Hydrating, like diet, is extremely important in fitness and in..
Hydrating, like diet, is extremely important in fitness and in sport in general.
If the body does not get enough calories during physical effort, it can take them from its own 'deposits' of adipose tissue.
Or even from the muscular proteins; but when water is insufficient, things are much more complicated and there are bigger risks for the body.
Water is involved in all the metabolic processes.
So not providing the body with enough liquid can have as a consequence perturbation of the bio-chemical reactions.
Which directly influences the effectiveness of the training and even the practitioner's state of health.
Physical effort, especially the aerobic one, leads to dehydration through perspiration (which regulates the temperature of the body, preventing over-heating).
There is a very strict rule which imposes drinking water (liquid) before, during and after physical effort.
Besides regulating the body temperature.
Correct hydrating helps eliminating the toxic substances resulted during and after the training (urea, sodium, etc.) easier; hydration acts like a 'means of transport' through perspiration and urine.
Thus, the metabolism of blood sugar, lipids and proteins is developed in good conditions. Ensuring contraction force for short time and especially for resistance efforts.
There is also the opposite of dehydration – over hydration, due to excessive consume of water.
In this situation, besides the inconvenient of very frequent urination.
The blood vessels are overloaded and this leads to making the work of the heart. Which must provide a much too big volume of pumping, more difficult.
As a consequence, the effectiveness of the training is hindered and the sport performance does not get to the expected level.
The sensation of 'heavy body' can also appear for the practitioner of common fitness.
As for the type of liquids, the sportsman must supervise the level of effort which produces dehydration and melting of the glycogen reserves.
Besides water, the practitioner can use isotonic drinks, (which have an electrolytic composition similar to the one of the body) or liquids containing sugar easy and quick to absorb by the body (fructose, glucose, dextrose, etc.).
All of these can contribute to fast restore of the glycogen reserves of the body.
It is advisable to drink the liquids in small and frequent doses.
So that the body assimilates them better and they do not briskly overload the body during effort.
Both in over hydrating and in dehydrating, there is the risk of 'putting to work' too much the renal excretory function.
Over hydrating can have as a consequence significant elimination of electrolytes.
Which are precious for the body (potassium, sodium, iron, zinc, etc), and they need to be replaced from sources as natural as possible (fruit, vegetables, mineral water, etc.).
In case of dehydrating, the volume of urine will be severely diminished because the body will try to retain mineral salts and vitamins.
Besides unwanted deposits, renal lithiasis, gout, etc., a very severe consequence of this effort of the body to retain liquid is renal blocking.
Correct hydrating involves a certain discipline.
Which means that liquids must be consumed repeatedly during the day, not only during physical effort.
A person must not get to feel thirst.
This is only a very late alarm, signaling that the right quantity of water has been missing from the body for a couple of hours.
Except while eating and immediately after, in order not to perturb digestion by excessive diluting.
A real prophylaxis of dehydrating and over hydrating can be made through correct, constant and preventive consume of liquids.
Which Fluid Hydrates Best: Water or a Sports Drink?
Why do sports drinks hydrate better than water?
First, fluids are absorbed through the gut and into the bloodstream faster when their osmolality closely matches that of body fluids such as blood.
Osmolality is the concentration of dissolved particles in a fluid. Sports drinks contain dissolved minerals (sodium, etc.) and carbohydrates, whereas water doesn't, so water doesn't reach the bloodstream as quickly.
Sodium and other nutrients also play important roles in regulating fluid balance in the body. In other words, they help determine how much fluid enters into muscle fibers and other cells, how much remains in the blood, and so forth.
Again, because sports drinks contain these nutrients, they do a better job of allowing the body to maintain optimal fluid balance, which is an important aspect of hydration that few athletes consider.
A third advantage of sports drinks over water with respect to hydration is that the sodium content of sports drinks stimulates thirst, so athletes usually drink more when they have a sports drink than when they have plain water.
Not all sports drinks hydrate equally. Those that contain higher amounts of sodium are preferable, because they are absorbed quicker and maintain fluid balance in the blood and muscles better.
Choose a sports drink that contains at least 15 mg of sodium per oz.
New research suggests that sports drinks containing a small amount of protein may also hydrate better than conventional sports drinks.
Protein is an often-overlooked nutrient that affects osmolality just as minerals and carbs do. Therefore the addition of protein to a sports drink has the potential to increase its absorption rate.


