2. Bridge work which is connecting to the Cremation ground, got sanction over the drain will start soon.
4. Barat Ghar reconstruction project sanctioning is being delayed on the part of Irrigation and Flood Control Department.
With the help of Media Tech 16 Toilets have been constructed in homes and in remaining houses it will be done soon. Thus the village will be deification free.
Coming to water management, we have identified an entrepreneur who will act as a water supplier in the village and earn money through that.
Under this we have made an entrepreneur who has mobilised 15 people to skill centers and providing them training and employment.
Our team went door-to-door and trained single person from each house how to use Paytm, Bhim App and also the same has been taught in schools to various classes.
As per the survey of our team, we found there is lot of casteism, so after a long brainstorming session and ground research by the team, we came up with the model of cultural centre to bring people together.
Under the waste management, the drums which will convert waste into manure have been set up and we have found an entrepreneur who will be looking after the drum and churning it on frequent basis.
Our team has conducted various drives in village, awaking people regarding Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Mobilising youth, Gender Sensatisation, Spreading Awareness, Motivating them and initiating them to work.
Training Since nobody in this world can tell about the uncertainty, and in all the cases people loses their important documents, and money. So we have prepared sample disaster kit and are having mock drills as well.
Training in each and every house The visit to the streets in the villages depict the unutilized cow dung in the village which can be used for manure.
So our team came up with very innovative model of cow dung bank where there would be an entrepreneur having lot of cow dung will be purchasing cow dung as a deposit and selling and also making manure of the remaining so as to bring in the part of sustainability.
Coming to the problem of open deification in the village, we have been researching and are in talking terms with various vendors for setting up bio-toilets or eco san toilets which will also recharge groundwater acting as a source of recharging groundwater and saving water for future purposes.


Oman's government has announced it's working on ways to improve online news access for readers with disabilities and non-Arab speaking expatriates.
According to the Omani minister for information, providing efficient internet access for those with special needs should be a priority for businesses, the government, public authorities and the ministry itself. The minister was speaking at a specially-organised conference at which officials discussed means by which those with special needs could have better access to online news sites, especially those giving out government media content.
The minister, Dr Abdulmunim al Hasani, believes it's the responsibility of website owners to become more user-friendly towards readers with special needs as well as to expats less than familiar with the local language. Such services, he said, benefit everyone, not just those to whom the web pages are aimed. Content aimed at these sectors, he said, is falling short of what should be expected, adding that online content for non-Arabic speakers must also be improved. Expats, he said, make up over 50 per cent of the Sultanate's population, with the global language of English not at present a priority.
The meeting was attended by a number of those with special needs, all of whom described their problems with accessing their social media accounts and other relevant websites. One visually impaired Omani citizen stated technology has helped him further his education, but feels more integration between online content and news sites is needed. One major worry for those with special needs is that urgent messages or new laws are first shown as pictures, with relevant details following much later. According to the minister, future plans will include the showing of audio-descriptive messages at cinemas in order to help those with hearing disabilities, and workshops are to be set up to teach the best ways to create content for special needs citizens.


If you are not prepared to pay the price, there is a price to be paid. Arsenal's miserly summer, which finds them in transfer profit, ended in an opening-day loss. Aston Villa were organised, determined, took advantage of a couple of controversial calls by the referee, Anthony Taylor, and inflicted upon Arsenal a defeat that was both damaging and damning.
There is something to be said about perceptions here. Villa, who have spent modestly this summer, looked a club feeling upwardly mobile – their elated players tossed shirts into a noisy visiting corner on the back of some vibrant counter-attacking. Arsenal were a picture of deflation. The soundtrack as the crowd exited of wanting some money to be spent spoke volumes about how expectations are being undermined by a strategically inept transfer window.
Anybody can feel sore about losing a game when, at 1-1, a penalty decision looks harsh, but it is hard to avoid the feeling there is a bigger picture than what happened during the match. A squad thin on numbers and options was not able to overcome a dash of adversity. The referee was an easy scapegoat, but though Arsène Wenger felt aggrieved by events, he admitted: " We could have won the game despite these decisions."
He described it as "hugely disappointing" to lose his opening home game, the first time Arsenal had done so since Micky Quinn scored a hat-trick for Coventry at Highbury 20 years ago.
Arsenal started in a fashion to suggest last season's colours could still cut a dash. A vigorous start soon sliced through Villa. In the sixth minute, Tomas Rosicky's pass sent Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scurrying down the left-hand side, nobody tracked Olivier Giroud's run, and the Frenchman who had been scoring so freely in pre-season swept an angled shot past Brad Guzan.
The way Villa forged their way back into the game was creditable; in spirit, because they did not crack after an early goal conceded; and in technique. Gabriel Agbonlahor was a menace all afternoon, and midway through the first half a sparky, tenacious run shook up Arsenal. Wojciech Szczesny was on collision course. The Pole clearly caught Agbonlahor. Once the referee allowed Villa the advantage – Andreas Weimann steered the loose ball into the side-netting – he awarded a penalty. Although Szczesny beat away Christian Benteke's effort, the Belgian nodded in the rebound.
Paul Lambert had every right to be pleased with the persistence shown by Agbonlahor and Benteke. With Weimann completing the trident, Villa's manager has high hopes for his front three and was effusive in his praise of Agbonlahor, whom he tipped for England. "He was unplayable – as good a performance I've seen from an individual in many a year," said Lambert.
Arsenal were all too easily knocked off course. It is hardly surprising for this season's team to have some of last season's foibles. The moment they conceded a goal the passing lost its fluency, the errors crept in. The game became tense, feisty. Kieran Gibbs was substituted after a clash of heads with Weimann. And it was quite an introduction to the one new face on the pitch – Villa's Spanish full-back Antonio Luna, who felt the force of a full-blooded Oxlade-Chamberlain tackle and looked bewildered to find himself booked.
The game opened up after the break, with chances at both ends. First Rosicky lifted a shot from the edge of the box high, and then Fabian Delph broke to arrow a rasping shot across goal and against the post. The pendulum lurched Villa's way when the energetic Agbonlahor seized the ball from a dawdling Santi Cazorla. His break deep into Arsenal territory led to another big decision from the referee. Laurent Koscielny was certain he had won the ball cleanly and he looked aghast when Taylor pointed to the penalty spot and then booked him. Both were highly dubious punishments, but that was of no interest to Benteke, who steered confidently past Szczesny.
Koscielny's afternoon turned worse when he was dismissed for a second booking six minutes later. Ten-man Arsenal attempted a comeback, and Guzan pulled off two excellent saves to deny Rosicky and Cazorla. The keeper was another one to catch Lambert's eye. "Big players perform in big moments," he said.
Luna settled matters with a rapier break as Arsenal were left completely exposed in search of an equaliser. The score provoked catcalls and pleas for reinforcements from the stands.
A banner hanging from the upper tier read: "You can't buy class". The last word seemed somewhat redundant.


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Figlio di Minosse e della ninfa Paria.

Non ci sono notizie di sue spose o progenie.

Mitologia
Viveva sull'isola di Paro assieme ai suoi tre fratelli (Crise, Eurimedonte e Filolao) ed un giorno la nave di Eracle fece scalo sull'isola ed alcuni uomini scesero. Nefalione ed i suoi fratelli li uccisero e furono a loro volta uccisi da Eracle.

