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A virtual reality program hopes to help kids with autism interact with police; You may be paying too much in property taxes
Philadelphia Inquirer - 7/30/2019
Jul. 30--The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the city's police department are partnering with a virtual reality company to work with people with autism. They are hoping that virtual reality will be an effective learning tool for teaching children with autism about how to interact with police officers. Also, homeowners throughout the Philly region have been paying too much in property taxes. This week is your last chance to try to change that.
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Autism Research wants to see if virtual reality can be an effective tool to help people with autism interact with police officers in the real world.
It's not very common for cops to receive training about autism. For example, a person with autism may not make eye contact. And to an officer, that may seem like evasiveness.
Researchers hope that people on the autism spectrum can use this new technology to learn how to handle difficult encounters.
Thousands of homeowners in the Philly region may be overpaying on their property taxes. For example, more than 40% of Delco homeowners might be paying too much this year, and will be next year, too.
But that should change in 2021, when new values take effect. Right now, though, an Inquirer analysis shows that just over a quarter of homeowners in the region will be paying taxes based on fair assessments, with other homeowners paying too much and too little in taxes.
If your house is overassessed, you can file an appeal by Aug. 1.
-- The Fox Chase Cancer Center will change hands. Temple University is selling it to Thomas Jefferson University, the two Philadelphia nonprofits announced yesterday. They are also partnering on a bid for the bankrupt St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
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-- Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) is holding an event in Philadelphia on Aug. 7. And tomorrow night, the former Newark mayor will take to the debate stage in Detroit. It's the second of two debates this week hosted by CNN. The first one is tonight, starting at 8 p.m.
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-- Philadelphia has begun its own efforts to raise money to prep for the 2020 census. That's because Pennsylvania lawmakers rejected a request for census funds in this year's budget.
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-- When a family's 15-year-old daughter had to get her four wisdom teeth removed, her mother made sure the hospital and surgeon were part of their insurance network. The one thing she forgot about checking: the anesthesiologist. That led to a bill totaling thousands of dollars.
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-- Soup is for summer. Wait, what? --Cold-- soup is for summer, and Inquirer food critic Craig LaBan shares his favorites in Philly right now.
"The people who say that gentrification can be helpful are the same people who go into communities and use words like 'growth' and 'opportunity.' The 'growth' and 'opportunity' that comes from newcomers into a neighborhood often fails to benefit the long-term residents." -- Angelita Ellison is a long-term resident of Philadelphia who lives in Northwest Philly with her son. She writes about how gentrification displaced her family from Point Breeze.
-- Robert Field, a Drexel professor of law and public health, writes about what happens to Medicare if "Medicare for All" eliminates private insurance, a key policy debate for 2020 Democrats.
-- More police complaints should mean more transparency in those reports, not less, The Inquirer Editorial Board writes.
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James Edward Alexander KStJ (Clackmannanshire, 16 de outubro de 1803 — Ilha de Wight, 2 de abril de 1885) foi um militar, viajante e escritor britânico.

Juventude
Alexander nasceu em Clackmannanshire, era o filho mais velho de Edward Alexander e de sua segunda esposa, filha de John Glas. Recebeu seu treinamento em Edimburgo, Glasgow e na Real Academia Militar de Sandhurst.

Carreira militar
Em 1820, juntou-se ao exército da Companhia Britânica das Índias Orientais, transferindo-se para o Exército Britânico em 1825. Como ajudante de ordens para o enviado britânico à Pérsia, testemunhou combates durante a guerra entre a Pérsia e a Rússia em 1826 e em 1829 esteve presente na Bálcãs durante a Guerra Russo-Turca de 1828-1829. De 1832 a 1834, assistiu à Guerra Civil em Portugal e em 1835 participou da Sexta Guerra de Fronteira do Cabo na África do Sul, como ajudante de ordens e secretário particular de Sir Benjamin d'Urban. Foi genro de Charles Collier Michell, tendo casado na Cidade do Cabo em 25 de outubro de 1837 com sua filha Eveline Marie, nascida em 16 de abril de 1821.

Em 1838, recebeu a condecoração de Cavaleiro Celibatário por seus serviços prestados. A partir de 1841, serviu no Canadá fazendo parte da equipe de Sir William Rowan. Durante a Guerra da Crimeia, comandou o Regimento West Yorkshire como tenente-coronel no Cerco de Sebastopol em 1855 e realizou um comando importante durante as Guerras Maoris na Nova Zelândia, em 1862. Retirou-se do serviço ativo em 1877 e em 1881 recebeu a patente honorária de general.

Explorador
Em nome da Sociedade Geográfica Real, conduziu uma expedição de exploração em Namaqualândia e Damaralândia, com duração de 8 de setembro de 1836 a 21 de setembro de 1837, no decurso da qual recolheu amostras de rochas, peles de animais e aves raras, armas e instrumentos de trabalho dos povos hererós e nama, bem como a elaboração de mapas da região e a primeira lista de palavras hererós. Posteriormente, John Arrowsmith fez uso de seus dados para desenhar um mapa que acompanha o seu livro sobre a expedição. Alexander Bay, Cabo Setentrional na foz do rio Orange, recebe esse nome em sua homenagem. Em 1877, foi o grande responsável pela preservação e transferência da Agulha de Cleópatra para a Inglaterra.

Em 1854, durante uma visita ao sul de Angola, aportou em uma baía onde havia uma aldeia de povos hererós que chamava-se Porto do Pinda. Alexander renomeia a aldeia e põe seu nome, passando a chamar-se Port Alexander (depois Porto Alexandre), atual cidade de Tômbua. A reentrância costeira que aportou também ganhou o nome de baía de Porto Alexandre. Os portugueses se apressaram a restabelecer o controle na aldeia, mas preferiram não mudar o nome do local, que permaneceu como Porto Alexandre até 1975.

Obras
 Travels from India to England: comprehending a visit to the Burman empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c. In the years 1825-26. – Londres: Parbury, Allen, & Co, 1827
 Travels through Russia and the Crimea. (1830, 2 vols.)
 Transatlantic Sketches: comprising visits to the most Interesting Scenes in North & South America & West Indies. 2 vols. – Londres: Richard Bentley, 1833
 Sketches in Portugal during the Civil War of 1834. – Londres: J. Cochrane & Co, 1835
 Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the Colonies of Western Africa, in the Flag-Ship Thalia; and of a Campaign in Kaffir-Land, on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief in 1835. 2 vols. – Londres: Henry Colburn, 1837
 Expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa: Through the Hitherto Undescribed Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, Performed under the Auspices of Her Majesty's Government and the Royal Geographic Society. 2 vols. – Londres: Henry Colburn, 1838
 Life of Field Marshal, His Grace the Duke of Wellington: Embracing His Civil, Military, and Political Career to the Present Time. 2 vols. – Londres: Henry Colbourn, 1839–40
 L'Acadie: or Seven Years' Explorations in British America. 2 vols. – Londres: Henry Colburn, 1849 (online: vol.1, vol.2)
 Passages in the life of a soldier, or, Military service in the East and West. – Londres: Hurst & Blackett, 1857
 Salmon-Fishing in Canada by a Resident. – Londres e Montreal: Longman, Green, Longman, e Roberts, 1860
 Incidents of the last Maori-War in New Zealand. – Londres: Richard Bentley, 1863
 Bush Fighting. – Londres: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873
 Cleopatra's Needle, the obelisk of Alexandria (1879)

