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VETERANS REPORT TO NEW YORK GIANTS TRAINING CAMP…
New York Giants quarterbacks, rookies, and select veterans reported to summer training camp last Sunday. The rest of the players reported today. Also, the first rookie practice open to the press (but not public) was held today.
"You got a chance to see the third day of our rookie camp; rookies, select vets and quarterbacks," said Head Coach Pat Shurmur. "Very valuable time for those guys. I think I mentioned a little bit earlier, but they get a chance to get the first, second, and third installment before the veterans get here. That is very helpful for the rookies. Then the selected vets that didn't get a bunch of work in the spring, that kind of gets them up to speed, so that's the idea. As we move forward here, we're certainly looking forward to the 2018 season. As the coach, I'm going to try and keep the focus on playing football, keep the focus on trying to determine who our initial 53-man roster is, and keep the focus on playing Jacksonville and beyond. So that's the goal, for us to keep getting better and trained up for what we hope to be a very productive season."
The first full-team training camp practice and the first practice open to the public will be held on Thursday. The complete training camp schedule is available at Giants.com.
WITH THOMAS MCGAUGHEY AILING, TOM QUINN RETURNS…
The New York Giants simply can not get rid of Tom Quinn. It appeared that the Giants had finally parted ways with Quinn, who served as the team's special teams coordinator from 2007 to 2017, when they hired Thomas McGaughey to replace him in January 2018. But McGaughey has a medical issue and Giants have hired Quinn as assistant special teams coordinator. Anthony Blevins remains the team's new assistant special teams coach. Ironically, McGaughey served under Tom Quinn from 2007 to 2010. Now their roles are reversed.
"Tom was in town and available and is back assisting us," said Head Coach Pat Shurmur. "T-Mac (Thomas McGaughey) had some health issues, so Tom is here to assist in anyway possible. Outstanding coach and was in town, so he's here. So T-Mac is running things and will have two assistants."
INJURY REPORT – SAM BEAL LIKELY DONE FOR THE SEASON…
Various media sources are reporting that cornerback Sam Beal, who the Giants selected in the 3rd round of the 2018 Supplemental Draft, will likely miss the entire 2018 season with a shoulder injury. While other options are being discussed, Beal will likely need surgery, which would end his rookie year.
Beal aggravated a pre-existing shoulder issue in Monday's practice. NJ.com is reporting that Beal had shoulder surgery in February. Oddly, Beal did participate in practice on Wednesday before the injury was revealed to the public.
Defensive lineman R.J. McIntosh (unknown) remains on the Active/Non-Football Illness list and did not practice.
Linebacker Avery Moss (unknown) and safety Darian Thompson (unknown), who were sidelined during spring workouts, both practiced.
REPORT – DAVE GETTLEMAN'S CANCER IS IN REMISSION…
According to The New York Post, New York Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman's lymphatic cancer is in remission. Recent scans have come back clean. Gettleman is expected to continue to undergo chemotherapy treatments for the time being.
NEW YORK GIANTS SIGN IZAAH LUNSFORD, CUT TWO PLAYERS…
The New York Giants have signed free agent defensive lineman Izaah Lunsford. The 24-year old, 6'3", 310-pound Lunsford was originally signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by the Green Bay Packers after the 2017 NFL Draft. He spent all of 2017 on the team's Practice Squad.
The Giants also waived punter Taylor Symmank, who the team signed in June, and tight end Kyle Carter, who the Giants claimed off of waivers from the Minnesota Vikings in January.
Some snippets from various media sources:
Quarterback Eli Manning was given the day off. He did participate in the first two training camp practices on Monday and Tuesday.
Veterans present included linebacker Avery Moss, safety Darian Thompson, and safety Orion Stewart.
Quarterback Davis Webb made two excellent deep passes.
Wide receiver Jawill Davis beat cornerback Grant Haley, but Davis let the ball pass through his hands.
HEAD COACH PAT SHURMUR…
The transcript of Pat Shurmur's press conference on Wednesday is available in The Corner Forum while the video is available at Giants.com.
THE PLAYERS SPEAK…
Transcripts and video clips of the media sessions with the following players are available in The Corner Forum and at Giants.com:
QB Eli Manning (Video)
TE Evan Engram (Video)
LB Alec Ogletree (Video)
LB Olivier Vernon (Video)
NY POST Q&A WITH DAVIS WEBB…
Davis Webb talks new mantra as he enters Year 2 with Giants by Steve Serby of The New York Post
BUFFALO BILLS SIGN KEENAN ROBINSON…
The Buffalo Bills have signed New York Giants unrestricted free agent linebacker Keenan Robinson,who was placed on Injured Reserve in November 2017 with a quad injury. Robinson played in six games with three starts and had 32 tackles. He missed the season's first two games with a concussion.
Robinson was originally drafted in the 4th round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, where he missed time in 2012 (four games with right pectoral tear), 2013 (entire season with left pectoral tear), 2014 (three games with a knee injury), and 2015 (four games with a shoulder injury). The Giants signed him as a free agent in March 2016.
In 2016, Robinson officially only started 6-of-16 regular-season games, but he was second in playing time on the team among all linebackers (71 percent of all defensive snaps). Robinson finished 2016 with 83 tackles and seven pass defenses.
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Comets made up of two lobes, such as Chury, visited by the Rosetta spacecraft, are produced when the debris resulting from a destructive collision between two comets clumps together again.
Methyl chloride was discovered around the infant stars in IRAS 16293-2422. These same organic compounds were discovered in the thin atmosphere surrounding Comet 67P/C-G.


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Q: How to Debug php in Eclipse I am new to PHP.....
(In Eclips IDE) If i run the PHP code with Run As --> "PHP Script", that will work fine but Run As --> "PHP Web Page" is throwing the error as
Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server.
If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 404
localhost
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Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.11
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Please help me....
Gnanendra

A: If you are using XAMPP place your eclipse project workspace in the XAMPP\htdocs\ folder. if you use WAMP then place it in the WAMP\www\ folder. you'll find the XAMPP or WAMP folders in the directory where you have installed it.
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A: Are you using any XAMPP or WAMP service? Did you place your files properly? It says the apache could not find your file. i.e. you've either not configured your environment properly or your file is at a wrong place.

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Q: d3.map puts data in the same x position I have a list of words with the frequency that they are used. In this particular list I have one word that shows up two times in this list. I want this to be displayed in my graph.
I have a plunker for this. The URL is Click here
       var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal()
            .rangeRoundBands([0,width], .1);
        //y scaling
        var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
            .range([height,0]);
        //set up of xAxis
        var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
            .scale(xScale)
            .orient("bottom");
        //set up of yAxis
        var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
            .scale(yScale)
            .orient("left");

xScale.domain(ranks.map(function(d) {return d.word;}));
console.log(ranks.map(function(d) {return d.word;}));
yScale.domain([0, d3.max(ranks, function(d) { return (d.frequency)*1.2; })])

svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "xaxis")
    .attr("transform", function(d,i) {return "translate(0," + height + ")";})
    .call(xAxis);

svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "yaxis")
    .call(yAxis);

svg.selectAll(".bar")
    .data(ranks)
    .enter().append("rect")
    .attr("class", "bar")
    .attr("x", function(d) {return xScale(d.word); })
    .attr("y", function(d) {return yScale(d.frequency); })
    .attr("width", xScale.rangeBand())
    .attr("height", function(d) {return height - yScale(d.frequency); })
    .style("fill", "steelblue");

example of my word list
Rank  word
 1     the
 2     be
 3     of
 4     and
 5     a
 6     in
 7     to
 8     have
 9     it
 10    to
 11    for

When the graph is drawn and I inspect the element and find that all 11 bars were made but the x position of the rank 7 and 10 are the same. I don't know how to prevent this. I know it has to do with them being the same word.
 If you need more information like more code please just ask and I'll add more.
Has anyone else had this problem?


