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Two Senior Citizens Got in a Fist Fight Over Free Samples at a South Carolina Costco
We all get excited about free samples, but these hungry septuagenarians took things to a whole new level.
By Meghan Overdeep
We can all get a little over zealous when it comes to Costco's free samples, but two older gentlemen recently took things to a whole new level.
The State reports that a cut in line for free samples at a Costco in Greenville, South Carolina, escalated into an all-out fist fight between two senior citizens a few weeks ago.
According to a July 26 incident report, the drama began when a 70-year-old man was waiting innocently in line for a complimentary piece of cheese at the beloved big box store. Everything was fine until a 72-year-old man reportedly "cut him in line, took some cheese and walked off."
Frustrated and presumably still famished, the 70-year-old moved to a line with free samples of cheeseburgers. Police say that's when he saw the same 72-year-old approaching. According to the incident report, the 70-year-old man told the other man that "he could get in front of him because he knew he would just cut the line anyway."
The 72-year-old man reportedly responded by saying "I will do it again! You're a jerk."
The troublemaking 72-year-old then hit the 70-year-old in the right side of his head, sending his hat and glasses flying.
An employee working at the cheeseburger sample stand confirmed the 70-year-old's account to the police recalling that a "man in a Hawaiian shirt hit the other man in the head and it sounded very loud, and that the man's hat flew off his head."
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The State reports that the sample-loving culprit had already fled the scene by the time police arrived, but when they caught up with him 72 hours later, he didn't deny the altercation. Instead, he insisted that he was provoked, and that he thought the younger man was going to hit him because he was "balling his fist."
Greenville Police Department Public Affairs Manager Donald Porter told The State that no arrests have been made in the incident, but they are continuing their investigation.
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J. Cole Drops The Intense Trailer For His Second HBO Special
'J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only, A Dreamville Film' arrives in April
J. Cole is headed back to TV, for HBO subscribers' eyes only.
The rapper has reunited with HBO for his second documentary, J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only, A Dreamville Film, named after his chart-topping album released last year. It comes after 2015's Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming, which featured footage from the tour following Cole's third album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the new special will combine music performances and intimate interviews that highlight underdocumented voices. Cole visited low-income residents in Atlanta, Georgia; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Ferguson, Missouri; his native Fayetteville, North Carolina; and his father's hometown of Jonesboro, Arkansas, to discuss issues like activism and housing. "I want my voice heard so bad, but I cannot," says one man in the doc's intense trailer.
The hourlong special premieres April 15 at 10 p.m. on HBO. See the full trailer below, which is soundtracked by Cole's 4 Your Eyez Only cut "Change."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nqBmiER83c

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What a wonderful night for preservation! From the amazing award recipient projects to the wonderful weather, a truly inspiring night. A big thank you to La Tourelle for hosting us and thank you to everyone who joined in our celebrating all of the award winners, including The Joseph O. Ciaschi Award for Preservation Excellence winner, Charles Pomada.
Click Here to view our presentation of the Preservation Awards Hall of Fame winners!
• The addition and new construction sensitive to the historic context of 948 East State Street in the City of Ithaca.
• The interior rehabilitation of 110 North Titus Avenue in the City of Ithaca.
• The rehabilitation of 604 East State Street in the City of Ithaca.
• The rehabilitation, green preservation, and new construction sensitive to the historic context of Stocking Hall on the Cornell • University campus in the City of Ithaca.
• The Cayuga Heights History Project for the village of Cayuga Heights by Historic Ithaca.


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Darla Miles has the latest details.
JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- A funeral was held Friday for the 60-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in Queens Wednesday night as she walked home from a grocery store with her husband.
Services for Nazma Khanam were held at the Jamaica Muslim Center on 168th Street in Jamaica. After that, her body will be sent back to Bangladesh for burial.
The incident happened around 9:15 p.m. on Normal Road in Jamaica, near where she and her husband own a small gift shop. On Thursday night, police released video of a person-of-interest in the case.
N.J. Burkett has an update on the fatal stabbing of a woman in Queens.
For the Muslim community in the area, though, it has been two days of uncertainty and pain.
"I saw my mother's body dead body," son Naimul Alam Khan said. "It's very hard. It's very difficult for me and for my family."
The mother of three was mourned for at the center, where the lines between grief and anger were blurred as the NYPD searches for person who murdered a beloved woman..
"Really I need a good justice,"Khan said. "We're looking for that."
Hundreds came out from the Muslim community for the joint afternoon prayer and funeral service for the retired teacher and immigrant from Bangladesh, and as they entered, red and white signs calling for an end to hate greeted them at the front gate.
"This is terrible," friend Deba Hussein said. "She was a wonderful woman, worked hard with her husband, and it's terrible. I don't know why people are doing this."
The person of interest was spotted on surveillance video on the same sidewalk where Khanam was killed about a minute before someone stabbed her in her chest and and left the knife inside her body.
"What took place on Wednesday night is very unfortunate," nephew Humayun Kabir said. "A simple person who is walking back home after work was brutally stabbed and murdered."
Khanam wasn't robbed, and police continue to investigate the possible motive. The Muslim community is asking police to beef if patrols in their neighborhood.
"Regarding this one, what you are interested in is if the crime is a hate crime," worshipper Mohammed Hussein said. "We have to be very careful in saying. Then, she is a martyr."
No other details about the person-of-interest were released.