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Our delectable dinner at the Granville Hotel in Waterford ended with a lesson in how to make an Irish coffee. But not just any Irish coffee. When a hostess arrived to show us an easy way to make it, our tour guide Mick broke out a bottle of Jameson Irish whiskey. You can't make Irish Coffee without it.
Legend has it that the original Irish coffee was invented in the 1940s by Joe Sheridan, who worked at an air terminal in County Limerick, western Ireland. On a rainy, blustery winter evening, a small group of American passengers disembarked from a Pan Am Clipper, after having unsuccessfully tried for 10 hours to reach Canada.
Sheridan saw how cold, wet and miserable they were. He knew from experience that a cup of coffee just wouldn't do the job, so he decided to warm the passengers up a bit with a new concoction.
When the passengers asked if they were being served Brazilian coffee, Sheridan shook his head and told them it was "Irish coffee". It was a huge hit.
That said, it's amazing how many Irish bars and restaurants have no clue how to make a good Irish coffee. If you order one and it's not a beautiful, layered creation, they didn't make it right.
One thing to note about the whiskey: Never let them serve you budget whiskey. If it isn't good enough to drink on its own, it's not going to be any good in the coffee, either.
Dan and I are the first ones to tell you that we're not fond of whiskeys, scotches or bourbons. We had never tried Jameson before, and to be honest, we were shocked that we actually liked it.
Anyway, this is why I specifically mentioned Jameson Irish Whiskey in this article. It's not a snub to any other Irish distiller, but we only mention companies we have first-hand experience with.
Tip: If you work at Bushmills or another distillery, let us know. We'll be happy to visit and then share our experience on this blog.
Put a teaspoon into a glass coffee mug (the kind with a stem) and pour some boiling water into it to warm it up. (The spoon is there to reduce the chance that the glass will crack, but be careful!) Swirl the water around and pour it out.
Pour the whiskey into the glass.
Add coffee up to within an inch from the rim.
Serve the coffee on a plate with NO SPOON.
Drink the coffee through the layer of cream.
Most recipes specify heavy cream, and some say that lightly whipping it helps to keep it afloat. The fresh cream we used at Granville had been whipped so perfectly that we could just plop thick spoons-full on top.
The coffees were delicious, but I was so horrified to see them using instant coffee instead of fresh brewed that just I couldn't bring myself to finish it. Blecch. Gag. Our guide Mitch kindly gave me a hefty dose of Jameson to compensate. Must. Hire. Him. Again.
Dan, however, is nowhere near the coffee snob that I am. He had no problem with devouring every drop of his creation.
While everyone was making and enjoying the coffee, the conversations turned to variations on the theme. So many bars and restaurants have come up with variations that there are entire web pages devoted to hot alcoholic coffee drinks.
Here are a few just for fun. Maybe you can come up with others.
Tip: If you are using a sweet liqueur such as Tia Maria, you won't need to add the sugar. The liqueur will have enough sugar to keep the cream afloat.
After you watch this video, continue scrolling down for more on making it yourself.
We were at the Granville in Waterford around October 2, 2016. Your post is exactly how they made it. They also handed out cards on making Irish Coffee. I too was taken back with using instant coffee at first. The proof is in the product. Wow! Easy and delicious.
The how-to cards are a great idea. I guess they came up with that idea after we had visited.
Please let me know if there are restaurants in Nairobi that provide Irish coffee, my whisky brands are Johnnie walker black and Jameson.
I'm sorry, we have no idea about restaurants in Nairobi because we've never been to Kenya. Perhaps a google search will send you to one that appeals; a good bartender can create anything, especially if you share the recipe in our story with him. Considering the excellent reputation of Kenyan coffee I'm sure you will be pleased with the result.


Last year, the Tripps documented their experience at the fair. Click on the video below to see the fair through their eyes.
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Curious about the concerts? Here's the official poster!
I stumbled upon maps of many of Saltillo's bus routes!
This HAS to be shared!
For those looking to hop on a bus for the first time, it costs $11 a ride (July 2018). So yes, if you have more than 2 people, getting a taxi is more economical. There are discounts for prepaid cards, students with prepaid cards, seniors with prepaid cards, and handicapped people with prepaid cards.
Or, hop on a bus and see where it takes you!
Last May, Colectivo Tomate took to the streets–well, one street in particular–and, quite literally, painted the town. (OK, they painted the street.) The effect is impressive, and one that Saltillo can enjoy for years to come.
Murals are one of Mexico's more notable art forms. The Mexican mural tradition dates back to prehispanic times, but had a notable resurgence in the 1930s, thanks to artists like Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros.
The ultimate Saltillo mural–a dinosaur making sarapes!
The Tomato Colective has been drawing attention to neighborhoods, making murals throughout the country, notably in Puebla, Mexico City, Querétaro, Monterrey, La Paz, and San Luis Potosí. "It is a project based on the active participation of the community through the creation of murals that will be in their neighborhoods and, above all, on their houses. This will create a connection between people: it will tell the story of the neighborhood and, doing so, will result in a healthier society," explained Liz Raschel, chief of public relations for the Tomato Colective to Zocalo reporter, Christian Garcia.
Not only do these murals reflect the history of the houses they're painted on, but the artists worked closely with the families who donated the exteriors of their houses to this project, making sure that the finished products would be a source of pride for the families, the Águila de Oro neighborhood, and the larger community of Saltillo.
Where to find the Águila de Oro Murals?
Towards the end of the Parade of Murals, some streets that cross Bolivar end in a set of stairs that will lead to the Mirador. It's a pretty intense hike, but if you've made it that far (and are in pretty good health), it's worth finishing off the mural tour with the best view of Saltillo.
Still not sure how to get there? Contact Jill Douglas at jilldouglas01@hotmail.com, and we can arrange a guided tour.


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Clinically Relevant Survival Benefit Seen for Everolimus in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
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The results affirm the importance of targeting key pathways involved in tumor growth, such as the mTOR pathway in advanced [pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors].
Final results from the RADIANT-3 trial showed a 6-month difference in overall survival favoring everolimus (Afinitor) plus best supportive care over placebo plus best supportive care in patients with well-differentiated advanced and progressive pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.1 Although the difference between the two arms was not statistically significant, investigators said it was clinically relevant and noteworthy.
"I think we are making some progress in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. The median overall survival of 44 months for everolimus is unprecedented in controlled clinical trials for advanced progressive pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. The results affirm the importance of targeting key pathways involved in tumor growth, such as the mTOR pathway in advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors," stated lead author James C. Yao, MD, Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, in his presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2014 Congress.
"The diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor is increasing," Dr. Yao said. "Advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor is incurable with a very poor prognosis. In 2011, everolimus and sunitinib [Sutent] were approved for this indication. Before that, only one drug was available and therapeutic options were limited."
RADIANT-3 (RAD001 in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors) was a pivotal phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial that enrolled 410 patients from 18 countries. For the primary endpoint, median progression-free survival was 11 months with everolimus vs 4.6 months with placebo, a highly significant 65% reduction in risk of disease progression favoring everolimus (P < .001).
"These data were presented previously, showing a 2.4-fold improvement in median progression-free survival," he emphasized.
At the ESMO Congress, Dr. Yao presented final overall survival and safety data for the first time.
The study included patients whose tumors had well-differentiated histology. Patients were stratified according to prior chemotherapy and World Health Organization performance status and randomly assigned to placebo or everolimus. Placebo recipients were allowed to cross over to open-label everolimus at the end of the double-blind period or after disease progression.
An intent-to-treat analysis found that median overall survival was 44 months for those initially assigned to everolimus and 37.7 months for those on placebo. The high crossover rate from placebo to everolimus (85%) in the trial made it likely that a conventional intent-to-treat overall survival analysis would underestimate the survival benefit in the everolimus group, Dr. Yao explained.
The investigators used a rank-preserving structural failure time estimate to adjust for survival time while on everolimus in patients who crossed over from the placebo arm. This analysis showed a survival benefit with everolimus (survival rates of 82.6% vs 74.9% at 12 months and 67.7% vs 55.6% at 24 months).
No new safety concerns were reported in the final analysis. During the double-blind phase of the trial, stomatitis was reported in 54% of the everolimus group vs 13% of the placebo group. Other adverse events that occurred in at least 40% of patients receiving everolimus during the core phase of the trial were rash (53% vs 16%, respectively), diarrhea (48% vs 23.6%), and fatigue (44.6% vs 26.6%). ■
Disclosure: Dr. Yao has served as a consultant to and has received research funding from Novartis. For full disclosures of the study authors, visit www.esmo.org.
1. Yao J, Pavel M, Lombard-Bohas C, et al: Everolimus (EVE) for the treatment of advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET): Final overall survival (OS) results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled, multicenter phase III trial (RADIANT-3). ESMO 2014 Congress. Abstract 1132O. Presented September 27, 2014.
Expert Point of View: Alexandria Phan, MD
Formal discussant of the RADIANT-3 trial at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, Alexandria Phan, MD, of Houston Methodist Cancer Center, agreed that the crossover to open-label everolimus (Afinitor) by placebo patients probably muddied the waters in the survival estimate.


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Sail through lantern-lit canals, watch the sun rise over mist-cloaked valleys, sip rooftop cocktails and go barefoot on tiny Buddhist islands. Eastern China is packed with mystery, variety and magnificent scenery. During our East China trips, you can explore a region filled with wonder, staying in authentic accommodation along the way. Simply pick and choose the trips that catch your eye to create a longer itinerary. You can even combine them with North and South China.
Explore the crammed skyscrapers and a city exploding with variety. It's a place where the old China crashes into the new.
Get a taste of sleepy China followed by the neon drama of Shanghai, a city with a surprise around every corner.
Worlds away from the buzzing city, meet monks in sacred temples, hike up to lush hilltops and stretch out on white sands.


