The Chainsmokers are poised to be the first new act to contend in all four general field categories at the Grammys since Sam Smith pulled off this feat two years ago. According to our Grammy predictions, the EDM duo is currently in second place for Best New Artist behind Chance the Rapper. And they are within striking distance of reaping bids in both Record and Song of the Year for the track "Closer." However, their debut disc, "Bouquet," had only five tracks and will have a hard time breaking into Album of the Year.
As of this writing, the five acts that lead our Grammy predictions for Best New Artist, in descending order of their racetrack odds, are: Chance the Rapper (9/4 odds), The Chainsmokers (7/2 odds) and three three female solo artists: country singers Cam (9/2 odds) and Maren Morris (5/1 odds), as well as pop newcomer Alessia Cara (5/1 odds). Of these, only The Chainsmokers figure in our Grammy predictions for Album, Record and Song of the Year.
All but one of those 10 went on to win Best New Artist; India.Arie was bested by Alicia Keys. So sweeping up nominations in all four races is key to identifying the Grammy frontrunner for Best New Artist.
Could country artists sweep the top 4 Grammy races for the first time?
Can Imagine Dragons beat The Chainsmokers at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards?
2018 Grammy predictions: Could 'Despacito' be upset by The Chainsmokers or Imagine Dragons?


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NLRB Lawyer Rolls Back Trump Era Policies
Peter Ohr the acting NLRB General Counsel also dropped a case challenging neutrality agreements
Just hours after taking the oath of office, President Biden announced that he had fired the anti-union General Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Peter Robb. After also firing the acting general counsel, who was Robb's assistant, Peter Sung Ohr was named acting NLRB General Counsel.
Following four years of historic attacks on unions, Ohr has a long list of cases to drop, like Robb's attempt to make inflatable rats illegal, and decisions to fix. He started that process this week by announcing that the NLRB will no longer be pursuing a case that challenged a company's right to stay neutral during a union election.
Through the case against an Embassy Suites by Hilton in Seattle and a Unite Here affiliate, Robb was attempting to get neutrality agreements banned. These agreements say that the company won't interfere in the union election and will hand over things like contact information for the workers and won't ban organizers from coming onto the premise. In both the Embassy Suites case and a similar one in Boston at Yotel Hotel, the writing was on the wall that the hotels were going union, so the companies played nice and agreed to not take part in a union avoidance campaign, which Robb believed should be illegal arguing that by staying neutral, the hotel was helping the union. In addition to pursuing the case, Robb issued a memo instructing NLRB regional directors to begin enforcing his interpretation that neutrality agreements were illegal. By refusing to go forward with the case, Ohr is ensuring that the regular standard continues allowing companies and unions to reach a neutrality agreement.
Ohr also rolled back a number of Robb's agency memo's saying that they were "inconsistent" with the National Labor Relations Act's stated goal of encouraging collective bargaining and protecting workers' rights, or because they're obsolete or contrary to board law. These included:
a pair of memos that lowered the bar for prosecuting unions, directing NLRB staff to go after unions for "negligent" behavior that the agency previously viewed as a harmless error;
two memos that increased the level of detail unions had to include in financial notices and advocated for imposing new rules on their collection of member dues and nonmember fees; and
a memo that put new restrictions on agency investigators and lawyers receiving recorded or documentary evidence.
Ohr's selection as acting General Counsel is also renewing interest in whether the NLRB will declare college athletes to be employees. While he was an NLRB Regional Director, he found the Northwestern University scholarship football players were employees under the National Labor Relations Act. This meant that they were also eligible to organize a union. Ohr said:
"All grant-in-aid scholarship players for the Employer's football team who have not exhausted their playing eligibility are 'employees' under the National Labor Relations Act."
Northwestern appealed the ruling which stopped a union vote by the players. The University eventually won with a 5-0 decision by the NLRB. However, in January of 2017, Ohr's position was upheld though by Richard Griffin Jr, President Obama's final General Counsel, who said scholarship football players at Northwestern were employees and opined that other student-athletes could be considered employees. However, Griffin's term ran out before more action could be taken on the issue. Robb believed that the football players were not employees and made no progress on the case over the last four years.
Ohr is allowed to serve as General Counsel for 40 days before a new person needs to be named or Ohr's name needs to be submitted to the Senate for approval as the full-time General Counsel.
Neutrality Agreement
Peter Ohr

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Richard Victor Jones (1929 – November 11, 2019) was a Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University and a pioneer in semiconductors. He was one of the first four recruits by William Shockley to help develop technologies at Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory.

Early life
Jones was a first-generation child of Welsh immigrants. He attended university at Berkeley, where he performed his thesis research on magnetic resonance under Carson D. Jeffries.

Career
During the winter of 1954–1955, William Shockley decided to seek a sponsor to help him establish production of complex transistors and his own Shockley diodes. He was initially supported by Raytheon, but the agreement was soon canceled by that company. After Shockley subsequently established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory under the umbrella of Beckman Instruments, he recruited William W. Happ who he knew from Raytheon. Shockley's other three initial recruits were George Smoot Horsley and Leopoldo B. Valdes both of whom he knew from Bell Labs, and Jones, who was then a new Berkeley graduate.

Jones remained with Shockley for two years until 1957 when he left to teach physics at Harvard. From 1964 to 1982 he was the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and in 1982 he was named Robert L. Wallace Professor. Much of his teaching and research at Harvard was focused on physics information technology, including acoustical and optical signals used to process and obtain information (applied to fields such as seismic exploration, optical computing, medical ultrasonics and acoustic microscopy) wave phenomena and digital electronics. In 1960, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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Haplochromis orthostoma est une espèce de poissons téléostéens de la famille des Cichlidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce est endémique du lac Nawampasa et du lac Kyoga en Ouganda.

Références

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Cichlidae
Faune endémique d'Ouganda


FORWARD UNILATERAL MOTION, DICE SETTING CAN BE A DEFINITE ADVANTAGE.
THE NEED FOR ABSOLUTE MANAGEMENT AND FOCUS OF YOUR GAME IS IMPERATIVE.
Formula logic for why table events occur.
1. There are 36 Combinations of dice.
3. There are 24 permutations possible per single episode of dice sets.
((D1 + D2 ) * X)y2 - 24 = Permutations.....1st set of parentheses defines both dice.
2nd set of parentheses defines 3 axis of permutations.
DICE SETS THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BE SO FOR OTHERS.
HOW WELL A SET PERFORMS FOR YOU.
is a typical hard way set.
and yo have zero probability.
[horizontal] 90 degrees [qtr. turn to right].
diminished to 2 and shifted 2 weights to the 4/10.
you. Note the 6/1...5/2 sevens have been omitted.
This leaves you to cope with the 4/3 seven only.
All 3 axis of [5/3 permutations] have now been shown.


