My symptoms started in the fall of 2001, in October to be exact.
I am a dietitian, living in Canada and was 49 years old at the time. I am also female and married. One day I went to work and halfway though the day I couldn't raise my right arm higher than midway. "Odd" I thought. I had been seeing a chiropractor for years for pain in my neck and thought this might be the cause. I went back to the chiropractor and told him what happened and after one treatment I was fixed. A few days later I went to work, went to write and found that I couldn't hold the pen very well. Back to the chiropractor. And I was fixed again! In November I started to hear the sound of my right foot slapping on the pavement as I walked to work. I tried to figure out what I was doing to make that happen. It is very hard to figure out how your foot is supposed to work. My husband and I were going out at night and I found it hard to do my hair and put on mascara at night. I love having a bath but found that after a bath I was weaker. So I stopped having baths. My husband suggested my body didn't like warm water. Very prophetic! My right arm continued to bother me so I finally went to my doctor. Actually it was the combination of the right arm and leg. I thought I had had a stroke. Also I had a few times of starting to speak and odd sounds coming out. It just lasted for a second but….
My doctor thought the arm was a result of using a mouse so I went out and bought a scroll mouse for my left hand. I had an x-ray of my right arm which showed early rotator cuff degeneration so I started physical therapy. My right leg was starting to feel funny; it felt like I went down a bit when I walked on it. When I woke in the morning the right leg would stretch and then cramp. In my continuing study of my right foot, I noticed that the toes would not come up. The big toe did but the other toes just lay there. I showed my doctor and he suggested that crossing my legs may have caused damage to the nerve. I didn't cross my legs again for 6 months.
During the winter there were a few times when I had to walk for a distance. After 10 minutes of walking it felt like I was dragging my right leg. I knew something bad was happening then.
When I was at the physiotherapist's one time my right leg started to shake. I now know that as intention tremor. It had happened before and I knew I could stop it by pressing my hand on it. However the physiotherapist saw it and suggested I have a nerve conduction test done by a neurologist. "Something is going on," she said. I work at a hospital so it was easy to see the neurologist there. I saw him on April 2nd, 2002 and he knew something was wrong. I had a MRI on the 10th. I didn't see him again until the 29th of April. When I went in he told me I had Multiple sclerosis, probably primary progressive and set me up for an appointment at the MS clinic downtown.
I went to the MS clinic at St Michael's hospital on May 12th. I had evoked potentials done. This all before I saw the doctor and I still didn't believe I had MS.
When I finally saw the doctor he looked at my MRI, listened to this history and watched me walk. I didn't have a limp then but if you listened you could hear my right foot brushing the carpet. He told me that I had primary progressive MS and going by the MRI, I had had MS for quite a while. I asked about treatment. I had done my research and wanted Copaxone. He told me there was no treatment and to come back in a year. I was in shock!
I went back to my family doctor, told him how disappointed I was and asked for a referral to a different MS clinic. I got to the MS clinic at Sunnybrooke a year later. In the meantime I worked and drove and walked. I still had no visible limp. Somedays my right leg felt fine. Somedays it was terrible. Sometimes when I had written too many charts my right arm would refuse to write anymore. In the summer of 2002 I felt better. In September I was fine, no hitch in my walk, no limp. My husband said I was walking well. I had no other symptoms, no fatigue, and no cognitive impairment that I could see. Then came October and I felt something in my left leg. It scared me to death but it went away. However my right leg and arm problems came back.
I went to the MS clinic at Sunnybrooke in March of 2002 and saw the neurologist there. He looked at my MRI, listened to this history and did a physical exam. He suggested that since my MS had improved in the summer I was eligible for treatment. I still wanted Copaxone and started it in May. In April my husband and I went to Nassau. I was worried about the heat but it didn't bother me at all. I now had to inject every day. I decided that I would inject when I came home from work. This is now my routine; work, come home, inject, dinner. A month after starting Copaxone I experienced n odd thing. I sat down to play on the computer after the injection, got up an hour later and…wow. A perfectly good right leg, no limp, no hitch, nothing. The next morning it was back. This happened a few times. I was ecstatic. The summer worked its previous magic. By September my symptoms were almost all gone and every night after injecting Copaxone my right leg was perfect. No one could explain this too me but there is no way I would stop taking this drug. We went to Nassau again in October to see my husband's parents and for a vacation. Halfway through the trip I felt the ache back in my left leg and my right leg worsened. I went to work the day after we came back. And for the next month I felt my left leg stiffen and my right leg worsen. And that takes us up to now. I arranged to get an articulated foot orthopedic for my right leg and have it now. I have worn it to work a few times and it really does help. I am not using a cane yet. And I am still injecting Copaxone nightly. I will see the neurologist at Sunnybrooke in December and discuss this with him.


