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TUNE Little Simz - Offence
LITTLE SIMZ RETURNS WITH BRAND NEW SINGLE 'OFFENCE'
Almost two years after the release of her critically acclaimed album 'Stillness In Wonderland', Little Simz returns with a brand new track 'Offence'. The accompanying art is a photograph that Simz took herself.
'Offence' is a confident nod to her artistic abilities, boldly signifying that she is back and better than ever. With skilful lyricism and stand-out production, the song reinforces Simz's position on the music scene, both in the UK and globally, establishing her as an artist who transcends conventional genres and boasts a distinctive, absolutely unforgettable sound.
About Little Simz:
Simbi Ajikawo, crowned Little Simz, lets her work do the talking - and her prolific releases and boundary-breaking achievements clearly tell a story of a pioneering Hip Hop artist who leads the way on her own terms. Giving lauded, energetic performances, critically acclaimed albums, sold-out headline shows around the world, and international tours with the likes of Gorillaz, Anderson .Paak and Ab-Soul, this visionary 24 year old woman from North London is living out her childhood dreams to heights of excellence - and inspiring her generation to do the same.
After winning Breakthrough Artist of the Year at BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards, Little Simz' impressive debut album, A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons (2015), explores a rising star's challenges of being in the limelight and earned Independent Album of the Year at the Aim Awards. Her Alice in Wonderland-inspired second album, Stillness In Wonderland (2016), delves deeper into the rabbit hole of fears, flaws, illusions and personal evolution whilst highlighting her growth as a producer and musician, accompanied by a triple punch of innovative creations in the form a captivating short film directed by Jeremy Cole ["Dead Body", "Gratitude"], a comic book written by Eddie "Versetti" Smith with artwork duties skilfully executed by McKay Felt [who also crafted the Stillness In Wonderland album cover], and her annual Welcome To Wonderland festival at London's Roundhouse highlighting global talent across multiple disciplines.
As her acclaim and achievements continue to build - with MOBO nominations for Best Hip Hop Act and Best Female Act, Little Simz was the first independent UK artist to make the Forbes List of 30 Under 30 in Europe, and to rap in the televised US BET Hip Hop Awards' Cypher - many respected peers and legends have voiced their admiration of her talents; with Compton's Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar declaring her to be "one of the illest doing this right now," the iconic Ms. Lauryn Hill handpicking Simz to be a special guest on her Diaspora Calling! US tour, and dynamic virtual band Gorillaz featuring her on their crowd-pleasing single "Garage Palace" before taking her around the world to perform on their Humanz Tour.
Across 10 mixtapes/EPs and two critically acclaimed albums, Little Simz' music documents her story, her journey, her becoming - and in turn, her generation. Hip Hop blends with soul, R&B and jazz influences as the dynamic soundscape for a path of introverted reflection and focused self-determination that distill into concise, relatable bars on taking leaps of faith, learning from losses and building on gains, navigating success, disappointment, confusion, anxiety, shifting relationships, industry politics, all the while nurturing, and sometimes clinging to, a solid sense of self.


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Where does CAZALES rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
CAZALES is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
CAZALES ranks # 86657 in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
CAZALES had 200 occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, CAZALES would occur an average of 0.07 times.
For the last name of CAZALES the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
10 percent, or 20 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
3 percent, or 6 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"
0 percent, or None reported total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native"
86.5 percent, or 173 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin"
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What makes an act a crime?
Asked by: Forrest Bahringer | Last update: August 14, 2022
A crime occurs when someone breaks the law by an overt act, omission, or neglect that can result in punishment. A person who has violated a law, or has breached a rule, is said to have committed a criminal offense.
How do you consider an act as a crime?
A "crime" is any act or omission in violation of a law prohibiting the action or omission.
What are the 5 elements of a criminal act?
The elements of a crime are criminal act, criminal intent, concurrence, causation, harm, and attendant circumstances. Only crimes that specify a bad result have the elements of causation and harm.
What classifies something as a crime?
Definition of crime
1 : an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government especially : a gross violation of law. 2 : a grave offense especially against morality. 3 : criminal activity efforts to fight crime. 4 : something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful It's a crime to waste good food.
What are 4 characteristics of a crime?
Characteristics of Crime
Harm should have been caused, mere intention is not enough.
The harm must be legally forbidden. ...
There must be conduct which brings harmful results.
Men's rea or criminal intent must be present.
There must be a fusion or concurrence of men's rea and conduct.
The Punishment Algorithm
Can there be a crime without a criminal?
There are crimes without victims and crimes without criminals. Financial crime belongs to the second type, as responsibilities for crises, crashes, bubbles, misconduct, or even fraud, are difficult to establish. The historical process that led to the disappearance of offenders from the financial sphere is fascinating.
What are the 7 elements of a crime?
The seven elements of a crime are:
Actus Reus.
Mens Rea.
Causation.
Punishment.
Can you commit a crime by doing nothing?
It's criminal negligence.
What makes a criminal a criminal?
A criminal is someone who breaks the law. If you're a murderer, thief, or tax cheat, you're a criminal.
What factors are considered before a behavior can be deemed a crime?
It is generally agreed that the essential ingredients of any crime are (1) a voluntary act or omission (actus reus), accompanied by (2) a certain state of mind (mens rea). An act may be any kind of voluntary human behaviour.
What are the three elements that most crimes have?
In criminal law, all crimes can be broken down into different elements which, in order to convict, must then be proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt. Most crimes require that three elements be present: a criminal act (actus reus), criminal intent (mens rea), and a concurrence of the previous two elements.
What is the difference between an offence and a crime?
The word offense comes from offender who is a person violating a law. There are some offences that are not cognizable or punishable by law.. However, a crime is always a violation of law.
What is simple crime?
The mildest crimes are known as infractions, more serious crimes are known as misdemeanors, and the most serious crimes are known as felonies.
What is it called when you know about a crime and don't report it?
"Misprision of felony" is a crime that occurs when someone knows a felony has been committed but fails to inform the authorities about it. The crime originated in English common law and required that citizens report crimes or face criminal prosecution.
What makes you an accomplice to a crime?
Definition. A person who knowingly, voluntarily, or intentionally gives assistance to another in (or in some cases fails to prevent another from) the commission of a crime. An accomplice is criminally liable to the same extent as the principal.
What happens if you do something you didn't know was illegal?
Failure to fulfill this legal duty to report, or impeding someone from doing so is a crime in itself and may be charged as a misdemeanor. If you are convicted of failure to fulfill a legal duty as a mandatory reporter, you can be fined up to $1,000 and/or sentenced to serve up to six months in jail.
Can a crime be committed without intent?
While there may have been no criminal intent, the intent to perpetrate the commission of the act is present. Thus, those crimes punished under special laws, the acts itself which are prohibited, irrespective of whether the motive or criminal intent exists, constitutes an offense.
Can you commit a crime without criminal intent?
An intent to commit a crime is a common element of a criminal offense. Some crimes require prosecutors to prove that the defendant acted with a specific intent to commit the offense. Others only require a general intent. Finally, some criminal offenses do not require intent at all.
What is the meaning of there is a crime but there is no criminal?
Literally, this Latin maxim means there is no crime if there is no penal law punishing it. Otherwise stated, the act becomes criminal only if there is a law specifically penalizing it. This concept signifies that courts must not bring cases within the provision of law that are not clearly embraced by it.
What three elements must be proven at trial before someone can be convicted of a crime?
The three specific elements (with exception) that define a crime which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction: (1) that a crime has actually occurred (actus reus), (2) that the accused intended the crime to happen (mens rea) and (3) and concurrence of the two meaning there ...
Which of the following elements are necessary to make a behavior a crime?
What is an act or conduct?
Definitions—conduct and engage in conduct
"conduct "means an act, an omission to do an act or a state of affairs.
What is needed to be proven guilty?
As such, a prosecutor is required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person committed the crime if that person is to be convicted.
What is a true crime in law?
True crime overview
True crime books are about an actual crime and it's victims, suspects, law enforcement or other real people. They can be about about crimes like theft or murder, serial killers, police memoirs, and historic crimes such as unsolved cases, assassinations, or other high profile deaths.
What categories of crime do not require criminal intent?
An exception to the requirement of a criminal intent element is strict liability. Strict liability offenses have no intent element (Ala. Code, 2011). This is a modern statutory trend, which abrogates the common-law approach that behavior is only criminal when the defendant commits acts with a guilty mind.
20Is New York a comparative negligence state?
36What are the seven intentional torts?
20How do you write a special power of attorney letter?
26Is comparative negligence a defense to strict liability?
44Does lasting power of attorney override a will?
34What degree is the hardest to get a first in?
44Who paid the largest criminal fine in history UK?
41How do you overcome negligence?
17What is battery crime?
24Is 12th marks important for CLAT?


