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Of course, you cannot transform the season like summer to winter and winter to summer, but you can experience the season via advanced technology, and features aren’t it? Let’s take the example of a swimming pool you know that it’s only used in summer to have cool experience but do you know that you can also have a warmer experience in winter? Yes, with Solar pool heating system installation in the pool you can enjoy the winter pool session.
Swimming Pool Heating is quite difficult and impossible at the time, but if you choose a professional and experienced solar heating system company, then it’s simple and stunning. You may have the best swimming session after the installation of the system and can experience swimming pool session in every season.
The top thing that has to look in the company is experience and expertise to warm the pool with the solar heating system because you are installing the system to have swimming experience throughout the day and years right? And that’s why to look for the company who can provide the system which helps you to warm the pool and give experience in winter. Hence, ask your neighbors if they have a solar pool heating system and get the best company to have a system in your pool.
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Do you want to experience a swimming session in winter? Then install Solar Pool Heating Sydney and experience the winter swimming session. Select the best solar pool heating company according to the above tips and experience all-season swimming. | https://localbusinessau.org/how-solar-pool-heating-system-help-in-winter-for-pool-experience/ | 468 |
Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 53, No. 373, pp. 1495-1502,
June 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
An inducible activator produced by a Serratia proteamaculans strain and its soybean growth-promoting activity under greenhouse conditions
Department of Plant Science, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9
Serratia proteamaculans 1-102 (1-102) promotes soybeanbradyrhizobia nodulation and growth, but the mechanism is unknown. After adding isoflavonoid inducers to 1-102 culture, an active peak with a retention time of about 105 min in the HPLC fractionation was isolated using a bioassay based on the stimulation of soybean seed germination. The plant growth-promoting activity of this material was compared with 1-102 culture (cells) and supernatant under greenhouse conditions. The activator was applied to roots in 83, 830 and 8300 HPLC microvolts (µV) per seedling when plants were inoculated with bradyrhizobia or sprayed onto the leaves in same concentrations at 20 d after inoculation. The root-applied activator, especially at 1 ml of 830 µV per seedling, enhanced soybean nodulation and growth at the same level as 1-102 culture under both optimal and sub-optimal root zone temperatures. Thus, this activator stimulating soybean seed germination is also responsible for the plant growth-promoting activity of 1-102 culture. However, when sprayed onto the leaves, the activator did not increase growth and in higher concentrations decreased average single leaf area. The results suggest that this inducible activator might be a lipo-chitooligosaccharide (LCO) analogue. LCOs act as rhizobia-to-legume signals stimulating root nodule formation. The activator could provide additional signal, increasing in the signal quality (the signal-to-noise ratio, SNR) of the plantrhizobia signal exchange process.
Key words: Inducible activator, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, Serratia proteamaculans, soybean.
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It allows you to determine the amount of chlorine that has entered the circulation thanks to the regulator located in the lower part of the dispenser.
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username_0: Updates [org.scala-lang:scala-library](https://github.com/scala/scala.git) from 2.13.2 to 2.13.5.
I'll automatically update this PR to resolve conflicts as long as you don't change it yourself.
If you'd like to skip this version, you can just close this PR. If you have any feedback, just mention me in the comments below.
Configure Scala Steward for your repository with a [`.username_0.conf`](https://github.com/username_0-org/username_0/blob/299cdfbdeaa6099912d0085b6a26a710ce5ddf7e/docs/repo-specific-configuration.md) file.
Have a fantastic day writing Scala!
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Add this to your `.username_0.conf` file to ignore future updates of this dependency:
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Q: JLabel will not update unless something causes the method to hang Firstly, apologies but it would be really hard to reconstruct a SSCCE for this, though I think I can explain the situation considerably well and get my question across,
My situation is as thus: I have a JLabel that serves as a status indicator (e.g. that will display "Loading..." or "Ready") and I call the setText method in a MouseAdapter before another method is called to do the actual action. However, the JLabel text never changes, unless I do something like call JOptionPane.showMessageDialog() in which case the text does update.
So, does anybody have any suggestions as to how I can resolve this situation without doing something like displaying a message box for (what would be) no reason whatsoever?
Thanks in advance
A: Make sure you don't run your task (your "Loading..." procedure) on the EDT (Event Dispatch Thread); if you do so, your GUI won't get updated.
You have to run your application code (unless it's very fast, say less than 100ms, no network access, no DB access, etc) on a separate thread. The SwingWorker (see javadocs) class might come handy for this purpose.
The EDT (e.g. code blocks inside user interface listeners) should only contain code for updating the GUI, operating on Swing components, etc. Everything else you should run on its own Runnable object.
--
EDIT: reponse to Andy's comment. Here's a raw example (written on the fly, it might have typos and such and might not run as-is) of how you can use the SwingWorker class
Put this in your mouse listener event or whatever makes your task start
//--- code up to this point runs on the EDT
SwingWorker<Boolean, Void> sw = new SwingWorker<Boolean, Void>()
{
@Override
protected Boolean doInBackground()//This is called when you .execute() the SwingWorker instance
{//Runs on its own thread, thus not "freezing" the interface
//let's assume that doMyLongComputation() returns true if OK, false if not OK.
//(I used Boolean, but doInBackground can return whatever you need, an int, a
//string, whatever)
if(doMyLongComputation())
{
doSomeExtraStuff();
return true;
}
else
{
doSomeExtraAlternativeStuff();
return false;
}
}
@Override
protected void done()//this is called after doInBackground() has finished
{//Runs on the EDT
//Update your swing components here
if(this.get())//here we take the return value from doInBackground()
yourLabel.setText("Done loading!");
else
yourLabel.setText("Nuclear meltdown in 1 minute...");
//progressBar.setIndeterminate(false);//decomment if you need it
//progressBar.setVisible(false);//decomment if you need it
myButton.setEnabled(true);
}
};
//---code under this point runs on the EDT
yourLabel.setText("Loading...");
//progressBar.setIndeterminate(true);//decomment if you need it
//progressBar.setVisible(true);//decomment if you need it
myButton.setEnabled(false);//Prevent the user from clicking again before task is finished
sw.execute();
//---Anything you write under here runs on the EDT concurrently to you task, which has now been launched
A: Do you call the setText() method from the EDT?
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Have you ever played wrc 6? It is one of the best and highly played racing game in the gaming market available for PC. There are many games on the same theme, but still, people play the game and enjoy their free time in the right and the best manner. If you also want to get the same enjoyment, then you can consider playing wrc 6.
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Being overweight is written and talked about more and more, but despite this, the number of people who are overweight increases constantly. Specialists state the drastic change in lifestyle of humans in the last decades and the following physiological and psychological changes to which human organisms cannot give an adequate answer, as a basic reason for this.
You don't get enough sleep, you eat sandwiches at work, and your main meal is late at night or even in the night.
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From version 2.2, SVGGraph supports using an image for the graph background. The examples on this page demonstrate what can be done with it.
This should be a really simple option, but it can be a bit confusing. The option to set is back_image and you must set it to the location of the image to display. The important point to remember about this is that the image file is referenced in the SVG code's <image> element in the same way that the <img> element's src attribute works in HTML.
In the example above I set the image to a fully-qualified URI - this should work wherever your SVG output ends up (as long as whatever is reading the SVG supports images).
This time I used an absolute path for the image location. This should work as long as the SVG is rendered from a website to a browser. If you save the SVG document out or pass it to an external program, the image will probably not be found.
Example 1: index.php uses <embed> to load graph.php from the same directory. The graph.php script calls SVGGraph using 'images/backgroumd.png' as the back_image option.
Example 3: the graph.php file is now an include, loaded into index.php and run to insert the SVG into the HTML of the main page. The background image is now relative to the index.php page.
The examples above should cover the most common cases, but if you have trouble with the location of your images check the browser console and / or web server log. There should be a "404 not found" error message that will tell you where the browser is trying to find the missing image.
The back_image_opacity option modifies the opacity of the background image. The "SVGGraph" image used in these examples is a PNG with an alpha channel and a predominantly transparent background. The value given for the SVGGraph back_colour (in this case '#333') shows through the transparent areas.
When back_image_mode is set to auto, the image is shown using the correct aspect ratio, and fitted within a box with dimensions set by the back_image_width and back_image_height options. This box may be positioned using the back_image_left and back_image_top options.
With back_image_mode set to stretch, the image is stretched non-uniformly to fit the whole rectangle specifed by the back_image_width and back_image_height options. As with auto mode, the position of the box is controlled by the back_image_left and back_image_top options.
As with auto mode, the image is uniformly stretched to fit the box specified with the back_image_width and back_image_height options. The box is then used in an SVG <pattern> to tile the image across the whole of the background.
The back_image_left and back_image_top options may be used to offset the image box, as in the third example below.
In the first example above, no tiling takes place - this is because neither the width or height have been specified, therefore the image box takes up the whole of the SVG document.
In the second example above, the image height has been set so that the image is tiled vertically, and in the third example both width and height are set to tile the image in both directions. | 2b94f33300ff826b48a611fae816d7cc | 718 |
Lots of folks can tell you about how to get traffic, very few if any can tell you about how to redirect it exactly where you want it to go and that is what we will be focusing on today. Here we go.
If you’ve ever looked at promoting your business online you’ve no doubt heard about article marketing and how beneficial it is to any business – online or offline. Now the question is whether or not you really understand what article marketing is capable of and how it all works?
Article marketing companies, commonly called content mills, are the best thing that writers should join. There are several reasons that writers should know about. You must read this if you are actively writing now.
If you’re using article marketing to promote your website or business, it’s important that your articles be informative; otherwise, they won’t appeal to publishers and readers. However, what do we really mean by “informative”? In simple terms, an informative article is one that contains information that readers find useful to them.
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Writing articles on the topic of marketing can be quite a challenge, especially compared to writing articles about the craft of writing. While marketing is continually evolving, the craft of writing is relatively constant.
Publishing articles on your site is a good way to drive traffic and attract readers. When you have articles containing information that people want and need, you can build a loyal following and even a customer base. However, writing articles is something that not everyone can easily do.
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Articles posted on the web are like the little girl who has a little curl right in the middle of her forehead. When they are good they are very very good and when they are bad they are horrid. So horrid in fact that Google has decided that enough is enough and started actively reducing the ranking of article farms and sites with poor content. In taking this action Google is acknowledging that while content is great rubbish is not.
There is a lot of buzz about article marketing on the internet these days. The first step in getting started with article marketing is to understand what it is about. Essentially, the internet is a vast storehouse of information, and that is what people who use the internet are looking for.
Article marketing is an extremely good way to gain extra exposure for your online business and it is a method that is used by thousands of people every single week. There are however several things that you need to know before thinking of submitting any articles in order to get the most out of them as this can have a direct impact on the amount of extra visitors, and therefore extra money, that you shall get as a result of just sitting down and writing a few paragraphs.
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I think that the activity of the acupuncturist publicly posting antivax information during a pandemic, especially this late in the game where it is being demonstrated that it is a safe vaccine (I could understand posting the questions around the vaccine's safety when it was first available), would be a red flag to me. (Note I am a CA licensed acupuncturist). They can have their personal beliefs about vaccines (generally and specific) but competency in public health, and public health messaging, is sort of like a basic expectation for health care professionals IMHO.
Also I will say I know personally some wonderful acupuncturists who are antivax, which has changed my opinion of them.... But if they were my only option I might see them for treatment. If you really feel like they might be the perfect practitioner otherwise, then it might be okay to see them...
In my clinic I'm still wearing KN 95s when treating patients and most respect those who are continuing to practice in a way that is the safest for the entire spectrum of patients, including those that maybe immune compromised. I have patients that weren't able to receive the vaccine due to their own health issues, and I continue to mask and ask my patients to do so, to respect that full spectrum of vulnerability that still exists.
Good luck to you! I hope you establish a good working relationship with a quality practitioner of this amazing medicine. | 85721b7327ea4a99ba7ddab18245a599 | 298 |
It's just the best show.
I never watched *Friends* in the 90s and started watching it a few days ago just for something to do. I cannot BELIEVE how frequently they rip off ideas from Seinfeld. Did no one notice this at the time?
I mean, there are BIG rip-offs, like Chandler being overly picky with women, particularly one date with an overly large head--a plot reminiscent of Jerry's ongoing pickiness and the episode with Manhands. However, there are also many small examples of quick jokes from *Seinfeld* that also come up in *Friends* (like references to Mr. Peanut, etc.). It's so shameless. | 75549cc12a8b44cab5a208d33f046c8e | 143 |
no clingy is constantly texting, or emailing or popping up saying a sad little 'hi' every time one is online lol. yes men can do this and it feels suffocating. Wanting to be together all the damn time and giving impression they are not quite able to be on their own. Not wanting gf to do anything on her own. That's clingy, needy, dependent, irritating. Everyone has down days when they want to be held - doing this for a partner and \*allowing her to do it to you\* is not clingy, it's emotionally available. ppl forget being emotionally expressive (available) includes the happy emotions too - not being afraid to laugh esp at yourself, take a risk, be protective once in a while when needed. This isn't clingy. and also one thing that redpill gets right - having no interests and not being comfortable apart isn't attractive to women. I doubt it's attractive to men either but idk | 692d275af56b420895d425bfbef615de | 209 |
Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna weighed in today on the hot topic of Billy, the sole elephant resident at the L.A. Zoo. In a letter to the L.A. City Council, Hanna pledged his support to the controversial "Pachyderm Forest" project, which will cost $42 million if completed as originally planned.
"Our zoo is trying to do the best job they can with the real estate they have and the budget they have," said Councilman Tony Cardenas, who conceived the motion to stop construction of the exhibit and move Billy to a sanctuary. "Elephants don't fit in zoos; they have ailments they don't get out in the wild. Whether it's an acre or three to four acres, it's inadequate."
"What I [found] was a project taking shape that will set a new standard for the care of elephants at zoos, providing a home that will be even larger than what Asian elephants enjoy at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Not only will Billy and any future residents have a huge amount of space in which to roam, they will continue to enjoy 24-hour monitoring, state-of-the-art medical care, love, nurturing and a level of attention that ranch-like sanctuaries cannot provide.
"My conclusion: the Pachyderm Forest will be a model for humane elephant care that will educate generations to come on the threats Asian elephants face in the wild." | 7cbc555a89a5f6f6172cb2dbd120ab93 | 298 |
Nice HOW TO if you use Google Sidebar and Talk…After you install both Google Talk and Google Sidebar, you can select an option to integrate Talk into the Sidebar. (Then you can dock it to the side of your screen.) Do you think Windows is slowly becoming a bunch of device drivers to run Google apps on?… [via] Link.
It certainly does seem to be the direction my Tablet PC is going. Since installing GD2 and turning on the Sidebar, I’m coming to rely it on more and more for launching recently used files, blog feeds (er, Web Clips), and news stories. GTalk is docked in there as well. I need a higher resolution monitor on my desk now (the Tablet has a 1400 x 1050 screen which is very nice) ;^)
HOW TO: Click this checkbox | e6dc10129fb212c86497611c773287eb | 175 |
The N.R.A. spent $30 million dollars to elect Trump, but now we're finding much of it was Russian money. F.B.I. counter-intelligence agents have arrested a 29-year-old Russian woman on charges she acted as a Kremlin agent while working over the past three years to build relationships in the upper ranks of the National Rifle Association.
This just in: The Trump administration will no longer force the National Rifle Association to identify their contributors to federal tax officials.
How did that old Eagles song go?
"Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies. They've got their dirty little fingers in everybody's pie!"
Several prominent Russians in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle have been identified as having contact with National Rif ...[text shortened]... y little secrets, dirty little lies. They've got their dirty little fingers in everybody's pie!"
"How did that old Eagles song go?"
"It's interesting when people die..."
Connected to the indictment is U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who met repeatedly with the arrested (alleged) Russian spy, Butina.
KEVIN McCARTHY: there's two people, I think, Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump. Swear to God.
PAUL RYAN: this is an off the record... NO LEAKS! Alright? This is how we know we're a real family here. | 1b87e4979af864f9ce8d3730b8b4d422 | 299 |
Max Schrems has reserved a poisoned chalice for the General Data Protection Regulation, which is celebrating its second anniversary since implementation.
On Monday 25 May, the Austrian activist and his organisation Noyb.eu sent a letter to the national data protection authorities, the European Data Protection Board, the European Commission and the European Parliament to denounce the weaknesses of the Irish data protection authority.
“With around 10,000 complaints in two years and no... | https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/12493/14 | 93 |
Update from Tom Gibbs: Committee formed to Save Our Streetcar
From Tom Gibbs:
*****
Hello everyone,
And, a belated Happy New Year!
Much to tell.
First, let me give you a 'Heads Up' regarding an article that will probably appear on-line in the Puget Sound Business Journal. Marc Stiles, staff writer for the PSBJ, attended a City Council meeting yesterday where the topic of the Benson Trolleys came up. Council member Sally Bagshaw asked City staff if planning for re-activating the Waterfront Streetcars was underway and was told that it is. Marc wanted more information so Sally referred him to me. I just finished a phone interview with him where I mentioned the large number of people who are interested in the vintage cars. He wanted to see some of the letters you sent me so I forwarded him a file of some of them. Thus, you might see your name in the article.
Next, late last year I was advised that the Loop Trolley organization in St. Louis wanted to lease the Benson cars. You will remember that last summer we were successful in stopping them from purchasing the cars so the lease idea was advanced. While the County does not want to see the trolleys leave the area, the lease was of some interest because of significant cost factors. The Federal Transit Administration had warned Metro Transit that a large grant ($250K) awarded to Metro for refurbishing the Benson cars might have to be repaid since the cars are no longer in service. Further, the County is incurring an annual cost of $70K for storing the cars. And, as a senior County official told me - 'With large service cuts imminent those costs are unacceptable'. Leasing the streetcars to St. Louis would void the FTA threat and, of course, eliminate the storage costs. I was asked to help find alternative storage facilities and to support an early decision on the use of the cars on the waterfront. Two organizations have been approached to see if they could accommodate the cars on a temporary basis. I expect responses soon but more options would be advisable. So, if any of you are aware of facilities that could be approached please let me know. Metro Transit has offered to pay one-half of the cost to move the cars.
To the County's great credit, the St. Louis organization was just advised that as long as Seattle is considering re-activating the Benson cars on the waterfront, no lease discussions were appropriate. The Loop Trolley staff will be waiting for a decision by the City and could re-assert their interest in a lease if re-starting the Waterfront Streetcar is not embraced by the City.
I mentioned in my October message that I had been asked to assemble a 'Blue Ribbon Committee' of well-known community leaders who would support the use of the Benson Trolleys on the waterfront. The current list of those who have agreed to participate is attached along with a 'purpose statement' that we adopted in mid-December.
Finally - my ongoing discussions with senior City staff continue to make me optimistic that our efforts will be successful. Of course, it will still be necessary to make our case to the Mayor and Council but I believe they will be attentive and responsive.
Regards,
Tom
*****
COMMITTEE TO RE-ACTIVATE
THE GEORGE BENSON WATERFRONT STREETCARS
Purpose:
It shall be the purpose of this Committee to support the re-activation of the George Benson Waterfront Streetcars by:
- Supporting the following goal for transportation along the new waterfront park; “Use vehicles that will be attractive to riders, have historical significance and be an integrating force for the many waterfront attractions.”
- Urging the City of Seattle to expand the First Hill Streetcar maintenance base to accommodate the Benson Trolleys.
