THE last person to have seen an SNP stalwart at the centre of a 25-year death riddle yesterday said he is prepared to sign an affidavit claiming the activist was likely murdered by the Security Services.
Firebrand Nationalist Willie McRae, 62, was on the verge of being elected to Westminster on the back of his controversial anti-nuclear campaign when he was found dead at the wheel of his car.
At first it appeared the prominent lawyer had veered off the road and crashed in a burn in a remote area of the Highlands, but the later discovery of a gun and a bullet wound to his head led police to conclude he had killed himself.
However, a retired police officer who saw McRae leave Glasgow on the night of his death has now revealed that he is prepared to make a sworn statement to say he believes Government spies were involved in the incident.
The confession, from former Strathclyde PC Donald Morrison, has put renewed pressure on Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini, who was last week urged to re-examine the case by the SNP's group leader on Highland Council. It comes as Nationalist MSP Christine Grahame prepares to lodge a motion at Holyrood demanding the investigation be re-opened.
Mr Morrison, who was attached to "A" Division in Glasgow and served for 27 years, said he was told by senior officers that McRae was "under surveillance" by men in dark cars. He told the Sunday Express he can describe the individuals in detail and said, as the last person to speak to the lawyer alive, there is "no way" he would have gone on to commit suicide.
Mr Morrison, now 69 and living in Aberdeenshire, said: "We were told, 'Stay away from Bath Street,' which is where Willie McRae's property was, and told he was under surveillance by Special Branch and MI5. There were two people watching him and I could tell by their body language they were up to something."
Over the years Mr Morrison has worked with former police colleague Iain Fraser to try to uncover more about the mystery, and he said he would welcome any opportunity to put his evidence forward at an inquiry. He also insisted, contrary to the official version of events, that the lawyer was "in great fettle" on the day of his death.
Mr Morrison said: "I often saw him and spoke to him regularly, and on this day he walked out of a shop with two bottles of whisky. I said, jokingly, 'Right Willie, blow into this bag please,' and he stood there laughing. He said I was only jealous as he was going up to his holiday home and would later be sitting with his feet up with a wee dram.
In the early Eighties, Willie McRae enjoyed a period of fame when he masterminded a campaign to halt the disposal of nuclear waste in the Mullwarchar hills, Ayrshire. By 1985, he was edging closer to politics having narrowly lost the battle for Ross and Cromarty in the 1983 General Election. He was a staunch supporter of independence, but he likely attracted the attention of MI5 because he believed the way to achieve it was not through politics, but by joining with a nationalist group that advocated the bomb and the bullet would free Scotland.
On the day of his death, April 5, 1985, McRae had left Glasgow for the four-hour drive to the Highlands at 6.30pm, but it was not until 10am the following morning that his car was found by tourists driving along the A87. The driver's door of the maroon Volvo had been wedged shut against the bank of a burn and, inside, McRae lay slumped in his seat, with his bloodied head resting on his shoulder.
He was taken to hospital in Inverness before being transferred in a coma to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where he later died. Incredibly, it was only after his death that medical staff noticed he had a bullet wound in his head.
The scene of the crash was sealed off as police trawled the burn for the weapon, eventually finding a Smith & Wesson .45 revolver about 15 metres from where the car had come to rest.
Mysteriously it had been fired twice. Despite the fact a figure well known in political circles had died in strange circumstances, the authorities ruled his death was not suspicious and no fatal accident inquiry was held. However, many argue all the signs point away from suicide and towards something sinister. The conspiracy theories were fuelled when it emerged the book McRae was writing, and his briefcase containing key documents, were missing from the car.
In 2006 then Lord Advocate Colin Boyd ruled out a new investigation, saying there was "no basis" for an inquiry. A spokeswoman for the Crown Office yesterday confirmed they have received a letter from Highland councillor John Finnie regarding the case and will "respond in due course".


I do a quite a lot of work in the Digital Audio field. I was talking to some of my friends about the potential merits of a 96 Khz sample rate instead of 48 Khz or 44.1 Khz sample rates. I wrote this program to demonstrate the limitations of a perfect A/D and D/A at a specific bit resolution and sample rate. The program will show you how a specific audio signal would be rendered digitally given an A/D converter with specific characteristics. Then the program will show you how the audio signal will look like on the output of a D/A converter with a specific type of output filter. The results can be surprising. This current version does not take into account the various output filters that are in use, however.
Unfortunately with this program you can not simulate a signal fading up and down in amplitude. Read all about what happens and why dithering is good at Frank Klemm's Dither and Noise Shaping website.


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I love how candles set the mood for a room. You can create an ambience that is cheerful, calming, or energizing; all with a strike of a match and lighting of a candle. At our home, we always have a candle burning on our kitchen island. I love the smell that comes from my floral packed candles.
Lately, we've been into Target's Signature Soy candles. Mainly because they come in these beautiful jars. After a candle has burned it's last flame: I take the jar, clean out the wax, and repurpose the jar for something else. I've used jars in my bathroom to store my cotton balls and Q-tips. I've used some in my office to store pens, elastic bands, and any other small office supply that needs storing. I've also used these jars to store my makeup brushes and shadow packs.
Not sure how exactly to clean out your used candle jar? Here is a video to show you step-by-step how to get the job done.


Dentists in Miami are very concerned with the foods their patients eat. For holistic dentists, food takes on even greater importance. As the old adage tells us: you get what you put in.
Suffering with bleeding, puffy, or agitated gums is not normal. In fact, these are 3 telltale signs of periodontal disease. Known most commonly as gum disease, this condition causes chronic bad breath, a receding gum line, and eventually loss of teeth. Take steps now, and you may be able to reverse this terrible condition under the supervision of a local dentist in Miami.
The only thing worse than receding holiday cheer is discovering you have a cavity in February! It is not as uncommon as you may think. The holidays bring family, friends, and sweet treats together for days on end. High spirits overshadow daily routine, and you may find yourself taking a nap with a mouth full of cookies! Take a moment to review the basics with Assure a Smile, and make a cavity free start in 2011.
Are you eating enough power foods? If you are feeling tired, sick, or unusually stressed, that answer may be no! Eating power foods is easy, effective in boosting immunity to colds, and downright delicious! Take a moment to review these power food recommendations from your local Miami dentist.
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It's that time of year! Jingle bells, gingerbread cookies, and the turning of another calendar year are on the horizon. As we reflect on the passing year, let us look towards the next with enthusiasm, hope, and dedication to better health. When it comes to pursuing better oral health, Assure a Smile would like to take a moment and urge patients to think Holistic.
Safe mercury removal is in the public spotlight. With West Coast communities banning the use of toxic dental amalgam, patients nationwide are wondering: Should I have my fillings replaced?
Costa Mesas became one of the first communities in the United States to ban the use of dental amalgam in dentistry procedures last month. Now, California policymakers hope to spread the legislation to other Orange County communities. Their goal: To trigger a domino effect that someday bans silver fillings and other uses of dental amalgam nationwide.
Just in time for the holidays, a healthy cookie recipe from Assure a Smile!
The holiday season is truly a wonderful time of the year. High spirits are inescapable, from the snow capped evergreens of the North to the lit up palm trees of the South. During a season synonymous with gluttony, take a moment and consider this healthy cookie recipe from Assure a Smile. Don't worry about leaving your taste buds out in the cold here! This sugar cookie recipe packs all the wholesome flavors of traditional cookies, without the added fat and sugar.
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Hidden caries are more common than you think. Fluoridated water, excessive use of fluoride toothpastes, and regular fluoride rinses may all contribute to hidden caries. These areas are nestled deep in the pits of teeth, undetectable to the naked eye. Take a moment to read this article and learn what you can do to identify, treat, and prevent hidden caries to preserve a life long health smile!


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"Will You Sing The Squid Song To Me?"
Up until now, Hz has never been allowed past the baby gate at the top of the stairs alone. Coming up on 35 months, however, she's grown to the point where she can navigate stairs without help. So Sunday night, Hz came downstairs to say goodnight on her own. (Of course, someone had to open the gate for her. Do you also get a mental image of Liam Neeson in a beard saying, "RELEASE THE TODDLER!"? I know I do.)
She showed me her pjs, which had frogs and hearts on them. We talked about her day, and then she asked me to sing the Squid Song. Did you ever learn a camp song with the line, "The horses run around, their feet are on the ground?" I have a version of that with original lyrics for Hz. The first lines are about squid. I sing it to her whenever she asks. It has only one verse so far, but when she turns three, another verse will be added. So it will go until she loses interest.
She really likes it now. I think we'll end up with a bunch of verses.
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Q: How can I match a specific Top Level Domain with a RegEx? I will be given a url, and need to match via a Regular Expression only if the URL ends in a certain top level domain. For instance, only match if the domain name is .cn. My idea is *.cn.
But it shouldn't match, if the .cn substring is not at the end of the domain. For instance:

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*cnn.com - no match

*cnn.cn - match

*www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina/ - match

How can I do that?

