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Q: Busca complexa com MongoDB Tenho uma estrutura no mongoDB que possui quantidades de items diferentes dentro de um array chamado "items". Pra fazer a busca, estou usando o comando abaixo, que primeiro transforma o conteúdo em string, pois abaixo de this.items existe uma estrutura diferente, dependendo do objeto:
db.getCollection('docs').find('JSON.stringify(this.items[0].value).toLowerCase().indexOf("tex")!=-1')

Meu problema é que como não sei a quantidade de items em cada documento, teria que usar um wildcard tipo this.items[*].value, mas isso não funciona.
Alguém conhece alguma solução, ou tem outra ideia pra isso?

A: Resolvido usando regex, postando a resposta aos interessados:
db.docs.find({items: {$elemMatch: {value: /tex/i}}});


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Wake Up Pune was launched in November 2006, to spread awareness about HIV and AIDS, by Hans Billimoria.
The organisation has 100 members, including representatives of NGOs, corporates, youth networks, media professionals and other concerned individuals. Members include Sahara Allad, Saheli, NMP+, Muktangan, Deep Griha, Aarogya.com, Samvad Helpline.
Roshni Mehta (24), co–ordinator, Wake Up Pune, said their group focused on alleviating stigma attached to those infected with HIV–AIDS. "We hold –day boot camps for those who want learn about the disease. We also hold workshops at companies, colleges and schools. We have made an impact but it is a slow process. It will take us some more time," said Roshni, who moved to Pune from the UK six months back to lend a helping man to the efforts.
Nityanand Mishra, a Wake Up Pune volunteer and participant said it was sad that Indians considered an HIV infection as dark spot on one's character. "People don't look into the circumstances of the infection and become judgmental," said Mishra.
Boot camp attendees this reporter spoke to were shocked at learning how poor some of the HIV–infected were. "Things have not gotten any better. The prejudice is widespread. HIV–positive persons in my staff cannot get a minor surgery. It is rescheduled week after week. This is because HIV positive people continue to be on the bottom of the list," said Abbas Parvane (45), manager of the NGO Sahara Aalhad.


Retargeting can be an intimidating concept for marketers switching from digital to mobile for the first time. It can be difficult to understand who to retarget and determine what's working - not to mention how to measure the long-term success of a retargeting campaign.
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The Wigwam
Destinations | Arizona | The Wigwam
The Wigwam is one of Arizona's original iconic hotels. Originally built by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to house sales executives in the early 1900s the resort evolved as a popular tourist destination when executives convinced their company president, Paul Litchfield, to expand the small lodge into a winter retreat. The Wigwam opened on Thanksgiving Day in 1929, and Litchfield Park is aptly named after the pioneer who established the master-planned community originally known as Goodyear Farms.
The estate-like setting is spread over nearly 500 acres and includes a tranquil LeMonds Aveda Salon-Spa, three restaurants, three bars, four swimming pools, fitness center, conference facilities and three signature 18-hole golf courses - including two historic Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed courses. The AAA Four Diamond Wigwam has been a favorite of visitors for generations and the resort has more grass per acre than any other resort in Arizona. All of the 331 guestrooms and suites feature outdoor patios, balconies or terraces with views of lushly landscaped gardens, vibrant flowers and mature shade trees. A revitalization project in 2010 restored The Wigwam's classic charm and timeless setting positioning it among the top of Arizona's great historic hotels. The classic Wigwam post sign welcomes visitors to experience a familiar picture opportunity similar to those that have donned the historic walls for decades.
The Wigmam, a member of Historic Hotels of America since 2010, dates back to 1929.
The woodowork patterns seen on the doors and windows throughout the resort were designed as a tribute to match the tread marks of the original Goodyear tires.
300 Wigwam Ln
Cancellation Policy: One night will be charged without 3 day notice of cancellation.
Deposit: Varies - one night stay, but a full pre-pay may be charged for certain packages.
Extra Person Fees: Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Hotel/Resort Fees & Taxes: Taxes: 11.07% occupancy tax.
Occupancy Restrictions: Varies by room type. The largest unit available on-property can accommodate eight (8) people.
Parking: Valet parking: Available; surcharge.
Payment: All forms of payment are accepted. Payment is required at time of booking. Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Diners Club, and Discover are accepted.
Pet Policy: Service animals allowed: Yes. Pets allowed: Yes. Service animals are exempt from fees and restrictions.
Rollaways: Available upon request.
Transportation: Limo or Town Car service available, may be arranged through the concierge; rates apply.
The Wigwam is one of Arizona's original iconic hotels. Originally built by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to house sales executives in the early 1900s the resort evolved as a popular tourist destination when executives convinced their company president, Paul Litchfield, to expand the small lodge into a winter retreat.
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This wonderfully recreated 4 inch model Hand Grenade made from resin is again a great piece for Military displays and themed areas.
These will make great features in any Military themed area or a great accessory in a Military display.
These resin model grenades always prove to be a big hit at every show we exhibit at, at Beltring we sold out with 3 days of the show to go!!
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Наташа Пунавалла (урождённая Аврора, родилась 26 ноября 1981 г.) — индийская бизнес-леди, председатель Фонда Виллу Пунавалла; исполнительный директор Индийского института сывороток, одной из крупнейших компаний-производителей вакцин в мире по количеству произведённых доз; директор Научного парка Пунавалла в Нидерландах; и директор Villoo Poonawalla Racing and Breeding Pvt Ltd. Энтузиаст моды.

Биография
Родилась 26 ноября 1981 года в семье Прамеша Авроры и его жены Минни Авроры. У неё есть старший брат Амит. Выросла в Пуне, Индия. Получила базовое образование в школе Святой Марии в Пуне, а затем получила степень бакалавра в Университете Пуны Савитрибай Пхуле. В 2004 году получила степень магистра Лондонской школы экономики .

