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Sounders forward Clint Dempsey medically cleared to return to practice
Originally published January 24, 2017 at 1:23 pm Updated January 24, 2017 at 1:33 pm
Head coach Brian Schmetzer, right, brings Clint Dempsey out during the Sounders FC victory rally at the Seattle Center Tuesday. empsey, who ended his season early with an irregular heartbeat. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
It remains a possibility that Dempsey could return to action during one of the club's preseason matches, though general manager Garth Lagerwey stressed that he's not quite there yet.
Matt Pentz
Sounders forward Clint Dempsey has been medically cleared to return to training, participating in team drills during the opening morning of the club's 2017 preseason on Tuesday at Starfire Sports in Tukwila.
Dempsey has been out since last August after an irregular heartbeat was detected following Seattle's home win over rival Portland late that month. The 33-year-old temporarily returned to the practice field in September, having undergone an unspecified procedure in the meantime, only to get officially shut down for the season a few weeks later.
"We still have some steps to get through, but he's continuing to progress," Seattle general manager Garth Lagerwey said Tuesday. "We're happy with his progression. We're happy with his attitude. We're happy with how far we've come. We're excited about what the future may hold."
Dempsey, the club's highest paid and highest profile player, was spotted doing jogging and light drills throughout the team's run to MLS Cup at the end of last season, but Tuesday marked the first time he'd returned to anything close to full participation.
It remains a possibility that Dempsey could return to action during one of the club's preseason matches, though Lagerwey stressed that he's not quite there yet.
"The doctors have said it's OK for him to train," Lagerwey said. "We'll continue to check in with them as we continue to progress him back. He's a veteran player. He hasn't played a competitive match in six months. There are real fitness concerns around him getting back into form and sharpness and doing so in a healthy manner. That's what we're going to be monitoring."
Seattle kicks off its regular season on March 4 at the Houston Dynamo, with its home opener following two weekends later against the New York Red Bulls. Also of note: the U.S. men's national team continues its World Cup qualifying campaign on March 24 against Honduras, heading to Panama four days later.
"He is healthy enough to train," Lagerwey said. "That has been determined. But as I said, we've still got some milestones to hit along the way as we continue to progress with him. I don't want to set any expectations, because we either will hit them or we won't. We aren't prepared to put any more structure on it than that."
The Sounders will continue to train locally through Friday before departing for the Desert Friendlies in Tucson, Ariz., on Sunday.
"(Dempsey) looked pretty good," Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said. "He's on a timeline, on his program. As a coach, I'm just happy to have him out here and hope to still see it progress.
"It's not up to me, but I will say to you that everybody here hopes to see that timeline trend in a positive direction. But you never know. We don't want to set any realistic expectations."
Matt Pentz: 206-464-3184 or mpentz@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @mattpentz. Matt Pentz formerly covered the Sounders FC, Reign FC, MLS and world soccer for The Seattle Times


Synthesis of chalcone derivated has been synthhesized, structurally determined, and the in vitro cytotoxic activityof T47D cell was evaluated. A novel 2-bromo-4,5-dimethoxychalcone was synthesized by Claisen-Schmidt condensation of acetophenone with 6-bromoveratraldehyde. The synthesis of chalcone was carried out by reflux condition (65°C) for 24 hours using ethanol as a solvent and NaOH as a catalyst. The results showed that these coumpoun produced 81% in yield. The purity of synthesized product was determined by Thin Layer Chromatography. Structure identification was performed by FT-IR and 1H dan 13C-NMR spectrometer. In vitro activity test indicated that 2-bromo-4,5-dimethoxychalcone was not active for inhibiting the growth of T47D with IC50 value more than 100 µg/mL.
Choudhary A.N, Juyal V. 2011. Synthesis of chalcone and their derivates as antimicrobial agents. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 3(3): 125-128.
Fadeyi O.O, Adamson S.T, Myles E.L, Okoro C.O. 2008. Novel Fluorinated Acridone Derivatives. Part 1: Synthesis and Evaluation As Potential Anticancer Agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18(14):4172-4176.
Ilango K, Valentina B, and Saluja G. S. 2010. Synthesis and In-vitro Anticancer Activity of Some Substituted Chalcone derivatives, Res. J. Pharm. Biol. Chem. Sci., 1(2), 354-359.
Jayapal M.R, Prasad K.S, Sreedhar N.Y. 2010. Synthesis and Characterization of 2,5-dihydroxy Substitued Chalcones Using SOCl2/EtOH. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences1(4): 361-366.
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Godoya es un género de plantas fanerógamas que pertenecen a la familia Ochnaceae.  Comprende 15 especies descritas y de estas, solo 2  aceptadas.

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por Ruiz & Pav. y publicado en Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 58, t. 11. 1794.  La especie tipo es: Godoya obovata Ruiz & Pav.

Especies aceptadas
A continuación se brinda un listado de las especies del género Godoya  aceptadas hasta mayo de 2014, ordenadas alfabéticamente. Para cada una se indica el nombre binomial seguido del autor, abreviado según las convenciones y usos:

 Godoya antioquiensis Planch.
 Godoya obovata Ruiz & Pav.

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Idárraga-Piedrahíta, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Fl. Antioquia: Cat. 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Ochnaceae

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United Nations — A new, ambitious environmental treaty is expected to be ready for a vote when the United Nation's annual summit begins in September, the president of the U.N. General Assembly said on Friday.
As president of the General Assembly, Espinosa represents all member states, a role that differs from that of the U.N. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who acts as the chief of the U.N. itself.
"I really hope that we will have something in hand," she said in an interview. "A finalized version."
The treaty is being negotiated in Nairobi, where U.N. Environment is headquartered.
Negotiations of the treaty were "very strained," Espinosa said.
"There are different fears and different understandings of how far the pact should go," Espinosa said.
The new accord would give more teeth to global environmental regulations coordinated by the U.N. beyond the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, Espinosa said.
That 2015 pact, agreed by nearly 200 nations, aims to keep the increase in average world temperatures to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6F) above pre-industrial times, mainly by reducing the use of polluting fossil fuels.
Short of adopting a "holistic" approach like the Global Pact for the Environment envisions, other U.N. goals on climate and poverty risk failing, she said.
"If you don't fix the relationship between society, nature and the economy, it won't work," said Espinosa.


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Q: Issue with group_concat() in Laravel 5 I am using group_concat() in my Laravel 5 model's Query. In this regard I use this statement.
DB::statement('SET GLOBAL group_concat_max_len = 1000000');

It is working fine in Locally but it not working in Live online server.
Could anyone say where is the problem ??

A: A few further questions/answers may help us help you:

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*Does your hosting provider enable modification of global variables?

*Does your user permissions have the "SET" privilege?

*Is the query throwing an error of any kind in your non-local environment?

A better check would be to see if the transaction has processed successfully using a sub-sequent check request on the database, because if you have set it globally it should work for all sessions, even ones not executed by your code.
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'group%';

Should indicate the current group concat max length configured.
Goodluck.