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Escritores do Reino Unido
Exploradores do Reino Unido
Generais do Exército Britânico

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oa Association of levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in two fat compartments with increased risk of insulin resistance in obese individuals
Authors: Mohamed Elrayess1, Murad Helaleh1, Ilhame Diboun1, Nada Altamimi1, Aishah Latiff1
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Source: Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings, Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings Volume 2018 Issue 2, Mar 2018, Volume 2018, HBPD1071
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/qfarc.2018.HBPD1071
Murad Helaleh1, Ilhame Diboun2, Nada Altamimi1, Aishah Latiff1, Mohamed Elrayess1* 1Toxicology and Multipurpose Lab, Anti Doping Laboratory Qatar, Sports City, Doha, Qatar. 2 Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, UK. Corresponding author: [email protected] diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) represent a class of widely utilized flame retardants [1]. With over 200 congeners that vary by the extent of halogenations, various PBDEs can leak freely into the environment [2, 3]. Despite cessation of their manufacturing, concerns of their bioaccumulation remain [4-6] due to their stability in products manufactured before the ban and recycled materials [1]. With their high lipophilicity, PBDEs tend to accumulate in adipose tissue, potentially altering the function of this endocrine organ by increasing lipolysis and decreasing glucose oxidation, causing increased risk of metabolic disease including obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes [7]. Exposure to PBDE-47, for example, during the early post-natal period was shown to induce disturbance in glucose metabolism causing insulin resistance in susceptible mice [8]. In this study, levels of various PBDEs were assessed in subcutaneous and omental adipose tissues from 33 obese and morbidly obese patients (11 insulin sensitive and 22 insulin resistant) and their correlation with mediators of metabolic disease were established. Our results suggested that out of 22 detectable PBDEs in subcutaneous and omental adipose tissues, PBDE99, 28, 47 and 126 were significantly higher in insulin resistant individuals compared to their insulin sensitive counterparts. When considering PBDEs congeners, penta congeners as a group were also higher in insulin resistant individuals compared to insulin sensitive counterparts, while no significant differences were detected in mono, tri, tertra, hexa, hepta and octa congeners between the two studied groups. This data suggest that accumulation of various PBDEs in human adipose tissues obtained from obese individuals is associated with increased risk of insulin resistance. Further investigation of the functional relevance of these associations is currently underway. This study is partly funded by QNRF's grant number NPRP6-235-1-048. References 1. Birnbaum, L.S. and D.F. Staskal, Brominated flame retardants: cause for concern? Environ Health Perspect, 2004. 112(1): p. 9-17. 2. Chen, D. and R.C. Hale, A global review of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardant contamination in birds. Environ Int, 2010. 36(7): p. 800-11. 3. Ernest, S.R., et al., Effects of chronic exposure to an environmentally relevant mixture of brominated flame retardants on the reproductive and thyroid system in adult male rats. Toxicol Sci, 2012. 127(2): p. 496-507. 4. Kelly, B.C., et al., Bioaccumulation behaviour of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in a Canadian Arctic marine food web. Sci Total Environ, 2008. 401(1-3): p. 60-72. 5. Mercado-Feliciano, M. and R.M. Bigsby, Hydroxylated metabolites of the polybrominated diphenyl ether mixture DE-71 are weak estrogen receptor-alpha ligands. Environ Health Perspect, 2008. 116(10): p. 1315-21. 6. Sjodin, A., D.G. Patterson, Jr., and A. Bergman, A review on human exposure to brominated flame retardants–particularly polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Environ Int, 2003. 29(6): p. 829-39. 7. Hoppe, A.A. and G.B. Carey, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers as endocrine disruptors of adipocyte metabolism. Obesity (Silver Spring), 2007. 15(12): p. 2942-50. 8. McIntyre, R.L., et al., Polybrominated diphenyl ether congener, BDE-47, impairs insulin sensitivity in mice with liver-specific Pten deficiency. BMC Obes, 2015. 2: p. 3.
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Ford Escape Sport Hybrid For Sale in Grand Rapids, MI
If you've been waiting for a sleek, stylish SUV with phenomenal fuel economy and up for whatever adventure you are, check out the 2021 Ford Escape Sport Hybrid when it arrives Spring 2021!
Beneath the stunning, newly-redesigned exterior, the 2021 Ford Escape Sport Hybrid features a 2.5L I-4 Atkinson-cycle engine, complete with an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (eCVT) and an 88 kW electric motor. What's more, the liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery is housed outside of the vehicle and below the floor of the second-row seats. This clever placement keeps the battery out of the cargo area, leaving much more room for camping gear, luggage, sports equipment, or groceries - whatever the demands of the day are.
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As a lifelong campaigner for children's happiness and welfare, I'm privileged to work with many different people. When we first meet, someone will often refer to a television series I presented some years ago ('Play School') and say how much they loved it! It's great that the programme is still remembered so fondly and as I launch a report on Play by the All Party Group on A Fit and Healthy Childhood, the programme's title seems as relevant today as it was then. Our report makes clear that play is important for its own sake – but it is also a vital learning experience for each and every child. It's good to see that 'Play School' was on the right lines all those years ago!
The publication of our fourth report and its subject matter is very timely. Over recent years, the role of play and its importance to child health and wellbeing has slipped from the political agenda. The fact that our nation is in the grip of an obesity crisis is well known, but though sport and physical activity are part of the solution, they are not a complete answer to the problem. Play is essentially democratic – not every child is 'sporty' but every child can play. If recognised as part of a 'whole child strategy' involving the early years, in-school and out-of-school activity and an increased awareness of good nutrition, it can help to make children physically fit and active whilst also promoting leadership and team-working skills, confidence building and awareness of risk and safety. Studies have also shown that if incorporated into classroom activities from the early years upwards, playful activity can boost numeracy and literacy levels and aid concentration and an improved all-round academic attainment. Play makes sense!
When I commend our report to parliamentary colleagues and Ministers, I'll be stressing that this is the first fully comprehensive overview of play in all its infinite variety for many years. We look at outdoor play, making the point that the children of today need to feel as confident and safe playing outdoors and exploring their neighbourhoods as their parents and grandparents did, but we also look at indoor play both at home and in school and the role of new technology in a rich playful experience.
To allow their children to play freely and make their own choices, parents need help and training from the antenatal stage onwards and so do teachers and playground supervisors. Fixed equipment playgrounds must be accessible and appropriate for disabled children, and play workers at adventure playgrounds need to have properly recognised and accredited training programmes so that they can truly enhance a child's experience. Above all, those making local planning decisions must be sensitive to parents' worries about traffic risks and danger and threats from predatory individuals.
Policy-makers in England can take inspiration from the excellent high-profile play strategies we have outlined that are employed by the devolved governments of the United Kingdom and the designated 'child friendly' cities in countries such as Holland. The report acknowledges that we can, and should, learn from what works well elsewhere. What we'd like to see in addition, is play restored to its central position as part of a whole child strategy driven by a Cabinet Member for Children and policies in other Government Departments scrutinised for their impact on children and families. Immediately the Treasury, Education, Environment, Health and Transport Departments spring to mind but there will be others!
Play is essentially extremely creative and perhaps we need politicians not to talk about 'thinking outside the box' but to actually roll their sleeves up and make it happen!
'Play' written by the All Party Group on A Fit and Healthy Childhood has benefitted from the input of many different organisations, experts and academics and we've been extremely grateful for their advice and experience. I am passionate about everything that contributes to children's happiness and future well-being.
I think that the people I worked with on 'Play School' almost forty years would support this report. I hope that today's policy and decision-makers will too!
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51 Winter Solstice Quotes & Sayings To Get You Through Winter
Winter solstice is right around the corner and it's time to snuggle up and celebrate with winter solstice quotes!
Winter solstice marks the beginning of winter and the shortest day of the year. And, this year, the winter solstice falls on Monday, December 21st.
The weather isn't the only thing changing with the onset of a new season — your emotions could take a turn, as well.
Winter is known to bring along some melancholy emotions and mood swings. We get less sunshine in the winter, which lowers our serotonin and makes us feel down. This can also affect your hormones, making you feel like your moods are all over the place.
Luckily, there are positive changes that come with the cold of winter, even if you miss the warmth of summer.
