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Q: Cron script runs fine but not updating Django database I'm new in this field, and I am currently trying to get a python script to update a sqlite database (for django) every hour using cron.
Here is a cut down version of the script
import requests, sys, os, django, csv

sys.path.append("\var[...]\django")
os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "s.settings"
django.setup()

from health.models import s_model
import datetime
import logging

#################### initialising log file

today = datetime.datetime.now()
logging.basicConfig(filename="/var/[...]/processing.log", level=logging.INFO)
logging.info("\nScript run at " + str(today) + "\n")

################### getting data from csv and saving it to DB

with open('file.csv', 'rU') as csvfile:
    try:
        csvreader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
        i=0
        for row in csvreader:
            if(i>0):
                people = {}
                people['name'] = notNull(row[0].strip())
                people['age'] = notNull(row[1].strip())
                people = s_model(**people)
                people.save()
            i=i+1
    except Exception:
        logging.error("Error processing number for id "+ str(row["Id"]))
        return

And I have this file sitting in cron.hourly
#!/bin/bash
/var/[...]myfile.py

What I have checked:

*

*When I check on the django pages the data from the databases isn't updated.

*When I run the myfile.py manually from its folder, it runs fine and the database updates immediately.

*There is a newline at the end of the cron file.

*I've checked the permissions (both the cron.hourly file and the myfile.py file have +x permission, and are owned by root)

*When I check the log file (the one logged by the script), it tells me the script runs fine every hour and there were no errors.

*I have tried "sudo service apache2 restart" but the pages are still not updated.

Is there anything obvious I haven't checked? Any help or direction will be very much appreciated!
Thanks!

A: Ok so the issues were fixed. Just putting it here in case anyone else runs into it.
1) There was a sudo python missing in front of the file location in the cron script. Now the code runs and updates the database.
#!/bin/bash
sudo python /var/[...]myfile.py

2) And as a second issue, the csv file above myfile.csv should have been an absolute path (along with all the other paths in the script).

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Cody Jinks will release his new album Lifers on July 27. Today, the Texan shared the empathetic title track, a tribute to hardworking dreamers across the land.
"Lifers" opens with Jinks paying tribute to an early-rising Waco farmer, "a dying breed, a thing of the past." The second verse follows a "troubadour queen," a Nashville dreamer "livin' off tips in them Broadway bars," comparing the unyielding spirits of two people with very different, but equally challenging dreams.
Built around a driving beat and a pedal steel, "Lifers" is an anthem for the blue collar "lifers" of all backgrounds.
The track is the second release from Lifers, following "Must Be the Whiskey." Earlier this year, footage surfaced of Jinks performing another new song, the scorching "Can't Quit Enough."
On August 18, Jinks, who recently signed with Rounder Records, will hold the inaugural Loud and Heavy Fest in Fort Worth, Texas. The festival, curated by Jinks, will include Whitey Morgan, Colter Wall, Nikki Lane, Paul Cauthen, Ward Davis, Sunny Sweeney and more.


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New Home Construction Financing — Rule # 1 — Have ALL The Money You Need BEFORE Building!
You might think that it only makes sense to begin constructing a new home AFTER all financing is in place and sufficient to complete the project, but I'm receiving loan inquiries from property owners who have begun construction and are at varying levels of completion but are short the funds needed to complete the project.
It's one thing to incidentally run short of money once you begin building due to unforeseen cost overruns, but you're asking for trouble if you intentionally begin construction without approved financing and at least another 10% cash contingency reserve in place before you begin. If you're inclined to think you can start construction now and somehow find additional funds to complete the project later you'd be advised to postpone building altogether until you have the capital available to see it through.
Traditional banks won't finance construction that's already begun due to "broken priority" title issues, and that leaves you with only hard money as a possible option.
You'll need a very substantial amount of existing equity in the property, since a hard money loan will cover the lesser of a percentage of Loan-to-Cost ("LTC") or Loan-to-Finished Value ("LTV"). In nearly all cases this is Loan-to-Cost. If you calculate 65% of the total remaining cost to build that would be the maximum amount of any new loan before payoff or consideration of existing liens (if applicable), contingency reserve, and points and loan fees. If the net amount is insufficient to complete the project you'll need additional cash to close the transaction.
You'll need to show a hard money lender that you have at least 30% of the total cost to complete construction already vested in cash in the project, or escrow the difference you need to complete it. Your cash contribution can be down payment paid on the lot, soft costs, interest paid on existing notes, or cash purchases of materials and/or labor not financed. Cash vested in the project is NOT the same as equity in the land. The current fair market value of the lot is a consideration to a hard money lender, but only as a portion of the proposed completed value may be concerned and not a basis for your "equity" in the project. "Equity" to a private construction lender is CASH invested in the project.
"Stated Income" construction loans are no longer available from banks, and have become rare even for hard money lenders willing to loan on an incomplete construction project. A privately funded construction loan is typically due in full within 90 days from completion of the project. You can expect to show the hard money lender that you have the ability to make payments on his loan (assuming an interest reserve fund is limited or not in effect) through the course of construction and beyond. Without it, or at the very least a very viable exit strategy for selling or refinancing the property at completion there's little incentive for the lender to make you a loan–he'd rather not make the loan to begin with than deal with foreclosing on it later no matter what it's completed value may be.
Unless you're a licensed general contractor don't expect a hard money lender to finance your project, even if you've "done it before". The lender expects certain standards to be met for quality, efficiency, know-how, and liability that only an industry professional can provide. There are general contractors everywhere who, for a fee, will supervise your project and still allow you to act as a subcontractor or use licensed subs yourself.
You can expect a hard money construction lender to disburse funds as work is completed, just as any bank would. Funds advanced of the work being performed or for the purchase of materials isn't acceptable, so make sure your contractor is sufficiently capitalized to carry the cost of material and labor in advance of being reimbursed on an agreed-to draw schedule.
Hard money loans do NOT compare in any way to bank terms insofar as interest rates, points, and some other factors like loan-to-cost ratios are concerned. The typical hard money construction-completion loan carries a rate of between 11.50% and 15.00% and 6 to 10 points, plus applicable 3rd party costs (escrow, inspection, title insurance, appraisal, etc). It is conservative in it's approach. It is short-term, high-risk lending (no matter what you think the property will be worth when it's completed), and carries additional considerations not applicable to other already-built investments available to a lender. So don't expect a "good deal" if you're seeking hard money — be glad that a lender is willing to make you a loan on an incomplete project and focus on the after-completed benefits to you instead. If interest rate and fees are your primary concern head to your nearest bank instead.
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Visions of Songs
Treasures in Heaven
Anne Odion, has been called by God to produce music
under the name "Visions of Songs."
Anne receives her songs through dreams and visions given directly from God to deliver to His people and to reach the world with a message of hope.
Her gifts are transforming these inspirational dreams and visions to nurture souls through refreshing worship.
Visions of Songs debut album, "God is Good," just happens to be one of those visions that have now come to fruition.
"God is Good" is an uplifting Gospel album of hope and praise comprising of eight songs, which has also been made into a movie titled "Disentangled".
In 2014, Anne released her single track "Have Mercy Oh Lord," and in 2015, she released her book entitled, Treasures in Heaven.
Check out the following videos by clicking on the image below:
Disentangled
Have Mercy Oh Lord
Anne explains, "My sound and styles are a collision of Gospel, Christian, inspirational, and soul. They are unique from other musicians' because they are messages directly from God."
Originally from Nigeria, Anne Odion's love of music started as a child. As a young adult, she began singing in the choir and throughout the years, her faith and music played an integral part in her spiritual life.
Anne has accomplished her creative endeavors by harnessing a myriad of artistic influences that she has gleaned over the years. It was the creative impact she received from such prestigious acts as Maranatha! Singers, Hosanna! Music, Don Moen, Ron Kenoly, and Kirk Franklin that speaks out to her.
Visions of Songs intends to feature and partner with as many gospel artists, groups, bands and choirs in future albums of which Felix Odion and VOS band are the first gospel artists to be featured. The eight-track album "God is Good" is one of many songs revealed to this talented songwriter from The Creator above.
Anne Odion continues to follow her calling through her Visions of Songs Ministries as well as her inspirational novel, Treasures in Heaven. She gives thanks to her children, her family, and Felix for standing behind her during the project.
"I want to be a good example to my kids and as a family we have responsibilities to fulfill, and there will be a second life." -- Anne Odion
Indeed, her "Visions of Songs" have become Treasures in Heaven, God is Good and Disentangled.
© 2019 by Visions of Songs
www.visionsofsongs.com

