A year into the launch of TiVo – the "revolutionary new personal TV service that lets you watch what you want, when you want" John Tebona, VP of business development, was faced with important decisions about TiVo's revenue model and strategic alliances. As television moved from a network-based model to interactive TV, he had to decide what role TiVo would play in the emerging industry landscape. Would TiVo be just a set-top box or would it live up to the vision of revolutionizing the television viewing experience? What revenue streams should it emphasize to capture most value? What strategic relationships must TiVo form in an environment where companies were cross-investing in multiple technologies across different industry segments? How could it expand its customer base and accelerate its revenues before competitors like Microsoft's WebTV became the default standard?


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Standing on the pier, I see you floating in the far distance. Little sailboat, you're calling me.
Beckoning, you cry out, I travel upon the open sea. We can sail away wherever the winds take us. We can move, aimlessly, along the coasts to find new passages and adventures. Each day, my little sailboat, will take me to magical islands filled with peaceful bliss. Where rest and solace are key. A life on the ocean that's relaxed and carefree; full of mirthful blithe.
Can you feel the salty water on your sturdy bow?
Are the gusts of the wind kissing your sails with tender delight?
I can feel the oceans breeze blowing its' moist salty air upon my face with a special caress only for me.
Soon, we'll find those enchanting islands. They lie somewhere. They'll embrace me with islanders waving a welcome.
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Ghana's media conglomerate, Media General, has secured exclusive broadcasting rights for the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, for this year.
As a result of that, the music awards will be broadcasted live on TV3, as well as its sister media stations 3FM, 3news.com, Connect FM and Akoma FM.
A partnership agreement between Media General and CharterHouse Ghana was signed live on TV3 Midday Live today, February 26 by Group Chief Executive of Media General, Mrs. Pearl Esua-Mensah and Chief Executive of CharterHouse, Mrs. Theresa Ayoade.
Per the agreement, TV3 and its sister stations will have exclusive access to the announcement of nominees, the pre-event nominees jam in Cape Coast, the red carpet on the awards night (April 14, 2018).
As well as the live awards night and the post-event celebration jam on April 28 among others.
Signing the agreement, Esua-Mensah said the Media General Group is focused on supporting local content.
"We believe in promoting our own. Over the years, we have promoted local drama, music and entertainment. It is going to be an exciting time on our platforms," she said.
Mrs. Ayoade on her part said TV3 viewers would enjoy exciting moments on the station with 360 exclusivity to the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
The partnership however, is in line with TV3's commitment to provide its cherished viewers with absolutely the best in entertainment while promoting local content to enrich the lives of the audience and the Ghanaian creative arts industry.
It further strengthens TV3's position as the leading TV channel for entertainment — providing businesses and advertisers with the best platform to reach their target audience and customers.


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The Cote Fleurie is a coastline situated in the eastern part of the department of Calvados in Basse-Normandie - Lower Normandy.
It extends over about 40km between Honfleur, on the estuary of the river Seine, to Merville-Franceville-Plage, at the mouth of the river Orne, opposite Ouistreham.
The Cote Fleurie is the coastline of the Pays d'Auge.
This historical region is considered the archetype of the Normandy countryside.
Indeed, this is where you'll find green and flowering hills and meadows where black and white cows graze, and orchards planted with apple trees producing the renowned cider and Calvados spirit!
The Cote Fleurie is a succession of long sandy beaches stretching at the foot of low cliffs.
These are open by two wide river valleys: Vallées de la Dives and Vallée de la Touques.
The coastline is also punctuated with many trendy seaside resorts.
Merville-Franceville-Plage, Cabourg, Dives-sur-mer, Houlgate, Villers-sur-mer, Deauville, Trouville and Honfleur.
Elegant villas and mansions with luxurious gardens and parks were built along the seafront during the Belle Epoque.
They turned these once understated fishing villages into trendy seaside resorts.
The name of Cote Fleurie dates from 1903.
Raymond Coustant de Yanville invented the name for his beloved coastline in order to compete with the Côte d'Azur!
Coustant was then the president of the society of Horticulture of the region.
He drew inspiration from the region's many flowery meadows and rolling hills, orchards, gardens and parks!
Flowery Coast is a well deserved name!
Indeed, the seaside resorts have since kept the tradition of planting flowers in all the parks and public areas for the tourists and holidaymakers to enjoy!
A short section of the Cote Fleurie, that stretches below the Plateau de Grâce near Honfleur, is known as Côte de Grâce.


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Traveling to a new city or country is an exciting, but overwhelming, experience. Deciding what landmarks and restaurants to visit in an unfamiliar place is a daunting task, hence the skyrocketing popularity of travel Instagram and blogs that provide destination inspiration.
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FEARS that a Portsmouth site still hasn't been developed have resurfaced after the installation of a long-awaited temporary road nearby.
Tipner residents were relieved when they won a three-year battle with Portsmouth City Council to build a road that diverts lorries away from Twyford Avenue, but are now questioning delays to build housing in the area.
The temporary road was opened a month ago and runs parallel to the M275 with the understanding that it will be used until the wider Tipner area is regenerated.
Twyford Avenue resident John Cass said: 'It's been a long running saga but we've managed to win the day.
'We had to put up with so much pollution with the traffic going through Stamshaw. It has made such a big difference already. But the council could have done something for us over three years ago. Just imagine if it wasn't opened.
Portsmouth City Council granted permission to build the road, but they did not pay for it. Instead Tipner west landowner, John Henry Pounds, footed the bill.
But Mr Cass believed the council should have done more. He added: 'The council said they never had the money to pay for it. Yet they had nearly £50m gaining interest from the City Deal money.
'Is that money still available and when are they going to start working on redeveloping the land at Tipner?
Cllr Ben Dowling, head of regeneration at the council, said plans for regeneration in the area were under way. He said: 'We are still moving forward with this. Homes England are involved and are currently looking at Tipner east. They are going out to market at the moment to find a developer to work with.
Former regeneration boss, Cllr Donna Jones, added: 'The City Deal money will be used as originally planned, to redevelop Tipner west. But if it had just been developed as it was there was only room for about 2,000 homes. We can get a lot more on there.


