Through its participation in the CONCERTO project, the Dutch city of Heerlen uses heat energy stored in old mineshafts for the heating and cooling of buildings.
The last miner left the mines in Heerlen in 1976. Since then the former mineshafts have been filled with geothermally heated ground water, which has a different temperature at different depths and can therefore be used for both - heating and cooling.
A new district heating grid uses water at a constant temperature of 22o C from the mines, used water is pumped back into the mineshafts. No further increase in the temperature of the mine water is needed. The water runs through an embedded hydraulic piping system under the floor of the Heerlerheide Centrum, a new multifunctional complex for residential use, which also contains a library, a supermarket, a conference room and a café.
Solar cells will also be integrated into the buildings, in window shades that will move according to the position of the sun.
The ambitious community of Heerlen demonstrates the use of locally available low valued renewable energy sources, specifically water from abandoned mines for the heating and cooling of buildings. The system is based on low exergy principles, and is facilitated by an integrated design of buildings and energy concepts. They will realize 50 to 100% CO2 reduction and 60% increase in energy supply from RES compared with standard national practices.
Heerlen suffered from many typical post mining problems. Almost everything from the mining past is destroyed, which causes a severe loss of identity. A new identity is now found in new clean and green energy. The use of old mines for new energy is a physical visualisation of this transition.
New buildings will be constructed in two demonstration areas. The first is "Heerlerheide Centre" with 33,000 m² of single-family dwellings and residential buildings (312 units), 3,800 m² of commercial buildings, 2,500 m² of public and cultural buildings, 11,500 m² of health care and 2,200 m² of educational buildings (Picture 1 and 2). At the "Stadspark Oranje Nassau" (SON) 12,100 m² of dwellings (110 units), 19,000 m² of offices, a hotel of 4,000 m² and a large-scale commercial complex are being built. At some buildings photovoltaic panels are used as sunshields for windows, which move according to the position of the sun.
In September 2009 the new CBS office building with 21,000 m² floor area was commissioned (Picture 3). A monitoring is continuously performed and provides all the stakeholders (in a special examination group) with information for improvement and optimization.
In a large scale Heerlen makes use of the geothermal energy by their former mine shafts. Therefore mine water is extracted from different wells with different temperature levels (Picture 4). The extracted mine water is transported by a primary energy grid to local energy stations and in a secondary grid from energy stations to buildings. The secondary energy grid provides low temperature heating (~ 35 – 40 °C) and high temperature cooling (16 – 18 °C) supply and one combined return (20 – 23 °C). Where necessary local sub-energy stations as heat pumps, small-scale CHP units or condensing gas boilers are installed in the buildings for preparation of domestic hot water, depending on the type of building and the specific energy profile. Learn more in the "more detailed" section.
Two warm wells (HH1 and HH2, 700 meters deep) are located in the north-west of Heerlen. Two cold wells (HLN1 and HLN2, 200 meters deep) are located in the middle and southern part of Heerlen and an intermediate well (HLN3, 450 meters) is located near the cold well HLN1. A primary distribution grid is constructed between the wells and the local energy stations (Map 1 + Table 1 as legend).
Thermal exhaustion must be avoided by careful management of the in- and outgoing energy flows, especially if the requested heat and cold increases because of new connections to the grids.
The temperature levels of the heating and cooling supply are "guarded" in the local energy stations by a poly-generation concept, which comprises heat pumps in combination with gas-fired boilers and a bidirectional grid. The bidirectional grid allows storing surplus heat from buildings (for example, in summer, cooling, process heat) back to the mine water wells. Monitoring the energy station indicates new opportunities for further improvement of the energy performance, especially in balancing the mine water energy and the residual heat of the supermarket.
For making efficient use of the low-exergy energy sources new buildings should fulfill special standards which were defined by the involved stakeholders at Herleen and are shown in Table 2. They concern insulation of the building and efficiency of building services and are compared to national regulation and building standard of the year 2007 in the Netherlands.
For the region of Heerlen the cooling and heating demand was estimated and it could be shown that there is a huge potential in extending the heating and cooling grid (Table 3). Up to 28,000 GJ heating and 51,600 GJ cooling per year would be needed in this region. Therefore the big building complexes in Heerlen were split into different construction phases with prioritisation to obtain the most efficient connection to the grid as soon as possible.


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By Nick Holt2009-11-01T15:05:08+00:00
Until now, friction stir welding has only been available for straight joints, but ESAB's new FSW Rosio five-axis robotic system enables joints to be formed in aluminium alloys around complex three-dimensional profiles. This creates new opportunities in the automotive sector, where there is a need to improve productivity in the fabrication of complex aluminium parts.
Key to the success of the FSW Rosio is the hybrid force/position control system that compensates for any elastic deflections of the robot arm caused by high loads being exerted on the work piece. This sophisticated control is combined with a standard industrial robot and a welding head consisting of a tool adapter, spindle and motor. The rated torque of 40Nm and speed of 3,000rpm are sufficient for friction stir welding AA6000-series aluminium alloys with thicknesses of up to 5mm.
The FSW Rosio has been successfully trialled in joining applications using relatively soft aluminium alloys - AA5000 and AA6000 series - with thicknesses of 3mm or less. Butt and lap welds have been produced in planar and three-dimensional components. For the 3D trials on concave-convex-concave components, the welding programs were generated automatically from the CAD data.
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Making the digital a reality: how AI and virtual reality are adapting automotive manufacturing to a changing world
Automotive manufacturers are facing the challenge of constantly changing vehicles, technologies and parts. However, stakeholders can increasingly plan and implement systems faster using real-time manufacturing data, digital twin simulation and training through augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR).
Ford to double annual production of new fully electric Lightning truck as EV demand surges
Ford Motor has announced that it plans to nearly double the annual production capacity of its upcoming electric F-150 pickup by mid-2023.
Better than the real thing: digital factory simulations
Increasing production of battery enclosures at scale will be essential to launching EVs in line with targets. ABB's Patrick Matthews and Zeiss's Paulo Cruz discuss automation and quality control opportunities.

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Sovereign country rating, growth volatility and financial crisis
Hassan, Gazi and Wu, Eliza (2012): Sovereign country rating, growth volatility and financial crisis.
Using monthly data from January 1996 up to May 2010 for a panel of 76 developed and emerging economies and adopting an instrumental variable estimation technique by correcting for both heterogeneity and endogeneity (correlation between the regressors and the idiosyncratic error) using the generalized two-stage least squares (G2SLS, EC2SLS) procedure method suggested by Balestra and Varadharajan-Krishnakumar (1987) and Baltagi (1995), this paper provides empirical evidence that an alternative channel via which growth volatility is reduced is through changes in sovereign country ratings. The paper also provides a new insight on the effect of global financial crisis (GFC) that it has contributed towards increased macroeconomic volatility by weakening this volatility reducing effect of sovereign country rating. Finally acknowledging the simultaneity between rating and volatility where output volatility may be a determining factor for sovereign country rating, the paper adopts a system approach and uses three stage least square (3SLS) estimator and finds that volatility reducing effect of country credit rating is robust. The channel via which sovereign rating changes affect growth volatility is through sovereign credit default swap (CDS) spread and its volatility.
Growth volatility, sovereign country rating, global financial crisis, monetary policy, G2SLS, EC2SLS, 3SLS
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E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E52 - Monetary Policy
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models
Gazi M. Hassan
Baltagi, B. H. 2008. Econometric Analysis of Panel Data. 4th ed. New York: Wiley.
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Q: Entity Framework - multiple invalid column name for the same property I have my page loading data correctly but when I add:
.Include(x => x.User);

