The Brand-new mattress consists of four different layers of foam, including around ten inches of comfort. The most recent iteration has a Zoned Support, that will be good to note, in that it includes two different kinds of foam: One is softer under the shoulder area and another firm for the hip region. It is designed to give the perfect comfort.
Cover – Its cover is made out of a unique polyester that is thick and usually snaps back into its original location quickly, this means it will not bunch if you make movements at night. Note that it is removable so that you can clean it along with the bedding.
Comfort Layer – The layer is created from a latex-like foam that supplies the mattress some good immediate bounce. Whilst this area quickly in responding to pressure it provides room for the consumer to sink with ease. Like any latex, this foam also has good cooling quality, making sure that the mattress will not sleep too hot during the night.
Contour Twist – Below its relaxation layers, one will find the part of the memory foam. This coating provides the body a contouring feel while at the same time relieving pressure to its top layers.
Support Twist – The next layer is the place where you get the zoned support that is made with two kinds of a long-lasting polyfoam, with its softer variation placed on the edges of the mattress while the firmer one is put in the middle. The positioning is supposed to assist with pressure relief and support.
1) Firmness – When you employ some form of pressure to it one thing you get is a fantastic bounce. Implementing pressure farther, one receives a contouring from its memory foam coating. It won't feel like you are getting stuck in the mattress. Though you might get decent sinkage from its contour layers, its zoned support and polyester foam layers will lift you off the mattress. This means you'll feel as though you are sleeping on top instead of on it and won't ever feel trapped. It is good for those who sleep in many places and the bed's is easy for rolling over once you need to.
Laying On the side — Since you turn over on the side, you may continue get comfy. The Zoned Support alleviates any pressure in the shoulders and shoulders by cradling the memory.
Laying On the stomach — Rolling onto the gut, the mattress does well to keep the spine in a fantastic alignment. Be aware that it is not hard to switch between each one these different sleeping places.
3) Motion Transport – If a person plans on sharing his or her bed with anyone, you have to know what it feels like when another person moves out of bed or lugging around at the evening . The mattress is fairly average when it comes to containing virtually any motion. So you'll probably feel it as your partner tosses and turns through the evening but it won't be anything too disturbing.
It Shows less sinkage compared to most other foam mattresses. It also proves that the upper layer along with the polyester foam foundation gives the mattress a buoyant lift, encouraging the user. It's particularly beneficial for on-the-stomach and back sleepers.
5) Edge Support – If you share your bed with someone and want to utilize the whole area of the bed, it's a fantastic idea to consider the level of edge support the mattress provides. As you put on your back, you'll feel well supported on its edges. Zoned Support does well in ensuring you're secure at the edges and ensures that you will not fall out of the bed. Tossing on your side, you will continue to feel secure on the advantages. Most foam mattresses undergo extra compression when folks sit on them but Casper mattresses do hold up well.
• Zoned support – When a person encounters distress at the shoulders or hips, one will certainly get a lot of help from the mattress's Zoned Support coating. This section helps to cushion the discomfort arising in various ways, providing a pain-free rest.
• Balanced foam texture — Someone seeking to locate a fantastic balance foam feel, must consider the Casper mattress. Its memory foam, latex in addition to the heavy duty polyester foam operate together flawlessly on the mattress to provide you with a very wonderful rest encounter.
The Casper mattress encircles great technology to offer a Fantastic sleeping Experience, using a secret being its unique Zoned Support layers that offer a great Pressure assistance and relief system. After conducting a general review of Casper Mattresses, it's relatively well-constructed and will provide a good return on Your money contemplating its retail price in the market. Therefore, if you are Experiencing discomfort at your shoulder or hip area, consider purchasing the Casper mattress.


Pictured above is a controller we made recently for a gate which is to be opened at dawn and closed at dusk automatically.
The controller is based around our standard REUK Dawn Dusk Relay Controller which uses a light detector and user calibration to detect the arrivals of dawn and dusk depending on measured ambient lighting levels.
This particular unit is designed to control a large gate motor which requires two contacts on its electronics to be shorted out (connected together) for one second to toggle the state of the gate – i.e. open the gate if it is closed, or close it if it is open.
When dawn is detected, the on board relay closes for one second which opens the gate. Then, when dusk is detected, the relay closes again for one second which closes the gate. The controller has a selection of timers and automation logic built in which prevent false dawns and false dusks being detected when there are clouds moving across the sun early and late in the day.
If you need any kind of dawn/dusk detecting controller, email neil@reuk.co.uk with details of your requirements.


