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Georg Lang (* 14. März 1840 in Deining; † 25. Mai 1900 in Mittersthal) war ein Kirchenmaler des Nazarener-Stils, der rund um seine Heimat wirkte.

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Georg Lang wurde unehelich in Deining in der Oberpfalz geboren und hielt sich wahrscheinlich längere Zeit in Wien auf, wo er sich mit dem Nazarener-Stil befasste. Am 11. November 1879 heiratete er die Anna Albrecht, Wirtstochter aus Selingstadt. Als er am 25. Mai 1900 in der Kirche von Mittersthal die Decke neu bemalte, stürzte er vom Gerüst und verstarb. Er wurde am 27. Mai 1900 in Deining beigesetzt.

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Die Deckenfresken, Altargemälde und Kreuzwegbilder von Georg Lang schmücken zahlreiche Kirchen im Umkreis von Neumarkt.  Langs im Stil der Nazarener gemalten Werke entsprachen dem Geist der  Frömmigkeit der damaligen Zeit und stellen diese auch dar: Verklärte Darstellungen des Lebens Jesu in hellen, leuchtenden Farben sowie Gemälde von Heiligen mit frommen, aber ernsten Gesichtern, bekleidet mit langen Gewändern mit markantem, kontrastreichem Faltenwurf. In der Zeit nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg  waren diese damals als "kitschig" betrachteten Bilder wenig geachtet und wurden weggeworfen oder gar übermalt. Erst heute beginnt man ihren künstlerischen Wert wieder zu schätzen.

Zu seinem 100. Todestag im Jahr 2000 hat die Gemeinde Deining ihm mit einer Bronzebüste auf dem Rathausplatz ein Denkmal gesetzt. Dadurch sollten seine künstlerische Tätigkeit und sein umfangreiches Werk wieder in das Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit gerückt werden.

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 Kreuzweg und weitere Gemälde in der Deininger Pfarrkirche St. Willibald (unter anderem 1883 Restaurierung der Altäre, 1885 Fertigung eines Seitenaltares)
 Kirche in Mittersthal
 Deckengemälde der Kirche in Laibstadt
 Kuppelfresken in der Freystädter Wallfahrtskirche
 Kreuzwegstationen (1884) und Deckenbild "Martyrium des hl. Andreas" (1885) der Filialkirche St. Andreas in Kleinalfalterbach
 Altarbilder und Deckenbild der Pfarrkirche in Rögling
 Deckenfresken der katholischen Pfarrkirche von Sulzbürg
 Altarbild der Kirche in Sondersfeld bei Freystadt
 Haupt- und Seitenaltäre in Tauernfeld

Literatur
 Arbeitskreis Georg Lang: Georg Lang. Gedenkschrift zum 100. Todestag. Deining 2000.

Maler (Deutschland)
Nazarener
Deining
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Gestorben 1900
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cause sulfation of the plates - this reduces the battery storage capacity.
Secondly, what will ruin a battery in a short period of time?
A short circuit in either the charging or load side of the battery.
Sure, these conditions seem so obvious that everyone knows them.
Many charging systems are set up so that these conditions are almost guaranteed to happen.
It is not unusual for some battery manufacturers to suggest slightly overcharging their batteries.
For giggles let's say you have a battery that is rated at 100 amp hours capacity.
You draw it down to 80% state of charge.
In theory you will need to put 20 amp hours back in to bring it back up to 100% state of charge.
this would be a five to ten percent overcharge.
battery this would be a good idea.
keep them watered as needed?
You can answer that question for yourself.
battery(s) during the end of the charging process.
Get to know ALL of the components in your system personally.
This will help you get the most out of the system.


Adapt and adjust mean to change someone or something to suit new circumstances or a different environment.
Adapt involves considerable change to meet new requirements, while adjust implies a minor change, as in the alignment of parts: to adapt a novel for the stage; to adjust a motor; to adjust the differences between two parties in a dispute.
Adapt表示需要引入重大的改变以应对新的需求,而adjust则暗示较小的改变,类似重新整体中部件的位置的这种改变.例如:to adapt a novel for the stage(修改一部小说已适应舞台表演); to adjust a motor(调整一下发动机);to adjust the differences between two parties in a dispute(调整辩论中正反两方的差异).
Adapt emphasizes the purpose for which the change must be made: The shred politician adapts his speech to suit the interests of his audience. Adjust is also used to mean to adapt oneself to a changed environment: Astronauts in flight must adjust to weightlessness.
Adapt旨在强调必须做出改变.例如:The shred politician adapts his speech to suit the interests of his audience(后续的政治家修改了演讲内容以便迎合观众的兴趣).Adjust还表示调整自身以便适应已变化了的环境: Astronauts in flight must adjust to weightlessness(太空飞行中的宇航员必须去适应失重).
Conform, as here considered, means to correspond to a model or pattern: The building must conform to the plans and specifications. In a commonly used extended sense, conform means to adhere or adjust to conventional behaviour: When travelling in a foreign country, it is wise to conform to the habits of the natives. This last example may also be recast reflexively: to conform oneself to the habits of the natives.
这里Conform表示与某种模型或者模式相符.例如:The building must conform to the plans and specifications(建筑必须与计划和规范相符).在常见的引申用法中,conform表示遵守或者适应符合传统的(符合惯例)的行为.例如:When travelling in a foreign country, it is wise to conform to the habits of the natives(在国外旅行时,遵守当地人的习俗习惯是明智的).刚刚这个例子也可以反过来说:to conform oneself to the habits of the natives(调整自己(译注:的行为)以适应当地人的风俗习惯).
To fit something is to adapt it to a purpose or use: A prudent man fits his standard of living to his budget.
Fit表示适应某种目的或者用法.例如:A prudent man fits his standard of living to his budget(一个节俭的人需要适应他基于预算的的生活标准).
Reconcile implies an accommodation not without misgivings or resentment; one reconciles oneself to certain conditions because the alternatives are even less palatable. Accommodate, on the other hand, conveys no such connotation, but suggests that the adjustment will make one's own lot easier because it will gratify others.
Reconcile暗示并非没有疑虑和愤恨的适应.例如:one reconciles oneself to certain conditions because the alternatives are even less palatable(一个人使他自己适应某个特定条件因为其他可选项都不如他选的那个).另外,Accommodate没有传达上述含义时,表示的调整可能是某人自己变得相当容易,因为这种调整将会使别人感到满意.
ANTONYMS: derange, disarrange, discompose, disjoin, dislocate, displace, dissent, misfit, resist. 参见: CHANGE.
反义词: derange, disarrange, discompose, disjoin, dislocate, displace, dissent, misfit, resist.


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Q: Actions on Google - no input prompts being asked as part of conversation flow I've been looking at the best practice guides for actions on google and specifically I'm trying to implement a 'repeat' feature as outlined here
Now it doesn't help that the sample code references params/functions that aren't defined but specifically it looks like you should be able to pass a 'NO_INPUT_PROMPTS' argument to conv.ask() so in the event the user doesn't answer within a specified time it then uses these to prompt them. From my understanding this could be a string or array.
The trouble is, when I pass an array into the function, it actually stops my action from working. If I pass a string, then it concatenates it to the initial question rather than acting as a reprompt.
Can anyone help with how this should work. My code is as follows:
const {dialogflow} = require('actions-on-google');
const functions = require('firebase-functions');

const app = dialogflow({debug: true});
const NO_INPUT_PROMPTS = ['Would you like to answer the question?'];

function ask(conv, inputPrompt, noInputPrompts) {
    conv.data.lastPrompt = inputPrompt;
    conv.data.lastNoInputPrompts = noInputPrompts;
    conv.ask(inputPrompt,noInputPrompt);
}

app.intent('Default Welcome Intent', conv => {
    let message = "Hello what's your favourite color";
    ask(conv,message,NO_INPUT_PROMPTS);
})

Looking at the code at https://github.com/actions-on-google/actions-on-google-nodejs/blob/master/src/service/actionssdk/conversation/conversation.ts#L431 when I call ask it's actually appending it to the array of responses and they all get read out together, rather than being interpreted as a reprompt. Does someone know what the missing 'link' of code is here?
I'm using v2.2.0 of the actions-on-google on library and NodeJS v8. The intents are created in dialogflow

A: Typical! So after trying to figure this out over 2 days, just after posting the question I stumbled upon what might be a solution.
I think the issue is you need to explicitly set the conv.noInputs property, rather than passing it in as part of ask. I'm going to submit this as a documentation bug so hopefully it won't catch others out.
function ask(conv, inputPrompt, noInputPrompts) {
    conv.data.lastPrompt = inputPrompt;
    conv.data.lastNoInputPrompts = noInputPrompts;
    conv.noInputs = noInputPrompts
    conv.ask(inputPrompt);
}