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Gastric sleeve (Laparascopic) or Sleeve Gastrectomy is recognised as the gold standard of weight loss surgery. This is a keyhole procedure where a section of the stomach pouch is removed, significantly reducing the size of the stomach, and therefore giving the sensation of feeling comfortably full after eating a smaller amount of food, and also making you feel fuller for longer. The procedure generally results in no pain or discomfort whatsoever.
Research shows that a gastric sleeve consistently achieves greater weight loss than the gastric band and also has significant impacts on reduction of other obesity related medical conditions such as diabetes. Patients that proceed with the gastric sleeve loose between 30-40% more weight than patients who undertake the gastric band surgery.
Life Weight Loss Centre's medical director, Dr Durmush, has pioneered unique methods in the gastric sleeve. These techniques have allowed Dr Durmush to achieve significantly lower complication rates less then 0.5% when the international acceptance leak rate is 2.6%. Dr Durmush teaches his technique to surgeons internationally.
Who is suited for a gastric sleeve?
Obese and morbidly obese people who may have difficulty maintaining stringent dietary restrictions in the long term. This procedure is suited to a wide range of people.
Recognised as the gold standard of weight loss surgery.
Typical weight loss is 60-80% on average which is about considerably greater than the gastric band.
This procedure is called a 'set and forget' procedure with no need for regular medical reviews and adjustments like the gastric band.
People may return to more fibrous solid foods over time such as steak, chicken breast, prawns and bread, which is not possible with the gastric band.
The gastric sleeve does not cause any changes to food absorption.
Hospital stay is generally 3 days, predominately for monitoring.
Requires minimal vitamin and mineral supplementation after the procedure.
A possible complication associated with this procedure is when leaking occurs from the suture line where the section of the stomach is removed. This generally requires further surgery to repair the leak and monitoring in hospital. New technology and technique has addressed this problem, reducing the risk of this complication to a miniscule number of cases. We have had no leak for the last five years, over 1400 cases.


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Example Question #11 : Use Ohm's Law
Ohm's Law describes the relationship between which variables?
Voltage, current, resistance
Resistance, power, electromotive force
Voltage, electric field, power
Electric field, current, power
Power, resistivity, electromotive force
Ohm's law can be written as:
It demonstrates that voltage is equal to the product of current and resistance within an electric circuit.
Example Question #11 : Circuit Calculations And Concepts
The current in a circuit is and the voltage is . What is the resistance?
Ohm's law says . Plug in our given values to solve.
What is the power of a circuit with a current of and a resistance of ?
The standard equation for power is:
We are given only current and reistance, meaning we must manipulate this equation so that only those variables are present. To do this, we can substitute Ohm's law for voltage.
Now we have an equation for power that uses only current and resistance. Plug in the values given in the question to find the final answer.
Each branch of a parallel circuit carries an equal __________.
By definition, each branch of a parallel circuit will have the same voltage. The current, however, may be split between branches in inequal amounts. In contrast, a series circuit will carry a constant current throughout the circuit, but voltage may differ between elements.
Resistance and capacitance are dependent on the elements present in a given circuit, so no claims can be made. Power is similarly dependent on the elements present in a specific circuit.
Example Question #1 : Understanding Series And Parallel
Each component of a series circuit carries an equal __________.
A series circuit has the same current running through each component, though the voltage across each component may vary. In contrast, a parallel circuit will carry a constant voltage in each branch and the current may be split in inequal amounts between branches.
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Brilliant! Sanne, thank you so much for sharing your story with us.
I can't wait to hear all about your experience in building your own instrument. That is a really exciting opportunity!!
Roger, loved hearing from Dave! Thanks for putting together such a fun podcast =).
Thanks Sanne and Roger. It was great to hear Sanne's story and experiences with guitar at about the same level as I am.
Thanks again for making my week. It's so great to hear from Dave (& Simon) & to get to know the folks around CGC.
With regard to Guitar Burst, Dave is spot on. I use it as a very gross guide. I think that GB 1-5 (Beginner) is probably suitable for Grades 1-4, and 6-10 (Intermediate) for Grades 5-8. Within those ranges there's a lot a variability, though. Anything beyond GB Intermediate (11 and up) is more or less for folks who've finished all the Grades, and definitely off-limits for me!
Hey Roger and Sanne, thanks for a great podcast! Sanne, it was great to hear you (and the wild birds too!) and your story about your musical experiences, and your current project of building your own guitar. Can't wait to see more as it progresses!
Great interview! Sanne, you'll have to post some photos of your guitar in progress when you get back to it. What a cool thing to do.
Thanks Roger and Sanne! What a nice interview . Sanne, I enjoyed hearing your story. do you know of any clarinet/guitar duets? That would be super cool!


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using namespace OpenRAVE;
using namespace trajopt;
using namespace sco;
using namespace Eigen;
using namespace std;

typedef BasicArray<AffExpr> AffArray;

string data_dir() {
  string out = DATA_DIR;
  return out;
}

MatrixXd getTraj(const DblVec& x, const AffArray& arr) {
  MatrixXd out(arr.rows(), arr.cols());
  for (int i=0; i < arr.rows(); ++i) {
    for (int j=0; j < arr.cols(); ++j) {
      out(i,j) = arr(i,j).value(x);
    }
  }
  return out;
}

class QuatTrajProb : public OptProb {
public:
  MatrixXd q_; // Tx4 quaternion trajectory
  double dt_; // timestep
  VarArray r_; // Tx3 trajectory increment variables
  // AffArray w_; // Tx3 velocities variables
  QuatTrajProb(const MatrixXd& q, int n_steps, float dt);
  int GetNumSteps() {return q_.rows();}
  void Callback(DblVec& x); // update integration constraints
                            // update quaternions, project out integration error
};
typedef boost::shared_ptr<QuatTrajProb> QuatTrajProbPtr;

void QuatTrajProb::Callback(DblVec& x) {
  ///// Reparametrize problem

  MatrixXd rvals = getTraj(x, r_);
  // update quaternions
  for (int i=0; i < q_.rows(); ++i) {
    q_.row(i) = quatMult(q_.row(i), quatExp(rvals.row(i)));
  }

}

QuatTrajProb::QuatTrajProb(const MatrixXd& q, int n_steps, float dt) : q_(q), dt_(dt) {

  r_.resize(n_steps, 3);

  BasicArray<int> rindex(n_steps, 3), windex(n_steps, 3); // save indices in the variable vector

  vector<string> names;
  for (int i=0; i < n_steps; ++i) {
    for (int j=0; j < 3; ++j) {
      rindex(i,j) = names.size();
      names.push_back( (boost::format("r_%i_%i")%i%j).str() );
    }
  }
  createVariables(names); // note that w,r, are both unbounded

  const vector<Var>& vars = getVars();
  for (int i=0; i < n_steps; ++i) {
    for (int j=0; j < 3; ++j) {
      r_(i,j) = vars[rindex(i,j)];
      // if (i < n_steps - 1) w_(i,j) = vars[windex(i,j)];
    }
  }

  // set start and end fixed
  for (int j=0; j < 3; ++j) {
    model_->addEqCnt(AffExpr(r_(0,j)),"");
    model_->addEqCnt(AffExpr(r_(n_steps-1,j)),"");
  }

}

void Callback(OptProb* prob, DblVec& x) {
  dynamic_cast<QuatTrajProb*>(prob)->Callback(x);
}

int main(int argc, char** argv) {

  int n_steps = 10;
  double dt=.1;

  OpenRAVE::Vector qstartrave(1,0,0,0), qendrave(0,1,0,0);
  VectorXd t = VectorXd::LinSpaced(n_steps, 0, 1);

  MatrixXd slerptraj(n_steps, 4);
  for (int i=0; i < n_steps; ++i) {
    slerptraj.row(i) = toVector4d(geometry::quatSlerp(qstartrave, qendrave, t[i]));
  }

  cout << "slerp traj: " << endl << slerptraj << endl;

  MatrixXd noisyquats = slerptraj;
  noisyquats.middleRows(1, n_steps-2) += MatrixXd::Random(n_steps-2, noisyquats.cols()) * .1;
  for (int i=0; i < noisyquats.rows(); ++i) noisyquats.row(i) /= noisyquats.row(i).norm();
  cout << "noisy traj: " << endl <<  noisyquats << endl;

  QuatTrajProbPtr prob(new QuatTrajProb(noisyquats, n_steps, dt));
  prob->setIncrementMask(vector<bool>(prob->getNumVars(), true));
  prob->addCost(CostPtr(new AngVelCost(prob->q_, prob->r_, dt)));
  BasicTrustRegionSQP opt(prob);

  opt.max_iter_ = 50;
  opt.min_approx_improve_ = 1e-10;
  MatrixXd inittraj = MatrixXd::Zero(n_steps, 3);
  opt.initialize(DblVec(inittraj.data(),inittraj.data() + 3*n_steps));
  opt.addCallback(&Callback);
  opt.optimize();

  cout << "slerp cost: " << getW(slerptraj, dt).array().square().sum() << endl;
  cout << "cost from optimization: " << opt.results().total_cost << endl;

