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The milk taste test
The smallholder producing milk for the family should be able to ensure that all milk destined for the kitchen is consistently pleasing to the taste buds.
Jenny White on how to produce great-tasting goat's milk
Milk taken from a healthy goat in hygienic surroundings and stored correctly in sterile containers should be sweet smelling and free from any noticeable flavour. A good indication of taint-free milk is when your visitors need to enquire whether or not you've served them cows' or goats' milk on their breakfast cereal or in their tea.
I would describe goats' milk as clean tasting, less cloying and slightly less sweet than cows' milk with perhaps an occasional hint of coconut. The other day I asked a friend's teenage daughter if she had tried goats' milk."Yuk!" she said. The look of distaste on her face had me convinced that she had had a bad experience somewhere. But no, the young person admitted she had never actually tasted goats' milk and could give no logical explanation for her aversion.
I don't know which I find more frustrating, the consumer who has this ingrained aversion to goats' milk, the consumer who has had one bad experience of poorly produced goats' milk and refuses to try it again, or the one who assumes the milk is awful because they tried a goats' cheese once and didn't like it. I would like to be able to convince all smallholders that keeping a couple of dairy goats is a big step towards self-sufficiency but, it would seem, I first need to explain why some goats' milk doesn't taste as good as it should.
Human health concerns
It's not for no reason that dairy products attract so much attention from the environmental health department and other food agencies. Milk is an ideal medium for growing bacteria and absorbing taints from extraneous sources. Poor dairy hygiene can lead to nasty-tasting milk but it also has the potential to cause illness when specific bacteria are present. Bacteria reproduce at an alarming rate. Temperature is critical to their development as the figures below show.
Correct cooling not only slows down the growth of bacteria but also inhibits the activity of the enzyme lipase. Lipase will do you no harm but it's responsible for imparting a 'goaty' taint to the milk. There seems to be a small minority of consumers who actually relish this flavour in their goats' milk! I came across an article on the internet, written by a commercial cheese maker, extolling the presence of high levels of lipase which, said the writer, "gave goat cheese its distinctive flavour". This may be acceptable, and even welcome, to the cheese connoisseur but, to most families, the presence of any noticeable goatiness is a real turn-off.
Anyone choosing to sell goats' milk must be licensed and their milk must undergo regular microbiological tests to ensure it's not harmful to health. Supermarkets will also demand, as an extra measure, that it's heat treated, to ensure all bacteria are killed off and homogenised to ensure it has a shelf-life in excess of 10 days. This will affect the flavour. I've purchased supermarket goats' milk with almost no distinguishable flavour but, on other occasions, the same brand has been unmistakably goats' milk – not unpleasant, just different to cows' milk.
Lipolysis, the release of excessive amounts of fatty acids into the milk, is responsible for the distinctive goaty flavour of some milk. Poor dairy hygiene and careless milking practices often shoulder the blame for goaty tasting milk but this is only partly true. The characteristic goaty flavour only becomes apparent with over activity of the lipase enzyme. Because the enzyme works with bacteria, a high bacteria count in the milk will exacerbate the situation but even the most hygienic milking regime can't always prevent it.
Bacteria may be present as a result of sub-clinical mastitis. Hormonal activity at oestrus and after kidding is often responsible for brief periods of tainted milk in some goats, and subjecting goats' milk to excessive agitation will damage the fragile cells and also create this fatty acid taint. High lipase activity is often particular to an individual goat and generally only in the circumstances mentioned above.
However, there are goats that manifest high levels of lipase at all times of their lactation. These goats are fortunately rare, but if you have such a goat, please don't damage the reputation of goats' milk by offering her milk for general consumption. Lipase cannot survive at a temperature of 56°C, therefore heating the milk to this temperature immediately after milking will destroy the enzyme and prevent any taint developing. This is a good way of testing for this fatty acid taint. If you have a goat with high lipase activity, pasteurising her milk as soon as possible after milking could solve the problem.
External contamination
Contamination of milk from external sources is usually fairly easy to identify and is invariably the result of careless storage. Never recycle plastic containers. Those that have held fruit juice can impart strange fruity flavours to the milk. Any that have previously held milk are notoriously difficult to sterilise because plastic has a softer, less robust, surface than glass or stainless steel. Containers that have held branded spring water can be used once but are then best discarded.
Milk stored in the fridge should always be in a sealed container. Some excellent glass jugs are available, designed to stand in the door of the fridge, and they come complete with a plastic lid. As the milk isn't in direct contact with the plastic, though, it doesn't pose the same threat as a plastic jug or a recycled plastic bottle.
An unpleasant metallic taint in milk is the result of chemical traces left on equipment due to inefficient rinsing. Oxidation produces a cardboard flavour in the milk. It's not a common cause of milk taint but will occur in milk left uncovered for any length of time in sunlight or under fluorescent light.
Taints that occur in very fresh milk fall into two categories. The most straightforward and possibly the easiest to diagnose are the transient taints connected with the consumption of strong flavoured foods. Large quantities of swede, cabbage or kale need the maximum time for digestion prior to milking. They are best presented immediately after a milking. Sugar beet pulp is a welcome and palatable addition to a goat's diet, especially during winter but, if it's fed to excess, it will impart a fishy taint to the milk.
It's difficult to control what a goat chooses to eat while she's free ranging but being aware that several plant species can be problematic will help to manage the situation. There are several items listed under the heading of Plants that can taint milk in HMSO Book of Poisonous Plants. Some, for example hemlock, yew, horsetail, bracken, buttercup, henbane and laburnum are poisonous to a greater or lesser degree, and if eaten in any quantity, the goat isn't likely to live long enough for milk taint to be a problem!
Other plants known to taint milk include wild garlic, elderflower, mint, fools' parsley, birdsfoot trefoil, shepherd's purse, ivy leaves (a useful tonic in small doses but beware of the poisonous berries), oak, cress, sweet clover (melilotus), wood sorrel and various plants from the compositae family. Apart from those known to be poisonous, there's no need to ban these plants from a goat's diet, but if you notice off flavours in the milk that can't be explained any other way, a walk around the pasture observing what the goats are eating may give you an answer. It's also worth noting that carrots and peas sweeten the milk.
Goat health
The second category of tainted fresh milk involves the health of the goat and is a much more complicated issue. Mastitis, metabolic disorders, worms and mineral deficiencies all have an effect on milk production and flavour. Mastitis is usually accompanied by physical changes in the milk such as clots and stringiness. In severe cases the goat will appear ill and be running a high temperature. Her milk looks distasteful and is obviously unfit for consumption.
Goats suffering from sub-clinical mastitis will show no symptoms other than a lowered milk yield. The milk will look normal but the taste test will reveal a slight saltiness. This must be investigated as the goat could be shedding harmful bacteria into her milk.
Ketosis or acetonaemia is caused when the goat can't consume sufficient energy foods for her needs and is unable to digest protein efficiently. Acute cases are recognised by the smell of keytones present in the milk and often on her breath – the smell is distinctive, of pear drops or nail varnish. The milk will also taste strangely sweet. The condition occurs shortly after kidding and is accompanied by a reluctance to eat concentrate at the very time she should be having maximum rations. Ketosis is a life threatening metabolic disorder caused because the goat isn't eating and is living off her body reserves. It won't get better by itself but responds quite quickly when treated with drenches available from the vet.
Sometimes it's difficult to describe an off-flavour. Is it bitter? Does it lack sweetness? Does it leave an aftertaste? When I kept goats commercially, my taste test awarded marks out of 10. I awarded full marks for milk that tasted wholesome, creamy and sweet, that I knew would be enjoyed by small children. It was rare for any goat to achieve less than eight.
If any goat did have a problem, it occurred soon after kidding and, in my experience, was more likely to be related to its metabolism rather than its hormones. Vitamin B12 is produced in the rumen. A deficiency affects the goat's metabolism, and according to the Goat Veterinary Society, is the most frequent cause of tainted goats' milk.
Normal healthy goats receiving a well-balanced and mineral rich diet shouldn't suffer any deficiency but there are certain conditions, notably infection from worms and shortage of cobalt, which will upset this delicate balance and hinder the production of vitamin B12.
Bitter-tasting milk is often blamed directly on a shortage of the trace element cobalt. The full story is that cobalt is essential for the production of B12 and as it's not stored in the goat's system, it must be available in the goat's diet on a daily basis. A diet containing a wide variety of plant species, either fresh or as hay, and ideally from a herbal ley containing chicory, together with the provision of a mineral supplement formulated for goats and a cobaltised mineral lick should ensure there is no shortage of cobalt.
Worm control is an essential aspect of goat husbandry and even a relatively mild worm infection will inhibit the production of B12. Therefore, if your goat is giving tainted milk, check your worming routine and arrange a faecal egg count.
Lack of published research means that goat keepers often have to try and work out their own management strategies. Some goat keepers routinely inject newly-kidded goats with vitamin B12. Others maintain that tempting their goat with a Marmite sandwich gives good results. I've heard of the problem of bitter tasting milk being resolved by giving a goat proprietary antacid tablets for a few days. The calcium carbonate appears to address the calcium to phosphorus ratio that can be upset following kidding.
A diet high in roughage but with insufficient energy foods to meet the goats' requirements will result in strong-tasting milk. This often occurs after kidding and rights itself after a week or so but should be viewed as a warning that diet management during and after kidding wasn't perfectly suited to the goat's needs.
All off-flavours in milk have a cause and should be investigated and, if necessary, corrected. If the milk isn't destined for human consumption, it doesn't really matter if it tastes of wild garlic or has been left to oxidise under a fluorescent light. If lack of vitamin B12 or an inappropriate diet is the cause, the taint is a warning that all is not right with the goat and her long term health could be jeopardised.
This article is from the June 2006 issue of Country Smallholding magazine.
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I was just sent a flyer for a forthcoming conference that looks pretty cool. It's Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Second Biannual Bioengineering of Nanostructures for Biomedical and Biotechnical Applications. December 1-3, 1999 in Boston.
Includes stuff like "Nanotubes for Probing Biomolecules". See http://www.healthtech.com/conference/nno/nno.htm .


