January Jones was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, but was raised in a small town of some 400 souls in the Mount Rushmore State for the first decade of her life. January is her real name, as she was named after "January Wayne", a character in Jacqueline Susann's potboiler Once Is Not Enough (1975). She worked at the All-American job of counter girl at Dairy Queen after school.Her father was a teacher, and the family eventually moved back to Sioux Falls, the largest city in South Dakota. After graduating from Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, she moved to New York City to become a model. Despite her lack of height (5'6", which is short for a fashion model), she got modeling gigs, including Abercrombie & Fitch ads, because of her striking good looks. However, modeling was just a means to an end, to get out of South Dakota and avoid going to college.She got her first taste of acting from TV commercials and found that she had flair for it, even though she did not act in high school and had no training. January appeared in a couple of TV pilots and a cable TV show before making her big screen debut in All the Rage (1999), an indie that never got a real release. She followed it up with a small role in the teen thriller The Glass House (2001).Her actual debut in the sense of attracting attention was in the near silent role of the beauty who entices Jane Fonda's son, Troy Garity, in the Bruce Willis-Cate Blanchett-Billy Bob Thornton comedy Bandits (2001). It was not a career-making part. At the time the movie was released, she was ending a three-year relationship with Ashton Kutcher.Small roles followed, including a "don't blink or you won't see me" part in the Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson comedy Anger Management (2003). She gained some career traction with a good role in another comedy, American Wedding (2003), a sequel to American Pie (1999). Until she landed the part on "Mad Men" (2007), which made its debut on AMC in 2007, her career was steady but undistinguished."I choose roles that are not me", January has said. The role of Betty Draper has garnered her two Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nomination as Best Actress. Her cool, Grace Kelly-ish blonde ice queen looks -- counterpointed by her soul burning in her bright blue eyes -- have established her as a retro icon of the 21st Century.


These sunglasses are a tribute to Peter Campus, an American pioneer video-artist of the 70's who's work experimented with the viewer identity, creating interaction through perception.
Like Campus' work, this eyewear defies expectations and requires the participation of the beholder to be completed. A mask that recalls computer screen and interfaces, wherewithin the Glitch happens.
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Man with explosives stopped at Texas airport
JANUARY 1, 2012 04:21
A man found to be carrying explosives in "military grade wrapping" was detained at a western Texas airport on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of the area, officials said.
The explosives were found during a routine inspection at a security checkpoint inside Midland International Airport, Midland city spokeswoman Tasa Watts said. The Transportation Security Administration evacuated the terminal and conducted a security sweep, she said.The incident at the airport in Midland, which is about 280 miles northwest of San Antonio, came as many Americans set out on airplane trips for the New Year's Day holiday.
No details were immediately available about the man or why he had the explosives, which Watts said were "wrapped in military grade wrapping."
Oxford scientists preparing vaccines to combat emerging COVID variants

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A jihadi bride dubbed 'the ISIS Matchmaker' was told her two children would be killed if she tried to flee the terrorist group, her family have said.
Tooba Gondal, who called Britain 'filthy' and posed for a picture with an assault rifle shortly after reaching Syria, got her nickname for luring other British girls to marry ISIS militants.
The Home Office have barred her from the UK, but her family are pleading for her safe return, claiming she was brainwashed and felt 'trapped' over threats her children would be murdered if she left.
According to her 20-year-old sister Maryam, Gondal tried to leave ISIS a few times over the past three years and only managed to escape when her two-year-old son Ibrahim and one-year-old daughter Asiya were close to starvation in the town Baghuz – ISIS' last stronghold which has been decimated by US-backed forces.
The 25-year-old and her malnourished children were caught trying to cross the border into Turkey and now are being held in the Ain Issa refugee camp in Syria.
Maryam says her mum longs to see her grandchildren in person and 'kisses a photo of them on her phone every day,' reports The Times.
She says ISIS brides like herself and Shamima Begum 'just want a normal life again' and are not a threat to British society, adding that she would 'lose her sanity' if she had to spend years stuck in a refugee camp in poor conditions.
Her father, Mohammed, 59, says she was served with a Home Office exclusion in November, banning her from the UK.
He says the mother from Walthamstow, east London, had 28 days to appeal but couldn't because the letter was dated October 2017.
It is not clear what nationality the children are as they were fathered by two different husbands who both died in battle.
Gondal was born in France but has permanent British residency rights, having moved to the UK as a toddler.
The family, who say Gondal used to love going out clubbing and enjoyed fashion and smoking before being radicalised, was brainwashed online aged 21 before travelling to Syria in 2015.
The group says Gombal and other ISIS members ought to be tried an international court in the region where they committed their atrocities.
The Autonomous Administration in North East Syria is currently seeking international support to set one up.
'The Syrian Democratic Forces lost around 10,000 fighters in the military struggle to defeat ISIS, and the region they defend is now calling urgently for international support so that ISIS can be eradicated as an ideology and organisation,' the centre added.
'The camps where an estimated 12,000 foreign ISIS members now reside are a time-bomb waiting to explode.
'If nothing is done, ISIS will strengthen and multiply, returning stronger than ever and rendering the SDF's [Syrian Democratic Force's] enormous sacrifices in vain.
An estimated 10,000 SDF fighters died in the military struggle against ISIS.


