That the Parliament notes that the US Federal Drugs Administration (FDA) has asked Boston Scientific and Coloplast, which it understands are the two largest manufacturers of mesh currently used in pelvic organ prolapse in women, to remove it from the US market; believes that this comes after the companies failed to satisfy the FDA of the safety and efficacy of their products; considers that this move stands in contrast to the NICE guidelines in England, published only two weeks earlier, which placed a much lower threshold for the safety of women in the UK and recommended its use, and calls for this guideline not to be implemented in Scotland.
That the Parliament commends the generosity of 42 West Lothian schools that have collectively donated 9.93 tonnes of food to West Lothian Foodbank; understands that this is the equivalent of 23,600 meals, which will benefit local people experiencing crises, and welcomes the support for West Lothian Foodbank, which is run by The Trussell Trust and is committed to ensuring that people living in poverty have access to basic necessities.
That the Parliament welcomes the opening of 55 affordable homes in Winchburgh, which have been delivered by West Lothian Housing Partnership; understands that the development is part of a £1 billion regeneration project in Winchburgh, which will see the village transformed into a town over the following 15 years; congratulates both West Lothian Council and West Lothian Housing Partnership on working collaboratively to create affordable homes and a sustainable community, and wishes everyone the best of luck in their new homes.
That the Parliament welcomes the opening of the refurbished West Lothian Alzheimer's Resource Centre in Livingston; understands that the centre, which is run by Alzheimer Scotland, offers support for people living with, and affected by, dementia; notes that this includes providing a sociable environment, and wishes Alzheimer Scotland staff and the centre's volunteers and service users, the very best with the hub.
That the Parliament understands with deep concern that patients in NHS Lothian are waiting longer for drug and alcohol treatment than in any other Scottish NHS board; further understands that, in the quarter ending 31 December 2018, only 73.2% of people referred to the West Lothian Alcohol and Drug Partnership were seen within three weeks; recognises that the Scottish average is 93.9%; considers that long delays for drug and alcohol treatment can be viewed within a context of significant delays across various specialities in NHS Lothian; believes that, with Scotland having the highest level of drug deaths in Europe, treatment delays will have a detrimental impact on public health, and calls on the Scottish Government to fund drug and alcohol treatment and to ensure that what it considers the national drugs crisis is met with a national response.
That the Parliament notes that an additional £4,000 was given to prison officers as a consequence of their continuing engagement in a change process; welcomes that the PCS union was successful in securing the same payment for more than 700 of its members; is concerned that, while it believes that this settlement demonstrates clearly the power of trade unions in fighting for equality in every workplace in Scotland, there are still workers in lower grades who have not yet, in its view, seen justice done and have still not received an uplift in their pay to reflect this change; believes that it is not morally correct for a government agency to treat its staff in what it considers this divisive manner, and believes that, in the interest of fairness, this payment should be applied to all band B staff at the earliest opportunity.
That the Parliament commends pupils, staff and the wider school community at Whitburn Academy for their recent concert to raise awareness of mental health issues; understands that the event saw pupils and staff addressing topics such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance misuse, domestic violence, suicide, stress and other factors that affect mental health through song, poetry and personal testimony; believes that this was an innovative and very effective way to open up discussions about the health and wellbeing of pupils; wishes the school every success with its Be Herd project and its new mental health hub, and hopes that other schools will follow the lead of Whitburn Academy in addressing the mental wellbeing of all pupils.
That the Parliament congratulates West Lothian College on the launch of its STEM Olympics, which will run over the next four years and will aim to enable every primary school in the area to participate in heats that will be hosted by the secondary schools that they feed into, with the top teams from each heat taking part in an annual final hosted by the college; notes that 76 pupils in 19 teams from the schools that feed into Linlithgow, Armadale and St Kentigern's academies competed in the 2019 regional heats on 1 April, taking part in a variety of challenges, including light and colour in photography, a Lego robot challenge, battery building and river crossing; acknowledges that the competition has been made possible thanks to a generous donation from the family of the late Sir Tam Dalyell, to commemorate his lifelong passion for science, and commends the college's staff and students, the area's teachers and employees from companies, including Sky, Entrotec and Express Micro Science, for supporting the initiative.
That the Parliament welcomes the establishment of West Lothian Council's new anti-poverty task force; recognises that the central aim of the task force is to deliver on the objectives set out in the council's Better Off: Anti-Poverty Strategy 2018-19 to 2022-23; understands that the task force comprises council officers, local elected members, community organisations and community planning partners; believes that the launch of the group is indicative of the council's determination to tackle poverty and inequality in the local area, and wishes the task force the best of luck in working to relieve the financial pressures felt by people across the county.
That the Parliament congratulates Janet MacKay, from West Lothian, who recently celebrated her 109th birthday; understands that Janet, who resides at Broxburn Care Home, spent her day celebrating with family and friends; understands that Janet is from a farming family that moved around a lot when she was younger and later she married her husband, Alistair, in 1935 while living in Dalmahoy; notes that Janet has three children and seven grandchildren, and wishes her the very best in her years ahead.


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Raymond Archer becomes the accused
Anane's counsel accuse Archer for working for Mrs Rawlings Lawyers for Road Transport Minister, Richard Anane say they have taped recordings to prove that the man who has accused the minister of corruption works for former first Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings.
The lawyers told a panel investigating the allegations that the tape shows that the minister's accuser, Raymond Archer who edits the Enquirer newspaper, used the security apparatus of the former first lady to gather evidence.
They say that the recording was secretly made by a gentleman known as Kwaku Appiah who met with Mr. Archer under the guise of an informer who had evidence on Mr. Anane's illegal transfer of monies to his American mistress.
Mr. Anane's lead lawyer, Jacob Acquah-Sampson, says he will make the tape recording available to the panel of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, which is investigating the allegations against the minister.
The lawyers say they will also make available a recording of a JOY FM news file programme in which Raymond admitted that he has no evidence of transfers of money to Ms. O'Brien.
Mr. Acquah-Sampson says Raymond Archer told Kweku Appiah when the two met at the Kotoka International Airport here in Accra in February last year, that the former first lady had put her security network in operation to obtain information about Minister Anane and her mistress, Ms O'Brien for him.
And this was recorded. The lawyer said Raymond was desperate for the information because he did not have any evidence to support his numerous publications about the Minister and the petition that he sent to parliament's appointments committee.
Archer denied any links with the former first lady and her security network.
He said he met Kweku Appiah who introduced himself as Joe Richie only because he claimed he had documents to prove that Dr. Anane was transferring monies through Bank of Ghana to Ms. O'Brien.
According to him, even today, he would gladly honour any invitation for more documents to prove that the Minister was indeed transferring monies in excess of his stated income to his mistress.
He denied ever mentioning the former first lady in his conversation with Mr. Appiah and challenged Dr. Anane's lawyers to play the tape.
The story linking the former first lady to Raymond was published in the Ghanaian Voice in February last year.
Raymond told the commission that even though he read the story, he did not exercise his constitutional right to a retraction or a rejoinder, insisting that it is perfectly within his rights to do so.
Answering questions under cross-examination, Raymond Archer who is also editor-in-chief of the Enquirer newspaper said there were rumours that Dr. Anane had bribed some Ghanaian journalists not to publish the story about his affair with Ms. O'Brien.
Lawyer Acquah-Sampson said Raymond's publications were unjustifiably critical of his client, Dr. Anane and were meant to prevent his appointment as a Minister.
He further described the publications as baseless, saying the representations were due to Raymond's inexperience as a journalist.
But Mr. Archer says Dr. Anane voluntarily puts up himself to serve the nation and therefore needs to be held accountable for his acts of commission and omission.
Meanwhile, the commission will today call its second key witness, the wife of the Minister, Mrs. Mercy Anane

