It doesn't matter if you are 15 or 50, acne can be a troublesome condition at any age! More adults between the ages of 25 to 49 are plagued by the skin disease than teenagers. Acne can lead to self esteem issues, social ostracism, and loss of social status. Acne is a skin disease caused by the clogging of skin pores and inflammation of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles. These glands are mostly located on the face, neck, shoulders, back, and chest. The glands produce too much oil – sebum – and become plugged. The oil mixes with dirt and dead skin cells, clogging the pores and causing blackheads and whiteheads. If a whitehead ruptures, bacteria around the hair follicles can enter the skin causing a pimple. People spend hundreds of dollars on drug treatments and over the counter products for acne, only to have them fail again and again. There are many natural treatments which can help with acne, the most prevalent being herbs. Here are some herbs traditionally used for acne relief.
Wild pansy, known commonly as Johnny-jump-up, is a powerful astringent and anti-inflammatory especially suited for treating acne. The salicylic acid found in wild pansy is a common ingredient in commercial acne preparations. The tea can be used to make a soothing wash. Its astringent action can clean and tighten the pores. Further, toxins can accumulate in the body, causing impurities in the skin resulting in acne. The tea can rid the body of these toxins. Make a strong tea of 2 tsp. of dried wild pansy and ¾ cup of water. Cool, dip a cloth in the tea, and apply it to the affected areas. Note that wild pansy is not available as a commercial product and must be grown and harvested in the garden. Cultivating wild pansy is well worth the effort for the acne relief it provides.
Yarrow is a wonderful herb for the relief of acne. The oil of the yarrow plant has astringent properties attributed to its tannin content, anti-inflammatory effects contributed by salicylic acid, and antiseptic qualities from its volatile oils. The camphor it contains makes yarrow oil a great skin toner when added to water. To create a toner solution, mix 5 drops yarrow oil, 5 drops lavender oil, and 4 oz. of spring water. For an acne treatment, add 3 drops each of yarrow and bergamot oils (available in health stores) to a pot of boiling water. Simmer for 2 minutes; lean over it with a towel draped over the head. Let the vapors clean the pores as long as possible.
Tea tree oil is one of the best known topical herbal acne treatments. Tea tree oil is an anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal substance. It is one of the best spot treatments for acne – better and more desirable than commercially available benzyl peroxide. 100% tea tree oil is very potent and can dry the skin out when used frequently. It is suggested to use 14% tea tree oil, available in health and/or drug stores. Or dilute the concentrated oil with water or cider vinegar. There are many commercially available soaps, washes, shampoos, and toners which incorporate tea tree oil as an herbal relief for acne.
There are many herbs which can be used to provide natural relief from acne. Wild pansy, yarrow oil, and tea tree oil are three herbs useful in healing the body and clearing up the skin disease of acne. While the use of herbs will not provide overnight relief of acne, consistent and long term use will lead to healthier skin, preventing the formation of acne.


Looks like playing Angry Birds could also attract the attention of the National Security Agency.
The Guardian newspaper, which broke the story on the massive NSA spying based on information shared by whistleblower Edward Snowden, said the NSA and its British counterpart have also been exploiting security vulnerabilities in mobile apps.
The spying includes apps used on Apple Inc.'s iPhone and smartphones using Google Inc.'s Android operating system. And they include wildly popular mobile games, such as Angry Birds.
The operation is focused mainly on collecting and sorting through massive amounts of user data being sent from the apps, the report said.


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Artist jailed for causing over £500,000 of damage by starting devastating fire on Marsden Moor as he 'experimented' with firecracker
Homeowners' steep premium to buy in Yorkshire market towns
Homebuyers seeking the idyllic charm of England's market towns face a purchase premium of nearly £31,000, analysis suggests, with the costs doubled to live in some parts of the region.
By Ruby Kitchen
Monday, 27th May 2019, 7:00 am
The market town of Wetherby
A study by Lloyds Bank, comparing average house prices with those in the county surrounding them, found Northern communities have seen the biggest leap in price as demand grows for homes in traditional market towns. Houses in the West Yorkshire market town of Wetherby face one of the biggest 'choice' premiums nationwide, it has emerged, with homes there double the average of other properties in the wider county. Wetherby is second only in this to millionaires' choice of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, mortgage experts say, with homeowners paying the equivalent of an extra £186,000 to live in the West Yorkshire town. And while this premium is narrowing as prices across the wider county rise, say mortgage experts, perceived value does come at a compromise for some.
'Idyllic'"There are many reasons why homebuyers continue to pay a premium for market town properties," said Andrew Mason, head of mortgages at Lloyds Bank. "The idyllic surroundings of these close-knit communities make them the perfect place for many. Although the premium has dropped, those after this lifestyle are still likely to be faced with a compromise. "In the market towns of Beaconsfield and Wetherby, potential buyers will have to double their budget, compared to what they could get in the surrounding counties."The study also looked at the lowest priced market towns, with Yorkshire's Guisborough and Goole both featuring with house prices averaging £172,518 and £178,670 respectively. The market towns with the fastest rise in value over the last year included Seahouses in Northumberland, where prices had risen 23 per cent, and Marsden in West Yorkshire with an 11 per cent increase. Overall, the study found, the average price of a home in an English market town has risen by nearly a quarter in the last five years, at a rate around eight times that of average annual earnings.Homes in market towns are now priced at an average of £294,772, Lloyds Bank found, £30,986 higher than in surrounding county areas.
WetherbyIn Wetherby, where house prices average £372,991, this is double the county average. The town has much to celebrate in its appeal, said Coun Gerald Wilkinson, who represents the Wetherby ward on Leeds City Council. It's unique location close to motorways granted it unrivalled access to the North, southern and eastern England, he said, while its High Street had maintained its individuality with many independent shops and businesses.He claimed that the town had a community of volunteers who are invested in its vitality and dedicated to championing its strengths, most notably as seen in Wetherby In Bloom wins, with the town having taken many national and international prizes. But because of its popularity, he added, many developers were now looking at the area to extend, with applications in the pipeline for about 2,000 additional homes to be built in the area."It's a combination of factors that make Wetherby such an attractive place to live," he said. "It very much is a traditional market town. I've lived in the Wetherby area since the early 1970s, and I wouldn't want to leave. "It's just a lovely place."

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The open and close index APIs allow to close an index, and later on opening it. A closed index has almost no overhead on the cluster (except for maintaining its metadata), and is blocked for read/write operations. A closed index can be opened which will then go through the normal recovery process.
It is possible to open and close multiple indices. An error will be thrown if the request explicitly refers to a missing index. This behaviour can be disabled using the ignore_unavailable=true parameter.
All indices can be opened or closed at once using _all as the index name or specifying patterns that identify them all (e.g. *).
Identifying indices via wildcards or _all can be disabled by setting the action.destructive_requires_name flag in the config file to true. This setting can also be changed via the cluster update settings api.


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Home/DVD Review: Josie and the Pussycats – The Complete Series
Fun stuff in small doses.
DVD Review: Josie and the Pussycats – The Complete Series
Gordon S. Miller October 19, 2007 Comments Off on DVD Review: Josie and the Pussycats – The Complete Series 125 Views
Written by Hombre Divertido
Yes, before The Waitresses, The Go-Gos, or The Bangles, there was the all-girl rock and roll group Josie and the Pussycats.
Born in the pages of Archie Comics at the hand of Dan DeCarlo, and brought to the small screen by the legendary Hanna Barbera in a cartoon that combined the adventures of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? and the music group format of The Archie Show, Josie and her Pussycats made for some good Saturday morning fun. In watching the complete series (16 episodes) recently released on DVD as part of the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection, it would appear to be an overly used template, but in 1970, it was quite fresh. Hanna-Barbera would repeat it in many forms over the years: The Funky Phantom, Speed Buggy, Jabberjaw, The Great Grape Ape, Fangface, Captain Caveman, and the list goes on. The difference with Josie and the Pussycats was they were a rock group that got involved in adventures.
Josie, the leader of the group, would sing in each episode backed up by dingy comedic vehicle Melody on drums whose singing voice was supplied by future Charlie's Angel Cheryl Ladd, and Valerie who was the brains of the outfit, working out on two tambourines. She would constantly get the gang out of jams by rewiring machines, robots, etc. Valerie is also credited with being the first regular appearing African-American character on a Saturday morning cartoon show. Also along for the ride were their roadie and Josie's boyfriend Alan, their manager Alexander, who was voiced by Shaggy himself Casey Kasem, Alexander's sister Alexandra, and Alexandra's cat Sebastian.
In each episode Alexandra, who had a crush on Alan making her jealous of Josie, would attempt to get some quality alone time with him for who knows what. Her antics would invariably send the group off in the wrong direction where they would run into some evil character who would take them prisoner. There was rarely a mystery to solve as in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? which premiered a year earlier.
If anything was lagging in these shows it was the music. Unlike The Archies who played complete songs and had a hit with "Sugar Sugar", in most of the Josie and the Pussycats episodes we got brief pieces of songs usually played over chase scenes. Nonetheless, the characters were memorable enough for Hanna-Barbera to invest in again. After the conclusion of their one-season run, they were immediately brought back in a new show entitled Josie and The Pussycats in Outer Space that lasted for two seasons (16 episodes).
There is only one extra in this two-disc set, "The Irresistible Charm of Dan DeCarlo: The Man and His Art." It profiles the creator of Josie and the Pussycats with an in-depth look into the life of this talented artist. This is a well-made documentary that leaves you wanting to know more.
Recommendation: More extras would have been nice, but this is fun stuff to be watched in doses.
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LG Electronics won dozens of awards at CES for technology that links your world from your home, to your car, and to work. And Fido is part of it, too.


