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[Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin. Anatomoclinical, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study of 14 cases].
The clinical and pathological features of 14 cases of Merkel cell carcinoma are reported. They commonly arise in the skin of elderly patients, particularly on the face and pelvis. They have a loco-regional aggressivity (nodal metastases in 4 cases) but some patients die with disseminated metastases (2 cases). These tumors are composed of round cells with scanty cytoplasm, arranged in solid or trabecular sheets. Mitotic figures are usually numerous. The ultrastructural study reveal secretory granules and paranuclear collection of intermediate filaments. Immunohistochemical phenotype is highly characteristic: cytoplasmic diffuse positivity with an anti-neuron-specific enolase polyclonal antibody; polar and/or diffuse positivity with anti-cytokeratin, anti-epithelial membrane antigen and anti-S100 protein monoclonal antibodies; polar positivity with an anti-neurofilament monoclonal antibody. The negativity with an anti-common leucocyte antigen monoclonal antibody is helpful to differentiate Merkel cell carcinoma from cutaneous malignant lymphoma.
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We use this tool in our CI infrastructure for installing test packages; we don't want to run apt-get update to install testpackages because you might end up installing install packages that are newer than what is supposed to be on the image, giving you an unknown image package configuration on the image.
If we want to use phablet-config also for convenience, we could add a flag that forces to run apt-get update before installing packages.
There is no "convenience" here. If you don't update you can't install any packages unless you have the very latest image when it comes out . You get 404 errors because the package cache is out of date.
The problem of not updating the archive index is that it might not be able to find the desirable packages, which is a valid problem.
If the testing tool really want to make sure a specific version is installed, it should force that instead. We're just lucky here that we didn't have issues with this, as I believe we're always testing a fresh image. At the moment we decide to test an older image, we'll get 404 errors.
We can hold this fix, but it'd be nice if we could improve our CI tools to do the right thing instead.
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Informant: So two summers ago I went to Costa Rica to do a research project with two USC professors, umm . . . so we were talking because there are capuchins. They’re wild and they’re small, but I was still like afraid of them. Because they have teeth and . . . . I walked up on them once and they got mad because I got too close to them. Okay, so I was talking with my professor and he was like oh yeah, “You know primates are dangerous because. . . .” and then he started telling me this story about how he had a friend, but he didn’t give me a name, who was in Africa studying chimps in the wild. And the village he was staying had one on like a leash, he has a collar, and he was like their pet. The whole time he was there he didn’t want to get close to it, because their dangerous and then tend to tear off things like fingers and . . . parts that you don’t want torn off of you. And so one of the last days he was there he finally was like, “fine, I’ll go touch it”, like pet the chimpanzee and he finally got the nerve to do it and he like walks up and puts his hand out to pet it. There would always be like little children always like playing with it and it was fine and he never saw the chimpanzee do anything bad, he was just afraid because they’re like really strong. So he walks up . . . and he put his hand out . . . and the chimpanzee takes it and like looks him right in his eyes and tears his fingers off. Like at least two or three fingers. It was actually not a good story for the professor to tell me because then I was afraid that the capuchins were actually going to eat me, but I’m not sure if that actually happened.
Interviewer’s notes:
The tale fits the classical definition of a legend in that it may or may not be true. In this case, regardless of the authenticity, it meant to serve as a cautionary tale for the young student. It does so effectively as the student notes that the story instilled even more fear and her and she was further encouraged to stay away from the primates.
This could possibly be a type of Blason Populaire, playing off of the fact that Africa is seen as wild, dangerous, and to be avoided.
Please take a minute to read this. This is very scary and could happen to
any of us.. Seems like every nice thing people do for one another can be
perverted.
A new twist on kidnapping from a very smart survivor:
About a month ago there was a woman standing by the mall entrance passing
out flyers to all the women going in. The woman had written the flyer
herself to tell about an experience she had, so that she might warn other
women.
The previous day, this woman had finished shopping, went out to her car and
discovered that she had a flat.
She got the jack out of the trunk and began to change the flat. A nice man
dressed in a business suit and carrying a briefcase walked up to her and
said, ‘I noticed you’re changing a flat tire. Would you like me to take care
of it for you?’
The woman was grateful for his offer and accepted his help. They chatted
amiably while the man changed the flat, and then put the flat tire and the
jack in the trunk, shut it and dusted his hands off.
The woman thanked him profusely, and as she was about to get in her car, the
man told her that he left his car around on the other side of the mall, and
asked if she would mind giving him a lift to his car.
< BR>She was a little surprised and she asked him why his car was on other
side.
He explained that he had seen an old friend in the mall that he hadn’t seen
for some time and they had a bite to eat, visited for a while, and he got
turned around in the mall and left through the wrong exit, and now he was
running late.
The woman hated to tell him ‘no’ because he had just rescued her from having
to change her flat tire all by herself, but she! felt un easy . (Trust that
gut feeling!)
Then she remembered seeing the man put his briefcase in her trunk before
shutting it and before he asked her for a ride to his car.
She told him that she’d be happy to drive him around to his car, But she
just remembered one last thing she needed to buy (Smart woman!!)
She said she would only be a few minutes; he could sit down in her car and
wait for her; she would be as quick as she could be
She hurried into the mall, and told a security guard what had happened, the
guard came out to her car with her, but the man had left. They opened the
trunk, took out his locked briefcase and took it down to the police station.
The police opened it (ostensibly to look for ID so they could return it to
the man). What they found was rope, duct tape, and knives. When the police
checked her ‘flat’ tire, there was nothing wrong with it; the air had simply
been let out. It was obvious what the man’s intention was, and obvious that
he had carefully thought it out in advance. The woman was blessed to have
escaped harm.
How much worse it would have been if she had children with her and had them
wait in the car while the man fixed the tire, or if she had a baby strapped
into a car seat? Or if she’d gone against her judgment and given him a lift?
I’d like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life.
A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this
to the ladies only; but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters,
daughters, etc.., you may want to pass it on to them, as well.
Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that The world
we live in has a lot of crazies in it. Better to be safe than sorry.
PLEASE BE SAFE AND NOT
SORRY”
This email was originally received by my real estate agent, she resent it to me with the message that I should be, “extra careful!” especially since I am a single woman living away from home.
What first threw me off about this narrative was that the woman remembers the man put his briefcase in the trunk of her car; however, when she is narrating what he put in the trunk, she doesn’t mention the briefcase. It was inattention to detail like this that made me look it up and as it turns out, it’s an urban legend that’s been around since at least 1998.
My real estate lady is older, and she sent it to me because as a single young woman living in a big city like Los Angeles by myself, she thought I was more at risk. I guess this goes along with the stories and legends you hear about how dangerous and gang-infested big cities are.
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The Blog of BlowoutCards.com — filled with the stuff collectors are talking about
The Ascension
One advantage that World Wrestling Entertainment has with its merchandise is that autograph signings with the talent don’t typically involve a middle-man or an agent — it’s part of the deal and the wrestlers get compensated for their signings.
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Never one to mince his words, rock musician and National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent took to his WorldNetDaily column this morning to tear into President Obama as being in support of criminal justice system “that daily unleashes monsters back out on the street” while simultaneously “disarming law-abiding citizens.” He asserted that liberal anti-gun activists seek to “rape our Constitution” and “urinate” on the vision of our Founding Fathers.
The column, entitled “Real Assault Weapons: Maggots Who Belong In Cages,” made the author’s case that while Obama and other gun control advocates lobby for stricter background checks, they overlook the real problem: Our “victim injustice system,” as Nugent described it.
As a result, he said, the anti-gun left has adopted an “anti-American” and “morally bankrupt agenda” that seeks to “rape our Constitution and urinate on the vision of our Founding Fathers.” He explained:
“The real central issue that all Americans with common sense understand is about keeping violent maggots in cages and not disarming law-abiding citizens. “This is why the NRA and good, decent Americans don’t trust the president and his anti-gun crazies. To focus their efforts on restricting the rights of law-abiding Americans instead of doing whatever they can to revamp a system that daily unleashes monsters back out on the street where they will commit more heinous, unspeakable crimes is the worst crime of all. “The cops, prosecutors, judges and prison officials know who these monsters are. Knowing that they will more than likely commit more vicious crimes, the “system” unleashes them anyway.”
“Clearly,” Nugent wrote, “their agenda is banning guns, not banning criminals or saving lives. And their morally bankrupt agenda is wrong, anti-American and counterproductive.”
[h/t Right Wing Watch]
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BOSTON (CBS/AP) – The wife of U.S. Rep. John Tierney has been sentenced to 30 days in prison on tax charges for helping her brother conceal income from an illegal offshore gambling business.
Under a plea agreement, prosecutors had asked that Patrice Tierney be sentenced to two years of probation, with three months spent in home confinement. Tierney’s lawyer asked for straight probation.
But U.S. District Court Judge William Young said at a sentencing hearing on Thursday that Tierney should be given some prison time as a deterrent. The prison sentence will be followed by five months of home confinement as part of two years supervised release.
Patrice Tierney and her husband were quick to release statements on the sentencing, both expressing their disappointment with the punishment.
Patrice said that while she took responsibility for decisions she made, she was “surprised” by the ruling because it was “not in line with the U.S. Attorney’s recommendation”. Rep. Tierney echoed his wife’s sentiments, and expressed support for his wife, saying “Patrice will continue to act with the strength and grace she has shown throughout this process”.
Patrice reiterated Judge Young’s reported comments stated during Thursday’s hearing, that her husband, Rep. Tierney, was not involved in any of her brother’s illegal activities.
John Tierney, a Democrat who has represented the 6th Congressional District since 1997, has said his wife was betrayed by her brother and believed his income came from selling or licensing software to legal Internet gambling businesses.
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Responding to health care reform: preparing tomorrow's practitioners.
At a time when all of healthcare is undergoing change and evolution, the healthcare education community has so far escaped intense public scrutiny. To remain valid, we must address the education and the reeducation of healthcare professionals. Baccalaureate health administration programs, in particular, can step in and respond to the changing needs of the industry, the market, and of healthcare professionals by creating articulation formats that provide flexible verti for associate degreed healthcare professionals. Such programs enable a diverse constellation of healthcare professionals to obtain the managerial and organizational skills that are cal and horizontal access key to career mobility in today's turbulent healthcare arena.
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Q:
Superfish menu spacing and dropdowns
Ive been asked to make some changes to the menu of website. Trouble is, I'm having a problem with the way the superfish menu works, specifically the drop down turns off before I get to the sub menus.I guessing its a css issue and that whatever triggers the dropdowns is being compromised by something I have changed.
I would be grateful if someone with a bit of experience can point me in the right direction.
Thanks!
A:
Without seeing your code it's hard to tell, but my guess is that there is a small gap between your top level menu and the drop-down menu causing the cursor to effectively de-select the menu before you get to it. Reduce this margin/gap and that should solve the problem.
If not, please post your code or a jsfiddle and I will update
Update
Found the problem. In your style.css, you have the line div.sixteen.columns.mt0 {margin-top: -20px;}. This negative margin is overlapping the top navigation causing the odd behaviour. Remove this negative margin (set it to "0") and the navigation will work again.
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e-Graphite.com is a price comparison site for items which listed on eBay.
e-Graphite.com finds similar items, calculates the sum of the current bid and the shipping cost and shows it on the graph for each found item. It finds similar items according to shipping exclusions, specified by the seller, and shows only items what are available for Your country.
E-Graphite.com automatically updates the data by time and adjusts the position of points on the graph. You can get short info on any item on the chart by hovering mouse pointer above a point. This makes it easy to compare prices and choose the item for bid placement.
To place a bid click on the point and the corresponding page on the eBay site will appear in new browser tab.
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Q:
Instagram API: getting the user id of all the users who have liked a post
How can I get all the users who have liked an image? I see that in page_info of a specific photo with 76 likes, there's u'end_cursor': None which I couldn't use in order to get the rest of the likes. Also as seen in this JSON only 10 of user's ID are shown.
u'page_info': {u'end_cursor': None,
u'has_next_page': False,
u'has_previous_page': False,
u'start_cursor': None}},
http://pastebin.com/AZUQBvrF
I had a similar problem with traversing to other pages of an Instagram user which I solved using the following code. However, I am unsure how to handle this when end_cursor=None? Please suggest solution and guidance.
99 while data["user"]["media"]["page_info"]["has_next_page"]:
100 end_cursors.append(data["user"]["media"]["page_info"]["end_cursor"])
101 data = json.loads(requests.get('https://www.instagram.com/ducks_love_sun/?__a=1&max_id={}'.format(end_cursors[-1])).text)
102 #pprint(data)
103
104 for i in range(len(json_response["user"]["media"]["nodes"])):
105 count = count + 1
106 print json_response["user"]["media"]["nodes"][i]["likes"]["count"], count
In a single image we see this:
u'likes': {u'count': 76,
u'nodes': [{u'user':
but there's only 10 nodes shown in the json!
Feel free to look at this for an example:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRG1WiEA1yM/?__a=1
I tried the followed but still get the content of 10 nodes:
pprint(img_response["media"]["likes"].items())
result is shown here: http://pastebin.com/7rPLqnUS
**UPDATE: as you see in this pastebin, the json of a photo with many comments has end_cursor and I can use that to traverse all of the comments:
http://pastebin.com/wbeZAt8y
While there's no cursor for likes seemingly!
A:
That reverse endpoint will not return more than 10 instagram photo liked user id.
So you can use Instagram official API endpoint to get all liked user id https://www.instagram.com/developer/endpoints/likes/#get_media_likes
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width: 100%;
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Q:
Firefox h264 (mp4) HTML not working after upgrade
So I just upgraded on both laptop + desktop.
Desktop = clean install
laptop = upgrade from 15.04
Now Firefox can't play h264/mp4 videos on YouTube or other.
I have tried a clean profile, which "works" but can't output 1080p. For that I have to enable
media.fragmented-mp4.exposed=true
media.fragmented-mp4.ffmpeg.enabled=true
media.fragmented-mp4.gmp.enabled=true
media.mediasource.enabled=true
After that it goes to error.
I have also tested this w3schools video which also does not work. So it have something do with mp4, since HTML5 vp9 works just fine.
ubuntu-restricted etc. all installed (else youtube.com/html5 would give an error anyway.)
Tried googling, no result.
A:
Works now with firefox 43. Since gstreamer is replaced with ffmpeg.
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The Dark Knight was passed up in the Best Picture category, though Heath Ledger is in fact up for the Best Supporting Actor award — as is Robert Downey Jr. for his role in Tropic Thunder! And Kate Winslet is nominated, this time only up for a Best Actress award for her work in The Reader. Revolutionary Road is recognized in one of the major categories with a nod to Michael Shannon for Best Supporting Actor (the announcement of which was met with some happy shrieks this morning).
Heard they are giving $35K gift bags at Oscars. Dont you think with a recession going on with people facing foreclosures and losing thir jobs they can help save someones home or feed a family of 3 for 2 years for that $35k bag of jewels and trips. Hollywood needs to realize what really matters..."give a gift bag, save a family"
I agree with the nominations for the most part. I love Angelina, but I wish she was nominated last year for "A Mighty Heart" instead because she truly deserved to win that award, whereas her performance in Changeling was supposedly overhyped (still can't bring myself to see that movie because of the emotional content, A Mighty Heart was very difficult to watch as well). I think it's Kate Winslet's turn to win the Oscar. I think Taraji P. Henson should also win for Benjamin Button, as well as Heath Ledger though RDJ was great in Tropic Thunder too.
From what I read, France chose to submit "The Class" as it's foreign language entry rather than "I've Loved You So Long". Only being able to submit one film per country is such a bogus rule, ILYSL was a great film.
I always wish there were more diversity in the nominees. I can't speak for Benjamin Button personally, and I'm sure it was a good film deserving of nods. But 13? Seriously? With Dark Knight shut out of some big awards, and Gran Turino shut out completely? I can agree that maybe Dark Knight doesn't deserve to win Best Picture per se, but it does deserve a chance.Half the problem is that the same group of films sweep the entire ticket rather than the best film of each category winning.
I always wish there were more diversity in the nominees. I can't speak for Benjamin Button personally, and I'm sure it was a good film deserving of nods. But 13? Seriously? With Dark Knight shut out of some big awards, and Gran Turino shut out completely? I can agree that maybe Dark Knight doesn't deserve to win Best Picture per se, but it does deserve a chance.
Half the problem is that the same group of films sweep the entire ticket rather than the best film of each category winning.
To say more, I'm happy for Kate Winslet (I think her time has come), Mickey Rourke (great comeback!), Robert Downey Jr. (playing a part-within-a-part with two vastly different characters, and being funny at the same time), Penelope Cruz, Marisa Tomei, Sean Penn, and the wider acclaim for "Milk." I think other awards groups were afraid of the content, but the Oscars saw the great craft that went into the film as a whole.Other movies I liked seeing up there: Wall-E and Waltz With Bashir.
To say more, I'm happy for Kate Winslet (I think her time has come), Mickey Rourke (great comeback!), Robert Downey Jr. (playing a part-within-a-part with two vastly different characters, and being funny at the same time), Penelope Cruz, Marisa Tomei, Sean Penn, and the wider acclaim for "Milk." I think other awards groups were afraid of the content, but the Oscars saw the great craft that went into the film as a whole.
Other movies I liked seeing up there: Wall-E and Waltz With Bashir.
I'm surprised I've Loved You So Long isn't nominiated for best foreign film. Kristen Scott Thomas was nominated for a GG best actress, so I assumed the academy awards would also give her some love. I mean, Anne Hathaway was chosen over KST? Absurd.
That is so weird that Springsteen wasn't nominated, Molly! Totally agreed. These are some of the most interesting Oscar noms I've seen in years...just because they are so unpredictable. Funny that the academy seems to agree with me about Revolutionary Road...not worth all the fuss.
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Vkontakte comedy club The former MTV star was hosting a party at the Sapphire Pool & Day Club in Las Vegas on June 14, 2013 when her spangled bikini inched down a tad too low. Despite the presence of the notorious "Dice" Clay and standup comedy god Louis C.K., Blue Jasmine hews closer to the character dramatics of Husbands and
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People and other great apes are known for their willingness to help others in need, even strangers. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on January 9 have shown for the first time that some birds--and specifically African grey parrots--are similarly helpful.
"We found that African grey parrots voluntarily and spontaneously help familiar parrots to achieve a goal, without obvious immediate benefit to themselves," says study co-author Désirée Brucks of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany.
Parrots and crows are known for having large brains relative to the size of their bodies and problem-solving skills to match. For that reason, they are sometimes considered to be "feathered apes," explain Brucks and study co-author Auguste von Bayern.
However, earlier studies showed that, despite their impressive social intelligence, crows don't help other crows. In their new study, Brucks and von Bayern wondered: what about parrots?
To find out, they enlisted several African grey parrots and blue-headed macaws. Both parrot species were eager to trade tokens with an experimenter for a nut treat. But, their findings show, only the African grey parrots were willing to transfer a token to a neighbor parrot, allowing the other individual to earn a nut reward.
"Remarkably, African grey parrots were intrinsically motivated to help others, even if the other individual was not their friend, so they behaved very 'prosocially,'" von Bayern says. "It surprised us that 7 out of 8 African grey parrots provided their partner with tokens spontaneously--in their very first trial--thus without having experienced the social setting of this task before and without knowing that they would be tested in the other role later on. Therefore, the parrots provided help without gaining any immediate benefits and seemingly without expecting reciprocation in return."
Importantly, she notes, the African grey parrots appeared to understand when their help was needed. When they could see the other parrot had an opportunity for exchange, they'd pass a token over. Otherwise, they wouldn't.
The parrots would help out whether the other individual was their "friend" or not, she adds. But, their relationship to the other individual did have some influence. When the parrot in need of help was a "friend," the helper transferred even more tokens.
The researchers suggest the difference between African greys and blue-headed macaws may relate to differences in their social organization in the wild. Despite those species differences, the findings show that helping behavior is not limited to humans and great apes but evolved independently also in birds.
It remains to be seen how widespread helping is across the 393 different parrot species and what factors may have led to its evolution. The researchers say that further studies are required to investigate the underlying mechanisms of the parrots' helping behavior. For instance, how do parrots tell when one of their peers needs help? And, what motivates them to respond?
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Current Biology, Brucks & von Bayern: Parrots voluntarily help each other to obtain food rewards https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31469-1
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Bogunice
Bogunice () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.
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943 P.2d 460 (1997)
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Complainant,
v.
Robert James REAVES, Attorney-Respondent.
No. 97SA207.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
August 18, 1997.
*461 Linda Donnelly, Disciplinary Counsel, James C. Coyle, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, Denver, for Complainant.
Robert James Reaves, Denver, Pro Se.
PER CURIAM.
This lawyer discipline proceeding comes to us on a stipulation, agreement and conditional admission of misconduct between the respondent and the assistant disciplinary counsel. C.R.C.P. 241.18. The conditional admission recommended that the respondent be disciplined by a suspension from the practice of law in the range of three to six months. An inquiry panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the conditional admission with the recommendation of six-month suspension. We accept the conditional admission and the inquiry panel's recommendation.
I
The respondent was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1987. The parties stipulated to the following facts and disciplinary violations.
A
The respondent was arrested on April 10, 1994 for driving under the influence of alcohol. His blood alcohol content was 0.301%. On February 1, 1995, the respondent pleaded guilty to driving while ability impaired and was sentenced to forty-five days in jail, suspended; twenty-four months probation; forty hours of Level II alcohol education; and forty-eight hours of useful public service. He was also required to use antabuse during probation; pay $416 in court costs; attend a victim impact panel; and regularly participate in the Colorado Lawyers Health Program for attorneys with substance abuse problems. The respondent has admitted that he violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b) (committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on fitness as a lawyer), and C.R.C.P. 241.6(5) (violating the criminal laws of a state). Because he did not report his DWAI conviction to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel within ten days, he also violated C.R.C.P. 241.16(b).
B
The respondent was arrested on a domestic violence charge involving his wife on October 22, 1993. They became involved in an argument on that date which escalated into a pushing and shoving match. After he told her to get out of his life, he stopped her from leaving by pulling her back into the apartment. He kicked her around her legs and she kicked back.
On September 6, 1994, the respondent pleaded guilty to harassment, a class 3 misdemeanor, see § 18-9-Ill(1)(a), 8B C.R.S. (1986). He received a deferred judgment contingent on the completion of twenty-four months probation and forty-eight hours useful public service. He was also required to complete a domestic violence evaluation and abide by the evaluator's recommendations, which he has done. The respondent complied with the conditions of the deferred judgment and the matter has been dismissed. The respondent has stipulated that the foregoing conduct again violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b), C.R.C.P. 241.6(5), and C.R.C.P. 241.16.
C
On November 27, 1993, the respondent was again arrested for domestic violence involving his wife. While they were in their motor vehicle, the respondent threw a drink at his wife as she tried to leave the car, and then grabbed her to stop her from getting out. He drove home and left his wife at the apartment.
He returned about an hour-and-a-half later and the argument resumed. There was a pushing and shoving match, part of which occurred in a hallway, at which time she yelled for a neighbor to call the police.
*462 When the police arrived, the respondent told his wife not to make a sound and not to answer the door. When the police gained entry twenty minutes later by means of a maintenance person, the respondent came out of the bedroom, falsely told the police that he had been sleeping for the past two hours, and asked them what was going on. The respondent was nevertheless taken into custody.
The respondent pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, a class 1 petty offense, see § 18-9-106(1)(a), 8B C.R.S. (1986), and was placed on eighteen months probation. He has admitted that his conduct violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b), C.R.C.P. 241.6(5), and C.R.C.P. 241.16.[1]
II
The inquiry panel approved the conditional admission with the recommendation that the respondent be suspended for six months. The respondent was convicted of DWAI, and convicted of harassment and disorderly conduct arising from two separate domestic violence incidents involving his wife. Under the ABA Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions (1991 & 1992 Supp.) (ABA Standards,) in the absence of aggravating or mitigating factors, suspension is appropriate when "a lawyer knowingly engages in criminal conduct which does not contain the elements listed in Standard 5.11 and that seriously adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness to practice." Id. at 5.12.
The multiple offenses are an aggravating factor. See id. at 9.22(d). The parties have further stipulated:
In mitigation, the respondent has no prior discipline, id. at 9.32(a), and is presently not practicing law; the respondent states that his separation from the practice of law is the result of a self-imposed punishment. Additionally, the respondent has complied with all conditions imposed as a result of his convictions (in fact, he did ten domestic violence classes and five alcohol therapy classes over and above that number required by the court), and has remained abstinent from the use of alcohol for a period of almost three years. This abstinence has allowed the respondent and his wife to rebuild their marriage. The respondent is also a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. Furthermore, the respondent has been fully cooperative throughout these proceedings, id. at 9.32(e), and received other penalties or sanctions as a result of the convictions, id. at 9.32(k). Finally, the respondent has expressed remorse throughout these proceedings, id. at 9.32(I).
In People v. McGuire, 935 P.2d 22, 24 (Colo.1997), also a conditional admission case, the court suspended the lawyer for six months with the requirement that he petition for reinstatement. McGuire was convicted on two driving under the influence charges, driving under suspension, and disturbing the peace. Id. at 23. The latter conviction arose from domestic violence, but apparently involved less aggravated conduct than in either of the incidents in this case. Id. Similarly, in People v. Shipman, 943 P.2d 458, 459 (Colo.1997), an opinion announced contemporaneously with this one, the lawyer was convicted of DWAI and careless driving, and was also convicted of assault and battery arising from a domestic violence incident involving his wife. We suspended Shipman for six months. Id., 943 P.2d at 460. Given the overall similarity between this case and McGuire and Shipman, we conclude that a suspension for a period of six months is appropriate in this case also. Accordingly, we accept the conditional admission and the inquiry panel's recommendation. Some members of the court, however, would have rejected the conditional admission and returned the case to the grievance committee for further proceedings.
III
It is hereby ordered that Robert James Reaves be suspended from the practice of law for six months, effective immediately *463 upon the issuance of this opinion. It is also ordered that the respondent pay the costs of this proceeding in the amount of $1,237.79 within thirty days of the announcement of this opinion to the Supreme Court Grievance Committee, 600 Seventeenth Street, Suite 920-S, Denver, Colorado 80202.
NOTES
[1] The formal complaint filed in this case did not charge the respondent with a violation of Colo. RPC 8.4(c) for lying to the police.
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Q:
unexpected "ui-li-static" and "ui-body-c" in jQuery-Mobile
I am a beginner of js and just begin to learn jQuery Mobile. I have created a listview page, I wrote the html code like this:
<li data-iconshadow="true" data-wrapperels="div" data-icon="arrow-r" data-iconpos="right" data-theme="c"
class="ui-btn ui-btn-icon-right ui-li-has-arrow ui-li ui-corner-top ui-btn-up-c">
<div class="ui-btn-inner ui-li ui-corner-top">
<div class="ui-btn-text">
<a href="#" class="ui-link-inherit">Chuan</a>
</div>
<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrow-r ui-icon-shadow"></span>
</div>
</li>
and when I open this html in Chrome, the code begin to look like this:
<li data-iconshadow="true" data-wrapperels="div" data-icon="arrow-r" data-iconpos="right" data-theme="c"
class="ui-btn ui-btn-icon-right ui-li-has-arrow ui-li ui-corner-top ui-li-static ui-body-c ui-btn-up-c">
<div class="ui-btn-inner ui-li ui-li-static ui-body-c ui-corner-top">
<div class="ui-btn-text">
<a href="#" class="ui-link-inherit">Chuan</a>
</div>
<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrow-r ui-icon-shadow"></span>
</div>
</li>
You could see, there are "ui-li-static" and "ui-body-c" show up, and it makes my table cell very fat. Could anyone tell me how could these 2 attributes be added and how I could remove it? Thanks a lot.
A:
in ready function, you can remove this unexpected class.
$('#your_page_or_pageRole_id').bind('pageinit', function() {
$("#li_id").removeClass("ui-li-static");
});
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Three of the deputies caught on camera beating a suspect after a police chase of a man on horseback will be charged for excessive force, the district attorney announced today.
The incident took place in San Bernardino County, and was captured on camera by a news chopper that was covering the desert chase on April 9. The three-hour long pursuit began when law enforcement attempted to serve a warrant to Francis Jared Pusok in an identity theft investigation.
Pusok ended up stealing a horse during the chase, and led deputies through the desert in his attempt to flee. Eventually Pusok fell from the horse, and the brutal beatdown began.
In the horrifying video, a crowd of police, eventually growing to 11 sheriff’s deputies, can be seen piling on top of and pummelling Pusok. He is kicked 17 times, punched 37 times, and hit with batons four times. At least 13 of the blows were to his head.
Following the release of the video to the public, ten of the deputies were placed on administrative leave. Pusok also won a $650,000 settlement from the county after San Bernardino Sheriff John McMahon admitted that the video showed excessive force.
In what some are calling a revenge move, Pusok was then charged with 14 felony and misdemeanor charges.
Now, San Bernardino County deputies Nicholas Downey, Michael Phelps and Charles Foster have each been charged with one count of assault by a public officer.
The FBI is still investigating possible civil rights violations.
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ORIGIN
Restored 1952 Willys CJ3A 4×4
This 1952 Willys CJ3A features a thorough restoration from 2004, and we like the side-mounted spare, the canvas top, and the restored Ramsey PTO winch. Buying one of these already restored is way cheaper than building one. This one looks turn-key. Find it here on Craigslist in Novato, California for $14k.
This looks like a pretty nice resto and with the new body and wiring harness should hopefully deliver plenty of trouble free motoring.
