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Welcome! On this page you can find out what is the time difference between Yalta and Ankara. If you are planning a trip, keep in mind that the time difference between Yalta (Ukraine) and Ankara (Turkey) is 0 hours 0 minutes. It means when in Yalta it’s 23:11:39, in Ankara it’s 23:11:39. This data can be explained by the distance between the cities. It’s 522 km. If cities have air links, direct flight Yalta – Ankara will last approximately 0.6 hours.
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Where can you stream Pick of the Litter?
On 2019-12-20 Documentary/Family TV Series Pick of the Litter first aired on Disney+. Written and created by , and produced by KTF Films, Pick of the Litter will return and was last broadcasted on 2020-01-24.
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FIT3084: (mySQL) Database Access via the WWW
In the previous lecture:
In this lecture:
References
Sebasta, R.W., "Programming the WWW 2009", 5th edition, Pearson, chapter 13.
Relational Database Examples
Example 1.
For every attribute of each entity there could be a column with true or false in it.
The table design above is not ideal. It is better to have one attribute such as "distinctive features" and enter relevant data (scales, bark, legs, wings or fur) into it. What if an entity has more than one attribute simultaneously?
Example 2.
A more complete example organisms table.
The organisms table needs to be used in conjunction with these:
About SQL - Structured Query Language
About mySQL and PHP
mySQL commands
Here are some SQL commands. The tables listed above will be used to illustrate them.
Other Useful mySQL commands.
Interpretting mySQL Queries.
mysql_query( ) doesn't return the output shown above directly as XHTML.
It usually returns a table that can be interpretted with the help of a PHP function like this...
mySQL Result Row Interpretation
PHP arrays are hashes.
The results (confusingly) of a mySQL query therefore contain double sets of elements, one with a numeric key, and one with a string key.
If this data was stored in $result then:
Example PHP Database Access
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We’re down to eight teams in the 2022 postseason after four were eliminated this past weekend in MLB’s first-ever wild-card series weekend. Now it’s on to the league division series: four series, best-of-five, first team to win three advances.
The Philadelphia Phillies beat the defending champion Atlanta Braves in the first game of the division series round on Tuesday. In a battle between AL West rivals, the Houston Astros defeated the Seattle Mariners on a dramatic walk-off. The New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of the second ALDS, and, finally, an intradivision showdown resulted in the the Los Angeles Dodgers beating the San Diego Padres in the second NLDS opening matchup.
Here’s a look back at all the Day 1 action.
The Dodgers have continually talked up the depth and talent of their bullpen, regardless of the uncertainty at the back end — and that confidence was validated in their postseason opener. The Padres trimmed a five-run deficit to two with a big fifth inning against Julio Urias, but then four Dodgers relievers — Evan Phillips, Alex Vesia, Brusdar Graterol and Chris Martin — kept the Padres scoreless over the last four innings for a Game 1 victory.
With the Padres on a roll in the sixth inning, Phillips got Wil Myers to ground into a double play, ending the threat.
Myers’ 376-foot home run just made it over the wall to give the Padres their first run of the night. Runs by Jake Cronenworth and Ha-Seong Kim cut the Dodgers’ lead to two.
In the bottom of the third, Will Smith hit a ball deep into left field for a double that brought home Trea Turner home and extended the Dodgers’ lead to three. After a Max Muncy single, L.A. added another run courtesy of a Gavin Lux double that brought Smith home.
A walk with the bases loaded along and a Padres error helped bring in two more runs and increased the lead to 5-0 for Los Angeles.
Trea Turner gave the Dodgers an early lead in the first inning with a 419-foot blast to left field.
The Yankees needed Gerrit Cole to be on top of his game and he delivered. Over the course of 6 1/3 innings, Cole allowed just one run on four hits — a home run to Steven Kwan — while walking one and striking out eight. The game nearly fell apart on Cole in the third inning after Cleveland loaded the bases with one out following Kwan’s home run, but Cole managed to get out of the inning unscathed.
It wouldn’t be a game at Yankee Stadium without a lot of home runs. Speaking of that, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run dinger to add to New York’s lead.
Josh Donaldson thought he had a go-ahead home run … and was caught out between first and second base when it turned out that the ball had instead bounced off the top of the wall. Replay confirmed it, and the Yankee faithful were less than enthused. Fortunately for the Bronx Bombers, an Oscar Gonzalez misplay off the right-field wall led to a sacrifice fly, and a tenuous lead.
Harrison Bader tied things up for New York with a home run to left field. It’s Bader’s first home run as a member of the Yankees.
The Guardians’ power-filled postseason continues with Steven Kwan opening up the scoring with a 360-foot home run to right field.
The Astros used the most brutal weapon possible in trolling the Mariners: math.
Alvarez’s walk-off home run put Houston in the win column in the series opener.
Alex Bregman’s 403-foot homer drove Alvarez home and narrowed Seattle’s lead to 7-5 in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Seattle added to its lead thanks to Eugenio Suarez’s solo homer.
The Astros’ first score came in the third inning, courtesy of a Yordan Alvarez double that drove Jose Altuve and Chas McCormick home. Yuli Gurriel mashed a 373-foot home run for their third run of the game, cutting Seattle’s lead tp three.
Seattle’s hot start continued in the second inning with runs from Rodriguez, Adam Frazier and Jarred Kelenic.
Julio Rodriguez drew a leadoff walk from Justin Verlander to begin the game. Ty France’s hit sent him to third, and Cal Raleigh’s RBI single allowed Rodriguez to score the game’s first run.
Washington’s department of natural resources couldn’t resist cracking a joke about Houston’s sign-stealing scandal.
The very helpful excuse note. Especially for a 2:37 p.m. local time start.
The Phillies’ offense has emerged during the playoffs with a different feel than the long ball-or-bust version we saw most of the season. In Tuesday’s NLDS Game 1 win, they peppered Braves pitching with 10 hits — Nick Castellanos had three of them — and seven runs in the first five innings without hitting a home run.
When they weren’t filling the bases via singles and doubles, Philadelphia played small ball, attempting three sacrifice bunts, including one each from sluggers Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber. Two of those bunt attempts were successful, leading to two more small-ball moments: sacrifice flies by Alec Bohm in the third inning and Matt Vierling in the fifth. And it all added up to just enough for the Phillies to hang on for a 7-6 victory after the Braves made it interesting with a three-run ninth inning.
Nick Castellanos makes a diving catch for the second out of the ninth inning en route to a Philly victory.
Matt Olson hits a three-run blast with one out in the ninth, cutting the Phillies’ deficit to just one run — and giving the Braves some late-game hope.
Travis D’Arnaud earned his second and third RBIs of the game with a double that drove home William Contreras and Olson — making him responsible for all of Atlanta’s first three runs.
Philadelphia is living the baseball adage that “two-out hits will get you to heaven.” Atlanta’s first score came via the long ball.
Alec Bohm makes it 2-0 in the first!
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The training Yoda had for him was to allow him to connect with Qui-Gon, which it has shown him trying to do. I'm guessing the two of them didn't really get much of a chance to sit down together given the danger they were in at the time, so actual one-on-one training might have been limited. Obi-Wan could be struggling with emotional blocks as well around his perceived failure with Anakin and the general failure of the Jedi and Galactic Republic, so I doubt he got it the first time. Any actual training with Yoda could have been just homework assignments that he's spent 10 years struggling with. | d02619fab7ac4c058028cc85f89381e2 | 131 |
The University of Toronto embraces the opportunity to engage with Indigenous communities and, together, lead the process of reconciliation. Hiring more Indigenous staff and recruiting more Indigenous students is an important step towards building an inclusive community where all members flourish.
This initiative matches members of the public who identify as Indigenous with experienced professionals from all three University of Toronto campuses. This event will be held virtually this year.
The University of Toronto will hold its 2021 Indigenous Mentoring Day on February 3, 2021.
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I'll try to be as non-judgemental as possible, but with physical altercations, you do need to restrain, but not physically harm. Let them know that you're not going to let them hurt anyone, or break anything. Ask them "what can we do to calm down, and how can I help you with that?"
you need to let them get to their calm place on their own. This will help them with self regulation. When they're calm, talk to them about why they were acting out, and how they got to that headspace, and what we can do in the future. Talk to them about the repercussions of their actions. Make the punishment a natural consequence of their actions. Logical consequences (despite the name) are confusing to kids. This is why physical punishment is ineffective. You're expecting a child to make unrelated connections, with the hopes of building logic into their actions, instead of allowing natural consequences to occur.
This practice requires consistency and time. By all means, this is a very neutered explanation, based on RIE parenting methods. | abf181af814940fbab163e7b16905918 | 226 |
This is a very common comment that eye care professionals hear from their patients and thus an excellent opportunity to unpack many important issues in ophthalmology and optometry. I am going to break this into several blog posts and part (I) will start with optics. Future blog posts will focus on ophthalmic disease which, by far, is often the reason for this comment, but as you will find, not always. If you are a real optics nerd, like me, check out the greatest book ever on this topic entitled, “The Fine Art of Prescribing Glasses Without Making a Spectacle of Yourself” by
Let’s start with optics and let’s assume that the refraction was perfect. (And please, no jokes about the word “assumption” -as in the line that Walter Matthau delivers in the movie, Bad News Bears).
Now, what can go wrong from the point at which the ‘assumed’ correct prescription goes into the hands of the optician and then to the lab that make the lens?
- The famous “minus” vs. “plus” prescription (transcription) error. A really nutty thing in eyecare is the way prescriptions are written. Prescriptions can be written in “plus” cylinder notation or “minus” cylinder notation and they are mathematically identical. A problem occurs when the lens making lab gets these two confused and the glasses prescription will be very off. This is very uncommon but can happen. As an interesting historical side note, Ophthalmologists typically use the “plus” notation and Optometrists typically work in the “minus” notation. There are several possible reasons for this that date back to the 1800’s when cylinders were ground into the front vs. back of lenses and how Ophthalmologists vs. Optometrists then wrote the prescriptions. However, the notation differences have persisted. My theory is that as surgeons, “plus” cylinder notation helps us think about the surgical correction of astigmatism better. However, the plus (no pun intended) of using “minus” cylinder notation is that it makes it easier to write contact lens prescriptions without having to transpose the prescription.
- Optical center errors. When you have glasses made, the optician marks the exact spot on the lens that corresponds to the center of the patient’s pupil. This then gets transmitted to the lens lab and they will create a lens that has it’s optical center corresponding to the patient’s pupil. It is remarkable to me how many patients have incorrectly positioned optical centers in their glasses. I see this error made all the time by both opticians (MARKING THE LENS) and by the lens maker (MAKING THE LENS). The patients will have a variety of problems with these glasses including poor vision, double vision, fatigue, and general unhappiness. Determining the optical center of the lens is not trivial and often done incorrectly. This error then sends the prescribing doctor and the lens maker in an endless loop of finger pointing and trying to correct the problem. I have been frustrated by this problem for years until now. We (at FishmanVision) recently obtained the Visionix VX-40, a wavefront device that provides a visual topographic map of the power ranges across the lens of the glasses and determines an immense amount of information on the lens including the optical center, lens aberrations, the size and position of the progressive zone. The Visionix VX-40 has allowed us to determine whether the lenses were made correctly. It is a game changer for us and for our patients.
- Aniseikonia (image size difference). In all fairness, this is really not an error by either the doctor or the lens lab, but an iatrogenic issue associated with the magnification that the lens makes on the patient’s retina. This issue is conceptually simple – if each eye has a different prescription (hence magnification), then the image size that gets projected onto the patient’s retina will be different and the patient can experience a huge number of issues that range from dizziness, fatigue (also known as asthenopia), pulling sensation, and overall miserableness. The error really is in not recognizing the problem and then trying various fixes like prisms, “dumbing down one lens” to better equalize the difference, patching, none of which will be satisfactory in my experience. To add insult to injury, the aniseikonia can be optical or can be retinal. I will write an entire blog post on causes of retina aniseikonia, but for now, let’s stick to optical aniseikonia. If the patient has optical aniseikonia, then the lenses can be made to equalize the image magnification. Aniseikonic lenses are one of several ways to solve this problem. Sometimes, the problem is only in the reading zone and another solution is to use a special lens grinding technique used to neutralize the unwanted prism effect when looking down through the reading area (usually a bifocal) of widely differing lens powers.
- Reading add errors. The reading add has a whole host of issues from a PAL zone that is too narrow, to a PAL zone or bifocal that is positioned too low, to a PAL design that doesn’t allow an large enough viewing area for the reading task needed.
- Stress induced optical aberrations. Frames can cause warpage of a plastic lens and the lens will have optical aberrations that can be seen with cross polarizers. This is a simple solution and you have to remake the lens without internal stress. | 91cc4b8282a8421374d395f118a5e7ba | 1,181 |
Disable the seemingly arbitrary limit to the terminal size (30x10?), which prevents vifm from executing, and displays "Terminal is too small for vifm" whenever there are many tiny windows squeezed on the screen.
Reduce the width of the border in the center and around vifm.
Remove ../ from every folder —What is the point of it if h, ←, and gh all go up a directory? It wastes space and doesn't look good.
Remove the name of the selected file from the status line. It is pointless, because the name of the selected file is already obvious: it is selected!
Reduce the length of configuration files: Comments are so long that the files get confusing, and the looong headers are a waste of space and time scrolling.
It can be reduced I guess, but removing the limit completely is bad idea, because curses can crash for some window configurations then.
Even on 30x10 dialogs are unusable, so for some cases it's already less then minimal. Something like 15x5 might work (I didn't just divide it by two :) ).
Remove %t from the value of 'statusline' option. This is actually useful for very long file names which you don't see in full in the list.
Well, they are meant to be helpful sample files, something short won't explain much. Although maybe some comments can be removed, this needs to be checked.
Options gained their default values by historical reasons, so I'm not inclined to change them, but given reduced limit on terminal dimensions, this can be added as a separate section to sample vifmrc (and increase their length a bit :) ).
Awesome. I can send you a sample vifmrc that is both short and helpful.
Actually, inline comments would help a lot, though I suppose they would add an unnecessary layer of complexity from a programming standpoint. Right?
is a complicated case to handle.
Multiline inline comments are overkill.
Simple inline comments would be good enough.
Turns out Vim doesn't support such multiline comments as well, it highlights them as if they were supported, but parser desn't remove them when joining the lines.
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I'm 31 and have lived in shared accommodation my whole life. Even after I bought my own place. I still rent rooms. I can count the number of horror stories on 1 hand in all that time.
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Sorry, but there won't be any discussions about paid VPN's here. If members have a strong recommendation which in their opinion outperforms anything that is available as freeware, then please communicate this to df1995 via PM.
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A modern upgrade to a traditional pub makes this pub a potentially interesting stay. The digital locks are interesting, the staff were really welcoming, the food was reasonable and the beer was real ale. The coffee was not so good and the room was beyond compact.
Room was above the bar and so there was a lot of noise until it closed around 01.00. The compact bathroom was imaginatively designed but the sink was virtually unusable making shaving was not as diligent as normal.
As a local pub making it's way in a coporate world I really liked it, however, overnight when you are stating for challenging meetings was not as restfull as I would have liked.More | f5ff23d074b1aee6791fbe04b9d94492 | 137 |
To mark the occasion I thought I would pull a couple pictures to share plus some thoughts.
Disneyland Paris – Star Tours Attraction Poster hanging in the outdoor queue area.
Star Tours was an opening day attraction at Disneyland Paris. It is closing for a several month renovation and when it reopens it will join Anaheim, Orlando and Tokyo and feature the new digital 3D Adventure Continues version of the attraction. This is the last park to undergo the upgrade. While I found it fun to visit the original attraction one more time it really did show it’s age compared to the updated versions elsewhere. The high definition of the Adventures Continue version makes a world of difference to your experience compared to the original film quality.
Back in the 90s as part of the Disney Decade the Walt Disney Company wanted to turn their Disneyland Parks in Anaheim, Tokyo and Paris into destinations so the plan was to add a second gate to each to increase the number of days a guest would spend at them. This was based on the success of Walt Disney World which was opening its fourth gate (Animal Kingdom in 1998). Anaheim settled for a lackluster Disney’s California Adventure that opened in Feb. 2001. Tokyo received the incredible Tokyo DisneySea in September 2001 and Paris received the Walt Disney Studios Park in March 2002.
I did not get to visit the original park, but based on my less than stellar impression of the current/expanded version I think it would be fair to categorize it as a disappointment and incomplete park. Since the park opened in 2002 they have added the Toon Studio area in 2007, Tower of Terror & Stitch Live in 2008, Playhouse Disney in 2009, Toy Story Playland in 2010 and Ratatouille in 2014. I was most impressed with the newest addition the Ratatouille attraction & area. This area had detail, a sense of place, a good restaurant and a unique signature attraction all of which add up to a solid experience. This really highlights the shortcomings of the rest of the park in my opinion. Even with these additions I did not spend that much time in the park. I was at Disneyland Paris for ten days.. in the parks for parts of seven days and I spend one morning and two afternoons in the Walt Disney Studios Park only. It will be interesting to see what direction the park takes in the coming years. I think it could use a Disney California Adventure level of over haul and investment.
Partners Statue – Walt & Mickey – This is the site as you exit the Studio 1 (the entrance corridor).
The original Moteurs…. Action! Stunt Show debuted at the Walt Disney Studios Park.
You can also still ride a studio tram in Paris and visit Catastrophe Canyon.
A stage set up in ftont of the Carthay. | https://blog.disneygeek.com/2016/03/16/walt-disney-studios-park-14th-anniversary-last-day-of-original-star-tours-disneyland-paris-today/ | 569 |
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I hope the name wasn't Theodore and my Teddy Bear comment didn't freak you out :) It came from Bear Grylls. Love him.
oh amy, i love the name theodore so much. i want a little boy named theo so badly. little theo huxtable hogan (except that wouldn't really be his last name, but that does have a certain ring to it:)
oh no, baby #3 name gets kicked to the curb! i'll be on the lookout for new considerations.
braxton hicks = grrrr.
i had those, too. it's like being in labor for months and months. awesome. i'll be praying for your "modified bedrest". and not sweeping the floor as much as you'd like ;) that would drive me mad.
i hate sleeping alone when dave is gone. just let eli sleep with you...i bet he's a good snuggler :)
Okay Jess here we go with baby name suggestions although I have to say I am in love with Cannon Connolly. seriously in love. it makes me wish my last name was Connolly so I could name my kid that. Also remember Ezra from before you knew if Glory was a girl or boy. Yes love Ezra too. Moving on here are a few new suggestions, either names that I love and my husband has shot down or names that you cannot name your African kids, Alden, Micah, Josiah, Asher, Liam (William if you must), and Caleb. also I am throwing Hogan back out there. just because I can!
I'm sure whatever you name this sweet babe will be perfect!
