Really have you ever thought about how much land you would need to meet all your family's calorie needs for a year. This is a great chart.
1bog.org is an inventive group that can help you find the most cost-effective way to have solar power. One Block Off the Grid makes it easier and more affordable for homeowners to go solar by organizing group discounts, vetting solar installers, and providing you with objective information and advice along the way. Our solar advisors don't work on commission. Their salary is the same whether you end up going solar or not, so the information you receive from One Block Off the Grid is always 100 percent unbiased.
It's the first week of August and I thought the season was over but it turns out that all my snow peas really needed was more water. There have been some huge rainstorms in the past 10 days and there are many new pea shoots, flowers and more snow peas. Yahoo. Here is how I am preserving some for the winter.
Pat dry and freeze in freezer bags or freezer-safe containers.
Farming is traditionally a physical and labor intensive endeavor. In the past, community efforts were often necessary for planting, harvesting, processing, including barn-raising and house-raising. Modern day farming has become mechanized enabling farmers to "do it alone". A lonely career. Through resurgence of smaller farming initiatives a wonderful community spirit has emerged. People are participating in CSA's and organic and local farmers are recognized in their communities and are well-received at local farmer's markets.
Enter the Crop Mob movement. A group of 19 farmers, apprentices and friends in the Triangle area of North Carolina (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) began to work together to harvest sweet potatoes at the Piedmont Biofarm. They have made it a tradition and out of that tradition has grown to over 50 groups throughout the US. Find your local group on the map.
"Many crop mobbers are apprentices or interns on these sustainable farms. The need for community participation matches a desire for community among young people interested in getting into farming. The crop mob was conceived as a way of building the community necessary to practice this kind of agriculture and to put the power to muster this group in the hands of our future food producers.
For more information, please send an email to info@cropmob.org. And check them out on facebook.
I have just learned the easiest way to freeze blueberries. In the past I washed the berries, drained them, laid them out on cookie sheets in the freezer to freeze individually, then put the frozen berries into freezer bags. LONG PROCESS.
Recently, T and I picked berries at Evergreen Berry Farm in Watertown, CT. We picked on the bushes that were NOT sprayed- as there are areas of the field that never seem to need protection from insects and some that do. Interesting permaculture conundrum there….
Put your fresh-picked berries into freezer bags and put in freezer. When you want to use the berries remove from freezer and rinse.
There are communities all over the world who are coming together with optimistic and infectious energy to create vital and lasting change for the good of all under the umbrella of The Transition movement. Transition Towns is about communities around the world responding to peak oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humour, and setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities. It is positive, solutions focused, viral and fun. You can find out if there is a town in action near you from the US-based website or the global website. Or, you can start your own group!
These slides are from the film: Transition 1o1. Check it out.
Here's a yummy, fast and easy recipe for roasted root vegetables. The key is cutting uniform thickness so everything cooks at the same time.
Wash fingerling sweet potatoes, carrots, onions and parsnips by gently scrubbing with vegetable brush and water. The carrots, parsnips and onions came from my garden! Farmers Joanie and Mark from Wild Carrot Farm grew the sweet potatoes.
Cut into long, thin slices.
In separate bowl, toss vegetables with mixture of 2-3 tablespoons grapeseed oil, 1/2 t salt, any spices you love. Then spread on baking sheet. Put in oven for 15-25 minutes, turning and tossing occasionally.
Vegetables are done when easily pierced by a fork.
Check out this wonderful Hobbit home built a few years ago for $5,000. It is sustainable and cozy!
Notice the "goodnight, moon" in the sky.


text:
Q: what's the difference between _mm256_lddqu_si256 and _mm256_loadu_si256 I had been using _mm256_lddqu_si256 based on an example I found online. Later I discovered _mm256_loadu_si256. The Intel Intrinsics guide only states that the lddqu version may perform better when crossing a cache line boundary. What might be the advantages of loadu? In general how are these functions different?

A: There's no reason to ever use _mm256_lddqu_si256, consider it a synonym for _mm256_loadu_si256.  lddqu only exists for historical reasons as x86 evolved towards having better unaligned vector load support, and CPUs that support the AVX version run them identically.  There's no AVX512 version.
Compilers do still respect the lddqu intrinsic and emit that instruction, so you could use it if you want your code to run identically but have a different checksum or machine code bytes.

No x86 microarchitectures run vlddqu any differently from vmovdqu.  I.e. the two opcodes probably decode to the same internal uop on all AVX CPUs.  They probably always will, unless some very-low-power or specialized microarchitecture comes along without efficient unaligned vector loads (which have been a thing since Nehalem).  Compilers never use vlddqu when auto-vectorizing.
lddqu was different from movdqu on Pentium 4.  See History of … one CPU instructions: Part 1. LDDQU/movdqu explained.
lddqu is allowed to (and on P4 does do) two aligned 16B loads and takes a window of that data.  movdqu architecturally only ever loads from the expected 16 bytes.  This has implications for store-forwarding: if you're loading data that was just stored with an unaligned store, use movdqu because store-forwarding only works for loads that are fully contained within a previous store.  But otherwise you generally always wanted to use lddqu.  (This is why they didn't just make movdqu always use "the good way", and instead introduced a new instruction for programmers to worry about.  But luckily for us, they changed the design so we don't have to worry about which unaligned load instruction to use anymore.)
It also has implications for correctness of observable behaviour on UnCacheable (UC) or Uncacheable Speculate Write-combining (UCSW, aka WC) memory types (which might have MMIO registers behind them.)

There's no code-size difference in the two asm instructions:
  # SSE packed-single instructions are shorter than SSE2 integer / packed-double
  4000e3:       0f 10 07                movups xmm0, [rdi]

  4000e6:       f2 0f f0 07             lddqu  xmm0, [rdi]
  4000ea:       f3 0f 6f 07             movdqu xmm0, [rdi]

  4000ee:       c5 fb f0 07             vlddqu xmm0, [rdi]
  4000f2:       c5 fa 6f 07             vmovdqu xmm0, [rdi]
  # AVX-256 is the same as AVX-128, but with one more bit set in the VEX prefix

On Core2 and later, there's no reason to use lddqu, but also no downside vs. movdqu.  Intel dropped the special lddqu stuff for Core2, so both options suck equally.
On Core2 specifically, avoiding cache-line splits in software with two aligned loads and SSSE3 palignr is sometimes a win vs. movdqu, especially on 2nd-gen Core2 (Penryn) where palignr is only one shuffle uop instead of 2 on Merom/Conroe.  (Penryn widened the shuffle execution unit to 128b).
See Dark Shikaris's 2009 Diary Of An x264 Developer blog post: Cacheline splits, take two for more about unaligned-load strategies back in the bad old days.
The generation after Core2 is Nehalem, where movdqu is a single uop instruction with dedicated hardware support in the load ports.  It's still useful to tell compilers when pointers are aligned (especially for auto-vectorization, and especially without AVX), but it's not a performance disaster for them to just use movdqu everywhere, especially if the data is in fact aligned at run-time.

I don't know why Intel even made an AVX version of lddqu at all.  I guess it's simpler for the decoders to just treat that opcode as an alias for movdqu / vmovdqu in all modes (with legacy SSE prefixes, or with AVX128 / AVX256), instead of having that opcode decode to something else with VEX prefixes.
All current AVX-supporting CPUs have efficient hardware unaligned-load / store support that handles it as optimally as possible.  e.g. when the data is aligned at runtime, there's exactly zero performance difference vs. vmovdqa.
This was not the case before Nehalem; movdqu and lddqu used to decode to multiple uops to handle potentially-misaligned addresses, instead of putting hardware support for that right in the load ports where a single uop can activate it instead of faulting on unaligned addresses.
However, Intel's ISA ref manual entry for lddqu says the 256b version can load up to 64 bytes (implementation dependent):

This instruction may improve performance relative to (V)MOVDQU if the source operand crosses a cache line boundary. In situations that require the data loaded by (V)LDDQU be modified and stored to the same location, use (V)MOVDQU or (V)MOVDQA instead of (V)LDDQU. To move a double quadword to or from memory locations that are known to be aligned on 16-byte boundaries, use the (V)MOVDQA instruction.