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Wither Twitter? LinkedIn referrals to Facebook pages up 1000% while Twitter's plummet
by Brad McCarty — in Social Media
Correlation does not always equal causation but there's some interesting things happening with LinkedIn and Twitter when it comes to Facebook page referrals lately. The guys over at PageLever (the startup that gives stunningly-accurate Facebook page analytics) have been doing some digging and found out that inbound referrals from LinkedIn have jumped over 1000%, while referrals from Twitter are spiraling downward.
PageLever CEO Jeff Widman put me in touch with data scientist Brian Carter, as Carter had been doing some data mining on PageLever's data. What Carter found was a sudden, very specific spike in traffic from LinkedIn that started around June 30th of this year. But why? That's the bigger question, and the one that I want to delve into a bit.
You might remember that on June 29th of this year Twitter tightened the reins on LinkedIn, prior to doing so for other third-party displays of tweets as well. LinkedIn stopped displaying tweets in order to comply, and then on the 30th Twitter announced more of its reasoning.
"We're building tools for publishers and investing more and more in our own apps to ensure that you have a great experience everywhere you experience Twitter, no matter what device you're using. You need to be able to see expanded Tweets and other features that make Twitter more engaging and easier to use."
Could the sudden lack of Twitter content on LinkedIn cause LI's own referrals to Facebook pages to jump? It's possible, if people are updating to LinkedIn directly instead of ignoring the service after Twitter's whip crack. Interestingly, it's not the first time that sites have noted increased traffic from LinkedIn to the point that it was beating Twitter, as recorded by TechCrunch in 2011.
Taking things a step further, we noted a few days after Twitter's forced exodus from LinkedIn that the site was actually more usable without tweets clogging up the stream. Again, it's ammunition for the correlation, but there's no proof of a direct cause.
There's also the possibility that people are simply using LinkedIn more often. The site has added some new features recently, such as commenting on the LinkedIn Today screen. Beyond that, a new redesign has made the entire experience more inviting. Facing facts, when you start allowing people to use your service like Facebook, they're going to be more likely to link Facebook content, and that's part of what I think we're seeing here.
But the most obvious reasoning is URL obfuscation. Twitter wraps every link inside of a t.co URL and therefore it's entirely possible that reporting software was attributing the traffic to Twitter even when the link was set to LinkedIn. Once the wrapping wasn't happening inside of LinkedIn, there was nothing stopping those referrals from being reported accurately.
So the big question that remains is whether Twitter has perhaps shot itself in the foot on another front with its recent changes. While, anecdotally, TNW's own traffic shows Twitter referrals nearly doubling those of LinkedIn, it's hard to judge where people are plugging their Facebook Pages. But it's worth noting that we did see a massive jump (nearly 200%) in referrals from LinkedIn from June to July.
But how about the rest? PageLever points out that the long-tail trend of direct Facebook Page traffic is huge, as all referral sources measured only accounted for 20% of the incoming traffic. While LinkedIn's number here is relatively low compared to the rest, that 1.3% is still a 1000% increase over its January number.
Wither Twitter? It's far too early to call for a eulogy, but maybe the band should start warming up. In the mean time, if you have a Facebook Page, it's best to not rely on external sources for your traffic. Nothing can hold a candle to direct communication with your fans.
Image: Mandel Ngan / Getty Images
Read next: Argentine soccer club Boca Juniors brings optical fiber and high-speed wi-fi to its stadium


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Back to Spring / Summer 2007 Issue
Art as Life
Carolyn Kaler's work is getting noticed all over the Crystal Coast.
by David Hall
The gray stones and green vines start above the end of the bar, growing upward and taking the eye to a Mediterranean scene that engrosses four walls, two crisscrossing beams and a ceiling.
Everyone who comes into Bistro-By-The-Sea, co-owner Libby Eaton says, is drawn to the colorful mural in the Morehead City restaurant's atrium.
It's the first thing many customers want to see.
"They try to figure out what it is and where it's from," says Eaton. "I think it's a big draw. It's almost like the Sistine Chapel."
It only makes sense, then, that the artist's work can also be seen at Michelangelo's.
Carolyn Kaler, a versatile artist who specializes in acrylics, was commissioned by Eaton to paint the mural when the Bistro first opened at its current Arendell Street location in 1997. Kaler spent a week completing the work while she stayed in her RV in the parking lot. While the finished product has played to rave reviews, Kaler has a secret.
"I never told Libby this," she says with a mischievous laugh, "but that was the first mural I ever did."
It was an auspicious debut. Since then Kaler, who has painted since she was a child and done so professionally for the past 15 years, has been in high demand. Her work adorns the walls of several area restaurants—including several Michelangelo's pizzarias in the area—and can be found in dozens of homes along the Crystal Coast.
"I love her," says Courtney Barnhill, who has about 10 Kaler works in her Cape Carteret home. "I think everybody should have a mural of hers in their house." Sitting at her kitchen table at her bucolic home in Wallace and surrounded by many forms of her own work, Kaler is somewhat guarded as she talks about her life. She gives little detail about living in her native New Jersey before she moved south 35 years ago—only offering that the cold weather was tough on her horses—and she doesn't seem terribly interested in discussing herself.
But ask her about painting, and the conversation shifts into high gear. It's clear where her passion lies.
"It's a challenge to have something in front of you and create a drawing that looks like that," Kaler, an extremely youthful 64-year-old with a second passion for animals and a third for plants, says as she points to the table's centerpiece as an example. "People say, 'Hey, that's that!' It's pretty cool." Through the living room and past all sorts of decorative pieces Kaler's done in a variety of media is her spacious studio. There, nearly finished works rest on easels or on the wall, drying in the sun that comes through the room's skylights high overhead.
The fruits of her labor of love are everywhere; a mosaic wall clock, a stained-glass butterfly, a mobile of yellow birds and a number of paintings depicting all sorts of subject matter decorate the home. The walls have textured faux finishes—another of her specialties—and some have thematic paintings on them. The interior entrance to Kaler's studio, for example, is surrounded by tree branches that seem to be growing out of the door frame.
Every nook seems to house a piece of art, every wall just the right amount of color. The house is full without being cluttered.
Behind Kaler's home, which sits on about an acre just one turn off N.C. 11, is a full garden with tomatoes, eggplants, beans and bright flowers that lend contrast to the black and white kittens hopping beneath them. A second garden with a stone walkway invites visitors to relax among green potted plants and hanging birdhouses.
Inside, above the kitchen table, is a green and white detailed acrylic rendering of a magnolia blossom from Kaler's yard, where her young kittens frolic among the eggplants. Kaler, a gentle soul who can't pass up a hungry animal if it happens upon her busy yard, has two adult cats, five kittens, a dog and seven cockatiels, which chirp back and forth to one another in the studio. The four-legged creatures—all of them rescue animals—stay mostly outside.
"They're good," says Kaler, explaining her affinity for her stray friends. "Animals are good for you, and they need you. I don't know how people can live without pets. I really don't. They're just missing out on so much." Kaler's work, though, is hard to miss. Among her area projects, in addition to the Bistro's atrium, are murals at Kathryn's Bistro and Martini Bar and at Portofino, both in Emerald Isle. She also painted a large, detailed mural in the Bistro's banquet room, depicting a waterside Mediterranean village.
Barnhill, a dental hygienist, and her husband, Nishan, a pharmacist, had Kaler paint two life-size palm trees in their foyer when they built their house in 2002. The couple's bedroom is decorated with Kaler's murals, faux finishes and arches similar to some painted at Portofino. "It's like an oasis in here," says Courtney Barnhill. "It's like a private getaway. When you come home you just escape to your bedroom. "It's like tattoos," she continues with a laugh. "Once you get one, you've got to keep getting them. That's what they say. I don't know; I don't have tattoos. I just do artwork. I would get more, but my husband thinks it's enough."
One of the most amazing aspects of Kaler's mural work is that, despite its grand scale, it's fully mobile. Customers can visit her website at www.themagicalbrush.net and commission Kaler to do a mural for their home or business. Once the customer's exact desires are worked out, Kaler can complete the piece in the comfort of her home studio and ship it to the client, who can have mounted on the wall like wallpaper. Kaler painted the port mural that hangs high above diners at Portofino from her studio. It was then hung in three pieces at the restaurant, eliminating the need for Kaler to erect scaffolding and work as the restaurant prepared to open.
Much of Kaler's work is done in private homes. Many customers have her come in for days at a time and work on faux finishes for the walls or custom-ordered paintings that are there to stay.
Kaler, who was married twice and has three grown children and five grandchildren, enjoys her current work much more than she enjoyed the typesetting and graphic design business she ran in Greenville before she became a full-time artist. For a while she worked in hard-to-manage watercolor and traveled around the country to festivals and art shows. Today, Kaler's business is picking up as more people see her work and she gets a better feel for her clients' desires. "I don't know if it's so much reputation, but I'm catching on to what people like," she says. "That helps a lot, instead of painting what I want to paint, which nobody else likes but me."
Kaler certainly has a fan in the Bistro's Eaton, who commissioned the artist to add life to several rooms in her former home in Pine Knoll Shores a few years ago. Now, Eaton comes to work every day and enjoys Kaler's work, which somehow continues to evolve in its grand-scale detail. "She's amazing to me," says Eaton. "It's been there for 10 years, and each year I see something different." Kaler has another fan in Barnhill, who places a special value on the artist's work. "I told her to sign it," Barnhill says, "because one day she'll be famous."