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Q: Calling CTE multiple times in same query I have a fairly complicated query with multiple CTEs but 1 main CTE that the others all pull from, does this cause that main CTE to be executed multiple times?

A: You could use CROSS JOIN thus:
SELECT
    AVG(CASE WHEN instructorID = @instructorID THEN score END) InstructorSemesterAverage,
    STDEVP(CASE WHEN instructorID = @instructorID THEN score END) InstructorSemesterSTDeviation,
    AVG(CASE WHEN subjectCode = @subjectCode THEN score END) DepartmentSemesterAverage,
    STDEVP(CASE WHEN subjectCode = @subjectCode THEN score END) DepartmentSemesterSTDeviation,
    AVG(CASE WHEN bannerCRN=@CRN AND Q.year = @year AND semester = @semester THEN score END) ClassScore,
    STDEVP(CASE WHEN bannerCRN=@CRN AND Q.year = @year AND semester = @semester THEN score END) ClassSTDeviation,
    (SELECT DecTile FROM cteNtile WHERE instructorID = @instructorID)*10 DecTile,
    X.DepartmentClassFiveYearAverage AS DepartmentClassFiveYearAverage,
    X.DepartmentClassFiveYearSTDeviation AS DepartmentClassFiveYearSTDeviation,
    X.InstructorClassFiveYearAverage AS InstructorClassFiveYearAverage,
    X.InstructorClassFiveYearSTDeviation AS InstructorClassFiveYearSTDeviation
FROM
    cteMain Q CROSS JOIN cteFiveYear X

This will prevent multiple executions (for actual execution plan see Number of Executions property) for cteFiveYear.
Example: If you execute this query
SELECT  h.ProductID,h.StandardCost,
        x.AvgPrice
FROM    Production.ProductCostHistory h
CROSS JOIN (
    SELECT  AVG(p.ListPrice) AvgPrice
    FROM    Production.Product p
) x

using AdventureWorks2008R2 database then the actual execution plan will be

A: Have a look at the below
DECLARE @Table TABLE(
        ID INT,
        Val VARCHAR(50),
        TypeID INT
)

DECLARE @TableTypes TABLE(
        TypeID INT,
        TypeName VARCHAR(50)
)

;WITh Vals AS (
        SELECT  *
        FROm    @Table
        WHERE   ID > 10
)
, UsingVals1 AS (
        SELECT  v.*,
                tt.TypeName
        FROm    Vals v INNER JOIN
                @TableTypes tt ON v.TypeID = tt.TypeID
)
, UsingVals2 AS (
        SELECT  v.*,
                tt.TypeName
        FROm    Vals v INNER JOIN
                @TableTypes tt ON v.TypeID = tt.TypeID
        WHERE   tt.TypeName LIKE '%%'
)
SELECT  *
FROM    UsingVals1
UNION
SELECT  *
FROM    UsingVals2

And then at this SQL Fiddle DEMO
You will notice from the execution plan that the Vals CTE section is executed twice.
Maybe also have a look at How many times the T-SQL inside the CTE is executed?