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When thinking about reducing student athlete time demands, I am reminded of the story of the drunk looking for lost keys under a lamp post. A police officer stops to help him and asks if this is where he lost them. The man says "no." The officer, confused, asks him why he's looking there if that isn't where he lost them. The man says "because this is where the light is."
Early discussions about student athlete time demands have primarily focused on shaving some hours or days from the schedule. This is where the light is shining. But the fundamental causes of time commitments are structural - conferences with poor geographic proximity; televised games played seemingly at any time, date and place; schedules that continue to expand and start earlier; and rules that are contorted through numerous exemptions to fit whatever new scheduling concept emerges to provide more television content or unique match-ups at a neutral site (because no one wants to schedule a true road contest.) The result is student athlete commitments have exploded over the past two decades.
Most coaches follow Parkinson's Law which states "Work expands to fill the amount of time you have available for its completion." In a coaching and administrative reward structure that is heavily weighted towards winning, a mandated day off and a 20 hours per week athletic activity limit are no longer sufficient to address what everyone knows: student athletes are spending more time than ever on athletics.
Reduce the number of contests in all sports by 10%. Baseball and softball could go from 56 to 50 games; soccer would reduce from 20 to 18 games; swimming would be reduced from 20 dates of competition to 18; tennis would move from 25 to 22 dates; track and field would move from 18 dates to 16; volleyball would move from 28 dates of competition to 26. This pattern would occur across all sports. Many coaches and athletes will resist such a change. Indeed contests are one of the best parts of the athletic experience. If competition is the principle of the athletic time commitment, then preparation and travel related to the contests are the compound interest that is impossible to pay down. The number of games that are packed into a season increases the intensity of the experience, increases missed class time and dilutes the educational experience.
If you are not convinced reducing games is possible, consider the following example - John Wooden's UCLA basketball teams that won 10 national championships in 12 years never played more than 31 games in any season, including all post season contests. Today, the number of games played by the basketball championship participants regularly exceeds 40 games - a 33% increase. Wooden's teams are no less revered, the lessons learned are no less compelling and the men who played for him received an incredible education because of who Coach Wooden was, but also because they could experience other aspects of college beyond Pauley Pavilion.
In the sport of football, reduce the schedule by one game. As recently as the early 2000's and in nearly every year prior, the FBS national champion was crowned playing 12 or fewer games including a bowl game. In 2014 and 2015 the national champions played 15 contests, a 25% increase. Obviously money and television are the driving factors in this expansion. But at a time when concussion concerns are at an all-time high, can a 25% increase in the number of contests from a little more than a decade ago be justified? (There is no question it can be rationalized.) In addition, the "Spring Game" has turned into a 16th contest with large crowds on many campuses and preparation expectations only somewhat less than during the regular season. Further, it is now permissible to take one of the windows of time that student athletes could realistically look forward to - spring BREAK - and mandate countable athletic activity as Michigan will do this year during a team training trip to Florida. Reducing the number of football games is unlikely to happen but if planned well into the future (five to ten years?) it could be accomplished and budgeted for appropriately.
Require meaningful regular season performance in all sports in order to be eligible for post-season play. A conference's worst teams shouldn't have an opportunity to win a tournament championship and a trip to the NCAA's. Unfortunately, the regular season for many sports has become largely meaningless with the sole outcome the establishment of seeds for a three or four day tournament. Conferences should evaluate the number of teams in their post season tournament and consider requiring a .500 record.
Sub .500 football teams should not be allowed to go to bowl game. Ironically, basing bowl participation for sub .500 teams on academic performance (to provide teams for all the bowls) is one notable example of a reward for academic performance. But the bowl structure has become college athletics' equivalent of everyone getting a ribbon. The games can't be justified based on revenue opportunities since the schools involved in many bowls lose money. Just because a bowl has been approved, the NCAA shouldn't be concerned about a bowl not being played because there aren't enough teams with .500 records - an incredibly low threshold. Bowls are business ventures and television exposure opportunities and they shouldn't be guaranteed to be profitable or have participants that aren't post-season worthy.
Reduce or eliminate competition in non-traditional seasons. Teams that have traditional fall or spring seasons should evaluate whether competition in the non-traditional season is appropriate and the number of contests should be very limited. Clearly there are athletic benefits. But there are also costs in student athlete time and institutional finances.
Evaluate whether it is more appropriate to count competition opportunities by the number of games played or dates of competition. This is an area that has significant impact on student athlete time demands, and is easily manipulated when the competition day only accounts for three of the countable 20 hours. Consider the sports of tennis and volleyball. Both sports frequently engage in multiple competitions in a day and these commitments can easily create days of 8+ hours of athletic commitment. Any sport that uses dates of competition is likely engaging in NCAA permissible, but significantly inaccurate, accounting of hours on that date of competition.
Consider using a date of competition AND contest limitation counting method. Limiting the number of permissible contests and the number of days in which they can occur could provide a significant reduction. For example, baseball and softball are currently permitted to play 56 games, which can occur across 56 days. Adding a dates of competition limitation (for example 48 dates) would allow coaches the opportunity to evaluate whether playing a double-header, which is common in the sport, would be desirable in order to reach the maximum permissible number of contests. The result in this case could be 8 additional days on campus without almost no effort. Similar reductions could be found in other sports and have little impact on the number of contests played.
Examine the length of every season. There was a time when football didn't start competition until after Labor Day and basketball didn't start competing until after Thanksgiving. The traditional start of basketball practice was October 15, until a plan was devised to allow coaches the same number of days spread out over a longer period of time in order to start in September. The concept was sold on reducing student athlete impact. Instead it does the opposite, making the season longer, increasing the pressure to perform at an "in-season" level of effort earlier, and reducing the time available to realistically pursue other endeavors.
Establish travel squad limits. Potentially a way to reduce time demands for those who aren't going to see competition. Although unpopular, they can work if adopted by all schools so that there are no disadvantages competitively. The NCAA and some conferences already do this as a cost containment measure at championship events. If it can occur in a championship environment, it can certainly be done in the regular season.
Consider measuring and regulating time commitments over a longer period of time. Twenty hours of engagement in a single week is arbitrary. Looking at the time demands on a monthly or season long basis would require better planning by coaches and an understanding that time used now may not be available later as teams approach their season long maximum and possible post season play.
Eliminate the ability to travel outside the local geography for practice purposes. Practice should be an educational and teaching environment instead of a booster engagement or recruiting opportunity. Taking student athletes on the road for practice is the athletic equivalent of holding class on the quad when the weather turns nice - providing great pictures for the admissions brochure and a nice way to break up the monotony.
All of these ideas will be hard to implement and most will be dismissed as naive or unworkable. But time remains a zero-sum game - an hour used for one purpose cannot be used for another purpose. The benefit of reducing in the areas suggested above is that while simultaneously returning time to student athletes, it keeps teams in each sport on a level playing field because everyone has the same amount of time available to prepare.
In a speech by William Deresiewicz to the graduating class at West Point, he spoke about the disadvantages of an elite education. It's worth spending 20 minutes to read the transcript as there are many parallels to today's student athlete experience. College athletics provides access to education and is still a teacher of life and leadership skills. But these benefits have eroded. The elite education of college athletics has become sheltered and controlled. College athletics has become too big to fail in an economic sense with no opportunity for exposure or revenue ignored. And it is too big to fail from a political standpoint with few presidents or directors of athletics able to withstand anything short of exceptional athletic performance. Unfortunately this pressure compromises the student experience.
College athletics needs to regain its elite educational aspects and find its lost keys. They've set a goal to do so by January 2017. Time will tell whether the search occurs where the light is shining or where the keys were actually lost.


