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<?php

namespace Pimf;

/**
 * Redis usage
 *
 * <code>
 *    // Get the default Redis database instance
 *    $redis = Redis::db();
 *
 *    // Get a specified Redis database instance
 *    $reids = Redis::db('redis_2');
 *
 *    // Execute the GET command for the "name" key
 *    $name = Redis::db()->run('get', array('name'));
 *
 *    // Execute the LRANGE command for the "list" key
 *    $list = Redis::db()->run('lrange', array(0, 5));
 *
 * </code>
 *
 * @package Pimf
 * @author  Gjero Krsteski <gjero@krsteski.de>
 *
 * @method expire($key, $seconds)
 * @method set($key, $value)
 * @method del($key)
 * @method forget($key)
 * @method get($key)
 * @method select($database_id)
 * @method put($session_id, $session, $lifetime);
 */
class Redis
{

    /**
     * @var Adapter\Socket
     */
    protected $socket;

    /**
     * The database number the connection selects on load.
     *
     * @var int
     */
    protected $database;

    /**
     * The connection to the Redis database.
     *
     * @var resource
     */
    protected $connection;

    /**
     * The active Redis database instances.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected static $databases = array();

    /**
     * Create a new Redis connection instance.
     *
     * @param Adapter\Socket $socket
     * @param int            $database
     */
    public function __construct(Adapter\Socket $socket, $database = 0)
    {
        $this->socket = $socket;
        $this->database = $database;
    }

    /**
     * Get a Redis database connection instance.
     *
     * The given name should correspond to a Redis database in the configuration file.
     *
     * @param string $name
     *
     * @return Redis
     * @throws \RuntimeException
     */
    public static function database($name = 'default')
    {
        if (!isset(static::$databases[$name])) {

            $cache = Config::get('cache');

            if (!isset($cache['storage']) || $cache['storage'] != 'redis') {
                throw new \RuntimeException("Redis database [$name] is not defined.");
            }

            static::$databases[$name] = new static(
                new Adapter\Socket($cache['server']['host'], $cache['server']['port']),
                $cache['server']['database']
            );
        }

        return static::$databases[$name];
    }

    /**
     * Execute a command against the Redis database.
     *
     * @param string $method
     * @param array  $parameters
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function run($method, $parameters)
    {
        fwrite($this->connect(), $this->command($method, (array)$parameters));

        $response = trim(fgets($this->connection, 512));

        return $this->parse($response);
    }

    /**
     * Parse and return the response from the Redis database.
     *
     * @param string $response
     *
     * @return array|string
     * @throws \RuntimeException
     */
    protected function parse($response)
    {
        switch (substr($response, 0, 1)) {
            case '-':
                throw new \RuntimeException('Redis error: ' . substr(trim($response), 4));

            case '+':
            case ':':
                return $this->inline($response);

            case '$':
                return $this->bulk($response);

            case '*':
                return $this->multibulk($response);

            default:
                throw new \RuntimeException("Unknown Redis response: " . substr($response, 0, 1));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Establish the connection to the Redis database.
     *
     * @return resource
     */
    public function connect()
    {
        if (!is_null($this->connection)) {
            return $this->connection;
        }

        $this->connection = $this->socket->open();

        $this->select($this->database);

        return $this->connection;
    }

    /**
     * Build the Redis command based from a given method and parameters.
     *
     * Redis protocol states that a command should conform to the following format:
     *
     *     *<number of arguments> CR LF
     *     $<number of bytes of argument 1> CR LF
     *     <argument data> CR LF
     *     ...
     *     $<number of bytes of argument N> CR LF
     *     <argument data> CR LF
     *
     * More information regarding the Redis protocol: http://redis.io/topics/protocol
     *
     * @param string $method
     * @param        $parameters
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function command($method, $parameters)
    {
        $CRLF = "\r\n";

        $command = '*' . (count($parameters) + 1) . $CRLF . '$' . strlen($method) . $CRLF . strtoupper($method) . $CRLF;

        foreach ($parameters as $parameter) {
            $command .= '$' . strlen($parameter) . $CRLF . $parameter . $CRLF;
        }

        return $command;
    }

    /**
     * Parse and handle an inline response from the Redis database.
     *
     * @param string $response
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function inline($response)
    {
        return substr(trim($response), 1);
    }

    /**
     * Parse and handle a bulk response from the Redis database.
     *
     * @param string $head
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function bulk($head)
    {
        if ($head == '$-1') {
            return null;
        }

        list($read, $response, $size) = array(0, '', substr($head, 1));

        if ($size > 0) {
            do {

                // Calculate and read the appropriate bytes off of the Redis response.
                $block = (($remaining = $size - $read) < 1024) ? $remaining : 1024;
                $response .= fread($this->connection, $block);
                $read += $block;

            } while ($read < $size);
        }

        // The response ends with a trailing CRLF.
        fread($this->connection, 2);

        return $response;
    }

    /**
     * Parse and handle a multi-bulk reply from the Redis database.
     *
     * @param string $head
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function multibulk($head)
    {
        if (($count = substr($head, 1)) == '-1') {
            return null;
        }

        $response = array();

        // Iterate through each bulk response in the multi-bulk and parse it out.
        for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
            $response[] = $this->parse(trim(fgets($this->connection, 512)));
        }

        return $response;
    }

    /**
     * Dynamically make calls to the Redis database.
     *
     * @param string $method
     * @param array  $parameters
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function __call($method, $parameters)
    {
        return $this->run($method, $parameters);
    }

    /**
     * Dynamically pass static method calls to the Redis instance.
     *
     * @param $method
     * @param $parameters
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public static function __callStatic($method, $parameters)
    {
        return static::database()->run($method, $parameters);
    }

    /**
     * Close the connection to the Redis database.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __destruct()
    {
        if ($this->connection) {
            fclose($this->connection);
        }
    }
}

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Copestylum prasinus är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Ignaz Rudolph Schiner 1868.  Copestylum prasinus ingår i släktet Copestylum och familjen blomflugor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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using System.Windows.Forms;
using TribalWars.Villages;

#endregion

namespace TribalWars.Maps.Manipulators.EventArg
{
    public class MapVillageEventArgs : System.EventArgs
    {
        #region Fields
        #endregion

        #region Properties
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the mouse event arguments
        /// </summary>
        public MouseEventArgs MouseEventArgs { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the village
        /// </summary>
        public Village Village { get; private set; }
        #endregion

        #region Constructors
        public MapVillageEventArgs(MouseEventArgs e, Village vil)
        {
            MouseEventArgs = e;
            Village = vil;
        }
        #endregion
    }
}


Circus Productions » Africa Tech Summit.
Great STORYTELLING IN AFRICA: FUTURE TRENDS panel discussion at Africa Tech Summit Kigali !!!
I am truly grateful for the experience: having been invited to design and moderate this discussion with my great panelists, fellow filmmakers @regisheja @cynthiabutare @sharangabombabazi & inanga innovator @munyakazideo was a challenge, but the outcome felt so rewarding !!! We will come back next year with a bigger, more crazy, more immersive concept… see you soon !!!


