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Seafood market Mallorca, Spain. Photo: Aslak Berge
Spanish supplier: "We are not going to buy any more salmon, otherwise we cannot survive"
Katrina Poulsen
Spanish seafood supplier Europacifico states they will not order more salmon, as they are not able to sell it in the current market.
Monday the Spanish Government stated 400 people have died of corona virus the last 24 hours. A rapid spread and the highest registered spread in 24 hours in Spain. As a result, the seafood industry is bleeding, but the worst is yet to come according to the prime ministers speech Saturday.
Europacifico is also expecting more challenging conditions and trying to minimise production and expenses to survive.
"We are not selling anything that is not a commodity fish. This is to survive. No sales of any special species right now," says Luis Suarez, general manager at Europacifico.
Europacifico processes around 15,000 tons of fish a year, and salmon is the sixth biggest fish they sell. The company usually processes around 10 tons of salmon a week but right now only processes one ton of salmon a week.
"We are processing 90% less salmon than usual. We are not going to buy any more salmon, otherwise we cannot survive," Luis Suarez explains and elaborates:
"Salmon prices are falling, and no one is ordering more."
Europacifico usually gets frozen salmon from Chile and Norway. The last shipment so far is on its way from Chile.
Saved so far by supermarket sale
The company is meanwhile saved by the growing demand from supermarkets, as citizens have been filling up their homes to prepare for the corona virus to infiltrate the food market.
"Supermarkets are very active now. But we expect this to stop soon. People were buying a lot of food in the beginning because of panic. Now everyone's fridges and freezers are full, and there is no more room for goods," says Luis Suarez.
Luis Suarez says that the company is expecting people to buy low value products in the upcoming time because many people have lost their jobs.
"We expect sales will decrease 50% in the supermarkets," he says.
Food service not able to pay
One of the big challenges for Europacifico is many companies in the food service industry are not able to pay their bills at the moment.
"This has a huge financial impact on our business. 50 % of our clients in the retail industry are not able to pay their bills," says Luis Suarez.
"The travel industry will suffer, and therefore we will too".
The general manager is very concerned about the time to come. Spain has around 50 million tourists a year, mostly in the summer, and a lot of sales go to restaurants and hotels during this period.
"The food service has completely stopped. No sales at all. This is going to continue for a long time. I think it will be difficult this year for the travel industry in Spain. No one will wish to travel here. Everyone will be scared and stay in their own country. Just look at China, would you go there right now?" says Luis Suarez and concludes:
"The travel industry will suffer, and therefore we will too. We have to get support from our government in order to survive this."


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Duke Reads – Together
April 25, 2007 Aaron Welborn
Duke alumni and friends now have their own virtual book club, thanks to the leadership of Rachel Davies, director of Alumni Education and Travel for the Duke Alumni Association, and the sponsorship of the Duke Libraries and other campus organizations. Called Duke Reads, the program will be announced formally to alumni during Reunions Weekend, April 13 & 14.
Over the course of the 2007–08 academic year, seven different members of the Duke community will lead discussions of seven books. The discussions will take place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, September through November and January through May, from 7:00 – 8:00pm, Eastern time, in the format of an online chat.
The September book will be the title selected for the Class of 2011 summer reading: The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson. The other books will be the choice of each month's discussion leader. For information about participating in Duke Reads, visit www.DukeReads.com after 1 June 2007.
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Q: tcl puts if format strings I want to print a information in a table.
some of the information contain a color code as \033\[1;31m${info}\033\[0m
The method I use to print the content is as below:
set name "arb bul"
set qname black
set phone 123-456789
set print_users az
set name "arbi yu"
set info dod
set string  "%-15s%-22s%-15s%-11s%-1s"
puts [format $string $name $qname ${info} ${phone} $print_users]

The problem came out when I try to color one of the strings, the table shift doesn't kept since the next string take into account the spaces from the last characters.
 set qname "\033\[1;31mblack\033\[0m"
 puts [format $string $name $qname ${info} ${phone} $print_users]

Is there any way to set the string spaces from the beginning of the line?

A: The format command does not have any knowledge of what the different escape codes may mean to the terminal. Different terminals use different escape codes. If you want to be able to use escape codes in your values, it may be best to also use escape codes to position the strings:
set string  "%s\033\[16G%s\033\[38G%s\033\[53G%s\033\[64G%s"

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Mergers: In February of 2017, the company merged with another Abu-Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) – a fund that was established in the early 1980s to focus on the global energy market. The new entity had $125bn in total assets, with increased exposure to downstream petrochemical industries – helping to boost Mubadala's revenues to $45.1bn.
Diversification: With the acquisition of IPIC, Mubadala Investment Company has restructured the organisation to focus on four key pillars: petroleum and petrochemicals; alternative investments and infrastructure; technology, manufacturing and mining, and aerospace. "All four global platforms contributed to our strong financial and operational results," said group CEO, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak.
Divestment: Mubadala's total comprehensive income doubled to AED10.3bn ($2.8bn) in 2017, which was fuelled in no small part by a series of divestments of "mature assets" as well as the increase in value of financial holdings. During the last reporting period, Mubadala sold a 40 percent stake in district-cooling business Tabreed for AED2.8bn as well as shares in chipmaker AMD for AED4.18bn.


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Q: Saving logical output images into a new (mkdir) folder I used imresize to resize about 20images. I want the resized images to be stored in a new folder I created. Here is the code I used:
imwrite(myoutput, 'resized.png');

Now my problem us that, I only get one image written to the working directory, named 'resized.PNG'. I want all the 20 resized images to be saved.
I also want them saved in a new folder defined by mkdir(resizedFolder)... Which I don't know how to do.
Here is an excerpt from my codes:
dirD=dir('*.jpeg');
for k=1:length(dirD);  %k=20      %technically
    %i ran a long code to find a       %rectangular boundary, and cropped.

    CropIm=imcrop(I, thisBlobsBoundingBox);
    resizedIm=imresize(CropIm, 0.1);
end

Now, I want resizedIm to be stored in resizedFolder as individual images which should give me 20 images.

A: You're going to want to use fullfile to combine the directory and filenames. Also you will want to create a custom filename for each image. Below I assume that all of your images are in a cell array.
resizedFolder = '/path/to/folder';

% Create folder if it doesn't exist
if ~exist(resizedFolder, 'dir')
    mkdir(resizedFolder);
end

dirD = dir('*.jpeg');

for k = 1:numel(dirD);
    % Your code to get the boundary
    CropIm = imcrop(I, thisBlobsBoundingBox);
    resizedIm = imresize(CropIm, 0.1);

    % Create a custom filename for this image.
    filename = sprintf('resized%02d.png', k);
    imwrite(resizedIm, fullfile(resizedFolder, filename));
end

This will create images in the folder that you specify with the filenames being: resized01.png, resized02.png, ...
Update: I have updated my response to be more specific to your initial code.

A: I would store your current directory to a variable like
curPath = cd;
newPath = newDirectory;
cd(curPath);
cd newPath;

After this, your working directory is the new folder. Run the loop to save your files.
Make sure you are iterating the file names.
for i = 1:20
    imwrite(myoutput(i), ['resized', num2str(i),'.png']);
end


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Q: Magento 2 Security Patches Tracking I need to understand this new Magento 2 patches.
So I see that security patches are released as 2.3.3-p1.
Let's say my version is Magento 2.3.2. And Magento has released 2.3.2-p1, 2.3.3-p1, 2.3.4-p1, 2.3.5-p1 so far. Is that mean I need to apply only one patch ie. 2.3.2-p1 or all of these?
Also,
I see that for composer installation they have introduced a new way of getting the patch. https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/install-gde/composer.html#example---security-patch .
composer create-project --repository-url=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-enterprise-edition=2.3.2-p1 <install-directory-name>

Just trying to understand how it will work on the already installed instance? Will it create a new project (create-project)?
I believe I need to apply the patch with this instead:
composer require magento/product-enterprise-edition=2.3.3-p1 --no-update

Update
So is this the process of applying patches after 2.3.3?
composer require magento/product-community-edition=2.3.3-p1 --no-update
composer update
bin/magento setup:upgrade //do I need to run this on security only patch/updates
bin/magento setup:di:compile
bin/magento setup:static:content:deploy

Especially do I need to run bin/magento setup:upgrade on security only patches/updates?