Thor Annual #6 - Thunder In The 31st Century!
The Avengers #167 - Tomorrow Dies Today!
The Avengers #168 - First Blood!
The Avengers #170 - ..."Though Hell Should Bar the Way!"
The Avengers #171 - "...Where Angels Fear To Tread"
The Avengers #172 - Holocaust In New York Harbor!
The Avengers #173 - Threshold Of Oblivion!
The Avengers #174 - Captives Of The Collector!
The Avengers #175 - The End...And Beginning!
The Avengers #176 - The Destiny Hunt!


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Gallery / Past Events
Gallery: Art in Crisis – Birmingham
by HFWAS · October 16, 2015
As part of 'Art in Crisis' HFWAS were asked to join Crisis Skylight (a charity for the vulnerable housed and homeless), to run 4 workshops with members of their organisation around performance art. The aim was to give an introduction into live art and together with the participants create a performance that would start at the Crisis offices in the Rhubarb Building and work its way to an exhibition at Centrala, Minerva Works. The workshops where also run in coordination with Vicki Ayers who ran a body percussion workshop.
The performance consisted of ideas from the participants, HFWAS and Vicki. Through chatting with the participants about mutual experiences, ideas of performance and walking the route we began to create a performance.
We started under the viaduct near the Rhubarb Building. Here we created a performance/installation out of chalk and ourselves. The walls where plastered with stories, poems and thoughts from all the participants about what the history they have had feels like and how people have reacted to them. Time was given to the audience to read through and enjoy the atmosphere created within the short tunnel.
The audience were then led to the next performance area behind an artist holding a hand written cardboard sign with #ArtinCrisis written on it.
The Next performance area was in a bus stop. The participants where simply told to do their tasks on repeat as if they are waiting for a bus. There where cigarettes being rolled on a constant cycle, mobile phones being played, personal conversations on mobiles and songs being sung. The audience were crammed into the space with the performers and in turn became performers themselves.
Then the audience were led to Minerva Works for 2 final performances. One was taken directly from an experience of a participant, where they tried to make money by faking a tightrope walk in a street performer style while homeless in London. The audience were told to join them on a line in the car park of Minerva Works. This created a snake of performers walking the tightrope.
The final work was held in a lift. The audience was broken into smaller groups. These groups were taken into the lift with all the performers, where a sound and body percussion performance began to unfold. There was no set plan for the style of performance, only the feel of the performers between one another creating a new experience for the audience. The performance lasted the duration of the trip up 2 floors to a final exhibition in Grand Union.
After the performance and workshops the feeling throughout the performers was one of joy and comfort. The start of the workshops had shown a style of art that not many people had looked into. Over the few days that we worked with the participants their passion started to grow and more works and examples where being discussed and shown until they finally created their own performance.
Photography by Marcin Sz


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Return to Tahnnakai Temple for a meeting with the emperor, who will provide instructions for what to do next.
See Emperor's Voice for your reward.
Most normal spawns are removed.
Emperor Kisu wishes to speak with you. When he received word that Shiro was within the city walls, he ordered the Imperial Army to surround the area. He is in the temple now seeking counsel from the spirits ensconced there, and he awaits your arrival.
Accept: "I'll go to him now."
Decline: "I need a moment."
Ask: "The emperor awaits you inside the temple. Do not keep him waiting."
"...the time you disobeyed me and went after the bandit? I ordered you to confine yourself to the monastery, but you were having none of it."
"Your father had warned me of your hot-headedness, but that was the first time it manifested between us."
"Haha...but not the last. Yes, my father thought the monastery might whip me into shape."
"Was he wrong, your father?"
"No, Master Togo, he wasn't. You taught me to find a middle ground between Dwayna and Balthazar."
"The teacher can do nothing if the student's eyes are closed, but yours were open, Mhenlo. You wanted to learn."
Shiro's purpose was to bind these heroic spirits into magical constructs and bend them to his will. If he had been successful, he would undoubtedly have become much more powerful. Once again, young hero, the empire finds itself in your debt.
I have spoken with Vizu and learned much from her. I believe I can help you gain access to the artifacts of which she spoke. Count Petrov zu Heltzer of the Kurzicks has sent his people here to begin arbitrating annual terms of war between his people and the Luxons. I will attend to that, and while I do, you will take the opportunity to speak with his daughter, who is traveling with them. If she were made to understand the importance of our mission, I believe she would persuade her father to help us. Find my attendant, the one known as the Emperor's Voice, and he will give you further instructions.
The emperor is a very wise man. You should take his advice and seek out Danika. It sounds like she might become a very valuable ally in the future.
Master Togo and Mhenlo will not be in the allies section of your party window when you zone into the Temple. To trigger their dialogue, move back to the portal and hug the wall until they are added to your party. After a few moments they will start talking. You miss out on their dialogue in this quest if you fail to do this. This does not affect quest progress.
This quest will allow players to vanquish Tahnnakai Temple by killing only 2 Temple Guardians, as long as any other enemies do not enter compass range in the process.
Jade Brotherhood will still need to be killed if the quests The Search for a Cure, Seek out Brother Tosai, Captured, or Housing for Refugees are active.
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Q: Show that there are no rationals $r$ such that $r^3 = 6$
Show that there are no rationals $r$ such that $r^3 = 6$

We were asked this for a real analysis assignment. I just assumed that it would be the same as if it were $r^2$, but now I'm second guessing myself.

A: Suppose that $r=\dfrac{a}{b}$ is a rational with $a,b$ coprime such that $r^3=6$
Then $a^3=6b^3$
The prime factorization of the LHS contains primes with powers which are multiple of $3$, and so does $b^3$ in the RHS.
But RHS contains factor $6=2\times 3$, therefore prime factors $2$ and $3$ in the RHS are NOT multiple of $3$ because their exponent is $3k+1;\;3h+1,\; k,h\in\mathbb{N}$
This is a contradiction so there is no rational $r$ such that $r^3=6$
Hope this helps

A: Suppose $r \in \Bbb Q$ satisfies
$r^3 = 6; \tag 1$
then we can take
$r = \dfrac{p}{q}, \tag 2$
$p, q, \in \Bbb Z$, with
$\gcd(p, q) = 1; \tag 3$
thus
$\dfrac{p^3}{q^3} = \left ( \dfrac{p}{q} \right )^3 = r^3 = 6, \tag 4$
whence
$p^3 = 6q^3 = 2 \cdot 3 \cdot q^3; \tag 5$
we have via (5) that
$2 \mid p^3; \tag 6$
it follows from (6) that $p$ is even; that is,
$p = 2s\tag 7$
for some $s \in \Bbb Z$; if this were not the case, so that $p$ were odd, we could write
$p = 2s + 1, \tag 8$
whence
$p^3 = (2s + 1)^3 = 8s^3 + 12s^2 + 6s + 1 = 2(4s^3 + 6s^2 + 3s) + 1, \tag 9$
which contradicts (6); thus (7) binds, and
$8s^3 = (2s)^3 = p^3 = 2 \cdot 3 \cdot q^3, \tag{10}$
or
$4s^3 = 3 \cdot q^3, \tag{11}$
which in turn implies
$2 \mid 3 \cdot q^3. \tag{12}$
(12) forces $q$ to be even as well; that is, $q = 2t$ where $t \in \Bbb Z$; if this were not the case, if $q = 2t + 1$, then in a manner similar to the above we would have
$q^3 = 8t^3 + 12t^2 + 6t + 1, \tag{13}$
whence
$3 \cdot q^3 = 24t^3 + 36t^2 + 18t + 3 = 2(12t^3 + 18t^2 + 9t + 1) + 1, \tag{14}$
which contradicts (12); thus $q$ is even and we may take
$q = 2t. \tag{15}$
(7) and (15) together now contradict (3); thus we cannot find $p, q$ such that (1) and (2) hold; so,
$r \notin \Bbb Q. \tag{16}$
Note:  I have, in the above argument, explicitly tried to avoid invoking the fact that $2$ (or $3$ for that matter) is prime, which fact would immediately allow the conclusions (7) from (6) and (15) from (12) without the need to carry through the reductio ad absurdum demonstration embodied in (8)-(9) and (13)-(14); but I wanted to avoid using that for primes $k$
$[k \mid ab] \Longrightarrow [k \mid a \vee k \mid b], \tag{17}$
since I anticipate that many of the readers of this answer may not have encountered the notions of irreducible vs. prime and of principle ideal domain which links them in $\Bbb Z$.  So I tried to keep things as elementary as I could see my way to.  End of Note.

