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Q: Misioneros y caníbales en Lenguaje C - gcc Necesito solucionar el tema de "misioneros y caníbales", el cual consta en transportar 3 misioneros y 3 caníbales por medio de un bote del lado "A" hacia el lado "B". se tienen las siguientes restricciones:
1.- En el bote solo entran 2 personas y debe haber al menos 1 para que este se mueva de lado a lado.
2.- No puede en ningún caso quedar en cualquiera de los lados una cantidad de Caníbales mayor a la de los misioneros, de lo contrario, se considera una "opción inválida".
3.- el problema se resuelve cuando los 3 misioneros y 3 caníbales son trasladados del Lado A hacia el Lado B.
adjunto foto de la solución al problema:

Debo realizarlo programando en C y no me manejo mucho en el tema de este lenguaje actualmente tengo este código:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef struct Estados{
    int Orillas[2][2];
    int Bote;
    int ind_viaje;
    int EstadoAnterior;
} Estado;

int ValidarEstado(Estado *e)
{
    if(e->Orillas[0][0] < 0 || e->Orillas[0][1] < 0 ||
        e->Orillas[1][0] < 0 || e->Orillas[1][1] < 0 ||
        e->Orillas[0][0] > 3 || e->Orillas[0][1] > 3 ||
        e->Orillas[1][0] > 3 || e->Orillas[1][1] > 3)
        return 0;

    if((e->Orillas[0][0] < e->Orillas[0][1] && e->Orillas[0][0] > 0) ||
        (e->Orillas[1][0] < e->Orillas[1][1] && e->Orillas[1][0] > 0))
        return 0;

    return 1;
}

void Trasladar(Estado *Destino, Estado *Origen, int *viaje)
{
    memcpy(Destino, Origen, sizeof(*Origen));

    Destino->Orillas[Destino->Bote][0] -= viaje[0];
    Destino->Orillas[Destino->Bote][1] -= viaje[1];

    Destino->Bote = Destino->Bote ? 0 : 1;

    Destino->Orillas[Destino->Bote][0] += viaje[0];
    Destino->Orillas[Destino->Bote][1] += viaje[1];
}

void ImprimirEstado(Estado *e)
{
    printf("Misioneros: %i Canibales: %i | %s | Misioneros: %i Canibales: %i\n",
        e->Orillas[0][0], e->Orillas[0][1],
        e->Bote ? " --------- \\__/ " : " \\__/ --------- ",
        e->Orillas[1][0], e->Orillas[1][1]);
}

int main()
{
    Estado inicio = { {{3, 3}, {0, 0}}, 0, 0 };
    Estado fin = { {{0, 0}, {3, 3}}, 1, 0 };
    Estado nuevo, *copia;
    /*Opciones de Viajes*/
    int viajes[5][2] = { {0, 1}, {1, 0}, {1, 1}, {2, 0}, {0, 2} };
    int i;

    return 0;
}

Tengo entendido que debo ir comparando los estados que ya he utilizado con el nuevo estado (movimiento) y luego al terminar, imprimir todos los estados que fueron utilizadas, tanto correctas como incorrectas, pero no logro idear esta parte del código.
Estoy programando con sublime text 3 y utilizando MinGW - gcc en WINDOWS.
Si alguien puede orientarme u ayudarme a completar el código, se los agradezco de antemano.

A: Este problema se puede modelar de muchas formas. Por ejemplo podemos empezar por definir una estructura para modelar las islas y el barco:
struct Barco
{
    int canibales;  // Numero de canibales en el barco
    int misioneros; // Numero de misioneros en el barco
    int ida;        // A true si el barco hace el recorrido de ida
};

struct Posicion
{
    int canibales;  // Numero de canibales en el barco
    int misioneros; // Numero de misioneros en el barco
};

Es preferible la estructura a los arrays porque si no, a la hora de depurar el código, hay que recordar en todo momento si 0 se refería a caníbales o a misioneros... y un error en esta parte echa por tierra todo el programa.
Con esto ya podríamos crear una función que nos dijese si un viaje es válido. Podemos entender que un viaje es válido si:

*

*En la isla origen no quedan más caníbales que misioneros después de partir el barco

*En la isla destino no quedan más caníbales que misioneros después de llegar el barco

*Si en una isla no hay misioneros, podrá haber un número cualquiera de caníbales

*En la isla de origen no puede haber un número negativo de misioneros o caníbales... esto no es como el milagro de los panes y los peces

Que dicho con código podría quedar así:
int ViajeValido(Posicion const* inicio, Posicion const* fin, Barco const* barco)
{
    int toReturn = (inicio->misioneros - barco->misioneros >= 0)
                 && (inicio->canibales - barco->canibales >= 0);

    if( toReturn && inicio->misioneros - barco->misioneros != 0 )
        toReturn = (inicio->canibales - barco->canibales <= inicio->misioneros - barco->misioneros);
    if( toReturn && fin->misioneros + barco->misioneros != 0 )
        toReturn = (fin->canibales + barco->canibales <= fin->misioneros + barco->misioneros);

    return toReturn;
}

Y con esto prácticamente ya tenemos los pilares básicos... ahora podemos centrarnos en crear las utilidades, por ejemplo para poder mover al personal de una isla al barco y viceversa:
typedef struct
{
    int canibales;  // Numero de canibales en el barco
    int misioneros; // Numero de misioneros en el barco
    int ida;        // A 1 si el barco hace el recorrido de ida, 0 en el caso de vuelta
} Barco;

typedef struct
{
    int canibales;  // Numero de canibales en el barco
    int misioneros; // Numero de misioneros en el barco
} Posicion;

Y también, ya puestos, podemos escribir funciones para imprimir el estado tanto de las islas como del barco:
void imprimirIsla(Posicion const* posicion)
{
    printf("M:%d C:%d", posicion->misioneros, posicion->canibales);
}

void imprimirBarco(Barco const* barco)
{
    if( barco->ida )
    {
        printf("---->> \\_M:%d_C:%d_/       ", barco->misioneros, barco->canibales);
    }
    else
    {
        printf("       \\_M:%d_C:%d_/ <<----", barco->misioneros, barco->canibales);
    }
}

Con estos últimos mimbres, la función que debe imprimir el estado queda de lo más simple:
void imprimirEstado(Posicion const* inicio, Posicion const* fin, Barco const* barco)
{
    imprimirIsla(inicio);
    printf(" | ");
    imprimirBarco(barco);
    printf(" | ");
    imprimirIsla(fin);
    printf("\n");
}

Y ya está con esto ya tenemos toda la base montada. Vamos con el main. Lo primero sería definir los posibles movimientos tanto de ida como de vuelta. Si atendemos a la solución vemos que solo hay 3 posibles motivimientos de ida y 2 de vuelta:
La ida:

*

*2 misioneros

*2 canibales

*1 misionero y 1 canibal

La vuelta:

*

*1 canibal

*1 misionero y 1 canibal

Es decir:
Barco const ida[] = { { 2, 0, true }, { 0, 2, true }, { 1, 1, true } };
Barco const vuelta[] = { { 1, 0, false }, { 1, 1, false } };
Barco const dummy = { 0, 0, 1 }; // Lo usaremos para imprimir las posiciones inicial y final

Tampoco podemos olvidar definir las posiciones iniciales, es decir, 3 caníbales y 3 misioneros en la isla de origen y nadie en la de destino
Posicion inicio = { 3, 3 };
Posicion fin = { 0, 0 };