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Cinderella Behind-The-Scenes (Entertainment Tonight)
Whitney Houston and Brandy chatted with Entertainment Tonight on the set of Cinderella, allowing ET to share intimate behind-the-scenes moments, even from the recording studio as they sang their iconic duet, "Impossible!" Houston shared the story of when she called the 18-year-old singer to offer her the lead role, and revealed how she was like Brandy's fairy godmother in real-life. ET captured Brandy's jaw-dropping reaction the first time she walked onto the incredible movie set that caused her to exclaim, "This has gotta go in Disneyland!" Brandy later had a true Disney princess moment at the premiere when she made her grand arrival in a horse carriage on Hollywood Boulevard. Houston told ET after the movie that she was "so proud" of Brandy's performance.


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Section F10-F19
Code F19.929
ICD-10-CM Code F19.929
Other psychoactive substance use, unspecified with intoxication, unspecified
Mental Health Code
Indicates that the ICD code is referenced in DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Version 5)
F19.929 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of other psychoactive substance use, unspecified with intoxication, unspecified. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
The ICD code F19 is used to code Substance use disorder
Substance use disorder, also known as drug use disorder, is a condition in which the use of one or more substances leads to a clinically significant impairment or distress. Although the term substance can refer to any physical matter, 'substance' in this context is limited to psychoactive drugs. Substance Use Disorder refers to the overuse of, or dependence on, a drug leading to effects that are detrimental to the individual's physical and mental health, or the welfare of others.
MeSH Codes: D019966, D019966, D019966, , D013375
ICD 9 Codes: 303, 304, 305, , 292.0
DRG Group #894-897 - Alcohol or drug abuse or dependence, left ama.
Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'F19.929 - Other psychoactive substance use, unspecified with intoxication, unspecified'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code F19.929. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Use(of) +
psychoactive drug NEC
Pathological drug intoxication (approximate match)
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code F19.929 and a single ICD9 code, 292.2 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.
Parent Code: F19.92 - Other psychoactive substance use, unspecified with intoxication
Source: http://icd.codes/icd10cm/F19929


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Weekly Wrapup: Medical Cannabis Measure in NY + DOJ to Address Marijuana Legalization
March 4, 2013 - Updated December 17, 2021
Medical marijuana is already legal in the nation's official capital (on a local level, that is). This summer, it might also be legal in the nation's cultural and financial capital.
As we wrote about last week, a New York senator plans to introduce an MMJ bill in both the state Assembly and Senate within the next few days. Sen. Diane Savino said support among lawmakers is strong, adding that her measure could potentially even clear the Senate – where previous marijuana bills have died – if a vote were held today.
If her assessment of the political winds is accurate, New York might very well become the 19th state to legalize medical marijuana by the time its current legislative session wraps up on June 20.
While many medical marijuana proposals are on the table across the country this year, the effort to legalize MMJ in New York is of particular interest to the cannabis industry given the state's influence nationally – and even internationally.
Legalization in the Empire State wouldn't create a huge market, at least at first. The bill will suggest a fairly limited list of qualifying medical conditions, meaning patient numbers would likely total in the tens of thousands, Savino said. That would put it way under the estimated 750,000 to 1 million in California and even the 100,000-plus in Colorado, Michigan and Washington State.
Still, New York's program would likely rank alongside Oregon and Arizona in the second tier of MMJ states in terms of patient numbers, and it would generate tens of millions in revenue and create hundreds of business opportunities. Just as importantly, it would mean a great deal to the MMJ movement in general, as it could sway lawmakers and voters who are on the fence about medical marijuana in other states. And New York has the potential to grow into an industry powerhouse if the list of qualifying conditions is expanded or if this paves the way for recreational legalization sometime in the future.
Stay tuned as this plays out.
Also last week, we wrote about how the Department of Justice plans to officially address marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington. Attorney General Eric Holder said the DOJ will outline its policies soon after it finishes an in-depth review of the situation.
Couldn't he have just said that from the start? The federal government has been extremely vague about state-level legalization and how it will respond when retail marijuana stores start opening in Colorado and Washington, leaving the cannabis industry on pins and needles. In fact, the government hadn't given any indication at all of when it would respond, until Holder's recent comments.
Both states are already well into the process for establishing rules covering recreational marijuana. It would be a colossal waste of time and resources if the government decided to challenge the marijuana laws after officials and communities have spent so much time on the issue so far.
Other top stories in MMJ Business Daily:
Q&A With Robert Kane on Plans for Cannabis R&D, Treatment Facility in Canada
Overview of Recent Marijuana Legislative Developments Across US
Guest Column: Car Accidents, Robbery Among Biggest Risk Factors
Q&A With Robert Kane on US Firm's Plans for Cannabis R&D, Treatment Facility in Canada
New York Medical Marijuana Bill on Horizon, Lawmaker Says Support 'Growing by the Day'
Marijuana Industry Bracing for DOJ's Response to Cannabis Legalization in Colorado, Washington
National New York Recreational


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This is the first item I've included in my quest about which I know almost nothing. I confess I've no idea when precisely it was built, nor who by. I haven't a clue as to the designer. I'm not even entirely sure what to call it. A monument? A turret? A freestanding feature?
What a finely-conceived, thoughtfully-implemented bit of suburban planning.
I'm guessing the whole area was laid out around the same time as the construction of the station, which opened in December 1934.
Hopefully whoever did it received some sort of municipal honour or local corporation tie. Cleverly (but sensibly) the Underground roundel is visible from a number of approaches, including the far end of the long slice of green that stretches away from the roundabout and behind the point from which I took the above photo.
Whatever it is, it's a bit special.
I love that bottom shot. It's beautiful.
Queensbury was one of those Metro-land stations where they built the Underground line and waited for houses to turn up; it was just the station building and nothing else for a long time. As you say, it means that the Tube is rightly at the centre of the whole area. "Queensbury" is also a completely Underground name – they held a competition to name the station (and by extension the area), and because "Kingsbury" is next down the line… The winner didn't have to work very hard for that one.
Just love your collection of photos. Makes me want to take a day out to visit them! great collection.


GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain.. the anti-christ?
That makes no sense. Check your words.
I called him on another site: Norm Perry of the sixty's series, "Perry's probe".
M'kay...I never saw that show. I see it was a Canadian program, but what did you mean in the last sentence. "If we stopped about the Brazilian Oil, I hear." You lost me on that one. Did you leave out some words, or used the wrong word?


The battle of Armageddon is soon to be fought. The earth is to be the battle field. Today we are knowingly or unknowingly taking sides...important decisions will have to be made. This is an overview of Revelation 19. A longer PDF version will be made available at the end.
Look back over the drama in Daniel & the Revelation. See Christ's bride sent to Babylon because of her unfaithfulness and then delivered. See her in her purity in apostolic times and then torn and persecuted by the apostate church of the Dark Ages. See her reviving in the Reformation and then lapsing into formalism. See her rising in anticipation expecting her Lovers return in the Advent Movement of the 1840s. See her lapsing again into a lukewarm condition. See her finally fall in love with Christ to such a degree that the character of Christ is fully formed in her.
That is after seeing the scenbes of Rev 17-18.
Continuing from chapter 18 the saints rejoice that Babylon is destroyed.
"Her smoke rose up forever and ever." Does not this language imply eternity of suffering?
The language is borrowed from Isaiah 34 where a place called Idumea burned and the smoke went up forever. Now Idumea either represents a particular country or the whole earth and in either case the language must be limited. Three times this expression of smoke going up forever is used: Isa 34; Rev 14; Rev 19.
The church is often called Christ's bride but here the bride is said to be the Holy city, New Jerusalem. The church is repre- sented as guests invited to the wedding supper. The holy city is spoken of as a woman who has readied herself. She is adorned with the righteousness of saints.
Created beings are not to be worshipped. Comparing Rev 19:10 and 22:9 shows that those with the spirit of prophecy are the prophets.
"It is the voice of Christ that speaks to us through the Old Testament. ʻThe testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.'" E.G. White, Patriarchs & Prophets, p 366.
Jesus gave the messages to the seven Churches. e.g. "These things SAITH THE SON OF GOD..." (Rev 2:18) and each message ends, "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches.
The beginning of the Christian Era is represented by a rider on a white horse (See the first seal Rev 6:2). It ends with Christ returning on a white horse. This is evidently symbolic. Conquerors rode on white horses. In Scripture horses always symbolize war. Christ and the armies of heaven ride to the battle of Armageddon. There Christ will defeat the kings of the earth who oppose Him and threaten to destroy His church.
Rule, Gr. poimaino, literally "to shepherd." The expression "and shall rule them," may better be translated, "THAT IS shall rule them," because the smiting and the ruling are the same thing.
Rod of iron = The shepherds rod had two functions. The crook could guide and save the sheep, the other end was metal and was used to smite and kill wild beasts which threatened his flock.
ROD OF IRON; thou shalt DASH them in pieces like a potter's vessel." cf. Rev 12:5.
Winepress = The same figure of the destruction of the enemies of God's people is here expressed.
Almighty. See on chapter 1:8.
Vesture = Clothing. In v 13 figurativelly dipped in the blood, of His slaughtered enemies. Compare Isa 63:1-6 describing the glorious victory of Christ over His enemies. Note that name may mean title. Jesus is the Lord of all things, King of kings and Lord of lords.
An angel in the position of that which is seen by all the world.
As there is a marriage supper of the Lamb so there is a supper for the wicked. At the supper of the great God the fowls are the guests and the wicked will be the supper. In the final events the wicked will turn on each other.
The war is the battle of Armageddon. The wicked oppose Christ by threatening to destroy His people. The beast & the image powers exist when Jesus returns and He will destroy them by the Word of God. The remnant are also slain by Christ's return.
Babylon fornicates with the world Rev 17, 18. The city of New Jerusalem marries Christ.
In Rev 19 the climax of the great controversy arrives. As the wicked rise to slay Christ's church He returns to rescue her.