A: Just to give a very different answer from the usual ones for this kind of problem I find.
Let $\dfrac{p^3}{q^3}=6\lt2^3\Rightarrow \dfrac pq\lt 2$. Put then $\dfrac pq=2-h$ where $h$ is  positive. It follows
$$6=8-12h+6h^2-h^3\iff h^3-6h^2+12h-2=0$$
By Eisenstein's criterion for irreducibility with the prime $2$, the real root $h$ of this equation is not rational ($h\approx 0.1829$). Consequently $2-h$ is not rational. Contradiction, $\dfrac pq$ can not be a rational.

A: Another way to attack such problems is using polynomials with integer coefficients and Rational root theorem (RTT). In this case the polynomial is
$$P(x)=x^3-6$$
Now, let's assume $r \in \mathbb{Q}$. From RTT, $r$ as a solution of $P(x)$, can only be an integer (or irrational, but we skip this part since we assumed $r \in \mathbb{Q}$), since the leading coefficient of $P(x)$ is $1$, so $r \in \mathbb{Z}$. Now, we have an integer $r$ s.t.
$$r^3=6=2\cdot 3 \tag{1}$$
or $3 \mid r\cdot r\cdot r$ which (from Euclid's lemma and since $3$ is prime) means $3 \mid r$. In another words, $\exists q\in \mathbb{Z}, q\ne0: r=3\cdot q$. Applying this to (1) we have
$$3\cdot q \cdot 3\cdot q \cdot 3\cdot q=6 \Rightarrow 3^2\cdot q^3=2$$
which means $3 \mid 2$ - contradiction. Thus $r \notin \mathbb{Q}$.

A: Having $r=p/q$ written in lowest terms, then $p^3/q^3$ is in lowest terms too. But $p^3/q^3=r^3=6/1$ and since the fractions can be written in lowest terms in exactly one way (with positive denominator), then $p^3=6$. Clearly no integer satisfies this equality.
Note: Showing the uniqueness of lowest terms invokes use of unique prime factorization, but it is commonly known that this holds for rational numbers.

A: The question is do you know the prime factorization theorem or not.
It's not significantly different than showing there is no rational $r$ so that $r^2 = 2$ but....
if $r = \frac mn; m,n \in \mathbb Z$ and $\frac mn$ is in "lowest terms" so that $r^3 = 6$ then $6n^3 = m^3$ which if we accept the PFT then the prime factors of $m^3$ are all to multiples of $3$ powers whereas the powers of $2$ and $3$ of $6n^3$ will be one more than multiples of $3$.
... which is how we prove that if $r^n = k \in \mathbb Z$ then $r$ is an integer are $k$ is a perfect $n$ power.
But if we can't use PFT, the replicating the old square root of $2$ prove.  $m^3$ is even.  If $m$ is odd then $m^3$ is odd. So $m$ is even.  So $8|6n^3$ so $4|3n^3$ so $3n^2 $ is even.  If $n$ is odd, so is $3n^3$ so $n$ is even.  But that contradicts that $\frac mn$ was in "lowest terms".
And .... the factor of $3$ didn't really have much to do with it.
Of course, we could have used that $6$ is a multiple of $3$ rather than it was even:  $6n^3 = m^3$ so $3|m^3$ if $m = 3k + i$ then $m^3 = 27k^3 + 27k^2 + 9k^3 + i^3$ and if $i = 1, 2$ then $3\not \mid i^3$ so $3|m$ so $27|6n^3$ and $3|2n^3$ and if $n = 3j +i$ then $2n^3 = 54j^3 + 54j^2 + 18k^3 + 2i$ and if $i= 1,2$ then $3 \not \mid 2i^3$ so $3|n$ and ... not in lowest terms.
It... gets pretty repetitive.  Best learn the PFT once and for all.

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Robert and Grace tied the knot in 1997 after dating for over a decade. They have 2 children together, 20-year-old son Elliot and 6-year-old daughter Helen.
Robert and Grace have been down this road before … Robert filed for divorce in 1999, two years into their union, but they never went all the way through with it.
The couple instead renewed their wedding vows in 2004, in front of a star-studded crowd including Meryl Streep, Ben Stiller and Martin Scorsese. Robert and Grace first met in 1987, when she was working at Mr. Chow in London.
This isn't the first time the pair have separated. Per People, two years after their wedding, De Niro filed for divorce, and a custody dispute reportedly ensued over their son. However, things were smoothed over and the divorce was not finalized.
De Niro was previously married to Diahnne Abbott, with whom he shares two children — daughter Drena, 47, and son Raphael, 42. He also has 23-year-old twin sons, Julian and Aaron, with ex Toukie Smith.


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Q: Python, Identify file in loop giving error: setting an array element with a squence I am using the code I wrote below to make different plots from 500 txt files. One of the files has some of the y values missing in the form below

1.000    2.005
2.000    2.006
3.000
4.000
5.000    2.009
6.000    2.010

This gives me the error message: setting an array element with a sequence
I understand why I am getting the error message and fortunately, I know which file is causing it. After spending ages trying to work this out myself, what I would like to know is how I could get Python to skip the file when it detects the error and enter the loop again on the next file, whilst printing "error detected on 'filename'"
Thanks
Here is my code:
from pylab import plot, ylim, xlim, show, xlabel, ylabel, grid, xscale, clf, savefig
from numpy import loadtxt
import glob

for filename in glob.glob('file-???.txt'):
    data = loadtxt(filename)
    x = data[:,0]
    y = data[:,1]
    plot(x,y, 'r-o', linestyle='-', markersize=0.05)
    xlim()
    ylim()
    xlabel("Energy (eV).")
    ylabel("count")
    grid(True)
    show()
    print(filename)
    savefig(filename + '.png')
    clf()

A: from pylab import plot, ylim, xlim, show, xlabel, ylabel, grid, xscale, clf, savefig
from numpy import loadtxt
import glob

for filename in glob.glob('file-???.txt'):
    try:
      data = loadtxt(filename)
    except ValueError:
      continue
    x = data[:,0]
    y = data[:,1]
    plot(x,y, 'r-o', linestyle='-', markersize=0.05)
    xlim()
    ylim()
    xlabel("Energy (eV).")
    ylabel("count")
    grid(True)
    show()
    print(filename)
    savefig(filename + '.png')
    clf()


Working with one 6' piece of tubing that requires multiple bends is scary … that is a lot of tubing wasted should there be an error in judgment or bending procedures. Add to that, Van's instructions do not have a detailed 1:1 drawing for this portion of the fuel line construction. So with that in mind, I purposely cut the length of the fuel line oversized and made the first 90 degree bend at the firewall so there should be a little extra material to trim when finalizing the finished length prior to flaring.
At the firewall the fuel line takes a 90 degree bend upward (already done) and gets captured by a cushion clamp which will keep the fuel line off the firewall by 1/8". In the vicinity of the lower portion of the motor mount bracket, the fuel line requires an aft offset which I made by placing two 45 degree center line bends in the tubing. This takes the tubing aft of the firewall and vertical again to align it with the center of bulkhead fuel fitting hole on the firewall shelf. (The first 90 degree bend was made at a point 1/2" longer than called for to insure the forward fuel line tubing will be slightly longer than necessary).
When you are free styling you want to take your time and do a little math. The drawings showed the approximate location of the bends so measurements were taken and marked on the tubing. Taking into consideration the 1/8" gap from the firewall and the 1/4" thickness of the tubing and location to the center of the hole for the fuel fitting … the desired centerline offset is approximately 15/16".
Imperial bender - the marks on the upper handle are used for various types of bends, the 45 marks are for making 45 degree centerline bends after a little math is performed.
The Imperial tubing bender comes with the capability of making centerline bends if the user is willing to do a little math. Basically, you mark the location on the tubing where the first bend will begin. Then multiply the desired centerline offset by 1.414 and add that length onto the tubing measuring from the previously made mark and mark the tubing again. In my case, the desired centerline offset was 15/16" x 1.414 which yielded 1.3256" (roughly 1 21/64") to be added onto the first mark on the tubing. The tubing bender has offset locating markings on it so the first mark on the tubing is not located at the 0 mark as usual, but instead placed under the 45 offset mark on the bender for the size tubing being bent … then the tubing is bent as usual. After marking the tubing, but prior to making any bends, I noted that from the firewall the tubing path down the tunnel was to the pilot side of where the tubing rises up the firewall. Since there is a 90 degree bend at the bottom of the tubing already, decide to cant that bend 45 degrees aft towards the pilot side. The reasoning for this is it will only require one approximate 45 degree bent to make the tubing head aft down the tunnel in line with the bulkhead grommet. So prior to making the offset bends I positioned the tubing with the bottom 90 bend canted 45 degrees towards the pilot side and made a line on the tubing denoting the edge that should be along the firewall.
Just finished bending the final 45 degree bend to head the tubing aft to the bulkdead grommet. The offset bends on the firewall portion of the fuel return line turned out perfectly and truly look great, but admittedly it took a long time because I had never made centerline bends before … so I took my time and checked and rechecked and checked again before bending.
Next the tubing is curved a bit so it can be fed through the bulkhead grommets and slowly worked aft. A piece of tape was wrapped around the flaperon mixer arm to prevent it from scratching or being scratched by the tubing as it is slid aft through the grommets and along the groves on the standoff blocks.
Beginning the feeding of the return fuel line tubing through the bulkhead grommets … the recently made 45 degree bend can be seen nicely here.
Slowly working the return fuel line aft and underneath the flaperon mixer arm.
End of the line … without rolling the fuselage assembly onto its side and allowing the excess tubing to be pulled out the inspection port the tubing can't be feed in any further.
Could not finish off the final cut and flaring of the tubing at the firewall because it could not be pushed aft far enough … will need assistance to roll the fuselage assembly so the excess fuel line can be worked out the inspection port.


