Danneel showed off her beautiful engagement ring on Saturday at the Breeders' Cup in Los Angeles.
Supernatural stud Jensen Ackles and his girlfriend, One Tree Hill actress Danneel Harris, come out to watch the horses race at the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Santa Anita Park on Saturday (November 7) in Los Angeles.
Jensen, 31, and Dannell, 30, were accompanied by Star Trek star John Cho and his Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay co-star Rachael Harris. Also in attendance: Grey's Anatomy actor Justin Chambers and Nip/Tuck's Julian McMahon.


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Good news for (some) iPhone users. The iPhone dev team has just released the updated version of RedSn0w 0.9.6b1 which can jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 3G & iPod Touch 2G (non-MC models only).
RedSn0w 0.9.6 beta 1 uses the same pwnage2 DFU-mode exploit that has been used earlier. Currently only Mac version is released. Windows version is under testing and will be released as soon as final testing is complete.
Important: If your iPhone 3G relies on Ultrasn0w unlock, stay away from Redsn0w as it updates your baseband to the latest version, making it impossible to unlock (for now).
2. Update to this latest firmware using the IPSW file you just downloaded via iTunes 10.
4. Start Redsn0w 0.9.6b1 and point it to iOS 4.1 (Final Version) to proceed with the jailbreak.
5. Select "Install Cydia" and click "Next". You can also select any other option as per your requirements.
6. A prompt will appear to put the device in DFU mode. For this, hold Home + Power buttons at the same time for exactly 10 seconds and then release the power button while continuing to press home.
7. Wait for the RedSn0w tool to jailbreak your iPhone. Once completed, the device will restart automatically and you will find it jailbroken on the latest iOS 4.1 firmware.
Note: Redsn0w 0.9.6 can also jailbreak iOS 4.2 on iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G, but it comes with loads of bugs, so proceed at your own risk.


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Q: Boundary layer theory in fluids learning resources I'm trying to understand boundary layer theory in fluids. All I've found are dimensional arguments,  order of magnitude arguments, etc... What I'm looking for is more mathematically sound arguments. Not rigorous as in keeping track of all epsilons and deltas, but more rigorous than an heuristic argument. Hope you understand what I mean. Some free resources available on the web would be preferred, but if you can suggest book titles that's also helpful.
Edit: The applications I have in mind are the calculation of damping in surface waves in basins of various shapes (circular, rectangular, etc).

A: Boundary layer theory come in as a method to "simplify" the mathematics in fluid mechanics, so that it is solvable analytically. It separates the fluid as two regions:

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*where the viscosity effect is important, i.e. boundary layer

*where viscosity is not important

This approach has been proven useful for large range of applications, that's why aerodynamics (for example) has flourished and matured a lot in the past century. In some cases where Navier-Stokes has an exact solution, researcher had shown that there exist a boundary layer where viscosity is important, and outer region where it is negligible. These examples are abundant in Fluid Mechanics book, such as Kundu-Cohen's, or Landau-Lifshitz's. By the nature of this theory, it would be interesting if there are rigorous expositions mathematically as you may probably want to see. However, if Landau's treatment did not satisfy you, you may want to check a book by Oleinik and Samokhin titled Mathematical Models in Boundary Layer Theory.
A probably important thing to note, boundary layer approximation may cause erroneous result due to the assumption  of the thin boundary layer is not satisfied. Such an example (quite recent) can be seen in an article by Doinikov and Bouakaz in JASA:
http://asadl.org/jasa/resource/1/jasman/v127/i2/p703_s1?isAuthorized=no

A: I will probably disappoint you now, but fluid dynamics must be approximative. You start from a model which is (to some extent) rigorous and intuitive and consists of partial differential equations - Navier-Stokes equations, continuity equation and Fourier-Kirchhoff (if heat transfer is involved) - with proper boundary conditions. However, for most of the shapes, there are no analytical solutions. Therefore, we first throw out unimportant information and make the parameters somehow independent. The standard dimensionless numbers (Re, Sc, Eu ...) are often used (because we are used to them and history proved they are most useful). The "boundary values" or "magnitude arguments" (e.g. Re>10000) are usually stated in books very approximative but model-independent. If you want more exact results, you need to numerically solve the partial differential equations (there are very user-friendly packages for this, e.g. COMSOL Multiphysics...). For some models, you can very precisely calculate e.g. heat transfer coefficient. At very high Re/Pr... you will observe those approximate model-independent trends.

A: I learnt boundary layer theory from Bender-Orszag, and found it fairly simple, though it gets a little more mathematically involved than I'd hope. Here's the book on google books.
I also wrote some notes about them in a course on numerical methods I took a year ago, which you could find useful if you speak Italian.

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Q: Is it possible to add custom buttons to the top of the Sitecore Page Editor I am trying to customize the Sitecore Page Editor at a website. Their home page displays a news viewer sublayout on it. The news items are not entered directrly below the home page but in an entirely different place in the Sitecore Content Tree.
This means that the normal insert option of the Page Editor only displays templates valid on the level below the home item. As that doesn't include news items the news item template is not mentioned. That's as expected.
What I am looking for is a way -preferably by a very obvious option on the top of the Page Editor- to allow the user to insert a new news item. The system should place it correctly in the Content Tree.
Any idea's on what mechanism I should be looking into? I looked into Edit frames and that's still an option but I would prefer to add buttons to the top of the Page Editor.
Regards,
David

A: Honestly, I think that the Edit Frame is the least confusing option for the end user.
Another option could be changing the Ribbon and adding some buttons there.
You can find the Ribbon in the core database: /sitecore/content/Applications/WebEdit
Also you can output some code only in the WebEdit: Sitecore.Context.PageMode will help you identify in which mode you are.


