Final Stand? More like Final-ish Stand, am I right? Right? Guys?
If you thought the Final Stand DLC was the end of the road for Battlefield 4 (like I did, given its, you know, final-ish name), EA and DICE have a surprise up their Levolutionary sleeves.
According to a post on Battlefield 4's Battlelog service today, there is more DLC on the way for DICE's seminal shooter.
"We will share details on exactly what this new content will be, and when it will arrive, in the near future," said the developer in the blog post. "We understand that this may lead to even more questions about our plans, but rest assured that we'll get back to you on the future of Battlefield 4 when the time is right."
One hint given later in the blog post is that the next batch of DLC will likely include at least one additional "classic" Battlefield 4 map. The Second Assault DLC bundled four such maps, including Battlefield 3 maps Operation Metro, Operation Firestorm, and Caspian Border, and Battlefield 2 map Gulf of Oman.
Thankfully, DICE has a survey up that lists every map from every Battlefield game ever made, where you can choose which favorites you would like to see get the Frostbite 3 makeover. You can seemingly choose as many maps as you want, so please go heavy on the Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, and Vietnam maps.
Let's hope the next (and presumably last) round of DLC goes off without a hitch!


The following excerpts from Richard Foster, John Piper, and Donald Whitney will instruct and inspire you as you fast! Application questions follow each except in order to help you get the most from your fasting and prayer.
Application: Has fasting revealed things that have been controlling you? What bottom-line desires have been exposed?
Application: What has had mastery over you? What has been covering up the weakness of your hunger for God? How has fasting intensified the earnestness of your prayer? Have you noticed that fasting has infused your heart with one cry: I want to be satisfied in God alone?
Application: Is fasting testifying to you that you find your greatest pleasure and enjoyment from God? How is it showing you that Jesus is more satisfying than any earthly food? Is your stomach being dethroned as your god and put in its rightful place as servant, not ruler?
If what you hunger for most, you worship, what are you realizing you've been worshipping? What do you hunger for most? Jimmy Dean sausage … or Jesus? Fellowship with God .. or facebook? Television … or time in God's presence?
As you're fasting, do thoughts of food prompt you to pray? When your stomach growls, what do you do? Do you cry out, "God, I'm hungrier for YOU!"? Or do you cave and grab the Snickers? When you reach for the remote control to numb your stress with television, does fasting prompt you to instead bring that stress, that issue, to God in prayer?
How have you grown in Christlikeness since you've been fasting? What areas of sin and compromise have been exposed? Has your disobedience been grieving His Spirit for months—but food and other idolatries crowded out His convicting voice? Now that you're denying temporal appetites and shutting out other voices, what have you heard God convict you to change?
"I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
What has had mastery over you? What bottom line desires has fasting exposed?
What has been covering up the weakness of your hunger for God? If what you hunger for most, you worship, what have you been worshipping?
Have you found the Bread of heaven more satisfying and filling than the bread of this world?
How has fasting prompted you to pray and intensified the earnestness of your prayer?
How have you grown in Christlikeness since you've been fasting? What areas of sin and compromise have been exposed?


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Q: Full stack , Stack Exchange etc, What is stack ?? This might be silly and non technical.
This website name is "stack"overflow and there is "stack"exchange. In one of the job portals I saw a new term "Full Stack Developer". In one of the presentations of an IT giant, there were talking about the stacks like "Server", "Storage" , "Applications".
Stack is just one word and it is being used differently in different situations. All I know is that it is a LIFO data structure and plays a vital role in many system operations.
Can someone throw some light on this ?? Thanks in Advance

A: Stack is also used in technology to describe the collection of technologies used to solve a problem or build an app.  For example the 'MEAN' stack is MongoDB, Express, Angularjs and Nodejs.  The 'LAMP' stack is Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.  And so on...
The original meaning of stack is just a pile of things, eg: a stack of cards.

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@RIPPEDDRAGON Spring? It snowed here yesterday… seriously. Im sitting at an unusually cool little league baseball game and suddenly it starts hailing and snowing… crazy! But yes, Im all for some smoked beef!
@AmDD said: @RIPPEDDRAGON said: @AmDD said: I think I have one ASRock 970 Extreme4 (I'd have to double check that is what the board is) and an AMD CPU/cooler with it. The cpu is either a 145 Sempron or some higher end multi core Athlon. I had 4 of those boards at one time - each with 4-5 7950's but over time cards died and I never replaced them. I considered getting some 280's or something and building another rig but havent due to time and power issues at the moment. How many pci-e slots does it have? I am looking for boards with at least 6 usable pci-e slots so if/when I decide to go to 6 GPUs per rig again I have that option. Only 5. How much do you want for 1 cpu/mobo/ram combo?
Hello? Im not a big coffee drinker but I might try one of these.
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Spenser hadn't been to church in years. He found himself wandering in faith and unsure of his beliefs. Moving to the city of Atlanta had provided him with a great job, but it did nothing to fill the spiritual void in his life.
Then, one weekend late in August, Spenser attended a free community festival in the neighborhood of Grant Park. As he walked through a long line of booths selling cotton candy and offering face painting, he saw something that caught his eye. It was a booth sponsored by our volunteers from Intown Lutheran Church in Atlanta. Spenser spun our prize wheel and won a free pair of sunglasses. He also received an invitation to our worship grand opening in just two weeks. Spenser had been Lutheran at one point in his life, and the people at the booth were friendly. He decided to go.
On Sept. 9, 2018, Spenser stopped by the Elevator Factory event space with nearly 60 other people to kick off worship at Intown Lutheran. About one-third of the people in attendance were unchurched prospects, many of whom had found out about Intown Lutheran from the Summer Shade Festival. Spenser enjoyed coffee and mingling with everybody. He enjoyed the worship service and the Bible-focused message. During the post-service announcements, Spenser heard about our new Bible Basics class starting soon in a local coffee shop. He decided to give it a try.
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Q: Laravel query fiter review in with relation $listing = Listing::orderBy('created_at','DESC')->where('user_id', Auth::User()->id)
->with('reviews')
->with('posts')
->get();