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Magic of Stella
Episode 1 also reviewed here: Anime 1st episodes 2016: M
Also known as: Stella no Mahou
Medium: TV, series
Director: Shinya Kawatsura
Original creator: cloba.U
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
Actor: Akira Sekine, Aoi Yuki, Ari Ozawa, Ayaka Imamura, Chinatsu Akasaki, Daiki Mukoyama, Juurouta Kosugi, Maria Naganawa, Mutsumi Tamura, Rie Murakawa, Ryoko Maekawa, Satomi Arai, Sayuri Sadaoka, Shino Shimoji, Shun Horie, Wataru Kato, Yo Taichi
Keywords: anime
Format: 12 episodes
Url: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18155
Website category: Anime 2016
Review date: 15 November 2017
It's about an after-school club for making computer games. Not a lot happens. They make a game and take it to Comiket. Then they make another. That's it. It's a nice, likeable show that's a bit soporific for the first half of the season, but then livens up in the second half. In the end, I quite liked it and I'd happily watch a second season.
(There's no magic or fantasy in this show, by the way. I think the title refers to something in one of the games.)
There are usually four club members, plus some friends and supporting characters. They're all schoolgirls. The problem with the first half of the season is that everyone's basically just being nice, without creating enough friction or distinctiveness to push the show in anything you'd call a direction. The episodes are pleasant, but a bit forgettable. Everyone's friendly and supportive, working together towards a common goal. Going through the cast... 1. Tamaki Honda's the main character and the club's artist. She has a rural accent that she usually hides and she might possibly like her father a bit too much, which might be why she's always drawing mature men. 2. Shiina's the deadpan, insecure club president who's bad at talking to strangers. 3. Ayame and 4. Kayo are the club's scriptwriter and musician respectively and they're quite similar types, both being chirpy, cheerful and a bit happy-go-lucky.
I didn't mind watching them. They're nice people. However the show only comes alive halfway through, with ep.6 and ep.7 having memorable things happening before the club attracts a reality-resistant fangirl in ep.8. Her name's Minaha Iino and she transforms the show. It comes alive. Episodes actually have somewhere to go. Minaha wants to challenge Tamaki as an artist, while also worshipping Ayame's writing so much that she refuses to admit that Ayame is Ayame. In Minaha's version of reality, there are two Ayames. One is the chirpy wannabe in glasses (to be disliked) and the other is a beautiful, otherworldly genius (to be adored). Ayame can turn herself into Minaha's Ayame by removing her glasses and putting on make-up.
What's more, Ayame's embarrassed by that old story Minaha loves so much. She wrote it ages ago and it's a bit on the filthy side. This was particularly funny in ep.9.
It's not an essential show. It's a gentle, likeable one that improves from "inoffensive" to "lively and funny". I like the way Honda improves her artistic skills in ep.9, doing intelligent things to stretch her talents and working pretty hard at it. There's quite an interesting discussion in ep.11 about the meaning of artistic creation and whether it's egocentric to say there are things only you can do. The season ending is warm, satisfying and nice. The stupid misunderstanding in ep.7 could have been annoying, but instead piles up to such an extent that it does become genuinely funny. I wouldn't say the show's good enough to recommend, but it's never bad and it's always happy and likeable. I enjoyed it. There's enough in it to make it worth watching.