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The Parade Grounds is a large concrete open area on the south end of Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, USA. They lie beyond Building 64. They were originally built in the 1860s on a barren site by the U.S. military who used the site for military drills and parades.
After the island became a Federal Penitentiary in 1934, the Parade Grounds was used as a playground, especially on weekends and holidays, and was used host special events, often organized by the Officer's Club. As the nearby Building 64 aged and fell into disrepair, the operators of the prison funded several new residential blocks on the square. Gardens were developed around them, and handball and weightlifting facilities developed for the employees and their families. The children living in the quarters on the Parade Ground were known to other children and their families on Alcatraz as "the topside kids" because they lived above those residing in Building 64 on the dock below.
The island ceased use as a jail in 1963 and the residential buildings and gardens which were added were razed to the ground by the General Services Administration in the 1970s, but the foundation marks can still be seen.
↑ Jr., Jerry Lewis Champion (26 April 2012). Alcatraz Unchained. AuthorHouse. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-4685-8753-1. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
↑ Albright, Jim (30 March 2008). Last Guard Out: A Riveting Account by the Last Guard to Leave Alcatraz. AuthorHouse. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4343-5077-0. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
↑ Dunbar, Richard (1 January 1999). Alcatraz. Casa Editrice Bonechi. p. 71. ISBN 978-88-8029-940-0. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
↑ 4.0 4.1 Albright, Jim (30 March 2008). Last Guard Out: A Riveting Account by the Last Guard to Leave Alcatraz. AuthorHouse. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4343-5077-0. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
↑ Wellman, Gregory L. (28 May 2008). A History of Alcatraz Island:: 1853-2008. Arcadia Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7385-5815-8. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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Fuel cost price goes down but tariff goes up!
in Current Affairs, Letters, Opinion
~ By Leong Sze Hian ~
I refer to the Energy Market Authority's (EMA) reply "Power tariff increases in line with fuel prices: EMA" (Straits Times, Apr 7) to my letter Power tariff peg to fuel prices raises question over latest hike" (Straits Times, Apr 3).
It states that "While Singapore is a price-taker when it comes to fuel costs; the Energy Market Authority (EMA) has worked with the power industry to lower non-fuel costs where possible.
For example, we liberalised Singapore's electricity market in 2001 to encourage more competition. This incentivised the generation of companies to replace their oil-fired steam plants with more efficient gas-fired power plants. Without this development, the electricity tariff here would have been at least 15 per cent higher now.
Since 2008, Singapore Power has reduced its grid charges and its fees for providing billing and meter reading services by more than 10 per cent and 20 per cent respectively. These savings were achieved through productivity improvements and efficiency gains.
The EMA pegs the non-fuel cost for power generation to the cost of the most efficient generation technology in our system, the gas-fired power plant. This helps to ensure that power companies here invest in the latest and most efficient technologies available, so that we continue to realise efficiency gains that can be passed on to consumers".
Many measures, but non-fuel cost did not go down
So, this begs the question as to why despite all the above measures to lower the non-fuel cost component of the electricity tariff, prices have not come down over the last five years or so. In this regard, the EMA's web site says that "the non-fuel cost, which reflects the cost of generating and delivering electricity to homes, has remained largely unchanged over the past few years."
Fuel price goes down, but tariff goes up!
In this connection, the EMA's reply ("Doing the power math") to my letter "Fuel oil prices are falling, so why are tariffs still high?" (Today, Dec 10, 2008), said that "Mr Leong Sze Hian asked why, despite a 4-per-cent fall in the forward fuel oil price from $96.64 per barrel in January 2008 to $92.99 per barrel in January 2009, the electricity tariff over the same period increased by 1 per cent. The electricity tariff comprises both fuel and non-fuel cost components. While the fuel cost has come down due to the decline in fuel oil price, the non-fuel cost, which includes the operating and capital costs of the power plant, has increased due to inflation. This increase in the non-fuel cost more than offsets the decline in the fuel cost, which explains why the overall tariff in January 2009 is slightly higher than that in January 2008".
So, despite all the measures to reduce the non-fuel cost, the non-fuel cost "increased due to inflation", such that "this increase in the non-fuel cost more than offsets the decline in the fuel cost, which explains why the overall tariff in January 2009 is slightly higher than that in January 2008."
Hence, we have a situation whereby the electricity tariff went up despite a fall in fuel price because the non-fuel cost went up, and now in 2012 the electricity tariff goes up because of higher fuel price with the non-fuel cost remaining constant despite so many measures to reduce it over the years.
Power stations sold to foreigners recouped capital costs
"Mr Leong suggested that the non-fuel component be reduced as the capital costs of the power plants have already been recouped. This is not an accurate reflection of the situation."
To ensure that our power system is able to meet Singapore's rising electricity demand, continual investments are needed to maintain and upgrade power generation and transmission infrastructure facilities. Such recurrent costs are reflected in the non-fuel component of the tariff," I am somewhat puzzled as to why the power generation capital costs (building power stations) that may have been recouped when several of our power stations were sold to foreign companies, was not enough to offset the need to increase the non-fuel cost due to "continual investments are needed to maintain and upgrade power generation and transmission infrastructure facilities".
Does this mean that Singapore consumers may be paying for the upgrade of power generation (power stations), even after they are owned by foreign companies? Also, with "Singapore's rising electricity demand," shouldn't the economies of scale been able to reduce per unit non-fuel costs? Profits were up 45% in 2 years
It is perhaps interesting to note that Singapore Power's underlying net profit after tax increased by about 45 per cent from $616 to $893 million from FY2008/09 to FY2010/11. And of course I have no way of figuring out how much profit the foreign-owned power stations are raking in from the supply of electricity in Singapore.
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I'm partnering with Amazon.ca for the rest of 2017 to bring you some of my favourite finds for you and the home. I'm a huge fan of Amazon.ca, I've been a Prime member for the last year and every week or two make a shop for something for me, or my home. I'm also a member of their affiliate link program – which is a great program to sign up on if you're a blogger.
Although there is a joy in browsing my local stores (I think you should totally support your local shops) there's a place in my life for the online marketplace of Amazon. I typically shop with them once a week or, every other week. As a busy Mom, at 12 am when you need to get things checked off your list, pressing BUY and having it show up the next day is a game changer. It makes my life easier and I've been using for over a decade. Not only is the convenience of shopping online what draws me to their market, it's their HUGE selection of brands and products with big brands and small brands that I may not otherwise get introduced to. And what seals the deal on purchases are the reviews from other people who have purchased the item so I can really get a sense for if the product is for me.
I'll share some picks and purchases over the next few months but I thought I'd dive through my buying habits over the last 30 days which I think explains why I love the site so much. The thing with Amazon.ca is that I've been able to find products I haven't otherwise been able to find. AND, you can bundle them all into one shipment. So you don't have to drive to a local health food store, park, go in and buy and then drive across town to the home store to buy the rest. Ok, so here's my random purchasing to give you a taste of why I love it so.
I wanted to try one of those micro needle rollers after a friend talked about how amazing hers was, and how her skin was glowing. Instead of searching all around Toronto – Amazon.ca had a bunch and I picked the one that had the best reviews. Purchase result – It is awesome and I'm hooked. Although Aubrey is unsure about his wife rolling her face with mini needles.
In one of my late night, sleepless nights I bought a tree bag watering system for our front tree and am obsessed with that too. (Seriously, I was seeing them all over Toronto and had no idea where to get them so went to Amazon.ca and typed in "tree bag". Bingo. Result – I feel like my tree has grown a foot since I started. Although I'm not sure about that. But I'm happy with my purchase.
And one of my bigger purchases was our RING Wi-Fi doorbell. My friend Erika bought one for her house and I was impressed with how it worked. I loved my no hassle experiences with Amazon.ca and simply went online and noticed it was comparable in price to other retailers but the shipping with Amazon.ca gets me every time. I know it's reliable and fast, so it's a no brainer that I just buy from them. A day later it arrived and Aubrey was installing it. Result – Love it. Highly recommend.
So as you can see, from face needle rollers for your beauty routine, to charcoal tooth paste and wi-fi doorbells that you can answer from across the world, Amazon.ca carries everything. I'm excited to tell you about more of my picks between now and the end of 2017.


