Shawn Mendes just released a new song that I can relate to. His heartfelt and emotional song, "In My Blood" is so on point. Our contexts or experiences that lead to the feeling of giving up may be different, but it still pulls at my emotions. Everyone, sometime in their life, has felt like giving up. Whether it be because of anxiety from relationship mishaps, financial distress, personal conflicts, health, or a mixture of all the above, the thought of giving up seems to find a way to creep into our lives one way or another.
I admit there are times that I have felt like giving up. Some more serious than others. Sometimes I've wanted to quit physically, sometimes emotionally, sometimes I have wanted to quit the whole damn situation.
Sometimes, I simply want to give up on my search for improvements. I want to give up trying to explain or figure out a way to feel better. I want to give up playing with trial and error treatments and medications. I want to give up rolling around a damn pole or carrying formula around on my back. I want to give up playing the wait and see game. I want to GIVE UP because of these freaking painful and relentless symptoms that haunt me day after day. I want to give up because I'm frustrated from trying to help my body with needed nutrition, only for it to lead to a flare of sickening and intensifying symptoms.
I feel like giving up because I feel selfish for trying so hard to feel better, when my sole focus should be on my kids. I feel like giving up because I'm tired of pretending to be strong. I feel like giving up because I fail at finding the right words to adequately describe how I feel. Sometimes, I want to give up instead of trying to connect with others.
I want to give up because my health can make me so undependable and unpredictable. I want to give up because it can make me feel useless. I feel like giving up when I am forced to passively watch life's moments pass by. I feel like giving up when I continuously have to battle ridiculous fatigue for attempting to participate in life. I feel like giving up when tears start flowing due to feeling broken, like today. Feeling numb and dazed can make me feel like giving up as well.
Hell, I want to give up for having the idea of wanting to give up. I want to give up because I can't seem to be me, even if I'm not sure who I'm suppose to be anymore. Giving up sounds so easy, but damn, it adds fuel to the next fire!! It makes me ANGRY after I feel like giving up. Angry, ashamed, and disappointed with myself for letting it cross my mind, even if only for a brief moment.
When I speak of giving up, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm giving up on actual life itself. It may be giving up for a particular moment in time and then eventually reverting back to a more optimistic or more productive outlook.
The key is that I may FEEL like giving up sometimes, but I DON'T GIVE UP. I CAN'T GIVE UP! I have too much to live for, to strive for, and owe it to God and my kids to keep giving my all, regardless what obstacles I face.
"Keep telling me that it gets better. Does it ever? Help me. It's like the walls are caving in. Sometimes I feel like giving up, no medicine is strong enough."
"Sometimes I just feel like giving up, but I just can't. It isn't in my blood. It isn't in my blood."
Exhausted and as cold as an icebox in the midst of winter.
Intense desire of crushed ice piercing through my body.
Full and bloated, yet cannot calm the raging cries for ice!!
Starving and thirsting for the freezing crunch to be felt between my teeth.
Wanting to relieve the burning sensations in my mouth.
Goosebumps running along my arms and legs as I shudder and quiver under my heating blanket.
Whether I'm on the recliner or in my bed, the blanket is set to high.
At times, even needing the assistance of my heating pad.
Sweatpants, sweatshirt, and thick fluffy socks should be enough to keep me warm.
My stomach bloated, full, and nauseated but something inside still demands ICE!
Nothing seems to make it calm down.
Agreeing to listen to my inner craving calms just a little when I give in to chewing ice.
Annoying my family to the max and setting my other symptoms haywire.
Literally freezing the interior of my body, risking my teeth, in search of what?
are preferred due to texture.
Crushing ice in a blender at home is a possibility as well.
I've also tried frozen Italian Ices from the grocery store and can't leave out an occasional Pelican's shaved ice.
I don't want the sugary syrup, don't want any soda or drink, just want lots of extra extra ice.
I attempt to avoid the constant desire for ice.
Allowing myself to cave only once or twice a day & limiting the volume.
Whatever ice I place before me will eventually be chomped away.
Leaving me with even more coldness and stomach discomfort to endure.
An endless cycle of madness that I can't seem to alleviate.
craving and chewing ice when I'm already experiencing cold tingling shivers that I can't warm up.
a stomach being crammed and forced to deal with ice, when it's already fighting against any intake.
listening to my body's a win-lose situation. Part of me wins while the other is denied & punished.
when you live in a small town where everything revolves around food?
by spending a couple of hours with husband away from the house.
that at any moment my symptoms and fatigue may become intolerable.
But hey, it was still nice to actually be out with my family.
deciding to attempt spending some 1 on 1 time together.
But remember, we are in a small town.
So we went to the Ale House for him to have a couple beers.
It was completely dead and from my standpoint, boring.
He finally decided that he would rather go somewhere else.
We left after he had 1 lonely beer.
Next stop, a local restaurant with bar.
This time there was the option of beer and chicken wings.
Our night literally consisted of me smelling food and watching others eat and/or drink.
Did I complain? No way.
I was proud of myself for actually agreeing to get out, even if it was to only be a spectator.
he was left snacking and drinking by himself as I simply just sat and watched.
back home and in bed before 8:00.
Days of fatigue for me to overcome as a result.
What a disappointment and horrible wife I must be at times!
As a patient with chronic illness, I have had many experiences with doctors and medical staff in clinics and hospitals, as an outpatient and an inpatient. I have undergone countless diagnostic tests, witnessed doctors that truly cared and wanted to help, as well as met some that were dismissive or unwilling to listen.
My health issues and experiences have made me more knowledgeable with healthcare and health advocacy. I have an interest in learning more about health and patient care via social media, current research, medical articles, and even TV series or movies. Currently, I enjoy watching THE GOOD DOCTOR, MYSTERY DIAGNOSIS, and GREY'S ANATOMY. However, my favorite medical show by far is THE RESIDENT on Fox.
When watching THE RESIDENT, I find myself loving the characters of Conrad, Devon, Mina, and Nic. Why? Simply because they are in medical care for the right reason, to help and protect patients! Unlike other medical staff and beauracrats, they are not driven by greed.
I am well aware that everything in THE RESIDENT is not accurate, that the real world does not function exactly like the show, that lines are grayer, and it's not realistic to expect doctors to take the extreme measures that they do on the show. However, it IS refreshing to see light and attention being brought to some of the negative aspects of our healthcare system. There are a lot of things going right, there are many exceptional doctors and nurses hidden in the often cold money-driven healthcare field, but also many areas and qualities that need improving. We need care and treatments to be with the best interest of the patient in mind.
In regards to this TV series, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching all of THE RESIDENT episodes thus far, some watched more than once. It is a show that I eagerly wait for and actually stay up later than usual to watch. Yes, there are wonderful personalities, actors/actresses, and drama that aides in making the show pleasurable to watch; But the medical storylines and doctor-patient connections are what draw me in the most.
Last night's episode, Season 1 Episode 6, was especially intriguing and compelling for me, as it focused around a patient that I could really relate to.
No, I do not have the same illness as him, though I am aware of MALS since some online friends have had it. The emotions that he portrayed, on the other hand, were extremely familiar. I could feel the pain, frustration, malnutrition, and testing fatigue, that having a misunderstood or unfamiliar GI condition can create. The most captivating patient of the night, was a young man that was suffering an injury partially due to malnutrition. He was facing nutritional deficiencies as a result of a chronic digestive problem that made it nearly impossible for him to eat. (Hmmm, ends up being a different condition than mine, but oh so real!!!) Throughout the episode, his goal was to feel better, but he desperately did not want to return to being a test dummy. He had learned from his medical experiences over the past 10 years, that doctors had no idea what was wrong with him or how to treat it. Therefore, he was hopeless about getting answers for his digestive health and nutrition and just wanted to correct the injury, then return to his "normal" life of suffering that he had unfortunately become accustomed to.
YES!!! Finally, a TV show that demonstrates how patients sometimes have doctors - for years - that are unsure how to diagnose or help a patient that is literally starving from malnutrition! Like many other patients I know, his past doctors just left him to figure out how to deal with it on his own! Sadly, this happens ALL THE TIME in the Gastroparesis and Functional GI Disorder communities.
This GI patient was pleading to just be left alone. He no longer wanted to be a pin cushion. He had been one too long already, with no answers or relief. Conrad, the ER resident doctor, was determined to help him without dragging him through a lot of unnecessary tests. Not surprsisingly, all of the "specialty" teams at the hospital swarmed in with a desire to run all kinds of tests, most of which he had already undergone numerous times before. Of course, they wanted their own tests (not another hospital's results) and saw the money that could be raked in - not taking any time to consider what stress and pain, physical and emotional, that additional testing would create for a patient that had accepted, as much as he possibly could anyway, living everyday with malnutrition and digestive pain. Not to mention, the psychological ("all in your head") ideology that's often thrown out there as a possible reason when doctors don't have the answers. Surprise, surprise. Isn't that a common diagnosis when a doctor is unable to figure out or "cure" someone from a chronic misunderstood condition? Especially one that is invisible.
I'm not nieve. I am sure that doctors and/or nurses in the medical field will deny that some, maybe even most, of things in this show occur in real life. I'm sure that many pin point parts of the show that are "ridiculous" in a true hospital setting or possibly even humorous, just like I do when watching movies about teaching. As a patient though, this series speaks volumes. Every single day I witness, hear, and read about patients going through similar situations. In fact, I too have felt like a testing dummy with no answers or effective treatments, just test after test. It becomes frustrating, stressful, and tiresome. At times, I too have felt like completely avoiding ERs (or doctors) for any situation, regardless of how severe my symptoms are, simply because I have lost hope that anything can be done to help me. I am hesitant to even bother with undergoing further aggravating and undesirable testing. I, like many other GI patients, have to depend on trial and error, off label medications, in hopes of better controlling the symptoms with no end in sight. The majority of diagnostic test that chronic GI patients have to endure are not only painful, but often exasperate symptoms and create more discomfort or additional problems, yet provide no new ideas toward treatment. It gets discouraging and old really quickly. Sometimes you just want to be "fixed" and leave, as he did with his injury, regardless of the malnutrition or other GI issues that may be going on at the present moment. Regardless of the outcome.
As chronic patients fighting an invisible GI illness, our condition is often mocked or ignored. I thought it was great how THE RESIDENT episode demonstrated this by showing the other doctors rambling on, ignoring the patient's opinion or story, arrogant, and more interested in money and countless testing, rather than the actual patient. Doctors that are nowhere to be found when hell breaks loose as a result of the tests' side effects on the patient. (Yep, these type of doctors due sadly exists in the real world.) Don't get me wrong, there are some valuable tests that can and need to be done, but retesting everything gets to be ridiculous and unnecessary. Meanwhile, Conrad took the time to listen and respect what the patient was thinking and experiencing. He was able to take into account the whole picture for this patient, seeing him as a person and not a price tag or business deal. Conrad was authentic and only wanted to help the patient reclaim his life, without the continuous pain and malnutrition.
So, in reality, are there any doctors that share the same desirable qualities seen in Conrad's character? Absolutely! I've been lucky enough to run across a few of them. Unfortunately, some of them are no longer in charge of my care due to circumstances outside of our control, such as moving. However, if given the opportunity, I would immediate run back and place my care in their hands as fast as possible.
Are all doctors going to be able to solve every diagnosis or find the perfect treatment plan, as Conrad does on THE RESIDENT? Not necessarily. But, as a patient, that CAN be acceptable when you are able to trust your doctor completely and feel confident that he/she is on YOUR team, searching for what's best FOR YOU, and not just interested in the profit.
Can you imagine the comfort and relief it would be as a patient if all doctors thought and reacted as Conrad does? To have doctors that make an effort to talk with you because they really want to HEAR about your health story and the impact it has on your life, in your own words, instead of just what your medical record states.
In addition to Conrad's character, Devon's character (the intern), is also learning the importance of protecting and LISTENING to HIS patients. The action of listening is often neglected, yet is so simple and so meaningful to patients, especially patients dealing with chronic illness and fighting for a sustainable quality of life. Yes, I know that there are time restraints, electronic medical record requirements, and physician burn out issues. There's extra "paperwork" or responsibilities behind the scenes that patients aren't aware of. But, physicians actually taking the time to hear what their patients are saying and personally dealing with can be invaluable! Listening, empathizing, and understanding patients as a way to save lives, what a novel idea! This is just one major improvement that the health care system needs to reform!
Personally, I will never forget the doctors that have been there for me. I likely wouldn't be here today if it weren't for a couple of compassionate doctors that took a moment to hear me, believe me, and respect my personal needs and quality of life. They will always be remembered and appreciated. Unfortunately, I've also had some that were set in there ways, couldn't admit that they didn't know how to help, or even placed blame on me - only to create additional issues, intensify symptoms, or make me have to deal with some issues much longer than necessary.
My ultimate goal is to find more dependable "Conrad" doctors in the health care system and on my personal health team, and less of the "arrogant profit seekers."
Anyway, I look forward to seeing what else THE RESIDENT has to offer in the upcoming episodes! I wonder what situations and conditions will be presented and portrayed? Who knows, maybe one day they will create an episode including functional GI disorders, such as gastroparesis or colonic inertia. Maybe awareness will be brought to enteral nutrition from feeding tubes, or an episode including patients with ostomies. I don't want or expect to see just the rainbows and sunshines, I want to see real issues with realistic treatments and responses. Will everyone be cured? No. Will it make people witness different medical conditions, procedures, and the positive and negative aspects of medical care? I sure hope so.


