King? (Or technically, already is?) Here's hoping the season seven finale answers some of our questions.
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Many household products – including cleaning fluids, varnish, paint remover, fuel additives, lighter fluid, lubricants, rust and tar removers, pool chemicals, and gasoline contaminated with oil or water – contain ingredients that are toxic, corrosive, or flammable. These HHW products often require special handling once consumers no longer need them.
Most people unknowingly dispose of HHW unsafely. Some people put HHW in the trash, where it can injure waste management workers and cause explosions in garbage trucks. Others pour HHW down the drain, where it enters our waterways, poisoning wildlife and threatening the quality of our drinking water sources. Some people even store HHW in the home for long periods of time -- risking child and pet poisonings, fires, and spills.
Many local governments run HHW collection events to help their residents safely dispose of dangerous products. But these events are infrequent and often underfunded. Some communities build and operate permanent facilities that collect HHW year-round, but at a major expense to taxpayers and government.
We need comprehensive, statewide programs that allow residents to conveniently drop off HHW for safe disposal. To be effective, such programs must be sustainably funded, be readily available to everyone, provide sustained public education and outreach, and operate permanent collection facilities year-round.
PSI works to pass "extended producer responsibility" (EPR) laws that make the producers of hazardous household products pay for and manage HHW collection programs. HHW EPR programs relieve governments and taxpayers of the costs of HHW collection, and give consumers a safe, convenient way to get these products out of their homes.
Although no such programs currently exist in the U.S., HHW EPR programs have operated successfully in Canada since the 1990s. Manitoba's program increased collection volumes from approximately 2,600 gallons at the start of the program to 13,500 gallons in 2017. In British Columbia, collection volumes increased from approximately 28,000 gallons in 2001 to 131,000 in 2017 and 74 collection sites were added in the same time period.
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BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that its 2018 capital expenditure program in California will be approximately $230 million. This year's plan in California includes several capacity expansion projects in addition to scheduled maintenance projects to ensure BNSF continues to operate a safe and reliable rail network.
BNSF operates a 2,000-mile network in California and has invested approximately $1 billion to expand and maintain its network in the state over the past five years. In 2018, additional production track and new lift equipment will be installed at the Los Angeles Intermodal Facility. At the Stockton Intermodal Facility, BNSF will extend the existing north lead track to improve switching capability.
On the Needles subdivision, BNSF will begin the multi-year construction of a third main track between West Needles and Ibis. Capacity through the city of Needles will also be expanded by adding approximately four miles of quadruple main track to the existing triple track. The 2018 maintenance program in California includes more than 570 miles of track surfacing and/or undercutting work as well as the replacement of approximately 40 miles of rail and close to 100,000 ties.
"California is a critical part of BNSF's rail network, providing access from West Coast ports to major markets in the U.S. By committing to ongoing maintenance projects and enhancements in the state, we are showing our dedication to Californians to run a safe, reliable and efficient railroad," said Donnie Stilwell, general manager of operations, California Division.
The 2018 planned capital investments in the state are part of BNSF's $3.3 billion network-wide capital expenditure program announced last month. These investments include $2.4 billion to replace and maintain core network and related assets, approximately $500 million for expansion and efficiency projects and $100 million for continued implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC). Another element of its capital plan will be $300 million for freight cars and other equipment acquisitions.


My last post introduced the Expedition Class's latest project. The key man during the journey was Andrew Hughes and now his trek is complete.
The first newspaper coverage of this story was published in The Mercury last May.
The Mercury published another story recently 'Warm welcome for adventurer Andrew Hughes as he paddles into GASP'. His journey started north east of Lake St Clair in central Tasmania and now Andrew has crossed an imaginary finish line between the Iron Pot on the eastern side of the Derwent River and Tinderbox on the western side and this conclusion has been covered again in The Mercury.
If you go to the web, you can read the mini 'Live Reports' of the 28 sections of his journey. You can peruse a collection of photos for each section. The information in the reports is limited and no information is offered with the photographs. Unless you have travelled the edge of or on the Derwent River, it would be difficult if not impossible to identify locations.
A comparison of some of Andrew's photos with those I took during my walk from the mouth to the source of the Derwent River, makes for interesting viewing.
Firstly I would like to compare the rush of water over the river rocks between Wayatinah and Butlers Gorge that Andrew saw compared to the low almost absent water level that I experienced on two occasions. Since I completed my walks along the Derwent earlier this year, Tasmania has been inundated with unexpected high levels of rain which have raised the water levels in the dams and the Derwent River.
The photo below was taken by me in October 2015.
The photo below is by Andrew as shown in his Live Report 18.
My photo below shows the water level of the huge 15 kilometre Lake King William was so much lower in October 2015.
My photo taken only 2 ½ months later at the beginning of January this year, showed the water level had dropped dramatically so that the Tasmanian government was considerably worried about our electricity generation options.
In Live Report 15 Andrew shows the Lake King William water backed up to Clark Dam at Butlers Gorge. Tasmania is no longer worrying about our water storage facilities and power generation. Again we have enough water to create clean electricity.
These photos are wonderful reminders of the unpredictability and power of nature. Andrew's reports and photos are an excellent example of people getting out into our Tasmanian wilderness and experiencing it's challenges and wonders. I hope his trek inspires others not necessarily to cover the same territory, but to find new country to discover and enjoy. To be refreshed by the purity of the bush.
This entry was posted in Derwent River, Tasmania and tagged Andrew Hughes, Butlers Gorge, Clark Dam, Derwent River, Expedition Class, Iron Pot, Lake King William, Lake St Clair, The Mercury, Tinderbox, Wayatinah on August 29, 2016 by Tasmanian traveller.


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package org.bdgenomics.utils.instrumentation

import org.apache.spark.Accumulable
import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor
import org.mockito.Matchers.any
import org.mockito.Mockito.{ times, verify }
import org.scalatest.FunSuite
import org.scalatest.mock.MockitoSugar._

class MetricsRecorderSuite extends FunSuite {

  test("Timings are recorded correctly") {
    val accumulable = mock[Accumulable[ServoTimers, RecordedTiming]]
    val recorder = new MetricsRecorder(accumulable)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 1", sequenceId = Some(1))
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 1", 100000)
    val timingPath = new TimingPath("Timer 1", None, sequenceId = 1)
    verify(accumulable).+=(new RecordedTiming(100000, timingPath))
  }

  test("Nested timings are recorded correctly") {
    val accumulable = mock[Accumulable[ServoTimers, RecordedTiming]]
    val recorder = new MetricsRecorder(accumulable)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 1", sequenceId = Some(1))
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 2", sequenceId = Some(1))
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 2", 200000)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 3", sequenceId = Some(1))
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 3", 300000)
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 1", 100000)
    val timingPath1 = new TimingPath("Timer 1", None, sequenceId = 1)
    val timingPath2 = new TimingPath("Timer 2", Some(timingPath1), sequenceId = 1)
    val timingPath3 = new TimingPath("Timer 3", Some(timingPath1), sequenceId = 1)
    verify(accumulable).+=(new RecordedTiming(200000, timingPath2))
    verify(accumulable).+=(new RecordedTiming(300000, timingPath3))
    verify(accumulable).+=(new RecordedTiming(100000, timingPath1))
  }