}

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Chinese Defense Attache in Bulgaria Zhang Ge: China, People's Liberation Army Stick to Defensive Military Policy
Interview |Author: Ivan Dikov | August 1, 2011, Monday // 15:06| views
Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Snr Col Zhang Ge, Defense Attach? of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the Republic of Bulgaria, on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). The PLA turns 84 on August 1, 2011.
Snr Col Zhang got his PhD degree of military science in China's National Defense University in 2002. Before the post of Chinese DA to Bulgaria, he worked in Afghanistan for three full years (2007-2009) as deputy and acting Military & Air Attach? in the Chinese Embassy.
There is little knowledge in societies such as Bulgaria's about the development of the Chinese military. How is it planned to develop in the future?
Over the 60 years and more since the founding of the PRC, the modernization of the Chinese PLA has achieved major successes. It has grown from a single service into a strong military force featuring a range of services and arms, and is now beginning to make progress towards informatization.
According to the three-step development strategy laid down in 1997, the PLA has adopted a step-change approach which takes mechanization as the foundation and informatization as the focus.
The first step was solving the issues about the scale, structure, and system of the PLA by 2010.
The second step is to get the PLA basically mechanized and achieve considerable progress in its informatization by 2020.
The third step is to realize the modernization of the national defense and the PLA by the mid-21st century. In accordance with this strategy, China is making efforts to build a strong army that is capable of coping with crises, keeping peace, containing and winning wars.
How is the restructuring of the Chinese army carried out keeping in mind the new challenges in the 21st century?
Today's world as a whole sees an environment of peace and stability but the international security situation has become more complex. Security threats posed by such global challenges as terrorism, nuclear proliferation, insecurity of information, natural disasters and trans-national crime are on the rise, while traditional security concerns are blending with non-traditional ones.
Facing the new threats and challenges, the PLA has focused on the idea that it is necessary to be active in increasing its capabilities to meet various challenges and to be able to perform varying military tasks. And it has made relevant adjustment and preparations in the aspects of organizational structure, military training, logistics and international cooperation, etc.
I think that the various tasks of the PLA include both war actions and non-war military actions, with the latter including anti-terrorism, emergency rescue, disaster relief, sea escort, search and rescue and UN peacekeeping missions, etc. In the present international environment, the non-war military operations are gradually turning into the major form of using the armed forces.
To meet the new and changing needs of national security, the PLA will try to accentuate modernization from a higher platform, providing the necessary strength for defending the national interests and playing an important role in keeping international peace.
In the recent years, China's defense spending is growing. Would other states be justified should they think that this creates a threat for them?
Compared with other major countries in the world, China's defense spending as a percentage of the GDP has always been relatively low, averaging about 1.4% in the past few years.
China is a nation of 1.3 billion people with a vast territory and a long coastline, and the funds invested in defense are actually very limited.
China unswervingly takes the road of peaceful development and is pursuing a national defense policy which is defensive in nature. The development of China's military forces is prudent, moderate and fully focused on defending the sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity of the country. It is not directed against any state, and could not present a threat to any state.
There has recently been increase of tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Is that poised to create complications? For example, do you think that is going to affect the freedom of commercial sailing there?
China owns indisputable sovereignty over the islands and their adjacent waters in the South China Sea. This has been justified by historical facts and international law. China insists on solving disputes over the South China Sea with relevant ASEAN countries through peaceful dialogue and friendly negotiation in accordance with the international law.
The situation in the South China Sea at present is stable as a whole but there are some factors connected with outside influences. The common interests of China and the countries of the region are to preserve peace, to prevent the expansion and complication of the disputes there, and their acquiring an international character; to avoid the spurring of conflicts and tensions in this region.
China is against the intervention of foreign powers in the region of the South China Sea and is sticking to the position that the directly involved countries need to achieve a peaceful settlement of the existing disputes through bilateral negotiations.
These countries have free channels for dialogue and consultation among themselves; they have the wisdom and ability to solve their own problems with their own strength.
The free and safe shipping in the South China Sea as one of the busiest international sea routes has never been affected by the disputes in the region, and has never been problematic.
China is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. What type of UN peace-keeping missions is it involved in?
The Chinese PLA participated in UN peace-keeping missions for the first time in 1990, and by December 2010 it has sent of peace-keeping missions a total of 17 390 soldiers and officers. 9 Chinese military members died while performing their missions.
The Chinese forces are working on their tasks with much responsibility and professionalism. They have built and repaired over 8 700 km of roads and 270 bridges, cleared over 8 900 landmines and various explosive devices; they have transported over 600 000 tons of cargo across a total distance of over 9.3 million km; they provided medical aid to 79 000 patients.
Among the permanent UN Security Council members China is the country which has sent out the greatest number of participants on peace-keeping missions, and among the developing countries it is the one which has provided the largest among of money for such missions.
What is the participation of the Chinese navy in the anti-piracy operations for the guarding of shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Somalia's territorial waters?
In line with relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council, the Chinese government started to dispatch naval ships to conduct escort operations in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia in December 2008. They are mainly charged with safeguarding Chinese ships and personnel and providing security for the ships carrying humanitarian aid under the UN World Food Program and other international organizations, and with all possible means to shelter pass-by foreign vessels in the region.
By June 2011, the Chinese navy has dispatched, in eight sorties, 20 ships deployments, 18 helicopters, over 6 700 soldiers and officers to carry out its escort missions that have provided protection for over 3 900 Chinese and foreign vessels, rescuing a total of 40 ships from pirate attacks.
Does China and its armed forces have the potential to achieve parity with the US Navy in the Western Pacific? Is that a strategic aim for the Chinese government?
China and the United States have extensive common interests and share important responsibilities in promoting peace, stability and development in the Asia-Pacific region. At present there are new opportunities for the two sides to further develop military ties, but there are challenges and difficulties as well.
We are willing to make joint efforts with the US side, in the spirit of "respect, mutual trust, equality and reciprocity", to further expand dialogue, foster and increase strategic mutual trust, respect and address each other's major concerns and push forward the bilateral military ties to develop in a healthy and stable way.
The modernization of the Chinese PLA does not take other military forces as reference but being carried out in view of its own reality and the needs of national interests in security and development.
China does not seek arms race with any country, nor does it aim at any country or any specific target with its developing military hardware. China's strategic purpose is always clear and transparent, which is sticking to the path of peaceful development and pursuing a national defense policy that is defensive in nature.
After developing with an accelerated pace after 2001, the military development within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which includes China, Russia, and Central Asian states, appears to have slowed down recently. What are China's plans with respect to the development of the SCO?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) aims at maintaining regional security and stability and promoting common development and prosperity among its member states. Within the SCO framework the joint counter-terrorism military exercises, either at bilateral or multilateral level, are being institutionalized and making an important content in the field of defense and security cooperation.
China and Russia as well as other SCO members ran a series of "Peace Mission" joint counter-terrorism military exercises in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. The military exercises have played an important role in deterring terrorism, separatism and extremism in the region.
They are also conducive to deepening understanding and trust among the members, promoting the armed forces building and improving the capabilities of SCO joint actions against new threats and challenges.
In April 2011, upon the initiative of China, the military chiefs of SCO members held their first meeting in Shanghai, which has achieved satisfying fruits. China is full of confidence in further expanding defense and security cooperation within SCO.
As a NATO member state, Bulgaria is concerned with the relations between China's military and NATO. What is China's position on developing its ties with NATO?
China is sticking to the idea for the creation of a new security concept based on mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and cooperation, joint creation of a long-term stable and peaceful international environment.
Based on this principle in the past few years, China and NATO have restored and developed their contacts and exchanges at various levels and in various forms. We believe that under the current international situation, keeping bilateral contacts and strengthening bilateral exchanges will benefit both regional and global peace and stability. The Chinese side wishes to continue to explore ways to develop military ties with NATO and the EU.
What are the relations between the armed forces of Bulgaria and China? From the position of China's military attach? in Sofia, how do you view the development of the Bulgarian Armed Forces?
China and Bulgaria have profound traditional friendship. Bulgaria is the second country in the world to establish diplomatic relations with the PRC. The army-to-army relations between the two countries is an important component of the overall bilateral ties.
In recent years, with the increase of the high-level military exchanges, the friendship and cooperation between the two sides has been constantly expanded.
The PLA attaches great importance to the friendly cooperative relations with the Bulgarian Armed Forces and wishes to further promote contacts and push forward practical cooperation with shared efforts.
The Bulgarian army at present is carrying out a series of structural changes and reform. The government has already made a new plan for the development of defense and armed forces and I believe that its gradual fulfillment will boost the strengths and capabilities of the Bulgarian army.
As a military attach? here I personally think that the officers and soldiers of the Bulgarian military possess excellent military qualities and professional spirit. Their outstanding performance in the military missions in Afghanistan is a testimony for that.
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Time to move to Moscow? The city has the world's best digital government
Arseny Kalashnikoff
Every two years the United Nations compiles a study of e-governments in countries across the globe to measure the use of technologies for public services. In a 2018 ranking, Moscow finished on top.
The UN study analyzes the scope and quality of online services, telecommunication infrastructure and human potential. In this ranking of 193 countries, Denmark, Australia, and South Korea took the leading positions.
In 2018, for the first time the study also focused on the development of local e-government in 40 cities across the world. Moscow topped the ranking, followed by Cape Town (South Africa) and Talinn (Estonia) tied in second place. Third place is shared by London and Paris.
According to the UN, the study of 40 cities included "an assessment of municipal portals of 7 cities in Africa, 6 in Americas, 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, and 2 in Oceania." The study covers all regional groups of United Nations members.
The list of leading e-governments include the cities of Sydney, Amsterdam, Seoul, Rome, Warsaw, Helsinki, Istanbul and Shanghai. Last place in the ranking is shared by New York and Madrid.
"Moscow is a case study for other Russian cities to replicate the model throughout the entire country in the very near future," said Andrey Belozerov, Strategy and Innovations Advisor to the CIO of Moscow.
The United Nations developed the Local Online Services Index (LOSI) to analyze cities' performance. Each city was analyzed according to 60 parameters.
For example, municipal websites were assessed by criteria such as technology, including basic features, mobile device accessibility and content; also considered were essential online information for health, education, environmental issues, and etc.
The city was also assessed by digital services, including those implemented, as well as citizen engagement and e-participation, such as feedback and social network features.
As a result, Moscow scored 55 indicators out of 60, which is the highest result in the ranking. According to the UN's assessment, the citizen engagement criteria is a category where Russia's capital scored the most.
The city received nine points in participation and engagement criteria. In comparison, London and New York had only six points, even though these two global capitals have the same level of technology (10 points) as Moscow.
According to the city government, Muscovites frequently use over 222 digital public services provided by city authorities via desktop and mobile.
"The locals requested a city service over 259 million times in 2017. In comparison with 2016, the number of requests increased by 31 percent," the Moscow government said in a statement.
Recently, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) evaluated 50 smart cities based on the latest urban technologies available to citizens, and Moscow was ranked first in Europe. The report was based on a survey of residents in major cities around the globe.
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I know I gave the ok/was in agreement, but on smaller res, the site looks slightly weird?
I'll screenshot later if need be?
I created this help topic on the forumotion support thread and even the admin/mods couldn't provide me an answer.
I havent experienced the problem on PC though - it only seems to happen on mobile for me - but if you are having it happen on PC, post me a screenshot and include a screenshot of your Nvidia control panel desktop resolution settings too, and I will try and replicate your desktop settings on my end and see whats happening.


