Volunteers in Pateros have organized a "Make a Difference Day" for October 25th and have invited volunteers to join them in making a difference for those affected by the fire. You can also contribute to response work in the PNW Conference by designating a gift as "Disaster Response" or "Advance #352″.
The largest wildfire in Washington's history roared through the North Central part of the state in mid July of 2014. By the time the fire was extinguished, it had burned roughly 210 square miles. 356 homes were destroyed. 270 of them were primary residences, 55% were uninsured. Countless out buildings, pieces of farm equipment, and infrastructure were reduced to ash or hunks of metal and miles of power lines were down. Hundreds of survivors were without a home, left with no place to go.
That was roughly three months ago. Since then, progress has been made but it's slow. FEMA rejected the application for Individual Assistance so recovery is up to the cities, the county, the State, and the generosity of the people of Washington.
A volunteer team discusses the repair of deer fencing in preparation for the winter.
get the hundreds of miles of deer fencing back up.
Housing was in short supply before the fire and now it's non-existent. The displaced families are staying with friends, living in tents or in camp trailers. The county and state are searching for alternative housing options.
The metal clean up is well underway. Most of the burned sites in the town of Pateros have had the metal removed and the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) has agreed to tackle the remaining sites in the outlying area. Disposal of the ash and concrete rubble is a complex environmental problem that is hindering completion of this task.
[pull_quote_right]Volunteers in Pateros have organized a "Make a Difference Day" for October 25th and have invited volunteers to join them in making a difference for those affected by the fire.[/pull_quote_right]There is a huge deer population in the Okanogan area (estimated at more than 25,000 mule deer plus white tailed deer). In the winter they migrate out of the higher elevations to forage on the Bitterbrush on the prairies. The orchardists protect their orchards by enclosing them with seven-foot high deer fences mounted on metal and wooden posts. The fire wiped out the deer's food supply and burned the wooden posts supporting the fencing so the deer are feeding on the fruit trees. The deer migration has just begun. The orchardists must get the fences back up soon or the orchards will be decimated. Volunteers have been helping for about three weeks but, with hundreds of miles of fencing to be repaired, it's a daunting task. Many more volunteers are needed if the orchards are to be saved.
Volunteers in Pateros have organized a "Make a Difference Day" for October 25th and have invited volunteers to join them in making a difference for those affected by the fire. The priority for the 25th will be metal cleanup and deer fencing. If you'd like to help, contact Carlene Anders, skischool@ncidata.com or 509-733-0318.
Ms. Anders stated they are also looking ahead to rebuilding the homes and repairing the infrastructure. Most of the rebuilding will have to wait until spring because it will soon be too cold and there will be too much snow for construction. This is where the United Methodist can really step up and support them. They are going to need many volunteers to help build the homes and they are definitely going to need our financial help. I encourage you to consider volunteering next spring and summer. Maybe even recruit a team to go help.
You can help financially by making a donation to PNW Conference Disaster Response Fund, Advance #352. Your contribution will be used to help the survivors recover. If you have questions, you can contact me at umvimdisasterresponse@comcast.net or 253-630-1268.


Oh. My. God. I love that song. I'm going to re-post it on my blog soon. This is a very talented group, and Lia is a darling indeed. It also helps that I'm a train buff.
Watching the video, one thinks "Appalachia," which it really is, but Wikipedia points out that Hunterdon County is considered part of the New York metropolitan region.
Yes, I'm very impressed by the song, which has the quality of coming straight from the heart, and the video, which is compelling. As a railfan, I found the scenes of disappearing trains and abandoned, weed-choked tracks particularly moving. Broken Darling is: Mark Bodino, vocals and guitar; George Mandala, guitar; Lia Menaker, vocals; Tony (no surname given), bass; and Jason Nagelberg, drums. You can hear their songs here.


Four areas for parking are used for church events. A paved and a grass parking lot are located next to the church's rectory. A large grass parking lot, owned by OLPH, is located across the street from the parish hall. Street parking is also available.


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The All-Party Parliamentary University Group was founded in 1994 by MPs and Peers to establish a dialogue between parliamentarians and university leaders on the issues concerning higher education. It is now one of the largest groups in the Palace of Westminster.
The University APPG's objective is to be the main avenue of communication between parliamentarians and vice-chancellors of the UK's universities; and to provide an opportunity to examine issues affecting the country's university sector and university research which is influencing public policy and higher level skills.
The membership consists of senior representatives from UK universities, together with members of the two Houses of Parliament, drawn from all parties. Attendance at meetings is normally limited to MPs, Peers, and vice-chancellors who are members of the group (or by arrangement the deputy or pro-vice-chancellor that the vice-chancellor deems most appropriate for that meeting).
Speaker meetings
The group holds regular speaker meetings, dinners and breakfast briefings in the Palace of Westminster. Guest speakers, who are leaders in their chosen profession, are invited from all areas of academia, politics, policy making and industry. Spaces at the dinners are limited and are allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
Confirmation of speakers, booking details, and meeting locations will be distributed closer to the dates of the meetings and available online. To become a member of the Group or to RSVP for a meeting, please contact us.
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/* **Prime Factorization** - Have the user enter a number and find all Prime Factors (if there are any) and display them. */
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public class PrimeGUI extends JFrame
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   private JButton getButton;
   private JTextField timeField;