Immediately apologizing for the mistakes in the text, I do not know English perfectly.
Hello everybody. I got to see this frame here. I can not find information about it, nor do I know its approximate value. The only information found on this site, as well as several similar photos in the Instagram.
Maybe someone will help me determine the value of this frame?
Also interested in any information about this frame.
Your Ferraroli shows the characteristics of their Prêt à Rouler (stock sizing, brazed in Japan, painted and assembled in Switzerland) frames from the early 1990s, which were used to build the Dolomites, Nevada and Etna bike models. Here are excepts from their 1992 catalog.
I briefly owned the following example of one with the same paint scheme as yours. As I remember, the serial number indicated it was from 1990. Since it was too small for me, I traded it to a friend, who rebuilt it with Deore DX components, similar to the Nevada specification.
In terms of value, I paid around USD 100 for the complete bike shown above, but that was in Italian-speaking Ticino, where prices are lower than the French and German speaking cantons. There has been a 1991 Dolomites in very nice condition, painted in the catalog color shown above, for sale in Swiss on-line classifieds for weeks with no takers at around USD 550.
I would say the same thing than Thekidmalone.
I'ts a "Prêt à rouler" made in Japan and not built in La Chaud de Fond in Switzerland.
I would say Pre 1992 for the lugged Tange fork which disappeared in the 92 catalog.