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filed: July 27, 2021 • New Hampshire
Granite Reliable Power wind farm to be sold
Credit: Barbara Tetreault | The Berlin Sun | Jul 26, 2021 | www.conwaydailysun.com ~~
COOS COUNTY – The sale of the 99-megawatt Granite Reliable Power Wind Farm to a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., is expected to take place by the end of the month. When the transaction is finalized, ownership control will pass from the subsidiary of one energy giant, Brookfield Renewable Energy, to a subsidiary of the company that owns the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant.
The N.H. Site Evaluation Subcommittee issued a draft order Monday morning approving the transaction with one condition. The SEC wants an updated estimate of the cost of decommissioning the wind farm. The decommissioning fund currently has $83,000 plus an estimate of the salvage value of the wind farm. SEC Chair Dianne Martin said she wanted to make sure the account is fully funded.
With 33 wind turbines strung along the ridgeline in the Phillips Brook watershed, the wind farm is the largest in the state.
Current ownership is 89.5 percent held by BAIF U.S. Renewable Power, a subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Power. The remaining 10.5 percent is owned by Freshet Wind Energy. When the transfer is complete, expected by the end of this month, the entire wind farm will be owned by Tusk Wind Holdings, III, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Partners.
In their joint filing before the SEC, the parties said Freshet and BAIF U.S. Renewable Power entered into a purchase and sale agreement in April to transfer all membership interests in Granite Reliable Power to Tusk. The filing said initial funding for the project would be provided by NextEra Energy Partners. While the purchase price was not revealed, NextEra said it had sufficient liquidity to complete the transaction at closing, noting its renewable energy program has raised approximately $11 billion in capital since 2014 to finance its growth and operations and currently has $1.6 billion available.
Large energy projects in the state require a certificate of site and facility from the SEC. In seeking to transfer that certificate to Tusk, the new owner must show it has the financial, managerial and technical capabilities to own and operate the wind farm.
NextEra Energy Vice President Matthew Rosket said their analysis determined that cash flow generated by the sale of electricity and other attributes will cover the wind farm's operating costs and ongoing capital investments. Rosket testified that through its various subsidiaries, NextEra Energy currently owns 126 wind projects with more than 9,800 wind turbines.
Furthermore, he said they will retain the current Granite Reliable Power employees.
The subcommittee voted unanimously that the applicant had proven it has the capabilities required by the certificate.
Coos County Commissioner Paul Grenier said the county is watching the transaction closely. The majority of the wind farms fall within the county's unincorporated places and the commission met with officials of both companies at its July meeting. The wind farm makes an annual payment-in-lieu-of-taxes and the 20-year agreement allows the parties to renegotiate the agreement at the ten-year mark, which will be 2022.
Grenier said he believes a PILOT agreement benefits both parties by avoiding the cost of a revaluation and the need to review financial statements including renewable energy credit revenues. He said he is hopeful the county and new owner can agree on a PILOT.
Grenier said there is one financial benefit for the county is the sale will generate substantial real estate transfer tax revenues.
Source: Barbara Tetreault | The Berlin Sun | Jul 26, 2021 | www.conwaydailysun.com


Many millions of people now spend their working days sitting in front of display screens whilst operating computers.
This lifestyle and the postures and repetitive physical activity involved can cause serious health problems. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Healthy and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 place significant responsibilities upon employers for the health and safety of their staff. This course will enable you to take positive action in respect of your own health and safety, thereby making compliance with the law easier and more effective.


