text:
My knowledge of New Zealand history is improving thanks to doing the daily history posts but I still managed only 7/10 in this week's NZHistory Online quiz.
3 Comments	| diversions	| Tagged: NZ History Online	| Permalink
That's what I call a salad
There's a lot of truth in the statement that there's no unhealthy food there's only unhealthy diets.
But if you're eating out lots you can find yourself facing choices which give you an unhealthy diet.
I wouldn't want anyone to regulate what restaurants can serve, but it would be good if more could offer at least one dish which satisfies the appetite without being too heavy on the fat, sugar and kilojoules.
Something like the salad at Pukeko Junction, near Amberly.
When I ordered a house salad the woman serving me said the cook had just left but she thought she could make one for me and she did:
An interesting variety of tastes and textures, lightly dressed and accompanied by fresh, grainy bread.
2 Comments	| food	| Permalink
ORC sets a good example
The Otago Regional Council is planning a nil rate increase in financial year ahead.
That's a very good example for other local authorities to follow.
2 Comments	| politics	| Tagged: Otago Regional Council	| Permalink
H is for ?
A New Zealand soldier is being hailed as a hero:
Wellington-born rifleman James McKie (29), scooped up a live grenade and hurled it away just seconds before it exploded during a firefight in Afghanistan's Helmand province six days ago.
His actions saved the lives of two British Army soldiers from the unit he has been stationed with in Afghanistan for the past five months.
That is indeed worthy of praise.
It's not long since the news from Afghanistan was shock-horror our soldiers are armed and shooting.
I wonder if the people who were so alarmed by that will also be excited by this?
H is for hero. It's also for hypocrite.
1 Comment	| politics	| Tagged: Afghanistan, James McKie	| Permalink
McCorkindale case set sensible precedent
Commentators have been unanimous in asking why police bothered to prosecute school bus driver Jim McCorkindale who touched a boy on the arm when he wouldn't stop pulling a girl's hair.
However, the ODT reports:
Police have defended their decision to charge Mr McCorkindale.
They say they made the decision based on the evidence available at the time, but it is understood evidence changed when the boy later altered his story and the case was thrown out.
Without knowing what the boy's original story was it's hard to know whether the original decision to proscucte was wise or not.
Even if it wasn't wise, it's had a very good outcome:
Dismissing the charge in the Gore District Court last week, Judge Kevin Phillips told the boy he should be ashamed of himself and had him escorted to the court cells as a warning.
The boy apologised for his actions, and the boy's father also criticised his son for the situation facing Mr McCorkindale.
The case will have been stressful and expensive for Mr McCorkindale, but it's done the rest of us a favour.
It's set a sensible precedent that shows adults have the right to intervene with children who know their rights but not what's wrong.
For other views on the case:
Kiwiblog says give that judge a promotion.
Macdcotor posts on consequences.
Whaleoil's found an example of a decent judge.
Stephen Franks asks what happens inside the police when the boss is an idiot.
1 Comment	| crime, politics	| Tagged: Jim McCorkindale, Judge Kevin Phillips, Kiwiblog, Macdoctor, ODT, Stephen Franks, Whaleoil	| Permalink
March 10 in history
On March 10:
241 BC Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sank the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
1606 Susenyos defeated the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, which makes him Emperor of Ethiopia.
1762 French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, diesdafter being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
1804 Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
1814 Napoleon I of France was defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
1830 The KNI, the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, was created.
1831 The French Foreign Legion was established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
1847 Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist, was born.
1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
1861 El Hadj Umar Tall seized the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
1869 The New Zealand Cross was created because New Zealand's local military were not eligible for the Victoria Cross. Only 23 were awarded, all to men who served in the New Zealand wars, making it one of the rarest military honours in the world.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
1891 Almon Strowger, an undertaker patented the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
1905 Eleftherios Venizelos called for Crete's union with Greece, and started the Theriso revolt.
1906 Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
1912 Yuan Shikai was sworn in as the second Provisional President of the Republic of China.
1917 Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas.
1922 Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
1933 An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
1945 The USA Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm killed more than 100,000 people.
Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, was born.
1952 Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appointed himself as the "provisional president".
1957 Osama bin Laden, Islamist and leader of al-Qaeda, was born.
1959 Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
1964 Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, was born.
1969 James Earl Ray admitted assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracted his guilty plea.
1970 Captain Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes.
1977 Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
1980 Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shot and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
1980 – Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
1990 In Haiti, Prosper Avril was ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
2000 NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars.
Leave a Comment »	| history	| Tagged: Alexander Graham Bell, Almon Strowger, Battle of Laon, Battle of the Aegates Islands, Courrières mine disaster, Eleftherios Venizelos, Ernest Medina, First Punic War, French Foreign Legion, Fulgencio Batista, Herman Tarnower, James Earl Ray, Jean Calas, Jean Harris, Kate Sheppard, KNI, Long Beach earthquake, Louisiana Purchase, Mahatma Gandhi, March 10, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Morgan Tsvangirai, My Lai, NASDAQ, New Zealand Cross, NZ History Online, Osam bin Laden, Prince Edward, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Susenyos, Theriso revolt, Tibetan Uprising, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Uranus, Wikipedia, Yuan Shikai	| Permalink
You are currently browsing the Homepaddock blog archives for the day Wednesday, March 10th, 2010.


text:
export function addError(message) {
  const id = Date.now().toString();
  return {
    type: "ADD_ERROR",
    error: {
      id,
      message
    }
  };
}

export function deleteError(error) {
  return {
    type: "DELETE_ERROR",
    error
  };
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


A New York Metropolis animal rescue organization is hoping that Tinder's large pool of date-seekers will swipe right for one thing a bit totally different: canine adoption. We are dedicated to discovering the right perpetually properties for our adoptable profession change dogs. Worthy Dog Rescue is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping canine in misery, particularly those residing on chains, in pens, or in neglectful and abusive situations.
That said you may be sure that by adopting a dog from Rescue Group you're going to get far more info from the foster residence than from the Shelter workers. Click on here to study about the Kansas Humane Society's animal adoption course of. When considering adoption, be prepared for the truth that many canine will have to be home educated.
That is as a result of rescue teams rely solely on donations and adopting fees whereas shelters get some cash additionally from the federal government. If you are thinking about adopting, please fastidiously read via our adoption data web page for information about the adoption course of.
Paws with a Trigger – Link to the PAWS Undertake a Profession Change Dog" page. We had been so dedicated to this that we used to drive 12 hour days to avoid wasting homeless animals, and convey them again to our houses. You also acknowledge by submitting an application that adoption is a lifetime dedication and, from the minute you finalize an adoption and convey an animal into your property, she or he will at all times be part of your loved ones going forward.
It's best to organize your own home in your new pet however you will discover every thing you want at our Adoptions Centre to set you up or get you throught the primary few days collectively. See all of in the present day's prime animal news, from adoption and rescue, to tales about wildlife safety and laws.


text:
Q: Find all pairs of elements such that they are not covered by any given sets Given a universe $U$ and a family sets $F$ over $U$, I wanna find all pairs $(x, y)$ where $x, y \in U$, such that $x$ and $y$ are not in any set of $F$ at the same time, i.e., $\not\exists S \in F, x\in S \wedge y\in S$.
Also, I try to avoid compute $U \times U$, because this is an abstract math problem from other scenarios. If I use $U \times U$, that costs too much.
What's formal name of this problem?
Is it possible to find all such pairs systematically using Cartesian product of two sets with set algebra?
For example, for the two sets ($|F|=2$) case, let's say $F=\{A, B\}$, we can find all such pairs by
$(A \setminus B) \times (B \setminus A)$ and $(U \setminus (A \cup B)) \times (A \cup B)$
For $|F|=3$, using Venn diagram can give the following possible solution, which basically to find every pair of pieces which are not covered by any single set.
Venn diagram
$(A \setminus (B \cup C)) \times (B \setminus (A \cup C))$
$\cup$
$(A \setminus (B \cup C)) \times ((B \cap C) \setminus A)$
$\cup$
$(B \setminus (A \cup C)) \times (C \setminus (A \cup B))$
$\cup$
$(B \setminus (A \cup C)) \times ((A \cap C) \setminus B)$
$\cup$
$(C \setminus (A \cup B)) \times (A \setminus (B \cup C))$
$\cup$
$(C \setminus (A \cup B)) \times ((A \cap B) \setminus C)$
$\cup$
$(U \setminus (A \cup B \cup C)) \times (A \cup B \cup C)$
However, there is another better solution with much less set operations:
$A \setminus (B \cup C) \times (B \setminus A)$
$\cup$
$C \setminus (A \cup B) \times (A \setminus C)$
$\cup$
$B \setminus (A \cup C) \times (C \setminus B)$
$\cup$
$(U \setminus (A \cup B \cup C)) \times (A \cup B \cup C)$
For more general $|F| = k$ cases, that's complicated.

A: $$(U \times U) \setminus (\bigcup_{f \in F} f \times f)$$
EDIT: the idea is to consider all pairs of points and then for each set in $F$, subtract out the pairs of points such that both belong in it.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Q: AWS ECS Fargate CannotPullContainerError: ref pull has been retried failed to copy: httpReadSeeker: failed open: unexpected status code From ECS console I started to see this issue

I think I understand pretty well the cause of this. ECS pulls these images as an anonymous user, since I haven't provided any credentials, and since the task was set to run every 5 minutes it was hitting the anonymous quota. No big deal, I set the task to run every 10 minutes and for now the problem is solved.
What drives me nuts is:

*

*From CloudWatch console you can see that the task was executed. If I graph the number of executions I will see a chart with data points every 5 minutes. This is wrong to me, because in order to execute the task ECS first needs to pull something, and it can't, therefore there is no execution.

*I can't find the error (CannotPullContainerError: ref pull has been retried 1 time(s): failed to copy: httpReadSeeker: failed open: unexpected status code https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/amazon/aws-for-fluent-bit/manifests/sha256:f134723f733ba4f3489c742dd8cbd0ade7eba46c75d574...) in any CloudWatch log stream.