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September 25, 2017 Zylo Works with Topcoder to Extend Their Development Team and Move Faster
SaaS technology has changed the way software is purchased, and now Zylo is changing the way software is managed. Zylo is a SaaS company that provides the leading SaaS optimization platform. More specifically, their software allows businesses to discover, manage, measure, and optimize all SaaS applications from one system of record. Zylo is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and works with customers that are industry leaders in pharmaceutical, financial services, cloud consulting, and technology sectors.
I spoke with Ryan Carroll, VP of Engineering at Zylo, and Kyle Bowerman, Community Architect at Topcoder, about Zylo's work with Topcoder, what it takes to be successful with crowdsourcing, and the importance of agility in design and development.
Crowdsourcing is more art than science
Ryan leads the engineering team at Zylo, which has quadrupled in size over the last year. He works closely with the services and sales teams to ensure that customer needs are met with new product functionality. There are always more requests than resources to get work done though, and that's where Topcoder comes in.
"When we started out, there were just two engineers: a front-end engineer and myself. We leveraged Topcoder to build most of the initial MVP of the product," Ryan says. "We've run close to 150 challenges." Kyle and Ryan initially did much of the work together, with Kyle teaching Ryan how to run his own challenges through the Topcoder Community, but now Ryan only has to call on Kyle if he encounters something new.
"We often say that what we do is more art than science. It's just kind of a gut feeling," Kyle says. "There's no formula to figure out how many submissions you're going to get. With this, you have three factors: prize money, duration, and the scope of the challenge. And you can adjust those things — you can measure the prize and you can figure out how many days the challenge is — but there's no way to compare how difficult this challenge is as compared to another challenge." While clients focus on quality submissions and end results, experts on the Topcoder side (i.e., community architects, copilots, and reviewers) manage both the art and science of the process so clients don't need to be experts in crowdsourcing.
Ideation and results in just days or hours
Asked about the benefits of crowdsourcing in general, and with Topcoder in particular, Ryan says, "It's definitely the speed. We switched after months of doing five- or seven-day challenges to First to Finish (F2F) challenges. For someone who's really impatient, as I am, I really like that we're able to get through things quickly." In keeping with the name, F2F challenges are speed-based challenges for binary tasks, in which the first person to submit a passing solution wins.
"I also like the idea of geographic diversity," Ryan says. "With the Topcoder Community, there are no time constraints." And though Zylo is growing their internal engineering team, they look forward to continuing to leverage Topcoder for proof of concept client work. For Zylo's recent API project, they ran a challenge through Topcoder because they were working on a new way to build test data. Ryan says, "It allows us to ideate before we get started on an internal sprint."
Crowdsourcing works for companies of all sizes
Today's startups often have the budget for technology projects, but not the internal teams or time to devote to them. For evolving companies like Zylo, that's where crowdsourcing comes in especially handy. It's an ideal way for smaller startups to get work done — from initial ideation all the way to deployment. Through crowdsourcing, companies can tap into new skill sets and tackle multiple projects at once — without having to manage all parts of the process themselves.
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Microsoft releases Windows Vista RC1 to millions of testers
Vista RC1 signposts a slip? (and broken keyboards)
Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won't Like About Windows Vista
Microsoft implores testers to jump on Vista RC1
Microsoft plans sweeping Vista test plan, unveils OS pricing
It hopes to get Release Candidate 1 into the hands of more than 5 million users
By Preston Gralla
Contributing Editor, Computerworld |
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled the details of its sweeping plan to get Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) into the hands of millions of new testers and released final pricing for the operating system.
The public test of RC1 will involve more than 5 million users and will dramatically increase the availability of Windows Vista to millions of new users -- more than doubling the size of its initial Beta 2 Customer Preview Program (CPP). That program involved 1.5 million users.
RC1, which was available to a small number of technical beta testers on Friday, will be released to the 1.5 million CPP participants this week. After that, the program will be opened to an estimated 1.5 million new users in the CPP program. In addition, RC1 will be posted to MSDN and TechNet, where an estimated 500,000 subscribers can download it. On top of that, Microsoft intends to issue an estimated 2 million additional RC1 DVDs as cover mounts on magazines worldwide.
The widespread testing of RC1 is being done to help Microsoft meet a January 2007 deadline for getting Windows Vista into the hands of consumers and a November 2006 deadline for getting it to volume license customers. Having millions of new users test the operating system is expected to help Microsoft track down bugs and ensure that Vista works with as wide a range of hardware as possible. A desktop link in RC1 allows testers to easily send feedback and bug reports to Microsoft.
RC1 will work until May 31, 2007, after which it will time out. Microsoft will issue updates and patches to RC1 until it is released to manufacturing, at which time the operating system is considered finished.
Pricing for Vista
As for pricing of the various versions of Vista, Microsoft said Windows Vista Home Basic will have a suggested retail price for the full packaged product of $199, with a suggested upgrade retail price of $99.95. Home Basic does not include a number of Vista features, such as the Aero interface.
Windows Vista Home Premium will have a suggested retail price for the full packaged product of $239, with a suggested upgrade retail price of $159. Windows Vista Business, which includes a variety of tools and features for businesses, will have a suggested retail price for the full packaged product of $299, with a suggested upgrade retail price of $199.
And Windows Vista Ultimate, which includes all the major features of Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Home Premium, will have a suggested retail price for the full packaged product of $399. The suggested upgrade retail price for this version of Vista will be $259.
Microsoft has not yet announced volume pricing for Windows Vista Enterprise.
Changes in RC1
Microsoft has made numerous changes to Windows Vista with the release of RC1. It has reworked the Network and Sharing Center to make it easier to use, improved the Internet Explorer Web browser and reworked the Parental Control feature.
The User Account Control security feature, which has been criticized by beta testers because of its intrusiveness, has been significantly streamlined and presents far fewer prompts. In addition, overall performance improvements have been made possible by fine-tuning I/O of background services.
Microsoft also said it has substantially enlarged the driver pack to make it work better with a wider range of components and peripherals. In addition, Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0, previously called WinFX, is now installed by default. In Beta 2, it was not installed but was available as an add-on option. Because it is now part of the operating system, Microsoft said, programmers will be more willing to write to it.
Windows Vista application programming interfaces are locked with RC1 and will not change, so developers can begin writing Windows Vista-specific applications and utilities knowing that they will work on the shipping product, according to Microsoft.
Preston Gralla is a contributing editor for Computerworld and the author of more than 45 books, including Windows 8 Hacks (O'Reilly, 2012) and How the Internet Works (Que, 2006).