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Reservation made shortly after his arrival in the UAE in one of the branch offices Arabia Horizons Tours located in the Dubai Mall (island next to the front door to the lake). Cost – 245 AED per person. The company has a very extensive offer destined for tourists, but we chose the option of evening safari with a barbecue.
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Cheat speed first corner, my first cry, clinging to the back and continuously check whether I still have to wear seatbelts, while improving water bottles that after each turn lands upside down.
One of the cars buried in a sand dune. A moment to catch your breath, photos, unearthing the car and we set off again.
Another turn, our Toyota placed vertically, the subsequent feeling like my body has been deprived of the force of gravity. On one of the dunes catch gum. After podpompowaniu going on.
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Different Types of Roulette Explained
Not all avid gamblers will be familiar with every casino game, its rules, and their various types. Same is the case with even the craziest of Roulette fans; winning a significant amount of money is all that matters. But several professionals have a different take on the game and have delved deeper into it for a better understanding. Roulette has been categorized under the sequence of numbered pockets and wheel layout into European and American. These two variations are the most common ones, apart from which there are several others. Here are a few other varieties of Roulette that not many gamblers are aware of.
Almost similar to the European wheel format, the French Roulette, is the next popular type of Roulette. The difference between the two being the betting options they offer. "Trace track" is the additional betting option that the French Roulette boasts of, which allows the players to cover certain sections of the wheel.
13 numbers on the wheel is the factor that makes this variation unique. Numbers from zero to twelve cover the whole wheel, making the mini version an interesting one to try. There are two versions to this variation, the one with a ball and the one without a ball. While one has the ball being spun within the wheel to determine the winning number, the other has the wheel rotated until it stops at a pot with the marker pointing out the winning number. RNG mini wheel is another variation which uses no physical ball or wheel for the game; instead has a similar system as that of slots. It is best to get rid of the idea that a lesser number will improve your chances to win since its invalid.
This version of Roulette only benefits the bias analysis players by being able to obtain the same data of a single ball Roulette sooner here. As the name suggests, the game is different from the traditional European Roulette in the number of balls being spun. Not every typical casino promotes this version since not many gamblers prefer to play on it. What was first launched as an experiment at casinos in Vegas did gain popularity for its interesting variation. But it didn't fare as much as the original one did.
Rapid Roulette
With the increasing crowd around a Roulette wheel, exasperation takes the next level of existence. The paying players are likely to create a fuss in such situations, consequently delaying the spins. When the casino floors are filled with these wheels and trouble, Rapid Roulette comes to the rescue. Although this type cannot be found everywhere, it can efficiently rule out the hassles of a crowd. Individual screens like that of slots is provided, and players can place bets on the systems for the digital wheel to rotate to fortune. While many people love to play the original versions of Roulette, the sophisticated version is what certain other sections prefer.
Thomas S. Pung Types of Roulette
How Physicists Used Science to Beat the Odds at Roulette
From every atom to a cell that exists on the planet has a strong scientific base. What almost all scientists like to believe is that there is an enormous relevance to the subject in all fields of life. Science works in strange ways in some of the most unexpected places. The immaculate floors of luxury and panache would be considered by many to be under the light of any domain but science. Casinos have been proven to have highly influenced by science, so much so that several tricks and strategies function pertaining to the subject. Physicists around the world have exploited this feature of gambling to rake in some big numbers. Roulette is one such casino game that has scientific applications which have been tested on by many physicists in the past, which were efficient in beating the odds. Here's how they managed to do it.
How Physics Comes Into play
An unbalanced wheel is what you badly need to have at the casino to take advantage of. You must always be prepared with tactics to tackle the situation where the wheel is balanced. The best casinos can do to prevent this from happening is by tweaking the setup of the gaming table.
The deterministic nature of the ball and wheel and their spin has to be explored deeper for a better understanding. Basing your strategy on this will help you get closer to beating the odds of Roulette. The casinos can change nothing about this as the bets start getting placed when the wheel starts spinning. You have to make the most out of this opportunity, where you can learn the wheel's weaknesses and motion patterns.
There have been several attempts made by both professionals and fraudsters in the past to suck money out of the casino vaults. One of the earliest attempts was the one at Monte Carlo casino, where two gamblers (a mechanic and a mathematician) went in to leverage the wheel by logging a huge outcome from each spin of six roulette wheels. Due to the bias that the wheel had as a factory imperfection was the flaw that let the gamblers take home almost 65,000 pounds. Many such cases have occurred in the past, some of which even being great scientists.
From the Brain of a Physicist
The foundation of the physics in the game lies at understanding the ball's motion, its location and relative speed when the croupier sets the wheel spinning. Studies and experiments have also stated that a keen observation of the wheel right from the beginning will benefit the player. Keeping a record of the initial conditions further enhances the chance to beat the odds. This experiment worked out with impressive results of 20 per cent earnings which were speculated at the beginning. Mounting a digital camera above the wheel will help you in recording the progress.