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You are here / Home / Latest news / EAST Publishes European Fraud Update 2-2017
EAST Publishes European Fraud Update 2-2017
EAST has published its second European Fraud Update for 2017. This is based on country crime updates given by representatives of 21 countries in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), and 5 non-SEPA countries, at the 42nd EAST meeting held at Europol on 7th June 2017.
Payment fraud issues were reported by ten countries. One country reported a new fraud type where the card Primary Account Number (PAN) is compromised in China, leading to fraud in China. In these cases the CPP is sometimes detected, but most of the time it is not. Another country reported data compromise due 'vishing' attacks (voice phishing), 'phishing' websites and 'SMiShing' (SMS phishing). The EAST Payments Task Force (EPTF) is looking at security issues affecting payments with a view to the gathering, collation and dissemination of related information, trends and general statistics.
ATM malware and logical security attacks were reported by fifteen countries. To date in 2017 EAST has published ten related Fraud Alerts. Two of the countries reported ATM malware and fourteen reported the usage (or attempted usage) of 'black-box' devices to allow the unauthorised dispensing of cash. Five countries reported 'black box' attacks for the first time, further indication that this attack type is continuing to spread. To help counter these threats Europol, supported by the EAST Expert Group on All Terminal Fraud (EGAF), has published a document entitled 'Guidance and Recommendations regarding Logical attacks on ATMs'. It covers mitigating the risk, setting up lines of defence and identifying and responding to logical attacks. This is available in four languages: English, German, Italian and Spanish.
Card skimming at ATMs was reported by nineteen countries. The usage of M3 – Card Reader Internal Skimming devices continues to spread. This type of device is placed at various locations inside the motorised card reader behind the shutter. Nine countries reported such attacks and, to date in 2017, EAST has published six related Fraud Alerts.
International skimming related losses were reported in 49 countries and territories outside of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and in 9 within SEPA. The top three locations where such losses were reported are the USA, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Skimming attacks on other terminal types were reported by ten countries and five countries reported such attacks on unattended payment terminals (UPTs) at petrol stations. Two countries reported the usage of card reader internal shimming devices at POS terminals.
Eight countries reported incidents of Transaction Reversal Fraud (TRF). One country reported a significant increase in such attacks and two countries reported such attacks for the first time.
Ram raids and ATM burglary were reported by nine countries and nine countries reported explosive gas attacks. To date in 2017 EAST has published nine related ATM physical attack alerts. The use of solid explosives continues to spread and six countries reported such attacks. This is of increasing concern to the industry due to the risk to life and to the significant amount of collateral damage to equipment and buildings.
The full Fraud Update is available to EAST Members (National and Associate).
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Foodshare is happy to announce a generous grant from the Winter–Lehman Family Foundation to address child hunger by supporting Weekend Backpack programs and Summer Meal programs. The family foundation, based in West Hartford, committed $35,000 each year for three years.
"Matt Winter and Jane Lehman have been great friends of Foodshare, and their newly formed family foundation has a focus area on helping children in our service area," said Foodshare President & CEO Jason Jakubowski. "Their donation will allow Foodshare to help provide much-needed healthy meals over the weekends and throughout the summer when school is not in session."
Research from the US Department of Agriculture shows that children who are food insecure or who do not have steady access to enough food, perform worse in school. Funding from the Winter–Lehman Family Foundation will support child nutrition programs to help ensure that kids in Greater Hartford can thrive.
Currently, several of Foodshare's partner programs run Child Backpack programs that provide food directly to kids for the weekend to supplement the School Breakfast and Lunch programs. This funding will help support the purchase of healthy food items for backpacks. Foodshare also works with summer camps such as Channel 3 Kids Camp and Camp Courant that serve disadvantaged kids over the summer months, and provides outreach to meal sites that serve the Summer Food Service Program.
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Everton vs Liverpool Preview: Probable Lineups, Prediction, Tactics, Team News & Key Stats
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Liverpool can go on the brink of winning the Premier League title when they lock horns with Everton in the Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park on Sunday.
Gameweek 30 of the 2019/20 Premier League season continues on Sunday, with three matches on show. The day's proceedings will end with a blockbuster encounter, as Everton play hosts to local rivals Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park, with the Reds just two wins away from winning the title.
Everton have endured yet another Premier League campaign that promised much at the onset only for it to be riddled with inconsistencies. However, the Toffees have improved definitively since the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as the new head coach, losing just 3 of the 11 games he has overseen (W5 D3) and a late charge for Europa League qualification is not out of question yet.
Liverpool, on the other hand, have been an all conquering force in the Premier League this season. The Reds have beaten every single team in the competition, dropping a mere 5 of the 87 points that have been on offer so far. Winning their first top-flight title in the Premier League era now appears to be a formality and they might just break a number of records along the way.
The reverse fixture, played at Anfield back in December, ended in a 5-2 win for Liverpool, with Divock Origi, Xherdan Shaqiri, Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum netting for the Reds while Everton saw Michael Keane and Richarlison score the consolation goals. The Hard Tackle now takes a closer look at the encounter.
Team News & Tactics
Yerry Mina misses out due to a thigh injury. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
For most clubs, the three-month break came as a blessing in disguise as a number of their injured players became available. For Everton, though, it has been the exact opposite, with Carlo Ancelotti bereft of the services of five first-team players ahead of the visit of Liverpool.
The problems start right at the back, with Yerry Mina missing out for the Toffees due to a thigh injury. In the Colombian defender's absence, Mason Holgate will start alongside Michael Keane at the heart of the Everton defence against Liverpool, with Seamus Coleman and Lucas Digne being the two full-backs. The back-line will provide cover to Jordan Pickford.
Apart from Mina, Ancelotti will also be unable to call upon Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Fabian Delph, Theo Walcott and Cenk Tosun. The Everton boss, though, has plenty of cover in his squad, with Andre Gomes starting in the midfield double pivot alongside Tom Davies.
The two wide midfielders in the 4-4-2 will be Gylfi Sigurdsson and Bernard, both of whom will look to venture inwards and create overloads in the central spaces. The strike partnership will feature the reliable duo of Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison; and the duo will be keen on getting a scoring run going in the run-in.
Probable Lineup (4-4-2): Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Holgate, Digne; Bernard, Gomes, Davies, Sigurdsson; Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison
Unlike his counterpart in the Everton dugout, Jurgen Klopp does not have any long-term absentees in his squad apart from Xherdan Shaqiri, whose struggles continue. Having said that, the Liverpool manager has been sweating over the fitness of Andrew Robertson and Mohamed Salah, with the duo missing large chunk of this week's training after picking up knocks.
By Friday, though, both Salah and Robertson had made their way back to training and it is believed that the two players had a light session. But, Klopp is unlikely to take a chance with either player if he is unable to prove his fitness, meaning Salah could start on the bench at the very least.
If so, Sadio Mane will shoulder a lot of responsibility in the final third in terms of scoring goals. Mane will have Roberto Firmino for company in the three-man attacking unit, with Divock Origi likely to come in as Mane and Firmino's partner if Salah is not fit to start.
In midfield, Jordan Henderson will start after regaining his fitness. Henderson is having a stellar 2019/20 campaign and is in the running to be named the PFA Player of the Year. Henderson will reprise the no. 8 role and so will Georginio Wijnaldum, with the pair being the workhorses in the middle of the park. Meanwhile, Fabinho will play the Anchor Man role, sitting in front of defence.
As for the Liverpool back-line, Virgil van Dijk will pair up with Joe Gomez in the central defensive partnership, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Robertson being the full-backs. However, in the off chance that Robertson cannot start, James Milner will likely be named as the Reds' left-back. Finally, in goal, the fit again Alisson Becker is the obvious pick.
Probable Lineup (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum; Mane, Firmino, Origi
Everton are winless in 18 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D10 L8) since a 2-0 win in October 2010 at Goodison Park.
In fact, in all competitions, Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 21 games against Everton. Only against Aston Villa (22 between 1981-1992) have they had a longer such run against an opponent.
Everton are winless in three Premier League games (D1 L2), although they are unbeaten in seven at Goodison Park (W4 D3) since losing 0-2 against Norwich City in November.
Divock Origi has scored five goals in seven games against Everton in all competitions. He needs one goal to draw level with Robbie Fowler's Merseyside derby total of six. Meanwhile, Roberto Firmino has failed to score in any of his nine Merseyside derby appearances in all competitions.
Everton's tally of 18 points under Carlo Ancelotti has only been bettered by Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United during the same period.
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Klopp's go-to man. (Photo by Olly Greenwood/AFP via Getty Images)
Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are once again in the running to win the Premier League Golden Boot and are likely to go all out in the remaining nine fixtures to finish with the most goals. With Salah possibly starting on the bench, this is Mane's chance to pounce and close the gap to Jamie Vardy.
As far as the team's perspective is concerned, Mane will have a lot of onus on him to deliver the goods, especially with Salah not starting. A big game for the Senegalese speedster, who had not quite been at his best before the suspension of football back in March.
Everton 1-2 Liverpool
Everton have been a non-factor in just about every game they have played against Liverpool in recent years. With the Reds chasing their first league title in 30 years and with plenty of records to be broken, the visitors are unlikely to have their foot off the gas, especially in a game where pride is also at stake.
Everton will surely make life difficult for Liverpool and if Dominic Calvert-Lewin can continue from where he left off in March, a closely contested affair could ensue. Having said that, Liverpool will have plenty of quality to eke out a win, even if narrowly so. The Hard Tackle is, therefore, going with a 2-1 win for Jurgen Klopp & co.
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The grieving grandfather of a soldier ambushed in Iraq over the weekend says his family is still clinging to slim hopes that he'll be found alive.
Robert Asper of Rohnert Park, Calif., said Wednesday that the family is anxiously awaiting word on the fate of Sgt. Anthony J. Schober, 23, of Reno, who's believed to be among three soldiers missing after the ambush south of Baghdad.
"We're in shock and grief and hoping he can get out," Asper told The Associated Press. "But al-Qaeda doesn't give people back and doesn't go by any rules of war.
"I'm surprised we haven't seen them (three missing soldiers) on TV pleading for their lives," he said.
"We keep up hope that he'll be found alive. But I'd say it's a slim chance," Asper said.
The ambush left four soldiers dead and three missing. The Pentagon identified three of those killed, but is waiting for more tests before the identity of the fourth dead soldier can be confirmed.
Schober's mother, Roberta Schober of Carson City, and father, Mark Webb of Indianapolis, were originally told by the military that their son was dead, but were later informed he was missing, Asper said.
The parents have indicated to military officials that they are not ready to talk to the media.
At a news conference Wednesday in Carson City, Schober's uncle, Bob Schober of Minden, issued a brief statement but took no questions. He was flanked by other family members, including Edward Schober, Anthony Schober's stepfather. Roberta Schober did not attend.
"We want to thank the families and friends of the nation for the prayers and their support," Bob Schober said. "Our prayers are with Anthony and the two soldiers and with their families.
"Our sympathies are with the families of the fallen soldiers. We are proud of all the armed forces, and their families and the sacrifices they are making for our nation," he said.
Anthony Schober, who was on his third tour of duty in Iraq, headed a squad that was trying to prevent insurgents from laying roadside bombs at night when the ambush occurred, according to Asper.
Schober lived in California before attending Douglas High School in Minden as a sophomore and junior. He joined the Army in 2001 after getting his high school diploma from the Sierra Nevada Job Corps in Reno the same year.
Described by his grandfather as quiet and slender but strong, Schober's interests included video games and bicycle riding at the time.
Asper said his grandson initially was excited about the military's mission to drive the Taliban from Afghanistan. But while on leave in Carson City last July, Schober expressed reservations about the U.S. role in Iraq, Asper said.
Asper faulted the Bush administration for not sending more U.S. troops to Iraq from the start.
"Anthony didn't think it was a good idea," he said.
Schober was awarded a Purple Heart after being blown from a Humvee by a blast, Asper said. His jaw had to be wired shut for about a month, but the injury wasn't severe enough to send him home.
The seven American soldiers were members of the famed 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Drum, N.Y.
– Associated Press Writer Brendan Riley in Carson City contributed to this report.


