It's a close match-up between the Honda Clarity Plug-in and Toyota Camry Hybrid.
The Toyota Prius became a sales sensation after it was introduced in the U.S. in 2000, provoking media predictions that hybrid cars would soon take over the market. As it turned out, folks didn't want hybrids — they just wanted Priuses.
With its aero shape, split-window grille, eco-console and leafy badge, it was a personal statement. It was the green preener's car. Nickname: Pious.
But what if you didn't want to shout your moral intentions to the world? What if you didn't need to show off your green chic at the Academy Awards? What if you simply wanted an affordable, family hybrid with the utility of a best-selling sedan?
The Toyota Camry hybrid was your answer. It was affordable, fuel-efficient and as plain as a quart of vanilla ice cream.
It sold modestly compared to the Prius, but it was part of Toyota's strategy to leverage the halo status of the Prius and hybridize everything in its lineup from sedans to sport utilities to Lexus premium vehicles. Other brands followed the Camry hybrid — notably the Ford Fusion Hybrid and plug-in Energi, and Honda Accord Hybrid — with only moderate success compared to their gas-only counterparts.
But here comes Honda with a new strategy. Determined to electrify its entire lineup just like Toyota (Honda says two-thirds of vehicles it sells in 2030 globally will be electrified), Toyota's Japanese rival has introduced its own green-geek halo: the plug-in hybrid Clarity.
Aero shape, split rear window, funky console, leafy badging. And it's aimed, not at the Prius, but at the plain-vanilla Camry Hybrid.
In fact the Camry and Clarity in my driveway are as closely matched as Ali vs. Frazier: They're the meat of the U.S. sedan market at $37,000 (before incentives — more on that later) with similar dimensions, leather interior, heated seats, automatic headlights, automatic braking and blind-spot assist.
First impressions favor the handsome Camry. No, that's not a misprint. The eight-generation sedan is a quantum leap from the last wallflower. Remade from the ground up, it is visually sleek with sculpted rocker panels and strong rear shoulders. Unlike its sporty, mascara-caked XSE V-6 stablemate whose face deserves an episode on "Botched," my XLE hybrid tastefully presents Camry's new look with subtle, chrome grille lines artfully echoed in the headlamp LED signature.
The result is a Camry that is well-proportioned with a widened stance. The athletic look extends to the driving experience while the TNGA-global platform is wider, firmer and more balanced.
The Clarity is no boat — especially with 17-kWh of battery lowering its center of gravity — but neither is it an Accord. The Accord is a handling sensation (North American Car of the Year, take a bow), eclipsing even the improved Camry. The Clarity is built on its own separate platform to handle multiple model trims from plug-in to EV to the expensive California-only hydrogen chariot. Want all-wheel drive? Move up to an SUV.
Honda hopes you'll warm up to the Clarity's unique styling. The front end (particularly in white) is a dead ringer for a "Star Wars" stormtrooper, its jewel-eye LED headlights surrounded by a black mask. Aft of the mask the Clarity geeks out with a long front overhang (complete with aerodynamic front-wheel air curtains), partially covered rear tire-wells, and aforementioned Prius-like dual rear window.
The split window aids visibility to overcome the Honda's tall, roomy rear trunk. Cargo space is cavernous compared to the hydrogen car I tested a year ago (no hydrogen fuel tank, natch). The Camry, too, has gained trunk space over its predecessor thanks to cleverly packaging the battery under the seat instead of the trunk. Alas, neither car is a hatchback, meaning that — despite lay-flat second-row seats — the pass-through opening is too narrow to be bicycle-friendly.
Covet a hatchback sedan? Ditch your green ambitions and buy a Buick Regal or Kia Stinger for the same price.
Both cars sport distinctive interiors, with the Camry once again getting my nod for most user-friendly. As with all new Camrys, the console's unique "Z-dash" offers helpful knobs for volume, storage space and easy shifter.
Clarity goes nerd with an Acura-borrowed trigger shifter bridging cavernous sub-console space (great for purse storage). A knob-less infotainment screen will annoy in the middle of a white suede dash (now, that will dirty easily!), though some will find Camry's lack of smartphone app connectivity less forgivable.
Grin and bear the Clarity's styling. Learn the trigger shifter. Because the Clarity's real sci-fi payoff comes with the drivetrain.
The Camry's camel-like 611-mile range may get you to Chicago and back on a single tank of fuel. But with its 17.4-kWh battery's 40-plus mile range, Honda's plug-in will make you a stranger to the cashier at your local gas station.
I never visited a pump during my week-long date with the Clarity. After a round-trip 65-mile airport run, I dipped into the gas engine briefly, then recharged at home on a pathetic, 4-miles-per-hour-charging, 110-volt wall plug. Still, that was enough to get back to full-charge overnight.
The driveline is optimized for efficiency, so stoplight burnouts are brief (despite its bigger battery, the Clarity barely beats the Camry Hybrid zero-60 in 7.6 seconds versus 7.9). The gas engine will even come to the rescue over 50 mph to keep the battery from over-exerting itself.
The Honda also has a clever, steering wheel-mounted, regen paddle like the Chevy Volt plug-in to recharge the battery under braking. In Ecomode (Sport mode is also available, but lord knows why, given the Clarity's conservative nature) and generous use of regen paddle, I managed 55 miles on a single charge — out-performing the system's advertised 41 mpg.
Clarity offers other useful Easter eggs like the HRV button which switches the system exclusively to the gas engine on long 80-mph highway trips to preserve the battery for when you want it around town. All of this information can be watched on the Clarity's colorful, digital instrument display.
Oh, and there's a geek sweetener. Only the Honda comes with a $7,500 EV tax subsidy. Which means its bottom line sinks below $30,000. That's a greenback bargain that any green will understand.


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Q: C# coding issue I am writing the following program in which I have to access variable "lat" outside the if statements. But compiler is showing me an error while using this statement.
int LAC = Convert.ToInt32(lat[0], 16);

The error I am getting is:

The name lat does not exist in current context

What can be the possible reason for this? As I am using a string initialized inside an if loop, outside the if loop. Also if I would have declared it local to some function, this error would have been justified but when used inside a loop and then being used outside the loop its showing error. What can be the reason? The code is as follows:
flag = string.Compare(excel_getValue("A" + i), "DATE");
    if (flag == 1)
    {
        string[] date = excel_getValue("A" + i).Split();
    }
    else if (flag != 1)
    {
        string[] lat = excel_getValue("A" + i).Split();
    }

    if (result == 0)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Location Tracking Complete");
        // Environment.Exit(0);     // program exit
        Thread.Sleep(5000);
    }

    int LAC = Convert.ToInt32(lat[0], 16);    // Converting to int

A: You need to know something about the scope. The scope of you lat variable ends within the else block. So if you need to use it outside the block you need declare before the if statement.
string[] lat = null;
if (flag == 1)
{
    string[] date = excel_getValue("A" + i).Split();

}
else if (flag != 1)
{
    lat = excel_getValue("A" + i).Split();
}
if (result == 0)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Location Tracking Complete");
    //Environment.Exit(0); // programme exit
    Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
//This prevents from throwing unwanted exception.
if(lat != null)
    int LAC = Convert.ToInt32(lat[0], 16);  //Converting to int

A: Declaring a Variable inside the if condition context is not a proper way.The scope of the variable will be only inside the condition therefore using it outside will yield you an error like "the name lat does not exist in current context".
         Void Somefunction()
             {

             string[] lat=null;

          if(true)
          {
               lat=new string[10];
             lat[0]="welcome";
              }
           Console.Writeline(lat[0]);

             }

Event though the above code is correct there will occur an error if condition is false and lat would be null.

A: I think you are missing most of the comments here. The lat variable as shown in your code, only exist inside THAT if statement... as soon as you leave the if statement lat no longer exist. As below:
else if (flag != 1)
{
    string[] lat = excel_getValue("A" + i).Split();
}
 // lat DNE here

Even if you create a string[] lat; variable before the if statement, the compiler will complain because when you are initializing the lat variable later in an if statement, the compiler will complain because there is a possibility that lat will not get set to some value… i.e when the if statement fails.
Since you do not know the size you need before you get the value from a split, it may be easier to simply set the lat  and date variables and avoid the if statements altogether. It is not clear what the other variables do later in your code, but using if statements to create variables is going to create possible initialization/existence errors. Something like below may be a better approach.
flag = string.Compare(excel_getValue("A" + i), "DATE");
string[]  lat = excel_getValue("A" + i).Split();
string[] date = excel_getValue("A" + i).Split();

if (result == 0)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Location Tracking Complete");
    // Environment.Exit(0);     // program exit
    Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
If (lat.count > 0)
  int LAC = Convert.ToInt32(lat[0], 16); // creating a variable MAYBE? Possible issues later
else
  // lat is empty

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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}

The double-focusing mass spectrometer (DFMS) of the {\sl Rosetta}\ Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis \citep[ROSINA;][]{balsiger07} has found that \ce{O2} is the fourth most abundant parent species in the coma of Comet~67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G), behind only \ce{H2O}, \ce{CO2}, and \ce{CO} \citep{leroy15,fougere16}. The ubiquitous, abundant presence of \ce{O2} was surprising since it had never been detected in a comet before \citep{bieler15}.