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Alert notifiers

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              <mat-icon *ngIf="isNotifierAvailable(row.type)">settings</mat-icon>
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There's nothing I like better than a slow tootle down the Severn Valley Railway.
Much as HS2 excites me, or the impending new rolling stock on the Stourbridge line, or the future potential for reopening old rail lines using Parry People Movers, appreciation of the past is good for the soul.
In the current edition of Classic Bus magazine, editor Ray Stenning writes a very thoughtful column about enthusiasm for buses themselves within the industry.
"It's as if enjoying the history and culture of the very business you make your living from means you're inferior to someone who simply does it as a job", says Ray.
Ever since I can remember I've been a bus & rail enthusiast. And I've lived with the strange looks for a lifetime.
Ray goes on to observe "Why is it fine to be an absolute petrolhead and brag about your unbridled passion for cars and motoring - braying in the pub or around a dinner table about how tumultuously excited you get about the burble from an Aston Martin V8 engine? Yet mention the thrum of a Gardner 6LW, or anything else about a bus, and you will run the risk of total ostracism by your colleagues and people thinking you're a suitable case for a visit by a social worker".
Of course it's OK not to love buses and trains if you work with them. I never really got emotionally attached to hospital trolleys when I worked in the NHS. But Ray picks up on something I've noticed before in the transport world.
Of course it's important to keep things in perspective. Buses, trains, trams and coaches have jobs to do every hour of every day. They are part of the fabric of our daily lives.
But in many ways, this is the point! There are many of us who celebrate this, and the history of how we got to where we are today.
The phrase "The Romance of the Railways" evokes many images. Many of which are brought back to life in places such as the Severn Valley Railway. Back in the halcyon days of the 30s when train travel represented a great adventure for many,owning a car was not an option for many. Trips to the seaside, to London, and to other far away places were great life experiences, and the train and bus were integral parts of these experiences.
Of course, life moves on, and in our faster, more hectic lifestyles of today, the train and bus maybe mean different things to different people, although an essential part of life they remain.
But remembering, appreciating and preserving our transport heritage is so important.
Whilst of course, the efforts of the volunteers at the Severn Valley Railway and other similar undertakings are without question priceless, celebrating our transport heritage in a modern-day setting is something that particularly pleases me to see.
Today, Chiltern Railways have celebrated their restoration of Leamington Spa station. In doing so, they have recreated the experience of travel in the 30s, but in a functional setting that is used by commuters and travellers every day. It is a wonderfully tasteful way of celebrating our heritage and history, and follows the theme they have applied to London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street stations. The magnificent restoration of St. Pancras in London is another example of celebrating our transport heritage in a modern, functional setting.
Modern is good and the future may be bright, but lets raise a glass to the transport pioneers of the past who got us to where we are today, and to those who have the vision to be able to recreate elements of that past into a useable setting today.
We can be both proud of our transport past, appreciative of our transport "current" and optimisitic of our transport future!


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Keshia Knight-Pulliam Isn't Here For Amber Rose Slamming Bill Cosby
Keshia Knight-Pulliam will not stand for any Bill Cosby slander on her watch, and Amber Rose had to find out the hard way.
Amber recently called in as a guest to Keshia's new podcast Kandidly Keshia. Things were going well, until Amber stepped into dangerous territory by bringing Bill Cosby into the fold. "Anything a man can do…we can do," the Slut Walk founder said. "Sometimes I get very frustrated when I see guys call girls hoes or when people like…stick up for Bill Cosby."
Keshia immediately stopped Amber in her tracks to warn her she had gone too far. "I feel you and everyone's entitled to their opinion. But, you know we still live in a country where you're innocent until proven guilty," explained the former Cosby Show star. "And I understand everything that's happened and me being a feminist and believing women. No means no and I get that. But, just so you know I did work with him for a really long time. I love him dearly still and that isn't the man that I know."
An understanding but undeterred Amber politely stood her ground, saying, "I totally get it, 100%. We're gonna have our own opinions about that. My whole thing is, I feel like celebrity and classism and double standards all take a role in society and how we treat people."
Keshia sharply changed the subject, asking Amber how she came up with the idea to do the Slut Walk. Though the topic of Bill Cosby came to an abrupt end, Amber decided to make her opinion on the issue crystal clear by posting this very direct MuvaMoji on her Instagram:
Welp, that was awkward! Catch audio snippet courtesy of V103 below.
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The future of food, hospitality and agriculture in Africa will be a key theme throughout the 2017 installment of FOODAGRO AFRICA, which will run from 2 – 4 June, 2017 in Kenya, 10 – 12 August 2017 in Tanzania and 12 – 14 May 2017 in Ethiopia. More than 200 + exhibitors will showcase their latest innovations to thousands of buyers and decision makers, all looking to place orders on the industry's newest products. Visitors will also be able to hear from experts who will offer business support, advice and debate during the three-day events.
Food, hospitality and agriculture is one of the most important sectors of the African economy and is expected to be the driving force behind the alleviation of the continent's poverty. It accounts for 65% of the continent's employment and 75% of its domestic trade. The economies of most African countries are growing faster than anywhere else in the world and agriculture, which accounts for a third of Africa's GDP, is poised to be the next step in the development of the region.
FOODAGRO AFRICA, Africa's largest food, hospitality and agriculture exhibition, closed its door in July 2016 recording a further increase in the level of internationality on both the exhibitors and visitors side. Altogether, more than 150 exhibitors presented their latest products, machinery and food trends from over 20 countries around the world, with over 4800 business visitors in attendance.
The 2017 event promises to be even bigger and better with new features added to the show. As a proven platform for business transactions, the event will showcase the latest developments in the food, hotel and agriculture industry, with prominent industry experts, stakeholders and decision makers in attendance, making it an ideal event to source new products, network and usher in new contacts and business opportunities. Marking its 20th anniversary in the industry, Expogroup expands its ever growing presence in East Africa with the launch of FOODAGRO AFRICA in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has one of the fastest growing economies in Africa and possesses huge potential for investors and businesses looking to tap the market. This coupled with a favorable business environment and sound infrastructure makes it an attractive option for international companies.