Another experiment was conducted to track the ball's path by using a computer and calculus to record the number of times the ball passes a certain point to predict the outcome. This was found to be successful more than half of the time, which could generate at least 18 per cent profit. The experiment proved the theory of the Roulette table having a slant, which could be exploited scientifically.
Thomas S. Pung Odds at Roulette
Online Roulette Tips to Win More on Every Spin
Roulette is one of the traditional casino games which is popular among gamblers around the globe. There are different variants of roulette for different regions, but they all play the same way. Unlike the other table games which offer a slight upper hand for the players, roulette is purely based on luck. However, there some tricks which can help you gain a slight advantage over the game, whether it is a live roulette or the online one.
Try out different variants
As there are different variants of roulette, every version offers a different experience and chances of winning. You will notice that every roulette version has a different table layout. Every variant has a different house edge, and you are free to pick the one with the lowest edge. European roulette offers the best returns with a house edge of 2.63%.
Learn your odds
Before you place your bets understand two things – you can win big by placing money on a single number, or you can win small bets by placing money on multiple numbers. When you bet on a single number the chances reduce, hence the payout is higher. When you bet on more numbers, your chances of winning increases, and even if you win less, it is still a better strategy to win again and again.
Play at trusted casinos
When you go to a real casino, you can tell by the crowd if they enjoy the games over there or not. You can find good and trusted casinos when you are playing live. In the case of online casinos, things are a little more complicated. Make sure that the site you pick has good player reviews, has given out big rewards, and have the right licensing. This will offer you only fiar games and prevent you from playing at rigged sites.
Money management is important
The basic advice for any gambler is to manage their money and play with only the amount that they can afford to lose. You can keep separate bank accounts for your entertainment and daily expenses. Never mix your daily expense with your gambling money and always stop playing the games when you still have money for food for the day.
Try combination bets
Combination bets will give you an advantage at the table as it will increase the chances of your winning. Combination bets are different from multiple bets. In multiple bets, you place some amount of money in different numbers. In combination bet, you bet on multiple numbers with the same money. You can bet with a single chip on multiple numbers. Combination bet allows you to bet on all the adjacent numbers and you can bet in the combination of two, three, four or even six numbers. It will offer you a much better payout rate.
Thomas S. Pung Online Roulette
Top 3 Best Roulette Bets and Strategies
Fans of Roulette will love the idea of indulging in a game with a drink to sip on. The game is all about stacked coins being used to bet on the black and red slots of numbers with the ball rolling over the wooden tilted surfaces. The game may appear to be as simple as that description but is much more layered than that. Understanding every aspect of the game is essential before placing abet on any random number on the wheel.
There are a few bets that have proven to generate great results in this chance-based casino game. Gambling on the Roulette table is a whole new experience for all those who look for entertainment in casinos. But it is not wise to squander your money for fun. It is always better to earn much more than what is invested. Here are a few bets and strategies that work depending on your playing style, bankroll, and gaming preference.
· Bet 1
You are likely to receive a lot of advice on Roulette betting when you are new to the game. All variants of the game will have a category of bets that work perfectly in that section, which may exist differently than the various pieces of advice you come across. Single number bet has proven from time to time to generate the best payout ratio at 35:1. The odds of this occurring in your favour is very low. Bets that are comparable to the odds of a coin toss with even money wagers is considered to be the best. Landing on 0 and 00 repeatedly would ruin the odds for you. You are likely to win about 49 bets on an average when you place a 100 bets on European and French Roulette.
The name of this bet is 'Dozen bets' which is an aggregate-style option where you can choose 2 numbers with odds of payout at 2:1. You need to stay away from playing American Roulette with this bet as the chance of 0 and 00 taking you down the rabbit hole is quite high.
A combination of two number bets is always a better bet than a single number bet. Although the odds of this bet is much lower than that of single bets, these combinations are highly recommended to ensure a smaller splurge. With the increase in the number of combinations, the probability of winning also elevates.
Best Strategies
· The Martingale System
This system works in a way that when a player comes across a loss, they double the bet hoping to fare better and to recover what was lost in the first round.
· The Paroli System
The Paroli system is quite simple to understand with the fundamental concept being the doubling of the bet with each win.
· The D'Alembert System
This system follows the negative pattern of increasing bets after losses and decreasing them after every win.
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Un pirómetro es un dispositivo capaz de medir la temperatura de una sustancia sin necesidad de estar en contacto con ella. El término se suele aplicar a aquellos instrumentos capaces de medir temperaturas superiores a los 600 grados celsius. El rango de temperatura de un pirómetro se encuentra entre -50 °C (Grados celsius) hasta +4000 grados celsius. Una aplicación típica es la medida de la temperatura de metales incandescentes en molinos de acero o fundiciones.