\citet{feldman16} confirmed the presence of substantial \ce{O2} in the coma of 67P/C-G during gaseous outbursts with Alice, {\sl Rosetta}'s ultraviolet spectrograph \citep{stern07}. Later, \citet{keeney17} directly detected \ce{O2} absorption in Alice data using stellar sight lines temporarily projected near the nucleus (``stellar appulses''). These sight lines were observed over a wide range of heliocentric distances (1.2-2.3~AU) and impact parameters (4-20~km), yielding $\log{N_{\ce{H2O}}}=15.2$-17.1 (all column densities, $N$, herein are quoted in units of $\mathrm{cm}^{-2}$) and a median value of $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}=25$\%.

Several {\sl Rosetta}\ instruments can directly detect \ce{H2O} in the coma of 67P/C-G: Alice, ROSINA, the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer \citep[VIRTIS;][]{coradini07}, and the Microwave Instrument for the {\sl Rosetta}\ Orbiter \citep[MIRO;][]{gulkis07}. All but ROSINA are remote-sensing instruments that measure or infer column densities along a line of sight, and $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ measured by Alice \citep{keeney17} agrees with VIRTIS values near perihelion \citep{bockelee-morvan16}. However, only Alice and ROSINA can directly detect \ce{O2}, and the relative abundance of $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ in the Alice data was nearly an order of magnitude larger than the average ROSINA value \citep[$n_{\ce{O2}}/n_{\ce{H2O}}=3.85\pm0.85$\%;][where $n$ is number density measured at the spacecraft position]{bieler15}. The consistency in $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ between Alice and VIRTIS suggests that the methodology of \citet{keeney17} is trustworthy, but the discrepancy in $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ remains puzzling.

\begin{figure}
  \epsscale{1.15}
  \centering\plotone{./fig_navcam.pdf}
  \vspace{-1ex}
  \caption{Subsection of a NAVCAM image taken while HD~4150 was occulted by 67P/C-G, $\sim20$~minutes before the star entered the Alice slit (red). The VIRTIS-H aperture is shown in green, and the approximate path of HD~4150 through the Alice slit is shown by a dashed blue arrow. The image is oriented such that the Sun is toward the top, and the field-of-view is $\sim1\degr\times1\fdg5$ ($\sim5\times7.5~\mathrm{km}^2$).
  \label{fig:navcam}}
\end{figure}

Here we present a stellar occultation by 67P/C-G observed with Alice. We describe our observations in \autoref{sec:obs}, and our analysis procedure in \autoref{sec:results}. \autoref{sec:disc} compares the \ce{H2O} and \ce{O2} column densities for our stellar occultation with those of \citet{keeney17} and ROSINA measurements \citep{bieler15,hansen16}, and \autoref{sec:summary} summarizes our main findings.

\section{Observations}
\label{sec:obs}

The A0~IV star HD~4150 was occulted by 67P/C-G on 2015 September~13, approximately one month after the comet's perihelion passage. The occultation was serendipitously observed by Alice during the course of normal operations. During this phase of the mission, Alice was integrating nearly continuously to catalog emissions from the near-nucleus coma \citep{pineau19}.

\autoref{fig:navcam} shows a $\sim5\times7.5~\mathrm{km}^2$ subsection of a {\sl Rosetta}\ navigation camera (NAVCAM) image taken at 13:36:02~UT, while HD~4150 was occulted by 67P/C-G and $\sim20$~minutes before it entered the Alice slit. The Alice slit is $5\fdg5$ long and has a dog-bone shape that is twice as wide at the top and bottom as in the center \citep{stern07}; its position with respect to the nucleus is shown in red in \autoref{fig:navcam}, and the transition between the wide-bottom and narrow-center regions of the slit is evident. \autoref{fig:navcam} also shows the approximate path of HD~4150 as it emerges from behind the small lobe of 67P/C-G and crosses the Alice slit from left to right at an angle of $\sim35\degr$ over the ``neck'' of the nucleus.

\begin{figure}
  \epsscale{1.15}
  \centering\plotone{./fig_hd4150_exp.pdf}
  \vspace{-1ex}
  \caption{Three spectra of HD~4150 obtained by Alice. The revisit (i.e., intrinsic) spectrum \edit1{taken on 2016 June~6} is shown in gray, and the \edit1{post-occultation spectra taken on 2015 September~13 at 13:52:04 and 14:02:49~UT} are shown in green and brown, respectively.
  \label{fig:exp}}
\end{figure}

HD~4150 appears in two consecutive 10-minute spectral images with start times of 13:52:04 and 14:02:49~UT, respectively. For the first five minutes of the first exposure, the star is occulted by the comet nucleus. The star remains in the Alice slit for the remainder of the first exposure and the first five minutes of the second exposure. During these exposures, 67P/C-G was 1.30~AU from the Sun, {\sl Rosetta}\ was orbiting 313~km from the comet center, and the solar phase angle was $108\degr$.

The spectra of HD~4150 extracted from these exposures are shown in green (first exposure) and brown (second exposure) in \autoref{fig:exp}. The observed stellar fluxes are corrected for the reduced amount of time the star was in the slit during these exposures. Nevertheless, differences between the two exposures are evident; most notably, the first (green) spectrum has less flux from 1350-1600~\AA.

HD~4150 was re-observed (``revisited'') on 2016 June~6 when it was far from the nucleus, at an off-nadir angle of $79\degr$. The purpose of this 15-minute integration, which started at 06:02:24~UT, was to characterize the intrinsic stellar spectrum without the presence of foreground coma absorption (see \citealp{keeney17} for details). When HD~4150 was revisited, the comet was 3.15~AU from the Sun and the solar phase angle was $67\degr$. The intrinsic stellar spectrum is shown in gray in \autoref{fig:exp}, and has considerably more flux from 1250-1800~\AA\ than the spectra obtained immediately after the occultation.

The analysis below, and that of \citet{keeney17}, assumes that the stellar spectrum obtained when the star was revisited while far from the nucleus is equivalent to the intrinsic stellar spectrum (i.e., that there is no foreground coma absorption at that time). Although it is true that \ce{O2} is extremely volatile, with a sublimation temperature in vacuum of $\sim30$~K \citep{fray09}, it has been found to be strongly correlated with \ce{H2O} in the coma of 67P/C-G \citep{bieler15,fougere16}, and the production rate of \ce{H2O} was down by 2-3 orders of magnitude at 3.15~AU compared to 1.30~AU \citep{hansen16,gasc17}. However, even if our assumptions are incorrect and a small amount of foreground coma absorption is present in the revisit spectrum, then this would cause us to \textit{underestimate} the amount of foreground coma absorption at the time of the occultation\footnote{The same can be said for the stellar appulse analysis of \citet{keeney17}.}.

\section{Results and Analysis}
\label{sec:results}

The spectra of HD~4150 taken immediately after the occultation by 67P/C-G were analyzed analagously to the stellar appulse spectra of \citet{keeney17}, except in one regard. The UV-bright stars that \citet{keeney17} used to study the near-nucleus coma all had measurable far-UV flux down to $\sim900$~\AA\ \citep[see Figure~1 of][]{keeney17}, but HD~4150 is an A0 star with almost no flux below $\sim1250$~\AA\ (see \autoref{fig:exp}). This lack of flux blueward of 1250~\AA\ has important consequences for our analysis.

Although \ce{H2O} and \ce{O2} have relatively large cross sections from 1250-1800~\AA\ \citep{chung01,yoshino05}, other abundant coma species do not \citep[i.e., \ce{CO} and \ce{CO2};][]{cairns65,yoshino96}, which means that they cannot be directly constrained by our data. Fortunately, at the time of the occultation VIRTIS was acquiring data while pointed $\sim3.6$~km above the sunward limb of the nucleus. Thus, we adopt their contemporaneous column density ratio of $N_{\ce{CO2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}} = 0.310\pm0.034$ \citep{bockelee-morvan16} for our analysis. The position of the VIRTIS-H aperture with respect to the Alice slit and the path of HD~4150 are shown in \autoref{fig:navcam}.

To isolate the coma signature from the intrinsic stellar flux and interstellar absorption, we divided the stellar spectra taken immediately post-occultation (i.e., the green and brown spectra in \autoref{fig:exp}) by the spectrum of the star taken much later (i.e., the gray spectrum in \autoref{fig:exp}), after first scaling them to have the same median flux from 1850-1950~\AA. This procedure reduces our sensitivity to the uncertainty in the amount of time the star was in the slit during our long exposures \citep{keeney17}. The resulting normalized spectrum quantifies the amount of foreground coma absorption in the post-occultation exposures.

\citet{keeney17} modeled far-UV absorption from ten molecular species (see their Table~3 and Figure~2 for adopted cross sections) in Alice spectra normalized as above. We use the same procedure here, except that we only fit wavelengths in the range 1250-1950~\AA\ because HD~4150 has insufficient flux blueward of 1250~\AA\ (see \autoref{fig:exp}). Consequently, we remove \ce{CO} from our fits because it has no appreciable cross section redward of 1050~\AA\ \citep{cairns65}.