  test("New top-level operations get new sequence IDs") {
    val accumulable = mock[Accumulable[ServoTimers, RecordedTiming]]
    val recorder = new MetricsRecorder(accumulable)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 1")
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 1", 100000)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 2")
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 2", 100000)
    val recordedTimings = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(classOf[RecordedTiming])
    verify(accumulable, times(2)).+=(recordedTimings.capture())
    val allTimings = recordedTimings.getAllValues
    assert(allTimings.size() === 2)
    assert(allTimings.get(1).pathToRoot.sequenceId > allTimings.get(0).pathToRoot.sequenceId)
  }

  test("Repeated top-level operations get new sequence IDs") {
    val accumulable = mock[Accumulable[ServoTimers, RecordedTiming]]
    val recorder = new MetricsRecorder(accumulable)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 1")
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 1", 100000)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 1")
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 1", 100000)
    val recordedTimings = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(classOf[RecordedTiming])
    verify(accumulable, times(2)).+=(recordedTimings.capture())
    val allTimings = recordedTimings.getAllValues
    assert(allTimings.size() === 2)
    assert(allTimings.get(1).pathToRoot.sequenceId === allTimings.get(0).pathToRoot.sequenceId)
  }

  test("Non-matching timer name causes assertion error") {
    val accumulable = mock[Accumulable[ServoTimers, RecordedTiming]]
    val recorder = new MetricsRecorder(accumulable)
    intercept[AssertionError] {
      recorder.startPhase("Timer 2", sequenceId = Some(1))
      recorder.finishPhase("Timer 3", 200000)
    }
  }

  test("Nested RDD operations are not recorded") {
    // Checks that nested RDD operations, as well as anything nested within them are not recorded.
    // This is this to avoid miscalculation of timings when Spark calls an RDD operation within another RDD operation.
    val accumulable = mock[Accumulable[ServoTimers, RecordedTiming]]
    val recorder = new MetricsRecorder(accumulable)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 1", sequenceId = Some(1), isRDDOperation = false)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 2", sequenceId = Some(1), isRDDOperation = true)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 3", sequenceId = Some(1), isRDDOperation = true)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 4", sequenceId = Some(1), isRDDOperation = false)
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 4", 400000)
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 3", 300000)
    recorder.startPhase("Timer 5", sequenceId = Some(1), isRDDOperation = false)
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 5", 500000)
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 2", 200000)
    recorder.finishPhase("Timer 1", 100000)
    val timingPath1 = new TimingPath("Timer 1", None, sequenceId = 1)
    val timingPath2 = new TimingPath("Timer 2", Some(timingPath1), sequenceId = 1, isRDDOperation = true)
    val timingPath5 = new TimingPath("Timer 5", Some(timingPath2), sequenceId = 1)
    // Timer 3 should not have been recorded as it is an RDD operation nested within
    // another RDD operation. Timer 4 should not have been recorded as it is within the nested RDD operation.
    verify(accumulable, times(3)).+=(any())
    verify(accumulable).+=(new RecordedTiming(100000, timingPath1))
    verify(accumulable).+=(new RecordedTiming(500000, timingPath5))
    verify(accumulable).+=(new RecordedTiming(200000, timingPath2))
  }

}


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By Brett Marlow
For the past few months, Liam Warfield and a group of 15 core members met weekly on Sundays in Wicker Park to discuss, organize and divvy up different tasks to individuals. There were assorted departments responsible for cultivating different tasks, planning, creating and gathering-among other tasks. Their efforts over the past two months have been to bring Warfield's "brainchild" idea of re-enacting the protests surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention that took place in Chicago 40 years ago to fruition.
The re-enactment took place on Aug. 28 in Grant Park. People were encouraged to come, see what it was about and draw their own conclusions and parallels of what was happening then and what's still happening now. The group thought people should be reminded of it.
"All the problems we had then, we have now," Warfield said. "We're posing [the questions] and giving people forum."
Chip Hamlett, another organizer for the event, said,"[We want] people to have a good time, but draw the parallels and think of how we've changed as a city and as people."
The group invited locals to attend via its website Reenact68.com, and much like the original event, people from out of town like Rude Mechanical Orchestra, a marching band from New York City, who help people yearning for social justice. The group also invited Food Not Bombs and sent out press releases to get the word out.
Meeting in Grant Park at Michigan Avenue and Balbo Drive a week before the event for a planning meeting, a third of the group scoped out the landscape to see where it would be best to set up each event, drawing maps to see where each event would best fit, and their location and time. But for all of them, they were unsure how it would turn out, and they were OK with it.
"I consider it a blessing that we don't know what it's going to be like," Warfield said.
The group was waiting for a permit to be approved for the event, but on event day, it still hadn't come. The group was expecting anywhere from 100 to 10,000 people to show, but two hours into the event, a crowd of around 100 had gathered sitting on the grass and on blankets in a piece of empty space nestled beside Metra tracks in Grant Park on Columbus and Balbo Drives.
Decked out in clothes from the '60s, sans headbands and love bands, and with peace signs painted on their faces, protestors held anti-war signs and listened to speakers like Bobby Seale and Alan Ginsberg impersonators, channeling the same words the original activists once spoke years ago. Face painting, clown cops and snake dancing, a technique that was used to shimmy through police force back in the day, was taught. The group had planned to scale the Logan Statue, but it was barricaded. Instead they planned to march around it. They did manage to carry a large puppet of the city's current mayor's father, Mayor Richard J. Daley, another planned item on their agenda.
With people speaking, the mic was opened for others to share their thoughts.
One of the speakers was Columbia professor and chair of the English and Writing Department, John Schultz, who was present at the original protests. Schultz spoke Aug. 28 about the events that occurred the same day in 1968.
Schultz, who wrote about the events in 1968, is reissuing his two books, No One Was Killed and The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, with University of Chicago press in spring 2009.
In 1968, the scene in Chicago was chaotic and filled with angst after being selected as the city to host the Democratic National Convention. That same year, Sen. Bobby Kennedy was assassinated.
Many Americans thought Kennedy might have been chosen as the prime leader or frontman for the Democratic election that year. Lyndon B. Johnson was president but did not run again, as he thought his party would not be able to win and bear it, said Peter Alter, a curator at the Chicago History Museum.
Martin Luther King Jr., a leader of the civil rights movement, was also assassinated that year, causing riots nationwide and locally on the city's South and West sides, he said. The United States was involved in war with Vietnam that left a bitter taste in many Americans' mouths. The youth of the nation had lost their trust and faith in government.
Prior to the convention beginning in Chicago on Aug. 26, 1968, threats were made against the city from opposers, Alter said. Rumors circulated that the Chicago's water supply would be poisoned, among others that Mayor Richard J. Daley believed.
"He got his police commissioner to really prepare the department for what could be in his mind a battle, literally," Alter said.
State, local and federal agents were involved, even FBI, Alter said.
"By bringing all this law enforcement here, you almost create [an] environment for something like that to happen, where the law enforcement is on edge because their leaders are saying anything could happen and the left-wing student movement that [was] here [was] hoping something would happen so they could discredit the democratic party and discredit Daley," Alter said. "Something obviously happened in the riots and so-forth."
Riots broke out when King was assassinated, not just in Chicago, but around the nation. Alter said Daley issued an order to police that if riots of that magnitude arose again, they were to shoot to kill if they saw an arsonist, and shoot to maim if they saw looters.
"The people who came here to protest the convention were aware of that," Alter said.
But many of those who came to protest were from out of town, and crossed state lines to attend. Many, who were arrested were released after the dust had settled, Alter said.
Warfield, Hamlett and the rest of the group had the same idea, but their idea was to have in a more peaceful, thought-provoking manner.
Although the group did not anticipate any violence or riots breaking out, Chicago police were present at the event, standing a few hundred feet away hours into the event near their bicycles, looking onward.
In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the convention, the Chicago History Museum sent out a public invitation to collect aural histories of locals who were present for the protests. Although they were hoping to gather them during the week it happened, Alter said those who may have stories to share are welcome to come to the museum for an hour-long interview later on.
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November 9, 2015 10:12PM ET
Watch Alessia Cara, Katy B's Soulful 'Hotline Bling' Duet
Teenage singers cover Drake track at recent London gig
Alessia Cara already slowed down Drake's smash hit "Hotline Bling" on her own, but at a recent London gig, the young Ontario, Canada native joined British singer Katy B for a new cover of the track.
"We're going to do a cover of the lovely Drake," Cara said before launching into the smooth take that remains faithful to the version she recorded for Australian television with just her band. Cara and B's soulful voices meld seamlessly together, turning the catchy track into a more heartbreaking ballad.
Cara has gotten numerous co-signs from some of music's biggest names, including Taylor Swift and Lorde, and has gotten support from Drake himself, who called her "my lil one from the 6 side" on Instagram. Her debut LP, Know-It-All, will be released on November 13th via Def Jam and follows up the success of her Isaac Hayes-sampling single "Here." Listeners can now stream the album in full on NPR's site.
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WHAT WE THINK: We were so excited that Bell brought back the Moto 3 helmet. It's such an iconic look and probably Bell's most sought-after design in their history.
The price is much more expensive than it used to be; however, it has the protection to back up that price point.
mance when doing physical activity.
The MindFX comes with 3, 15 and 20 packs that you add to 8 to 12 ounces of water. It's offered in Orange Mango and Mixed Berry flavors.
MindFX powder at a desert race.
After two to three hours of straight racing, usually things wear on your mind heavily after all that physical exertion. After using MindFX, we noticed that our mind was much sharper, which in turn helped us finish the race strong.
sizes are available from XXS to XXL.
WHAT WE THINK: Knee protection is always a great thing to utilize.
We've seen far too many off-road enthusiasts with bad knee injuries from not wearing the proper protection. The Mobius X8 knee brace will offer great protection, and with the adjustable knob, they should fit well.