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Offense still an issue for Vikings after victory
By , Associated Press
Nov 13, 2016; Landover, MD, USA; Minnesota Vikings running back Jerick McKinnon (21) runs the ball as Washington Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (91) looks on during the first half at FedEx Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings put up 30 points on the Arizona Cardinals to finally snap a four-game losing streak that had soured their season.
On paper, that should be reason to celebrate for an offense that has struggled this season to sustain drives, open holes in the running game and put the ball in the end zone. But one of those touchdowns came on a 100-yard interception return by Xavier Rhodes, and another came on a 104-yard kickoff return by Cordarrelle Patterson.
The Vikings followed a similar path to victory on Sunday as they did during their 5-0 start to the season, during which they got two TDs and a safety from their defense and two more TDs from special teams to inflate their scoring numbers. They know that they can't expect to sustain that kind of production over the final six games of the season, starting in Detroit on Thursday.
"Any time we get help from our defense or special teams, obviously, it's a huge help," quarterback Sam Bradford said. "And it's great to have that, but as an offense, we can't rely on that. We've got to go out there expecting for us to go out and play well and put up enough points to win."
The Vikings offense did score twice in the first half against the Cardinals, but managed just three points in the second half and put up 217 yards in the game. New offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur pulled out several different trick plays to try to loosen up the defense, using some wildcat formations to get a little production out of the league's worst running game and even going to a flea-flicker that drew a penalty and set up another touchdown.
"I still think there's a lot of room for improvement," Bradford said. "We've got to be better in the second half. But there were some positives, and obviously, just to get a win. I think that just does a lot for this team and does a lot for this group. Hopefully that's something we can build on going forward."
Jerick McKinnon and Matt Asiata combined to rush for 64 yards on 21 carries. That's not a number that jumps out, but considering they entered the game on pace to become the first team to average under 3.0 yards per carry since the Patriots in 1994, it was viewed as a step in the right direction.
Coach Mike Zimmer was encouraged by the ability to convert a third-and-1 and for Asiata to pound into the end zone from two yards out after watching his team fail over and over in short yardage situations during that four-game skid.
"We're not going to be Eric Dickerson yet," Zimmer said. "We're working on the little things."
There remains a possibility that injured star Adrian Peterson could return to the field sometime in December, though he still has a long way to go in the rehab process following surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee. Peterson has been out since Week 2 against Green Bay, but he was only averaging 1.6 yards per carry before he went down.
In Peterson's absence, Patterson has emerged as a playmaker that the Vikings offense sorely needs. The 2013 first-round draft choice went through a 20-game stretch from 2015 into this season where he had just four catches for 24 yards. But in the last seven games, Patterson has caught 32 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns. Those aren't numbers that will make Julio Jones jealous, but it's a start.
"Nothing is good as it seems and nothing is as bad as it seems," Zimmer said. "Somewhere in the middle is where reality falls."
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You can easily avail the benefits from your EBT card. It provides you a huge number of benefits including the food supplements issuing as well as the cash ones. But sometimes we face the trouble and easily run out of the balance in the EBT cards, getting a perfect solution for the problem you can use the online balance checking feature and check ebt balance online anytime anywhere. This feature will keep you updated on the card and help you easily avail the benefits according to the required balance. The following steps can be followed in order to check the balance online.
You first of all need to check if the facility is available in your respective state or not. This can be done by visiting the official SNAP program website in order to get all the desired information. If the state is on the list you can easily check your balance from there if not you need to follow the alternate steps.
After getting your state name on the list you need to create a valid id and password to get the service from any of the possible locations. In order to create the account just click on the register now option given on the website.
After registering yourself on the website just enter the valid and required information like your EBT card number etc and this will be the another required step in order to check ebt balance online.
You need to login to your EBT account using your unique id and the password in order to get done with all the procedure. Once you are logged in you can get access to various features along with the desired one.
You can easily check your account balance in your account details. The view balance option gives you just the main balance details whereas the account summary gives you the complete detail about the card usage and the places where you spent the amount.
You must log out of the device when you are done checking your account details and balance to avoid anyone misusing the provided details and using it for them. It is really important if you are using a system on a sharing basis with someone else.
If you do not have your state listed on the website you can use these alternate methods in order to check your balance instead of the check ebt balance online option.
Customer services can easily provide you the desired help when it comes to checking your SNAP and other food stamps balance. All you need to do is contact the registered customer service number and ask them the details about the balance.
Other option to check the balance includes finding the alternate numbers for inquiry or getting the information physically from the local and nearly situated offices.
All of the following mentioned steps can help you get the detailed information about your account and can be of a great help to check ebt balance online.
Gift card is something new in the market which changed the method of gifting. Simply, this is a card and it is designed for specific purpose like if this is a shopping card on a website then it can be redeemed on that particular website and used. There is a code written behind the card and it is covered with a silver coating. As the one scratch it, the code can be revealed and used. There are many theories about the invention of the gift card. The first one is that choosing a perfect card isn't possible all the time. You can find lots of gifts but there is always a doubt in mind that it will suit or not that's why gift card was launched. On the other hand, many companies provided for the digital purchases like applications, games and other entertainment related multimedia. You are able to buy gift cards online and there are many sources which can help but you need to choose the one you want.
There are many types of gift card like you can buy some of the cards to use on e-commerce websites like Amazon and eBay. On the other hand, you can buy gift cards online for the subscription, apps and games. Apple, Steam and some other communities offer these. If you going to a birthday party and don't know that what to gift a teen then you can consider something which is related to games. Google also offer gift cards which can be used to purchase songs, eBooks, Applications and other multimedia. This is quite easy and simple, right? You get the convenience while choosing the gift card that's why it gets the trend. Purchased gift cards are delivered at home as well as you can get the instant delivery of your mail. You can send a gift card in the mail, message or use a third party chat application like Whatsapp or Messenger. Such types of gift cards are called as eGift cards.
Don't purchase the gift card if the websites seem to be spam.
If the gift card is too much cheap than the value it holds then don't purchase it.
Check out that the website has https written in the URL bar.
Many Websites claims that they can provide free gift card but such websites don't exist.
If you want to buy gift cards online, then it will be better to choose authorized e-commerce websites. Chances of frauds are low with these sources, even there is nothing like a fraud. Check out the reviews of a seller who is offering the gift card because this can help you know more about the previous users' experience.
How to easily check the balance on your visa gift card?
Today, most of the individuals would like to have the visa gift card in their hand for the various purposes. The visa gift card is nothing but the prepaid card that has already deposited money into it. It is just similar to the mobile prepaid card where everyone pays the cash first and then use your mobile accordingly based on the balance you can use it. This is why it is considered as an ideal gift card which you can give someone for his or her birthday, wedding anniversary, marriage, first month salary celebration or for any other things. As the amount is already available in this gift card, a person can easily and immediately buy anything you need within the range of deposited fund.
The people who are all using the visa gift cards can able to deposit the amount which you want as per your needs. At the same time, it is essential to check visa gift card balance frequently in order to avoid the inconveniences during your purchases. You can able to make use of this visa gift card anywhere for purchasing any type of things or items you want.
Today, almost all the shops and stores accept this gift card for their payments. Another most considerable benefit of this visa gift card is that it can as well as be used to pay your bills in the several places. There are several numbers of visa gift card distributors existing currently in the market. From among them, you have to pick a right choice of the distributor in order to get the best in class visa gift card which is delivered instantly to the users.
All the users of the visa gift card should need to understand the importance of checking the balance in your visa gift card in the frequent manner.
You can check visa gift card balance in many ways but the several purchasers are usually receiving a particular PIN number at the time of your purchase from any shop along with this card. It is one of the easiest ways to check out the current amount balance in your visa gift card.
At the same time, there are some other two ways to check the balance in your visa gift card and they include making a call to your visa card provider. Along with the papers of your card, the numbers are given by the distributors. You can call that number and ask about your remaining balance.
Otherwise, you can also collect the receipts from all of your shopping transactions which you have made using this card. Then, make a total of everything to reduce it from the previous balance. Now, you can find your current balance amount in your visa gift card.
It is often essential to check your balance so that you can easily maximize your card.
How To Resolve Your Traffic Ticket Online?
According to traffic rules, if you drive reckless, over speed, park at the wrong place and do things like this, then you will be fined. Basically, there will be no one who hasn't received a traffic ticket. This is common to have mistakes and if you think that you weren't wrong and still now, you are getting the fine than you are able to fight against. Well, this isn't sure that you will win or not and the chances are more that you won't be able to pay more attention. If you don't want to get into any issue then you can some websites who fight traffic ticket online. The same condition is here that this isn't any guarantee that you will win or not but there is nothing wrong in trying. You have to pay a flat fee and they will do everything so you don't have to worry about it. However; people who run these websites are professional so they can give a better try than you.
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Q: How do I compute the 16-bit sum of the 8-bit values of an array in assembly? Feel like I've been asking a lot of these questions lately lol, but assembly is still pretty foreign to me.
Using an Arduino, I have to write a function in Atmel AVR Assembly for my computer science class that calculates the sum of the 8-bit values in an array and returns it as a 16-bit integer. The function is supposed to take in an array of bytes and a byte representing the length of the array as arguments, with those arguments stored in r24 and r22, respectively, when the function is called. I am allowed to use branching instructions and such.
The code is in this format:
.global sumArray
sumArray:
  //magic happens
  ret

I know how to make loops and increment the counter and things like that, but I am really lost as to how I would do this.
I am unsure as to how I would do this. Does anyone know how to write this function in Atmel AVR Assembly? Any help would be much appreciated!

A: Why don't you ask the question to your compiler?
#include <stdint.h>

uint16_t sumArray(uint8_t *val, uint8_t count)
{
    uint16_t sum = 0;
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < count; i++)
        sum += val[i];
    return sum;
}

Compiling with avr-gcc -std=c99 -mmcu=avr5 -Os -S sum8-16.c generates
the following assembly:
.global sumArray
sumArray:
    mov  r19, r24
    movw r30, r24
    ldi  r24, 0
    ldi  r25, 0
.L2:
    mov  r18, r30
    sub  r18, r19
    cp   r18, r22
    brsh .L5
    ld   r18, Z+
    add  r24, r18
    adc  r25,__zero_reg__
    rjmp .L2
.L5:
    ret

This may not be the most straight-forward solution, but if you study
this code, you can understand how it works and, hopefully, come with
your own version.

A: Iif you want something quick and dirty, add the two 8-bit values into an 8-bit register. If the sum is less than the inputs, then make a second 8-bit register equal to 1, otherwise 0. That's how you can do the carry.
The processor should already have something called a carry flag that you can use to this end.

A: with pencil and paper how do I add two two digit decimal numbers when I was only taught to add two single digit numbers at a time?   12 + 49?   I can add the 2+9 = 11 then what do I do?  (search for the word carry)