- Helping to raise funds for the proper storage and refurbishing of the vintage streetcars.
- Promoting the use of volunteer labor to assist in the restoration of the vintage streetcars.
- Speaking out in support of these results at public forums and with the print and broadcast media.
Members as of December 14, 2012
- Dan Evans
- Frank Shrontz
- Jim Ellis
- Phyllis Lamphere
- Sally Jewell
- Tomio Moriguchi
- Aubrey Davis
- Hal Griffith
- Bob Gogerty
- Bill Chapman
- Tom Gibbs | c5521905dd1333c0424ddcd4ad3227f6 | 917 |
As a supervisor, considerable of your result requires analyzing deep situations, which in shape requires accurate deeming skills. These skills may enclose determining what notification is apt and what is not; evaluating the prevention of notification and credibility of sources; identifying assumptions, inconsistencies, and vague arguments; and evaluating the force of a assertion (Beyer, 1987).
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Goldratt, E. & Cox, J. (2014). The Goal: A Way of Ongoing Improvement. (4th ed.). Great Barrington, MA: North River Press.
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Broadway Back Together Live at Harbison Theatre
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Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College 7300 College Street, Irmo, South Carolina 29063
See four of Broadway’s brightest stars shine in Broadway Back Together, a collaborative performance starring Telly Leung of "Allegiance" and the hit television show "Glee"; Mandy Gonzalez of "Wicked," "Aida," "In the Heights" and the film "Across the Universe"; Marcus Paul James of "Motown the Musical," "In the Heights" and "Rent"; and two-time Tony nominee Robin de Jesús of "La Cage Aux Folles," "Wicked," "In the Heights" and the feature film "Camp." Hear exclusive, behind-the-curtain stories and anecdotes from New York City’s biggest stages as well as hit songs from Broadway’s most popular shows in this one-of-a-kind, intimate performance. For more information, call the box office at (803) 407-5011 or visit online at. | 8a00f75bc867a02c18a59040cc44d6c9 | 222 |
Having been in Hong Kong for 10 years now, Culinary Director Olivier Elzer of French restaurant L’Envol at The St. Regis Hong Kong is more than familiar with the culture and food preferences of the locals here. With a buzzing food scene and competitive options for fine dining in the city, chef Elzer gets creative when it comes to putting forth fresh ideas on a plate. When out of the kitchen and into the dining room, here’s where the French native likes to unwind and indulge in Hong Kong.
Caprice at The Four Seasons is one of my favourite fine dining restaurants. The whole experience is very elegant and exactly what you can expect from a 3 Michelin-starred French fine dining experience. The chef is great at creating well-balanced dishes with amazing flavours and they also have a beautiful wine list that always excites me.
Haku, is another of my favourite. Chef Agustin Balbi is very talented – as a western chef, he’s very knowledgeable when it comes to Japanese cuisine. He’s also really innovative, which surprises me every time as I’m always trying new dishes when I’m there. My favourite dish that I always order is the abalone dish.
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon is also definitely a favourite of mine. As you know, Joël Robuchon was my mentor and one of the most celebrated French chefs of his era. The Robuchon family is still very close to my heart – it’s always great to go to the restaurant and sample some new dishes and signature dishes by a Robuchon – every visit is like returning home.
Belon in SoHo is my go to for a cheat meal if I want to eat out. Every time I’m there, I order their foie gras, scallops, and ravioli with cepes mushroom.
But when it comes to my all-time favourite Chinese cheat meal, nothing beats a whole roast goose which I can usually finish entirely on my own.
To eat in, I usually opt for something simple like Champagne and caviar.
But for a special occasion, we like to eat at Le Pan. The restaurant is located in Kowloon Bay, and what makes it unique is the whole experience – the chef is very talented, the kitchen team does some very interesting and unique work and the whole set up is very beautiful. The team surprises us every time with the menu and it’s a great experience overall.
Locanda dell’ Angelo is a great restaurant for large family or friends gatherings. The atmosphere is great as they have an open kitchen, and they serve great Sicilian dishes. The chef is Angelo Aglianó who mentored under Joël Robuchon, too. I recommend trying their red prawn pasta, as it’s very fresh and flavoursome and something I always order.
To eat out, I like to go to Daigo by Mori Tomoaki located in Sheung Wan. It’s a Japanese restaurant serving some of the best sushi and sashimi. The one thing I love most about this place is that you get to sit at the bar and admire the knife skills and attention to detail in the plating – there’s something really exciting about seeing the food prepared right in front of you.
The chef decides on the whole menu for you, so you know it’s always fresh and seasonal. This place is usually very packed as it’s a small shop with limited seats, so be sure you make reservations if you’re planning a visit.
Avize in Causeway Bay. This place is actually a shop! They have an impressive list of wine and champagnes from their cellar. It’s always a great time when a large group of us go there. You can sample different kinds of wine and discover some new wineries. And of course, you can also buy your favourite ones to enjoy back at home as well.
What’s happening at L’Envol?
In order to keep our customers on their toes, it’s really important to bring fresh ideas to the restaurant. That’s why we change our lunch menus weekly and update our Prestige, Signature and Decouverte menus seasonally. Recently, we launched our Prestige seasonal menu which is focused on caviar and each of the eight dishes is paired with distinct, hand-selected species to complement the ingredients on the plate. Not to mention our extensive wine and Champagne list (we have over 800 Champagne labels!) that will pair beautifully with our dishes. We invite our guests to return time and time again, but for a new experience each time.
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As for purpose, I chose **Guardian** so that people would view the village in a positive light as a refuge and the heroes would indeed be viewed as very xenophobic. In order to gain the political advantage, I chose **Wealth**, which can buy reinforcements conferred by other skills like Alchemy, as well as **Religion** (2 points) and **Nature** (2 points), the latter of which also reinforces the "sanctuary" view. I thought about taking Demonology, but it might be bad PR.
Then, as for the princesses, I think I would pick **Kitsune** since she's cute and I want a longer lifespan.
Finally, as for the perks, I will first choose **Monster Heritage** (1 point) so that I can be a kitsune; not sure how long they live but from folklore it should be at least several hundred years. Then, I choose **Alien Technology** (1 point)—hopefully we can kickstart a technological revolution with it—and **Leadership** (1 point). Finally, I will pick **Body Magic** (1 point), assuming it's not all sexual spells and can actually be used for other purposes like shapeshifting. | dd07f7754381473a9d9a3cbd9e6f930f | 253 |
You are here: InLoox Support Knowledge Base Support Articles InLoox 5.x / 6.x Frequently asked questions What can I do if there is no connection to the SharePoint Server?
"Unable to connect to SharePoint Server."?
First, please identify SharePoint Server in the options dialog and try to create a document with SharePoint Server in the project.
The users can also be included in the member group.
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There's a common debate in social media marketing circles around who "owns" social media within an organization and where responsibility for management of a brand's social media channels should lie.
Should it be with the marketing department? Is it a sales task? Should customer service take the reigns?
Because of the varied nature and opportunity of social, there's not really a definitive answer. Or is there?
To get some additional perspective, we recently conducted a survey, putting this question to readers of both Social Media Today and our sister site Marketing Dive, and worked with media intelligence group Meltwater to analyze the results. And while the answers gleaned don't necessarily offer much more clarity, they do underline the wide variation in how social is being adopted, and adapted, within different organizations.
Our first key finding is that social media ownership is not standardized across organizations - in fact, far from it.
Further down the the list were Sales (3%), Agency or outsourced team (3%) and Customer relations (2%).
The results, as noted, underline the varying approaches to social media marketing - while marketing appears to be the most logical department for social, that's not universally the case.
In another element of the survey, we asked: "Who do you think should own social media within your organization?"
You'll notice no one said an agency or outsourced team should own the process - the data suggests that most organizations would prefer to have an in-house social media team dedicated to the ownership of social channels, as opposed to moving responsibility to a third party, and that many would even prefer a dedicated team, over the marketing department.
So is it time, talent, or budget that is preventing this shift? In the full report, we examine just how much time and money is currently spent on the social media management process.
Whether the answer to the ongoing question can be answered with a dedicated team, or collaboration among departments, the difference lies in the company's culture.
At Southwest Airlines, for example, social media is "owned" by marketing & communications and customer service to ensure they're able to deliver on their mission of "the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company Spirit."
Rob Hahn, Assistant Manager of Social Care at Southwest, talked with our SMT influencer Dan Gingiss on the Focus on Customer Service podcast about initial social ownership growing larger than one team could handle. Marketing & communications now partners with the Social Care team, bringing the total number to thirty nine individuals handling social inquiries. Quite a significant effort between marketing & communications and the social care team to serve the customer.
It's clear there is alot of uncertainty across the business world when it comes to social media ownership, and we'll continue to see changes among brands and organizations in the years to come.
Who do you think should own social media? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
About the survey: Social Media Today and our sister site Marketing Dive partnered with media intelligence software firm Meltwater to gain insight into how marketing and communication teams have grown to meet the demands of consumers and the opportunities forged by technology. With 543 Social Media Today and Marketing Dive readers participating, the 2016 Marketing Insights Survey [PDF] sheds light on how much social media management differs across organizations when it comes to roles, time, budget, and methodology. Download the full report here.
| https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/who-owns-social-media-survey-shows-opinion-vs-reality/502155/ | 697 |
Robert K. Risby II teamed up with his mother Bonnie in 1988 to create a successful series of reproducible materials for primary learners. He also won the Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award for Excellence in Classroom Products in 1994 for a two-book series on maps skills. He is a co-author with Bonnie of a series of books called Logic-Math Exercises for Children. | https://www.rfwp.com/pages/author-directory/robert-k-risby-ii/ | 80 |
Not much more new stuff today. I did add a new, bigger banner for linking. Haha. I like that tagline, 'Fun - Danger - Romance - Frosting'. Better than the old 'A comic about nothing in particular'. That was pretty much the concept at the start, but like the About page says, it's really become about something over time, hasn't it? | http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/comic.php?strip_id=119 | 79 |
A lot of people in the comments are up in arms about this being a fake service dog. How can we possibly know that? What if this is a real, genuine service dog and OP's parents took a picture of a genuinely disabled person without their knowledge or consent?
I'm not disagreeing, and I acknowledge and am frustrated by the fact that people fake service dogs all the time and that that is a horrible thing to do.
But this is one picture where have have literally 0 proof or context, and everyone is so *incredibly* angry about it and convinced it's fake, as if real service dogs what, don't exist? IDK... this sub really starts to stray into the ethically...muddy... when it comes to discussing [real] service dogs. This photo, and the response, is definitely a little uncomfortable. | 4fe040a8376742e2abdea75f39ace4d4 | 182 |
I roll the dice to see what Randoms I come up with. Most of the time I get fairly lucky an can help out in that final slot. I think yesterday was proof. I spawned with a bad set, nothing on the table, plain sails and they rolled up on an empty Skull Fort and started firing away. I bounced and my next set was great with a ship that was aligned up with two different Pirate Legend ships. We worked the map and cleaned up on various quests and kicked up to them and bonus was they turned in Athena Chests an my first couple of Pirate Legends have shown up. I'm still driving towards becoming Pirate Legends and seeing the 1 sitting there is making me want to drive harder towards that. Its all thanks to finding a cool group of Randoms and the Alliance feature. | 4a580ccdfdf94491987fa69c5949d417 | 162 |
shipper Focuses on origin processes, helping you to oversee complex product flows through a single online platform.
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Import and export documents such as commercial invoice, packing list.
Seemless data flow through all our applications using a single data warehouse backbone. | eaaec339625e2198c805102003422f5c | 118 |
Bright and dynamic individuals sought by Leading Management Consultancy, based from their state of the art HQ, located in a vibrant area in Central London. The consultancy are recruiting across various positions of varying levels from Consultant to Management Consultant level. Past experience within consultancy will be favored for senior roles however, those who have good exposure to indirect categories and a proven record of success will be considered.
The consulting roles have arisen as a result of rapid growth within the company, having secured contracts with leading organisations within both the public and private sector. Thus allowing you to utilise the full breadth of your procurement knowledge when working with their expansive client base. Having a holistic approach allows you as the management consultant to become embedded within the organisation you are working with to ensure the success of your project. Their diverse pool of clients include greenfield companies, where you will be able to implement your processes and drive change, all the way through to established brownfield projects where you will be working with large spends to make a real impact in the direction of the company moving forward.
Those applying for the consultant roles will be coming from industry, working across indirect categories including but not limited to Marketing, HR, Professional Services, IT and Facilities Management with consultancy experience being favorable. Those applying for more senior roles will be required to have consultancy experience with exposure to industry within indirect categories.
The company place employee wellbeing in high regard, pioneering the flexible working method prior to COVID to increase work-life balance. Situated in Central London, there are regular social events, making use of the endless night life and activities the area has to offer. Each consulting team has a line manager that meets regularly with directors, meaning your voice will always be heard and with a proven record of implementing change, this is a great place to work, winning many awards for their culture.
| https://www.cips.org/supply-management-jobs/job/185441/indirect-generalist-central-london-flexible-working/?TrackID=208007&deviceType=Desktop&utm_source=Management+Today&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=208007 | 369 |
When the episode came out I thought "Oh, this'll be cool, wanna see how they handle this scene"
As soon as it got to [Goku's grunts](https://youtu.be/sTDWCPXIzYo) I already disliked it. The rage sounds sound way too exaggerated, which was weird to me because Sean's forte were always rage scenes. The "You'll pay for that" line had a really unnecessary voice effect. And the entire dialogue when the camera focuses on Goku's eyes don't feel natural at all, it just sounded like something I'd expect from early Funimation. | b092efd7b9454d8485604c512e28e046 | 129 |
Join BCAS at the Academy of Natural Sciences to learn about this important conservation issue, where keynote speaker, Dr. Daniel Klem, will address why the windows of our homes, commercial buildings, even iconic park visitor and bird research centers, in urban, suburban, and rural settings are so fatal to all birds in their immediate vicinity.He will offer us his unique history of studying this topic from over four decades and his current cutting-edge research. The goal has and continues to be to save more bird lives from windows. He will end by inviting colleagues and the audience to pose questions and offer comments. | https://www.bcas.org/event/birdwindow-collisions-historical-research-and-contemporary-solutions/ | 121 |
I had the opposite experience yesterday! Not being interrupted or interrupting, just time wasted at verification that would’ve gone a lot quicker with a little bit of listening.
I don’t keep my credit card on me, I registered it to my phone instead, for contactless payment.
So my phone got damaged, I transferred it over to the new one, and when I hop into the banking app, I need to set up a new security token. If you have both devices you can do it offline, but I couldn’t use the old one so I had to call the call centre.
I’ve got some time at lunch, so I make the call. I explain that I need to activate the app on my new phone because my old one is damaged, and he guy asks if I can provide my card number for verification.
That makes sense, but no, sorry, I don’t have it on me. I’ve been using the phone instead. Can we ID by my personal details instead?
So he asks if I can give him my account number instead. Again: no, I don’t know my account number and I only ever used the app (which I now can’t access) to look it up.
Guy sounds incredulous. Why would I call the bank when I don’t know my card number OR my account number? He sounds confused, maybe even a little offended, like it’s weird to not have those memorised or on-hand.
Well, like I said, I don’t use the account number ever and could only use the now-inaccessible app to check for it, and I don’t have my card. So, again: Is there any other form of verification I can provide?
Well, yes. Name, phone number, and date of birth.
Would it have been so hard to use that when I asked if we could, instead of moving on to account number? Then repeating the question, pointlessly?
I can only assume it’s a hassle for them to use that method of verification or they have to force their way past the other methods in the script before they’re allowed to go to personal details.
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As part of changes to its income protection, Friends Life has announced a family carer benefit.
Family carer benefit pays up to £1,500 each month for 12 months if the policyholder's spouse, civil partner or child needs 24 hour care, the policyholder would be able to continue in full time work and they don't have to be receiving state benefits to claim.
Other enhancements offered by Friends Life to their income protection includes an increase in the number of own occupations and a recurrent two-year limited benefit policy option.
Policyholders will also be able to have longer career breaks with adjustments now possible for up to 24 months, and customers will be able to choose any retirement age between 50 and 70.
Research by Friends Life has shown that the two most common financial priorities for people were paying their mortgages and paying their household bills.
Colin Williams, managing director of work place and intermediated at Friends Life, said: "I am delighted that Friends Life has been able to bring Family Carer Benefit to the market. It's a truly innovative development which gives the families of our customers' important financial cover. It also means that our customers won't have to make big decisions about work or their finances when their focus needs to be on their loved ones."
Williams added: "We are one of the companies supporting the Seven Families initiative which is doing great work in raising the awareness of income protection. The Family Carer Benefit we've introduced is another reason more people should be considering this really important form of insurance."
| https://www.covermagazine.co.uk/news/2383077/friends-life-offers-family-carer-benefit-enhancements | 310 |
Asked my dream guide how to stabilize my dream and if their is a easier way of becoming lucid.
Firstly I became lucid by mistake, some phone call from texas woke me up and I went back to sleep. But while I was going back to sleep I was imagining walking in my house while looking down at my feet and everything suddenly started to gradually become clearer as I kept paceing around the house.
I made my way outside when I started walking down the street and I realized this dream is not as crystal clear and stable feeling as I would like it and i remember a stabilizing technique about rubbing your hands together and it didn't work. Than i remember someone said you can ask your dream guide to stabilize it for you.
I called my dream guild who took the form of a 8ft statue nearby and I asked him " I need to stabilize my dream" in response he said "There is no stabilizing, what you see here is what you are capable of".
So after the semi disappointing answer that he gave I asked him " is there a easy way to like, get lucid?"
He did the sounds like he was thinking "umm" and after 3 seconds i was booted out of the dream. Although I usually wake up around that time I wonder if he the one who did it, or if it's just natural wake up. | hora3p | 278 |
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How much stock do you put into school districts when shopping for a home? Purchasing property isn’t just an investment for the present; it’s an investment for the future as well.
That’s why many prospective buyers have been putting high value on homes in neighborhoods with strong school districts.
According to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle, buyers in the Peninsula have been paying more than $200,000 extra for homes inside of successful school districts, and not all of them have children!
The respective strength of a school district is determined by how well the students score in standardized testing. Buyers look to these scores with an eye towards the future, but not all that glitters is gold… or rather, not all the gold glitters when it comes to choosing a school..
Examples abound in this Pacific Union blog, detailing realtors who face aggressive bidding wars over properties in high-scoring areas while seeing declining interest in homes located within comparable but lower-scoring school districts.
A big chunk of those families move north to Marin, where they’re eager to find homes in Tiburon, Mill Valley, Kentfield, and Ross – cities with high-scoring school districts, said Brent Thomson, a senior vice president and branch executive for our Marin offices.
“Bidding wars will break out because those are desirable areas, and if buyers have kids, they’re even more desirable to them,” Thomson said.
She noted that San Rafael’s Dixie School District is also very strong but tends to receive less attention than better-known districts in southern Marin.
The solution may be simply not judging a book by its cover. Test scores may tell some of the story, but a better perspective on a school district may be found by checking out the schools for yourself. Buying a home is an important decision, and which schools are available is certainly tied to it. Taking the time to find out more about the schools in the area could help you find a better deal on a fantastic property. | 86b1fa0626847c7123d5531c86f0973a | 472 |
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When was the last time you used public transport? With bus, light rail and ferry, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie have more public transport services than ever before. Getting to know your public transport options can make a difference in your day. By leaving the car at home you can let go of the stress of parking, add more time into your day and decrease your carbon footprint.