Личная жизнь
Наташа вышла замуж за Адара Пунаваллу в 2006 году. Они познакомились на новогодней вечеринке в Гоа, организованной Виджаем Малльей . У них двое сыновей, Кир и Дарий.

Примечания

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My training has enabled me to work with clients bringing a number of different issues. For each client I seek to hold an attitude of openness and respect.
I am a qualified person-centred counsellor with a diploma and BA Honours in Person-Centred Counselling from the Metanoia Institute and University of Middlesex. I am a registered and accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP).
Family, parenting and co-parenting issues.
I also have experience of facilitating therapy groups and support groups with a therapeutic component. I have co-facilitated training with the Wimbledon Guild and Into The Light, a charity supporting survivors of sexual abuse.
I seek to hold an attitude of openness and respect towards my clients and I value and enjoy working with difference. I work to the highest professional and ethical standards, integrating the principles of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework into my practice, attending regular clinical supervision and giving ongoing priority to my own personal and professional development.


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La calcosiderita és un mineral de la classe dels fosfats, que pertany al grup de la turquesa. Va rebre el seu nom per part de Johann Christoph Ullmann l'any 1814 del grec pel coure (χαλκός, chalcos) i el ferro (σίδηρος, síderos) en al·lusió a la seva composició.

Característiques
La calcosiderita és un fosfat de fórmula química CuFe3+₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O. A més dels elements de la seva fórmula també pot contenir impureses d'alumini. Cristal·litza en el sistema triclínic en cristalls prismàtics curts, amb diverses formes observades, típicament en garbes, de fins a 3 mm; i també en crostes. La seva duresa a l'escala de Mohs és 4,5.

Segons la classificació de Nickel-Strunz, la calcosiderita pertany a "08.DD - Fosfats, etc, només amb cations de mida mitjana, (OH, etc.):RO₄ = 2:1" juntament amb els següents minerals: chenevixita, luetheïta, acrocordita, guanacoïta, aheylita, faustita, planerita, turquesa, afmita, childrenita, eosforita i ernstita.

Formació i jaciments
Un mineral rar que apareix a la zona oxidada d'alguns dipòsits de minerals hidrotermals.

Hi ha nombrosos jaciments de calcosiderita a Alemanya, Austràlia i Estats Units. També ha estat trobada a Bolívia, Brasil, Bulgària, Espanya, França, Grècia, Portugal, Regne Unit, República Txeca, Xile. A Catalunya, hi ha un jaciment de calcosiderita a la mina Turquesa de Cornudella de Montsant, al Priorat (Tarragona).

Sol trobar-se associada a altres minerals com: dufrenita, goetita, cyrilovita, leucofosfita, sampleïta, libethenita, crandal·lita, pseudomalaquita, saleeïta, torbernita i ulrichita.

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Minerals de coure
Minerals de ferro
Minerals que contenen hidròxid
Minerals trobats a Catalunya
Minerals tetrahidrats
Minerals descoberts a Cornualla
Minerals fosfats


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Q: Display an alert error with php and javascript not working properly in FF and Chrome I use this piece of code to inform user to fill some field in this way:
ob_start();
$msg = $_SESSION['ErrorUser'];

if($msg !=""){
    echo '<script type="text/javascript">alert(" ' . $msg . '");</script>';
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//echo $msg;
$_SESSION['ErrorUser']  = "";
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This works in Internet explorer while in FF and Chrome. The msg is displayed, but I have nothing in background, just a part of my page is showed (behind my Message alert).

A: The problem you're facing is that your outputting the alert straight into your dom which will cause the alert to be triggered while the dom is still loading. If you're using jQuery you should output the alert box inside the jQuery(document).ready callback or otherwise bind to the load/DOMcontentready events of the window object.