The column density of \ce{H2O} is fit directly and allowed to vary in the range $\log{N_{\ce{H2O}}} = 14$-18. The abundances of all other species are fit relative to $N_{\ce{H2O}}$; \ce{O2} is allowed to vary in the range $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}=0$-1, \ce{CO2} is fixed at the ratio measured by VIRTIS \citep[$N_{\ce{CO2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}} = 0.310\pm0.034$;][]{bockelee-morvan16}, and all other species (\ce{CH4}, \ce{C2H2}, \ce{C2H6}, \ce{C2H4}, \ce{C4H2}, and \ce{H2CO}) are constrained to have $N/N_{\ce{H2O}}<0.01$ \citep{leroy15}. All species except \ce{CO} and \ce{CO2} are treated the same as they were in \citet{keeney17}. \edit1{The absorption profiles are determined directly from high-resolution cross sections \citep[1-2~\AA\ for \ce{H2O} and \ce{O2}; references for all adopted cross sections are listed in Table~3 of][]{keeney17}, then convolved to the spectral resolution of Alice (9~\AA\ FWHM for the narrow part of the slit) before being compared to the data.}

Our fits to the spectra of HD~4150 taken immediately after its occultation by 67P/C-G are shown in \autoref{fig:fit1}-\ref{fig:fit2}. The top panels show the normalized spectra in black, and our best-fit absorption profiles from \ce{H2O} (blue), \ce{O2} (green), \ce{CO2} (brown), and all other species (purple). The ensemble fit from all species is shown in pink, and the shaded regions represent 95\% ($2\sigma$) confidence bands. Recall that $N_{\ce{CO2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}$ is held fixed at the value measured contemporaneously by VIRTIS \citep{bockelee-morvan16}. The bottom panel shows the residual of the ensemble fit as a function of wavelength, with $1\sigma$ flux uncertainty overlaid in orange. Masked regions that are not used to constrain the fits are shown in lighter hues in both panels.

We searched for systematic offsets in the best-fit \ce{H2O} and \ce{O2} column densities using Monte Carlo simulations to compare the values retrieved from forward-modeled data with Poissonian noise and known input values. However, unlike in \citet{keeney17}, we found no evidence for systematic offsets. Reassuringly, the large optical depth of the \ce{H2O} absorption makes the fitting results more robust. Thus, we adopt the \ce{H2O} and \ce{O2} column densities returned by our fits as final.

\begin{figure}
  \epsscale{1.15}
  \centering\plotone{./fig_hd4150_1_conf.pdf}
  \vspace{-1ex}
  \caption{Best-fit column densities for the first post-occultation exposure of HD~4150, with 95\% ($2\sigma$) confidence bands. \textit{Top:} the normalized stellar flux with ensemble fit (pink) and individual-species absorption overlaid. \textit{Bottom:} the residual of the ensemble fit with $1\sigma$ flux uncertainty (orange) overlaid. Masked regions are shown in lighter hues in both panels; these regions are not used to constrain the fits.
  \label{fig:fit1}}
\end{figure}

\section{Discussion}
\label{sec:disc}

The decrease in the \ce{H2O} column density from the first exposure of HD~4150 to the second (see \autoref{fig:fit1}-\ref{fig:fit2}) agrees with the na\"ive expectation that $N\propto\rho^{-1}$ \citep{haser57}, where $\rho$ is the impact parameter with respect to the nucleus. $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ decreases by a factor of $\sim1.4$ between the two exposures when $\rho$ increases by a factor of $\sim1.3$ (we estimate $\rho\approx0.3$~km and 0.4~km for the first and second exposures, respectively; see \autoref{fig:navcam}). However, the contemporaneous VIRTIS measurement \citep[$\log{N_{\ce{H2O}}}=17.00\pm0.04$ at $\rho\approx2.7$~km;][]{bockelee-morvan16}\footnote{\citet{bockelee-morvan16} list $\rho=3.6$~km for the contemporaneous exposure, which is measured from the center of the nucleus. The value we list is measured with respect to the limb of the nucleus for consistency with \autoref{fig:navcam}.} is not as consistent with $N\propto\rho^{-1}$, finding a factor of $\sim6$ decrease in $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ compared to the first post-occultation exposure when $\rho$ increases by a factor of $\sim9$.

\begin{figure}
  \epsscale{1.15}
  \centering\plotone{./fig_hd4150_2_conf.pdf}
  \vspace{-1ex}
  \caption{Best-fit column densities for the second post-occultation exposure of HD~4150, with 95\% ($2\sigma$) confidence bands.
  \label{fig:fit2}}
\end{figure}

Of course, the \citet{haser57} model, which assumes spherically symmetric outflow from a point source, is far too simplistic to be directly applied to data from {\sl Rosetta}\ 67P/C-G. From {\sl Rosetta}'s vantage point embedded in the coma of 67P/C-G, the nucleus is clearly resolved and far from spherical (\autoref{fig:navcam}), and observed gas \citep[e.g.,][]{migliorini16} and dust \citep[e.g.,][]{gerig18} outbursts are not axisymmetric. Thus, it is questionable whether the analytic prediction of \citet[namely, $N\propto\rho^{-1}$]{haser57} holds for Alice data.

The best-fit values of the \ce{O2} column density are $\log{N_{\ce{O2}}}=16.82\pm0.04$ for the first post-occultation exposure (\autoref{fig:fit1}) and $\log{N_{\ce{O2}}}=16.20\pm0.12$ for the second exposure (\autoref{fig:fit2}), corresponding to a factor of $\sim4$ decrease. It is unclear why $N_{\ce{O2}}$ is decreasing almost three times more quickly than $N_{\ce{H2O}}$. \citet{keeney17} found no clear trend in $N_{\ce{O2}}$ as a function of impact parameter when $\rho\approx5$-15~km (see their Figure~9). However, the exposures of HD~4150 probe the coma much closer to the nucleus than any of our previous sight lines, so we cannot confidently extrapolate the \citet{keeney17} measurements to $\rho<1$~km.

The most puzzling result of \citet{keeney17} was that the relative abundance of \ce{O2} with respect to \ce{H2O} inferred from Alice data (median $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}=25$\%) was nearly an order of magnitude larger than the average value of $n_{\ce{O2}}/n_{\ce{H2O}}=3.85\pm0.85$\% found by ROSINA \citep{bieler15}. In fact, the datasets almost seemed to be mutually exclusive; \citet{keeney17} did not find a single high-quality example with $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}<10$\% (although there were several upper limits), and ROSINA almost never measured $n_{\ce{O2}}/n_{\ce{H2O}}>10$\% \citep{bieler15,fougere16}. \citet{keeney17} speculated that the discrepancy could be attributed to comparing column density along a line of sight near the nucleus with number density measured \textit{in situ} at the spacecraft position, but no firm conclusions could be drawn. It is therefore reassuring that we measure a relative abundance of $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ that is nearly identical to the average ROSINA value in one of the post-occultation exposures (see \autoref{fig:fit2}).

However, whereas \citet{keeney17} did not find any instances of $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ consistent with ROSINA measurements in absorption, the emission-line technique of \citet{feldman16} frequently infers $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ values near the sunward limb of the nucleus in Alice data that are consistent with ROSINA values. For example, an estimate of $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ can be derived from exposures taken just before and just after the occultation using the ratio of the semi-forbidden \ion{O}{1}] 1356~\AA\ line to \ion{H}{1} Ly$\beta$. If we assume that all of the \ion{O}{1}] 1356~\AA\ emission near the limb comes from electron impact on \ce{H2O} \citep{makarov04}, \ce{O2} \citep{kanik03}, and \ce{CO2} \citep{mumma72} at an energy of 100~eV, then the brightness of the \ion{C}{1} 1657~\AA\ line suggests that 25-30\% of the 1356~\AA\ brightness comes from electron impact dissociation of \ce{CO2}. Similarly, large off-nadir steps along the slit suggest that 25-30\% of the \ion{H}{1} Ly$\beta$ brightness comes from resonant scattering in the coma. After these corrections, we estimate that $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}\approx4$\% in the Alice exposures surrounding the occultation. Although this estimate is predicated on many assumptions, it is nevertheless reassuring that it is identical to the value we derived for our second exposure (see \autoref{fig:fit2}).

\edit1{Further, the above estimate is consistent with $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}\approx4$\% being the quiescent value at this time, whereas the elevated value of $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}\approx10$\% (\autoref{fig:fit1}) may be associated with a strong, collimated dust outburst observed in the sunward direction by VIRTIS-H \citep{bockelee-morvan17} and VIRTIS-M \citep{rinaldi18}.} The dust outburst peaked at approximately 13:30:00 UT \citep{rinaldi18}, $\sim20$~minutes before our first post-occultation exposure began. At the beginning of the first Alice exposure, the radiance of the dust emission had decayed to $\sim20$\% of its peak compared to the quiescent level, and by the beginning of the second Alice exposure it had returned to the quiescent level altogether \citep[see Figure~4 of][]{rinaldi18}. Thus, one plausible explanation for the differing $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ levels in the two Alice exposures is a non-constant production rate of \ce{O2} (i.e., the amount of \ce{O2} in the first exposure is affected by the dust outburst). \edit1{However, \citet{bockelee-morvan17} found no increase in \ce{H2O} or \ce{CO2} column density during the outburst, so it is unclear why the \ce{O2} production rate would be affected but not those of \ce{H2O} and \ce{CO2}.}

\autoref{fig:NH2O_O2} shows $N_{\ce{O2}}$ and $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}$ as a function of $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ for the two post-occultation exposures of HD~4150 and the stellar appulses of \citet{keeney17}. \edit1{We confirm that $N_{\ce{O2}}$ and $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ are strongly correlated as expected due to the strong correlation between $n_{\ce{O2}}$ and $n_{\ce{H2O}}$ in ROSINA data \citep{bieler15,fougere16}.} Owing to the smaller impact parameters probed, our occultation data find larger $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ values and smaller $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}$ than the appulses, and overall there is a clear trend of decreasing $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ with increasing $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ in Alice data (e.g., when $N_{\ce{H2O}}<10^{16}~\mathrm{cm}^{-2}$ the median $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}=41$\%, whereas the median $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}=16$\% for larger $N_{\ce{H2O}}$).