When life gives you lemons the best thing to do is make lemonade, when life gives you a corked wine the best thing to do is make wine cork art. After all, the cork and the bottle are about the only things that can be salvaged out of a bad wine.
Have you ever wondered what to do with all of those leftover corks accumulated after every empty bottle of red? Corks are handy for a few things-plugging up holes, re-corking a bottle, taking up space in a drawer, building a cork boat to float down the Douro River and maybe covering up that tacky floral wallpaper in the bathroom. We live in age where people have become sensitive to preserving natural resources and not creating unnecessary waste. So, if you ever feel guilty or wasteful about throwing away that Opus One cork, hold on to it, save it, save others and start imagining what other purpose that lonely cork can perform.
It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that can be said about wine cork art as well. Art doesn't have to be beautiful; it can be harsh, unnerving, thoughtful or inspiring. Regardless of the medium employed, art should be an expression that invokes an aesthetic, a concept or emotion. Cork as a medium for artistic expression has never been seen in the New York Metropolitan Museum or the Louvre. Because of these facts, cork art fits more neatly into the category of craft rather than art. Debatable opinion? True, but remember that Michelangelo worked in marble and Van Gogh painted on canvas-never in cork.
There are unlimited cork uses and ideas; the only thing that is essential is to apply creativity to your artistic or craft expression. Below are some examples of wine cork art. As a cautionary disclaimer, none of the cork bits and pieces shown can be qualified as high-brow art, then again, the artist or craftsperson working in cork tend to gravitate towards the quirky.
Check out Gabriel Wiese's stuffed cork chairs. Definitely not of the sleek and stylish Italian furniture jobs but with 600 to 2500 corks used in each chair, they can probably float.
But of course, a coaster for your wineglass.
Wreaths to hang on your front door at Christmas are traditionally made from pine boughs. However, there are no laws preventing Christmas wreaths made from cork.
For more gift ideas for the wine lover... watch this slideshow!
It's always fun to make one's own ornaments. These reindeer ornaments won't be pulling Santa around but have their own charm.
Cork serving trays can be made as a kit with decorative handles and a plexiglas bottom, just add your corks.
Actually, cork makes good material for trivets. They are soft, thick, and won't scratch a counter or tables service when you place a hot pot on it. You can make your own or save yourself the trouble and buy a ready-made trivet.
Some people just want to show off their corks a display rack makes a good presentation platform.
No kidding, a rug. Laugh if you want but you won't have to care about stains if you spill a glass of Syrah.
Here's a clever way to put a roof over a sparrow.
So what makes your boat float? Ask Garth Goldstein what type of boat he used to float down the Douro River.
One trend that can unplug wine cork art are screwcap bottles. Somehow a chair made out of screwcaps would not be very comfortable.


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Raoul Coutard, French cinematographer, Died at 92
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Raoul Coutard was born on September 16, 1924, and died on November 8, 2016.
He was a French cinematographer.
Coutard was best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard.
He also shot films for New Wave director François Truffaut as well as Jacques Demy, a contemporary frequently associated with the movement.
Coutard has shot over 75 films during a career that lasted nearly half a century.
Originally, he had planned to study chemistry, but switched to photography because of the cost of tuition.
During 1945, he was sent to participate in the French Indochina War; he lived in Vietnam for the next 11 years, working as a war photographer, eventually becoming a freelancer for Paris Match and Look.
During 1956, Coutard was approached to shoot a film by Pierre Schoendoerffer, La Passe du Diable.
He had never used a movie camera before, and reportedly agreed to the job because of a misunderstanding (he believed he was being hired to shoot production stills of the film).
Raoul Coutard passed away at 92 years old.
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Sparky. The two USB ports on the front are for "catch-and-release".
The first two didn't have names, but my third home computer was called "Astra" (probably because it was an Astra Pentium). Number four was "Lazarus", which was a scrapped piece of junk that I was trying to bring back from the dead, and number five was "Frankenstein", a bare-bones system that I built up with parts from other computers. "Milkyway" was my first truly reliable and useful computer, named thus because it was a Gateway computer that came in a Holstein-cow-patterned box (remember those?).
When I finally got tired of mystery problems and the inevitable Blue Screen of Death, I admitted to myself that I needed to buy a new home computer specifically for the shack. That's when "Longwave" arrived on the scene.
To tell the truth, Longwave wasn't much better than its patched-together predecessors, but at least it would run some of the time. But for digital radio operations it was largely a bust. I really wasn't able to do much in the way of digital ops until I bought a new general-purpose home computer ("Blacky"), and retired Milkway to the shack.
I loved Milkway. It was a real workhorse, and running Windows XP, it hardly ever crashed. It was able to talk to TNCs, sound card interfaces, and just about anything else I threw at it. I'm not saying that all of my digital efforts worked perfectly, but by and large the problems I encountered usually weren't computer hardware related.
Most of these radios perform some sort of digital operation.
Entropy always wins, though, and Milkway eventually began to show its age. It didn't have the capacity that I needed, and it wasn't upgradeable. I found myself slowly transferring its radio-related functions over to a laptop named "Holly". When some of Milkyway's basic functions began to fail, I figured it was time to move on.
Holly was (and still is) pretty reliable, but like any laptop, there's a limit to what it can do. I always envisioned my shack computer as being my Radio Command Center, handling a multitude of functions simultaneously and running 24/7. And since I wanted to connect many devices to it, it would need to be expandable.
It was time to buy another tower computer.
Heaven help me, I ordered one on eBay.
Okay, the new computer ("Sparky") did work. It came exactly as advertised, with a mouse, keyboard, and with Windows 8 loaded. And not one iota more than that. There wasn't a single piece of paper included, no setup instructions, nothing. And when I booted it up, yes, it had Windows 8 loaded, but not licensed. I had to pay Microsoft another chunk of cash to get it to work. I could go on an extended rant about how I loathed Windows 8, but there's already plenty of verbiage out there on that subject. Suffice it to say that I upgraded to Windows 10 the moment it was available.
Sparky works. I'm happy with it. Windows 10 keeps wanting to turn it into a phone or a TV or a shopping mall, but I keep stamping out those efforts whenever I spot them. But do my radio functions work?
I discovered, however, that my vision of a Radio Command Center was a bit beyond Sparky's initial abilities.
Let me clarify that: I had more stuff to connect than there were places to connect them.
The days of the home computers sporting big parallel bus connectors are long gone. You also don't see 25-pin serial connectors any more. Even the 9-pin serial connectors are beginning to vanish. Today everything plugs in via Universal Serial Bus (USB). And while USBs themselves are changing (Milkyway had USB 1.1, whereas Sparky has a mix of USB 2.0 and USB 3.0), at least computer manufacturers realized that you need several connectors, not just a few.
My problem was I needed more than several.
Sparky had a total of eight USB ports, which sounds like a lot. At least, it sounded like a lot when I decided to order it. But right away, two of those ports are on the front of the tower. No one wants cables dangling from the front of the computer. No way. Those are "catch-and-release" ports, meant for temporarily plugging in your camera or a thumb drive or the like. So we're really talking about six USB ports onto which I could connect permanent devices.
Oh, but there were the keyboard and the mouse to consider. Make that four ports.
The printer in my shack isn't wireless, so that's another port taken. I also have a label printer. And an external disk. And a home weather station.
Lots of USB ports. They work... most of the time.
Ding! That's it. All of the USB ports on the back of Sparky were now occupied, and I hadn't connected a single radio-related device!
Okay. I had anticipated this. Before ordering Sparky, I had checked to see if it had expansion slots.
Do you know what those are? For those of you who are brave enough (or, in my case, foolish enough) to open up your home computer and mess around inside of it, expansion slots are places where you can plug in more cards. They make expansion cards that can perform all kinds of functions. The ones that interested me, naturally, were those that added more USB ports to the computer.
So, I bought the biggest one I could find. It added five more external ports, all USB 3.0 (they are backward compatible, so you can plug USB 2.0 devices into them). I installed it in Sparky and was ready to go.
Uh oh. I was running out of ports again!
No problem. I purchased a second five-port expansion card and installed it.
Everything I want (or can even imagine!) is now plugged into Sparky. It all runs smoothly.
Sometimes Sparky just decides that one of the devices simply isn't there. I can move it to one of the few remaining empty ports and it will work again. For a while.
It's a new mystery. It may be that all the extra USB ports are consuming too much power. Perhaps the expansion cards are defective. There's even the possibility that Windows 10 just can't handle that number of USB ports.
All I can say for sure is that when it comes to interfacing radios and computers, there's no such thing as a perfect system. At least, not in my shack.