   public PrimeGUI()
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      // Call to super class constructor
      super("Prime Factorization");
      setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      setLayout(new FlowLayout());
      // Button to fire event and Textfield to retrieve number
      getButton = new JButton("Go");
      timeField = new JTextField(20);
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Q: Can we make ajax requests on a FB embedded player I have a js player on which I have added interactivity. It was pretty easy since I used the HTML5 video element.
I was trying to include this player on my FB page but i know we need a swf player which is flash.
how to share a video from my website on facebook like youtube
I want to know if we can make ajax calls in the swf player when its on FB timeline?
Is there an open source swf player that I can use to extend its functionality?

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Pick from a Pro
A Middle Class Retailer that's Actually Thriving
By Antonia Massa
https://money.com/a-middle-class-retailer-thats-actually-thriving/
Tim Boyle—Bloomberg/Getty Images
The Pro: John Crowley, co-manager of the Eaton Vance Focused Value Opportunities fund (Ticker: EAFVX).
The Fund: Eaton Vance Focused Value Opportunities is a concentrated portfolio that only invests in around 30 value-oriented blue chip stocks. The fund has beaten around two-thirds of its peers over the past one and three years, according to Morningstar.
The Pick: TJX Companies
The Case: TJX, the retailer behind bargain behemoths such as T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, is a different type of discounter. The company not only gets brand-name apparel and home decor directly from manufacturers (in some cases buying cancelled orders and overruns), it also buys from wholesalers and other retailers looking to move excess inventory at discounted prices. The combination of high-end brands—think Diane Von Furstenberg tops and Helmut Lang sweaters—coupled with bargain-basement prices makes the company appealing in both favorable and unfavorable economic conditions.
That's certainly been the case in recent years, as revenue growth at TJX has far exceeded that of other big retailers in recent years, including Target , Walmart , and Macy's .
TJX Revenue (Annual YoY Growth) data by YCharts
Crowley says the company owes its success in large part to its smart, sturdy business model, selling heavily discounted brand name apparel and home decor. The off-price retail model is hardly new. Its roots date back to the old Filene's Basement, and you can see traces of it in online retailers such as Overstock.com . What is rare is TJX's ability to pull it off on such a grand scale. The company has more than 3,200 stores globally, versus fewer than 2,000 for Target.
Plus it's no easy feat to generate returns on par with TJX, says Crowley. For instance, Crowley points out that TJX's return on equity—which is a popular gauge of measuring a business's profitability and efficiency—is over 50%. That compares favorably to the 16% average ROE for companies in the S&P 500.
It also compares favorably to other retailers:
TJX Return on Equity (Annual) data by YCharts
One possible downside to the way TJX sources its merchandise is that clothes sometimes come in limited quantities, colors or sizes. Yet the company has managed to turn this into an advantage. Limited inventory means merchandise moves through TJX stores rather quickly. In many cases racks of clothes are even put on wheels.
The chart below shows just how much faster inventory churns at TJX than at Macy's, Kohl's, and J.C. Penny's.
TJX Inventory Turnover (Annual) data by YCharts
"The merchandise turns over so quickly that it keeps the traffic and sales moving," says Crowley. It also creates a "kind of a treasure hunt mentality," he adds. Indeed, bargain-hunters know they're likely to find something new with every visit — and if they don't move fast to purchase, they could miss a deal.
Online, T.J. Maxx replicates the same feeling of urgency and treasure hunting for customers. Items almost out of stock are labeled with a bold red "almost gone" sticker. And for high-end designer items, shoppers can click a "reveal designer" button that adds a touch of drama to the moment where you uncover that that $499 leather purse is Gucci, or those $629 platforms are Jimmy Choo.
TJX has enormous reach, buying from 16,000-plus manufacturers in more than 75 countries. Its closest true competitor, Ross Stores , is five times smaller.
Scale is important, especially for future earnings growth. TJX has more than 3,200 stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Of those, only about 370 are in Europe, where Crowley sees particularly strong growth potential. "They will continue to grow as their value proposition resonates loudly and more clearly over there," says Crowley.
And as TJX gains traction overseas, its business model could work in more varied international markets like Latin America and Asia, says Crowley.
True, TJX stock reflects that potential, as the stock's price/earnings ratio is around 18.5, versus 17 for Ross.
The company's earnings, though, are growing faster than many of its rivals, as are its dividends. Crowley notes that TJX has boosted its dividends by an average of 22% annually for the past five years.


Synopsis: The real-life story of eight terrorists, who sail to Mumbai and wage war on the populace for the next 24 hours.
The Attacks of 26/11 is a 2013 Indian docudrama action thriller film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The film stars Sanjeev Jaiswal in his film debut, playing the role of terrorist Ajmal Kasab, with art direction by Uday Singh. It also features Nana Patekar in a pivotal role. A seven-minute promo of the film was released over internet on 23 November 2012. Critics praised Varma's narrative of assistant commissioner N. R. Mahale, and the details associated with the character's interactions with Ajmal Kasab on anti terrorism.
The first look of the film was revealed on 17 January 2013. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) passed the film, uncut, with an 'Adults Only' certificate. The film was premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, in the Panorama as well as the Competition section. The film had a worldwide release on 1 March 2013, to positive reviews, and was opened to critical acclaim at the Films Division of India in New Delhi. It got huge critical appreciation but the film was failed at box office because of its dark subject.


