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With hundreds of thousands of the nation's bridges nearing the end of their design lives, cash-strapped states are searching for innovative solutions to repair and replace their decaying structures. One answer may lie in the same material that delivered the stealth aircraft, according to two researchers at UMR.
UMR researchers are helping extend the lifespan of Missouri's bridges using space-age bandages.
Composite fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP), first developed for use in the aerospace and automotive industries, may be able to help nurse the rapidly aging national highway infrastructure beyond its intended lifespan. Dr. Antonio Nanni, the Vernon and Maralee Jones Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at UMR, and Dr. John Myers, assistant professor of civil engineering at UMR, are researching how the composite materials can be used to rehabilitate existing structures as well as to construct new bridges.
The researchers are treating five decaying bridges in rural Missouri with a corrosion-resistant bandage of sorts made of this material. Like a bandage, the composite material is lightweight and flexible. Strips of the material can be wrapped around pillars or wallpapered on lengths of concrete to strengthen the original structure. These composite materials combine the strength of aramid, carbon and glass fibers with the stability of the polymer resins.
"In the repair and rehabilitation of building and civil infrastructure, these FRP materials may be very competitive on a first-cost basis," Nanni says. "Composites are also more durable than steel, as well as lightweight."
Not only can the high-performance material be wrapped around beams or other structures to provide additional support, but it also can be fashioned into reinforcement bars and inserted into concrete structures or soil before being covered with a sheet of polymer to strengthen the bridge bed. "This technology is ideal for strengthening and repair, and almost unmatchable for seismic upgrade," Nanni says. "Yet the greatest opportunity is in the replacement of conventional materials for new construction."
In 2000, the first fully composite bridge in Missouri was installed on the UMR campus. "At UMR, we demonstrated that a bridge can be built with off-the-shelf FRP tubes readily available from the pultrusion (or composite material) industry," Nanni adds. "We also demonstrated that FRP is an ideal material system to integrate health monitoring features."
The need for a cost-effective solution to deficient bridges hits close to home for the researchers, as 28 percent of Missouri's bridges were found to be in poor condition according to a 2003 study by the Federal Highway Administration. De-icing salts and other materials cause significant corrosion decay on steel-reinforced concrete bridges, quickly aging the structures. Bridges that are structurally deficient are often posted for lower weight or are closed if they are found to be unsafe.
The researchers are employing four different FRP technologies as well as steel-reinforced polymer in the bridges, and will test the structures over a number of years to determine whether the composite materials can provide a long-term solution. "We are interested in monitoring durability as it pertains to both the FRP and the concrete substrate," Nanni says. "In one bridge, we have not repaired the concrete and wish to determine how rapidly the deterioration process would continue on the existing materials, the concrete and its steel reinforcement."
Nanni leads the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) at UMR. Myers is one of the center's research investigators. Other UMR researchers working with Nanni and Myers on the bridge research include Grzegorz Galecki, associate research professor of rock mechanics and explosives; Norbert Maerz, assistant professor of geological and petroleum engineering; Steve Watkins, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering; and Reza Zoughi, the Schlumberger Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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"I have witnessed three murders since I lived here," one resident said.
Orange County is offering residents one month free at a hotel and another free month at their new home, where ever that might be.
Since the complex was condemned a few weeks ago, people have stayed in poor conditions.
City officials said the stairwells are unsafe, walkways have been eroding away and the crime in the area is at all-time high.
Many said they couldn't afford to leave, but with the county's help they might be able to get out of the troubled complex.
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Moving the residents will cost Orange County taxpayers. County officials don't yet have the final costs, but Channel 9's Shannon Butler checked and learned that The Econo Lodge where the county is putting residents up charges about $70 a night. That would mean about $2,100 to put a family up for 30 days.
So far, 74 families have come forward asking to be housed by the county. That could cost the family more than $155,000.
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In 2011, a receiver took over the complex and is in charge of fixing it, but condo owner Lucy Balhy said those who are owners have seen no detailed plan for the money.
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This month owners received a letter from Frank Barber who wrote that the money would go toward needed repairs.
Many owners said they don't have money for a special assessment, and even if they did, they won't just hand it over.
Balhy said she wants a breakdown of all the money past and present first.
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Barber said there are 345 units in the complex that he is trying to collect from. If he is able to get the money from each unit that give him total nearly $830,000.
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When Ed Dague signed off on his "Ed Dague Dialogues" last Sunday, he closed the book on a distinguished career that spanned more than 35 years - a virtual millennium in the fast-turnover world of television news.
Dague - who suffers from a severely debilitating and painful form of arthritis - first plotted the end of the course more than a year ago, when he resigned his anchor position at WNYT, Channel 13.
He stayed on in a limited capacity however, and we find it unfortunate that he has been forced to retire from the scene altogether, as he has always been a distinctive voice and a template of what is right about journalism.
When he was an anchorman, he was uncompromisingly fair, unbiased and thorough. He wasn't afraid, however, to ask the tough questions when called on to interview someone in the news.
But he didn't badger or bully, simply asking questions and not letting go until he got an answer. Those he interviewed soon learned he was on to maneuvering around a question, knew when a subject was offering a diversionary sound bite instead of an actual answer, and he would have none of it.
Dague came up through the ranks when blow-dried, smiling, bantering news readers were the standard. That school of TV journalism is, thankfully, rapidly fading, but even at its height, Dague would have none of it. Oh, he wasn't cold or forbidding and did talk with his colleagues on air between stories, but he never looked very comfortable about it.
Through his years at Channel 6, he offered a concise, clear news broadcast people turned to when they wanted the day's major stories, not fluff or, worse, light-hearted treatment of serious issues.
Dague became the trusted voice of authority, so much so that when WNYT - then considered in fourth place in a three-station news competition - wanted to legitimize its news operation, they turned to Dague and hired him away from Channel 6. He was instrumental in developing the biceps in Channel 13's news arm, and it remains a strong, trustworthy presence.
So although Dague may be gone from the small screen, his presence is still felt. We could say more, but Ed was never much for encomiums, and we dodn't want to embarrass him.
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{{Info/Taxonomia
| nome = MarattialesMarattiaceae
| imagem = Starr_030807-0181_Angiopteris_evecta.jpg
| imagem_legenda = Angiopteris evecta.
| imgaem_largura = 250px
| reino = Plantae
| divisão = Monilophyta
| classe = Polypodiopsida(ex-Marattiopsida)
| classe_autoridade = Doweld, (2001)
| subclasse = Marattiidae
| subclasse_autoridade = Klinge, 1882
| ordem = Marattiales
| ordem_autoridade = Link, 1833
| família = Marattiaceae
| família_autoridade = Kaulf., 1824
| subdivisão_nome = Géneros
| subdivisão = * Angiopteris
 Christensenia
 Danaea
 Eupodium
 Marattia
 Ptisana}}

Marattiales é uma ordem monotípica de pteridófitos cujo único membro é a família Marattiaceae, com 6 géneros extantes que agrupam cerca de 135 espécies validamente descritas. A ordem foi tradicionalmente incluída na classe Marattiopsida, mas classificações mais recentes consideram este agrupamento como a subclasse Marattiidae de uma classe Polypodiopsida com circunscrição taxonómica alargada.
Descrição
Os membros da família Marattiaceae divergiram dos restantes pteridófitos muito cedo na história evolucionária do grupo e são por isso muito diferenciados em relação aos restantes pteridófitos e em relação à maioria das plantas comuns nas regiões de clima temperado. Muitas das espécies apresentam sistemas radiculares massivos e carnudos e as maiores frondes conhecidas entre os pteridófitos.