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The Daily Talk Show — Monday Feb 12 (Ep 20) - Josh Janssen & Tommy Jackett.
If it's your first time listening, welcome!
Today we talk about being practical over romantic.
Tommy's married, Josh isn't, but he's been with his partner for over 10 years.
We talk about the pain of weddings, copying people's work and having people talk about you behind your back... ooo la la.


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Le Pajonal, ou cerro Rio Grande, est un stratovolcan éteint aujourd'hui, situé en Argentine, dans la province de Catamarca, département d'Antofagasta de la Sierra.

En Argentine et en Uruguay, le mot pajonal signifie « terrain couvert de paille (paja), inondable et humide ».

Il ne faut pas confondre le Pajonal argentin avec le volcan Pajonales, situé plus au nord en territoire chilien, près des volcans Salín et Pular.

Géographie
Le Pajonal est situé à sept kilomètres au sud-sud-ouest de son voisin, l'Abra Grande (), avec lequel il forme un important complexe volcanique. Ce complexe est en fait le rebord est et sud d'un ancien cratère beaucoup plus vaste, une ancienne caldeira dont les bords nord et ouest se sont effondrés. À cet endroit, au nord-ouest, on peut voir la Corrida del Pajonal une large surface recouverte de matériaux volcaniques.

Le Pajonal conjointement avec l'Abra Grande a émis de véritables fleuves de lave noirâtre que l'on distingue clairement sur les photographies prises par satellite. La coulée la plus spectaculaire est un énorme fleuve noir dirigé vers le sud puis le sud-ouest. La coulée est longue de 20 kilomètres, et large de 2 kilomètres en moyenne, et s'étend jusqu'au salar appelé Salina Aguas Calientes.

Au nord-ouest à quelque 25 kilomètres à peine, se trouve le Cordón del Azufre.

Au sud-est l'Antofalla () se dresse à une quarantaine de kilomètres à l'est-sud-est. Les volcans Lila et Cerro Cajeros (), proches de l'Antofalla, se trouvent eux à quelque 22 et 35 kilomètres au sud-est également.

Tourisme
Le Pajonal est situé dans une contrée désertique et quasi inhabitée ; l'eau potable y est une denrée très rare. C'est le cas de toute la région, qui est l'une des plus reculées et des plus isolées d'Argentine. Il n'y a aucune route et le tourisme est réservé à ceux qui sont attirés par l'aventure.

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Liste et photos des principaux volcans d'Amérique du Sud dont le Pajonal

Volcan en Argentine
Sommet en Argentine
Sommet des Andes
Province de Catamarca

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Q: PostgreSql using IN statemente with very slow performance recently i've installed PostgreSQL 9.0 w/ Postgis on a windows7 machine. Then, i've loaded several tables into one schema.
Now, i want to do a very simple query and at this time, i can see that it takes more then 10minutes.
I've searched through alot of places, also in stackoverflow.com and until now i can understand what is my mistake.
my problem:
Tbl_Proprietarios - 230000 records
Tbl_Predio - 160000 records
SELECT id_predios
FROM "Tbl_Predio"
where id_predios not in
    (
    SELECT id_predios
    FROM "Tbl_Proprietarios"
    )
;

thanks

A: Try a left outer join:
SELECT Tbl_Predio.id_predios
FROM Tbl_Predio
LEFT OUTER JOIN Tbl_Proprietarios ON Tbl_Predio.id_predios = Tbl_Proprietarios.id_predios
WHERE Tbl_Proprietarios.id_predios IS NULL;

Also, make sure that there is an index on Tbl_Proprietarios.id_predios.

A: Should run in a few seconds on a decent machine.
Table definition ? Indexes ? query plan ? Configuration ? Memory?
SELECT id_predios
FROM Tbl_Predio t1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
  SELECT *
  FROM Tbl_Proprietarios t2
  WHERE t2.id_predios = t1.id_predios
  )
;

EDIT:
Query plan with 2 * 999K records:
 Hash Anti Join  (cost=29813.47..61463.98 rows=79 width=4) (actual time=3470.658..7142.042 rows=1045 loops=1)
   Hash Cond: (t1.id_predios = t2.id_predios)
   ->  Seq Scan on tbl_predio t1  (cost=0.00..13912.33 rows=999033 width=4) (actual time=0.038..1458.946 rows=999033 loops=1)
   ->  Hash  (cost=13911.54..13911.54 rows=998954 width=4) (actual time=3238.919..3238.919 rows=998954 loops=1)
         ->  Seq Scan on tbl_proprietarios t2  (cost=0.00..13911.54 rows=998954 width=4) (actual time=0.057..1479.807 rows=998954 loops=1)
 Total runtime: 7143.919 ms
(6 rows)

EDIT2:
the test script:
DROP SCHEMA tmp CASCADE;
CREATE SCHEMA tmp;

DROP TABLE tmp.Tbl_Predio CASCADE;
DROP TABLE tmp.Tbl_Proprietarios CASCADE;

CREATE TABLE tmp.Tbl_Predio ( id_predios INTEGER NOT NULL );
CREATE TABLE tmp.Tbl_Proprietarios ( id_predios INTEGER NOT NULL );

INSERT INTO tmp.Tbl_Predio ( id_predios) SELECT serie.val
    FROM generate_series(1,1000000) AS serie(val)
    ;

INSERT INTO tmp.Tbl_Proprietarios ( id_predios) SELECT serie.val
    FROM generate_series(1,1000000) AS serie(val)
    ;

DELETE FROM tmp.Tbl_Predio WHERE random() <= 0.001 ;
DELETE FROM tmp.Tbl_Proprietarios WHERE random() <= 0.001 ;

ALTER TABLE tmp.Tbl_Predio ADD PRIMARY KEY (id_predios) ;
ALTER TABLE tmp.Tbl_Proprietarios ADD PRIMARY KEY (id_predios) ;

EXPLAIN ANALYZE
SELECT id_predios
FROM tmp.Tbl_Predio t1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
  SELECT *
  FROM tmp.Tbl_Proprietarios t2
  WHERE t2.id_predios = t1.id_predios
  )
;

A: On my experience on SQL Server in operator usually is very slow.
Usually is better exists:
SELECT id_predios
  FROM "Tbl_Predio"
 WHERE not exists (
           SELECT 1
             FROM "Tbl_Proprietarios"
            WHERE "Tbl_Proprietarios".id_predios = "Tbl_Predio".id_predios
       )

(Note in MySQL usually occurs the opposite, but logically depends the query you are running)
Or you can use a left join:
SELECT id_predios
  FROM "Tbl_Predio"
  left join "Tbl_Proprietarios" on "Tbl_Proprietarios".id_predios = "Tbl_Predio".id_predios
 WHERE "Tbl_Proprietarios".id_predios is null

To know what is happening use EXPLAIN.