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Moscow Court Rejects Russian Opposition Leader Navalny's Appeal
March 1, 2021 February 28, 2021 Timothy Georgetti 0 Comments Putin, Arrest, Alexei Navalny, Moscow
Timothy Georgetti
On Saturday, February 20, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's demand to be released from prison was rejected by a Moscow appeals court. According to Politico, Navalny has been jailed in Moscow since returning to Russia in January based on the supposition that he violated his parole agreement related to a previous conviction of embezzlement.
As per Al Jazeera, Navalny's alleged parole violation occurred earlier this year when he was undergoing treatment in Germany for poisoning by a military-grade nerve agent. The court maintains that Navalny purposely remained in Germany longer than was necessary for his recovery, thereby violating his parole.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin's most outspoken and staunch critic, Navalny has not only blamed the Kremlin for poisoning him, but also for framing him in in legal trouble.
Following what many outside observers called a politically-motivated trial, Navalny was convicted of embezzlement in 2014. He has repeatedly claimed that the charge was fabricated, gaining the support of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) who declared the embezzlement trial "unlawful."
The AP reports that the ECHR, along with many western countries, has also condemned the Russian court's decision to deny Navalny's appeal and to commute his prison sentence by only two months, bringing his serving time down to two and a half years. These criticisms both directly target the political nature of Navalny's imprisonment and the Russian legal system's negligence in providing Navalny inadequate protection in light of his recent poisoning.
While the denial of his appeal and a recent Russian constitutional amendment that cements the supremacy of domestic law over international law almost guarantee Navalny's imprisonment for the entire length of his sentence, he remained steadfast in criticizing Putin during his appeal. When giving his testimony, he cited the Bible, strengthening the righteousness of his fight against Putin and his corrupted administration. The Guardian also recorded Navalny insinuating that Putin was Russia's Voldemort, a Harry Potter reference; quoting the popular animated television show, Rick and Morty, he further said, "To live is to risk it all, otherwise you're just an inert chunk of randomly assembled molecules drifting wherever the universe blows you."
Since the announcement of the decision denying his appeal for release, Navalny appeared before another Russian court on charges of slander. The court subsequently convicted Navalny of the charges, fining him approximately $9,500. The charges involved his declaration that a 95-year-old WWII veteran was a "traitor" for appearing in what Navalny claimed was a pro-Putin propaganda video.
Navalny's questionable treatment by the Russian judicial system has not gone unnoticed by the Russian people. Mass demonstrations took place accross Russia following Navalny's arrest and his court trial. Russian authorities subsequently arrested over 11,000 demonstrators across the country in a nationwide crack-down on mass protests. Most arrested demonstrators received fines or jail sentences of up to 15 days. Reuters explains that in response, Navalny's political allies, most of whom are either under house arrest or abroad, have called for a moratorium on mass protests for their supporters until the spring.
Navalny will soon be transported from where he is currently being incarcerated in the Moscow area to a prison camp farther east. Despite the present circumstances, Navalny remains undeterred in his opposition; the Guardian quotes him saying, "I am always giving my last words. When this trial ends, there will be another, [and] I'll give my last words there too." Despite his lengthy prison sentence, Navalny is not ready to cease his opposition to what he has called the unjust governing of his home country.
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US Corporate Law News: SEC charges third defendant in fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) scheme
On April 20, 2018, the SEC announced fraud charges against a co-founder of Centra Tech Inc., in a fraudulent scheme related to its $32 million initial coin offering (ICO) in 2017. The SEC had previously brought criminal proceedings against that company's two other co-founders. With high-profile celebrity endorsements, the company had boasted cutting-edge technology and backing from Visa and MasterCard to launch a cryptocurrency debit card that could be used at stores like a credit card. The SEC alleged that the founders had gone to great lengths to fabricate a false impression of their business by creating misleading market materials (including touting impressive yet fictional executive biographies) to lure investors. In its new complaint, the SEC is seeking the return of funds and permanent injunctions against the third co-founder to prohibit him from serving as an officer or director in any public company and from participating in any offering of digital or other securities. For more information, see https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-70.
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A computer karaoke system is a flexible way to have fun with karaoke and we will explain the advantages of computer karaoke systems and show you how to use your computer as a karaoke system.
A computer can be used for many things such as playing music, watching videos and reading documents and one of the other great things you can use a computer for is Karaoke.
Using a computer as a karaoke system gives you the flexibility to have a large song collection using multiple file formats because the only restriction will be the software you use to host the karaoke event. The most popular formats supported by computer karaoke systems are MP3+G, AVI and MPG but almost any video format can be used as a karaoke file when you are using a computer as a karaoke player.
Connecting a computer to a karaoke mixer or sound system is usually very easy. Most computers will have a sound out which can be connected to a mixer or speakers using the correct cable. many computers will have a microphone input so a microphone can be connected directly to the computer.
We recommend a computer karaoke system be connected to a karaoke mixer so multiple microphones can be used and the mixer will give you more control over the volume levels for the music and singers but for a home setup you can easily get by with only the computer and a pear of computer speakers.
A computer karaoke system is powered by special karaoke player software. Some computer based karaoke software can be used to reserve and play songs from a play list while other karaoke player software will allows you to simply play the individual karaoke tracks. the karaoke software used will determine the main features of your karaoke system and will be the part of your system that people interact with most of the time when enjoying reserving songs and reading the on screen lyrics. Some software that very popular and good value includes PCDJ KARAOKI Software and the other great software listed in the karaoke store at Karaoke Players Info.
You can buy a computer karaoke system in two ways. The first way is to buy a computer from your local computer dealer and tell them you need to have sound output so you can connect it to a sound system for karaoke and you need a microphone input in case you decide not to get a karaoke mixer. You can then install come karaoke software on this computer and begin to use it as your karaoke system. The second way you can buy a computer karaoke system is to find a karaoke dealer that will sell an already configured computer karaoke system. this can often be an expensive option but is a good idea for non technical people who don;'t want to install and set up their own computer and software.


I'd blogged earlier about ECM market in Asia and India. As a result of the wide diversity in terms of cultures, languages and other factors, India provides some unique challenges to vendors considering creating products catering to this market.
1. India has 22 officially recognised languages, numerous dialects and unofficial languages. There's huge amount of literature created in these languages. It's relatively simple to create a front end in a language other than English. However, creating a back end content management system that supports features like workflows, versioning, search etc for these languages would be a different ball game. This is especially difficult because no common standard supports all these languages. In fact, the de-facto web standard – Unicode still does not have a complete representation of many Indian languages.
2. We all know how good the translation tools are, even for languages that have a fairly matured web presence. They are improving though and have been gaining momentum with content management systems. Translations.com, for example, integrates with many content management systems like Fatwire, Interwoven and Percussion. Quite a few companies (government as well as private) have presence in many regions and hence would require translation capabilities between these languages.
3. For document management and imaging, there are softwares available that can scan a document and make it editable. However, scanning a document written in, say Tamil and making it editable would be a challenge.
4. Hiring an extra person is generally cheaper than buying an extra seat license of a typical content management system. So, expect to revisit your pricing models.
5. There are other challenges in terms of infrastructure. Cell phone penetration is much more than Computers and hence the ability to use the CMS using cell phones, PDAs and less resource intensive tools like simputer would be important.
I'm sure there are quite a few more challenges. However, all these also provide an opportunity for product vendors to differentiate their offerings.
I will keep updating this post with more challenges.
Agree on all counts. More so in India with the multiple scripts and non-availaibility of superior word-processing softwares. With the eGovernence drive in full swing (AP leading the pack), the need for maanging content in local languages is serious need. Are we ready?
Would like to hear more from you on these lines.
India is known to be a price-conscious market.
Hence the challenge ahead is to articlulate the features of the Open Source movement in the Indian Market.
With the large number of Open Source CMS products, many of whom have matured over the years, this option is almost always a great option.
One that can sell well in the Indian market.
Open Source always lagged in the Enterprise Content Management space.
this space also seems to be hotting up.
Good material. Keep it up.
I could not agree less on the points mentioned by the author Apoorv Durga. And I also agree to the point "..that most content management markets remain highly national" mentioned in CMS Watch.
I have been working on Open source CMS & ECM and have noticed the trend that most of them cater to specific regions. Mambo has more presence in the US and the Typo3, which is an Enterprise class CMS is widely popular in Europe.
Typo3 can be a very promising ECM solution for Indian market given the fact that it already supports backend in multiple languages and extending an existing framework is far less effort than creating a from-the-scratch CMS/ECM solution target to a region. And with tools like Digital Asset Management, Versioning, and whole lot of features Typo3 is bang on!
I had written an article on "Building Business Ready Websites" for the Indian small-medium industry using Open Source Systems such as Typo3, Plone, others. The article was picked up by BenefIT magazine, part of the Linux for You group. Infact, an IT partner in Denmark, has also picked up my article and written a joint version for the Dansih market. 🙂 So you could conclude that the arguments presented for an Indian business, work well in the European market as well.
Also, we'll be activitating a whole lot of extensions written as a demo for Typo3 at http://typo3.srijan.in.
Write in to me with comments on what you think of the article(s) and Presentations.