Inspirational Bible verse engraved gift idea. Personalized bracelet for your special man!
Give him this Christian bracelet featuring the wisdom: God is Greater Than the Highs and Lows. Give the gift to motivate and inspire! This is a beautiful piece to treasure.
It is handcrafted of high quality leather cords and a copper plate to be engraved. Add your personal message inside. If you'd like a different bracelet color, there are different metals available as well.
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Short Story in SEAL of My Dreams Anthology
By Elle Kennedy
Bell Bridge Books - 2011
Jason Anders couldn't live in his hometown. The memories of his father beating him were bad enough, but having the townsfolk continually rave about how wonderful a man he'd been was dreadful. There had only been one shining memory in Skylark Springs, his girlfriend through school, the woman he loved, the love he had abandoned when he had returned to the military.
Callie Carraway would never forget the day he'd left. Without a word. She'd sat waiting for him, completely unaware that he was gone. Now he had returned, and claimed to love her still. He wanted her to leave her home and the aunt who had raised her and she now cared for - just to be with him.
The man who had abandoned her once before.
Worth the Risk is a touching romance of healing and forgiveness. Jason had tried to live with Callie, to ignore the memories, but he had been fighting a losing battle. He'd wanted Callie to leave with him, but she wouldn't. Leaving her had been the hardest thing he'd ever done, but he couldn't survive in Skylark Springs. It was difficult knowing what Jason had endured by a pillar of society, but he was a warrior - one who was now fighting for the love of his life. It is so easy to understand the pain these two individuals were in, and to root that they finally have their happily ever after.
SEAL of My Dreams Anthology includes: Coming Home by Jami Alden, Baby, I'm Back by Stephanie Bond, SEALed Fates by Kylie Brant, Going Dark by Helen Brenna, Finding Home by HelenKay Dimon, SEALed With a Kiss by Cindy Gerard, Panama Jack by Tara Janzen, Wrapped and SEALed by Leslie Kelly, Worth the Risk by Elle Kennedy, Twenty-One Hours by Alison Kent, Not Waving But Drowning by Jo Leigh, Her Secret Pirate by Gennita Low, SEALed by Fate by Marliss Melton, Signed, SEALed, Delivered...I'm Yours by Christine Ridgway, Dog Heart by Barbara Samuel, Whirlwind by Roxanne St. Claire, Holding On by Stephanie Tyler, Letters to Ellie by Loreth Anne White


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Dear CEGSS colleagues,
Due to COVID-19 circumstances we have come to a decision to postpone
the ISSS 2021 and HPTLC 2021 symposia to the next year. The 26th
International Symposium on Separation Sciences (ISSS 2022) and the
25th International Symposium for High-Performance Thin-Layer
Chromatography (HPTLC 2022) will take place together in Ljubljana
(Slovenia) from 28th June – 1st July 2022.
New deadlines for registration and abstract submission will be
published on the websites: www.isss2020.si and www.hptlc2020.si.
We're looking forward to meeting you in Ljubljana next year.
Irena Vovk
Members of the Family of Professor Milan Hutta immersed in sorrow, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen
I have the honourable but sad duty to give voice to the farewell of the Steering Committee of the Central European Group for Separation Sciences at the funeral of Professor Milan HUTTA.
A FAREWELL TO PROFESSOR MILAN HUTTA (July 18, 1955 –February 20, 2021)
IN HIS MEMORY
An eminent scientist and devoted teacher at university, Professor Milan HUTTA made substantial contributions to the field of separation sciences and analytical chemistry. His inaugural lecture on Theoretical and practical aspects of the separation of humic substances by combined methods of liquid chromatography given in 2012 evoked much attention. Milan HUTTA was appointed Professor of Analytical Chemistry by the President of the Slovak Republic in 2013, becoming the guarantor of the master and doctoral study programmes, as well as the habilitation and inauguration procedures in analytical chemistry at the Comenius University in Bratislava.
Professor Milan HUTTA was a great colleague and a good friend to many of us, with a kind and friendly personality, always available when someone asked for support and never short of a good word of encouragement for those around him.
As representative of the Slovak Chemical Society at the Central European Group for Separation Sciences, Professor Milan HUTTA developed a rich and fruitful scientific activity. His best remembered activity was the organization of the 24thInternational Symposium on Separation Sciences in Jasná – Low Tatras, in June 2018, organized with great commitment and much effort in such a beautiful place.
His colleagues and friends on the Steering Committee of the Central European Group for Separation Sciencesgreatly appreciated his personal qualities, skills, character and attitude.
The success of this symposium as well as the entire scientific activity and permanent cooperation of Professor Milan HUTTA were recognised by the Steering Committee of the Central European Group for Separation Sciences, awarding him with the Diploma and the Medal of Recognition of this Group at the next symposium held in Łódź, Poland, in September 2019.
We have lost a great man at a premature age when he was in the full force of scientific creation. With a rich professional experience, he would still have had many ideas to realize in science, teaching, mentoring and advising the young generation.
Without knowing this at that time, the Jasná Symposium was a kind of farewell to all of us. We will remember him from this special and memorable event, with his smiling face and warm voice when we said goodbye. We will all miss him very much.
Rest in peace! Now he will have a place on the "In Memoriam" section of the CEGSS website.
In deepest sadness, all members of the Steering Committee of the Central European Group for Separation Sciences express their sincere heartfelt condolences and sympathy to his colleagues and friends from the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Analytical Chemistry Department and particularly also to his family, so hard tried by this great loss. The family lost a very kind and lovely member, wise and profound, who has always been their support and advice.
Dear distinguished Professor Milan HUTTA, dear family members, dear colleagues and friends, the Steering Committee of the Central European Group for Separation Sciences says to you "Goodbye".
We will keep your memory alive
>> Prof. Milan Hutta_commented_ER.pdf <<
The 26th International Symposium on Separation Sciences (ISSS 2021)
Due to COVID-19 circumstances we have come to a decision to postpone the ISSS 2020 and HPTLC 2020 symposia to next year. The 26th International Symposium on Separation Sciences (ISSS 2021) and the 25th International Symposium for High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC 2021) will take place together in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 29th June - 2nd July 2021.
New deadlines for registration and abstract submission will be published on the websites:
www.isss2020.si
www.hptlc2020.si