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CARLO Ancelotti last night claimed that nothing John Terry could do would prevent him from being his trusted captain at Chelsea.
As Terry suffered the bitter personal blow of losing the England captaincy, following the damaging revelations about his personal life, his club manager Ancelotti backed him utterly and steadfastly.
His spiritual home of Stamford Bridge, it seems, is Terry's only sanctuary right now.
There is also the worry that further damaging allegations about Terry's affair could emerge over the weekend.
Whatever those might be though, his club are standing by him. Terry is his captain, Ancelotti insisted last night – and he will remain so.
Ancelotti, whose side face Arsenal at Stamford Bridge tomorrow in one of the pivotal games of the Premier League season, said: "I have a very good relationship with John. I'm not interested in anything else. I'm not interested in the private life of anybody.
"If the private life of a player doesn't impinge upon his professional life, I don't have a problem.
"If John comes to the training ground, but is not able to train because he's tired or nervous, I am interested. But he comes and trains very well. He's always ready, always focused, always involved.
"He didn't kill anyone. At Chelsea, he will find a good place to stay.
"I train a club and Fabio Capello trains the national team. It is different. To keep John as the captain at Chelsea is my decision.


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Liberal Writer: Something "Wrong" With White Women Who Vote Republican
Posted by: admin in Politics November 12, 2018	0 2,809 Views
Guardian U.S. writer Moira Donegan is only one of many liberal feminists upset that more than half of American white women continue to vote for the Republican Party, but she appears to be more angry about it than most. In a column this week devoted to finding out "what's wrong with them," Donegan concludes that at least 53% of white women (the number that voted for Donald Trump) "would rather choose the racism espoused by the Republican Party than join in the moral coalition represented by men of color and other women." In other words, why aren't these women voting for Democrats, damn it!
"On the left, this number can elicit exasperation, rage, and even suspicions about the moral legitimacy of the feminist project," she writes. "It casts doubts on the political convictions of liberal white women, colors leftist perception of female-coded liberal political projects like the Women's March, and has prompted long-overdue calls for increased political leadership by women of color."
That's a very odd series of claims to make. Most pertinently, we've never seen a single true-blue liberal feminist express even a fraction of a doubt about the "moral legitimacy" of their efforts, and we have a feeling that Donegan herself has never wavered in her convictions. It seems to say, perhaps, that liberal white women are not fully buying into the hysteria of today's Democratic Party, and that is undoubtedly true, given how absurd and outlandish said party has become. It may also indicate that there's a healthy percentage of American white women who do not think protecting abortion should be among their life's highest aspirations.
Donegan goes on to note that the shift in Republican politics in the age of Trump has sparked a battle for "white women's hearts."
"As the Republican party has shifted its rhetoric away from drab Romneyite fiscal conservatism and towards the sadistic racism that is Donald Trump's stock and trade, there is some evidence that growing numbers of white women are turning away, repulsed," she writes. "There is a battle on for the soul of America, between the peevish, racist cruelty of Trump and his supporters and a vision of inclusion, justice, and decency forwarded by an increasingly diverse coalition on the left. Much of that battle is being waged in white women's hearts, with the left hoping that more and more of them will break with their historical loyalty to white supremacy and embrace a kinder, more sustainable model for the future."
Yes, and nothing will certainly make them come running more quickly than to assure them that they will be leaving behind a "historical loyalty to white supremacy"!
It's hard to imagine being this caught up in extremist feminism (Donegan betrays her ideology when she extensively quotes Andrew Dworkin later in her column) that you can't even comprehend why normal, sane women want nothing to do with it. We know what it is to "feel right" about something, but we're not sure we've ever felt this morally righteous in our entire lives. If we should ever mutter something snide about black female voters and their "historical loyalty to welfare," hopefully someone will tap us on the back and suggest a time out.
Someone should have done Donegan that favor when she turned in this crap-fest of a column.


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Australian Local Governments Stop Forced Amalgamation
by Wendell Cox 11/22/2010
Local government consolidations are often proposed by a wide range of interests, often out of the belief that they will produce more efficient (less costly) governments. Much of the academic literature supports this view. However, the evidence indicates that material savings routinely fail to occur from such amalgamations. The claimed $300 million annual savings in Toronto's megacity quickly became higher costs and a larger bureaucracy.
As in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec the Australian state governments of New South Wales (Sydney is the capital), Victoria (Melbourne is the capital) and Queensland (Brisbane is the capital) have been aggressive in forcing municipalities to merge over the last two decades. Often these attempts have met with opposition from residents. A forced amalgamation in Montreal was so unpopular that a new provincial government established mechanisms to "demerge." Despite formidable barriers, 15 cities chose independence.
Sometimes amalgamations are proposed for much smaller jurisdictions than 2.5 million population Toronto or even the 1990s merger that created the 90,000 population city of Melbourne, which is the core city of the Melbourne metropolitan area.
In July, the New South Wales government announced intentions to amalgamate three jurisdictions ranging with a total population of 35,000. The city of Armidale-Dumaresque, Uralla Shire and Gyura Shire are located in the "New England" region of New South Wales, one-half way between Sydney and Brisbane. The amalgamation would have replaced the local governments with the New England Regional Council, a mega-jurisdiction of 5,000 square miles (13,000 square kilometers), a land area approximately equal in size to the area of the states of Delaware, Rhode Island and the province of Prince Edward Island (Canada) combined.
The proposal met with determined opposition, from citizens and from the local governments. For example, the Uralla Shire Council submittal to the state Local Government Boundaries Commission, cited pitfalls of local government consolidations, relying on both Australian and international research. The Armidale Express reported that two former Guyra Shire council members mobilized that community against the amalgamation. There were substantial concerns. One was an interest in preserving historic communities, and the nearly universal aversion to moving city hall farther away. Errors were claimed in state government analyses that led to the amalgamation proposal and fiscal concerns were raised.
In the end, the Local Government Boundaries Commission recommended against the proposed amalgamation. Minister for Local Government, Barbara Perry made the announcement on November 17. Uralla, Guyra and Armidale-Dumaresque will not be forced to amalgamate.
The decision brought immediate positive responses from local leaders. Uralla Shire Mayor Kevin Ward said that he couldn't be happier with the decision. Guyra Shire Mayor Hans Heitbrink said that the decision not to merge the three councils speaks volumes about the spirit of the communities who fought to save their separate local government areas. Armidale-Dumaresq Mayor, Peter Ducat, spoke of the stress that the decision will relieve for council staff and the community.
They have reason to be pleased. Rarely, if ever, in recent decades have Australian jurisdictions retained their communities and their local democracies in the face of state amalgamation proposals.
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Janusowy kamień (ang. The Janus Stone) – powieść kryminalna z 2010, autorstwa brytyjskiej pisarki Elly Griffiths. Jej polskie wydanie ukazało się w 2011 nakładem Wydawnictwa Literackiego w tłumaczeniu Doroty Dziewońskiej.

