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Q: Rank of the 2-cover space of a knot space It is well known that the order of the first homology group of the double branched cover of a knot $K$ in $S^3$ is the determinant of $K$,   i.e.  $\lvert H_1(B_2(K),\mathbb{Z}) \rvert = \det (K)$.  However, I did not find a formula for its rank. Does anyone know the answer to this question?

A: Edit: Thanks to Sucharit Sarkar for pointing out I was spreading misinformation.  This replaces my previous answer completely.
The first homology of the double branched cover of a knot in $S^3$ is a finite abelian group.  Since it has no free part, its rank is $0$.
Presumably you meant the minimal number of generators, which is much more interesting.  I'm aware of some things you can say in terms of Fitting/elementary ideals, where the Alexander polynomial is the GCD of the zeroth one.
By considering the relationships between double branched covers $B_2(K)$, two-fold covers of the knot complement $X_2(K)$ and the infinite cyclic cover of the knot complement $X_\infty(K)$, it is possible to work out with some long exact sequences that
$$H_1(B_2(K)) \cong \frac{H_1(X_\infty(K))}{(t^2-1)H_1(X_\infty(K))}$$
where $\mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]$ acts on $H_1(X_\infty(K))$ through deck transformations, with $t$ being the meridian generator of $H_1(S^3-K)$.
Now, a fact about $H_1(X_\infty(K))$ is that $1-t$ acts on it invertibly (explained by Milnor in "Infinite cyclic coverings").  Thus,
$$H_1(B_2(K)) \cong \frac{H_1(X_\infty(K))}{(t+1)H_1(X_\infty(K))}.$$
So, if you take a presentation matrix for $H_1(X_\infty(K))$ as a $\mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]$-module, you can substitute in $t=-1$ to get a presentation matrix for $H_1(B_2(K))$ as a $\mathbb{Z}$-module.  (A Goeritz matrix is an example of such a presentation matrix.)
This is why $\lvert H_1(B_2(K))\rvert = \lvert\Delta_K(-1)\rvert$. There is a square presentation matrix for $H_1(X_\infty(K))$ from the Seifert form, and the Alexander polynomial is the determinant of this.  Plugging in $-1$ gives the determinant of the corresponding square presentation matrix for $H_1(B_2(K))$.  Since $\mathbb{Z}$ is a PID, the determinant of the presentation matrix is the order of the module; this is due to Smith normal form having the same determinant, up to multiplication by $-1$.
The Alexander polynomial actually comes from a sequence of polynomials $\Delta^0_K(t),\Delta^1_K(t),\dots$, each dividing the previous, where $\Delta_K(t)=\Delta^0_K(t)$ is the zeroth (sometimes first, depending on the convention) Alexander polynomial, all defined up to multiplication by $\pm t^{k}$.  The polynomial $\Delta^i_K(t)$ is the GCD of the $i$th Fitting ideal of $H_1(X_\infty(K))$ (in knot theory literature, it is the $(i-1)$th elementary ideal), which is an ideal of $\mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]$.  See chapter 20 of Eisenbud's "Commutative algebra" for more details about Fitting ideals.  The $i$th Fitting ideal for $H_1(X_\infty(K))$ is generated by the $(m-i)\times(m-i)$ minors of the $m\times m$ presentation matrix for $H_1(X_\infty(K))$.  Hence, the $i$th Fitting ideal for $H_1(B_2(K))$ (an ideal of $\mathbb{Z}$) is given by the same-sized minors of the same presentation matrix with $t=-1$.
Let's call $\beta^i_K\in\mathbb{Z}$ the GCD (i.e., since $\mathbb{Z}$ is a PID, the generator) of the $i$th Fitting ideal of $H_1(B_2(K))$.  One fact about Fitting ideals is that if $H_1(B_2(K)) = \bigoplus_{i=1}^n \mathbb{Z}/m_i\mathbb{Z}$ with $m_{i-1}\mid m_i$ for all $1<i\leq n$, then $\beta^i_K=m_1m_2\dots m_{n-i}$.  Hence, $\beta^0_K=\lvert H_1(B_2(K))\rvert$, and the smallest $i$ such that $\beta^i_K=1$ gives exactly the minimum number of generators for $H_1(B_2(K))$.
To be clear, GCD for $\mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]$ means to take the smallest principal ideal containing the ideal generated by the given set of polynomials.  From this, one may deduce that $\Delta^i_K(-1)$ divides $\beta^i_K$ (and it may be that they are equal, but that seems unlikely).  Thus, the smallest $i$ such that $\Delta^i_K(-1)=1$ gives a lower bound for the number of generators for $H_1(B_2(K))$.
Ideals of $\mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]$ are of the form $(p(t),n)$ for $p(t)\in\mathbb{Z}[t]$ and $n\in\mathbb{Z}$, possibly with $p(t)=0$ or $n=0$.  If this is the $i$th Fitting ideal of $H_1(X_\infty(K))$, then the corresponding Fitting ideal for $H_1(B_2(K))$ would be $(p(-1),n)$.  Then $\beta^i_K$ is the GCD of $p(-1)$ and $n$.  While the gcd of $p(t)$ and $n$ might be $1$, it might be that the gcd of $p(-1)$ and $n$ is bigger than $1$.
The zeroth Fitting ideal of $H_1(X_\infty(K))$ is principal since the presentation matrix is square, so $\beta^0_K=\Delta^0_K(-1)$.  This is restating that $\lvert H_1(B_2(K)) \rvert=\lvert\beta^0_K\rvert = \lvert \Delta_K(-1)\rvert$.
The Alexander polynomials of the knot $8_{20}$ are
\begin{align}
\Delta^0_{8_{20}}(t) &= (1-3t+t^2)(1-t+t^2)^2 \\
\Delta^1_{8_{20}}(t) &= 1-t+t^2 \\
\Delta^2_{8_{20}}(t) &= 1
\end{align}
Since $\Delta^1_{8_{20}}(-1)=3$, we know that $H_1(B_2(8_{20}))$ needs at least two generators.
I happen to know that
$$ H_1(X_\infty(8_{20})) = \mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]/((1-3t+t^2)(1-t+t^2)) \oplus \mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]/(1-t+t^2) $$
Hence, $H_1(B_2(8_{20})) = \mathbb{Z}/15\mathbb{Z} \oplus \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}$.  That's two generators.
While the Alexander polynomials detected the number of generators in this case, consider $9_{46}$.  It has
$$ H_1(X_\infty(9_{46})) = \mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]/(2-t)\oplus \mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1}]/(1-2t) $$
Hence,
\begin{align}
\Delta^0_{9_{46}}(t) &= (2-t)(1-2t) \\
\Delta^1_{9_{46}}(t) &= 1 \\
\end{align}
Since $\Delta^0_{9_{46}}(-1)=9$ and $\Delta^1_{9_{46}}(-1)=1$, we know $H_1(B_2(9_{46}))$ has at least one generator.  However, $\beta^0_{9_{46}}=9$, $\beta^1_{9_{46}}=3$, and $\beta^2_{9_{46}}=1$, so it needs exactly two generators.
One more knot: $6_1$.  It has the exact same Alexander polynomials as $9_{46}$.  However, $\beta^1_{6_1}=1$.  Therefore, $6_1$ and $9_{46}$ can be distinguished by this piece of homological information about their double branched covers.