A: The following seems to work fine (just tested your 3 examples though)
^(http:\/\/)?(\w*\.)*(cn)(\/.*)?$

Before you put it in a firewall please try other urls! I've already added the ones you mentioned as unit tests in regex101.
The regex is built under the asumption that no slashes ('/') can occur before the top level domain (except for the ones in 'http://')

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Hannibal Salvation Army Tree of Lights Co-Chair Brad Kurz, left, and Salvation Army Major Trevor McClintock reveal on Monday that community donations exceeded the campaign's goal of $120,000, totaling $128,000.
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Salvation Army Donor Relations Coordinator Chad Douglas, center, reports the funds raised by each of three Hannibal service clubs during the 2022 Tree of Lights Christmas Campaign. The three clubs raised a total of $12,135.81 this year, with the Rotary Club receiving the "Golden Kettle" award. Pictured from left, Nick Phillips with the Rotary Club, Cassie Smith with the Early Bird Kiwanis Club, Douglas, Salvation Army Major Trevor McClintock and Paul Buckman with the Evening Kiwanis Club.
Salvation Army Christmas Campaign surpasses goal
By TREVOR MCDONALD Courier-Post Staff Writer tmcdonald@courierpost.com
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HANNIBAL — Salvation Army Advisory Council members and fellow supporters received joyful news on Monday that the 2022 Tree of Lights Christmas Campaign exceeded its goal with donations totaling $128,000.
Volunteers and community service clubs contributed to the holiday fundraising efforts, including 103 individuals who donated 319 hours of service during the campaign. Major Trevor McClintock and Campaign Co-Chairs Brad and Sara Kurz were delighted with the generosity reflected during the campaign that helps the Salvation Army share its services with those in need.
"Throughout the Christmas Campaign, we were reminded, once again, of how generous the people of Northeast Missouri are and how blessed we are to call Hannibal home," Sara Kurz said. "We attained our fundraising goal again this year with the generosity of our friends, neighbors and our region's business community. We can't thank everyone enough for their support."
Representatives from the Early Bird Kiwanis Club, Evening Kiwanis Club and Rotary Club competed for the "Golden Kettle" award to reflect the group that raised the most funds in the familiar red kettles throughout the area. Salvation Army Donor Relations Coordinator Chad Douglas announced that the three clubs collected a total of $12,135.81. Early Bird Kiwanis Club members raised $1,822.24 and Evening Kiwanis Club members raised $1,891.38. This year, the Rotary Club received the Golden Kettle after collecting $8,422.19.
McClintock thanked everyone who was a part of the successful campaign, including countless individual donors, the Hannibal Fire Department and other local groups. He said this year's "Bucket Blitz" and other efforts reflected the generosity of the community.
The Salvation Army shared its mission in Hannibal and received support for the campaign during local events like the Victorian Festival of Christmas Living Windows displays and the parade downtown.
The Christmas Campaign helps to fund local outreach such as a new partnership with Manpower to provide weekly employment assistance. This season, the Salvation Army provided 668 food boxes containing a full Christmas meal to families in Marion, Lewis, Ralls, Monroe, Shelby and Pike counties. In partnership with the Northeast Missouri Toys for Tots program, 6,625 toys were given to 1,325 children in the area.
The Pathway of Hope program makes a positive impact as well — McClintock explained how it helps people "with the hurdles that they face in life every single day". He said barriers related to employment, transportation, childcare and other issues are addressed.
McClintock was thankful for everyone's role in making this year's Christmas Campaign a success, commending the Kurz family for demonstrating "leadership by example".
"We definitely recognize an incredibly generous community — generous with their time, but also generous with their funds — to help the Salvation Army in their mission," he said.
Brad Kurz recalled highlights of this year's Tree of Lights Christmas Campaign, including the enthusiasm and celebratory energy during the kickoff luncheon in November and fond memories while he rang bells with his family.
"Oftentimes, people would stop by and tell stories to you as you're ringing bells, about how the Salvation Army directly impacted their lives or the life of someone they loved," he said. "That was really, really meaningful. It affirmed everything that we believe about how the Salvation Army makes a difference for people on a daily basis."
Kurz looks forward to the difference to the coming year, witnessing how the community's collective generosity supports the Salvation Army's dedication to its mission.
"This money is often the seed to get new programs started or to enhance a current program, but their commitment to keeping it sustaining throughout their recurring revenue streams is what is so impressive," he said. I think that's why hard-working communities like ours are more inclined to give to an organization like the Salvation Army, because every dollar means more and does more when they're so focused on the sustainability of building those long-term programs."
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Lessons Learnt: Wet damage to cargo of maize
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While watching ask yourself, "Could this happen on my ship?"
The subject 5 hold vessel was fixed to load a full cargo of yellow Maize in bulk. The previous cargo was bulk fertiliser. On completion of loading, all holds were fumigated and the holds were then closed, secured and sealed.
During the initial stages of the voyage, the vessel encountered heavy weather, with spray and seas shipped on deck and all hatch covers over a period of 8 days.
Upon arrival at the discharge port, the hold and manhole seals were inspected and found to be intact. Hold no.'s 2, 3 and 5 were approved for discharge. However, hold no.'s 1 and 4 were rejected. A bad odour was reported at the forward end of both hatchways.
The surface of the cargo stow in both of the rejected cargo holds was found to be locally mouldy, discoloured and caked, with temperatures in the affected areas measured up to 63°C. The quantity of damaged cargo was estimated to be about 10 to 12 MT in each hold.
During the pre-discharge inspection of the cargo, examination of the hatch cover panel cross joints of hold no.'s 1 and 4 revealed that a substantial amount of wetted maize kernels and associated residue were present in the drain channels above and between the cross joint sealing. It was apparent that the panel cross joints had not been cleaned in preparation of the hatch covers being closed at the load port. The hatch coaming drain channels were also found to contain cargo residue, which had either not been removed after loading or had collected in the channels through water drainage from the cross joints.
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Retired firefighter Jim Dixon enjoys sharing his 'novelty' painted windows with grandson Brayden and granddaughter Rees.
There's one school of thought that says that the human artistic impulse can only be expressed – or recognized – by channelling it through public and commercial galleries, curated and juried shows and artists' statements often crafted from the purest bafflegab.
And then there are folks like White Rock's Jim Dixon.
For the summer months, the retired Burnaby fire captain – a city resident for some 20 years – likes nothing better than extended visits from his grandson Brayden, nine, and granddaughter Rees, five, who live most of the year in Cumberland.
The daily "good life" while they're visiting with their grandparents usually begins with a swim in a friendly neighbour's luxurious backyard. Then it's down to the waterfront for some beach-combing and maybe a little looking for bullheads and crabbing.
But there's always time for extended sessions in the garage of the Dixons' hillside home in which Jim indulges his own creativity – and makes sure to encourage it in his grandchildren.
As high-spirited Brayden and his grandpop happily demonstrated one recent morning, in their eager hands little driftwood sticks they've collected on the beach have a way of getting compressor-nailed together to create a rustic dressing-up for old chairs and tables or, en masse, turning into large bird figures that roost in the backyard.
"And Rees is our shell girl," said Dixon, pausing at a table in the garage where the quiet little girl, with grave concentration, glues collected seashells to the outside of a little house-shaped structure knocked together by Dixon out of scraps of wood.
There's no shortage of that – Dixon admits to being an inveterate "scrounger" of useful odds and ends.
"My wife, Marilyn, calls it junk," he said, pointing to a collection of reclaimed oddities sitting under the deck of their large 1960s-era house.
"She's the garden person," he added, noting some magnificent colourful flower beds, while adding that her talents also include quilting and needlepoint.
"We don't think of ourselves as artists, we're crafters," Dixon said of his family's creative endeavours.
In a street where many large-lot homes have been demolished and rebuilt to more grandiose dimensions by neighbours, Dixon has had plenty of opportunity to help himself to old-milled lumber and other fittings from the tear-downs.
And that led to his latest project – creating new art pieces out of old window frames, using a central image painted on the glass against a background painted on a specially-sized canvas.
"Brayden and I started getting windows and wood frames off the old houses and didn't know what to do with them," he said.
But, inspired by a piece he saw in the U.S., in which a pop bottle was painted on an old window to create a three-dimensional effect, Dixon decided on his own version, an acrylic portrait of the iconic cartoon character Betty Boop, perched on a cola bottle in front of a canvas backdrop of city streets.
Brayden is the subject of another piece of "novelty" window art – a portrait captures him hovering in mid-air on the glass surface, apparently in the act of jumping off the White Rock pier.
The latest piece – a multiple-image tribute to Canada Day – is still in the works, thanks to some window putty that never quite hardened, Dixon explained.
But that's all part of the the trial-and-error fun, he said.
"If we like something, we keep going – if we don't, we stop," he said.
He's never sure what the finished result will look like either, he added.
Although he has a naturally good eye for drafting and colour – evident in some more serious landscapes that adorn a basement rec room – Dixon said he never even thought about painting until he was convalescing from an operation five years ago.
"I got a new hip five years ago and couldn't put weight on it for a few weeks, so I ended up watching this Bob Ross (The Joy of Painting) on TV. I said to my wife, get me some paints and brushes, maybe I'll try that.
"My family has three or four pieces. I don't sell them, just give them away. But I'm getting better – when I started painting landscapes, I would do them out of my head. But my wife's cousin is an artist and she said you have to have a reference.