The Department has its own library which has a collection of more than 10000 books, 45 journals and magazines, international reports, 500 educational CDs and DVDs etc. It also subscribes to 10 major local and national level newspapers. Books belong to wide ranging subjects like management, economics, sociology, psycology, law, research methodology, statistics, history etc. It is equipped with a computer desk for students where two PCs with a broadband internet connection are ready to cater any educational needs of the students. The library has all the furniture required for a comfortable reading and research environment for the students. It also has a separate research room for the research scholars; this room is also equipped with two PCs with broadband internet connection. Library has photocopying and scanning facilities.
Student Desk computers have an intranet database of all the available books in the library. Students can use this database to easily search and find the books of their choice.
Library also has a well-furnished reading room. The reading room gives an experience of studying amidst nature.


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JR Motorsports to field Truck Series entry for Cole Custer
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) JR Motorsports will field a Camping World Truck Series team in 10 races this season for Cole Custer.
Custer turns 17 this month and will drive the No. 00 Chevrolet for JRM. It will by funded by Custer's longtime sponsor, Haas Automation, and run out of a JRM satellite shop.
It will be the first Truck Series team for JRM, an organization owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., sister Kelley and Rick Hendrick.
JRM currently fields three entries in NASCAR's second-tier XFINITY Series, as well as a pair of Late Model entries.
Custer made his Truck debut last season with Haas Racing Development. He became the youngest winner in a national series event with his victory at New Hampshire.

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title: Installing GoCD agent on Linux
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# Installing GoCD agent on Linux

Installation of the GoCD agent using the package manager will require `root` access on the machine.

## RPM based distributions (ie RedHat/CentOS/Fedora)

The GoCD agent RPM installer has been tested on RedHat Enterprise Linux and CentOS. It should work on most RPM based Linux distributions.

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Once you have the repository setup, execute

```shell
sudo yum install -y go-agent
```

Alternatively, if you have the agent RPM [downloaded](https://www.gocd.org/download):

```shell
sudo rpm -i go-agent-${version}.noarch.rpm
```

## Debian based distributions (ie Ubuntu)

The GoCD agent .deb installer has been tested on Ubuntu. However it should work on most Linux distributions which use debs.

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Once you have the repository setup, execute

```shell
sudo apt-get install go-agent
```

Alternatively, if you have the agent DEB [downloaded](https://www.gocd.org/download):

```shell
sudo dpkg -i go-agent-${version}.deb
```

## Managing the GoCD agent process

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## Location of GoCD agent files

The GoCD agent installs its files in the following locations on your filesystem:

| Location                                             | Description                                           |
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| `/var/lib/go-agent`                                 | the GoCD agent configuration and working directory    |
| `/var/log/go-agent`                                  | the GoCD agent log files                              |
| `/usr/share/go-agent`                                | the GoCD agent binaries and startup scripts           |
| `/usr/share/go-agent/config/wrapper-properties.conf` | the configuration file to alter GoCD agent properties |

## Configuring the GoCD agent

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Mother asks her 15 years old son 'what did you do in school today'? The boy sulks and says in his mind 'oh here she goes again'- I don't want to talk about it mom'. Everything is fine. He takes out a pen drive and he is ready to watch questionable videos.
His mind is preoccupied with his friend's motivation on exploring unknown areas.As a parent one should be aware of the raging hormone factor in a boy, his awkward self, breaking voice, confused and shy mind, above all his dreaming habits. How does one deal with this?
Where is my obedient boy gone? Why is he not sharing his thoughts with me? Why am I his biggest enemy? He loves his I pad, computer, and electronics; where do I feature as a parent? Technology has taken over family life for sure but there has to be a deliberate attempt from the parents to build a healthy environment at home. Let the boys be unaware of the micro managing habits of the parents.
As a parent if you find out the truth about your boy on the sly; it is disastrous for your relationship with him. Every boy has something to hide from the parent; his smoking, drinking and watching forbidden films are part of his growing up. Try not to be judgmental, instead be empathetic about his curiosity to know different things around him. Teenagers are in no mood to listen to the words of wisdom as they doubt parental motivation; they think of them as control freaks.
The moralistic judgment makes boys defensive and they lose their peace of mind and start lying to the parents. As parents you don't want to do this to your little boy who gave you happiness as a child. It is your turn to show understanding and have patience till he grows a bit older to mature. Have an unperturbed conversation with him, so he opens his heart to you when he has a problem. It is a matter of gaining the boy s confidence without intimidating him. Children pick well on the vibes of the parents.
Parents universally want the best for their children but every child is not the same. All of them cannot be achievers; they function according to their own personality. Can we avoid them being influenced by their friends, school and playground friends if they have any?
Teenage boys tend to cling to their immature friends and approach them for advice; his friend is as inexperienced as him and acknowledges everything he says that brings worse problems in his life. As parents we have to go extra mile to give support system to the children. Let us not compare the old times with the contemporary scene; mind set and life styles of the parents are different today with work scene, family, social status and many other systems.
It is heartening to see parents of today living a life of their own other than the family. Everyone needs the space for themselves; make the boys understand the change of system, they look at the their grandmothers who have only lived for their children, they are super cooks, laundry person, housekeepers and stay home mothers who dedicated their lives to bringing up boys. There was no concept of mothers going out alone at night with friends; the family systems in Asian countries were more structured and the discipline of the family was never questioned. There was division of labor and no one crossed each other s responsibilities.
Life was very predictable for children who grew up in that era. Desires and expectation and experimentation has to find its way in to the society, absolutely no harm but the generation has to be prepared to face the challenges that follow the changes.
Boys need more support in growing up than girls; I guess it is nature s law. Parents have to be objective unfortunately when teenage boys grow in to adults and find their space in life. Life is beautiful be accountable of your actions and learn the art of happiness.