1. JOHN1 BEGENT He married ABIGAIL COLLER April 14, 1776 in Hougham, Kent, England.
i.	ELIZABETH BEGENT, b. May 1790, Sevington, Kent, England.
ii.	JOHN BEGENT, b. Abt. 1791, Brabourne, Kent, England; d. Aft. 1851; m. HANNAH DIAMOND, October 25, 1820, Brabourne Parish, Kent, England; b. Abt. 1794, unk.
2.	iii.	STEPHEN BEGENT, b. Abt. 1800, Kent, England; d. 1892.
2. STEPHEN2 BEGENT (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1800 in Kent, England, and died 1892. He married SARAH TAYLOR(?). She was born 1811, and died December 17, 1874 in Saltwood, Kent, England.
i.	SARAH BEGENT, b. Abt. 1827, Hythe, Kent, England.
3.	ii.	SAMUEL BEGENT, b. October 18, 1828, Hythe, Kent, England; d. Everett, WA, USA.
iii.	MARY ANN BEGENT, b. November 15, 1830, Hythe, Kent, England.
iv.	ALFRED BEGENT, b. March 28, 1833, Hythe, Kent, England; d. 1888, Maidstone, Kent England.
v.	JOHN BEGENT, b. January 17, 1835, Hythe, Kent, England.
vi.	HENRY BEGENT, b. June 30, 1837, Hythe, Kent, England.
vii.	WILLIAM BEGENT, b. 1839, Hythe, Kent, England.
viii.	CHARLOTTE BEGENT, b. 1841, Hythe, Kent, England; d. September 1845.
ix.	HARRIET BEGENT, b. 1843, Postling, Kent, England.
x.	ELIZA BEGENT, b. 1844, Hythe, Kent, England; m. unknown PRICE.
xi.	CHARLOTTE BEGENT, b. 1846, Saltwood or Hythe, Kent, England.
xii.	STEPHEN BEGENT, b. 1848, Saltwood, Kent, England; d. January 1852.
xiii.	JAMES BEGENT, b. 1849, Saltwood, Kent, England; d. 1927, East Ashford District, Kent, England.
4.	xiv.	ELLEN BEGENT, b. 1852, Saltwood, Kent, England; d. October 28, 1919.
xv.	CHARLES BEGENT, b. 1854, Saltwood, Kent, England; d. 1907, Maidstone, Kent England.
xvi.	LOUISA BEGENT, b. 1855, Saltwood, Kent, England.
3. SAMUEL BEGENT (STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born October 18, 1828 in Hythe, Kent, England, and died in Everett, WA, USA. He married (1) SARAH LOVE January 23, 1853 in Tonbridge Wells. She was born June 14, 1829 in Battle (Sussex?), and died May 1, 1860 in Battle Sussex.
i.	SAMUEL TAYLOR "SAM" BEGENT, b. August 13, 1854, # 4 New Model Dwelling, Brighton, Sussex.
ii.	LOUIS STEPHEN "LOU" BEGENT, b. October 8, 1856, # 4 Richmon Hill, Brighton, Sussex; d. December 1, 1948.
5.	iii.	CECIL "JIM" BEGENT, b. August 1, 1858, Brighton, Sussex, England; d. December 27, 1944, Everett, WA, USA.
4. ELLEN BEGENT (STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born 1852 in Saltwood, Kent, England, and died October 28, 1919. She married FRANK LARKINS. He was born Abt. 1853 in Woolwich.
i.	CHARLOTTE E LARKINS, b. Abt. 1880, Nonnington.
5. CECIL "JIM" BEGENT (SAMUEL3, STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born August 1, 1858 in Brighton, Sussex, England, and died December 27, 1944 in Everett, WA, USA. He married MARY ANNE HALL July 23, 1881 in Parish Church, Saltwood, Kent, England. She was born April 4, 1861 in Folkestone, Kent, England, and died March 9, 1943.
6.	i.	ALICE ELIZABETH BEGENT, b. September 27, 1882, Burlingame, Osage Co, KS; d. March 28, 1968, Mount Vernon (Hospital).
ii.	LOUIS BEGENT, b. November 10, 1883, Burlingame, Osage Co, KS; d. October 3, 1885, Burlingame, Osage Co, KS.
iii.	NELLE HELEN BEGENT, b. February 16, 1887, Burlingame, Osage Co, KS; d. November 15, 1969, Bremerton, WA, USA; m. SHERMAN KIRK, Everett, WA, USA.
iv.	MARY ANN BEGENT, b. December 17, 1888, Burlingame, Osage Co, KS; d. May 30, 1978, Everett, WA, USA; m. VERN LUTHER CIMMERY, San Diego, CA; b. September 24, 1890; d. February 20, 1962.
v.	REBIE CECELIA BEGENT, b. February 20, 1899, Burlingame, Osage Co, KS; d. September 8, 1938, Bremerton, Kitsap Co, WA, USA; m. UNKNOWN SMITH.
6. ALICE ELIZABETH BEGENT (CECIL "JIM"4, SAMUEL3, STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born September 27, 1882 in Burlingame, Osage Co, KS, and died March 28, 1968 in Mount Vernon (Hospital). She married PLEASANT CASTILLER HALL April 4, 1907 in Everett, WA, USA. He was born October 11, 1878 in Stevenson, Jackson Co, AL, and died April 29, 1947 in Everett General Hospital, Everett, WA, USA.
i.	CHARLES CECIL HALL, b. April 23, 1910, Everett, WA, USA; d. 1987, Everett, WA, USA; m. GEORGIA ETHYL WARD, June 20, 1937, Tacoma, WA, USA; b. December 31, 1909, NY?; d. July 1984, Stanwood, WA, USA.
ii.	MARJORIE JANE HALL, b. May 22, 1915, Everett, WA, USA; d. November 19, 1964, Everett, WA, USA.


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Портве́йн кра́сный Южнобере́жный — марочное красное крепкое вино. Единственный производитель — ГК НПАО «Массандра» в Крыму.

История
Вино производится с 1944 года. Его изготавливают из винограда Бастардо Магарачский, Мальбек, Морастель, которые произрастают на Южном берегу Крыма. Используют только виноград содержащий массовую долю сахара 22 %. Виноград произрастает на шиферных почвах, на территории от пгт. Симеиз до г. Кастель.

Характеристики вина: содержание спирта 18 %, сахара 11 г./100 куб. см, титруемых кислот 3—7 г./куб. дм.
Цвет тёмный рубиновый. Букет с тонами чернослива, вишнёвой косточки и чёрной смородины. Вино выдерживают 3 года.

Ранее выпускался под марками: «Портвейн красный Алушта» и «Портвейн красный Таврида».

Награды
На международных конкурсах вино награждено: кубком «Гран-при» (на конкурсе «Крым-вино 96»), 3 золотыми (из них: одной на конкурсе «Крым-вино 95» и одной на Втором международном конкурсе виноградных вин и коньяков в Ялте в 1970 году) и 4 серебряными медалями. Среди них награда на конкурсе: «Брюссель» (1958).

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки
«Портвейн красный Южнобережный» на официальном сайте ГК НПАО «Массандра»
«Портвейн красный Южнобережный» на официальном сайте ГП «Алушта»
«Портвейн красный Южнобережный» на сайте «Вина Крыма»
Макагонов Ю.Ф Прекрасные вина Алушты. — Алушта: Алуштинская городская типография, 2003
«Alcogol.su» — информационный алкогольный портал
«Портвейн красный Южнобережный»