Dining in Richmond is an endless adventure! The city's multicultural diversity becomes even more apparent when you explore the incredible array of international cuisines and foodie experiences. Richmond is a place where you can sample the best Chinese food and dim sum around; enjoy fresh Pacific Northwest seafood in any of our fantastic restaurants or purchase it straight off the boat; smell the tantalizing aromas wafting from the stalls at one our internationally recognized night markets; and sip on locally-made berry wines and craft beers.
Chinese, Taiwanese, Indian, Greek, Thai, Japanese, Italian – diners can enjoy authentic and delicious culinary styles from across the globe, without ever leaving Richmond. Richmond is home to more than 800 restaurants, half of them Asian and many highly acclaimed. Chinese food expert David Chan, who has dined at over 6, 300 Chinese restaurants, has said that he would locate "North America's Chinese food capital" in Richmond, BC!
It's true, Alexandra Road is only three blocks long – but with its nearly 200 restaurants tucked into strip malls, locals have nicknamed this food-lovers' paradise "Food Street." You'll find all the fragrant flavours of Cantonese, Sichuan, Shanghainese, Northern Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Malaysian fare, and everything from tender noodles and savoury hot pot to spicy curry and frothy bubble tea on this compact street.
The Richmond Night Market and the Panda Market (known in the past as the International Summer Night Market) host a total of nearly 140 food stalls and over 400 retail vendors combined! Discover a world of delicious foods including spiral potatoes on a skewer, grilled squid (a market favourite), hand-pulled ramen, mango desserts and drinks, dragon's beard candy, bubble waffles, and much more.
When people think of typical food courts in North America, fast-food and restaurant chains often come to mind. However, the mom and pop food stalls found in Richmond's food courts are an exception to this – and are part of what makes the city so special!
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China, currently the world's largest Bitcoin trader, has caused some complications for the cryptocurrency since the beginning of the year. The amount of Bitcoin traded in the country has plummeted from 10 million a day to 30,000-90,000 due to 'abnormal' changes in Bitcoin prices, spurred on by a crackdown in regulations.
On January 11, the central bank announced the investigation of Bitcoin exchanges in Beijing and Shanghai for potential involvement in unlawful activities, such as money laundering, margin trading, and transferring funds abroad. By the end of the day, Bitcoin prices declined more than 10%.
More than a week later, on January 22, China's three largest exchanges ended free Bitcoin trading to curb speculation. With a fee imposed, Bitcoin trading dropped further.
And on February 9, the People's Bank of China met with nine Bitcoin exchanges to remind them of potential risks and to curb capital flight. Later that day, the two largest exchanges, OkCoin and Huobi.com, temporarily halted withdrawals from their platforms. BTCChina too announced a 72-hour waiting period for withdrawals. Additional platforms, including BitBays, BTC100, BTCTrade, CHBTC, HaoBTC and Yunbi, imposed withdrawal constraints the next day.
The increased scrutiny has left investors are unsure what to expect going forward, as the potential for further regulation looms large. But this isn't the first time they've found themselves in such a position.
Bitcoin's relationship with China has been rocky for years.
Back in December 2013, the People's Bank of China forbade firms from accepting Bitcoin and restricted banks from converting Bitcoin into RMB due to concerns over financial stability. Financial and payment services were prevented from participating in Bitcoin-related business. As a result of the regulations, in April 2014, Chinese banks closed down the trading accounts of the largest Bitcoin platforms.
These measures resulted in not only declines in trading volume and Bitcoin prices, but also panic among investors.
Bitcoin prices plunged 29% between December 5 (when regulations were announced) and the end of the month. Prices rose steadily toward the end of 2015 as Chinese investors gained interest in the virtual currency, but it all feels like deja vu now.
But despite the current Bitcoin market roller coaster ride, we have to put things into perspective. This isn't the Chinese stock market meltdown of 2015.
Just before that crash, the total market was valued at over $10 trillion and the Shanghai Stock Exchange made up $5.9 trillion of that sum. In just two weeks, it lost 30% of its value. The losses were enormous and affected investors large and small, resulting in financial panic due to the bursting of the stock asset price bubble.
Bitcoin's recent price fluctuations are not as large and have been relatively contained among a smaller set of investors. The total amount of Bitcoin is also limited to a much smaller dollar sum.
The total number of Bitcoin in existence amounts to over 16 million, with about 21 million that can possibly be mined, so when the price reaches $1,000 (as it recently has), the total maximum volume is worth $21 billion, and at $900, close to $19 billion. Considering this is a global market, $19-21 billion is not much. And the Chinese share of this are even less. The market is not a major financial one by any means, and its ties to the real economy are limited.
What's more, regulations are not anathema to a functioning Bitcoin system. Even though they have led to investor panic now, in the long run, they should be viewed as a positive development toward legitimizing the use of the cryptocurrency.
Volatility and panic associated with the implementation of these regulations should be taken in stride as normal side-effects of reining in a burgeoning market. Certainly, the wild ride and decreased trading volume in China have created new winners and losers in the Bitcoin market. However, the fact that Chinese regulators are taking Bitcoin seriously should be a positive sign for users.
Correction: This article was updated to reflect that fact that 16 million bitcoin have been mined, with a potential for up to 21 million.


This small-scale pony truss carries Parker Road over the Charlotte River about 6 ½ miles east of Dafter. The bridge is a 50-foot, three-panel, rigid-connected Warren pony truss, with web members made up of back-to-back pairs of steel angles. I-beam floor beams are field-bolted to the verticals, and support the concrete deck. The webs are braced by steel-angle outriders bolted to the verticals. The truss is carried by concrete full-height abutments with angled wingwalls. The truss has more recently been braced by building a timber pile pier at mid-span. This is the only serious structural alteration it has undergone.
Before the standardization of truss bridge design by the state highway department, county and township road commissions in Michigan sometimes economized on bridge construction by substituting "two-angle" truss superstructures for the more traditional configurations. Instead of built-up box beams for the upper chord and end posts, these lighter structures used back-to-back angles, substantially decreasing the superstructural weight and, with cost predicated by the amount of steel in the bridge, reducing its cost.
Two-angle trusses were fabricated with both Pratt and Warren web configurations, invariably with rigid connections. The Parker Road Bridge in Chippewa County exemplifies this construction trend. A cast iron plate on its end post identifies its fabricator as the Minneapolis Bridge Company. Built in 1914, apparently for the Bruce Township Board, it is the only such two-angle truss in Michigan that has been definitively dated. As such it is distinguished as the best-documented representative of this relatively common pony truss subtype.


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Show #7124 - Thursday, July 30, 2015
Some of Alex Trebek's audio was re-recorded when his voice recovered.
Andy King, a high school principal originally from Chatham Center, New York
Amanda Bruchs, an attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland
Colby Potter, a policy analyst originally from Denver, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $200)
BATTLES IN THE WAR
Y BEFORE E
(Alex: And the "Y" is immediately before the letter "E" in each correct response.)
COMEDIC TV PARTNERS
(Kelly: Some dead ends and some early versions of standard modern instruments from Cleveland's Dittrick Medical History Center.)
Just excellent:
____-dandy
Ernie is one of the spokeselves for this snack brand
Cowpens &
Take a look at this term describing a flight taking off at 1 in the morning
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) At one time a piece of cutting-edge technology, the atomizer sprayed carbolic acid to provide this type of surgical environment, pioneered by Joseph Lister
Salute this flag, you scurvy dogs:
Jolly ____
Around 1880 John Milne invented a horizontal pendulum type of this instrument that records tremors
Goose Green &
It's Russian for "no"
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) An earlier version of the Travenol used a Maytag washing machine as its tank--fitting, as it cleansed waste from a patient's blood, acting as an artificial one of these organs
Used to rub out dirty rats & squealers:
____ gun
This king of Ancient Egypt's 19th dynasty was known for his extensive building programs
Las Guasimas &
San Juan Hill
Big, hairy Himalayan creature of legend
(Keegan-Michael) Key
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) It looks more like an old-fashioned sewing machine, but it's actually a 1920 model of this device that records the electrical activity of the heart
Used to determine perpendicularity:
Plumb ____
This alphanumeric group got its start in 1902 with either the Tomato Club or the Corn Growing Club
Balaklava &
One is an affirmative vote in British Parliament & the other, in our Congress; we need both
(Dan) Rowan
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) 19th-century doctors thought that the brain shrank & grew with use, leaving corresponding contours on the skull, which were read to determine a person's abilities and traits, using the 3-D bust as a reference guide in this pseudo-science
A popular tropical aquarium fish:
Black ____
In the early 1800s Sequoyah created a syllabary of this Native American language
St. Albans &
Towton
(near York)
Hot type of pepper named after a region of French Guiana
Cindy Williams, from 1976 to 1982
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) Sometimes during surgery, the heart convulses, loses rhythm & stops pumping blood; Cleveland surgeon Claude Beck used cardiac massage & applied electrical current directly to the heart to reverse the phenomenon using this device; those techniques led him to develop CPR
Colby Amanda Andy
$2,200 -$200 $2,600
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
Henry VIII's break with Rome caused the formation of this
The first American group to have 5 consecutive No. 1 hits was this one, beginning with "Where Did Our Love Go"
Called the father of Roman literature, Livius Andronicus translated this Homeric travel tale into Latin
Carolyn Goodman took a gamble & succeeded her husband Oscar Goodman as mayor of this city
It's fact, not "fiction" that this is the inner part of the tooth
Fruity county that's home to the Angels
Originating in the mid-16th century, their faith is based on the Bible & the Augsburg Confession of 1530
This Jackson 5 hit begins, "You and I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back"
4 Nobel Prize literature winners were born on the Emerald Isle: Yeats, Beckett, Heaney & this playwright
(Alex Trebek reports from the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York.) He was mayor during the decade the National September 11th Memorial Museum was built; he also served as the host for its official May 2014 opening
A medical facility, such as the Menninger
Take your designated driver & sample this county's Chimney Rock & Rutherford Hill wineries
This church gets its name from the Greek for "fiftieth"
"Twistin' Postman" was the Marvelettes' Top 40 follow-up to this No. 1 recording
John Bunyan began writing this 1678 work while in an English prison for preaching without a license
Mayor Dave Bing had the unhappy task of announcing that this city had declared bankruptcy
Growing up in a tough area gave me this 2-word urban awareness that helps me survive
The Golden Gate Bridge connects this affluent county with San Francisco to the south
These Egyptian Christians have their own alphabet, basically the Greek one but with extra letters like horee
In this hit Stevie Wonder sang, "pretty little one that I adore, you're the only girl my heart beats for"
"The Queen of Spades" was dealt by this great Alexander & later inspired an opera by Tchaikovsky
Last name of Mitch, mayor of New Orleans, & his sister Mary, former U.S. senator from Louisiana
The act of maintaining a cemetery or a baseball diamond
This county shares its name with a 14,000-foot volcano "Mount" that's found nearby
The Mennonites, who baptize adults rather than infants, are these, meaning "rebaptizers"
4-word title of the first chart topper for the Four Tops; it's also known as "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch"
Attributed to the sage Valmiki, this epic of India tells the story of an avatar of Vishnu & his many adventures
He went from being White House Chief of Staff to 55th mayor of Chicago
A magnesium silicate tobacco pipe
Leapin' amphibians! It takes its name from the Spanish for "skulls"
$4,200 $4,500 $16,200
This major league team's official colors are Sedona red, Sonoran sand & black
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $20,200
15 R,
(including 1 DD) 24 R
(including 1 DD)