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A comparative analysis of Lagrange multiplier and penalty approaches for modelling fluid-structure interaction
Brandsen, J. D., Viré, A., Turteltaub, S. R. & Van Bussel, G. J. W., 2020, In : Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales). 29 p.
Lagrange multipliers
Fluid structure interaction
An immersed boundary method based on domain decomposition
Krishnan, N., Viré, A., Schmehl, R. & van Bussel, G., 30 Apr 2020, In : Computers and Fluids. 202, 15 p., 104500.
Reynolds number
Boundary conditions
Incompressible flow
Bayesian model calibration with interpolating polynomials based on adaptively weighted leja nodes
Van Den Bos, L., Sanderse, B., Bierbooms, W. & Van Bussel, G., 2020, In : Communications in Computational Physics. 27, 1, p. 33-69 37 p.
weighting functions
Burger equation
turbulence models
Effects of yawed inflow on the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of ducted wind turbines
Dighe, V. V., Avallone, F. & van Bussel, G., 1 Jun 2020, In : Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 201, 12 p., 104174.
Aeroacoustics
Fatigue design load calculations of the offshore NREL 5 MW benchmark turbine using quadrature rule techniques
van den Bos, L., Bierbooms, W., Alexandre, A., Sanderse, B. & van Bussel, G., 1 May 2020, In : Wind Energy. 23, 5, p. 1181-1195 15 p.
Generating nested quadrature rules with positive weights based on arbitrary sample sets
Van Den Bos, L., Sanderse, B., Bierbooms, W. & Van Bussel, G., 2020, In : SIAM-ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification. 8, 1, p. 139-169 31 p.
Quadrature Rules
Euler equations
Uncertainty Propagation
Wind resource characteristics and energy yield for micro wind turbines integrated on noise barriers: An experimental study
Chrysochoidis-Antsos, N., Amoros, A. V., van Bussel, G. J. W., Mertens, S. M. & van Wijk, A. J. M., 1 Aug 2020, In : Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 203, 15 p., 104206.
Parallel flow
Airfoil optimisation for vertical-axis wind turbines with variable pitch
De Tavernier, D., Ferreira, C. & van Bussel, G., 1 Apr 2019, In : Wind Energy. 22, 4, p. 547-562 16 p.
A modified free wake vortex ring method for horizontal-axiswind turbines
Dong, J., Viré, A., Ferreira, C. S., Li, Z. & Van Bussel, G., 15 Oct 2019, In : Energies. 12, 20, 24 p., 3900.
Vortex Ring
A Modified Free Wake Vortex Ring Method for Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines
Dong, J., Viré, A., Ferreira, C., Li, Z. & van Bussel, G., 2019, In : Energies. 12, 20, 24 p.
Characterization of aerodynamic performance of ducted wind turbines: A numerical study
Dighe, V. V., de Oliveira, G., Avallone, F. & van Bussel, G. J. W., 2019, In : Wind Energy. 22, 12, p. 1655-1666 12 p.
Multi-element ducts for ducted wind turbines: A numerical study
Dighe, V. V., Avallone, F., Igra, O. & Van Bussel, G., 13 Aug 2019, In : Wind Energy Science. 4, 3, p. 439-449 11 p.
A Review of Urban Wind Energy Research: Aerodynamics and Other Challenges
Micaleff, D. & van Bussel, G., 2018, In : Energies. 11, 9, 27 p., 2204.
Experimental parameter study for passive vortex generators on a 30% thick airfoil
Baldacchino, D., Ferreira, C., De Tavernier, D. A. M., Timmer, W. A. & van Bussel, G. J. W., 2018, In : Wind Energy. 21, 9, p. 745-765 21 p.
Flow separation
Design of HAWT airfoils tailored for active flow control
Balbino Dos Santos Pereira, R., Timmer, W. A., de Oliveira Andrade, G. L. & van Bussel, G. J. W., 2017, In : Wind Energy. 20, 9, p. 1569–1583 15 p.
Cost functions
Experimental and numerical investigations of aerodynamic loads and 3D flow over non-rotating MEXICO blades
Zhang, Y., Gillebaart, T., van Zuijlen, A., van Bussel, G. & Bijl, H., 2017, In : Wind Energy. 16 p.
Aerodynamic loads
Extending the diabatic surface layer wind shear profile for offshore wind energy
Holtslag, M. C., Bierbooms, W. A. A. M. & van Bussel, G. J. W., 1 Feb 2017, In : Renewable Energy. 101, p. 96-110 15 p.
Numerical simulation of transitional flow on a wind turbine airfoil with RANS-based transition model
Zhang, Y., Sun, Z., van Zuijlen, A. & van Bussel, G., 1 Jun 2017, In : Journal of Turbulence. 18, 9, p. 879-898 20 p.
The MEXICO rotor aerodynamic loads prediction: ZigZag tape effects and laminar-turbulent transition modeling in CFD
Zhang, Y., van Zuijlen, A. & van Bussel, G., 1 Sep 2017, In : Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics. 168, p. 152-163 12 p.
Aeroservoelastic design definition of a 20 MW common research wind turbine model
Ashuri, T., Martins, JRRA., Zaaijer, MB., van Kuik, GAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2016, In : Wind Energy. p. 1-17 17 p.
Analysis of a free vortex wake model for the study of the rotor and near wake flow of a vertical axis wind turbine
Tescione, G., Simao Ferreira, CJ. & van Bussel, GJW., 2016, In : Renewable Energy. 87, 1, p. 552-563 12 p.
Computational Study Of Diffuser Augmented Wind Turbine Using Actuator Disc Force Method
Dighe, V., Avallone, F. & van Bussel, G., 2016, In : International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements. 4, 4, p. 522-531
Actuator disks
Force Method
Experimental and numerical investigation of tip vortex generation and evolution on horizontal axis wind turbines
Micallef, D., Simao Ferreira, CJ., Sant, T. & van Bussel, GJW., 2016, In : Wind Energy. p. 1-17 17 p.
Experimental comparison of a wind-turbine and of an actuator-disc near wake
Lignarolo, L., Ragni, D., Simao Ferreira, CJ. & van Bussel, GJW., 2016, In : Journal of renewable and sustainable energy. 8, 2, p. 023301-1-023301-27
Experimental Study Of Flow Field Of An Aerofoil Shaped Diffuser With A Porous Screen Simulating The Rotor
Tang, J., Avallone, F. & van Bussel, G., 2016, In : International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements. 4, 4, p. 502-512
Flow Field
Validation of four LES and a vortex model against stereo-PIV measurements in the near wake of an actuator disc and a wind turbine
Lignarolo, L., Metha, D., Stevens, R. J. A. M., Yilmaz, A. E., van Kuik, G., Andersen, SJ., Meneveau, C., Simao Ferreira, C., Ragni, D., Meyers, J., van Bussel, G. & Holierhoek, J., 2016, In : Renewable Energy. 94, p. 510–523
Large eddy simulation
Wind turbine fatigue loads as a function of atmospheric conditions offshore
Holtslag, M. C., Bierbooms, W. A. A. M. & van Bussel, G. J. W., 1 Oct 2016, In : Wind Energy. 19, 10, p. 1917-1932 16 p.
Lidar uncertainty and beam averaging correction
Giyanani, AH., Bierbooms, WAAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2015, In : Advances in Science and Research. 12, p. 85-89 5 p.
Tip-vortex instability and turbulent mixing in wind-turbine wakes
Lignarolo, L., Ragni, D., Scarano, F., Simao Ferreira, CJ. & van Bussel, GJW., 2015, In : Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 781, October, p. 467-493 27 p.
Validation of surface layer similarity theory to describe far offshore marine conditions in the Dutch North Sea in scope of wind energy research
Holtslag, MC., Bierbooms, WAAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2015, In : Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics. 136, January, p. 180-191 12 p.
Experimental analysis of the wake of a horizontal-axis wind-turbine model
Lignarolo, L., Ragni, D., Krishnaswami, C., Chen, Q., Simao Ferreira, CJ. & van Bussel, GJW., 2014, In : Renewable Energy. 70, p. 1-16 16 p.
Multidisciplinary design optimization of offshore wind turbines for minimum levelized cost of energy
Ashuri, T., Zaayer, MB., Martins, JRRA., van Bussel, GJW. & van Kuik, GAM., 2014, In : Renewable Energy. 68, p. 893-905 13 p.
Near wake flow analysis of a vertical axis wind turbine by stereoscopic particle image velocimetry
Tescione, G., Ragni, D., Simao Ferreira, CJ. & van Bussel, GJW., 2014, In : Renewable Energy. 70, p. 1-15 15 p.
Experimental investigation of the root flow in a horizontal axis wind turbine
Akay, B., Ragni, D., Simao Ferreira, CJ. & van Bussel, GJW., 2013, In : Wind Energy. 17, 7, p. 1093-1109 17 p.
An investigation of radial velocities for a horizontal axis wind turbine in axial and yawed flows
Micallef, D., van Bussel, GJW., Simao Ferreira, CJ. & Sant, A., 2012, In : Wind Energy.
Development and validation of a computational model for design analysis of a novel marine turbine
Ashuri, T., van Bussel, GJW. & Mieras, S., 2012, In : Wind Energy.
Influence of atmospheric stability on wind turbine loads
Sathe, AR., Mann, J., Bierbooms, WAAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2012, In : Wind Energy.
Finding functional redundancies in offshore wind turbine design
Echavarria, E., van Bussel, GJW. & Tomiyama, T., 2011, In : Wind Energy. p. 1-18 18 p.
On the use of velocity data for load estimation of a VAWT in dynamic stall
Simao Ferreira, CJ., van Bussel, GJW., van Kuik, GAM. & Scarano, F., 2011, In : Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 133, 1, p. 1-8 8 p.
Simulating dynamic stall in a two-dimensional vertical-axis wind turbine: verification and validation with particle image velocimetry data
Simao Ferreira, CJ., van Zuijlen, AH., Bijl, H., van Bussel, GJW. & van Kuik, GAM., 2010, In : Wind Energy. 13, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.
Estimating the angle of attack from blade pressure measurements on the national renewable energy laboratory phase VI rotor using a free wake vortex model: yawed conditions
Sant, A., van Kuik, GAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2009, In : Wind Energy. 12, 1, p. 1-32 32 p.
Reliability of wind turbine subassemblies
Spinato, F., Tavner, P. J., van Bussel, GJW. & Koutoulakos, E., 2009, In : IET Renewable Power Generation. 3, 4, p. 1-15 15 p.
HAWT Near wake aerodynamics, Part 1: Axial flow conditions
Haans, W., Sant, A., van Kuik, GAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2008, In : Wind Energy. 11, 3, p. 245-264 20 p.
Reliability of Wind Turbine Technology Through Time
Echavarria, E., Hahn, B., van Bussel, GJW. & Tomiyama, T., 2008, In : Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 130, 031005, p. 1-8 8 p.
The inverse vortex wake model: A measurement analysis tool
Haans, W., van Kuik, GAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2008, In : Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 130, 3
Visualization by PIV of dynamic stall on vertical axis wind turbine
Simao Ferreira, CJ., van Kuik, GAM., van Bussel, GJW. & Scarano, F., 2008, In : Experiments in Fluids: experimental methods and their applications to fluid flow. 46, 1, p. 97-108 12 p.
Estimating the angle of attack from blade pressure measurements on the NREL phase VI rotor using a free wake vortex model: Axial conditions
Sant, A., van Kuik, GAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2006, In : Wind Energy. 9, 6, p. 549-577 29 p.
Stall in yawed flow conditions: A correlation of blade element momentum predictions with experiments
Haans, W., Sant, A., van Kuik, GAM. & van Bussel, GJW., 2006, In : Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 128, 4, p. 472-480 9 p.
Wind tunnel hotwire measurement, flow visualization and thrust measurement of a vawt in skew
Simao Ferreira, CJ., van Bussel, GJW. & van Kuik, GAM., 2006, In : Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 128, 4, p. 487-497 11 p.
Windy cities
Simao Ferreira, CJ. & van Bussel, GJW., 2006, In : Energy Engineering. mei 2006, p. 20-23 4 p.