As Marattiaceae é um dos dois grupos de fetos tradicionalmente conhecidos como fetos eusporangiados, já que nesse agrupamentos o esporângio é formado a partir de um grupo de células, ao contrário do que ocorre entre os peteridófitos leptosporangiados nos quais na formação do esporângio há apenas a intervenção de uma única célula inicial.

Durante muito tempo o grupo foi considerado como formado por apenas 4 géneros extantes (Angiopteris, Christensenia, Danaea e Marattia), mas em consequência das recentes análises genéticas e cladísticas concluiu-se que o género Marattia era parafilético na circunscrição taxonómica com que fora inicialmente definido, razão pela qual o género foi dividido em três géneros, sendo os dois novos géneros segregados designados por Eupodium e Ptisana.

Para além dos géneros extantes, são conhecidos numerosos casos de presença deste agrupamento no registo fóssil de um longo período, estando descritos múltiplos géneros extintos, entre os quais Psaronius, Asterotheca, Scolecopteris, Eoangiopteris, Qasimia, Marantoidea, Danaeites e Marattiopsis.

As grandes frondes características deste grupo são mais prontamente encontradas no género Angiopteris, nativo da Australásia, Madagáscar e Oceania. Estas folhas podem atingir 9 metros de comprimento na espécie Angiopteris teysmanniana, nativa de Java. Na Jamaica, a espécie Angiopteris evecta é amplamente naturalizada e está referenciada como espécie invasora. A planta foi introduzida na Jamaica pelo capitão William Bligh, a partir do Tahiti, como um alimento básico para escravos e cultivada no Castleton Botanical Garden pelo menos desde 1860. A partir daquela introdução, a espécie foi capaz de se naturalizar por toda a metade oriental da ilha.

O género Marattia, em sentido estrito (monofilético), está presente na região neotropical e nas ilhas do Hawaii.

O género Eupodium é também neotropical, com apenas três espécies validamente descritas, e apresenta frondes distintas, 2-5 vezes pinadas, com aurículas na base dos segmentos da lâmina distal e sinângios pedunculados. A divisão da lâmina diminui em direcção ao ápice da fronde. Os espécimes de Eupodium geralmente produzem apenas uma fronde por ano, por vezes duas.Ptisana é um género paleotropical, com plantas com frondes 2-4 vezes pinadas, frequentemente comparáveis em tamanho às produzidas pelas espécies do género Angiopteris. Os segmentos terminais das frondes normalmente apresentam uma sutura proeminente no ponto onde se fixam à ráquis. Os esporângios não apresentam as aberturas labiadas que estão presentes nos géneros Marattia e Eupodes e os sinângios são profundamente recortadas. O nome do género deriva da semelhança dos seus sinângios com os grãos de cevada perlada. A espécie Ptisana dentata (o feto-real), nativo da Nova Zelândia e das ilhas do Pacífico Sul (conhecida em māori por para), tem sido frequentemente colocado neste género. Por vezes designado por feto-batata, esta espécie de grandes pteridófitos produz um rizoma carnudo comestível que é usado como fonte de alimento por alguns povos indígenas da Oceania.

O género Christensenia, do leste da Ásia, que tem como epónimo o pteridologista dinamarquês Carl Christensen, é um pteridófito incomum com frondes muito características, semelhantes às folhas do castanheiro-da-índia (Aesculus hippocastanum), daí o epíteto específico da espécie Christensenia aesculifolia. Apesar do tamanho relativamente diminuto das plantas desta espécie, os estômatos das espécies do género Christensenia são os maiores que se conhecem no reino vegetal.

O género Danaea é endémico dos Neotrópicos. As espécies deste género apresentam frondes bipinadas com folíolos opostos, dimórficas, com as frondes férteis muito contraídas, recobertas na página inferior por sinângios lineares, afundados na superfície da lâmina, deiscentes via poros.

Vários outros géneros têm sido descritos na famílias Marattiaceae, nomeadamente Archangiopteris, Macroglossum, Protangiopteris e Protomarattia, mas todos eles são na actualidade considerados como sinónimos taxonómicos de Angiopteris.

Classificação
No sistema de classificação baseada na filogenia molecular desenvolvido por Smith et al. em 2006, a ordem Marattiales era considerada o único membro da classe monotípica Marattiopsida. Quatro géneros (Angiopteris, Christensenia, Danaea e Marattia) eram reconhecidos como integrantes da família Marattiaceae.

Com a publicação da sequência linear de Christenhusz et al. (2011), construída com a intenção de obter compatibilidade com a classificação de Chase e Reveal (2009), que colocava todas as plantas terrestres em Equisetopsida, a a ordem Marattiales passou a constituir o único membro da subclasse monotípica Marattiidae, equivalente à classe Marattiopsida da classificação de Smith.

Os géneros Eupodium e Ptisana foram reconhecidos como segregados de Marattia para permitir que o género fosse monofilético. A inclusão da ordem Marattiales na subclasse Marattiidae foi subsequentemente seguida nas classificações do sistema Christenhusz, do sistema Chase (2014) e do sistema PPG I (2016). Christenhusz e Chase colocaram o género Danaea'' na subfamília Danaeoideae e os restantes géneros na subfamília Marattioideae, mas esta classificação subfamiliar não foi adoptada no sistema PPG I. Nessas modernas classificações a posição da ordem Marattiales é a seguinte:

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Ligações externas

 Tree of Life Marattiaceae

Pteridófitas

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If you've been using a jailbroken iOS device for a while, you're probably familiar with SBSettings, an iOS tweak that lets users access basic settings without having to access System Preferences. While that tweak still works, now there's UISettings, simpler and easier-to-use mod that integrates right into iOS 5's new Notifications Center.
This is actually the first third-party iOS 5 widget, hopefully the first of many. Immediately after being installed, it will show up on the new Notifications Center right above the notifications themselves (and below other built-in widgets such as Weather). From there, you can switch some of the device's features on or off, including WiFi, Bluetooth and Airplane mode. You can also Re-spring the phone (which comes in handy when installing certain new tweaks or themes), power it off, reboot it and even adjust the device's brightness without going into System Preferences.
This tweak was developed by 14-year-old Italy-based developer qwertyoruiop. Just a few weeks ago, he released an earlier version of UISettings designed for iOS 4 which integrated into the multitasking pane, as opposed to the just-introduced Notifications Center. If you're still running iOS 4, you can still install the old version by downloading iFile on Cydia, then pointing Safari to this link, hitting "Download" then choosing the "Open in iFile" option.
There are no changes in how this version operates and the main drawback still remains: there's no clear way to change which items can be displayed. On the other hand, the settings that are available should pretty much cover the essential needs of 90% of iOS users. This tweak is also easier to get to than SBSettings, since the Notifications Center and SBSsettings are brought up in very similar ways, which would probably cause you to open the wrong one quite often. If you're willing to compromise on features for a better user experience, you'll be just fine with UISettings.
In order to install this tweak, your phone must be running iOS 5 Beta, jailbroken. If you're already running iOS 5, you can apply a tethered jailbreak via Redsn0w, as explained here. You then need to add the following package on Cydia: http://qwertyoruiop.com/beta.