I get:
Invalid column name 'User_UserId'.
Invalid column name 'User_UserId'.
Invalid column name 'User_UserId'.
Invalid column name 'User_UserId'.

public partial class User
{
        public Guid UserId { get; set; } //Primary key
        public virtual ICollection<UserOpenId> UserOpenIds { get; set; }
        public virtual ICollection<UserRecipeNote> UserRecipeNotes { get; set; }
        public virtual ICollection<UsersInRole> UsersInRole { get; set; }
        public virtual Blog Blog { get; set; }
        public virtual ICollection<UserFilter> Preferences { get; set; }
}

public partial class UserOpenId
{
        public int Id { get; set; } //Primary key
        public Guid UserId { get; set; } //Foreign key
        public virtual User User { get; set; }
}

The other User properties are the same as UserOpenId with an Id as primary key and UserId as foreign key.
When I do add-migration the SQL relationships all look correct:
CreateTable(
                "dbo.User",
                c => new
                    {
                        UserId = c.Guid(nullable: false),
                        //other properties
                    })
                .PrimaryKey(t => t.UserId);

CreateTable(
                "dbo.UserOpenId",
                c => new
                    {
                        Id = c.Int(nullable: false, identity: true),
                        UserId = c.Guid(nullable: false),
                        //other properties
                    })
                .PrimaryKey(t => t.Id)
                .ForeignKey("dbo.User", t => t.UserId, cascadeDelete: true)
                .Index(t => t.UserId);

I have configured the relationships like so:
modelBuilder.Entity<User>()
  .HasMany(e => e.UserOpenIds)
  .WithRequired(e => e.User)
  .WillCascadeOnDelete(false);

I think the yellow screen of death is to do with the relationships, where am I going wrong?

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Darzi Kola-ye Aqa Shafi (, also Romanized as Darzī Kolā-ye Āqā Shafī'; also known as Āqā Shafī') is a village in Lalehabad Rural District, Lalehabad District, Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,022, in 258 families.

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Populated places in Babol County

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Banner did not fare well on the commercial market. Bred from a Brewer's Gold seedling in the early 1970's through open pollination, its first test plot was abandoned due to severe mildew problems.
It was finally released along with its half-sister Aquila in 1996 having caught the interest of goliath American brewing company Anheuser Busch. Eventually though, after several years of evaluation, it was eliminated from further testing.
Banner is known to have moderately high alpha acids, a pleasant aroma and a good yield but exhibits poor storability, which along with its mildew susceptibility makes it largely unviable.


As laid out in my Instagram post from today I have re-opened my Ghostbusters inspired merch store Crank's Occult, this time focussing primarily on my Haunted Holiday collection. I'll be releasing four new designs a year as a patch and sticker alongside one existing Haunted Holiday design that will be re-released as a soft enamel pin. I will continue to donate money form every item sold to charity however where I once gave 10% I will now give 15%.
I have also permanently reduced all non Haunted Holidays lines by 50% as a thank you to the Ghostbusters fan community for their continued support and encouragement.
It's World Autism Awareness Week!
Our very own Dan Aykroyd has stated that his Asperger syndrome contributed to the inspiration for Ghostbusters because one of his symptoms included "my obsession with ghosts and law enforcement".
After re-reading IDW's fantastic Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles/Ghostbusters crossover comic book series I became inspired to do a little crossing over of my own. For this one I knew I had to team Ray Parker Jr's immortal 'Ghostbusters' with the opening track from the 1990 Turtles move; John Du Prez and David Frank's cowabunga classic 'Turtle Rhapsody'.
Before I get into anything I've gotta say a huge thank you to Matthew Arndt for requesting this one. As a lifelong Michael Jackson fan I'm ashamed to say I that I never had the idea to combine these two tracks, so thanks dude!
For me, Thriller is without question one of the greatest songs of all time, so tackling this one was a real joy. Having said that, it was so hard to find ways to incorporate Ghostbusters into Thriller without changing the feel and the flow of it, so Thrillerbusters is definitely more Thriller with Ghostbusters sprinkled in than a straight up 50/50 mash-up.
When it comes to Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, opinions are (shall we say) divided, but when it comes to Alex Goose & Tyler Demorest's "Ghostbusters 2016" featured in the trailer of ATC opinions are unanimous, it's awesome, it's badass and it maybe the best part of Ghostbusters in 2016.
Since day one fans have been clamouring for a full length/official release of this track and as yet those pleas have fallen on deaf ears (c'mon Sony, what you playing at!?). So, much like the Extreme Ghostbusters theme I've taken matters into my own hands, remixing a full four minute version of the track and I've thrown in a few classic Ghostbusters quotes and sounds for good measure. Props to Alex Goose & Tyler Demorest though, their natural talent and flawless work made this Ghosthead's job that much easier. this was so much fun to put together, I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as i enjoyed making it.


