Interviewees in an EY study said they expected their businesses to grow by 18% every year for the next three to five years.
Respondents to EY's latest survey of the global exchange-traded funds and products sector are highly optimistic about their prospects for growth.
Interviewees said they expected their businesses to grow by 18% every year for the next three to five years.
EY interviewed some 80 promoters, investors, market makers and service providers across the U.S., Europe and Asia/Pacific between July and September. Respondents included issuers managing 86% of global ETF assets.
According to the survey, the ETF/ETP industry managed 5,978 products, representing total assets of $2.8 trillion at the end of September.
At present, EY said, the U.S. industry managed $1.9 trillion of assets, or four times that of Europe and 18 times that of Asia/Pacific, excluding Japan.
Half of U.S. respondents expected 20% asset growth in the next 18 months.
The report highlighted several trends in the U.S. sector.
For one, the ETF investor base is broadening. Endowments and charitable foundations are joining corporate and public sector pension schemes, hedge funds and insurers as allocators to the sector.
Innovation has put the U.S. market at "the cutting edge of ETF product development," according to the report. Innovation is driven by niche providers with specific sector, structural or asset expertise and by big providers seeking to offer their institutional clients a comprehensive range of products.
And the U.S. is leading the global rush to digital distribution in asset management. EY said this may be the "hottest" trend in the ETF space with the potential crossover between online or automated advice and the use of ETFs to create model portfolios.
The EY report said the U.S. industry continued to be the paradigm to which other regions aspire, and Europe and Asia/Pacific appeared unlikely to match its size and efficiency.
This means flexibility in adapting to local conditions will be key to growth in other regions.
EY noted that the industry's increasing size had drawbacks, the biggest one being more external attention. Respondents, though generally welcoming closer scrutiny, worried about regulatory misunderstandings and associated potential for reputational risks.
At the same time, size brings greater influence, EY said. Many active managers, feeling pressured to respond to developments such as smart beta, are launching ETFs or partnering with existing providers. "There could be no clearer sign of the growing impact that the ETF industry is having on the wider regulated funds sector and the asset management industry as a whole," according to Lisa Kealy, EMEIA Wealth & Asset Management ETF leader at EY.
Among the factors contributing to growth are the influx of institutional money into the sector. Ninety-two percent of investors polled said they expected to increase their allocations to ETFs in the coming year.
Many respondents also expected retail investors to be the industry's chief long-term driver of growth. Over the next three to five years, they predicted retail growth of 5% to 15%.
The report said innovations appeared to be moving faster than at any time in the industry's history. Eighty-three percent of respondents said they would increase spending on new products over the next year and a half.
According to the report, ETF providers see innovation as necessary to building profile, generating inflows and defending profit managers, and greying populations and the shifting investments aims of insurers and pension funds are demanding robust products.
Kealy cautioned that innovation and creativity bring controversy and some risks. She also pointed out that ETFs depend on a robust ecosystem and close cooperation among providers, authorized participants, market makers and service providers.
The ETF industry "needs to ensure that it continues to act as a positive force for disruption," she said.
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Fort Fun celebrates Northern Colorado's famous pioneer, Auntie Elizabeth Stone, by naming our restaurant in her honor. Known for her great cooking and fabulous hospitality, Auntie Stone set the bar high for all the women who came West after her and settled in the area. Auntie Stone's Kitchen keeps up with her traditions by offering mouth watering pizza, burgers, nachos, ice cream treats, Icee*, snacks and more. Enjoy your goodies amid the décor of "time period" antiques – quilts, kitchen gadgets, horse bits and saddles, and farm equipment.
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Коассоло-Торинезе розташоване на відстані близько 560 км на північний захід від Рима, 32 км на північний захід від Турина.

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When I open this webpage on 2 different browsers (chrome and firefox for exmaple) when I change the name in Chrome and then refresh on Firefox the name gets updated on firefox as well and I do not why or how it is doing this, the purpose of this test is to try and only keep the data on the browser without it changing when hitting refresh. any suggestions?

