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/**
 * MessageConstants
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 * @author Alex Shvid
 *
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public final class MessageConstants {

	private MessageConstants() {
	}

	/**
	 * Using starting index of array similar to LUA language
	 */

	public static volatile int ARRAY_START_INDEX = 1;

}

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Q: What exactly does "pass by reference" mean? And who has the authority to decide?
Edit: Apparently I haven't succeeded in formulating my question well.
I am not asking how Java's argument passing works. I know that what looks like a variable holding an object is actually a variable holding a reference to the object, and that reference is passed by value.
There are lots of fine explanations of that mechanism here (in the linked threads and others) and elsewhere.
The question is about the technical meaning of the term pass-by-reference. (End edit)
I am not sure if this is the right kind of question for SO, apologies if not, but I don't know a better place. Much has already been said in other questions here, for example Is Java "pass-by-reference" or "pass-by-value"? and pass by reference or pass by value?, but I haven't found an authoritative answer to the question what the term means.
I have thought that "pass by reference" means "pass a reference (usually a pointer) to the object", so the callee can modify the object the caller sees, while "pass by value" means copying the object, and letting the callee have fun with the copy (obvious problem: what if the object contains references, deep copy or shallow).
Sing the FW turns up lots of places saying "pass by reference" means just that, here there's some argument that it means more, but the definition still reads

A ParameterPassing mode where a reference (or if you want to be politically incorrect, a pointer) to the actual parameter is passed into the formal parameter; when the callee needs the formal parameter it dereferences the pointer to get it.

I haven't found many places giving a stronger definition for the term, on this page, I found "The lvalue of the formal parameter is set to the lvalue of the actual parameter." and, if I understand correctly, the same definition is used here ("The formal parameter merely acts as an alias for the actual parameter.")
In fact, the only places I found where the stronger definition is used are places arguing against the notion that in Java, objects are passed by reference (that may be due to my lacking google-fu).
So, if I got things straight, pass-by-reference
class Thing { ... }
void byReference(Thing object){ ... }
Thing something;
byReference(something);

according to the first definition would roughly correspond to (in C)
struct RawThing { ... };
typedef RawThing *Thing;
void byReference(Thing object){
    // do something
}
// ...
struct RawThing whatever = blah();
Thing something = &whatever;
byReference(something); // pass whatever by reference
// we can change the value of what something (the reference to whatever) points to, but not
// where something points to

and in that sense, saying that Java passes objects by reference would be adequate. But according to the second definition, pass-by-reference means more or less
struct RawThing { ... };
typedef RawThing *RawThingPtr;
typedef RawThingPtr *Thing;
void byReference(Thing object){
    // do something
}
// ...
RawThing whatever = blah();
RawThingPtr thing_pointer = &whatever;
byReference(&thing_pointer); // pass whatever by reference
// now we can not only change the pointed-to (referred) value,
// but also where thing_pointer points to

And since Java only lets you have pointers-to-objects (limiting what you can do with them) but doesn't have pointers-to-pointers, in that sense, saying that Java passes objects by reference is totally wrong.
So,

*

*Have I adequately understood the above definitions of pass-by-reference?

*Are there other definitions around?

*Is there consensus which definition is "the correct one", if so, which?

A: Sure, different people currently have different definitions of what "pass-by-reference" means. And that is why they disagree on whether something is pass-by-reference or not.
However, whatever definition you use, you must use it consistently across languages. You can't say that one language has pass-by-value, and have the exact same semantics in another language and say that it is pass-by-reference. Pointing out the analogies between languages is the best way to address this dispute, because although people might have strong opinions about the passing modes in particular languages, when you contrast the identical semantics with other languages, it sometimes brings counter-intuitive results that force them to re-think their definition.

*

*One predominant view is that Java is pass-by-value only. (Search everywhere on the Internet and you will find this point of view.) This view is that objects are not values, but are always manipulated through references, and thus it is references that are assigned or passed, by value. This view holds that the test of pass-by-reference is whether it is possible to assign to a variable in the calling scope.

If one agrees with this viewpoint, then one must also consider most languages, including as diverse ones as Python, Ruby, OCaml, Scheme, Smalltalk, SML, Go, JavaScript, Objective-C, etc. as pass-by-value only. If any of this strikes you as strange or counterintuitive, I challenge you to point out why you think it is different between the semantics of objects in any of those languages from objects in Java. (I know that the some of these languages may explicitly claim that they are pass-by-reference; but it is irrelevant what they say; a consistent definition must be applied to all languages based on the actual behavior.)

*

*If you take the opposing view that objects in Java are pass-by-reference, then you must also consider C as pass-by-reference.

Take your Java example:
class Thing { int x; }
void func(Thing object){ object.x = 42; object = null; }
Thing something = null;
something = new Thing();
func(something);

in C, it would be equivalent to this:
typedef struct { int x; } Thing;
void func(Thing *object){ object->x = 42; object = NULL; }
Thing *something = NULL;
something = malloc(sizeof Thing);
memset(something, 0, sizeof(something));
func(something);
// later:
free(something);

I claim that the above are semantically equivalent; only the syntax is different. The only syntax differences are:

*

*C requires an explicit * to denote a pointer type; Java's reference (pointers to objects) types don't need an explicit *.

*C uses -> to access a field through a pointer; Java just uses .

*Java uses new to dynamically allocate memory for a new object on the heap; C uses malloc to allocate it, and then we need to initialize the memory.

*Java has garbage collection

Note that, importantly,

*

*The syntax for calling the function with the object are the same in both cases: func(something), without needing to do anything like taking address or anything.

*In both cases, the object is dynamically-allocated (it may live beyond the scope of the function). And

*In both cases, the object = null; inside the function does not affect the calling scope.

So the semantics are the same in both cases, so if you call Java pass-by-reference you must call C pass-by-reference too.

A: Both of your C examples actually demonstrate pass-by-value, because C doesn't have pass-by-reference. It's just that the value that you're passing is a pointer. Pass-by-reference occurs in languages such as Perl:
sub set_to_one($)
{
    $_[0] = 1; # set argument = 1
}
my $a = 0;
set_to_one($a); # equivalent to: $a = 1

Here, the variable $a is actually passed by reference, so the subroutine can modify it. It's not modifying some object that $a is pointing to via indirection; rather, it modifies $a itself.
Java is like C in this respect, except that in Java objects are "reference types", so all you ever have (and all you can ever pass) are pointers to them. Something like this:
void setToOne(Integer i)
{
    i = 1; // set argument = 1
}

void foo()
{
    Integer a = 0;
    setToOne(a); // has no effect
}

won't actually change a; it only reassigns i.

A: Who has the authority to decide?  Nobody, and everybody.  You decide for yourself; a writer decides for his or her book; and a reader decides whether to agree with the writer.
To understand the term, one needs to go under the hood of the language (and explaining them in terms of C code rather misses the point).  Parameter passing styles refer to mechanisms that compilers typically use to create certain behaviour.  The following are usually defined:

*

*pass by value: the argument is copied into the parameter when the subroutine is entered

*pass by result: the parameter is undefined when the subroutine is entered, and it is copied to the argument when the subroutine returns

*pass by value-result: the argument is copied into the parameter at entry, and the parameter is copied into the argument at return

*pass by reference: a reference to the argument variable is copied to the parameter; any access of the parameter variable is transparently translated into an access of the argument variable

(A note of terminology: a parameter is the variable defined in the subroutine, an argument is the expression that is used in a call.)
Textbooks usually also define pass by name, but it's rare and not easy to explain here. Pass by need also exists.
The importance of the parameter passing style is its effect: in pass by value, any changes made to the parameter is not communicated to the argument; in pass by result, any changes made to the parameter are communicated to the argument at the end; in pass by reference, any changes made to the parameter are communicated to the argument as they are made.
Some languages define more than one passing style, allowing the programmer to select their preferred style for each parameter separately.  For example, in Pascal, the default style is pass by value, but a programmer can use the var keyword to specify pass by reference.  Some other languages specify one passing style.  There are also languages that specify different styles for different types (for example, in C, pass by value is the default but arrays are passed by reference).
Now, in Java, technically we have a language with pass-by-value, with the value of an object variable being a reference to the object.  Whether that makes Java pass-by-reference where object variables are concerned is a matter of taste.

A: Passing by reference is, in effect, passing a reference to a value -- rather than a copy of it -- as an argument.

I guess before we go on, certain things should be defined.  I may be using them differently than you're used to seeing them used.

*

*An object is a molecule of data.  It occupies storage, and may contain other objects, but has its own identity and may be referred to and used as a single unit.

*A reference is an alias, or handle, to an object.  At the language level, a reference mostly acts like the thing it's referring to; depending on the language, the compiler/interpreter/runtime/gnomes will automagically dereference it when the actual object is needed.