The classic Whac-A-Mole game that you used to play at the fair, amusements and arcades! Combined with a walnut veneer mini bar/library cabinet. What's so special about this? Well…..you can have it fully customized! So basically the little heads that pop out of the game can be caricatures of anyone you choose, or anyone you want to smash on the head! Friends, family, ex-partners, you decide. At the touch of the button the cabinet opens to the Whac-A-Mole game, press it again and it becomes a sophisticated library cabinet.
Complete with scoring system and authentic sounds from the built in speaker and not one but two padded leather mallets for whacking! This awesome gadget is for the rich, At a staggering $35,000.


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Whose Voice Do You Hear? Gender Issues and Success
Growing up, I loved to debate. With anyone. My debating tone used to drive my mother batty because she thought I was yelling at her. Exasperated, I would often bark back that I was simply debating. Over the years, I realized that my debating tone is one of such confidence that people believe me to be stating facts, not opinions. My mother interpreted it as yelling; my classmates interpreted it as arrogance. I also began to realize that it was the same tone as that of my male peers. I never apologized for my opinions, never deflated them with "I may be wrong but I think..." I asserted. Confidently. And loudly.
Why am I telling you this? Clay Shirky's "A Rant About Women" has provoked all sorts of conversations in the blogosphere and on Twitter. And Tom Coates rightfully pointed out that one interpretation of Shirky is the problematic encouragement of self-promotion and lies. While a lot has been said on this topic, I feel the need to speak up and say more. Because, as I said, I'm loud.
I'm terrible about self-promotion. I get all squeamish about the whole thing. I'm dreadful at throwing my name into the ring when there is an open call for something that I want. The idea of nominating myself for an award makes me want to vomit. And I'm TERRIBLE about taking compliments; I blush and run away. But there's one thing that I'm damn good at that has gotten me pretty darn far in this lifetime: speaking confidently. I can walk into a room and be a ball full of butterflies and speak assertively. I sound like I know what I'm talking about even when the voice in my head is having a panic attack. And the weird thing is that, because I'm a woman, people read my assertiveness either as arrogance or expertise, even when I'm just stating my opinion. Why? Because women don't do that. Women don't talk like that.
There's nothing that upsets me more than deception. As a teenager, I had my world spun apart by lies. So you're not going to find me engaged in trickery. But what I've found is that people interpret my assertiveness as dishonesty and this still baffles me. It's as though, because I'm a woman, if I don't apologize for every thought I have and I'm proven wrong, I must've been lying because I convinced someone of an untruth. Confidence, when misinterpreted, can be interpreted all sorts of problematic ways.
Amidst the questions of women's assertiveness, we must also call into questions our interpretations of the messages they put forward. Cuz many women are immediately labeled "bitch" the moment they speak with the kind of assertiveness that would be considered average for men. And that double standard also sucks. If I'm honest with myself, I've definitely gone out of my way to look young and cute and fuzzy and lovable in order to avoid that label. And to smile even when I don't feel like smiling. Because, in many environments, if I look as serious as I feel, my message does not get across. Of course, this can also be a costly signal because plenty of other folks have dismissed me for being young. I've found that it's a sin to be young in academia while it's a sin to be a serious woman in the tech industry. Needless to say, my identity development is mighty confused.
As Tom rightfully pointed out, there are many layers on top of this. It's easy to move into a binary of Men vs. Women, but race, ethnicity, nationality, accent, sexuality, religion, class, and any form of cultural background you can imagine play into this at every level. Just look at the biases you have when you're interviewing someone of a different background... the expectations you have. And imagine what they're experiencing trying to give the right impression when they know they're being interpreted along a standard that they cannot possibly live up to. If you need to think about this issue a bit more and don't want to read scholarly materials, there's Gladwell. I have the privilege of being white, a native American English speaker, being able to speak geek and academic and street speak depending on context, being able-bodied, and relatively attractive in a heteronormative way without being too attractive. But I can imagine plenty of configurations and impressions that would automatically be rejected. We can't forget about those folks.
While I strongly support any and all efforts to get women to speak with confidence about what they do and who they are, assimilation won't get us to be where we should be. Far too many academic women tried this, a practice that I always thought of as out-manning the men. It was a survival mechanism for them but dear god it's terrifying. We don't want that in other industries too. What we want is diversity.
Diversity is one of those sticky terms that people seem to boil down to creating a Benetton ad. Diversity isn't about some magical collection of five differently colored skin tones. It's about bringing different perspectives and backgrounds to the table and creating an environment that values what can be gained from different voices who've taken different paths. Skin color (or gender performance) is often interpreted as a reasonable substitute for this and, for many reasons, it has been historically. But bringing in a woman whose attitude and approach is just as masculine as the men isn't going to help your team break outside of its current mindset. They key is to bring people who think differently than you. Of course, that's darn tricky. Because you need need similarity AND diversity to be successful. But this is a rant for another post.
In thinking about creating parity, we all need to look around and account for our biases. Whose voices are you listening to because they're the loudest or the most like yours? Are you going out of your way to seek out people who approach the world differently than you? Everyone needs to make an effort to make visible what has become invisible.
At the same time, I do think that we also all have a responsibility to make an effort to get our voices heard by people who are different than us. This is especially true for women and other marginalized populations. Sure, it's a burden to have to speak back to power over and over and over and over again. But that's also a valuable skill. Making a conscious decision to break expectations tingles at the soul, but the doors that are opened can be awe-some.
I would love to see more women stand up and say "me!" and I vow to continue to help younger women assert themselves. But let this not push the onus entirely to women. We need men as allies, men who both encourage women to speak up and who consciously choose to spotlight women who are talented. But, more importantly, we need men (and anyone with privilege) to consciously and conscientiously account for their own privilege and biases and to actively work to highlight and embrace diverse voices of all kinds. Your interpretation of others is just as (if not more) important in creating change as their efforts to impress you. The privileged cannot expect the disenfranchised to assimilate, as tempting as that may be. And even if that were possible, it wouldn't give us the society we want anyhow.
"i am not an angry girl / but it seems like i've got everyone fooled / every time i say something they find hard to hear / they chalk it up to my anger / and never to their own fear" Ani Difranco
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Original Post: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/01/19/whose_voice_do.html
danah boyd, gender, success, confidence, diversity, stereotypes
danah boyd
Occupation: Senior Researcher
Organisation: Microsoft Research New England