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AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes really put up a 'show' about his tweets, taking potshots via micro-blogging almost two weeks ago.
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Bhd may have called off a press conference yesterday on Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd's (MAHB) airport tax hike but that didn't stop its co-founder from taking to Twitter to vent his frustration.In a series of tweets which started in the morning, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes raised questions on MAHB's operations, the effectiveness of members of parliament (MPs) and the objectivity of the Ministry of Transport (MOT).
Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) when there are ways to increase utilisation of existing runways.
with two runways. Fix the air traffic system MAHB. Would have been cheaper than building another runway," he said.
Fernandes questioned why MPs, who had criticised him, have not questioned the cost of airports and fought for lower taxes for the rakyat.
MOT was also not spared, as Fernandes put to task its role in regulating airports.
"The (secretary-general Datuk) Long See Wool of Ministry of Transport sits on the Malaysia Airports board. How can he be objective and play fair to the airlines?" he asked.
Fernandes' rant was triggered by the hike in airport tax, landing and parking charges which took effect yesterday.
Last month, MAHB announced that MOT had approved a RM14 increase in airport tax for international passengers to RM65 per passenger for most of its international airports.
The low-cost carrier terminal in KLIA and Terminal 2 in Kota Kinabalu saw charges go up by RM7 per international passenger to RM32.
Landing and parking charges will rise in three stages over three years.
Landing charges will be nine per cent higher and parking charges will be increased by 18 per cent a year.
This tweet attack was a strategic in nature. The ulterior motive was consistent.
First of all, for him to question the rational of a third runway onto of 32 Left and Right at KLIA is really baffling. The airport is already handling 33 odd million passengers annually, which roughly two-and-three-quarters-of-a-miilion per month. That is over 90,000 passengers per day. KLIA is already seeing over 750 take-offs and landings per day. When KLIA2 is ready sometime third quarter next year, the amount of passengers passing through KLIA would expect to rise gradually to 40 million. Soon enough, the two runaways would no longer able to cater the traffic.
His low cost carrier airline business depends on the fast turn around of the narrow body domestic and short haul flights. It means that more quickly aircrafts be put on air, better it is for the business. A third runaway would translate to quicker turn-around for his A32os, as lesser time is spent on final approach or the queue before take off.
What is more baffling is that, Air Asia has been in very active participation in talks and working committee with Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd.(MAHB) for quite a bit now. If he is against the notion of the third runaway, why is he taking this via twitter now? Shouldn't have Fernandes raised this much earlier?
Fernandes raised the issue about cheaper airport taxes and charges. What he failed to do is to inform the public that when he first started, MAHB was very considerate to allow his AirAsia operate for three years without the charges. That gave his low cost carrier a lot of slack and room to build the business, this far ahead in so short of time. Despite benefitting immensely from the slack, he had the cheek to ask for 2 more years.
What Fernandes also conveniently never want to bring up is that MAHB has not increase airport charges for the past 19 years, even though cost of operation has increased through the years. Of course another point was conveniently omitted is that the charges is one of the lowest in the world.
More charges would mean that MAHB will afford to give better airports for travelers. Services offered in airports could be upgraded to cope with more sophisticated demands of travelers, which also include beautification. Malaysian airports should be upgraded to match in the likes of Terminal 3 in Changi, Chap Lek Kok in Hong Kong, Kansai in Tokyo and Terminal 5 in London Heathrow.
All of this is about 'wayang'. The crux of the matter is that, Fernandes wanted to operate his own airport. He has been harboring this intention since three years ago, when he got Sime Darby to pitch for a dedicated low cost carrier airport in Labut approvahe Malaysian Government. When that failed, he tried for Penang International Airport. Then, he tried to coax Perak State Government to demand of a dedicated low cost carrier somewhere near Parit Buntar.
Fernandes had even been said to have wanted to throw MAHB CEO Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad out.
Then again, Fernandes was in the show business before he went and tried his luck for AirAsia. He had always been playing the underdog card all the while. Just like Opposition politicians. Their staregy, like Fernandes, is to make 'pre-emptive strikes' and cast the doubt ahead before the issue is ready for public consumption.
Just like Oppositions' 'politics of hatred', Fernandes is attempting to make MAHB as the 'balddie'. Nevermind how he denied passengers' comfort (especially old folks, families with little children and the physically challenged) with his refusal for the aerobridges. Nevermind also the point that in the planning for KLIA2, he did not want air-conditioning. It was said when LCCT was being constructed, Fernandes did not want any lifts.
Tony Fernandes 'drama' is slowly becoming the soap-opera where the baddies is often highlighted.
Yah….this tony..is drama king…and all malaysian been cheated with his drama….let study his tweet on this "MOT was also not spared, as Fernandes put to task its role in regulating airports.
Hallo Drama King….Ur in Airasia Board and CEO of Air Asia and yet you be in MAS board of DIrector and Working Exco…..Tony, what have you done to firefly thru ideas in MAS working Exco, MAS Bandung route clx, firefly route clx….Tony your afraid of MAS and FIrefly….your using creative accounting to show good on paper Airasia acccount…ERMMMMM……when last time the share holder get a dividen….You use MAS and Airasia money to sponsor your personnal investment….football club,,,,,and MAS new board directors also stupid can agree with him….all the while the immediate benefit all for Airasia…MAS…cut the route,clx route….and Tony will teach how to do creative accounting and than MAS will make profit….MAHB airport tax collected from passengers but delay in trasfer the money to MAHB, if passenger x flight and ask for airport tax return…Tony charge the admin fees which is nearly high as the airport tax it self.
I dont blame tony….drama is his rice bowl…but what the idiots in MAS board of director doing….just rubber stamp.
So are you guys OK with the unexplained cost escalation of the KLIA2 by MAHB?
2. Higher airport tax when i travel.
There would be a media conference by MAHB on KLIA2 this evening at 1700hrs. We don't want to jump the gun and divulge in here what are the material factors in the media conference, designed for the increased cost.
what tony koliang said does make sense.
usage of the runaways is optimised.
10 landing per hour /runway.
Landing rate is still 1 landing per 6 minutes .
and waiting areas for parking and take offs .
no wonder gomen is at the lowest point!!
MAHB had done charity for Air asia for the first 3 years when air asia started operations.Please please please Tan Sri,this is not TUPPERWARE business lorr..