Amy, you did not ruin theodore for us, i still love it - Nick hates it. :(
Leigh - Cannon is still my top pick, Nick just can't give in:)
hmmm, thank you for the other suggestions!
tell Nick he needs to give in! When I told Gray Cannon Connolly for the first time he melted with the thought of how great that name is for a son and said he doesn't like our last name and no good boy names start with an L. The he proceeded to pout about it!
Boy names are hard, there is only 1 that Gray and I agree on but it kind of sounds funny with MG's name!
file this under "not helpful at all but funny":
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This came up in a conversation I had with Yadid.
Mahasi Sayadaw suggests that one who has attained stream entry should practice to lengthen the duration of their fruition attainment, extending fruition to a half hour, an hour, or even more.
* Has anyone tried this or trained in this way, or known of someone who has? If so...
* How was it done, what were the benefits, etc?
* What is the difference between NS (as explained in MCTB ) and a lengthening of fruition attainment?
* The Visuddhimagga seems to say that fruition attainment occurs as a form of jhanic attainment; one reaches a path, and on the basis of the jhana involved with that path (depending on how one was practicing), the fruition attainment associated with that path involves the jhana factors of the relevant jhana in some way. (Bhante G has an accessible discussion of this.) What is the relationship between fruition and jhana, however you understand those terms?
Not sure if this will be a productive thread; I suspect not many people here do this kind of thing nowadays. But perhaps I'll be surprised!
Is 'fruition' according to Mahasi, conscious or unconcsious (as in the infamous momentary blip/black out/conk out)?
It has already been stated that phalasamapatti (fruition attainment) first begins to occur when arising from nirodhasamapatti. This phalasamapatti being free from raga (passion), etc., it is also called suÒÒata(the Void). As it is free of rÊga-nimitta (one of the attributes of sentient existence), it is also known as animitta. Moreover, as it is free from passionate desire such as raga, etc., it is also called appanihita. As such, phassa which is also included in this samapatti is also known as suÒÒata, animitta and appanihita. As phassa (contact) takes place by dwelling upon Nibbana, which is known as suÒÒata (the Void), animitta (the Unconditioned), and appanithta (freedom from longing or desire), with attentive consciousness of mind, it is called suÒÒata, etc. The answer, therefore, is that the three kinds of phassa, viz: suÒÒataphassa, animittaphassa and appanihitaphassa first begin to take place.
For better understanding, it may be stated that when arising from nirodhasamÊpatti,contact takes place with suÒÒata-nibbana, a condition devoid of kilesa-sankhara to which the mind has been directed as its sense-object. Contact is also made with animitta-nibbana which is devoid of or free from any sign of nimitta. Then comes mere awareness of contact with appanihita-nibbana, a condition free from vehement desire, which is the sense object that has been contemplated.
Here it seems he is talking of what is occuring directly after nirodha. Is nirodha the cessation of senses? Is phala, i.e. fruition attainment, a conscious experience? Conscious or unconscious? This may influence the answers to your questions.
I did this for awhile: http://thehamiltonproject.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/yogi-toolbox-lengthening-fruition.html. Is it the same thing?
Bill used to talk about extended Fruition duration. I chased it for years and totally failed to have Fruitions that I could be certain had any external duration of any appreciable timeframe except this one time long ago (circa 1997) where I thought maybe...
There seems to be individual variation on how Fruitions happen for people. Some can get multiples, some can only get one/day max, some seem to describe duration by external time measures but the gap for them is the same, meaning there is just the in, the out, and nothing in between beyond the sense on retrospect that there was a discontinuity, like some frames of reality were edited out and the thing was spliced back together. Some can get Fruitions only after long practice on a cushion, others in daily life sometimes, others in daily life easily, others by mere brief inclination, and this may vary by the phase of their practice.
Bill used to really strive for duration, and apparently would spend hours calming and restraining and stabilizing the mind to achieve it. Kenneth Folk would know more about his practice and might be worth asking about it.
Within this 60 minutes sitting period, may the Phenomena of Arising and Ceasing appear as often as possible.
If we were successful - i.e. if we felt that time was somehow "missing" when the bell went at the end of the sit, we could change the resolution to 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 60 mins, incrementally. I didn't manage this at all, but it sounds a lot like what you might call extended fruitions.
Joining this thread a bit late, perhaps with some useful information.
The Ajahn Tong tradition (Mahasi with noting, with variable session length, from 20/20 up to 60/60) puts a strong emphasis on making wishes before each sitting session. On retreats (after the basic course), one is instructed to make a wish about attaining certain Òana (perhaps without actually knowing what nibbidaÒana actually means, does not matter). The same applies to the last part of the retreat called "determination" (in the sense of resolution or strong wish) coming after equanimity. One practices round the clock with the resolution of (first night) experiencing arising & ceasing as often as possible (manifested as head dropping down or such, a "jerk", plus consciousness disappearing very shortly); and the resolution (second night) experiencing the state of mind without the consciousness of external phenomena (i.e. without body & mind phenomena; = fruitions) for increasing amount of time (5, 10, ... minutes, up to one hour).
I my own practice I had a clear fruition on the 3rd retreat (I even remember, in hindsight, extremely unpleasant moments preceding it, which seem to fit the description of the Three Doors as Daniel describes it in MCTB; as if suddenly being hit with an axe into the head from behind three times during the walking practice, in three successive moments, going onto the ground during those moments, then losing consciousness for at least 20 minutes, judging by the practice timer I looked at when I woke up again), and then on all the following retreats. It happened always during high equanimity plus sleep deprivation (which seems to be specific to the Thai tradition, and as much as I hate hatehate being sleep-deprived, I can attest to the efficiency of it in the context of high insight practice); sometimes the fruition felt a bit like falling asleep (body relaxing before entering that state and such), though the thing itself was never sleep-like (perhaps like the very deep, narcosis-like sleep), sometimes it was just time missing (20 minutes away, noticing just by looking at the clock, the body not moving during that time). Once I had a sitting practice that I sat down onto the cushion and the hour was over literally in the next instant, I felt very strange, like back in the misery/disgust/... state; and I did not realize that blackout until a few minutes later when I recalled the sitting session was simply missing!
I was also told by some that the duration of fruitions has become a bit of sport among some practitioners in the Ajahn Tong tradition and was warned to not attach to it too much.
From what I understood, extended fruitions do "more damage" than non-extended ("instantaneous") ones, but that is not something I could verify in my own experience (too little empirical material here).
Just from the text: first, extended fruition is attainable to anyone, NS only to anagami and aranat (according to MCTB, though it is partially disputed in there). Second, fruitions happen in high equanimity where NS happen after samatha jhanas and "Unlike frutions, one exits this attainment in the reverse of the way one came in." (MCTB, last page) In Chom Tong, there is (allegedly, but I've heard it from several people who lived in the monastery there) a nun who does NS for 3 days. | https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/5527861 | 1,832 |
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WASHINGTON - The House Science Committee today held a wide ranging discussion about the priorities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the agency's fiscal 2007 budget request with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Deputy Administrator Shana Dale.
The opening statements of Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.) and Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) are below.
Statement of Chairman Boehlert: "I want to welcome everyone here this morning for this important hearing on the future of NASA, the first of a number of hearings the Committee will hold related to NASA's proposed budget.
"But to understand the budget is not necessarily to love it.� The Administrator did an excellent job of balancing the agency's missions given the box he was put in, but it's our job to examine the box as well as its contents.� And by "the box" I mean both the total funding for the agency and the missions that it's being mandated to perform.
"I am extremely uneasy about this budget, and I am in a quandary at this point about what to do about it.� This budget is bad for space science, worse for earth science, perhaps worse still for aeronautics.� It basically cuts or deemphasizes every forward looking, truly futuristic program of the agency to fund operational and development programs to enable us to do what we are already doing or have done before.
"Admittedly, that's a bit of a caricature, but I think we face some stark choices.
"Now maybe that's all we can do, given our options.� I support the Vision for Space Exploration, although I don't see any reason to accelerate it beyond the President's original plans.� But given that NASA is not yet sure that it can accelerate it, it's not clear that we can save much money on the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and its launcher compared to the proposed budget.
"We can add more money to the total NASA budget.� And I'd be willing to support that as long as any additional money went to the unmanned side of the program, and as long as the money didn't come from other science agencies.� But money is not exactly "growing on trees" around here.� "So what to do is not clear.� Except for one concern, I'd even be willing to convince myself that this budget is just fine - a tough few years of transition to set the agency back on a sensible path in all its programs, which is, I think, how the Administrator legitimately thinks of it.� But that one concern is a big one - we may never escape from the pattern we set this year. "If science becomes secondary, if scientists leave the agency, if new missions don't keep young researchers going, then it will be hard to leave this pattern.� If the lunar programs, like all programs run by humans, can't live within the original cost projections, will money keep coming from science?
"And let me point out that science isn't just good for scientists, and its rewards are not just psychic.� Science programs, with their satellites and instruments, also push forward the technical frontiers.� And earth science programs help us figure out what policy choices we should be making here on earth.
"So the budget has just been out for a week, and I am still figuring out what to do.� Again, I want to point out that given the requirements that Congress and others have imposed on him, the Administrator has come up with a thoughtful budget - probably the best that anyone could under the circumstances.� But now the ball is in our court.� I said when our authorization bill passed that if NASA didn't receive as much funding as we authorized, we'd all face some tough choices.� Now we do. "Before I close, let me just update everyone for a minute on another NASA issue - one that shouldn't be as tough - and that's the question of scientific openness.� Since the concerns of Dr. Hansen became known, the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, Mr. Gordon and I have been working together to ensure that NASA is a model of scientific openness.
"From the start, NASA has been responsive to our inquiries, and Mike Griffin began taking steps to rectify the problems.� NASA still has a lot of work to do to ensure openness - that's Administrator Griffin's view as well as my own.� But they have laid out a plan to do that work - starting with engaging in an open process to develop a clear policy on scientific communication.� We will be working with NASA and following the development of the policy and its implementation closely.� But I have high hopes that NASA will end up being a model of how agencies can guarantee scientific openness.
"When Administrator Griffin last appeared before us, I said that he had brought forth a Renaissance at NASA.� I want him to follow that up with an Enlightenment.� We need free and open inquiry, and an agency that recognizes that the greatest exploration takes place inside the human mind.
"And I look forward to continuing to work the Administrator and his team to make sure that Enlightenment occurs.� Thank you."
"Mr. Chairman, I want to welcome both Administrator Mike Griffin and Deputy Administrator Shana Dale. �Welcome back to the Science Committee, Shana!� You and Mike will make a great team.� You both know NASA; you both know Capitol Hill; and you both know all facets of the industry.� The American people are lucky to have such a well-qualified Administrator and Deputy Administrator for NASA during this exciting and challenging time.
"I congratulate you on putting together a finely-tuned budget request.� It is a much stronger budget than we have had in the past with the number of "placeholders" that we were given.
"One of the areas that is critical for you to address - as I know you are aware - is to get NASA's financial house in order. �As I have mentioned before, as a businessman, if I tried to run a business without a credible accounting system, it would be a disaster waiting to happen.� In all areas of your President's Management Agenda ratings, NASA is flying high-except in the financial management area.� I know that you have made improvements and have provided leadership in this area, but improvements must be shown as soon as possible.
"While this is generally a lean budget year, we must maximize every penny to keep our great nation competitive.� I look forward to hearing from you, Administrator Griffin and Deputy Administrator Dale, on your plans to move forward with the FY07 budget request for NASA."
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In our security update, we talk Webmin flaws.
Looking into the Nextcloud Snap again. Going to make it permanent… as permanent as a Snap can be.
Had done this a few months back, so dusting off some old notes proved very useful, and I was happy I didn’t find any linkrot!
Overall, very easy to get up and running. I even managed to store all of my data on a separate USB disk to make things extremely portable and easy to backup.
Using Fira Mono fonts in the terminal now. Pop_OS has good suggestions every now and then.
Used to pick up Admin Magazine at the newsstand. I found an issue from back in 2013 with a DVD of Debian 7. Nostalgia.
Playing with Endeavour even more, downloaded the updated iso that fixed a couple of bugs in the installer and I’m pleased to say it was a breeze to set up a triple boot with Windows and PCLinuxOS.
Installing Linux Mint 19.2 XFCE onto a couple of donated PC base units which are destined to be passed on to a local homeless charity, I’m starting to enjoy the simplicity of the Xfce DE, it just works and keeps out of your way, while still having all the functionality you need and a low resource footprint. They would benefit greatly from an upgrade to an SSD but as they are to be given away this is not going to happen on my watch. Also put Mint 19.2 Mate onto a Dual core Packard Bell EasyNote from about 8/9 years ago as this is to be given to a friend this has been upgraded to 6Gb RAM and a 120Gb SSD, this will actually be replacing a slightly better spec Lenovo x201 but as this is a 15.7” is better for his eyesight.
I joined the Big Daddy Linux Live show at 1am my time last Sunday, had a great time talking about EndeavourOS and other general geekiness.
Been playing around with the Parrot Mambo Fly drone that after Les’ recommendation on the last show.
It’s really simple to connect via bluetooth.
There’s a python library which I added to EduBlocks which allows you to easily control the drone via blocks and Python.
Been working on getting my magazine in print, even though we’re a digital magazine which is free to download, we want to offer a print version because it’s nice to have it in a physical format. We’ve found a really good printer company who are cheap but high quality. We’ll be offering these from next week on a pre order basis.
Sadly even with the settings cranked it looks smoother on Windows.
Probably something to do with using the windows version on linux.
My daughter needed a replacement for her old tablet due to damage.
But at least 10 remembers your hardware and i don’t need to buy a copy.
Trying to get an internal transfer.
Seems like everyone lies on resume.
Wanted to get the note 10 but didnt happen.
Would have had to switch to a plan that costs double.
Some small issues with the ending.
Happy 28th Birthday, Linux!
A vulnerability was found in 1.890 that allows anyone to run commands as root.
This vulnerability exists in 1.900 and 1.920, but in a way that must be explicitly enabled by allowing changing of expired passwords.
The Webmin team found out this wasn’t an accident.
In April 2018, the build server was compromised and the vulnerability added to the password_change.cgi script.
The file was reverted in July 2018, but accessed and weaponized again by the attacker.
In September 2018, the compromised build server was decommissioned and replaced, but the vulnerable script was unknowingly copied over.
On August 17th of this year, a 0-day was released that took advantage of this vulnerability.
Going forward, the Webmin team will be using only checked-in code from Github. They’ve also rotated all passwords and keys and are auditing all Github checkins.
Upgrade to Webmin 1.930.
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TESTIMONY OF Cpl JOHN BOWDEN,
ground radar technician at Neatishead from 1951-1957.
(Transcript received from Dave Clarke 13.03.02)
He told me that in 1956 when the new Neatishead radar site and the R3 underground control centre were open UFOs were picked up on the radar systems. In a letter of 1 August 2001 he writes:
"I was definitely informed that the GCI controllers
scrambled two fighter aircraft from the QRA airfield at
Waterbeach, near Cambridge early on the morning of 13/14 August,
1956.
"I cannot recall if I was on duty that night or if I was given the information the next day but I was told first hand by one of the operations staff that the object on the radar climbed very steeply at very high speed and was lost off the screens of the Type 13 height finding radar still travelling upwards. The Type 13 height finder was calibrated to some 50-55,000 feet and as far as I know neither we nor anyone else had aircraft capable of flying as fast or as high at that time."
Far more interesting is Bowden's recall of an earlier experience:
"I was station at RAF Neatishead from the spring of 1951 until January 1957 and was on duty on several occasions when UFOs were picked up. The earlier radar sightings were made in the old wartime above ground operations block known as the happidrome. As a technician on duty I was called to one of the GCI control cabins to look at a possible display fault. The operator pointed out radar echoes of a craft travelling at 1,500 to 2,000 knots which he thought was a fault, as he knoew of no craft at that time capable of such speeds. Certainly the separation of the echoes showed that something was apparently travelling at very high speeds. having given the matter some thought I could not diagnose any equipment problems that would give rise to such a sympton, particularly as the displays were behaving normally in all other respects. That is permanent echoes and known aircraft returns were normal. I reported to the NCO i/c my watch who went to have a look himself but he could not explain the phenomenon either. later that day or during our next watch the powers on high announced that it was interference on the radar. This I did not believe, as I was frequently involved with the servicing of the main Type 7 search radar, and was proud of that fact that I could tune the transmitter and receiver better than most people. I was also familiar with interference such as window (chaff as it is known) and anaprop (anomalous propagation) which I had experienced many times. A week or two later we were issued with a black metal hood to mount a camera onto one of the radar PPI displays to enable photographs to be taken by the operations staff when other similar radar contacts were received. I cannot recall for how long the camera and mounting hood remained on the selected PPI display but it was certainly weeks or months rather than days. I am also unable to comment on whether or not any photographs of UFO radar returns were taken as the operations personnel took care of that duty.
"I was posted to Neatishead in May 1952 after completing my training at Yatesbury. I believe this experience occured in the summer of 1954 or 1955 and there was a lot of activity about that time. I can still see the camera mounted on one of the PPI's in the old operations block. I am reasonably sure that other radar sites were also involved in this experience." | 13c97e8c8098db4577c4b8cac5dbc89a | 733 |
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In my setup, dual mono audio programs produce the same language, no matter which channel I select.
The results are the same with both "live" and recorded TV, and with both dScaler and MPA.
An earlier report of this problem can be found in this post.
That works here just perfect, can you test with ffdshow as audio codecs(not sure MPA will work with this, we tested ffdshow to work & for vista users M$ worked. Cyberlink had some probs & think MPA also had)?
my setup doesn't include ffdshow (see screenshot). how should i go about getting it?
none of the 4 optionsn work.
I use the ffdshow from here (the latest from clsid) & when this it's used for audio you have to open ffdshow audio decoder configuration -> codecs & change MP1, MP2 to mp3lib & save this should handle those "mono" changes.
Not sure about other codecs(inter video, purevideo etc) since not many handles mono audio as they should.
downloaded and installed this build of ffdshow and then selected it in MP Configuration for Television for all decoding (audio and video).
The results are unchanged (new logs attached).
Hmmm, you're using analog card, i didn't see that before now (was sure you used a dvb-t or something, but thats my bad). Not sure if that should work @ all, have to direct MisterD to this post as he knows it all when it comes to analog.
Tried to use current SVN to play back a dual language recording made with a slightly older one and still no joy.
IIRC, this is a problem with MP anyway, not with TV server, correct?
I recorded the same series in parallel on a Panasonic DVR to ensure that the dual channe audio was present: it was.
I have kept the recording, which is about 3.5 GB zipped. Leti me know if and where you would like me to upload it.
Problem still reproducible with the latest RC4 SVN.
I don't see this in Mantis and my edits don't seem to update the time stamp on this thread. Am I the only one with this problem?
What additional information would be needed to reproduce the problem? What else can I try to resolve it?