Chicken and carrot puree for babies.
Most of us grew up watching the clever bugs' bunny eating yummy carrots (whats up doc!!). Since our childhood we have told how carrots are one of the best vegetables to include in our diet plan. Carrots are one the best first foods to introduce to a baby. Chicken is also wholesome and nutritious.
Carrots have loads of dietary fiber, Vitamin C, calcium and iron. They have a huge amount of Vitamin A which helps to improve eye sight, skin and resistance to infections.
When your baby is only 6 months old, feed single vegetable or fruit puree at a time (no combinations), so that he/she gets used to that taste. As baby gets older, you can try different combinations to add variety to your baby's diet.
So ladies, if your bub is now ready for new flavors get ready to serve delicious chicken and carrot puree for your baby.
Take the chicken and remove any skin form it then cut into one centimeter cubes.
Wash the carrot thoroughly under cold water and scrub it well to remove any dirt. Peel it and chop into one centimeter cubes. Heat oil in a saucepan and add the chicken. Cook it until it changes its color. Add the carrot and cook for one minute. Add the herb misture or spices.
Now add water and cook for 15 minutes or till the chicken is tender. This can also be done in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles. Cool the ingredients and blend it in a food processor until its smooth.
Watch your baby enjoy the subtle taste of chicken and carrot.
While it is always advisable to feed your baby fresh food, the left over Green Peas Puree can be kept in the freezer for up to 3 days and can be thawed overnight to use it again.


Savvy online shoppers know their time has value. The best deals save money and don't take hours to find.
Online marketers know they don't have a lot of time to get your attention and show you why their product is for you.
Rapid implementation of AI in the ecommerce marketplace gives marketers greater ability to reach consumers and generate revenue.
But how does that help you, as a consumer?
Here's an overview of how AI affects online shopping and what you need to know as you search for deals and special offers.
You know the thrill of finding a discount or online coupon for the exact item you were looking for? Many times, you can thank AI for that.
In the ecommerce marketplace, websites collect a variety of data points that help them know what you're looking for. Often, they can also understand your financial expectations.
With that information, they can offer you a price that too good to pass up. Or, if they don't offer the product themselves, they can display an ad that will take you to a site where you can buy the product. For the click, the original site could earn a referral fee.
Or, let's say you check hotel availability for a trip you're taking next month. In a fraction of a second, a restaurant in that same city could buy that data from the booking website. Then, the next time you search for anything to do with that city, you could see a special offer for a meal at the restaurant. Valid only during the week of your trip. What luck!
All personalization happens fractions of seconds before you see what you see onscreen. Businesses use companies like Kybotech to help them develop the best ways to attract and engage customers so that they click and make purchases.
Many times, personalization is beneficial to both you and the company. But be mindful that this isn't always the case.
Based on your browsing history and patterns, AI can also recognize times when you're eager to buy something. Maybe even be willing to pay a little more. In those cases, they can make the price higher than usual without you noticing a thing.
With personalization, companies can increase profits by 6%-10%.
For consumers, there are a few ways to help keep AI in the dark, especially about price sensitivity and time limitations.
Clear your browsing history and cookies every day.
Use one browser (e.g. Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Explorer, Firefox) to research products; use another to make the purchase.
Use one device to research and another to purchase. Don't sign into your Google account on either device.
AI has taken the ecommerce marketplace to a new level with visual search. Here's an example to illustrate the wonder of this functionality.
Let's say you're hunting for the perfect gift for your fashionista friend. She has this killer blue dress and you want to give her a purse that would look great with it.
Websites and search engines can also use visual searches to direct you to where you can buy the exact or similar item to one in a picture. You get exactly what you want and save time doing it.
From the merchants' perspective, AI revolutionizes customer records management (CRM).
CRM is how companies keep track of everything they know about you. They document each time they interact with you and you with them.
Years ago, customer records were basic. Name, address, phone number, and dates and amounts of purchases. If you were a highly profitable customer, there might be an asterisk beside your name to make sure you received extra attention.
Artificial intelligence further refines that functionality. It can pull data from multiple sources, including your browsing history, into a CRM system.
With AI integrated into a CRM, companies can use algorithms to predict what you'll ask or do next. That enables them to be proactive in their communication and promotions.
For example, a dental office in your town could have online ads that appear when local people visit specific websites about weddings. Each click on the ad creates a new record in their CRM.
Then, every click you make on the dental office site is recorded and added to the CRM. That enables AI-driven content and chat boxes to appear.
And, each time you click or type on while on the dental site, your CRM file grows. AI "gets to know you" a little more. The content you see feels more relevant and engagement feels more authentic.
You have a better experience. The business has a better chance of making you a customer.
Once you are a customer, AI can make customer service better for you and the company.
The speed at which AI can understand what you're asking is great. But what's remarkable is its ability to understand context.
In an AI-enabled ecommerce marketplace, computers can respond to most customer service queries and requests with high accuracy and natural language. Most users don't realize they're typing back to a machine, not a person.
The capacity for artificial intelligence to collect, store and index every comment and question typed into a form, chat box, or comment field is endless. Even more powerful is its capacity to retrieve the information and apply it in a way that is unique to the situation.
Because there's no flesh and blood customer service rep, conversations are faster and resolutions come sooner. People need time to understand the situations, formulate answers, and type responses. AI can do all that in a fraction of the time.
You save time. The company saves time. Another win-win in the ecommerce marketplace.
As you search for deals and special offers on the web, it's impossible to know how much artificial intelligence is at work behind the scenes.
If that's a concern for you, practice daily "cyber hygiene". Browse in "incognito" mode. Clear cookies and your browser history. Use multiple browsers and devices. Turn off locating services. Turn security settings to "high".
But keep in mind that one of the most compelling attributes of the ecommerce marketplace is the speed at which you can get what you want. And AI is a central part of that.
Check this blog regularly for more tips and insights. New posts are added all the time!