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One filter arrived damaged due to poor packaging but was still usable.
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All was very good except the price, which was just good.
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They arrived on time and in good condition. It fit into our furnace. Won't know how it works until it's time to change it.
Higher MERV rating at lesser cost including delivery.
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Came on time, the price was right. Better and sturdier cardboard should be considered for shipping these large filters. Box was too flimsy for size of four filters. eg Honeywell 20x25x5 MERV 13 .
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Just put the filter in.
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We had a hard-to-fit filter. We picked the wrong size. Filter buy helped us find the right fit and didn't require us to return the wrong filter. The customer service was off the charts. We'll be customers for life!
they didn't have the honeywell name on them,they have your name on them?
Filters look nice. Quality construction.
Order was easy...shipped fast...happy, happy,happy!! Hope recurring orders goes just as smoothly.
Great filters, smooth transaction, quick delivery.
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Received filters quickly and as indicated.
Fast shipping, correct product, good price. Filters had no protection and we're partially crushed on arrival. Also, the filters were not available with the foam strips on the tophone and bottom.
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Ordering process very good and good availability of product. Have not installed yet.
Quick and efficient order processing, fast delivery, filter fit perfectly. Will give another review in 6 months on how effective filters have been.
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THEY LOOK VERY WELL MADE. BOUGHT THE WRONG SIZE. REORDERED THE CORRECT SIZE.EXCELLENT PRICE AND DELIVERY.
Great customer service and response.
All went well, except for the skipping; there wss no, inside the box, support at the seam.
Dimensions were exact, so it fit into the opening.
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2 of the 4 had cracked cardboard casing in the filter containing external support box. The shipping box did not look too bad, Probability is that they were damaged in shipment, however the packaging appeared pretty casual. I hope, when installed, these 2 filters will seal and work.well.
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Filter was a good price.
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I can't be sure how the new filters will work. They will be installed the next time I need my filters changed.
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Purchased the 4-pack and the filters fit in my enclosure like a glove.
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received them quick and it works well.
Delivery was average. Filters arrived in perfect shape. The best price I could find for these filters. Very happy with my purchase.
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Fit well (actual measurements are smaller than 20 x 25 x 5) and seams to be working OK, too. Great price!
The filters came I haven't opened the box as of yet.
very pleased with everything except shipping packaging. Sending by FedX or UPS requires good packing. The filters were thrown loose into a larger box. With no packing the box will get crushed 95% of the time. So the box was crushed and the filters were crushed but still usable. These large filters are expensive so they need to be packed well.
We ordered a 2-pack of the Honeywell 20x25x5 MERV 11 Replacement Filters. Ordering process was secure and easy, filters shipped quickly and arrived well-packaged and in perfect condition within a week. We've ordered filters in the past that arrived broken and dented, so the care with which FilterBuy packaged the order was very much appreciated. Great prices also, much less than we have paid our local HVAC servicing company or other vendors for replacement filters. Will definitely order again, probably the 4-pack now that we know we'll be getting a high-quality product.
We received it on time, thanks.
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Have ordered this size filter before but for some reason this filter is a little longer, so it doesn't fit in the furnace is it should.
No issues everything was perfect!
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Have not used filter yet, but installed perfectly in my Honeywell electronic filter unit to replace cartridges. My only complaint is the shipping damage, not severe enough to replace, due to flimsy filter surround. The perimeter needs to be made of sturdier paper or better packaging. I have noticed other purchasers complaining of this same problem, some needing replacement.
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Price was great but I did not realize I was not purchasing a product from the original filter manufacturer. I will see how it works out.
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Very pleased with quick service and how well the filter fit. No problem.
I ordered a set of four larger filters for our home AC. They were shipped in two boxes. One was delivered and the second never made I to our house for some reason. FilterBuy shipped us a replacement order right away. I haven't used any of these filters yet but they look as good as any others we have gotten and these cost less.
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Fast delivery o hard to find size!!!
Great to find a vendor offering the products. We have purchased from Filterbuy for 3 summers. It's been a good shopping experience.
Good buy. High quality. Fit perfectly.
Very efficient and great pricing!
Filters arrived promptly and undamaged this time.
Service was quick and products were as advertised.
Very fast delivery, and saved 65% over having our maintenance technician replace them.
That was cheaper than in the store. . Shipping was quick.
Fits perfectly and delivered on time as promised. Love the auto replacement feature do I know when to change it again when the new one arrives. This is a better filter than other ones 8ve had in the past which seemed lower quality and didn't indicate air flow direction.
Works and fits as expected.
Works and fits as expected. Wish the price was a little better.
The customer support was very helpful in helping order the correct filter. The filter came quickly and fit my equipment. However, there was a dent in a small part of one edge of the box containing the filter. I called customer service to inform you of the defect and you sent anew one completely free.
Good to go. Quick delivery.
Good to go. Quick delivery. Right product, no damage.
A very convenient way for me to buy my filters because the 5" ones are very hard to impossible to find. And, when I buy in bulk like 8 at a time, it comes in a huge box that I then cut Windows and a door for my 2 Nephew's (ages 18 & 21 months) to play inside and my other 2 Nephew's ( 5 & 7 years) to draw on ... It's a win win for everyone !
Great job, The ordering was simple and it only took two days to get them.
No Problem. Ordered the filter I needed and the delivery was on time. Thank You!
Fine quality, fast shipping and affordable price.
super fast shipping...great return policy...user friendly!!!!!!!
Received the ordered filters in record time. One end of filters was crushed, but when FilterCom notified, a replacement filter was sent without our even requesting at no cost to us. Definitely a firm with quality products and topline customer service we will use for all our HVAC filter needs.
After receiving my filters, our furnace broke so we had to replace it and these filters did not fit the new furnace. I called to return them and they said they'd credit my account and I should donate them! I thought that was a great thing for them to do!!
Advertised size: 20x24.75x4.38 Shipped: 19.75x24.875x4.25.
Really appreciate the price and scheduled delivery when time to replace - so I do not have to remember!
The replcement filters arrived in good shape this time. Thanks for your quick response!
Fit perfectly - so far so good!
Great service!! On time delivery!!
Filter received and seems ok.
The filter is exactly as I expected. The quality is equal to the honey well filter I have been using.
Easy to use website. Found filter size right away. Fast shipping. Product fits well and looks to provide good service.
I just installed the filters in my two HVAC systems yesterday. They fit perfectly and the systems ran without any problems, The replacement filters are a great buy and I will continue to purchase them in six months.
Quick processing on order. Perfect fit. Pleased so far.
Excellent, fast delivery, great price!
Filter fit well into the slot designated for it. Only suggestion is to indicate which direction air flow should go in order to assure correct orientation in the HVAC.


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Pradaxa Manufacturer Worried Patients May Have Needed Additional Testing
Justin Lane
New documents have revealed that employees of the pharmaceutical manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim were worried that sales of Pradaxa could have been damaged if it gained knowledge that users of the popular blood thinner could have required additional testing.
Pradaxa was approved for sale in U.S. markets in 2010. Since then, lawsuits have been mounting against the manufacturer over allegations that the blood thinner has caused the deaths of thousands of patients.
The new documents in the Pradaxa lawsuit were unsealed last Thursday by Judge David R. Herndon.
According to the New York Times, the drug has been responsible for more than $2 billion worth of sales in the United States and prescribed to 850,000 patients. Regrettably, NYT also notes that the drug has been tied to more 1,000 deaths.
Despite this, Boehringer Ingelheim has cited that the FDA has upheld the safety of Pradaxa. However, as we have noted before, the FDA's study regarding the safety of Pradaxa has been called into question by experts.
The internal emails between employees expressed that patients could benefit from continued blood monitoring, that Boehringer Ingelheim could have developed the necessary testing, but instead, it was decided that the company would not develop such a test.
Pradaxa has been promoted as a "safe" alternative to the drug warfarin.
However, the emails express concern that the company's internal findings would produce complications in discussions with regulatory bodies.
"This publication will more harm than be useful for us, neither in the market but especially harmful in discussions with regulatory bodies."
Unlike the drug that Pradaxa has practically replaced, warfarin, Pradaxa has no antidote to counteract the anticoagulating effect.
"Can't this be avoided?" an email read.
Joshua is a writer and researcher with Ring of Fire. You can follow him on Twitter @Joshual33.
Justin Lane is a contributor to Ring of Fire. Email him at ROFJLane@gmail.com. Follow at Twitter @liberalfire
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"""Models for representing build data."""
import uuid