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Catalonia's Superior Court takes control, orders Catalan Police to close off polling stations
Gemma Liñán
Barcelona. Wednesday, 27 September 2017. 19:25
Updated Wednesday, 27 September 2017. 19:28
Read in Catalan
The magistrate of the TSJC (Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia) who is instructing in the complaint against the members of the Catalan government for the upcoming referendum has just ordered the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) to seal off the planned polling stations and confiscate any material linked to the 1st October vote.
Mercedes Armas, the judge in question, has taken control from the senior public prosecutor of Catalonia who yesterday gave the Catalan police a very similar order. The Mossos warned yesterday that it could lead to problems of public order.
When a judge intervenes, the Prosecutor's Office has to stop its interventions and, in this case, only 4 days before the referendum.
The magistrate has asked almost the same thing as the Prosecutor, but there are some differences; some will make the organisation of the day even more difficult, others will give some breathing room. For example, not completely closing the centres, but leaving parts not destined for ballot boxes open and allowing voting in the streets, when set-up inside can't take place.
In their order, the Prosecutor banned setting up for voting within 100 metres of the polling stations and required them to be completely sealed off.
Nor does the judge require the centres to be evacuated nor anyone be arrested, unlike the first order.
What does complicate things more, however, is that Armas, aware that the Mossos do not have enough agents and are worried about obeying the order which might cause public disorder issues, broadens the order to include the Civil Guard and Spanish National Police too.
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We have found 7 profiles in 2 states and 3 counties for Randy Schwab including in Kenton, KY; Davies, KY; Pinellas, FL.
7 records for Randy Schwab are found in 2 states.
According to the matching records found for people named Randy Schwab, the 14.3% are arrestees above 47 years old, and 71.4% of arrest records found are of unknown age.
Summary: Pinellas County Law Enforcement arrested 26-year-old Randy James Schwab on September 01, 2013. He weighs 185 with brown hair and hazel eyes; Schwab and all others arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty. To get more information about this arrest, contact one of the local police agencies below: Pinellas County Law Enforcement.
Summary: Arrested on January 02, 2014 was 57-year-old Randy Alfred Schwab who is 6' 2" tall, weighs 160 lbs and has blue eyes. Davies County Law Enforcement is charging Schwab, but He is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Police and district attorneys near Davies, Kentucky found here may provide more information about this incident: Davies County Law Enforcement.
Summary: Randy Alford Schwab was arrested on October 19, 2008 in Kenton, Kentucky . He is 6' 2" tall, with brown hair, green eyes and weighs 180 lbs pounds. Per the United States judicial system, Schwab is presumed innocent until proven guilty. More information on this arrest may be obtained from local police at Kenton County Law Enforcement.
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Summary: Randy Alford Schwab was arrested on February 13, 2008 in Kenton, Kentucky . He is 1' 11" tall, with brown hair, green eyes and weighs 180 lbs pounds. Per the United States judicial system, Schwab is presumed innocent until proven guilty. More information on this arrest may be obtained from local police at Kenton County Law Enforcement.
Summary: Arrested on February 09, 2008 was Randy Alford Schwab who is 6' 3" tall, weighs 170 lbs and has green eyes. Kenton County Law Enforcement is charging Schwab, but He is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Police and district attorneys near Kenton, Kentucky found here may provide more information about this incident: Kenton County Law Enforcement.
Summary: Randy Alford Schwab, arrested November 21, 2007 in Kenton, Kentucky. Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Further information about Schwab's status may be obtained from the following: Kenton County Law Enforcement.


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Air Lease Corporation Announces Delivery of Boeing 787-9 Aircraft with EVA Air
LOS ANGELES, October 2, 2018 - Today Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL; "ALC") announced the delivery of one new Boeing 787-9 aircraft on long-term lease to EVA Air (Taiwan). This Dreamliner aircraft, powered by GEnx-1B74/75 engines, is from ALC's order book with Boeing and adds to numerous Boeing aircraft already on lease to EVA Air.
"ALC is honored to deliver this first B787-9 aircraft to EVA Air," said Steven Udvar-Házy, Executive Chairman of Air Lease Corporation. "With this historic new Dreamliner, EVA Air will be the first airline in Taiwan with a Boeing 787-9 aircraft and progress into the future with an optimized fleet and enhanced customer experience. EVA Air has been a loyal ALC customer since 2014 and we are proud to be able to consistently contribute to the airline's continued growth and success as one of the most advanced, fuel-efficient operators in Asia."
"EVA Air is pleased to announce this significant first B787-9 delivery from our friends at ALC," said Steve Lin, Chairman of EVA Air. "With this new 787-9 Dreamliner, EVA Air will continue to excel in the international market with a modern and diverse fleet, offering state-of-the-art aircraft and an unparalleled travel experience for our customers."
EVA Air now operates four Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and one Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on lease from ALC, with three additional B787-9 and two B787-10 aircraft set to deliver from the lessor through 2020, and will have a total of ten Boeing widebody aircraft on long-term lease.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including expected delivery dates. Such statements are based on current expectations and projections about our future results, prospects and opportunities and are not guarantees of future performance. Such statements will not be updated unless required by law. Actual results and performance may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ALC is a leading aircraft leasing company based in Los Angeles, California that has airline customers throughout the world. ALC and its team of dedicated and experienced professionals are principally engaged in purchasing commercial aircraft and leasing them to its airline customers worldwide through customized aircraft leasing and financing solutions. For more information, visit ALC's website at www.airleasecorp.com.
About EVA Airways Corporation (EVA Air)
EVA Air, a premier international airline based in Taiwan, was established in 1989 and has become a Star Alliance member since June 2013. EVA Air is a modern global network airline operating scheduled international passenger flights and cargo services to Asia, North America, Europe, and Oceania. For more information, visit EVA Air's website at www.evaair.com.