How can i filter review order when i try this
 ->whereHas('reviews', function ($query) {
            $query->where('status', 'Public');
        })->orderBy('created_at','DESC')

I want am trying to use orderBy on review but when i try orderBy on review its filter post also but i do not want to post so please Help !

A: try this query :
$listing = Listing::where('user_id', Auth::User()->id)
->with(['reviews','posts'])
->whereHas('reviews', function ($query) {
        $query->where('status', 'Public')->orderBy('created_at','DESC');
    })
->orderBy('created_at','DESC')
->get();

A: You can apply more filters in the whereHas functon, but to apply more conditions like ordering and limiting you should do that in the with function call on the correct relationship you will be loading.
$listing = Listing::where('user_id', Auth::User()->id)
    ->with(['reviews' => function ($query) {
        return $query->orderByDesc('created_at');
    }, 'posts'])
    ->whereHas('reviews', function ($query) {
        return $query->where('status', 'Public');
    })
    ->orderByDesc('created_at')
    ->get();


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Salt Lake police officer okay after Motel 6 employee takes quick action
Jan 9, 2021, 9:52 AM | Updated: Dec 29, 2022, 12:57 pm
A Salt Lake police officer only suffered minor injuries after being hit early Saturday morning. A Motel 6 employee across the street rushed out and pulled him from his cruiser. Photo credit: Mark Jackson
BY MARK JACKSON
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SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake police officer escaped a crash involving a commercial-sized truck early Saturday morning with only minor injuries.
Salt Lake police spokesman Lt. Bill Manzanares said the driver of the truck may have run a red light at 600 South 200 West, before hitting the cruiser in the middle of the intersection shortly before 4 a.m.
Manzanares said the impact caused a fire and that the officer inside that vehicle was knocked unconscious. A short time later, a Motel 6 employee across the street rushed over to help the officer out of the cruiser. Manzanares said the officer was lucky and only suffered minor injuries.
"He was very fortunate that he had as minor injuries as he does, if you saw the car, it looks pretty mangled," according to Lt. Manzanares.
Investigators said they do not suspect that alcohol or drugs were involved and that the driver of the truck cooperated with officers on the scene. Multiple eastbound lanes were shut down for a time on 600 South and traffic coming from I-15 was directed through the intersection by an officer. There were no other injuries.


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Prima Epocă de Aur a științifico-fantasticului (Golden Age of Science Fiction) (considerată a fi perioada sfârșitul anilor 1930 - începutul anilor 1950) a fost o perioadă în care genul științifico-fantastic a beneficiat de o atenție sporită din partea publicului cititor și în care multe scrieri clasice au fost publicate. În Istoria științifico-fantasticului, Epoca de Aur urmează după Epoca literaturii de consum din anii 1920 și este urmată de curentul New Wave din anii 1960 și 1970.

Scriitori proeminenți din Epoca de Aur
Un număr de autori de științifico-fantastic au apărut la începutul Epocii de Aur (1938-1946), inclusiv următorii:
 Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
 Alfred Bester (1913–1987)
 James Blish (1921–1975)
 Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006)
 Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
 Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
 Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
 Bertram Chandler (1912–1984)
 John Christopher (1922–2012)
 Hal Clement (1922–2003)
 L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000)
 Lester del Rey (1915–1992)
 Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
 L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986)
 Henry Kuttner (1915–1958)
 Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
 C. L. Moore (1911–1987)
 Frederik Pohl (1919–2013)
 Ross Rocklynne (1913–1988)
 Eric Frank Russell (1905–1978)
 Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988)
 E. E. "Doc" Smith (1890–1965)
 Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985)
 William Tenn (1920–2010)
 A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000)
 Jack Vance (1916–2013)
 Jack Williamson (1908–2006)
 John Wyndham (1903–1969)

și din Epoca de Aur târzie (1947–1959):
 Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
 Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
 Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
 James Gunn (1923–)
 C. M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)
 Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996)
 Chad Oliver (1928–1993)

