The crude oil jitters. Who's to blame?
When we were young, do you recall practicing your balancing act on the edge of the chair or couch, despite your parents warning? Eventually, the result was a fall, likely hurting both your head and ego.
Fast forward 30+ years and as adults we are trembling at the thought of another rise in fuel prices, yet the factors that drive higher pricing have remained fairly stable during the past 12 months. Crude is at $100US per barrel (the range has between $75 to $115 per barrel during the past year), however fuel prices are at all time highs. Why?
What is driving market speculation? The media.
Which markets are reacting most significantly to this speculation? Those in North America.
So, where should we look to point blame for rising fuel prices? Hmm, I think the answer may be all too familiar, don't you?


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Query: NC_004631:4494000 Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi Ty2, complete
Lineage: Salmonella enterica; Salmonella; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This pathogenic strain of Salmonella typhi was isolated in the early 1970s. It contains no multidrug resistance plasmids and has been used for vaccine development. This serovar is a human-specific organism that causes the life-threatening illness Typhoid fever which is acquired by coming into contact with contaminated food or water. Annually, 17 million people are infected, with 600,000 fatalities, mostly in developing countries. It contains multiple fimbrial operons that may be used to create extracellular appendages for attachment and entry into host intestinal epithelial cells. Causes enteric infections. This group of Enterobactericiae have pathogenic characteristics and are one of the most common causes of enteric infections (food poisoning) worldwide. They were named after the scientist Dr. Daniel Salmon who isolated the first organism, Salmonella choleraesuis, from the intestine of a pig. The presence of several pathogenicity islands (PAIs) that encode various virulence factors allows Salmonella spp. to colonize and infect host organisms. There are two important PAIs, Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 and 2 (SPI-1 and SPI-2) that encode two different type III secretion systems for the delivery of effector molecules into the host cell that result in internalization of the bacteria which then leads to systemic spread.
Subject: NC_011080:4543000 Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Newport str. SL254,
General Information: The SL254 strain is an MDR strain from one of two distinct lineages of the Newport serovar. Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Newport is common worldwide. Outbreak investigations and targeted studies have identified dairy cattle as the main reservoir this serotype. Antimicrobial resistance (Newport MDR-AmpC) is particularly problematic in this serotype, and the prevalence of Newport MDR-AmpC isolates from humans in the United States has increased from 0% during 1996-1997 to 26% in 2001. MDR strains have been recorded as resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulphonamides and tetracycline (ACSSuT) and many of these strains show intermediate or full resistance to third-generation cephalosporins, kanamycin, potentiated sulphonamides, and gentamicin. This group of Enterobactericiae have pathogenic characteristics and are one of the most common causes of enteric infections (food poisoning) worldwide. They were named after the scientist Dr. Daniel Salmon who isolated the first organism, Salmonella choleraesuis, from the intestine of a pig. The presence of several pathogenicity islands (PAIs) that encode various virulence factors allows Salmonella spp. to colonize and infect host organisms. There are two important PAIs, Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 and 2 (SPI-1 and SPI-2) that encode two different type III secretion systems for the delivery of effector molecules into the host cell that result in internalization of the bacteria which then leads to systemic spread.

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Abstract: This paper presents the Total Mass Target Controlled Infusion algorithm. The system comprises an On Line tuned Algorithm for Recovery Detection (OLARD) after an initial bolus administration and a Bayesian identification method for parametric estimation based on sparse measurements of the accessible signal. To design the drug dosage profile, two algorithms are here proposed. During the transient phase, an Input Variance Control (IVC) algorithm is used. It is based on the concept of TCI and aims to steer the drug effect to a predefined target value within an a priori fixed interval of time. After the steady state phase is reached the drug dose regimen is controlled by a Total Mass Control (TMC) algorithm. The mass control law for compartmental systems is robust even in the presence of parameter uncertainties. The whole system feasibility has been evaluated for the case of Neuromuscular Blockade (NMB) level and was tested both in simulation and in real cases.


Besides being the fastest mammal in existence, the cheetah is also one of the top predators in the grasslands. Its enormous heart, liver, and lungs give the cheetah's lightweight frame the capability for huge power and speed boosts as it hunts, allowing it to reach speeds up to almost sixty miles per hour (almost 97 km per hour). That's… pretty fast.
Watch as a speedy mother cheetah tries to find some grub for her cubs — check out the video.


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Q: How are spark jobs submitted in cluster mode? I know there is information worth 10 google pages on this but, all of them tell me to just put --master yarn in the spark-submit command. But, in cluster mode, how can my local laptop even know what that means? Let us say I have my laptop and a running dataproc cluster. How can I use spark-submit from my laptop to submit a job to this cluster?

A: Most of the documentation on running a Spark application in cluster mode assumes that you are already on the same cluster where YARN/Hadoop are configured (e.g. you are ssh'ed in), in which case most of the time Spark will pick up the appropriate local configs and "just work".
This is same for Dataproc: if you ssh onto the Dataproc master node, you can just run spark-submit --master yarn. More detailed instructions can be found in the documentation.
If you are trying to run applications locally on your laptop, this is more difficult. You will need to set up an ssh tunnel to the cluster, and then locally create configuration files that tell Spark how to reach the master via the tunnel.
Alternatively, you can use the Dataproc jobs API to submit jobs to the cluster without having to directly connect. The one caveat is that you will have to use properties to tell Spark to run in cluster mode instead of client mode (--properties spark.submit.deployMode=cluster). Note that when submitting jobs via the Dataproc API, the difference between client and cluster mode is much less pressing because in either case the Spark driver will actually run on the cluster (on the master or a worker respectively), not on your local laptop.

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Q: how unzip mutiple zip file with same name in python I have some zip files whenever I unzip them, the name is the same, how can I unzip them via python?
here is my code:
# specifying the zip file name
file_name_1 = "D:/PS files/file from VDI/from VGS/Gy/mash.zip"
file_name_2 = "D:/PS files/file from VDI/from VGS/Gy/mash.1.zip"

# opening the zip file in READ mode
with ZipFile(file_name_1,file_name_2 'r') as zip:
    # printing all the contents of the zip file
    zip.printdir()

    # extracting all the files
    print('Extracting all the files now...')
    zip.extractall('D:/PS files/file from VDI/from VGS/Gy')
print('completed!!!')

with below error:
with ZipFile(file_name_1,file_name_2 'r') as zip:
                                     ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

A: Can you put the whole code snippet without comments?
There needs to be a comma before the 'r' :
with ZipFile(file_name_1,file_name_2, 'r') as zip:
^


Summary: A high-throughput in vitro system allowing the induction of peri-gastrulation-like fates in geometrically confined hPSC colonies reveals that a two-step process underlies the observed self-organization and subsequent fate acquisition.
Summary: This Hypothesis discusses the relationship between positional information and reaction-diffusion, two fundamental principles governing the arisal of structures and shapes in organisms.
Summary: This Hypothesis presents a mathematical approach to understanding periodic patterning during development, and suggests ways in which molecular, cellular or mechanical models can be tested.