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A group of migrants who said they were from Djibouti and Somalia walk along a residential street after crossing the Canada-U.S. border in Emerson, Man., March 27, 2017.
If Ottawa wants to confront the problem of people from poor countries walking across our southern border between entry points, it ought to look to Europe.
Not that Canada's problem resembles the European migrant crisis in scale or danger. Canada, since spring of 2017, has seen two or three thousand people walk over from the United States to apply for asylum during peak months. A few have suffered bad frostbite. Europe has had a series of huge crises at its southern frontier since 2003, leading to thousands of drownings, most famously a 2015-16 rush that saw more than a million enter.
But there are important similarities in what motivates people to make these risky crossings, and in the policies that create irregular-crossing demand. Canadian officials can look to Europe both for policies that will slash that demand, and for mistakes to avoid.
Similar people, with similar motivations, are crossing both borders. Whether you're a genuine refugee fleeing serious danger, or a worker seeking income, an irregular border crossing is an expensive and risky investment, far costlier than any legal form of immigration or asylum. Crossing the Mediterranean in a dangerous raft costs upward of $3,000, plus additional smuggler fees at each end. Walking into Canada generally involves getting a legal U.S. visa and flying across an ocean, travelling north, then paying someone a chunk of money to get you across.
It isn't desperately poor people who make crossings. It's people with some savings and usually some connections, or some ability to borrow from family and neighbours. Once they've made it across, they have nothing – and they're often deeply in debt and expecting a return on investment.
In 2018, Nigerians have been the largest group of irregular border-crossers into Canada. (Haitians were a larger group in 2017, but have all but stopped). They were also the largest group to land in Italy last year. Some Nigerians – about 40 per cent, Canadian officials tell me – are in genuine danger, and will be approved as refugees. The majority aren't – they are seeking work, usually short-term, and must leave Canada once their claims are rejected. But they know, through their social networks, that the Canadian system is badly understaffed and can take three years for a claim and an appeal to be rejected – potentially enough time to earn back the investment.
People choose "illegal" entry because less risky legal pathways have been closed. The Mediterranean crisis began after Europe eliminated seasonal work visas for Africans. People who had previously spent $200 for a plane ticket to work for a few months suddenly found their only option was to pay thousands to be smuggled. A temporary, legal system became a permanent, illegal industry that took on a life of its own.
Wherever work-visa rules are severely tightened, or when legal border-crossing points are closed to asylum applicants, demand shifts to black-market immigration supply. One recent large-scale data analysis examining 29 countries found that every 10 per cent increase in short-stay visa rejections leads to a 4-per-cent to 7-per-cent increase in irregular border entries.
Likewise, the Canada-U.S. border problem is almost entirely a product of policies that make it difficult to enter Canada legally. It is easier to get temporary or tourist visas to enter the United States than to Canada; the Safe Third Country Agreement forbids applications at legal border crossings. This created an illegal market in crossings.
Even very limited legal pathways reduce demand sharply. Before 2006, Spain was the major destination for black-market entry to Europe. Then it got smart: It made deals with both sending and transit countries, to accept people back more quickly in exchange for money, to make the system quicker. And it created a work-visa program, open to only a limited number of Africans. This all but eliminated the crossings: Even a 5-per-cent chance of getting a visa is a better risk, for most, than spending thousands on a deadly gamble. It's become a model for wider policy.
The European lesson suggests that suspending the Safe Third Country Agreement would not, as some Canadians say, create a rush to the border. Combined with better efficiency, promotion and openness in our work-visa system, and an emergency staffing program to slash refugee-claim delay times, it could be part of a program to shift people back to safer official entry points, reduce numbers and end a controversial problem.
Migrants dying at sea used to spark outrage. So what's changed?


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Kansas Men's Basketball to Play Bradley in First Round of NCAA Tournament on Friday
Complete Release in PDF Format
Photo Gallery, March 16 Practice
Big 12 Champion Kansas (25-7) makes its 17th straight and 35th overall NCAA Tournament appearance as a No. 4 seed in the Oakland Region and will take on No. 13 seed Bradley (20-11), Friday, March 17, at approximately 8:30 p.m. (Central) at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan. The Jayhawks – 2006 Big 12 regular-season co-champions – are coming off their fourth Big 12 and eighth overall league tournament title after their 80-68 win against then-No. 8 Texas Sunday. Kansas will face No. 13 seed Bradley of the Missouri Valley Conference Friday night in first round action. The Braves have won seven of their last eight games and are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1996.
About Kansas
No. 12 Kansas brings a five-game winning streak into its 35th NCAA Tournament appearance. At 25-7, the Jayhawks have won 15 of their last 16 games and are 22-3 since Dec. 10. KU won its 49th overall conference title in 2006, tying Texas at 13-3 in the Big 12 regular season. Named to The Sporting News Freshman All-American Team Monday, guard Brandon Rush is vying to become the first freshman to lead Kansas in scoring, currently at 13.6 ppg, and rebounding, at 5.9 rpg, in the same season. Rush, the Big 12 Freshman of the Year and an all-conference first team selection, is shooting 48.1 percent from the field and 48.5 percent from three-point range. Big 12 Championship MOP Mario Chalmers is next in scoring at 11.4 points per game and his 2.69 steals per contest lead the Big 12. All-Big 12 Honorable Mention sophomore Russell Robinson is next in scoring at nine points per contest and he leads the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.13. His 4.53 assists per game lead the team. All-league honorable mention freshman Julian Wright (8.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg) and sophomore Sasha Kaun (8.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg) round out the starters. Sophomore C.J. Giles leads the team with 48 blocked shots. Kansas leads the nation in field goal percentage defense at 36.8 percent and paces the Big 12 in assists at 18.06 and steals at 9.72. KU is averaging 75.2 points per game and giving up 60.8.
About Bradley
Bradley is making its eighth appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 1996. The Braves are one of three Missouri Valley Conference teams to receive an at-large bid to the event. BU is 20-10 on the season and has won seven of its last eight and 11 of its last 14 games. Its 11-7 MVC record tied Bradley for fifth in the league with Northern Iowa. Bradley features four players who are averaging double figures in scoring. Senior forward Marcellus Sommerville leads the team at 15.4 points per game. A second-team All-MVC selection, Sommerville leads the team with 52 three pointers this season. Also a second-team all-conference selection, sophomore center Patrick O'Bryant is next in scoring at 13.2 ppg and leads the team with eight rebounds per game and 69 blocked shots. O'Bryant is also a member of the 2006 MVC All-Defense Team. Senior guard Tony Bennett is scoring 11 points per game and leads BU with 61 steals. Senior forward Lawrence Wright averages 10 points per outing. Sophomore guard Daniel Ruffin leads Bradley in assists with 5.2 per contest.
The KU-Bradley Series
There has been only one meeting between Kansas and Bradley and that was in the NCAA District playoff on March 14, 1950. The Braves edged the Jayhawks 59-57 and the game was played in Kansas City. Bradley went on to finish runner-up in the 1950 NCAA Tournament to CCNY.
Should Kansas defeat Bradley it will play the winner of the Pittsburgh/Kent State game Sunday at 11 a.m. (Central).


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Created on 20 Feb 2013

@author: samgeen

Functions and classes that implement Hamu for YT snapshots
NOTE: FUNCTION OutputStub ONLY WORKS WITH RAMSES OUTPUTS SO FAR!!!
'''

import os, sys, StringIO, Hamu
import Hamu.SimData.Snapshot as Snapshot

def MakeSimulation(name, folder=os.getcwd()):
    return Hamu.Simulation(name,folder,sys.modules[__name__],forceSetup=True)

def MakeSnapshot(folder, outputNumber):
    '''
    This function returns a snapshot object in a given folder with a given number
    '''
    print "WARNING: Only works with RAMSES in current version!"
    print "         Requires file discovery to be more generic for other codes"
    return YTSnapshot(folder,outputNumber)

def OutputStub(folder):
    '''
    Returns a string that can be used to search for all snapshots/outputs in a folder
    e.g. "output_", "snapshot", etc
    This allows Hamu to search the data folder for outputs and create a list of snapshots to cycle through
    Inputs:
    folder - Name of folder inputted (can be useful for some multi-code analysis tools, such as yt)

    TODO: IF THIS FUNCTION IS ABSENT IN SOME CODES, BEST-GUESS WHAT THE OUTPUT STUB IS AND WARN THE USER ABOUT THIS
    '''
    return "output_"

class YTSnapshot(Snapshot.Snapshot):
    def __init__(self, folder, outputNumber):
        Snapshot.Snapshot.__init__(self)
        '''
        folder: The folder containing the data
        output: The number of the snapshot/output
        '''
        # THIS STOPS THE ANNOYING PRINT STATEMENTS IN THE PYMSES.RAMSESOUTPUT CONSTRUCTOR
        actualstdout = sys.stdout
        sys.stdout = StringIO.StringIO()
        # Run constructor
        # HACK - ONLY WORKS FOR RAMSES OUTPUTS!!
        ramnum = str(outputNumber).zfill(5)
        ramname = folder+"/output_"+ramnum+"/info_"+ramnum+".txt"
        import yt.mods # Do this here as YT insists on running code in the __init__ file
        self._snapshot = yt.mods.load(ramname)
        # Reset stdout
        sys.stdout = actualstdout
        # Add self to this object to allow tracking back up and using Algorithm
        self._snapshot.hamusnap = self