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Sonya Rae Taylor 10:00 pm
Sonya Rae Taylor
Mar 1 @ 10:00 pm
Boston native, Sonya Rae is a rising star with a blend of gifts rarely found on the blues-rock and soul scene today. Her dazzling musical ability is immediately evident through her soaring vocals, scorching[...]
The Library Band 7:30 pm
The Library Band
Mar 2 @ 7:30 pm
Joe and Matt have been playing and writing music together for a long time. As The Library Band, they combine stellar harmonies and multi-instrumental magic to ensure a pleasant reading experience.
Chris Hersch & The Moonraiders 10:00 pm
Chris Hersch & The Moonraiders
The MoonRaiders are a Western Swing band that combine elements of Jazz, Rock n' Roll, Country, and Truck Driving music. Award winning guitarist Chris Hersch (formerly of Girls Guns & Glory) leads this quartet of accomplished musicians, improvising[...]
Sunday Spins 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
Bring your vinyl as we get to take turns playing our faves… sorta like open mic – sign up to play two songs from your vinyl – we set up a turn table center stage[...]
Marc Wolfson Pinansky & The Bored of Health 9:00 pm
Marc Wolfson Pinansky & The Bored of Health
Country Folk for city folk. Born and raised outside of Boston, MA. Professional Amateur Musician, Multi-instrumentalist, Songwriter. Lover of cats. Grammatical bandit. I get more done in a bathrobe than most do in a suit.[...]
David Johnston 7:30 pm
David Johnston – if you don't know him, you have to stop by TOAD for Blue Monday – take a listen HERE where David talks about his influences and plays a bit of music –
The White Owls 9:30 pm
The White Owls
Just look at the band; Dennis Brennan on harmonica, guitar and vocals. Tim Gearan on guitar and vocals. Steve Sadler on lap steel. Jim Haggerty on bass and Andy Plaisted on drums. Check out a[...]
Grant Bloom 7:30 pm
Grant Bloom
Grant Bloom was brought up learning classical piano; wedged between Dallas and Ft. Worth Texas. Much like a kid eating broccoli, he pushed it away, not realizing how beneficial the music was. Some years later, he[...]
The Blue Ribbons 10:00 pm
The Blue Ribbons
The Blue Ribbons was formed by singer/songwriter/keyboardist James Rohr. They have been building a base of devoted fans with their original and soulful music. Described as "Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun[...]
Fandango 7:30 pm
FANDANGO is as much a spiritual renewal as it is a reinterpretation of some of the best soul, blues, gospel, and Americana music ever written. With a loyal flock of followers (the flock that rock) to[...]
Rolling Nectar 10:00 pm
Rolling Nectar
Guided by fearless leading men and co-founders Kevin and Jim, this band is doing nothing less than loving wholly while peddling that good ol' fuzz filled, psychedelic Rock n' Roll Soul… my friends, Rolling Nectar[...]
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones 7:30 pm
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
"happy songs for miserable people" – Melvern check out a fan fave "Sleepy Eyes" – recorded right here at TOAD Press: By Some Guy Named Adam on August 14, 2006 "Your music makes me want[...]
Baker Thomas Band 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
"You guys put on a hell of a show, a lot of fun!" – Steve Morse, long time Boston Globe music critic and freelance writier on the Baker Thomas Band . . .
Los Goutos 10:00 pm
Los Goutos
LOS GOUTOS "A veritable Grand Ole Opry with a modern sense of humor…." (Music Connection Magazine) Featuring: Bruce Bartone (acoustic and electric guitars; bass guitar, keyboards; backing vocals); Mike Eigen (lead and backing vocals,[...]
Frank Drake & Friends 7:30 pm
Frank Drake & Friends
"Frank Drake is one of the most unique musicians around. He is refreshingly free of conventions and covers a wide spectrum of folk-pop-and-more styles . . . " Steve Morse – Boston Globe
Sugar Blood Jinx 10:00 pm
Sugar Blood Jinx
SUGAR BLOOD JINX is Eric Waxwood who uses finger-picking and a slide on a National Steel Guitar and sings lead vocals; Matt Murphy who plays an upright bass and sings background vocals; and Scott Pittman[...]
Telescope 9:00 pm
Telescope is one of Andrew Stern's projects – He came up with the name because the band is designed around the Telecaster guitar. When the question is posed to guitarists, "If you could have just one[...]
Sam Reid & The Riot Act 7:30 pm
Sam Reid & The Riot Act
Sam Reid & The Riot Act is an acoustic guitar-driven rock band with a true bluegrass soul . . .
Organ in Orbit 10:00 pm
Organ in Orbit
Mar 12 @ 10:00 pm
. . . tonight TOAD welcomes Organ in Orbit Organ In Orbit is a jazz/funk organ trio from Boston, formed originally as a side-project of the Freelance Bishops leader/keyboardist, Jeremy Parker, back in 2004. Jeremy had[...]
Todd Thibaud Band 7:30 pm
Todd Thibaud Band
Todd Thibaud is a Vermont born, Boston based Singer-Songwriter who's songs are a slice of what life is really like…the pains and pleasures, love lost and life reborn. Using songwriters like Elvis Costello, Neil Finn,[...]
Greg Klyma Band 10:00 pm
Greg Klyma Band
Road tested troubadour. Relentless songwriter. Greg Klyma's biggest influences include Steve Earle, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Todd Snider, AC/DC, the Everly Brothers, and Hank Williams. Be it a house concert, a festival stage, or a[...]
Jack Grace Band 10:00 pm
Jack Grace Band
With a new CD titled Drinking Songs for Lovers, one might be forgiven for believing that Jack Grace should ease up a little. Songs like "Morning Margaritas," "Drinkin' and Gamblin'," and "You Drank Yourself into[...]
Sado-Domestics 7:30 pm
Sado-Domestics
Sado-Domestics is the singing-songwriting partnership of Lucy Martinez (Lucy and the Dreamers) and Chris Gleason (Los Goutos). Perhaps get a feel by checking out their list of influences: Neko Case, Wilco, Gillian Welch & Dave[...]
Gina & The Red Eye Flight Crew 10:00 pm
Gina & The Red Eye Flight Crew
Get ready for take-off – give a listen HERE
Andrea Gillis Band 9:00 pm
Andrea Gillis Band
Hailing from South Boston, Andrea Gillis is the real deal – a Northeast legend of rock, soul, jazz and blues. "She has been blessed with the pipes of Etta James and with the boozy swagger[...]
David Johnston – if you don't know him, you have to stop by TOAD for Blue Monday – take a listen HERE where David talks about his influences and plays a bit of music –[...]
The Franc Graham Band 7:30 pm
The Franc Graham Band
The Boston Globe on The Franc Graham Band: "Immensely Underrated… cool and commanding… an unusually rich blend of singer-songwriter rock…"
Raaid 10:00 pm
Raaid
Raaid is a Boston-based, full-stack musician, performing and recording original music. What is a full-stack musician? An electrical engineer by training, Raaid has adopted this from the term "full-stack developer" which generally refers to someone[...]
ET – phone home – yeah, yeah – but only after the Baker Thomas Band show . . . they're out of this world. . ."A whole bunch of musicians and a whole bunch[...]
Big Ben Hillman – The Professor of Funk 10:00 pm
Big Ben Hillman – The Professor of Funk
Over the course of his career, Big Ben Hillman has shared the stage with a host of diverse and well known musicians including hip hop stars Method Man and Ghostface Killa from the Wu Tang[...]
Heart Hunters 7:30 pm
Heart Hunters
"Heart Hunters' music might sound delicate on first listen, but it packs a heavy punch. Born of the American zeitgeist, as well as the personal experiences of Brianna Blackbird and her husband No River City[...]
Copilot 10:00 pm
You'd be hard-pressed to define Copilot. The Massachusetts-based group are made up of powerhouse vocalist Maggie Quealy, charismatic frontman Ry McDonald, bassist Austin Beveridge, and drummer Dylan Allwine. Together, Copilot aren't so much making music[...]
Dan Blakeslee plus Viking Moses 9:00 pm
Dan Blakeslee plus Viking Moses
"There is little doubt in my mind that tonight's profile artist Dan Blakeslee, a singer-songwriter, graphic designer, original artist and performer is probably one of the most gifted all-around artists in New England." – Ryan's[...]
Spotted Tiger Duo 7:30 pm
Spotted Tiger Duo
SPOTTED TIGER – A musical bridge from Willie Nelson to Bob Marley where JJ Cale is the toll collector. Featuring original music by songwriters Laurence Scudder & Erik White . . .
Honey Talk 10:00 pm
Honey Talk
Honey Talk is a fresh, innovative, and comfortable quartet that performs classic hits and inviting originals making you feel sweeter than honey. Honey talk is: Cody Nilsen – Guitar/Vocals Steve Bunce- Bass/Vocals Ben Blanchard –[...]
"I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get into heaven than for a camel to go through the[...]
Grant Bloom 10:00 pm
Django Soulo Band 7:30 pm
Django Soulo Band
Django Koenig (moniker name: Django Soulo) is a Vermont-born singer-songwriter that blends acoustic music with Soul. He performs his music from the heart, for the heart. Django is currently touring with his newly released self-titled album,[...]
Imam & Sawyer Band 10:00 pm
Imam & Sawyer Band
'The guitar work is terrific; understated but thick with feeling. Imam Hamdani's guitar takes centre spotlight at exactly the right times, always elevating the track, never calling unnecessary attention to itself"- Mosiki "'His tunes are carefully composed[...]
Lady Lupine 7:30 pm
Lady Lupine
Lady Lupine is a Boston based soul and rock band that delivers thrilling performances of original and covered music. Their sound is a unique blend of poignant lyrics, robust rhythms and alluring melodies. Drawing inspiration[...]
David Johnston Band 10:00 pm
David Johnston Band
Peter Wolf (formerly of the J Geils Band), whose brilliant Midnight Souvenirs—released in 2010—included David Johnston's "I Don't Wanna Know." This song went on to become the second single from that album, and was performed on[...]
"Vinyl record sales are at a 28 year high" – Fortune April 2016 – See/Hear for yourself at Sunday Spins – every Sunday – bring your records and take turns sharing your faves!
Ship of the Sun (music of the Grateful Dead) 8:00 pm
Ship of the Sun (music of the Grateful Dead)
Ship of the Sun celebrates the music of the Grateful Dead with a fun, free-wheeling, danceable show that pays tribute to the sounds of rock & roll's most unique band. Ship of the Sun came[...]
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These work great! Little too sour for some.
Tastes good, but didn't do anything for me.
Hard to open then hard to get out after opening , and I didn't feel a thing.
First purchase was efficiently filled and quickly shipped and delivered. Very professional transaction.
I felt nothing…but I'm 240 pounds, so maybe a higher dose is required. I'm also diabetic, and would have liked to know the amount of sugar in each stick.
Delicious, I will definitely get them again. I got the Sour Strawberry and Orange.
Really convenient way to get your Daily Dose of CBD.
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NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - IOTA, an open-source blockchain network, has teamed up with some of the biggest global corporate names led by Cisco Systems Inc, Volkswagen AG, and Samsung Group to launch what is aimed to be a secure marketplace for data, IOTA co-founder David Sønstebø said on Tuesday.
Blockchain is a digital ledger of transactions that underpinned the first crypto-currency bitcoin. It has gained worldwide prominence due to its perceived usefulness in recording and keeping track of assets across all industries.
"The data marketplace is a completely separate project that simply utilizes the underlying IOTA protocol," said Sønstebø in emailed responses to Reuters.
IOTA is headquartered in Berlin.
China's Huawei group, a multinational networking and telecommunications company, is also part of the data marketplace project, IOTA said.
The project aims to create a market for data that companies can buy and sell.
IOTA said more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated daily and are increasing exponentially on a monthly basis. However, more than 99 percent of this data is wasted and lost to the void because there is currently no ability for owners to sell or share this data in a secure fashion.
"Any kind of data can be monetized," Sønstebø said. "If you have a weather station collecting wind, temperature, humidity, and barometric data, for instance, you can sell that to an entity that is doing climatic research."
As soon as data is put onto IOTA's decentralized ledger, it is distributed to countless nodes or the computers that connect to the blockchain network, ensuring that it is impossible to tamper with the data, Sønstebø said.
Each of IOTA's partners on the marketplace project will provide data within their sector.
"The goal is to enable a very diverse and open data marketplace...which incentivizes a free flow of data between entities," Sønstebø said.
The IOTA network has been live since 2016, the IOTA co-founder said, in an earlier interview with Reuters.
It did a crowdfunding event in 2015, so that people could support the project, raising more than 1,300 bitcoins, he said.
"IOTA is kind of the first distributed ledger that goes beyond the blockchain," Sønstebø said.