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The Sixth Circuit Adopts Expansive Interpretation of ATDS
In Allan v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, the Sixth Circuit weighed in on the definition of an ATDS, joining the Second and Ninth Circuits in reading it expansively. The opinion was issued twenty days after the Supreme Court agreed to review this issue, following a growing split among the circuit courts. (Click these links for our previous blogposts about decisions from the Second, Seventh, Eleventh, Ninth, Third, and D.C. Circuits.)
Allan considered whether a device that dials from a stored list of numbers but cannot randomly or sequentially generate those numbers—like the Avaya system used by the defendant—qualifies as an ATDS. The court concluded that it does, expressly rejecting the "plain text readings" adopted by several other circuits as "too labored and problematic." The court found that the role of the phrase "to store" in a plain-text reading was either strained, superfluous, or lacking a direct object, making such an interpretation "unworkable."
The court instead adopted the Second and Ninth Circuits' approach, finding the text of the statute of ambiguous and then looking to other provisions within the statute to construct the definition. The court concluded that two provisions involving calls made to known recipients provide implicit support for including within the ambit of the TCPA devices that dial from a stored list of numbers. Specifically, the court reasoned that the TCPA's consent exception for calls made to "known, consenting recipients implies that the autodialer ban applies to stored-number systems." It further reasoned that the government-debt-collection exception, which was added to the statute in 2015 and was recently invalidated by the Supreme Court in Barr v. AAPC, also "implies that the autodialer ban covers stored-number systems" because such calls are made from a stored list of "known numbers, not random numbers."
Allan also took issue with the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of the legislative and administrative history, concluding that "Congress intended to crack down on automated calls themselves—not just the technology making them possible at the time." The court dismissed the Seventh and Eleventh Circuits' concern that the expansive statutory interpretation adopted by the Second and Ninth (and now Sixth) Circuits would render nearly every device, including every smartphone, an ATDS. The court noted that while such a concern may be true today, it was not a concern at the time the TCPA was enacted in 1991. Moreover, Allan characterized such a concern as "unfounded" and a "parade of horribles." The court posited that the D.C. Circuit had already dispatched with this concern when it set aside the FCC's unreasonably expansive definition of "capacity." To the Allan court then, using "smart phone autodialer software to call or message recipients en masse," would create liability. "But the standard, non-automatic message or call would not[.]"
What may have been monumental just a few months ago is now just further evidence that the Supreme Court was right to agree to review this issue. One thing remains true–that the circuit split continues to be an impediment to a clear and predictable understanding of the TCPA's autodialer restrictions on a nationwide level.
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Adam Lambert & Queen Will Perform At The 2019 Oscars, So Prepare To Get Rocked
By Ani Bundel
The Oscars have gone from trying to cut down on musical performances to adding extra ones. In trying to cut down on time for the show to keep broadcaster ABC happy, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (henceforth AMPAS) said it would cut performances from most of the nominees for Best Original Song. After being forced to backtrack, they're now adding a non-nominee to the lineup. Adam Lambert and Queen will perform at the 2019 Oscars from the hit biopic Bohemian Rhapsody,
Bohemian Rhapsody is filled with just as much music as it's Best Picture rival A Star Is Born. It has more musical performances per minute than any other film nominated this year. Having Queen, who have been touring on and off all decade with American Idol Season 8 first runner up Adam Lambert, perform of the Oscars should be a no-brainer. It brings an extra music element and celebrates the band who helped inspire and write the hit movie.
But if AMPAS were following tradition, Queen would not take the stage, because those performance slots are for Best Original Song nominees. Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't have a nomination in this category. It's not because the music is terrible. None of the songs are nominated because none of were specifically created for the film. They're all Queen's Greatest Hits.
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If you've ever wondered why stage musicals always add an extra song when a movie version gets made, this is why. It's the "nominee" number, the excuse to get a musical performance during the Oscars telecast. The producers behind the Bohemian Rhapsody film didn't consider the film might get a Best Picture nod, and didn't think to have Queen's surviving members create anything new for the Oscars to consider.
(Besides, it would have been slightly jarring and odd, considering the film is *supposed* to be a historically accurate biopic. Spoiler alert: It's not, but no one seems to really care.)
However, having failed at cutting down the show either by cutting songs or giving away Oscars during the commercials, the newest decision by AMPAS is the first excellent move since going host-less. They're going to have Queen perform, even if the songs aren't nominated.
According to Deadline, there's no set list for Queen's performance as of yet.
No word yet on the setlist for Sunday's Queen extravaganza, but it certainly is likely to be the classic title track from the film and — judging from the Academy's self-imposed time constraints — not the legendary 25-minute Live Aid performance that was depicted in the film.
Even so, this is a smart move on the part of AMPAS, who desperately needed a win in the press after having to roll back every other idea it's had this year. There may not be a Most Popular Film category, but there will be a popular band, and one whose rock credentials span generations of fans. Having Queen perform is precisely the sort of decision that will cause viewers to tune in, making ABC happy, and celebrate more of this year's films, which will make Oscar fans happy.
The 91st Academy Awards air this Sunday, on Feb. 24, 2019, on ABC at 8 p.m ET.


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Track- 400's starting with 90 seconds rest- decreasing rest interval by 5 seconds each rep and have to hold under a specific pace. The set is over when you can no longer hold the prescribed pace.
My kids when they are old and I've already been dead for several years. It would scare the crap out of them.
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Virtual reality pioneer ready to rumble for a buck
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The New York Times gave futurist and avant-garde pianist Jaron Lanier space to complain that he wants you to pay up for Internet content. You probably don't know who he is unless you watched PBS science programs in the '90s. He allegedly coined the phrase "virtual reality" back when it meant bulky goggles and the Nintendo Power Glove, not cruising for a mistress in Second Life. We agree with this much: Everyone has the right to try to make a buck. Some Internet content has value. But definitely don't buy Lanier's CDs. Instead, we'd pay for a high-def webcast cagematch between Lanier and his unnamed nemesis. Can you guess who?
Copyright crusader Cory Doctorow, who, like Lanier, is known more for his opinions than for his actual body of work. But does Lanier's essay really have Doctorow shaking in his Skechers? "I wrote a manifesto titled 'Piracy Is Your Friend,'" Lanier confesses. "But I was wrong. We were all wrong." Lanier rewrites the old saw that information wants to be free as, "Information could be universally accessible but on an affordable instead of an absolutely free basis." WTF, Cory! We propose a fight to the finish between Lanier and Doctorow for the future of the Net. Two men enter, one utopia leaves. (Photo from "A Brief History of (Virtual) Reality," by Kunochan)