IDK how much of that was written deliberately, and how much of that just came from prepending (V) when updating the entry for AVX.  I don't think Intel's optimization manual recommends really using vlddqu anywhere, but I didn't check.
There is no AVX512 version of vlddqu, so I think that means Intel has decided that an alternate-strategy unaligned load instruction is no longer useful, and isn't even worth keeping their options open.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
College Football Teams to Look out for in 2016
You might think it's a little early to be weighing up the hot-contenders for College Football's next season but the truth is, it's never too early to weigh up the competition and decide which team you want to be backing next season. Of course, the obvious choice is any team coached by Urban Meyer or Nick Saban since these coaches have won National Championships in eight out the last thirteen years, but that doesn't mean this year won't hold some surprises or, indeed a few dark horses.
You just need to look at NFL betting patterns to see that the most obvious team isn't always the one that's likely to win. Indeed, since the 2011/12 season the most hotly backed team haven't won that year. Sport loves an underdog, and this might be the year for an unexpected College Football team to take the crown.
Now there's a long time between now and August, when the season will be ready to kick-off, but here are some teams that you should keep your eye on in 2016:
Hot off the heels of winning their fourth national championship in seven years, and with Nick Saban as their head coach, it would be silly not to consider the Alabama Crimson Tide football team a top contender for next season. However, the team are expected to suffer a big loss in their current roster especially since their star running back, Derrick Henry, is set to leave for the NFL. Then there's the fact that quarterback Jake Coker and center Ryan are now no longer eligible to play. This means Alabama will have some big football boots to fill, which will leave them vulnerable for next season.
The Oklahoma Sooners vastly improved their record from a 2014 8-5 to a 2015 11-5 overall after a big change-up in the coaching team. Perhaps next season will see their record improve even more. With their offense looking good, the biggest challenge Oklahoma will face is replacing the key players they have lost on their defense. Both linebacker Dominique Alexander and cornerback Zack Sanchez have declared early for NFL draft, plus end Charles Tapper and linebacker Eric Striker are now ineligible.
This will be Jim Harbaugh's second season as coach for the Wolverines and considering he took the team to their first set of double-digit wins since 2011, Michigan are certainly a team to keep an eye on. True, they will need to find a quarterback to replace Jake Rudock but the team still have their leading rusher De'Veon Smith and a brand new defensive coordinator, Don Brown, to get the team to their top potential.
The Clemson Tigers are sure to be fired-up to get another chance at the championship after just missing out this year. That motivation and a not-too-disturbed overall team roster should make Clemson a force to be reckoned with next season. Mike Williams, who was sidelined last year with a neck injury, is set to return and quarterback Deshaun Watson is looking as strong as ever. The team will need to replace some key defense spots, but otherwise should be considered a secure playoff team.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Home > DAILY BAWAL > UP: Thousands of farmers reach Muzaffarnagar for mega rally
UP: Thousands of farmers reach Muzaffarnagar for mega rally
MUZAFFARNAGAR: Farmers on all kinds of vehicles – from several districts of Uttar Pradesh as well as from other states – began to reach Muzaffarnagar earlier this week for the Kisan Mahapanchayat to be held at GIC Grounds here on Sunday.
On Saturday, more than 10,000 farmers from Agra region managed to dodge the local police and travelled through different routes — particularly the smaller village roads – to reach Muzaffarnagar by the evening. Police and local intelligence officers had been putting pressure on them not to leave for the mega event, they alleged.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha has, meanwhile, arranged over 200 buses to ferry farm association workers from Bihar, Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to Muzaffarnagar. Senior members of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) claimed 50,000 farmers left for the city venue from Rajasthan and Haryana on Saturday afternoon.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni) Haryana president Gurnam Singh Charuni on Saturday claimed around 1 lakh farmers from the state will attend the mahapanchayat on Sunday. According to Charuni, the farmers' display of strength will be a fitting response to Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar's recent statement that in Haryana, the farmers were "happy" and it is only farmers from Punjab who are protesting.
Meanwhile, Muzaffarnagar's five main gurdwaras and several others on its outskirts have opened its doors for the farmers arriving in the district. The city's gurdwaras have started welcoming the farmers and the community representatives began offering their services with langar facilities on Friday. Automatic roti-making machines, that can make 1,000 rotis every hour, have been set up for rolling out the supplies on a mass scale.
Mathura-based BKU member, Gajendra Singh Parihar, said, "Despite the attempts of police to stop us, over 10,000 farmers from different parts of Agra region left for Muzaffarnagar for the mahapanchayat. At least 200 more groups of farmers will travel in the evening. Local heads have been tasked to ensure farmers coming from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan do not face any inconvenience while passing through the Agra region."
Maharashtra-based farmer leader and core committee member of Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh, Sandeep Gidde Patil, said, "Five hundred farmers associated with different organisations from Vidarbha region have already reached the Singhu border. Besides, 1,000 others from across the state are on their way and will be joining others at the Delhi border. From there, they will travel to Muzaffarnagar early on Sunday".
Senior farmer leader from West Bengal, Avik Saha, said, "Over 100 groups of farmers from southern states are on their way to Singhu border via trains. They will be leaving for the venue early on Sunday. Buses will take them from Delhi borders."
Meanwhile, six companies of the provincial armed constabulary (PAC) and two companies of rapid action force (RAF) other than police forces from various districts have been deployed here for the mega event. DIG (Saharanpur range) Preetinder Singh said on Saturday that the event will be videographed while five SSPs, seven ASPs and 40 police inspectors will be posted on the security duty.
'Mumbai is first district to complete 1 crore vaccinations'
India Today Group launches Good News Today, India's first and only positive news channel
What ails Joshimath: Seven points
Instagram Outage Across The World, Many Say "Accounts Suspended"
Union Cabinet reshuffle at 6 pm tomorrow, ministerial probables including Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal arrive in Delhi
HAL IPO susbscribed 99% on final day


text:
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hiroshima Prefecture to the southwest, Okayama Prefecture to the south, and Hyōgo Prefecture to the east.

Tottori is the capital and largest city of Tottori Prefecture, with other major cities including Yonago, Kurayoshi, and Sakaiminato. Tottori Prefecture is home to the Tottori Sand Dunes, the largest sand dunes system in Japan, and Mount Daisen, the highest peak in the Chūgoku Mountains.

Etymology
The word "Tottori" in Japanese is formed from two kanji characters. The first, , means "bird" and the second,  means "to get". Early residents in the area made their living catching the region's plentiful waterfowl. The name first appears in the Nihon shoki in the 23rd year of the Emperor Suinin (213 AD) when Yukuha Tana, an elder from the Izumo, visits the emperor. The imperial Prince Homatsu-wake was unable to speak, despite being 30 years of age.
"Yukuha Tana presented the swan to the emperor. Homatsu-wake no Mikoto played with this swan and at last learned to speak. Therefore, Yukaha Tana was liberally rewarded, and was granted the title of Tottori no Miyakko." (Aston, translation)

History

Early history
Tottori Prefecture was settled very early in the prehistoric period of Japan, as evidenced by remains from the Jōmon period (14,000 – 300 BC). The prefecture has the remains of the largest known Yayoi period (300 BC – 250 AD) settlement in Japan, the Mukibanda Yayoi remains, located in the low foothills of Mount Daisen in the cities of Daisen and Yonago. Numerous kofun tumuli from the Kofun period (250 – 538) are located across the prefecture. In 645, under the Taika reforms, the area in present-day Tottori Prefecture became two provinces, Hōki and Inaba.

Later history
During the Genpei War (1180–1185) between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the late-Heian period, Tottori became a base for anti-Taira forces, specifically at two temples, Daisen-ji and Sanbutsu-ji. By the beginning of the Kamakura period (1185–1333) shōen estates were established to directly support the Imperial court and various temples. Successive clans controlled the region during the Sengoku period (15th to 17th century), most notably the Yamana clan, but after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 the region was pacified. The Tokugawa shogunate installed the Ikeda clan at Tottori Castle. The clan retained control of the area until throughout the Edo period (1603–1868) and the resources of the area financially and materially supported the shogunate.

Modern history
The two provinces remained in place until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, and the boundaries of Tottori Prefecture were established in 1888. After the occupation of Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century, and the establishment of the Manchukuo puppet state in 1932, Tottori's harbors on the Japan Sea served as an active transit point for goods between Japan and the colonial areas. Before the end of World War II the prefecture was hit by a massive magnitude 7.2 earthquake, the 1943 Tottori earthquake, which destroyed 80% of the city of Tottori, and greatly damaged the surrounding area. In the postwar period land reform was carried out in the prefecture, resulting in a great increase of agricultural production.

Geography

Tottori is home to the Tottori Sand Dunes, Japan's only large dune system. As of 1 April 2012, 14% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Daisen-Oki and Sanin Kaigan National Parks; Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku and Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Parks; and Misasa-Tōgōko, Nishi Inaba, and Okuhino Prefectural Natural Parks.

Mount Misumi is located within the former area of Mochigase that was merged into the city of Tottori in 2004.

Cities
Four cities are located in Tottori Prefecture:

Towns and villages
These are the towns and villages in each district:

Mergers

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, Tottori is the least populated prefecture in Japan.

Economy
Tottori Prefecture is heavily agricultural and its products are shipped to the major cities of Japan. Some of the famous products are the nashi pear, nagaimo yam, Japanese scallion, negi, and watermelon. The prefecture is also a major producer of rice.

Language
Historically, the region had extensive linguistic diversity. While the standard Tokyo dialect of the Japanese language is now used in Tottori Prefecture, several other dialects are also used. Many of them are grouped with Western Japanese, and include the Chugoku and Umpaku dialects.

Sports

The sports teams listed below are based in Tottori.

Football (soccer)
Gainare Tottori  (Yonago)

Education

Universities
Tottori University
Tottori University of Environmental Studies

Colleges
Tottori College

Noted places

Tottori City

 Tottori Sand Dunes
 Jinpūkaku, a late Meiji period residence

Daisen

 Daisen, the highest of the Chūgoku Mountains,

Daisen and Yonago
 Mukibanda Yayoi remains, the largest site of Yayoi period settlement in Japan

Yonago and Sakaiminato

 Nakaumi, a brackish lake located between Tottori Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture, fifth largest lake in Japan

Misasa
 Misasa Onsen
 Sanbutsu-ji, a Heian period temple designated a National Treasure of Japan

Sakaiminato
 Kitarō Road, a street in Sakaiminato dedicated to Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitaro manga character
 Lake Koyama

Iwami
 Uradome Coast, a scenic ria coastal inlet

Chizu
 The Ishitani Residence, an Edo period family residence designated a National Treasure of Japan

Nanbu
 Tottori Hanakairo-Flower Park, the largest flower park in Japan

Transportation

Rail
JR West
Sanin Line
Hakubi Line
Imbi Line
Sakai Line
Wakasa Railway
Chizu Express

Roads

Expressway and toll roads
 Tottori Expressway
 Yonago Expressway
 Sanin Expressway
 Shidosaka Pass Road
 Tottori-Toyooka-Miyazu Road

National highways
Route 9
Route 29 (Tottori-Shiso-Himeji)
Route 53 (Tottori-Tsuyama-Okayama)
Route 178
Route 179
Route 180
Route 181 (Yonago-Niimi-Okayama)
Route 183
Route 313
Route 373
Route 431
Route 482

Ports
Sakaiminato Port - ferry route to Oki Island, and international container hub

Airports
Tottori Airport
Yonago Airport

Prefectural symbols
The symbol is derived from the first mora in Japanese for "と" combined with the picture of a flying bird, and symbolizes peace, liberty, and the advancement of the Tottori prefecture. It was enacted in 1968 to celebrate the 100th year from the first year of the Meiji Era.