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Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
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Still the build passes, both the badge and checks on pull requests.
How can I fix this?
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Life and Death in Assisted Living
Seniors at Risk
More and more elderly Americans are choosing to spend their later years in assisted living facilities. But is this loosely regulated, multi-billion dollar industry putting seniors at risk?
Assisted Living Giant Is Focus of Federal Probe
Investigators for the last year have been examining the operations of Emeritus Senior Living, the nation's largest assisted living company.
by A.C. Thompson
Feb. 27, 2014, 10:43 a.m. EST
In California, a Raft of Measures to Improve Conditions and Oversight of Assisted Living
After months of damning reports, including an investigation by ProPublica and PBS "Frontline," legislators have proposed a regulatory overhaul.
Jan. 22, 2014, 10:57 a.m. EST
In Churn of Assisted Living Deals, An Island of Misery
The assisted living facility in McMinnville, Oregon has been owned in recent years by several of the industry's largest companies. Throughout, its record has remained troubled.
Dec. 31, 2013, 3:54 p.m. EST
In California, $1 Million in Unpaid Fines for Assisted Living Centers
A ProPublica review of records from the California Department of Social Services shows the state collected less than half of the more than $2 million in fines it issued against assisted living facilities from 2007 to 2012.
Nov. 21, 2013, 10 a.m. EST
Elderly, At Risk, and Haphazardly Protected
A ProPublica and "Frontline" examination of the multibillion-dollar assisted living industry reveals a mishmash of minimal state regulation and no involvement by federal officials.
Oct. 29, 2013, 10:56 a.m. EDT
Workers Win $2 Million Settlement From Assisted Living Giant
Emeritus Senior Living, the country's largest assisted living company, has agreed to pay as much as $2.2 million to settle a suit that the company routinely underpaid workers.
by Joe Sexton
Aug. 22, 2013, 2:37 p.m. EDT
by Mike Webb
Aug. 13, 2013, 10:47 a.m. EDT
Note to Staff: Send. Forward. Oops.
July 31, 2013, 12:46 p.m. EDT
Seven Questions To Ask When Searching for Assisted Living
Where do consumers begin if they're considering sending a loved one to assisted living? Experts offer tips and resources for evaluating facilities.
by Amanda Zamora
July 31, 2013, 11:30 a.m. EDT
"A Sinking Ship"
On Sept. 30, 2008, an employee at the Emerald Hills assisted living facility in Auburn, Calif., made an entry in a company computer log: "pressure ulcer/wound." Joan, who had spent just 19 days in the facility, had developed the wound on her foot.
July 31, 2013, 8:29 a.m. EDT
For Assisted Living Industry, a Media Strategy to Thwart Federal Oversight
In a talking points memo, Emeritus, the country's largest assisted living company, seeks to highlight the company's compassion and deride any need for greater regulation out of Washington.
"They're Not Treating Mom Well"
When the ambulance crew arrived, about 8:20 p.m., Joan Boice was in the TV lounge, face-down on the carpet. Her head had struck the floor with some velocity; bruises were forming on her forehead and both cheeks. It appeared she'd lost her balance and fallen out of a chair.
How "Life and Death in Assisted Living" Was Reported
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South Sudan security forces arrest activists amid crackdown fears
A file photo shows an armed member of the South Sudanese security forces during a ceremony marking the restarting of crude oil pumping at the Unity oil fields in South Sudan, on January 21, 2019. (Reuters)
South Sudan security forces have arrested seven people, including a top religious figure, a civil society organization said Saturday, as rights groups warn of a widening crackdown on critics in the East African nation.
The arrests, which police denied, come ahead of planned nationwide protests organized by the People's Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA), which has called for the country's leadership to step down.
They were detained because of alleged links with the PCCA, according to Jame David Kolok, chairperson of the South Sudan Civil Society Forum.
Four activists were picked up on Friday in the northwestern town of Wau, while two others were taken into custody along with a bishop in the southwestern city of Yei on Wednesday, Kolok told AFP.
The authorities "are accusing both the activists and the bishop of having possession of information that is attributed to the (PCCA) coalition," he said.
"This crackdown should stop."
But a spokesman for the South Sudan police denied the detentions.
"We have not arrested anybody," Major General Daniel Justine told AFP.
A heavy police presence has been deployed in parts of the capital Juba this weekend, he said, urging citizens not to take part in Monday's protest, branded by authorities as "illegal."
"We have just appealed to the public not to come out… so (the demonstration) will not take place," Justine said.
He warned that police will "take legal measures" against anyone who defies the protest ban.
The United States embassy in Juba has asked its citizens to avoid the areas where protesters may assemble, urging them to "exercise caution."
The latest detentions follow a series of arrests in recent weeks.
On Friday, security officials briefly detained three journalists and shut down their radio station in eastern Jonglei state.
Two prominent activists were arrested earlier this month for joining the PCCA, a broad-based coalition of activists, academics, lawyers and former government officials.
The PCCA this month issued a declaration saying they have "had enough" after 10 years of independence marked by armed conflict, escalating insecurity, hunger and political instability.
The world's newest nation has struggled with civil war, famine and chronic political and economic crisis since celebrating its hard-fought independence from Sudan in 2011.