Științifico-fantastic
Curente literare
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What Is Bootstrapping & Should You Bootstrap Your Business? [Pros And Cons]
What Is Bootstrapping & Should You Bootstrap Your Business?
Bootstrapping a business is slowly becoming the new trend.
Previously, you'd see startups racing to reach investors and raise millions of dollars to grow their businesses.
They would pitch hundreds of investors and as soon as they finally find a match, it's like they've already won.
After all, the business with the most money usually wins, right?
It's true in a lot of cases - my article on why 90% of startups truly fail outlines the other reasons.
However, in many cases, having too much money has been the downfall of the business.
So what is bootstrapping?
Very simply, bootstrapping a business is growing a business from scratch using only your own capital and savings.
From here, you're then able to use what the business generates to build it up and make it compound.
The cool thing is, when you start making sales, you'll be able to get a flywheel going, and your business will be able to start growing rapidly.
My latest startup, Hawk Prospecting, is a bootstrapped business and will stay that way for a long time.
We're going to soon be discussing the pros and cons of bootstrapping, however, it will not always be a great fit for every business.
Example of bootstrapped businesses
You might be thinking: "Has there been any successful businesses that are bootstrapped?"
The answer is yes.
There have been tons of successful businesses who have bootstrapped their way to success - some are even the biggest businesses in their industries.
The simplest example of a bootstrapped business is Mailchimp.
Mailchimp is an email marketing software that gets over 24 million website visits per month.
They're completely bootstrapped since their inception back in 2001.
Not fair! That's before I was even born.
On the other hand, arguably their closest competitor, Constant Contact, is a fully-funded email marketing software that gets over 20 million website visits per month.
Here is a very simple split that shows you a bootstrapped business going had on with a funded business.
In fact, I didn't even know about Constant Contact until a few weeks or months ago.
However, everyone knows Mailchimp.
This goes to show how successful a bootstrapped business can be - it just takes a great product and better marketing.
Going on both sites, I'd prefer to use Mailchimp over Constant Contact.
Plus, Mailchimp even has a free forever version which Constant Contact does not have.
Are there other options?
Growing Condensr, my previous startup, I wanted to raise funding to grow the business.
The reason I thought that raising funding was important is because I had a massive vision for the business which needed outside capital to flourish.
I wanted to get Condensr in the hands of everyone in the world who valued reading and self-development or even thought of reading.
Other than this, my final options were to either borrow money from banks or lenders or to run a Kickstarter campaign and raise funding through crowdfunding.
Both were terrible decisions in my case.
Borrowing money is never a smart idea. Essentially, you never know if your business is going to succeed, and you also don't know how much will change about your situation or business.
It's probably best to borrow money only when you have a proven system of generating cash flow from your business.
On the other hand, crowdfunding rarely works for things like software or mobile apps - even then, it would cost a ton to make it work.
See crowdfunding is not as easy as throwing your idea up on Kickstarter and watching the money roll in.
You have to strategically set up the campaign, made the ads emotional and enticing, build up an email list before the campaign, spend tons on advertising, etc.
It takes a ton of money to maybe make something on Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general.
All of a sudden, bootstrapping seems like the most attractive idea, right?
In this article, we're going to be discussing the pros and cons of bootstrapping your business.
By now you should understand what bootstrapping is, and your other options aside from bootstrapping.
However, we must first learn about the pros and cons of bootstrapping before you're able to make a concrete decision on which direction you'd prefer to go with your business.
Here are the pros of bootstrapping your business.
When you bootstrap your business, you're essentially in control of the whole business.
This means that 100% of the business is under your control.
You're not giving away 5%, 10%, 20%, or whatever it may be to an investor.
You're keeping everything that the business makes and all the decisions that happen in your business are yours to make.
This is great because there won't be times where you and someone else, a partner or an investor, are arguing over a direction the business has to take.
The decisions that you make are final.
This might be a great thing for a lot of people - In fact, starting a business, lots of people fear having to trust others with their businesses.
Maintaining all the control over the business and its operations is a great thing because you're not going to have to give anyone the keys to the kingdom.
Having 100% control of the business will mean that everything from where the money is spent, what to focus on, who to hire, who to fire, where to market, etc, is all on you.
Most people, unless you're Elon Musk, are not going to be able to handle every aspect of the business.
That's why it's important to hire soon - it doesn't mean you're giving away shares in your business, but you're just getting more and more people on board with the vision and to help you grow the business.
No business will ever exercise its potential without hiring outside talent.
Revenue/profit
One of the best reasons you're going to want to bootstrap your business is because it means that all the revenue and profit you make are in your hands.
You're able to do whatever you want with that capital.
You can cash out on a 'company car' or a 'company office' (aka a massive house for yourself).
Or, if you're a little more disciplined, you can invest everything into the business to exponentially grow it.
With Hawk Prospecting, I'm firstly looking for the cue that makes people switch to a paid plan.
This is going to involve talking to the users on the app and learning about their needs, and problems which my product can fix.
If my product can be put in place as a way to solve those problems, they'll be willing to pay for it.
Once this is done, we can start looking into ways to utilise other growth channels for Hawk Prospecting.
This could be paid advertising, influencers, YouTube, etc.
When you, let's say, have investors, you'll have much less freedom over where your capital is going.
On top of this, when you sell the business, you'll have to give out X% to the investors based on their investments.
For example, if you had 3 investors with a total of 30% in the business, you can only keep 70% of the final payout.
However, when your business is bootstrapped and you decide to sell it, you're keeping 100% of the payout.
More on the negatives of this when we speak about the cons.
Someone once told me that finding investors for your business is like buying yourself a boss in your own business.
The sound of that grossed me out - it was the one thing I was running away from.
I didn't want to work for someone else, I want the freedom to do what I really want to do.
However, when you have investors, you essentially have people that you need to pay back.
These investors have put up a lot of money to help your business get off the ground and grow.
The reason they invested is that they saw potential in the business and had faith that you're going to be able to come through on your promise.
This means that It'll most likely be very stressful having investors constantly nagging you and keeping you on the ball.
After they've given you the money, they expect you to deliver on what you promised them.
When things are not going well, you'll start to feel the stress.
Although it would still be stressful when things aren't going well, you'd be a lot less stressed knowing you have investors that are relying on you to pull through.
Some people would say that the stress is good and that when you're cornered, you're more likely to find a way out.
For someone like me, however, the added stress is the last thing I'd want.
There were some of the pros of bootstrapping a business.
For many people, those would have been enough to push them into making the decision to bootstrap their business.
However, there are some cons that we must not dismiss.
Here are some of the downsides of bootstrapping your business.
Slower growth
When you raise money, you have a ton of money (usually 6-9 figures) to throw around and test with.
This will mean that you're able to spend a lot of money on hiring people early on, running tests and experiments to reach the stage of product/market fit.
Once you've reached this point, you're essentially given the green light to take this thing to the moon.
That is the point I'm trying to currently reach with Hawk Prospecting.
However, since my business is only bootstrapped, I won't have the luxury to go at 1000 miles per hour.
At the start, especially, I'm probably going to be walking before I can run - or fly in this case.
I wouldn't have 100s of thousands or millions of dollars at my disposal and so it's going to take much longer to grow at the same speed as funded startups.
I'm not going to be able to hire talent for a while, not until the business generates some sort of revenue.
I'm also not able to invest in paid marketing as of yet since I haven't even found product/market fit yet.
This, however, could be a good thing for Hawk Prospecting.
I'm able to spend more time manually talking to customers and learning about their needs.
I'm able to be more tactical and so I can learn and iterate Hawk Prospecting to fit the needs of my audience perfectly.
However, the lack of money and employees will most likely mean that it takes me longer to reach the same point as a funded startup.
Might never grow
This one here is very scary and a nightmare for many businesses.
There is a good chance that, actually, you might never even grow.
This is less because of the capital alone, but other reasons too.
Most founders are not cut out to be founders - you need to learn about where you'd perform best.
For example, founder of Appsumo, Noah Kagan, hired a CEO that took Appsumo to almost $100M.
Noah was not the right person to do that, but he was the right person to start the business.
It's all about your skills and where you'd naturally perform best at.
My previous article on shiny object syndrome outlined this in more detail.
You need to put yourself in a position where you thrive - it's counterintuitive to force yourself to do something you're naturally disadvantaged in.
When you're bootstrapped, it's harder to put yourself in a position like this because you have to wear all the hats in the business.
You're the CEO, the CMO, the CTO, the COO, the CPO, etc.
Unless you have a team that you're starting the business with, it's going to be very hard to do everything necessary to win alone.
This often overwhelms founders, and they start going into a downwards spiral.
They don't know what they need to do to make the business successful, and so the business doesn't live to reach new heights.
Starting a business, bootstrapped especially, is all about the delicate balance between strategy, patience, and determination.
You need the right strategy and goals to grow your business.
You need patience for results to start coming through - you're bootstrapped so it may take much longer.
You need to be determined and make success your only option.
In most cases, you're going to have a lot of competition.
Many of those competitors are most likely going to have some sort of funding.
This is because they still believe that funding is the best way to grow businesses.
This means you're immediately thrown in the deep end with the sharks.
Hawk Prospecting has a lot of competition.
Being a bootstrapped business, It's important I make this part of my story so that people can resonate with that.
It's a lot more difficult for me to compete with million-dollar monthly advertising budgets.
I'm immediately starting at a disadvantage, however, I know that my product is superior to everything else on the market and so it's only a matter of time before we're able to get the feedback necessary to improve the product and scale it.
Today, there's space for more than one winner.
It's not a 'winner takes all' type of world.
Don't get me wrong, however, there are some monopolies like Google which literally have over 90% of their market's share.
This is when it's a con to be bootstrapped.
When you're going against giants, then you're most likely going to struggle to make an impact or dent in the market.
Those were the pros and cons of bootstrapping your business.
Overall, I believe that in many cases, it's better to bootstrap your business.
However, it all depends on your goals and vision for the company.
I just want to build a massively successful business, whilst have the freedom to do anything I want - this most likely doesn't mean funding.
If you're looking to take on Amazon, you're 100% going to need funding.
Figure out your reasons, and make sure you have a strong WHY to keep you going on matter the goal.
Are you going to bootstrap your business, or are you going to raise funding?
Let me know below.