sds++ -DHLS_NO_XIL_FPO_LIB -Wall -O3 -I"../src" -c -fmessage-length=0 -MT"src/venus_demo.o" -hls-target 1 -I/home/zx/zhangxiao/workspace/zcu102-rv-ss-2018-2/petalinux/sdk/sysroots/aarch64-xilinx-linux/usr/include/c++/6.2.1 -I/home/zx/zhangxiao/workspace/zcu102-rv-ss-2018-2/petalinux/sdk/sysroots/aarch64-xilinx-linux/usr/include/c++/6.2.1/aarch64-xilinx-linux -I/home/zx/zhangxiao/workspace/zcu102-rv-ss-2018-2/petalinux/sdk/sysroots/aarch64-xilinx-linux/usr/include/c++/6.2.1/backward -I/home/zx/zhangxiao/workspace/zcu102-rv-ss-2018-2/petalinux/sdk/sysroots/aarch64-xilinx-linux/usr/include -I/home/zx/zhangxiao/workspace/zcu102-rv-ss-2018-2/petalinux/sdk/sysroots/aarch64-xilinx-linux/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/home/zx/zhangxiao/workspace/zcu102-rv-ss-2018-2/petalinux/sdk/sysroots/aarch64-xilinx-linux/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/home/zx/xilinx/SDK/2018.2/gnu/aarch64/nt/aarch64-linux/aarch64-linux-gnu/include/c++/6.2.1 -I/home/zx/xilinx/SDK/2018.2/gnu/aarch64/nt/aarch64-linux/aarch64-linux-gnu/include/c++/6.2.1/aarch64-linux-gnu -I/home/zx/xilinx/SDK/2018.2/gnu/aarch64/nt/aarch64-linux/aarch64-linux-gnu/include/c++/6.2.1/backward -I/home/zx/xilinx/SDK/2018.2/gnu/aarch64/nt/aarch64-linux/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/6.2.1/include -I/home/zx/xilinx/SDK/2018.2/gnu/aarch64/nt/aarch64-linux/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/6.2.1/include-fixed -I/home/zx/xilinx/SDK/2018.2/gnu/aarch64/nt/aarch64-linux/aarch64-linux-gnu/include -Wno-overloaded-virtual -Wno-unused-label -Wno-strict-overflow -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unknown-attributes -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -Wno-sign-compare -mstrict-align -hls-target 1 -MMD -MP -MF"src/venus_demo.d" -MT"src/venus_demo.o" -o "src/venus_demo.o" "../src/venus_demo.cpp" -sds-hw venus_demo venus_demo.cpp -clkid 2 -sds-end -sds-sys-config a53_linux -sds-proc a53_linux -sds-pf "/home/zx/zhangxiao/workspace/zcu102-rv-ss-2018-2/zcu102_rv_ss"
/home/zx/xilinx/Vivado/2018.2/include/ap_int_special.h:71:24: note: did you mean struct here?
Please correct any compilation or sds++ compatibility issues.
Is the function venus_demo_wrapper() accelerated?
Please correct them else you can share the code snippet, I can suggest the change.
ERROR: [CF2XD 83-2235] Hardware function 'venus_demo_wrapper' array argument 'bytestr_in_V' has 32832 elements, which exceeds the maximum supported BRAM depth of 16384.
ERROR: [CF2XD 83-2235] You can use '#pragma SDS data access_pattern(bytestr_in_V:SEQUENTIAL)' to map this argument to a FIFO interface.
ERROR: [CF2XD 83-2009] An error has occurred during generation of the system block diagram. For more information, please look for additional ERROR messages in the console and in log files.
how I can alloc the space in ddr, or how to find the addr of ddr start.
Yes, venus_demo_wrapper() is the hardware fun i want to acclerateed.
when i use sds_alloc() for memory allocation ,the error message dosen`t change.
Is there any more advices ?
After changing sds_alloc() , have you done below change too?


I believe in using the whole animal when it is harvested. The bones, hooves, and teeth of many animals can be used to make tools and jewelry. I had a lot of chicken bones that I decided to use to make something decorative out of...namely a necklace.
I generally use bird bones to embellish some of my jewelry projects thus far, but this time since I had so many I decided to go all out and make a choker necklace. This project is obviously inspired by Native-American style and my own ancestral Native heritage to pay homage to current Aboriginal cultures and contributions.
I feel it is important to give some background and history on Native-American style chokers. Below is a citation from Ms. Paula Bidwell a Native-American artist and healer.
The bird was not always killed to make the chokers. Most often they were found after a predatory animal had already killed them or they had died a natural death. This was considered a good sign when found. Not only for the people who needed the chokers but for the bird, so it's life would be of honor, value and service. In all instances every part of every animal was used. Nothing was thrown away. This is done out of respect for the sacrifice the animal made and to honor it's life.
In some cases, the leg bone of a specific bird was needed. Prayers were made to the bird(usually an eagle, hawk or owl). The hunter would fast and pray sometimes for days on end.He would wait until the bird came to him. A typical story of this sort of thing, is the bird came to the hunter and landed right in from of him and sat without moving until the hunter took it's life. They say that while the bird sits in front of the hunter. They converse with their hearts. The bird has to willingly and happily give it's life for the purpose needed or the hunter will not kill it. Among the people, giving of life so that others may live is the ultimate ending to our existence on the earth.
Bone chokers made from the bones of bird's legs were practical. They already had a hole through the center where the marrow was. They were already cylindrical and only a little smoothing and shaping was needed. The leg bones were cleaned and smoothed and shaped by boiling them until softened. Flint was used to trim any irregularities and a smooth stone was used to shine and smooth the surface. Beads were smaller bones, which had been sliced or cut. These bones were sometimes colored with a variety of minerals; most common was red earth (vermillion). The red earth was mixed with fat and then rubbed repeatedly over the bone while the bone was still soft from boiling. To preserve the color they were regularly rubbed with fat to create a shiny coating. This also kept the bones from becoming brittle.
Real sinew from the leg of a deer or buffalo was used to thread the bones and beads. Deer or buffalo sinew was chosen because the strips of sinew were longer than other animals.Before needles a bone awl was used to punch holes in the hide spacers for threading the sinew.
Each bone choker had very special and personal meaning for the wearer. Many times they were dreamed prior to their making. It was seldom that the wearer would make their own choker.There were specific people in the tribe that did this. Many times they were assistants to a medicine person or a medicine person themselves. On the occasion that the wearer made their own choker it was usually because they dreamed it this way. Although, much help and assistance was given to the dreamer while making the choker.
Today it is much the same. You can see all kinds of chokers with symbols and specific colors for the wearer. Wolf, bear and eagle are very common. Purchasing a choker isn't any different from the traditional way of compensation. Which would be supplying the maker with a blanket, a horse, food, etc. Any thing that is necessary to maintain life was appropriate payment. So, today we have money..."
1). Prep the bones by boiling in water for about an hour and carefully scrubbing off any cartilage, meat, or tendon. Then cut with a stone tool or small hand-saw, the ends of the ulna off. Next ream a pipe cleaner to clear out the marrow to render the bone cleaned and hollow. Once cleaned and and dry using sandstone or sandpaper sand to shape and/or round coners.
For my size choker gather at least 34 ulna bones from bird wing, here is chicken.
2). Next you will need to gather and cut at least 68 "pony beads" made from the humerus of the bird wing. Here they are pictured in clay cups and have been dyed with black walnut.
Clean and prep the same as the ulna bones. If you choose to dye, let sit in black-walnut solution up to overnight or 8 hours for a rich dark color. A few hours is all that is needed for a light tint.
*For this style of choker.
**For straight choker 7 short separators would be needed.
8). Continue this sequence through the lenght of the necklace strands. At the opposite end be sure to tie a loose knot so you do not loose your bone pieces.
13). Hopefully, you get the just and can come up with you own version or style of this Native American style of adornment.