In a cold room at Temple University, in landlocked Philadelphia, finger-size fragments of coral bathe in four small tanks of seawater. The white skeletons look dead or bleached — but they are not. Healthy animals reside within these hard bodies. Some wave their tentacles from holes in the gnarled stems, like flowers at a mermaid's wedding.
Getting here was not easy. They were clipped from reefs a thousand feet down in the Gulf of Mexico, and then housed inside a special refrigerated van which traveled by ship before an overnight delivery to the lab. When the van broke down, some stayed in a chilled cattle trough. They were even packed into Mason jars on ice. Not all the jars made it, but the corals did.
Alexis Weinnig, a graduate student in the lab who has ushered the corals on their journey, said they are happy today but happier in their home tank, then apologizes for making them sound so human.
Humans are pretty good at killing corals. Over the past 30 years, overfishing, pollution and climate change have knocked out about half the shallow water reefs on the planet.
Erik Cordes, a deep-sea ecologist who leads the lab at Temple, has found that Lophelia are better at withstanding industrial and climatic stressors than other deep-sea corals, and in some places more than others. Populations in the Gulf of Mexico survive life at the edge of some of the harshest conditions, near natural methane seeps and in slightly warmer temperatures with lower oxygen concentrations and higher acidity levels. They may adapt to changes, too.
But Cordes and Weinnig want to know just how much Lophelia can take.
"Lophelia is sort of our lab rat," said Cordes. It is charismatic, survives in extreme conditions and yet could die from even the slightest changes.
The explosion and its aftermath killed 11 people, shut down fisheries and decimated coastal and marine ecosystems, including deepwater corals, which were found dead or dying miles from the well.
Since 2010, Cordes and other scientists have been working to understand the role that hydrocarbons from the accident and natural-gas seeps play in coral reefs and other deep-sea ecosystems.
To find out if climatic changes making their way to the deep could break Lophelia's coping abilities, Weinnig has been exposing corals to various combinations of stressors — elevated temperature and pH, oil and dispersant — and monitoring the animals' response and recovery.
In today's experiment, six different types of Lophelia from the Gulf of Mexico, which are expected to respond differently to the stressors, will face oil, dispersant and a combination of the two.
In 24 hours, she will assess the effect of each exposure. Then she will place the remaining corals into recovery tanks with clean water to see how they fare in the days to come — because in the real ocean, some corals can bounce back.
By extracting ribonucleic acid or RNA from the flash-frozen samples, she will be able to see what genes are turning on and off and compare differences between the types of coral. This will give her molecular snapshots of the least and most resilient Lophelia strains.
But to see which corals are definitely not super, it only takes a couple hours: In the dispersant exposure tank, a few fragments are already spitting out their guts (or filaments). Some make excess mucus, like humans when they are sick.
Nothing special seems to be happening in the oil, dispersal, control or combination tanks, which reflects what Weinnig has been finding throughout these exposure experiments.
She has found that regardless of temperature or acidity, dispersant makes Lophelia very sick. These corals can recover from exposure after just 24 hours in regular temperatures, but struggle or get worse if temperatures are elevated.
The other stressors, including increased acidity, do not seem to bother the corals too much, alone or combined. Some corals even seem to investigate the oil with their tentacles. As sick as the corals got in any condition, only two fragments died — and that was in a tank with elevated temperatures and dispersant.
This suggests that while Lophelia may be able to recover from an oil spill and cleanup under current climate conditions, coping with an environmental accident in a warmer ocean of the future may be too much for even this super coral to handle. Less toxic dispersants that exist but aren't widely used may reduce stress on the corals in the case of a future disaster.
Gates' lab is using assisted evolution to develop corals that can keep up with rapidly warming shallow waters. This restoration approach means finding the strongest individuals and breeding them, but also training them to get used to certain stressors or strengthening the supportive microbes, like algae, living in their tissues.
Every reef ecosystem is a little different: Certain problems require corals with certain superpowers. Gates says restoration of deepwater reefs threatened by drilling will be a challenge, because poorly understood reef ecosystems are difficult and costly to access.