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Q: Eclipse Plugin: How to show a menu contribution only when a persective is active? I created a menu contribution for an Eclipse plugin.
I would like the menu only to be visible when the plugin perspective is active.

A: Here is what I found, in an open source project, and it works for me:
<extension
      point="org.eclipse.ui.menus">
   <menuContribution
         locationURI="menu:org.eclipse.ui.main.menu?after=additions">
      <menu
            id="menu1"
            label="Menu 1">
         <visibleWhen checkEnabled="false">
            <with variable="activeWorkbenchWindow.activePerspective">
                <equals value="myperspective"/>
            </with>
         </visibleWhen>
         <dynamic class="MenuPopulationClass"
                id="MenuPopulation"/>
      </menu>
   </menuContribution>
</extension>

A: I suggest to use the Command Framework.
this tutorial can help you
To restrict the visibility of your commands you should check par. 5

A: This is a bare outline of what you need to do.
To limit the visibility of the top level menu, create an empty ActionSet through the Extension Point Selection dialog.
Next, add a visibleWhen expression to the top level menu item defined in the plugin.xml.  Right click on the menu item and select New -> visibleWhen.  Right click on the visibleWhen element and select New -> with
Set variable - "activeContexts"
Right click on the with element and select New -> iterate.  Select the new iterate element and modify its properties so that any matching element will cause the expression to evaluate true.
Right click on the iterate element and select New -> equals, then modify the value property.
value = your new ActionSet
Finally, add the top level menu item to your ActionSet.