Does this feature works for anyone please? It has no effects for me when using the ffdshow codec (still hear one languauge from one speaker and the other language from the other speaker) and it distorts (slows down) the picture and the sound when used with other codecs. | https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/dual-mono-audio-still-not-working.46652/ | 567 |
All landscapes are built on rock: from hard stone for building with, to the softest clay or sand. Each piece of rock is a storehouse of prehistorical information; even a simple pebble from the garden has its own complex tale to tell. Geology is the great detective science that can unlock these secrets. In this entertaining and eye-opening book, the authors take a deep dive – quite literally – into their home county of Essex.
We are all living in an ice age, an ongoing event that has hugely affected Essex over the last 3 million years. Yet this county was born more than 500 million years ago. Our story begins when the land we know as Essex was part of a large continent close to the South Pole, tracing the geological processes that continue to shape the countryside around us. The form of the land, boulders on village greens, road cuttings, cliffs, stones in church walls – they can all bring geology to light in unexpected and fascinating ways.
Aimed at a general readership with no scientific background, chapters progress from fundamentals to intricate details of geological investigations and cutting-edge research. Richly illustrated with photographs and colour diagrams, here the geology of a county is visualised and brought to life as never before, along with pertinent environmental insights in the light of climate change that is happening now.
Ian Mercer worked for the British Geological Survey and Geological Museum for 25 years and was Director of Education for the Gemmological Association of Great Britain for nearly two decades.
Ros Mercer was a geology and physics teacher for more than 20 years. They have been leaders for the Essex Rock and Mineral Society for many years; UK national advisors for U3A Geology; and officers for GeoEssex – the county geoconservation steering group. In 2020, together they were awarded the Halstead Medal by the Geologists’ Association for their achievements as 'ambassadors in the promotion of geology, contributing to education at all levels'. Ian Mercer is the author of several books on related subjects.
| https://www.nhbs.com/essex-rock-book | 417 |
Simona Halep revealed she is still adapting to grass after beating Lesia Tsurenko in her first match on the surface in three years at the LTA’s Rothesay Classic in Birmingham.
Romanian Halep claimed the Wimbledon title in 2019, though covid saw the tournament cancelled in 2020 and a hamstring tear prevented her title defence in 2021.
The former world No.1 missed out on the chance to open Centre Court play as per tradition last year, though was satisfied with her level in a 6-1 6-4 win on her return to lawn tennis.
She said: “I was very disappointed last year because I was injured and I couldn’t do it. It was actually everything I wanted in that moment, to get to start the tournament on Centre Court, but it didn’t happen.
“It’s been three years since I played a grass match and it’s never easy to play on grass, but I’m really pleased with the way I played. I knew that she was going to be difficult, she can play good tennis grass, but I was focused and I’m happy with the victory.
“I arrived very late here on Saturday, so I only had two days of practice and today the match. I cannot say I am already used to it but I played OK today. I was playing better than expected so it’s a positive. Hopefully tomorrow with the doubles match I’ll get more used to it.
“Three years is a long time to have a break from a surface. I feel good on grass, in 2019 I felt the best, I felt like I’m connected to the court and I’m very comfortable on it. I always played good tennis on grass but 2019 was the best.
The 31-year-old, who also won the French Open in 2018, is in action in Birmingham for the first time since a quarter-final loss to Kristina Mladenovic at the tournament in 2015.
Seeded second at the tournament this time around, she is undoubtedly one of the favourites for the title but faces an intriguing contest versus Britain’s Harriet Dart next.
Halep previously beat Dart 6-2 6-4 in the second round of the Australian Open two years ago - a match the Romanian admits she has little recollection of.
“I have such a bad memory. I saw her playing lately. It’s great, so it’s going to be difficult,” she commented.
“On grass it’s different, everything is different and she’s used to it. It’s everything I ask.
“I feel good. I like the people, they are very nice to me, and I have a good vibe so I’m really happy to be here.
| https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/simona-halep-is-back-to-winning-ways-on-grass-at-the-lt-as-rothesay-classic-birmingham-113207011.html | 599 |
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PANAMA CITY – Panama has severed its diplomatic ties with Venezuela after the imposition of sanctions by Caracas on senior Panamanian officials amid an escalating diplomatic row.
Venezuela said on Thursday that it was halting “commercial” relations with Panamanian officials and companies, including regional airline Copa, for alleged involvement in sabotaging the Venezuelan economy.
“The Government of Venezuela has decided to suspend economic and financial relations with legal entities and individuals from Panama for 90 days,” read the message.
The authorities of Venezuela declared their decision was connected with necessity to protect the financial system of the state. Totally interaction with 46 legal entities and 22 individuals has been suspended.
In response, Panama later in the day ordered Venezuela’s ambassador out and recalled its own envoy to the country.
“Panama’s government has decided to withdraw its ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Miguel Mejia, and asks the Venezuelan government to withdraw its ambassador accredited to Panama, Jorge Duran Centeno,” the Panamanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
It added that Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela and nearly two dozen cabinet ministers and top-ranking officials had been sanctioned for allegedly rigging Panama’s financial system to sabotage the Venezuelan economy.
The once prosperous oil-rich leftist Latin American country is currently grappling with economic hardships intensified by political unrest.
Maduro blames the country’s US-supported opposition for the hardships.
Political violence killed more than 120 people from both the government and the opposition camps in Venezuela last year.
| https://santiagotimes.cl/2018/04/06/panama-severs-relations-with-venezuela-after-sanctions/ | 329 |
Prosperity lost from players leaving is because of their Build Score. From their Manor. Basically what they have set up for you to veiw. (Not what they have stocked in the grounds) In essence, Build score which provides prosperity is actually Player prosperity. Not Camp prosperity. It is on loan to the camp while they are living their. The higher their build score, the more prosperity they have, Which is loaned to the total prosperity of the camp, you will lose this players prosperity when kicked or they leave.p
Ive done the testing on upgrades. If you place a wall, you gain 1 prosperity, if upgrage a wall from level 1 to 2. Or 2 to 3, or 7 to 8 You gain 1 prosprerity, consecutively 1 prosperity per level (8 prosperity per level 8 wall).
I forget the numbers of buildscore, but I think it was 2 per level 1 to 7, then 7 to 8, was 4 which provided a total of 18 build score per lvl 8 wall.
My apologies if this is confusing. | d5dbb21b102e4394bf8e28271cb9a28d | 222 |
New Brand Politics: When to Take a Stand on Public Issues
"I Voted Today," Creative Commons license. | Credit: Flickr by Robert Couse-Baker
Activism has become a powerful component of corporate identity — but it has to be done right. In an interview this February, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank commented that a pro-business president like Donald Trump was “an asset to the country.” Within 24 hours, the hashtag #boycottUnderArmour had been tweeted over 1,500 times and one of the brand's leading ambassadors — Warriors player Steph Curry — had publicly criticized the sentiment. A hastily released public statement by the company said, “We engage in policy, not politics.”
And yet, more and more companies are doing just that: talking politics. And it doesn’t always go so poorly; well-executed value campaigns win loyalty from customers and attention and respect from the world at large. Companies like Patagonia have won wide-scale accolades for their environmental efforts, and also enjoy the satisfaction of doing good things for the planet.
Tapping into narratives, the deeply held beliefs that drive behavior in the world around them gives companies depth, conveys corporate values and creates relevance. We live in intensely political times, and engaging in these types of conversations brings brands to the forefront, while also giving them an opportunity to create positive change. If you want to be involved in these types of relevant Narratives, check out the rules below to ensure you do it the right way.
Four rules for stepping in without overstepping:
Be Deliberate
In the examples above, the Under Armour executive offered his opinion relatively casually, expressing his personal perception after meeting the president. The company’s subsequent statement distanced the organization from those personal.”
Executives are used to being asked their opinions on all kinds of topics, and it’s fine for them to discuss issues like industry predictions or share comments about competitor news, but political commentary is very different. Political statements should be weighed heavily and decided upon strategically. The omnipresence of social media means that any piece of public information has the potential to be taken out of context and go viral.
Understand the Existing Connotations With Your Brand
Before jumping into any politically loaded conversations, you have to understand what your brand has stood for traditionally and whether any new assertions you make will align with those values. Several brands have recently been sharply reproached by the public after attempting to enter controversial and politically charged conversations that consumers didn’t feel that they belonged in. Instead of public respect and praise, these brands are often accused of attempting to co-opt activism for financial gain and their brands were adversely impacted.
At their core, any stances that your organization takes should be genuinely founded in its values. A good place to start might be looking at the types of charities or activities your company has been traditionally involved with, what local issues matter to people close to headquarters or what is written in the company manifesto. Beyond knowing your purpose, it’s important to know how you are perceived. Examine the words and phrases connected with your brand, the influencers associated with it and the broader context your brand is operating in. There’s a wealth of social media, traditional media and even comment fields to be harvested here. There might be trends there that surprise you and may help reinforce or refine your purpose and values.
Once you have an articulated stance on a public issue, plan a regular cadence of campaigns or other commentary, so that your message is strong and consistent. Patagonia is a great example of a company that’s successfully aligned itself with the same identifying principals over time, and consistently reinforces that across all platforms.
Know Your Audience
Ultimately, brands need to prioritize narratives that will resonate with their audiences and that are authentic. That means taking an honest look at the topics of interest to the people engaged with your company and taking a stance on them, even if it isn’t an obvious association. Invest time and resources into understanding what your target audience cares about beyond your product or agenda. Dig into demographics and customer data, look at social media content and find issues that resonate with your customers, partners and clearly align with your organization.
One company that has taken huge strides to create a conversation is Salesforce. The company’s main offering, a CRM platform, doesn’t inherently lend itself to any social agenda, the way Patagonia’s products do. Yet by examining the business landscape, Salesforce was able to identify a major issue facing its audience: diversity. Salesforce has made pushing for diversity a major tenet of its business, with dedicated programs, sessions at conferences and floods of content on the topic. Doing so has made the company more than a tech company; many view it as an ally in the push for more diversity in the workforce.
Evaluate the Tension Involved With the Issue At-Hand
Getting political comes with major advantages, as well as major risks. Taking a controversial stance can come with real consequences. Obviously, no business wants to alienate an audience or make them feel defensive, so make sure the narrative you’re backing is a strong one that you are willing to support and always prepare for the possibilities of poor reception when taking a risk, especially with politics.
In order to understand what makes a topic emotionally fraught or otherwise divisive, you have to do an audit of the existing conversation -- and understand what’s really driving it. Most companies tend to go wrong here by using social media analysis or polls to frame their decisions. But meaning, purpose and context don’t translate well into the metrics that social media tools monitor for, and polls are infamously biased and inaccurate. You just can’t get at depth through mentioned and basic sentiment.
Instead, gather data from multiple sources and evaluate whether you’re likely to get pushback. Understand the full narrative, what’s driving it, how it’s changed over time, and importantly what underlying beliefs it represents. Plan in advance how you’ll respond to people (or organizations) that might disagree. Reactionary public communications are rarely as successful as ones that are thought through in advance and connect with core beliefs.
Conclusion what and how those narratives may impact your organization, for better or for worse.
Doug Randall is CEO at Protagonist. Reach him at [email protected]. | 7ebc291eff27ed8e56ecf404669d4bc0 | 1,334 |
A pain in the neck can come from an injury, abnormality, or tension in the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves of the neck, or in the top part of the spinal column, either in the discs, nerves, or the vertebrae themselves.
While sitting, make sure you are sat upright, roll your shoulders back gently and move your neck back.
In many cases, neck pain can be eased with over-the-counter painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen. Applying heat or cold compresses can also be useful. Neck exercises can help, especially if the cause of the pain is muscular. Sleeping with a low, firm pillow should help the neck return to normal and prevent the pain from returning.
Neck pain: is it very common?
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Breakwater Village in Redondo Beach, California, consists of nine distinct models ranging from about 780 to 1,335 square feet. They feature one to three bedrooms and one to two bathrooms. The complex has a well-appointed fitness, pool and other amenities.
The community is located just two miles from the beach and is within walking distance of the South Bay Galleria for shopping, dining and entertainment. Breakwater Village is close to the I5 and I405 making trips to the airport and downtown Los Angeles easy.
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If you were a fan of the BBC series Your Home Made Perfect, Angela Scanlon is returning to our screens next week to tackle our gardens in the new show Your Garden Made Perfect.
The show promises to be bursting with garden design ideas, tricks of the trade and inspiring garden transformations. In each episode, a pair of garden designers will go head to head to pitch their vision for two garden makeovers.
The projects will vary from big budget transformations to small garden ideas. ‘Along with our four award-winning garden designers, Pip Probert, Helen Elks-Smith, Tom Massey and Manoj Malde, we also have Joel Bird on board as our small spaces designer,’ adds Angela.
After spending time in the company of award-winning garden designers Angela has learned a fair few garden design tips. She reveals that the main thing she’s learned from the show is to think of the garden as a room.
Considering how you can make use of the space in the same way as you would a kitchen can make tackling a garden design project less intimidating. Now that many of us are at home all day, making the most of outdoor space is more important than ever.
The first episode follows Demi and Laura whose busy family life in Hertfordshire, has left them with a lacklustre ‘L- shaped’ garden. It desperately needs an injection of life to make it the perfect space for their large, fun-loving family.
Tune into BBC Two on Thursday 4th February at 8pm or catch it on BBC iPlayer to see the full transformation.
| https://www.gardeningetc.com/au/news/angela-scanlon-garden-design-tip-your-garden-made-perfect | 329 |
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One day there was a spider and it crawled a mean crawl. One day a man saw that spider when he was running. Then he poked it with a stick and it crawled away. But it did not crawl very far because it was tired. Then it was time to go. So the man went home.
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To the Editor: Your article “Europe on Two Borrowed Wheels” (May 3), on bicycling in Europe, evoked fond memories of our trip to Italy last year. Hotel Verona in the city of Verona provided free bicycles for my wife and me. Cycling around that lovely city on a Sunday was a highlight of our entire trip. We rent bicycles on all our overseas trips. Not only is cycling a healthy activity, it is a great way to see a city or the countryside. Bicycles can also be rented in many Asian cities. We were pleasantly surprised to find excellent bicycles for rent in Vietnam and Laos for a couple of dollars for an entire day. One word of advice: watch how bicycle-riding locals make left-hand turns at crowded intersections.
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A couple of nights ago, as we were walking the dogs, we stopped to pick up the wild life camera to check to see if we had captured any woodland critters. We did get a couple of shots of interesting “Wild Life”.
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Fun! I love the wildness of it. – rita
Ha! I love it, such lovely and humorous pictures🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Love your blogs and pictures Donna. Thanks to Debbie and you I’ll have fun following you and your wonderful animals. Neva
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I know. The election is over, there’s hope in the air, and it’s time for conciliation and unification. So is it wrong that I got more than a little personal glee out of watching Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a (frequently irritatingly) vocal McCain supporter, fall in line behind president-elect Barack Obama? I do applaud her poignant story about what she told her daughter this morning, but I’m mostly glad that The View, which I usually enjoy (make fun all you want), won’t make my blood pressure skyrocket anymore…at least for now. And if you’re still feeling emotional about the events of the last 24 hours, Sherri Shepherd’s bit at the end of the clip might make you choke up a little, like my man Michael Slezak did. | https://ew.com/article/2008/11/05/elizabeth-hasse-2/ | 175 |
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Q. When is the last flight from Chennai to BorgElArab ?
A. The last flight from Chennai to BorgElArab is at 21:30 and is operated by Etihad.
Q. When is the earliest flight from Chennai to BorgElArab ?
A. The earliest flight from Chennai to BorgElArab is at 04:55 and is operated by Etihad.
Q. How many flights are there from Chennai to BorgElArab ?
A. There are 21 flights from Chennai to BorgElArab.
Q. How much time does it take to fly from Chennai to BorgElArab ?
A. It takes 13H 5M to fly from Chennai to BorgElArab.
Q. Which airline operates the most number of flights from Chennai to BorgElArab ?
A. KLM currently operates the most number of flights from Chennai to BorgElArab.
Q. Which are the top airlines that fly from Chennai to BorgElArab ?
A. The top airlines operating from Chennai to BorgElArab are Etihad, Saudi Arabian Airlines, AirIndia.
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Board of advisors
CASEP benefits from the academic wisdom and practical reasoning of the following exemplars of contemporary Aristotelianism:
- Professor Ronald Beiner, University of Toronto
- Professor Enrico Berti, Università degli Studi di Padova
- Professor Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College
- Professor Timothy Chappell, The Open University
- Professor Stephen Clark, University of Liverpool
- Professor Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University
- Professor Otfried Höffe, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Professor Rosalind Hursthouse, University of Auckland
- Professor Richard Kraut, Northwestern University
- Professor Alasdair MacIntyre, London Metropolitan University
- Professor Fred D. Miller, Jr., Bowling Green State University
- Professor Cary J. Nederman, Texas A&M University
- Professor John O’Neill, University of Manchester
- Professor Stephen Salkever, Bryn Mawr College
- Professor Malcolm Schofield, University of Cambridge
- Professor May Sim, College of the Holy Cross
- Professor David Solomon, University of Notre Dame
- Professor David Wiggins, University of Oxford | 75023f0cd670e509ff22850e514512fc | 249 |
KEEP CALM AND IRISH ON!
St. Patrick’s Day is quickly approaching and we are excited about it! Here in Alexandria and other From healthy runs to running for the green beer, Alexandria and the rest of the DMV know how to celebrate the Irish culture and make sure everyone feels Irish for the day! Where to go keep calm and Irish on? Read below to find out where the green beer is flowing and live music awaits you this St. Patrick’s Day.
Deck yourself out in your favorite green running gear and head to Arlington on Saturday, March 12th for the Four Courts 4 Miler. If running a race isn’t your thing then crawl your way through DC or Arlington in one of the area’s most popular bar crawls. On Saturday, March 12th, participate in the DC Leprecrawl from 12-9pm. Just in case you are in need of more green beer, on Saturday, March 19th, from 1-9pm, Arlington will play host to The Shamrock Crawl.
However, if you are looking to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with live entertainment, traditional Irish food and Guinness, many local places with be hosting large parties for all to enjoy. Head into D.C. and make your way to RFK Stadium on Saturday, March 12th, from 3-11pm for the largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the area, Shamrock Fest. Join Bobby McKeys at the National Harbor for a pint and live music starting at 6pm on St. Patrick’s Day. Right here in Alexandria, check out Daniel O’Connells for traditional Irish food and beer with an upscale feel. Murphy’s Grand Irish Pub will kick off their festivities on Saturday, March 12th in preparation of the big day. Starting at noon on Saturday, Murphy’s pre-bash will have live music, Irish dancers, food and beer specials making it the place to be in Alexandria for St. Patrick’s Day.
Lastly, it wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day in the DMV without a parade! Come rain or shine, go to D.C. on Sunday, March 13th, for the ever-popular parade. Starting at noon, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade of Washington, D.C. will run along Constitution Avenue showcasing military units, floats, various groups and organizations and marching bands.