ST. LOUIS -- Having informed Matt Holliday earlier this week that the organization is unlikely to exercise his $17 million option for 2017, general manager John Mozeliak announced that the Cardinals would activate Holliday from the disabled list on Friday in order to give the veteran outfielder an opportunity to salute the fans with one final appearance.
How they would script a sendoff amid a Wild Card race was unknown, but when manager Mike Matheny found the right moment, Holliday penned a storybook ending. A visibly emotional Holliday stepped to the plate amid a rousing ovation, and on reliever Zach Phillips' third pitch, blasted his 20th homer, an opposite-field shot into the Cardinals' bullpen for the first pinch homer of his career. It supplied another run in an eventual 7-0 win over the Pirates, but it was also a fitting cap to Holliday's Cardinals career if that, indeed, marked the end.
"Still have chills," manager Mike Matheny said afterward. "These guys understand what an important role he plays in this organization and what a great job he's done for each of them individually. That's how it should be. Then the fans took over from there and all the way through. I know it meant a great deal to him and probably more than what words can describe."
After rounding the bases, Holliday was met at the plate by close friend Matt Carpenter, who gave him a hug. Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright, who, along with Holliday and Carpenter, make up the team's leadership core, emerged from the dugout to greet Holliday with an emotional embrace.
"Yeah, there's something magical about that," Wainwright said. "You can't make that stuff up. That homer right there, everybody in the dugout was saying, 'Man, it would be so cool if he hits a homer right here.' And he did it on an 0-2 pitch."
After running through the team's home run receiving line and getting Carlos Martinez's customary splash of water in his face, Holliday acknowledged the fans once more with a tip of the helmet.
"It's hard to find the right words, I guess," Brandon Moss said of the moment. "It moves you a little bit because it's almost like he deserved that. You know what I mean? It isn't just, 'I hope he hits a home run here.' He deserves it. I just couldn't be happier for him."
"To see that kind of reception here in this baseball town, to see those numbers posted on the scoreboard -- they're real; he's earned them -- and then to go up there and hit a ball out to right-center field, I've seen him do it before," added Pirates manager Clint Hurdle. "It's fantastic. It's another one of those stories you can't make up beforehand."
Holliday has been with the organization since 2009, when he was acquired in a Trade Deadline deal with the A's. He went on to sign a seven-year extension that offseason worth $120 million. It included the '17 club option, as well as the $1 million buyout the Cardinals will pay instead.
After averaging 147 games over the first five years of that deal, Holliday has had his last two seasons interrupted by injury. This one came to a halt on Aug. 11, when a pitch from the Cubs' Mike Montgomery fractured his right thumb. Holliday underwent surgery in hopes of making a late-season return, but the healing has been slow.
When it became evident that Holliday would not be healthy enough to make any substantial contributions down the stretch, he reached out to Mozeliak to see what decision the organization had made regarding his future in St. Louis.
"To honor my relationship with Matt, I thought it was better to be candid with him rather than just say, 'We'll decide that when the offseason comes,'" Mozeliak said. "In his case, I feel he's earned the type of respect and had the type of career here that he had that right [to know]."
Mozeliak followed that up by offering Holliday the opportunity to come off the disabled list in advance of this final regular-season series so he could make an appearance in front of the home fans.
"I am proud of what we have accomplished on and off the field during the past seven years," Holliday wrote in a statement. "It has been an honor to play in front of such great fans and for such an historic organization. I can honestly say it has been a dream come true. While I'm disappointed this could be it here in St. Louis, I understand that it might be time to move on."
Though his production waned these last two years, Holliday gave the Cardinals an excellent return after signing the biggest contract in franchise history. He posted six 20-homer seasons, four 90-RBI seasons and slashed .292/.379/.493 with an .872 OPS in 980 games.
Over his tenure, Holliday produced a cumulative WAR of 24.1. According to Fangraphs, which created a tool to convert WAR to dollars in order to estimate the value of a player, Holliday has been worth $168.6 million since 2010.
"I feel grateful," Mozeliak said of Holliday's production over the life of the contract. "As I mentioned, I have always admired him as a player, even before we traded for him. I thought he was just one of those gritty, hard-working individuals. But getting to know him, getting to see how he is as a person, you just have the utmost respect for him."
In addition to the on-field impact Holliday made over the past eight seasons, he was among the franchise's most active in the community. He made regular visits to local children's hospitals and helped spearhead the Homers for Health program, which has raised more than $1 million since 2012 to benefit kids at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center.
Holliday did not speak with the media on Friday, relaying through a team spokesperson that he was too emotional to take questions. Holliday's statement did not indicate whether he intends to play next season. He has logged 13 years in the Majors and will turn 37 in January.
"I think he's a guy who is a thinker, and I know he's going to lean on his faith and his family to make a decision that he believes is going to be best for their futures," Matheny said. "I haven't point-blank asked him, but I can tell by his desire to possibly make something work here [that] there is a desire still to play."


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4. Bryce Hall, CB, NY Jets
Coming into the draft, many saw Bryce Hall and his talents as a Day 2 pick, but due to a serious ankle injury, he continued to fall until Joe Douglas took a chance on the Virginia product in the fifth round at No. 158 overall.
Hall still struggled with the injury early in his NFL career, but he has blossomed into a great player since getting healthy, and he could be a starting cornerback on this team for many, many years to come.
Despite not having the many interceptions to show for his good play, Hall has been a great pick for the Jets. With the team still bolstering their defense this offseason, Hall could break out as a genuine star in the NFL in 2022.
5. Quincy Enunwa, WR, NY Jets
When selecting in Round 6 of the NFL Draft, teams take fliers on players and don't expect immediate production, but that's what the Jets got when they drafted Quincy Enunwa at No. 206.
A severe neck injury cut his career short, but Enunwa was at one point one of the most physical receivers in the NFL, and he looked like he was on the verge of becoming a star for the wide receiver hungry Jets.
His injury-riddled career only spanned five seasons with the Jets, many of those seasons being cut short, but in that time, he managed to put up 1,600 yards receiving along with five touchdowns. He remains a massive what-if for this seemingly cursed franchise.


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A man who jumped into a river sparking a huge emergency service response refused treatment at hospital upon arrival.
The man had jumped into the River Avon in Bath at around 3.30pm yesterday (April 20).
Dozens of emergency services were sent to the scene close to the Pulteney Bridge in an attempt to find the man.
He was taken to the Royal United Hospital for treatment. Once there, however, things didn't go quite to plan.
Photographs taken at the scene of the incident show a large emergency services presence in the area.
An eyewitness described how they saw a man "jumping into the river near the railings". Police, fire crews, paramedics and a rescue boat were all called out as a result.