A: You need to register your service with 'scoped' lifetime.
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For Singleton services you get the same instance for all sessions.
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Nini's Deli Plots Reopening After Owner's Bigoted Remarks Led to Closure Last Summer
Community outrage over racist and homophobic remarks made by Juan "Juany" Riesco led the deli to close in 2020
by Ashok Selvam@Shokdiesel Jun 11, 2021, 3:27pm CDT
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Nini's Deli closed in summer 2020.
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Almost a year since Nini's Deli closed in West Town after a series of anti-Black, Islamaphobic, and homophobic comments made by the owners, the once much-hyped empanada and sandwich shop is planning a return on July 6, and the announced caused an eruption Wednesday from angry Chicagoans who took to social media to show their displeasure with owner Juan "Juany" Riesco.
Thousands of comments appeared on Riesco's Facebook and Instagram accounts criticizing the decision to reopen including "YIKES! this is some clownery" and "I give it a week before they run back to Texas." Though the negative comments outnumbered them, there were a few supportive comments mixed in.
On a quiet residential block between Grand and Chicago Avenue and west of the Kennedy Expressway, since opening in 2013, Nini's gained popularity thanks to a mystique built up by effective guerrilla marketing. The deli served empanadas, cafe con leche and sandwiches. But the positive vibes deteriorated on June 5, 2020 after owner Juan Riesco and his brother José mocked the Black Lives Matter movement and made racist comments.. José, was caught on an Instagram video saying, "Black Lives Matter kills more people than the Ku Klux Klan did, do you understand that?"
The comments were a shocking betrayal to many: Juan Riesco developed a rabid fanbase over the years creating relationships with brands, like Nike. He depicted Nini's as an authentic Chicago story, a family-owned restaurant that welcomed all and cared about their community. Riesco hung out with celebrities like former Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose, a Chicago native. "Chicago Native" became the name of Riesco's own clothing brand that folded after the public heard his bigoted comments. Responding to a large crowd of protesters that flooded the street in front of the restaurant on June 6, 2020, brands — including Nike, Intelligentsia Coffee, and Bang Bang Pie & Biscuit — withdrew support. The restaurant never reopened and remained boarded up and painted black until this week.
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The weekend after the closure, Juan Riesco attempted to explain his comments and decision to shutter in an interview with the Tribune. He said he felt pressured to make a public statement backing Black Lives Matter but disagreed with the group's support of LGBTQ and abortion rights, two tenets Riesco's church opposed. He refused to buckle to public outcry which he said was mounting as George Floyd's murder happened the week before.
Juan Riesco is a deacon at Metro Praise International, which is in favor of LGBTQ conversion "therapy"; one of its tenets is to "speak against the LGBT lifestyle from the pulpit, whatever outlet we are provided, or whenever the issue is raised." Located in Belmont-Cragin, a neighborhood hit hard by COVID-19, despite the impact on its residents, the church controversially ignored stay-at-home orders and continued services during the pandemic.
In response, a group of workers from other restaurants launched the spoof food truck Nono's Deli to raise money for My Block My Hood My City and Center on Halsted, two charities that support Black and LGBTQ communities, while protesters crowded the streets in front of Nini's. Riesco ultimately closed the restaurant, stating that his family had received death threats and was a victim of cancel culture, while, a few of the street brands that were once loyal to Nini's moved on and opened their own restaurant. Three House, also serves empanadas and iced cafe con leches in the mold of Nini's. Riesco's supporters have alleged that Three House stole Nini's recipes. One Chicago chef scoffed at that conclusion in a text exchange with Eater: "LMFAO what recipe? The Goya disk filled with more Goya Sazón and cheese?"
Riesco has been trying to revive Nini's throughout the pandemic; in July, he vied to move into the Ukrainian Village space where Tamale Guy Chicago ended up. According to his announcement, he's since decided to reopen inside the same space "to double down on our Christian worldview and reopen our family business for the glory of God alone!!"
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"It is an interesting time to be a vocal Christian business, but we also know all Christians are to be a light in a dark place, and this is the place we are called to," the post continued. In a video interview from April with Standing for Freedom Center — an arm of evangelical Christian Liberty University (founded by Jerry Falwell Sr.) — Riesco calls Christians who support LGBTQ people and Black Lives Matter "tools of liberal propaganda." He adds they are not "true soldiers of the lord."
Earlier in June, Riesco appeared in Downtown Dallas to preach on the street at a Pride Month event. The June timing of Nini's announcement coincides with his church's mission of using all platforms against the LGBTQ communities.
Riesco declined comment on Thursday, saying he would chat with media at a later date. Friday morning, a tenant who lives in the apartments above the restaurant — the building is owned by the Riescos — defended his landlord's statements. He declined giving his name and says that Riesco felt pressured last year to support Black Lives Matter and didn't want to succumb. "He didn't want to make a political statement," the tenant said. "If he didn't, they said they were going to cancel him."
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Thanksgiving – A Time To Remember Who We Are
- November 22nd, 2017 -
It probably won't surprise you to know that Thanksgiving has always been a holiday of mixed blessings for me.
Back in College, the sheer gluttony of the Thanksgiving meal tore me apart as I wrestled with my sense of vocation and, particularly, my exposure to the Catholic Worker movement and others who were living out their faith daily, providing food and shelter to the materially poor.
While at Divinity School I even took a few Thanksgiving's "off" as I struggled with the concept of being thankful for so much abundance when I knew my new-found friends in Korea, Mexico, and even parts of New Haven would be going hungry that night.
And for seven years in Italy I was conflicted… torn between wanting to share "the best" of the U.S. Holiday Season with my foreign-born daughter and the Refugees through whom I first encountered IPM. We'd travel the countryside to find the right "bird" and those shared meals in the basement of an Episcopal Church in the heart of Rome taught me something very special about what it means to be thankful in a world where so many are left longing.
When I returned to the States full time Thanksgiving was certainly a welcome break from the workweek, but it also provided an opportunity for service and shared sustenance. In fact, helping to prepare a meal for the less fortunate was rewarding to me in a way that a meal replete with political and religious argument among an extended family never quite cut it.
But in the past sixteen+ years with IPM I've found a new appreciation for the Holiday just as I have bristled at it's false retelling of a founding myth. Thanksgiving has become for me, my immediate family, my faith community, and the IPM Family across the USA, an unique, annual opportunity to step back, count our blessings, and redouble our efforts to make a difference in the world.
We, who live in these United States, do have much to be thankful for. Yes, we live in difficult times for sure. Yes, we seem to be increasingly divided by class, ethnicity, gender, race, and religion. The extent of our Partisan divide and the rancor that goes along with can be troubling at times, debilitating at its worst.
But there is also a spirit at work in the communities where I spend most of my time. At IPM, at worship, with my students and friends: I can't help but feel a sense that something is changing. That all the negativity is making us realize how much there is to be positive about. That all the rancor can help us recall just how good it can feel to find a compromise. That all the hate in the world can't squelch my deepest belief that hope and love ultimately win.
So as you and those you love head off for this Thanksgiving Holiday I'd ask that you keep IPM in your prayers, that you consider the type of year-end gift you can make to truly make a difference in our work around the world, and that you will take the time to slow down and remind yourself just what brought you into relationship with this IPM Family. Give yourself the gift of knowing—even if for only a moment—that your partnership with us makes all the difference in the world.
Best wishes for a joyful and peace-filled Thanksgiving Holiday!
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Filed under: Energy/Climate,National Politics — Matt Dernoga @ 12:36 am
Tags: 350, Cancun, Climate Change, international negotiations
I think 350.org's recent e-mail reflecting on the closure of the Cancun climate talks is spot on. It's reposted below
It's not something you hear often when it comes to climate negotiations: "progress has been made."
At 4AM on Saturday morning in Cancun, delegates emerged from the UN negotiations, all of them sleep-deprived and most of them smiling. They had managed to agree on a foundation for future talks. The agreements that came out of Cancun won't be enough to get the world back to 350–but they offer a glimpse at a path forward that just might.
The feeling of momentum emerging from Cancun was refreshing: countries rebuilt trust, and wrestled with difficult issues like deforestation and transparency. This trust was in serious doubt after last year's failed negations in Copenhagen–and even in the final hours of negotiations in Cancun.
These countries will now have to negotiate with the world's climate–and the physics and chemistry that govern the climate won't negotiate. In the wake of the modest progress achieved in Cancun, it's tempting to overlook the fact that delegates mostly avoided the real crux of the negotiations: exactly how much will countries reduce their planet-heating emissions?
In fact, the current pledges contained in the negotiating text are still grossly inadequate, leaving the planet on a crash course with at least 4 degrees Celcius of temperature rise–a terrifying prospect that would put us closer to 750ppm than 350ppm. That's very far from where we must be, and that gap won't be fixed by simply waiting until next year's convention in Durban, South Africa.
To close the gap between scientific necessity and political possibility, we must fight the influence of big polluters on the political process. At the end of last week, thousands of you spoke up in support of the most vulnerable countries, sending your messages of solidarity from all corners of the planet. Our team in Cancun delivered your messages directly to the delegates, and reminded them just how much the world is counting on them to stand up to big polluters.
By building a public movement around the climate solutions that science and justice demand, we've helped keep this process alive when major polluters tried to destroy it. We've made the science clear. And thanks to your messages of solidarity, we've strengthened the voices of vulnerable nations, who have pledged to keep the fight for bold climate action alive.
In the months and years to come, that will continue to be our fight as well. In the final hours of the talks in Cancun, members of the 350.org team were among a group of young people who stood peacefully at the entrance to the negotiating halls and slowly counted upwards towards 21,000, the number of deaths attributed to climate-related disasters in the first 9 months of this year. After two weeks of abstract negotiations, this event was a poignant reminder of the stakes in this struggle–and of the strength of the bonds of this global network.
There will be those receiving this email who would wish us to condemn the agreements that came out of Cancun — as well as those who might like us to call it a hope-filled victory.
But we didn't get involved in this movement to condemn or cheer: we got in it to win.
To do that, we'll have to win our country's capitols first, and to do that, we'll have to organize in all the communities where we live. We've begun that work, but we still have much more work to do.
We will do it with hope, with passion, and with unwavering determination. And above all, we will do it together.
May Boeve for the 350.org Team
P.S. To get real action from the UN process, its crucial to keep spreading what happens in these conferences out into the world. If this email resonates, please pass along this link to a photo-tour of our experience in Cancun via Facebook and Twitter.
Filed under: Energy/Climate,National Politics — Matt Dernoga @ 2:28 pm
Tags: Cancun, Climate Change, international negotiations
Perhaps because expectations were so low, or because of the realization that cooperation between nations needed to occur for the UN climate negotiations to continue to exist, or because NASA announced the hottest November and likely 2010 on record, the media reports and commentary from nations and activists coming out of Cancun is much better than it was last year in Copenhagen. Here is the text adopted by the UNFCCC. My take upon reading the news reports and looking at the text is that the language purposefully leaves a lot of the details and specifics to be worked out in future summits, while using broad language to satisfy developed and developing countries to keep the process moving forward. There is greater agreement than last year about what needs to be done, such as the establishment of a $100 billion Green Climate Fund by 2020, and the allocation of $30 billion between 2010-2012 for developing nations to use for mitigation and adaption. Below is the closing COP 16 press release, along with some reactions from other countries, bloggers, and media outlets…
UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun delivers balanced package of
decisions, restores faith in multilateral process
(Cancun, 11 December 2010) The UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, ended on Saturday with the adoption of a balanced package of decisions that set all governments more firmly on the path towards a ow-emissions future and support enhanced action on climate change in the developing world.
The package, dubbed the 'Cancun Agreements' was welcomed to repeated loud and prolonged applause and acclaim by Parties in the final plenary.
"Cancun has done its job. The beacon of hope has been reignited and faith in the multilateral climate change process to deliver results has been restored," said UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres. "Nations have shown they can work together under a common roof, to reach consensus on a common cause. They have shown that consensus in a transparent and inclusive process can create opportunity for all," she said.
"Governments have given a clear signal that they are headed towards a low-emissions future together, they have agreed to be accountable to each other for the actions they take to get there, and they have set it out in a way which encourages countries to be more ambitious over time," she said.
Nations launched a set of initiatives and institutions to protect the poor and the vulnerable from climate change and to deploy the money and technology that developing countries need to plan and build their own sustainable futures. And they agreed to launch concrete action to preserve forests in developing nations, which will increase going forward.
They also agreed that countries need to work to stay below a two degree temperature rise and they set a clear timetable for review, to ensure that global action is adequate to meet the emerging reality of climate change.
"This is not the end, but it is a new beginning. It is not what is ultimately required but it is the essential foundation on which to build greater, collective ambition," said Ms Figueres.
Elements of the Cancun Agreements include:
Industrialised country targets are officially recognised under the multilateral process and these countries are to develop low-carbon development plans and strategies and assess how best to meet them, including through market mechanisms, and to report their inventories annually.
Developing country actions to reduce emissions are officially recognised under the multilateral process. A registry is to be set up to record and match developing country mitigation actions to finance and technology support from by industrialised countries. Developing countries are to publish progress reports every two years.
Parties meeting under the the Kyoto Protocol agree to continue negotiations with the aim of completing their work and ensuring there is no gap between the first and second commitment periods of the treaty.
The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanisms has been strengthened to drive more major investments and technology into environmentally sound and sustainable emission reduction projects in the developing world.
Parties launched a set of initiatives and institutions to protect the vulnerable from climate change and to deploy the money and technology that developing countries need to plan and build their own sustainable futures.
A total of US$30 billion in fast start finance from industrialised countries to support climate action in the developing world up to 2012 and the intention to raise US$100 billion in long-term funds by 2020 is included in the decisions.
In the field of climate finance, a process to design a Green Climate Fund under the Conference of the Parties, with a board with equal representation from developed and developing countries, is established.
A new "Cancun Adaptation Framework" is established to allow better planning and implementation of adaptation projects in developing countries through increased financial and technical support, including a clear process for continuing work on loss and damage.