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Beating Green Bay & Aaron Rodgers: Lesson Learned From The Buffalo Game
The Bills were the last team to beat Green Bay.
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The Dallas Cowboys were considered one of the hot teams heading into the NFL playoffs. They had won six out of their last seven games and looked very good while doing it. Their opponent on Sunday, the Green Bay Packers were just as hot, winning seven of their last eight games of the season. Their lone blemish was a loss to the Buffalo Bills on the road. In that game, the Bills held Green Bay to 13 points and picked Aaron Rodgers off twice. Was there anything to be learned from that game for the Cowboys defense? I went back and watched the film to see just what the Buffalo Bills defense did to limit the Pack.
One caveat before we dive in, the Cowboys defense is not in the same league as the Bills defense. Buffalo was 4th in net yards, Dallas was 19th. Buffalo was 4th in points per game, Dallas was 15th. And in passing yards per game, Buffalo was 3rd while Dallas was 26th. This is just to give you a framework.
Still, you need to look at what they did that gave them such success against Green Bay. The big takeaway? It's not complicated.
4-3 base or nickel is all you need
The Buffalo Bills were remarkably consistent in what they put out on the field on defense. If Green Bay went two-wide, the Bills stayed in a base 4-3. If the Pack went three-wide or four-wide, the Bills went nickel. And they rarely if ever overloaded a side, shifted guys around a lot, or did anything tricky. They stayed in a static pose pre-snap and were very traditional in their alignments.
Don't rely on the blitz
Out of 60+ plays on defense, the Bills blitzed six times. They relied on a four-man rush, and only an occasional stunt among those four to rush the passer. They weren't really getting a ton of pressure on Rodgers, they only sacked him once, but they kept him in the pocket and did enough so that he couldn't hold the ball forever.
Don't commit a safety to the box
Buffalo never rolled a player for eight-in-the-box against the run. It was either six or seven guys in the box, depending on how the Packers were aligned on offense. They never wavered, they always played pass first.
Run a mix of Cover 1 or 2, and mix zone and man
Always have at least one safety deep and push your corners up on the receivers, don't play off-coverage a majority of the time. Mix it up between zone and man underneath.
Win the "miscellaneous" game
The Bills picked Rodgers twice (once in zone, once in man), and they only threw one INT, thus winning the turnover battle. They also scored a touchdown on special team (punt return) and they won the time of possession by six minutes.
Basically, Buffalo remained very basic, didn't care if Green Bay ran the ball, didn't blitz much and always kept a guy deep. Of course, they have a little better personnel, but it's possible the Cowboys could copy this game plan. It also helps that Green Bay dropped some passes, including a sure TD from Jordy Nelson, and Rodgers had a total mis-read when he threw his first interception, creating a turnover instead of a TD. But those things happen in games. The Bills took advantage and they made Green Bay work for everything.
If I'm Dallas, I might take a similar approach.
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Posted: 30 Apr 2014 14:38
The back and forward-weighted variations are elsewhere in the Fiore material, besides the examples you quote - they are quite numerous taken as a whole. For example, from Pisani-Dossi below, which also shows these positions front-weighted elsewhere, but here appear back-weighted. This example below is not for power generation, but rather for nimbleness.
I would argue that the back-weighted stance is taken for the same reason as in later rapier/smallsword/backsword sources - to enable a quicker movement of the lead foot, a deeper lunge-step, and easier/quicker movement offline. The back-weighted stance is essentially defensive, but can also be inviting an attack and deceptive in hiding how close you actually are to the opponent (it means that your feet at the same distance away from them, but you look further away because your body is further away).
by Brian Stokes
I have found Coda Longa very useful in entering stretto with the true edge although it is far more difficult to employ falso stretto from that guard. I also find it one of the easier guards from which to employ a false-edged fendente.
by Ian Mac Pharlaine
False edged fendente? I mean those can be useful strikes when applied correctly, but does Fiore even mention anything like that in his treatises? From what I've seen, he tends to avoid Finestra-like positions at close range, probably due to it just asking for a blade grab and neck press, or a disarm.
by Michael Chidester
He only specifies which edge to use in the mezani. The rest of the cuts are not edge-dependent.
Yes. The player in the first master is using a false edge cut (similar to a schielhau) as is the scholar in 29r1 - the third play of breaking thrust.
I can see why someone might think that, but the only evidence is in some minute details of the illustrations in Getty only, right? You can't say that *is* what is being shown, only that this is what you think it looks like.
The scholar in the Novati is fingering the ricasso, so it's clearly true edge. The Paris image is ambiguous.
by Bulot
The scholar in 29r1 is most likely throwing a rising false edge mezzani-like cut to the face, not a fendente colpo.
It could be any of the above (though I think it is a simple fendente with the true edge to the temple of the head).. he just breaks the thrust, stands on the blade and says to hit the opponent in the head. It's doesn't really matter how the last part is done - the important part is the breaking the thrust and standing on the blade. How you then hit him in the head is someone irrelevant to the technique!
On the subject of false edge strikes... it is a very subjective matter. What defines the true and false edge?.. In 29R1 the back (left) hand makes that clearly a true-edge fendente or a false-edge sottano. However if we judge which edge is which by the lead (right) hand then it is more ambiguous. Personally I think calling this a false-edge sottano is clutching at straws. And in this particular technique totally irrelevant, as you can hit them in the head any way you like once you've broken their thrust and stood on their sword!
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Hey Mike - As you know from our personal conversations I do not look at the Novati to define the Getty. Each are separate manuscripts. There are a number of plays in Novati that do not appear in the Getty and vice-versa. Ergo, the techniques may be different. I still say that Novati was probably written for a left-hander but only a look at the original PD manuscript MIGHT give a clue if there is any reference (extremely doubtful mind you) to whom it was created for.
Matt, the minute details are where the clues reside. Until recently I did not even consider that there was anything other than 'orthodox' view. To suggest otherwise is heresy. However, when sitting with the original for the third time I started to see a large number of corrections on many pages, down to a single hand being redrawn in the third play of 1st dagger. I had to step back and really question my pre-conceptions and over generalizations of each play. I and my crew have embarked on breaking down each play into its separate parts and found that if we precisely recreate what we see on the page, down to the minute details, it really changes our understanding of what is going on in the play. Our experience from recreating exactly what appears on the page and then backwards engineering the play has been to really open up our understanding of Fiore's art. Truth be told it would be more accurate to say that the more we work out the plays the more we realize the less we really know.
As to the false versus true edge in a cut. The player in the First Master, which we at the Schola call Vero Largo, and the scholar in 29r1 are alike in that their right thumb is not there and only the 1st digit of the fingers can be seen. The fingers are also squared to the cross. When I recreate this position as shown it is the false edge that is leading as the knuckles of my hand are pointing down and not to the right. Employing this cut in 29r1 creates a strike to the player's head using the false edge as the motion is continuous; after you strike a fendente simply wind the blade around. I have found this action to be approximately twice as fast as cutting true edge down and then cutting with the true edge to the head. According to one of my German practitioner friends it is similar to a play he calls the 'krumpau to the flat" save for the fact that it is a fendente cut and not a cross-cut/krumpau. (I know little to nothing of the German system so I may have used the incorrect term.)
Bulot - You may be correct. The right hand of the scholar is cupped so it would make sense the it could be a rising false-edged cut. It would work but I don't know if it is as fast as a winding cut. The scholar would have to at the very least change the position of his right hand from that used in the downward fendente (a knuckled grip) to the 'under-grip' (which we refer to as 'cupped") in order to have his right hand appear as seen in the play. I'll give it a try on during class on Saturday.
My take on 1st Master can be seen via this link should you have an interest.
http://www.scholasanmarco.com/vero-larg ... sword.html
Thanks Brian, I'll have another look and have a play with it. Interesting
Posted: 02 Sep 2017 09:31
by OdinoSenzaOcchi
I'm sorry to bring this thread up again I've began practicing longsword again and I remembered this thread about Coda Longa. I was thinking, isn't also a pommel strike a fast choice in this position?
It seems to mantain the deceptiveness of the posta, it's quite fast IMO, it can bring you to gioco stretto and if it misses, it can become a fendente or transform into Posta di Donna.
What do you guys think? Did the summer sun give me a foolish idea?
by Sean M
OdinoSenzaOcchi wrote: I'm sorry to bring this thread up again I've began practicing longsword again and I remembered this thread about Coda Longa. I was thinking, isn't also a pommel strike a fast choice in this position?
Odino, I would be worried about measure. The poste introduce themselves to us as positions which you adopt as you come into measure for a cut or a thrust (although you certainly stand in them in other situations). The measure for a pommel strike is short, and bringing your weapon into play from coda longa requires a long tempo. So how would you avoid getting cut or stabbed as you move through the intervening space? And if you are already close enough for a pommel strike, where is their weapon and how are you keeping it from killing you?