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" History and Madness: Dems Nominate Clinton, Trump Predicted to Win: 'BradCast' 7/27/2016	"
History and Madness: Dems Nominate Clinton, Trump Predicted to Win: 'BradCast' 7/27/2016
Plus: Callers ring in on all of it. Buckle up...
On today's BradCast [audio link posted below], the historic nomination of Hillary Clinton for President of the United States on Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, as Dems continue to seek unity in a still-fractured party, Republican nominee Donald Trump calls for Russia to hack and publicly release emails from Clinton's time as Sec. of State, and the latest data-based prediction from FiveThirtyEight.com finds Trump with a 55% likelihood of winning the Presidency, compared to Clinton's 45%, if the election were held today.
With all of that history and madness in mind, we turn to calls from listeners on all of the above. Many (though not all) say they still refuse to vote Clinton, despite Bernie Sanders' plea for them to do so. Others argue why Clinton (and even Trump) should be elected. Our friend and historian Jon Wiener, of The Nation and Pacifica Radio's KPFK also calls in to (somewhat) refute FiveThirtyEight's prediction, and I do my best to challenge everyone to support their positions.
Suffice to say, it was a very lively caller segment today.
We then finish up with Desi Doyen and the Green News Report's wrap up of last week's Republican convention in Cleveland (including a fact-check on Trump's promise to burn much more coal), and new data on more record heat across the globe...
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"History and Madness: Dems Nominate Clinton, Trump Predicted to Win: 'BradCast' 7/27/2016"
... nemo	said on 7/27/2016 @ 8:51 pm PT...
Fox News doesn't think it is biased.
Fox News thinks it is objectively true that Republicans are always right and Democrats are always wrong.
Similarly, Brad isn't "bullying callers" today.
And he's certainly not campaigning for Hillary Clinton.
It's just that anybody who doesn't want to vote for Clinton, you see, happens to be objectively wrong.
... Brad Friedman said on 7/27/2016 @ 10:48 pm PT...
Nemo @1 said:
Not only is that untrue but it's actually the opposite of what I actually said on today's show. You may wish to listen more closely. Or not.
... Newman	said on 7/28/2016 @ 10:42 am PT...
It's hard to argue with a brick wall Republicans Economy bad, Take away their guns, War with Islam, I don't care where you drive today and you will see new motels, new service stations, new malls, road construction, office building. The economy bad Economy bad. The brick wall says so
... Ernest A. Canning said on 7/29/2016 @ 1:23 pm PT...
Nemo @1 wrote:
Fox News thinks it is objectively true that Republicans are always right...
It is dangerous to assume that anything that anyone at the Fox "News" network honestly believes anything they have to say. Indeed, one has to question whether anything resembling actual thinking takes place there.
... Chuck	said on 7/29/2016 @ 9:58 pm PT...
538 was using polls plus and with the proviso if the election were held today. And it was so yesterday. Clinton is back in front and her lead will increase.
Chuck -
That was actually 538's Now-Cast (If election held today) and Trump is still leading Clinton there (though not by as much) today.

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Classified Ads have been the latest and the best trends that have grabbed the ideas of search engine marketers – creating ads regarding the business and posting them in the free classified ad directories. Ads do that one step extra promotion which some of the traditional methodologies might seriously lack.
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Classified Ads help in positioning your business and beat your competitors to the top. It requires an overall understanding of how exactly the ads function and how they can beat your competitors. Remember, ads are informative and give a complete insight into your business so it is imperative that your business gives sufficient information what your business is all about.
Compilation of all information that should go for the ads is first accumulated and based on the importance of the information that should be displayed in the ads, that much information is segregated and kept for classified Ads.
Content prioritization is important because it is important to make sure what type of content should be visible to the ads that are to be visible to the customers. Making the content segregated and prioritized makes it simpler to understand the nature of the ads and the kind of people who are targeted too – ads have to be prepared considering the customer base.
Classifieds should have the least number of words. Too much elaborate ads will only make it tiresome for the readers who are looking for concise and to-the-point information of the business and if that is of any utility to them. Reading loads of content which is of no use to them may definitely not generate customer but a flustered antagonist. Beautiful and simple and understandable language is what people need to understand the ads and call you for your products and services which is what we do for you!
Classifieds are generated in huge numbers – lucky is that any can hit the mark and so make people aware of the ad that your business has got and make them curious regarding your business and that is where conversions begin.
Though a classified is promoted for a short time – it hits the correct market if properly targeted and correctly optimized. You get the correct amount of return on investment and advertisers can advertise your products or services in related search results. This is one method that gives maximum returns.
Ads are easy to be designed and can be better placed and thereby target your customers or clientele. Ultimately, it is the business you get at the end of the day that matters.


A collection of documented happenings for thought.
A reflection on adherence to standards.
A performance that explores the extremes undertaken to satisfy a perception of beauty as defined by societal standards.
Questioning achievement, perseverance and abandonment through repetition.
A pressing exhortation for survival.
The parallel reduction of Béchamel and Bordelaise.
A reflection on love, care and affection.


Though Apple is selling enough iPhones to keep investors happy for now, the world's most valuable publicly traded company is set increasingly to rely on its apps and services to drive growth.
Apple's services business alone - which includes the App Store, Apple Pay and iCloud - will be "the size of a Fortune 100 company next year," Chief Executive Tim Cook said on a post-earnings call on Tuesday.
Revenue from the business rose 19% to about $6 billion for the third quarter, eclipsing sales of iPads and Mac computers for the second consecutive quarter to rank as Apple's second-largest unit after iPhones.
Apple's shares rose as much as 8% to $104.35 on Wednesday - its biggest%age gain since April 2014 - adding roughly $42 billion to its market cap. The stock was the biggest boost to all three major indexes .
Apple's shares closed up 6.6% at $103.03 on Wednesday.
With 1 billion devices in the hands of consumers, the size of Apple's installed base suggests it has plenty of room to grow in services. Services also promise a recurring revenue stream, unlike hardware sales.
"The growing iPhone installed base could enable Apple to grow its higher-margin services business through additional iTunes, apps and software sales, as well as through services such as Apple Pay and Apple streaming music service," Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley said.
At least six analysts raised their price targets on Apple's stock. Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt raised his rating to "outperform" from "market perform" and initiated a $129 target. The median price target on the stock is $120.
App Store sales were a bright spot in Apple's third quarter, growing a record 37%, with most revenue coming from purchases of games.
Last week, brokerage Needham & Co estimated that Apple could get $3 billion in revenue from the Pokemon Go craze in the next one to two years as gamers buy "PokeCoins" from the App Store.
As more apps in other categories such as fitness, autos, home automation and education are developed, Apple stands to be a "prime beneficiary," said Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter.
"The App Store is, and we suspect will remain, the fastest-growing and highest-margin (Apple) business for the foreseeable future," said Schachter, who expects services revenue to hit $27.62 billion in 2017.
Apple also faces intense competition from music service Spotify and cloud storage rivals Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft Corp, as well as map makers that have won large audiences among iPhone users, even when Apple offers its own products.
"Some of the true value in services may always go unrealized given that major businesses within other large Internet companies, like AWS in Amazon, Instagram/Oculus in Facebook, and YouTube in Google, are not fully appreciated in terms of value by investors," he said.


Life is the sacred gracefulness of creation; Shiva Shakti bhava, God bless.
The 'seven vows' or the 'saat pheras' around the pious fire is one of the most prominent and integral rituals of Hindu marriages. Each vow has great mythological importance and with each vow, the couple makes a commitment which is to be fulfilled and which is unbreakable. No Hindu marriage is complete without the completion of these sacred seven vows wherein each vow holds a specific meaning.
So, what do these vows signify? Or what do they mean? The seven vows are even called 'shaptapadi' or the seven steps where the groom promises of Karma, Artha and Dharma. These seven vows are supposed to anchor the couple through the tumultuous journey in married life as husband and wife.
First vow – In the first vow, the couple prays together to the almighty for nourishment and for living a life with respect and honor. The groom takes an oath to provide welfare and happiness to the wife and children. The bride pledges to shoulder all the responsibilities of the groom's entire family.
Second vow – The groom requests the bride to be his strength so that he can get the courage to protect the family and provide security. The bride abides while also requesting for undivided attention, eternal love and companionship.
Third vow – The third vow is taken by the couple together for wisdom, prosperity and wealth, so that they can live a contented and a satisfied life together. They also pledge to remain spiritually committed. The bride assures the groom that by virtue of true love and devotion she will remain a chaste wife forever.
Fourth vow – The fourth vow is taken for the attainment of happiness and harmony. The groom thanks the bride for bringing happiness, auspiciousness and sacredness in his life. The bride pledges to serve and please her husband in every possible way. Together, they pledge to strengthen and maintain the family relationship by taking care of the elders in the family and respecting them.
Fifth vow – The importance of the fifth vow is to pray for the welfare of all the living things in the Universe and for courageous, kind and good-looking children. The couple also prays to the almighty to shower blessings, so that they can be responsible parents and provide the children with education, and teach them the fundamentals values of life.
Sixth vow – In the sixth vow, the couple prays to the almighty for bountiful seasons and longer life of togetherness. The groom wishes that his wife lights up his life with joy and happiness, while the bride assures of participation in each of his noble and divine acts.
Seventh vow – This is the last vow and completes the marriage ceremony. Here, the couple prays for a life of togetherness and a long-lasting relationship interspersed with understanding and loyalty. They take an oath to nourish their beautiful relationship with love and honesty and to be together with each other, not only in this life, but all the lives to come.
My interpretation regarding the above cycles of the cells changes every seven years is that in each and every moment; with each and every precious breath and the pure divine energies that sustain our sacred evolution and we thereby reemerge with the ever gracious wisdom of our primordial being; ever renewed, ever revitalized with our indomitable faith and trust in the greatness of our true nature; of our true selves; our highest self; our higher consciousness and our divine essence ever sow amazingly.
The sacred consciousness of our cells are ever divinely gracious in suffusing the breath of life with their immaculate nourishment and revitalization; let us remain ever grateful and nobly committed/devoted to each and every aspect/commitment/deed/initiative/task and venture of the divine essence of our being ever sow graciously and gratuitously.
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Nezamabad (, also Romanized as Nez̧amābād, Nez̧āmābād, Naz̧mābād, and Naz̧mābād) is a village in Mashiz Rural District, in the Central District of Bardsir County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36, in 8 families.