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FDA's disdain for drug promotion, and its desire to ensnare more companies and thus chill more speech, are both apparent in a new program its marketing regulation division, DDMAC, announced on May 11 called the "Bad Ad Program." The program urges doctors and other care providers to discover "misleading prescription drug promotion" and report it to FDA. The agency will target doctors at medical conventions and work with medical societies to swell the ranks of informants.
The very existence of this program could do more to chill the open exchange of health information than any FDA regulation or warning letter. Some doctors who find sales rep visits to be unbearable or chafe at consumer advertising might see this, as one commentator put it, as "a chance to get even." Free and open exchange of information at conventions and other meetings may become a thing of the past if drug and device makers are constantly wondering which physician has FDA on speed dial. Whether FDA likes it or not, product makers have integral knowledge of their drugs, and when such information isn't shared with doctors, patients lose out.
I'm not sure I want my doctor hunting down bad ads. I want my doctor to spend that time moving to electronic medical records (he still uses hand written) or engaging me online (he doesn't), or taking my call (he does call me back). Does my doctor have time to hunt down bad ads? Frankly, on a cost/benefit ratio, for me the patient, I see the benefit as marginal, while anything taking up my doctor's time that isn't directly related to the quality of health care I get from him is of almost no benefit to me.


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Sikhism Through Its Scriptures
Damanpreet Singh
Harpreet Singh
Ravinder Singh
This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.
Exploration of a foundational Sikh text, the Japji, which was composed by Guru Nanak and is recited by Sikhs as part of their morning prayers
The place of Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture, in Sikh life
Interpretative skills to engage in a nuanced reading of Guru Granth Sahib
Gurmat Sangit, the Sikh musical tradition, as represented in the Sikh scripture and its cultural context
The aesthetics of Sikhi, including literature, art, and music
The political dimensions of Sikh scripture and its impact on the evolution of Sikhs as a Panth or community
Arts, Music, Singing
Sikhi, commonly known as Sikhism, is a monotheistic religious tradition that was founded by Guru Nanak in late fifteenth-century Panjab in South Asia. Today, Sikhi's approximately twenty-five to thirty million adherents can be found all over the globe, making it one of the six major religions of the world. Sikhi encompasses a number of religious, social, economic and political institutions, most of which were established and nurtured by Guru Nanak and his nine successors, known as Sikh Gurus.
For over five hundred years, Sikhs in the Panjab and all over the world have engaged with their scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, through the devotional practices of exegesis, singing, recitation, memorization and calligraphy.
This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized. It also examines the musical and aesthetic dimensions of the Sikh scripture, as well as ways in which the voluminous text has provided Sikhs with a social, ethical, spiritual and political message to help them respond to and shape the world around them.


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Omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent or reverse the detrimental effects of eating a high-fat diet, according to new rodent research.
When taken preventatively, omega-3s may help reverse the negative effects of a high fat diet, according to a new rodent study.
Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil gave mice a daily dose of fish oil four weeks prior to feeding them a high-fat diet. They fed the rodents both the omegas and the fatty diet for a month. Then they analyzed their body fat samples and compared them to mice on a high-fat diet that had not received fish oil. They looked at factors that affect insulin resistance, metabolism and fat deposits—all factors that can be caused by a fatty diet. The risks were reduced among the mice who received the daily omega-3s, according to the study results, which were published in the Journal of Physiology.
"Our research suggests that fish oil supplements may be used in addition to other strategies as a preventative measure for insulin resistance and obesity," Maria Isabel Alonso-Vale, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Federal University of São Paulo and lead investigator of the study, said in a statement. She said that more research needs to be conducted to determine whether the effects translate to people.
This is not the first study to suggest that omegas can help offset the damaged from an unhealthy Western diet. Data from more than 180 research papers suggests fish oils could minimize the effects that junk food can have on the brain, a recent review by researchers at the University of Liverpool has shown.


Introduction: Long-term domiciliary oxygen therapy (LTOT) is part to of pulmonary care system. Uniform qualification criteria and methods of follow-up for patients undergoing LTOT have been adopted. There are 63 LTOT centres located in Poland run by specialists in pulmonology. On the occasion of 20 years of LTOT in Poland, an analysis of its development, number of patients treated, diagnoses, survival and equipment was performed.
Material and methods: Data were taken from structurized LTOT centres reports.
Results and conclusions: A history of LTOT may be divided into 3 periods, steady grow in the years 1986-1991, stagnation between 1992-2000 and rapid grow in the last 3 years. On 01.01.2006 there was 2601 patients receiving LTOT therapy. The most common diagnosis was COPD (85%) followed by kyphoscolisis (5%), TB sequels (4.6%), IPF (3.6%) and other rare diseases. Treatment is reimbursed by the National Health System. Oxygen is administered via an oxygen concentrator. Due to insufficient resources from the NHS the needs for LTOT treatment are not fulfilled. There are 8.4 patients treated with LTOT per 100 000 people, with large regional differences ranging from 3.7 to 14.9/100 000. The most frequent cause of death in patients receiving LTOT treatment was exacerbation of respiratory failure (71.3%), followed by sudden death (5.1%), myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolism (4.4%), lung cancer (4%) and other or not known causes (15.2%). Survival in patients receiving LTOT treatment from the years 1986–1995 was rather short: 54.6% survived less than 3 years, 3-4 years survived 13.3%, 4-5 years 11.3% and more than 5 years survived 19.7% of treated patients.