I was just wondering what ear defenders people use? I use a brand called impact I think, they are sound enhancing ones. I found them great for a game day when they are taken on off etc but when I'm pigeon shooting and wearing them pretty much all the time i do find I get a bit of a headache especially on a windy day.
I use Peltor Sport RangeGuard. I find them comforable and can wear them for long periods. They are not the best sound dampening with 21db but I find them sufficient.
I have the same. On a windy day I just turned the volume down.
I have a pair of Howard Leight Impact sport they are a good cheap electronic ear defender. I can hear better with them on although they don't like strong wind and if you have your hood on it rubs the microphones.
I use 3M electronics usually, but have been trying out a pair of Shothunt in-ear electronics recently ( http://www.shothunt.com/standard.php ) . Main advantage is that they are so small (in your ear like hearing aids) you don't get so sweaty in them as you do when wearing 'cans' in the hot weather we've been having. they're a bit fiddly to adjust to get the volume right because the knob is so small and my fingers are like sausages, but once you have them right they're really very comfy and effective.
Normally I use bog standard ear defenders that render me almost totally deaf. However i recently bought some 30 quid electronic ones from Amazon and have to say I am very impressed.i can hear everything except the gunshot.
Peltor protacs. The dogs danglies.
Anybody use the napier pro 9 ones .?
Thinking i might get some .
Wb123 - interesting choices there but which ,of the two, do you prefer?
I don't need ear defenders . I am deaf as a post for not wearing them over the years . Many many years of rifle ,pistol and shotgun shooting has made me deaf . Protect your lugs with some kind of hearing protectors . Being deaf is not all bad it's a very noisy world out there and it's nice to take my lemon aids out and Experience the quiet zone .
Like you Harnser, I never wore ear defenders over the years (who did of a certain age ?) and am also quite deaf, but would advise the use of them now. I've got quite bad tinnitus, which takes the form of a continuous rumbling which never goes away.
Me "Windy isn't it ?"
Pal "No it's not it's Thursday"
Me "Yes, so am I, let's go for a beer"
My hearing aids fortunately have a setting I call the 'wife' setting which cuts out all background or nagging noises !
Back in the day if you wore ear defenders you were considered to be a big girl .
I use Peltor comtacs, I find them comfortable as I wear them for up to 8hrs a day at work. Not cheap but Luckly I get them for nowt.
Why not spend around £70 and buy a pair of moulded to fit passive ear plugs. Although I am extremely deaf (brought on by a couple of minor strokes) I have had a pair of Emtech moulded plugs for some 25 + years. Buy the florescent coloured variety, they are easier to find, should you drop them. When I had my hearing, I found the Emtech's great, I could easily hold a conversation in a pigeon hide and my shooting pal was also wearing his. It did become harder to hear through them after my illness, but by just removing one and putting in my hearing aid, conversation was possible, replacing the ear plug when shooting. They are far more comfortable than the 'cans' variety, especially if it is hot weather too.
MSA Sordin Pro X, expensive, but my hearing is worth it 😎and the gel pads are very comfortable, I can wear these all day long.
Does anyone use a Bluetooth ear defender? I've seen a few radio and Bluetooth ones listed and thought they may be good for a one of the slower days in the hide??
I got some of these a few weeks ago for work after dropping my expensive ones in cow poo!
Could you not just have bought a mouse trap ?
The bluetooth ear defenders are great. Ive just bought a pair of stihl ones and my mate has some 3m worktunes ones. We use them in the workshop when machining timber.
Wouldnt wear them out pigeon shooting tho. Thats the whole point of being out. The peace and quiet, also i listen for the birds coming.


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Fishing begins in late spring as post-spawners concentrate at river holes, river-mouths, inlets, rocky shorelines, sandbars, shallow reefs, sunken islands, and emerging weedbeds.
Using jigs weighing 1/8- to 3/8-ounce, dressed with soft-plastic twister-tail or shad bodies, marabou feathers or bucktail, is one of the easiest and most effective ways to fish.
Hungry walleye dispersing from spawning areas seldom refuse a jig, especially when tipped with a minnow or a worm. Vertical jig or cast to rocky shorelines, shoals, and weedlines. In stained lakes, chartreuse, lime green, yellow, pink, and white are effective jig colours. When adding bait, use a stinger hook to catch walleye that strike short.
During the late-spring/early-summer peak walleye bite, these fish also hit a wide variety of minnow plugs and crankbaits that imitate shiners or yellow perch, one of their main forage bases in many lakes. These lures can be cast or trolled around shoals and weedlines. Walleye love live bait, and a variety of slip-sinker and bottom-bouncer rigs can be used to put a minnow, worm, or leech in front of them. Drift with these rigs when wind or current allow it, back-troll, or inch along with an electric motor or small gas kicker.
By mid-summer, walleye travel to deeper structure, such as sunken islands, main-lake points, dropoffs, shoals, and mid-lake weedflats. Spring tactics and baits still take them, but are usually fished deeper, so heavier jigs, rigs, and deep-div-ing lures are called for.
Summer walleye often move shallow on cloudy and windy days, and morning and evening are always prime times. One method of fishing shallow reefs and wave-swept shorelines is to suspend leeches, worms, or minnows on a single hook beneath a slip-float. Anchoring upwind of the structure or shoreline assists in making a stealthy presentation.
In autumn, many walleye move deeper and gorge on forage fish, including ciscoes, smelt, and perch, which have grown in size over summer. In general, a move to larger baits in fall pays off. Three- to 6-inch minnows excel when attached to slip-sinker rigs and back-trolled or drifted over key structures, or used on jigs for vertical presentations. Search for reefs topping off at 15- to 30-foot (4.6 to 9.1 m) depths.
Trolling crankbaits is also a great way to catch trophy-sized fall walleye. In clear water, use natural finishes on crankbaits, such as black, metallics, and white. In stained or silted water, brighter fire-tiger, chartreuse, oranges, reds, and greens work well.
Walleye are some of the finest-tasting fish in the world. Nothing beats a shore lunch of fresh walleye pan-fried over an open fire. It's an Ontario tradition you just have to sample.


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Editor's note: This poem was sent to me by a neighbor who moved to Marinwood in the early 1960s. It was an affordable place to raise his family and call home. Now political and financial interests want to destroy this community they call "sprawl" in favor of high density low income apartments and condominiums. Although he wants to stay in our neighborhood, he is fed up and will be moving to another state soon. He is concerned with crime, more taxes and decline in property values, He has been a pillar of our community for decades and will be missed.


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How Will the Blockchain Vote System Change the way Americans Vote?
November 4, 2021 September 14, 2020 by Eli Mshomi
The introduction of the blockchain vote system will change the way you vote, as you will be able to vote in a matter of a few clicks on your phone.
Also, the initiation of technology into the US presidential elections of 2020 seems imminent, and the demands of the blockchain vote system are more than ever in the wake of the patent filed by the United States Postal Service (USPS) regarding blockchain integrated mail-in voting.
It will change the traditional way of voting in the USA. What is a blockchain vote, and how does a blockchain online voting system work? How will the blockchain process of voting change the traditional way of voting in the USA? All of these questions require an in-depth look at the blocking voting process.
How will a blockchain vote system change the way you vote?
Previously, there were four ways to cast votes in the USA, depending upon the state and the availability.
Optical scan ballot system.
Marking choices on electronic machines
Casting a vote with ballot marking devices
Using a punch card voting system
With the changing dynamics of US politics and the growing crisis of COVID-19, there is a probability that the 2020 elections will change the way you vote.
According to Pew Research Center, "States like Oregon and Washington conduct their elections almost entirely by mail (97% of voters in these states mailed in their ballots in 2016), but other states have seen relatively few mail ballots. In West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, for example, just 2% of voters mailed in their ballots in the 2016 presidential election."
However, mail-in service, integrated with blockchain software, is a system that most Americans will be using in the future.
With the blockchain vote system, you can even vote from the comfort of your couch in a matter of a few clicks.
How will the blockchain voting work?
Broadly speaking, this system is divided into the following steps.
First, you have to register yourself for digital voting to get the virtual ballot on election day.
The potential voter can log in with the help of a government-issued ID and the webcam.
After marking your choice on the digital ballot, you will have to send the ballot to the given digital address. The blockchain vote can be tracked to confirm that it is being cast correctly to avoid any vote cancellation, as a manual voting system.
You can even change your vote before the deadline any time you may want.
In this digitalized voting system, the ballot will be sent to your online address where you can access it within the given time frame. After the expiration of the ballot, the ballot will either burn or be declared useless.
Read More: Using Blockchain Services for Online Voting: A Looming Threat to American Democracy?
Role of Elliptical Curve Cryptography in blockchain vote system:
The use of a public key and private key by Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a way to make blockchain voting secure.
It is a type of asymmetric cryptography which creates two key pairs at the time of voter registration. At the time of voter identity verification before casting a vote, the verifier certifies the first key pair.
After this, the voter creates the second key pair anonymously, which acts as the private key of the voter.
At the time of vote casting, the voter signs the digital ballot with the help of the private key.
Once the vote is cast, the concerned authorities can verify that both the keys belong to the same person and that the vote has not been tampered with.
It is a kind of lock-key model where the lock is the public key, which will only be opened with the help of the private key.
Any attempt at identity theft will make the vote null and void.
In the Nutshell blockchain voting system will be the second-best thing to happen to the voting system since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, overcoming legal barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their rights to vote under the 15th Amendment to U.S Constitution.
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The Women's 800m Freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on the morning of 30 March (prelims) and the evening of 31 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.