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Len Bias's death was more than just a basketball tragedy.
By MIKE MILIARD | October 28, 2009
EMPTY PROMISE: Just 48 hours after being selected second in the 1986 NBA draft, Len Bias (center) was dead of a cocaine overdose, leaving basketball fans everywhere wondering what might have been.
It wasn't quite the world-shattering, where-were-you-when moment as the space shuttle Challenger exploding into cottony plumes earlier that year. But I still remember my naive and dazed disbelief upon hearing that basketball star Len Bias had died of a cocaine overdose on June 19, 1986.
I was 10 years old, and a bigger Celtics fan than I am now. I wore an unfashionable and ill-fitting green-corduroy cap, and that T-shirt with goofy caricatures of the Big Five and K.C. Jones. I drew Lucky the Leprechaun on my school folders.
And I, like everyone in New England, was certain that the Celtics were going to keep winning. Earlier that month, they'd beaten the Houston Rockets in six games, thus earning their record 16th championship banner. Now, improbably, they had the number-two pick in the NBA draft.
And they knew just who they wanted: six-foot, eight-inch University of Maryland forward Len Bias.
"I remember when people used to play basketball in my neighborhood and went up for a shot, they used to always say, 'Bias!' " says Maryland-raised filmmaker Kirk Fraser. "When they did a jumper or a lay-up, it was 'Bias!' 'Bias!' "
Fraser's heartbreaking, thought-provoking documentary Without Bias premieres Tuesday on ESPN as part of the network's "30 for 30" project. The brainchild of Boston-bred über-fan and espn.com columnist Bill Simmons, the documentary series celebrates ESPN's three decades by inviting 30 skilled filmmakers to tell 30 compelling sports stories from the past 30 years to which they have a personal connection — and giving them carte blanche: Albert Maysles on Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, John Singleton on Marion Jones, Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville on BMX pioneer Mat Hoffman, Morgan Freeman on the South African rugby team, Ice Cube on the relationship between the relocated LA Raiders and gangsta rap.
Simmons contends — perhaps a bit hyperbolically — that it represents "the greatest collection of filmmakers ever assembled under the same umbrella."
Fraser, whose previous work was The Life of Rayful Edmond (a documentary on the infamous drug dealer who introduced crack to Washington, DC), mined similar territory in the Bias story, which sent shock waves through the sports world. Fraser's film is a powerful reminder of just how slack-jaw stunned everyone was — in Boston, but especially in Bias's home state of Maryland — when the star UMD forward went into convulsions and later died, not even 48 hours after being picked.
"I can still see him in his gray suit and his Celtics hat, a newly purchased suit, I believe," the Boston Globe's Bob Ryan tells the Phoenix. "I was doing some radio with WRKO in the old days, and I remember taking part in an interview with him, and he was beaming and he was ecstatic. Then he went off to a party — and we all know what happened after that."
Fraser's film also explores the repercussions Bias's death had beyond the basketball court, and how they are still being felt nearly 25 years later: the athlete's posthumous transformation from a hoops star into an anti-drug symbol, and the subsequent rush to pass clumsy drug laws, the poorly thought-out mandatory minimums that imprisoned legions of low-level — overwhelmingly African-American — offenders.
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HOOP NIGHTMARE | October 28, 2009
It wasn't quite the world-shattering, where-were-you-when moment as the space shuttle Challenger exploding into cottony plumes earlier that year. But I still remember my naive and dazed disbelief upon hearing that basketball star Len Bias had died of a cocaine overdose on June 19, 1986
MONKEY BUSINESS | October 21, 2009
Craig Cook remembers when friends tried to draw him out of a deep depression — by offering to get him a monkey.
NO ALTERNATIVE | October 14, 2009
"I got very tired of being called an 'alternative journalist' for so many years," says former Phoenix reporter Al Giordano. "Alternative to what?"
GRAPHIC TRAFFIC | October 16, 2009
Comics. Graphic novels. Sequential-art books. Call them what you will, but there are more of them than ever.
LIE OF THE LAND | October 07, 2009
In his new film, The Invention of Lying , Ricky Gervais plays Mark Bellison, a pudgy everyman who lives in Anytown in a utopian world where lies don't exist — until he tells one.
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BOSTON RAT RAMPAGE
Residents say that if you jam a leaf blower in the earth virtually anywhere in Allston, furry bottom feeders will be blown out of every crack and hole in sight and rain down like unsavory screeching meatballs. North Enders joke that something similar would happen if you detonate a Parmesan wheel in an alleyway off Hanover Street.
REVIEW: THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
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DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
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THE BIG HURT: LIAM ALONE
Everyone figured that Noel Gallagher would go solo — it's been hinted at for years — but the break-up of Oasis has made it a grim inevitability.
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package org.apache.druid.msq.input.stage;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2IntAVLTreeMap;
import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2IntMap;
import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2IntSortedMap;
import org.apache.druid.msq.input.SlicerUtils;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

