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package com.hadoop.mapreduce;

import com.hadoop.compression.fourmc.util.HadoopUtils;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CompressionCodec;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CompressionCodecFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordReader;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileSplit;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.LineReader;

import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Reads line from a 4mc compressed text file.
 * Treats keys as offset in file and value as line.
 */
public class FourMcLineRecordReader extends RecordReader<LongWritable, Text> {

    public static final String MAX_LINE_LEN_CONF = "com.hadoop.mapreduce.fourmc.line.recordreader.max.line.length";

    private long start;
    private long pos;
    private long end;
    private LineReader in;
    private FSDataInputStream fileIn;

    private int maxLineLen = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

    private final LongWritable key = new LongWritable();
    private final Text value = new Text();

    /**
     * Get the progress within the split.
     */
    @Override
    public float getProgress() {
        if (start == end) {
            return 0.0f;
        } else {
            return Math.min(1.0f, (pos - start) / (float) (end - start));
        }
    }

    public synchronized long getPos() throws IOException {
        return pos;
    }

    @Override
    public synchronized void close() throws IOException {
        if (in != null) {
            in.close();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public LongWritable getCurrentKey() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        return key;
    }

    @Override
    public Text getCurrentValue() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        return value;
    }

    @Override
    public void initialize(InputSplit genericSplit, TaskAttemptContext context) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        FileSplit split = (FileSplit) genericSplit;
        start = split.getStart();
        end = start + split.getLength();
        final Path file = split.getPath();
        Configuration job = HadoopUtils.getConfiguration(context);
        maxLineLen = job.getInt(MAX_LINE_LEN_CONF, Integer.MAX_VALUE);

        FileSystem fs = file.getFileSystem(job);
        CompressionCodecFactory compressionCodecs = new CompressionCodecFactory(job);
        final CompressionCodec codec = compressionCodecs.getCodec(file);
        if (codec == null) {
            throw new IOException("Codec for file " + file + " not found, cannot run");
        }

        // open the file and seek to the start of the split
        fileIn = fs.open(split.getPath());

        // creates input stream and also reads the file header
        in = new LineReader(codec.createInputStream(fileIn), job);

        if (start != 0) {
            fileIn.seek(start);

            // read and ignore the first line
            in.readLine(new Text());
            start = fileIn.getPos();
        }

        this.pos = start;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean nextKeyValue() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        // exactly same as EB one
        if (pos <= end) {
            key.set(pos);

            int newSize = in.readLine(value, maxLineLen);
            if (newSize == 0) {
                return false;
            }
            pos = fileIn.getPos();

            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}


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Q: How to find a group midpoint of a pandas or python array? There is an array, that look like that (it's actually a column in a pandas dataframe, but any suggestions how to make in a plain python would also work)
[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1, 0]

For each subsequence of 1s I need to find a midpoint position: an index of a point in the middle of this subsequence, or the closest to it. So for the example above, these would be 6 for the first subsequence, 18 for the second etc.
It can be easily done with just a naive looping, but I wonder if there is more efficient way (maybe built-in pandas function?)

A: For a pure Python solution, you can use itertools.groupby which groups keys based on sequential uniqueness by default.
import itertools

data = [0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1, 0]

start = 0
midpoints = []
for key, group in itertools.groupby(data):
    group = list(group)
    if key == 1:
        midpoints.append(start + (len(group) // 2))
    start += len(group)

print(midpoints)
[6, 18, 25]

For a pandas solution, we filter our data first, then use some groupby tricks to perform a groupby operation akin to itertools.groupby, and finally get the size and start position of each group. From there, we simply add the start position of the group to half of the size, and we get the approximate midpoint.
import pandas as pd

s = pd.Series([0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1, 0])

midpoints = (
    s.loc[lambda s: s.eq(1)]
    .groupby(s.ne(s.shift()).cumsum())
    .agg(['idxmin', 'size'])
    .eval('size // 2 + idxmin')
    # .eval("size.floordiv(2) + idxmin") # alternatively try
)

print(midpoints)
2     6
4    18
6    25
dtype: int64

A: Try with groupby:

*

*Use the series (i.e. column) index to groupby sequences of 0s and 1s with srs.ne(srs.shift()).cumsum()

*Get the average of the first and last indices for each sequence

*Keep only the unique values where the original column value is 1

srs = pd.Series([0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,0])
g = srs.index.to_series().groupby(srs.ne(srs.shift()).cumsum())

>>> g.transform("first").add(g.transform("last")).floordiv(2).where(srs.eq(1)).dropna().unique()
array([ 6., 18., 25.])