Портвейн
Красные вина Крыма

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Hawraman: A safe haven for Kurdish women
Shena is hiking alongside her friends in Hawraman
Peregraf- Kochar Aziz
Shena never felt that she was treated differently from her brothers. She has been working outside the home for many years and never faced any violence or insults.
She is from Tawela in Hawraman, an area where the people eschew violence. Compared to other areas of Kurdistan, there is very little violence in Hawraman.
"My family has never created any obstacles for me and I have never faced any violence. My family has strongly supported me," said Shena.
35-year-old Shena's efforts have borne fruit; she managed both to follow her dream to make an independent living. In 200,6 she became the first female physical trainer in Halabja and started her own gym for women.
Shena described her father to Peregraf: "If someone scolded me for going out, my father would have replied, 'Shena is my oldest son and she would never make a mistake.' I felt overjoyed by his words at the time, but now when I consider them, I wonder why he was proud of me as his 'son.' But I know that my father never treated us differently, maybe he said this only to keep people from gossiping."
For Shena and dozens of other girls and women, Hawraman represents open-mindedness and freedom. These women and girls also work shoulder to shoulder with men to manage shops and restaurants. Hawraman is a popular vacation site and thousands of tourists visit annually.
Last year, 89 complaints of violence against women were lodged in Halabja Governorate, including Hawraman. In the first nine months this year, there have been 33 complaints, according to the data Peregraf obtained from Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women.
Conversely, 3,769 complaints were recorded in the first six months of this year in the rest of the Kurdistan Region, the majority of these in Erbil. There have also been 13 cases of suicide, 26 cases of self-immolation, and 35 cases of sexual abuse.
According to the directorate, with the exception of Hawraman and Halabja, 4,973 complaints of violence against women were recorded in the Kurdistan Region in the first 6 months of 2019, including 22 cases of murder, 32 cases of suicide, 58 cases of self-immolation, and 47 cases of sexual abuse.
Barzan Osman, spokesperson for the Halabja Police Department, told Peregraf: "Last year and the first ten months of this year, there have been only two cases of violence against women [in Hawraman], which were family issues and they were resolved."
According to police investigations, the low rate of violence is attributable to the culture of the area. The joint participation of men with women in the labor force, the cultural and educational background, and equality and freedom in workplace have caused the people of Hawraman to view the roles of women differently when compared to other areas.
Hawraman is located in northern Halabja, 100 km southeast of Sulaymaniyah. It shares border with Iran. The area includes the districts of Byara and Tawela and more than 50 villages.
Shena Adam and other women in Hawraman are proud of their area as a place where violence is very low.
"I never did household chores. Most of the time I was at work, training, or outside," said Shena.
Shena belongs to a large family that consists of six sisters and two brothers.
Shena's only barrier has been her schooling, which kept her from going out as often she wished: "I had to study harder because I wanted to prove myself."
And so she did; she proved herself and opened a gymnasium. Later, she married and is now a mother of two children. She is also the principal of a kindergarten in the Contemporary Education Community in Halabja.
Shena with her husband and children
"He is someone who understands my feelings and who has supported me. With his help, I can manage both my work and household chores," Shena said about her husband.
According to investigations by Peregraf, it is not only women who speak of the culture of tolerance in Hawraman, but members of other groups who frequently face violence confirm that the rate of violence in the area is low.
"I have worked as social researcher for seven years and I have not encountered any cases of violence," said Nyan Aziz.
Aziz also told Peregraf: "Hawraman's traditional religious background affected the way women were treated and it still prevails."
According to Nyan, Hawraman's people, both women and men, are preoccupied with work and have little time for hatred and conflicts. She also believes, with regards to social relations in Hawraman, and marital life in particular, there are similarities across groups in terms of their social norms, financial status, and other aspects of life.
There are many other stories like Shena's in Hawraman, where women work and earn a living, even participating in public administration and governmental work.
Nukhsha Nasih is the Mayor of Halabja Center District and was the Manager of Byara Sub-District. She says that from antiquity, women in Hawraman have held positions of rank and their word was taken seriously. She says this continues today.
"Women in the area have been working in the fields side by side with men, which is a crucial social factor. At the same time, the natural environment had a calming effect on both men and women, so they could work easily and help one another, leaving them with no time to think about violence," Nasih told Peregraf.
She does not agree with claims that there is no violence in Hawraman, but believes that the beauty of the area lies in the fact that the people of the region have managed to solve problems within their family without resorting to violence.
Nasih claims she has not faced any violence in her career and says her family has helped and supported her.
This calm family environment in Hawraman is contrasted with an increase in domestic violence in Iraq and in most of countries across the globe as states have implemented lockdown measures and other precautions to fight COVID-19 pandemic.
Shara Abdul Karim, Coordinator of Sharazoor branch of Kurdistan Women's Union, says that Hawraman's women are educated enough not to conceal violence, and to file complaints when it happens. "There are problems in Hawraman too, but it is not as common as it is in other areas. In some areas in the Kurdistan Region, for example, women are still seen as second class citizens, not as human."
According to Shara, Hawraman has the lowest rate of violence in the Kurdistan Region and this is partly attributable to a culture drawn from the region's heritage in which women worked in all sectors in the local economy.
Although the stories of women and government data show the rarity of violence in Hawraman, field research and official investigations have not yet been conducted by the government.
Ari Rafiq, Deputy General Director of the Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women in the Kurdistan Region, told Peregraf: "The difference in the rate of violence from one area to another is relative, but it might not be true if we say an area is completely free from violence."
He also thinks that a lack of accurate data is the result of a lack of interest from related departments and NGOs, which he believes should conduct field surveys to confirm whether what is being said is true or if there are other factors, such as women's inability to discuss violence openly.
Ari believes that apart from publishing data, a precise survey must be conducted among random families.
Furthermore, Ari suggests that one of the questions in the survey should ask women if they have experienced violence committed by men in the area, and if there is violence, to ascertain if women feel pressured not to discuss it because of the local culture or an inability to reach out to the relevant authorities.
The women of Hawraman are not the only beneficiaries of their stories of work and success. Some work to provide for their families financially and others, like Shena, strive to help other women.
Shena Adam says that she wanted to introduce women to the outside world through hiking, so their lives would not be comprised only household chores and raising children. She wants to help them focus on their social relations outside family so they are not relegated to servitude in their marriages.
She formed female hiking and swimming groups and organized the first swim meet for women in 2016.
"In Kurdish society, women themselves should put forth greater efforts and fight harder to prove themselves."
This investigative report was written by Kochar Aziz for Peregraf as part of the Intensive Journalism Workshop funded by the German Foreign Office.
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Q: Isomorphic Symmetric Groups Let S(A) be the set of all bijective functions from A ---> A.
Similarly we define S(B).
Then both S(A) and S(B) are groups under function composition.
If S(A) is isomorphic to S(B) , then is it true that |A| = |B| ?
For finite sets this follows immediately.
I ve been stuck to proving ( or disapproving) that this result holds.
My strategy was constructing an injective function from A to B, and then by following symmetry such a function will also exist from B to A as well. Then using F. Bernstein's Theorem, we could conclude that both sets are of equal cardinality.
However, I was not able to do so.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: Here's an easy self-contained proof. In a group $G$, let $\Xi(G)$ be the set of elements $f$ in $G$ of order 2, such that for every conjugate $g$ of $f$, $fg$ has finite order. The fact that for $X$ infinite, the isomorphism class of $S(X)$ determines $|X|$ immediately follows from:
Proposition. Let $X$ be a set and $f$ and element of order $2$ in $S(X)$. Then $f\in\Xi(S(X))$ if and only if $f$ has finite support. In particular, for $X$ infinite $\Xi(S(X))$ has cardinal $|X|$.
Proof: if $f$ has support of finite cardinal $n$, clearly $fg$ has support of cardinal $\le 2n$ and hence has finite order. Otherwise, there exists an injective sequence $(x_n)_{n\in\mathbf{Z}}$ such that $f(x_{2n})=x_{2n+1}$ for all $n\in\mathbf{Z}$. Let $s$ be the permutation such that $s(x_n)=x_{n+1}$ for all $n\in\mathbf{Z}$ (and say identity elsewhere), and $g=sfs^{-1}$. Then $g(x_{2n+1})=x_{2n+2}$ for all $n\ge 0$. Hence $gf(x_{2n})=x_{2n+2}$ for all $n\ge 0$. So $gf$ has infinite order. $\Box$


Big financial services companies may soon need to find new ways to pad their earnings, as a new industry standard is threatening to expose the financial service sector's worst kept secret – hidden fees.
This is according to Fedgroup CFO, Sheldon Friedericksen, who said that the Retirement Savings Cost (RSC) Disclosure Standard – developed by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) – is designed to encourage financial service providers to be more transparent and give clients a clearer picture of their fee structures.
The standardised retirement savings cost disclosure methodology is intended to assist employers when comparing costs from different umbrella fund providers that are members of ASISA, he said.
Friedericksen said that in the past, legislation prescribed what had to be disclosed by financial services companies.
"Until now companies were only required to reveal their asset management fees and their service fees, which is where most of the hidden costs were located – these can include admin fees, reporting fees and share trading costs," he said.
While there is optimism that the standard will change the way in which financial service providers reveal their fee structures, it is unlikely that consumers will see a sudden drop in fees, once hidden costs have been exposed.
And while the standard is aimed at achieving complete and total disclosure, this may take some time, he said.
"The standard is quite prescriptive in terms of what you must disclose, and you have to submit a compliance report to ASISA. But with standards and regulations, especially new ones, there is always a place to hide," said Friedericksen.
"The new standard is still being interpreted and debated and there will always be loopholes. At the end of the day, it is still up to the moral compass of industry to implement this effectively. And at the moment, clients don't have trust in the financial sector," he said.
While he expects that the new standard will not revolutionise the industry, it will force the industry to have a discussion about hidden costs.
"Companies will be forced to justify their hidden costs. People are happy to pay, as long as they see value for their money. If nothing else, it will empower people to start asking the questions," he said.
Fedgroup Life CEO, Walter van der Merwe, said that while it is right for any business to charge a fee or make a profit from delivering services and benefits, some financial services providers have enriched themselves beyond an acceptable level at the expense of their clients.
Van der Merwe said the new standard is a huge leap in the right direction for the consumer, giving people one number to compare from provider to provider.
"It also brings fees into perspective in terms of value. People don't mind paying slightly more if they can see they are getting a benefit," he said.
He also believes that the RSC Disclosure Standard will bring about noticeable changes in the industry. "There will be exposure for some of the big providers. It will show where they have been able to charge exorbitant fees and get away with it.