*A value is the result of evaluating an expression.  It is a concrete object, that can be stored, passed to functions, etc.  (OOP wonks, note i use "object" here in the generic "molecule of data" sense, rather than the OOP "instance of a class" sense.)

*A variable is a named reference to a pre-allocated value.
Especially note: variables are not values.  The name notwithstanding, variables typically do not change.  Their value is what changes.  That they're so easily mixed up is partly a testament to how good the reference<-->referent illusion usually is.

*A reference-typed variable (a la Java, C#, ...) is a variable whose value is a reference.

Most languages, when you pass a variable as an argument, will by default create a copy of the variable's value and pass the copy.  The callee binds its name for the parameter to that copy.  This is called "passing by value" (or, more clearly, "passing by copy").  The two variables on either side of the call end up with different storage locations, and are thus completely different variables (only related in that they typically start out with equal values).
Passing by reference, on the other hand, doesn't do the copy.  Instead, it passes the variable itself (minus the name).  That is, it passes a reference to the very same value the variable aliases.  (This is typically done by implicitly passing a pointer to the variable's storage, but that's just an implementation detail; the caller and callee don't have to know or care how it happens.)  The callee binds its parameter's name to that location.  The end result is that both sides use the same storage location (just by possibly different names).  Any changes the callee makes to its variable are thus also made to the caller's variable.  For example, in the case of object-oriented languages, the variable can be assigned a whole different value.
Most languages (including Java) do not support this natively.  Oh, they like to say they do...but that's because people who have never been able to truly pass by reference, often don't grok the subtle difference between doing so and passing a reference by value.  Where the confusion comes in with those languages, is with reference-type variables.  Java itself never works directly with reference-type objects, but with references to those objects.  The difference is in the variables "containing" said objects.  The value of a reference-type variable is such a reference (or, sometimes, a special reference value that means "nothing").  When Java passes such a reference, while it doesn't copy the object, it still copies the value (ie: the reference the function gets is a copy of the value the variable refers to). That is, it is passing a reference, but is passing it by value.  This allows most of the things that passing by reference allows, but not all.

The most obvious test i can think of for real pass-by-reference support, would be the "swap test".  A language that natively supports passing by reference must provide enough support to write a function swap that swaps the values of its arguments.  Code equivalent to this:
swap (x, y):       <-- these should be declared as "reference to T"
  temp = x
  x = y
  y = temp

--

value1 = (any valid T)
value2 = (any other valid T)

a = value1
b = value2
swap(a, b)
assert (a == value2 and b == value1)

*

*must be possible and run successfully -- for any type T that permits copying and reassignment -- using the language's assignment and strict equality operators (including any overloads specified by T); and

*must not require the caller to convert or "wrap" the args (eg: by explicitly passing a pointer).  Requiring that the args be marked as being passed by reference is OK.

(Obviously, languages that don't have mutable variables can't be tested this way -- but that's fine, because they don't matter.  The big semantic difference between the two is how modifiable the caller's variable is by the callee.  When the variable's value is not modifiable in any case, the difference becomes merely an implementation detail or optimization.)
Note, most of the talk in this answer is about "variables".  A number of languages, like C++, also allow passing anonymous values by reference.  The mechanism is the same; the value takes up storage, and the reference is an alias to it.  It just doesn't necessarily have a name in the caller.

A: Java doesn't pass by reference. You are always passing a copy/by value. However if you pass an object then you will get a copy of the reference. So you can directly edit the object, however if you overwrite your local reference then the original object reference won't be overriden.

A: Wikipedia gives a very clear definition of call-by-reference I can not improve upon:

In call-by-reference evaluation (also referred to as pass-by-reference), a function receives an implicit reference to a variable used as argument, rather than a copy of its value. This typically means that the function can modify (i.e. assign to) the variable used as argument- something that will be seen by its caller.

Note that neither of your examples is call-by-reference, because assigning a formal parameter in C never modifies the argument as seen by the caller.
But that's enough copy-pasting, read the thorough discussion (with examples) at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaluation_strategy#Call_by_reference

A: Passing parameters by reference means that the pointer nesting of parameters is deeper than the pointer nesting of local variables. If you have a variable with the type of a class, the variable is a pointer to the actual value. A variable of a primitive type is contains the value itself.
Now, if you pass these variables by value, you keep the pointer nesting: The object reference stays a pointer to the object, and the primitive variable stays the value itself.
Passing the variables as references means that the pointer nesting gets deeper: You pass a pointer to the object reference, so that you can change the object reference; or you pass a pointer to the primitive, so that you can change its value.
These definitions are used in C# and Object Pascal which both have keywords to pass a variable by reference.
To answer your question: Because the last variables - whatever in the first example and thing_pointer in the second one  - are passed to the function each through a pointer (&), both are passed by reference.

A: If you are familiar with C, perhaps the following analogy explains how Java works. This will be true only for objects of class-type (and not fundamental type).
In Java, we can have a variable and pass it to a function:
void f(Object x)
{
  x.bar = 5;    // #1j
  x = new Foo;  // #2j
}

void main()
{
  Foo a;
  a.bar = 4;
  f(a);
  // now a.bar == 5
}

In C, this would look as follows:
void f(struct Foo * p)
{
  p->bar = 5;                      // #1c
  p = malloc(sizeof(struct Foo));  // #2c
}

int main()
{
  struct Foo * w = malloc(sizeof(struct Foo));
  w->bar = 4;
  f(w);
  /* now w->bar = 5; */
}

In Java, variables of class-type are always references, which in C would be most faithfully mapped to pointers. But in function calls, the pointer itself is passed by copy. Accessing the pointer as in #1j and #1c modifies the original variable, so in that sense you are passing around a reference to the variable. However, the variable itself is only a pointer, and it itself is passed by copy. So when you assign something else to it. as in #2j and #2c, you are only rebinding the copy of the reference/pointer in the local scope of f. The original variable, a or w in the respective examples, remains untouched.
In short: Everything is a reference, and references are passed by value.
In C, on the other hand, I could implement a true "passing by reference" by declaring void v(struct Foo ** r); and calling f(&w); this would allow me to change w itself from within f.
Note 1: this is not true for fundamental types like int, which are wholly passed by value.
Note 2: A C++ example would be a bit tidier since I could pass the pointer by reference (and I didn't have to say struct): void f(Foo * & r) { r = new Foo; } and f(w);.

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The beached ship. / SUR
Removal of shipwreck takes another step forward as specialist vessels arrive
Work is due to begin in the near future on removing the wreck of the OS35
DEBBIE BARTLETT Friday, 13 January 2023, 12:54
Work is due to begin in the near future on removing the wreck of the OS35, the bulk carrier which was beached 700 metres off Catalan Bay in late August after colliding with an LNG carrier while manoeuvering to leave Gibraltar.
The hull of the OS35 crumpled shortly afterwards and a major project ensued to minimise the spillage of fuel, although some beaches and other areas were affected including the Gorham's Cave World Heritage Site. The ship is still surrounded by a boom, although this has to be removed in extreme weather conditions and rough seas.
The Master of the ship, a 53-year-old Syrian national, was detained by Gibraltar police in September and charged with seven offences.
The date of 30 May has been set for completion of the removal of the wreck, and at present the work is expected to remain on schedule despite some delays in the arrival of other vessels which are needed for the removal process.In fact, it is hoped that the OS35 will be out of Gibraltar's waters by early May
The salvage is being handled by Dutch company Koole Contractors and Koole 42, which is a specialist tug, and barge H-283 arrived in Gibraltar from Suriname last weekend. Two others, the Koole 31 and Barge H-10030, will also be involved in removing the wreck.
Whilst waiting for the tugs and barges to arrive, work began on stripping the interior accommodation of the OS35. The Captain of the Port, John Ghio, has said it will take several weeks to remove all the ship's cargo.