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Jest drugą częścią kryminalnej serii z archeożką sądową Ruth Galloway, wykładowczynią archeologii na fikcyjnym Uniwersytecie Północnego Norfolku w King's Lynn (pochodzi z południowego Londynu, singielka, 40 lat, nadwaga - 80 kg). Jej partnerem w rozwiązywaniu zagadek kryminalnych jest antypatyczny inspektor Harry Nelson, pochodzący z Blackpool i nielubiący Norfolku. Ruth, po jednorazowej przygodzie erotycznej z Nelsonem, jest z nim w ciąży. Na placu budowy 75 eleganckich apartamentów na fikcyjnej Woolmarket street w Norwich odnaleziony zostaje bezgłowy szkielet dziewczynki. Dawniej (do 1981) w tym miejscu funkcjonował dom dziecka Zgromadzenia Sióstr Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego prowadzony przez charyzmatycznego ks. Patricka Hennesseya (Irlandczyka). Dochodzenie nie jest na rękę spieszącemu się z budową apartamentów Edwardowi Spensowi. Jednocześnie Max Grey, przyjaciel Ruth, ekspert z zakresu Brytanii rzymskiej, prowadzi wykopaliska na terenie dawnego rzymskiego miasta w Swaffham (faktycznie nie ma tam rzymskich ruin - stanowisko wzorowano na podobnym w Caistor St. Edmund). Dochodzenie toczy się wokół zaginionego w latach 70. rodzeństwa z domu dziecka - Martina i Elizabeth Black (12 i 5 lat). Tajemnicza jest rola dawnego wychowanka domu - przedsiębiorcy pogrzebowego Kevina Devisa oraz siostry Immaculaty.

W toku śledztwa Ruth, poszukując informacji na temat św. Brygidy, zagląda m.in. na anglojęzyczną Wikipedię.

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The Italian Football Association has a long history of producing its own products, and it is a major factor in the Italian clubs success in Europe.
With a budget of more than €100m, it's no wonder that the club has a number of products in its own factory.
"We have our own facilities in the state of Genoa," explained Gianni De Laurentiis, the president of the Association, to Sky Sport Italia.
"But we have also produced the jerseys for all of the other European teams.
It's important that we do that in Italy because the country is a manufacturing powerhouse."
"There are two types of manufacturing, the domestic and the international.
The domestic is made in Italy and the International is made here."
Italian teams are also able to export their goods, as long as the products are produced in the country of origin.
For instance, Milan's new jersey is made from 100% cotton, but the players and their coaches wear it in their training.
"It's very important for the players to wear the jersey, it makes the players feel that they are part of the team," De Laurentis explained.
"It also makes the team look good."
De Laurentiise is a big fan of Italian football, and he's not afraid to tell the story of the first team he coached in Genoa, who would not have been able to compete with Milan in the early 2000s without the Italian teams products.
"We were always competing with the Milan side and the Giallorossi.
There were no rules or anything.
It was a bit strange, because we had the Italian team in Geno, and we had a few Milan teams, but not the other teams.
We had to work harder," he said."
The team was strong and was always in the title race.
We were the only team in Italy that could beat Milan."
Nowadays, Italian football clubs have a wide range of products that are made in China, including jerseys, socks, shorts, football shirts, and football gloves.
In the past, it was not uncommon for the national team to make products in Italy, but that changed in the 1990s.
According to De Laurentiiis, Italy is a country with a large number of manufacturing plants and manufacturing companies.
The country is also a market that is growing at an extremely fast rate, and the association has to compete on a level playing field.
While the Italian Football Federation has its own factories in Genova and Sicily, the majority of the products that the clubs produce come from Chinese manufacturers.
A number of Italian players have been linked to China over the years, but it's unclear whether they have signed new contracts with their current clubs. De Giorgi , the new coach of Juventus, is a fan of the country, and has recently spoken to the press about the relationship between the two countries.
He said that Chinese teams play on a similar level as Italian clubs.
"In football, we have to play on the same pitch, we can be on the pitch, the ball is in our own end and it's the same level," he told La Repubblica.
It's a point that is echoed by Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, who said that there is a clear link between Chinese players and Juventus.
Agnelli is also keen to see Italian teams get involved in Chinese sporting events, so that the country can have its own national team.
Currently, the Chinese National Football Association (CNF) is not a member of the International Federation of Chinese Football Associations (IFCCAF).
However, the association does meet regularly with the Italian government, and is working on establishing an association to develop a Chinese Football Association.
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund
635 + Wildlife Trust projects supported since 1994
Every eligible Wildlife Trust has been supported
Thousands of young people closer to nature
Thousands of hectares of land aquired
What is the National Lottery?
The National Lottery – and with it National Lottery funding for good causes like heritage, arts, sport and charities – was established in 1994. Every ticket sold contributes funds to good causes across the UK.
National Lottery funding through The National Lottery Heritage Fund is one of The Wildlife Trusts most important sources of income and has helped us to achieve many amazing things for people and wildlife over the years.
About The National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest dedicated funder of heritage in the UK.
Since its creation in 1994, The Wildlife Trusts have worked closely with The National Lottery Heritage Fund to connect people to nature and each other, save precious wildlife-rich places, create new woodlands, wetlands, meadows and many other habitats and protect rare and endangered species.
The National Heritage Lottery Fund has invested a total of £7.1bn in 40,000 heritage projects. The hundreds of Wildlife Trust projects across the UK supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund have benefited thousands of people from all walks of life – helping them to experience the joy of wildlife in their daily lives; from children and young people to older generations; from those living in urban areas to those in the countryside, or by the coast.
Players of the National Lottery are helping Wildlife Trusts throughout the UK give a new lease of life to wildlife and wild places, and ignite the passions of individuals and communities to care for the wildlife on their doorstep.
Stephanie Hilborne OBE The Wildlife Trusts
Credit: Devon Wildlife Trust. (C) R Testa
Credit: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
Credit: (C) Maurice MacDonald. Scottish Wildlife Trust
Bringing People Closer to Nature
With the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund we are helping people of all ages and background to draw inspiration and strength from wildlife and wild places. This video shows how the amazing Access, Community and Education (ACE) project, run by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, is bringing people closer to nature.
Saving special wild places and threatened species
Working together within their communities Wildlife Trusts are saving special wild places and threatened species around the UK. This video of the Be There For Barn Owls project, led by Ulster Wildlife Trust, shows that people taking action for wildlife where they live and is a powerful force for change.
For information on other Natural Heritage projects, funded by LHF click here
How LHF has helped Wildlife Trusts transform places and lives
Since 1994, National Lottery players have helped every eligible Wildlife Trust (that's 44, by the way!) right across the UK deliver over 600 projects using money awarded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This has helped Wildlife Trusts to work alongside volunteers and other members of the local community to transform areas ranging from city roadside verges to vast areas of land and coast. Involving local communities does not just benefit wildlife – it also helps people to reconnect with local wild places, people experience improved health and wellbeing and it helps them to help themselves and others by learning new life skills or about subjects that can help society as a whole.
Here are just a few of the projects, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has had supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Churnet Youth project
Young people with learning difficulties were given the opportunity to get close to nature and learn new skills at a project being run in the Churnet Valley by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, thanks to money raised by National Lottery players.
The 'Churnet Youth' project, which was awarded a £26,000 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant, introduced youngsters to wildlife and nature conservation through practical activities while learning a wide range of skills.
The partnership project between Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and Leek College will initially be based at the Trust's Rod Wood nature reserve which boasts a wide variety of habitats.
The college will identify groups of eight to 10 young people each term to participate in the project. Most of these young people will have mild to moderate learning difficulties and a college tutor will accompany the groups.
Skills they will learn during the project could include hedge laying and coppicing as well as developing existing skills in horticulture. They will create mini-films showing the benefits and highlights of getting involved in the project, with the aim of encouraging wider participation.
Shaun Rimmer, from Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, who runs the project says: "There are many well-documented benefits to increasing people's engagement in the natural environment. These include improving physical fitness, mental health and reducing stress levels. Young people will be able to take advantage of these benefits by engaging with this project.
"There will also be opportunity for social interaction with their peers; building confidence and self-esteem, and finding out more about the local natural heritage and how they can get involved in its conservation."
The project will commence on Monday 18th December 2017 for one day per week during college term time.
For more information on this project, contact Shaun Rimmer at the Trust – s.rimmer@staffs-wildlife.org.uk
Hazel Barrow Farm
In Oct 2017, The LHF recently awarded a £57,300 grant to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, which will go towards a two-year project to buy land in the Staffordshire Moorlands between Leek and Buxton and engage local people in activities to raise awareness of locally threatened birds. The project will involve:
• Purchase 30 acres of unimproved grassland and devise a management plan
• Breeding season survey
• Habitat management works
• Off-site learning
The 30-acre site was part of Hazel Barrow Farm in Upper Hulme, and its importance is its location between two existing managed reserves, with potential to create a habitat corridor between the two, given its near idea conditions for wading birds. It is part of Leek Moors SSSI, designated for vegetation and geology. The key species to be protected are lapwing, curlew and snipe – red or amber list species threatened with local decline.
One of the key benefits of the grant is that it will enable the Trust to both help protect threatened bird species and raise awareness of them. The Moorlands is such a special place for wildlife, so this work is very important.
The rest of the money for the project was donated in the form of a substantial legacy gift which was kindly donated to the Trust.
The South West Peak Landscape Partnership is a group of organisations including Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, working to restore, protect, and improve the landscape of the South West Peak since 2016.
With the Peak District National Park Authority as lead partner and with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund this 5-year scheme (with benefits reaching far beyond that time) will work with local communities to build stronger connections with the landscape and with each other. The Partnership aims to enhance ecosystem services, the benefits we all get from the natural environment, and support sustainable farming in the area. You can find out more about the project here
With the leadership and dedication of its partners and the local community the South West Peak Landscape Partnership will use a £2.4 million National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, together with additional funding, to deliver 18 individual projects ranging from protecting the cultural resources of the area to supporting the recovery of our wading birds. A summary of each of these projects can be found in the Landscape Conservation Action Plan and as each project begins updates can be found on our Projects page and on our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Comprising an area of 354 square-kilometers the South West Peak contains a variety of stunning vistas, habitats and species and includes the sources of five major river systems that supply clean drinking water to communities including Stockport, Leek, Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield. While there are some more well-known locations within the South West Peak, such as the Goyt Valley and the Roaches, there are also many less-known sites that local people hold dear. Through this partnership scheme we will seek to understand and conserve these areas, and the natural systems around them, so that visitors and residents can continue to enjoy all that the South West Peak has to offer in a sustainable and responsible way.
The Landscape Partnership Manager is Karen Shelley-Jones, you can contact her via email at SWP@southwestpeak.co.uk
Churnet Valley Living Landscapes
The Churnet Valley Living Landscape project aims to conserve, enhance and celebrate the spectacular natural and built heritage of this area. Find out more here and further reading here
The Churnet Valley Living Landscape area is situated in North East Staffordshire and spans 49,000 acres. It includes the Weaver Hills, Ipstones Edge, Biddulph Moor, Consall and Rudyard. The project has received almost £2million funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The project is being led by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust but it is very much a partnership project. There are 15 partners including local authorities, the Canal and River Trust, Destination Staffordshire, Lafarge and the RSPB.
Transforming the Trent Valley
The striking landscape of the Trent Valley, along with its archaeological and industrial heritage and important wetland habitats, are set to benefit from the first stage of a £3 million project.
The first stage of the grant, amounting to £256,300, has been awarded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund (LHF) to The Central Rivers Initiative (CRI) as part of its 'Transforming the Trent Valley' partnership project led by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
The 18-month scheme—which supports the development of a larger proposal to be submitted for approval in 2018 for environmental, cultural and community-led projects—was given initial approval through its Landscape Partnership (LP) programme.
Julian Woolford, Chief Executive of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, said: "This is fantastic news and we were delighted to hear that our application has been successful.
"This funding will allow us to focus on work on part of the county's most treasured landscape and heritage, and will be a huge benefit to communities, organisations and crucially, wildlife.We are now looking forward to getting started with work on the ground and making a real difference to such an important part of our area."
Julia Jessel, Chairman of the CRI, said: "This is very exciting news and now means the CRI can deliver its long-term vision for the benefit of all. The success of our bid is also testament to the huge effort made by everyone involved. I am extremely proud to have the privilege of being the chairman of this partnership."
The 'Transforming the Trent Valley' scheme aims to turn people's outlook back to the river and floodplain, raise their level of appreciation for the local heritage, and engage them in constructive and informed decision-making about the future use and management of the landscape.
The Landscape Partnership Scheme will undertake a wide range of environmental, cultural and community-led projects within the Trent, Tame and Dove river valleys covering some 190 square kilometres from Uttoxeter to Tamworth and including the river valleys within or near to the main towns of Burton, Rugeley, Lichfield and Derby.
Work over the next 18 months will help to shape and define a range of projects. Projects will include:
Creating a more robust and attractive landscape for local people and for visiting tourists to enjoy with access to sites of wildlife and cultural interest.
Revealing the archaeological and industrial heritage that has shaped the river valley landscape.
Restoring characteristic river valley landscape features such as meandering river channels, water meadows and waterside trees.
Creating new and improved wildlife habitats such as reed beds, wet pastures and woodland encouraging species such as bittern, osprey and waders on land formerly quarried for sand and gravel.
Improving accessibility on foot, cycle and horseback with new opportunities for recreation and sport.
Once an integral part of the working lives of local communities much of the Trent Valley is now hidden from view and difficult to access.
Andrew Hearle, Central Rivers Initiative Manager, said: "Transforming the Trent Valley' project is to get people closer to a beautiful and revitalised landscape—and this money will allow that to happen. This lottery funding will give us the keys to help create a more robust and attractive landscape for local people and visiting tourists to enjoy, as well as restoring characteristic river valley features such as meandering river channels, water meadows and waterside trees."
"Local communities will also benefit as the scheme will involve improving accessibility to the area on foot, cycle and horseback with new opportunities for exploring local history, wildlife, as well as for recreation and sport."
Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund, said: "Our historic landscapes are incredibly important to people's wellbeing and need to be protected. Some of the landscapes we are funding today are in the most remote parts of the UK; others form an important backdrop to some of our largest cities. What they all have in common is the potential to make people's lives better, which is why they are so richly deserving of National Lottery money."
To find out more about the project visit http://www.centralrivers.org.uk/