Add more time into your day (whether you use that to catch up on that lecture you missed or to catch up on the last couple hours of scrolling you missed out on).
Be quicker than driving when you factor in the time it can take to find a park.
Help you do your bit for our planet by reducing the number of cars on the road – you could save 2.2kg of CO2 using the bus to travel to and from Charlestown and Callaghan Campus.
Make you healthier, as public transport users are more likely to meet to meet their recommended levels of physical activity.
It’s not hard to see why this route is known as the uni service.
There are services every 15 minutes between Jesmond, Callaghan Campus, Mayfield and the CBD.
Every second service travels between Callaghan Campus and Charlestown.
Hop off at either the Maths Building or Design Building.
Bus routes 14, 22, 25, 28, 41, 43, 48 and On Demand services can connect with the route 11 at Charlestown.
The route 24 travels between Wallsend, Callaghan Campus, Mayfield, Carrington and Marketown Newcastle West. Services are every 30 minutes during the peak periods and hourly throughout the day.
The route 27 travels between Wallsend, Callaghan Campus, Waratah and Broadmeadow Station. Services are every 30 minutes during the peak periods and hourly throughout the day.
The Hunter line services Warabrook, only a short walk to the Callaghan campus.
Newcastle light rail runs between Newcastle Interchange and Newcastle Beach every 7.5 minutes between 7am and 7pm on weekdays and regularly until 1am.
Hop off at Civic light rail stop – right in front of NU Space and only a short walk to Q building.
Bus routes 11, 12, 13 and 14 have Newcastle covered with frequent services every 15 minutes during weekdays and every 30 minutes on weekends, between 7am and 7pm.
Bus routes 22, 23, 24, 26, 28 and 47 run every 30 minutes during peak periods and hourly throughout the day.
For routes 11, 13 and 23 hop off on King Street near Auckland Street. For route 14, hop off at Newcastle Art Gallery on Darby Street.
For routes 12, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 47 hop off at Newcastle Interchange or Honeysuckle light rail stop to connect with the light rail. Hop off at Civic light rail stop – right in front of NU Space and only a short walk to Q building.
Newcastle Transport operates the ferry between Stockton and Queens Wharf. Services are every 15 minutes during the peak and 20 minutes throughout the day.
Hop onto the light rail at Queens Wharf light rail stop to get to Civic light rail stop – right in front of NU Space and only a short walk to Q building.
Newcastle Interchange is serviced by the Central Coast and Hunter lines.
Connect with light rail services every 7.5 minutes to get to Civic light rail stop – right in front of NU Space and only a short walk to Q building.
Everyone travels differently.
Choose what type of traveller you are to find a travel app that suits you!
Students who are full-time, on-campus students may be entitled to a travel concession.
Students who are attaining a travel concession for the first time you will need to complete a consent form via UON’s myHub , before applying for your Concession Opal card via Opal. International students may be eligible for other travel concessions.
or by using your favourite travel app. | https://newcastletransport.info/plan-your-trip/getting-to-university/ | 828 |
Can CCleaner be run via batch file?
I have tried the CCleaner /auto switch via a remote batch. I use PDQ deploy to run the BAT to remote machines on the local network.
It appears to run successfully, but files in the recycle bin are not deleted. CCleaner does empty the recycle bin locally.
It's been a while since I've used PDQ, but are you specifying a user to run the batch file? What I'm getting at here is that CCleaner, as far as I know, only cleans the profile that is currently logged on(when running it manually). So, perhaps it's running it on the profile that is set in PDQ's deployment of the batch file?
UAC could be causing the issue, the INI file isn't correct or maybe a switch is out of place in your command file. I would check back over UAC and the INI file first.
ccleaner doesn't empty your recyling bin for you.... it clears out the dirty bits but doesn't empty it.....
The networked version you can schedule the clean from the management interface.
Yes, the networked version is quite nice.
Mine does, everytime it runs.
Correct Parm was used.
Also ccleaner does delete files in the recycle bin if it is setup correctly, which it is.
Is the networked version different from the free version?
If so maybe this is my issue.
And the INI file that was created was correct?
Looks OK at first glance, maybe there's a stuck file in the recycle bin.... I used to see this a lot on Windows XP systems but not so much anymore.
Also, have you manually cleared the recycle bin and added a simple test.txt file to it to see if it will clear out when you run your batch file?
The Business Edition of CCleaner is awesome... | https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/325925-can-ccleaner-be-run-via-batch-file | 396 |
Bon.
by Vance McCarthy
Tags: AWS, BPM, Bonitasoft, cloud, PaaaS, process, provisioning, test, UAT,
vice president
of marketing
"Developers want an easier dev/ops environment, where they can quickly test and move [to production]."
BPM provider Bonitasoft is demoing a new cloud-based platform to help devs more quickly test and provision process apps.
BonitaCloud Platform-as-a-Service, now in alpha review testing, is a fully hosted, cloud-enabled version of the open source Bonita BPM Community Edition, Mac McConnell, Bonitasoft’s vice president of marketing, told IDN. It is designed as a company’s the first step toward a fully cloud-deployed set of business processes. It will give devs and IT operations a lot more flexibility and control over the whole lifecycle for process apps, he added.
“Developers want is an easier dev/ops environment, where they can quickly test various aspects of an applications and move that through [to production] in one cloud environment. That’s what we’re delivering with BonitaCloud,” McConnell told IDN. “In short, devs will be able to focus on dev work – and not get distracted with complicated deployment work.”
Architecturally, Bonitasoft built a complete cloud infrastructure with Bonita BPM Community Edition hosted on it. “So, with BonitaCloud, you build a process app locally and then easily upload it to cloud with just a few clicks and you’ll have a running app,” McConnell said.
The Bonita Studio IDE will remain local. “We just found we would lose too much functionality by rebuilding the Bonita Studio on the web. But our developers said they were happy to design locally, so long as they can get to test and pre-production quickly,” McConnell said.
To design BonitaCloud and have it work seamlessly with the Bonita Studio IDE, engineers worked on BonitaCloud for more than six months to ensure the full features of the Bonita BPM Community Edition, and its underlying engine, are full-featured versions for the cloud.
This push for accelerating the BPM lifecycle is borne out by Bonitasoft’s customer comments.
“As we were spelling out the BonitaCloud features, one of the things we hear from customers all the time is they want us to help get rid of their frustrations. They build a great process app, but then it just takes too long to get it up and running. They asked us if we could give them a more seamless process, with more controlled infrastructure. The cloud is well-designed for that,” McConnell said.
BonitaCloud is designed to tackle head-on many of the things that add time and complexity to the “design-to-go-live” app lifecycle process, including:
Eliminate Complex Configuration. BonitaCloud was specifically designed to remove many of the more tedious and time-consuming headaches for launching process apps on-premises. “With BonitaCloud, you don’t have to embed software into the data center, or deal with lots of legacy software like web servers or OSes,” McConnell said. BontaCloud includes the Bonita BPM engine. Code is generated from the Bonita Studio design-time IDE and will automatically work in the cloud environment, he added
Auto-Scaling. “We did not start from scratch for some of the cloud features customers know and love. We started with AWS,” McConnell said. “The BonitaCloud is hosted on Amazon AWS, and so multi-tenancy is all in place. AWS has been a good partner and helped a lot on this. We custom-developed some tools for scale, expand and elasticity.”
Monitoring & Testing. To provide testers with optimum metrics on performance and other test results, BonitaCloud has its own monitoring and testing layer that lies between AWS cloud and the Bonita BPM Community Edition. “Because we did this custom work, we can simulate a real-world environment. Beyond that, we let the developers connect to [the] pre-production system and provide a VPN for a test,” McConnell added.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Beyond helping devs and IT operations, the easy on-ramp from design-to-test will also streamline user acceptance testing. “BonitaCloud gives developers an easy way to put apps into a real test environment where users can review a real working app. This will improve how developers and business users work together,” McConnell said. Further, once the end users make their reviews of the process app, it’s easy for devs to revise the code and re-upload for more UAT. “There’s nothing worse than rolling out a new app that falls flat because the users don’t like it or don’t want to use it,” he added.
Quick, & Easy “Hot” Updates. “One of the things we’re really pushing toward in BonitaCloud is making sure the process app can be quickly updated. But if you are updating basic parameters, things like approval levels or API configurations that can all be done up in the cloud, devs don’t have to pull apps down for making these kind of improvements or for maintenance,” McConnell said. There will be some limitations to how complex an app rev can go, he added. “If you need a whole new swimlane, that would requires a bit of a rework,” he said.
More information on BonitaCloud, including an FAQ is available here<< | 6c7566eb15c85b4a49e0f0b89a2d9f00 | 1,207 |
I don’t even remember when or why people started selecting words for the New Year, but for some reason it resonates with me.
Laughter for 2018.
So my journey over the past 5 years reflects the need to stop chasing every shiny thing, to make sure my priorities were in order, then to stop having guilt over what I could not complete, followed by being thankful for the hard and then finding my reason to keep laughing. All of these combined have brought me to my word for 2019.
My word for 2019 is healing.
For the past 5 years I have gotten to the end of the year and reflected back. Each reflection has been the same, this year brought some horrible pain and yet I have fought to keep chasing joy. But all that fighting while good for the moment does deeply take a toll on your mental health. Especially year after year of battling.
For the sake of survival I pushed through the hard and the grief. For the sake of my sanity I allowed time to ignore my hurts. For a few moments I might have just laughed instead of allowing space for the hard feelings to actually heal.
So here I am looking back and looking forward and have come to the understanding that my soul needs to take time to heal. Honestly I don’t even know how that will look, but I am going to give time and space this year for it to happen.
Sadly I know looking forward 2019 holds more pain with a few situations I know will to come to pass. So instead of piling more hurt upon hurt I want to be intentional about focusing on healing.
Here’s to healing in the New Year!
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Although of course light and healthy recipes are preferred in most cases, sometimes you can have an exception...and if it's delicious as the one described in the video then, even better! Mix in a bowl half a cup of glucose syrup (or honey as an alternative), half a cup of melted butter, half a cup of condensed milk, half a cup of sugar and half a cup of brown sugar, add half a teaspoon of salt and place in the microwave for about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. When cool, put everything in the refrigerator for a couple of hours and you'll have a delicious piece of caramel to be served at your convenience.
He breaks eggs into onion rings: gourmet breakfast is ready !
Homemade fruit roll ups... this looks DELICIOUS !
Break an egg in avocado and prepare an EPIC breakfast !
She cuts the top of the garlic and puts it in the oven: the result is DELICIOUS and HEALTHY!
A delicious and easy recipe that you will be eager to present at your next aperitif! | c2dae22a62809cc3d67b81fa46a62a09 | 218 |
Prestige is something, but I think the actual work is much more important. Musk's companies tend to have a very different culture, over that's run by engineers and focuses on getting stuff done:
* People tend to be trusted to do their job, and things that get in their way are minimized or eliminated. For example Musk is constantly railing against pointless meetings
* You don't need tons of experience or seniority to be taken seriously. Interns have been in important meetings, or even launch control, if they're the ones that have the most experience with some project
* People are allowed to take chances, are expected to make mistakes sometimes, and get to try out entirely new ideas/technology/etc
* It's fast paced, and that means that the work you're doing will end up in production (or in space) very quickly
* They attract very talented engineers in a lot of fields and are very vertically integrated, so you get to work directly with a lot of very smart people at every level (which just makes it easier to higher even more talented engineers)
Imagine being an engineer working on a new aluminum alloy and see your work change the design of a new car and be in production the next year. Or working on a thruster for Starlink and having them launch hundreds of your design.
Working on hard problems, having the freedom try new ideas and getting to see results are all great motivators to do great work. In comparison I know engineers that graduated, went to work at a "big three" automaker and spent years working on some stupid part (like a seat rail or door handle) that wouldn't be in production for years after that (they didn't stick around that long). | 3df01fca03c84a209c8042e96cb6ec3d | 354 |
That laughs through stalwart pines.
I laugh -- I sing.
1 Moore: "black"
The oldest wine's on the lip.
Can fan into a fire.
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Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? Explore More Content
fairy tale. We should feel sorry for such people.
Well, if Jesus did not rise bodily from the grave, then Christianity is a fairy tale..
HISTORY 101
How in the world do we show that a 2,000-year-old event actually happened? Mary Magdalene didn't whip out her flip camera and record footage of the resurrected Jesus. The disciples didn't snap post-resurrection photos on their iPhones and then upload them to Facebook for all their friends to see. So what's a historian to do? Two things in particular:
#1 – Find the facts.
Historians rely on historical data like archeology, ancient documents and recorded eyewitness testimony to reconstruct the past. In addition, certain principles guide them in determining which historical accounts are reliable and which are not. For example, if there are several independent sources reporting the same event, that's pretty reliable history. If those sources are actual eyewitnesses and not secondhand reports, that's pretty reliable history. If those eyewitness accounts are closer in time to the actual event, that's pretty reliable history. Given this process of investigation, historians can discover historical facts.
#2 – Find the best explanation.
Once the historian has gathered her facts, she looks for an explanation that fits the facts. She has to determine if the facts support an alleged historical event. Sometimes she concludes "yes," and sometimes "no." There are plenty of times when there just aren't enough facts, so the historian simply says, "We don't know what really happened." Since there is no video footage for most of human history, the honest historian does her best to the follow the facts to the best possible explanation.
COLD HARD FACTS they're doesn't happen. Instead,.
Colossal Conclusion
What do these facts point to? That Jesus Christ is no longer dead. His resurrection explains all five facts very well. The minimal facts give us solid evidence He has risen indeed. However, that won't stop the skeptic from offering other explanations. When you encounter one, remember this: just because an alternative explanation is possible, it does not make it probable. Anyone can give a different explanation, but we want one that best fits the facts.
For example, some scholars suggest the disciples stole Jesus' body. Does that fit the facts? No way. It doesn't explain the resurrection appearances of Jesus. It doesn't explain Paul or James' conversions. Indeed, if the disciples stole Jesus' body, then they knew his resurrection was a hoax. But why would they die for something they knew was false? They wouldn't, and thus, we can discard this possible explanation.
Facts are stubborn things. And after looking at the cold hard facts surrounding the end of his life, the best explanation is that Jesus rose bodily from the grave almost 2,000 years ago.
Resurrection Changes Everything
First, a resurrected Jesus confirms the truth of Christianity. Our faith is not founded on a fairy tale. It’s founded on fact. Jesus declared Himself to be God, to be equal with the Father, to forgive sins, to be the only way to God, and a host of other radical claims. His resurrection is confirmation of the truth of those claims. Thus, we can have total confidence Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).
Second, a resurrected Jesus makes transformation possible. Sin no longer has to dominate our lives. There’s a new way to be human. Paul, an eyewitness to the risen Jesus, explains: ). If the power of God's Spirit raised Jesus from the dead, cannot that same power transform you and me? Absolutely.
____________________
*The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2004).
Spotlight
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Let’s be the difference.
NON-CON IS A NON-PROBLEM. The Men’s basketball team released their non conference schedule.
COVID CONTINUES TO BE ALL THE RAGE. Four student athletes were placed into quarantine awaiting COVID-19 results.
TALK ABOUT A GLOW UP. Sophomore Gradey Dick holds offers from every major blue blood in the nation. Prohm met with him earlier this week via video conference.
I DON’T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE DUMB PLAY IN RULES. The NBA is coming back.
BORED OUT OF MY GOURD. Need something new to watch? Here’s The Ringer guide to what’s new to streaming in June.
CINDERELLA STORIES IN JUNE. Who could be the next Dayton or San Diego State? It’s early, but there are front runners. | https://www.widerightnattylite.com/2020/6/4/21280285/the-mid-morning-dump-sunroof-szn-is-here | 194 |
- Ferrari Hype Train derailed in Germany.
- McLaren can't keep up with Renault team, has to be best chassis on the grid responsible.
- New F1 logo is still trash.
Otherwise it's a decent addition to safety device collection.
- Kubica circlejerk continues over 2019 Williams seat.
- F1TV is trash and should be canned.
- Grid girls were only an eye candy for drivers and middle-aged men in paddock club, no one really cared apart from them.
Where are the Freddos? | e085231293dd4e91a0e9b0c49c59cfe3 | 126 |
No serious tag but here's a serious response. If you auto repost a craigslist ad that had pictures but is over a week or so old, the pictures are gone from the craigslist cache and you have to re-upload them. There is no prompt to do this if you just hit "Repost". Many of us rental agents have a few thousand ads running at a time so a detail like that on one ad is easy to be overlooked.
Or for the less scrupulous agents, the price and location may appear good but the lack of pictures might make people reach out to contact us, at which point we know you're a real lead interested in renting and we can direct you to another apartment. The apartment may look like shit or may not even exist, but the first step to making a rental is making contact with someone interested in renting an apartment.
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After a 35-year construction career, Breck Folliott moved to Nevada County and started his own business, Uncle Sharkey's Woodwork, which features functional vault furniture for storage.
After 35 years of construction in Los Angeles, Breck Folliott moved to Nevada County last year and embarked on a new career, putting his woodworking talent to work for himself and others, while creating a unique form of furniture designed with gun owners in mind.
“Mainly I build these so people can store their guns,” says Folliott.
Each piece of Uncle Sharkey’s furniture has a hidden compartment inside the moldings. The mantle safe and coffee tables can hold up to 10 rifles, handguns, and ammunition. The nightstands and end tables are able to store four handguns and ammunition. Uncle Sharkey’s also offers entry tables, floating shelves, dining room tables, desks, and TV stands.
Each piece of furniture has a keyless locking system with remote access. The key fob system locks and unlocks the furniture with a programmed four-digit code. Uncle Sharkey’s also offers locking systems that only require waving a card or keychain over a particular area of the furniture for it to unlock. For some products, by pushing the molding, the wood springs back into your hand revealing more storage.
Folliott says most people store their weapons in their garage, back bedroom, or closet.
All of Uncle Sharkey’s custom vault furniture is hand crafted. Folliott mills the wood, makes the moldings, and finishes the products. They’re also fully functional furniture pieces, with drawers in the tables and desks, and the TV stands with compartments for storing DVDs and gadgets.
Upon request, Folliott will add gun boxes, ammunition boxes, guns racks, and jewelry boxes.
Folliott says he wants to supply his customers with safe storage and rapid access to their weapons.
“It provides safety, security, and it’s easy, easy access,” says Folliott.
Laura Mahaffy is a freelance journalist who lives in Nevada County. | https://www.theunion.com/news/business/video-grass-valley-business-creates-custom-vault-furniture-for-safe-storage/ | 447 |
While I can't speak to IC to mgmt raises specifically, I know that my large pharma employer with offices in the northeast won't allow an increase of more than 17% for a promotion at lower-to-mid levels. Asking for 22% is reasonable for an internal move to mgmt imo, but HR policies tend not to keep up with competitive external dynamics. As you're likely aware, the easiest and fastest way to increase your salary is to job hop to other companies.