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Editor's Note: This article is the first in a two-part series on the current state of the art in the study of wind engineering. It focuses on computational simulation of the interaction between wind and structures. The second will discuss small-scale and full-scale physical testing conducted at various facilities.
Every day, buildings are subjected to wind loads, whether we notice it or not. For many homes and commercial buildings in the U.S., winds exert the largest forces the structures will ever experience. The modern field of wind engineering evolved from early studies that tried to tackle the issues of wind loads on tall and long structures (the World Trade Center in New York being one of the most prominent projects). Wind engineers continue to dig deeper into the mechanics of how wind moves and imparts forces on the built environment.
The traditional wind engineering toolkit consists of wind tunnel testing of small-scale building models, full-scale structural testing (such as at Florida International University's Wall of Wind or the IBHS Research Center in South Carolina), actual field pressure measurements (Texas Tech's WERFL facility), and mechanical load and pressure testing (the Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes at the University of Western Ontario). Physical testing, however, comes with potentially high costs, large project time commitments, and limited facility availability. This has led some wind researchers to investigate the practical applicability of computer-based simulation techniques like computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
In recent years, rapid advancements in computational technology like multicore processing and large data storage, along with decreasing costs, have allowed computational modeling efforts to flourish alongside traditional physical simulation techniques. CFD allows mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineers to numerically simulate fluid flows using computational solutions. While aerospace engineers may use CFD to understand the dynamics of airflow around a wing, civil engineers can use CFD to study the flow of air around buildings without having to use costly wind tunnels. This article will explore the use of CFD in wind engineering and how it enhances AIR's understanding of building vulnerability.
The use of CFD in wind engineering has many advantages over traditional wind tunnel techniques, a primary one involving the issue of scaling. In wind tunnel simulations, models of buildings, as well as the wind characteristics themselves, have to be reduced appropriately to a scale that can fit in a small tunnel. This can be challenging and can significantly impact the results if not done correctly.
CFD, on the other hand, allows the researcher to model the wind and structures in full, real-world scale. Researchers can easily modify the testing model's geometry without having to construct new small-scale physical models. In addition, in a computational domain, measurements can be taken at any location the researcher chooses, whereas wind tunnel models require foreknowledge of critical measurement locations and the installation of pressure taps and tubing to capture data. And with computing power costs decreasing along with increasing speed, CFD simulation run times make it a practical alternative to wind tunnel simulations.
CFD has been instrumental in estimating the highly complex nature of wind flows and their effects on buildings in dense environments. The flows around streamlined bodies, such as airplane wings, are relatively easy to model because the flows remain attached due to their aerodynamic shape. However, the flow around a non-aerodynamic body, such as a building, is more difficult to model because of separation and reattachment phenomena that develop around sharp building corners, resulting in complex turbulence (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Wind flow around high-rise buildings: (a) velocity streamlines around a single building and (b) flow field around adjacent mid- and high-rise buildings (Source: Dagnew and Bitsuamalk, 2012).
CFD can add value to catastrophe modeling by capturing relative changes in loading patterns due to different environmental and mitigation features and can also provide a tool for forensic analysis after major wind events. For example, Hurricane Ike generated a significant amount of cladding damage to high-rise structures in downtown Houston. Studies utilizing CFD demonstrated that the particular arrangement of buildings, coupled with the wind direction, created an environment in which wind vortices became trapped between two buildings (Figure 2). These vortices allowed for enhanced pressure loading on glass panels, which along with trapped debris, caused significant damage to a particular area of the building face (Butler and Kareem, 2012).
Figure 2. (a) Glass damage to the JP Morgan Chase Tower (JPMCT) in Houston Texas after Hurricane Ike and (b) CFD simulation of flow around the JPMCT, showing trapped vortices between buildings (Source: Butler and Kareem, 2012).
Evaluating the wind pressure distribution on the surface of low- and high-rise buildings through CFD can be extended to the assessment of a building's vulnerability. Damage surveys performed by AIR and others have shown that severe wind damage to roofs can initiate a structure's progressive collapse. By recreating different wind scenarios, CFD can be used to closely examine the distribution of wind pressures, providing insight into vulnerable building features.
For example, Figure 3a shows the distribution of the mean pressure coefficient on a hip roof residential house within a simulated hurricane wind environment (Dagnew and Bitsuamlak, 2012). One would expect to see damage to the roof surface where extremely high pressures or suction forces are found. It is also common for residential houses to have complex roof shapes (combinations of flat, gable, and hip roofs) for aesthetic reasons (see Figure 3b). In such homes, high suction forces can occur anywhere, and pinpointing the critical region is difficult without fully analyzing both the wind and the structure. For such circumstances, CFD is a useful tool to quickly investigate the relative roof pressure distribution and locate high wind hazard areas.
From the perspective of a single home, the large-scale nature of hurricane winds impacts a small structure much like a straight-line wind field. Severe convective storms, on the other hand, contain tornadoes and downbursts that are known for their violent turbulence and rotating wind fields in a small area. The small-scale rotation of tornadoes cannot be easily replicated in a wind tunnel setting. CFD simulations can help engineers understand both the evolution of the wind field and the loads on a structure during a tornado or downburst, since many of the full-scale characteristics can be replicated.
Figure 4a shows a simulated tornado using CFD and Figure 4b and c show an example of its simulated wind field interacting with a residential building. Due to the shape of the building and the rotating nature of the incoming wind, a series of localized vortices form on the windward side of the roof. The suction resulting from these localized vortices can potentially breach the roof system and lead to significant structural damage. Numerical analysis through CFD can help engineers identify critical loading conditions and understand the effects of various unique wind perils.
The dynamics of how wind and structures interact with each other is more complex in a metropolitan center where groups of building are located in close proximity to one another. In dense urban settings, the wind can become very turbulent and various types of interference can occur. With a well-constructed computational domain, CFD simulations can be useful in understanding how the flow is filtered by and through neighboring structures (Dagnew and Bitsuamlak, 2012).
Figure 5b shows a hurricane wind field near the ground surface in the Brickell section of Miami, Florida. The low-rise structures (small commercial buildings and railway bridges) increase the intensity of the wind, causing the high-rise buildings located downstream of the smaller buildings to experience high wind forces and possibly flying debris. In addition, channeling (which speeds up the wind) and sheltering (which creates a region of high suction) can manifest around the different structures (as shown in Figure 5c). In using small-scale structures in a traditional wind tunnel, it would be difficult to capture these phenomena visually (with smoke) or to measure them with instruments. However, modeling in full scale with CFD allows the researcher to control the level of measurement and observational detail needed.
Computational fluid dynamics is a versatile and economical tool wind engineers use to study the effects of wind on buildings. Sheltering, channeling, wake effects, and other complex interference mechanisms can be effectively modeled using CFD to better understand the nature of wind and structure interactions. Beyond wind load studies, CFD can be used in the development of mitigation solutions to improve the wind performance of buildings. Building- or site-specific studies can also be done using CFD analyses to identify possible areas of concern for structural damage or even the potential for content damage due to flying debris.
Still, even with its wide range of applications, CFD is not likely to fully replace traditional wind tunnel techniques in the near future. To solve the complex equations of fluid motion, certain assumptions and simplifications have to be made. Thus, a primary concern with CFD is the need for more validation with both full-scale and wind tunnel studies. CFD validation and improvement will come with time, as did validation of wind tunnels to full-scale results. In the interim, CFD can be utilized with confidence to study general interaction patterns and relative impacts.
CFD can tell one side of a story: how wind moves around structures and how wind loads manifest. The other side of the story requires further engineering analysis, mainly through the coupled use of CFD and structural finite element modeling to define detailed building resistance, and also through a detailed analysis of claims and damage data. Developing robust catastrophe models requires approaching vulnerability relationships from many different perspectives, and the second AIR Currents article in this two-part series will explain the role of physical testing.
A. Dagnew, G. Bitsuamlak, . 2012, "Numerical investigation of wind-induced pressure loads on low-rise residential buildings with complex roofs", The 3rd American Association for Wind Engineering Workshop, Hyannis, Massachusetts, August 12-14.
A. Dagnew, G. Bitsuamlak,. 2012, "Large eddy simulation for wind-induced response of tall buildings located in a city center", The 2012 Engineering Mechanics Institute & 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability (EMI/PMC 2012), Notre Dame, IN, June 17-20.


Date: November 29, 2008, 5:30 pm – 10 pm.
This event is annually organized by the BC Romanian Community Center and is dedicated to the Romanian National Day — December 1st.
Intercer Canada participated for the third year consecutivelly to the Romanian Festival. We bought a booth space and we offered free health magazines, Christian books and brochures, cds and dvds with Christian music etc.
This year we distributed freely aprox. 200 items (books, magazines, cds, dvds).
Ionel Coman performed and sang the Romanian National anthem at the beginning of the program. Intercer Canada was presented at the Festival as a sponsor in the program booklet, on the screen and through flyers.
Thank you to our members Catalin, Rosy, Daniel, Lili, Ionel for helping with this event! Also thank you to some donors who made possible for us to participate at this event.