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Nipper, the RCA Dog
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In case you missed or had forgotten about Nipper -- we talked about
him in Volume 24 Issues 319 and 320 History of Nipper, RCA Dog --
I am reprinting three delightful accounts of his history. You may
choose among them to decide the most accurate version.
From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: RCA Victor Nipper Statues Adorn Town
Date: 11 Jul 2005 19:21:04 -0700
The Victor phonograph company, which became part of RCA, created a
logo "His Master's Voice" showing a dog, with his ear lifted,
listening to a phonograph. This logo became very famous, AFAIK
remains in use to this day on whoever owns RCA-Victor compact disks
label (BMG?)
(The modernized RCA logo is owned by Thomson consumer electronics of
France).
Anyway, the founder of Victor, Eldridge Johnson, was from Moorestown
NJ. To celebrate its heritage, many residents have set up statues of
Nipper throughout the town this summer.
RCA made quite a bit of telephone equipment. Some of it appeared to
look exactly like Western Electric products. TV crews wore headsets
similar to that of Bell System operators. Others were built for the
military and contained security features. RCA also made computers but
didn't do well in that and sold that business to Sperry Univac.
In the postwar years, RCA gained more and more income from defense and
industrial products (ie televsion cameras and transmitters) and less
from consumer goods (record players). Eventually all consumer lines
were dropped and later TV lines were dropped. Defense systems were a
big business.
The huge RCA-Victor plant complex was located in Camden NJ.
RCA-Victor was sold to GE which it turn split it up and sold off to
various parties. Lockheed Martin took over some defense electronics
and still runs some plants in the Moorestown area. However, virtually
all of the original Camden complex has been torn down. One building
is now a fancy apartment house (and has the Nipper logo in stained
glass on the roof). One other bldg is in use as a school district
office building. Camden as a city has seen much better days.
From: Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
Subject: Re: RCA Victor Nipper Statues Adorn Town
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:47:23 -0500
Organization: Wizard Information
It was a dark and stormy night when hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> The Victor phonograph company, which became part of RCA, created a
> logo "His Master's Voice" showing a dog, with his ear lifted,
> listening to a phonograph. This logo became very famous, AFAIK
> remains in use to this day on whoever owns RCA-Victor compact disks
> label (BMG?)
Actually, the logo came from an 1898 painting by Francis Barraud first
titled "Dog looking at and listening to a phonograph" and later
retitled "His Master's Voice". Mr Barraud tried to sell the painting
to the Edison Bell Company, the leading manufacturer of phonographs,
but they weren't interested. However, the Gramophone Company was
interested, providing that he painted out the Edison phonograph and
inserted a picture of their model instead. They bought the revised
painting and the copyright in 1899. A few years later, they merged
with another company to become the Victor Talking Machine Company, and
eventually that company was bought by RCA.
The dog's name was Nipper, because he bit. Nipper died in 1895, a few
years before the painting.
http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/event.php?taid=&id=3456893&lid=1
http://www2.danbbs.dk/~erikoest/nipper.htm
Reply-To: alan@burkitt-gray.com
From: Alan Burkitt-Gray, London SE3, UK" <burkittgray@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:38:14 +0000
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: "The Victor phonograph company, which
became part of RCA, created a logo "His Master's Voice" showing a dog,
with his ear lifted, listening to a phonograph."
Watch it, Lisa Hancock, get your hands off our dog!!!
Nipper was a British dog. painted by a British artist, and first used
by a British company -- the Gramophone Company, which later became
part of EMI. The logo was then exported around the world.
Full story from http://www2.danbbs.dk/~erikoest/nipper.htm ...
Nipper the dog was born in Bristol, England in 1884 and so named
because of his tendency to nip the backs of visitors' legs. When his
first master Mark Barraud died destitute in Bristol in 1887, Nipper
was taken to Liverpool in Lancashire, England by Mark's younger
brother Francis, a painter.
In Liverpool Nipper discovered the Phonograph, a cylinder recording
and playing machine and Francis Barraud "often noticed how puzzled he
was to make out where the voice came from". This scene must have been
indelibly printed in Barraud's brain, for it was three years after
Nipper died that he committed it to canvas.
Nipper died in September 1895, having returned from Liverpool to live
with Mark Barraud's widow in Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey,
England. Though not a thoroughbred, Nipper had plenty of bull terrier
in him; he never hesitated to take on another dog in a fight, loved
chasing rats and had a fondness for the pheasants in Richmond Park!
In 1898 Barraud completed the painting and registered it on 11
February 1899 as "Dog looking at and listening to a Phonograph".
Barraud then decided to rename the painting "His Master's Voice" and
tried to exhibit it at the Royal Academy, but was turned down. He had
no more luck trying to offer it for reproduction in magazines. "No one
would know what the dog was doing" was given as the reason!
Next on Barraud's list was The Edison Bell Company, leading
manufacturer of the cylinder phonograph, but again without
success. "Dogs don't listen to phonographs," the company said.
Barraud was given the advise to repaint the horn from black to gold,
as this might better his opportunity for a sale. With this in mind, in
the summer of 1899 he visited 31 Maiden Lane, home of the newly formed
Gramophone Company, with a photograph of his painting and a request to
borrow a brass horn.
As Barraud later wrote in an article for The Strand magazine: "The
manager, Mr Barry Owen asked me if the picture was for sale and if I
could introduce a machine of their own make, a Gramophone, instead of
the one in the picture. I replied that the picture was for sale and
that I could make the alteration if they would let me have an
instrument to paint from."
On 15 September 1899, The Gramophone Company sent Barraud a letter
making him a formal offer for the picture, which he immediately
accepted. He was paid 50 pounds for the painting and a further 50
pounds for the full copyright. The deal was finally confirmed on 4
October 1899 when a representative from The Gramophone Company saw the
amended painting for the first time.
This painting made its first public appearance on The Gramophone
Company's advertising literature in January 1900, and later on some
novelty promotional items. However, "His Master's Voice" did not
feature on the Company's British letter headings until 1907. The
painting and title were finally registered as a trademark in 1910.
It was also in 1900 that a seemingly innocuous request led to the
eventual disappearance of "His Master's Voice" as a label
trademark. Emile Berliner (1851 - 1928), U.S. inventor of the
gramophone, born in Germany, asked Barry Owen to assign him the
copyright of "His Master's Voice" for America. Owen agreed, as he did
in 1904 to a similar request from Japan. Some eighty years later, when
the arrival of the Compact Disc prompted record companies to start
manufacturing centrally for the world, EMI paid the price of losing
its rights in these two vital territories -- and EMI Classics was
created as a successor to "His Master's Voice".
Meanwhile Francis Barraud spent much of the rest of his working life
painting 24 replicas of his original, as commissioned by The
Gramophone Company. Following his death in 1924 other artists carried
on the tradition until the end of the decade.
During its long active life, the "His Master's Voice" label has
enjoyed a unique reputation with both the music business and the
public. Over the years a healthy market has developed in collecting
the vast array of items produced in its image. A Collectors' Guide,
originally published in 1984, has been now updated for publication in
Though only used by EMI today as the marketing identity for HMV Shops
in the UK and Europe, the "His Master's Voice" trademark is still
instantly recognised and sits proudly and firmly in the Top 10 of
"Famous Brands of the 20th Century".
Nipper Facts:
Did you know that ...
The "His Master's Voice" painting is now displayed at EMI Music's
Gloucester Place headquarters and when viewed in the right light, the
original phonograph can still be seen underneath the second layer of
When asked if EMI could place a commemorative plaque on the wall of
Nipper's house in Bristol, the owner's reply was "Yes, if you buy the
house!"
Nipper the dog was buried in Kingston upon Thames, in an area that is
now the rear car park of Lloyds Bank in Clarence Street. As one enters
the bank there is a plaque on the wall stating this.
The British naval officer and antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon
Scott (1868 - 1912) re-created the famous picture during his
exploration to the South Pole (1910 - 1912), capturing one of the
huskies looking at the HMV gramophone presented to him by The
Gramophone Company.
There have been false rumours that the original painting had Nipper
sitting on a coffin listening to a recording of his dead master's
voice.
In 1980 HMV Shops found a Nipper lookalike called Toby for in-store
personal appearances but Toby didn't find friends everywhere and in
1984 he was banned from entering Crufts.
By 1900, 5,000 printed copies of the painting had been produced and
sold to dealers for 2s6d (12.5p) each.
The first souvenirs featuring the Dog & Trumpet were a "handsome
paperweight -- an exact reproduction in bronze with onyx mount of our
well-known picture His Master's Voice" (2s6d/12.5p) and "a handsome
mahogany stand with fittings all nickelled, for cigars, cigarettes and
match and well as a frosted crystal ash disc. The whole is surmounted
with well finished group, representing the well-known subject His
Master's Voice." (10s/50p).
In 1900 the German Branch of The Gramophone Company produced a
mutoscope film of a Nipper lookalike. The drum of this film remains in
the EMI Music Archives.
Alan Burkitt-Gray
Editor, Global Telecoms Business
aburkitt@euromoneyplc.com
www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com
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The Whale and the Sea Slug
by Harry Miller January 29, 2020
Being that whales spend roughly 90% of their time submerged under the waves, it comes as no surprise to hear that mankind have historically viewed them as very mystical creatures, and they are involved in many a myth. Here's one involving a whale and sea slug; it's kind of like a Japanese version of 'the hare and the tortoise'.
There once lived a whale who's boastful ego matched his enormous size. Believing that he was the greatest animal in the ocean he challenged a sea slug to race him to the nearest beach [talk about picking your battles!]. The sea slug might have not been the fastest of animals, but he was pretty canny, and before the race he arranged his sea slug friends to wait at various beaches. On the day of the race the whale stormed ahead, but when he reached the first beach he saw that the sea slug was already there, so he challenged him to race again. Race after race the sea slug won until the whale finally admitted defeat.
Admittedly, it's far removed from Aesop's 'slow and steady wins the race' fable, being more along the lines of a lesson in 'brains over brawn' - although I'm sure the Sperm Whale would have something to say about that, with brains five times the weight of ours, they've literally got the biggest brains on the planet!
This design is available as a card and a print.
Harry Miller
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Kingfisher - Halcyon Days
by Daniel Mackie March 12, 2021
In Greek mythology, Halcyone and Ceyx were lovers who incurred the wrath of the god Zeus by mocking him and his wife. Angered, Zeus killed Ceyx.
Belling The Cat- Aesop's Fable
by Daniel Mackie December 30, 2020
Ideas are nothing, execution is everything.
Belling the Cat is a fable first recored in the 12th ceuntry. A group of mice debate plans to neutralise the threat of a marauding cat. One of them has an idea of placing a bell around its neck, so that they will be warned of its approach. The others applaud the plan, until one mouse asks who will volunteer to place the bell on the cat. All of them make excuses!
Tiger in Buckinghamsire!
by Daniel Mackie June 14, 2020
This is Mack's Tiger. It was part of a school project based on my work and a theme of animals in the natural habitat. Mack created this on Procreate on his mums iPad