This trend, \edit1{which was first noted by \citet{bieler15}}, suggests that we are able to detect an $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ abundance consistent with the ROSINA measurements in \autoref{fig:fit2} simply because the \ce{H2O} column density is sufficiently large. A $\mathrm{S/N}$-dependent detection threshold for $N_{\ce{O2}}$ in Alice data is consistent with this trend, but we see no clear evidence that our measurements are strongly affected by such a selection bias (\autoref{fig:NH2O_O2}). Further, this hypothesis cannot explain \textbf{all} of the Alice measurements since \citet{keeney17} found two examples where $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}>40$\% when $N_{\ce{H2O}}>10^{16}~\mathrm{cm}^{-2}$. Thus, a full explanation for the discrepancy in $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ abundance between Alice and ROSINA measurements remains elusive.

\edit1{\subsection{Empirical Coma Model Comparisons}}
\label{sec:disc:rosina}

\edit1{\citet{hansen16} developed an empirical coma model to study the evolution of the \ce{H2O} production rate between 2014~June and 2016~May. This model is based on comparisons between ROSINA data and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo models of the 3D neutral gas coma, and corroborated by comparisons with other {\sl Rosetta}\ instruments (VIRTIS, MIRO, RPC) and ground-based dust measurements. Here we compare the predictions of the \citet{hansen16} model with \ce{H2O} column densities measured by Alice from stellar appulses and occultations.}

\begin{figure}
  \epsscale{1.15}
  \centering\plotone{./fig_NH2O_NO2.pdf}
  \centering\plotone{./fig_NH2O_fO2.pdf}
  \vspace{-1ex}
  \caption{\ce{O2} column density (\textit{top}) and relative abundance of $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ (\textit{bottom}) as a function of $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ for the two post-occultation exposures of HD~4150 and the stellar appulses of \citet{keeney17}. There are clear trends of increasing $N_{\ce{O2}}$ and decreasing $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ with increasing $N_{\ce{H2O}}$. The shaded area in the bottom panel is the 95\% ($2\sigma$) confidence band for $n_{\ce{O2}}/n_{\ce{H2O}}$ from \citet{bieler15}.
  \label{fig:NH2O_O2}}
\end{figure}

\edit1{\citet{hansen16} parameterize the number density, $n$, of \ce{H2O} molecules as}

\begin{equation}
  \label{eqn:density}
  n = \frac{f Q}{4\pi r^2 v}
\end{equation}

\edit1{\noindent where $Q$ is the \ce{H2O} production rate, $r$ is the distance from the comet center, $v$ is the gas velocity, and $f$ is an empirical correction factor. When $f=1$, \autoref{eqn:density} is equivalent to spherically symmetric radial expansion; otherwise, it accounts for the observed anisotropy in the coma of 67P/C-G \citep{fougere16,hansen16,lauter19}. Between the equinoxes (2015~May to 2016~March) the factors $Q$, $v$, and $f$ are independent of $r$ \citep[see Tables~1 and 2 of][]{hansen16}, so the number density can be integrated to find the column density:}

\begin{align}
  \label{eqn:coldens}
  N &= \frac{f Q}{4\pi v} \int_0^\infty \frac{ds}{r^2(s)} \\
  \nonumber
  &= \frac{f Q}{4\pi v} \int_0^\infty \frac{ds}{s^2 + r_{\rm sc}^2 - 2 s r_{\rm sc} \cos{\theta}}
\end{align}

\edit1{\noindent where $r_{\rm sc}$ is the distance from the spacecraft to the comet center, $\theta$ is the angle of the sight line with respect to the comet center, and $r^2(s)$ is given by the law of cosines. The integration is performed along the line of sight, $s$, starting from the spacecraft position ($s\equiv0$).}

\edit1{ Prior to the inbound equinox, $f$ is a function of both $R_h$ and $r$ \citep{hansen16} and cannot be separated from the integral. $Q$ and $v$ are defined in Equations 7 and 10 of \citet{hansen16}, and depend only on heliocentric distance:}

\begin{align}
  \nonumber
  Q(R_h) &=
  \begin{cases}
    (2.58\pm0.12)\,R_h^{-5.10\pm0.05}, & \text{pre-perihelion} \\
    (15.8\pm0.9)\,R_h^{-7.15\pm0.08},  & \text{post-perihelion}
  \end{cases} \\
  \nonumber
  v(R_h) &= (771.0 - 55.5\,R_h)\left(1 + 0.171\,e^{-\frac{R_h-1.24}{0.13}}\right)
\end{align}

\edit1{\noindent where $Q$ has units of $10^{28}~\mathrm{molecules\,s^{-1}}$ and $v$ has units of $\mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}$.}

\edit1{\autoref{fig:NH2O_hansen} shows the predicted \ce{H2O} column density from \autoref{eqn:coldens} compared to Alice and VIRTIS measurements near perihelion. The uncertainty on the model predictions is assumed to be 20\% \citep{hansen16}. The Alice data are consistent with the predicted values over the full range of column densities measured. Using all data obtained between the equinoxes (all but one data point, see \autoref{fig:Rh_hansen}), where the assumptions behind \autoref{eqn:coldens} are valid, the RMS difference between the Alice measurements and the \citet{hansen16} prediction is 0.24~dex.}

\edit1{However, for VIRTIS data \citep{bockelee-morvan16}, the predicted column densities are systematically higher than the measurements. \citet{fougere16} had to reduce the \ce{H2O} column densities predicted by their model by a factor of four to match the measurements of \citet{bockelee-morvan16}. The dot-dashed line in \autoref{fig:NH2O_hansen} indicates a model over-prediction by a factor of four and passes through much of the VIRTIS data, agreeing with the analysis of \citet{fougere16}.}

\begin{figure}
  \epsscale{1.15}
  \centering\plotone{./fig_NH2O_hansen.pdf}
  \vspace{-1ex}
  \caption{\edit1{The predicted \ce{H2O} column density from \autoref{eqn:coldens} compared to Alice and VIRTIS measurements. The dashed line shows perfect agreement between the predicted and measured values, and the dot-dashed line shows predicted values that are four times larger than measured.}
  \label{fig:NH2O_hansen}}
\end{figure}

\edit1{As a final check on the consistency of the Alice data and the \citet{hansen16} coma model, \autoref{eqn:coldens} can be rearranged so that the details of the observing geometry cancel out, leaving only a predicted trend with heliocentric distance:}

\begin{equation}
  \label{eqn:trend}
  \frac{Q(R_h)}{v(R_h)} = \frac{4\pi N/f}{\int_0^\infty (s^2 + r_{\rm sc}^2 - 2 s r_{\rm sc} \cos{\theta})^{-1} ds}
\end{equation}

\begin{figure}
  \epsscale{1.15}
  \centering\plotone{./fig_Rh_hansen.pdf}
  \vspace{-1ex}
  \caption{\edit1{The predicted trend of $Q/v$ as a function of $R_h$ \citep{hansen16}, compared to values inferred from Alice and VIRTIS measurements using \autoref{eqn:trend}. The shaded region shows the 95\% ($2\sigma$) confidence band for $Q/v$ and the dashed lines show the best-fit relation from \citet{hansen16}; the dot-dashed line post-perihelion shows the \citet{hansen16} prediction reduced by a factor of four.}
  \label{fig:Rh_hansen}}
\end{figure}

\edit1{\noindent \autoref{fig:Rh_hansen} shows the \citet{hansen16} prediction of $Q/v$ as a function of $R_h$ compared to values derived from Alice and VIRTIS measurements using \autoref{eqn:trend}. The dashed lines show the best-fit relation of \citet{hansen16}, and the gray shaded regions show the 95\% ($2\sigma$) confidence band for the prediction. The Alice appulse \citep{keeney17} and occultation measurements (\autoref{fig:fit1}-\ref{fig:fit2}) are consistent with the \citet{hansen16} prediction, except very close to perihelion where the \citet{hansen16} model is discontinuous.}

\edit1{The VIRTIS-H data are lower than the \citet{hansen16} prediction over the full range of heliocentric distance, and show no discontinuity at perihelion. The disagreement is largest after perihelion, where the VIRTIS data are lower than the prediction by a factor of $\sim4$ (dot-dashed line). \citet{fougere16} discussed possible reasons for this discrepancy and we will not speculate further, except to note that it is reassuring that we are able to reproduce the reported tension.}