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The phrase 'ASEAN Community' is on many people's lips and mentioned often in news reports these days, but how much do we really know about the onset of the Community by 2015? What will this mean for our communities, countries, livelihoods and everyday lives?
The 'Reporting ASEAN: 2015 and Beyond' program provides a venue for in-depth, critical and original reportage looking into the 'ASEAN Community' and ASEAN regionalization, its implications and impact on the lives of the constituency of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN). Better reportage on this regional initiative would enable media and journalists to better explain and investigate ASEAN's role and that of the ASEAN Community in their societies and countries' development.
'Reporting ASEAN: 2015 and Beyond' is open to professional journalists who are nationals of the 10 ASEAN member countries – Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The program is being implemented by IPS Asia-Pacific (www.ipsnewsasia.net), and PMFI (www.probefound.com), two Asia-based organizations working on media and capacity building of journalists. Core financial support for the 'Reporting ASEAN' is provided by the Rockefeller Foundation (www.rockefellerfoundation.org).
Fellowship applications must focus on the exploration of a news issue related to the ASEAN Community and ASEAN regionalization – including urban resilience and urbanization; vulnerability and resilience to climate change; access to energy; the Community's impact on formal and informal labour; healthy systems and population mobility and migration in the region; economic linkages; issues around the formation of an ASEAN identity; public perceptions of the ASEAN Community.
Story proposals will be screened using these core elements: originality; creativity; relevance to the overall development of ASEAN societies; the presence of a strong regional angle that goes beyond national reporting lenses; a deep understanding of ASEAN and the ASEAN Community; organization of planning and execution of in-depth journalistic investigation; and inclusion of a variety of sources (not just state voices) such as different stakeholders and marginalized groups.
Selected fellows will be given subgrants to carry out coverage of their approved topics.
They will also get scholarships to attend 'Reporting ASEAN: A Media Forum', a congress that will be held in Bangkok on Feb. 26-28, 2015 to discuss news, media and communication-related issues around the ASEAN Community. A basic knowledge of English is needed for participation in this congress.
Print/Photojournalism Fellows. Writers are to produce a package of stories, totalling at least 2,500 words, to be published in their respective media outlets. Photographers are to produce photo essays composed of 15 quality pictures selected from the shots they take, with an accompanying narrative of up to 900 words.
TV Fellows. TV journalists are to produce a video story (minimum of 3, maximum of 15 minutes) to be aired on their stations. A video story may be in the form of a documentary or news feature. It may be submitted in a local language, but must be subtitled in English.
-For TV journalists, copies of two aired TV segments they produced (written, directed, shot or edited) and links to You Tube or Vimeo, etc.
For information, please write to reportingasean@gmail.com or download an information sheet.
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Il Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 (chiamato anche RSC M1917) è un fucile semiautomatico che l'esercito francese ha messo in servizio durante l'ultima parte, nel 1918, della prima guerra mondiale. Era dotato di cartucce standard 8 mm Lebel, la cartuccia ricurva utilizzata in altre armi da fanteria dell'esercito francese dell'epoca. Nel complesso, il MAT (Fabbricazione di Armes de Tulle) avevano fabbricato circa 86.000 fucili Mle 1917 quando la loro produzione è termina alla fine del novembre 1918. Tuttavia, pochissimi sono sopravvissuti in condizioni completamente funzionali e le semiautomatiche sono diventate molto ricercate per il collezionismo.

Voci correlate
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Collegamenti esterni
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 http://armesfrancaises.free.fr/FSA%201917.html
 http://modernfirearms.net/rifle/autoloading-rifles/fr/rsc-m1917-e.html
 http://www.tircollection.com/t5910-rsc-1917-et-garand
 https://www.worldcat.org/title/small-arms-of-the-world-the-basic-manual-of-military-small-arms/oclc/3773343