The Carmel Artomobilia is a great place to catch sight of rare and unusual classic cars like this 1972 Chevy C10 Cheyenne Highlander truck. AMIG's Rick Drewry talks with Jim, the owner of this great looking pickup.
Jim's C10 is a stunning example of why Americans fall in love with trucks. From the beautiful tartan blue inserts on the bucket seats to the stock 350 engine, this Chevy looks just like it does when it rolled off the factory line almost 45 years ago. "I was hooked on '69 Camaros but when I saw it at the body shop, I had to have it," he laughs.
Chevy was about to introduce a totally different model truck in 1973 so they offered the '72 class of C10s with a special Highlander package, which consisted of additional trim on the sides, plaid bucket seats and a factory installed snap-based tonneau cover over the bed. There aren't too many of these unique pickups on the road, which is why getting an up-close look at Jim's is such a treat.
The classic car community is filled with stories like Jim's. Families bond over the work that goes into restoring these great cars and their blood, sweat and tears shows in every detail. Events like the Carmel Artomobilia are a great way to come together and appreciate these fine examples of automotive history and to meet the people who help preserve them.
Year after year, Classic Auto Insurance has been intimately involved in the Carmel Artomobilia, sponsoring the two-day celebration of automotive art and design and the unending passion we have for our classic and collector cars. Let us help you customize the perfect insurance policy for your one-of-a-kind collector car or collection. Our friendly, expert staff will answer all your questions and help you find the right coverage for your needs. Visit our website at www.classicins.com and see how we can help safeguard your dream classics.


This filter seems to both multiply and respect the alpha of the input.
Mathematically robust blending mode for normal maps, using Reoriented Normal Map Blending.
Copies the previous layer exactly. Useful for when using filters and filter-masks.
This is a blending mode that will just copy/blend a source channel to a destination channel. Specifically, it will take the specific channel from the upper layer and copy that over to the lower layers.
So, if you want the brush to only affect the red channel, set the blending mode to 'copy red'.
This can also be done with filter layers. So if you quickly want to flip a layer's green channel, make an invert filter layer with 'copy green' above it.
Instead of using transparency, this blending mode will use a random dithering pattern to make the transparent areas look sort of transparent.


Board index » jbuilder » How to configure JBuilder 9 for JDK1.3 ?
How to configure JBuilder 9 for JDK1.3 ?
JDK1.3.1_10-b03 from Sun (it's the latest 1.3 version) and installed it.
Tomcat-JDK1.4 is used, which might be the problem if it depends on JDK1.4.
install directory. Maybe I need to do something more?
Re:How to configure JBuilder 9 for JDK1.3 ?
libraries are bundled as part of JDK 1.4 but are not bundled with JDK 1.3.
application to work with JDK 1.3.
solve it? Looking at the compile classpath I can see that "servlet.jar"


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Goliath Renewed for Season 3, Adds Dennis Quaid, Amy Brenneman and Beau Bridges to Cast
TVLine.com
Goliath is getting bigger.
Amazon Prime Video announced on Tuesday that the legal drama has been renewed for Season 3, while adding a half-dozen actors to its cast.
In Season 3 of Goliath, the unexpected death of an old friend will lead Billy McBride (Golden Globe winner Billy Bob Thornton) to take a case in the drought-stricken Central Valley where he comes face-to-face with a new Goliath: a billionaire rancher (to be played by Dennis Quaid) and his sister (The Leftovers' Amy Brenneman). As Billy and his team pursue the truth, old enemies and personal demons resurface, forcing him to confront his own mortality.
See full article on TVLine.com
Goliath (2016)
House of Lies (2012)
Amy Brenneman (I)
Beau Bridges (I)
Sherilyn Fenn
Shamier Anderson
Tania Raymonde
Diana Hopper
Julie Brister


"MISRA, The Motor Industry Software Reliability Association, is a collaboration between vehicle manufacturers, component suppliers and engineering consultancies which seeks to promote best practice in developing safety-related electronic systems in road vehicles."
which enables the new 9000 level of messages and can be found at Lint 9.00 Patches The older configuration file au-misra-cpp.lnt is also still available.
The au-misra*.lnt configuration files are well commented, and will indicate which Lint error messages are enabled for each of the MISRA rules that are supported.
"MISRA" and "MISRA C" and "MISRA C++" are registered trademarks of MIRA Ltd, held on behalf of the MISRA Consortium.


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Posts Tagged 'Music Entrepreneurship Helps Young Musicians Chart Careers in a Crowded Market'
David Cutler, Music Entrepreneurship Helps Young Musicians Chart Careers in a Crowded Market, The Savvy Musician
Music Entrepreneurship Helps Young Musicians Chart Careers in a Crowded Market
In Author: Lisa Canning, Leadership, Marketing, Music, Risk, The Idea on August 12, 2009 at 2:00 am
This article is about ETA blogger David Cutler and his new book, The Savvy Musician. It was written by Andrew Druckenbrod and ran in in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sunday August 9th, 2009. The picture was illustrated by Stacy Innerst/Post-Gazette. I highly recommend David's book if you want to learn how to become a "savvy musician!"
Overpopulation, poverty and stagnation: The way the classical music industry is described these days you'd think it's a Third World country. The recession has made an already tough existence even tougher for music students and those already looking for jobs.
"It is an extraordinarily difficult time to compete for traditional full-time jobs, like those in academia and in orchestras," says David Cutler, a music professor at Duquesne University. "The market is over-saturated with talent, people are keeping their jobs for longer and orchestras are cutting back, not adding."
But have things really gotten so bad that a student should follow that classic parental advice and go to medical or law school instead?
Not according to a new movement called music entrepreneurship that is gaining ground at schools around the country. Cutler is among several professors at the forefront of this change in attitude; his book, "The Savvy Musician" (Helius Press, $19.99, due out in November) is a guide to navigating these uncertain waters, targeted to those facing the "real world."
More information about "The Savvy Musician"
• Advance copies of "The Savvy Musician," to be released widely in November, can be purchased at http://www.savvymusician.com.
• Have you ventured off the beaten path for your musical career? If so, we would like to hear about it. Go to ClassicalMusings to share your story.
Among the topics, the book discusses details of marketing, recording and grant writing, but it spends most of its time articulating bigger concepts of the "entrepreneurial mind-set."
For years, conventional wisdom has been that leadership in the classical music industry should work to increase demand so that more young musicians can get jobs. Better funding, it is said, should be found to expand orchestras and develop audiences, and music should be cultivated at all levels. But for advocates of entrepreneurship such as Cutler, it is the musician who must adapt to the shrinking and changing marketplace.
"The days of being just a classical violinist or jazz saxophonist are over," says Cutler. "The musician of the future considers the whole package. You should be a great player, but that is not the goal, but the minimum."
Many feel that music education in America — slow to change in the past half century — has failed students in this regard. "We have created more extremely talented musicians than ever before," says Cutler. "But in curriculum, we have completely ignored many other essential issues such as how to make a living or how to make an difference in society."
Cutler and others see the new environment brimming with possibilities, even as it has shut down or backlogged traditional routes. "It is hard, but there are opportunities that weren't there before," he says. "If [your quartet] tries to get a gig at Carnegie Hall, you might be up against 300 quartets, but if you go to a smaller community you can make it work."
One sterling example is the Ying String Quartet, which began its career in the 1990s as the resident quartet of Jesup, Iowa, a farm town of 2,000 people. It performed in homes, schools, churches and banks, with a philosophy that "concert music can also be a meaningful part of everyday life."
The Ying Quartet's off-the-beaten path garnered national interest and forged its musicality as a group so that today the quartet is considered one of the top in the world, playing more typical venues such as Carnegie Hall.
Another alternative route was taken by a group of Chicago musicians who created a split business model. They formed two companies, a nonprofit called Fifth House Ensemble that gives concerts and education and a for-profit called Amarante Ensembles that plays parties and gatherings. Having both puts the musicians on more even financial footing and spreads out risk.
Other examples of innovative thinking abound, from the genre-bending and branding-savvy Kronos Quartet to John Cimino, a baritone who uses music-making as a metaphor for creativity and leadership in presentations to Fortune 500 corporations.
So, the problem isn't that there is a glut of musicians, Cutler and others argue, but that there are too many seeking traditional jobs without really considering the alternatives. Colleges and conservatories traditionally have not equipped students with the right tools to prosper in a shrinking marketplace.
Gary Beckman, founder of the Arts Entrepreneurship Educator's Network, realized this deficiency firsthand long before the economy laid it bare for all to see.
"I went through undergrad and grad school, and I saw many musicians who were more than capable, but because they didn't get training and information about economic reality they didn't go on to play," he says. "So many are lost each year."
Beckman, Cutler and others at schools, such as the University of South Carolina, the Eastman School of Music and the University of Colorado, are on the cutting edge of entrepreneurship programs and courses emerging to train students to forge their own paths.
"We need students that have a broad view about their careers," says Beckman, who is a visiting professor in South Carolina's Institute for Leadership and Engagement in Music. He estimates that as many as 100 colleges offer at least one course in arts entrepreneurship. "In the context of 6,000 universities with arts departments, that it isn't taking [academia] by storm, but steps are being made and the seeds are starting to germinate."
"Entrepreneurship is gaining traction because it offers something significant to every student considering a career," says Jeffrey Nytch, director of the University of Colorado's Entrepreneurship Center for Music. It's not just about sending musicians to the campus career center, he says, but totally rethinking their career.
"Deans and provosts are behind it," says Beckman. "Everyone realizes there is a problem, but it is a very delicate negotiation between faculty, accreditation, community, students, funders, administration. About half a dozen colleges add a course every year, and I think there will be a explosion in the next three to five years."
Duquesne University's Mary Pappert School of Music will offer its first classes on entrepreneurship and leadership this fall, coordinated by Cutler, who joined the faculty in 2001. Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh do not offer entrepreneurship courses, but both bring in speakers on the subject and address the business of music on a one-on-one manner. "Many people have great ideas, but if you have the skills to make them a reality, then it is a success," says Noel Zahler, head of CMU's School of Music.
"We have an ethical responsibility to address these issues," says Cutler, who also will re-configure Duquesne's contemporary ensemble to be student-driven to "function like a chamber ensemble would in the real world."
"This is about empowering students," says Beck. He thinks Cutler's book brings that same confidence to those in schools or already struggling to make a living as musicians. "What David has done has helped to outline how broad an education one needs to have a career in music."