\edit1{Furthermore, the fact that our \ce{H2O} measurements are consistent with the predictions of the \citet{hansen16} coma model increases confidence in our ability to directly compare results from Alice and ROSINA. On the other hand, the broad consistency in \ce{H2O} results between the two instruments makes the discrepancy in $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ values all the more puzzling.}

\edit1{\subsection{Modeling Uncertainties}}
\label{sec:disc:modeling}

\edit1{There are several sources of systematic uncertainty in our modeling process, as detailed in \citet{keeney17}. Perhaps the hardest to quantify is the uncertainty introduced by unknown far-UV absorption cross sections. ROSINA-DFMS has found dozens of species in the coma of 67P/C-G \citep{leroy15,altwegg17}, many of which have no measured far-UV cross sections, and could thus conceivably have a large enough cross section that even a trace amount could produce appreciable absorption. We believe this circumstance is unlikely but cannot rule it out.}

\edit1{Another concern is temperature dependence of the adopted cross sections, because all of the cross sections we use were measured at 250-300~K \citep[see Table~3 of][]{keeney17},} \edit2{and the coma is expected to cool adiabatically.} \edit1{There are several reasons for this choice. First, high-resolution laboratory measurements are not consistently available for all modeled species at any other temperature. Adopting a consistent temperature for the cross sections of all modeled species minimizes the uncertainty introduced by cross sections for different species having different behavior with decreasing temperature.}

\edit1{Reassuringly, \autoref{fig:NH2O_hansen} shows that Alice measurements of \ce{H2O}, derived from absorption cross sections measured at 250~K \citep{chung01}, are consistent with the predictions of the \citet{hansen16} empirical coma model for 67P/C-G. Thus, if temperature-dependent cross sections are invoked to explain different $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ measurements from ROSINA and Alice, they must preferentially affect \ce{O2} or else the Alice and ROSINA \ce{H2O} values would disagree.}

\edit1{Finally, and most speculatively, there are \ce{O2} and \ce{H2O} cross-section measurements at multiple temperatures over part of the modeled far-UV wavelength range which suggest that using room-temperature cross sections yields lower $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ values than at lower temperatures. Low-resolution measurements \citep{yoshino05} indicate that the peak \ce{O2} cross-section at $\sim1400$~\AA\ decreases by $\sim0.1$~dex as the temperature decreases from 295 to 78~K, implying that a larger \ce{O2} column density is required to match the observed absorption at lower temperatures. High-resolution \ce{H2O} cross sections are available at 250~K \citep{chung01} and 298~K \citep{mota05}, and the peak cross section at $\sim1650$~\AA\ is $\sim0.1$~dex larger at 250~K, implying that a smaller \ce{H2O} column density is required to match the observed absorption at lower temperatures. Although we cannot be confident that the \ce{H2O} cross section continues to increase at temperatures $<250$~K, the existing data indicate that lower temperatures necessitate larger $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ to fit the data, further suggesting that adopting room-temperature cross sections is not the cause of the discrepancy between our $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ values and the ROSINA measurements.}

\section{Summary}
\label{sec:summary}

We have presented far-UV spectra of the A0~IV star HD~4150, which was serendipitously observed by {\sl Rosetta}'s Alice imaging spectrometer on 2015 September~13. HD~4150 was observed in two 10-minute integrations immediately after being occulted by 67P/C-G, and revisited approximately 9~months later when its line of sight was far from the nucleus. By comparing the two epochs of stellar spectra, we were able to quantify the amount of \ce{H2O} and \ce{O2} within 1~km of the nucleus.

We find that $N_{\ce{H2O}}\propto\rho^{-1}$ in our consecutive exposures of HD~4150, but $N_{\ce{O2}}$ decreases $\sim3$ times faster than $N_{\ce{H2O}}$. We have also measured a value of $N_{\ce{O2}}/N_{\ce{H2O}}$ that is consistent with ROSINA measurements of $n_{\ce{O2}}/n_{\ce{H2O}}$ \citep{bieler15,fougere16}. \edit1{Combining our observations of HD~4150 with previous results from \citet{keeney17}}, we confirm the strong correlation between \ce{O2} and \ce{H2O} \edit2{(see top panel of \autoref{fig:NH2O_O2}, which demonstrates that $N_{\ce{O2}}$ increases as $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ increases)} first reported by ROSINA \citep{bieler15,fougere16}, \edit2{but} find a general decrease in $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ with increasing $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ in Alice data \edit2{(see bottom panel of \autoref{fig:NH2O_O2})}\edit1{, even though the HD~4150 data in isolation suggest otherwise}. This trend of decreasing $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ with increasing $N_{\ce{H2O}}$ partially explains the initial discrepancy in $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ between Alice and ROSINA.

Several {\sl Rosetta}\ instruments (e.g., Alice, ROSINA, VIRTIS, MIRO) can detect \ce{H2O} in the coma of 67P/C-G. However, only Alice and ROSINA can directly detect \ce{O2}, so the differing Alice and ROSINA measurements of $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ in the coma of 67P/C-G remain mysterious, \edit1{especially since we have shown that our \ce{H2O} measurements are consistent with the empirical coma model of \citet{hansen16}.}

\edit1{We have investigated several potential sources of this discrepancy, but none have provided a satisfactory explanation.} \edit2{We note, however, that additional high-resolution laboratory measurements of molecular absorption cross sections in the far-UV at temperatures of $\sim100$~K would be welcome.}

\edit1{One avenue of future study is modeling the $\ce{O2}/\ce{H2O}$ distribution throughout the coma of 67P/C-G, then integrating along the Alice line of sight to predict the observed column density ratio. The models of \citet{hansen16}, \citet{fougere16}, and \citet{lauter19} are based off of \textit{in-situ} ROSINA samples of the coma density and composition, and largely agree with emission-line measurements from MIRO \citep{biver15,lee15}, VIRTIS \citep{bockelee-morvan15,fink16}, and Alice \citep{feldman16}. However, emission-line intensities are far more sensitive to density than absorption ($n^2$ compared to $n$ dependence), so a distributed source of \ce{O2} would preferentially reveal itself in absorption.}

\acknowledgments
{\sl Rosetta}\ is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. We thank the members of the {\sl Rosetta}\ Science Ground System and Mission Operations Center teams, in particular Richard Moissl and Michael K\"uppers, for their expert and dedicated help in planning and executing the Alice observations. The Alice team acknowledges continuing support from NASA via Jet Propulsion Laboratory contract 1336850 to the Southwest Research Institute. This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France.

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When you select any (the default choice), you are asking to list journal entries that have at least one of the topics that you have selected to search. For example, if you wanted to read your journal entries related to anyone in your family of origin, you would select each of your original family members' names in the Search dialog box and select "Entries containing any of the Selected Topics." Click the Search button and all the journal entries that meet that criteria will be listed in the Search Results Grid.
When you choose all, you are requesting to list journal entries that each of which has all the topics that you selected. For example, if you want to read your journal entries related to your brother and the feeling of happiness, select those two topics and "Entries containing all of the Selected Topics." Only those journal entries that have BOTH those topics assigned to the journal entries will appear in the Search Results Grid.
Searching by all topics narrows down your search more than searching by any topic.
Q: Is there some way to list all the entries I have written about one Topic? What I want to do is to find out every entry I have made and marked for a specific topic, such as Family/husband.
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Open the Search dialog box (click the sixth circular button, the one with the eye icon).
Click the plus sign ,"+," to the left of the folders in the list of topics on the right side of the dialog box.
Select the topic that you want.
A list of all entries with a particular topic assigned to it will appear.
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Hi I answered your question in the thread What State and Country.
I just wanted to add something to the list and that is the Psilocybe pelliculosa-Psilocybe silvatica complex. I believe these were collected in New Hamshire and New York so they could be in Conn.
Hey MJ. Just got an email that you had replied to my post. Thanks for the info. However, I did see your previous message about State & Country, and CT wasn't on the list, even though P. caerulipes *supposedly* occurs from Florida to Maine. Do you--or anyone else--know how I can obtain some wood mulch and/or bark chip mulch made from either maple or birch? All the garden centers seem to sell is softwood mulch made from cedar, red cedar, and pine; which are no good to me.
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There are two main types of layers.
First type includes layers that have weights and activation function.
The second one is output layers.
Output layer is always the final layer in network structure and it just makes final output transformation for neural network.
The output layer doesn't have weights or activation function and it doesn't
involve in training procedure. It's is just a useful feature that helps to make
finall transformations with neural network's output.

Create custom layers
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The simplest type of two layers types is an output layer. Below you can see simple example.

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    from neupy import layers

    class RoundFloorOutput(layers.Output):
        def output(self, value):
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The base class is :layer:`Output`.
This layer has one useful method - ``output``.
Attribute ``value`` contains the raw output from network and method can manage to perform some useful transformation to provide different output.

Other layers should have activation function.
The example below shows one of the possible way to create a new layer.

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    import theano.tensor as T
    from neupy import layers

    class SquareLayer(layers.ActivationLayer):
        activation_function = T.square

First of all you can see different class :layer:`ActivationLayer`.
This class expect ``activation_function`` property to be provided. It must be
an one-argument function that returns Theano function.
In this example we just use simple function which squares input value.