Y ahora a planificar los viajes. El algoritmo debe elegir la primera ruta (según toque ida o vuelta) siempre y cuando no sea inválida. Aquí podemos asumir que siempre al menos una de las opciones va a ser válida.
Así, el código para la ida podría quedar así:
for( int i=0; i<3; i++ )
{
    Barco const* barco = &ida[i];
    if( viajeValido(&inicio, &fin, barco) )
    {
        MoverAlBarco(&inicio, barco);
        imprimirEstado(&inicio, &fin, barco);
        MoverALaIsla(&fin, barco);
        break;
    }
}

Es decir, evaluamos las posibles opciones de la ida y, al encontrar la primera válida, ejecutamos el viaje, esto es, movemos al personal correspondiente de la isla de origen a la de destino y de paso aprovechamos para imprimir el log del viaje
El viaje de vuelta sería igual pero con el array de vuelta:
for( int i=0; i<2; i++ )
{
    Barco const* barco = &vuelta[i];
    if( viajeValido(&fin, &inicio, barco) )
    {
        MoverAlBarco(&fin, barco);
        imprimirEstado(&inicio, &fin, barco);
        MoverALaIsla(&inicio, barco);
        break;
    }
}

Y todo esto tenemos que repetirlo indefinidamente hasta que todos los caníbales y misioneros hayan cruzado. Sabremos que han cruzado evaluando la isla destino después del viaje de ida y antes del viaje de vuelta... si ya han llegado todos no hay necesidad de hacer un viaje de vuelta:
imprimirEstado(&inicio, &fin, &dummy);
while(1)
{
    for( int i=0; i<3; i++ )
    {
        Barco const* barco = &ida[i];
        if( viajeValido(&inicio, &fin, barco) )
        {
            MoverAlBarco(&inicio, barco);
            imprimirEstado(&inicio, &fin, barco);
            MoverALaIsla(&fin, barco);
            break;
        }
    }

    if( fin.canibales == 3 && fin.misioneros == 3 )
    {
        imprimirEstado(&inicio, &fin, &dummy);
        break;
    }

    for( int i=0; i<2; i++ )
    {
        Barco const* barco = &vuelta[i];
        if( viajeValido(&fin, &inicio, barco) )
        {
            MoverAlBarco(&fin, barco);
            imprimirEstado(&inicio, &fin, barco);
            MoverALaIsla(&inicio, barco);
            break;
        }
    }
}

Este código lo puedes ver funcionando aquí
Y dicho todo esto, me permito la licencia de avisarte que no copies el programa tal cual. No solo no aprenderás nada sino que se notará que el código no es tuyo. Intenta entender la lógica que hay detrás y exprésala a tu manera. Es la única forma de aprender.

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The asylum seeker who committed suicide in Villawood detention centre this week should have been interviewed by the Commonwealth Ombudsman to establish whether he should have been released into the community.
Jayasaker Jayrathana, known as Shooty Vikadan, had been held for two years. His refugee status had been approved in August, but he was awaiting security clearance from ASIO.
The case arrived on the desk of Ombudsman Alan Asher's desk the day he resigned after it was revealed he had co-operated with the Green Party to campaign for extra funds for his office.
The Conversation spoke to former Attorney General Michael Lavarch, now Executive Dean of Law at Queensland University of Technology, about what went wrong in this case.
What's involved in a normal ASIO security clearance?
ASIO provides a large number of security clearances every year.
A large part of their work goes on people who are securing positions within government, that require the person to have access to sensitive information and there are different layers of security clearance depending on the level of information that people might come across in their role.
That's a very extensive process – that will involve interviews with the individual, interviews with other people and checks of police and other records.
The sort of security clearances involved in migration cases, and these occur for effectively all migration matters including people seeking to have visas to enter the country - are a much lighter touch of clearance and is, in effect, a police records and official check.
Only if these sources indicate problems or raise issues will the investigations become more involved.
Is there a different process for an asylum seeker's security clearance?
In cases of asylum seekers, essentially the security processes which are involved are, in the terms of the overall assessment process, relatively minor, although it can be important.
Obviously, in terms of a claim for asylum, the principle assessment which is being undertaken is whether the claimant meets the requirements under Australian and international law of being a refugee.
And in essence, that's about establishing whether the person has legitimate grounds to fear persecution in their country of origin.
In other words, are they genuinely fearful of their own safety or their wellbeing or that of their family?
Now the security aspects of that are but a sub-set, and the role that ASIO is asked to play will vary with each individual case.
The vast majority of people who arrive unlawfully in Australia don't come on boats. Most fly in on a jumbo jet and overstay or offend the terms of their visa.
But you get this disproportionate public reaction and political reaction to boat arrivals.
But in both cases, ASIO is required to supply to the Department of Immigration a security advice on the individual.
At first instance that might be confirming the identity of the individual. In some instances people do not have even basic documentation. That can be quite challenging obviously in confirming people who say they're "A" are, in fact, "A".
In most cases it's fairly clear they are who they say they are. And then the assessment is, in essence, a police check, whether there's any concern from any police or government agencies from the country of origin about the individual.
Why can it take longer?
On the whole that process does not take all that long and it can take only a matter of days. But it depends on the responsiveness of the country of origin.
Almost by definition, if one is seeking asylum you'll be coming from a country that has dysfunctional institutions or potentially police forces or government agencies that are instruments of the oppression the person is fleeing from.
In those circumstances it's going to be much more difficult to get necessary or balanced information.
But the basic tests are about who is the person, is there anything about them in terms of their threat to the Australian community – criminal activity or being involved in terrorist activity or political or ethnically-motivated violence.
In the case of someone from Sri Lanka, the concern would not be membership of al-Qaida, but, for argument's sake, checks could go to their role in atrocities committed between the Tamils and the majority population.
In my view, in most instances, if someone has refugee status then the security clearance really shouldn't be much of a barrier.
If ASIO is sitting there with 50,000 clearances to be done, mainly visa applications and only a few thousand asylum seeker claims, you would think that through decent co-ordination between the immigration department and ASIO that they could attempt, and I know they do their best, to coincide the processes.
But they are two separate agencies and that means there's a potential for things to get out of kilter.
Does an asylum seeker have to be in detention while awaiting a security clearance? Does ASIO require it?
In the vast majority of cases, there is no requirement that the person be in detention for the purposes of the security assessment.
That's a judgment that the Australian government has made, that it is sounder or safer to keep someone in detention until you've got the security clearance and confirmation they're not an opium runner from Afghanistan, who may still be legitimately fleeing persecution.
Of course, then you have the worst of all worlds for an individual, they could be accepted as a refugee but the security clearance comes back negative.
That individual is in a real legal limbo. There's only a handful, but these things do happen.
A third country is unlikely to be putting their hand up to take someone who you've declared to be a security risk.
But there is no legal requirement nor a procedural requirement on behalf of ASIO for the person to be detained while the clearance process occurs.
Because ASIO's checks are not focused on interviewing the individual, but on inquiries in the country of origin.
There might be a need in a given case to talk to the claimant, but generally we're talking about the checks occurring offshore.
So there's no skin off ASIO's nose if the person's in detention or sitting on a beach.
Can the blame be placed at the government's door for the delay in the case of Jayasaker Jayrathana?
I couldn't answer that. But there would be absolutely no desire on behalf of the government for a person to harm themselves or to take their life. There would be nor desire at all.
Ipso facto if the person had been in detention for a considerable period, and I see the media reporting that the minister said this was a very complicated case. And no doubt it was, so I would be loathe to be blaming the government.
I understand the politics as I've lived through it myself, but the mistake the government has made in this is to hang on so doggedly to the whole idea of offshore processing.
Really we need onshore processing, particularly after the High Court killed off the Malaysian solution.
I am a supporter of on-shore detention being part of the system. I think that's legitimate. That's a different question to whether all of the processing steps, the appeal processes and the whole administration is being as efficient as it possibly could be.
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I am a little in a half-way position on that matter. Detention has a role in my view, provided it is on-shore and time limited.