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Tổng thống Mỹ Obama
3/14/09: Your Weekly Address
I've often said that I don't believe government has the answer to every problem or that it can do all things for all people.
We are a nation built on the strength of individual initiative. But there are certain things that we can't do on our own. There are certain things only a government can do.
And one of those things is ensuring that the foods we eat, and the medicines we take, are safe and don't cause us harm. That is the mission of our Food and Drug Administration and it is a mission shared by our Department of Agriculture, and a variety of other agencies and offices at just about every level of government.
The men and women who inspect our foods and test the safety of our medicines are chemists and physicians, veterinarians and pharmacists.
It is because of the work they do each and every day that the United States is one of the safest places in the world to buy groceries at a supermarket or pills at a drugstore. Unlike citizens of so many other countries, Americans can trust that there is a strong system in place to ensure that the medications we give our children will help them get better, not make them sick; and that a family dinner won't end in a trip to the doctor's office.
But in recent years, we've seen a number of problems with the food making its way to our kitchen tables. In 2006, it was contaminated spinach. In 2008, it was salmonella in peppers and possibly tomatoes . And just this year, bad peanut products led to hundreds of illnesses and cost nine people their lives – a painful reminder of how tragic the consequences can be when food producers act irresponsibly and government is unable to do its job. Worse, these incidents reflect a troubling trend that's seen the average number of outbreaks from contaminated produce and other foods grow to nearly 350 a year – up from 100 a year in the early 1990s.
Part of the reason is that many of the laws and regulations governing food safety in America have not been updated since they were written in the time of Teddy Roosevelt.
It's also because our system of inspection and enforcement is spread out so widely among so many people that it's difficult for different parts of our government to share information, work together, and solve problems.
And it's also because the FDA has been underfunded and understaffed in recent years, leaving the agency with the resources to inspect just 7,000 of our 150,000 food processing plants and warehouses each year. .That means roughly 95% of them go uninspected.
That is a hazard to public health. It is unacceptable..And it will change under the leadership of Dr. Margaret Hamburg, whom I am appointing today as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. .
From her research on infectious disease at the National Institutes of Health to her work on public health at the Department of Health and Human Services to her leadership on biodefense at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Dr. Hamburg brings to this vital position not only a reputation of integrity but a record of achievement in making Americans safer and more secure.
Dr. Hamburg was one of the youngest people ever elected to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine.. And her two children have a unique distinction of their own.. Their birth certificates feature her name twice – once as their mother, and once as New York City Health Commissioner.
In that role, Dr. Hamburg brought a new life to a demoralized agency, leading an internationally-recognized initiative that cut the tuberculosis rate by nearly half, and overseeing food safety in our nation's largest city.
Joining her as Principal Deputy Commissioner will be Dr. Joshua Sharfstein.
As Baltimore's Health Commissioner, Dr. Sharfstein has been recognized as a national leader for his efforts to protect children from unsafe over-the-counter cough and cold medications.
And he's designed an award-winning program to ensure that Americans with disabilities had access to prescription drugs.
Their critical work – and the critical work of the FDA they lead – will be part of a larger effort taken up by a new Food Safety Working Group I am creating.
This Working Group will bring together cabinet secretaries and senior officials to advise me on how we can upgrade our food safety laws for the 21st century; foster coordination throughout government; and ensure that we are not just designing laws that will keep the American people safe, but enforcing them.
And I expect this group to report back to me with recommendations as soon as possible.
As part of our commitment to public health, our Agriculture Department is closing a loophole in the system to ensure that diseased cows don't find their way into the food supply.
And we are also strengthening our food safety system and modernizing our labs with a billion dollar investment, a portion of which will go toward significantly increasing the number of food inspectors, helping ensure that the FDA has the staff and support they need to protect the food we eat.
In the end, food safety is something I take seriously, not just as your President, but as a parent. . When I heard peanut products were being contaminated earlier this year, I immediately thought of my 7-year old daughter, Sasha, who has peanut butter sandwiches for lunch probably three times a week..
No parent should have to worry that their child is going to get sick from their lunch. . Just as no family should have to worry that the medicines they buy will cause them harm..
Protecting the safety of our food and drugs is one of the most fundamental responsibilities government has, and, with the outstanding team I am announcing today, it is a responsibility that I intend to uphold in the months and years to come.
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Comrade Mao
Kingsman of the Movie World Chapter 1578
After signing the contract with the Bedouin, William took Carol on a three-day interstellar trip. In these three days, the Bedouin had also taken all clansman, left the centaur and returned to his home planet.
After that, William let Sunday control a 100-meter cargo spaceship, with 3,000 healing charms and 4.5 million energy crystals, sailing to the Star Domain where the Bedouin people are.
Along the way, he deliberately slowed down the spaceship, just to see who would jump out and rob this spaceship.
But didn't expect that there were not only military spaceships of Hart and Nidsen people along the way, but also escorted this cargo spaceship to the Space Jump point along the way. Even the Cree people entered them in the spaceship After the galaxy, four warships were sent to escort.
This reminded William that three days ago, the accuser Ronan arrogantly entered the spaceship of Yongdu. Before he came to boasting in a hurry, he was surprised by Captain Carroll and almost turned around and left in fright.
When he saw Carol being grabbed by Abigail and walking over, Ronan instantly respected Abigail.
The nickname of Carol Cosmic Police is not just to talk about it casually, but because of her punches and kicks, or even a direct hit.
As an existence capable of crashing into the Destroyer ship, it was the first time that Captain crashed into someone else's spaceship, but it was not Thanos, but Ronan.
Several decades ago, Ronan brought his fleet to Earth, intending to take the Rubik's Cube from the universe, but didn't expect that experience became a fiasco he didn't want to mention in several decades.
Carol, who has just awakened all his powers, can be said to be gods block then kill gods and demon block kill demon.
Not only did it kill countless unmanned small space fighters with bare hands, but also directly crossed a huge spaceship of the Cree.
Ronan, who was directly scared, ordered the retreat without any temper.
Even because of this experience, Ronan and Thanos have never been in contact with Thanos.
In Ronan's heart, in terms of destructive power alone, Thanos is not as strong as Carol.
After the Cree learned that William had taken Carol down, he immediately raised William's danger level by another level.
If it hadn't been for William to have never had a history of slaughtering other intelligent creatures in the universe, maybe he was already a dangerous figure comparable to Thanos.
That's why there was the dispatch of space warships to escort the Devonshire family's cargo spaceship.
When the Centaur planet is acquired, it is equivalent to having the main star of the official kingdom, but William is not in a hurry. Others on Earth are eager to board the spaceship. As a pioneer, they will board the Centaur first. , So as to take advantage.
Countless people who knew and didn't know flocked to London in the past three days, and William was troubled by it. They simply took family members who were willing to travel on interstellar to sit on a vibrating spaceship and fly openly to space.
1 month later, the magic planet seaside villa. When William took Mia to fish while sitting on a small yacht, a sound of Sunday came from his ear.
"SIR, there is good news to tell you, the spouse of the flame dragon Snug, the dark giant dragon should be pregnant".
William is nodded at will. The giant dragon that used to belong to the fire giant Sirtel has been conquered and sent to the magic planet for three years, and there is no surprise that I can get pregnant.
William suddenly remembered that he had absorbed Snug's life force back then.
Isn't it because of this that he has some of the characteristics of the giant dragon that prevents Abigail and the others from getting pregnant?
Beckoned, a sentry material hooped on Snug's dragon horn like a curse, suddenly appeared in his hand.
While a huge flame energy poured into the Sentry Battle Armor on William's body, there was also a wave of Life Aura that followed his hand into his body.
Feeling that life force or lifespan is increasing and gradually becoming stronger, Li Changheng hurriedly used the strength of space to separate the sentry curse.
Then I thought in my heart that maybe Angela could also try to absorb this giant dragon's life energy.
Since two giant dragons with different magic attributes can have offspring, are the two intelligent creatures enhanced by the giant dragon Life Power at the same Life Level?
A long time ago, William had decided whether his eldest son would come from Angela or Abigail.
From a safety perspective, Angela is definitely more suitable for absorbing giant dragon life force than Abigail.
"Mia, tell you mother and the other Aunts, Daddy, I will go to Asgard for a few days."
After speaking, he teleported Mia back to the villa by the sea, and his silhouette instantly appeared in the Asgard Golden Palace.
After waiting for more than an hour in the palace of herself and Angela, Angela, who had dealt with government affairs, happily walked to William's side.
He rubbed his neck and said softly, "You come to Asgard to see me when you are so free?"
William heard the grievance in Angela's words. .
In the past, he would definitely have a sweet talk with Angela first, and then naturally come to a fitness game to ensure that Angela will soon disappear without a trace no matter what complaints he has.
But today he didn't care about coaxing Angela, took out the Flame Curse, and recounted his guess in Angela's puzzled eyes.
Assimilate with giant dragon's Life Power?
Angela knew the benefits of doing this without William.
But once there is Life Aura of the giant dragon in the body, Angela doesn't know if Odin will be furious, saying that she has contaminated the bloodline of the Royal Family of Asgard.
But the thought of giving birth to one, or even several offspring, of oneself and William, not only stabilized her Divine King's kingship, but also had a firm foothold in Devonshire's house.
In the future, no matter who is more favored, after seeing her, he will be obediently called elder sister.
After thinking about it, Angela decided to tell Odin.
William thought for a moment, and wanted to hear what Odin's attitude would be on this matter.
It's a pity that the old man, Odin, is so shrewd. He instantly understood that if he opposes today, in the future, William will always remember today's things and what he will do. Only the old heaven knows.
With Odin's approval, Angela excitedly pulled William back to the husband and wife's palace, under William's concerned eyes and guard.
Wear the Sentinel Flame Battle Armor, let Battle Armor absorb the flame energy while absorbing the life energy of the giant dragon little by little.
The huge life force has entered the body, Angela feels a burning sensation, as well as a huge amount of life force, constantly repairing the injuries caused by the burning, and it is also very strong Her Life Level.
Ten years, centuries, five centuries, and millennium lifespans continue to increase, and when she feels that she can live another 1,500 years, which is the same as the lifespan William added that year, Angela quickly released the flames Curse.
Close your eyes and wait for the energy within the body to calm down slowly.
More than an hour later, as soon as Angela's eyes opened, William felt an imposing manner burst out instantly.
Fortunately, in her eyes, there is no vertical pupil like a giant dragon, but the red light flashed, and it returns to normal.
And Angela, who had just accepted the life energy of the giant dragon, looked at William's eyes at this time, and she couldn't help but show a strong desire for possession and fitness.
In a burst of skull'pa pa pa', Angela's face turned red and she pulled William into the bedroom of the two.