Eta: 11% is ridiculous for an in-person role that would require you to move. Even 22% wouldn't be adequate for me given the major impacts to quality of life with those changes, but I really value flexibility. | 165ba196064e414f8de087dfd5a0fa5c | 149 |
import http, { ClientRequest, IncomingMessage } from 'http';
jest.mock('http');
const mockHttp = http as jest.Mocked<typeof http>;
interface KeyValue {
[key: string]: (response: IncomingMessage | Error) => void;
}
describe('healthcheck', () => {
const map: KeyValue = {};
const request = ({
on: (key: string, cb: (response: IncomingMessage | Error) => void) => {
map[key] = cb;
},
end: jest.fn()
} as unknown) as ClientRequest;
beforeEach(() => {
mockHttp.request.mockImplementation(() => request);
});
it('should exit with error code 1 if an error occurs', () => {
const exitSpy = jest.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation();
require('../healthcheck');
map['error'](new Error());
expect(request.end).toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
});
it.each([
[1, 404],
[1, 422],
[1, 500],
[0, 200]
])('should exit with error code %s if the response has status code %s', (exitCode, statusCode) => {
const exitSpy = jest.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation();
require('../healthcheck');
const response = {
statusCode
} as Partial<IncomingMessage>;
map['response'](response as IncomingMessage);
expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(exitCode);
});
});
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In Infinite flight to keep things realistic, should I be parking on the south or north terminal at KMSY? From my understanding one side is closed and the other is not?
I’m no expert with KMSY, but from what I saw, the north terminal is under construction. I’m not sure if it’s complete yet or not, so I would park at the south terminal to be safe.
Edit: well, looks like it was completed.
The north terminal is the one edited in IF. The south terminal has no taxiway markings or gates. The north side is open irl and the south terminals have been shut down as far as I know.
All airlines are operating out of the north terminal after it opened in 2019, so that’s where you should go.
Thank you all! was there a south parking in IF middle of last year?
Hello! The north terminal is the new one! The south terminal is closed now as far as I know. I’m a flight attendant and we only use the shiny nice new one that’s north of runways 11/29!
was there a south parking in IF middle of last year?
The airport was updated after a very long wait for imagery 2 months ago.
It had the south Terminal fully built and only the North’s building cut out (with no markings). Now it is the opposite. | https://community.infiniteflight.com/t/kmsy-question/539428 | 302 |
TL;DR: test different amounts of projectile speed, you may actually like a further split
By the way, the important thing to consider is that these skills change when the projectile splits. For most people, they prefer the natural spot at which the bullet splits, but there can be a few exceptions to this, especially with Accelerate that doesn't add too much speed.
If you commonly prefer to fight enemies at long distance, they may actually make these weapons easier to use by ensuring that the shots split just before hitting the crit spot of an enemy. Bekah with 4 crits per shot is CRAZY dps, and I've found that I enjoy having 6/5 in Accelerate (1pt plus 5 from Legendary Siren) for most situations where I use the Bekah because then I have a easier time landing morr crits on enemies at a relatively far distance.
Yours is likely to be different. I suggest testing out various levels to find where you're most comfortable. I think scope may also affect this, as I run a Jakobs scope on my Bekah. | e6c5ac92b94a4fb283948e8f2c5898d6 | 228 |
Replacing a roof on your home is a task that is necessary once the roof has reached its time limit. Once the warranty on the shingles is gone, homeowners can expect to see the aging of the roof rather quickly. Roof replacement or adding a new roof to your home can be the most satisfying responsibility to you and your family. As the saying goes, “A roof over your head.” Iwano and Sons Construction, Inc. can keep that roof over your head from falling in!
Our first step consists of clearing away the old roofing materials. We set up drop cloths around the area for easy disposal directly into an onsite dumpster rental. This ensures each day of the project, your home will remain safe to you and your family without having to worry about materials dropping unexpectedly. After removing the ridge cap shingles, we use a shingle fork to remove the old shingles from the top of the roof to the bottom. Next is the removal of the underlayment. We will then walk around your home to clean up any debris that may have been missed.
Our second step in the roof replacement process would be to inspect the flashing along with installing new flashing over joints. New flashing will be installed at the drip edge, the roof’s valleys, vents, and chimney. After securing all flashing, an ice and water barrier will be installed before the underlayment can be laid down. The underlayment catches rain water and sheds it to not make the sheathing and framing damp or rot underneath.
Finally, the shingles can begin with starter shingles on the bottom and sides of the roof. We will stagger each row to keep shingles from leaking water. After all shingles are installed, we will inspect the work completed. This is when the homeowner can sit back and enjoy the next thirty plus years with a new beautiful roof. | https://iwanosons.com/services/roofing/ | 389 |
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Title: Olay Review: Another Olay product I love, can"t say enough about this product either,its wonderful to use, makes my skin very soft Is the review positive or negative?
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Home Democrats What the 10 Democrats running for president each believe the United States...
In the lack of a main Democratic dispute about climate-change policy, CNN hosted a seven-hour city center on the topic today with 10 Democratic governmental prospects.
Each prospect got 40 minutes to discuss their concepts about how the United States ought to deal with the environment crisis and response concerns from the audience.
Almost all of stated that the United States must recommit to the Paris environment contract (President Donald Trump has actually vowed to withdraw the United States from the contract as quickly as it’s lawfully allowed in November 2020) and stop brand-new leases for oil and gas drilling on public lands. A lot of likewise provided a strategy to put a cost on carbon emissions.
The conversations likewise covered concerns like fracking– the procedure of injecting rock with high-pressure liquid to launch gas– whether to provide federal help to Americans displaced by environment modification, and nuclear power (which presently represents 20% of United States electrical energy).
Business Person Andrew Yang, on the other hand, stated on his assistance for geoengineering efforts like seeding clouds with aerosols to show sunshine back into area. And Senator Bernie Sanders discussed the concept that managing population development might be a climate-change method.
Learn More: Bernie Sanders stated contraception can assist battle environment modification. Here’s why it’s such a tough problem.
Each prospect has a strategy– with budget plans of trillions of dollars– to conserve the world from the possibly disastrous repercussions of the environment crisis.
Here’s a short summary of where each of the 10 prospects (bought alphabetically by surname) base on essential climate-related concerns like carbon taxes, overseas drilling, and a net-zero carbon economy.
The brand-new interim CEO of MoviePass’ owner had deep ties to an Indian business...
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Adsorption and Removal Reactions of (CH3)2S on Rh/Al2O3/NiAl(100): Structural and Spectroscopic Study
We have studied the adsorption reaction of (CH3)2S on Rh/Al2O3/NiAl(100) and sulfur removal reaction depending upon heat-treatment using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy techniques. The results show a difference in the adsorption reaction between the as-deposited Rh/Al2O3/NiAl(100) and that heat-treated at 1000 K. (CH3)2S dissociates on the Rh/Al2O3/NiAl(100) as-deposited surface at 300 K, and the sulfur removal reaction occurs at 523 K induced by O2 dosing. In contrast, the heat-treated surface is quite inert against the dissociative reaction of (CH3)2S, because the Rh atoms dissolute into the NiAl(100) substrate through the Al2O3 layer by the high temperature treatment (1000 K). The AFM results also show the morphological changes in these systems, such as many stripe structures for the Al2O3/NiAl(100), nanoclustered surface for the Rh/Al2O3/NiAl(100) as-deposited surface, and nano-hole structures for the Rh/Al2O3/NiAl(100) heated at 1000 K. [DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2009.239]
I. INTRODUCTION
Platinum group metals supported on oxides, such as Al 2 O 3 , CeO 2 and ZrO 2 , are widely used as the typical catalysts in the purification process of the automobile exhaust gas. For example, Rh/Al 2 O 3 catalyst is noticeable in the reduction of NO x , and Pd/Al 2 O 3 is available in the oxidation of CO. Those performances are frequently degraded by some deactivation factors because of the use in the severe environment. Especially, the poisoning of catalyst surface and the aggregation of catalyst metals under high temperature are regarded as the main problems [1].
The sulfuric atmosphere as low as few ppm causes the sulfur adsorption on the catalyst surface, which disturbs the other purification reactions; the so-called "Sulfur-Poisoning" is one of the most important deactivation reaction for metal catalysts [2,3]. Therefore not only the resistance against poisoning but also the removal of adsorbed sulfur is required for those catalysts to apply into the purification of the automobile and industrial exhaust gases. In this regard, many works have investigated the interactions between the sulfur-containing molecules and the transition metal surfaces [4][5][6][7]. These studies show that the sulfur poisoning is mainly caused by the adsorption of the atomic sulfur generated by the dissociation of the chemical bonds around sulfur atom. On the other hand, some studies take notice of the removal reaction of sulfur atoms from platinum group metal surfaces [8]. For example, Dohmae reveals that the adsorbed sulfur atoms on Rh polycrystalline surface desorb as SO 2 at around 500 K under O 2 environment [2]. This work also com-pares with Pt and Pd surfaces, and shows the excellent performance of Rh for the sulfur removal reaction. In recent years, the collection of those poisoned metals is difficult because of the low cost performance. Thus, the easy recycle of the catalyst metals can be expected by means of the sulfur removal reaction.
A high temperature environment (∼1000 K) also gives damages to the catalyst metals supported on Al 2 O 3 . One of the problems is the migration of metal atoms under high temperature, and it leads to the aggregation of catalyst metals. The metal dissolution into Al 2 O 3 is the second problem. It was reported that a part of Rh atoms was dissolved into Al 2 O 3 support material by oxidation at 873 K [9]. Both of these two problems are related to the decrease in the reaction area.
In our previous studies, the adsorption system of (CH 3 ) 2 S (dimethyl sulfide: DMS) on Rh(100) single crystal surface have been revealed, where we have investigated the temperature dependent dissociative reaction and the sulfur removal reaction [8,[10][11][12]. However, these systems are too fundamental to apply into practical use. Therefore, we are required to obtain the more actual findings of the sulfur poisoning by clarifying the adsorption behavior of DMS on Rh/Al 2 O 3 system. The aim of this work is firstly to study the growth of Rh on Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) depending upon heat treatment, and secondary to reveal the adsorption reaction of DMS on Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface and the sulfur removal reaction by means of Xray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) techniques.
II. EXPERIMENTAL
A commercially available NiAl(100) single crystal (10 mm φ diameter, 2 mm thickness, Surface Preparation Laboratory Inc.) was mechanically polished with 0.05 µm Al 2 O 3 to a mirror finish. The NiAl(100) crystal was cleaned by the alternating cycles of Ar + ion sputtering (3 keV, 2 µA, 30 min) to remove sulfur, carbon and oxygen impurities and annealing at 1100 K for 30 min by an electron bombardment in an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) chamber. The base pressure was better than 4×10 −8 Pa. The cleanliness of NiAl(100) surface was verified by XPS measurements (S 2p, C 1s and O 1s).
A well-ordered ultrathin θ-Al 2 O 3 layer was grown on exposing the cleaned NiAl(100) to O 2 (∼1000 L) at 500 K and subsequently annealing at 1000 K for 5 min [13]. Rhodium was deposited on the Al 2 O 3 thin layer in-situ at room temperature with Rh vapor from an ultra-pure Rh wire (99.9%) set in an electron beam evaporator. The Rh deposition rate and time were 0.025 ML/min and 40 min, and then the total coverage was about 1.0 ML. After deposition, the sample was heated at 1000 K for 5 min. Three types of samples were prepared in this work, which were Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as Rh deposited, Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) heated at 1000 K, and Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface.
The research grade DMS was purified by means of a few cycles of freezing with liquid N 2 under high vacuum condition and melting at ambient temperature. DMS gas was admitted via the variable leak valve into the UHV chamber in this procedure, as the sample surface was cooled down to 90 K with liquid N 2 . The dosage was set at 0.3 L. The temperature of substrate (90-300 K) was controlled by resistive heating with a tungsten-filament, which was set behind the crystal. The sulfur removal reaction was promoted under O 2 environment (2.7×10 −5 Pa for 1h) at 423, 473 and 523 K.
The surface morphology was obtained by ex-situ AFM measurement with NanoScope III-a (Veeco Instruments) with tapping mode at Innovation Plaza Hiroshima JST. XPS measurements were recorded by use of the concentric hemispherical electron energy analyzer (PHOIBOS 100-5ch, SPECS) with MgKα X-ray (1253.6 eV). All binding energies were referenced to Ni 3p 3/2 peak position of NiAl at 853.0 eV [14]. The initial thickness of Al 2 O 3 layer was 4-5Å estimated from the signal ratio of I Al2p Al2O3 and I Al2p NiAl were the Al 2p peak intensities of Al 2 O 3 and NiAl as shown in Fig. 3 [15]. The coverages (ML) of Rh and sulfur were obtained with their XPS peak intensities in Rh 3d and S 2p regions (1ML corresponds to the area density of fcc Rh(100) surface atoms, 1.37×10 13 atoms/mm 2 ).
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
A. S 2p XPS Figure 1 shows the temperature dependent S 2p XPS spectra for DMS on Rh(1.0 ML)/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) asdeposited, Rh(1.0 ML)/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) heated at 1000 K, and Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surfaces. The initial DMS coverages are estimated at 0.34, 0.34 and 0.26 ML for each sample, respectively. Those amounts mean almost monolayer adsorption. There is no sulfur contamination on each initial surface. On the Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface, most of DMS adsorb on Al 2 O 3 layer without dissociation into CH 3 S − and atomic S at 90 K. It is found that the sulfur in DMS has an interaction with the substrate and is picked some electrons up by the Al 2 O 3 layer, because the main peak position located at 164.3 eV undergoes a higher energy shift from that of the multilayer DMS at 163.8 eV [10]. Almost all of the adsorbates desorb from the Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface at 200 K, indicating no catalytic performance for DMS dissociative reaction. Dissociation of DMS also hardly occurs on the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited surface at 90 K. The peak position shifts to the lower binding energy side from that of the Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface. This shift gives the interaction between DMS and Rh layer. More than half the molecules (0.18 ML) remain on the surface at 200 K without desorption. Some of those molecules undergo the scission in the S-C bonds. The dissociation is promoted as the temperature rises, and most of the S-C bonds are cleaved at 300 K. Thus the Rh over-layer possesses a catalytic performance for the dissociative reaction of DMS.
In the case of the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) heated at 1000 K, the dissociative reaction and the desorption behavior are quite equivalent to that on the Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface meaning inert against the dissociation process of DMS.
The sulfur-poisoned Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited surface was heated under O 2 environment to remove the sulfur atoms. The main peak is located at 162.0 eV showing the adsorption of the atomic sulfur. One can find the broad peak at 166 eV to 169 eV, when the sample is annealed at 423 K and 473 K. This chemical state is assigned to SO x species [2]. The broad peak disappears at 523 K, and simultaneously the total coverage of sulfur decreases. Those changes indicate the oxidation of sulfur and the desorption of SO x from the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited surface. The desorption onset temperature is higher than that reported with polycrystalline Rh and Rh(100) surfaces, on which the sulfur atoms desorb at 423 K [2,8]. Therefore, the performance of Rh in the sulfur removal reaction is weakened on the Al 2 O 3 layer.
B. Rh 3d XPS Figure 2 shows the Rh 3d 5/2 peaks for the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) systems before DMS adsorption. The peak shape and the FWHM were estimated using a Shirley background and a mixed Gaussian-Lorentzian function with an asymmetric parameter. Table I shows these intensities, peak positions and FWHM of the Rh 3d 5/2 peak. Metallic Rh state has a single peak at 307.2 eV, shown as the spectrum of Rh(111) bulk [16]. The Rh 3d 5/2 peak of Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited becomes broader than that of Rh(111) bulk. The peak position also shifts from that of Rh(111) bulk to 0.25 eV higher binding energy side. Therefore, the spectrum for Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited seems to contain other components at the higher binding energy side in addition to the peak for metallic Rh state. The Rh atoms in second layer or more shows their peak at the corresponding position with metallic Rh state at 307.2 eV, because the spectrum becomes similar shape to the Rh(111) bulk spectrum as Rh coverage increases. On the other hand, the additional components shift from the metallic Rh state to the higher energy side, indicating the oxidation or the interaction with the Al 2 O 3 layer. The oxidized Rh state is reported to represent the Rh 3d 5/2 peak at 308.0 eV or more; for Rh 2 O 3 at 308.35 eV and for RhOOH at 308.55 eV [16]. Thus, these components are confirmed the first layer Rh atoms on the surface which interact with Al 2 O 3 layer. These Rh atoms are squeezed some electrons by the Al 2 O 3 layer, which causes the Rh 3d 5/2 peak shift to the higher binding energy side. We can also find the reverse shift of the Al 2 O 3 peak in Al 2p and O 1s spectra shown in Figs. 3 and 4. These results indicate multilayer or nanocluster structure composed with Rh more than two layers.
In contrast, the peak shape of the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) heated at 1000 K can be described with a single state at 307.50 eV. The state extremely stabilizes against various treatments, such as the DMS adsorption, the heating and the O 2 exposure. The integral intensity decays in comparison with that of the Rh as-deposited sample by 22%. Hence, two possible processes can engender the stability and the decrease in the Rh 3d 5/2 peak intensity; the morphology of the Rh over-layer changes from a flat structure to a cluster structure; and the Rh atom dissolves into the substrate. We confirm the dissolution of Rh into the substrate under high temperature treatments because of the low reactivity to DMS dissociation. Al 2p and O 1s XPS results also agree with that standpoint in next chapter. Rh 3d 5/2 XPS result reveals the significantly different environment between Rh atoms on the as-deposited surface and that on the heat-treated surface (1000 K). interaction between the Al 2 O 3 layer and the deposited Rh atoms. The lower shifted peak position does not move any longer in the adsorption system of DMS on Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited surface, indicating that those adsorption reaction is exclusive on the Rh surface. A dramatic change is observed in the signal ratio of I Al2p Al2O3 /I Al2p NiAl after O 2 treatment at 423K, 473 K and 523 K. Thereby, the oxide thickness increases significantly after heating under O 2 environment. The Al 2 O 3 thicknesses are calculated to be 8Å, 11Å and 13Å at 423 K, 473 K and 523 K, respectively (the pristine Al 2 O 3 thickness is about 5Å). As mentioned by Song et al., the pristine Al 2 O 3 layer thickness is stable even at 1070 K without over-layer [17]. This result indicates that Rh layer behaves as a catalyst for oxidation of aluminum by supplying reactive oxygen atoms formed by dissociation of oxygen on Rh surface. A similar catalytic mechanism was reported in Pd/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(110) system [17,18]. A part of the reactive oxygen atoms also have an important role in the sulfur removal reaction as revealed in our previous study [8].