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"the true face of the security state Trump will preside over." Why blame Donald Trump when Barack Obama has for eight years been the poster child for the security state while those fear mongering and ginning up chaos against President-elect, Donald Trump, were silent.
It is Obama who fast-tracked the militarization of police state in the USA and who signed and executed the National Defense Authorization Act and in each of these instances, Communists stayed silent; but enter Donald Trump and suddenly collectivists are outraged over the police state.
"It must be made clear to the whole world that the vast majority of people in the United States do not support his presidency or consent to his rule." The problem with collectivism is that Communists believe their own propaganda and with the collaboration of Communist media, will spoon feed lies to the world.
One of the hands behind the spoon.
I ran across link on twitter calling for anarchy at Trump's inauguration (excerpt of post above). The website called, Revolution by the Book, promotes anarchy by use of smears, lies, manufactured outrage and distorting the truth.
While under the First Amendment, it is the right of the people peaceably to assemble nowhere does it say in the U. S. Constitution that these ingrates have the right to burn the towns down, attack the innocent, businesses, destroy the properties of others, etc.
Suggestion: Appoint Sheriff David Clarke and let the good Sheriff take care of these thugs. Unfortunately, if appointed, Clark will not be signed in until after the inauguration.
Good. At the rate they're going, they're going to put a real MEAN STREAK into Trump, before he is in Office. Then the fun, starts.
America Commit to Praying for Trump/Pence team everyday for the next 4 years!


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Governance is not just a peace-time activity to be compromised when things get tough. In fact, the reverse is true. Modern governance becomes even more vital in the face of profound challenge, when there is pressure to act decisively and do the right thing.
In these extraordinary coronavirus-dominated times, talking of governance may seem a second-order issue but it really isn't. The impact of modern governance may yet prove decisive in supporting all of us though the year ahead. And some practical action is needed right now by all organisations to ensure good habits of governance are strengthened, not deserted.
The good news is that more boards than ever take modern governance very seriously – but the picture is still mixed. In truth, governance in all boards will need active attention and support over the next year.
Some boards have bought into the idea of modern governance and invested heavily in creating a shared understanding of their collective culture, ethics and values. This provides a strength and depth that will pay off in the coming months.
Others have also taken care to test out the infrastructure and core processes that build underlying resilience and help to maintain focus on what really matters.
Some are less developed, with more work to do on shared intent and risk judgments.
But no one has had their governance tested in COVID-19 levels of adversity – in a climate of command and control where discretionary decision-making appears to be curtailed but accountabilities are not reduced.
The role of non-executive directors
The current focus is understandably on executive execution. However, the non-executive role as an active agent for modern governance needs reinforcing now too. Indeed, it should be enhanced. But what is the right non-executive contribution and can it be delivered?
First, there is an issue of clarity about what can and must be done in the board in terms of statutory and regulatory matters. Most trusts will pragmatically adjust the business cycle to achieve this at a time of crisis. This is relatively straightforward. NEDs, as much as the board secretary, need to ensure that these changes still discharge core responsibilities and that any adjusted metrics on assurance are going to be effective.
But more importantly non-executives will need to grapple with many complex questions now and in the months ahead. Here are just a few to consider:
How do stated corporate values translate into something meaningful for local people at a time when they are really needed?
How can the right balance be struck between the need for greater urgency and agility and the fundamental processes of assurance?
What is the balance between the role of the full board as an active controlling mind and that of the NEDs on their own – especially if the executive function is stretched on execution?
Do NEDs have a greater active role in shaping communications to stakeholders and in participation, for example, in scenario-planning on COVID-19? What are the implications of this?
Keeping the right focus on both the immediate and the longer-term is uniquely in the board's gift. However difficult it may prove, NEDs must not be driven solely by immediate pragmatism and in the process park stewardship responsibilities as something to return to later. It is the role of NEDs to make sure this doesn't happen.
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There are some practical problems here which are not just about focus and mindset. Many people serving on boards are juggling multiple responsibilities. Time and focus may be spread too thinly to fulfil responsibilities as they have been. Boards tend to meet physically and are not well rehearsed in doing virtual business effectively. Proper preparation of papers offering clarity about what is being asked of the board requires increased time when time is in short supply. This all needs attention now.
Assurance on complaints, freedom of information, and serious incidents do not go away and ironically might need additional capacity to ensure the right level of assurance is maintained at a time of crisis.
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Why Dogs Are Unique Many people these days are choosing dogs as their pets because of its characteristics. It has been considered as a good loyal friend for a lot of people. Ever since, people have really admired their characteristics. That is why you can find a lot of home owners these days who have dogs at home. They are not just pets but are dearly loved by their owners. A lot of information can be learned about this pet if you search about it. There are also a lot of articles that would talk about this in details. First of all, you have to know about the different breeds of dogs out there. If you are planning to buy a dog, you need to first check on the different breeds available. Choosing for the best breed might be difficult for you because there are around 700 breeds for you to choose. If you like to have more than one breed of dog to take care of, it is possible. If you want to own 5 dogs of different breeds, you can choose based on what is common or famous in the country these days. There are some differences between dogs and humans that you must learned. If you like to own a dog, you must first know how you can take care of them. The truth is that it is like taking care of a human being. However, you should understand that there are some basic differences that you should know first. You should know what these facts are in order to surprise you. When it comes to the heartbeat of the dog, it is much faster than the heartbeat of a dog. Aside from that, it has higher body temperature than human beings. The other amazing thing about dogs is their unique ability. For example, their nose is able to smell better than yours.


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The information that we hold is only that which is given by yourself to help me help you as a client or where you have asked to be kept informed on events and teachings from Routes to Healing. That data is securely kept.
Client details are not kept on any computerised device. Although you are free to contact me via phone, mobile, text or email and a response will be via the same or however you have requested.
You may have preferences to being contacted and those can be established at the first point of contact.
You have the right to request to see any information held about yourself and that will be provided as soon as possible and within 30days unless an extension for exceptional circumstances is needed, this can be extended. All possible precautions will be taken to ensure the request has come legitimately and proof of ID may be required.
1.The Data that I process and how it enters and leaves my business.
•Clients notes are kept securely in the clinic room at home unless they are with me on a home visit to that client.
•Data does not flow out of my business and never shared unless written permission is given by the client. An example of this would be a client requesting information to be shared with another therapist or insurance organisation, solicitor etc.
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•The only information I hold is that which you give me.
•Subsequent treatments will mean that I will write down what has changed, how you feel and what you want from the appointment each time and what happened during the session.
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Q: SQL management of hierarchy We have inherited the support of an application that manages a hierarchical reporting structure.
The table structure is:
id_from, id_to, active, value.. so in essence a tree of four tiers.
An example being:
A B C D -> item q
A B C E -> item r
A B C F -> item s
A B G H -> item t

In the table we hold
id_from, Id_to, active, Value
     A    B       Y      .
     B    C       Y      .
     C    D       Y      item q
     C    E       Y      item r
     C    F       Y      item s
     B    G       Y      .
     G    H       Y      item t

So we are only holding each unique pairing once.
The problem being we need to run many changes programmatically against the structure.
One example being:
A B C D -> item q

becomes:
A T C D -> item q

So the data set becomes:
A T C D -> item q
A B C E -> item r
A B C F -> item s
A B G H -> item t

Thus the table would be
id_from, Id_to, active, Value
A    T   Y
T    C   Y
A    B   Y
B    C   Y
C    D   Y item q
C    E   Y item r
C    F   Y item s
B    G   Y
G    H   Y item t

but as per this example this isn't correct as the tree would still produce a link of A B C D as well as A T C D
In fact we would need to change the other C values to something else.
id_from, Id_to, active, Value
A    T   Y
T    C   Y
A    B   Y
B    Cx  Y
C    D   Y item q
Cx   E   Y item r
Cx   F   Y item s
B    G   Y
G    H   Y item t

This is only one example of many problems we see - but I wonder if this structure is a recognised model?
And therefore is there a link that can give us general algorithms for managing the structure.