Wherever you go to celebrate this St. Patrick’s Day, may the luck of the Irish be with you! And remember to go green, keep calm and IRISH ON! Cheers!
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UFC ring card lady Brittney Palmer and Bellator ladies’s fighter Valerie Loureda had been among the many MMA notables who acquired into the Independence Day spirit.
Together with a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of People, quite a few MMA fighters celebrated the 4th of July on Saturday and posted pictures of their celebrations on their social media. Check out a few of them beneath, 5 from the ladies of MMA, and 5 from the boys of MMA.
Soda-rn cute. Completely happy 4th everybody!
Proud to be an American! Get pleasure from household and buddies! Keep protected and have fun!
Completely happy 4th! Avoiding the lots however nonetheless exhibiting the love. Take care, be good, keep protected!
Elevating a Correct glass and wishing a Completely happy 4th to all my buddies, household and followers within the USA. I’ve many fond reminiscences within the States and look ahead to making extra as soon as we get by means of this collectively. To everybody celebrating, cheers, have a little bit of enjoyable on this lovely Saturday and as all the time be protected.
Its America’s birthday! Give the individuals what they need @danawhite. Give them America’s Champ!
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A Career At LSM
For quality results, you need a talented team. We don’t just look for skilled individuals; we help cultivate them.
Providing training and advancement opportunities to our staff is one of our core ideals. The more resources we give our team, the better they’re able to do their jobs. This means presenting a variety of continued learning options for our staff from in-house training to more formal education.
We also understand that our employees need a healthy work-life balance. We’re proud to offer flexible scheduling and rotations to our team.
Current Employees
Our current staff includes learning apprentices, established journeymen, and highly educated certified Red Seal electricians, plumbers, and mechanics. With a widely diverse staff, our employees all bring something unique to our company while delivering our consistent, quality results.
Looking to be a part of LSM’s skilled and diverse staff? Right now, we’re looking to fill the following positions.
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AUGH! MORE SNOW!
Okay, the snow was fun at first. I don’t know about you, but I am getting very tired of the cold.
More snow? They are calling for over 12” starting tomorrow. It is bad enough my green carpet to pee on is gone. The last storm was frozen rain. All the snow is now covered by a nice layer of ice. Try pooping while your legs are all sliding in opposite directions. Trying to find the right spot is awful. I try to be careful as I search for that perfect spot, sliding and sinking looking like a klutz. I feel sorry for my step brother, Baxter. He only poos on the curb. He walks up and down the sidewalk wondering where his curb went. When he finds a little spec of curb, he continuously is sliding off as he
tries to do his business. The other day, as I searched for my green carpet, suddenly I felt like something had taken a bite out of my front feetsies. I got scared wondering what kind of ice monster could be under all that white stuff. I stood up on my hind legs in the middle of the field and whined for mommy to come save me. Mommy, who has already fallen three times on the mean ice, hurried over to me thinking that I had sprained my leg. I stood straight up not wanting to put my front feetsies down. They hurt so bad. Mommy checked my legs and feet and couldn’t find anything. She said it was the cold and checked between my toes for ice. No ice there. She put my feetsies between her hands and rubbed them better. I was still afraid of the ice monster and wouldn’t put my legs down. Mommy picked me up the best she could and carried me to the sidewalk. There she said I needed to walk the rest of the way. Still
standing straight up I looked into her eyes and winced, “No, it’s going to hurt”. Mommy pleaded, “Simba, honey, you’re too big. I can’t carry you all the way home. Please try.” So I put my legs down and limped home. Once we got home, mommy sat on the floor and blew her warm magic breath on my feetsies. They were all better. And now, augh! More snow. I think I’ll stay in bed. | a0a8facf912d4b172e91b4b1d9673981 | 516 |
After three consecutive plans to address the DACA program went down in flames Thursday afternoon, Republicans who signed onto the bipartisan compromise bill that came closest to passage tore into the Trump administration for lobbying against it.
“I don’t think the President helped very much,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a cosponsor of the bipartisan plan, told reporters following the vote. “There’s probably 75 votes here for border security plus a pathway to citizenship for the DACA recipients, but you need presidential leadership. Without it, we won’t get there.”
Ahead of the vote, President Trump threatened to veto the compromise bill if it ever reached his desk, and he tweeted just before the vote began calling it a “total catastrophe.” He also threatened to veto any short-term fallback plan to protect DACA recipients from deportation.
Additionally, White House legislative liaison Marc Short told TPM he and his staff spent Wednesday evening calling individual Senate offices to convince them to vote down the bill because it did not get rid of the diversity visa lottery program or make the deep cuts to family-based immigration Trump had demanded.
“We’ve been pretty clear about our position,” Short said. “We feel that there are four pillars, and the Collins-Rounds bill failed to do two of the pillars. It was completely inadequate. And once we pointed out what the text actually said, it gave members pause about being supportive.”
At 1 a.m. on Thursday, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security put out its own statement torching the Senate’s compromise proposal, claiming it “increases the risk of crime and terrorism” and “would be the end of immigration enforcement in America.”
The bill ended up failing 54 votes in its favor to 45 against. The GOP bill based on Trump’s plan fared even worse, failing 39 to 60.
As senators began leaving the Capitol for a week-long recess, many expressed fear that no action would be taken before legal protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants expire on March 5, leaving them unable to legally work and subject to deportation.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a leading cosponsor of the compromise bill, who for weeks hosted a large bipartisan group of senators in her office for negotiations on the issue, said she was “disappointed in the administration’s response” to their legislative efforts.
“I don’t know how anyone could seriously say that this is somehow weakening border security,” she said before the vote. “This is the President’s own plan. Unfortunately this administration has resorted to spreading a lot of misinformation about the bill, and that makes it harder.”
She added that the DHS statement “has a lot of points that are absolutely false.”
Still, the President’s full court press to defeat the bill seems to have had an impact. Many Republican Senators who voted in 2013 for a comprehensive immigration reform bill and who have voted in the past specifically for a path to citizenship for Dreamers, voted down the bipartisan bill on Thursday.
Asked if President Trump’s lobbying made a difference, GOP Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) answered to TPM, “Oh yeah.”
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If you’ve been looking into having beautiful bifold doors installed, you may have a few questions about the security they offer. We’ve put together this bifold door lock and security guide to help reassure our customers and allow you to make the right choice for your home.
So, are bifold doors a secure choice?
In short, yes! When you choose a bifold door from Seal-Lite, your comfort and security come first above all else. Approved by the official UK Police flagship initiative, Secured by Design (SBD), our bifold doors assure security with their advanced locking mechanisms. First established in 1989, SBD is a national UK police project that helps ensure all modern homes are designed with security and crime prevention very much in mind.
With optional lock upgrades available for the extra security conscious, Seal-Lite provides home-owners across the South West with complete peace of mind that their home is in safe hands; whatever life throws at them.
Our Smarts Visofold 1000 bifold door range is a dramatically beautiful solution to efficiently invite the outside into your home, whilst creating a secure and relaxed space that slides and folds away with ease.
Whilst most bifold doors have 3 – 5 lock points, the Smarts Visofold 1000 has an integrated 6 point locking system that has been fully tested to the highest standards. A multi-point locking system bolts the lead door into the frame and locks at multiple points at the turn of a key, giving high levels of security. The lead door opens and locks completely independently from the rest of the system, so you can open it without opening up the entire bifold concertina.
Multi-point locking systems are really easy to operate. First, you lift the handle to engage the locking points, then you turn the key (or thumb turn) to move the security hooks of the locking system into place.
As well as on our bifold doors, we recommend multi-point locking mechanisms for any door leading from outside to inside your home. Single point locks leave the top and bottom of doors vulnerable, making it a lot easier for intruders to break and enter.
Aluminium is incredibly strong and durable, making it ideal for framing bifold doors. Combining aluminium with sophisticated locking systems, our bifold doors are an undoubtedly secure choice for homeowners today.
With a robust yet sleek aluminium profile, you can be sure the Visofold bifolding door will deliver a reliable performance as well as being pleasing to the eye. To protect your home against unwanted visitors, the high-security multi-point locking mechanisms are fitted, along with internally beaded units for added assurance.
‘Beading’ refers to a strip of plastic or aluminium that is applied to the edge of a window or door pane to hold it in place within the frame. If the glazing bead is fitted internally, this simply means that it is located behind the glass, and so cannot be reached from outside, giving you added protection from intruders.
Being inherently strong allows for slim sightlines that can hold large panes of glass. This is ideal for bifold doors as it creates a nearly uninterrupted view of your outside space.
Aluminium is naturally low maintenance. A simple wipe-over with a damp cloth once in a while is all you’ll need to keep your bifolds looking as good as the day they were fitted.
Available in an attractive wide variety of colours to suit your individual style such as “Antique Grey” and “Ocean Blue”.
PAS 24 (Publicly Available Specification) was created by BSI (British Standards Institution) and is a minimum standard which means doors, and now windows, are tested to the standards specifications with a fail or pass as there are no higher or lower grades of security.
Anti-lift blocks. These discrete blocks stop the doors from being lifted up and removed.
Nylon-coated stainless steel shootbolts. Shootbolts work by a small pin extending into a recess in the floor which holds the door in place reliably. These shootbolts are fitted to the floating mullions of the bifold door. The floating mullions refer to the vertical elements that form a division between door panels and slide to the side when the door is opened.
To learn more about these optional upgrades, get in touch with our expert team who are always on hand and happy to help.
Bring your unique bifold door vision to life and discover the huge number of options open to you. Get in touch today and one of our glazing experts will be happy to assist with your enquiry!
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flower-like nickel sulfide as an efficient electrocatalyst for nonaqueous lithium-air batteries
In this paper, metal sulide materials have been explored for the irst time as a new choice of bifunctional cathode electrocatalyst materials for non-aqueous lithium-air batteries (LABs). Nickel sulides with two diferent morphologies of lower-like (f-NiS) and rod-like (r-NiS) are successfully synthesized using a hydrothermal method with and without the assistance of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide. As LAB cathode catalysts, both f-NiS and r-NiS demonstrate excellent catalytic activities towards the formation and decomposition of Li 2 o 2 , resulting in improved speciic capacity, reduced overpotentials and enhanced cycling performance when compared to those of pure Super P based electrode. Moreover, the morphology of NiS materials can greatly afect LAB performance. Particularly, the f-NiS is more favorable than r-NiS in terms of their application in LABs. When compared to both r-NiS and pure super P materials as LAB cathode materials, this f-NiS catalyst material can give the highest capacity of 6733 mA h g − 1 and the lowest charge voltage of 4.24 V at the current density of 75 mA g − 1 and also exhibit an quite stable cycling performance. With the the urgent the energy and power densities of storage and conversion as batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacirors more and more strong . Lithium-air batteries high practical speciic energy densities from 1000 to 2000 Wh kg − 1 which could even match 1700 Wh kg − 1 gasoline most Compared to the pure Super P carbon based LAB cathode, NiS as a catalyst material shows signiicantly improved | 251252078 | 386 |
In this article: information about Office 365 personal archives; the detail that might keep you from setting up that archive; quick thoughts about buying licenses for Office as a subscription; and notes for Office 365 administrators about setting up personal archives.
Microsoft’s vision for Skydrive is starting to come into focus. Microsoft is integrating Skydrive deeply into its entire ecosystem, across its entire product line, until it will seem obvious and inevitable. You might not need to rush but the chances are that you’ll be using Skydrive before long.
When Microsoft realized that it was on the verge of missing the implications of the Internet, it famously turned the company around in the mid-90s, building web access into all of its products and working out the implications of online access more thoroughly than anyone else.
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When people see me wearing my 2 year old they mock at me and think I am insane to carry my 2 year old. No one thinks it’s easy to get connected with the child. It has done its part pretty well not only for my family but also for many families. Even dads have got a reason to carry their kid in a stylish way. They get their bond and get the snuggles of the baby! Maa shaa allah! I will share some secret about the world of babywearers!
With the baby wearing we were able to breastfeed our kids in public without letting others know we are nursing! It has also helped my daughter sleep for hours while I was traveling, or doing some other chore! When I was new to US I was able to vacuum the home with my daughter. We used to go for long walks by baby wearing. Now I am going to share about the best kept secrets that only the baby wearing community knows of.
When I discuss about babywearing to my friends or to a new mom they say they can start using babywearing only from 3 months or so! But they don’t understand the fact that WE CAN WEAR OUR BABY since day 1 of the baby entering the world.
According to the public the baby carrier is only pictured with the buckles and they would like to invest either in the first cry product or the ones which are non- ergonomic. When they ask me the price of the carrier they get shocked. But no one understands the safety factor.
Only the babywearing community can differentiate between the ergonomic and non- ergonomic carriers. Babywearing world is like an ocean the more you enter in the more knowledge you receive on it. Could you believe we have a babywearing library in each part of the country and there are many facebook groups who speak only about babywearing. They do conduct competitions, courses on babywearing. There are many babywearing educators who have taken this profile as their career. Isn’t cool to hear more about it? I have made many good friends through babywearing.
Facebook plays a major role in these babywearing world. These groups are based on the geographic location for the ease of the parents to meet in person.If you can find the baby wearing group in your area, they meet regularly and you can pretty well go for advice and try different styles of carriers from the library. I have used almost 25 carriers from the library and there are thousands of ergonomic brands in the market right now. Most groups even allow buying, swapping and selling of carriers in their groups. The library does auction at times to get rid of the gently used carriers.
The carriers are always considered as their kids. When they are not in use they usually sell them so that the carrier could get a good home! It needs the bond and family to be in.
There is a big market for second hand carriers and the reason for this is partly because most slings/wraps get softer with age/ more wear which is called breaking in. People even go for seconds when they have a longing for the particular design, which might have gone out of the market.Please do join the Facebook groups on the babywearing where you get to see the squish pictures and the different kinds of carriers. I bet you would get tempted to get all the wraps/slings/carriers.
I do own a Ring sling and a full buckle carrier and my favorite is a Ring sling which is easy to get in and out.
Now since you know the sneak peek of the best keeps of babywearing you guys will be tempted to try the ergonomic carriers. Can you believe I have done few crazy things for the love of babywearing and you can check them here for more fun and temptation!
Lots and lots of babywearing dust and love!!
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Great post sister!
I didn’t know that babywearing was a thing (shows how little I know about parenting).
It’s very interesting to read your passion on the subject.
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I was never a baby wearer but was always a baby carrier. I carried my baby everywhere. My husband was the baby wearer, he loved it.
Thanks for your sweetwords!! Even I have few such stuffs in my mind wanting to try!! | http://alizehmysoul.com/the-best-kept-secrets-about-babywearing/ | 928 |
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How to diagnose a business?
Phase for anyone wishing to buy a store, the diagnosis of a business requires discipline and precision. This preliminary step allows to thoroughly checking all items that will determine the success of your project.
The location of a business is the key to success. Is it located on an axis of strong passage, in a shopping street or in a tourist area? Its facade is visible? Can benefit from carrying signs nearby? Is it easily accessible on foot, by car or public transport? The environment may be changing: check with the planning department of the municipality, if development projects are under study (new traffic plan, site urban renewal) to determine to what extent they may affect the activity of trade. Refer to the Traders Association: its representatives are often better able to gauge the vitality of the neighborhood.
The development of your business depends on the presence or not of competitors, but also the eventual implementation of new entrants or the creation of a commercial area. Try to determine if there will be room for everyone. You can also analyze the balance sheets of your competitors practicing under statute LLC. Their income statements are available on the internet with free sites that specialize in the company information. The unions are a source of relevant information. They usually have to research on market conditions and outlook for their industry.
You must identify the role played by the vendor in the running of his shop. His personality can often take a central role in the success of his business through his customers, he knows personally? If so, you must ask yourself whether you will have the breadth and going to replace it. You can provide the seller with a transitional period during which he will accompany you and introduce you to suppliers and customers.
You should study carefully the evolution of the turnover of trade, the latest balance sheets and income statements (the seller is required to provide these accounting). The review shall assess whether the case has already reached its maximum turnover, if it is growing or is declining. In three cases, it is to find the origin of the situation to estimate the potential for business development and to consider actions to be implemented upon its acquisition.
Note: beyond the accounting, consider also the commercial lease (remaining duration, renewal, and rent reviews) and the various contracts taken up the business (contracts of employment of employees, insurance, equipment rental ...).
Author have good knowledge about six sigma training, ISO, automation and core tools training to enhance business productivity and recommends OHSAS 18001 Training as an initiative for building expertise in ISO standards.
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Cellulases are industrially important hydrolytic enzymes that are applicable in the bioconversion of cellulosic biomass to simple sugars. In this work, Pichia pastoris carrying an endoglucanase cDNA (CMC3) from a thermophilic fungus, Humicola insolens, was grown in a 30 L bioreactor to produce recombinant CMC3 in a fed-batch cultivation mode. After optimisation of the cultivation conditions, a total of 5.3 gL-1 proteins were obtained in a 20 L working volume after a 40 h induction with methanol. CMC3 expresses a β-1,4-endoglucanase with a specific activity of 62.83 U mg-1, demonstrating its specificity for hydrolysing carboxymethyl cellulose as a substrate. No detectable hydrolysis on Sigmacell® cellulose, Avicel or beechwood xylan was observed. The recombinant CMC3 displayed moderate thermostability, being stable at up to 50°C for more than 72 h. Metal ions such as Mn²+ and Co²+ enhanced the CMC3 activity, while Ni+, Zn²+ and Cu²+ inhibited the enzyme activity. The CMC3 produced in P. pastoris was stable under long-term storage, retaining 84% and 75% of its initial activity after 4 months of storage at 4°C and 25°C, respectively. The addition of stabilisers further improved the enzyme stability by 7% and 5% at 4°C and 25°C, respectively. | 63a5e70ac7a6f53d22e2f50c1ccc46ed | 329 |
Former rugby champion, who became a successful interior designer and entrepreneur, entered the restaurant business with Second Class, a place that surprised Brescia in 1995 with its original vision, is the president of Areadocks, a project born in 2004 as a multifunctional environment with synergistic proposals.
Housed in a former railway warehouse, Areadocks hosts more than 5000 square meters of spaces in a single multipurpose setting: spa, four restaurants, six cocktail bars, ice cream parlor and pastry shop, meeting room, clothing and accessories shop for men and women, furniture and giftware space , architecture studio, events and dj-sets. In addition, Areadocks Boutique Hotel has 13 rooms furnished with design elements, vintage pieces, works of Contemporary Street Art, in harmony with the original architecture of the building dating back to the early 1900s.
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_.The engagement has been announced between Paul Stephen Manderson (b 27 Nov, 1983), the British rapper better known by his stage name 'Professor Green', son of the late Peter Manderson, of Hackney, London, & Camilla Margaret (Millie) Mackintosh (born 1989), scion of the eponymous confectionery family (the Viscounts Mackintosh of Halifax, Peerage of the UK, cr 1957), daughter of Mr Nigel Mackintosh, by his wife the former Georgina Ward.