Reviews sometimes aren't enough. In our constantly evolving and dynamic world, manufacturers constantly release updates, games that were broken or bare at launch are upgraded with new features and fixes. Conversely, hardware that seems up to snuff at first may break down (Often right after warranties expire) or perhaps the initial hype of a 'new and exciting' product doesn't last. Here, we give you our final thoughts about a product after it's been in use for at least six months, whether it's in our own homes or in our offices.
The Nokia Lumia 1520 has the best battery life from a smartphone that I've ever used. I consistently get 2 days use from this phone with the longest battery life being 2 days and 9 hours.
Thecus has taken a lot of flak lately about support and reliability of their NAS devices. We decided to put their 8-bay rack-mounts through our long term labs.


The European Patent Office (EPO) has started a programme for providing additional information with respect to the search performed by an Examiner.
The additional information will be provided on an extra sheet called "Information on Search Strategy" and is for information only.
The information sheet will contain details about the databases in which the Examiner has conducted the prior art search, the classification symbols defining the extent of the search (for example IPC or CPC classes), and the keywords selected by the Examiner, or further elements relating to the invention to be searched and used to retrieve the relevant prior art.
2. When is the information sheet generated?
This supplementary information sheet will be annexed to all search reports drawn up by the EPO under the PCT and EP procedures. No specific request will be necessary to obtain this information.
3. Where can the information sheet be found?
The supplementary information sheet will be made available upon publication of the search report via file inspection in the European Patent Register or, in case of PCT applications, via PATENTSCOPE file inspection of the WIPO.
4. What could be the benefit of the information sheet?
The information sheet may help to understand the search strategy of the Examiner of the EPO. Thus a person, for example an applicant or third party, may adapt its his own search strategy based on the information obtained from the EPO, for example prior to filing own patent applications or for finding additional prior art.
This new practice started on 1 November 2015 and will be re-evaluated at the end of 2016.
This is only a rough overview about the new practice of the EPO. For more details or any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.


At first glance, Psalms 115:6, which describes pagan gods as not hearing or smelling, seems to state the obvious. In that case, why would Rabbi Wolicki claim, "I believe that this is one of the most powerful verses in this entire series of Psalms"? What's the connection between the sense of smell and worship? How does this play out in the pagan world and in our relationship with G-d?


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China match to be re-scheduled
Football Federation Australia today announced that it has agreed to a request from the China Football Association (CFA) to reschedule the international match that was due to be played in Sydney next month.
Football Federation Australia today announced that it has agreed to a request from the China Football Association (CFA) to reschedule the international match which was agreed to be played between the Socceroos and China at the Sydney Football Stadium on 13 October 2007 as part of a two-match agreement which saw the two countries play in Guangzhou in March.
As the result of the Asian Football Confederation-s recent announcement that they had introduced an additional round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in October 2007, the CFA requested the rescheduling of the match so that it could focus on it's home-and-away knockout matches against Myanmar on October 8 and 28.
The CFA felt it would have compromised their performance in those World Cup qualifiers had they also travelled to play Australia. The Socceroos commence 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying in a later round, starting in February 2008.
The FFA agreed to the postponement on the basis that it would be unfair to put China's World Cup qualification process in jeopardy and that if China were forced to honour its commitment to play in Sydney, they may have sent a below strength team to Australia.
FFA CEO Mr Ben Buckley said discussions between the FFA and CFA would continue over finding an alternative date.
"It is disappointing for the fans that the match will not take place as planned, but we all recognise how important World Cup qualifiers are to any country and we have agreed to their request on this basis," said Mr Buckley.
"We will continue to work hard to ensure that fans will get the chance to see the Socceroos in action in Sydney soon."
Fortunately tickets have not been on sale to the general public and members of the FFA Football Family and Supporter Groups will be issued with full refunds automatically to their credit card within the next 10 business days. There is no need for ticket purchasers to contact Ticketek or the FFA to obtain their refund.