I can’t tell from the photos, because I don’t know what exactly I’m supposed to be looking for, but would this model, I’m assuming this was built for the home market, also have been equipped with a heater for the cabin ?
My Buddy has a ’47 CJ2A that I absolutely love… We call him Eugene (some will get the reference and some will not)… About 52 MPH flat out on pavement, but get him out in the Sierra Nevada back country and that vehicle will go places where Mountain Goats fear to tread. Simple, reliable, bullet-proof and absolutely grin inducing. This one seems very well done. GLWS.
My neighbor had one of these in the mid 70’s with a 327 Chevy under the hood. I was in my early teens and to this day, I have never been more petrified in a vehicle. And in my part of Pittsburgh, the original Bantam motor works was nearby. Definitely a Jeep/Willys environment.
There is beauty in the simplicity of early four wheel drive vehicles like this one. Nice jeep.
Made the cover of Autoweek driven by a fetching Brigette Bardot at the wheel. Then again in Hemmings sports and classics. These have been undervalued in part because there are so many of them. But with passage of time, the number of nice ones is really declining.
In the age of formed plastic engine covers, I can see why these are gaining appeal. You get the sense that these are indistructible and even if by the off chance something did break, you could pull over and fix it with a screwdriver and a crescent wrench and be back on your merry way in 15 minutes flat.
Could use one of these today in Maryland! Hard to believe how quickly the flat-fendered Jeep market has moved up. A few years ago, this would have been 6 to 7k tops. The early Willys CJ5s are basically identical and still reasonably priced if you’re going to go the vintage Jeep route.
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The United States Polypropylene Foams Industry 2015 Market Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Polypropylene Foams industry.
The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The Polypropylene Foams market analysis is provided for the United States markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.
Development policies and plans are discussed as well as manufacturing processes and Bill of Materials cost structures are also analyzed. This report also states import/export consumption, supply and demand Figures, cost, price, revenue and gross margins.
The report focuses on United States major leading industry players providing information such as company profiles, product picture and specification, capacity, production, price, cost, revenue and contact information. Upstream raw materials and equipment and downstream demand analysis is also carried out. The Polypropylene Foams industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed. Finally the feasibility of new investment projects are assessed and overall research conclusions offered.
With 141 tables and figures the report provides key statistics on the state of the industry and is a valuable source of guidance and direction for companies and individuals interested in the market.
Table Of Contents
United States Polypropylene Foams Industry 2015 Market Research ReportTable of Contents
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Q:
SignalR - Webfarm with Sticky Sessions scenario
Is it possible to use SignalR in a webfarm with Sticky Sessions? If yes, how?
A:
Yes and No, Yes it's possible. No, not right now because the scaleout is being rewritten for 1.1 (which is in a few weeks). When it's out you'l be able to use SignalR on sticky or non sticky sessions (it's irrelevant really) using Sql server, service bus or redis. There'll be more info about it on http://asp.net/signalr in weeks to come.
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<property name="poolSize" value="4"/>
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pragma solidity 0.6.12;
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
import "../RocketBase.sol";
import "../../interface/settings/RocketMinipoolSettingsInterface.sol";
import "../../lib/SafeMath.sol";
import "../../types/MinipoolDeposit.sol";
// Network minipool settings
contract RocketMinipoolSettings is RocketBase, RocketMinipoolSettingsInterface {
// Libs
using SafeMath for uint;
// Construct
constructor(address _rocketStorageAddress) RocketBase(_rocketStorageAddress) public {
// Set version
version = 1;
// Initialize settings on deployment
if (!getBoolS("settings.minipool.init")) {
// Apply settings
setSubmitWithdrawableEnabled(true);
setLaunchTimeout(5760); // ~24 hours
setWithdrawalDelay(172800); // ~30 days
// Settings initialized
setBoolS("settings.minipool.init", true);
}
}
// Balance required to launch minipool
function getLaunchBalance() override public view returns (uint256) {
return 32 ether;
}
// Required node deposit amounts
function getDepositNodeAmount(MinipoolDeposit _depositType) override public view returns (uint256) {
if (_depositType == MinipoolDeposit.Full) { return getFullDepositNodeAmount(); }
if (_depositType == MinipoolDeposit.Half) { return getHalfDepositNodeAmount(); }
if (_depositType == MinipoolDeposit.Empty) { return getEmptyDepositNodeAmount(); }
return 0;
}
function getFullDepositNodeAmount() override public view returns (uint256) {
return getLaunchBalance();
}
function getHalfDepositNodeAmount() override public view returns (uint256) {
return getLaunchBalance().div(2);
}
function getEmptyDepositNodeAmount() override public view returns (uint256) {
return 0 ether;
}
// Required user deposit amounts
function getDepositUserAmount(MinipoolDeposit _depositType) override public view returns (uint256) {
if (_depositType == MinipoolDeposit.Full) { return getFullDepositUserAmount(); }
if (_depositType == MinipoolDeposit.Half) { return getHalfDepositUserAmount(); }
if (_depositType == MinipoolDeposit.Empty) { return getEmptyDepositUserAmount(); }
return 0;
}
function getFullDepositUserAmount() override public view returns (uint256) {
return getLaunchBalance().div(2);
}
function getHalfDepositUserAmount() override public view returns (uint256) {
return getLaunchBalance().div(2);
}
function getEmptyDepositUserAmount() override public view returns (uint256) {
return getLaunchBalance();
}
// Submit minipool withdrawable events currently enabled (trusted nodes only)
function getSubmitWithdrawableEnabled() override public view returns (bool) {
return getBoolS("settings.minipool.submit.withdrawable.enabled");
}
function setSubmitWithdrawableEnabled(bool _value) public onlySuperUser {
setBoolS("settings.minipool.submit.withdrawable.enabled", _value);
}
// Timeout period in blocks for prelaunch minipools to launch
function getLaunchTimeout() override public view returns (uint256) {
return getUintS("settings.minipool.launch.timeout");
}
function setLaunchTimeout(uint256 _value) public onlySuperUser {
setUintS("settings.minipool.launch.timeout", _value);
}
// Withdrawal delay in blocks before withdrawable minipools can be closed
function getWithdrawalDelay() override public view returns (uint256) {
return getUintS("settings.minipool.withdrawal.delay");
}
function setWithdrawalDelay(uint256 _value) public onlySuperUser {
setUintS("settings.minipool.withdrawal.delay", _value);
}
}
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---
abstract: 'Gamma-ray burst afterglow flares and rebrightenings of the optical and X-ray light curve have been attributed to both late time inner engine activity and density changes in the medium surrounding the burster. To test the latter, we study the encounter between the relativistic blast wave from a gamma-ray burster and a stellar wind termination shock. The blast wave is simulated using a high performance adaptive mesh relativistic hydrodynamics code, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">amrvac</span>, and the synchrotron emission is analyzed in detail with a separate radiation code. We find no bump in the resulting light curve, not even for very high density jumps. Furthermore, by analyzing the contributions from the different shock wave regions we are able to establish that it is essential to resolve the blast wave structure in order to make qualitatively correct predictions on the observed output and that the contribution from the reverse shock region will not stand out, even when the magnetic field is increased in this region by repeated shocks. This study resolves a controversy in recent literature.'
author:
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H.J. van Eerten$^{1}$[^1], Z. Meliani$^2$, R.A.M.J. Wijers$^1$, R. Keppens$^{2,3,4}$\
$^{1}$Astronomical Institute ’Anton Pannekoek’, PO box 94248, 1090 SJ Amsterdam, the Netherlands\
$^{2}$Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, 3001 Leuven, Belgium\
$^{3}$FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands\
$^{4}$Astronomical Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
date: 'Accepted ... Received ...; in original form ...'
title: 'No visible optical variability from a relativistic blast wave encountering a wind-termination shock'
---
Introduction
============
Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) afterglows are produced when a relativistic blast wave interacts with the circumstellar medium around the burster and emits nonthermal radiation. (for reviews, see @Piran2005 [@Meszaros2006]) The general shape of the resulting spectra and light curves can be described by combining the self-similar Blandford-McKee (BM) model [@Blandford1976] for a relativistic explosion with synchrotron radiation emission from a relativistic electron population accelerated into a power law distribution at the shock front. This model describes a smooth synchrotron light curve, with the slope of the curve a function of the power law slope of the accelerated electrons and of the density structure of the surrounding medium [@Meszaros1997; @Wijers1997].
This picture however, is far from complete and with the increasing quality of the available data (e.g. from *swift*) more deviations from the standard of a smoothly decaying (in the optical and X-ray) light curve are being found, for example in the shape of flares [@Burrows2005; @Nousek2006; @OBrien2006] in the X-ray afterglows and early optical variability [@Stanek2006].
Along with prolonged inner engine activity, changes in the surrounding density structure have often been suggested as a cause of this variability [@Wang2000; @Lazzati2002; @Nakar2003]. The details of the shape of the surrounding medium have therefore been the subject of various studies (e.g. @vanMarle2006), as well as the hydrodynamics of a relativistic blast wave interacting with a complex density environment [@Meliani2007b]. Two recent studies combine a description for the structure of the blast wave after encountering a sudden change in density, like the wind termination shock of a Wolf-Rayet star, with an analysis of the emitted synchrotron radiation that is a result of this encounter (@Nakar2007, hereafter NG and @Peer2006, hereafter PW), but arrive at different conclusions. A short transitory feature in the observed light curves (at various wavelengths) is predicted by PW, whereas NG conclude that any sudden density change of arbitrary size will result in a smooth transition. The purpose of this paper is to resolve this discrepancy in the literature by performing, for the first time, a detailed analysis of the radiation produced by a blast wave simulated with a high performance adaptive-mesh refinement code. For this analysis, we use the radiation code described in @vanEerten2009 and the <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">amrvac</span> relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RHD) code (@Keppens2003 [@Meliani2007]). We take special care to perform our simulation at a sufficiently high spatial and temporal resolution, such that a transitory feature, if any, is properly resolved.
In section \[initial\_section\] we will first describe the setup and technical details of our simulation run. In section \[results\_section\] we will discuss the resulting optical light curve and the fluid profile during the encounter. Our numerical results confirm those of NG. However, by following the same approximations for the shock wave dynamics as PW, who approximate the different shocked regions by homogeneous slabs, we find that we are able to reproduce their result of a rebrightening of the afterglow curve. In section \[slabs\_section\] we argue how this illustrates the importance of resolving the downstream density structure. After that we separately discuss in section \[RS\_section\] the contribution of the reverse shock that is triggered when the blast wave hits a density discontinuity, as it is the main transitory phenomenon during the encounter. This contribution is overestimated by PW and assumed similar in behavior to that of the forward shock in NG. Since both NG and PW do not invoke electron cooling in their arguments and optical flashes, if any, occur at observer frequencies that are orders of magnitude below the cooling break, we will not enable electron cooling in our radiation code. We summarize our results in section \[summary\_section\].
Initial conditions {#initial_section}
==================
We will study the case of a massive ($M \gtrsim 25 M_\odot$), low metallicity ($Z \backsim 0.01 Z_\odot$) progenitor star. During its Wolf-Rayet phase (lasting $\backsim 10^6$ years) a stellar wind is produced, which determines the shape of the circumstellar medium. The typical mass-loss rate is approximately $\dot{M} \backsim 10^{-6} M_\odot \textrm{ yr}^{-1}$ and the typical wind velocity $v_w \backsim 1000 \textrm{ km s}^{-1}$. Because the stellar wind flow is supersonic, a shock is produced. A simple schematic description of the circumstellar medium (where we ignore complications such as the influence of photo-ionization) consists therefore of (starting near the star and moving outwards) a free-flowing stellar wind region, a density jump separating the stellar wind region from a homogenized region influenced by the reverse shock, a contact discontinuity followed by a region shocked by the forward shock. The forward shock front then separates the shocked medium from the unshocked interstellar medium (ISM).
Following the GRB explosion, a relativistic blast wave is sent into this environment. For the typical progenitor values above, an ISM number density $n_{ISM} \backsim 10^3 \textrm{ cm}^{-3}$ and a GRB explosion energy of $E = 10^{53}$ erg, this blast wave will only encounter the first discontinuity during its relativistic stage. The discontinuity will be positioned at $R_0 = 1.6 \cdot 10^{18}$ cm and corresponds to a jump in density of a factor 4. Before the jump the radial density profile is given by $n(r) = 3 \cdot ( r / 1\cdot10^{17} )^{-2} \textrm{ cm}^{-1}$, and after the jump by the constant $n(r) = 4 \times 3 \cdot (R_0 / 1 \cdot 10^{17} )^{-2} \textrm{ cm}^{-1}$. These exact values are chosen to conform to PW.
We have run a number of simulations of relativistic blast waves hitting the wind termination shock at $R_0$. The initial fluid profile is generated from the impulsive energy injection BM solution with the parameters described above for the explosion energy and circumburst density, keeping the adiabatic index fixed at 4/3. The starting time is taken when the shock Lorentz factor is 23. The blast wave will hit the discontinuity when its Lorentz factor is $\backsim 22.27$, at an explosion lab frame time $t_{enc} = 5.34 \cdot 10^7$ seconds (with $t = 0$ set to the start of the explosion). This time corresponds to $\backsim 0.3 $ days for radiation coming from the shock front in observer time (which is taken to be zero at the start of the explosion). To completely simulate the encounter, we will follow the evolution of the blast wave from $5 \cdot 10^6$ seconds to $6.4 \cdot 10^7$ seconds and will store enough output to obtain a temporal resolution (in lab frame simulation time) $d t$ of $1.56 \cdot 10^3$ seconds.
For the outer boundary of the computational grid we take $6 \cdot 10^{18}$ cm, enough to completely capture the shock profile during the encounter even if it were to continue at the speed of light. In order to resolve the shock wave, even at its smallest width at Lorentz factor 23, we take 10 base level cells and allow the adaptive mesh refinement routine to locally double the resolution (where needed) up to 17 times. This implies an effective resolution $dr \backsim 6.3 \cdot 10^{11}$ cm and effectively 1,310,720 grid cells.
Three simulations were performed using the initial conditions from PW (along with some at lower resolutions, to check for convergence): a test run with stellar wind profile only (and no discontinuity), one with a density jump of 4 and one with a far stronger density jump of 100. Although density jumps much larger than 4 may be feasible (see @vanMarle2006, for an example scenario where the progenitor star has a strong proper motion -the relativistic blast wave will then be emitted into a stellar environment that takes the shape of a bow shock), this is not the main motivation for the factor 100 simulation run. The primary focus is on establishing if the lack of an observer effect in the light curve persists for general values of the density jump.
To study relativistic as well as ultra-relativistic blast waves, in addition to the Lorentz factor 23 scenario we have also performed two simulations (one with jump and a test run without) where we moved the density jump outward to $3\cdot10^{19}$ cm, while keeping the other parameters equal. In this scenario the blast wave encounters the jump when it has a shock Lorentz factor $\backsim 5$.
The simulation output is then analyzed using the radiation code for an observer at a distance of $1 \cdot 10^{28}$ cm. The microphysics of the shock acceleration is captured by a number of ignorance parameters. The fraction of thermal energy residing in the small scale downstream magnetic field is $\epsilon_B = 0.01$, the fraction of thermal energy in the accelerated particle distribution $\epsilon_E = 0.1$, the number of power law accelerated electrons as a fraction of the electron number density $\xi_N = 1$ and the slope of this power law $p = 2.5$. Again these values are chosen to match PW.
Light curve and shock profile {#results_section}
=============================
The discussion below refers to the shock Lorentz factor 23 scenario. The Lorentz factor 5 simulations lead to qualitatively similar light curves and will therefore not be discussed in further detail. The transition then takes extremely long due to the longer dominance of earlier emission. These simulations confirm that the results presented hold for relativistic blast waves as well, not just for ultra-relativistic blastwaves.
Directly after hitting the discontinuity, the blast wave splits into three regions. The innermost region, up to the reverse shock (RS) front remains unaware of the collision. Beyond the RS the plasma gets homogenized up to the contact discontinuity (CD). The region following the contact discontinuity, up to the forward shock (FS) is not homogeneous but will gradually evolve into a BM profile again for a modified value of the circumburst density structure. A snapshot of the shock structure during the encounter is shown in figure \[snapshot\_figure\]. We show comoving density (as opposed to the lab frame density) because the differences between the different regions then stand out more clearly.
![A snapshot of the comoving density profile at 17 refinement levels of the fluid at emission time $t_e = 5.48578 \cdot 10^7$ s, for the factor 4 increase in density. The different regions are clearly visible. From left to right we have: up to the steep rise the region not yet influenced by the encounter, the plateau resulting from the passage of the reverse shock, and starting at the gradual rise the region of the forward shock. The front part of the forward shock region is again homogeneous in density, showing the difference between the idealized BM solution and actual simulation results. The flat part of the forward shock region (smallest, rightmost region) is resolved by $\backsim 100$ cells.[]{data-label="snapshot_figure"}](profilesfinal.eps){width="49.00000%"}
The optical light curves calculated from the simulations are observed at $\nu = 5 \cdot 10^{14}$ Hz, which lies between the synchrotron peak frequency $\nu_m$ and the cooling break frequency $\nu_c$ (it may be helpful to emphasize that here, contrary to shock interaction during the prompt emission phase, $\nu_m$ is found at a similar frequency for both the forward and reverse shock contributions). Because the observer frequency lies well below the cooling break, we ignore the effect of electron cooling. The light curves for the factor 4 and factor 100 density jumps are found in figure \[termination\_shock\_figure\]. For complete coverage at the observed times and clarity of presentation, analytically calculated emission from a BM profile with Lorentz factors $>23$ (or $>5$) has been added to that calculated from the simulations. From the light curves we draw the following conclusion: *an encounter between the relativistic blast wave and a wind termination shock does not lead to a bump in the light curve, but instead to a smooth change in slope.* The new slope eventually matches that of a BM solution for the density structure found beyond the discontinuity.
![The figure shows the resulting optical light curves at $5 \cdot 10^{14}$ Hz, for the cases of a continuous stellar wind environment, a jump of a factor 4 followed by a homogeneous environment and a jump of a factor 100. 50 data points have been devoted to 0.3 - 1 day and 50 data points to the following 19 days. A smooth transition towards the power law behaviour corresponding to a BM shock wave expanding into a homogeneous environment is visible, even for the extreme change in density.[]{data-label="termination_shock_figure"}](bumps_complete.eps){width="49.00000%"}
Resolved blast wave versus homogeneous slab {#slabs_section}
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![Resulting light curves at $5 \cdot 10^{14}$ Hz when our radiation code is applied to the homogeneous slabs approximation of PW, instead of a hydrodynamical simulation. The bottom curve shows the resulting light curve if the magnetic field in the reverse shock region does not contain the additional increase in magnetic field in the reverse shock region. Contrary to the light curves shown in figure \[termination\_shock\_figure\], in *both* cases a clear rise in intensity with respect to the previous level is seen over the course of a few hours, as predicted by PW for homogeneous slabs.[]{data-label="Peer_lightcurves_figure"}](Peer_lightcurves.eps){width="49.00000%"}
The optical light curves presented in the above section differ distinctly from those presented by PW in that they show no bumps. This difference in results has to be caused by one or more differences in our assumptions, which are:
- PW include both electron cooling and synchrotron self-absorption, while in this paper we have included neither.
- We take the magnetic field to be a fixed fraction $\epsilon_B$ of the local thermal energy in all parts of the fluid, even those shocked twice, whereas PW have a magnetic field in the reverse shock region that is slightly higher. This is because they take into account that the dominant magnetic field in the reverse shock region is actually the field advected with the flow from the region shocked once. The newly created field is approximately a factor 1.2 smaller.
- We resolve the downstream fluid profile, while PW approximate the different regions behind the shock front by homogeneous slabs of varying density, thermal energy and Lorentz factor. Also, they freeze the fluid Lorentz factors during the encounter.
Since the optical light curve corresponds to an observer frequency sufficiently above the self-absorption critical frequency and sufficiently below the cooling break frequency, neither cooling nor absorption should have any visible effect on the shape of the curve. The fact that cooling is not required for the bump found by PW is also immediately obvious from figure \[Peer\_lightcurves\_figure\], where we have applied our radiation code directly to the homogeneous slabs approximation of PW, with electron cooling disabled. The light curves thus generated *do* show a bump feature after the onset of the encounter (this also provides a check on the internal consistency of both models). To explicitly check the effect of the stronger magnetic field in the reverse shock region we have generated two light curves: one where all the fluid quantities are exactly similar to those of PW and one where we ignored the stronger field in the reverse shock region but kept the field at fixed fraction of the thermal energy (which is the same as that in the forward region in the homogeneous slab approximations, due to pressure balance across the contact discontinuity). As can be seen from the figure, the temporary rise occurs in both cases, with only a marginal difference between the two curves.
This brings us to the third difference listed. We conclude that *to determine the visible response of a blast wave to density perturbations, it is crucial to take the radial structure of the blast wave into account*. This (along with establishing the lack of a transitory feature itself) is the main conclusion from this paper and forms an important justification for the kind of detailed approach that we have employed, where the dynamics of the blast wave are simulated using a high performance RHD code, together with a radiation code that accurately probes all local contributions to the synchrotron spectrum. It is also important to emphasize that the bump found by PW is *not* the result of inaccurately modeling the different arrival times for photons arriving from different angles relative to the line of sight, as has been stated in NG. This also can be seen from figure \[Peer\_lightcurves\_figure\] which confirms that, for homogeneous slabs, the light curves published by PW are calculated correctly.
The importance of the downstream shock structure can be understood as follows. By taking a homogeneous slab one not only locally overestimates the downstream density, but also the Lorentz factor and thermal energy (and hence the magnetic field). Also, the width of the homogeneous slab is determined by comparison with the downstream density structure *or* the energy density structure *or* the velocity structure, and matching the width to one of these comes at the expense of a lack of similarity to the others. (And finally, keeping the Lorentz factors fixed during the encounter also contributes to the overestimation of the flux emitted during the encounter). Essentially, all this indicates a lack of resolution. The homogeneous slab implies a spatial resolution[^2] $\Delta r \backsim R / \Gamma^2$ cm (with $R$ the blast wave radius and $\Gamma$ the blast wave Lorentz factor), and is therefore in principle only applicable to describe behavior on time scales $\Delta t > \Delta r / c$. This is true in general, not just for simulations, and in our case yields $\Delta t \backsim 1.5$ days at the time of the onset of the encounter. The reason that the homogeneous slab *does* work to describe the general shape of the light curve from the BM blast wave, as was done by @Waxman1997 among others, is that in these cases the slab is used to describe behavior on time scales $\Delta t >> \Delta r / c$ (actually $\Delta t$ arbitrary large, for understanding of asymptotic behavior). But one should for example not expect the homogeneous slab approximation to get the absolute scale right, and indeed it is off by a factor of a few (justifying more detailed calculations like @Granot2002 [@vanEerten2009]).
![Received flux at observer frequency $5 \cdot 10^{14}$ Hz, calculated for a single emission time $t_e = 5.48578 \cdot 10^7$ s (the same time as in fig. \[snapshot\_figure\]). Curves are shown both for the homogeneous slab approximation and for the numerical simulation fluid profile. In each case the contribution from the different regions has been marked: the top curve shows the total flux, the curve below the flux when the contribution from the forward shock region is omitted and for the lowest curve the reverse shock region has been omitted as well. The flux level for the homogeneous slab approximation is much higher than that from the simulation, with (for this particular emission time) the contribution from the reverse shock dominating the total output. At the same emission time, the reverse shock region contribution for the simulation is still significant, but no longer dominant. For the simulation snapshot we have estimated the position of the contact discontinuity, and therefore the edge of the reverse shock region, at the right edge of the plateau, before the onset of the rise in density. (see fig. \[snapshot\_figure\].)[]{data-label="single_flash_figure"}](singleflash_both.eps){width="49.00000%"}
The reverse shock contribution {#RS_section}
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In the previous we have established that the reverse shock caused by the encounter with the density perturbation does not cause a rise in the observed light curve. Since this reverse shock has been evoked to explain rebrightening (e.g. by @Ramirez2005), it is of interest to look at its contribution in some more detail. In fig. \[single\_flash\_figure\]. this contribution (in the optical) is compared directly to the total flux emitted from the shock profile, both for the simulation and for the PW approximation. The important difference is the relative overestimation of the reverse shock region in the PW approximation. The relative contributions for the different regions within either the homogeneous slab or the resolved blast wave simulation of course depend on their relative sizes and therefore on the emission time. Another feature of note is that the homogeneous slabs approximation results in an emission profile that is sharply peaked, whereas the more accurate profile displays a flatter tail and a smoother transition between rise and decay.
The shock structure is also calculated and implemented in NG, starting from the shock jump conditions and assuming homogeneous slabs for the forward and reverse shock region, yet they do not find a temporary rebrightening. This is a consequence of the fact that they set the reverse shock contribution at a fixed fraction of the forward shock contribution, while allowing this forward shock contribution to evolve according to the appropriate BM profile following the density change, as opposed to freezing the shock Lorentz factors during the encounter. That the forward shock determines the shape of the light curve is then imposed as a feature of their model (i.e. in their equation 20) and yields an adequate heuristic description of the light curve found as a result of their simulations.
The difference between the simulations by NG and ours is merely a technical one: instead of a Eulerian code (that can also be used for simulations in more than one dimension, which we will perform in future work), they use a Lagrangian code for the dynamics. The reconstruction of the light curves from the code is equivalent. They also, like us, do not take a slight increase in the magnetic field in the reverse shock region into account. NG provide no information on the spatial and temporal resolution of their simulations.
Summary and conclusions {#summary_section}
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We have performed high resolution hydrodynamical simulations of a relativistic blast wave encountering a wind termination shock and have calculated the resulting light curve using the radiation code described in @vanEerten2009. As a result we have found *no* variability in the optical, not even for very large density changes, for blast waves in the self-similar phase. This renders it very unlikely that observed optical variability in GRB afterglow light curves can be explained from density perturbations in the external medium surrounding the burster, as suggested by e.g. @Wang2000 [@Lazzati2002; @Nakar2003], PW. This research, however, has been limited to spherically symmetric density perturbations. A second caveat is the assumption of self-similarity for the blast wave approaching the wind termination shock. As demonstrated by @Meliani2007b, for a termination shock close to the star ($R \backsim 10^{16}$ cm in their simulation, for a short Wolf-Rayet phase), the blast wave structure may still somewhat retain the initial structure of the ejecta (in their simulation, a uniform static and hot shell, i.e. fireball), which may have observable consequences. The latter is however not likely, given the already reasonably strong resemblance between their simulation output during the encounter and ours, where the same shock regions can be identified in the fluid profile with similar values for the physical quantities of interest. Also, if the pre-encounter shock wave is sufficiently different from the self-similar solution this will also have consequences for the global shape and temporal evolution of the observable light curve, and the slope will become markedly different from the one predicted from the BM solution.
Of the two main explanations for (sometimes quite strong) late optical variability, refreshed or multiple shocks appear to be a far more realistic option than circumburst medium interactions. We are currently performing simulations on multiple interacting shocks to test this alternative hypothesis.
We have compared the results of our simulation to the literature and from a comparison to the approximations and assumptions used by PW and NG especially, we conclude that the fact that we resolve the radial blast wave structure explains the discrepancy between our resuls and those of PW. This, in turn, forms an important justification for the kind of detailed approach that we have employed, where the dynamics of the blast wave are simulated using a high perfomance RHD code, together with a radiation code that accurately probes all local contributions to the synchrotron spectrum. We note that, contrary to what is stated by NG, the calculation of angular smearing of the signal in PW (which in turn was based on @Waxman1997) is correct.
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This research was supported by NWO Vici grant 639.043.302 (RAMJW) and NOVA project 10.3.2.02 (HJvE). ZM performed computations on the K.U.Leuven High Performance computing cluster VIC, and acknowledges financial support from the FWO, grant G.0277.08, and from the GOA/2009/009. We would like to thank Asaf Pe’er for feedback and discussion.
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[^2]: Even though PW identify three different regions during the encounter, this in itself does not imply an improved spatial resolution, since the fluid conditions in each region are connected to each other (and the upstream medium) via shock-jump conditions that strictly speaking require all regions to be directly adjacent at the same position. The simulation snapshot in fig. \[snapshot\_figure\], shows that the assumption of the reverse shock region being thermalized and isotropic is not unreasonable, but also shows a clear density gradient within the forward shock region.
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Rio Beni titi
Rio Beni titi (Plecturocebus modestus) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia.
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Kaleidoscopic Culture: Sicily
An island on the periphery of two worlds, as much north African as it is European, there is no doubt that Sicily is extraordinary. Despite the tidal waves of people coming and going, and although it has been fought over, occupied, and looted, it has still managed to foster a culture in which is just so quintessentially Sicilian.
As a stepping stone between Africa and Europe, Sicily’s abundance of culture is clearly witnessed in the island’s diverse architecture. Walk through many church doors to see a collision of heritage, with many of the current Christian buildings having been built in the fifth century BC.
Upon close inspection of the architecture, you will be transported back in time to when the Ancient Greeks, first came to Sicily. The temple of Athena in Syracuse is a shining example of this, featuring the tall stone columns reminiscent of the Parthenon. Since the Greeks arrival in Sicily, the island has also felt the effects of the Roman empire, being ruled by the Romans for over six centuries, Sicily was corrupted and looted of its many treasures.
The story does not stop there, as the Byzantine culture began to spread across Sicily. Seeing many of the religious buildings being adapted into churches. This period was then proceeded, by a steady influx of Arabic culture in the city of Palermo in the 9th century. In which is still beautifully present in Palermo’s luxurious cathedral, as columns of a previous mosque are still visible along with inscriptions from the Koran.