from datetime import datetime

from drydock_provisioner import objects

import drydock_provisioner.error as errors

class BuildData(object):
    """Build data

    :param node_name: The name of the node the data was collected from.
    :param task_id: The uuid.UUID ID of the task initiating the collection
    :param collected_data: Date/time the data was collected
    :param generator: String description of the source of data (e.g. ``lshw``)
    :param data_format: String MIME-type of ``data_element``
    :param data_element: Data to be saved, will be cast to ``str``
    """

    def __init__(self,
                 node_name=None,
                 task_id=None,
                 collected_date=None,
                 generator=None,
                 data_format=None,
                 data_element=None):
        """Initiator for BuildData."""
        if not all((node_name, task_id, generator, data_format, data_element)):
            raise ValueError("Required field missing.")

        try:
            if isinstance(data_element, bytes):
                data_element = data_element.decode('utf-8')
            elif not isinstance(data_element, str):
                data_element = str(data_element)
        except Exception as ex:
            raise errors.BuildDataError(
                "Error saving build data - data_element type %s could"
                "not be cast to string." % str(type(data_element)))

        self.node_name = node_name
        self.task_id = task_id
        self.collected_date = collected_date or datetime.utcnow()
        self.generator = generator
        self.data_format = data_format
        self.data_element = data_element

    @classmethod
    def obj_name(cls):
        return cls.__name__

    def to_db(self):
        """Convert this instance to a dictionary for use persisting to a db.

        include_id=False can be used for doing an update where the primary key
        of the table shouldn't included in the values set

        :param include_id: Whether to include task_id in the dictionary
        """
        _dict = {
            'node_name':
            self.node_name,
            'task_id':
            self.task_id.bytes,
            'collected_date':
            None if self.collected_date is None else str(self.collected_date),
            'generator':
            self.generator,
            'data_format':
            self.data_format,
            'data_element':
            self.data_element,
        }

        return _dict

    def to_dict(self, verbosity=2):
        """Convert this instance to a dictionary.

        Intended for use in JSON serialization
        ``verbosity`` of 1 omits the data_element

        :param verbosity: integer of how verbose to make the result.
        """
        _dict = {
            'node_name':
            self.node_name,
            'task_id':
            str(self.task_id),
            'collected_date':
            None if self.collected_date is None else str(self.collected_date),
            'generator':
            self.generator,
            'data_format':
            self.data_format,
        }

        if verbosity > 1:
            _dict['data_element'] = self.data_element

        return _dict

    @classmethod
    def from_db(cls, d):
        """Create an instance from a DB-based dictionary.

        :param d: Dictionary of instance data
        """
        d['task_id'] = uuid.UUID(bytes=bytes(d.get('task_id')))

        i = BuildData(**d)

        return i

# Add BuildData to objects scope
setattr(objects, BuildData.obj_name(), BuildData)

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Sanary is the place where my granparents Mamée and Papé were living. It's a lovely place on the French Riviera, very popular in summer. I used to come here every summer when I was little, and my family and I go everyday to swim in the Mediterranean Sea. In this place, my grangranmother also lives, in another appartment.