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Q: How do I paginate json data in php I have json data that looks like this
{
"project_no":1693,
"project_name":"Theresa Project",
"description":"Nonumy euismod ornatus usu te, quodsi viderer accommodare sea cu, ut alterum officiis nec. At deleniti eloquentiam vis. Explicari definitionem ei sea. No nec erat fugit voluptaria, in his elit discere fastidii. Aperiri virtute no eos. Te per habemus vulputate, partem iuvaret intellegebat eam in.",
"project_cost":10000.00,
}
{
"project_no":1664,
"project_name":"School Supplies for Children",
"description":"Nonumy euismod ornatus usu te, quodsi viderer accommodare sea cu, ut alterum officiis nec. At deleniti eloquentiam vis. Explicari definitionem ei sea. No nec erat fugit voluptaria, in his elit discere fastidii. Aperiri virtute no eos. Te per habemus vulputate, partem iuvaret intellegebat eam in. ",
"project_cost":8000.00,
},

I have over 60 records, With php I want to show 10 records on each page and dynamically populate the page numbers based on how many records I have.
Heres how I'm displaying the data.
$json = file_get_contents('http://linktojsondata.com');
$obj = json_decode($json, true);

<?php
$i = 0;
foreach ($obj as $project_name => $project_info) { ?>
    <a href="single-project-detail.php/<?php echo $project_info['project_no'];?>">
        <img class="img-thumbnail" alt="" src="<?php echo $project_info['featured_image_url']; ?>">

    <a href="single-project-detail.php/<?php echo $project_info['project_no'];?>">
        <?php echo $project_info['project_name']; ?>

        <?php $string = strip_tags($project_info['description']);?>

<?php if (++$i == 10) break; } ?>

A: Here is a start, you will split the json array into blocks of 10 using array_chunk, and then loop through this using the page number $_GET['p'] - 1 so your page url may look like page.php?p=2 which will select the second set of data.
$pages = array_chunk(json_decode($json, true), 10, true);