Millie Mackintosh is a reality tv star ~ appearing in several series of 'Made In Chelsea' &c. | https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2013/03/made-in-chelsea-star-millie-mackintosh.html | 129 |
For the people lucky enough to have ordered and taken delivery of their customized I-Paces in the US, how long has the window been between the Build Date and Handover Date in the US? I am on the East Coast. According to my dealer, the car was built on 11/27/18 but when he checked yesterday it was still not on a ship but rather at the origin port. Right now his tracking tool is showing "At Retailer" date of 1/11/19 and "Retailed" date of 1/16/19. Based on the fact that it is still not on a ship I am not very optimistic that they'll meet that date :| Thoughts? | 5bd21fd69f1e537542f0d04f3a49b288 | 140 |
Hey, I have had a Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X graphics card for around 3 years now and the card used to be really good. One day around 3 months ago I think i ran into a blue screen and after restarting, i only get boot and Windows logo and then just black. When i get drivers for the card and Windows starts using the R9 290 instead of my CPU's graphics, the screen goes black. I have tried so many different things to try and get the GPU to function normally but i cant solve this by myself. I still have hope that my GPU isn't dead, so if you have any suggestions how to get it working i would be very grateful.
You can try using DDU to do a clean reinstall of the drivers, but I think your card might be dying.
Yea i have used DDU and unfortunately it did not help. Im hoping the card isn't dying since its such a good card and finding a worthy upgrade will be hard.
It's always sad to see a card go. :( Similar performing ones would be the GTX 970 and RX 480, but prices are still crazy inflated right now. Best of luck!
OK good news time. I decided that since i don't have anything else to try, i used a heatgun to reflow the GPU. It actually worked, and now im extremely happy. Ill update once i have used the card for a while.
That was the recommendation I was going to make. My old tri-x cards had the primary heataibk screws come slightly lose. Would cause black screens non stop. Pulled them, cleaned and reapplied thermal paste, reattached and had 0 issue afterwards.
Perhaps have a read of this? | https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/272044-possibly-dead-sapphire-r9-290 | 355 |
I quit playing in part because of the ridiculous mat system. Imo this is a potentially big game being held back by the fact that the material system makes it impossible to try new cards in your deck, let alone switch classes without grinding like crazy for three weeks to try and catch up. It’s just so boring. What card game do you know that you can only basically use the cards you used on rank 20 as rank 45?
The problem is the game is by definition never going to change for each individual player. You’ll play the same cards in the same order against the same decks over and over just so you can get a pvp pack that gives you none of the mats you need.
Between the mats and the locker system which is clearly not random and rigged to get you to spend as much money as possible, the game goes from like a 4/5 to like a 2/5. It’s fun but you hit a big wall once you beat pve and get to rank 40 or so, and I don’t mean in difficulty, I mean from there on out it’s very clear you will be playing to the same deck against the same decks over and over. | 0072c0153a1a49d19ee52d4ebbb3578e | 261 |
WBE-Certified, Woman Owned
WBE Advantages
By using a WBE, your company can reap tax incentives and other benefits…
More and more large corporations are sourcing minority business enterprises (MBEs or MWBEs – minority and women-owned business enterprises) for their service and vendor needs. With the increased number of MWBE-certified minority owned businesses, a large corporation can now pursue supplier diversity across many different aspects of their business. From minority owned building maintenance to computer systems design to interior design and more, minority business enterprises are situated in many diverse industries. Additionally, minority business enterprises are now very diverse in terms of scale. This makes finding an MBE supplier for most any business need a possibility. There are many reasons why larger corporations have started sourcing minority business enterprises to a greater degree. Read on below to learn about some of the major reasons why MWBE supplier diversity is becoming more prevalent and to get more information about how sourcing MBEs could improve your business.
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When is a tax return worth it?
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or leave ungreased. Beat butter, sugars, eggs, liqueur, baking soda, vanilla and salt in large bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in flour until dough is smooth and stiff. Stir in semisweet and white chocolate chips and pecans. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until just firm in center and edges are lightly browned. Do not overbake. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. | https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/ultimate-white-dark-chocolate-chippers-recipe.htm | 131 |
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Sabina Gold & Silver Corp, a Canadian precious metals company, has declared that drilling has started at the Goose Property on its wholly-owned Back River Gold Project situated in Nunavut, Canada.
Inclined section, showing Umwelt open pit and underground mineralized areas, and general area of planned 2022 drilling. Image Credit: Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.
A scheduled 3,500-m spring surface exploration drill program has commenced, with a concentration on targeting the interface between the intended open pit and the down plunge zone at Umwelt.
This drilling will enable additional characterization of the geology and mineralization of superior-grade gold zones in those areas which will notify optimization of the underground mine and open pits designs.
As soon as the work is over, drilling will shift to the Hook zone which is considered to be part of the gold structure connecting the Goose Main and Nuvuyak gold deposits. Drilling has been scheduled to be completed by mid-April.
We look forward to receiving the results of this spring drilling program as we continue to evolve and develop the resource potential at the 8 km long Goose Gold Complex.
McLeod continued, “As we have demonstrated in past drilling campaigns, the gold endowment at Goose is exceptional and we remain committed to an exploration and resource growth and optimization strategy that we believe will add considerable value to the Project we progress towards production.
With the application of our exploration framework through progressive 3D modeling, integrated data acquisition and drill testing, we are confident that we can continue to demonstrate the significant growth potential and world class nature of this well-endowed gold project,” added McLeod.
The first series of six to eight drill holes are developed in such a way to better outline and detail the gold mineralization at the sectioning of the Quartz Feldspar Porphyry dyke and the Lower Iron Formation. This is a region of thickened iron formation host rock.
Drilling has been centered in and around the crown pillar and upper and lower sill areas, where it is believed that chances prevail for improved characterization of mining infrastructure planning and higher-grade mineral zones.
One geomechanical drill hole will be done at the base of the Umwelt open pit for rock property data collection.
Around two to three drill holes will be drilled at the Hook zone, situated along the favorable gold structure that trends between the Nuvuyak Resource and Goose Main gold deposit.
The Hook target constitutes a significant connector zone that has a strike length of more than 700 m. This illustrates powerful zones of mineralization in conjunction with a tightly folded antiformal structure.
Drilling of two drill holes will be drilled down plunge from 2021 drilling where drill hole 21GSE600 returned 5.42 g/t Au over 28.05 m, including 12.68 g/t Au over 5.30 m. An extra drill hole will target mineralization inside the Hook gold structure situated nearly 150 m north of the Goose Main pit.
Positive outcomes obtained from this drilling will help notify future decisions around resource growth and development together with the Goose Main to Hook to Nuvuyak gold structure.
| https://www.azomining.com/News.aspx?newsID=16890 | 645 |
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All the vessels are self-discharging vessels, equipped with excavator.
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The company offers a variety of maritime transport operations.
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TransMar AS was founded in year 2000 by M.Sc. Anne Gunn Gabrielsen Berge.
TransMar AS is a DNV certified Ship Management Company, and the Company is both Manager and Operator for all the vessels in Berge Rederi AS’ fleet.
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<filename>src/main/resources/application.yml
# Datasource
datasource:
url: jdbc:h2:./database/db-demojpa;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
username: sa
password:
driver-class-name: org.h2.Driver
# JPA
jpa:
hibernate:
ddl-auto: update
database-platform: org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
properties:
hibernate:
show_sql: true
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"will you be moving your other stories as well?"
"are you done with 43 yet?"
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"When is 43 going to be here?"
"When does part 43 come out?"
"OOOHHHH!! omg i totally get it now!! I cannot freaking wait! :)"
"I'm confused....are you gonna post the next part? is that a spoiler? or is that it and whose point of view is that?"
"unfortunately, I don't have the time. I think what PersonXD said was exactly what I was thinking. It'll still be the same story, but the wri..."
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A geek's guide to adventures - Andy's Blog: Quito, and a happy new year!
Quito, and a happy new year!
The original plan was to spend a night in Quito, then head onwards to Colombia. Due to how long it took me to get to here, and with a flight from Nicaragua slated to leave on January 24th, Ecuador was unfortunately on the chopping block. While at times it can be very relaxing not to plan things ahead, over the past couple of weeks it really has come back to bite me, as I realised with a shock that in order to get to Colombia, I had the choice between a $550 plane journey or a $550 boat journey that would take a week, thus eating up my time even more. The three companies that fly from Colombia to Panama City have gotten together and agreed to have no competition, so they can collectively rise prices to optimal cockbag levels. It is cheaper for me to fly from Bogota to Rome than it is to fly to Panama City.
Luckily I was saved by my airline allowing me to change my ticket for $120 to leave from Bogota instead of Managua, so I now have more time to enjoy Ecuador and Colombia, and save money. I'll have to come back in a few years and spend time sailing around the Caribbean and Central America, which doesn't sound so bad.
Quito is spread north/south in a valley between enormous mountain ranges, and I've settled myself into the very pleasant Secret Garden Quito, which commands a breathtaking view out over the old town. Run by an Australian and his wife, they offer breakfast and dinner for decent prices, and unlimited Ecuadorian coffee, and really, that alone would be worth it for me. I'm such a coffee addict.
The old town was rightly so named the second ever UNESCO World Heritage site, on the same day as Krakow, and is peppered with beautiful churches and colonial buildings, but with a handful of chaotic driving and hectic Ecuadorian life. To the north of the old town lies 'gringoland', or the new town, where the high rises and the international restaurants are plentiful.
I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years celebration, I'm enjoying the gorgeous sunsets reflecting off the clouds that keep floating over the mountains here, illuminating the El Panecillo statue on the hill (the Virgin of Quito). Tomorrow it's off to Cotopaxi to see a volcano! | 4ea42ae2fa27294136ddb43c8d703dcd | 504 |
<reponame>konkolorado/job-scheduler
import uuid
from datetime import datetime
import pytest
from job_scheduler.api.models import Schedule, ScheduleRequest
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_update_schedule(async_client, repo, schedule_request: ScheduleRequest):
async with async_client:
resp = await async_client.post("/schedule/", json=schedule_request.dict())
s_id = resp.json()["id"]
size_before = await repo.size
schedule_request.description = f"Updated in tests at {datetime.now()}"
async with async_client:
resp = await async_client.put(f"/schedule/{s_id}", json=schedule_request.dict())
size_after = await repo.size
updated_s = Schedule.parse_obj(resp.json())
assert resp.status_code == 200
assert size_after == size_before
assert str(updated_s.id) in repo
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_bad_update(async_client, repo, schedule_request: ScheduleRequest):
async with async_client:
resp = await async_client.post("/schedule/", json=schedule_request.dict())
s_id = resp.json()["id"]
size_before = await repo.size
schedule_request.schedule = "Not_A_SCHEDULE"
async with async_client:
resp = await async_client.put(f"/schedule/{s_id}", json=schedule_request.dict())
size_after = await repo.size
assert resp.status_code == 422
assert size_after == size_before
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_update_nonexistant(
async_client, repo, schedule_request: ScheduleRequest
):
size_before = await repo.size
async with async_client:
resp = await async_client.put(
f"/schedule/{uuid.uuid4()}", json=schedule_request.dict()
)
size_after = await repo.size
assert resp.status_code == 404
assert size_after == size_before
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Ha, first off I really was going to post this as a recap of August and was so sad that July AND August is over and that I got so little reading done. Go me.
LIST OF NEWSWORTHY
850+ plays of music, no big // Outing number one // Outing number two
A lot of continuous partial attention
So I was extremely busy and had to go out a lot which I don’t mind but I’d rather spend my free time reading and/or alone. Oh, this is boring so I’ll just leave off here. On an unrelated note, I did apply for a passport so that’s something.
#BarrydAlive
Oh man, I got sucked deep into The Flash this year and I was dying to know what’s going to happen. (A moment of appreciation for the existence of SDCC). So. I’ve watched about 10+ hours of interviews and SDCC panels of the cast already. I never rewatch trailers but I sure as hell have watched the trailers of season 3 several times (and died every time). I’ve this post open on my phone’s browser because it makes me smile every time I look at it. I’ve already made plans to rewatch the show in August. The best-worst part is that that’s not even all of it because I’m slightly embarrassed to go into it more.
TV WATCH
Watching only 5 TV shows in a month must be some kind of a record for me.
#squadgoals // Stranger Things
- Gilmore Girls – 8 episodes into season 4 and still adjusting with all the major changes. I guess that says it all.
- Doctor Who – Halfway through season 2 and this show is so much fun. I do want more companions to show up already, though.
- Stranger Things – Watched it all in less than 24 hours about 5 days ago and still very obsessed with a bunch of 12-year-olds. Who’d have thought?
- DC’s Legends of Tomorrow – I had no plans to ever watch this show but Captain Cold and Sara Lance made me finally do it. Also going to blame Ellis and Crini (especially for having to suffer through the scenes that don’t have either Cold or Sara in them).
- Suits – I love that they have even more mess to deal with because of Mike and then there’s their firm to handle, too. (Thank fuck that Mike don’t have that douche-bag haircut anymore) (which they compensated for by making him do stupid things).
MOVIE WATCH
LIST OF READS
On the one hand I’m glad that the one book I finished was a reread but on the other, this is me talking about one book only. I did start a few, though.
Oops
- This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (reread)
LIST OF BOOK ACQUISITIONS
I’m so excited to read everything that I got in July! Now if I can just sit down and read.
:heart eyes:
- Hope and Red by Jon Skovron
- The Dark Side by Anthony O’Neill
- The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
- The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Gray
- Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemison
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
- This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
- The Lost & Found by Katrina Leno
- Bite by K.S. Merbeth
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
PLAYLIST
It’s so much work finding new music, man.
Save
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Haha, I only finished 3 books in July, so I didn’t do much better than you when it came to reading. 😛 But I hope we both get back into the reading groove, because so far I’m still struggling. XD AND THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD BOOKS. I can’t wait for you to read “The Lost & Found”!
Everyone keeps harping on about Stranger Things and it’s only confirming a desperate need inside of myself to watch it.
And I’m so clearly behind in the book world because I’ve heard of approximately 1 of those books you’ve mentioned. Guess I need to hit up goodreads.
Passport yay! Mine expired a couple years ago.
My July was pretty good quantity wise- I read 9 books. But of those my only 5 stars were HP rereads and it was mostly a bunch of 3 star books. A little meh. I also DNFed two books.
I envy your ability to just watch shows! I have such a mental block about catching up with shows, esp if there are a lot of episodes. I always want to Block Out Time When I’m Not Tired (hahahah when is that…). It’s always fun to find a new obsession isn’t it ? 😛 Yay Flash (which I still need to watch, of course).
It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to TFK but I checked out the song on your playlist and enjoyed it! I’ll have to listen to them some more again.
OMG, just ONE book last month? I was already embarrassed by my performance and I at least managed to read 3 XD
And NO MOVIES too? Are you okay? ;D
At least you found the time to watch STRANGER THINGS, that was definitely one of my July highlights, too!
Let’s see how long it takes you to catch up on me on DOCTOR WHO, I’ve been stuck between seasons 4 and 5 for almost half a year already XD
I got DARK MATTER last month too and I can’t wait to read it, I’ve heard so many good things about it already!
I’m also curious for THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM which has been on my TBR for way more than a year now /o\
I literally watched the part of the interview where Tom says Grant reminds him of HP AT LEAST 100 TIMES. His reply is TOO CUTE. And of course – I, too, was sucked into watching The Flash but I’m OBSESSED and will re-watch this show over and over again.
Just one book for both July and August would have been really sad LOL
Yay for getting a passport! Any specific plans in mind or…?
barrydalive hahaha, how accurate. I only just finished and I already want to re-watch. SDCC videos first though.
I infected my sister with the Stranger Things obsession so I watched it again within 24h, which makes 2 1/2 times now and I’m not even remotely embarrassed.
We need to up your movie watch and finally watch Star Wars this month! Oh man, so much to do, we basically need to watch and read at the same time.
I can’t wait for you to read The Lost & Found!!! I might just end up re-reading again with you XD
I need to get Dark Side, Fifth Season and Hope and Red too! All three very high up on my wishlist. Not that I need even more to read but whatever. | ede60278e1f51ebbbb65ff64c807a542 | 1,589 |
<reponame>ngawung/starling
declare namespace starling.display
{
/** A class that provides constant values for the states of the Button class. */
export class ButtonState
{
/** The button's default state. */
public static UP:string;
/** The button is pressed. */
public static DOWN:string;
/** The mouse hovers over the button. */
public static OVER:string;
/** The button was disabled altogether. */
public static DISABLED:string;
}
}
export default starling.display.ButtonState; | 1137621 | 148 |
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from ..Agent import Agent
import numpy as np
from .KuhnInfo import Cards, KUHN_TREE, KuhnAction
class KuhnAgent(Agent):
card: Cards
def _compute_equilibrium(self, private: bool):
own_action = self._start
transitions = KUHN_TREE.transitions
for action in self._state.action_history:
if own_action and private:
transitions = [t for t in transitions if t.card == self.card]
transitions = [t for t in transitions if t.action == action]
new_transitions = []
for t in transitions:
new_transitions += t.node.transitions
transitions = new_transitions
own_action = not own_action
if private:
transitions = [t for t in transitions if t.card == self.card]
result = np.zeros((self._state.actions_number))
for action in list(KuhnAction):
action_equilibrium = [
t.equilibrium for t in transitions if t.action == action]
if len(action_equilibrium) > 0:
result[action.value] = sum(
action_equilibrium) / len(action_equilibrium)
else:
result[action.value] = 0
return result
def compute_private_equilibrium(self):
return self._compute_equilibrium(True)
def compute_public_equilibrium(self):
return self._compute_equilibrium(False)
def has_bet(self):
return KuhnAction.BET in self.actions
def has_fold(self):
return KuhnAction.FOLD in self.actions
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Well, I'm happy to say I caught another episode of this last night, after not having bothered since the disappointing first one, and it seemed to have found its feet a bit: still think it was losing steam about 10m before the end, but their predictions about the future of British food were superb!
Automated casserole restaurants, an electronic 'pea counter' that might well have ended up in the Innovations Catalogue, a 'vegetable orchestra' and a man who sweated away 56 stones of body fat in 6 weeks by using slimfast gunk and looking at a 'scary picture'...all great stuff. Maybe they can 'remix' the half hour shows to 15m each for the DVD release...
By the way, I also noticed there's repeats of 'Darkplace' very late on Wed & Thurs nights on C4 as well...I know someone mentioned they were missing it last time we did this thread!
cool I'll download this then.
The sport episode was *terrible*.
Agreed. After 20 mins, it does rather run out of steam and the "sports" themed show was indeed gash.
Is there a "Look Around You" torrent going about Serms?
I havent got my uknova details here but I can post it up tonight.
Pump. or pony.