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Microsoft buys game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Arizona State University groups want Kyle Rittenhouse barred from school
by: Kevin Accettulla, Nexstar Media Wire
Posted: Nov 29, 2021 / 09:47 PM CST / Updated: Nov 30, 2021 / 07:13 AM CST
Kyle Rittenhouse enters the courtroom to hear the verdicts in his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation's debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice. The jury came back with its verdict afer close to 3 1/2 days of deliberation. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool)
PHOENIX (WBTW) – Four groups at Arizona State University want Kyle Rittenhouse, who described himself during court proceedings as a student at the school, to be permanently kicked out of the institution.
Social media posts from Arizona State University's Students for Justice in Palestine and Students for Socialism ASU call for the school to "withdraw" Rittenhouse. Two other organizations are also listed on the flyer.
One social media post by student groups calls Rittenhouse – who fatally shot two people and wounded a third during an August 2020 protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake – a "murderer" and "killer." Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges when a jury said that he acted in self-defense. The groups are also calling for the university to release a statement against him, and redirect funding from the campus police department to help the multicultural center.
Rittenhouse says he's 'not a racist person,' backs BLM in interview
Rittenhouse was previously enrolled in online classes at the university as a non-degree-seeking student studying nursing, according to KPNX. He said he dropped his two classes at Arizona State University because of the pressure of the trial. He wants to pick those two classes back up and complete them, and then go back to ASU in person and finish his degree.
A university spokesperson told Nexstar Monday that Rittenhouse has not gone through the admissions process and "records show that he is not currently enrolled in any classes at ASU."
Join us and rally against racist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse being permitted on our campus – Wednesday at 3:30 outside the Nelson Fine Arts Center on campus pic.twitter.com/4Hs3JxRqtY
— Students for Socialism ASU 🚩 (@SFSASU) November 26, 2021
Students for Socialism ASU will make signs Monday at 6 p.m. and will hold a rally at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to the post.
In a statement to Fox News, a spokesperson for Students for Socialism ASU said the goal is to let the university know that students don't feel safe with Rittenhouse admitted to the university.
No icon: Rittenhouse says he doesn't want to be used for your cause
Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, could have gotten life in prison if found guilty on the most serious charge, first-degree intentional homicide, or what some other states call first-degree murder.
In an interview with NewsNation, Rittenhouse said he doesn't regret defending himself, but if he could go back, he wouldn't have gone to the protest that night.
Rittenhouse had also been charged with possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18, a misdemeanor. But Judge Bruce Schroeder threw out that charge before jury deliberations after the defense argued that the Wisconsin law did not apply to the long-barreled rifle used by Rittenhouse.
The Associated Press and NewsNation contributed to this report.
by Glenn Kinley / Jan 18, 2022
MANHATTAN, KS. (KSNT) - The first women's basketball Sunflower Showdown of the year is set for Wednesday, Jan. 19.
"Obviously every game in the Big 12 is going to be a challenge and be a good game but this one just means a little bit more," K-State center Ayoka Lee said.
by Matt Miller / Jan 18, 2022
What We're Tracking:
A strong cold front plunges south through the Plains tonight, arriving in our area after midnight. North wind will increase to 10-20mph and temperatures drop into the upper 10s to lower 20s by morning.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Hospitals across Kansas and the nation are experiencing a critical blood shortage which is posing a serious risk to medical professionals being able to perform necessary patient care.
According to a recent press release from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Trauma Program on Jan. 18, both organizations are encouraging those who are able to schedule an appointment to donate blood to help combat the shortage.
KDHE abandons contact tracing
Lawrence district considers closing school buildings
Missing Va. woman felt 'uncomfortable' before disappearance


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Q: Your app ***, currently accesses a Marketing API version prior to v13.0 I keep getting a notification from Facebook that I'm still using version 13 of the Marketing/Graph API even though the change has been made in the dashboard. My http calls are like this: https://graph.facebook.com/v14.0/act_<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/adsets
Is this just automated emails or am I missing a step in the process?


LONDON TUBE workers were set to hold their third one-day strike next week against the impact of New Labour's proposed privatisation scheme. The RMT rail union has called the official strike, beginning on Wednesday evening and reaching a peak on Thursday.
Activists in the train drivers' ASLEF union are preparing to deliver maximum solidarity by refusing to cross picket lines. Such action by ASLEF members ensured that the last one-day strike in March was totally effective. A series of rank and file meetings has built on that. RMT members voted by 12 to one for strike action after a High Court judge forced the union to reballot.
Deputy prime minister John Prescott is increasingly desperate to end the row over tube privatisation. Twelve of Labour's most marginal seats are in London, and three quarters of voters oppose the tube sell off. London mayor Ken Livingstone has launched legal action to stop privatisation. The case is due to be heard in June.
Tube workers and passengers cannot wait that long, or hang on the whim of another High Court judge. The two previous tube strikes were popular. The tube unions should be calling more sustained action.
ASLEF and RMT members on London Underground were also to begin voting this week for strike action over the lack of rest facilities.
GUARDS ON South West Trains have voted for strikes on Thursday of next week and the following Friday. The company runs services from the south coast and West Country into London's Waterloo station.
The first strike, by 700 guards, is scheduled to coincide with the tube stoppage. The RMT union is campaigning nationally to retain guards on services.


these people are worse than bed bugs!!!
Getting these. They are pre-recorded, and appear to be spoofing the same area code and exchange as local cell #s.
Thanks people!! �I looked up his job title and found this page. It helped me out and saved me time and aggravation. His new number is 9793182391. He said his name was Bill.
Wouldn't say who it was.
got one telling me that I was "selected" win to an iPad 3 but I needed to be one of the first 1000 and I needed to click the link ipad3winner.info and enter code 7777. This text was received at 5AM!! I don't know who this is but 5AM is RUDE!
Debt Collector wanting information to use to collect your debt.