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Helisoma is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Synonym:
  Carinifex Binney, 1864
Helisoma snails are an intermediate host of Megalodiscus temperatus.

Species
Species within the genus Helisoma include:
 Helisoma anceps, sometimes known as Planorbella anceps
 Helisoma campanulatum (Say, 1821) : synonym of Planorbella campanulata (Say, 1821)

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Basic test to see if the chosen resolutions fit as intended.
The effect layers and exe files are minimal atm to save some confusion.There will be more to come.
The installer is untested except for my own tests.
Instructions will auto launch after extraction to view the instructions after installation open SETUP INSTRUCTIONS.txt open the KEY LEGEND.bmp for a brief description of the user exe files.
In the final release i will add some All in One.exe files to simplify some choices.
At the moment there are 7 "types" of exe files they all have a different effect (see KEY LEGEND.bmp.
I need to know if you discover out of position Helmets.
To repeat this is a taste of what will be available and is NOT final.
You will need an original rfactor.exe "some" cracks will not allow certain plugins to work.
You may also need netframework and visual c installing (see SETUP INSTRUCTIONS.txt).
All screenshots added by me are unedited ingame screen captures.
The latest images are for development purposes only and are not currently available but will be available in the near future as part of a 4.0 test.
Newly added NFS2 styled helmet which does not require any helmet installer it only needs TVSTYLE , the .rar should be extracted to "rfactor" and it also contains a beta Rainspray.tga to give a falling rain effect in Cockpit mode , it will work in TV cam as well but not as good and in trackside cam is not really effective at all.
There are also some alternative helmet views included for you to try out (Readme will be left in "rfactor-root" after extraction and the alternative views are inside Plugins/TVSTYLE/NFS2-folder).
Resolution patches are also include and you will need to add them to the NFS2 folder by copying the Newgraphics.ini that matches your resolution.
Total new installer coming soon in Ver3.0 with some exe files to automate 1 of 4 chosen Bruce Animated profiles (start menu context and also an exe at the root if you dont want start menu context installing) + cleaning utilities + hdr_tvstyle_wombats fix and undo hdr_tvstyle_wombats_fix.exe and automated tvstyle resolution installers + corshaders upgrade and downgrade.exe(undo) .
Italian TVStyle Helmet view with some added animations .
You'll also be able to run this outside of the helmet as a fullscreen blind/overlay .
Thanx to Italian TVStyle's Dinix and Carlomaker for permision to include their files.
any donations please give to the "Cystic Fibrosis Trust".
alt-a / alt-n / alt-f =Try these shortcuts they will enable/disable other views.
cntrl-f to stop some flashing!!!
If you selected the correct resolution just run the game.
set styles-mods by editing the default.tv file so you can allow other mods to use the custom views *(Instructions-readme inside the TVSTYLE folder)*.
Any other custom TVStyle should work with this addon you can download them from http://www.racingontheweb.net, some very talented people there.
6e66o for his excellent helmet template..
Factor.exe" to the folder created by my installer... and your done.
Head Movement "quick basic guide"
Head movement is relative to the Mod+Steering Wheel you are using.
Step2: Open your USERDATA folder and find your player file then right click it and "copy"-"paste"it so you have a backup before editing.
Under the [Graphic Options] heading edit the number values inbetween the "" marks to alter the ingame head movement or copy the values i use and try them as a starting point.
"SOME mods require 0.00000 and also an edit of the cars cam file to remove Cockpit vibration multiplyer or it's pretty shaky on the bumps and undriveable".
OK so thats a basic approach to getting some realistic head motion for Cockpit Driving ++ it might also adjust TV-Cam head motion which is undesireable if you also drive that view ++, the values i'm showing are only a guide and will need adjusting between different steering wheels and mods and even different cars within the same mod if they have individual cam settings between teams.
If you launch rFactor and move the yaw sliders under the controller section it will undo some of those settings so be careful.
I'm sure there are other settings+factors i haven't covered and i might have missed or forgotten about so feel free to leave a post if you see something missing or incorrect.
There is also a plr file to download below related to a Brawn video i made for youtube , from memory there isn't so much head roll though.
Sry for the delay in responding...@Dan , I use win7 and TVSTYLE works for me...@Rikka yes sure when i get round to trying rf2 I'll see what can be ported over to it...again sry for the long delay in responding.
Could I suggest a version for Win 7 as TVStyle doesn't work with it?
there is the possibility to have this addon for rFactor2?
ALSO* Can people who try the V1 rfDynHud Helmet-Opening+Closing Action files let me know if it works properly , some users report a crash to desktop as the car travels down the pit lane , a workaround is to manualy set the helmet parts in the correct position using the rfdynhud editor then assigning the opening-closing button in the input_bindings.ini.
OK links are cleaned and removed where inactive...resolution patch and rfdynhud links are back up...rfdynhud template being made and no not really a UFC fan but more so a fan of martial art films XD.
Hi and sry for the delay in responding.
I will make some updates tomorrow!!
Thank you Bruce. Please re-up the "Resolution patch_s.zip"
rfDynHUD helmet links are dead. Can you upload them again, please?
Hi patrod sorry for the long delay in responding...I'm not sure but i guess it should and looking at H.O.F it seems it does ...thank you patrod !!