C. Al 2p and O 1s XPS
When the Rh as-deposited sample is heat-treated at 1000 K, the Al 2 O 3 binding energy returns to a position near that before the deposition of Rh. Therefore, the interaction between the Al 2 O 3 layer and the Rh atoms is lost by heat-treatment. We can consider two possible processes such as the morphological change of Rh layer and the dissolution of Rh into the substrate as shown in Chapter 3. 2. We conclude the dissolution of Rh into the NiAl(100) substrate under high temperature treatments, when DMS molecules adsorb on that surface. The S 2p XPS result shows the charge transfer from DMS to the Al 2 O 3 layer. Simultaneously, the shift to the lower binding energy side is observed in the DMS on Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) system as shown in Fig. 3. Similar shift has occurred on the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) heated at 1000 K. Furthermore, the growth of Al 2 O 3 layer has not been promoted by O 2 exposure. Therefore, it indicates that the deposited Rh atoms do not present on the Al 2 O 3 layer but it dissolves into the NiAl(100) substrate through the Al 2 O 3 layer. This diffusion into the substrate is possible through the defects of the Al 2 O 3 layer [17,19]. The O 1s XPS results shown in Fig. 4 also represent the similar shift as the Al 2p XPS results, indicating that the Rh and the adsorbate have some interaction with not only aluminum atoms but also oxygen atoms in the Al 2 O 3 layer. Figure 5 shows the AFM images obtained from Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100), Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited and Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) heated at 1000 K. We can see a lot of stripe structures on the Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface growing preferentially along the crystal directions, consistent with the other reports [13,20,21]. These stripes disappear when the surface covered with Rh layer. The deposited Rh on Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) has a protruded structures with the height of 3-7Å. Thereby, it can be speculated that nanoclusters consisted of 1-3 Rh layer formed on the Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface because the diameter of a Rh atom is estimated to be 2.7Å. After the heattreatment at 1000 K, there is no protruded structure but a lot of nano-hole structures as shown in Fig. 5(c). The former XPS results show the absence of Rh atoms on the surface. Thus, it is supposed that this outmost surface is mainly composed with the Al 2 O 3 layer, which undergoes the structural change by the diffusion process of Rh into the NiAl(100) substrate through the Al 2 O 3 layer. In three types of surfaces, only the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) asdeposited surface has the activity for the dissociative reaction of between DMS and O 2 , because the Rh atoms are exposed on the surface. The proposed mechanism for the interaction of Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) with DMS and O 2 at elevated temperatures is shown in Fig. 6. The process I shows the initial surface of Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100). The adsorbed DMS dissociates on the Rh nanocluster surface. The Rh surface is covered with the sulfur atoms in process II. The dissociative adsorption of O 2 and the growth of the Al 2 O 3 layer occur at the temperature range of 423-473 K (process III). Finally, a part of the sulfur atoms desorbs from the surface as SO 2 in the process IV.
IV. CONCLUSION
We have investigated the adsorption reaction of DMS on Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) surface and the sulfur removal reaction related with heat-treatment with XPS and AFM techniques. Atomic sulfur remains on the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited surface at 300 K because of DMS dissociative reaction. The sulfur removal reaction is induced by O 2 gas at 523 K with the formation and desorption of SO 2 . Simultaneously, the growth in the thickness of Al 2 O 3 layer occurs since the Rh layer serves the catalytic effect for the oxidation of aluminum in the NiAl(100) substrate. On the other hand, the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) heat-treated at 1000 K is quite inert against DMS dissociation. The reason for the inertness is confirmed the dissolution of Rh into the NiAl(100) substrate through the Al 2 O 3 layer occurring by the high temperature treatment. The AFM results show the morphological change in these systems; many stripe structures for the Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100), nanoclustered surface that consists of Rh for the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) as-deposited surface, and nano-hole structures formed with Al 2 O 3 layer for the Rh/Al 2 O 3 /NiAl(100) heated at 1000 K. | 95956151 | 4,597 |
<issue_start><issue_comment>Title: BasicAuthHandler calls instanceOf AuthProviderInternal
username_0: ### Version
* vert.x core: 3.7.0
* vert.x web: 3.7.0
* vert.x auth: 3.7.0
### Context
When attempting to create a BasicAuthHandler using BasicAuthHandler.create(AuthProvider authProvider), the method verifyProducer of BasicAuthHandlerImpl is called.
The instanceOf call causes issues when using the OSGi framework.
Method below:
```
/**
* This is a verification step, it can abort the instantiation by
* throwing a RuntimeException
*/
private static AuthProvider verifyProvider(AuthProvider provider) {
if (provider instanceof AuthProviderInternal) {
((AuthProviderInternal)provider).verifyIsUsingPassword();
}
return provider;
}
```
[AuthProviderInternal](https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-auth/blob/3.7/vertx-auth-common/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/auth/impl/AuthProviderInternal.java) can be found in the io.vertx.ext.auth.impl.AuthProviderInternal package. When using OSGi, the framework can not find AuthProviderInternal, as classes within implementation packages are not being exported. Consequently, the application fails at runtime with a NoClassDefFoundError.
A possible solution would be to move the AuthProviderInternal interface up one level, out of the implementation package.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Create a new OSGi project
2. Initiate any AuthProvider implemenation
3. Try to create a BasicAuthHandler using BasicAuthHandler.create(authProvider)<issue_closed>
<issue_comment>username_1: This class has been deprecated and is not used anymore. | 714639 | 473 |
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Caption: William Swainson naturalist and artist, 8th October 1789 - 6 December 1855. Lemur taxon quinary diagram from his "A treatise on the geography and classification of animals" London, 1835., though briefly popular, it fell from fashion by the mid 1840's. Swainson and MacLeay were derided, and both left for Australia. One observer joked they had been exiled for the "great crime of burdening zoology witha false though much laboured theory which has thrown so much confusion into the subject".
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HS2 is a state-of-the-art, high-speed line critical for the UK’s low carbon transport future. It will provide much-needed rail capacity across the country, call at over 25 stations, and connect around 30 million people. The first phase of HS2 is being built now, supporting the UK’s green economic recovery and ensuring the UK is on track to achieve its commitment to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Four new stations are being delivered as part of the first phase of the project, including Interchange Station which will become a major transport gateway in the West Midlands region. The new Interchange station, to be built in Solihull and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in the West Midlands, is the first railway station globally to achieve BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ certification – a measure of sustainability for new and refurbished buildings. It is also in the top 1% of all buildings in the UK to be assessed using this measure.
Based on HS2’s ambition to build the most sustainable high-speed network in the world, designing an environmentally friendly, net zero operational station was the objective for our client and the Arup team from the very beginning. We worked in partnership with HS2 and 12 different local stakeholder organisations to foster an approach that had sustainability at its heart, using it as a mantra to systemically inform every decision and outcome. In doing so, we aimed to deliver a station that reflected its natural surroundings and provide a world-class passenger experience.
Alongside its sustainability credentials, the station will be one of the best-connected places in the UK, and passengers on the HS2 network will be able to reach London Euston in 38 minutes, Manchester in 37 minutes and Leeds in 46 minutes. The station features four platforms, as well as two central high speed through lines for non-stopping services.
Linked to the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International Station and Birmingham Airport, an Arup-designed automated people mover (APM) will be capable of carrying up to 2,100 passengers per hour in each direction. There will be cycle storage for 176 bicycles with further room for expansion.
The station’s architectural design focuses on sustainability, maximising natural daylight and ventilation and featuring a roof which allows rainwater to be captured and redirected from the main station building via a network of underground pipes into a rainwater harvesting tank to be reused, reducing mains water demand.
Inspired by the form of a leaf, the roof skylights are orientated in a northerly direction so that they can maximise daylight while minimising heat gain inside the concourse. This will help maintain a comfortable temperature for people inside the station without an over-reliance on air-conditioning systems.
Our design minimises embodied carbon via life cycle assessment reporting for key building materials and waste at source, through material efficiency analysis. This includes measures such as offsite fabrication and modularisation. Energy efficient technology will be incorporated, such as air source heat pumps and LED lighting. In addition, the station and Automated People Mover maintenance facility has over 2,000m2 of solar panels generating zero carbon electricity.
Alongside a focus on eco-friendly design, the design proposals embraced lowering material impacts and costs. This was done through considering the embodied carbon within key building components and their associated approach to construction. Sustainable and low-carbon materials are used throughout, such as weathering steel, whilst the use of glulam timber offers a significant embodied carbon saving of 400 tonnes versus steel. During construction, 95% of demolition material and waste will be diverted from landfill.
The station’s landscape design features sustainable drainage systems to reduce the burden on surface water drainage whilst naturally irrigating planted areas. There will be new natural habitats created around the station, leaving a legacy of biodiversity and an enhancement of native species.
One of the enduring themes the team sought to implement throughout the process was the concept of ‘touching the ground lightly.’ As the design came to life, this meant retaining and protecting the existing landscape by removing complexity, minimising the cut and fill balance and working within the site boundaries to maximise sustainability, whilst producing a design that is harmonious with its local surroundings.
Our vision for station design is to deliver a building both for passengers and the people who work in and around the station. Our approach on the Interchange project was to ensure the design is safe, user friendly, attractive and comfortable through making all elements of the design seamless, intuitive and flowing, enabling simple, onward connections.
The entire station complex is designed for future adaptability, with features such as air source heat pumps and LED lighting, combined with the solar panels enabling net zero carbon emissions from day-to-day energy consumption.
| https://www.arup.com/projects/hs2-interchange-station | 984 |
KORAPUT: Hundreds of BJP’s booth-level workers locked Koraput Collector’s office on Monday protesting failure of the State Government and district administration in utilising Central funds for development of the district.
The workers under the leadership of State BJP general secretary Bhrugu Baxipatra took a rally in Koraput town before gathering near the collectorate.
The BJP leader alleged that though Collector Jay Kumar V was informed about the rally and submission of a memorandum to Governor through him, neither was he present nor had he directed any official to receive the same.
Addressing the gathering Baxipatro alleged that the district administration is neglecting the grievances of thousands of poor people.
He also allegedly charged the BJD and Congress leaders of engaging in corruption. Central funds meant for the poor were misappropriated, Baxipatro said.
The State Government has completely failed to provide health services across the State, particularly KBK districts, where poor people died in the last eight months for want of medical aid. He pointed out that no doctors are posted in Community and Public Health Centres in the district yet.
Agriculture, bungling of funds under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and NREGA are the other grey areas, he added. Though Telengiri irrigation projects was completed 15 years back, not a single piece of agricultural land has been irrigated so far.
On the issue of shutting down of Sewa Paper Mill at Jeypore, he said Government has failed to protect the intesrest of more than one lakh people who were dependent on the mill directly and indirectly.
Among others, Kuchinda MLA Rabi Nayak, State BJP observer Sukant Panigrahi, district BJP president Bijay Mishra, Mandal president Sanjiv Kumar and State member Aswin Patnaik also spoke. | https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2016/sep/20/BJP-men-lock-collectorate-1521675.html | 384 |
OPETH 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW AT LONDON PALLADIUM also play the Palladium.
The unique show, dubbed ‘An Evening with OPETH’ will feature two sets from the progressive Swedes, including 2005’s much-lauded ‘Ghost Reveries’ album in its entirety (which in turn is celebrating its 10th anniversary), plus a second set of classics from their 25-year career. HERE, with a pre-sale set for 9am. More details can be found here:
- November 12th, 2014 | be4f58b958c028c610c066bf94048783 | 118 |
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A day excursion guided in one of the most beautiful and conoscite islands in the world.
Between the Gulf of Salerno and the Amalfi Coast and the gulf of Naples, Capri is known throughout the world for its incomparable natural beauties and archaeological.
The scent of the flowers, the refined facet of the colors, the rugged cliffs that degrade toward the crystal clear sea, the ancient alleys crossing small houses immersed in the green. These are just some of the features that have made famous this enchanting island located in front of the Sorrentine Coast, which is linked by a rocky extension submarine along about five kilometers.
Always Capri exerts on those who visit a great amount of charm, the Faraglioni, the Grotta Azzurra, the Piazzetta and the blue of the sky and the sea the elements of greater attraction.
In the summer, but not only, the nightlife is extremely pleasant, between trendy bars and discos exclusive. In the evenings henri and easy to meet known celebrities or famous Hollywood actors and star internazionali.l 'island has a surface of approximately 12 square kilometers in length and a width of 3 kilometers. Comprises two communes: Capri and Anacapri situated in the high part of the island, 286 meters above sea level and connected to Capri from a road panoramica.da Anacapri is possible, then, reach, via a chair lift, the Monte Solaro, located at 589 meters above sea level, from where you can admire a view that ranges from the Gulf of Naples to the Gulf of Salerno, passing from the plain of Anacapri and the sorrentine peninsula, Capri and the Faraglioni. The first discoverer of Capri was the emperor Augustus in 29 BC that, fallen in love of the island, took the dependencies of Naples, by swapping with the fertile Ischia. Begins, well, his private domain, followed by the flourishing construction that, his successor Tiberius purposed from 27 to 37 A.D. , with the construction of a total of twelve villas.
Among these, today, there are also testimonies from evident of Villa Jovis and Villa Damecuta.
The guided tour of the island well worth a whole day, even if it may be combined with other renowned resorts such as Sorrento and Pompeii. | https://www.le8campane2.it/escursioni/capri/e-capri.htm | 503 |
Tony Mastroianni Review Collection
"Godspell" puts Bible to rock
Cleveland Press July 5, 1971
"The Godspell" -- it isn't Shakespeare, it isn't Shaw, it isn't even classical. It is a rock musical drawing on the New Testament for its material. But it is on the schedule of the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival.
Former Clevelander John Michael Tebelak, the play's writer and director, has no qualms about using the company assembled by Festival Director Lawrence Carra to stage his show.
"We'll have to find a small rock group to provide the music," he explained in a phone interview from New York, "but I'm sure we can find the people we need in Cleveland."
"But that's a good company right there at the festival, and it can handle everything in the show. We'll have to augment it with another girl or two. We already have Susan Burkhalter signed."
Miss Burkhalter was with the Play House this past season, worked for TebeIak in his summer production of "Cabaret" last year and was in the Great Lakes Festival production of "Comedy of Errors."
If you remember 'Comedy of Errors' at the festival last year you'll recall that there was a great deal of clowning and acrobatics and commedia del arte style in it. It had a high degree of precision. It is basically the same company, and that's why I'm sure it can do 'Godspell,'" he explained.
He explained that "The Godspell" demands an acting style that actors doing contemporary plays have not worked with before, but that performers trained in Shakespeare and other classical drama can take to it easily.
"I need six weeks to rehearse a company for 'Godspell' but all I have with the Cleveland group is 10 days and I'm certain they can do it," Tebelak continued.
"The Godspell" may open in about six other cities by year's end and in each the company will be locally recruited. Currently the show is enjoying a successful run in New York City at the off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theater.
'This fall 'Jesus Christ. Superstar' will be opening," Tebelak said. "There also is one- called 'Jesus Christ' and another called 'Jesus Christ Almighty.' Who can predict what the effect will be? There's likely to be four or five Jesus shows running all at once without being copies of each other.
"I was careful not to listen to the recording of "Jesus Christ, Superstar" before doing 'Godspell.'I didn't want to be influenced."
Tebelak also is involved in the huge stage Mass that Leonard Bernstein has composed and which will be presented at Kennedy Center in September. He is serving as consultant and stage manager.
"Bernstein picked me after he saw a performance of 'Godspell.' It's his first major piece of music in 15 years. It's based on the Latin Mass, but it is a new form of theater. There will be 235 people in it and it will be a mixture of Mass and social fantasy, an interplay between common man and his society.
"I think there is a new interest in religion because after so many years of non-believing, young people are rediscovering religion and trying to use it in a constructive form. People are breaking away from organized churches and looking for ancient forms. They want once again to make a Joyful noise." | 4053645ba908cbcc2e4ce2bcee2214ca | 724 |
Cfluviurrh is an esoteric programming language designed and implemented by Chris Pressey on August 25th and 26th of 2012, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, based an on idea that occurred to him about a year earlier in Pearson International Airport, Toronto.
Cfluviurrh was designed specifically to support writing programs which have emotional feeling. It defines a mechanism by which a program can be instructed to experience a particular emotion. It may be the first such language to do so. Since its reference implementation has no guarantee that the hardware it is running on is capable of experiencing emotions, it contractually obligates the user to act as the "emoter", and prompts them to experience the required emotions on its behalf.
an electronic (or other kind of constructed) computer which has passed an appropriate "emotional Turing test"
Cfluviurrh is almost certainly Turing-complete as it maps very straightforwardly to a machine with an unbounded number of memory locations, each of which can hold an unbounded non-negative integer, and which supports unrestricted conditional jumps.
Note, however, that Turing machines are not Cfluviurrh-complete, as they do not specify any emotive experience to occur during the course of execution.
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> Easter activities your children will love!
Easter activities your children will love!
We've teamed up with children's theatre group Full House to provide free virtual activities for children in Central Bedfordshire.
If have children in your life who are aspiring musicians or budding coders – or who just love video games - then Kaki_Hatchi might be a great Easter activity for them.
Our Inspiring Music team have funded 200 free spaces for Children in Central Bedfordshire to attend this five-day online activity.
Run by Conductive Music, the interactive sessions run from April 6th and last 90 minutes each. Children will be shown how story, coding and music form the ingredients of great video games. They'll then learn how to mix these ingredients together to create an original game!
Get crafty at home with Central Bedfordshire’s Libraries!
Our libraries have been posting some Easter craft video ideas on their Facebook page, including an Easter basket and an Easter card!
Each video tells you which materials you’ll need and takes you step-by-step through how to make your egg-citing Easter craft.
You can also pick up a craft or activity pack at your local library.
Houghton Hall Park have set up two free, contactless trails in the park for two weeks.
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Parking at Houghton Hall Park is limited so if you can walk, cycle or scoot to the park please do. Two households, or up to six people, are now permitted to meet outdoors, but if you do meet with others please remember to keep a safe distance. | http://sandytowncouncil.gov.uk/sandy-diary-news/news-archive/easter-activities-your-children-will-love | 429 |
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This year, the Crucible audiences should see how high settling that argument figures on his agenda.
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Old arguments: does a thermostat have beliefs?
Side-note about the Chinese Room.
Before getting to the meat of the approach, I’ll have to detour, Eliezer-like, into a few background concepts. They’ll be presented in this post. The overall arc of the series is that, once we understand how syntax and semantics can fail to match up, then checking if they do becomes easy.
I’d like to start with Searle. He’s one of the most annoying philosophers, because he has genuine insights, but since he focuses mainly on the Chinese room thought experiment—which is an intuition pump with no real content behind it—everyone ignores these.
Think hard for one minute about what would be necessary to establish that that hunk of metal on the wall over there had real beliefs: beliefs with direction of fit, propositional content, and conditions of satisfaction; beliefs that had the possibility of being strong beliefs or weak beliefs; nervous, anxious, or secure beliefs; dogmatic, rational, or superstitious beliefs; blind faiths or hesitant cogitations; any kind of beliefs. The thermostat is not a candidate.
This seems like it’s just a definition problem, similar to the discussion of whether something is a Rube or a Blegg. Searle lists the rich and varied properties of human beliefs, and contrasts them with McCarthy’s stripped down interpretation of belief. It seems that we could just call the first “human-like beliefs”, and the second “simplified beliefs”, and we would have dissolved the question.
But I’d argue that the implicit question is actually more complicated than that, and that Searle was, in this instance, correct.
Let’s have a look at two more complicated examples: is this object a chair? Is person X good (and what is goodness anyway)?
For chairs, we have a rough intensional definition that goes something like “something humans sit on”, and a huge amount of mental examples of chairs from our experience (extensional definition).
When I bring up the question of what is and what isn’t a chair, most people are uncertain, because they don’t often encounter edge cases. When I present these, by, eg sitting on the edge of a table or asking whether a broken chair counts as a chair, they generally try and refine the intensional and the extensional definitions by adding more explicit characteristics, and ruling that specific example are or aren’t chairs.
There are many ways of doing so, but some ways are actually better than others. Scott Alexander’s post argues that definitions can’t be right or wrong, but I think in general they can be.
A definition of chair is wrong if it doesn’t approximate the boundaries of the mental set of examples of chairs that we have in our minds. If your definition answers “yes” to the question “is your mobile phone a chair if you sit on it?”, then this is a wrong/bad/incorrect definition.