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Essays on Capital Expenditure, Business Model, and Operating Performance in the Global Semiconductor Industry
Guangshun Qiao, Clemson UniversityFollow
Paul P. Wilson
Frederick F. Hanssen
Matthew M. Lewis
Yichen Y. Zhou
This dissertation is comprised of three essays on operating performance in the global semiconductor industry, focusing on the impact of capital expenditure and business model.In the first chapter, I apply a panel data stochastic frontier approach to investigate the impacts of different business models in operating efficiencies in the global semiconductor industry. The efficiency scores are linked with the financial ratios and specified by cumulative probit distribution function, cumulative logit distribution function, and the Gumbel function respectively after disentangling the heterogeneity by the within transformation. The estimates by the nonlinear least squares technique indicate that the asset-light fabless companies have relatively higher efficiency scores among the different operating models in the global semiconductor industry. In the second chapter, I associate the semiparametric modified ordinary least squares approach by Simar et al. (2017) with the nonparametric shape constraint regression approach by Du et al. (2013) for performance evaluation in the semiconductor industry. Using panel data on 470 companies in the global semiconductor industry over 1999–2018, I compare technical efficiencies between the integrated device manufacturer business model and the fabless-foundry business model. The performance differences between the vertically integrated manufactures and the vertically specialized fabless and foundry firms are disentangled by the intensity of labor and capital in a very flexible format. The estimation results indicate that the capital intensive integrated device manufacturers taking the advantage of the economies of scale are operating more efficiently than the niche fabless companies in the global semiconductor industry. In the third chapter, I use a nonparametric production frontier approach to investigate the operating efficiency differences by the impacts of business model and capital expenditure in the global semiconductor industry. By using panel data on 470 companies in the global semiconductor industry over the 20 years 1999–2018, I compare the operating efficiencies between the integrated device manufacturers and the fabless and foundry firms. Handling the impact of capital expenditure as fixed input by directional distance estimator, I find that the fabless firms are operating less efficiently on average and that vertically integrated manufacturers dominate the semiconductor industry.
Qiao, Guangshun, "Essays on Capital Expenditure, Business Model, and Operating Performance in the Global Semiconductor Industry" (2021). All Dissertations. 2807.
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The beautiful Kendall Jenner is no less that an inspiration when it comes to street style!
Her edgy, fashionable looks are so charming that I decided to dedicate this post to the gorgeous 19-year old's casual looks.
You can check out lots more on my new page- WHATSHESPOTTED!


Forever Labs has the answer to your sunscreen woes: freeze your stem cells and stop wearing it altogether*. Borne of the prestigious Y-Combinator, Forever Labs figured that since stem cells can become any type of cell needed in the body. Using a process that involves a patented device to collect and grow the cells, the company is still seeking FDA approval to inject those cells back into your withered corpse.
*Please don't actually do this, cancer is real.


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New De Anza College baseball coach inspired to lead college sports2 min read
Saman Mashayekhi
Saman Mashayekhi, Staff Reporter
Why do you want to coach at De Anza? "Because they're the Dons," said Don Watkins jokingly.
Don Watkins, De Anza College's new head baseball coach, said his father inspired him to begin participating in the sport.
Watkins started his path as a troubled youth who was not interested in school. His father, who played baseball professionally, was drafted by the Angels in 1962 as a pitcher, but soon after he decided to enroll in the military and serve in Vietnam.
Because of his father's involvement in baseball, Watkins started playing the sport at a very young age, but not professionally.
He said with a laugh,"Ironically I didn't play baseball in college or professionally."
After barely graduating high school, he joined the army and served in two wars. After leaving the service, Watkins became a truck driver.
His then-girlfriend, now-wife who is a volleyball coach, encouraged him to go back to school and finish up his studies to be able to become a coach.
Watkins' father and wife were his two inspirations for finishing up his bachelor's and master's degrees to become a college baseball coach.
Watkins coached for MSBL, a private organization for adult teams that would travel around the country and play. During his time at MSBL, he had former college and professional players come and play for his team.
He was the California State Coach of the Year in 2014 after leading the Mustangs to league and state championships.
He then coached at Ohlone College and again his team advanced to the championship. Before becoming a head coach at De Anza, he was an assistant coach at Menlo College in Atherton.
From a young man who barely graduated high school, Watkins transformed himself into the man who received his master's from Azusa Pacific University with a 4.0 GPA. He was even accepted to do a PhD program at the University of Southern California.
Watkins' main goal for the baseball team is to have fun and to learn that they need to fail in order to learn and improve.
He wants to be an example to them that you can overcome difficulties and be successful no matter how old you are.
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De Anza baseball team's season opener ends in a loss
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Our latest visit to Hassenfeld Children's Hospital was a huge treat for everyone involved!
Miss USA 2018, Sarah Rose Summers accompanied our volunteers to our Queen for a Day and Hero for a Day visit! Sarah Rose has completed her clinical rounds to become a Certified Child Life Specialist - this means she's on her way to working in a hospital to manage each child's experience during their hospital stay. She was the perfect addition to our visit!
Our volunteers were split into two groups, to set up in two playrooms, and we even made a few bedside visits - we were everywhere and the staff worked hard to make sure each child that wanted their time with Miss USA got it.
Our tiaras come in all shapes and sizes, and I always pack a couple large ones, in case we get a patient who likes to be a little "extra." Sure enough, one of the tinier patients wanted the crown that was bigger than her head! She was laughing with pure joy as she walked around with it on (with help from her mom!). These moments remind me of my very first Queen for a Day moment, and the inspiration that started it all.
One of our volunteers, Megan, especially connected with a 10-year-old. "She didn't speak English, but I was surprised how much we could communicate through non-verbal gestures. She loved getting her nails painted (she picked the color) and she also picked out makeup and a feather boa. She even took a selfie of us together and gave me a painting before I left as a way to say thank you, which shows you can communicate a lot even without words."
For Hero for a Day, we brought superhero capes and masks, along with a little toy called HexBug Nano. It's like an electric roach. It dances around and changes direction. We had fun racing the bugs and trying to catch them. I have to admit that I did not expect them to be the hit that they were!
We then just hung out with the kids and colored canvas bags. My favorite part of our visits is watching the kids come out of their shell. At first, they'll say they don't want to join us at the table, they just want to watch. A few minutes later, they'll walk over to the table and watch a little closer. Then they'll sit down at the table. By the end of the visit, they're interacting with us and the other kids, and hanging out until we have to start cleaning up.
All in all, we saw 7 girls and 4 boys, plus bedside visits for 5 girls and 2 boys.