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Home » News » Movies » Dilip Kumar Health Update: Might be Discharged on Thursday, Says Family Friend
Dilip Kumar Health Update: Might be Discharged on Thursday, Says Family Friend
File photo of Dilip Kumar and Saira Bano. (Image: Twitter/Dilip Kumar)
Last month, the actor was admitted to hospital for the treatment of mild pneumonia.
Last Updated:October 10, 2018, 13:02 IST
Mumbai: Screen legend Dilip Kumar, who has been admitted to hospital, is responding to the treatment and will be soon discharged.
The 95-year-old actor is being treated for recurrent pneumonia at Lilavati Hospital.
Kumar's family friend Faisal Farooqui shared the news on the actor's official Twitter handle, saying Kumar might be discharged on Thursday.
"Lord be praised. @TheDilipKumar saab is responding to treatment and doing much better. If all goes well, as per doctors, he may be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. (Thursday afternoon). Insha'Allah. -FF" read the tweet.
Lord be praised. @TheDilipKumar saab is responding to treatment and doing much better . If all goes well, as per doctors, he may be discharged from the hospital tomm. (Thursday afternoon). Insha'Allah. -FF— Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) October 10, 2018
Known as the 'Tragedy King of Bollywood', Dilip Kumar has given memorable performances in films such as Andaz, Aan, Madhumati, Devdas and Mughal-e-Azam.
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Whose road this is, I think I know, his house is in the village though. He will not see me crossing here, to watch his field fill up with corn.
Crossing is a good walk spoiled.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the other side of the road.
When written in Chinese, the word "cross" is written in two characters. One represents danger the other opportunity.
"Mean to" don't cross no road.
There are two forces that unite chickens---fear and interest.
A chicken's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of when to cross.
If a chicken does not keep pace with his flock, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him cross to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
I care not; a chicken can die but once while crossing. We owe God a death.
Crossing is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Which, with crossing, I will open.
If you want a thing done, cross---if not send.
You may be disappointed if you cross, but you are doomed if you don't try.
He that dies while crossing pays all debts.
Looking at small advantages prevents great crossings from being accomplished.
It is not strange that desire to cross should so many years outlive performance.
Crossing demands a temporary surrender of security.
Until the day of his crossing, no chicken can be sure of his courage.
Here I cross. I can do no other. God bless me. Amen.
Ninety per cent of crossing is half mental.
Wide is the road from conception to crossing.
Out of the strain of to cross. Into the peace having crossed.
I had a lover's quarrel with the crossing.
Crossing banishes those three great evils---boredom, vice and poverty.
I will cross tomorrow is the reason it is the busiest day of the year.
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely crossed a road cackles as if she crossed the LA Freeway.
The best crossing is the enemy of the good crossing.


It was the 50th anniversary of Fatima on May 13, 1967, when a smiling, very happy looking Sister Lucy was pictured with Paul VI on the stage of Fatima. Most of the crowd was thrilled at the sight. Others were horrified. Why was Sister Lucy so relaxed and supportive of the leader of the "wicked Council," which most likely contributed to the loss of millions of souls?
She seemed to have set aside her previous distress about how the faithful had been lied to and abandoned by their leaders. It was hard to imagine Sister Lucy being a defector of the Blessed Mother as Judas betrayed Our Lord. Her actions, then, actually turned some Catholics away from Fatima.
Decades later Dr. Marian Horvat wrote the article The Two Sister Lucys - Photos and Facts comparing pictures and mannerisms of the two Sister Lucys and demonstrating that the Sister Lucy pictured with Paul VI was an imposter. In 2013 a forensic progression and regression of photos of both the real Sister Lucy and the imposter further confirmed that there were two Sister Lucys.
Most fervent supporters of Fatima do not believe the two Sister Lucys theory described by Dr. Horvat in her article because they fail to realize that the Novus Ordo Church is the real enemy of Fatima and the faithful.
There is an abundance of proof that there are two Sister Lucys. The photo comparisons are overwhelming and her actions with Paul VI at Fatima were troublesome. There is much more evidence when we compare the words of Sister Lucy with those of the progressivists.
Starting in 1958 after Fr. Fuentes interview was made public, the progressivists, who despised the Catholic Faith, controlled the messages of Fatima. Nothing was made public unless it supported their agenda, which is to destroy the Catholic Faith.
One example was the 1973 book titled, A Little Treatise on the Nature and Recitation of the Rosary. The book contained excerpts from letters Sister Lucy wrote defending the Rosary, which was under attack in the Novus Ordo Church. In it she introduced the expression "diabolical disorientation" to describe the fact that the Devil was able to infiltrate evil under the guise of good and acknowledged the failure of the religious leaders to uphold their responsibilities.
Here we see the progressivists taking advantage of an old political strategy – "You never want a crisis to go to waste" – using the words of one whom the world thought to be Sister Lucy to cleverly change her thoughts and mission about Fatima.
One letter starts: "I answer your letter on the anniversary of the Holy Father's ordination." Everything in this book favors His Holiness with no hint of criticism or warnings. There was not a word about the Pope disobeying the Mother of God, not releasing the Third Secret or consecrating Russia to her Immaculate Heart. How could this person be the Sister Lucy who had been shown at Tuy on June 13, 1929, Our Lady of Fatima with her Immaculate Heart in her left hand without sword or roses, but with a crown of thorns and flames because of the sins of the world? Would the real Sister Lucy have forgotten this?
Strong words from Sister Lucy. What happened between 1957 and 1973 that changed her mind? Had there been a great conversion inside the Church? Not at all; quite the opposite. No one could deny that the crisis of Faith, Morals and consequently the crisis of vocations had grown freely and vastly.
We know that John XXIII read the Third Secret in August of 1959 and Paul VI in late June 1963. Yet both disobeyed the wishes of Our Lady and did not release its contents.
One is left to wonder: Why did Sister Lucy downplay the importance of Marian devotions? Why would she follow the example of the post-Conciliar Church and Popes who wanted to downplay Our Lady to placate the Protestants in their ecumenical encounters instead of following the instructions of Our Lady?
Her mission was to establish devotion to the Immaculate Heart - why the silence?
Lucy was chosen by Jesus Christ to establish devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary throughout the world. Would the real Sister Lucy say she believes it is her duty to remain quiet? Especially when the Church authorities were doing so little to promote this special devotion?
Was there anything else in her mission? There is an answer, there is a solution.
Surely the real Sister Lucy, faithful to her mission, would have been stressing the importance of the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and taken every opportunity to make it known.
In another letter to Dona Maria, Sister Lucy did a beautiful job explaining the prayers in the Rosary; the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory. She made no mention, however, of the Fatima prayer given to Sister Lucy by Our Lady of Fatima.
Having received this order and the guarantee she would go to Heaven, how can we imagine Sister Lucy would ignore this prayer and effectively disobey Our Lady of Fatima? Sister Lucy's mission was to warn us about the eternal fires of Hell and provide us with a solution. Both were defied and hidden by the Novus Ordo Church.
The bogus Sister Lucy also returned inquiries about the crisis regarding the Rosary from three of her nephews who were priests and others. Instead of encouraging its daily recitation, she emphasized that diabolical disorientation was taking over the Church and the world.
In his book Fatima in Twilight, Mark Fellows affirms that Sister Lucy was correct in her assessment of a diabolical disorientation in the Church and many agreed with her. One was Paul VI.
As Mark Fellows points out in his book, Paul VI did not use the exact words diabolical disorientation, but he did use the words "confusion, apostasy and crisis in faith," which corresponds to Lucy's description of diabolical disorientation.
Diabolical disorientation is associated with Sister Lucy even today. These words helped enable the bogus Sister Lucy to remain undiscovered.
In principle it is very good to alert people about a diabolical disorientation. However, it becomes suspicious when this alert is given to deviate attention from much more important things, to wit: the secret message Our Lady told the Pope to reveal in 1960, the consecration of Russia and the spread of the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
So, we cannot exclude the idea that this warning was an initiative to divert attention of the faithful from the nucleus of the Fatima message.
Who Is For or Against Our Lady of Fatima?


The commercial polymeric anhydride poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride) (PVM/MA) is converted by reaction with NaOH to give poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-mono-sodium maleate) (PVM/Na-MA). By addition of AgNO 3-solution, the formation of the silver(i) supramolecular polymer hydrogel poly[methyl vinyl ether-alt-mono-sodium maleate]·AgNO 3 is reported. Freeze-dried samples of the hydrogel show a mesoporous network of polycarboxylate ligands that are crosslinked by silver(i) cations. In the intact hydrogel, ion-exchange studies are reported and it is shown that Ag+ ions can be exchanged by copper(ii) cations without disintegration of the hydrogel. The silver(i) hydrogel shows effective antibacterial activity and potential application as burn wound dressing. © the Partner Organisations 2014.
The authors thank Dr Lan Zhao, Dr Omar El Tall and Dr Xian-rong Guo from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Core Laboratories for their help in the characterization. Research reported in this publication was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).


The only shampoo which can be used on cats is our Beaphar Flea Shampoo - Repels Fleas. It can be used on cats over 12 weeks of age and contains plant extracts which repel the fleas from the cat. As fleas spend up to three quarters of their lives living not on the pet, but in animal bedding and on carpets, this shampoo should be used as part of a comprehensive flea control programme. Use a good household flea spray, such as Beaphar Defest or Beaphar Extra Long Lasting Household Flea Spray, to treat carpets and soft furnishings in all rooms that pets have access to.


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Gelechia amorphella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1877. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado.

Adults are dark steel gray, with two minute darker spots, one on the disc, the other at the end of the cell.