Some researchers have discovered why the spaghetti, when one break it, are always in many pieces and why one never obtains only two parts. In their laboratory of the University Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie), they found that the elastic rods, when they are submitted to a big curve, create some elastic waves which are propagated after the broke, exciting the new pieces. Far away from the gastronomic and play appearance, this discovery will have applications for the glass fibres and the metal rods.


I spoke with the service department at my dealer (Twin City Genesis-Alcoa TN) last week. They were unsure about what the "spec" was for the G80 Sport (3.3L TT). They have been using a Synthetic blend in others G80 Sport. I'll continue doing my own oil changes and use Mobil 1 Full Synthetic 5W30.
Show them the ACEA A5 spec in the owners manual. Usually that means a full synthetic 5W-30.
This is the same problem SAAB had. They put semi-synthetic in their turbocharged engines and mandated a 10,000 mile change interval. After a few short years, the engines had coke build-up along with burned out turbos, resulting in a warranty extension to 8 years. They quickly moved to full synthetic with a 5,000 mile change interval. I can't imagine the 3.3TT running any cooler.
7.29 quarts for a change. They only show 6 quarts on itemized bill. Anybody know for sure how many quarts for a 3.3T twin turbo V6?
7 1/2 if you get all the old oil out.


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PC Mag Middle East | Cell Phone Reviews | Review
byKevin Sebastian Nov 25, 2018
Street Price$ 379.99
Extremely Fast Charging ( with supplied charger)Huge ScreenSleek Design so you stand out
Some performance issues with ColorOS Can get fingerprint smudges Average Camera
The Oppo F9 is a good mid-range phone with a great design for what it's priced. Beyond a few minor nitpicks, it's a fast charger and in the age of expensive devices, it's always good to have choice.
Color me surprised, I'd expect Oppo to release the F9 Pro considering that there are many phones in the same class as Oppo's F9, such as Xioami's Pocophone for example. That said Oppo has releasesd some interesting devices this year with the Find X which I consider a marvel in engineering. Oppo's market domination however as I've noticed comes in the midrange sector which is what the F9 caters to. The Starry Purple edition which I got for review makes it a stand out and is quite pretty.
Make no mistake if you're seeing a similarity with another phone brand, you're not alone. Look and feel aside, it's a plastic body but surprisingly sturdy and put in a tight body. It may not feel premium but it certainly looks the part. They also have a gradient red and midnight black color scheme that phase between colors. Oppo has been making some great eye catching designs.
One glaring omission I found was the lack of a USB-C port, instead Oppo opted for a MicroUSB port instead. Guess this somehow brought production costs down but I don't see any other logic considering most mid-ranged phones in 2018 have a USB-C port. Other than that the design is what you'd expect, Fingerprint scanner on the back, power and volume keys on the side. It also has a headphone jack.
Remember when I said that Oppo has done some interesting engineering lately ? Their waterdrop notch is proof of how to do it right. Arguably in my opinion it was done better here than Google's own Essential device. Full disclosure, I hate notches but I've come to terms that they are here to stay for a while. The notch on the F9 is the smallest one I've seen so far and that's an a-ok in my book.
The screen is edge to edge with a resolution of 2,340 x 1080 on a nice large 6.3 inch display. It's nice to look at and won't give you any trouble in outdoor light. It also comes with Gorilla Glass 6 so it will survive a few drops if you're the clumsy sort.
The Oppo F9 runs on a Mediatek Helio P60 processor and 6GB of RAM. Daily operations are smooth and you won't have any trouble with doing most things, like your browsing, music and calls but gaming struggles. Youtube also hitched a bit when it came to running 1080p videos.
Oppo's battery life, is phenomenal. It comes with a 3,500mAh battery and with the VOOC fast charger, you can get a day's worth easily. Trouble is you won't always be near a wall socket and the vooc charger won't be able to help. so it's probably time for Oppo to develop a portable solution ?
The F9 ha 16MP rear camera with f.1.8 and a second 2MP sensor for depth and portrait mode. It's also feature packed with Google Lens like most phones you'd expect.
The front camera is a different story, Oppo decided the F9 is for selfies and to that effect has put in a 25MP so you'll look really good in your selfies. The Beauty mode is great if done manually but the engine can over smooth faceial details if you let it do its thing and you will look a whole lot different and that's may be not the best thing.
The rear camera is decent if not a bit on the lower end of spectrum of camera smart phones today. No OIS means while you'll still get some color, sharpness is another matter on it doesn't do so well on zoom shots or macro.
With ColorOS, the F9 seemingly almost looks like they'd clone iOS and remove what was the best thing with Android. So I'd expect users who get this device to use their own launcher and notification tabs instead.
The Oppo F9 will do really well in markets in south east asia and given that there's a significant population out here with that demographic in the middle east it makes sense but the competition is fierce from the likes of Huawei, Nokia and Xiaomi all who are taking a bite out of the mid-range market.
That said, for the price and what it offers if you can look past a few of the phone's quirks, the F9 does give you a lot for a lot less and it's probably one of the prettiest mid range devices right now.
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The Fallacy of Tying the Occupation to Israel's Security
Viewpoint by Alon Ben-Meir*
NEW YORK (IDN) — The opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state by many Israelis is based on national security concerns, which presumably offers a justification for the continuing occupation. The truth is that the occupation itself—not a Palestinian state—poses the gravest danger to Israel's security.
Looking Back on the Cuban Missile Crisis Of 60 Years Ago
Viewpoint by Katrina vanden Heuvel*
NEW YORK (IDN) — October 16 marks 60 years since the Cuban missile crisis—the 13-day standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union widely regarded as the closest we ever came to global nuclear war. On this anniversary, as we veer terrifyingly close to the brink of Armageddon once again, we should look to that crisis to guide us in resolving our present one.
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Child Massacre Exposes Weaknesses in Thai Society
By Kalinga Seneviratne
BANGKOK (IDN) — The massacre of 37 people, 26 of whom were preschool children taking an afternoon nap in their day-care centre, in a remote north-eastern township of Thailand on October 7 has shocked the nation, with many social media postings calling for the extrajudicial killing of those involved in the drug trade and gun running.
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Peace Foundation Leader Asks: "Is the US Leading the War on Tigray?"
NEW YORK (IDN) — The disastrous war in the Horn of Africa is being guided secretly by the US, according to briefings reported by the World Peace Foundation (WPF), a philanthropic foundation for research into peace processes affiliated with Massachusetts-based Fletcher School of Law.
The year-long conflict in Ethiopia pitting the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and its allies against the Ethiopian government has caused thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of battlefield casualties.
Brazil's Lula Remerges—in a Very Different Political World
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Consultation on emerging biotechnologies
The Council has launched a call for views and evidence on the ethical issues raised by emerging biotechnologies. By looking at both current examples, such as synthetic biology and nanotechnology, and taking lessons from older cases, such as GM crops and IVF, the Council is interested in the way society and policy makers respond to new biotechnologies and how benefits from these technologies can be secured in an ethically appropriate manner.
The deadline for responses is 15 June 2011.
"Vastly different public responses to biotechnologies can be seen between different countries or cultures," said Professor Michael Moran of the University of Manchester, who is leading the inquiry. "For example, stem cell research is widely accepted in the UK, while this has been controversial in the US. It is the other way around for GM crops. We want to explore the reasons for this with a view to providing practical guidance for policy makers in future."
There are a number of common concerns that people have about new biotechnologies. Some, particularly genetic modification and human enhancement technologies, raise concerns about 'playing God' and interfering in nature. Others may be controversial due to their potential to impact negatively on the environment or human health.
Policymakers can influence the development of emerging biotechnologies and whether they go on to be available to consumers and patients, for example by setting research priorities and regulatory systems. Over the past few decades, there has been a move to take account of the views of the public in the formation of policy, with the current trend of 'upstream engagement' seeking to garner public opinion at the very early stages.
"What principles should decision makers apply to emerging biotechnologies? What tools and levers might they use to secure benefits and minimise the risks? And what role should public engagement activities play? We look forward to receiving views from a wide range of people on these and other important questions," said Professor Moran.
The Council set up a Working Party in January 2011 to consider the ethical issues raised by emerging biotechnologies. The group, chaired by Professor Moran, includes members with expertise in ethics, law, science, industry and public engagement. In addition to the consultation, the group will hold face-to-face meetings with a range of stakeholders throughout 2011. All contributions will be carefully considered, and a report setting out the Council's findings will be published in autumn 2012.