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His jokes aren't always laugh out loud funny — and they can sometimes border on dirty — but he has a good time, so you can't help but laugh along. Libra is a social butterfly and uses that status as a way to get people interested in his jokes. He's also another sarcastic zodiac sign that uses his surroundings as props for joking around.
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Libra is the entertainer, so whether he's at a party or just out with friends, he's the one livening the mood. Once he gets started, there's no turning him off. Libra feeds off of the attention and laughs of others, so he'll stay on for as long as people are interested. All of his witty jokes are in good humor, of course.
He much prefers being silly over poking fun of others. Aquarius is witty, but he doesn't try very hard. He's one of those naturally funny zodiac signs who will make you burst out laughing without even realizing he made a joke. When he does try to be funny, his go-to method are usually little quips of dry humor. Aquarius also likes the darker side of humor — practical jokes, pranks, and the like.
Of course, he never does any of these things to hurt people, but he definitely is one of those people who has two sides of humor that differ greatly. Scorpio is another zodiac sign that likes dry humor over any other type of humor. Yeah, things suck, but at least he can still make a joke about it all, right? Scorpio is most on top of his game when things are going horribly wrong for him. Scorpio is also very sarcastic, which plays into his love of dry humor.
He's the kind of person whose sarcasm is actually funny and not just over-played or boring. When you're around him, you won't be able to stop yourself from rolling your eyes and laughing right along with him. Virgo finds humor in poking fun of others. I mean, he has his whole life together, so he certainly can't make fun of himself, can he?
Even though his wit and jokes aren't meant to hurt your feelings, he isn't going to deny that other people make him laugh. Virgo is also no stranger to complaining — complaining about work, his busy schedule, his messy apartment — but he tries to keep things light, too.
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Along with her role as Director and Head of GM Technology Core Engineering Integration Components, Pips is co-chair of the firm's LGBT Ally Program which aims to encourage an inclusive work culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole self to work and to promote authenticity in the workplace regardless of gender identity, gender expression or sexuality. Pips identifies as gender fluid and has always been open and out both personally and professionally - he/she typically spends half of the week as Phil and the other half as Pippa both at home and at work.
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The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840. Painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
"Fighting the Atlantic Slave Trade"
Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Missouri
Nominated by: Rachel Brekhus, Humanities Librarian, University of Missouri
A good educator knows that the best way to teach is to somehow bring the "experience" to the classroom. Fighting the Atlantic Slave Trade is a sophomore seminar course created by Dr. Daniel Domingues da Silva, assistant professor at the University of Missouri, with support from the Campus Writing Program. The university's Canvas learning management system supplied students access to a total of 150 18th-and 19th-century primary source materials on the British abolitionist movement from a variety of free online repositories, university-subscribed databases, and tangible library-owned rare items and reprints, including pamphlets, sermons, speeches, satirical drawings, reports, registries, committee prints, petitions, court testimony, letters, and tracts.
The Negro Servant, an Authentic and Interesting Narrative of a Young Negro. London, c. 1800. Courtesy of Ellis Special Collections, University of Missouri Libraries.
For an initial journal assignment students created a persona or character based on biographical sketches of historical figures in leading abolitionist Thomas Clarkson's circle. All personas were to be London-based members of Clarkson's Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (founded in 1787), but individual backgrounds varied; students might choose to write from the perspective of religious and political reformers, merchants, Enlightenment philosophers, or former slaves.
In later assignments students were instructed to create a written product with appropriate evidence and arguments for a particular 18th-or 19th-century audience, initially basing their writing on a single primary source, and then on a structured list of linked primary sources. After completing each week's writing, students wrote a journal entry, in which they detailed the challenges they encountered in understanding and using primary sources, and—as their characters—reflected on their latest goals for abolition, their current projects, the political climate, and their personal fears and hopes for the movement.
Students were placed in the center of a transformational journey that enabled them to engage in an activity that enhanced their learning experience. An award reviewer wrote, "Abolition work (and hence history) becomes a lived experience in this course."
One student wrote (in an article under review for publication): "Students struggled to answer the same questions voiced by abolitionists. Can imperialism be used for good, or is it the source of all evils? How, and with what, do you replace a major component of the economy? How do you persuade producers, consumers, and legislators to abandon profit in favor of morality? These questions and others provided a continuous challenge over the course of the semester. The unique format of the course encouraged students to move beyond research and fully engross ourselves in the campaign. Increased empathy, for both the abolitionist and millions of men, women, and children victimized by the transatlantic slave trade, proved an unavoidable consequence of this project. With that empathy came the understanding that the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade did the unthinkable, triumphing over wealthy opponents, powerful lobbyists, and public indifference. As a result of 'Fighting the Atlantic Slave Trade' students witnessed that by utilizing writing and research activists can overcome the most daunting obstacles to change the world."