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2 Materials and methods
Various methods for isolating DNA from fruiting bodies on the example of Pleurotus pulmonarius (higher basidiomycetes) of the Novosibirsk Region for barcoding of edible and medicinal mushrooms
Vyacheslav Vlasenko*, Sergey Asbaganov and Anastasia Vlasenko
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, 630090 Zolotodolinskaya st., 101, Novosibirsk, Russia
* Corresponding author: vlasenkomyces@mail.ru
We conducted experiments to increase the concentration of extracted DNA from the fruiting bodies of this species using various lysis buffers and extraction time. In general, DNA isolation according to the protocol using SDS made it possible to obtain higher concentrations thereof, as in the case of increasing the extraction time from 1 to 24 hours and using additional purification with chloroform.
P. pulmonarius (Fig. 1) have medicinal properties, the polysaccharides contained in them exhibit a high antioxidant, antitumor, immunomodulatory, antiviral effects [1,2].
DNA barcoding is a potent approach for rapid identification of fungal specimens, it can be used to accurately identify edible and medicinal mushrooms.
In this study, experiments were conducted on the isolation of DNA from the fruit bodies of oyster mushrooms to obtain its highest concentration.
Pleurotus pulmonarius − fruiting bodies in nature on Sorbus sibirica and mycelium in culture on agar medium in Petri dish.
Fruiting bodies of fungi were collected in the field studies in various habitats of the Novosibirsk Region. Dried specimens were preserved in the herbarium, they were used for molecular genetic studies.
An overview of taxa used for studies, shows the species names, herbarium voucher, habitats and substrates given in Table 1.
Pleurotoid fungi used for studies
DNA extraction and sequencing
Specimens of P. pulmonarius was used for molecular analysis. A fragment of fungal fruiting bodies (20 mg) was homogenized in lysis buffer and extract the DNA with NucleoSpin® Plant II kit was used. The ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region of the rDNA was amplified by PCR with the primers ITS1F and ITS4B (Table 2).
For PCR, HS Taq DNA Polymerase (Evrogen, Russia) was used. PCR reactions were performed in a C1000 Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad, USA). PCR results were checked at Gel Doc XR+ Imager (Bio-Rad, USA). DNA amplicons sequencing performed in SB RAS Genomics Core Facilities (Novosibirsk, Russia).
Sequences were aligned using ClustalW methods. The ITS sequences were aligned in MEGA 7. Phylogeny reconstruction was inferred using the UPGMA method. The percentage of replicate trees in which the associated taxa clustered together in the bootstrap test (100 replicates) is shown to be next to the branches. The evolutionary distances were computed using the Maximum Composite Likelihood method and were in the units of the number of base substitutions per site. The differences in the composition bias among sequences were considered in evolutionary comparisons. All ambiguous positions were removed for each sequence pair (pairwise deletion option). There were a total of 609 positions in the final dataset. Evolutionary analyses were conducted in MEGA 7.
Primers used for studies
Lysis buffers PL-1 (CTAB method) and PL-2 (SDS- method) were used. Two types of extraction were used: 1 hour according to the manufacturer's protocol and 24 hours with additional purification with chloroform. The results of measurements of the concentration of extracted DNA are presented in Table 3.
The results of PCR imaging are presented in Fig. 2.
The concentration of DNA isolated from the studied samples
Visualization of PCR results. CTAB − method: А (samples 1-6). А1 − manufacturer protocol extraction, А2 − extraction with an increase in extraction time. SDS − method: B (samples 7-12). B1 − manufacturer protocol extraction B2 − extraction with an increase in extraction time. Samples DNA: 1, 4, 7, 10 − Pleurotus pulmonarius NSK 1014214. Samples DNA: 2, 4, 8, 11 − Pleurotus pulmonarius NSK 1014215. Samples DNA: 3, 6, 9, 12 − Meriderma carestiae myxomycete DNA was used for fungal-specific primer monitoring).
Phylogenetic analyses
Additional 2 ITS sequences of other Pleurotus species based on BLAST results and 4 ITS sequences of other species were retrieved from GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/). We first generated a 2 new sequence for the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region for P. pulmonarius. The final dataset consisted of 7 ITS sequences. An overview of all taxa and on sequences used for tree reconstruction, shows the species names, herbarium vouchers/strain and Genbank accession numbers given in Table 4.
The molecular phylogenetic analyses placed the specimens of Pleurotus genus from Novosibirsk Region close to P. pulmonarius (Fig. 3).
Sequences used in alignment
UPGMA trees based on ITS sequences showing the phylogenetic relationships between the P. pulmonarius species from Novosibirsk Region and other related species of Pleurotus genus. Herbarium specimens from the Bioresources scientific collection (USU 440537) MG Popov Herbarium (NSK) were used.
DNA isolation according to the protocol using SDS allows to obtain higher concentrations, as and in the case of increasing the extraction time from 1 to 24 hours and using additional purification with chloroform.
The reported research was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the government of the Novosibirsk Region of the Russian Federation, grant № 18-44-543018 R_Mol_a.
T.V. Teplyakova, N.V. Psurtseva, T.A. Kosogova, N.A. Mazurkova, V.A. Khanin, V.A. Vlasenko. Int. J. Med. Mushr., 14(1) (2012) [Google Scholar]
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Using the ITS2 transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA to identify species of the genus Nitraria
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Intraspecific variation in the first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA in Melipona subnitida (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an endemic stingless bee from northeastern Brazil
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European Commission will review 'communication to the public'
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Online copyright: will clarity come from the CJEU?
Julia Reda interview: Uncharted waters
Dutch court orders ISPs to block Pirate Bay
The European Commission has said it will review the meaning of the "communication to the public" outlined under EU directive 2001/29/EC as part of its 'Digital Single Market' strategy.
Leaked documents published by the IPKat blog state that the commission is "reflecting on the different factors around the sharing of the value created by new forms of online distribution of copyright-protected works".
New measures in this area will be considered in early 2016, according to the document.
The commission said there is a growing concern among right owners about "whether the current EU copyright rules make sure that the value generated by some of the new forms of online content distribution is fairly shared".
Under article three of the 2001/29/EC directive, authors hold a monopoly over how a copyright-protected work is distributed. But the commission stated that online distribution channels are not a level playing field for different market players.
It follows the ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Svensson v Retriever Sverige case.
Last year, the CJEU ruled that providing links to copyrighted material does not constitute an "act of communication to the public", which is outlined under the directive.
The dispute concerned the posting of links to stories published by the Sweden-based Göteborgs-Posten newspaper on the Retriever Sverige website. The CJEU determined that the website had not infringed the newspaper's copyright.
Julia Reda, a member of European Parliament for the Pirate Party, said the leaked documents show that the commission is preparing a "frontal attack on the hyperlink".
She said that the Svensson ruling did not provide enough certainty on when online content is communicated to the public. One such issue she cited is the linking to copyright-protected material behind a paywall.
Reda added that the commission is using the uncertainty of the ruling to introduce legislation that "flies in the face of both the existing interpretation and spirit of the law as well as common sense.
"Each web link would become a legal landmine and would allow press publishers to hold every single actor on the internet liable," she said in a blog post published on Friday, November 6.
European Commission; Digital Single Market; CJEU; Svensson; Julia Reda; MEP; European Parliament; hyperlinking