References

Populated places in Bardsir County


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Woburn Collegiate Institute (Woburn CI, WCI, or Woburn) is a semestered, English-language public secondary school on Ellesmere Road in the Woburn neighbourhood of the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto District School Board. From its inception in 1963 until 1998, it was operated by the Scarborough Board of Education.

It has 919 students . The school motto is "", which is Latin for "Let the Zeal for Learning Flourish".

History

By 1847, when Scarborough had grown to the point where an education system was more organized than the township's original, and a single school was required. The township established 16 School Sections, of which SS # 6 included the Woburn community. A school, also designated SS #6, was erected on Markham Road, just north of the 2nd Concession (Ellesmere Road). It was a one-story frame structure,  with windows for light and a wood stove for heat. Between 1850 and 1862, Alexander Muir taught at SS #6. He composed The Maple Leaf Forever, which for many years was Canada's unofficial national anthem; hence the maple leaf in the school crest.

A second school site of , on Ellesmere Road just east of Markham Road, was purchased from James Purvis, the owner of the surrounding property, for $200 in 1862. The second SS # 6, Woburn Public School, was built on the site in 1863. In 1895, an addition to the back of the building expanded it to two rooms. A few years later, the convenience of two outdoor privies was finally added. The school operated this way until 1956. By then, though, the old school just could not keep up with the demands of modern education or with the enrollment resulting from suburban development which had reached the area in the 1950s.

When the Scarborough Board of Education was formed in 1954, additional land for another new Woburn school was acquired for $21,000. In 1960, before the new school was built, it was officially named "Woburn Collegiate Institute". The Woburn building was designed by architects Parrott, Tambling and Witmer, and a construction contract worth $1.4 million was awarded in 1962 to Louis Donolo Ontario Ltd. The previous 1863-vintage S.S. # 6 was later demolished.

Woburn Collegiate Institute opened on September 3, 1963, as Scarborough's ninth collegiate to a total enrollment of 443 students, and the ceremonial opening took place on November 28, 1963. Two major additions were completed at a cost of $2.6 million in 1965 and 1969, including a new auditorium and auto shop. In 1973, school enrollment reached a peak of 2,302 students.

In 1998, the SBE ceased to exist and Woburn Collegiate became part of the newly minted Toronto District School Board. In May 2013, Woburn C.I. celebrated its 50th anniversary.

On 31 October 2022, a school shooting occurred near the front entrance, killing one and seriously injuring another. The dead victim was a former student who attended Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute.

Overview

Campus

Woburn is a two-storey,  building on  of land, with 72 classrooms, 2 large gymnasia (which each may be divided into two smaller sections), a weight training room, a dance studio, an auto shop, two music rooms, two tech shops, a library (resource centre) and a 960-seat auditorium. The school also has a main office, a guidance office (student services) and an office for each of its departments. The building encloses a garden quadrangle, known by the students as "The Quad", which has a statue by Romanian-Canadian sculptor Sorel Etrog entitled "Soma". Identical statues can be found inside the Yonge-Eglinton Centre and York University's Accolade East building. Behind the school is a 400-m track, football field and goalposts for outdoor sports activities.

Students
, Woburn has 919 students. The school has also been the home for Scarborough's secondary gifted programme for exceptional students since 1978.

Extracurricular activities

Student Activity Council (SAC)

The SAC is selected by the Woburn students:
 to represent their interests
 to support and fund their sports and clubs
 to organize special activities within the school

The SAC represents Woburn students at the school and in the community. The SAC organizes social activities and encourages school spirit. In the past SAC events have included dances, Charity Week activities, Spirit Week activities, Carnival, Woburn's Got Talent, Spirit Days, Grade 12 BBQ and the Semi-Formal. Funding for all clubs and most sports teams comes from the sale of SAC/ID cards and from fund-raising activities.

Prefects
Prefects are the good-will ambassadors of Woburn.  Working closely with faculty, the Prefects of Woburn are responsible for making sure school events run smoothly, such as Welcome Day, photo days, and other various fairs such as the career and volunteer fairs.  Furthermore, the Prefects also plan an annual event for the children at Woburn Jr. called Springfest.

Woburn Robotics
Woburn Robotics, formally known as Team 188, gathers every year to take part in the FIRST Robotics Competition,  an international contest that teams students up with engineers and sponsors from local businesses to develop skills in science, technology, marketing, and leadership.  In six intense weeks the team brainstorms, designs, constructs, and tests its 120-pound robot for the competition, whose objective is different every year.  The robots are then immediately shipped off to compete in other tournaments. Team 188 is also an active participant in the VEX Robotics Competition, an annual precursor to the FIRST championship.

Academics
Woburn Collegiate Institute is a Grade 9 to 12 school operates on a non-semestered system. From its founding until 2003, it had Grade 13, which was morphed into the Ontario Academic Credit (OAC) in 1984.

Mathematics
The flagship subject of Woburn academics is a part of many Woburn student's lives, and it is rightfully considered an extracurricular activity in itself. Perhaps the best method to describe Woburn's strength in mathematics is to look at the school's representation in the International Mathematical Olympiads (IMO). Canada first began sending the now six-member team to the event in 1981. Beginning with Woburn's first student representation at the event in 1986, over the next 18 years Woburn would be represented at the IMO an impressive eleven times, exceeding the representations of more famous academically elite high schools such as Earl Haig Secondary School (seven times), and Upper Canada College (five times).

Physics and Chemistry
In addition to the IMO, Woburn students have also gone on to represent Canada in the International Chemistry Olympiads (IChO) and International Physics Olympiads (IPhO).

Programming Enrichment Group (PEG)
Woburn is noted for its excellence in computer science. PEG is a group of students who meet on a weekly basis after school to study advanced computer science topics, discuss algorithms and approaches to difficult problems, often on the level of the International Olympiad in Informatics (at which Woburn has been represented a total of twenty times). Topics covered and types of problems approached vary depending on competition entries.

The learning methods used vary as well: sometimes students meet in study groups with their leader teaching them and solving practice sheets or programming problems, sometimes they are taught by one of the senior students, sometimes they work on the problem as a team, and sometimes they are taught by their coaches.

PEG students meet after school typically two nights per week to prepare for competitions in programming. Every year, members take part in competitions at provincial, national and international levels. PEG started its own competition in 1995, called the Woburn Challenge, to draw in both students from other schools and university students. This contest had grown to become province-wide (occasionally wider). The Woburn Challenge was discontinued in 2002 and restarted in October 2015.

Since its formation in the early 1990s, PEG has participated in a large number of competitions.

Woburn Music
The school is notable for its music programme, consisting of several hundred students in band and choir classes, a Madrigal Choir, a concert choir, a Chamber Choir, two concert bands, a Wind Ensemble, a jazz band and a jazz combo.

The ensembles of the music programme have regularly been invited to perform at national-level competitions and often make excursions to the US, including Orlando, Florida in mid-May 2006. The Wind Ensemble and Madrigal Choir have done particularly well in competitions, consistently placing at or near the top of the standings. On February 17, 2006, the Wind Ensemble travelled to the Musicfest competition held at the Le Parc Hotel, in Markham, Ontario, playing at the highest level, B500. The band received a gold rating.

Woburn's music department is student-represented by way of the Music Council, a body of elected students who help to keep the programme running smoothly. The Council plans and runs many events and fundraisers through the year.

In May 2012, Woburn's Festival Chorus, Festival Winds and Jazz band performed at MusicFest Nationals in Ottawa, Ontario. All three ensembles received a silver award.

Woburn Rookie Drama Festival
The Woburn Rookie Drama Festival (usually just called Rookie) is a festival of short plays held annually every spring at Woburn.  The most notable part of the festival is that all of its plays are directed, acted, crewed, and sometimes written entirely by students with no teacher assistance.  Furthermore, students do all of the organization required to put on the festival each year and act as Masters of Ceremony. At over 40 years old, it is among the longest running high school clubs in the city. The first Woburn Rookie Drama Festival took place in the spring of 1963 and was overseen by then drama teacher John Wilcox.