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The Zombies at indigO2 (at O2 Arena) | London, England | 6/1/2013 (Concert Review)
June 1, 2013 by Jason DeBord 4 Comments
"The Zombies started over 52 years ago…" One of many breaks in-between songs wherein Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent – two founding members of the band – would provide some background and history on the "musical journey" myself and others in the packed indigO2 took part in throughout the concert. I love to have opportunities to witness true rock and roll pioneers and icons do their thing on stage, but given how long ago the band started, I always adjust down my expectations and anticipate nostalgia filling in where perhaps the performance might fall short. This perspective of mine ended up making me that much more thrilled once they started doing their thing, because the five men on stage were true musicians at the top of their game. They played flawlessly together, the sound was superb, Colin's vocals were nothing short of staggering and sublime, and their music – new and old (and covered) sounded as contemporary as anything "new" I hear these days. I was truly floored by how The Zombies hit on all cylinders with their show in London last night, and cannot recommend enough turning out for their upcoming tour in the United States. Brilliant musicians and they put a variety of songs through their paces in a unique way that makes me wonder even more how this band never became so much bigger in popularity.
Who: The Zombies (featuring Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone)
Supporting: Acoustic Strawbs
Venue: indigO2 (at O2 Arena)
Where: London, England
When: June 1, 2013
Seating: General Admission Standing (also photo pass first three songs)
This was a show I planned to see in Napa, California later this year, but given that the series of Depeche Mode concerts I'd been following all over Europe and England left me with a few extra days in London, I was excited to have an opportunity to see the "British Invasion" band in London.
While I've seen a number of shows at the O2 Arena, I had not had a chance prior to last night to see a show at the smaller indigO2 within the O2.
Leading up to the 7:00 doors time, there was a winding line of fans waiting for a chance to get a good spot on the floor of the indigO2, which is all general admission standing. It was interesting for me walking around the O2 leading up to the concert, as there was a competing show in the larger arena for Barbara Streisand, so I was trying to guess which people were there for which show.
Once inside the indigO2, it immediately reminded me of Club Nokia in Los Angeles, as both are very modern in appearance, they appear to be around the same size overall, and both have GA standing below and a balcony above with seats.
I also discovered, once the show started, that the sound system and acoustics are phenomenal. One of those rare instances in which you can forgo the ear plugs and enjoy the show raw.
Acoustic Strawbs
Dave Lambert
Chas Cronk
I was not familiar with the Strawbs, who are contemporaries with The Zombies. Another British band, they have varied the genres and styles of their music over the years, and the line-up of the band that opened for The Zombies last night was their "Acoustic Strawbs", with all three musicians on guitar.
I was really impressed with how tight their set was, with all of the guitar playing and doing so in such a spot on and harmonious way, it was a joy to watch them and take in their music.
Below are some photos of Acoustic Strawbs performing on stage:
Colin Blunstone (vocals)
Rod Argent (vocals, keyboards)
Tom Toomey (guitar)
Jim Rodford (bass guitar)
Steve Rodford (drums)
Having never seen The Zombies perform live before, I really didn't know what to expect. As they came out on to the stage, I was struck at how great Colin Blunstone looked – he appeared to be much too young to be in a band over 50 years old! The next thing I noticed, as he began to sing "I Love You", was how unique, smooth, and powerful his voice was – I was stunned. His voice is remarkable, and though they framed the entire evening as a musical journey, I felt like his voice alone could take us on an amazing journey all its own.
The more I listened, the more I thought of Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates. Not so much that they sound the same, but there are some distinct similarities and tone, range, and style. So all night I couldn't get out of my head the idea that Colin Blunstone and Daryl Hall should really collaborate on something, because I feel that they are both such amazing singers and putting them together could result in something epic.
In any event, the concert last night was truly amazing. I loved the stories provided by Colin and Rod as they went backwards and forwards through time on this musical journey.
Of course, everyone is familiar with the biggest hits – "She's Not There" and "Time Of The Season" – but every song played on stage was done so with care and emotion… every song mattered, and they all sounded amazing. I found myself truly inspired to get their new album, Breathe Out, Breathe In, which I had not picked up yet, as I really loved everything that they played from it.
The band is excited about their own music, playing old music for the first time live, as well as playing new music. They seem to be living their dream, and come across as modest and also appreciative of other notable artists and publications recognizing their work. Colin especially has a very kind and gentle nature, and you can see when he sings that he is drawing from real inner emotions.
Parallel with Colin's voice is Rod's keyboard playing – real, rock and roll keyboard playing, like you just don't see (or hear) anymore. After I was done with my photography through the first two songs, I went to that side of the stage so that I could watch his keyboard playing from the audience, and it was remarkable.
Truly one of those perfect gigs to enjoy, on every level, and I'm really looking forward to hopefully catching them again at one of their California dates later this year.
Below are images of the set list from The Zombies concert at the indigO2 last night… the show had a 20 minute intermission, and the set list was accordingly broken into two pages…
Set List – Set #1:
Below are some photos from The Zombies concert at indigO2 in London last night (click on any image for higher resolution versions of each photo):
Jason DeBord
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Home featured Nigeria Top News Ekiti State governor Fayose DSS Plans To Send Bishop Oyedepo, Apostle Suleman To Kuje Prison
Ekiti State governor Fayose DSS Plans To Send Bishop Oyedepo, Apostle Suleman To Kuje Prison
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Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Governors' Forum, has warned the country's secret police, the State Security Services, SSS, also known as DSS over the planned detention and trial of Apostle Johnson Suleiman of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide and the president and presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide International, aka Winners Chapel International, Dr. David Oyedepo, describing it as indirect invitation to religious crisis in the country.
Governor Fayose alleged that; "There is plan to charge Apostle Suleiman and Bishop Oyedepo for incitement and attempt to cause public disorder on Friday, and make sure that they are not granted so to get them remanded in Kuje Prison perpetually."
He said this plan was to humiliate these men of God as well as silence them and create fear in other people that may want to speak against the heinous crime against humanity being committed daily while perpetrators are being shielded by the federal government.
Bishop David Oyedepo ministering at Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State during a Shiloh Programme | Living Faith Blogs
In an e-mailed statement to The Trent issued on Sunday, January 29, 2017 by a media aide to Governor Fayose, Mr. Lere Olayinka, said that the DSS should tell Nigerians how many of the Fulani herdsmen that killed thousands of Nigerians across the country have been arrested before going after Nigerians who merely expressed their frustration over the to failure of the federal government to protect them.
"Even though the DSS has allowed common sense to prevail by properly inviting Apostle Suleiman as against the gestapo manner with which the service attempted to abduct him last week Wednesday, it is still questionable that the DSS is more interested in a man who threatened to defend himself against any attack by Fulani herdsmen rather than those herdsmen that murdered thousands of Nigerians.
The governor said; "it is sad and worrisome that after muzzling opposition politicians, judiciary and the press, the APC led federal government has taken its desperation to suppress dissenting voices in the country to the House of God."
Governor Fayose maintained that; "If the DSS had acted swiftly like it is doing on Apostle Suleiman so-called inciting comments when people were being killed by herdsmen across the country, so many lives would have been saved."
He advised the government and the DSS not to go ahead with these plans as it will heat up the polity and threaten the peaceful coexistence of Nigerians, calling on well meaning Nigerians to prevail on the federal government to desist from acts capable of throwing the country into further crisis.
Governor Fayose, who reiterated his call for the release of the head of Nigeria's Islamic Movement (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention since late 2015 despite that the court ruled that he should be released, affirmed that "he will continue to stand for Nigeria and its people, not for any religion and it is my position that rights of all Nigerians must be respected and protected."
Apostle Johnson Suleman, general overseer of Omega Fire MInistries
The governor urged the APC led federal government to pay attention to the economy it destroyed, with the aim to revamping it and saving Nigerians from the hunger ravaging the land.
"Nigeria is already being ravaged by war of hunger, economic recession, job loss and lack of leadership direction. It will be disastrous for the country to be plunged into religious crisis.
"Apart from during the civil war, Nigerians have not been badly divided as a nation as we are under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Killings under this government in 18 months are more than what was witnessed in the last 20 years," the governor said.
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INSP Sets Premiere Date for 2nd Season of Historical Docudrama Wild West Chronicles
Inspired by true tales of famous characters and unsung heroes of the American West, the series is scheduled to premiere on Thursday, July 28th at 8PM ET
(Indian Land, SC – June 1, 2022) General-entertainment network INSP, the leader in Western & Western-adjacent programming, has announced that Season 2 of historical docudrama series Wild West Chronicles is set to premiere on Thursday, July 28th at 8PM ET. Craig Miller, VP of Original Programming and Development for INSP, made the announcement.
"The debut of Wild West Chronicles had the distinction of being INSP's highest-rated original series, and we're looking to have even greater success with the second season," said Miller. "Some of the little-known history behind the Old West's most memorable tales that we'll delve into this season includes learning who took the last shot at the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral; how a Texas Ranger finally stopped outlaws from cutting down fences; and why competing silver mining companies started a war underground. You will have to tune in to watch intrepid reporter Bat Masterson as he gets the 'west' of the story."
INSP's original anthology series, Wild West Chronicles, follows the legendary Bat Masterson, once a formidable gunslinger and lawman, after he trades his sheriff's badge for a pen to become a newspaper reporter. In each episode, Masterson tracks down eyewitnesses who share vivid memories of events and remarkable characters of the Old West like Nat Love, Constable Jim Roberts, Dr. Susan Anderson, and others, as they tell their stories. A bygone age of hardship and lawlessness is brought to life as fearless lawmen ride tall in the saddle and vicious criminals fight to escape justice.
The 11 episodes of Wild West Chronicles will air exclusively on INSP starting on Thursday, July 28th at 8PM ET.
What Critics Have Said About Season 1 of Wild West Chronicles:
"…an ingenious amalgamation of drama and documentary…"
-Cowboys & Indians
"Fans of both the docudrama and the Western genres should find much to enjoy in Wild West Chronicles…" – Screenrant
"…it gets the times and places right and uses a clever approach."
-True West Magazine
INSP is available nationwide to more than 58M households via MVPDs including DISH (channel 259), DIRECTV (channel 364), Comcast Xfinity, Cox Communications, Charter Spectrum, National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), Verizon Fios (channel 286), AT&T U-verse (channel 564) and on vMVPDs including SLING TV, fuboTV, Philo, Frndly TV, Vidgo, FreeCast and Evoca. Click here to find INSP in your area. INSP provides a trusted viewing experience with a lineup of exclusive and original series, timeless Westerns, action-filled dramas, and films focused on adventure and heroic characters.
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Gary Tarpinian and Paninee Theeranuntawat created MorningStar Entertainment with the goal of producing high-quality Television Programing. Over the past 20 years, this Emmy Award winning Production Company has produced hundreds of hours of great Television Series and Specials for such esteemed US networks as Discovery, National Geographic, History, The CW Network, PBS, A&E, TLC, Lifetime, Travel, ESPN, Discovery Science, and many others. They have also worked with or had their programs air on such respected international networks as Channel 5 UK, RTL Germany, RAI-Italy, France 5, Antena 3 – Spain, the Australian Broadcasting Company and many others. Among MorningStar's best known programs include the hit series I Survived!, Deadliest Warrior, Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force and Mysteries Decoded.