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Did Nomads and their Herds Carve Out the Silk Road?
Nearly 5,000 years ago, long before Marco Polo traversed the vast east-west trade routes of the Great Silk Road, nomads were carving the foundations for these trans-Asian interaction networks.
"Our model shows that long-term strategies of mobility by highland nomadic herders structured enduring routes for seasonal migrations to summer pastures, which correspond significantly with the evolving geography of 'Silk Road' interaction across Asia's mountains," says Michael Frachetti, associate professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.
The study, published in the journal Nature, combines satellite analysis, human geography, archaeology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to show that 75 percent of ancient Silk Road sites across highland Inner Asia fall along the paths its model simulates as optimal for moving herds to and from prime mountain meadows.
The model's innovative approach of tracing pasture-driven pathways suggests a number of alternate routes to many known Silk Road sites. It also provides a high-resolution mapping of other possibly important Silk Road routes that are previously unidentified and little researched, including an unexplored corridor into the Tibetan Plateau to the south of Dunhuang, China.
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Shifting lines in this animation of the Pastoralist Participation Model show the routes predicted to be most likely used by herders descending from highland pastures (white shading) to an array of lowland sites (darker shading). The routes predicted to be traveled most heavily appear red. (Credit: M. Frachetti )
For over a century, the Silk Road—a term coined in 1877 by German explorer Baron von Richthofen—has intrigued modern historians and archaeologists who wish to understand the emergence of what many consider the world's most complex ancient overland trade system.
"The locations of ancient cities, towns, shrines, and caravan stops have long illustrated key points of interaction along this vast network, but defining its many routes has been far more elusive," Frachetti says. "As a result, there is little known of the detailed pathways used for millennia by merchants, monks, and pilgrims to navigate and interact across the highlands of Inner Asia."
Scholars have previously traced Silk Road trade corridors by modeling the shortest "least-cost" paths between major settlements and trade hubs. This connect-the-dots approach makes sense in lowland areas where direct routes across arid plains and open deserts correlate with ease of travel between trade centers. But it's not the way highland pastoralists traditionally move in rugged mountain regions, Frachetti argues.
A nomadic pastoralist moves cattle across the foothills of Kazakhstan. (Credit: Michael Frachetti )
"The routes of Silk Road interaction were never static, and certainly not in the mountains. Caravans traversing Asia were oriented by diverse factors, yet in the mountains their routes likely grew out of historically ingrained pathways of nomads, who were knowledgeable and strategic in mountain mobility."
Though Inner Asia's massive mountains separated oasis societies living in hot, arid lowlands, the region's mountain nomads were united by a shared ecological challenge: hot summers that left lowland pastures parched and barren. In response, mobile pastoralists evolved a similar strategy for success across the entire mountain corridor: escaping the grass-withering summer heat by driving flocks to higher elevations.
"Archaeology documents the development of mountain-herding economies in highland Asia as early as 3000 BC, and we argue that centuries of ecologically strategic mobility on the part of these herders etched the foundational routes and geography of ancient trans-Asian trade networks," Frachetti says.
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Extent of Silk Route/Silk Road. Red is land route and the blue is the sea/water route. ( Public Domain )
To test the theory, researchers designed a model that simulates highland herding mobility as "flows" directed by seasonally available meadows. Although the model is generated without using Silk Road sites in its calculations, the pathways it projects show remarkable geographic overlap with known Silk Road locations compiled independently by Tim Williams, a leading Silk Road scholar at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
"The development of the Silk Roads through lowland deserts, fertile piedmonts, and oases was influenced by many factors. However, the overlay of pasture-driven routes and known Silk Road sites indicate that the highland Silk Roads networks (750 m to 4,000 m) emerged in relation to long-established seasonal mobility patterns used by nomadic herders in the mountains of Inner Asia," Williams says.
Cross-valley pathways
Frachetti, who directs the Spatial Analysis, Interpretation, and Exploration (SAIE) laboratory, has studied nomadic herding cultures and their ancient trade networks around the world. He has led excavations at sites in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and other Central Asian countries.