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Tag: PTC
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We are pleased to announce the release of our V21.3 Inventor to Creo View Visualize 3D adapter supporting Inventor 2017, 2018 and 2019, and up to and including Creo View 4.2.
This product has been developed using the Autodesk Inventor Development Environment and translates the latest Inventor data into the Creo View format. It can work with just Inventor View (a free application) needed to be installed, so a full license of Inventor is not required.
The Inventor to Creo View Adapter can also be integrated into a Windchill environment allowing Inventor managed data to be published and visualized on demand. As the Creo View data output is then synchronized with the Inventor source, an accurate up-to-date, version of the design is always available, therefore reducing costly errors.
Our Visualize 3D products are aimed at creating visualization data for users of digital mock-up, virtual reality or desktop applications and support the translation of assembly structure, geometry and attributes.
Our strategic partnerships with Autodesk and PTC ensures that there is a parallel development between the latest releases of Inventor, Creo View and Theorem's Visualize 3D products, allowing us to continue to provide data solutions to the Inventor and PTC communities.
Publish Creo data into an interactive 3D PDF with Theorem's Publish 3D
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We are pleased to announce the release of the latest Creo-3D PDF publisher from the Publish 3D product range.
Our Publish 3D – 3D PDF products enable the publishing of 3D Creo data directly from within the design application in to an interactive 3D PDF document format, or an HTML5 output.
V21.3 supports Creo 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and has a number of new features and enhancements, including:
The processing of display Curves shown in a Combined State. When displaying a layer state within a combined view, generally only the solid and annotations are processed to PDF. This will also process any curves which are needed for downstream activities (engraving or welding positions etc.)
Support for the translations of Offset Cross Sections, which are used to help simplify the component display.
Improvements to Layer Visibility and Combination states, which help improve the way geometry is displayed, ensuring less confusion for the person viewing it.
Addition of UI Creo Read Instance argument, giving the user more options when processing the file. This will help the user present the pdf display in a manner suitable to them.
The published PDF document contains embedded interactive 3D representations of the native Creo data (within pre-defined templates), offering greater levels of Intellectual Property (IP) protection with support for separate passwords to control either the access to the document as well as separate passwords to enable any editing of the 3D PDF output.
The Publish 3D product supports Model Based Definition (MBD) and 3D annotations and dimensions (PMI) from Creo into the 3D PDF format.
Anybody with access to the freely available Adobe Reader®, either on a PC, tablet or smartphone can access the interactive 3D data and are able to view, mark up and interrogate the document without the use of specialist CAD software. As 3D PDF is an ISO standard, the technology is easily integrated and can effectively become the protocol for easy, seamless document creation and communication.
Our strategic partnership with PTC ensures that there is parallel development between the latest releases of Creo, and Theorem's Publish 3D products, allowing us to continue to provide publishing solutions for the Creo community.
Creo View data can now be created and shared independently of CATIA V5 with Theorem's Visualize 3D solution
We are pleased to announce the latest release of Visualize 3D 21.2 for CATIA V5i > Creo View.
Our CATIA V5i > Creo View solution allows CATIA users, who have limited or no access to a licensed install of CATIA V5, to create and share Creo View data without needing access to a CATIA V5 license.
Licenses of vendor specific CAD applications can be expensive resources to purchase and also to maintain, so it doesn't help when they are tied up for long periods of time on more design activities or when there aren't enough available licenses to be able to multi-task different design projects. The CATIA V5i to Creo View product is the ideal solution for CATIA V5 users who have to supply native 3D mechanical design data in the lightweight Creo View format to customers and suppliers when limited resources are available.
Our CATIA V5i > Creo View is a uni-directional converter between the Dassault Systems' CATIA V5 modelling application and the Creo View product viewer from PTC. It has been developed using the Spatial (Dassault) Interop Development Environment and supports all CATIA V5 revisions up to and including V5-6R2018, as well as up to Creo View 4.2.
Our strategic partnership with Spatial (Dassault) and PTC ensures that there is a parallel development between the latest releases of CATIA V5 and Creo View, and Theorem's Visualize 3D products, allowing us to continue to provide quality and robust data solutions for CATIA V5 and Creo View users.
Theorem's latest Visualize 3D- CATIA V5-Creo View Adapter supports CATIA V5 R28
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We are pleased to announce the release of our latest Visualize 3D Adapter for CATIA V5 to Creo View users supporting up to and including CATIA V5-6R2014-2018.
For those that need to work with, or share, visualization data as part of design and manufacturing processes, the Theorem Visualize 3D suite of products offers direct translation of 3D data for the purpose of Visualization.
Our Visualize 3D brand supports lightweight data formats with a focus specifically on the direct translation of 3D CAD data from mechanical CAD systems for the purpose of Visualization, enabling users to work with and share data directly between different CAD and Visualization applications and are aimed at creating visualization data for users of digital mock-up, desktop and tablet viewing applications.
Using Visualize 3D as a direct conversion tool between CATIA V5 to Creo View reduces processing time, simplifies integration and retains accuracy of the model.
V21.1 now supports up to and including CATIA V5-6R2014-2018 and Creo View 4.2.
V21.1 can be used independently of WindChill, or integrated into WindChill, allowing CATIA V5 managed data to be published and visualized on demand. As the Creo View data output is then synchronized with the CATIA source, an accurate up-to-date version of the design is always available, reducing costly errors.
The CATIA V5 to Creo View suite helps to secure Intellectual Property, but at the same time supports a rich enough set of design data intelligence so that suppliers have all of the information required to complete their job.
Our strategic partnerships with Dassault Systemes and PTC ensures that there is parallel development between the latest releases of CATIA V5 and Creo View, and Theorem's Visualize 3D products, allowing us to continue to provide data solutions for the CAD community.
Creo View data can now be created and shared independently of CATIA V5 with Theorem's latest Visualize 3D product
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Theorem will be showcasing experiences for Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality at PTC LiveWorx 2018
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We will be at this year's PTC LiveWorx in Boston, USA, from 17th– 20th June 2018.
As a long standing PTC solution partner, the team from Theorem will be there on stand #319 to showcase our latest PLM productivity enhancing solutions for the Creo and Creo View user.
Our widely used Data Exchange and Supply Chain Collaboration solutions for Creo and Creo View are complimented by our 3D PDF publishing and Visualization tools that all support MBD for downstream processes.
You can now also utilize those same CAD and PLM assets in the latest Augmented (AR), Mixed (MR) and Virtual (VR) Reality devices with our data and device agnostic Visualization Experience Application – part of our 'Digital Realities' product suite.
Our Publish 3D – 3D PDF suite enables you to publish your Creo data to interactive 3D PDF documents that can be shared internally and externally throughout your supply chain.
Whereas our Multi-CAD plugin allows you to insert Creo files into your CATIA session, and work on them, whilst maintaining associativity in CATIA back to the original Creo formats.
If you need your CAD assets in a lightweight data format, then our Visualize 3D product suite focuses specifically on the direct translation of 3D CAD data from mechanical CAD systems for the purpose of Visualization.
All of which can be reused and optimised for 'Digital Realities'. At stand #319 you will be able to 'experience' our recently released Visualization Experience Application, which currently runs on the following devices:
Augmented Reality (AR) – Windows 10, Android and iOS Tablets and Phones
Mixed Reality (MR) – Microsoft HoloLens
Virtual Reality (VR) – HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
We will also be holding a 'Starting your AR, MR and VR Journey' session in which we will be discussing how engineering and manufacturing organisations can implement Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality technologies into their workflows.
The experience utilises existing CAD and PLM data assets and can also merge data from ERP, MES, CRM and proprietary databases, adding further value to the Digital Realities application which is opening up an entirely new way to interact with Engineering and Manufacturing data up and down the supply chain, in all areas, including: Design, Manufacturing, Assembly, Training, Service and Digital Twin.
We recently hosted a webinar on the topic which is available to view upon registration:
http://www.theorem.com/Digital-Realities/pr-starting-the-ar-mr-vr-journey.htm
The challenge is deciding which technology is best for you and how do you start your journey?
Theorem's latest Creo-NX CADverter supports Creo 4.0 and NX 11
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We are pleased to announce the release of our latest CADverter for Creo to NX.
V20.3 supports Creo 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 as well as NX 9.0, NX 10 and NX 11.
This uni-directional CADverter can also be licensed with our NX-Creo CADverter to create a bi-directional translator.
Additional features and benefits included in V20.3 include support for assembly occurrences and the reading of PMI attributes.
CADverter products translate assembly structure, geometry, attributes and, where available, 3D Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) and Metadata between Creo and NX, supporting Model Based Definition (MBD) processes.
The aim of the CADverter is to allow the user to translate any data that they have in a Creo format and make it useable in NX for various use cases, whether the downstream user wants a lightweight reference part to model, or a precise copy of the data translated to allow measurement and editing of translated models.
Creo and NX data can now also be further utilised in Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality using Theorem's Visualization Experiences App for Digital Realities.
Our strategic partnerships with PTC and Siemens ensures that there is parallel development between the latest releases of Creo, NX, and Theorem's CADverter products, allowing us to continue to provide data solutions for the CAD community.


