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Thomas Lenoir Sr.1
b. 5 May 1701, d. 14 May 1765
Thomas Lenoir Sr. was born on 5 May 1701 at New York, NY. He was the son of John Lenoir. Thomas Lenoir Sr. died on 14 May 1765 at Tarboro, Edgecomb Co., NC, at age 64. Birth may have been Brunswick Co. VA.
Children of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley
Ann Lenoir b. 28 Jun 1731, d. 1823
Robert Lenoir b. 3 Mar 1732
Betty Lenoir b. 19 Jul 1735
Leah Lenoir b. 18 Dec 1737, d. 1831
Robert Crawley Lenoir b. 1739
Mary Lenoir b. 30 Sep 1739
Thomas Lenoir b. 11 Aug 1741, d. 1816
Isaac Lenoir+ b. 15 Oct 1743, d. Nov 1808
Lewis Lenoir b. 25 Nov 1745
John Lenoir b. 19 Nov 1747
William Lenoir b. 8 May 1751, d. 6 May 1839
[S28] Joseph W. Watson, Abstracts of Early Deeds of Edgecombe County, North Carolina 1759-1772, Page 22, DB 00-104.
Mourning Crawley
b. 2 May 1707, d. 1790
Mourning Crawley was born on 2 May 1707 at Brunswick, VA. She died in 1790 at Franklin Co., NC.
Children of Mourning Crawley and Thomas Lenoir Sr.
Mary Sones
Mary Sones was the daughter of Naomi Vaughan. Mary Sones married James Madison Bates on 17 July 1790.
Child of Mary Sones and James Madison Bates
Jehu Bates+ b. 12 Jun 1795, d. 1 Jul 1876
John Lenoir
b. 1657, d. 1710
John Lenoir was born in 1657 at Blain, Nantes, France. He was the son of Philippe Lenoir and Anne Henriet. John Lenoir died in 1710 at at Sea.
Child of John Lenoir
Thomas Lenoir Sr.+ b. 5 May 1701, d. 14 May 1765
Ann Lenoir
b. 28 June 1731, d. 1823
Ann Lenoir was born on 28 June 1731. She was the daughter of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley. Ann Lenoir died in 1823 at Spartanburg, SC.
Robert Lenoir
Robert Lenoir died at Brunswick Co., VA. He was born on 3 March 1732. He was the son of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley.
Betty Lenoir
Betty Lenoir was born on 19 July 1735. She was the daughter of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley.
Leah Lenoir
b. 18 December 1737, d. 1831
Leah Lenoir was born on 18 December 1737. She was the daughter of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley. Leah Lenoir died in 1831 at Franklin Co., NC.
Robert Crawley Lenoir
Robert Crawley Lenoir was born in 1739. He was the son of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley.
Mary Lenoir
Mary Lenoir was born on 30 September 1739. She was the daughter of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley.
Thomas Lenoir
b. 11 August 1741, d. 1816
Thomas Lenoir was born on 11 August 1741 at Brunswick Co., VA. He was the son of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley. Thomas Lenoir died in 1816 at Camden District, SC.
Lewis Lenoir
Lewis Lenoir was born on 25 November 1745. He was the son of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley.
John Lenoir was born on 19 November 1747. He was the son of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley.
William Lenoir
b. 8 May 1751, d. 6 May 1839
William Lenoir was born on 8 May 1751. He was the son of Thomas Lenoir Sr. and Mourning Crawley. William Lenoir died on 6 May 1839 at age 87.
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith1
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born on 18 August 1927 at Plains, Sumter Co., GA. She was the daughter of Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea Murray. Eleanor Rosalynn Smith married President James Earl Carter Jr., son of James Earl Carter Sr. and Bessie Lillian Gordy, on 7 July 1946 at Plains Methodist, Plains, Sumter Co., GA.2,3
Georgia Family Lines by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr.
Graduated from Plains High School and Georgia Southwestern College in 1946. Married July 7, 1946 in Plains at the Plains Methodist Church, James Earl Carter, Jr., then of the U. S. Navy. Having been stationed with her husband at various naval bases they returned to Plains in 1953 after the death of his father. She was First Lady of Georgia during her husband's Governorship, 1971-1975 and became First Lady of the United States January 20, 1977 at his inauguration as 39th President.
[S50] Jr Kenneth H. Thomas, "Smith-Murray."
[S157] James Earl Carter Jr., Wiley Carter, page 82.
[S824] Sumter County History, online http://sumtercountyhistory.com/marriage/MarrByHusb/…, Marriages, book 24, page 405; viewed 31 October 2017.
Wilburn Edgar Smith1
b. 20 November 1896, d. 1940
Wilburn Edgar Smith was born on 20 November 1896 at Plains, Sumter Co., GA. He was the son of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell. Wilburn Edgar Smith married Frances Allethea Murray, daughter of John William Murray and Rose Nettie Wise, in 1926. Wilburn Edgar Smith died in 1940 at Plains, Sumter Co., GA.
"Georgia Family Lines" by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr.
Educated in the local schools. After the death of his father he and his yourger brothers were able to obtain the school bus system. He also ran a local auto repair shop. At the time of his early death due to leukemia, at age 43, he was a steward in the Plains Methodist Church, a member of the Plains City Council, and a Mason.
Edgar and Allie M. were numerated in the 1940 Plains, Sumter Co., GA, federal census. He was a mechanic in an auto garage, age 42, she was 34. Children in the household were Rosalyn 12, Gerald 10, Murray 7, and Allethia 3. Also in the household was his mother, Sallie B. 64.
Children of Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea Murray
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith+ b. 18 Aug 1927
William Jerold Smith b. 5 May 1929, d. 20 Nov 2003
Murray Lee Smith+ b. 19 Jan 1932, d. 26 Jan 2003
Annette J. Davis
d. 19 September 2021
Annette J. Davis died on 19 September 2021.
Annette Davis Carter, who campaigned for father-in-law Jimmy Carter during his successful bid for the White House in 1976 and spent nearly 50 years in Georgia's Carter clan, has died. She was 68.
Carter's son Josh Carter wrote an online obituary for his mother that was shared by the former president's church in Plains on Wednesday. She died Sept. 19. The family did not disclose the cause of death.
Annette Davis met Jeff Carter at Georgia Southwestern State University and the two married in April 1975, Josh Carter wrote. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of Georgia at the time and had already been in the presidential race for a few months.
After the dark horse Southern Democratic candidate narrowly defeated Republican President Gerald Ford, the newlyweds moved to the presidential mansion in Washington.
"While living in the White House, Jeff and Annette helped host everybody from Bob Dylan to Pope John Paul II," her son wrote. "In some of Annette's favorite White House memories, she greeted the cast of Star Wars after the release of 'A New Hope' and John Travolta after he starred in 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Grease.'"
A longtime resident of Peachtree City, Annette Carter is survived by Josh Carter, her son James and her husband. Their middle son, Jeremy, died at the age of 28 in 2015.
"Jeremy was a loss that never healed until her passing," Josh Carter said.
A service is planned at the former president's church, Maranatha Baptist, on Saturday in Plains.
Child of Annette J. Davis and Donnel Jeffrey Carter
Jeremy Davis Carter b. c 1986, d. 20 Dec 2015
Jeremy Davis Carter
b. circa 1986, d. 20 December 2015
Jeremy Davis Carter was born circa 1986. He was the son of Donnel Jeffrey Carter and Annette J. Davis. Jeremy Davis Carter died on 20 December 2015 at Fayette Co., GA.
Jeremy Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, has died near Atlanta. He was 28.
The cause of death was not yet known, Fayette County Coroner C.J. Mowell Jr. told The Associated Press on Monday.
Jimmy Carter announced the death Sunday to the congregation of his hometown church in Plains, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Carter told parishioners his grandson hadn't been feeling well Saturday and went to take a nap at his family's home in Peachtree City before he died, the newspaper reported.
Mowell said he was notified of the death early Sunday.
The medical examiner's office of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation consulted with the Fayette County coroner's office and determined that an autopsy was not required, agency spokesman Scott Dutton said. Typically, the agency would do an autopsy if there was evidence of a crime.
Jeremy Carter is the son of Annette and Jeff Carter, who is Jimmy Carter's youngest son.
William Archibald Carter1
b. 12 November 1858, d. 4 September 1903
Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter
President Nixon and President Carter
President Harding and President Carter
President Carter and Gov. Romney
President Carter Pedigree
William Archibald Carter was born on 12 November 1858 at Sumter Co., GA.2,3 He was the son of Littleberry Walker Carter and Mary Ann Diligent Seals.2 William Archibald Carter married Nina Pratt, daughter of James E. Pratt and Sophronia Caroline Cowan, on 8 September 1885 at GA.2,3 William Archibald Carter died on 4 September 1903 at Cuthbert, GA, at age 44.3 He was buried at Arlington, GA.2
Nina met her future husband through her sister, Lula (1860 - 1890) who married W.A.'s first cousin, David. W.A. and Nina were living in Arlington, 50 miles SW of Plains, where they had moved in the mid-1880's, when he died at age 45. 2
William A. and Nina were enumerated in the 1900 Arlington, Early Co., GA, federal census. He was a manufacturer age 41, she was 37. Children in the household were Ethel 13, Alton 12, Lula 9, and Earl 6.4
Nina was enumerated in the 1920 Plains, Sumter Co., GA federal census. She was a widow age 53. Children in the household were "Euph" (Earl) 25 and Jeanette 16.4
Nina was enumerated in the 1910 Militia District 884, Sumter Co., GA federal census. She was a widow age 45. Children in the household were Ethel 23, Alton 21, Earl 15, and "Gennett" 6.4
Children of William Archibald Carter and Nina Pratt
Ethel Carter+2,3 b. 5 Feb 1887, d. 9 Jan 1972
William Alton Carter+2,3 b. 17 Aug 1888, d. Jan 1978
Lula Carter2,3 b. May 1891
James Earl Carter Sr.+2,3 b. 12 Sep 1894, d. 22 Jul 1953
Jeanette Carter2,3 b. 4 Jan 1904
[S49] Kenneth H. Thomas Jr., "Carter-Gordy."
[S336] Ancestry.com.
Nina Pratt
b. 5 December 1862, d. 1939
Nina Pratt was born on 5 December 1862 at SC.1 She was the daughter of James E. Pratt and Sophronia Caroline Cowan. Nina Pratt was also known as Sophronia Pratt. She married William Archibald Carter, son of Littleberry Walker Carter and Mary Ann Diligent Seals, on 8 September 1885 at GA.2,3 Nina Pratt died in 1939. She was buried at Lebanon Cemetery, Plains, GA.4
Children of Nina Pratt and William Archibald Carter
Ethel Carter+ b. 5 Feb 1887, d. 9 Jan 1972
William Alton Carter+ b. 17 Aug 1888, d. Jan 1978
Lula Carter b. May 1891
James Earl Carter Sr.+ b. 12 Sep 1894, d. 22 Jul 1953
Jeanette Carter b. 4 Jan 1904
[S35] 1900 Federal Census, unknown repository address.
[S888] Find A Grave Memorial; memorial page for Nina Pratt Carter (5 Dec 1863–7 Mar 1939). Memorial no. 35275426, database and images: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35275426, accessed 28 August 2021, citing Lebanon Cemetery, Plains, Sumter County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by: John Dickinson (contributor 46599512).
Littleberry Walker Carter1
b. 1829, d. 27 November 1873
Littleberry Walker Carter was born in 1829 at Warren Co., GA.2 He was the son of Wiley Carter and Ann Ansley.3 Littleberry Walker Carter married Mary Ann Diligent Seals, daughter of William Archibald Seals and Eliza Harris, on 5 January 1851 at Warren Co., GA.4,2 Littleberry Walker Carter was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Sumter Co., GA.5 He died on 27 November 1873 at Sumter Co., GA.2
Littleberry and Mary Ann moved c. 1860 to Sumter Co. near his father's plantation. He enlisted at Americus in 1862 in Capt. Cutts Company, Sumter Flying Artillery and his unit served in Va. until the war's end. His brothers Wileym, Jr. and Jesse T. enlisted in the same unit. Littleberry was a farmer and was buried on his farm at the time of his accidental death at age 42. In 1918 he and his wife were reinterred in Oak Grove Cem., Americus. 4
Littleberry W. and Mary A. D. were enumerated in the 1870 Militia District 789, Sumter Co., GA, federal census. He was a farmer age 38 she was 32. Children in the household were Jeremiah C. 15, Eliza A. 14, William A. 10, and Nannie 4. 6
Children of Littleberry Walker Carter and Mary Ann Diligent Seals
Jeremiah Calvin Carter4,2 b. 4 Apr 1855, d. 1925
Eliza Ann Carter4,2 b. 31 Dec 1856
William Archibald Carter+4 b. 12 Nov 1858, d. 4 Sep 1903
Nannie Bell Carter4 b. 1866
[S888] Find A Grave Memorial; memorial page for Littleberry Walker Carter (1832–27 Nov 1873). Memorial no. 148447840, database and images: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148447840, accessed 13 April 2020, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by: Mary Shular Hopper (contributor 47632038).
Mary Ann Diligent Seals
b. circa 1838, d. 27 November 1873
Mary Ann Diligent Seals was born circa 1838.1 She was the daughter of William Archibald Seals and Eliza Harris.2 Mary Ann Diligent Seals married Littleberry Walker Carter, son of Wiley Carter and Ann Ansley, on 5 January 1851 at Warren Co., GA.3,4 Mary Ann Diligent Seals died on 27 November 1873 at Sumter Co., GA; the same night as her husband.1
Children of Mary Ann Diligent Seals and Littleberry Walker Carter
Jeremiah Calvin Carter b. 4 Apr 1855, d. 1925
Eliza Ann Carter b. 31 Dec 1856
William Archibald Carter+ b. 12 Nov 1858, d. 4 Sep 1903
Nannie Bell Carter b. 1866
[S676] Gary Boyd Roberts, Presidents 2009 Edition, page 165.
Ethel Carter
b. 5 February 1887, d. 9 January 1972
Ethel Carter was born on 5 February 1887 at Arlington, Calhoun Co., GA.1,2 She was the daughter of William Archibald Carter and Nina Pratt.3,1 Ethel Carter married Jack Linton Slappey in 1911. Ethel Carter died on 9 January 1972 at age 84.2 She was buried at Lebanon Cemetery, Plains, GA.2
Child of Ethel Carter and Jack Linton Slappey
Linton Alton Slappey b. 4 Aug 1912, d. 2 Aug 1982
[S807] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com, memorial # 35275926.
William Alton Carter1
b. 17 August 1888, d. January 1978
William Alton Carter was born on 17 August 1888 at Arlington, Calhoun Co., GA.2 He was the son of William Archibald Carter and Nina Pratt.3,2 William Alton Carter married Annie Laurie Gay in 1916. William Alton Carter died in January 1978 at GA at age 89.2
Mayor of Plains for 28 years and a County Commissioner.
Child of William Alton Carter and Annie Laurie Gay
Donnel Earl Carter b. 22 Jun 1917
[S47] Jr. Kenneth H. Thomas, "unknown short article title."
Lula Carter
Birmingham, Al. Lula Carter was born in May 1891 at Arlington, Calhoun Co., GA.1 She was the daughter of William Archibald Carter and Nina Pratt.2,1
Jeanette Carter
b. 4 January 1904
Lives in Tallahasee, Fla and has a daughter and granddaughter. Jeanette Carter was born on 4 January 1904.1 She was the daughter of William Archibald Carter and Nina Pratt.2,1
Wiley Carter1
b. 1798, d. 4 March 1864
Wiley Carter was born in 1798 at Warren Co., GA.2 He was the son of James Carter and Eleanor Duckworth. Wiley Carter married Ann Ansley, daughter of Abel Ansley and Lydia Morris, on 18 February 1821 at Warren Co., GA.2 Wiley Carter married Sarah Chestnut Wilson on 25 January 1849 at Warren Co., GA.2 Wiley Carter died on 4 March 1864 at Schley Co., GA.2 He was buried at Carter Family Cemetery, Ellaville, Schley Co., GA.3
Georgia Family Lines by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. Wiley Carter sold his land in Warren Co. on Rocky Comfort Creek near Gibson, (now in Glascock Co.) in 1851 and moved permanently to his plantation in Schley Co., in southwest Georgia, 20 mi. north of Plains. The home, known today as the "Battle Place", is located along with the family cemetery, on the Ellaville-Friendship Rd. (Ga. Hwy. 153) at its intersection with Ga. Hwy. 45. This is the site of the Quebec community, originally in Sumter Co., but included in Schley Co. at its creation in 1857. It was here that Wiley Carter, farmer, planter, and Baptist, was buried when he died at age 66 in the midst of the Civil War. His plantation contained 2400 acres in both Schley and Sumter Cos. and produced 147 bales of cotton in 1860. Wiley's first wife, Ann, had died c. 1848 and he had m. second, in Warren Co. in 1849, Mrs. Sarah Wilson, widow, of Newton Co. After Wiley's death, Sarah married a Mr. Ross and died in 1870.
Children of Wiley Carter and Ann Ansley
Amanda Carter4 b. 1822, d. 1893
Caroline Carter4 b. 13 Sep 1823, d. 3 Nov 1854
Calvin G. Carter4 b. 1 Feb 1825, d. 1899
Euphrasia A. Carter4 b. 1829
Littleberry Walker Carter+4 b. 1829, d. 27 Nov 1873
Julia Ann Carter5 b. 26 Jun 1832, d. 21 Jan 1910
Jane Carter5 b. 6 Feb 1834, d. 15 Sep 1905
Louisiana Virginia Carter5 b. 1838
Wiley Carter Jr.5 b. 1841, d. 1904
Ann W. Carter5 b. 1842, d. c 1875
Jesse Taliaferro Carter6 b. 26 Aug 1846, d. 17 Mar 1924
Child of Wiley Carter and Sarah Chestnut Wilson
Sterling Gardner Carter6 b. 15 Nov 1851, d. 1921
[S157] James Earl Carter Jr., Wiley Carter, page 9.
[S888] Find A Grave Memorial; memorial page for Wiley Carter (1798–4 Mar 1864). Memorial no. 41045369, database and images: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41045369, accessed 13 April 2020, citing Carter Family Cemetery, Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by: Joyce T (contributor 47107614).
Ann Ansley
Ann Ansley was born in 1801 at Warren Co., GA.1 She was the daughter of Abel Ansley and Lydia Morris.2 Ann Ansley married Wiley Carter, son of James Carter and Eleanor Duckworth, on 18 February 1821 at Warren Co., GA.3 Ann Ansley died in 1848 at Warren Co., GA.1
Children of Ann Ansley and Wiley Carter
Amanda Carter b. 1822, d. 1893
Caroline Carter b. 13 Sep 1823, d. 3 Nov 1854
Calvin G. Carter b. 1 Feb 1825, d. 1899
Euphrasia A. Carter b. 1829
Littleberry Walker Carter+ b. 1829, d. 27 Nov 1873
Julia Ann Carter b. 26 Jun 1832, d. 21 Jan 1910
Jane Carter b. 6 Feb 1834, d. 15 Sep 1905
Louisiana Virginia Carter b. 1838
Wiley Carter Jr. b. 1841, d. 1904
Ann W. Carter b. 1842, d. c 1875
Jesse Taliaferro Carter b. 26 Aug 1846, d. 17 Mar 1924
[S888] Find A Grave Memorial; memorial page for unknown cd1.
[S710] Gary Boyd Roberts RD600, page 882.
Amanda Carter
Amanda Carter was born in 1822 at Warren Co., GA.1 She was the daughter of Wiley Carter and Ann Ansley.2 Amanda Carter died in 1893 at Warren Co., GA.1