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Since the winter solstice also marks a time of productivity, you will be feeling super motivated this season, making this a great time to set your intentions for the year ahead. Despite the barren darkness, you will be feeling more creative during this seasonal change and will tap into your artistic side.
So, if winter has you feeling more down than motivated, curl up next to the fireplace and read these winter solstice quotes to remind yourself why this season is magical.
Funny Winter Solstice Quotes
1. "Welcome winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless." — Terri Guillemets
2. "Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me." — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
3. "I was just thinking if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime." — Will Rogers
4. "A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter." — Patricia Briggs
5. "I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood." — Bill Watterson
6. "Nothing burns like the cold." — George Martin
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Cute Winter Solstice Quotes
7. "Winter is not a season, it's a celebration." — Anamika Mishra
8. "No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." — Hal Borland
9. "The snow sparkling like a million little suns." — Lama Willa
10. "If winter helps you curl up and more that makes it one of the best of the seasons." — Murray Pura
11. "One kind word can warm three winter months." — Japanese Proverb
12. "People don't notice whether its winter or summer when they're happy." — Anton Chekhov
13. "The color of springtime is flowers; the color of winter is in our imaginations." — Terri Guillemets
14. "The first snow is like the first love." — Lara Biyuts
15. "The cold never bothered me anyway." — Elsa, Frozen
16. "Every winter has its spring." — H. Tuttle
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18. "Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake." — Sara Raasch
19. "Snowflakes are kisses from heaven."
20. "Kindness is like snow; it beautifies everything it covers." — Kahlil Gibran
21. "In the winter she curls up with a good book and dreams away the cold." — Ben Aaronovitch
22. "They who sing through the summer must dance in the winter." — Italian Proverb
23. "When snow falls, nature listens." — Antoinette Van Kleef
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Heart-Warming Winter Solstice Quotes
24. "Winter forms our character and brings out our best." — Tim Allen
25. "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. You only truly, deeply appreciate and are grateful for something when you compare and contrast it to something worse." — John Steinbeck
26. "Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." — Edith Sitwell
27. "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." — Anne Bradstreet
28. "I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter because it's so inspiring." — Bob Seger
29. "Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius." — Pietro Aretino
30. "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" — Percy Bysshe Shelley
31. "To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold." — Aristotle
32. "There's something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you're special." — Carol Rifka Brunt
33. "Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart." — Victor Hugo
34. "Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity." — Novala Takemoto
35. "Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder – no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered." — Candace Bushnell
36. "I pray this winter will be gentle and kind, a season of rest from the wheel of the mind." — John Geddes
37. "I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still." — Rachel Cohn
38. "Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood." — Andy Goldsworthy
39. "In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger – something better, pushing right back." — Albert Camus
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40. "The pine stays green in the winter … wisdom in hardship." — Norman Douglas
41. "The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself from the confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpected glory." — Gary Zukav
42. "Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence, summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance, winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance." — Yoko Ono
43. "Winter is a season of recovery and preparation." — Paul Theroux
44. "It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it." — John Burroughs
45. "In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." — William Blake
46. "Snow brings a special quality with it — the power to stop life as you know it dead in its tracks." — Nancy Hatch Woodward
47. "This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath." — Margaret Atwood
48. "The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time — a time to contemplate your immortality." — Frederick Lenz
49. "How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose if there was no winter in our year." — Thomas Higginson
50. "Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour." — John Boswell
51. "He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter." — John Burroughs
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The Nintendo Switch is the fastest-selling console of 2018, and a next-generation game console is already in the works. Microsoft's Xbox, on the other hand, has been surpassed for several years by its own console, the Microsoft Xbox One.
Like the Xbox One S, however, it suffers from a lack of console exclusivity that really shows what it can do, and the specs are not quite the same as the Xbox. Most games released on Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's own Sony-branded consoles, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 – are available for the Nintendo Switch and Sony PS4 Pro. Because Nintendo's console doesn't have as much processing power or grunt graphics, they make switching between them more than one.
In addition, the Xbox One is also a social media machine that improves the gaming experience in a way that keeps gamers engaged and encourages them to spend more time at their console. However, the PlayStation 4 Pro is still one of the most powerful games consoles currently available on the market. Even if people cannot fully exploit all the benefits it offers, even for unoptimized games, it is the largest number of games that can be played on a console, and perhaps the more technically impressive way to play a large number of games on it.
If you want to use a console or PC, it is important to enjoy the games, and finding the right console depends mainly on what you prioritize. If you want a high-end console with good gaming experience and high performance, it is probably the right console for you.
If you want to play online games and few console games support cross-platform capabilities, you need to think about which system your friends are playing on, and if you're most interested in it, it's probably the best choice for you. When playing with friends in multiplayer, you can behave online or offline, or even on a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet. You can also get friends to have a console with them when they want to play an online game, although Sony does not normally support it.
Game console comparisons help you determine which video game console to buy, but to determine which one is best for you, you must first determine the quality of the games available on it and their price. The choice of games is a matter of taste, however, and there may be more games on PS4 and Xbox One that appeal to you personally. The question is obvious: which publisher has the best party games and software, which platform owner produces the consistently highest quality games, or which console is worth the most to be based on high-quality exclusive products?
If you're trying to decide which console is best for you, we've broken down parts of the debate to help you decide what's best. PC game console, PS4 full version, Xbox One – all for you and decide for yourself whether both consoles are good.
If you don't need 4K, you can buy whatever you want with the PS4 Pro, even if you want the full version of the game console with a 4K display and a more powerful processor. If you're looking for the best gaming experience for your Xbox One, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 4, then take the PlayStation Four Pro.
Although it's a great value, those who have a decent gaming PC probably have no reason to buy an Xbox One. In fact, their 2010 or 2011 games will probably be more powerful than the Xbox One or PS4, and in fact, PS5 and Xbox Series X will be backwards compatible, so anyone buying a game on a PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, or Xbox Live Arcade will probably be sure to work on one of these consoles in the future. If you buy a PS4 or Xbox One now, you can build your games library and back up games for your console with the games that everyone buys on it, even if they are backwards compatible.
Just like the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One supports third-party games, giving you even more choice. In addition to shooters, it also includes third-party games that are not only backwards compatible, but also backwards compatible – i.e., compatible with the original Xbox 360 and PS3.
Most of them are only available on the PS4, Xbox One exclusive titles are often available on the PC. If you already have a gaming PC, it's a better option than the Xbox One. However, if you have the extra money to invest in a new games console, you should definitely consider buying the PlayStation 4 Pro.
If you want to introduce the latest generation of consoles at the lowest possible price and like the games it has to offer, PlayStation is the console for you on the go. It's not the high-end version, but for the majority of gamers, it's a great console. If you want to get into the swing of things on a dedicated gaming PC, you should buy the Xbox One X. You don't need high resolution or the most powerful specs, and if you can play your console on your home TV and turn it on – the – then you should buy it.
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Q: configure php from Redhat to connect to MS SQL Server I'm trying to deploy Moodle LMS on Redhat server with php56 and I want to connect it to another remote MS SQL server through freetds and php-mssql,How to configure them together to be able to connect the Moodle LMS to the database?