Notes

References
 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005).  Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ;  OCLC 58053128

External links

Chūgoku region
Prefectures of Japan

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Visits in Benalmádena
Founded by the Phoenicians during the 7th century B.C., the city is located at the centre of a bay surrounded by mountain systems. Two rivers, the Guadalmedina and the Guadalhorce, run through it, leading in the Mediterranean. Its most remarkable heritage site to visit is the Alcazaba, Cathedral, Gibralfaro castle, the Roman theatre, the historic centre, the Picasso museum and the Contemporary Art Center.
It is worth mentioning a visit to the famous Caminito del Rey. In the centre of the province of Malaga, about 60 km from the capital, delimited by the Ronda and Antequera mountain ranges and separating the plains of the North of the province (Campillos, Teba and Antequera) from the land in the valley of Guadalhorce and campos de Cámara in the south, is a beautiful territory with historical treasures and spectacular landscape.
An area in which villages have prospered throughout history, especially during the last century, developing a flourishing collection of hydraulic infrastructures for obtaining electricity that are connected by a humble service path known as "Caminito del Rey" (the King's Little Path) that almost impossibly runs through the natural area of the Gaitanes Gorge.
This has what is without a doubt one of the most attractive landscapes of the Costa del Sol, thanks to how the mountainous terrain plunges straight into the sea, forming spectacular cliffs and also extensive beaches and small coves with deep, crystal-clear water, nestled in the foothills of the Almijara Mountains. Apart from this splendid landscape, the town itself is a gift to the senses, thanks to how it has retained its historic centre, built towards the end of the 15th century.
The town is based around a deep gorge out of which several buildings from its historic centre jut. This, along with its many monuments, has led to Ronda becoming a notable tourist centre. The cliff edge of the gorge, as well as the bridge that links the chasm are the quintessential image of the city.
A town consisting of three urban centres (Mijas town, Mijas Costa and Las Lagunas), this is one of the most extensive centres in the province of Malaga (140 square kilometres) with 12 kilometres of beach. It has the broadest tourist attractions of the Andalusian coast, including the Costa del Sol Hippodrome.
Fuente de Piedra
This town located in the Antequera region, is considered a unique enclave within the wetlands in the western part of the Mediterranean, and it is no wonder that the largest colony of flamingos on the Iberian Peninsula is found in this location. The protection zone.
Marbella and Puerto Banús
One of the most important cities for tourism of the Costa del Sol, this is an international tourist attraction most of the year, mainly because thanks to its climate and its tourist infrastructure. Although less well-known, the city is also home to significant archaeological monuments and several museums and scenic areas, as well as a cultural programme with events ranging from reggae to opera.
Opened in 1970, on the initiative of businessman José Banús, Puerto Banus is one of the most international distinguishing features of Marbella and an undisputed tourist benchmark in terms of high-end spending.


I'm wondering, if there any chance to hide or change the font size of XAxis label numbers.
Yes, there is – you can set XAxis.DrawLabels=false to hide the X-labels. Also all elements are stylable via XAML, we have a Silverlight demonstration app that shows you how to do this.
In SciChart's newest version, is there a way to programmatically hide the x axis labels on a datetime axis?
I ask because I can't seem to access it through Surface.XAxis.DrawLabels or Surface.XAxes[i].DrawLabels though I can access the other four draw settings through both of those methods. The only method to access it seems to be by naming the x-axis in question and then calling it by name.
Ah got it, try casting the SciChartSurface.XAxis to AxisBase. I didn't realise the DrawLabels property was not on the interface.
Works perfectly once I figured out how to do that.


Armoires ~ Armoire With Hanging Rod Simple Clothes With Hanging Rod About Ingenious Ideas Closet Unique Design Cathedral Traditional Armoire Hanging Rod armoire with hanging rod. Armoire Hanging Rod. Armoire With Hanging Rod And Drawers. Small Armoire Hanging Rod.


The graph shows a rectangular room plan with superimposed contours that show, for a fixed listening position, the delay time for first-order sound reflections as a function of loudspeaker placement. Each red curve indicates placements that yield exactly 6ms delay for reflection from a particular wall. The dashed lines are a guide: a pair of loudspeakers placed symmetrically on these lines will form an equilateral triangle with the listener. Also shown is the largest possible stereo separation (1.86m in the diagram above) that yields at least 6ms delay.
The script is written in the asymptote vector graphics language. The variables defining room dimensions and listening position are near the top. Change these to match your own room. For now the code only works with rectangular rooms.
placements for ≥6ms delay from all walls.
Update 13.11.2014: Added code to show maximum stereo separation with equilateral placement and 6ms delay.
Update 02.03.2015: Fixed a bug that affected showing the maximum stereo separation.
How do I change speaker position ?
I understand about the editing of "room dimensions" & "listening position".
Speaker position isn't constant here. The graph shows the direct- to reflected-sound delay for *every* possible speaker position.
It seems to me that the variable "equilateral" is used but not defined in this script?
Oops, that was a bug. Fixed now. Thanks for spotting it!
Viewing the EPS: If you have irfanview then get the postscript.dll file plugin and install it. Otherwise just drag and drop into microsoft word – looks ugly but does the trick. Deluxe viewing install ghostscript and ghostscript viewer. Set ghostscript viewer to Options > EPS clip to stop it from clipping off the right side of large rooms.
Thanks lots Richard, for posting the script!
Now I have to admit my defeat, that I've followed Chris's instructions closely, and still only have errors not room graphs.
Win7 64 system, followed steps up to installing GS, get error msgs when running refltime.asy.
Tried many things, always using Admin mode with Notepad, saving all files… tried saving as ASCI, Unicode types. Thought I might have it when I noticed the path in Chris's config.asy is slightly different from the MikTeX install dir, with no capital X at the end of MikTeX… but no.
Hope someone can show me the error of my ways here….
I don't have experience running this stuff under Windows (I use a linux machine for all my work so TeX, ghostscript, etc. are set up to work out-of-the-box) so sorry I can't help here. Perhaps someone else can weigh in?
the problem is with line 2 character 9 in config.asy. Copy pasting from my message results in an incorrect double quote (the left double quote). Just replace the funny double quote with a real one.


That's our totally renewed website to better meet your needs.
New design, new pages, more infos and tools at your disposal to interact with us!
Trailers of all our products in HD and 3D!
Downloading, upon request, directly the trailers of all our products!
Registration enables also the enrolment in our newsletter to be informed about our latest news and much more!
Refer directly to the "right person" in any area of interest.
Any inquires about Cast, Distribution, Events, Apps brought directly to the right department.
Let's surf and play with it and let us know your feedback.


The west of the Brecon Beacons National Park is a vast mountain wilderness stretching across Powys and Carmarthenshire. It's a heady mix of myths and legend, outdoor adventure and the bustling towns of Llandovery and Llandeilo. While you're there, visit Aberglasney House and the National Botanic Garden of Wales and the wild and romantic Carreg Cennen Castle (pictured).


Our wrapup includes a confusing jumble of new draft 11ac routers, rumors of covert Wi-Fi tweaking and other reflections on this year's happenings in networking at CES 2013.
Buffalo's 2013 CES announcements include a refresh of its LinkStation NAS lineup and new draft 802.11ac routers.
NETGEAR's 2013 CES announcements are mostly tweaks to existing products, with only a few new relatively unexciting products.


After a decade of honing our original Ladylog model, we are proud to introduce the Ladylog II. While it may look similar to the original, it has a few enhancements that are geared to the gal that's looking for a solid go-to board. Modernized rails with a bit more edge in the tail make for a faster board down the line that can handle a wider variety of conditions. We also made a removable 2+1 fin setup standard on this model. The side fins give the board more bite and control when the waves get better, while retaining the option to remove them when the waves get small and you want to keep things simple. The nose has been pulled in a little bit to accommodate a slightly curvier template that is a little more maneuverable than the original Ladylog.


Vanguard is a leader in the long-term care industry. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., our facilities are dedicated to providing rehabilitation and skilled-nursing for your patients recovering from surgery, illness or injury. Our history of innovative programs and services has been guided by our overall mission, vision and values. Our long-term care facilities all exceed federal, state and company guidelines.
Our Mission is to provide dignity in life for those we serve. We are committed to our foundational values of Life, Growth, Excellence, Integrity and Stewardship.
Life – We strive to demonstrate in word and deed our commitment to nurture life-long learning for those we work with and to provide dignity in life for those we serve. We believe all people deserve to be treated with dignity, respect and compassion.
Growth – We continually support the personal and professional growth of all our associates to increase personal competence, develop professional skills, be flexible and open to change and promote positive relationships with residents and co-workers alike.
Excellence – Our passion for excellence requires that we: work together, encourage and inspire people to contribute their very best, continually look for ways to improve the quality and effectiveness of our systems and processes and hold ourselves, as individuals and as a team, accountable for delivering outstanding customer service.
Integrity – Our commitment is to be honest and truthful in all we do and be willing to speak up if we stray from our mission and values.
Stewardship – We work in service to others. Therefore, it is essential we continually assess our ability to efficiently and effectively utilize resources provided to us.
We are committed to clinical excellence and determined to continually raise the bar in long-term healthcare by setting new industry standards for quality care and personalized service. That's why patients choose us for their healthcare needs every day.
Call 1-877-250-7100, or refer to the location finder for a provider near you.


Standing in foul territory Youth Dallas Goedert Jersey , Steven Matz stared at the ball he had just mishandled and started to give it an angry kick, then changed his mind and instead just picked it up.
Matz loaded the bases with two out in the second by walking Straily Youth Rashaad Penny Jersey , an .056 career hitter, but then struck out Starlin Castro to escape.
Mets: INF Dominic Smith, who had a cortisone shot for his sore right wrist Youth Shaquem Griffin Jersey , pinch-hit in the eighth and flied out. … OF Jay Bruce (hip) is expected to begin taking batting practice in the next few days.
He'll be opposed by left-hander Matthew Boyd (4-6, 4.18) http://www.coltsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-braden-smith-jersey , one of several Detroit pitchers who could be dealt this season.