Time is running out to acknowledge your local safety dispatchers.
According to Carma Roper at the Inyo Sheriffs Office, each year the second week in April is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety dispatchers. Originally introduced to Congress in 1991, and officially recognized in 1994, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is a time to honor and thank our public safety dispatchers for a job well done.
Last year Inyo County Sheriff's dispatchers handled thousands of emergency and disaster related phone calls, as well as business and traffic calls. Additionally Sheriff's dispatch is responsible for the initiation of reverse-911 phone calls through CodeRED. The Bishop Police Department Dispatch also handled thousands of calls for Police, Fire, and EMS services in the Bishop area. On the Federal side, Owens Valley Interagency Communications Center dispatches for the Inyo National Forest and BLM Bishop Field Office, and is responsible for mobilizing resources in support of incidents that occur locally as well as nationally and internationally.
There are four dispatch centers locally; the Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Bishop Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and Owens Valley Interagency dispatch. Some of the dispatching duties involve handling calls for law enforcement, fire, ambulance, search and rescue; and other county, state and federal agencies.
Inyo County Sheriffs offer tips regarding recreating near waterways.
According to a press release from Carma Roper at the Inyo County Sheriff's office, Spring and Summer outdoor recreation often includes time spent near rivers and streams. With record high snowpack in the Sierra, and the associated snowmelt, waterways are likely to be at full capacity. There are serious safety concerns associated with swift water.
Heavy runoff requires vigilance and extra awareness. Streams and creeks that posed little danger during drought conditions can now be running full and fast. Water may look calm on the surface but heavy currents as well as debris can be a significant risk.
Water Safety is your responsibility, but with some practical preparedness you can enjoy a great season of safe outdoor recreation near local waterways.
District Attorney releases identity of Inyo County Jail inmate who passed away on Christmas Eve.
According to Inyo County District Attorney Tom Hardy, the inmate who passed away at the Inyo County Jail on December 24th, was 46 year old Theresa Hooper of Bishop. Ms. Hooper had been serving a sentence for misdemeanor offenses at the time of her death.
An autopsy was conducted on December 30th, by a medical examiner from the office of the Orange County Coroner in Santa Ana, California. The cause of death has not been established, pending the completion of toxicological tests. Results from these tests may not be received for several weeks. The medical examiner verbally reported to the District Attorney Investigator that there were no signs of physical trauma.
While the investigation remains ongoing, it still appears that no foul play was involved in MS. Hoopers tragic death.
Further updates will be provided when additional information is available.


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Physics 137a - New course!
Physics 137ab is a two term course studying the interactions of atoms and photons. In the first term, we will study atomic and molecular structure, and the interaction of atoms with classical electromagnetic fields. In the second term, taught by Prof. Manuel Endres, the electromagnetic field will be treated quantum-mechanically.
137a Topics include: resonance phenomena, atomic/molecular structure, and the interaction of atoms/molecules with static and oscillating electromagnetic fields; techniques such as laser cooling/trapping and precision measurement; applications to contemporary research such as atomic clocks, searches for fundamental symmetry violations, and synthetic quantum matter, and other research occurring right here at Caltech. A more detailed course outline can be found below.
Instructor: Nick Hutzler. Email hutzler(at)caltech.edu with any questions, or if you would like to learn more.
Prerequisites: Graduate quantum mechanics (such as Ph 125), or instructor's permission.
Lectures are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-11:55 AM in Downs 107.
Click here for a preliminary syllabus.
Approximate course outline. Feel free to make suggestions!
Two-level systems and resonance. Classical and quantum magnetic resonance, rotating frames.
Atomic structure. Hydrogenic atoms, electronic structure, fine and hyperfine structure, multi-electron atoms.
Atoms in static fields. Zeeman and Stark effects, angular momentum coupling schemes.
Atoms in alternating fields. Einstein A and B coefficients, dipole approximation, Optical Bloch Equations, saturation, cross sections, broadening, M1/E2 transitions, two photon transitions.
Cooling and trapping. Laser cooling, cryogenic/supersonic/thermal beams, laser slowing, magneto-optical trapping, dipole trapping, magnetic/electric trapping.
More complex systems. Raman transitions, adiabatic elimination, atomic clocks, STIRAP, EIT/CPT, fundamental symmetry violations and searches for new physics, optical lattices.


Optional Hose Bridge Joiner is also available.
Six Openings: Two 5 in., Two 4 in., Two 3 in.
DIMENSIONS: Length: 70 in., Width: 24.5 in., Height: 6.75 in.
Weight Per Set: (4 PCS.): 208 lbs.
Accepts up to 6 in. and 8 in. I.D. Hose (O.D. 10.25 in.
DIMENSIONS: Length 126 in., Width 24.5 in., Height: 12.25 in.


Connor Swift moved into the top-10 of the Tour de Normandie general classification, thanks to a time bonus and some more division in the pack.
Stage four saw the British champion first pick up bonus seconds in an intermediate sprint, before infiltrating a 17-man move.
The group distanced itself from the peloton in the demanding early stages of the stage, but the peloton was alert to the danger.
Closing down the potentially race-changing move was just the start of the shake-up however.
Three riders attacked alone and held their gap to the finish, delivering a new race leader and a revised overall standing.
Swift benefitted from the moves and enjoyed his best standing of the race so far – eighth overall and 42-seconds behind the current race leader.
Swift lays just 11-seconds down on third-place and with stages five and six expected to bring tougher finishes and stronger winds from the coast, it is all to play for.


Las Carboneras is a flamenco restaurant offering Spanish cuisine.
The average price of a 3-course meal at the Las Carboneras restaurant is 60 euros.
Note that although GoMadrid.com strives to maintain all information about Las Carboneras up to date, the prices mentioned are only an indication and may not reflect the exact value of your meal.
Flamenco lovers will feel at home in the Tablao Las Carboneras in the central historic neighbourhood of Madrid, the 'Madrid de los Habsburgs', the oldest part of the capital.
As well as offering a wide range of flamenco exhibitions and performances with the best contemporary dancers, diners can enjoy typical and traditional Spanish dishes with a touch of creativity.
There are four menus, one of which is a tapas menu for groups that includes sand eels with port, pork loin with a sweet and sour sauce, or swordfish with coriander, avocado and tartare sauce.
The average price is 60 euros, which includes the show.
The address of the Las Carboneras restaurant is: Plaza del Conde de Miranda, 1, 28004 Madrid.
The nearest Metro station is Opera. Please see the Las Carboneras restaurant location map below.


I did not do the poster design.
I like to see and display images of how others have used the artwork I created for them.
I designed and donated the logo to them because it is a good, non-profit organization and it is nice to be able to "give back" at this point in my life.


Longtime Ravens safety Ed Reed, who spent his 2013 season with both the Texans and the Jets, has no plans to retire at this time.
Though he hasn't made plans to engage in talks with prospective teams, Reed told the local Baltimore media on Sunday that he's looking forward to playing this upcoming season.
Reed, who was in Baltimore at Lardarius Webb's charity softball game at M&T Bank Stadium, also said that he could see himself returning to the Ravens organization down the road as an assistant coach.
Reed noted he has no plans to participate in a team's upcoming training camp. It could be a serious claim or another one of his tounge-in-cheek moments. Regardless if he plays or not in 2014, Reed will go down as one of the all-time greatest safeties to ever play the game.