A: Assuming you installed all needed packages (php-mssql and freetds).
You have to add an entry in /etc/freetds.conf like this:
[mydb]
       host = 10.0.0.199
       port = 1433
       tds version = 8.0
       client charset = UTF-8
       text size = 20971520

Restart httpd (service httpd restart)
Then in moodle set db name to mydb and everything will work.
It could be that you will have to set/disable selinux for moodle. do this temporarily in this way :
setenforce 0

Then edit /etc/selinuc/config for next boot.
Good Luck!

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This week we've got changes to Google, follow-ups to bid to determine your cost-per-click, growing your Google authority, crating shapes in CSS, and Michael Gray on how to cheat with the Digg bar.
Have you noticed changes in your google results? Search Engine Journal noticed that Google now includes a blue bar of subpages on a number of sites. They're still not that frequent, so maybe its just a test. Or maybe they hope to better determine relevence of inner pages through clickthrough data. Who knows. Well, other than Google, that is.
To end on an even more hilarious note, infoworld published their sequel to the seven dirties jobs in the IT industry, titled Even dirtier IT jobs: The muck stops here. I thought I had had some bad IT jobs, but some of these take the cake.


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Kong explores the tensions of human relationships in her works of drawing and painting. by Mei Xu | 1/11/22 2:00am "In the interest of self preservation" by Phoebe Kong. Studio art intern Phoebe Kong '21 sits at the desk of her studio in the Black Family Visual Arts Center. As […]
Kong explores the tensions of human relationships in her works of drawing and painting.
by Mei Xu
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"In the interest of self preservation" by Phoebe Kong.
Studio art intern Phoebe Kong '21 sits at the desk of her studio in the Black Family Visual Arts Center. As one of five chosen interns, she will spend the year building her portfolio and assisting in undergraduate art classes before applying to MFA programs. Behind her is a collage wall composed of various prints of her family, each connected by her various drawing studies.
The wall is an ode to her family members — ones she knows well and the ones she will never be able to meet. It's an attempt to explore her heritage, connecting the pieces and people of her family and filling in the missing gaps with her own art, according to Phoebe.
"So much of what we think and what we believe about our families is romanticized," Kong said. "The further away you get from your relatives, you hear all these almost epic-like stories about what an amazing person they were and what they did. I realized I'll never really get to know any of [my relatives who have passed away]… These relationships that I'm studying are not made up, but I'm filling in [the gaps] on my own."
For Kong, the complexity of human relationships — relationships with oneself and with others — has always been a source of inspiration. Much of her art, she said, seeks to explore human tension: connection and disconnection, desire and rejection, satisfaction and frustration.
Kong's sketch wall.
"There's almost this universal experience of loving people and also having issues with them, or wanting to connect with somebody, but struggling to do so," Kong said. "And wanting to receive love and not getting it …. I'm trying to take … the tensions that we experience as a part of being human and put them in obvious terms."
To convey these emotions, informed by her own feelings of anxiety and personal relationships, Kong uses contrasting colors and intertwined figures.
"There's a visual tension [in my art], and you can see that with a lot of my mark making. With a lot of the bright colors that I use, there's a tension there," Kong said. "But the figures that I draw, they also can't get away from each other. They're always kind of connected through line or paint … It's a literal connection to allude to a more abstract idea of what we feel with people in our lives."
Gerald Auten, senior lecturer and director of exhibitions for the studio art department, views Kong's art as deeply personal and impactful, noting the impressive development of her unique drawing and painting style.
"She early on developed a very personal style — it's almost like she's drawing with paint… [Her art is] sincere," Auten said. "I think she's found her own kind of language."
Auten, who is colorblind, specifically points to Kong's use of color and value as to what makes her work stand out.
"There's something about the color and how she uses value that I really respond to," Auten said. "I think colorblind people tend to look at work through value, and in terms of that, she's really got that going — it's really excellent."
Studio art professor Enrico Riley, a critic of Kong's senior thesis, highlights the interconnectedness of Kong's art — in relation to both herself and the audience — as being impressive.
"She is a very gestural and kinetic artist," Riley said. "I think there's a real sense of energy in her painting. There's also a sense of interiority, a very personal conversation she's having with herself."
"Chorus of Both (A Reluctant Oath)" by Kong.
Kong's friend and former sculpture art teaching assistant Lucy Li '19, who was also a studio art intern at Dartmouth, echoes both these perspectives.
"What is cool about her painting is that you don't really know what's going on, but at the same time you feel like you have this window into a very chaotic, but also beautiful, but also strange world," Li said. "It feels like you're being let in on a little secret of what's going on internally."
This medley presented in Kong's art, though, is not to comfort the viewer, she says. Rather, it is intentionally unsettling, and prompts the viewer to take time for personal reflection.
"My goal is never really to please the viewer or to calm the viewer," Kong said. "If anything, it's to evoke some kind of discomfort or maybe confusion and irritation as to what's going on…I want there to be some kind of urgency, some kind of sense of anger…I want the audience to feel how I felt when I paint[ed] it."
In March 2022, Kong will display her work in the Hop rotunda. Additionally, this summer, as one of two recipients of the 2021 Perspectives on Design award, Kong will have her own exhibit showcase at the Jaffe-Friede Gallery in the Hop. She will collaborate with fellow POD award recipient Carson Levine '21. The two interns are experimenting with digitally-controlled lighting to alter how viewers see art consisting of objects and paint, according to Levine.
As Kong reflects back on her time as an undergraduate art student, she has some advice for other student artists and aspiring creatives.
"A while ago, I heard somebody say 'you can't be good at anything unless you're really bad at it,'" Kong said. "For a really long time, and still now, I would get mad at myself for making bad art….Don't be afraid of making bad art."
Lucy Li is a former opinion editor of The Dartmouth.
https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/01/alum-spotlight-studio-art-intern-phoebe-kong-21-prepares-for-2022-exhibitions
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My biggest swim yet this Friday!
When I start the swim at 7:00 am from Fermoy Rowing Club, my crew will consist of three trusty kayakers: Donal Buckley, Mona Sexton and Maura Murphy. Having crossed weirs at Fermoy, Clondulane and Lismore and the many rapids in between, we'll reach tidal waters before the town of Cappoquin. There, we will meet the support boat, a 28-foot half-decker called "Maeve Óg". The captain will be Tony Gallagher of Blackwater Cruises and his first mate will be his little terrier, Pharaoh! At this point, Maura will be bidding us farewell, Donal will be transferring to the boat and Mona will continue kayaking by my side right to the finish. Already on the boat will be Róisín Lewis and Paul Noonan, both experienced swimmers and good friends of mine.
By the way, the total distance from the start in Fermoy to the finish in Youghal is 60.0 km exactly. The total swim time for the three swims comes in at just under 10 hours! I can only swim at 4.0 km per hour, so that gives you an idea of the average assistance that I got from the River across the three swims.
Google Earth image of the completed Blackwater Project 2012. The green line is my swimming route and the white line is the Cork-Waterford county boundary.
Where to from here? Will there be more long swims on the Blackwater? I have no plans set in stone yet. I may have a go at another long swim further upriver – there is the possibility of swimming the 30 km from Mallow to Fermoy – or move onto one of the tributaries – the River Bride would be most practical. As well as this, I may organise a race from Cappoquin to Youghal – now that would be interesting – or continue this project along the East Cork coast to Ballycotton where I used to swim with my grandfather on Sunday afternoons during the summer holidays – it would be really cool to have covered all of the water between our swimming spots in Fermoy and in Ballycotton!