Another excellent lens through which to view Sicily is through its Limoncello, Coffee, and Granita, moreover, they are all valid reasons to visit Sicily. But what makes Sicilian cuisine tick, is its inherited aspects of all cultures that have existed on the island of Sicily over the last two millennia. Although its cuisine has an Italian essence, Sicilian food also has Greek, Spanish, Arab and French influences from Norman invasion at the beginning of the 11th century.
The Ballaro market in Palermo clearly demonstrates this collision of cuisines. A bazaar during the height of Arabic culture in Sicily. The market was an epicentre of trade and aided Sicily in becoming the most multiethnic state in the whole of Europe. Here you can find many of the goods in which we perhaps take for granted today, such as almonds, pistachios, saffron and couscous.
These assorted ingredients allowed Sicilian cuisine to flourish. Upon arrival in Sicily, indulge in the delights such as arancini, a delicious saffron-infused rice ball, with various fillings depending on your whereabouts on the island. Pistachio anything, from ice cream to pizza, and a personal favourite pasta all Norma, a pasta dish created in Catania, made with tomatoes, fried or sauteed aubergine, grated ricotta cheese, and basil.
The Ballaro Market
This monumental island’s vast array of architecture and collisions in term of culinary delights, speaks of Sicily’s pride in its kaleidoscopic culture and diverse heritage. And although it has a scarred past, this island has embraced the best parts of its occupiers, culminating into something truly unique, distinct and remarkable.
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This study aimed to verify the correlation between annual average glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and mean capillary blood glucose (BG) with post-prandial and post-exercise in active adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) participants of a diabetes education program with emphasis on supervised exercise.
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The data was collected in a cross-sectional study with 103 T2D adults during the year 2009 (April to November). The Program had provided two weekly sessions of multidisciplinary health educational interventions with several modalities of supervised physical exercise (60min each one) and register of post-prandial (i.e. pre-exercise) and post-exercise BG. HbA1c between the stage of the study: beginning (I), 1 month recess 'washout effect' (II) and closure of the annual activities (III); mean post-prandial and post-exercise BG were calculated for these respective stages. Continuous variables were expressed as mean and standard deviation and analyzed by multivariate regression test (p \< 0.05 assumed).
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The annual HbA1c average was 7.5±1.5% with 42.7% of individuals \<7.0%. The average post-prandial BG at the stage 1 was 161.25±56.65 mg/dL and at the stage III was 157.79±49.42 mg/dL (p\>0.05), while the stage 1 average post-exercise BG was 132.45±42.47 mg/dL and at the stage III was 125.50±40.11 mg/dL, a significant difference (p=0.022). Finally, when multivariate linear regression was performed between HbA1c and the mean BGs throughout the year, the HbA1c value had modest and significant predictor (R^2^=0.59, p\<0.001), in which the mean post-exercise BGs differed more from HbA1c (t=-2.07, p=0.041). That is, post-prandial BG before the exercise session better represents the average blood glucose estimated by HbA1c, and the exercises promote reductions that disperse from routine blood glucose levels, highlighting the importance of regular exercise to achieve a better control of diabetes.
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The average annual HbA1c relates much more to the average post-prandial (pre-exercise) BG than after the physical exercises, showing that the glucose levels obtained after intervention with supervised exercise are below the estimated average glucose offered by HbA1c and probably could reduce more the HbA1c if the exercise be practiced regularly.
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Scientists have established a link between the cold, snowy winters in Britain and melting sea ice in the Arctic and have warned that long periods of freezing weather are likely to become more frequent in years to come.
An analysis of the ice-free regions of the Arctic Ocean has found that the higher temperatures there caused by global warming, which have melted the sea ice in the summer months, have paradoxically increased the chances of colder winters in Britain and the rest of northern Europe.
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The findings are being assessed by British climate scientists, who have been asked by ministers for advice on whether the past two cold winters are part of a wider pattern of climate change that will cause further damaging disruption to the nation's creaking transport infrastructure.
Some climate scientists believe that the dramatic retreat of the Arctic sea ice over the past 30 years has begun to change the wind patterns over much of the northern hemisphere, causing cold, Arctic air to be funnelled over Britain during winter, replacing the mild westerly airstream that normally dominates the UK's weather.
The study was carried out in 2009, before last year's harsh winter started to bite, and is all the more prescient because of its prediction that cold, snowy winters will be about three times more frequent in the coming years compared to previous decades.
The researchers used computer models to assess the impact of the disappearing Arctic sea ice, particularly in the area of the Barents and Kara seas north of Scandinavia and Russia, which have experienced unprecedented losses of sea ice during summer.
Their models found that, as the ice cap over the ocean disappeared, this allowed the heat of the relatively warm seawater to escape into the much colder atmosphere above, creating an area of high pressure surrounded by clockwise-moving winds that sweep down from the polar region over Europe and the British Isles. Vladimir Petoukhov, who carried out the study at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said the computer simulations showed that the disappearing sea ice is likely to have widespread and unpredictable impacts on the climate of the northern hemisphere.
One of the principal predictions of the study was that the warming of the air over the ice-free seas is likely to bring bitterly cold air to Europe during the winter months, Dr Petoukhov said. "This is not what one would expect. Whoever thinks that the shrinking of some far away sea-ice won't bother him could be wrong. There are complex interconnections in the climate system, and in the Barents-Kara Sea we might have discovered a powerful feedback mechanism," he said.
In the paper, submitted in November 2009 but published last month in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Dr Petoukhov and his colleague Vladimir Semenov write: "Our results imply that several recent severe winters do not conflict with the global warming picture but rather supplement it."
Arctic sea ice has been in retreat over recent decades, with record lows recorded in September 2007. The normal recovery of the sea ice during winter has also been affected, especially in the Barents and Kara seas which have seen significant losses of ice cover over the past decade.
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Stefan Rahmstorf, professor of physics of the oceans at the Potsdam Institute, said the floating sea ice in winter insulates the relatively warm seawater from the bitterly cold temperatures of the air above it, which can be around -20C or -30C.
"The Arctic sea ice is shrinking and at the moment it is at a record low for mid-to-late December, which provides a big heat source for the atmosphere," Professor Rahmstorf said. "The open ocean actually heats the atmosphere above because the ocean in the Arctic is about 0C, and that's much warmer than the atmosphere about it. This is a massive change compared with an ice-covered ocean, where the ice operates like a lid. You don't get that heating from below.
"The model simulations show that, when you don't get ice on the Barents and Kara seas, that promotes the formation of a high-pressure system there, and, because the airflow is clockwise around the high, it brings cold, polar air right into Europe, which leads to cold conditions here while it is unusually warm elsewhere, especially in the Arctic," he explained.
The scientists emphasised that the climate is complex and there were other factors at play. It is, they said, too early to be sure if the past two cold winters are due to the ice-free Arctic.
"I want to be cautious, but basically in the past couple of months the sea ice cover has been low and so, according to the model simulations, that would encourage this kind of weather pattern," Professor Rahmstorf said.
"The last winter of 2009-10 turned out to be fitting that pattern very well, and perhaps this winter as well, so that is three data points. I would say it's not definite confirmation of the mechanism, but it certainly fits the pattern," he said.
The computer model used by the scientists also predicted that, as the ice cover continues to be lost, the weather pattern is likely to shift back into a phase of warmer-than-usual winters. Global warming will also continue to warm the Arctic air mass, Professor Rahmstorf said.
"If you look ahead 40 or 50 years, these cold winters will be getting warmer because, even though you are getting an inflow of cold polar air, that air mass is getting warmer because of the greenhouse effect," he said. "So it's a transient phenomenon. In the long run, global warming wins out."
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Structure-activity relationships of saponins from Gleditsia sinensis in cytotoxicity and induction of apoptosis.
Thirteen compounds were isolated from the anomalous fruits of Gleditsia sinensis on the basis of bioassay-guided fractionation. These saponins together with six analogues or related compounds were tested for their cytotoxicities against six tumor cell lines by the MTT method. The induction of apoptosis in HL-60 cells by these compounds was determined through flow cytometric analysis. Some structure-activity relationships in cytotoxicity and induction of apoptosis were identified. The evaluation of the cytotoxicity and the ability to induce apoptosis revealed that some important structural features are required for activity. A valuable model which enables prediction of their activities was established and may be employed for the drug design of new Gleditsia saponin analogues.
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Eddy ErDogan
Eddy ErDogan (born July 22, 1990) is a Canadian Professional Wrestler of Armenian origin. He has wrestled primarily for some of Quebec`s top independent promotions including Northern Championship Wrestling, North Shore Pro Wrestling and International Wrestling Syndicate
He is a graduate of Dru Onyx`s Torture Chamber pro wrestling dojo and was recognized as the schools rookie of the year. ErDogan went on to win the Provincial Quebec Rookie of the year award and is the only wrestler in history to get a unanimous vote from all judges responsible for the decision. ErDogan is a former Northern Championship Wrestling Triple Crown Champion as well as a former Combat Revolution Wrestling Tag-Team Champion.
In 2014, Eddy ErDogan won the Northern Championship Wrestling Blues award for Feud of the Year along with long-time rival Jesse Champagne.
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One quarter of the population of Sweden left the country during the famine of the late 1800’s. More than half of them arrived in Turner Falls, MN and eventually to Minneapolis. Although one in eight returned to the hardships they knew rather than face the ones in this country, those who remained made Minneapolis the Swedish hub of America. Like all immigrant communities, Swedes started at the bottom of the social and economic ladder. But one man, Swan Turnblad, refused to accept that place. He built a newspaper empire and built a mansion in 1908 on Park Avenue, Minneapolis’ first paved street, to proclaim that Swedes had arrived.
The mansion was a landmark and social statement from the start; Turnblad scarcely lived there. It became the headquarters of the American Swedish Institute in 1930 and for years was a historic house museum. Fifteen years ago ASI evaluated its mission and determined that they needed to both expand the museum campus and play a larger role it the wider Minneapolis community. The result is the Knolsen Cultural Center, a new building adjacent, and with a link to, the Turnblad mansion. The new building provides a new entrance, cafe, gift shop, and administrative center, as well as educational facility. This frees the house up to its original splendor and purpose as an architectural showcase.
Laura Cederberg, ASI Communications and Marketing Director, toured me through both facilities as she described the features of each, and the evolving face of the American Swedish Institute. “When everything was in the mansion, we were operating from the belly of the beast. The new building is a LEED Gold facility with the largest geothermal installation in Minnesota. There are 88 museums in Stockholm, and they all feature great restaurants. So we put special emphasis on our cafe, which is ranked the best lunch spot in Minneapolis. We had 29,000 visitors a year; now we have 150,000.”
The mansion is unusual among historic homes in that there is very little furniture, as the original furnishings were distributed elsewhere. However this allows the architectural features to show to full advantage. The woodcarvings of Swedish folk, imperial and American patriotic imagery took a artisans four years to complete. The eleven ceramic Swedish stoves are gorgeous. The mansion was the first building in Minnesota to be included on the National Register of Historic places. According to Laura, “The future of the mansion is ensured by the new building and the renewed interest it has generated.”
Laura also described the work ASI does beyond its campus. The perception of Swedes as a minority, let alone an oppressed one, has long faded. The Twin Cities have a strong Nordic identity more than a specific Swedish connection. And new immigrants are from all over the world. ASI takes the ‘Pippi Project’ into elementary schools to use Pippi’s stories of adventure as a springboard for similar stories from other cultures. In high schools they feature ‘story swaps’ where they compare and contrast stories by Swedish authors with those by immigrant writers.
How will we live tomorrow?
“Collaboratively, collectively, and globally. That which is designed best will last longest. Everything we do is a value-add. We’ll all have to do this together.”
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About paulefallon
Greetings reader. I am a writer, architect, cyclist and father from Cambridge, MA.
My primary blog, theawkwardpose.com is an archive of all my published writing. The title refers to a sequence of three yoga positions that increase focus and build strength by shifting the body’s center of gravity. The objective is balance without stability. My writing addresses opposing tension in our world, and my attempt to find balance through understanding that opposition.
During 2015-2106 I am cycling through all 48 mainland United States and asking the question "How will we live tomorrow?" That journey is chronicled in a dedicated blog, www.howwillwelivetomorrw.com, that includes personal writing related to my adventure as well as others' responses to my question.
Thank you for visiting.
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Introduction
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Commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops started in 1996 and the area of GM crop cultivation has increased each year since then. In 2010, the total area under GM crop cultivation was \>1 × 10^8^ ha across 29 countries ([@b8-bs-62-124]). Although GM crops confer significant benefits including resistance to herbicides and biotic/abiotic stresses, they also raise concerns about potential environmental impacts. Furthermore, new types of GM crops, including GM cereals, that produce pharmaceutical agents or industrial raw materials are in development and will be released in the near future. Consideration of public concerns is especially necessary to realize co-existence of such GM and non-GM crops ([@b14-bs-62-124]). Gene flow is one such major concern. Gene flow is the transfer of genes from one plant to another, and gene flow from GM crops is termed "transgene flow" ([@b2-bs-62-124], [@b3-bs-62-124], [@b7-bs-62-124]). There are three mechanisms by which genes can flow from GM crops: pollen dispersal (mediated by wind, insects, or birds), seed contamination and vegetative propagule-mediated gene flow ([@b7-bs-62-124]). To inhibit pollen-mediated gene flow, it is necessary to physically suppress pollen movement, or construct temporal/spatial barriers between pollen donors and recipients. Cleistogamy (pollination without flower-opening) is an effective mechanism that prevents transgene flow through pollen dispersal from GM crops ([@b2-bs-62-124], [@b7-bs-62-124]). Although it is difficult to introduce cleistogamy to allogamous crops such as maize, this is not the case for autogamous crops like rice.
Cleistogamy has been well studied in barley, and many cleistogamous barley cultivars have been raised in Japan. Genetic analyses of barley cleistogamy have revealed its mode of inheritance, showing that the responsible genetic locus occurs on chromosome 2HL ([@b15-bs-62-124], [@b27-bs-62-124]). In barley, the sizes of lodicules (petal equivalents in grasses that force the lemma and palea apart at anthesis) and auxin responses are related to cleistogamy and are under the control of the genes *cleistogamy1* (*Cly1*) and *Cly2* ([@b4-bs-62-124]). The *Cly1* gene was identified by map-based cloning. It encodes a putative transcription factor with two AP2 domains and a putative miR172 target site ([@b22-bs-62-124]). The *cly1* phenotype is associated with nucleotide substitution within the miR172 target site, indicating that de-repression by miR172 causes upregulation of the *Cly1* transcript, leading to cleistogamy ([@b22-bs-62-124]).
Cleistogamous varieties have also been developed in oilseed rape ([@b23-bs-62-124]). Although these varieties do not always have complete cleistogamy and the mechanism of cleistogamy remains to be clarified, they are effective in suppressing the rate of outcrossing; hence, they may well be beneficial when used in combination with other mechanisms employed in a containment strategy ([@b16-bs-62-124]).
A few varieties of wheat and soybean are cleistogamous ([@b1-bs-62-124], [@b25-bs-62-124], [@b28-bs-62-124]), but they have not been used as practical tools for gene containment because the mechanism and stability of the cleistogamy has not been investigated.
The first reported cleistogamous mutant in rice was *d7*, which is also known as 'Heieidaikoku' or 'cleistogamous dwarf' ([@b20-bs-62-124]). Paleae and lemmas of the *d7* mutant are fused at their bases so that they are unable to open during blooming. Although *d7* has a lower flower-opening rate (\~30%) than the wild type (\~90%), it also has agronomically unfavorable (possibly pleiotropic) effects, namely compact short panicles, small grains and reduced fertility ([@b20-bs-62-124], [Fig. 1](#f1-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). Another cleistogamous mutant is "*lodiculeless spikelet*" (*ld*), which has unknown agronomic traits and phenotypic developmental mechanisms ([@b17-bs-62-124]). More recently, [@b29-bs-62-124] identified the practical cleistogamous mutant *superwoman1-cleistogamy* (*spw1-cls*) in a Taichung 65 (T65) population mutagenized with *N*-methyl-*N*-nitrosourea (MNU). *SUPERWOMAN1* (*SPW1*) is one of the class B MADS-box genes. It specifies identities of lodicules and stamens ([@b21-bs-62-124]). In *spw1-cls*, *SPW1* has a single base change leading to an amino acid substitution in the MADS-box domain. This mutation reduces the interaction ability between SPW1 and its dimerization partners (MADS2 and MADS4); the mutation affects lodicule identity but not that of the stamen. Lodicules of *spw1-cls* are transformed into organs resembling the marginal region of the palea (mrp). These organs have no swelling ability, which causes the cleistogamy ([@b29-bs-62-124]). Unlike *d7*, *spw1-cls* has agronomic characters very similar to those of the wild type. Consequently, the allele may have potential in the development of rice cultivars suitable for gene containment ([@b29-bs-62-124]).
In this study, we cultivated *spw1-cls* over five years and examined the influences of cleistogamy on agronomic traits. We also selected backcross lines with the *spw1-cls* mutation using a dCAPS marker and cultivated these lines over two years to further evaluate effects of the *spw1-cls* mutation on agronomic traits. Finally, we performed natural crossing tests on *spw1-cls* in rice paddy fields to examine its capability in gene containment.
Materials and Methods
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Plant materials
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The cleistogamous rice mutant *spw1-cls* was selected from an M~2~ population of the rice japonica cultivar T65 mutagenized with MNU ([@b29-bs-62-124]). We established cleistogamous backcross lines by continuous backcrossing with the *japonica* rice cultivar Yumeaoba as the recurrent parent. All experimental cultivations were performed under standard conditions in experimental paddy fields at the Hokuriku Research Center, NARO Agricultural Research Center (Niigata, Japan).
Agronomic trait analysis
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The heading date for each line was calculated as the average date of first panicle heading in each plant. For individual plants, we counted the days from seeding date to heading date. Longest culm length was measured from the ground to the highest panicle neck. Panicle numbers were counted on each plant. Longest panicle length for each plant was measured from the neck of the longest panicle to the top. We counted the number of spikelets on the longest panicle of individual plants. Percentage of ripened grain was calculated from the the number of unhulled brown rice grains trapped in a 1.8-mm screen to the number of spikelets on the longest panicle. Brown rice dry grain weight was calculated as the average of 20 brown rice grain weights corrected by the moisture content of brown rice determined with a Riceter M grain moisture tester (Kett Electric Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan).
Selection using a dCAPS marker
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We designed a dCAPS marker that distinguished the single base change mutation in *spw1-cls*. The sequences of forward and reverse primers were cls-dCAPS f: 5′-AGCGG ATCGAGAACGCGACC-3′ and cls-dCAPS r: 5′-GGAAGGGCTGCAGAACTCGTGGTACTTGCCGGTGGAGGAGAACACCATG-3′, respectively. To prepare the genomic DNA samples, we ground frozen leaves with glass beads in a commercial mixer (CapMix; 3M ESPE, Seefield, Germany) in 1.5-ml microcentrifuge tubes. We used the alkali treatment and boiling method described by [@b13-bs-62-124]. We used TaKaRa Taq Hot Start Version (Takara Bio, Shiga, Japan) and TaKaRa PCR Thermal Cycler Dice Standard (Takara Bio), programmed for a first denaturation step of 3 min at 94°C, followed by 35 cycles at 94°C for 30 s, 60°C for 30 s, 72°C for 30 s for amplification and a final extension step of 72°C for 7 min. The 14 μl PCR reaction mixtures contained 0.75 units Taq polymerase, 0.2 mM of each dNTP and 0.2 mM of each primer, to which was added 1 μl of leaf extract as template DNA. We added 10 units of the restriction enzyme NcoI (New England Biolabs Japan Inc., Tokyo, Japan) with the prescribed amount of buffer to the PCR products and digested the amplified DNA at 37°C for 2 h. The digested products were separated by 2.4% agarose gel electrophoresis, and gels were stained with ethidium bromide and photographed.
Natural crossing test
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Natural crossing tests were performed in 2008 and 2010 in experimental paddy fields at the Hokuriku Research Center, NARO Agricultural Research Center. We cultivated *spw1-cls* and T65 (non-glutinous cultivars) as the pollen parent lines; we also raised the Raichou-mochi (2008 and 2010) and Kaguramochi (2008) cultivars as seed parent lines. These are japonica and glutinous cultivars with heading dates similar to that of T65. Each experiment had a donor block containing 49 plants of the pollen parent line in the center. The donor block was surrounded by four recipient plots containing 30 (2008) or 44 (2010) plants of the seed parent line ([Fig. 2](#f2-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). Each plant was transplanted into an array with 15 cm hill distances and 15 cm row widths. North winds prevailed in the paddy fields during the heading and flowering stages of pollen and seed parent lines. After seed parent lines had ripened, we harvested all brown rice from each recipient plot and searched for xenia grains derived from crosses between glutinous and non-glutinous rice cultivars.
We prepared DNA samples for genotyping from xenia grains by using a modified version of the rapid DNA preparation method of [@b19-bs-62-124] as follows: each grain was placed separately in a 2.0-ml microcentrifuge tube and homogenized with 0.4 ml of TPS buffer (100 mM Tris-Cl, 10 mM EDTA and 1 M KCl, pH = 8.0) using a Mixer Mill MM 300 (QIAGEN KK, Tokyo, Japan) for 2 min at 30 rpm. Each sample was centrifuged for 10 min at room temperature and the supernatant was transferred to a new 1.5-ml microcentrifuge tube. A 0.4 ml volume of chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (24 : 1 v/v) was added and contents were thoroughly mixed. The sample was centrifuged for 10 min at room temperature and the aqueous layer was transferred to a new 1.5-ml microcentrifuge tube. A 0.4 ml volume of isopropanol was added and the contents were mixed well. The sample was centrifuged for 10 min at room temperature. The pellet was rinsed with 70% ethanol and dried. DNA was dissolved in 0.1 ml of 1/10 TE buffer (1 mM Tris-Cl and 0.1 mM EDTA, pH = 8.0). The PCR reaction was performed using the TaKaRa Taq Hot Start Version (Takara Bio) and TaKaRa PCR Thermal Cycler Dice Standard (Takara Bio) programmed as follows: a first denaturation step at 92°C for 2 min, 34 cycles at 94°C for 10 s, 58°C for 10 s, 72°C for 30 s and a final extension step at 72°C for 3 min. The 10 μl PCR reaction mixture contained 0.25 units of Taq polymerase and 0.2 mM of each dNTP; 5 μl of template DNA solution were added. We used 5 sets of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers ([@b5-bs-62-124]) that detect the SNPs of the rice genome and can distinguish the genotype of T65 and others (Tabuchi *et al.* unpublished data). PCR products were separated by 2.4% agarose gel electrophoresis. We calculated the crossing rate for each plot from the number of xenia grains derived from crossings with the pollen parent divided by the total number of brown rice grains examined.
Results
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The lodicule plays an important role in the flowering of rice. Two scale-shaped lodicules are located between the lemma and stamens at the base of the rice spikelet. Lodicules start to swell when rice flowering begins. Mechanical pressure generated by the rapidly swelling lodicules pushes the neighboring lemma downward. At the same time, the hook holding the lemma and palea is unfastened and the spikelet opens. Sixty to 150 min later, lodicules shrink as they lose water and the spikelets close ([@b6-bs-62-124]).
In *spw1-cls* spikelets, lodicules are transformed into elongated organs similar to mrp and they have no swelling ability ([@b29-bs-62-124], [Fig. 3A](#f3-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). Consequently, *spw1-cls* spikelets did not open, and pollination was completed without the stamens extending out of the spikelets ([Fig. 3B](#f3-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). Other than the opening of spikelets, all pollination processes including elongation of anther filaments, dehiscence of anthers and dispersal of pollen grains to the stigma occurred as usual and subsequent ripening proceeded normally ([Fig. 3C](#f3-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). Withered anthers remained inside the spikelets while the ripening process proceeded, but they did not influence ovary development. After ripening was complete, withered anthers remained in the hull ([Fig. 3D](#f3-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}), but were almost completely removed by the hulling process. Polishing of the brown rice completely removed dried anthers ([Fig. 3E](#f3-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). In appearance, polished rice from *spw1-cls* was indistinguishable from T65, the chasmogamous wild-type line of *spw1-cls*.
Influence of cleistogamy on agronomic traits
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To examine influences of cleistogamy on agronomic traits, we cultivated *spw1-cls* in an experimental paddy field over five years ([Table 1](#t1-bs-62-124){ref-type="table"}). T65 was cultivated for comparison purposes. Almost all *spw1-cls* plants grew normally, although a few exhibited dwarfism, poor growth in the early developmental stage, or sterility. We excluded these abnormal individuals from our analysis of the effect of cleistogamy.
The heading dates of *spw1-cls* matched those of T65 or were slightly later. The number of days from seeding to heading in *spw1-cls* exceeded those of T65 by 0.5 to 2.5 days. The longest *spw1-cls* culm length was less than (in 2006 and 2008), longer than (in 2010), or almost equal to (in 2007 and 2009) those of T65. Panicle numbers of *spw1-cls* were fewer than (in 2006), more than (in 2007 and 2009), or almost equal to (in 2008 and 2010) those of T65. Longest panicle lengths and numbers of spikelets on the longest panicle in *spw1-cls* tended to exceed those of T65. The ripened grain ratio and the brown rice dry grain weight of T65 exceeded those of *spw1-cls* throughout the five years.
Overall, agronomic traits of *spw1-cls* closely matched those of T65, but some differences were observed in yield-related traits (panicle number, number of spikelets on longest panicle, percentage of ripened grain and brown rice dry grain weight). Although the percent ripened grain and the dry grain weight of brown rice in *spw1-cls* were smaller than those in T65, the differences were not large.
Development of dCAPS marker and backcross lines
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During crossbreeding, DNA markers were the most efficient way of introducing the *spw1-cls* mutation into other cultivated lines. Accordingly, we designed a dCAPS marker that recognized the *spw1-cls* point mutation by using the *spw1-cls* genome sequence we identified (see Materials and Methods). This marker discriminated genotypes of the mutant homozygote, the heterozygote, and the wild type homozygote ([Fig. 4A](#f4-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}), allowing efficient selection at early developmental stages. Indeed, we readily created cleistogamous backcross lines of the "Yumeaoba" cultivar by continuous backcrossing with the dCAPS marker. These lines were tentatively designated as "Yumeaoba-cls." The lodicules of Yumeaoba-cls were elongate and transformed into mrp-like organs identical to those of *spw1-cls* ([Fig. 4B](#f4-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). Consequently, the spikelets of Yumeaoba-cls did not open.
Agronomic traits of backcross lines with the spw1-cls mutation
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Yumeaoba-cls was cultivated in the experimental paddy field over two years to evaluate effects of the *spw1-cls* mutation on agronomic traits ([Table 2](#t2-bs-62-124){ref-type="table"}). The Yumeaoba cultivar, which is the recurrent parent of Yumeaoba-cls, was cultivated concurrently for comparison purposes. The generations of Yumeaoba-cls examined in 2009 and 2010 were BC~2~F~3~ and BC~2~F~5~, respectively.
The heading date and the days from seeding to heading were almost identical for Yumeaoba-cls and Yumeaoba. Longest culm lengths of Yumeaoba-cls in 2009 and 2010 were longer and shorter, respectively, than those of Yumeaoba. Panicle number and longest panicle length of Yumeaoba-cls were, respectively, fewer than but not substantially different from those of Yumeaoba. The number of spikelets on the longest panicle and the percentage of ripened grains of Yumeaoba-cls were both larger than those of Yumeaoba in 2009; however, the rank order was reversed in 2010. The brown rice dry grain weight of Yumeaoba-cls was higher than that of Yumeaoba in both years.
Thus, although there were small differences among lines, agronomic traits of Yumeaoba-cls were not much different from those of Yumeaoba. In particular, differences of yield-related traits between Yumeaoba-cls and Yumeaoba were smaller than those between *spw1-cls* and T65.
Natural crossing test of spw1-cls
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To determine the gene containment capability of *spw1-cls*, we conducted natural crossing tests in the experimental paddy field during 2008 and 2010 (see Material and Methods). The heading dates (in this test, the dates when approximately half of the panicles were heading) of the pollen parent lines and seed parent lines differed by 2 to 6 days in 2008 and 3 to 8 days in 2010 ([Table 3](#t3-bs-62-124){ref-type="table"}). However, natural crossing was possible under these circumstances because rice flowering generally continues for 7 to 15 days within a given field ([@b6-bs-62-124]), and thus the flowering periods of these parental lines should have overlapped sufficiently for our crossing tests.
In 2008, 19, 14, 18 and 9 xenia grains produced by crossings in the north, east, south and west plots, respectively, were discovered with both the pollen parent line of *spw1-cls* and the seed parent line of Raichou-mochi ([Table 3](#t3-bs-62-124){ref-type="table"}). The DNA markers that can distinguish the genotype of T65 from others indicated that genotypes of these xenia grains were not of the *spw1-cls* type. Therefore, the crossing rate in these experimental plots with *spw1-cls* as the pollen parent line was 0.000%. In the another experiment in 2008 with T65 as the pollen parent line, we discovered 13, 6, 29 and 7 xenia grains in the north, east, south and west plots, respectively. Genotype testing using DNA markers indicated that 3 of 13, 3 of 6, 27 of 29 and 5 of 7 xenia grains in the north, east, south and west plots, respectively, were derived from crossing with the pollen parent T65. The crossing rates in these experimental plots were 0.031--0.200%. In the experiment with *spw1-cls* as the pollen parent line and Kaguramochi as the seed parent line, we discovered 8, 13, 8 and 11 xenia grains in the north, east, south and west plots, respectively, but none of them was derived from *spw1-cls* (DNA marker genotyping test). Therefore, the crossing rate with *spw1-cls* as the pollen parent line was 0.000%. In the experiment with T65 as the pollen parent line, we discovered 6, 10, 20 and 12 xenia grains in the north, east, south and west plots, respectively. Among these, 2 of 6, 7 of 10, 17 of 20 and 6 of 12 in the north, east, south and west plots, respectively, were derived from crosses with T65. The crossing rates in these plots were 0.011--0.107%.