The Aon Benfield ILS Indices, a set of indices calculated using month-end pricing data for outstanding catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities saw impressive performance in 2013, largely outperforming 2012 returns.
The catastrophe bond and ILS market has seen a very strong year of returns in 2013, with declining issuance pricing seemingly not having any impact on secondary market returns as yet. Aon Benfield's All Bond ILS, which tracks most of the outstanding cat bond and ILS issuance, returned 10.87% for the full-year 2013 beating 2012's All Bond ILS return of 9.75%.
All of Aon Benfield's ILS Indices posted positive returns for the final quarter of 2013, with the All Bond index up 1.98%, the BB-rated Bond index up 1.31%, the U.S. Hurricane Bond index up 2.06% and the U.S. Earthquake Bond index up by 1.04%.
For the full-year of 2013 all the Aon Benfield ILS indices made positive gains, with the All Bond, U.S. Hurricane Bond and U.S. Earthquake Bond indices all outstripping 2012 return performance. The BB-rated index only slightly underperformed 2012 by 40 basis points.
The Aon Benfield All Bond and BB-rated Bond ILS indices posted full-year returns of 10.87% and 7.11% in 2013, while the U.S. Hurricane and U.S. Earthquake Bond ILS indices posted full-year 2013 returns of 11.64% and 6.85%, respectively.
Impressively, the All Bond ILS index far outperformed all comparable fixed income benchmarks for the fourth quarter and for the full-year 2013, however it did not outperform the S&P 500 index this year due to the extraordinarily strong stock market returns.
Looking ahead, Aon Benfield said in its latest ILS market report that it expects the catastrophe bond and ILS market to continue to deliver attractive returns, in the absence of major catastrophe events which impact the market. However, the lower spreads seen in 2013 will begin to be noticed.
Aon Benfield said that it expects a slight reduction in mark-to-market increases in 2014, compared to those seen in 2013, as the significantly lower spreads seen in 2013 filter through.
For comparison, the Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Total Return Index saw an annual return of 10.9% in 2013, very close to the performance of the Aon Benfield All Bond ILS index.
– 2013 a ground-breaking 12 months for ILS: Aon Benfield.


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Dirty tricks from Auckland Council
Our efforts to hold Auckland Councillors to account are really getting under their skin
We've had the most incredible set of events over the last 48 hours here at the Ratepayers' Alliance
On Monday the media website 'The Spinoff' carried as its lead story an article which alleged (although it portrayed it as fact) a nasty and totally untrue allegation that our key personnel had been sending white feathers to Councillors as a symbol of cowardice. They were drawing a WWI inference, alleging that we considered those Councillors supportive of Phil Goff's proposed rate hikes akin to wartime traitors.
On social media, the claims went even further: that our efforts to hold Councillors to their 2% rates promise are 'far-right' extremism, and (another totally made up allegation) alleged that we had pinned white feathers to the front doors of Councillors' homes. These allegations are totally untrue.
After some heated correspondence, the allegations have been totally withdrawn and the story completely rewritten. The Spinoff has now apologised, but has still not explained why it made the allegations, and why no effort whatsoever was made to seek comment from us prior to publication.
Council-funded media organisation doing a hit job?
Incidentally, The Spinoff is funded by the controversial "Heart of the City" group - which is, of course, funded through rates!
Kiwiblog's David Farrar has explained what happened, and why we think it was a Council hit job.
The timing seems just too cute, with the Council's Finance and Performance Committee voting this week on the Budget. Was this intended to distract or discredit us? If so, it won't work.
Phil Goff's first budget
As mentioned, tomorrow the Finance and Performance Committee votes on this year's Annual Plan (Budget) which sets the rates for the next financial year.
The Mayor is proposing a 2.5% rates hike as well as new rates on businesses and hotels. It is being sold as a 'bed tax' - in fact, it is a plain rate just targeting a particular property sector.
Stand with us for fiscal prudence - keep politicians to their word
2% ≠ 2.5% (plus new taxes). These next few weeks will be a test for the Councillors who signed our 2% Ratepayer Protection Pledge but are now trying to back away.
For example, Orakei Councillor Desley Simpson says she is only bound by the Pledge "if the community doesn't tell her they want higher rates".
It seems she's relying on the Council's spin in its consultation documents that a 2% rate hike would lead to a reduction in services and that the majority of people in her ward gave feedback that they want service levels to stay the same.
We don't accept Cr Simpon's excuse - or the Council's spin. Surely with inflation at 2.2%, and the Council budgeting to reduce spending on transport infrastructure (yes, it really is reducing - despite the 9.9% rates hike last year!) Cr Simpson and the others should be able to find 0.2% efficiency. Cutting back on ballooning staff numbers would be a good place to start.
In addition, even if the 2% rates pledge matched Phil Goff's 2.5%, we don't see how these Councillors can vote for that and new 'targeted' rates on top. That's not what Aucklanders voted for!
Councillors appear to be siding with the Mayor, but the public feedback needed now is clear: Councillors should stick to their pledges.
Don't let the dirty-trick campaign deflect from the key message: politicians should be held to their word
We're asking our supporters to click here to email Councillors telling them to stick to their election promises.
Given that this Council appears to be stopping at nothing to prevent Councillors being held to their pre-election promises, we are redoubling our efforts to ensure Councillors who stood on a platform last year to keep rates at 2% are held to it.
Councillors who said they would keep rates low should do it. Click here to send an email.
In 2015/16, rates went up by 9.9%. Phil Goff promised to keep annual rate rises to 2.5%. Instead, Mr Goff is pushing for at least 2.5% and new "targeted rates". To do that, he needs some of the Councillors who signed the 2% Ratepayer Protection Pledge to breach it. That's what we need to prevent.
Please lend one minute to support the campaign keeping politicians to their word by clicking here.