Governments agree to boost action to curb emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries with technological and financial support.
Parties have established a technology mechanism with a Technology Executive Committee and Climate Technology Centre and Network to increase technology cooperation to support action on adaptation and mitigation.
The next Conference of the Parties is scheduled to take place in South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December 2011.
US climate envoy Todd Stern's reaction in the Washington Post: "U.S. special climate envoy Todd Stern, who had pushed hard for adoption of language outlining how China, India and other major emerging economies will subject their carbon cuts to international view, described the recent negotiations as "a challenging, tiring and intensive week."
In an early-morning press conference Saturday, Stern told reporters he thought the core achievement of this year's talks was the fact that "ideas that were first of all, skeletal last year, and not approved, are now approved and elaborated."
And while he noted the current measure would not ensure the global temperature rise remains within 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit of pre-industrial levels, "You just need to keep making good steady progress…We're not there yet with respect to all the committed reductions it would take to get the world to the two-degree target people talk about. But we're a lot closer than we were before."
"What we have now is a text that, while not perfect, is certainly a good basis for moving forward," Stern said."
From Brad Johnson's Wonk Room: "The first lesson of the Cancun talks is that the governments of the world can in fact work together on global warming, even though decoupling civilization from greenhouse pollution is a herculean task. However, the second lesson is that their leadership only gets humanity so far. Only the full mobilization of the present generation can overcome the institutional barriers to change and protect our fragile civilization from the raging climate system our pollution has created. The Cancun compact has restored hope around the world, but now the actual work has to begin."
And according to Brad's Twitterfeed, some good reactions from nations as the talks closed…
Mexican President Felipe Calderon: "We must ensure our fragile planet, Mother Earth, lasts forever. Cancun has brought us closer to that goal."
Brazil: We will go away from Cancun with a firm commitment. Considerable progress has been made.
Zambia: Thank you for lifting our spirits from the depression of Copenhagen. You have restored our hopes in multilateralism
India: I believe we are launched on a process in which the trust deficit has been significantly bridged
Japan: We wholeheartedly support the efforts being made by the presidency. We'd like to express our deep support to draft text.
China: Though there are shortcomings, we are basically satisfied. The government of China will act in a fully responsible manner to the people of China and the people of the world.
South Korea: We were warned, if we cannot achieve a balanced outcome, we'd be blamed by our children. I believe we have risen to the challenge.
So all in all, it's good to see this positive will between counties that lacked last year in Copenhagen. The agreement on the table needs a lot of work, it isn't strong or forceful enough to achieve what needs to be done, but it avoids a collapse of the UN climate talks, and keeps the negotiating process moving forward to what will hopefully be concrete action.
Filed under: Climate Change — Matt Dernoga @ 11:20 am
Tags: Bangladesh, Climate Change
After US Senator and climate denier James Inhofe criticized the Obama administration for appropriating $1.3 billion dollars into a climate fund for developing countries struggling to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, climate scientists struck back. Now the Bangladesh Environmental Minister of one of the most vulnerable countries to sea level rise in the world has this to say in Cancun in response to Inhofe
Filed under: Energy/Climate,National Politics — Matt Dernoga @ 3:06 am
Tags: Climate Change, Mexico
International climate negotiations are taking place in Cancun at the moment, and although there are low expectations for progress, the host county Mexico stands out as a bright spot. Mexico is one of the few developing nations that's taking significant action, and according to this recent Washington Post article much of the credit goes to their President Felipe Calderon who is apparently "obsessed by climate change". Some of Mexico's successes on reducing greenhouse gas emissions show the value of having a strong leader on climate issues, especially considering all of the other challenges Mexico is facing. Excerpts are posted below.
"Mexico is battling billionaire drug mafias armed with bazookas, but when President Felipe Calderon ranks the threats his country faces, he worries more about methane gas, dwindling forests and dirty refineries."
"The president is extremely engaged and very committed. He has instructed us to move, and move now, and not wait for anybody else," said Fernando Tudela, the deputy secretary of planning and environmental policy."
"Mexico is raising efficiency standards and helping citizens replace old refrigerators and air conditioners that don't meet them. It is ratcheting up mandatory emissions controls for vehicles and struggling to reduce the number of aging, heavily polluting buses on its roads. Government lenders are offering "green mortgages" with lower interest rates to home buyers who insulate windows or install solar panels.
Officials are having landfills covered to trap methane gas and planning power plants fueled by garbage; the first such plant will be built in Monterrey. The state oil company,Pemex, has promised to slash the amount of methane it wastes at its refineries by creating cogeneration energy plants.
By 2012, if it stays on track, Mexico will have reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 50 million tons, equal to the carbon produced by 45 days of domestic oil production."
"This is not easy. For the locals, there is short-term gain in clearing forest land to grow corn or raise cattle, and there is a huge gap between Mexico's richest citizens and the 50 percent who live in poverty. Massive government reforestation campaigns, such as ProArbol, have mostly withered, derailed by corruption, incompetence and the planting of saplings that were not suited to the environment and quickly died.
Like others, the government of Mexico has a long tradition of announcing lofty ambitions – for education, against poverty – only to see the goals quietly forgotten over the long haul. And fighting climate change is a marathon, according to everyone.
"There is a huge potential for green growth in Mexico," said Tudela. "We would like to prove that a developing country can mitigate and adapt to climate change without hurting the economy. We want to prove that in Mexico."
Tags: clean energy innovation, Steve Chu
A must see video by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu about the crucial need for the United States to invest in the energy technologies of the future.
Filed under: environment,National Politics — Matt Dernoga @ 12:18 pm
Tags: offshore drilling
According to the Washington Post, the offshore drilling ban will be maintained in "key areas"
"Obama administration officials will announce Wednesday afternoon they will not allow offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as part of the next five-year drilling plan, according to sources briefed on the plan, reversing two key policy changes President Obama announced in late March."
This would be a significant departure from the announcements in March in a very good way.
Filed under: Uncategorized — Matt Dernoga @ 3:05 am
Tags: corruption, Greenpeace
Looks like trouble! See more information on the lawsuit here, and the Washington Post article here. In case you like long reading, here's Greenpeace's complaint.
Filed under: Energy/Climate,University of Maryland — Matt Dernoga @ 5:38 pm
Tags: campus sustainability, East Campus, green development
Congratulations to Sam Rivers for getting his Op-Ed published in the Diamondback. Sam is a new member of the University of Maryland Student group UMD for Clean Energy, and he stepped right in by writing a column to the student newspaper about the need for the massive East Campus redevelopment project to be an ambitious green development. Back when I was Campaign Director of the group as a senior last spring, we organized a successful event that put pressure on the university to stipulate in its RFP (request for proposal) that sustainable development was a top priority, and had to be one for any prospective developer. Some members of the group met with The Cordish Companies'(the selected developer) development director and their design team last month to discuss students demands for a cutting edge green development, and listen to what the design team was planning.
UMD for Clean Energy at the Cordish Companies Headquarters
Now with the developer's first public forum set for tomorrow, the group is looking to generate student and community support for rebuilding downtown College Park into a sustainable community that others can look to. Below is Sam's column discussing East Campus and this forum.
Guest column: Building a green campus
Last Monday, I attended my first UMD for Clean Energy meeting. The group's purpose is to advocate for sustainability on and around the campus. As an environmental science and policy major, I had been wanting to check it out.
Discussion focused on East Campus, a proposed development to be built across Route 1 by the university in partnership with The Cordish Companies. To my surprise, I learned the development is not just one new dorm but an entire community spanning from Fraternity Row to Paint Branch Parkway — an area about six times the size of McKeldin Mall. This vast expanse will include student housing, restaurants and retail space. Furthermore, completing the project will require ripping out multiple existing buildings.
In 2009, this university unveiled a Climate Action Plan, a document that commits the university to carbon neutrality by 2050. East Campus will be included in the university's greenhouse gas emissions inventory, and the East Campus buildings will last for decades. To have any hope of achieving the 2050 goal, the East Campus community must be built with sustainability in mind.
What would the university and The Cordish Companies have to do to build sustainably? To begin, East Campus should have walking and biking paths and must be connected to the rest of the campus by quick and reliable bus routes. There should be sufficient green space for rainwater to sink into the soil so that runoff does not pollute waterways.
Constructing rooftop gardens and building paths with water-permeable pavement could be important components of this more natural stormwater management system. Most importantly, buildings must be constructed with sustainable materials and be energy efficient. The university currently requires new buildings to earn a Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design Silver certification — the third highest ranking in a commonly accepted ranking system for green construction. But building to LEED Gold standards would affirm the university as a nationwide leader in sustainable development and move us one step closer to carbon neutrality.
The campus's Climate Action Plan requires reducing waste and pushing the envelope on energy efficiency. But this will not happen without student involvement. So here's where you come in: Tomorrow there will be a forum in Ritchie Coliseum from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., when the East Campus project will be put up for public commentary. The Coliseum is easily accessible by taking the Shuttle-UM Blue route bus or crossing Route 1 at The Dairy. The more people who come to ask questions about this development's environmental impact, the more seriously sustainability will factor into construction. You can also sign the petition for a greener East Campus at http://www.umdforcleanenergy.org. Maps of the proposed site, a flyer for the forum, East Campus' history and more can be found at http://www.eastcampus.umd.edu.
Sam Rivers is a freshman environmental science and policy major. He can be reached at brivers at umd dot edu.
Tags: clean energy solutions, stimulus, Washington Post
Look at that Solar Plant Destroying the Environment!
There's a recently posted article on the Washington Post about how $2 billion of the stimulus money the Obama Administration doled out avoided review under the National Environmental Policy Act, which basically means they avoided having to get a lengthy Environmental Impact Statement(EIS). Now, if this money was given out to projects with a net negative impact on pollution and the environment, I would join in on the criticism, but give me a break! Just looking at the examples the Washington Post uses makes it crystal clear to me why these projects received exemptions. They list a smart-grid update, a wind farm project, a biofuel from algae project. All are the kinds of projects we need to be investing in to reduce our impact on the environment. We need a trillion more dollars for projects like these, and we need them fast not just because of jobs, but because the world needs to deploy a massive amount of clean energy technology in order to avoid catastrophic global warming. The Obama Administration sums it up well…
"Administration officials say the exemptions were essential to accelerate more than $30 billion in stimulus-funded clean-energy projects through the Energy Department, which already have created 35,000 jobs. In the long run, they add, the exempted activities will boost energy efficiency and curb pollution."
It makes complete sense to me that there should be different environmental standards for a wind farm than a coal plant.
The other minor-story the Post reports on is that some of the companies doing these green projects and received these exemptions aren't exactly saints in the environmental arena. Now, if I were the guy in chance doling out grants for projects, I would choose a company with a clean record over one with a dirty one, but the unfortunate reality is that most of these companies have dirty records. Find me a green oil company that I can give an algae biofuel grant for. There are none! I should add that I ultimately want the dirty companies to start doing clean energy projects. That's what environmental activists rightfully spend a lot of time doing, protesting dirty investments by corporations while pressuring them to make clean ones. So if Duke Energy has a history of building coal plants, and it decides it wants to build a wind farm, I'm not going to throw a fit! Heck, I'll tell them to build two.
What we don't need is more hyped up negative stories to the public about how clean energy projects are dodging environmental regulations intended for dirty ones.
The next round of international climate negotiations through the UN are going to begin soon in Cancun, Mexico. It's no secret last year's summit in Copenhagen was a major disappointment to environmental groups and climate activists, and there aren't very high expectations for Cancun to correct course. However, we should obviously be looking to move forward wherever we can in the short-term while continuing to press for a long-term framework. The NY Times has published an editorial with a couple of suggests for how this progress can take place. I'm republishing parts below…
"But carbon dioxide is not the only kind of pollution that contributes to global warming. Other potent warming agents include three short-lived gases — methane, some hydrofluorocarbons and lower atmospheric ozone — and dark soot particles. The warming effect of these pollutants, which stay in the atmosphere for several days to about a decade, is already about 80 percent of the amount that carbon dioxide causes. The world could easily and quickly reduce these pollutants; the technology and regulatory systems needed to do so are already in place.
Take methane, for example, which is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in causing warming. It is emitted by coal mines, landfills, rice paddies and livestock. And because it is the main ingredient in natural gas, it leaks from many older natural-gas pipelines. With relatively minor changes — for example, replacing old gas pipelines, better managing the water used in rice cultivation (so that less of the rice rots) and collecting the methane emitted by landfills — it would be possible to lower methane emissions by 40 percent. Since saved methane is a valuable fuel, some of this effort could pay for itself."
"Ozone, which is formed in the lower atmosphere from carbon monoxide, methane and other gases emitted by human activity, is a particularly hazardous component of urban smog. And every year it causes tens of billions of dollars in damage to crops worldwide. So pollution restrictions that reduce ozone levels, especially in the rapidly growing polluted cities of Asia, could both clear the air and slow warming."
"Soot likewise offers an opportunity to marry local interests with the global good. A leading cause of respiratory diseases, soot is responsible for some 1.9 million deaths a year. It also melts ice and snow packs. Thus, sooty emissions from Asia, Europe and North America are helping to thin the Arctic ice. And soot from India, China and a few other countries threatens water supplies fed by the Himalayan-Tibetan glaciers."
"Credibility is especially important for the United States. It can already offer the world much of the technology and regulatory expertise that will be needed to reduce short-lived pollutants, particularly ozone and soot. Some American efforts are under way to share these technologies, including a program to help provide better cookstoves for people in developing countries. By making such programs more visible and demonstrating that they deliver tangible results, and by establishing a realistic plan for cutting its own emissions at home, the United States could show that it is serious about addressing climate change."