The natural crossing rate was low in 2010. We discovered only 1 xenia grain in the north plot with *spw1-cls* as the pollen parent line, but this grain was not the product of a cross with *spw1-cls*. In the experiment with T65 as the pollen parent line, we discovered 2, 4 and 3 xenia grains in the east, south and west plots, respectively. Of these 1 of 2, 4 of 4 and 2 of 3 in the east, south and west plots, respectively, were derived from crosses with T65. The crossing rates in these plots were 0.005--0.019%.
In summary, throughout the two years, crossing always occurred in experiments with T65 as the pollen parent and rates were comparable in the north, east and west plots; the crossing rate was reproducibly higher in the south plot, which was to the lee of the prevailing winds (data not shown). In contrast, we did not find grains derived from crosses with *spw1-cls* in any of the plots in experiments with *spw1-cls* as the pollen parent line.
Discussion
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Development of cleistogamous rice lines through introduction of the *spw1-cls* mutation into common chasmogamous cultivars would be unsatisfactory if the cleistogamous lines were phenotypically different from the original cultivars, particularly if agronomic traits were inferior. It is essential that there is little difference between the cleistogamous and the original chasmogamous cultivars, except for the non-flowering character.
Persistence of anthers inside the caryopsis is one of the inevitable features of cleistogamous rice; this characteristic is usually absent in chasmogamous cultivars. Anther persistence might reduce brown rice quality by deforming or staining the endosperm. Anthers remained in the hull throughout the ripening stages of *spw1-cls*. However, withering anthers of *spw1-cls* do not affect ripening processes ([@b29-bs-62-124], [Fig. 3C](#f3-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). We also demonstrated that brown and polished rice of *spw1-cls* are not damaged by persistent anthers. Furthermore, it was possible to remove all remaining anthers by hulling and polishing ([Fig. 3E](#f3-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). Thus, *spw1-cls* maintains brown rice quality and the rice can be handled in the same manner as common cultivars.
Using relatively coarse evaluation procedures, we demonstrated that cleistogamy introduced by the *spw1-cls* mutation had little effect on many agronomic traits ([@b29-bs-62-124]). In this study, over a five-year cultivation period, there were some differences in yield-related traits between *spw1-cls* and T65; however the estimated yield of *spw1-cls* (calculated from yield-related traits) was similar that of T65 and was acceptable ([Table 1](#t1-bs-62-124){ref-type="table"}). In this respect, the *spw1-cls* mutation has more promise than the *d7* mutation, which is accompanied by a dwarfing phenotype and significantly unfavorable agronomic traits, especially low yield ([@b20-bs-62-124], [Fig. 1](#f1-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). In addition, the *spw1-cls* lines and individuals are likely to have various second-site mutations that occurred concurrently with the *spw1-cls* mutation in the original M~1~ generation mutant, because they varied in some characteristics (i.e., dwarfism and sterility). It is possible that these mutations lowered the yield of *spw1-cls*.
Because we identified the position of nucleotide change responsible for *spw1-cls*, we were able to design DNA markers that detected the *spw1-cls* mutation. As a model case for using such DNA markers, we created the cleistogamous backcross lines Yumeaoba-cls using a dCAPS marker ([Fig. 4](#f4-bs-62-124){ref-type="fig"}). In Japan, research on GM rice for livestock forage is in progress. Because "Yumeaoba" is one potential cultivar suitable for whole crop silage ([@b18-bs-62-124]), we selected this variety as the recurrent parent of the cleistogamous backcross line. Yumeaoba-cls had stable cleistogamy in the paddy fields through two years of experiments. Thus, we were able to successfully introduce the *spw1-cls* mutation to other cultivars by using a reliable DNA marker. The *spw1-cls* mutation was functional in other genetic backgrounds. Although the number of backcrosses was limited, the yield-related traits of Yumeaoba-cls of the BC~2~F~3~ generation in 2009 and the BC~2~F~5~ generation in 2010 were closer to those of the recurrent parent Yumeaoba ([Table 2](#t2-bs-62-124){ref-type="table"}), compared with the yield difference between *spw1-cls* and T65. The creation of Yumeaoba-cls lines that would be more isogenic with Yumeaoba is likely possible, if we were to increase the number of backcrosses for removing the second-site mutations. On the other hand, the introduced *spw1-cls* mutation is not expected to have secondary effects on agronomic traits expressed in the original cultivars.
Our natural crossing tests in the paddy fields clearly showed that *spw1-cls* is able to suppress outcrossing ([Table 3](#t3-bs-62-124){ref-type="table"}). In all the experiments with T65 as the pollen parent line, we found significant numbers of xenia grains derived from crossings with the pollen parent. The number of xenia grains in the south experimental plot located to the lee of prevailing winds was higher than in the other (i.e., north, east and west) plots. However, we found no xenia grains in experiments with *spw1-cls* as the pollen parent line under conditions prevailing when T65 was the pollen parent. Although xenia grains with non-T65 genotype were discovered, we judged that they were derived from crossings other than crossing with *spw1-cls*, because the experimental paddy field where the natural crossing tests were conducted was surrounded by other paddy fields where various cultivars and lines other than T65 were cultivated. Crossing rates of rice decrease as distances between plants increase ([@b24-bs-62-124], [@b26-bs-62-124]). In our experiment, pollen parent lines and seed parent lines were very close to one another. In lines positioned closest together, panicles of individual parents were able to make physical contact. In spite of this close contact, *spw1-cls* never crossed with the seed parent lines. Thus, there was almost total suppression of crossing capability in *spw1-cls*, at least under the experimental conditions we used. We consider that the difference in whole crossing rate between 2008 and 2010 was related to the length of overlapped heading periods of donor and recipient lines. The temperature in summer 2010 was remarkably high and caused more rapid growth and earlier heading of "Raichou-mochi" than T65 and *spw1-cls*. These conditions decreased the overlap period of heading, and thus suppressed the crossing rate in 2010. The number of non-T65 genotype xenia grains employing *spw1-cls* as the pollen donor was greater than that employing T65. We hypothesized that this could have been caused by the absence of pollen dispersal from the donor block. Because of the lack of competition in pollination between the pollen donor and other varieties cultivated in neighboring fields, the natural crossing other than with *spw1-cls* would have increased.
Although corn, soybean and cotton are the most widely cultivated commercial GM crops worldwide, GM rice cultivars will soon be developed and cultivated widely. GM rice with the *spw1-cls* mutation will suppress crossing with non-GM rice cultivars and inhibit gene flow by pollen dispersal. In addition, the mutant also inhibits the non-GM to GM gene flow, which would otherwise eliminate useful characteristics of GM rice. It is important maintain the quality of GM rice, particularly those GM rice traits that are of medical use. The *spw1-cls* mutation would also be useful in maintaining "purity of lines" of non-GM rice cultivars. For example, keeping glutinous and non-glutinous lines separate is an issue of concern ([@b9-bs-62-124], [@b10-bs-62-124]). Currently, suppression of such natural crossings is done by separating the heading dates of the cultivars and maintaining adequate distances between cultivated paddy fields of glutinous and non-glutinous cultivars. This entails much effort and is demanding on space. However, the use of glutinous rice cultivars with the *spw1-cls* mutation would make it possible to cultivate glutinous and non-glutinous cultivars in adjacent paddy fields without consideration of heading dates.
Although the natural crossing rate of rice is usually affected by the shapes and sizes of stamens and pistils ([@b11-bs-62-124], [@b12-bs-62-124]), cleistogamy in *spw1-cls* is unaffected by these factors because the lemma and palea enclose the inner floral organs and do not open. Thus, the *spw1-cls* mutation is suitable for cultivars with all shapes and sizes of floral organs.
The molecular lesion of *spw1-cls* causes a missense mutation in the *SPW1* gene encoding a B-class MADS-box protein. The SPW1 protein forms a heterodimer with MADS2 or MADS4 proteins thus exerting B-class activity to specify lodicule and stamen identities. The *spw1-cls* mutation causes reduction in protein-protein interaction between SPW1 and MADS2/4, with consequently reduced B-class activity that results in the transformation of the lodicule to an mrp-like organ ([@b29-bs-62-124]). Yoshida *et al.* reported that protein-protein interaction between SPW1^cls^ and MADS2/4, which causes cleistogamy, is restored by reducing temperature in a yeast two-hybrid system. Therefore, it would be important to determine whether the cleistogamy of *spw1-cls* is maintained through the range of climates under which rice is cultivated, particularly where summers are cool. Despite this qualification, we have demonstrated significant advantages and stability of the *spw1-cls* mutation and the cleistogamous phenotype. The *spw1-cls* mutation is not expected to affect commercial traits, and we were able to reliably introduce the mutation to any cultivar by using DNA markers. We also showed that *spw1-cls* cleistogamy effectively inhibits natural crossing in paddy fields. We have thus developed the most practical mechanism for suppressing transgene flow and/or maintaining purity of genetic lines.
We thank K. Tsukada, K. Yukawa, N. Ichimura, K. Asano, M. Sekizawa and M. Iizuka for their excellent assistance in various experiments, K. Hayashi and M. Kimizu for helpful discussion and encouragement and T. Kotake, M. Ichihashi, T. Genba, S. Yuminamochi and K. Koide for their help in the rice cultivation. This work was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (Research Project for Genomics for Agricultural Innovation).
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Agronomic traits of *spw1-cls*
Line name n = Heading date Days from seeding to heading (days) Longest culm length (cm) Panicle number (number/plant) Longest panicle length (cm) Number of spikelets on longest panicle (number/panicle) Percentage of ripened grain (%) Brown rice dry grain weight (mg)
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2006 year
*spw1-cls* 135 8/13 119.1 ± 2.22 87.1 ± 4.98 8.7 ± 2.68 22.6 ± 1.22 116.3 ± 17.16 77.1 ± 13.90 19.0 ± 0.70
T65[a](#tfn2-bs-62-124){ref-type="table-fn"} 45 8/10 116.7 ± 2.09 88.2 ± 3.73 9.1 ± 1.30 22.4 ± 0.82 100.4 ± 14.08 86.6 ± 9.49 21.4 ± 1.41
2007 year
*spw1-cls* 25 8/11 118.8 ± 1.52 90.3 ± 4.14 11.7 ± 3.11 23.1 ± 1.04 134.6 ± 14.02 83.4 ± 8.30 19.9 ± 0.57
T65 60 8/9 116.8 ± 1.75 90.3 ± 3.59 9.8 ± 1.58 22.1 ± 0.90 97.2 ± 13.88 88.7 ± 7.26 21.8 ± 1.16
2008 year
*spw1-cls* 243 8/15 117.6 ± 2.33 95.6 ± 5.60 10.2 ± 2.39 23.1 ± 1.19 118.6 ± 15.65 77.6 ± 4.74 20.3 ± 0.66
T65 38 8/14 116.7 ± 2.57 98.4 ± 3.87 10.4 ± 2.18 22.4 ± 0.95 106.3 ± 16.50 86.2 ± 5.50 23.4 ± 1.12
2009 year
*spw1-cls* 102 8/15 119.0 ± 1.76 99.1 ± 4.31 10.5 ± 1.94 23.0 ± 1.00 119.6 ± 12.89 80.2 ± 4.65 20.6 ± 0.52
T65 40 8/13 116.5 ± 1.96 99.3 ± 2.88 9.8 ± 2.16 21.5 ± 1.20 106.8 ± 17.25 91.2 ± 6.12 22.6 ± 1.06
2010 year
*spw1-cls* 41 8/10 115.0 ± 1.72 89.8 ± 2.49 8.7 ± 1.65 22.9 ± 1.07 105.1 ± 12.71 76.7 ± 4.90 19.7 ± 0.59
T65 40 8/10 114.4 ± 2.19 86.4 ± 2.83 8.8 ± 1.79 21.8 ± 1.01 91.8 ± 14.96 92.5 ± 2.94 20.5 ± 0.81
Values are means ± standard deviations.
T65, which is the parental cultivar of *spw1-cls*, was used as a control.
######
Agronomic traits of Yumeaoba-cls lines
Line name n= Heading date Days from seeding to heading (days) Longest culm length (cm) Panicle number (number/plant) Longest panicle length (cm) Number of spikelets on longest panicle (number/panicle) Percentage of ripened grain (%) Brown rice dry grain weight (mg)
--------------------------------------------------- ---- -------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------------- ----------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------
2009 year
Yumeaoba-cls (BC~2~F~3~) 40 8/6 109.1 ± 1.88 81.6 ± 3.37 7.7 ± 1.82 20.3 ± 1.10 148.7 ± 26.06 84.4 ± 7.04 25.0 ± 0.72
Yumeaoba[a](#tfn4-bs-62-124){ref-type="table-fn"} 36 8/6 109.4 ± 1.50 76.9 ± 2.57 8.6 ± 1.50 20.2 ± 0.90 139.3 ± 23.22 81.3 ± 15.42 23.7 ± 1.10
2010 year
Yumeaoba-cls (BC~2~F~5~) 40 8/2 106.2 ± 1.45 67.7 ± 1.98 6.5 ± 0.72 22.2 ± 0.98 159.7 ± 19.39 81.6 ± 6.73 22.9 ± 0.95
Yumeaoba 36 8/1 105.7 ± 1.32 70.4 ± 3.26 7.2 ± 0.92 22.2 ± 1.28 170.2 ± 25.67 88.7 ± 3.72 21.9 ± 0.64
Values are means ± standard deviations.
The recurrent parent was Yumeaoba, which was used as a control.
######
Crossing rate between *spw1-cls* and recipient cultivars
Donor ([a](#tfn5-bs-62-124){ref-type="table-fn"}Heading date) Recipient (Heading date) Experimental plot n= Number of xenia Genotype [b](#tfn6-bs-62-124){ref-type="table-fn"}Crossing rate with donor (%)
--------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------- -------- ----------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------
2008 year
*spw1-cls* (8/11) Raichou-mochi (8/7) North 14,727 19 0 19 0.000
East 13,018 14 0 14 0.000
South 18,186 18 0 18 0.000
West 14,906 9 0 9 0.000
T65 (8/10) Raichou-mochi (8/7) North 8,593 13 3 10 0.035
East 9,764 6 3 3 0.031
South 13,468 29 27 2 0.200
West 9,629 7 5 2 0.052
*spw1-cls* (8/7) Kagura-mochi (8/5) North 14,150 8 0 8 0.000
East 15,470 13 0 13 0.000
South 10,212 8 0 8 0.000
West 13,449 11 0 11 0.000
T65 (8/11) Kagura-mochi (8/5) North 18,378 6 2 4 0.011
East 17,110 10 7 3 0.041
South 15,822 20 17 3 0.107
West 15,168 12 6 6 0.040
2010 year
*spw1-cls* (8/5) Raichou-mochi (8/2) North 20,302 1 0 1 0.000
East 22,727 0 0 0 0.000
South 18,634 0 0 0 0.000
West 20,672 0 0 0 0.000
T65 (8/9) Raichou-mochi (8/1) North 20,345 0 0 0 0.000
East 21,635 2 1 1 0.005
South 20,644 4 4 0 0.019
West 20,246 3 2 1 0.010
Date when about 50% of panicles were heading.
Crossing rate is the proportion of xenia brown rice with the T65 genotype in the total brown rice count.
[^1]: Communicated by T. Nishio
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Satine Phoenix Interview
Community Manager of Dungeons & Dragons, co-creator of Maze Arcana (with Ruty Rutenberg) and all around great ambassador of D&D and gaming in general Satine Phoenix joins the lads for some great chat on D&D, communities, sending people to sleep, D&D around the world, gaming in a castle and all sorts. Strap yourselves in for some delightful conversation and heartfelt chat about our great hobby!
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Q:
Reading # of vowels from String in java
there. I need some assistance. I'm working on having the user input text, reverse the text, then read the number of vowels in the text and tell them how many vowels were in the reversed text.
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println ("Please type in whatever you want ");
Scanner type_input = new Scanner (System.in);
Scanner type_input = new Scanner (System.in);
StringBuilder type_output = new StringBuilder();
type_output.append(type_hold);
type_output=type_output.reverse();
System.out.println("Is this what you types in? " + type_output);
for(int vowel_num = 0; vowel_num< type_hold.length(); vowel_num++)
{
if((type_hold.charAt(vowel_num) =='a')||(type_hold.charAt(vowel_num) =='e')||
(type_hold.charAt(vowel_num) =='o')||(type_hold.charAt(vowel_num) =='i')||
(type_hold.charAt(vowel_num) =='u')){
System.out.println("There are " + vowel_num + " vowels in " + type_hold);
}
But when I get it to typing in to running it i get the following. I'm not sure where I'm messing up.
run:
Please type in whatever you want
hello
Is this what you types in? olleh
There are 1 vowels in hello
There are 4 vowels in hello
Edit: I figured it out. Thank you to everyone for the help!
A:
What is type_hold? Didn't see you instantiate it, and you are using it.
What vowel_num? The index you are looping through the string? or the number of vowels you have counted?
What you should have done to count vowels in a string:
Assuming index is the index of the string we are currently scanning, vowel_count is the count of vowels you have encountered.
int vowel_count = 0;
for(int index = 0; index < type_hold.length(); index++) {
if((type_hold.charAt(index) =='a') ||
(type_hold.charAt(index) =='e') ||
(type_hold.charAt(index) =='o') ||
(type_hold.charAt(index) =='i') ||
(type_hold.charAt(index) =='u')){
// character at vowel_index is a vowel.
// you have encountered 1 more vowel!
System.out.println("Character at " + index + " is a vowel.");
vowel_count ++;
}
}
System.out.println("There are " + vowel_count + " vowels in " + type_hold);
A:
Java 8 streams can be used on the character array inside the String.
StringBuilder type_hold = new StringBuilder();
long vowel_num = type_hold.toString().toLowerCase().chars()
.filter(it -> "aeiou".indexOf(it) != -1).count();
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Kaori Ishibashi
Kaori Ishibashi (石橋かおりIshibashi Kaori; born May 6, 1962) is a Japanese confectionary researcher, baking instructor, and author known for her specialty in cheesecakes. She has written 48 baking cookbooks and over 400 cheesecake recipes.
Biography
Kaori Ishibashi was born in Chiba, Japan and raised in Nagano where she graduated from Suwafutaba High School. She went on to attend Meiji University of Integrative Medicine and graduated as a practitioner in acupuncture and moxibustion. After graduating, she worked at Tokyo Jiyugaoka Hospital as a chiropractor and practitioner of moxibustion.
Career
Ishibashi began her confectionary career as a self-taught baker starting off with wholesale business to local restaurants and taking request orders for wedding cakes while working as an acupuncturist in 1992. Fascinated by the art of baking, she began reading cookbook after cookbook wondering why her finished product never turned out as expected. Unsatisfied with the conventional methods found in the cookbooks she read she decided to learn under confectioner and former house of representatives member Makiko Fujino. After 3 years under the training of Fujino, she received a diploma from Makiko Foods Studio. Thereafter she attended various culinary schools around the world such as Bellouet Conseil in France, The Culinary Institute of America, Valrhona Chocolate School in France, and received training under various French chefs visiting Japan. In 1996 through collection of data from hundreds of baking experiments she was able to compile them into her first published book ”絶対失敗しないシッフォンケーキ” (zettai shippai shinai shifon kēki). She also runs her own baking studio "Cake" (ケイク） in her newly renovated house in Nagano where she offers a year long class on the fundamentals of baking.
Current projects
Ishibashi is currently living and working in Nagano, Japan as a confectionary researcher and author. She regularly publishes recipes in various magazines such as “レタスクラブ (retasukurabu), “Ｓａｉｔａ”, “おはよう奥さん” (ohayō okusan), “天然生活” (tennen seikatsu). She is also president of Cake Freak Inc. Ishibashi is currently focusing her efforts on opening her own cheesecake shop in New York City.
Bibliography
References
Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Confectioners
Category:Bakers
Category:Japanese chefs
Category:People from Chiba Prefecture
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K-Wings school South Carolina
Wednesday
Nov 7, 2012 at 11:02 PMNov 7, 2012 at 11:05 PM
K-Wings win, 5-3
Mark C. McGlothlen
The school bell sounded early for the Kalamazoo Wings(6-4-0-0) on Wednesday morning as they battled the South Carolina Stingrays (4-7-0-1) at 10:30 am for the annual Education Day game at Wings Stadium.
Students from Centreville, Mendon, Three Rivers and White Pigeon were among the nearly 5,000 students that packed the arena to cheer, or in some cases, scream the K-Wings to a 5-3 victory.
While the students kept the stands rocking, the K-Wings did their part on the ice as well. Hoping to snap a three-game losing streak, the K-Wings jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Brett Lysak sent the puck past the Stingrays goaltender Shawn Hunwick.
The K-Wings added to that lead later in the period on an Elgin Reid power play blast from the blue line to give the K-Wings a 2-0 advantage. Lysak and Sam Ftorek assisted on the goal.
Tyler Johnson put the Stingrays on the board midway through the period with his first goal of the year.
Regaining their two-goal lead late in the period, Dustin Cloutier scored his second on the year, but the Stingrays Mike Hamilton cut the lead to a single goal with only 36 seconds left in the period.
Up by a goal and outshooting the Stingrays 16-12, K-Wings coach Nick Bootland was left scratching his head after the first 20 minutes.
“I thought we made two mistakes that ended up in the back of the net,” Bootland said. “The reality is we worked real hard and as a coach I was a little disappointed to only be up by one because I felt we came out with the start we wanted.”
Holding the Stingrays scoreless in the second, the K-Wings padded their lead with a goal by Aaron Clarke.
“There was a big emphasis before the game and during the intermission because we’ve been struggling (in the second period),” Bootland said. “To not allow them to score a goal in the period is a huge step in the right direction.”
An unassisted goal by Alden Hirschfeld brought the Stingrays to within a goal midway into the third period, but the K-Wings Lysak put the game away with his second goal of the day to give them a 5-3 lead.
Lysak, who had a three-point game, spoke of the importance of the win following the game.
“We had a three-game losing streak and that’s not acceptable around here,” he said. “We know that, the organization expects more from us.”
The two teams will face-off against each other again on Friday night.
“I am sure it is going to be a hard fought battle,” Lysak said of the rematch. “They work hard and are a young team. We have to do the same thing we did today to be successful on Friday.”
Bootland knows the Stingrays will adjust following the loss.
“We just have to remember what it took to beat them,” Bootland said. “We have to understand that we played a solid game and paid a price. We paid a price physically, we worked our tails off. You have to be prepared to do that again.”
With the win, the K-Wings pull to within one point of the second place Fort Wayne Komets, a team they will face on Saturday night as they conclude their five-game home stand. The K-Wings and Stingrays meet again on Friday night. Both games begin at 7:30 pm.
K-Wings News and Notes
Approaching Milestones: With his goal yesterday, Aaron Clarke is just two shy from 100 on his career. Kory Karlander, who had an assist in yesterday’s game, is just two points away from 1,000 points in his career.
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Q:
How to open a browser window from a node-webkit app?
I have a desktop application, packaged using node-webkit. I need to open the default browser of the user on click of a link. I am using
window.open("www.google.com")
but this opens a new node-webkit window rather than opening a browser window. How do I open a browser window instead??
A:
To open a link in the user's default browser, you could use gui.Shell.openExternal("http://website.com"). Checkout the documentation for gui.Shell.
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Stanley E. Clarke III
Stanley E. Clarke III is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and former Director of the Air National Guard. In that position, he was the highest-ranking member of the Air National Guard and reported directly to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Biography
Clarke was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force following his graduation from the University of Georgia in with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981. He is a Command Pilot and has flown over 4,000 hours (including over 100 combat hours) in the A-10 Thunderbolt, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and C-26 Metroliner. He has served in a number of leadership positions including Commander of the 160th Fighter Squadron, Commander of the 187th Fighter Wing, Deputy Director of the Air National Guard, Defense Attache in Turkey, Assistant Adjutant General of the Alabama National Guard, and Commander of the First Air Force. In 2007, he completed a Master of Arts degree in military studies at the American Military University.
In May 2013, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and became the Director of the Air National Guard. He was relieved of this assignment on 18 December 2015 and retired from the U.S. Air Force on 1 March 2016.
References
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Living people
Category:United States Air Force generals
Category:University of Georgia alumni
Category:American air force personnel of the Iraq War
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Since LEGO has so many types of gears and connectors I started to think about making a automata toy. Instead of a still scene, the motion may create a lot of fun. This one can be categoried to the castel series, it depicting a scene that one guy is draged by the flying dragon, and the othe two are trying to rescue him. For the dragon, there are several parts can be rotate or adjusted, including: head, both wings, hands and feets, tail. I will update the instruction of the dragon soon.
This is a idea from Dali's famous painting-the temptation of saint anthony.
I think lots of people like paintings, and Dali is a very impressive one. Everyone who knows him will recognize the elephant right away from the long legs.
In the painting, there is also a palace on the back of the elephant, I made one for the elephant to carry, but I didn't make the same as the original painting since it is a little bit hard to depict.
Lots of parts can be adjusted, so the elephant can present different pose, the nose, ears, legs, head and tail all can be moved smoothly.
The most hard part is the leg, I tried to make it as thin as the painting, and moreover, they should also carry the weight of the elephant and the catsle, I am glad I made it!
Thanks for click in and see my moc, here is a more detaild video:
It took me a long time to figure out how to make the tail looks good.
I put shark and dophin together since they are both from the sea.
Feel free to check out the building instructions for the two.
Please also check out my lego moc channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyyzwE_zBeyJGvVym4kWC1g
I know a lot of people like Janese culture, as a result, a fortune cat is well know to everyone, why is so popular? Cause no one hate fortune! So, I think it would be a good idea to build a fortune cat and people could place it in their home, on their office desk, or anywhere they want.
Both hands can move, so does the ears! I decorated the cat with flowers and bamboo, and of course, money!
Since the parts are so many, it took me a lot of time to do the building instruction video. Here it is:
Please like and comments, your opinion is worth a lot.
Welcome to subsribe my channel, there are some other building videos, and I will keep uoload.
here it is:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyyzwE_zBeyJGvVym4kWC1g
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The PEL-38 Electronic Podometer for static and dynamic analysis of foot biomechanics.
The PEL-38 Podometer is a practical computer system for the analysis of foot function. Designed, tested and used at leading medical centers on the European continent, it has been introduced in the United States by Physical Support Systems (6 Ledge Road, Windham NH 03087; 1-800-222-5009). The PEL-38 Podometer measures, records, and graphically analyzes foot pressure distribution in both static and dynamic modes.
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[Anatomic lesions in bacterial endocarditis of the aortic valves. Practical implications].
Bacterial infection of aortic valves remains frequent and worrying. The virulence of the pathogen in question, the history of the infection and the topography of valvular involvement account for certain lesional features, notably cardiac abscess and contiguous lesions, which are seen in 50% of cases with autopsy material. Clinically suspected cardiac abscesses can be detected by echocardiography when their size reaches or exceeds 4 mm. Their active nature is such that emergency surgery is an additional indication to be added to conventional ones such as uncontrolled infection, heart failure refractory to treatment, and repeated systemic embolism.
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Q:
Pass arguments to external command - stop parsing
I'm new to PowerShell and trying to stop parsing when calling an external cmd. Sample code:
$Exe = "C:\Program Files\Test\keygen.exe"
# Execute command with arguments
$Exe --% "-Z"
I think --% is correct to stop the parser, but this returns the error "The '--' operator only works on numbers. The operand is a 'System.String'.
What is wrong here?
A:
You defined your command as a string. PowerShell's default behavior is to echo strings and execute bare words:
PS C:\> ping.exe 127.0.0.1
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
PS C:\> $exe = 'ping.exe'
PS C:\> $exe
ping.exe
PS C:\> $exe 127.0.0.1
At line:1 char:6
+ $exe 127.0.0.1
+ ~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token '127.0.0.1' in expression or statement.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken
You need to use the call operator (&) to have PowerShell execute string commands:
PS C:\> & $exe 127.0.0.1
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
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Q:
does the focal length change the perspective at a given distance?
Situation A: 25mm lense, subject at 5 meters. Take a shot with the Subject covering half of the sensor.
Situation B: 50mm lense, subject at 5 meters, Take a shot with the Subject covering the Whole sensor, load in Photoshop, resize subject to the same size as if it was taken with the 25mm lense.
Forgetting about image quality, lense quality, aperture, edge distortion, image-degradation from resizing and taking into account only the proportion and perspective of the subject if the distance to the subject does not change, will I notice a difference in the two images, or will the result be identical?
I want to make composites, and I know that the subject is supposed to be placed 5 meters from the photographer on scene. If the vaniscing point is identical, then the only thing i have to take into account is that the subject should be at the very same distance when it is photographed in the studio.. If this is right, then it makes no difference what focal lenght I use, as long as the distance to the subject is the same... (obviously illumination and aperture and all the rest have to match..)
A:
Your perspective will be the same in both photos. Perspective is dependent on distance alone.
With two photos taken from the same distance, after you crop the image to match the subject size, there will be virtually no difference in the final image.