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Talented artiste from Assam, Abhishruti Bezbaruah, is a well-known name in the music industry. She was awarded Best Debut Singer (Female) title at 94.3FM Gupshup Music Awards 2016. A YouTube sensation with more than 10 lakh viewers, her Assamese songs have been appreciated by music lovers across the globe. She will be launching her latest album 'ABHISHRUTI' on 17th September.
Tell us a little about yourself and what inspired you to take up music professionally?
Born and brought up into a musically inclined family, I was introduced to the world of fine arts at the age of six. I completed my Sangeet Visharad (equivalent to Bachelor of Music Degree) in grade 7, but it was only in grade 10 when I realised my passion for music – Hindustani Classical music to be particular. The real boost and encouragement that made me believe in myself was when living legend Padma Vibhushan Pt Birju Maharaj ji heard me sing and asked me to sing two songs for his dance ballet 'Habba Khatoon', and also when eminent filmmaker of Umrao Jaan fame, Padma Shri Muzaffar Ali, called me to render vocals in his telly series 'Zabaan – E – Ishq' when I was studying in Mayo College Girls' School, Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Tell us a little about the latest album and the songs? Which track is your favourite from the album and why?
My new album is called ABHISHRUTI and it has six songs. Each song has a theme that appeals to me personally and carry messages of peace, celebration, love and devotion. I have been blessed to sing a song penned by the veteran literary philosopher, Late Radhanath Phukan. I also had the chance to work with some of the best musicians in Assam namely Diganta Bharaati, Ibson Lal Baruah, Poran (Jojo), Rakesh Baro, Anupam Konwar, Rosty Ahmed, Bulbul Deka and Diganta Bordoloi. Times Music handled the digital release as they liked my music and expressed interest.
My favourite song in the album is Ore Raati. This song was penned overnight by Kalpana Bhuyan and I feel it has a spontaneous feel. When I was a young child, I experienced the effects of the 90's insurgency because of which I was sent off to boarding school. We have been at unrest ever since. Ore Raati questions why we can't we live in a peaceful environment, why there is so much disturbance and whether there is a ray of hope at the end of the tunnel.
Name some artistes you like listening to? What songs are on your playlist now?
I love listening to Vidushi Kishori Amonkar, Mark Knopfler, Simon and Garfunkle and also new age artistes like Kygo and Charlie Puth.
At the moment, my album songs are on my playlist.
What do you like to do when you are not performing or in the studio?
I love catching up on the films that I missed.
You have performed at various venues across the country, which one was the most memorable one and why?
Every venue has its own charm. Recently, I had the opportunity to perform at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and I was surprised to see how much the audience, who don't know the language, appreciated our folk music. I sang mostly Assamese tracks and people loved it. They knew my music and appreciated my latest videos which are available on Youtube. So yes, music has no language, and in this digital age, music travels.
What plans for the future?
A bunch of amazing musicians and I have formed a band so we want to travel and perform this year and for many more years to come. Besides that, my 3rd Bihu single after Roi Roi Roti, Tok Dekhi Mor Gaa will be releasing in 2018.
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Q: How to read a FASTA file and insert the sequence in another function calling a class? I have an assignment where I have to write a python class to represent and manipulate biological sequences. I have almost finished the class, however I need to import sequences from FASTA files input the class, so that it can run them.
In order to run the class in the command line, I was required to create a run_me.py file, which when executed in the command line, should ask for the FASTA file and then run the class.
This is the class constructor:
class Bioseq:
    """Biological sequence class"""
    def __init__(self, seq):
        self.seq = seq

And this is how far I've gotten with the run_me.py file:
def read_fasta():
        with open(file_name, "r") as fh:
            line = fh.readline()
            header = ""
            seq = ""
            while line:
                line = line.rstrip('\n')
                if ">" in line:
                    header = line
                else:
                    seq = seq + line
                line = fh.readline()
        return seq
        print(seq)

from TPC2_MR2 import Bioseq
file_name = input("Please enter sequence file name:")
Bioseq = Bioseq(read_fasta())
Bioseq.main()

TPC2_MR2 is the name of the class module.
Now the problem is that when I execute the run_me.py file, I am asked to provide the name of the FASTA file but after that, the sequence is not imported into the class. What should I do?
Please note that I cannot use external Pyhton modules, such as Biopython.


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Q: While multiplying 2 matrices, the following algorithm is used:for i=1 to n,for j=1 to p,Cij=0,for k=1 to n,Cij= While multiplying 2 matrices, the following algorithm is used:
for i=1 to n
     for j=1 to p,
     Cij=0,
     for k=1 to m
          Cij+=Aik*Bjk

//Aij,Bjk are elements in first,second matrix respectively.
So in this matrix if we interchange the j loop and k loop the result is same but the cost of multiplication drastically decreases. Why?

A: This is a hard one to answer.  The best I can do is provide a possible explanation.
Switching j and k loops will produce the same results, but it will do the actual multiplications and additions in a completely different order.
Given that the speed of access for a memory location can change dramatically, depending on whether that location is in the cache or not, it's possible that the "fast" order of access is "cache friendly" in that most of the data is in the cache, versus the slower one leads to a lot of cache misses.
This SO question deals with a similar speed difference.  Although the cause in that question is very different, it does serve to illustrate how subtle these effects can be.