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The name, "Earl Grey", is most often connected to the English aristocrat and Prime Minister, Charles Grey. The story goes that during a trip to China, Charles saved the life of a nobleman. As a token of his gratitude, the nobleman presented a recipe for black tea scented with the oil of bergamot oranges, that established the beginnings of the Earl Grey. An alternative story describes how the blend grew from an accidental mixing of bergamot oranges and tea during a shipment from China to England. And a third version tells of a Chinese friend of Charles who incorporated the orange flavours of bergamot to offset the taste of minerals in the Northumberland waters of his home. The stories and numerous and attempts to unearth the true origins of Earl Grey have so far been unfruitful.
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Madison Howard
Member Since Fall 2017
Madison Howard, 16, studies at the Pre-College division of the Juilliard School with Caroline Stinson. She has won the International Grande Music Competition, the National League of Performing Arts Young Artist's Competition, the American Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, the Norwalk Symphony Concerto Competition, the Norwalk Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, the Musical Club of Hartford's High-School String Competition. She has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and Yale University's Battell Chapel. She was also the recipient of second prize in the Renee B. Fisher Piano Competition. She served as a principal cellist of the Juilliard String Ensemble and was a founding member of the Juilliard Cello Choir. She has been given the opportunity to study with teachers such as Richard Aaron, Paul Katz, Steve Doane, Julie Albers, and Amir Eldan. Madison is set to start in the "Back to BACH" Project in the fall of 2017.
Julian Shively
Julian Shively started piano lessons at age 4 and cello at 5½. Julian serves as principal cellist in the Principal orchestra of the Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestras. He attends the Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering program at the Fairchild Wheeler Magnet School and wishes to become an engineer. The highlights of Julian's musical achievements have been solo/concerto opportunities with Danbury Symphony (2012, 2014), Greater New Haven Youth Ensembles (2013), Greater Bridgeport Symphony (2016), Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestras (2016), Hamden Symphony (2017) and American Chamber Orchestra (2017). He has been lucky enough to have participated in master classes and workshops given by amazing musicians such as cellists Narek Hakhnazaryan and Nicholas Cannellakis, pianists Andrew Tyson and Vadym Kholodenko, as well as the Carducci, Harlem, Ying, and Miro Quartets to name a few. Julian is a passionate chamber musician and also has recently found interest in jazz piano. His summers are typically filled with camps and institutes that focus on chamber music.
Sequoia Kessler
Member Since Winter 2018
In January 2014 Sequoia started private lessons on bassoon with Sue Zoellner-Cross from the Neighborhood Music School (NMS). After nine months she got accepted as the second bassoon of the Greater New Haven Concert Orchestra and a year later she became principal bassoon. In 9th grade she joined the Greater New Haven Wind Ensemble. In 10th grade she was second bassoon of the Greater New Haven Symphony Orchestra. She also performed with two NMS ensembles, a bassoon and a wind quartet. Sequoia completed the NMS Junior Diploma Certificate Program with music theory lessons and performance workshops. She is now participating in the Senior Diploma Certificate Program.
In 8th and 9th grade she was in the pit for her school's production of "West Side Story" and " Sweeney Todd". Both years they won "Best Student Orchestra". They also won "Best Production of the year" for "Sweeney Todd". Sequoia is the principal bassoon in her high school Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. In 7th and 8th grade she was the principal bassoon of the orchestra of the CMEA Southern Region Middle School Music festival. In 9th grade she was the principal bassoon of the orchestra of the CMEA Southern Region High School Festival , second bassoon of the CMEA All State Music Festival Orchestra and first bassoon of the NafME All National Honor Ensembles Band. In 10th grade she was the principal bassoon of CMEA Southern Region High School Festival. She couldn't audition for All-State, because her high school Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble toured Spain at the time of the festival. The Neighborhood Music School awarded her with the Merit Award in recognition of outstanding effort and progress for the last four years. In 2016 and 2017 she also received a Merit Award with High Honors in Performance for participating in the Concerto Competition and the Honor Recital.
In the last four summers Sequoia attended at first the Junior Chamber Wind, later the Chamber Wind Week of the NMS. The last two years she also served as a mentor in the Junior Chamber Wind Week. In addition to that she attended several summer camps: Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in 2015, New England Music Camp In 2016 and 2017, Interlochen Bassoon Week in 2017, Decoda Skidmore Chamber Music Institute in 2018. Sequoia had her first performance as a soloist in May 2017. She was the "Young Artist Performer" at a "Project Music heals us concert" and performed Edward Elgar's: Romance for Bassoon & Orchestra, arranged for bassoon and piano. The piano part played by viola and cello. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3gsEpcoAUE&t=302s) Sequoia participated in the "Brass-Wind-Percussion Experience '18" of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony and performed Gershwin's Cuban Overture in a side-by-side concert with the Orchestra. She was awarded with the "Silvio Risi Award".
Ziyao Chelsea Guo
Seventeen-year-old Chelsea Guo showed passion for classical music at an early age and has already distinguished herself as both pianist and vocalist. She is a Young Scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation (2016-2018) and a young artist of the Artemisia Akademie at Yale University. Her talent was already recognized at age 11 when she was awarded a "Special Commendation for Young Talents" at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition in Germany. In 2016, she won the Young Artists Concerto Competition at Piano Texas (formerly the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute) and she was the recipient of a U.S. Chopin Foundation scholarship in both 2016 and 2017. Equally devoted to the classical vocal repertoire, Chelsea has won voice competitions such as the American Protégé and Walgreen Concerto Competition, Voice Division. Her gifts have been acknowledged with a 2018 George London Foundation Scholarship and Gerda Lissner Foundation Scholarship.
In January 2018, Chelsea performed in the "Grammy Salute to Classical Music: Celebrating the Legacy of Leonard Bernstein ", sponsored by CAMI Music at the Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall. She also participated in a joint solo recital at Carnegie's Weill Hall that was awarded to her by the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. In May of 2018, Chelsea was invited to give recitals in the U.K. at Wigmore Hall in London and Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, as part of the first Leeds Festival in England.
Since the age of eight, when Chelsea was featured on radio station WQXR's "Young Artists Showcase", she has gone on to appear on National Public Radio's "From the Top" and to perform in concert venues throughout the world, including Italy, Poland, Japan, China, Austria, England, Germany, and Canada. In the U.S., she has appeared at Carnegie Hall's Stern Hall and Weill Recital Hall, Harris Concert Hall (Aspen, CO), the U.S. State Department (Washington, D.C.), Millennium Park (Chicago) and Pepsico Recital Hall (Texas). Recent concerto appearances have included the Ft. Worth Symphony under the baton of Barry Douglas, and Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra in Chicago. Eager to continue her studies during the summer, Chelsea has participated in the Aspen Music Festival, Piano Texas, the Oxford Philamusica Piano Academy, the Mozarteum Summer Academy, the Ishikawa Music Academy, and the Paderewski and Katowice piano academies.
Chelsea is currently a piano and voice double major in the Pre-College division of The Juilliard School, where she was awarded a prestigious Nordmann Scholarship in 2015. She currently studies piano with Prof. Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone, and classical voice with Lorraine Nubar. When her school and performance schedules allow, she enjoys reading, writing, dancing, cooking, and both singing and playing at her local church.
Tyler Tan
Tyler Tan is a freshman of Cheshire High School in Connecticut. He is currently studying violin at Juilliard School Pre-College Division under the tutelage of Mr. I-Hao Lee. He is a violinist of the National Youth Orchestra 2 (NYO2) for 2018 and 2019. He had his solo debut with Cheshire Symphony Orchestra at age of 10. He has been concertmaster of CMEA middle school and high school regional orchestra. Tyler is also a scholarship recipient from Joy! Conservatory program.
Taig Egan
Taig Egan, now a sophomore at Guilford High School, started taking clarinet lessons in March of 2017, aged 14, from renowned clarinet player and teacher David Singer in Southern California; when he began, he had already studied folk and jazz guitar for three years. After four months with Maestro Singer, his family moved to Guilford, where he began lessons with Erik Elligers at Neighborhood Music School. Under Mr. Elligers' instruction, Taig began to learn alto saxophone as well as clarinet and was admitted by audition into Guilford's Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and Jazz Ensemble. Beginning in the summer of 2018, he began studying clarinet with Julie Asuma-Levene, also at Neighborhood Music School. Later that summer, he auditioned for and was accepted into the NMS Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra. He began participating in various chamber ensembles, such as clarinet quartet, wind quartet and quintet, and chamber orchestra, both inside and outside of school. In Fall 2018, he was principal clarinet in the CMEA Southern-Regional Orchestra, and was principal clarinet in the CMEA All-State Orchestra the following spring. He is currently lead alto in the Guilford Jazz Band, and in the spring of 2019, he played lead alto/clarinet in the pit for his school's production of the musical "Anything Goes." He will also be principal clarinet of his school's Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra next year. He recently performed the first movement of Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 74, in an auditioned honors recital at Neighborhood Music School. He hopes to pursue a degree in music performance, and in his spare time, Taig likes to play jazz and socialize with other musicians.
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O Cinema Rex era um cinema localizado na Keyserlei 15 na Antuérpia, Bélgica. Foi inaugurado em 1935 e foi projetado por Leon Stynen, um arquiteto belga, inspirado nos grandes cinemas americanos.