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NCECA Exhibits: A Longtime Friendship: Jack Troy and Kevin Crowe
Standard Ceramic's NCECA's Exhibitions
When the 52nd Annual Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts convenes in Pittsburgh this coming March 14 – 17, Standard Ceramic will transform its facilities into several galleries that will feature exhibitions by noted ceramic artists. In addition, eight universities will be featured in "pop-up" shipping container galleries on the property. Standard Ceramic is located in Carnegie, a nearby community just fifteen minutes from the downtown conference location. Conference attendees will be able to travel to the site via charter buses and make their way through the galleries, viewing the art and touring Standard's clay-making and glaze operations, its ClayPlace@Standard gallery space, Ceramic Supply Pittsburgh, and the company's offices. Local musicians will perform throughout the Friday opening party, with food and drink provided.
The 2018 conference theme – Crosscurrents: Clay and Culture – will explore sources of inspiration that influence and impact work in ceramics today. The Standard exhibitions will address this theme. Over the next several months, we will feature stories about these artists and their shows here on our website. Visit us often to read about this exciting event.
Though potters Jack Troy and Kevin Crowe are based 275 miles apart, they share a long history of collaboration and friendship. Visitors to Standard Ceramic's NCECA Exhibits will see a sampling of their work in a space that shares the closeness of this alliance. In a small office space at ClayPlace@Standard, converted to a mini-gallery, Troy and Crowe will tuck a selection of their smaller pieces into an intimate setting that enhances the personal, not only of each artist's relationship with his work, but of their relationship to each other.
Kevin Crowe founded Tye River Pottery in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia. He produces wood-fired functional stoneware with strong Asian and English roots. He has an extensive history of giving workshops on throwing large pots and designing and building wood-fired kilns throughout the United States. He has a 450 cubic-foot, three-chamber combination Anagama and Noborigama kiln, which he fires two times a year. Although he is known for his large works, he plans to show his small tea bowls for the NCECA exhibit.
Jack Troy, a potter, teacher, and writer based in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, is known for his Salt Glazed Ceramics, published in 1977. Retired from Juniata College in 2006, Troy published more than one hundred articles, book reviews, and exhibition catalogue essays in major periodicals. In 2012, he was granted the Excellence in Teaching Award from NCECA, and in 2017 received the Watershed Legends Award. He has led over 250 workshops for potters at art centers, colleges, and universities. Troy built the first anagama-style kiln in Pennsylvania at Juniata College in 1978. Later, he built two more at his home in 1987 and 2006.
Clearly, these two potters share similar interests and histories. Troy says he cannot remember when he met Crowe: "We were always at the same workshops and had a wonderful give-and-take. We fire the same type of kiln. We share friendships with the same group of potters. It's like a little family." Crowe and Troy correspond regularly and often teach workshops together. They will be leading a wood-salt firing workshop at Touchstone Center for Crafts in nearby Farmington, PA the weekend before the NCECA conference and will return there afterwards to unload the kiln. The kiln there, incidentally, was built by Crowe.
The collaboration that these two potters share reflects the theme and intent of this year's conference: Crosscurrents: Clay and Culture – to explore the sources of inspiration that influence and impact work in ceramics today. Although the work of the artist is a solitary pursuit, it does not exist in a vacuum. Coming together to teach and to share work and ideas, whether at small workshops, at large conventions, or through a quick email, enriches and expands the artist's consciousness, especially when it is fed by the warmth of friendship like Troy and Crowe's.
Learn more about Kevin Crowe and Tye River Pottery at www.kevincrowepottery.com
Learn more about Jack Troy at www.jacktroy.net


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De Glenachulish is een draaitafel-pontveer op Kylerhea narrows tussen Kylerhea op het Schotse vasteland en het eiland Skye, die met een zomerdienstregeling vaart daar waar de afstand tussen eiland en vasteland het kortst is, zo'n 550 meter. De sterke getijstroom ter plaatse en het grote getijverschil maken het bezwaarlijk om normale landingshoofden te gebruiken die geschikt zijn voor gebruik door voor autoverkeer. Daarom werd gekozen voor een schip met een rijdek op een handbediend draaiplateau. Om de pont op te kunnen rijden wordt voor het autoverkeer het rijdek zo'n 30° naar stuurboord gedraaid en na het laden weer rechtgezet. Na aankomst aan de overzijde wordt het dek ook weer die 30° gedraaid om de auto's af te kunnen laten rijden. Naar verluidt is dit nog de enige pont ter wereld met dit mechanisme.

In 2008 speelde de pont een rol in de film Made of Honor.

Geschiedenis
Op die plaats vaart al meer dan 400 jaar een pontveer. Sinds 1934 wordt hier een autopont gebruikt. In december 1975 werd deze pont overgenomen, die voer bij het dorp Ballachulish totdat daar een brug in gebruik werd genomen. Van 1982 tot 2006 voer veerman Murdo Mackenzie als veerbaas op de pont. Toen hij met pensioen ging, richtten de plaatselijke bewoners een gemeenschappelijk bedrijf op, dat de pont van hem huurde. Nadat er een lening van £60,000 van het Big Lottery Fund's Growing Community Assets scheme en nog een van £60,000 van Highlands & Islands Enterprise was verkregen, kon deze Community Interest Company het schip kopen.

Externe link
 Glenelg - Skye ferry - Isle of Skye Ferry Community Interest Company.

Schip gebouwd in het Verenigd Koninkrijk
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War Machine To Appear In Iron Man 2!
by Vic Holtreman
Yes, you read that right, Don Cheadle as Tony Stark's best buddy in Iron Man 2 will be donning the War Machine armor.
Our friends over at TrailerAddict.com have an interview from EW where they talk to Robert Downey Jr. briefly about transitioning from his Sherlock Holmes movie back into Iron Man mode. During the interview he was asked if he could reveal a tiny tidbit about the movie, and he talks about the characters - and he lets slip a nugget about Don Cheadle as Rhodey.
A little background for you non-Ferrophiles (that's the Iron Man equivalent of a "Trekkie"): In the comic book, the War Machine armor was originally created by Tony Stark to deal with team of super bad guys. Later on the suit was built specifically for James Rhodes. It was designed for all-out warfare. It was also known as the "Variable Threat Response Battle Suit." Click here for more details on the War Machine armor.
Anyway, at around the 1:14 mark Robert says this in the interview:
...it's about Don Cheadle now playing Rhodey, and therefore War Machine..."
The last time we heard about the possibility of the War Machine armor showing up in the film was back in September when Terrence Howard was still in the role (I'm betting Terrence Howard will be really, really annoyed).
Check out the video for yourself:
Downey Jr. goes on to say:
"The film is almost entirely about character, and yet we still have twice as much action as we did last time, so it's going to be nuts," Robert tells our own Thea Andrews of the super sequel, set to start filming Monday. "Essentially 'Iron Man 2' is about looking behind the armor, or the armature, of a superhero. It's one thing to say you're 'Iron Man,' it's another thing to be fully ready to do that."
In other movie details, Robert Downey Jr. spoke with MTV about the possibility of the "Demon in a Bottle" story arc from the comics (where Tony Stark spirals into full blown alcoholism and loses everything) being incorporated into this sequel:
"We're going for the interim space [between the origin story and 'Demon in a Bottle'], which is more a look behind the mask of someone who says he's Iron Man and what it really is to become a superhero."
You can head over to MTV for more info at the link below.
Also, shooting on the movie starts on Monday and additional cast members include Garry Shandling(?) and John Slattery.
So what do you think? Are you stoked to hear we'll get to see War Machine on the big screen?
Iron Man 2 opens on May 7, 2010.
Sources: Trailer Addict, MTV Splash Page
Tags: iron man, iron man 2
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Alan Moore Is Officially Retiring From Writing Comic Books


Do you know the difference between Replication and Duplication? Do you know what a Dual-Layer DVD is?
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Q: SLIC superpixel labels opencv After applying SLIC superpixel on an input image, I need to get the max value of the labels from the Red, Blue and Green channel.
I wrote this code, First I applied the SLIC Superpixel and then I used the split command to get the 3 channels. Then i used the Core.minMaxLoc command.
My question is, the Max returned from Core.minMaxLoc is the Max of pixels or the labels? Because I need to extract the maximum value from the labels not the pixel.
This is my code:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private static final String TAG = "3:qinQctivity";
Button button;
ImageView imageView,imageView_red,imageView_blue,imageView_green;
TextView textView,mean_text;
Double Max_Red,Max_Green,Max_Blue;

Mat newImage,newMat,mask,labels,BGR_RGB,Blue,Green,Red;
ArrayList<Mat> RGB = new ArrayList<Mat>(3);

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    button = findViewById(R.id.button);
    imageView = findViewById(R.id.image);
    imageView_red = findViewById(R.id.image_red);
    imageView_blue = findViewById(R.id.image_blue);
    imageView_green = findViewById(R.id.image_green);
    textView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
    mean_text = findViewById(R.id.textView2);

    button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {

            if (!OpenCVLoader.initDebug()) {
                OpenCVLoader.initAsync(OpenCVLoader.OPENCV_VERSION_3_4_0, getApplicationContext(), baseLoaderCallback);
            } else {

                baseLoaderCallback.onManagerConnected(LoaderCallbackInterface.SUCCESS);
            }
        }
    });