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namespace gossi\trixionary\client\responder\html;

use keeko\framework\domain\payload\PayloadInterface;
use keeko\framework\foundation\AbstractResponder;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

/**
 * Automatically generated HtmlResponder for Displays help
 *
 * @author Thomas Gossmann
 */
class HelpHtmlResponder extends AbstractResponder {

	/**
	 * Automatically generated run method
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	 * @param Request $request
	 * @param PayloadInterface $payload
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	public function run(Request $request, PayloadInterface $payload = null) {
		return new Response($this->render('/gossi/trixionary-client/templates/help.twig'));
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I shared the story of Coulombe and The Wedding Perfume with Bridal Fantasy.
Kaylee of The Blondie Locks shares the moment she is most excited for and what she loves about The Wedding Perfume.
Coulombe Perfume at Novelle Bridal - The story behind the brand and the founder's wedding dress experience.
Glowing skin how-to for your wedding day by Janna of Behind The Blush.
Beautiful editorial shoot with Esther Funk Photography.


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Q: IQueryable command timeout I have one problem. I'm using Linq and IQueryable interface to work with my database.
That is my code:
public static List<Stat> GetStateList(DataClassesDataContext db, int pageNumber,
    int pageSize, DateTime beginTime, DateTime endTime,
    Dictionary<GetSourcesNameResult, bool> sourceDictionary,
    bool[] WarnLevel, ref int count)
{
    IQueryable<Stat> result = db.Stats;

    result = DateFilter(result, beginTime, endTime);
    result = DictionaryFilter(result, sourceDictionary);
    result = ErrorFilter(result, WarnLevel);
    result = result.OrderBy(a => a.EventTime); //sort by eventTime

    count = result.Count();
    var resultList = result.Skip((pageNumber - 1) * pageSize)
                           .Take(pageSize).ToList();

    return new List<Stat>(resultList);
}

In my database lots of elements. If my filters give me about 1mln elements. I have timeout exception in this:
count = result.Count();

What I need to do with this?
Sql expression:
SELECT [t0].[RecordId], [t0].[RecordTime], [t0].[EventGUID],
       [t0].[AssociatedEventGUID], [t0].[EventId], [t0].[EventTime],
       [t0].[WarnLevel], [t0].[UserType], [t0].[SourceId],
       [t0].[FactoryNumber], [t0].[CntrlId], [t0].[CntrlFactoryNumber],
       [t0].[ParamData], [t0].[TargetId], [t0].[SourceName], [t0].[TargetName]
FROM
       [dbo].[Log] AS [t0]
WHERE
   ((CONVERT(Int,[t0].[WarnLevel])) IN (@p0, @p1, @p2)) AND
   ([t0].[SourceName] IN (@p3, @p4, @p5, @p6, @p7, @p8, @p9, @p10, @p11, @p12,
   @p13, @p14, @p15, @p16, @p17, @p18, @p19, @p20, @p21, @p22, @p23, @p24,
   @p25, @p26, @p27, @p28, @p29, @p30, @p31, @p32, @p33, @p34, @p35, @p36,
   @p37, @p38, @p39, @p40, @p41, @p42, @p43, @p44, @p45, @p46, @p47, @p48,
   @p49, @p50, @p51, @p52, @p53, @p54, @p55, @p56, @p57, @p58, @p59, @p60,
   @p61, @p62, @p63, @p64, @p65, @p66, @p67, @p68, @p69, @p70, @p71, @p72,
   @p73, @p74, @p75, @p76, @p77, @p78, @p79, @p80, @p81, @p82, @p83, @p84,
   @p85, @p86, @p87, @p88, @p89, @p90, @p91, @p92, @p93, @p94, @p95, @p96,
   @p97, @p98, @p99, @p100, @p101, @p102, @p103, @p104, @p105, @p106, @p107,
   @p108, @p109, @p110, @p111, @p112, @p113, @p114, @p115, @p116, @p117,
   @p118, @p119, @p120, @p121, @p122, @p123, @p124, @p125, @p126, @p127,
   @p128, @p129, @p130, @p131, @p132, @p133, @p134, @p135, @p136, @p137,
   @p138, @p139, @p140, @p141, @p142, @p143, @p144, @p145, @p146, @p147,
   @p148, @p149, @p150, @p151, @p152, @p153, @p154, @p155, @p156, @p157,
   @p158, @p159, @p160, @p161, @p162, @p163, @p164, @p165, @p166, @p167,
   @p168, @p169, @p170, @p171, @p172, @p173, @p174, @p175, @p176, @p177,
   @p178, @p179, @p180, @p181, @p182, @p183, @p184, @p185, @p186, @p187,
   @p188, @p189, @p190, @p191, @p192, @p193, @p194, @p195, @p196, @p197,
   @p198, @p199, @p200, @p201, @p202, @p203, @p204, @p205, @p206, @p207,
   @p208, @p209, @p210, @p211, @p212, @p213, @p214, @p215, @p216))
  AND ([t0].[EventTime] >= @p217) AND ([t0].[EventTime] <= @p218)
    ORDER BY [t0].[EventTime]