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Home » JPND Press Releases » First European-wide research strategy to tackle Alzheimer's and other Neurodegenerative Diseases
First European-wide research strategy to tackle Alzheimer's and other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Research leaders and stakeholders from across Europe will gather today in Brussels for the launch of a European-wide strategy to coordinate and prioritize research aimed at tackling the enormous challenge of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease.
The EU Joint Programme in Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) is the first of the European Joint Programming initiatives which are designed to address the 'grand challenges' facing EU society in the coming years. These challenges are considered beyond the scope and resources of any one country to tackle.
Welcoming the JPND strategy, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said: "I am delighted to welcome this common strategy, agreed under this unprecedented collaborative initiative in research, to channel participating countries' scientific competencies, medical strengths and social approaches to tackle this important challenge. The JPND strategy can not only make research efforts more effective in the area of neurodegenerative diseases but can also have very wide benefits for society, health and the research community in Europe."
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are debilitating and largely untreatable conditions that are strongly linked with age. Amongst these disorders, the dementias are responsible for the greatest burden of disease, with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders affecting over 7 million people in Europe, and this figure is expected to double every 20 years as the population ages. It currently costs approximately €130 billion per annum to care for people with dementia across Europe, highlighting age-related neurodegenerative disease as one of the leading medical and societal challenges faced by EU society.
The strategy sets out the common vision of the 25 European countries involved, and provides a strategic approach to support world-class research that can exploit emerging scientific opportunities, confront barriers to progress, and provide new approaches to prevention, intervention and care.
"This common Research Strategy will guide research activity and investments in the field of neurodegenerative diseases over the coming decade in Europe", says Professor Philippe Amouyel, Chair of the JPND Management Board. "The ultimate goal is to undertake research that can be translated into new interventions that improve the health and wellbeing of patients with neurodegenerative diseases and their families and carers, and that delivers economic and societal benefit throughout the European Union", he said.
The goals of the European-wide strategy are;
To develop new treatments and preventive strategies
To improve health and social care approaches
To raise awareness and de-stigmatise Alzheimer's and other Neurodegenerative disorders
To alleviate the economic and social burden of these diseases
JPND is working to implement these goals through;
building capacity in excellent basic, clinical and healthcare/social research
coordinating and aligning European and national research activities
translating research evidence into clinical, social and public health practice
partnering with industry, patient, carer and health service stakeholders, and decision makers
The strategy is based on the recommendations of the JPND Scientific Advisory Board which constitutes fifteen of the very best scientists and physicians from the research areas related to neurodegenerative diseases. Extensive consultations with over 140 scientists and multiple stakeholder communities were also conducted and recommendations were validated through a broad public consultation. Research priorities identified in the strategy include investigating the origins of neurodegenerative disease; studying disease mechanisms and models; exploring disease definitions and diagnosis; developing therapies, preventive strategies and interventions; improving healthcare and social care.
"The recommendations outlined address the full spectrum of research and approaches that are required to achieve impact, and recognise the important role that other stakeholder groups including research funding agencies, patient and carer organisations and industry representatives have in delivering this agenda" says Professor Thomas Gasser, Chair of the JPND Scientific Advisory Board.
Identified JPND priorities will be addressed within the next ten years through a range of long-term, medium-to-large-scale, programmatic initiatives.  In order to implement and deliver its strategy, JPND is recognising the importance of engagement and partnership with industry, patient and carer organisations, research funding agencies and the European Commission. Working Groups are already classifying priorities according to scale, impact, and agreed timelines, and it is expected that the first of the implementation initiatives will emerge during 2012.
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It's Sunday lunchtime and I'm logged into Meetings whilst sitting in my living room.
It's time for a short session in Ares' Edge of the Empire campaign.
Utri and Robin were returning from their successful deal with Haduck. The port was a busy place, they kept their eyes open as they threaded their way through bustling streets. Anywhere amongst these smugglers and criminals might be someone searching for them.
Robin had a bad feeling; as they walked along, she furtively looked about at the constant churn of moving people. Her fears were realised, someone was following them, a Zabrak.
Back at The Windbreaker, Pell was sitting in the cockpit staring through the viewports, watching people pass. He too had a bad feeling.
"Hmm," said Pell to no one in particular. "There's no one there, but there's definitely someone watching the ship!".
As Pell was contemplating his predicament, he saw a pair of Imperial officers appear in view, one of them turned and approached The Windbreaker.
Quickly, Pell ran down the open entry ramp and intercepted the officer before he could board.
The officer was a stern looking man in a well kept grey uniform. He spoke to Pell and addressed him as 'Coron'? He told Coron/Pell to continue his 'undercover mission' to retrieve the cargo from The Windbreaker. Once that was completed, Coron/Pell should eliminate all the crew!
Pell was not at all sure what was going on?
"Hmm," Said Pell to the Imperial Officer. "I'd like to help you, but I think you have the wrong person,".
The officer complimented Pell on his commitment to remaining 'in character', he said that he would return in one hour with data files on all of The Windbreaker's new crew, whom they had now identified.
Pell was relived when the officer left, he didn't seem to understand that Pell was not Coron.
Just as the Imperial officer rejoined his companion and they disappeared into the crowds, as Utri and Robin returned, they gave him a wide birth.
Robin explained to everyone that we should leave Nar Shaddaa as quickly as possible, her agreement with Haduck did not last very long.
"Hmm," Said Pell to the crew. "That Imperial officer who thinks I'm someone else will be returning with files on killing all of you in an hour. Shouldn't we wait?".
After this, the crew quickly agreed that they needed to leave in less than an hour. Everybody grabbed their few worldly possessions and vacated The Windbreaker and headed over to Sev's shipyard.
Sev was happy with the outcome of the deal and was pleased to see the crew. He explained that adding M/8's upgrade would take two to three hours.
The crew were not happy with this, they felt it was too much time, they imagined their pursuers breathing down their necks!
Instead of getting M/8 upgraded, they settled on getting his head changed! This would only take half an hour.
During this time, the rest of the crew boarded their new ship, 'The Vengeful Runner' and as they began checking her cabins and systems, they noticed that it was filled with that new ship smell.
As Chrisy was checking a viewscreen, he noticed a Zabrak suspiciously approach the ship. Chrisy watched as the Zabrak clamped something to the ship's hull, then very quickly leave.
Chrisy rushed outside, he looked around scratching his head, the Zabrak had already gone. Chrisy checked the hull and found a tracker magnetically clamped to the hull. He removed it and attached it to a passing droid.
By the time this was done, M/8's head had been changed, it was time to leave.
Without delay the crew strapped themselves into seats and Pell took the ship out of the yard and upwards.
Pell accelerated to escape velocity and the ship began to gently shudder. Soon Nar Shaddaa seemed to shrink away like a falling marble. Pell put the ship into an orbit and cut the engines.
The crew got together, they needed to talk about their next step. They needed to find a planet that was out of the way, not under Imperial influence but busy enough to find work.
After some discussion, the settled on the planet 'Kijimi', the crew vaguely knew it was some sort of ice-planet.
Pell programmed the the destination into the navcom, set off and activated the auto-pilot.
A very short way into the journey and Utri had a bad feeling.
At the same time, M/8's awareness subroutine logged an uncategorised anomaly, it triggered a situational scan.
Result: Inconclusive.
The inconclusive situational scan automatically triggered the danger-assessment subroutine in M/8's self-preservation partition.
M/8 used the ship's internal scanners to check all primary ship systems.
The internal scan reported that there was a higher than expected concentration of carbon dioxide in the air: No other anomalies detected.
M/8 ran a diagnosis program on the life-support systems, the carbon dioxide scrubbers were all working with normal parameters; no fault detected.
The reasoning subroutine in M/8's intelligence partition launched: The ship's systems had been calibrated to manage life-support for five biological lifeforms on this trip. The carbon dioxide scrubbers were all functioning correctly, but there was a higher than calculated concentration of carbon dioxide in the air.
Conclusion: There was an additional source of carbon dioxide production on board.
Conclusion: There was at least one additional biological lifeform on board.
M/8 informed the crew that he had reasoned that someone else was aboard the ship. The crew was alarmed, they split into two groups to search the ship.
Pell locked the ship's controls as they would be leaving the cockpit unattended during the search.
The search was not a particularly fast one, this was the crew's maiden voyage in her, they had left in a hurry and had not had the time to familiarise themselves with the ship yet. Every corridor and cabin was a new space for the crew.
As he was looking round, Chrisy spotted a vent grille that looked slightly out of alignment. He gave a growl, scratched his head and opened the grille.
Behind the grille was a shaft that ran into some part of the ship's bowels, at the shaft entrance he found a folded up cape and a bag.
Chrisy unfolded the cape and found some food and drink within. He scratched his head as he realised there definitely was a stowaway on board somewhere?
He then opened the bag, Chrisy growled alarmingly was he found in the bag was another tracking device.
Chrisy knew this was not good, he took the scanner to an airlock and jettisoned it. Scratching his head, Chrisy wondered if it was too little, too late.
The other search party had failed to discover anything, when Pell heard the distinct ping noise coming from the cockpit. It was the kind of noise that was generated when a computer error was triggered. It dawned on Pell that someone was trying to access the flight controls!
"Hmm," said Pell to anyone in earshot. "It's good that we've discovered the stowaway, but it's bad that they're trying to bypass the computer lock,".
The alarm had been raised, everyone ran back to the cockpit. Bursting in, they were surprised to find a Zabrak youth in there, different to the Zabrak they had previously seen.
The Zabrak had heard the crew dashing towards the cockpit and was ready for them, he had turned to face the way in and was brandishing a spear.
With a growl, Chrisy easily plucked the spear from the boy's grasp. Chrisy looked at the primitive weapon curiously and scratched his head.
The boy stood his ground and shouted at the crew, "My father knows about your plans with The Empire!".
The crew were taken aback and a little confused. They knew that an Imperial officer had approached Pell.
They explained to the boy that they had no dealing with The Empire. The boy seemed unsure about this.
The boy told the crew his name was 'Garan' and he was searching for his baby sister. She had gone missing from their home planet of 'Dathomir' four or five months ago.