}
BaseLoaderCallback baseLoaderCallback = new BaseLoaderCallback(this) {
    @Override
    public void onManagerConnected(int status) {
        super.onManagerConnected(status);
        if (status == LoaderCallbackInterface.SUCCESS) {
            try {
                newImage = new Mat();
                newMat = new Mat();
                labels = new Mat();
                BGR_RGB = new Mat();

                BGR_RGB = Utils.loadResource(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.retinalimage, CvType.CV_32FC3);
                Imgproc.cvtColor(BGR_RGB,newImage,Imgproc.COLOR_BGR2RGB);

                SuperpixelSLIC x = Ximgproc.createSuperpixelSLIC(newImage, Ximgproc.SLIC, 50, (float) 0.001);
                x.iterate(5);
                if (true){
                    x.enforceLabelConnectivity(20);
                }

                mask = new Mat();
                x.getLabelContourMask(mask, true);
                newImage.setTo(new Scalar(0, 0, 255), mask);

                showImage(newImage);
                labels = new Mat();
                x.getLabels(labels);

                //count the number of the superpixel segmented regions
                int a = x.getNumberOfSuperpixels();

                // working on the Red, Blue and green channel
                Core.split(newImage,RGB);
                Red = RGB.get(0);
                Green = RGB.get(1);
                Blue = RGB.get(2);

                Max_Red = Core.minMaxLoc(Red).maxVal;
                Max_Green = Core.minMaxLoc(Green).maxVal;
                Max_Blue = Core.minMaxLoc(Blue).maxVal;

                Scalar P = Core.mean(newImage);
                textView.setText(String.valueOf(P));
                mean_text.setText(String.valueOf(P));
                showImage(newImage);

            } catch (IOException e) {

                e.printStackTrace();

            }

        }

    }

} ;

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Sankt Johann, une commune du Land de Rhénanie-Palatinat dans l'arrondissement de Mayen-Coblence
 Sankt Johann, une commune du Land de Rhénanie-Palatinat dans l'arrondissement de Mayence-Bingen.
 St. Johann, une commune du Land de Bade-Wurtemberg dans l'arrondissement de Reutlingen
 St. Johann, un quartier de Sarrebruck.

St. Johann in Tirol, une commune du district de Kitzbühel en Tyrol
 Sankt Johann am Wimberg, une commune du district de Rohrbach en Haute-Autriche
 Sankt Johann in der Haide, une commune du district de Hartberg en Styrie
 Sankt Johann-Köppling, une commune du district de Voitsberg en Styrie
 Sankt Johann bei Herberstein, une commune du district de Hartberg en Styrie
 Sankt Johann am Tauern, une commune du district de Judenburg en Styrie
 Sankt Johann im Saggautal, une commune du district de Leibnitz en Styrie
 Sankt Johann am Walde, une commune du district de Braunau am Inn en Haute-Autriche
 District de Sankt Johann im Pongau, un district du Land de Salzbourg

Alt Sankt Johann, une localité et une ancienne commune suisse du canton de Saint-Gall.
 St. Johann, un quartier de Bâle.