Have you ever tried to let your voice be heard concernig the things that God has told you. Lately, that's the way I've felt about church planting. Sometimes it seems like the more I try to let people know about what God has shown me concerning Image Church, it seems like the more some people are not listening. Now this isn't everyone, but it certainly feels like many people just can't imagine a new, vibrant, multi-cultural church can launch and thrive.
We must always put our hope and trust in God's word. People are frail….ALL OF US. Somedays we're up, somedays we're down. Soley relying upon what your friend says is dangerous. Put your confidence in the ONE with the Master Plan. He knows what He's placed inside everyone of us. We just simply have to trust and obey, and know that He's working on our behalf-even when it doesn't seem like it.


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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "compat.h"
#include "debugger/debugger.h"
#include "pokefinder/pokefinder.h"
#include "ui/ui.h"
#include "widget.h"
#include "widget_internals.h"

#define MAX_POSSIBLE 8
#define FEW_ENOUGH() (pokefinder_count && pokefinder_count <= MAX_POSSIBLE)

static int value = 0;
static int possible_page[ MAX_POSSIBLE ];
static libspectrum_word possible_offset[ MAX_POSSIBLE ];
static int selected = 0;

static void update_possible( void );
static void display_possible( void );
static void display_value( void );

static const char * const title = "Poke finder";

int
widget_pokefinder_draw( void *data )
{
  widget_dialog_with_border( 1, 2, 30, 12 );
  widget_printstring( 10, 16, WIDGET_COLOUR_TITLE, title );
  widget_printstring( 16, 24, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND, "Possible: " );
  widget_printstring( 16, 32, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND, "Value: " );

  update_possible();
  display_possible();
  display_value();

  widget_printstring( 16, 88, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND,
		      "\x0AI\x01nc'd \x0A" "D\x01" "ec'd \x0AS\x01" "earch" );
  widget_printstring( 16, 96, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND, "\x0AR\x01" "eset \x0A" "C\x01lose" );

  widget_display_lines( 2, 12 );

  return 0;
}

static void
update_possible( void )
{
  size_t page, offset, bank, bank_offset, i = 0;

  selected = 0;

  if( !FEW_ENOUGH() )
    return;

  for( page = 0; page < MEMORY_PAGES_IN_16K * SPECTRUM_RAM_PAGES; page++ ) {
    memory_page *mapping = &memory_map_ram[page];
    bank = mapping->page_num;

    for( offset = 0; offset < MEMORY_PAGE_SIZE; ++offset )
      if( ! (pokefinder_impossible[page][offset/8] & 1 << (offset & 7)) ) {
	bank_offset = mapping->offset + offset;

	possible_page[i] = bank;
	possible_offset[i] = bank_offset;
	if( ++i == pokefinder_count )
	  return;
      }
  }
}

static void
display_possible( void )
{
  char buf[ 32 ];

  widget_rectangle(  96,  24,  48,  8, WIDGET_COLOUR_BACKGROUND );
  widget_rectangle(  16,  48, 128, 32, WIDGET_COLOUR_BACKGROUND );
  widget_rectangle(  16,  80, 136,  8, WIDGET_COLOUR_BACKGROUND );
  widget_rectangle(  82,  96,  56,  8, WIDGET_COLOUR_BACKGROUND );

  snprintf( buf, sizeof( buf ), "%lu", (unsigned long)pokefinder_count );
  widget_printstring( 96, 24, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND, buf );

  if( FEW_ENOUGH() ) {
    size_t i;

    for( i = 0; i < pokefinder_count; i++ ) {
      int x = 2 + (i / 4) * 8;
      int y = 6 + (i % 4);
      int colour;

      if( i == selected ) {
	widget_rectangle( x * 8, y * 8, 56, 8, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND );
	colour = WIDGET_COLOUR_BACKGROUND;
      } else {
	colour = WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND;
      }

      snprintf( buf, sizeof( buf ), "%2d:%04X", possible_page[i],
		possible_offset[i] );
      widget_printstring( x * 8, y * 8, colour, buf );
    }

    widget_printstring( 83, 96, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND, "\x0A" "B\x01reak" );
  }

  widget_display_lines( 3, 10 );
}

static void
display_value( void )
{
  char buf[16];

  snprintf( buf, sizeof( buf ), "%d", value );
  widget_rectangle( 72, 32, 24, 8, WIDGET_COLOUR_BACKGROUND );
  widget_printstring( 72, 32, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND, buf );
  widget_display_lines( 4, 1 );
}

static void
scroll( int step )
{
  if( !FEW_ENOUGH() ) return;

  selected += step;
  if( selected < 0 )
    selected = 0;
  else if( selected >= pokefinder_count )
    selected = pokefinder_count - 1;

  display_possible();
}

void
widget_pokefinder_keyhandler( input_key key )
{
  switch ( key ) {
  case INPUT_KEY_Escape:	/* Close widget */
    widget_end_widget( WIDGET_FINISHED_CANCEL );
    break;