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Q: How do to determine axis angle from rotation matrix using Eigen Libary The Eigen Library supports creating a matrix with axis-angle arguments. How do you perform the opposite and determine the axis-angle from a matrix (I'm not interested in the Euler set, just a single axis-angle result).

A: Eigen supplies an AngleAxis constructor that takes a matrix as an argument. So, it is simply:
#include <iostream>
#include <Eigen/Core>
#include <Eigen/Geometry>

int main()
{
    Eigen::Vector3d axis;
    axis.setRandom();
    std::cout << axis << "\n\n";
    axis.normalize();
    std::cout << axis << "\n\n";

    Eigen::Matrix3d mat;
    mat = Eigen::AngleAxisd(0.256, axis);

    Eigen::AngleAxisd newAngleAxis(mat);

    std::cout << newAngleAxis.angle() << "\n" << newAngleAxis.axis() << "\n\n";

    return 0;

}

Which outputs:

-0.997497
   0.127171
  -0.613392
-0.846852
   0.107965
  -0.520755
0.256
  -0.846852
   0.107965
  -0.520755

or something similar.

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As he was still hungry, he gobbled up a second sandwich.
She gobbled up all the relevant information.
The government seems to gobble up the taxpayers' money.
Gobbled it down in three bites.
Mrs. Welch's bill would gobble up his bank-balance.


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Q: Sums of squares
Let $R(n)$ be the number of ordered pairs of integers $(x,y)$ with $x^2+y^2 = n$. Using the identity $$(a+b)^2+(a-b)^2 =2(a^2 +b^2),$$
  prove that for all integers $n$, $R(2n) = R(n)$.

I'm not really sure how to start this question. Any help would be appreciated.

A: Let $$A(n)=\{\,(x,y)\in\mathbb Z^2\mid x^2+y^2=n\,\}$$
so that $R(n)=|A(n)|$.
Show that $(x,y)\mapsto(x+y,x-y)$ gives you a bijection $A(n)\to A(2n)$. The identity from the hint shows that this indeed maps elements of $A(n)$ to elements of $A(2n)$ as required. Why is it injective and surjective?

A: Assume a solution $(x_1,y_1)$, so
$$
x_1^2+y_1^2=n
$$
use the identity to obtain a solution of $x^2+y^2=2n$. Using the fact that this was an arbitrary solution ...

A: If $n$ is even and $$n = x^2 + y^2$$ for integers $x$ and $y$, then $$\frac{n}{2} = (\frac{x+y}{2})^2 + (\frac{x-y}{2})^2,$$ (using the mentioned identity) and both these terms are integers, as $x$ and $y$ must have the same parity.
On the other hand, if $n$ is an integer with $$n = a^2 +b^2$$ for integers $a$ and $b,$ then $$2n = (a+b)^2 + (a-b)^2.$$ Hence if $n$ is even, we can replace $n$ by $\frac{n}{2},$ and $R(n)$ doesn't change.


Well, we've made it to end of September. It has been an amazing extended summer here in White Rock and South Surrey. To celebrate we've got another incredible open-house-sunday on tap for your house hunting enjoyment. Today there are 58 homes open and waiting for you to check out. Right from $240K condos to $1,480K beautiful homes.
Danielle has written deal for most her properties this month and therefore will not be holding an open, however, she will be available in her office #1-1920 152nd Street between 12pm and 2pm. Stop by if you need help searching or just have some general questions.


In the basement of the Jewish Cultural Center, a small group of folks in their 20s and early 30s comes trickling in for the weekly Friday night Sabbath celebration.
It's fewer people than usual, about 15 participants, since many have gone out of town for the May Day holiday, but the members represent a wide range of backgrounds. Some attendees found out only few years ago that they were, in fact, Jewish, after they received a phone call from the Jewish Agency for Israel. Other worshippers remember what it meant to have "Jew" written on their passports as their nationality during Soviet times. Pictures and banners around the center show smiling adults and teenagers at various outings and on holidays. Advertisements for trips to Israel are everywhere.
As the women get ready to light candles, the men make sure they are all wearing their yarmulkes. And the May 2 Sabbath service begins, as usual.
In a sense, that is the news here.
Though eastern Ukraine is saturated with stories of violence and upheaval, and Russian troops were massing across the border a mere 30 miles from Kharkiv, everything has continued as normal in the city, including activities at the Jewish center.
"If I didn't have my mother calling me, asking me what was going on, I would have no idea what was going on; things are so peaceful here," said Alla Magas, 29, a member of the Jewish community.
The situation — a kind of delicate equilibrium in which civil life continues even as troops and militias increasingly mobilize — has been described as an echo of the so-called "phony war" that characterized World War II from September 1939, when the Allies first declared war on Germany after it invaded Poland, until the Battle of France, in May 1940.
Magas is a good example of the determined normalcy with which many of Kharkiv's estimated 45,000 Jews are facing daily life. She recalled having "an unpleasant feeling" when she heard about the anti-Semitic leaflets that mysterious men in masks handed out to Jews in Donetsk, some 150 miles away, as they left Passover services in April. The fliers, which ordered all Jews in the town to register with the pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic, whose militias had taken over local government buildings, were condemned as fake by the leader of the rebel faction, and dismissed by local Jewish leaders as a provocation. "The scariest things are what they show in the news, not what actually happens in real life," Magas said.
A recent survey from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe found that there has not been a real increase in anti-Semitism in Ukraine over the past few years and there has not been a surge of genuine anti-Semitic activity in the past several months. Rather, there have been several provocations, and political rather than anti-Semitic statements, said Josef Zissels, vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the General Council of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.
"There is more anxiety among Jews [because of these provocations], but there isn't a special threat of violence to Jews," Zissels said.
In the media war between the West and Russia, both sides have continued to paint their opponents as anti-Semitic in an effort to sway, or frighten, the Ukrainian Jewish community to their side. But winning the support of Jews as a bloc has proved impossible — not least because the Jews in Ukraine come from highly diverse backgrounds and political inclinations.
Daniil Padafa, a 21-year old Jewish student from Crimea who studies in Kharkiv, said he gets most of his news from his parents, who just don't understand why eastern Ukraine can't have a referendum on breaking away from Ukraine the way Crimea did in March. No member country of the United Nations except Russia — which soon thereafter annexed the territory — recognized the Crimean referendum, in which 97% of those voting backed annexation by Russia. Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, later acknowledged that unidentified militiamen who seized control of government buildings in Crimea prior to the vote were Russian military.
But in the eyes of his parents, Padafa said, Westerners illegally ousted the constitutionally elected Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, who leaned toward Russia, during mass anti-government protests in February, and Crimeans peacefully demanded a referendum in response. It stands to reason for them that eastern Ukrainians should be allowed to demand the same, he said. Padafa said that he himself is nervous about ultra-nationalist factions taking part in Ukraine's new interim government.
"The red-and-black flag of the far-right groups in Kiev should still make Jews nervous," he said.
Padafa was referring to the flag of the World War II-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army that is used by the present-day, ultra-nationalist "Right Sector" group in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Insurgent Army at one stage collaborated with the Nazis and participated in the Nazis' mass murder of Ukrainian Jews, though it is not clear to what extent. "World War II wasn't so long ago," Padafa said.
Elena Dankina, 49, said she isn't worried about Svoboda's ultra-right rhetoric. An avid supporter of the new government in Kiev — her nails were painted blue and yellow in support of Ukraine — Dankina said Svoboda has changed.
Dankina said that last November she protested alongside members of Svoboda when the so-called Euromaidan protests calling for Yanukovych's ouster started in Kharkiv.
"If someone told me a year ago that I would stand calmly next to people from Party Svoboda, I would never have believed it," Dankina told the Forward during an interview at Kharkiv's Israel Cultural Center. "I categorically thought that Party Svoboda was not a party that I could stand next to." But, she said, after the party was elected to parliament in 2012, it dropped its anti-Semitic rhetoric and went more mainstream.
Meanwhile, pro-Russian separatists, who are demanding a referendum on greatly loosening or breaking the ties between eastern Ukraine and the national government in Kiev, have revived symbols of Russian nationalism with unsavory associations of their own. This includes the black, yellow and white flag of the Black Hundreds, a xenophobic, ultra-nationalist Russian group that backed the czar at the turn of the 20th century and incited pogroms against Russian Jews.
Historically, neither side in Ukraine's current political battle has been very good to Ukraine's Jews, Rabbi Moishe Moskovitz, spiritual leader of the Kharkiv Jewish community, told the Forward. Both the government in Kiev and the pro-Russian separatists should "prove that they will allow an open society," he said. Accusations of anti-Semitism by one side against the other contribute nothing toward this end, Moskovitz said.
Moskovitz, who is affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, said Kharkiv is in many ways an exception for Ukrainian Jews. The city's mayor, Gennady Kernes, was democratically elected with the public knowing full well he is a Jew. During his tenure, Kernes has fostered a close, open relationship with the Jewish community, even giving a speech at the wedding of Moskovitz's daughter. Under Kernes's leadership, the local police, unlike in many other places, have also remained focused and responsive to direction from the town's elected civilian political leaders.
Though Kernes almost died in an assassination attempt in late April, the political situation in Kharkiv has remained relatively stable, making the city itself an exception along Ukraine's increasingly unstable border with Russia.
Still, as politically charged violence spreads through eastern and southern Ukraine, discussion of the topic has become increasingly emotional, the rabbi said. Kernes's shooting, for which no one has yet been arrested, brought the danger much closer to home.
Moskovitz related how at a weekly religious class for businessmen at the Choral Synagogue, which he leads, discussions about recent events at the start of each class have turned increasingly to politics. Moskovitz said he gently reminds the group that a synagogue is no place for a political discussion.
This story "Kharkhiv Jews Stay Calm Amid Separatist Storm Elsewhere in Ukraine" was written by Katherine Jacobsen.