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Situated in the northernmost reaches of Maricopa County, the unincorporated community of Desert Hills comprises border sections of both Cave Creek and Anthem. For its part, the Desert Hills residential area covers around 4.3 square miles and consists of both home developments and open stretches of ranch land best suited for horse farms.
Between the two of them, the cities of Cave Creek and Anthem boast a great many amenities and lifestyle enrichments to which Desert Hills residents and visitors have easy access. Cave Creek itself is home to the Desert Awareness Park which serves to expose residents and tourists alike to the marvels of desert ecology. Also in Cave Creek are the Memorial Arena Rodeo Grounds, the Cave Creek Museum, and the Desert Foothills Library which measures 20,000 square feet in size.
As for Anthem, this handsome slice of Sonoran Desert paradise features the splendid Anthem Golf & Country Club, which runs right up against Daisy Mountain, itself a nice sight for eyes in need of natural wonder. The club itself boasts 36 holes of championship fairways, twin putting greens, ample tennis courts, two fitness centers, and an amphitheater large enough to accommodate 200. A tour of this sterling club will surely amount to time well spent for visitors of all ages.
The food and shopping options surrounding Desert Hills are surprisingly ample, particularly given how far removed the community is from the larger Phoenix metropolitan area. Cave Creek and Anthem benefit greatly from excellent restaurants, most of which are within close driving distance of Desert Hills. Hungry residents and visitors have a terrific array of culinary styles from which to choose, including The Village Coffee & Crêperie, Le Sans Souci, The Grotto Café, and Tru Burger Co.
And for those looking to splurge on a retail outing, Desert Hills sits within convenient proximity to stores ranging from outlet venues and boutiques to quaint shops and specialty vendors. Be sure to visit Cartwright's Leather Company, Anthem Community Farmer's Market, Rare Earth Gallery, the Outlets at Anthem, or any of the dozens of other charming merchants not listed here. Many (if not most) of the stores surrounding Desert Hills effortlessly channel the very essence of Southwest living and desert culture. Lifelong residents and first-time visitors often find themselves taken with the sincerity and wholesomeness that characterize business and customer service in this quiet refuge of a community.
Because of its remote location, life in Desert Hills is serene when compared to otherwise similar communities in Maricopa County. It also straddles the line between modern civilization and the timelessness of a bygone age when the West was young and Arizona was a mere collection of train stations and outposts. A week's visit in Desert Hills will acquaint you closely with that very phenomenon.


Thirty year old Sara Smythe has been head housekeeper at a fancy London hotel for eleven years, and when an opportunity arises to relocate to New York City and forge a new path, she eagerly accepts. Sara will be managing a new apartment building being built on the outskirts of 1885 New York City – a building to be known as "The Dakota" – and she's both excited and intimidated by the opportunity. The architect, Theo Camden, is persuasive and passionate about the project, and Sara finds that passion catching. Soon she's managing the large staff that oversees the day to day operations at the famous building, and Sara marvels at her good fortune.
One hundred years later, Bailey Camden is eager to put her interior design skills back to work after a stint in rehab. She's ready to help her friend Melinda redecorate the large apartment that has been in Melinda's family for a hundred years, an apartment that happens to be located in the famed Dakota Building. Melinda has very definite ideas of modernizing the space, but Bailey's not sure she can go along with all of Melinda's requests.
A series of discoveries leads Bailey to dig deeper into her family history and that of the legendary building she has grown to love. That story is told in parallel with Sara Smythe's journey from maid to mistress as New York's Gilded Age sets the scene for the Camden family's secrets both past and present. Scandal, architecture and high society all blend to make The Address an interesting tale of betrayal and power, of a tangled family saga that sprawls over a century before its secrets are finally set free from the walls of one of the most famous addresses in New York City. The Address is a well-balanced novel of history, duplicity and love, a perfect escape from the dog days of summer!


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This came after Bitstamp added physical gold delivery as a withdrawal option for European clients.
The brokerage, publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange, recently rebranded as GoldMoney following its merger with the UK-based precious metals storage firm. The startup's stated objective is to make it easy to store and spend gold. As implied by its original name, it was considered to have employed some use of blockchain technology to carry out transfers. However, it minimized its association with anything to do with Bitcoin from the start, and now makes practically no mention of it whatsoever as can be seen from the announcement quoted above. Instead, it has focused entirely on the precious metal it promotes, as observed with its takeover of GoldMoney.
Coincidentally, the BitGold announcement of integrating with the European banking system followed popular bitcoin exchange Bitstamp revealing yesterday that it is now offering a new method of withdrawing funds in the form of physical gold to its EU clients. This is thanks to a cooperation with Moro & Kunst d.o.o., a precious metals re-seller operating in the Slovenian, Austrian and Croatian financial markets since 1993. Bitstamp says that at the moment, purchase is only available with USD and the gold will be delivered within 2 to 5 business days of an order being placed.


The 'gilt-edged invitation' is synonymous with status and prestige, yet the process of applying a gilt edge to a card is still a specialised art. …especially when combined with flat or bevelled edges, applied to round or square-corned cards. But to be luxurious, a card needn't have gilt edges – as well as the more familiar gold and silver edged cards, we can provide coloured edges.
If you need your gilt edged cards– or coloured edged cards – quickly, we can provide printers card sizes from stock for next day delivery.
If your colour-edged or gilt edged cards are to be in a bespoke size, we'll happily provide an estimate (though not necessarily on a gilt edged card!).
To view the full spectrum of our stock coloured edged cards, together with flat or bevel edged options, please click here.
With a minimum order value of just £25, you can acquire the inestimable quality feel of classic gilt or silver edged cards or the distinctive style of coloured edge cards for a deceptively small sum.


One of the problems for young-Earth creationism is that we are seeing light from stars more than 6,000 light-years away, which implies that those stars pre-date the alleged date of the creation.
The author claims that computer analysis of the measurements of light velocity recorded since 1675 shows otherwise and points to a beginning—a creation of light and a subsequent slowing down of this created light. The date of this beginning appears to support the short Biblical chronology.
(Note: I have seen this claim made in many places, and I am not concerned here with refuting the specific evidence on that page. I am merely establishing that this is a notable claim).
Edit: The article quoted above is dated 1981, although the page is still live on Answers in Genesis. Creationists have since backed off from the claim that historical measurements demonstrate that light has slowed down. Some still argue that it might have slowed down, but that scientists are ignoring this possibility. For instance the Institute for Creation Research has an article dated 2003, but still available on their website now, which seems to argue (if I understand the word-salad correctly) that this is possible. Other creationists have taken refuge in more complex theories involving a geocentric or sun-centric universe in which the speed of light or the expansion of space varies in a way that puts Earth in a privileged position such that the essential asymmetries are only invisible from the point of view of Earth.
At first sight the proposition that light has slowed seems to be an irrefutable theory. However it occurs to me that there may be astronomical phenomena which provide evidence for the speed of light at or near the time the light was emitted. An example would be a nova in a gas cloud: we would be able to see the light-sphere from the explosion growing through the cloud. Another would be a pulsar in a gas cloud, in the same way.
If we can see that light from an object 10,000 LY away was travelling at the same speed when it left the object then it would be evidence to refute the creationist argument that the speed of light might have changed in the last 10,000 years.
Is there good evidence showing whether the speed of light has slowed down over the past 6,000 years?
It turns out that SN1987A did pretty much what I suggested. It had a ring of material that had been thrown off the star some 20,000 years ago. When the star exploded the light from the explosion illuminated this ring 8 months later. Simple measurements of the size of the ring and the known distance to SN1987A yield a speed of light that is the same as the one we see today.
Pulsars also present serious problems to c-decay theories, because we see light and radio waves from pulsars as they spin. If the speed of light has changed then this should show up as changes in the time of arrival of the pulsar emissions today.
Edit: As Gordon Davidsson (below) points out, SN1987A is not a good test here. Suppose that when SN1987A exploded the speed of light was faster than now. Whatever that speed was, the light from the ring would still be 0.6 LY behind the light from the supernova. Then both sets of light slow down to the current speed, and hey presto, we see the ring illuminated 0.6 years after the supernova explosion.
However by the same token pulsars are a good test. Suppose a pulsar is spinning once a second. Each pulse of light directed towards Earth is a second behind of the last one. If the speed of light is much faster than now then the distance between the pulses will be much greater. Then if light slows down the pulses will still be the same distance apart, but because the light is travelling slower an observer on Earth will see the interval between the pulses increase. Since the pulses we are seeing today must have been in flight during this supposed slow-down of light, we would see pulsars seeming to slow down by significant amounts. We don't see this.
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Is K-Ar a reliable method for dating rock ages?