  case INPUT_KEY_c:		/* Close widget */
    widget_end_all( WIDGET_FINISHED_OK );
    break;

  case INPUT_KEY_i:		/* Search for incremented */
    pokefinder_incremented();
    update_possible();
    display_possible();
    break;

  case INPUT_KEY_d:		/* Search for incremented */
    pokefinder_decremented();
    update_possible();
    display_possible();
    break;

  case INPUT_KEY_Return:
  case INPUT_KEY_KP_Enter:
  case INPUT_KEY_s:		/* Search */
    if( value < 256 ) {
      pokefinder_search( value );
      update_possible();
      display_possible();
    }
    break;

  case INPUT_KEY_r:		/* Reset */
    pokefinder_clear();
    update_possible();
    display_possible();
    break;

  case INPUT_KEY_b:		/* Add breakpoint */
    if( FEW_ENOUGH() )
    {
      widget_rectangle( 128, 24, 112, 8, WIDGET_COLOUR_BACKGROUND );
      if( debugger_breakpoint_add_address(
            DEBUGGER_BREAKPOINT_TYPE_WRITE, memory_source_ram,
            possible_page[selected], possible_offset[selected], 0,
            DEBUGGER_BREAKPOINT_LIFE_PERMANENT, NULL
	  ) ) {
	widget_printstring( 16, 80, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND,
			    "Breakpoint failed" );
      } else {
	widget_printstring( 16, 80, WIDGET_COLOUR_FOREGROUND,
			    "Breakpoint added" );
      }
      widget_display_lines( 10, 1 );
    }
    break;

  /* Address selection */
  case INPUT_KEY_Up:	scroll(  -1 ); break;
  case INPUT_KEY_Down:	scroll(   1 ); break;
  case INPUT_KEY_Left:	scroll(  -4 ); break;
  case INPUT_KEY_Right:	scroll(   4 ); break;
  case INPUT_KEY_Home:	scroll( -20 ); break;
  case INPUT_KEY_End:	scroll(  20 ); break;

  /* Value alteration */
  case INPUT_KEY_0:
  case INPUT_KEY_1:
  case INPUT_KEY_2:
  case INPUT_KEY_3:
  case INPUT_KEY_4:
  case INPUT_KEY_5:
  case INPUT_KEY_6:
  case INPUT_KEY_7:
  case INPUT_KEY_8:
  case INPUT_KEY_9:
    value = (value % 100) * 10 + key - INPUT_KEY_0;
    display_value();
    break;

  case INPUT_KEY_BackSpace:	/* Value alteration */
    value /= 10;
    display_value();
    break;

  default:;
  }
}


If you feel like there family ties throughout college basketball, you're right. It's not just sons of NBA players who are smattering the college basketball landscape this year. It's sons of pro players, brothers of pro players, brothers playing together, player coach son-father combos, and players with family members starring in other professional sports. Yes, college basketball is fun to begin with. But when you add the guessing game of, "why does that guy look familiar?," or "I remember when his pops was…" it makes it enjoyable on a different level.
Topping this list is the clearly the Duncan brothers. They take the cake. For the first time since the Plumlee brothers at Duke University, the three siblings are together on an NCAA roster. And they all get playing time. In fact, each younger brother beat out his predecessor in their Evansville high school record book. They're only the fourth trio of brothers to ever play together in Division 1 college basketball.
Click here to learn more about their story, courtesy of the Burlington Free Press.
There is a very real chance that four pairs of brothers get playing time together during March Madness. In fact, it would not shock anyone watching closely if that's the case for the Sweet Sixteen. Kansas, Nevada, Ohio State, and Marquette all have brothers who log minutes together. And all of those teams ranked top 40 on kenpom.com and on most bracketology projects in mid-February.
Andre and Kaleb Wesson grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and are now fulfilling a family dream of playing for the Buckeyes together.
K.J. and Dedric Lawson played two years for Memphis before bolting to Lawrence, Kansas to play for Bill Self and the crimson and blue.
Caleb and Cody Martin (video below) are twins tantalizing defenses with very different and complimentary skills on the court.
Sam and Joey Hauser aren't twins, but Marquette teammate Markus Howard says that sometimes he can't tell them apart.
You know about the Martin twins on the court.
Let's get to the sons of NBA players on current college basketball rosters. There are many holdovers from last year: First, the son of NBA legend Julius Erving, Jules Erving, is just a sophomore at California. Justin Robinson, the son of Hall of Fame Center David Robinson, is still working his way in the Duke University rotation. Trey Mourning, another offspring of a 1990's All Star Center (Alonzo Mourning), is now playing for coach Patrick Ewing at Georgetown Talk about a big man fraternity! B.J. Stith remains on an Old Dominion roster where his brother used to play and father (longtime Denver Nugget) Bryant Stith coaches. And Wyatt Lohaus, the son of former Milwaukee Bucks forward Brad Lohaus, plays on the UNI team. All of these players are holdovers from a stacked "sons of NBA players" 2017-18 roster.
Former NBA player (and Duke great) Johnny Dawkins is not only the proud papa of a current college basketball player. He is also the coach of Aubrey Dawkins at UCF.
If you are a college basketball fanatic like me, you remember Jamal Mashburn, Greg Anthony, and Kenyon Marton more so for their college basketball contributions. Well, their sons "have next." Check out this unbelievable list of prodigy children of NBA stars set to play in college basketball 2019-2020 and beyond: Courtesy 247Sports.com.
Now for the fun part. Can you name current NBA players who have little brothers in the college game?
Watch the story of Logan Johnson, the little brother of Miami Heat guard Tyler Johnson, courtesy of 49ers Cal-Hi Sports Report.
Grady Eifert, the brother of Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert, is a senior on the Purdue Boilmakers.
Stay tuned for more updates as we comb the nation for branches from the college basketball family tree!


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package poolcontroller

import (
	openebsFakeClientset "github.com/openebs/maya/pkg/client/generated/clientset/versioned/fake"
	informers "github.com/openebs/maya/pkg/client/generated/informers/externalversions"
	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
	"testing"
	"time"
)

// TestNewCStorPoolController tests if the kubernetes and openebs configs
// are present in pool controller instance.
func TestNewCStorPoolController(t *testing.T) {
	fakeKubeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
	fakeOpenebsClient := openebsFakeClientset.NewSimpleClientset()

	kubeInformerFactory := kubeinformers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeKubeClient, time.Second*30)
	openebsInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeOpenebsClient, time.Second*30)

	// Instantiate the cStor Pool controllers.
	poolController := NewCStorPoolController(fakeKubeClient, fakeOpenebsClient, kubeInformerFactory,
		openebsInformerFactory)

	if poolController.kubeclientset != fakeKubeClient {
		t.Fatalf("Pool controller object's kubeclientset mismatch")
	}
	if poolController.clientset != fakeOpenebsClient {
		t.Fatalf("Pool controller object's OpenebsClientset mismatch")
	}
}