I need to be able to monitor for this error. I spot checked it because I found it by chance since I was looking into the console. How can I monitor for this?
FYI, I use Data Dog too for log ingestion. Maybe that can help?


The SR735i Scale has a large weighing surface with a continuous arch that will easily accommodate patients with walkers, canes, wheelchairs, powerchairs, and dialysis chairs. Steel Construction - Durable and easy to clean. Large 32" by 40" Weighing Surface. Continuous Arch Ramp - The leading edge of the top plate is angled down foe easy wheelchair access. Total height gain of 2 inches. Memory Recall - Recall the last stored weight. Battery Operated - 6 D cell batteries providing 10,000 weigh cycles. Programmable Auto Power Down (APD) to conserve battery life. BMI Calculation - Enter height information to calculate and display Body Mass Index. Serial Data Output (EHR) - Data Out can be used to communicate with Electronic Health Record systems. Thermal Printer.
Categories : "Scales, Patient, Wheelchair"
Please provide the following information and a representative of SR Instruments Inc will contact you to assist with any questions you might have.


Ballerina - FuJian QuanZhou ChengDa Shoes Co.,Ltd.
http://scrumagile.nl/naprosyn-generic/ http://www.divamap.fr/purchase-lady-era-pills/ Ponstel generic name Clearly, in the face of ongoing chemical innovation, the need for improved and less costly screening protocols that display high predictive accuracy during the cheap periactin online. Guaranteed Shipping, Free Courier Delivery, Dental Whitening. Cheap Periactin Online – Retin a australia buy online. Get pharmacy generic cheap purchase where to ordering ordered buying baclofen online uk without no prescription canada to are ingredients, tablets baclofen no rx buy viagra pfizer propecia for cheap price. . . Buy Baclofen 90 25 Mg Without A Prescription. Pain Relief|muscle Relaxant. Erectile Dysfunction, Pain Relief, General Health, Skin Care..


If you and your family skipped steak once a week, it would be the equivalent of taking your car off the road for almost 3 months.
Reduce meat intake If you and your family skipped steak once a week, it would be the equivalent of taking your car off the road for almost 3 months. Oh and if the entire U.S. cut out meat and cheese for just one day a week, it would be the equivalent of not driving 91 billion miles – or taking 7.6 million cars off the road! Even one meal a week would be fantastic or join us for the whole of World Meat Free Week if you dare!
Cut down on plastic Stop using plastic wrap on foods (it's not very good for you or the environment), refuse drinking straws (they all end up in landfill) and carry a shopping bag with you, which will save you a little money and help the planet.
Buy a reusable coffee cup Did you know that takeaway coffee cups can't be recycled and all end up in landfill? Treat yourself to a reusable cup – some brands will give you a discount on your coffee if you take your own!
Stop buying bottled water When you think about it, it's quite absurd that we pay for a natural resource that more often than not comes in plastic! Some of us are lucky enough to live in countries that have regular water supplies and so we really should use it. You can always treat yourself to a water filter and a reusable bottle, which is healthier for all of us.
Be mindful of water use Turn the tap off whilst brushing your teeth, only boil what you need, have quick showers, save up dirty clothes to wash full loads and reduce water waste.
How big a problem for the environment is meat production and consumption?
Why Should I Stop Eating Meat?


Since El Salvador became an independent nation in 1838, it has made use of multiple types of currency. The history of its currency reflects the often turbulent history of the nation itself. At times, it has adopted the currency of other nations, originally reflecting its Spanish roots and later forming a financial connection to the United States.
When El Salvador attained independence in the 1830s, it informally used the macaco as its currency. These silver coins were often minted in other countries, but were not established as El Salvador's official currency until 1856. El Salvador made wide use of the Spanish peso as well, and local farmers used brass coins, called "fiches de finca." El Salvador issued its own currency, the real, first in the form of silver coins and then in paper currency starting in 1877.
In 1883, President Rafael Zaldivar oversaw the implementation of the First Monetary Law, which adopted the peso as El Salvador's official currency. Each peso was originally worth 8 reales, later changed to 10 reales to adopt a decimal system. Three banks had the right to issue them: the Banco International, Occidental Salvadoreño and Agrícola Comercial.
In 1892, the Monetary Law was revised and the currency was changed from the peso to the colon, named in honor of Christopher Columbus. The exchange rate was two colons to each U.S. dollar. In 1919, the Second Monetary Law went into effect, removing old or worn-out coins from circulation and placing the Ministry of Finance in charge of the currency. In 1934, the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador became the sole issuer or colon notes, controlling the volume and flow of the currency. The bank issued its first official bills on August 31 that year, and the colon remained El Salvador's official currency for more than 60 years.
El Salvador suffered a devastating civil war in the 1980s. When it ended in 1992, the government instituted a series of acts designed to spur the economy. These included privatizing the banking system and loosening economic restrictions. On January 1, 2001, the country introduced the U.S. dollar as its new official currency; the dollar had greater stability than the colon and kept the country's currency from destabilizing. The dollar remains El Salvador's official currency as of 2011; because El Salvador cannot legally print U.S. currency, it began an education campaign to help its citizens understand the English-language denominations of the bills.
Vaux, Robert. "What Is the Currency of El Salvador?" Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/currency-el-salvador-63881.html. 26 March 2018.


text:
Q: Associate two tables one-to-many in rhodes I'm starting a new application in rhodes and I'm trying to associate two tables. I already tried doing what is suggested in http://docs.rhomobile.com/rhodes/rhom#associations  but I guess there is something missing, because it is not working. This is what i did:
I have a Client table and a Photo table. A client can have many photos, but photos only one client.
I added to my Photo.rb
belongs_to :client_id, 'Client'

and added the following to client_controller:
photo = Photo.find(:first) # find the photo
photo.client_id = @client.object
photo.save
redirect :action => :index

As said in the link above, but when I try to create a new user it doesn't work.
I also added:
@photo = Photo.new

to the client_controller in new, and also added a field to enter some input to one of the fields in photo when creating a new Client. But again it doesn't work.
Do you have any suggestions?

A: Associations (belongs_to, has_many, ...) in rhodes are useful only for sync operations.
It indicates when to trigger a sync in certain objects, like its parent or childrens.
For other purposes (manipulating object relations) you need to do it by yourself.


If your periodontist has recommended you get gum disease surgery, your mind is probably racing right now. Many people have no idea about the subject and it causes them to experience a lot of undue panics. Having the right information on hand can help put your mind at ease. Keep reading to gain some much-needed insight.
The first thing you should understand is that this kind of surgery is generally recommended to people who have experienced gum recession. This is when the gums and teeth start to experience some separation from one another. While many people experience this until it becomes severe most are not aware that it is happening.
The reason that this is such a huge issue is the fact that the tissue around the tooth is what protects the roots from being exposed. If you are unfortunate enough for a recession to start occurring, not only may it be something you find aesthetically unpleasing, but it can cause some serious problems. It can cause damage to the supporting bone as well as heighten tooth sensitivity. The latter can cause pain when eating and drinking liquids, so you can see why that would be a huge problem.
The main issue that happens when a recession is really far along is tooth loss. Since there is nothing to protect the tooth and serve as a barrier, it loosens and eventually falls out of place. Whether you are old or young, this is a serious issue that should be avoided if possible.
When the surgery is performed, tissue from the roof of the mouth is removed and used to create an encasement around the damaged area. This may sound extremely painful, but it is not as terrifying as you are thinking. In fact, many former patients have mentioned how different it was than they imagined. It is also possible for dental professionals to use tissue from a bank instead of that in your own mouth. This is something that they will take into consideration and discuss with you if it is determined you are going to move forward and have surgery.
This is a serious matter that should be addressed as soon as possible. Do not allow your fear of having a procedure done prevent you from having your mouth taken care of as soon as possible. Now that you know what can be expected, you should feel better about the situation at hand.


Congratulations to Prof. Kevin Jones, from the University of Florida, on receiving the NAMES (North American Materials Education Symposium) 2018 award for Outstanding Contributions to Materials Education for his course "Impact of Materials on Society" (IMOS).
Introduced at the start of the 2012/13 academic year, IMOS is an innovative cross-disciplinary course at the interface of engineering and the social sciences. By exploring the relationship between the discovery of new materials and the development of technologies and social structures, it teaches students that engineering shapes – and is shaped by – social and cultural variables.
This entry was posted in Materials education and tagged award on 4th December 2018 by Harriet Parnell.
Granta's very own Professor Michael Ashby is one of just six scientists to receive one of the 2017 International Congress on Fracture's highest honors, an Alan H. Cottrell Gold Medal.
This entry was posted in All about materials, Meet the Team and tagged Ashby, award on 14th July 2017 by Stephen Warde.