On the planned day, we all met up by the only usable slipway in Youghal. Donal expressed some concern about the final part of the swim due to an ongoing E. coli outbreak on many of Cork's beaches, including Front Strand in Youghal. After some discussion, we agreed that Donal would make the final decision on whether or not to call an end to the swim once we'd reached Youghal Bridge. Luckily, it never came to that as news came through that tests carried out on water samples taken the previous day showed the water to be of suitable quality for swimming. We then launched the RIB and loaded it up with everything that we would need during the swim. With that done, we motored upriver towards Cappoquin to start the swim. I can tell you that the boat trip up the Blackwater from Youghal to Cappoquin is infinitely more enjoyable than motoring from Dover Marina to Shakespeare Beach or Samphire Hoe for the start of an English Channel swim!
After our scenic tour up the River, we arrived at Cappoquin Rowing Club where we pulled up at the pontoon to refuel. While Billy and Tom were refueling the boat, I was getting changed and greased up and Donal was checking the water temperature – he measured 15.6ºC, not bad at all! With all that stuff out of the way, we all got back on board and drifted down to the slipway at Port na h-Abhann, this was where I finished my swim from Ballyduff… Once we were near the slipway, I jumped over the side and swam cautiously onto the slip, for I was conscious of the sunken punt that was just under the surface! Feet on dry land, I fixed me goggles, turned around and gave the crew the signal that I was ready. Donal called the start, 09:49, and I walked back into the water and started swimming, still careful to avoid the "wreck" below me!
The next major landmark was the confluence of the Rivers Blackwater and Bride. The Bride is arguably the Blackwater's most important tributary. When the Blackwater was navigable for merchant ships, many docked at Camphire Quay on the Bride to offload and collect goods. Not far below this point we come to one of the finest houses on this stretch of river: Strancally Castle. This 19thCentury castle come modern family home, with its extensive grounds and jetty leading to a luxury pleasure boat, might seem out of place in rural Ireland, but the setting is idyllic if the weather is cooperating! While the water was glassily calm by the contemporary Strancally Castle, by the time we had reach the ruin of the original, there was an incessant 0.5 m chop blowing at us which made the going tough for a while. Strangely, conditions calmed where the River got really wide near Clashmore. Then, as we turned west towards Ballynatray, it got quite rough again.
It was a great feeling to swim under Youghal Bridge, after all the years of driving over the Bridge and straining to see what was around the next bend in the River, I had finally seen every bit of the River's course between home and Youghal. All along, I had mentally prepared myself for a long 2 km slog across Youghal Bay once under the Bridge – 2 km can seem long at the end of a big swim, plus none of us knew what effect the currents might have. In any case, I was feeling good and was ready for the final effort. As it turned out, we still had great assistance from the current and from the tide. However, a strong southerly wind was blowing directly against us and the strong flow of water, causing increasingly severe chop as we neared the mouth of the Bay.
Before long, we were passing the town of Youghal and the slipway where we had launched from earlier. Once we had passed Ferry Point on our left, we could say that we were in the sea. The lighthouse was just ahead on the right so it was time to turn in to the right and swim into shore. I cautiously made my in to the muddy-sandy beach just south of the Walter Raleigh Pier. I eventually got my feet on some not-so-silty ground and waded, knee-deep in rotting seaweed, onto the beach. Again, Donal called the finish, 14:17, giving a total swim time of 4 hours 27 minutes 34 seconds. Given that this swim is technically the same distance as the Zürichsee-Schwimmen, I think that it's fair to say that the River did a fair bit of the work! After enjoying my moment on the beach, I swam back to the boat and exited the water in the usual, undignified fashion. Back at the slipway, we got the boat back on the trailer and got soup and sandwiches in the Quays Bar. All were in agreement that the day was a great success and that everyone thoroughly themselves! It's always welcome news at the end of a big swim that your crew enjoyed themselves too.
After my Fermoy to Ballyduff swim, it was off to Valentia Island, Co. Kerry for the annual Beginish Island Swim. What was a great weekend came to a pretty sobering end with the shocking news our friend, Páraic Casey, died tragically during his English Channel solo attempt. Páraic was a great friend to us all in the open water community and his death came as a great shock, not least to his wife Riana and to the other swimmers who had trained with Páraic for the last year. Maeve and I decided, after a while, that it was probably a good idea to go ahead with the Ballyduff to Cappoquin swim as planned – a decent immersion is, I think, a great help in absorbing such news.
Anyway, Maeve and I met up in Fermoy at about 05:30 and set off for Cappoquin in separate cars. Once we parked up by the slipway in Cappoquin, I got changed into my swimming gear and Maeve got into her kayaking gear, leaving anything that we would need at the finish in my car. Then we both headed back to Ballyduff in Maeve's car. When we arrived in Ballyduff, all that was left to be done was to get the kayak on the water and to secure the SPOT Tracker to it. With that done, I handed Maeve my mobile phone, from which she would be sending updates to my Twitter account using the #Blackwater2012 hashtag. The swim finally got underway at 07:29, at the same spot where I finished my Fermoy to Ballyduff swim the Thursday previous.
This tree was a very strange sight. Can anyone shed any light on what might be going on here?
Although the water was a pleasant 15ºC, it was a cool and misty morning. The atmosphere was almost eerie as we progressed. The only sounds were the River and the birds. I must admit to being a little apprehensive about this swim as I knew little about the first 10 km after Ballyduff. It turns out that there are a good few rapids on this stretch, especially on the Glenmore beat just below Glencairn Abbey. There needs to have been some recent rain before you can take these on! After the rapids at the Fortwilliam Estate, there is a stretch of slightly deeper water, which makes for easier swimming.
At the end of this stretch of deeper water are the beautiful Ballyin Gardens and a small salmon weir, Lismore Weir. This isn't a large weir like those in Fermoy and Clondulane, it's less than 1 m high and has gap in one section, called the King's Gap, through which most of the River's flow is directed. When we came to this point, Maeve shot over in the kayak to test that it was safe. She gave me the all clear to swim through, rather than to walk around it. I swam straight through the gap, which was an exhilarating experience even if I did feel a bit like a dead goldfish being flushed down the toilet!
Just after shooting Lismore Weir, coming around the bend to get our first view of the Castle.
After this weir, the current whisked us quickly around a bend in the River and we got our first view of the magnificent Lismore Castle. This castle, which is over 800 years old, has been home to Sir Walter Raleigh, Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, and his more famous son Robert Boyle, one of the founders of modern chemistry. It is currently the second home of Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire. The town of Lismore is one of Ireland's most picturesque towns, but I was delighted to have reached it for another reason, i.e. it meant that I was past the half-way point in the swim!
Just after the bridge in Lismore, the Blackwater is joined by the River Owenashad, bringing cold, peat-stained water from the nearby Knockmealdown Mountains. The River becomes wide and shallow at this point, known as the Ballyrafter Flats. Exactly 10.0 km from the start of the swim in Ballyduff, we come to another set of islands with some very turbulent water. At the bottom of these rapids, the River becomes much deeper and the current almost stops – still over 30 km from the mouth of the River, we had reached sea level!
Here's the trusty paddler, Maeve, with Lismore Castle in the background.
This last stretch did seem to drag on a bit in comparison to running the rapids in the earlier part of the swim, but at least we got some nice views and met my grandfather who was watching from a lay-by where the River passes next to the road. After a few words with him, we were on the final straight into Cappoquin – we could see Avonmore Bridge about 1 km away and the slipway was just on the other side of it.
Mist on the Knockmealdowns nearing the end of the swim, about 3 km from Cappoquin.
I reached the slipway at Port na h-Abhann, Cappoquin at 10:16, a modest time of 2 hours 46 minutes 24 seconds after first hitting the water in Ballyduff. Lo and behold, who should be there to meet us only my grandfather again. He told us that we had better hurry up getting the kayak up on the rook of the car and getting dressed because he had our breakfast ordered in Barron's Bakery & Coffee House up in the town! After a very nice gluten-free breakfast there, we headed back to Ballyduff and transferred the kayak from my car to Maeve's before heading home, content with having covered yet another stretch of virgin water for swimmers.
Looking back at Avonmore Bridge from the slipway in Cappoquin.