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Q: Regarding a Date Picker in php/javascript I have a javascript jquery date picker which, at the minute only allows you to select days based on days in a database, as well as only allowing you to select the current day (if it isnt in the database as a holiday). Weekends are also disabled.
What i'm trying to do now is only allow the user to select a day from database +1 on date picker.
I've obviously pulled out the latest date entered into my database and plus'd one to it, so this is the date i only want to be available to select... But what if the next day is a disabled day from the other Holiday dates? which way can i get around this and actually only displaying one? AND having a condition on my holiday dates?
My javascript jquery date picker atm:
 <script type="text/javascript">

     //  Holiday Dates
    var unavailableDates =
[<?php

while($date = mysqli_fetch_assoc($execute)) {

        //  Populating javascript array with the dates from database
        echo '"' . $date = date('Y-n-j', strtotime($date['holiday_date'])) . '"';

        //  Adding a comma in array
    if ( $i < $number) {
                    echo ',';
    }
    $i ++;
}
    ?>
    ];

//  Entered Dates
var unavailableEnteredDates =
[<?php

while($dateEntered = mysqli_fetch_assoc($executeQuery)) {
    //  Populating javascript array with the dates from database
    echo '"' . $dateEntered = date('Y-n-j', strtotime($dateEntered['totalsDate'])) . '"';

    //  Adding a comma in array
    if ( $y < $number2) {
        echo ',';
    }
    $y ++;
}
?>
];

//  Concatenented array of 2 above
var allUnavailableDates = unavailableDates.concat(unavailableEnteredDates);

    //  Sets the no weekends and specified holiday dates
   function noWeekendsOrHolidays(date) {
    var noWeekend = jQuery.datepicker.noWeekends(date);
    return noWeekend[0] ? holidays(date) : noWeekend;
}

//  Gets the holidays
function holidays(date) {
    dmy = date.getFullYear() + "-" + (date.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + date.getDate();
    if ($.inArray(dmy, allUnavailableDates) == -1) {
        return [true, ""];
    } else {
        return [false, "", "Holiday Date"];
    }

}

//  Setting up the Date Picker
$(function() {
    $("#datepickerUser").datepicker({
        dateFormat: 'yy-m-d',
        beforeShowDay: noWeekendsOrHolidays,
        maxDate: "+0d"
    });
    $(function() { ("#testButton").datepicker("show") });

});

My solution i came up with:
          //    Adding one to the day so we can display this
      $latestPlusOne = date('Y-n-j', strtotime( "$latestDate + 1 day" ));
      $availableTakingDate;

        //  This for loop will loop through the size of the array
        //  Each time it finds the date inside the array it will plus 1 to the date
        //  Otherwise, break out of the loop and the new date var will be an available one
for ($i = 0; $i <= count($dateArray); $i++) {
    if (in_array($latestPlusOne, $dateArray)) {

        $latestPlusOne = date('Y-n-j', strtotime( "$latestPlusOne + 1 day" ));
    } else {
        $availableTakingDate = $latestPlusOne;
        break;
    }
}
?>

<script type="text/javascript">

    //  Date :: wanted available
    var availableDate = <?php echo json_encode($availableTakingDate); ?>;

function displayDate(date) {
    dmy = date.getFullYear() + "-" + (date.getMonth() +1) + "-" + date.getDate();

    if (dmy == availableDate) {
        return [true, ""];

    } else {
        return [false, ""];
    }
}

//  Setting up the Date Picker
$(function() {
    $("#datepickerUser").datepicker({
        dateFormat: 'yy-m-d',
        beforeShowDay: displayDate,
        maxDate: "+0d"
    });
    $(function() { ("#testButton").datepicker("show") });

});

A: There is no way datepicker would ever know holidays in your country. You need to implement your own programming logic - define holidays in your country though the year and calculate next day. While next day is found on holiday list, expand dateTo +1 day.

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Could Trump Be An Avalanche Into Fascism?
Levi Olson
If Donald Trump gets the Republican nomination, what does it mean for America? In history we see through the objective lens of time that nativistic, nationalistic movements never work out well, yet here we are again.
Our democracy's defender—the media, which ideally serves as a fourth branch of government with its own political checks and balances—has been corporatized and can no longer resist the overdose of advertising dollars that salivates with Trump saturation. A soulless black hole of socio-economic anger is pulling America toward a wannabe dictator so increasingly narcissistic that it shouldn't be long before we revise his psychological condition to sociopathy.
Clues toward sociopathy include having a lack of empathy or a sense of moral responsibility, having few inhibitions regarding bold or callous behavior, and the absence of a social conscience. All of these describe Trump, whose xenophobia is trending toward Biblical, ends-justify-the-means ruthlessness.
It is a postured bravado, though, as Trump's impulsive rush toward the Republican presidential nomination may be a case of thin skin in which he decided he would get the last laugh regarding his widely mocked involvement with the anti-Obama Birther movement. It is important to remember that Trump has no experience as a public servant. He has no democratic vision, he is simply reproducing a Kardashian-Effect on our political culture with his unhealthy vanity: we cannot stop staring at him.
For the GOP's political brand, though, Donald Trump is a force of political self-destruction because the presidency has real responsibilities with sobering consequences, and a Trump Administration would likely follow the example of Warren G. Harding's 1920s administration: an unprepared surprise presidency governing uninterestedly in the affairs of the poor and marginalized who actually depend on functional government for equal opportunity in life. Is there any reason to believe Trump would not govern with a culture of business cronyism and fraud when part of his campaign rationale is that he has effectively gamed the government already throughout his business career?
To divide and conquer the GOP's philosophically empty ideology of greed worship and hyper-masculine self-consciousness, Trump has scapegoated his way to the top of Republican polling with rich kid bullying. Trump is the preppy kid with a scared loser-complex we all knew in high school would never mature out of it. He is an adult man so self-obsessed that he jokes about having sex with his own progeny. That's not healthy.
As the ultimate egoist in American politics, though, it is not surprising that Trump's strong-man schtick is entirely phony: his business success is something he did not build. He inherited his last name, his business, and his money from his father, and he is unceasingly proud that his independent business ventures took off after receiving just a measly million dollar loan. Trump has no rags-to-riches story, and he is a textbook example of a spoiled trust fund baby.
Unfortunately, his media onslaught is a captivating shadow on conservatism's platonic echo chamber walls. Trump's neofascist mutiny has come at the climax of our Pavlovian Nobama Era's last year, just as the GOP has sworn to stonewall President Obama's Constitutional duty to nominate a new judge to the Supreme Court.
Reality is a separate universe for the conservative half of our political duality, and Donald Trump inspires a radical right that is culturally afraid of the Democratic Party's rush for equality, but economically betrayed by the Republican Party's neoliberal corporatism. Nostalgic for the racially white, religiously Christian, patriarchal America of mid-last-century's mass media, Trump's followers could be labeled as fundamentalist exceptionalists. And, as fundamentalists, they have adopted Trump as their authoritarian and are beginning to flirt with justification for violence. Trump has responded by spinning the prospect of violence as legitimate democratic process.
But identifying all this does little to suggest how Donald Trump's blitzkrieg political career will play out. Will the violence at his rallies boil over and result in actual murder? Will he be edged out of the nomination by a Republican Party looking to salvage its soiled legacy? Will he drop out of the presidential race with a rare drop of humility? Will he take advantage of his marginalized supporters' gun and establishment paranoia and lead a paramilitary coup into legitimate fascism?
It is impossible to guess, however fascist movements tend to advance like avalanches so it would be unwise to give Trump the benefit of the doubt that he will not rile up a forced seizure of our democratic government. He is a narcissist with sociopathic tendencies, and he has sympathy for any rioters he may inspire. I hope this nativistic, nationalistic movement does not follow the pattern of others before it.
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Senior political columnist here at Contemptor, and a political scientist proving that American conservatism is a sham. Follow me on Tumblr at http://leviolson.tumblr.com/ or on Facebook & Twitter @theleviolson.