Em 16 de dezembro de 1944 (primeiro dia da Ofensiva das Ardenas), às 15h20, um foguete V-2 disparado da Holanda (Hellendoorn) pelo SS Werfer Battery 500 caiu diretamente no teto do cinema durante a exibição do filme "The Plainsman". Havia aproximadamente 1.100 pessoas dentro do cinema e a explosão matou 567 pessoas, incluindo 296 militares aliados (194 outros militares ficaram feridos) e 11 edifícios no total destruídos.

Demorou quase uma semana para retirar todos os corpos dos escombros. Foi o maior total de mortes de um único ataque de foguete durante a guerra. Após o ataque, todos os locais de apresentações públicas foram fechados e o conselho municipal ordenou que no máximo 50 pessoas pudessem se reunir em qualquer local.

O teatro foi reconstruído em 1947, mas fechou em 1993 e foi demolido em 1995.

Leitura adicional

Bombardeios na Europa durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial
Cultura de Antuérpia
Bélgica na Segunda Guerra Mundial
1944 na Bélgica


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Q: Sheet and Menu conflict with each other In the following example, there is a SwiftUI Menu and a Button that triggers a sheet. If you press the button while the menu is visible, this can cause the following error and then the button will be without function, giving the following error log (it might take a few tries):
2023-03-02 12:01:59.850609+0100 SheetButtonDemo[50295:6802586] [Presentation] Attempt to present <_TtGC7SwiftUI29PresentationHostingControllerVS_7AnyView_: 0x124815200> on <_TtGC7SwiftUI19UIHostingControllerGVS_15ModifiedContentVS_7AnyViewVS_12RootModifier__: 0x10c809200> (from <_TtGC7SwiftUI19UIHostingControllerGVS_15ModifiedContentVS_7AnyViewVS_12RootModifier__: 0x10c809200>) which is already presenting <_UIContextMenuActionsOnlyViewController: 0x107d0bf20>.

This seems to be a bug in SwiftUI, I reported this as FB12026200.
It is similar to this one: SwiftUI: popover + sheet in different hierarchies problem
In the meantime: is there a good workaround to prevent this issue?
Example code:
struct ContentView: View {
    @State var showSheet = false
    var body: some View {

        VStack(spacing: 100) {
            Button("Show Sheet") {
                self.showSheet = true
            }
            Menu {
                Button("Action") {
                    print("Hello")
                }
            } label: {
                Text("Menu")
            }

        }
        .sheet(isPresented: $showSheet, content: {
            Text("Sheet")
        })
        .padding()
    }
}

Image of the bug in action:

A: It's ugly, but a asyncAfter around the sheet-presenting action seems to do the trick:
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) {
    self.showSheet1 = true
}

A: The following test code works well for me, on MacOS 13.3, using Xcode 14.3 beta, tested on real ios 16.3 devices (not Previews), and macCatalyst.
It could be different on older systems.
struct ContentView: View {
    @State var showSheet1 = false
    @State var showSheet2 = false

    var body: some View {
        VStack (spacing: 100) {
            Button("Show Sheet 1") {
                showSheet1 = true
            }
            Menu {
                Button("Show Sheet 2") {
                    showSheet2 = true   // <-- here
                }
            } label: {
                // -- here, not a Button for testing
                Text("Menu")
                // Image(systemName: "filemenu.and.selection")
                // Button("Menu") { showSheet1 = true } // not usefull
            }
        }
        .sheet(isPresented: $showSheet1) {
            Text("Sheet 1")
        }
        .sheet(isPresented: $showSheet2) {
            Text("Sheet 2")
        }
        .padding()
    }
}


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Solar Schools Grant Program
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The Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability (DES) is now accepting applications for the Cook County Solar Schools Grant. This program awards funds to be used in public schools located throughout Chicago and Suburban Cook County to teach students how sunlight is converted to energy. The Cook County Solar Schools Grant provides supplemental funding to grantees of the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation's (ICECF) K-12 Solar Schools Program, a program that supports the installation of 1kW photovoltaic (PV) systems throughout Illinois institutions serving grades K-12.
Applications for the Cook County Solar Schools Grant and ICECF's program will be accepted through February 23, 2021. The maximum award per school through the program is up to $4,999. Preference for this program will be given to Title 1 schools (Title-1 school-wide funded and Title-1 school-wide eligible schools) which will incorporate clean energy into their curriculum. Applications for both programs can be completed online and will ask for the same information. In addition, schools must subsequently submit the award letter from ICECF's K-12 Solar Schools Program in order to become eligible for funding through the Cook County Solar Schools Grant. Once a school is deemed eligible, they will enter an agreement with the County to be paid the award (up to $4,999) upon installation of the system. Cook County has allocated $120,000 in available funding for this program during the 2020-21 school year.
About Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation's K-12 Solar Schools Program
ICECF's K-12 Solar Schools Program supports the construction of small PV systems which are used as an educational tool that allows students to see first-hand how sunlight is converted into electricity while simultaneously monitoring online the amount of electricity generated. ICECF requires its grantees to commit to incorporating solar and renewable energy into its STEM curriculum and requires grantees to host "Solarbrations" to celebrate and unveil their PV system for their school community. Eligible applicants of the Foundation's program may apply for up to 90% of the system and its installation costs or $6,400, whichever is less. Additional information about ICECF and the application form can be found on their website.
Cook County Schools Program Eligibility
To receive supplemental funding through the Cook County Solar Schools program, applicants must:
Serve the K-12 population in Cook County, Illinois
Be a recognized public school by the IL State Board of Education (ISBE)
Be a grantee of the IL Clean Energy Foundation's K-12 Solar Schools Program
Preference will be given to Title-1 school-wide funded and Title-1 school-wide eligible schools. Schools must show proof of this designation for the current school year.
Under the initiative, the Cook County Solar Schools program will award up to $4,999 per school including:
Up to 10% of the remaining costs of the 1kw PV system, not covered by Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, including supplies, installation and labor, not to exceed $2,000
An award of uo to $1,500 to the school for the purposes of setting up an operations and maintenance fund for the PV system to ensure its long-term operation for the school community
Up to $1,500 towards the costs of the Solarbration ,training resources related to renewable energy, and/or signage for the installation. Click here for potential curriculum and Solarbration ideas
Click here for detailed information about the grant process
After the duration of one year, Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability will require schools who are awarded the funds to submit a funding report outlining the success of the program and identifying how the funds were spent.
Special Repair Fund for Previous ICECF Grantees
The Cook County Solar Schools program will also award small repair grants to previous grantees of the ICECF's K-12 Solar Schools Program to bring non-functioning or underperforming solar arrays back online. In order to receive funds, schools must meet the above eligibility criteria from Cook County Schools. Cook County DES will work directly with school leadership and ICECF to identify costs related to repairs and to issue grant awards. Eligible schools may apply for an award up to $4,999, although the typical award amount will be in the $1,000-$2,000 range. Email questions about the special repair funds to environment@cookcountyil.gov .
Deadline for this grant is February 23, 2021.
For general questions, please email environment@cookcountyil.gov
Additional Resources from ICECF
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation K-12 Solar Schools Overview
Video Overview of K-12 Solar Schools Program
Illinois Solar Schools
Clean Energy Plan
Cook County Solar Schools Grant Process Details (101.03 KB)
Curriculum and Project Resources (130.77 KB)
Cook County Solar Schools Grant Program Flyer (3.6 MB)
Cook County Solar Schools Grant Application
Have you applied for the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation's K-12 Solar Grant?
If no, first go apply for the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation's K-12 Solar Grant at https://www.illinoiscleanenergy.org/energy-program/k-12-solar-schools as it is a pre-requisite to apply for the Cook County Solar Schools grant.
Note: * indicates a REQUIRED field.
Is this school a public school? *
Is this school Title-1 school-wide funded or Title-1 school-wide eligible? *
ORGANIZATION PRIMARY CONTACT
Office Location *
PROJECT PRIMARY CONTACT (Project lead, teacher)
GRANT AMOUNT REQUESTED (MAXIMUM is $4,999): * $
Below are the three subsets of funding available for this grant. Please provide the particular amount you are looking to spend on the remaining costs of the solar installation, the operations and maintenance fund, and/or the Solarbration and training resources. The specific amounts requested should equal the same amount as written above in the Grant Amount Requested field.
Amount requested for remaining costs of 1kW PV solar system installation (up to $1,999) * $
Explanation of these costs (200 word maximum). If not applicable, put N/A: *
Amount requested for operations and maintenance fund (up to $1,500) * $
Amount requested for solarbration and training resources (up to $1,500) * $