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More than a hundred cyclists will be competing for the £3,100 prize list in the main race at next weekend's (Sunday 20 September) hill climb up the Porlock Toll road with people expected to come from far and wide to enjoy the spectacle.
The main race will be followed by a series of Go-Ride races by age group for the children at 1pm and then the traditional Porlock Pedal Fun Ride for families, friends and anybody from the local community on a bike at 2.30pm.
Competition for the ladies prizes looks set to be tough as Maryka Sennema, the current ladies National Hill Climb Champion is riding in addition to Crystal Spearman who took the bronze medal at the recent National 12 hour Championship plus 24 other ladies will result in a hotly contested race.
The men's field is no less impressive with former National Champion and the winner for the last 2 years Tejvan Pettinger returning to defend his title but this year he will face his toughest opposition yet in the form of Dan Evans current National Hill Climb Champion. Dan will be travelling down from North Wales to test himself on the iconic Porlock Toll road as part of his preparation for the defence of his National Hill climb title in a few weeks' time.
These two will themselves have to be on top form as there are at least another 10 riders who could upset the form book in a field of over 90 men. Local hopes lie on the shoulders of Graham (Conker) Collins who lives in Porlock and could well upset the expectations of some of the top riders.
Organiser Ian Piper says: "This year is a first in that we are working together with the Exeter Wheelers in promoting what we are calling the South West Hill Climb Festival, their event is on Stoke Hill, Exeter on the Saturday and as with our own event they have the main race, a series of children's races and, in their case, a team event in place of our Porlock Pedal Fun Ride.
"Combining the two events on the same weekend has encouraged people from as far afield as Yorkshire, North Wales and Kent to come for the weekend. Porlock has been promoted as the place to stay for the weekend to give those people new to the National Park a real taste of Exmoor hospitality. Linking up with the Exeter Wheelers will also hopefully draw some of the children from that area up to ride in the Go-Ride children's races up the Toll Road and act as an introduction to Exmoor."
On the Saturday 19 September a strong team of riders from Minehead Merlins, the club for local children, will be taking part in the Go-Ride races at Exeter before putting their local knowledge to good effect on the Sunday for the Minehead Go-Ride races.
A pound per rider will be donated to CareMoor for Exmoor, the Authority's donation scheme for the Exmoor National Park which offers everyone who has been inspired by Exmoor to contribute to the upkeep of the environment.
For more information visit: http://www.visit-exmoor.co.uk/point-of-interest/porlock-hill-climb
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Dark Starry Sky exhibition
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Fungal Forays at Hestercombe Gardens
Michael Jordan, author and chairman of the Association of British Fungal Groups, will lead fun an...
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Endangered species: One species' extinction can wipe out many more
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Earth is now in the middle of a mass extinction, the sixth one in the planet's history, according to scientists.
And now a new study reports that species are going extinct hundreds or thousands of times faster than the expected rate.
The researchers also found that one extinction can cause ripple effects throughout an ecosystem, leaving other species vulnerable to the same fate.
"Extinction breeds extinctions," they write in their June 1 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
With the accelerating pace of destruction, scientists are racing to understand these fragile bits of life before they're gone.
"This means that the opportunity we have to study and save them will be far greater over the next few decades than ever again," said Peter Raven, a coauthor of the study and a professor emeritus of botany at Washington University in St. Louis, in an email.
The findings also highlight how life can interact in unexpected ways and how difficult it can be to slow ecological destruction once it starts.
" it's similar to climate change; once it gets rolling, it gets harder and harder to unwind," said Noah Greenwald, the endangered species director for the Center for Biological Diversity, who was not involved in the study.
"We don't know what the tipping points are, and that's scary."
It's worth pausing to reflect on what "extinction" means: a species completely and forever lost.
Each one is an irreparable event, so the idea that they are not only happening more often but also might be sparking additional, related extinctions is startling.
And these extinctions have consequences for humanity, from the losses of critical pollinators that fertilize crops to absent predators that would otherwise keep disease-spreading animals in check.
So researchers are now looking closely at which animals are teetering on the edge of existence to see just how dire the situation has become, and to figure out what might be the best way to bring them back.
Hundreds of animals are on the brink of extinction over the next two decades
There is tremendous biodiversity on earth right now.
The number of species — birds, trees, ferns, fungi, fish, insects, mammals — is greater than it ever has been in the 4.5 billion-year existence of this planet.
But that also means there is a lot to lose.
The new study examined 29,400 species of vertebrates that live on land — mice, hawks, hippos, snakes, and the like.
These species from all over the world were cataloged by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Out of those examined, 515 species — 1.7 percent of those studied — were found to be on the brink of extinction, meaning fewer than 1,000 individuals were left alive.
These species include the vaquita, the Clarion island wren, and the Sumatran rhino. And half of these 515 species have fewer than 250 individuals left. If nothing is done to protect them, most of them will go extinct over the next 20 years.
Species at the edge of extinction include (A) the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis; image credit: Rhett A. Butler), (B) the Clarion island wren (Troglodytes tanneri; image credit: Claudio Contreras Koob), (C) the Española Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis; image credit: Gerardo Ceballos), and (D) the Harlequin frog (Atelopus varius; image credit: Gerardo Ceballos).
But these species on the precipice of the abyss are not spread evenly across the world; they're concentrated in biodiversity hotspots like tropical rainforests.
That makes sense because tropical forests have the most variety of species to begin with and they have the highest rate of habitat destruction.
"About two-thirds of all species are estimated to occur in the tropics, and we know less about them than those in other parts of the world," said Raven.
"Yet more than one-quarter of all tropical forests have been cut in the 27 years since the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity."
Losing one endangered species can endanger many others
The species teetering on the edge of eternal loss often live alongside other endangered species, even if they are present in greater numbers.
The species on the brink then serve as loud sirens of the possible bigger threat to other life in their environs. As species within a pond, forest stand, or watershed die off, others soon follow.
In many cases, species interact with others in complicated and often unforeseen ways that aren't recognized until they are gone. For example, if a plant-eating insect dies off, the plants it eats could run rampant and choke off other vegetation.
Meanwhile, the birds that feed on the insect could be without an important food source. Each of these subsequent changes could have myriad other impacts on distant species, and so on and so on. The disruption can continue until the ecosystem is hardly recognizable.
Scientists have observed these kinds of rippling disruptions in ecosystems for decades in places like the Amazon rainforest, watching what happened when species went extinct in a given area or when a habitat fractured into pieces.
As these ecosystems degrade or collapse, humans stand to lose a lot of functions from nature they take for granted, like forests that generate rainfall for aquifers or mangroves that shield coasts from erosion. Many land vertebrates, for instance, are critical for spreading the seeds of trees. Without them, the makeup of a forest could transform.
Even if a less diverse prairie, forest, or desert were to remain, it would be more vulnerable to shocks like fires and severe weather. Diverse ecosystems act as buffers against environmental extremes, and without them, humans will face more risks of phenomena such as heat waves without vegetation to cool the air, or they may suffer more coastal inundation without mangroves to absorb waves.
And as humans build closer to areas that were once wild, they face higher risks of exposure to threats such as animal-borne disease and wildfire.
So the economic and health costs of runaway extinctions could be immense.
Humans are the problem, and humans are the solution
The new study is part of a steady stream of grim news for endangered species. In 2019, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released a massive 1,500-page report on global biodiversity.
The report concluded that up to 1 million species are at risk of extinction, including 40 percent of all amphibian species, 33 percent of corals, and about 10 percent of insects.
And a unifying theme among the various studies of extinctions is that humans are to blame.
Through destroying habitats, spreading disease, raising livestock, dumping waste, overharvesting, overfishing, and climate change, the 7.5 billion humans on this planet have become their own force, unlike any that exists in nature.
"We are in no sense simply a part of the global ecosystem anymore, living in a broad, wide world," said Raven. "[W]e are one species, totally dominant, among the millions of others that exist."
It's true that species do go extinct naturally, but the rate of extinction now is thousands of times higher than the expected background rate.
It can be difficult to tease out whether an organism disappeared as a direct consequence of human activity or because a species it depended on was wiped out by people, but both types of losses stem from humanity. "We can't easily reverse the trend but can learn as much as we can in the time we have left," Raven said.
However, the fact that human activity is driving the vast majority of these extinctions means that changing human activity can help pull back vulnerable species from annihilation.
Conservation policies have already proven effective at thwarting some permanent losses, like the Endangered Species Act in the United States.
It's even spurring the recovery of several species, like the bald eagle. And there is still time to rescue other species that are on the brink. But saving what's left will require concerted action, and time to act is running out.
"You do not want to get into a deep depression. You want to get involved and do the very easy things we can do to prevent us from destroying the planet," said Stuart Pimm, a professor of conservation at Duke University and president of Saving Nature, an environmental conservation nonprofit. "The important story is there is a lot we can do about it."
Since humans are causing most of the destruction that is driving extinctions, humans can change their behaviors in ways to protect life.
One of the most effective steps people can use to protect endangered species is to protect the environments where they live, shielding them from mining, drilling, development, and pollution.
"We can definitely make a difference. We can slow the pace of extinction," Greenwald said. "We know how to do that. We can set aside more area for nature."
Another tactic is building corridors for connecting fragmented ecosystems, creating larger contiguous areas.
That can allow the synergy between species to grow and build a more resilient ecosystem that could better withstand the disappearance of a species and restore those in decline.
However, the threats to so many species have been building for years and they can't be reversed overnight.
It will take a sustained global conservation effort to protect the precious few and restore them to the multitudes that once swam, flew, and walked the earth.
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Sumo Digital: XB1X Is So Much Faster Than PS4 Pro, But Will Third Parties Make Use of It?
UK studio Sumo Digital is one of those development teams that have worked on several big games without getting much recognition. For instance, they've collaborated on titles like Forza Horizon 2 and 3, Forza 6 Apex, Disney Infinity 3.0 just to name a few.
Perhaps their biggest games as the main developers so far have been Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and LittleBigPlanet 3. Sumo Digital recently self-published Snake Pass, which had a positive reception, but what's coming next will likely define the studio one way or another between Dead Island 2 (published by Deep Silver) and most importantly Crackdown 3, published by Microsoft and due November 7th for Xbox One and PC.
The team got a lot of flack for the campaign trailer shown at Microsoft's E3 2017 briefing, though that's largely unwarranted since they had been clear about cloud-based destruction only being available in the multiplayer mode. Design Director Gareth Wilson talked with Metro GameCentral on Crackdown 3 and inside the interview, Wilson openly stated that the Xbox One X console is much faster than Sony's PlayStation 4 Pro.
We were really fortunate really, because the game was always PC and Xbox One, and we were always gonna do cross-play between PC and Xbox. So when Scorpio, or One X as it's known now, started to become a reality we were like, 'Well, this is just another platform really'.
And to be honest the dev tools we got were great. They pretty much allowed us to get it up and running at 4K straight away. It's a beast, actually, that machine. It's so much faster than the PS4 Pro. Comfortably faster, especially in terms of running things in 4K. There's no question it's more powerful, the question will be whether third parties make use of that full power or not.
That last statement is of utmost importance, though. Will third party developers exploit the additional power of the Xbox One X? It remains to be seen.