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go to the bathroom in middle of night there's a demon staring at me through that mirror
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Highly efficient picosecond all-solid-state Raman laser at 1179 and 1227 nm on single and combined Raman lines in a BaWO4 crystal.
We present a highly efficient ring-cavity all-solid-state BaWO4 Raman laser generating at both the long-shift (ν1=925 cm-1) and short-shift (ν2=332 cm-1) Raman lines under external picosecond synchronous pumping at the wavelength of 1063 nm. Very high slope efficiencies and output pulse energies of 68.8% and 103 nJ at the ν1-shifted Stokes wavelength of 1179 nm, and 38.6% and 53 nJ at the (ν1+ν2)-shifted Stokes wavelength of 1227 nm have been achieved. Self-mode locking of the (ν1+ν2)-shifted Stokes field under intracavity pumping by the ν1-shifted Stokes field allowed to realize 12-fold shortening of the 1227 nm radiation pulse down to 3 ps close to the shorter dephasing time of the ν2 Raman line at the output pulse peak power 1.5 times higher than the pump peak power.
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A pizza place in Multan, Pizza.com, is all set to provide robotic waiter service to its customers. The amazing thing is that this robot in question and all of its underlying technology is completely made from the ground up in Pakistan.
The face behind this technology
The main force behind this whole operation is Syed Usama Aziz, an electrical engineering graduate from NUST. He is the son of restaurant’s owner and has a keen interest in the field of Robotics.
Source of motivation
Usama enrolled in Electrical Engineering department of NUST in 2011 and graduated in 2015. He wanted to study further and explore the field of Robotics by going abroad. His father, the owner of Pizza.com, encouraged him to stay in Pakistan and prove his mettle here.
Upon failing to convince his parents on going abroad for further studies, he decided to follow his passion right here in Pakistan. In order to improve his fathers’ hotel, he struck the notion that whole serving process should be automated to increase efficiency by many folds.
But when he realized that the cost of importing an automatic serving machine from other countries would set him back millions of rupees, he decided to develop one in Pakistan from scratch.
Meet the first Robotic Waiter of Pakistan
After 8 months of hard work, and investment of around 0.4 million Pakistani Rupees (4 lakh Rupees), Pakistan’s first robotic waiter is finally ready to be put to work. Usama is currently beta testing the robot in Multan branch of Pizza.com. Here is a small video showcasing the robot in action:
The robot is able to navigate to the customer’s table, greet the customer, serve the meal and come back to the counter. It can also detect obstacles in the path and avoid them to continue on its merry way.
It seems like the robot is a bit limited in scope at the moment, with limited implementation of artificial intelligence in it.
But considering that all the mechanical and electrical components used in the robot are completely made in Pakistan, it is awe-inspiring how much Usama has accomplished in such a short time with the limited resources available to him.
Future plans
Although the robot is currently in beta testing phase at Multan branch of Pizza.com, Usama has plans to deploy similar robots in the Hyderabad branch too. He also plans to further enhance its functionality by enabling it to take orders in the future.
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The Sonian Forest, Foret de Soignes, or Zoniënwoud, an 11,000 hectare woodland to the southeast of Brussels, providing a "green lung" for the polluted, traffic choked city. The forest is currently in three jurisdictions, Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia, but EU involvement in 2013 will see development of plans to re-unify the forest, for the benefit of humans and wildlife.
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A U.S. study has found an unusually high incidence of gastrointestinal disease in a small U.S. town located downstream from a Teck smelter in Trail, B.C.
Northport, Wash., is a small community of 300 people, located 35 kilometres downstream from Teck’s Trail operations — one of the biggest lead and zinc smelters in the world.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have now confirmed Northport residents have 10 to 15 times the normal rate of diseases such as colitis and Crohn’s disease, which have symptoms including abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Teck’s Trail smelter is one of the biggest lead and zinc smelters in the world. (Trail Daily Times/Canadian Press)
"It’s a relief to have someone in a knowledgeable situation say something is going on here that is not normal," says Northport resident Joe Wickman.
The Harvard study has ruled out a genetic connection, as few of the Northport victims are related.
Researchers are now seeking funding to establish whether environmental toxins are behind the high rate of Crohn’s disease and colitis.
Teck says it has spent millions of dollars reducing pollution from its Trail smelter, and there is no established link between environmental factors and disease rates for Crohn’s and colitis.
"We need to find out what is really going and we need to have clear answers here," says company spokesperson Dave Godlewski.
For generations, locals have complained they've been sickened by pollution from the smelter across the border.
Jamie Paparich, whose father and aunt had Crohn's disease, has lobbied the medical community to get involved for years.
"When I stumbled upon all the records and research about Teck, and learned all the years and decades of pollution they had put into the river and air, it just became so obvious that this was the common denominator this was the link," says Paparich.
He now wants action from Teck.
"They can stop maybe shuffling their feet on some of this and go forward on areas they know they can make a difference now," Paparich said.
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Q:
Best way to store list of numbers and to retrieve them
What is the best way to store a list of random numbers (like lotto/bingo numbers) and retrieve them? I'd like to store on a Database a number of rows, where each row contains 5-10 numbers ranging from 0 to 90. I will store a big number of those rows. What I'd like to be able is to retrieve the rows that have at least X number in common to a newly generated row.
Example:
[3,4,33,67,85,99]
[55,56,77,89,98,99]
[3,4,23,47,85,91]
Those are on the DB
I will generate this:
[1,2,11,45,47,88] and now I want to get the rows that have at least 1 number in common with this one.
The easiest (and dumbest?) way is to make 6 select and check for similar results.
I thought to store numbers with a large binary string like
000000000000000000000100000000010010110000000000000000000000000 with 99 numbers where each number represent a number from 1 to 99, so if I have 1 at the 44th position, it means that I have 44 on that row. This method is probably shifting the difficult tasks to the Db but it's again not very smart.
Any suggestion?
A:
You should create a table like so:
TicketId Number
1 3
1 4
1 33
1 67
1 85
1 99
2 55
2 56
2 77
etc...
Then your query, at least for X = 1, becomes:
SELECT DISTINCT TicketId FROM Ticket WHERE Number IN (1, 2, 11, 45, 47, 88)
The advantage of this is that you can use an index instead of a full table scan.
For X greater than one, you could do the following:
SELECT TicketId, COUNT(*) AS cnt
FROM Ticket WHERE Number IN (1, 2, 11, 45, 47, 88)
GROUP BY TicketId
HAVING COUNT(*) >= 3
Again this will be able to use the index.
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'Revenge porn' mogul Hunter Moore pleads guilty Published duration 19 February 2015
image copyright Hunter Moore image caption Hunter Moore faces up to seven years in prison after admitting hacking and identity theft
The man behind a "revenge porn" website has pleaded guilty to hacking and identity theft, in Los Angeles.
Hunter Moore, 28, faces between two and seven years in prison, according to the US Attorney's Office.
He ran IsAnyoneUp.com, on which pictures were posted of naked women without their consent, and was once called "the most hated man on the internet".
Another man allegedly involved has pleaded not guilty and faces trial.
As well as running the site - where people often posted pictures of their ex-lovers, coining the term "revenge porn" - prosecutors said Moore had also enlisted a hacker to steal nude photos from email accounts.
Photos posted between 2010 and 2012 included pictures of an American Idol finalist, the daughter of a major US Republican party donor and a woman in a wheelchair, according to a 2012 article in Rolling Stone magazine.
Moore alleged in the agreement that he had paid Charles Evens to hack email accounts and steal photos.
Mr Evens, 26, of Los Angeles, pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial in March. He refused to comment.
Moore is due in court on Wednesday 25 February, although the Attorney's Office spokesman said sentencing could be postponed until March. Moore will also be required to inform his parole officer every time he uses a new device capable of accessing the internet.
Moore was arrested in January 2014 after an FBI investigation. He had previously been ordered to pay $250,000 (£170,000) in damages for defamation after a civil lawsuit.
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Archidactylina
Archidactylina is a genus of copepods that contains only the species Archidactylina myxinicola, and is the only genus in the family Archidactylinidae. It is a parasite of the gill pouches of two species of hagfish found in Japanese waters, Eptatretus okinoseanus and Myxine garmani.
References
Category:Siphonostomatoida
Category:Monotypic crustacean genera
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
'''Compare two map files'''
import sys
import pytest
from pytest import approx
f1 = open(sys.argv[1])
f2 = open(sys.argv[2])
#6 lines of Header
for i in range(6):
l1 = f1.readline()
l2 = f2.readline()
assert l1 == l2
#single flots
for l1 in f1:
l2 = f2.readline()
val1 = float(l1)
val2 = float(l2)
assert val1 == approx(val2,abs=1e-4)
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Paul Ryan has been running a not-so-secret shadow campaign for Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton and Paul Ryan have many things in common, such as progressiveness, open borders, amnesty, special interest lobbyists, and global worldviews. None of that coincides with Donald Trump’s “America first” approach, and that is very telling.
In a leaked WikiLeaks email, we see more collusion between Paul Ryan and Hillary Clinton. It has been revealed that the Clinton campaign attempted to list a close relative of Paul Ryan as a potential Supreme Court pick.
There are thousands of Judges that could be selected as potential Supreme Court Justices, ask yourself why Hillary Clinton chose Paul Ryan’s relative. Pay to play? He is Speaker of the House that continues to do absolutely nothing to help Donald Trump and everything to help Hillary Clinton.
As Paul Joseph Watson described it:
She was confirmed without any Republican opposition in the Senate not once, but *twice*. She was confirmed to her current position in 2013 by unanimous consent – that is, without any stated opposition. She was also previously confirmed unanimously to a seat on the U.S. Sentencing Commission (where she became vice chair),” reads the email. Her family is impressive. She is married to a surgeon and has two young daughters. Her father is a retired lawyer and her mother a retired school principal. Her brother was a police officer (in the unit that was the basis for the television show *The Wire*) and is now a law student, and she is related by marriage to Congressman (and Speaker of the House) Paul Ryan.
The timing of everything is truly astonishing, especially given that Paul Ryan indicated earlier this month that he could no longer support or defend Donald Trump for things he said eleven years ago.
It has also been rumored that Paul Ryan was involved in the plan to release the Billy Bush tapes against Donald Trump, which would be another move to help Hillary Clinton in this race and what he has wanted to do this entire time.
Paul Ryan is a liar and has betrayed the people that elected him, but it may appear that the American people are giving him what he deserves. A recent poll released this week indicated that more than two thirds of Republicans trust Donald Trump more than they do Paul Ryan to lead the GOP.
Just consider everything for a moment.
Paul Ryan’s close relative is being touted as a likely Clinton Supreme Court Justice choice, he has openly supported Clinton’s amnesty proposal, he has not supported Trump’s southern border wall proposal, he is allegedly the man that leaked the Billy Bush tapes against Trump, and he has not thrown his full support behind Donald Trump once this entire election cycle.
Every time something bad happens for Trump, Paul Ryan is the first one to criticize him because it gives him another reason to show his undercover support for Hillary Clinton.
At this point, it doesn’t matter whether you’re Democrat, Republican or undecided–but if you’re an American that wants a better future, no corruption, less government meddling with your life, less taxes so you can support your own family, more jobs, higher wages, better education without common core, and a secure country, then you must vote for Donald Trump.
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Michael Coren: His religion says abortion is homicide and a 'grave sin.' Can we believe Scheer when he says that, given the power to stop it, he simply won’t do so?
It used to be said that politics was the art of the possible. Today, certainly in Canada, it seems to be the art of the implausible. Step forward Andrew Scheer, who appears to spend as much time defending his own positions as he does attacking those of his opponents. He’s a conservative and devout Roman Catholic, and it would be a sad day if someone of deep faith were somehow prevented from running for office.
But here’s where the implausible enters the debate: that Catholic faith demands the holding of specific positions on highly controversial issues, and while in the past the Conservative leader had little problem declaring his opinions, he’s now trying to obfuscate and dodge.
Arguably the most prominent of these themes is abortion, with Scheer’s church stating that, “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person—among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.”
So it’s hardly surprising that during the Conservative leadership contest, Scheer was eagerly interviewed by the pro-life group Right Now. He told them that while his party wouldn’t officially reopen the issue, “I’ve always voted in favour of pro-life legislation … I can assure you that I support the right of individual MPs to speak out and bring, introduce matters that are important to them.”
The group itself then issued a concluding statement to its community, and it’s extremely significant: “Andrew Scheer has said that the government will not introduce legislation on abortion. When leadership candidates (or even elected leaders) of political parties say that, it means the cabinet. Let’s say the Conservatives win 180 seats in the next federal election and of the 180 MPs, 30 of them are in cabinet. That means 150 other Conservative MPs would be allowed to introduce a private members’ bill on this. He also never said that he would whip his cabinet not to vote for pro-life motions or bills nor did he say he himself would not vote for them either.”
Opponents of abortion went on to support Scheer during the contest, and their votes were—to the surprise and often chagrin of many—sufficient to catapult him above Maxime Bernier in the 13th ballot.
This is all rather different from Stephen Harper, who is often misread, especially by his critics. Contrary to what some people insist, he wasn’t particularly socially conservative, was not theologically committed as a politician, and saw the abortion issue as not only a digression but also a danger. He and his office developed a firm grip on pro-life backbenchers, controlling the message and making sure that the Liberals and NDP weren’t given an opportunity to paint his party as a threat to women’s choice. Stockwell Day, an ardent Pentecostal, was a different story, but he was not as close to power as is Andrew Scheer.
Much of this is about the mud of party politics and electioneering, but there’s a more profound point. Putting judgment on this most divisive subject aside, the central if not exclusive justification to be anti-abortion is the belief that life begins at conception, and that the procedure is taking the life of an unborn child, killing a human, or as is frequently said today by pro-life activists, the crime of murder. Scheer hasn’t used the latter hyperbole, but he has certainly associated with people who do.
This leads to two inevitable, invincible questions. If someone is morally, religiously, and scientifically certain that abortion is the killing of a child, should we believe them when they tell us that once they have the opportunity and power to prevent or reduce abortion they simply won’t do so? Remember, even the relatively progressive Pope Francis recently described it as a “grave sin”.
Assuming that Scheer is being honest, if he is so sure that abortion is homicide, what does it then say about him that he is prepared to ignore the issue when for the first time in his life he has the power to do something about it?
When, in Robert Bolt’s magnificent play A Man for All Seasons, the unscrupulous politician Richard Rich is made Attorney-General for Wales for perjuring himself to convict Thomas More, the soon to be executed More says, “It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world … but for Wales?” But for Sussex Drive?
I’d be shocked if Andrew Scheer, if victorious, would introduce an anti-abortion bill, but equally so if he dissuaded others from doing so, even if they pursued their goals incrementally and circuitously. The culture and climate of choice can be dented gradually and carefully, and just as Andrew Scheer has the absolute right to his beliefs, those who have fought for so long for abortion rights need to know where potential prime ministers genuinely stand.
MORE BY MICHAEL COREN:
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U.S. stocks closed mostly lower Tuesday in a session that saw the key indexes weave in and out of positive territory as investors weighed mounting political tension in the nation’s capital against renewed optimism over U.S.-China trade talks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.92% shed 53.02 points, or 0.2%, to 24,370.24 while the S&P 500 index SPX, -2.37% slipped 0.94 point to 2,636.78 and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -3.01% edged up 11.31 points, or 0.2%, to 7,031.83.
A contentious meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi over border security, with Trump threatening to shut down government, battered already fragile sentiment.
Stocks had charged higher at the opening bell after the U.S. and China launched formal trade talks with a phone call. The initial conversation included Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, where they discussed changes to fundamental Chinese economic policies.
In the call, China informed U.S. officials that it had agreed to reduce tariffs on U.S. autos to 15%, down from 40%. The move was credited with lifting shares of Ford Motor Company F, -2.06% and General Motors Co. GM, -0.34% .
Read:Stock market on ‘cliff’s edge’ as S&P 500 tests this crucial support level: chart watcher
What data were in focus?
The National Federation of Independent Businesses issued its small business optimism index for November, showing it fell to 104.8 from 107.1 in October, its lowest reading since May.
The wholesale cost of goods and services rose by 0.1% in November, above consensus estimates of a 0.1% decline, according to a MarketWatch poll of economists. Year-over-year rises in producer prices, however, fell to 2.5% from 2.9%, according to the Labor Department.
What were strategists saying?
“Hard to rally on the same news more than twice. Market opened on hopes of trade concessions with China. Trade is a long-term discussion [with] no resolution of substance until much further down the road. Therefore all rallies have be treated with suspect particularly given the strong downside momentum in force since October,” said Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist at Baird.
“Today is pretty much a mirror image of yesterday. We started out strong and now the early gains have been whittled away just as the market clawed back early losses yesterday,” said Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at SIA Wealth Management Inc.”Overall, volatility remains high with neither side — bulls or bears — able to exert control for more than a day or two.”
Larry Benedict, chief executive of the Opportunistic Trader, said that investors remained “skittish.” “The true giveaway in my mind,” that markets aren’t about to mount a year-end rally, “is that volatility is still elevated at roughly 22,” he said. “If this were the real deal, volatility would be near 15.”
What stocks were in focus?
Alphabet Inc. shares GOOGL, -3.45% GOOG, -3.42% rose 0.8% as its Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai was grilled on Capitol Hill over the search giant’s practices and its alleged political bias.
Apple Inc. shares AAPL, -4.19% fell 0.8% amid lingering concerns about the company’s business model and a series of setbacks in China, a key market.
Shares of Francesca’s Holdings Corp. FRAN, -10.75% skidded 15% after the firm announced a quarterly loss and a decline in store foot traffic.
DSW Inc. US:DSW rallied 10% after the company roundly beat estimates for third-quarter profits and sales, while raising its 2018 outlook.
Pfizer Inc. PFE, -0.69% shares slid 0.6% after the stock was downgraded to neutral from overweight by JPMorgan.
How were other markets trading?
Asian stocks closed broadly higher, with Chinese benchmarks leading the way. The Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -1.72% rose 0.4% the Shenzhen Composite 399106, -2.45% gained 0.9%.
European markets advanced, with the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -1.11% up on the day.
Crude oil US:CLF9 rose while gold US:GCG9 settled lower and the U.S. dollar DXY, +0.01% gained.
—Barbara Kollmeyer contributed to this report
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United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
___________________________
No. 12-3722
___________________________
United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Demetrius McCalister, also known as Meechie, also known as Lil'D, also known as
Meechie Loc
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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Submitted: June 7, 2013
Filed: June 7, 2013
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Demetrius McCalister directly appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed
after he pled guilty to charges involving drugs and firearms. His counsel has moved
to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
acknowledging that McCalister entered into a plea agreement containing an appeal
waiver, but arguing that the district court, having granted a downward variance,
abused its discretion by not imposing a more lenient sentence.
Upon careful review, this court concludes that the appeal waiver is enforceable.
See United States v. Jennings, 662 F.3d 988, 990 (8th Cir. 2011) (court should enforce
appeal waiver if both waiver and plea agreement were entered into knowingly and
voluntarily, appeal is within waiver’s scope, and no miscarriage of justice would
result); see also United States v. Azure, 571 F.3d 769, 772 (8th Cir. 2009) (de novo
review of whether defendant waived right to appeal sentence). Having reviewed the
record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), this court finds no
nonfrivolous issues outside the scope of the appeal waiver.
The appeal is dismissed, and counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted.
______________________________
1
The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
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Leiomyosarcoma of the scrotum.
A case of leiomyosarcoma arising from the dartos muscle of the scrotum is described. Review of the literature reveals only eight other cases, and aspects of management of these and our case are discussed.
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Autrans
Autrans is a former commune in the Isère department in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors.
At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, it hosted the biathlon, cross country skiing, Nordic combined, and the ski jumping normal hill events.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autranais or Autranaises.
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Geography
Autrans is located on the Vercors Plateau in the Vercors Regional Natural Park some 10 km west of Grenoble and 11 km east of Vinay. Access to the commune is solely by the D106C which branches north from the D106 and passes in a loop through the village then back south to Méaudre. A local road goes north from the village along to the valley to the ski fields in the north of the commune. There is farmland in the valley but the slopes of the surrounding mountains are rugged and heavily forested.
The Meaudret rises in the north of the commune and flows south down the valley through the village and continues south to join the Bourne at Les Jarrands.
Bus line 5120 connects Lans-en-Vercors and Villard-de-Lans stops in Autrans village and Méaudre (the square). There is a shuttle bus in winter from the village to the ski fields.
Hiking trails
There are two main hiking trails crossing the commune: municipality is crossed by
the GR 9;
the GR footpath: Tour of the Four Mountains.
Places and hamlets
L'Achard
Les Ronins
Les Prud'hommes
Villeneuve
Eybertière
Le Bourg du-dessus
Les Eperouses
Le Bourg du dessous
Le Bouchet
Le Truc
Andrevière
Les Gonnets
Les Tranchants
Les Vernes
Les Gaillards
Le Mollaret
Le Tonkin
Les Franques
Payenat
Écharlière
Neighbouring communes and villages
Toponymy
The name Autrans is derived from the name of a village called Lans (the oldest village on the plateau) and originated from oultre-Lans meaning "beyond the village of Lans" which, over the course of time, was transformed into Autrans.
History
The 1968 Olympics in Grenoble (which were the first to be aired on TV) included cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski-jumping (90m ski-jump) and combined Nordic skiing (jumping and cross-country). For many French people the TV images of Nordic skiing at Autrans were a revelation. This would mark the beginning of the development of skiing in France and throughout Europe;
The Grenoble Olympic Winter Games 1968 ski-jumps were part of a long local tradition of ski jumping (first ski competition in 1911). Today jumps of 90 m, 56 m, and 20 m are equipped to be used in winter and in summer for many national and international competitions. There is a viewing platform at the top of the 90 m ramp.
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Public services
The commune has the following services:
A Tourist office;
A Fire Station;
An Isere General Council road maintenance depot
Twinning
Autrans has twinning associations with:
Lillehammer (Norway) since 1994.
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 1,702 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.
Economy
Winter Sports
Alpine ski area: a large field of Sure, a small field of Claret, night skiing, beginner park.
Nordic ski area, cross country skiing, snowshoeing - the French capital of Nordic skiing.
The economy is mainly based on tourism.
Tourism in the early 21st century focused primarily on the healthy climate and the station hosted many children who had health problems - especially respiratory.
Agriculture
In the early 1900s there were nearly 130 farms. Today there are 17 farms including 13 dairy farms in Autrans. Milk production is transformed into the Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage AOC in Col Vert, Brique, Saint Marcellin. Autrans also has cattle farms for meat and farm produce and a pigeon farm to serve the best restaurants. Every year on the 1st weekend in May the operation "Take the key to the fields" can visit the farms on the Vercors Plateau and discover their products.
There are also Forestry activities.
Culture and Heritage
Architectural Heritage
A Romanesque church is located on a hill in the centre of the village. Only the bell tower is from the Middle Ages (12th to 13th centuries), its stone spire dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries, the choir and the nave of the building are from 1875.
Archaeological Heritage
Autrans has three sites: a Motte-and-bailey castle and two fortified houses at Malatan and La Tour hamlets. Of these three sites nothing remains except mounds and that can be seen today in the landscape.
The Motte du Chateau is located approximately 1 km to the east of Autrans Church on a Moraine. A wattle and daub building existed on the mound in the 11th century.
Malatan is located approximately 300 m south-east of the Motte du Chateau and is an old fortified house probably dating from the 14th century.
The Tower is located approximately 200 m to the north of the hamlet of Andrevières and excavations have identified the remains of a round tower probably dating from the 12th century.
Underground heritage
The Ture Cave is located near the hamlet of Naves. It is used today for an introduction to caving or the simple discovery of an underground world because it has fairly easy access.
Local life
Sports
The Gève Domain is located 1,300 m above sea level and has an international reputation. Located to the north of the Massif du Vercors, the snow conditions are exceptional. This area is accessible by car and there are free shuttles to all valid ski pass holders for the Autrans ski resort.
Sporting events
The Foulée blanche (White Stride) event has been held every year since 1979 in January, It is a cross-country ski race attracting nearly 5,000 participants.
Cultural Events
The Autrans Internet Meeting is an annual event dedicated to the understanding of the future of the Internet. The event started in 1997 and is held every year in January.
Education
The town has a public kindergarten and a public primary school.
Notable people linked to the commune
Léonce-Émile Durand-Savoyat, former mayor of Autrans, MP and Senator for Isère.
Many natives of Autrans have been members of different French national ski teams and have won many national titles.
See also
Communes of the Isère department
Parc naturel régional du Vercors
Notes
References
External links
Autrans official website
Festitrail of Autrans
Autrans on Lion1906
Autran on the 1750 Cassini Map
Autrans on the INSEE website
INSEE
Category:Venues of the 1968 Winter Olympics
Category:Former communes of Isère
Category:Olympic biathlon venues
Category:Olympic cross-country skiing venues
Category:Olympic Nordic combined venues
Category:Olympic ski jumping venues
Category:Sports venues in Isère
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Q:
Install Visual Studio 2002 on Windows 7 or Vista
I want to install Visual Studio 2002 on Window 7(32bit). When I try it gives me error of .NET Framework 1.0 incompatibility. I can install Framework 1.1. fine on the machine but VS 2002 needs 1.0.
Note:
I am aware of VS 2002 and Framework 1.0 are incompatible on Windows 7 / Vista but
I have it installed on another similar machine and have been using it for a while. Unfortunately, I don't remember what I did to make it work then.
Any suggestions, workaround, ideas or solutions are really appreciated.
Please don't tell me it is incompatible and/or downvote because I am 100% sure I have it running on one machine.
Also I HAVE to use VS2002 due to legacy application.
A:
With several tries I was finally was able to install VS2002 on Win7.
Uninstalled all other frameworks(2.0+) which were installed as part of VS2005 / SQL Server 2008 installation.
Also found something that the Windows installer might have got corrupted and did something to repair that and some other registry settings.
Main difference I can recall is that on this system I had other frameworks, MVC, etc. before installing VS2002 and that might be causing some conflict.
But again I can't say what exactly solved the problem. So may be I should have started from scratch with plain OS only.
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Des entreprises et des organismes religieux, dont les donateurs bénéficient de crédits d’impôt, tentent de convaincre les Québécois qu’il est possible de traiter ou de guérir l’homosexualité, a découvert notre Bureau d’enquête.
Pendant quatre mois, notre équipe – avec l’aide d’un infiltrateur et de caméras cachées – a pris contact avec des groupes soupçonnés d’offrir ce genre de traitement. Nous avons trouvé cinq organisations qui offrent ce service ou qui ont accepté de l’offrir.
Conscients de la controverse entourant ce type de thérapie, ces praticiens opèrent souvent dans l’ombre. Mais pour ceux qui savent où chercher, l’offre est diversifiée.
Le « démon »
Notre équipe a rapidement réussi à trouver des pasteurs, des conseillères, et même une psychothérapeute certifiée par l’Ordre des psychologues, qui ont proposé leurs services, la plupart moyennant des centaines de dollars.
Parmi les traitements offerts, on note des séances de thérapie où on laisse supposer que l’homosexualité est « causée » par un traumatisme ou une mauvaise relation avec son père.
On parle aussi d’ateliers religieux qui proposent de guérir les gens « brisés sexuellement », et même une délivrance aux allures d’exorcisme, où notre infiltrateur a été libéré du « démon » de l’homosexualité au téléphone.
Dans tous les cas sauf un, ces services étaient associés à des organismes de bienfaisance qui amassent des milliers, voire des millions de dollars en dons admissibles à des crédits d’impôt.
La thérapie de conversion, aussi appelée « thérapie de réorientation sexuelle », stipule que l’homosexualité est un choix ou un trouble mental. Ses promoteurs cherchent donc à « rétablir » l’hétérosexualité de leurs clients ou paroissiens, ou à encourager l’abstinence.
L’Organisation panaméricaine de la santé affirme que les thérapies de conversion n’ont aucun fondement médical et « représentent une grave menace à la santé et aux droits fondamentaux des personnes affectées ». Selon l’organisme, il s’agit d’une pratique « injustifiable » qui devrait être « dénoncée et assujettie à des sanctions ».
Illégale ailleurs
La thérapie de conversion est illégale pour les mineurs en Ontario, en Nouvelle-Écosse et au Manitoba, et interdite pour tout le monde dans la ville de Vancouver.
Au Québec, les pratiques qui s’y apparentent sont généralement mal vues et condamnées par plusieurs ordres professionnels, mais demeurent toutefois légales. C’est ce que souhaite changer l’organisme québécois Alliance arc-en-ciel, qui a accouché de neuf recommandations en marge d’un rapport sur la thérapie de conversion publié en mai dernier.
« Nous, ce qu’on voudrait, c’est qu’une loi condamne les gens qui font ce genre de thérapie, plaide la directrice Julie Dubois. C’est vraiment l’horreur de penser qu’il y a des gens, des enfants qui subissent ça. Quand on regarde les témoignages, c’est de l’abus pur et simple. »
Groupe de travail
L’ancien gouvernement libéral de Philippe Couillard indiquait avoir mis sur pied un groupe de travail afin de « recenser les données probantes sur la question » et proposer un plan d’action. Julie Dubois affirme n’avoir reçu aucune invitation à ce sujet.