Wonderful artwork Joey! Congratulations on being featured on the group home page!
Thank you for your kind comment about my work. The realism and character of this work is amazing.
I love this! Thank you for entering the Toads and Frogs contest! Good luck!
I love this painting! What a great composition.
Wonderful job on this one, Joey. Vote and vote in the contest as well.
I love all your frogs,so good.
This is just beautiful work!
"Boreal Flyer - Tree Frog" is my latest (of 3) Tree Frog Watercolours. I have been having so much fun with the shiny, wet frog skin and the strong light & shadows. Several layers of sheer colour washes are needed to achieve these vibrant colours. Check out companion pieces - Freckles & Heliconia!


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Stem Cells Regulate Their Fate by Altering Their Stiffness
FREIBURG (DE), January 2019 — In adults, mesenchymal stems cells (MSCs) are primarily found in bone marrow and they play a vital role in repair of damaged organs. The transformation of a single MSC into complex tissue like cartilage and bone starts with its association with other MSCs in order to form microscopic clusters via a process termed as condensation.
While it is known that this condensation step is important for skeletal development the exact role it plays in formation of bone and cartilage is not understood. A team led by Prasad Shastri, Ph.D., and Melika Sarem, Ph.D., of the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Freiburg present evidence for autonomous control of chondrogenesis in MSCs. These findings are published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy.
They discovered that reducing the number of cells participating in the condensation process leads to the activation of an intrinsic differentiation program. This prompts MSCs to become cartilage cells, even in the absence of chondro-inductive growth factors irrespective of donor age and sex. Drs. Sarem and Shastri further identified that two cell-membrane proteins, Caveolin-1 and N-Cadherin, are differentially regulated during the condensation step and function as interactive forces like a yin-yang of chondrogenic differentiation. "The fact that we need lesser cells to create better quality tissue is extremely exciting as it opens new avenues for stem cell therapies," Dr. Sarem said.
In collaboration with Oliver Otto, Ph.D., at the University of Greifswald, the Freiburg researchers demonstrated that the chondrogenic potential of MSCs correlates with emergence of a stiffer phenotype and increase in cell size. Their findings allude to a hitherto unknown mechanobiology paradigm in MSC differentiation.
"Since MSCs harvested from adult bone marrow are a heterogeneous population of cells and their ability to undergo differentiation into cartilage or bone cells varies from donor to donor, our findings have significant implication for MSC-based strategies for engineering cartilage and bone tissue," Dr. Shastri said.
Immunofluorescence staining of matrix proteins in engineered cartilage. Image courtesy of Institut für Makromolekulare Chemie.
http://www.pr.uni-freiburg.de/pm-en/press-releases-2018/doing-more-with-less
DOI: 10.1186/s13287-018-1103-y


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Our Deep Seating Rattan Chair Cushion Sets Are Made In The USA!
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The chair seat cushion is 25in. Wide in the front tapering to 23in. Wide at the back. The Seat is 24.5in. Deep x 6in. Thick. For our standard design, this chair cushion has squared-off front and back corner. Constructed of high density solid foam and customer's choice of fabric. Foam is covered with Dacron wrap to improve ware and softness. Seat fabric cover is zippered and removable to make it convenient for cleaning.
The chair back cushion is 25in. Wide x 6in. Thick with no tufting. You have the option to choose either a 18, 19, 20 or 21 inch high back cushion height.The back cushion has an arched top (Rounded Top) and the has a zippered removable cover with casing inserts if not tufted. If tufted, inner casing can not be used but covers still have zippers. Pure spun polyester fiber is the fill material used for the back cushions. Casings or back cover are generously filled creating a luxurious soft feel. Using inner casings allows you to remove the zippered back cover for cleaning without having to deal with residual fiber clinging to the inside of the cover. To order with inner casings, select "No Tuft" in the "Tufts" option.


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A provocative and strikingly unique new voice in fiction reinvents the historic novel–along with American historical past itself–in this wry "what if? " that merges and mashes up 4 of our most renowned and notorious nationwide icons. Historian Otis Pease as soon as remarked that the tale of nineteenth-century the USA might be encompassed within the lives of the 2 units of James brothers–William and Henry within the East, Frank and Jesse within the West.
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* Setting the standard with regards to customer experience and overall site look and feel.
* Controlling all site targets, budgets and finances, manage the overall EBITDA and develop the business with regards to overall stock package and layout in order to maximise sales.
* Be a figurehead to a large team and be adept at managing multiple stakeholders up and down the chain of command.
The role requires a broad and flexible management style but the business prefers strong leaders with conviction and the ability to back up their approach with sound commercial arguments. As a retailer the business sets high standards and expects their General Managers to have a similar approach. The role has total accountability for the look and feel of the site and interested candidates can expect a high degree of influence when it comes to shaping the business to meet the needs of today's demanding customers.
* Have a considerable depth of management experience within a high-volume food or non-food retail unit.
* Probably already be at General or Store Manager level and have a track record working with large stores, ideally with a variety of products.