The statement is so true.
How many times have I said "never" will I and I've very quickly eaten my words.
Today I bought skinny jeans!!!!
Yep I broke down and bought skinny jeans.
Mom & Dad gave me an awesome pair of boots for Christmas but for them to be worn to their full potential I needed skinny jeans or dark brown leggings.
Since MOST of my jeans are too big for me right now, I figured a new pair of jeans would be the best bang for the buck. Yes...I said almost all my jeans are too big.
I really contemplated writing about this for about a month now but this seems to be the appropriate time.
I've lost weight...a lot of weight. I'm 12lbs smaller now than I was when I got pregnant.
12lbs is a lot of weight when in general I'm not a big person.
I've never really struggled with my weight, growing up I was often picked on for being too small, scrawny, skinny, boney, boyish, no curves....shall I go on?
I ate well but I was picky.
Now I'm much healthier, I eat more veggies now than ever and though I still enjoy junk food in moderation and have a honest addiction to chocolate I do not starve myself in anyway shape or form.
Yet this weight loss freaks me out. My whole wardrobe is useless, I hate feeling so boney and mishapen.
I know so many of you are huffing and puffing right now thinking if only she knew how hard it was to struggle with weight.
My mom is over weight and I've seen her struggle so trust me I can relate to what you're going through. And I'm very proud to say she's doing her own weight loss journey now and so far has been very succesful....Go Mom!!! Love you.
But consider the other side of the story.
I'm made to feel GUILTY for being thin. People honestly get angry with me, they make me feel as if I should feel bad for being thin and not struggling with my weight.
I'm very lucky to be blessed with this but I have to deal with negativities of being thin as well.
Yet I envy those oh so womanly curves so many of you have that I just have not been blessed with.
All I'm trying to say is the grass could always be greener if we allow it.
We all have our own personal struggles whether it be weight, insecurity, addictions, etc.
So don't judge, let's see the beauty in everyone and appreciate our differences.
And when I wear my skinny jeans, don't hate, though I'm trying to dress cute and be somewhat fashionable....I'm secretly screaming insecurity inside and hoping I'm not being a huge "faux pas"
Did you ever feel that you have so many things on your to do list that all you do are bits and pieces of each thing to realize nothing gets done and only portions of the rest?
That's been my life as of late....I have about 50 projects going on at once. None of which are completed and no idea when any of them will be completed.
Have you thought about what you want to do for your significant other for Valentine's yet?
How about a boudoir session?
Give that person in your life a intimate album of tasteful photos of yourself.
Here's an "idea" of what yours could look like should you be interested.
If you are get in touch....I have a great deal on right now.
Session would have to be done by Jan 31st to allow time for processing and shipping of album.
We all know the devestation that has taken grip of Haiti.
But before this happened a friend of mine was already planning a missions trip there next December.
Now my friend is raising money by selling hand made earrings.
100% of sales will go towards buying rice & beans.
So in support of my friend I'll be giving away two pairs of earrings here on my blog.
I know it's not a huge donation but I want to show my support. And what better way than a freebie for you!!
Check out her blog HERE to see which ones you like and in the meantime buy a pair too.
Leave a comment on this blog post about your best "cheap" gift that you were given.
I have lots of fav cheao gifts but one was an elephant snowglobe.
And guys be sure to enter....Valentine's is just around the corner. These would make a great gift.
Thanks for your support, can't wait to read your comments!
I love Sunday mornings....and today is no exception. Actually today was an especially lovely Sunday morning. After Jesse got up and I fed him...I snuggled him down in bed with Daddy & I where he chewed his hands and watched our cieling fan.
I started to doze back off to dreamland.
Daddy got up and took Jesse with him.
About 45 min later I wake up....aaahhh I actually got to sleep in!!
Then Jesse goes down for his nap and and Daddy goes to hockey.
I start checking emails and one of my weddings are now post poned ....boo-hoo!
So July 17th is now available again.....would appreciate if you could put out the word...lol.
In the meantime, what's a post without a photo?!?
Despite all these up's and down's with my photography, I'm loving every minute.
Life is good, happy and fun.....can't ask for more than that.