Homonymie de toponyme


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We talk a great deal about music – the role we think it plays in our lives, its seemingly endless capacity to rejuvenate, stimulate and orientate us. But we're increasingly at risk of thinking of music as a utility or commodity – something that's been created to tick a box perhaps, or to help us fulfil a particular function in our lives. Some of us look for music to be purposeful – or indeed to help us to be more purposeful in whatever activities we happen to be engaged in. We jog with headphones on, wait for an elevator to the accompaniment of tinny pop tune cover versions, and sit in the sauna to a backdrop of synthetic flutes and wind chimes. This resignation to the idea of 'functional' music seems to have become entangled with how we consume it – sometimes unthinkingly or with a sense of entitlement. Streaming music seems strangely out of kilter with the devotion shown by those who created it in the first place, drip by drip. Music on tap potentially leads to a lack of excitement and engagement – that feverish sense of anticipation we once felt as we put on a new CD is now more likely to resemble a lucky dip in Apple Music. Music might be something we sit down to listen to, but just as easily it will underscore some everyday activity such as fixing a broken toaster or waiting for someone to answer the phone about an electricity bill. One might be tempted to contrast this with music enjoyed in an earlier point in time, where the very notion of recordings would have seemed about as likely as Donald Trump becoming President. In taking music for granted we underplay its marvellous, mysterious qualities – we become harder to please, harder to be moved or exhilarated by sound, perhaps to a point where the beauty of a musical moment escapes our attention altogether. Today music all too easily blurs into 'muzak', which is a perilous place for us to have arrived at, since we feel robbed of choosing how, what and (perhaps even more importantly) when we listen. Listening and hearing are quite separate things of course; for me, this superabundance of music is the very antithesis of mindfulness, for we feel cajoled into consuming music instead of drawn in by its powers of intoxication. We can even feel that there is only a single, acceptable response to certain sounds, or that our emotions are in some way being manipulated to someone else's ends. Advertising would be largely impotent without music, and yet ironically the music used is virtually always rendered anodyne in the process. Potentially, our dispassionate receptivity music leads to mindlessness, not mindfulness. This burden of choice, or else its polar opposite – no choice at all – also discourages us from pausing to reflect; we forget how to be thrilled or devastated by a musical experience. The flip-side of this is true when playing the piano of course, or perhaps especially when teaching it. The knowledge that an exam is on the horizon might help someone to concentrate on improving, but will it necessarily help them to notice what in the music is truly of value? Music exams, competitions and festivals, though hugely advantageous to many learners, unwittingly contribute to this regrettable commoditisation and compartmentalisation of music. Perhaps this is all rather inevitable and not worth getting distressed about; yet for me, the listener forms a key point in the triangle that starts with creation and ends with an emotion beyond the realm of words. Listening can even be said to be creative in and of itself, but only if we are alive to what it is trying to say to us.
I wrote Mindfulness in Music: Notes on finding life's rhythm in 2017 as part of an ongoing series of around 30 beautifully presented hardback books published by Leaping Hare Press. I recall first noticing the series a few years ago as a table display in my local Waterstones and was immediately enticed by their craftsmanship; they really are things of beauty. Topics so far go from bread-making to bereavement, surfing to singing, Einstein to cycling! The book came out in April 2018 and was discussed in my interview with Tom Service on BBC Radio 3's 'Music Matters' a couple of days later. The publishers wanted me to sum up in a concise, easily grasped way the essence of mindfulness and indeed the essence of music. There is surely no expectation of the need to be an expert in meditation, mindfulness or indeed music in order to gain something of value from such experiences – in the same way, one doesn't need to be a virtuoso to enjoy playing the piano, or a graduate in music to enjoy listening to it being played. Music is always of the moment, even when it takes on epic proportions, such as a Wagner opera or Strauss tone poem. Perhaps Erik Satie had a rather important point to make when he penned his exquisite piano miniatures – for he achieved that impossibly difficult thing as a composer: to beckon the listener into a perfumed musical moment that seems to have already started before we'd even tuned in. Satie's music, a little like the minimalist movement that followed a few decades later perhaps, rarely appears preoccupied by grandiose machinery, development or architecture – the music is there to be savoured, rather like caviar, truffles or a fine cognac. Deeply meaningful music does not, therefore, need to be large-scale or impressively ambitious in order to make its mark.
It seems those who love music, or indeed use it in a more sophisticated way – either by learning about it or even earning money from it – become especially prone to this habit of picking away at the minutiae of surface details. It's as though we imagine ourselves to be Michelangelo, putting the final touches to the Statue of David when we practise a few bars of intensely tricky music on the piano. Music students may feel a certain satisfaction from having put into words the cleverness bound up in, say, a Mahler symphony or lengthy Miles Davis jazz piece. And rightly so, for music's narrative journey, or 'story', is frequently complex and deserving of that extra bit of attentive thinking, or even, dare I say it, analysis. The question here is at what point should we just let the music go its own way, unjudged, unevaluated? This is not a contradiction, more a conundrum, for there are times when we need to scrutinise, and others when we can just wallow and enjoy. As a pianist and composer, I find this question strikes at the heart of all I do, for I've spent many hours pouring over recapitulations in Mozart concertos, or else looking for ways to extend a simple tune that has just landed in my head. And yet, in the end, I know that this type of detailed work is only valuable because it allows me to tap into, and hence express the music's bigger picture so that others are able to gain something from it.
When I wrote The Mindful Pianist for Faber in 2016, as part of the ongoing EPTA Piano Professional series, I dug deep into what we as pianists are attempting to achieve when we are playing; I broke this difficult subject down into four main areas: focus, practise, perform, engage. In essence, I was wanting those who love the piano to view what they do from a subtly different perspective, not just to grind away for days on end in an unwinnable bid to out-manoeuvre Beethoven, or conquer Ravel. I commissioned perspectives from 25 well-known pianists, composers and teachers, and the ultimate aim was to provide an original way 'in' to the craft of piano playing, not just to offer a raft of tips on how to practise (though the book hopefully achieves that, too!). The book is unapologetically pianocentric – it's my sincere attempt to embody the idea that we need to play and think about piano music in a thoughtful, mindful way in order to do it, and ourselves, justice.
In this latest publication I assume no preexisting knowledge base or skill-set. It's not written for aficionados or those in the know. Nor am I focusing exclusively on piano music. There are chapters on music as meditation, the rhythm of life, sound and sensuality, the language of music, parallel universes (how music can inhabit multiple meanings for us simultaneously) and the art of possibility – how the reader might acquire the confidence to sing in a choir, take up an instrument later in life or become a valued member of the musical community. I also take a closer look at what, if anything, we mean by 'talent' in music, what tone-deafness is, or indeed is not. I unpack the notion of perfect-pitch to see whether it really adds much to what proficient musicians might achieve, and offer 20 activities designed to help us all to resonate more enjoyably with everything from the sound of a squeaky gate to a love song by Elton John.
The 'point' of music – in virtually any way I consider to be realistic or meaningful – is surely to connect with our human urge to feel emotion. It's amusing to me that we talk about the Romantic period as driven by passion, feelings and expression, as if this has not always been the case, both before and since the 19th century! Sometimes we feel an impulse to re-connect with a particular song or piece of music in order to help us to relive a moment; in this respect, nostalgia in music is every bit as powerful as looking at sepia photographs or blowing dust from the yellowing pages of an old book. Come to think of it, the antiquity of Classical music perhaps renders all of our listening and playing experiences potentially nostalgic? I've always felt that music is all 'ours' – in other words, humans created it for the wonderment of other humans – and to this end the book sets out to scratch a little beneath the surface of what we thought we already knew. Let's not forget that the world was making its own music millions of years before our distant ancestors began drumming away on stretched animal skins or experimenting with echoes in forests, and there is perhaps no greater music than silence, itself an endangered species. Becoming more aware of how we engage with music, and indeed what constitutes music in the first place (isn't a waterfall music, or a storm reverberating through a valley?) is how we will gain more from it. I ask, in the book, "how can we be interested in the sound of nature if we are not intrigued by the nature of sound?" Can elephants really listen with their feet, for example, and why is it we cannot hear the deafening 'songs' of whales when we are ashore? These and other questions are not intended to be semantic or philosophical for their own sake, but seeded here and there within its pages to help place our enjoyment of music in a sharper spotlight, irrespective of what kinds of music we enjoy listening to or playing. Spirituality, in these terms, becomes more about the relationship we have with music directly – and a world that is forever teeming with sound – not necessarily tied to any god or religion.
As pianists, most of us grow used to grappling with music that was etched onto manuscript centuries ago. We take for granted that our playing skills need to be entwined with an ability to read music and make sense of heady things such as structure, harmony and counterpoint. This all too easily leads us to the numbing conclusion that music is only there to be sifted and sorted through, organised and fiddled with, until it finally submits to all our tireless thrashing about at the keyboard. If, on the other hand, we can learn to take a helicopter view of the music we love from time to time, even when we are doing battle with the intricacies of a Bach fugue or scrabbling around with fistfuls of notes in Debussy, we will access it from a more immediately rewarding place. And by doing this, not only will we derive more from the experience itself, we may also have more to 'say' when we sit down to play.
Mindfulness is concerned with self-compassion, i.e. forgiving ourselves for making mistakes and playing imperfectly. It's also about savouring the here-and-now, not over-reaching, over-thinking or over-analysing. These things just throw a spanner in the works and at the same time distract us from noticing, savouring, enjoying and simply 'being'. We can have an eye to the future prospect of playing to others, or perhaps taking an exam, without feeling fatigued by 'end-gaming', as Alexander would have put it. But it is also about positioning ourselves right at the centre of the musical experience. Though I am not a Buddhist, I find the notion of playing music as a 'practical meditation' utterly irresistible. We are engaging with the finest of art-forms – "the word music, after all, comes from 'muses' – the daughters of Zeus – to crystallise the purist conceivable artistic aspirations of the gods", to quote from my own introductory text. It's interesting that music has the power to realign us as well as fortify our daily lives, but more than this, musical experiences are valuable because they remind us of who we are, and this might even help us to become better versions of ourselves.
Mindfulness in Music, Notes on finding life's rhythm, by Mark Tanner (Leaping Hare Press).


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Adiós problemas (English language: Goodbye problems) is a 1955 Argentine romantic drama film directed by Kurt Land and written by Abel Santacruz. The film starred Enrique Muiño and Amalia Sánchez Ariño.

Synopsis
Centering on themes of morality, passion, lust and jealousy this romantic drama is the story of a righteous man who disgraces his family and his reputation when he is seduced by a pretty young woman.

Other cast
 Alberto Berco
 Miguel Dante
 Hilda Rey
 Osvaldo Terranova
 Miguel Angel Valera

Release
The film premiered on 18 May 1955.

External links

 http://www.cinenacional.com/peliculas/index.php?pelicula=28

1955 films
1950s Spanish-language films
Argentine black-and-white films
1955 romantic drama films
Films directed by Kurt Land
Argentine romantic drama films
1950s Argentine films


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For years, Mac fans have petitioned Apple for a modern operating system: not just more spaghetti code piled on top of the ancient Mac OS foundation, but something state-of-the-art and rock solid. We've wanted the stabil-ity of Unix and the good looks of a Macintosh.
Be careful what you wish for. Apple's new operating system, Mac OS X, is all that. But OS X is unlike any other operating system in Macintosh history, and in its current condition, it requires a great deal of tolerance from the Mac faithful. Although Apple won't release it in final form until spring of 2001, it's now available as a beta (the final stage of development before a product's release) for you to try.
Running a prerelease OS is like rafting down an uncharted river or hiking through the back country--there's no telling what danger lurks around the next bend. Running the OS X beta has its upsides, however--including a sneak peek at an operating system that will soon radically reshape your Mac experience.
If you're just catching on to this phenomenon, see "Mac OS X Unveiled!" (March 2000) and "X Arrives" (Buzz, November 2000) for overviews of the OS. If you're itching to get your hands on the real thing, you can order the $29.95 Mac OS X-beta CD-ROM from http://store.apple.com. But read this two-part article before the package arrives. We'll show you how to prepare for and install the beta, minimize risks, and navigate the unfamiliar territory.