Located in Ringtail Creek, Alaya Verde is within a 15-minute drive of Noosa Botanic Gardens and Cooroy Golf Club. This 4.5-star bed & breakfast is 10.4 mi (16.7 km) from Eumundi Market and 18.5 mi (29.8 km) from Noosa Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 3 guestrooms featuring DVD players. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and complimentary bottled water, and housekeeping is provided weekly.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this bed & breakfast include complimentary wireless Internet access, a picnic area, and barbecue grills.
A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served daily from 7 AM to 9:30 AM.


text:
While most people understand the importance of lifestyle changes and preventive care, many look for quick-fix solutions.
"The sheer volume of patients and workload puts all these professionals at a disadvantage. It is more challenging and difficult to offer a platform to educate and guide patients to change lifestyle sustainably, than it is to prescribe medications," Dr Sandhya says .
In case of patients with diseases such as diabetes, hypertension etc, the determination of the individuals to follow a disciplined lifestyle is lacking, she explains, adding that busy lives make it tough to find time to think of staying healthy and fit.
"The challenge for cancer patients and their families is the acceptance of such a devastating diagnosis , getting ready for treatment, high cost, running around and coping with disruption of routine etc. The thought of supportive care, taking nutritious food, maintaining optimum fitness levels, building mental strength to go through treatment, etc. takes a backseat, even though it's one of the most important aspects of treatment and plays a major role in getting best outcomes," Sandhya says.
The third and most difficult part is the willingness to pay for such things. Initially, the team modelled the concept on preventive healthcare and focused on primary prevention by connecting to individuals who had no disease but had risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases.
"The response was so poor that we had to change to secondary prevention, support, and reversals. We realised Prameya is not going to be an overnight success. We have to make people understand this really works, is beneficial in the long run, and therefore worth paying for."
The promoters of Prameya come from a strong research background. So they decided to use the free programmes, which was a proof of concept , to work on a research publication.
"We completed a study of our model and presented at one of the prestigious oncology conferences in Singapore, and were awarded the best poster at the event. We also tweaked the offerings so a patient could opt for a single session instead of a complete three-month package. This helped patients to enroll for specific needs and experience Prameya," Sandhya says.
How a health scare led this IIT alumnus to launch an Ayurveda-based preventive care startup
Building a differentiator
According to recent estimates by FICCI and EY, the wellness industry will grow at a CAGR of nearly 12 percent for the next 5 years, and reach an estimated high of Rs 1.5 trillion by the end of 2020. The growth is being attributed to the increase in disposable incomes and rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases.
There are startups like AyurUniverse, which combines Ayurveda and wellness, and Carer, Samara Mahindra's startup focused on a holistic approach to cancer care. Prameya, focused on a FENS model, offers a mix of support and preventive care.
The team claims to have made a revenue of Rs 80 lakh, 50 percent of which has come in FY20.
"We will investing another Rs 1 crore to develop a tech platform for online programmes . The set-up time, including team and protocols, for the first centre is about 12 to 15 months. For subsequent centres, it will be less than three months," Dr Sandhya says.
(Edited by Apoorva Puranik)
healthcare startups
preventive healthcare space
wellness startup
Bengaluru startups
Prameya Health
How QDIC 2020 Cohort startups EmbedSense, Vacus Tech, Sensegrass, and Prakshep accelerated product development amidst the pandemic
Rakshitha Deepak


text:
The Kouros of Apollonas, also called the Colossus of Dionysus, is a 10.7 metre tall unfinished statue of light grey Naxian marble with a weight of around 80 tonnes. It is located in an ancient quarry near , a small town in the northern part of Naxos, one of the Cycladic Islands in the Aegean Sea. The statue is a kouros dating from Archaic period of Ancient Greece, around the turn of the seventh and sixth centuries BC.

Name

The statue was formerly considered to be a statue of Apollo since it was located near the town of Apollonas. Bondelmonte called it a "statue Apollonis" in the fifteenth century on account of the proximity of the sanctuary of Apollo. Ludwig Ross referred to it as a Statue of Apollo in 1840. The name stuck for a long time, although Wilhelm von Massow identified the statue as Dionysos in 1932. Today it is classified as a kouros.

The Kouros of Apollonas is also referred to sometimes as the Kouros of Naxos, but this is unclear, since there are two other large kouroi at .

Description

The figure is roughly carved, but the body, head with beard and ears and the beginning of the hair are roughly recognisable. The arms have been cut by the stonemasons as rudimentary rectangles and the shaping of the feet had been begun; they are located on a 50 cm high plinth. The unfinished kouros lies in a rough stone slope. The extent to which cracks in the kouros are contemporary with its construction cannot be determined. The cracks are already visible in a sketch of 1835 by Schaubert for a copper etching.

Context

In most cases, kouros statues depict naked young men with their arms at their sides. It is clear however that the Kouros of Apollonas was to be a depiction of an older man with a beard and that its right arm would have been stretched out in front of it.

The archaic kouroi have usually been interpreted as depictions of Apollo. On account of its beard, the Kouros of Apollonas has instead been interpreted as the Greek god Dionysus.

Two more unfinished, over-life-size kouroi, cut free from their quarry but with their feet broken off, the Kouroi of Flerio are located at Melanes on Naxos in a village garden. One of these would have been a higher and the other a lower kouros, i.e. one would have stood 5.5 metres high without a plinth and the other would have stood the same height with a plinth. From the same marble quarry at Melanes came the roughly 9 metre high 25 ton Colossus of the Naxians, which was completed and set up on the island of Delos but is now in fragments.

There are also two smaller unfinished kouroi on Naxos. One was located in the quarry of Apollonas until Ludwig Ross transferred it to the Museum at Athens in 1834. The other came from Flerio and is located in the Museum of Naxos on a terrace.

Creation

According to Carl Blümel, a sculptor and director of the Pergamon Museum, Greek quarrying in early times was similar to Egyptian quarrying practice. The rough form of the figure was carved out. The sculptors were especially able to work the sides. They worked layer by layer, creating flat contour areas. So the sculptors never worked on a leg, arm or head individually, but always on the sculpture as a whole and thus the whole figure was at the same stage of completion at each moment. Only after the creation of the rough contour was the figure rounded out. This is all clearly demonstrated by the Kouros of Apollonas.

The sculptors used bronze chisels, which have left numerous holes in the sculpture, which were probably also the result of the use of pickaxes and hammers and would have been smoothed out in the course of the work by the use of finer chisels and gentler blows. By smashing the crystal grains of the marble, this work created a smooth surface at the finishing stages.

Quarry

The Kouros of Apollonas is located in an ancient marble quarry which is one of the oldest quarries in Greece. It lies not far from Apollonas on an unpaved road above the village. It is a typical surface quarry, of the sort from which stone objects were cut straight out of the cliff face or ground surface.

Transport
The statue, which has an estimated weight of about 80 tonnes, had been cut free from the stone on three sides, but it was not completed. On the back of the Kouros there are 5–8 cm wide keyholes, which are between 32 and 37 cm apart. In the centre, between the back of the kouros and the stone is a rectangular hole with a width of 40 cm, for the insertion of a wooden lifting beam. These recesses are located in the main lifting points of Greek monoliths. This ancient quarrying technique can be detected by traces in numerous places in the quarry, since it was not used in later times. The figure lies on a north–south orientation on an incline of about 30°. On the east side it was 19 cm above ground level and about 32 cm below it on the north side.

The sculptors got no further in their plans to transport this kouros, since a route for the further transport of the statue was never carved into the stone. On account of its size and weight, the figure remained unfinished in the quarry. Other reasons for the statue remaining unfinished are mentioned in tourist guidebooks and websites. These cannot be demonstrated. There is a claim that it was realised late in the production process that the statue had several cracks, or it is assumed that the ancient sculptors thought it might break during the process of cutting it out of the ground, or that the sculpture was not paid for. The view of the archaeologist, Gruben, that the monolith was too heavy to transport is undisputed in academic works.

References

Bibliography
 Carl Blümel. Griechische Bildhauer an der Arbeit. 2nd Edition. de Gruyter, Berlin 1941.
 Marion Meyer, Nora Brüggemann. Kore und Kouros. Weihegaben für die Götter. Phoibos Verlag, Wien 2007,  (Wiener Forschungen zur Archäologie 10).
 Gottfried Gruben. "Naxos und Delos." Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 112, 1997 (1998), , p. 262 ff. Accessible online.

External links

 Images of the Kouros of Apollonas and traces of quarrying in the proximity
 Pattern of white Naxian marble

Naxos
Archaic Greek sculptures
6th-century BC Greek sculptures
Quarries
Ancient Greek and Roman colossal statues
Apollonas
Unfinished sculptures


Summer is the season that children can rest after nine months of hard work at school. Summer is also when various children's game shows are broadcast on television to entertain adults.
In recent years, game shows and talent contests for children have been broadcast on national and local television.
Since Đồ Rê Mí – a music contest for kids– was launched in 2007 and attracted a lot of viewers, kids' game shows have spread like wildfire. Hundreds of music and dance contests for children have been broadcast, such as Gương Mặt Thân Quen Nhí (Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids), Bước Nhảy Hoàn Vũ Nhí (Kids Dancing), Người Hùng Tí Hon (Tiny Hero), Tìm Kiếm Tài Năng MC Nhí (Young MC Talent) and Young Hit Young Beat – Kids Talents. The cute children and their parents' dream of being famous have helped the shows gain popularity.
The game shows do help children have joy and physical exercise during their vacation. Compared with playing computer games, or being buried in their smartphones, game shows are better for children.
But on the other hand, on game shows, children must battle each other to win the contest. Rewards for the winner can reach hundreds of millions of đồng (VNĐ100 million is equal to US$4,400), and at that age, children don't know how to use the money. Their parents, however, know the value of money and enter their children into the contests and help them try and win.
These game shows and competitions are designed to attract more and more viewers and earn profits from advertising and sponsors.
It's clear how hard children have to work to prepare for these game shows. They must practise every day. Joy becomes a luxury. Many of them are brought to tears when they are knocked out of the contests.
Adults often say that children should not think focus on achievements, but game shows, competitions and parents force them to. This is clearly a case of do as I say, not as I do.
Phạm Hải Hà, a mother of two girls in Hà Nội, said she had never been a fan of children's game shows.
"I do not like them because children's appearance, talent and characteristics are scrutinised and broadcast. The children are not old enough to understand the purpose of the analysis, leading them to wrongly think ill of themselves," she said.
Across the world, many child stars crash and burn very quickly after becoming a 'big star'. "This is because when they grow up they chase after the success from their childhood and are left behind by modern show business," said Hà.
They often fail and are forgotten; some of them even lose all their money or become addicted to drugs.
"Keeping children's purity nowadays is a challenge for parents, why do parents want them to grow up faster by chasing their parents' dreams?" said Hà.
Nguyễn Khánh Vân, teacher at a primary school in Hà Nội, also expressed worries that game shows might violate the children's rights to privacy.
These game shows may affect a child's development, especially their psychological development.
"The children do not do what they want to; they must do what the organisers want. Many of the tasks are too difficult and they have little time to do them," she said.
"If the children are really talented, they will be stars at the right time, and they will be happy with their choice," said Vân.
Nguyễn Hải Anh, a lecturer of the Psychology Faculty under the Hà Nội University of Education, said that game shows and competitions brought a lot of benefits to children, but everything has two sides.
During game shows, children have the chance to grow as people and to reach their potential.
The game shows also help children develop patience and self-confidence.
"However, their studies may be affected. They may become smug if parents and teachers do not talk to them properly," she said.
Every parent wants the best for their children so that they can fulfill their potential. I believe that game shows and competitions are not the perfect place to develop. Children need a natural atmosphere without competition and rivalry. No star can burn brightly all of its life, but only for a period of time. We should let our children burn bright when they are grown up enough and can decide their own future.