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Moths described in 1877
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Are you guys ready for the holidays? I've done a lot of my shopping--but definitely not all of it! Finishing it all is my goal for next week. Otherwise, we're getting into the spirit! We decorated the tree last weekend, and this weekend, we're heading into the city and taking the kids to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and the Rockefeller Center tree. Whatever you're up to this weekend, I hope it's great. Here's some fun links to check out in the meantime.
• My love for J.Crew's Tippi sweater is well established on this blog. (Reminder: It goes with everything, it can be dressed up or down, and it's super flattering.) And now they have a Tippi with a heart-eyes emoji on it! And it's on sale!
• I loved checking out Grace's gorgeous holiday dinner and I'm SO excited about her giveaway: You could win a (gold!) Away suitcase stuffed with West Elm goodies. Enter here.
• Would you buy makeup from 7-11?
• Do you guys follow Elsie Larson of A Beautiful Mess? She's long been one of my favorite follows, but for the past few days, I have been absolutely riveted by her feed. She and her husband are currently in China adopting a baby girl, Nova, and it is the most beautiful story. I actually had tears in my eyes when she shared the first photo of Nova, and I check her feed several times during the day to make sure the Instagram algorithm isn't hiding anything from me! I get that this is slightly stalker-ish, but I bet once you read her story and follow along, you'll be hooked, too. You can follow her on Instagram here and read the backstory of the adoption here.
• This multi-braided hairstyle is the coolest.
• This blogger photo shoot took places in Lowe's and it is chic AF!
• When holidays cards get brutally honest.
• Who else out there is old enough to remember Freezy Freakies, those color-changing gloves from the '80s? Well, they're back--and in adult sizes, too. I totally want a pair. Is that weird?
• Loved this tour of Gray Benko's home--especially that gallery wall of oil portraits. So cool!
• The world's largest Starbucks is nuttttts!
• Shared 12 awesome beauty gifts to give--or receive.
• Introduced you to this gorgeous red velvet top.
• Found tons of cute pajamas.


In April, we released the new run Activity Page view. As part of this effort we spoke to many of you and incorporated your needs and experiences as runners into this new view. Get more background about this effort and redesign here.
Since then, we've been working hard to address your suggestions, feedback and concerns surrounding the new run Activity Page view. We really appreciate your help and collaboration as we work to make Strava Run an awesome experience.
Strava will detect when you are resting and will automatically pause your run. Your Resting Time will be removed from your Moving Time so that your pace is as accurate as possible. Runners who run in urban settings (that stop often at intersections) will likely see this improvement the most.
If you choose to pause your run activity manually on your Garmin watch, we will honor that choice and represent your Moving Time according to the time and pace shown on your GPS device.
Elapsed Time: For all runs that are NOT tagged as "Races", we now filter resting time out of both pace analysis and the overview chart. "Races" will continue to show all elapsed time including resting, since races are a competitive effort. Segment efforts will also continue to display elapsed time.
Grade Adjusted Pace (GAP): GAP estimates a pace equivalent to running on flat land. With our latest work to improve GAP accuracy, you can now compare your effort on hilly and flat runs more easily and precisely. The calculation of GAP was inspired by work done by C.T.M. Davies studying environmental effects on running. Learn more about the work that's been done to improve the GAP accuracy here.
Laps: Laps are available to both free and Premium athletes on Strava.com. When you press the lap button on your Garmin during a workout, Strava gives you data about each of your laps in an easy-to-read chart on your Activity Page. Check out Distance, Time, Pace and Elevation Change for each lap. Hover over a lap to see your effort on the map above. When you click on a specific lap, the map and elevation/performance chart zoom to that section of your run.
Splits: We have improved the split and map interactivity, making your run easier to scan and your split effort easier to analyze. For Premium members looking at their Pace Analysis page, we've added Pace, GAP and Elevation Change data to the split chart. When you click on a specific split, the map to the left highlights and zooms to that section of your run.
Segment List: Your full list of matched segments from your run is now displayed. Easily click into a specific segment to see how you did and where you stack up.
Many runners have requested that Best Efforts remain in the Strava Run experience. (This was a feature we considered removing due to accuracy issues.) Best Effort inaccuracy is related to bad GPS data and there is no way to make Best Efforts absolutely accurate given the varying quality of GPS data that we receive. Due to this, we will be renaming this feature "Estimated Best Efforts" so that it's more clear that Best Efforts are not official. In the future, you will be able to manually set your PRs at various race distances. As we strive for fairness and the highest quality standard for data accuracy, we will be continuing to improve Estimated Best Efforts while also integrating more intelligence around the PRs you achieve.
Our response time to your questions and concerns wasn't nearly fast enough and I apologize for this, but we have been listening and reading every piece of feedback and working hard to address many feature improvements. In the coming months we will be adding back the ability to zoom, adding distance/time toggles to the performance graphs, and separating performance graph data so that Heart Rate, Pace, GAP and Cadence, if applicable, will be visualized on their own separate y-axis. We will communicate these updates as they get implemented.
Half of us are runners here at Strava and we are committed to creating the best Run experience in the world. Thanks again for all the passionate feedback that helped drive this round of changes and we hope you enjoy these updates and improvements.


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Colorado to consider placing fewer youth on sex registry
Oct 12, 2019 at 8:06 PM Oct 12, 2019 at 8:06 PM
Colorado lawmakers have advanced a proposal to place fewer convicted juveniles on the state sex offender registry and partially seal the list from the public, officials said.
The draft was endorsed Thursday by an interim committee of lawmakers tasked with considering changes to how the state justice system treats people with mental illness, The Denver Post reported.
The proposed changes are informed by research showing that harshly penalizing juvenile sex offenders often does nothing to improve public safety or rehabilitate the offenders, lawmakers said. Currently, juvenile sex offenders could be required to stay on the registry their whole lives, limiting job and housing options, among other consequences.
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\section{Introduction}
Compact stars yield the most prominent natural laboratories for the study of exotic forms of matter~\cite{Glendenning-1997,Haensel-2007}. Recently discovered pulsars alongside with gravitational waves detection, such as GW170817, have revealed new aspects of the internal structure of these stars, mainly in terms of their composition~\cite{Christian-2018,Montana-2019}. Whilst the equation of state of nuclear matter is well established up to nuclear saturation density, one encounters the challenge of describing matter in fairly higher densities realized in the interior of these stars. At these densities the type of matter is yet to be determined and in turn, the construction of stellar models to agree with the aforementioned observations is still an open issue. Possible candidates are strange quark stars composed of deconfined quarks, pure neutron stars composed by hadrons, and hybrid stars composed by hadronic outer shells and cores of deconfined quarks. In the present article the latter case is claimed.

The idea of a third family of compact stars and in particular, the connection with the possibility to be a signature of a strong phase transition in the interior of the star, was introduced first by  Gerlach~\cite{Gerlach-1968}. Later on, K{\"a}mpfer worked also on this issue~\cite{Kampfer-1981a,Kamfer-1981b}. Glendenning and Kettner introduced the term ``twins" in their paper~\cite{Glendenning-2000}, while at the same time Schertler et al.~\cite{Schertler-2000} worked out that idea in detail. However, in all the previous studies, the maximum mass was approximately at the canonical binary pulsar mass $1.4~M_{\odot}$. The revival of the idea of the twin stars started a few years later by Blaschke et al.~\cite{Blaschke-2013,Castillo-2013}. Specifically, in the mentioned papers is suggested that high-mass twin stars, once detected by simultaneous mass and radius measurements, could provide the evidence for a strong first-order phase transition in cold matter, which then would imply the existence of at least one critical endpoint in the quantum chromodynamics phase diagram. Moreover, in the same work is also presented, for the first time, examples of equations of state that would not only provide twin solutions, but also fulfill the constraint on the maximum mass from the existence of pulsars as heavy as $2~M_{\odot}$~\cite{Blaschke-2013,Castillo-2013}. The previous idea was elaborated by Benic et al.~\cite{Benic-2015} (see also Ref.~\cite{Castillo-2015}). A systematic Bayesian analysis of the new twin star equation of state with observational constraints was presented in Ref.~\cite{Castillo-2016}. Finally, the analysis of the robustness of twin solutions against changing the Maxwell to a mixed phase construction, and the formation of structures in the mixed phase due to the interplay of the surface tension and Coulomb interaction effects, have been also considered respectively in Refs~\cite{Ayriyan-2018,Maslov-2019}.

Stars of this branch are expected to have masses in the same range as normal neutron stars, yet fairly smaller radii. The existence of such stars is a strong indication that a HQPT is a physical reality, a result of utmost importance especially in the study of dense matter physics.
A  study of the HQPT is presented here, examining the conditions under which the twin star configuration arises. The compatibility with the mass and radius constraints as they are formed through up to date observations is also considered.