En octobre, une pétition a été déposée à la Chambre des communes incitant le gouvernement fédéral à bannir toute forme de thérapie de conversion chez les jeunes. Elle a, depuis, recueilli plus de 9000 signatures. Il a vécu pas moins de trois thérapies Photo Le Journal Gabriel Nadeau a à peine 12 ans quand il constate son homosexualité, une attirance considérée démoniaque dans sa communauté pentecôtiste évangélique. Troublé, il se confie à sa mère et demande de l’aide pour se « guérir ». « Je croyais que c’était quelque chose à sortir, un one time shot, pis qu’après j’allais être délivré, » dit l’homme qui a aujourd’hui 24 ans. Photo Le Journal La première délivrance est menée par le leader religieux de sa paroisse de Montréal-Nord, un homme qui demande à être appelé « Prophète ». Après avoir jeûné et bu de l’huile d’onction, Gabriel Nadeau subit une cérémonie aux allures d’un exorcisme. « Ils étaient quatre personnes à me tenir, car ils croient que quand le démon sort, la personne tremble, se souvient-il. Jamais personne ne m’a crié dans les oreilles comme ça, ils criaient “Démon, sors au nom de Jésus, démon de l’homosexualité, sort du corps de ce jeune homme” ! » Processus traumatisant Il décrit le processus comme étant violent, traumatisant. « Je voulais juste pleurer parce que c’était vraiment agressant. Mais je voulais tellement que ça marche. » S’ensuit une lutte qui a duré sept ans, soit l’entièreté de son adolescence. En tout, il subit trois différentes thérapies de conversion. « J’évangélisais pour que les gens deviennent chrétiens, donc une de mes punchlines de vente, c’était que Dieu m’avait libéré de l’homosexualité, évoque-t-il. Mais ce n’était pas représentatif de mon expérience, car mon combat, mon rejet de moi-même c’était chaque jour, chaque minute. » « Je suivais toutes les instructions, toute la volonté de Dieu, mais rien ne changeait. J’étais encore attiré par les gars. » C’est en s’exposant au monde à l’extérieur de sa communauté religieuse que Gabriel Nadeau réalise qu’il y a d’autres options, dont l’acceptation de soi. « Je me suis permis de commencer à me questionner, et je pense que c’était ça, le déclic » dit-il. Maintenant heureux et amoureux, Gabriel Nadeau espère servir de modèle à ceux qui ont peur de vivre leur homosexualité. « Les gens qui sont encore là-dedans, ils peuvent avoir 20, 40, 60 ans, je veux juste qu’ils entendent mon histoire et qu’ils réalisent que c’est possible de vivre autre chose, que c’est vraiment merveilleux ce que tu peux vivre. »
La démarche de notre infiltrateur Photo Le Journal
Pour infiltrer ces groupes et entreprises, notre collaborateur Philippe Meunier s’est glissé dans la peau d’un homme rejetant son homosexualité. Un rôle qui ne reflète en rien sa réalité. Âgé de 37 ans, il a fait son coming out à l’âge de 21 ans, épaulé par sa famille et ses amis. « Je suis super chanceux, j’ai toujours été accepté par tout le monde », relate-t-il. Quand notre Bureau d’enquête l’a approché pour le projet, Philippe était surpris d’apprendre que ce genre de thérapie existait encore au Québec. « Je trouve ça troublant, c’est épouvantable. » Pendant quatre mois, notre équipe l’a aidé à contacter des conseillères, des pasteurs et une psychothérapeute avec une requête claire : il était attiré par les hommes et ne souhaitait plus l’être. Honte d’être homosexuel La vie qu’il racontait durant ses séances de thérapies suivait d’assez près son propre parcours. « Je leur présentais une vie assez straight : un peu d’intimidation, une famille religieuse, une blonde que j’ai laissée pour un gars. » Rien de particulièrement traumatisant, affirme-t-il. À ce récit, il ajoutait se sentir honteux de son attirance pour les hommes et exprimait une peur que ses parents le rejettent. Les experts consultés par notre Bureau d’enquête affirment que, selon les codes de déontologie des praticiens en relation d’aide, il faut dans ce genre de cas aider le patient à s’accepter et l’encourager à se défaire de ses idées de conversion. Aucune des personnes consultées n’a incité Philippe à prendre cette voie. « Ils tournaient les coins ronds rapidement pour trouver des bobos, » se souvient-il. L’intimidation à l’école aurait endommagé sa masculinité et les quarts de travail nocturnes de son père auraient engendré des problèmes d’attachement. Une expérimentation sexuelle à l’adolescence, décrite par Philippe comme étant une expérience agréable, devient soudainement un abus sexuel. Le message à retenir ? Ces « épreuves » auraient mêlé Philippe, et avec un peu de thérapie et beaucoup de bonne volonté il pourrait s’en sortir et « redevenir » hétéro. Dans un des cas, l’hétérosexualité était accessible au moyen d’une simple « délivrance » téléphonique, administrée par un pasteur s’époumonant contre « l’esprit impur » de l’homosexualité. « Ils ont vraiment essayé de me convaincre que je ne faisais pas le bon choix », se désole l’infiltrateur. « J’étais quand même assez détaché, mais je me disais toujours : “Demain et après-demain ils vont voir d’autres gens pour les mêmes raisons, sauf qu’eux, ça va être vrai”. Je trouve ça troublant de savoir que ces gens-là ont cette position de pouvoir. »
Ils veulent les reprogrammer pour des centaines de dollars
Cinq organisations ou individus ont proposé à notre Bureau d’enquête des thérapies de réorientation sexuelle. Les voici.
Parcours Canada (Journey Canada) Capture d’écran
QUI SONT-ILS ? Anciennement connu sous le nom Torrents de vie Canada, ou Living Waters Canada, cet organisme pancanadien compte des bureaux dans six provinces, dont le Québec. Dans son rapport annuel de 2017, il se targue d’avoir épaulé plus de 9000 personnes dans 42 villes. NOTRE DÉMARCHE Les services de Parcours Canada nous ont été recommandés par l’organisme américain Desert Stream, qui propose ouvertement des thérapies de conversion. Sur son blogue personnel, le fondateur de Desert Stream, Andrew Cominsky, dit être un bon ami de Toni Dolfo-Smith, le président de Parcours Canada. Bien qu’il propose des ateliers pour gens de tous les âges (dont des jeunes de 14 à 24 ans), le site web de Parcours Canada ne mentionne pas explicitement la conversion, parlant plutôt de guérison sexuelle ou relationnelle. Mais un extrait audio de 2012, attribué à leur coordonnatrice québécoise Kathryn Alarie, est plus explicite. « Torrent de vie est un ministère qui a été créé pour aider les personnes qui luttent avec [une attirance homosexuelle], dit-elle à son public. L’intention de Dieu pour notre sexualité, c’est la complémentarité, c’est l’hétérosexualité, c’est un homme et une femme. » Kathryn Alarie a répondu au courriel de notre infiltrateur avec des informations concernant un atelier de 18 semaines offert à Montréal en janvier, au coût de 495 $. Un programme de six semaines axé sur la « guérison profonde » était aussi offert. LEUR RÉPONSE Contactée par notre Bureau d’enquête, Kathryn Alarie nous a adressés à un représentant de Parcours Canada basé à Calgary. Graeme Lauber a nié s’adonner à la thérapie de conversion, prétendant plutôt offrir un choix à certaines personnes qui souhaitent vivre leur homosexualité « autrement ». Il a expliqué que son organisme offre du soutien à des gens aux prises avec toutes sortes de problèmes, dont certains qui – comme lui-même – luttent contre une attirance homosexuelle. Quant au programme pour adolescents annoncé sur leur site, il nous a dit ne pas en avoir entendu parler. Isaiah 40 Foundation Photo Agence QMI, Joël Lemay QUI SONT-ILS ? Organisme de bienfaisance enregistré auprès de Revenu Canada, Isaiah 40 Foundation est montrée du doigt dans le rapport d’Alliance arc-en-ciel. Sur son site web, l’organisme anglican – qui compte une succursale à Notre-Dame-de-Grâce et une autre à Colchester, au Vermont – se vante d’avoir à son emploi 10 conseillers, dont des psychologues et une massothérapeute, qui sont là pour aider les gens à se « transformer à l’aide de Dieu ». Photo Le Journal Le site ne parle pas explicitement de thérapie de conversion, mais nos recherches révèlent que le président de l’organisme s’autoproclame « ex-gai ». Il était annoncé en 2017 comme le présentateur d’une formation intitulée « Comment le Christ peut guérir les homosexuels ». NOTRE DÉMARCHE Notre infiltrateur a obtenu deux rendez-vous de 100 $ chacun avec une conseillère pastorale de l’Isaiah 40 Foundation. Lors de ces séances, elle lui a dit que son homosexualité découlait d’une « crise intérieure » et qu’avec une thérapie, il parviendrait potentiellement à changer son orientation sexuelle. « Est-ce que je me bats corps et âme pour être guéri et redevenir hétéro, ou est-ce que j’essaie juste d’accepter... », demande notre infiltrateur. « Non, l’interrompt la thérapeute. Si tu es ici pour dire que ton désir c’est d’être hétéro, tu dois faire ça, sinon tu vas être plus mélangé. » LEUR RÉPONSE Le directeur de l’Isaiah Foundation, Alex Cameron, nous a dit qu’il ne pouvait pas commenter l’expérience de Philippe, car les séances de thérapies sont confidentielles. Il a cependant nié s’adonner à ce genre de pratique. « Notre organisme n’a jamais été un ministère de thérapie de conversion, et aucun de nos thérapeutes n’est formé dans ce domaine », a-t-il écrit au Bureau d’enquête dans un courriel.
Ta vie ton choix
Photo d'archives
QUI SONT-ILS ?
Ta vie ton choix (TVTC) est une corporation québécoise dirigée par l’ex-journaliste Michel Lizotte.
Selon le Registre des entreprises du Québec, le mandat de TVTC est « l’aide aux personnes luttant contre des attraits envers le même sexe, aide aux parents ayant un enfant souffrant d’un trouble de l’identité sexuelle ». TVTC se targue d’avoir accès à un éventail de thérapeutes – psychologues, psychanalystes et psychothérapeutes –, au service de leur clientèle. Sur son site web, l’organisme prétend que le taux de succès de la thérapie de conversion est de 35 % à 40 %.
NOTRE DÉMARCHE
Philippe n’a pas obtenu de rencontre avec les représentants, qui l’ont plutôt orienté vers les ressources publiées sur leur site web. Nous avons cependant rencontré un ex-administrateur du groupe, Laurent M. Leclerc, qui a confirmé que TVTC coordonne des thérapies de conversion pour des personnes – dont des mineurs – qui cherchent à se défaire de leurs attraits homosexuels.
Ayant lui-même lutté contre son homosexualité pendant des décennies, Laurent M. Leclerc concède que sa propre thérapie de conversion s’est avérée un échec. Il croit cependant que TVTC fournit un service nécessaire. « Je pense que le fait d’offrir une option à des gens, c’est une bonne chose. »
LEUR RÉPONSE
Michel Lizotte n’a pas voulu nous accorder d’entrevue.
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Combined astigmatic keratotomy with corneal valvular incision in the treatment of high surgical astigmatism.
Astigmatic keratotomy is used conventionally to correct moderate surgical astigmatism. However, cases with very high surgical astigmatism due to wound compression can show a dramatic response to relaxing keratotomies made in the steeper meridian. The effect obtained cannot be predicted pre-operatively by using standard nomograms. Coupled arcuate keratotomies combined with corneal valvular incisions were performed in a case of high astigmatism post-cataract surgery. Coupled arcuate keratotomies were combined with a corneal valvular incision enabled a surgical correction of nearly 9 D of astigmatism.
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A Novel Method for SNP Identification
research out of the Scripps Translational Science Institute describes a novel method for SNP identification, “SNIP-Seq.” SNIP-Seq utilizes population sequence data to detect SNPs and assign genotypes to individuals. The team used data from a region on chromosome 9p21 of the human genome (sequenced in 48 individuals, with five sequenced in duplicate) and found that many of the novel SNPs identified by SNIP-Seq were validated by pooled sequencing data; they were also confirmed by Sanger sequencing. “Collectively, these results suggest that analysis of population sequencing data is a powerful approach for the accurate detection of SNPs and the assignment of genotypes to individual samples,” the team writes.
Also published in advance online this week, Wilfried Haerty and G. Brian Golding of McMaster University, Ontario, describe their discovery of genome-wide evidence for selection acting on single amino acid repeats. Haerty and Golding tested the effect of splicing on the structure of homopolymer sequences. The team discerned a “relationship between alternative splicing and homopolymer sequences with alternatively spliced genes being enriched in number and length of homopolymer sequences.” They also found lower codon density and longer homocodons, which they say suggests a balance connected with the pressures imposed by selection.
This week in Genome Research, researchers at Harvard and MIT propose an improved method for identifying gene interactions using high-dimensional single-cell morphological data from genetic screens, applied in a systematic computational model to RhoGAP/GTPase regulation in Drosophila melanogaster. The team writes that while their model appears to create only mediocre predictions, it represents a vast improvement from alternative methods. “This work demonstrates the fundamental fact that high-throughput morphological data can be used in a systematic, successful fashion to identify genetic interactions and, using additional elementary knowledge of network structure, to infer signaling relations,” they write.
In a methods paper, Andrew Young of the National Human Genome Research Institute and his colleagues describe a novel strategy for de novo genomic assemblies using short sequence reads and reduced representation libraries. Young et al. developed a method to partition the genome prior to assembly by using two independent restriction enzymes to create overlapping fragment libraries ― each containing a manageable subset of the genome. “Together, these libraries allow us to reassemble the entire genome without the need of a reference sequence,” the team writes. In a proof-of-concept study, the team applied their method in assembling the Drosophila genome, and when compared with the reference genome, they deemed their version significantly comparable.
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This invention relates generally to the field of trailer electrical systems, and more particularly to a quick reliable power and/or data transfer system between tow vehicle and trailer via hitch and hitch receiver coupling.
There are many types of trailers in existence, such as cargo, camper and boat trailers. All of these types have at least one thing in common, they have a mechanical coupling called a hitch and hitch receiver. This mechanical coupling is the main load-bearing coupling connecting the tow vehicle to the trailer. One common type of hitch is the "ball type" hitch, whereby the hitch receiver slides over the ball and locks into place. Most often the hitch is mounted on the tow vehicle and the hitch receiver is mounted on the trailer, but this is not always the case. In the case of the tow vehicle being a large 18-wheeler type tractor, the hitch may be mounted on the trailer and the hitch receiver mounted on the tow vehicle. In many cases there will also be some type of safety connection to keep hold of the trailer in the event of the hitch and hitch receiver accidentally de-coupling during tow. These safety connections may consist of chains, bars and/or cables. Depending on the trailer and tow vehicle configuration, there may be other connections for that configuration. The most common additional connection would be air-brake hose couplings in the case of the tractor and trailer.
For safe operation, particularly for operation in low ambient lighting conditions, all vehicles in tow (read trailers) operated on public roadways should have brake lights, running lights and turn indicators. This trailer lighting subsystem necessitates the need for an electrical connection to exist between the tow vehicle and trailer. In addition there also exist trailers with electrical braking systems, which further necessitates the need for electrical connections to exist between the trailer to the tow vehicle. These electrical braking systems assist the tow vehicle's braking system and are typically found on camper type trailers and possibly large boat trailers.
The electrical connections between the tow vehicle and trailer are in the form of wiring harnesses and connector plugs. These harnesses carry several conductors to power the appropriate subsystem/indicator on the trailer. These wiring harnesses and connector plugs transfer electricity from the tow vehicle to the trailer. This type of electrical connection is mainly used to control the trailer lighting subsystem, but the same type of harness and connector is used to power a multitude of other subsystems, such as the electric brakes. Prior art has recognized that a complemental and/or supplemental system is needed for electrical interconnection between tow vehicle and trailer. This recognition stems from the desire to keep electrical wiring harnesses and plug connectors from growing too large in the number of conductors (wires), pins and complexity. One such prior complemental solution creates a data bus by sending/receiving data acoustically through the air-brake lines of a tractor-type tow vehicle and trailer. Another solution uses the electrical properties of the air-brake lines as an electrical conductor for a data bus. Yet another complemental solution utilizes existing dormant conductors in an existing harness and plug to create a data bus. These solutions utilize a microprocessor on the tow vehicle to accept commands and send them via the data bus to a microprocessor on the trailer. The microprocessor on the trailer then interprets the commands and performs some function, such as to turn on the trailer's brake lights. This trailer-mounted microprocessor could also send status information back to the microprocessor on the tow vehicle via the same (or additional) data bus.
It has been recognized that a multi-purpose data bus can help to simplify tow vehicle and trailer electrical interconnections. This data bus can therefore make a small, low conductor-count, wiring harness perform like a large, high conductor-count, wiring harness. It is therefore possible to accommodate almost all trailer electrical needs in very few conductors, thus reducing the size and complexity of these wiring harnesses. Reducing the complexity of the wiring harnesses and connector plugs, by reducing the number of conductors required, improves the reliability of the wiring harnesses and connector plugs a bit.
There are several drawbacks and limitations to using wiring harnesses and plug connectors for tow vehicle and trailer interconnections. When the tow vehicle is not actively towing, the wiring harnesses are not being used. During this period, the plugs can corrode, become crushed or become severed when left dangling from the hitch and exposed to danger. To avoid dangling, the harness is sometimes wrapped around the hitch itself, but still exposed to eventual damage. This wrapping and unwrapping also causes eventual broken wires, which may lead to a difficult to locate failure. These harnesses and connector plugs also remain visible, especially when not in use. Some items such as boat trailers and campers are, for the most part, infrequently used. Such infrequent use leads to the harness and connector troubles indicated. Frequently operated tow vehicles and trailers may avoid some of the common troubles, but exhibit further problems in that the harnesses and connector plugs are subjected to increased wear and tear. As a result, mating one or more harnesses and connector plugs every time a trailer is connected to a tow vehicle could become a time consuming chore. This chore could be further complicated in low ambient lighting conditions. Additionally, the operator could forget to connect the harnesses before towing, thus posing a safety risk and possibly fines. Worse yet, forgetting to disconnect the harnesses after de-coupling the hitch and hitch receiver, thus damaging the harnesses and connector plugs.
The prior systems have used such transmission media as air-brake lines and dormant conductors in wiring harnesses to create a data bus link between the tow vehicle and trailer. While these systems do help to reduce the complexity of the wiring harnesses and connector plugs, the harnesses and plugs are still required. Since the wiring harnesses and connector plugs are still required, the reliability is not at its peak and the system still suffers the same common ailments of harness and plug systems without a data bus. Although the harnesses and plugs may have been reduced in size and complexity, the mating of these plugs and harnesses still may be quite time consuming. Furthermore, some of these solutions, in particular the solutions using air-brake lines, preclude the system's use in a tow vehicle and trailer configuration without air brakes, such as general boat trailers and camper trailers.
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Datagrid Plates
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Q:
How to load data from an api with React Native
I am loading images from an api, that I will implement into a grid. My images though are not being displayed because they are undefined. Here are some functions of my component. Images and isLoading are both defined in the constructor as an empty array and to true.
componentWillMount() {
api().then((res) => {
this.state.images.push(res);
}).done();
this._load10Images();
this.setState({isLoading:false}); // is loading is set to false
} // after images loaded.
_getImageUrls(){
api().then((res) => {
this.state.images.push(res);
console.log(this.state.images); //right here works array is growing
console.log(this.state.images[0]);//with image uris
}).done();
}
_load10Images(){
for(let i=0; i<10; i++){
this._getImageUrls(); //call _getImageUrls 10 times to fill array
}
}
_loadImageGrid(){
if(this.state.isLoading){
return <Text>Loaading ...</Text>
}
else{
console.log(this.state.images[0]); // coming back as undefined
return <Text>not loading ...</Text>
}
}
render(){ return <View>
{this._loadImageGrid()}
</View>
}
The image array come back as undefined in the render function and the _loadImageGrid function.
A:
I would add the following functions:
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
images: []
}
}
_addImage(image) {
let images = Object.assign([], this.state.images);
images.push(image);
this.setState({images});
}
Then you can use it like this
api().then((res) => {
this._addImage(res);
});
Hope it helps!
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Q:
AngularJS: Ngtable reload to old data
So I'm using NGTable to display data on my page, the data are stored in an array and passed through the dataset param but when I programmatically change the value of a data in the array the changes are displayed correctly in the table BUT when I go to the second page for and go to the first page again the table display the old data.
Here is a JSFiddle that illustrate my problem: http://jsfiddle.net/vqxscmsu/
angular.module("uCloud", ["ngTable"])
.controller("myController", myController);
myController.$inject = ["NgTableParams", "$scope"];
function myController(NgTableParams, $scope) {
$scope.fsck = [{
name: "teste1",
description: "testando1"
}, {
name: "teste2",
description: "testando2"
}, {
name: "teste3",
description: "testando3"
}, {
name: "teste4",
description: "testando4"
}, {
name: "teste2",
description: "testando2"
}, {
name: "teste3",
description: "testando3"
}, {
name: "teste4",
description: "testando4"
}, {
name: "teste2",
description: "testando2"
}, {
name: "teste3",
description: "testando3"
}, {
name: "teste4",
description: "testando4"
}, {
name: "teste2",
description: "testando2"
}, {
name: "teste3",
description: "testando3"
}, {
name: "teste4",
description: "testando4"
}, {
name: "teste2",
description: "testando2"
}, {
name: "teste3",
description: "testando3"
}, {
name: "teste4",
description: "testando4"
}]
this.tableParams = {
TodoGeneral: null
};
this.tableParams['TodoGeneral'] = new NgTableParams({}, {
dataset: $scope.fsck,
});
$scope.test = function() {
$scope.fsck[0].name = "mais non";
}
}
A:
use getData instead of dataset in your NgTableParams instantiation.
then you can update your table via tableName.reload() which goes and calls getData method.
The only thing that differs here is the behavior in pagination which you may want to reread in documentations.
Here is the working fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/vqxscmsu/17/
var demo = this;
// ...
demo.tableParams['TodoGeneral'] = new NgTableParams({}, {
getData: function(){
return $scope.fsck;
}
});
$scope.test = function() {
$scope.fsck[0].name = "mais non";
demo.tableParams.TodoGeneral.reload();
}
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Anna Mkapa
Anna Mkapa served as the third First Lady of Tanzania from 1995 to 2005.
Honours and awards
Awards
1999: Graven Award by Wartburg College
Honorary degrees
Briar Cliff College, Honorary degree, 1999
Wartburg College, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2002
References
Category:First Ladies of Tanzania
Category:Living people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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Not many of us in Israel imagined, in recent years, that the fate of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be determined by outsiders. We always believed that our future should be discussed and negotiated between Israelis and Palestinians. Furthermore, the common view was that only the two sides should decide their fate and that we would not let anyone else impose a solution.
What is happening this week – the US moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in recognition of Israel’s claim to Jerusalem as its capital – proves that we were wrong (or maybe bluffing). With this dramatic move, which runs counter to all previous international resolutions on Jerusalem, Donald Trump is determining the fate of the conflict on his own.
It turns out that when President Trump one-sidedly intervenes on behalf of the Israeli government, the previously declared Israeli approach is quietly sidelined; most Israelis (me excluded) welcome this decisive US intervention. Palestinians, on the other hand, are devastated and feel cheated. They have no ability to block the move but have already declared that this US administration has disqualified itself from serving as an honest broker.
The US administration is doing what the sides always objected to – it is one-sidedly determining the outcome of the conflict, destroying the hopes of creating two separate states and in the process reshaping the fate of the Middle East as a whole.
Since outside intervention in shaping our fate is already happening, why only the US? Why only Donald Trump? Where is the additional balancing move, Chinese, Russian, British or French? If the US can intervene on one side, why not each of the other four permanent UN Security Council members? Each following its principles and its best judgment. Or why not all four together?
Britain should be the first in line. It is true that the British mandate in Palestine ended 70 years ago this week, but Britain still knows better than any other country what is at stake: the peaceful coexistence of Jews, Muslims and Christians in the Holy Land and the upholding of international law. Britain has long espoused both of these principles.
Whatever may have been the British intention in 1917 with the Balfour declaration, or in 1948 when Britain left Palestine, is it the wish now that the “national home” for the Jewish people will become a Middle Eastern fortress while the indigenous Palestinians turn into its unwilling subjects? This outcome should not be accepted.
The British government in which Balfour was foreign secretary clearly favoured a Jewish “national home” but also added: “Nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights” of non-Jews in Palestine. Do the British people now feel comfortable with a one-state outcome as their record and legacy in Palestine?
People of goodwill on both sides of this conflict need Britain to speak up. Trump can act as president on behalf of the US, but not on behalf of the whole world. The UK parliament has already called upon its government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel – the aim being two states whose peoples enjoy equal rights. It happened in the Commons in October 2014 when MPs voted by an overwhelming majority to recognise Palestine (274 for; 14 against). Now is the time for implementation of that wish. This is the policy move that could counterbalance Trump’s one-sided and dangerous move of his embassy. Such a British act of recognition would reaffirm Palestinian basic rights, restore hope, and it would help create the much-needed parity of esteem without which no peace agreement can be just or sustainable.
I would even go so far as to say that if Britain (ideally co-ordinating its policy with France) recognised Palestine, it could save the equitable two-state solution and the possibility of a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
As an Israeli patriot who loves his country, I also see such a British move as vital to the preservation of Israeli democracy. Only the two-state solution that Trump has just fractured badly can guarantee a democratic Israel. A single bi-national state with a similar number of Jews and Arabs will not remain democratic. A British recognition would be historic and could bring about lasting benefits for both Israelis and Palestinians.
I know that such a move demands political courage, but we are speaking about principles that Britain claims to uphold and was always ready to fight for: freedom, justice and democracy.
• Dr Alon Liel is the former director general of the Foreign Ministry of Israel and was also Israel’s ambassador to South Africa. He is one of the instigators of an Israeli campaign to advance recognition of a Palestinian state by European parliaments and governments
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The present invention relates to hair styling devices and more particularly to a hair styling device in which a hair manipulative member such as a comb or brush is connected to a hollow handle in which a liquid is stored and can be selectively discharged in the form of a spray by means of a pump and nozzle carried by the handle.
It has been appreciated heretofore that there is great inconvenience in having to carry separately a bulky styling brush or comb and a container of a liquid such as a hair setting lotion in order to maintain one's hair in a well groomed condition while away from home. Thus, various devices have been available prior to this invention whereby a hair manipulative member and a hair treating liquid have been provided in a combined article. U.S. Pat. No. 3,406,694 issued Oct. 22, 1968 to L. A. Odence discloses a combination hairbrush-applicator in which there is rigidly connected a bristle portion and a handle. The handle is given a hollowed out portion and a pressurized cartridge such as an aerosol is incorporated within such portion of the handle. U.S. Pat. No. 3,960,160 issued June 1, 1976 to Gary LaDon Hogan discloses a hair treatment appliance in which a body has a hollow compartment for reception of an aerosol container and slots in the wall of the body for manipulation of the aerosol and the discharge of a liquid spray. A comb is secured to one end of the body and hair lifter elements are provided at the other end. Other prior art devices are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 1,714,556 which discloses a toilet article such as a brush or comb having on the opposite side a reservoir for liquid and means for producing a spray of the liquid; U.S. Pat. No. 1,323,463 discloses a pocket comb having a cover and a pocket engaging grip. U.S. Pat. No. 2,796,070 discloses a brush having a cover or housing case for the brush. The hollow handle is used to house a container. U.S. Pat. No. 3,843,990 discloses a cylindrical hair brush. U.S. Pat. No. 3,102,544 discloses a grooming device utilizing a comb the dorsal section of which has a longitudinal chamber which houses a thin cylindrical aerosol cartridge of the hair dressing type which is replaceable. U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,998,822; 3,516,424 and 3,856,027 show various hair grooming aids which utilize a chamber for the storage and expulsion of a liquid grooming aid.
The use of aerosols has been recognized as being of a hazardous nature owing to the requirement for a fluorocarbon propellant. Also, hair styling devices relying upon the use of such aerosols are confined in terms of design to the sizes and configurations of commercially available aerosol containers. There is also a continuing need for a hair styling device which is compact and can nevertheless provide more than one type of hair treatment liquid.
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Anthony William, aka the Medical Medium joins Kate and Oliver on this week's episode of "Sibling Revelry." He shares his story of how the Spirit of Compassion has helped him to heal thousands of people across the world from chronic illness. Anthony explains why "we're so sick now, we think it's normal" and reveals how things like celery juice, wild blueberries, and avoiding eggs can help prevent and cure these sicknesses.