Card-holding patrons may request books through interlibrary loan. These books are ordered through the Bangor Public Library, which mails them to Lincolnville. It usually takes about a week to receive a book, though it can take longer for extremely popular ones. Patrons may borrow these books for three weeks.
Thousands of magazines, newspapers, reference books and other resources such as ancestrylibrary.com are available at the library free of charge through the online collections of the Digital Maine Library.
The MaineCat Statewide Catalog combines and links nearly 100 library collections contained in ten large online library systems. A single search scans millions of unique titles. While the Lincolnville Community Library is not a member of MaineCat, this is a great research tool. See "Interlibrary Loan" above to learn how to borrow books not available at the Lincolnville Community Library.
The library offers laptop computers for patrons and guests to use within the building. The laptops must be checked out at the circulation desk. Free high-speed wireless Internet access is available for those who bring their own computers or other devices to the library.
The library offers free delivery and pickup of books and other materials to local residents who are homebound and unable to visit in person. Volunteers from the Friends of the Library Committee provide this service. To learn more, please contact the library at 706-3896 or questions@lincolnvillelibrary.org.
Staff will make copies and print documents for patrons and guests for a fee of 25 cents per page.
Our Little Lincolnville Community Library at Lincolnville Beach is stocked with a wonderful variety of books for people to take and enjoy. There is no need to leave a book in exchange; people may read what they take and then keep the books or pass them along to someone else.
The library grew out of a project of the Lincolnville Historical Society and the two organizations continue to collaborate on programs. An area in the library is set aside for historical society exhibits and books. The society also maintains displays of historical objects in the nearby Jackie Watts Open Air Museum, which is open in the summer months.


With all the craze surrounding gold over the last few years, it's probably a good idea to remind everyone, especially the younger generation, about gold's beginnings. For me, just the mere mention of the word "gold" conjures up the likes of Croesus, the wealthy Lydian king who reigned from 500-547 BC. The Lydian's, during this time, are believed to be the first people to mint gold coins. As far as a pop culture reference, gold often reminds me of Goldfinger, the antagonist in the 1964 James Bond movie, who was planning to attack the gold depository at Fort Knox.
Whatever association or reference you have with gold, we all share the same envy for the highly valuable and greatly sought-after metal.
Most of the gold is held in reserves by central banks around the world. It was used and still is in many countries, to secure the value of their currency. It is estimated that all the gold mined by the end of 2011 totaled over 170,000 metric tons. As of July 31, 2015, the Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service published that the book value of U.S. Treasury-owned gold exceeds $11 billion dollars.
Most of the gold in the U.S. is held at Fort Knox, KY. To put this in perspective, not withstanding what Goldfinger thought, if the U.S. sold off its entire gold reserve position at a current market price, it would only be able to pay off about 3 percent of our national debt. In order to cover the whole debt, the gold price would have to be approaching a market value of around $63,000 per troy ounce!
Gold floats at a dollar valued market price. As of the writing of this article, it had recently closed at $1,146 per troy ounce. When people get nervous about the economy, there is often a flight into gold. As a result of the recent recession, gold hit an all-time high of $1,900 an ounce in 2011. There are other reasons to buy gold, but the main one is that it is considered a safe haven to protect investors against a possible catastrophe in the economic markets.
A 2014 article in USA Today reported that the U.S. holds the most gold, over 8,000 metric tons, with Germany at second place with over 3,000 metric tons and Italy running third, at nearly 2,500 metric tons. By the way, China is supposed to hold approximately 1,000 metric tons.
Our money used to be redeemable for gold and silver; however, in 1934, Congress amended the Federal Reserve Act to read, "The said (Federal Reserve notes shall be the obligations of the United States…" Our currency was backed by gold until President Nixon ended the tie between the dollar and gold in 1971.
"Gold bars are what most people think of when they consider gold bullion, and with good reason. Gold bars come in many different shapes and sizes. Starting off at 1 gram, gold bars can be as large as you can possibly imagine. The most commonly traded bars fall into the 1 oz. and lower range, with many different varieties available. Gold bars are a primary choice (for investors) because they offer the most pure, real gold per dollar," according to JM Bullion.
If you are dying to own something that is volatile and reactive to world markets and economic scares, pays no interest, no dividends, and realistically can go without going up in value, sure… go for it! I'm being facetious, but crisis causes a surge of gold buying, although I'm not sure that is the best decision.
Those of us, who lived through power outages and gasoline shortages after Hurricane Sandy, know that gold wouldn't have helped. Although people flock to gold in times of crisis, if a real crisis occurs, I have my doubts as to how effective a stockpile of gold would prove to be. If you stockpile gold somewhere safe, and a crisis occurs, how are you going to use your gold to provide useful goods and services? Do you think people are going to start pulling out their kitchen scales, weighing gold and trading it for eggs and chickens? If a real crisis occurs there are numerous things I'd rather own than gold; things like batteries, guns solar panels, chickens, a garden and oil and gasoline," notes Dana Anspach, in an article she wrote for About.com. I lived through 14 days of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. We had no power and our gasoline supply began to come under pressure. The long gas lines and falling temperatures made tempers rise. Gold wouldn't have made a difference.
When you are having the "gold" or "no gold" discussion with your next generation, here is my take on it: It is fine to have some gold in your balanced portfolio. I don't like to see more than a 10 percent holding in gold.
There are numerous studies and articles, which show the inverse reaction of gold prices to a stock market crash. So, this 10 percent holding is somewhat of a hedge. This is intuitive. When the market crash happens, money flows from the stock market into gold and when it is over, the money flows back into the stock market. Stay the course and, if you have the stomach for it, as your 10 percent gold holding increases, sell it and buy the low valued stocks.
The major point is not to panic when the market reacts to this situation. Do not get caught up in the doom and gloom syndrome, where people firmly believe that this tangible asset of gold that you can hold in your hand is far above the promises of our politicians and the unbacked paper issued by our governments.