The existing records when the event started were:
World Record (WR):  8:16.22, Janet Evans (USA), 20 August 1989 in Tokyo, Japan.
Championship Record (CR): 8:23.66, Hannah Stockbauer (Germany), Barcelona 2003 (Jul.26.2003)

Results

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Preliminaries

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Women's 800m Freestyle Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-01.
Women's 800m Freestyle Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-01.

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Panjab University Teachers' Association (PUTA) is about five decades old body based upon democratic principles. PUTA's primary goal has been to safeguard the dignity and interest of Panjab University Teachers, apart from working towards transforming this great University into an academically vibrant and globally recognized institution.
PUTA has been headed by illustrious senior activist teachers, who along with their teams, struggled very hard to secure the rotation of headship, ensure the implementation of new pay scales for Panjab University teachers, etc. In fact, most of the facilities and democratic practices in force today, enjoyed by the faculty, are the fruits of the constant struggle of PUTA. With a vibrant faculty today, PUTA has assumed an extremely crucial role, in resolving various issues confronting teachers, in the most challenging environment confronting higher education.


As per reports, Kanaka Durga's family and relatives were completely against her antics at Sabarimala and her husband and children did not allow her to stay with them.
Kanaka Durga, one of the two women who had entered the Sabarimala shrine on 2nd January said she was finally able to enter her in-law's house after a local court ordered that she be allowed to enter.
However, she was not able to see her children. According to her, she has no problems staying with them but they do not want to stay with her. She said that while she does not have any difficulty in staying with her in-laws and her children, they are not ready to stay with her.
As per reports, the Court observed that Kanaka Durga is a victim of domestic violence and that she has the 'right' to live with her children by sharing the household with her husband.
We had reported earlier that Kanaka Durga, one of the two women who had desecrated Sabarimala Temple, was involved in a brawl with her mother-in-law after she returned home from her adventure and was denied entry.
There were conflicting reports about the whole incident. While initial reports claimed that Kanaka Durga was hit by a wooden plank on her head, contrasting accounts emerged where it was claimed that it was, in fact, Kanaka Durga who had attacked her mother-in-law, a staunch devotee of Lord Ayyappa, when there was an argument between the two.
As per reports, Kanaka Durga's family and relatives were completely against her antics at Sabarimala and her husband and children did not allow her to stay with them.
The Supreme Court had yesterday allowed a petition seeking permission for women to enter mosques to offer prayers and had issued a notice to the center to respond.