His field work documents that these societies had inter-continental connections spanning thousands of years, a phenomenon he traces to the antiquity of cross-valley pathways that, once engrained, formed the grassroots network that became the Silk Road.
Caravan on the Silk Road, 1380. ( Public Domain )
Proving that theory is challenging because the Silk Road's central corridor runs through some of Inner Asia's most remote mountain ranges: the Hindu Kush in Northern Afghanistan; the Pamir in Tajikistan; the Dzhungar in Kazakhstan; the Tian Shan in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Xinjiang (China); and the Altai Mountains in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia.
His approach relies on the creative application of GIS and Remote Sensing tools normally used to simulate the flow of streams, rivers and other drainage through watersheds. In hydrological applications, "flow accumulation" relies on the known properties of water being pulled to lower elevations by gravity, generating calculations that show how runoff feeds into a network of ever-larger streams and rivers.
Frachetti swaps gravity for grass and uses the flow accumulation algorithm to calculate how the quality of lush pasture might channel flows of seasonally nomadic herders across a massive, 4,000-kilometer-wide cross-section of Asia's mountainous corridor.
The study area, which spans portions of Iran, India, Russia, Mongolia, and China, was divided into a grid of one-kilometer cells, each of which received a numerical rating for grass productivity based on the reflectance of vegetation detected in multi-spectral satellite imagery. GIS software was used to calculate paths highland herders likely followed as pursuit of best-available grazing pulled them toward lowland settlements. The most likely routes were defined as those with the greatest cumulative flow over top pastures.
Geography of Inner Asian study zone (in color) and location of main Silk Road cities across Asia. (Credit: Michael Frachetti )
As Frachetti has found in earlier research, nomads do not wander aimlessly. Pastoralist movement through the mountains is rooted in local knowledge of the landscape and is guided by ecological factors, like the seasonal productivity of grassy meadows. Most confine their migrations to a small regular orbit that is closely repeated from year to year.
His flow model accommodates variation through time in the scale and distribution of prime highland grasslands, but suggests that the broad geography of mountain pasture has not changed drastically over the past several thousand years. Routes oriented for the best grazing would be well known to nomads making similar seasonal migrations over many generations.
Varying the simulated mobility model over 500 iterations (the rough equivalent of 20 generations), well-defined, grass-driven mobility patterns emerged. When the route-building process is shown dynamically, small pasture-based paths appear as rivulets and streams that converge over zones of rich pasture to form rivers of nomadic mobility.
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Channels, not barriers
While the study provides broad support for Frachetti's theories about the early evolution of the Silk Road, it also provides a roadmap for future research aimed at uncovering ancient structures of social participation across the mountains of Central Asia.
It also offers lessons about the importance of participation and connectivity in overcoming the great challenges that continue to confront civilizations.
"This model demonstrates that these rugged mountains were not huge barriers that forced regional communities into isolation, but acted as channels for economic and political forms of participation that supported long-standing connections between neighboring communities," Frachetti says.
"It illustrates that civilization's greatest accomplishments—evidenced in the amazing scale of Silk Road connectivity—often arise organically in environments where connectivity is the norm; isolation here would be a formula for disaster."
Overland on the Ancient Silk Road. ( Public Domain )
Top Image: An aggregate "flow accumulation" model finds that nearly 75 percent of ancient Silk Road sites in the Inner Asian highlands fall along pathways (shown in red) that ancient Central Asian nomads likely used to move herds to prime summer pastures. Source: M.Frachetti/ T. Bukowski
The article 'Did Nomads and their Herds Carve Out the Silk Road? ' by Gerry Everding-WUSTL was originally published on Futurity and has been republished under a Creative Commons license.
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Q: Too many re-renders when setting state Seems like this is a common issue in React, so apologies for asking this question again. I have a ParentComponent that contains a map with state. The map needs to have state because you can update its contents are meant to be updated. When I try to set the state of the map, I get an error stating too many re-renders. I've even tried using the useEffect hook, but I can't figure out the issue. Here's what I have:
const ParentComponent = ({show, onCloseModalButton}) => {
    const [resorts, setResorts] = React.useState(new Map())