A: Try: Recursive Queries Using Common Table Expressions!
One of the great gems of SQL Server and available since SQL Server 2005. This is my goto for anything involving a hierarchy in SQL Server.
The structure of a CTE query goes something like this:
With <define derived table>
<do ground level hierarchy query>
join
<all child elements>;

use results and join with other tables, if needed

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Q: Apollo - GraphQLError: Syntax Error: Expected $, found Name I'm using GraphQL in ui/playground, with the syntax bellow, works pretty well.
    mutation {
      createUnit(unit: {name: "hehehe great!!!"}) {
        id,
        name
      }
    }

My doubt is, how can I use GraphQL in Apollo Client, I found something like that:
mutation createUnit(unit: {name: String!}) {
       createUnit(unit: {name: "looks great!!!"}) {
                            id,
                            name
                        }
                    }

But unfortunately I'm getting the error:
GraphQLError: Syntax Error: Expected $, found Name "unit"

A: Make sure you have defined the type Unit and added  the createUnit type as a mutation in the resolvers
module.exports.Mutation = {
    createUnit
}

to use it in the graphql playground you just have to specify the variables you are going to use in the mutation like this
mutation($unit: Unit){
  createUnit(unit: $unit){
    id
    name
  }
}

and in the variables add :
{
  "unit": {
    name: "looks great!!!"
  }
}


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LECTURE DATES
Bill Baird
Pro-Choice League
Huntington, NY 11743 USA
Three Rivers, MA 01080 USA
"If the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child." Justice William J. Brennan in Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972).
March 22, 2012 was the 40th anniversary of Eisenstadt v. Baird, Bill Baird's 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized birth control for all Americans. Eisenstadt v. Baird is a landmark case that became the bedrock of several privacy cases including Roe v. Wade (legalized abortion) and Lawrence v. Texas (gay rights victory).
"Father of the birth control and abortion movement"
(UPI 1973)
Baird is an excellent, passionate, and inspirational speaker. He has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Face The Nation, Donahue, CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Kurault, and many other TV and radio shows. Hundreds of newspaper articles have been written about him over the years.
Contact Bill Baird to speak to your group!
Some facts about Pro Choice League's founder Bill Baird:
1964 - Baird established the nation's first aboveground abortion referral and birth control clinic (well before abortion was legal, facing a potential 10-year jail term).
1965 - Baird established the nation's first birth control and abortion club on a college campus (Hofstra University - NY)
1965 & 1966 - Baird is jailed in New York and New Jersey for challenging anti-birth control statutes.
1967 - Baird established the nation's first "abortion slush fund" to help students pay for illegal abortions.
1971 - Baird is arrested for giving a speech to NOW members where a 14-month-old baby was in the audience. Police alleged that the baby's morals were endangered. The police also arrested the baby's mother. . . . for more click here
Bill Baird - Life Magazine 1970
"Saving girls from 'hacks and butchers' at the Parent's Aid Society in Hempstead, New York, Bill Baird [top] uses a surgical curette and a plastic model of a uterus to show the abortion procedure to a pregnant woman, one of 10,000 he has counseled since 1965." (February 27, 1970)
Bill Baird is a tireless advocate for reproductive freedom rights. The picture below shows Bill Baird at a 2005 demonstration in New York with other reproductive freedom fighters, including Joni Baird, Sandy Rapp, Marlyn Fitterman, and Marcia Pappas.
Bill Baird believes it is important to shine the light of public scrutiny on anti-choice groups. The picture below shows Bill Baird picketing the National Right to Life Convention in Washington, D.C., in June, 2012. Not even 103-degree weather can slow down Baird at the age of 80.
(C)2006-2012 Bill Baird