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NASA Team Investigates Complex Chemistry at Titan
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NASA Sends Unmanned Aircraft to Study Volcanic Plume
Studying volcanos can be hazardous work, both for researchers and aircraft. To penetrate such dangerous airspace, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), especially those with electric engines that ingest little contaminated air, are an emerging and effective way to gather crucial data about volcanic ash and gases.
Last month, a team of NASA researchers deployed three UAVs with special instruments into and above the noxious sulfur dioxide plume of Costa Rica's active Turrialba volcano, near San Jose. The project was designed to improve the remote-sensing capability of satellites, including satellite data research products such as maps of the concentration and distribution of volcanic gases. It was also designed to improve computer models of how and where volcanic plumes will travel.
Led by principal investigator David Pieri of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., the team launched 10 flights of the remote controlled UAVs into the volcanic plume and above the rim of Turrialba's 10,500-foot (3,200-meter) summit crater between March 11 and 14.
The small, twin electric engine Dragon Eye UAVs were operated by researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Weighing less than six pounds (2.2 kilograms) each and with a wingspan of 3.75 feet (1.1 meters), they have visible and infrared video cameras and can carry a one-pound instrument payload for up to an hour within a volcanic plume. The researchers equipped them with sulfur dioxide sensors, particle sensors and automatic atmospheric sampling bottles keyed to measure sulfur dioxide concentration.
During the flights, the team coordinated its data gathering with NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft, allowing scientists to compare sulfur dioxide concentration measurements from the satellite with measurements taken from within the plume.
Scientists believe computer models derived from this study will contribute to safeguarding the National and International Airspace System, and will also improve global climate predictions and mitigate environmental hazards (e.g., sulfur dioxide volcanic smog, or "vog") for people who live near volcanoes.
Key constituents of such models are the intensity and character of the volcanic activity located near the eruption vent. For instance, knowing the height of ash and gas concentrations, and temperatures over the vent during an eruption are important initial factors for any model that predicts the direction of the volcanic plume.
"It is very difficult to gather data from within volcanic eruption columns and plumes because updraft wind speeds are very high, and high ash concentrations can quickly destroy aircraft engines," said Pieri. "Such flight environments can be very dangerous to manned aircraft. Volcanic eruption plumes may stretch for miles from a summit vent, and detached ash clouds can drift hundreds to thousands of miles from an eruption site."
The project supports NASA's ASTER mission as well as JPL's planned Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) satellite mission by improving satellite data-based retrievals of gases and solid aerosols associated with volcanic activity, as well as volcanic emission transport models. HyspIRI will study the world's ecosystems and provide critical information on natural disasters such as volcanoes, assessing their pre-eruptive behavior and the likelihood of future eruptions.
"This project is a great example of how unmanned aircraft can be used for beneficial civilian purposes - in this case for better understanding Earth system processes and the impact of volcanism on our atmosphere," said Matthew Fladeland, airborne science manager at Ames. "We can very efficiently and effectively collect measurements that improve NASA satellite data and aviation safety that cannot be safely collected by manned aircraft."
The recent deployment of the NASA Dragon Eye small UAV aircraft was a collaborative effort among three NASA centers (Ames, JPL and the Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.), along with several international and commercial partners, including the University of Costa Rica (UCR), San Jose; the Applied Sciences University of Düsseldorf, Germany (FHD); RadMet LLC, San Mateo, Calif.; and Teledaq LLC, Santa Clarita, Calif. Major logistical support was provided by CICANUM at URC, and instrument and science support was provided by FHD. Airspace clearance management was provided by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica (DGAC). NASA investigators are especially appreciative of the kind hospitality and superb technical support of our Costa Rican hosts.
For more information, read the full Ames feature at: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/earthmonth/volcanic-plume-uavs.html . For more on NASA's Airborne Science Program, visit: http://airbornescience.nasa.gov/ . For more on HyspIRI, visit: http://hyspiri.jpl.nasa.gov/ . For more on ASTER, visit: http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ .
JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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1990 in India
Om Bhutkar is an Indian actor, who is known for his work in the Marathi film industry. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist Award for his debut movie, Chhota Sipahi (2005). Om`s other acting credits include acclaimed movies like Ek Cup Chya (2009), Chintoo (2012), Astu (2013), Ajoba (2014) and Lathe Joshi (2016). In 2017 he acted alongside Kishore Kadam, Sumit Sanghamitra, Bhau Kadam, Usha Naik and Atul Parchure in Sumit Sanghamitra`s directorial debut, Zindagi Virat. His 2018 Marathi movies include Nude, directed by Ravi Jadhav and Lathe Joshi, directed by Mangesh Joshi. His 2018 release includes Mulshi Pattern, directed by Pravin Tarde.
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Newark Boxer, 17, Youngest Ever To Go Pro In NJ
Pro debuting Vito Mielnicki Jr. talks about his pro debut set to take place on July 13, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey Video Credit: Abrams Boxing
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July 13 will be a big day in the history of New Jersey boxing -- and especially for Newark.
On that date, city native Shakur Stevenson, 21, will come back to his hometown for a featherweight bout against Hairon Socarras at the Prudential Center. Stevenson (11-0), who won a silver medal in the 2016 Olympics, has never fought professionally in his hometown before.
"Newark, I'm coming home! I've wanted to fight at Prudential Center since my pro debut, and the time has finally come," Stevenson told ESPN. "I haven't fought in Newark in over four years, and I promise it will be worth the wait.
Stevenson is considered one the sport's fastest rising prospects.
Stevenson, however, won't be the only Brick City native fighting that night: on the undercard will be Vito Mielnicki Jr., who will be making his pro debut. At 17, he will become the youngest professional fighter in state history.
The younger fighter and the Olympic medalist crossed paths when they were first learning the sport in their hometown, Mielnecki told CBS 2 News.
"When I was down, he would help me get up," Mielnicki. "When he was down I would help him get up."
New Jersey boxing officials uphold a strict age limit of 18 or older to turn pro, but granted an exception to Mielnecki. His coaches told the station the waiver is proof of Mielnecki's exceptional talent.
The Stevenson bout will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at10:30 p.m. with preliminaries streaming on ESPN+ beginning at 7 p.m.
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The imminent landing of GDPR!
Yes we all know, or maybe you aren't aware (where have you been?)… The imminent landing of GDPR on your business doorstep is fast approaching; 25th May 2018 to be exact!
So we have been very busy on this subject making sure we and our Clients, Colleagues and Contacts are fully aware of imminent changes in the Data Protection arena arising from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Whilst we have always taken Data Protection seriously, we can shout out loud we are fully committed to being GDPR compliant. The implications of GDPR affect us. They may also affect you.
If you don't have the will just yet to start getting yourselves GDPR ready, be aware it will be here before you know it!
Accountability: Organisations are required to explicitly demonstrate compliance with GDPR principles.
Individual Rights: These are expanded to include the 'right to be erased' and the 'right to data portability'.
Governance Framework: Data Controllers / Data Processors are required to demonstrate compliance with the GDPR.
Fines: Significant fines can be imposed for breaches of the GDPR.
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Ingredients: 600 gr (24 oz) tripe; 2 onions; 2 dl (6 fl oz) olive oil; 300 gr (12 oz) peeled tomatoes; 300 gr (12 oz) aubergines; 150 gr (6 oz) grated caciocavallo cheese; 100 gr (4 oz) breadcrumbs; a pinch of salt and pepper; water.
Peel the aubergines, cut into strips and keep them in salt for an hour, then dry them and fry in boiling olive oil. When cooked, drain on a paper towel. Take the tripe cooked, wash it, cut it into strips and let it drip. In a pan, brown finely chopped onion in a bit of oil. At this point, add the tripe and the peeled tomatoes. Now season with a pinch of salt and pepper and let cook for about fifteen minutes.
Grease a pan with oil and cover with a layer of aubergines, continue with a layer of tripe and sauce, a sprinkling of grated cheese and repeat until you reach the board the pan. At this point, put the pan in hot oven gratinating for about twenty minutes. Sprinkle with toasted breadcrumbs and serve hot.