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En terminología de transportes por carretera, un asistente de mantenimiento de carril es un mecanismo diseñado para advertir al conductor cuando el vehículo comienza a moverse fuera de su carril (a menos que una intermitente esté encendida hacia esa dirección) en autopistas y arterias urbanas. Estos sistemas están diseñados para minimizar accidentes al buscar solucionar las causas principales de los choques: errores de conductor, distracciones y somnolencia. En 2009 la Administración Nacional de Seguridad del Tráfico en las Carreteras (NHTSA, por sus siglas en inglés) comenzó a estudiar si exigir sistema de advertencia de abandono de carril y sistema de frenado de emergencia en los automóviles.

Hay tres tipos de sistemas:
Sistemas que le advierten al conductor si el vehículo está abandonando su carril con advertencias visuales, audibles y de vibraciones (advertencia de abandono de carril, , LDW)
Sistemas que le advierten al conductor y, si no hay respuesta, automáticamente toman medidas para asegurarse que el vehículo permanezca en su carril (asistente de mantenimiento de carril, , LKA)
 Sistemas que asisten en el sobreviraje, manteniendo el carro centrado en el carril, y pidiéndole al conductor que tome el control en situaciones desafiantes (asistente de centrado de carril, , LCA)

Tipos de sensores

Los sistemas de advertencia/mantenimiento trabajan con:
Sensores de video en el campo visual (montados detrás del parabrisas, normalmente integrados al lado del espejo lateral)
Sensores láser (montados en el frente del vehículo)
Sensores infrarrojos (montados atrás del parabrisas o debajo del vehículo)

Principio de funcionamiento
Un sistema de detección de carril usado en conjunto con un sistema de advertencia de abandono de carril usa el principio de la transformada de Hough y un detector de borde de Canny para detectar líneas de carril alimentadas con imágenes de cámaras en tiempo real de la cámara frontal del automóvil.

Historia
El primer sistema de advertencia de abandono de carril en Europa fue desarrollado por la compañía estadounidense Iteris para los transportes comerciales Actros de Mercedes-Benz. El sistema debutó en el año 2000, y ahora está disponible en muchos autos nuevos, SUVs y camionetas.

En el año 2002, el sistema Iteris estuvo disponible para los vehículos norteamericanos de Freightliner. En ambos sistemas el conductor es avisado de salidas no intencionales de carril por un sonido de banda sonora audible generado al lado del vehículo que se sale del carril. No se genera advertencia si, antes de cruzar el carril, se activa una señal direccional por parte del conductor.

Mantenimiento de carril

La asistencia de mantenimiento de carril es una función que sumada al sistema de advertencia de abandono de carril, toma de manera automática los pasos para asegurarse de que el vehículo se mantenga en su carril. Algunos vehículos combinan el control de crucero adaptativo con los sistemas de mantenimiento de carril para proveer seguridad adicional.

Mientras que una combinación de estas funciones ayuda en la creación de un vehículo semi-autónomo, la mayoría requiere que el conductor permanezca en control del vehículo mientras se usa. Esto es por las limitaciones asociadas con la función de mantenimiento de carril.

El sistema de asistencia de mantenimiento de carril se está logrando en sistemas modernos de vehículos sin conductor utilizando técnicas de procesamiento de imagen llamadas técnicas de la transformada de Hough y de detección de borde de Canny. Estas técnicas de procesamiento de imagen avanzadas procesan datos de los carriles delanteros con cámaras enfocadas hacia enfrente en la parte frontal del vehículo. El procesamiento de imagen en tiempo real utilizando poderosas computadoras como el Drive PX1 de Nvidia eso usado por muchos fabricantes automotrices para alcanzar vehículos completamente autónomos en los que el algoritmo de detección de carriles forma parte clave. Los algoritmos de detección de carriles avanzados también están siendo desarrollados utilizando técnicas de aprendizaje profundo y de redes neuronales. Nvidia ha alcanzado una gran precisión para desarrollar funciones de conducción autónoma incluido mantenimiento de carril utilizando la red neural basándose en un mecanismo de entrenamiento en el cual utilizan una cámara frontal en un carro y lo hacen pasar por una ruta para después usar lo que recibe la dirección y las imágenes de las cámaras de la alimentación del camino en una red neural para hacerle "aprender". La red neural después será capaz de cambiar el ángulo de la dirección basado en el cambio de carril en un camino y mantener el carro en el carril de en medio.

Tesla usa el sistema de asistencia de carril más avanzado combinado con su sistema de control de crucero adaptativo y comercializados juntos como Autopilot. Incluye funciones como asistencia de mantenimiento de carril y además cambio automático de carril sin la necesidad de retroalimentación del conductor. Una tecnología similar a la asistencia de carril se utiliza con la función Autopark también.

Un mecanismo de asistencia de mantenimiento de carril puede devolver un vehículo al carril reactivamente si comienza a abandonar o proactivamente mantener el vehículo en el centro del carril. Las compañías de automóviles usualmente usan respectivamente los términos Lane Keeping Assist (LKA) para referirse al mecanismo reactivo y Lane Centering Assist (LCA) para el proactivo.

Limitaciones
Los sistemas de advertencia de abandono de carril y de mantenimiento de carril dependen de marcas de carril visibles. Típicamente no pueden descifrar marcas de carril desvanecidas, desaparecidas o incorrectas. Las marcas cubiertas por la nieve o viejas marcas de carril aún visibles pueden comprometer la habilidad del sistema.

Los sistemas de advertencia de abandono de carril también pueden enfrentarse a limitaciones legales relacionadas con la conducción autónoma. Como se mencionó anteriormente, el sistema requiere retroalimentación constante de parte del conductor. Los vehículos con esta tecnología se limitan a asistir al conductor y no a conducir el vehículo.

Su limitación más importante es que no está en completo control del vehículo. El sistema no toma en cuenta otros vehículos en el camino y no puede "reemplazar buenos hábitos de manejo".