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GOP Senators Recommend Charges Against Author of Trump Dossier
Nicholas Fandos and Matthew Rosenberg — The New York Times:
More than a year after Republican leaders promised to investigate Russian interference in the presidential election, two influential Republicans on Friday made the first known congressional criminal referral in connection with the meddling — against one of the people who sought to expose it.
Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a senior committee member, told the Justice Department they had reason to believe that a former British spy, Christopher Steele, lied to federal authorities about his contacts with reporters regarding information in the dossier, and they urged the department to investigate.
When it seems the Congressional majority can't behave any worse, two of them say, 'hold my beer.'
This is a transparent diversion from their party leader's behavior, a man who every day slips further into self-worship, self-martyrdom, and cognitive impairment.
Chris Steele, the author of the "Trump Dossier," has already spoken with the FBI. You'd think they would press charges on their own, if there are any reason to do so. I'm sure Sens. Grassley and Graham were just making sure.
Events are going to proceed very poorly for this crowd when Bob Mueller's report is complete.
#GOP #politicalHacks #sinkingLowerSoYouDontHaveTo
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Hello Friends! I'm here today to share something that I think is going to be SUPER fun! Just like the title of my post says, it's a 30 Day Coloring Challenge. The challenge has been issued by the very talented Kathy Racoosin of The Daily Marker blog.
The idea behind the challenge is to COLOR. That's it. Just color to color...not to make a card, or project, just have fun coloring. We are to take some time each day for thirty days, even if it's just 10 minutes, to color. I LOVE that! This is an opportunity to explore new techniques and to use products that have been neglected or perhaps it's time to invest in a few new items to add to your coloring media collection. I'm super excited about joining the challenge because coloring is my first love and I look forward to getting into my studio and having a fun coloring session.
Our first order of business was to organize our supplies. I decided to "display" my coloring media on one of my work surfaces. That way, I can select which medium I would like to use quickly and easily. My stamps and various types of paper are nearby, as well.
The challenge starts on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. It's going to be fun! Won't you join us?!
Oh Barb, I'm so happy for you to be doing this! I know you are going to have a lot of fun. And I hope you'll share a teensy bit of what you are coloring. I love your display. :) Hugs!


This Baby Dino Green T-Rex puppet by the Puppet Company is a must have for any dinosaur-lovers! His mottled green skin and bright yellow belly make him a super appealing glove puppet for little ones. Please note that due to the tie-dye effect of the fabric used, each puppet will look different so may not be exactly the same as the picture shown.