A definition doesn’t have to be boolean, yes/no—you could say that a mobile phone being sat on is 5% a chair, while one being talked into is 0.1% a chair. And you have quite a lot freedom when setting these percentages—and different conversations with different people will result in quite different numbers. But you don’t have arbitrary freedom. Some definitions of chair are just bad.
Note that it may be impossible in some cases to find a good general definition for a term. “Natural” seems to be one of those categories. There are clear examples of natural objects (trees, animals) and clear examples of non-natural objects (swords, iphones).
Yet the definition seems to completely fall apart when we press it too hard. Human beings have been having a huge effect on the world, so, for example, the “natural landscapes of England” are also highly artificial. Genetic engineering to produce a cow: non-natural. Selective breeding that produces the same cow: arguably natural. Natural selection to produce the same cow: totally natural, as the name indicates. But what if the natural selection pressure was an unforeseen consequence of human action? Or a foreseen consequences? Or a deliberate one?
The point is, when we consider the set of all things and processes in the world, there does not seem to be a good definition of what is natural and what isn’t. Like the AI searching for the nearest unblocked strategy, it seems that most non-natural objects can be approximated by something arguably natural.
That doesn’t mean that the category “natural” is entirely vacuous. We could, for example, see it as the conjunction of more useful definitions (I would personally start by distinguishing between natural objects, and objects created by natural methods). Much philosophical debate about definitions is of this type.
Another thing to note is that “natural” can have a clear definition when applied only to a subset of things. In the set {oak tree, lice, aircraft-carrier, window}, it’s clear which objects are natural and which are not. Sports and games that humans play are similar. People play a well defined game of football, despite the fact that the rules don’t cover what happens if you were to play in space, on Mars, or with jetpack-enhanced super-humans who could clone themselves in under ten seconds. It is plausible that “game of football” cannot be well-defined in general; however, within the limitations of typical human situations, it’s perfectly well defined.
As we move to more and more novel situations, and discover new ideas, previously well-defined concepts become underdefined and have to be updated. For example, the definition of Formula One racing car is constantly evolving and getting more complex, just to keep the sport somewhat similar to what it was originally (there are other goals to the changing definition, but preventing the sport from becoming “racing rockets vaguely around a track” is a major one).
This is a major challenge in building safe AI—when people periodically come up with ideas such as training AI to be “respectful” or whatever, they are thinking of a set of situations within typical human situations, and assigning respectful/non-respectful labels to them.
They don’t generally consider how the boundary extends when we get powerful AIs capable of going radically beyond the limits of typical human situations. Very naive people suggest intensional definitions of respect that will explode into uselessness the moment we leave typical situations. More sophisticated people expect the AI to learn and extend the boundary itself. I expect this to fail because I don’t see “respectful” as having any meaningful definition across all situations, but it’s much better than the intensional approach.
I’m strongly speculating here, but I suspect the difference between moral realists and non-moral realists is mainly whether we expect moral category definitions to extend well or badly.
Should I let that AI take care of an aging relative?
The concept of “good” is quite ambiguous, but generally, if someone is a “good” human, then they’d also be loyal, considerate, charitable, kind, truthful, honourable, etc… in all typical human situations. These concepts of loyalty, consideration, etc… form a web of connotations that go along with good. We can think of them as connotations that go along with “good”, or as properties of central examples of “good” people, or as properties shared by most people in our mental set of “good” people.
Notice that unlike the blegg/rube example, I haven’t listed all the properties of “good”. Indeed the first step of any philosophical investigation of “good” is to figure out and list these properties, starting from our mental example set.
There are two obvious ways to extend the concept of good to more general cases. First of all, following the example of Peter Singer, we could distill the concept by looking at properties that we might like for definition of good—things like distance to the victim not mattering. If we follow that route, we’d end up somewhere close to a preference or hedonistic utilitarian. Call this “EAGood”—the sort of definition of good that most appeals to effective altruists. Properties like loyalty, consideration, and so on, get sacrificed to the notion of utilitarianism: an AI maximising EA good would only have those properties when they helped it increase the EAGood.
Or we could go the other way, and aim to preserve all the things in the web of connotations. Formalise loyalty, consideration, charitability, and so on, combine all these definitions, and then generalise the combined definition. Call this broad definition “MundaneGood”. Notice that this is much harder, but it also means that our intuitions about “good” in typical situations, are more portable to extreme situations. The analogy between “EAGood” and “MundaneGood” and bullet-dodgers and bullet-swallowers is quite clear.
Notice that in practice, most people who are “EAGood” are also “MundaneGood”; this is not unexpected, as these two definitions, by construction, overlap in the typical human situations.
In any case, it would be perfectly fine to leave an aging relative with a “MundaneGood” AI: they will do their best to help them, because a good human given that role would do so. It would much more dubious to leave them with a “EAGood” AI: they would only help them if doing so would increase human utility, directly or indirectly (such as causing me to trust the AI). They may well kill them quickly, if this increases the utility of the rest of humanity (on the other hand, the EAGood AI is more likely to be already helping my relative without me asking it to do so).
So if we started with a concept X, and had a narrow extension of NX of X, then predicting the behaviour of an NX-maximiser in untypical situations is hard. However, if BX is a broad extension of X, then our intuitions can be used to predict the behaviour of a BX-maximiser in the same situations. In particular, a BX-maximiser is likely to have all the implicit properties of X that we haven’t defined or even thought of.
All sorts of things have webs of connotations, not just ethical concepts. Objects have them as well (a car is a vehicle is a physical object; a car generally burns carbon-based fuels; a car generally has a speed below 150km/h), as do animals and people. The Cyc project is essentially an attempt to formalise all the web of connotations that go with standard concepts.
In terms of “beliefs”, it’s clear that McCarthy is using a narrow/distilled extension of the concept. Something like “a belief is something within the agent that co-varies with the truth of the proposition in the outside world”. So labeling something “belief about temperature”, and attaching that to the correct wires that go to a thermometer, is enough to say that thing has a belief.
In contrast, Searle uses a broad definition of belief. He sees the thermostat failing to have beliefs because it fails to have the same web of connotations that human beliefs do.
Is McCarthy’s definition of belief sufficient to design an agent that can reason as a human can?
Note that neither Searle nor McCarthy’s definitions address this question directly. This means that it’s an implicit property of the definition. By the previous section, implicit properties are much more likely to be preserved in broad definitions than in narrow ones. Therefore McCarthy’s definition is unlikely to lead to a successful AI; the failure of Symbolic AI is a testament to this. Searle was not only right about this; he was right for (partially) the right reasons.
Does this mean that a true AI would need to have all the properties that Searle mentioned? That it would need to have “strong beliefs or weak beliefs; nervous, anxious, or secure beliefs; dogmatic, rational, or superstitious beliefs; blind faiths or hesitant cogitations”? No, of course—it’s unlikely that the whole web of connotations would be needed. However, some of the web may be necessary; and the more of the web that the agent has, the more likely it is to be able to reason as a human can.
It’s interesting to note that in the Chinese Room thought experiment, Searle tries to focus attention on the man in the room, manipulating Chinese symbols. In contrast, many of the counter-arguments focus on the properties of the whole system.
These properties must include anything that humans display in their behaviour. For instance, having a (flawed) memory, stored in complex ways, having processes corresponding to all the usual human emotions, periods of sleep, and so on. In fact, these properties include something for modelling the properties of beliefs—such as “beliefs with direction of fit, propositional content, and conditions of satisfaction; beliefs that had the possibility of being strong beliefs or weak beliefs; nervous, anxious, or secure beliefs; dogmatic, rational, or superstitious beliefs; blind faiths or hesitant cogitations; any kind of beliefs”.
Thus, the Chinese room is a broad model of a human mind, with a full web of connotations, but Searle’s phrasing encourages us to see it as narrow one.
So there’s a certain perspective from which your framing of a-definition-of-chair-is-wrong-if-it-includes-mobile-phones makes sense because it’s not useful to the purpose of asking “can I sit on it such that I’m happier about sitting?” But this is a deeply teleological approach and as such depends thoroughly on the worldview from which chairness is being assessed. I think that’s fair as far as chairness goes and is ultimately fair about any question of ontology we might ask, since from where else can be construct ontology but from where we are perceiving the world? But I also sense a privileging of a particular worldview, namely a human one, that may artificially limit the sorts of useful categories we are willing to consider. After all, to a biped the size of a hamster a mobile phone might make an excellent chair.
I’m interesting to see where you go with this, but having not read the subsequent posts I’ll register now my suspicion that there is some deep philosophical disagreement I’m going to have with where you end up although I can’t quite put my finger on what it is right now, but I suspect it’s something like making assumptions that are pragmatically reasonable under normal circumstances but don’t hold when considering minds in general.
This is deliberate—a lot what I’m trying to do is figure out human values, so the human worldviews and interpretations will generally be the most relevant.
So maybe this points to what I’m wanting to push back against. If we focus on figuring out human values but not the category of things to which human values naturally belong and is shared with AI, we’re not setting ourselves up for solving the problem of alignment but rather having a better model of human values. Having that better model is fine as far as it goes, but so long as we keep humans as our primary frame of reference it invites us to be overly specific about what we think “values” are in ways that may inhibit our ability to understand how an AI with a very alien mind to a human one would be able to reason about them. This might help explain why I’ve preferred to go in the direction of looking for a more general concept (which I ended up calling axias) that generalizes over minds-in-general rather than looking for a concept of values that only makes sense when we look at humans, and why I think that’s a necessary approach (so we have something we can reason about in common between humans an AIs). | https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/ix3KdfJxjo9GQFkCo/web-of-connotations-bleggs-rubes-thermostats-and-beliefs | 6,090 |
Wouldn't the backlash of the media and fans be worse if we DIDN'T take Masoli and went 5-7? I still don't understand how people are so pissed about this. Sure, the guy has a somewhat checkered past, but he has committed no violent crimes. For those of you who are still stuck on the "but we kicked Patterson off the team" meme, let me spell this out for you. Pat Patterson smokes cigarettes. Because of that he has conditioning problems. He has problems committing to work and was an issue for the team. That's totally different than Masoli, who has been described as a good teammate. We don't know much more than that other than the fact that Patterson was given at least three chances (having been suspended twice and ultimately kicked off).
Jamar, or as I liked to call him "Oh JAM-ar", Horsby plead guilty to the whole brass knuckles thing. Does this mean we can have him back after he serves for six months? I mean, he was already suspended for a year...
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Is that the zone-read option I hear faintly in the background? Yeah.... Jeremiah Masoli isn't too bad at that. | https://www.redcuprebellion.com/2010/8/4/1604799/rebel-roundup-08-04-10 | 394 |
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Try to avoid crafted backpacks /binders; the concept may be outgrown by you before college finishes. In case your laptop report holes rip, you can buy round stickers which fix the openings. In case your institution provides actual copies of one’s timetable, get one of these DIY by placing it, shaping it perfectly, putting decor, and sticking/tape it to scrapbook document where you could usually view it. If you are in middle school or high-school, and you’ve final exams each session, obtain a two- binder that you can use for both semesters. Try using a fabric as well as the binder rings. You’ll be able to separate each issue having a labeled divider so that you learn which one is which. To prevent your document pulling buy paper that is reinforced Use plastic sleeves for the reason that haven’t been hole, to put papers Warnings A zip-up binder is recommended, if you’re the sort of individual who rips document make sure you don’t require it Even though your binder will undoubtedly be organized. Be mindful.
These are not useless for minimizing slight aches and pains. | 2b0718b8e17b4374a2873a48a0654644 | 3,969 |
On Jan. 31, Blake Wesley played a college basketball game against Duke and its raft of future pros. He took 15 shots. He missed a dozen of them. He hit zero from long range. It was another couple hours of wrestling with barbed wire, another rough night in a brief mid-winter stretch when his shooting percentages started to look like lottery odds. So Wesley, the 6-foot-5 freshman who’d mostly been everything Notre Dame needed him to be to that point, did the logical thing the next day.
He shot some more.
Fans of the San Antonio Spurs might disagree slightly, if only because Wesley is now aboard as the No. 25 pick in the NBA Draft, and surely the hope is that he’ll evolve into a very capable, prototypical combo guard soon enough. He has the tool kit for it. Wesley was the leading scorer and second-leading assist-giver for an Irish squad that won two NCAA Tournament games, a first-year lightning bolt who posted the highest usage rate among Notre Dame regulars but, notably, the second-lowest turnover percentage.
So the 2021-22 college basketball season is, in many ways, proof of concept for the Spurs’ speculative choice here.
It’s also the season in which Wesley didn’t shoot the ball terrifically all the time, any way you look at it. The overall raw field goal percentage (40.4) and the efficiency rate from 3-point range (30.3) were… not ideal. His effective field goal percentage (46.5) was the second-lowest among Notre Dame’s rotation players. This is the scab everyone picks at.
In short: Development is essential and determinative. Wesley doesn’t come fully assembled out of the box. He can score in transition (1,192 points per possession, per Synergy Sports) and he’s shown enough ability to get a bucket out of isolations (0.848 PPP, 62nd percentile nationally) to be optimistic. Synergy also rated Wesley as “average” as a pick-and-roll ballhandler, which presumably won’t be sufficient in any role at any point for the Spurs. But Wesley won’t turn 20 until next March. Neither the potential to grow nor the time to do so are in short supply.
Some of it will follow along to San Antonio. If nothing else is certain from here, this is: Wesley will put in work to quiet that noise, too.
| https://webbilli.com/2022/06/24/what-blake-wesley-brings-to-the-san-antonio-spurs-he-got-guys-easier-shots/ | 525 |
As a developer with video content, I support this. As a user, I hope there can be an option to turn off autoplay.
endorse. the views seem to need more customizaton for watch. there should be default views that fit within the watch without scrolling.
Including from the diagnosis pane in the right hand side of debug mode.
This is well reasoned and I have upvoted accordingly. I wonder if it is really a consumer feature -- this sounds a lot like the dry-run flag in command line world -- but I think that this would be...
My use cases: * content focused apps where I want to let user know about 1-3 new items per day * new features - "now you can do X"
Another use case. For my Stonehenge capsule (and all other travel experience capsules). Book me a trip to this destination. Export user context & profile info plus travel booking goals from my c... | https://support.bixbydevelopers.com/hc/en-us/profiles/385389636414-Fred-Zimmerman?filter_by=comments&sort_by=recent_user_activity | 195 |
> The thread is on my radar but...
> > maintainer (iow, me) ?
you like it and are willing to take it.
> +1 This patch doesn't fall under CCF maintainer.
from your side would still be good I guess?
> rolled devm things in the meantime but not much else.
I found a patch set adding devm variants of clk_enable (e.g.
find a followup.
willing to accept an idea with this semantic.
> disabled then just enable it at driver probe time).
devm_clk_get_enabled() much better. | https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/ | 135 |
Study of Submicron Particle Size Distributions by Laser Doppler Measurement of Brownian Motion.
Few nonintrusive techniques are available for particle measurement in the submicron size range o.1 micron diameter, yet measurement of these particles is basic to an understanding of important processes in combustion, such as soot formation and oxidation. The objective of the present research is the development and application of a technique for measurement of individual submicron particles in a gas stream. The approach is to measure the inertial relaxation time of individual particles of Brownian motion, by statistical analysis of the time resolved 100 MHz heterodyne signal obtained in an interferometer system resembling a more conventional laser Doppler velocimeter. Progress to date has included the development and refinement of an optical system for conducting the experimental studies. This optical system and experimental method are described in detail in conjunction with preliminary measurement of H20 particles which confirm the laser Doppler velocimeter mode of operation of the apparatus. A theory describing the statistical behavior of the signal from such a measurement signal has been developed. From theory, the probability distribution for the time intervals between the zeros of the Brownian motion velocity may be obtained. This program will later focus on measurements of particles of known size suspended in liquids in order to maximize the signal to noise of the optical measuring system, to refine the data acquisition methods, and to verify the theoretical understandin of the acquired signal. Followign the demonstration of the experimental approach, the technique will be applied to measurements of submicron particles suspended in gas flows.
| https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA172980 | 321 |
Jesus’ statement appears in a story that has nothing to do with the poor. It is about a woman Jesus said we will always remember. Just before the Lord’s supper and arrest, this woman poured a jar of expensive perfume on Jesus’ head.
Jesus knew the woman was preparing him for burial. She understood before the disciples that Jesus was headed to the cross.
Jesus’ reply is withering: “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.” He understood her act and considered it a wonderful gift.
It is at this point that Jesus quotes and extends Deuteronomy 15: “The poor will always be with you, but you will not always have me.” Only He and the woman seemed to understand that Jesus would not always be with the disciples.
There is an important lesson here for Christians working among the poor. Too many justify ruining their health and destroying their families by their commitment to the poor.
This is not what Jesus asks us to do. Our devotion must be to Him, not the poor. While we are supposed to love our neighbor, especially our poor neighbor, we are to worship only Jesus. The woman understood this, and the disciples did not.
By now you can see that I am uncomfortable with the way Jesus’ statement is sometimes taken out of context. My disappointment is increased because a little curiosity about the passage Jesus quoted could greatly increase our understanding of God, His people and the poor.
The rest of verse four explains why: “… because in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, He will richly bless you.” There were to be no poor because there would be plenty.
And there would be more than enough. “For the Lord your God will bless you as He has promised, and you will lend to many nations, but have to borrow from none” (v. 6). There would be a surplus to trade with other nations.
I believe that the loving, caring God who created the world never intended a world of scarcity. I can believe this before I can believe God intended the poor to always be with us.
But there was a condition. “He will richly bless you, only if you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today.” The blessing and abundance of the Promised Land are dependent on the faithfulness of God’s people to God’s commands.
How can this be? We were just told “there should be no poor among you,” and now we are given instructions about to what to do if there is a poor person. Did Moses get confused? Is this a contradiction?
God knows that there will be poor in Israel, not because God failed to provide, but because humans would not be faithful to God nor to each other. There had to be provision for the poor in the Promised Land because Israel would fail.
And so it is today, I suspect. There is enough agricultural production to feed every person on the planet. Yet people are dying of hunger and chronic malnutrition stunts the growth of children.
It is not that God’s planet cannot provide, but that we do not follow His commands. We neither love God nor love our neighbors.
So what did Jesus mean when He said, “the poor will always be with you?” Did He mean poverty is something we should tolerate?
First, Jesus was making a point about worship. He only referred to the poor after the disciples proposed they were more worthy of this woman’s devotion.
Second, Jesus was being ironic. In quoting from this passage, Jesus was letting His disciples know there are only poor in God’s abundant creation because of human sin. “The poor will always be with you,” was a rebuke to His disciples.
The passage in Deuteronomy closes with a command. After the verse, “There will always be poor people in the land,” we find this: “Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land” (v. 11).
God knew humankind would face this contradiction. His world is productive enough to meet everyone’s needs. And humans created in His image are creative enough to make it so.
Yet sin in the heart and a fallen creation result in God’s world not being all it was created to be. While God didn’t intend there to be any poor, He knew there would be poor as long as there are sinful people.
Jesus statement that the poor will always be with us is intended to shame us; to remind us that there are poor only because we have failed. He never intended to justify tolerance to the point of neglecting the poor.
First, Jesus was not condoning the existence of the poor. He was reminding us, with some considerable irony, that the poor are here because we have failed to keep God’s commands.
Second, unrighteousness—of those who are not poor and the poor themselves—is the cause of poverty. At the most fundamental level sin distorts our relationships with God, with each other and with our world. Our relationships do not work for our well-being and the result is poverty, racism and other expressions of injustice. Poverty was and is not part of God’s intention.