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Ben Lecomte
The Longest Swim
Making a Difference by Swimming with The Longest Swim's Ben Lecomte
JOHN SHEGERIAN: Welcome back to Green is Good, and we're so excited and honored to have with us today Ben Lecomte. He's an open water swimmer. He's an adventurer. He's also the founder of The Longest Swim, because Ben is going to tell you one of the greatest stories ever. Welcome to Green is Good, Ben Lecomte. BEN LECOMTE: Thank you very much for having me. It's very exciting. JOHN SHEGERIAN: Ben, you are one of the most fascinating human beings that has ever been on our show. This show is five years old. We've had wonderful people from around the world but truly your story, when I was reading every word of it, had my eyes as big as silver dollars and my mouth open because I'm just so in awe of your accomplishments already and also some of your dreams of what you are going to accomplish. Before we go into talking about The Longest Swim, I want you to please share with our listeners the Ben Lecomte story, what you've done before, what led to this moment in your life and what you're about to do and talk a little bit about your story and your journey up until this point. BEN LECOMTE: Thank you very much for your kind words there. I was raised and born in France and my father was very much involved in my life and I had the opportunity to have parents that exposed me to many things, the environment, sports, and basically a way to find myself was to go through all the different sports or different activities that I was involved in and my father taught me how to swim in the Atlantic when I was five years old. Unfortunately, my father passed away at an early age from heart cancer. For me, that was a very important moment in my life as a young man because it gave me the opportunity and the strength to follow my passion, which was open water swimming, adventure swimming and I wanted to do something in his memory so as I was contemplating about swimming open waters and doing a swim across the Atlantic Ocean, my big focus and objective was to do it in his name and to raise money and to raise awareness for cancer research so that was my big motivation to do that at the time and then after one year finishing university and then going back to a normal life, I always knew that my passion was still there but I became a father so now that I have children and being influenced by everything that's happened around me, I still had that passion of doing that big swim, which was becoming the longest swim in The Pacific but the objective changed. I'm looking at my kids. I'm looking at what I can do to make positive impact in their lives and in their future and really bring those moments that I had with my father. I know that the environment was very important in all the activity that we had and I want to give my kids the same opportunity that I had by making a little difference or using my passion as a way to make a little difference in the environment and creating a more sustainable world so that's basically my main objective now with my upcoming swim is to get the attention around that issue. JOHN SHEGERIAN: So, it's about sustainability. BEN LECOMTE: Exactly. I think that the solution is in our hands and what I mean by that is that if all the entities here in the U.S. and overseas were all more conscious about the problem and making little changes in our lives, we would make an amazing impact on the sustainability and environment. JOHN SHEGERIAN: Before we talk about The Longest Swim coming up, just quickly give a brief overview because I want our listeners to be truly amazed by your strength, not only your physical aptitude, but your mental strength that you swam from Cape Cod to France. You did the Atlantic swim and what year was this in? BEN LECOMTE: In '98. JOHN SHEGERIAN: In '98 so now for all of us, age is not in our favor when you're doing superhuman feats so this is now 16 years or so later and now you're going to do a feat that's much greater than the Atlantic swim. BEN LECOMTE: Right. In some aspects, age is not in our favor when you talk about speed or when you talk about strength but when you talk about extreme endurance, you can become better as you age and not only that is that mind strength is much more important because it's mind over matter. Once your body is used to doing something at the slow rate, you can do it days after days but you need to have a very strong mind to keep on doing that and I know that when we are young, we are just about instant gratification but that changes as you get older so I found out that getting older works in my favor here. JOHN SHEGERIAN: That's amazing so you're really just breaking your last record. You're breaking the Atlantic record by now doing the longer swim across the Pacific. BEN LECOMTE: Yeah, that will be much longer and so it's a bigger preparation and for me, it's just a way to get the attention. Of course, in a personal way, it's something that I like to do. It's something that I'm passionate about but without a greater purpose, it wouldn't mean that much. JOHN SHEGERIAN: Two quick fun stories about the first swim: When you finished the first swim back in '98, what were your first words when you landed in France? BEN LECOMTE: It was, "Never again." JOHN SHEGERIAN: I'm thankful and the environmental world is thankful and all of us are thankful that you've decided you're going to do it again because I know you're going to raise major awareness by doing this Pacific swim. I think when people start hearing about it, they're going to be as amazed and our listeners today are as amazed as I am when I started learning what you've accomplished and what you intend to accomplish. I saw a picture of you on your knees and it wasn't because you were weak or because you collapsed. Talk about when you got to France, why you were on your knees. BEN LECOMTE: I proposed to my wife. I thought that was the appropriate time and so we had something very unusual, which is video clips and news footage of me proposing to her. JOHN SHEGERIAN: I'll tell you what, even in all of that exhaustion and in the middle of doing one of the greatest accomplishments anyone could ever do, you still had the thoughtfulness and the romantic spirit to do something super nice. For all the men out there that are listening today, remember you can't be too romantic and you can't do things in too nice of a way but wow, what a way to propose to your wife, huh? BEN LECOMTE: You know, to be truthful, I asked her when I left and she was very smart in telling me, "I'll give you my answer on the other side." JOHN SHEGERIAN: So she really gave you no other choice than to make the right proposition at the right time? BEN LECOMTE: Exactly. JOHN SHEGERIAN: Well, good. That was a good reason that you made it across to the other side. That is just great. For our listeners out there, we've got Ben Lecomte on with us today and he's going to be doing The Longest Swim. It's going to start hopefully, later this year, December of 2014. To learn more about his great accomplishment and what he's intending to do, please go to www.thelongestswim.com. Ben, let's get to some action points here. How can people get involved? When they start hearing our story and your story become something very viral, which I expect it to become, how can people and organizations get involved and support your mission of sustainability and getting the word out there that if we all make small differences, we can make big changes? BEN LECOMTE: I think there are two steps. The first step is that we are going to have a crowdfunding starting in the spring and that will be paired with eight to ten different swims that I will do across North America so to put the word out and to start some of the budget that we need for the longer swim and then after, when The Longest Swim takes place, it will be live stream so you will be able to watch my crew on board the ship or boat. We will be able to enter that on a daily basis with people on land and we will have a platform that could allow people from different countries to bring their experience and to share a story on how they are making a difference on their local level that we can share with others and we want to engage people to just think about what they do on a daily basis that can make a difference. For example, a lot of people, if they can see that in a different country, where recycling is much more important in one country than another and right now, recycling is pretty much coming in different pockets, where we don't know much what other countries and other people are doing. I'd like to use that opportunity to look and to see what we can do and what we can adapt from a program that is successful in that other country or other part of our country and adapt it to different areas in the world but it's a very organic way to approach the issue. JOHN SHEGERIAN: On the crowdfunding, Ben, how much money are you looking to raise and how many sponsors are you looking for? BEN LECOMTE: The sky is the limit. We have the crowdfunding that will be put out in the spring and so $1 million crowdfunding but just to take into consideration is there was a crew member on the boat. You have the boat. You have live streaming and it requires amazing connectivity and all that costs a lot of money together and along with that, we also have sponsoring that's going to take place. We want to have a two step approach with the crowdfunding to start at the grassroots because what is important is the people's involvement and the communication and conversation that will take place throughout the event. It's not about finding sponsors and just swimming across with a big sign on the shoulder. It's basically the involvement of people that is important to us. JOHN SHEGERIAN: How are you preparing? If the swim is going to be starting later this year, how are you preparing physically, mentally, dietarily? How is that working? BEN LECOMTE: I've been preparing for the swim for the past three years so it's working out three to five hours a day and I do different type of workout so running, bicycling, gainage, and also I do swimming, of course and I eat it, I dream it, I sleep it. It is in my mind throughout the day. When I am in the pool or when I am exercising, my thoughts are always about the swim and trying to visualize it and making it an internal journey. JOHN SHEGERIAN: Is The Atlantic harder to swim than The Pacific or The Pacific harder to swim than The Atlantic? How do they compare as water bodies and what are the differences in the swim that you're going to be facing and that you're thinking about? BEN LECOMTE: The big difference is the distance. So, the Atlantic was about 3,500 miles. The Pacific is 5,500, but as far as the weather pattern or current, you can compare them both. They are pretty much the same. I will be swimming from the west to the east because in The Atlantic, I caught up with The Gulf Stream that took me from Tokyo away with the Kyosho, which is a long current that pushes toward the U.S. coast. JOHN SHEGERIAN: What blocks of time do you swim and then you get on the boat and eat a little something, sleep, and then go back in the water? How many hours a day? What does a typical 24-hour cycle look like for you when you're swimming on this Longest Swim? BEN LECOMTE: The first thing I do when I wake up is to eat because I have to consume between eight- to 10,000 calories per day and I cannot take a lot of food while I am swimming so the first thing I do is eat, get ready to go in the water, and swim eight hours. During those eight hours, I only get liquid food every 20 to 30 minutes and after I finish with those eight hours, go back on the boat and the first thing I do is eat again and then sleep, wake up, eat again, and then I still try to have a full night of sleep and what happens very often is that I was so hungry that in the middle of the night, I had to wake up and eat again and then when it comes the next morning, the boat will take us back to the position where I stopped my swim the previous day and I will start back the swim there. JOHN SHEGERIAN: What kind of dietary restrictions or food do you eat that keeps your stomach calm but also fuels all the cells in your body to keep going? What are you eating and drinking to be the most efficient through your body so it doesn't upset the rest of your body when you're facing all the other external challenges? BEN LECOMTE: That's a very good point because one, you are swimming so you are in one position for eight hours. It doesn't help with the digestive system and I found out that I need to stay away from any type of food that is sweet so I stay away from high glycemic index food and if it's carb, it will be just complex carb, wheat based product and a lot of salty product and fat because also, I try to keep my insulin level pretty much unchanged. When you take sugar and it's white, your insulin level is going to shoot up. You are going to feel good. You are going to feel the sugar rush but you are going to feel low once that sugar rush is over so I try to stay away from those roller coasters and level my insulin by just not taking any sugar, just like I was saying on the high carbs and fat and protein. JOHN SHEGERIAN: We're down to the last two minutes or so but here's just a question that sounds silly but for your sake, I'm worried. Are you worried about sharks or trash or any of that kind of stuff in your swim? Is that something that crosses your mind or your crew's mind? BEN LECOMTE: Sharks there are so it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when and I had a shark following me for five days in The Atlantic so now you have different ways to deal with it, of course. You have people looking over. You have sonar but also you have a device that you put out in the water that creates a magnetic field and sharks are very sensitive to magnetic fields so they stay away so that's a good way to deal with it but the other part of your question was about trash so I'm going to cross The Galvich Patch and during that time, we'll do some measurement on how much trash we can see, how much trash we can collect, and to physically show the world that whenever you don't recycle your product properly, it's not going to end up in your backyard. The ocean is where the piece of trash will be. Because of the water runoff, it goes into the river and the river goes into the ocean and all those are being collected in The Galvich Patch so what we do on land is very important to what we find in the ocean and how we affect the life of a sea creature. That's an important thing that we want to address when we go there. That's why we have the live streaming so we can bring content as we go along and engage people throughout the journey. JOHN SHEGERIAN: Perfect. Well, Ben, you've been an amazing guest. I want you to come back on after you've done the swim and talk all about it, but for our listeners out there to support Ben and to become part of the process and to become part of the solution and sponsor him, please go to www.thelongestswim.com. He's going to have a crowdfunding event this spring and Ben, I agree and I know our listeners will agree that together we can make the world a better place and you doing this swim is going to be further proof of that. You've swum yourself into all of our hearts today and our souls and are truly living proof that green is good. BEN LECOMTE: Thank you very much. It was a pleasure.