Any student who wants to direct a play is automatically accepted. A month before the festival, there is an open audition during which actors perform short scenes that are either improved or done with only a short time to prepare. Directors request the actors they want, and the organizers assign actors to plays (often the most popular actors are assigned to several plays in smaller roles). The festival itself lasts for one to three evenings with two to four plays per night. There are usually short scenes between plays.
Every year the festival has a theme chosen by the organizers. Sometimes the plays themselves are sometimes related to the theme, but normally the theme only applies to the short scenes between plays while the next cast is setting up. These scenes are usually directed or starring the MCs.

The Three Rs
At Woburn, the school has the Three Rs system:
Respect for Self
Respect for Others
Responsibility for their actions

Notable alumni

Brad Duguid – former Liberal MPP for Scarborough Centre
Aman Hambleton - Chess Grandmaster and Chessbrah founder
Ludwig Heimrath Jr. – race car driver, started 30 CART races between 1984 and 1989, as well as three Indy 500 races with a best finish of 13th in 1989
Charlie Huddy – former NHL hockey player
Prakash John – rock bassist
Steve Kouleas – sports broadcaster for The Score
Holly Lewis — actress
Des McAnuff – artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Bob McKenzie – Sports broadcaster for TSN
Steve Page – former member of the band Barenaked Ladies
Steve Payne – Former NHL hockey player
Ed Robertson – member of the band Barenaked Ladies
Jeff Rosenthal – University of Toronto statistics professor and author
Monika Schnarre – model, actress and television host
Laura Schuler — Canadian Olympic hockey player and NCAA hockey coach
Leslie Seaforth – rapper, DJ, and producer known as More Or Les
Sudz Sutherland — Director and screenwriter
Brad Tapper – former NHL hockey player
Dennis Timbrell – former Conservative MPP and Ontario cabinet minister
Asha Tomlinson - award-winning investigative journalist with CBC

See also
List of high schools in Ontario

References

External links
 Woburn Collegiate Institute
 TDSB Profile
 Woburn Robotics
 Woburn Alumni
 Woburn Music
 Woburn's Students Towards Reducing Impaired Driving Everywhere (STRIDE)

High schools in Toronto
Schools in the TDSB
Gifted education
Education in Scarborough, Toronto
Educational institutions established in 1963
1963 establishments in Ontario


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UEG press release
Category: IBD
UEG Week: Cannabis significantly improves the symptoms of Crohn's disease despite having no effect on gut inflammation
UEG Week: Cannabis significantly improves the symptoms of Crohn's disease
(Vienna, October 22, 2018) In the first study of its kind, cannabis oil has been shown to significantly improve the symptoms of Crohn's disease and the quality of life of sufferers but, contrary to previous medical thinking, has no effect on gut inflammation.
In a randomised, placebo-controlled study, researchers from Israel have shown that cannabis can produce clinical remission in up to 65% of individuals after 8 weeks of treatment, but that this improvement does not appear to result from a dampening down of the underlying inflammatory process.
Speaking at UEG Week 2018 in Vienna, lead researcher, Dr Timna Naftali explained, "Cannabis has been used for centuries to treat a wide range of medical conditions, and studies have shown that many people with Crohn's disease use cannabis regularly to relieve their symptoms.It has always been thought that this improvement was related to a reduction in inflammation in the gut and the aim of this study was to investigate this."
The Israeli team recruited 46 people with moderately severe Crohn's disease, and randomized them to receive 8 weeks of treatment with either cannabis oil containing 15% cannabidiol and 4% tetrahydrocannabinol or placebo. Symptom severity and quality of life were measured before, during, and after treatment using validated research instruments. Inflammation in the gut was assessed endoscopically and by measuring inflammatory markers in blood and stool samples.
After 8 weeks of treatment, the group receiving the cannabis oil had a significant reduction in their Crohn's disease symptoms compared with the placebo group, and 65%met strict criteria for clinical remission (versus 35% of the placebo recipients). The cannabis group also had significant improvements in their quality of life compared with the placebo group.
"We have previously demonstrated that cannabis can produce measurable improvements in Crohn's disease symptoms4 but, to our surprise, we saw no statistically significant improvements in endoscopic scores or in the inflammatory markers we measured in the cannabis oil group compared with the placebo group," said Dr Naftali. "We know that cannabinoids can have profound anti-inflammatory effects but this study indicates that the improvement in symptoms may not be related to these anti-inflammatory properties."
Looking ahead, the research group plans to explore further the potential anti-inflammatory properties of cannabis in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. "There are very good grounds to believe that the endocannabinoid system is a potential therapeutic target in Crohn's disease and other gastrointestinal diseases," said Dr Naftali. "For now, however, we can only consider medicinal cannabis as an alternative or additional intervention that provides temporary symptom relief for some people with Crohn's disease.'
For further information, or to arrange an interview with Dr Tinma Naftali, please contact Luke Paskins on +44 (0)1444 811099 or media@ueg.eu
About Dr Timna Naftali
Dr Timna Naftali is an MD Specialist in Gastroenterology at Meir Hospital and Kupat Holim Clinic, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
About UEG Week
UEG Week is the largest and most prestigious gastroenterology meeting in Europe and has developed into a global congress. It attracts over 14,000 participants each year, from more than 120 countries, and numbers are steadily rising. UEG Week provides a forum for basic and clinical scientists from across the globe to present their latest research in digestive and liver diseases, and also features a two-day postgraduate course that brings together top lecturers in their fields for a weekend of interactive learning.
UEG, or United European Gastroenterology, is a professional non-profit organisation combining all the leading European medical specialist and national societies focusing on digestive health. Together, its member societies represent over 30,000 specialists, working across medicine, surgery, paediatrics, gastrointestinal oncology and endoscopy. This makes UEG the most comprehensive organisation of its kind in the world, and a unique platform for collaboration and the exchange of knowledge.
To advance the standards of gastroenterological care and knowledge across the world and to reduce the burden of digestive diseases, UEG offers numerous activities and initiatives, including:
UEG Education, the universal source of knowledge in gastroenterology, providing online and classroom courses, a huge online library and delivering the latest GI news, fostering debate and discussion
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UEG Journal, covering translational and clinical studies from all areas of gastroenterology
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Quality of Care, European-based and English clinical practice guidelines, clinical standards, consensus, position papers and standard protocols in the field of digestive health, are available in the repository
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Naftali T, Bar-Lev Schlieder L, Konikoff F, et al. Cannabis induces clinical response but no endoscopic response in Crohn's disease patients. Presented at UEG Week Vienna 2018, October 22, 2018.
Lal S, Prasad N, Ryan M, et al. Cannabis use amongst patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011;23(10):891-6.
Weiss A, Friedenberg F. Patterns of cannabis use in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A population based analysis. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015;156:84-89.
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You are at:Home»News»VyprVPN 3.0 Comes With Major App Redesign
By Craig C. on July 6, 2019 News
VyprVPN is working on a major redesign of its VPN apps for all platforms called VyprVPN 3.0. The first release happened already in June on the iOS platform. Other platforms should be released later. What's exactly changing? Not much, to be honest, as the new version is primarily about the app design and not features.
The main reason why the company started the overall redesign is missing consistency. According to the feedback of their users, the app experience on mobile devices was completely different from the on desktop, for example. On the other hand, the thing users value most on VyprVPN is the ease-of-use.
Besides the app consistency the VyprVPN 3.0 also brings the following improvements:
Overall app performance is faster and more secure
Locating and selecting VPN server is smoother
Overall product design improvements including app clutter cleanup
As of today, the new version has been released only for the iOS platform. VyprVPN website also still presents the old app screenshots.
We have tested the iOS version and have to admit it's pretty slick and feels very fast. The menu has been simplified to three main items – customize, connection, and servers. Overall, the app is very intuitive and looking nice. We are looking forward to testing out the app on other platforms when available.
Unfortunately, the new version doesn't seem to be addressing some of the missing points we have found during our VyprVPN review.
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The US maker of memory devices Super Talent Technology has announced that it will ship the new DuraDrive ZT3 family of solid-state drives. The devices sport a 1.8-inch form factor and come with an IDE/ZIF-40 interface.
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The human listening system determines the rhythm of music by detecting a pseudo periodical succession of beats. The signal which is intercepted by the ear contains a certain energy, this energy is converted into an electrical signal which the brain interprets. Obviously, The more energy the sound transports, the louder the sound will seem. But a sound will be heard as a beat only if his energy is largely superior to the sound's energy history, that is to say if the brain detects a brutal variation in sound energy. Therefore if the ear intercepts a monotonous sound with sometimes big energy peaks it will detect beats, however, if you play a continuous loud sound you will not perceive any beats. Thus, the beats are big variations of sound energy.
In fact, the two algorithms in this class are based on two algorithms described in that paper.
To use this class, inside of draw() you must first call detect(), passing the AudioBuffer you want to analyze. You may then use the isXXX functions to find out what beats have occurred in that frame. For example, you might use isKick() to cause a circle to pulse.
BeatDetect has two modes: sound energy tracking and frequency energy tracking. In sound energy mode, the level of the buffer, as returned by level(), is used as the instant energy in each frame. Beats, then, are spikes in this value, relative to the previous one second of sound. In frequency energy mode, the same process is used but instead of tracking the level of the buffer, an FFT is used to obtain a spectrum, which is then divided into average bands using logAverages(), and each of these bands is tracked individually. The result is that it is possible to track sounds that occur in different parts of the frequency spectrum independently (like the kick drum and snare drum).
In sound energy mode you use isOnset() to query the algorithm and in frequency energy mode you use isOnset(int i), isKick(), isSnare(), and isRange() to query particular frequnecy bands or ranges of frequency bands. It should be noted that isKick(), isSnare(), and isHat() merely call isRange() with values determined by testing the algorithm against music with a heavy beat and they may not be appropriate for all kinds of music. If you find they are performing poorly with your music, you should use isRange() directly to locate the bands that provide the most meaningful information for you.
Constant used to request frequency energy tracking mode.
Constant used to request sound energy tracking mode.
Create a BeatDetect object that is in SOUND_ENERGY mode.
Create a BeatDetect object that is in FREQ_ENERGY mode and expects a sample buffer with the requested attributes.
Analyze the samples in buffer.
Set the object to use the requested algorithm.
In frequency energy mode this returns the number of frequency bands currently being used.
Returns the center frequency of the ith frequency band.
In frequency energy mode this returns true if a beat corresponding to the frequency range of a hi hat has been detected.
In frequency energy mode this returns true if a beat corresponding to the frequency range of a kick drum has been detected.
In sound energy mode this returns true when a beat has been detected.
In frequency energy mode this returns true when a beat has been detect in the ith frequency band.
In frequency energy mode this returns true if at least threshold bands of the bands included in the range [low, high] have registered a beat.
In frequency energy mode this returns true if a beat corresponding to the frequency range of a snare drum has been detected.
Sets the sensitivity of the algorithm.
Create a BeatDetect object that is in SOUND_ENERGY mode. timeSize and sampleRate will be set to 1024 and 44100, respectively, so that it is possible to switch into FREQ_ENERGY mode with meaningful values.
Analyze the samples in buffer. This is a cumulative process, so you must call this function every frame.
buffer - AudioBuffer: the buffer to analyze.
In frequency energy mode this returns the number of frequency bands currently being used. In sound energy mode this always returns 0.
Returns the center frequency of the ith frequency band. In sound energy mode this always returns 0.
i - int: which detect band you want the center frequency of.
Sets the sensitivity of the algorithm. After a beat has been detected, the algorithm will wait for millis milliseconds before allowing another beat to be reported. You can use this to dampen the algorithm if it is giving too many false-positives. The default value is 10, which is essentially no damping. If you try to set the sensitivity to a negative value, an error will be reported and it will be set to 10 instead.
In sound energy mode this returns true when a beat has been detected. In frequency energy mode this always returns false.
boolean: true if a beat has been detected.
In frequency energy mode this returns true when a beat has been detect in the ith frequency band. In sound energy mode this always returns false.
In frequency energy mode this returns true if a beat corresponding to the frequency range of a kick drum has been detected. This has been tuned to work well with dance / techno music and may not perform well with other styles of music. In sound energy mode this always returns false.
In frequency energy mode this returns true if a beat corresponding to the frequency range of a snare drum has been detected. This has been tuned to work well with dance / techno music and may not perform well with other styles of music. In sound energy mode this always returns false.
In frequency energy mode this returns true if a beat corresponding to the frequency range of a hi hat has been detected. This has been tuned to work well with dance / techno music and may not perform well with other styles of music. In sound energy mode this always returns false.
In frequency energy mode this returns true if at least threshold bands of the bands included in the range [low, high] have registered a beat. In sound energy mode this always returns false.