ManageCasa continues its cross country exhibitions in May, where we'll be at the Cooperator Expo in New Jersey.
The New Jersey Expo is an annual event providing educational, networking, and service presentations. It takes place on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 10:00AM–4:00PM, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center 355 Plaza Drive, in Secaucus, NJ.
Cooperator Expo NJ is a key event for property managers, board members, Home owner association decision markers, landlords, apartment building owners, investors and condo managers will be attending. This is a great event where you and your staff can learn as well as revitalize your spirit for the rental management services sector you're in.
You can get a big picture view to help you plan your own business and marketing strategy. Or, get tips that will help you create better services for your tenants for results that make condo owners and HOA managers happy. It's an investment in your company's future.
This event is only one week after our expo in Chicago, also a Cooperator Trade show event. We'll also be in Denver Colorado in late June for Apartmentalize 2019 at the Colorado Convention Center. We hope to meet you at one of our shows across the US this year.
If you're in the Boston, New York, or New Jersey areas, you'll enjoy getting current on technology, contractors, property management solutions, software platforms, apps, tools and property laws. The number of companies exhibiting here including property management franchises, is vast which tells you it is a major regional event for rental property professionals.
Recent events covered or touched on a wide range of important topics and property management trends. Industry experts hosted seminars on topics such as keyless door technology, HOA board management, condominium association startups, multifamily investment and management, hiring contractors, continuing education, distressed properties, property management software and apps, condominium board relations, outsourcing, service based amenities and more.
Register for the New Jersey Expo here and learn more about Apartmentalize in Denver.
Our recent shows in Los Angeles and Honolulu gave us a chance to meet customers and new property managers and answer their questions about property management software. We hope to meet with you and learn of your business plans for 2019/2020 and if we can help.
There is huge opportunity this year for property management startups. Entrepreneurs are wondering what it takes to launch a property management company, what resources are necessary and why property management systems are central to profitability.
Our rental property management software helps managers optimize their client accounting and financial management, improve tenant relations, and make workflows smoother. The easing of workloads is one of the key benefits of property management software.
Find out more about ManageCasa's amazing solution, and get up to date on switching property management software, property accounting, property management apps, about property management trends for 2019/2020, multifamily housing trends, apartment construction trends, and what's happening in rental housing markets in fast growing Chicago, Berlin, Sydney, Phoenix, San Jose, San Francisco, or Las Vegas.
You'll find tips on reducing tenant turnover, creating incentives for renters, get tenants to renew leases, personalizing services, choosing a good contracotr, and growing your firm's profitability. It's time well spent on our blog.
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Hockey >
1977 Press Photo Rogie Vachon Los Angeles Kings Goalie - RRX44549
Part Number: RRX44549
Photo measures 8 x 5. Rogie Vachon, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for Los Angeles Kings.
Rogatien Rosaire "Rogie" Vachon (born September 8, 1945) is a retired French-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League.
1937 Press Photo Mr. and Mrs. Jacino Married In Plane - RRY26105
1929 Press Photo Curtiss Tanager which qualified in the Guggenheim Safety Test
1954 Press Photo The J-57 turbojet - RRS31287
1955 Press Photo President Dwight D. Eisenhower Arrives Aboard Plane, Gettysburg