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Johann Gregor Mendel was a biologist and ordained priest who conducted experiments in heredity. He used his resources at his monastery to grow thousands of pea plants, keeping detailed records and calculations that debunked the previous theory of "trait blending." Although people largely didn't recognize his work during his lifetime, his lengthy research showed that characteristics can be dominant or recessive and are passed on independently. These facts transformed the face of genetics.
Mendel's work enabled scientists to conduct advanced research in the field of genetics.
Mendel was born to Rosine and Anton Mendel on July 22, 1822 in Heinzendorf, Austria, now Hynčice, Czech Republic. At the young age of 11, he and his family moved to Troppau so he could continue his education, and he graduated in 1840. From there, he attended the Philosophical Institute of the University of Olmütz, excelling in math and physics and graduating in 1843.
Gregor Mendel studied pea pods as a way to research genetics.
Following his graduation in Olmütz, he entered the St. Thomas Monastery in Brno, where he had access to a large amount of research materials. Although he was ordained in 1847, due in part to failing health, he temporarily stopped his civil work in the area and went to the University of Vienna. His study there prepared him to go back to the St. Thomas Monastery and take a teaching job at a secondary school. In this setting, he was able to begin the first of his experiments related to genetics.
Gregor Mendel was born on July 22, 1822 in Heinzendorf, Austria.
Pea Plant Experiments
Even though scientists had been investigating inheritance prior to Mendel, many questions were still unanswered. Interested in this field and partly for fun, he decided to experiment using pea plants, because they could be bred quickly, and because so many different kinds were available. Between 1856 and1963, he created thousands of new hybrid plants with different characteristics using cross-pollination techniques. With each new generation of plants, he looked at traits such as seed, cotyledon, flower and pod color, pod shape, flower and pod position and plant height.
Gregor Mendel is known for his work on genetics and heredity.
Although he didn't identify genes as they are now known, per se, Mendel used mathematical ratios and detailed records to show that offspring inherit two genes from parents, one from the mother and another from the father. These can be either "dominant" or "recessive," based on whether the traits to which they relate are expressed. A recessive characteristic does not show up in offspring unless both parents pass on recessive genes, while a dominant one may show up even when just one parent contributes a dominant gene. Mendel summarized these findings and called them the Law of Segregation. He also came up with another concept, the Law of Independent Assortment, which says that allele pairs separate independently during gamete formation and that traits, therefore, get passed on separately from each other.
Confident in his conclusions, in 1865, Mendel wrote about his work under the title Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybride (Experiments on Plant Hybrids) and read the paper twice to the Natural History Society of Brno. He formally published his research in 1866. Despite this, many scientists of the time generally misunderstood his experiments and conclusions or thought the work simply confirmed what people already knew. Mendel did not promote his findings very much past his initial speeches and publication, either, so during his lifetime, people almost ignored what he had accomplished.
It wasn't until around the turn of the 20th century that individuals began focusing on what he'd discovered. Three European biologists, Erich Tschermak, Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns, found Experiments on Plant Hybrids as they were doing agricultural research. The trio confirmed his findings and, after a priority dispute, conceded that he deserved credit. With this independent verification, his work was finally brought into the spotlight.
Significance of His Work
Mendel's experiments did away with the previous incorrect idea that the traits an organism has are a mish-mash or blend from the mother or father. They showed that the characteristics living things inherit do not change from one generation to the next, but simply vary in whether they are visible. This discovery created a strong foundation for the field of modern genetics and showed that statistics are important to the field of biology.
Even though he did not fully realize that his conclusions were broadly applicable to the majority of species, scientists that came after him did. They used his studies to begin advanced research not only about general characteristics such as hair color, but to solve puzzles related to inherited diseases. Thanks to him, biology and medical professionals can manipulate what traits appear, a practice increasingly common in agriculture, or even analyze the statistical risk of developing certain conditions.
In part because of poor eyesight, Mendel eventually abandoned his scientific pursuits to concentrate on the administrative responsibilities of the abbacy over which he presided. Conflicts related to taxation on monasteries kept him largely isolated within his own monastery and set apart from the public, making it more difficult to be part of the scientific community. He died in Brno on January 6, 1884 at the age of 62 from chronic nephritis, not knowing the long-reaching and long-lasting effects his experiments would have on the scientific and general community. Before his death, however, he said that he believed it would not be long before "the entire world [would] praise the result of [his] labors," a prediction that took only 16 years after his passing to come true. He is buried in the Brno Central Cemetery.
Someone who has two copies of a recessive trait, such as blue eyes, will express that trait.
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What was the impact of those discoveries?
I think it is very important for our young people to know about genetics.
what are the dates for his research? there are no specific years given.
how did he discover the punnet square and the blood type of people?
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what did mendel achieve in his life?
what were gregor mendel's greatest discoveries?
what is mendel's native country?
who inspired gregor mendel during his studies at the university of Vienna?
Why don't you think this is very true?
well that is not very true but i will believe in it till i get the real truth.
I'm not entirely sure. But you shouldn't ask forums for your science coursework. :)
What is the impact of Gregor Mendel's discoveries?
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what were the main experiments he carred out?