At 5pm on Thursday 13 July, Mura Masa will be performing three songs from his new album live exclusively for GQ at the Bussey building before his live gig. Head to the GQ Facebook page to watch the performance and put your questions in the comment section for us to ask Mura Masa in-between songs.
Multi-instrumentalist mura masa and vocalist Fliss give #GQ an exclusive live set of three songs from his new album at The Bussey Building. Ask your questions for him below, and we'll put them to him live.
Mura Masa, real name Alex Crossan, is one of 2017's most exciting producers, boasting a very unique brand of EDM. He's known in the mainstream for his song, 'Love$ick', with Harlem rapper A$ap Rocky, which spent fourteen weeks in the official charts, as well as 'Firefly', featuring Nao, '1 night', featuring Charlie XCX and 'All Around The World', featuring Brooklyn rapper Desiigner. His 13-track self-titled debut album, including all the above songs as well as collaborations with Damon Albarn and Christine and the Queens, is out Friday.
Make sure you put your questions to Mura Masa by writing them in the comment section of the live video from 5pm tomorrow, and we will put them to him between songs. Mura Masa will perform acoustic versions of '1 Night', 'Second To None' and a surprise third song.


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package com.commercetools.sunrise.myaccount.addressbook.addresslist;

import com.commercetools.sunrise.common.contexts.UserContext;
import com.commercetools.sunrise.common.models.AddressBeanFactory;
import com.commercetools.sunrise.common.reverserouter.AddressBookReverseRouter;
import io.sphere.sdk.customers.Customer;
import io.sphere.sdk.models.Address;
import io.sphere.sdk.models.Base;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class AddressBookPageContentFactory extends Base {

    @Inject
    private AddressBeanFactory addressBeanFactory;
    @Inject
    private AddressBookReverseRouter addressBookReverseRouter;
    @Inject
    private UserContext userContext;

    public AddressBookPageContent create(final Customer customer) {
        final AddressBookPageContent bean = new AddressBookPageContent();
        initialize(bean, customer);
        return bean;
    }

    protected final void initialize(final AddressBookPageContent content, final Customer customer) {
        fillDefaultShippingAddress(content, customer);
        fillDefaultBillingAddress(content, customer);
        fillAddresses(content, customer);
    }

    protected void fillDefaultShippingAddress(final AddressBookPageContent bean, final Customer customer) {
        customer.findDefaultShippingAddress()
                .ifPresent(address -> bean.setDefaultShippingAddress(createAddressInfo(address)));
    }

    protected void fillDefaultBillingAddress(final AddressBookPageContent bean, final Customer customer) {
        customer.findDefaultBillingAddress()
                .ifPresent(address -> bean.setDefaultBillingAddress(createAddressInfo(address)));
    }

    protected void fillAddresses(final AddressBookPageContent bean, final Customer customer) {
        final List<AddressInfoBean> beanList = customer.getAddresses().stream()
                .filter(address -> isNotAnyDefaultAddress(customer, address))
                .map(this::createAddressInfo)
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
        bean.setAddresses(beanList);
    }

    protected AddressInfoBean createAddressInfo(final Address address) {
        final AddressInfoBean bean = new AddressInfoBean();
        bean.setAddress(addressBeanFactory.create(address));
        bean.setAddressEditUrl(addressBookReverseRouter.changeAddressInAddressBookCall(userContext.languageTag(), address.getId()).url());
        bean.setAddressDeleteUrl(addressBookReverseRouter.removeAddressFromAddressBookProcessFormCall(userContext.languageTag(), address.getId()).url());
        return bean;
    }

    protected boolean isNotAnyDefaultAddress(final Customer customer, final Address address) {
        final boolean isNotDefaultShipping = !Objects.equals(address.getId(), customer.getDefaultShippingAddressId());
        final boolean isNotDefaultBilling = !Objects.equals(address.getId(), customer.getDefaultBillingAddressId());
        return isNotDefaultShipping && isNotDefaultBilling;
    }

}

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Volume 105; Issue 13
Reducing gender bias in surgery. BJS 2018; 105: 1707-1709.
Authors: F. Dossa, N. N. Baxter
Introducing national healthcare safety investigation bodies. BJS 2018; 105: 1710-1712.
Authors: S. Wiig, C. Macrae
Action observation for sensorimotor learning in surgery. BJS 2018; 105: 1713-1720.
Authors: D. J. Harris, S. J. Vine, M. R. Wilson, J. S. McGrath, M.‐E. LeBel, G. Buckingham et al.
Notes: Watching other surgeons helpful
Systematic review of shared decision‐making in surgery. BJS 2018; 105: 1721-1730.
Authors: S. M. L. de Mik, F. E. Stubenrouch, R. Balm, D. T. Ubbink
Notes: Heterogeneous data
Systematic review of the safety and efficacy of osseointegration prosthesis after limb amputation. BJS 2018; 105: 1731-1741.
Authors: S. K. Kunutsor, D. Gillatt, A. W. Blom
Notes: Technology with potential
Cost‐effectiveness of revascularization in patients with intermittent claudication. BJS 2018; 105: 1742-1748.
Authors: H. Djerf, M. Falkenberg, L. Jivegård, H. Lindgren, M. Svensson, J. Nordanstig et al.
Notes: Revascularization effective but pricey
Modelling the growth of popliteal artery aneurysms. BJS 2018; 105: 1749-1752.
Authors: H. Shiwani, P. Baxter, E. Taylor, M. A. Bailey, D. J. A. Scott
Notes: Non‐linear
Ruptured popliteal artery aneurysm. BJS 2018; 105: 1753-1758.
Authors: A. Cervin, H. Ravn, M. Björck
Notes: Diagnosis often delayed
Long‐term outcomes of endovenous laser ablation and conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins. BJS 2018; 105: 1759-1767.
Authors: T. Wallace, J. El‐Sheikha, S. Nandhra, C. Leung, A. Mohamed, A. Harwood et al.
Notes: Lower recurrence at 5 years after laser
Nationwide population‐based study of trends and regional variation in breast‐conserving treatment for breast cancer. BJS 2018; 105: 1768-1777.
Authors: M. C. van Maaren, L. J. A. Strobbe, L. B. Koppert, P. M. P. Poortmans, S. Siesling
Notes: Regional differences remain
Current practice and short‐term outcomes of therapeutic mammaplasty in the international TeaM multicentre prospective cohort study. BJS 2018; 105: 1778-1792.
Authors: R. L. O'Connell, E. Baker, A. Trickey, T. Rattay, L. Whisker, R. D. Macmillan et al.
Notes: Reduces mastectomy rates
Oesophagectomy with or without supraclavicular lymphadenectomy after neoadjuvant treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus. BJS 2018; 105: 1793-1798.
Authors: S. Mine, M. Watanabe, K. Kumagai, A. Okamura, K. Yamashita, M. Hayami et al.
Notes: Extended dissection not needed
Population‐based cohort study of diabetes mellitus and mortality in gastric adenocarcinoma. BJS 2018; 105: 1799-1806.
Authors: J. Zheng, S.‐H. Xie, G. Santoni, J. Lagergren
Notes: Diabetes increases risk
Overall survival before and after centralization of gastric cancer surgery in the Netherlands. BJS 2018; 105: 1807-1815.
Authors: M. van Putten, S. D. Nelen, V. E. P. P. Lemmens, J. H. M. B. Stoot, H. H. Hartgrink, S. S. Gisbertz et al.
Notes: Practice makes perfect?
Outcomes of pancreas retransplantation in patients with pancreas graft failure. BJS 2018; 105: 1816-1824.
Authors: S. Gasteiger, B. Cardini, G. Göbel, R. Oberhuber, F. Messner, T. Resch et al.
Notes: Good outcome in selected patients
Importance of main pancreatic duct dilatation in IPMN undergoing surveillance. BJS 2018; 105: 1825-1834.
Authors: G. Marchegiani, S. Andrianello, G. Morbin, E. Secchettin, M. D'Onofrio, R. De Robertis et al.
Notes: Duct dilatation no risk alone
Multicentre international trial of laparoscopic lavage for Hinchey III acute diverticulitis (LLO Study). BJS 2018; 105: 1835-1843.
Authors: G. A. Binda, M. A. Bonino, G. Siri, S. Di Saverio, G. Rossi, R. Nascimbeni et al.
Notes: Successful in the majority
Prognostic implications of MRI‐detected lateral nodal disease and extramural vascular invasion in rectal cancer. BJS 2018; 105: 1844-1852.
Authors: D. P. Schaap, A. Ogura, J. Nederend, M. Maas, J. S. Cnossen, G. J. Creemers et al.
Notes: Defines recurrence risk
CCR‐CARESS score for predicting operative mortality in patients with colorectal cancer. BJS 2018; 105: 1853-1861.
Authors: M. Baré, L. Mora, N. Torà, M. J. Gil, I. Barrio, P. Collera et al.
Notes: Elderly co‐morbid patients at high risk