text:
Q: how to do lookup query in firebase? Perhaps trivial question, but I couldn't find anything relevant.
If I have a long list of  let say surnames or maybe better institution names which are usually long. How do I do lookup queries when user types first few characters?
e.g.
technology institute
science institute
literature seminar
techinvest
technology park
animal shelter etc..

simply when user start typing tech.... I want to provide
technology institute
techinvest
technology park

as resutlt for dropdown.


text:
WILLIE NELSON SALUTED BY ALISON KRAUSS, JAMEY JOHNSON AND MORE
The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, named after songwriting team George and Ira Gershwin, celebrates a living performer and/or composer's "lifetime achievement in promoting song to enhance cultural understanding; entertaining and informing audiences; and inspiring new generations," according to a statement posted on the Library of Congress website.
During the concert, Nelson's music was performed by a top-notch and diverse lineup (backed by a stellar house band led by Don Was and featuring three of Nashville's McCrary Sisters), a testament to his enduring legacy as a singer, songwriter and performer, and his sprawling musical influence. Alison Krauss and Jamey Johnson delivered a heart-stopping rendition of the Nelson and Ray Charles duet "Seven Spanish Angels," and Rosanne Cash sang "Pancho and Lefty," the Townes Van Zandt song Nelson and Merle Haggard took to the top of the charts more than 30 years ago. Stellar performances from Leon Bridges, Raul Malo, Neil Young, Mexican singer Ana Gabriel (whose dramatic version of "I Never Cared for You" was sung in Spanish), Neil Young and Promise of the Real, Buckwheat Zydeco, Edie Brickell and inaugural Gershwin Prize recipient Paul Simon rounded out the 90-minute show, which was taped for later broadcast on PBS.
Nelson already recorded the Gershwins' "Someone to Watch Over Me" on his classic album "Stardust," but on Wednesday he revealed that he has finished recording an entire album of Gershwin songs. Called "Summertime," it is scheduled for release Jan. 15, the same day the tribute concert will premiere on PBS. Near the end of the evening, Nelson performed one of the songs from that forthcoming album, a playful duet of "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" with Cyndi Lauper.
During one of the concert's most emotional moments, Nelson sang "Living in the Promiseland" with his sons Lukas and Micah. It was, he said, "one of the most appropriate songs" he could play, considering current events. The Nelsons' performance earned them one of the night's multiple standing ovations.
Nelson, who called the Gershwin Prize "one of the greatest things to happen in my life," closed the concert by inviting all of the evening's musical guests back onstage to perform "On the Road Again" as the audience clapped and sang along. At 82, Nelson has been making music for more than half a century, and as the performances in D.C. proved, his legacy will live on for decades to come.
— The Tennessean


As 2016 draws to a close, we would like to reflect on some of the development this year, over the coming weeks.
On a positive note, a new administration team are now in place and have been working extremely hard to meet all member requests. Each member of the new administration team brings their own experience and expertise and it is these attributes that are proving valuable for OCN Credit4Learning and meeting the Service Level Agreements (SLA's) set out when an organisation becomes a member.
OCN Credit4Learning are very proud of the fact that when replying to member's requests, processing certificates or carrying out recognition panel work, we are currently at 100% in meeting our SLA's and this achievement goes a long way in giving piece of mind to members and a knowledge that whatever they request, it will be done quickly, efficiently and professionally.
If you would like to find out more information about becoming a member and receive the excellent service OCN Credit4Learning provides then please get in touch.


Andrew Sims the MD of AJS has been described as a confident experienced manager with good interpersonal, organisational, engineering, marketing and administration skills, within the marine industry. Andrew has a strong key industry customer contact network, recognized within the manufacturing sector as a person who achieves results, with awards recieved from the industry itself underlining this.
An ability to work to develop procedures with standards within the manufacturing and service environment, combined with a strong practical engineering background and the ability to find logical solutions to opportunities presented, create positive results.
Having started work as an Engineering Apprentice at 15 Andrew developed a practical understanding of manufacturing and production elements, which in the last 20 years has extended into the marine industry.
Work in SME companies has covered all aspects of business operations; from Strategy Planning, Customer Interface, Design, Manufacturing Process, Production Engineering, HR, Health and Safety, plus Sales and Marketing.
Having seen how shows can benefit the profile of companies within the Manufacturing Supply Chain Sector Andrew instigated, runs and drives the Marine Manufacturing Showcase Concept which has proved very successful at International Boat Shows promoting companies and brands across the industry.
British Marine Federation committee member MTA, Training and Midlands.


text:
High Court Indicates Support for Indian Teacher's Right Not to Pray September 9, 2013 Paul Fidalgo
High Court Indicates Support for Indian Teacher's Right Not to Pray
By Paul Fidalgo
The High Court in Mumbai
An update on a story I brought you last week: Sanjay Salve, a teacher in India, was denied traditional pay grade increases because of his refusal to visibly pray during a school assembly. According to The Hindu, however, his fortunes may be turning around.
During a hearing of Salve's case by the High Court, justices asked a pretty basic question — "How can a state-funded school term this indiscipline?" — which might indicate that the case may go in Salve's favor. As I noted in the previous post, the compulsory prayer seems pretty clearly in defiance of the Indian Constitution, which reads:
No person attending any educational institution recognised by the State or receiving aid out of State funds shall be required to take part in any religious instruction that may be imparted in such institution or to attend any religious worship that may be conducted in such institution…
The school, in its own submission, argued that the inculcation of "values" was key to their educational mandate.
The case resumes on September 20.
Pedophile Priest Scandal in Dominican Republic Puts Vatican Officials in the Hot Seat
September 9, 2013 Republican Ken Cuccinelli Gets Straight F's on Secular Coalition for America's Virginia Governor's Race Scorecard


Collection of visual/kinetic performative artifacts. 21 pieces of custom visual software.
In collaboration with Ali Demirel. Performed with Richie Hawtin's music.
The image above is from Timewarp 2009, Mannheim, DE.


The most scary thing about glaucoma is that it can steal your vision gradually and without your noticing. The best defense against glaucoma is a regular eye examination. Glaucoma most often strikes people over age 50. But it is recommended that during adult life everyone be tested at least every two years.
Some people with glaucoma do experience symptoms, but symptoms vary depending on the type of glaucoma.
By far the most common type, primary open-angle glaucoma develops gradually and painlessly. Since there are no early warning signs, it can slowly destroy your vision without your knowing it. The first indication may only occur after some considerable vision loss.
This results from a sudden blockage of the drainage channels within your eye, causes a rapid build-up of pressure inside your eye accompanied by blurred vision, the appearance of colored rings around lights and sometimes extreme pain or redness in the eyes.
The build-up of pressure inside your eye leads to glaucoma. Aqueous fluid, which fills the space at the front of the eye just behind the cornea, is made behind the iris (the colored part of the eye) in the ciliary body. It flows through the pupil (the dark hole in the center of the iris), and drains from the 'anterior chamber angle,' which is the junction between the edge of the iris and the cornea. If this outflow of liquid is impaired at all, there is a build-up of pressure inside the eye that damages the optic nerve, which carries visual images to the brain. The result is a loss of peripheral vision. Thus, while glaucoma sufferers may be able to read the smallest line on the vision test, they may find it difficult to move around without bumping into things or to see moving objects to the side.
Some causes are known, others are not. Causes differ depending on the type of glaucoma. The exact cause of open-angle glaucoma, where the drainage channels for the aqueous appear to be open and clear, is not known. Closed-angle glaucoma can occur when the pupil dilates or gets bigger and bunches the iris up around its edge, blocking the drainage channel. An injury, infection or tumor in or around the eye can also cause internal eye pressure to rise either by blocking drainage or displacing tissues and liquid within the eye. A mature cataract also can push the iris forward to block the drainage 'angle' between the iris and the cornea. Glaucoma can occur secondarily to a number of other conditions, such as diabetes, or as a result of some medications for other conditions.
Glaucoma most frequently occurs after age 40, but can occur at any age.
If you're of African heritage, you are more likely to develop open-angle glaucoma — and at an earlier age — than if you're Caucasian. Asians are more likely to develop narrow-angle glaucoma.
You have a higher risk of developing glaucoma if a close family member has it or if you have high blood pressure or high blood sugar (diabetes). There is also a greater tendency for glaucoma to develop in individuals who are nearsighted. Those at heightened risk for glaucoma should have their eyes checked at least once a year.
The optic nerve, located at the back of the eye, carries visual information to the brain. As the fibers that make up the optic nerve are damaged by glaucoma, the amount and quality of information sent to the brain decreases and a loss of vision occurs.
If diagnosed at an early stage, glaucoma can be controlled and little or no further vision loss should occur. If left untreated, side awareness (peripheral vision) and central vision will be destroyed and blindness may occur.
Tests for glaucoma are part of a comprehensive eye examination. A simple and painless procedure called tonometry measures the internal pressure of your eye. Ophthalmoscopy examines the back of the eye to observe the health of the optic nerve. A visual field test, a very sensitive test that checks for the development of abnormal blind spots, may also be completed.
Glaucoma is usually treated with prescription eye drops and medicines. In some cases, surgery may be required to improve drainage. The goal of the treatment is to prevent loss of vision by lowering the pressure in the eye.
Will my vision be restored after treatment?
Unfortunately, any vision loss as a result of glaucoma is permanent and cannot be restored. This is why regular eye examinations are important.
Glaucoma cannot be prevented, but early detection and treatment can control glaucoma and reduce the chances of damage to the eye and a loss of sight.