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Riley has always been an avid outdoorsman, beginning with his childhood adventures in Mississippi around the forests and swamps of his homeland.
It wasn't until his late teens that he discovered the mountains and desert. Riley soon became consumed with backpacking, fly-fishing, skiing, canyoneering and rock climbing.
Soon after completing school and moving to Denver, CO to work as a landscape architect, he realized that working behind a computer screen for 50+ hours a week wasn't for him. In 2010 Riley moved to Tahoe, CA to work full-time in the climbing/skiing industry.
Since then he has lived, worked and traveled throughout the U.S., Europe, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and South America pursuing the hobbies that motivate him. Riley is a lifelong adventurer who enjoys getting out of his comfort zone while pushing his physical and mental limits. He has been encouraging our clients at Cliffs and Canyons to do the same since he joined our team at Cliffs and Canyons in 2014.
The entire trip was remarkable. It is something for the avid athlete and those that are not so athletic. Would do it again!


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Pigott Auditorium, Seattle University. Located in the Pigott Building, 1017 E. Marion St.
Find directions to the campus here. Parking is available at 12th Avenue and Marion Street. Seattle University is also served by numerous Metro lines.
Come at 6:00pm and enjoy the artistic collaboration of recording artist Amikaeyla Gaston, local guitar magician Michael Powers, and phenomenal wordsayer/poet/producer Laura Piece Kelley.
P.S. You can still register for the day-long Racial Equity Workshop with Shakti Butler and Amikaeyla tomorrow! Click here.


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Q: Is it possible to ignore pyright checking for one line? I need to ignore pyright checking for one line. Is there any special comment for it?
def create_slog(group: SLogGroup, data: Optional[dict] = None):
    SLog.insert_one(SLog(group=group, data=data))  # pyright: disable

# pyright: disable -- doesn't work

A: Yes it is with "# type: ignore", for example:
try:
    return int(maybe_digits_string)    # type: ignore
except Exception:
    return None

A: As mentioned in the accepted answer, using a # type: ignore comment is effective.
foo: int = "123"  # type: ignore

As mentioned in the accepted answer's comments, using # type: ignore can collide with other type checkers (such as mypy). To work around this, Pyright now supports # pyright: ignore comments (which mypy will not pick up on). This is documented here.
foo: int = "123"  # pyright: ignore

This comment can be followed by a comma-delimited list of pyright rules that should be ignored:
foo: int = "123"  # pyright: ignore [reportPrivateUsage, reportGeneralTypeIssues]

Meanwhile, adding the following comment to the top of your module will disable checking of the listed rules for the whole file:
# pyright: reportUndefinedVariable=false, reportGeneralTypeIssues=false

The pyright docs on comments say "typically this comment is placed at or near the top of a code file on its own line."


I love receiving emails from wineries I've never heard of. Viticulturalist Lucas Hoorn (formally Hoodles Creek and Levantine Hill) at Yarra Edge was kind enough to get in touch and send me his latest releases - and I like what I see. This Pinot is all grace and glamour.
Bright and inviting, red fruits and berries tap their feet to a neat beat. The word delicacy keeps screaming at me. A beautiful wine for Pinot purists.
Soft red cherries and strawberries are framed by delicate savoury characters - undergrowth plus super fine cinnamon and nutmeg spices slowly unfurling. The width and breadth delivered is on point. There's a faint apricot kernel touch too - nice! Big love for this and a neat find.


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"SHE SAID": Sublime Comedy: BLITHE SPIRIT at the Delaware Theatre Company
by Jessica Graae March 14, 2011
Charles (James Michael Reilly, center) tries to explain to his wife Ruth (Christie Parker, right) that the ghost of his first wife, Elvira (Beth Hylton, left) is in the room. BLITHE SPIRIT runs through March 20, 2011 at Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington DE. (Photo credit: Matt Urban)
Death and marital strife have never been so funny. What starts out as an innocent séance becomes every married man's nightmare. The Delaware Theatre Company's production of Noël Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Domenick Scudera, is lively, witty and well-paced. Coward exploits every opportunity for humor: human frailty, physical comedy and good old-fashioned misunderstanding. John Raley's beautifully detailed set immediately transports us to the 1940's, with its charming parlor and inner dining room. The cast does a splendid job with this vivid comedy.
James Michael Reilly plays Charles Condomine, a novelist and exasperated husband. Reilly infuses his character with just the right amount of earnestness, pomposity and seething frustration. At one point, Condomine's behavior degenerates into what resembles a toddler's temper-tantrum, complete with comic flailing of arms and legs. Christie Parker is excellent in the role of the baffled and vulnerable second wife, Ruth. To Condomine, she seems overbearing and domineering. Ruth's obsession with her role in the household and place in her husband's heart causes her to stir up trouble. As she tries to get him to rate his first wife's beauty, we are clued in to the disastrously funny farce about to unfold.
As the maid, Edith, Sarah Doherty reveals her mastery of scene stealing. Edith tries to be efficient in the silliest ways, always calling attention to herself. She manages to be awkward and clumsy in everything she does: startling visitors by announcing their arrival at top of her lungs, removing objects from the table with her teeth and tripping over every piece of furniture on the set.
Beth Hylton is a wonderfully conniving Elivra, the ghost of Condomine's second wife. Conjured up in the séance, she conspires to ruin Condomine's marriage with Ruth. Ceal Phelan, as Mrs. Bradman, the overly curious dinner guest, is prim and proper. Yet one gets the feeling she is dying to break out of her staid, proper persona. As her husband, Dr. Bradman, Peter DeLaurier is sympathetic, but cynical.
Most hilarious is Meghan Colleen Moroney as Madame Arcati, the kooky medium. Thanks to the costume designer, Brian Strachan, each of her entrances has extra panache. Her outfits are weird combinations of self- expression and bizarre fashion, the most ridiculous being her second act costume which is reminiscent of an Alpine yodeler's ensemble. Arcati takes her job as medium seriously, but her eccentricity and her confusion over how to rid the house of unwanted ghosts adds fuel to the comedy.
Though the play is richly humorous, Coward grapples with some weighty ideas. The main character is faced with the unresolved conflicts in his marriages, and by the end of the play he begins to ponder the meaning of love and fidelity. Veiled in comedy, many of the scenes touch on painful themes of rivalry and jealousy. Still, we enjoy laughing at things that, in real life, might not be so funny.
BLITHE SPIRIT
by Noel Coward
Directed by Domenick Scudera
Delaware Theatre Company
Box Office 302.594.1100
http://delawaretheatre.org
Jessica Graae
Originally from Capitol Hill, DC, Jessica Graae performs in opera, musical theatre and recitals in Wilmington, DE, Philadelphia and NYC. Her favorite roles include Yum-Yum (The Mikado) and Amy (Company). Most recently, she was seen as Tiny Tim in A G&S Christmas Carol. In 2011, she will sing Fiordiligi (Così fan Tutte) and is working closely with an award-winning composer on her upcoming Wilmington performance of his songs set to the poetry of W.S. Merwin. Jessica is writing a one-woman show using stories from her bizarre adventures in small office politics, divorce and life in general. She teaches private voice and guitar lessons and writes for several publications about music, art and theater.
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AISLE SAY: "HE SAID"…A Panoply of Poltergeists in BLITHE SPIRIT