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新型コロナウイルス感染拡大を受け、東京都の小池知事が夜間外出自粛を要請して１日で１週間となる。この間、接客を伴う飲食店での感染事例の多発も報告され、都内各地の盛り場からはにぎわいが消える一方だ。「補償はどうなるのか」。自粛強化にあえぐ夜の街を取材した。（古和康行、吉田拓矢）
居酒屋やバー、スナックなどが軒を連ねる新宿区の「新宿ゴールデン街」。普段の年度末は大勢のサラリーマンらでにぎわうが、今年の夜は人影もまばらだった。
小池知事が、週末の不要不急の外出や、平日夜の飲食を伴う会合の自粛を要請したのは３月２５日。ゴールデン街のほぼ中心にある居酒屋「トトバー」では、週末の売り上げが平時の３割弱に落ち込んだ。３１日午後７時頃に店をのぞいてみたが、客はゼロ。「きのうは１万円にも達していない」。スタッフの男性（２９）はぶぜんとした様子で明かし、「店を休んでも補償がなければ、生活は立ち行かなくなる」と不満をぶちまけた。
最近まで通りは外国人客が大勢歩いていたが、今は夜が深まっても人が増える気配はない。横浜市戸塚区の会社員男性（４８）は「飲んで帰ることもあるけど、今は早く家に帰りたい」と急ぎ足で通り過ぎた。
中高年の利用自粛対象として挙げられたバーやナイトクラブ。ゴールデン街のバー「ハロ」では同日夜、常連客がグラスを傾けていた。店ではアルコール消毒液を置き、客にも席を空けて座るよう勧めてきた。店長（３０）は、「店が狭いので対策には限界がある。本当は休みたいが、スタッフの雇用を維持できるのか……」とため息をついた。
一方、歌舞伎町では、夜の街に繰り出す若者の姿も。友人と食事に訪れたという港区の女子専門学校生（１９）は、「本当はテーマパークに行きたいけど全て閉園している。出かける先は繁華街しかない」と話していた。
武蔵野市のＪＲ吉祥寺駅北口。飲食店が連なる「ハモニカ横丁」でも不安の声が相次いだ。ある居酒屋は、３月２９日の売り上げがいつもの３分の１程度で、１５年以上経営してきたという男性（４１）は「店をたたむことも考えないと」と嘆いた。
人的被害許されない
新宿区の吉住健一区長は３１日、夜間から早朝にかけての接客業を営む店舗の利用を自粛するよう呼びかけるコメントを発表し、「未然に防げる災害を予防せずに、人的被害を広げることは許されない」と強調した。
区によると、感染が確認された区民のうち４分の１程度が、深夜の接客業に関わっているという。
カラオケも閑散…八王子
八王子市には２０を超える大学、短大、高専があり、学生数は約９万５０００人にも上る。ＪＲ八王子駅と京王八王子駅周辺の繁華街には多くのカラオケ店があり、普段は多くの学生たちでにぎわうが、３１日夜にはカラオケ店に入る人の姿は見られなかった。
午後８時頃、友人と路上で待ち合わせていたアルバイト男性（２２）は通りを見て、「コロナの問題が出る以前の半分くらいしか人が歩いていない」とつぶやいた。男性は３月に市内の大学を卒業。在学中は月に２回はカラオケに行っていたが、ここ２か月以上は足が遠のいているという。男性は「密集する空間に恐怖感がある」と話した。
「３月のお客さんの数は、２月と比べて６割から７割減ってしまった」。あるカラオケチェーン店の男性店長はこぼす。八王子駅近くにあるチェーン店のうち、１店舗は午前５時の閉店時間を、午前０時頃に早めているという。「アルバイトの数も減らしたが、状況は悪化するばかりで先が見えない」。店長の表情は険しかった。
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Standish Hall (Standish, California)
Standish Hall, at 718-820 US 395 E. in Standish, California, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Its first floor was a store and the second floor served as a meeting hall serving, at different times, the Lassen Lodge #421 I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows), Nataqua Parlor #152, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Lassen County Sheriff's Posse and the Standish #220 Foresters of America. It also served for 4H meetings, Future Farmers of America, and for dance lessons and fundraisers.
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lassen County, California
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The barrels survived uprisings, wars, revolutions, dynasties, dictatorships, and they did so secretly and unscathed. And since its sugar refinery re-opened after the Sandinistas were voted out in 1990, Nicaragua’s Flor de Cana has been sitting on one of the world’s largest reserves of aged rum.
Some are comparing their 18-year to a single malt. And it’s available in Manitoba, thanks to a recent push by Flor de Cana to make their award-winning rum visible on store shelves, internationally.
Nicaragua’s Sandinista Liberation Front (FLSN) seized control of the San Antonio sugar refinery in 1988 amid the nine-year civil war, from ’81-’90, that pitted the FLSN against the U.S.-backed contra rebels, abruptly ending the supply of molasses to the country’s preeminent rum distiller, Flor de Cana. This caused fears that the company itself would be overthrown or be forced to close. They began hiding their barrels in neighbouring countries and in undisclosed locations in Nicaragua.
“With that threat, we started to produce a lot of alcohol, the most possible, and we moved this alcohol to secret places just in case [the barrels] were confiscated,” Flor de Cana spokesperson Mauricio Solorzano said to local news outlets.
“Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.” – Ambrose Bierce
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We were told it was a rum tasting and were appropriately excited to learn. Carlos would walk us, a group of eight, through a series of rums, teaching us how to talk about them, how to taste, how to swirl, etc.
It wasn’t a rum tasting; it was a rum challenge. Someone had misinformed us. We were up for it.
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Nicaragua shares a northern border with Honduras, and a southern with Costa Rica. It’s a sliver spanning the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and it’s a country known for its revolutionary politics. It’s an interesting history lesson, due in part to the Che Guevara brand of passion that is often associated with Latin American wars. The details are gruesome, and less cool than black berets and dudes standing up for what they believe in – reading, writing, and hanging out in the bush – but there are some similarities.
Nicaragua became independent in 1838, and soon after had its first dictator. The U.S. deposed General Jose Santos Zelaya, and established a controversial military presence in the country.
Augusto Cesar Sandino led the resistance against the U.S. occupation. He was assassinated in 1934, but remembered for his fight and his anti-Americanism. Soon after, in 1937, General Anastasio Somoza Garcia began his family’s 44-year dictatorship.
The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN), named after Sandino, was established in 1961 and led the resistance that would eventually end the Somoza dictatorship, with current President Daniel Ortega leading the revolt.
Ortega was elected president at the beginning of the Sandinista revolution, later to be voted out, then back in. The U.S. banned the import of Flor de Cana rum during the revolution as a way to fiscally stifle the Sandinista regime, which had seized and nationalized the sugar refinery. The FLSN were defeated in 1990.
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We started caring about different things after the eighth or ninth shot. Notes were getting harder to detect, aromas left after the flaming shot, and topics like, say, the Nicaragua Revolution and less heady things, like, where to score more food became more interesting than the rums in front of us. We all spoke highly of the final shots, though, mostly, if not entirely, as applause to our having worked through a lineup of rums the amount of which at first seemed formidable.
The rums in Nicaragua are tasty, rich & diverse. And the opening shots reflected this. Then, it started to slip, the education element, anyway. But this regress, too, reflected a certain quality. A good drunk is something to revere. And this gave a good drunk.
Breaking up this article on rum is a shot by shot run-through of Nicaragua’s prize-winning beverage, from sober to less so, from high-end to less so. And written by those of us taking part in the challenge.
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Today, the Sandinistas survive as a social democratic party some credit with instituting policy supporting mass literacy, gender equality, and improved health care. Ortega is a controversial president, but one quickly understands from spending time in Central America that revolutionary aggression is always bubbling beneath a thin skin.
But for some time now the country has been enjoying peace, a growing tourism sector, especially after the NY Times named it the third best place to go in 2013, and recognition for its coffee and rum.
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“Nicaraguans celebrate the annual sugarcane harvest with rum,” Carlos told all of us, as his assistant poured us each a shot. “The Spanish brought sugarcane in the early 1800s. They let it ferment, and called it a beverage.” His English was spot on, but the group seemed unanimous in thinking he meant to say something other than, “a beverage.” It didn’t matter. Carlos was great. And we were into it.
The country’s first refinery opened its doors in 1860, and by 1890 the Pellas family started the first distillery. The family still owns Flor de Cana, and much more.
“Twenty per cent of the country’s energy is produced by the sugarcane byproduct from the distillation process,” said Carlos. He was holding a blue, ceramic bottle with Century 21 written on it. We couldn’t drink that one. Only 7,000 were bottled, and his was too valuable to crack that day.
We still hadn’t had a shot.
Shot 1: The 18 year.
This one and many other Flor de Cana rums were accidents, Carlos explained: “When the Sandinistas lost their power, they opened their barrels without knowing the quality. The first Nicaraguan aged rum was really good, they found out, and just by accident.”
Its Amber colour shows the maturity of the rum. And it has tears, Carlos told us, similar to what legs are to wine enthusiasts. Smell with your nose and open your mouth; take a little sip, he said.
We sipped, and then he refilled our shot glasses.
“Rub some rum in your hands, and if there’s no sticky sensation or yellowing, there are no preservatives.”
We shot it, in a shot glass, and then Carlos told us Flor de Cana recommends drinking it on the rocks in a highball glass to bring out its depth.
“It’s pretty smooth,” said all eight, more or less.
“I like it at the end,” said a known scotch lover and beer enthusiast in the group.
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Shot 2: The 12 year.
“It finishes different. It’s more basey; it has more base,” said Mr. scotch lover.
There’s a lightness in the air at this time.
There’s sweetness to this one with hints of caramel. The colour is still amber, and no one has rubbed this one between their hands. Not yet.
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Shot 3: The seven year.
The colour is no longer amber. It’s close, but the quality regress is apparent. The smell is sharp, less smooth, and it left sticky residue between the hands. The seven-year is good for mojitos, allegedly.
“Good food; good frijoles,” was uttered, and the best guess as to why was in reference to the food Carlos brought.
“When you put in a little bit of chilies, it’s good,” said Carlos of the beans.
“This is my last shot of the night,” said Steve.
One down. Now, there were seven.
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Minds were starting to wander. People were joking around. The instructor, too, was distracted. We talked about Linux for a little while. Things were getting silly.
No hangover with Nicaraguan rum, Carlos claims. We shall see.
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Shot 4: The five year.
The colour was lighter than the seven. The aroma, less, I think. It seemed weaker. It went down smooth; too smooth, perhaps because the affects of drinking shot after shot of strong alcohol are starting to surface.
“Nicaraguans don’t like this one,” Carlos said. “We like sour things. When we drink sour things, we feel less hot.”
This information was new to the group. Everyone nodded as though this was a fact they were going to use back home. Or, at the very least, try to retain.
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People were not listening anymore. But perked up when Carlos told us that Nicaraguans believe every bottle has the Devil inside.
“Now we are going to dance with the Devil.”
We were all keen. This added new colour.
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Shot 5:
This is the biggest part of this challenge, according to Carlos: The flaming shot. It tasted a bit like chocolate, and few details of the rum itself were divulged. It was Carlos’s kind. He made it. He blended a bunch of different rums together, and added cocoa and coffee beans to the mix.
He demonstrated how this was all to work, pouring an ounce out of a hoof-like bottle into a shot glass. We were all pumped to be drinking a burning shot that came from a large animal hoof.
He lit the shot. It burned, and Carlos became something more to all of us right then. I think we all appreciated him before, but now, his ponytail, youthful spirit, and love of history, all combined, made him an icon. But hugs would have to wait until the end. He took the first one back, and we followed.
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The jokes were starting to get loud, and otherwise unfunny.
The group had had enough alcohol, but it was a challenge, after all.
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Shot 6: The four year.
(Others from the group wanted an opportunity to review a shot, and after five ounces of rum, felt their creative juices flow. The excerpts below were not edited so as to properly document the journey Carlos took us on.)
Adam: 4 year extra-light coming up. This rum is white. I don’t care for white liquor. How can I get drunk off something resembling pallet-cleanser? We are growing to be over-compassionate and apologetic. This rum is so white. We will be mixing it with cola. This isn’t about booze anymore, now we’re just recreational.
We are not being helpful anymore. Things are getting messy.
Nico libre’s, rum mixed with Nicaraguan coke made with sugarcane, are delicious. The taste reminds me of wrestling. That or its name reminds me of wrestling. I recall being pretentious about booze earlier in the night.
The next one we will enjoy includes lime. Sweet Susan!
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Shot 7: We are into the dregs of the Country’s rum at this point. Years aren’t worth mentioning anymore.
Becky: You can’t get this one in Nicaragua. Our host had to get his friend to pick it up from Honduras. Nicaraguans don’t like it because it is too bitter.
Lime-flavoured rum.
There is a bad smell in the bar. I am not sure if it is from the street or if it comes from the foul pipes that overflowed in the kitchen. Everyone is harassing me. Everyone is stealing my limes and the bar still smells bad.
We will mix the lime rum with Fresca. Fresca. Fresca. Carol says that Fresca is a diet drink in Canada. We don’t agree. Trevor says it has aspartame. We have decided that it has cane sugar.
Tony is harassing me. I think this beverage tastes like citronella. Carol doesn’t know my name anymore, but that is not because she is drunk, but she is drunk. So is Janice, who is usually better than the rest of us. We are fighting over the food. I like this drink. Tony likes to pretend that he speaks Spanish. So does Janice.
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Shot 8:
Becky: The lady assisting our host is very lovely and very cute. I have a crush on her. Janice and I don’t wash our hair anymore. We like the beach. The playa. I think this is still the seventh shot but because we shot it and then mixed the next one with Fresca, others think that counts as shot 8. I will give this sandy computer back to Tony. Usually, I don’t drink this much rum. I don’t think that I really have had much rum.
I like whiskey and gin.
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Shot 9:
Janice: Come on, Jake, join us, says Carol, in the presence of her husband, Steve (He’s ok with it knowing what kind of drunkard she is).
Jake took the empty seat left by Steve earlier in the challenge. He had been drinking already, and was ready to finish the event with us.
“This rum is the most important thing we have,” said Carlos. “At baseball games, we have this rum. We celebrate with rum. When our girlfriends break up with us, we have rum. Rum is our best friend; it’s the only one who listens.”
“Why is everyone looking at me?” asks Jake, clearly drunk on football beers from earlier.
Tony is trying really hard to control what everyone is writing.
This rum is only a few months old; for when you want to get drunk and you want to get it done fast.
Jake munches his fried chicken and gives affirmation to the shot.
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Shot 10:
Janice: The geckos approve.
Becky is attempting to piss off the devil by creating a tornado in the bottle. Adam also attempts. Becky claims hers is the best, but no one else agrees.
Who will release the devil? It’s Tony but everyone boos him. It worked but was a mediocre try.
We should have been live-tweeting this event.
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Shot 11:
Jake: I’m not supposed to be here. I’ve somehow been adopted into this group. This last shot was fantastic. I can drink it all day, every day. Goes down easier than it should. It’s a slippery slope. Who are these people?
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Shot 12:
Trevor: For the perfect bonding moment I would suggest a rum-tasting challenge.
At this point things are starting to take a turn for the worse. Most everybody is happy; we are all drunk.
I am very appreciative of the friends we have made that are putting this on for us.
They have not been drinking.
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Shot 13: Ron Plata lite and beer.
“As the deer panteth for the water,” Adam sang. It was funny.
The next shot is called “the bamba.”
Jake is fascinated, at this point.
The ratio is a litre of rum to a litre of Nicaraguran beer, Tona. It seems crazy, but no one at this point can think clearly enough to have an opinion. Jake is confused about what equal parts means. As were most of us, apparently. Someone tried pouring the rum with the lid on.
P.S. Becky: Jake wants to do more shots and then fight with Adam and Tony without shirts.
Carlos said goodbye, leaving us to our own devices. We hugged him and carried on.
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Flor de Cana makes a great rum, the five and all years higher. It’s prime for sipping, and, as just read, spending an entire evening with, shared between a group of good people.
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Toban Dyck is savouring the rum he brought home. To follow a sporadic Twitter account that has glints of intelligence and glints of unbridled narcissism, search for @tobandyck.
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You might have seen his name in the comments in different Kickstarter advice groups. I usually try to do everything this guy says and I think you should too. This week I have spoken to Timothy Cassavetes, one of the top Kickstarter advisors I know. Read below and understand why.
Tell us a bit about yourself and why people should listen to your advice.
I’m a late thirties guy, living in the frozen north, who has enjoyed a somewhat tempestuous, irascible, yet loving and generous relationship with Kickstarter since 2010. Since that time, I’ve helped run 19 projects from start to finish, given advice on 60 or 70 live projects to various creators, (I’m currently doing that now with 2 live projects, Tao Long being one of them) and given feedback on over 900 since 2013, probably more. I think I’ve amassed enough knowledge and experience with running, managing and giving advice on Kickstarter projects, that I could easily consider myself in the Top 25 of “go to” people for anything related to Kickstarter. I feel James Mathe, and Jamey Stegmaier round out the Top 2 in that regard when it comes to Boardgames, and Richard Bliss would be a definite contender for “the circle” when it comes to a general swath of Kickstarter projects.
Kickstarter for me, is an amazing tool, it’s the great democratic soap box, anyone, and I mean, anyone, can run a project, fund or fail. It’s the great equalizer, and I honestly, wouldn’t trade it for the world.
How I got into boardgames, was a little game called Kingdom Death. I was hooked the moment I saw the game, and their final goal really opened my eyes to what was possible.
What questions come up the most in the groups you admin and what is the answer to those questions?
There’s actually 6 that come up all the time, and I can tell you, I copy and paste my answers from previous answers, because, 9/10 times, its exactly the same. I’ll admit, I edit the C&P for the particular case. But here’s a tldr version of each;
Stretch Goals; Hide them until after you launch, if you have to put them up, don’t pigeonhole yourself by putting the “goal” amounts for them, esp. if your project looks like it’s going to go gangbusters. And limit yourself to 12 or less, anymore than that, people will think whatever your project is, is incomplete.
Launch Date; You should only ever launch on a Mon/Tues between 8am and Noon Pacific, and end on Thursday around midnight pacific time (sometimes that Friday for some people). Never launch or end on the same week of a Holiday, and stay out of December if you can at all help it unless you have an audience that’ll get you funded in the first 4 days. I used to say, and still do think, July/August is a bad month, so occasionally I’ll say to not do a project, but if you have an audience, it doesn’t matter when you launch really.
Early Birds; Don’t do them. Unless you have such an astoundingly large audience you know you’re going to fund on day 1, anything else is a waste of time, and you’re just going to alienate backers. I don’t even bother with projects with EB’s, I will barely even look at them. And I’m not alone, many, many backers hate them.
Shipping; If your shipping is more than 30% of your “main” project item pledge level, your shipping is too high, fold it into your pledge tiers. You want to keep shipping in an around 5%-10% ideally.
Delivery Dates; That first delivery date you think you’re going to deliver for? Yeah. No. You’re wrong. You aren’t delivering when you say you are. Your delivery date is off by months and months. It’s almost, always wrong. Twice in the history of over 900 projects I’ve given advice on, have people actually delivered when they said they would. Twice. Any project that lists their delivery date at 7 months or less from the END date of their project, isn’t going to be on time. I would bet $1000 with 50 to 1 odds, and win every single time. The reasons are always varied, but I tell everyone, “move your delivery date up”, to at least 10 months from launch day.
Marketing Companies (After Launch); If they come to you. They’re scams. Or worse, delusional marketers selling snake oil. I don’t personally know of a single company that has EVER helped push a project over the finishing line that wasn’t already going to on their own accord. It just isn’t a thing.
What question do you think should come up the most?
Beyond the above six, I think questions like, “is my art good enough”, “is my pitch video too long?” (yes, it almost always is, over 1 minute 20 seconds is too long in my opinion), “do I have too many pledge tiers?” (if you have more than 7, yes, yes you do), “do you think my project page is complete?”.
Honestly, I could probably go on, but, those are the important ones I think.
If you were creating your first game now. What would you do to build up a following before you launch?
IF my art was done, and I was 90% done, I think I’d start out about 6 months out from my project launch date, and I’d get to “promo’ing” my art, talking about what the game was, asking questions of other boardgamers, having prototypes sent out and played at in gaming stores.
I would probably print out a good 50 prototype copies of my game, and give them out to people in various places, like 25 to the US, 10 to Canada, 2 to the UK, 2 to Germany, 1 to Italy, 1 to Spain, 1 to France, 1 to Denmark, 3 to Australia, 1 to Singapore and 1 to Tokyo, and get people to demo them for me at their FLGS. I would do up sell sheets, press kits, and do giveaways/contests like, stickers, pins, swag etc, on my website/bgg, and do a t-shirt contest or two or four (with the art of the game) on Twitter and Facebook. Make sure to do some posts on Imgur, Instagram, tumblr, reddit. Get booked up for reviews, have ad buys ready to go for BGG, Kicktraq, and Project Wonderful, other places, local media, get FLGS stores I’ve developed friendships with let me post up ads about it with QR codes, hit some conventions, gencon, pax, etc.
What is your best marketing tip?
Don’t be boring. Be excited. If you can’t talk at length about your project, I personally feel you aren’t invested in it enough. And that’s something that shows. Be genuine, be focused, and don’t let the Debbie downers of the world suck you into the “that’s not going to work” or “why are you spending time/money on that?”. Listen to your gut.
Sometimes, you do a thing. Sometimes it works, you get lucky and its great, other times, you do poorly and it’s gut-wrenching.
If there is one thing you wish every creator knew before they launched, what would it be?
Kickstarter is Risk. Backers and Creators need to be ok and know that, so often they don’t. There is one, very, very hard lesson every creator should know. And it comes in two parts.
Firstly, just because your project funded, that doesn’t make it successful.
What makes a project successful, is delivering on time, making a great product, creating your brand, building your audience base, and ensuring you can get those backers to pledge for your next project. So many creators fail at this, even when they fund.
The second, is that as much as it’s a common enough corollary, that Projects fail (example being not funded at all), however, even with full funding, sometimes during the delivery phase, sometimes during the manufacturing phase, sometimes, things just don’t work out. Maybe it’s your fault, maybe your manufacturer is to blame, maybe, the ship carrying your freight, sunk and is lying in the bottom of the ocean.
As long as you didn’t deliberately go out of your way to steal people’s money, it’s ok to fail even after you’ve funded. It happens. Don’t mortgage your house over it, it’s been done, it’s bad. Accept failure as an option.
The beginning and the end of the campaign are when most of the backer’s pledge. What’re your main tips to handle the mid-campaign drop?
Video Updates make things better. That’s my #1 tip for anyone for the “Lull”. And make the updates, regardless of video or no, interesting. Have mystery stretch goals to keep your backer’s eyes glued to the project page.
How often should creators send out updates and what should they include?
You need about 12 to 20 updates during a 30-day project run. All updates should include “art” or “content” you haven’t talked about in the main pitch page. Or, further expand on what that content is. Almost every stretch goal should be an update into itself. I think though if you have 9-12 stretch goals, you should limit the updates for those to include, 2-3 stretch goals. This way you maximize interest. I wouldn’t ever go more than 20 updates during a 30-day project, information overload is a thing.
First 24 hours, Last 48, Last 24, Last Hour, Funded, End of Project (if Funded isn’t on your last day), 50% of Goal. One every Monday one every Thursday.
You have a very clear meaning about how creators should reveal their stretch goals?
For me, personally, its one my pet peeves. Time and again I say to creators, don’t put up your stretch goals until you’ve hit day 2. I’ve seen projects put up 4-12 stretch goals with “$$ posted”, and on day 1, they pass 2 or 3 of them, which means they’ve underestimated their audience, and worse, they’re now stuck with where they’ve put them.
More than once, a creator has scrambled to come up with more stretch goals when they’ve already hit the ones they came up with because the backers are all clamoring for them and that can cause a lot of problems down the road. I actually get pretty annoyed when those same creators come back asking for help, when if they listened to me, or any of the dozen others who’ve all likely said the same thing, and it just comes to the point that we’re have to say, “yeah, we can’t help you now, you’ve already launched, there’s not much to be done to fix it, maybe on the relaunch?” And we wish them good luck.
It’s not meant to be mean; it’s just there really isn’t anything we can do for them once the project is live. Day 2 or 3 has passed, and the bulk of backers have already had a looksee, so it’s too late, they’ve passed on the project and gone looking for others. And that goes for generally anything in regards to advice.
When you’ve already had eyes on the project, backers go on to other projects if they don’t “feel it”. Once a backer passes on your project, 90% of the time, they don’t come back.
What are the most important elements of a Kickstarter page?
There isn’t one most important. The whole is important, ignore one over another at your own peril.
There are 3 aspects to a page, that ultimately determine your backer, new or returning; the video, the pitch, the pledge tiers, and each one, needs to be right. And by right, I mean, each one needs to entice a certain kind of backer.
Understanding backers, the way I do, means I see a project from perhaps a different viewpoint than many others. I don’t actually care what the project is, I care about the technical aspects of a projects and that’s how I look at a project I give advice on.
There are 4 types of backers, the Pitch Video backer, the Pledge Tier backer, the Pitch Page backer, and the Whole Package backer. Out of those 4 main backer types, you have 20 subsets of them.
The Pitch Video backer only cares about the video, doesn’t even bother reading the whole pitch page, is prone to just skim it looking for buzz words, and then looks at the pledge tiers and go “I’m willing to spend xyz dollars based on the video. These backers, spend the most money on projects, these are the people you make high prices pledge tiers for. Unfortunately, they’re also the most likely to back out if there’s a new shiny project on the horizon.
The Pledge Tier backer skims the whole page, video, pitch, everything, and if they like the pretty colours, they go, “OH, GIMME!”, and then they look at pledges, and based on what he or she perceives as “good value”. They generally tend to ask the question “For $30, am I getting the same thing I could get at an FLGS? Or is it a better Deal”. They look at shipping, they look at delivery date, if it’s within the “range” they’ve already predetermined, they’ll back, and often they’re the “fire and forget” type of backer. Once they back, they rarely unpledge. They’re your mid-range backer, they tend to go above the norm when it comes backers. These types will almost always get add-ons and special editions, they’re all about the extras.
The Pitch Page backer is the most detail orientated of the lot. They will almost always ignore the video entirely on first blush, then they nitpick spelling, grammar, shipping costs, the FAQ, updates, everything. But if everything looks good, they’ll back, they’re the most likely to advocate for you, and are the most numerous of backers. They also happen to be the cheapest, as they rarely spend above $30 USD.
The whole package backer, this is a new one, I haven’t met many, but they look at the overall scope of the project, and decide if you’re reaching too high, or if you’re over your head. They are polar opposites of the Pledge tier backer, these guys, will wait until the last 48 hours, if you’ve funded, they’ll more likely to back the project, it’s nowhere near to funding? They’ll walk.
If you were to create a board game, what would it be?
I have a boardgame I’m creating, and it’s still in the dev stage, ok, it’s been in the dev stage for 2 ½ years, I may never get it done, but I’m hopeful. It utilizes a 3D game board, and it’ll have 150+ miniatures in it. The closest game I can think it would come to would be a cross of Axis & Allies meets Risk with a hint of Lords of Waterdeep.
Do you have any role models in the Kickstarter industry?
I have a few main people I look to for, I guess, guidance, thoughts, and general advice, or just want to bounce ideas off, or read/listen to podcasts and blogs when it comes to projects. They are, James Mathe, Richard Bliss, Chern Ng Ing and Jamey Stegmaier, these 4 are my heroes, collectively they’ve made millions on KS. And while I may not always agree with them when it comes to certain ideas about Kickstarter and how to run projects, they’ve got my utmost respect and admiration. I bounce ideas about projects off people all the time, I like talking about projects, it’s great.
Kingdom Death got me into Kickstarter in a big way, and James, Jamey and Richard have kept me there.
Anything else you want to add?
I didn’t just spontaneously gain a wealth of knowledge, it took a lot of time, energy, and research. A lot of talking to creators and backers, and bouncing ideas off people for years in the various groups that I run. And I honestly think they have helped to contribute and a helped sculpt my core beliefs, my thoughts on KS in general, and I think without saying a huge thank you to all of them, would be a disservice to them all.
They are in no particular order; Bernard Hamaker, Damien Lavizzo, Andrew Zorowitz, Charles Wright, Kim Brebach, Ross Currie, Gonzalo Bisi, Seth Hiatt, Dan Roland, Gregory Carslaw, Daniel Zayas, Odd Hackwelder, Joel Colombo, Dave Knighthawk, Doug Levandowski, Nicholas Vitek, Jason Glover, Davy Wagnarok, Stephen S Gibson, Eduardo Baraf, Dominic Huang, Bruce Heard, Justin Call, Gavan Brown, Luke Peterschmidt, JR Honeycutt, and I’m sure I’m forgetting more, and for that, I say, sorry guys.
To all of them, I say a heartfelt thanks.
Tim is giving advice on Kickstarter projects in the group he currently curate, called Kickstarter Best Practices. Join the group and join the conversations 🙂
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Sequencing and characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor) and comparison with the other Caprinae species.
Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor) is an endangered and least studies species. We sequenced and annotated a 16,584 bp long complete mitogenome of Mishmi takin (B. t. taxicolor). It was encoded by 37 genes: 13 Protein-Coding Genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA, and non-coding control region. All tRNA genes show a typical secondary cloverleaf structure, except tRNAser(AGY) in which dihydrouridine arm did not form a stable structure. We observed 82 bp nucleotide deletions in the control region of Mishmi takin. The overall analysis of 13 PCGs, two rRNA and 22 tRNA of Mishmi takin indicates its close relationship with the B. t. tibetana than the B. t. bedfordi. The overall genetic similarity indicated that all takin species is closely related to the P. nayaur than the C. ibex and Ovibos moschatus. This study provides a useful resource for further studies on conservation and population genetics of Budorcas.
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Beep (locomotive)
The "Beep" (also referred to as the SWBLW) is an individual switcher locomotive built in 1970 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at its Cleburne, Texas, workshops. Technically a rebuild, the Beep (a portmanteau of "Baldwin Geep", whose official designation was derived from "SWitcher, Baldwin Locomotive Works") originally entered service on the Santa Fe as a Baldwin Model VO-1000. Following its successful CF7 capital rebuilding program, the company hoped to determine if remanufacturing its aging, non-EMD end cab switchers by fitting them with new EMD prime movers was an economically viable proposition. The conversion procedure proved too costly and only the one unit was modified. As of end of 2008 per Trains Magazine March 2009, this locomotive was retired and stored operational at Topeka, Kansas. In May 2009 the unit was donated to the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California.