Flowers in the Rain & Other Stories collects 16 of number-one New York Times best-selling author Rosamunde Pilcher's romantic tales set across Britain from the Scottish countryside to the city of London.
She takes you to a world of hope and romance...and into the lives of people you'll never forget.
And this audiobook is her gift to you.
©1991 Rosamunde Pilcher (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
Could not stop listening until the last word. Such an enjoyable experience. Great stories and most of the narrators we're amazing.


When you live on campus, you're already home. UND offers several housing options for everyone on campus. From first-year undergraduate students to graduate students, living on campus at UND is the right choice for you.
Housing options, application process and the next steps of your UND journey.
Return to campus in 2019-2020! Room Sign Up for returning students kicks off this spring. Watch for more information on how to get the full UND experience!
What can you bring to the team? Apply now to become one of UND's newest Resident Assistants in 2019-2020!


text:
What should you know about retirement after a gray divorce?
Published By Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C. | Jul 30, 2021 | Divorce
A gray divorce might be in your best interests if you and your spouse don't get along or no longer want to be together, but a later-in-life divorce could hurt your retirement plans. Why are your plans in trouble? The reality is that you are going to be less likely to...
Passenger ejected and killed in potential DUI crash
Published By Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C. | Jul 28, 2021 | Drunk Driving Accidents
One person is dead after a rollover crash in Colorado. They were the passenger in the car that crashed, and the police believe that the driver may have been under the influence at the time of the wreck. Both the passenger and the driver were ejected from the vehicle...
Are you alienating your children from the other parent?
Published By Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C. | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Custody
Parental alienation is a serious offense in the eyes of a family court. A parent who actively tries to manipulate their child or turn them against the other parent looks vindictive and harmful. If you're a parent who wants what is best for your child, it's important...
Can you move out of Colorado with the kids after your divorce?
by Cynthia L. Ciancio | Jul 21, 2021 | Divorce
It often takes quite some time to rebuild your life after a divorce. You no longer have a spouse to rely on for household needs and financial support, and you may find yourself trying to stay away from places and experiences that remind you of your marriage. Whether...
Should you consider an alternate-week custody schedule?
Published By Cynthia L. Ciancio | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Custody
If you and your soon-to-be-ex are going to be sharing custody of your children 50-50, you've probably already realized that there are a number of variations on shared custody schedules. One that you may be considering is alternating weeks. An alternate-week schedule...
When wives earn more than their husbands, it can spell trouble for the marriage
Published By Cynthia L. Ciancio | Jul 13, 2021 | Divorce
It used to be that males made up the majority of employees in the workforce. Even in instances in which both males and females worked in the same workplace in a similar role, the men were the ones who brought in a higher salary. Things have changed a lot in recent...
Why drivers can't safely check their phones at an intersection
Published By Loren M. Brown | Jul 8, 2021 | Car Accidents
You glide to a stop at an intersection because the light is red or it's a four-way stop. You look over at the vehicle in the lane next to you or across the intersection and clearly see someone typing into their phone while stopped. Your first reaction to that might...
What are the common spinal injuries caused by crashes?
In a car crash, the impact and sudden deceleration of your vehicle can result in significant injuries. Among them are a couple different spinal injuries that could put you at risk of a spinal cord injury. Some of those injuries include spinal fractures and disc...
When might a crash scene investigation be needed after a wreck?
Most motorists summon police to the scene after they have an accident. They do so to allow police to document what happened and to help facilitate the exchange of information. If you've ever passed a pretty catastrophic accident before, then you may have noticed law...
Who's liable when a drunk driver causes an accident?
Published By Loren M. Brown | Jul 2, 2021 | Drunk Driving Accidents
If someone chooses to drive while impaired, they're making a decision that could lead to injuries and deaths. If they happen to make a mistake on the road, they could hit others and cause significant damage. It's not always just the drunk driver who is to blame for...


The Heart of England is the largest of England's tourist regions and receives more domestic visitors than any other. Tourism is a major force in the region's economy generating over £6 billion through visitor spending. The Heart of England Tourist Board is committed to developing the sustainable growth of tourism in the region in partnership with private sector and local authority members.


text:
'use strict';

import React from 'react';
import memoize from 'memoize-one';
import _ from 'underscore';
import { AboveTableControlsBase } from '@hms-dbmi-bgm/shared-portal-components/es/components/browse/components/above-table-controls/AboveTableControlsBase';

import { ChartDataController } from './../../../viz/chart-data-controller';
import { SelectedFilesControls, SelectedFilesFilterByContent } from './SelectedFilesControls';
import { fileCountWithDuplicates, SelectedFilesController } from './../SelectedFilesController';

/**
 * This component must be fed props from CustomColumnController (for columns UI), SelectedFilesController (for selected files read-out).
 * Some may need to be transformed to exclude certain non-user-controlled columns (e.g. @type) and such.
 */
export class AboveBrowseViewTableControls extends React.PureComponent {

    /** Removes filters from fileTypeFilters if newly selected files don't have filtered-in fileType. */
    static filterFileTypeFilters = memoize(function(fileTypeFilters, selectedFiles){
        const existingFileTypeFiltersObject = _.object(_.map(fileTypeFilters, function(filtr){
            return [filtr, true];
        }));
        const fileTypeBucketsNew = SelectedFilesFilterByContent.filesToFileTypeBuckets(selectedFiles);
        let currFilter;
        for (var i = 0; i < fileTypeFilters.length ; i++){
            currFilter = fileTypeFilters[i];
            if (typeof fileTypeBucketsNew[currFilter] === 'undefined'){
                delete existingFileTypeFiltersObject[currFilter];
            }
        }
        return _.keys(existingFileTypeFiltersObject);
    });

    static filterSelectedFilesByFileTypeFilters(selectedFiles, fileTypeFilters){
        if (Array.isArray(fileTypeFilters) && fileTypeFilters.length === 0){
            return selectedFiles;
        }
        const fileTypeFiltersObject = _.object(_.map(fileTypeFilters, function(fltr){ return [fltr, true]; })); // Faster lookups
        return _.object(_.filter(
            _.pairs(selectedFiles),
            function([fileAccessionTriple, filePartialItem], i){
                if (fileTypeFiltersObject[filePartialItem.file_type_detailed]) return true;
                return false;
            }
        ));
    }

    static getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state){
        // Keep up to date if unselect files w/ such active filters.
        return {
            'fileTypeFilters' : AboveBrowseViewTableControls.filterFileTypeFilters(
                state.fileTypeFilters,
                props.selectedFiles
            )
        };
    }

    constructor(props){
        super(props);
        this.setFileTypeFilters = this.setFileTypeFilters.bind(this);

        /**
         * @property {string[]} state.fileTypeFilters - List of file_type_detailed strings that we filter selected files down to.
         */
        this.state = {
            // TODO: extract this & logic related to this into a new "FileTypeFilterController" component.
            // This would allow us to hoist this above BrowseView's entire results table and maybe hide or filter down expsets.
            'fileTypeFilters' : []
        };

        this.memoized = {
            fileCountWithDuplicates: memoize(fileCountWithDuplicates),
            filterSelectedFilesByFileTypeFilters: memoize(AboveBrowseViewTableControls.filterSelectedFilesByFileTypeFilters)
        };
    }

    setFileTypeFilters(fileTypeFilters){
        this.setState({ fileTypeFilters });
    }

    render(){
        const { selectedFiles } = this.props;
        const { fileTypeFilters } = this.state;
        const filteredSelectedFiles = this.memoized.filterSelectedFilesByFileTypeFilters(selectedFiles, fileTypeFilters);
        const selectedFileCount = this.memoized.fileCountWithDuplicates(selectedFiles);

        let wrappedLeftSectionControls;
        if (selectedFiles){
            wrappedLeftSectionControls = (
                <ChartDataController.Provider id="selected_files_section">
                    <SelectedFilesControls {..._.extend(_.pick(this.props, 'href', 'includeFileSets', 'context', 'session'), SelectedFilesController.pick(this.props))}
                        subSelectedFiles={filteredSelectedFiles} onFilterFilesByClick={this.handleOpenFileTypeFiltersPanel}
                        currentFileTypeFilters={fileTypeFilters} setFileTypeFilters={this.setFileTypeFilters} />
                </ChartDataController.Provider>
            );
        }

        const aboveTableControlsProps = {
            ..._.pick(this.props, 'isFullscreen', 'windowWidth', 'toggleFullScreen', 'session'),
            "panelMap" : {
                "filterFilesBy" : {
                    "title" : (
                        <React.Fragment>

                            Filter Selected Files to Download by Type
                        </React.Fragment>
                    ),
                    "className" : "file-type-selector-panel",
                    "body" : (
                        <SelectedFilesFilterByContent {..._.pick(this.props, 'includeFileSets', 'selectedFiles')}
                            currentFileTypeFilters={fileTypeFilters} setFileTypeFilters={this.setFileTypeFilters} />
                    ),
                    "close" : selectedFileCount === 0
                },
                ...AboveTableControlsBase.getCustomColumnSelectorPanelMapDefinition(this.props)
            }
        };

        return <AboveTableControlsBase {...aboveTableControlsProps}>{ wrappedLeftSectionControls }</AboveTableControlsBase>;
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Brighton & Hove Albion have signed defender Connor Goldson from Shrewsbury Town for an undisclosed fee.
The 22-year-old centre-back has signed a four-year contract with the Seagulls.
Goldson, who came through the Shropshire club's youth system, played 120 times for Shrewsbury after being given his first-team debut by then Town boss Graham Turner in February 2011.
"We are delighted to bring someone with Connor's ability and potential to the club," said Albion boss Chris Hughton.
Connor Goldson is the second Shrewsbury youngster to leave the club for a Championship side this summer, midfielder Josh Ginnelly having joined Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.
"We know he had a lot of admirers in terms of other clubs, so we are thrilled to complete the deal.
"I have no doubt he has the talent to step up into the Championship after performing well in both League Two and League One.
"He has been a regular starter for Shrewsbury at such a young age and I think he has the temperament and quality for Championship football."
Goldson becomes Brighton's 10th signing of the summer transfer window.