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Music City Moves Spiritual Mountain Amidst Mayhem in USA
12:00PM EDT 6/15/2020	 Larry Tomczak
(Courtesy of Larry Tomczak)
Sunday evening in Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, multitudes gathered on the Capitol grounds, culminating seven successive days of prayer and praise countering the chaos. Beginning once again on the grounds of the Capitol courthouse, multitudes of intercessors peacefully passed Black Lives Matter activists in a prayer vigil on the way to the seat of our legislative body.
The week was reminiscent of what took place in Jericho when God directed His people to march for six days around the city and then, on the seventh day, do it again, but this time lift up a shout of praise. God caused the formidable walls to collapse, enabling His people to secure the victory.
What took place then and what was repeated in Music City most likely appeared like foolishness to the natural mind. Multitudes of peaceful and pleasant-faced Christians prayer-walking by assembled police and Black Lives Matter demonstrators may have triggered similar thoughts. But after an explosive eruption a week ago, the entire city certainly rejoiced that our experience was nothing like that of cities like Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, Atlanta and scores nationwide. The multitudes of black and white prayer warriors who participated—and I was privileged to be one of them—believe we experienced divine intervention in moving a mountain out of our way.
I have had the honor of serving on the board of Intercessors for America, launched by Derek Prince and Ern Baxter almost 50 years ago.
The biblical passage that has been the core of our mission is 1 Timothy 2:1-4 (NASB). I believe, from personal experience, this is one of the most neglected directives in the entire New Testament: "First of all then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority in order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (emphasis added).
By divine revelation, the apostle Paul in this passage gave instruction to the younger apostle Timothy on how God's people were to conduct themselves in the church. In assembling together, the priority was put on praying for civil authorities so the people of God have good government and enjoy a tranquil environment enabling them to freely proclaim the gospel and see God's will fulfilled for multitudes to be saved!
Honestly, do most churches do this? Do any churches do this? From my 50 years in Christian service, I've seen hardly a handful consistently pray for the government in their local church gatherings.
But crisis brings clarity! And today in the midst of the unprecedented crises we've been experiencing, many pastors and people are having a "woke" moment to take this seriously. That's really good news!
Volunteering for Service
In Tennessee, our motto is the "Volunteer State." For the approximately 500 who gathered on Sunday night to conclude our week of intercession during these turbulent and tense times, a verse comes to mind: The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, "Rule in the midst of Your enemies." Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew" (Ps. 110:2-3).
Our Ledger newspaper screamed front page titles like "Racism" ... "Police brutality"... "I can't breathe"... "Black Lives Matter"... "No justice"... "White privilege."
We dared to believe that by taking our place as "watchmen on the wall" (Isa. 62:6), repenting of our sins (2 Chron. 7:14), knowing "our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all, to stand" (Eph. 6:12-13, MEV) and "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people mourn" (Prov. 29:2), we came together in faith and witnessed a quick cessation of the anarchy, looting, violence and unrest.
Unite Nashville
As we knelt together on the grounds of our capitol building, I scanned the diversity displayed among the intercessors: approximately half black and half white men, women, youth and children loving God and each other. Probably half wore T-shirts with the words "Unite Nashville" emblazoned on the front, next to two hands clasped in prayer—one black and one white.
As Christians, we know the root problem of our racial divide is sin. The solution is the new birth experience transforming our hearts as we yield our lives to Jesus, the Prince of Peace, who alone can bring us together.
We left grateful for the calm that came over our city, and we know we played a significant part by responding to what God called us to do in being "salt" here in Music City USA.
I drove home remembering a song by a man who has a supper club not far from where we assembled. Maybe you recall the lyrics from the classic song by Ray Stevens who inspired us to envision what God intends for us in the "new heaven and a new earth" (Rev. 21:1) when He finally returns.
'Everything Is Beautiful'
"Jesus loves the little children/ All the children of the world/ Red and yellow, black and white/ They are precious in His sight/ Jesus loves the little children of the world.
"Everything is beautiful in its own way/ Like a starry summer night or a snow-covered winter's day/ Everybody's beautiful in their own way/ Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find a way."
Here's the deal: In the midst of these turbulent times, let's all do our part to tell others about Jesus so that they may, like us, realize Him truly as the way.
Larry Tomczak author of 10 books, is a cultural commentator of 46 yrs, Intercessors for America board member, best-selling author and a public policy adviser with Liberty Counsel. His new, innovative video/book, BULLSEYE, develops informed influencers in 30 days (see www.bullseyechallenge.com). and he has a variety of resources on his website (see www.larrytomczak.com). You can also hear his weekly podcast here.
Related topics: Prayer | Protests | Racism