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A: En realidad lo que necesitas puede hacerse de 2 formas. Pero debes tener en cuenta lo siguiente.
Debes tener en cuenta que la forma de trabajar de angular no es secuencial, es decir si colocas en un metodo a ejecutar un proceso y abajo haces otra cosa. en la ejecución no va a esperar a que el primer proceso termine sinó que va a trabajar todo en paralelo. Hay casos muy puntuales en los que si respeta eso.
Para tu caso, el segundo console.log se va a ejecutar antes de que el servicio termine de ejecutar e inicialice la variable que deseas usar.
Para ese caso, puedes hacer lo siguiente:
// En tu service tendrías el siguiente metodo
miServicio() {
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constructor(servicio: ClaseServicio) {}

//2. Para ejecutarlo podrías hacerlo de la siguiente manera.
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Tenemos la siguiente función el cual contiene la ejecución de nuestro servicio. y realiza un return de la respuesta obtenida. Debes tener claro que al realizar el async y await la respuesta que obtendremos será de tipo Promise < void >. Para poder obtener el dato real tendrías que hacer lo siguiente:
ejecucionServicio().then(response => {
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  console.log(this.APIKey);
});

La verdad, considero que mejor lo haces de la manera que lo tienes. solo en casos muy necesarios usalo con el async y await.
Entonces, las dos formas serían. Como lo has expresado en tu pregunta, y poner todo lo que necesitas en la respuesta del subscribe, la segunda opción sería con el async y await.
Espero te sirva.

A: No puedes, el subscribe es un observable que se ejecuta hasta que es completado, te marca indefinido por que el console.log se ejecuta antes del subscribe. Te recomiendo usar un Resolve y obtener tus valores mediante ActivatedRouteSnapshot esto con el fin de obtener la información que necesitas antes de cargar el componente.
Por ejemplo:
@Component({templateUrl:'./my-component.html'})
class MyComponent {
  inmueblesEncontrados : any[] = []
  constructor(route: ActivatedRoute) {
    this.inmueblesEncontrados= route.snapshot.data.values;
  }
}

Genera un Resolve para pasar la información a ActivatedRoute.
@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
export class MyResolver implements Resolve<any> {
  constructor(private PasardatosService:PasardatosService) {}

  resolve(
    route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
    state: RouterStateSnapshot
  ): Observable<any>|Promise<any>|any {
    return this.PasardatosService.enviarDatos;
  }
}

Ahora implementa el Resolve en tu ruta donde utilizas el componete.
 {
        path: 'my-route',
        component: MyComponent ,
        resolve: {
          values: MyResolver
        }
 }

ALTERNATIVA
También puedes guardar el observable como variable y utilizarla en el HTML mediante el pipe AsyncPipe. El cual se suscribe automáticamente al observable.
 inmueblesEncontrados$: Observable<any[]>;
 ngOnInit():void {
     this.inmueblesEncontrados$ = this.PasardatosService.enviarDatos;
  }

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World Birding
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Travel & Library
Site, Sound & Equipment
Banding or Ringing
Channel Isles
Birding Tour Companies
Bird Fairs & Festivals
Pelagics
Trip Report Repositories
Library & News
Rarity Alerts
Forums & Mailing Lists
Ornithological Journals
Birding Magazines
Websites with Mega-links
Books for Birders
Bird Book Publishers
Software, DVDs, Recordings etc.
Bird Writers
Sight, Sound & Equipment
Bird Art & Artists
Photos, Photography & Photographers
Webcams & Nestcams
Equipment & Feed
Birdfeeders, Birdhouses etc
Optics Retailers
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Outdoor Clothing for Birders
Other Birding Equipment & Accessories
Tripod Companies
Study & Bird Behaviour
Birders & Ornithologists
Threatened & Extinct Species
Ornithology Courses
Taxonomy & Bird Names
Species By Type
Fun, Listing & Racing
Big Days & Bird Races
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Birding Greats – Bill Thompson III
By Dawn Hewitt – Editor, Bird Watcher's Digest
On March 25, 2019, the American Birding Association bestowed upon Bill Thompson, III, the Roger Tory Peterson Award for Promoting the Cause of Birding – and promote the cause of birding he did for nearly 40 years, with gusto, warmth, humour, and music. Less than 12 hours later, Bill of the Birds succumbed to pancreatic cancer.
Bill Thompson III
His parents, Elsa Ekenstierna and William Thompson, Jr., founded Bird Watcher's Digest in the living room of their home in Marietta, Ohio, in 1978, when BT3 was 16 and already a serious birder. In 1989, after college and a stint at a PR firm in New York City, Bill began working for BWD as associate editor, climbing to managing editor, editor, and co-publisher (with his brother, Andy).
A gifted musician (as were both of his parents), Bill often regaled audiences at birding festivals with song, either solo with his ever-present guitar, or with his band the Rain Crows. In 2016, he and his partner, Wendy Clark, wrote and performed "A River of Birds in the Sky" as the theme for Champions of the Flyway, an event and fundraiser to draw awareness to the mass slaughter of migrating birds in Eurasia and Africa. Other popular BT3 tunes were "Dream of Flying Dream" and "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowbirds."
Wendy Clark & Bill Thompson, III, perform: A River of Birds in the Sky
A favoured speaker at birding events, his stories were riotously funny. He was an exemplary bird guide, knowledgeable, warm, and friendly to expert birders, novices, and especially kids. He considered his proudest work to be The Young Birder's Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America (in the Peterson Field Guide series). He also authored Bird Watching for Dummies, The New Birder's Guide, Bird Homes and Habitats, Identifying and Feeding Birds, and more than a dozen state and regional birding guides. He co-authored or edited numerous other books, including Identify Yourself and Hummingbirds and Butterflies. He contributed countless articles to Bird Watcher's Digest and to other publications.
Sharing an owl with non-birders at a temple in Taiwan
Under BT3's visionary leadership, Bird Watcher's Digest became more than a magazine, with its sister publication Watching Backyard Birds; a strong web presence including digital editions of both magazines; two popular podcasts; Reader Rendezvous birding tours; and Redstart Birding, an online retailer of birding optics and gear. Withstanding the test of time and myriad changes in the publishing industry, the Bird Watcher's Digest company remains strong, a testament to Bill's leadership and vision.
Bill undeniably was at home in the spotlight. But even more, he loved wild birds and wildlife, and deflected the spotlight to them, to protecting them and their habitats. This, along with encouraging others to appreciate birds and the joys of bird watching, is his legacy.
Over many years I used to meet with Bill at the British Bird Fair – often enjoying a meal and pint while swapping birding anecdotes. He was good company and told a good tale with a deadpan face and a give-away twinkle of the eye. I've never heard a bad word said against him, you just couldn't wish to find a nicer fellow. RIP BT3 – Fatbirder
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Q: jest enzyme | testing Promise in component function passes but throws an error I have a container where I have a function which makes an API request using fetch:
updateBooks = books => this.setState({ books });

getBooks = keyword => fetch(`${googleBooksSearchAPI}${keyword}`)
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(myJson => this.updateBooks(myJson.items))
    .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