Pump. That's the one. Made me laff all weekend.
so, ahem... (clears throat)...
"that 'sports' themed episode was pump."
I like to add 'utter' in the mix too.
"that 'sports' themed episode was utter pump."
... don't stop there chap!
"that 'sports' themed episode was total and utter pump."
'pump' You do realise this is now going to enter my conversations on every occasion, and raise questions about where it came from...
By the way, the next 'Look Around You' is apparently about computers, so they should be right on home turf there...
Just a thought, but can we adopt 'pumping the pony' as a Brit version of 'jumping the shark' ? "I reckon Nathan Barley was pumping some serious pony last week", kind of thing?
'pump' - You do realise this is now going to enter my conversations on every occasion, and raise questions about where it came from...
It was the word of the weekend for Serm's and I at Dig Everything.
feels good, dunnit ??
howzabout........the pumpification poured from look around you's total and utter gash.
Well, last time this happened was with Rich Hero's 'That's the badger!', which STILL slips out on far too many occasions for comfort...
One thing that annoys me is the titles sequence and idents - everything else has so much attention to detail, but these really look like they've been farmed out to some kids who've done no research and just thought they needed to make it look "cheesy" - maybe I'm too familiar with photoshop/Flash etc, but they've used all the cheap tricks that didn't exist in early 80's graphics I reckon would have been pretty easy to have done well, so I find baffling!
... and the fact that Popper and Serafinowicz got in touch saying how much they liked my remix of "Machadaynu" in no way clouds my judgement...
smart - any chance of a link to the remix?
Last edited by Mr_Hopkinson; 23-02-2005, 09:55 AM. | https://www.verygoodplus.co.uk/forum/let-s-talk/let-s-get-stuck-into-the-music/3877-look-around-you-food-episode | 748 |
The lower your HP, the higher the Team Attack, to the max x 2 additionally.
There are 3 or more Monsters of "Ethereal Dragons" of the same Rarity but different Attributes in the Team.
Increase the drop rate of Heart Runestones in the column below the Monster to 25% (the effect will not override those of Active Skills).
At first, people thought that the noise came from the ruin of from the ruins of Cassilda. The antiquated obelisks were cracked, but there was a weak but chilling green light emerging from the within, giving everyone the shivers. The outsiders always traveled to the city through the track next to the ruins instead of the main road for the sake of convenience. These outsiders appeared normal at first, but after a while, they would open their mouth uncontrollably as if they were screaming, but there was no voice coming out.
The citizens would only see it as a joke and curiously asked them why they were they opening their mouth all of a sudden amid the conversation and pretended that they were scared. The outsiders would all reply that they had heard a terrifying roar, so they could not help but open their mouth to pretend they were making the noise to overcome the fear.
The noise spread in the city like a pandemic, but no one could be sure about what they had heard. The number of people who heard the noise rapidly soared. Apart from opening their mouths all of a sudden, some citizens would even fall unconscious while walking. The nobility in the city studied the symptoms, and thought that it was caused by the curse of Cassilda. They have hired some heretic wizards to explore the ruins of Cassilda and destroy the root of the curse.
The wizards went through the habitat of the mutant toads and arrived at the ruins of Cassilda. They had disabled their hearing with the power of the secret magic. A beast with a silvery head, a dragon body and two pairs of golden eyes appeared in their mind, but the wizards did not flinch. They erased fear as well as their other emotions and focused the wood elements to drill a hole in the hard soil. A green fluid rushed to the surface like a fountain so that the exploration became difficult to continue. The wizards cleared the fluid doubtfully and they saw a wooden yellow root-like structure. They had tried hard to cut the root but they soon found the root contracting like a muscle fiber and was repairing itself.
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By Sarah Mac Donald - 20 April, 2014
Tomorrow, Easter Monday, sees the annual nine-day Novena to Our Lady, Mother of Good Counsel begin in St Augustine’s church in Cork.
The novena, which is particularly associated with members of the Augustinian order, seeks the intercession of Our Lady, who filled with divine counsel, offers help to her helpless children.
This year, the novena runs from 21 to 30 April and though the feast day falls on 26 April, it is not being celebrated until 30 April due to Easter being so late this year.
Fr Tom Sexton OSA is the co-ordinator of the novena in Cork.
He told CatholicIreland.net that the novena is structured so that there are three sessions a day, during Mass at 11am, 4pm and 8pm.
Fr John Hughes, an Augustinian based in Galway, will preach on the opening days while Fr Colm O’Mahony OSA, who is based in Drogheda but a native of Cork, will preach on the last few days.
Fr Sexton will lead the novena prayers. He said anyone with a special intention can email petitions to [email protected] or text it to 087 7821313.
The petitions are incorporated into the novena. “We place them in front of the altar. Some of them we will announce in the course of the prayers – we wouldn’t be able to announce all of them. But they will all be placed before the altar during the sessions of the novena.”
Every day the novena session will be streamed live on CSTV – see
In past years, the online broadcast of the novena meant that people from as far away as Australia, the US and Canada were able to participate via the internet. “We hope to continue that,” Fr Sexton said.
The Cork-born priest, who has been an Augustinian since 1958, spent more than 30 years in Africa, ten years in Nigeria and 22 years in Kenya.
Now back in his native city since 2012, he works as the bursar for the Cork community as well as organising the weekly novena every Friday and this annual novena.
Asked why someone who hasn’t been to the novena before should come along this week, Fr Sexton told CatholicIreland.net, “Good counsel means good advice and we all need good advice in the world of today. That is why calling on Mary’s intercession under this title is very appropriate.”
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<commit_before>/*
* DownloadClient Geodateninfrastruktur Bayern
*
* (c) 2016 GSt. GDI-BY (gdi.bayern.de)
*
* 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.
*/
package de.bayern.gdi.processor;
import java.io.File;
import de.bayern.gdi.model.DownloadStep;
import de.bayern.gdi.utils.StringUtils;
/** Make DownloadStep configurations suitable for the download processor. */
public class DownloadStepConverter {
private DownloadStepConverter() {
}
private static String wfsURL(
String url, String typeName, String version,
Integer count, Integer maxFeatures,
String bbox
) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append(url)
.append('?')
.append("service=wfs&")
.append("request=GetFeature&")
.append("typeNames=")
.append(StringUtils.urlEncode(typeName)).append('&')
.append("version=").append(StringUtils.urlEncode(version));
if (count != null) {
sb.append("&count=").append(count);
}
if (maxFeatures != null) {
sb.append("&maxFeatures=").append(maxFeatures);
}
if (bbox != null) {
sb.append("&bbox=").append(StringUtils.urlEncode(bbox));
}
return sb.toString();
}
/**
* Converts a DownloadStep into a sequence of jobs for the processor.
* @param dls DownloadStep the configuration to be converted.
* @return A job list for the download processor.
* @throws ConverterException If the conversion went wrong.
*/
public static JobList convert(DownloadStep dls) throws ConverterException {
JobList jl = new JobList();
String url = wfsURL(
dls.getServiceURL(),
dls.getDataset(),
dls.getServiceType(),
null, // TODO: count from parameters.
null, // TODO: maxFeatures from parameters.
null); // TODO: bbox from parameters.
String user = null; // TODO: From parameters.
String password = null; // TODO: From parameters.
File path = new File(dls.getPath());
if (path.isDirectory()) {
// TODO: Make file unique.
path = new File(path, "download.gml");
}
FileDownloadJob fdj = new FileDownloadJob(url, path, user, password);
jl.addJob(fdj);
// TODO: Add checking job
// TODO: Add transformation job.
return jl;
}
}<commit_msg>Fetch some parameters from download step to construct wfs request.<commit_after>/*
* DownloadClient Geodateninfrastruktur Bayern
*
* (c) 2016 GSt. GDI-BY (gdi.bayern.de)
*
* 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.
*/
package de.bayern.gdi.processor;
import java.io.File;
import de.bayern.gdi.model.DownloadStep;
import de.bayern.gdi.utils.StringUtils;
/** Make DownloadStep configurations suitable for the download processor. */
public class DownloadStepConverter {
private DownloadStepConverter() {
}
private static String wfsURL(
String url, String typeName, String version,
Integer count, Integer maxFeatures,
String bbox
) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append(url)
.append('?')
.append("service=wfs&")
.append("request=GetFeature&")
.append("typeNames=")
.append(StringUtils.urlEncode(typeName)).append('&')
.append("version=").append(StringUtils.urlEncode(version));
if (count != null) {
sb.append("&count=").append(count);
}
if (maxFeatures != null) {
sb.append("&maxFeatures=").append(maxFeatures);
}
if (bbox != null) {
sb.append("&bbox=").append(StringUtils.urlEncode(bbox));
}
return sb.toString();
}
private static Integer toInteger(String value)
throws ConverterException {
if (value == null) {
return null;
}
try {
return Integer.valueOf(value);
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
throw new ConverterException(
"\"" + value + "\" is not an integer.", nfe);
}
}
/**
* Converts a DownloadStep into a sequence of jobs for the processor.
* @param dls DownloadStep the configuration to be converted.
* @return A job list for the download processor.
* @throws ConverterException If the conversion went wrong.
*/
public static JobList convert(DownloadStep dls) throws ConverterException {
JobList jl = new JobList();
String url = wfsURL(
dls.getServiceURL(),
dls.getDataset(),
dls.getServiceType(),
toInteger(dls.findParameter("count")),
toInteger(dls.findParameter("maxFeatures")),
dls.findParameter("bbox"));
String user = null; // TODO: From parameters.
String password = null; // TODO: From parameters.
File path = new File(dls.getPath());
if (path.isDirectory()) {
// TODO: Make file unique.
path = new File(path, "download.gml");
}
FileDownloadJob fdj = new FileDownloadJob(url, path, user, password);
jl.addJob(fdj);
// TODO: Add checking job
// TODO: Add transformation job.
return jl;
}
} | 2891954 | 2,557 |
Accra is a scenic city situated in West Africa and is the capital of Ghana. It is also a financial, IT and an economic hub, and candidates who have the right skills and training have ample opportunities here. These sectors offer a number of jobs to the highly skilled workforce. However, to stay ahead of the competition, one needs to keep upgrading one?s skills and get the certification to help him perform better. The AngularJS certification in Accra is widely used in companies in Accra. AngularJS simplifies the development of an application and presents a high level of abstraction. This is used by the developer. There is a cost of flexibility, though, and thus, it does not work for every application. Angular has been built with a CRUD application which luckily is used by the majority of web applications. KnowledgeHut offers the classes which train you in this computer language and helps you clear any exam on the subject. The AngularJS training in Accra is highly comprehensive and you learn from real life examples, which makes it easy to replicate in a live environment. A New Alternative The AngularJS certification in Accra is in high demand, and most companies have embraced it. It believes that the declarative code is better than the imperative code. This is when you need to build UIs and wiring software components together. The imperative code is, however, better when you need to express business logic. The AngularJS training in Accra makes one stand ahead of his/her peers and those who do the AngularJS classes in Accra tend to have the edge over their competitors. Keeping Ahead of the Curve When you undergo the AngularJS training in Accra, you are free of registering the callbacks which reduce the amount of coding in Java that you need to do. This also makes it easy for the application. It also helps you manipulate the HTML DOM programmatically, and now you do not need to write tonnes of codes for it to initialise. The AngularJS crash course in Accra is valued both by employers and professionals in Accra. The employer sees it as a great value addition to his/her business, and the employee takes up the course to improve his/her skill set and earn a higher pay. KnowledgeHut Empowers You At KnowledgeHut, we offer the AngularJS training classes, which are highly detailed and the training also can be taken up at a very affordable price. The course is conducted by our highly trained and knowledgeable faculty and the programme definitely helps you grow by leaps and bounds in your career. This course enables its participants to stay ahead of the competition and stand out of the crowd as well. | https://www.knowledgehut.com/web-development/angular-js-training-accra | 532 |
Previous research has stressed television’s democratic function as a producer of exposure to opposing political points of view (Mutz & Martin, 2001). In this paper, I argue that the democratic functions of political talk shows go further in that they serve as producers of public political justifications. I begin by describing the significance of this justificatory function based on contemporary democratic theory and outline a general model of first-order justification effects (i.e., consequences of mere exposure to a justification). I then tie this model in with several aspects of the entertainment-orientation of talk shows: How do entertaining features of talk shows (e.g., their “in-your-face” discourse), entertainment orientations in their audiences (e.g., hedonic and eudaimonic motivations) and the mental states evoked by them (e.g., arousal, involvement) affect the outcomes of the political justifications they present to audiences? Future avenues for empirical research into the democratic significance of talk shows are discussed.
| https://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/publications/presentation/when-entertainment-and-justification-intersect-analyzing-democratic-functions-of-political-talk-shows | 208 |
As we grow old, it is inevitable that our skin suffer's from aging and skin blemishes. As early as late 20's we should start to give extra care to our skin. There are a lot of skin products that we can use base for our skin type. Aside using skin products, we should watch the food we intake, avoid too much exposure under the sun, and there are vitamins that will also help our skin rejuvenate. If we start to take skin care at an early age, we can make sure that we will grow old gracefully. | https://www.naturallynatalia.com/green-beauty/bend-skincare-beautiful-skin-from-the-inside-out | 113 |
Well, so long, Qwikster—we hardly knew ‘ya.
Just a few weeks after stunning customers with a plan that would’ve seen Netflix essentially splitting in two, with Netflix.com devoted to streaming videos while DVD rentals would head to a new site, called Qwikster, the home video giant has made a sudden about-face.
It’s yet another head-spinning development for Netflix, which has managed to enrage millions of customers in the past few months thanks to site redesigns, price hikes, and then its bombshell plan last month for Qwikster.
The plan would’ve also meant that streaming Netflix users who still wanted to rent DVDs or Blu-rays would have had to search for discs and managed their queues on the new Qwikster site, as well as establish separate billing accounts.
Hastings also promised that “while the July price change was necessary, we are now done with price changes”—for now, at least.
So, what do you think of Netflix abandoning its Qwikster plans?
| https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/10/10/mind-qwikster-netflix-renting/ | 224 |
A driven, ambitious and entrepreneurial Marketing Manager who is willing to give her best to everything she does. Maxine has solid experience of delivering integrated Marketing activities locally, nationally and internationally. In her present role she is part of a multilingual team working on long term sales incentives. During the course of her duties she works closely with Event Coordinators and PR Managers to create profitable, fast moving and market leading campaigns. She is comfortable working in a non-traditional environment, and willingly takes the lead in devising new approaches to old problems. Right now she wants to join a company where there is a fun, driven and hard working environment where good business ideas are welcomed and rewarded.
Responsible for making sure campaigns are executed on time, within budget and are on brief.
Managing teams and relationships via email and telephone.
Customising and implementing sales tools to maximise the impact of a brand strategy.
Working very closely with different marketing teams.
Keeping track of marketing costs.
Overlooking the execution of marketing projects.
Delivering bespoke product solutions to new and existing customers.
Being the first line contact between prospects and clients.
Monitoring competitor activity.
Analysing statistics and figures.
Enhancing the social media profile of the Company.
Identifying where customer service or experience can be improved.
Developing relationships with business partners.
Aware of online marketing tools such as, webinars and podcasts.
Can work in a cross functional environment.
Successfully executed new product launches and consumer campaigns.
Can think creatively & bring innovative solutions to marketing challenges.
Assertive and with staying power.
Knowledge of SEO and social media.
Highly organised and flexible.
Enjoy the hustle of working in a fast paced environment.
Qualified professional who is educated to degree level. | https://www.dayjob.com/marketing-project-manager-resume-2-2378/ | 375 |
The potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is vast, but most UK design and construction companies are at the early stages of use. Beyond eliminating waste and lessening re-work, BIM can offer more systemic benefits for teams concerned with sustainability in buildings, writes Sarah Graham, UK sales manager, Integrated Environment Solutions.
In the US, those involved in the design and construction of ‘green’ buildings are enthusiastic users of Building Information Management (BIM) software.
Last year, a survey by the US Green Building Council and McGraw Hill found that nearly half (49 percent) of BIM users who carry out environmentally-certified projects used it on a majority of their projects; that compared with only 28 percent of “non-green” users.
Moreover, 78 percent of the survey respondents who were not using BIM on green building projects expected to be doing so within just three years.
That growth is expected to be reflected in the UK. Last year, the British government’s chief construction adviser, Paul Morrell, said that bidders and contractors on future public building projects would be asked to use BIM. The Government Construction Client Group Building Information Modelling (BIM) Working Party Strategy Paper has been produced as a result. The document outlines a strategy to increase BIM uptake over a five-year programme as part of a plan to improve performance of the Government Estate in terms of its cost, value and carbon performance.
The potential of BIM is vast and the benefits wide ranging. However, most UK design and construction companies are currently at the very early stages of implementation. Many of those who have taken the step towards implementation consider BIM as a 3D alternative to 2D plans, sections and elevations. Largely driven by the government’s BIM strategy the industry is about to enter a new phase of BIM, which focuses more on the information that can be held and shared on BIM-enabled building projects.
There is a debate to be had about exactly what BIM means, but for the purposes of this article BIM is a generic term referring to the concept of Modelling Information about a Building. BIM in whatever form, is potentially complicated and introduces a new way of thinking about and dealing with project-related information.
Partners involved in a BIM-enabled project typically collaborate to plan everything from inception to delivery, including groundworks, superstructure, mechanical and engineering (M&E) services, structural design, bills of quantities and the rest.
Productivity gains might not show for the first few projects on which an organisation pursues a BIM-enabled solution because of the potentially sharp learning curve.
On the plus side, BIM offers designers and constructors a chance to sort out real-world issues long before the project starts on site and is much less costly than fixing things in steel, concrete and glass. In fact, productivity gains of 30 percent and a 50 percent drop in requests for information during construction have been recorded on projects where 3D BIM has been implemented, after the initial learning period, according to a 2007 article by Rick Rundell, Cadalyst.
Clearly the use of BIM can eliminate waste and lessen re-work but even ‘basic’ BIM can have more systemic benefits for teams concerned with sustainability in buildings. With the environmental net tightening on construction, tales of projects having to be redesigned at the last minute because they do not achieve the desired BREEAM rating or comply with building regulations are commonplace.
There are even greater benefits for clients who decide to fully exploit BIM: following project completion, for example a facilities management database can be directly populated using BIM data. As elements cross from the design into real-world usage, their performance and longevity can be evaluated, tracked and logged.
Greater knowledge about, for example, how long the integral blinds in a particular window unit lasted can help in developing a preventative maintenance programme, feed into the sustainability strategy, or might result in the boycotting of those particular window/blind configurations on future projects.
It is not surprising that one of the companies most interested in BIM is Laing O’Rourke. Among other things the contractor is notable for its investment in improved construction processes (such as offsite manufacturing and preassembly) and its keenness to engage in PFI projects such as Pembury Hospital, Kent and University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke.