\section{Theoretical Framework}\label{sec:2}
Examining the configuration of a compact star is efficiently achieved by separating the interior into regions. Generally, it is suitable to claim a hadronic phase composing the outer shells, a core of deconfined quarks and a connecting region embodying the phase transition. As it will become clear  in the following, this last region can be omitted yielding a sharp phase transition or, as it is commonly called, a Maxwell construction (MC). Oppositely, Gibbs construction (GC) assumes the existence of this transitional region, which is commonly referred as the mixed phase. In each case, the phase transition is assumed to be of first order~\cite{Christian-2018,Montana-2019,Glendenning-2000,Alvarez-2017,Bejger-2017,Bhattacharyya-2010,Endo-2006,Christian-2019,Christian-2021,Alford-2013,Han-2019}.

\subsection{Hadronic phase}
In the outer layers of a compact star, matter is expected to be mainly hadronic. It can either consist solely of nucleons or other hadrons, usually hyperons. In our study the APR model introduced in Ref.~\cite{Akmal-1998} combined with the momentum dependent interactions (MDI) parametrization in the way presented in Refs.~\cite{Koliogiannis-2020,Koliogiannis-2021} is applied. Hence, no hadrons other than protons and neutrons are assumed. The selection of this particular hadronic model is due to the numerous advantages provided, namely the reproduction of symmetric nuclear matter properties, value and slope of symmetry energy at the saturation density and the agreement with limits provided by experimental predictions. Furthermore, state-of-the-art calculations considering high densities, as well as calculations of the Chiral model considering pure neutron mater are successfully reproduced. Lastly, as far as the results are concerned, this model can reproduce maximum masses of neutron stars even higher than those observed~\cite{Koliogiannis-2020,Koliogiannis-2021,Arzoumanian,Antoniadis,Cromartie}.

\subsection{Quark phase}
Deconfined quark matter composing the stellar core is in general difficult to formulate~\cite{Baym-2018}. One needs sophisticated models to study it in detail. Nevertheless, one possibility is to mimic these models by assuming constant value of the speed of sound throughout the quark phase. This is a robust feature on top of being practical, as it simplifies the parametrization of the energy density expression. Apparently, the speed of sound $c_{\rm s}^2=\partial p/\partial \mathcal{E}$ is subjected to the constraint $c_{\rm s}\leq1$ in all possible cases. Its exact value plays a decisive role on the final configuration that the star will achieve.

\subsection{Phase transition}
As the density of stellar matter soars above the nuclear saturation density, a phase transition must take place in order for the quark core to occur. A common approach to describe the former is with a polytropic equation of state of the form~\cite{Christian-2018}
\begin{equation}
	p=K\rho^\Gamma,
	\label{polyt-1}
\end{equation}
where $p$ stands for pressure, $\rho$ for baryon density and $K,\Gamma$ are constants. Through Eq.~\eqref{polyt-1} it is easy to distinguish between a sharp transition (MC), by imposing $\Gamma=0$, and a non-sharp transition (GC), assuming $\Gamma\neq0$.

A phase transition under constant pressure, as in MC, leads to a specific structure of the star. Due to the monotonic reduction of the pressure relative to the radius, points of equal pressure must be mapped onto the same radial coordinate inside the star~\cite{Glendenning-1997}. That is, the hadronic phase of the outer shells and the quark phase of the core are essentially in direct contact with each other at the point of transition, as a result of the absence of a finite transitional region. This is not the case in GC where the configuration includes this region and a regular behaviour of the pressure inside the star. In the following, these two cases are examined in detail.

\subsubsection{Maxwell construction}
An abrupt phase change yields discontinuity in at least one physical quantity. In this study the energy density is of primary concern, claiming the form~\cite{Christian-2018,Montana-2019}
\begin{eqnarray}
	\hspace{-0.9cm}
	\mathcal{E}(p)&=&\left\{
		\begin{array}{ll}
			\mathcal{E}_{\rm APR+MDI}(p), \quad  p<p_{\rm tr} & \\
			\\
			\mathcal{E}(p_{\rm tr})+\Delta \mathcal{E} + (p-p_{\rm tr})~c_{\rm s}^{-2}, \quad  p\geq p_{\rm tr} & \
		\end{array}
	\right.
	\label{MC-1}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\mathcal{E}(p)$ denotes the energy density, $p$ the pressure, $c_{\rm s}$ the speed of sound, and $\Delta \mathcal{E}$ is the magnitude of the energy density jump at the transition point. Subscript $``{\rm tr}"$ denotes the corresponding quantity at this point. It should be clear that the first line in Eq.~\eqref{MC-1} refers to the hadronic phase while the second one refers to the quark phase.

By definition, MC is characterized by a precondition which, when satisfied, leads to an unstable regime essential for the third branch of stable hybrid stars to arise~\cite{Christian-2018,Montana-2019,Alvarez-2017}. This constraint, first shown by Seidov~\cite{Seidov-1971}, is expressed as
\begin{equation}
	\Delta \mathcal{E} \geq \frac{3p_{\rm tr}+\mathcal{E}(p_{\rm tr})}{2}.
	\label{Seid-1}
\end{equation}
The star will immediately become unstable after its central pressure reaches the value $p_{\rm tr}$. Otherwise, a stable state occurs. Therefore, when seeking twin stars with MC one should always ensure that Eq.~\eqref{Seid-1} is satisfied.

\subsubsection{Gibbs construction}
In a case of a non-sharp HQPT (GC), a finite region to embody the transition is implied. The mixed phase of this transition is composed, as its name suggests, by intermittent domains of pure hadronic and quark phases~\cite{Bhattacharyya-2010,Endo-2006}. Contrary to MC, no discontinuities in energy density appear, giving rise to the profile
\begin{eqnarray}
	\hspace{-0.9cm}
	\mathcal{E}(p)&=&\left\{
		\begin{array}{ll}
			\mathcal{E}_{\rm APR+MDI}(p), \quad p\leq p_{\rm tr} & \\
			\\
			\Lambda p^{1/\Gamma}+p~(\Gamma-1)^{-1}, \quad p_{\rm tr}\leq p\leq p_{\rm css} & \\
			\\
			\mathcal{E}(p_{\rm css})+(p-p_{\rm css})~c_{\rm s}^{-2}, \quad p\geq p_{\rm css}. & \
		\end{array}
	\right.
	\label{GC-1}
\end{eqnarray}
Again, the energy density is denoted by $\mathcal{E}(p)$, the pressure by $p$, the speed of sound by $c_{\rm s}$, while $\Lambda$ and the polytropic index $\Gamma$ are constants. Subscript $``{\rm \rm css}"$ denotes the corresponding quantity at the start of the quark phase. In addition, the continuity at the two transition points imposes
\begin{equation}
	\Lambda=\frac{\mathcal{E}(p_{\rm tr})-p_{\rm tr}~(\Gamma-1)^{-1}}{p_{\rm tr}^{1/\Gamma}},
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
	\mathcal{E}(p_{\rm \rm css})=\left(\frac{p_{\rm \rm css}}{p_{\rm tr}}\right)^{1/\Gamma}\left(\mathcal{E}(p_{\rm tr})-\frac{p_{\rm tr}}{\Gamma-1}\right)+\frac{p_{\rm \rm css}}{\Gamma-1},
\end{equation}
Apparently, the first line in Eq.~\eqref{GC-1} corresponds to the hadronic outer shells, the second one to the mixed phase, embodying the HQPT, and the third one to the quark core.
\begin{figure}
	\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{Figure_1}
	\caption{Mass-Radius diagram in the case of a sharp transition at $n_{\rm tr}=2.1~n_{\rm s}$ (dashed lines) for various values of the energy density jump $\Delta \mathcal{E}$. The solid line refers to the absence of a phase transition and is added for comparison. The coloured strips near the top of the figure denotes the range (uncertainty) around the maximum observed mass values of three pulsars~\cite{Arzoumanian,Antoniadis,Cromartie}.}
	\label{fig:1}
\end{figure}
An immediate consequence of GC is that an energy density jump is not defined as in MC. Therefore, in comparing the energy density change due to the transition in the two constructions one needs to use the rise of the energy density throughout the mixed phase in GC as a counterpart of $\Delta \mathcal{E}$ of MC. It is immediately seen that
\begin{eqnarray}
	\Delta \mathcal{E}_{\rm GC}&=&\mathcal{E}(p_{\rm tr})\left[\left(\frac{p_{\rm \rm css}}{p_{\rm tr}}\right)^{1/\Gamma}-1\right]\nonumber \\ &+&\frac{1}{\Gamma-1}\left[p_{\rm \rm css}-\left(\frac{p_{\rm \rm css}}{p_{\rm tr}}\right)^{1/\Gamma}p_{\rm tr}\right].
\end{eqnarray}
Furthermore, in GC no constraint similar to Eq.~\eqref{Seid-1} is present. In order to achieve twin star configuration only the appropriate choice of the free parameters is needed.