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Borseth notches 600th win as UWGB women roll
Todd McMahon
He's coached teams that have produced far bigger wins in the big scheme of achieving success in the sport of women's basketball.
On a momentous Thursday, however, Kevin Borseth directed perhaps one of his more relaxing victories in a legendary career.
"It's just a really special night, and I think we all clicked and played together really well," University of Wisconsin-Green Bay senior Ellen Edison said.
So well that the attainment of Borseth's 600th win was essentially wrapped up by halftime in UWGB's 87-45 rout of Valparaiso at Kress Events Center.
"I told the kids at the start of the game it's not winning by 30, it's winning by one," Borseth said.
Not that he was quibbling over the comfortable manner by which the Horizon League-leading Phoenix secured the historic triumph before a crowd of 1,856.
One to repeatedly say in his vocation of 33 years that "it's about the players," it was fitting all 10 players in the Green Bay uniform played a part in lifting Borseth into elite company.
Led by sophomore guard Tesha Buck's game-high 16 points, five players scored in double figures for the Phoenix (21-4 overall, 11-1 Horizon).
UWGB maintained its three-game lead in the league with four games to play. It can clinch a share of a 17th straight league title and the No. 1 seed in the Horizon tournament with a win over visiting Illinois-Chicago on Saturday.
But not before the Phoenix came through in a big way for its beloved coach.
"Not a lot of coaches can say that they have 600 wins, and I think that is really a testament to how good of a coach Coach Borseth is and how good our program is and all of the girls that come in here," said Edison, who had a season-high-tying 14 points. "I think it's real easy to be a player for a coach who is as successful as he has been in the past and still is in the present. It's just really impressive."
The 60-year-old Borseth became just the 29th active coach and the 51st coach all-time to record 600 victories at the NCAA level in college women's basketball.
This is Borseth's 28th year of coaching in the NCAA ranks after cutting his teeth for five years at the junior-college level with Gogebic Community College in his native Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The majority of Borseth's tenure and wins have come at UWGB, where he has a record of 288-79 in 12 seasons.
"I've been doing it for a long time, I really have, and there's a lot of people that have really contributed," said Borseth, who's in the third season of his second coaching stint with the Phoenix. "We've got some really good teams and players that have come through here that have really contributed to this whole thing. It's another step in the road."
Much to Borseth's reluctance, the many fans who stuck around to the end of UWGB's most lopsided win this season made sure he stayed on the court for a couple minutes afterward.
They gave him a loud, standing ovation, enticing a big smile and a fist pump out of him.
"It's awkward. It really was," Borseth said. "I want to just go (back to the locker room), but it's a nice gesture on their behalf, and I wanted to at least pay my respects by thanking them because we've got some really good fans that really appreciate good basketball here."
The Phoenix players then presented him a handmade sign with a big 600 on it, and they stood together at center court as cameras captured the moment.
Borseth also received the game ball.
"He earned it," freshman Jessica Lindstrom said.
Lindstrom had a big hand in an uplifting performance by UWGB's five-player bench, which outscored Valparaiso for the game with 50 points.
Freshman Allie LeClaire contributed 11 points, all in the first half, and sophomore Lexi Weitzer had 10 points.
Among the starters, Buck and junior Kaili Lukan each grabbed seven rebounds, and sophomore Mehryn Kraker tied a career high with six assists.
Twenty-nine of the bench points came in the first half as the Phoenix put a depleted Crusaders squad in a 45-15 hole.
After spotting Valparaiso (6-18, 2-9), the last-place team in the Horizon, the first basket of the game, the Phoenix never trailed the last 38 minutes, 9 seconds of play.
Six straight points by sophomore forward Mariah Monke put UWGB ahead to stay at 6-2 at the 17:20 mark.
Ahead 13-9 with a little more than 13 minutes left in the half, the Phoenix put the game away by scoring 23 straight points.
Freshman Allie LeClaire started the huge flurry with an open 3-pointer on a pass from senior Megan Lukan with UWGB on the fast break.
LeClaire scored the first eight points of the run, adding another 3.
Seven players had at least one point in that splurge for the Phoenix as Valparaiso went scoreless for nearly 10 ½ minutes until a three-point play by junior Lexi Miller at the 2:44 mark.
"You could see all of our intensity was really high, and I think that's great," Lindstrom said. "And, I think we should carry it out through every game, start off that strong in every game. So, that was awesome."
While UWGB shot 48.4 percent from the floor in the first half, including 8-of-16 on 3-pointers, the Crusaders made only five of 31 shots (16.1 percent) and were 0-for-13 on 3s.
Worse yet, they lost senior forward Sharon Karungi to what coach Tracey Dorow said was a broken nose in the final seconds of the half.
That left Valparaiso with only seven players for the rest of the game.
Its top scorer, 6-foot-1 freshman Dani Franklin, didn't make the trip after the death of her grandfather, Dorow said. Franklin is averaging 13.2 points and leads the Horizon in 3-point shooting percentage (45.3).
Freshman Jasmyn Walker led Valparaiso, which finished the game shooting 28.1 percent and had 24 turnovers, with a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds.
— tmcmaho2@greenbay.gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @ToddMcMahon23