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"""Tests for tensorflow.python.framework.composite_tensor."""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

from tensorflow.python.framework import composite_tensor
from tensorflow.python.framework import sparse_tensor
from tensorflow.python.framework import test_util
from tensorflow.python.platform import googletest
from tensorflow.python.util import nest

class TestCompositeTensor(composite_tensor.CompositeTensor):

  def __init__(self, *components):
    self._components = components

  def _to_components(self):
    return self._components

  @classmethod
  def _from_components(cls, components):
    return cls(*components)

  def _shape_invariant_to_components(self, shape=None):
    raise NotImplementedError('CompositeTensor._shape_invariant_to_components')

  def _is_graph_tensor(self):
    return True

class CompositeTensorTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase):

  def assertNestEqual(self, a, b, expand_composites=False):
    if isinstance(a, dict):
      self.assertIsInstance(b, dict)
      self.assertEqual(set(a), set(b))
      for key in a:
        self.assertNestEqual(a[key], b[key])
    elif isinstance(a, (list, tuple)):
      self.assertIsInstance(b, (list, tuple))
      self.assertEqual(len(a), len(b))
      for a_val, b_val in zip(a, b):
        self.assertNestEqual(a_val, b_val)
    elif expand_composites and isinstance(a, composite_tensor.CompositeTensor):
      self.assertIsInstance(b, composite_tensor.CompositeTensor)
      self.assertNestEqual(a._to_components(),
                           b._to_components())

  def testNestFlatten(self):
    st1 = sparse_tensor.SparseTensor([[0, 3], [7, 2]], [1, 2], [10, 10])
    st2 = sparse_tensor.SparseTensor([[1, 2, 3]], ['a'], [10, 10, 10])
    structure = [[st1], 'foo', {'y': [st2]}]
    x = nest.flatten(structure, expand_composites=True)
    self.assertEqual(len(x), 7)
    self.assertIs(x[0], st1.indices)
    self.assertIs(x[1], st1.values)
    self.assertIs(x[2], st1.dense_shape)
    self.assertEqual(x[3], 'foo')
    self.assertIs(x[4], st2.indices)
    self.assertIs(x[5], st2.values)
    self.assertIs(x[6], st2.dense_shape)

  def testNestPackSequenceAs(self):
    st1 = sparse_tensor.SparseTensor([[0, 3], [7, 2]], [1, 2], [10, 10])
    st2 = sparse_tensor.SparseTensor([[1, 2, 3]], ['a'], [10, 10, 10])
    structure1 = [[st1], 'foo', {'y': [st2]}]
    flat = [st2.indices, st2.values, st2.dense_shape, 'bar',
            st1.indices, st1.values, st1.dense_shape]
    result = nest.pack_sequence_as(structure1, flat, expand_composites=True)
    expected = [[st2], 'bar', {'y': [st1]}]
    self.assertNestEqual(expected, result)

  def testAssertSameStructure(self):
    st1 = sparse_tensor.SparseTensor([[0]], [0], [100])
    st2 = sparse_tensor.SparseTensor([[0, 3]], ['x'], [100, 100])
    test = TestCompositeTensor(st1.indices, st1.values, st1.dense_shape)
    nest.assert_same_structure(st1, st2, expand_composites=False)
    nest.assert_same_structure(st1, st2, expand_composites=True)
    nest.assert_same_structure(st1, test, expand_composites=False)
    with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
      nest.assert_same_structure(st1, test, expand_composites=True)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  googletest.main()