Inventor
Se desconoce con exactitud, ya que históricamente se otorga la invención a Pieter van Musschenbroek y Josiah Wedgwood, de forma independiente, ya que desarrollaron aparatos muy similares a lo que se conoce en la actualidad como pirómetro.

Principio básico:
Uno de los pirómetros más comunes es el pirómetro de absorción-emisión, que se utiliza para determinar la temperatura de gases a partir de la medición de la radiación emitida por una fuente de referencia calibrada, antes y después de que esta radiación haya pasado a través del gas y haya sido parcialmente absorbida por este. Ambas medidas se hacen en el mismo intervalo de las longitudes de onda.

Para medir la temperatura de un metal incandescente, se observa este a través del pirómetro, y gira un anillo para ajustar la temperatura de un filamento incandescente proyectado en el campo de visión. Cuando el color del filamento es idéntico al del metal, se puede leer la temperatura en una escala según el ajuste del color del siguiente concursante.

Véase también
 Termómetro

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Instrumentos térmicos

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State Rep. Lou Lang has proposed a brilliant and fair plan to help the state of Illinois dig itself out of its multi-billion dollar debt. Change the state's fixed income tax rate for everyone and replace it with a scaled tax that actually reduces the state tax for most taxpayers, those earning under $200,000, and slightly raising it for everyone else. Lang says the plan could generate $1.9 billion a year in new and badly needed income
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I've always liked State Rep. Lou Lang, even though he doesn't represent the Southwestland region.
Some people might think that's strange because Lang is Jewish and I happen to be Palestinian. You don't have to read the headlines coming from Israel and Palestine to know that most Jews and most Palestinians have a hard time getting along. But we do.
Lang is a Democrat who represents the 16th Illinois House, including Skokie. He has represented that district for more almost 30 years.
Some might say Lang has been in that office too long. But I say he is a public official who is good at his job because he hasn't let his ego overcome his commonsense. Obviously, Lang hasn't tried to be governor, congressman, senator or President of the United States.
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He'd probably be good in each one of those offices. But instead, he has stayed in the House representing his district and also representing the best interests of the people of Illinois.
Which is why I am not surprised Lang proposed raising funds to off-set the state's mounting debt by changing our state income tax formula.
Currently, everyone in Illinois pays a flat rate 3.75 percent of their income to the state. It's not a bad rate at all. Seven states don't have a state income tax. (Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.) Two (New Hampshire and Tennessee) require taxes on dividends.
State Rep. Lou Lang
A flat rate means you pay 3.75 percent of your income to the state whether you make $50,000 a year or $5 million a year.
I think that's stupid. So does Lou Lang.
Of the 41 states that require state taxes, Illinois has the 3rd lowest tax next only to Indiana (3.3 percent) and North Dakota (2.9 percent).
Lang proposes we join the rest of the country and eliminate the flat tax. Under Lang's proposal, taxpayers (married and filing jointly) would pay 3.5 percent for income of $200,000 or less; 3.75 percent on income between $200,000 and $750,000; 8.75 percent on income between $750,000 and $1.5 million; and 9.75 percent on income over $1.5 million.
For all others, the rate would be 3.5 percent on income of up to $100,000; 3.75 percent on income $100,000 to $500,000; 8.75 percent on income $500,000 to $1 million; and 9.75 percent on income above $1 million.
If we implemented Lang's plan, the state would generate an additional $1.9 billion each year to help off-set the $10 billion deficit the state is accumulating.
Yes, Illinois is in a financial crisis. Although partisan politicians place the blame on each other, you really can't blame any specific political party or politician. It's been a mess for at least seven decades.
The real problem is our pension system, outrageous payments government promised to its workers we can't afford. Some double dip and claim multiple pensions.
We definitely need pension reform. But we also need Lang's reasoned proposal.
The majority of Illinois workers making under $200,000 a year would get a slight tax cut. And still, the state would make $1.9 billion more each year.
What's there to think about?
Lang's idea is certainly better than anything we have heard from Governor Bruce Rauner, who ignores everyday people like me and you. Rauner listens to the business lobbyists and the state's wealthiest 5 percent, doing everything to protect their riches. Of course!
I say, make Lou Lang the governor. He's the only reasonable person who has offered a reasonable solution to the state's financial problems.
And I know he would take care of Illinois' seniors, who desperately need financial help.
(Ray Hanania is a former Chicago City Hall reporter and political columnist. Email him at rghanania@gmail.com. This column was originally published in the Southwest News newspaper group including the Regional News, Palos Reporter, Des Plaines Valley News and Southwest News-Herald Newspaper.)
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our little firecracker | patriotic toddler fashion - It's Gravy, Baby!
With Independence Day coming up Monday, I thought a patriotic edition of "what she wore" was fitting. I'm starting with a throwback to 2014 when she was 6 months old. This first outfit was gifted to her from a mama who had read Brynlee's Journey and wanted to do something nice for us. Once Brynlee outgrew it during her second year of wear, I passed it on to another sweet trach family. Since putting those outfits on the girls in 2014, I have fallen in love with all things red, white, and blue and love dressing them in patriotic fashion.
Because I love a good before and after. I cannot believe how much she has grown & changed!
Thank you, Jenn. It's gotten long and so blonde!
I liked your article on patriotic toddler fashion. Little princess with patriotic outfits are really fabulous that can add some glitter to Your Kid's Independence Day Look. Both kids are charming. I like patriotic outfits. Very cute! The way you presented everything is really inspiring and intriguing. Can't believe.


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W. Frederick Mills
Albert Christ-Janer Award 2005
W. Frederick Mills is an internationally acclaimed trumpet player, arranger and conductor. A member of the Canadian Brass for 24 years, he performed as a soloist in 16 countries on five continents. He also played solo, first-chair trumpet with the American Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski, the New York City Opera Orchestra, the National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada, the Casals Festival Orchestra inPuerto Rico and many others.
Professor Mills' arrangements and scoring for brass ensembles have changed the standard repertoire for brass chamber music. He introduced an "international, clearer transparent sound," said his nominating committee. That sound has clearly defined musical notes and audible influences from many different countries, which makes it resonate with cultures the world over. Since 1996, Professor Mills has released six compact-disc recordings, all reflecting "a diversity of style and repertoire," said Dr. Donald Lowe, Director of the UGA School of Music.
Before joining UGA's music faculty, Professor Mills had already made more than 65 CDs, DVDs and videos and given more than 5,000 live performances of concerts, operas, ballets and show productions in most of the world's great concert halls.
Founder of UGA's Bulldog Brass Society, Professor Mills coaches the nationally recognized graduate chamber group. The Society is also the prime member of Georgia Brass, the newest large ensemble at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music.
Extensive experience as a performer, arranger and conductor has helped Professor Mills attract many talented musicians to UGA. He is "thought of as a great international ambassador for brass music and all that it includes wherever he goes," said Roy Poper, Professor of Trumpet at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.
Professor Mills, who continues to perform and conduct nationally and internationally, recently appeared with the Athens National Philharmonic in Athens, Greece, the Basel Symphonic Brass in Switzerland, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory's Moscow Brass in Russia and at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Denver, Colo. Next year he will return to Moscow to direct concerts with the Bolshoi Theater Brass. He also has received honorary doctorates from Hartwick College, N.Y., and the New England Conservatory, Boston.