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World Cup: El Hadji Diouf dismisses England's chances of beating Senegal in a penalty shootout
'If we get to penalties, we're going to win it EASY': El Hadji Diouf dismisses England's chances of beating Senegal if the game goes to a shootout… as he fancies their chances with African Cup of Nations hero Edouard Mendy in goal
England play Senegal in the last-16 of the World Cup on Sunday evening at 7pm
El Hadji Diouf fancies Senegal's chances if the game goes to a penalty shootout
Edouard Mendy was the hero in two penalty shootouts for Senegal this year
Diouf says it would be an 'easy' win for Senegal if the game goes to penalties
By Matt Barlow for MailOnline
El Hadji Diouf has dismissed England's chances of winning a penalty shootout against Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
'If we get to penalties, we're going to win it, easy,' said Diouf, the former Liverpool forward who now works as an advisor to the president of the Senegalese FA and a mentor to young players in the squad.
'I know the goalkeeper we've got and I know we can stop some of their penalties.'
Former Senegal and Liverpool forward El Hadji Diouf has shut down England's chances of beating the African nation in their last-16 clash if it goes to a penalty shootout on Sunday
Diouf says Senegal would have an 'easy' victory over England if it goes to penalties
Chelsea 'keeper Mendy was the hero of their penalty shootout victories in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations against Egypt in February and the World Cup play-off against the same opposition, one month later.
'We are always going to win on penalties,' grinned 41-year-old Diouf, who was a star of the Senegal side that shocked the world by beating holders France 1-0 and reaching the last eight of the World Cup in 2002.
Aliou Cisse, the captain of that team is now the manager, Tony Sylva, the goalkeeper is now the goalkeeping coach and Diouf is around the camp. And the parallels are clear.
Diouf fancies Senegal's chances because they have Chelsea's Edouard Mendy in goal
'It reminds me of when we played against France,' said Diouf. 'They thought they'd won the game before they played it. If England do the same thing on Sunday, this is good for us.
'It is a wonderful draw, who would not want to play in this game? It is about big games, big players, they have to show how good they are. We are not the favourite but we are going to do everything to beat them and the players can do it.
'England have a good team as well, good players. It is different to my time in English football because they have all copied Pep Guardiola and Manchester City. The play the same way, they want to have the ball and score lots of goals and play tiki-taka football, and the players can do it.
Mendy was the hero for Senegal in shootout victories over Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final as well as the World Cup play-off to make it to Qatar
'They have a very good team spirit as well. It's not like the Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard time, when the two of them didn't like each other. It's about team spirit and Gareth Southgate did a great job.'
Diouf joined Liverpool from Lens after his World Cup heroics and went on to a long career in the UK, playing for Bolton, Sunderland, Blackburn, Leeds, Rangers and Doncaster before leaving for Malaysia in 2014. And he has invited former managers Sam Allardyce and Neil Warnock to the game on Sunday.
'Everyone knows they are part of my family,' said Diouf. 'The two great managers I know from England. I love them. I would like to invite them to the game but I was talking to them last night and Sam can't come because he's going to Phuket with his wife. Neil is going to try.'


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Исајас Афеверки (-{ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ}-, рођен 2. фебруара 1946) је еритрејски политичар, председник и диктатор Еритреје од 1993. године. Дуги низ година био је вођа Еритрејског народноослободилачког фронта, који се борио за независност Еритреје од Етиопије. Своју политичку опозицију је ухапсио и они се тренутно налазе у Еритрејевим логорима. Осмог јуна 2016. године УН је донео закључак да влада Еритреје врши злочин против човечности.

Биографија
Рођен је 2. фебруара 1946. године у Асмари. Године 1966, придружио се борцима Еритрејског ослободилачког фронта (ЕОФ), а наредне године послан је у Кину на напредне војне обуке. Четири године касније, био је именован је за команданта у војсци ЕОФ-а.

Међутим, због идеолошких и стратешких разлика, он и мала група бораца одвојили су се од ЕОФ-а и основали герилску групу названу Еритрејски народноослободилачки фронт (ЕНОФ). Пошто им је опстанак био угрожен постојањем ЕОФ-а, ЕНОФ се удружио са двема групама које су се ранијуе биле отцепиле од ЕОФ-а, ПЛФ на челу са Османом Салехом Сабеом и Обел.

Године 1976, ЕНОФ се одвојио од Сабеове групе која је потписала споразум са ЕОФ-ом (Картумски споразум). Исајас Афеверки био је вођа ЕНОФ-а током дуге борбе која је завршила проглашењем независности после 30 година оружане борбе, 1991. године.

У априлу 1993. године, одржан је референдум о независности под надзором Уједињених нација и наредног месеца Еритреја је прогласила независност. ЕНОФ је преименован у Народни фронт за демократију и правду фебруара 1994. године, као део припрема да се организује као политичка партија у Еритреји. Након што је независност Еритреје де факто постигнута 1991. године и де јуре 1993. године након референдума, Афеверки је постао први председник државе. Током првих година његове владавине, све су институције власти биле оформљене и стављене у функцију.

Међутим, због чињенице да се Еритреја налазила у ратним условима као последица нерешених граничних сукоба са Етиопијом од 1998. године, скица еритрејског устава и његова примена стављене су на чекање на неодређено време. Рат са Етиопијом завршио је потписивањем мировног споразума у Алжиру 12. децембра 2000. године.