And a low-level implementation of layer inherits :layer:`BaseLayer` class and contains method ``output``.
It can be useful if you want to create a layer which will have custom behaviour.

.. code-block:: python

    from neupy import layers

    class IncreaseByOneLayer(layers.BaseLayer):
        def output(self, input_value):
            return input_value + 1

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From helping people obtain their medications to using cutting-edge scientific technology to discover new treatments, Celgene's entrepreneurial spirit, teamwork-oriented culture and commitment to rare diseases create a unique platform for transforming patient outcomes. At every level, it is growing and evolving.
By taking chances, investing heavily into research and development, and taking a unique perspective, Celgene has been able to offer patients options that can enhance their quality of life. Perhaps the ultimate example of their boldness was bringing thalidomide to market for patients with serious rare diseases who had few treatment choices. With persistence and creativity, Celgene was able to transform this maligned drug into new hope for cancer patients in need.
Joel Beetsch, vice president of Patient Advocacy, has been impressed by the openness of the company and how the typical limitations of red tape in larger organizations don't tend to apply at Celgene. "It's a make-it-happen culture," he said.
Celgene employees also reach out to their communities off the clock. One employee with a friend in need of a bone marrow transplant established a bone marrow registry within a couple weeks. And just last year, employees exceeded their fundraising goal for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's "Light The Night" event by 247 percent. They've also run collections for breast cancer research and have donated money for tsunami relief efforts.
Community dedication especially shined following Hurricane Sandy, which devastated much of the east coast, including parts of New Jersey, surrounding the Celgene Summit headquarters. Hundreds of Celgene employees worked to maintain continuity of services to patients, even while their own homes were damaged and their families were without electricity. They demonstrated resiliency and tenacity so that patients both locally and worldwide did not have a disruption in their access to critical therapies.
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For forty years—a Biblical time span—The Roy Stories has been the one continuous unbroken line in the otherwise kaleidoscopic career of one of America's greatest living writers. Collected here for the first time, the Roy stories of Barry Gifford chronicle his personal history of a time—roughly, the late 1940s through the early 1960s—and a place—the southern and mid-western United States (Chicago, Illinois, and Key West and Miami, Florida, in particular). Similar in structure and tone to Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams stories, Barry Gifford's slices of life cut to the heart and the bone. "Nearly every Gifford story opens a Pandora's box of uncontainable emotions," wrote Richard Dyer in the Boston Globe. "There's no one like Barry Gifford, which is the best reason to read him."


Read all about the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit and how to utilize its advantages and benefits.
In your Apple iPad 3rd generation and even earlier, the feature of Camera Connection Kit consists of a brand new SD card reader and a camera connector for easing the process of importing videos and photos.
Using the USB cable you are provided with, you can connect your digital camera to a USB port from your camera connector in the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit.
You can use your SD card with the help of the SD card reader that you will also be supplied with in the Camera Connection Kit.
With the assistance of your Camera Connector, one can import videos and pictures, from his/hers SD cards and digital cameras. Not to mention you can do the same thing from your iPod nano 5th generation, iPod touch, iPhone and even iPad.
With the following detailed steps you can start with importing all your media from your digital camera right to your SD card. Comes in handy in many situations!
Fetch your iPad dock connecter and connect your SD Card or Camera Connector to it.
Entirely depending on your dock connector, connect the digital camera you have at hand by an SD Card or with the means of a USB.
All the photo albums you have on your iPad will now appear in the tab labeled "Import" displaying for you the option of Importing All.
Click on Import All to start the process or if you need only a few specific items click on the desired items then click Import.
After the importing process is complete, you can Delete or Keep any of the media you have on your SD card or camera.
When using specific SD Cards or digital camera, at times you cannot delete images from your device and the Delete option won't appear.
Ensure that your digital cam is turned on and in the condition to export media.
Disconnect your iPad Camera Connecter, wait for about 30 seconds! Then reconnect it or your SD Card Reader if you have it.
Now unplug your SD card digital camera, again wait for around 30 seconds. Now reconnect!
Reboot/restart your Apple iPad and switch your camera off and on.
If you have another one of the amenities (an SD card/digital camera) test it.
If you have the option to import media with your other SD card or digital camera, you are going to reset or initialize your media on one of your amenities. Need a little help or guidance? Use your camera's manual.
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Чудовище — пугающее существо, монстр.

Фильмы
 «Чудовища» (I Mostri) — комедия, 1963; Италия, Франция; реж. Дино Ризи.
 «Чудовище» (L' Animal) — комедия, 1977, Франция, реж. Клод Зиди.
 «» (Il mostro) — триллер, 1977, Италия, реж. Луиджи Дзампа.
 «» (Oedipus orca) — sexploitation, 1977, Италия, реж. Эрипрандо Висконти.
 «Чудовище» (Creature) — фильм ужасов, 1985, США, реж. Уильям Мэлоун.
 «Чудовище» — мультфильм, 1990, СССР, реж. Е. Нитылкина.

См. также
 Монстр (значения)
 Монстры (значения)