The organizers of win-a-home lottery Abuja, recently handed over the keys of a three-bedroom bungalow, to a lottery winner, Okafor Augustine.
The house which is worth 25 million naira is a property from Efab Estate, situated on the outskirts of Gwarinpa, Abuja.
Speaking to Housing News, the winner Okafor Augustine, said ''Im filled with so much joy and excitement, I spent just three thousand naira to become a house owner''.
The wife of the winner, Mrs Okafor also expressed so much joy in owning a property without so much effort.
Deputy Consultant, Win-a-home lottery, Vincent Goldfinger said, ''the win-a-home lottery is an avenue created to give ordinary Nigerians an opportunity to win a house worth N35m with as little as a thousand naira''.
He further advised Nigerians to eliminate all fears and participate in the game in order to become property owners.
Several other consolation prizes were given to other participants of the draw by the organizers to appreciate participation in the win-a-home lottery.


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Entrepreneurship Blog
The content of this blog is composed of PhD students' entries from several PhD courses ("Modern Entrepreneurship" and "Grand Challenges and Entrepreneurship") throughout the years from the University of Siegen. Grab a hot beverage of your choice and enjoy the blog posts.
Autor: Felix Becker
Understanding entrepreneurial ecosystems: Biology or Economics?
Ganira Ibrahimova, Ph.D. Candidate at the chair for Entrepreneurship and Family Business at the University of Siegen, Germany
Contact: ibr.ganira@gmail.com
Recent years have seen entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises play a more significant role in economic growth and cooperation. Economic development increasingly depends on fostering entrepreneurship, where SMEs play a key role in job creation, business development, and stimulating green and inclusive growth in both developing and developed countries. In addition, SMEs are crucial for achieving sustainable development in emerging markets as well. Effective policies and support measures require an understanding of the environment in which entrepreneurs and SMEs operate, referred to as entrepreneurial ecosystem. This blog entry provides a first look at the most popular literature on the entrepreneurial ecosystem, offers different definitions and models of the entrepreneurial ecosystem out of those papers, and provides a comparative case study to see how differently the ecosystem might work even in similar preconditions.
"Understanding entrepreneurial ecosystems: Biology or Economics?" weiterlesen
What is Sport Entrepreneurship?
Sam Bern, Ph.D. candidate, New York University, USA
Contact: sab986@nyu.edu
Entrepreneurship has received increased interested among researchers over the recent years. Often entrepreneurship is studied from different perspectives and alongside various disciplines. Entrepreneurship exists in all sectors of the economy and so does in sport industry. However, sport entrepreneurship research does not receive as much attentions as other industries and is still niche field for scholars. Therefore, this blog entry attempts to summaries what is sport entrepreneurship.
"What is Sport Entrepreneurship?" weiterlesen
Helping hands: how can academia help to overcome grand challenges?
Christian Schröder, Professorship of Business Administration, in particular of SME Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Siegen.
Contact: Christian3.Schroeder@uni-siegen.de
United Nations and the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Our world is increasingly confronted with grand challenges to which there are no or inadequate answers to date. To address these challenges, the member states of the UN developed the agenda 2030. The agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. The Rio+20 Summit in 2012 was the largest UN conference in history and formed the starting point for the creation of the SDGs, addressing the major challenges of our time. These SDGs were developed throughout a three-year process across 83 national surveys including over 7 million people. Hence, they are stemming from the biggest consultation efforts of UN history. The aim of the SDGs is to identify key problems concerning all countries (developing and emerging) and to tackle areas requiring urgent action. Consequently, the UN agreed on 17 SDGs that serve to sustainably improve the quality of life around the world. The global partnership addresses the urgent call for action to eradicate poverty, improve health and education, and reduce inequalities with simultaneous economic development. Further, it seeks to align all SDGs with climate change mitigation (United Nations, n.y.; https://sdgs.un.org/goals). Albeit receiving criticism for formulating too broad and idealistic ideas, the development of the SDGs is backed and supported by large parts of the academic community and gained great legitimacy across nations worldwide. One key problem that remains is the lack of awareness for the 17 SDGs. With this blog entry, we would like to change this and create more awareness for them. As time is rare and action is more than urgently required, we think that it is time to spread the message. "Helping hands: how can academia help to overcome grand challenges?" weiterlesen
Valuing the female economy: Investors & Entrepreneurs' Perspective on Responsible Exits in Gender Lens Investing
Jessica Espinoza, external doctoral student at the Professorship of Business Administration, in particular of SME Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Siegen.
Contact: Jessica.ETrujano@uni-siegen.de
The way we allocate capital and invest shapes the world we live in. Investors play a crucial role in deciding which ideas and opportunities get the chance to grow and which remain unexplored. So one of the best ways to drive change at scale is to change the way we allocate capital. Gender lens investing offers investors an exciting opportunity to do that. "Valuing the female economy: Investors & Entrepreneurs' Perspective on Responsible Exits in Gender Lens Investing" weiterlesen
Crossing rivers: How new medical technology ventures in resource-scarce contexts form ties with foreign resource holders
Sofia Abid, Ph.D. Candidate at the Entrepreneurship Research Institute, Chair of International Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Contact: sofia.abid@tum.de
It's been three years since the world has been hit by the first wave of coronavirus. Three years since many of us have lived for the first time through a global pandemic. Three years since we have followed scientists from all over the globe relentlessly advance their work to come to an ultimate pharmaceutical solution or vaccine that would allow the world as we knew it to function again. Three years since governments and policymakers have been testing and rolling out measures to protect their citizens but also bubble proof their economic activities and stability. Three years since we experience a healthcare disaster in many hospitals worldwide where the demand simply would not keep up with available local resources. Three years since we watch and observe as inequalities across the continents make way to a pandemic experienced and lived differently from one country to another, one community to another. Over these three years and beyond, one thing persisted over and over again, creeping up on all formal and informal decisions made and sustained, with a heavy presence but still as the "elephant in the room" in many key global conversations: healthcare systems are on shaky grounds. "Crossing rivers: How new medical technology ventures in resource-scarce contexts form ties with foreign resource holders" weiterlesen
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Innovative Methodological Avenues for Research
Felix Becker, Professorship of Business Administration, in particular of SME Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Siegen.
Contact: felix2.becker@uni-siegen.de
Artificial Intelligence is one of the most vivid topics nowadays, both in everyday life as well as in the scientific discourse. While the first steps towards Artificial Intelligence were taken over half a century ago (mainly by information system scholars), the debate has been particularly sparked recently, especially in a research related context. As the 21st century working world is all about technology and, accordingly, digitalization related aspects, Artificial Intelligence is having a rapid growth and is finding its way into many areas of business. It is disrupting the working world in such a way, that it is having a dramatic impact on business models of all types of companies and the way we work in general. Research is also affected by the novel trends of digitalization and the changes that result. This blog post discusses part of this, namely the ways in which Artificial Intelligence is altering research and the corresponding methods, and the new methodological opportunities that are emerging as a result.
"Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Innovative Methodological Avenues for Research" weiterlesen
Let's add the land of the pandas to our research agenda. Why female entrepreneurship in china matters.
Anna-Katharina Schaper, external doctoral student at the Professorship of Business Administration, in particular of SME Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Siegen.
Contact: anna-katharina.schaper@uni-wuerzburg.de
Entrepreneurship in China, particularly from a gender perspective, is an underexplored research field. Does scarcity of research on China imply that China is not a relevant case for entrepreneurship scholars and practitioners? Does private entrepreneurship in China matter after all? Should we stay on the course of investigating entrepreneurship activities in conventional environments, like the US and its Silicon Valley? Or is it about time to calibrate our research focus and turn to studying entrepreneurial activities in less explored contexts? To answer these questions, this article provides a quick overview of the history of the Chinese private sector and offers an analysis of the status quo of the Chinese entrepreneurship landscape. Additionally, the article uses a gender-lens to shed light on entrepreneurial endeavors of Chinese women entrepreneurs. "Let's add the land of the pandas to our research agenda. Why female entrepreneurship in china matters." weiterlesen
Veröffentlicht am 17. Juni 2020 6. Oktober 2021
What does school tell us about entrepreneurship? Facets of entrepreneurship in German textbooks
Matthias Sehr, University of Siegen, Research assistant at the chair for Contextual Economics and Economic Education
Contact: Matthias.sehr@uni-siegen.de
The discussion about more economic education at schools has received increasing impetus over the past 20 years. Points of controversy are not only the content, but also whether more economic education in schools is needed at all. In times of increasing right-wing populism, the demand for more political education is growing. "What does school tell us about entrepreneurship? Facets of entrepreneurship in German textbooks" weiterlesen
Democratic Entrepreneurship: A systematic analysis
Karoline Braun, external doctoral student at the Chair of Human Resource Management and Organization, University of Siegen
Contact: karoline.braun@uni-siegen.de
As a result of the Corona crisis, many workers are being thrown back into traditional conditions and are experiencing a clear sense of foreign domination. Especially in such times of restrictions, the question of possibilities of co-determination in organizations arises more intensively than usual. Beyond that, for many people the restrictions lead to salary losses or even job loss, so that they necessarily have to deal with other, new possibilities to earn a living. From the point of view of companies, too, it seems to make sense to think about leadership, participation and entrepreneurship in order to be able to survive crises better – or at all.
This blog entry from the field of modern entrepreneurship research offers an innovative combination of democracy and entrepreneurship. It is particularly applicable to organizations in the fields of politics, economics and education, but other areas are also conceivable. The developed four-field matrix can be applied from the point of view of employees and entrepreneurs and allows considerations for both new organizations to be founded and for already existing organizations. Users can see from the perspective of the entrepreneur whether a high or low level of democracy seems to make sense for the organization and which aspects of co-determination should be taken into account.
Today there are countless organisations that cannot ensure their continued existence in the long term due to a lack of applicants or unmotivated employees. The situation is influenced by Generation Z, which is currently entering the labour market and has completely different demands on entrepreneurs than its predecessors, as well as by globalization and digitization, which bring additional dynamics into the everyday life of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are strongly advised to consider current developments in management and not to leave the founding or continuation of their company to chance.
"Democratic Entrepreneurship: A systematic analysis" weiterlesen
Veröffentlicht am 5. Juni 2020 6. Oktober 2021
What is what? – Cleaning up the digitalization mess (Part 2)
Konrad Meisner, University of Siegen, Research assistant at the chair of Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Contact: Konrad.Meisner@uni-siegen.de
Constant changes in production, supply chains, and communication influenced our economy and society already manifold. Likewise, Digitalization impacts the present economic environment, similar to automation or electrification in the past. Though the impact and importance of Digitalization in practice and research rises, a common understanding of the terminology cannot be found. "What is what? – Cleaning up the digitalization mess (Part 2)" weiterlesen