foreach ($pages[$_GET['p'] - 1] as $project_name => $project_info) {

// your code

}


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What we have learned about Solar system in 2016
by space · December 21, 2016
About 30 people of spacecrafts made by hands in our Solar system collect information on our planet and its vicinities now. Every year proofs which support some theories gather, pushing out others on a roadside. Before you some of the most interesting facts which we managed to learn about our Solar system in 2016.
Jupiter and Saturn are thrown into us comets
In 1994 the whole world observed how Schoomaker's comet — Levi 9 crashed into Jupiter and "has left a mark of the size of Earth which remained the whole year". Then astronomers joyfully exchanged words that Jupiter protects us from comets and asteroids.
Thanks to the massive gravitational field, Jupiter as believed, attracts the majority of these threats before they reach Earth. But recently the research has shown that the absolutely return can be true, and all this idea of "a board of Jupiter" isn't right.
Modeling in Laboratory of jet propulsion of NASA in Pasadena has shown that Jupiter and Saturn, most likely, shower space fragments in internal Solar system and into orbits which bring them to a way of Earth. Then giant planets abandon us with comets and asteroids.
Good news are that comets which bombarded Earth at stages of her development could "bring volatiles from an outer Solar System, lives, necessary for education".
Pluton has liquid water
On the suburb of the known Solar system the spacecraft of NASA "New horizons" opens strange things about the far-out dwarf planet Pluto. First of all the fact that Pluto has a liquid ocean is interesting.
Existence of lines of a change and the analysis of a big crater under the name Satellite Planum have led researchers to model which shows that Pluto has the liquid ocean 100 kilometers thick with the content of salts in 30% under an ice cover 300 kilometers thick. He is approximately same salty as the Dead Sea.
If the ocean of Pluto was in the course of freezing, then the planet had to contract. But, seemingly, it extends. Scientists suspect that in a kernel there was enough radioactivity to give though is a little warm. Thick layers of exotic surface ices act as the insulator, and possibly present ammonia acts as antifreeze.
Kernels of the Neptune and Uranium are wrapped up by plastic
How to learn what lies under clouds of far gas giants where atmospheric pressure in nine million times is higher, than on Earth? Mathematics! Scientists used an algorithm USPEX to provide the possible picture of the events under clouds of these poorly studied planets.
Knowing that the Neptune and Uranium consist generally of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen, scientists connected calculations to determine strange chemical processes which can proceed there. As a result the exotic polymers, organic plastic, crystal carbonic acid and orthocarbon acids (it "Hitler's acid", because its atomic structure reminds a swastika) which is wrapped up around a firm internal kernel turned out.
During searches of extraterrestrial life on the Titan and Europe scientists hope that water could react with breeds with course of organic processes. But if the internal kernel is wrapped up by exotic crystals and plastic, it is necessary to review some things.
On Mercury there is huge Grand Canyon
If on Venus and Mars there was a volcanic activity some more millions years ago, seemingly, that the baby Mercury calmed down 3-4 billion years ago. The planet cooled down, began to contract and burst.
In the course of it there was a massive crack which scientists call Great Valley. According to the statement of scientists of the University of Maryland:
"The valley 400 kilometers wide and 965 kilometers long, with steep slopes which get 3 kilometers below than the surrounding area. That you could compare if Great Valley of Mercury existed on Earth, it would be twice deeper than Grand Canyon and stretched from Washington to New York and Detroit far in the West".
On the tiny planet in a circle of only 4800 kilometers such Great Valley is more similar to a terrible scar on the person.
Venus was suitable for life once
Venus — the only planet which spins back to front. At 460 degrees Celsius, her surface rather heating to melt lead, and the planet is wrapped up with clouds of sulfuric acid. But once Venus, perhaps, was capable to support life.
More than four billion years ago Venus had oceans. Actually, it is considered that water on the planet was more than two billion years. Today Venus very dry and has no water vapor at all. The solar wind Solntsa has blown off her all.
The atmosphere of Venus marks out big electric field five times stronger than terrestrial. This field also is rather strong to overcome the gravity of Venus and to push out hydrogen and oxygen in an upper atmosphere where solar winds will blow off them away.
Scientists don't know why electric field of Venus so strong, but it can be connected with the fact that Venus is closer to the Sun.
The earth is fed with the Moon
The earth is surrounded by the magnetic field protecting us from charged particles and harmful radiation. If not it, we would be irradiated by space beams 1000 times stronger than those that now. Our computers and electronics would be roasted instantly. Therefore it is great that in the center of our planet the huge sphere from the melted iron turns. Until recently scientists haven't been sure why he continues to rotate. Eventually, he has to cool down and be slowed down.
But for the last 4,3 billion years he has cooled down on only 300 degrees Celsius. Thus, we have lost not enough heat that hasn't played a special role for magnetic field. Now scientists believe that the orbit of the Moon supports the heated Earth kernel in the course of rotation, throwing about 1000 billion watts of energy in a kernel. The moon can be much more important for us, than we thought.
Rings of Saturn — new
From 1600th years disputes on that how many there are rings of Saturn and from where they have undertaken are conducted. In the theory, Saturn once had more moon and some of them have faced among themselves. There was as a result a cloud of fragments which has decayed on rings and 62 satellites.
Observing as Saturn squeezes out geysers of Enceladus, scientists could estimate the relative force of the tow of the gas giant. As all satellites have been thrown into longer orbits, it has allowed scientists to estimate approximately when there was a small party among the moon.
Figures have shown that rings of Saturn don't belong to formation of the planet four billion years ago in any way. Actually, except for more remote moon the Titan and Yapet, large satellites of Saturn, most likely, were created during the Cretaceous, an era of dinosaurs.
In our vicinities of 15 000 very big asteroids
In 2005 NASA was entrusted to find 90% of large objects in near-earth space by 2020. So far the agency found 90% of objects of 915 meters in size and more, but only 25% — 140 meters in size or are more.
In 2016, with 30 new opening a week, NASA found 15 000 objects. For reference: in 1998 the agency found only 30 new objects a year. NASA catalogs all comets and asteroids around to be convinced that we will know when something is going to strike us. Nevertheless meteors sometimes break without the prevention, like the fact that blew up over Chelyabinsk in 2013.
We specially broke the device against a comet
The spacecraft of the European Space Agency "Rosette" rotated around a comet 67P/Churyumova — Gerasimenko within two years. The device collected data and even placed the landing module on a surface, though it isn't absolutely successful.
This mission 12 years long allowed to make a number of important discoveries. For example, "Rosette" found amino acid glycine, the main construction unit of life. Though long ago assumed that amino acids could be formed in space at the beginning of the Solar system, it was succeeded to find them only thanks to "Rosette".
"Rosetta" found 60 molecules, 34 of which never found on a comet before. Device tools also showed essential distinction as a part of water of a comet and water of Earth. Then it is unlikely water on Earth appeared thanks to comets.
After the successful mission of the ESA broke the device against a comet.
Riddles of the Sun are solved
All planets and stars have magnetic fields which change over time. On Earth this field turns over each 200 000–300 000 years. But now they are late.
In the Sun everything occurs quicker. Each 11 years or about that polarity of magnetic field of the Sun turns over. It is accompanied by the period of hyperactivity of the sun and solar spots.
Strangely enough, Venus, Earth and Jupiter are leveled at this time. Scientists believe that these planets can influence the Sun. By results of a research when planets are leveled, their gravity is combined, causing tidal effect on plasma of the sun, attracting it and breaking magnetic field of the sun.
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A Communication Overhaul
A team at Hanscom AFB, Mass., is leading a "major overhaul" of the Air Force's Wideband Enterprise Terminal system, which uses satellites to transfer classified and unclassified data ensuring airmen remain connected across the globe. The first modernization of enterprise terminals" (MET) kit was recently installed on a system at Ramstein AB, Germany, according to a release. "We are steadily ramping up and expect to have another three installations completed shortly," said AFWET Program Manager Shawn Patterson. In addition, the Air Force also is conducting "25 targeted sustainment actions" on some of the terminals, including reliability and software modifications and technical refreshes, states the release.