ArmInfo. Beeline from 1 to 31 March 2018 conducts an action for users of the mobile application My Beeline Armenia.
As the press service of the company informs, Beeline subscribers using the application will receive 100 MB of mobile Internet for free each week. The bonus is available to individuals, prepaid and postpaid billing system subscribers.
Using the My Beeline Armenia application, subscribers can turn on and off services, receive account details and calls, information about active services and tariff plans, make online payments and order SIM cards, smartphones and other equipment in the company's e-shop (eShop).


text:
Afromastax fastigiata är en insektsart som beskrevs av Marius Descamps 1977. Afromastax fastigiata ingår i släktet Afromastax och familjen Thericleidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Hopprätvingar
fastigiata

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


LAKE DILLON, CO – A fiery semi truck accident closed down a highway in Summit County, Colorado for several hours Friday night. A mother and her two children were injured in the collision between the tractor trailer and a passenger car which occurred in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the town of Lake Dillon, CO. The accident area is just west of Denver in the central section of the state, about 165 miles southwest of Cheyenne, Wyoming and about 260 miles north of Taos, New Mexico.
On Friday evening, November 12, an unidentified truck driver was driving west on Interstate 70 traveling through Summit County, CO. The trucking company that owns the 18 wheeler is not known, nor is the cargo and destination of the driver.
The truck accident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. as the semi trailer moved near the town of Lake Dillon, CO. At around mile marker 206 on the interstate the tractor trailer crashed into a Saab sedan driven by a young Colorado mother. Her two young children, an infant and a toddler, were in the car at the time. The crash heavily damaged the smaller vehicle and a fire broke out on the car.
After colliding with the passenger car the tractor trailer continued for a short distance and burst into flames before coming to a stop about a half mile from the site of the initial truck accident. The impact had damaged one of the side saddle gas tanks and the semi spilled approximately 50-100 gallons of diesel fuel on the highway. The fuel also helped to feed the truck fire and flames engulfed the tractor trailer.
The local emergency dispatch center received several 911 calls about the car fire at mile marker 206 and the semi fire at mile marker 205 on I-70. Firefighters and rescue teams rushed to the two burning vehicles and began to battle the flames and help the victims of the truck accident.
The young mother was wearing her seatbelt and her children were in safety seats at the time of the crash and they were all able to escape the burning car. The three received minor injuries and were treated at the site of the truck accident and then released.
The truck driver also was able to escape the burning cab section of his semi and was not seriously injured in the truck accident.
Police shut down several westbound lanes on the interstate while the firefighters battled the two blazes. Once the fires were extinguished a Haz-mat team cleaned up the fuel spill, using materials to dam up the fuel and keep it from getting into the ground and nearby water systems. Other crews worked to clear the debris and remove the wreckage of the two burnt vehicles from the traffic lanes. The Saab and semi trailer were both destroyed in the fiery truck accident.
The westbound lanes of I-70 were reopened at about 9:00 p.m. Friday night, about an hour and a half after the truck accident.
Police reconstructed the crash and interviewed several people. According to some of the witnesses, the semi trailer appeared to be going at an excessive speed just before the truck accident. It is not known at this time if drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash. The weather was clear and the road was dry at the time of the collision.
No charges or citations have been brought at this time, pending the completion of the truck accident investigation.
For more information about Colorado trucking laws, truck injury causes and victims' rights, contact truck accident lawyers Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP for expert truck accident advice. Visit our CO truck accident lawyer page for more information about Colorado truck accidents. For a free initial consultation, talk to a truck accident attorney at 1.800.773.6770.


Since forming Pinstripe, Debra has worked with more than 2,000 clients and has provided over 25,000 hours of executive coaching and training services with a particular focus on business development and practice management coaching.
Based in downtown Toronto, Debra has an international coaching practice. Debra has coached clients in Alberta, Argentina, Belgium, Brasilia, Brazil, British Columbia, California, Chile, Colorado, Costa Rica, Czechia, D.C., Denmark, Dubai, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Illinois, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kentucky, Latvia, Louisiana, Luxembourg, Maryland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Jersey, New York, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Texas, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Washington, face-to-face, or by telephone or Skype.


text:
Hydrogen is key to UK's low-carbon economy, says Committee on Climate Change
Image credit: Committee on Climate Change
Hydrogen is a credible option to help decarbonise the UK energy system, but the Government must commit to developing a low-carbon heat strategy within the next three years, according to a new report from the Committee on Climate Change.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an executive non-departmental public body, advises the government on emissions targets and reports to Parliament on progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In its latest report, published today, the CCC has said that hydrogen is a credible option to help decarbonise the UK energy system, but any potential future role depends on early Government commitment and improved support to develop the UK's industrial capability.
The report also states that if hydrogen can be combined with greater energy efficiency, cheap low-carbon power generation, electrified transport and new 'hybrid' heat-pump systems - all of which have already been successfully trialed in the UK - hydrogen can make an important contribution to long-term decarbonisation.
Hydrogen could also replace natural gas in parts of the energy system, where electrification is not feasible or is prohibitively expensive, for example in providing heat on colder winter days, industrial heat processes and back-up power generation.
The report's key recommendations are:
Government must commit to developing a low-carbon heat strategy within the next three years.
Significant volumes of low-carbon hydrogen should be produced in a carbon capture and storage (CCS) 'cluster' by 2030 to help the industry grow.
Government must support the early demonstration of the everyday uses of hydrogen in order to establish the practicality of switching from natural gas to hydrogen.
There is low awareness amongst the general public of reasons to move away from natural-gas heating to low-carbon alternatives.
A strategy should be developed for low-carbon heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) which encourages a move away from fossil fuels and biofuels to zero-emission solutions by 2050.
The report is available as a free download from the CCC web site.
The potential of hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy source has always been recognised, yet in previous assessments it has been impractical or overly expensive to roll out at scale. The report finds hydrogen could replace natural gas in parts of the energy system, where electrification is not feasible or is prohibitively expensive, for example in providing heat on colder winter days, industrial heat processes and for back-up power generation.
There remain significant obstacles to the decarbonisation of industry, transportation and heat, despite the advances arising from the UK's focus on cleaning up electricity generation over the last decade. A combination of energy efficiency and the electrification of the economy can continue to reduce UK emissions substantially. However, this is not enough to reach full decarbonisation in every sector.
The report also makes it clear that hydrogen is not a 'silver bullet' solution and should ideally be considered in a supporting role in the reduction of carbon across all sectors. The report examines some common misconceptions, such as the impracticality of switching the gas grid to 100 per cent hydrogen; the prohibitive expense of producing bulk hydrogen from renewable electricity, and the fact that hydrogen from fossil fuels is not zero-carbon, even when using carbon capture and storage (CCS).
CCC chairman Lord Deben said: "Hydrogen has the potential to contribute to near-zero-carbon energy emissions if used strategically. The Government must now decide whether it wishes to develop a UK hydrogen option, taking decisions now that will see the first deployment in the 2020s.
"This must be in parallel with efforts to improve energy efficiency, build further low-cost renewables and get carbon capture and storage underway. The time for the Government to move from theory to practice has arrived.
"Most exciting of all is the prospect of producing low-carbon heat; using smart hybrid heat pumps in combination with natural gas in the short-term, with the potential for hydrogen in the long-term.
"The future now rests on Government making a quick decision and fully committing to low-carbon heat within the next three years. This is important to achieving the existing 2050 emissions target, but even more important as we consider whether it is possible for the UK to reach 'net-zero' emissions in the future."
Senior Functional Safety Engineer
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire
£43,790 - £59,245 per annum dependent upon skills and experience
Scientists develop cheapest carbon capture system to date
Worst energy suppliers for household support named
National Grid warms up three coal plants during cold snap
Pakistan suffers nationwide power outage
Government pledges £32.5m to decarbonise industry
Crown Estate signs deal to build six offshore wind farms

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Transformator er Aalborg Teaters eksperimenterende og åbne satellitscene.

I efteråret 2007 blev Aalborg Teaters anneksscene, Mindste Scene, omdøbt til Transformator. Udgangspunktet var at skabe et kunstnerisk frirum og en kreativ tænketank og legeplads. På disse principper fungerer scenen endnu, og præsenterer over en teatersæson mere end fyrre unikke arrangementer under sloganet "Teater/Tricks/Automatøl". På Transformator er der plads til at Aalborg Teaters ensemble og personale kan få afløb for deres kreative, skæve og uafprøvede ideer, uge efter uge.

Transformators formål er, at præsentere Aalborgs rastløse unge for nye, vanvittige kunstneriske eksperimenter, og dermed være en aktiv bidragsyder i det aalborgensiske kulturliv. Transformator har gennem sin korte levetid præsenteret alt fra egenproducerede teaterstykker, musicals, iPodbattles og luftguitarkonkurrencer til intimkoncerter, improteater, comedy og trylleshows.

Skuespiller og initiativtager, Morten Burian, var Transformators første stationsforstander (kunstneriske leder), og fungerede således frem til sommeren 2009. Fra 2009 til 2011 sad skuespiller Jakob Bjerregaard Engmann med stationsforstanderkasketten. Og fra august 2011 overtager instruktør Minna Johannesson tjansen som kunstnerisk leder af scenen.

Transformator modtog i år 2010 "Nordjysk Kulturpris", der hvert år uddeles af Nordjyske Medier og Spar Nord til en Nordjysk kulturaktør, der gør en forskel i og for Nordjylland.

Modtagere af Transformatorprisen

Transformator uddeler hvert år Transformatorprisen til en lokal kunstnerisk ildkugle og uslebent talent, og med den følger en check på 10.000/15.000 kr.

 2008: Trommeslager Christian Skjødt, for sit store engagement i Aalborgs musikliv, hvor han bl.a. arrangerer koncerter for eksperimenterende musik. Dette sker bl.a. i foreningen "It's A Boring Century", hvor Christian er formand.

 2009: Danser og koreograf Sandro Masai, der både har arrangeret performances på Transformator og Platform4. Derudover står han også bag Aalborgs første forening for moderne dans "Modern Dancers In Aalborg".

 2010: Poetry slammer Mads Bjergen Pedersen – en for vor tid unik, kompromisløs og hudløst ærlig digter. Hans slams er alt fra bidende aktuelle, gribende, samfundskritiske, verbale ørefigner til hjerteskærende smukke, gåsehudsfremkaldende, stykker af virkelighed – og altid med ham selv som indsats. Optræder desuden med sine vers tilsat musik, under navnet Versefod & Kvæde.

 2011: Fotograf Mathies Brinkmann Jespersen. Har siden Transformators spæde start fastfrosset tusindvis af øjeblikke med sit kamera. Fotograferer store som små kulturarrangementer i Aalborg. Har udstillet bøger på Huset, fået trykt billeder i Nordjyske og andre medier – og senest udgivet en flashy coffee table book med hans billeder fra netop Transformator.

 2012: Singer/songwriter Bjarke Kirk. Med stor originalitet, varme, ærlighed og humor beskriver Bjarke hverdagens skæve eksistenser. Skrev bl.a. musikken til Transformators forestilling "Aalborg - Jeg elsker dig".