I highlighted the real story of one investor who put some money to work in a popular REIT a decade ago. After that, they automatically reinvested dividends for a decade, and they left their investment alone. After a decade of dividend growth and patient dividend reinvestment, this investment is generating an yield on cost of 15%.
I highlighted several dividend growth stocks which rewarded their shareholders with a raise in April. There are some prominent and widely held companies on that list. It is important to keep monitoring investments for changes in fundamentals.
After a 9 year bull market, it is hard to imagine share prices declining and staying low for more than a few months. Despite the fact that we are long-term investors we have to be prepared for the eventual bear markets. This is where focusing on company fundamentals such as earnings and dividends can be helpful in staying the course. The beauty of dividend investing is that in retirement you are living off dividends, and do not have to sell shares. This means that investors in the accumulation phase should be praying for lower prices, while retired investors should largely ignore stock prices and focus on the stability of their dividend income stream. This is why we focus so much on analyzing what we own, and making sure that the dividends are safe and that the assets we own are acquired at an attractive value.
I highlighted three dividend paying companies, which sell at bargain prices today. Fears of Amazon entering the drug distribution market have plagued the share prices for these companies. According to recent reports I have read, Amazon has shelved plans to sells drugs to hospitals. That's because these companies may have some competitive advantages that would take quite a few obstacles for a new incumbent such as Amazon. Selling drugs online is a different business from selling books online.


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Great job tim. I stand with you. Let's keep picketing on Sunday. The kikoBOTS are getting desperate.
Charism of deception! Evangelizing HERESY is a good thing? Really! The grinding and gnashing of teeth continues with this mindless drivel. And he describes Tim as a mad man! LOL
Not a mad man! Just a asshole!!!! or a mad man if he don't get his way, big cry Baby!! I want the Bishop out or I will tell lies a lot of lies. suck on this Timmy LOL LOL
Tim December 3, 2016 at 4:29 PM
I'm winning, Rude-ee. You're next. LOL.
Admit it Timmy girl it hurts you. Are you mad?
I'm winning Rude-ee!!
Rude-ee get your ass out of St.Anthony. Go back to PI.
You're next Rudy to be thrown out.
That rudy guy sounds like he has lost his mind.
That rudee guy never did lose his mind..., he never had one in the first place. His friends always told him that his skull was filled with "Bago-ong....
Jose M. December 3, 2016 at 12:22 PM
Ad naseum becomes ad Nazium. Godwin has entered the arena, again.
The NCW is NOT a charism of the Holy Spirit. It is a Protestant-Jewish heresy masquerading as Catholic.
Archbishop Brynes speaks of the true authentic God and not a watered down Jesus Christ. He'll bring us back in time where there were no neo's .. Go Go Archbishop Brynes!!!
LOL!! The protests are definitely working as the Neos continue to rant and rave with their ridiculous claims. Comparing Tim to Hitler and the serial killer is almost comical, however I'm not trivializing these mass murderers for their heinous crimes against humanity! Only shows their utter stupidity and desperation!!
In a way, Kiko is worst than Hitler; Hitler killed the bodys, Kiko kills the souls!
Mr. Terlaje December 3, 2016 at 4:04 PM
Charism seems to be the new word for the NEOs nowadays.
Joseph A Santos December 3, 2016 at 4:49 PM
Ha ha ha ha...(diabolical laughter) The idiots are finally getting it! Ha ha ha ha...
Advent! Christ is coming! Wake up-the truth will set you free. The Holy Father has tried to warn you. Carmen has given you clues. Your catechists have shown that they do not have discernment over your life. corrupt, untrustworthy, dishonest. How much does it take to convince you? Jesus is waiting to be merciful to you and welcome you in to His church. Believe the Good News and convert! peace be with you
J.R.San Agustin December 4, 2016 at 12:42 PM
Following up on Anon@1:35am, and agreeing with his comments, I am copy-pasting a portion of my letter to the PDN editor - my 2¢ worth contribution:
"...Apuron was so successful in baiting them (Neos) into believing that they were doing "the right thing" by following him into the NCW trap – after all he was a priest, an archbishop, the shepherd of the flock, and a native son of the Church. It was relatively easy, I guess, for some of our own to follow in the footsteps of the leader. I pray that "Neos of good will" (as I refer to them) will take time to reflect upon the reason for their commitment to the NCW, and – realizing their error especially in Faith, Doctrine and Liturgy - come back home. For those who wish to remain loyal to the man, to the organisation, and to their own decision, there's not much we can do. They are so steep in their error that they refuse to see the truth. Let us continue, however, to pray for them for reflection, guidance and prayerfully their return to the Mother Church." - jrsa (12/4/16)
Andrew Camacho December 4, 2016 at 1:47 PM
Well said, Joe. I join you in prayer hoping for this miracle. Just imagine Guam with a united Catholic Church and a new shepherd leading us! What a great miracle that would be!!!
one holy catholic church, united in truth, obedient to Peter, faithful to the magisterium and filled with the Holy Spirit! Happy Christmas
Austin OE December 6, 2016 at 1:04 AM
J R San Agustin, as an insider in the "communities" for nigh on 30 years I heartily agree with you. In my considered observation hardly any even of the middle-level itinerants are truly aware of the levels of fraud in respect of organisational status and degree of genuine approval and communion. Their acceptance within the echelons depends on their spending much time on the receiving end of the kind of propaganda deemed suited to that. And ordinary members like me even less so.
But for my first 8 years I was waiting for the movement to achieve its potential, and after what I witnessed then I ceased believing in it. After 11 years, I was ready to leave it but there was a pincer movement (stooges who sabotaged my courageous bishop's moves). After 28 years, I dropped out. After 30 years, I started finding out the background.
There is a small number of things on the part of potential ex-members that mustn't be ridiculed by anyone with a "public hat on": their efforts to debrief which must never be hijacked by anyone, and their individual effort however low-key (I am referring to image as distinct from substantive obedience) to adapt to what Archbishop Byrnes decides. To engage in such a dialectic as was done in my region, would be to fulfil a built-in element in the Kikos' plan.
I estimate about 40% of NCW ordinary members would reduce their involvement without a qualm, unless they were kicked for even doing so. Pray for superhuman wisdom for Abp Byrnes.
Census returns may describe all the public as "Catholics" but how much each knows of faith may be difficult to ascertain. Please pray intensively for good "charisms" in the Church (including Bible studies and joint intercessions) to crowd out tare-like phenomena. As I had been almost a church outsider and my friends joined the NCW, I decided I would be lonely dropping out sooner (neither the NCW nor anyone else had "inserted" me).
Few Catholics worldwide, including few bishops, know how the state of the Catholic Church since about the year 1300 has paved the way for things like the NCW. Few people understood the holding of the Council (which was to put it simply, over-ambitious and muddly) and Kiko's over-prompt protestations that his "garden path" was its fulfilment were taken too much at face value, at the time when the Archbishop of Madrid should have taken Kiko under long-term mentoring.
This post smells ESL alert, another kiko-blend. You better believe it, December 3@ 7:18 Am, we would want nothing more than the world-wide collapse of this pseudo-Catholic cult called NCW. Arguello is a fraud, the Genarinnis are con-men, Pius is a serpent that slithers with his forked tongue along with his trainees: David Cruz Quitugua, Adrian Cristobal, Edivaldo Oliveira, Dick Eusebio and the hellish cast of characters lurking in the shadows. And, yes, the laicization of Asswipe Apuron.