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package org.isisaddons.security.service;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import javax.inject.Inject;

import org.isisaddons.security.dom.ApplicationSecurityManager;
import org.isisaddons.security.dom.feature.ApplicationFeatures;

import org.apache.isis.applib.AbstractFactoryAndRepository;
import org.apache.isis.applib.annotation.DomainService;
import org.apache.isis.applib.annotation.Named;
import org.apache.isis.applib.annotation.Programmatic;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.services.devutils.MetaModelRow;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.ObjectSpecification;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.SpecificationLoaderSpi;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.SpecificationLoaderSpiAware;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature.Contributed;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature.ObjectAction;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature.ObjectAssociation;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature.OneToManyAssociation;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature.OneToOneAssociation;

@Named("Security")
@DomainService
public class ApplicationSecurityService extends AbstractFactoryAndRepository implements SpecificationLoaderSpiAware {

    public ApplicationSecurityManager manage() {
        return manage(null);
    }

    @Programmatic
    public ApplicationSecurityManager manage(ApplicationSecurityManager manager) {
        final String viewModelMemento = manager == null ? null : manager.viewModelMemento();
        return getContainer().newViewModelInstance(ApplicationSecurityManager.class, viewModelMemento);
    }

    // //////////////////////////////////////

    public void loadMetaModel() {

        final Collection<ObjectSpecification> specifications = specificationLoader.allSpecifications();

        for (ObjectSpecification spec : specifications) {
            if (exclude(spec)) {
                continue;
            }
            final List<ObjectAssociation> properties = spec.getAssociations(Contributed.EXCLUDED, ObjectAssociation.Filters.PROPERTIES);
            for (ObjectAssociation property : properties) {
                final OneToOneAssociation otoa = (OneToOneAssociation) property;
                if (exclude(otoa)) {
                    continue;
                }
                features.addFeature(this, new MetaModelRow(spec, otoa));
            }
            final List<ObjectAssociation> associations = spec.getAssociations(Contributed.EXCLUDED, ObjectAssociation.Filters.COLLECTIONS);
            for (ObjectAssociation collection : associations) {
                final OneToManyAssociation otma = (OneToManyAssociation) collection;
                if (exclude(otma)) {
                    continue;
                }
                features.addFeature(this, new MetaModelRow(spec, otma));
            }
            final List<ObjectAction> actions = spec.getObjectActions(Contributed.INCLUDED);
            for (ObjectAction action : actions) {
                if (exclude(action)) {
                    continue;
                }
                features.addFeature(this, new MetaModelRow(spec, action));
            }
        }
    }

    protected boolean exclude(OneToOneAssociation property) {
        return true;
    }

    protected boolean exclude(OneToManyAssociation collection) {
        return true;
    }

    protected boolean exclude(ObjectAction action) {
        return false;
    }

    protected boolean exclude(ObjectSpecification spec) {
        return isBuiltIn(spec) || spec.isAbstract();
    }

    protected boolean isBuiltIn(ObjectSpecification spec) {
        final String className = spec.getFullIdentifier();
        return className.startsWith("java") || className.startsWith("org.joda");
    }

    // //////////////////////////////////////

    private SpecificationLoaderSpi specificationLoader;

    @Programmatic
    @Override
    public void setSpecificationLoaderSpi(SpecificationLoaderSpi specificationLoader) {
        this.specificationLoader = specificationLoader;
    }

    @Inject
    public ApplicationFeatures features;

}

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Snippets from a very interesting article by Kelly Buchanan about slavery in the French colonies and the French law which were fixed in "The Black Code" in 1685 and remained in force for 163 years.
"Although published two years after his death, the Black Code is usually attributed, at least in spirit, to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the famous Minister of Louis XIV. Colbert, known as a great financier, the founder of the French Navy, and the reorganizer of French commerce and industry, was also a remarkable jurist (as noted in the book Great Jurists of the World). He was at the origin of the codifying ordinances adopted during the reign of Louis XIV such as the Civil Ordinance, the Criminal Ordinance, the Commerce Ordinance, and the Navy Ordinance. The Colonial Ordinance of 1685, best known as the "Black Code," was the last one to be prepared during his Ministry and may have been completed by his son, the Marquis de Seignelay. Although subsequent decrees modified some of its provisions, the gist of the Code remained in place until 1848.
Snippets from a very interesting article by Kelly Buchanan about slavery in the French colonies and the French law which were fixed in "The Black Code" in 1685 and remained in force for 163 years.