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Q: PyQGIS using selected layer from a combobox With PyQGIS 3, I defined a comboBox to list layers from a QGIS project. I want to use the selected one to execute a treatment. I tried comboBox.currentData() class but it doesn't seem to be the good way.
How can I handle the selected layer from the comboBox as a vector layer ?
Maybe with comboBox.itemData() or comboBox.currentIndex() classes ?
# ComboBox
layers = QgsProject.instance().layerTreeRoot().children()
self.dlg.comboBox.addItems([layer.name() for layer in layers])
# Not the good way
selectedLayer = self.dlg.comboBox.currentData()

# Vector Layer
mySelectedLayer = QgsVectorLayer(selectedLayer, 'polygon', 'ogr')

A: There is a recommended way to do this: Use the built-in custom widget called QgsMapLayerComboBox.
You can find it in Qt Designer under the QGIS custom widgets group.

Once you open the dialog in QGIS, the combo box will be filled with all the layers in the QgsProject. QgsMapLayerComboBox offers handy methods for you to filter such list (see the docs).
When you're ready to read and use the selected layer, e.g., after the users accepts the dialog, you can access the selected layer in this way:
layer = self.dlg.mMapLayerComboBox.currentLayer()  # Real QgsMapLayer object

And that's it!

Annex: Why is your code failing?
Using a normal Qt ComboBox, you have several options to access a layer selected in the combo box. The best way is to use my_combo_box.addItem(layer_name, layer_object) instead of using my_combo_box.addItems(...) for filling the combo box.
In this way you can then get direct access to the selected layer using
layer = self.dlg.comboBox.currentData()

A: You can access the current text in your QComboBox via
lyr_name = my_combo.currentText()

and the layer via
the_layer = QgsProject.instance().mapLayersByName(lyr_name)[0]

mapLayersByName() method returns a list because QGIS can handle various layers of the same name. Thus, I often use [0] because in most of my cases the layer names are unique.
Reference: https://qgis.org/api/classQgsProject.html#a935efacacb942a15afe19728233e35c3

A: I recommend the answer of Germán Carrillo.
I'm adding another way to get these custom widgets, just in case if it's not listed in QtDesigner, in the left menu.
You can use a normal QComboBox in QtDesigner. Then right-clic on it and choose Promote to....
Then you can add custom widgets:
Name of base class: `QComboBox`
Name of promoted class: `QgsMapLayerComboBox`
Header: `qgis.gui`

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No longer considered a poor man's food or simply a garnish, watercress is a leafy green cruciferous that is worthy of the label "super food". A peppery vegetable in the Brassicaceae family along with broccoli, cauliflower and rocket, it is cultivated almost exclusively in spring-fed streams. Watercress has high levels of antioxidants and contains vitamins A, B, C, and E, folate, calcium, and beta-carotene. It is also rich in fiber, potassium, calcium phosphorous, and iron.
Historically, watercress was revered for its nutrition and healing properties. Even the father of medicine, Hippocrates, used it on his patients to treat illnesses. During the 1800s it was an essential part of the working class diet, but as more varieties of salad leaves were cultivated over the next 100 years, watercress became known as a poor man's food and was eventually less popular, according to Medical News Today. Only recently after scoring at the top of the Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI) has this made a comeback because, as the ANDI score measures vitamin, mineral and phytonutrient content in relation to caloric content. The study, conducted by Jennifer Di Noia of William Paterson University, looked at 17 important nutrients naturally occurring in food and calculated how much of those nutrients were found in a 100-calorie serving. With the surge in healthy eating in recent years, it stands to reason why watercress is on everyone's radar as the super food you have to eat!
Just like most super foods that have more than one positive function for our bodies, watercress is on the list of foods that are great for promoting healthy hair. With its high iodine content, watercress also helps to improve the function of the thyroid gland and relieves the symptoms of hypothyroidism that include hair loss. Many who eats foods for optimal hair and health benefits will want to eat watercress raw and as fresh as possible. It can also be used topically to treat dandruff and prevent hair loss because of its sulfur, iron, and zinc content. It is considered one of the best natural gems for hair loss. The prize ingredients in watercress that make it so attractive for hair loss would be the presence of zinc and biotin. The vital nutrients from the minerals and vitamins from watercress assist to encourage scalp health as well as hair health. Many deem it perfect for a hair conditioner or even a hydrating hair spa.
One of the best ways to utilize watercress for your hair is to create a tincture (liquid extract) and massaging it on your hair and scalp to rid dandruff or bacterial infections of the scalp. With its ability to enhance hormonal balance and performance, it indirectly encourages hair growth and healthy skin. Not into getting that close with nature? Well, it can also be found in an oil or in several hair products from shampoo to conditioner to even finishers.
So, watercress salad anyone or are you thinking about using it topically?