Véase también
Vehículo autónomo
Control de crucero adaptativo
Automatización vehicular
Centrado de carril

Referencias

Enlaces externos

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Remember the first day of each school year?
Even for college! Such a monumental day.
Now thinking back, that day was special for all the obvious reasons. First day of college, moving into my dorm, start of band, etc, etc. But there is another reason why this day, August 20, 2008, was special. I've never been able to place the exact place, moment, day that I've met someone before. Not until now.
It was afternoon. I would say between 2:00 and 2:30pm. I remember my audition time was for around 3. Katy (my roommate) and I were sitting on the loading dock of Squires with our instruments in hand. I had my freshly printed audition music in front of me (because I had left mine at home and printed it again in my RAs room about an hour before) and was sitting there with my mind wrapped around getting VPI Victory march right, when a boy walked out the doors to the loading dock. He carried a saxophone case. Katy and I exchanged glances with me giving her an eye to talk to him. He was a saxophone, so was she; it seemed logical. He took his saxophone out of his case, leaving Katy and me with wide eyes because it looked like an antique. Perfect. Conversation starter. At this point, I don't remember who said something, Katy or me, but the next words uttered were, "Wow, that's a cool saxophone." This boy then proceeded to tell us about how it was new, and that he loved it.
So crazy. It's SO crazy. Really? I'm smiling at the computer.
God totally had a plan. It's so obvious. He had a plan. An amazingly awesome plan that I still have a hard time grasping.
Today marks that I've officially known Matt for 10 years! What?! It still blows my mind and still makes me smile at my computer screen. We didn't date for another year after we met. And the story of how we became friends and then best friends and then more than friends is a fun tale too. But 10 years. Crazy!
Ten years ago on that first day of college, I had no idea I'd meet my future husband on a less-than-glamourous loading dock at the back of a building, and that 10 years later we'd be just a month away from welcoming our first child into the world. The older I get and the more I look back on my life, the more my mind is blown. The Lord really does work everything out beautifully even if we don't see it at the time.
Happy 10 year know-you-exist-iversary, Matt! I love knowing you exist 😉 and of course having you as my husband and baby's daddy! It's been the best 10 years and I look forward to so many more!
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If all José Andrés ever accomplished in his life was notoriety for introducing tapas to Americans, building a restaurant empire and having multiple culinary awards, his legacy as an innovative chef would be assured. But over the past few years, Andrés has transcended his professional achievements to become an outspoken advocate and humanitarian, exemplified in his leadership in mobilizing relief efforts in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria through his nonprofit, World Central Kitchen. Founded in 2010 following the earthquake in Haiti, World Central Kitchen brings together chefs and other professionals in the food service industry to develop solutions to combat hunger due to natural disasters and poverty. During the year that Andrés and World Central Kitchen were in Puerto Rico, 100,000 meals per day were served to the locals.
Leverage local resources. The first question Andrés is always asked, "How did you manage to bring in so much food so rapidly to Puerto Rico?" The answer is he didn't. Instead he went to the largest food supplier on the island, who happened to hail from the same town in Spain as Andrés did, and purchased food supplies through a line of credit. Andrés also made use of any facility with a kitchen, be it a restaurant, stadium, church or school cafeteria. "If there was a kitchen, we had a restaurant." Andrés noted that there were six functioning bakeries on the island. Instead of waiting for bread to be delivered, the bakery provided freshly baked bread used in the sandwiches that volunteers assembled.
Bribe people. Gas and diesel fuel were in short supply and in big demand in the days following Maria. In order to prepare meals, Andrés, in his words, "bribed" people with food in exchange for fuel to cook and distribute the food.
Get rid of MREs (Meal, Ready-to-eat). According to Andrés, "the classic MREs are useless" in feeding the masses during a prolonged relief effort. The reason? MREs do not meet the nutritional needs across the entire populations. Andrés offered the elderly as an example of a group that should not consume MREs for long stretch of time stating that a diet of MREs would put "there lives in danger." Cooking fresh meals is what's best, more nutritious for the population.
Do not let relief efforts get bogged down by bureaucracy at the government or NGO level. Andrés observed that NGOs tend to manage by committee, meaning that no one person is ever in charge. Andrés' solution? To appoint a leader and empower people to develop and implement solutions. Also, Andrés expressed his disappointment that FEMA adhered to its burcratic process of having relief workers participate in a contract bid, delaying the distribution of food, water and other life-sustaing resources. "'Emergency' should not be in the name of the government agency if it's not going to react to and emergency situation," observed Andrés.
Call on private business to partner on a solution. Andrés commended local Virginia-based food supplier, Cuisine Solutions, for contributing sous vide-prepped meats to the relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
Noting that President Trump had given himself and his administration a 10 on how relief efforts were handled in Puerto Rico, Andrés humbly stated that he rates himself a five for only feeding 100,000 per day.
As a U.S. citizen for the past five years, Andrés commented that he had never been prouder to be an American or of the American people.
For more on Andrés and the efforts of World Central Kitchen in mobilizing relief for Puerto Rico, read We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time. Proceeds from his book will go towards his nonprofit, World Central Kitchen.


The word 'Paschal' is often associated with the paschal lamb which is the sacrifice of the Jewish Passover. From this it became associated with Easter because of the great sacrifice of Jesus. However we also sometimes hear of the 'Paschal Mystery' and 'the 'Paschal Light' but few people understand what they mean.
'Paschal Mystery' refers to a special spiritual awakening we may experience on the Christian spiritual journey and it is also associated with Easter. 'Paschal Light' refers to a new Light of spiritual perception and understanding which comes with this awakening. This is really the gateway to the deeper spiritual life.
The Paschal Light is indeed a very special brilliance and it is for this reason we have adopted this name.


One case focused on excessive fees for recordkeeping, administrative, and investment services, and the other focused on revenue sharing.
A case accusing fiduciaries of the Duke Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan of causing the plan to pay unreasonable and greatly excessive fees for recordkeeping, administrative, and investment services has been reported settled by the university's counsel as well as the plaintiffs' counsel.
Likewise, the docket report for a second complaint against Duke University—this one focusing on revenue sharing it took but didn't deliver for distribution to plan participants—says the parties have settled. A stipulation of dismissal for both lawsuits was due by December 2, but neither has been filed yet.
No details of a settlement have been reported to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Higher education institution 403(b) plans have been the target of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation in the past two years. In the first to go to trial, a lawsuit alleging imprudence in the management of two New York University (NYU) 403(b) plans was decided in favor of the university, although the judge did find some concerning lack of knowledge among some plan committee members.
In other similar lawsuits, universities' motions for dismissal have been approved.