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require 'rails_helper'

RSpec.describe ChangeRolesController, type: :controller do
  before(:each) do
    @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user, role: 'both')
    @user.confirmed_at = Time.now
    @user.save!
  end
  describe "GET #change_role", js: true do
    it "should change the current user's role from customer to contractor " do
      @user.role = 'customer'
      @user.save!
      sign_in :user, @user

      expect(controller.current_user.role).to eq('customer')
      xhr :get, :change_role
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
      expect(controller.current_user.role).to eq('contractor')
    end

    it "should change the current user's role from contractor to customer" do
      @user.role = 'contractor'
      @user.save!
      sign_in :user, @user

      expect(controller.current_user.role).to eq('contractor')
      xhr :get, :change_role
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
      expect(controller.current_user.role).to eq('customer')
    end

    it "should not change the current user's role from customer to contractor if the current user doesn't have an associated contractor object" do
      @user.role = 'customer'
      @user.save!
      sign_in :user, @user
      @user.contractor = nil
      @user.save!
      xhr :get, :change_role
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:bad_request)
      expect(controller.current_user.role).to eq('customer')
    end

    it "should not change the current user's role from contractor to customer if the current user doesn't have an associated customer object" do
      @user.role = 'contractor'
      @user.save!
      sign_in :user, @user
      @user.customer = nil
      @user.save!
      xhr :get, :change_role
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:bad_request)
      expect(controller.current_user.role).to eq('contractor')
    end

    it "should not change the current user's role if the current user doesn't have an associated customer and contractor object" do
      @user.role = 'invalidrolefortesting'
      @user.save!
      sign_in :user, @user
      @user.customer = nil
      @user.contractor = nil
      xhr :get, :change_role
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:bad_request)
      expect(controller.current_user.role).to eq('invalidrolefortesting')
    end
  end
end

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Our Take on Pride
Pride means something extra to our team this year. Here's Laura, Kendra, Brett and Rachael's perspective on how we're celebrating diversity both individually and as a startup business in 2020.
FOUR UNIQUE VIEWPOINTS
RACHAEL RAPINOE
KENDRA FREEMAN
BRETT SCHWAGER
LAURA ARNESON
CEO + CO-FOUNDER
To me, Pride month is about two things: celebration and gratitude.
This is a month to celebrate all of the beautiful diversity in the world. For years, people were forced to be one type of person. Think, feel, breathe and and love in this one silo. That goes against the very nature of being a human being. We are wild, we are free, we ebb and flow through life in many different ways. Although oppression still very much exists in the world, in our country, we are more-so able to see the full spectrum of representation in our communities. Growing up in a small conservative town, I was completely blind to the full expressions of humanity. It was not until much later in life I came to understand what true diversity meant and how important it is for the world to welcome it.
More importantly for me, this is a month to be grateful for all the brave, unrelenting, fearless leaders who fight to preserve the rights for all of us today. There's no question being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community is a human right. So, I am thankful to every activist and equality advocate who came before me. I also think Pride month is another example of not just fighting for the rights of all Pride family members, but fighting for all human rights.
VP OF PRODUCT & BIZ DEV + CO-FOUNDER
When I think about pride-I think about progress. I think about all the love stories and all the heartbreak. Pride signals so many layers, like the very rainbow chosen to represent it. To be denied any basic right because of who you choose to love or be is just a tragedy and a war in the making. With Pride on the heels of what is happening to the black and brown communities makes me roll up my sleeves and jump into the fight. I think the LGBTQIA community aligns with any civil rights movement because it speaks louder to us than others. Pride is taking a stand for everyone and being a leader. Pride feels like it is coming for the Black community. I hope this Pride is the pride I remember that the world changed for the black and indegenous people of color who have been oppressed for over 400+ years.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR + CO-FOUNDER
As we grow Mendi past this first year, it's clear there's so much more work to be done. We're just getting started, but have already put some stakes in the ground. We have unwavering principles for how we want to build our diverse culture that have been in place since day one. As a direct result of our team's outlier makeup of people, we're all aligned on disrupting the status quo through doing things the right way and building representation into everything we do.
How many other sports-cannabis, minority-LGBTQ-women-owned businesses come to mind after all? From the last time I checked I believe we're the only ones with this distinct point of view that helps shape our philosophy for building accepting, tolerant, and thriving work culture. If this inclusive ethos doesn't shine through our brand, we're simply not doing our job.
As the only straight, white male on our early team I get the unique perspective of having my view turned 180 from the predominant/majority lens I looked at the world with through the earlier stage of my career. Something that's stood out, is that every work or sports team I've been apart of where uniqueness has been embraced benefited directly from better ideas, better products and more wins. Social acceptance is not only positively contagious, it's also a hell of a lot more fun.
Pride 2020 is our year to begin taking bold actions publicly about continuing to invest in our brand promise: Level the Playing Field.
It's our internal mantra to guide us down our fight for equality the we know best how—through sports.
There is so much work to be done, but as a company looking to build products that solve athlete's problems for healthier tools, we're doubling down on our underdog stance willing to disrupt the status quo by amplifying representation. Honor the voices of those speaking out for equality, and stand in solidarity for those who need a fair shot. I couldn't think of a more appropriate time to rally together as a company to embrace, celebrate, and have fun with the rich diversity around us.
To me Pride is about representation, dignity and solidarity. Pride has evolved in its personal meaning to me through different phases of my life. At one time, when I was not out and overwhelmed with fear of what people would think, Pride was about representation. It was a chance to see myself in others and realize I wasn't as isolated, different or alone as I sometimes felt in a conservative leaning, midwest environment.
Recently, I have reflected more on the dignity Pride delivers. There was a time, not long ago, when most of the country would have been okay with stripping me of my job, family or life just for being who I am. I met my wife in 2014, and at the time gay marriage wasn't even legal. Only because of the advocates and trailblazers of the LGBTQ movement and pivotal moments like Stonewall have we moved toward real change that give me the opportunity I have today to carry myself with dignity in all aspects of life.
Looking at our country today I think the LGBTQ community has a unique perspective. We don't take for granted our liberties because they were quite literally just returned to us. We know the fear that they could be taken away by politicians looking to make a point. And we know how much they matter. How much lifting a ban on our right to marry has changed lives, families and generations forever.
Today, in 2020, Pride is about solidarity. Standing proud, not just of who we are but also standing alongside other communities who know the struggle for equality. Demanding equality and liberty for our trans family and for our brothers and sisters of color.
True Pride to me is maturely sitting with the tension of ecstatic celebration and thanksgiving of how far we come, and at the same time, feeling deep sadness that we still have a long way to go.
Together we yearn to see more progress, make a lifelong commitment to pursue justice for others and never forget to celebrate the big or small wins along the way.
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We are privileged that our students are an exceptional group of young people and we have very high expectations of the way in which they wear their uniform.
A white tailored shirt, with a proper shirt collar, which can be tucked into your waistband and has a top button you can fasten.
School Tie (Royal blue striped tie) worn so that it reaches the waistband.
Black school blazer with the school logo on it.
Black V-neck jumper (optional) to wear under your blazer.
Plain tailored trousers, to reach the top of the shoe, with black socks. Tailored means not tight fitting or figure hugging and not made from stretchy fabrics. No leggings, jeans or tracksuit bottoms.
Plain tailored knee length pleated or A-line style skirt. Knee length means the skirt should be touching the crease of the back of the knee and the knee cap at the front. The skirt should not be tight fitting or made from stretchy fabrics. If wearing a skirt, socks or tights must be worn (not both together).
Socks must be plain, not patterned, and either black, white or grey. They must also be either knee or ankle length.
Tights must be plain, black and opaque.
Plain black, below the ankle OR ankle boot, leather or leather look (not canvas) flat shoes. No sandals, trainers, logos or branding. For example, any 'Kickers' tabs should be cut off and any coloured stitching, found on some shoes (Dr Marten's, among others) should be coloured in black. Pictures of appropriate ankle boot footwear can be seen here.
A black kameez can be worn in addition to the rest of the uniform, where required. A hijab may also be worn.
Outdoor coat for cold/wet weather. No cardigans, body warmers or non-uniform jumpers including sweatshirts or hoodies.
School PE shirt (dark blue with light blue trim and the school logo). Plain black jogging bottoms or shorts.
A single plain ear stud, or one pair of plain ear studs are permitted but must be removed for PE. In addition to this a watch may be worn. No other piercings or jewellery is allowed.
If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the Learning Manager for your child's year group, alternatively you can speak to Ms Wells (SLT Link for Uniform).