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Cyrtodactylus soba est une espèce de geckos de la famille des Gekkonidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce est endémique du Sri Lanka. Elle se rencontre vers  d'altitude dans les monts Knuckles.

Description
C'est un gecko insectivore.

Publication originale
 Batuwita & Bahir, 2005 : Description of five new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement Series, ,  (texte intégral).

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Notes et références

Saurien (nom scientifique)
Gekkonidae
Faune endémique du Sri Lanka

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A pressure sensor with a ceramic base body, a measuring membrane connected to the base body forming a measuring chamber, and an electromechanical converter that serves to convert a pressure-related deformation of the measuring membrane into a primary electrical signal. The pressure sensor is characterized by a low thermal measuring error, especially during temperature changes, due to the base body consisting of a ceramic material with high thermal conductivity, especially a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 50 W/mK.
7. A pressure sensor, comprising: a ceramic base body; a measuring membrane connected to said ceramic base body, thereby forming a measuring chamber; and an electromechanical converter that is used to convert a pressure-related deformation of said measuring membrane into a primary electrical signal, wherein: said ceramic base body consists of ceramics featuring a high level of thermal conductivity, especially a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 50 W/mK.
8. The pressure sensor according to claim 7, wherein: the thermal conductivity of the ceramics used for said base body is greater than or equal to 100 W/mK.
9. The pressure sensor according to claim 7, wherein: said base body consists of aluminum nitride (AlN), beryllium oxide (BeO), silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon nitrite (Si3N4).
10. The pressure sensor according to claim 7, wherein: said measuring membrane and said base body are made of the same material; and said measuring membrane has an outer surface layer of a corrosion- and/or abrasion-resistant material.
11. The pressure sensor according to claim 7, wherein: said measuring membrane and said base body are made of different materials; and the material used for said measuring membrane has a thermal expansion coefficient that is greater than or equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of the material used for said base body.
12. The pressure sensor according to claim 11, wherein: said measuring membrane consists of a corrosion- and/or abrasion-resistant material.
13. The pressure sensor according to claim 12, wherein: said meaning membrane consists of aluminum oxide.
14. The pressure sensor according to claim 10, wherein: said outer surface layer has one of: aluminum oxide and silicon carbide applied to it.
 The invention concerns a pressure sensor with a ceramic base body, a measuring membrane connected with the base body forming a measuring chamber, and an electromechanical converter that serves to convert a pressure-dependent deformation of the measuring membrane into a primary electrical signal.
 Pressure sensors include absolute pressure sensors that measure the absolute pressure against vacuum acting on the measuring membrane, relative pressure sensors that measure the pressure affecting the measuring membrane with respect to a reference pressure supplied to the measuring chamber, such as the current atmospheric pressure, as well as differential pressure sensors that capture a difference in the pressure between a first pressure acting on a first measuring membrane and a second pressure acting on a second measuring membrane.
 Today, they are used in a wide range of applications in almost every area of industrial metrology. Ceramic pressure sensors are produced and marketed by the applicant under the name of Cerabar.
 They regularly comprised a ceramic base body, a measuring membrane linked in a pressure-tight connection to the base body forming a measuring chamber, and an electromechanical converter that serves to convert a pressure-dependent deformation of the measuring membrane into a primary electrical signal.
 Ceramics have particularly advantageous thermal, chemical, and mechanical characteristics for applications in pressure metrology, which, among other things, allow for a high long-term stability of the achievable measuring results and a comparably stress-free installation of the pressure sensor within a wide range of temperatures into sensor casings that are usually metallic and not shown here, and/or process connections.
 Since the measuring membranes regularly are directly exposed to the medium whose pressure is to be metrologically captured, the materials used for measuring membranes are preferably those with high chemical and mechanical stability. Especially aluminum oxide is suitable for this purpose.
 In the process, special materials, some of which are very expensive such as high-purity aluminum oxide or sapphire, are used. They are characterized by a particularly high corrosion resistance. In addition, it is described e.g. in DE 39 12 217 A1 and DE 10 2006 056 172 A1 to provide the measuring membranes of pressure sensors with a thin corrosion- and/or abrasion-resistant surface layer.
 Pressure sensors are frequently used in comparably wide temperature ranges, e.g. a temperature range from -40° C. to 150° C. In order to avoid thermal tension, the base body and the measuring membrane are therefore regularly made of the same ceramic material. If base body and membrane were made of different materials, they would expand in varying degrees due to the different thermal expansion coefficients of the materials for temperature. This creates tensions in the pressure sensor that affect the pressure sensitivity of the measuring membrane, especially its stiffness, and thus lead to temperature-related measuring errors.
 There is a large number of applications in which these pressure sensors are subject to temperature changes. Especially for large temperature leaps or fast changing temperatures, this regularly leads to a temperature gradient forming inside the pressure sensor. A temperature leap initially generates a comparably large temperature gradient that subsequently decreases as the temperature between base body and measuring membrane is equalized. The temperature gradient also occurs if membrane and base body are made of the same material. Temperature differences between the measuring membrane and the base body lead to tension inside the pressure sensor that may lead to a deformation of the measuring membrane. Such a deformation is detected by the electromechanical converter. The electromechanical converter cannot differentiate between thermal and pressure-caused deformations of the measuring membrane. Consequently, even a deformation purely caused by thermal influences is recorded as a change in the pressure to be measured. Thus, the measuring signal derived from the converter includes a temperature-related measuring error with every temperature change that decreases as the temperature difference between base body and measuring membrane diminishes.
 It is one purpose of the invention to describe a ceramic pressure sensor that has a small thermal measuring error especially in case of temperature changes.
 For this purpose, the invention consists of a pressure sensor with a ceramic base body, a measuring membrane connected to the base body forming a measuring chamber, and an electromechanical converter that serves to convert a pressure-related deformation of the measuring membrane into a primary electrical signal, with the base body according to the invention consisting of a ceramic material with high thermal conductivity, especially a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 50 W/mK.
 Preferably, a material with a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 100 W/mK is used for this purpose.
 Base bodies made from aluminum nitride (AlN), beryllium oxide (BeO), silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon nitrite (Si3N4) are particularly suitable for this purpose.
 According to one further development of the invention, the measuring membrane and base body consist of the same material, and the measuring membrane has an outer surface layer, especially a surface layer made of a corrosion- and/or abrasion-resistant material, especially aluminum oxide or silicon carbide applied to it.