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After discontinuation in 2016, Toyota FJ Cruiser might return pretty quickly. This off-road crossover with traditional appearance will get a modernization. Likewise, new powertrains will help it establish more power and torque. We are going to see the mid-size SUV as 2019 Toyota FJ Cruiser. For much better efficiency, the vehicle is getting special suspension and shocks. Moreover, lots of security features will guarantee protection. Lastly, the standard driving mode is 4 × 4, as it was in the last generation. While it is still fresh in memories of fans, Japanese carmaker chooses to bring back their preferred crossover.
The 2019 Toyota FJ Cruiser is going to use a 4.0-l V-6 drivetrain as its primary engine. This VVT-i powertrain will be more efficient than its predecessor. Of course, energy created in the mill goes to all 4 wheels. Some of the features that will boost total off-road efficiency are active traction control and electronic blood circulation of brake pressure. Balance is better with 4WD, but increase originates from a stability control function. Finally, off-road capabilities are so excellent thanks to 225 mm of ground clearance.
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VW Recalling 220,000 European Golfs Over Software Glitches: Again?
by Thom Taylor facebook on December 18, 2021
Volkswagen will bookend 2021 with recalls for the Golf Mk 8. The latest is a whopper; all Golfs built in Europe between 2019 to 2021 are recalled for glitchy software. This is the same issue that saw Volkswagen recall 56,000 Golf 8s in January of this year. And it is the same issue that plagued the Golf's launch in 2019.
Volkswagen's Golf 8 is the most popular car in Germany
2022 Golf Mk 8 | VW
The Golf 8 has been heralded as the most popular car in Germany. There were 312,000 sold in Europe in 2020. And 220,000 were sold in Germany alone from December 2019 to November 2021.
But throughout its production, it has seen software gremlins plaguing owners. According to Auto Motor und Sport, "car keys aren't recognized, assistance systems react incorrectly or fail, emergency braking is initiated without an emergency, the app and the car show different mileage, the traffic sign recognition detects signs that are not there, and the entertainment system sometimes fails completely."
The tarnished Golf 8 reputation could affect residual values
Besides the inconvenience and unacceptable glitches, owners are concerned about residual values on leases. If the Golf 8 is considered undesirable because of the increasingly bad press, not to mention the software itself, values will assuredly drop. With that in mind, VW wants to fix all of them.
The recall in January only took care of the worst offenders. With this new update, VW says that navigation and voice control should work better. But looking through the forums, there are plenty of other annoying problems being encountered.
One big issue seems to be the Golf 8 confuses speed limit signs as sometimes mph, and sometimes kph. It affects passing cars, where the Golf slows down while passing slower surrounding cars.
The ICU interprets speeds and signs wrong
There are also instances where it gets confused about which side of the road it should be on. This affects the "Travel Mode" settings for the lights. They can change from interpreting driving on the left to the right. It is all basically software glitches that new code should fix.
In the meantime, what about in the US? Will Golf 8 owners be offered the same updates as in Europe? The Golf was only introduced in July at the Chicago Auto Show. And it was supposed to have already started deliveries here in the summer.
We expect that these software updates are already integrated into US models. So unless there are other problems that haven't surfaced yet, if Volkswagen says it is fixed, then you have to take their word for it.
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The Surprising Truth About Obama's 'War on Religion'
Steve Chapman
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 12:01 AM
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a new TV spot accusing President Obama of waging "war on religion." It's a reckless, overstated spot that exploits prejudice against gays while deliberately distorting major issues. But here's the surprise: Perry has a point.
The First Amendment forbids any law "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion. It's a broad statement, which is open to interpretation on the details of implementation. But on the fundamental message -- that individuals should be allowed to follow their religious beliefs as long as they don't infringe on the rights of others -- there is no room for doubt.
Perry's campaign supports his charge with several examples. Some are bogus, such as Obama's decision not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which forbids federal recognition of same-sex unions.
That decision doesn't tread on the rights of any believer. Those who think gay marriage is a violation of God's law -- like those who think adultery is a violation of God's law -- are free to spurn it.
Perry also takes offense that after the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," military chaplains are allowed to preside at same-sex weddings. If they were required to do so, he would have cause to gripe. But they're not.
As for the absence of officially sponsored prayer in schools, Perry shouldn't blame Obama. He should blame the Supreme Court, which pronounced such exercises unconstitutional half a century ago.
But look far enough in this pile of chaff and you find some wheat. On two major issues cited by Perry, Obama has broken with precedent to curtail religious freedom in a way that should alarm staunch secularists (like myself) as well as the devout.
The first instance arose after passage of his health care overhaul, when the Department of Health and Human Services ordered that all insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization for women, with no co-payment. The mandate means many Americans would have to be complicit in something their faith forbids.
As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops pointed out, "Before the mandate, insurers were free to issue plans covering contraception and sterilization (or not); employers were free to sponsor, and usually subsidize, plans with this coverage (or not); and employees were free to choose this coverage and pay for it through their premiums (or not)." That is no longer true.
The administration provides an exemption for religious employers -- while defining the term so tightly that religious hospitals, social service agencies and colleges wouldn't qualify.
The president of the University of Notre Dame is a priest. But under Obama Care, he is obligated to furnish his employees and students with birth control options that are anathema to the Catholic Church -- or else drop health insurance coverage altogether.
Even states that mandate contraceptive coverage allow companies to avoid it by self-insuring. They also grant broad exemptions to those with faith-based conflicts. The federal employee health insurance program permits carriers with religious scruples to offer policies without contraceptive coverage.
But so far, the administration is not nearly so reasonable (though it is considering limited changes). Under its policy, the free exercise of religion ends where health insurance coverage begins.
Even more extreme is its position on a dispute involving an evangelical Lutheran church and school in Michigan. The school had dismissed a teacher who taught both religious and non-religious classes, and she went to court alleging illegal discrimination.
Federal courts have generally barred such lawsuits, leery of getting tangled up in church doctrine and discipline. But an appeals court ruled in favor of the teacher, and Obama's Justice Department took her side.
Not only that, it said churches and their schools should be treated no differently from other employers. Taken to its logical conclusion, that would mean the Catholic Church could be forced to admit women to the priesthood.
When the case was argued before the Supreme Court, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia marveled at the administration's claim: "There, black on white in the text of the Constitution, are special protections for religion. And you say it makes no difference?" Exclaimed liberal Justice Elena Kagan, whom Obama appointed, "I too find that amazing."
In this case, as with the health care mandate, the president evidently thinks that when the imperatives of faith thwart his vision of social policy, faith will have to get out of the way.
Is Obama the enemy of religion? Not quite. But when it comes to religious freedom, he's not a reliable friend.