/**
 * Set of partitions that have been collected onto specific workers: each partition is on exactly one worker.
 */
public class CollectedReadablePartitions implements ReadablePartitions
{
  private final int stageNumber;
  private final Int2IntSortedMap partitionToWorkerMap;

  CollectedReadablePartitions(final int stageNumber, final Int2IntSortedMap partitionToWorkerMap)
  {
    this.stageNumber = stageNumber;
    this.partitionToWorkerMap = partitionToWorkerMap;
  }

  @JsonCreator
  private CollectedReadablePartitions(
      @JsonProperty("stageNumber") final int stageNumber,
      @JsonProperty("partitionToWorkerMap") final Map<Integer, Integer> partitionToWorkerMap
  )
  {
    this(stageNumber, new Int2IntAVLTreeMap(partitionToWorkerMap));
  }

  @Override
  public Iterator<ReadablePartition> iterator()
  {
    return Iterators.transform(
        partitionToWorkerMap.int2IntEntrySet().iterator(),
        entry -> ReadablePartition.collected(stageNumber, entry.getIntValue(), entry.getIntKey())
    );
  }

  @Override
  public List<ReadablePartitions> split(int maxNumSplits)
  {
    return SlicerUtils.makeSlices(partitionToWorkerMap.int2IntEntrySet().iterator(), maxNumSplits)
                      .stream()
                      .map(
                          entries -> {
                            final Int2IntSortedMap map = new Int2IntAVLTreeMap();

                            for (final Int2IntMap.Entry entry : entries) {
                              map.put(entry.getIntKey(), entry.getIntValue());
                            }

                            return new CollectedReadablePartitions(stageNumber, map);
                          }
                      )
                      .collect(Collectors.toList());
  }

  @JsonProperty
  int getStageNumber()
  {
    return stageNumber;
  }

  @JsonProperty
  Int2IntSortedMap getPartitionToWorkerMap()
  {
    return partitionToWorkerMap;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o)
  {
    if (this == o) {
      return true;
    }
    if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
      return false;
    }
    CollectedReadablePartitions that = (CollectedReadablePartitions) o;
    return stageNumber == that.stageNumber && Objects.equals(partitionToWorkerMap, that.partitionToWorkerMap);
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return Objects.hash(stageNumber, partitionToWorkerMap);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString()
  {
    return "CollectedReadablePartitions{" +
           "stageNumber=" + stageNumber +
           ", partitionToWorkerMap=" + partitionToWorkerMap +
           '}';
  }
}

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Sooo my hard drive died last Saturday. Booo! So I'm taking a little hiatus until its fixed again. Hopefully by the end of next week!
Our first Yelp event of the year was at The Thirsty Topher.
It was a dive-ish type bar off the beaten path and was pretty neat. Here's a shot of what it looks like before everyone filed in.
I am not a big beer drinker. The only beer I really drink is Bud Light (I know, I know.) I told the very nice bartender this and that I liked sweet things. He brought over a sample of banana bread beer. It wasn't bad. He also told me about this beer called a Radler that was mixed with Grapefruit soda. That sounded more up my alley so I decided to try it. And it was so good! It didn't taste like beer at all. I could easily imagine myself drinking it sitting by a pool.
When we had arrived, we were given a raffle ticket where we could get Avocado Fries from the Sushi and Seoul food truck. Yum!
But the main reason for the event was to get to know our new Orlando Community Manager, Andi P. She was so nice! We will miss Colleen, but I think we're going to be in great hands. Andi started the year off on a bang!
I ran the Gate River run this past weekend. I was worried about it since I was injured and under Doctor's orders of no running for 8 weeks. Plus I'd only run 3 times since December 30th and all 3 times were races. And there were two bridges in the race--1 of them huge. I told myself not to push it. Just enjoy it. And I ended up PRing my 15k time by 11 seconds!
I freely admit it. I LOVE the runDisney expos and spend way too much money there. And I knew Princess weekend would be the worst. We took the day off from work so we could head to the expo first thing and help out the Raw Threads booth. We were fortunate to get everything we wanted!
And like marathon weekend, starting the day before the expo, Cori and I were there every. single. day. It just can't be helped!
On Wednesday night, we stopped by because we were going to see if Sweatybands needed help. They were good, but we did pick up their newest Disney-inspired Sweatybands. Oh how I love these!
We also took advantage of the fact that no one else was around.
Then we headed around the Expo to grab the things we knew we wanted.
My wedding was Cinderella's Carriage, Glass Slipper, and Castle themed so I love these items!
Then we headed back to the Raw Threads booth to help out for the day. It was so much fun to talk to all the runners!
Then I headed to a DisBroads meetup at the Wave restaurant at the Contemporary. It was fun to hang out with Ashley (The Pavement Princess) and her hubby and meet lots of running fans I talk to on Twitter.
Then when I got home that night, I realized that none of the items for the Princess Team that I signed us up for where in the bag. I had a moment of panic. I was sure I signed us up! I checked my emails and saw that I did. So I sent a quick inquiry out into the Twitterverse and Facebook world to find out that we were supposed to be told to go to another desk in the area where we got our packets to get our Team goodies. Grr. Looked like we were heading back the next day.
On Friday, right after school, I went to the #runnerslove meetup at the Poly. This was another great meetup and I won some KT tape!
Then Cori and I headed back to the expo for a brief stop to get our Team goodies. We were going right before dinner with our hubbies. We thought the Expo was open until 8 again but it was only open til 7. We got there at 6:55. All of the cast members were yelling that we had 5 minutes. We hauled booty but honestly, I probably would have said something if we were stopped since we were supposed to be told about the items the day before but weren't.
Honestly--$15 for those two things wasn't really worth it. We didn't wear either item during the races. Oh well.
We also stopped for another photo opp.
Another New Balance tee we had seen during marathon weekend and wasn't out the first day of the expo and an Asics shirt. I loved this shirt but decided not to buy it at first. We went back right at the end and I was debating when they announced it was 50% off. Yeah, I was sold.
Then I headed back home and got my outfit ready for the Princess Half Marathon!


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Australia bushfires: Tennis player collapses at Australian Open amid poor air quality
A tennis player who "couldn't breathe" has collapsed with a coughing fit on court as smoke from bushfires affected the Australian Open.
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Slovenian player Dalila Jakupovic was forced to retire from her qualifying match in Melbourne and had to be helped from the court at Melbourne Park.
The world number 180 was leading her first round qualifying tie against Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele when she dropped to her knees coughing.
Jakupovic said: "I was really scared that I would collapse. I don't have asthma and never had breathing problems. I actually like heat.
"The physio came again and I thought it would be better. But the points were a bit longer and I just couldn't breathe anymore and I just fell on the floor."
Jakupovic said it was "not fair" that officials asked players to take the court in those conditions.
"It's not healthy for us. I was surprised, I thought we would not be playing today but we don't have much choice," she said.
Tuesday's practice session at Melbourne Park was suspended and former world number one Maria Sharapova's warm-up match was called off.
The Slovenian's withdrawal comes amid concerns that the rest of the Australian Open in Melbourne, due to start on Monday, will be affected by the poor air quality.
At least 28 people have been killed and more than 2,500 homes destroyed in one of Australia's worst bushfire seasons on record.
Forests and farmland the size of Bulgaria have been razed by the blazes, which began in September.
Smoke from the bushfires will return there after circling the Earth, NASA has said.
Huge infernos have raged along the nation's east coast for months and the smoke has already reached South America, resulting in hazy skies over Chile and Argentina, 4,000 miles (6437 km) away.
"The smoke is expected to make at least one full circuit around the globe, returning once again to the skies over Australia," the US space agency said in a statement.
"Over the past week, NASA satellites have observed an extraordinary amount of smoke injected into the atmosphere from the Australian fires and its subsequent eastward dispersal."
Melbourne's air quality dropped to the "worst in the world" overnight as cooler temperatures brought particles in the air close to the ground, a senior state health official said.
Residents were advised to stay indoors, bring pets inside and keep windows closed.
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Chip-crusted cod, what's not to love?! :) Adapted from a Cooking Light recipe.
Arrange fillets on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush 1/2 teaspoon mayonnaise over top of each fillet; sprinkle evenly with salt. Gently press about 2 tablespoons crushed chips evenly on top of each fillet. Cook fish at 400? for 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Serve with ranch dressing.
Stacy's Notes - made January 2012 from a recipe I saw at Cooking Light's website. I used 2 fillets for us, the olive oil mayo I always have on hand, and a nice amount of crushed salt and vinegar kettle chips (I don't measure, just crush some from a big bag). I don't use the ranch dressing, but make up a tartar sauce for the side. I've served these with fries, kale chips and veggies, for a nice healthy meal.