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crim app 359 of 00
JOSEPH NGURE MUTURI vs REPUBLIC[2002] eKLR
JOSEPH NGURE MUTURI vs REPUBLIC
High Court at Nyeri
Nicholas Randa Owano Ombija
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
AT NYERI
JOSEPH NGURE MUTURI ………………………… APPELLANTS
REPUBLIC …………………………………………… RESPONDENT
The appellants, Joseph Ngure Muturi (1st accused) and Josephat Muchira Muturi (2nd accused) were convicted by the Senior Resident Magistrate Kerugoya, Mr. W.N. Njage, on a charge of Robbery with silence, contrary to section 296 (2) of the Penal Code. At the hearing of the appeal all the appellants were unrepresented. We warned the appellants of the danger of proceeding with the appeal in that if we come to the conclusion that they were properly convicted then we are bound in law to substitute the sentence of 10 years
imprisonment plus 10 strokes of the cane on count 1, seven
(7) years imprisonment plus (2) strokes on count 2, 7 years
imprisonment plus 2 strokes of the cane on count 3, 7 years
imprisonment plus 2 strokes of the cane on count4, 7 years
2 strokes of the cane on count 6 and 7 years 2 strokes of the cane on count 7 with one of mandatory death sentence.
We equally advised them that they were free to withdraw their respective appeals if they so wished which they declined. VERONICA WAMBUI KARIUKI (P.W.1) Kariuki recalled events of 30th July 1999. She was asleep in company of her three children. People who claimed to be police officers forcibly made their way into her house. They were armed with knife and panga (the man in jungle jacket – accused 1). They …… all items. They then raped Kariuki's daughters Alice, Nancy and Wanjiru. They then tied Kariuki, the three (3) daughters and Kariuki's father with a rope. A young kid Lawrence Kariuki untied them, the matter was reported to the Assistant Chief and Wanguru Police Station. The three raped girls were taken to Nairobi for treatment and issued with P3 forms which were eventually filled by a doctor. The ordeal took between 2-3 hours. Kariuki was positive she identified accused 1, he had been to Kariuki's on 15th June 1999 when they disagreed with Kariuki's father even some oxen. Kariuki also identified accused 2 on 15th June 2000 at her home. Kariuki told police he had recognized one of the robbers – 1st accused.
"I saw his face. He is the one who had a jungle jacket on him. I recognized him as the man I had seen on 15 th June 1999 ------ I even talked to the accused and asked him why he was disturbing my old father. He asked me why I was talking on his own behalf ------------ "
NANCY WAMAITHA (P.W.2) Wamaitha a class 8 girl at Nyangati Primary School identified first accused in a jungle jacket with a cap with a metal crown on it. She had seen him before … to see her grandfather (P.W. 1's father). He told Wamaithat to look and confirm that he is a policeman. She was threatened by a knife before being raped. She also confirmed that her sisters Rose and Alice were raped in turns. Both 1st and 2nd appellants raped her. She sustained injuries on her thighs and private parts. Wamaitha recognised the first and second accused when they lay on her. She recognized them by torches the two accused had. She identified the first accused at the parade.
Cross-examined by first accused Wamaitha testiefied thus:
"------ I had seen accused 1 earlier at our home in company of accused 2. The first accused raped me. The first accused had a smoke jacket, police cap and cane ---------------------------- ------------------------------------ I had seen the accused persons earlier on when they had come to see my grandfather"
Cross-examined by second accused Wamaitha testified thus:
"I saw accused and identified the accused person. I saw his face. He also had a torch. He raped me. Light from the torch enabled me to see the accused person ---------------------- ----- I identifi ed accused 2 at the parade. I had earlier seen them come to see my grandfather".
ROSE WANJIKU (P.W.3) Wanjiku like evidence to that of Kariuki (P.W.1) and Wamaitha (P.W.2). She was stripped naked and raped by the accused persons in turns. Second accused was the first to rape her followed by another man who was not in court. 2nd accused beat her in the process. She had seen first and second accused earlier when they came to see her grandfather . Cross-examined by second accused Wanjiku testified thus:
"He is the one who removed me from my mother's bedroom. He had a knife on the left hand and a torch on the right hand, ----------- I picked him at the identification parade".
ALICE WAMAITHA KARIUKI (P.W.4) Alice gave the radio permit on demand. The first accused who had a jungle jacket and police cap. She confirmed they were armed with knives. She was positive it was second accused who raped her. She was treated and issued with a P3 which she …….. to be filed by a doctor. She identified first accused at the parade. She saw the robbers by …….. of several torches in the room and identified second accused at the parade. JAMES MITHAMO (P.W.5) Mithamo a clinical officer at Kerugoya Hosital examined Rose Wanjiru Kariuki on 1st August 1999. Sperms were seen upon clinical examination. He filed P3 forms on 8th December 1999 which was received in evidence as exhibit 1. On the same day he examined Nancy …. Kariuki in respect of complaint of rape. He confirmed swellings on the back, thighs. Bruises on libia. Majora and blood oozing from clitoris and fresh would on the hymen. Clinical results established spermatozoa and general infections.
He filed P3 forms and signed which was received in evidence as exhibit 2. On the same day he examined Alice Wamaitha Kariuki on a complaint of rape. Her underpants were torn. Spermatozoa were established on clinical examination. He filled and signed the P3 form which was received in evidence as exhibit 3. NO. 215494 INSPECTOR JOSEPH OMINJA (P.W.6), Ominja conducted an identification parade in respect of a suspect Joseph Ngure (1st accused). He was identified by Rose Wanjiku (P.W.3) and Alice Wamaitha Kariuki (P.W.4). Ominja also conducted identification parade in respect of Joseph Macharia Muturi (2nd accused). He was identified by Alice Wamaitha (P.W.4). NO. 65589 P.C. JULIUS NGUGI (P.W.7), Ngugi received complaint of robbery and rape on 1st August 1999 at 9.00 a.m. from Veronica Wambui (P.W.1). He booked the report and referred the rape victims to Kerugoya General Hospital for treatment. On 2nd August 1999 he visited the scene and proceeded to arrest the accused persons. He organized performance of identification parade. The doctors filled P3 forms. He charged the accused persons after investigations.