Eksterne henvisninger

 Webside

Teatre i Danmark
Kultur i Aalborg


text:
Healthcare Industry News: International Technidyne
Devices Cardiology FDA
Thoratec Announces Filing of PMA Seeking Destination Therapy Approval for HeartMate II(R)
PLEASANTON, Calif., April 20 (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Thoratec Corporation (Nasdaq: THOR ), a world leader in device-based mechanical circulatory support therapies to save, support and restore failing hearts, said today that it has filed a PMA (Pre-Market Approval) supplement with the FDA seeking to add the intended use of Destination Therapy (DT) for the HeartMate II LVAS (left ventricular assist system). The HeartMate II is a next generation heart assist device designed to provide long-term cardiac support for patients suffering from advanced stage heart failure. The device was approved for Bridge-to-Transplantation (BTT) in the U.S. under the original PMA in April 2008.
The PMA filing includes data on a pivotal study cohort of 200 randomized patients, including two-year data on the first 167 patients enrolled. Also included in the primary analysis are data on 24 small BSA (body surface area) patients who because of their body size could not be randomized to the larger HeartMate XVE. The filing also provides data on adjunctive cohorts totaling an additional 409 patients, including those who had been originally supported by an XVE who then elected to receive a HeartMate II, based on the need for device replacement, and patients enrolled under Continuous Access Protocols (CAPs). The company plans to file an amendment to the PMA supplement submission with complete two-year data on all 200 randomized patients at the end of June.
"We are pursuing this approach and making this submission at this time based on a series of discussions with the FDA. An interim analysis conducted at the end of 2008 for the primary endpoint demonstrated statistically significant superiority in favor of the HeartMate II versus the control group. As a result, Thoratec and the FDA have agreed that it is appropriate to make this filing now and to then file an amendment to the submission once we have complete two-year data on the primary patient cohort," said Gary F. Burbach, president and chief executive officer of Thoratec.
In December 2008, Thoratec received approval from the FDA to end randomization in the trial, based on a pre-specified interim analysis of 67 percent of the first 200 patients that showed that patients implanted with the HeartMate II achieved statistically superior outcomes versus those in the control group who were implanted with the HeartMate XVE. Based on that analysis, the study's Data Safety Monitoring Board concurred with Thoratec's recommendation to eliminate randomization for patients enrolled in the trial under FDA-approved CAPs.
Patients in the trial were randomized to the HeartMate II or the HeartMate XVE -- currently the only device approved for DT -- on a 2-1 basis, respectively. The primary endpoint at two years is survival while remaining free from stroke and the need for reoperation for pump repair or replacement. Secondary endpoints included adverse events, functional status, hospitalization, assessment of neuro-cognitive function and patient quality of life.
"The data from the trial demonstrate that the HeartMate II is superior to the XVE, based on device performance and the primary patient outcome of two-year survival free from stroke and reoperation for device replacement. The data also showed that key adverse events, such as infection, sepsis and right heart failure, were significantly lower for the HeartMate II versus the XVE. As a result, this submission seeking FDA approval for Destination Therapy is an important milestone in Thoratec's mission to bring breakthrough therapies and new hope to the thousands of patients and their families suffering from advanced heart failure, as well as the clinicians who work tirelessly to treat them," Burbach said.
"The commercial experience of the HeartMate II for BTT over the past year has been very encouraging with respect to positive patient outcomes and increased adoption by the clinical community. We look forward to working with the FDA on this submission and hope to achieve DT approval by early 2010," he added.
The HeartMate II is a continuous flow device designed to provide long-term cardiac support for advanced-stage heart failure patients. An implantable LVAS powered by a rotary pumping mechanism, the HeartMate II is designed to have a much longer functional life than pulsatile devices and to operate more simply and quietly. The device provides blood flow through the circulatory system on a continuous basis with only one moving part. It is also smaller and easier to implant than a pulsatile device.
Thoratec is a world leader in therapies to address advanced-stage heart failure. The company's product lines include the Thoratec® VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) and HeartMate LVAS with more than 13,000 devices implanted in patients suffering from heart failure. Additionally, its International Technidyne Corporation (ITC) division is a leader in point-of-care blood testing and skin incision products. Thoratec is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. For more information, visit the company's web sites at http://www.thoratec.com or http://www.itcmed.com.
Thoratec, the Thoratec logo, HeartMate and HeartMate II are registered trademarks of Thoratec Corporation, and IVAD is a trademark of Thoratec Corporation. ITC, A-VOX Systems, AVOXimeter, HEMOCHRON, ProTime and IRMA are registered trademarks of International Technidyne Corporation. CentriMag is a registered trademark of Levitronix LLC.
Many of the preceding paragraphs, particularly but not exclusively those addressing future performance or timelines for regulatory approvals, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements can be identified by the words, "believes," "views," "expects," "plans," "hopes," "could," "will," and other similar words. Actual results, events or performance could differ materially from these forward-looking statements based on a variety of factors, many of which are beyond Thoratec's control. Therefore, readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these statements. Investors are cautioned that all such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including risks related to regulatory approvals, the development of new markets including Destination Therapy, the growth of existing markets for our products, customer and physician acceptance of Thoratec products, changes in the mix of existing markets for our products, the results of enrollment in and timing of clinical trials, including the HeartMate II, the effects of FDA regulatory requirements and the effects of healthcare reimbursement and coverage policies. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release should be considered in light of these factors and those factors discussed from time to time in Thoratec's public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as those discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in Thoratec's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and as may be updated in subsequent SEC filings. These forward-looking statements speak only as the date hereof. Thoratec undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Source: Thoratec
Search: Thoratec
Search: Destination Therapy
Search: HeartMate II
Search: left ventricular assist


text:
'Le Bourget': Air France Unveils its First Airbus A220-300
Tag: .travel, Air France, air travel. aviation, Airbus A220-300, Benjamin Smith, c11890c, Greece news, Greece tourism, Greece tourism news
Air France on Wednesday took delivery of its first Airbus A220-300, the company's latest addition to the fleet of its short- and medium-haul network.
According to a company announcement, the airline is continuing its fleet renewal and by 2025 will have integrated the 60 A220-300s ordered in 2019 to gradually replace its Airbus A318s and A319s as well as several Airbus A320s.
This order – the largest from a European customer – includes an additional mix of 30 options and 30 purchase rights.
"This new aircraft with an unparalleled energy performance represents a major asset for Air France. To date, fleet renewal is the main source of reducing CO2 emissions, and this is why we are continuing to invest in latest-generation aircraft," said Benjamin Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM
Named "Le Bourget" in homage to the town north of Paris which is deeply linked to the aviation industry, the aircraft sports the emblematic Air France livery. It also features the winged seahorse on the front of its fuselage and on its wingtips, the symbol embodying the company's founding myth.
In-flight comfort
The Air France Airbus A220-300 has 148 seats, in a 3-2 seat configuration (5 seats across) offering 80 percent of customers a window or aisle seat. It offers two travel cabins, Business and Economy, and access to Air France Connect, the airline's inflight wifi service.
The seat is the widest on the market (48 cm). It reclines to 118 degrees and has an adjustable headrest, leather upholstery and an ergonomic seat cushion for enhanced comfort. A wide solid tray table, cup holder, a pouch for storing magazines and books, individual USB A and C ports and tablet or smartphone holder integrated into the backrest complete the package.
Air France CEO Anne Regail. Photo source: @Air France Newsroom
"All the Air France teams have spent over two years preparing for this moment and we are excited to see our customers discover the optimal comfort offered by this aircraft. The cabin is more spacious, brighter, and offers full wifi connectivity, further contributing to the upmarket positioning of our offer," Air France CEO Anne Rigail said.
As from October 31, the Airbus A220-300 will fly to Berlin (Germany), Barcelona, Madrid (Spain), Milan-Linate and Venice (Italy) from the Air France hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
During the 2021-2022 winter season, the aircraft will gradually extend its network to Bologna, Rome (Italy), Lisbon (Portugal) and Copenhagen (Denmark).
'Olympic Day Run' Greece 2021 Event Puts Thessaloniki in the Spotlight
Skiathos Palace Hotel Introduces Private Labels for Wine and Olive Oil