    # ### IMPLEMENTATION OF ABSTRACT FUNCTIONS FOUND IN Snapshot ###

    def RawData(self):
        '''
        Return the raw simulation data container
        This is usually a snapshot/output object in the given code's native analysis code
        '''
        return self._snapshot

    def OutputNumber(self):
        '''
        Return the output number
        '''
        # HACK - MAY ONLY WORK WITH RAMSES
        return int(self._snapshot.directory[-5:])

    def Time(self):
        '''
        Return the output time (for comparing outputs)
        TODO: Make this concept more concrete (i.e. make sure units/measurement methods match)
        '''
        return self._snapshot.current_time

    def Path(self):
        '''
        Return the folder/file path for the raw snapshot data
        '''
        return self._snapshot.fullpath+"/"


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That trend was detailed by the Motion Picture Association during a seminar this week at the Tokyo Film Festival on making film and TV production more efficient.
The third party-sourced data showed that 31% of Japanese Internet users were involved in some sort of movie or TV piracy in 2015. Some 22.3 million Japanese access pirate sites or applications on average per month, the MPA's Asia-Pacific president and managing director Mike Ellis told the audience of festival-goers and students. Many people access cyberlockers or link sites.
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Ellis suggested that the piracy problem saw a significant increase at the end of 2014 as Alexa data on Internet traffic showed that page views for "host sites" jumped. Movielabs data also showed the number of movie downloads from BitTorrent increased from 2014 to 2015.
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Japanese consumers have long cherished packaged and collectible media, a phenomenon that has kept alive the DVD format far longer than in other countries and allowed the survival of video stores and the DVD rental business. The MPA's page rank analysis, however, showed that usage of many pirate sites in Japan is higher than for most legal sites.
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Ellis and other speakers urged Japan to enable court-activated site blocking systems and to be careful before expanding "fair use" legislation.
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Q: Why does `Solve` repeat the same solution twice? I have the system of matrix equations
{s.n == n.s, n.n == 0, s + n == f}

where
f = {{0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {1,   0, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 1,   0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1,   0, 0}}
s = {{0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {s31, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {0, s42, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, s53, 0, 0}}
n = {{0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {n31, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {0, n42, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, n53, 0, 0}}

Solve gives
{{n31 -> 0, n53 -> 0, s31 -> 1, s42 -> 1 - n42, s53 -> 1}, {n31 -> 0, n53 -> 0, s31 -> 1, s42 -> 1 - n42, s53 -> 1}}

i.e. repeats the same solution twice. Why?

A: The multiplicity arises from the one equation n31 n53 == 0  where Solve regards the two cases separately that only one variable is zero and the other free and yields two solutions (that show the other variable is also zero).
Delete all zeros from equations and reduce it to 5 ones.
eqs = {s.n == n.s, n.n == 0, s + n == f};

dc = DeleteCases[eqs /. Equal -> Subtract, 0, {3}] // Flatten

(th = Thread[dc == 0]) // TableForm

Solve[Thread[(dc /. n31 -> 0) == 0]]
(*   {{n53 -> 0, s31 -> 1, n42 -> 1 - s42, s53 -> 1}}   *)

Solve[Thread[(dc /. n53 -> 0) == 0]]
(*   {{n31 -> 0, s31 -> 1, n42 -> 1 - s42, s53 -> 1}}
*)