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Chris Moriarty's ongoing business adventures in The Philipines have encountered local bureaucracy, and it's not just government stodginess that is giving him grief: local business is also reluctant to deviate from its favorite ways of getting things done.
As much as the Philippines offers an incredible bounty in mineral wealth and human talent – it is not easy.
The biggest challenges are not the obvious challenges.
You quickly realise that the business culture is fundamentally different.
In Australia we are part of the greater 'western' business community. We believe in a handshake, a look in the eyes, contracts for the details, but understand that if a contract ever comes out of the bottom drawer the relationship is probably dead. We believe in process, making stuff as simple as possible, accuracy, transparency and accountability.
If you are the CEO of a bank, a tradie, a farmer or a car dealer the rules are basically the same. Yes, we don't all follow all of them – but we know what the rules are.
The Philippines is fundamentally different. They don't know the rules.
Handshakes are meaningless, few people look you in the eyes, contracts are complex and unwieldy documents written in ancient legalise open to endless interpretation. They confuse 'procedure' with process. Everything is complicated, accuracy is mostly accidental, confused internal systems mean zero transparency and no accountability.
Australians might confuse this for 'tricky' – "The invoice is always wrong, they are trying to rip me off".
But in fact this is often not the case. Mostly, when you look inside their businesses, they are just so unwieldy and confused that they genuinely have no idea what they are doing.
Why are Filipino businesses so disorganised?
I think I have spotted two major reasons.
Good news... the lawyers rang and said we were registered with the BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue – tax office) and we should come over and pick up our certificates.
On arrival I was given a 'present' – a brown envelope. In it were four ledger books. One labelled 'general ledger', another 'receivables. There was a 'payables' and one simply 'journal'.
Well, the BIR demands that you keep a 'paper based' accounting system. You have to sit there with an inkwell and feather quill and carefully fill out your tax-office-registered books.
Also, the tax office issues invoices and receipts. You apply for an invoice book (you submit your design for your invoice form) and they approve it and issue you with the invoice numbers. These are the invoices you use to issue to your customers.
Flat Planet already has a perfectly good cloud-based accounting system – but now we have to hire a junior to sit and duplicate a range of entries into a paper-based system.
If you think about it, many Filipino businesses must forgo the computer-based system and instead just rely on the mandatory paper-based system – we certainly get lots of handwritten or typed invoices.
A process is designed to achieve an outcome by the most efficient path possible. The outcome is king – it has to be an accurate management report, a target cost-per-transaction... whatever. The point with a process is that 'what you do' is less important than 'what you deliver'.... or... if you can deliver a better outcome by changing what you do, then you change what you do.
A procedure can be performed with no real insight into or understanding of the outcome.
Many Filipinos are procedure junkies – try explaining a 'process' to them and they just don't get the difference.
This is a real problem when it comes to management reporting, transparency and accuracy.
The report or invoice might be wrong – but you can't do anything about it as you have to follow your procedure.
We are in dispute with a successful Filipino business at the moment. A couple of months into the relationship we realised their invoicing system was unwieldy. A month later we realised it was inaccurate.
We undertook a major reconciliation project and built an entire new process for them complete with Excel spreadsheets coded with formula and macros. We met with their accountants and figured out that they were spending days agonising over each complicated invoice (they were sending several per month) – we reduced all this to a single simple monthly invoice that would have taken 30 minutes to produce and check. We would have full confidence in this invoice and pay it straight away.
Well, said I in exasperation, if your management report only makes sense if you have secret knowledge, it is not a management report; rather, it is a piece of fiction or at best just part of a code.
Hold on, time to bury the frustration and find a way to engage constructively!
The Filipino perspective is the reverse of the Australian one – they don't have confidence in my simple monthly invoice because it has been generated via a process that ignores large chunks of their procedure. Because of their paper-based systems, they have large numbers of 'pen pushers' who, due to poor productivity, only ever work in one small part of any process. Where the inputs to their little piece come from, and where the outputs go to, is just a vast mystery. It is best to just stay focussed on their little piece.
Of course, playing into this is the very low cost of labour. Technology costs the same in the Philippines as it does in Australia. The productivity benefits of technology are compelling in Australia because labour is so incredibly expensive.
But why spend $20,000 putting in a basic accounting system when a team of three full-time accountants might cost less for a whole year?
And anyway... given the BIR's attitude to electronic systems, what real ROI is there?
Western companies have the potential to play a very important role in regard to all this stuff.
First, increasing the demand for labour, western firms are pushing up wages. This increases the productivity argument re technology.
Second, western firms are run using western ideas in regard to process. Thousands if not millions of Filipinos are learning all about outcome-oriented process thinking on the job (including those unlucky people in our supplier's business that I am badgering!). There is an emerging new class of knowledge workers – business analysts!
Finally, as is just starting to happen, the entrepreneurial class in the Philippines is beginning to leverage this new thinking to build businesses around more efficient and therefore more scaleable processes.
Bigger, more successful businesses built around higher productivity will create more jobs, more wealth, higher wages... and on it goes.
To steal a line from Adam Smith – it is a virtuous circle.
At the end of the day, while it is frustrating as hell, you have to keep in mind the bigger picture. By investing in the Philippines, business can leverage great competitive advantage back here in Australia. Also, by investing in the Philippines, businesses here can play a part in enabling this talented and hardworking nation of 100 million people to lift themselves out from under the on-going oppression of poverty. That also is a virtuous circle.


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Gal Gadot is missing her Death on the Nile co-star Ali Fazal today, see their Twitter exchange
Ashleigh DurdenNovember 19, 2020
Death on the Nile co-stars Ali Fazal and Gal Gadot got a chance to reconnect on Thursday, on the heels of an update regarding the release of Gal's upcoming film, Wonder Woman 1984. Gal announced that the movie, delayed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be released on December 25, in theatres and on the HBO Max streaming service.
Gal wrote in a statement that she was excited to finally be able to share the movie with fans, after the team held out for months, waiting for the situation to settle down. "We feel that the movie has never been so relevant, and hope that it brings joy, hope and love to your hearts," she wrote.
❤🙅🏻♀❤ thank you. miss you!
— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) November 19, 2020
Ali quote tweeted Gal's message and wished her the best of luck. "It's going to be great. Everyone's lookin forward to this," he wrote. Gal replied, "Thank you. Miss you!," and added a couple of heart emojis, along with an emoji of a person striking the famous Wonder Woman pose.
The two actors will share screen space in director Kenneth Branagh's upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation, Death on the Nile. The film, also slated for a theatrical release this year, was removed from the release schedule recently.
Also read: Gal Gadot refused to shoot scene that sexualised Wonder Woman, director Joss Whedon brought in body double: report
Death on the Nile is a follow-up to 2017's box office hit, Murder on the Orient Express, also directed by and starring Branagh. The movie also features Daisy Ridley, Armie Hammer, Letitia Wright, Russell Brand and others. In an interview to PTI, Branagh had raved about working with Ali. He'd said, "Ali was a joy to work with, an absolute joy. He's a total pro. He's a real details man. He was completely caught up in how the character looked sounded and was able to be very precise, but also very playful. He could improvise when I asked him to improvise."
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In the early 1930s John Marin partly turned away from his urban compositions and developed an interest in depicting figures in indoor settings. He began to paint anonymous people in various parts of the city such as the subway, a restaurant and, as in this case, a waiting room that could be anywhere. Figures in a Waiting Room, a small oil painting dated 1931, shows several anonymous, static people in an undefined room, most likely a waiting room in some public building. Clearly isolated from each other by the dark frame around them, the figures in the composition tell of the lack of human communication in the modern city.
The composition, structured around an intensely illuminated central area occupied by a seated figure around which the rest of the people gravitate, displays the influence of Cézanne and Cubism, essential references throughout Marin's entire career as a painter.