I'm trying to write tests for it using fetch-mock:
it('getBooks works', () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(<BookContainer />);
    const mockData = { items: bookListObj };
    fetchMock.get(googleBooksSearchAPI, mockData);

    wrapper.instance().getBooks('dun');
    expect(wrapper.state().books).toEqual(bookListObj);

    fetchMock.restore();
});

All tests show as passed, but still, I can see this error:
console.log app/components/BookContainer.js:20
      error FetchError {
        name: 'FetchError',
        message: 'invalid json response body at undefined reason: Unexpected end of JSON input',
        type: 'invalid-json' }

if I remove catch from fetch it shows the message like this:
(node:5094) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: FetchError: invalid json response body at undefined reason: Unexpected end of JSON input
(node:5094) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 2)
(node:5094) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

How to remove it?


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Q: Automate plots in R for x numbers of figures I want to generate a function to automate plotting x number of figures (no ggplot), my plots as follow (they did not come they way I expected, they were too big and not fitted in rows or columns for par function):
chess_games<-read.csv("./data/games.csv")
chess_games_rated<-table(chess_games$rated)
head (chess_games_rated)
bp.1<-barplot(chess_games_rated, cex.lab=1.5, cex.axis=1.2, font=1)

chess_games<-read.csv("./data/games.csv")
chess_games_rated<-table(chess_games$winner, chess_games$rated)
bp.3<-barplot(chess_games_rated, col=c("blue","red","green"), cex.axis=1.5)
bp.4<-legend(x="topleft", legend = levels(df.1$winner), col=c("blue","red","green"), pch=19, cex=1, pt.cex = 1)
bp.2<-c(bp.3, bp.4)

boxplot.1<-boxplot(cream_rating ~ victory_status, chess_games[!chess_games$winner %in% "draw", ], cex.axis=1.2)
par(mai=rep(0.5, 4))
layout(matrix(c(1,1, 2,2, 0, 3,3, 0), ncol = 4, byrow = TRUE))
bp.1
bp.2
boxplot.1

My data are:
A data.frame: 6 × 8
    rated   turns   victory_status  winner  increment_code  cream_rating    charcoal_rating   opening_name
    <lgl>   <int>   <fct>          <fct>    <fct>            <int>          <int>              <fct>
1   FALSE   13     outoftime       cream    15+2             1500           1191              Slav Defense: Exchange Variation
2   TRUE    16      resign        charcoal  5+10             1322           1261              Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation
3   TRUE    61      mate           cream    5+10             1496           1500              King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation
4   TRUE    61      mate           cream    20+0            1439            1454              Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
5   TRUE    95      mate           cream    30+3            1523            1469              Philidor Defense
6   FALSE   5       draw            draw    10+0            1250            1002

I tried this:
rowplot<-function(x,y,z) {par(mfrow=c(1,3)) (layout(matrix(c(1,1, 2,2, 0, 3,3, 0), ncol = 4, byrow = TRUE)))}
rowplot(bp.1,bp.2,boxplot.1)

But it returns nothing.


I want to control a motor (pump) speed via vfd in such a way that when temperature of the water increases the pump speed also increased and when temperature of the water decreases the speed of the motor (pump) also decreased ..... can we used external PID control with a VFD OR use a VFD having a PID control option and then tune up that PID control ?
To control the cooling system as i stated above , what things / parameter should i calculate and measure first ?
i have ABB ACS 550 VFD which has a in built PID function , so how to tune up its PID ?
Do i need of a sensor i.e Pt 100 and a current signal converter for this setup ?
Most of the vfds are comes with built in PID settings, Use a temperature sensor as the analog input, Which we want to connect in VFD For control the speed of motor, . Parameters are motor name plate specifications and P,I And D values for the PID.
How ever with PT100 I do agree you do require signal conditioner unless and until the VFD you are employing does have a inbuilt signal conditioner. Please check thru the capabilities of the drive expected to be employed.
Yes Muralidhar sir, i mean analog signal need to connect for vary the speed, like 4 -20 ma corresponding to temperature.
As Sharma suggests, bring the temperature measurement to the drive using its 4-20mA input port. You will need some ABB software called DriveWindow Light 2 that connects to the drive via its EIA 232 serial port. You may need a USB to serial port converter to do this if your PC does not have a serial port. I have not used this software before, but it should allow you to set up the built-in PID function block as a temperature controller and to scale the 4-20mA input over the temperature range you need.
What would be the P , I & D values for this process ?
To tune the PID slightly so that i could get the desired change in speed for the desired change in temperature , what parameters should i change slightly ?
And also clarify me is it trial and error base procedure ?
1. Give a step change of eg 5% to the setpoint and observe the actual value if it reacts too slow then increase Kp or vice-versa.
2. With Kp alone error between setpoint and actual will never be zero, if it's too slow to remove the offset, then decrease Ti or other way round.
Make few step response to make sure tuning is good. While making tuning keep the process as much stable as possible.
Please note PID tuning is pretty subjective thing, if you will google you can find handful of articles explaining it.
Would you mention those handy articles here ?


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Q: Necessity of having license information present in all code revisions I'm considering posting some code on github.  Older revisions of the code don't have a COPYING file or other licensing information in them.  What's the effect of posting this publicly?  Would people be able to copy and use that code freely without adhering to any license constraints?
Although there doesn't appear to be a "default license" applied to projects posted on github, their Terms and Conditions document has this to say:

...by setting your pages to be viewed
  publicly, you agree to allow others to
  view your Content. By setting your
  repositories to be viewed publicly,
  you agree to allow others to view and
  fork your repositories.

Which is a bit ambiguous, to say the least: does forking a repository, in itself, enable the forker to do as she wishes with the therein-contained code, or is this concept orthogonal to the actual modification of the code?
edit: added this paragraph: And on a related note: can people attempt to use versions of the code which don't have a warranty disclaimer (eg This program is distributed . . . WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY), and then sue me when it fails?
And my main question: Should I run git filter-branch to add a COPYING file to all revisions before pushing to github?  This is a bit of a hassle, as it will invalidate commit id references and require that I re-clone any backup repos.

A: I agree Github's Terms are ambiguous, and I wouldn't want to rely on them.  However, forking implies to me some kind of basic modification rights.  It definitely doesn't imply to me unlimited rights.  For instance, it doesn't say anything about distributing binaries.
As far as the warranty, I think your disclaimer is probably only valid for the versions that include it.  But that doesn't mean that a court would necessarily find there is a warranty.
So, I would play it safe and do the filter-branches despite the inconvenience.
IANAL.