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Рођени 1946.
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I am not exaggerating or tooting my own horn when I say that my brownies are famous. It has so far been my signature dish. Among those who have tasted it, they have been ranked up and above all brownies that they have tasted so far – be it the countless brownie homebakers, exorbitantly priced commercial bakers and etc in the island today. Well, it is no surprise because you know, when you cook for yourself and your loved ones, you are more generous with the ingredients and that extra amount of love which inevitably goes into it helps too.
Its only recently that I realized that I have not posted the brownie recipe here. Well the truth is I've gotten tired of making it. Its popularity had resulted in me having to turn out batch after batch of these goodies and there was no real challenge in it for me anymore. So I decided to try something new this time. I shall post the recipe for my signature brownie some other time.
Melt the butter, 200g sugar, 150g of dark chocolate and milk in a pan. Once everything is melted and combined, add to this the cocoa powder. Stir well. Remove from heat and leave to cool once everything is well combined.
Beat the eggs in a separate bowl until light and fluffy. Add the sugar. Beat well until combined.
Roughly chop the dark chocolate and the white chocolate separately. Keep aside.
Combine the egg mixture and the chocolate mixture once cooled. Beat well until well combined.
Add to this the flour, a little at a time making sure it all combines well. Give it a good mix.
Fold into this the roughly chopped up chocolate.
Pour the mixture into well lined baking trays. Bake till a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out gooey yet with the potential to set once cooled.
How can I describe this…. It is very moist, with pure chocolate oozing out the middle, with a delicious caramelized crust on the outside. The combination of dark and white chocolate is brilliant (if I may say so myself), with the dark chocolate giving it a bitter edge while the white chocolate gives it a sublime and tender creaminess. It's gooey, it's oh-so-rich, so rich that you are convinced that it's bad. It would basically have your chocolate cravings silenced for quite a while but you'l soon be craving for these before long. Because it is so effing good!
Why pay exorbitant amounts for dry, insipid brownies when you can make your own? Try it. Its so very easy.
Use good quality chocolate for a good quality brownie. The secret is just that.
Be careful with the sugar. The sugar amount indicated in the recipe is for chocolate that is not very sweet. So if you are using sweet chocolates, use less sugar. If you are using bitter chocolates, use more sugar.
It is easy to underbake or overbake this. Always bake in moderate heat. And take it out when the top of the cake is completely baked and dry, and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out gooey yet when left out for about 5 mins, solidifies.
Line your baking trays well with oil paper. Use double layers if you have to. Even if your baking pans are nonstick, for heaven's sake, line em! This is a sticky devil and chances are, it will stick on for dear life when it comes out of the oven.
When turning the cake out, wait for it to cool a little and turn. The advisable time is between 1 hr and 45 minutes.
You make me wanna gobble all that down without even breathing! Do we have ourselves yet another Nigella? Sure seems like it!


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Fracking Contaminating New Yorkers' Water?
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The drilling industry maintains that fracking is harmless to water supply, but scientific studies, including an old one by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), show otherwise. Fracking is the procedure whereby water, sand, and/or toxic chemicals are imbued to the ground to break up rocks and release natural gas. For years, settlements between landowners and energy companies have been sealed, making it impossible for the public to analyze documents which may show many more instances of water contamination by fracking than already discerned.
The EPA study revolves around contamination discovered in 1984 in West Virginia, on the property of Mr. James Parsons. The Kaiser Exploration and Mining Company used hydraulic fracturing fluids or gels that were ultimately found in Mr. Parson's water well, along with natural gas. The water was rendered unusable. Though the American Petroleum Institute conceded this was a case of water contamination due to fracking, a spokesman averred that the important factor in that case was that the driller and regulator did not know about the nearby aquifer. Other scientific studies have found that patterns of fracking contamination can aggregate so severely that a faucet can be lit on fire, or a home or water well may blow up after gas seeps into the basement or water supply. The drilling industry and some state regulators described these other adverse fracking incidents as anecdotal, unconnected to drilling activity, or an isolated problem.
The oil and gas industry claims fracking is safe because the process occurs thousands of feet below drinking water aquifers. The Chief Executive of ExxonMobil has gone so far as to say at a Congressional hearing: "There have been over a million wells hydraulically fractured in the history of the industry, and there is not one, not one, reported case of a freshwater aquifer having ever been contaminated from hydraulic fracturing. Not one". Clearly this is contrary to the EPA finding, which was published in 1987, as well as other documented instances in New York, Colorado, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Now, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is battling federal agencies over their proposed regulations, which could affect drinking water of 9 million New Yorkers, as they will allow fracking at over 15,000 gas wells without a full environmental review. "Schneiderman's suit seeks to halt the regulations until the commission complies with the National Environmental Policy Act's requirement for a full review of all health and safety risks". The lawsuit has the potential to shut down gas development for years in a region that covers one of the largest natural gas formations in the world. The case, New York v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 11- cv-2599, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn), will be consolidated with another case brought by Delaware Riverkeeper Network. It is anticipated that other interest groups, such as Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, will file similar suits.
Members of the American Petroleum Institute, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and U.S. Oil & Gas Association, including pipeline operators, natural gas producers, and other businesses, could be economically affected. On the other hand, copious events show water contamination complaints subsequent to the execution of fracking in the vicinity. As a further exemplar, upwards of 2,000 natural gas wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania, resulting in "hundreds of violations of water pollution laws," according to Schneiderman's complaint, which also cites an April 19 Chesapeake Energy Corporation natural gas well blowout.
U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis held the New York case to be "regulatory", "statutory" and "constitutional", and thus, found that the U.S. can move to dismiss it. The U.S. court papers showed it plans to seek dismissal of the case on the grounds that the state can not prove injury and does not have the right to sue federal agencies. Trade groups have standing to file briefs on the U.S. motion to dismiss while they seek more formal status to intervene.
Another proposal, by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, is for the inception of a fund comprised of fees paid by drillers to clean up environmental damage from natural gas drilling using high volume fracking. It would also require natural gas production players in New York to post a bond to cover potential contamination liability.
The New York Times, A Tainted Water Well, and Concern There May be More, Ian Urbina, 08.03.2011.
Bloomberg Businessweek, U.S. Can Try to End New York Fracking Lawsuit, Judge Rules, Tiffany Kary, 08.10.2011.
The Wall Street Journal, DiNapoli Proposes 'Fracking' Fund, 08.10.2011.
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Published: 08 August 2011 | Written by Keith Johnson | Print	| Email
Obama wants your guns, and he's determined to get his hands on them no matter what kind of dirty tricks he has to pull. If that means deploying fake al Qaeda actors to read from a script and perform in a slick, choreographed, Hollywood-esque anti-gun commercial—so be it.
The latest propaganda couldn't be more obvious. In a video that surfaced on June 4 entitled Do Not Rely on Others: Take the Task Upon Yourself, American-born Jew turned Islamo bogeyman Adam Gadahn (aka Adam Pearlman) calls on Muslims living in the U.S. to stockpile weapons for lone wolf-style attacks on American and Zionist targets.
Sporting a disheveled beard and dressed in stereotypical Arab garb, Gadahn looks like something straight out of central casting. At one point during this nearly two-hour presentation, the scene cuts from Gadahn to professional footage of an unidentified American gun show. His narration continues in voiceover as he says, "America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. You can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check, and most likely without having to show an identification card."
If Gadahn is supposed to be the savvy leader of radical Islam, as the mainstream media would have us believe, he's certainly dropped the ball on this one. So-called violent jihadists who take his lead will be disappointed to learn that U.S. gun laws strictly prohibit the sale of fully automatic assault rifles without a class 3 federal firearms license. But then again, Gadahn has no real followers, and his intended audience is not U.S.
Muslims. Instead, Gadahn's words are intended to stoke the fears of gullible Americans who fear Muslims, guns or both.
This most recent video comes just days after the U.S. Department of Justice held the first in a series of meetings to explore new ways for the Obama administration to bypass congressional oversight and enact severely restrictive gun control regulation by executive order.
Last April, The Washington Post reported on a meeting between White House press secretary Jim Carney and anti-gun activists Jim and Sarah Brady. During that meeting, Obama allegedly dropped in and told Mrs. Brady that the issue of gun control was very much on his agenda.
"I want you to know that we are working on it," Brady recalled the president telling them. "We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar."
Gadahn was born Adam Pearlman. His father, Phil, was a fairly well known musician who was heavily involved in the psychedelic music scene during the 1960s, but the family name was changed from Pearlman to Gadahn by his father in reference to Gideon, the biblical guerrilla warrior who defeated Israel's enemies.
In 1995, Adam moved in with his grandparents in Santa Ana, Calif. His grandfather was Dr. Carl Pearlman, a prominent urologist and a former board member of the Anti Defamation League (ADL) whom colleagues have described as a secular Jew and a strong supporter of Israel. It was here that Adam is said to have become interested in Islam after supposedly discovering it on the Internet. He converted to Sunni Islam at the age of 17 and is described as a "homegrown" terrorist, meaning that he is willing to harm his own country in defense of his ideology.
Adam is said to have made a pilgrimage to Pakistan shortly after his conversion. If true, Gadahn managed to align himself with the mythical CIA creation known as al Qaeda, and in an extraordinarily short period of time rose through the ranks to become the group's senior operative, cultural interpreter, spokesman, media advisor and one of Osama bin Laden's most trusted right-hand men.
Since 2004, Gadahn has appeared in more than a dozen videos spewing the most vicious, provocative and fiery rhetoric against Western leaders and those he describes as "Zio-crusaders." In 2006, Gadahn was indicted on charges of treason and material support to a terrorist organization. He is currently on the FBI's most wanted list.
Gadahn joins a long list of contemporary and historic Jewish operatives who have assumed the identity of Muslims in order to carry out covert operations that were later blamed on Islam. The most notorious example is the 1954 false flag event known as the Lavon Affair, wherein Israeli operatives planted several bombs in buildings throughout Egypt, including one at a U.S. diplomatic facility, leaving behind evidence that implicated Muslims as the perpetrators.
Yousef al-Khattab is a more recent example. His website RevolutionMuslim.com—which lampooned the killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq and mocked the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl—was originally believed to have been maintained from a safe house in Pakistan. It was later revealed that al-Khattab was actually the American Jew Joseph Cohen, who ran the website from his home in the New York City borough of Queens...
Keith Johnson is an independent journalist and the editor of "Revolt of the Plebs," an alternative news website that can be found at RevoltofthePlebs.com.
#1 s Saboor 2011-08-13 03:19
A word to the wise. Take heed of this article. There are many other names to add to this list of Judas Goats. Don't believe everybody at face value. Delve deeper into their train and thought before appointing them imams, scholars of Islam, and your leaders.