Water Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has warned Kenyans to brace themselves for a biting drought until April.
Mr Chelugui said the government has set aside Sh10 billion to expand water, sanitation and sewerage coverage in in 28 major towns. It is working with Africa Development Bank.
"Considering that drought and floods are natural phenomena, we are already putting in place measures in liaison with other government agencies and stakeholders to mitigate its effects," he said.
Some 2.1 million people will get water while another 1.3 million will receive sewerage services.
Mr Chelugui was speaking during a water and sanitation county executive committee caucus in Nyahururu, Laikipia County, between January 16 and 18.
He said the national water coverage is 60 percent while basic sanitation stands at 35 percent.
To achieve universal water coverage by 2030, the sector needs to connect 200,000 Kenyans to potable water and 350,000 to sewerage systems yearly.
He said the government has embarked on implementation of projects such as Itare dam in Nakuru, which will provide 100,000 cubic metres of water while Mombasa residents would receive 186,000 cubic metres per day once Mwache dam is completed.
Mr Chelugui said Makueni, Konza city and Nairobi residents will benefit from additional water supplies once the construction of Thwake dam and Northern Collector Tunnel are completed.
He appealed to the county executives to partner with the national government to ensure the Last Mile Water Connectivity programme succeeds to enable more Kenyans access clean and safe water.


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Thoughts on bigotry
"Bigot" is a word almost constantly creeping into political discourse nowadays. But the term has not proven particularly productive. There is confusion about what bigotry means or should mean, and logical incoherencies within the many definitions proffered. Fascinatingly, in the middle of the chaos, people tend to agree that whatever bigotry is, it is utterly reprehensible. Whatever a bigot is, it is one of the worst things people can call you.
The tension in word meanings, combined with reckless usage and almost paralyzing social stigma, are rather damning to political discourse. We should either agree on a coherent, functional definition of bigotry and its variants or avoid such terms altogether. Perhaps we should do both.
Before going further, let's crack open the dictionary—err, internet.
What is a bigot?
This is Merriam-Webster's best stab at defining bigot:
Under Merriam-Webster's first definition, the first qualification to being a bigot is that you have to be human. Check! The second is that you cannot be a fence-sitter. You can't even be lukewarm. If you want to be a bigot, you need to have strong feelings. Is there something inherently despicable about strong feelings?
But of course, the definition doesn't stop there. Your strong feelings must be unfair. Unfair may mean unjustified or foolish, but I can't be sure. The more important question is who decides which opinions are fair (or justified or foolish)? Seems like an eye-of-the-beholder determination having its basis in an observers personal belief system. Thus, this requirement seems to say more about the labeler than the person actually being labeled. In short, to be a bigot, you need to find someone willing to view your views as unfair (or unjustified or foolish). That should be easy enough to do.
Now, what else is required? The strong feeling, considered unfair by your volunteer critic, must be negative. The operative word is dislike. You must dislike. That should also be easy to accomplish. Even if you only speak or think positively about beliefs—only ever mentioning the things you affirmatively espouse—you're impliedly attacking beliefs running counter to your own. It seems impossible to avoid dislike.
But there is one more thing. Your dislike must be aimed at "other people, ideas, etc." There are two pieces embedded there. First, the dislike must be outward-facing. You can't become a bigot by unfairly disliking yourself or your own ideas. Second, the things you outwardly dislike must fall into an open-ended list which includes "people" and "ideas." What exactly does that leave out? Seems like nothing to me.
So, Merriam-Webster's first definition tells us is that it's clear that anyone with a strong opinion about anything is a bigot, as long as they can find someone willing to call that opinion "unfair." By this standard, we are all bigots, the only question is, how many people are willing to label us as such? If you want to be the biggest bigot, you must simply hold the least popular views in the eyes of those willing to exercise name-calling.
Merriam-Webster also offered a second definition, with the introductory "especially." Let's return to that: "[A] person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)." This provides two specific avenues to bigotry. First, you can simply hate the members of a particular group. Alternatively, you can simply "refuse to accept" the members of a particular group. I will address each in turn.
First, bigots are those that hate members of a particular group. The first thing that fascinates me about this portion of the secondary definition is that it is a necessarily inward inquiry—whereas the first definition is outward. Remember, the first requires someone from the outside to label your strong dislike of anything as unfair. But this definition requires you personally to hate. The only person who really knows whom you hate is yourself. Sure, you can leave external clues, but the ultimate judge of the applicability of this definition to you should be you. How productive is it to tell someone else whom he or she hates or "feel[s] intense or passionate dislike for"? Source.
The second thing that is interesting about that definition is that is doesn't care at all about any reasons for the hatred toward a particular group of people. So, if you want to be a bigot under that definition, all you have to do is hate, for any reason, a particular group of people.
Now, let's look at the second avenue to bigotry within Merriam's second definition: You must "refuse to accept" the members of a particular group. This definition also does not care about why you refuse to accept members of a particular group. You simply have to refuse to accept them. What does "refuse to accept" mean?
Merriam-Webster offers the following definition of the two words:
Taken together, those definitions seem to say that to "refuse to accept" a group of people, you must do at least one of the following:
(1) Say so: "I will not receive or take [insert group]."
(2) Not be willing to be bossed around by [insert group] and express that defiance by word or deed.
(3) Not allow [insert group] to have something [anything?].
All of these definitions offer additional ambiguities and together they arguably expand the word "bigot" to encompass everyone, everywhere. If everyone is something, why bother pointing it out? You are such a human!
Alright, enough with Merriam-Webster, let's ask Google what a bigot is:
At first glance, this definition seems simple enough, though it hinges entirely on the meaning of "intolerant."
Google unhelpfully defines "intolerant" as "not tolerant." Thankfully, however, Google goes beyond defining "tolerant" as "not intolerant."
Let's take those in reverse order, addressing the softball first. The second definition, if it applies to people at all (while humans are in fact animals, sometimes the word "animals" is used in a way that excludes people), seems to describe tolerant in the way applicable to someone who is lactose-intolerant. Do you rash up when you are around people who hold different opinions than you? Is it hard to breath, does your blood pressure rise, or are you otherwise allergic? This seems to be a high standard and narrower than what people are usually trying to say when they throw around the term "bigot." However, if such allergies exist, they are indeed troublesome.
On to Google's first definition of tolerant—which is a greater doozie. Let's merge it with the base definition of "bigot," to get the whole picture: "A person who is intolerant [i.e, not "showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with"] toward those holding different opinions."