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The Sun is an average star its size, age, and temperature fall in about the middle of the ranges of these properties for all stars.
Astronomers believe that the Sun is about 4.6 billion years old and will keep shining for about another 7 billion years.
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As Earth turns, the Sun rises over the eastern horizon in the morning, passes across the sky during the day, and sets in the west in the evening. This movement of the Sun across the sky marks the passage of time during the day (see Sundial). The Sun's movement can produce spectacular sunrises and sunsets under the right atmospheric conditions. At night, reflected sunlight makes the Moon and planets bright in the night sky.
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The Sun is large and massive compared to the other objects in the solar system. The Sun's radius (the distance from its center to its surface) is 695,508 km (432,169 mi), 109 times as large as Earth's radius. If the Sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside it. The Sun has a mass of 1.989 X 1027 metric tons. This number is very large. Written out, it would be the digits 1989 followed by 24 zeroes.
The Sun is 333,000 times as massive as Earth is. Despite its large mass, the Sun has a lower density, or mass per unit volume, than Earth. The Sun's average density is only 1.409 g/cu cm (1.188 oz/cu in), which is a quarter of the average density of Earth.
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Importance to Earth
Earth would not have any life on it without the Sun¹s energy, which reaches Earth in the form of heat and light. This energy warms our days and illuminates our world. Green plants absorb sunlight and convert it to food, which these plants then use to live and grow. In this process, the plants give off the oxygen that animals breathe. Animals eat these plants for nourishment. All plant and animal life relies on the Sun¹s presence.
The Sun also provides - directly or indirectly - much of the energy on Earth that people use for fuel. Devices called solar cells turn sunlight into electricity. Sunlight can heat a gas or liquid, which can then be circulated through a building to heat the building. The energy stored in fossil fuels originally came from the Sun. Ancient plants used sunlight as fuel to grow. Animals consumed these plants. The plants and animals stored the energy of sunlight in the organic material that composed them. When the ancient plants and animals died and decayed, this organic material was buried and gradually turned into the petroleum, coal, and natural gas people use today. The Sun¹s energy produces the winds and the movements of water that people harness to produce electricity. The Sun heats Earth¹s oceans and land, which in turn heat the air and make it circulate in the atmosphere as wind. The Sun fuels Earth¹s water cycle, evaporating water from the oceans, seas, and lakes. This water returns to the ground in the form of precipitation, flowing back to the oceans through the ground and in rivers. The energy of water¹s motion in rivers can be harnessed with dams.
Role in the Solar System
The Sun¹s gravitational pull holds the solar system together. The planets, asteroids, comets, and dust that make up our solar system are strongly attracted to the Sun¹s huge mass. This gravitational attraction keeps these bodies in orbit around the Sun. The Sun also influences the solar system with its diffuse outer atmosphere, which expands outward in all directions. This expanding atmosphere fills the solar system with a constant flow of tiny, fast, electrically charged particles. This flow is called the solar wind. The region through which the solar wind blows is called the heliosphere. The heliosphere extends outward from the Sun to about 150 times the distance between Earth and the Sun. Interstellar winds may give the heliosphere an egg shape. The solar wind spreads out as it leaves the Sun. The point at which the solar wind is so diffuse that it stops having an effect on its surroundings is called the heliopause. The heliopause marks the outer edge of the solar system.
Within the heliosphere, the Sun provides most of the heat and light that are present, and the particles in the solar wind interact with the planets and satellites in the solar system. The solar wind causes auroras‹displays of colored light‹in the atmosphere of Earth¹s polar regions. The solar wind also carries remnants of the Sun¹s magnetic field, which affect the magnetic fields of the planets and larger satellites. The solar wind pushes the planets¹ magnetic fields away from the Sun, turning them into elongated, windsock shapes. For more information, see the Solar Wind section of this article.
The Sun as a Star
The Sun is extremely important to Earth and to our solar system, but on the scale of the galaxy and the universe, the Sun is just an average star. It is one of hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, which is just one of more than 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.
The Sun¹s Place in the Milky Way
The Milky Way Galaxy contains about 100 billion stars. All of these stars, and the gas and dust between them, are rotating about a galactic center. Stars that are farther away from the center move at slower speeds and take longer to go around it.
The Sun is located in the outer part of the galaxy, at a distance of 2.6 ¥ 1017 km (1.6 ¥ 1017 mi) from the center. The Sun, which is moving around the center at a velocity of 220 km/s (140 mi/s), takes 250 million years to complete one trip around the center of the galaxy. The Sun has circled the galaxy more than 18 times during its 4.6-billion-year lifetime.
Comparisons with Other Stars
A star is a ball of hot, glowing gas that is hot enough and dense enough to trigger nuclear reactions, which fuel the star. In comparing the mass, light production, and size of the Sun to other stars, astronomers find that the Sun is a perfectly ordinary star. It behaves exactly the way they would expect a star of its size to behave. The main difference between the Sun and other stars is that the Sun is much closer to Earth.
Most stars have masses similar to that of the Sun. The majority of stars¹ masses are between 0.3 to 3.0 times the mass of the Sun. Theoretical calculations indicate that in order to trigger nuclear reactions and to create its own energy - that is, to become a star - a body must have a mass greater than 7 percent of the mass of the Sun. Astronomical bodies that are less massive than this become planets or objects called brown dwarfs. The largest accurately determined stellar mass is of a star called V382 Cygni and is 27 times that of the Sun.
The range of brightness among stars is much larger than the range of mass. Astronomers measure the brightness of a star by measuring its magnitude and luminosity. Magnitude allows astronomers to rank how bright, comparatively, different stars appear to humans. Because of the way our eyes detect light, a lamp ten times more luminous than a second lamp will appear less than ten times brighter to human eyes. This discrepancy affects the magnitude scale, as does the tradition of giving brighter stars lower magnitudes. The lower a star¹s magnitude, the brighter it is. Stars with negative magnitudes are the brightest of all.
Magnitude is given in terms of absolute and apparent values. Absolute magnitude is a measurement of how bright a star would appear if viewed from a set distance away. By convention, this distance is 10 parsecs, or 32.6 light-years. Apparent magnitude measures how bright a star appears from Earth. The Sun¹s absolute magnitude is 4.8. The brightest known stars have absolute magnitudes of about -9 (lower magnitudes mean brighter stars), and the dimmest known stars have absolute magnitudes of about 20. The apparent magnitude of the Sun is -26.72. The apparent magnitude of the brightest star in Earth¹s night sky, Sirius, is -1.46. The dimmest stars that can be seen from Earth with unaided eyes have apparent magnitudes of about 6.
Astronomers also measure a star¹s brightness in terms of its luminosity. A star¹s absolute luminosity or intrinsic brightness is the total amount of energy radiated by the star per second. Luminosity is often expressed in units of watts. The Sun¹s absolute luminosity is 3.86 ¥ 1026 watts. The absolute luminosity of stars ranges from one thousandth of the luminosity of the Sun to 10 million times that of the Sun.
Another way of measuring brightness is to measure the amount of light that reaches an observer. This measurement is called apparent brightness or apparent luminosity. Apparent luminosity depends on the absolute luminosity of a star and the distance from the star to the observer. Apparent luminosity becomes smaller as distance from the star to the observer becomes larger. From Earth, the apparent luminosity of the Sun is 10 billion times greater than the apparent luminosity of the next brightest star, Sirius, because the Sun is so much closer to Earth.
The radius of the Sun is about average among stars. The radii of most stars fall between 0.2 and 15 times the Sun¹s radius, although some giant stars are hundreds of times larger than the Sun. Larger stars usually have larger absolute luminosities. We receive much more energy from the Sun than from other stars, because the Sun is so nearby. The Sun¹s proximity also allows scientists to study its face in detail. A modest telescope can resolve solar structures that are 700 km (400 mi) across‹about the distance from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C. That level of detail is comparable to seeing the features on a coin from 1 km (0.6 mi) away. Other stars are so distant that the details on their surfaces remain unresolved with even the largest telescopes.
Composition of the Sun
The Sun is a second-generation star, meaning that some of its material came from former stars. Some stars in our galaxy are nearly as old as the expanding universe, which scientists believe originated in the big bang explosion about 15 billion years ago - Big Bang theory. In contrast, the Sun is only 4.6 billion years old.
The first stars were composed only of the hydrogen and helium produced in the early universe. These stars are called first-generation stars. Although hydrogen is also the main ingredient of the Sun, it contains heavier elements, such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, as well. These elements formed inside first-generation stars that lived and died before the Sun was born. When these massive, short-lived stars used up their internal fuel, they exploded and ejected the heavier elements into interstellar space. The Sun formed from this material, making it a second-generation star.
The Sun¹s Remote Past and Distant Future
The Sun and planets in our solar system formed when a rotating cloud of dust and gas in space collapsed, or condensed, due to the gravitational attraction between the particles in the cloud. A nearby supernova explosion may have triggered the collapse, or a random fluctuation in the density of the cloud may have started the process. The Sun formed at the center of the spinning cloud, while the debris that condensed into planets formed a flattened disk revolving around the Sun. When the Sun reached its present size about 4.6 billion years ago, it was hot enough inside to ignite the nuclear reactions that make it glow.
The Sun cannot shine forever, because it will eventually use up its present fuel. The nuclear fusion reactions that make the Sun glow (for more information, see the section entitled The Sun¹s Energy in this article) depend on the element hydrogen, but the hydrogen in the Sun¹s core will eventually run out. Nuclear reactions have converted about 37 percent of the hydrogen originally in the Sun¹s core into helium. Astronomers estimate that the Sun¹s core will run out of hydrogen in about 7 billion years.
The Sun will grow steadily brighter as time goes on and more helium accumulates in its core. Even as the supply of hydrogen dwindles, the Sun¹s core must keep producing enough pressure to keep the Sun from collapsing in on itself. The only way it can do this is to increase its temperature. The increase in temperature raises the rate at which nuclear reactions occur and makes the Sun brighter. In 3 billion years, the Sun will be hot enough to boil Earth¹s oceans away. Four billion years thereafter, the Sun will have used up all its hydrogen and will balloon into a giant star that engulfs the planet Mercury. At this point in its life, the Sun will be a red giant star. The Sun will then be 2,000 times brighter than it is now, and hot enough to melt Earth¹s rocks. At this time the outer solar system will get warmer and more habitable. The icy moons of the giant planets may warm enough to be covered by water instead of ice.
When the giant Sun uses up its fuel, it will no longer be able to support the weight of its inner layers, and they will begin to collapse toward the core, eventually producing a small, dense, cool star called a white dwarf. The Sun will then have about the same radius as Earth has, but it will be much denser and more massive than Earth. The Sun will become a white dwarf star about 8 billion years from now. After it becomes a white dwarf, it will cool slowly for billions of years, eventually becoming so cool that it will no longer emit light.
Sunspot snapshot reveals mystery filaments Nivember 2002 - New Scientist
Simultaneous solar flares intrigue scientists November 2002 - MSNBC
Scientists say they have made the unprecedented discovery of solar flares erupting almost simultaneously on opposite sides of the sun.
Prophecy - May 2002
Harmless halo around the sun transformed many South Floridians into instant astronomers. May 17, 2002
Hopi Prophecy:
Now we enter the time of testing that only the Great Creator can confirm. The alignment of the planets, we were so kindly informed of by the star watchers has been awaited by the Hopi. As the time nears, the predicted behavior of the people accurately describes the behavior of people in the 1990's. When the end is near, we will see a halo of mist around the heavenly bodies. Four times it will appear around the sun as a warning that we must reform.
Harmonics - May 2002 - Cosmi Universe
Giant Star Plays Bass Notes
About 30 years ago, astronomers realised that the Sun resonates like a giant musical instrument with well-defined periods (frequencies). It forms a sort of large, spherical organ pipe. The energy that excites these sound waves comes from the turbulent region just below the Sun's visible surface.
Sunspots and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
There appears to be a correlation between the rise and fall of civilizations with the rise and fall of radiation from the sun.
The graph shows a long-term envelope of sunspot activity derived from the center graph of Carbon 14.
More carbon 14 is absorbed in the growth rings of tress udring the sunspot minima.
Solar flares are intense, temporary releases of energy. They are seen at ground-based observatories as bright areas on the Sun in optical wavelengths and as bursts of noise at radio wavelengths; they can last from minutes to hours. Flares are our solar system's largest explosive events, equivalent to approximately 40 billion Hiroshima-size atomic bombs. The primary energy source for flares appears to be the tearing and reconnection of strong magnetic fields. They radiate throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, from gamma rays to x-rays, through visible light out to kilometer-long radio waves. -
CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS
The outer solar atmosphere, the corona, is structured by strong magnetic fields. Where these fields are closed, often above sunspot groups, the confined solar atmosphere can suddenly and violently release bubbles or tongues of gas and magnetic fields called coronal mass ejections. A large CME can contain 10.0E16 grams (a billion tons) of matter that can be accelerated to several million miles per hour in a spectacular explosion. Solar material streaks out through the interplanetary medium, impacting any planets or spacecraft in its path. CMEs are sometimes associated with flares but usually occur independently.
After only 8 minutes ....
X-ray and ultraviolet light given off by solar flares arrives at the Earth. These types of light are responsible for the formation of the ionosphere under normal circumstances. But now the intensities of these types of light have increased dramatically. All over the dayside hemisphere, the ionosphere is increased in density particularly at low altitudes in the D and E regions. This is called a sudden ionospheric disturbance (SID) and lasts usually for between 10 and 60 minutes. Short wave radio signals experience increased absorption when ionization is produced at these low altitudes. Loss of signal at this time is called a short wave fadeout.
Enhanced levels of solar radiation can also cause heating and expansion of the neutral atmosphere and increase the amount of atmospheric drag that a satellite experiences in an unpredictable manner.
SOLAR PARTICLES
Minutes to Hours Later .....
Solar protons are accelerated to very high velocities in the explosive release of energy associated with a solar flare. These particles first make their way out of the corona. Then they cannot take a straight line path to the Earth but must travel along the Sun's extended magnetic field lines (called the interplanetary magnetic field or IMF). These field lines have a structure resembling the spiral traced out by a spinning lawn sprinkler, which is referred to as a Parker spiral.
SOLAR WIND DISTURBANCES
Hours to Days Later... Disturbances in the solar wind arrive at the Earth within hours to days after a violent event on the Sun. The largest space weather disturbances at Earth are produced by coronal mass ejections and fast solar wind streams emanating from coronal holes. Coronal holes are the main source of recurrent solar activity.
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) violently expell billions of tons of solar material into interplanetary space. They normally drive shocks ahead of them as they plow into the slower-moving solar wind streams. Vast quantities of high speed particles are born in these shock structures and speed ahead of the coronal mass ejection to impact the Earth before the CME itself makes an appearance. It is now believed that a large fraction of the solar energetic particles arriving at Earth were produced in these shocks rather than at flare sites on the Sun.
CMEs are difficult to detect and, in fact, were not observed until coronographs were build and flow in space. Many of the CMEs that are blown toward the Earth never actually directly hit us. They just pass us by.
RECURRENT ACTIVITY
After 27 days ....
Coronal holes are eaily seen as dark regions in xray images of the sun. The unique feature of coronal holes compared to surrounding regions is that magnetic field lines within the coronal hole extend outward into the interplanetary medium. This allows solar wind plasma to freely flow out into interplanetary space. In surrounding regions, the magnetic field lines resemble arches with both feet connected to the solar disk. The outward flow of plasma in this region is impeded by these closed field lines.
Polar coronal holes almost always exist. However, the fast streams that are associated with the polar coronal holes never reach the Earth. During some intervals, coronal holes are formed at lower solar latitudes. In this location, the coronal holes spray the Earth with high speed plasma streams, like a powerful garden sprinkler, and are responsible for generating space weather storms that recur in intervals of 27 days as the coronal hole rotates back over the limb of the Sun. These recurrent storms tend to be weaker than storms produced by coronal mass ejections and to be most frequent during the years just following solar maximum.
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I'll read excerpts from two stories that used to be one and are both (very) loosely based on my life, "Hitting the Wall" and "The Gatekeeper's Mistake," in order to illuminate the uses of magical realism as well as the writing process. Powerpoint will be included and the lecture is open to the public.
I'll be presenting a lecture and powerpoint at SUNY Adirondack's Continuing Education Lecture and Lunch series for seniors, at the Scoville Auditorium on the main SUNY Adirondack campus. While there's a small fee for the day of lectures and the lunch, I believe the lecture itself is open to the public.