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COVID-19 in the UK: Harsh Lockdowns But High Death Rates
By Arvind Datta | March 1, 2021
Arvind is a recluse who prefers staying far away from the limelight as possible. Be that as it may, he keeps a close eye on what's happening and reports on it to keep people rightly informed.
A ranking of 'government stringency' has scored the UK 86 out of 100 points, placing it as one of the countries with the harshest coronavirus restrictions.
The ranking, done by the University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government, shows that only three countries score higher than the UK globally – Lebanon, Venezuela, and Eritrea. The U.S. scored 68 out of 100, indicating a higher freedom level during the pandemic.
The rating is determined by public health restrictions imposed by the country, such as school closures, mask mandates, and stay-at-home restrictions. The UK ordered a shutdown of schools, which most European nations had avoided. At present, Brits are under a stay-at-home order which is expected to be only eased by the end of next month.
But despite these strict measures, the UK has one of the highest coronavirus fatality rates globally. The country's deaths per million stand at 1,792. That's the sixth most, ahead of Italy, Portugal, the U.S., Spain, France, Germany, and other developed nations.
One-third of pandemic deaths in the UK came from care home residents. The new UK strain has dramatically affected the country. Britain totaled 100,000 CCP virus deaths by the last week of January. A quarter of those deaths occurred in the previous three weeks when the more lethal UK strain spread throughout the country.
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 24: A hotel guest runs past a Covid-19 testing center as they exercise in the car park of the Radisson Blu hotel as they continue their quarantine period on February 24, 2021, in London, England. Travelers from three dozen "red list" countries who arrived in England as of February 15 were forced to quarantine in hotels near major airports, such as Heathrow. The first travelers to arrive under the policy will have taken another covid-19 test yesterday and, pending a negative result, will be allowed to leave on February 26th. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
Professor Lawrence Young, an expert on infectious diseases, believes that poor investment in the National Health Service (NHS) also shares blame for the high death toll.
"We suffered from not having an adequate public health infrastructure in this country; we didn't get test, trace and isolate right, and that's still a big challenge for this country, so keeping a lid on infections by effective testing and tracing and then encouraging people to isolate is really important. And we didn't get border control right," Young told Voice of America.
Dropping Covid-19 alert level
The UK's coronavirus alert level, which moved to Level 5 on Jan. 4, has dropped back to Level 4. The change was agreed upon by the four UK chief medical officers and NHS England's national medical director.
However, they warned people to continue following lockdown protocols since the death toll, pressure on hospitals, and transmission rates are still considerably high. Unless the vaccine rollout shows a positive impact, experts warn that people must remain vigilant.
Data from the British National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) shows that the police issued 68,952 fines between March 27, 2020, and Feb. 14, 2021, for people who breached coronavirus lockdown rules. The number of penalties increased after the lockdown was announced on Jan. 4.
"We are still in a really dangerous stage of a pandemic which has killed more than 120,000 people… Eleven months on and back into a national lockdown, the rules are really clear and so it is frustrating that we still have a small number of completely defiant and irresponsible people who have no regard for the safety of themselves or others," NPCC chairman Martin Hewitt said in a statement.
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Anti-Trinitarians use this argument to neutralize a damaging piece of biblical evidence that goes against their position. The short answer to your question is that this phrase is part of the original Greek text of Matthew. The argument is not historically reliable, making it difficult to understand why they still use it.
1. Greek Evidence: We have many Greek manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew. The textual evidence is unquestionable: all the Greek manuscripts of Matthew include the phrase you quoted. In other words, it is part of the original text of the Gospel. Besides, all ancient translations of the New Testament also preserve the Greek reading. In order to question this evidence some have argued that the Greek quotations of Matthew 28:19 found in the Church Fathers, specifically in the writings of Eusebius of Caesarea (A.D. 263-339), do not include the Trinitarian phrase.
The truth is that Eusebius quotes Matthew in different ways. It has been shown that in nine cases he writes, "Go and make disciples of all the nations"; 16 times, "Go and make disciples of all the nations in my name"; and five times he quotes the biblical text as we have it now in Matthew. The obvious conclusion is that Eusebius knew the long original Greek text of Matthew and occasionally omitted parts of the passage that were irrelevant to the point he was making. This was his common practice when quoting Scriptures.
Several things ought to be said about this reading. First, this translation is a Jewish apologetic work, not a Christian one interspersed with anti-Catholic comments. Second, it is called Eben Bohan ("The Touchstone"), authored by Shem-Tob ben-Isaac ben-Shaprut in 1380. Its reading of Matthew 28:19 is not supported by any Greek manuscript. Third, the translation omits many other sections of Matthew. Finally, notice that it also omits the Gospel Commission. In other words, it is not a reliable witness to the original text of Matthew.
3. Critical Interpretation: Critical scholarship argues that the baptismal formula found in our passage is not original in the sense that it did not come from Jesus Himself. The higher-critical approach to the Gospels seeks to find in the text the original words of Jesus and differentiate them from what Matthew put in His mouth. Since, according to them, in Matthew Jesus never addresses the question of baptism and evangelizing the world, and that there is not much in the Gospel about the Father and the Holy Spirit, Jesus would not have said what Matthew claims He said. They infer that the baptismal formula was not what Jesus taught the disciples to do, but what the Matthean community was practicing. Matthew simply legitimized the practice of the church by placing it in the words of Jesus.
This interpretation, based on the historical-critical method of biblical interpretation, is inconsistent with what the biblical text explicitly states and is fundamentally based on speculations impossible to prove. The canonical form of Matthew 28:19 is totally reliable and belongs to the original text of Matthew.


More than a thousand sixth-graders from Opelika and Drake Middle Schools will be given lessons on the basics of check-writing, budgeting and will gain a better understanding of the accounting profession on Friday, March 2, at the Auburn School of Accountancy's annual Financial Literacy Fair.
The fair -- which will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Auburn Student Center ballroom -- will be directed by more than 300 graduate and undergraduate accounting students.
Although the fair will be divided into a number of small group activities related to financial matters, including goal-setting and philanthropy, Stanwick said the day will be highlighted by two panel discussions. One session teaches children about college life from accounting students' perspectives. The other digs deep into debits, credits, and spreadsheets to get a better understanding of the accounting profession.
Similar fairs have taken place on the middle schools' campuses, but Stanwick said this is the first time children will come to Auburn University.