text:
PLO Says Israel Implementing Expansion Master Plan in West Bank Settlements
December 13, 2020 15:40 +08
Tlaib And Omar Respond To Israel Ban, Refuse To Stand Down
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has accused Israel of expanding the settlements in the West Bank by constructing new roads.
"Constructing new roads is a clear indication that Israel carries on with its plan to annex large parts of the West Bank," Xinhua news agency quoted the PLO's National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements as saying in an official report on Saturday.
The Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a significant factor behind the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and one of the main reasons for the breakdown of the last peace talks between the two sides in 2014.
"The (Israeli) projects include building dozens of roads between settlements through a master plan, the first of its kind in years, to establish a transportation network in the settlements," the PLO report noted.
A general view picture shows home in the Israeli outpost of Palgey Maim, in the occupied West Bank February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
124 Israeli Settlement Outposts Built
Israeli media reported last week that the goal of building up new roads is to expand settlements to increase the number of settlers in the West Bank to 1 million.
According to the PLO, about 124 Israeli settlement outposts have been built in the West Bank since the 1990s without any official Israeli approval.
Palestinian rights groups said about 700,000 settlers have been living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967.
The Israeli settlements built on the Palestinian territories are regarded as illegal by the international community.
However in 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Washington no longer considered Israeli settlements as inconsistent with international law.
UAE's Normalization of Ties With Israel Act of Betrayal: Khamenei
Israel to Ease Restrictions on Gaza
Hamas Targets in Gaza Struck By Israeli Warplanes


Click on the name of an application below to download and/or to get more informations.
TouNeuf 1.11 It's a chance game with dice. Between 2 and 4 players.
CopyDel 1.12 This program allows you to delete duplicate files.
ChangeTexte 1.00 To replace one string by another in specified file.
XRen 1.00 To rename files with a different number of characters.
Ini Canon 1.10 Allows you to change the colors, font style, etc, to print everything after under DOS.
Ini NEC 1.10 Allows you to change the colors, font style, etc, to print everything after under DOS.


text:
Duarte Nursery, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
DUARTE NURSERY, INC., a California Corporation; et al., Plaintiffs,
UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Counterclaim-Plaintiff,
DUARTE NURSERY, INC., a California Corporation; et al., Counterclaim-Defendants.
Duarte Nursury, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Anthony L. Francois, Pacific Legal Foundation, M. Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Damien Michael Schiff, Pacific Legal Foundation, David M. Ivester, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel, LLP, Gerald E. Brunn, Law Offices of Brunn & Flynn, Max Rene Rollens, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP & Peter Prows, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel Llp.
John Duarte, Plaintiff, represented by Anthony L. Francois, Pacific Legal Foundation, M. Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Damien Michael Schiff, Pacific Legal Foundation, David M. Ivester, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel, LLP, Gerald E. Brunn, Law Offices of Brunn & Flynn, Max Rene Rollens, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP & Peter Prows, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel Llp.
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Defendant, represented by Andrew J. Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Gregory T. Broderick, United States Attorney's Office, John Thomas H. Do, United States Department of Justice & Samara M. Spence, United States Department Of Justice.
Karl E. Longley, Defendant, represented by Matthew J. Goldman, State Of California, Department Of Justice.
Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Defendant, represented by Matthew J. Goldman, State Of California, Department Of Justice.
Jon Costantino, Defendant, represented by Matthew J. Goldman, State Of California, Department Of Justice.
Sandra O. Meraz, Defendant, represented by Matthew J. Goldman, State Of California, Department Of Justice.
Carmen Ramirez, BDefendant, represented by Matthew J. Goldman, State Of California, Department Of Justice.
Robert Schneider, Defendant, represented by Matthew J. Goldman, State Of California, Department Of Justice.
Pamela C. Creedon, Defendant, represented by Matthew J. Goldman, State Of California, Department Of Justice.
United States of America, Defendant, represented by Andrew J. Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Gregory T. Broderick, United States Attorney's Office, John Thomas H. Do, United States Department of Justice & Samara M. Spence, United States Department Of Justice.
Duarte Nursury, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by David M. Ivester, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel, LLP, M. Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Max Rene Rollens, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP, Peter Prows, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel Llp & Anthony L. Francois, Pacific Legal Foundation.
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Counter Claimant, represented by Andrew J. Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Gregory T. Broderick, United States Attorney's Office, John Thomas H. Do, United States Department of Justice & Samara M. Spence, United States Department Of Justice.
John Duarte, Counter Defendant, represented by David M. Ivester, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel, LLP, M. Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Max Rene Rollens, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP, Peter Prows, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel Llp & Anthony L. Francois, Pacific Legal Foundation.
          STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING ...


Sint Maarten has exploded as a hotspot for Caribbean charter, and access to the island (whether by yacht or by plane) has been key to its success. Join captain ten Velde in the cockpit of a KLM 747 as it lands on Sint Maarten's daunting Runway 09.
Sint Maarten has exploded as a hotspot for Caribbean charter, and access to the island (whether by yacht or by plane) has been key to its success. But Sint Maarten has one of the most challenging runways in the world, especially if you're arriving on a 747 jumbo jet. In this cool video, join captain ten Velde in the cockpit of a KLM 747 for the approach and landing on Sint Maarten's daunting Runway 09.
Watch more cool yachting videos HERE.


No not the stuff in the can but the film! We – the family – watched it for the second time last night and it just lifts the spirits, makes you smile, brings a tear to the eye and makes you want to sing, dance and smile like crazy!
Thank god, the universe and all that is for movies like this.
that it is always lurking, ready to jump out, rear it's ugly reality and knock you down again. Yes they are memories, yes it is past but the ripple effect of that past is as real today as the abuse was yesterday. It comes in waves washing up on your shore when you least expect or want it.
On top of that it is the indirect flow on, the relationships that ebb and flow on the outer ripples that in time often hurt the most, which continue time and time again to hurt with not much of an end in sight no matter how much work is done.
There is no answer to the tide of experience, the bad often chafes the good relieves it for a moment – it is just that sometimes those moments are'nt long enough are they?
And sadly there are those that are ignorant because that is the easiest for them to be, they give no thought, they ride the ripples thoughtless and chafe the worst for it.
lazy thoughtless bastards I would say but they are living a life in fear and so, I am so very sorry for them. But I leave it to them to help themselves or not , I care not – in truth I care but can do nothing for it is for them to to come to see the pain they cause and then decide what to do about it.
I will help those who love and respect themselves and whom I love and whom I am loved by.


TERMS: MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express are accepted for online purchases. When ordering by phone, 800-872-2627, we can also arrange for UPS COD or prepay by company check. We do not have open accounts.
SHIPPING: We ship by ground UPS throughout the United States. Upon request we can ship by USPS or FedEx using your customer account. We do not offer products outside the United States.
SALES POLICY: Motorola radios are sold only to "end-users", reselling or 2-stepping is not permitted.
PROGRAMMING: Radios will be programmed to the frequencies/PL codes requested by the customer. Obtaining necessary licensing is solely the responsibility of the end-user. Delmmar reprograms Motorola Radius Radios for free during the first year, you pay only shipping.
If you have questions about radio licensing please contact the FCC at 888-225-5322 or www.fcc.gov, request form 601. If you would like someone to handle the licencing procedure for you, we suggest you contact www.nationalicense.com, National Licensing Corp., 317-564-8018, to assist you with your licensing needs.
REPAIR TERMS: Radio repairs are covered by a 60-day Delmmar Repair Warranty from the date of initial paid repair. Flat-rate repair fee excludes: antenna replacement, battery replacement and/or charger replacement; repair or replacement of accessories or repair of physical or water damaged units. If for any reason your repair exceeds the flat rate, we will call you before proceeding.
NON-REPAIRABLES: There is no charge for a technician looking at a non-repairable radio, a nominal shipping fee will be charged for customers wanting non-repairable units returned.
ESTIMATE ONLY FEE: $35 per unit. Only charged if customer chooses NOT to repair or replace a fully repairable radio at the advertised flat rate. Radios found to exceed the flat rate are excluded from this rule.
RETURNS: All internet and phone sales are final. No returns.
If you receive the wrong item, we will work with you to exchange your unused/unopened product for the correct item. Call our office during regular business hours, 800-872-2627 for assistance.
Note: We prefer you to be completely satisfied with your purchase. We would like to be your radio company for the long term. Please call us with any product related questions before placing your order. In the rare occurrence a return is accepted, it would be subject to a 15% restocking fee. Shipping charges are non-refundable. Special order items are non-returnable.