A: You can set the DataContext CommandTimeout Property
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.linq.datacontext.commandtimeout.aspx
And out of curiosity, why do you have
var resultList = result.Skip((pageNumber - 1) * pageSize)
                           .Take(pageSize).ToList();

    return new List<Stat>(resultList);

and not
List<Stat> resultList = result.Skip((pageNumber - 1) * pageSize)
                           .Take(pageSize).ToList();

    return resultList ;

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Vanessa Selbst, Jean-Robert Bellende Amongst Latest Confirmed Entrants
The World Series of Poker revealed earlier this week that the number of confirmed entrants for this summer's BIG ONE for ONE DROP is now up to 33.
The BIG ONE for ONE DROP, which will run from June 29th to July 1st, will have a $1,000,000 buy-in and a cap of 56 players. Assuming that the tournament hits its cap (and tournament organizers are optimistic this will happen), the winner of the event will walk away with a payday in excess of $20,000,000. The tournament is also a World Series of Poker bracelet event.
This will be the second time that the tournament has run - the first took place in 2012 and was won by Antonio Esfandiari ($18,346,673).
Here is the list of the 10 players who have recently committed to playing in this year's event:
Vanessa Selbst
Jean-Robert Bellande
Anthony Gregg
Fabian Quoss
Max Altergott
Tobias Reinkemeier
Igor Kurganov
Christoph Vogelsang
Niklas Heinecker
Anonymous Asian Businessman
These 10 players will join the likes of Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ivey, Phil Galfond and Erik Seidel as players who have already confirmed their participation in this summer's event.
Source: WSOP.com - New Names Join the Big One for One Drop Field
Filed Under: The World Series of Poker
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Joe Johns' Golden Age of Propaganda…….
Did you know the corporate media has a varsity team?
This highly trained journalistic strike-force was known for its dogged persistence and ability to get the job done.
They never take no for an answer. Instead, these superheroes will hound presidents, always asking the difficult questions, and are never satisfied with a none response.
JOHNS: Sure. And nobody wants to jump out there and start slamming him immediately. But I've got tell you, at the end of the day, this is a varsity media corps of the likes you have just never seen.
And people are going to hammer away at a question and an individual like Barack Obama doesn't want to ask. It's just the nature of the beast. Wherever you go, you're going to get that question after a certain point.
Wow…at every turn…hammering away at the hard questions…it's just the nature of the beast. Booyeah, I tell you.
This, of course, got me thinking. Where has the awesome varsity media corps been hiding for the last eight years?
You know, when Bush lied us into the Iraq War, a shredded Constitution, an economic apocalypse, and a climate crisis turned into a daily worldwide catastrophe.
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Abstract: The ability to interactively edit BRDFs in their final placement within a computer graphics scene is vital to making informed choices for material properties. We significantly extend previous work on BRDF editing for static scenes (with fixed lighting and view), by developing a precomputed polynomial representation that enables interactive BRDF editing with global illumination. Unlike previous recomputation based rendering techniques, the image is not linear in the BRDF when considering interreflections. We introduce a framework for precomputing a multi-bounce tensor of polynomial coefficients, that encapsulates the nonlinear nature of the task. Significant reductions in complexity are achieved by leveraging the low-frequency nature of indirect light. We use a high-quality representation for the BRDFs at the first bounce from the eye, and lower-frequency (often diffuse) versions for further bounces. This approximation correctly captures the general global illumination in a scene, including color-bleeding, near-field object reflections, and even caustics. We adapt Monte Carlo path tracing for precomputing the tensor of coefficients for BRDF basis functions. At runtime, the high-dimensional tensors can be reduced to a simple dot product at each pixel for rendering. We present a number of examples of editing BRDFs in complex scenes, with interactive feedback rendered with global illumination.
Abstract: Current systems for editing BRDFs typically allow users to adjust analytic parameters while visualizing the results in a simplified setting (e.g. unshadowed point light). This paper describes a real-time rendering system that enables interactive edits of BRDFs, as rendered in their final placement on objects in a static scene, lit by direct, complex illumination. All-frequency effects (ranging from near-mirror reflections and hard shadows to diffuse shading and soft shadows) are rendered using a precomputation-based approach. Inspired by real-time relighting methods, we create a linear system that fixes lighting and view to allow real-time BRDF manipulation. In order to linearize the image's response to BRDF parameters, we develop an intermediate curve-based representation, which also reduces the rendering and precomputation operations to 1D while maintaining accuracy for a very general class of BRDFs. Our system can be used to edit complex analytic BRDFs (including anisotropic models), as well as measured reflectance data. We improve on the standard precomputed radiance transfer (PRT) rendering computation by introducing an incremental rendering algorithm that takes advantage of frame-to-frame coherence. We show that it is possible to render reference-quality images while only updating 10% of the data at each frame, sustaining frame-rates of 25-30fps.
Lawrence, Jason; Ben-Artzi, Aner; DeCoro, Chris; Matusik, Wojciech; Pfister, Hanspeter; Ramamoorthi, Ravi; Rusinkiewicz, Szymon. Inverse Shade Trees for Non-Parametric Material Representation and Editing. ACM Transactions on Graphics, July 2006 (SIGGRAPH 2006). [pdf][1st author's site].