text:
Fundamental concepts of classical chaos. Part II: Fractals and chaotic dynamics
Tassos Bountis
With the concept of fractals, introduced by B. B. Mandelbrot in the 1970s, geometry assumes again, after Poincaré, a leading role in the theory of dynamical systems and chaos. Dynamical instability and unpredictability in time become inseparable from geometrical complexity and irregularity in space, through self-similarity under scaling. Chaos theory thus acquires its natural setting and description in terms of fractal geometry and symbolic dynamics. Objects of non-integer dimension and distributions with spectra of generalized dimensions become familiar concepts of aesthetic, even philosophical value, while giving researchers at the same time new tools to probe deeper into complex natural phenomena. In this paper, I review in a pedagogical way the main ideas of fractal geometry, multifractal distributions and symbolic dynamics. Of central importance is the connection between temporal and spatial complexity, while important applications of the formalism are also mentioned, particularly in the area of chaotic time series analysis.
Open Systems and Information Dynamics
Symbolic Dynamics
Chaotic Dynamics
Generalized Dimensions
Chaotic Time Series
Self-similarity
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Bountis, T. (1997). Fundamental concepts of classical chaos. Part II: Fractals and chaotic dynamics. Open Systems and Information Dynamics, 4(3), 281-322.
Fundamental concepts of classical chaos. Part II : Fractals and chaotic dynamics. / Bountis, Tassos.
In: Open Systems and Information Dynamics, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1997, p. 281-322.
Bountis, T 1997, 'Fundamental concepts of classical chaos. Part II: Fractals and chaotic dynamics', Open Systems and Information Dynamics, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 281-322.
Bountis T. Fundamental concepts of classical chaos. Part II: Fractals and chaotic dynamics. Open Systems and Information Dynamics. 1997;4(3):281-322.
Bountis, Tassos. / Fundamental concepts of classical chaos. Part II : Fractals and chaotic dynamics. In: Open Systems and Information Dynamics. 1997 ; Vol. 4, No. 3. pp. 281-322.
@article{68146c6b07994ebb9f394f544ffc8527,
title = "Fundamental concepts of classical chaos. Part II: Fractals and chaotic dynamics",
abstract = "With the concept of fractals, introduced by B. B. Mandelbrot in the 1970s, geometry assumes again, after Poincar{\'e}, a leading role in the theory of dynamical systems and chaos. Dynamical instability and unpredictability in time become inseparable from geometrical complexity and irregularity in space, through self-similarity under scaling. Chaos theory thus acquires its natural setting and description in terms of fractal geometry and symbolic dynamics. Objects of non-integer dimension and distributions with spectra of generalized dimensions become familiar concepts of aesthetic, even philosophical value, while giving researchers at the same time new tools to probe deeper into complex natural phenomena. In this paper, I review in a pedagogical way the main ideas of fractal geometry, multifractal distributions and symbolic dynamics. Of central importance is the connection between temporal and spatial complexity, while important applications of the formalism are also mentioned, particularly in the area of chaotic time series analysis.",
author = "Tassos Bountis",
journal = "Open Systems and Information Dynamics",
publisher = "World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd",
T1 - Fundamental concepts of classical chaos. Part II
T2 - Fractals and chaotic dynamics
AU - Bountis, Tassos
N2 - With the concept of fractals, introduced by B. B. Mandelbrot in the 1970s, geometry assumes again, after Poincaré, a leading role in the theory of dynamical systems and chaos. Dynamical instability and unpredictability in time become inseparable from geometrical complexity and irregularity in space, through self-similarity under scaling. Chaos theory thus acquires its natural setting and description in terms of fractal geometry and symbolic dynamics. Objects of non-integer dimension and distributions with spectra of generalized dimensions become familiar concepts of aesthetic, even philosophical value, while giving researchers at the same time new tools to probe deeper into complex natural phenomena. In this paper, I review in a pedagogical way the main ideas of fractal geometry, multifractal distributions and symbolic dynamics. Of central importance is the connection between temporal and spatial complexity, while important applications of the formalism are also mentioned, particularly in the area of chaotic time series analysis.
AB - With the concept of fractals, introduced by B. B. Mandelbrot in the 1970s, geometry assumes again, after Poincaré, a leading role in the theory of dynamical systems and chaos. Dynamical instability and unpredictability in time become inseparable from geometrical complexity and irregularity in space, through self-similarity under scaling. Chaos theory thus acquires its natural setting and description in terms of fractal geometry and symbolic dynamics. Objects of non-integer dimension and distributions with spectra of generalized dimensions become familiar concepts of aesthetic, even philosophical value, while giving researchers at the same time new tools to probe deeper into complex natural phenomena. In this paper, I review in a pedagogical way the main ideas of fractal geometry, multifractal distributions and symbolic dynamics. Of central importance is the connection between temporal and spatial complexity, while important applications of the formalism are also mentioned, particularly in the area of chaotic time series analysis.
JO - Open Systems and Information Dynamics
JF - Open Systems and Information Dynamics


text:
California marijuana growers association drops suit over loophole for mega-farms
January 22, 2019 - Updated December 17, 2021
The California Growers Association (CGA) has dropped a lawsuit it filed a year ago against the state over a regulatory loophole that allowed commercial-scale cannabis farms to begin operating in 2018.
In a Jan. 8 court filing in Superior Court of California in Sacramento, the CGA asked for the case to be dismissed. In a press release, CGA said the move was made to "create a clean-slate and increase engagement with the incoming administration of (Gov.) Gavin Newsom."
The CGA board approved a resolution to dismiss the suit to "maximize existing Association resources and engage CDFA in 2019."
The suit's dismissal was first reported by the Sacramento Business Journal.
Former CGA Executive Director Hezekiah Allen told Marijuana Business Daily last year that he was "torn" about the lawsuit's chances, however, and said, "I don't want to fight with growers."
The case, which never gained much traction in court, focused on a sudden change in course by the CDFA in late 2017 when the agency decided to allow cannabis companies to obtain unlimited numbers of "small" MJ grow permits. Such licenses have a maximum capacity of 10,000 square feet – essentially opening the door to immense cannabis grows.
That allowance, the lawsuit argued, was contrary to Proposition 64, approved by California voters in 2016, which prohibited any "large" cultivation licenses from being issued by the state until 2023.
"Medium" cultivation permits allow for grows between 10,000 square feet and an acre, but those are still limited to one license per company.
Since the loophole went into effect early last year, plenty of growers have obtained scores of "small" grow permits to build out large-capacity marijuana farms. That's happened most notably in Santa Barbara County, which has emerged as an MJ cultivation epicenter in California.
Puerto Rico medical marijuana companies now without banking option
US Virgin Islands enacts medical cannabis law, opens tourism business avenues
Arkansas' medical marijuana cultivation sites are all under construction
All U.S. Briefs California Cultivation Farming Legal


31 "Die Worte" vs. "die Wörter"
25 Finding information on German soldiers from World War I and World War II?
16 Translation of "I couldn't care less"
15 How to say "So, yeah..." in German?
13 German equivalent of "Jack of all trades"
13 How to ask kindly in German not to bring any gifts?
11 Was genau ist ein Strom (Gewässer)?


Show your Syracuse Orange pride every time you wear this True Sport Soccer T-shirt from Fanatics Branded.
Mens_Fanatics_Branded_Orange_Syracuse_Orange_True_Sport_Soccer_T-Shirt http://images.fanatics.com/lf http://dmimages.ff.p10/chains/3028099.txt false We are unable to customize this item with the text you have entered. Please try a different entry again. Your current entry cannot be processed due to guidelines for past and present player names. Please create a new entry.


text:
Yoongarillup is a locality in Western Australia's South West region in the local government area of the City of Busselton. At the 2021 census, the area had a population of 79.

The area's name is derived from the Wardandi dialect of the Noongar language and means "by the Nyungar who belong and come hither to burn on this district". Spanish settlers arrived in the early 20th century on the recommendation of Rutlan Casas, who had visited in the late 19th century. The Spanish grew potatoes and were later renowned winemakers in the area, which became known as the Spanish Settlement. The area also became part of the Group Settlement Scheme in the 1920s, with the Yoongarillup Hall being built in 1923 during this period. In 2017, a sculpture by Greg James, Spanish Settler, was unveiled by the City of Busselton in the ArtGeo Cultural Complex as part of the Busselton Settlement Art Project.

References

Further reading

South West (Western Australia)


essay essay on the first amendment freedom of speech.
graph paper 41st Street, West zip 10036 purchase dissertation introduction on religious studies please.
local de ropa End Avenue, East zip 10028 essay on education and job responsibility Long Island University, C.W.
10075 looking for someone to write dissertation abstract on presidential terms online.
10019. Save forests essay St. Lawrence County persuasive essay over gun control Fashion Avenue zip 10018.
West zip 10034 Niagara make my report on weight due tomorrow United States Military Academy, West Point.
End Avenue, East zip 10075.
Graduate Schools marine occurrence report canada.
Madison Tandon School of Engineering, edit thesis on literature for 10 Washington Street zip 10014.
10034 need someone to type my dissertation conclusion on social security numbers due tomorrow marketing plan.
zip 10011 Westchester County Tompkins Cortland Community College.


Distance from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle Airport is 519 miles / 835 kilometers / 451 nautical miles.
Estimated flight time from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Newcastle Airport (NTL) is 1 hour 28 minutes.
There is no time difference between Melbourne and Newcastle.
Flight map from Melbourne to Newcastle.
Melbourne (MEL) → Newcastle (NTL).


The Blackman Rivulet Marine Conservation Area occupies approximately 263.1 hectares within Blackman Rivulet and Blackman Bay in the north of the Tasman Peninsula.
The reserve contains sheltered marine inlet sediment ecosystems and diverse seagrass and algal vegetation. The area features dense seagrass and seaweed beds which include Heterozostera and Ruppia macrophyte types. Seagrass is a relatively rare habitat within the Bruny bioregion and a large proportion of it is located in the Blackman Bay area. Therefore, this reserve is significant for conservation values and as a scientific reference area for seagrass habitats.


Will third time be the charm? Why for the third time, why? Is it for love or for emotional demand? These and many other questions have been gushing in since last Saturday, January 12, when the news of the traditional wedding of the city socialite, Princess Juliana Ejaro Edewor, filtered out. For the mother of popular TV girl, Eku Edewor, her story seems a proof that love can find you at any age and you can even get multiple chances at it, even though, not everyone is so lucky. The tall fair-skinned businesswoman, who is in her 60s, last weekend, tied the knot with her fiancé, Dr. Victor Izegbu, in an intimate traditional wedding which had in attendance only close friends and family members. And her excited daughter shared photos from the wedding on Instagram, with a beautiful long caption that told of how lucky her mum is and revealed the marriage makes it the third time her mum is tying the knot.
According to Eku, her mother has been both a divorcee and a widow. After divorcing Eku's British father, Hugh Thorley, Juliana married a Nigerian businessman, Peter John Claudius Adeniyi Thomas, who unfortunately passed on in 2009, 15 years into their marriage, and now 10 years later, Juliana has found love again and re-married for the third time.
At the very private ceremony held inside the Edewor family home in Delta, the blushing sexagenarian bride, who flaunts looks that belie her age, had the company of her old friends including Cecilia Ibru, the widow of late billionaire Oloorogun Michael Ibru.
It was gathered that when Juliana's sweetheart, Peter Thomas died in 2009, his friends and associates were greatly saddened. Worst hit was Juliana, whose father was the successful magnate Chief James Edewor. But much later, she got over the grief and went about her business, stylishly attired in trendy wears and bright smiles that always light up her face.
Until the traditional ceremony to formalise their relationship last week, Spotlight gathered that the couple has happily been living together. Juliana, the mother to twins –Eku Edewor and Kessiana Edewor – is one of the early pioneers of interior decoration in Nigeria. In addition to operating successfully as an interior decor expert –she runs Showcase Interiors—and has clinched many plum jobs in the process. She owns Chardonnay and The Green Room, two highend restaurant and fun spots, located in the classy neighbourhood on the Island in Lagos.