Given that PFI signatories not only design and/or build the asset, but also own and operate it, the benefits of thinking about maintenance and running costs from the very first are clear: every faulty blind, every wasted kilojoule of energy eats into Laing O’Rourke’s profit margin over the life of the project.
Performance analysis is a natural partner to the integrated design process (IDP) that BIM promotes. By taking an integrated approach throughout the entire project building professionals can create high performing buildings and achieve the best sustainable solutions.
Early discussion of the various important performance issues and the establishment of a consensus on this matter between client and designers.
The inclusion of subject specialists in the process (e.g. energy simulation, daylighting, comfort, acoustics).
Testing of various design assumptions through the use of performance analysis throughout the whole process to provide objective information on choices.
Clear articulation of performance targets and strategies which are updated throughout the process by the design team.
With the main challenges of an integrated approach to design and construction being around interoperability, the vision is to improve the information exchange between 3D modelling packages or BIM tools and performance analysis applications, then the user can start to look at ‘the round trip’ whereby information is taken back into the BIM package from the analysis package.
Figure 1: Future Technology scenario in support of an Integrated Design Process.
Figure 1 illustrates a possible future scenario wherein changes to the BIM model automatically update the performance analysis model, the cost model, the mechanical design package and the facilities management database.
Research on the IFC mBOMB1 project carried out in 2005 and led by Taylor Woodrow, showed the huge potential of being able to link data models automatically.
In essence the various applications were all linked to a 3D BIM model. This meant that if there was a change in a room area in the BIM model, the heating and cooling loads would be re-calculated, which in turn would re-size the ductwork supplying air to those rooms.
The Bill of Quantities and the FM database would be also be automatically updated simply by reading the BIM model on a regular basis and picking up any changes.
To reach this point we need to employ more advanced methods of exchanging data than we currently do, however the potential for doing this has been realised and we are starting to see evidence of the industry drivers necessary to make this a reality. We are still some way off the idealised vision of interoperability shown but we are definitely on the right path.
Where might the future for BIM and sustainability lie? Well, given that any element can be given any value, a far broader usage — unlimited, in fact — is surely not far away. As some attempt to create settlements that more resemble eco-towns, data which pertains to the settlement and its environment as a whole can be entered by increasingly diverse parties.
If used properly, BIM could be used to create more sustainable, profitable and people-focused communities.
It is not just M&E contractors and groundworks engineers who could communicate over a virtual model: how about councils, conservationists, transport operators? As each party adds information e.g. likely population type, species habitat, CO2 emissions per unit might change. Who knows what surprising things we might find out when a particular parameter is tweaked?
1 IAI UK (2005). IFC-mBOMB Lifecycle Data for Buildings: Opportunities for the IFC Model-Based Operation and Maintenance. Business Round Table, Kenley, UK.
| https://aecmag.com/opinion/bim-and-the-future-of-sustainable-design/ | 1,656 |
<reponame>lordvidex/TaskMeter
import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
import '../l10n/messages_all.dart';
import '../domain/models/app_theme.dart';
class AppLocalizations {
static Future<AppLocalizations> load(Locale locale) {
final String name =
locale.countryCode!.isEmpty ? locale.languageCode : locale.toString();
final String localeName = Intl.canonicalizedLocale(name);
return initializeMessages(localeName).then((_) {
Intl.defaultLocale = localeName;
return AppLocalizations();
});
}
static AppLocalizations of(BuildContext context) =>
Localizations.of<AppLocalizations>(context, AppLocalizations)!;
//! Strings
//! Task Group Screen
String get taskCompleted =>
Intl.message('Task completed', name: 'taskCompleted', desc: '');
String get trackedHours =>
Intl.message('Tracked Hours', name: 'trackedHours', desc: '');
String get activeTasks =>
Intl.message('Active Tasks', name: 'activeTasks', desc: '');
String taskRatioDesc(int done, int total) => Intl.plural(
total,
name: 'taskRatioDesc',
desc: 'caption text for taskgroup tiles',
one: '$done of $total task completed',
few: '$done of $total tasks completed',
other: '$done of $total tasks completed',
args: [done, total],
);
String get progress => Intl.message(
'progress',
name: 'progress',
desc: 'text "progress" used to label'
' the linear progress indicator on this screen',
);
String get delete => Intl.message(
'Delete',
name: 'delete',
desc: 'Text with the word delete',
);
String get emptyHere => Intl.message('It\'s empty here,',
name: 'emptyHere',
desc: 'Place holder text when there is no active task group');
String get createTaskToContinue => Intl.message('Create task to continue',
name: 'createTaskToContinue',
desc:
'second part of place holder text when there is no active task group');
//! Settings Screen
String get and => Intl.message('and', name: 'and', desc: 'the word "and"');
String get tasks => Intl.message('Tasks', name: 'tasks', desc: '');
String get languageAndAppearance => Intl.message('Language and Appearance',
name: 'languageAndAppearance', desc: '');
String get settings =>
Intl.message('Settings', name: 'settings', desc: 'The word settings');
String get generalSettings => Intl.message('General Settings',
name: 'generalSettings', desc: 'App bar text for setting screen');
String get shortBreakDuration => Intl.message('Short break duration',
name: 'shortBreakDuration', desc: 'label for short break duration');
String get longBreakDuration => Intl.message(
'Long break duration',
name: 'longBreakDuration',
desc: 'label for long break duration',
);
String get longBreakAfter => Intl.message(
'Long break after',
name: 'longBreakAfter',
desc: 'text for long break after or long break intervals',
);
String get longBreakIntervals => Intl.message('Long break intervals',
name: 'longBreakIntervals', desc: '');
String get language => Intl.message(
'Language',
name: 'language',
desc: 'label for language',
);
String get appTheme => Intl.message(
'App Theme',
name: 'appTheme',
desc: 'label for appTheme',
);
String get system => Intl.message(
'System',
name: 'system',
desc: 'label text for system theme in settings',
);
String get theme => Intl.message('Theme',
name: 'theme', desc: 'label text for the word "theme"');
String get selectTheme => Intl.message(
'Select Theme',
name: 'selectTheme',
desc: 'Appbar text for the selectThemeScreen',
);
String get dataNotSaved => Intl.message('Data not saved!',
name: 'dataNotSaved',
desc: 'title text displayed in CupertinoAlertDialog '
'when user clicks back button without saving settings data');
String get dataNotSavedDesc1 =>
Intl.message('You have some unsaved data, go back and click ',
name: 'dataNotSavedDesc1',
desc: 'First part of description text shown in cupertinoAlertDialog '
'when user clicks back button without saving settings data');
String get dataNotSavedDesc2 => Intl.message(' at the top-right to save!',
name: 'dataNotSavedDesc2',
desc: 'Second part of description text shown in cupertinoAlertDialog when'
' user clicks back button without saving settings data');
String get discard => Intl.message('Discard',
name: 'discard',
desc: 'cupertino action button text to discard data in settings screen');
String get cancel => Intl.message('Cancel', name: 'cancel', desc: '');
String intervals(int x) => Intl.plural(x,
one: '$x interval',
few: '$x intervals',
other: '$x intervals',
name: 'intervals',
desc: 'long break after x shortbreaks',
args: [x]);
String themeType(AppTheme theme) => Intl.select(
theme,
{
AppTheme.Dark: 'Dark',
AppTheme.Light: 'Light',
AppTheme.System: 'System'
},
name: 'themeType',
args: [theme],
desc: 'returns the text based on themetypes [System,Dark,Light]');
String get about => Intl.message('About',
name: 'about',
desc: 'label for the text about, leading to the about page of the app');
String get rate => Intl.message('Rate in the app store',
name: 'rate', desc: 'rate in the app store');
String get feedback =>
Intl.message('Feedback', name: 'feedback', desc: 'Feedback');
//! Task Group Description screen
String get editTask => Intl.message('Edit task',
name: 'editTask',
desc: 'Button text to edit newly created task in description screen');
String taskCount(int x) => Intl.plural(x,
zero: '$x tasks',
one: '$x task',
few: '$x tasks',
other: '$x tasks',
name: 'taskCount',
desc: 'label text displaying number of tasks in the taskgroup',
args: [x],
examples: const {'x': 3});
//! Create Task Group screen
String get createTask => Intl.message('Create Task',
name: 'createTask', desc: 'Header text in create task group screen');
String get shortBreak => Intl.message('Short break',
name: 'shortBreak', desc: 'label for short break');
String get longBreak => Intl.message('Long break',
name: 'longBreak', desc: 'label for long break');
String get durationInMinutes => Intl.message('Duration (in minutes)',
name: 'durationInMinutes',
desc: 'Label for total duration picker in create task group screen');
String get subTask => Intl.message('Sub-Task',
name: 'subTask', desc: 'label text for subtasks');
String get emptyErrorMessage => Intl.message('Please enter some text',
desc: 'error text shown when user leaves textfield empty',
name: 'emptyErrorMessage');
String get taskGroupNameErrorText =>
Intl.message('Enter a valid task group name',
name: 'taskGroupNameErrorText',
desc: 'error text shown when task group name is empty');
String get addSubTask => Intl.message('Add Sub Task',
name: 'addSubTask', desc: 'Button label text for adding sub task');
String get taskTitle => Intl.message('Task Title',
name: 'taskTitle',
desc: '');
String get enterTitle => Intl.message('Enter the title of the task',
name: 'enterTitle',
desc: 'desc for first onboarding');
String get duration => Intl.message('Duration',
name: 'duration',
desc: '');
String get durationDesc => Intl.message('Indicate the duration of this task in minutes.',
name: 'durationDesc',
desc: '');
String get subTaskDesc => Intl.message('You can add subtasks to this tasks. The duration of each subtask is automatically calculated.',
name: 'subTaskDesc',
desc: 'Onboarding description');
String get subTaskTitle => Intl.message('SubTask Title',
name: 'subTaskTitle',
desc: '');
String get subTaskTitleDesc => Intl.message('Enter the title of the subtask',
name: 'subTaskTitleDesc',
desc: '');
String get difficultyDesc => Intl.message('Indicate the difficulty of this subtask to assist in time division among subtasks.\n(Medium is default)',
name: 'difficultyDesc',
desc: 'Onboarding desc for difficulty');
//! Task Timer Screen
String get complete =>
Intl.message('Complete', name: 'complete', desc: 'The word complete');
String get breakComplete =>
Intl.message('Break Complete', name: 'breakComplete', desc: '');
String get taskComplete =>
Intl.message('Task Complete', name: 'taskComplete', desc: '');
String get resume => Intl.message('Resume', name: 'resume', desc: '');
String get pause => Intl.message('Pause', name: 'pause', desc: '');
String get takeBreak => Intl.message('Take Break',
name: 'takeBreak',
desc:
'Button option for when user should take break when a task just finished');
String get nextTask => Intl.message('Next Task',
name: 'nextTask',
desc:
'Button option for when user should jump to next task when a task just finished');
//! Authentication Screen
String get signup =>
Intl.message('Sign up', name: 'signup', desc: 'The text sign up');
String get signIn =>
Intl.message('Sign in', name: 'signIn', desc: 'the text sign in');
String get withLabel =>
Intl.message('with', name: 'withLabel', desc: 'the word with');
String get enterEmail => Intl.message('Enter email address',
name: 'enterEmail',
desc:
'Hint text for authentication screen telling user to enter email address');
String get enterPassword => Intl.message('Password',
name: 'enterPassword', desc: 'Password textField hint text');
String get next => Intl.message('Next',
name: 'next',
desc:
'Button text for the next button toggling between email and password mode in auth screen');
String get enterRecoveryMail => Intl.message('Enter recovery email address',
name: 'enterRecoveryMail', desc: 'label for recovery email address');
String get forgotPassword =>
Intl.message('Forgot Password?', name: 'forgotPassword', desc: '');
String get sendRecoveryMail =>
Intl.message('Send Recovery Mail', name: 'sendRecoveryMail', desc: '');
String get continueLabel => Intl.message('Continue',
name: 'continueLabel', desc: 'The word "continue"');
String get checkInbox => Intl.message(
'Check your inbox to set new password for this email',
name: 'checkInbox',
desc: 'instruction text guiding user when trying to recover password');
String get getStarted => Intl.message('Let\'s get started',
name: 'getStarted', desc: 'Intro text');
String continueWith(String socialPlatform) => Intl.message(
'Continue with $socialPlatform',
args: [socialPlatform],
name: 'continueWith',
);
String get continueAsGuest =>
Intl.message('Continue as Guest', name: 'continueAsGuest', desc: '');
String get termsAndServices => Intl.message(
'By continuing, you confirm your agreement to our Terms of Service and privacy policy',
name: 'termsAndServices',
desc: '');
String get errorOccured => Intl.message('An error occured!',
name: 'errorOccured', desc: 'error dialog label');
String get newAccount =>
Intl.message('New Account', name: 'newAccount', desc: '');
String get newAccountAgreement => Intl.message(
'By Clicking continue, you agree to create a new account with the following credentials.',
name: 'newAccountAgreement',
desc: '');
//! Duration Utils
String hours(int hours) => Intl.plural(
hours,
zero: '',
one: '$hours Hour',
few: '$hours Hours',
other: '$hours Hours',
args: [hours],
examples: const {'1': '1 Hour', '2': '2 Hours'},
desc: 'string for displaying how many hours are in the duration object',
name: 'hours',
);
String minutes(int minutes) => Intl.plural(
minutes,
zero: '',
one: '$minutes minute',
few: '$minutes minutes',
other: '$minutes minutes',
args: [minutes],
examples: const {'1': '1 minute', '2': '2 minutes'},
desc:
'string for displaying how many minutes are in the duration object',
name: 'minutes',
);
String seconds(int seconds) => Intl.plural(
seconds,
zero: '',
one: '$seconds second',
few: '$seconds seconds',
other: '$seconds seconds',
args: [seconds],
examples: const {'1': '1 second', '2': '2 seconds'},
desc:
'string for displaying how many seconds are in the duration object',
name: 'seconds',
);
String get taskName => Intl.message('Task name',
name: 'taskName',
desc: 'AlertDialog textField title for inputting taskName');
String get difficulty => Intl.message(
'Difficulty',
name: 'difficulty',
desc:
'difficulty header for picking difficulty when creating/editing task',
);
String get typeTaskName => Intl.message(
'Type task name...',
name: 'typeTaskName',
desc: 'label text for inputting task name',
);
String get add =>
Intl.message('Add', name: 'add', desc: 'button text label to add task');
String get edit => Intl.message('Edit',
name: 'edit', desc: 'label text for finishing task edit');
String get enterTaskName => Intl.message('Enter task name',
name: 'enterTaskName', desc: 'error text if task name has errors');
//! Duration Picker
String get min => Intl.message('min.',
name: 'min', desc: 'Short text for min in duration picker');
}
class AppLocalizationsDelegate extends LocalizationsDelegate<AppLocalizations> {
@override
bool isSupported(Locale locale) => ['en', 'ru'].contains(locale.languageCode);
@override
Future<AppLocalizations> load(Locale locale) => AppLocalizations.load(locale);
@override
bool shouldReload(covariant LocalizationsDelegate<AppLocalizations> old) =>
false;
}
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Q: XCode code snippets in .m file. Limit scope? (other then all) I am trying to get a code snippet shortcut to only work in the interface section. As in:
// ViewController.m
@interface ViewController ()
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *str;
codeSnippetsShortcutHere...?
@end
This only works if the scope is set to 'all'. Trying to limit the scope in any way works random at best. (That is, it works once and then just not showing up).
Is there a specific scope for this section? (Again, this is the .m file)
-Edit: I should mention, this works perfectly in the .h file.
A: This scope is named "Class interface methods", it works for me ;-)
| 8750a720b718b7e2aca4d6764f5d5df6b5611761 | 180 |
Visualise the impacts, a wheeled duffle will encounter at every street curb, set of steps or potholed track, on your next trip! The Osprey engineers who design the wheeled duffle ranges like the Ozone and Transporter, have done it, and have created the Osprey wheeled duffles accordingly. To avoid the high impact damage from street curbs and stairs at railway stations, on the base of the bag, Osprey has created an arched hardened plastic protective base, and a High-Clearance Chassis to keep the bag out of harm’s way. In addition Osprey wheeled duffles have oversized wheels, allowing you to wheel the heaviest load over cobblestones and gravel paths with ease! In addition, Osprey technology is ultra light weight, causing their small carry-on, 2 wheel cabin bags, some of the best in the world!
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We just finalised the contract with Flexi Group and oxipay that will provide finance options for our clients. For current Practitioners and Businesses – a lease option for purchasing a Professional SCENAR packages. The package may include a Professional device, SCENAR accessories, ULM Blankets and training. Australia and New Zealand Upgrade your Professional SCENAR device...
RITM OKB ZAO – the manufacturer of SCENAR devices took part in the largest medical exhibition in Europe. It was organised in Baden-Baden, Germany, within the framework of the forum “Medical Week 2017” (“Medical Week-2017”). RITM OKB representatives demonstrated how effective is SCENAR for pain and functional disorders to the delegates. There were some impressive... | https://scenarassociation.org.au/2017/11/ | 244 |
Does Trump’s Meeting With Jack Ma Bode Well For U.S./China Relations?
From Brad Hoppmann: When it comes to China, it’s tough to get a consistent read on the president-elect.
He also made a lot of noise about China’s “currency manipulation.” As such, he accused policymakers there of rigging the game in favor of their exports and against U.S. imports.
Yet the president-elect’s campaign rhetoric didn’t just fade after his election victory.
We know this based on the continued verbiage against China, including the mention of steep tariffs on Chinese goods. Then there was the acceptance of the congratulatory call from Taiwan’s president, a move that represented a diplomatic breach of etiquette from the so-called “one-China” policy.
Then there was the biggest move — the creation of the White House National Trade Council, headed by outspoken China critic Peter Navarro. Mr. Navarro is an economist, and the author of “Death by China,” a book eminently critical of China’s trade practices.
So, what should we make of the president-elect’s China posture followed by his seeming embrace Tuesday of the most well-known, as well as the richest, business leader in China — Jack Ma of Alibaba (BABA)?
In what the president-elect described as a “great meeting” yesterday at Trump Tower, the Alibaba executive chairman and Donald Trump discussed 1 million new U.S. jobs.
Ma said that Alibaba’s expansion would focus on products like garments, wine and fruits, with a special focus on trade between the American Midwest and southeast Asia.
And ultimately, I think, very encouraging.
It’s interesting, because given the blatant opposition to China and its trade policies, you might suspect that Mr. Trump wouldn’t want to be seen speaking to Mr. Ma in any type of collaborative way.
Of course, Mr. Ma isn’t a Chinese policymaker, so the analogy isn’t quite appropriate. Still, Ma does represent Chinese business success, and the new era of Chinese capitalism.
BABA shares are already up 10.1% in 2017, and up 36.6% year-over-year.