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Are you regularly taking a good look at your sales processes? Each week, try to reflect on the past week, reviewing what went well and what didn't go well. This is key… don't just focus on what didn't go as you would have preferred, but also celebrate your successes.
When you celebrate what went well and you identify what didn't go well, you are then in a position to determine changes you need to make to improve in the upcoming week. Obviously, you want to replicate the factors that lead to success and you want to alter the processes that didn't go so smoothly in previous weeks.
Some salespeople may think they don't have time to reflect, review and redo. Is this a huge waste of time? Absolutely not. If you are a salesperson who isn't consistently taking a good look back and then using this information to boost your sales motivation going forward, then achieving your goals increasingly will become frustrating at best and impossible at worst.
So take some time each week to reflect, review and redo. Your sales motivation is worth it!
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Anyone know safe sunscreen to use when pregnant?
When I was pregnant I used baby sunscreen - my theory was...what is good for a baby must be okay for me to use while pregnant. I am sure there are others out there that are okay, but the baby sunscreen is probably the safest.
All the best! Hope you are feeling great!


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Future of work: flexibility, is it here to stay?
How are flexible work and flexible work arrangements progressing in Latin America and the Caribbean, and what are their future perspectives? Find out in the latest edition of our series on the future of work (Available in Spanish only)
Government Digital Transformation Guide
Discover a unique government transformation guide that consolidates all knowledge on digital transformation and offers a step-by-step guide to managing the digitalization of public administration in a transversal, comprehensive and interoperable way focused on the citizen's experience.
Achieving Net-Zero Prosperity: How Governments Can Unlock 15 Essential Transformations
Getting to net-zero emissions is necessary to limit global warming the Paris Agreement.
In this paper we identify 15 transformations that, taken together, would allow countries to eliminate the majority of GHG emissions. We show the associated benefits, the barriers that hinder or prevent their implementation, and a set of policies that governments can use to remove these barriers.
Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Consolidated Ecosystem for Recovery
Discover how the fintech ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean has experienced rapid growth and has established itself as a key player in responding to the demands and needs of financial consumers and what is the status of its regulation in the region. (Available in Portuguese and Spanish)
Overview of fiscal relations between levels of government in Latin American and Caribbean countries
Learn about a new flagship study from the IDB that analyses the decentralization process and the finances of subnational governments in Latin America and the Caribbean. (Available only in Spanish)
Trust: The Key to Social Cohesion and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Find out how the lack of trust impacts economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and what we must do to restore it while creating more prosperous, innovative, and resilient societies.
Healing a Broken World: The Power of Art for Social Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era
Learn how art and culture are coming up with solutions for development challenges to spur recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Cody Jinks Drops Surprise New Song 'Same Kind of Crazy As Me'
Late last night (Sept. 5) people started sharing a brand new song from Cody Jinks on social media. The song "Same Kind of Crazy As Me", for now, remains shrouded in mystery.
You may recall that in August Jinks revealed the official album artwork, track listing, and he locked in the release date for his new album, After The Fire (October 11th). We've included that track listing in this story, you can read it right down there. I don't know what you see, but I'm definitely not seeing it... So many questions.
For now, we'll just enjoy new music.
After The Fire track listing:
Ain't A Train
Yesterday Again
Tell Em What It's Like
Think Like You Think
William and Wanda
One Good Decision
Dreamed With One
Someone To You
Tonedeaf Boogie
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UpriseRI: Hotel workers picket Omni Providence for fair wages, reasonable workloads and affordable health care (7/21/2018)
WPRI: After long hearing, City Council panel recomends 46-story tower be voted down (7/20/2018)
Ward 1 Councilman Seth Yurdin, who represents the neighborhood where the tower has been proposed, said the city should listen to hundreds of residents who participated in a public process for the city's overall zoning ordinance, which was approved in 2014. "If we move forward and approve this, this spot zoning proposal, we're telling all those people their input doesn't matter," Yurdin said.
UpriseRI: Contentious testimony before the Providence City Council on Fane Tower (7/20/2018)
Councilmember Seth Yurdin received a standing ovation for his testimony declaring his opposition to the project (video).
Providence Journal: Proposed Providence high-race faces uncertain prospects at City Council (5/19/2018)
LA Times: Rhode Island's capital aims to create affordable housing(4/20/2018)
'Councilman Seth Yurdin, a Democrat, introduced the resolution to create the commision, calling adequate housing a human right. The full council co-sponsored it.'
Providence Journal: [Councilman Seth Yurdin]... endorses Aaron Regunberg for Lt. Governor (3/19/2018)
UpriseRI:Providence City Council considering plastic bag ban (2/16/2018)
Providence Journal: Dakota pipeline project measure submitted in Providence City Council (2/16/2017)
"More than ever, it's up to our local governments and state governments to stand up and take the proper action," said the amendment's sponsor, Councilman Seth Yurdin, as a group of activists silently held up small signs in the council's chambers. Providence CIty Councilor Seth Yurdin has proposed [to] require any bank that contracts with the city to submit an affidavit to certify that neither it nor any of its affiliates is 'a lendor or investor' in the Dakota Access Pipeline project.
ecoRI news: Citizens Bank Target of Boycott and Divestment Protest (2/9/2017)
City Council member Seth Yurdin introduced an ordinance calling for the city to divest its holdings from Citizens Bank until the bank stops doing business with Sunoco Logistics Partners, one of the principal [Dakota Access] pipeline developers.
Brown Daily Herald: City revokes Penthouse nightclub's license following violations (11/6/2017)
RI Future: No LNG in PVD brings their opposition directly to DEM and Raimondo (10/18/2017)
WPRI: Mayor Elorza, CIty Council in standoff over bike lanes (9/15/2017)
The resolution was opposed by..Seth Yurdin from Ward 1...Yurdin said the city has worked to increase pedestrian bike access and requiring more studies would be burdensome. He said the proposal was "nothing but a hoop or a barrier designed to make it harder" to install bike lanes. "The problem with that is its really costly and it doesn't make any sense," he said.
Providence Monthly: Restoring Providence's Riverwalk (8/25/2017)
EcoNews RI: Providence Looks to Switch Sides in Power-Plant Case (7/25/17)
Providence Journal: Resolution Urges Providence City Council President to Resign (5/16/2017)
Providence Journal: Strong message against corruption (5/3/2017)
Providence Journal: Foiling a sleazy political stunt (4/4/2017)
EcoNews RI: Citizens Bank Target of Boycott and Divestment Protest
City Council member Seth Yurdin introduced an ordinance calling for the city to divest its holdings from Citizens Bank until the bank stops doing business with Sunoco Logistics Partners, one of the principal pipeline developers.
ecoRI: Providence Council Takes Action to Limit Plant's Water (2/4/2017)
RIPR: Providence City Council Committee to Meet on Johnston Water Proposal(1/25/2017)
Providence Journal: Providence City Council urges Elorza to take action on Board of Licenses report (9/16/2016)
Providence Journal: City Council, mayor divided on how to spend proposed $40-million city infrastructure bond (7/18/16)
Councilman Seth Yurdin agreed, saying the practice was the equivalent of setting up ward "slush funds.""Bond money is not 'bounty' to be divided up by pols," [Yurdin stated]. "There is zero policy basis here. Sadly, it's pure politics at play."