Recent polls show that online shopping will soar this year with 80% of internet users buying gifts online ($33 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006). Traffic in some niches run 10x in December as compared to September. Is your blog ready? If you are an advertiser, publisher, or both (like me), you need to prepare your sites for the holiday rush.
Both advertisers and publishers should expect delays in getting updated stats as servers will be jammed. Get everything set by early December at the very latest. Then, sit back and relax!


text:
Q: Cloud SQL: Python Client API defaults to utf8mb3 character set on CSV file import I am using Google Cloud's import API to load CSV file in Google Cloud Storage to a Cloud SQL MySQL 5.7 database:
https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/admin-api/v1beta4/instances/import
The import API generates a LOAD DATA INFILE command to MySQL database that assumes 'utf8' character set. However, the data in my CSV files uses 'utf8mb4' encoding which is a superset of 'utf8'. This causes the load process to fail when some strings cannot be encoded to 'utf8':
Exception: CloudSQL Exception: {'kind': 'sql#operation', 'selfLink': 'https://www.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta4/projects/***', 'targetProject': '***', 'targetId': '***', 'targetLink': 'https://www.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta4/projects/***', 'name': '0211c99e-0633-42f1-9ee1-069473308273', 'operationType': 'IMPORT', 'status': 'RUNNING', 'user': '***', 'insertTime': '2019-01-14T02:36:39.861Z', 'startTime': '2019-01-14T02:36:39.972Z', 'error': {'kind': 'sql#operationErrors', 'errors': [{'kind': 'sql#operationError', 'code': 'ERROR_RDBMS', 'message': "Import CSV error: Error 1300: Invalid utf8 character string: ''Afikanisitani|'Apekanikana|A Phu Han (Afghanistan)|A Phú Hãn '\n"}]}, 'importContext': {'kind': 'sql#importContext', 'uri': '***', 'database': '**', 'importUser': '', 'csvImportOptions': {'table': '***'}}}

Relevant piece: "'message': "Import CSV error: Error 1300: Invalid utf8 character string:"
Is there a way to add 'utf8mb4' CHARACTER SET using the import API (or any other character set for that matter)?
I tried experimenting with adding 'character set': 'utf8mb4' in 'csvImportOptions' dictionary, but it appears import API only expects 'table' and 'columns' keys in that dict.
Note that if I directly run the LOAD DATA INFILE command from MySQL client, I am able to import the CSV with no issues:
LOAD DATA INFILE 'myCSVFile.csv'
INTO TABLE 'my table'
CHARACTER SET utf8mb4
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 ROWS

from pprint import pprint

from googleapiclient import discovery
from oauth2client.client import GoogleCredentials

credentials = GoogleCredentials.get_application_default()

service = discovery.build('sqladmin', 'v1beta4', credentials=credentials)

# Project ID of the project that contains the instance.
project = 'my-project'  # TODO: Update placeholder value.

# Cloud SQL instance ID. This does not include the project ID.
instance = 'my-instance'  # TODO: Update placeholder value.

instances_import_request_body = {
    "importContext": {
        "kind": "sql#importContext",
        "fileType": "CSV",
        "uri": gcs_uri,
        "database": database,
        "csvImportOptions": {
            "table": table
        }
    }
}

request = service.instances().import_(project=project, instance=instance, body=instances_import_request_body)
response = request.execute()

ADDITIONAL DATA POINT
It is clear to me that the LOAD DATA INFILE query that Google's API is generating is defaulting to 'utf8' character set.
Fails with the same error message as the API
LOAD DATA INFILE 'problematic.csv'
INTO TABLE my_table
**CHARACTER SET utf8**
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '\"'
ESCAPED BY '\"'

ERROR 1300 (HY000): Invalid utf8 character string: ''Afikanisitani|'Apekanikana|A Phu Han (Afghanistan)|A Phú Hãn '

Works:
LOAD DATA INFILE 'problematic.csv'
INTO TABLE my_table
**CHARACTER SET utf8mb4**
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '\"'
ESCAPED BY '\"'

Query OK, 75641 rows affected (1.14 sec)
Records: 75641  Deleted: 0  Skipped: 0  Warnings: 0

The documentation here is incorrect: https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/import-export/importing
  LOAD DATA INFILE ... ***CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb4'***
  FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '\"' ESCAPED BY '\"'.

A: The solution is to set the following flag on your Google Cloud SQL instance:
character-set-server: utf8mb4

Configuring Database Flags
CLI Command:
gcloud sql instances patch [INSTANCE_NAME] --database-flags character-set-server=utf8mb4

The database flags are listed under the settings as the collection databaseFlags:
gcloud sql instances describe [INSTANCE_NAME]

Warning: Any flag not included in the patch command will be set back to its default value.


text:
Young people encouraged to apply for sport grants
CALLING all budding Joel Selwoods, Glenn O'Sheas or Kristi Harrowers, the latest round of Local Sporting Champion Grants is closing soon.
Federal Member for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters, said young sport stars had until February 28 to get their application in for this round of funding.
"The grants are a fantastic scheme to help young people aged 12 to 18 meet the significant cost associated with participation at an official national sporting competition," she said.
"It's particularly hard for people from regional areas to compete in major championships. Not only is there the cost of travel to and from competitions, but also accommodation, uniforms and equipment."
Grants of $500 for individuals and $3000 for teams are available.
Ms Chesters encouraged central Victoria's young people to tap into the funding.
"Central Victoria has produced some world-class athletes over the years and hopefully these grants will assist the next generation of sporting champions," she said.
Application forms can be found athttp://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/schools_and_juniors/local_sporting_champions
medicare_and_preventative_health