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Go East, Young Man
Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast. Bloomsbury, 2017. 978162040321.
This isn't a guidebook or a history, warns cartoonist Roz Chast — it began as a booklet she made for her daughter when she left home to attend college in Manhattan. (Chast and her husband left Brooklyn, where she'd grown up and her parents lived (see Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?), in 1990.)
"I feel about Manhattan the way I feel about a book, a TV series, a movie, a play, an artist, a song, a food, a whatever that I love. I want to tell you about it so that maybe you will love it too…"
I just returned to Seattle from a trip to NYC with my wife, Silver, to meet my friend, Teo, and his wife, Krista, who were visiting from Finland. This book would have been great to read before the trip, but it's perfect to read afterward, too, because it reminds me so much about the city. (In fact I just sent a copy to Teo and Krista.) Chast's info on the layout of Manhatan will clarify my explanation of streets, avenues, and the east side vs west side. We walked everywhere (over 10 miles per day) and found lots of places like the shop that sells ribbon (Chast's drawing is beautiful). I barely noticed the standpipes — Chast has photos of several, including one named Trixxxi — but I'm sure I will on my next trip. There are bits about the subway, stuff to do (including comics made from some of the paintings in the Met), parks, food, and more. Chast's love for the city is both obvious and infectious. And even better, it makes me remember moments from our trip — Silver jumping at seeing a rat in Washington Square Park (I tried to convince her it was a leaf), our long wait at Russ & Daughters, and trekking to the Apple Store from Harlem.
By Gene Ambaumin Book Review December 4, 2017 November 18, 2017 333 WordsLeave a comment
Travels of a Brooklyn Boy
Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg: One Comedian's Tour of Not-Quite-the-Biggest Cities in the World by Todd Barry. Gallery Books, 2017. 9781501117428.
Sarah: I recently read The Not-Quite States of America, too, so this is my year for "Not Quite" books. Todd Barry is a working comedian, really well established. I wouldn't say he can work wherever he wants, but he does mention several times in the book that he opened for Louie CK at Madison Square Garden.
G: Right. He's not super famous, but he's been in a lot of movies.
S: People know him.
G: You would recognize him instantly. But it feels like he's a comedian's comedian.
S: I can see that.
G: One of the things people kept saying to him that he interpreted as "this show may not go well" was, "I'm a little worried you're too smart for this audience."
S: Yes. And he might be a little to smart for any audience. This is about his year of going to secondary markets, as he calls them. Not the big towns, but the next ones down or the college towns, partly because he likes playing those venues but also because he likes finding indie coffee shops…
G: Coffee shops that make him feel like he's still in Brooklyn.
S: Yes! Which is kind of hilarious. He lives in Brooklyn and tries to have the same experience everywhere. Continue reading "Travels of a Brooklyn Boy" →
By Sarahin book club September 20, 2017 September 15, 2017 909 WordsLeave a comment
Wait, where'd I leave my heart?
Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in Its Own Words by Wendy MacNaughton. Chronicle Books, 2014. 9781452113890.
Gene: This is Meanwhile in San Francisco: A City in Its Own Words.
Sarah: Oh, the cover's cool.
G: I've had this book for years — I love it. (There's one like it on New York as well that's called Hello New York.) This is by Wendy MacNaughton. She wandered around San Francisco, drawing the city. It reminded me of a book of drawings we both liked, Tokyo on Foot. MacNaughton records people's own words, sometimes by overhearing them, sometimes by talking to them. It's very fun. There's a giant fold-out map inside the dust jacket…
S: …that show San Francisco at the center of the solar system.
G: Floating around it are Oakland, New York, LA and the Sun. That's how San Francisco sees the universe. Isn't that brilliant?
S: Yes.
G: Here's the table of contents, done as a map, with arrows pointing to different areas of the city (with corresponding page numbers).
Here are some pages about the MUNI. They don't seem to be watercolors, they look more like marker drawings?
S: The MUNI driver says, "We get paid about $30/hr. $1 to drive, $29 to deal with people." That's like a thing I used to have hanging over my desk.
G: The librarian version of that?
Continue reading "Wait, where'd I leave my heart?" →
By Sarahin Book Wow July 12, 2017 July 16, 2017 613 WordsLeave a comment
Finding Your Way, Finding Your Way Home
You & a Bike & a Road by Eleanor Davis. Koyama Press, 2017. 9781927668405.
Eleanor Davis started biking from her parents' home in Tucson back to her home in Athens, Georgia, carrying only a tent, a sleeping bag, her clothes, and enough food to get to her next stop. When people asked her why she was doing this, she told them either, "My husband & I want a baby, so I figure I either do this now or wait 20 years." or "My dad built this bike & I hate boxing and shipping bikes so I decided to just ride it home!" She didn't tell them that she was having trouble with not wanting to be alive, but that she felt good when she was bicycling — that was true, too. She recorded her journey in black and white pencil drawings as she traveled.
Throughout the trip she pushed her body, biking up to 50 miles a day even though her knees really hurt. (She iced them when she could.) She saw amazing natural beauty, passing through farmland, desert, cities, and ghost towns. She explored a lot of our border with Mexico and witnessed the harsh treatment of people trying to cross it. She biked her way through both depression and euphoria. All along her journey she met kind people who fed her and inspired her to keep going. (The people she met in Alpine, Texas, were particularly amazing.) As she said early on in her trip, "I'll push myself really hard until I get very strong. This has always been my only plan."
By Sarahin Book Review July 7, 2017 June 30, 2017 260 Words2 Comments
House In Middle of Street: Why?
The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes By Frank Bures. Melville House, 2016. 9781612193724.
In multiple regions of the world, there is a medical syndrome in which men, and sometimes even large groups of men, go into a panic because they believe their penises are disappearing either by shrinking or being pulled inside their bodies. As traumatic as that would be on its own, in some places it's understood that if the penis disappears fully, the victim will die. People blamed for causing the disappearance by magical means are assaulted and sometimes killed. When the stories appear in the news, they're reported as regional oddities or some strange resurgence of primitive beliefs. Bures takes it much more seriously. He went on a multi-continent search to interview people who had suffered this malady and the doctors who had treated them. As he tells the story of his journey, he shares his extensive research into medical problems that are limited to certain cultures or countries.
While the doctors he interviewed about penis theft often blamed the syndrome on lack of education and superstition, Bures found research on similar culturally influenced medical problems for almost every country. High levels of education and a scientific viewpoint didn't seem to prevent them. There is a heart problem that is only diagnosed in Germany, a liver problem that is only diagnosed in France, and a foot problem that only occurs in England. There are conditions that only occur in some places: anorexia is only diagnosed in cultures that value thinness. Syndromes can spread through cultural contact, like the high rates of lower back pain that spread from West Germany to East Germany after reunification. Others rise and fall over time with no change in their supposed physical cause, like carpal tunnel syndrome. These are cultural syndromes: every society has a culture and every culture has its syndromes.
Bures makes it clear that no one is faking or making it up: people who have these illnesses really do suffer, but the biomechanical model of illness can't fully explain what is happening and why. Your medical diagnosis shouldn't change when you cross a border, but it happens: Lynn Payer, an editor and medical correspondent for The New York Times got wildly different advice from her doctors when she moved to France. In her book Medicine and Culture (quoted by Bures on p. 85) she wrote that "all one must do to acquire a disease is to enter a country where that disease is recognized — leaving the country will either cure the malady, or turn it into something else." Incidence rates of some illnesses increase based on how long an immigrant group has been in their new home: exposure to a new culture becomes a risk factor for disease.
Bures' research is fascinating (don't miss the chapter endnotes, they contain astonishing stories as well), and he writes in a sympathetic and engaging voice. He's investigating the cultural sea each of us exists in and can't recognize. Culture isn't just native dress and food, it's how we understand and experience reality.
By Sarahin Book Review June 6, 2017 June 6, 2017 521 WordsLeave a comment
When You're Too Cheap to Get Zagat's From the Library
Not One Shrine: Two Food Writers Devour Tokyo by Becky Selengut and Matthew Amster-Burton, illustrated by Denise Sakaki. CreateSpace, 2016. 9781532858604.
Two funny, food-obsessed friends plan a week in Tokyo. They won't visit any museums, historical landmarks, or shrines. They are going there to eat.
Becky and Matthew munch on hand-pulled candy and freshly killed eel, visit a robot restaurant, and drink booze served with massive, hand-carved ice spheres. It's more of a travelogue than a guidebook, but they do provide an online list of everywhere they ate, with tips on vocabulary and getting around in an appendix.
I loved their back-and-forth banter as they alternated stories of where they went. I laughed out loud at their observations more than once.* This is a fun book even if you don't plan to visit Japan, but totally necessary if you do: you've got to eat, so it might as well be amazing.
*Matthew: "The only time I ever use an umbrella is in Japan, because Seattleites consider unfurling an umbrella the equivalent of raising a flag that says BOO HOO I'M MELTING."
By Sarahin Book Review April 3, 2017 March 26, 2017 179 WordsLeave a comment