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Cruise Industry: Inside the Costa Concordia refloat project
The operation to salvage Costa Concordia has involved several major operations, including rolling the massive cruise liner upright, fixing dozens of huge steel floatation tanks to her hull and refloating her by filling them with air. The whole process has taken two-and-a-half-years and now as it draws to its astronomically expensive close, Cruise Arabia & Africa takes a look at where things stand off the island of Giglio.
Costa Concordia is floating once more, Costa Cruises confirmed on the third day of a complex operation to fully re-float the stricken cruise liner and tow her away for scrapping. The Italian cruise line, part of the Carnival Corporation, also confirmed that the costs of the salvage project had soared significantly to around USD $2-billion.
As of Wednesday morning, the wreck of Costa Concordia had been raised 4m at the bow and 2m at the stern off of an underwater platform that was built to create a false seabed for the cruise liner when she was turned upright in a complex 'parbuckling' operation.
The bow has also been towed 30m out to sea, while the stern has been towed 20m as the cruise ship is slowly and carefully maneuvered away from the coast of the island of Giglio during the re-floating procedure.
These achievements for the salvage team, which is headed by South African salvage expert Nick Sloane, mark the end of the first stage in the days-long re-floating operation, which involves pumping air into steel sponsons that have been fixed to either side of the half-submerged cruise ship.
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It was necessary to tow the ship away from the coast for the safety of the crippled vessel, but also so that divers in the salvage team can inspect the hull and determine whether the ship's structural integrity will allow it to be towed the more than 100 nautical miles to Genoa for scrapping.
The partial re-float of the ship is the first of several stages over the next few days as each submerged deck is raised out of the ocean and drained of water via the slight tilt to the ship. It is expected that Concordia will be ready for towing as early as Monday next week if the project continues as planned.
Speaking to the media on the island of Giglio off the Italian mainland, Costa CEO Michael Thamm confirmed that the costs of the salvage operation had increased considerably, to 1.5-billion euros (USD $2-billion), or roughly twice the annual net-profit for the whole of Carnival Corporation group in 2013.
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"The refloat will cost more than a 1 billion euros, but this is not including transport or demolition," Thamm said of the salvage operation, which is the largest of its kind in history. "It will be nearer 1.5 billion euros once all that has been taken into account."
Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Giglio after striking a submerged rock during a controversial 'sail by' or 'salute' to the island, which brought the cruise ship much closer to shore than she would otherwise have been.
Some 32 people were killed in the incident, with 150 seriously injured. The sinking raised serious questions about cruise ship safety and the training of the crew aboard the ship. Her captain, Francesco Schettino along with several of his officers is charged with involuntary manslaughter, causing a ship wreck and abandoning ship while passengers, including women and children, were still trying to get to shore.
Of the 32 people killed in the accident, the bodies of all except one have been recovered. Russel Rebello, a waiter aboard the ill-fated ship, has never been found. Officials have confirmed that the seabed beneath Concordia will be searched again for his remains after the ship departs for Genoa and if nothing is found, then the cruise ship itself will be thoroughly inspected before scrapping begins.
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Q: Generalizing the Abel Theorem to higher order differential equations let $$y''+p(t)y'+q(t)y=g(t)$$ then By the Abel theorem wronskian equals to :
$$W= c e^{\int p(t)dt}$$
Now We want to generalise this to a 3rd order differential equation where :
$$y'''+p_1(t)y''+p_2(t)y'+p_3(t)y=0$$
And The book follows the procedure below, I had no idea what is meant would be grateful if someone manages to explain :

First write down $W'$. Then, substitute for $y_1''',y_2''' \ and \ y_3'''$ from the differential equation; multiply the first row by $p_3$, multiply the second row by $p_2$ and add these to the last row to obtain : $$W'= -p_1(t)W$$

After this point I believe I can show the rest. However I didn't understand any word from the sentence above. Could someone help me out? Thanks!

A: The Wronskian of functions $f_1(x), f_2(x), \cdots, f_n(x)$ is defined as
$$
W=\begin{vmatrix}
f_1(x) & f_2(x) &  \cdots &f_n(x)\\
f_1'(x) & f_2'(x) & \cdots &f_n'(x)\\
f_1''(x) & f_2''(x) & \cdots &f_n''(x)\\
\vdots\\
f_1^{(n-1)}(x) & f_2^{(n-1)}(x) & \cdots &f_n^{(n-1)}(x)
\end{vmatrix}
$$
Now suppose you have a differential equation
$$
y^{(n)}=p_1(x) y^{(n-1)}+\cdots + p_{n-1}(x)y+p_n(x)=\sum_{m=0}^{n-1}p_{n-m}(x)y^{(m)}
$$
with the convention that $y^{(0)}=1$.
Abel's theorem is all about calculating the Wronskian of the $n$ solutions of the above ODE, say $y_1,\cdots, y_n$. So let's just do that... First note that (prove it)
$$W'=\begin{vmatrix}
y_1 & y_2 &  \cdots &y_n\\
y_1' & y_2' & \cdots &y_n'\\
y_1'' & y_2'' & \cdots &y_n''\\
\vdots\\
y_1^{(n-2)} & y_2^{(n-2)} & \cdots &y_n^{(n-2)}\\
y_1^{(n)} & y_2^{(n)} & \cdots &y_n^{(n)}
\end{vmatrix}=\begin{vmatrix}
y_1 & y_2 &  \cdots &y_n\\
y_1' & y_2' & \cdots &y_n'\\
y_1'' & y_2'' & \cdots &y_n''\\
\vdots\\
y_1^{(n-2)} & y_2^{(n-2)} & \cdots &y_n^{(n-2)}\\
\sum_{m=0}^{n-1}p_{n-m}y_1^{(m)} & \sum_{m=0}^{n-1}p_{n-m}y_2^{(m)} & \cdots &\sum_{m=0}^{n-1}p_{n-m}y_n^{(m)}
\end{vmatrix}$$
where the second equality comes from the differential equation. Now by using the properties of determinant (specifically its multi-linearily)
$$
W'=\sum_{m=0}^{n-1}p_{n-m}
\begin{vmatrix}
y_1 & y_2 &  \cdots &y_n\\
y_1' & y_2' & \cdots &y_n'\\
y_1'' & y_2'' & \cdots &y_n''\\
\vdots\\
y_1^{(n-2)} & y_2^{(n-2)} & \cdots &y_n^{(n-2)}
\\
y_1^{(m)} & y_2^{(m)} & \cdots &y_n^{(m)}
\end{vmatrix}=
p_{1}W
$$
I leave it to you to figure out how each equality in the above identity came to be. Now we have found that $W'=p_1(x)W$ which has a easy solution $W=c\int p_1(t)dt$. QED.
If this proof seems abstract to you, or if you are not familiar with properties of determinants, try proving each step in the above proof with the properties of  $3\times 3$ determinants that you know.


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Q: What is the alternative for getMonthValue(),getDayOfMonth() in java 7? SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSSS");
Date date = new Date();

How Do I make this Java 7 compatible? What changes should I do?
String part = date.getYear() + "" + String.format("%02d", date.getMonthValue()) + ""
        + String.format("%02d", date.getDayOfMonth()) + "" + String.format("%02d", date.getHour()) + ""
        + String.format("%02d", date.getMinute()) + "" + String.format("%02d", date.getSecond());

A: The terrible Date, Calendar, and SimpleDateFormat classes were supplanted by the modern java.time classes defined in JSR 310 and built into Java 8+.
No need to hack together the output string. Use a DateTimeFormatter object instead.
ZonedDateTime zdt = ZonedDateTime.now() ;
String output =
    zdt
    .truncatedTo( ChronoUnit.SECONDS )
    .format( DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME ) ;

For Java 6 and 7, add the back-port of java.time to your project, the ThreeTen-Backport library. The API is nearly identical to java.time, so later upgrading your project to modern Java will involve little more than changing the import statements.
As you may know, Java 6 and 7 are years past their end-of-life. I suggest you consider migrating to Java 8, 11, or 17, if at all possible.

A: Use a SimpleDateFormat if upgrading Java (from version 7) is not possible and to avoid any external library:
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
Date date = new Date();
String part = dateFormat.format(date);

Pattern can be changes as needed: see documentation of the SimpleDateFormat class.
As already advised in this answer, upgrade to a newer Java and then use the classes from java.time package and sub-packages (like DateTimeFormatter).