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This is an article from the January-February 1994 issue: Perspectives on the World Christian Movement
Wildfire Threatens US Center Campus
Many of you have seen the flames burning in Southern California on your TV sets at home. But for us here at the US Center, it became a very personal story.
On October 27, 1993, those living near the campus of the US Center awoke to the strong smell of smoke in the air and strong 50 mph "Santa Ana" winds. The palm trees were swaying and bending violently under the onslaught of these powerful winds. Leaves and tree branches, torn from the trees, littered the ground.
We soon learned that a raging wildfire was burning out of control in Eaton Canyon just about a mile north of the US Center campus. Before we could mentally absorb all this, we learned that two of our staff members, Herb and Elsie Purnell, lost their home to the flames. It was the first home they had ever owned after many years of missionary service and they had just moved in 12 days earlier. They had not even had time to unpack their boxes. Herb had been working on a dictionary for the Mien language and it was lost to the fire also.
This fire came to be known as the Altadena fire, named after the community just north of the US Center in North East Pasadena. The fire was not limited to just Altadena, however, but touched Pasadena and Sierra Madre as well.
Dr. Winter advised the staff to pack up all essential documents and computer files in our offices and prepare to evacuate. As a community we all began to pray fervently for the strong winds to stop. The flames were advancing rapidly toward us and we knew that we were in danger of losing the campus should the winds continue to blow so violently.
But the Lord heard our prayers. Within an hour of our beginning to pray, the winds slowed to almost nothing and they did not come back again. These strong winds were predicted to continue for the next two days. Without the strong winds to push them forward, the flames ceased their rapid advance. The fire fighters were able to hold the line on the blaze just seven blocks from the US Center campus. The staff at the US Center breathed a sigh of relief.
For the next few days we could see the flames still burning in the mountains just north of the campus. But without the strong winds blowing flames and embers in our direction, there was little danger to the campus.
Before the flames ceased their ravenous march, 118 homes in the Altadena area alone had been consumed.
This experience gave us all the opportunity to consider the prospect of losing everything we own. For Herb and Elsie Purnell, it was much more than mental musing. It was reality. I think most on staff would echo the statement of Elsie Purnell after losing their home and all their possessions. "We just want to be able to continue our ministry." We are all thanking and praising God for His mercy and grace in sparing the campus and enabling us to continue the ministry that He has given us here on behalf of the unreached peoples.
Herb and Elsie are doing well. They were covered by insurance, but that cannot replace the lost photos, and Herb's lost work with the Mien language. Pray for God's comfort, provision and guidance in their lives.


Justin Simien and Barry Jenkins formed a "brotherly rivalry" on the set of "Dear White People," which let the creator direct the director toward fantastic results.
"Dear White People" has garnered a lot of praise for its stellar first season, and each episode is deserving of its own time in the spotlight. Part of what makes all 10 individual half-hours stand out is how creator, writer, and director Justin Simien collaborated with everyone involved — including Episode 5 director Barry Jenkins.
In a Facebook Live chat with IndieWire, Simien explained how his relationship with the Oscar-winning "Moonlight" director moved from "Twitter friends" to professional collaborators. And, further still, how that friendship helped him get the most out of the talented director.
Simien also explained how he wanted directors to bring their own vision to the episodes they helmed. He wanted Reggie's episode to feel "singular," and freeing Jenkins' creative energy was key to that.
Outside of his directors, Simien is drawing inspiration from all over the media map — Robert Altman, "Girls," "Fleabag," and "Adventure Time" — but "Dear White People" is always rooted in personal experiences.
Simien noted how shifting the storytelling perspective each episode proved especially conducive to an Altman-esque structure. The season was guided by a specific incident — a blackface party — leading to a general campus-wide crisis, but the larger issue remained in the background as its effects were examined on a personal level by multiple characters.
Simien also spoke about the acting changes from film to series, how Logan Browning surprised him before they even met, and the musical inspirations for the series.
Watch the entire interview below. "Dear White People" is streaming now on Netflix.


We're delighted to be back for another scorcher of a weekend in 2016. We'll have the chilli-con-carne cook-off, run by the UK Chilli Cook-off Association. We've got chilli plant growing competitions, chilli pepper growing competitions, and chilli sauce competitions too! This is sure to be a great day out for chilli enthusiasts, food lovers and families. So if you enjoy the sensation of steam coming out of your ears then this is the Chilli Festival for you! We have some of the country's most respected chilli companies showcasing their plants, seeds and condiments; chutneys, hot sauces, chilli chocolate, relishes, pickles and oils.
BUT if you don't like it hot there's plenty of choice from the stallholders for the less robust palette. Artisan bakers, cheeses, chocolates, jams, garlic, Spanish charcuterie, Dorset-made ginger beer, Dorset ice cream, Dorset wine, wooden boards and smart kitchen knives for chilli-chopping, ironwork, ethnic clothes and bags, ceramics, artwork..


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Neutrals Deborah A. David, Esq. Business/Commercial
Deborah A. David, Esq.
Geri Yulo
gyulo@jamsadr.com
Deborah A. David, Esq. has been a JAMS neutral since 2000 and has acted as lead mediator in hundreds of matters including a variety of cross-border and business disputes. Prior to joining JAMS, Ms. David served as a litigator for 25 years representing both defendants and plaintiffs. In late 2002, she moved to London, England and continued her career mediating matters, including business, and teaching conflict resolution in the US, UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. In late 2016, she returned to live and work in Southern California.
Experience gained throughout her career enables Ms. David to quickly recognize major issues key to resolution of a matter. She believes that a patient mediator, willing to work however long it takes to get the job done, is essential to successful resolution.
Multi-party industrial dispute involving members at all levels in the supply, manufacturing, distribution and marketing chains of a major industry concerning 11 years of complex commercial transactions
Breach of contract dispute between a technology services provider and IT consultants
Dispute between financial products and services provider and health care partnership brokers regarding the sourcing and provision of group health insurance to employees of a large hotel chain
Suit for wrongful termination against a large UK energy trader involving complex issues of control between affiliated off-shore entities
Supply contract dispute between U.K. based pharmaceutical wholesaler and Asian manufacturer
Dispute between an electronic component distribution company, a hardware/software supplier and an international finance company regarding an agreement for the sale, purchase, installation and financing of an IT system
International IT consulting firm v. international water and waste management consultant
Breach of contract for provision of IT services to a UK water company
Breach of contract claim between dealership and overseas automobile manufacturer involving obligations under Dealer Agreement.
Constructive termination claim between director-level employee and employer financial services firm
Breach of contract dispute between purchaser of aircraft and aircraft manufacturer concerning language warranting the life of the engines
Member, Lamport Hall Group, United Kingdom, 2014-present
CEDR Accredited Mediator, United Kingdom, 2003-present
Member, CEDR Panel of Mediators, 2003-present
Faculty, CEDR, 2004-present
Member, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, State Bar of California, 2002
Executive Committee, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1999, 2000, and 2002; Member, 1998-present
Board of Governors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1996-2000
Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys Association of California, 1992-2001
President, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (formerly the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association), 1997
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ENHANCED INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK
The Annual Report measures the EIF's latest activities against the benchmarks in the EIF's Strategic Plan 2019-2022.
The EIF has been working to help LDCs diversify their economies, access new technologies and create fresh opportunities for development, the report notes. This includes implementing 43 e-commerce initiatives as well as undertaking e-trade readiness assessments in countries such as Tuvalu and Lesotho to help these economies develop their trading capacity.
The EIF's "Empower Women, Power Trade" initiative, launched in 2019, has helped to improve gender equality, with 54 per cent of women in LDCs participating in training workshops since the EIF began working with LDC governments. In Zambia, an EIF-funded project, undertaken with the International Trade Centre, has helped eight women entrepreneurs export over USD 130,000 worth of products, such as garments, honey and moringa to ten new markets.
Since its inception over a decade ago, the EIF has helped 44 countries integrate trade policy into their national development plans and has supported over 10,000 MSMEs. More than 14,000 public officials have participated in EIF training events to date, laying the groundwork for improving the trade environment in LDCs.
The EIF Executive Director, Ratnakar Adhikari, said: "We are very pleased to be launching the 2019 Annual Report for the EIF with a focus on 'Inclusive Trade for Better Lives', in line with EIF's Strategic Plan 2019-2022. Our results show that we have made significant progress spreading the benefits of the programme to countries affected by fragility and conflict, and targeting interventions towards micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, women and youth."
The report highlights that LDC exports of goods and services have been badly affected by the overall decline in global exports since 2019. They have also been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has devastated key sectors of LDC economies, including tourism. At this time of crisis, targeted support to these countries is needed more than ever.
In 2019, funding for the EIF significantly increased. Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan and Sweden contributed approximately USD 14 million in new support at the WTO's 2019 Global Review of Aid for Trade. This brought the total commitments from donors to USD 136 million for the EIF's current phase of work scheduled for the period 2016 to 2024. Since 2016, USD 36.5 million has also been leveraged in co-financing from governments and development partners across 65 EIF projects.
By the end of 2019, 87 per cent of the USD 108.59 million available for project financing had been committed to EIF projects.
The EIF Board Chair, H.E. Mani Prasad Bhattarai, said: "The EIF is a key mechanism for supporting inclusive growth and development of LDCs through trade. This report shows just how much the EIF is contributing to building institutional and productive capacities in LDCs, which are critical to help them achieve their development aspirations."
The EIF is the only multilateral partnership dedicated exclusively to helping LDCs use trade as an engine for growth, sustainable development and poverty reduction. It is a unique global partnership between LDCs, donors and partner agencies, including the WTO, which work together to build trade capacity in LDCs.
The EIF's Annual Report 2019 is available here. The French version can be found here.
More information on the EIF is available here.