Scientists' findings on how ancient microbes store their genomes may shed light on how more complex organisms came to pack their DNA.
According to new research from several institutions, microbes called archaea microbes fold their DNA very similarly to eukaryotes, such as animals and plants. The study suggests that this particular DNA structure of archaea, which evolved an estimated 2.5 billion years ago, may be ancestral to eukaryotic DNA folding. The scientists published their findings in Science on Aug. 11.
Eukaryotes have a defined nucleus containing their genetic information and store their DNA by winding it tightly around proteins called histones. This forms dense structures called nucleosomes, making it easier for organisms to pack more and more DNA, which became a necessity as eukaryotic genomes grew larger.
This folding is conserved among all eukaryotes, from fungi to humans, implying that it originated in a common ancestor. However, scientists were unsure of what exactly this ancestor was. Previous research by John Reeve, professor of microbiology at Ohio State University and co-author of the study, indicated that archaea also have histones, but their function was not known. According to Bhattacharyya, his team of researchers set out to see how these microbes packaged their DNA.
Researchers in the study examined these structures by first creating crystals holding DNA-histone complexes from a species of archaea that lives in extremely hot temperatures. X-ray crystallography allowed scientists to determine the three-dimensional structure of the DNA-histone complexes, said Francesca Mattiroli, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder and co-first author of the study. The calculated structures were validated in another species of archaea after creating mutations that disrupted the DNA-histone structure and observing that the cells could not function properly.
They found that DNA in archaea represented a primitive way of structuring genetic material by bending around a column of histones, similar to eukaryotes. The researchers also found that archaea only use one type of histone while eukaryotes use four.
Next, researchers will look at how these DNA-histone complexes form in archaea and the mechanism behind archaeal gene expression.
Additional structural studies on eukaryotic gene expression could lead to advances in the field of drug discovery, Bhattacharyya said. According to Mattiroli, a vital point for future research is how eukaryotic DNA structure evolved from its precursor.


Pascal Gagneux is Professor of Pathology and Anthropology at UC San Diego. He is interested in the evolutionary mechanisms responsible for generating and maintaining primate molecular diversity. His team is exploring the roles of molecular diversity in protecting populations from pathogens as well as potential consequences for reproductive compatibility. The Gagneux laboratory studies cell-surface molecules of sperm cells in closely related primates species. His focus is on glycans, the oligosaccharides attached to glycolipids and glycoproteins of the cell surface. The numerous parallels between the surface molecules of successful pathogens and those found on the surface of mammalian sperm, invite the analogy between internal fertilization and "extremely successful infection." Dr. Gagneux's interest is in how differences in sperm surface molecules reflect sexual selection (via sperm competition and cryptic female choice) and whether such differences might contribute to reproductive incompatibility and speciation due to female immune rejection of sperm decorated with incompatible glycoconjugates. The operating assumption is that glycan evolution is shaped by constraints from endogenous biochemistry and exogenous, pathogen-mediated natural selection, but could also have consequences for sexual selection. Dr. Gagneux has studied the behavioral ecology of wild chimpanzees in the Taï Forest, Ivory Coast, population genetics of West African chimpanzees, and differences in sialic acid biology between humans and great apes with special consideration of their differing pathogen regimes. His great concern is that the current surge in interest for comparative genomics is not being translated into direct support for the conservation of primates in their endangered natural habitats.
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Opolo is happy to pour at Central Coast's Premier Wine & Food Tasting Event at Dinosaur Caves Park Overlooking the Pacific Ocean!
The 15th Annual Taste of Pismo is Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Dinosaur Caves Park in Pismo Beach.
Join us for a "Taste" of local Restaurants, Wineries, and Breweries.
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Public Release: 3-Sep-2018
Oceanic oxygen levels are declining
Collaborative Research Centre 754 presents results on oxygen minimum zones
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)
Over the past 50 years, oxygen has decreased by two percent in the global ocean. The volume of oxygen-depleted waters, has grown more than fourfold. What are the reasons for this? What changes are to be expected in the future? What are the consequences for the marine ecosystems and the climate system? These questions, among others, will be discussed at an international conference in Kiel this week, organized by the Collaborative Research Centre 754.
"About 10 years ago, when we began to focus more intensively on the complex physical-biogeochemical relationships in the ocean, we had only very fragmentary knowledge about the oxygen minimum zones which were regarded as `boring` by many scientists," says Prof. Dr. Andreas Oschlies, spokesperson of the SFB754 from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. "Nevertheless, the supply of nutrients and oxygen is of vital importance, especially for the very productive areas of the world's ocean off Peru and West Africa," Oschlies continues. Due to climate change low-oxygen zones are spreading, nutrient cycles and living conditions are changing, with potentially long-range effects on the state of the ocean, the Kiel scientist states.
Not only results of the Kiel Collaborative Research Centre will be discussed at the conference. Experts from all over the world and various scientific disciplines will come together to present and discuss their latest research. "It is a challenge, comparable to putting together a big puzzle jointly with many other players," says Prof. Oschlies. He as well as his colleagues from the Kiel SFB hope that the intensive exchange with world-leading experts will provide important impulses for the final synthesis phase of the project, which ends next year.
"I am impressed by what the scientists have achieved in this major project," says Karin Prien, Minister of Education, Science and Cultural Affairs of the state of Schleswig-Holstein at the opening of the conference. "Particularly noteworthy is the interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers from various disciplines at Kiel University and GEOMAR", Prien continues. "Their results impressively show how closely interlinked the physical, chemical and biological processes in the oceans are and how they are changing," says the Minister of Science.
"There are not many places in the world where such research is possible," says GEOMAR director Prof. Dr. Peter Herzig. "Here in Kiel, we have both the technical expertise and the necessary infrastructure to deal comprehensively with such a complex topic," continues Herzig. The Collaborative Research Centre 754, which has been funded by the German Research Foundation for more than 10 years, provides a unique opportunity to substantially advance knowledge on this topic, he emphasizes. "I congratulate the colleagues on this extremely successful project and wish the conference every success".
Note: The Collaborative Research Centre 754 (SFB 754) "Climate and Biogeochemical Interactions in the Tropical Ocean" was established in January 2008 as cooperation between Kiel University and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. The SFB 754 investigates changes in ocean oxygen content, their potential impact on oxygen minimum zones and the consequences for the global interaction of the climate and biogeochemistry of the tropical ocean. The SFB 754 is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is in its third phase (2016-2019).
Contact: Dr. Andreas Villwock (GEOMAR, Communication and Media), Tel.: 0431/600-2802, presse@geomar.de
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NOPD Announces Plans for Summer Deployment
Topics: Announcement, Partnerships
NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson today (May 12, 2022) announced plans to bolster deployment of law enforcement officers during the coming summer months, including assistance from Louisiana State Police through a return of "Operation Golden Eagle" and implementing a 12-hour shift for all field operations district-based officers for the summer.
NOPD Investigating Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash in Seventh District
by Aaron Looney
Topics: Seventh District, Traffic Fatality/Hit and Run
The NOPD is investigating a hit-and-run traffic fatality that occurred on May 10, 2022, at the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Downman Road that left one person dead.
by Breanna Bringier
Members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a homicide that left a 58-year-old adult male dead. The offense occurred May 10, 2022, at the intersection of North Broad and Hope Street at around 10:23 p.m.
NOPD Arrests Suspect in Homicide Investigation
Topics: First District, Good Police Work, Homicide
The NOPD has arrested Terry Blanks (pictured, black male, DOB; 02-26-1989) on a murder charge in the investigation of a homicide that occurred on May 5, 2022, in the 1900 block of Saint Ann Street.
NOPD Announces Violent Crime Arrests, Clearances Between May 1-May 6
Categories: Be on the Lookout, On Duty
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A list of arrests or clearances by warrant obtained between May 1-7, 2022, in violent crime investigations by the NOPD.