text:
Donations Welcome via Subscribe Star & PayPal
St. Louis Prosecutor Confiscates Famous Couple's Guns Because America Is Not A Free Country Anymore
July 16, 2020 July 16, 2020 / By Hohenzollern
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley (R) just wrote a letter to US Attorney General William Barr demanding a constitutional rights investigation into St. Louis's political persecution of the McCloskeys, the now-iconic rich couple that brandished guns to shoo away an unruly mob that had invaded their gated neighborhood:
"As you are well aware, the country is facing a moment of significant public unrest and discord. As many Americans are peacefully exercising their constitutional rights to free speech and protest throughout the country, still others are exploiting this moment as an opportunity to sow violence and destruction. Too often, peaceful demonstrations have devolved into tense standoffs or violent riots, with threats and attacks on businesses, innocent bystanders, and law enforcement officers.
One such incident occurred in St. Louis, Missouri, where a family reportedly faced a mass of demonstrators trespassing on their property and threatening them. When help from the police or from nearby security failed to arrive, this family, the McCloskeys, did what any reasonable person would do: they retrieved their lawfully owned firearms and defended their property and their lives. The confrontation was resolved with no one being hurt.
Unfortunately, this family is facing new threats, not from demonstrators but from the local government. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is now threatening to prosecute not the trespassers, but the McCloskeys, and she is using the powers of her office to target them. Her office has seized their firearms, and police have applied for warrants in the case, with an indictment believed to be imminent.
This is an unacceptable abuse of power and threat to the Second Amendment, and I urge you to consider a federal civil rights investigation into the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office to determine whether this investigation and impending prosecution violates this family's constitutional rights. There is no question under Missouri law that the McCloskeys had the right to own and use their firearms to protect themselves from threatened violence, and that any criminal prosecution for these actions is legally unsound. The only possible motivation for the investigation, then, is a politically motivated attempt to punish this family for exercising their Second Amendment rights. Indeed, this is part of a troubling pattern of politically motivated prosecutorial decisions by the St. Louis Circuit Attorney, who has not seen fit to prosecute many violent offenders, and who has expressed hostility to gun rights in the past. Recently, reports indicate that she declined to pursue charges against dozens of individuals arrested during a weekend of riots in the city.
The Second Amendment is not a second-class right. No family should face the threat of harassment or malicious prosecution for exercising that right. The Department of Justice must ensure that all Americans' rights are protected from this kind of abuse of power."
God Bless Senator Hawley. Most Republican politicians are fake allies who talk tough but ultimately are not on our side. Josh Hawley is one of the few that seems to be a genuine patriot, and who actually realizes that as a US Senator, his primary job is to secure and defend liberty for the American people.
Thank God Sen. Hawley is not letting this injustice go unchallenged. If this tyrannical St. Louis prosecutor was allowed to confiscate this couple's guns without charging them with a crime, it would have set a horrible precedent going forward.
But just to be clear: an unruly mob broke into a private, gated neighborhood and a family that lived in that neighborhood came outside with guns in hand in an attempt to discourage the mob from attacking them or their house. And instead of bringing charges against the people in the mob, the City of St. Louis confiscated the guns of the McCloskeys, the people trying to protect themselves and their home from the mob.
We now live in an upside country where criminals roam free and unprosecuted, while the law-abiding citizens are relentlessly
Why is it like this?
Because our decaying ruling class is now at the point where, in its desperation to cling to power, it enforces the laws only to suppress those it perceives to be threats.
It's called "anarcho-tyranny" and we're living in it:
Anarcho-tyranny is a term coined in 2003 by Sam Francis, a conservative political writer:
"Unwilling to control immigration and the cultural disintegration it causes, the authorities instead control the law-abiding.
This is precisely the bizarre system of misrule I have elsewhere described as "anarcho-tyranny"—we refuse to control real criminals (that's the anarchy) so we control the innocent (that's the tyranny)."
We are now at the point where our culture has sufficiently disintegrated, and the present social unrest is a byproduct of that. This is why our ruling class has adopted a system of anarcho-tyranny, where rioters and looters ago unprosecuted and law-abiding citizens exercising their Second Amendment rights are met with the full wrath of the law.
Contrary to what a lot of hardcore gun owners say, the state can come and take your guns. You are not going to resist. Are you really going to refuse the cops when they show up at your door and demand you to hand over your guns? Are you going to open fire on them? No, you're going to hand them right over.
You're not going to die to keep your guns. You're not going to open fire on police when they come to confiscate your guns.
It's not going to go down the way you think it will. A mass gun confiscation will not be announced far and wide. They're not going to give people the option to prepare and organize a coordinated resistance plan. Anyone who does resist violently will be killed or arrested and portrayed as a lunatic and have their reputation slandered in the media. None of their friends will want to associate with them and come to their defense. It'll be like Waco or Ruby Ridge: you'll be branded as a nutcase so no one will have any sympathy for you.
Cops are not going to refuse to follow unconstitutional orders, either. You're delusional if you're banking on that happening. Most cops want to keep their jobs, they want to keep their pensions, they don't want to rock the boat. They'll follow orders. The biggest lesson of the communist & Nazi atrocities of the 20th century is that most people will just follow orders while unthinkable acts of evil are carried out by the state.
People think they'll shoot the people that come to take their guns. They think they'll shoot and then The Revolution will begin all over the country and they'll be fine. Not gonna happen: You will be isolated, they will come to your house to take your guns, no one will come to your aid, and you will hand those guns over just like the McCloskeys did. If you start shooting, you will be met with superior firepower and neutralized.
The civil war will not start the moment they come for your guns. If you fire on the cops, people will not rally to your cause and join you in resistance to the government.
This is why we need genuine Patriots like Josh Hawley in government, so that it never comes to the point where the police are going door-to-door and confiscating guns.
Florida Passes Law Allowing Teachers to Carry Guns at School–Hopefully, More States Follow Suit
May 10, 2019 May 10, 2019 / By Hohenzollern
Hopefully Florida is the first of many states to implement this no-brainer policy:
It's the law now: In Florida, teachers can carry guns at school https://t.co/tWZg0A9zjP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 10, 2019
I cannot for the life of me understand why people oppose this.
"Back-to-school shopping: one bullet-proof vest." Does this dumb person holding that sign realize she's saying teachers are not to be trusted with guns?
Do they not. . . trust themselves with guns? Are they saying teachers are not to be trusted with guns?
Are teachers more liable to pull a gun on one of their students than some mentally defective, fatherless problem-child pumped full of psychoactive drugs?
Good God.
And this doesn't require teachers to carry guns. It only allows them to, if they choose.
Why would a teacher oppose having the option to be armed in the era of mass school shootings? It takes a special kind of stupid to say, "No, I'd rather not have the option to be armed if and when some fucked-up kid decides to live out his twisted, deranged fantasy and become the next Nikolas Cruz."
You have to be brainwashed beyond all hope to oppose this.
I'm sure the liberal response here will be that arming teachers isn't the answer–gun control is the answer.
They'd prefer to just disarm everyone so only Our Lord & Savior, The Government has access to guns.
Hello, dummies? Did we not go over this with Parkland? The armed officer whose sole job it was to protect the students from potential shooters cowered in fear outside while the shooting was taking place.
It takes a while for the police to arrive after they've been notified of the shooting. By the time they arrive there are already many casualties.
The government cannot protect you. The government is not your savior.
And the whole idea of "gun control" is nonsensical: just because some politicians sign a piece of paper doesn't magically make all the guns disappear.
The bad guys won't follow the law. All you've done is take the guns away from good, law-abiding citizens.
You cannot un-invent the gun, no matter how badly you want to. Until you find a way to un-invent the gun, "gun control" policies are nothing more than a fantasy–and a dangerous one at that.
The bottom line is that we are in a vicious cycle when it comes to school shootings. When they happen, we publicize them all over the news (except the recent Colorado shooting where the shooter was a Trump-hating leftwing tranny, the "media" doesn't want to talk about that at all), which only further incentivizes the next psychopath to shoot up his school. All the while our schools are the softest targets imaginable for bad people: most of the schools in this country are "gun free zones," which are essentially huge, blinking neon signs for wolves that say "UNPROTECTED SHEEP READY FOR SLAUGHTER."
When a store owner or a home owner experiences a break-in, he will then take steps to beef up security by buying a gun, cameras and a security system. It's common sense. A woman who is mugged walking home one night will, at the very least, start to carry mace around in the future. Ideally she'd buy a handgun.
After more than a dozen school shootings in the past 20 years, you'd think by now we would learn our lesson: our schools are soft targets and all the bad guys know it.
The idea behind arming teachers is to discourage potential future school shooters. No longer are our schools shooting galleries for Zoloft-addled demons.
The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
Tyrannical Dem Congressman: NUKE Gun Owners Who Won't Disarm
November 16, 2018 November 16, 2018 / By Hohenzollern
You've gotta see it to believe it:
Earlier this year, Rep. Eric Swalwell (Tyrant-CA) proposed a "gun buyback program" but with a twist: if gun owners didn't "voluntarily" "sell" their guns back to the government, they would be prosecuted.
I'm not sure why this was brought up today, but it was. And the gun debate ended with a Democratic Member of Congress entertaining the idea of nuking gun owners.
Shorter Eric Swalwell: don't even try to resist. We'll nuke your redneck asses if you don't give up the guns.
Boy, I wonder why those nutty conspiracy theorist conservatives are concerned about the government going tyrannical, and thus want to arm themselves.
This country is really headed for a bad place.
Ten years ago, would you believe it if someone told you that Democrats in 2018 would be fantasizing about nuking gun-owners?
The fact that a Member of Congress is entertaining this idea is terrifying, and also deeply depressing. Functionally, we are not a single country anymore.
Follow Palace Intrigue on Twitter!
Follow Palace Intrigue via Email
Copyright © 2021 The Palace Intrigue | Powered by Astra WordPress Theme


I will respect all private and public property and the rights of all winter recreationist to enjoy winters beauty.
I will park consideratly without blocking other vehicles or impeding access to trails.
I will keep to the right when meeting another winter recreationist and yield the right-of-way to downhill traffic.
I will respect designated areas, trail use signs and established ski tracks.
I will not disturb wildlife, avoiding all areas posted for their protection or feeding.
I will not litter and I will pack out everything I packed in.
I realize that my destination and travel speed are determined by my equipment, ability, terrain, weather, and traffic on the trail. In case of emergency, I will volunteer assistance.
I will not interfere with our harass others, recognizing that people judge all snowmobilers and skiers by my actions.


Information about marriages and civil partnerships.
Marriages in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea including at Chelsea Old Town Hall.
Civil Partnerships in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea including at Chelsea Old Town Hall.
Frequently asked questions about ceremonies.
Baby naming ceremonies, commitment ceremonies and renewal of vows ceremonies.
Process on giving notice if you wish to get married or form a civil partnership in England or Wales.
Frequently asked questions about giving notice of intention to marry or enter into civil partnership.
Book an appointment to give notice of marriage or civil partnership.


Venezuela's election body said President Nicolas Maduro's ruling party won a majority of governorships in Sunday's regional election. The opposition, which was expected to head for a landslide, is crying foul.
Venezuela's National Electoral Council said ruling Socialist party candidates won in 17 out of 23 states in the country's regional elections on Sunday.
The opposition, which opinion polls showed was expected to win back control of majority of the state governorships, took only five of the states.
Just before the results were made public, the opposition, which was hoping for a major victory over Maduro, said it had "serious suspicions and doubts over the results" and that the pro-government election board was about to announce results in favor of Maduro's ruling party.
Maduro's Socialist Party, which controls 20 state governorships, was expected to face a backlash in the elections for pushing Venezuela towards an economic meltdown that has led to crippling food and medical shortages and a soaring inflation.
The election outcome has come as yet another blow for the beleaguered opposition that failed to unseat Maduro after violent protests earlier this year that led to at least 120 deaths and thousands of arrests.
Earlier in the day, voters could be seen lining up to cast their ballot at several places even after the official poll closing time of 6 p.m. local time (2200 UTC). More than half the registered voters are expected to have voted, though participation appeared to be lower than in past presidential and congressional elections.
The opposition accused the pro-government National Electoral Council, which relocated 200 voting centers on security grounds, of attempting to suppress turnout in its strongholds by requiring voters to walk long distances, sometimes in unsafe areas.
The election board also refused to remove from the ballot names of opposition politicians who lost in primaries, likely confusing voters.
There were also technical glitches such as electrical failures.
The president of the election board, Tibisay Lucena, played down reports of irregularities. Lucena said problems with electricity and voting machines have been few and far between.
President Maduro on Sunday released a taped message, calling on Venezuelans to vote in the elections and show to the world that their country was a vibrant democracy.
"They have said we are a dictatorship. No. We are a rebellious, egalitarian people," Maduro said. "Democracy has triumphed."
Opposition leaders mocked Maduro's suggestion.
"We are fighting to recover our democracy," said opposition leader Henrique Capriles. "Democracy is not just voting."
Maduro has warned that the newly-elected opposition governors will have to swear allegiance to a new constituent assembly elected in July.
The opposition considers the entirely pro-government legislative superbody illegal. The new assembly supersedes all other institutions, including the opposition-controlled congress.


text:
Q: TintColor does not apply to my Complication when using rendering Mode "Template" (CLKComplicationTemplateGraphicCircularClosedGaugeImage) I am currently trying to implement a
CLKComplicationTemplateGraphicCircularClosedGaugeImage
but for some reason my icon keeps getting tinted blue.
When I change the tintColor of the WatchFace everything seems to be tinted the right way. But when I disable tinting on the WatchFace my Image will be colored blue for some reason.
I enabled the rendering Mode: alwaystemplate inside the asset catalog because my image is just black in the original version and I tint it in other parts of my app.
let gaugeProvider = CLKSimpleGaugeProvider(style: .fill, gaugeColor: color, fillFraction: progress)
let template = CLKComplicationTemplateGraphicCircularClosedGaugeImage(gaugeProvider: gaugeProvider, imageProvider: CLKFullColorImageProvider(fullColorImage: image))

I tried to apply a tintColor on the template and I also tried to apply a tintColor direclty to the image before passing it to the ImageProvider. Both Ideas doesnt result in the expected output.
let gaugeProvider = CLKSimpleGaugeProvider(style: .fill, gaugeColor: color, fillFraction: progress)
let imageProvider = CLKFullColorImageProvider(fullColorImage: image)
let template = CLKComplicationTemplateGraphicCircularClosedGaugeImage(gaugeProvider: gaugeProvider, imageProvider: imageProvider)
template.tintColor = .white // this has no effect

How can I set a default tint color when using alwaysTemplate as the rendering mode?