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Mika U.S Open Champion... Again
Immonen (above) outlasted Souquet to capture his second U.S. Open crown.
CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Move over, Nick Varner, you've got company.
For only the second time in the 34-year history of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, a player has won back-to-back titles. Mika Immonen topped Ralf Souquet in the final, 13-10, to cap off an astonishing run through the left side after an early loss. In total, Immonen won 15 matches, more than any other previous champion.
While last year's victory went toward exorcising the demons left by a 11-0 whitewash in the 2001 final at the hands of Corey Deuel, the 2009 title represented validation to the Finn superstar.
"I don't know if I can compare it to last year, really," Immonen said moments after sinking the final 9 ball. "It was definitely harder, I know that. And I think that might make it more special for me."
During his marathon march through the one-loss side, Immonen had plenty of brushes with elimination. He trailed Scott Higgins, 8-2, in the race-to-11 format, only to come back and win, 11-8. He then faced a 8-5 deficit to Lee Vann Corteza, only to collect the next six racks for an 11-8 victory. Even in the left-side final, Immonen was in his seat in the case game as Donnie Mills broke open the deciding rack. When Mills sent the cue ball off the side rail and into the side pocket, Immonen made the most of his opportunity and cleared the table to advance to the final.
Opposite Ralf Souquet, himself an earlier winner of the U.S. Open back in 2002, Immonen gave the German a number of chances early in the match. He missed two nearly straight-in shots in the first few racks, and Souquet jumped out to a 7-4 lead.
From there, though, Immonen pulled himself together to make one final comeback. He quickly erased the three-game deficit and pulled ahead 10-7. Souquet made a brief comeback of his own, knotting the match at 10 games apiece. But that would be it for the Kaiser. Immonen won a safety battle to get a one-game lead and got on the hill when Souquet scratched in the next game. Immonen then broke and pocketed a 1-9 combination for the title.
The back-to-back winner fell to the ground with the title-clincher, only a few feet from Varner, who was the first (and only, until this year) player to win consecutive titles, which he did with a pair of victories in 1989 and 1990.
Signing autographs in the middle of the arena, Immonen struggled to put his feat into perspective.
"This is not real," he said. "This is completely not real."