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"Women of the Mito Domain"
The book Women of the Mito Domain by Yamakawa Kikue is an intriguing work about those who struggled through the rigors of life in the castle town of Mito during the turbulent times of Tokugawa-era Japan. Among the book's many virtues, it offers the reader an unflinching glimpse into life at varying levels in Mito during the 1800's. Covering the broader scope of events in and around Mito during that time, the introduction offers an expansive view of the political rumblings of the day that serves as an outstanding frame of reference for the rest of the book. In contrast to this, in other sections it highlights the nuts and bolts of life in a semi-rural outpost and in doing so offers numerous provocative insights into the daily lives and typical activities of women and others of modest samurai station. In a very vivid manner, it also presents how the disparate perspectives of the political and the everyday eventually collide. It clearly details how policies issued from afar and bitter political rivalry intruded upon the everyday and the toll it ultimately took on the unwilling, the unwitting, the moderate, and the completely innocent among the townsfolk. Overall, the book's comprehensive scope and frequently contrasting features make it both a unique and compelling reading.
The book begins with an ample introduction to the dark and murky political climate of Mito, an enclave ruled by an absentee daimyo. The town is occupied by his samurai retainers, their families and supporting concerns. The introduction serves as a sturdy supporting canvas on which the rest of the picture of life in Mito during the mid-1800's is painted. Mito is introduced via an expansive, yet gripping and fairly detailed account of the issues of greater magnitude. Once such issue outlined is odd alignment of the quasi-militaristic governement of the time, the powerful Bakufu, and the semi-impotent and largely ceremonial Imperial Court, and how their tentative relationship frequently consisted of opposing wills and goals. Also added to the compelx mix are the quirks in the dynamics of Mito's relationship with the Bakufu and how these quirks served to fuel various tensions. Other highlights include interesting tidbits about the ideologies of the various diamyo, the direct arm of the Bakufu line, and how these contributed to the later emergence of opposing outlooks in the Tengu and Student political factions. To round things out, there's the fascinating accounts of the events that sparked the multiple rise and fall cycles of these rival factions within this volatile system and the viciousness which accompanied them. These pieces of the historical puzzle give the reader full context and nicely illustrate the interplay of events and elements which shaped the larger course of life and events in Mito domain.
made so that she could honor a request to marry into a house with a fading lineage and little hope of future heirs if she did not comply. The section highlighting the general conditions under which (male) students diligently studied and learned could serve as a reality check for many modern-day students. The descriptions of conditions at school portray the educational process of the day as spartan at best. It's revealed that the year-round schooling took place in essentially bare rooms sans temperature control in bitterly cold winters and steamy summers, with few and the most basic of tools to work and learn with. In spite of the hardship, the students managed to learn regardless. It is these sort of accounts that capture the human essence of life in Mito in a manner that nearly anyone can relate to in some manner. Few historical narratives seem to take this sort of angle of approach.
sword as it fell on victim after victim who's last breaths were drawn while seated at the edge of a large pit. There's the unsettling mention of the child who, a mere toddler when imprisoned, could not relate to what others were referring to when they talked of horses, dogs, or oxen after her fortunate release after four years. However, these are just a few of the stories waiting to confront the sensibilities of the modern reader, there are more. There are reports of children executed as their parents watched, an 82 year-old mother thrown into prison because of the political affiliation of her son, young girls becoming accustomed to and undisturbed by the sight of the decapitated heads of previously victorious faction leaders nailed to the prison gate in a sweep of vengence dubbed the "divine retribution" by their formerly vanquished rivals. These are just some of the eye-opening insights into the very dark side of samurai life in the Mito domain offered within the pages of the book.
In summary, Women of the Mito Domain is something of a misnomer in that it constitutes so much more than simply an account of just the women of the time. However, the role of women and their essential and unsung everyday activities, in this book and in history in general, should not be ignored or understated. The spirit with which these women endured and the hardships they suffered due to politics that they were largely kept ignorant of should not be lost in the wake of tangled events left by the more boisterous and destructive of their men-folk, as is frequently the case. The human cost and tragic consequences of political violence and single-minded ideologies should always be included as vividly as it is in Women of the Mito Domain as a reminder of why it isn't sane to pursue that style of behaving. The book is a recommended selection for all types of readers due to this uncommon content as well as it's variable scope, and agreeable style. It contains more than enough to capture and keep the attention of those interested in surveys of everyday life and social conditions, samurai history buffs, those interested in women's issues, and the more general reader alike. It would also be an illuminating selection for those involved with serious scholarly investigations into history and the impact of political maneuverings on social conditions and the dynamics of daily living during difficult times.