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Edward Fred Knipling (March 20, 1909 – March 17, 2000) was an American entomologist, who along with his longtime colleague Raymond C. Bushland, received the 1992 World Food Prize for their collaborative achievements in developing the sterile insect technique for eradicating or suppressing the threat posed by pests to the livestock and crops that contribute to the world's food supply. Knipling's contributions included the parasitoid augmentation technique, insect control methods involving the medication of the hosts, and various models of total insect population management. Knipling was best known as the inventor of the sterile insect technique (SIT), an autocidal theory of total insect population management. The New York Times Magazine proclaimed on January 11, 1970, that "Knipling...has been credited by some scientists as having come up with 'the single most original thought in the 20th century.'"

Education and early career

Knipling was born on March 20, 1909, in Victoria, Texas. As a youth raising cattle with his father, he saw firsthand the devastation that the screwworm fly and other pests wreaked on cattle herds and cotton crops. Following graduation from Texas A&M University and graduate studies at Iowa State University, Knipling began researching the screwworm fly in 1931 as a U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist in Texas, where he met Bushland. Together, the men theorized about possibly breaking the pest's lifecycle by inducing genetic defects, but their research was temporarily suspended by the outbreak of World War II.

Achievements during World War II

During the war, Knipling's research was diverted to support U.S. Army efforts to repel and control insects that threatened Allied troops with diseases including typhus and malaria. Credited with leading the USDA team that developed DDT as an effective control of body lice and weapon against typhus, Knipling won the 1947 U.S. Medal of Merit and the 1948 King's Medal for Service from the United Kingdom for these achievements.

Development of SIT

After the war, Knipling received a Ph.D. in entomology from Iowa State University and moved to Washington, D.C., to lead USDA entomology research. In this capacity, he continued working with Bushland to complete the development of SIT in the early 1950s. Knipling remained at the USDA until 1973, eventually serving as the top entomological researcher in the Agricultural Research Service. For 27 years thereafter, he remained active as a USDA consultant and collaborator, contributing significantly to new principles of pest insect management.

Knipling died on March 17, 2000, in Arlington, Virginia, where his wife of 66 years, Phoebe Hall Knipling, and he had raised their five children and were active members of the community. Phoebe was also a biological scientist and educator. One of his sons, Edward B. Knipling, served as administrator of the USDA Agricultural Research Service from 2004 to 2014.

Awards and recognition

Knipling published over 225 articles in his career, was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, received the 1966 National Medal of Science and the 1995 Japan Prize for his novel approaches to pest control, and was listed in Life magazine as one of the "100 Most Important People in the World" in 1970. Knipling was posthumously awarded the Golden Goose Award in 2016.

Since 1999, the Knipling-Bushland Southwest Animal Research Foundation at Texas A&M has supported research and education in the area where food producers around the world continue to feel his influence today.

References

External links

"The Life and Vision of Edward F. Knipling Concerning the Eradication of the Screwworm", a talk given in 2002 by E.F. Knipling's son, administrator of the USDA Agricultural Research Service
Edward Fred Knipling Papers: Screwworm Eradication Program Records, Knipling's personal papers dating from 1906-2003 held in the USDA National Agricultural Library

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People from Victoria, Texas
Texas A&M University alumni
2000 deaths
American entomologists
National Medal of Science laureates
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
20th-century American zoologists
Recipients of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
Agriculture and food award winners