I've never seen this before, and I'm not sure I remember her singing either O Mio Babbino Caro or She Move Through the Fair live before. Then again, you know how my memory can be LOL. And she's wearing the Il Divo Dress!
Yes, you're right! I didn't remember that dress as part of the Il Divo tour, but it's been a very long time since I perused those threads. I googled images of her on the tour, and immediately found pics of her in this dress, though the lighting makes it appear much darker and the design on the front is much clearer. I do, however, remember the silvery top she wore for the other half of the show.
She did sing O Mio Babbino Caro on a different TV show. It used to be one of the first videos you found when you did a general search on Hayley on youtube. Not sure about SMTHF.
You're right, she has sung O Mio Babbino Caro before, in fact when I did a youtube search I recognized videos Ive already seen LOL. I told you, my memory is bad!
I did find it interesting to hear her say her own name, though!
She said it on her Live DVD, too.
True. I think there was a time YEARS ago when I was trying to think of every word in a NZ accent. Like, I think maybe when I was reading her book, I tried imagining her saying it. LOL This was... 10 years ago; that's when her book came out.
Well spotted Devoted Fan. a few memories of the old day`s. I have a few Irish Tenor`s cd`s however, a little disappointing as mostly live recorded track`s.
This is when I miss Richard, he would have found this two months ago at least if not earlier .
I still find it quite strange to not see him online in the mornings when I switch on my various pieces of junk.
Strange to not find his name in the list of members who had logged in the last 24 hours.
I wonder if I saw this video in 2006 when the programme first went out on air to a very different and prosperous Ireland and Haley was still a teenager.
Has something happened? I have noticed he's been absent both here and on Facebook. Is he ok?
We simply just don't know. Not for the lack of trying.


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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Utah Case Law › Utah Court of Appeals - Unpublished Decisions › 2010 › Lavoie v. Lavoie
Lavoie v. Lavoie
IN THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS ----ooOoo---Carol Ann Lavoie nka Carol Ann Huebner, Petitioner and Appellee, v. Derrick Robert Lavoie, Respondent and Appellant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) MEMORANDUM DECISION (Not For Official Publication) Case No. 20100050-CA F I L E D (December 23, 2010) 2010 UT App 383 ----Fifth District, St. George Department, 074500609 The Honorable Eric A. Ludlow Attorneys: Michael R. Shaw, St. George, for Appellant Brent M. Brindley, St. George, for Appellee ----- Before Judges Thorne, Voros, and Christiansen. PER CURIAM: Respondent Derrick Robert Lavoie appeals the denial of his motion to dismiss and strike all orders entered in the underlying proceeding for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because the order left the case pending in the district court, it was not a final appealable order, and we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal. The parties were divorced in South Dakota in 2000. Petitioner Carol Ann Huebner moved to Utah with the parties' child in 2005. Lavoie moved to California. In 2007, Huebner filed the South Dakota divorce decree in Utah. Huebner then moved to transfer jurisdiction from South Dakota to Utah pursuant to the Utah Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, see Utah Code Ann. §§ 78B-13-101 to -318 (2008). Lavoie did not oppose the motion. The Utah and South Dakota courts agreed that jurisdiction should be transferred to the Fifth District Court for Washington County, Utah. In 2008, Huebner successfully petitioned to modify the child support provisions of the decree. The Utah district court entered a judgment awarding past due child support and an order both retrospectively and prospectively modifying child support. Lavoie filed a timely motion for new trial in which he stated that he did not dispute the Utah district court's authority to modify the South Dakota child support order prospectively, but disputed the retroactive modification. A July 2009 order denied the motion for new trial, but granted relief from much of the retroactive child support award. In August 2009, Lavoie filed his own petition to modify child support in Utah. In October 2009, while Lavoie's own petition to modify was pending, he filed a "motion to dismiss and strike underlying proceedings for lack of jurisdiction," claiming that the Utah district court had lacked jurisdiction to enforce or modify the South Dakota decree from the inception of the Utah proceedings. Lavoie's motion was premised upon provisions of the Utah Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, see Utah Code Ann. §§ 78B-14-609 to -615, which he claimed exclusively governed the modification of the South Dakota child support award. The Utah district court denied the motion to dismiss, and this appeal followed. No further action has been taken on LaVoie's pending petition to modify. Because a district court has continuing jurisdiction in divorce proceedings under Utah Code section 30-3-5, "several orders in a single divorce proceeding may be final and appealable." Copier v. Copier, 939 P.2d 202, 203 (Utah Ct. App. 1997). Nevertheless, to be a final order in the divorce context, the order "must resolve the controversy between the parties." Id. at 204. The Utah district court did not resolve Lavoie's petition to modify child support prior to his filing of the notice of appeal from the ruling denying his motion to dismiss the proceedings. Because the order being appealed did not resolve the controversy between the parties and actually left the case pending on Lavoie's petition to modify, it was not a final appealable order. Once a court has determined that it lacks jurisdiction, it "retains only the authority to dismiss the action." Varian-Eimac, Inc. v. Lamoreaux, 767 P.2d 569, 570 (Utah Ct. App. 1989). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal without 20100050-CA 2 prejudice to a timely appeal filed after the entry of a final appealable order.1 ______________________________ William A. Thorne Jr., Judge ______________________________ J. Frederic Voros Jr., Judge ______________________________ Michele M. Christiansen, Judge 1 The December 11, 2009 ruling was interlocutory and could be appealed only if Lavoie obtained permission to pursue an interlocutory appeal pursuant to rule 5 of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure. Utah R. App. P. 5. We express no opinion whether the December 11, 2009 ruling satisfied the requirements of Houghton v. Department of Health, 2008 UT 86, 206 P.3d 287, in which the Utah Supreme Court applied rule 7(f)(2) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure to interlocutory orders for purposes of determining when the time to petition for permission to file an interlocutory appeal commences to run. See id. ¶ 11. 20100050-CA 3


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Give me a break…KitKat latest developments (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
Last month the Court of Appeal gave us the latest decision in the long running battle between Nestle and Cadbury. Interestingly, whilst agreeing that the well-known four- fingered chocolate snack should not be registered as a 3D trade mark, all three Lord Justices chose to give their own judgment. And for Nestle, this one might just take the biscuit.
Since making its trade mark application in 2010, Nestle has sought to persuade the powers that be that the KitKat shape is distinctive and acts as a badge of origin. But "No!" said the Court. It could not conclude that a significant proportion of consumers, seeing the shape used in relation to chocolate bars, would perceive it as identifying KitKats or of goods originating from the people who make KitKats. There might be a perception that they looked like KitKats, but that was not enough.
The decision is yet another example of the difficulties that brand owners have in seeking to protect the shape of their products through registered trade marks.
Although applications to register shapes as trade marks are not supposed to be treated differently from any other type of application, the reality is that there is a higher burden for shapes. The Courts are reluctant to grant brands a monopoly, in the form of a registered trade mark, over shapes. And there remains scepticism about the extent to which the shape of a product alone (rather than shapes used in combination with words and logos) is capable of identifying a specific brand.
But some may be surprised by the decision – particularly consumers. They are often far more capable of identifying a product as coming from one source rather than another, based on the product's shape, than the courts give them credit for.
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Playing with fire: user-generated content on Twitter (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
The strange world of Twitter, where brands engage with their customers at their peril. The main lesson learned from the recent #WalkersWave Twitter promotion is one that brands have heard before: the British public love nothing more than a piss-take.
Public goes nutellay crazy for AI design (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
Nutella hit the headlines in February this year after using an algorithm to produce millions of unique labels in Italy. The jars flew off the shelves with customers keen to get their hands on a one-of-a kind jar. Each label design was completely unique with only the Nutella logo remaining the same.
Get me a #covfefe (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
In case you missed it, the 45th President of the United States recently took his habit of late night tweeting to a new low. Presumably meaning to rail against the 'mainstream media' coverage, Trump instead complained of "negative press covfefe" and trailed off mid-sentence. Cue ridicule and the hashtag #covfefe trending on Twitter.
All hands on deck as creative industries and search engines tackle online piracy (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
The UK Government, through the UKIPO, Ofcom and DMCS, has helped broker an agreement between Google, Bing, the BPI and Motion Picture Association over a new voluntary code of practice.
To UPC or not UPC – implementation of Unified Patent Court delayed (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is intended to provide a regional forum resolve patent disputes. At the moment, parties have to litigate patent disputes on a country by country basis across Europe, which is time-consuming, expensive and can lead to differing decisions in some countries. UPC decisions will have effect in all 25 states participating in the UPC, providing a single forum to resolve these disputes.
Champagne supernova: Cristal brand owner sues cava producer (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
Do you know your Champagne from your Cava? Quite possibly, but a High Court judge held in late 2015 that a Spanish cava producer trading under the brand name, "Cristalino" had used a confusingly similar sign to that of the famous tipple preferred by rappers and the like, "Cristal".
Clash of the Titans: Google v Uber (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
In February, Waymo, part of Google's parent company, sued Uber for theft of confidential information. Allegedly, a former employee of Waymo, who had been a key part of Google's driverless car initiative, took 14,000 files and then shortly jumped ship to start up his own autonomous vehicle company. A short time later, Uber acquired the start-up for $680 million.