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Adani Ports gets $290-mn investment approval in Myanmar
The Adani Group has received in-principle approval from the Myanmar government to invest $290 million to build and operate a container terminal along the Yangon River for 50-years. This will be the company's second overseas venture after the Abbot Point terminal in Queensland, Australia. On this score, Adani Yangon International Terminal Co Ltd (Adani), a unit of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), has been approved by MIC (Myanmar Investment Commission), which is a single-window approval authority under the civilian government spearheaded by the Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Thaung Tun. The Ahlone International Port Terminal 2 (AIPT 2) will be developed over 54 acres in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon. As part of the deal, Adani will set-up a maritime university to upgrade skills and build infrastructure such as waterways and other transport facilities to drive economic development in the region. The terminal will be built under the aegis of the Myanmar Port Authority and the Myanmar Ministry of Transport and Communication.
Infra biggies vie Rs. 16,000-cr airport project
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Govt fast tracks Rs. 120-cr Kartarpur corridor
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Vedanta targets $650-mn investment in 53 blocks
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World of Concrete Asia 2019
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Water infra to attract ₹6.3 lakh-cr investment
With the announcement of the Nal se Jal scheme, the water and sanitation sector is likely to attract an investment of ₹6.3 lakh crore in the next five years. The government's new scheme, which aims to provide piped water connection	Read More ...
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I raise a matter for the attention of the Minister for Transport Infrastructure in the other place regarding the upgrade of Thompsons Road and Frankston-Dandenong Road.
That project is currently underway, with VicRoads replacing a roundabout with traffic lights, but unbelievably in completing this project VicRoads has decided to completely close that intersection for five weeks. It has been closed for one week now with a further four to go.
Now, Thompsons Road is the single most significant east–west road in the south-eastern region, and Frankston-Dandenong Road is also one of the most significant north–south roads. Completely closing that intersection for five weeks is causing incredible traffic chaos in surrounding streets.
Roads such as McCormicks Road where it intersects with Thompsons Road, Wedge Road where it intersects with Frankston-Dandenong Road, Hall Road and Frankston-Dandenong Road, Ballarto Road and Frankston-Dandenong Road have all become absolutely chaotic in the last week.
This has been made all the worse by VicRoads's decision to randomly close some turning lanes off Frankston Road onto those adjoining roads because it believed there would be more counter-traffic turning in the opposite direction, which has further impeded traffic flow, and its failure to adjust traffic light sequences at the closed intersections. For example, at Frankston Road and Wedge Road where it is no longer possible to travel north along Frankston Road there is still a sequence for green lights for traffic to travel north, despite that passage being blocked.
The closure of these turning lanes and the failure to resequence the traffic lights is causing additional unnecessary traffic congestion on top of the bizarre decision to completely close the intersection for five weeks on what is an absolutely critical east–west connection where there is no alternative route.
So I ask the minister to immediately intervene to ensure that at least those traffic light sequences are corrected so that the immediate traffic congestion that these actions by VicRoads have caused can be corrected.
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Pornography In-Flight App May Debut on Europe Airliner
11:15AM EST 11/18/2011 Jennifer LeClaire
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary (AP Images/Dave Thompson/PA Wire)
The skies may not be so friendly if you are flying Ryanair. That's because the European discount airline is working on a plan to introduce in-flight porn. The pornography play comes from the same airline that pondered making passengers pay to use the plane's potty.
"I'm not talking about having it on screens on the back of seats for everyone to see. It would be on handheld devices," Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told London's Sun tabloid. "Hotels around the world have it, so why wouldn't we?"
Morality in Media is answering that question with a call on U.S. citizens and more than 50 European pro-family organizations to contact Ryanair about its plans to offer a pornographic in-flight app for mobile devices.
O'Leary is known for his wild ideas, and Rynair's homepage offers a glimpse into the corporate culture. Banner ads showing scantily clad women promise "Red Hot Fares and Crew" for less than $20. And an advertisement for the airline's 2012 calendar shows the cabin crew wearing revealing bikinis a la the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
"We will stop this outrage before it gets started," says Dawn Hawkins, executive director of Morality in Media. "Ryanair, which hopes to expand its market to U.S. destinations as well, is creating an unsafe environment for every individual who travels on their planes."
According to Hawkins, a wealth of research demonstrates that pornography consumption is a leading cause of sexual violence and sexual assault as well as a significant contributing factor to sex trafficking. It is also addictive and a danger to children, who will no doubt be exposed to it if allowed on planes.
"Can you imagine how uncomfortable most women passengers and female flight attendants will feel with several men viewing pornography in the small space of an airplane?" asks Hawkins. "In an office workplace, this would constitute a clear case of sexual harassment."
Patrick Trueman, Morality in Media's president and CEO, is urging all travelers from the U. S. and Europe to avoid using Ryanair Airlines and encouraging all citizens to contact the company immediately and ask that they say no to porn.
You can contact all top Ryanair executives at once by visiting Porn Harms and sending an email message.
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Brass Island is an island in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. It is the site of Twon-Brass, the head of the Brass, Nigeria local government area in southern Bayelsa State.

It is known for the traditional costume of its inhabitants, heavily influenced by British colonialist's Edwardian era outfits.  Ferries link the town with Port Harcourt and Yenagoa.

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This website and the Healing Journey it describes is a project of an organization called Healing Through Reckoning and Responsibility.
Elder Warrior tradition comes from many long standing traditions: Native American, Roman, Greek, Maori, Islander etc. The tradition is basic to all of them. The returning warriors were welcomed, went through cleansing rites, were dined and had their wounds treated. Once that happened, the whole community would gather to listen respectfully to their stories. The whole community owned responsibility for the warriors, what they had been asked to do in the name of the community and for what they experienced in war. The community claimed full responsibility for the individual actions of the warrior. Thus, the warrior did not carry all the guilt, wounds and weight of war by themselves. A communal reckoning took place as well as the reintegration of the warriors.
The warriors were welcomed back into the community as Elder Warriors. They were seen as carrying wisdom and strength for the community. Consequently violence in the community dropped and the youth of the community looked to the Elder Warriors for guidance, mentoring and courage. Drawing from all the wisdom cultures, we offer a pathway for this to occur in modern times. The pathway we have formed is Healing Through Reckoning and Responsibility, which takes veterans and civilians through a guided process of encounter and civilian responsibility taking.
In order for the veteran and soldier to heal, (s)he must walk the journey home with a trusted, listening civilian. For the civilian to heal, (s)he must open to learning of the soldiers experience. For the nation to heal, both the soldier and the civilian must heal: the civilian becomes responsible and the soldier becomes the Elder Warrior.
Most people believe that PTSD stands for a clinical medical condition called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We believe that PTSD, as it has been defined by Ed Tick and a number of other authors, is Post Traumatic Soul Distress recognizing that it is primarily a wound to the soul, a moral injury.
We have found that the reintegration process is essential for the healing of moral/traumatic injury. We have been stunned by the reports from our warrior participants telling us, early in the process, that long standing difficulties like sleep have lifted.
Veterans and Active Duty Soldiers heal when welcomed by Civilians who take responsibility for them and for the wars they are asked to fight in our name.
Veterans heal when the community cares and supports soldiers on their return. Active Duty suffer less PTSD and feel more connected when they return. They report feeling that this make them better and safer soldiers.
Our next Healing Journey is November 12-16, 2017. To Register Please go to the Healing Journey Registration Page on our site.
Our program provides scholarships for veterans and family members. It also includes ongoing research and development. All donations are tax deductible. We are willing to come and speak to a group about what we do. Contact us to see if we have a team member near you and what it would entail to bring them there. By Check to: HTRR (Healing Through Reckoning and Responsibility) 925 Bluebell Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. You can support us online by clicking on the Donate button. You can provide ongoing monthly support for our program by choosing and option and then clicking on the Ongoing Support button.


The lessor, agent or provider can only enter your place if they have a reason set out in the law. Before the lessor, provider or their agent can enter they must give you notice in writing, using an Entry Notice form (unless notice is not required under the Act). The notice must state the reason for entry, and give you the correct notice period. The reasons they can enter and the required notice periods are set out in the following table.