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Vietnam's seaports set to handle 1.14-1.42 billion tonnes of cargo by 2030
Vietnam's seaports are set to handle about 1.14-1.42 billion tonnes of cargo, including 38-47 million TEUs of container goods, and welcomed 10.1 – 10.3 million passengers annually by 2030, according to a freshly approved master plan.
VNA Saturday, October 02, 2021 09:58
HCM City seeks gov't support to implement three key projects
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 19:12
Quang Ninh proposes 2,200 billion VND general port in Q4 2021
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Container cargo via seaports sees double-digit growth
Wednesday, August 18, 2021 10:12
Upgrade expected to raise capacity at int'l port cluster
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Container goods via seaports up 22 percent in H1
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 19:31
Vietnam's seaports set to handle 1.14-1.42 billion tonnes of cargo by 2030. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam's seaports are set to handle about 1.14-1.42 billion tonnes of cargo, including 38-47 million TEUs of container goods, and welcomed 10.1 – 10.3 million passengers annually by 2030, according to a freshly approved master plan.
Under the master plan on developing domestic seaport network over the next 10 years, with a vision towards 2050, Vietnam aims to develop a uniform system of modern seaports that provide high-quality services, meet needs for socio-economic development, and ensure national security and defence, maritime safety and environmental protection, and improving the economy's competitiveness. It is expected to help the country fulfill its goal of becoming an upper-middle-income developing country with modern industry by 2030.
The plan gives priority to developing infrastructure at major international gateway ports such as Lach Huyen (Hai Phong) and Cai Mep (Ba Ria-Vung Tau). The country will also adopt suitable policies for the construction of an international transshipment port in Van Phong (Khanh Hoa) and look into the possibility of a port in Tran De (Soc Trang).
Vietnam aims to develop a uniform system of modern seaports that provide high-quality services. (Photo: VNA)
The plan classifies Vietnamese seaports into five groups based on their geographical locations. The first group includes five northern ports in Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh. They are set to handle 305-357 million tonnes of cargo and 162,000-164,000 passengers by 2030, with an annual growth of 5-5.3 percent and 1.5-1.6 percent, respectively, by 2050.
The second group consists of six ports in the north central region namely Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue; while the third one features eight ports in the south central provinces of Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan.
The fourth group comprising five ports in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces of Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Duong and Long An are set to handle the largest share of cargo volume – from 461-540 million tonnes – by 2030 and the goods volume going through the ports is forecast to grow 3.5-3.8 percent by 2050.
The last one consists of 12 ports in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and provinces of Dong Thap, Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Benh Tre, An Giang, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu and Kien Giang. They will focus on serving passenger transport with 6.1 – 6.2 million annually by 2030, the largest among the five groups.
Vietnam also plans to develop its network of railways and expressways to enhance connectivity between the Hai Phong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Ports, categorised as special class, and other ports nationwide./.
master plan on developing domestic seaport network seaports Vietnam Vietnam news Vietnam news agency Vietnamplus


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Developing a Christian worship service based on multimedia and its application to I-Su Evangelical Holiness Church
Byung-Woo Lim, Drew University, United States
This dissertation examines church renewal implemented through a multimedia-based worship service. The specific purpose is to explore the impact of a multimedia-based worship service for the congregation of the I-Su Evangelical Holiness Church and orienting the congregation toward a dialogical, participatory, and integrative worship service.
It has been observed that the modern mind tended to emphasize individualistic and exclusive characteristics, whereas on the other hand, the postmodern mind tends to focus on inclusive and communal characteristics. The Christian service, in this regard, needs to cater to this pluralistic character of the postmodern society. Through the use of various instruments, dancing, and a multimedia-based worship service, the church can communicate the truth of the Christian message more effectively to the congregation than it has previously done.
Initially at I-Su church, the use of multimedia for worship services was limited in its scope. Upon investigating the degree of congregational satisfaction, both positive and negative reactions from the congregation were noted. Most church members, especially new members, as well as the middle-aged and older members, tended to feel stable and comfortable with the use of multimedia. The younger generation, however, tended to feel unsatisfied because the use of multimedia was limited. The former group seems to be satisfied with the minimal change from the traditional worship service, while the younger generation strongly advocates its wider use. Based on the above reflection, I-Su church aims to develop a worship service with more balanced content and form, focusing on a harmony between traditional and modern and between the preferences of the old and the young.
In conclusion, the use of multimedia in the worship service, when it was carefully designed, led the entire membership of the I-Su church to a more participatory, bilateral worship service.
Lim, B.W. Developing a Christian worship service based on multimedia and its application to I-Su Evangelical Holiness Church . Ph.D. thesis,. Retrieved January 19, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/116664/.
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*1 IN RE PETERSEN MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
Applicant applied to register the four designs shown below on the Principal Register for various hand tools.
The designs sought to be registered are described in the respective applications as 'representing the rear panel of a container for the goods' including the various squares and triangular areas which are shown in the respective colors.
In each case applicant was refused registration under Sections 1, 2 and 45 of the Act on the grounds that the subject matter presented for registration is only ornamentation of the container for applicant's goods, and as such, does not function as a trademark to identify the source of applicant's goods.
Applicant responded to the refusals by contending that registration is appropriate under Section 2(f) of the Act, claiming that the designs have acquired distinctiveness. In support of this contention applicant submitted the declarations of its director, Alan D. Petersen. In his declarations Mr. Petersen states, in essence, that the designs were adopted with the intention of distinguishing applicant's goods; that the designs have been in use for over five years; that the goods are promoted and sold using boxes incorporating the designs; that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the goods have been sold in containers bearing the design; and that he believes that the design is well known and indicates to the trade and to the public that the goods emanate from applicant. Examples of advertisements and promotional materials were also made of record, but the design sought to be registered was not shown in any of them. It apparently is used only as part of the back of the packages in which applicant's goods are sold. The promotional materials showed the front of the boxes, but not the back.