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Are adjunct professors eligible for unemployment?
Do professors make more than teachers?
How do professors get paid?
Can professors be rich?
Is being a professor worth it?
What is the difference between an adjunct and associate professor?
Do you need a master's degree to be an adjunct professor?
How do you get an adjunct position?
Who can use the title professor?
Why do professors make so little?
Why do Adjunct professors make so little?
How many hours a week do professors work?
What is the difference between adjunct and part-time?
What is the difference between adjunct and visiting professor?
Are professors overpaid?
How many classes can an adjunct teach?
What title is higher than Professor?
Can you make a living as an adjunct professor?
What are the requirements to be an adjunct professor?
How often do adjunct professors get paid?
Are adjunct professors part-time?
How much do online adjunct professors make per class?
How much does an adjunct make per class?
Why is adjunct pay so low?
Can you be an adjunct professor at multiple colleges?
What is the difference between adjunct and assistant professor?
How do you get your first adjunct job?
Can you be an adjunct professor without a master's degree?
Can you call yourself a professor without a PhD?
Can an adjunct professor use the title professor?
Under California law, adjunct/part-time instructors are eligible to file for unemployment benefits between terms, whether summer or winter.
In general, professors make about $20,000 more, on average, than teachers, although a number of factors influence what both educators earn.
Most of the full-time tenured or tenure-track professors are paid by a college or university on nine- or ten-month contracts. Salary data for professors is typically reported as a nine-month salary, not including compensation received (often from research grants) during the summer.
So it's possible to get rich as a faculty member if you're in a hot technical field. Some faculty in other areas (e.g. literature or history) also get a lot of outside income from writing popular books or plays, etc. but that's less common and less reliable.
Professors are by no means poorly paid, and they typically earn enough to live comfortably and to raise a family. However, someone with the level of skill and experience that a professor has could almost certainly earn much more money in the private sector.
An adjunct professor is a supplemental instructor with a more temporary position in an institution of learning, and he or she is ineligible for tenure. 2. An associate professor has a more permanent role in an institution of learning. He works full-time and is usually tenured.
Typically, to be considered for a job as adjunct professor, you need a master's or doctoral degree, though some community colleges or technical schools hiring for these faculty positions may only require a bachelor's degree along with relevant work experience.
How to Get a Job As an Adjunct Professor
Talk to other professors.
Look for schools that hire people like you.
Know the subjects you want to teach and tell people.
Find classes that exist that you could teach.
Start with continuing education classes.
Guest lecture.
Put together a CV.
In the United States and Canada, the title of professor applies to most post-doctoral academics, so a larger percentage are thus designated. In these areas, professors are scholars with doctorate degrees (typically PhD degrees) or equivalent qualifications who teach in four-year colleges and universities.
Why are academic salaries so low? Because professors will take the job anyway. Post-docs and other grunts will take pennies to work for a slightly more famous institution, because they think the association is vital to getting a faculty job after their post-doc.
The reason adjuncts are paid so little is that colleges and universities have become businesses and have adopted the neoclassical economic and neoliberal political positions that encourage the exploitation of workers.
Adjuncts are essentially part-time professors for an institution. Colleges and universities' budgets may not be able to cover the salaries of full-time professors; adjuncts are the answer to this. That being said, adjuncts get paid considerably less than professors.
A visiting professor has a job at one school but works at another for a period of time. An adjunct professor is also a limited or part-time position, to do research or teach classes.
Most college professors are underworked and overpaid, said David C. Levy. A major factor in skyrocketing college tuition costs is the "upper-middle-class salaries" of faculty members who, in most cases, work about half the hours of other professionals. But many professors do little or no research.
Depending on the institution, adjunct pay can range from under $2,000 a class to $6,000 and above. A full course load is considered to be three classes a semester. Some adjuncts are teaching as many six classes a semester, driving between different campuses, and taking odd jobs to make ends meet, Ms. Maisto said.
Adjuncts are considered "temporary" employees who work without long-term contracts and are therefore not guaranteed continued employment. If you were not offered an assignment OR if your workload is reduced, you can file for unemployment benefits. The EDD will determine whether you qualify.
In UK universities, the academic titles and the order of their academic rank are: PhD student, postdoc research fellow, assistant lecturer, lecturer, senior lecturer, reader, professor, named professor and head of department.
The hard truth about adjunct professoring is you can't make a career or a living from one adjunct professor position.
working for a graduate program makes more than one with a bachelor's degree working at a community college. The format is relatively universal; adjunct professors are compensated on a short-term contract basis, and they are paid per course, rather than hourly or annually.
Adjunct professors are defined as professors who are hired on a contractual basis, usually in part-time positions. Adjunct faculty teach courses just as full-time professors do, but they are exempt from some of the responsibilities of fully employed university instructors.
Many online instructors work as adjunct instructors. This means they work on a contract basis and are paid per course. According to online instructor pay surveys by Get Educated, a common salary range for online college instructors is $1,500 to $2,500 per semester-long course.
Per-course pay varies from less than $2,000 to more than $7,000. About 53 percent of respondents make less than $3,500 per course. Asked about equitable compensation, more than half said they should be paid at least $5,000 per course.
To reach their preferred number of classes, most adjuncts teach at more than one school; some teach at more than two. I've never taught at more than two schools simultaneously and I've always tried to manage my schedule so that I wasn't driving to more than one place in the same day.
An assistant professor who receives tenure becomes an associate professor. An associate professor may later be appointed a full professor. Assistant, associate and full professors at American universities perform many duties. An adjunct professor is also a limited or part-time position, to do research or teach classes.
Education. Generally speaking, adjuncts must have at least a master's degree, though there are some exceptions. For example, technical colleges may allow a combination of a bachelor's degree and relevant work experience. However, generally speaking, you should have a graduate degree to become an adjunct professor.
The PhD is relatively new. Since, in the theory and tradition of higher education, all professors should have PhDs but not all PhDs are professors, Professor is considered the more exclusive, prestigious title. Thus, if you don't call yourself doctor, you shouldn't call yourself Professor.
For most universities and colleges, an assistant professor is the first rank. On the other hand, adjunct professors are not part of faculty, but depending on their school's policies, they may able to use the title "professor" as a courtesy title—namely, one that doesn't carry any legal weight.
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Moulin de Connelles in Normandy
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Located on a private island on the banks of the Seine, the Moulin de Connelles - 4 stars - is one of the most secret and refined places in Normandy. You will have the opportunity to enjoy your breakfast in its dining room furnished with Louis XV style armchairs or on its veranda overlooking the Seine. You can also work or just chat in the lounge area with a piano bar and a large fireplace. Its rooms - exclusively non-smoking - are all soundproofed to ensure your private area and have a TV with 36 channels available, a radio, a telephone and heating. Each room has a large double bed, a private bathroom, a bathtub, a desk and a mini bar. Their surfaces vary from 25 to 40m² according to your choice. For your stay, you have the choice of a double room, a junior suite and a suite with spa bath. Your pets are allowed up to your room with a surplus to pay. On the other hand, the hotel does not accept or have cots and / or extra beds and the rooms and suites are unfortunately not accessible to people with reduced mobility. The rate includes parking, Wi-Fi, concierge service, room service, luggage storage and wake up calls. Nevertheless, a fee and a fee are to be expected. The restaurant Le Comptoir de Connelles, located just 500m from the hotel, presents a wide choice of French specialty a la carte. It also offers children's menus, special diet menus (on order) and even packed lunches. Of course, all reservations are accepted. However, it should be noted that restaurant closes its doors Mondays to Thursday midday.
Why staying at Moulin de Connelles in Normandy?
For activities during your stay, the Moulin de Connelles is pleased to suggest a walk on the Seine under reservation and depending on weather conditions. It can be a golf course that is located less than 3km from the hotel, an outdoor pool (only between July and August), cycling and even massages (on reservation within 48 hours). Pool towels and toiletries are also included in the rate you choose. For your convenience, the hotel allows you to make your reservation online. You also have the choice between paying by credit cards (Visa, Mastercard or credit card) or pay on the spot upon your arrival. However, no refund is possible and the person making the reservation should be at least 18 years old. The hotel welcomes you between 15h and 20h and organizes your departure between 8h and 11h30. If you are coming for a business trip, the hotel has meeting and banquet facilities, subject to reservation and extra charges. If necessary, do not hesitate to ask for a car service.
Built in the 12th century and destroyed during the Viking invasions in 841 and partially in 1944 by Allied bombing, Notre-Dame de Rouen is a living building in perpetual evolution. It is the only cathedral in France to benefit from an archiepiscopal palace still occupied by an archbishop. Its spire, the highest in France, rises up to 151 meters since the 19th century. Its facade is a precious testimony to the evolution of Gothic art from the mid-twelfth century to the early nineteenth century. You can get there easily by public transport. You have the choice between getting off at the Palais de Justice stop (bus 8 or metro), the République stop (bus 6 or Fast F1 line) and the cathedral stop (TEOR 1,2,3). The Notre-Dame de Rouen Cathedral opens free of charge to the public from 7.30 am to 7 pm during the week and from 8 am to 6 pm on Sundays and holidays. This schedule is valid from April 1st to October 31st. For the rest of the year, you can spend your visit between 7am and noon or 14h and 18h on weekdays, and only the afternoon on Sunday and holidays.However, it is also necessary to know that the Cathedral is closed on Monday morning, January 1st, May 1st and November 11th. You should also know that the walker is closed 30 minutes before the closing of the Cathedral. You can benefit from a guided visit of one hour, under reservation and at a ridiculous price fixed per person. For people with visual disabilities, there is documentation in Braille and large print. Guide dogs and assistance dogs are allowed. Only the ground floor is accessible to people with motor disabilities. A guided visit of one hour and an anxiety space are offered to people with intellectual disabilities and a magnetic loop for those who have a hearing disability. Its paved forecourt and walk-in entrance allow any type of public to easily access the walls of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Rouen. For stay in Normandy, we offer a chauffeur service Paris.
Located in the Eure in Normandy, south-east of Rouen, Biotropica is the largest zoological greenhouse in Paris with an area of 6000 m² containing more than 100 species of animals. You can admire the birth and enclosure of newborns depending on your season of passage. Its tropical greenhouse is made up of tropical vegetation and tropical animals including alligators, crocodiles, Amazonian rays, mongooses, sloths, scorpions, turtles, flying foxes, pygmy marmosets, kangaroos, emerald phyton, green anaconda and many more. It also includes an outdoor course of 1.5km consisting of: Asian garden that includes red pandas, otters, cranes, koi carp. The pelicans lake is spread over a surface of 2Ha which allows you to admire these majestic creatures. Recall that the African bush, added in 2015, brings together the fascinating animals of Africa such as cheetahs, porcupines, meerkats, etc. The penguin cove where you can attend the nautical ballet of the Humboldt penguins, Australian bush where you can explore the Australian giants including kangaroos and mini-farm where you can find dwarf goats, miniature pigs, alpacas etc.The park opens its doors from 9:30 to 17:30 all year except for New Year's Day and Christmas. It does not close until 19h between April and September. Entry into Biotropica is free for any child under 3 years old. The price is regressive for children from 3 to 11 years, for children from 12 years and for adults. There are also other activities such as water biking, canoeing, windsurfing, catamaran boating, electric boating, mountain biking and ski-boating. The price varies from 6 to 32 € per person per hour. The latter is only indicative because the rates are likely to change during the year. To enjoy, opt for one of our vehicles that can accommodate 8 people.
The Moulin de Connelles is 16km from Rouen airport and only 40 minutes from the Claude Monet museum in Giverny and one hour from Paris. For information, the Mill is 123 km from Orly Airport and only 20 km from Rouen Airport.
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Eavg) flows through the load resistance. This statement can be clarified by using the formula for XC in a half-wave and full-wave rectifier. First, you must establish some values for the circuit.
the largest possible capacitor will provide the best filtering. Remember, also, that the load resistance is an important consideration. If load resistance is made small, the load current increases, and the average value of output voltage (Eavg) decreases. The RC discharge time constant is a direct function of the value of the load resistance; therefore, the rate of capacitor voltage discharge is a direct function of the current through the load. The greater the load current, the more rapid the discharge of the capacitor, and the lower the average value of output voltage. For this reason, the simple capacitive filter is seldom used with rectifier circuits that must supply a relatively large load current. Using the simple capacitive filter in conjunction with a full-wave or bridge rectifier provides improved filtering because the increased ripple frequency decreases the capacitive reactance of the filter capacitor.
Q14. What is the most basic type of filter?
Q15. In a capacitor filter, is the capacitor in series or in parallel with the load?
Q16. Is filtering better at a high frequency or at a low frequency?
Q17. Does a filter circuit increase or decrease the average output voltage?
Q18. What determines the rate of discharge of the capacitor in a filter circuit?
Q19. Does low ripple voltage indicate good or bad filtering?
Q20. Is a full-wave rectifier output easier to filter than that of a half-wave rectifier?
views A and B of figure 4-20.) Consequently, when the pulsating voltage is first applied to the LC choke-input filter, the inductor (L1) produces a CEMF which opposes the constantly increasing input voltage. The net result is to effectively prevent the rapid charging of the filter capacitor (C1). Thus, instead of reaching the peak value of the input voltage, C1 only charges to the average value of the input voltage. After the input voltage reaches its peak and decreases sufficiently, the capacitor C1) attempts to discharge through the load resistance RL). C1 will only partially discharge, as indicated in view B of the figure, because of its relatively long discharge time constant. The larger the value of the filter capacitor, the better the filtering action. However, because of physical size, there is a practical limitation to the maximum value of the capacitor.
therefore, the average value of the voltage produced across the capacitor contains a much smaller value of ripple component (Er) than the value of ripple produced across the choke.
You now have a voltage divider as illustrated in figure 4-25. You should see that because of the impedance ratios, a large amount of ripple voltage is dropped across L1, and a substantially smaller amount is dropped across C1 and RL. You can further increase the ripple voltage across L1 by increasing the inductance (XL = 2πfL).
Now let's discuss the dc component of the applied voltage. Remember, a capacitor offers an infinite (∞) impedance to the flow of direct current. The dc component, therefore, must flow through RL and L1. As far as the dc is concerned, the capacitor does not exist. The coil and the load are therefore in series with each other. The dc resistance of a filter choke is very low (50 ohms average). Consequently, most of the dc component is developed across the load and a very small amount of the dc voltage is dropped across the coil, as shown in figure 4-26.
Q21. In an LC choke-input filter, what prevents the rapid charging of the capacitor?
Q22. What is the range of values usually chosen for a choke?
Q23. If the impedance of the choke is increased, will the ripple amplitude increase or decrease?