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IT&E invites local musicians to compose a song, win up to $7K
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IT&E invites musicians on Guam and in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas to compose a song about the company and mobile technology to win up to $7,000 in cash and prizes, according to a company announcement.
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The IT&E song challenge will produce IT&E's next theme song. Guam and CNMI residents will be able to choose their favorite by voting for People's Choice.
"It's important to us that our theme song represents not only IT&E, but also the community and people we serve. We're excited to hear what our local musicians come up with for the IT&E Song Challenge and to provide a platform for them to really flex their talent and creativity," said Jay Shedd, senior director of sales and marketing at IT&E.
Who can enter: Guam and CNMI residents 18 years old and over can enter. All genres are welcome.
Requirements and theme: Lyrics must mention and promote IT&E. Song must include themes of technology, cell phones and its usage, as well as how IT&E benefits one's life.
Judging criteria: Entries will be judged based on universal appeal, originality, lyrics, melody, composition and relevance to theme, IT&E brand and IT&E products.
IT&E's Choice – IT&E will choose one song to be its official theme.
People's Choice – A panel of judges will choose the top 8 finalists. Residents of Guam and the CNMI will choose one winner from the top 8 finalists as the People's Choice. Voting for People's Choice will be held online from September 13 to 19.
IT&E's Choice – $1,000 cash prize and up to 4 phones (depending on the number of people in the group) and free SMS, voice and data service for a year. The winner will also be featured in a music video produced by IT&E and will get to perform at an IT&E sponsored event, to be announced at a later date.
People's Choice - $500 cash prize and $300 gift certificate for musical equipment. The People's Choice winner will also get to perform at an IT&E sponsored event, to be announced at a later date.
Go to www.ite.net.
Fill out the registration form.
Upload the full song of 5 minutes, a 60-second version and a 30-second version. Audio only. Each file must not be larger than 100 MB.
Last day for submission is at 11:59 p.m., August 29.
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Before you reach for the fake tan or book your next salon appointment, find out what your exposing your skin to.
In plain English? "Dihydroxyacetone is a ketone chemical which can be absorbed through the skin into the circulation. This could, in very rare cases, possibly lead to side effects, such as extreme tiredness (after a treatment), a general feeling of illness." For more information on store-bought fake tanning products, visit the Cancer Council Australia.
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Deep learning entails training artificial neural networks on lots of data and then getting them to make inferences about new data. And in the past five years, more and more deep learning startups have cropped up.
Dive into the world of startups using deep learning technology and enhance business processes.


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Jill Hyman Kaplan
OSHA Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Modify Hazard Communication Standard
Comment Period Closes April 19, 2021
Jill Hyman Kaplan, Esq. and Megan A. Elliott, Esq.
MGKF Special Alert
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced proposed rulemaking to modify the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Revision 7. See 86 FR 9576 (Feb. 16, 2021). The proposed modifications include:
revised criteria for classification of certain health and physical hazards,
revised provisions for updating labels,
new labeling provisions for small containers,
technical amendments related to the contents of safety data sheets (SDS), and
related revisions to definitions of terms used in the standard.
OSHA last updated the HCS in 2012 to conform with the third revision of the GHS, which was published in 2009. The currently proposed modification would bring the HCS in line with the seventh revision of the GHS, which was published in 2017. In addition, the proposed rule includes "select provisions from Revision 8 [of the GHS] for consideration." Id. at 9580. The proposed rule would also codify certain elements of OSHA guidance and letters of interpretation, giving them the full force of law.
The proposed rule would affect establishments in a variety of different industries in which employees are exposed to hazardous chemicals or in which hazardous chemicals are produced. The proposed changes would also affect manufacturers of aerosols, desensitized explosives, and flammable gases due to the addition of a new hazard class. Finally, the proposed changes would affect certain manufacturers of hazardous chemicals that are packaged in small containers and manufacturers of chemicals that are not immediately distributed after being released for shipment. See id. at 2592.
The agency is specifically seeking comment on the topics below but recognizes that stakeholders may comment on all aspects of the rulemaking, therefore, the list below is not exhaustive.
Whether the agency should adopt a schedule for updates to the HCS standard (e.g., every four years or every two revisions of the GHS) or wait until there are significant changes to the GHS before initiating rulemaking.
Whether certain changes to labeling requirements would be helpful or burdensome to employers and whether those changes would increase worker protection and safety.
Whether OSHA should allow manufacturers, importers, and employers to withhold a chemical's concentration range as a trade secret.
Whether OSHA should allow the use of prescriptive concentration ranges in lieu of the actual concentration or concentration range whenever the actual concentration or concentration range is claimed as a trade secret.
Whether the addition of a new hazard class (desensitized explosives) and several new hazard categories (unstable gases and pyrophoric gases in the Flammable Gases class and nonflammable aerosols in the Aerosols class) would be a good addition to the HCS.
Whether certain suggested changes to the SDS clarify issues that stakeholders have identified. For example, should Section 3 of the SDS be expanded to include all classified chemicals (i.e., also physical hazards and hazards not otherwise classified).
The comment period closes on April 19, 2021 for employers and manufacturers who wish to comment on the proposed rule. For questions or more information, please contact MGKF's Jill Kaplan (484-430-2315) or Megan Elliott (484-430-2333).


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Q: List value not persistent out of method So, I'll try to make this simple. I use this call to update my list spisak with relevant data:
parent.queryDatabase(spisak, params);

And the method is as follows:
public void queryDatabase(List<School> spisak, String[] args) {
    databaseHelper.open();
    Cursor c;
    c = databaseHelper.getAllSchools();
    if(!c.moveToFirst()) {
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Ova pretraga nije vratila nijednu školu", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
    else {
        spisak = cursorToSchool(c);
    }
    databaseHelper.close();
}
public List<School> cursorToSchool(Cursor c) {
    //Converts the Cursor object to temporary School object
    List<School> listing = new ArrayList<School>();
    School s = new School();
    do {
        s.setId(c.getInt(0));
        s.setName(c.getString(1));
        s.setAddress(c.getString(2));
        s.setEntryExam(String.valueOf(c.getInt(3)));
        s.setNoS(c.getInt(4));
        s.setTelephone(c.getString(5));
        s.setWebsite(c.getString(6));
        listing.add(s);
    }
    while (c.moveToNext());
    return listing;
}

Within the called methods the duplicated variable spisak contains the data it should have (I checked during debugging), but out of that scope (back in the FragmentActivity that called the method) the real spisak is empty i.e. the changes made in the called method aren't persistent. So how should I reference the spisak variable when I'm calling it within FragmentActivity so that it can retain values assigned to it in that method.
For example, in Pascal:
Calling methodname(x:integer) won't persist data
Calling methodname(var x:integer) will persist data...
Thanks in advance. Cheers!