1. Through the years I have purchased different types of tools manufactured by various tool companies, and have purchased tools manufactured by PETERSEN MANUFACTURING CO., Inc. of DeWitt, Nebraska.
2. I recognize that PETERSEN uses designs as trademarks on the backs and fronts of its packaging and containers. I also recognize that these design trademarks are in four colors: BLUE, RED, GREEN and YELLOW.
*2 3. These designs indicate to me that the source of the tools packaged in these containers, and the containers themselves, is (sic) from PETERSEN alone, and therefore act as trademarks and are only incidentally ornamental and decorative.
By virtue of the continuous and extensive use which PETERSEN has made of its mark in relation to the goods, my Company recognizes that PETERSEN's mark MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN (BLUE BACK) has become very well known in the United States in relation to the goods and indicates to my Company that such goods emanate from Petersen alone.
The declarations submitted in the other applications refer to applicant's 'mark' as 'MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN (RED BACK),' 'MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN (GREEN BACK),' and 'MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN (YELLOW BACK),' respectively.
The Examining Attorneys [FN5] were not persuaded by applicant's evidence and arguments. When the refusals to register were made final, applicant appealed.
Because the issues are the same, all four cases were consolidated for purposes of the oral hearing. Our decision, based on the reasoning set forth in this opinion, is the same for all four cases.
The issue for our determination is whether the materials presented for registration are trademarks; that is, whether the designs shown in the drawings functions as source identifiers for applicant's products. We hold that they do not, and accordingly affirm the refusals to register.
There can be no dispute that designs can be registered as trademarks, even if they are to an extent ornamental and esthetically pleasing. To be registrable, such a design must identify the goods and distinguish them from similar goods produced or sold by others. Potential purchasers of the goods must see the design as a symbol of origin. Even design portions of labels, without the words that also appear on the labels, have been held registrable where it was established that the design, by itself, was only incidentally ornamental or decorative and served the primary function of identifying and distinguishing the goods. In re Swift & Co., 223 F.2d. 950, 106 USPQ 286, (CCPA 1955).
In order to understand what applicant is trying to register here we need to examine the specimens carefully. Because all four applications are essentially the same, we will take S.N. 396,753 as an example. Below on the left is shown a photocopy of the complete back panel of the box in which applicant's pliers are sold. The design which applicant asserts is its trademark is shown (albeit greatly enlarged from the drawing) on the right.
On the product container back the three-and four-sided shapes at the top of the box are green, as are the eight squares below, which contain drawings of how the tool may be used. Everything in each of these illustrations is green, with the exception of the tool itself, which is shown in white.
*3 Left without any additional evidence to the contrary, we would have no trouble concluding that the design sought to be registered is merely ornamental and does not function as a mark. The two shapes at the top of the box are not particularly distinctive. They appear to act as a pair of margins or borders between which applicant's word mark and descriptive product information are shown. The squares below are simply shaded illustrations of how the pliers can be used. The heading above them emphasizes that they are in the nature of suggestions or instructions. Nothing about any of the green areas or the black border is unusual or otherwise indicative that prospective purchasers would recognize any of it as an indicator of source.
There is, however, additional evidence, in the form of the aforementioned declarations, which applicant contends support its conclusion that the designs have become distinctive of its goods. We cannot conclude from these declarations that these otherwise ordinary decorative parts of applicant's packaging graphics act as trademarks to identify the source of applicant's tools.
Mr. Petersen's declarations talk about extensive use of the designs and claim that they were intended to serve as trademarks, but his conclusion that they actually do so cannot be considered proof of this point. There is no evidence that the back of the tool package has been promoted as a mark. Moreover, the critical question of whether the designs are source identifiers is not resolved solely on intention of applicant or even promotion of the designs as a mark. It is determined by prospective purchasers' recognition of the designs as indicators of the source of the goods.
The declarations from retail customers and from applicant's distributor might have been persuasive on this point, but they are unclear. The declarations from retail customers do not specifically identify what it is that they recognize as applicant's trademarks. All that the declarants say is that they recognize that applicant 'uses designs as trademarks on the backs and fronts of its packaging and containers' and that the marks 'are in four colors: BLUE, RED, GREEN and YELLOW.' Each design sought to be registered is not in four colors. Each is presented in a single color with a black border. Moreover, the indefinite description 'designs' is not specific enough to positively identify what the purported mark is. This term could easily include the top left square containing Mr. Petersen's photograph or the angles created by the slanted writing at the top of the box.
Likewise, Mr. Larson's declaration fails to accurately identify what it is that he recognizes as applicant's marks. 'MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN (BLUE BACK)' is hardly a clear description of the features of the back of applicant's package which are purported to serve as a source identifier.
If the customer declarations had specifically referred to the designs shown in the drawings in the specific applications or had described these designs with specificity, the declarations might have had some persuasive value. As it is, they do not persuade us that the particular designs sought to be registered function as trademarks. Accordingly, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we must conclude that the designs are merely decorative, ornamental features of the back of the container for applicant's goods, and would be perceived as such, rather than source-identifying trademarks.
*4 Decision: The refusal is affirmed.
FN1. S.N. 396,753, filed September 30, 1982 for "locking hand tools, namely, locking pliers having curved jaw." Use since January 6, 1978 was claimed. The drawing is lined for the color green.
FN2. S.N. 398,287, filed September 30, 1982 for "locking hand tools, namely, pinch-off welding clamp and chain clamp pipe wrench." Use since January 6, 1978 was claimed. The drawing is lined for the color blue.
FN3. S.N. 398,555, filed September 30, 1982 for "locking hand tools, namely, locking pliers having curved jaws and wire cutter." Use since January 6, 1978 was claimed. The drawing is lined for the color yellow.
FN4. S.N. 398,751, filed September 30, 1982 for "locking hand tools, namely, locking pliers having straight jaws." Use since January 6, 1978 was claimed. The drawing is lined for the color red.
FN5. Regrettably, and in apparent disregard of Patent and Trademark policy [TMEP § 1102.03(4)], these four applications were examined by two different Examining Attorneys, although the marks and the goods are almost the same in each application.