Quite like its predecessors, the core gameplay of GTA IV consists of giving the player a large, open world environment in which to move around freely. On foot, the player character can walk, run, jump, climb over obstacles and swim, as well as use weapons and perform basic hand-to-hand combat. Players can steal and drive a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats, helicopters, and motorcycles. Grand Theft Auto IV takes advantage of Natural Motion's Euphoria engine, which combines artificial intelligence, bio-mechanics and physics to make open, non-linear environments that allow players to explore and choose how they wish to play the game. Although storyline missions are necessary to progress through the game and unlock certain content and parts of the city, they are not required, as players can complete them at their own leisure. When not attempting a storyline mission, players can free-roam, giving them the ability to do activities. Side missions such as locating and destroying criminals in the police car database or participating in street races can keep the player occupied for hours.
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Gesk (, also Romanized as Gesg and Kesk; also known as Gesk-e 'Olyā) is a village in Safiabad Rural District, Bam and Safiabad District, Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 463, in 139 families.

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Populated places in Esfarayen County


I have an awful mess of flyer miles and from work and credit card rewards programs. I'd like to use them to make it out to Greece this summer. The problem is these rewards are spread over different accounts with different airlines, and I just never have the time to sort through them. Can i get them combined for one roundtrip ticket?
Suggest you check out a frequent flyer web site.
If the miles are with one airline, but different accts., then you can transfer. The cost is normally about 3 cents per mile. United is the cheapest at 1 cent per mile.
If they are in different airlines, you may be able to use a service like points.com to combine. Remember, you are going to get slammed when you do this, as you will only get about 25% of your miles, if the respective companies are part of the Points.com group.
The short answer is No. They're called loyalty programs for a reason, and you have shown no loyalty, it sounds like.
But post the complete details here of what you have, and it may be possible to make some suggestions.
...though not very likely for transatlantic travel for this summer - -in general, all the award seats for summertime transatlantic travel have been claimed by others, some months ago.
I use a free website called leveragecard.com that helps to organize ff miles and rewards. It helps to have all your credits and miles in front of you. I think you can also swap miles with other users, but I haven't tried it. hope that helps.
If you're talking about Amex and Diners Club points, you used to be able to convert those points to Frequent Flyer miles. I haven't had those points for a few years so I don't know if they still offer it. There are also several airlines that participate in the Star Alliance program which includes United and USair and several others. I believe you can combine miles from airlines in that program.


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Q: Is it right to say "after which time" as in the sentence mentioned herein? "Fermentation took place in an incubator at 28C for 24 hours, after which time the grains were separated from the medium with a plastic sieve and plunged in a fresh medium"

A: Fifi, my writing ear instructs to break the sentence to two sentences:
Fermentation took place in an incubator at 28C for 24 hours. Afterward, the grains were separated from the medium with a plastic sieve and then plunged into a fresh medium.

A: "Then the grains were separated from the medium with a plastic sieve and plunged into a fresh medium" a fine choice as well.


Liverpool's owner, Fenway Sports Group, has performed a major U-turn over its planned ticket price rises and issued a public apology to supporters who felt compelled to walk out of Saturday's game against Sunderland.
The compromise that the manager, Jürgen Klopp, had called for has resulted in general admission prices being frozen at 2015-16 levels for the next two seasons, the removal of game categorisations and the number of £9 tickets being increased to 10,000 across a Premier League campaign.
In an open letter to the club's fans the principal owner, John W Henry, chairman Tom Werner and FSG's president Mike Gordon concede "part of the ticketing plan we got wrong" and that it was the strength of opposition to their proposals that forced the rethink.
An estimated 10,000 fans left Anfield in the 77th minute of last Saturday's match. That exodus, following chants of "You greedy bastards, enough is enough", left FSG stunned and prompted swift discussions between the Boston-based owner and senior management in Liverpool. Four days later they had abandoned the most contentious features of a ticket-price structure that was 13 months in consultation.
The highly controversial plans for a £77 matchday ticket in the redeveloped main stand and season tickets of £1,029 have been scrapped. Instead, they will remain at £59 and £869 respectively. FSG is to freeze revenue streams from general admission tickets for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons rather than seek to raise income to £39m once Anfield's capacity rises to 54,000. Ticket revenue stands at £35m.
FSG has been stung by accusations of avarice and protests that threaten Klopp's ideal of unity between fans and the club. The open letter states the new main stand is being constructed thanks to a "£120m advance from FSG" – an interest-free loan – but that depth of anger against the proposed ticket prices forced the urgent review. "The widespread opposition to this element of the plan has made it clear that we were mistaken," it adds.
The decision to end game categorisation will be well-received by supporters who currently pay for six category A games a season, 10 category B and three category C. Matchday tickets next season will be the same price regardless of Liverpool's opponent and proposed £9 seats for category C matches will now be available for every Premier League game.
FSG admits "individual ticket prices may move marginally from this season" but, as well as scrapping the biggest planned increases, it is to retain initiatives to make 20,000 tickets available across a Premier League season at a 50% reduction for 17-21-year-olds. Free 1,000 tickets across a league campaign for local schoolchildren also remain.
Wednesday's announcement followed widespread opposition to the Liverpool owner's initial plans plus Premier League prices in general. The walkout, organised by the supporters groups Spion Kop 1906 and Spirit of Shankly, led to an early-day motion being tabled by the Southport MP John Pugh, who called on parliament to support the protests and condemned the club's owner. The Football Supporters' Federation also intends to meet with fans of all Premier League clubs to consider a unified course of action against rising ticket costs.
FSG's climbdown met with a positive response from Spirit of Shankly and Spion Kop 1906. A joint statement read: "Although the last week has been a sorry tale in the recent history of the relationship between owners of LFC and the club's supporters, it has also seen both the best of what Liverpool FC supporters are about and the incredible power those same supporters have to promote change for the better at LFC.
"Today's announcement has to be seen a positive step in repairing the relationship between owners and supporters. If they had recognised what was being said by supporters about the impact of the original price rises (perhaps by actually meeting with their own Ticketing Working Group) then much of the embarrassment and upset of the last four days would have been avoided. It is a sobering lesson in listening to your supporters properly.
"We welcome these changes from the owners and that they have recognised the mistake made and apologised for it. We take no delight in them being wrong. It helps no one. What is important though is that a lesson is learned and that proper engagement and taking note of supporters' concerns occurs and those views are taken more seriously. We started this process to make football cheaper for all LFC supporters, to make it fairer and to increase access for younger and local supporters. This proposal is not our panacea.
"More must be done to make football affordable. However we have always stated that this is a journey that the owners should embark upon and this is a positive step in the right direction towards fairness and away from greed, but it is only one step.


Back in the early '90s, I really wanted to get made up, dressed in fancy clothes, and take a series of professional head shots at the mall. In retrospect, I'm glad I never did.
12. Whatever you do, don't become a "Granny Glamour Shot"


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Q: Easiest way to setup a SMTP server to receive mail? I want to setup a SMTP server to receive all mails.
I have only found mail sending software so far (like postfix).
But I want to have software to make the server being able to receive mails.
Bonus points if it could work like temporary mailsites, like mailinator.com (I know, but no DNS MX forwarding advice please) and fakemailgenerator.com.