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Scientists developed AI-powered ankle braces to make you walk faster
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A team of scientists and engineers at Stanford University recently developed an AI-augmented walking gadget that could help us all pick up the pace while burning less energy.
Behold the Stanford ankle exoskeleton:
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Up front: While the device itself is a complex mash-up of AI and mobility technologies, the idea behind it is pretty simple. It connects to a user's ankles and supports movement using a pulley system that lifts the wearer's heel up when they step, thus reducing the energy and force necessary to point their toe down as they begin the next step.
Per the researchers' paper:
In this study, we used human-in-the-loop optimization to test whether large improvements in self-selected walking speed are possible through ankle exoskeleton assistance.
Healthy participants (N = 10) were instructed to walk at a comfortable speed on a self-paced treadmill while wearing tethered ankle exoskeletons.
An algorithm sequentially applied different patterns of exoskeleton torque and estimated the speed-optimal pattern, which was then evaluated in separate trials. With torque optimized for speed, participants walked 42% faster than in normal shoes.
A 42% increase in walking speed is a remarkable improvement. The researchers expected some improvement based on the mechanics of the device alone, but the addition of self-learning algorithms and the use of a human-in-the-loop during training seems to have propelled its efficacy far beyond just a minor performance bump.
Quick take: The big idea here is to eventually develop mobility solutions for the elderly and/or disabled. The current system is an early prototype for future research. Not only does it take hours to calibrate, but it's only been tested on young, healthy adults so far.
Nevertheless, this is an important step in the right direction for humanity as a whole. If the idea is to optimize our ability to traverse our world, any solution that allows us to reduce our energy consumption while overcoming nominal physical limitations should be considered worthwhile.
Read the whole paper here.
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Dr. Annie DesGroseilliers grew up in the town of Newmarket, just a short drive North from Toronto. After graduating from Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel with high honors, she continued her education at the University of Ottawa where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in 1996.
During that time she competed in various high level Badminton provincial competitions. She was twice awarded the MVP award. Upon graduation Dr. DesGroseilliers moved east to attend The University of Montreal, School of Optometry where she completed clinical rotations in pediatrics, contact lens, ocular pathology and binocular vision.
She also completed an externship at the Colorado Omni Eye Center with an emphasis on diseases of the retina, glaucoma, pharmacological treatment of the anterior segment and pre- and post-operative management of cataract and refractive surgery.
After 8 years of schooling she obtained her Doctorate in Optometry in 2000. After a month of travelling in Australia with her twin sister, she became an associate at eyeDOCS. Since joining the practice, she gained valuable knowledge from her mentors Dr. Margaret Hansen and Dr. Roland des Groseilliers.
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Running New York's electric grid takes dedication. So does being a community-minded organization. Either way, the New York Independent System Operator, (New York ISO for short), knows the importance of caring about our neighbors.
Our nearly 600 employees are the People Who Power New York, and we take social responsibility seriously. We set a high standard for ourselves and view our role in keeping the lights on for New Yorkers as part of a powerful purpose that extends to giving back to our communities and neighborhoods.
Corporate responsibility is deeply engrained in the culture of the New York ISO and something that makes the work we do here even more fulfilling. And our work has not gone unnoticed. In December 2018, the NYISO was named one of the "Responsible 100" by the publication City & State New York. The list celebrates organizations creating "standards of excellence, dedication and leadership in improving their communities and making transformative changes."
NYISO staff love to volunteer. We work with large organizations such as the Red Cross and Ronald McDonald House, as well as local food banks and programs like Future City, which teaches STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) skills to kids.
Our employees have donated more than $1.5 million to charitable organizations over the years, from the United Way to No-Shave November. We have also supported charity events for both veterans and troops serving oversees.
When the call comes to donate goods, we deliver - everything from clothing and food drives to Toys for Tots.
Whether giving of time or money, we stay engaged in our communities. These efforts connect us personally to our neighbors and give us a great opportunity to communicate our role in energizing New York, not just as an organization, but as people with a very real understanding of the impact we have on one another.
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Colton Underwood, Cassie Randolph Get 'Meaningful' Tattoos During Night Out
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Staying true to their vow to remain friends. Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph did not let their recent split keep them from hanging out and getting tattoos together.
The former Bachelor, 28, shared an Instagram photo of himself getting inked. "A glass of red, some art and good friends!" he wrote on Thursday, June 18.
Meanwhile, Randolph's sister, Michelle Randolph, posted Instagram Story pics of her and the graduate student, 25, visiting the same tattoo artist. "Last night @cassierandolph & I did a thing," she captioned one shot. Michelle's boyfriend, Gregg Sulkin, and his Runaways costar Rhenzy Feliz were also in attendance.
Cassie Randolph and Colton Underwood. Matt Baron/Shutterstock
"It was just a bunch of meaningful tattoos and a really nice, chill night with friends," a source tells Us Weekly exclusively.
Cassie got a cross tattoo on her pinkie finger, while it is unclear what type of artwork Underwood requested.
The reality stars announced their split on May 29. "Sometimes people are just meant to be friends — and that's okay," he explained on Instagram. "We both have grown immensely and been through so much together — so this isn't the end of our story, it's the start of a whole new chapter for us."
Cassie Randolph is given a tattoo. Courtesy of Michelle Randolph/Instagram
Cassie agreed to stay friends with her ex. "Colton and I have broken up, but have decided to remain a part of each others [sic] lives," she noted. "With all that we have gone through, we have a special bond that will always be there. I love Colton very much and have an enormous amount of respect for him. We have both learned and grown so much these past couple years, and will always have each others [sic] back. Always."
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When you think you found a bug, please check the issue-tracker at github first, if it isn't already reported. If you are unsure about having the same bug, don't hesitate to create a new issue-ticket, I will inform you about via comment or closing.

## By creating patches, features or pull-requests

When you managed to find some time in creating a patch or implemented a new feature, please create small pull-requests. Having to merge a pull-request with different fixes or several new features is no easy task and won't be accepted (exceptions of this may occur when having similar small fixes).

## Some words about code-formatters and comments

I love code-formatters, but until I have strict requirements for this project (I don't have them currently), please **do not** apply your formatter over the whole code, just on your changes should be enough. It shortens the time to check pull-requests for the change you really made (and not making the code look worse than it is).

If there are some comments you find irritating or confusing (or even being wrong), just create a pull-request to adjust these parts.

## Inform others about this

This project lives from the usage by others, show it to some collegues, use it in your spare-time-projects and feel free to spread this project all over the world. Every move to keep this project alive and kicking is very welcome.

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Are you sure that your electrical system is safe every time you go out of your house?
Whether you're leaving for work or taking a vacation for the fall, keeping your home electrical system in check is absolutely critical in preventing accidental property damage or loss. After all, you can only monitor so much of your home whenever you're away.
The best first step in keeping your electrical system secure is to disconnect any plugged appliances from power sockets. Especially if you're going away for a number of days, keeping your home appliances plugged in (even though they're turned off) may still be at risk of short circuiting or faulty grounding.
Another safety tip to secure your home is to turn the main breaker off. This is only applicable if you have no perishable items in your refrigerator. However, this may not be a good idea if you have a security alarm system installed in your home – it won't activate if you have no power at home!
You won't know what freak accident may happen in your home while you're away, and one potential risk is a lightning storm. To keep your system protected from a sudden bolt of lightning that may hit your house, it would be a great idea to install power surge protectors for the whole house.
Feel free to talk to us at Wire Craft Electric, in case you need electrical services such as installing new devices or checking your home for safety risks.
Look out for anything outside your home that may cause untoward electrical accidents. These may include a bunch of dry leaves covering an outdoor lighting fixture, electrical wires exposed to moisture, and growing plants that may snap off nearby power lines.
It may be best to seek help from professionals such as electricians, gardeners, and landscape architects to check the safety of your immediate outdoors.
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Arthur Erskine of Blackgrange (died 1571) was a Scottish courtier.

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He was a son of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine and Margaret Campbell.

He became an equerry or master of the stable to Mary, Queen of Scots. John Knox noted that he accompanied her during her formal Entry to Edinburgh in September 1561. Knox says the queen was given a Bible during the pageant, and quickly passed it to Erskine, who was a Catholic.

In 1562 he married Magdalen Livingstone, a lady in waiting to Queen Mary, and daughter of Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston and Agnes Douglas. Mary bought him a horse for £40 in April 1562. In December 1566 she gave him £60 Scots, from her income known as the "Thirds of Benefices".

The escape from Holyrood Palace
After the murder of David Rizzio on 9 March 1566, Mary escaped from Holyrood Palace the next day at midnight and rode behind Arthur Erskine to Seton Palace and then to safety at Dunbar Castle. The description of the murder of Rizzio made by the Earl of Bedford and Thomas Randolph says that Lord Robert Stewart and Arthur Erskine tried to resist the murderers when they entered the queen's chamber.

Anthony Standen wrote that Mary was mounted behind Erskine, Darnley was on another horse, and there were six in the party riding to Dunbar, including the Laird of Traquair, and a chamberer or servant for Mary.

Later career
Arthur Erskine and Magdalen Livingstone stayed at Dryburgh on the 9 and 10 of October 1566 with his kinsman David Erskine, Commendator of Dryburgh before riding to Jedburgh to join Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary then rode from Jedburgh to Hermitage Castle to see the Earl of Bothwell.