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Episode 191 - Midnight Rogue part 1
Being an apprentice for the Thieves' Guild is a lot like being an apprentice for Alan Sugar. It feels like you're working towards a goal, but really it's just hours of pointless busywork before you randomly win or lose.
Episode 190 - Phantoms of Fear part 6
How much wood would a Wood Elf elf, if a Wood Elf could elf wood? That makes about as much sense as anything else that happens in this episode.
He's got legs, he knows how to use them, Newly grown legs, he knows how to choose them, Runs into Bhorkets, wonder how to fight them, Would you get behind them if you could only find them?
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head, And just like the guy whose body's gone and left for dead, Roll into a cave, Those raindrops are fallin' on my limbs, and my torso, Because they're gone, My head is no longer on...
Stars shining bright above you, Tree Devils seem to whisper "I'll blind you," They'll pierce your eyes so you'll never see, Dream a little dream of me...
Wood Elves won't eat meat as they find it morally reprehensible. But they will happily slaughter any woodland creature who so much as gives them a funny look. DON'T EAT THEM, JUST MURDER THEM! That's the Wood Elf way.
We go deep into the woods and even deeper into the subconscious mind, as we explore the dreams of a wood elf wandering around a forest in Phantoms of Fear.
Episode 184 - Star Strider part 6
We're trying to save the president but we're running out of space-future-time units and being forced to try to read a map. We all know how this one's going to end, right?
Dodgy dealers, disastrous driving and disgusting droids hamper our progress this week as we face off against several slippery customers. Really slippery. Unnecessarily slippery.
In this episode we fight a charging ROBO-BULL, a paper-pushing ADMINDROID, and a maths puzzle made for lonely ten year olds. Guess which one causes the most pain to two men in their forties...
Fresh off a victory against the legendary Kinta Lopsti, we head to see the Houlgans in search of Jose 90. This is all real stuff someone wrote in a book. And people bought it.
Martyn picks up a Catchman and jumps on a Silverhound, looking for trouble with every lazily-written, plagiarised and barely-concealed alien race in this robo-sector of the space-future-rocket-galaxy.
It's time to go to the space future again as Mark becomes a Bounty Hunter, or a Rogue Tracer, or a Star Strider, or maybe all three. So prepare for zipcars instead of horses, and robots instead of goblins. See, it's different.
Episode 178 - Crypt of the Sorcerer part 6
Chameleonites to the left of us, Rad-Hulks to the right, here we are, stuck having another go at this book. Democracy won, so we're trying again. But will we reach the Crypt of the Sorcerer?
Low on stamina and high on stolen armour, Mark is ready to face whatever enemies the Crypt of the Sorcerer can throw at him. He came here to drink tots of health potion and kick ass, but he's all out of tots.
Martyn's a werewolf now, so Mark has to step up and continue looking for whatever it was we were supposed to be looking for in the Crypt of the Sorcerer.
We grab our rod in the woods, which is less fun than it sounds. Or more fun, your mileage may vary. Either way, there's cause "fur" concern, and Martyn may not live to tell the "tail..."
We continue reading the Crypt of the Sorcerer, the only fantasy book ever written containing magic rings, tree people, and thinly disguised problematic racist stereotypes.
Episode 173 - Crypt of the Sorcerer part 1 LIVE
We're back from our break and we're DOING IT LIVE, as we crack open the Crypt of the Sorcerer in front of a streaming YouTube crowd of people-with-nothing-better-to-do.
Episode 172 - Marvel Super Heroes: City In Darkness part 2
Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Giving heart attacks is his plan, Late for meetings, every time, Barely bothers fighting crime, Look out! Here comes the Spider-Man!
Excelsior True Believers! We take a short break from Fighting Fantasy and try out a different gamebook series, as Mark becomes a web-slinging wonder in 1986 New York City who really needs those condensers.


Today, I'd like to write about immigration detention, an issue that is close to my heart. LIRS and regular readers of this blog know that on any given day in the United States, the federal government holds approximately 34,000 migrants and refugees in more than 250 facilities sanctioned to detain individuals for civil violations of immigration law.
However, the Transactional Records Clearinghouse (TRAC), a nonpartisan research center at Syracuse University, has recently released a study, that gives us a new understanding of who is among those 34,000 detained on any given day. Detainees who ultimately win their cases and the right to stay in the United States have the longest average time held in detention. This includes some of the most vulnerable populations within detention facilities—such as refugees, asylum seekers, survivors of torture, and victims of human trafficking and other crimes, who are held as they wait for final decisions on their immigration cases. The punitive environment in the facilities, social isolation, uncertainties of the process and the ever-present possibility of deportation can lead to deep trauma. For detainees who have already suffered in their home countries, this can be particularly acute if not re-traumatizing.
One flaw of the current detention system is that those with the strongest cases to remain in the United States remain behind bars for the longest periods. TRAC discovered that people who contested deportation and were eventually released from custody after being found legally eligible to remain in this country had the longest average detention time of 131 days—or more than 4 months. The study further reveals that 20 percent of those who ultimately won their cases were detained longer than 6 months. This is in contrast with individuals who were ultimately deported whose average detention period was just 27 days. These lengthy periods of detention lead to trauma and prevent newcomers from beginning the process of integration into the United States.
LIRS believes that men and women – particularly those with vulnerabilities – should not be held in immigration detention except as a last resort, and based on individual assessments. LIRS draws upon the work of the Access to Justice Unit to advocate for a more just immigration system that treats individuals with respect and promotes the development of community-based alternatives to detention.
One example of a more compassionate and fair system, the Community Support Network, was launched in 2012 by LIRS and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. This initiative connects volunteers and non-profit service agencies to offer care and support for migrants and refugees newly released from detention. Initially, the network provides formerly detained men and women with stabilization services and rehabilitation and together the network works toward the long-term goal of societal integration. Until this model becomes more widespread, allowing more individuals to be released from detention, LIRS continues to support and promote the work of immigration detention visitation ministry.
To learn more about the immigration detention system and the programs that LIRS supports, including the Community Support Partners and Visitation Ministry, check out the Alternatives to Detention page on the LIRS website.