When evil forces across five Cartoon Network series assemble, all five group of their heroic counterparts join forces in IDW's upcoming six-issue limited series, Super Secret Crisis War.
In IDW's ambitious upcoming limited series, Super Secret Crisis War, the evil master demon Aku forms the League of Extraordinary Villains, featuring the worst evil-doers from across five of the most popular Cartoon Network series in the early 2000s with the likes of Mojo Jojo, Mandark, and Vilgax. Of course, this calls for the unprecedented crossover of heroes to stop the dastardly villains. For the first time ever, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory, Ed, Edd and Eddy join forces to form an unlikely alliance in this six-issue event series set to be released this June.
Written by Louise Simonson with art by Derek Charm, the crossover event at IDW will be hitting the entire line. Hit the jump to check out the cover art and poster.


I have been studying Feng Shui for nearly 20 years and have attended workshops and seminars all over the country to increase my knowledge. I continue to learn every day.
I received Certification as a Feng Shui Consultant in 2002 in California.
I look forward to helping you create your more comfortable, prosperous and health environment.
"[We] have completely changed our attitude about what the purpose of a 'home' is in our lives and it's made a difference in our spirits and happiness. Feng Shui is not just an arrangement of furniture, as we thought. It is an arrangement of spirit, energy, love and life."
"Prior to Julie's help, my office was in disarray. In fact, it was stressful to walk into each morning. After Julie's help, my office is warm and comfortable. Co-workers have even stopped in and commented that my office is different -- much larger and much more friendly."
"I felt at peace and more harmonious after my consultation with Julie. Her recommendations resonated with truth."
"Julie worked 'magic' on my home!"
(Julie's work has) released incredible energy!"
"(After Julie helped me rearrange) it felt like I was 'cruising!'"
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese Art of placement to maximize the flow of good energy in our environment (also known as "chi"). Using Feng Shui principles and current wisdom, our surroundings can be enhanced to create a healthier and more comfortable place to live and work.
We all have "experienced" Feng Shui, we just might not be aware that we have felt it. Remember a time when you were in someone's home, and even though they had nice décor, it didn't feel comfortable? By contrast, remember when you were in someone else's home where, although the décor was not spectacular, it did feel comfortable?
One home happens to be arranged for better energy flow (chi) than the other.
The power of your "choices"
LOOK AT ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE TO DO!
Take a look around you right now!
Another goal of Feng Shui is to surround yourself with things that say NICE things to you-things of beauty. It doesn't have to be expensive, but make sure you LOVE IT!
As a result of "good" Feng Shui you achieve your goals more quickly. You are more productive. You are happier. You feel balanced and extremely comfortable in your surroundings where you live and work.
Through Feng Shui principles, your life can feel like "Row, row, row your boat; gently down the stream" rather than like "climbing Mt. Everest."
A Feng Shui consultation usually takes about 2 hours. This includes a discussion or conversation with you about your goals and desires in various aspects of your life and work. Then I analyze your home environment or work environment and present you with several ideas and suggestions of adjustments to support your goals and generate more balance and harmony for you. It is helpful if I can receive ahead of time a general floor plan of the area you wish to have me analyze.
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Our aim is to champion the great Chinese food that we know and love – to demystify what it is, to explain why it's at the very centre of our lives, and to encourage you to create your own versions of it too.
From a modern Chinese upbringing under the long white clouds of New Zealand to embracing a British adoration of curries and bakewell tarts, our food journey is as patterned and interconnected as the rivulets of fat in a juicy piece of marbled rib eye steak.
We chose the name Dumpling Sisters because dumplings epitomise great food: delicious inside and out, a variety to suit everyone and perfect for sharing.
So tuck in next to us as we step behind the looking glass and show you how we view Chinese food – not just as brilliant grub, but also as cherished memories and new adventures.


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Advances in the Clinical Application of Selenium
Selenium is a frequently misunderstood microelement. The research is often contradictory, but its substantial value in clinical care is undisputed.
Dr Geo Espinosa
This webinar highlights the value of selenium in clinical care.
Selenium is nutritionally essential for humans, a constituent of more than two dozen selenoproteins that play critical roles in reproduction, thyroid hormone metabolism, mitochondrial function, detoxification especially heavy metal protection, heart function, genetic stability and DNA synthesis, cancer protection and protection from oxidative damage.
Dr Geo Espinosa is a naturopath specialising in men's health and he frequently prescribes selenium for his patients. In his presentation he will discuss the specific clinical indications for selenium and give us his recommendations on appropriate dosage and forms of selenium for optimum outcomes.
The selenium content of soils are highly variable throughout the world and selenium levels are significantly lower in people living in Australia and New Zealand where some cancer rates and cardiovascular events are highest. This presentation will give you clarity and confidence prescribing this highly valuable nutrient.
Discover selenium's wide biochemical functions
Which conditions selenium is most effective for
How selenium protects against disease
Learn the best method of measuring for selenium status
Uncover how to prescribe selenium for maximal clinical results
Geo Espinosa, N.D., L.Ac, C.N.S., RH (AHG) is a renowned naturopathic and functional medicine doctor recognized as an authority in urology and men's health. Dr Geo is the founder and director of the Integrative Urology Center at New York University Langone Medical Center and the Chief Science Officer at PR Labs. Before joining NYU, Dr Espinosa was a clinician, researcher and director of clinical trials at the Center for Holistic Urology at Columbia University Medical Center.
Geo is a licensed naturopathic doctor, licensed acupuncturist, a certified nutrition specialist and a registered herbalist. He lectures internationally and has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals related to integrative management of prostate conditions and urological disorders. Dr Espinosa is an author of the naturopathic entry in 1000 Cures for 200 ailments, by Harper Collins; March 2007 and "Prostate Cancer – Nutrients that may slow its progression," Food and Nutrients in Disease Management – Maryland: Cadmus Publishing, 2009. Dr Espinosa also serves on the editorial board of the Natural Medicine Journal.


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Rote Taube ("Red Dove") is a landmark decision of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany () (X ZB 15/67, 27 Mar. 1969), regarding the definition of a technical teaching ("a teaching to methodically utilize controllable natural forces to achieve a causal, perceivable result") in patent law.

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Here's How Much You Could Save by Refinancing in Virginia
What refinancing would save you in Virginia
Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia, USA city skyline on the Potomac River.
Let's say you bought a $250,000 home in Virginia during October 2018.
Today, the average 30-year mortgage rate in Virginia is 3.96%, according to LendingTree's Value Penguin site. At that rate, a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $200,000 has a monthly payment of just $950.22.
A similar 30-year mortgage at 3.96% — today's average rate in Virginia — would give you a monthly payment of $2,090.49. That's a savings of $244.71 a month or $2,936.48 per year.
How to File Your Taxes for the First Time
It's not so difficult if you're organized and follow these helpful guidelines.
By Esther Trattner


Ladies don't get rid of those braids just yet, they're sticking around for another season. While backstage covering for The Budget Babe at Honor's SS13 show, I noted gorgeous ladies with dewy, fresh faces paired with tight braids brought into low buns and topped off with some shimmer in the form of little embellished hair pieces. It looks like they were the perfect beauty compliment to the boldly colored and printed, human anatomy inspired collection. Gorgeous job Bumble and Bumble.
Really glam way to have your hairs!
love braids! they look awesome!
Helllooo hair!! Love the braiding....its come a LONG WAY since I was a kid....hope you are having fun!
Very nice braid,I cant never do it myself... good post!
I think my babes will be very on trend as this is my "go to" style for her!
LOVE braids, especially the ones pictured, but they're hard to do by yourself!
That is a DIY hair hands down. Beautiful!!!


Published on July 9th 2005 in Journal. 0 Comments Tags: Kinsey, movies, OM, whores.
First off, Happy 1,000th post to me. Crazy.
Research Subject: [stunned] It's true. I fucked a pony. You are genius, how did you know?
Research Subject: Nooo… Whores, not horse, *whores*.
Needless to say, Kinsey was a great movie.