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The Amazing Spider-Man » The Amazing Spider-Man #14 - The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin released by Marvel on July 1964.
The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin last edited by Darkside_of_the_Sun on 11/23/18 03:44AM View full history
The Green Goblin has finished building his flying "broomstick" and goes off to meet with the Enforcers. They have just been released from jail and the Goblin promises that they will be able to get revenge against Spider-Man. Then the Green Goblin pays a visit to a movie producer. He offers to bring in the Enforcers and Spider-Man so he can film them in a movie. The producer enthusiastically agrees.
Some days later at school, Liz Allen is telling Peter Parker that he did a good job on his last test when a news report announces that the Green Goblin is looking for Spider-Man. Spider-Man meets with him and the Goblin offers him a role in a movie. Spider-Man goes to the producer's hotel room and finally agrees to sign a $50,000 film contract. He and Aunt May will never have to worry about money again. The next day, J. Jonah Jameson sends Peter to Hollywood to cover the making of the Spider-Man movie. Peter is able to convince Aunt May that he is old enough to take care of himself on the trip. When he first meets with the Goblin and the Enforcers, he thinks that they are actors portraying the real Enforcers. He soon realizes the truth when they are on location in New Mexico. Spider-Man finds a cave to stop and catch his breath. The Green Goblin finds him there and calls the Enforcers to the cave. They move a large boulder over the entrance of the cave so that Spider-Man cannot escape. Spider-Man ends up taking down the Enforcers one at a time. When it's down to just Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, the Hulk suddenly appears. It turns out that this cave was actually one of the Hulk's secret hiding places. The Hulk believes that Spider-Man is there to attack him and they begin fighting. Spider-Man's punches have little affect against the Hulk. Spidey is able to get the Hulk to smash the boulder at the entrance of the cave. Spider-Man and the Green Goblin begin fighting again. When Spider-Man is left in a pool of water, the Goblin believes that he has drowned. He leaves but it turns out that Spider-Man was simply holding his breath. Spider-Man takes the Enforcers out of the cave where they are picked up by an Army helicopter. When Spider-Man visits with the film producer, he is told that since the movie cannot be completed, he will not pay him the $50,000. He does offer to pay his expenses. Rather than fly back home, Peter takes a bus back to save money. The Green Goblin has already arrived in New York and thinks about how he can come up with another plan to take out Spider-Man.
This issue was stolen by Arnold Jackson as part of an initiation prank, so he could join the Barracudas. The book's value at the time was $400. It is seen on season 4 episode 5 "The Big Heist" on Diff'rent Strokes.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #14 - The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin by englentine on April 07, 2008
This isn't the dumbest comic book plot I have ever read, but it does come close. IIt is kind of funy to see the Goblin flying around on a broomstick rather than his glider. However once again the action his well paced and fun. The supporting characters are right back into doing the same thing over and over. Except Liz Allen who is now a big fan of Peter Parkers, and Betty Brant, whose every waking moment seems to be spent on worrying about wether Peter still loves her. I know I have either all...
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The Amazing Spider-Man #14 - The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin by brewski420 on June 15, 2010
Written by Stan Lee and drawn by Steve Ditko. This issue marks the first appearence of my all time favorite villian, the green Goblin! The beginning of this comic we have the Green Goblin meeting up with the Enforcers to plan Spider-Man's defeat! They come up with a plan that involves tricking Spidey into coming to New Mexico to star in his own movie. Which he's told he will be paid $50,000. Our hero agrees to be in the movie since he and his aunt May really need the money. When arriving in New ...
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The Amazing Spider-Man #14 - The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin by gc8 on March 02, 2013
Part of CV's Top 100 Spider-Man Universe Stories - reviewed!Another issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, and another classic Spidey villain is introduced - The Green Goblin! And we also get the return of The Enforcers... and if that still wasn't enough, there's a special guest star: The Hulk. So this is an awesome issue, right?Not so fast. There are a lot of problems here. For one thing the characters don't seem to react to each other naturally. For example, the Green Goblin - the creepiest looking ...
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The Inogen One, developed by Goleta, California based Inogen, Inc. is used to provide supplemental oxygen to long term oxygen therapy patients in their homes. Replacing traditional bulky stationary oxygen concentrators as well as portable oxygen tanks, the Inogen One provides oxygen users independence in their homes, around their communities, and even while traveling. "Our customers and the patients we directly serve are the true recipients of this award. It is our unwavering commitment to oxygen users and their quest for independence that compelled us to develop this oxygen therapy solution that has been recognized throughout the industry" said Raymond Huggenberger, Inogen CEO.
Entries in the Medical Design Excellence Awards are evaluated on the basis of their design and engineering features, user-related functions that improve healthcare delivery and change traditional medical attitudes or practices, features that provide enhanced benefits to the patient, and the ability of the product development team to overcome design and engineering challenges so that the product meets its clinical objectives. A comprehensive review of the entries was performed by an impartial, multidisciplinary panel of third-party jurors with expertise in biomedical engineering, human factors, industrial design, medicine, and diagnostics.
The 2011 MDEA Winners Ceremony was held June 8, 2011 in conjunction with the Medical Design & Manufacturing East Conference and Exposition in New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
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Luxury PPE: Hazmat Tuxedos and Loui ...
Luxury PPE: Hazmat Tuxedos and Louis Vuitton Face Shields
Fashion brands are releasing high-end masks and other personal protective wear.
It seems PPE has gone Hollywood.
At the Emmy Awards, aired Sunday, Sept. 20, trophy presenters were decked out in "tuxedo hazmat suits" to give out some of the awards live during the virtual ceremony. The protective formalwear was designed by Katja Cahill, a top awards show costumer, and Guy Carrington, executive producer of the awards show, according to Los Angeles Magazine. The pair worked with an actual hazmat suit manufacturer to ensure the safety of the winners and presenters, but the team went the extra mile to make the suits "safe and classy" – and inject some fun into an otherwise serious precautionary measure.
The Emmys aren't the only place that masks and other personal protective equipment have gotten a designer upgrade. Just as the promotional industry pivoted to making cloth masks and transforming them into a sophisticated accessory, so too have high-end fashion designers put their spin on PPE. Louis Vuitton recently announced the creation of the LV Shield, an adjustable photochromatic visor that darkens when exposed to sunlight, trimmed with the brand's signature monogrammed print. The visor is set for release in late October.
Louis Vuitton plans to offer a high-end face shield. "When a brand like Louis Vuitton unveils an item like its new face shield, the rest of the industry pays attention," Elizabeth Paton, a reporter for The New York Times style section told The Guardian. "It's easy to see why a sleek, design-led face shield is likely to be embraced by high-fashion brands. It is more dramatic in structure and statement than a mask – which will appeal to creative directors who can sense an opportunity."
The Covidisor is described on its website as an "N95 respirator that protects your entire head without covering it."
During New York Fashion Week, a style blogger, Michelle Madonna, was spotted wearing a bubble-like face covering called the Covidisor, invented by Nicholas Kosta. The futuristic helmet is powered by an air-purifying respirator and costs $245. Kosta explained to Vanity Fair the fashion-related benefits of his creation: "With masks, people get makeup on them and lipstick on them, and after they take them off, they have to do their makeup again."
Burberry is selling masks, featuring its signature vintage check pattern.
But masks still have their place in the luxury world. Burberry, last month, unveiled a designer face mask featuring its iconic check design, becoming the first major design house to launch a high-end collection of masks commercially. The masks are made from leftover fabric and come in either pale blue or beige. The British brand says profits from the sale of the masks will go to the Burberry Foundation COVID-19 Community Fund.
Celebrities have been flexing their style muscles when it comes to PPE as well. Scout Willis was spotted in a fringed face mask recently, Anne Hathaway donned one sporting a pair of bright-red lips, and Jennifer Lopez showed off a pink, sequined number during a bike ride in Manhattan back in August.
The fact that designers and fashionistas alike are embracing the stylish side of PPE should be welcome news to promo pros offering custom masks and other protective gear. Clearly, there's a desire in the marketplace for items that make a statement, in addition to helping to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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Claim: Russians hacked Liam Fox's personal email to get US-UK trade dossier
Labour queries why MP used unsecured account for classified government business
A personal email account belonging to Liam Fox, the former trade minister, was repeatedly hacked into by Russians who stole classified documents relating to US-UK trade talks, the Guardian understands.
The security breaches last year, which are subject to an ongoing police investigation, pose serious questions for the Conservative MP who is currently the UK's nominee to become director general of the World Trade Organization.
Whitehall sources indicated the documents were hacked from a personal account rather than a parliamentary or ministerial one, prompting Labour to ask why Fox was using unsecured personal emails for government business.
A spokesman for the former minister declined to comment and later stressed the Cabinet Office had not publicly confirmed which account was hacked. Downing Street and the Cabinet Office said it was inappropriate to comment further given that criminal inquiries were continuing.
The stolen documents – a 451-page dossier of emails – ultimately ended up in the hands of Jeremy Corbyn during last winter's election campaign after Russian actors tried to disseminate the material online.
They had been posted on the social media platform Reddit and brought to the attention of the then Labour leader's team. Corbyn said the documents revealed the NHS "was on the table" in trade talks with the US.
Details of Russia's targeting of Fox's emails were first revealed on Monday by Reuters, which said his account was accessed several times between 12 July and 21 October last year. It was unclear if the documents were obtained when the staunch leave supporter was still trade secretary; he was dropped by Boris Johnson on 24 July.
The attack is understood to have deployed a "spear-phishing" technique frequently used by Russian actors, in which superficially plausible emails are sent inviting the recipient to click on an attached file. The file contains malicious code designed to give access to or take control of the target's computer.
Chris Bryant, a Labour MP and former Foreign Office minister, said he was not surprised that the Kremlin might want to hack the trade secretary's email, given Russia's long history of targeting western politicians.
"What shocks me is using insecure personal email accounts for sensitive, classified government business. This a very serious breach of national security and should be a criminal offence," Bryant added.
Using personal emails for UK government business is not illegal but ministers are reminded that government information "must be handled in accordance with the requirements of the law, including the Official Secrets Act", in guidance published by the government in 2013.
That came two years after Michael Gove, then education secretary, and his aide Dominic Cummings were discovered to have used personal emails for government business. The information commissioner ruled subsequently that such emails were nevertheless covered by freedom of information laws.
It had previously been thought that the US-UK trade documents were hacked via a special adviser's personal email. Last December, Cummings – by now the prime minister's chief adviser – warned all political aides to be vigilant as it had emerged "foreign powers" were targeting British politicians.
Accurately attributing the origin of hacker attacks is notoriously difficult and often requires extensive investigation. But there are also political reasons to be cautious about publicly blaming the Kremlin for the attack.
Any accusation that an MP and former minister was targeted by Russia would prompt an escalation in tensions between London and Moscow, already heightened after British ministers made a string of accusations about Russian hacking.
Last month Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, accused Russian actors of trying to disseminate the trade documents online but did not divulge how they were thought to have been obtained.
All the government would say was that the classified material appeared to have been stolen. Raab said the dossier had been illicitly acquired before the 2019 general election and that there was an ongoing criminal investigation.
He also accused Russian hackers from the group known as Cozy Bear of targeting UK, US and Canadian research organisations involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine.
Raab said it was "completely unacceptable" for Russian intelligence services to target research on the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been previously been alleged that Cozy Bear is controlled by the Russian FSB spy agency or its SVR foreign intelligence agency, although the Kremlin denied it was behind the alleged attacks.
Days later, a long-delayed MPs' report concluded the British government and intelligence agencies failed to conduct any proper assessment of Kremlin attempts to interfere with the 2016 Brexit referendum, with ministers in effect turning a blind eye to allegations of Russian disruption.
In July the UK nominated Fox for the post of director general of the WTO, which falls vacant at the end of this month. Fox is one of eight candidates for the position, which is chosen by the 164 member countries in a process expected to last into the autumn.
Fox, 58, has been an MP since 1992 and twice stood for the Conservative party leadership. He was made trade secretary under Theresa May in 2016. The MP for North Somerset had been forced to resign as defence secretary in 2011 after it emerged that a lobbyist friend, Adam Werritty, was acting as an adviser to him despite not being employed by the government.
A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: "There is an ongoing criminal investigation into how the documents were acquired, and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this point. But as you would expect, the government has very robust systems in place to protect the IT systems of officials and staff."
In 2017 up to 90 email accounts belonging to peers and MPs – 1% of parliament's 9,000 email addresses – were hacked in an orchestrated cyber-attack. Later that year it was reported that passwords belonging to 1,000 British MPs and 1,000 Foreign Office staff had been traded by Russian hackers, with the majority of passwords said to have been compromised in a 2012 hacking raid on the business social network LinkedIn, in which millions of users' details were stolen.
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I'm a devoted consumer of your sermons. I can still recall poignant sermons from my childhood and can even recite the poetic high points of remarks from recent years.
I understand the typical view that it is better for rabbis to speak to higher values than to take sides in the rough-and-tumble over political issues. But as we all know, this is no ordinary time.
I believe this is the reason you became rabbis: To teach the community in unsettling times. To stand up for truth when others twist facts like pretzels. To demand that those in power denounce and defeat the ugliness of neo-Nazism and racial prejudice. To speak out when a leader denigrates the disabled and degrades women.
To issue a clarion call when nutritional assistance for the downtrodden and health care for the most vulnerable are imperiled. To cry out when, in contravention of every message in our Torah, political leaders insist that we not welcome the stranger, that we not care for the less fortunate, that we not treat others as we want to be treated.
I trust that many, if not all, of you will be talking politics this year, but just in case any of you are on the fence, the rest of this discussion is respectfully directed to you. Please allow me, as a congregant, to let you know what it feels like from the pews, where we're hungering for moral leadership.
Like it or not, the phenomenon of twice-yearly service attendance is not changing soon—so this is your opportunity.
After you warm us up with stirring tunes and responsive readings, after we kiss our prayer books and reach for the Torah, after you breathe life anew into the age-old Torah portions, don't stop there.
Many of us are eagerly anticipating your sermon, the one we know you are going to give—because how could you not?
As a past president of a large congregation, I realize that internal politics sometimes clash with external politics. Maybe you don't want to risk offending congregants on the opposite side of the political aisle, especially if they're generous donors.
Indeed, those few congregants who support the current brand of politics in the United States may at this very moment be putting in their own request, to ask you not to speak about politics.
But if congregants ask you not to speak about a particular topic, that is probably the very topic you should be speaking about.
Maybe you justify the choice not to sermonize about the elephant in the room by saying that it is not necessary because you'll be preaching to the proverbial choir of like-minded congregants. To that I say, go ahead, preach to the choir—just in case we need some backup, and just in case those with a different perspective listen to you.
Or perhaps you are concerned about rules regarding the synagogue's nonprofit status. No problem—talk Jewish precepts. You don't have to mention political leaders and parties by name—we'll know what you mean. The players are fleeting; the values are enduring, l'dor va'dor (from generation to generation).
In an era of moral absenteeism, shining an ethical light is Judaism's forte. It's what we do best.
I applaud those of you who have formed social justice committees and eloquently opposed hatred and discrimination on behalf of the congregation. Those are among the many reasons we are proud to be your congregants. I am sure you spoke with passion recently when bigotry hit close to home, when neo-Nazis came out from under their rock in Charlottesville. But while it was essential to condemn those abhorrent commissions and shocking omissions in August, the message must also be heard during the all-important September sermons.
I'm asking you to take the next vital step to the High Holy Day pulpit.
Risk the obvious by quoting Hillel's celebrated "If not now, when?" And just for good measure, toss in Leviticus 19:18: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." These examples barely scratch the surface of our storehouse of punch-packing quotes.
This year when I attend High Holy Day services, I'm craving a sermon that's relevant.
Relevant to the tweets we scroll through multiple times a day, relevant to the headlines, relevant to the injustices across our nation. Broadcast journalists are talking politics around the clock; print reporters are investigating the facts and exposing the fiction; comedians are bringing their wit to bear on today's world; everyday citizens are organizing and raising their voices like never before.
Please do not remain on the sidelines as we usher in 5778. Like so many of your colleagues are doing, strengthen us, embolden us, inspire us!