Third, to tolerate poverty by excusing it in Jesus’ name is an insult to our Lord, who so consistently extended Himself for those who were poor, sick and suffering. Tolerating poverty makes a mockery of Jesus statement of His mission in Luke 4:18.
Finally, our response to the poor is to be openhanded, and to enjoy sharing what God has given us. “Give generously to him (the poor) and do so without a grudging heart” (v 10). As a result the “Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your had to.” Caring for the poor is good for us!
As long as we live in a fallen world, we are to be openhanded and to lend freely. If loans are not repaid after seven years, we are to write them off. The goal is caring for our family, not running a business.
| http://www.missionfrontiers.org/issue/article/will-the-poor-always-be-with-us | 1,322 |
Seven years ago, we witnesed the 16-time world champion, John Cena, blasting his former ring rival, The Rock, for turning his back on the company that provided him a platform to the top. Yet, Cena followed Rock’s steps into movie industry, and his acting career was compared to Rock’s a lot of times.
„I’m sorry and I was wrong. That’s the best thing I can do. I think my gripes were legitimate inside the WWE Universe. The WWE Universe is so dedicated and so fanatical that they’re giving me the same comments that I gave Dwayne Johnson because every Monday and now moving to Friday, when they turn on the TV that’s their lives. That’s the thing that they follow the most and I’m not there anymore. I’m here promoting Bumblebee.
They’re gonna watch Bumblebee, but they’ll go to the movies theatres once, twice, or whatever. It’s every Monday and if you’re not there every Monday, as a viewer, especially if I’ve been with you guys 15 years, you feel offended. Especially because before I was like, ‘Hey man, where’d you go?’ This is a very tough balancing and when I called out Dwayne, I called him out because of ignorance.
I called him out as someone that had tunnel vision in WWE and didn’t understand the process that when you make a movie, you are not allowed to do anything else because if you ruin this – if Seth Rollins splits my nose open over here – I can’t film the movie and there’s hundreds of other people whose financial well being depends on whether I show up to work in on piece. If I stop production, that could shut production down.
That costs the movie money. It hampers the success of the movie, so once again I was foolish, selfish, and ignorant, but it made for awesome TV, so at least we’ve had that. It’s a conversation I’ve had with Dwayne multiple times and something I’m super comfortable telling any interviewer. I was ignorant. I was wrong and I’m sorry“, Cena explained in a conversation with Gorilla Position, a leading wrestling podcast.
Most of the 2018, Cena was working alongside Jackie Chan. Last time he was in WWE, was in October 2018, in Melbourne, during WWE Super Show-Down, when he and Bobby Lashley defeated Elias and Kevin Owens. On 26th December, at a WWE Live Event at Madison Square Garden in New York, his comeback is expected. Also, it is believed that he will attend Royal Rumble in January 2019, and WrestleMania 35 in April 2019.
| https://www.opptrends.com/john-cena-regrets-his-mean-comments-about-dwayne-the-rock-johnson/ | 591 |
With the end of winter and arrival of spring, comes the time to open those windows and feel the fresh air. But to truly embrace the freshness of spring, there is a need to spring clean your house and get it in tip-top shape. However, spring cleaning can be overwhelming.
That’s why we’ve compiled this post on spring cleaning tips and tricks that will help you get your home spring-cleaned in no time. And to make this daunting task little more manageable, we’ve split up the work into parts to tackle each day or week. This way you’ll hit all the parts of your home that needs cleaning and make sure you don’t miss a spot.
Planning is crucial for spring cleaning because you will be deep cleaning your entire home. The best plan for spring cleaning is to tackle one room at a time as this will keep you focused on the task at hand. Here is a printable spring cleaning checklist to help you with the plan.
You should always clean using the ‘top-down’ strategy i.e start cleaning from the top of the room (ceilings, light, and fan fixtures) and end at the bottom (baseboards and floors). The benefit is that doing this will force any dust or crumbs to fall on the floor which can be picked up at last. This will also keep you from having to re-clean your space.
The best way to spring cleaning is to go green and stay away from products with chemicals and toxins. From baking soda to borax, all the best green cleaning ingredients are usually present in your kitchen. The best part is that these ingredients are non-toxic and affordable. Here is an extensive list of green cleaning products.
Safety during cleaning is important especially if you suffer from allergies or plan to use heavy-duty cleaners. So, for safe spring cleaning, wear masks, hairnets, rubber gloves, and scarves. Wearing the protective gear will help guard against allergic reactions and/or skin irritations.
The first day of our plan is dedicated to dusting. Dusting is a task which is common and applies to all the rooms in the house. You should start the spring cleaning of every room by dusting the ceilings, light, and fan fixtures. Then dust the room corners for cobwebs.
Once it’s done, then dust the furniture, bookshelves and other items before cleaning all the dust from floors with a good vacuum. Here are some good dusting tips to help you with this task.
After dusting, it’s time to clean curtains. Another common task for all your rooms as most of the rooms have curtains. It’s easy to clean your curtains using a steam cleaner or you can also wash your curtains manually. Here are the instructions on how to wash the curtains manually.
You can also vacuum curtains and window blinds if they are not that dirty.
Window Cleaning is often neglected when it comes to spring cleaning. This is another task common to all the rooms in your house. Make your own window cleaning solution by mixing 2-3 tbsp dawn dish soap and 1 tbsp liquid Jet dry into 1/2 gallon warm water for a streak-free shine. Here are some more window cleaning hacks to ease the cleaning.
For window sills and sashes, the first thing you should do is brush or vacuum out any dry dust or dirt particles. Then, dip a q-tip in vinegar and run it outside and inside of window track to clean the grime. Give final shine by wiping with a paper towel.
Also clean every mirror in your home today including those of bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom.
Counters are the main working area of your kitchen, so giving them a deep clean and disinfecting them is a good idea. Cleaning countertops don’t require anything fancy, just wiping with soapy water will do. To disinfect, you must use a product labeled as an EPA-registered disinfectant and not something that just is an antibacterial. Or you can also make your own disinfectant.
The same thing goes for the sink and you can sparkle it by buffing it using a few drops of mineral oil on a soft cloth.
Dirt or grime build-up on kitchen cabinets is common, especially if you cook frequently. Surprisingly, cleaning kitchen cabinets is easy enough and there are a lot of ways to clean them. The easiest one according to us it to use Murphy’s oil soap for cleaning them.
While you are at it, make sure you not only clean but also organize your kitchen cabinets this spring.
From the microwave to the dishwasher, kitchen appliances do a lot of work for us and cleaning them is important for their proper functioning and maintenance.
Wipe down your microwave, coffeemaker and other small appliances.
Clean the crumb tray of your toaster.
Clean your stovetop and oven(inside).
Cleaning behind, beneath and inside refrigerator and freezer.
Clean your Dishwasher.
For the fridge, the best cleaner is baking soda because it’s non-toxic and natural. Because the last thing you would want is to have chemical vapors trapped in the fridge. Once cleaned, make sure to organize your fridge to keep it clutter free.
For stainless steel appliances like toasters and tea kettles, use cream of tartar for cleaning and Steelmeiser to protect against future fingerprints and smudges.
For ovens, the auto-cleaning function is quite handy(if you have one) but it’s better to manually clean the oven. Why? Because auto-cleaning is damaging for the oven and reduces the lifespan of your oven considerably.
If you have a major soap scum or hard water build-up, then vinegar is perfect to clean them. Just mix equal parts of vinegar and warm water with 2-3 drops of your favorite dish liquid. Spray it on the shower doors and wipe down with a clean cloth to reveal shining clean shower doors. The same thing goes for cleaning bathtub.
For shower curtains, just wash them in your washing machine with regular detergent and add a cup of vinegar to it. Hang it back up immediately once the wash cycle is complete.
Probably the dirtiest and most hated part of cleaning is cleaning the toilet. Fortunately, cleaning the toilet is not hard and there are many toilet cleaning recipes that make toilet cleaning easy.
For cleaning drains and removing hair buildup from the drains, the best tool is to use zip-it. It’s simple, effective and chemical-free drain unclogger.
It’s possible and easy to clean and shine the grout with minimal effort using NATURAL ingredients. And those ingredients are vinegar and baking soda. Here is a tutorial on how to clean grout.
The place where you usually spend most of your night after an exhausting day should be clean. Here are some tasks for spring cleaning the bedroom.
Declutter and organize your closet by taking out things which are no longer required.
Sort your under bed storage boxes, throw away expired medicines and cosmetics.
Wash your pillows, pillowcases, bedding and other linen.
Vacuum and clean mattress.
Clean Kids toys and bath toys(if any).
Sort your paperwork and organize and get rid of paper clutter.
Address your drawers and keep them organized.
Start by cleaning behind, below and inside the washing machine and dryer. Make sure to clean the fabric softener and bleach dispensers as well.
Disinfect your washer with baking soda and distilled vinegar. Run the machine with hot water and add 1 cup vinegar to 4 tbsp baking soda. Let it sit for 30 to 60 minutes after running. Restart the machine, drain the water, and let it air dry.
Once everything is done, finish the cleaning by cleaning the floor of your laundry room. Here are some laundry room organization tips to keep your laundry room organized.
Carpets, rugs, and upholstery all need deep cleaning at least once a year to make them ready for another year of wear. If you have a lot of carpets to wash, you might want to call in the pros or rent a rug cleaner. You can also try these 17 homemade carpet stain removers.
Most people don’t clean the light switch plates and doorknobs during spring cleaning. It’s important to clean and disinfect them regularly as they harbor so much dirt and germs.
One of the important yet neglected parts of spring cleaning is replacing furnace and HVAC filters. Replacing a filter is important and works wonders in improving indoor air quality. It is an inexpensive way to make sure you’re breathing clean, healthy air.
There you have it– 21 days of spring cleaning tips to help you clean your home from top to bottom by MAXIMIZING the cleaning and MINIMIZING your time and effort. If you found these tips helpful, do share the post! | https://offbeatbros.com/spring-cleaning-tips/ | 1,866 |
A heavily outgraded Rooks side went down by 3.5 - 1.5 against Fenton 'A' in Division 2 last night. This was Fenton's third successive win and takes them up to halfway in the table.
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- 1Heat oven to 425°F. In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thoroughly cooked; drain.
- 2Stir baked beans and barbecue sauce into beef. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole.
- 3Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir Bisquick mix, milk and butter until soft dough forms.
- 4Drop dough by 12 spoonfuls onto beef mixture.
- 5Bake uncovered 18 to 22 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake about 3 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. | 558a6d9cc5a2a19342aebee8fd041088 | 143 |
Oct. 1, 2015 -- In the opening moments of the new film The Martian, a fierce windstorm hits the red planet. Astronaut Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, is left on Mars as his crewmates scrap the exploration mission and head home.
That’s a bit of a problem for Watney, whose next ride home is years away, if ever. But he's determined to survive, both physically and emotionally.
The film’s producers have said that everything that happens in the movie -- with the exception of the windstorm, which was too violent for Mars -- is backed up by science.
We turned to a NASA scientist, a NASA doctor, a psychologist, and a life coach to put those claims to the test.
Note: This story doesn’t spoil the movie’s ending, but it does offer significant details.
The Mars environment looks hostile, as it should, says Jim Green, PhD, director of planetary science for NASA. He consulted with the movie-makers on the script.
The air there is 95% carbon dioxide, but Damon's character Watney and other crew-members were living in a 90-square-meter canvas structure, or ''Hab," that provided shelter against Mars’ extreme temperatures. As long as Watney stayed in the Hab or wore his spacesuit outside of it, he had oxygen.
Unlimited supplies of oxygen are theoretically possible by using technologies that recycle the carbon dioxide to get the oxygen out, says Erik Antonsen, MD, PhD, a scientist for NASA's human research program.
Food and water were another matter. (Until this week, water was thought to exist nearly exclusively as ice on Mars.) In the movie, Damon converts rocket fuel to water to keep a steady supply.
For food, Watney had enough freeze-dried food to last more than a year, but he knows that won’t be enough. He realizes he has to figure out a way to grow food in a place with thin soil that's hostile to growth. Luckily, Watney is a trained botanist. A lightbulb goes off, and he runs over to the compartments housing the food and finds the Thanksgiving dinners for the crew. Those meals have real potatoes.
Watney uses them to plant a potato patch inside the Hab. In scene after scene, he tends to the patch, coaxing it to grow. For fertilizer, he uses his discarded poop and that of his crewmates. With steely resolve, Watney says that if he's going to survive, "I'm going to have to science the sh*t out of this."
Human poop can be a good fertilizer to grow potatoes, Antonsen says, but it's not without risks. Something held in check by a person’s gut bacteria -- bad bacteria, for instance -- could grow unchecked in the new environment.
Despite the stresses and the threat of imminent death, Damon's character doesn't lose it. And that personifies a typical astronaut, Antonsen says.
"Astronauts are selected for their resilience, their intellectual aptitude, much like military pilots," he says.
Watney's situation is especially challenging, he says, because astronauts typically maintain motivation via teamwork, both with their fellow astronauts and contact with Mission Control.
But Watney doesn't let the isolation get to him. He begins keeping a video log, a kind of regular diary that he hopes will ultimately get to NASA. His first words when he does connect with Mission Control: "I'm alive! Surprise!"
Watney's wicked sense of humor comes through, over and over. At one point, he says he’s the greatest botanist on Mars. In another scene, he rifles through his crewmates' storage bins for music, ridiculing his commander's taste in music when he finds only disco. He wonders: Does she know of any music from this century?
That good-natured ribbing is part of the NASA culture, Green says. It helps ease the stress of running a $1.4 billion program where ''everything we build has to work." "That kind of stress is enormous," he says. "A day doesn't go by in our organization that we don't have really good belly laughs."
Having a good sense of humor also makes people more resilient, experts say.
"Its judicious use frees us up," says Robert Brooks, PhD, a psychologist and assistant clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. Brooks did not see the movie.
"It's a source of connectiveness with other people," he says, ''and it helps us to be better problem solvers."
Watney also displays other traits of resilient people. He takes responsibility for what happens to him. He’s adaptable. He’s a problem solver, but he also knows some problems aren't solvable immediately. Resilient people know how to compartmentalize, or focus on the most pressing problem and tune out other stressors, says Michelle Atlas, a life coach in Rochester, N.Y.
The video diary could be another sign of resilience, she says. "The sharing of a traumatic story can be the pivotal distinction between someone who shuts down in depression and cannot cope at all and someone who is empowered by their trauma to become greater and share their gifts with others," she says.
Resilient people also focus on what they have control over, Brooks says. Even they might go through a ''Why me?" phase, he says, but most give up those thoughts quickly and move on.
Doing that moves you into problem-solving mode, he says. "Resilient people feel a sense of purpose or meaning," he says. In Watney's case, that's to get back home.
"The reality is, some people are just born more resilient," Brooks says. "It doesn't mean you can't learn to be." It requires working on and developing the characteristics to help yourself in the long- and short-term.
But it doesn't require being stranded on Mars.
Jim Green, PhD, director of planetary science, NASA.
Erik Antonsen, MD, PhD, scientist, human research program, NASA.
Michelle Atlas, certified professional life coach,Rochester, N.Y.
Robert Brooks, PhD, psychologist, assistant clinical professor of psychology, Harvard Medical School, and author of "The Power of Resilience."
“The Martian,” production notes. | https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20151001/martian-test-matt-damon?src=RSS_PUBLIC | 1,350 |
ufff... new to the idea of me NOT being straight and I've been poking around just thinking it over and I'm finding some interesting suprises... like...
issues dating bisexual people if you are homosexual... why does that matter as long as it's monogamous?
also attituded towards bisexuals from lebians... I have seen lebians calling bisexual women traitors and stuff... actually I was triggered to write this because on Dr Drew tonight they were talking to some reality TV star who was prtrayed as lesbian on the show she was on when she is actually bisexual and in a new series she is with a man and she is getting hate mail from lesbians... but I'm seeing it on dating sites too "Lesbians only, no bi" what?? um... okay... where's the love and understanding? where's the support? one minority group hating on or excluding another minority group... doesn't make much sense to me... do lesbians tend to think bisexuals are liars or in denial or looking for attention or something?
I went to dinner the other night with two old college friends, one of whom is a lesbian and she was talkling about how hard it is to meet someone and she is on a dating site and our other friend was asking her questions during dinner about if she specified if she liked girly girl or tom-boys and she said "well, girly girls, of course,,, I mean, I'm a lebian... I like girls!"
I really wish there were a like button here. I would "like" both of these...it's rediculous I tells ya! | https://www.dailystrength.org/group/bisexuality/discussion/what-s-up-with-th_4 | 338 |
One day I was doing some testing and I wanted to be sure it wasn’t my DNS/Routes that were causing the response time issues. A co-worker suggested using an EC2 instance as a VPN server. I thought that would be perfect!
I’m going to assume that you have the knowledge of starting up an Ubuntu EC2 instance.
First up is installing OpenVPN and enabling ip forwarding:
Next up is generating a shared key for authentication/encryption.
cd /etc/openvpn sudo openvpn --genkey --secret ovpn.key
Here’s a basic conf file (/etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf). Read the OpenVPN man page for more options.
port 1194 proto tcp-server dev tun1 ifconfig 10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2 status server-tcp.log verb 3 secret ovpn.key
Now to start it and follow the status:
sudo service openvpn start tail -f /etc/openvpn/server-tcp.log
Make sure tcp port 1194 is open in your instance’s security group!
scp/email/ftp/rsync/nc the ovpn.key file to your client machine.
Start OpenVPN client on your client machine:
export EC2_IP=0.0.0.0 sudo openvpn \ --proto tcp-client \ --remote $EC2_IP \ --port 1194 \ --dev tun1 \ --secret ovpn.key \ --redirect-gateway def1 \ --ifconfig 10.4.0.2 10.4.0.1 \ --daemon
Now if you visit it should be your EC2 Instance’s IP.