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Q: A table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected, when using Distinct I have the following table:

I'm trying to create a new column using Dax language:
Column = DISTINCT('Edição'[País])

But I gott this error message:
A table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected.

The expected result is:

A: You have a source table with 21 rows. You want to add a column. In the end you'll still have 21 rows.
The "expected" table has 18 rows. So with only adding a column you will never get there, it's just impossible.
To get the expected output though, you can do this easily: just create a table with just Pais as values and PowerBI will automatically group. See here a (more minimal) example:

PS. If you wanted to add a column -say- with the number of years the country appears in the source data, you should:

*

*choose the matrix visualization

*add "Pais" (country) for rows

*add e.g. "Ano" (year) for values, and summarize by "Count (Distinct)"

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Here's Why Rare Proteins Collapse Earlier
Posted by Anna Jones On December 3, 2019 In Blogging No comments
Some of the oldest bacteria on the planet are classified as thermophiles – or, bacteria who thrive under high temperature conditions. In places like hot springs and oceanic hydrothermal vents, which can reach up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit, such bacteria still flourish today. While many other organisms – including cooler temperature-loving bacteria known as mesophiles – would die under such conditions, thermophiles prosper.
Why can certain organisms survive these conditions and others cannot? One of the major factors surrounding this phenomenon is the proteins involved within the cellular structure of each bacterium, and the temperatures at which they experience a form of breakdown known as denaturation. The process behind protein denaturation and its contribution to cell death are currently the subject of much research.
What Is Protein Denaturation?
The primary state of a protein is several chains of amino acids. To perform its function, a protein must undergo folding, which changes its shape and exposes different bonding sites on its surface. Folding multiple times into secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures is what allows protein to carry out its duties within a cell.
In general, denaturation is the process by which either a protein or a nucleic acid undergoes changes and loses its higher structures, leaving it in its primary state. Denaturation is brought on by some external stress, such as heat or radiation, or another compound like a strong acid or base, solvent, or a salt. Once the protein enters its primary state, it can often no longer perform the functions permitted by its functional state.
What Are the Effects of Protein Denaturation?
An egg white is one of the best examples of protein denaturation. When you introduce an egg white to a hot pan, the clear, slippery white is almost immediately transformed into opaque, firm egg white. This occurs when the egg's albumins denature due to the heat, aggregate, and solidify.
Different proteins experience denaturation under different circumstances. However, once a protein reaches its unique temperature, radiation, or chemical threshold, the functional structures collapse. What that collapse does to the surrounding cell can differ between proteins, as can its reversibility. For example, the denatured protein in an enzyme is rendered useless because its binding sites are no longer prominent, a state which is often irreversible.
How Does Denaturation and Protein Collapse Affect Cells?
Once a protein experiences denaturation and collapses to assume its primary structure, a number of different events may occur. Some proteins aggregate with others of their own kind, while others solidify. Still others do both; research has found that some of these proteins are associated with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other neurodegenerative disorders. When enough proteins denature and collapse, a cell dies.
It was once assumed that when the cell reaches the temperature threshold, most proteins would collapse, leading to cell death. However, recent research shows that only a small number of key rare proteins need collapse before cell death occurs. This discovery is significant in thermophilic bacteria research.
Studies performed comparing known thermophilic bacterium T. thermophilus, yeast, E. coli, and human cells showed that only a few proteins in each actually collapsed immediately before cell death. These rare proteins all had key cell functions; thus, their collapse and the resulting loss of function left the cell unable to sustain life. However, even the most crucial parallel proteins in the T. thermophilus bacteria remained stable, allowing the cell to live.
Studies regarding the protein stability of T. thermophilus and other thermophilic bacteria may reveal more insight into similar proteins found in humans. Eventually, methods by which researchers could stabilize the human proteins currently susceptible to denaturation may be found, leading to prevention or therapies for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other disorders caused by protein instability.
http://chemistry.elmhurst.edu/vchembook/568denaturation.html
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Camp MacLeod: a wilderness nearby
Sharon Montgomery-Dupe (sharon.montgomery@cbpost.com)
Published: May 27, 2018 at 7:53 p.m.
Updated: May 28, 2018 at 8:13 a.m.
Taylor Maxwell, co-director at Camp MacLeod in Albert Bridge, sits on a bench by the campfire while out checking the premises in preparation for camp this year, which begins July 2. - Sharon Montgomery-Dupe
ALBERT BRIDGE — Thirty years ago, Christa Curnew attended summer camp and loved it.
Those memories came flooding back a few years ago after her daughter Sofia
brought literature home grading day with the words, "Camp MacLeod."
"I was shocked to find out it was still open," she said.
"I couldn't believe it was still going after all these years."
Camp MacLeod was built in 1952 on Trout Brook Road in Albert Bridge and is owned by the Presbyterian Church.
Curnew 40, of Glace Bay, attended the camp four summers as a child.
"My favourite thing was the bonfires. It was one huge bonfire we'd all sit around and sing songs. It was absolutely great."
Curnew couldn't get her kids involved fast enough. Her oldest daughter Sofia, 13, went five years ago, and for the past four years daughters Julia, 12, and Bria, 10, have also been going, as well as friends and relatives.
Curnew said she loves that Camp MacLeod hasn't changed.
"Everything's the same as when I went, which is amazing."
Obviously her children agree.
"They love it so much sometimes they will go twice," Curnew said.
"They'll go in July and I'll let them go again in August."
Curnew said the kids are well taken care of. Sofia has a peanut allergy and Julia has partial complex epilepsy.
A couple years ago, Julia had a seizure, and the fire department and paramedics responded.
"Two counsellors even came to the hospital with us and stayed there until 4 a.m.," she said.
"They are amazing there. It's a hidden diamond really."
Bria, 10, said she especially likes the counsellors and the games.
"Every year we play a game the kids against the councillors and we'd win a trophy," she said.
"We get treats before bed, we get to swim, go on docks, kayaking and we do painting and arts and crafts."
However, the top of her fun list is the bonfires.
"We sing songs, tell rhymes. That's my favourite part. "
The first camp begins on July 2.
Taylor Maxwell, 20, of Sydney Mines, a counsellor for four years and now co-director, said the camp is open to everyone.
"You don't have to belong to the church and you don't even have to go to church to attend — it doesn't matter."
Maxwell said the secret to this camp is feeling like you're way out in the wilderness.
"It feels like you're way out in the woods but you're not far from home at all."
The camp holds 60 girls and 40 boys. At one time it would fill. Even five or six year ago there would be 50 or 60 kids but now they are down to 30-40 or sometimes less.
Maxwell said they used to publicize the camps through the churches but many have closed over the years and less people attend now.
"I think the decline is from people not hearing about it anymore."
There is a novice camp for ages 7-9; junior 9-12; intermediate 12-14; and senior camp 15-16. There is also a junior all-girls week for ages 9-12 with all girls and female counsellors.
Camp includes swimming, canoeing, sports, crafts, hikes and bonfires.
There are many unforgettable moments for Maxwell, including one year when counsellor started a massive food fight in the dining hall on the last day of camp.
"Everyone was covered head to toe in ketchup, mustard, soggy bread, chicken nuggets. It was crazy but fun."
Maxwell said there are other camps but it's the closeness and fun that makes a difference here.
"It feels like a home away from home."
Rev. Peter MacDonald of Boularderie attended a junior boys camp at Camp MacLeod back in the 80s.
MacDonald said his parents said he didn't handle change well and was a serious and quiet kid.
"They figured it would be a day or two and I'd be calling to come home," he said.
"It never even crossed my mind to do that. I had a lot of fun. They were kind of surprised."
MacDonald said one of the great things about camp is being with a group of young people your own age.
Growing up in Indian Brook, MacDonald attended a school with about 30 kids and he ended up the only one in Grade 6.
"To go to camp where there were 20-30 kids around your age was great fun."
After his camping years he remained a part of it for years.
"I was a camper, then staff and on the tail end was a director."
Noah MacRae, 21, attended Camp MacLeod beginning in 2004 with his brothers and cousins.
"I'd look forward to coming all year," he said.
"I made a lot of friends my first couple of years so I'd always get to come back and see them. Sometimes I'd go one week and later come back for another.
"The activities were a big draw as well.
"I always loved the dodgeball tournament and the canoe trips we'd take down the river."
MacRae lives in Annapolis Valley. However, his mother Leeann King is originally from Sydney Mines and his father Martin MacRae is from North Sydney, and his grandparents and other relatives live here.
MacRae's grandfather Rev. Murdock MacRae help build part of the camp.
Over the years his grandfather was a director, and his great-aunt, uncle and cousins have worked there. MacRae has now been on the staff for more than three years.
"The camp has been part of our family for a long time."
MacRae said kids who don't go to summer camp are missing out.
"Even if they go to another camp, I think every kid should go to camp."
Some groups rent the camp, including this year the Canadian Parents for French from June 22-27.
Camp MacLeod
• Owned by the Presbyterian Church of Canada, opened in 1952 on the Trout Brook Road in Albert Bridge.
• The camp holds 60 girls and 40 boys
• The first camp begins on July 2
• For more information or to register visit http://pccweb.ca/campmacleod/
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This Immigrant Couldn't Read Music, But Got the Job Done
Jim Farber, New York Times, Oct. 7, 2020
"Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born on Jan. 26, 1955, in Amsterdam to Jan and Eugenia (Beers) Van Halen. His father, a struggling Dutch classical musician who played clarinet, saxophone and piano, met his Indonesian-born wife while on tour in Indonesia. In 1962, when Mr. Van Halen was 7, his family relocated to the United States, driven away by prejudice against his mother and unfavorable work opportunities in the Netherlands. They settled in Pasadena, Calif. His mother worked as a maid, his father as a janitor while seeking work as a musician. In a new country, with a new language to learn, the Van Halen sons, Eddie and his older brother, Alex, turned to music as their lingua franca. Eddie first studied classical piano, which he excelled at despite a serious limitation. "I never learned how to read music," he told Rolling Stone in 1995. "I fooled my teacher for six years. He never knew. I'd watch his fingers, and I'd play it."