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This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
David J. Silverman. Bloomsbury, $30 (528p) ISBN 978-1-63286-924-1
George Washington University history professor Silverman (Thundersticks) deconstructs the "Thanksgiving myth" in this revealing study of the 1621 gathering at Plymouth colony between Puritan colonists and Wampanoag Indians that inspired the holiday. A confederation of local tribes, the Wampanoag had recently been decimated by an infectious disease brought by Europeans (Wampanoags credited the epidemic to supernatural causes) and were under threat from their rivals, the Narragansett. Wampanoag chief Ousamequin entered into a "mutual defense pact" with the Pilgrims, Silverman writes, and brought 90 men to the colonists' fall harvest celebration in order to help cement the agreement. But an influx of settlers in the decades following the 1629 establishment of Massachusetts Bay Colony led to increased tensions and occasional outbursts of violence between natives and Pilgrims, setting the stage for King Philip's War in 1675. That brutal conflict shifted the balance of power in the region so dramatically, Silverman notes, that the Wampanoag were nearly wiped out over the next two centuries. Silverman sketches the Wampanoag story up to the present day, giving voice to such tribal activists as Frank James, who declared Thanksgiving a "National Day of Mourning" in 1970. This lucidly written and convincingly argued account of the most "American" of traditions deserves to be read widely. (Nov.)
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Animals, Criminal law, Environment, International	 January 4, 2020
New Zealand Horrified By Videos Of Beachgoers Kicking Shark To Death While Laughing and Taking Selfies
We have discussed disgraceful attacks or abuse of wild animals from birds to squirrels to tortoises to rabbits to sharks in the past but few reach the level of reported savagery as this week in New Zealand where a shark allegedly was pulled from the water and kicked to death on a beach. Most of us cannot imagine wanting to participate in such an attack on a wild creature. Indeed, many of us travel hundreds or thousands of miles just to see these magnificent creatures in their natural habitats. Yet, there remain many people who get a sick joy in harming animals or watching such unspeakable scenes of cruelty. The most distressing element is to see children in some of these pictures. However, the one promising note is that there were people who sought to intervene to help the shark though they said that they roughly treated by the mob.
The police have said that suspects gave conflicting accounts and that there appears evidence that the shark was purposely pulled to shore where a mob kicked it to death. A lifeguard interceded and pulled (with the help of other beachgoers) the shark back into the water. It was too late. It washed back up on to the shore dead.
A witness told the media that men pulled the shark to the beach and people laughed as it was kicked to death and other took selfies.
Great white sharks are listed as 'vulnerable' globally by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and New Zealand imposes fines of up to $250,000 (around £128,000) and six months imprisonment for such cruelty. That is better than the punishment meted out to a Florida man who got just 10 days to dragging a shark out of the water to die or the Icelandic fishermen who received no criminal punishment for torturing a shark.
Police are investigating the crime.
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22 thoughts on "New Zealand Horrified By Videos Of Beachgoers Kicking Shark To Death While Laughing and Taking Selfies"
WW33 says:
Does anyone on here know how to bump someone off your network using Cmd prompt, on your computer, or at the very least ping them.
I can't remember is the cmd —- ping [-t ]?
Or should I just use netstat and go through the established and closed?
This is off topic, but any help is appreciated.
Paul C Schulte says:
WW33 – I found nothing, but you might try a hard reboot.
I need to reset everything, ::sigh:: I am getting notices about a Samsung S8+ on my end via Google. And then, I went into the network settings, and someone is bumping on and off using a hidden IP, etc. I can see the MAC, but a MAC id…that's not super helpful.
Thanks, Paul….for the response. Much obliged.
Anti Orwellian says:
Boy, Leftist will kill anything
Phyllis Rogers says:
People who harm animals will harm people.
Karen S says:
First, kicking any creature to death that is not attacking you is wrong. Torturing an animal to death is wrong.
I believe that people do this out of instinct. Those kids who were witnessing this terrible event? They were at a beach with Great White Sharks cruising around offshore. I recall a terrible story from Australia where two parents were holding their toddler's hands, between them, while he played in the surf. A Great White charged up and killed him, with them standing right there. All the splashing must have attracted it. It wasn't evil. Predators preferentially kill baby prey because they are easy. They've got to eat, which means they ask one question upon seeing every living thing? Is it prey, or not prey?
I suspect those beach goers viewed that shark as a threat. They were warned that several Great Whites were cruising the water nearby, and not to go into the water, because there was a risk those sharks would try to kill and eat them. At some level, we are still instinctive creatures. There is a predator stalking nearby, eyeing a beach with children, looking for prey. Sometimes the offensive instinct is triggered. Kill it. I don't agree with what they did, but I think I understand what drove them.
Sharks don't have any moral compunction against killing us. When you dissect one, you'll find they've bitten tires to see if they're edible. They aren't going to apologize and say, "Oh, dear. I thought you were a seal! I'm so terribly sorry!" The Great Whites bite you and leave because they are waiting for you to exsanguinate so they can feed on you without struggle. When they see the unfamiliar shape of a human, they must wonder, can it sting? Can it bite? Is it venomous? Does it have a hard shell? They are curious about one thing – can I eat it? Once a shark reaches a certain size, it expands the size of its prey, and eventually that may include humans.
I recall visiting someone we knew's wild animal compound. He had a tiger whom we were warned not to take my toddler near. He said no children were allowed near the cats. Even though we did not approach, I immediately understood why. From a distance, that cat locked eyes on my kid. Not me. Not my husband. My kid. His eyes went from content and relaxed to alert and…interested. He looked at my kid like prey because no matter how often he was handled, no matter how strongly he'd bonded with his human, he was a tiger, and a tiger is always a wild predator at heart. I was instantly flooded with an intense urge to kill that cat, and I LOVE large cats. A photo safari of large cats, or wolves, would be my heart's dream. But the urge to kill the threat was overwhelming, and unfamiliar. I cannot imagine if the tiger was out. If my child wasn't with me, or at risk, I would have wanted to pet him. We are still instinctive creatures.
I would add that sharks seem to have evolved a high tolerance for remora and pilot fish, even seeing out their ministrations. I'll have to look for the video of the woman diver who has made herself a remora to the local shark population. They seek her out to have fish hooks removed.
Note that she wears a shark suit. No matter how much she enjoys helping the sharks, she's not stupid. She takes precautions so as not to end up like that "bear whisperer."
https://youtu.be/KeejSpPHPAw
Karen S – you need to watch the movie Roar! about the Tippi Hedren animal compound, If you cannot find it, watch the Best of the Worst review by Red Letter Media on YouTube. It will put you off big cats for ever.
Daniel Morgan says:
The way the members of our society treat animals is a moral thermometer. Our society is very, very sick.
Daphne Sheridan Bass says:
I applaud Jonathan Turley's sensitivity and courage in exposing this barbaric cruelty and strongly encourage more such exposure as it is only through doing so that we can hope to stop it.
Estovir says:
Context would be helpful
The same beach was shut on Christmas Day after reports of a 2 metre-long shark 500 metres off shore, and again two days later after the police helicopter spotted a 2-3 metre-long beast lurking around 200-300 metres out, with another further out.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/118566218/great-white-shark-kicked-by-group-at-orewa-beach-auckland
Meanwhile, Democrats like Nancy "I can not hate b/c I am Katholic" Pelosi and Hillary describe decapitating a newborn baby / partial birth abortions as a personal decision
IOW: Save a shark, kill a newborn baby
there's that connection between the brain and the spinal cord and that opening at the base of the skull is called the foramen magnum and that small hole with the baby moving and alive in one hand a pair of scissors these are called Metzenbaum scissors these scissors are then placed into the base of the skull and these scissors that emplaced in through that foramen magnum up into the baby's brain and skull cavity the scissors are then opened up and then if that hasn't killed the baby then one of the suction Koretz is then placed through that same hole up into the baby's skull and brain the suction is applied
Late term abortion never saves the life of the mother. An early delivery would. A late term abortion takes days, and requires the mother to go into labor. A C-Section is done in minutes. My emergency C-Section was complete within an hour of when I was told there was an emergency and it was required. My team was so efficient and quick it was like we had our own pit crew. My baby was a cherished patient to his own team, who rushed in to make sure he was OK. All I cared about was if my baby was OK. I don't understand why some women not only lack that protective instinct, but actively seek to kill their child. One of my relatives was adopted as a newborn, and made his family complete. Why ever would anyone deny their unwanted baby the chance at life with a loving family?