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La Réserve naturelle de Nevlungstranda  est une aire protégée norvégienne qui est située dans le municipalité de Larvik, dans le comté de Vestfold og Telemark.

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La réserve naturelle de  a été créée en 2018. Elle comprend les plages entre Saltstein et le camping d'Oddane Sand, et un champ au nord de la plage. Au sud, la réserve naturelle borde la Zone de conservation des oiseaux de Mølen. Le sentier côtier de Larvik traverse la zone de conservation.

La forêt de Svartorstrand domine la réserve. A l'extrémité de la plage, la forêt de prunellier est entourée de maquis bas, façonnés par le vent. Vers l'intérieur, la forêt devient de plus en plus haute. Le bouleau, l'épicéa commun, le pin sylvestre, le chêne pédonculé, l'érable, le frêne élevé et l'orme de montagne poussent dans les régions plus sèches. Les épicéas communs et les épicéas de Sitka plantés ont été retirés de la réserve à cause de l'entretien.

Un certain nombre d'espèces rares et en voie de disparition ont été trouvées dans la zone de conservation, telles que le râle d'eau, les amphibiens, la grenouille des champs et le triton commun, la centaurée naine et des espèces de Gracillariidae. Plusieurs des espèces ont maintenant disparu, mais certaines pourraient éventuellement y revenir.

L'étang d'Ormedåpan et l'étang occidental sont des éléments naturels importants de la zone de conservation. À l'automne 2012, Ormedåpan, qui avait presque complètement repoussé, a été restauré par des fouilles.

En août 2009, Nevlungstranda a été exposé à la pollution par les hydrocarbures, après que le cargo s'est échoué à l'extérieur de Langesund.

L'objectif est de préserver une forêt de plage représentative et très bien conçue avec une végétation de plage associée.

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  Nevlungstranda naturreservat  Miljødirektoratet - Site Naturbase

Aire protégée de l'UICN - catégorie Ia
Aire protégée créée en 1980
Aire protégée dans le comté de Vestfold og Telemark
Larvik


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Q: How to change an existing property of a MSI using MSI transformation in ORCA Does anyone have experience or idea about how to create a MSI tranform using ORCA to change the product code of a MSI. I need to allow an installation package to install multiple times in a same machine. Any help appreciated. Thanks

A: In Orca you can generate a transform like this:

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*use Transform -> New Transform menu to start editing

*modify what you need

*use Transform -> Generate Transform menu to save the transform to disk

*use Transform -> Close Transform menu to stop editing

Please note that for multiple instances you need to change more than just the Product Code. You also need different component GUIDs and different install locations. The Product Name should also be changed.