As one of the masters of the queen's stable, Erskine kept an account with Robert Abercromby, an Edinburgh craftsman who made saddles and reins.

He died in 1571.

After his death, Magdalen Livingstone married James Scrimgeour of Dudhope in 1577. Mary, Queen of Scots, was displeased by the news of this marriage.

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VALDOSTA, Ga. -- The Georgia Southwestern softball team was swept by #5 Valdosta State in a pair of midweek games Wednesday night inside Steel's Diamond. Both games ended in five innings as GSW used a total of four pitchers throughout both games.
Game One: GSW 1, Valdosta 9
With bases loaded in the top of the fifth, Kayla Kerr received the sole RBI of the evening when she was walked and pushed Chloe Zoeller across the plate for the lone GSW score. Zoeller and Hayley Tierce both had two hits as Aimee Oglesby also had a hit.
Kerr received her first lost of the season with 0.1 innings pitched, as she let off four runs, three hits and walked one batter. Shannon Gibson started the day with 4.1 innings pitched as she let off eight hits that gave up five runs but had two strikeouts.
Game Two: GSW 0, Valdosta 10
VS's Kiley Robb hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth as the Blazers scored five runs total to end the game due to the mercy rule. Hayley Dickerson started the game where she gave up five runs but had four strike outs in 4.0 innings pitched. Kayla Rowell led the Lady Canes with four putouts.
GSW gave up three home runs, with the final one coming in the bottom of the fifth inning to push three Blazers across the plate to finish the game.
Up Next: The Lady Canes (9-9) kicks off their Peach Belt Conference schedule when Georgia College comes to town Saturday, March 9 on Bark in the Park day for a double header. The first pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. All animals are welcomed!


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It's finally here.
American Horror Stories is now streaming exclusively on FX on Hulu with new episodes Thursdays.
To say we're excited would be an understatement.
From the creator of the original American Horror Story Ryan Murphy, this new spin-off will feature 7 standalone episodes that deep-dive into horror myths, legends, and lore.
For fans of the original series, this is not one to miss.
The exclusive FX on Hulu premiere features two hour-long episodes with additional episodes released weekly.
Ryan Murphy has confirmed that the series will feature a return to Murder House, where the first season of the original American Horror Story was set.
Several cast members have also already been confirmed, with several Murphy-approved stars including Kevin McHale (Glee), Nico Greetham (The Prom), Dyllón Burnside (Pose), Matt Bomer (The Boys in the Band, American Horror Story), John Carroll Lynch (American Horror Story) and Charles Melton (American Horror Story: Hotel).
A few other household names will be joining the cast as well, including models Kaia Gerber and Paris Jackson, and film legend Danny Trejo.
When the cast was released, Murphy also posted in a cryptic tweet: "And this isn't even the half of it."
For those not familiar with the original series, American Horror Story is nine (with a tenth coming in August 2021) self-contained series, each following a different horror story.
Since first airing in 2011, the show has been nominated for 28 Primetime Emmys, nine Golden Globes, and 19 Critics' Choice Awards.
Following its successful ten-year run, fans can't wait for this new spin-off.
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A true highlight and one of Northern England's most visited destinations, York city is a flip-book of British life throughout the ages. Set amidst the tranquility of the Dales and Moors, with a picturesque riverside location, intricate architecture, iconic sites and over 30 musuems and exhibitions within its central area, it is not surprising that York is one of Britain's most popular visitor cities.
Touched by England's inhabitants throughout history, everyone including the Romans, Vikings, Anglo Saxons and Normans have left their stamp on the city. As a result the city offers a feast of historic landmarks not least the stunning centerpiece of the city at York Minster. However, alongside its long history York keeps its finger on the pulse of modern life; its tangle of cobbled streets and arcades have paved the way for a thriving cafe culture, street entertainment and some of England's finest shopping opportunities. And all the while the rugged natural beauty of the Yorkshire Dales and Yorkshire Moors remains on your doorstep.The story of what would become York begins in the First Century AD when Roman settlers constructed their strategic Fort here on the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Fosse. Parts of the original Roman construction can still be seen today within sections of the city walls and other Roman locations including the impressive Aldborough Roman Site and Museum.
By AD803 the city was invaded by the Vikings who gave the city its name (York from the Scandinavian Jorvik) and left their mark for us to discover buried deep beneath the city. Over recent years, excavations in York mark some of Britain's most important archeological finds. Viking Artefacts can today be viewed alongside other exhibitions at the ever-popular Jorvik Centre and the new Dig both of which truly bring the era to life.
Almost equidistant in location between London and Edinburgh, York grew in size and economic importance throughout the middle ages when it also found itself as ecclesiastical capital of the north of England. In the 13th century work began on York Minster which remains today one of England's largest and most impressive cathedrals; with stunningly beautiful gothic features and expansive stained glass windows, York Minster, dominates the city's skyline and is a must-see for anyone visiting Yorkshire.
Throughout this time and within the medieval city walls, a warren of winding streets spread around the central market square; today these alleys are home to cafes, restaurants and some of York's boutique shopping. Not to be missed is the Shambles, Britain's oldest shopping street, where lurching timber facades lean over the narrow cobbled lane below. Beneath the old town you can explore York's reputedly haunted dungeons, whilst above the town you can explore the hilltop Clifford's Tower which was constructed as on of William the Conqueror's original strongholds in Northern England. The encircling city walls and gates (or "bars" as they are known) reconstructed in medieval times, today offer pleasant walks overlooking the historic city and river.
If you prefer your history more recent then you'll see there are also influences and sights relating to the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Don't miss the Georgian elegance of manor life at Fairfax House, or the reconstructed Victorian street-life at the York Castle Museum not to mention the host of exhibits, including the Flying Scotsman, heralding from the Industrial Revolution housed at York's National Railway Museum.
Set amidst the tranquility of the Dales and Moors, with a picturesque riverside location, intricate architecture, iconic sites and over 30 musuems and exhibitions within its central area, it is not surprising that York is one of Britain's most popular visitor cities.


Construction and façade installation has topped-off at 171 Linden Boulevard in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. Alteration and expansion of the original structure has nearly doubled the total area of the former three-story residence.
Designed by local architect Julien Flander, the structure now stands eight stories tall and contains 19,310 square feet. With 31 rental apartments, each unit measures around 620 square feet and will most likely be studios and one-bedrooms.
Original renderings of the building illustrated a haphazard, out of place façade, but today, the completed exterior appears scaled-back and perhaps more suitable for the traditionally red bricked and masonry clad neighborhood.
Original rendering of 171 Linden Blvd.
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This time, appearing on CNBC, Ross said that shipping companies were the next growth story.
In fact, earlier this year Ross told Bloomberg TV that he plans to invest as much as $2.5 billion in the shipping sector.
Here's why Ross is looking for good stocks to buy now in this beleaguered industry.
By all accounts the global shipping industry has been distressed for several years now.
Overcapacity has been a serious problem since 2007 when a record level of capacity was added – just before the economy collapsed. Ross pointed out that shipping companies over-ordered new vessels prior to the global economic slowdown and rates plummeted along with vessel prices.
Cumulative losses in the industry have run to more than $7 billion in the past four years, according to industry analysts.
Container ships carry 90% of global trade and need an economic recovery for boom times to return. As we have seen that is taking longer to develop than most had hoped.
But the overcapacity has led to older, less fuel-efficient ships being scrapped. That's why Ross said the lease rates are nearing a bottom – the extra storage space is being eliminated.
Pricing has fallen by 80%, but Ross said the market will now begin to stabilize and start growing again in 2014.
Commerzbank analysts recently told investors that, like Ross, they expect business to stabilize at today's weak levels before improving in the second half of 2014.
Ross is raising $500 million for a private equity fund to find good stocks to buy now in shipping. He already has a controlling stake in Navigator Holdings Ltd., a major shipping concern.
As the economy works toward recovery over the next couple years, shipping stocks appear to offer an extraordinary opportunity. Most of the publicly traded shipping stocks trade at very low valuation based on total assets and earnings potential.
But as the industry turns around, these stocks could easily become market leaders and trade at two to three times their current share price.
Here are a couple stocks to buy now if you want to scoop up low-priced shares of a recovering sector. They have yields exceeding 5% and one-year price targets around 20% higher than their current share price.
not to mention Frontline 2012, which is Tanker King Big John Fredriksen's huge bet on the industry. The ships are the most fuel efficient there is.
hm ….>1 Biilion in debt and 60 Million cash flow? not so sure the risk/benefits ratio is adequate. On top they have launched more debt to keep up shareholders happy and not been kicked out of management.