Gereen Francis is a Behavior Specialist at the Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD), at Georgia State University. In this role, she provides training and technical assistance related to the use of Tier III positive behavior interventions and supports to educators, families, and early interventionists across the state of Georgia. She is also the coordinator of the annual Autism Conference and Expo of Georgia. Gereen comes to the CLD from the Community Autism Program at the Marcus Autism Center, where she provided in-home parent and caregiver training to hundreds of families and their children with autism and related developmental disabilities. In this role, Gereen taught families a variety of strategies to effectively manage challenging behaviors and increase functional communication and other adaptive skills. Gereen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Georgia State University and is a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA).
The PEERS® (Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) Curriculum is a manualized evidence-based and ecologically valid social skills training for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The PEERS® curriculum is taught over the course of 16 weeks and focuses on how to make and keep friends, as well as how to manage conflict and rejection. Each lesson consists of didactic instruction, as well as role-plays, behavioral rehearsals, and homework assignments. During this presentation, participants will be introduced to the 15 topics covered during the curriculum, as well as have the opportunity to participate in an abridged version of one of the didactic lessons.
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) is an empirically-supported, multi-modal, data-driven approach to better understanding persistent, challenging behaviors. Both indirect, informal FBAs, as well as complex, formal FBAs have been used in school and clinical settings in order to determine why challenging behavior is occurring for decades. Only once the reason, or function of the behavior has been identified, are team members able to effectively establish and implement effective behavior interventions. During this presentation, participants will be receive an overview of the GSU-CLD 12-step FBA and Behavior Intervention Plan process which has been widely disseminated and implemented by hundreds of Georgia educators to assess and improve challenging student behaviors.
This presentation will serve as a follow-up to our earlier presentation, "How to Conduct a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)." Once the reason, or function of the behavior has been identified through an FBA, team members are able to effectively establish and implement effective behavior interventions. We will discuss the importance of both prevention-based methods of behavior reduction, as well as, reinforcement-based strategies aiming to increase positive, alternative behaviors to replace pre-existing challenging behaviors. Throughout this presentation, we will place strong emphasis on the importance of function-specific interventions in order to develop and implement effective behavior intervention plans.


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Q: Manipulating sortname field in biblatex I provide certain bibliography entries with the option frg to achieve a bit of a different format than for the rest of my entries. Among other things, I want to have them sorted by editor instead of by author. My idea was to automatically copy the editor field to the sortname field to achieve this, so I used the following code in my bbx-file:
\newbool{cbx:frg}
\DeclareEntryOption{frg}[true]{\csuse{bool#1}{cbx:frg}}%
\AtDataInput{%
  \ifbool{cbx:frg}{%
     \savename*{editor}{\bbx@blah}%
     \restorename{sortname}{\bbx@blah}%
   }{}%
}%

but this does not seem to work.

A: To ignore the author field for sorting (and use editor resp. title instead), simply add options = {useauthor=false}, to the respective bibliography entries. See section 3.3.3.1 of the biblatex manual for details.
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{biblatex}

\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{A01,
  options = {useauthor=false},
  author = {Author, A.},
  editor = {Zuthor, Z.},
  year = {2001},
  title = {Alpha},
}
@misc{B02,
  author = {Buthor, B.},
  editor = {Yuthor, Y.},
  year = {2002},
  title = {Bravo},
}
@misc{C03,
  author = {Cuthor, C.},
  editor = {Xuthor, X.},
  year = {2003},
  title = {Charlie},
}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\nocite{*}

\begin{document}

\printbibliography

\end{document}


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PSC-Led Flu Vaccine Research Wins International Award
PSC-Led Flu Vaccine Research Wins International Supercomputing Award
Research on the best strategies for offering flu vaccinations to the public at PSC, the University of Pittsburgh and Soongsil University in the Republic of Korea has won a 2017 Innovation Excellence Award from the Hyperion Research User Forum Steering Committee. Hyperion Research, the world's most respected high-performance-computing (HPC) industry analyst group for more than 25 years, presented the award at the SC17 supercomputing conference in Denver, Colo.
Read more: PSC-Led Flu Vaccine...
PSC Wins Record Five HPCwire Awards
PSC Wins a Record Five HPCwire Readers', Editors' Choice Awards
Annual Awards Recognize Leaders in the Global High-Performance-Computing Community
PSC has been recognized with a best-year-ever five HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards at the 2017 International Conference for High-Performance Computing (HPC), Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC17), in Denver, Colorado. HPCwire, the leading trade publication in the supercomputing community, announced the list of winners at the HPCwire booth at the event, and on the HPCwire website, located at www.HPCwire.com.
Read more: PSC Wins Record Five...
PSC to Host WVU Cluster
A three-year National Science Foundation grant totaling nearly $1 million will let West Virginia University (WVU) develop its next-generation high-performance computing cluster to advance research in an array of fields, from drug delivery to genomics and astrophysics.
Read more: PSC to Host WVU Cluster
Congratulations to IEEE President-Elect
Congratulations to IEEE President-Elect José Moura
IEEE members elected Jose M. F. Moura as 2018 IEEE President-Elect
https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/election/index.html
Nystrom Named Interim Director, PSC
Nick Nystrom Appointed Interim Director of PSC
Nick Nystrom, senior director of research at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), has been appointed interim director of the center. Nystrom succeeds Michael Levine and Ralph Roskies, who have been co-directors of PSC since its founding in 1985.
During the interim period, Nystrom will oversee PSC's state-of-the-art research into high-performance computing, data analytics, science and communications, working closely with Levine and Roskies to ensure a smooth and seamless transition.
Read more: Nystrom Named Interim...
First Fine Structure of Complete Vertebrate Brain: Harvard/PSC Study
The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?
Zebrafish Study Reveals First Fine Structure of a Complete Vertebrate Brain
Zebrafish larva head in cross-section. Note this isn't a single electron microscope image, but many thousands of slices seen on edge. The large black circle is the eye, the big darker gray shape at top the brain. You can also see the nose (black crescent at right), the ear (black crescent near center) and several vertebrae (center bottom).
Every thought, every feeling, every sensation—and every behavioral illness—ultimately depends on how our brains work. Despite decades of stunning advances in imaging the brain and measuring its activity, though, we still don't understand how even a simple vertebrate brain works.
Enter the zebrafish larva. Small and transparent—yet able to swim freely and even hunt small prey—these baby fish have long been studied by researchers to understand how their tiny brains generate behaviors. David Hildebrand, working in
the laboratories of Florian Engert and Jeff Lichtman at Harvard University, took this work a step farther, creating electron microscopic images of the zebrafish brain cut
into tens of thousands of slices.
With the help of co-author PSC's Art Wetzel, they led an international collaboration that used these images to reconstruct specific nerve cells that spanned nearly the entire larval zebrafish brain. The hope is that this kind of thorough "nano-scale" imaging will make it possible to
extract the brain's complete "wiring diagram." While this work has only just begun, it may eventually shed new light on past studies of zebrafish behavior—and point the way toward a better understanding of more complex brains, such as ours.
Read more: First Fine Structure of...
Modest Increase in Kids' Exercise May Yield Outsized Benefits
Getting just a few more American kids to run and play for 25 minutes three times a week could have outsized benefits in reducing obesity and save tens of billions of dollars, according to researchers at the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center at Carnegie Mellon University.
The investigators used their computer simulation tool, called VPOP—Virtual Population for Obesity Prevention—to calculate how increasing the number of elementary school children participating in physical activity would play out in health benefits. Increasing the percent of kids who get thrice-weekly exercise from the current 32 percent to just 50 percent, they found, would result in 340,000 fewer obese or overweight kids and save $21.9 billion in lifetime medical costs and lost wages.
Heat Stable Vaccines Could Save Lives, Money
Health care workers in low-income nations often have to deliver vaccines on rugged footpaths, via motorcycle or over river crossings. On top of this, vaccines need to be kept refrigerated or they may degrade and become useless, which can make getting vaccines to mothers and children that need them challenging.
That's why researchers at Doctors Without Borders and the HERMES Logistics Team of the Global Obesity Prevention Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center at Carnegie Mellon University carried out the first computer simulation of the health and economic impacts of introducing heat-stable vaccines in India and in Benin and Niger in Africa. The simulation offered good news. Not only would vaccines that don't require refrigeration help increase vaccination rates in these countries, the cost savings of decreased spoilage and improved health would more than cover the cost of making the vaccines stable, even at twice or three times the current cost per dose.
Bridges Supporting Galaxy RNA Assemblies
Users Can Run Trinity RNA-Seq Assembly Jobs on XSEDE from Galaxy Main
Researchers preparing de novo transcriptome assemblies via the popular Galaxy platform for data-intensive analysis now have transparent access to a premier HPC resource ideal for rapid assembly of massive RNA sequence data. A high-performance Trinity tool has been installed on the public Galaxy Main instance at usegalaxy.org. All Trinity jobs in workflows run from usegalaxy.org will execute transparently on large memory nodes on the Bridges system at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, without the need for users to obtain their own XSEDE allocation. These tools are free to use for open scientific research. Additional de novo assembly applications will be added to Galaxy Main in the future. For more information about Galaxy and Bridges see https://galaxyproject.org/ and http://www.psc.edu/index.php/bridges.
Bridges-Powered AI Defeats Human Poker Experts
Bridges Supercomputer Completed
Poker Pros Face Artificial Intelligence
Bridges, Brain Reconstruction Win HPCwire Awards
N.C. High School to Use Bridges
Bridges Enters Production
$110 Million Grant to Expand National Cyberinfrastructure
Grable Grant Funds PSC STEM Ed Program
Minority STEM Outreach Work Wins Best Diversity Paper at XSEDE16
Successful Test of Big-Data Transfer Scheduling
New Approach Needed for Minority Bioinformatics Outreach
Virtual File System Will Save Vast Computer Storage Space
PSC staff to present at XSEDE16
Drones Could Be Cheaper Alternative in Delivering Vaccines
PSC Joins OpenHPC Framework
PSC Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Early Success on Bridges
PSC STEM Education Program Wins Carnegie Science Award
PSC Helps Reconstruct Visual Connections in Brain
YWCA Recognizes PSC's Cheryl Begandy for Leadership in Sci-Tech
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If you're a Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shareholder, you are probably fairly happy about the performance of Microsoft stock during the October correction, since MSFT stock outperformed most other tech names last month.
Microsoft stock fell 6.6% in October compared to 41.1% and 25.0% for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) respectively.
Although Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is the biggest cloud company in the world and Microsoft's biggest competitor, it's not considered a tech company according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) but rather a consumer discretionary business. But at any rate, AMZN stock lost 20.2% in October.
A wise person once said it pays to be grateful in life. As we move into the next-to-last month of 2018, MSFT shareholders can be thankful that Microsoft is a growth stock and a value stock, making it one of the safest tech stocks at the moment.
InvestorPlace contributor Luke Lango recently discussed Microsoft's improving growth trends. If Lango's observations don't make you grateful to be a long-time owner of MSFT stock, nothing will.
MSFT CEO Satya Nadella took the top job at MSFT in February 2014, right in the middle of its third quarter. At the time, Microsoft was struggling to increase its sales and the morale of the company's employees was low.
Although I've been critical about Nadella's pay in the past, there's no way you can deny that the changes he's made at Microsoft have returned it to growth mode after several years of stagnating revenues.
A CEO is paid to improve the results of his or her company, and Nadella's done just that.
That's why in April I made MSFT one of seven platform stocks to buy, arguing that the moves it's made in the cloud, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things have diversified it away from Windows into a multi-dimensional business capable of meeting the needs of its biggest customers.
It's definitely not the same company as it was in 2014.
MSFT stock is up 22% year-to-date and an average of 26% annually over the past five years. Despite these significant gains, Microsoft stock still has an attractive dividend yield of 1.73%.
In addition, it repurchased $3.7 billion of its stock in the fiscal first quarter of 2019, 46% more than it repurchased a year earlier. In Q1 of 2019, it returned almost $7 billion of its $10.1 billion of free cash flow, a payout ratio of just under 70%.
So not only is MSFT growing its revenue by double digit percentage levels, but it's managing to return a significant chunk of its free cash to investors, making it an income investors' dream stock.
Although Microsoft stock's forward price-earnings ratio of 24.4 means that it isn't a traditional value play, its ability to grow its free-cash flow despite increasing the amount it spent on its business by almost 50% in fiscal 2018 suggests that it provides growth at a reasonable price, giving investors the best of both worlds.
In August, I suggested that MSFT stock was worth owning for the long haul. However, I also recommended that investors wait for the stock to correct into the mid-$90s.
If the October correction couldn't move Microsoft stock into the $90s — it hit a low of $100.11 on Oct. 30 — I'm not sure if MSFT stock will leave triple digits anytime soon.
So if you want a tech stock that will play both offense and defense, MSFT stock is the perfect pick.