A late term abortion saves the mother the inconvenience of an unwanted child, and the heartache of seeing a baby, and giving him up, or witnessing their death due to fetal abnormality. It's all clinical. They kill the baby, but their belly isn't a see-through viewing window, so perhaps they just don't think about it when the doctor enlarges her cervix through induced labor, and then stabs a giant needle in the baby's chest or head to deliver a drug that gives them a heart attack. Their own mother does this to them. She doesn't hold them or protect them. She kills them.
Frighteningly, studies have shown that most late term abortions are not, in fact, due to medical reasons. They are performed for the same reasons as first trimester abortions – the loss of a relationship with the father, financial difficulty, or not feeling ready to take on a child. So they kill a fully formed child who could be born at that stage, and cry, and suck his thumb. There can be any reason given to justify a late term abortion. The stress of bearing an unwanted child would qualify as a threat to the mother. There is no medical definition. This is obvious, because a C-section or even induced labor would more rapidly deliver a child if the mother's life was at risk than a late term abortion.
I get that sometimes an early delivery is necessary to save the life of the mother and/or child. There is no medical reason to take the extra step to purposefully kill the child.
So, if the shark dragged someone into the water and killed them, you would want the shark arrested????
Don de Drain says:
Only if they deputized YOU to make the arrest. 👮🏻♂ I don't think that anyone else has the appropriate type of handcuffs. 😀
There is a difference between what a shark is doing, for food, and for hunger versus what people do, just for fun, and not for food, or hunger.
Were they killing the shark to eat it? No, I don't think so.
Does a shark come up on a surfer thinking the surfer is a "seal" and prey and to eat the "seal"? Yes, I think so. And most of the time, the shark does not continue to attack, they are confused by the board, and that it is NOT a "seal" and they swim away, probably confused.
One killing is a necessity and the other is just torture for sadistic pleasure.
Al zheimer says:
Those dorks were heard to say: Creature, creature, I declare: we can see your underwear.
somsai says:
I don't have to think very hard to understand why people would kill a large shark with whatever they have available, even if that means their feet. The sentiment is after all universal amongst all peoples, the instinct to kill any species that can possibly kill you I mean. Also there is simply the instinct to kill other species, after all they are food, we kill just like any other predator does.
What I find much more perplexing is the sentiments of someone like Turley here who is so far distant from the natural world and yet has a seeming obsession with posting videos of people hurting animals and being outraged by the videos for long periods of time. For simplicity I'll call such people animal nutters, animal rights doesn't quite capture the essence of the issue.
Often nutters get so wound up and angry after sharing these videos that they end up making death threats in the comments. If not death threats against individuals which is probably illegal, then threats against groups of peoples, such as hunters, indigenous peoples, etc. A commonality amongst nutters is that they are first world, usually wealthy or at least relatively well to do, and often enough overeducated. Recently the state of Washington had to cancel a public hearing on wolves because they were concerned that with all the death threats they couldn't provide security.
Why do you post this stuff Jonathan? What is your obsession with this stuff? Instead of getting overheated in the desert why not slow down and take a look around at that natural world you claim to appreciate. Buy yourself some night glasses, you are after all wealthy right? Head on down to Rock Creek Park and just sit and watch for a few hours.
hocuspocus13 says:
Well Mr Turley we agree on something…
A love of Nature and it's Creatures
Early every morning usually around 5am I feed the Sea Gulls at my home at the Jersey Shore
If by some chance I run late on that or for the moment it slips my mind and I loose track of time
The Sea Gulls come around and remind me with their squawking
I find those magnificent birds not just beautiful but they give me a sense of peace and tranquility
A great way to start the day
That and a good strong cup of coffee!
Have a Magickal Day ⭐
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A hideous and barbaric act the New Zealand incident viscerally wretches the soul, our nation supports and encourages crimes far worse, in particular, funding universities that openly particpate in child sex trafficking. Penn State and Michigan State, each a 'Sanctuary City for Paedophiles' continue to groom and market young children for the sexual debauchery of connected politicians, wealthy donors, and high ranking university administrators.
Penn State, the 'Sanctuary City for Pedophiles', has for decades operated a child sex trafficking enterprise, grooming tens of thousands of innocent children for the sexual depravity of well connected politicians, wealthy donors, and high ranking university administrators. Penn State bribed former FBI Director Louis Freeh to whitewash the scandal, and then delivered several young boys to former Democratic Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell for his hideous depravity in exchange for the early release of Pedophile State from NCAA sanctions. Newly unsealed documents revealed George Mitchell's connection to Jeffrey Epstein https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/new-details-in-unsealed-jeffrey-epstein-documents.
Michigan State with former President Lyin' LouAnna Sodomite, approved the rape of female students for decades and Molest State continues to approve and fund these horrid crimes..Until a thorough and complete investigation, trial, and punishment levied to the fullest extent of the law, including full restitution to victims not only at Michigan State, Penn State (the 'Sanctuary City for Paedophiles') Baylor, etc, can victims regain the power and dignity they lost. Nassar, Epstein, Sandusky, Paterno, Spanier- these hideous and immoral creatures could not destroy the lives of so many without the knowledge and approval of the organizations that supported them. Until a full accounting and investigation occurs, the criminal enterprises will continue their evil works.
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Sinema Expected Staffers to Handle Her Grocery Shopping, Internal Memo Reveals
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Grocery runs, hotel pool specifications, weekly massages, Wi-Fi repairs, and an abundance of room-temperature water are just some of the demands placed on Arizona Senator Krysten Sinema's staffers, according to a document obtained by The Daily Beast.
The 37-page memo to staffers provides detailed instructions to those working for Sinema — and in the process, gives an inside look at the senator's life both in and out of work.
A spokesperson for Sinema, Hannah Hurley, indicated to The Daily Beast that the alleged memo "is not in line with official guidance from Sen. Sinema's office and does not represent official policies of Sen. Sinema's office," adding that the senator "does not require staff to perform personal errands."
The memo, which the Daily Beast identified as being several years old, provides guidance to Sinema's executive assistant and other staffers. One portion specifies that the assistant is responsible for asking the Senator if "she needs groceries" once a week and submitting the amount of the purchase for reimbursement via Cash App. The memo also instructs staffers on how to handle wifi outages in Sinema's home, including being present at the home to oversee the repair.
Staffers are also responsible for ensuring that the senator is fed multiple times throughout the day. "Due to her very high level of activity," reads the memo, "she is always hungry and needs to consume a lot of protein each day." The memo states that Sinema takes three meal/snack breaks and cautions staffers against scheduling anything after 6:30 p.m. without first "ensuring she has dinner."
Sinema's workout and exercise regime are portrayed as a central focus of staffers scheduling duties. Staffers are instructed to consult with Sinema and schedule recovery time after races, book weekly massages even if they overlap with the legislative workday, and verify that the dimensions of hotel pools accommodate her desired size — a task that staffers told the Daily Beast can consume hours.
Particular focus was placed in the memo on Sinema's requirements for air travel. "KS does not like to fly… It is your job to make her as comfortable as possible on each flight," the memo reads. If Sinema is not automatically upgraded to first class via her American Airlines platinum status, staffers should do everything possible to secure her an aisle seat near the front of the plane, but not near bulkheads or bathrooms. If a middle seat is the only option, staffers are instructed to offer to book the Senator on a different flight with better seating options.
The memo also raises questions regarding how the senator was prioritizing both her and her constituents' time. According to the memo, meetings with Arizona constituents were limited to half an hour on Wednesdays, less than half of Sinema's weekly massage time. Plenty of time, however, is allotted to lobbyist meetings, as well as fundraising calls and events.