Are you part of the Belize educated unemployed? The 10,000 academically educated Belizeans, Dorla Bowman talked about in her Reporter newspaper article, who seek salaried work, not entrepreneurial independence? Then consider that you have two choices! Either vote with your feet and leave Belize, like over 300,000 before you have done. Or, enter the elected representative competition for a government paid job, big time!
More and more of the Caribbean nations are losing their academically, mis-trained elite to the USA and Europe. Mostly to the USA. No longer is immigration, both legal and illegal into the USA, the uneducated campesino, taking dirt poor jobs. Immigration statistics show that middle level professionals are now the new flood of immigrants into Florida, Texas and California. Most of these have some experience being in business for themselves, but are tired of the irrational politics at home, the lack of reliable infra-structure, unreliable politics and mis-application of laws.
Organization, is what is attracting the new wave of middle level professionals to the USA. The fact that equipment parts are available within hours, or overnight by Federal Express, the electricity doesn't go into blackout in the middle of your work, the rules and tax laws do not change in the middle of your contract, the water is always there, the roads and traffic signals work, the bureaucracy does not discriminate in licensing. As Luz Castillo of the Dominican Republic said, when interviewed! " I was fed up. I decided I didn't need the aggravation, social, political and economic problems. It was too much." In some Caribbean countries, it is political persecution, self exile from political party changes and uncertainty, kidnappings for ransom, or other things, like a little space to be on your own with some privacy.
You too can vote on the political and economic situation in Belize. Simply vote with your feet and leave! But if you don't want to leave Belize, then consider a career in politics as an elected representative.
Yes you can do it! Do you have a rapport in your Belizean voting district with your neighbors? Can you take a few insults, slander, petty persecution and give as good as you get? If so, then you should consider a job as a career politician in the next national election. You do not require a political party. You can run as an independent. Or if a number of independents just like you, compete for election, then get together and form a party. Maybe it will be a party of one. Who cares! The point is to get elected. The UDP and PUP are full of people just like you. Many of them worse. Pure opportunists! You don't even have to worry about understanding the work. If you get a cabinet position, you will have a salaried bureaucrat Permanent Secretary to do your work for you and even he has an assistant Permanent Secretary. They do the work, not you!
DOES IT PAY? See for yourself.
Three days after the last general election results were known, on August 31, 1998, defeated former UDP legislators started the lineup to collect their money. The PUP who want the same courtesy at the next election, paid them promptly.
Henry Young collected a lump sum of $60,000 tax free severance pay, and started collecting the monthly portion of his $14,400 annual pension.
On that same day, Melvin Hulse was paid $45,000 severance pay, and $10,800 annual pension.
Less than a month afterward, on November 10, 1998, Ruben Campos received $60,000 severance pay and $14,400 annual pension.
Salvador Fernandez got $60,000 severance pay and $14,400 annual pension.
Manuel Esquivel collected $65,725 severance pay and $15,774 annual pension.
Phillip Goldson, who was unceremoniously retired long ago by the UDP also got paid.
Other former legislators who were approved their money before the close of the fateful '98 are Dennis Usher's - severance pay of $32,022.90 approved on November 17, 1998.
Joseph Cayetano - severance pay of $35,382.58, also approved on November 17, 1998.
Russel Garcia collected his full $35,382.58 severance pay on February 11, 1999.
Faith also got her amount ($32,574).
And so too did Aragon - $60,000 plus pension of $14,400).
The only former UDP legislators still lining up to receive pensions and severance pay are: Hubert Elrington ($32,179) and Elito Urbina ($26,279.40).
UDP Mesopotamia Representative Michael Finnegan has been anxious for all of his defeated colleagues to collect their severance pay and pension, totalling in excess of $700,000.
The PUP elected representatives will get the same, or more adjusted for cost of living, inflation and so on, in four and a quarter more years. You will be set for life! I tell you, politics pays! Run for elected representative! Start campaigning now and working out whose votes you have to have to win!
Where does the money come from? Foreign loans! The new loan driven colonialism captive state economic market empires.
Consider carefully! How much do you make now, NET INCOME for the year, after expenses and salaries?
Do you know that 40% of the population (women) of Belize do not earn $750 per year? Another 40% of Belizeans (male) do not make $1000 a year, cash in hand. That is 80% of the possible voting population. Or 184,000 out of 320,000 in Belize capable of voting, ( figures are approximate ) do not make a $1000 a year Belize, in net cash flow. They live subsistance, hunting, farming, fishing lives and only get a small amount of cash through selling their surplus, or from odd jobs.
Heck! If you are a middle level family, well educated, you are probably earning as an individual, net income, after expenses and taxes, less than $4000 Bz per year. Yet if you run as an elected representative on an Independent ticket and should you get elected, you will earn in excess of $35,000 salary each year, get a brand new sparkling new vehicle, free gasoline, travel trips around the world to exotic interesting places ( for conferences (hic!), per diem expenses that will double, or triple your real salary as an elected representative, the chance to get some land or other perk, that you might turn into money, or security of some sort. But when you quit, or lose the following election, take a look at the severance pay and the annual pension. The pension is 3 or 4 times more than what you can earn as a middle income wage earner in Belize today. As an educated unemployed Belizean you owe it to yourself to try to run for elected representative with your party of one.
You could join, or start a Reform Party. Belize badly needs that, with the intention of changing the Constitution of Belize; but then you would be faced with a moral question? Before you cancel all the pensions and stuff legislation, should you include yourself this one time and make it effective as of five years away? Should you guarantee yourself the pension, severance pay and your salary for the rest of your term that you will surrender, under the switch over to the new Belize Constitution, modeled on Federalism? Probably you should. Otherwise it will never get done.
Will the PUP bring in Federalism? Not a chance! The best political observers in Belize, say absolutely not. So, there you have it. Belize needs a patriot like you to bring democracy to the nation and some modicum of common sense. True! We are going to have an Ombudsman law, but other countries have such things. They are play things to mollify a mass ignorant public. There usually is no compulsion for Minister's to obey an Ombudsman, or even do any more than throw the problems in the wastebasket. So it works in other countries! Belize has a fragile democracy and will easily be turned into a tinpot banana republic dictatorship in reality, instead of the pseudo dictatorship we have now. The Belize Constitution has to be changed.
The trouble with our fragile fledgling democracy, is that it is like a frog. If you put a frog in boiling water, it will jump out. If you put it into cold water and heat it slowly, the frog will sit there and accept it's fate. Incompetency, inability, and often downright corruption, will see the PUP lose another election sometime. The choice right now is only the UDP and they are no choice at all. But dispair breeds strange bedfellows. So young fellow, or lady. Please, start garnering your votes with your political party of one, for the next election. Please run and start figuring out your campaign. Belize needs you.
Even if you do it in your own selfish self interest, just like many of the others that have been elected representatives. Get rich, but give Belizeans a choice in the next election. Don't forget the Ombudsman's office only has the power to recommend and cajole. Agencies in other countries simply ignore them. Belize needs you in either a REFORM PARTY, or as an independent. The citizens need choices! Otherwise increasing debt and social problems are the order of the day, as 35 years of Belizean history have shown and 200 years of European history have also shown.