I thought I would update this.
The monitor looked and worked great, I absolutely loved it. But today it broke, powers on but black screen. I had to go back to my old monitor and redo all my isBoxer window layouts yet again.
It failed 4 days before the warranty expired. I was lucky, not as lucky as having a working monitor but glad it broke now and not next week.
Did you buy a refurbished model or something like that? That display from Dell has a 3-year warranty on it.
Right you are, I didn't mean the manufacturers warranty but the no questions asked return period from Amazon where I bought it. It took two button clicks and I had a new one being shipped and a return label printed out for this one. It expires Jan 31st.
Gotcha - those are the best types of returns/exchanges, where you don't have to deal with the manufacturer.
Help Help Help. OMG my monitor broke yet again, less than 2 weeks use. The same problem, blank screen. After some experimenting its only the Display Port. I still get a signal out of HDMI port.
Am I losing much not using Display Port?
Trying to decide to return it now or just use it since I have HDMI. The exchange from Amazon is good until Feb 28th, and the manufacturer warranty is until 2022, so I have some time.
I already checked on the manufacturer website and this is indeed a brand new monitor. Amazon has sent me used items as new before, but not in this case. But two going bad in two weeks, maybe my GTX 1070 is blowing it out.
Could also be a cable with a short, or a bad connector design. I presume you tried a different DP cable?
It could easily be the lack of a quality displayport cable, outdated firmware on the GPU itself, or driver corruption.
I checked the firmware and thats fine. Going to go to Best Buy and pick up a good quality cable and try that. Its the new cable that came with it, I exchanged the cable when I exchanged the monitor.
I've got like a thousand cables sitting in a box in the garage yet only the one display port cable.
I've had issues with DP cables before. Especially mini DP to normal DP. I ended up buying the shittiest cheapest cable I could find, and it worked super with my ASUS PG348Q. The more expensive cables (and the supplied cables) gave me grief with the display cutting out, not detecting. I tried the old plug/unplug/reboot/resets many many times and sometimes would work, sometimes not. In the end the really after being about to take the monitor back, I got a cheap cable, and viola.
So, not all expensive cables are good and not all cheap cables are bad.
I've been lurking on the forums for a while but finally joining in. Hi all!
John - I'm intrigued on how you like the monitor when it is working. Happy with it? I've been getting more into multi-boxing and been making the same monitor decisions. I've gone with the Acer XR382CQK instead because it's a bit bigger (37.5 inches) and I'm a sucker for the larger screens, but I'm having second thoughts because the Dell/Alienware one has so many stellar reviews and I'd love to know from someone who is multi-boxing.
I'm also interested what window layouts you all use when on an ultra wide to make best use of the extra space. Previously I've been 5-boxing on a 16:9 24 inch and been using the standard lead character up top, 4 below approach which means my main window is roughly 21:9. Weirdly, on a 21:9 monitor I'm assuming the most efficient use of space is making the main window 16:9 and then putting the other four on the right in the extra space?


The work you've put into polishing your writing craft shows. The last paragraph, "...a nutritional plan of deliberate choices..." WOW !!!!!!!!
Thanks, Natine, for giving a name to that thing Jack does to us constantly. Now I know it's not just a contest of who can stare the longest without blinking. Kidding aside, great words of wisdom here!
Home has the mind-meld down pat - I'm catching up! So true about influences - food for mental thought, indeed!


The brand new Midnight Plug-in Suite, based on the legendary Forté console has at last been released by Focusrite!
The brand new Midnight plug-in brings Focusrite's sonic signature to your music production software through sophisticated modelling of the ISA110 EQ and ISA130 compressor. Originally created for the legendary Forté console, the ISA110 EQ and ISA130 compressor modules have contributed to the signature sound of countless hit records over the past 25 years. Highly regarded by audio professionals around the world, Focusrite's original consoles and analogue modules are still very much in demand, but are hard to come by. The Midnight software suite gives you classic ISA EQ and compression in two separate VST, Audio Units and RTAS plug-ins at an affordable price.
Both Midnight plug-ins faithfully reproduce the pristine clarity and warmth of the original ISA modules. These elegantly crafted plug-ins are easy to use and pleasing on the eye. Midnight is designed to make mixing effortless, giving your most important tracks the 'VIP' treatment.
The smooth and transparent quality of the Midnight compressor enables your tracks to sit perfectly in the mix. While some compressors add unwanted coloration, the Midnight compressor brings a balance to your mix while maintaining the integrity of your sound. The Midnight EQ helps you to expertly tune your tracks, with clear controls and excellent sonic quality. It enables you to build mixes naturally with a rich low-end, defined mid-range and sparkling highs.
Midnight plug-ins are designed to be uncluttered yet precise. Accurate metering and a clear layout make Midnight a joy to use, letting you focus on your mix.


That is what is happening. We are very excited and will post lots of photos after we get back. Nymbol's little troupe is part of the Neverworld stage and will be doing 2 shows a day with quite a bit of hanging around and meeting folks. We are soooooo looking forward to it. Nymbol is in a state of constant movement he is so excited. Blarney actually tied him to a chair yesterday because he was so annoying.
June 17th, 18th, 19th. Wait,…did you say June. Oregon in June??? My recollection is that the weather in the first couple weeks of June is that is is pretty dodgy. You never quite know what you are going to get. Once summer actually arrives it is beautiful and stays that way. The last few years Faerieworlds has been the last week of July. The hottest days of our last few summers too. This will be a different experience and our collective fingers, toes and tails are all crossed.
Staying up late and working on costumes pretty much describes us right now. I have some tech drawing and shoes to do during the day so late it is. It is so much fun and rewarding when you see it all together. For some reason it doesn't come together until the last minute. No matter how much time there is. "the job expands to the time allotted." is a favorite quote of mine. I am excited to see what other folks are putting together this year. It is always inspiring.
above. digital sketch, naked leather, now time to paint.
painting done and being used at the Faire.
Kara has an exam room dedicated to children. Walking around distractedly, for the first time, I notice a puppet. Some pathetic excuse for a dog, puppet.
Looking at my encapsulated hand, warm from the fleece, comfortably squeezed by insulation we stared at each other. My mind, completely blank. At knee high, a little boy stared up at me expectantly. The three of us; boy, man, hand a rude imposter of a brainless dog.
I have NO recollection what I said. Only remember two boys, one tall one tiny laughing in pain with irreverence. Puppets are a blast.
pretty much how it began with me. couldn't rmember what was siad but did remember the laughter. I was hooked.