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Andy Rubin, the creator of Android who left Google after a sexual misconduct allegation, is tweeting again to tease a weird, new phone-like gadget
Troy WolvertonOct 9, 2019, 04:45 IST
Essential CEO Andy Rubin on Tuesday tweeted out images of what looks to be a new kind of smartphone.
The device would be Essential's first smartphone in two years and comes a year after it reportedly cancelled its second model and laid off 30% of its staff.
The new phone is long and slender and will have a new kind of user interface, Rubin said.
Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system and a former Google executive, has largely stayed out of the public eye since a news report last year alleging that he had engaged in sexual misconduct while at the search giant.
Android creator Andy Rubin, who's kept a low profile since a report a year ago about his alleged sexual misconduct helped set off a mass movement at Google, stepped out of the shadows on Tuesday.
Posting on Twitter for the first time since July, Rubin, the CEO of device maker Essential, tweeted out images of what looks to be a new, narrow smartphone. He didn't give its name, a date for when it might be released, or say much about it at all. Instead, he just tweeted out a video and two photographs and indicated that the device would be different from other phones on the market, with an innovative user interface, or UI.
"New UI for radically different formfactor," Rubin said in a tweet.
In an email, Essential spokeswoman Shari Doherty confirmed the company has a new gadget in the works, but didn't offer any additional details.
"We've been working on a new device that's now in early testing with our team outside the lab," Doherty said in the email. "We look forward to sharing more in the near future."
The new device is long and narrow, shaped something like a candy bar or an iPod nano. It has a bulge on its back for what looks to be a camera and comes in at least four metallic finishes that appear to change colors as the viewing angle changes.
Rubin has hinted about a new device before
Rubin unveiled the first Essential phone to much fanfare two years ago. Despite the phone's pedigree, it sold poorly and Essential reportedly cancelled a second model last year and laid off 30% of its staff.
However, Rubin, a former Google executive who led the company's development of Android, has hinted at least twice this year that Essential had another device in the works.
"We'll make an announcement. Hang tight," he said in June in response to a call from a Twitter use to make another phone.
Responding to another Twitter user wondering if Essential was "going to have a second act," Rubin in April said: "What do you think we're doing over here? We're a consumer products company. We engineer cool stuff. Eventually, cool stuff gets launched. You'll see."
That tweet was his first since October, when he weighed in on an article The New York Times published detailing how Google had paid him a $90 million severance package after he was accused of coercing a fellow employee at the search giant of performing oral sex. Rubin on Twitter denied the accusation, calling it and other parts of the story "false allegations" that were part of "a smear campaign against him."
That article helped to touch off a campaign at Google to address sexual harassment and discrimination, including a massive global walkout by company workers.
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     *
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     * @param {Array} variations - A array of variations who's binary, ordered permutations you want to compute.
     * @param {Object} [filter] - A filter object containing inclusion or exclusion rules.
     * @param {Array} [filter.include] - An array of items or combination of items to include.
     * @param {Array} [filter.exclude] - An array of items or combination of items to exclude.
     * @param {boolean} [filter.precedence=true] - Whether the inclusion filter takes precedence or not.
     * @param {Function} [callback] - A Callback to call for every matched combination.
     * @returns {Array} - Returns an array of possible binary, ordered permutations.
     *
     * @example
All permutations

     *
     * var binaryVariations = require('binary-variations');
     *
     * binaryVariations(['a', 'b', 'c']);
     * => [["a"], ["b"], ["a", "b"], ["c"], ["a", "c"], ["b", "c"], ["a", "b", "c"]]
     *
     * @example
Inclusion

     * var binaryVariations = require('binary-variations');
     *
     * binaryVariations(['a', 'b', 'c'], {
     *  // include only 'a' or containing 'a' and 'b' or containing 'b' and 'c'
     *  include: [ 'a', ['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c'] ]
     * });
     * => [["a"], ["a", "b"], ["b", "c"], ["a", "b", "c"]]
     *
     * @example
Exclusion

     * var binaryVariations = require('binary-variations');
     *
     * binaryVariations(['a', 'b', 'c'], {
     *  // exclude only 'a' or containing 'a' and 'b' or containing 'b' and 'c'
     *  exclude: [ 'a', ['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c'] ]
     * });
     * => [["b"], ["c"], ["a", "c"]]
     */
    function binaryVariations(variations, filter, callback) {
        var filterType = typeof filter;

        // fix args
        if (filterType === 'function') {
            callback = filter;
            filter = undefined;
        }

        // clone array
        variations = variations.slice(0);

        var typeofCallback = typeof callback === 'function';
        var variationsLength = variations.length;
        var j;
        var bitmask;
        var expected = Math.pow(2, variationsLength) - 1;
        var binaryIndex = 1;
        var hasFilter = filterType === 'object';
        var precedence = hasFilter && typeof filter.precedence === 'boolean' ? filter.precedence : true;
        // include stuff
        var include = hasFilter && filter.include;
        var includeLength = isArray(include) ? include.length : 0;
        var i;
        var inclusion;
        var inclusionLength;
        var includeFlag;
        // exclude stuff
        var exclude = hasFilter && filter.exclude;
        var excludeLength = isArray(exclude) ? exclude.length : 0;
        var e;
        var exclusion;
        var exclusionLength;
        var excludeFlag;
        var n;
        // combination arrays
        var combinations = [];
        var combination;
        var combinationLength;

        for (; binaryIndex <= expected; binaryIndex++) {
            combination = [];

            // check each bit, if it is set -> include the item at this bit's index
            for (j = 0; j < variationsLength; j++) {
                bitmask = 1 << j;

                if (binaryIndex & bitmask) {
                    combination.push(variations[j]);
                }
            }

            combinationLength = combination.length;

            // check include
            if (includeLength) {
                includeFlag = false;

                for (i = 0; i < includeLength; i++) {
                    inclusion = include[i];

                    // if it is a string it has to match exactly a single item
                    if (typeof inclusion === 'string' && combinationLength === 1 && combination[0] === inclusion) {
                        includeFlag = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    // if it is an Array it has to be fully included in the current combination's Array
                    else if (isArray(inclusion)) {
                        includeFlag = true;