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O rio Vermelho é um curso de água que banha o estado do Paraná, no Brasil.

Vermelho


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W. H. Gamble, a prominent druggist of East Liverpool, is a member of one of the old and well established families of Columbiana County. He was born in this city, July 19, 1879, and is a son of John and Mary (Manley) Gamble.
John Gamble was born in Canada, the son of Robert Gamble, who came to this country from Belfast, Ireland, in 1830. He spent some time in Canada and died at Canal Dover, Ohio His son, John, one of East Liverpool's leading business men, learned the brick layer's trade at the age of 13 years and when 17 years old became a building contractor in partnership with Harry Surles, at one time postmaster of East Liverpool. Later he conducted a brick yard with Will Surles on the present site of the china works at Minerva and Huston streets. Mr. Gamble later sold his interest and is at present a member of the firm of J. E. Gamble & Company, brick contractors. They have built more pottery kilns than any other concern in the United States, and Mr. Gamble has also had extensive business interests in Canada. He has also built some of the finest business buildings and residences in this city.
Mary (Manley) Gamble was born in East Liverpool and is a daughter of Holland and Mary (Cartwright) Manley, who came to this country from England and settled in East Liverpool, where he worked at his trade as a potter. Later with his brother in law, William and Samuel Cartwright, Mr. Manley founded the Manley-Cartwright Pottery Company. Both Mr. and Mrs. Manley are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. John Gamble were born five children: W. H., the subject of this sketch; Bessie, resides with her parents; E. L., a playwright, is also engaged in the drug business with his brother; Gladys, married Dr. Leon Lemmon, a physician of Cleveland, Ohio; and Grace, married Ernest Howard, an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, lives at Wellsville, Ohio.
W. H. Gamble was graduated from the public schools of East Liverpool and from the School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, in 1901. He is a registered pharmacist in both Ohio and Pennsylvania. After leaving school he spent some time at Rochester and McKeesport, Pa., later coming to East Liverpool where he was associated with Charles Craig, druggist. In 1904 Mr. Gamble became a member of the drug firm of W. C. Lynch and Laben Wilson. He later became sole owner and the business is known as Gamble's Drug Store, and is located at 401 Market Street. This business was established in 1884 by A. H. Fleming, and later sold to W. W. Robinson. It was formerly located on East Fourth Street.
In 1905 Mr. Gamble was married to Miss Mary C. Aten, native of Wellsville, Ohio, and a daughter of Henry and Lydia (Dever) Aten, both deceased. They have three children: Marion, deceased; Helen, a student at East Liverpool High School; and Dorothy.
Mr. Gamble is a Republican, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and one of East Liverpool's representative citizens.


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Ofsted dismisses Learner View website abuse fears
Chris Henwood
Fri 28th Sep 2012, 0.09
Ofsted has hit back at fears that its new Trip Adviser-style website for rating colleges could be open to abuse.
"There are always going to be concerns that there might be a campaign against a provider, but our security system means individual learners have to register," said Ofsted's national director for learning and skills, Matthew Coffey, who spoke to FE Week at the site's official launch.
But he did admit that a student could set up 10 different email accounts — "there's nothing to stop anyone doing that" — and register on the website with negative comments.
"But they would have to be intent on doing that. Where we see peaks like that come in, we would investigate them. We have invested heavily in security, have a digital communications team and are actively monitoring the site."
Learner View, which cost £65,000 to develop and went live in time for Ofsted's 2012/13 inspections, draws together the opinions of students about their courses and comes up with provider ratings.
It is easy for one person to have more than one email address and submit multiple messages"
Students are faced with statements such as 'my course/programme meets my needs' and 'I receive the support I need to help me progress'. It then offers responses ranging from 'strongly agree' to 'strongly disagree'.
The public can see the results, which are updated after every ten responses, and it was this live element of the website, previewed by FE Week, that sparked fears of abuse.
The Association of Colleges' director of policy, Joy Mercer, said that most colleges already had robust systems in place to capture the student experience and invested a lot of time in ensuring the student voice was heard.
"We hope Ofsted have thought through how to communicate its new system and this opportunity to students in a clear and sensible way that does not create any misuse.
"We are sure they have systems in place for dealing with potential problems such as the possibility of one student lodging multiple complaints.
"It is easy for one person to have more than one email address and submit multiple messages, which would escalate a complaint even if there is no real issue.
"We would very much like to be convinced Ofsted are able to monitor this system closely to avoid any abuses."
But Mr Coffey further defended the website and its security. "The NUS and our learner panel quite liked the immediacy of Learner View; that what they think can be seen by people who can do something about it immediately.
"It gives an overview of what the student body is saying about their provider.
"But what is really important is that it doesn't replace the interaction inspectors have with individual learners on individual courses."


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The Right Stuff Season 1 Episode 7
On the Eve of the flight, Louise learns of Shepard's affair in Tijuana. Trudy watches Gordo crack a joke about women astronauts on television. Glenn awaits the humiliating moment when the world will finally learn he won't be first. Tensions reach a breaking point when Shepard and Glenn are forced together in a pressure cooker of weather delays, marital discord, and a circus of reporters.
Series: The Right Stuff
Episode Title: Ziggurat
The Right Stuff Season 1 Episode 7 Photos
Follows Erica and Eric Cross two siblings on a quest to save the women in their neighborhood from a sex trafficking ring that's taken over Dr. Erica's hospital emergency room…
An ER doctor, who fled his native Syria to come to Canada, must overcome numerous obstacles to resume a career in the high stakes world of emergency medicine.
A former hostage negotiator takes a job retrieving people who are lost in a virtual reality program.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Billy Mcbride is going through a rough patch. He has been fired from the law firm he helped build, his wife has left him, and he is now a down…
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real and more dangerous than they ever imagined….
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In Johannesburg, tough ex-cop Shadow pursues justice on his own terms and seeks to help those who are powerless to protect themselves.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe,…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
When a sabotaged experiment gives him super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive attempting to rebuild his life in Harlem and must soon confront his past and…
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three friends at a retirement center have their comfortable existence rattled by a newcomer to the community.
Bling Empire follows a wildly wealthy group of Asian and Asian-American friends (and frenemies) in Los Angeles. While their days and nights are filled with fabulous parties and expensive shopping…


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Steinbühl-Schäfergraben ist der Name eines 67 ha großen Naturschutzgebiets nördlich von Kirchheimbolanden im Donnersbergkreis in Rheinland-Pfalz.

Geschichte
Das Gelände des heutigen Naturschutzgebiets diente zunächst als Steinbruch, auf dem vom damaligen Betreiber Porphyr abgebaut wurde. Die ursprünglichen Pläne sahen vor, das Gelände nach Verfüllung als Gewerbegebiet zu nutzen; nachdem allerdings Untersuchungen eine große Artenvielfalt auf dem Gelände feststellten, wies der Donnersbergkreis als Naturschutzbehörde das Gebiet im Jahr 1998 als Naturschutzgebiet aus.

Durch die einsetzende Verbuschung drohte das Gebiet jedoch, sich zu einem Wald zu entwickeln und seine Artenvielfalt zu verlieren. Da das Gelände für eine dauerhafte Instandhaltung durch den Menschen zu groß war, entschied man sich in einem Pilotprojekt zur Beweidung des Geländes durch Weidetiere.