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PRINCIPLE OF THE METHOD
RESEARCH ARTICLE| 01 December 1926
Viscous-Elastic Changes in Muscular Contraction
Lancelot T. Hogben,
Lancelot T. Hogben
Kathleen F. Pinhey
Received: 28 Apr 1926
Copyright © 1926 The Company of Biologists Ltd.
J Exp Biol (1926) 4 (2): 196–202.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.4.2.196
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Lancelot T. Hogben, Kathleen F. Pinhey; Viscous-Elastic Changes in Muscular Contraction. J Exp Biol 1 December 1926; 4 (2): 196–202. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.4.2.196
In demonstrating the viscous and elastic changes which accompany muscular contraction a dynamical method is essential in order to discriminate between possible effects of fatigue and those essentially characteristic of the contracted state. Such a method is indicated in an important memoir on "The Dynamics of Muscular Contraction" by Gasser and Hill (1924). As an approximate estimate these authors state that during short contractions the viscosity of the frog's Sartorius increases to about ten times its value' in the resting condition, while Young's modulus increases to about sixteen times its normal value. It seemed possible therefore, that a study of the viscous-elastic properties of muscle might be under-taken in connection with studies commenced (Hogben, 1925) to throw further light on the relation of electrolytes to the contractile and excitatory processes in muscle. Experiment, however, has not encouraged this expectation, since the changes we have observed are not of the order of magnitude recorded by Gasser and Hill. Though the latter state very explicitly that the figures quoted above are intended only as a rough approximation, it would seem justifiable to place on record the results of experiments designed to confirm the conclusions of Gasser and Hill on account of the theoretical interest which attaches to the issue as it bears on our views of the physical mechanism of contraction and the efficiency of the process.
Gasser and Hill employed in their experiments a flat steel spring of dimensions 25 × 2 × 0·1 cm. clamped at one end and carrying at the other a light extension to write on a smoked surface. A pair of sartorius muscles fixed at one end were connected by a silk thread with the spring at such a distance from its attachment that there was no slack in the shortest position and the tension in the longest position of the resting muscle was comparatively small when the spring was made to vibrate by release of tension. Records of the vibration of the free spring and the coupled system were taken ; and in the latter case the muscle was stimulated to contract in the course of the experiment. Measurements were made of the amplitude of successive swings and the period of the vibration in each case. From these data the elastic and damping coefficient were calculated as indicated in what follows. The tension to which the resting muscle was subjected is not recorded.
The damped vibrations of a steel spring are given by an equation of the familiar form
when the system is not subject to disturbing forces which are a function of the time. If the ratios of μ and K for successive operations are alone involved, m may be neglected; and the solution of (1) is then
where K and μ are elastic and viscous coefficients respectively. It follows from (2) that if λ is the natural logarithm of the ratio of two successive amplitudes, and T the periodic time
from which K and μ may be calculated.
For the coupled system in which the spring vibrates against the resistance of a pair of sartorius muscles, Gasser and Hill calculate K and μ for (a) the spring alone, (i) the system composed of spring and resting muscle, (c) the system composed of spring and contracted muscle. The validity of Gasser and Hill's method depends upon the assumption that the configuration of the vibrating system remains the same in successive operations. Preliminary experiments led the writers to doubt whether this, condition was realised in the experiments described by Gasser and Hill, from whose descriptions it would appear that the spring was flexible beyond the point where the muscle was attached. To avoid this a modification was introduced. To a piece of flat steel spring 2 cm. broad, 1·4 cm. long and 0·9 mm. thick a ribbed and rigid aluminium extension 30 cm. long was fixed. The point of attachment of the muscle was on the rigid portion 2·5 cm. from the junction of the latter with the spring. With the object of testing at thé same time the reliability of the modification and the formal considerations stated in the foregoing paragraph, an experiment was carried out to compare the elastic constants of three helical springs determined previously by a statical method. The values in the two right-hand columns in the table below refer to the reciprocal of the extension per unit length for a fixed tension ; and the results do not give any justification for the suspicion that the different values obtained by the dynamical method with this arrangement are due to differences in the configuration of the vibrating system.
In these.experiments, as in others herein described, optical records were made to avoid errors due to variable surface friction inevitable in kympgraphical procedure. The time was recorded in hundredths of a second by means of a standard tuning-fork.
In their treatment of the problem, Gasser and Hill subtract the constants for the spring from those of the complete system to obtain the corresponding constants of the muscle. This is not rigidly valid ; but a consideration of the equations of motion at the point of attachment of the muscle shows that for a small angular deflection it is a reasonable approximation. This point has to be borne in mind in the method of conducting the experiment.
Needless to say, it is absolutely essential to base comparison of the period and amplitude of the swings of the coupled system spring plus contracted muscle, with those of the coupled system spring plus resting muscle, only after the new equilibrium, point in the former case has been reached. A safe criterion in this case is that when equilibrium is reached, the logarithmic decrement for two successive pairs of swings should not be significantly different. To avoid vitiating the interpretation of the data through the effects of fatigue, the logarithmic decrement of the first five swings after shortening is completed was taken in all cases. If the logarithmic decrement has not reached an approximately constant value, it is clear that equilibrium has not been attained.
The data here recorded refer only to experiments carried out with the modification indicated above. Previous experiments with a form of apparatus identical with that described in the publication referred to had yielded results which were very variable though in no case indicative of an increase in the viscous and elastic constants of the muscle during contraction of the order suggested by Gasser and Hill's experiments. In these preliminary experiments both gastrocnemius and sartorius muscles of Rana Catesbiana and R. pipiens were used. In those recorded below, only the gastrocnemius of R.pipiens was employed. The temperature throughout was 20–22° C. It was desired especially to obtain more definite information with regard to change in the elastic properties of the muscle during contraction, an issue which, aside from its relevance to the physico-chemical mechanism of contraction, bears upon an important problem in the comparative physiology of contractile tissues, namely, the "catch" muscle. For this reason, in view of the possibility that considerable deviations from Hooke's Law may be anticipated in the case of muscle, it seemed desirable to know in every case the average tension to which the resting and contracted muscle in each experiment were subjected. In the case of resting muscle, this is achieved by observing the deflection of the spring for a given tension applied to the point of attachment of the muscle, the cord being subsequently tightened until a corresponding deflection is registered.
In the experiments summarised in Tables I-III, series A, the muscle was attached as stated in the Introduction at a distance of 2·5 cm. beyond the junction of the inflexible extension with the spring itself. This gives a high value for the logarithmic decrement of the coupled system and makes the error of measurement for the former rather high. On the other hand, the measurement of the difference between the period of the spring and coupled system is thereby made more accurate than is the case in Hill's experiment, since the logarithmic decrement does not very materially affect the value of K. The comparison of the elastic condition of the muscle in the resting and contracted state in this arrangement is not susceptible to the very considerable source of arithmetical error involved in the manner in which Gasser and Hill's experiments were conducted. It is of course impossible to arrange the experiment so that there is a difference in the periodic time of the spring alone and of the coupled system of an order of magnitude which permits any measure of confidence in calculating the K ratio of resting and contracted muscle, while at the same time, to keep the damping of the vibration within such limits as to make the calculation of the viscous effect consistent.
Table I.
Series A.
In series A, of which Tables I-III are representative of a very large number of experiments repeated many times, the method of recording was optical to minimise the sources of mechanical error in calculating the damping effect. Table I gives the results of a series of experiments, each one of which was performed upon the muscle of a different animal. The muscles varied greatly in size, and the values of the spring constants are therefore calculated separately for each muscle to take into account the appreciable effect of differences in the weight of the muscle when exerting no damping effect on the spring. All spring constants are calculated with the muscle hanging freely from the spring.
It will be seen from Table I that when the resting muscle was exerting a tension of 50 or more grams on the spring, the ratios of µ, and K (contracted to resting) approximated to unity. It is necessary, however, to explain why higher values were obtained at lower tension. In the case of the K ratio, this might be because the muscle departs widely from Hooke's Law, but that would not explain the apparent increase of the viscous coefficient in contraction. The meaning of this discrepancy can be further explored by performing the same series of operations upon a single muscle. In the experiment summarised in Table II, this has been done, and the order in which the operations were carried out is indicated in the left-hand column. This was such as to insure that the interpretation of these data was not vitiated by the effects of fatigue, or by irreversible changes produced by over-stretching the muscle itself.
Table II.
From the data presented in Table II, there emerges very clearly the fact that the relatively high ratio found at the low tension in the previous series of experiments is not fortuitous ; this at once gives rise to the suspicion that when the resting muscle exerts on the spring only a relatively small tension, it does not have its full damping effect on the latter when the spring is caused to vibrate. In other words, during part of the period, there may be a slackening of the cord which attaches the muscle to the spring. To test this possibility, the experiment may be carried out in the following way. Having calibrated the deflection of the spring when tensions of different magnitudes are applied to the point of attachment of the muscle, the muscle is connected with the spring with sufficient play of the cord to permit it to exert, when contracted, a tension of 25 gm. Thus it is possible to compare the behaviour of the contracted muscle when exerting a mean tension of 25 gm. with that of the resting muscle subjected to the same mean tension in the manner adopted in the previous series of experiments. The result of such an experiment as set forth in Table III confirms the suspicion adumbrated above.
Table III.
In the experiments summarised in Table IV, the muscle was attached at the point of junction of the spring with the inflexible extension. The results are inserted because the figures for the logarithmic decrement were more satisfactory when the experiment was carried out in this way. With this arrangement, when springs of known elastic ratio were substituted for the muscle in the coupled system, the effects were not of an order of magnitude to give calculated values by the dynamical method, conclusively indicating that the coupled system vibrated with the same configuration as the free spring. Hence they are put forward somewhat tentatively. The data in Table IV refer to the same muscle. The difference in the spring constants is due to the fact that a different extension was used, the experiments being graphically recorded.
Table IV.
Series B.
As the differences dealt with are very small, the appropriate corrections for the natural length and cross-sectional area of the contracted and resting muscle have been left out of account. Taking into account all the data cited in the above tables, it does not seem certain that there is a significant increase in the viscosity or decrease in the extensibility of the gastrocnemius muscle of R. pipiens when subjected, to a tetanus of short duration, at least if the dynamical method is valid.
The differences between these observations and those of Gasser and Hill may possibly be due to (1) the fact that a larger muscle was deliberately used because of the greater ease with which it is possible to obtain independent confirmation of the experimental validity of this method for calculating elastic as opposed to viscous coefficients ; (2) the difficulty of insuring, unless special precautions are taken, that the resting muscle, when exerting a small tension on the spring, is not given a certain amount of free play; (3) the danger that, when the point of attachment of the muscle is made on the flexible surface of the vibrating spring, the latter does not oscillate through the whole series of observations with the same configuration.
In any case, even when the experiment was carried out precisely in the manner indicated by Gasser and Hill, the present authors were unable to obtain values pointing to a change in the elastic and viscous coefficients of muscle in the resting and contracted state comparable to those recorded in their communication. Further, it may be mentioned that a few experiments in which the muscle was attached to a lever vibrating against the resistance of a helical spring yielded results consonant with those obtained with the modification of Gasser and Hill's apparatus employed. Were the changes in the elastic properties of muscle of the order indicated by Gasser and Hill, it would, moreover, be necessary to make a very careful investigation of the deviation of normal resting muscle from Hooke's Law at different tensions before the precise meaning of the calculated ratio could be appreciated in its right perspective. It is interesting to note that Scarth, in a recent investigation of the relation of the hydrogen-ion concentration to the elastic qualities of gelatine, finds that there is a slight decrease in the value of Young's modulus as this protein is brought nearer to its isoelectric point from the alkaline side.
When correction is made for the different natural dimensions of contracted and resting muscle, the average K ratio of the previous series of observations is for high tensions slightly less than unity, so that a small decrease in the elastic coefficient of contracted muscle is compatible with these observations. However, the sources of error inherent in this method are such that one would not wish to lay any emphasis on this conclusion.
Gasser and Hill
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Scarth
G. W.
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At the end of the day, a very large, very profitable multinational utility which owns a very old, very dirty brown-coal-fired power station in Victoria is likely to walk away from this ''Clean Energy Future'' carbon tax package with hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
They'll be paid cash to shut down. Employees won't see a cent. The company won't be required to reinvest the money in cleaner energy. Lenders will be repaid and the balance will go - whoosh! - overseas.
The multi-party climate change committee's carbon tax package includes provisions for contracts to pay for closure of up to 2000 megawatts of the country's dirtiest generation capacity, in the second half of this decade, after an expression-of-interest process starting this month.
The touted winner is foreign giant International Power-GDF Suez, owner of the controversial 1675-megawatt Hazelwood power station in the Latrobe Valley.
International Power, which combined with GDF Suez in February, has a market value of more than $86 billion. Last year, its Australian operations, including Hazelwood and the nearby 70 per cent-owned Loy Yang B (1026 megawatts), were its most profitable globally, making $676 million from sales of $1.89 billion, based on average foreign exchange rates. In the first half of this year it made another $266 million here, in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
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The live question is whether Hazelwood and its brown-coal peers would be able to stay in business long enough to clean up by passing their increased costs on to electricity retailers and, ultimately, consumers. Climate change adviser Ross Garnaut said yes.
Industry and most analysts say no, although, last Friday, Ken Thompson, a top executive at Loy Yang A (2200 megawatts, the country's biggest brown coal-fired generator), told a Senate inquiry commercially sensitive modelling suggested generators could pass on two-thirds of the cost, resulting in a 30 per cent jump in wholesale electricity prices and a 10 per cent rise in retail prices.
Just to be sure they can cope, the coal-fired generators are being showered in transitional assistance, by way of free pollution permits. In 2009, it was the Electricity Sector Adjustment Scheme, providing permits worth $7.3 billion over 10 years under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. This time around it's just $5.6 billion over five years, more tightly focused on the brown-coal generators, but still generous - and there's an unspecified amount for closure contracts on top.
The Greens voted the old CPRS down because it ''locked in failure''. The ESAS was a big part of the problem. It not only gave too much assistance to generators, it required them to keep burning coal for a decade! Combine that with low targets, excessive industry compensation, high reliance on overseas permits and lack of complementary measures to promote renewables and … down it went.
The new carbon price package addresses many of the other problems but an ESAS is still there and it sticks in the craw.
''I don't justify it,'' Greens deputy leader Christine Milne says. ''I still think it's a very bad idea. Throughout the entire CEF [Clean Energy Future] negotiations, I argued in all meetings there was no need to be compensating coal-fired power stations and pointed out at every turn that these power stations have known for years a shift to reducing emissions was coming and they ought to have factored it into their costings.''
So why back it this time? Milne blames the ''extreme conservatism'' of the bodies that run the grid, the Australian Energy Market Commission and the Australian Energy Market Operator.
''We argued very strongly with them but they maintained their position that, to maintain energy security under carbon pricing, you needed to provide compensation by way of permits to coal-fired generators,'' she says. ''Then, the government made it clear that there is no way government can take a course of action which is opposed by independent operators of the energy market.''
After insisting the AEMC put its advice in writing, Milne folded. ''In my view, it is their view that has led to what is effectively a misallocation of public money,'' she says.
But absolutely nothing about the commission's advice was new or had changed since 2009, Climate Change Minister Greg Combet says: ''The advice to government on both occasions was that there was a risk to energy security that was appropriate to mitigate.''
A secret Morgan Stanley report in 2009 found certain debt-laden generators could suffer financial distress if a carbon price came in without transitional assistance. A government Investment Reference Group report earlier this year, backed by Deloitte, also painted a dire picture. Power-station asset values would fall - witness the prices paid in the NSW electricity privatisation, 30-40 per cent below book value. Generators were strapped as bank lenders, anticipating a carbon price, increased principal repayment requirements - ''in some cases via a mandatory sweep of all available cashflow except for a small management fee payable to equity''.
The AEMC's advice to the multi-party climate change committee stoked fears of insolvency and contagion although it stressed the concern was not about the financial position of the generators per se, ''but rather its impacts on the efficient functioning of the overall market and its consequences for energy security''.
Combet makes the same point, saying transitional assistance is not a handout and is not about offsetting asset devaluation or depreciation. ''It's about ensuring there is stability,'' he says.
Are energy security fears overblown, though? ACIL Tasman chief Paul Hyslop told The Australian Financial Review recently a carbon price could affect asset values, and the interests of debt and equity investors might clash, but it was unlikely supply would be affected. ''I don't think security of supply is a risk because, ultimately, the government, through the market operator, can step in and direct plant to run,'' he said.
When bully generators threaten the energy supply - by stalling maintenance or handing the keys back to the banks - it's called ''blackout-mail'', intimidation of politicians fearful of a public backlash if the lights go out. ''Complete garbage,'' Combet says.
Bluster? We'll know by the price the government agrees with International Power, if indeed Hazelwood is to close. The 2009 accounts of IP subsidiary Hazelwood Power Finance stated the value of assets potentially affected by a carbon price had risen to $2.053 billion at the end of 2009 but the most recent accounts sidestep a valuation. Colonial First State is believed to have written off its 8 per cent stake, so the uncertainty is acute.
A less likely alternative to pay to close the marginally cleaner Yallourn (1480 megawatts, valued at $1.7 billion at June 30, according to TRUenergy's parent, Hong Kong-listed China Light and Power). TRUenergy is hoping to float on the ASX next year and the book value of Yallourn is the biggest obstacle. The last thing Australian equity funds want to buy is a brown-coal power station.
Environment Victoria's campaigns director, Mark Wakeham, supports payments for closure - ''at least there's some public interest outcome'', unlike paying the generators to stay open - but he wants it to start soon, with turbines closing from next year and proceeding at roughly 250 megawatts a year.
The brown-coal generators get money either way, whether via transitional assistance or payments for closure. It's pay day for the greenhouse mafia.
Email: paddy.manning@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Twitter: @gpaddymanning