History
In the early 1960s the Reading Company sent 14 of their VO-1000s to General Motors Electro-Motive Division to have them rebuilt to SW900 specifications. Unlike the "Beep", these locomotives retained most of their original carbodies. The units were subsequently given the designation VO-1000m.
Development
VO-1000 No. 67729 emerged from the Baldwin Locomotive Works Eddystone, Pennsylvania, facility in July 1943 dressed in the Santa Fe Zebra Stripe livery and bearing #2220. In the early 1960s the unit would take on the blue and yellow Billboard paint scheme with "SANTA FE" displayed in small yellow letters above the accent stripe, as was the standard for all yard switchers. It is these colors that #2220 displayed when it was selected as a test subject. Much as with the CF7 conversions, the unit was stripped down to its bare frame, and the long hood, power plant, trucks, control gear, and electrical system scrapped; only the Baldwin cab remained.
In a manner similar to the first CF7 modification, a sixteen-cylinder EMD 567 series diesel engine was fitted to the Baldwin's cast steel frame, which required a considerable amount of modification. A new long hood was fabricated by the shops to a GP7 pattern. The locomotive was configured in a B-B wheel arrangement and mounted atop two Blomberg B two-axle trucks, with all axles powered. The unit received an advanced electrical system.
The completed Beep rolled out of the Cleburne shops in December 1970 (with one of its original Baldwin builder's plates still affixed) sporting fresh blue and yellow paint, though now the words "Santa Fe" were applied in yellow in Cooper Black font (logotype) along the sides below the accent stripe in the style otherwise reserved for road switchers and other main line locomotives. It was also assigned #2450 (the first CF7 was given #2649, with successive numbers applied in descending order) and placed in service in south Texas.
In service
Train crews favored #2450 due to the superior riding qualities of its Blomberg trucks, which ran more smoothly than the original AAR Type-A switcher trucks. Being several tons heavier than a typical GP7 imparted a higher tractive effort, helpful when switching long cuts of cars. The Beep spent many years in lease service performing switching duties for the Port Terminal Railroad Association in Houston. In August, 1974 the unit was re-designated as #1160 as part of a general locomotive renumbering scheme. It was again renumbered along with the Santa Fe's few remaining EMD switchers and assigned #1460 in January, 1977.
The Beep was transferred to Cleburne as the shop switcher in the mid-1980s, where in 1985 it was given a number of external modifications. A cab air conditioning system was added, and the rear cab windows were modified from their original Baldwin pattern to a new three-pane configuration that accommodated the use of standard window glass sizes common to many EMD locomotives. The unit was given fresh paint (the Billboard colors were maintained) and placed back in service.
SW900 #1453, Santa Fe's last "standard" EMD switcher, was retired in 1987, thus making #1460 the only end cab switcher on the roster. The Beep continued working at Cleburne until the shops were closed later that year. Since then, the unit has worked as a shop switcher at both the Argentine shops in Kansas City and in Topeka, Kansas. The locomotive was equipped with remote control equipment (RCE) in the early 1990s so that it could be operated from a distance.
After Santa Fe merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1995-1996 to form BNSF Railway, the Beep was one of only three blue and yellow units not affected by the new company's renumbering program. #1460's cab sides were affixed with a BNSF sublettering "patch" and retrofitted with a four-stack exhaust manifold. It was retired in 2012.
Footnote
Santa Fe had designated a handful of other non-EMD switcher locomotives for rebuilding around 1970 (including two Fairbanks-Morse H-10-44s), but all of these units were subsequently scrapped when it was determined that the required modifications were not cost effective.
See also
CF7
List of Baldwin diesel locomotives
List of GM-EMD locomotives
SD26
References
Bassett, Gordon C. (1991). "Modeling the 'Beep'." The Santa Fe Modeler 14 (1) 8–14.
Includes background information and a photo gallery.
External links
BNSF SWBLW roster data
SWBLW #1460 photo gallery
At Barstow 2009 with details
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Category:Baldwin locomotives
Category:B-B locomotives
Category:BNSF Railway
Category:Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives
Category:Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States
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We're pretty sure this amusing footage is not a dark omen. This toddler is probably not on her way to becoming the next Sith Lord. On the other hand, her parents might want to sign her up for music lessons. With an ear for good music, she could just be the next John Williams.
In any case, the Imperial March is something any Star Wars fan has found themselves humming from time to time. Possibly even some non-fans as well. It's incredibly well known and incredibly catchy.
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Another great podcast spinrgs into view.Count me in among the many who have plummeted to their doom due to a faulty' joystick.And yeah, it's good to see Burger Time get some love (maybe too much?), even if it is amidst list-making controversy.We had trouble with Q*Bert controls at first, but the quirky gameplay, insane characters and hilarious sounds kept us coming back 'til we were succesfully average.And yeah, Gottlieb, bring it back to physical reality, willya? Instead of those dance-dance machines at the plexes I could go for some jumping games where I stay put.
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Hackers can EASILY steal your credit card information from across the room using just their SMARTPHONES
In the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network.
Your NFC-capable Android smartphone could be the newest weapon hackers use to steal money from the credit cards in your pocket, according to researchers. In a presentation at Hack In The Box Security Conference in Amsterdam, security researchers Ricardo J. Rodriguez and Jose Vila presented a demo of a real world attack, to which all NFC-capable Android phones are vulnerable. This attack, delivered through poisoned apps, exploits the NFC feature allowing unethical hackers to steal money from victims’ credit cards anytime the cards are near the victims’ phone.
What is NFC?
Near Field Communication or NFC is a short-range contactless communication system that uses wireless data to allow various technologies in close proximity to each other to communicate without the need for an Internet connection. An NFC chip acts as one part of a wireless link. NFC is the primary technology that allows for features like Android Beam. Android Beam allows Android users to swap pictures or contacts by holding two devices together. NFC technology has been increasingly used in cashless payment systems such as Google Wallet and now Android Pay.
NFC evolved from radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. An NFC chip, which can be found in most Android smartphones released in the last 2-3 years, acts as one part of a wireless link. Once it’s activated by another NFC chip, small amounts of data between the two devices can be transferred when they are held a few centimeters from each other.
How it can be used to steal your information
These kinds of attacks have often been considered difficult to perform because it required having two devices very close in proximity to one another. In 2013, however, researcher Michael Roland found that by installing Trojan relay software on a victims’ Android phone, the attacker could initiate Google Pay payments using the NFC properties in the victims’ device. When Google was made aware of this weakness, they were quick to patch the problem. With this latest research, however, Rodriguez and Vila found that hackers could utilize the NFC property in the victim’s phone to steal money from the physical credit cards in his or her pocket, rather than through Google Pay, when the cards come in contact with the victim’s phone. If you think of how often your wallet is near your phone, the instance for attack becomes much more probable.
How to prevent your phone from being hacked
So how can users protect themselves from NFC attacks? Rodriguez shared this advice with GTM: “Be aware of the apps you are installing on your device – don’t use apps that haven’t been approved in the Google Play store or that are from an alternative market. If you aren’t using NFC for other stuff, just deactivate it by default. That way the application must ask you to activate NFC and if an unauthorized usage, then you will know it.”
GTM.
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Breaking Balls
Rickey Redux
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Rickey may have been a great player but he's always been a selfish and arrogant player. His steals came in pursuit of a record and didn't help his team. Rickey sucks!
Yours sincerely,
No Rickey Association
P.S. Booooooo Rickey!
It's possible to be selfish and arrogant and help your team. If a player hits a home run in an arrogant matter, that's still worth at least one run. If Rickey selfishly stole second, that puts his team in a better position to score. Certainly, if he got himself thrown out all the time, he'd have been a detriment, but he was successful more than 75% of the time in his record-setting, 130-steal year.
Baseball's one of the most individual team sports. The game's crux is a one-one-one battle, batter against pitcher, and even the most complex plays are serial actions--pitcher to batter to shortstop to first for the out. If everyone on a team was as good as Rickey and acted selfishly, they'd score 2,000 runs a year. In a strike-shortened season, where every game was rained out after the fifth inning. Playing in the Astrodome.
I'm not concerned that Rickey acted selfishly. Now, the arrogance thing...so what? There are two kinds of arrogance I can tolerate:
Obliviousness is a key ingredient to hilarious arrogance. Joe Carter talking about his amazing ability to get RBI hits over the course of his career cracks me up, for instance. Players who can't hit and have never hit claiming they'd be an All-Star if only someone would give them a full season of at-bats. It's unintentional comedy at its finest.
On the other end of this spectrum of self-perception are some of the truly great players. If Barry Bonds and I were hanging out for some reason, and Barry said "It's strange sometimes, being one of the best players ever in your sport," I wouldn't nod my head in a "yeah, I know what you're talking about" way, but I certainly wouldn't protest either. Bonds is one of the greatest players in baseball history. If he realizes that, what's the point in dancing around the sombrero of denial? Alex Rodriguez plays the modest-and-humble player all the time, and it grates on me far more than whatever Bonds quote got blown out of proportion that week. If Bonds, or Rickey, is that great, and they're not bad people, enh, let them have their fun. Their attitude doesn't make them lesser players any more than their compensation, or how the public at large views them.
And in a way, I have sympathy for the players who are pretty good and understand that means they're among the best athletes in the world. Seriously, I can mock Kenny Lofton's defensive decline from the stands, but he's still way, way better than I am. So if he's got a bit of an attitude, I'm fine with that.
And now, to close, a letter so fine I have little to add to it:
I loved your article about Ruth and Henderson. I have often talked about Henderson's accomplishments with a similar line of argument. Thanks! Ruth and Henderson were both remarkable and it should be pointed out HOW MUCH better they were at their skill. But I don't like it that I never see any analysis looking at perhaps the most amazing relative performer in the history of baseball: Ron Hunt
Ruth (1920): HR per PA was about 11 times better than the league average HR/PA.
Henderson (1982): SB per PA was about 12 times better than the league average SB/PA.
Ron Hunt (1971): HBP per PA was 16 times better than the league average HBP/PA!
Is a HBP less valuable than a home run? Yes. But we are talking about Ruth here--he may even be better than Barry Bonds.
Is a HBP less valuable than a SB? NO! Arguably, it is better than a SB. In 1971 Ron Hunt had 50 HBP, and the Expos (for whom he played) had 78, leading the league. The second-highest team total was the Giants, who had 37. Hunt had 35% more HBP than any other team!!! Ruth had more homers than any other team in 1920 but not by a Hunt-sized margin, and heck three teams beat out Henderson in 1982.
Again, I loved the analysis, I just want Hunt to get his due as well.
Thanks,
LDN
Baseballlibrary.com's entry on Ron Hunt contains this gem of a quote: "Some people give their bodies to science; I give mine to baseball."
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The EWE Group wanted a solution to the technical difficulties and phone outages caused by its aging and complex network infrastructure. It was also looking to generate important cost savings.
The 250 Private Branch Exchanges (PBX) in service, few of which were IP based, came from different vendors and presented interoperability problems. Finding staff with the know-how to manage the many systems had become expensive and difficult.
As an energy company, EWE needed to support its teams in remote locations. It was critical that the solution offers high availability, ensure business continuity, and connect to analog radio stations.
Products & Solutions
Products
Business DECT Handsets
Smart DeskPhones
Solutions
Business Telephony
Cloud Communications
Mobility
Unified Communications and Collaboration
Benefits
EWE Group now leases its network services from EWE Tel and is no longer burdened by network management and maintenance
Phone outages are a thing of the past thanks to the redundant telecommunications network
The consumption based model means that EWE Group only pays for what it uses
Important savings have been achieved thanks to substantially lower operation, installation and maintenance costs
ROI will be achieved in under 4 years
Employees in remote regions are constantly connected to the network via their analog radios
The new infrastructure promotes mobility and enables users to connect with multiple mobile devices
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// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
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#include "new"
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_LIBCPP_WEAK
void*
operator new[](size_t size) _THROW_BAD_ALLOC
{
return ::operator new(size);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void*
operator new[](size_t size, const std::nothrow_t&) _NOEXCEPT
{
void* p = 0;
#ifndef _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
try
{
#endif // _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
p = ::operator new[](size);
#ifndef _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
}
catch (...)
{
}
#endif // _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
return p;
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete(void* ptr) _NOEXCEPT
{
::free(ptr);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete(void* ptr, const std::nothrow_t&) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete(ptr);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete(void* ptr, size_t) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete(ptr);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete[] (void* ptr) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete(ptr);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete[] (void* ptr, const std::nothrow_t&) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete[](ptr);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete[] (void* ptr, size_t) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete[](ptr);
}
#if !defined(_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_LIBRARY_ALIGNED_ALLOCATION)
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void *
operator new(std::size_t size, std::align_val_t alignment) _THROW_BAD_ALLOC
{
if (size == 0)
size = 1;
if (static_cast<size_t>(alignment) < sizeof(void*))
alignment = std::align_val_t(sizeof(void*));
void* p;
#if defined(_LIBCPP_MSVCRT_LIKE)
while ((p = _aligned_malloc(size, static_cast<size_t>(alignment))) == nullptr)
#else
while (::posix_memalign(&p, static_cast<size_t>(alignment), size) != 0)
#endif
{
// If posix_memalign fails and there is a new_handler,
// call it to try free up memory.
std::new_handler nh = std::get_new_handler();
if (nh)
nh();
else {
#ifndef _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
throw std::bad_alloc();
#else
p = nullptr; // posix_memalign doesn't initialize 'p' on failure
break;
#endif
}
}
return p;
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void*
operator new(size_t size, std::align_val_t alignment, const std::nothrow_t&) _NOEXCEPT
{
void* p = 0;
#ifndef _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
try
{
#endif // _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
p = ::operator new(size, alignment);
#ifndef _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
}
catch (...)
{
}
#endif // _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
return p;
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void*
operator new[](size_t size, std::align_val_t alignment) _THROW_BAD_ALLOC
{
return ::operator new(size, alignment);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void*
operator new[](size_t size, std::align_val_t alignment, const std::nothrow_t&) _NOEXCEPT
{
void* p = 0;
#ifndef _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
try
{
#endif // _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
p = ::operator new[](size, alignment);
#ifndef _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
}
catch (...)
{
}
#endif // _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
return p;
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete(void* ptr, std::align_val_t) _NOEXCEPT
{
#if defined(_LIBCPP_MSVCRT_LIKE)
::_aligned_free(ptr);
#else
::free(ptr);
#endif
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete(void* ptr, std::align_val_t alignment, const std::nothrow_t&) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete(ptr, alignment);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete(void* ptr, size_t, std::align_val_t alignment) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete(ptr, alignment);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete[] (void* ptr, std::align_val_t alignment) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete(ptr, alignment);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete[] (void* ptr, std::align_val_t alignment, const std::nothrow_t&) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete[](ptr, alignment);
}
_LIBCPP_WEAK
void
operator delete[] (void* ptr, size_t, std::align_val_t alignment) _NOEXCEPT
{
::operator delete[](ptr, alignment);
}
#endif // !_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_LIBRARY_ALIGNED_ALLOCATION
#endif // !__GLIBCXX__ && !_LIBCPP_ABI_VCRUNTIME && !_LIBCPP_DISABLE_NEW_DELETE_DEFINITIONS
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Q:
Valid JSON Load in Python file
Running into a problem with my JSON:
First issue was that SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe2' in file so I added # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- at the top of my file.
Then the problem became a problem where I load my JSON x = json.loads(x): ValueError: Expecting , delimiter: line 3 column 52 (char 57). I referenced this stackoverflow solution and so added an r in front of my JSON:
x = r"""[
{ my validated json... }
]"""
But then I get an error TypeError: sequence item 3: expected string or Unicode, NoneType found - I think it that the r is throwing it off somehow?
JSON Resembles the following:
[
{
"brief": "Brief 1",
"description": "Description 1",
"photos": [
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example.jpg?0101010101010",
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example2.jpg?0101010101010",
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example3.jpg?0101010101010"
],
"price": "145",
"tags": [
"tag1",
"tag2",
"tag3"
],
"title": "Title 1"
},
{
"brief": "Brief 2",
"description": "Description 2",
"photos": [
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example4.jpg?0101010101010",
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example5.jpg?0101010101010"
],
"price": "150",
"tags": [
"tag4",
"tag5",
"tag6",
"tag7",
"tag8"
],
"title": "Title 2"
},{
"brief": "blah blah 5'0\" to 5'4\"",
"buyerPickup": true,
"condition": "Good",
"coverShipping": false,
"description": "blah blah 5'0\" to 5'4\". blah blah.Size L/20”\n 5’8-5’11\n29lbs\n3x7 speed\n\n \r\n\r\n",
"photos": [
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-010101.jpeg?11111",
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-020202?111111"
],
"price": "240",
"tags": [
"tag2",
"5'0\"-5'4\""
],
"title": "blah blah 17\" Frame",
"front": "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/example.appspot.com/o/Images%2F0007891113.jpg?alt=media&token=111-11-11-11-111"
}
]
CURRENT CODE
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import csv
import json
x = """[
{
"brief": "Brief 1",
"description": "Description 1",
"photos": [
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example.jpg?0101010101010",
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example2.jpg?0101010101010",
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example3.jpg?0101010101010"
],
"price": "145",
"tags": [
"tag1",
"tag2",
"tag3"
],
"title": "Title 1"
},
{
"brief": "Brief 2",
"description": "Description 2",
"photos": [
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example4.jpg?0101010101010",
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-example5.jpg?0101010101010"
],
"price": "150",
"tags": [
"tag4",
"tag5",
"tag6",
"tag7",
"tag8"
],
"title": "Title 2"
},{
"brief": "blah blah 5'0\" to 5'4\"",
"buyerPickup": true,
"condition": "Good",
"coverShipping": false,
"description": "blah blah 5'0\" to 5'4\". blah blah.Size L/20”\n 5’8-5’11\n29lbs\n3x7 speed\n\n \r\n\r\n",
"photos": [
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-010101.jpeg?11111",
"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01/01/01/files/imgs-020202?111111"
],
"price": "240",
"tags": [
"tag2",
"5'0\"-5'4\""
],
"title": "blah blah 17\" Frame",
"front": "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/example.appspot.com/o/Images%2F0007891113.jpg?alt=media&token=111-11-11-11-111"
}
]"""
x = json.loads(x)
f = csv.writer(open("example.csv", "wb+"))
f.writerow(["Handle","Title","Body (HTML)", "Vendor","Type","Tags","Published","Option1 Name","Option1 Value","Variant Inventory Qty","Variant Inventory Policy","Variant Fulfillment Service","Variant Price","Variant Requires Shipping","Variant Taxable","Image Src"])
for x in x:
allTags = "\"" + ','.join(x["tags"]) + "\""
images = x["photos"]
f.writerow([x["title"],
x["title"],
x["description"],
"Vendor Name",
"Widget",
allTags,
"TRUE",
"Title",
"Default Title",
"1",
"deny",
"manual",
x["price"],
"TRUE",
"TRUE",
images.pop(0) if images else None])
while images:
f.writerow([x["title"],None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,images.pop(0)])
ERROR MESSAGE:
Full traceback that I see: Traceback (most recent call last):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "runnit2.py", line 976, in <module>
allTags = "\"" + ','.join(x["tags"]) + "\""
TypeError: sequence item 3: expected string or Unicode, NoneType found
UPDATE: I've identified that the data, specifically [x["title"], x["title"],x["description"], has some characters that the code doesn't like. 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u201d' in position 9: ordinal not in range(128). I've done a quick fix with x["description"].encode('utf-8'), etc., but it pretty much eliminates everything that's in that cell. Is there is a better way which doesn't delete everything after offending character?
A:
From your posted sample data, I assume that the 1st index of the posted json has a null in the 3rd index of the values of tag key. i.e: tag7
"tags": [
"tag4",
"tag5",
"tag6",
"tag7",
"tag8"
],
To get rid of the TypeError that raises due to nulls you can simply check and replace the nulls if they exist as shown below.
x["tags"] = ["" if i is None else i for i in x["tags"]]
allTags = "\"" + ','.join(x["tags"]) + "\""
I have assigned an empty string to replace nulls.
Alternatively you can remove all the false elements by using None in the filter() function.
allTags = "\"" + ','.join(filter(None, x["tags"])) + "\""
NOTE: Add r"[...]" and fix the indentation issue in the for loop.
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Tayozhny, Republic of Buryatia
Tayozhny () is a rural locality (a settlement) in Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 150 as of 2010. There are 6 streets.
References
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Show HN: Browsertime, bringing popcorntime to your browser with webtorrent - KeizerDev
https://github.com/KeizerDev/Browsertime
======
chirau
I have installed this, but it doesn't work, I can't play anything(there is no
play option, its just a movie page with a description). I can't search for
anything, there are no series. How is this popcorntime in a browser?
------
DuckyC
Someone finally did it. I had this idea when WebTorrent first came out. This
is great!
~~~
KeizerDev
Hi, you still can contribute. It is not really working at the moment but we
are somewhere!
~~~
brudgers
What is the status?
~~~
KeizerDev
Check out the README
------
tym0
yts/yifi is over so what do mean by "Get movies from yify/yts api endpoint."?
Is it yts.ag?
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5 Best Practices for Instagram Stories
Instagram Stories launched in 2016 as a response to Snapchat’s disappearing stories. And it worked: while Snapchat was once thought of as a threat to Instagram, the platform’s growth continues to accelerate. Since it’s launch, 250 million users have started sharing stories, and it is believed that this feature significantly contributed to the jump in time spent in-app every day. Over the past 2 years, that time has gone from 24 minutes to 32.
There has also been huge growth in Instagram Direct Messages (375 million users engage with DMs), which Instagram Stories is attributed with bolstering. Instagram DMs is a direct connection between brands and their audience, making them especially valuable to brands. Instagram Stories can capture the attention of your audience and encourage them to reach out to you via direct message, and TechCrunch reports that consumers are doing this. One in five Instagram Stories shared by a brand receives a direct reply.
At their best, Instagram Stories are a way of visually telling stories and opening the door for the audience to engage and interact with a brand. At their worst, they share unengaging or unattractive content without a clear message, quickly becoming a part of the ‘noise’ and getting skipped just as fast.
To help you ensure your Stories fall into the former category, we’ve outlined a few best practices below.
Plan out your creative
If you are using your Stories for a campaign, be strategic in how you design your artwork. Mockups of stories can be made in photoshop, and then sliced into different pieces of artwork and uploaded individually to Stories. If you can, consult a graphic designer to help ensure that the pieces work well together as a whole.
If you are creating Stories without the help of a creative team, play around with the features and try out different orders of images and videos. Create an image, save it, and then discard it without publishing. Once you have a few of these reviews them in your camera roll and decide which version supports your key messages best.
Remember… your first ½ second of content has to be visually engaging to keep audiences watching!
Don’t make your Stories too corporate
While it’s important to plan out creative, the best Stories utilize the features available within the platform. Dry, over-produced content is more likely to be skipped. Don’t stick too closely to your corporate style guide, especially if that guide doesn’t match the native look of Stories.
Stories create a delicate balance between being on-brand and maintaining consistency, while still appearing ‘social’ and delivering creative the Instagram audience is expecting to see on Stories. But because of the temporary nature of Stories, it’s easier for even serious brands to be a bit more playful in their approach.
Ultimately, brands have to decide which features work for their brand and work to incorporate their logo, colors, and messages in a way that feels authentic to the platform. For some, it is a good idea to form a separate Stories style guide.
DO include your brand’s logo in some way, either by overlaying it on an image or including imagery of packaging, like this Hugo Boss example.
Pick a theme
They are called Stories for a reason. Think through the content you are sharing and make sure it tells a cohesive story. Let your first slide set the scene for what audiences can expect.
Some of the best performing content on Stories are behind the scenes, how-tos, lists, brand announcements, Influencer takeovers, polls and day in the life features. You may want to set a loose schedule for your brand so you know what you are sharing every day. Just don’t make any schedule too strict, you need space to capture the unexpected.
Stories are also ideal for sharing a lot of product in a short amount of time. The key with Stories is to get your audience to make a fast decision (swipe up, visit your bio or message you). A 15-second video flashing through new product is a great way to get consumers to want to see more.
Story highlights are a great way to continue to share your content within your key categories. Strategically pick your story highlight topics. If you do a product announcement every week, make sure one of your highlights is all about product highlights so interested audiences can interact with your Stories long after the 24 hours are over.
Remember… Save all of your content (or set your content to automatically archive your Stories) so you can reference it later.
Include clear text direction
Despite the fleeting nature of Stories, as a brand, you are still trying to communicate a message to your audience and drive action. Remember your marketing 101 and include some sort of call to action in your content. This could be asking your audience to engage with a poll, encouraging them to visit your profile or send a direct message, or telling your audience to ‘swipe up’ to visit your website. Whatever it is, make sure that your Story is unfolding in a way that the call to action is relevant and useful for your audience.
Even Stories focused on brand awareness should utilize text. Content without text to give context can make it hard for an audience to understand what they are seeing. And since we know that the majority of videos are watched silently, marketers can’t rely on sound to give context either.
Work within the parameters of the platform.
Don’t post too close to the edge of the screen. This can make interactive stories features like polls hard for the watcher to engage with. Also, your audience is watching your stories on different size screens. You don’t control how they are seeing your content. By keeping important elements like text centrally located, you can ensure it will be clear.
Format your stories vertically. Like it or not, most of today’s content will be viewed on a mobile phone. And as a mobile-first app, Instagram and its Stories were built to be enjoyed the way you hold your phone, vertically. The simplest way to do this is to start with a video or a photograph that was taken vertically, but if that’s not an option, there are a number of apps available that have Stories templates you can use to format your slides properly. Try Adobe Spark, Ripl, or HypeType.
Include Hashtags and Location tagging. These features will help your content to get more impressions and appear earlier in your audience’s feed of Stories.
Pro Tip: Aim for 4-6 posts in Stories per day. Any more and your audience is likely to stop viewing ½ way through your content.
There is a reason why Stories are responsible for people spending more time in-app: they are engaging, fun to watch and highly interactive. For brands, they present a unique way to show personality, to relate to their audience and to drive direct communication and action.
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Cyclists as far as the eye can see!
posted 14 Apr 2013, 10:41 by Leo Natasja
Today almost hundred cyclists joined us for another ride on Göteborgsgirot's long MTB course. This was the largest number of participants on a mountainbike ride in Gothenburg, ever. Thanks all for a great day!
We would also like to thank Cyberphoto. Your kindness made this weekend's photosession possible. Thank you!
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Parkinsonism.
Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome, which is characterized by bradykinesia, rigidity, rest tremor, and postural instability. Idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD) is the most common cause of this syndrome, though there are several other important etiologies that must be considered. These include the atypical Parkinsonian disorders multiple system atrophy (MSA), dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal syndrome (CBS); as well as secondary causes of parkinsonism. These various disease entities may be distinguished based on key clinical features, which is critical for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
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1. Field of Endeavor
The present invention relates to an inspection system and more particularly to a ceramic inspection system.
2. State of Technology
U.S. Pat. No. 6,405,602 provides the following state of technology information, “Inspections by compression on a ceramic structure, such as a honeycomb structure, is performed by applying hydrostatic pressure on the ceramic structure.”
U.S. Pat. No. 6,480,010 provides the following state of technology information, “internal defects such as microcracks or other defects which may occur in a piezoelectric ceramic device such as an oscillator, a filter, or other such device, which defects affect the qualities and characteristics of the piezoelectric ceramic device a method of inspecting a piezoelectric ceramic device includes the steps of heating and increasing the temperature of a piezoelectric ceramic device to an increased temperature that is in the vicinity of a maximum temperature at which the piezoelectric ceramic device, when the temperature of the device is returned to ordinary temperature, is returned to substantially the same piezoelectric characteristic as that before heating, measuring at least one of the piezoelectric phase characteristic and the impedance characteristic of the piezoelectric ceramic device while the device is heated and the temperature thereof is increased, comparing at least one of the measured piezoelectric phase characteristic and the measured impedance characteristic with a standard characteristic, and detecting the presence or absence of an internal defect of the piezoelectric ceramic device based on results of the step of comparing.”
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Q:
How to get data stored in xml file in the server pc and display in my android app programmatically using java/android?
I am doing an android application which has to get some data from the server pc (stored in xml file) and display it in my app.
Suppose the xml data is: Example.xml
<Data>
<Parameter_1>anitha</Parameter_1>
<Parameter_2>23-04-2000</Parameter_2>
<Parameter_3>12:09:00</Parameter_3>
</Data>
The above xml file is stored in my server pc. Now I want to display the values "anitha", "23-04-2000" and "12:09:00" in my android application using Toast feature. I think Xmlpullparser is the best for parsing values from the xml file in android apps. Can anyone post the sample code to get those values from server to my app??
Thanks in advance!!
A:
I don't know what exactly I did but it somehow solved my problem. Now I'm able to get data stored in xml file in the server pc and display in my android app programmatically using java/android. I can't explain how I achieved this since I myself don't know what made it happen. Anyways, thanks for all the help. I gained more knowledge. Maybe that's how I could solve this.
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In some cases after a failed upgrade, the fastest solution is to roll back to the previous version you were using.
First, roll back the code or package. For source installations this involves checking out the older version (branch or tag). For Omnibus installations this means installing the older .deb or .rpm package. Then, restore from a backup. Follow the instructions in the Backup and Restore documentation.
When a rollback is necessary it can produce problems on subsequent upgrade attempts. This is because some tables may have been added during the failed upgrade. If these tables are still present after you restore from the older backup it can lead to migration failures on future upgrades.
Starting in GitLab 8.6 we drop all tables prior to importing the backup to prevent this problem. If you've restored a backup to a version prior to 8.6 you may need to manually correct the problem next time you upgrade.
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