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On the morning of 6 January I sat down with a new book which I'd received as a Christmas gift and was looking forward to reading. I'd spent a fair amount of the previous night watching CNN and hoping rather than expecting that the Democrats could win both Senate seats in Georgia's runoffs. I knew that Trumpery had done a lot to help them but had the idiot in chief done enough?
Little did I know how prescient that book selection would be as the day unfolded. The book; Bob Woodward's "Rage"!
As the day unfolded and it looked as though both seats were about to fall, a bonfire of the insanities was being lit in Washington with the idiot wing of the Republican Party about to mount what was effectively an attempted coup.
For months now, we've watched an American comedian Bill Maher warn week after week that Trump would not go quietly into the night and asking every Democrat who came on his programme what they would do when he refused to concede and leave the White House? Each, in turn, assured us that he would go on the back of a massive electoral defeat just as every other defeated President had done. To say that Maher was sceptical would not be an exaggeration. How right he was! I'm looking forward to his first show of the New Year.
What, it seems to me, that they missed was the extent to which the Trump supporters actually believed the lies they were being fed by Fox etc. Starting with "birtherism", fake news, alternative facts, the Inauguration crowd, Paedos in a pizza parlour, Qanon etc and on it went for 4 years.
I notice that Twitter and FaceBook have now finally acted to limit Trump's accounts, did anyone see which way the horse bolted? It's not even that the storming of the Capitol was planned in secret, it was all over social media and fuelled from Trump's own Twitter account! The decisions which led directly to the deaths of 5 people need to be examined and potentially result in police investigations. The decisions not to have the National Guard at least on stand by and then not sent in to calm the situation deserve the full scrutiny of Congress as well as law enforcement. When we recall the time spent investigating the tragic events in Benghazi then the families of those 5 people deserve full accounting.
Ironically, I ended that day playing "The Devil went down to Georgia"! Once more he lost his soul!
The tragedy which has played out in the US has, perhaps, some lessons for us all.
The language and conduct of political discussion has become progressively more antagonistic and less dependent on truth or at least on evidence. Allegations and insults are bandied about with little regard for their veracity or the impacts they have on people. Full disclosure, I have been as guilty as others of tossing a fair amount of abuse around. We do though need to reflect on why we have reached the current level where arguably, with Merkel about to retire, the West is pretty devoid of Leadership.
We see the dangers of playing just to your base and it can have the two consequences we see in Washington. That, although your base turns out in huge numbers, the other side who are repelled by the rhetoric and actions turns out more so you lose. Secondly the losers have been so convinced that they "won" that they are unable to accept the result.
Just as President-Elect Joe Biden strives to the end divisiveness of the last four years so we can learn that just winning Indyref 2 is not enough! It must be the catalyst for pulling all of Scotland together, we need those who support the Union to accept the result and help build a better society, community and country.
We can look at how some pretty base feelings were stirred and then manipulated to produce the Better Together campaign with, for example, its scare tactics on pensioners and people from other EU countries. This in turn was the template for the Brexit campaign which was the least credible and most lie filled campaign the UK as ever seen. That in turn was used to fuel the fires in the US and although Germany, France and The Netherlands etc stemmed the tide of right-wing populism, the UK succumbed again in 2019.
One thing which stands out, to me at least, is that there is nothing like a commonly accepted basic set of facts which can serve as the basis of debate about the future. Certainly opposition parties here in Scotland appear utterly incapable of seeing beyond the next session of FMQs.
The media seem unable to point out even the most obvious contradictions as the demands change from week to week. Keep schools open is replaced by move to online learning with not a backward glance. Vaccinate my group is demanded with no thought to the simple fact that this would potentially mean a more vulnerable person doing without. Why haven't the Government spent more is asked but no reporter points out that the campaign of 2014 means that we must still go cap in hand to the Westminster Government which has nothing remotely like a plan, far less a strategy for economic recovery. The one consolation in all of this is that we in the YES movement are, at the moment, blessed in our opponents. There is by common consent no sign of a credible political opposition which could stop the SNP winning a majority in May and then the Andrew Marr question will become even more potent. The only thing which could stop that is internal fighting and division. Those who wish to pursue their own agendas at the risk of Independence may well benefit from a period of self-restraint. As President Trump finally leaves the Oval Office, we should all reflect that just 12 months ago he looked a damn good bet for re-election.
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By Travis Yoesting October 5, 2018
Daily Show host Trevor Noah took on 76ers center Joel Embiid in a few rounds of FIFA 19.
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Trevor Noah and Joel Embiid were both born in Africa but make their livings in the U.S. Now they're fighting it out to see who is the king of FIFA 19 in this stellar Trevor Noah vs Joel Embiid video.
Noah released the video on his YouTube channel on Friday as the two players duked it out in five matches. At the end, there was an undisputed champion: Noah.
Both Noah and Embiid are well-known soccer fans.
Noah, the host of the Daily Show With Trevor Noah, was born in South Africa and had plenty to say during the World Cup, from joking about the awful announcers to taking a more serious look at the Africanness of the French World Cup champions.
Embiid was born in Cameroon and moved to the U.S. at the age of 16 to pursue a career in basketball. Having modeled his game after Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon and overcome plenty of injuries, Embiid is now an NBA All-Star.
Like Olajuwon, Embiid is a huge soccer fan. But he leaves a bit to be desired on the pitch, both virtual and real world.
Joel Embiid: 0/1 on biciycle kicks, but 1/1 on excellent celebrations pic.twitter.com/FUpwhLlZLT
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During the Trevor Noah vs Joel Embiid FIFA series, Noah won three matches, Embiid won once and they tied once.
The first match saw Noah's Atletico Madrid defeat Embiid's Real Madrid 2-1. Embiid followed that with his only victory of the day, as Juventus topped PSG 2-0. Noah regained the advantage in the series by leading Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Juventus.
The pair then tried out a Survival match, where a scoring team's player is sent off after every goal. (Read more about that and other cool new modes in our FIFA 19 review.) This time, Noah, as Bayern Munich, drew with Embiid's Manchester City 1-1.
In the final match of the day, a Champions League final, Noah extended his dominance, again taking Real Madrid to victory, 2-1 over Juventus.
The whole video is entertaining as both Noah and Embiid are likable, affable people playing one of the most popular video games in the world.
Some highlights included Noah trying (poorly) to sing the Champions League anthem and later mocking Jose Mourinho, talking up his three wins over Embiid just as Mourinho bragged about his three Premier League titles.
We're looking forward to the rematch next year.
But in case you don't have time to watch the full 10-minute video, here are some highlights from Trevor Noah vs Joel Embiid, including some hilarious trash talk at the end.
Noah on the first match:
"This is just us practicing. But I mean, if I win, it counts."
Noah asking Embiid about flopping:
"Do you think there's as much flopping in basketball now as soccer?"
"Yes. I play soccer, so I kind of flop a lot too sometimes."
"Flopping is nice, though."
"Yeah, when you get what you want, it's nice."
Noah on the gameplay of FIFA 19:
"I like the way the bodies move, I can feel the weight of the players.
"If you were in FIFA 19, I would be able to feel that you were a 7-foot giant who's a really soft, emotional guy, I would feel that you know."
When Noah was leading Embiid 3-0 in the third match:
"Is your microphone broken, Joel? Something's gone real quiet in here man.
"I remember when my friend Joel would talk to me during the game, those were the good old days."
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Malian army camp reported attacked near Mauritania border
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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Armed men on motorcycles have attacked a Malian army camp and killed an unknown number of people near Mali's border with Mauritania.
Army spokesman Diarran Kone said the complex attack took place Sunday morning in the village of Guire. Kone says the military is still working to determine the death toll.
Guire resident Souleymane Maiga told The Associated Press at least a dozen people had been killed. It wasn't clear how many of the victims were soldiers.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, though suspicion immediately fell on al-Qaida-linked groups known to be operating in the area.
A similar attack last month left 20 Malian soldiers dead. A coalition of extremist groups linked to al-Qaida eventually said it was behind the attack.