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Sing-Off's Whiffenpoofs Tour Santa Barbara
By Press Release
Sun Mar 06, 2011 | 7:23am
Fresh from their appearances on NBC's surprise hit TV show The Sing-Off, Yale University's famed a cappella group, the Whiffenpoofs, will perform at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara at 7:30pm on Monday, March 7th, their only concert in the Santa Barbara area on their spring tour.
The Whiffenpoofs may be the nation's oldest collegiate a cappella group, but they are certainly not the only one. A cappella is bigger than ever, and if the number of groups out there doesn't convince you (there are at least a thousand), the popularity of TV shows like The Sing-Off and Fox's Golden Globe-winning Glee should. The musical comedy-drama series, which features a cappella covers of hit songs, has been so successful that its two seasons have already put more singles on the Billboard Hot 100 than even the Beatles. A cappella has gone mainstream.
Whiffenpoof Daniel Turcza agrees. "While there have always been a few devoted fans, the genre used to be pretty obscure," he says. "A cappella's popularity is definitely new." He's not complaining. "When people are really excited to see you and are already familiar with your style of music, it makes you feel like a rock star."
And while their name doesn't exactly scream rock star, the Whiffenpoofs' lifestyle isn't far off the mark. Though membership in the group is limited to Yale seniors, most of them unenroll from classes and take the year off to focus on singing and touring. The group's performance schedule is so intense – over 150 concerts a year – that it would be crazy not to.
This year, the Whiffenpoofs will hit New York, Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Orlando, Tampa, Richmond, Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas, and that's just major US cities. Over the summer, the Whiffenpoofs take a 3 month world tour to twenty-five countries – everywhere from New Zealand to Kenya, Denmark to India.
And since The Sing-Off, the Whiffenpoofs have shared the stage with stars Ben Folds, Alison Krauss, and Deborah Cox, and sold out 1,000 seat venues. The a cappella craze is treating them well.
Sadly, the Whiffenpoof lifespan is short. Membership lasts one year, and re-auditioning is not permitted. Says Turcza: "It's an unforgettable experience, but it doesn't last. None of us imagined singing could take us here, and we're trying to make the most of it while we still can."
For details on the March 7th concert, including ticket information, visit whiffenpoofs.com.
https://www.independent.com/2011/03/06/sing-offs-whiffenpoofs-tour-santa-barbara/
Quema de Pilas Programada para la Próxima Semana
Pile Burning Scheduled Next Week
County of Santa Barbara Awarded Additional $10 Million of Funding to Address Homelessness