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Children Encouraging Self-Harm Online
This article first appeared on DailyMail.com…
Emalyn Thielking started self-harming when she was 12 years old. Soon after, she found a place where she could share her pain and connect with others who were hurting in all the same ways: social media.
It was a corner of the online world where teens in the U.S., Canada and from around the globe post images of self-inflicted cuts, fantasies about suicide and memes that appear to glorify both.
'I felt very alone,' Emalyn, now 18, told DailyMail.com. 'Then I discovered on Instagram there were so many other people that feel so alone or feel so outcast, that there is a community of people … who feel the same way I do.'
Two suicide attempts and one hospitalization later, Emalyn, of Cambridge, Ontario, has now put that world behind her. But she still has mixed feelings about the community that both sustained her and fed her darkest urges.
'It almost became competitive with the people you follow and who follow you back, like who can cut the most, who can cut the deepest, who can go the farthest … who's the sickest,' she said.
The images range from graphic and bloody to darkly humorous – from a teenager holding a blade to his wrist to the classic meme of Moe from 'The Simpsons' deciding against suicide with the caption, 'Not today, old friend.'
Social media giants Instagram and Tumbler have been trying to strike a balance between protecting users and free speech as they respond to the trend, in which teens find and share the grim images using hashtags such as #suicide, #depression and #selfharm.
The issue came to a head after the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell in Britain, who is believed to have died by suicide after viewing such images on social media.
Her father, Ian Russell, has blamed Instagram for playing a role in his daughter's death, saying she had previously been an outwardly happy, healthy teen.
It's the kind of story that is terrifying to parents – especially given a recent study in the journal Pediatrics that found half of parents whose children have considered suicide have no idea that the thought has crossed their mind.
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Americans age 10-24, accounting for 17.3 percent of deaths in that age group – and the numbers have been rising each year since 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
In the aftermath of Molly's death, Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has partnered with mental health experts to create new policy around the issue. Earlier this month the company announced it would no longer allow content showing graphic self-harm or promoting suicide.
'Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the people in our community,' head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said in a blog post when the change was announced.
'We have allowed content that shows contemplation or admission of self-harm because experts have told us it can help people get the support they need,' Mosseri added. 'But we need to do more to consider the effect of these images on other people who might see them. This is a difficult but important balance to get right.'
However, a spokeswoman said the company has chosen not to block the hashtags in an effort to continue serving users' need for self-expression and to allow space for people who rely on the community for emotional support.
Now, when someone searches #suicide, a message pops up asking, 'Can we help? Posts with words or tags you're searching for often encourage behavior that can cause harm and even lead to death. If you're going through something difficult, we'd like to help.'
The message is followed by options to get support from a helpline or a friend. Users can also choose to 'see posts anyway.'
Tumblr offers a similar prompt, but officials did not respond to a request for comment.
At Instagram, they're at the beginning of the process – images of people with fresh cuts and memes about wanting to die are still easy to find.
In the meantime, the company is no longer recommending that content – including images of healed wounds shared by many former cutters to promote body positivity and dispel the stigma that comes with those scars.
Despite the controversy, some experts caution against condemning the social media companies – or the teens posting the content.
'Suicide is not going away; suicide on social media is not going away,' said Dr. April Foreman, a psychologist and expert on social media and suicide prevention. 'We've survived moral panics about rock 'n roll … and Elvis Presley, and now we have the moral panic about social media and suicide.'
Foreman is quick to point out that social media is merely a reflection of society as a whole, noting that 8 million – 9 million Americans are at high risk for suicide at any given time, roughly 1.3 million will attempt it and an estimated 45,000 will die by suicide this year.
'This is happening,' she told DailyMail.com. 'It's the 10th leading cause of death. We would not expect suicide to not come up on social media … but we hold these social media platforms way more accountable than we would hold most therapists.'
That's not to say that Foreman thinks such posts aren't problematic or a reason for parents to be concerned.
'If I had a child that was looking at memes about suicide all over the internet, we would go see somebody and I would be very worried,' she said.
However she suggested a bigger concern is the lack of funding for research into suicide causes and prevention.
'We don't really know a lot about suicide in general so we don't know much about how much causality these images have in people getting worse,' she said. 'We do know that it's probably a bad idea if you have a young adult that's considering suicide, if a mistake in the algorithm is sending them these (suicide-related) images, we know that's probably not good.'
Stephen Brock, a psychology professor and program coordinator at California State University in Sacramento, said it's also important to consider that the single biggest factor in suicide is isolation.
'To the extent that social media can give (teens) a connection to pro-social, positive, life-affirming messages, it can be an aid,' Brock told DailyMail.com. 'But if that connection is to antisocial, death-oriented messages it can definitely promote suicidal ideation and promote suicidal behavior.'
Emalyn said that she has no desire to get back on Instagram and start searching for self-harm images – but she does recognize positive aspects to the community around suicide and depression hashtags.
It's not uncommon to see messages of support on posts about suicide and self-harm. One user recently responded to a video about suicide by saying, 'Look don't hurt yourself. I know you are better than that.'
Cooper Johnson, 18, of Australia, is one of the people who actively and anonymously searches out depressing images and posts messages of support for those in need.
'I think (it's important) just showing them that they aren't alone and there are other people out there that know exactly how they are feeling, someone that they can talk to,' he told DailyMail.com.
Emalyn said those kinds of messages from strangers helped keep her going when things got tough.
'It's just (a feeling) like other people care about you when they like your posts or they comment on them (saying) that you're going to be ok,' she said.
In addition to the support she received, Emalyn said she gradually was able to distinguish the posts that were glorifying suicide and self-harm from those that were focused on recovery and encouragement.
'It's really easy now to see the divisions,' she explained. Still, Emalyn said if she was a parent she wouldn't want her kids to look at the kind of material she had been viewing.
'I'd be terrified,' she said. 'I wouldn't want them to be in that same (place).'
Her father, Dave Thielking, said he had no idea that his daughter was viewing any such images, but if he had he would have responded with 'shock and concern.'
'We had a rule that she could only use the internet one hour a day in our presence, but obviously as she got older that got harder and harder to control,' he said. 'In this day and age it's hard to know what they're accessing … I don't know what I would have done.'
Foreman said that parents can use many different tools to limit their teens' access to the internet and social media – both by filtering out specific content and by defining the hours during which phones and internet are accessible to youth.
'There are all these wonderful ways I can dial up or dial down how my daughter has a digital life,' she said.
Most computers and cell phones come with software programs that allow parents to limit access to certain apps, or create parent-controlled passwords in order to access specific programs or social media sites.
In addition, most internet service providers allow parents to throttle the Wi-Fi to specific devices at certain times of day or night to so kids only have access for a few hours a day or when a parent is home.
Foreman also recommends strong privacy settings on social networking sites.
Michelle Merritt, 53, of Starkville, Mississippi said she was concerned when her then-12-year-old daughter admitted she was accessing Tumblr for suicidal images and posts.
'It broke my heart that her world was so dark,' Merritt told DailyMail.com. 'I just tried to help her myself, talking to her, getting her to tell me her feelings; trying to build up her self-worth.'
Ultimately, the adolescent ended up needing intensive therapy to deal with her self-harm and suicidal thoughts. She is now 24-years-old and thriving, Merritt said.
As heart-breaking as the social media aspect of her daughter's suffering was, Merritt said depression and suicide runs in the family and that outside forces couldn't be blamed for what the youth went through.
'It made her feel better to be able to talk about it, even if she didn't know the people out there who were listening,' Merritt said. 'I was glad she had an outlet, some place she felt safe talking about it. I felt like that helped her.'
However, for parents like Russell, who have actually lost a child to suicide, it's harder to see the upside.
He told BBC last month that he has 'no doubt that Instagram helped kill' his daughter, a teen who he says had showed no outward signs of anxiety or depression prior to her death.
'We are very keen to raise awareness of the harmful and disturbing content that is freely available to young people online,' he said in a statement issued in January.
'Not only that, but the social media companies, through their algorithms, expose young people to more and more harmful content, just from one click on one post,' he added. 'In the same way that someone who has shown an interest in a particular sport may be shown more and more posts about that sport, the same can be true of topics such as self-harm or suicide.'
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