 Alternatively, the measuring membrane and base body may be made of different materials. In such cases, the material used for the measuring membrane preferably has a thermal expansion coefficient that is greater than or equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of the material used for the base body. The material used for the measuring membrane in such cases is preferably a corrosion- and/or abrasion-resistant material, especially aluminum oxide.
 The invention has the advantage of the heat applied to the base body being able to quickly expand and drain away due to its high thermal conductivity. It therefore directly acts against the formation of temperature gradients across the pressure sensor. The temperature differences arising across the pressure sensor when the temperature changes are therefore smaller and are more quickly removed due to the high thermal conductivity of the base body. The smaller the temperature gradients that occur, the smaller also the measuring error caused by them. The high thermal conductivity of the base body therefore reduces both the magnitude and the duration of the measuring errors occurring during temperature changes.
 The invention and its advantages will now be explained in detail using the figures in the drawing which show two exemplary embodiments. The same elements are indicated by the same reference numbers in the figures.
 FIG. 2 shows: a ceramic pressure sensor onto whose measuring membrane an outer surface layer has been applied.
 FIG. 1 shows a section view of a pressure sensor according to the invention. The example shown is a capacitive sensor. The pressure sensor comprises a mainly cylindrical ceramic base body 1 and a disc-shaped measuring membrane 5 that is in pressure-tight connection with the base body 1, forming a measuring chamber 3.
 The pressure sensor may, for example, be designed as an absolute pressure sensor. In this case, the measuring chamber 3 enclosed by the measuring membrane 5 is evacuated. Alternatively, the pressure sensor may be designed as a relative or a differential pressure sensor, with a pressure line--not shown here--leading through the base body 1 to apply a reference pressure, e.g. an ambient pressure, or a second pressure to the measuring chamber 3.
 The invention may equally be used for ceramic differential pressure sensors. The latter regularly feature a ceramic base body with a disk-shaped measuring membrane on each opposite end face attached to the base body in a pressure-tight connection forming a measuring chamber.
 The measuring membrane 5 is pressure-sensitive, i.e. any external pressure applied to it causes the measuring membrane 5 to deflect from its rest position. The pressure sensor features an electromechanical converter that is used to convert a pressure-related deformation of the measuring membrane 5 into a primary electrical signal. As one exemplary embodiment, the illustration shows a capacitive converter that comprises an electrode 7 applied over a large area on the surface of the base body 1 facing the measuring membrane 5, and a counter electrode 9 applied over a large area of the inner surface of the measuring membrane 5 facing the base body 1.
 The electrode 7 is electrically connected to measuring electronics 13 via a primary signal path 11 running through the base body 1 to the outside. Electrode 7 and counter electrode 9 form a capacitor whose capacity varies according to the pressure-related deflection of the measuring membrane 5. The pressure-dependent capacity or its changes are captured with measuring electronics 13 connected to the electrode 7 and the counter electrode 9 and converted into a pressure-dependent measuring signal that is then available for display, further processing and/or evaluation.
 According to the invention, the base body 1 consists of ceramics featuring a high level of thermal conductivity, especially a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 50 W/mK. Preferably, a material with a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 100 W/mK is selected.
 For this purpose, the base body 1 is preferably made of aluminum nitrite (AlN). Alternatively, beryllium oxide (BeO), silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon nitrite (Si3N4) may be used.
 While the measuring membrane and the base body of contemporary pressure sensors today regularly consist of aluminum oxide for the reasons given above, the material used here for the base body 1 has been chosen consciously as a material having a considerably higher thermal conductivity than aluminum oxide.
 Aluminum oxides regularly have a thermal conductivity of less than 25 W/mK. Even expensive special materials such as high-purity aluminum oxide ceramics and sapphires have a thermal conductivity of less than 40 W/mK.
 The high thermal conductivity of the base body 1 causes the heat applied to the base body 1 to drain quickly. If a pressure sensor according to the invention is exposed to rapid temperature fluctuations or temperature changes, the high thermal conductivity directly counteracts the formation of temperature gradients across the pressure sensor. The temperature differences occurring across the pressure sensor therefore are smaller. Furthermore, they dissipate faster due to the high thermal conductivity of the base body 1. The smaller the temperature gradients that occur, the smaller also the measuring error caused by them. The high thermal conductivity of the base body 1 therefore reduces both the magnitude and the duration of the measuring errors occurring during temperature changes.
 As much as is possible with regard to the other requirements on the measuring membrane 5, especially with regard to its corrosion and/or abrasion resistance, the measuring membrane 5 preferably is also made of the same material as the base body 1.
 Where this is not possible with regard to the other requirements on the measuring membrane 15, a measuring membrane 15 is preferably used that consists of the material of the base body 1 with good thermal conductivity and is provided with an outer surface layer 17 that satisfies the other requirements. Especially with regard to potentially existing differences in the thermal expansion coefficients of the measuring membrane 15 and surface layer 17, the surface layer 17 is preferably executed as a thin layer.
 For example, a base body 1 made of aluminum nitrite may be used together with a measuring membrane 15 made of aluminum nitrite on whose outer surface a surface layer 17 of aluminum oxide or silicon carbide has been applied. The surface layer 17 preferably consists of high-purity aluminum oxide. This version is shown in FIG. 2. Methods to create such a surface layer on an aluminum nitrite or silicon nitrite carrier have, for example, been described in DE 10 2005 061 049 A1.
 Alternatively, an uncoated measuring membrane 5 may be used that is made of a material whose thermal expansion coefficient is as similar as possible to the thermal expansion coefficient of the material used for the base body 1, and which is preferably greater than or equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of the base body 1.
 This has the advantage that the measuring membrane 5 comes under tensile stress if the thermal expansion of base body 1 and measuring membrane 5 is different, and therefore defined conditions prevail. A measuring error resulting from this may be compensated for mathematically, if required, by calibrating the pressure sensor accordingly.
 By contrast, if the expansion coefficient of the base body 1 were greater than that of the measuring membrane 1 [sic 5], bistable tension conditions of the measuring membrane 5 would exist in case of different thermal expansion. Consequently, a compensation of the measuring error caused by the different thermal expansions is not regularly possible.
 One example of this would be a pressure sensor with a base body 1 made of aluminum nitride and a measuring membrane 5 made of aluminum oxide that is significantly more corrosion-resistant than aluminum nitride.
 Similarly, the base body 1 may be made of silicon carbide or silicon nitrite in connection with a measuring membrane 5 made of aluminum oxide. Beryllium oxide on the other hand is not suitable as a material for the base body 1 in connection with a measuring membrane 5 made of aluminum oxide since it has a higher thermal expansion coefficient than aluminum oxide.