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Cobra Kai: Wondering Exactly What Happens to Kreese's Sweetheart? Here's the Story
Watch out! This post contains spoilers.
Throughout Cobra Kai's third season, we finally get a look into why John Kreese is so evil, stretching from his ruthless, seedy tactics in The Karate Kid, to his downright manipulation and cold-blooded mentality in the Netflix series. It's difficult to feel complete sympathy for such a despicable character, but his origin story has actually left us second-guessing our perspective.
Episode two takes us back to the 1960s, showing us young Kreese as a high school outcast, struggling with both his mother's suicide and incessant bullying. He works at a diner, which soon leads to a confrontation with football star David as he waits on his table. David is alongside his girlfriend Betsy, and Kreese is accused of looking at her. After profusely apologizing, Kreese witnesses David hit Betsy outside and has a call for justice. A fight begins between Kreese and David, bringing out Kreese's inner rage, leading him to win the fight. Betsy is awestruck, and the pair fall in love. A perfect ending, right? Unfortunately, not quite.
Young Kreese goes on to fight in the Vietnam War, kissing girlfriend Betsy goodbye in episode two. Through a series of flashbacks to 1968, the show portrays the war as a traumatic, devastating experience for the antagonist, causing a complete shift in character. By episode six, we see young Kreese receive a photo of Betsy in the mail while at Vietnam, interrupted by his cruel captain who wants Kreese to join his squad. Soon enough, we see Kreese make a costly mistake that leads to his squad's capture. Kreese's own hesitation leads to the death of his friend Ponytail, which ends up instilling the "kill or be killed" mentality he's famous for. By the final episode of the season, young Kreese finds out what happened to Betsy while still at war, and it is unspeakably tragic.
In the last episode of the series, we get more flashback's to Kreese's time at war, depicting the unit's capture. Made to fight to the death on a bamboo bridge over a serpent pit, Kreese takes the place of his friend to fight against the captain. To get the upper hand in the fight, the captain tells Kreese that Betsy has died in a car crash and chose not to tell him until now. Kreese is obviously both devastated and distracted for much of the fight, but he soon gains his strength. Kreese stabs the captain in the leg with full force, using a piece of wood. As the captain falls and hangs off the bridge, hundreds of cobras beneath them, the team is suddenly rescued and are allowed to leave. An officer tells Kreese that he can pull the captain up, but he instead stamps on his hands and makes his superior fall to his death.
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Baghdad (Iraq) (AFP) - A car bomb attack targeted an election candidate in Iraq's contested Kirkuk city on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 11, a security official said.
The blast in the multi-ethnic city, some 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Baghdad, came as war-torn Iraq gears up for legislative elections on May 12.
"A civilian was killed and 11 people were injured, including three bodyguards, in the convoy of Ammar Hadaya Kahya, a candidate for the Turkmen Front in Kirkuk," the security source said on condition of anonymity.
There were no immediate claims of responsbility for the attack.
Iraqi troops last year seized the vital oil-rich Kirkuk region from Kurdish forces after a controversial vote for independence in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish zone.
Turkmens largely welcomed the return of government control forces, years after the Kurds took over the area amid the chaos of the Islamic State group's march across Iraq in 2014.
Since the return of Baghdad's forces, the region has seen clashes between Kurdish fighters and Turkmen units of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces, officially controlled by the government.
Candidate Kahya is an advisor to Falah al-Fayadh, who official heads the Hashed.
Elections in Iraq have typically been accompanied by violence since the ouster of dictator Saddam Hussein by the US-led invasion in 2003.
Bloodshed has subsided in recent months, but several deadly attacks have taken place.
Four people were killed and several wounded last Sunday in an IS suicide attack on the headquarters of a political party in Anbar.
The Iraqi government declared victory over IS in December after pushing the jihadists out of their final holdouts along the border with Syria.
But the group retains the capacity to strike despite losing control of vast swathes of Iraqi territory it seized in 2014.


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Long-Term Care, Wealth, and Health of the Disabled Elderly Living in the Community
42 Pages Posted: 26 Mar 2007 Last revised: 9 Oct 2009
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Alan M. Garber
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research; Government of the United States of America - Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Date Written: July 1987
Providing and financing long-term care of the elderly are among the most challenging policy issues facing the aging American population. This study examines characteristics and selected measures of utilization in the population most likely to use long-term care. It investigates characteristics of a cohort of noninstitutionalized elderly Medicare recipients who were impaired in the performance of at least one basic activity. It describes their wealth, living arrangements, and health characteristics. Tobit regressions are presented that relate utilization of hospital services, paid home-health care, and unreimbursed home care to these factors. I find that the number of activity limitations increases with age, but that in this population, household income and value of home equity do not decrease with either the level of disability or with age. The determinants of home-health care utilization in this population are distinct from the factors that have been significant predictors of medical care utilization in other studies.
Garber, Alan M., Long-Term Care, Wealth, and Health of the Disabled Elderly Living in the Community (July 1987). NBER Working Paper No. w2328. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=976152
Alan M. Garber (Contact Author)
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research ( email )
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This 5' (1,5m) round Qum Persian rug features a Gonbad design and a showpiece quality with a rare color combination. Round Qum rugs are always a bit of a novelty and finding them in the 5' range and with this quality is even more difficult.


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JAMES QUINNEY was born in London, England on 12 Oct 1840 [Naturalization papers], the son of B.J. Quinney. He died in Haverhill, MA on 16 Mar 1912 [MA vr], and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Kennebunk, Maine.
He was married, on 16 Oct 1862 in Kennebunkport, Maine [K-Port VR], to SARAH L HUTCHINS. The daughter of Jacob and Mary Jane (Freeman) Hutchins, she was born 29 Nov 1838 in Cape Porpoise, Maine, and died in Haverhill, MA on 26 Mar 1914 [MA vr] . She was also buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Kennebunk.
Per his naturalization papers, James arrived in the US in 1849, through the port of Savannah, Georgia.
i. BENJAMIN JAMES QUINNEY, b. 24 Jun 1864. Marr ADA C WHITE, 2 Jul 1886.
ii. WILLIAM FRANCIS QUNNEY, b. 18 Sept 1865; d. 25 Jul 1945 [grave]. Married on 22 Feb 1890 in Haverhill, MA [MA vr] to ELLA M SHAW, b. Lowell, MA ca Apr 1871 [1900 census], the dau of Frank and Mary A Shaw. Bur Evergreen Cemetery, Kennebunk.
Randolph, b. 6 Jan 1901 in Haverhill; d. there 4 Mar 1901 from convulsions. Bur in Evergreen Cem, Kenn.
iv. MARTHA AMELIA QUINNEY, b. 8 Jun 1869. Married ISRAEL MERRILL CLOUGH (aka CLUFF), 15 Aug 1886, in Kennebunkport [town vr]. Israel was a hostler, and they lived in Haverhill, MA. They were divorced by 1910 census.
1. James Merrill Clough, b. 10 Apr 1890 [WWI Draft Card]; d. 24 Jun 1971 in Newburyport [MA Death Index].
2. Minnie Ada Clough, b. 25 Sep 1891 [MA vr]; d. 7 Jun 1893 in Hav., from tub. meningitis. She was bur in Kenebunkport.
3. George E Clough, b. 25 Sept 1894 [MA vr]; d. 28 Sept 1894 in Hav., from chol. infantum [MA vr]. He was bur in Kenn'port.
1. Gladys Ada Quinney, b. 29 May 1899 Haverhill [MA vr]; d. 27 Oct 1932 in VT [VT Death Index]. Marr 16 Jun 1921 in Brattleboro, Vt to Arthur Charron.
viii. GEORGE ALMER QUINNEY, b. 16 Mar 1878. Marr EDITH J.


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Le mandapa (sanskrit मण्डप| maṇḍapa), également orthographié dans le sud de l'Inde mantapa ou mandapam, est une salle à colonnes dans l'architecture des temples hindouistes. Il se situe entre le saint des saints (garbha griha) et l'entrée du temple . En Asie du Sud-Est, dans l'ancien Champā, le mandapa se situe en dehors de l'enceinte, et dans l'axe du sanctuaire principal. Cette salle, la première adjonction historique dans le développement du temple hindou, est généralement considérée comme une pièce de méditation où le fidèle se recueille avant d'accomplir la pûjâ dans le sanctuaire à proprement parler.

Les divers types de mandapa
Si un temple a plus d'un mandapa, chacun est affecté à une fonction différente et reçoit un nom afin de refléter son utilisation  :
 Ardha Mandapa - Espace intermédiaire entre l'extérieur du temple et le garbha griha, ou les mandapas intermédiaires quand ils existent.
 Asthana Mandapa - Salle de l'Assemblée
 Kalyana Mandapa - destiné à la célébration du mariage rituel du Seigneur avec la Déesse. En termes contemporains, il représente aussi un espace dans lequel un mariage hindou est effectué. La mariée et le marié tournent autour d'un feu sacré allumé par le prêtre officiant au centre du mandapa.
 Maha Mandapa - (Maha = grand). C'est le plus grand des mandapas quand il y en a plusieurs. Cette salle est utilisée pour des discours religieux. Le maha mandapa est parfois bâti selon un axe transversal qui se traduit par une forme de transept (mais sans relation avec une forme de croix). À l'extérieur, ces transepts se terminent par une grande baie qui apporte lumière et fraîcheur à l'intérieur du temple.
 Nandi Mandapa (ou Nandi mandir) - Dans les temples de Shiva, pavillon avec une statue du taureau sacré Nandi, qui regarde vers la statue ou le lingam de Shiva.
 Ranga Mandapa
 Meghanath Mandapa
 Namaskara Mandapa
 Open Mandapa

Autres langues

 birman : mandat, issu du pâli mandapa. C'est une plateforme d'où les fidèles aspergent d'eau les passants pendant la fête bouddhiste de Thingyan.
 thaï : mondop. Dans l'architecture des temples thai, on le trouve en tant que bibliothèque du temple (Hor Trai) ou en tant qu'autel comme dans le Wat Chiang Man à Chiang Mai

Notes

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Pendopo (mot qui vient de « mandapa ») : pavillon ouvert qui sert de lieu de réception dans les palais et demeures des nobles à Java en Indonésie.
 Centre Mandapa à Paris : salle de spectacle destinée aux danses de l'Inde.