Hey guys, this is my first attempt at an Adventure Map and I hope you can have as much fun playing it as I have making it.
The map focuses around you being invited to a mysterious house that you have always understood as abandoned, but you are going to find out that you were very wrong.
The map has fighting, puzzles, a nice explorable map, a fairly interesting story/narrative and even a brief encounter with undead pirates!.
There are not many rules really just the usual stuff, no breaking blocks, with the exception of obsidian for this map. No using keys (Levers) for the wrong things (fairly self explanatory once you get in and play).
But I would love to hear all feedback you can offer, good and bad. And hopefully if it takes well I can work on another map to entertain you folks.
All I used to create the map was Minecraft creative mode, MCEdit and NBT Explorer.
Before you load up the map change your difficulty settings so that it is not on peaceful, otherwise there is a problem with loading the name tagged mobs I have in the map.
Quick tip for the starting spawn, if you spawn at the start outside of the map entrance (you will know if you are in it or not), then just do /kill and you will spawn in the right place.
0 ??? Any jump scares?
+2 NixVal My friend and I played this together and it was really fun. You did very well for this being your first map. A lot of map makers want to go big, but I loved that it was small and yet very detailed and well done.
I thoroughly enjoyed this map!! If you make anymore maps I would love to try them out.
+1 GrumbleTheBear One of the best maps I've played in a while.
I've done a let's play on this map since it's Halloween time.
+2 ALittleBitOfMatter I made a video on this map with my brother it was awesome! Thank you sooo much!
+3 undeNait I have to say that this was the first Adventure Map I've played an im impressed. It was a lot of fun and it is very atmospherical. I recorded it and will upload it to youtube soon. Thumbs up!
It wasn't terribly hard, but it wasn't so easy that we could blaze through it.
We have tried a few others and I have to say, this is listed among the favorites.
(*)(*)(*)(*)( ) FOUR STARS!! For ingenuity, design and LOTS of story!!
but besides that it was really fun and i did enjoy the experience!
+3 Cozu_Man2 This honestly sounds like 5 days a stranger..... I LOVE IT!!!!
0 jeeshwa123 I had a lot of fun!
There were way too many items that made the game way too easy, and you could use the hay to cheat by blocking monster's paths, but I had fun anyways. You built a good atmosphere and the world felt alive, even as small as the map was.
My only major complaint is that the final boss doesn't stand a chance if you find the diamond bow. No challenge whatsoever. Otherwise, very fun, and lighting the map on fire was satisfying!
+2 Toby This was a moderate map but there just wasn't enough information reguarding the "Final" Boss room and the ladder is imposible to climb so i used a hay bale to reach it other than that the rest was good the zombie horses were a nice touch but building could do with a little more creative flare.
I loved the flavor text for the different areas and the traps! I couldn't figure out the workshop puzzle. I think the ship's lower entrance could use more light or something, since I actually went around it and missed it the first time.
The little treasures all over the place were really nice, and I loved the specialized equipment, and all the challenges were really creative.
The plot was silly but entertaining, The level design was kinda sparse in the mansion, but really clear what everything was supposed to be all over.
The end battles were great, and the credits were a lovely touch!
This is the second adventure map I've tried, and the first one completed! I had a lot of fun, thank you for making this!
+2 4oz scoop Nice map. Had a issue with the keys(only found 2 of 3) other than that had a bunch of fun. keep them coming!
When I got to the workshop, half of it was burned down by the lava. Maybe if you made it out of something not so flammable? I couldn't do the puzzle, in that case.
I'd suggest some improvements on syntax and sentence arrangement in your messages, but that's just my writer's nag.
It was impossible to get to the finish without using the hay bales to get up the ladder and to hit the escape switch.
Other than that, it was a great map! Took me about 30 minutes total to finish. Good story, cool ending room, great boss battle - not too hard, but not too easy either.
+7 MeyJaX Great map bro! Me and my friends greatly enjoyed it and did an LP on it. Didn't have any real big issues with other than maybe the zombies overpowering us early in the game.