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Q: what is the feature that must be provided in a webhost so the ipn works I was useing a free web hosting , but now i want to find a new one that support the connection with paypal for ipn,see this topic to know what I am talking about
http://www.zymic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33328&st=0&gopid=141044&#entry141044
i alrdeay post this quetion but they told me "questions about free web hosting recommendations are off topic for Stack Overflow".
so i am not asking a recommendation.
my quetion is : what is the feature that must be provided in a webhost so my ipn script works?

A: I am not sure I understand your question of "What is the feature that must be provided in a webhost so my IPN script works?".  The IPN is a POST back to your system, and then your system responds to PayPal's POST to validate the information.  You can set this up in different languages, and it can be set up a a windows or linux server.  Then its a matter of what you are wanting the IPN script to do with the information.  You would want to make sure you are sending the post to a secure url https:// Can you be more specific of what you are asking?


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THE LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD (CRL) OF CATALONIA IS THE RESULT OF THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF THE CATALAN GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AGENTS TO CREATE A STABLE FORUM FOR SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION.
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There are so many solutions and alternatives already available out there for making the transition back to plastic-free or at least a reduced plastic society. Check out this inventive, ingenious and all natural alternative for packaging strawberries. It not only reduces the use of plastics, but also makes use of a material that may otherwise be thrown away, further reducing waste and making use of all components of materials that are available to us.