    const tmpResorts = new Map(resorts)
    tmpResorts.set("Keystone", [39.6069742, -105.97011])
    tmpResorts.set("Breckenridge", [39.4808, -106.0676])
    tmpResorts.set("Vail", [39.6061, -106.3550])
    tmpResorts.set("Crested Butte", [38.8991, -106.9658])
    tmpResorts.set("Winter Park", [39.8841, -105.7627])
    tmpResorts.set("Copper Mountain", [39.5022, -106.1497])
    setResorts(tmpResorts)
    ...

Here's what I've tried, to no avail:
const ParentComponent = ({show, onCloseModalButton}) => {
    const [resorts, setResorts] = React.useState(new Map())

    const tmpResorts = new Map(resorts)
    React.useEffect(() => {
        tmpResorts.set("Keystone", [39.6069742, -105.97011])
        tmpResorts.set("Breckenridge", [39.4808, -106.0676])
        tmpResorts.set("Vail", [39.6061, -106.3550])
        tmpResorts.set("Crested Butte", [38.8991, -106.9658])
        tmpResorts.set("Winter Park", [39.8841, -105.7627])
        tmpResorts.set("Copper Mountain", [39.5022, -106.1497])
        setResorts(tmpResorts)
    }, [tmpResorts])
    ...

Appreciate any help!

A: Remove tmpResorts from useEffect Dependency array will fix it:
const [resorts, setResorts] = useState(new Map());
  useEffect(() => {
    console.log('called');
    const tmpResorts = new Map(resorts);
    tmpResorts.set('Keystone', [39.6069742, -105.97011]);
    tmpResorts.set('Breckenridge', [39.4808, -106.0676]);
    tmpResorts.set('Vail', [39.6061, -106.355]);
    tmpResorts.set('Crested Butte', [38.8991, -106.9658]);
    tmpResorts.set('Winter Park', [39.8841, -105.7627]);
    tmpResorts.set('Copper Mountain', [39.5022, -106.1497]);
    setResorts(tmpResorts);
  }, []);


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Urdd announces Llangrannog as venue for virtual Eisteddfod T festival
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Urdd Gobaith Cymru has announced that Llangrannog will be the venue of this year's virtual Eisteddfod T festival.
The residential centre in Ceredigion (Gwersyll yr Urdd Llangrannog), will hold the event, which will be held during Whitsun half term
Eisteddfod T 2020 was broadcast from a temporary studio at the Urdd's centre in Cardiff Bay.
This year the organisers have promised an even more innovative digital festival and will be broadcasting from a studio set up especially for the occasion at Llangrannog .
Eisteddfod T will be held during the usual Eisteddfod week, which is Monday, 31 May until Friday, 4 June.
Unlike last year, organisers intend to hold Eisteddfod T's main ceremonies on location at Llangrannog, whilst adhering to Covid-19 restrictions, and some individual performances have been re-recorded in broadcasting studios.
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Siân Eirian, Director of the Urdd Eisteddfod and Arts said: "I'd like to sincerely thank the 12,000 who have competed in this year's Eisteddfod T – this is twice as many as last year. From Anglesey to Abergavenny, Patagonia and Dubai, the response has been staggering.
"As organisers we are thrilled that the Urdd residential centre in Llangrannog will host this year's Eisteddfod T.
"It is an iconic location in Wales that holds fond memories for many generations. Being able to hold the festival's main ceremonies from Llangrannog will be a bonus, too."
Chief Executive of Ceredigion County Council, Eifion Evans, said: "We welcome Eisteddfod T to Ceredigion with pride and confidence that the week will be full of safe and keen competition.
"The residential centre in Llangrannog is an extremely important resource for the Urdd as it is for us in Ceredigion, and it is great to see the Urdd use the centre in a creative way to promote entertainment for the children and young people of Wales.
"The Urdd and the County Council have worked very closely over the past few months to ensure that the arrangements fully comply with Covid-19 rules and restrictions.
"We look forward to a week of wonderful competitions and entertainment from the Eisteddfod."
Lowri Jones, Director of Gwersyll yr Urdd Llangrannog, said: "It will be a pleasure to welcome the presenters and crew working on Eisteddfod T to Llangrannog and Ceredigion Bay will provide a stunning backdrop for a week full of fun and excitement."