Every NYC It Girl goes to J.Crew for the basics. Striped shirts, stadium coats, button up shirts, t-shirts, skirts and blazers are all in their arsenal.
J.Crew is my go-to for every single preppy basic a woman needs in her closet. Their basics are not always so basic. They put a fresh spin on it. Sometimes a striped t-shirt will have extremely long buttoned cuffs. Each year, they release their classic stadium coat in a new eye alluring color.
The items from J.Crew withstand the test of time. Each season, I buy the exact same thing in a new color. I have the same striped shirt in several colors and lengths. I own several stadium coats in various colors. T-shirts come in every shade of the pretty rainbow that J.Crew plucks out of the sky.
The most incredible thing about buying J.Crew basics is that every season they showcase those basic items and show you how to style it for the new season. Whoever thought to wear a button up under a t-shirt? J.Crew thought of it. Why not tuck part of your shirt in and leave the rest out? J.Crew thought of that, too.
They bank on their It Girls already owning the exact same basic products they advertise. That is why their catalogs showcase each of those items, but present you with a new way to wear those basics each season.
That mint top you purchased last year will go perfectly with their new tulle skirt this season. Those pink pants you bought last season will match the new vibrant pink shoes this season. That striped basic top, you should try pairing with a floral pencil skirt. The bright yellow top you bought and have no idea how to wear it, don't worry, it will go with this season's pink skirt or with the emerald green jacquard pants this winter.
J.Crew provides inexpensive basic pieces you can play up or down each season. They bank on their customers owning the basics from their collection. Their catalog each season shows you exactly how to wear the current fashion trends with the basics you already own. That is the beauty of J.Crew. In a way, it is very French chic.
Here are pieces every NYC it girl has in her closet. For those new to J.Crew, you should focus on purchasing a black blazer, striped t-shirt, a colorful assortment of t-shirts in various grades (the weight of the tee is different according to season), a stadium coat, trench coat, a white button down shirt, and a cashmere sweater.
You can go neutral if you want, but try buying items in various colors. Each season, those colors are reintroduced in a new way, paired with an item you may already own, or you can invest in.
J.Crew is a classic way of learning how to build up your wardrobe with qualitative pieces that have staying power.


text:
A Green New World Encouraging Eco-Friendly Behavior in Your Community
By Liz Lent 2015 September Energy Conservation
These days, as the summers get hotter, the storms get bigger and climate change is finding its way into more headlines than ever before, more attention is being paid to the environment and how the average citizen can do his or her part to support and repair it. In response to increased demand from Mother Nature, Chicago has striven to be a leader in energy conservation, waste reduction and the creation of green policies designed to prepare its buildings and its residents for life in an uncertain environmental future.
As a result, condo, co-op and HOA boards and managers find themselves introducing new rules, regulations and technologies into co-ops and condos to improve comfort for residents and work in tandem with citywide efforts to be better stewards of our resources and climate, a trend that seems to be growing.
People Want to Know
"We regularly have board members reach out to their management team about greening their property," says Doug Weinstein, executive director of operations and vice president of the Project Management Group (PMG) and AKAM Associates, based in New York. "And PMG consistently receives inquiries for more information as to how properties can be more energy efficient and sustainable. As greening becomes a more widespread practice, the inquiries continue to rise. You also have many new buildings being constructed with sustainability and greening practices in mind from their inceptions."
Cecil Scheib, PE, CEM, LEED AP, GPRO, chief program officer of the Urban Green Council in New York, has seen first-hand the results of buildings focusing on energy conservation and green policies. "It happened in my building," he says, citing a conversion to LED lighting. "We're seeing a trend," he says, especially involving management companies making suggestions and providing guidance on renovations and upgrades.
Encouraging Change
Making major changes in energy consumption or green lifestyles takes the support and engagement of all residents to be successful.
Hidden Energy Wasters
Finding Them Saves Money
Heating Options for Multifamily Communities
Get Warm, Stay Warm
Affordable Green Energy Options for Your Association
Peter Donalek on Assessing Your Building's Energy Consumption:
the article is New York focused. Can there be a follow up article that describes what is happening in Illinois. For example SEDAC, ComEd a…
Johnathan on Can We Go Green?:
Green technology tends to save more money in the long run, detispe being more expensive to begin with for example, motion-sensing light fi…
Czhuilnazao on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle:
Most people want to be eco-friendly but for the most part at least cernurtly sometimes going green technlogoy is not financially a good idea…


text:
Spain's other valley of the fallen
August 2, 2012 12:00 am Published by David Eade Leave your thoughts
Spain's Valle de los Caídos, where 40,000 of those fallen in the Spanish Civil War are buried, is known around the world. Indeed Franco's tomb lies amongst them in a monument part constructed by Republican prisoners, thousands of whom died in the process. However, there is another Valley of the Fallen where to this day the bones of those who perished under the Nationalist onslaught still lie on the ground.
To find this valley you have to travel to La Salada, a mountain between Tereul and Castellón along which passed the famous XYZ defensive line. Unlike the Maginot Line, which was an elaborate system of fortifications and bunkers built with reinforced concrete, the XYZ was comprised of trenches and bunkers using the difficult terrain of the region around Valencia which it was built to defend.
This was the scene of some of the most terrible battles of the Spanish Civil War which marked the Batalla de Levante. The corral of the Panpasiempre rises up to the peak of La Salada between the mountains of Javalambre and Espadán. Here in the summer of 1938, at 1,500 metres above sea level, a bloody battle raged that saw Franco lose 20,000 men and the Republicans 4,000.
Facing each other were the African troops, Falangists and regular forces of General Aranda against various divisions of Republicans organised in the XYZ defensive system under Coronel Matallana. It was on July 22 to 23 that the most terrible conflicts raged at La Salada at Peña Juliana. Each side attacked each other and reports talk of the scene being a slaughterhouse.
This is the time of year for forest fires in Spain and that July one hit the sierras. However it was another fire on August 12 1993 that brought back terrible memories for the people of the area who had lived through the Civil War years. There are still numerous munitions and grenades from the conflict on La Salada and these were set off as the flames ignited over the mountain. It was a spectacular night of explosions but for the aged residents of the local village, El Toro, it was like reliving the days of the battle.
Men from the village went up to the mountain with saws to clean up after the blaze. The inferno had not only set off the ammunition but had also laid bare the thousands of human remains from the battles. The bones are largely those of the Republicans because the Nationalist troops arranged for their fallen to be buried in local cemeteries.
In 1939, the mayor of the village of Abejuela wrote to his neighbouring counterpart in El Toro calling for the dead on the mountain sides to be given a Christian and dignified burial. In 1950 nothing had still been done and the Governor General of Castellón wrote to the Justice of the Peace in El Toro saying: "In the boundary of this municipality, at the place known as the 'Mountain of the Dead' exists the human remains without burial, that are left from the War of Liberation… take the necessary steps to have them interred."
That was never done and the task now rests with the group dedicated to the Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica de Valencia (GRMH). The archaeologist working with the group, Tatiana Fargalló, says that apart from the fallen remains there are a number of communal graves. "It is difficult to calculate, but we are talking of thousands of people." GRMH has found two large graves at La Salada near a hospital that was for the wounded. There are six fosses with between 50 and 100 bodies in each.
There are still survivors of the battle and that bloody era in Spanish history. In addition, the families of those who were slaughtered still live in the same villages and know that their grandparents, uncles, cousins, fathers and brothers bones lie scattered over the mountain sides. Matías Alonso, the secretary of the Memoria Histórica del PSPV-PSOE (the socialist party in the region) stated: "We are preoccupied by the lack of sensitivity of the authorities" he also added that some tombs had been destroyed that would have served to help identify the remains in them.
The mayor of El Toro is now Ana María Orduña of the Partido Popular (PP). The centre right PP would prefer to forget about the events of the Civil War but she says she is not opposed to the dignified burial of these victims. However she adds it is the responsibility of the province or regional government authorities as El Toro is a poor community.
Archaeologist Tatiana Fargalló observed that in the trenches of La Salada there is the energy of those places where there has been a large amount of suffering. She added: "They died with dignity". What remains to be seen is whether over 74 years on they will finally be buried with dignity.
The Aragon offensive took place because Franco, to the dismay of his generals and German and Italian allies, decided to take Valencia – the republican capital – rather than make a rapid advance on Barcelona which did not fall till January 1939. The reason was he feared French intervention in Cataluña following the Anschluss. It is also said that he didn't want a swift end to the war, as he wanted a war of annihilation against the Republic in order to crush all opposition. Poet and Spanish politician, Dionisio Ridruejo, a member of the famed Generation of 1936, said: "A long war meant total victory. Franco chose the crueller option which, from his point of view, was also more effective." The memorial to his blood thirsty policy rests in Spain's other Valley of the Fallen at La Salada.
Tags: Europe
This post was written by David Eade


Heading to Austin for SXSW 2019!
They're heading back to Austin to perform 4 shows during SXSW 2019 and while in town there's going to be some recording! That's right. Stay tuned for a limited edition Album of new originals, recorded live to a single mic, direct to tape, at Austin Signal Studios. Joining them on Violin, is Austin local, David Perales.
We've been presented with an opportunity to record six of our original songs at Austin Signal Studios in a Single-Mic Session while in town for SXSW. With some incredibly talented local musicians joining us on the project, this unique session will be recorded live and available on both CD and vinyl. The experience of recording in a high end studio, situated in this music mecca and working with this caliber of talent would mean so much to us as artists.
in On The Road, In the studio.
"Robert & Michelle are today's core of "Medicine Hat," and after a visit from them at last year's Spring Fling Music Festival we asked them to come back.
Medicine Hat is heading back to Austin tfor SXSW 2018. They'll be performing songs from the New Self Titled EP at Freedmen's, Goorin Bros and Giddy Ups!
It's a busy Fall for Medicine Hat, with shows up and down the California coast, including their return to the Scheideck Festival, held the last weekend of September. They're bringing the full band this time and it promises to be a fully Electrified Psychedelic Desert Rock extravaganza!
After a year of playing as an acoustic duo, Medicine Hat has returned as a full electric band. Exploring and expanding on the psychedelic lonesome desert rock sounds that have influenced their music, they've added a fresh new rhythm section and brought back their friend, Erik Kristiansen on the Pedal Steel guitar. Their first show with the new band is Saturday, July 29, at Bombay Bar & Grill, downtown Ventura, with more shows to be added.
Medicine Hat is back home after playing four shows at this year's SXSW Music Festival in Austin Texas. They played three shows as a duo and closed the week with an full band, electric performance at The SXSW Full Moon Barn Dance. They were accompanied by an amazing and talented group of local Austin musicians and met with great reviews. They're currently putting together shows for spring and plan on getting back in the studio to finish up new songs.
What a year for Medicine Hat! A trip to Austin for SXSW, shows up and down southern and central California, voted best Original Band in Ventura County, recording sessions at Earle Mankey's... it's been an amazing year!
Medicine Hat is heads to Austin TX to play SXSW!
Medicine Hat is making their SXSW debut in Austin at Leeann Atherton's Full Moon Barn Dance, joining a laundry list of amazing touring acts from around the world.


We are so thankful for the FGBC family and their prayers. A huge thanks to all of you!
And we are so thankful for Pastor Randy and Dena Todd at Dallas Center, Iowa. They met all our physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
We continued our drive home on Monday and pulled into our driveway about 10:30 PM. The doctor insisted that days 2-3 after the accident would be bad in terms of pain. But we feel better each day.
Last night we had dinner with our daughter and her family. Our son-in-law told Kristin that she should have served Pineapple Upside-Down Cake or Cherry Turnovers for dessert. We all had a good laugh and then continued to thank God for His mercies.