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Florida taxpayers deserve a voice in state government.
Cocktails-to-go may soon be permanent in Florida
Lawmakers in Tallahassee are looking to make to-go booze a permanent option throughout the state, after an executive order allowing the option has been hailed as a success.
By Stand Up Florida
Florida lawmakers considering new online sales tax costing $612M per year
A bill that would require remote sellers to collect sales tax is back on the table in Tallahassee amid a search for new revenue.
Jose Mallea
"Brewing was definitely a passion project for me. I had been a big fan of craft beer when I lived up in D.C. I never had real craft beer until then. Back then, in the early 2000s, there was little to no craft beer in Miami." "It kind of snowballed. I came back to Miami...
Florida minimum wage hike would cost the state up to 181K jobs
Studies show hiking the cost of hiring workers will result in fewer jobs for Floridians.


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Games Encyclopedia Top Games PC PS4 PS3 Xbox One Xbox 360 Switch Android iOS Rankings Images Companies
iOS Adventure Video Games
Adventure games. They include three fundamental elements: exploration, solving puzzles and strongly emphasized story. Controlled characters collect items and use them in puzzles in order to push the story further. Adventure games usually offer only single player mode and the point-and-click interface. This category includes also HOPAs (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure games) which put emphasis on searching items hidden on the screen. more
iOS is the name for the operating system which Apple is using in its own smartphones and tablets (iPhones and iPads) since 2007. iOS is a more popular platform among the mobile developers than Android, despite the fact that the latter is used in a greater number of mobile devices. Apple's success is a result of bigger revenues for developers creating iOS games and greater performance of iPhones and iPads, among other things.
Released Games 381 Upcoming Games 16
Night in the Woods (iOS)
A combination of adventure and arcade games, created by an independent developer known as Infinite Ammo. The player assumes the role of Mae - a cat with paranormal abilities. The protagonist quits her studies and returns to her hometown - Possum Springs, in order to have some quality time with her old friends. The place has fallen into decline since the last mine in town was closed, because the inhabitants have been left without work.
Roblox (iOS)
Adventure 26 May 2011
A platform that allows you to create your own games, in which home designers create their own worlds from scratch, filling them with various attractions. Due to the fact that the game takes place in a moderated environment, both adult players and children can have fun at Roblox.
Minecraft Earth (iOS)
Adventure 12 December 2019
Minecraft Earth is the mobile spin-off of the popular Minecraft, containing the key mechanics of the original gameplay, but bringing action to the real world through augmented reality technology. The title allows for joint building and adventure for people from all over the world, offering rich opportunities for cooperative play.
Samorost 3 (iOS)
Adventure 01 September 2016
The third installment in a light-hearted adventure game series created by Czech developer Amanita Design, who also created such titles as Botanicula and Machinarium. Once again, you play as the little space gnome, who does not speak and communicates with the world solely by gestures and strange sounds. In terms of gameplay, Samorost 3 is a typical point-and-click adventure game that focuses on exploration of diversified locations and solving inventive logic puzzles.
Gemini Rue (iOS)
Adventure 11 April 2013
Cyberpunk adventure game with traditional point-n-click interface. The action takes place in the distant future and tells about the overlapping fate of two characters - a former paid killer and a man who is a victim of medical experiments. Graphics and fun mechanisms resemble productions from the early 90s of the last century.
Ultimate Custom Night (iOS)
A survival horror created by Scott Cawthon. The game is part of the very popular series Five Nights at Freddy's. The players assume the role of a guard who uses cameras, automatic doors and various gadgets to survive in a building filled with evil animatronics. The game is exceptional because it combines the features of all the previous entries in the series. This means that, during the game, the players can face 50 iconic opponents.
Syberia (iOS)
Adventure 04 June 2013