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Nonprofit transportation consultancy OnTrackNorthAmerica (OTNA) has entered a strategic partnership agreement with Impact Infrastructure, Inc. "to bring triple bottom line (financial, environmental, and social) cost-benefit analysis and software to transportation planning and investment in North America."
"Continued population growth, congestion, and environmental disruptions necessitates that we make best use of capital, resources, and land for moving goods and people," says OTNA founder and CEO Michael Sussman. "The best way to do that is to apply full lifecycle cost-benefit analysis to transportation investments by business, government and communities. Impact Infrastructure's expertise in triple bottom line analysis for transportation systems and cost-benefit analysis software greatly enhances our ability to advise businesses and government agencies on whole-systems planning and investment. Particularly given our shared commitment to commercial activity that supports businesses and communities, this partnership represents an important development for the sustainable future of the United States, Canada and Mexico."
Steph Larocque, Senior Vice President of Impact Infrastructure's Consulting Practice, said, "We are eager to apply our hands-on experience in making the case for value associated with infrastructure projects on behalf of transportation investments across the North America."
Added John Williams, Chairman and CEO of Impact Infrastructure, "Working with OTNA we expect to shine a bright light on the value of public benefit associated with infrastructure investments."
Philadelphia-based OTNA is described as having "conducted 21 years of research and dialogue with stakeholders throughout industry, government, and academia. It promotes a bold, yet pragmatic vision for advancing transportation profitability, productivity, and efficiency through its consulting and educational activities in the public and private sectors."
Impact Infrastructure, Inc., with offices in New York City and Toronto, is a SAAS (software as a service) company "focused on bringing affordable economic analysis to the infrastructure industry. The company has a $20 billion track record for assessments of infrastructure and building projects of all kinds. Its cloud-based AutoCASE solution is an automated cost-benefit analysis tool designed to harvest data from building information modeling technology."
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SB1 Win Mixed Indoor Regionals!
On the weekend of October 31st/November 1st 2015 the SB1 indoor mixed team arrived at UXIR seeded third. Two days later, we'd conquered all to take 1st place and secure both a pretty swish trophy and a spot at Division 1 mixed indoor nationals later in November.
The first three pool games of Saturday were dominant showings for SB1. The combination of greater experience, high pressure defence and JR in the end zone allowed us to take comfortable wins over UAL, Essex and Imperial 2 whilst practicing our own offensive and defensive systems to ensure we would be playing on point for the last game of the day. Highlights included Danny laying out in the third point of the first game to secure a score from one of Fran's hammers.
Our match against Kings was a huge step up in intensity from the previous three games, for both teams. Kings seemed more prepared and went 2-0 up on us immediately through a combination of unexpected zone-ish defence and fast clinical offense – they were running the classic indoors iso-comes-back/handler-up-the-line rotation, playing majorly through their women in the midfield. Our ladies rose to the challenge admirably and following the slightly shaky start we got our heads in the game, focused on shutting down their handler weave and took our time swinging around and through their defence. JR threw a cheeky knife backhand score to Bryn over somebody's head. I got a point block. Helena, Fran and Lizzie chased their women down with endless energy. We managed to get our crucial 5th point with only a minute or so left on the clock, earn the disc back from their offense line, and then play keep-away until the clock ran down. We'd overcome the first real challenge of the weekend, and went into Sunday holding 3rd seed.
What a close quarter-final. We knew we had a strong second team coming into this tournament, and boy did these guys play like they had a point to prove. SB1 came out slow whilst SB2 went huge on defence, capitalizing on our decision and execution errors with plenty of blocks and run-through Ds. Despite the eventual SB1 victory (Jonny: 'we let them have it') this game was more about SB2 than it was SB1, and ended with Hayd holding onto the disc for a final second stallout rather than risking a throw amongst the SB2 defenders. We knew after this challenge that if we wanted to win our semi-final we'd have to step it up big time.
Our semi-final game saw us come up against ex-Cambridge players Tom Anthony and Janman, now playing with UCL (the traitors). This game started out very close with both teams playing really strong offense and defence, but pretty soon the intensity picked up from SB1 and we managed to pull the score away following some conversions on UCL mistakes. Hayd laid out into a wall headfirst to save an errant Bryn-disc – tactical obviously, since Rolo got to sub on with possession on their end zone line… Points were lengthy with multiple turnovers and long possessions. UCL did a solid job of keeping possession outside of our endzone but later in the game just failed to connect on the crucial throws for the scores, which is a testament to our hard defence.
And suddenly we're in the final. The first ever final for some of us. It was terrifying. Napping was used as a coping mechanism.
Crikey this wasn't half stressful. Imperial went 2 points up at the start of the game off the back of some major errors in our offense followed by some incredibly slick movements from them, of both people and the disc. Lizzie scored to get us back in the game. We scored some more; they scored some more. Rolo threw the disc to Hayd in the endzone, only at the height of approximately 4 unit Hayds. Then a disc to Joe in the endzone which I accidentally ran into. Bryn got bookends. I dropped a clap catch in the endzone. It was an emotional rollercoaster. The SB2 sideline were absolutely amazing. But the Imperial offense was pretty great as well. And when the whistle went with the score tied at 6 – 6 they had the disc. On pitch: Rolo, Beeby, Danny, Helena, Charlie. We held them off admirably with the downfield defence working incredibly hard to shut down dangerous throwing options to the endzone cutters. Some calls happened. It was all very tense. And then under pressure one of their guys throws a down-the-line throw off the pitch. Rolo picks up the disc; centers to Danny; to Beeby coming under from the iso position; some other stuff happens; Rolo probably gets the disc again; back to Danny around their brick mark, who realises I'm not being marked in the end zone, gives me the eye, and then throws the disc. I wasn't moving initially but the throw was on point since captain Rolo had us practicing 'throw before they run' in the squash courts before the game (top quality captaincy right there #GB #playmixed). And – oh boy – we've only gone and won regionals. WON. REGIONALS. Joe hadn't even realised time had gone during universe point.
Congratulations to everybody involved, we played our hearts out and have the result to prove it. I'm so proud of the whole team for stepping up to the challenge and working together so well to get a few of us our first ever ultimate tournament victory. We survived the pressure on-pitch and had a whole lot of fun off-pitch. Huge kudos also to SB2 for their phenomenal sideline efforts all weekend – the support was amazing.