And I marvelled, as I have so often since becoming a volunteer kettle worker for The Salvation Army in Ottawa some years ago, at the reluctance of most contributors to accept any kind of recognition for their generosity. It's almost as if they feel embarrassed at being caught in the act, as though it would somehow detract from their moment of giving.
It would be hard to count the number of times someone has crept up when I wasn't looking—or thought I wasn't looking—and squeezed some money into the round transparent kettle and slunk away with a quick smile, a nod or a laconic "no problem" in response to my word of thanks.
When it comes to the Army's kettle campaign, charity often wears a face of determined anonymity.
"To help people," one of the lads replied. As if to show her appreciation for such a response, she opened her wallet, pulled out some money, then helped each of them in turn scrunch the note through the kettle slot.
There are, of course, a few shoppers who breeze past me without so much as a sideways glance, but I prefer to remember those who do not breeze by.
Take, for another example, the businesswoman who, noticing my wide-eyed look at seeing her push two $50 bills through the slot, noted briefly, "I meant to send in a cheque but didn't get around to it"—intimating that nothing further need be said on the subject.
Something else I always find gratifying are the number of donors who take a moment to expound on what compels them to help The Salvation Army do its work.
"The Sally Ann is the greatest at visiting prisons and soldiers at the front and when disasters occur," explained a middle-aged gentleman, as though to add meaning to his gesture in parting with his money.
But what I personally find rewarding—if a bit embarrassing—are the frequent contributors who turn the tables on me when I offer thanks for a donation.
"Well, thank you for your time," said one man, while his wife seconded the motion with a warm smile. I didn't try to explain to her that my two- and three-hour shifts tending the kettle are more than rewarded by observing the uncounted acts of kindness.
One gentleman had his own novel way of responding to my acknowledgment of his donation. Without saying a word, he gripped my arm for several seconds, in some kind of gesture of fellowship, before melting back into the crowds of Christmas shoppers.


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Census Bureau: Millions of people don't have health insurance. Florida is no exception.
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Compsocerus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:

 Compsocerus barbicornis Audinet-Serville, 1834
 Compsocerus bicoloricornis Schwarzer, 1923
 Compsocerus chevrolati Gounelle, 1910
 Compsocerus deceptor Napp, 1976
 Compsocerus parviscopus (Burmeister, 1865)
 Compsocerus proximus Napp, 1977
 Compsocerus violaceus (White, 1853)

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Cerambycidae genera


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To realise the true value of paperless, look at the data
For healthcare professionals in the community, the benefits of going paperless don't just lie in improving efficiency argues Ian Bailey, clinical lead at EMIS Health and a former district nurse. The easily-accessible data generated has enormous value too – but only if we can give staff confidence in using it.
Researchers say analysis of prescribing hampered by 'poor quality' NHS data
Researchers have suggested that 'poor quality' data held by NHS Digital could limit the effectiveness of new technologies and health policies.
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UK govt pumps £37.5m into new health and biomedical data hubs
The UK government is investing £37.5 million in hubs connecting regional health and care data with genetic and biomedical information.
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NHS Digital launches new de-identification system for sharing patient data
The organisation has signed a contract with privacy software company Privitar to deliver the technology, which is designed to prevent an individual's identity from being connected to their patient data.
NHS to log private healthcare data to address gaps in care records
Part of the initiative aims to address individuals who may have received private care and may have information missing from their health record.
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Sweet dreams are made of this: Using virtual reality to improve mental health
Can devices such as the 'Dream Machine' improve mental health? Shreshtha Trivedi sits down for a chat with inventor and virtual reality expert Dr Jamil El-Imad to hear his views on virtual reality and how it can democratise wellbeing.
Research suggests asthma sufferers would share data
The 'Data Sharing and Technology: Exploring the attitudes of people with asthma' report, which was put together by Asthma UK revealed that of the 3000 people who took part in the survey, 83% felt comfortable to share their information for research purposes.
Toolkit launched to ensure patient data is handled correctly
The Data Security and Protection Toolkit, which replaces the previous Information Governance toolkit, has been designed to be a easier way to protect patient data.
Baroness Tessa Jowell to hand over medical data to global database
Baroness Tessa Jowell is to be the first cancer patient to hand over her medical data to a global database which aims to discover the next generation of cures for rare cancers.
NHS Digital's sharing of non-clinical patient data branded "inappropriate"
NHS Digital's sharing of non-clinical patient information with the Home Office has been branded "entirely inappropriate" by MPs, who say they are concerned about the body's ability to act as a reliable steward of the data.


This is a response to Inês Neto Galvão apropos a comment on anthropological research on the border between Spain and Portugal that she had posted on the Open Anthropology Cooperative.
I haven't done research on borderlands but my working hypothesis is that international borders, even today within the EU, still matter a great deal. They are not dissolving or going all blurred and fuzzy as hoped by some. When you cross an international border, you are stepping into another culture area, even in 2009.
Contra [Fredrik] Barth, I suggest it's not so much the borders as the stuff contained within them that matters: historically centralised states (around Madrid and Lisbon) that developed their own transport and telecommunication networks, political systems, common market, public culture, lingua franca, overseas projections, etc. Yes, there are strong centrifugal tendencies in the regions, esp. within the Spanish state, but you can't undo centuries of cultural homogenisation in a few decades.
My question is: is there any evidence that border regions of Spain and Portugal are becoming culturally, linguistically, etc, more similar or hybridised?


Above: (R) The Greenspring Valley church. (L) A similar renovated church.
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Your passport is about to expire, so you need to drop by the city office to renew it. You know from previous experience that your city office is not necessarily the easiest to deal with, so you decide to do your best to always "focus on the happy path".

You print out the form you need to get your new passport, fill it out, jump into your car, drive around the block, park and head to the office.

All the following tasks will require implementing and extending `get_new_passport/3`.

## 1. Get into the building

It turns out that the building is only open in the afternoon, and not at the same time everyday.

Call the function `enter_building/1` with the current time (given to you as first argument of `get_new_passport/3`). If the building is open, the function will return a tuple with `:ok` and a timestamp that you will need later, otherwise a tuple with `:error` and a message. For now, the happy path can return the `:ok` tuple.

If you get an `:error` tuple, use the `else` block to return it.

## 2. Go to the information desk and find which counter you should go to

The information desk is notorious for taking long coffee breaks. If you are lucky enough to find someone there, they will give you an instruction manual which will explain which counter you need to go to depending on your birth date.