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Music
Poor Righteous Teachers, a hip hop group
PRT Records, a record label

Organizations
Prison Reform Trust, UK campaigning charity
Provincial Reconstruction Team of the US government
Puerto Rico Telephone Company
Pittsburgh Regional Transit, public transportation provider in the US
PRT Company Limited, formerly Prime Media Group, a former Australian media company

Politics
Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, political parties in Argentina, Nicaragua and Peru:
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Argentina)
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Nicaragua)
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Peru)
Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores, a political party in Portugal
Partido Revolucionario de los y las Trabajadores, a political party in Mexico

Other
Power Rangers Turbo, fifth season of American television series Power Rangers
Personal rapid transit, a type of transit system
Pivotal response therapy for autism
Platinum resistance thermometer
Portugal, the three letter ISO 3166-1 code for Portugal
Prerequisite Tree, a thinking process in the Theory of Constraints
Preterite, grammatical term
Precomputed Radiance Transfer, a technique for computer graphics
Petroleum Revenue Tax, a direct tax on petroleum "super-profits" in the United Kingdom
Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan, ISAF military groups tasked with improving security, extending the authority of the Afghan government, and facilitating reconstruction
Parahuman-Response Team, a police organization tasked to deal with capes in the web serial Worm


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Two educated, informed liberals in my hearing recently advocated having NC tax all services, even medical services, at a low, say 2.5 percent rate, which would be the new, low sales tax rate for everything, even food and prescription drugs.
That is sacrificing fairness for simplicity. Utterly. Wow. Maybe the Republicans would go for that if the Democrats took the heat on regressivity; Republicans will have the Governor and a supermajority in each legislative house. But it's unpopular to tax medicine, and once you start making exceptions, the slope gets slippery fast.


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Child foster care providers are required to complete a minimum of 12 hours of training annually. Some of the trainings are free and some of the trainings have a fee. For those classes that require payment, reimbursement is possible. Scott County will reimburse foster care providers for half of your training costs, provided your attendance is pre-approved by your licensor. Just submit your (1) Certificate of Attendance and (2) your receipt of payment for the training. Please contact your licensor if you have any questions.
For a list of additional training resources, please visit the Forms and Resources page.


4) Fill out the form (for testing), export the Prayer Form data to the Prayer Collection.
I) Click the "Advanced" tab in the upper right corner and add in your prayer team members in the "Email Notification" section.
Note: Members that are not available in the "notification" list will need to be added as a website user (any level).
Now, decide where you want the Prayer Request page to be and create it if it doesn't already exist or edit it if it already exist. Complete the next steps, A-G.
A) Add a new page.
B) Choose the "Page" page type.
C) Select the template you want to use for the display page.
D) Add i your Title.
Add a Form Block and choose the "Prayer Request"
form that you created earlier.
G) Publish your new page.
Now it is time to see how this all fits together.
A) On your new Prayer Request page fill out the prayer request form be sure to mark the "Make Public" to yes.
B) Once submitted, Go to Forms ( ) in the dark gray Admin bar on the left side of your screen and select the "View Responses" button on the Prayer Requests line.
C) You may view each response and delete any if needed by selecting the "View" button.
D) Next , press the "Copy to Collection" button.
1) Select the "Prayer Requests" collection.
2) Next choose to copy just the new requests "Not yet copied" or "All records" including any duplicates.
3) Click the blue "Next Button and be sure that all the fields are correctly labeled.
4) Finally, click the blue "Copy Data" button.
At this point all the submitted prayer requests that are marked "Make Public" will show on your prayer request page of your website. Any request marked No for "Make Public" will not display for the public.
A) Once submitted, Go to Forms ( ) in the dark gray Admin bar on the left side of your screen and select the "View Responses" button on the Prayer Requests line.
B) You may view each response and delete any if needed by selecting the "View" button.
C) Next , press the "Copy to Collection" button.