A: NOT LEGAL ADVICE:::
I would imagine that it would still hold that you would be the copyright owner of all versions, regardless of COPYING file or not.
As orip suggests, the license gives others the right to distribute and copy. Now, the terms of github, I believe, also require that you have an open source license, or one which provides some measure of grant to copying permissions.
So, without COPYING file, as a viewer of your code, I would imagine I am able to download your code, as you have provided it for distribution, but if I wanted to distribute the code, I should contact you to determine under what conditions you would allow me to copy the code.
You are probably safe if you post a disclaimer on the project description, the Web portion of github, saying "unless otherwise stated, code in this branch covered by ABC license, and XYZ disclaimer".

A: There is nothing technologically about Git which prevents others from copying your code. Those who obey licenses will obey licenses. You can try to sue those who don't obey your license.

A: The license text is what gives people the right to use the code. Without a license, people other than the copyright holder (you) have no rights to use it for anything.
So your older versions in the history still keep your rights.


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The slideshow above shows the thirty-two plates from the second volume of Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1808-10). The titles of the plates are listed below. These images are taken from a copy of the Microcosm owned by the Lewis Walpole Library and are used with permission.
If you want to examine one of the images in more detail, right-click on that image and select 'Open image in new tab'. Hovering over the slideshow will bring up the pause button and buttons to skip to a particular image.
The Microcosm is introduced here and the plates can be seen mapped onto Horwood's Plan here.


Nothing in life is without risk and divorce is no exception.
During a stressful time it's understandable that people want the support of friends and family members who they have relied on throughout the course of their life. This often leads to men or women bringing friends or family to their initial consultation with a divorce lawyer.
While friends and family often mean well in such situations, there are issues that need to be considered. First of all, it could be argued that by bringing someone into the consultation, attorney-client privilege is being waived.
Another potential issue is that the allegiances of friends or family during a divorce can change, allowing them to potentially weaponize any information you've trusted them with to help your spouse turn the tables.
Once you understand the risks you may still decide that you'd prefer to have a friend or loved one with you in the room for your initial consultation. However, as a general rule, going into the room with your lawyer alone is a lot safer from a legal standpoint.
If you are interested in setting an initial consultation with a divorce lawyer, you can contact Stange Law Firm, PC online or at 855-805-0595.


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Hart of Dixie Shakes it Up
by Carissa Pavlica October 31, 2012 2:25 am 471 views0
When the show was created, do you think a team of writers was hunkered down around a table pondering the merits of Team George versus Team Wade? Could they have had any idea that the "Hartbeat" of Hart of Dixie would boil down not to Zoe Hart's fish out of water story, but her attraction between the boy-next-door town lawyer, George Tucker, who also happened to be engaged and beguiling bad boy and town playboy, Wade Kinsella (who knew he had a last name?), who also happened to be hiding a heart of gold?
Given the number of supporting characters and their complicated entanglements, I don't think anyone was prepared for the power of the Wade/Zoe/George trio.
During most of Hart of Dixie Season One, Wade waffled between being an idiot, an ass and pining for Zoe Hart. His friendship with Mayor and landlord Lavon Hayes not only brought him physically closer to Zoe, but gave him a sounding board so viewers knew he was more than the one dimensional boy toy he liked to pretend to be. by mid season, every time Zoe called him for help, he melted; and, every time she then waxed on poetically about the unrequited love of a man engaged to be married, the audience melted for him.
It was more difficult to fall for the perfect Mr. George Tucker because he was so damn perfect, yet his heart wasn't true his fiancee. Just how much can you cheer on the demise of a lifelong relationship, even if his girl, Lemon Breeland, had been having her own dalliances with Lavon Hayes? Something was clearly not right, but bumbling around in the dark and handling the situation without integrity wasn't what we wanted in the man chosen for Zoe Hart.
It was an on again off again affair between the three characters. Zoe never saw the potential we did in Wade because she was so busy with her dreams of George, but by the time George made his decision to call off his wedding to Lemon, Wade was given the opportunity to show off a thing or two to Zoe when they were trapped inside of a barn during a horrific storm. He was dashing and heroic. He not only saved the day, but opened the door to Zoe's heart just enough to climb inside for a look around. Thinking the man of her dreams had just walked down the aisle, that was a door Zoe willingly dashed into.
Cue Season Two. Shake it up!
So far the triangle has continued on the rugged path and never is there a moment when I'm sure Zoe's heart will take one fork or the other. In the season opener, George made such a case for himself I was Tweeting #TeamGeorge and disparaging all the progress made by Wade in Season One. He was in full on protection mode, not willing to accept even the tiniest of cuts because it may be too deep for him to recover. He hid it so well, I thought maybe what I had earlier witness was the ruse, and bad was all that could be found in Wade. Meanwhile, Zoe was addicted to a "good time" Wade, and struggling to understand why, once she chose him over George, he went off the deep end. What a mess!
Zoe still believes her heart belongs with George and together she and Wade are pushing his dating buttons. The poor man was just out of a relationship and ditched before even taking a stab at the good doctor he ended his engagement to follow, and he was painting the town red with some very rusty dating skills.
It was interesting to watch Wade slowly realize that by pretending not to care he was hurting the person he cared most about. Zoe, while pretending not to care about Wade, realized being in an open relationship was not for her. All of a sudden their sexcapade became monogamous. They were only going to romp with each other. Until the Halloween episode, I would have bet that Zoe and George would eventually end up together. I'm back to 50/50 odds on that now.
While Zoe thinks George needs time to get over Lemon in a true relationship while she has a "just for fun" one with Wade, what she is doing is discovering who she is and what she wants. Her whole life was set out before her by her parents, and her idea of a man and marriage was a part of that package. The man they would have chosen for Zoe would have looked a hell of a lot more like George Tucker than Wade Kinsella. At the end of Season Two, I expect another nail biting decision to be presented. This time both men will be on equal footing, and George might even be in a loving relationship if he chooses his "just for fun" gal wisely. Zoe can't spend every season choosing between two men, and she will figure out who the real Zoe Hart is before long.
Will Zoe realize she chose Wade for reasons other than she let herself believe or will she find that George is truly the man she has been waiting for all her life? Either way, I expect they will shake it up again.
George Tucker
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Hart of Dixie / by Shilo Adams - October 4, 2013 2:43 pm
Hart of Dixie Season 3 Spoilers: Is Zoe Done Practicing Medicine in BlueBell?
Things were rough for Zoe Hart when she first arrived in BlueBell, as she wasn't used to the way of life in a small town and thought that she belonged…
Hart of Dixie / by Erin Steinberg - May 8, 2013 10:44 pm
Hart of Dixie Review: "On the Road Again"
Zoe, Zoe, Zoe, sometimes I just want to slap this girl but this time I wanted to hug her. While I didn't agree with her decision to get with Wade…
Hart of Dixie / by Shilo Adams - April 18, 2013 5:21 pm
Hart of Dixie Season 2 Finale Spoilers: Moving On and Going Forward
One reason that Zoe Hart was apprehensive about living in BlueBell was that she didn't want to get stuck. Small town life has a way of bringing down even the…
Hart of Dixie / by Carissa Pavlica - January 16, 2013 5:29 pm
Hart of Dixie Review: "Old Alabama"
The most important jobs in Bluebell have to be costumer and caterer. Lemon and AnnaBeth picked the perfect business to start, but I'd sure like to know which lucky bugger…