When it comes to foods that people commonly mistake as unhealthy, white potatoes instantly come to mind. People blame potatoes on its high carb content, and also that people normally eat potatoes deep-fried. However, white potatoes actually contain a wealth of nutrients very vital to living. Served properly, potatoes provide us with nutrition and good health when not industrially liquefied and deep-fried. As such, despite how often we find potatoes deep-fried, it often helps to find potatoes with the most untouched white part, such as in thicker fries. Fresh-cut potatoes also lend well to retain its nutrients, as opposed to previously frozen potatoes. Problems arise when you drench said potatoes with lots of sauce and seasonings, spiking up the sodium content. If done properly though, it will taste great and not put as much of a damper on your health. For something like that, head over to Meat Up BBQ in Placentia.
Ruling over their domain of meat, Meat Up BBQ does meat good and barbecue with their own culinary twist. The barbecue does not represent completely authentic southern barbecue, but rather barbecue with a slight Caribbean influence, evident in their use of tropical and fruity flavors. Sauces range from sweet to spicy to smokey, and meats include all the bases such as chicken, pork, beef, and even a few seafood items. Meat Up BBQ does not skimp on portion sizes, so when you order anything, even their appetizers, expect a huge plate, such as their Mac Attack Fries. $10 gets you a huge basket of BBQ-rub fries, Hellbilly chili, mac & cheese, pulled pork, and barbecue sauce. Basically, chili cheese fries meet barbecue pulled pork fries. This huge appetizer can easily feed a family of four, and I would not attempt to eat this entire thing as one person. However, after one bite, you may want as much of this as you can handle.
Check out more of what Meat Up BBQ has in store by liking them on Facebook and following them on Twitter.
The first 5.11 Tactical store in Los Angeles County has opened their doors to the public this past Saturday. 5.11 Tactical manufactures apparel, equipment, and gear primarily for law enforcement, such as durable clothing, holsters, outdoor gear, and more. They mostly have their items sold at other retailers, such as Turner's Outdoorsman, and 5.11 Tactical does not have that many of their own outlet locations. Los Angeles County citizens can finally check out the full selection at this location in Carson on Avalon just off I-405. During their grand opening on Saturday, they had free food in the early afternoon, and for the entire day, visitors received 20% off any purchase of 5.11 Tactical brand items. For more information about this location, check out their Facebook page for updates.
The 2016 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival returns to Marine Stadium near the Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach this weekend. This annual race brings teams from across the world here to compete and race their dragon boats against each other, eventually winning the tournament's grand prize following the finals on Sunday afternoon. Registration to participate in the races closed a while ago, but spectators of all ages may still attend and watch the races for free. Although this festival appears as an event for the participants only, the festival features a handful of things to do that non-racers will also enjoy.
When out in the warm weather for a prolonged period of time, people start to crave cold things to eat and/or drink. This can range from chilled beverages to iced treats, such as shakes, shave ice, or ice cream. Many cold foods tend to warm up fast once exposed to the weather, especially the frozen ones. Shave ice and ice cream will usually melt away starting at one minute upon receiving it, so you typically would have to consume it fast, which could lead to brain freeze. Thus, these foods need to get colder to last longer in the heat. But how cold can you get? While traditional methods of preparing cold treats can only make something last so long, chemical methods have proven very successful in making cold treats last longer. Liquid nitrogen has proven very valuable in getting fresh ice cream to remain frozen for quite some time, and many places now do the liquid nitrogen-infused ice cream thing that many people have fallen in love with, such as at Cauldron Ice Cream.
Lots of newer ice cream places use liquid nitrogen to make fresh firm ice cream, but Cauldron Ice Cream takes it a step further. Located in southeast Santa Ana north of South Coast Plaza just on the border of Costa Mesa, Cauldron Ice Cream uses liquid nitrogen for their made-to-order ice cream for fresh customized ice cream that remains firm for a long time, even in warm weather. They did not innovate this method, as the method of utilizing liquid nitrogen to make ice cream has existed for many years already. However, Cauldron Ice Cream does not simply serve just ice cream – they kick things up with their signature Puffle cone, a bubble waffle that they roll into the shape of a cone. Known as the Egg Waffle in its origin of Hong Kong, this specialized waffle has surged in popularity recently thanks to the advent of the numerous night markets throughout the country. By rolling one up as soon as it leaves the waffle iron, Cauldron Ice Cream brings a unique spin on the classic waffle cone that pairs well with their rotating ice cream flavors, such as their Sea Salt Caramel Crunch ice cream. Cauldron uses caramel ice cream for the base and mixes pretzel bits into the ice cream for a crunchy texture. They then top the ice cream with sea salt and a caramel drizzle.
For just $6, you can enjoy this unique treat at Cauldron Ice Cream between Santa Ana and Costa Mesa. Check out Cauldron Ice Cream on Facebook for updates and listings of their current ice cream flavors.
When the local city or state fair comes to town, you can bet that thousands of people will flock to it during the opening weekend. Despite the excess heat and lack of shade, the 3rd Annual OC Brew Hee Haw craft beer festival returned to the Orange County Fair & Event Center this past weekend. This weekend-long beer tasting event took place on the opening weekend of the 2016 OC Fair this past weekend, and covered a large span of the weekend with four different beer tasting sessions that each lasted four hours. All attendees to the OC Brew Hee Haw received UNLIMITED beer tasters, as well as admission to the fairgrounds for that day. The actual Brew Hee Haw area did not contain much else to do besides get beer, as the small space only allowed for just drinking plus a small stage to allow a DJ to set up. Attendees could still wander about the fair, but could not bring beer outside of the event area.
Now in its third year, the OC Brew Hee Haw has once again come under some changes upon improving it from the previous years. The number of sessions increased back up to four like the first year, but up one from last year. Much like last year, admission to the beer tasting allowed for unlimited beer samples while supplies lasted. New this year, OC Brew Hee Haw took place in a brand new area to allow for more space compared to the previous years' cramped location. The event got its own tents set up at the northwest entrance to the fair, and allowed more than enough space to fit all of the breweries and vendors. On the other hand, also new this year, visitors faced enhanced screening at the entrance, complete with more searches and a metal detector. This held up hundreds of people trying to get in, and it took me at least 20 minutes to finally enter the fair after getting in line to get screened. The fair administration also mucked up parking for the vendors, as many of the vendors and volunteers got redirected to a different parking lot than previously instructed. As a result, many of the vendors and volunteers arrived way after the session had started. The attendees did not seem to mind this – if anything, it made people get closer and make new friends. I mean, just look at all these people – they look like they had a great time!
If you missed out on the Brew Hee Haw, fret not. The one that started them all, OC Brew Ha Ha, returns for its sixth installment on Saturday, September 24th, back at Oak Canyon Park in Irvine. Tickets have already gone on sale for $45 general admission or $60 for entry an hour earlier. All visitors gain access to UNLIMITED beer tastings for the duration of the event from over 90 breweries serving over 200 different beers. Expect to find plenty of food trucks, other food vendors, free soft drinks, merchandise booths, beer industry speakers, games, and more, which includes live music. To stay updated on news such as this and more from OC Brew Ha Ha, like the Facebook page and follow them on Twitter so you know what goes on in the realm of Orange County's greatest beer festivals.
The 2016 Idea World Fitness Convention & Expo returned this past weekend to the Los Angeles Convention Center. As one of the world's largest fitness conferences, visitors from all over the world traveled to Los Angeles within the past week to check out this convention, full of workshops, speakers, demos, competitions, vendors, and more. From Wednesday through Sunday of last week, various seminars, sessions, workshops, and demos took place that attendees could participate in and gain valuable knowledge, or further their athletic career. From Thursday through Saturday, the Fitness & Nutrition Expo opened up to the public, and anyone who registered online for that expo could enter for free. This expo contained numerous vendors all exhibiting the latest in sports equipment, wellness services, new technology in sports, and food trends.
The ever popular 626 Night Market returns to Santa Anita Park in Arcadia this weekend. This weekend-long all-ages festival brings the nightlife of the east to the west, and shows the locals what goes on at night in populated Asian cities. Taking place the section south of the race track, this event dedicates a huge chunk of the space to the various food, drinks, and desserts that everyone can explore and taste, while leaving another space for all other vendors. At the far back of the event, visitors will find a live stage with entertainment taking place all weekend. Admission only costs $3 per person, while guests will have to pay for everything else once inside.
While night markets typically contain a wide variety of things to see and do, the main event circulates around the abundant amount of multicultural food available. This event consists of a large space south of the race track split into two halves: a north section and a south section. Guests enter into the north section, a field and walkway complete with all the vendors, services, games, arts & crafts, entertainment, and everything else not directly involved with food. Crossing over to the southern section places visitors into a blocked off portion of the parking lot, complete with dozens of food vendors all serving various types of food and drinks from multiple different regions of Asia, from Chinese to Thai to Vietnamese to Japanese to Korean and more. The longest lines occur at booths with the demanded items, such as the infamous Ramen Burger, Mama Musubi, stinky tofu, squid roe, and Spiked Juices.
Both the 626 Night Market and the OC Night Market take place a few times a year, so expect both events to come around later this summer. Like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for more updates on additional night markets in Southern California.


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Cartoonist Pakdel Displaying Best Cartoons of the Decade
Cartoonist Alireza Pakdel has put on display his best works during the past decade in an exhibit titled 'Twenty Four' at the Iranian House of Cartoon in Tehran.
The collection includes 30 works, all having participated in national and international festivals, Mehr News Agency reported.
"All the works belong to a decade ago and mostly cover social issues as well as terrorism and immigration," Pakdel said about the exhibit.
The displayed works are not for sale because "cartoons are less likely to be purchased". However, he is planning another exhibit at the Iranian Artists Forum where visitors will be able to buy the works.
Also a caricaturist, illustrator and character designer, Pakdel, 36, will show his caricatures, of local and foreign figures, by the end of the current Persian calendar year (March 2018).
The artist will select from his 'figures' a series for his next exhibit. He has worked on the drawings for years. They are created with a special style and all have only one eye.
Pakdel started working on caricature in 1994 and collaborated with important Iranian journals including Golagha, Keyhan Caricature and many more. He has attended many festivals across the world and won over 100 awards at home and in Brazil, Portugal, Turkey, Croatia and Germany.
His latest awards include the Grand Prix and first prize in the editorial section of 2017 World Press Cartoon in Lisbon and two awards at Brazil's 43rd International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2016. In both events his winning works were centered on the subject of migrants and immigration.
The exhibit 'Twenty Four' will run through August 22 at the House of Cartoon located at No. 44, Golnabi (Ketabi) St., Shariati Ave. Enthusiasts can visit the show every day from 9 am-5 pm.
Affiliated to Tehran Municipality, Iranian House of Cartoon was founded in 1996. In addition to hosting temporary exhibitions and acting as an educational center of cartoon and animation, it has been the permanent secretariat of Tehran International Cartoon Biennial.
Its goal is the recognition, upgrading and propagation of cartoon and caricature in Iran to encourage and support cartoonists and introduce their works to the audiences both in Iran and abroad.
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IDAMYCIN (idarubicin) , a sterile lyophilized powder for reconstitution and intravenous administration, is available in a 20 mg single use only vial.
What are the precautions when taking idarubicin (Idamycin)?
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: severe abdominal pain, mental/mood changes (e.g., confusion), numbness/tingling of arms/legs, rash/blisters on palms of hands/soles of feet, unusual bleeding/bruising (e.g., small red spots on the skin, black/bloody stools, bloody urine, vomit that looks like coffee grounds).
PRECAUTIONS: Before using idarubicin, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to other anthracyclines (e.g., doxorubicin); or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
This medication is not recommended for use during pregnancy. It may harm an unborn baby. If you become pregnant or think you may be pregnant, tell your doctor immediately. To avoid pregnancy, both males and females using this drug should use reliable form(s) of birth control (e.g., birth control pills, condoms) during treatment. Consult your doctor for details and to discuss effective forms of birth control.