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Behind every big bad boss is an awesome bad guy/henchman - Al Leong is no stranger to the business with over 21 years of acting, stunt work, and fight choreography under his belt. You'll likely recognize his Fu Manchu stache but never knew his name. He has been in many popular titles from Big Trouble in little China to Die Hard. He played Genghis Khan in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, fought Brandon Lee in Rapid Fire, and led the action choreography for the Rock's Scorpion King. This man has been stabbed, shot, and practically killed by film leads and heavy hitters in American action films and tv for over the span of the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s. If Al's in it then it's likely to be a ride. In addition to stunts and henchmen roles, Al is also an avid writer (part of the writers guild) and wrote many screenplays/pitches to studios. There's an incredible 2018 documentary (Henchman: The Al Leong Story) that chronicles more on his life, career, and abrupt retirement. Have a look-see and get to know this man's contributions to cinema.
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Aussies swap skis for surfboards
PYEONGCHANG: While the 2018 Winter Games may go down in history as one of the coldest on record, there was no stopping a group of Australian Olympians swapping the skis for surfboards at Gangneung on Saturday.
Instead of wowing audiences with their speed, agility and tricks, the skiers instead turned heads at Yeongjin-gil Beach as they braced the cold waters of Korea's east coast to catch a few waves and make memories that will last a lifetime.
Emerging from the surf in her wetsuit, head cover, gloves and booties, dual Olympian Danielle Scott couldn't contain the excitement of having her first dip in the ocean in months -- even if it was only four degrees.
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"That was epic, I'm so glad I came here and did that," she said.
"I haven't been in the saltwater since probably November and before that May. I miss the beach and this is pretty epic, I'm going to remember this forever.
"We had so many layers on while we were competing and to just have a wetsuit on now in this water [is] unbelievable, I never would've dreamt of this."
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Alpine skier Harry Laidlaw, who made his Olympic debut at PyeongChang, thought that there was "not a chance" he'd spend a morning surfing within driving distance of the slopes.
"It's crazy, I don't think I've been anywhere you can ski and surf 15 minutes apart," he said.
"I don't surf a whole lot becaue I'm mainly skiing the whole time but it's nice to be in the water for sure."
Athlete Services Manager and two-time Olympian Scott Kneller, who organised the trip for Laidlaw, Scott, James Matheson and Rohan Chapman-Davies, said the experience was one he would never forget.
"To be at an Olympic Games with good friends and come and do something so unique and be out in the ocean in such a unique part of the world ... it was just a surreal kind of experience," he said.
"Quite often you go to a World Cup or an Olympic Games and you're there to compete, you see very little of the country. I felt like these Olympics, our athletes have got out and about quite a lot, they went to the Demilitarised Zone yesterday and then today surfing.
"We've seen a lot of the countryside and a lot of the things that make Korea unique, it will make it a memorable experience for our athletes. They'll obviously remember their competition but to be able to experience the culture, the people and the location itself -- that's what makes an Olympic Games memorable."
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AOC: Celebrating his 98th birthday today is Australia's oldest Olympian, Frank Prihoda. Born in the Czech Republic, the 1956 Winter Olympian, fled his native country to live in Australia where he proudly wore the green and gold of his adopted country...
AOC Welcomes Olympic Games Hosting Changes
The AOC has welcomed key changes approved by the IOC at its Session in Lausanne today, that increases the flexibility for electing future Olympic and Paralympic Games hosts.
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The games that are now in the market have become almost real with the entry of virtual reality software that can be used to play these games. This is a new addition to the games and is not found in all. Soon I hope to see this new feature jump from home games to slot games as well.
For now, the games I will be reviewing are only games that have been popular in the evolution of video games. These games have been so successful in the home sector that they have gathered enough numbers that they have caught the attention of the mainstream and adapted to the slot machine industry.
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If you play the game a lot and are very good at aiming and shooting accurately, you have a good chance of causing an airstrike. This activates after five hits in a row. Airstrikes give you multipliers to add to your free spins won in amounts of three, four and five times. If any enemy is killed by the air strike, you will get even more rewards.
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Deepening the political education of members of U.S. activists, who travel to Guatemala, engage with Guatemalan movements, and bring those lessons home for critical cross-border solidarity.
Members of the NISGUA network visit Guatemalan communities and organizations that seek justice and accountability, an end to impunity, and stand in defense of life and territory. Typically spanning 10 days, the visit to Guatemala offers the opportunity to deepen our understanding of the realities faced by Guatemalan and indigenous communities in their fight for self-determination and human rights. NISGUA delegations respond to the call of Guatemalan organizations for international solidarity and form part of a multi-faceted strategy to protect and expand political space and obtain greater security for their organizing efforts.
Our delegations are made up of activists who are interested in integrating international solidarity into their local organizing. We support participants to connect learnings to their own political work through interactive workshops and guided opportunities for reflection. Participants return home with a deepened understanding and practice of solidarity, equipped with new resources to effectively and strategically stand with Guatemalan human rights and environmental defenders as an international community that continues to work for social change from within the U.S.
This delegation in 2017 allowed for horizontal exchange with women-led social movements in Guatemala, while exploring the dynamic strategies, resilience practices, and forms of organizing they use in the fight to build a world free from gendered violence, state repression, and environmental degradation.
Our 2016 delegation met with communities working to prevent the operation and expansion of Canadian-U.S. company Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala, through popular education, grassroots action, and the organizing of community referenda. Read more.
This 10-day delegation with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA), home to NISGUA Sponsoring Community, Partners for Arlington and Guatemala (PAG), met with NISGUA partners and several human rights and environmental defenders organizations receiving international accompaniment. Read more.
Participants on the 2015 delegation traveled to the Ixcán to strengthen relationships with communities threatened by the proposed Xalalá hydroelectric dam, deepen our analysis of the historical and current contexts of state violence, and take the lead from our partners in developing cross-border strategies for advocacy work. Read more.