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Natural infection versus Vaccination
Joel Eissenberg | August 28, 2021 5:38 pm
Colored transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus particles. Credit: National Infection Service/SCI.
Commenter and blogger, Prof. Joel Eissenberg, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
In the unceasing effort by the Right to politicize and weaponize the COVID-19 pandemic, some politicians have seized on a recent paper from Israel claiming that natural infection provides better protection than two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Setting aside the orders of magnitude difference between COVID-19 deaths in unvaccinated vs vaccinated patients, which render the argument for infection-based herd immunity risible, there are two technical comments to be made:
1. In the Israeli study, the higher hospitalization rate in the 32,000-person analysis was based on just eight hospitalizations in a vaccinated group and one in a previously infected group. And the 13-fold increased risk of infection in the same analysis was based on just 238 infections in the vaccinated population, less than 1.5% of the more than 16,000 people, versus 19 reinfections among a similar number of people who once had SARS-CoV-2. Sorry, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and these numbers fall short of dispositive.
2. The real argument to be made here for an additional booster of vaccinated persons and not for natural herd immunity:
Michael Nussenzweig: A booster with the currently available mRNA vaccine would be expected to engage memory cells to produce circulating antibodies that are strongly protective against the original virus and somewhat less so against the variants.
When to administer the booster depends on the object of boosting. If the goal is to prevent infection, then boosting will need to be done after 6 to 18 months depending on the immune status of the individual. If the goal is to prevent serious disease boosting may not be necessary for years.""
The Rockefeller University » Natural infection versus vaccination: Differences in COVID antibody responses emerge,, Senior Physician, Michel C. Nussenzweig,
The Rockefeller University » Natural infection versus vaccination: Differences in COVID antibody responses emerge, Senior Physician, Michel C. Nussenzweig, Senior Physician, The Rockfeller University
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Run, How about comparing the number of deaths that occur in vaccinating 1 million people versus the number of deaths required to obtain 1 million people with natural immunity?
Eric377 says:
That's a reasonable comparison if the premise is that not dying is the accepted principle goal of these actions. I'm pretty sure it isn't though among a large segment of people who have vaccines available and don't use them. Much of it is risk tolerance related and that gets impacted by factors like age and overall health. Many want to live without mRNA (particularly) in them and have accepted an increase of COVID death risk to get that. This is a reason I am a bit confused that public health officials have not pushed J&J harder. Yes, Pfizer and Moderna might be unhappy with a campaign to inform folks they can avoid mRNA, but if you want higher uptakes, there really is a sizable group out there with their heels dug in on mRNA that don't realize it is not the technology for all the "jabs". I do not hold any financial interest in J&J, nor do any family members.
Terry:
I have not seen a distinct source for these numbers. I have not seen a source for people dying from vaccinations. I have not seen a source for people with natural immunity to Covid (not gained by vaccines) and if such did exist, I am sure they would be drawing blood looking for the antibodies.
Comorbidities seems to be a fall back for those who reject Covid as being a danger. It is always the comorbidity which caused the death rather than creating a weakness to succumbing to Covid. Covid was never the cause which pushed them over the edge. Many would still be alive and living even though inflicted with other defects and illness.
Rejecting vaccines, rejecting social distancing, rejecting face masks, and rejecting the limitation of outside activities in crowds appears to be of their nature. Sturgis activities appears to have caused an increase. If they survive they may suffer from other health issues or aggravated health issue as a result of contracting Covid which they did do to themselves by unsafe practices.
There have been stories of people asking for the vaccine as they were dying and stories of those who absolutely reject Covid as the cause in the end if awake.
I do not have an answer for this practice of liberty other than practice it outside of my area as it endangers my liberty to a safe environment.
If I see the numbers I believe are realistic, I will present such.
@Eric,
All of the proteins in our bodies are encoded by mRNAs. Our cells are filled with mRNA. There is nothing foreign about "mRNA."
If the concern is SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mRNA, which is the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are, well both the J&J and AstraZenica vaccines also produce SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mRNA in injected individuals. In addition, the J&J and AstraZenica vaccines are actually recombinant adenovirus, so anyone getting these vaccines is getting virus in addition to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mRNA. There have been some rare problems with thrombosis associated with the J&J and AstraZenica vaccines that have not been reported with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. These may be due to the viral vector or to the way the mRNA is expressed in these vaccines (abnormal mRNA splice products).
Bottom line is that getting the J&J or AstraZenica vaccines still means you're getting the mRNA.
Kaleberg says:
What I've read says that getting COVID and recovering is about as good as getting a single hit of mRNA vaccine, and the protection lasts about as well. If they get an mRNA vaccine booster after being infected, they are as well covered as if they had gotten two shots of mRNA vaccine.
Also, the level of neutralizing antibodies after a COVID infection seems dependent on the viral load which is correlated with the severity of the disease. In general, people with mild infections will have less protection than those who have a more severe case.
The "herd immunity" strategy seems to rely on people getting a series of COVID infections and hoping, somehow, that after enough rounds of infection and re-infection everyone who manages to survive will miraculously get infected all at once and eliminate COVID once and for all. I get the impression that a lot of people are relying on the fact that, so far at least, no one who has failed to recover from COVID has ever been re-infected.
problem for me: I am not an expert.
i believe joel et al know more than i do.
but their reasoning seems fo me to be full of dangerous leaps, and their bias is evident in the kind of language they use.
none of this really matters, unless they use what they think they know as an excuse to force people to get vaccinated. By "force" i do not mean exclusion from places where people consider them a risk to their own safety.
and mostly, you are not going to reach anyone not already convinced, by "scientific" reasoning: anti-vaxxers are almost entirely (note the almost,,, it is as dangerous a word when i use it as it is when scienterrifics dismiss a "few" cases as irrelevant)…almost all anti-vaxxers don't understand and don't care about "scientific" arguments. They believe what they are told by their favorite pundits and politicians on TV
and, for what it's worth, i believe all the anti-maskers, and social non-distancers are insane and criminally negligent of other people's welfare and legitimate feelings.
and, like all people..except the real experts…i believe what i believe based on bits and pieces i pick up here and there, rejecting some as preposterous, and that leaves me unconvinced that "the science" really points convincingly to the conclusions the people i mostly agree with want me to reach.
please note this is not an argument about science: it is an argument about argument.