Liens externes

 Photo d'un bas relief de Krishna sur un mandapa de Mahabalipuram
 Plan d'un temple d'Inde du Nord avec mandapa

Élément d'architecture en Inde
Architecture de l'hindouisme
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Q: Average value of an operator on vacuum state I'm trying to calculate
$$<0|e^{a\hat{x}^2}e^{b\hat{x}}e^{c\hat{p}}|0>$$
where $a$, $b$ and $c$ are complex numbers, $\hat{x}$ is the position operator, $\hat{p}$ is momentum operator and $|0>$ refers to vacuum state (i.e. Fock state with 0 photons).
So far, I have tried direct expansion of exponential in Taylor series, playing with Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff sort of formulae, and trying to recognize known states, such as squuezed states in the formula I'm asking about. This efforts were unsuccessful, though. Any ideas?

A: Assuming that all quantities are written in units of the harmonic oscillator natural length $\sqrt{\hbar/m\omega}$, and using the ground-state wavefunction $\psi_0(x)=\frac{1}{\pi^{1/4}}e^{-x^2/2}$, one can perform the average by inserting enough resolution of the identity with respect to $x$ and $p$, to obtain (whether all constants are correct is left as an exercise to the reader) :
$$\langle 0|e^{a\hat x^2}e^{b\hat x}e^{c\hat p}|0\rangle=\frac{e^{\frac{b^2+c^2-2 i b c-2 a c^2}{4(1-a)}}}{\sqrt{1-a}}.$$
Note that this average is valid only if $a<1$.


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By Ana B. Ibarra May 16, 2017
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As national Republican leaders continue to try to defund Planned Parenthood, California and other states are considering steps to protect access to family planning services.
California legislators have introduced a bill that would lock into state law a federal rule that allows Medicaid patients to see family planning providers of their choice. The bill is designed to preserve Californians' access to Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health clinics should federal officials drop the rule.
The 30-year-old federal rule, known as "the free choice of provider law," allows people enrolled in a Medicaid managed-care plan to receive family planning services from any qualified Medicaid provider, even if it's out of their plan's network. Providers are able to receive reimbursements from Medicaid for services provided to these out-of-network patients.
The California bill, authored by Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina), cleared the Senate Health Committee last month and is scheduled for a hearing on Monday in the Senate Appropriations Committee. It is co-sponsored by Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and Essential Access Health, formerly known as the California Family Health Council.
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According to the bill's supporters, this rule allows patients to get care from a provider they feel most comfortable with.
The bill would protect Medi-Cal patients' access to Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics and would signal California's willingness to pay those providers regardless of federal changes, but it does not assure state funding should federal funding evaporate. Lawmakers would need to pass a measure assuring that funding, said Greg Cramer, a legislative advocate with Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.
The future of the federal "free choice of provider" protection is uncertain in the current political climate, said Amy Moy, vice president of public affairs at Essential Access Health.
"Women need choices for many reasons: confidentiality concerns, quality of care, to avoid service delays," Moy said.
About a third of Californians receive Medi-Cal, California's version of Medicaid, most through managed-care plans. Medi-Cal pays for about half of the state's Planned Parenthood clinics' budgets.
The American Health Care Act, which would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and now is being considered in the U.S. Senate, proposes to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood for a year. In California, Planned Parenthood offices recorded 850,000 patient visits last year.
The bill, SB 743, would benefit Planned Parenthood in allowing its California clinics to continue to see out-of-network Medi-Cal patients, but the protection would not be exclusive to the organization, Moy said.
Planned Parenthood "of course is a vital access point for family planning care for a lot of California women. This bill would be helpful for them, but this goes beyond Planned Parenthood," she said.
Last month, Maryland became the first state to pass a law committing to use state funds to reimburse Planned Parenthood for its services if federal money is cut.
"That's something we would like to see California do if the federal action moves forward," said Cramer.
But funding California's 115 Planned Parenthood clinics with state money is very different than funding Maryland's nine, Cramer said. Planned Parenthood's abortion services for Medicaid enrollees are reimbursed with state money, as federal law prohibits the use of federal Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions.
"[SB 743] is one measure to try to defend ourselves. But we need a lot more," Cramer said.
Planned Parenthood clinics already struggle to stay open due to the low Medicaid reimbursement rates, Cramer said. The organization's clinics in Richmond and Concord are likely to close before the end of this year. Other clinics are expected to cut back hours, Cramer said.
Opponents of the bill say they're concerned it will promote abortion as a standard practice of women's health by expanding access to providers who perform such service.
"We don't think that the state should be funding or expanding their role of promoting abortions, in particular among Medi-Cal recipients, who are low-income," said Sandra Palacios, associate director for governmental relations with the California Catholic Conference.
A policy review published this month by the Guttmacher Institute recommends that states take steps similar to those being taken by California and Maryland to minimize the effects of any federal family planning cuts or policy changes.
The review recommends that states pass laws that would require that Medicaid cover family planning services and supplies, including all contraceptive methods, in case the federal government makes it only an option.
Adam Sonfield, senior policy manager at the Guttmacher Institute and author of the policy brief, said the California bill would resolve only one of many problems that family planning organizations could face under the current administration.
"That's why advocates are pushing to go beyond that federal level," Sonfield said.
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What is KU's policy on the transfer of credits for veterans?
Transfer of credits is determined on a case-by-case basis by admissions officers in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and each School. For example, if a prospective student planned to apply to the KU School of Business, he or she would contact the admissions officer there and ask what credits they would accept. Generally, KU follows American Council on Education (ACE) guidelines endorsed by the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges consortium, of which KU is a member.
I'm interested in getting a master's degree at KU. Is it possible to complete on while attending ILE at Leavenworth?
Yes. A number of Army majors and other officers in the military have successfully completed master's degrees at KU while also attending ILE. In most cases, this will require travel between Leavenworth and the Lawrence or Edwards campuses.
How many credit hours does KU accept from the CGSC?
Generally, most departments within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences accept six credit hours for courses taken through ILE. Other Schools vary depending on the degree sought.
What programs does KU offer on the Leavenworth campus?
Currently, KU offers an MSB degree in Supply Chain Management and Logistics for Army logisticians and an Interagency Studies MA program tailored to Army Special Forces officers.
Does KU offer any online degree programs?
Not currently. Some courses are available online, but the vast majority are not offered this way.
What master's programs do military officers typically study at KU?
Most common are history, political science, international relations, public administration, communication studies, and business. KU is particularly known for its top-notch public administration program, and it has been quite popular among students attending ILE and also among CGSC faculty.
Can my husband/wife/significant other get an MA while I'm studying at the CGSC?
I'm interested in KU's Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program. How does this work?
Applicants interested in pursuing this specialized degree program will work with a designated advisor, formulate a proposed plan of study, and gain entry to KU through a core academic department. From there a candidate will base his/her study, set up a committee, and proceed with an individualized study plan. Interested candidates should contact Mike Denning, Director, Office of Graduate Military Programs. Email: gmjdenning@ku.edu; Ph: (785) 864-1684.
I am interested in your military history doctoral program. Does one need to be an on-campus student to complete this program?
At the All But Dissertation (ABD) level, a student is not required to be present physically, but all graduate courses take place physically on the campus, and there is no online learning at that level.
How long does the program usually take to complete and how many credit hours beyond the masters is this program?
The average time to degree from entry to doctoral defense is around 6.5 years total--probably slightly more. The Doctorate is only 33 hours total required, but there are additional requirements and examinations that may involve taking more credits than that.
What are the GRE scores required for this program, and do you accept the old GRE format?
The History Department accepts the older GRE format scores. The average applicant weighs in at a little over 600 on the verbal. Accepted applications are usually quite a bit higher--nearing 650 to 700. If you have already taken your GRE within the last 5 years, you do not need to retake the test. You can also request (in a letter to the Department) that your GRE test be waived.
Is the program customized for the military lifestyle, in other words, if I get deployed how will this affect me?
The University has policies that support academic withdrawal due to deployment. You receive 100% adjustment in tuition and fees and you are not penalized on your transcripts. Please see the following link regarding additional details. http://veterans.ku.edu/deploywithdraw.shtml. While the program is not customized for the military lifestyle, there is flexibility depending on individual circumstances. Military personnel and veterans are treated well at KU, and you would find that the History Department, your advisor, and faculty members would be supportive.
What is the cost per credit hour for the program, and do military members receive in-state tuition?
About $330 for Kansans, $770 for nonresidents. You can do a total cost calculation here: http://affordability.ku.edu/cs/index.shtml. Military personnel and their dependents/spouse stationed in Kansas may be assessed tuition equivalent to resident rates. The resident fee privilege is available through a waiver fee that would be submitted when you register.