\section{Results} \label{sec:3}
Applying our aforementioned assertions on a non-rotating stellar model a first approach of the phenomenon is achieved and the basis is set for its study in rotating models. Remarkably enough, a HQPT introduces only two free parameters in each construction. Specifically, these correspond to the critical pressure $p_{\rm tr}$ of the hadronic phase and the magnitude of the discontinuity $\Delta \mathcal{E}$ in the case of MC, or the critical pressure $p_{\rm tr}$ and the mixed phase interval, commonly described by the pressure difference of its boundaries, $\Delta p$, in the case of GC. Other free parameters may exist overall, though not introduced by the implementation of a HQPT. For example, the value of the energy density at the transition point depends on the hadronic equation of state that is used.

Figure~\ref{fig:1} is a M-R diagram visualising the case of a sharp transition taking place at $n_{\rm tr}=2.1n_{\rm s}$, where $n$ is the baryon density and the subscripts $``{\rm tr}"$ and $``{\rm s}"$ denote its value at the transition and the saturation point, respectively.
\begin{figure}
	\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{Figure_2}
	\caption{Mass-Radius diagram in the case of a sharp transition at $n_{\rm tr}=2.2~n_{\rm s}$ (dashed lines) for various values of the energy density jump $\Delta \mathcal{E}$. The solid line refers to the absence of a phase transition and is added for comparison. The coloured strips near the top of the figure denotes the range (uncertainty) around the maximum observed mass values of three pulsars~\cite{Arzoumanian,Antoniadis,Cromartie}.}
	\label{fig:2}
\end{figure}
In examining Figure~\ref{fig:1}, the branching due to the existence of a HQPT is immediately evident. The change of $\Delta{\cal E}$ leads to a different position of the second minimum but the shape of the  second branch remains almost  identical. Moreover, it is worth  to notice that higher values of $\Delta{\cal E}$ lead to smaller radii for the corresponding maximum mass configurations. A possible explanation is that larger $\Delta \mathcal{E}$ yield heavier stellar cores with an accompanying greater gravitational pull on the outer shells, as suggested in Ref.~\cite{Montana-2019}. These conclusions are in agreement with Ref.~\cite{Christian-2018}. As predicted by theory, twin star branches yield fairly smaller radii compared with the normal neutron star branch for each value of stellar mass. It is also clear that the higher the energy density jump at the transition point, the lower the resulting stellar mass. Another important remark is that the parametrization used for the HQPT reproduces the maximum masses imposed by observations~\cite{Christian-2018,Montana-2019,Alvarez-2017,Arzoumanian,Antoniadis,Cromartie}. To explicitly show that, the masses of three pulsars belonging to different binary systems are included in Figure~\ref{fig:1}.

The last point one needs to remark in that figure is the fact that the transition occurs at baryon density equal to 2.1 times the saturation density. We display also the Figure~\ref{fig:2}, in order to study the effect of the location of the transition density on the various twin stars  branches.

We observed that all of the fundamental properties mentioned above are still valid for $n_{\rm tr}=2.2n_{\rm s}$. The only difference is that in this case the point of branching is slightly pushed towards higher masses, a fact that obviously does not affect the agreement with the observations. Lastly, it should be noted that the results for the MC were derived by assuming $c_{\rm s}=1$.

It is worth noting that the case of a non-sharp phase transition (GC) should not be omitted, at least in a form of reference. Gibbs construction yields a more complicated configuration of the compact star. This difficulty has resulted in not many publications reviewing this case in detail. We are currently working on the twin star scenario with GC, with the results yet in progress. We are confident that the extraction of these results will allow not only for a comparison and discrimination between the two constructions, but also to the conclusion on which of the two is the most physically plausible.

\section{Conclusions and outlook} \label{sec:4}
Analyzing the twin star scenario, it is primarily seen that two ways to formulate the HQPT, MC and GC, are dominant. These seem to cover every plausible scenario for the transition. It has to be noted that configurations achieved with MC are  simpler than GC. However, in MC case  the  condition Eq.~\eqref{Seid-1} must also  be fulfilled. Results posed in Figures~\ref{fig:1} and~\ref{fig:2} with MC show clearly the differentiation of cases in a compact star with and without a phase transition. The formulation achieved for the former case reproduces masses and radius in agreement with observations in a satisfying interval of values of the baryon density at the transition point. For a more complete study, the same results are expected to be deducted for GC.

Future considerations may include:   (a) designating the conditions under which the twin star branch and the normal neutron star branch are separated; (b) achieving plausible configurations with $c_{\rm s}^2=1/3$, a value which is closer to reality than causality; and (c) examining the phenomenon in the frame of rotating stellar models.

\begin{acknowledgement}
The authors would like to thank Prof. D. Blaschke for his useful insight  and comments.
\end{acknowledgement}

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Q: Recursive function not working properly I have an assignment to write a program that takes input w, h and raw array of values between 0 and 1 and outputs the number of "molecules" in the table. W and h are width and height of the table. Molecule is part of table that is connected with values 1 either to up or down or left or right (no diagonals).
Example input:
     4 4
     1101
     1000
     1011
     1001
Output:
3
I wrote a program that generates an array with predefined w and h and fills them randomly with values from 0 to 1 inclusive so I could test my recursive function, but I'm stuck. My function doesn't want to "turn left"/j-- and possibly i--. Any ideas?
package firstSoup;

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class SoupMain {

static int width = 6;
static int height = 4;

static int[][] table;
static int moleculeCount = 0;

public static void main(String[] args) {

    Random random = new Random();

    table = new int[height][width];

    //Fill the table with random numbers between 0 and 1 inclusive
    for(int i = 0; i < height; i++){
        for(int j = 0; j < width; j++){
            table[i][j] = random.nextInt(2);
        }
    }

    //Check the the table for a possible value of 1 and turn the whole "molecule" to value of 0
    //Increment moleculeCount
    for(int i = 0; i < height; i++){
        for(int j = 0; j < width; j++){
            if(table[i][j] == 1){
                turnOff(i, j);
                moleculeCount++;
            }
        }
    }
}

//Recursive function for turning only the values of 1 that are connected ("molecule") to 0
public static void turnOff(int i, int j){
    if(table[i][j] == 1){
        table[i][j] = 0;

        if(j < width-1){
        turnOff(i, j++);
        }

        if(j > 0){
        turnOff(i, j--);
        }

        if(i < height-1){
        turnOff(i++, j);
        }

        if(i > 0){
        turnOff(i--, j);
        }

    }else{
        return;
    }
}
}

This is flow of the program for each first turnOff call:
Input:
100100
101110
110011
100011

1
000100
001110
000011
000011
2
000000
001000
000000
000000
3
000000
000000
000000
000000
Output = 3
When it should look like this:
Input:
100100
101110
110011
100011

1
000100
001110
000011
000011
2
000000
000000
000000
000000
Output = 2

A: Your problem is that you're using postfix operators to increment/decrement your index values when you make your recursive call.  In this case i+1 and i++ do very different things.
i++ and i-- don't just evaluate to 'one more than i' and 'one less than i', they also change the value of i going forward in the program.  Furthermore, they only evaluate to the incremented/decremented value after they have been used.
Let's take a look at what happens when your board looks like this:
000100
001110
000011
000011

Your main loop will call turnOff(0, 3), like so:
public static void turnOff(int i, int j) {
    // i=0, j=3
    if (table[i][j] == 1) {
        table[i][j] = 0;

        if (j < width - 1) {
            turnOff(i, j++);  // calls turnOff(0,3) and sets j=4
        }

        if (j > 0) {
            turnOff(i, j--); // calls turnOff(0,4) and sets j=3
        }

        //etc

This screws up your bounds checking and makes many out-of-order and redundant calls, which breaks your algorithm.  What you want to do is call the recursive method on each cell adjacent to the current one:
public static void turnOff(int i, int j) {
    // i=0, j=3
    if (table[i][j] == 1) {
        table[i][j] = 0;

        if (j < width - 1) {
            turnOff(i, j+1);  // calls turnOff(0,4)
        }

        if (j > 0) {
            turnOff(i, j-1);  // calls turnOff(0,2)
        }

        //etc

In the long run, I cannot stress enough how important it is to learn to use a debugger.  Your brain "sees" what you think you've written, not what you've actually written.  Until you set a watch on a variable and see it do something unexpected, it's often very difficult to identify where your program is going astray.

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set -e

srcroot=${srcroot:-$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))}

. "$srcroot/bootstrap-lib.sh"

chmod 755 /

adduser --home-dir /home/leela --shell /bin/sh leela
mkdir -p /home/leela
chown leela. /home/leela

(yumcommand="yum reinstall -y" rpm_install binutils)
rpm_install wget cmake git rpmdevtools pkgconfig

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