Inking day 😀 Sounds like an impulse, but not really la. Been thinking about it for some time, and ironically I've told myself before that I'd definitely stop at one tatt.
Hostel includes free fuel for the day.
Jo and I visited a cafe called Cong Caphe while waiting for our tattoo artists to get ready.
Saigon Ink! We almost couldn't find it 'cos it looks like a clothing boutique.
And after our artists shared with us their designs, the pain began. I did mine near the rib cage and the pain was really OMFG WORST ONE HOUR OF MY LIFE. I laid on my sides and I didn't dared to breathe much. No work-in-progress photos 'cos Jo and I were separated haha.
Jo's fox compeleted! VERY VERY NICE.
My artist, Tuu, trying to take a photo of his work. LOL the awkward pose.
Prices were very reasonable. I think mine cost around 2M dong.
It poured after our tatts were done and we chionged back hostel to seek shelter.
Went out on the streets when it got dark to hunt for food.
And juices to cleanse our stomachs after hahaha.


Moist to wet places, including fens, swamps, streamsides, borders of marshes, meadows, rock crevices, gravelly and rocky shores; a pronounced calciphile, often seen in interdunal hollows with Primula mistassinica, on moist limestone flats, and in similar habitats.
The large deep violet flowers are held well above the leaves. The blades are often only subcordate or nearly truncate at the base. In addition to the blunter, wider leaves and obtuse sepals with small auricles, this may be distinguished from V. cucullata, which may also occur in similar habitats, by the usually bearded spurred petal. Plants with white flowers have been named f. albinea Farw.
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. April 19, 2019. https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2786.


The main symbol of the IOOF is the three chain links, sometimes with the letters F, L and T inside them, which stand for Friendship, Love, and Truth.
When the three chain links are joined with an axe, the symbol means that truth must persevere and the parts of us that "do not bear good fruit" must be cut down, as an axe fells sickly trees.
The IOOF shares the all-seeing eye symbol with the Masons, as both fraternities require members to believe in a higher being, a deity of some sort, though the specific religion of each member is not dictated by the fraternity. (Although many of the IOOF symbolism traces the meanings back to Judeo-Christian teachings.) The all-seeing eye reminds Odd Fellows that God watches them always. When the all-seeing eye is in the center of the sun, it symbolizes that the blessings of God descend on all of mankind. When the all-seeing eye is in the center of a cloud, it means God (and we should) see the suffering in the world and be moved to sympathy for human woe.
The bundle of rods symbolizes that in unity, there is strength. Try breaking a bundle of sticks instead of just one at a time.
Another symbol that usually signifies the IOOF is a hand, palm facing out, with a heart in the center, signifying "cheerful giving" and benevolence to those in need. Thousands of artifacts sculptures, pins, buttons, adornments, and eccentrics have been created over the centuries with this symbol. The symbol is also frequently associated with Shaker and Amish communities. Two shaking hands (grasping each other in a handshake) is also a symbol of the IOOF as a sign of Friendship, one of our tenets.
For Rebekah, the dove symbolizes peace and the lily symbolizes purity.


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Come hear Jill Battson read new poems – and some old gems – at the fabulous reading series WordSpell on Wednesday, September 4th, 7.30pm, at the Free Times Café, 320 College Street, Toronto.
Jill Battson is an internationally published poet and poetry activist and the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Cobourg, Ontario. She was responsible for creating and running the successful poetry reading series The Poets' Refuge and has initiated and produced many exciting poetry events. Jill is widely published across North America and the UK.
The WordSpell Collective is a new group that came together in spring 2012 with the goal of creating a poetry series in Toronto that focuses on women's voices. WordSpell's mandate is to have an open, inclusive space for female and female identifying individuals to feel comfortable on stage and off.
Hope to see y'all there before we slip into the Fall season…..
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Q: Creating a new column whose values correspond with the values of another column I have a set of code which is
ID: 1, 2, 3, ..., 100, ... 150, ...
X: 0.01, 0.02, 0.01, ..., 0.02, ..., 0.04, ...
I want to create a new column with values that correspond to the values of ID for example I want a new column "month" whose values from ID 1-100 are called "May" and from 101-150 is called "June" and so on.
So the new data frame would look like this...
ID: 1, 2, 3, ..., 100, ... 150, ...
X: 0.01, 0.02, 0.01, ..., 0.02, ..., 0.04, ...
Month: May, May, May, May, May, June, June, July, July, ...
How can I do so using the tidyverse package?
Thank you