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The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, formerly known as the New Zealand Post Katherine Mansfield Prize and the Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship, is one of New Zealand's foremost literary awards. Named after Katherine Mansfield, one of New Zealand's leading historical writers, the award gives winners ("fellows", whether male or female) funding towards transport to and accommodation in Menton, France, where Mansfield did some of her best-known and most significant writing.

Overview
The fellowship is awarded to New Zealand citizens and residents whose fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction, children's fiction or playwriting has had "favourable impact". Unlike the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, which are the best-known New Zealand literary awards, the fellowship is awarded to an individual to develop their future work, rather than for a specific already-published work.

In addition to funding towards transport and accommodation, fellows are given access to a room beneath the terrace of the Villa Isola Bella for use as a study. Mansfield spent long periods at the Villa Isola Bella in 1919 and 1920 after she contracted tuberculosis, and did some of her most significant work there. The climate in southern France was thought to be beneficial to her health.

The fellowship is managed by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand with the support of an advisory committee that includes members of the Winn-Manson Menton Trust.

History
The fellowship was conceived in the late 1960s by New Zealand writer Celia Manson and arts patron Sheilah Winn. Manson and her husband had visited the Villa Isola Bella where Mansfield did some of her most significant writing (including the short stories "The Daughters of the Late Colonel", "The Stranger" and "Life of Ma Parker"), and discovered that a room on the lower level where she worked was derelict and not in use. Manson and Winn decided to set up a fellowship for New Zealand authors, and formed a committee in Wellington to raise funds. Their vision was "to give a selected New Zealand writer a period of leisure to write or study ... [in] a different and more ancient culture, and thereby to see [their] own remote country in a better perspective". Initially the fellowship was administered by the New Zealand Women Writers' Society. Subsequently, the Winn-Mason Menton Trust was established to run the fellowship, and the first recipient was poet Owen Leeming in 1970.

The fellowship was first sponsored by Meridian Energy, and from 2007 to 2011 by the New Zealand Post. From 2012 to 2014, Creative New Zealand contributed a yearly grant. Over the years the fellowship also received funding from both the French and New Zealand governments. The Katherine Mansfield Room at the Villa Isola Bella was furnished by the City of Menton for the fellows' use. In 2015, a fundraising campaign overseen by the Winn-Mason Menton Trust and a volunteer campaign committee raised NZ$730,000 to ensure the fellowship's long-term survival and that it would no longer be dependent on sponsorship.

The fellowship has been awarded to a number of well-known New Zealand authors. In 2000, the Victoria University Press published As Fair as New Zealand to Me, a collection of the memories of twenty-three fellows, written in the form of letters to Mansfield. Janet Frame set her novel, In the Memorial Room, in Menton, telling the fictional story of a writer on a poetry fellowship. Although she wrote the novel in the 1970s it was not published until after her death in 2013.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 fellow, Sue Wootton, was unable to travel to Menton to take up the fellowship in either 2020 or 2021.

Recipients
The writers to have held the fellowship are listed below:

 1970 Owen Leeming
 1971 Margaret Scott
 1972 C K Stead
 1973 James McNeish
 1974 Janet Frame
 1975 David Mitchell
 1976 Michael King
 1977 Barry Mitcalfe
 1978 Spiro Zavos
 1979 Philip Temple
 1980 Marilyn Duckworth
 1981 Lauris Edmond
 1982 Michael Jackson
 1983 Allen Curnow
 1984 Rowley Habib
 1985 Michael Gifkins
 1986 Michael Harlow
 1987 Russell Haley
 1988 Louis Johnson
 1989 Lloyd Jones
 1990 Lisa Greenwood
 1991 Nigel Cox
 1992 Maurice Gee
 1993 Witi Ihimaera
 1994 Vincent O'Sullivan
 1995 Fiona Farrell
 1996 Owen Marshall
 1997 Roger Hall
 1998 Maurice Shadbolt
 1999 Elizabeth Knox
 2000 Stephanie Johnson
 2001 Catherine Chidgey
 2002 Jenny Bornholdt
 2003 Tessa Duder
 2004 Bill Manhire
 2005 Ian Wedde
 2006 Fiona Kidman
 2007 Stuart Hoar
 2008 Damien Wilkins
 2009 Jenny Pattrick
 2010 Ken Duncum
 2011 Chris Price
 2012 Justin Paton
 2013 Greg McGee
 2014 Mandy Hager
 2015 Anna Jackson
 2016 Kate Camp
 2017 Carl Nixon
 2019 Paula Morris
 2020 Sue Wootton

See also
 Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award (a prize awarded to short stories also named for Mansfield, offered from 1959 to 2014)
 List of New Zealand literary awards

External links
 Official website

References

New Zealand literary awards
1970 establishments in New Zealand


Is electrical acupuncture (I forget the precise name for this) a good method to help me with feel less opiate withdrawal. I am planning to quit again. The last time I did 3 years ago I had PAWS for 8 months after quitting so I am trying to do this smarter this time. I relapsed about 2 months after the PAWS ended so that's my story of stupidity.
Thank you for your question. Alternative medicine like acupuncture can be helpful for easing withdrawal symptoms. However, you tried going through withdrawal on your own and ended up relapsing. You said you are trying to do it smarter this time. Try doing something different by going to a treatment facility. Addiction is a disease which needs proper treatment. It is more than just getting through withdrawal symptoms. Addiction is physical, psychological and spiritual. All three of these areas need treatment for it to be effective and long lasting.
A medical detox will include medications to help ease withdrawal symptoms. It is possible that you had PAWS (Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome) for such a long period because you didn't get the right treatment. Plus, if you didn't learn how to cope with PAWS, cravings, triggers, etc. you may have made it more difficult for you to maintain sobriety. The longer you go for treatment, the better the outcome. Remember, you didn't become addicted overnight and it takes time to work on the issues that led to the addiction. Detox followed by inpatient rehab and then a recovery house is your best chance to maintain long term sobriety.
I hope this answers your question and you get the treatment you need.


Fire-Rescue also assists other emergency agencies when needed.
The Fire-Rescue Department has a full time fire chief, assistant fire chief, and up to 32 on-call pay volunteers. Up to 10 non-pay reserve volunteers are also authorized. The Fire-Rescue Department has 2 Fire Stations.
Education and Training for the firefighters take place on Wednesday nights. The department takes advantage of fire schools that are made available through community colleges and the State Fire Service Training Bureau in Ames, Iowa.