                        for (n = 0, inclusionLength = inclusion.length; n < inclusionLength; n++) {
                            if (!~combination.indexOf(inclusion[n])) {
                                includeFlag = false;
                                break;
                            }
                        }

                        if (includeFlag)
                            break;
                    }
                }
            }

            // check exclude
            if (excludeLength) {
                excludeFlag = false;

                for (e = 0; e < excludeLength; e++) {
                    exclusion = exclude[e];

                    // if it is a string it has to match exactly a single item
                    if (typeof exclusion === 'string' && combinationLength === 1 && combination[0] === exclusion) {
                        excludeFlag = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    // if it is an Array it has to be fully included in the current combination's Array
                    else if (isArray(exclusion)) {
                        excludeFlag = true;

                        for (n = 0, exclusionLength = exclusion.length; n < exclusionLength; n++) {
                            if (!~combination.indexOf(exclusion[n])) {
                                excludeFlag = false;
                                break;
                            }
                        }

                        if (excludeFlag)
                            break;
                    }
                }
            }

            // if both filters are given we have to deal with precedence
            if (includeLength && excludeLength) {
                if (precedence && !includeFlag ||
                    !precedence && excludeFlag) {
                    continue;
                }
            }
            // normal inclusion/exclusion checks
            else if (includeLength && !includeFlag ||
                excludeLength && excludeFlag) {
                continue;
            }

            // push combination
            combinations.push(combination);

            // execute callback if given
            typeofCallback && callback(combination);
        }

        return combinations;
    }

    binaryVariations.expect = expect;

    binaryVariations.join = join;

    /**
     * Returns the number of all possible variations.
     * Which is the sum of (2^n)-1.
     *
     * @memberOf module:binaryVariations
     * @param {Array} variations - The array of possible variations.
     * @returns {number} - Returns the amount of possible combinations.
     * @example
     *
     * var binaryVariations = require('binary-variations');
     * var expect = binaryVariations.expect;
     *
     * expect( ['a'] );
     * // => 1
     *
     * expect( ['a', 'b'] );
     * // => 3
     *
     * expect( ['a', 'b', 'c'] );
     * // => 7
     *
     * expect( ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] );
     * // => 15
     */
    function expect(variations) {
        return Math.pow(2, variations.length) - 1;
    }

    /**
     * The `join()` function joins all element of `variations` into a string.
     *
     * @memberOf module:binaryVariations
     * @param {Array} variations - The variations array to join.
     * @param {string} [separator=,] - Specifies a string to separate each element of the array.
     * @param {string} [prefix] - The prefix prepended.
     * @param {string} [suffix] - The suffix appended.
     * @returns {string} - Returns all elements of `variations` joined into a string.
     *
     * @example
Default separator

     *
     * var binaryVariations = require('binary-variations');
     * var join = binaryVariations.join;
     *
     * join( ['a', 'b', 'c'] );
     * => 'a,b,c'
     *
     * @example
Custom separator

     *
     * var binaryVariations = require('binary-variations');
     * var join = binaryVariations.join;
     *
     * join( ['a', 'b', 'c'], '-' );
     * => 'a-b-c'
     *
     * @example
Prefix

     *
     * var binaryVariations = require('binary-variations');
     * var join = binaryVariations.join;
     *
     * join( ['a', 'b', 'c'] , ',', '-' );
     * => '-a,b,c'
     *
     * @example
Suffix

     *
     * var binaryVariations = require('binary-variations');
     * var join = binaryVariations.join;
     *
     * join( ['a', 'b', 'c'] , ',', '', '-' );
     * => 'a,b,c-'
     */
    function join(variations, separator, prefix, suffix) {
        var str = variations.join(separator || ',');

        if (str) {
            str = (prefix || '') + str + (suffix || '');
        }

        return str;
    }

    // export public API
    return binaryVariations;
});


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Pi Piscium (π Piscium/π Psc) è una stella bianca-gialla di sequenza principale distante circa 114 anni luce dalla Terra, nella costellazione dei Pesci.

È una stella di tipo spettrale F0V, dunque presenta una temperatura superficiale da , ed ha dimensioni all'incirca comparabili con quelle del nostro Sole, anche se più luminosa e con temperatura superficiale superiore. Ha una velocità di rotazione di circa  al suo equatore. Si tratta di una stella variabile .

Astronomia cinese
In cinese, 右更 (si Geng), il che significa funzionario incaricato del Pascolo, si riferisce ad un asterismo composto da π Piscium, , ,  e .

Di conseguenza, π Piscium è conosciuto come 右更三 (si Geng San: La terza stella del funzionario incaricato del Pascolo).

Occultazioni

Per la sua posizione prossima all'eclittica, è talvolta soggetta ad occultazioni da parte della Luna e, più raramente, dei pianeti, generalmente quelli interni.

L'ultima occultazione lunari invece avvenne Il 18 gennaio 2013.

Note

Stelle della costellazione dei Pesci
Stelle bianco-gialle di sequenza principale
Stelle di classe spettrale F


Our next Queensland lunches will be held in Brisbane on 11 May and (for the first time) Toowoomba on 12 May. Invitations will go out soon. We are busy bees trying to finalise all the details. Last years' Brisbane lunch sold out super quick – so please be sure you are subscribed to receive an invite, and then be quick to secure your ticket!!


We have entered into "a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before." So opens an article by Klaus Schwab, the head of the World Economic Forum, on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The flood of significant technological breakthroughs include artificial intelligence and robotics, the Internet of Things, blockchain encryption & currency, autonomous vehicles, 3-D printing, nanotechnology, energy storage, and quantum computing. Every one of these innovations will have enormous social implications, and will result in great disruption in many many fields of endeavour.
Nik Beeson is the director of Curiosity Culture and an Associate Consultant specialising in Change Dynamics and Digital Communication at Capillary Consulting. Previously the Web Director of the Canadian Music Centre and the Digital Communications Coordinator of KAIROS Canada (a fast paced international human rights org) he has a long history of experience in bringing the fast moving migratory world of digital technology to bear in organisational culture. Nik is a Professional Coach, a Certified Change Agent, a member of the Association for Change Management Professionals (ACMP) and of the Web of Change, an international network of leaders working at the frontiers of digital communications technology and social change.
Nik was a Buddhist Chaplain resident on the Intensive Care Unit, Emergency and Neuro Wards at the Toronto Western hospital, worked in Palliative Care, and was a live-in staff person in homes for the homeless and for people with mental health challenges. He has training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and his university studies focused on consciousness, addiction and love. He has cultivated a compassionate, sophisticated and pragmatic approach to identity, limitation and transformation that he apply to his change work with individuals and organisations.
Nik was a creator/performer of 'Sonic Theatre' performance art projects, and is a composer and performer adventurous and exploratory music. He writes prose and poetry, and is an ever-curious practitioner and initiate of Kundalini Yoga, mindfulness awareness and Contact Dance.


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Q: Как изменить цвет JButton во время нажатия Есть какие-то методы позволяющие изменить цвет JButton во время нажатия? Если же нет, то как это возможно сделать? Пытался найти, но ничего достаточно простого не нашёл

A: class ShyButton extends JButton {
    private final Color pressedColor = Color.RED;

    public ShyButton() {
        this(null);
    }

    public ShyButton(String text) {
        super(text);
        super.setContentAreaFilled(false);
    }

    @Override
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        if (getModel().isPressed()) {
            g.setColor(pressedColor);
        }
        else {
            g.setColor(getBackground());
        }
        g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
        super.paintComponent(g);
    }
}

public class Demo extends JFrame {
    public Demo() {
        super("Demo");

        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setLayout(new FlowLayout());

        add(new ShyButton("Click me"));

        pack();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Demo window = new Demo();
        window.setVisible(true);
    }
}