The price is consolidating between the levels 1.0678 – 1.0639. Therefore, the pair is likely going to test a support at 1.0655 – 1.0639 during the day. If we see a pullback from these levels, bulls will probably try to reach the closest resistance at 1.0713 – 1.0732.


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Wildlife Viewing > Northeast Georgia Mountains > Tallulah Gorge State Park
Tallulah Gorge State Park
Description: One of Georgia's most spectacular natural wonders, this 800-foot-deep gorge is one of the steepest and most spectacular gorges in the East. Breathtaking views of the gorge against a backdrop of rugged mountains attract many visitors. The gorge is nearly 2 miles long and .5 miles wide. For the hardy hiker, several steep trails descend into the bottom of the gorge. Magnificent views into the gorge are available at rim overlooks and along trails into the gorge. The Tallulah River was dammed at the head of the gorge in 1913 and diverted to an electric generating plant. Thundering waters have only recently been restored to the gorge on a limited number of spring and fall weekends. Tallulah Falls Lake provides quiet serenity in contrast to the grandeur and power of the gorge.
Viewing Information: Best viewing opportunities are for cliff-inhabiting birds and amphibians. You might see swallows, swifts, and phoebes nesting in the crevices of the gorge walls. Look for hawks and vultures circling overhead. Amphibians are numerous in the moist cliff-face environment. The inquisitive visitor may see dusky salamanders, slimy salamanders or spotted salamanders. If lucky, you might spot the rare seepage salamander or green salamander. Very rare flora of the gorge includes Carolina hemlock and persistent trillium.
Directions: From Atlanta, take I-85 north to I-985 north to GA Hwy. 365. Take US 441 north to Tallulah Falls. Follow signs to the park entrance.
Management: Georgia DNR, Parks and Historic Sites Division 706-754-7979. Park Office 706-754-7970.
Closest Town: Tallulah Falls, GA
Site Notes: observation platforms, interpretive programs, swimming beach, 65-acre lake, and tennis courts.
Additional Information: Park facilities include the 16,000 sq. ft. Jane Hurt Yarn interpretive education center featuring exhibits on the historical, cultural, and natural science aspects of Tallulah Gorge. This center offers a unique bird watching station, various examinations of the unique ecosystems, and a 75-seat theater. Acces to the gorge floor is by permit only.
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Q: BASH- Find files of the same size, use cksum, delete dupe but keep it's name as symbolic link Good day to you!I am an intern and just starting to learn bash Scripting (thanks bash.academy!) and am attempting to create a script that does the following;

*

*Find files of the same size

*Determine if the contents of the file is a duplicate via cksum

*Delete duplicate file, keeping both file names, turning the deleted file into a symbolic link to the remaining file.

Background on what's going on; there is a program the generates these files, and it's generating duplicates in large quantities. It creates a pair of files that have the exact same data contained, but different names and we have programs that rely on the duplicate files (again, we can't change those programs to check the non duplicate file), hence why I have to turn the deleted file into a symbolic link. I appreciate any suggestions, cheers!
`e#!/usr/bin/env bash
cd /path/to/files
ls -l -S | sort -k 5 -n #sort file sizes in revers order
cksum /path/to/files/* |        #File duplication verification
  awk ' { if( $2 in arr)
            {print "duplicates ", $3, arr[$2], "duplicate filesize = ", $2}
              else
            {arr[$2]=$3} }'
`

A: Though the question is not immensely clear, I hope below script helps:
#!/bin/bash
# Removing the duplicate files based on md5 hash based asscociative arrays
declare -A file_list # Note -A is for associative array
# The above associate array will have the below format
# file_list=([md5-hash]=filename)
duplicate_remover()
{
 md5_data=( $(md5sum "$1") )
 # md5sum gives the output in 'hash filename' format. See Reference 1
 check_exist=${file_list["X${md5_data[0]}"]+exists}
 # Above command check if the array element with the given key already exists in 'file_list' array.
 # We have used shell parameter expansion. See Reference 2
 if [ "$check_exist" = "exists" ]
 then
   ln -fs "${file_list["X${md5_data[0]}"]}" "$1"
   # Above steps turns duplicates to symbolic links.
   # Note the '-f' with 'ln' forces rewrite if dest. file is already present
 else
   file_list+=(["X${md5_data[0]}"]="$1")
   # If the file is not already in the array, we add it using [key]=value construct.
 fi
}
#Our driver part below uses 'find' command to feed files into 'duplicate_remover' function
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -print0 | while read -r -d '' filename
do
   duplicate_remover "$filename"
done

References

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*See md5sum manpage.

*See the usage of ${var+stuff} in shell parameter expansion.

Notes

*

*I assumed that all the files are present in the same directory, if not take out the -maxdepth 1 from find.

*The files that come first with find will be preserved and the rest will be converted to links.

A: You can identify files with the file command using the "-type f" and "ls" parameter, this way you should get the size and name of the file.
The output can be filtered using an AWK script, printing only the desired columns.
Once you have this info you sould sort it based on size and getting the duplicated filesizes.
For the duplicated filesizes you must get the checksum, if you find a duplicated then you only have to remove one file and create the link.
Just keep in mind that you must process only files and not links, becuase you could delete the file already linked.