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Q: How to make Select Tool mode default instead of Hand Tool in PDF-XChange Viewer? I am always using PDF-XChange Viewer for PDF viewing, which works great for me. One issue that bothers me a lot is that, by default, it will be in Hand Tool (second button checked in the following figure) mode when opening a file. What should be done in order to make Select Tool (first button checked in the following figure) mode by default in PDF-XChange Viewer?

A: PDF-XChange Viewer
is free but discontinued. It does not have the option to set the Select Text
tool as the default tool.
It has been superseded by
PDF-XChange Editor,
which is a freemium product, described as:

More than 60% of the features in PDF-XChange Editor do not require a license to use. The remaining features, which are clearly identified, will place a 'trial' watermark on output if they are used without a license.

The PDF-XChange Editor does contain the option you require in menu
File > Preferences > Tools:

I suggest therefore using PDF-XChange Editor, rather than the Viewer.
Viewing and the Select Text tool will still be available in the Editor,
including the Preferences change that you demand.

A: In the menu click on "Edit" ==> "Preferences", in the "Categories" choose "Tools", for the "Default Tool" option, choose "Select Text" from the drop down list.

A: I can't find a default setting for that, but you can do something that will give you the result you want.
1. right click the tool bar, select "customize toolbar..." >commands >tools
2. find the select tool, double click
3. set "esc" key as shortcut, then every time when you hit "esc" key, it will go to the select tool. You can choose other keys on the keyboard, too.


Experts with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University say that single family home sales will slow in 2019 and then bounce back in 2020. "This cooling period is necessary after multiple years of explosive growth, allowing the market to adjust in areas of extreme shortages and rapid affordability declines," a release stated. Median price per square foot still is expected to increase by about four percent in major Texas cities.
Austin-area home sales decreased by 1.8 percent in January 2019, while median price increased 2.4 percent to $296,999, according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® January 2019 Central Texas Housing Market report. Housing inventory was still extremely tight, with a 2.3 month supply even following a 0.4 month increase for the month.


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Kolasa, 10U girls stay humble chasing title
Written by Earl Vaughan Jr.
If you're looking for raucous celebrations from coach Doren Kolasa and his Hope Mills Angels 10U state champion Dixie Youth softball team, you'll quickly be disappointed.
"We don't jump up, and we don't act silly,'' Kolasa said of his team when they win. But it's not because they're an unhappy bunch — just a respectful one. "We teach them to stay humble. Make sure (they) understand somebody lost. We have time to celebrate later.''
Kolasa's team has been doing a lot of celebrating so far in the run through the state Dixie Youth 10U tournament. The team now finds itself headed to Alexandria, Louisiana, and a trip to the 10U Dixie Youth World Series.
Kolasa has been pleased with the way this 12-player group of all-stars has meshed in the postseason.
"I think they the first thing is communication,'' he said. "It's hard to get players to communicate.''
In addition to communication, Kolasa has some genuine talent on the team, starting with pitcher August "Little A" Kebort. "This is a girl people need to watch,'' he said. "She struck me out the other day in practice.''
Kebort has been striking a lot of people out. In 20.2 innings, she has 52 strikeouts. She's also the team's top hitter, with an .850 batting average.
Another pitching standout is Haylee Lamb, who has 17 strikeouts in 9.2 innings. A surprise addition to the rotation is Jaycee Parnell, who was the catcher most of the season. In the postseason she's pitched 8.2 innings with 19 strikeouts.
Parnell is also a leading hitter, with a .650 batting average, along with Kolasa's daughter, McKinley "Boo Boo" Kolasa. She's batting .556 and is also a defensive star at first base. Another defensive standout is Jazelle Young at third base.
At press time, the full schedule for the World Series had not been set.
After opening-day ceremonies July 26, Hope Mills is scheduled to play Georgia in the first game of the nine-team double elimination event July 27.
"For the last three or four months, we've told them defense wins championships,'' Kolasa said. "Nothing is going to change. We always talk about focusing on fundamentals. Stick with basics. That seems to dial them in pretty good.''
Anyone wishing to make a last-minute contribution to the team before they leave on July 25 can contact the Hope Mills Youth Association via its Facebook page.
Adults: Head coach Doren Kolasa, assistant coaches Brandon Boone and Mike Johnson
Players: Haylee Lamb, Lizzie Johnson, Dania Berry, August Kebort, Olivia Herron, McKinley Kolasa, Meadow Critchfield, Jazelle Young, DeeDee Rivera, Kenzie Smith,
Jaycee Parnell, Zee Owens


Discussion in 'Buckeye Football' started by BuckeyeBK, Mar 3, 2005.
It was just revealed that Mark Cuban had an employee ARRESTED AT their facility for BREAKING THE BONES of his fiance.....not fired and didn't tell anybody. That employee began dating a fellow employee since she didn't know about his history (Cuban didn't tell anyone). He beat her up and she came to work black and blue and told Cuban she didn't feel comfortable.......not fired.
But don't worry, because since he seemed remorseful, people are giving him a pass and saying "take notes urban, this is how you show you care."
The above was not a jokeful onion recap. That's what seriously happened today. If you didn't see or hear about it, it's because it wasn't urban Meyer.
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Following a report by Brett McMurphy this morning that former Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith used a racial slur against former Ohio State wide receiver Trevon Grimes and that Urban Meyer was aware of an altercation between them, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday afternoon that he was "disappointed" in McMurphy's report and that Meyer would never allow a racial slur to be used by anyone associated with his program.
"As a person who promotes diversity in everything I do, obviously being an African-American, I would never allow this to exist in our culture," Gene Smith told Eleven Warriors by phone on Tuesday afternoon. "So it's disappointing that someone would try and for whatever reason he's doing this to put a young man like Trevon and his mother in his crosshairs. And then ultimately, our head football coach, who I know from the bottom of my heart, would go berserk if there was anything around our program that disparaged anyone of color."
Smith said in a statement released through the university and through Twitter on Tuesday afternoon that the accusations made in McMurphy's report were "unequivocally false."
"We talked with all of our players about a week ago, and they confirmed that the N-word was never used around the incident that Brett McMurphy is citing," Smith told Eleven Warriors. "If you talk to any of our wide receivers, they would tell you that."
Smith said he was also disappointed that the report – which stemmed from accusations made by Grimes' father, but did not quote Grimes and included a denial from his mother – made accusations against Grimes, who he said Ohio State worked with closely to enable him to transfer to Florida so that he could be closer to his mother, who was diagnosed with cancer last fall.
"I'm really disappointed and feel bad for Trevon and his mother," Smith said. "He was a good young man who wanted to go home and be close to his mother for the right reasons, medical reasons. We were highly active in working with Florida to put together the documentation to provide a waiver so that his eligibility would be restored immediately so he could play right away."
Smith said that if an employee of the Ohio State athletic department was ever found to have used a racial slur, that person's employment would be terminated immediately.
"We're such a welcoming environment for women and for men of color and for international students, and to think that we'd tolerate something like that is ridiculous," Smith said. "And to think that our players on the field or in any of our sports would tolerate that the way it's being accused is ridiculous. The Johnnie Dixons, the Parris Campbells, you can go down the list just like I can, they would go berserk."
I asked Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith whether the expectations should change with someone much less experienced than Meyer leading the program.
"Oh, God, no. What's wrong with you?" said Smith, laughing at the notion.
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Good for us, but there are still 4(?) SEC voices on the committee.