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import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { DropTarget } from 'react-dnd';
import * as styles from './styles';

/**
 * The droppable area of a DragGroup. Connected to react-dnd.
 * Renders its children when idle, but if a dragging operation is
 * ongoing, its default Content presenter will render a
 * drop zone box.
 *
 * You may reference this component if you choose to override it
 * in DragGroup, otherwise it is not needed. See DragGroup docs.
 */
class DragGroupDropArea extends React.Component {
  static propTypes = {
    itemType: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
    groupId: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
    Content: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.func, PropTypes.object]),
  };

  static defaultProps = {
    Content: styles.DropAreaContent,
  };

  static styles = styles;

  render() {
    const {
      connectDropTarget,
      Content,
      canDrop,
      isOver,
      children,
      groupId,
      ...rest
    } = this.props;
    return connectDropTarget(
      <div {...rest}>
        <Content canDrop={canDrop} isOver={isOver}>
          {children}
        </Content>
      </div>,
    );
  }
}

const dropSource = {
  drop(props) {
    return {
      type: 'group',
      groupId: props.groupId,
    };
  },
};

const collect = (connect, monitor) => ({
  connectDropTarget: connect.dropTarget(),
  canDrop: monitor.canDrop(),
  isOver: monitor.isOver(),
});

export default DropTarget(props => props.itemType, dropSource, collect)(
  DragGroupDropArea,
);

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Het G.J. van Heekpark is een park in Enschede, in de Nederlandse provincie Overijssel. Het is gelegen in stadsdeel Enschede-Noord, ten noorden van de Boddenkampsingel en ten zuiden van de Roessinghsbleekweg.

Het park is vernoemd naar de textielfabrikant G.J. van Heek (1837-1915), die aan het einde van zijn leven het terrein (ongeveer 11 ha) met het ovale veld schonk aan de bevolking van de gemeente Enschede. Zijn kinderen schonken later het aan de westkant aangrenzende Lochemsbleekpark (ongeveer 3 ha).

Sinds 1995 is het park een Rijksmonument. Bezienswaardigheden in het park zijn de villa en bijbehorende tuinmanswoning aan de westkant, het theehuis aan de oostkant, de gedenknaald (granieten obelisk uit 1922) ter nagedachtenis aan G.J. van Heek in het midden van het park en het berceau dat doorgang geeft naar het Lochemsbleekpark. Verder een beeld van Vlaamse vluchtelingen uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog uit 1923 van Albert Termote, twee kunstwerken, Hartstocht en Voetganger, van Saske van der Eerden uit 2003.

In het park wordt sport beoefend: Er zijn korfbalvelden, tennisbanen en een jeu de boules-accommodatie.

Park in Enschede
Rijksmonument in Enschede


While food donations to the Pantry are very much appreciated, a monetary donation to the Food Pantry is even more beneficial to provide for those in need. This is due to the fact that the Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry works with Second Harvest Food Bank and area grocers to purchase in bulk supply. As an example, a$10 donation can provide approximately 180 pounds of food for those in need if purchased from Second Harvest Food Bank.
Please consider a tax deductible contribution to the Food Pantry. Thank You for your consideration.
You can make a donation on-line via a secure connection through PayPal. To the right, you will find the PayPal Donation section. Please fill in the amount that you would like to donate and then click on the "Donate" button. You will then be sent to PayPal to complete the secure transaction.
To download a printable copy of the IRS Tax Exempt 501(c)3 Trust Letter verifying the non-profit status for the Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry, please click on the link below.
If you do not have the Adobe Reader for PDF files click on the link below.


BRIDGEWATER — Vaping has reached "epidemic" levels among kids, federal and local officials agree.
And it's not only at the high school level -- Bridgewater Middle School saw 17 vaping suspensions in a three-month span to start the school year.
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District officials plan to implement several prevention and informational programs about vaping at the high school and middle schools, with the assistance of the community substance abuse-prevention coalition, Bridging L.I.V.E.S, early next year.
They're targeting these programs for the end of January or February, Powers said.
Based on feedback from high school students, the programs may be implemented to high schoolers during their advisory periods before classes, Powers said, so the students can engage in informal discussions in small groups. The format for the middle schoolers may be more of a presentation, he said, and parent presentations will be held in the evening.
Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use. It was the largest single-year increase in the survey's 44-year history, far surpassing a mid-1970s surge in marijuana smoking.
E-cigarettes entered the U.S. marketplace around 2007, and since 2014, they have been the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. youth, the advisory noted. It also noted in 2018, more than 3.6 million youth -- including one in five high school students and one in 20 middle schools students -- currently use e-cigarettes.
A health and wellness survey in Easton Public Schools this year indicated 44 percent of high school students at Oliver Ames had used e-cigarettes.
Electronic smoking products fall under a variety of categories, and a variety of names including "e-cigs," "ehookahs," "mods" and "vape pens." One of the more popular brands, JUUL, looks like a computer flash drive. Others appear similar to pens or other electronics. They are designed to deliver nicotine, flavorings and other additives to the user via an inhaled aerosol, according to the advisory. They're also discrete, often producing minimal smell and very little "smoke" visible to the eye.
Despite the rise in popularity, and retailers often touting the products as a "safer" alternative to smoking tobacco products, e-cigarettes and vapes are not harmless, the advisory warned. Most products contain nicotine, which is addictive and can harm the developing brain in youths. The aerosol that users inhale can also expose themselves and other bystanders to harmful substances.
A typical JUUL cartridge, or "pod," contains about as much nicotine as a pack of 20 regular cigarettes, the advisory noted.
In July, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health launched a statewide public information campaign to highlight the dangers of smoking and vaping.
Included was a 2015 survey distributed to 9,185 students in grades 6-12 around the state. Of the high school-age respondents, 45 percent admitted to having used electronic vapor products before, with 24 percent having used products within the last 30 days.
The Department of Public Health has received reports from schools about students vaping in bathrooms, said DPH spokesperson Ann Scales, which Powers also acknowledged.
"We are seeing more students vaping at school, often typically in the bathroom," he said.
The disciplinary actions at the schools reflect that. Just from the start of this school year, from Sept. 5 to Dec. 7, there have been 17 suspensions at Bridgewater Middle School relating to vaping or e-cigarette use in school and 20 at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School. Raynham Middle School had zero suspensions.
Compared to data from previous years at the high school, there were 35 suspensions total in the 2017-2018 school year and seven in 2016-2017.
A big area of concern for town and school officials lie with the discreteness of the vapes and their nicotine contents, as well as the flavors that appear geared towards youth.
According to the U.S. Surgeon General, the variety of fruit and candy flavors are the leading reason youth use e-cigarettes, Scales said, but many Massachusetts towns have restricted the sale of flavored tobacco products to adult-only stores to help reduce youth exposure.
Towns around the state have also taken steps to combat underage use by raising the purchasing age for tobacco products, also including e-cigarettes and vapes, from 18 to 21 in recent years. Bridgewater raised the age to 21 in Jan. 2015 with Raynham following in April 2017.
The few holdouts who have maintained the 18-and-over purchase age will follow in the new year after Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation in July to raise the statewide tobacco purchasing age to 21, effective Jan. 1. The new law will affect a handful of area towns, including West Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Abington and Middleboro.
But enforcement will come down to local police, Powers said. In recent weeks, East Bridgewater vape shop Vape Solutions was caught selling nicotine products to an individual under 18 after the youth was sent in by police. Store owner Lisa Romano-Miller said she knew the youth in question and thought he was over 18.