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Sayônara (In Memoriam)
Sayônara, Japan Kobe Mission!
Final Transfers
Sometime between June 30 and July 1, 2001, the Japan Kobe Mission was "consolidated" with the neighboring Japan Hiroshima and Japan Nagoya Missions. The Kobe Stake and Fukuchiyama District joined the Hiroshima Mission; the rest of the Japan Kobe Mission became part of the Nagoya Mission. We'll miss you, JKM, and wish you the very best!
President Robertson's letter to parents of Kobe Missionaries
Final issue of The Light
Abbott, Kenneth
Clarence Calkins reports (3 Dec 1998):
My cousin (once removed,) Kenneth Abbott was called to the Japan Central mission a month after I was. We met for the first time in the LTM. A couple weeks after arriving in the orient the mission became Japan Kobe. He was a hard worker and served a faithful, honorable, mission from April 1973 until April 1975. A few months later, Kenneth became ill and was eventually admitted to the hospital in (I think) Spanish Fork Utah where he passed away from Lukemia in the spring of 1976.
Akagi, Kenji
President Akagi died April 2, 1991, while serving as President of the Japan Missionary Training Center. He was president of the Japan Kobe Mission from 1974 to 1977.
Anderson, Lyle
Robert Thorup (rthorup@rqn.com) reports (3 Apr 2001)
Lyle Anderson ('70-'72) was my first companion, in Suita in March 1972, where he was District Leader. He was my mentor and example throughout my mission. We maintained a close friendship after our missions. Lyle contracted cancer while living in Texas and working for Continental Airlines. He passed away a few years ago. His wife and children reside in Houston.
Andresen, Timothy J.
Tim's brother reports (4 Oct 2003):
"We learned this morning that my brother, Timothy J. Andresen passed away in Osaka Japan, where he had lived for many years. He served as a missionary in the Kobe Japan mission from 1979 to 1981. Tim had been in a coma after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage last weekend. He passed away around 8am Saturday October 3, Las Vegas time. His family will hold a memorial service on Sunday, October 12 in Las Vegas. Anyone who served with Tim and knew and loved him is invited to attend."
Cannon, Doug
Bob Glad (BobG@CRISNET.com ) reports (13 Sep 1999):
Doug served between February 1975 and February 1977. He was one of my zone leaders when I first got to Kobe II. Approximately 2 months, in mid April, after returning home, he was killed in a hold up of the convenience store where he worked. (Later when I was in college at Weber State, one of my friends was from his ward and told me some of the details.)
Crandall, Brett
Brett was killed in an automobile accident in about 2001, while travelling with his friend and former missionary companion, Ryan Pugh. "They were both in a car when it collided with a truck on a canyon road late at night." --E-mail from Patrick Trepanier (ptrep@exchange.microsoft.com), 31 Dec 2002.
Hobson, Yuko Takaoka (updated 10/28/1999)
Yuko passed away on December 26, 1998 from breast cancer. She had a six month old baby boy named Joshua and had been living in Japan with her family and husband. If anyone wants more information about her, please contact Melanie Price Wellman.
Johnson, Stant Scott
Ron Williams (1974-76, ronw@legalgraphic.com) reports (7, 13 Mar 2000):
"Stant Scott Johnson (he went by 'Scott'--actually by Johnson Chôrô in the mission) ... and I left for our
missions from the same ward in Buena Park, California. He came out later than I, I believe in the fall of 1975 or so. He returned home, finished his accounting degree, may even have become a CPA, and went to work at a big Los Angeles accouting firm, may have been Price Waterhouse. On the way home from work on March 25, 1983, another car ran a stop sign or light, and hit Scott's car, killing him instantly. He is buried in Cypress, Ca. at the Forest Lawn Park. He was a very enthusiastic person and missionary, and it was my pleasure to attend seminary, high school, etc. with him. I also got to serve as his zone leader for a short time in the Kobe zone in late 1975, early 1976."
Matsushita, Yasuhiro
President Matsushita passed away in Kichijoji, Japan, on 4 Nov 2002. Read Sister Robertson's account of events leading up to his death.
Pugh, Ryan (updated 5 Jan 2003)
Scott Peck (thepecks1@home.com) writes:
"I am an RM from Okayama and was browsing the other mission sites. I came across my friend Ryan Pugh's name. Sadly, Ryan was killed in an automobile accident a couple of months ago. He was with a friend from his mission who was also killed. I don't recall his friend's name though [Webmaster: the friend's name was Brett Crandall]. I thought you could add his name to your sayonara page so that his friends would know about this tragic accident. Ryan was a good man and will be missed."
Strobel, Joseph
According to a note from Ron Williams (13 Mar 2000), Elder George Hara reports that Elder Joseph Strobel, who served from spring 1974 until 1976, has passed away. In a note dated 7 Sep 2004, Mark Butler writes:
"[Strobel Choro's] nephew and namesake recently served in the New York New York South Mission, where I live.
"He confirmed that Strobel Choro passed away in a small plane accident in September 1980.
"I spoke with him about his uncle, who served with me in Kochi in the winter of 1975. I remember especially his exuberance and enthusiasm. One morning as we sang at the beginning of our district gospel study, he asked if he could sing the hymn ('All Creatures of Our God and King') like the Tabernacle Choir. I agreed, since that would surely improve our singing.
"When we got to the third Alleluia at the end of the first verse (just before the 'O praise him') Elder Strobel went up, instead of down, in an obbligato that had the rest of us laughing so hard that we couldn't finish the hymn.
"He was a good missionary."
Okazaki, Edward Y.
President Okazaki passed away in the spring of 1992, following a general Relief Society conference in Salt Lake City, where his wife Chieko had just spoken. President Okazaki was the first president of the Japan-Okinawa Mission (the original Japan Kobe Mission) from 1968 to 1971.
Perry Shimai
Pane Meatoga III, in a 2 Sept 2002 post to the KobeAlumni mailing list, writes:
"Just posting this to let you know the untimely death of Perry Shimai. She served in Kobe for only a few months before being transferred back to the states because of medical problems. Ever since then she's been fighting with a tumor that couldn't be removed. She died last week and will be returning to Hawaii to be buried next to her grandmother. I'll be attending her services this Thursday (Aug 8th [sic])."
Wilson, Curtis P.
President Wilson returned to his Heavenly Father in late August 2000, following a struggle with colon cancer. Funeral services were held in Shelley, Idaho, on September 2, 2000. Sayônara, President Wilson!
Read letters to the Wilson family, by a few missionaries.
Wood, Patricia Lemmon
Lemmon Shimai died of breast cancer on Christmas Day, December 25, 1995. She is survived by her husband Larry (also a Japan Kobe Mission alumnus) and by five children (three girls, two boys, ages 7-18).


For many people, dealing with templates in Joomla is a very hard task. They prefer to work with the standard templates or get one available on the internet. However if you are a web designer, you want create your own template and apply it to your website.
In this tutorial I am going to show how you can create your own template and use it inside Joomla.
This tutorial was divided in three parts. In this first part I'm going to show some basic concepts and what you need to know to start creating your template. Are you ready?! So let's start!
First things first: Do you know what a template is?
Basically a template is the one that controls the look of your web site. It organizes and manages how your website's content is rendered by a web browser.
If you already have your template's structure done go ahead and continue reading. If you don't have it, this is a good time for you to stop, think in what you want to do and create your website look. If you need some instructions or inspiration, check my past article: Designing for the Web: First Steps.
If you're going to use a template within Joomla you must meet some requirements, such as: templates must have some specific files and some specific directory structure. Let's start with the directory structure.
Talking about the directory structure, all templates must be inside the Joomla/templates folder. Each template has its own directory and this directory must be called exactly as the name of the template. For example: If my template's name is "myTemplate", I must create a folder called "myTemplate" and all my template's files are stored inside it.
Watch out: Joomla is Case-sensitive, so if the template is named "myTemplate" its directory name must be exactly the same.
In Joomla a template depends on at least two main files: templateDetails.xml and index.php. These files must be called exactly as mentioned because Joomla will be looking for them when start uploading the template.
Watch out: The "D" (in templateDetails.xml) must be in capital letter. Otherwise Joomla will not recognize the file.
Figure 1: myTemplate Directory Structure.
Most of templates have other files or folders, such as: css/template.css, images/logo.png, template_thumbnail.png, js/script.js. However those you can place and name as you want to.
The template_thumbnail.png is a small image (usually with 140 pixels wide x 90 pixels high) that shows the look of your template. It will be available in Joomla's administrator area so the user can see how the template seems before apply it.
The css/template.css is a/one of the cascading style sheet (CSS) used by the template. Its name and location is optional, so you can name and place it wherever you want to. A template can have more than one CSS file and this is totally fine in Joomla. Feel free to create and organize the styles used by your template as you want to.
As well as the templateDetails.xml file, the directory /images is a Joomla standard. It will store all images that you're going to use in your template.
That's pretty much what we need to know to start creating our template. In the next article we're going to better understand how a template is set up. Keep it up!