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Nature's Mind: The Quantum Hologram
The Quantum Hologram And the Nature of Consciousness
OTHER WORLDLY & INTERDIMENSIONAL REALITIES – By Dr. Jon Klimo, Ph.D.
THE EXTENDED MIND – Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
DISCOVERING THE NATURE OF REALITY – The God Hypothesis
Modern Miracles and The Quantum Hologram
The Brain, Consciousness, and Science: Hints of Immortality?
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By Dr. Rudy Schild
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Emeritus Research Astronomer at the Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cosmology
This new article was written specifically for our FREE website and will be the first of many new articles from Dr. Schild
1. What are the Modern Miracles?
Lives of people are often affected by remarkable occurrences that cannot be explained by the precepts of modern science. There is a general sense that most of these phenomena occur within the brain, but seem to be otherwise un-explainable. The most common examples that I cite are:
Near-Death experiences
Orbs, balls of light
Ghosts, fairies
The response of our establishment, and particularly the University community has been basically "divide and conquer." They are easily identified as simple mind phenomena, and dismissed as something that you read about in National Enquirer. "It's just those NDE people again." "He sees ghosts, Ha, Ha, Ha." "Telepathy is just some simple empathy effect of the mind." What is presently lacking is some overall understanding of what property of the mind, or of the Universe enables these phenomena.
But these phenomena are often quite real to the perceiver, who often feels let down by our scholarly research community.
2. The Underlying Explanation
The Quantum Hologram (QH) formulation of the predominant description of all nature seems to offer understanding. This formulation has origins in several research threads, but perhaps the most prominent is the theoretical and mathematical consideration of mathematician Walter Shempp and Scientist/ Astronaut (APOLLO 14) Dr. Edgar Mitchell.
The key point is that the Quantum Hologram formulation sensibly explains all of the Modern Miracles.
The description quantum hologram applies because it is profoundly grounded in the concept that a quantum field underlies the entire description of all real, mass embodied objects in the physical Universe, down to the atomic description of matter. And it is described as a hologram because it allows for the description of higher dimensional reality in its physical dimensional properties. We are familiar with the way that a 2-dimensional hologram on a sheet of film illuminated by coherent laser light creates a 3-dimensional image apparent to the eye.
An important property of the quantum description is that it is not confined to the location of the object, and so is said to be non-local. Here, what is described by the word non-local means that when two particles collide, as in a particle accelerator, their recoil particles are conjoined over spaces of many miles, so that measurement of the properties of one particle causes instantaneous definition of the quantum state of the other over the vast distance. In particular, this co-joining occurs at speeds measured to be faster than the speed of light.
This is not a problem for the theory of relativity and the finite speed of light. Recall that the Einstein Special Theory of Relativity states that no particle can travel faster than light, but this does not seem to restrict the quantum description of particles.
a. Telepathy
A key component of the quantum description of all existence is that it is carried on a single quantum field, meaning that since all reality is carried on a single entity, the descriptions of all things are local to each other. This explains how so many things seem to be able to interact with one another. Thus in telepathy, since the mind of individual A is carried in the QH field shared with individual B, the two are closely in contact throughout spacetime, and telepathy is enabled.
This allows us to understand the nature of "emergent properties." It has been noted that something seemingly simple like the flapping of a butterfly's wings in Illinois can produce a thunderstorm in Siberia 5 days later. Of course it is true that the butterfly's miniscule atmospheric disturbance happened to be amplified by atmospheric convection currents over the Illinois cornfields, perhaps further amplified by jet exhaust and other atmospheric weather-related forces of many kinds, with the dramatic storm resulting. This combination of subtle effects, far to complicated to measure or understand or describe, and ordinarily seen to be unimportant and unrelated, produced the extreme weather remotely, and this is therefore discussed as a simple result of "emergent properties".
b. Remote viewing
Thus we understand phenomena like remote viewing as arising as the emergent property of the act of consciousness, seen as a sentient being's mental response to a distant observer's viewing of reality. Since the remote viewer formulates a mental image of the scene, and the mental image is transmitted by the brain in a process similar to the brain's receiving such information, and since the remote viewer and receiver share a description of the remote sight, the local viewer, with training, "tunes in" to the mental perception of the remote viewer. This property is assisted if the remote viewer and the local perceiver are friends or relatives, so that that the conjoining of the minds is a previously learned brain function. Similarly, some people can feel the unique presence of another known person by just "feeling their energy," and it is un-surprising that, in this case, can even know from their "feeling" who the unseen person is.
c. Astrology
In a similar way, astrology is relatively easily understood. The current scientific view is that the solar system planets exert only tiny gravitational forces on any particle or life-form on earth, compared to the enormous gravity of the Earth itself, or of the Sun, and therefore there should be no astronomical connection between planets and human emotional state. But as we increasingly understand the nature of consciousness to involve a resonance with the quantum description of all matter, and since the quantum description of planetary locations and alignments can grossly affect this locally perceived consciousness component, astrology would naturally be enabled. In other words, because the description of the planetary masses shares the same quantum field as the description of consciousness because of non-locality, celestial planetary alignments can have more power over consciousness activity than implied by the classical physics gravity description would predict.
d. Ghosts, fairies
It seems that fewer people report seeing fairies today. It is no longer in our popular culture. It seems likely that fairies are a way of the human mind to accept the perception of something unfamiliar, like the appearance of any ethereal object, in terms of something culturally known, like fairies. Possibly the appearance of extraterrestrials long ago was misinterpreted as fairies at a past time when there was no way for most humans to mentally accept the appearance of extraterrestrials, as seen today.
The understanding of ghosts and other modern miracles requires acceptance of a new understanding of the nature of soul and human existence, as will the understanding of the other Modern Miracles.
e. Levitation
The following section contains a description grounded in the traditional scientific mathematics of the Einstein General Relativity Theory. In the subsection is a description of applications wherein gravity is cancelled by vorticity. In a later section, the quantum description of consciousness will include vorticity. Thus the ability of some religious practitioners to achieve levitation resulting from their meditative practice is also potentially explained as described in the section to follow.
3. What, exactly, is the Quantum Hologram?
This topic is ordinarily discussed only by scientists, and can only be reasonably described in their own vocabulary. Less qualified readers might prefer to skip this section.
The question in the sub-title is equivalent to asking, "what is the basis of the quantum description in the physical theory of matter?" In a university course on quantum physics, this question is not addressed. The quantum description of matter is simply described as having a basis in information, with no clear definition of what is "waving" although some scientists have commented that it is something like the ether. Because the claimed existence of a "dark energy" seen in analysis of supernova brightness curves as probably a scalar field in the Einstein 4-dimensional description of space-time has lead some to conclude that the dark energy is the quantum field, we discuss it in such terms. But we feel that the accepted supernova detection of dark energy is not supported by data, since the supernova brightness measurements have not been corrected for the baryonic dark matter seen throughout the cosmic universe, foreground to distant quasars, and revealed by their Lyman-alpha hydrogen gas absorption signatures. In other words, the missing baryonic component of dark matter is probably seen in the Lyman-alpha absorption clouds, which are seen by their absorption line signatures to be absorbing the quasar's light, and are surely also refracting it, but have not been corrected for in the supernova brightness analysis.
However the understanding of the quantum description of matter as resident in a scalar field as described by Einstein is probably correct. In this case, the quantum field descriptor of matter is a descriptor of an attribute of space itself. It is easiest to understand as each of the 4-dimensions of space-time being complex numbers, with each dimension having a real part as always understood, but also having an associated imaginary part, meaning each dimension has an associated attribute of frequency. In pure mathematics, this is described as a 4-dimensional Stein manifold, with the relationship of the imaginary part to the real part described by Parseval's theorem.
In subsequent essays to be written for the FREE (Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters) website we will describe how consciousness is related to Helical waves sharing the same quantum space, and as quantum descriptors of vorticity, being off-diagonal components of the Einstein Stress-Energy tensor describing the curvature of space.
Moreover we will see that this description is compatible with the Einstein Strong Principle of Equivalence, which states that all permitted space transfor-mations have a time-like coordinate transformation. With this understanding, it is reasonable to understand that the quantum description of matter is unified with the relativity theory if the Vacuum Zero Point Energy represents the intersection of our imaginary coordinate components with the related imaginary components in all universes of the multi-verse. Thus it follows that if our Universe is comparable to all other universes in the multiverse, the google-valued Vacuum Zero Point Energy measured in our Universe shows that there are a google number of universes in the Multi-verse.
This also puts perspective on UFO properties. An anti-gravity property has often been noted, where the craft hang motionless and silent in the sky. But if the spacecraft can create sufficient vorticity, of a sense to operate through the General Relativity equations as negative off-diagonal terms of the stress-energy tensor that cancel the positive gravitational force, the observed neutral buoyancy of the craft would be achieved.
A second UFO property is similarly explained. Observers describing UFO appearances often describe the unexpected changes in forward motion of the craft, whereby without decelerating to stop, and re-accelerating in a new direction, the craft are instead observed to simply undertake a right-angle turn at normal cruise speed. This would imply impossibly large forces to change the craft's momentum instantaneously. However, if the mass of the craft, including its occupants, has been cancelled by a vorticity induced by magneto-electrical currents, the mass component that is featured in the principle of equivalence, would be cancelled and with it the craft's momentum on either the original or the observed altered direction.
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Schneider, Jet Charge to build charging stations as Nissan dealers ready for new Leaf
Source: Schneider Electric
Nissan Australia is making ready for the arrival of the new all-electric Nissan Leaf in Australia in August, with a deal that will see Melbourne-based Jet Charge install electric car charging stations at Nissan dealers throughout Australia.
The chargers, which will be supplied to Jet Charge by Schneider Electric, will be located at 89 city and regional dealerships, creating what it claims will be Australia's largest electric car sales network.
A report commissioned by Nissan in 2018 showed that two-thirds of Australians see the shift to electromobility is inevitable, with one-third already considering buying an electric car.
However, along with currently higher prices compared to combustion engine equivalents, access to charging infrastructure has been noted as a barrier to adoption.
The construction of the Nissan dealership charging network with Schneider Electric will go some way to addressing this, says Jet Charge CEO Tim Washington.
"Working with Schneider Electric to provide reliable, world class charging technology enables us to install the best charging solutions for Australian consumers," he said in a note by email.
"Driven by increasing charging infrastructure and car model availability, the Australian electric vehicle industry is soon to leapfrog over other markets, and is already well ahead of other markets.
Jet Charge will install the chargers over the next 6 months, readying Australia for an influx of Leafs due in August – with almost a decade of EV motoring under its belt and 400,000 Leafs on the road worldwide, positioning itself as a leader in the Australian electric car market is something Nissan is certainly well-placed to do.
"In fact, electrified vehicles will represent a third of Nissan volume in Australia during our mid-term plan," said Nissan Australia's managing director Stephen Lester in a note.
"By introducing more electric alternatives on several of our key models, we will make mass market electrification a reality. I have no doubt electric vehicles will be a success here, and sooner than many think, and Nissan is planning for this now to ensure we meet the future needs of the buyer."
Schneider Electric make AC chargers, including the 22kW EVlink that many may have seen as part of the existing Queensland Electric Superhighway network and that JET Charge will install at Nissan dealerships.
These are the chargers that allow for "top-up" charging over a 3-4 hour period while undertaking daily activities such as work, shopping or running errands, or simply while relaxing out of doors.
Laetitia Odini, marketing manager for Schneider's electric vehicles and retail segment, told The Driven, Schneider Electric's experience in mature EV markets overseas shows that for the daily use, AC chargers will satisfy most every day needs.
"Overseas, the majority of the charging is done at home," she says. "People drive to work, then they return home."
"It's important to install [DC chargers] alongside highways because Australia has long distances…but most of these new EVs have more than enough range to cater for a few days driving without worrying about a flat battery."
While most charging is often done at home (and JET Charge offer an option for home charger installation), Odini says that, "Charging infrastructure is important…you still need to be able to provide those other options, in carparks, commercial and office buildings."
For JET Charge, the partnership with Nissan Australia brings Australia one step closer to a flourishing electric car market.
"Partnering with leading car and technology manufacturers will enable us to accelerate this growth further, and set Australian EV uptake soaring."
Update: A spokesperson from Nissan Australia has confirmed the chargers will be installed on forecourts and will be available during dealer's hours of operation.