Hierfür wurden im Jahr 2007 Taurusrinder und Konik-Wildpferde auf dem Gelände ausgesetzt. Die Beweidung hatte Erfolg und so dient das Projekt Steinbühl als Vorbild für zahlreiche weitere Beweidungsprojekte im ganzen Bundesgebiet.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Naturschutzgebiete im Donnersbergkreis

Weblinks
 Basalt-Actien-Gesellschaft: Beweidungsprojekt Steinbühl: Halbwilde Weidehaltung als Instrument für Offenhaltung und Artenvielfalt
 NABU Rheinland-Pfalz: Naturschutzgebiet Steinbühl: Vom Steinbruch zum wertvollen Lebensraum

Naturschutzgebiet im Donnersbergkreis
Schutzgebiet (Umwelt- und Naturschutz) in Europa
Kirchheimbolanden


I'd like to know something, though. WordPress, as well as some e-commerce online shops normally choose Apache web server. They have some scripts that reconfigure urls to achieve better SEO. How does the default http server in OpenBSD suits this need?
Good question and to be honest, I haven't really looked at it or found much on this topic. I assume you're referring to the mod_rewrite module of Apache. The httpd appears to provide something similar but may require a lot more manual configuration using redirections. For WordPress in particular, you may want to take a look at this post here to get you started: Pretty WordPress Permalinks. Unfortunately that's all I got for now.
Thank you for taking the time on writing this tutorial.
probably work on other php based forum software ? It seems like it might.
or like wise if I try to apply it to different software, how it turns out.
I'm quite sure any PHP-based forum application would work well. I had no issue with PhpBB previously. You may simply need to install and configure additional packages depending on the features of your specific application.
Thank you for the great article. I have implemented this with OpenBSD 6.1 and WordPress 4.8 but not everything works as expected. Firstly, the only way I can get WordPress to run is if I give wp-config.php at least 444 permissions otherwise I get error 500. Secondly, even though wp-content is owned by www:www and the permissions as recommended, I can't see the content using View Site on the top left but I can see it if I go into Posts – All Posts and use the View that comes up when hovering over the post. Thirdly, when I try to Add New Theme I get "An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server's configuration". After doing some research I copied resolve.conf, localtime and hosts into /var/www/etc but that didn't work either, however I also believe that I need to get bgplg running for this to work? Thanks again.
when the author of a tutorial is available and responds.
is shown in your tutorial, I was able to apply it to correcting those problems.
FluxBB, but used your steps on setting up the data base.
Awesome. Glad I could help and have fun with FluxBB. Keep it updated!


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Dollar stores prepare to pass on new tariffs to shoppers
Tranche four tariffs will likely be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices, warned executives from Dollar General and Dollar Tree (which also owns Family Dollar) on recent earnings calls.
"We will do everything we can to minimize the impact of tariffs on our customers, but even with these efforts, we believe our shoppers will be facing higher prices as 2019 progresses," said Dollar General CFO John Garratt. Dollar Tree CEO Gary Philbin echoed: "If tariffs on List 4 products are implemented, we expect that it will be impactful to our business, and especially to consumers in general."
Both retailers saw a boost in profits in the first quarter, leading executives to hold their projections for the rest of the year. The final version of the fourth tariff list, after the exemption process, is the main source of uncertainty regarding the retailers' performance for the balance of the year. The first public hearing on the proposed list four is in two weeks.
On last week's calls, both retailers touted their teams' ability to mitigate list three tariffs, even after the increase from 10% to 25% on May 10.
Philbin said Dollar Tree has been factoring in 25% tariffs on list three since the beginning of the year. Earlier in the year, when list three tariffs were set to rise in March, Dollar Tree put the potential impact on its business at $100 million and $40 million for Family Dollar. Both businesses increased inventory on hand to lessen the effect. And though the fourth quarter was rocky, solid growth in the first quarter would be encouraging were it not for the lingering uncertainty created by list four.
After experiencing similar dynamics for the last two quarters, Dollar General executives explained its mitigation tactics fall into four categories:
Continual negotiations with vendors.
Product substitution.
Product reengineering.
Country of origin and diversification.
Roughly 6% of Dollar General's merchandise is directly imported, mostly from China, explained Garratt. Several retailers, Walmart being the first, expressed it will be more difficult to insulate consumers from this list because of its size and expanse, but also because supplier negotiations can only go so far.
Dollar Tree did not offer any figures to illustrate its brands' exposure. "If I had sat down last September and tried to take you through our exposure on those three, I would have been wrong, because our team mitigated most of it, all of it you know as we went through our buying trips, and that's the approach we're taking on this list forward," Philbin said.
In November, Philbin told analysts mitigation was imperative because the Family Dollar and Dollar Tree customers don't have the funds to withstand a price increase. Six months later, the CEO has somewhat changed his tune in predicting some price increases may be on the way.
But the outlook isn't so bleak, executives from both chains tried to impress upon analysts. Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos reminded analysts his company is a "limited-SKU retailer" meaning it can choose what to carry and what not to sell — a helpful fact in the midst of a trade war.
With many retailers forecasting price hikes in the coming months, Vasos pointed out a bright side: "The great thing is though, I believe that Dollar General stands ready to build to serve that customer, because she'll need us more at that time," the CEO said.
Supply Chain Dive Walmart: Tariffs will lead to higher prices
Filed Under: Regulation Procurement


We have something fun and interesting to bring you today. This just released SWTOR fan film has our attention. It's called "The Weight of Forgiveness" and it's all about the birth of a Jedi. It's in Italian and it's about 15 minutes or so in length so it's a short watch. There are different possible interpretations of the short, which is part of its appeal.
The synopsis says it is a Star Wars fan film "open to interpretation" and there have already been several ideas as to what it all means. If you know and love Star Wars (like all of us here do), you may appreciate it on those grounds alone but we ask you to watch it with an open mind and don't limit yourself just to the Star Wars universe, then see what you think of it.
Some say it is the story of redemption of a pastor who, struggling with the Dark side, finally comes to understand the true healing and saving power of forgiveness. You will see his journey and the challenges that he faces. He is guided on his journey by two mysterious figures, some may call "Gods". How will it end? Give it a watch yourself to find out. It's really well done and we enjoyed the level of talent and dedication that went into creating it. We're curious how others will interpret it and if it will resonate differently with Star Wars fans than with the general public.
You can learn more at the official site, Birth of a Jedi.
When the Force awakes, a Jedi is born.


An au pair's responsibilities also include light housework totaling six hours a day, five days a week. The au pair has her/his own room, is provided with food, and is paid a weekly allowance amounting to at least €252 per month (minimum set by Finnish law). Additionally, the host family will arrange a Finnish or Swedish language course to help the au pair communicate better with the children and get more out of his or her stay in Finland. Au pairs can stay with their host family for up to one year or negotiate a shorter stay. Anyone, except citizens of the Nordic countries or the EU/EEA countries, wishing to work in Finland as an au pair must apply for and receive a residence permit before entering Finland. Citizens of EU states, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland must register their right to reside in Finland, but they do not need a residence permit. The Philippines does not permit its citizens to travel to Europe as au pairs, and they are advised not to apply for a residence permit for this purpose.


Merlin Fireworks was founded in 1998 by three firework industry professionals committed to producing safe, spectacular and innovative firework entertainment using the most up to date technology and effects. Then as a young Company in 1999, Merlin were proud to have been chosen as one of the eight UK companies to fire London's memorable Millennium Display along the River Thames.In 2001 Merlin helped Kuwait celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Liberation and in the same year helped Cardiff celebrate hosting the FA Cup. In 2005 Merlin presented major Opening and Closing Ceremony displays in Ireland to celebrate Cork 2005, The European Capital of Culture. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 we celebrated the launch of the Worlds largest Cruise Ships for Royal Caribbean. In 2010 Merlin fired two displays in Lagos, Nigeria to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Independence from Britain and we then returned to Lagos for their spectacular New Years Eve celebrations in 2013 and 2014.


Money, pay raise, bonuses are not what motivates us. Watch the surprising truth about what motivates us.
Being successful at work is not hard if you focus on it and define some rules. Following are some golden tips for employees to get the best from any job.
This is a short story graphically described with moral of "No Pain, No Gain". Very interesting. In the end it just slipped from my mouth. 'Ohh'! Poor Guy!