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Singleton Palmer (St. Louis, 13 november 1913 - aldaar, 8 maart 1993) was een Amerikaanse jazz-trompettist, tubaïst, bassist en bandleider.

Palmer begon als elfjarige jongen op de trompet, later kwamen daar onder meer de contrabas en de tuba bij. Vanaf het eind van de jaren twintig speelde hij bij verschillende bandleiders, zoals Oliver Cobb (waarmee hij ook opnames maakte voor Paramount Records en Brunswick), Eddie Johnson's groep Cracker Jack Band (naast bijvoorbeeld Tab Smith), Dewey Jackson en, in de jaren veertig, George Hudson. In 1947 werd hij lid van het orkest van Count Basie, waar hij tot rond 1950 contrabas speelde om vervolgens een eigen groep te beginnen, Dixieland Six. Met deze band (waarin onder meer Dewey Jackson en Ellington-oudgediende Robert Carter) speelden) was hij actief tot in de jaren tachtig.

Palmer is te horen op opnames van Big Joe Williams, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson en Anita O'Day.

Discografie
 At the Opera House, Norman, 1963
 Sing Swings, 1964

Externe links
 Biografie op Allmusic
 Interview met Palmer, 9 november 1971
 Oral History and Research Materials: Singleton Palmer, National Ragtime and Jazz Archive van Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Amerikaans jazztubaïst
Amerikaans jazzbassist
Amerikaans jazztrompettist

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Christ doth not work upon a person, unless he be given to him by the Father.
To cleanse the heart is beyond the power of the creature; it can no more make itself holy, than make itself to be.
The sanctification of the Spirit is as necessary as the blood of Jesus.
It would seem to impeach the justice and mercy of God, if he should exact the punishment where he hath pardoned the offence … There may be indeed effects of his fatherly anger, but not of his vindictive wrath.
Every time we say, "I believe in the Holy Spirit," we mean that we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.
The Holy Spirit destroys my personal private life and turns it into a thoroughfare for God.


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Who's More Nervous On A First Date? A Guy Or A Girl?
Being nervous on a first date is normal. You wouldn't want to mess anything up, and, of course, you would like to make the best first impression. However, after all the first dates you've been on, have you ever noticed a pattern? More specifically, have you noticed how women behave on first dates?
A dating website set up a survey for their members online. The survey included question that asked about how confident a participant is when on a first date. Another question was if the participant felt that he or she held the deciding power on whether a second date was possible or not. The results might surprise you.
As you may have guessed, women were found to be less nervous on a first date. 82% of the women that participated in the survey said that they believe they can make a good first impression. On the other hand, only about 70% of the male participants said that they felt the same way.
Furthermore, an astounding 71% of the female participants said that they usually were the ones that made the decision about whether a second date is to happen. While, for the men, only 46% had a similar answer.
According to a psychologist, Dr Wiebke Neberich, men usually initiate the date. However, men don't always get a "yes" from the women they ask because they overestimate a woman's interest. As a result, men experience more rejection, and that could affect their confidence when on dates.
In addition, women are generally picky when it comes to choosing their mate. A woman's decision can be affected by biological or sociological factors.
Rejection is something that's normal for men and women. You have to find a way to deal with it in a positive way.
You have to be better at telling whether a woman is into you or not. We have a few articles on the blog that can help.
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Месинг () је легура бакра и цинка. У зависности од њихове размере, својства месинга се мењају у веома великом распону. Месинг се користи у електротехници, као конструктивни и украсни материјал, нпр. за израду музичких инструмената. Најчешће је жуте боје. Црвенкаста боја бакра губи се са повећањем процента цинка у легури. Има већу чврстину од бакра, реагује на атмосферске утицаје. Примењује се у изради лимова, цеви и жица.

Месинг је сличан бронзи, још једној легури која садржи бакар која користи калај уместо цинка. Бронза и месинг такође могу да садрже мале пропорције низа других елемената укључујући арсен, олово, фосфор, алуминијум, манган и силицијум. Историјски гледано, разлика између ове две легуре била је мање доследна и јасна, а модерна пракса у музејима и археологији све више избегава оба термина за историјске објекте у корист општијег "легуре бакра".

Месинг је дуго био популаран материјал за декорацију због свог сјајног изгледа попут злата; користи се за ручке фиока и кваке. Такође је нашироко коришћен за прављење посуђа због својстава као што су ниска тачка топљења, висока обрадивост (како са ручним алатима тако и са савременим машинама за стругање и глодање), издржљивост и електрична и топлотна проводљивост.

Месинг се и даље често користи у апликацијама где је потребна отпорност на корозију и ниско трење, као што су браве, шарке, зупчаници, лежајеви, кућишта за муницију, рајсфершлуси, водовод, спојнице за црева, вентили и електрични утикачи и утичнице. У великој мери се користи за музичке инструменте као што су рогови и звона, а такође се користи као замена за бакар у изради бижутерије, модног накита и друге имитације накита. Састав месинга, углавном 66% бакра и 34% цинка, чини га повољном заменом за накит на бази бакра, јер показује већу отпорност на корозију. Месинг се често користи у ситуацијама у којима је важно да не дође до варничења, као што су делови и алати који се користе у близини запаљивих или експлозивних материјала.

Особине

Месинг је савитљивији од бронзе или цинка. Релативно ниска тачка топљења месинга (, у зависности од састава) и његове карактеристике течења чине га релативно лаким материјалом за ливење. Променом пропорција бакра и цинка, својства месинга се могу променити, омогућавајући тврде и меке месинге. Густина месинга је 8,4 до 8,73 -{g/cm}-3.

Данас се скоро 90% свих легура месинга рециклира. Пошто месинг није феромагнетичан, може се одвојити од отпада гвожђа пролазом отпада близу снажног магнета. Метални отпад се сакупља и транспортује у ливницу, где се топи и прерађује у гредице. Гредице се загревају и екструдирају у жељени облик и величину. Општа мекоћа месинга значи да се често може машински обрађивати без употребе течности за сечење, мада постоје изузеци.

Алуминијум чини месинг јачим и отпорнијим на корозију. Алуминијум такође узрокује стварање веома корисног тврдог слоја алуминијум оксида (-{Al2O3}-) на површини која је танка, провидна и самозалечујућа. Калај има сличан ефекат и налази своју примену посебно у апликацијама за морску воду (поморски месинг). Комбинације гвожђа, алуминијума, силицијума и мангана чине месинг отпорним на хабање. Посебно, додавање само 1% гвожђа легури месинга резултира легуром са приметном магнетном привлачношћу.

Месинг ће кородирати у присуству влаге, хлорида, ацетата, амонијака и одређених киселина. Ово се често дешава када бакар реагује са сумпором да би се формирао смеђи и на крају црни површински слој бакар сулфида који, ако је редовно изложен слабо киселој води, као што је градска кишница, може да оксидира на ваздуху да формира патину зелено-плавог бакар сулфата. У зависности од тога како је формиран слој сулфида/сулфата, овај слој може заштитити месинг од даљег оштећења.

Иако бакар и цинк имају велику разлику у електричном потенцијалу, резултујућа легура месинга не доживљава интернализовану галванску корозију због одсуства корозивног окружења у смеши. Међутим, ако се месинг стави у контакт са племенитијим металом као што је сребро или злато у таквом окружењу, месинг ће галвански кородирати; обрнуто, ако је месинг у контакту са мање племенитим металом као што су цинк или гвожђе, мање племенити метал ће кородирати и месинг ће бити заштићен.

Садржај олова

Да би се побољшала обрадивост месинга, олово се често додаје у концентрацијама од око 2%. Пошто олово има нижу тачку топљења од осталих састојака месинга, оно има тенденцију да мигрира према границама зрна у облику глобула док се хлади од ливења. Узорак који глобуле формирају на површини месинга повећава доступну површину олова што заузврат утиче на степен испирања. Поред тога, операције резања могу размазати оловне куглице по површини. Ови ефекти могу довести до значајног испирања олова из месинга са релативно ниским садржајем олова.

У октобру 1999. године, државни тужилац Калифорније је тужио 13 кључних произвођача и дистрибутера због садржаја олова. У лабораторијским тестовима, државни истраживачи су открили да је просечан кључ од месинга, нови или стари, премашио границе Калифорнијског предлога 65 у просеку за фактор 19, под претпоставком да се рукује два пута дневно. У априлу 2001. произвођачи су се сложили да смање садржај олова на 1,5%, или да се суоче са захтевом да упозоре потрошаче на садржај олова. На кључеве превучене другим металима не утиче таложење, и могу наставити да се користе легуре месинга са већим процентом садржаја олова.