A: Every time you instantiate a new object, it's stored in a memory position.
Consider that, outside you queryDatabase() method, the variable you are passing as spisak is stored in memory position 1000.
When queryDatabase() receives the spisak, its basically receiving a pointer to the memory position 1000.
Your cursorToSchool() method always create a new List<School> variable and returns it. So, every time you call cursorToSchool(), you are creating a new object and addressing it to a new memory position.
So when you call spisak = cursorToSchool(c); on queryDatabase(), you are creating a new object (let's say it's in memory position 2000) and storing it in the variable spisak. Now spisak points to memory position 2000.
The problem is that who called the queryDatabase() has a variable pointin to memory position 1000 and all you did was change the memory position 2000. In other words, you are changing everything you want inside queryDatabase(), but to the one who called it, you are doing nothing.
A possible solution to your problem is to return a List<School> instead of making it void, then you return your spisak variable.


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Q: Strange error while reinstalling 12.04 So I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit) to an external HDD.
I select where I want the swap area, the boot loader, etc (the "something else" option). That all works fine, then I click "Install Now", it then starts formatting my HDD and copying files. Great.
I then fill out the "Where are you" window and click continue, I then fill out the "Who are you" window (all fields are green, username is all lower case). And then I click the "Continue" button, then the mouse turns into the "clock" and the installer continues to copy files. But when it finishes copying (progress bar is full) the progress bar then vanishes and nothing happens, the "Who are you" window is still displayed, the mouse is still the "clock". Absolutely nothing changes (except for the progress bar).
Update
I cancelled the installation then restarted the installer, but this time I selected the "Reinstall Ubuntu 12.04.3 LST" (or something like that), it then installs, but now I get a sort-of blue screen error (but with a black screen instead) when it starts to install grub 2.
First line of the error...
[1276.066187] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00000000bd80819c

A few lines later...
[1276.068391]    call trace
[1276.068391] [<ffffffff81054bd6>] ? efi_call4+0x46/0x80

There's then a few more lines of the call trace, but I only copied the last call.
This looks like a bug to me, but if it's not, what can I do to fix this problem?

A: I've found a solution. What I actually ended up doing was creating a Live-USB on my external HDD then installed from that to my smaller memory stick. Now everything works perfectly fine.


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Brad J. Nolen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
John M. Leong, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Department of Molecular Microbiology
Susan M. Parkhurst, Ph.D. Member
Division of Basic Sciences
Henry N. Higgs, Ph.D. Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Cell Biology / Biochemistry
Bruce L. Goode, Ph.D. Professor
Phillip D. Zamore, Ph.D. Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
R. Dyche Mullins, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Cell Biology; Biochemistry
Gabriel C. Lander, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Scripps Research Institute
Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
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Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology


Oh My God !! Would ya look at Her !!
My Kingdom for want of .... a week-end trip to go Git Her!!!
The fools have the pedal lotted separately!!
Last edited by vicegrip; 01-14-2016, 10:48 PM.
Yeah I know stuff is separated, seems stupid to me. I will probably end up buying some stuff from that auction and it is only about 15 miles from me. If you bite on the Miller it would be no problem for me to haul it and store in the shop until it was convienent for you to pick up. Did you check out the dual head Lagun milling machine that has a whopping $160.00 bid so far?
Yeah I know stuff is separated, seems stupid to me. I will probably end up buying some stuff from that auction and it is only about 15 miles from me. If you bite on the Miller it would be no problem for me to haul it and store in the shop until it was convienent for you to pick up.
Did you check out the dual head Lagun milling machine that has a whopping $160.00 bid so far?
I have to think that mill will top at about $2300, just before closing time.
PM sent BTW, and Thank You !
I have one that is in very good condition that I would like to sell.
I am looking into buying one of these. Anybody out there own one? or maybe you used one.
Does this welder actually weigh 830 lbs? I'd appreciate any reviews of this welder. Has Anybody put one on wheels or casters? comments?
I have one I would like to sell. I went through the machine and fixed anything that was needed. I also put heavy duty steel castors on it. It does weigh in at 830 pounds without the gas cyl. Reply through ugh this site if you are interested and we can hook up. Thanks!!
Last edited by Arydigital; 05-15-2018, 03:52 AM.
Nice clean looking share my SizeGenetics review machines VG. There are several on a local online auction that come out of the U of M that are that clean and pretty.
I think it's time for an upgrade though. How much do you think I could sell this for?
Last edited by meenaloza; 09-29-2017, 06:19 PM.
If yer planning on building ships and submarines you might need some amps.
If yer just doing normal welding projects tooling etc. etc. 60 amps is fine.
Use 6 or 8 inch wheels.
I have two with diodes and one selenium LUV 'EM ALL.
I have one out in the shop right now. I got the manuals from miller and called them back to confirm that I should hook it up to a 175 amp input. I thought it was a misprint...it wasn't. It is one heavy son of a gun, but I did build a cart to move it around with and (with a lot of grunting) it is portable. It's not as heavy as my Wilson Hornet model DC generator welder. I built a cart for it and ended up using four wheels on each axle because it was bowing the 1/2 steel axle rods I made for it.
Does this welder actually weigh 830 lbs? I'd appreciate any reviews of this welder. https://arynews.tv/en/category/pakistan/ Has Anybody put one on wheels or casters? comments?
Last edited by Arynews; 03-14-2018, 06:25 AM.


this stuff is to die for.
i thought i would share the recipe.
1. preheat oven to 350 degrees. butter the bottoms and sides of 9x13 inch pan.
2. chop nuts and toss with cinnamon. set aside. unroll phyllo dough. cut whole stack in half to fit pan. cover phyllo with a dampened cloth to keep from drying out as you work. place two sheets of dough in pan, butter thoroughly. repeat until you have 8 sheets layered. sprinkle 2-3 tablespoons of nut mixture on top. top with two sheets of dough, butter, nuts, layering as you go. the top layer should be about 6-8 sheets deep.
3. using a sharp knife, cut into diamond or square shapes all the way to the bottom of the pan. you may cut into 4 long rows then make diagonal cuts. bake for about 50 minutes until baklava is golden and crisp.
but please let me know if you try this.
i want to share this goody goodness with all the world.


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Biofiltration is a pollution control technique using a bioreactor containing living material to capture and biologically degrade pollutants.  Common uses include processing waste water, capturing harmful chemicals or silt from surface runoff, and microbiotic oxidation of contaminants in air. Industrial biofiltration can be classified as the process of utilizing biological oxidation to remove volatile organic compounds, odors, and hydrocarbons.

Examples of biofiltration
Examples of biofiltration include:
 Bioswales, biostrips, biobags, bioscrubbers, Vermifilters and trickling filters
 Constructed wetlands and natural wetlands
 Slow sand filters
 Treatment ponds
 Green belts
 Green walls
 Riparian zones, riparian forests, bosques
 Bivalve bioaccumulation

Control of air pollution
When applied to air filtration and purification, biofilters use microorganisms to remove air pollution.
The air flows through a packed bed and the pollutant transfers into a thin biofilm on the surface of the packing material. Microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi are immobilized in the biofilm and degrade the pollutant. Trickling filters and bioscrubbers rely on a biofilm and the bacterial action in their recirculating waters.

The technology finds the greatest application in treating malodorous compounds and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Industries employing the technology include food and animal products, off-gas from wastewater treatment facilities, pharmaceuticals, wood products manufacturing, paint and coatings application and manufacturing and resin manufacturing and application, etc. Compounds treated are typically mixed VOCs and various sulfur compounds, including hydrogen sulfide. Very large airflows may be treated and although a large area (footprint) has typically been required—a large biofilter (>200,000 acfm) may occupy as much or more land than a football field—this has been one of the principal drawbacks of the technology. Since the early 1990s, engineered biofilters have provided significant footprint reductions over the conventional flat-bed, organic media type.

One of the main challenges to optimum biofilter operation is maintaining proper moisture throughout the system. The air is normally humidified before it enters the bed with a watering (spray) system, humidification chamber, bio scrubber, or bio trickling filter. Properly maintained, a natural, organic packing media like peat, vegetable mulch, bark or wood chips may last for several years but engineered, combined natural organic, and synthetic component packing materials will generally last much longer, up to 10 years. Several companies offer these types of proprietary packing materials and multi-year guarantees, not usually provided with a conventional compost or wood chip bed biofilter.