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Feedback welcomes Trump tweet announcing mass reforestation along the US-Mexico border
1st Apr 19 by Feedback
In a surprise move, President Trump announces his 'wall' along the US-Mexico border will take the form of a vast, coast to coast forest.
In a series of bizarre tweets last night, President Trump appeared to announce a bold and surprising new direction in his plans to build a wall along the border between the USA and Mexico. While the plans were previously thought to involve a solid construction made from concrete or steel, The President last night tweeted his intention that the 'wall' would in fact be a newly-planted forest and wildlife conservation corridor stretching the breadth of the United States.
Mr Trump's tweet, sent at 2.03am, read: "It is time for the people of America to embrace not only our Mexican brothers and sisters, but to embrace also the glorious biodiversity of nature's kingdom. LET'S MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT GREAT AGAIN!" A following tweet stated that the forest would be made up of seven billion trees, one for every person on the planet.
If true, the 'wildlife wall' would be the world's largest afforestation project, and it is already being hailed by environmental groups as a turning point in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. Environmental leaders expressed hopes that this move from the President indicated a turning point in the US' climate policy, with optimism that the coast to coast conservation corridor would lead to further environmental policy to combat climate change and reengage with international climate policy.
The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change last year published a report setting out the dangers of global leaders allowing emissions to grow to the point that global warming exceeds 1.5°C by 2100. They urged the use of mass afforestation to remove carbon from the atmosphere, alongside rapid decarbonization of the world economy. In the land and agriculture sector this will include reduced food waste and adoption of sustainable diets.
Feedback strongly welcomed the move. Executive Director Carina Millstone said:
"We welcome President Trump's announcement of mass tree planting at the US-Mexico border: a truly promising innovation in the tradition of wildlife 'reserves' or 'corridors'. The proposed wildlife wall will help turn the tide on climate change and biodiversity loss and clearly cements President Trump's position as one of the great environmental leaders of our age. Next we hope to see him publicly declaring his adoption of a low meat diet and urging his followers to do the same. Those of us who thought Trump's wall was a grotesque vanity project rather than a brilliant way for the President to covertly push his extraordinary environmental agenda have been well and truly fooled this 1st April."
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Thought this might be of interest, an interactive map showing DC Parking violations over the month of May 2016. This was the most recent month of data published by DC Open Data.
There are three layers that can be activated via the layer selector in the top right a corner. Density, Time Animation(Showing violations is aggregated into a 24hr period), and violations catorgorized by State Tags.
For reference there were ~126,000 violations for this dataset.


I thought they weren't going to vote, but New Brunswick voted and with flair, 88-10-3 in favor of Amendment A. So three YES votes today!!
Score? 65-44. Or maybe 65-43. Little unclear on that.
Here is the updated post!
Transylvania a solid YES, 78-48.
Eastminster a nail-biter, YES 46-45.
New Brunswick a strong YES, 88-10-3.
Eastminster skidded in the wrong direction. That should have been an easy win as last time it had voted in favor of equality 60-39. This is a good reminder that every vote counts and that no presbytery can be taken for granted. We were lucky.
But a YES is a YES!
Twenty-two more YESes to get to 87.
Thanks to all who worked hard in Transylvania, Eastminster and New Brunswick!
I attended the Meetings and Worship Committee of Philadelphia Presbytery today and said that the debate on 10-A should be brief because the amendment is going to pass. It doesn't matter if Philadelphia Presbytery flips. The amendment will pass so why spend a lot of time talking about it? People don't seem to want to hear that.
Conservatives and Evangelicals (not always the same people) need to move on to talking about how they are going to live and operate in the new reality.
Well Bob Campbell, I am not counting my chickens yet. We have to pass it then I'll talk about what happens with folks, like yourself, who are disappointed with the results.
Gee Bob, I've seen plenty of talk from conservatives and/or evangelicals recently about how they're going to live and operate in the new reality. They use words like "apostate", "demons", and "monstrosity".
Not to mention my personal favorite, "Deathly ill"
Close runners up include "creeping universalism" and "biblical drift".
But plain old "heresy" makes me feel all warm and welcome inside.
CovNet said the vote for New Brunswick was actually 88-23-11 for those keeping tallies.
Woops, I didn't catch that correction. It doesn't change the projections though. Still projecting 94-79.
My favorite is "deathly ill" too.
The Conservatives and the Evangelicals WERE living in their new reality. We're just puting it back the way it was (mostly). Wow, Progressives acting like Conservatives, it must be the end of the world.


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not to mention teams like Belgium, Germany, Spain, etc.
surely you've missed one team off that list, Brad?
Yes, England for sure, maybe even Holland
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4 hours ago, Dmitry said:
I've read a couple of his football pieces in the Times. I don't like his over the top, little susbtance style, and I don't walk away after reading him, thinking to myself,hmm, why didn't I think of that... I will wager he never played the game himself. At least someone in the NYT is writing about the WC. As we say in Russian, "where there's no fish, a crayfish is a fish".
I do think the Croats played with a lot more style and confidence than the French, but they just weren't lucky yesterday. Plus Vida couldn't keep up with Mbappe. And the keeper didn't step it up, when they relied on him. That Pogba goal...not world class keeping. With the new keeper, Croats are in the final of the UEFA Cup in 2 years.
I wish Croats all the best, but it might as well be a high point that would take them a while (if ever) to surpass. Remember that they weren't even the top in their qualification group (Iceland was). The keeper seemed like he wasn't feeling well, maybe his injury in 1/4 final with Russia finally got to him. If so, it was a big gamble for Dalić to let him play. He could have clearly tried to save the last two- yet he was standing still as the ball whizzed by.
soulpope
18 minutes ago, mandrill said:
The keeper seemed like he wasn't feeling well, maybe his injury in 1/4 final with Russia finally got to him. If so, it was a big gamble for Dalić to let him play. He could have clearly tried to save the last two- yet he was standing still as the ball whizzed by.
Spot on ....
We will probably still be crap four years from now.
8 minutes ago, uli said:
A disgrace.
3 hours ago, erwbol said:
Hopefully not. There is something about the Orange that is special.
10 hours ago, uli said:
That just makes my flesh crawl. Deserve each other but sadly neither of the countries that they "represent" deserve them.
In all the football mania of the WC I for one was guilty of taking my eye off the huge propaganda coup it has been for Putin.
1 hour ago, mjazzg said:
I was glad that Pussy Riot tried to bring some of it back.
The Moral Clarity Of Pussy Riot's Protest
Me too. Once I heard it was them rather than some drunken fans I applauded the action from afar
Alas, Joseph de Maistre's "Every nation gets the government it deserves" rings true for both countries.
Edited 17 Jul 2018 by mandrill
I'm really looking forward to the start of the La Liga and Serie A seasons, especially Juventus.
A bit of trivia - Which club was represented by the most players in the WC 2018 final two teams? Try exercising your memory before consulting the Internets.
Also, dawned on me a few days ago - I may be wrong, but imho not a single English team footballer plays outside England. Talk about the lack of international experience...
Edited 18 Jul 2018 by Dmitry
This was a lesson my father drilled into my head years ago.
I am also reminded of what Benjamin Franklin said. We have a republic if we can keep it.
I don't know about the final (my brain gave up) but the 3rd place play off was like a Spurs training match there were so many of them on the pitch
This has long been a bugbear of mine for ages. The inability for English players to see beyond the Channel. I'm convinced our national team would have performed so much better over the years if more had exposed themselves to other cultures, footballing or otherwise. There really hasn't been any notable exports since the days of Lineker, Gascoigne, Waddle etc that I can think of
However, only yesterday I was reading an encouraging article that listed at least six players from recent England age-group winning squads that are now playing in Europe, perhaps most notably Ademola Lookman at RB Liepzig. With opportunities for first team match time so limited at most Premiership squads I'm hoping this becomes a greater trend and that we see the the positive outcomes in the national team as soon as possible. I'm confident that Southgate's a manager who would encourage such development.
Edited 17 Jul 2018 by mjazzg
I don't know the answer but I know Real had three (if you count subs).
If you broaden it to countries, Spain had five that I can think of.
Edited 17 Jul 2018 by Brad
Maybe their services are not needed elsewhere, or the salaries they draw in the PL and CL are higher than what they would get in foreign lands...
Yes, counting the subs. That's where it gets trickier, since every squad has about 23 players.
It was surprisingly diverse club-wise wasn't it? You'd expect RM, Barca, PSG, Bayern (and maybe Atletico or Man City) to have more representatives in a WC final. Probably the Croatia effect, not so many of their players at the top rank clubs
It's Atletico Madrid - they had 4 players in the WC Final.
I count Griezmann, Hernandez and Sime Vrsaljko. Who's the fourth?
Thomas Lemar
Football isn't over for the summer yet. The International Champions Cup starts in a couple of days. We went to several matches last summer, and even though it was obvious that some weren't playing at 100% strength, it was still quite enjoyable to watch. Decided to skip it this year, tickets are quite expensive. Will be watching on tv instead. I wonder if Ronaldo will play against Real ... that'll be something.
https://www.google.com/search?q=international+champions+cup&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS767US767&oq=international+champions+cup&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5156j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sie=lg;/g/11hcnjgfmy;2;/m/0_s0sq4;mt;fp;1
I don't know if that really constitutes football. They're not even friendlies, just exhibitions. Like spring training for football.
Hazard is joining Real. So is Courtois.
1 hour ago, Dmitry said:
I had no idea that Uruguay's population is only 3.5 million. That puts the performance of their national team on a whole new level for me...remarkable!