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Who's on the Giants? Breaking down second basemen, shortstops before spring training 2.0
By Mark W. Sanchez June 26, 2020
Wilmer Flores. Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports
The third in a six-part series that previews the upcoming season for a team we haven't heard much from in over three months. Here is a look at the corner infielders and catchers. Who are these guys?
The most intriguing middle infielder of the Giants' season likely won't appear in a game.
Marco Luciano should be part of the Giants' 60-player pool, the prized 18-year-old shortstop ranked by some as the organization's top prospect and the type who could flirt with being the next young phenom in baseball.
That won't happen this year, though. Luciano figures to be part of the 30-player taxi squad because his development is too important for the Giants to allow him to stay away from the team for a year. Scrimmages featuring Luciano facing major league pitching, with other top Giants prospects around the field, are the sort of must-see action that, unfortunately, will not be able to be seen during the pandemic.
As the future gets ready, the present will be on your televisions. Brandon Crawford will man shortstop, in desperate need of a bounce-back season after he was statistically one of the league's worst hitters last year. The 33-year-old has worked with the new-look hitting coaches through the offseason and the past few months, and his brief camp 1.0 sampling was promising (.391/.440/.565 in nine games).
Behind Crawford will be a combination of Mauricio Dubon and Donovan Solano, two righty hitters who also will see time at second base. Dubon will play everywhere, while Solano's bat has played against whatever pitching he's seeing. His .409 BABIP was extraordinary last season and screams for a regression, yet he just kept hitting in the Cactus League (.381/.417/.476).
While the middle infield is not a strength of the Giants', they are deep with major league talent. Yolmer Sanchez won a Gold Glove a year ago with the White Sox, a slick-fielding magician whom Jeff Samardzija compared to Kevin Pillar, gamers who will do anything to win. Sanchez's pop evaporated last year, homering just twice, leading him to employ Justin Viele as an offseason batting coach. Viele was then hired to be the Giants' batting coach, and he quickly endorse the signing of Sanchez.
While a nice story, Sanchez struggled mightily at the start of camp, still perfecting the swing changes with Viele and beginning 0-for-16 before his first base hit. In camp on a minor league deal, he will need to hit to get time over Dubon, Solano and Wilmer Flores.
Flores is the worst fielder of the group but carries the best bat. The 28-year-old righty hitter destroys lefties, against whom the Giants will find a way to put his bat in the lineup. He's better-suited for first base and will see time against tough southpaws when Brandon Belt gets a breather, and Flores should be ready to DH, too.
Other names to know:
Kean Wong: The 40-man member, who can play all over, was sent down to minor league camp early, a victim of the depth of infielders. After briefly debuting in the majors last year, Wong could find his way to the player pool, though his best avenue toward at-bats may come at third. As a lefty, he could emerge as a complement for Longoria.
Cristhian Adames: The former Rockies infielder can play any infield position apart from first, though is probably best positioned at second. He's a switch-hitter the Giants picked up last season and who has played well in limited action last September and in the first round of camp this year. As a non-roster invite, though, behind a sea of good-but-not-great options, his path to playing time is difficult to find.
Will Wilson: The Giants are discussing which prospects to shoehorn onto their taxi squad, and Wilson is not the automatic entry that Luciano is. The Giants thought about the former NC State shortstop with the 2019 first-round pick they used on Hunter Bishop, then they essentially bought him from the Angels in December, acquiring him by eating Zack Cozart's contract. While the Giants don't want the 21-year-old's season to be wasted, it will be interesting to see if they more value his progress or the, say, 20th reliever they may use this season.
Tomorrow: outfielders


Mike, Erin, Tony and I met up for drinks at Noir after work. It's a bar at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge that has outdoor seating, which was perfect for a summer night. Erin talked me into having one of her all-time favorite drinks, a Dirty Harry. It's a martini made with Reyka vodka, blue-cheese stuffed olives, and a splash of dirt. (P.S. I had to ask to, what is "a splash of dirt"? It's olive juice.) I like pretty much all things savory so I thought it was pretty good. I think Tony wanted to hurl at the thought of blue cheese in a drink, but he was still a good sport and took a sip. I also had a glass of the Ste. Michelle pinot grigio wine which was excellent.
Mike had a Caesar salad to start with (forgot to get a photo of it, sorry!), shrimp linguini, and a slice of key lime pie for dessert. He didn't order from the pick and choose menu though.
Erin had two of the same things I had (she has good taste – lol!). We both had a sauteed mushroom and garlic dish as an appetizer. Then we both had a steak entree which was served with more mushrooms, rice, and asparagus. Of course, my asparagus made its way over to Tony's plate. For dessert, she had something with mixed berries on top of. By the looks of the photo I think it was something creamy.
The only difference between hers and mine was that I had a slice of the dark chocolate cake for dessert. Minus the raspberry sauce of course. And the real thing only came with one slice of orange … this photo was taken after I put my slice onto Tony's plate.
Tony had a mixed green salad with watermelon and pine nuts as an appetizer, a puttanesca pasta dish as an entree, and a slice of dark chocolate cake for dessert.
We had a nice time and the food was delicious. I asked about the pick and choose menu and the waitress said that it is something they always offer (not just because it was Restaurant Week).
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