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Q: Egit adding Eclipse project folder to git repository I've created a new empty git repository on BitBucket and now I want to link it to Eclipse.
I added the repo to the "Git Repositories" view and created a new project with the same name.
I select "Team -> Share Project" then commit and push upstream.
Now my repository has folder structure /my-long-project-name/My Long Project Name/
Is there any way to make the project folder the root of the git repository?

A: From the EGit Eclipse Wiki page:

It is probably not a good idea to make a project the root folder of your Repository
The reason is that you will never be able to add another project to this Repository, as the .project file will occupy the root folder; you could still add projects as sub-folders, but this kind of project nesting is known to cause lots of problems all over the place. In order to add another project, you would have to move the project to a sub-folder in the Repository and add the second project as another sub-folder before you could commit this change.

I know this is not a solution, but at least this gives a valid reason for having to endure the additional folder with the same name.

The (not recommended !) workaround
Create/modify the remote repository, then clone into a new local project:
If you haven't started developing yet or can afford to move the contents of the duplicate sub-folder (in your case, "My Long Project Name") to the root of the git repository, you can avoid ending up with twice the same folder, by going the other way around:

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*Move the files within the project to the root of the remote repository / Create the remote repository if this is a new project.

*In the "Git Repositories" view in Eclipse, find the "Clone a Git repository and add the clone to this view". Follow the steps to clone your repository from your URI to a local folder.

*In the same view, right-click the repository in the list and choose "Import Projects..."

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*If you have a .project file in the root folder, i.e. the files where already part of an Eclipse project,  choose "Import existing projects" and choose the root folder, then watch Eclipse do its magic.

*If this is a new project (or the files on the origin are not an eclipse project), choose "Import as general project", then modify the project type in Eclipse afterwards if you need a specific project type.
Disclaimer: I personally decided not to use this workaround and to stick with the EGit recommandations.


Apologies for the short notice (our neighborhood council is still waiting on being paired with a Web intern to help us post in a more timely fashion), but there's a traffic-calming orientation tonight, December 16, from 5:30-7pm at City Hall [map].
Traffic calming is a frequent topic at neighborhood council meetings across Spokane. This 90-minute session will bring you up to speed on how you can slow down traffic in your neighborhood. You'll learn how a stretch of road might qualify for traffic-calming measures, what forms traffic calming can take (such as curb bumpouts, roundabouts, or street trees), and what steps are necessary to get those improvements installed.
The meeting takes place in the Council Briefing Center, which is located on the lower level of City Hall, and is hosted by the Office of Neighborhood Services. Anyone with an interest in the topic is welcome to attend.


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Q: How do I force a task to run on the UI thread? Original message below. Let me try and explain with more details why I am asking for this.
I have a page that listens to the Share charm request:
void Page_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    m_transferManager = Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.DataTransferManager.GetForCurrentView();
    m_transferManager.DataRequested += TransferManager_DataRequested;
}

When the event fires (TransferManager_DataRequested) it does not fire on the UI thread:
void TransferManager_DataRequested(DataTransferManager sender, DataRequestedEventArgs args)
{
    var data = args.Request.Data;
          // More related stuff omitted - not important.
    data.SetDataProvider(StandardDataFormats.Bitmap, GetImage_DelayRenderer);
}

Now, when GetImage_DelayRender is called, it also does not get called on the UI thread. However, in it, I need to do a bunch of UI related things. Specifically, I need to call a method that only works on the UI (it's a method I use elsewhere and I want to reuse it's logic). The method is called GetImageAsync and it needs to run on the UI because it does a bunch of interactions with WriteableBitmap. It also does a bunch of async operations (such as writing to stream etc) which is why it's async. I block the UI on GetImageAsync() for as short a time as I can.
Here's what GetImage_DelayRender looks like:
private async void GetImage_DelayRenderer(DataProviderRequest request)
{
    var deferral = request.GetDeferral();
    await Dispatcher.RunTask(async () => // RunTask() is an extension method - described in the original question below.
        {
            try
            {
                var bitmapStream = await GetImageAsync();
                request.SetData(RandomAccessStreamReference.CreateFromStream(bitmapStream));
            }
            catch
            {
            }
        });

    deferral.Complete();
}

What I want to know is, what is the most correct way to achieve the call to Dispatcher.RunTask() above (which is my hack extension method).
----- START ORIGINAL MESSAGE -------
Say I have the following task:
private async Task SomeTask()
{
   await Task.Delay(1000);
   // Do some UI and other stuff that may also be async
}

Edit (Clarification): I do not want to block the UI. The task I want to execute (even in the example, if you read it) WILL NOT block the UI. I just want the task to run in the context of the UI for it's synchronous portions.
I want to run this on code on the UI thread as an Async operation. Dispatcher.RunXXX() methods take an action, which means they will run the action and notify you when they are done. That's not good enough. I need the entire task to run on the UI thread (as it would have executed had I run it from the UI thread) and then, when done, to notify me back.
The only way I could think of, is to use the Dispatcher.RunXXX() methods to execute an anon delegate that sets a local variable in my method to the task and then awaits that...
public async static Task RunTask(this CoreDispatcher dispatcher, Func<Task> taskGiver)
{
    Task task = null;
    await dispatcher.RunAsync(() => task = taskGiver());
    await task;
}

This looks pretty damn ugly. Is there a better way of doing it?
Edit2: Guys - read this code - if I execute the first code block above using the RunTask() hack I have, IT WILL NOT BLOCK THE UI on the Task.Delay()...

A:
I want to run this on code on the UI thread as an Async operation.

Then just run it:
async void MyEventHandler(object sender, ...)
{
  await SomeTask();
}

Update:
I'm not sure this is a "legal" operation, but you can schedule that method to run on the UI thread by capturing the CoreDispatcher while the UI is active and later calling RunAsync:
private async void GetImage_DelayRenderer(DataProviderRequest request)
{
  var deferral = request.GetDeferral();
  Task task = null;
  await coreDispatcher.RunAsync(() => { task = SomeTask(); });
  await task;
  deferral.Complete();
}

A: I don't have time to do a complete solution, so hopefully you will still find this useful...
First, as others have pointed out, you cannot run something on the UI thread and not have it block the UI thread.  End of discussion.  What you are saying you need is something to run on a non-UI thread and periodically notify the UI thread that there are updates that need to be processed.
To accomplish this, you need something like this...
public class LongTask
    {
        public event EventHandler MyEvent;

        public void Execute()
        {
            var task = Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
            {

                while (true)
                {
                    // condition met to notify UI
                    if (MyEvent != null)
                        MyEvent(this, null);
                }
            });
        }
    }

In your UI then, do something like...
private void button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var test = new LongTask();
            test.MyEvent += test_MyEvent;
            test.Execute();
        }

        void test_MyEvent(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Dispatcher.RunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () =>
            {
                test.Text += " bang ";
            });

You could obviously implement this in a much cleaner fashion using something like MVVM, but this is the basic idea.
            }

A: I've done it like this:
public static Task<string> GetResultAsync()
{
    return Task<string>.Factory.StartNew(() => GetResultSync());
}

In UI:
private async void test()
{

    string result = await GetResultAsync();

    // update UI no problem
    textbox.Text = result;

}


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1979 Distinguished Member Frank Lewis, Olympic Champion
by Jason Bryant | Nov 30, 2018 | Hall of Fame Legends | 0 comments
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As a tall, skinny college freshman, Frank Lewis was "a little tired" after six years of wrestling and planned to give full attention to his studies at Oklahoma State University.
But he needed a physical education credit and a wrestling class would provide an easy grade. Members of the class were required to compete in the all-college intramurals and when he failed to win the championship his pride was stung. He decided to concentrate on wrestling again.
Frank Lewis concentrated so well that he became a national champion and the gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games at Berlin.
A state high school champ and four-time medalist from 100 to 155 pounds, he possessed the raw talent from which coach Edward C. Gallagher could mold a winner. But because of his rapid growth, the youngster didn't have the stamina to wrestle the longer college matches. And because of a minor heart condition, his coach had to devise a special training routine to build stamina without putting a strain on his health.
Despite these difficulties, he established a collegiate record of 45-5, winning the NCAA title in 1935 after placing second the year before. Both years he contributed vital points to the Cowboys' team trophies.
In 1935, he won the National AAU crown and became the first contestant to be officially recognized as outstanding wrestler of a National AAU tournament, receiving a gold watch for this honor. A year later, he swept undefeated through the series of Olympic trials, then defended his position against his alternate on the boat to Europe.
In the Games, he scored a fall the first day, another the second day. He wrestled three times the third day, but stamina no longer was a problem and two more falls offset a narrow loss to Tur Andersson of Sweden as Frank Lewis became the only American to win a championship.
As a wrestler of ultimate achievement and a lifelong example of perseverance and dedication to goals, Frank Wiatt Lewis is honored as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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Recent work by SLHS member Stephen Digney throws new light on the development of the King's Park. Using LIDAR data to map relic features, he explores the survival of cultivation remains, the old race course and the mysterious Park Loch, amongst other features; there are updates, too, on the King's Knot and the Haining. It is a wonderful demonstration of how new methods can enrich and enlarge our understanding.
Understanding of the landscapes is of particular importance following the change of ownership from Crown Estate to Stirling Council with much of the area now controlled by the Golf Club.