Такође у Калифорнији, безоловни материјали морају се користити за "сваку компоненту која долази у контакт са навлаженом површином цеви и цевних спојница, водоводних арматура и уређаја". Дана 1. јануара 2010. максимална количина олова у "безоловном месингу" у Калифорнији смањена је са 4% на 0,25% олова.

Месинг отпоран на корозију за тешка окружења

Дезинфекционо-отпорни месинзи (-{DZR}- или -{DR}-), који се понекад називају и -{CR}- (отпорни на корозију), користе се тамо где постоји велики ризик од корозије и где нормални месинзи не испуњавају захтеве. Примене са високим температурама воде, присутним хлоридима или одступајућим квалитетом воде (мека вода) играју улогу. -{DZR}--месинг је одличан у системима котлова за воду. Ова легура месинга се мора производити са великом пажњом, са нагласком на избалансираној композицији и одговарајућим производним температурама и параметрима како би се избегли дугорочни кварови.

Пример -{DZR}- месинга је месинг -{C352}-, са око 30% цинка, 61–63% бакра, 1,7–2,8% олова и 0,02–0,15% арсена. Олово и арсен значајно потискују губитак цинка.

"Црвени месинг", породица легура са високим уделом бакра и генерално мањe од 15% цинка, отпорнијa je на губитак цинка. Један од метала који се назива "црвени месинг" садржи 85% бакра, 5% калаја, 5% олова и 5% цинка. Легура бакра -{C23000}-, која је такође позната као "црвени месинг", садржи 84–86% бакра, по 0,05% гвожђа и олова, а остатак је цинк.

Још један такав материјал је ганметал, из породице црвених месинга. Легуре металних метала садрже отприлике 88% бакра, 8-10% калаја и 2-4% цинка. Олово се може додати ради лакше обраде или за легуре лежајева.

"Морнарички месинг", за употребу у морској води, садржи 40% цинка, али и 1% калаја. Додатак калаја потискује испирање цинка.

NSF International захтева да месинг са више од 15% цинка, који се користи у цевоводима и водоводним инсталацијама, буде отпоран на дезинфикацију.

Референце

Литература

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 -{Craddock, P.T. and Eckstein, K (2003) "Production of Brass in Antiquity by Direct Reduction" in Craddock, P.T. and Lang, J. (eds) Mining and Metal Production Through the Ages London: British Museum}-
 -{Day, J. (1990) "Brass and Zinc in Europe from the Middle Ages until the 19th Century" in Craddock, P.T. (ed.) 2000 Years of Zinc and Brass London: British Museum}-
 -{Day, J (1991) "Copper, Zinc and Brass Production" in Day, J and Tylecote, R.F (eds) The Industrial Revolution in Metals London: The Institute of Metals}-

 -{Rehren, T. and Martinon Torres, M. (2008) "Naturam ars imitate: European brassmaking between craft and science" in Martinon-Torres, M and Rehren, T. (eds) Archaeology, History and Science Integrating Approaches to Ancient Material: Left Coast Press}-

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From a summer solstice courtyard party at Edera, to a community "Meet in the Street" night — here are five things to do this weekend in the Central West End!
Celebrate the Summer Solstice | Edera Italian Eatery
9 p.m.-midnight
Kick off the summer at one of the most beautiful patios in St. Louis! This Friday, guests can sit under the stars while sampling Edera Italian Eatery's new food and beverage specials, while taking in live music from DJ Al Cheekz. Inspired by the popular Summer Solstice celebrations in Italy, Edera is going all out for the season with the launch of two new menus: a Burrata and Bubbles Happy Hour (Tuesdays-Thursdays from 5-6:30 p.m.) and Pizza for a Purpose Late Night Menu (Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m.–midnight.). The Summer Solstice launch event is open to the public and does not require reservations; food and beverage is for purchase.
Head to a Birthday Beach Bash | Up-Down STL
11 a.m.-1:30 a.m.
Up-Down STL is celebrating their two year anniversary in the Central West End with a weekend full of festivities! On Saturday, drop by their patio for a beach party to kick off the start of summer. They'll have tropical cocktails and specials all night long! At 3 p.m., to celebrate their birthday, they'll be serving up FREE slices of cake to guests while supplies last, so be sure to get there early!
Attend an Artist Talk | projects+gallery
This Saturday at 12:30 p.m., projects+gallery is hosting its first public gallery talk in over a year! Join Taylor Yocom —whose series "Guarded" is featured in a viewing room in projects+gallery, in compliment to the current exhibition Michele Pred, "Freedom is for Everybody" — and Barrett Barrera Projects Associate Curator Margaret Rieckenberg for a discussion about Yocom's practice. If you can't make the talk in person, it will also be streamed on Instagram Live @bb_projects.
Created between 2014 and 2016 while Yocom was a college student and recent graduate, the series "Guarded" features photographs of college women across the United States holding what they carry to protect themselves on walks at night. From the keys to unlock their apartments to the pepper spray their parents gifted them for high school graduation, everyday objects are turned into modes of self-defense. "Guarded" is a testament to gender conditioning and the societal expectation of women to be on alert and respond to sexual violence.
Make Plans to Meet in the Street | CWE Meet in the Street
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This summer, rediscover your love for the Central West End and make plans to "Meet in the Street" on the last Saturday of the month! Experience a vibrant summer atmosphere and enjoy FREE family-friendly festivities, including fire performers, jugglers, face paintings, unicyclists, hula hoopers, artist demonstrations, interactive games, and more! Plus, listen to live music by Farshid Etnicko and the Joe Metzka Duo. For more information, click here.
Enjoy a Hot Swing Brunch | Evangeline's Bistro & Music House
Start your Sunday with a Hot Swing Brunch at Evangeline's! You don't want to miss the performance by Miss Jubilee and the Yas Yas Boys. Treat yourself to a Strawberries Jubilee Stuffed New Orleans French Toast, Andouille Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, or their delicious Beignets. Plus, take advantage of their "Be Nice or Leave" Bloody Mary Bar!
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Q: Cannot get instrumentable syms in project via Leiningen plugin I'm trying to write a leiningen plugin based upon clojure.spec.alpha. Among other things, I want to get all of the functions in the project that have been spec'd. This is done by calling instrumentable-syms in clojure.spec.test.alpha. I have a function within my plugin that does this, but when run in the context of another project (via eval-in-project), the list of instrumentable syms is empty. I suspect this is because the calls to fdef within the project using the plugin, which are generally top-level forms within the source files and which register the specs, are not being evaluated and are thus not being picked up when calling instrumentable-syms.
My question is then, how do I make sure these calls get evaluated so my plugin can find all the spec'd functions in a project.

A: Try doing something to load the relevant namespaces and thus bring your program "to life", perhaps if you have a file like src/orgname/project/core.clj then you might try calling:
(load "orgname/project/core")

From within the block of code run in the project.

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I just turned the game reviews over to John O'Neill. It's the last section -- save for the Knights of the Dinner Table art -- that was needed to complete the upcoming issue, most of which John already has set up for the printer.
You may have noticed lately that all the game reviews are favorable. It's not that we don't find bad modules, it's that we like to devote our rather limited space to describing goodies we think our readers would enjoy.
This time we've got a big review for Paizo's impressive Pathfinder Role-Playing game core rulebook. The indefatigable Andrew Zimmerman Jones (no relation despite certain name similarities) dug in deep and then took the rules for a spin with several Paizo modules.
Vincent Darlage's excellent Ruins of Hyboria was covered in detail by the EvilDM himself, Jeff Mejia, and I enlisted Vincent to write up some reviews of several Goodman Games products. Though not really a Dungeons and Dragons fan, he was quite taken with Blackdirge's Dungeon Denizens, as well as the Cortex system from Margaret Weiss games.
New reviewer Robert Rowe took a long look at the Mongoose Games new Judge Dredd hardback.
I'm an unrepentant Traveller fan, so I was delighted to find much to like in the new Mongoose Traveller releases Aslan and Tripwire. As sword-and-sorcery is my favorite genre, my heart was won by Legends of Steel. .
It's a big issue, and I think you'll like our broad selection of product reviews, among them info on an innovative science fiction game, Far Avalon, from one of my favorite game writers, and Shard, a nifty game Andrew stumbled across at Gen Con this year.
Perhaps the biggest surprise to me was a boardgame I'd been sent. I foolishly put off reviewing it until the last possible moment, never dreaming how much fun it would be to run with the family. I tested out the game with HeroScape's new wave 9 products (I especially liked the Mohican Indians that came in two of the four expansion packets) with my good friend bthepilot and two young gamers I found loitering in my living room, and all four of us were converted. I'll explain why inside the issue. I hope to cover HeroScape's wave 10 products and their new Dungeons & Dragons playset in an upcoming issue. Be warned -- I'll probably do my best to convert all of you into players.
All of these products and more will be reviewed in depth in the upcoming issue of Black Gate, available in December. See you there!
Already a Heroscaper - please convert the others at will!
I appreciate the reviews as recommendations. Although I love bad products getting a good rant now and again, there is too much out there and too little time to bog down in learning about games I don't want to waste my time on in the first place. For movies, I look to negative reviews to help me avoid wasting money, but with the games, it is far, far more important for me to hear what is genuinely good.