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Greycon wins Queen's Award for international trade
Greycon has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category in recognition of the company's success in overseas expansion.
The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in the UK. The awards were first established in 1965 and highlight and recognise outstanding achievement in the fields of innovation, international trade and sustainable development. Greycon demonstrated successfully to the judging panel that its strategic diversification into new growth markets and geographies across the globe deserved recognition at the very highest level.
The awards celebrate the success of exciting and innovative businesses which are leading the way with pioneering products or services, delivering impressive social mobility programmes or showing their commitment to excellent sustainable development practices.
Greycon wins Specialist Applications Category in Megabuyte's annual Emerging Stars Awards
Greycon has been named winner of the Specialist Applications Category in the Megabuyte Emerging Star Awards 2018. The awards, held annually, are an independent ranking of the UK's best-performing technology scale-ups.
The awards recognise individual excellence across a number of different performance categories as well as listing the 25 best-performing companies overall, where Greycon appeared 16th.
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"Greycon is certainly one of the software players we track and its achievement of Emerging Stars status comes following a rich new seam of international growth (97% of revenue is from overseas). This has been delivered by high levels of investment into product development and the support of its partnership network, which looks to underpin a positive growth outlook going forward."
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Even though we would like to believe we are perfect the fact is no one holds that status today. So, it stands to reason we will "skin our knees" from time to time. While working toward perfection is not a bad thing, we forget perfection is impossible in this life. We all have scars on our knees.
The Good News is life is filled with second chances. The opportunity exists to give them and to receive them.
At times, the person with the greatest need for a second chance is standing right in front of us and we miss the opportunity to give. It would seem logical, that if you were given a second chance at some point in your life you would want to give one...right? So why do they seem so rare?
The fact is we tend to hold on to things (read; feelings, grudges, disappointments, disagreements, etc) for extended periods of time. The longer we hold on the more difficult it is to release, leading to fewer second chances.
Over the years I certainly have been given more than my fair share of second chances and to some degree have offered many in return. However, even today I find myself with yet another skinned knee and in need of a second chance. While it may never come, I hold on to my Hope that this second chance won't pass by.
During my season of waiting I have made some observations. I offer these for others to consider in hope of avoiding and mending skinned knees.
Be appreciative, it helps to recognize out loud your appreciation to someone when you are given a second chance.
Make a change, the art of receiving a second chance is to not repeat the first time.
Let go, there are just some things that need to be released.
Give one out, as good as receiving a second chance is it is better to give one away.
Recently I was sent some photos from an event in which I had the opportunity to be a part of the presentation. At the appointed time, during the day I would come on stage to present the 10 year tenure award to two of our Team Members with the help of our CEO.
One at a time I called each team member to the stage. As they made their way to the stage I told a story about a favorite Family tradition they had shade with me earlier.
One story from that day has stuck with me. It was the story about Will Harris.
His tradition was a warm and tender story about how his family celebrated Christmas morning. I noticed the gentle smile come across Will's face as I shared with the audience how Will and his wife spent precious time with their small children in the early hours of Christmas day.
Saddly, this story takes a tragic turn from there. One week later on Christmas morning I received a text message from my team indicating that Will Harris had passed away. Suddenly, without warning he was gone.
The news was devastating to say the least. As I sat quietly with my own family surrounded by the visible reminders of Christmas, I was overwhelmed with the thought of Will's young family.
Less than a week later we held a small memorial at our office to celebrate the life of Will Harris. It was a time for several team members, along with his family, to gather together to relive the stories of the full life of Will.
Quietly, I reflected on what was being said from the back of the room. In this overflowing room of people, multiple stories were told about how Will impacted the lives of others. He passionately demanded the best of himself and others around him. We laughed, cried and sat quietly as person after person told a story of life.
Two weeks later as I sit in my study I cannot help but think about those stories of life. As times like this often do, I have found myself reflecting, more than once, about the story being told about me and what would be the story told after I am gone.
You must understand that life is just a series of short stories. We produce the content of these stories each and every day with every action we take and encounter we make. Chapter by chapter we craft the larger story of our life.
We should remind ourselves each day that everyone has a story. By not fully understanding the season of life a person is going through it is possible to misread another person's story. We unknowingly, pass judgement upon others when we misread their story.
Each person that comes across our path has a unique story to tell. The question we should ask our self is this, are we going to take the time to learn their story or are we just going to fill in the pages for them?
What is the story being told about you today?
What is the legacy you wish to leave?
The events of the last few weeks have brought each of these questions front and center for serious consideration. Given the recent events and the fact that my latest readings have been all biographies, I seemed to be overwhelmed with the idea of our life story.
As I reflect on my own story there are a few thoughts that I have jotted down, mostly as a reminder for myself, but hopefully they are an encouragement to others that should find their way to this blog.
When you discover your passion in life pursue it with extreme focus. Caution: Choose wisely!
Share your appreciation for others each and every time you come in contact with them. Caution: Never take tomorrow for granted.
We write our story through the sharing of our gifts and talents with others to benefit a greater purpose. It is through our sharing we help to strengthen others while writing new chapters in our own life story. Caution: Choosing to hold back your gifts and talents can weaken others and weaken your own story.
When you strengthen others you produce mutual encouragement which further contributes to the greater good. Caution: Choosing not to strengthen others can lead to discouragement.
When our focus is on others the stories we help write have the power to transform generations. A single transformed life leads to a transformed world. Caution: Focusing only inward will tend to "deform" your long term story.
Weeks later Will is still impacting lives. The chapters of his life will be talked about for some time to come. Will is missed but his story goes on. He has challenged me to be the best version of my self. That was the story of his life and it remains his life story today!
In the sacred journey of life there are few things more important to get right than love. With a wide range of definitions of this simple word it is no wonder we have so much trouble living it out.
Here are 7 simple principles of what an engaged life focused on manifesting love should look like.
Always show patience with others for as long as it takes.
Be kind to others even if it is hard to be kind, do something nice.
Brag on someone else, be an encourager.
Remain humble around others, remember it is not about you.
Stay calm when things go sideways, always give the benefit of the doubt.
If you have to keep a list make it of what others have done right otherwise, forget the list.
Stay focused on the truth, cheer for the truth, seek the truth!
I must admit there is a place in my hometown that is becoming a bit of a casual hangout for me. It fits many of my requirements for hangout status: smallish space yet comfortable, independent ownership that focuses on quality, and unique offerings with flair.
What I mean by flair is "Latte Art". This is the extraordinary design made by the Barista as they pour steaming milk into a latte drink. Come to find out there are competitions for Baristas showcasing this distinctive form of artwork.
Watching this artwork unfold in front of you is amazing. What goes from the simplest act of pouring hot milk into a mug quickly transforms into something beautiful as the artist creates subtle ripples into the top layer of the drink. The outcome is a piece of art that puts a smile on the face of each recipient.
As I glanced around my surroundings I made a few interesting observations. First, everyone who had latte art was showing off his or her design and, second, the place was packed with people talking. It seems this is the perfect hangout.
There has been some decent research on the need for a hangout. Or, better said, the need to be social. It seems we are wired to be social at some level. When we find ways to fill our social needs we flourish; when we neglect it we tend to show signs of stress.
At the end of the day it's all about connecting. But, not just connecting to talk about the weather, while that is okay and sometimes needed, it is more often about connecting at a deeper level. Some know this while others are in denial that we all crave connection.
As I carefully watched my Barista prepare my Red Tea Latte I found myself wondering what would be my design. The drink order just before mine was a splendid heart design for a young lady. I seemed to develop a bit of anxiety thinking that my Latte Artist may only have one design in his arsenal. My fears were quickly washed away as a very manly leaf was painted into the top of a perfect Red Tea. As most do in this establishment, I snapped a picture with my phone to show this masterpiece off later.
Settling down in the lone overstuffed leather chair I positioned myself into a strategic spot to read, sip my latte, and do some people watching, all three of which rank high on my list of favorite things to do. Scanning the room of latte art lovers I made a quick observation, females out number the males in a big way.
The take-away would be that women are naturally more social then men. An unscientific survey certainly but not many men would argue with my quick findings.
That said, there is some science that cannot be overlooked. The Gallup Organization conducted a lengthy study on the social need we each have and its effects on our overall well-being.
It seems that our network of friends and family has a profound impact on our well-being. Friends that are happy more often than not directly impact our happiness. So, if you find your friends are always a downer be careful, you may find yourself down more than normal.
It's interesting when you think about the research: we each have a need to connect, who we connect to has a great deal to do with how our day unfolds. The study also points out that we require six hours of social time a day for a healthy well-being.
First, we each need a personal Board of Directors. Just as any organization has a Board of Directors to provide guidance, each of us need that team around us. Three should be the minimum and no more than twelve. For those of you that believe you have a Board in place do a check up on the health of those in your close network. Spend extended quality time with the healthiest members of your Board.
Second, plan to connect. While the spontaneous get together is great to fulfill our social need you need to have consistent connection. Never go more then a week without checking in with key members of your Board. On a more daily note, find time to connect with encouraging people more often during your day. Avoid the repeated "victim" conversations from others when possible.
Third, have a hangout. This doesn't mean coffee shops are the only place to connect; just know that familiar ground provides a fertile environment for connection. The hangout also provides for quick, clear, focused communication between all parties which eliminates excuses for not connecting. It's comforting to say to my buddies, "See you there," and they know where there is. Side note: While virtual hangouts still meet the social criteria remember we have three communication filters: words, tone, and body language. Eyeball-to-eyeball is best, voice-to-voice is next best. Connecting digitally certainly works but can be overused. Pick up the phone when you can.
Finally, remember connecting is a two-way encounter. Always be aware that your encouragement may be what the other person needs. For the normal encounters that occur daily keep this one thought in mind, "love your neighbor as you love yourself." When you go into your day seeking to make others feel special you pour game-changing encounters into the lives of others. These encounters create ripples throughout the entire world!
Recently, while walking through some wooded property in far East Texas, I came across a large stump from a dead tree that had been cleared from the area. Fascinated by the size of the old tree I snapped a picture of a cut-away portion of the massive oak.
One of the few bits of educational knowledge I retained from my years in the Oklahoma school system was that you can tell the age of a tree by counting the rings. Come to find out…there is much more you can learn from those rings.
The thickness of the ring determines the amount of water it received in a given year. Dark spots within the ring let us know the tree was growing in the late summer and fall seasons. The lighter parts of the ring indicate the tree was growing in the spring.
Amazingly, scientists have a term for measuring time with trees it is called Dendrochronology. Looking at history through the life of a set of rings. In the case of this old tree there is over 70 years of history.
It is clear why the mighty tree died, over seven years of drought conditions sucked the life out of this enormous oak. Over 40 years ago, the rings were massive in size indicating large growth in the spring.
Each ring a chapter in the larger story of the life of a single tree. I could not help but let my mind wonder as I counted each ring of the oak. If I was to be cut across like this old tree and my "rings" were counted what would be my story?
Certainly, there would be years of growth in each ring -- some smaller than others but growth nonetheless. But, in looking at the life of the tree against my life there is one very sizable difference. I control my "rain"!
To the tree, rain represents life which is growth out, up, and down. This particular tree would have a root system that matches the spread of the canopy. Water is as vital to the life of the tree as the sun and air.
My life is no different in the fact that I need certain elements to survive. Literally, I need water same as the tree but, metaphorically speaking, I need "RAIN" in life to produce an abundance in my "ring growth".
If I were to peer into your rings what would I see? Narrow growth, drought or fat growth and abundance from year to year?
As we enter a new year keep in mind one very important thought. During the last seven years while there was a drought in the East Texas area the tree had no choice but to stay. You on the other hand have the ability to seek out the Living Water of life you need to grow.
During the season of rest and renewal our focus is typically on the basics of life, our mind, body, and soul. However, there are some that are in an extended season of drought conditions in their life. For these individuals focusing on the just the basics might not be enough to quench their dryness.
If you sense you may be in an extreme drought then look to these expanded 5 areas of your life that can be effected. Each of these areas, if left to dry up, will begin to negatively impact the other areas of your life over time.
While the body and soul are covered in the list the idea of our mind is expanded to include areas of our life that when mental dryness begins to take hold there can be serious long-term damage.
Take an inventory of your level of dryness to determine where nourishment is needed the most.
If you are in a season of dryness in any of these areas, CHOOSE to find the water you need. During these times in our life we have to choose between being the victim or being the victor. The choice is always yours!
Seek to recognize where you are dry. Own the reality that you are in control to rise above your circumstances and move forward to find the rain. Then actively determine what you need in a rainmaker and then go...take control and move toward the rain.
In some cases, be very aware that you may be the needed rainmaker in someone's life today. Never underestimate the nourishment you bring to the life of others.
Another year has come and gone. Another ring has been added to our life. Time goes on. If last year didn't produce the growth you desired, then prepare to move forward and transform this year into the growth ring you desire.