A World War II bomb has detonated in west Germany this afternoon, killing at least one man, and injuring several others.
The shock wave shattered windows within several miles of the site where the bomb went off, in the city of Euskirchen, and could be heard 16miles away in nearby Bonn.
The bomb, which has laid undetected for more than 70 years, is thought to be one of thousands dropped by Allied forces on the Euskirchen area in 1944.
The bomb exploded around 12.30 this afternoon during a dig on the outskirts of the city, Der Spiegel reports.
It reportedly detonated on a building site and the dead man is believed to be the operator of the excavator.
The man and his colleagues were moving debris when the bomb went off, Euskirchen Police spokesman Norbert Hardt told Spiegel Online.
Eight others were injured in the blast, two are in critical condition in hospital.
Local residents took to Twitter to show the devastation following the explosion, showing shattered shop windows and broken glass on the streets.
According to Hardt, pieces of the bomb spread withing a one kilometer radius, however, no further injuries have been reported.
One man told Spiegel Online that all the windows had jumped out of the frame on his home and that the shock wave had dented his garage door.
It is not uncommon to find undetonated bombs from World War II in Germany, however they rarely result in injuries or deaths.


When winter hits and the temperatures plummet; I love comfort food like baked potato soup and wamsutta, but I also love a good green winter salad.
My favorite winter salad has rich dark leafy greens, blueberries, pears, dried cranberries, walnuts, and chia seeds.
If you've never made a salad like this, you need to remedy that today.
I'm partnering with Harry & David to give one of y'all a box of their Organic Royal Riviera Pears!
As soon as my family saw their signature box on the doorstep and read that it contained their pears – well, I had to stand back or risk losing a hand. I made them promise to leave me at least 4 pears to use for this giveaway, they did, but they weren't happy about it.
Pears are so versatile, which is one of the reasons that I love them: Sliced and eaten with a great cheese and drizzled with honey, as part of a grown up grilled cheese sandwich, eaten just as they are, or chopped up and placed in your favorite winter salad.
I was not compensated monetarily to host this giveaway, but I was lucky enough to receive a box of these delicious Organic Royal Riviera Pears, and the family and I have been devouring them rapidly.
Leafy green berry, pear, and walnut salad.
Put the leafy greens into a bowl and top with the berries, nuts, and chia seeds.
Chop 1/2 a pear and place this on the salad.
Top with your favorite dressing, fresh squeezed lemon, or a simple oil and vinegar.
That looks aMaZinG!!! Love everything in it.
Thank you, Gina! It's such a yummy and easy salad!
LOVE Harry & David pears!!
Me, too! I pretty much love all Harry & David. One of my favorite things about 2013 was my 6 month subscription to their Fruit of the month club. LOVED it.
I make a similar salad with pears. Love them!
Pears are a perfect salad addition! They aren't too sweet, but they have such a great crunch and succulence that just takes a salad to a new level of yum!
This salad looks absolutely YUM!!!
Thank you, Rebecca! It's so good!
My favorite way to eat pears is just sliced up….in all their natural juicy amazing glory!
That's definitely one of my favorite ways, too!
Salad looks amazing. We just slice pears and eat them usually—-delicious!
I gave Harry and David pears to relatives this year, but didn't get any for myself!! Love them!
This looks so good. I love H & D pears. P.S. I made your baked potato soup last month. It was hearty & delicious. Everyone loved it.
You just made my day 😉 THANK YOU! We had that soup a couple of weeks ago, too. It's the yummiest!
Wow. Great recipe, Rachel. I love a pear winter salad!
Thank you, Sandy! Me, too!!!
I definitely love them freshly sliced, too! Thanks for entering!
I love them fresh out of the box!
When it comes to Harry and david pears I just eat them JUST THE WAY THEY ARE!!!
With pears I buy at the store I love combining them with blue cheese. YUMmmmm its a marriage made in culinary heaven!!!
I love poaching them with a caramel sauce.
That sounds amazing! I think we definitely need to try that!
Love Harry & David pears! They are so yummy and juicy I like to eat them plain.
I love love love pears in a salad with toasted pecans.
My favorite way to eat pears is to give one a good scrub and then bite right in. I like juice running down my chin, and I like to make loud slurping noises to show my enjoyment. I'm starting to drool right now!
My favorite way to eat pears is with cheese and wine.
Right from the box! Yum!!
Best way to eat a good pear is to eat it out of hand and let as little of the juice dribble on you as possible!
Great recipe! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity! Love these pears!
I like eating them raw!
We had baked pears yesterday. They were sensational. Would love to have some!
I love a pear salad with a good maytag blue cheese crumbled, and a sweet and sour type vinegar and oil dressing! Yum!
Girl, that salad looks amazing!
I just love eating them plain – yumm juicy sweet pears!!
My favorite way to enjoy eating a Pear is to nibble on the Pear and sip a glass of White Wine. It is absolute Heaven!!!!!
The acids in the Wine mingles with the sugars from the Pear and makes it into something out of this world Wonderful.
i love to eat pears sliced up in a salad.
I love my pears poached.
The first year my MIL sent us a box of these for Christmas I think I ate them ALL, by myself. They are SO good!!
I like to eat pears just the way they are! I'll have to try your salad though, it looks very yummy!
Thank you, Jessica! It's SO delicious!
I eat them straight up!
I love grilled pear and brie sandwiches!!!!!
We love pears with cheese cubes.
I am a vegetarian so this just sounds prefect for me for Christmas Eve, with some white wine to top it off! Yum yum cant wait.
My favorite way to eat a pear is to just eat it – fresh.
I love them straight off the tree!
Sliced pear with crackers and cheese are delicious!
Love pears in the raw, or baking them into a crisp!
I love these pears anyway, I am going to make this salad today! But they are so great when they are so ripe you have to eat them over the sink, dripping juice!!! Woohoo.
I like pears poached to make them a bit more soft and luxurious.
I love pears, and I also love salad. I've never paired the two, but will after seeing this salad. it looks amazing!
Your salad looks yummy. I love pears in a gooey cobbler.
I love plain cut up pears or in salads too!!
In a salad just like this!
Just like eating them plain.
I love to eat pears just straight up, but they are great on a cheese plate as well!
my favorite way to eat pears is sliced up and fresh!