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Q: Mercurial Syncing only selective folders from Central Repository I have a central mercurial repository, and have many folders and code in there. I want to be able to sync only selective folders in my windows to be able to build the project and all folders in linux to build the same project n linux. Syncing all folders from central repository is easy
hg clone <repo address>/repo

but how do i sync only selective folders using the clone command
Something like Perforce's Workspace equivalent.
I guess we can write a script with some 'call' command, i tried googling for it, and could not find proper pointers to it.
Can somebody link me to it please.
Thanks in advance

A: Sounds like what you want is Mercurial's Subrepositories

A: Mercurial doesn't work on a per-directory basis. It operates on changesets, and changesets are global to the repository. So, no, you cannot clone only one directory, you can only clone the entire repo.


Inspired by the hummus snack bowl that I had at 42 Raw in Copenhagen, I wanted to make a version of hummus using fresh herbs. This little bowl of goodness is perfect for hot summer days when you want something that's quick and easy to throw together to snack on, it's also great for barbecues or parties.
As I began making this batch of hummus I contemplated what else – expected or unexpected – I could add to it to give it a different flavour than my usual batch. I opened the fridge and saw a jar of gherkins. Unexpected? Yes. But why not? I added a couple, including some of the juice they were in. The result? Yum!
Pop all the ingredients into a good food processor and blend on high until no lumps remain. Spoon a generous amount into a bowl and dip your carrot, celery and cucumber sticks into it. Enjoy!


BOTOX® Cosmetic is one of the most popular aesthetic enhancement treatments available. This innovative procedure is designed to diminish facial creases, frown lines, crow's feet, and other signs of age. BOTOX® Cosmetic is derived from a purified form of botulinum toxin type A. The solution works to prevent muscles from contracting in the areas targeted for treatment. This muscle contraction is what often causes wrinkles to appear. Injections are made with a very fine needle in the target areas, and a numbing agent can be applied to minimize discomfort during the procedure. Patients should be able to resume normal daily activities immediately. While there may be some redness and swelling around the injection sites after treatment, this should dissipate within a few hours. Results from BOTOX® Cosmetic often last for four months, and can be maintained with follow-up treatments.
BOTOX® can also be used to reduce excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) in targeted body areas. The effect of BOTOX® used for excess sweating typically lasts 6 months.
With more people seeking a refreshed, youthful look, Botox® has become a hot commodity. What people may not realize is the importance of finding a qualified person with experience and training. An interesting, but not well known fact is that Ophthalmologists are the most experienced administrators of Botox®. For over 20 years, Ophthalmologists have been using Botox® to treat a variety of eye conditions, including eyelid spasms and eye muscle disorders. When Botox® is injected into the eye muscles, it reduces their movement and can be very effective in aligning the eyes. When injected for eyelid spasms, it can help limit the overactive blinking. Patients who were treated for spasms noticed that it also helped soften their wrinkles. This realization led to the use of cosmetic Botox®.
So, how does this experience relate to Botox® treatments for cosmetic purposes? Botox®, a non-surgical cosmetic product, is used to relax the muscles of the face that cause "dynamic wrinkles" which are the result of repetitive muscle movements. Botox® works great for treating the "l l" lines between the eyebrows, "crows feet" or "smile lines" and deep forehead lines caused by raising our eyebrows. After numbing the area, Botox® is injected into specific target muscles to limit their movement and thereby soften the lines. It is the experience that Ophthalmologists, and particularly Oculoplastic Surgeons, have with these complex muscles that sets them apart from other Botox® administrators.
What is an Oculoplasic Surgeon? An Oculoplastic Surgeon specializes in cosmetic, corrective, and reconstructive surgery of the structures surrounding the eye. These structures include the eyelids, tear ducts and orbit (bony socket surrounding the eye). Oculoplastic surgeons are board-certified ophthalmologists who have completed several years of additional, highly specialized training in plastic surgery. Because of this advanced training, they are especially qualified to assess the impact of the eyelids on the health of the eye. When it comes to cosmetic treatments, such as Botox®, having a doctor with this level of expertise and knowledge, is reassuring to people. If you are considering Botox® treatments, make sure your doctor has the experience and qualifications to give you the results you want.
Learn how the medication known as Botox may reduce eyelid spasms, help crossed eyes, and treat other eye problems such as blurred vision (diplopia).
Helpful medical treatments can come from the strangest places. For a good example, you don't have to look further than a toxin involved in a scary kind of food poisoning that's now being used to treat some eye problems. The drug form of botulinum toxin — called Botox — is probably best known as a treatment for facial wrinkles. However, the Food and Drug Administration has now approved it for strabismus (crossed eyes) and a side effect known as diplopia (blurred vision). It may also help with another eye problem called blepharospasm (eyelid spasms).
Botox is found in a rare but serious form of food poisoning called botulism. It occurs when food contaminated with a kind of bacteria known as Clostridium botulinum is eaten (it also sometimes occurs when a wound is contaminated with these same bacteria). Clostridium botulinum produce botulinum toxin — and eating food contaminated with this toxin can cause your muscles to become paralyzed. People with botulism may be unable to move their arms or legs or breathe on their own.
The toxins do this by preventing nerves from sending signals to muscles to make them move. The muscles then become paralyzed. Eventually the nerves regain their ability, but it takes a few months for them to make new connections to the muscles.
Scientific research led doctors to the discovery that botulinum toxin could be medically useful because of its effects on paralyzing — or relaxing — abnormally tight muscles.
In the early 1980s, an eye doctor promoted botulinum toxin as a way to treat an eye problem called strabimus that can affect children and adults. Strabismus causes the eyes to look in different directions; one eye may look inward, creating a cross-eyed appearance, or one eye may look outward. Strabismus can cause vision loss, trouble with depth perception, or double vision (which doctors call diplopia).
Each of your eyes has six muscles, and two of the muscles move the eye from side to side, explains Daniel Neely, MD, an associate professor of ophthalmology at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis whose interests include the use of Botox for eye problems. These muscles keep the gaze straight by working against each other, with equal strength, each pulling the eye in opposite directions.
If one of those muscles grows weak, the stronger muscle will pull the eye the opposite way. As a result, your eyes can end up looking in different directions. Strokes and nerve damage can also cause this problem, Neely says. Because the stronger muscle in the eye is always contracting, it can become permanently tight, he says. So when eye doctors treat strabismus with Botox, they inject the drug into the stronger muscle to relax it. This gives the weaker one a chance to recover.
In some people who have eye problems such as eyelid spasms (blepharospasms), the issue can be so severe that they can't open their eye and, as a result, can't perform common daily activities such as driving. "For people with this problem, it's life-altering to have access to this treatment," Dr. Neely says.
Though Botox can be helpful, it's important to know that it will not cure these conditions, nor does it serves as a permanent treatment. The effects will last a few months, and then you'll need another shot. Before using Botox, your doctor should check for underlying eye problems that could be causing your symptoms. Dry eyes, for instance, can sometimes cause eyelid spasms.
Before receiving any Botox injections, also be sure to tell your doctor if you've ever had eye or facial surgery that could put you at risk for side effects. Tell your doctor about any medications you are taking, because the dose may need to be adjusted when you are given Botox. Health experts also urge you to call your doctor if you have any of the following symptoms during the first few weeks after an injection: shortness of breath or trouble swallowing; vision problems; trouble holding up your head or moving your face; fainting; seizures; rash or hives; or chest pain or an irregular heartbeat.
The good news is that, when used safely, Botox can improve common vision disorders and provide relief for many people with these eye problems.
BOTOX® Cosmetic may be the one for you. You may feel that the moderate to severe glabellar lines between your brows make you look tired or unapproachable, or have other reasons for being curious about BOTOX® Cosmetic. Call Williamson Allemond Regional Eye today to schedule an appointment about BOTOX® Cosmetic and find out if it is right for you.
What is BOTOX® Cosmetic? BOTOX® Cosmetic is a prescription medicine that is injected into muscles and used to improve the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines) in people 18 to 65 years of age for a short period of time (temporary).
are allergic to any of the ingredients in BOTOX® or BOTOX® Cosmetic.See the Medication Guide for a list of ingredients in BOTOX® and BOTOX® Cosmetic.
What are the possible side effects of BOTOX® Cosmetic? BOTOX® and BOTOX® Cosmetic can cause serious side effects.
Is BOTOX® Cosmetic expensive? According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the average cost of BOTOX® Cosmetic is approximately $400. Please ask your physician or health care provider for more information as pricing may vary.


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