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Holcim Weston Project on hold
In light of the uncertainty created by the current global economic environment further consideration of Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd's Weston Plant Project is now not expected before late next year.
"We appreciate the ongoing support of staff, the local communities and other stakeholders for our proposal to build a new cement plant at Weston, near Oamaru," said Holcim New Zealand Capital Projects Manager, Ken Cowie.
"We realise that this creates ongoing uncertainty but we will continue to keep people informed."
Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd is a leading New Zealand supplier of cement, aggregates, ready
mixed concrete and lime. Its involvement in the New Zealand building industry dates back to
1888, and today it operates more than 40 sites and employs approximately 500 people. It is
part of the Holcim Group, one of the world's leading suppliers of cement, aggregates and
construction-related services represented in around 70 countries on all continents.
Mary Pauwels PH 021 451 084
Internet: www.holcim.com/nz


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Germany has provided a specialized training program in the field of Document Security and Document Examination for 16 Officers of the Palestinian Civil Police and 4 members of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior.
After having successfully passed this program, all participants were graduated with the expertise of "expert for second control level" as well as trainer for basic Document Security Courses. The graduation ceremony took place today, 28th September 2011 at the Ministry of Interior in Ramallah in attendance of the Minister of Interior, Dr. Said Abu Ali and the Head of the Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Goetz Lingenthal. The German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) was represented by the Director General for International Cooperation Eckehardt Wache.
The training program has been implemented by experts of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) in cooperation with the Palestinian Civil Police on the basis of a "train-the-trainer" concept. During the courses, participants were trained in identifying document fraud, specialized knowledge related to document security features, passport production and forensic examinations related to document fraud.
The cooperation in the field of combating forgery of documents between the German Federal Police and the Palestinian Civil Police started end of 2010 and is part of a comprehensive approach which includes in addition to a package of basic and specialized trainings as well as the delivery of special equipment to the PCP. Since then, as an outcome of this cooperation, approximately 110 Officers of the Palestinian Police and servants of the Ministry of Interior have been trained in 12 basic and specialized training courses so far. Germany will continue this cooperation.
Germany hosted an international donor conference in Berlin on 24 June 2008, the Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law, to support the development of a functioning police force and judicial system in the Palestinian territories. As a contribution and a conclusion of this conference, Germany pledged a 15 million euro aid package. The German support to the Palestinian Civil Police is covering infrastructure and equipment projects as well and is implemented in close cooperation and coordination with EUPOL COPPS.


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Павел Иванович Носович (1829—1887) — военный педагог и организатор учебного процесса, генерального штаба генерал-майор.

Биография
Родился, по сведениям Половцова, в 1829 году; по другим сведениям — 19 апреля 1830 года.

Произведён в офицеры 13 июня 1848 года. В 1866 — 1877 директор Новгородского графа Аракчеева кадетского корпуса, затем директор 1-го кадетского корпуса. Высочайшим приказом 20 мая 1868 года был произведён в генерал-майоры со старшинством от  30 августа 1869.

Умер  года.

Награды
 орден Святой Анны 2-й степени (1864), императорская корона к ордену (1866);
 орден Святого Владимира 3-й степени (1870);
 орден Святого Станислава 1-й степени (1872);
 орден Святой Анны 1-й степени (1880).