You wouldn't know it from the box score, but local amateur soccer team Christos FC gave D.C. United a run for their money last night.
The unlikely Beltway matchup at Montgomery County's Maryland SoccerPlex happened in the fourth round of this year's U.S. Open Cup, a 103-year-old tournament that brings amateurs and pros from lower-tier leagues (i.e. National Premier Soccer League, Premier Development League) up against teams from certified pro leagues like the United Soccer League and, at the top, Major League Soccer.
Christos FC, a team named after its backer, Glen Burnie-based Christos Discount Liquors, and composed mostly of former pro or UMBC soccer players, shocked the sporting world last night when it scored the first goal of the match. Midfielder Mamadou Kansaye drilled that one into the back of the net on a free kick in the 23rd minute. Pandemonium ensued, as captured by The Washington Post's Dan Steinberg.
For awhile thereafter, it seemed like Baltimore's beer league squad might pull off the upset. D.C. United tied it up 1-1 with a goal in the 35th minute, but didn't score again until the 81st minute. However, crushing any chance of a comeback from Christos toward the end, United scored twice more, running the score up to 4-1.
United Coach Ben Olsen said afterward that Christos' improbable performance is indicative of a growing soccer talent pool in the United States. "As we grow as a soccer country, this is going to happen more and more — better quality amateurs out there that can make these types of runs. What's great about the Open Cup is that these stories can happen," he told The Post.
Christos coach Bryan Bugarin pointed out that his team rarely practices – its members include a plumber, a loan officer and an X-ray technician – while United players are out on the field every day.
There's a silver lining for Christos, however. The 20-year-old Glen Burnie club is getting some love, including a full profile from ESPN FC.
Follow the team's website or Facebook and Twitter accounts if you'd like to keep up with their future exploits.


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Q: sorting an array based on the value I am trying to sort an array based on a value. I have an array for example
arr = [{t1: 'test1', t2: 'bca' },
       {t1: 'test2', t2: 'cab'},
       {t1: 'test', t2: 'abc'}]

I want to sort above array based on the value t2 in alphabetical order.
the array after sorting should look like below.
arr = [{t1: 'test', t2: 'abc' },
       {t1: 'test1', t2: 'bca'},
       {t1: 'test2', t2: 'cab'}]

Please guide me how can i achieve this. THanks in advance.

A: You need to customize the sort function of an array

arr = [{
    t1: "test1",
    t2: "bca"
  },
  {
    t1: "test2",
    t2: "cab"
  },
  {
    t1: "test",
    t2: "abc"
  },
];

arr.sort(function(x, y) {
  if (x.t2 < y.t2) {
    return -1;
  }
  if (x.t2 > y.t2) {
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
});

console.log(arr);


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Research Reveals Anatomic Breakthrough That May Alter IBD Therapy
October 14, 2014 September 28, 2016
In IBD News, News.
Professor of surgery J. Calvin Coffey is refuting a century's worthy of knowledge about abdominal anatomy, claiming it is wrong and remapping the human mesentery as has never been done before. If proven correct, the research led by the Graduate Entry Medical School at UL Colorectal Surgeon may change the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, leading to less invasive surgeries, fewer complications, faster patient recovery, and lower overall costs.
"The blood vessels which supply the gastrointestinal tract (gut) travel through the mesentery — a structure which attaches the intestine to the abdominal walls, and holds it in place and defends against the spread of disease, including cancer," explained Coffey. "However, for over 100 years the anatomy of the mesentery has been incorrectly described. Our research has found that this critical part of abdominal anatomy is a simpler structure than previously thought, and this is having a major impact across all related scientific and clinical disciplines."
Coffey conducted a series of combined multiple investigations, using tools such as 3D imaging, in order to fully map the anatomical structure of the mesentery correctly, in partnership with Professor Peter Dochery and Dr Fabio Qunadematteo (NUIG), and Professor Colum Dunne (GEMS/UL). Their research was already published in the Annals of Surgery journal, the Journal of Anatomy, The Surgeon, Colorectal Disease, as well as other reference medical journals.
"Inaccurate understanding of structure has greatly hampered our understanding of this organ. Increasingly we are recognizing that the mesentery plays a crucial role in controlling metabolic, immunologic and endocrine functions such that it is now regarded as a driver of disease processes including diabetes mellitus, ischaemic heart disease, and peripheral vascular disease," said Coffey.
The recent clarification of mesenteric organ structure will greatly aid pathologists in understanding gastrointestinal diseases, radiologists in interpreting the appearance of abdominal diseases in general, and surgeons in anatomically correcting these diseases. By following these findings, surgeons can now perform abdominal surgery with minimal complications, and "trainee surgeons can be trained to perform it in a reproducible manner that heretofore was not possible," he added.
The findings of the research may have implications in the treatment of diseases of the bowel, especially regarding the identification of new biological markers that may be used in oncological cases. It may even lead to the creation of tailored chemotherapy for each patient, as well as it may contribute to personalized care in other fields, and to help physicians identify the best course of treatment for patients. The research being conducted at the UHL and the UL is also receiving the collaboration of other facilities as the Cleveland Clinic and the Dana-Farber Institute/Harvard Cancer Center.
"These findings related to structure have provided fresh approaches to diseases such as intestinal cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases including ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and diverticulosis. New mechanisms of cancer spread and progression as well as novel cellular targets have been identified," Coffey said.
The researcher believes that the team is now able to better personalize operations to suit the exact stage of a patient's disease, including Crohn's, bowel cancer, and a range of abdominal conditions. "This has significant impact for patients as a more accurate understanding allows us opt for less invasive keyhole surgery with minimal blood loss, and, more importantly for the patient, minimal complications. With surgery that adopts the new mesenteric-based principles, previously common complications are now a rarity, patients recover quickly and achieve a normal quality of life faster, leading to savings in healthcare and socio-economic costs," he explained.
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Make sure you place the toast with the egg mix facing the inside of the pan.
Fry on low heat until it is golden in color and leave too cool.
Then stuff the toast with peanut butter, honey and banana slices, add a pinch of cinnamon and serve.


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Guest Column: How Jeff Bezos thinks
Guest columnist Will Cooper breaks down Jeff Bezos' formula for success.
Will Cooper
Jeff Bezos announced last week that he is stepping down as Amazon's CEO. He built Amazon from scratch. He also built Blue Origin — a pathbreaking spacecraft company — on the side. In the process, Bezos became the richest person of all time.
How did he do it?
The key to Bezos' success is an unyielding commitment to three principles. First among them: think long term. Bezos focuses on big, long-term goals and ignores the short-term trivialities that distract others.
As Bezos put it in 1997: "We believe that a fundamental measure of our success will be the shareholder value we create over the long term." Since then, Amazon's market capitalization has grown by over $1.6 trillion.
Bezos's second principle is to be ferocious. He speaks endlessly about "customer obsession." He proudly tells job applicants that Amazon employees ("Amazonians") work long and hard. His motto for Blue Origin is Gradatim Ferociter, which is Latin for "step by step ferociously." And he says "it's always Day 1" at Amazon — a demand that Amazonians sustain the wide-eyed enthusiasm of their first day on the job. "Day 2," according to Bezos, "is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death."
Importantly, however, this ferocity does not dilute the hard logic that undergirds everything Amazon does. Bezos's formula combines ambitious goals with a diligent devotion to detail. If you get the details wrong, you won't achieve the goals. As Bezos likes to say, borrowing an old military training proverb, "slow is smooth and smooth is fast."
The last of Bezos's key principles is to make lots of large bets, knowing that many will fail. Bezos's journey with Amazon has included big losses. He invested in Pets.com — which crashed spectacularly. He tried to compete with Apple and Android in smartphones. He tried to compete with Google in search.
But his willingness to take risks was the soil for stunning successes, too. First among them was Amazon Web Services (AWS). His long-term bet on AWS was unprecedented: An online retail company selling books, soap and electronics sought to transform the basic structure of the internet.
It worked. Last year, AWS generated $45 billion in revenue. Warren Buffett said he has never, before Bezos, "seen any person develop two really important industries at the same time and really be the operational guy in both."
As Bezos understands, without Pets.com, there would have been no AWS. He explained: "We all know that if you swing for the fences, you're going to strike out a lot, but you're also going to hit some home runs. The difference between baseball and business, however, is that baseball has a truncated outcome distribution. When you swing, no matter how well you connect with the ball, the most runs you can get is four. In business, every once in a while, when you step up to the plate, you can score 1,000 runs."
Jeff Bezos transformed commerce. But his principles apply far beyond business. Long-term thinking, ferocious obsession and intelligent risk-taking are a potent formula that can fuel success in many walks of life. And Bezos will no doubt carry this mindset into his post-Amazon CEO life, which begins July 1 of this year. For Bezos, every day thereafter will also be Day 1.
William Cooper is an attorney who has written for The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel and USA Today, among others.
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