Call the function `find_counter_information/1` with the current time. You will get either a tuple with `:ok` and a manual, represented by an anonymous function, or a tuple with `:coffee_break` and more instructions. In your happy path where you receive the manual, apply it to you birthday (second argument of `get_new_passport/3`). It will return the number of the counter where you need to go. Return an `:ok` tuple with that counter number.

If you get a `:coffee_break` message, return a tuple with `:retry` and a `NaiveDateTime` pointing to 15 minutes after the current time. As before, if you get an `:error` tuple, return it.

## 3. Go to the counter and get your form stamped

For some reason, different counters require forms of different colors. Of course, you printed the first one you found on the website, so you focus on your happy path and hope for the best.

Call the function `stamp_form/3` with the timestamp you received at the entrance, the counter and the form you brought (last argument of `get_new_passport/3`). You will get either a tuple with `:ok` and a checksum that will be used to verify your passport number or a tuple with `:error` and a message. Have your happy path return an `:ok` tuple with the checksum. If you get an `:error` tuple, return it.

## 4. Receive your new passport

Finally, you have all the documents you need.

Call `get_new_passport_number/3` with the timestamp, the counter and the checksum you received earlier. You will receive a string with your final passport number, all that is left to do is to return that string in a tuple with `:ok` and go home.


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Looking for Alicia
My new book, Looking for Alicia: The Unfinished Life of an Argentinian Rebel, will appear in April 2022
If anyone is wondering what I've been doing for the past few years, here is the answer.
Looking for Alicia is the story of a woman born with the rebellious DNA of a typical 1960s radical, whose destiny was anything but typical.
The book explores how Alicia lived out her determination to make a difference in the world, and how her life can be a beacon – or a cautionary tale – for young people today.
This is a fundamentally human story, of an individual whose everyday life became entangled with history. But its broader relevance is more than just historical. It is also about how people deal with the circumstances they are dealt, and about human agency, the choices we make.
Recent News Regarding Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World
Marconi is now available in both hardcover and paperback print editions, as an ebook on various platforms, and as an audiobook. Check your favourite website for wherever books are sold, or ask for it at a library near you.
Since the last time I updated this blog, a number of new articles and reviews about Marconi have appeared. See a selection of Marconi press reports here and here
I continue to receive queries and messages from readers all over the world on various aspects of the Marconi story. If you write to me, I will respond!
Networking Global Communication in and Beyond the Age of Social Media
I retired from active teaching on December 31, 2017. Since that time, I have been kept busy with ongoing writing activities. I continue to intervene on issues that have concerned me during my academic career, and continue to be active in the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).
In October 2018, a group of my dear former students and some colleagues organized a day-long "Festschrift" conference to celebrate my work. A description of the event, entitled "Networking Global Communication in and Beyond the Age of Social Media," can be found here.
Marc Raboy to speak to the Dante Alighieri Society, Ottawa
Marc Raboy will speak about Marconi at Carleton University in Ottawa for the Dante Alighieri Society on May 25th at 6:30 pm. The lecture is in room 252 in the MacOdrum Library. More information is available here.
Marc Raboy's recent appearances
Presentation at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD), Princeton University, "Marconi and the 20th century triumph of radio," April 7, 2017
Participation as "celebrity author" at BiblioBash, Toronto Public Library, April 27, 2017
Marc Raboy and telecom scholar Eli Noam at the CSPR summit in Calgary, May 11, 2017
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Featured speaker, Canadian Spectrum Policy Research Summit, University of Calgary, May 11, 2017
CBC Ideas re-broadcasts Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World
CBC Ideas with Paul Kennedy is re-broadcasting the episode Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World.
Listen here.
Marconi now available as audiobook
Marconi is now available as an audiobook at Audible. Narrated by Allan Robertson.
Marconi covered in The Irish Catholic, BBC Mundo, and Il Venerdi
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Marc Raboy to speak at Ryerson and McMaster
Marc Raboy will speak at Ryerson University on Thursday March 23rd, at 7 pm. The event, organized by Prof. Jeremy Shtern, is sponsored by The Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Design (FCAD), the Ryerson School of Creative Industries and The Global Communication Governance Lab.
Venue: Rogers Communications Centre, room 204 (80 Gould Street, corner Church St; 5 min walk from Dundas Subway), Toronto.
Admission is free, but space is limited, and tickets are available on eventbrite:
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On Friday March 24, at 2.30 pm, Prof. Raboy will speak at McMaster University. The event is organized and sponsored by Prof. Sara Bannerman, Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, and McMaster University's Department of Computing and Software, Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, and Department of History.
Venue: Wilson Building (LRW), rm. 2001, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton.
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Journalism History, 42, 3, Fall 2016, 178-179 (Noah Arceneaux)
Canadian Journal of Communication, 42, 1, 2017 (Rowland Lorimer)
National Post (Zane Schwartz, March 4, 2017)
Montreal Review of Books (Sara Spike, February 24, 2017)
Huffington Post (Marc Raboy, February 27, 2017)
Globe and Mail (Mark Medley, February 28, 2017)
CBC Books (March 2, 2017)
Open Book (March 6, 2017)
Toronto Observer (Bambang Sadewo, March 10, 2017)
TVO, The Agenda with Steve Paikin (March 2, 2017)
CFRB, Newstalk 1010 (Moore in the Morning, March 3, 2017) (podcast unavailable)
What She Said Talk (Kris Abel, March 12, 2017)
My new book, Looking for Alicia: The Unfinished Life of an Argentinian Rebel, will appear in April 2022 January 6, 2022
Recent News Regarding Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World January 5, 2022
Networking Global Communication in and Beyond the Age of Social Media January 4, 2022
Marc Raboy to speak to the Dante Alighieri Society, Ottawa May 18, 2017
Marc Raboy's recent appearances May 12, 2017
CBC Ideas re-broadcasts Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World May 4, 2017
Marconi now available as audiobook April 15, 2017
Marconi covered in The Irish Catholic, BBC Mundo, and Il Venerdi April 7, 2017
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Q: Where to save user data? I hope this is the right stackexchange place to ask.
Im really new using databases and I have a little question: Where to save the user data? I mean, if Im logged as "Foxandxss" on my app, and I want the list of my... questions... How it knows the questions that are mine?
I ended with a "Owner" column in the table with the data. I filter the rows comparing Owner with the current logged user. For one table maybe is OK but if I have like 5, is quite overkilling.
So, how is the typical database that manage user data?
Thank you.

A: You'll need to describe the other 5 tables. How is the data related? You should only ever have to filter for owner once if the data is already naturally related. For example, if I want all the questions that are mine, and their related answers, I should be able to do something like this (please ignore syntax, I have no idea what platform you're using):
SELECT Q.QuestionID, Q.Text, ..., A.AnswerID, a.Text, ...
  FROM Questions AS Q
  INNER JOIN Answers AS A
  ON Q.QuestionID = A.QuestionID
  WHERE Q.Owner = 'Foxandxss';

The point: You should only need to check in one place for the owner. If you're storing the owner in the Answers table too, and for any given QuestionID that value is the same, this is wasteful and counter-productive.
(You probably wouldn't actually repeat the question data every time, since there may be 500 answers, and you would ideally have the username mapped to a userID of some kind so that you're not repeating that wide data throughout your indexes and data. But hopefully you get the drift.)


The RED painting is a downward view of the desk in a hotel room. This painting captures the isolation and killing of time in any hotel in any given city. The half eaten apple, the unfinished coffee and bottle of water, a game of solitaire on the laptop computer... anything to make the hours pass and the showtime arrive.
We are happy to share the news that the first edition of Road Series: Red is now closed.