Community North Hospital unveils new Women's Center.
Community North Hospital unveils its new women's center which will house many clinical services for women, from ob-gyn to cardiology.
When Community Health Network set out to upgrade its space for women's clinical services, it could have started from the ground up and built a brand-new pavilion, spending about $40 million.
Instead, the hospital opted to take an existing five-story medical office building on the Community Hospital North campus and for a fraction of that cost, or about $6 million, create a space designed to cater to women patients.
"Our goal is to put that other $34 million back into patient care," said Donetta Gee-Weiler, vice president of women's and children's services.
While many of the offices are already open and running, the Women's Center will hold an open house Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon for people to come check out the new 65,000-square feet space.
More: She's helped birth Hoosiers for 30 years. Now she's leading state's health department.
The pavilion houses 21 obstetrician-gynecologists, five gynecologists, three breast surgeons, as well as a cardiologist, endocrinologist and uro-gynecologist each of whom specialize in women.
Already Community Health Network is the number one hospital in the state for deliveries, but Gee-Weiler said she expects it will allow the health system to care for even more women, of all ages.
"How many women now are not getting the healthcare they need to ensure they live a healthy life," she said.
Everything in one spot. The idea is to streamline services for women. If a woman sees a doctor on the second or third floor for a post-partum visit and mentions she's experiencing some depression, her doctor can send her up to the fifth floor for behavioral health counseling.
The idea is to remove one potential barrier for care, a woman's own busy schedule.
It's more convenient for doctors, too: The out-patient pavilion connects to the hospital on several floors, saving doctors time when they need to go check on a hospitalized patient. With nearly 3,800 deliveries a year, the obsetricians often traverse the two buildings.
Starbucks. It may seem like a small thing but Community officials made sure that the Starbucks in the hospital lobby stayed close to the Women's Health Center. Focus research showed that women liked having a place to go get a cup of coffee if they had some extra time before an appointment.
Walk-in mammography: The first floor features a walk-in mammography clinic, which offers both two-dimensional and three-dimensional screening. Most of the time, there's little or no wait, Gee-Weiler said. So far the longest wait has been 15 to 25 minutes. And if a woman does have to wait, she can always go grab something to drink (see note above).
Placement of breast imaging services: Community officials considered putting these services in the cancer center, which is next door and accessible by a sky bridge. Instead, they listened to what women patients told them.
"They said, If you want me to get my mammogram, don't put it in the cancer center," Gee-Weiler said.


One of my favorite lighting sources for photographing stills these days is using a few small LED lights. For the shots below of a glass chess set and glass globe, I placed two of the lamps side by side on a table and suspended the glass chess table over them so the light would pass upwards through the glass subjects. For the bottom shot I also used an even smaller LED above the glass globe to add the "dawning" light on top, which I later enhanced into a burst in Photoshop.
The camera used here was the Fuji X-Pro2 equipped with a Zeiss Touit 50mm macro lens. I kept the aperture fairly wide open at f/2.8 and f/4 to maintain a selective focus on the surface of the globe. Two of the lights were the Bescor LED-125 dimmable units set next to each other on the table beneath the glass. A third light I used for adding a highlight was the tiny Bescor LED-40 unit. These light are very small, inexpensive, and battery operated. I find them very convenient for tucking into small places and for adding accents to still life images.
In this shot I also added a vignette to darken the corners and a star burst to emphasize the "dawning" effect above the globe.


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What Do We Do With All This Debt?
By John Mauldin Friday, 04 December 2020 03:26 PM Current | Bio | Archive
Before the coronavirus pandemic I expected the U.S. would hit the debt wall in the late 2020s. Now, the debt is growing even faster and we will hit that wall a lot sooner.
What happens when we come to the place where we have to deal with all that debt?
Fortunately, my favorite central banker, Bill White -- who was the Bank for International Settlements' chief economist -- did a brilliant interview with my friend Mark Dittli in Switzerland in November that gives us some answers.
Today, the Canadian criticizes the central banks: "They have pursued the wrong policies over the past three decades, which have caused ever higher debt and ever greater instability in the financial system."
He suggests that the current crisis should be used to rethink in order to build a more stable economic system, one in which fiscal policy plays a greater role and that relies more on productive investment.
In this in-depth conversation, White says what should be done – and he demands more humility from decision makers: "We know much less about the economy than we think we do."
Bill is not calling for austerity at this time. He recognizes we are in a recession/potential depression. But he does want more emphasis on the fiscal policy and not central banks.
We're on a slope where monetary policy has become increasingly ineffective in promoting real economic growth. Every crisis was met with monetary easing that caused debt and other imbalances to accumulate over time, and that caused the next crisis to be bigger than the previous one. The next crisis then needed more punch from central banks. But since interest rates were never raised as much in upturns as they were lowered in downturns, the capacity to deliver that punch was decreasing.
[The recent March, 2020] episode perfectly encapsulates my view of what's wrong with our monetary policy of the past decades. True, the Fed had no choice but to step in to prevent a financial meltdown. But this meltdown only happened because of the monetary policy followed over previous years.
… my point is: Central banks create the instabilities, then they have to save the system during the crisis, and by that they create even more instabilities. They keep shooting themselves in the foot.
William Dudley and other U.S. central bankers are beginning to admit that they have come to the end of their effective ability to manage their respective economies. Governments have to step in with fiscal policy that is actually targeted and productive.
Then Bill lists four ways that we can deal with the debt, not all of them palatable:
There is no return back to any form of normalcy without dealing with the debt overhang. This is the elephant in the room. If we agree that the policy of the past 30 years has created an ever-growing mountain of debt and ever rising instabilities in the system, then we need to deal with that.
In theory, there are four ways to get rid of an overhang of bad debt.
One: Households, corporations and governments try to save more to repay their debt. But we know that this gets you into the Keynesian Paradox of Thrift, where the economy collapses. So this way leads to disaster.
Two: You can try to grow your way out of a debt overhang, through stronger real economic growth. But we know that a debt overhang impedes real economic growth. Of course, we should try to increase potential growth through structural reforms, but this is unlikely to be the silver bullet that saves us.
This leaves the two remaining ways: higher nominal growth -- i.e., higher inflation -- or try to get rid of the bad debt by restructuring and writing it off.
When later asked about write-offs, Bill said this:
That's the one I would strongly advise. Approach the problem, try to identify the bad debts, and restructure them in as orderly a fashion that you can. But we know how extremely difficult it is to get creditors and debtors together to sort this out cooperatively. Our current procedures are completely inadequate.
How long can this go on? Longer than you might think. From David Rosenberg, Chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff & Associates:
We had core CPI data out of Japan and the YoY trend went further into deflation to -0.7% in October from -0.3% in September. The is the sharpest move into deflation terrain since March 2011.
A country with a 700% total debt-to-GDP ratio, two decades of zero interest rates, and a central bank balance sheet that is 130% of GDP. Nice to see how all the credit creation has managed to spur on a reflationary backdrop. Shades of what's to come in the U.S.
I agree the U.S. could turn Japanese.
While I think we will see inflation in the short term (2 to 3 years), the debt overhang and growth of central bank reserves will lead us directly into the same problem Japan is facing. That is, a deflationary economic cycle with no growth.
It will be a strange new world that will have no resemblance to the last decade's "normal."
We will stumble through and some of us will do extraordinarily well, because we position ourselves to take advantage of this cycle. New technology (especially biotechnology) will make our lives better all the while, so that's a good place to start looking for opportunity.
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Shortbread base: combine flour, brown sugar, and salt. Work the butter into the dry ingredients with fingers until it resembles a coarse meal. Sprinkle meal into a sprayed false-bottom tart pan and press to make an even crust. Bake in a 350 degree oven until golden.
Lemon filling: while crust is baking, whisk together all filling ingredients until well combined. Pour filling into the hot crust once you pull it out of the oven. Bake tart in a 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until just set. Center should be firm and jiggly.