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Home Entertainment Genshin Impact: Paimon Dressed As A Frog Becomes Fashionable in Japanese Fan...
Genshin Impact: Paimon Dressed As A Frog Becomes Fashionable in Japanese Fan Art
Genshin Impact: We've been talking a lot about Genshin Impact here on Voxel — after all, since Chinese developer miHoYo's open-world RPG was released in September 2020, millions of fans have been won. One of the reasons for this, besides the game itself, is the friendly mascot Paimon.
Maybe you don't know it, but she has a Twitter account, in Japanese. That's where our story comes from: Paimon's profile publishes fan arts of the mascot. Until, in mid-June, drawings of the character dressed as a frog began to appear.
The first one was this one, from the 15th. Afterwards, several others started to appear in profiles of artists also from Japan. Genshin Impact fans in the Land of the Rising Sun seem to love seeing Paimon in a frog outfit.
But why frogs?
We don't understand a word of Japanese here (what we learned in anime and manga or in the song of "É o Tchan" doesn't help, at this time…), so let's believe the explanation of the Dual Shockers guys, who came in English even.
It turns out that the months of June and July comprise the rainy season in Japan. At this time, it is common for game and anime producers to publish images of their characters within this rainy weather theme. Frog clothes, in particular, are quite popular (frogs live in damp places, that's all).
For those who know more about Japanese culture, this explanation might be "rain in the wet", but many Genshin Impact fans in other parts of the world might not understand where Paimon's fan art dressed as a frog came from.
Puns aside, it all started in that character's official Twitter account, which we mentioned above. Below, we show some more arts.
There are arts with thousands of likes out there, so we can say that the business is really successful. If you also like fan art and want to see more, you can follow the official Paimon account in Japanese, @paimon_genshin7, which retweets some art.
In addition, you can follow the hashtag with genshin in Japanese (#??), since fans from this country are the ones who most often post this type of design. And you: did you like the fan art of Paimon dressed as a frog? To stay on top of all the news about Genshin Impact, keep checking Voxel.
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Vietnam stadium listed among best in Southeast Asia
By Hoang Nguyen &nbspMay 6, 2020 | 11:30 am GMT+7
A wide-angle shot of My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi. Photo courtesy of Asian Football Confederation.
My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi has been named among the top five in Southeast Asia by the Asian Football Confederation.
The centerpiece of Vietnam's National Sports Complex, the multi-purpose venue with a capacity of 40,192, was opened in 2003 and used for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in Southeast Asia.
In 2018 Vietnam defeated Malaysia to lift the AFF Cup, their first in 10 years, before their adoring fans at the stadium.
Also making the top five list are Stadium Australia in Sydney, Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
The AFC said stadiums are more than just iconic architectures, and are in fact homes to clubs, fans and, in some cases, the home venues of national teams.
In 2007, when the Asian Cup was held across Southeast Asia, the My Dinh Stadium hosted all but one of the group B games. Vietnam defeated the United Arab Emirates 2-0 in their opening match and advanced to the last eight as group runners-up behind Japan.
In October this year the stadium will undergo a VND150 billion ($6.4 million) renovation to prepare for the 31st SEA Games to be held next year. The national sports complex has upgraded the track and field.
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SHE Software CEO, Matthew Elson Nominated for an Oscar
10 May 2017 - SHE Software Ltd
Described as the 'Oscars for the technology industry', the annual Enterprise Awards in association with the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists celebrate and recognise the very best of the UK's technology entrepreneurial talent.
Matthew Elson, CEO, SHE Software is nominated for a 2017 Enterprise Award.
Focused on the exceptional achievements of founders, the Enterprise Awards has recognised some of Britain's most inspirational individuals that have achieved prominence in both private and public markets.
Matthew acquired SHE Software in 2011 and took over full time as CEO in 2014. After initially turning around and stabilising the business, Matthew has assembled a strong and well-regarded leadership team that has consistently delivered 50%+ per annum growth for SHE's cloud-based health and safety software solution, Assure. More recently, the business has successfully launched in Australia and New Zealand. The shortlisting recognises Matthew's achievement in making SHE a dynamic and innovative leader in the UK HSE space and a highly sought after place to work.
Matthew said, "I am delighted (and surprised) to be shortlisted for an Enterprise Award and regard this as vindication for the hard work put in by all of the team at SHE to make our business so successful and such a great place to work."
John O'Connell, Chairman of the Scaleup Group and founder of the Enterprise Awards, said, "Entrepreneurship is hugely important to the UK's economy, never more so now than in these rather uncertain times. These awards are all about celebrating the personal achievements of great business minds, to give them the recognition they deserve but also to inspire more people to have the courage to launch their own businesses and to use technology to bring their ideas to life."
Winners will be announced on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at the Enterprise Awards ceremony taking place at the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, London.
About Matthew Elson
Matthew Elson possesses extensive executive experience in large and small businesses, including as CEO of ESR Technology and as MD of Atkins Management Consulting division. He began his career as an engineer before spending six years at McKinsey as a management consultant. Matthew has an MBA from INSEAD and a First-class honours degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University. Matthew acquired the East Kilbride-based SHE Software in 2011.
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What must Rockies' Nolan Arenado do to be named NL MVP?
Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado, right, celebrates after hitting a grand slam off St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Daniel Poncedeleon, left, during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, July 30, 2018, in St. Louis.
Question: What must Rockies' Nolan Arenado do to be named MVP of NL?
Kiz: Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado is the best player in the National League. Period. Isn't that obvious to anyone who lives in Colorado and watches Arenado blast loud home runs and make jaw-dropping plays with his glove? But it's the rest of the country I worry about. What does Arenado have to do in order to overcome the bias against Coors Field and be crowned the most valuable player?
Saunders: I think the Rockies will have to win the National League West or, at the very least, stay in the race until the final week of the season. I do think a lot of voters have seen enough highlights to appreciate Arenado, but the mile-high stigma is tough to overcome. After all, Arenado's home OPS is 1.120 vs. .847 OPS on the road.
Kiz: A year ago, Arenado finished fourth in the MVP voting, in no small part because Charlie Blackmon enjoyed the best season of his career and split support with his Colorado teammate. So with Chicago Cubs infielder Javy Baez a legit MVP candidate in 2018 on a team not only bound for the playoffs but a fixture on television, should I begin to worry shortstop Trevor Story has played so well for the Rockies that he will "steal" votes from Arenado this season?
Saunders: I don't think so. Story has been the Rockies' best player since the all-star break, and he's coming off a fantastic series in Milwaukee, but he doesn't have the pedigree that Arenado does. When I travel to opposing ballparks, Arenado is usually the player the writers seek out, or the player they ask manager Bud Black about the most.
Kiz: While Arenado could lead the league in home runs, his detractors will shout that his .259 batting average on the road makes him a product of baseball at altitude. So there's only one way Arenado can prove his true value to skeptics. He must lead the Rockies to a playoff berth by hogging center stage during big victories in August and September. Anything less, and voters will find a reason to give somebody else the MVP.
Saunders: We are in agreement on this point, for sure, and there are 50 games left for this to play out. I think Arenado's prime competition will come from Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman, who is the ringleader for the resurgent Braves, and St. Louis' sizzling-hot Matt Carpenter. But you're right, voters are going to dock Arenado for his home/road splits (he has hit 16 home runs at Coors vs. 13 on the road), but I hope voters will consider his defense. It wins games — home and away.