Although widely employed, the scientific community is still unsure of the physical phenomena underpinning biofilter operation, and information about the microorganisms involved continues to be developed. A biofilter/bio-oxidation system is a fairly simple device to construct and operate and offers a cost-effective solution provided the pollutant is biodegradable within a moderate time frame (increasing residence time = increased size and capital costs), at reasonable concentrations (and lb/hr loading rates) and that the airstream is at an organism-viable temperature.  For large volumes of air, a biofilter may be the only cost-effective solution. There is no secondary pollution (unlike the case of incineration where additional CO2 and NOx are produced from burning fuels) and degradation products form additional biomass, carbon dioxide and water. Media irrigation water, although many systems recycle part of it to reduce operating costs, has a moderately high biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and may require treatment before disposal. However, this "blowdown water", necessary for proper maintenance of any bio-oxidation system, is generally accepted by municipal publicly owned treatment works without any pretreatment.

Biofilters are being utilized in Columbia Falls, Montana at Plum Creek Timber Company's fiberboard plant. The biofilters decrease the pollution emitted by the manufacturing process and the exhaust emitted is 98% clean. The newest, and largest, biofilter addition to Plum Creek cost $9.5 million, yet even though this new technology is expensive, in the long run it will cost less overtime than the alternative exhaust-cleaning incinerators fueled by natural gas (which are not as environmentally friendly).

Water treatment

Biofiltration was first introduced in England in 1893 as a trickling filter for wastewater treatment and has since been successfully used for the treatment of different types of water. Biological treatment has been used in Europe to filter surface water for drinking purposes since the early 1900s and is now receiving more interest worldwide. Biofiltration is also common in wastewater treatment, aquaculture and greywater recycling, as a way to minimize water replacement while increasing water quality.

Biofiltration process

A biofilter is a bed of media on which microorganisms attach and grow to form a biological layer called biofilm. Biofiltration is thus usually referred to as a fixed–film process. Generally, the biofilm is formed by a community of different microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, yeast, etc.), macro-organisms (protozoa, worms, insect's larvae, etc.) and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) (Flemming and Wingender, 2010). Air or water flows through a media bed and any suspended compounds are transferred into a surface biofilm where microorganisms are held to degrade pollutants. The aspect of the biofilm is usually slimy and muddy.

Water to be treated can be applied intermittently or continuously over the media, via upflow or downflow. Typically, a biofilter has two or three phases, depending on the feeding strategy (percolating or submerged biofilter):

 a solid phase (media);
 a liquid phase (water);
 a gaseous phase (air).

Organic matter and other water components diffuse into the biofilm where the treatment occurs, mostly by biodegradation. Biofiltration processes are usually aerobic, which means that microorganisms require oxygen for their metabolism. Oxygen can be supplied to the biofilm, either concurrently or countercurrently with water flow. Aeration occurs passively by the natural flow of air through the process (three phase biofilter) or by forced air supplied by blowers.

Microorganisms' activity is a key-factor of the process performance. The main influencing factors are the water composition, the biofilter hydraulic loading, the type of media, the feeding strategy (percolation or submerged media), the age of the biofilm, temperature, aeration, etc.

The mechanisms by which certain microorganisms can attach and colonize on the surface of filter media of a biofilter can be via transportation, initial adhesion, firm attachment, and colonization [Van Loosdrecht et al., 1990]. The transportation of microorganisms to the surface of the filter media is further controlled by four main processes of diffusion (Brownian motion), convection, sedimentation, and active mobility of the microorganisms. The overall filtration process consists of microorganism attachment, substrate utilization which causes biomass growth, to biomass detachment.

Types of filtering media

Most biofilters use media such as sand, crushed rock, river gravel, or some form of plastic or ceramic material shaped as small beads and rings.

Advantages

Although biological filters have simple superficial structures, their internal hydrodynamics and the microorganisms' biology and ecology are complex and variable. These characteristics confer robustness to the process. In other words, the process has the capacity to maintain its performance or rapidly return to initial levels following a period of no flow, of intense use, toxic shocks, media backwash (high rate biofiltration processes), etc.

The structure of the biofilm protects microorganisms from difficult environmental conditions and retains the biomass inside the process, even when conditions are not optimal for its growth. Biofiltration processes offer the following advantages: (Rittmann et al., 1988):

 Because microorganisms are retained within the biofilm, biofiltration allows the development of microorganisms with relatively low specific growth rates;
 Biofilters are less subject to variable or intermittent loading and to hydraulic shock;
 Operational costs are usually lower than for activated sludge;
 Final treatment result is less influenced by biomass separation since the biomass concentration at the effluent is much lower than for suspended biomass processes;
 Attached biomass becomes more specialized (higher concentration of relevant organisms) at a given point in the process train because there is no biomass return.

Drawbacks

Because filtration and growth of biomass leads to an accumulation of matter in the filtering media, this type of fixed-film process is subject to bioclogging and flow channeling. Depending on the type of application and on the media used for microbial growth, bioclogging can be controlled using physical and/or chemical methods. Backwash steps can be implemented using air and/or water to disrupt the biomat and recover flow whenever possible. Chemicals such as oxidizing (peroxide, ozone) or biocide agents can also be used.

Drinking water
For drinking water, biological water treatment involves the use of naturally occurring microorganisms in the surface water to improve water quality. Under optimum conditions, including relatively low turbidity and high oxygen content, the organisms break down material in the water and thus improve water quality. Slow sand filters or carbon filters are used to provide a support on which these microorganisms grow. These biological treatment systems effectively reduce water-borne diseases, dissolved organic carbon, turbidity and color in surface water, thus improving overall water quality.

Typically in drinking water treatment; granular activated carbon or sand filters are used to prevent re-growth of microorganisms in water distribution pipes by reducing levels of iron and nitrate that act as a microbial nutrient. GAC also reduces chlorine demand and other disinfection by-product accumulation by acting as a first line of disinfection. Bacteria attached to filter media as a biofilm oxidize organic material as both an energy and carbon source, this prevents undesired bacteria from using these sources which can reduce water odors and tastes [Bouwer, 1998]. These biological treatment systems effectively reduce water-borne diseases, dissolved organic carbon, turbidity and color in surface water, thus improving overall water quality.

Wastewater
Biofiltration is used to treat wastewater from a wide range of sources, with varying organic compositions and concentrations. Many examples of biofiltration applications are described in the literature. Bespoke biofilters have been developed and commercialized for the treatment of animal wastes, landfill leachates, dairy wastewater, domestic wastewater.

This process is versatile as it can be adapted to small flows (< 1 m3/d), such as onsite sewage as well as to flows generated by a municipality (> 240 000 m3/d). For decentralized domestic wastewater production, such as for isolated dwellings, it has been demonstrated that there are important daily, weekly and yearly fluctuations of hydraulic and organic production rates related to modern families' lifestyle. In this context, a biofilter located after a septic tank constitutes a robust process able to sustain the variability observed without compromising the treatment performance.

In anaerobic wastewater treatment facilities, biogas is fed through a bio-scrubber and "scrubbed" with activated sludge liquid from an aeration tank. [Removal of hydrogen sulfide from an anaerobic biogas using a bio-scrubber - ScienceDirect] Most commonly found in wastewater treatment is the trickling filter process (TFs) [Chaudhary, 2003]. Trickling filters are an aerobic treatment that uses microorganisms on attached medium to remove organic matter from wastewater.

In primary wastewater treatment, biofiltration is used to control levels of biochemical oxygen, demand, chemical oxygen demand, and suspended solids. In tertiary treatment processes, biofiltration is used to control levels of organic carbon [ Carlson, 1998].