i already removed it from the programs.
So, I'm sure everyone already saw this on Leaky or somewhere else but it seems that David Yates is "tempted" to direct DH!!! Why doesn't he just go ahead and just come out and tell everyone he is directing it! and that it will be 2 movies!
Well I'll suspence them! They did say it would only be a couple of weeks and now its been over a month. Tell us already....or at least give us something from HBP.
Matthew Lewis has supposidly confirmed that DH will be split into two movies!!!! I really hope this is true!
Oh i hope he did, please please please!
The Gimp is a pretty powerful image editor, but there is a bit of a learning curve to get started with it.
As for the two movies... I don't know what I think about it. I think I would have preferred a set up like the LOTR movies. Have a shorter original theatrical release, then go all out for the dvd version... or even release that one separately (maybe a bit later?) in movie theaters as well.
I agree with you , dp. That would have been their best way to do it. If only we could change everyone to be younger than they are we could do it!
I'm a bit surprised the movies don't have special editions with added scenes in them for dvd releases... Or maybe Rowling will take a page from George Lucas and wait awhile, then start adding them in.
It would have made sense to film a lot of extra for future editing, but I think we'd have heard about it by now if they had.
There aren't a lot of film franchises that could get away with it, but I think HP is one of them.
I wish they had done it. We could have 4 hour movies!
I really wish we had super extended editions!