At the close of the prosecution's case the learned trial magistrate found that there were sufficient evidence to put the accused on their defence. In his unsworn statement Joseph Ngure Muturi (accused 1) denied the offence. According to him father to complainant refused to pay him wages of Sh 500/= and promised to make him suffer. The case was a frame-up he concluded. In his unsworn statement Josphat Muchira Muturi (accused 2) denied the offence as charged. To him the hole thing was a frame up. The father of complainant employed him to run ox-carte for drawing and selling of water in Muruli. He also ploughed with oxen. He refused to pay Sh 500/=. ……….. And threatened to make them suffer. He attributed the arrest to the bad blood between them.
At the close of the defence case the learned trial magistrate wrote a judgment and convicted both appellants as charged and thus provoked this appeal. Both accused tendered written submissions in support of their appeal which we have carefully read and considered fully. Mr. Obuo for the Republic supported the conviction. In his submission he argued that at the time the first accused (first appellant) was reading the radio permit with assistance of a torch reflection of light on the paper made the complainant see him. That in any event the complaint had seen the appellant fifteen (15) day before and had even talked. That Nancy Wamaitha (P.W.2) had also seen the second accused (2nd appellant) before the incident. Wamaitha also saw the second accused as he raped her and identified the appellant at the identification parade.
Alice Wamaitha Kariuki (P.W.4) also identified the first accused (first appellant) as he had seen him previously. She further identified him through the light from torches in the premises and also at the identification parade. Mr. Obuo urged us to substitute the sentences imposed on the appellants with one of death sentence. The learned senior Resident Magistrate analysed the evidence of identification care carefully and share the view that the witnesses knew the appellants before the incident having had some dealings with father of complainant. That fact is also accepted by the appellants in their statement of defence. In the premises the flashing of torches at the time of the incident made it easier to recognize the appellants. It was mere case of recognition than identification. However, in the present case there is evidence that the appellants were identified by the complaint (P.W.1), Wamaitha (P.W.2), Wanjiku (P.W.3) and Alice Wamaitha (P.W.4) at the time they were being raped in turns. The learned magistrate, who had the opportunity of assessing the demeanor of the witnesses was satisfied that the eye-witnesses aforesaid could not concord the story of the appellant having been the robbers-cum-rapists. The appellants were known to the eye-witnesses and the ordeal took about 2- 3 hours.
Whilst the issue of identification and/or recognition is an issue of mixed law and fact, we cannot discern any error or errors on the part of the trial magistrate. The evidence against the appellants was overwhelming in that they were part of the gang of people that robbed the family of Veronica Wambui Kariuki and stole substantial property and in the course of doing so raped her daughters one of whom was 14 years, we are satisfied that the appellants conviction was proper, with the result that the appeal has no merit and is dismissed. In respect of appellant one (1) Joseph Ngure Mutiri, we
set aside the sentence of 10 years imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane on count 1, j7 years imprisonment plus 2 strokes of the cane on count 2, 7 years imprisonment plus 2 strokes of the cane on count 4, 7 years imprisonment plus two strokes on count 6 and 7 years imprisonment plus 2 strokes f the cane ofn count 7 with a death sentence.
In respect of the appellant two (2) Josephat Muchira Mutuiri, we set aside the sentence of 10 years imprisonment on count1, 7 years 2strokes on count 3, 7 years and 2 strokes of the cane on account 5 with a death sentence.
DATED and DELIVERED at NYERI this 13th day of December 2002.
J.V.O. JUMA
N.R.O. OMBIJA


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Matyas, Corene J. "A Geospatial Analysis of Convective Rainfall Regions Within Tropical Cyclones After Landfall." IJAGR 1.2 (2010): 71-91. Web. 21 Jan. 2020. doi:10.4018/jagr.2010020905
Matyas, C. J. (2010). A Geospatial Analysis of Convective Rainfall Regions Within Tropical Cyclones After Landfall. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR), 1(2), 71-91. doi:10.4018/jagr.2010020905
Matyas, Corene J. "A Geospatial Analysis of Convective Rainfall Regions Within Tropical Cyclones After Landfall," International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 1 (2010): 2, accessed (January 21, 2020), doi:10.4018/jagr.2010020905
InfoSci-Journal Disciplines Engineering, Natural, and Physical Science
A Geospatial Analysis of Convective Rainfall Regions Within Tropical Cyclones After Landfall
Corene J. Matyas (University of Florida, USA)
Source Title: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 1(2)
DOI: 10.4018/jagr.2010020905
In this article, the author utilizes a GIS to spatially analyze radar reflectivity returns during the 24 hours following 43 tropical cyclone (TC) landfalls. The positions of convective rainfall regions and their areal extent are then examined according to storm intensity, motion, vertical wind shear, time until extratropical transition, time after landfall, and distance from the coastline. As forward velocity increases in conjunction with an extratropical transition, these regions move outward, shift from the right side to the front of the TC, and grow in size. A similar radial shift, but with a decrease in areal extent, occurs as TCs weaken. Further quantification of the shapes of these regions could yield a more spatially accurate assessment of where TCs may produce high rainfall totals.
Willoughby, Marks, and Feinberg (1984) describe the regions of convection that develop in both the core of a hurricane (within 100 km of the circulation center), and in the outer rainbands that can extend more than 360 km from the circulation center of the storm. Convection is enhanced by increased surface friction along the coastline during landfall (Tuleya, 1994; Frank & Ritchie, 1999), and fast tangential winds can advect moisture counterclockwise into the left front quadrant in the core of a hurricane (Parrish, Burpee, Marks, & Grebe, 1982). Konrad, Meaux, and Meaux (2002) found that intense TCs have increased rainfall near the core of the storm. On the other hand, tropical depressions have very little organized convection in their core (Frank & Ritchie, 1999). These findings suggest that storm intensity could exhibit a strong relationship with both the location of convection relative to the circulation center of the storm and the size of the area covered by convective rainfall.