Use in aquaculture
The use of biofilters is common in closed aquaculture systems, such as recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).  Many designs are used, with different benefits and drawbacks, however the function is the same: reducing water exchanges by converting ammonia to nitrate.  Ammonia (NH4+ and NH3) originates from the brachial excretion from the gills of aquatic animals and from the decomposition of organic matter.  As ammonia-N is highly toxic, this is converted to a less toxic form of nitrite (by Nitrosomonas sp.) and then to an even less toxic form of nitrate (by Nitrobacter sp.).  This "nitrification" process requires oxygen (aerobic conditions), without which the biofilter can crash.  Furthermore, as this nitrification cycle produces H+, the pH can decrease which necessitates the use of buffers such as lime.

See also
Bioretention
Folkewall
Media filter
Vermifilter

References

Further reading

 Biofilter Bags SE-14. (2012). California Stormwater BMP Handbook, 1–3. Retrieved from https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/13163/CASQA-Guidance-SE-14-Biofilter-Bags.

External links
Bioswales and strips for storm runoff - California Dept. of Transportation (CalTrans)

Bioreactors
Environmental engineering
Environmental soil science
Biodegradable waste management
Waste treatment technology
Air pollution control systems
Volatile organic compound abatement
Water filters


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Touching story of how cat with crossed-eye vision earned millions of naira for charity
11 months ago read comments by Joseph Omotayo
- A cross-eyed cat named Belarus has helped charities around the world get millions of naira
- The cat which is suffering from a condition called strabismus also has an Instagram account of over 250,000 followers
- The t-shirts which have its face sold out in thousands and generated much money as profits
A cross-eyed cat has become very famous after it got millions of naira for adoption agencies with just its face printed on t-shirts.
According to Daily Mail, the cat, named Belarus, has eyes in separate directions because it is dealing with a medical condition called strabismus.
It should be noted that a post about Belarus first went viral in 2018. Since then animal lover Rachel Krall just wanted to go see the rescue cat.
The cat which has over 254,000 Instagram followers quickly melted the heart of Rachel as she said she thinks the cat is the most adorable pet ever.
Popular married man hawks plantain as source of income, business for over 10 years (photo)
The cat lover added that Belarus' favourite hobbies are jugging, looking in two directions, and waiting for his food.
Rachel saw the cat at the moment she was planning on sending her 6-year-old dog back to her family so it could have the space her one-bedroom apartment could not give it.
Despite its health condition, the cat owner said that it is just like any other cat that loves adventure and exploring new environments.
With the collaboration of Bonfire, a clothing company, they were able to make clothes that have the cat's face
The venture has brought in so many profits that have been donated to various charity organisations around the world.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the government of Botswana announced that it will be holding its first major auction for the right to hunt elephants since the ban to hunt the animals was lifted in May 2019.
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The country, which has the world's biggest elephant population, is offering seven packages of 10 elephants each. Botswana is home to about 130,000 elephants.
It was gathered that Auction It Ltd is operating the sales on behalf of the government of Botswana. Those interested in bidding are required to pay a refundable deposit of $18,300 (N6,642,900).
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While the policy implementation will change the character of the rural belts, revenue villages on the margins of the Delhi border across the city are likely to remain out of the policy even in the future.In a major push for planned development and affordable housing in the city, Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal on Friday approved the notification to develop 95 villages under the land pooling policy.
All the villages to be developed under the policy are located in west, north and north-western parts of Delhi. The villages are spread over nearly 77,000 acres of land, of which about 40,000 acres developed land will be available for real estate.Implementation of the policy will be a gateway to availability of affordable housing in planned pockets of the city.
A senior DDA official said the approval is a major step towards implementation of the land pooling policy for creation of affordable housing units.It is estimated that the declaration of the 95 villages as development areas of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) would help in providing up to 25 lakh houses in the planned areas of the city.
"The authority will be responsible for the development of physical and social infrastructure development in the identified areas such as sewerage, water supply, electricity supply, and bus terminals," said the official.
The matter had been pending for over two years as the Delhi government had been asking DDA to introduce a clause in the policy that 10% of the developed land will be allocated to the Delhi government in order to carry out social sector services such as construction of schools and hospitals.
While the policy implementation will change the character of the rural belts, revenue villages on the margins of the Delhi border across the city are likely to remain out of the policy even in the future.


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Q: How can I restrict a query that uses STUFF to only return one record for each group of values stuffed rather than one for each stuffed item? With this query:
SELECT S.Unit, LU.ReportName, S.NextExecution,
       STUFF((SELECT ','+EmailAddr FROM ReportsUnitEmails E WHERE S.Unit = E.Unit AND S.ReportID = E.ReportID FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,'') AS AllEmailAddresses,
       S.NextExecutionsBeginDateArg, S.NextExecutionsEndDateArg
FROM ReportsScheduler S
FULL JOIN ReportsLU LU ON S.ReportID = LU.ReportID
FULL JOIN ReportsUnitEmails E on S.Unit = E.Unit AND S.ReportID = E.ReportID
ORDER BY S.Unit, S.ReportID

...I want to get the same count of records as what exists in the RreportsScheduler table, but I am in fact getting one record for each related Email Address (EmailAddr FROM ReportsUnitEmails).
Where there is one email address, one record is returned; where there are four email addresses, four records are returned; etc.
So the question is: can I "distinctify" the complex query to only return one record for each email address (while still stuffing them all into "AllEmailAddresses").
I tried this:
SELECT S.Unit, LU.ReportName, S.NextExecution,
       DISTINCT(STUFF((SELECT ','+EmailAddr FROM ReportsUnitEmails E WHERE S.Unit = E.Unit AND S.ReportID = E.ReportID FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,'') AS AllEmailAddresses),
       S.NextExecutionsBeginDateArg, S.NextExecutionsEndDateArg
FROM ReportsScheduler S
FULL JOIN ReportsLU LU ON S.ReportID = LU.ReportID
FULL JOIN ReportsUnitEmails E on S.Unit = E.Unit AND S.ReportID = E.ReportID
ORDER BY S.Unit, S.ReportID

...but it refuses to comp[ile,ly], saying, "Error 156: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'DISTINCT'.
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'FOR'."
Not being a SQLhead, it was just a shot in the dark, anyway.
How can I have all my stuff, but fluffier, not stuffier? I'm wondering if a self join might be in my future, but I don't know if that's really so, and if so, how to implement it.
UPDATE
Both the accepted answer and this:
SELECT DISTINCT S.Unit, LU.ReportName, S.NextExecution, S.ReportID,
       STUFF((SELECT ','+EmailAddr FROM ReportsUnitEmails E WHERE S.Unit = E.Unit AND S.ReportID = E.ReportID FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,'') AS AllEmailAddresses,
       S.NextExecutionsBeginDateArg, S.NextExecutionsEndDateArg
FROM ReportsScheduler S
FULL JOIN ReportsLU LU ON S.ReportID = LU.ReportID
FULL JOIN ReportsUnitEmails E on S.Unit = E.Unit AND S.ReportID = E.ReportID
ORDER BY S.Unit, S.ReportID

...work, but I'm going with the accepted answer, as it seems "more better."

A: You only need the ReportsUnitEmails table inside the subquery you STUFF. I commented out the join to ReportsUnitEmails in the outer query. That should work.
SELECT S.Unit, LU.ReportName, S.NextExecution,
       STUFF((SELECT ','+EmailAddr FROM ReportsUnitEmails E WHERE S.Unit = E.Unit AND S.ReportID = E.ReportID FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,'') AS AllEmailAddresses,
       S.NextExecutionsBeginDateArg, S.NextExecutionsEndDateArg
FROM ReportsScheduler S
FULL JOIN ReportsLU LU ON S.ReportID = LU.ReportID
--FULL JOIN ReportsUnitEmails E on S.Unit = E.Unit AND S.ReportID = E.ReportID
ORDER BY S.Unit, S.ReportID

A: Your DISTINCT should be followed by SELECT Statement. You cannot have DISTINCT before SELECT. Try using DISTINCT along with SELECT Statements.