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Q: can listview supports horizontal scrolling text hai,
     i have custom listview in that page should have the horizontal scrolling text. But the horizontal text is not scrolling. so please help me anyone.
i used following xml code.
    <TextView
    android:id="@+id/text"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text=""
    android:layout_x="2px"
    android:layout_y="690px"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_1"
    android:textColor="#cc0000"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    />

Thank you in advance.

A: Isn't "ellipsize" a typo?  Don't you mean "ellipsis"?

A: set listview focusable is false
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Deciding which projects to keep and which projects to end, pause, or adjust isn't always easy. Simplify decision-making by asking the right questions when planning campaigns and assessing their results.
As you evaluate these metrics, make sure you're looking at results with a critical eye.
"Softer" metrics—brand perception, patient engagement, and brand awareness—are harder to quantify. However, these metrics are just as important as hard numbers because they offer vital insight into how your patients and community members view your organization.
Once you've identified your marketing goals, launched a targeted campaign, and reviewed the applicable data, it's time to ask the tough question: Did the campaign meet its objective?
If you achieved your goal, ask yourself if the results are sustainable over time or if you've reached the point of diminishing returns for the campaign.
Did something change in your market? Evaluate your current strategy and make sure you're reaching the right audience with the right message at the right time and through the right channel.
What did you learn that you can use in the future? Even if your campaign didn't measure up to expectations, you shouldn't consider it a failure. Instead, focus on what you can learn from the experience.


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"""Functions that support testing """

import sys

from _src import sb1288
from sb1288 import constants as K
from sb1288 import with_json

u2s = with_json.u2s

def assertRaises_with_message(test_case, expected_exception, expected_message,
      raising_callable, args):
  """Run a test case that is expected to raise an exception"""
  print_message = False
  verify_message = False
  exception_message = None

  try:
    raising_callable(*args)
  except Exception as exc:

    if ((type(expected_exception) == str and
          str(type(exc)).split("'")[1].split('.')[-1] == expected_exception)
          or
          type(exc) == expected_exception):
      if print_message:
        print()
        print('Exception, {}, raised with message:'.
              format(str(type(exc))))
        print(str(exc))
      exception_message = str(exc).split('\n')[0]
      verify_message = True
    else:
      raise
  else:
    test_case.fail('An expected exception of type {} was not raised.'.
          format(str(expected_exception)))
  if verify_message:
    if type(expected_message) == str:
      test_case.assertEqual(exception_message, expected_message)
    else:
      test_case.assertIn(exception_message, expected_message)

def build_expected_status(status_codes):
  """Build an expected status, given an iterable of status codes"""
  result = {u2s(candidate): {'candidate': u2s(candidate),
        'status': u2s(status), 'nbr_round': nbr_round,
        'votes': K.Decimal(votes) if type(votes) == float else votes}
        for candidate, status, nbr_round, votes in status_codes}
  return result

def build_stv_tally(tally):
  """Build an STV tally, converting votes totals to Decimal"""
  result = {u2s(category):
        [K.Decimal(vote_total)
        for vote_total in votes]
        for category, votes in tally.items()}
  return result

def as_unicode(*lines):
  result = '' if sys.version_info[0] > 2 else ''.decode('ascii')
  for ix, line in enumerate(lines):
    if ix < len(lines) - 1:
      line += '\n'
    result += line if sys.version_info[0] > 2 else line.decode('ascii')
  return result


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Tony Rahhal quoted in Oklahoman feature on patent attorneys
published in The Oklahoman | March 2, 2008
McAfee & Taft attorney Tony Rahhal was cited in a feature in Sunday's Oklahoman spotlighting patent attorneys. The article explored the specialized area of intellectual property law, which works with patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets rights.
The feature described the technical background and experience typically required of a patent attorney in addition to a law degree. Patent attorneys are also required to pass patent agents exam administered by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the article said.
Rahhal told the Oklahoman that he enjoys working with scientists and inventors.
"Whether it's a large company or individual, it's nice to help get things running," Rahhal said. "Many times, patents are built into a successful business."
Anthony L. Rahhal
anthony.rahhal@mcafeetaft.com