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CERN Study Casts Doubt on Man-made Global Warming
The following article appeared in London's Sunday Express in May, 2016. I came across it while browsing on Google. I found no reference to the study referred to in any American news source. The study casts doubt on the validity of the belief that the use of man-made fossil fuel is the major contributor to global warming much of which occurred before man began using fossil fuels. The assertion that scientists are in agreement with the notion that man-made global warming is principally responsible for global warming appears to be utter nonsense. The study has not been publicized in any American journal or news source that I have been able to find. A leading study of the negative effects of global warming world-wide showed that the U.S. would be one of countries least affected by global warming in the next century. Until more research is done and it is reasonably certain that man-made fossil fuel emissions are the major or a significant cause of global warming, it is foolish to spend hundreds of billions of dollars world-wide measures to reduce fossil fuel emissions. The U.S. and the States give subsidies and tax benefits to the wealthy producers of so-called "clean fuel" a number of whom are not even American-owned and forces utilities to pay high prices for the electricity they produce. And it gives tax credits to the wealthy consumers of Tesla and other electric and hybrid motor vehicles.
CERN is the largest nuclear research institution in, the world. The leading CERN researcher on the cause of climate change is a British scientist Jasper Kirkby. The article follows:
Has climate change been disproved? Large Hadron boffins cast shock DOUBT on global warming
MANKIND'S burning of fossil fuels may not be the primary cause of global warming, according to the shock results of a new study by scientists behind the Large Hadron Collider (LCH).
By JON AUSTIN
Real Income Tax Reform Is Taxing Corporate Earnings As Personal Income
Although tax reforms have been proposed by all candidates for President in the primaries, they all fall far short of what most economists would propose. It is not tax reform to impose a flat tax as Sen. Cruz and others have proposed or to eliminate the estate tax as a number of Republicans have recommended. The proposals would simply eliminate all progressivity from the tax system. The personal income tax and the estate tax are the only taxes that reduce income inequality and wealth inequality in a free market system. It is not tax reform to propose a value-added tax as Pres. Obama once briefly suggested and his rival Romney said he was considering it. The VA tax, widely used in the Euro community and promoted by the IMF for every country in the world is not appropriate for countries with a federal system of government. It is a sales tax and nearly every one of the States in the U.S. imposes a sales tax. Sales taxes should be left to the States.
Real reform must call for abolition of the corporate income tax and taxing corporate earnings as personal income under the personal income tax. None of the candidates for President have proposed doing so. Instead they propose reforms that are not real reforms at all. ...
Trump is Correct: GDP Growth Lowest since 1929-1939 - my blog entry in American Thinker this morning
Here's a selection:
During Sunday's presidential debate, Republican candidate Donald J. Trump claimed that the U.S. GDP growth rate is the lowest since 1929....
The usually accurate Breitbart fact-checkers held that this claim was "hyperbole" and "mostly false." However, the average growth rate in real GDP during the period from 1929-1939 was 1.3% per year. The average growth rate from 2005-2015 was 1.4% per year. Every decade in between has had higher growth than 1.4%, as shown in the graph below:
To read it, go to: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/10/trump_is_correct_gdp_growth_lowest_since_19291939.html
Comments on News You May Have Missed
Raymond Richman, 10/8/2016
From web site, www.zerohedge.com. "Everything You Hear About Aleppo Is Wrong" by Tyler Durden. "The United States, on the other hand, continues to play a dangerous game in pushing this war further than it needs to. The United States-led coalition has no legal basis to be operating militarily in Syria, whether through their own domestic legislative institutions or through the United Nations. Russian assistance was requested formally by the Assad regime, which currently holds the seat at the U.N. This gives the Russian campaign an air of legitimacy whether or not it is immoral.
Yet the United States continues to give itself a special privilege (which only Israel can rival) by insisting the U.S. military has the right to defend itself against Russian anti-missile defense systems within Syrian territory. Yet, they argue, the Syrian regime does not have the right to defend itself against multiple ground and air invasions within their own country. (Bold type is in the original article.)
From Pittsburgh Trib-Review. In an opinion piece entitled "Discrimination & Free Markets", Prof. Walter Williams of George Mason University writes that Government intervention in South Africa maintained economic and social discrimination against blacks until Apartheid was ended. But it was not merely the ending of Apartheid that improved the status of blacks but adoption of some free market reforms. He writes, "in free market settings one is apt to observe less racial discrimination because it is costly to both the discriminated and the discriminator." And he writes, "From the 1860s into the 1960s, the majority of American states enforced segregation through the Jim Crow laws." With the end of Jim Crow laws, discrimination against blacks was maintained by mostly market interfering measures such as the Davis-Bacon Act, minimum wage laws and occupational and business licensing regulations. Note: The Davis-Bacon Act and the minimum wage laws were initiated by Democratic Pres. FD Roosevelt under pressure from the then lily-white unions.
From Wall Street Journal. An article in the Business News section entitled, "Tax Credit Powers Wind-Farm Upgrades" reports that wind-farms are highly subsidized by the Production Tax Credit Act recently renewed by a Republican-controlled Congress at the behest of Pres. Obama, who believes that global warming is man-caused despite the fact that scientific studies show it to contribute to a fraction of it, one study estimating it at 15 percent. Texas and California are the biggest wind energy states. The article recites, "In a report last year, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said the Treasury has forfeited more than $8 billion in revenue as a result of the tax credit And faulted Congress for repeatedly renewing the credit without requiring any agency to study its impact on renewable-energy development."The article does not say so but the same is true of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on subsidies to solar energy, subsidies to builders of hybrid motor vehicles, and to homeowners and businesses in expenditures to reduce electricity consumption. The Republican Congressmen and Senators should the described as RINOs, Republicans in name only) ...
Comments on some news items you may have missed
Today's date, 10/6/2016. Some news you might have missed!...
Trump won 1st debate trade fight
Jesse Richman, 10/5/2016
There were many things wrong with Trump's tactics in the first debate. But he did accomplish one of his strategic goals. He moved the polling needle on trade.
The CNN / ORC poll asked several questions about which candidate would better handle a series of issues. One of the issues was trade. In both prior outings of this question, Clinton had a solid lead: 53:43 in late July for instance. In the post-first-debate poll, Trump had taken the lead: 45 for Clinton, 49 for Trump. Trump's position versus Clinton deteriorated marginally on most other issues. But he won the trade segment.
Veep Debate -- A loss for Kaine and Civility
Civility took a back seat this debate. Since 2012 at least, the presidential debates have headed to the gutter. Interruption contests rather than contests of ideas. I have proposed eliminating the moderator and letting the microphone do the business the moderators aren't of keeping time and preventing interruption. But in the absence of that approach, perhaps we can consider the following. Television networks can probably do this one all on their own. If one of them advertises that they are taking this road next debate, I promise I will watch their feed.
1. Announce that candidates who speak when it isn't their turn will have their microphone muted.
2. Any candidate who speaks out of turn will have their image cut from the screen -- the camera will just show the opponent.
3. If candidates persist in violating the rules, change the angle and cut to the moderator when candidates interrupt.
Implementing this will merely require a few seconds of lag and an agile crew managing the video and audio feeds. If done right, no one outside of the auditorium of the debate need ever know that one of the candidates lacked the basic self control and decency to wait until the opponent had delivered a sentence and exhausted the allotted time.
As it is, the debates have become an embarrassment. A display of bullying disrespect rather than an arena for the battle of ideas. At best an audition for the weekend talk show circuit. Perhaps the cross-talk makes for "good television" but it diminishes our democracy. There should be ample provision of time to respond. No quarter should be given, however, to the efforts candidates make to steal time and silence their opponents through snide remarks, repeated interruptions, and similar schoolyard tactics.
The marching orders for Tim Kaine in the VP debate seem to have been to attack relentlessly. But he was miscast for the role. Kaine's basic temper and personality...


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A recent study by the Microsoft Corporation identified a scary trend: Namely, that the average human attention span has been reduced to 8 seconds – less than that of the common goldfish! It's no surprise that many of us in today's world of constant status updates and myriad demands for our attention could use a little help in improving our focus.
While the study goes on to show that humans will ultimately adapt, this is bad news today for kids who struggle with Focus and Concentration – and parents who continue to battle the effects of ever-increasing "screen time".
Wow! So our future Superheroes will win out by out-focusing the bad guys. Awesome!
Certainly, limiting screen time is an easy first step. But then what to do when the screen is put away??? Having the right toys and activities at hand is key to providing alternatives. And one of the best tools you can have is a Find It® Game!
The President of NWO Apraxia, an organization helping children with a wide range of invisible disabilities, wrote us that "Find It Games have become a valuable resource" in their community.
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Apple pie or king's crown?
The culinary blogger "Flo en cuisine" has opted for both.
The king's crown cake has become an apple pie. Discover this recipe in an original black nougat cream version.
Peel the apples and chop into large pieces.
Place the cubes in a saucepan with 100ml water.
Add two teaspoons of nougat cream and simmer for 20 minutes stirring all the time.
The apples must be soft.
Roll out the pastry and line a pie tin with it.
Place the apples all around the edge, 4 cm from the rim and from the centre.
Using a knife, cut the centre part of the pastry into 6 points and fold them back over the apples.
Leave the pie in a cold place while the oven heats.
Bake in oven at 180°C for 30 minutes.