Abstract: Recent progress in the measurement of surface reflectance has created a demand for non-parametric appearance representations that are accurate, compact, and easy to use for rendering. Another crucial goal, which has so far received little attention, is editability: for practical use, we must be able to change both the directional and spatial behavior of surface reflectance (e.g., making one material shinier, another more anisotropic, and changing the spatial "texture maps" indicating where each material appears). We introduce an Inverse Shade Tree framework that provides a general approach to decomposing high-dimensional measured datasets of appearance into sampled 1- and 2-dimensional functions. These functions, the leaves of the shade trees, can capture both the directional behavior of individual materials and their spatial mixing patterns. In order to compute the trees from measured data automatically, we map the problem to matrix factorization and introduce a flexible new algorithm that allows for constraints such as non-negativity, sparsity, and energy conservation. We evaluate our approach with a prototype system that includes interactive rendering and editing tools for manipulating these representations. We demonstrate the ability to reduce multi-gigabyte measured datasets of the Spatially-Varying Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (SVBRDF) into a compact representation that may be edited in real time.
Overbeck, Ryan; Ben-Artzi, Aner; Grinspun, Eitan; Ramamoorthi, Ravi. Exploiting Temporal Coherence for Incremental All-Frequency Relighting. Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2006. [pdf][1st author's site].
Abstract: Precomputed radiance transfer (PRT) enables all-frequency relighting with complex illumination, materials and shadows. To achieve real-time performance, PRT exploits angular coherence in the illumination, and spatial coherence in the light transport. Temporal coherence of the lighting from frame to frame is an important, but unexplored additional form of coherence for PRT. In this paper, we develop incremental methods for approximating the differences in lighting between consecutive frames. We analyze the lighting wavelet decomposition over typical motion sequences, and observe differing degrees of temporal coherence across levels of the wavelet hierarchy. To address this, our algorithm treats each level separately, adapting to available coherence. The proposed method is orthogonal to other forms of coherence, and can be added to almost any all-frequency PRT algorithm with minimal implementation, computation or memory overhead. We demonstrate our technique within existing codes for nonlinear wavelet approximation, changing view with BRDF factorization, and clustered PCA. Exploiting temporal coherence of dynamic lighting yields a 3??4? performance improvement, e.g., all-frequency effects are achieved with 30 wavelet coefficients per frame for the lighting, about the same as low-frequency spherical harmonic methods. Distinctly, our algorithm smoothly converges to the exact result within a few frames of the lighting becoming static.
Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of efficiently calculating shadows from environment maps. Since accurate rendering of shadows from environment maps requires hundreds of lights, the expensive computation is determining visibility from each pixel to each light direction, such as by ray-tracing. We show that coherence in both spatial and angular domains can be used to reduce the number of shadow rays that need to be traced. Specifically, we use a coarse-to-fine evaluation of the image, predicting visibility by reusing visibility calculations from four nearby pixels that have already been evaluated. This simple method allows us to explicitly mark regions of uncertainty in the prediction. By only tracing rays in these and neighboring directions, we are able to reduce the number of shadow rays traced by up to a factor of 20 while maintaining error rates below 0.01%. For many scenes, our algorithm can add shadowing from hundreds of lights at twice the cost of rendering without shadows.
A successful teacher imparts not only their knowledge, but also their enthusiasm and enjoyment of the subject. Every teacher would be blessed to have students who are already excited about every aspect of the new material. But usually, that excitement only comes as a result of having learned the subject and mastering it. The best teachers I have seen, and the ones whom I emulate are those who succeed in first imparting the motivation, and then presenting the information. I believe the best way to do this is to ground the new knowledge in tangible examples that students can appreciate without full knowledge of their inner workings.
I TAed the courses below. The summers before the Fall 2001 Database class, and the Fall 2003 Graphics class, I redesigned most of the projects and homeworks to update those courses.


Location: Jamarat metro station mina 3 , Saudi Arabia.
Shading the ramp of station mina 3 (mashaer metro) with space truss sheds which consist of 26 sheds.
This project build up with concept of shading the pedestrian bridges, train stations in the area, "Mina 3." corridors linking the facility Azizia stones.
And it will contribute the protection of the pilgrims heading to and from the Mashael train stations from the sunlight, pointing out that the shaded lanes included the development of specific anti-metal heights with the proper business of ventilation, lighting and surveillance of television work.


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We specialize in and recommend Japanese and Korean brands which are among the safest and most reliable vehicles worldwide.
These are the new vehicles that we recommend. They may also be recommended by the Non-Profit Canadian Consumers association called Automobile Protection Association (APA) or others organizations such as Canadian Automobile Association and Consumer Reports.