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Possible Uses of Cosopt: Dorzolamide is used to treat high pressure inside the eye due to glaucoma (open angle-type) or other eye diseases (e.g., ocular hypertension). Lowering high pressure inside the eye helps to prevent blindness. This medication works by decreasing the amount of fluid within the eye. It belongs to a class of drugs known as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
Before using Cosopt: Before using dorzolamide, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients (such as the preservative benzalkonium chloride), which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
How to take Cosopt: Read the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start using dorzolamide and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions regarding the information, consult your doctor or pharmacist. This medication is for use in the eye(s), usually one drop in the affected eye(s) 3 times a day, or as directed by your doctor. To apply eye drops, wash your hands first. To avoid contamination, do not touch the dropper tip or let it touch your eye or any other surface. The preservative that may be found in some products may be absorbed by contact lenses. If you wear contact lenses, remove them before using the eye drops with preservative. Wait at least 15 minutes after using this medication before putting in your contact lenses.
Tilt your head back, look upward and pull down the lower eyelid to make a pouch. Hold the dropper directly over your eye and place one drop in your eye. Look downward and gently close your eyes for 1 to 2 minutes. Place one finger at the corner of your eye (near the nose) and apply gentle pressure. Try not to blink and do not rub your eye. This will prevent the medication from draining out. Repeat these steps for your other eye if so directed. Do not rinse the dropper. Replace the dropper cap after each use. If you are using another kind of eye medication (e.g., drops or ointments), wait at least 10 minutes before applying other medications. Use eye drops before eye ointments to allow the eye drops to enter the eye. Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, use it at the same times each day. It is important to continue using dorzolamide even if you feel well. Most people with glaucoma or high pressure in the eyes do not feel sick.
Precautions When Using Cosopt: Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: kidney disease, kidney stones, liver disease. If you develop an eye infection or injury, or have eye surgery, check with your doctor about whether you should continue to use your current bottle of dorzolamide. You may be advised to start using a new bottle. Your vision may be temporarily blurred or unstable after applying this drug. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires clear vision until you are sure you can perform such activities safely. This medication should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor. It is unknown if this drug passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Side Effects of Cosopt: Temporary blurred vision, temporary burning/stinging/itching/redness of the eye, watery eyes, dry eyes, sensitivity of eyes to light, bitter taste, or headache may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor or pharmacist promptly. Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects. Tell your doctor immediately if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: vision changes, signs of a kidney stone (e.g., pain in the back/side/abdomen, nausea/vomiting, blood in the urine), yellowing eyes or skin, dark urine, unusual tiredness or weakness, easy bruising/bleeding, signs of infection (e.g., fever, chills, persistent sore throat).
Seek immediate medical attention if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: persistent eye redness or discharge, eye or eyelid swelling, eye pain. A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate medical attention if it occurs. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing. This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Drug Interactions of Cosopt: Your healthcare professionals (e.g., doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first. Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of: oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (e.g., acetazolamide, methazolamide), high doses of aspirin or related salicylates. Low-dose aspirin, as prescribed by your doctor for specific medical reasons such as heart attack or stroke prevention (usually these dosages are 81-325 milligrams per day), should be continued. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details. This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.
Missed dose of Cosopt: If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Overdose of Cosopt: This medicine may be harmful if swallowed. If swallowing or overdose is suspected, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately.
Storage of Cosopt: Store at room temperature between 59-86 degrees F (15-30 degrees C) away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets.
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package br.com.juliocnsouza.ocpjp._3io_nio;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 * SimplesTesteIO.java -> Job:
 * <p>
 * @since 14/02/2015
 * @version 1.0
 * @author Julio Cesar Nunes de Souza (julio.souza@mobilitasistemas.com.br)
 */
public class SimplesTesteIO {

    public static void main( String[] args ) {
        String arquivo = "simpleTestIO.txt";
        lerArquivo( arquivo , false );

        escreverArquivo( arquivo , false , "Estou escrevendo no arquivo em baixo nivel!" ,
                         "Quando você lê-lo novamente vai ver que essa escrita foi feita em " + new Date().toString() ,
                         "-----------------------------" );

        lerArquivo( arquivo , true );

        escreverArquivo( arquivo , true , "Estou escrevendo no arquivo em alto nivel!" ,
                         "Quando você lê-lo novamente vai ver que essa escrita foi feita em " + new Date().toString() ,
                         "-----------------------------" );

        lerArquivo( arquivo , true );

        System.out.println( "\n\nAgora eh o XML\n\n" );
        System.out.println( lerBaixoNivel2( "snesTests.xml" ) );
    }

    private static void lerArquivo( String file , boolean altoNivel ) {
        if ( altoNivel ) {
            lerAltoNivel( file );
        }
        else {
            lerBaixoNivel( file );
        }
    }

    private static void lerAltoNivel( String file ) {
        try ( Scanner scanner = new Scanner( new File( file ) ); ) {
            while ( scanner.hasNextLine() ) {
                String linha = scanner.nextLine();
                System.out.println( linha );
            }
        }
        catch ( Exception e ) {
            System.err.println( "Erro: " + e.getMessage() );
        }
    }

    private static void lerBaixoNivel( String file ) {
        try ( BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
                new InputStreamReader(
                        new FileInputStream(
                                new File( file
                                ) ) ) ); ) {
                            String linha = reader.readLine();
                            while ( linha != null ) {
                                System.out.println( linha );
                                linha = reader.readLine();
                            }
                        }
                        catch ( Exception e ) {
                            System.err.println( "Erro: " + e.getMessage() );
                        }
    }

    private static String lerBaixoNivel2( String file ) {
        try ( BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
                new InputStreamReader(
                        new FileInputStream(
                                new File( file
                                ) ) ) ); ) {
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                            return sb.toString();
                        }
                        catch ( Exception e ) {
                            System.err.println( "Erro: " + e.getMessage() );
                        }
                        return "you loose";
    }