The so-called AWS Free Tier also gives you free access to 18 different AWS products. This way you get a fuller experience, and can see which additional products make sense for your environment.
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The Free Tier comes with Amazon EC2 with up to 750 hours each month of RHEl, SLESt2, or Linux Microsoft instances, and another 750 hours of Windows t2micro instance use.
On the storage side, you get 5 GB of standard Amazon S3 storage.
The recently announced AWS Lambda is also available. This tool can execute code when certain events occur, and can scale the cloud resources to accommodate the additional load.
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Amazon CloudFront, a way of sending content to users with minimal latency.
Amazon RDS, a database service.
Beyond the 18 Amazon products, Free Tier users can also try out over 700 third party tools from the AWS Marketplace. "If you qualify for the AWS Free Tier, you can use these products on an Amazon EC2 t2.micro instance for up to 750 hours per month and pay no additional charges for the Amazon EC2 instance (during the 12 months)," Amazon said. Some of these third party tools have fees attached.
There are certain restrictions. "These free tier offers are only available to new AWS customers, and are available for 12 months following your AWS sign-up date. When your 12 month free usage term expires or if your application use exceeds the tiers, you simply pay standard, pay-as-you-go service," Amazon said.


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Q: Bad floating point accuracy with numpy I have a solution for a mathematical problem that looks like this (sorry for the formatting, that's what PyCharm is doing):
sigma = (wf_s[0] * u ** 4 + wf_s[1] * u ** 3 * v + wf_s[2] * u ** 3 + wf_s[3] * u ** 2 * v ** 2 + wf_s[
                4] * u ** 2 * v + wf_s[5] * u ** 2 + wf_s[6] * u * v ** 3 + wf_s[7] * u * v ** 2 + wf_s[8] * u * v + wf_s[
                         9] * u + wf_s[10] * v ** 4 + wf_s[11] * v ** 3 + wf_s[12] * v ** 2 + wf_s[13] * v + wf_s[14]) / (
                                wf_s[15] * u ** 4 + wf_s[16] * u ** 3 * v + wf_s[17] * u ** 3 + wf_s[18] * u ** 2 * v ** 2 +
                                wf_s[19] * u ** 2 * v + wf_s[20] * u ** 2 + wf_s[21] * u * v ** 3 + wf_s[22] * u * v ** 2 +
                                wf_s[23] * u * v + wf_s[24] * u + wf_s[25] * v ** 4 + wf_s[26] * v ** 3 + wf_s[
                                    27] * v ** 2 + wf_s[28] * v + wf_s[29])

sigma = sqrt(sigma)

x1 = (wf_x1[0] * u ** 2 * sigma + wf_x1[1] * u ** 2 + wf_x1[2] * u * v * sigma + wf_x1[3] * u * v + wf_x1[
                4] * u * sigma + wf_x1[5] * u + wf_x1[6] * v ** 2 * sigma + wf_x1[7] * v ** 2 + wf_x1[8] * v * sigma +
                  wf_x1[9] * v + wf_x1[10] * sigma + wf_x1[11]) / (
                             wf_x1[12] * u ** 2 + wf_x1[13] * u * v + wf_x1[14] * u + wf_x1[15] * v ** 2 + wf_x1[16] * v +
                             wf_x1[17])

x2 = (wf_x2[0] * u ** 2 * sigma + wf_x2[1] * u ** 2 + wf_x2[2] * u * v * sigma + wf_x2[3] * u * v + wf_x2[
                4] * u * sigma + wf_x2[5] * u + wf_x2[6] * v ** 2 * sigma + wf_x2[7] * v ** 2 + wf_x2[8] * v * sigma +
                  wf_x2[9] * v + wf_x2[10] * sigma + wf_x2[11]) / (
                             wf_x2[12] * u ** 2 + wf_x2[13] * u * v + wf_x2[14] * u + wf_x2[15] * v ** 2 + wf_x2[16] * v +
                             wf_x2[17])

y1 = (wf_y1[0] * u ** 2 * sigma + wf_y1[1] * u ** 2 + wf_y1[2] * u * v * sigma + wf_y1[3] * u * v + wf_y1[
                4] * u * sigma + wf_y1[5] * u + wf_y1[6] * v ** 2 * sigma + wf_y1[7] * v ** 2 + wf_y1[8] * v * sigma +
                  wf_y1[9] * v + wf_y1[10] * sigma + wf_y1[11]) / (
                             wf_y1[12] * u ** 2 + wf_y1[13] * u * v + wf_y1[14] * u + wf_y1[15] * v ** 2 + wf_y1[16] * v +
                             wf_y1[17])

y2 = (wf_y2[0] * u ** 2 * sigma + wf_y2[1] * u ** 2 + wf_y2[2] * u * v * sigma + wf_y2[3] * u * v + wf_y2[
                4] * u * sigma + wf_y2[5] * u + wf_y2[6] * v ** 2 * sigma + wf_y2[7] * v ** 2 + wf_y2[8] * v * sigma +
                  wf_y2[9] * v + wf_y2[10] * sigma + wf_y2[11]) / (
                             wf_y2[12] * u ** 2 + wf_y2[13] * u * v + wf_y2[14] * u + wf_y2[15] * v ** 2 + wf_y2[16] * v +
                             wf_y2[17])

This calculation is running relatively slow in Python so I wanted to increase the speed using numpy. The result looks like this:
u2 = u ** 2
u3 = u ** 3
u4 = u ** 4
v2 = v ** 2
v3 = v ** 3
v4 = v ** 4

uv_s = np.array((u4, u3 * v, u3, u2 * v2, u2 * v, u2, u * v3, u * v2, u * v, u, v4, v3, v2, v, 1))
sigma = np.dot(wf_s[:15], uv_s) / np.dot(wf_s[15:], uv_s)

sigma = sqrt(sigma)

uv_xy_n = np.array((u2 * sigma, u2, u * v * sigma, u * v, u * sigma, u, v2 * sigma, v2, v * sigma, v, sigma, 1))
uv_xy_d = np.array((u2, u * v, u, v2, v, 1))
x12 = np.dot(wf_x1[:12], uv_xy_n) / np.dot(wf_x1[12:], uv_xy_d)
x22 = np.dot(wf_x2[:12], uv_xy_n) / np.dot(wf_x2[12:], uv_xy_d)
y12 = np.dot(wf_y1[:12], uv_xy_n) / np.dot(wf_y1[12:], uv_xy_d)
y22 = np.dot(wf_y2[:12], uv_xy_n) / np.dot(wf_y2[12:], uv_xy_d)