Семья
Был женат на Софье Дмитриевне Масловой (1839—?), дочери подполковника Дмитрия Николаевича Маслова. Их дети:
 Дмитрий (1862 — не ранее 1925)
 Виктор (?—?)
 Владимир (1864—1936)
 Ольга; её муж — Александр Дмитриевич Протопопов

Примечания

Литература
 Носович Павел Иванович // Список генералам по старшинству. Исправлено по 1-е января 1885. — С. 377.
 Скобелев М. Д. Стою за правду и за армию! — М.: Эксмо, 2012. — ISBN 978-5-699-57042-3.

Ссылки
 Носович Павел Иванович  на сайте «Русская императорская армия»

Директора Первого кадетского корпуса
Директора Нижегородского кадетского корпуса


LOS ANGELES, CA -- Three people connected to the alleged San Bernardino attackers have been arrested in a marriage fraud conspiracy.
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies says they have served warrants at two Southern California locations in connection with the December attack that killed 14 people in San Bernardino.
Lt. Mike Madden of the San Bernardino Police Department, who was the first officer on scene at the mass shooting in the Inland Regional Center on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller confirmed Thursday that warrants were served in the cities of Corona and Ontario. She says it's an investigation stemming from the San Bernardino attack, but she declined to elaborate.
Eimiller says the U.S. attorney's office is expected to issue a statement.
The December attack on a gathering of San Bernardino County environmental health workers was carried out by a co-worker and his wife. In addition to those killed, 22 were wounded.
The shooters died in a gunbattle with police.
Enrique Marquez will appear before a judge on charges related to the December 2, 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif.


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Someday, I intend to post a few syllabi and course handouts here.
Since I teach at a small liberal arts college, it probably won't surprise you to learn that teaching is very important to me. I was especially honored to be recognized by CMC's student body after my first year of teaching, and to receive a 2015-17 Graves Award in the Humanities. Each summer, I return to Boston to teach at Harvard's Clinical Bioethics Course.
Someday, I hope to make better use of this page.
Contact: aschroeder [at] cmc.edu • This page was last updated December 2017.


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US Senate Democrats urge President Donald Trump to try to prod OPEC to take steps to lower oil prices.
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump to try to prod OPEC to take steps to lower oil prices and suggested that millions of Americans will see tax cut proceeds canceled out by higher fuel costs.
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer held a news conference at a Capitol Hill Exxon station to criticize Trump for not doing more to lower fuel costs and said that gasoline prices had jumped 25 percent since Trump took office in January 2017.
Schumer said Trump's decision to withdraw from the multinational Iran nuclear deal was a factor in increasing gas prices. He also criticized the administration for planning to rollback fuel economy standards, not doing more to encourage the use of ethanol and for not pushing major oil producing states.
"It's time for this president to stand up to OPEC," Schumer said of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
"He's palling around with the Saudis and the UAE and all these other oil-rich countries. Why doesn't he ask them to lower their prices?" Schumer said, added that Trump "should buck his oil industry buddies."
The White House did not immediately respond to Schumer's comments.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who chairs the Energy Committee, said she agreed "OPEC's supply restrictions are driving prices higher and should be addressed, but I was stunned to hear my colleagues encouraging more production from the likes of Iran and Saudi Arabia, rather than right here in America."


This specification provides historical documentation of the legacy jabber:iq:time namespace, which has been deprecated in favor the urn:xmpp:time namespace defined in XEP-0202.
WARNING: This document has been obsoleted by the XMPP Standards Foundation. Implementation of the protocol described herein is not recommended. Developers desiring similar functionality are advised to implement the protocol that supersedes this on(XEP-0202).
Note: This specification has been deprecated in favor of Entity Time (XEP-0202) .
This document provides canonical documentation of the 'jabber:iq:time' namespace, which was long used by Jabber applications to discover the time at another entity's location. This document is of historical importance only, since it has been deprecated in favor of XEP-0202.
<utc/> -- The time (in UTC) according to the responding entity. The format SHOULD be "CCYYMMDDThh:mm:ss" (see below). This element is REQUIRED in an IQ result.
<tz/> -- The time zone in which the responding entity is located. This can be either a three-letter acronym or the full natural-language name of the timezone.  This element is OPTIONAL in an IQ result.
<display/> -- The time in a human-readable format. This element is OPTIONAL in an IQ result.
XMPP Date and Time Profiles (XEP-0082)  defines the lexical representation of dates, times, and datetimes in Jabber protocols. Unfortunately, the 'jabber:iq:time' namespace predates that definition, and uses a datetime format ("CCYYMMDDThh:mm:ss") that is inconsistent with XEP-0082 and XML Schema Part 2 . Because a large base of deployed software uses the old format, this document specifies that applications using 'jabber:iq:time' SHOULD use the old format, not the format defined in XEP-0082. In addition, note well that the datetime provided in the <utc/> element is explicitly UTC and therefore SHOULD NOT include the ending 'Z' character required by ISO 8601 .
There are no security features or concerns related to this document.
The 'jabber:iq:time' namespace is registered in the protocol namespaces registry maintained by the XMPP Registrar .
1. XEP-0202: Entity Time <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0202.html>.
2. A list of time zone names and abbreviations is located at <http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/>.
3. XEP-0086: Error Condition Mappings <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0086.html>.
4. XEP-0082: XMPP Date and Time Profiles <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0082.html>.
5. XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes <http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/>.
6. ISO 8601: Representation of Dates and Times (2000). This specification is not freely available; however, a good summary is located at <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html>.
Per a vote of the XMPP Council, deprecated in favor of XEP-0202.