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            escreverAtoNivel( file , linhas );
        }
        else {
            escreverBaixoNivel( file , linhas );
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    private static void escreverAtoNivel( String file , String[] linhas ) {
        try ( PrintWriter ps = new PrintWriter( new File( file ) ); ) {
            if ( linhas != null ) {
                for ( String linha : linhas ) {
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Azadi, M., Farrahi, G. (2013). A new low cycle fatigue lifetime prediction model for magnesium alloy based on modified plastic strain energy approach. Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, 6(1), 63-76.
Mohammad Azadi; Gholam Hossein Farrahi. "A new low cycle fatigue lifetime prediction model for magnesium alloy based on modified plastic strain energy approach". Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, 6, 1, 2013, 63-76.
Azadi, M., Farrahi, G. (2013). 'A new low cycle fatigue lifetime prediction model for magnesium alloy based on modified plastic strain energy approach', Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, 6(1), pp. 63-76.
Azadi, M., Farrahi, G. A new low cycle fatigue lifetime prediction model for magnesium alloy based on modified plastic strain energy approach. Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, 2013; 6(1): 63-76.
Nowadays, the technology intends to use materials such as magnesium alloys due to their high strength to weight ratio in engine components. As usual, engine cylinder heads and blocks has made of various types of cast irons and aluminum alloys. However, magnesium alloys has physical and mechanical properties near to aluminum alloys and reduce the weight up to 40 percents. In this article, a new low cycle fatigue lifetime prediction model is presented for a magnesium alloy based on energy approach and to obtain this objective, the results of low cycle fatigue tests on magnesium specimens are used. The presented model has lower material constants in comparison to other criteria and also has proper accuracy; because in energy approaches, a plastic work-lifetime relation is used where the plastic work is the multiple of stress and plastic strain. According to cyclic softening behaviors of magnesium and aluminum alloys, plastic strain energy can be proper selection, because of being constant the product value of stress and plastic strain during fatigue loadings. In addition, the effect of mean stress is applied to the low cycle fatigue lifetime prediction model by using a correction factor. The results of presented models show proper conformation to experimental results.
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Their misdeeds cannot be hidden from Him, all their sins are before the Lord. He holds a man's almsgiving dear as a priceless signet ring; He cherishes a good deed like apple of His eye. One day He will rise and reward them; He will place their prize on their heads.
He allows those who repent to return; He comforts those whose hopes are fading. Be converted to the Lord and give up your sins, plead with Him to lessen your offence. Return to the Almighty, turn aside from wrongdoing and totally detest evil.
For who in the grave will praise the Almighty, if the living do not give Him glory? The dead man is as if he did not exist and cannot give praise; he who has life and health can praise the Lord.
When a sieve is shaken the dirt falls through; so, too, the defects of a man are seen when he begins to speak. The kiln tests the potter's handiwork; a man is tested by his conversation.
A well-tended tree is shown by its fruits, so a man's feelings can be detected in what he says. Praise no one before he has spoken, since this is the acid test.


THE INCREDIBLE HULK #235  is one of the first published pieces for this stint at Marvel, following a cover for an Avengers reprint the previous month. It's one of the rare cases of Ditko inking another artist, working over the pencils of Al Milgrom. It's also a good bridge between his 1960s stint at Marvel and the one just beginning, as he did some major work developing the Hulk in the 1960s and Machine Man would be his regular assignment starting a few months later. He'd also do a few more Hulk stories in the future.
It's a pretty good cover of a dynamic meeting between the two Jack Kirby creations. The Hulk figure is especially good. Pretty unlikely it'll ever happen, but I'd be fascinated to see the original pencils to this to see how closely Ditko followed it.


For the artifact weapon, see [Scythe of Elune].
The Scythe of Elune's default skin in Legion.
The Scythe of Elune is a mystical artifact created from Goldrinn's fang and the Staff of Elune. It is described as an ancient weapon - a twisted and gnarled branch of wood covered with runes that could be older than even the Kaldorei. Those who are not careful enough can easily be overwhelmed by Goldrinn's spirit, which infuses the scythe. Tied to the origin of the worgen on Azeroth, the scythe is said to possess untold lunar power for the druid with balance enough to keep control.
The wielder of the Scythe of Elune is called Nahlen'do by the Druids of the Scythe, which means "Master of the Fang" in Darnassian.
The Scythe of Elune is the artifact used by balance druids in World of Warcraft: Legion.
Belysra Starbreeze and Ralaar Fangfire created the scythe by affixing one of Goldrinn's fangs to Belysra's staff. Ralaar and the Druids of the Pack sought to temper the uncontrollable rage inherent in the druid Pack Form by willingly submitting to the energies of the Scythe of Elune. Rather than abate the druids' fury, however, the weapon transformed Ralaar and his followers into worgen: bestial humanoids enslaved by their own primal instincts. Blinded by all-consuming rage, Ralaar's druids tore through friend and foe alike during battle with the satyrs. Night elves wounded by the unruly beasts contracted a virulent curse that turned them into worgen as well.
Desperate to stanch the affliction's spread, Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage mournfully banished the worgen beneath Daral'nir within the Emerald Dream, where they would be in peaceful slumber for all eternity. The Scythe was then entrusted secretly to Mel'Thandris and then forgotten.
Velinde Starsong, the niece of Mel'Thandris, was sent to cleanse Ashenvale of demons after the Third War and prayed to Elune for aid on her task. She prayed and prayed as she sought out an answer, and was eventually led to a book in Darnassus, set there by Fandral Staghelm to expose the mistakes of Malfurion Stormrage, that explained the War of the Satyr and the Scythe of Elune. Velinde made way to the Shrine of Mel'Thandris, where she discovered the Scythe of Elune hidden away. The weapon had the power to weaken the barriers of time and space, and holding the scythe in her hands, she received a vision of chaos. Wolf-men, the worgen, fought savagely, as fit their primitive race, but they faced an unflinching enemy: the satyrs known as the Lords of the Emerald Flame.
It was then that Velinde realized the true power of the scythe. By focusing on it, she was able to communicate with the worgen. However, it was not speech she used to contact them. The worgen heard and understood her. By further channeling the energy of the scythe, the barriers weakened more, and she was able to draw the worgen to Azeroth. She summoned a score and a half. The worgen followed her into battle and, with their brutish strength at her command, they tore into the demons of Felwood. Later, she noticed, that though she had not summoned additional worgen, their numbers continued to increase. It was as though the scythe no longer required her intervention for the summoning process.
Velinde heard that the archmage Arugal had also summoned worgen. She traveled to the Eastern Kingdoms to meet with him, hoping he could provide help. In Duskwood, Velinde was attacked by Varkas at Roland's Doom. A case of dynamite exploded during the struggle, killing Velinde, Varkas and his three minions, and trapping the Scythe within the cave. Jitters would find it some time later, releasing the worgen into Duskwood.
The dark mage Morganth and Dark Riders from Deadwind Pass were known to be searching for it. Ralaar Fangfire, now called Alpha Prime, was one of the worgen summoned by Arugal. Alpha Prime also sought the Scythe of Elune and created the Wolf Cult to find it so he could free the rest of the imprisoned worgen and attack Darnassus.
While pursuing the Wolf Cult in Duskwood, the party of Revil Kost came upon Jitters hiding in the ruins of Raven Hill. Jitters told them that the Scythe had been rediscovered at Roland's Doom, and that the Dark Riders were seeking it. It appeared, however, that the Wolf Cult had got to the Scythe first, and were using it to perform dark initiation rituals. Having slaughtered the members of the cult, Revil liberated the Scythe from the mine. At the behest of Brink, an agent of SI:7 sent to retrieve the artifacts that the Riders had stolen, Revil used the Scythe to lure the Dark Riders into an ambush.
The Scythe later passed into the hands of Brink, who intended to deliver the Scythe to an unnamed night elf, most likely Valorn Stillbough.
The Scythe is brought to Gilneas.
Valorn Stillbough brought the Scythe to his fellow night elves in Gilneas mere days after its liberation from Duskwood. It was stored safely in the Blackwald, but temporarily stolen by the Forsaken until a worgen adventurer retrieved it. Belysra Starbreeze attempted to use the Scythe to banish Alpha Prime and his Wolf Cult back into the Emerald Dream, but Alpha Prime was instead killed by the ghost of Arvell.
After the events in Gilneas, the Scythe was returned to Darnassus, but was later approved by Tyrande Whisperwind to be delivered to the druids of the Dreamgrove. Belysra and Valorn thus traveled with the Scythe of Elune to Duskwood to further their studies of the worgen. and to meet with the new Archdruid of the Dreamgrove. On orders from Tyrande, they brought it to the Twilight Grove in Duskwood to give it to the druid adventurer. When the druid arrived via the Emerald Dream, however, Valorn was quickly attacked by Ariden and the Scythe was stolen, putting it in the Dark Riders' hands at last. As Belysra stayed with Valorn, the druid met with Revil at Manor Mistmantle and worked alongside him to retrieve the Scythe from the Riders at Karazhan.
In the quest The Howling Vale sends adventurers to the ruined shrine of Mel'thandris to discover the origins of the 'mysterious wolf-men' who have overtaken the area. Upon viewing the tome of Mel'Thandris, you see a vision of Velinde Starsong pleading with Elune and presumably being granted a scythe.
The numbers of my companions dwindles, goddess, and my own power shall soon be insufficient to hold back the demons of Felwood. Goddess, grant me the power to overcome my enemies! Hear me, please, my need is desperate and cause is just! What... what is this? Could this be the answer to my prayers? Elune has granted me a weapon--this scythe--to defeat the demons.
After the Scythe was freed, a change rippled through the mine. Light from our flickering torches warped, and the strength of our voices seemed beyond our control. Sometimes a man's whisper roared through the tunnels forcing hands on ears, and sometimes our shouts barely travelled a few steps before diminishing into a hint on the wind.
The [Cedar Chest] in the Grizzly Hills quest  Close the Deal is implied to contain the Scythe of Elune, as Ivan begins to call it the "Sc..." before quickly stopping himself. However, the story of the Scythe as provided in Curse of the Worgen and Dark Riders shows that it could not have been in Grizzly Hills at any point. It is likely that the intent was for the Scythe to be inside the chest at one point, but the plot hook was ignored when Dark Riders was written and had it still in Duskwood where Velinde left it.
Malfurion Stormrage holding the Scythe of Elune.
The ghost of Velinde Starsong, who died with the Scythe in Duskwood.
A Druid of the Scythe wielding the Scythe of Elune in Hearthstone.