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Elizabeth—The Story of the Queen's Favourite
Another brave and handsome man, who was a great favourite with the Queen, was the Earl of Essex. He was so handsome and graceful that the Queen liked to have him always near her, although she quarrelled with him very often.
Essex loved fighting more than attending upon the Queen, and twice when there was war he ran away without leave. Elizabeth was angry, but Essex did great deeds and helped to make the name of England famous, so she forgave him. Later she made him commander of an expedition which, however, was not very successful. Again they quarrelled.
One day the Queen and her councillors were talking about who should govern Ireland. Elizabeth wanted one man, Essex another. He grew so angry because she would not take his advice, that he turned his back upon her. This was a very rude thing to do, for one must never turn one's back to a king or queen, but must even walk out of the room backwards when leaving their presence.
Elizabeth was furious, and, springing up, she boxed the Earl's ears.
Essex had been angry before, now he was in a terrible rage. Forgetting that a man must never fight with a woman, he laid his hand upon his sword. Then a gentleman who was there threw himself between the angry Queen and Earl, trying to calm them both.
But Essex would not be calmed. 'I will take a blow from no one,' he cried. 'I would not have endured it from her father, King Henry. I will not take it from a king in petticoats.' And, swearing dreadfully, he flung himself out of the room, refusing to return.
For some time the advisers of the Queen, and the friends of the Earl, tried to make peace between them, but in vain. Essex would not apologise, the Queen would not say that she was sorry. But in the end the Queen forgave Essex, and he came back to court.
As they had quarrelled over who should be sent to govern Ireland, Elizabeth decided to send Essex himself. This was not at all what Essex wanted. It was a very difficult post, and he did not wish to accept it, but he was obliged to do so.
He went to Ireland, but he did not succeed in ruling as the Queen would have liked. She wrote bitter, angry letters to him, and he replied with letters as bitter and angry as hers.
At last Essex decided to come back to England to see the Queen, and try to make friends with her again. Elizabeth forbade him, but in spite of her orders, he came.
Early one morning he arrived in London, dusty, dirty, and untidy from his long journey. He was in such haste to see the Queen that he did not stop to make himself fit to appear at court. Dusty and untidy as he was, he rushed straight to the palace. It was so early that the Queen was not up. Hearing that, Essex ran to her room, without even waiting till some one had told her that he had arrived.
The Queen was sitting in her room with her hair hanging down, waiting for her ladies to dress her, when Essex rushed in and, flinging himself on his knees beside her, kissed her hand again and again. The Queen was so surprised to see Essex, and so sorry when she saw how miserable he looked, that she spoke gently to him and comforted him. So presently he rose from his knees, and went away feeling that he was forgiven.
But it was only surprise which had made the Queen kind to Essex. Later in the day she received him very coldly. Later still she sent him to prison.
For some time Essex was kept a prisoner, then he was set free, but he could not again win the Queen's favour. Her unkindness hurt him so much, that he grew more and more unhappy, and more and more angry. He began to say unkind things about the Queen, calling her a foolish old woman who was growing crooked in mind and body.
It was quite true that Elizabeth was growing old and, being as vain as ever, she liked to think that she was still young and pretty. She covered her grey hair with a wig and painted her face; she sang and danced although she was nearly seventy years old. But it was wrong and foolish of Essex to speak as he did, and people were not slow to carry his words to the Queen.
At last Essex grew so angry, that he tried to raise a rebellion against Elizabeth. The rebellion failed, and Essex and those who had helped him were sent to the Tower.
In spite of all their quarrels Elizabeth really loved Essex. Now she felt it very hard to condemn him to death. Still she did.
Long before this, Elizabeth had one day given Essex a ring telling him, that if ever she should be angry with him, she would forgive him, if he sent this ring back to her.
When Essex heard that he was to die he remembered this promise, and he made up his mind to send the ring to Elizabeth, hoping that she would pardon him. But he did not know how to send it. He was afraid to give it to any of the Queen's courtiers, for he knew that many of them were his enemies. They were only too glad that he should be in disgrace, and would never deliver the ring to the Queen.
At length one day, as he looked sadly from his prison window, he saw a boy passing. The boy had a pleasant, honest face, and Essex felt sure that he might be trusted. He called to him and, throwing the ring down, told him to take it to his cousin, who was a kind lady and loved him. 'Tell the lady,' he said, 'to show this ring to the Queen, and all will be well.'
The boy took the ring, promising to do as he was asked. Then Essex threw down a purse full of gold, as a reward for his kindness, and the boy went away very pleased.
But by mistake he gave the ring to the wrong lady. Instead of giving it to the cousin of Essex, who loved him, he gave it to another lady, who hated him. This lady showed the ring to her husband, and as he, too, hated Essex, they resolved to keep the ring and say nothing about it. So Elizabeth never knew that Essex had sent it.
She, too, had remembered her promise, and hoped that Essex would send the ring. She waited and waited, but day after day went past, and it never came. At last, thinking that he was too proud to ask forgiveness, she ordered his head to be cut off. So proud and foolish Essex died, believing his Queen was still angry with him.
Elizabeth was growing old; many of her friends had died and left her, and after the death of Essex she was often very sad. The people too, who had loved Essex, were angry with her for having put him to death, and that made her more sad still.
When the lady who had kept back the ring was about to die she felt very sorry for what she had done. She could not find peace until she had confessed to the Queen, and asked her forgiveness. She sent a message to the Queen, begging her to come to her. Elizabeth came, but when she heard the story, instead of forgiving the poor dying lady, she shook her fiercely, saying, 'God may forgive you, I never can.'
At last Elizabeth herself grew very ill, but she would not go to bed. She sat day and night upon cushions on the floor, doing nothing but staring before her, with her finger in her mouth.
Then Sir Robert Cecil, the son of the great Lord Burleigh, who had been so wise and faithful a friend to Elizabeth, said, 'For the sake of your people, madam, you must go to bed.'
'Must!' exclaimed the Queen, ' 'must' is not a word to use to princes. Little man, little man, your father would not have dared to use that word. But you know I must die, and that makes you so bold.'
But at last she allowed herself to be carried to bed. Some of her lords, knowing that she had not long to live, asked whom she wished to reign after her. 'I will have no rascal's son in my seat,' she said, and would say no more.
Later they asked again, 'Do you desire your cousin, the King of Scotland, to have the crown?'
The Queen only moved her head, but it seemed to those around that she meant to say, 'Yes.' She never spoke again.
On March 24, 1603 A.D., this great queen died, having reigned forty-five years. She had loved her country and her people, and her people loved her and wept for her at her death. No ruler had ever before been so mourned.
She was the last of the Tudor sovereigns, and with her successor, James, a new race of kings, called the Stuarts, began to reign in England.
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The collected haibun of American poet Hortensia Anderson.
A translation of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho's nikki Oku no Hosomichi.
The complete haiku of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, in translation.
The complete haiku of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho in translation.
The complete haiku of the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho in translation.
A translation of sections of Basho's Oku no Hosomichi.
A translation of Japanese poet Basho's travel journal (nikki) Sarumino.
A translation of Basho's nikki Sarumino.
A translation of the Japanese poet Basho's nikki Sarumino.


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Q: Default HTTP dial timeout value in golang I am running a golang http client to stress test a server. Sometimes I got error "dial tcp 161.170.xx.xxx:80: operation timed out" error.
I think this is a HTTP client timeout. I am thinking about increase the timeout value based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/16895878/198497, but I would like to find out what's the default timeout value in golang first. If it is depends on os instead of language, how can I check this value in Mac OS?

A: According to http://golang.org/pkg/net/#Dialer :
type Dialer struct {
        // Timeout is the maximum amount of time a dial will wait for
        // a connect to complete. If Deadline is also set, it may fail
        // earlier.
        //
        // The default is no timeout.
        //
        // With or without a timeout, the operating system may impose
        // its own earlier timeout. For instance, TCP timeouts are
        // often around 3 minutes.

So the default timeout, without taking into account OS imposed limits is none.
The timeout can be set with SetDeadline.
The default OSX timeout can (I think) be checked with sysctl net.inet.tcp.

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Public Attitudes Toward Zimbabwe's 2018 elections: Downbeat Yet Hopeful?
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