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Bishops: Why aren't you resettling Christian refugees?
Written by Elizabeth Yore
The money trail between the U.S. C atholic Bishops and the Obama Administration is becoming curiouser and curiouser.
As USASpending.gov, indicates the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) received a whopping $91,132,305 million in FY16 from the Obama Administration to resettle Syrian refugee migrants into the United States.
Additionally, the Obama Administration awarded The International Catholic Migration Commission(ICMC) $17,715,636 million in fiscal year 2016 to assist Syrian Migrants. Migration pays handsomely.
The overseas population of Syrian Christian refugees is estimated to be approximately 2.2 million. According to the U.S. Government, 10,081 Syrian refugees have been resettled into the United States. How many are Christian? Are you kneeling in your pew?
Only 56 of the resettled refugees are Christian!
With 2.2 million Syrian Christian refugees, why are only 56 allowed into the United States? The imbalanced and discriminatory preference for Muslim refugee status is blatantly evident in the data.
Why are the U.S. Catholic Bishops only assisting 56 Christians? Why aren't the Bishops demanding that the Christians should be a majority of refugees settling in the United States? Why aren't the Catholic Bishops, the voice of Christians who are persecuted and fleeing discrimination and death in Syria? Why aren't the Catholic Bishops insisting that, as a condition of their extravagant federal grants, that persecuted Syrian Christians be represented in the majority of the refugees resettled into the United States?
Are they afraid to speak up for fear of losing their millions in federal grants? Have they received marching orders from the Vatican that they are not to advocate for Christians over Muslims? Are they following the actions of Pope Francis who returned from Lesbos with only Muslim refugees in the papal plane and left Christian migrants behind languishing in Lesbos? Why is the Catholic Church seemingly abandoning persecuted Christians who are desperate to flee persecution and resettle in the United States?
If the Catholic Bishops won't fight for persecuted Syrian Christians, who will?
Stay tuned to RemnantNewspaper.com for the answer later this week.
Elizabeth Yore
Elizabeth Yore served on the Heartland Institute Delegation that traveled to the Vatican in April 2015 to urge Pope Francis to re-examine his reliance on UN population control proponents who promote climate change. She is an international child protection attorney who has investigated several cases of clergy sex abuse of children. She served as Special Counsel and Child Advocate to Oprah Winfrey. She is the former General Counsel of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and former General Counsel at National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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In this week's feature the Prof looks at normalising and maximising, and how 'loudness wars' are having a negative effect on reproduced sound
By Paul Watson
Recently there's been a concerted effort to shift attention away from the idea of normalising the peak level of programme material to one of normalising its loudness. Granted, this applies primarily in the broadcasting domain, but it increasingly affects the studio business as well, not least because the so-called "loudness wars" are having a detrimental effect on reproduced sound quality. There's been a trend, particularly with the easy availability of "maximisation" or similar algorithms on digital workstations, to "slam" mixes so that every track peaks at the maximum recording level in the digital domain. Not only is this unnecessary when digital systems have so much dynamic range these days, it can even result in increased peak distortion when such signals are MP3 encoded or replayed through some oversampling D/A convertors. Peaking the mix at least a few dB below full scale helps considerably, and greater listener enjoyment can result from a more varied dynamic structure in songs or albums that allows them the space to "breathe". Compression to make mixes sound uniformly loud makes them very tiring to listen to. (This is not just an old fart talking – research conducted in the US showed that listeners were inclined to spend less time listening to radio stations with excessive loudness maximisation.) At a recent AES UK workshop, chaired by Crispin Murray of Metropolis Studios, mastering engineers bemoaned the pressure from record company executives to slam mixes. Masters would be routinely returned if the engineer attempted to use lower than maximum levels, or reduced the amount of compression to give a mix more dynamic range and higher quality. An interesting side-effect of slammed mixes, though, is that broadcast dynamic range processing such as Optimod can sometimes act to make them quieter than mixes that have lower peak levels. Perhaps this is the only thing, the AES workshop panel suggested, that might make the record companies sit up and listen. It seems to be pretty much a fait accompli that broadcasters will move towards the active management of loudness from now on, as the variation between programmes has become the greatest source of listener complaints. Writing in the EBU Journal, Florian Camerer – chair of a European group working to normalise the management of loudness in broadcasting – suggests that active loudness control of programme material "punishes overcompressed signals and thus automatically encourages production people to think about other, more dynamic and creative ways to make an impact with their programme". To those like me, brought up on metering using peak programme meters or VUs, the idea of metering loudness seems unusual. It does, however, seem increasingly sensible to adopt something like the EBU recommendation to control the long-term loudness of mixes to a loudness level set at –23 LUFS (loudness units with respect to full scale). The true peak level (measured using an oversampling meter, to catch the possible true peaks that lie between samples) is then expected not to exceed –1dB with respect to full scale. DK Technologies, for example, has recently released an update for some of its metering displays that enables them to display the new ITU, ATSC and EBU loudness scales.
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package com.finalstand.game.desktop;

import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication;
import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplicationConfiguration;
import com.finalstand.game.FinalStand;

public class DesktopLauncher {
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In the large bowl, melt the butter and coconut oil. Set aside to cool.
In the medium bowl, add the flour, oats, baking powder, salt, and whisk together.
Next add the coconut, pecans, bran flakes, and chopped chocolate to the dry ingredients.
Add the vanilla and 1 egg to the wet ingredients. Whisk it in right away.
Add the honey or agave and stir.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir together with a wooden spoon until it's incorporated. (Don't overdo it, stop when the flour streaks are gone.) The dough is quite sticky.
Cover the dough and let chill in the fridge for 30 minutes, or if you're in a rush you could do 15 minutes in the freezer.
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Shape the dough into balls a little smaller than a golf ball. Use your hands to flatten them out a little bit. (see photos).
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