What amazes me about that definition is its breadth. If you want to be a bigot, all you have to do is show unwillingness to allow behavior that you do not agree with. You do not even have to prevent the disagreeable behavior; you simply have to "show unwillingness to allow." So, if you tell someone who has different morals than you that just shot the man whom he saw with his own eyes rape and kill his sister, "Hey, I don't think killing should be allowed," or "I don't think you had the right to kill," you have just made yourself into a big bigot. I use that rather graphic and horrific example, to highlight some of the tensions in human understanding of morality. Even when it comes to something as generally condemn-able as killing, the opinions of what should and should not be allowed are varied and complex.
Another thing, showing unwillingness to allow behavior does not seem to only include when you rather abrasively tell people to their face that you disagree with their behavior. Is not a peaceful cast of a vote against the legality of disputed behavior also a showing of "unwillingness to allow" that behavior?
Okay, so what am I ultimately trying to get at? The point is there does not seem to be any useful or productive definition for the term bigot. Because bigot has such a negative connotation and can arguably be used to describe anyone, anywhere, all the word really says is that you as the label-er are willing to stoop to the level of name-calling (tempting the recipient to return the favor and slap a similarly unproductive label on you).
Name-calling adds nothing to political discourse. Let's abandon the term bigot, just as we should abandon arguably less-offensive terms like "idiot," "moron," or any other label that can accurately apply to anyone and accomplishes nothing except birth or fuel petty contention.
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Developer apologises for ripping out hedge important for rare bats
Bellway Homes has responded to environmental and affordability allegations
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Holt Road in 2016 (left) and March 2019 (right) and centre a rare Bechstein's bat (Image: Google maps and Getty stock)
A developer has been forced to apologise after it removed a hedgerow which functioned as an important corridor for rare bats.
Bellway Homes said the hedge at the Tithecote Manor development in Bradford-on-Avon had been "removed in error."
It says it has worked to reinstate the hedgerow to "mitigate" the damage.
The hedgerow on Holt Road is said to be a part of the flight-path for bats between maternity roosts and hibernation grounds.
According to the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust this includes the rare Bechstein's bat which roosts in Green Lane Wood, in Trowbridge.
The protected species is known to hibernate in sites north of Bradford-on-Avon such as the Box and Corsham mines.
Bellway Homes says that they had considered this flight path in the design of the development and apologised for accidentally violating it.
A Bechstein's bat sleeping in a cave (Image: Getty)
A spokeswoman said: "Key corridors where bats would pass through were identified and protective measures put in place, including planting, installing bat boxes in public areas and limiting external lighting across the development.
"At an early stage of the build programme, part of a hedgerow was removed in error.
"Bellway immediately apologised for this and worked with the council's ecological officers to reinstate the hedgerow to successfully mitigate the issue."
Holt Road in 2016 (left) and March 2019 (right) (Image: Google maps)
The development of 60 new homes has also faced criticism on other environmental grounds. Some are concerned by a lack of renewable energy features such as solar panels or heat pumps and there not being a cycle lane into the centre of town.
Bellway Homes said: "An energy statement was prepared to support the planning application and it demonstrated that the homes were 10 per cent more energy efficient than required by building regulations.
"There was no requirement to provide a cycle path within the outline planning consent and no requests were made by the highways authority for one to be included at a later stage."
It also pointed out that it will be paying £500,000 to support local infrastructure as part of its planning obligations.
A Bechstein´s bat in flight at night (Image: Getty)
Some residents have also said the homes are "totally unaffordable."
The three, four and five bedroom properties are currently listed for sale on the Bellway Homes' website with prices from £449,995 to £729,995.
Rightmove has a Tithecote Manor listing that is sold STC for £369,995.
Bellway Homes said: "With regards to affordability, 40 per cent of the homes at Tithecote Manor are affordable homes available for low-cost rental or shared ownership.
"This is in line with the local authority's affordable homes policy."
The full statement from Bellway Homes
A spokesperson for Bellway said: "Bellway purchased the land at Tithecote Manor when it had outline planning consent for 60 homes and then progressed a reserved matters planning application for the site.
"At this point, there was a statutory consultation period during which anyone could comment on the plans. The comments would then be made available to the planning authority when deciding whether to grant consent.
"Ecological measures were at the forefront of discussions between Bellway and Wiltshire Council. Bellway worked with the council's ecological team to explore the potential impact on the local bat population and to create a welcoming environment where they could thrive.
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"This involved a management plan for existing trees and hedgerows. Key corridors where bats would pass through were identified and protective measures put in place, including planting, installing bat boxes in public areas and limiting external lighting across the development.
"Tithecote Manor will also incorporate a new orchard and allotments.
"At an early stage of the build programme, part of a hedgerow was removed in error. Bellway immediately apologised for this and worked with the council's ecological officers to reinstate the hedgerow to successfully mitigate the issue.
"An energy statement was prepared to support the planning application and it demonstrated that the homes were 10 per cent more energy efficient than required by building regulations.
"With regards to affordability, 40 per cent of the homes at Tithecote Manor are affordable homes available for low-cost rental or shared ownership. This is in line with the local authority's affordable homes policy.
"The planning process is necessarily thorough as it explores every aspect of development. This includes working to minimise the impact of new homes on the local environment, ensuring affordable homes are made available and considering any road or transport improvements which may be required.
"It also determines planning contributions to be made by the developer and Bellway will pay more than £500,000 to support local infrastructure under its obligations for Tithecote Manor."
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I tried to use trinity to assemble my RNA-seq raw data and find some differential expression genes between control and experiment groups. Two RNA-seq samples without biological replicates were contained in my analyses, one is control and another is experiment. As a newer of NGS analyses, I followed the protocol of trinity website (http://trinityrnaseq.github.io/analysis/diff_expression_analysis.html). However, only 40 DE genes were identified and our target upregulation gene was not contained in these genes. I pasted my command here and ask for you help me to find some unsuitable treatment. Thanks a lot!
Why does it surprise you, that DE analyses without replication yield a low number of significant genes? Sometimes I think that succumbing to the pressure from 'experimentalists' to implement magic tricks for providing some sort of 'p-values' out of non-replicated experiments was a really bad idea, top candidate for What Are The Most Common Stupid Mistakes In Bioinformatics?
I like this paper: RNA-seq differential expression studies: more sequence or more replication?
You could also try Biostar's "Live search" using "without replicates", there will be plenty reading.
New to RNA-Seq: Reads assembled...now what? Non-sequenced organism. So lost!!
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Annotating sequences after de-novo Trinity assembly and RSEM analysis...there must be an easier way!