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The Unkindest Oscar Cut of All
Nominations Revealed for 92nd Academy Awards
Trailer Round-Up: 'Birds of Prey,' 'October Faction,' 'New Mutants,' 'Timmy Failure' & 'Sabrina' S3
LA's Secret Movie Club Hosts 'Anime Buffet' Series in 2020
Tales from the Toon Trenches
Michael Mallory
The Academy Awards are over for another year, and as often happens, some of the occurrences taking place behind the scenes were potentially more entertaining than the show itself (granted, this year that wasn't hard). The best backstage nugget that emerged the morning after the Oscars was the removal of Kristina Reed, producer of the winning animated short Paperman, from the proceedings after she started lobbing paper airplanes from her seat in the balcony of the Dolby Theatre.
She was ultimately let back in to watch the rest of the show, and could at least offset the indignity of being put through an Oscar night perp walk with the knowledge that her film won. But upon learning of this Academy snafu, I was reminded of another one that occurred a decade ago, in which the film was not quite so fortunate, through no fault of the filmmakers.
(from left) Kristina Reed and John Kahrs
2003's Animatrix: The Final Flight of the Osiris was a nine-minute digital short tied into the mythology of The Matrix trilogy. It was produced by Square Pictures, which had earlier produced the feature Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, as an experiment in photoreal animation. Osiris utilized the same software and techniques as the earlier film, and even cribbed a few digital elements from it, resulting a similarly realistic look. The short's director, Andy Jones, had also been the animation director on Final Fantasy, and back in 2001 I spoke to him about the technique. Even though the concept of photorealistic animation was Final Fantasy's chief selling point, Andy hesitated in calling it true photorealism:
"I think if you talk to anybody close to this project, we still have a ways to go to make it look real. I realize it's made some leaps and bounds above stuff that's out there already, but if you put any of our characters next to a live actor, there are major differences. I think it has a ways to go to push that level of detail, to become completely real. I'm not sure if I want to do that. It was challenging enough to get it ninety-percent photoreal, but to push that extra ten percent would take so much more time, and so much more resources. It's always that way: the last ten percent is the hardest to achieve."
Animatrix: The Final Flight of the Osiris
What proved even harder for Final Fantasy to achieve were good reviews and box office, and the highly touted film bombed. Even so, there were high hopes two years later for The Final Flight of the Osiris, which was released in theatres in front of the live-action horror film Dreamcatcher. Those hopes included possible Oscar recognition, but that was not to be, since that year's nomination committee never actually got to see the film. It seems that someone at Warner Bros., the studio behind Dreamcatcher, accidentally submitted the first reel of Dreamcatcher to the Academy instead of Osiris itself, causing it to be disqualified. Oops.
Maybe the person making the submission couldn't tell the difference between the photorealistic animation in the short and the live action footage in the feature. Or, maybe they just got poked in the eye with a paper airplane.
Related Topics:Academy Awards, Andy Jones, Animatrix: The Final Flight of the Osiris, Dreamcatcher, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Paperman, Square Pictures, The Matrix, Warner Bros.
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Last year was the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Society in 1936. To mark this important milestone we launched a story writing project to collect stories about people's favourite Irish born ancestors.
Royal Avenue, Belfast, circa 1900.
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CultureconsumerismfoodVery Online
Very OnlineEmily Mariko Has Us Obsessed—for Now
by Jenna Mahale
Published on October 21, 2021 at 12:14pm
When TikTokker Emily Mariko cuts up all of her vegetables at the start of each week—carefully rinsing, slicing, and storing them in gleaming glass-bottomed tupperware—the affair is completely hypnotic, an experience that for some reason feels desirable to inhabit. The click of each rubberized lid, the soft clip of a just-cut bunch of spring onions, the scratchy racket of the salad spinner? It's music, or even arguably ASMR. Mariko, a 29-year-old established lifestyle YouTuber, has in recent weeks been hailed as the "opposite of Schadenfreude" by The Cut. In the title of one of Kate Lindsay and Nick Catucci's Embedded newsletters, she is implicitly referred to as Jesus Christ. Her brand of hyperorganized cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping has taken off stratospherically in the past month—with no signs of stopping.
"I think the most basic element is that her content is satisfying," Bon Appetit's Bettina Makalintal wrote in an email to Bitch. "There's a 'things organized neatly' appeal to seeing her set up her home for the week or clean her kitchen or go through her fridge. It's content that has a clear 'before' and 'after', so it feels validating to watch and it also pulls you in easily because you want to see how it ends."
Mariko's TikTok commenters are often in awe of her organizational skills, lamenting the depression, ADHD, or general lethargy that is seemingly preventing them from realizing these "kitchen goals." "I wish I had my life together like this," writes one under a produce-prep video Mariko posted earlier this month. "People have said it before and I'll say it again," another reads, "How I'd live if I wasn't mentally ill." That line received an online approval rating to the tune of 124.2K likes. Though TikTok user @creedthots.gov goes for a slightly different tack—writing, "I bet your fridge don't even smell like fridge"—the incredulity is apparent all the same.
For Makalintal, Mariko offers a taste of success: "We see these parts of her routine that seem very streamlined and tidy, and the end result is a sense of self-satisfaction: like you could do that yourself, even if you're not actually going to."
Mariko owes much of her newfound pervasiveness, as well as a good portion of her 4.6 million–strong follower count, to a September TikTok featuring a simple food hack that involves smashing together leftover salmon and rice and re-steaming it the microwave with an ice cube. Now Mariko fans are not only clearing supermarket shelves of dried seaweed and warring over bottles of kewpie mayo; they're making dedicated trips to farmer's markets (where Mariko purchases fresh produce on a weekly basis), requesting to see her daily cleaning schedule on her Substack, and getting emotionally invested in her recent wedding engagement. In a social-media era that continually champions authenticity, Mariko's ambient, underproduced content fits in with a larger wave of "relatable" posts and videos produced by professional influencers. And though it's undeniable that Mariko has risen above the TikTok chaff to become a bona fide internet celebrity, it's not always clear what sets her apart from the rest.
Numerous TikTok users, including Buzzfeed's Stephanie McNeal, have noted with surprise that Mariko uses "real" mayonnaise and white rice—a cardinal sin for many wellness gurus, who often live by the punishing dictates of clean eating. "Mariko is all about feeding your body whole foods that satisfy you and enjoying treats in moderation," writes McNeal, who observes that Mariko's refreshingly indifferent consumption of pastries, butter, full-fat cream cheese, and more is in direct conflict with diet culture. "In her videos, there's no calorie counting, no forbidden ingredients, or guilt-inducing rules governing what she decides to eat. There's no cauliflower or low-fat swaps. She may be an aspirational lifestyle influencer, but as far as I can tell, the lifestyle she is preaching is a much less harmful one than previous iterations." These "previous iterations"—influencers touting their personal weight-loss secrets on a YouTube thumbnail or shilling Flat Tummy Tea on Instagram—have seen a reckoning in recent years, via both communal "cancellation" and what I-D has called "a natural rebellion against the hyper-curated style that's gone before."
There is a palpable excitement in praise like McNeal's, a sense that Mariko represents a new frontier of attainable food-and-fashion influencing—that, indeed, she could be a trustworthy guide through the ultimately harrowing arena of sustaining and inhabiting one's mortal flesh. And on a platform with such a worrying penchant for pro-eating disorder content, it is encouraging to see even the most minor signs of protest against decidedly "healthy" food choices. But given that Mariko's diet is also her full-time career, what's projected as an accessible way to have a nourishing and organized life is still the product of an inordinate amount of time and focus.
This is the fundamental contradiction in nearly all working influencers' lifestyle content: that everything presented as part of an attainable aesthetic is labor twice over. We might all have time to make a rotating menu of dessert-inspired overnight oats each week if prep time counted as billable hours and contributed to the fortification of a successful online brand. Most often, lifestyle content is foundationally predicated on a strain of "health"-motivated fatphobia—that what you eat and how you exercise can always be better optimized for weight loss—but I find it increasingly married to productivity culture, an imperative that exists despite the fact, as Gawker writer James Greig put it, "few of us work jobs so meaningful that our failure to do them constitutes a moral crime." To state the obvious,lifestyle influencing is such a lucrative enterprise because it taps into a universal insecurity: that your life is a flawed project, and each choice you make risks being uninformed and potentially harmful.
It's why so many people are struggling with "that girl," a mutant TikTok ideal formed of 2017-era girlboss ideology and 2020's main-character syndrome. That Girl's aspirations center self-discipline in the form of early mornings, chilled liters of water, stringent workout routines, speed-typed emails, freshly blended green juices, and bowls of chopped fruit. While none of the above is especially pernicious as an individual venture, the overall aesthetic is undeniably redolent of thinspiration. "The pursuit of perfection is something I understand but I can't untangle it from my own experiences of disordered eating and uncontrollable anxiety," Ruchira Sharma wrote of the trend in a July 2021 piece for Refinery29.
Would Mariko's refreshingly "realistic" diet be nearly as popular a prospect if she didn't look exactly like every other wellness proponent?
In many ways, Mariko—wealthy, slender, clear-skinned, and dressed in athleisure—is the living embodiment of "that girl", and really no different to what has come before at all. Reportedly an Ivy League-educated Facebook alum, Mariko's privilege is an increasingly contentious topic of discussion as her popularity grows on TikTok, but you don't need to look further than her impeccable double-door fridge to understand that her meticulous lifestyle is the result of a uniquely lucky combination of factors. And these days, an influencer's path from adoration to milkshake duck is so well-worn that it may undercut the core premise of "influence" to begin with—or at least affix an expiration date to it.
Alicia Kennedy, a food and drink writer who publishes a weekly essay series on Substack, unpacks what some have called Mariko's "intoxicatingly milquetoast vibe." "I've seen some discourse about how she is very thin and very blank. And so people are able to kind of project onto her whatever meaning they would like," Kennedy tells Bitch over Zoom. "I do find that that is what is popular, especially in a TikTok or Reels type of world, which has been troubling. There's been so much conversation—and, I thought, progress made—in terms of body positivity and body diversity, and people [wanting] to see different types of people. But when you look at what's successful on these platforms, it tends to be the same people we were already being fed by mainstream culture."
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Q: How does an infrared thermometer actually calculate temperature? I am slightly confused about infrared radiation and the equations related to it.
$P = A \epsilon \sigma T^4$ (1)
and
$B_{\lambda}(\lambda,T) = \frac{2hc^2}{\lambda^5} \frac{1}{e^{\frac{hc}{\lambda k_B T}}-1}$ (2)
I understand that equation one is just integral form of equation two. Are P and B just the power output of the black body radiation?
Perhaps I should explain. I am working with an infrared thermometer (MLX90614) and I am wondering exactly what this picks up. Does it pick up the power of the infrared radiation through a lens and convert it to an electric signal so we can get the temperature of the object? Or does it measure the wavelength of the infrared radiation that is coming in and get temperature that way? THANKS!