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In the past, hobbyist drone pilots who wanted to fly for fun had it really easy. With a simple notification, they were off and flying in controlled airspace willy nilly. If a drone pilot was within 5 miles of an airport, the aircraft would take off and operate normally. It wasn't until the pilot was within 1.6 miles of the center of an airport, that the drone would not' physically take off if you were flying a DJI drone. Now, hobbyist drone pilots will soon be required to use LAANC to fly their drones in controlled airspace.
Contrary to earlier reports, it seems that DJI is planning to launch the DJI 'Pro' Remote Controller at CES 2019. However, instead of calling it Pro, DJI has changed the name to DJI Smart Controller. Early this morning the promotional video of the DJI Smart Controller was released on YouTube. The video provides us with all the most important information about the new device.
The long-awaited DJI 'Pro' Remote Controller is likely delayed and might not be at CES 2019. The mystery remote controller for the DJI Mavic 2 that showed up in various official DJI photos and videos was rumored to make its debut at CES 2019. However, the latest information we just received, indicates that the remote controller will likely be delayed.
We have been informed by one of our trusted sources, that the thermal camera for the Mavic 2 Enterprise, that was to be announced today, will be announced at CES 2019 instead. There is no explanation provided for the delay, but it seems that DJI has thought at the last moment that it might be better to launch the thermal camera for the DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise, at the Consumer (!) Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month, together with the new 'Pro' Remote Controller with built-in display for the Mavic 2. There's also more information on the type of delayed thermal camera btw… Jump right in.


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Victorian flu shock: Fifteen dead,..
Victorian flu shock: Fifteen dead, worse to come
At least two children are among those who have died in Victoria's fast-growing influenza toll.
Fifteen people have died from 5745 known cases of flu in 2019, well above the 1800 cases at the same time last year.
"The figures are quite staggering and they don't seem to be abating."
-Neil Mitchell
Neil Mitchell has been told three children are among those who have died.
The state's chief health officer, Brett Sutton, confirmed two child deaths, with a third under investigation.
He said the "vast majority" of deaths stemmed from nursing home outbreaks.
"The summer season was already up and we're getting (nearly) 700 new cases a week and I think the peak is yet to come," Dr Sutton told Neil Mitchell.
"The peak of any flu season is usually July-August, and numbers are already half of what last year was.
"The flu season is so unpredictable, and maybe we'll get an early peak; last year we had a late peak and a tail through to October."
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Why Did Buhari Jail Mahmet Ben Chembi 95 Years? Umar Ardo Urges Trump To Ask PMB
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By Ifeanyi Dimkpa Last updated Apr 30, 2018
Secretary of Northern Leaders and Stakeholders Assembly, Dr. Umar Ardo, has tasked United States President, Donald Trump to ask President Muhammadu Buhari while he jailed an American citizen for 95 years in 1984 while he was Nigerian military Head of State.
Ardo, a former ally of ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar alleged that the Buhari-led military regime jailed Mahmet Ben Chembi without any evidence against her, in 1984.
He alleged that President Buhari was not knew to taking extra judicial means of dealing with perceived enemies even when there were no evidence against them.
Ardo told journalists on Sunday that he was not surprised that the President was reluctant in obeying court orders even as he questioned President Buhari's democratic credentials.
According to him, the American lady merely came to do legitimate business in Nigeria when he was arrested by the then regime of Buhari.
He said: "There was this case of the wealthy American lady, Mahmet Ben Chembi, who brought in her $17 million from the US to invest in plumbing in the building of Abuja, but was framed of defrauding the Nigerian State and taken to Buhari's Military Tribunal and jailed for 95 years without a shred of evidence adduced against her by the government.
"On top of it, she was fined N500 million. It was the regime of another military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida that set up a Judicial Review Panel that reviewed the case and released her from jail.
"President Donald Trump should ask his guest, President Muhammadu Buhari while he did that to his (Trump ) citizen.
"There was also the case of a wealthy Nigerian woman resident in Saudi Arabia who returned to the country and was arrested on arrival at Kano airport, taken to tribunal and jailed 10 years for being in possession of N600. She had a 5-year old daughter who was sent to jail along with her. "
He regretted that Buhari's antecedents did not portray him as a leader that could be trusted with another four years in office.
Because of this, he said the country must look for a new leader in 2019 who he said would show love to Nigerians regardless of their ethnicity and political affiliations.
He also said it would be wrong to assume that the Buhari regime is corruption -free, saying the truth about its activities would be unveiled after leaving office.
He continued: "Having known all these about Buhari, and many, many more of such, I came to the inevitable conclusion that a person like that cannot make a good leader.
"It is natural therefore for reasonable people to oppose such a leadership and look out for an alternative. This is exactly what is going on in Nigeria today.
"In fact, such frivolous and unfounded accusations inundating Buhari's past leadership has brought to serious question the current accusations against members of the past regime.
"No one should blame me if I question the truthfulness of the current exercise. After all, it is only after leaving office that the truth of one's tenure is revealed.
"For as far as I am concerned, the current so-called looters' list is nothing more than names of the likes of Ben Chembi. If the man can do it then, why can't he do it now?
"I know those former leaders have their blames, but the Buhari leadership has the most blame."
Ardo said that it would be better for President Buhari to listen to former leaders who he said had advised him against running for a second term.
"I believe those who advised him not to run are being kind to him and are lovers of this country because they know he has lost the support of majority of Nigerians and if he re-contests and wants to use incumbency to force himself back to office, he will only plunge the country into unfathomable crises that will not be in the interest of anyone," he added.
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Here is the plan view of the cave.
Below is a drawing of the Large Portal, to the North.
The portal above goes into the opening pictured below. Note the floor will come up almost a foot when it is poured. The door is recessed about 3' back from face of the opening which is about where the stick is leaning up against the wall in this picture. Another major coat of shot crete remains to go on.
Reclaimed barrel wood means wood reclaimed from large redwood wine tanks not oak barrel staves from 60 gallon oak barrels.
Small Portal plans below. It faces East South East.
Below are some sketches in progress showing the roof over the small portal door.
This is a closer view of the same. This is an unusual portal interface to the cave necessitated by not having enough brow at the top of the stairs to inset the door like the large portal. The general idea is to mount the door on an exposed shotcrete face and then cover the joint with a roof to protect the door. The roof basically takes the place of the brow. Water coming down the shotcrete face behind and above the portal will fall into the "saddle" behind the portal facing and run down the sides of the shotcrete behind the door face.
Here is a picture of the portal face as it exists now. Again note that as of 11/16/06 there is another major coat of shotcrete remaining to be done which provides an opportunity to fine tune the geometry of shotcrete face. Note that the final threshold of th door will be about where the top of the wooden stairs end. The patio stonework will slope away from the door.
The cave on the plan above is a simplified first version. It does show the relationship between the apron of the north portal to the cave to the media room of the house correctly. The elevation at the base of the media room door that swings out onto the apron is 991ft. The next image below is a detailed scale view of the cave which shows elevations and square footages.
Below is an early sketch of the smaller portal which is now obsolete.
Total Floor area: ~1452 sq. Ft.
Ceiling 12 ft. except for enlarged room which is more like 14' high.
Rise of stairs from 991' elev to 1000' about 9ft. on topo. More like 12 ft. by eyeball.
Topo with Cave that can be panned and zoomed and layers added or removed.