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Q: Add commit from git repository to GitHub I've change one of the files on my local repository and I've add changes and save commit in git.
Now I want to send these changes and commit to project in GitHub.
Repository in GitHub exist but now I can add all the changes and commits.
How can I do that?

A: //  add all your files
git add .

// commit all your changes
git commit -m "message"

// Make sure you have the latest code in case someone else has committed changes
git pull origin <branch name>

// Update github repository with your latest code
git push origin <branch name>

A: As first command type;
git add *

then, write a commit message as follow:
git commit -m 'here the message'

and at the end, push the commit of your local repository on the online repository:
git push origin master

Probably this last command is the only one you need. If errors occur you need to type the command: git pull and then  git push.


eLuxuryGarageSale on eBay, also known as luxury.garage.sale, is a store selling designer men's and women's shoes, clothing, watches, handbags, jewelry, wallets, purses, accessories, and more. Click the blue link above to check out what deals and promotions they are currently offering in designer clothing, watches, handbags and accessories. At the moment, they do have a few promotions.
eLuxuryGarageSale has been selling on eBay since 2008. They have earned about 26,000 positive feedback ratings, with a current 99.4% positive overall score. So this is a very successful store on eBay. So this is a very successful store on eBay. This is also a Top-Rated eBay store, which means they offer a really high level of item descriptions, customer service, as well as fast shipping.
It's not easy to become a Top-Rated store on eBay. You have to provide good quality items, accurate descriptions, excellent customer service, and fast shipping. And you have to do this day after day, month after month. So eLuxuryGarageSale has had a very successful and positive selling history on eBay.
eLuxuryGarageSale mainly sells designer clothing, shoes, watches, handbags, purses, accessories, and more. They sell designer brands like Alice + Olivia, Balenciaga, Brunello Cucinelli, Calvin Klein, Chloe, Christian Dior, Coach, Fendi, Gucci, Kate Spade, Lacoste, Lanvin, Michael Kors, Nancy Gonzales, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Tom Ford, Versace, and more.
This is one of those eBay stores to visit when you want the retail experience. If you've been to a Macy's or Bloomingdale's lately, or even any mall in general, you should be familiar with the brands and styles that they carry. Items like Valentino Garavani Black Leather Day Lace Mini Tote Bag, Nancy Gonzalez Neon Yellow Crocodile Leather Drawstring Backpack, Louis Vuitton Brown Leather Monogram Papillon 30 Barrel Bag, Christian Louboutin Black Tan Grosgrain Espadrille Bow Slide Sandals, Jitrois Black Leather Pleated Panel Jacket, etc.
eLuxuryGarageSale sells new and pre-owned merchandise, and does offer a 100% Authentic guarantee, as well as a 100% money back guarantee.
Let's take a close look at their recent feedback history. Ebay buyers have a really good way of weeding out the good sellers from the bad. If an item even SLIGHTLY looks like it might be a counterfeit or knock-off, they will leave you bad feedback. And any and all flaws will usually be reflected in a seller's feedback. With that being said, over the past 12 months, eLuxuryGarageSale has received about 5,300 positive feedback ratings, compared to just 29 negative feedback comments. With that sort of lop-sided ratio, it definitely appears as though eLuxuryGarageSale is an honestly run business, selling authentic merchandise.
Their storefront is very organized. You have a product menu on the toop side with all of the brand categories available. So you just find your desired category, and go from there. Once you get into a listing page, you get a left hand menu with all of the brands available. So this store is very easy to navigate.


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Q: How to store variable from program executed by batch file i am wondering how i could store a variable that is returned by a .exe program. My program is called getNumber.exe and it returns a numeric value.
Below i have posted my batch file. I know i need to check my errorlevel variable but i am unsure on how to go about this. It will allow me to enter a number but i am having trouble storing that returned number so i can utilize it within my batch file. Any ideas?
@ECHO OFF

setlocal

for %%f in (%1) do (
 if exist "%%f" (
 echo 1: Open Notepad
 echo 2: Open in Word
 echo 3: Open in TextPad
 echo 4: Print
 getNum.exe
 echo %ERRORLEVEL%

 ) else (
   echo "%%f" not found please enter existing .txt file
  )
)

:end

A: for /f %%g in (getnum.exe) do (
 if "%%g"=="1" echo one on "%1"
 if "%%g"=="2" echo two
 ...etc
)

... oh -- so having claimed "it returns a numeric value" now we're told that it appears in errorlevel
if errorlevel 4 (echo 4 or more
) else (if errorlevel 3 echo three
) else (if errorlevel 2 echo two
) else (if errorlevel 1 echo one
))))

A: You have to use the so called DelayedExpansion on or two questions about this on StackOverflow as well...
The thing is that in batch a closed block of parenthesis is calculated at once when the first part is reached. This applies to for-loops as well as for if-statements.
To delay the calculation of the variable so you can use the value that got set within the same block there are two ways:
Add setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion to your code (usually beneath your @echo off) and if a variable is needed within such a block, that got set in the same block, instead of %myVar% you write !myVar!.
An alternative is using call with double %. This would then be something like call echo %%myVar%% although I think that the other way is safer.
Same thing applied to your script. ERRORLEVEL was set after executing getNum.exe and within the if.


How can I figure out how many tickets are created from emails vs the portal?
How can I tell how many tickets came in from each method?
Thank you very much! Helped me get the answer I was looking for!
I am very new to JIRA, so it took a little figuring out, but I found it!
At the main screen, Issues > Search for issues > change search to Advanced > then use the search string recommended by @Jack Brickey.


In a small 800 person village close to Lisieux is a castle that looks like a fairytale castle, the kind kids would draw. The village is called Saint-Germain-de -Livet, and the castle dates back to the 15th century.
The castle was donated to the city of Lisieux in 1957. It is now a museum and a landscaped garden. The museum has as main theme the furniture of the past centuries. Both furniture and art on display belonged to the former owner family and have also been donated.
The castle lies in a valley, and you can see the castle from the top of the hill through the orchards. It is truly a fairytale setting.
The small church that is located opposite of the castle entrance, on the other side of the small road, dates back to the 14th century.
Below is a presentation of the castle taken by a drone. There is no spoken words (just classical music), but there are a few things written in French (with no English translations). It gives you a good view of the castle and gardens.
Although I did not get to visit the inside of the castle, since they only opened at 11:00 in the morning, and it was 9:00, I did manage to see it from the outside, and it looked like a castle I would visit again when in the neighbourhood. From people I have spoken too, it's worth a detour.