GitLab projects can be easily integrated with Klaros test management. This is achieved by adding a GitLab entry with the respective project url to the list of managed issue management systems in Klaros-Testmanagement.
In order to access GitLab from Klaros-Testmanagement, an API key must first be generated to authenticate with GitLab.
The GitLab project can then be assigned to any desired Klaros project.
During or after performing a test in Klaros, issues may be directly created and edited while automatically forwarding them to GitLab.
The issues recorded in Klaros Test Management are immediately available in GitLab.
An automatically generated link in the issue allows you to switch back to the test case in test management with just one click.
In the background, a regular comparison with the issues stored in GitLab takes place. If issues are changed or closed there, these changes are also automatically visible in Klaros.
The current status of the issues stored in GitLab and the test case results stored in test management can be processed into individual reports in Klaros Test Management.


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http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=10&recordid=90518
A civil servant was arrested on Thursday after he was found to have
used a self-designed computer program to assist people buying train
tickets on the Internet for the coming Chinese New Year holiday.
The 31-year-old suspect, identified by his last name as Lin, denied
that he had profiteered from helping other people buy train tickets.
Lin, however, did admit that he collected an undisclosed amount for
providing this service, but said that the money was used to maintain
his Web site "As U Wish."
Black-market prices have doubled since tickets for the holiday period
were bought up in only a few hours after the Taiwan Railway
Administration began selling tickets a few weeks ago.
With the help of the TRA and Chunghwa Telecom Co., agents from the
Bureau of Criminal Investigation found Lin at his residence in Taipei
City and asked him to come in for questioning at the BCI.
Lin took advantage of a "virtual cash" mechanism set up by Internet
banks to charge people for his service. Lin used his own program,
which could repeatedly reload applications into the TRA's computer
system until they accepted, to help people who wished to buy tickets
intercept tickets returned by passengers who had canceled their
reservations.
A BCI spokesman said Lin was not the first one who has been arrested
for taking advantage of the TRA's automatic reservation system for
personal gain. Three other computer programmers were arrested and
indicted on similar charges last year.
Lin may be fined and sentenced to a prison term of up to five years
for interfering with other people's use of their computers and for
misusing his own computer to the degree of damaging public interests,
which constitute being an offense of Article 360 and 361 of the
Criminal Code.
The TRA set up a new reservation system several years ago to allow
passengers to make reservations through the Internet, so they did not
have to line up before ticket booths for a few days as they had to do
in the past in order to buy tickets.
Still, train tickets for long holidays are still difficult to get hold
of because scalpers often buy up tickets and then sell them for much
higher prices.
While investigating the case, BCI agents were surprised by the fact
that many Internet banks did not even try to verify the identities of
those who use their "virtual cash" mechanisms in transferring money
into Lin's bank account.
The BCI spokesman warned that criminals may take advantage of this
loophole in Internet banking operations to commit crimes. He urged the
authorities concerned to contact local banks in order to find ways to
resolve problems related to Internet banking services.


After Winslow successfully launched a similar program, Manchester, Winthrop and Monmouth are looking for ways to lower taxes or protect farmland so it doesn't get developed.
A new regional group hopes to help western Kennebec County municipalities help farmers in the face of development pressures and their own mortality.
Members of Kennebec West, which so far includes residents from the towns of Manchester, Winthrop and Monmouth, plan to start their effort to help farmers by going directly to their subjects and talking to and surveying farmers, to learn their needs and what the group could do to help.
"We're beginning by talking to farmers and developing a basic survey, to talk to farmers about what they need and what would help," said Nancy Smith, of Monmouth, a group member, former farmer, former state lawmaker and executive director of GrowSmart Maine. The nonprofit group seeks to build lasting prosperity without sacrificing the quality of life that defines Maine, according to its website.
After assessing the needs of farmers in the region, the group hopes to serve as an advocate for local farmers, mainly at the local level, extolling the benefits of preserving farmland to the public and working with municipalities to help protect and preserve the ability of farmers to farm successfully.
That could include seeking property tax breaks from towns for some farmers in exchange for agricultural easements that would prevent their farmland from being developed for an agreed-upon number of years.
Last week, group members met in Manchester with Stephanie Gilbert, farmland protection specialist with the state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, to hear about the Volunteer Municipal Farm Support Program, which allows municipalities to ease the property tax burden on local farms and other agricultural enterprises.
Last year, the town of Winslow adopted the first such program in the state, and since then it has approved the first applicants for it. Now Monmouth officials are considering starting a similar program, after being approached by some local dairy producers who heard about Winslow's experience.
Smith said such programs can provide communities a way to reduce a farmer's property taxes significantly in exchange for a long-term, perhaps 20 years, agricultural easement on the land to allow the landowner to continue farming and prevent development of the land. She noted farms generally don't require much in the way of public services from the municipality in which they are located, at least compared to the services that would be required if farmland were sold off and developed with housing.
If anything, the expenses of farming have risen in recent decades, according to one of the dairy farmers in Monmouth, who is urging that town to take the same approach as Winslow.
In addition to the expense and risk inherent in farming, challenges to farmers also include pressures, or temptation, to sell their land to a developer, or develop it with housing themselves.
Like the rest of the population of Maine, the oldest state in the nation in terms of average age of the population, farmers are aging; and at some point, most people would like to be able to retire.
The other Monmouth dairy producers who are urging the town to consider adopting a tax relief program are Andy Smith — who also is not related to Nancy or Jeremiah Smith — and Caitlin Frame. They run the Milkhouse, an organic creamery and dairy farm. At 30 years old, both are relative newcomers to farming.
While they plan to apply for any programs that the town creates, Andy Smith said, he also hopes that more-established farmers in Monmouth will consider applying so they can receive a tax break and their land can receive an agricultural easement rather than being converted into house lots.
One area farmer who may be approaching that decision is Deb Plengey, of Maine Lee Morgan Horse Farm in Manchester. Plengey's farm sits on about 250 acres within 2 miles of Augusta and primarily grows hay. At 66, she intends to either sell or pass the farm on at some point.
Plengey also said the group plans to help spread information, in the region's towns, about the right to farm in Maine.
"It would be helpful if towns understand the right-to-farm law, so if people move in next to a farm, … we can continue to have the right to farm, to spread manure, to do what we need to do within the best practices," she said.
Benefits of farmland, group members said, include the preservation of open space, which in turn can provide scenic vistas, recreational opportunities and wildlife habitat.
Efforts meant to benefit farming in the region will be funded in part by a $6,200 Davis Conservation Foundation grant that the Manchester Conservation Commission received this year, which will help pay for mapping, project management, printing and copying, and a harvest dinner the group plans to host in February 2018 to celebrate farming and share the results of their efforts so far, according to Anne Reiter, a member of the Manchester Conservation Commission who is working as a paid project coordinator for Kennebec West.
Kennebec West can be reached, for more information or to participate, by email at [email protected] or by calling Reiter at 313-0388.
Smith noted the regional approach the group is taking makes more sense than each town working on similar issues separately, so towns can learn from each other. In addition to Monmouth, Manchester and Winthrop, group members also have met with officials in Readfield and Wayne.


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Q: Understanding ENVI images Display mode A Sentinel-1 image shown in ENVI is 41% in scale(Fig.1,normal) and 51% in scale(Fig.2, unnormal with mussy in black or white dots).
I don't know the reason for the situation, the pyramid-building error or other reasons?

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