A: I found a Solution by myself.
I am now tinting the Image white and also rerendering it as a originalImage.
let imageProvider = CLKFullColorImageProvider(fullColorImage: image.withTintColor(.white, renderingMode: .alwaysTemplate).withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal))


Do you have the results of the Dent phosporous clinical trial yet? If so, should we increase phosporous in the diet and which foods are best?
Hi Lada. How are you?
I just saw te question from Mari Carmen from Sevilla in Spanish. I don't know hoe long ago she wrote but I can translate.
".Hi Lada. My 14 year old son has been diagnosed with Dent 1. He has losses of calcium, proteinura and hematuria. They are only giving him acalka and now Vitamin D. But he is not as tall as he should be for his age, and now two small bumps have come out on his chest. The doctor says this is normal growth but I am very concerned. Thanks for your answer.
Thanks. You can answer her that growth delay is common in Dent disease and that sometimes children get treated with growth hormone.
My son has ADHD and they are wanting to start him on medication. Do these types of medications negatively affect the kidneys?
I don't think they should but you can ask me specifically when you know the name of the medication.
Hola Lada, mi hijo tiene 14 años y le han diagnosticado la enfermedad de dent tipo1 soy de sevilla y tiene perdidas de calcio,proteinuria y hematuria y solo le estan dando el acalka y ahora vitamina d pero no esta lo alto que tendria que estar con su edad ahora le han salido dos bultitos en los pechos y el medico de familia dice que es normal del crecimiento estoy muy preocupada espero tu respuesta gracias.
Please have somebody to translate in English?
Hola buenas tardes lada soy mari carmen la madre de un niño de 13 años con enfermedad de dent mi preocupacion es la gran perdida de calcio que tiene mi hijo en la orina de las 24 horas que cada vez va perdiendo mas calcio eso es bueno.
Hola buenos dias Lada me llamo mari carmen y tengo un niño de 13 años que le han diagnosticado la enfermedad de dent me gustaria saber si es normal que el porcentaje de calcio perdido en la orina de 24 horas lo tenga en 11, no tendrian que ponerle algo para esa perdida tan grande de calcio? gracias Lada.
I do not speak Spanish, unfortunatelly.
If you were asking if it was expected to have high calcium in the urine for Dent patients, I can tell you that it is very common.
Maybe you can find somebody to translate to English?
Emily, I apologize, I did not get the alert for this question and did not check the site for some time.
Usually, in our lab I think it takes about a month.
I have asked our geneticist and will let you know.
Found out: 6-8 weeks on average.
I have a question about Dent's Disease & its progression. I realize you can't predict what is going to happen with my son, but I am curious as to whether you have heard/seen any trends with regard to its progression. My son, Matthew, turns 15 years old next week. His creatinine is 1.2 as of today & he weighs approximately 114. His creatinine has been going up .1 for the past 4 labs. He has labs every 3-4 months. At this rate, if it keeps progressing at this rate, he will need a transplant before he reaches 20. I am very concerned. Are there any statistics? Could puberty cause the creatinine to increase at a faster rate & then maybe it may slow down as he gets older? What is the average age of transplant with this disease? Is there anything that has been found to slow the progression? Another thing.....can a carrier be a potential kidney donor? I have 4 daughters & 3 of them are Dent's carriers. Thank you so much for your time.
I would not worry about the transplant at this time, his kidney function is very good.
Carriers could theoretically be donors, however we are not sure if we recommend it or not.
If the donor has proteinuria or stones, it is probably not such a good idea. It has been done, however.
It would have to be decided on case to case bases by a transplant center.
As the child grows and gains muscle mass, the creatinine could increase.
Citrates have been shown to decrease progression on mice, nothing known with certainty on humans.
ACE inhibitors when significant albuminuria potentially beneficial, no data.
Thiazide diuretics? Unknown if affect progression.
You see, patients are asking us for advice but we have no data and cannot recommend.
Then we try to get data but patients are reluctant to participate in research!
And we go in circles.
In our study we are trying to see if phosphorus could be beneficial in reducing calcium in urine, kidney damage instead of thiazides that have side effects often difficult to tolerate.
We could talk on the phone this weekend, or Fri pm if you like, since this is so complex.
My 8 year old son and my 32 year old brother both have Dent's, and my brother has recently been placed on dialysis due to renal failure, and he is currently on the transplant list. I am a carrier of dent's, and have mild symptoms, excess protein in the urine, have had kidney stones several times, Am I a canidate to donate a kidney to either of them if I am a match?
This question has really not been answered properly as of yet.
We have heard of a mother who has donated the kidney to her son and both were doing well, however there is no clear recommendation.
If you actively form stones, and have significant stone on CT and have significant proteinuria, that is probably not a good idea.
I would say, you don't have absolute contraindication but a relative one and you would have to be evaluated by a transplant center.
Thank you for responding to my earlier question. My son is 8years old, and we have since stopped the enalapril because it was having absolutely no effect on him and was making him feel bad. We recently discovered that my brother, who is 32, has Dent's also, and he is in kidney failure and will be started on dialysis soon. We are hoping this is not typical and this is not the path that my son will go down. Does kidney failure usually onset this quickly with Dents pts? Our son is on the dent's registry and we are willing to enroll him in the study and I'm sure my brother would participate also.
It is quite common that the older relative gets a diagnosis only after a child is diagnosed.
This is a rare disease more unusual in children and pediatricians are better in making the diagnosis.
It is in the expected age range that your brother developed advanced kidney failure, however an early part of that age spectrum. Usually for Dent, dialysis is needed between 30 and 50, so this was early.
Our goal is to study more the disease and test interventions that could delay the progression of the disease. That is why we are doing this study.
The good news is that just because they have the same mutation, the disease does not have to behave in the same way in the two of them. Variability in the family is quite common.
I am glad you are in the registry. As soon as our consent form for children is approved, I will let you know. Unfortunatelly, for now we are not testing the patients with advanced disease if they have high PTH (parathyroid hormone) and your brother likely has it above normal. You can ask him if he knows, but he should definitely be in the registry for any further research and for better understanding of disease.


John Vander Laan was born on February 9, 1938. He died in June 1979 at age 41.
John Vander Laan's biography is built and maintained by people like you. Create an online profile of John so that his life is remembered forever. If any factual information is incorrect, please edit John's biography.
This genealogy profile is dedicated to the life and ancestry of John Vander Laan and his immediate family. Add to John Vander Laan's genealogy page to share your memories & historical research with his family and other genealogy hobbyists.
Do you know the final resting place - gravesite in a cemetery or location of cremation - of John Vander Laan? Add burial and funeral information.
John Vander Laan lived 33 years shorter than the average Laan family member when he died at the age of 41.
It is unknown if John Vander Laan is a military veteran.
1938 - In the year that John Vander Laan was born, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
1971 - When he was 33 years old, on May 3rd, 10,000 federal troops, 5,100 officers of the D.C. Metropolitan Police, 2,000 members of the D.C. National Guard, and federal agents assembled in Washington DC to prevent an estimated 10,000 Vietnam War protesters from marching. President Nixon (who was in California) refused to give federal employees the day off and they had to navigate the police and protesters, adding to the confusion. By the end of a few days of protest, 12,614 people had been arrested - making it the largest mass arrest in US history.
1977 - At the age of 39 years old, John was alive when on May 25th, Star Wars premiered in theaters. Eventually, it became the highest-grossing film of all time - until E.T. surpassed it a few years later. It was an immediate hit with theatergoers.
1979 - In the year of John Vander Laan's passing, on March 28th, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the power plant at Three Mile Island Pennsylvania. Radiation leaked into the environment, resulting in a rating of 5 on a scale of 7 ("Accident With Wider Consequences") . It ended up costing $1 billion to clean up the site.
This obit of John Vander Laan is updated by the community. Edit this biography to contribute to his obituary. Include details such as cemetery, burial, newspaper obituary and grave or marker inscription if available.
John Vander Laan died in June 1979 at 41 years of age. There is no listed cause of death. He was born on February 9, 1938. We are unaware of information about John's surviving family.
What do you remember about John Vander Laan? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about him. Or just leave a comment to show the world that John is remembered.


At a Tuesday event hosted by the Brookings Institution's Center on Children and Families, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in a speech compared the the response of the education establishment to taxi services undercut by services like Uber and Lyft.
But in a subsequent discussion Brookings' Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst asked DeVos whether she was concerned that if school choice expansion is implemented badly it could actually hurt educational outcomes.
Her response? She said she wasn't sure they could be much worse, and cited two national tests to back up her point.


60th Grammy Awards Picks and Predictions!!!
Anthony's picks and predictions for the forthcoming Grammy awards show in 2018! Enjoy!
Anthony's picks and predictions for the forthcoming Grammy awards show in 2017! Enjoy!
My picks and predictions for some of the most notorious categories in the next Grammy Awards ceremony.