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<filename>internal/core/src/common/Schema.cpp
// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License
#include "common/Schema.h"
#include <google/protobuf/text_format.h>
#include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp>
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
#include "common/SystemProperty.h"
#include <optional>
namespace milvus {
using std::string;
static std::map<string, string>
RepeatedKeyValToMap(const google::protobuf::RepeatedPtrField<proto::common::KeyValuePair>& kvs) {
std::map<string, string> mapping;
for (auto& kv : kvs) {
AssertInfo(!mapping.count(kv.key()), "repeat key(" + kv.key() + ") in protobuf");
mapping.emplace(kv.key(), kv.value());
}
return mapping;
}
std::shared_ptr<Schema>
Schema::ParseFrom(const milvus::proto::schema::CollectionSchema& schema_proto) {
auto schema = std::make_shared<Schema>();
// schema->set_auto_id(schema_proto.autoid());
// NOTE: only two system
for (const milvus::proto::schema::FieldSchema& child : schema_proto.fields()) {
auto field_offset = FieldOffset(schema->size());
auto field_id = FieldId(child.fieldid());
auto name = FieldName(child.name());
if (field_id.get() < 100) {
// system field id
auto is_system = SystemProperty::Instance().SystemFieldVerify(name, field_id);
AssertInfo(is_system,
"invalid system type: name(" + name.get() + "), id(" + std::to_string(field_id.get()) + ")");
continue;
}
auto data_type = DataType(child.data_type());
if (datatype_is_vector(data_type)) {
auto type_map = RepeatedKeyValToMap(child.type_params());
auto index_map = RepeatedKeyValToMap(child.index_params());
AssertInfo(type_map.count("dim"), "dim not found");
auto dim = boost::lexical_cast<int64_t>(type_map.at("dim"));
if (!index_map.count("metric_type")) {
schema->AddField(name, field_id, data_type, dim, std::nullopt);
} else {
auto metric_type = GetMetricType(index_map.at("metric_type"));
schema->AddField(name, field_id, data_type, dim, metric_type);
}
} else {
schema->AddField(name, field_id, data_type);
}
if (child.is_primary_key()) {
AssertInfo(!schema->get_primary_key_offset().has_value(), "repetitive primary key");
Assert(!schema_proto.autoid());
schema->set_primary_key(field_offset);
}
}
if (schema->get_is_auto_id()) {
AssertInfo(!schema->get_primary_key_offset().has_value(), "auto id mode: shouldn't have primary key");
} else {
AssertInfo(schema->get_primary_key_offset().has_value(), "primary key should be specified when autoId is off");
}
return schema;
}
const FieldMeta FieldMeta::RowIdMeta(FieldName("RowID"), FieldId(0), DataType::INT64);
} // namespace milvus
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The Anti-Walk: A Midnight in Paris Adventure
I, like everyone else in the world, love Midnight in Paris. If you haven’t ever seen it, you should make that a priority. And if you haven’t already been to Paris, you should do that too. These two things are priorities in life. Trust me.
In the movie, Owen Wilson takes himself for a long walk in the streets of Paris and ends up sitting on the steps of a church. Somewhere in the distance, a clock strikes midnight and Owen Wilson is swept in an old car and into the 1920s.
It turns out the steps in that movie are at St. Etienne du Mont, which is right behind the Pantheon and not far from the Seine. One day, Morgan and I set out to find them and recreate the scene as best we could. It was a walk to remember. | a3c8cb6697297dd0beea5d44536386d0 | 184 |
The third televised Academy Awards with M.C's Bob Hope in Hollywood and Thelma Ritter and Conrad Nagel in New York..
A profile of Grace Kelly who became Princess Grace of Monaco.
Host
Guests are Shirley MacLaine, Grace Kelly, and Mikhail Baryshaikov.
PRESERVING & ARCHIVING THE SOUND OF LOST & UNOBTAINABLE ORIGINAL TV (1946 - 1982) | 0843ac3437ed72ff3f49a449addcd02d | 93 |
package typingsSlinky.workboxStrategies
import org.scalajs.dom.experimental.Request
import org.scalajs.dom.experimental.Response
import org.scalablytyped.runtime.StObject
import scala.scalajs.js
import scala.scalajs.js.`|`
import scala.scalajs.js.annotation.{JSGlobalScope, JSGlobal, JSImport, JSName, JSBracketAccess}
object makeRequestCallbackMod {
type MakeRequestCallback = js.Function1[/* options */ MakeRequestCallbackOptions, js.Promise[Response]]
@js.native
trait MakeRequestCallbackOptions extends StObject {
var event: js.UndefOr[
/* import warning: transforms.QualifyReferences#resolveTypeRef many Couldn't qualify ExtendableEvent */ js.Any
] = js.native
var request: String | Request = js.native
}
object MakeRequestCallbackOptions {
@scala.inline
def apply(request: String | Request): MakeRequestCallbackOptions = {
val __obj = js.Dynamic.literal(request = request.asInstanceOf[js.Any])
__obj.asInstanceOf[MakeRequestCallbackOptions]
}
@scala.inline
implicit class MakeRequestCallbackOptionsMutableBuilder[Self <: MakeRequestCallbackOptions] (val x: Self) extends AnyVal {
@scala.inline
def setEvent(
value: /* import warning: transforms.QualifyReferences#resolveTypeRef many Couldn't qualify ExtendableEvent */ js.Any
): Self = StObject.set(x, "event", value.asInstanceOf[js.Any])
@scala.inline
def setEventUndefined: Self = StObject.set(x, "event", js.undefined)
@scala.inline
def setRequest(value: String | Request): Self = StObject.set(x, "request", value.asInstanceOf[js.Any])
@scala.inline
def setRequestRequest(value: Request): Self = StObject.set(x, "request", value.asInstanceOf[js.Any])
}
}
}
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General Hospital Season 44 Episode 48
October 10, 2007
Recap
General Hospital Episode Guide - 10.10.07 (I)
Lulu explains to Mike and a dismayed Spinelli how she has the opportunity to help her fugitive parents stop running and come home to Port Charles. On Spoon Island, Nikolas hesitantly admits to Emily that he doesn't know why he was in the alley holding a bloody knife. Jax spends the night sitting vigil beside his brother's hospital bed. Robin eavesdrops on Nikolas and Leyla as they schedule a second date.
Tracy offers to pay Logan to make nice with Scott in order to further her own personal agenda. Questioned by Mac and Harper, Jerry claims he was attacked by a total stranger.
General Hospital Episode Guide - 10.10.07 (II)
A jealous Robin again makes a fool of herself in front of Patrick. Though Spinelli and Mike both urge her not to trust Scott to keep up his end of the bargain, Lulu finally agrees to the special prosecutor's conditions.
Jax tells Carly he's certain Jerry knows his assailant. Meanwhile, Jerry privately informs Emily that her boyfriend viciously stabbed him without any provocation at all.
Robin (Kimberly McCullough) considers becoming a single mom. Wes shows a startled Carly and Jax photos of their intimate moment. Tracy rails at Scott after learning how he persuaded Lulu to reconcile with Logan.
Jax guesses that someone hacked into his wife's cell phone to take pictures without their knowledge. Tracy (Jane Elliot) is surprised to find Luke back in town. Leyla reminds Patrick that she doesn't want to be his rebound affair following his break-up with Robin.
- Show:
- General Hospital
- Season:
- General Hospital Season 44
- Episode Number:
- 48 | 80a6454f08867de91633b4e55b9255e1 | 377 |
...and still searching for a new long-term home. But don't worry we have some good news!
As many might know the original plan to relocate to Pleasant Valley was not able to go forward due to city CODE issues with the structure. Looking forward, we are optimistically collaborating with Almost Real Things to develop a model that supports sustainable private and shared creative studios, co-working space, and mixed use community rooms while prioritizing affordable space in Austin.
In effort to continue supporting local artists, the two organizations are partnering to offer a subsidized shared studio space to two artists that have been displaced, which will culminate with a duo-exhibition in the Fall.
In the interim, we are thankful for our new programming partnership with Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery where we will host a mixture of four-week exhibitions, pop-up shows and performances. Please join us for the first show at Cloud Tree on May 3rd. Women of WEST go East is a pop-up show curated by Laura Johnson to promote artists in stand-alone studios participating in West Austin Studio Tour - stay tuned for more info! | 2aee41c6939d1fe6fefdb69e68c9e354 | 226 |
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AMARILLO, TEXAS -- The Army Reserves 974th Quartermaster Group returned home from Iraq last Friday. And now, you could help pay it forward and honor these troops and their families.
On July 11th they will have a family day. Allowing the group a great opportunity to get acquainted. They can also learn about their medical benefits, and what the Red Cross does to help them when their loved one is deployed. A welcome home celebration is also planned for later that week at Lake Fryer.
Patricia Slaughter, whose husband also just got home, says these troops need your support.
"When our soldiers get deployed they feel very detatched, so if they know they have the community behind them it means so much more to them it really does. My husband got Christmas cards from kids around schools here last year and it made a big difference."
If you would like to donate in the Panhandle Spirit and help pay it forward to the men and women who serve our country you can contact Patricia Slaughter at 806-570-8518. | 1881613e36a5f16b5a4555ff50d5d8bb | 219 |
The Airline Vikings and Haughton Buccaneers will try to punch their tickets to the Class 5A quarterfinals tonight.
Airline (9-2), the No. 8 seed, travels to Reserve to face No. 24 East St. John (7-4) in a second-round game. Haughton (9-2), the No. 11 seed, heads to Lafayette to play No. 26 Comeaux (6-5).
Airline defeated No. 25 Southside 55-21 in the first round last Friday. East St. John knocked off No. 9 Central of Baton Rouge 34-30.
Airline is looking for is second quarterfinal appearance in the last three years. The Vikings have reached the quarterfinals twice in Bo Meeks’ tenure as head coach.
Haughton downed No. 22 Ouachita Parish 28-7 in the first round. Comeaux upset No. 6 Slidell 42-14.
Haughton is looking for its first quarterfinal appearance as a member of Class 5A. The Bucs last reached the quarterfinals in 2010 when they were in Class 4A and Dak Prescott was the quarterback.
While East St. John is officially 7-4, the Wildcats have the same record as Airline on the field. East St. John forfeited its first three games, including two victories, after self-reporting the use of an ineligible player.
The Wildcats shared the District 7-5A championship with Hahnville, which is still in the playoffs. Both had 5-1 district records. Hahnville defeated East St. John 21-0 in Week 5, the Wildcats’ last loss.
In last week’s win, Sean Shelby completed a 67-yard touchdown pass to Markel August for the go-ahead score with 2:04 left in the game.
Airline’s talented secondary, which had four interceptions against Southside, will be tested. Shelby attempted 36 passes against Central, completing 15 for 347 yards and four touchdowns.
Airline was dominant on both sides of the ball against Southside. The offensive and defensive lines more than did their part.
Jamal Johnson and Rovelle Young had some big runs and some big holes to run through.
Young rushed for 152 yards on 13 carries. Johnson had 88 on 12.
Quarterback Alex Garcia gained 73 yards and scored two rushing touchdowns in the second half. He also completed 10 of 18 passes, including a touchdown to Daniel Smith.
Kevin Pouncy caught six passes for 64 yards and scored on an end around. Smith had three receptions for 58 yards.
Haughton’s opponent Comeaux is a member of District 3-5A that includes No. 1 seed Acadiana. The Spartans lost to Acadiana 35-21 in Week 6. That was the Wreckin’ Rams’ closest district game.
Comeaux’s upset of Slidell was the Spartans’ first playoff victory in 10 years.
According to The Advocate, Comeaux only has 40 players on its roster. The school’s enrollment was adversely affected by the opening of Southside in Youngsville in 2017.
Comeaux scored four touchdowns off five turnovers against Slidell and Eddie Flugence rushed for 163 yards on 33 carries.
Spartans quarterback Tre’ Harris is a Louisiana Tech commit, something he shares with Haughton receiver CJ McWilliams. He threw a couple of TD passes.
McWilliams and quarterback Peyton Stovall returned to action against Ouachita Parish after missing the previous two games with injuries. Stovall basically missed three games after hurting his ankle very early in Week 7 against Captain Shreve.
He completed touchdown passes to Matthew Whitten and McWilliams and scored on a 1-yard run. Keyshawn Davis had a big game, rushing for 149 yards and a touchdown.
The defense limited the Lions to 174 yards. | https://bossierpress.com/high-school-football-airline-haughton-look-to-punch-tickets-to-quarterfinals/ | 810 |
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[ad your life taking that soar’ and that soar might’ve been dying if I missed,” Kendall Floyd, 25, instructed The Post by cellphone from the infamous jail complicated, the place he’s been since his arrest on July 6.
“I used to be keen to threat my life than to return again right here and now that I’m right here, it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
The remarks come after a $25 million wrongful dying discover of declare was filed Friday towards the Department of Correction, which has seen a nearly 60% increase in deaths in-custody to date this yr in comparison with 2021.
The declare, filed by the household of Elijah Muhammad after he died from a suspected drug overdose last Sunday, alleges the division’s harmful setting led to the detainee’s dying and correction officers equipped the medicine that killed him.
In the hours earlier than Muhammad died, correction officers assigned to his housing unit noticed that he “seemed to be disoriented and barely capable of stroll and that he wanted medical consideration,” the declare alleges.
Instead, Muhammad “was left to die in his cell” and had been useless for thus lengthy earlier than correction officers discovered him, rigor mortis had already began to set in, the declare states.
“You might die on Rikers Island simply at any level,” mentioned Floyd, who’s at present locked up on the jail’s squalid intake unit at the Eric M. Taylor Center.
When he was on Rikers Island between July and November final yr for assault expenses, Floyd identified four detainees died in less than six weeks.
“It’s unhealthy, it’s actual unhealthy. There’s barely any workers so if I had been to get right into a scenario, nobody would come and assist me,” mentioned Floyd.
“My worst concern was to finish up again on Rikers Island.”
Floyd, who’s been hooked on painkillers since his mother died two years in the past, was in a cab with some buddies once they had been pulled over in Williamsburg close to Humboldt and Debevoise streets round 4 p.m. on July 6.
At the time, Floyd had simply taken three percocet drugs and when he unintentionally instructed one of many officers he was born in 2018, he took off operating, understanding they’d run his title and see he had open warrants out for his arrest.
“Once I mentioned that my physique went into shock mode as a result of I knew I f–ked up and I used to be like what the f–ok so after that I simply ran out the automobile, simply began operating, operating, operating,” Floyd recalled.
“I see the prepare, I begin climbing up the prepare. While I’m climbing the prepare, the officer is yelling ‘Stop climbing earlier than I shoot you down,” Floyd alleged, including the officer both had a taser or a gun pointed at him.
As Floyd stored operating alongside the above floor subway tracks, he noticed the group of officers converging on him beneath and figured his solely probability to get away was to leap to the constructing throughout the road.
“The solely factor I’m eager about is Rikers Island, the situations of it. I did all of that to keep away from coming again right here,” Floyd defined.
At the time, Floyd had a warrant out for his arrest for skipping out on a court-ordered drug rehab program after he suffered a relapse when he briefly broke up together with his highschool sweetheart and the mom of his seven-month-old son, Kingsley.
He was hit with a slew of expenses from the incident, together with assault on an officer as a result of he unintentionally clipped one of many cops within the arm with the door of the cab as he burst out and ran, his legal professional claimed beforehand.
During his arraignment, a Brooklyn choose set a $90,000 bail or $180,000 bond within the case, citing Floyd’s past failures to appear in court, the severity of the costs and his different open assault and housebreaking instances.
But Floyd insists he’s an addict who wants the steadiness of an in-patient drug rehab program to get clear and get his life collectively.
While on Rikers Island, which noticed at the least 4 suspected overdoses final week, two of them deadly, Floyd mentioned that isn’t doable as a result of the jail is “full” of medicine and he has easy accessibility to narcotics.
“I need to go right into a six month drug program as a result of on the finish of the day, I’m hooked on medicine,” mentioned Floyd.
“I need to get the six months over with for my son as a result of at this level, it’s greater than me.”
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Likely because it is extremely restrictive and not a diet for long term use. (I am aware there are people that have gone 5-10 years on it, but I have no idea what their health status is aside from ‘smaller than I started).
There’s also the idea that you can’t have this fruit or that vegetable because it’s carb heavy. It can create bad habits of excluding perfectly good food because it doesn’t ‘fit into the macros’. Also high fat-high protein diets can sometimes make you lack other vitamins that are necessary for a healthy individual. | 26996ed647b8430fa4602638933be784 | 131 |
# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates. All Rights Reserved
import logging.config
import warnings
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Type
from omegaconf import DictConfig, OmegaConf, _utils
from hydra.conf import PluginConf
from hydra.core.hydra_config import HydraConfig
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def get_method(path: str) -> type:
return get_class(path)
def get_class(path: str) -> type:
try:
from importlib import import_module
module_path, _, class_name = path.rpartition(".")
mod = import_module(module_path)
try:
klass: type = getattr(mod, class_name)
except AttributeError:
raise ImportError(
"Class {} is not in module {}".format(class_name, module_path)
)
return klass
except ValueError as e:
log.error("Error initializing class " + path)
raise e
def get_static_method(full_method_name: str) -> type:
try:
spl = full_method_name.split(".")
method_name = spl.pop()
class_name = ".".join(spl)
clz = get_class(class_name)
ret: type = getattr(clz, method_name)
return ret
except Exception as e:
log.error("Error getting static method {} : {}".format(full_method_name, e))
raise e
def instantiate(config: PluginConf, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
classname = _get_class_name(config)
try:
clazz = get_class(classname)
return _instantiate_class(clazz, config, *args, **kwargs)
except Exception as e:
log.error(f"Error instantiating '{classname}' : {e}")
raise e
def get_original_cwd() -> str:
ret = HydraConfig.instance().hydra.runtime.cwd
assert ret is not None and isinstance(ret, str)
return ret
def to_absolute_path(path: str) -> str:
"""
converts the specified path to be absolute path.
if the input path is relative, it's interpreted as relative to the original working directory
if it's absolute, it's returned as is
:param path:
:return:
"""
p = Path(path)
if p.is_absolute():
ret = p
else:
ret = Path(get_original_cwd()) / p
return str(ret)
def _get_class_name(config: PluginConf) -> str:
if "class" in config:
warnings.warn(
"\n"
"PluginConf field 'class' is deprecated since Hydra 1.0.0 and will be removed in a future Hydra version.\n"
"Offending config class:\n"
f"\tclass={config['class']}\n"
"Change your config to use 'cls' instead of 'class'.\n",
category=UserWarning,
)
classname = config["class"]
assert isinstance(classname, str)
return classname
else:
if "cls" in config:
return config.cls
else:
raise ValueError("Input config does not have a cls field")
def _instantiate_class(
clazz: Type[Any], config: PluginConf, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
) -> Any:
import copy
# copy config to avoid mutating it when merging with kwargs
config_copy = copy.deepcopy(config)
# Manually set parent as deepcopy does not currently handles it (https://github.com/omry/omegaconf/issues/130)
# noinspection PyProtectedMember
config_copy._set_parent(config._get_parent()) # type: ignore
config = config_copy
params = config.params if "params" in config else OmegaConf.create()
assert isinstance(
params, DictConfig
), "Input config params are expected to be a mapping, found {}".format(
type(config.params)
)
primitives = {}
rest = {}
for k, v in kwargs.items():
if _utils._is_primitive_type(v) or isinstance(v, (dict, list)):
primitives[k] = v
else:
rest[k] = v
final_kwargs = {}
params.merge_with(OmegaConf.create(primitives))
for k, v in params.items():
final_kwargs[k] = v
for k, v in rest.items():
final_kwargs[k] = v
return clazz(*args, **final_kwargs)
| 1735410 | 1,663 |
I think I worded it wrong, its more like
If I'm right, and that Lee going all out against Gaara was a bad thing, then I think an appropriate arc for him would be to learn how to compromise. In my opinion, the best written characters in Naruto get their core principles challenged hard core, and change those principles accordingly.
Gaara learns love, Shikamaru learns to accept responsibility (i think) and Neji learns how integral change is to life. So Lees big moment is where his refusal to give up really backfires, so I thought that was gonna be his arc.
But instead, every time he acts so reckless again, he kinda saves the day. He saves Gai from the kung fu puppet house, he holds his own against bone man so Naruto can reach sasuke, etc etc. He even opened the first gate, preparing to go all out against him *again*. Granted, he didn't have much of a choice, its just that-
Like, by the end of the series, if he fought Gaara again, the exact same thing would happen. He'd break himself, again. And that just feels like a not good character arc. His arc was that his resolve strengthens, but imo his resolve was already unbreakable.
He's a fine character as is, inspiring and loveable. But he had a very strong foundation | 97e6d3bef6464a68b34c427a021bae23 | 293 |
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