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- Original: [Release electron v5.0.8 - electron/electron](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v5.0.8)

## Fixes

- Fixed 'swipe' event emission on macOS. [#19353](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/19353)
  - macOS における 'swipe' イベントの送出を修正しました
  - 3 本指スワイプによるジェスチャーを実行しても `'swipe'` イベントが発生しない問題 [#19131](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/19131) の修正
- Fixed random flicker that occurred on macOS when performing fullscreen or workspace transitions. [#19315](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/19315)
  - フルスクリーンまたはワークスペース切り替え実行時にランダムな (描画の) ちらつきが発生していた問題を修正しました
  - View のイベント処理に起因する問題とのこと
- Preload scripts for internal `<iframe>` in `<webview>` are not longer executed when `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` is enabled. [#19299](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/19299)
  - `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` 有効時は `<webview>` 内部の `<iframe>` における Preload スクリプトを実行しないようにしました
  - `<webview>` の `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` 属性により Preload スクリプトが複数実行される問題 [#18429](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/18429) の修正


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Q: How do distributions of C++11 class  transform the underlying generator? The following code does not seem to behave intuitively:
#include <random>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{

  mt19937 MyGenerator(40);
  auto gauss = normal_distribution<double>(0,1);
  auto linear = uniform_real_distribution<double>(0,1);
  cout << gauss(MyGenerator) << endl; //line a
  cout << linear(MyGenerator) << endl; //line b
  cout << gauss(MyGenerator) << endl;
}

Running this code gives the output
-0.816097
 0.705030
 0.303032.

If now the order of lines a and b is swapped, the output changes to
 0.644008
 0.338080
-0.639501.

It is completely clear that the first two numbers are different now, as they are produced by different distributions. Nevertheless, why is the third number different?
In my intuition, the distribution should grab a number c = MyGenerator() which is then mapped to the random number in the specific range. The random number generator would point to the next number in the sequence of numbers after the distribution call. So, shouldn't the outcome of the third call be the same in both cases?
Another observation:
Adding a forth call to either of the distributions does in fact seem to reproduce the same numbers.

A: There's no requirement that the distribution call the underlying generator once for each value. Some distributions are best calculated by combining multiple random values.
For example, in the GNU implementation, the implemantation of the uniform distribution is
return (__aurng() * (__p.b() - __p.a())) + __p.a();

calling the generator __aurng once; while the core of the normal distribution is:
do
{
    __x = result_type(2.0) * __aurng() - 1.0;
    __y = result_type(2.0) * __aurng() - 1.0;
    __r2 = __x * __x + __y * __y;
}
while (__r2 > 1.0 || __r2 == 0.0);

calling it at least twice.

A: libstdc++'s implementation of normal_distribution uses the Marsaglia polar method. The interesting thing about this method is that each pass uses two random numbers from the URNG to generate two results.
That is, the first call to the distribution calls the URNG twice (possibly more times, as it uses rejection sampling, but an even number of times) and returns one result; the following call to the distribution will not call the URNG but will return the saved second result.
Here's an extract from the source code, slightly reformatted:
if (_M_saved_available)
{
    _M_saved_available = false;
    ret = _M_saved;
}
else
{
    result_type x, y, r2;
    do
    {
        x = result_type(2.0) * aurng() - 1.0;
        y = result_type(2.0) * aurng() - 1.0;
        r2 = x * x + y * y;
    }
    while (r2 > 1.0 || r2 == 0.0);

    const result_type mult = std::sqrt(-2 * std::log(r2) / r2);
    _M_saved = x * mult;
    _M_saved_available = true;
    ret = y * mult;
}


text:
from .main import resolveModel
from .main import resolveOutStream
from .main import resolveValidationData
from .main import startTrainingRoutine
from .main import startTestingRoutine


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Q: is there a way to restart ubuntu through shell into specific compiled kernel? Im using ubuntu 14 os , and I compiled several kernels so I can test and modify them .
When Im physically infront of the computer and I want to load specific kernel version , I press Esc while the pc is booting and I get into Grub menu and from there I choose the version of kernel I want to load.
But let say I work remotly on the computer through ssh  , and I want to restart the pc into a specific kernel version .. I tried to search for Grub options but couldnt find something that worked.
Does any one know how to do that?
Thanks

A: You can set the GRUB_DEFAULT variable in /etc/default/grub. Then run update-grub2 and reboot.
For example use the second entry as default (they are starting at 0):
#!/bin/bash

sed -i 's/^GRUB_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_DEFAULT=1/' /etc/default/grub
update-grub2
reboot

This script needs to run as root.

For users from other Linux distributions: The commands above may vary on your system. It has been tested only on Ubuntu. (However, the question is tagged as Ubuntu)


The only thing beating the million dollar views is the well-priced and delicious food here.
Featuring views of a beautiful pool and a sandy beach, the food at this restaurant is delicious. Enjoy dishes with a definite Latin slant, like ceviche, arepas and empanadas. Other options include caprese salad, pastas, sandwiches, burgers, steak and fresh fish. Parking is validated.
Casual Dining. Lunch and dinner served. Full bar, patio dining. No A/C. Smoking available.