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Seabed microbe study leads to low-cost power, light for the poor
Gonzalo Giribet
By Alvin Powell Harvard News Office
A Harvard biology professor's fascination with seafloor microbes has led to the development of a revolutionary, low-cost power system consuming garbage, compost, and other waste that could provide light for the developing world.
Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Peter Girguis has developed a fuel cell run by the natural activity of anaerobic microbes. The cells can be manufactured for just a few U.S. dollars, putting them within reach of many of the world's poor who today do not have access to electricity.
Though the power output is relatively low, Girguis said it should be sufficient to run low-energy lighting or to recharge batteries for a host of devices such as cell phones, an increasingly important communications method in the developing world.
"There are 2.8 billion people on Earth without electricity who are clamoring for [power]," Girguis said. "Most people want electricity for lighting and telecommunication."
Girguis' work was recently awarded a $10,580 Lindbergh Grant by the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation. The grant — the amount Lindbergh used to build his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis — was one of 14 awarded this year out of 150 applicants. Girguis said the money is welcome because the project falls between areas that traditionally attract research funding.
Scientists have been studying microbial fuel cells in the lab for decades, Girguis said. His aim has been to take existing knowledge and apply it in a workable, inexpensive device that can be distributed to places lacking electricity.
The crucial point in the development process came when Girguis realized that the fuel cells didn't require research-grade materials to operate properly and that they'd work adequately with less expensive materials that would significantly lower the cost.
The fuel cells operate because of a particular trait of anaerobic bacteria. As these bacteria live and metabolize food in their oxygen-free environments, they produce extra electrons, which are normally released into the material around them. By introducing an electrode, those electrons can be harvested to create a small electrical current.
Girguis' fuel cell uses an electrode, wires, and a small circuit board about the size of a pack of cards. The electricity flows from the electrode into the circuit board and out of one of two outlets on the other side. One provides juice for electrical devices such as LED lightbulbs while the other has a cell phone recharger.
Iqbal Quadir, executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, is intrigued by Girguis' fuel cells. Quadir, who started a company that has brought cell phone service to millions of people in Bangladesh, has offered to let Girguis distribute the microbial fuel cells as part of a new power-generation venture Quadir is heading. The venture, Emergence Bioenergy, uses microbe-filled biodigesters to generate methane from cow manure. The methane is then burned to generate electricity.
"I like his technology, it's a paradigm shift," Quadir said. "He could put his technology inside our biodigesters and produce extra watts."
A number of steps remain before that can happen, however. Though Girguis has developed several different fuel cells, he has not yet begun producing them. The Lindbergh grant will finance continued research on the cells, to see the difference in output from different soils and sediments, and on what happens when the soil is enriched with organic matter.
Girguis is considering a public demonstration of the technology, perhaps by putting a fuel cell into a trash can with a public cell phone and charger attached. People could make calls from the phone, and, each time someone threw garbage into the receptacle, they'd be feeding the microbes that were powering the charger.
An additional benefit to the fuel cell technology is that, since it doesn't burn fossil fuels, it generates power without having an impact on the climate. Despite that feature, Girguis said the fuel cells are not a replacement for fossil fuels. The cells can be enlarged — with larger electrodes — to generate more power and supply power through wires that run into a house, but the cells are most appropriate to bring power to remote areas, not as a substitute for existing municipal power grids. A plant to power a town the size of Cambridge would cover several blocks, Girguis said.


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A hopeful yet practical collection of essays exploring the many opportunities and benefits of rewilding and how to get involved today. Highly illustrated with nature photography tracing landscape change over thousands of years.
Ash spewed into the sky. All eyes were on Vesuvius. Pliny the Elder sailed towards the phenomenon. A teenage Pliny the Younger waited. His uncle did not come back.
This best-selling title will be relaunched in September 05 with a fresh new cover design. Alwyn Crawshaw has a very loyal following among amateur painters, and this book is an ideal introduction to this popular medium.
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With the advent of community mental health services now being provided by Non-Government Organisations, it is becoming evident that we are catching many people with personality disorders. I work for a PHaMS program and previously was with a HASI program in NSW, and we receive many referrals from our local Mental Health Services.
I would estimate at least a third of these have PD's, and what generally happens when we accept these referrals is the local MHS then discharges them from their case management and we are left to try and work with them.
Welfare workers having to cope with the stress that inevitably follows the breakdown in the relationship with the person with PD when we challenge their behaviours.
This is something we do successfully with others but has disastrous outcomes with people with PDs.


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Sat - Feb 4, 2023 - 7:30pm PST NIC+DESI sing, dance and share their love story in this duo celebration of classic and contemporary Broadway! Following star turns on Broadway and in numerous nationally touring musicals, theatrical power couple Nicolas Dromard and Desireé Davar created this new duo act to be able to share their love of song and dance with venues worldwide. In this high-energy show, NIC+DESI bring audiences on their journey of love while performing stage and screen favorites, from Great American Songbook standards ("Shall We Dance," "Cheek to Cheek," "I Won't Dance") to hits from their favorite roles in Broadway's JERSEY BOYS, WEST SIDE STORY, OKLAHOMA!, WICKED, and more! Available with a small combo of musicians, piano accompaniment, or professionally-recorded tracks, NIC+DESI captivate crowds with spectacular Broadway song and dance both in the traditional style and with a fresh, modern twist! Tickets: Adults $29, Senior/Military $26, Students $19, Kids 12 & Under $10
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Oxygen-saturation targets and outcomes in extremely preterm infants
N Engl J Med. 2003 Sep 4;349(10):959-67. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa023080.
Lisa Maree Askie 1 , David John Henderson-Smart, Les Irwig, Judy Margaret Simpson
1 Centre for Perinatal Health Services Research, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. lisa.askie@perinatal.usyd.edu.au
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa023080
Background: Physiological studies have shown that chronic hypoxemia may occur in preterm infants who require supplemental oxygen for extended periods and that this hypoxemia may contribute to poor growth and development. Anecdotal reports and uncontrolled observational studies have suggested that a higher oxygen-saturation range may be beneficial in terms of growth and development.
Methods: We conducted a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial involving 358 infants born at less than 30 weeks of gestation who remained dependent on supplemental oxygen at 32 weeks of postmenstrual age. They were randomly assigned to a target functional oxygen-saturation range of either 91 to 94 percent (standard-saturation group) or 95 to 98 percent (high-saturation group); this target was maintained for the duration of supplemental-oxygen therapy. The primary outcomes were growth and neurodevelopmental measures at a corrected age of 12 months.
Results: There were no significant differences between the groups in weight, length, or head circumference at a corrected age of 12 months. The frequency of major developmental abnormalities also did not differ significantly between the standard-saturation group and the high-saturation group (24 percent and 23 percent, respectively, P=0.85). There were six deaths due to pulmonary causes in the high-saturation group and one such death in the standard-saturation group (P=0.12). The high-saturation group received oxygen for a longer period after randomization (median, 40 days vs. 18 days; P<0.001) and had a significantly higher rate of dependence on supplemental oxygen at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age and a significantly higher frequency of home-based oxygen therapy.
Conclusions: Targeting a higher oxygen-saturation range in extremely preterm infants who were dependent on supplemental oxygen conferred no significant benefit with respect to growth and development and resulted in an increased burden on health services.
Copyright 2003 Massachusetts Medical Society
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Oxygen / blood*
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy* / standards
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