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Workers of BGC condo on hunger strike
With the strike still ongoing, maintenance services in the condo have been affected. But the management is not budging. Labor-only contractor? Inside the condo, it didn't matter whether you were an in-house regular worker or hired by the agency.
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MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte will suspend the second round of higher excise tax on fuel under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law, in response to soaring inflation. In a statement on Sunday, October 14, Finance ...
From the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court
including San Beda College of Law, UST Faculty of Civil Law, FEU Institute of Law, Angeles University Foundation ... Commercial Law Department of the Philippine Judicial Academy, the education arm of the SC. The 52-year-old magistrate will serve in the ...
Amante: Term limits
The 1987 Constitution provides that elective officials in the local governments and House of Representatives should serve for no more than nine consecutive years or three back-to-back terms. Recently, the Lower House proposed a four-year term for members ...
COMMENTARY: Who is a professor?
In the Philippine setting particularly in state colleges and universities(SUCs), tenured academic ranks are as follows: Instructor I-III, Assistant Professor 1-IV, Associate Professor I-V, Professor I-VI, and College/University Professor (as the highest ...
Junjun Binay can run for mayor - Comelec
MANILA, Philippines -- Former Makati mayor Jejomar "Junjun" Binay can run for public office in the 2019 midterm polls despite the graft charges he is facing, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday. James Jimenez, spokesperson for the ...
Growth Through Intellectual Property - Plant Protection Through Utility Patents, Certificates, And Plant Patents
An important aspect of developing any intellectual property strategy and portfolio is deciding which method of intellectual property protection to pursue based on the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Plants may be protected through utility ...
DOJ submits opposition to Trillanes appeal in rebellion case
THE Department of Justice (DoJ) opposed an appeal by Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV to reverse the order of Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 150 for his arrest and travel ban and the reception of evidence. In another development, Makati RTC Branch ...
Faeldon appointed BuCor chief
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has appointed Nicanor A. Faeldon, Department of National Defense (DND) deputy administrator of the Office of Civil Defense, as director-general of Bureau of Corrections, Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said on Friday.
Carpio vies for Supreme Court chief justice
MANILA, Philippines - Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has accepted his nomination for chief justice, the Supreme Court confirmed on Friday, October 12. Carpio sent his confirmation to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Friday, according to his ...
Junjun Binay may challenge sister Abby in Makati mayoralty race
But in May 2018, the Court of Appeals (CA) reversed the Ombudsman decision. The CA applied in Binay's case the condonation doctrine -- that it can be assumed that voters have forgiven a ...
Justices Urged To Ax Fed. Circ. Drug Patent Obviousness Test
Law360 (October 11, 2018, 8:59 PM EDT) -- Accord Healthcare Inc. has told the U.S. Supreme Court that a Federal Circuit decision upholding UCB Inc.'s patent on an epilepsy drug found that the patent is not obvious by using a method that is "plainly at odds ...
Korea Travel Fair highlights winter experience for Filipinos
MANILA, Philippines -- Apart from food, cosmetics, K-drama and K-pop, there are more to explore about Korea, particularly its winter season. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) Manila Office, in cooperation with Gyeonggi Tourism Organization and Gangwon ...
Costa Rica - Criminal Actions in Trademark and Copyright Infringement
Infringement of intellectual property rights is typically handled as civil matter. There are, however, cases in which the gravity of the infringement and the damage caused result in criminal penalties. In Costa Rica, the Law Regarding the Procedures of ...
Camiguin gears up for Lanzones Festival 2018
PPR Tourism and Sports Complex and Kalanrakas sa Kabataan at Guinsiliban and Mahinog Plaza. Meanwhile, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will host the Jobs Fair Docufest and DOLE Clinic on this day at Ugmad Site and Mambajao Municipal Hall.
BIR Commissioner holds dialogue with key stakeholders
The issuance of tax clearances, technical glitches in the electronic filing ... we will be able to serve the taxpayers more efficiently and it will be more convenient for you when you do business with BIR," the Commissioner noted. RR-16 covers the ...
DAR unveils water sanitation project in Pulupandan
The cooperative will take charge of the labor component while the municipal government is allocating P50, 000 for other components like livelihood. The potable water system is seen to directly benefit 65 households and 400 students and teachers of Patic ...
Celebrating cooperative month across regions
Topics tackled include Coop Taxation; Power or Electric cooperatives; Coop Insurance; Social and Performance Audit; Leadership and Values Re-Orientation; Financial Service cooperatives; Parliamentary Procedure; CDA Issuances, Related Laws and other Updates.
2018 Cordillera model OFW families feted
The family of OFW Conrado Sevilleja of Danglas Abra receive their award for being the regional winner for the 2018 MOFYA land - based category from OWWA - CAR Regional director Manuela Pena and members of the Regional Selection and Screening Committee (CCD ...
Why usual dissenter Leonen leans toward Duterte in ICC pullout case
MANILA, Philippines - Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, the consistent dissenter against President Rodrigo Duterte, seems to be leaning toward the executive department this time over the country's unilateral withdrawal from the International ...
Court of Appeals Ramon Paul Hernando promoted to Supreme Court
MANILA, Philippines -- President Duterte has promoted Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando to the Supreme Court (SC). Duterte appointed Hernando - a fellow San Beda law school graduate - as associate justice of the high court in ...
General tax amnesty awaits Senate plenary approval
A similar amnesty will also be extended for all national internal revenue taxes, including value-added tax and excise taxes collected by the Bureau of Customs. Only five percent of the total net ...
Getting to know Ramon Paul Hernando and his long road to the Supreme Court
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday confirmed that the former Court of Appeals justice was selected by President Rodrigo Duterte to fill in the vacancy left by Samuel Martires, who was appointed Ombudsman in July 2018. He is the sixth justice ...
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday confirmed that the former Court of Appeals justice was selected by President Rodrigo Duterte to fill in the vacancy left by Samuel Martires ...
Who is Duterte's new SC appointee?
MANILA, Philippines -- President Rodrigo Duterte ... He also took eight units toward a master's degree in Business Administration at the Ateneo de Manila University, Graduate School of Business. Hernando turned 52 last August 27. He would hold the ...
A No Deal Brexit and Its Impact on Intellectual Property Rights
In light of a possible no deal Brexit, businesses need to consider the impact such a scenario would have on their intellectual property rights, in particular trade marks, designs, patents and copyrights. For the majority of these rights protected under EU ...
Securing advance rulings on tariff classification
One of the greatest challenges some traders face is to have their shipments put on hold by the Bureau of Customs (BoC) due to tariff classification issues, errors on valuation, and incomplete documents, among others. Often, some importers do not conduct a ...
Retiring by choice, not by age
Can we not use a single standard, or at least adjust up from present limits? Over at the Philippine Supreme Court, and for all judges, mandatory retirement age is 70. If we believe that members of our judiciary can still function productively and ...
CA justice named to High Court
He had also served as presiding judge of RTC Branch 29 of San Pablo City in Laguna from Oct. 29 ... Mr. Hernando obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree in San Beda College in 1990.
Duterte appoints new SC Justice
Hernando is also a member of the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law faculty. He is the seventh appointee of Duterte to the high court since he became President in 2016.
BOI to consult stakeholders on unified investment plan
She said among those to consulted include businessmen, business groups and BOI-registered companies. SIPP is the single investment priorities plan across all investment promotion agencies (IPAs) being eyed by the government. Being the country's leading IPA ...
Chief justice for two months: What De Castro has done
Outgoing Supreme Court Chief Justice Teresita de Castro is leaving the judiciary after having instituted a number of reforms in her less than two-month term as the chief magistrate. De Castro ...
DAP equips NRCO and OWWA participants with M&E tools
Gilson Pido of the NRCO Central Office extended his thanks and appreciation ... Mayor of Lutheran World Relief, Dr. Merlyne M. Paunlagi of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños, Jaime Duque-Daileg of the Senate of the Philippines, Abigail R.
Espinoza: Visit to media outlets
I was 19 and had to stop going to college when ... police and community relation, there are ways of doing it other than one that could be misunderstood as harassment. Or, is the police cooking something that the public has yet to know?
Sitel Academy Talent Development Program wins PMAP award
Sitel Academy stood out for offering free contact center skills training ... such as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Trump says America owes Kavanaugh apology after Supreme Court battle
WASHINGTON, USA - President Donald Trump said Monday, October 9, he was apologizing on behalf of the whole country to his new conservative Supreme Court justice after one of the most contentious confirmation processes in US history. At a White House ...
PAL warns vs. online ticket scam
The airline said its staff have been trained to determine fake IDs. Bureau of Immigration Port Operations Division chief, Red Marinas, earlier told the PNA that Immigration officers use several means to identify counterfeit documents and IDs. Under Article ...
To avoid Duterte veto, Congress asks Palace to return coco levy bill to them
After all, they said the multibillion money was stolen from coconut farmers, among the poorest of the poor, through an unjust taxation during the Marcos administration. But according to Zubiri, Malacañang wants more government representatives for ...
The trade war will hit U.S. and Chinese growth next year, the IMF warns
(CNN) -- The trade war is set to take its toll on the American and Chinese economies in 2019. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its growth forecasts for the United States and China ...
France-Italy tensions as ministers meet on immigration
LYON, France - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe urged far-right Italian leader Matteo Salvini on Monday, October 8, to drop his "posturing" on immigration and help find a European response to the issue. Salvini, Italy's powerful interior minister ...
RDC-X brings gov't services to Bukidnon
As for livelihood assistance, the Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office (DOLE-10) turned over a Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Emergency Employment project to Brgy. Lumbayao amounting to P665,000.
IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.7% for 2018, 2019 as risks rise
The dominant US economy has been shielded from the ill effects so far due to the stimulus provided through tax cuts and spending policies but that will wear off by 2020. Still, the trade disputes sparked by President Donald Trump that have led to tit-for ...
What to expect when Boracay reopens on October 26
Puyat earlier said that visitors can expect a "more peaceful" Boracay, with government also banning the annual Labor Day parties dubbed "Laboracay." During a House committee hearing on September 28, Environment Undersecretary Sherwin Rigor also said they ...