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Five Hawkeyes Named To NFF Hampshire Honor Society
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Five members of the University of Iowa football program have been named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society. The announcement was made Wednesday by the National Football Foundation.
The Hawkeyes who earned the distinction are safety Jake Gervase, defensive ends Parker Hesse and Anthony Nelson, defensive tackle Matt Nelson, and kicker Miguel Recinos.
"Our student-athletes take pride in representing the University of Iowa and the Hawkeye football program, both on the field and in the classroom," said Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz. "Our Academic Student Services Department staff members do a great job helping our players succeed academically, while balancing the demands of football and academics.
"The National Football Foundation supports a number of academic programs that provide student-athletes the opportunity for success and we are grateful for that recognition. The Hampshire Honor Society is just one way our players are able to be recognized for their academic success. We encourage a well-rounded athletic and academic experience for our student-athletes and program such as the Hampshire Honor Society assists our players in recognizing their academic accomplishments."
Now in its 13th year, the Hampshire Honor Society recognizes football players who have completed their career the previous season, are starters or significant reserves, and carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) throughout their college career. Iowa is one of 29 colleges and universities to have had at least one honoree in each of the 13 years of the recognition.
The NFF recognized 1,643players from 424 college football programs at all levels. The entire list can be found on the National Football Foundation website,http://www.footballfoundation.org.
Gervase, a native of Davenport, Iowa, carried a 3.4 GPA as a finance and management major. He led Iowa in tackles (89) as a senior, while sharing the team lead in interceptions (four) and break-ups (seven). Gervase was named to the All-Bowl team by Rivals.com following Iowa's win in the Outback Bowl. He was a three-time Academic All-Big honoree and earned honorable mention all-conference honors in 2018. He was named a permanent team captain.
Hesse is a native of Waukon, Iowa, who started 47 career games, including the final 37 of his career. He earned Academic All-Big Ten honors four straight years and received the Forest Evashevski Scholastic Achievement Award and the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award as a senior. Hesse, who ranked third on the team in tackles, carried a 3.57 GPA while earning both his bachelor's and master's degrees during his career.
Anthony Nelson is a native of Waukee, Iowa, who declared for the NFL Draft following his junior season in 2018. He earned his degree in accounting with a 3.83 GPA. He started the final 26 games of his career and ranked second in the Big Ten and 17th in the nation in sacks (9.5-63) in 2018. He earned second-team All-Big Ten honors.
Anthony Nelson was twice named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team, earning first-team honors in 2017 and second-team accolades in 2018. He was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Matt Nelson played both end and tackle during his career, earning 33 career starts over the last three season. He is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who carried a 3.41 GPA while earning degrees in biology and human physiology. He earned honorable mention All-Big Ten as a senior and was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Recinos handled the kicking duties the last two seasons and ranks 14th in career scoring with 180 points. He made all 92 of his career PAT attempts and 29-of-38 career field goals. He ranked second in the Big Ten in scoring in 2018 and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten.
Recinos earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for three years. He carried a 3.26 GPA while earning his degree in health and human physiology. He received the Reggie Roby Special Teams Award as a junior and senior.
The Hampshire Honor Society represents a component in the NFF's history as an innovator in promoting the scholar-athlete ideal. Since its inception in 1959, the NFF's National Scholar-Athlete Awards program has awarded $11.5 million to 854 scholars and community leaders.


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Bonke is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gamo Gofa Zone, Bonke is bordered on the south by the Dirashe special woreda, on the west by the Weito River which separates it from Kemba, on the northwest by Deramalo, on the north by Dita, and on the east by Arba Minch Zuria. The major town in Bonke is Gerese.

According to a 2004 report, Bonke had 32 kilometers of all-weather roads and 7 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 49 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.

Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 159,089, of whom 79,113 are men and 79,976 women; 6,347 or 3.99% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 55.32% of the population reporting that belief, 27.18% practiced traditional beliefs, and 15.55% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 109,441 of whom 55,246 were men and 54,195 were women; 2,452 or 2.24% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Bonke were the Gamo (97.99%), and the Amhara (1.53%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.48% of the population. Gamo is spoken as a first language by 94.49%, 3.17% Zergulla, and 1.09% spoke Amharic; the remaining 1.25% spoke all other primary languages reported.

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Districts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region


A rugby academy founded by an Angus sports charity has scored a success in its first season.
The Strathmore Rugby Club Community Trust at Strathmore RFC's ground in Forfar, has run free sessions for male and female S1-S6 pupils on Friday afternoons (2-4pm) during the school term since last August with an average of 30 children from the Forfar, Kirriemuir and Brechin areas taking part.
The objective of the academy is not just to develop their playing skills but also to provide them with the tactical and conditioning knowledge to successfully transition into adult rugby as well as develop them as individuals.
In addition to rugby union training, they've also received coaching in rugby league, taster sessions on yoga and cricket as well as advice from a nutritionist, a life coach and physiotherapists. Players have also taken part in video analysis and strength & conditioning training sessions and enjoyed tasters on coaching, refereeing and first aid with an opportunity to earn certificates.
The trust is now aiming to build on the success of the first year by increasing participation in the second season, starting next school term, to at least an average of 40 and double the number of girls taking part from this season's five to at least 10.
The trust was founded last year to increase public participation in sport, particularly rugby union and rugby league, in the Forfar, Kirriemuir and Brechin areas to benefit community health and wellbeing as well as develop young people into healthy, positive members of the community through the positive ethos and values of rugby.
It's based at Strathmore Rugby Club in Forfar and works in partnership with Strathmore RFC, Brechin RFC, Scottish Rugby and Scotland Rugby League. Its vision is that by June 2019 it will have created a sustainable programme of projects centred on rugby, health and the community. Last month it appointed a full-time Community Project Co-ordinator to fund, develop and run its projects.
Speaking about the first season of Rugby Academy, Stuart Gray, Chair of the trust's Board of Trustees, said: "I'm delighted this first season has been such a success.
For more about the trust and how to get involved in its projects, please go to its Facebook page.


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Homemade Healthier Ranch Dressing with Avocado!
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Here's yet another food hack that I've tried and tweaked to make a favorite condiment be a little healthier for you, but still taste great! I found this recipe from AllRecipes and followed it for the most part, but added modified it for my own tastes. It was really quick and easy to do so I'll definitely make it again! Here's the recipe!
I put everything in a bowl and mixed it with my immersion blender but if your avocado is soft enough you could just use a fork to mix it well. It tasted great and next time I make it I'm going to try to substitute out the mayo for something a bit healthier. Greek yogurt perhaps! I'll let you know how my experiments go!
Thanks! Next time I'm making a bigger batch and am going to put it on everything lol!
Okay I hate to admit this, but I don't like avocado 🙁 However my Husband is obsessed with it, so I'm betting he would LOVE this!! Thanks for sharing!
The nice thing about this is you can't taste the avocado! But it's definitely an acquired taste I think because it took me a while to like it!
I pinned this, Kimberley! Thanks for sharing on Traffic Jam Weekend.


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