WPRI: Providence Journal: Opposes Privatiation of Water Supply (5/20/16)
"A private company would purchase our water supply for one reason: profit," Councilman Seth Yurdin, the resolution's sponsor, said. "The city gets a one-time windfall, and our residents are stuck paying the bill now and for generations to come."
Providence Journal: Providence parking meters on Wickenden Street? Business wary (8/2/16)
Ward One Councilman Seth Yurdin, who represents the Wickenden neighborhood, said he thought the city should pay attention to the neighborhood business people when deciding on the parking meters. "They are more aware of how their particular ecosystem works or doesn't work," he said.
Providence Journal: Future of Providence City Council's grant program divides council members (5/24/16)
The Washington Times: Providence council seeks to divest fossil fuel investments (2/19/16)
The council says the board agreed to sell city holdings from the largest and dirtiest coal companies, but hasn't taken further public steps to fully divest from fossil fuels in accordance with a previous directive from the council. Councilman Seth Yurdin says he's pleased the board supported divesting from the worst companies, but it's time to "divest the rest."
WPRI: Providence councilman seeks to study police-community relations (1/6/2016)
Providence Journal: Providence Divesting from major fossil-fuel burning companies (7//27/15)
RIPR: Scott MacKay Commentary: The PawSox Baseball Move to Providence: Good or Bad? (3/27/15)Scott MacKay Commentary: The PawSox Baseball Move to Providence: Good or Bad? (3/27/15)
Seth Yurdin is the Providence city councilor who represents downtown and the nearby Fox Point neighborhood. He says his constituents have many concerns about the plan, including noise and traffic. He also questions whether a stadium is the best use of land that has been in the planning stages for years as a high-tech and medical catalyst for well-paying jobs. A struggling city could also use an industry that would add to the tax-base of a city already mired in long-term tax break deals and hundreds of acres of land that is not taxable because of non-profit colleges, churches and hospitals.
Taking stands on-key-issues Providence Business News (2/21/2015)
In June 2013, Seth Yurdin, majority leader of the Providence City Council, was the lead sponsor of the resolution directing the Board of Investment Commissioners to divest from coal, gas and oil companies within five years and to immediately cease purchasing any new investments in this sector. The Council's concerns are local. A report from the Coastal Resources Center of the University of Rhode Island reports that Narragansett Bay is getting warmer and rising, threatening shellfish. ... In short, I am pleased that so many people and businesses in Rhode Island are concerned about climate change and are taking actions that should lower the volume of greenhouse gases and, if climate scientists are correct, reduce extreme weather.
Brown Daily Herald: Rally aims to fuel library workers' negotiations (11/17/2015)
"I'm here today to support the library workers and to support the students and all the people that are out here and are pushing to improve working conditions," said City Councilman Seth Yurdin, adding "it's really important that the community is weighing in."
East Side Monthly: Councilman asks RIDOT for traffic safety (8/7/2014)
Providence Journal: Providence opens its first public boat ramp (7/14/2014)
Providence Journal: Ordinances restricting contributions advances (5/16/2014)
Providence Journal: Providence Council to consider ordinance to protect pregnant women at work (4/3/2014)
Providence Journal: Council urges curb on antibiotics for livestock (2/8/2014)
Providence Journal: License board could lose pay (11/5/2013)
Providence Journal: Strip club suspension called 'dereliction of duty' (10/23/2013)
Providence Journal: Providence City Council votes to divest from fossil fuel companies (6/21/2013)
Providence Journal: Nightspots face crackdown on bottle service (2/26/2013)
Providence Journal: 75 drawn to gun violence rally at R.I. State House (1/26/2013)
Providence Journal: City commission urges accountability via Web (1/23/2013)
Providence Journal: Council backs divestment of fuel companies (1/22/2013)
Providence Journal: Council to look at nightclub safety (4/21/2012)
Providence Journal: Youths show support for anti-tobacco measures (2/17/2012)
Providence Journal: City's harbor to get attention from panel (1/17/2012)
Providence Journal: Dormody named city's first sustainability director (11/4/2011)
Providence Journal: Cuts help erase city's red ink (7/9/2011)
Providence Journal: Council asks for tax-exempt inventory (5/21/2011)
Colorlines:Providence Says No to ICE Cooperation/Secure Communities (3/9/2011)
The Anti-Secure Communities Resolution was introduced by City Councilor Seth Yurdin and passed after immigrant and civil rights groups testified about the harmful effects of Secure Communities on public safety and the immigrant community.
Providence Journal: Diversity task force established to promote business (4/14/2011)
Providence Journal: Council members seek police cutback (2/25/2011)
Providence Journal: Committee OK's $638.5-million spending plan (2/1/2011)
Providence Journal: Ordinance requires clean diesel upgrades (7/17/2009)
Providence Journal: Fox Point Boys & Girls Club's power restored following shutoff (5/15/2009)
Providence Journal: Drive under way in Wayland Square to preserve '50s office building (5/14/2008)
Providence Journal: Fox Point bus shelter will reflect history of the area (3/26/2008)
Providence Journal: City ready to take stand on diesel emissions (2/8/2008)
Providence Journal: City Council members push for global warming initiative (2/6/2008)
Providence Journal: Councilman urges city to tackle global warming (4/4/2007)
Providence Journal: HURRICANE KATRINA : THE AFTERMATH - In Miss., 'the human need was infinite' (9/24/2005)


This Cross I Embrace: New Clients!
So I got my first referrals from Dr. J today, for new Creighton Model clients :) I'm stoked! The Intro I just scheduled will be for a new client that is neither related to me nor a friend nor a co-worker! (After the 1st Education Phase, we needed to get a minimum of 6 clients before Education Phase II... let's just say it's a good thing I have 3 sisters!) So my "business" is finally taking off now. I'll be super busy next week getting the office ready upstairs. We live, right now, in a large 2-bedroom apartment which is attached to my in-laws' house. Not the ideal living situation for the daughter-in-law/mother and father-in-law relationship, but it does allow us a fenced-in backyard, a porch, a garden, and a swimming pool that we would definitely not be able to afford if we were to look for properties right now... but I'm getting off on a tangent.
There are 2 apartments upstairs, as well, a studio and a 1-bedroom. The 1-bedroom has recently been furnished for my husband's and his father's business (they used to work out of the main house). But now with the Creighton Model FertilityCare Center, I'll also be using that office. I ordered a whole bunch of materials, mostly brochures and a couple of copies of the book "Women Healed" from the Pope Paul VI Institute, so that at any given time I can give the information to any clients that need it. I can't wait for my order to come in the mail!
In the meantime, somewhere between the end of the school year, fertility treatments, rehearsals with my singing group, residual TTC depression, and just plain ol' "summer is approaching" laziness, my house has become a DISASTER!! Seriously, it's embarrassing. I have a lot of work to do in order to get this place looking halfway decent. I will finally have time to do that after the 20th (last day of school). The 20th is also the date of my Practitioner's Baby Shower, which I am SO excited for, as well as a possible testing date for me (I thought it may be cool to test on the day of her shower which is in my hometown, and then while I'm at my parents' house that weekend I can make the announcement to my family). Of course, I always have these dreams of how and when to tell people, every month, just in case. I feel that it keeps me focused, with my eyes on the prize so to speak. It doesn't get me upset in the least, so it's technically not getting my hopes up like I vowed not to do this cycle. If I don't get my act together and ovulate soon, though (correction: if my ovaries don't get their act together), then the 20th may end up being too early to test :( Then again, if I have a 10-day post-Peak phase again, I won't even make it until the 20th.
I hope you're using a fertile day right now!
Hooray for the new client! That's so exciting. And, hey, I didn't know you sing! I do, too!