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Wind power fight in Wainfleet; Residents protest outside town hall against turbines
Credit: NiagaraThisWeek, www.niagarathisweek.com 12 January 2011 ~~
"Stop the wind turbines."
That was the main message adorning the many signs held by about 50 people as they protested outside Wainfleet Township hall Tuesday night in the freezing cold. Inside, the council chamber's gallery was packed as residents who spoke urged township council to support a province-wide moratorium on the installation of wind turbines.
Two wind turbines are proposed to be built on land owned by the Loeffen family west of Station Road. The project is headed up by IPC Energy, who was represented by president John Andrews Tuesday night.
The main concerns were brought forth by Mike and Tara Pitt, the owners and operators of Skydive Burnaby in Wainfleet, who feared the installation of the turbines would create a safety issue with skydivers landing in the area.
Tara said the company is not against the development of green energy, but would like council to support a moratorium on the turbine constructions. Tara said aldermen can declare a conflict of interest because there is much at stake in Wainfleet.
"They are 400 feet tall and are directly west of our landing area," Tara said. "Eighty per cent of the time when jumpers leave two to four kilometres west of the airport. They fly 400 to 500 feet above the moving blades. You'll face the turbines as you approach them. If you get caught in the blades it could cause (divers) to turn away and have them land in undesirable positions."
Tara noted Skydive Burnaby brings in thousands of tourists each year, and urged council to make a responsible decision to participate in a moratorium.
John Andrews, president of IPC Energy, said the Loeffen family take the concerns of safety very seriously. Andrews said he met with Mike Pitt twice to make him aware of the plans.
Andrews said there were two turbines planned on the east side of Station Road which is closer to Skydive Burnaby but because the Pitts were concerned with its location they were moved west of Station Road, north of Concession 1 and west of Sideroad 20.
"They are 1.7 kilometres west of Skydive Burnaby," Andrews said. "Mr. Pitt has been on a campaign to stop the construction, even though they are not close to the drop zone. If we were in any violation of any Transport Canada guidelines, I'd imagine they would be all over us and we'd cease and desist."
Andrews said IPC has investigated the proper drop zone clearance for Skydive Burnaby and there were no concerns.
"Wind is our business too. WE study it, take it seriously and understand it," Andrews said. "I do not see this as an issue."
Resident Andrew Watts spoke about the effectiveness of wind turbines. While he claimed he's "not an engineer," but "a retiree who cares about my future," Watts said research he's done unveiled that wind energy only holds three per cent of total energy production in the province and only one per cent of all energy from wind turbines goes back into the grid.
Andrews also urged council to invest in the moratorium.
During council discussion Ald. David Wyatt said there has always been concerns about wind energy industry coming to Wainfleet and how it could have negative impacts on existing businesses. While he's all for development of Wainfleet as a tourism and recreational destination, green energy would not provide enough jobs or business for Wainfleet.
Safety is also a major concern, Wyatt said.
"If there is concern of one injury it's enough to hold it off," he said.
Ald. Richard Dykstra said there's not much the township can do in decision making because of boundaries set forth by the Green Energy Act. Dykstra asked CAO Scott Luey what the township could do.
Luey said the township is a commenting agency, providing feedback to IPC through the provincial government. Luey said it's IPC who sells hydro to the province and it's the province who sets the approval for turbine construction.
"Our intention to gather public comments and have a separate meeting of our own," said Luey. The meeting will take Feb. 23 , 7 p.m. at township hall.
"We can't make any approvals but we can move forward with any information there is," Luey said.
Source: NiagaraThisWeek, www.niagarathisweek.com 12 January 2011


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Bisi Onile-Ere
Published: May 15, 2013, 11:23 pm
Tags: Pets, News
Warren pet store raided by police; owner found hiding in basement
Warren mayor orders police, Animal Control to seize animals at Greenwood Pets and Plants
WARREN, Mich. – Investigators say what was found behind the doors of Greenwood Pets and Plants in Warren was disturbing.
Animals: hundreds of them, many in bad condition, and some of them dead.
"I bet you at least 100, at least a hundred with geckos and bearded dragons, and puppies and kittens and birds, and cockatoos," said Jeff Randazzo, of Macomb County Animal Control.
Police and Animal Control were ordered by Warren Mayor Jim Fouts to seize the animals. One reason: there's no running water. The mayor says the owner is $9,000 behind on the water bill.
When authorities went inside they also learned the electricity was shut off.
"Dennis has been here for years. It's been a family-run business. It's been a pillar in the community for years. As long as I can remember I have been coming her, as a child," said Nick Bardallis, a customer.
But some say recently business took a turn for the worse. A woman says after she bought her dog from here a few months ago she called police.
"He wouldn't have lived if we didn't get him. I'm surprised he survived when we did get him. He was in that bad of condition," said Alexis Hill.
Among the animals and filth was the owner, Dennis Jones. He was found hiding from authorities in the basement.
"I do think it's inexcusable because there's always help out there, there is rescue groups, humane societies, animal control," said Randazzo.


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fictionspawn Aak May 25, 2017 Horror, illustrations, Monsters, Short Stories
Sir Morgary lifts his sword. He's won the battle, there's no doubt about that. Sir Gregory is on the ground, defeated. But it's not over.
Sir Gregory turns slowly. Morgary sees his eye. A look of defeat. Of hate. Once this man had been his friend. Together they had won battles, they had slaughtered and raped, drunk on victory. That is a long time ago.
He lets the heavy broadsword fall. Cuts his neck in one strike. Gregory's head falls to the ground.
It's still staring at him.
The rest of Sir Gregory stays on one knee.
Strange. Sir Morgary wipes the blood off his blade. He turns around and walks toward his horse. He was bringing news to his king. Now they aren't all bad.
The saddle is a bit loose. He tightens it. He hears a sound behind him. A sound of chain mall moving. Metal scraping on metal.
There. The body has fallen. He turns around to have a last look at his kill before he leaves.
Sir Gregory is standing. His head still lies on the ground, still staring at Morgary. Morgary lifts his sword in disbelief. The lack of logic scares him. He knows how to handle fear. He attacks. Pierces his sword into the headless warrior's chest. Through the metal. Straight into his heart.
His sword's stuck. The decapitated body stands. The head on the ground starts laughing. First a giggle. Then stronger. It laughs like a madman as it's body lifts his sword.
The sword goes down over Morgary's right shoulder. It comes out under his left arm. A clean cut. He falls to the ground in two pieces.
Gregory picks up his head. He walks over to his dead opponent's horse. Holds his head up, looking to the east. He jumps up on the animal and rides towards town. Vengeance will be his.
https://esoterx.com/2016/11/13/the-headless-hitchhiker-of-st-leonards-forest/
http://www.musikitty.com/headless_horseman.html
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"Together they had won battles, they had slaughtered and raped, drunk on victory. That is a long time ago…" Ah, yes…the good old days. I remember them well. But to have such a great friendship come to such a horrible end reeks of…well, just bad karma! Good creepy story my friend!
fictionspawn says:
Thanks George! That's the good life, yes:D Makes you wonder how a couple of nice guys like these ends up in such a mess, doesn't it.
It is the good life! On the other hand, when you go around raping and pillaging, the Universe is poised for a big payback! LOL!
Let's hope so;)
BTW, I have a new post up for a day or so.
Thanks! I'm on my way!
Nice one, and I love the picture 🙂
sakshi~the escapist says:
Ugh..creepy! But interesting! The pictures, are they your own creations?
Thank you:) Yes, the illustrations are mine.
Wow! Impressive!!
Pooky says:
Woo hoo, loved this – particularly the bit where he thinks he hears the body fall but – oh, no, of course that's not the case. Great. Lots of super good description in here
Thank you, happy to hear this:)
"Tis but a flesh wound." -The Black Knight from the 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Hahaha! This one is even tougher, isn't he. Thanks for reminding me:)
Wow. A great story.
Sir Gregory was no doubt thinking in true Monty Pythonesque fashion, "So you cut my head off? I've had worse. 'Tis only a flesh wound."
Haha! James mentioned the same movie. It's more "Sleepy Hollow meets Game of Thrones"- inspired, though. But I love that movie:)
Transit Address says:
Oh crap! Stunning! well done mate
TAJWAR FATMA says:
Good story. Love the picture ♡
Neil Dinsmore says:
That Greg is one bad ass dude. He needs his own TV series.
If a producer calls, I'm ready to talk;) He is a bad ass dude indeed:)


The Naples St. Patrick's Day Parade is one of the city's biggest events, drawing upwards of 40,000 attendees annually, and event organizers estimate this year's parade will be the most well-attended one to date, thanks to some A-list celebrities: the Budweiser Clydesdale horses.
"We expect record numbers of people coming out this year due to our very special guests," said Kim Heaslip, president of the Naples St. Patrick Foundation, the nonprofit that organizes the parade.
The parade will start at 11 a.m. on 10th Avenue South and travel north onto Third Street South, then to Fifth Avenue South, before ending on Eighth Street South at Naples City Hall.
The Naples St. Patrick Foundation put on the first Naples St. Patrick's Day Parade 43 years ago. It's the largest privately funded St. Patrick's Day parade in Florida, foundation officials say.
The parade was the center of controversy last year when Naples City Council members expressed concerns that it was too big, so event organizers said they worked with city officials to keep the parade from growing.
"We work closely with the city and adhere to their recommendations," Heaslip said. "We have shut down the application process and have had to deny groups in order to maintain the length of the parade."
The foundation has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships to high school music programs and for college scholarships over the past six years.
Parking: The city suggests parking in the two downtown parking garages. There also are public lots on Eighth Street South at Eighth Avenue South; Fourth Street South at Fourth Avenue South; Seventh Street South at Third Avenue South.
Road closures: Fifth Avenue South will be closed 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Third Street will be closed 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.


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