Moreover, Mr. Ma and Alibaba both have benefited mightily from China’s trade policies — and that makes the meeting more than just a bit confusing.
Yet what is encouraging about the meeting between President-elect Trump and Jack Ma is that it represents a sort of “end around” in the communications department.
A meeting between two business/world leaders discussing job creation now is a sort of proxy for diplomacy … and to me that’s a positive development.
What’s also a positive about this meeting is that it might just put China on notice that things are going to be very different.
Ma … represents something much more dangerous to China than Taiwan ever could: an idea. In this case, the idea of individualism.
And the fact that Ma and Trump discussed the even more individualistic topic of global small business entrepreneurship puts an exclamation point on it all.
That, to me, is very encouraging. It shows that Donald Trump might just be able to shrewdly connect with leaders outside the traditional political realm to improve relations between countries.
If this can be accomplished, I’ll be among the first to offer congratulations.
The iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (NYSE:FXI) rose $0.12 (+0.33%) in premarket trading Wednesday. Year-to-date, FXI has gained 4.49%, versus a 1.31% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
| https://jaytaylormedia.com/does-trumps-meeting-with-jack-ma-bode-well-for-u-s-china-relations/ | 798 |
This best practice guide for foster and kinship parent recruitment, produced by ChildFocus and the Redlich Horwitz Foundation, was developed to provide counties and provider agencies with new ideas and proven tools to improve their retention and support practices for foster parents (2017).
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s recently released a five-part video training series, featuring internationally respected kinship care expert, Dr. Joseph Crumbley, to strengthen the skills of child welfare professionals in supporting families to improve outcomes for children. The video training series includes a discussion guide to help program directors, supervisors and trainers lead group sessions to deepen the learning experience.
Presents the findings of a 2001 survey of state relative foster care policies, from Urban Institute (2002).
This Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT policy report underscores a simple fact about childhood: Family matters. Yet, today in America, 57,000 children are still living in group placements. Readers will learn about limiting the role of residential treatment care to its intended purpose and how state and local leaders can work together to enhance family-oriented services and supports (2015).
A one page tip sheet for judges on considerations in cases involving kin, from the ABA Center on Children and the Law, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and NCJFCJ (2016).
This report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the practice of "kinship diversion" in which children are placed with relatives as an alternative to foster care. Different perspectives about whether kinship diversion is a good or bad practice are offered. The report concludes that child welfare agencies should more thoroughly explore their kinship diversion practices to ensure they adequately meet the needs of children, their parents and kinship caregivers (2013).
Kinship Process Mapping (KPM) is a form of analysis adapted from business to help child welfare agencies increase their efficiency and effectiveness in working with kinship families. This Annie E. Casey Foundation guide provides a step-by-step process to help agencies prepare for KPM, facilitate KPM sessions, analyze results and develop solutions. The Guide also includes kinship process templates that can be tailored to the unique needs and issues confronting public child welfare systems (2013).
Provides a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve the child welfare system’s ability to combat the impact of meth and many of the other serious issues facing children and their families, from Generations United (2006).
Summarizes key findings from the most recent survey of states’ kinship care policies. This study looks at the implications of states increasing their use of relatives to care for abused and neglected children to avoid having to take children into custody, from Child Trends (2008).
US Government Accountability Office (GAO) study, (2011).
Presents the latest findings on the impact of relative care for children in foster care, describes the role of relatives as permanent families for the children in their care, and offers cost-effective ways to support relatives as caregivers through federal policy, from Kids Are Waiting and Generations United (2007). | http://grandfamilies.org/Topics/Foster-Care-Licensing/Foster-Care-Licensing-Resources | 616 |
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions released a report that outlines GPS vulnerabilities. “Requirements for precise time delivery have driven the industry toward the increased use of GPS and GPS-dependent technologies. Yet this dependency has left the industry vulnerable to disruptions and manipulations of the GPS signal. GPS Vulnerability (ATIS-0900005) provides insight into the sources of the most common problems with GPS and their impacts.
| https://blog.npstc.org/2017/09/15/atis-report-outlines-gps-vulnerabilities/ | 83 |
Welcome to Hales Bar Marina and Resort, which is located that's outside of Chattanooga. The drive here might be a bit long, but it's totally worth it once you get there!
This place offers so many experiences of Tennessee that it'll make memories that'll last a lifetime. One cool thing they have are floating cabins that are on Nickajack Lake.
The cabins are one, two, and three bedroom cabins and each cabin is fully furnished and feature all of the amenities you need, including stand up showers, full bathrooms, a stove, and a small refrigerator.
Take a look at some of the pictures people captured on Instagram.
You can learn more about Hales Bar Marina and Resort here. | https://949thebull.iheart.com/featured/atlanta/content/2020-01-03-floating-cabins-just-outside-of-georgia-are-the-ultimate-weekend-getaway/ | 148 |
Accommodation Guide to Holiday Parks in New Zealand
What are the accommodation and facilities like in holiday parks?
Some of the world’s best value and well-equipped holiday parks are right here in New Zealand. This comes as no surprise when the very essence of a Kiwi lifestyle is enjoying the great outdoors. Both backpackers and Kiwi families use holiday parks, usually brought together by the budget prices and stunning outdoors location.
We’ll not only go through the differences between the holiday park accommodation options, but we will give you average prices. Be aware that during peak season (November-March), prices may be higher and bookings should be made more in advance. If a holiday park is first-come first-served, get their early in the peak season.
Most holiday parks are worthwhile to stay in if you are travelling as a couple or a group in order to split the price. However, if you are travelling solo, look out for holiday parks that offer accommodation or sites per person for a better deal.
Facilities in New Zealand holiday parks
All holiday parks in New Zealand have a communal kitchen, toilets and showers. Other facilities are usually abundant but varied.
- Communal kitchen – a large kitchen with cooking hobs, fridge, boiling water dispensers, hot and cold water with sinks. Some holiday parks may have microwaves, kettles, toasters, ovens, freezers and dining areas.
- Communal toilets and showers – divided into male and female blocks with hot and cold showers, toilets and sinks. Be aware that some showers are metered so you will need coins or tokens to use them.
- Laundry rooms – equipped with coin-operated washing machines and tumble dryers.
- Dump station – for campervan waste and sewerage.
- Facilities for the disabled – will have the international symbol of access.
- WiFi
- Swimming pool and/or hot pool
- Sauna
- Cafe and/or restaurant
- Gym
- Barbecue
Tent and powered sites
Got your own tent or campervan? There are empty spaces in holiday parks waiting for you to pitch your tent or park your campervan or car.
Tent site/non-powered site
A tent site is a grassy area, usually without power, to pitch tents. They are sometimes called a “non-powered site” meaning you can park a car or campervan on the site, but you will have no power.
Powered site
A grassy area with a power point for campervans/motorhomes. Check out the Different Types of Campervan in New Zealand.
- Fee for two people: low season NZ$15-$50 (average NZ$33); high season NZ$16-$78 (average NZ$37).
Onsite caravan
A rental caravan on a powered site. The caravan will have cooking facilities and other facilities found in a caravan or motorhome. They tend to sleep 2-4 people. It is likely that you’ll have to bring your own linen or sleeping bag, however, you might be able to hire linen and blankets from the holiday park reception. You will also be using the communal toilets and showers.
- Fee for two people: low season NZ$26-$150 (average NZ$56); high season NZ$26-$150 (average NZ$60).
Holiday park Cabins
This is basic accommodation and a good option if you don’t have your own tent. Although linen and blankets are usually not provided, you may be able to hire them from reception. Alternatively, bring a sleeping bag.
Standard cabin
Basic sleeping area with beds and bunks only sleeping 2-6 people.
- Fee for two people: low season NZ$40-$90 (average NZ$59); high season NZ$40-$170 (average NZ$68).
Ensuite cabin
Sleeps 2-6 people in a sleeping area with the cabin’s own toilet and shower for cabin guests to share. Although you will have to use the holiday park’s communal kitchen, there may be tea and coffee-making facilities in the cabin.
- Fee for two people: low season NZ$40-$90 (average NZ$59); high season NZ$40-$170 (average NZ$68).
Kitchen cabin
Sleeping area for 2-6 people, with toilet, shower, cooking facilities and kitchen equipment. These kitchen and bathroom facilities will be communal within the cabin.
- Fee for two people: low season NZ$50-$115 (average NZ$75); high season NZ$50-$185 (average NZ$89).
Self-contained and motel Units
Self-contained units
Units may have one or more bedrooms sleeping 2-8 people. They are equipped with kitchen facilities and equipment. There will also be a shower, toilet and TV. Linen and blankets may not be provided, so supply your own or hire from reception.
- Fee for two people: low season NZ$65-$250 (average NZ$105); high season NZ$75-$250 (average NZ$121).
Motel units
Sleeps 2-8 people. Motel units come with a shower, toilet and TV. Some motel units have kitchen facilities with equipment or just tea and coffee-making equipment. Bedding and towels are included. Usually there will be complimentary tea, coffee, milk and sugar on arrival.
- Fee for two people: low season NZ$65-$250 (average NZ$105); high season NZ$75-$250 (average NZ$121).
Hostels and Lodges
Some holiday parks will have bunk-style accommodation with a hostel or lodge. This is ideal for backpackers travelling alone, as you pay per bed per night. Expect to sleep in a shared bunk room and use the communal toilet, shower and kitchen facilities. For more information on what to expect from hostel-style accommodation, check out How to Live in a Hostel.
- Fee for one person: low season NZ$18-40 (average NZ$22); high season NZ$20-$42 (average NZ$25).
More on holiday parks and camping grounds
Camping and staying in holiday parks is a favourite Kiwi pastime. Make sure you’re fully informed on New Zealand’s holiday park and campsite etiquette by reading these articles.
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A soldier stands along with his friends.
It’s another one of my class projects. I’ll get it printed out later without the little phrase. I’m still debating whether or not the sonnet would match this image.
There’s the poem I had to deal with.
I feel like the dude is slightly slouched, which would be understandable were it at a lesser point (of being slouched?).
That is right, snipped it to re-add it.
Nice, this picture is pretty sweet by all means.
When a picture tells a story… Nicely done. For once a solider pose I like.
You should have added the TF2 rocket launcher with the Soldier class’s helmet on it.
Very nice, was definitely not expecting that.
I was thinking potential overbalance of the stocks. My main gripe was in the slouch, but I think I could manage to pull that off comfortably.
Have you never seen a battlefield grave?
The rifle is stuck through the ground vertically exactly like that. It’s still done, too, though more as a respectful tradition since in modern wars guys tend not to be left on the field.
Why are you talking about economics?
Well done Caboose. And no, rossmum, I haven’t; nor do I think I ever will. I have only handled a ballistic device once, and it was only a twenty gauge a long time ago (not that long, but long enough I don’t care to remember the experience). As such, I do not know the true weighting of the rifles and such, but I would think that unless jammed pretty far down (meaning deeper than appears in the image), I would think that only an inch or two (as it seems from my perspective) is not deep enough to hold up the stock. Just so you know, any discussion on military related subjects will almost always just blow past my head.
Still, it is a nice pose, Caboose.
Is it possible for a rocket launcher to stand on it’s own like that?
The Bazooka is buried in the ground, and where can I get my grubby little fingers o that soldier? | https://forum.facepunch.com/t/a-soldier-stands-along-with-his-friends/76925 | 469 |
July 26, 2006 — -- Some of the biggest and richest companies in the world, including Microsoft, AT&T Corp. and Rolls Royce, have qualified for what could add up to as much as $12 billion worth of small-business contracts from the federal government.
Democratic congressional investigators are asking why in a report they're releasing today.
The legislators allege a myriad corporate giants were wrongly awarded millions.
"They didn't have any right to accept any contract that was supposed to go to a small business, and that is the reality here," said Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.
Microsoft won eight small-business contracts from the federal government, worth $1.5 million; Rolls Royce won $2.2 million in contracts; AT&T, $5 million.
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman was granted a whopping $90 million in small-business contracts from Uncle Sam.
In a statement, Northrop Grumman -- the only corporation to respond so far to the report -- said, "We do not seek any dollars intended for small businesses."
Meanwhile, Republicans on the small-business committee call the investigation a "purely political exercise."
They contend that small businesses often outgrow their small-business status after receiving federal money.
That doesn't fly with Susan Hughes, who runs a company out of her Virginia home. She applied for a federal contract, which she says went to a larger business.
"I would tell a small business that wants to stay in business to stay away from the federal government and its programs," Hughes said. | https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Business/story?id=2236989 | 329 |
Are you sometimes driving around a in big city without any idea where you are going? Do you experiencing loops when you are using your GPS? The cause of the strange behavior of your GPS could be a Solar Flare.
Do you know that a pilot is unable to fly a plane because everything is controlled by computers? If the Flare is strong enough it will destroy the computer system and the plane will crash. This has happened already.
When they stop working your car will simply stop.
All over the world the old navigation tools like lighthouses are demolished. Every ship on earth is using GPS. If the GPS-system suddenly stops ships will not be able to navigate.
In 1989 A Sun Flare was the cause of a total power blackout in Quebec.
Is your memory deteriorating? Do you need a small book to write down what you don’t want to forget?
Do you have the feeling that time is speeding up? Everything is moving faster and faster.
Are you waking up in the middle of the night (between 2-3) without any reason?
Are you experiencing hallucinations?
The Sun and other sources of intense radiation are influencing the magnetic field of the Earth. The entrainment is measured by something called the Schumann Resonance.
Earth’s background base frequency (the Schumann Resonance) fluctuates and is rising. For decades the overalll measurement was 7.8 cycles per second. This was once thought a constant. That is why global military communications were using this frequency. However recently reports set the rate at over 11 and climbing.
The strongest of the seven resonances is 7.83 Hz, the alpha brain-wave. If the rise in resonance continues it will influence our ability to relax deeply, balance and integrate our mind/body connection. It will influence REM sleep and dreaming. If it continues to rise, it will breach the threshold into “fast” beta activity. This will create attention deficit disorder and worse Alzheimer-disease. The amount of (young) people that are experiencing ADHD is rising.
This is the reason of sleeping problems, the experience of increasing stress, problems with the short term memory and (later long term memory), a sudden experience of the dream state when you are awake (hallucination). You “see” things that normal people never “see” (UFO’s??). Many people don’t want to discuss this with other people because they are afraid to confess “they are not normal”.
The earth magnetic field is wobbling. Some scientist are predicting a complete dramatic change of the Magnetic Pole of the Earth.. The magnetic pole is also moving fast now. The North Magnetic Pole could soon abandon Canada, migrate north of Alaska and eventually wind up in Russia. Scientists connect the fast movement of the Pole to an upcoming Pole Shift.
Not only the Sun produces flares. Suddenly out of the blue Magnetars (Neutron Stars) appeared.
On August 24, 1998, there was an explosion on the sun as powerful as a hundred million hydrogen bombs. The explosion was an “X-class” solar flare, and during years around solar maximum, such as 1998, such flares are commonplace. They happen every few days or weeks. The Aug. 24th event was powerful. A few days later another blast wave swept past Earth. The source of the blast was SGR 1900+14, a neutron star about 45,000 light years away.
It was the strongest burst of cosmic x-rays and gamma rays we’ve ever recorded. Its power was a million billion (1015) gauss. The magnetic field of the sun is less than 10 gauss in most places, and about 1000 gauss near sunspots. Since 1998, Earth has experienced about 10 similar events.
A huge burst of radiation causes something called an EMP, an ElectroMagnetic Pulse. This is what happened in Quebec in 1998. It was a minor EMP. When the intensity of the flare is very high the energy of the Pulse is able to destroy everything that is connected to the Electricity Power System.
Any unprotected electrical equipment and anything connected to electrical cables, which act as giant lightning rods or antennae will be affected by the pulse. Older, vacuum tube (valve) based equipment is much less vulnerable to EMP; Soviet Cold War-era military aircraft often had avionics based on vacuum tubes.
Most susceptible to EMP are those components with low voltage and current requirements such as solid state devices, integrated circuits, semi conductor devices, digital computers, digital circuitry, alarm systems and electronic sensors.
Generally, as the size of the device decreases, its ability to absorb voltage and current decreases, which results in increased susceptibility to EMP. Due to insufficient funds being available serious problems exist in the Civil and tactical military communications systems.
An EMP will totally destroy the global GPS-system.
Dr. Lowell Wood of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory described the effect of an EMP attack as instantly regressing a country dependent on 21st century technology by more than 100 years. Little has been done to safeguard U.S. electrical systems from the EMP. The EMP Commission reported, an EMP attack on America is a serious possibility and one for which the United States is unprepared.
The EMP Commission was very worried about a terrorist attack. A group of terrorist detonates a small nuclear weapon at a certain altititude. This will create a huge EMP. They did not look at the scenario of an EMP caused by a gigantic flare. At that time nobody was imagining this. I don’t know if somebody in government is looking at the Sun Flare or the Magnetar scenario.
Why are we not informed about this?
We are informed. Everything I am telling you is published in newspapers and broadcasted on television. What we don’t see is the “total picture”.
Why are we not informed about the “total picture”? The total picture is really simple to explain. “Something” in space is producing an enormous amount of radition. The radition is producing heat. Just like the frog in hot water we are unable to feel it but now “strange things” are happening.
Highly sensitive people experience strange sleeping problems. Attention deficit disorder is a huge problem with young kids. We experience strange weather. All these “strange” things are explained by one factor. Explaining Everything by only one factor is the best you can do in science. The principle is called Ockhams Razor (The simplest explanation is the best explanation).
One thing I can imagine is that the total picture will create fear and “strange behavior”. When you “know” a wordwide disaster is coming people would stop working and get into panic or (better) start to enjoy life.
If you believe we are creating our own reality the explanation for what is happening could even be simpler. We don’t need an external power at all. The amount of people that believe the World will soon end is increasing. The 2012-scenario based on the predictions of the Mayan Calender is the talk of the day.
I receive an increasing amount of Emails where people predict an upcoming Apocalypse. If a collective believes this will happen, it will happen. Science has proven this also. We have to prevent that the Dooms Day Scenario becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It will generate a worldwide apathy. People that believe the Apocalypes believe in Destiny. When you believe in Destiny you wait and see.
We have created an world-wide infrastructure that is highly vulnerable. We are highly dependent on infrastructures that are too centralized. If we change the Central Infrastructure into a shared Collective Infrastructure we are independent of almost every disaster. We have to stop creating one point of total failure.
What we have to do is perhaps difficult to realize. We have to become locally indepent of the World Infrastructure. We have to grow our own foods again. We have to create local markets. We have to stop to optimize the value-chain. We need wharehouses when the system fails. We have to generate electricity in our own home. All this is possible.
It will even lower the costs and create a better balance in the ecology and the social infrastructure. People will move out of the big cities and start to produce food. They will start to collaborate on a local level and their culture will be preserved. We can still share our surplusses. We can still move food and electricity from one place to the other but the distance between the centres will decrease. This will save a lot of energy.
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