A: This thermometer is sensitive in a band 5.5um-14um.  The equation (2) (I think) shows your black-body spectrum and the IR-th integrates the intensity in the above range.
Normally, such a probe should also measure the ambient temperature and it should know the emissivity $\epsilon$ value of the material you point at, to properly calculate the temperature. E.g. shiny metals are more difficult to measure, because the large part is reflected from other objects.  Also consult the manual, page 45.
edit: In summary, IR thermometer can see only one 'color' and the only thing it can do is to measure the intensity of this single color.  Imagine a heated iron rod. Forget about what you see in visible spectrum. If you select only this 'IR deep-red color', it's intensity will grow up with higher temperature.

A: I think, if you plot $B_{\lambda}$ in equation (2) with respect to $\lambda$ you get a distribution. As in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation#/media/File:Black_body.svg
So, if you want to find the temperature from wavelength you need the find the point where the intensity peaks. That is to say you need to find the maximum point of intensity. Therefore you need to solve
$$
\frac{\partial B_{\lambda}}{\partial \lambda}=0
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In July 2015 we announced an RFP for a $3.3 million interdisciplinary grant competition, generously funded by the John Templeton Foundation and Saint Louis University. We received nearly 300 letters of intent, and invited 55 teams to submit full proposals. The competition closed in May 2016, when funding was awarded to the 21 projects listed below. These teams will receive grants of up to $295,000, and totaling $3.3 million, for empirical and non-empirical research spanning a wide range of topics and approaches, including cross-cultural studies, measures and methods, virtue and well-being, inequality and well-being, lay conceptions of well-being, the promotion of well-being, and more. Our primary goal in funding these projects is to bring the sciences and humanities--particularly philosophy, theology and religious studies--together in the study of well-being. Notably, all empirical projects include at least one member with expertise in philosophy, theology or religious studies. We are excited to be partnering with the following investigators to advance the field of well-being research!
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Empirical Grants
Authentic Happiness and the Moral True Self. Yarrow Dunham (PI) (Psychology, Yale University), Joshua Knobe (Philosophy & Psychology, Yale University), George Newman (Cognitive Science & School of Management, Yale University), Shaun Nichols (Philosophy, University of Arizona), Nina Strohminger (Cognitive Science & School of Management, Yale University), and Fan Yang (Psychology, Yale University).
Compassion at the Heart of Well-Being: an Inter-Disciplinary Study of Well-Being in a Healthcare Setting. Felicia Huppert (PI) (Psychology, Australian Catholic University), Paul Atkins (Psychology, Australian Catholic University), Joseph Ciarrochi (Psychology, Australian Catholic University), Greg Fairbrother (Psychology, Australian Catholic University), Anya Johnson (Organizational Behavior, University of Sydney), Simon Keller (Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington), Helena Nguyen (Psychology, University of Sydney), Sean O'Connor (Psychology, University of Sydney), Baljinder Sahdra (Psychology, Australian Catholic University), Geoffrey Samuel (Social Anthropology & Religious Studies, University of Sydney), Nickolas Yu (Nursing, University of Sydney).
Cross-Cultural Insights into Wellbeing among Vulnerable Populations in Eastern Africa. Peter Little (PI) (Anthropology, Emory University), Workneh Negatu (Agricultural Economics, Addis Ababa University), Mark Risjord (Philosophy, Emory University).
Developing and Testing a Theoretical Model of the Pursuit of Well-Being. Maike Luhmann (PI) (Psychology, University of Cologne), Wilfried Hinsch (Philosophy, University of Cologne), Tanja Munk (Philosophy, University of Cologne).
Flourishing Mental Health in Caregivers. Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (PI) (Global Health, Duke University), Warren Kinghorn (Psychiatry and Divinity, Duke University), Corey Keyes (Sociology, Emory University), Kathryn Whetten (Public Policy and Global Health, Duke University), David Eagle (Health Policy, Duke University), Jen'nan Read (Sociology and Global Health), Ira Madan (Sahara Centre for Residential Care and Rehabilitation, India), Augustine Wasonga (ACE Africa – Kenya), Misganaw Eticha (Stand for Vulnerable Organization, Ethiopia), Mao Lang (Meahto Phum Ko'mah, Cambodia).
From Stories and Snapshots to Pleasure and Purpose: Capturing the Flow of Subjective Wellbeing Over Time. Paul Dolan (PI) (Economics, London School of Economics), Matthew Adler (Law, Duke University), Roger Crisp (Philosophy, University of Oxford), David Bradford (Economics, University of Georgia).
Inequality in Agency, Optimism, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Carol Graham (PI) (Economics, The Brookings Institution, University of Maryland), Richard Reeves (Philosophy, The Brookings Institution, George Washington University), Jeremy Barofsky (Public Health & Economics, The Brookings Institution), Milena Nikolova (Public Policy & International Development, Institute for the Study of Labor).
The Folk Philosophy of Well-Being. Sonja Lyubomirsky (PI) (Psychology, University of California, Riverside), Eric Schwitzgebel (Co-PI) (Philosophy, University of California, Riverside), Daniel Ozer (Co-PI) (Psychology, University of California, Riverside), Seth Margolis (Psychology, University of California, Riverside).
Understanding High Happiness in Latin America: Human Relations and Spirituality in a Life Well Lived. Mariano Rojas (PI) (Economics, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla), Eduardo Wills (Organizational Behavior, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota), Olbeth Hansberg (Philosophy, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), René Millán (Sociology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Saamah Abdallah (Psychology, New Economics Foundation).
What is a Good Life? A Happy Life, a Perfectionist Life, or a Psychologically Rich Life? Shigehiro Oishi (PI) (Psychology, University of Virginia), Lorraine Besser (Co-PI) (Philosophy, Middlebury College).
Non-Empirical Grants
Imagination and Agency. Katja Maria Vogt (PI) (Philosophy, Columbia University).
Integrating Social Cognitive Theory and Virtue Ethics. David Cloutier (PI) (Religion & Theology, Catholic University of America), Anthony Ahrens (Co-PI) (Psychology, American University).
The Moral Psychology of Inequality and its Impact on Well-Being. Alan Thomas (PI) (Philosophy, University of York), Alfred Archer (PI) (Philosophy, Tilburg University), Bart Engelen (PI) (Philosophy, Tilburg University).
Mental Suffering, the Experience of Beauty, and Wellbeing. Mark Wynn (PI) (Philosophy & Religion, University of Leeds), Anastasia Scrutton (Philosophy & Religion, University of Leeds).
The Minimally Good Life. Nicole Hassoun (PI) (Philosophy, Binghamton University).
Philosophy and the Science of Happiness. Erik Angner (PI) (Philosophy, Stockholm University).
Putting Positive Networks to Work. Michael Bishop (PI) (Philosophy, Florida State University).
Varieties of Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study. Owen Flanagan (PI) (Philosophy, Duke University), Wenqing Zhao (Philosophy, Duke University).
Well-Being, Agency, and Disability. Kevin Timpe (PI) (Philosophy, Calvin College).
Well-Being Amenable to Intervention. Alicia Hall (PI) (Philosophy, Mississippi State University).
Well-Being as an Object of Moral Concern: A Confucian Approach. Justin Tiwald (PI) (Philosophy, San Francisco State University).


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For centuries, samurai warriors have been heralded for their powerful badassery. However, swordsmen in anime are far more amazing than the feudal warriors of historical Japan. The breathtaking swordplay seen in series like Kill la Kill, Princess Principal, and Sword Art Online provide a modern spin on the ancient fighting style by injecting sci-fi, fantasy, and beyond. There is no shortage of incredible anime sword fights, but a few are epic enough to stand above the rest.
The best anime sword fights take the action to places beyond the reach of real-life humans. After all, not even samurai masters can summon demons from their swords the way the characters from Bleach can. The anime sword fighters who don't have paranormal powers still pull off amazing feats of skill. Zoro from One Piece never ate a Devil Fruit, but he's still able to wield three swords at once (one in each hand, and a third in his mouth). The medium opens up a whole new world of fighting styles, making classic samurai movies seem comparatively unimpressive.


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Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts Collections | National Library of Scotland | Search | Subject: Charges. Legal instruments.
Charge at instance of James Inglis elder, merchant, burgess of Edinburgh against James, Lord Ochiltree, Josias Stewart of Bonyton, Hew Kennedy, elder, of Girvanmains, Patrick Abernethy of Netherdail, Harie Stewart of Carlougie, Patrick Livingston of Dalderrs and Mr William Livingston., 15 November 1621.
Charge at instance of Bathia Guthrie, relict of William Maull against James, Lord Ochiltree, Sir Patrick Mackie, Hew Kennedy, Josias Stewart, William Livingston and John Inglis., 21 November 1621.
Charge at instance of Mr William Hamilton, minister at Dalry against James, Lord Ochiltree, Patrick Abernethie and Mr William Livingston., 18 July 1622.
Charge at instance of William Gibson, mealmaker, burgess of Edinburgh, to James, Lord Ochiltree, Harie Stewart, Mr John Finlason, Patrick and Mr William Livingston., 20 January 1623.
Charge at instance of John Forbes of Balnagask to James, Lord Ochiltree., 30 August 1624.
Charge at instance of Sir William Forbes of Craigievar to Mr William Livingston, son of Patrick of Mellignie to enter heir to his uncle Mr William Livingston., 21 November 1635.
Charge at instance of Sir William Forbes of Craigievar to [?] Livingston to enter heir to Mr William Livingston in West Saltoun., 21 November 1635.
Charge at instance of Sir William Forbes of Craigievar to Alexander, Lord Saltoun to enter heir to his father., 15 June 1636.
Charge at instance of Robert Fletcher of Innerpeffer to James Kid, Thomas Broun, Andrew Paterson, Alexander Hunter, all in Panlathie, and William Henderson in Pitconre., 30 January 1610.
Charge at instance of Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer S.C.J. to Sir William Forbes of Craigievar to be entered heir to his father., 7 May 1634.


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