Our set of trademark and copyright licences includes several general agreements and some more specific licences for particular intellectual property such as an image.
This is a heavyweight licence agreement for rights in an invention. The product could be an innovative new product for sale or a device to improve an existing product. It could be a device for dogs to get their own meals or a steering system for supersonic drones. The licence is flexible, but drawn in present form as a licence in perpetuity for a particular industry. It assumes a single fee and/or a royalty. It is also assumed that the licensee will require a licence to use supporting systems, in common with licensees in other industries.
This is an agreement for the sale of rights in an invention or improvement, or in any software or technical product. It may be an innovative new product for sale or a device to improve an existing product. The product could be a software game or designs for a railway bridge or any other invention. We assume the buyer requires full control so that he can brand and market it as his own. Option for seller to licence supporting intellectual property, like trade marks or patents. Payment in cash and shares. Other options too.
This is a simple copyright licence agreement whereby the owner of the copyright work grants a licence for a specified sum of money, for some other person to exploit his work. You can use this agreement for any sort of created work, for a specific time period or in perpetuity.
This is a straight forward but comprehensive publishing agreement for use by either an author/composer or a publisher. It is a flexible agreement, providing an ideal framework for publishing any created work.
This is a flexible sub-licence of any copyright material or created work. It assumes that the sub-licensor has all the rights needed to enable him to exploit the licence he has bought, by sub licensing. Many options for limiting the extent of the sub-licence.
This is a straight forward licence of a set of photos or videos or both. Provides for sub-licence. Perfect for amateur or professional photographer to licence his work in any medium.
This is an agreement for the restricted sale of rights in a chemical compound. It may be any compound for any purpose. Your buyer will have a particular purpose in mind. You will want to limit the sale by reference to place, end product, industry type or any other. Payment by up front cash plus royalty. Provides for ongoing mutual co-operation in R&D or other.
This is a heavyweight licence agreement for rights in an invention. It could be any technical IP. This agreement is for an invention or improvement which could be used in more than one industry. The owner/inventor will licence it widely, but to only one licensee per industry or sector. The Licence is perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, royalty-free and worldwide. The licensee is therefore entirely free to incorporate it into any product he makes, provided it is in his industry only. Includes more limited licence for supporting IP - maybe a patent or trade mark or the right to some system or device. It is also assumed that the licensee will require a licence to use supporting systems, in common with other licensees.


A live jazz band at your event is infinitely more exiting than piped music, and besides creative an instant ambience, provides an inviting atmosphere in which your guests can relax and be at ease.
Thanks to our experience playing at countless corporate and business events, whether to provide background music or create an intense party atmosphere, we can help you choose the right ensemble for your situation. And on the day our experience allows us to judge the mood and adjust our performance accordingly.
Besides providing bands specifically for drinks receptions, dinners, parties and for dancing (see our ensembles page) we can also provide custom ensembles specifically for your event or tailor our existing ensembles to your needs. A recent example involved creating an eight-piece band of saxophone, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, banjo, piano, double bass and drums to play tunes from the musical Chicago for a corporate product launch. We rearranged the charts for that line-up, liased with a team of dancers who choreographed a five minute performance, and provided walk on / walk off music during an awards presentation.
Our Latin bands Jan y Su Salsa and Cafecito are perfect for Latin-American themed events, providing respectively intense salsa or the more mellow sounds of Old Havana. Both these ensembles can also be tailored to your needs: We recently expanded Jan y Su Salsa to a 13 piece ensemble to accompany 16 dancers in a music and dance spectacular at the Nabs Bash charity event in 2008.
Past clients have included Shell, Hilton Hotels, The Boston Consulting Group, The Creative Village and EA Consulting, amongst others.


This paper studies welfare dynamics, especially changes associated with middle‐class status in Arab countries. Absent panel data, we construct synthetic panels using repeated cross sections of household expenditure surveys and subjective wellbeing surveys conducted during the 2000s and early 2010s. Objective welfare dynamics indicate mixed trends. About half of the poor in the 2000s moved out of poverty by the end of the decade, but chronic poverty remained high; upward mobility was strong in Syria and Tunisia, but downward mobility was pronounced in Yemen and Egypt. The analysis with subjective wellbeing data suggests negative developments in most countries during the Arab Spring transitions and provides evidence on the eroding middle‐class consensus in Arab countries before and after the Arab Spring. Low education achievement, informal worker status, and rural residency are positively associated with lower chances for upward mobility and greater chances for downward mobility for both types of welfare measures.


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Q: implementing fixed-point multiplier in verilog I need to design a system that calculates correlation in verilog and I can only use fixed-point calculations with limited number of bits. So I need to implement a fixed-point multiplier which has less number of bits than the sum of the inputs (the inputs have the same length and number of fractional bits).
The point is that I can't just multiply them normally and then reduce the bits. So is there any particular way to do that?

A: A=B*C works just fine - you have to keep track of where the binary point will be throughout your  calculations.  But that's just bookeeping.
If you want the compiler to do the bookkeeping for you, use VHDL and the standard (as of VHDL-2008) fixed_point package


I have always been a fan of Nintendo and video games. When I was younger I always wanted a N64 but never got one. I especially wanted the ice blue funtastic series. So this is a childhood dream come true that I can have Ice blue Joy Cons for my Nintendo Switch. This mod is fairly easy as long as you have patience.
Start by taking out the battery. There is adhesive holding there so will need to use a bit of pressure.
Then Start detaching the ribbon cables. Push up on the black part to release the cable.
Once those are out of the way remove the joy stick and the mother board.
Then switch over the buttons to the new case. Once those are on reattach the mother board followed by the joy stick.
Reattach all the ribbon cables. Now pop off the trigger button and move it to the new middle piece of the case.
Once the trigger is on attach the triggers ribbon cable back to the motherboard and screw it in place.
Now move the piece attached to the back of the case. You really only need to remove one screw and move it to the new back of the case.
Thereis a picture of how it should all look before you close it.
Finally attach the back to the front.
The right joy con is the same except it has the nfc reader on the bottom of it. Be careful of the black ribbon cable that you need to release in order to change it over to the new case. It is small and fragile. As long as you are careful you sahould be fine.
I loved how these turned out and the whole project cost be about 60 bucks. It took me 2-3 hours to do but im sure that was just because I kept forgetting where everything went. Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.