In theory this works fine and runs 3 times faster than my first method but the accuracy of the results is horrible. In my case, x and y are in the hundreds and the second method produces results that differ up to 0.2 from the real result. This accuracy is of no use in my case. Plotting the results of the first method results in a perfect plot as expected. Plotting the results of the second method results in a super noisy plot.
Why is the accuracy of the numpy version so bad and how can I improve it?


magnificent obsession: guess what we do at house church?
we do squats. Okay, that's after church and the meal, but still. Dad looks the funniest in his dress pants & because he's so tall.
That was you in the blue dress??? I liked your hair!
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Our natural resources and the quality of our environment greatly contribute to the economy and quality of life in our County.
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Exiting the subway towards the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, go around the church, and walk toward the river. You'll need to cross the Moskva River on the pedestrian Patriarchal Bridge and go down the nearest staircase to Bersenevskaya Embankment. Walk along the embankment towards the Peter the Great monument and the Red October complex. On the left you will see a turn onto Bersenevskaya Lane. Immediately past the lane, turn left through the arch with metal gates. You will find yourself in a courtyard, and an entrance with a black and white Digital October logo will be in front of you. We are located on the 4th floor. The entire walk takes about 10 minutes.
Exiting the Polyanka Metro Station, go around the station and right behind it turn onto Brodnikov Lane. Walk down Brodnikov Lane to the intersection at Polyansky Lane (on the right). You'll need to turn onto Polyansky Lane and walk to the end of it; you'll come out onto Bolshaya Polyanka Street right at a pedestrian underpass. Cross the road and keep going straight down Bolshaya Yakimanka to the pedestrian bridge across Vodootvodny Canal. Cross the bridge and go down the stairs on the left; you'll find yourself on Bolotnaya Embankment. Walk down the embankment toward the Red October complex, until the right turn onto Bersenevskaya Lane. Turn onto the lane; on your left you will see an arch with a black gate. Going through the arch, you will find yourself in a courtyard. The entrance you need is on the left: you will see black glass doors with a black and white Digital October logo. We are located on the 4th floor. The entire walk takes about 15 minutes.
Exiting the Tretyakovskaya Metro Station, go left toward Lavrushinsky Lane and the Tretyakov Gallery. You'll need to go all the way down Lavrushinsky Lane and exit onto the embankment by Luzhkov Bridge. After crossing the river, you'll end up on Bolotnaya Embankment. Go left on Bolotnaya Embankment towards Small Stone (Maly Kammeny) Bridge. Under the bridge, you will see a passage that leads to the Udarnik Cinema. Cross the road and continue on Bolotnaya Embankment until the right turn onto Bersenevskaya Lane. Turn onto the lane; on your left you will see an arch with a black gate. Going through the arch, you will find yourself in a courtyard. The entrance you need is on the left: you will see black glass doors with a black and white Digital October logo. We are located on the 4th floor. The entire walk takes about 15 minutes.
Going down Bolshaya Polyanka, cross Small Stone (Maly Kammeny) Bridge. Immediately after Small Stone (Maly Kammeny) Bridge, you'll need to turn right onto Sofiyskaya Embankment. At the traffic lights, turn left and then left again under the bridge (as a guide, the Estrada Theater should stay on your right). Then go down Serafimovich Street before turning right onto Bolotnaya Embankment. This turn is just past the Udarnik Cinema. From Bolotnaya Embankment, turn right onto Bersenevskaya Lane.
Cross Big Stone (Bolshoi Kammeny) Bridge. Drive down Serafimovich Street; turn right in front of Small Stone (Maly Kammeny) Bridge onto Bolotnaya Embankment (the turn is just past the Udarnik Cinema). From Bolotnaya Embankment, turn right onto Bersenevskaya Lane.
Park your car on Bersenevskaya Lane or at the end of the lane in a paid parking lot on the right. On the left you will see an arch with a black gate. Going through the arch, you will find yourself in a courtyard. The entrance you need is on the left: you will see black glass doors with a black and white Digital October logo. We are located on the 4th floor. You will then need to walk down Bersenevskaya Embankment toward the pedestrian Patriarchal Bridge (the one leading to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour) and turn right through the arch with metal gates (before Bersenevskaya Lane). The entrance with the Digital October logo will be opposite you in the courtyard.


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HomeMathsWays of describing a set, writing sets, and examples
Ways of describing a set, writing sets, and examples
Describing a set or writing sets can be done in three main ways. A set is a collection of distinct objects of the same kind. Or a set is the collection of well-defined objects of the same kind. For example, a collection of flowers, or a set of even numbers. etc.
Ways of describing a set and writing sets
Set may be described in three ways, this is explained below
• Listing the members of the set: a set can be described by listing the elements or members of that set. For example, P={2,4,6,8,10} or A ={1,3,5,…15} or D={September, April, June, November} or B={2,3,5,7,…}. In the last example, we have seen some three dots ending the members of set B. That three dots at the end means the members are infinite, we can continue listing the members of the set to infinity. There is always a clear pattern for you to know the members of that set. For instance, there are three dots in set A. That three dots means they are three missing members of the set which we can find because there is a clear pattern. So in the above example of set A will be; A={1,3,5,7,9,11,15}.
• Giving a word description of its members: a set can be described by giving a word description of its members or defining the properties of the set. For instance, the sets P, A, B, and D above can be written as
P= { Even numbers less than 12}
A={Odd numbers less than 17}
B={Prime numbers}
D= { Months with 30 days}
• Using set builder notation. In describing a set, we can use set builder notation to write the set. Let's describe the sets above using set builder notation. For instance
READ: Distributive property with examples
P ={2,4,6,8,10} can be written in a set builder notation as P={1 < x < 12, where x is an even number}. Also, the set A={1,3,5,7,9,11,15} can be written in a set builder notation as N={1 ≤ x ≤ 15, where x is an odd number} or N={1 ≤ x < 17, where x is an odd number}.
Try this practice below
a). List the members of the following sets below
• A = { 10 < x < 26, where x is an even number}
• B is a set of months that begin with the letter J
• C is a set of vowels in the English Language.
For a definition of sets click here
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