A: You should definitely try iRedMail

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*Unlimited number of virtual mail domains, users, mail lists, aliases, admins.

Just download, extract and run the script.
Installation guide

A: Postfix, Exim, Sendmail and the rest are Mail Transfer Agents and can act as a Mail Submission Agent, Mail Exchange, Mail Transfer Agent, and Mail Delivery Agent.  Given the proper cofiguration they will both send and receive email.  (If you want to run your own  Mail Exchange (MX) server you need a fixed address, and should get your IP address provider to configure your PTR address with your mail servers domain name.)
However, to retrieve email from a service like mailinator you need a program like fetchmail which will read mail from an inbox and pass it to your local MSA (Mail Submission Agent).  The trick with a service like mailinator could be to configure pick up addresses dynamically.


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January 17, 2014 Space Telescope Science Institute
Cosmic Archeology
Today's guest post is by Dr. Mario Livio, Hubble astrophysicist and author of the blog "A Curious Mind." A version of this post appeared previously on Dr. Livio's blog.
During the Christmas season of 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope was pointed for 10 consecutive days at an area in the sky not larger than the one you would see through a drinking straw. The region of sky, in the Ursa Major constellation, was selected so as to be as "boring" as possible — empty of stars in both our own Milky Way galaxy and in relatively nearby galaxies. The idea was for Hubble to take as deep an image of the distant universe as possible. The resulting image was astounding. With very few exceptions, every point of light in this image is an entire galaxy, with something like 100 billion stars like the Sun.
The original Hubble Deep Field image.
Detailed analysis revealed that the very remote galaxies were physically smaller in size than today's galaxies, and that their morphologies were more disturbed. Unlike the grand-design spirals or smooth elliptical shapes that we see in relatively close galaxies, the distant objects look like train wrecks. Both of these observations fit nicely into the idea that galaxies evolve largely by "mergers and acquisitions." Small building blocks merge together to form larger ones, or cold flows of dark matter along dense filaments fuel the growth. What we see in the distant past are those interacting—and hence smaller and less regular in shape—building blocks.
Since then, Hubble observed even deeper, producing the "Hubble Ultra Deep Field" in 2004, and then in 2009 an image that included infrared observations taken with the new Wide Field Camera 3. This observation allowed astronomers to glimpse the universe at its infancy, when it was less than 500 million years old (the universe today is 13.8 billion years old). The Deep Field observations have also enabled researchers to reconstruct the history of global cosmic star formation. We now know that about 8 billion years ago the universe reached its peak in terms of the new star-birth rate, and that rate has been declining ever since — our universe is past its prime.
This tiny object in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is a compact galaxy of blue stars that existed 480 million years after the Big Bang. Its light traveled 13.2 billion years to reach Hubble.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory has created its own Deep Field observations, discovering hundreds of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei, where disks feed mass onto central black holes, and emit copious x-ray radiation.
Infrared observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope completed the picture of the deepest images of the cosmos to date. Together, Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer have created a detailed tapestry of a dynamic, evolving universe in which some two hundred billion galaxies are within the reach of our present telescopes.
Currently, Hubble is engaged in observing six new deep fields, each one centering on a galaxy cluster whose gravity can deflect, multiply, and magnify the light from more distant objects (the effect is known as "gravitational lensing"). In parallel, Hubble will also observe six deep "blank" fields. The goal is to use those so-called "Frontier Fields" to reveal populations of fainter galaxies, and to characterize the morphologies of distant star-forming galaxies.
The first of these super-deep views of the universe has already revealed almost 3000 of previously unseen, distant galaxies.
To see the very first galaxies that formed in our universe, we will have to await the James Webb Space Telescope, on schedule for launch in 2018. From a cosmic perspective, new discoveries are just around the corner!
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Back in elementary, KEITH used to lead a group of kids to do excitements, such as gunfight with security guards, spying intelligence at the central control room, bombing police facilities, and today's protagonist — rope-down from a skyscraper.
One day after school, KEITH decided to rope down on his own, just to kill time. However, the rope accidentally tied itself a taut knot around his belay/rappel device, KEITH was stuck in the middle of the air, 95 meters (312 feet) from the ground.
After struggling for a while, KEITH decided not to let himself die in this embarrassing way. He untied himself from the harness, thus he lost his only protection but was free from the rope. He wrapped the rope around his waist and legs, then slowly pull himself down about five meters (16.5 feet) so he could reach to a window. He broke into the apartment, luckily nobody was home.


If God is the Almighty, then why does He allow pain and suffering to be endured in the lives of the people we know and love? Or, what about when we're watching the news and the stories bring sadness to your heart…why does He have innocent people get hurt?
He doesn't want these things to happen. Unfortunately, our world is a big ball of good and bad. People's actions and spoken words are constantly working in their favor…or, not… And, without knowing, we sometimes cross paths with those that are experiencing their natural consequences for their actions, a.k.a., karma in the works.
It's up to us to remain strong in our faith when the negativity pierces through our "faith bubble", and, always remember that God doesn't orchestrate the darkness. He's the light. We are on the same team.
Judges 6:11 – 16,24 Go with the strength you have….I will be with you.
God gives us hope for the future; we can rely on His strength when we are weak.
P.S. What energies are you putting out into the universe?


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 Matjaž Žunko, matematik, ekonomist
 Pavel Žunko (1927-) telesnovzgojni (športni) delavec
 Peter Žunko (*1939), elektrotehnik, energetik, univ. profesor

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jamovi is a new "3rd generation" statistical spreadsheet. designed from the ground up to be easy to use, jamovi is a compelling alternative to costly statistical products such as SPSS and SAS.
jamovi is built on top of the R statistical language, giving you access to the best the statistics community has to offer. would you like the R code for your analyses? jamovi can provide that too.
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If you have a good deal on the table, realize the value.
Always do what you fear most—there's immense power there.
[09:54] – Commit to learning!
What is a personal habit that contributes to your success?—I set big, audacious goals.


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Our stories matter. Our solidarity matters. Words matter. Music matters. Diversity matters.
The air we breathe, our education, our leaders. Art and style matter. Free expression. Our ideas, our confidence, our crafts.
We may acknowledge that all of the above matters, but we also need to celebrate it. We need others to hear our stories, we need others to see us in order to go forward. To build confidence, to build bridges to have fun. To be young.
And that is exactly what we will be doing. Celebrating us. Celebrating you. Celebrating youth.
We will be acknowledging each other's stories, endorsing each other's wins over the struggles we face in this society and most importantly we will be having fun.
We invite you to have fun with us. Listen to music, enjoy some good food, bask in the sun while you browse a local bazaar that blasts with creativity, and most importantly appreciate the exhibition we have put together of the stories of prominent young people in this society.
This exhibition will not be your typical walk and stare one and these stories are not promotion for the ones featured but an encouragement for everyone to share theirs. This exhibition is starring you as well.
We want to know your stories while we enjoy the exhibition. We want to know what else matters to youth in order for us to strive for a society where youth is prominent in the sense of decision making, art, empowerment, leadership, equality and so on and so on.
So, come along on the 7th of April (Sunday) at 12:00 at MKC. It will be hard to miss, outside in the sun food, drinks and good bands, a bazaar welcoming you and inside an exhibition like no other you've been at before.


Sem Devillart is a cultural analyst and strategist focused on visual and online culture. For the last fifteen years, she has collaborated with top organizations on innovative methods to turn cultural signals into high-value intelligence, media content, products and business models. Recently, Sem worked on the start up of a responsive, data driven creative agency at Omnicom. Sem is a founding faculty member of the Masters Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She studied semiotics, design and comparative religion in Tuebingen and Milan and grew up on three continents, between seven languages...early training in spotting hidden patterns in what's happening.