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Josh had a sinking feeling in his stomach, and it wasn't the alcohol.
Bianca Swan's On Wings of Desire gets Great Review – 4.5 Roses!
Double Dragon Publishing released SINNERS' OBSESSION last week as a ebook. Soon, it will be released in print. I am excited about this book because it follows Isabeau and Morgan's love affair then introduces Lucien into a head-over-heels love interest with many, many obstacles. As unlikely as a wholehearted love affair for the Chief Councilor of the Vampyre ruling council is, Lucien is trying to recreate the guardian angel role with his love that Morgan played with Isabeau.
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On the other hand, I love murder and mayhem as much as happily-ever-after. My usual television fare is fiction and nonfiction crime shows, not love stories. Which accounts for the mysteries I sneaked into my historical romances. Now I'm trying my hand at writing a humorous mystery, sans historical and sans emphasis on the love interest. I even prepared for my mystery-in-progress by attending the local NRA's Pistol School. Shooting pistols is great fun. I adore the .22 semiautomatics.
After five years of writing for nothing but love, I sold my first novel. Since then, I've sold eighteen novels and won several awards— National Readers' Choice Award New England Readers' Choice Award, Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice and KISS Awards, B. Dalton and Bookrak Awards for best-selling author. My novels have been translated into fifteen languages and sold in twenty countries.
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Glenda has a surprise meeting with the new man in her life at her daughter Sylvia's high school art gala.
The doors of the Mansville High School were covered with posters ranging from "Just Say No To Drugs" to a square dance being held Friday night after the football game. After getting directions to the art rooms, I ran down the hallway and burst through the door. The student art gala included a speaker. I smiled at Christopher Goodwich, straightened my skirt and hair, and found a seat. Sylvia was glaring at me.
I settled into one of those seats with the desk attached. My rear end was not cooperating and hung out either one side or the other. Goodwich was a good speaker and I listened intently. He was patient with the kids, and Sylvia's art teacher was batting her lashes and giggling.
Goodwich would never go for her type, I thought to myself. The overt artsy-craftsy, caftans-are-still-in-style, kind of a woman. And her hair was long. Why doesn't someone tell women over forty to cut their hair? What kind of woman would Goodwich go for? Meg did say he wasn't gay. Everyone was clapping. I stood up enthusiastically and took with me the desk still attached to my rump. Sylvia pulled at the seat, and markers went flying. Christopher Goodwich was heading my way.
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The most important rules as to the use of इ i in the later language are as follows:
a. The रे re of 3d pl. mid. has it always.
b. The other consonant-endings, except थ tha of 2d sing. act., take it in nearly all verbs.
c. But it is rejected throughout by eight verbs — namely kṛ make, bhṛ bear, sṛ go, vṛ choose, dru run, çru hear, stu praise, sru flow; and it is allowably (not usually) rejected by some others, in general accordance with their usage in other formations.
d. In 2d sing. act., it is rejected not only by the eight verbs just given, but also by many others, ending in vowels or in consonants, which in other formations have no इ i; but it is also taken by many verbs which reject it in other formations; — and it is optional in many verbs, including those in आ ā (of which the आ ā is lost when the ending is इथ itha), and most of those in इi, ई ī, and उ u.
e. The rules of the grammarians, especially as regards the use of tha or itha, run out into infinite detail, and are not wholly consistent with one another; and, as the forms are very infrequent, it is not possible to criticise the statements made, and to tell how far they are founded on the facts of usage.
f. With this i, a final radical i or ī is not combined, but changed into y or iy. The ū of √bhū becomes ūv throughout before a vowel.


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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.tool;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotFoundException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;

/**
 * The tool to let you load the output of {@code HFileOutputFormat} into an existing table
 * programmatically. Not thread safe.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
public interface BulkLoadHFiles {

  static final String RETRY_ON_IO_EXCEPTION = "hbase.bulkload.retries.retryOnIOException";
  static final String MAX_FILES_PER_REGION_PER_FAMILY =
    "hbase.mapreduce.bulkload.max.hfiles.perRegion.perFamily";
  static final String ASSIGN_SEQ_IDS = "hbase.mapreduce.bulkload.assign.sequenceNumbers";
  static final String CREATE_TABLE_CONF_KEY = "create.table";
  static final String IGNORE_UNMATCHED_CF_CONF_KEY = "ignore.unmatched.families";
  static final String ALWAYS_COPY_FILES = "always.copy.files";

  /**
   * Represents an HFile waiting to be loaded. An queue is used in this class in order to support
   * the case where a region has split during the process of the load. When this happens, the HFile
   * is split into two physical parts across the new region boundary, and each part is added back
   * into the queue. The import process finishes when the queue is empty.
   */
  @InterfaceAudience.Public
  public static class LoadQueueItem {

    private final byte[] family;

    private final Path hfilePath;

    public LoadQueueItem(byte[] family, Path hfilePath) {
      this.family = family;
      this.hfilePath = hfilePath;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return "family:" + Bytes.toString(family) + " path:" + hfilePath.toString();
    }

    public byte[] getFamily() {
      return family;
    }

    public Path getFilePath() {
      return hfilePath;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Perform a bulk load of the given directory into the given pre-existing table.
   * @param tableName the table to load into
   * @param family2Files map of family to List of hfiles
   * @throws TableNotFoundException if table does not yet exist
   */
  Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> bulkLoad(TableName tableName, Map<byte[], List<Path>> family2Files)
      throws TableNotFoundException, IOException;

  /**
   * Perform a bulk load of the given directory into the given pre-existing table.
   * @param tableName the table to load into
   * @param dir the directory that was provided as the output path of a job using
   *          {@code HFileOutputFormat}
   * @throws TableNotFoundException if table does not yet exist
   */
  Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> bulkLoad(TableName tableName, Path dir)
      throws TableNotFoundException, IOException;

  static BulkLoadHFiles create(Configuration conf) {
    return new BulkLoadHFilesTool(conf);
  }
}

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Texa IDC4E Marine 11 Software Update
August 30, 2016 by greg
The V11 IDC4E MARINE has been developed to include technical data and additional functions, in one diagnostic solution.
With the version 11 release, the IDC4E software introduces two new features: the QUICK DIAGNOSIS function and the innovative Nominal Values for guided diagnosis.
DIAGNOSIS DEVELOPMENTS
The V11 MARINE now covers 38 makes and over 700 models. Below we will list some of the most important developments and updates included in this version and highlight the introduction of the makes CFMOTO, DAEDONG and FORD MARINE.
New brand. The diagnosis of the injection of the engine "CF3100C/P" was included.
DAEDONG
New brand. The diagnosis of the injection of the engine "D4DD" was included.
FORD MARINE
New brand. The diagnosis of the injection of the engine "3.2 Duratorq" was included.
The database was updated and the diagnostics were improved.
STEYR MOTORS
The diagnosis of the injection of the engines "SE126E25", "SE156E26", "SE196E35", "SE236E40", "SE236S36", "SE266E40", "SE266S36", "SE286E40" and "SE306J38" was included. The diagnosis of these engines requires the new diagnostic cable AM32 (see chapter NEW DIAGNOSTIC CABLES).
The diagnosis of the injection of the engines "MD704LH", "MD704LI", "MD704LS", "MD706LB", "MD706LH", "MD706LI", "MD706LS", "MD706LX", "MD706MS" and "MD706MX" was included.
YAMAHA MARINE
The diagnosis of the injection of the new engines "F115", "F175", "F200", "VF115", "VF150" and "VF175" was included.
SEA-DOO (BRP)
The database and the diagnostic coverage were updated up to 2015.
Scroll thru the PDF file below for more information.
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