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Robbie Ray shares the story of his tight pants, why he joined Mariners
Dec 1, 2021, 12:57 PM
Robbie Ray looks at Tampa Bay's Yandy Díaz after Díaz broke up his no-hitter bid in the seventh inning. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
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BY BRANDON GUSTAFSON
Assistant Editor of SeattleSports.com
The Mariners made a massive move this week, adding reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray to the top of the rotation.
Robbie Ray: Mitch Haniger helped sell me on joining Mariners
Ray, a left-handed pitcher who led the American League in innings, strikeouts and ERA during his 2021 campaign with the Toronto Blue Jays, joined Mike Salk on 710 ESPN Seattle's Mike Salk Show on Wednesday for his first interview as a member of the Mariners.
Something Ray was asked about was why the Mariners were such an attractive landing spot for him, especially considering the lucrative deal he signed could keep him in Seattle for up to five years.
"I think it was just the culture, the winning culture," Ray said. "Seeing the guys last year and what they were able to put on the field, seeing the young guys come into their own and kind of realizing who they are as baseball players and as men. And just seeing it from across the field and hearing postgame press conferences about the way that things were going in that clubhouse, man, it was just something that you look at and you're like, 'Man, that sounds like a lot of fun.'"
Ray will be joining a fun clubhouse, but he had some fun of his own in 2021 by dominating opposing hitters. That came after a pretty rough 2020 season in which Ray walked 31 batters in 31 innings while posting a 7.84 ERA with the Arizona Diamondbacks before a trade to the Blue Jays, where he had a 4.79 ERA in five starts.
Ray said his work last offseason put him in a great position to have a dominant 2021 season, and he's looking forward to building off of that.
"I feel like in the offseason, putting on the good weight, getting in the gym, getting after it and then really focusing on a delivery that was repeatable and that was consistent, that was going to allow me to consistently get to the same spot every single time," he said. "That's what made the difference for me."
One area where it was evident Ray put on weight was in his lower half.
In 2021, Ray caught the attention of baseball fans for wearing extremely tight pants on the field, with pictures regularly circulating online during his starts. He explained why that came about.
"My pant size didn't change, so I just kept the same pant size and during spring training last year, guys were just giving me a hard time about it," the 6-foot-2, 215-pound southpaw said. "And I said, 'You know what? I'm just gonna do it because you guys hate it.' And then it became my thing going into the season. It kind of became a part of me and a part of my game and, you know, it ended up working out."
Ray said the pants may have played a part in instilling fear in opposing hitters, which makes sense considering he led the American League in strikeouts.
"I think it's a little bit of intimidation factor," Ray said. "You see a guy come out onto the field and his jersey is a little snug and he's a little bit bigger of a guy and I don't know, maybe there's a little bit of an intimidation factor."
Listen to the full interview at this link or in the player below.
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Shakespeare's "Kitchen" Discovered During Archaeological Dig
As an English graduate, I am passionate about preserving the works of our great writers and the teaching of these and the corresponding history of the time in our schools.
2016 will be the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, so I was interested to read that a historic find has been unveiled during a dig at Shakespeare's family home, New Place, in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has today announced that significant new findings have been unearthed during an archaeological dig, led by Staffordshire University's Centre of Archaeology, at its ambitious New Place project.
What New Place might have looked like
New Place was Shakespeare's family home at the height of his career for almost two decades and the latest discoveries include the site of Shakespeare's 'kitchen' including the great dramatist's 'oven' and 'fridge'.
Hearth & Cold Store
In addition to identifying Shakespeare's 'kitchen', the dig has also helped establish the size of New Place. This has enabled the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to commission new evidence-based drawings of New Place, which depict an accurate version of how the house would have looked during Shakespeare's ownership.
Shakespeare's New Place was the largest single residence in the borough of Stratford-Upon-Avon and was purchased for the considerable sum of £120 in 1597 (a Stratford school teacher at this time would have earned about £20 per annum). It had an impressive frontage, a Great Chamber and Gallery, over 20 rooms and 10 fireplaces.
The 'kitchen' not only had the 'oven' (or fire hearth) and 'fridge' (or cold storage pit), but the team also found evidence of the brewhouse where small beer was made (drunk instead of unsafe water) and where pickling and salting took place.
Fragments of plates, cups and other cookware were also found. Facsimiles of the cookware will be available for visitors to handle and will be on display at New Place in the neighbouring Grade 1 listed Nash's House (Tudor in origin), which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment as part of the project.
The latest dig was undertaken earlier this year in preparation for the re-presentation of Shakespeare's New Place as an exciting, and modern, retelling of Shakespeare's family home and the living, breathing man behind the great works – husband, father and son of Stratford. Shakespeare's New Place is scheduled to open in July 2016.
The £5.25 million project – the most ambitious and permanent initiative to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death being celebrated throughout 2016 – is being funded with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic England and through public donations raised through a host of initiatives spearheaded by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
New Place was William Shakespeare's family home from 1597 until his death in 1616. It was the largest single residence in the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon.
Built in the 1480s by Hugh Clopton in Chapel Street opposite the Guild Chapel, New Place was described by John Leland – librarian to Henry VIII – as being 'a pretty house of brick and timber'.
Following Shakespeare's death, New Place passed to the ownership of his eldest daughter Susanna and her husband Dr John Hall. Their daughter, Elizabeth, inherited New Place from her parents but the house left the ownership of Shakespeare's surviving family in the 1670s and was substantially remodelled.
New Place was demolished in 1759 by its then owner, the Reverend Francis Gastrell, mainly to avoid paying taxes (it was his second home). But tradition tells us that he had also become exasperated by the constant stream of enthusiasts and pilgrims wanting to visit Shakespeare's house and see the mulberry tree he had planted (which Gastrell felled a couple of years earlier).
Public disapproval following the demolition – Gastrell was virtually hounded out of town – served to preserve the site, which passed into the care of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1876.
The £5.25 million project is being funded with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic England and through public donations raised through a host of initiatives spearheaded by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
More information on donations can be found at http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/about-us/new-place-the-next-chapter/ways-of-giving-new-place.html).
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Q: App Store review team reports 'Connection refused' error preventing image loading when using Firebase storage I have an app published on the Apple App store, and I've been having problems getting an updated approved due to issues with loading images. The app review team claims that there are network problems inside my app that prevent images from being loaded properly. Specifically, they have mentioned that the app presents a "Connection refused" error and that content does not load properly.
The app has some social network, instagram-like functionality, allowing users to upload their content, and it's al some king of e-commerce where user can buy some training-related content like training programs or documentaries. We use Firebase as the database and storage backend, so that when the content is uploaded, a URL is generated and that URL is used to display the content later.
The screenshots the app reviewer attach are the following ones, which clearly shows how the app is capable of fetching content from Firebase database (as the grid/list is showed) but incapable of fetching the images

However, I have tested the app on multiple devices, including an iPad that I purchased specifically for testing, and have not been able to replicate the problem. Furthermore, our app's backend is Firebase, and we store all images and videos there. We have a large user base on Android, iOS, and web, and nobody has ever complained about this issue.
I have been in communication with the app review team, but their suggestions for testing and resources have not helped me to resolve the issue. I would really appreciate any suggestions or guidance that the Stack Overflow community could offer to help me identify and fix this issue.
Thanks a lot!