An adventure game designed by Benoit Sokal, the famous Belgian comic writer, in cooperation with studio Microids. Syberia is the first chapter of the adventures of Kate Walker, an American lawyer hired by the company that produces automatons – mechanical toys. She is tasked with finishing the formalities related to taking over a factory located in a small city in Europe. The game begins when the protagonist arrives at the factory and learns that its owner, Anna Voralberg, is dead.
Walking Dead: The Game (iOS)
Adventure 25 July 2012
An episodic adventure game from Telltale Games, based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman. The main theme of The Walking Dead: Season One revolves around a dramatic struggle for survival in a world infested by zombies. The player assumes the role of Lee Everett, one of the few survivors. The gameplay emphasizes exploration, dialogues, collecting items, and puzzle solving.
The Blackwell Epiphany (iOS)
Adventure 18 February 2016
Blackwell Epiphany is a classic point-n-click adventure by the Wadjet Eye Games team. The story tells the story of an investigation into mysterious murders in which supernatural forces are involved. The game consists mainly in exploring the location, conducting conversations and solving riddles.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition (iOS)
Adventure 17 November 2011
A mobile edition of Minecraft – the cult sandbox game from Swedish company Mojang AB, which spawned millions of fans worldwide over several years since its beta release, becoming a phenomenon of modern day pop-culture. Overall the gameplay mechanics featured in Minecraft: Pocket Edition are no different than in other versions.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (iOS)
A new game by Niantic, known for the popular Pokemon GO app. This time the production is based on the Harry Potter franchise. The game utilizes the augmented reality technology, bringing magic into the real world.
Syberia II (iOS)
Adventure 15 October 2015
A sequel to the excellent adventure game created by Benoit Sokal and studio Microids. Syberia II continues the plot of the first installment - it presents the further adventures of Kate Walker, an American lawyer. Her intention of finalizing a contract led her to the adventure of her life. The game starts in the same place where the first Syberia ended – in the Russian city Romansburg.
Five Nights at Freddy's (iOS)
An original horror game created by Scott Cawthon, an independent gamemaker. The player assumes the role of a watchman who takes up a seasonal job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. What is important about the restaurant, is that mechanical mascots are its main attraction. A seemingly easy job turns into a true nightmare during the very first night, when the protagonist discovers that the sympathetic animatronics come to life after dark and display a hostile attitude towards humans.
Life is Strange (iOS)
An episodic adventure game created by the developers of Remember Me, a French studio DONTNOD. The game bears a resemblance to Telltale Games titles. Its protagonist is a 12th grade student named Max Caulfield, who returns to her home town in Oregon after years of absence. Together with her old friend she tries to solve the mysterious disappearance of her schoolmate, which prompts a series of strange events.
Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (iOS)
A remastered edition of a classic adventure game created by LucasArts in 1993. That game, along with its sequel, Maniac Mansion, became famous as the grandfather of modern adventure games. The Remastered Edition was prepared by Double Fine Productions, a studio founded by Tim Schafer – one of the co-creators of the original hit. In the game you play as a trio of heroes who are trying to save the world from a threat posed by the titular tentacle.
To the Moon (iOS)
An unusual adventure game developed by an indie developer studio from Canada, Freebird Games. To The Moon lets you play as two scientists working for Sigmund Corp., who offer people a chance to revisit their own memories and change the way they remember how their lives went so they can live out their biggest, unfulfilled dreams. As the two scientists delve into the mind of an ill old man named Johnathan Wyles, whose life dream was to fly to the Moon, the player's job is to make that happen.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season (iOS)
Adventure canceled
The final season of the adventure game franchise The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series. This time the developers decided to focus again on Clementine and present her final adventures in the world filled by zombies.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm (iOS)
A prequel to Life is Strange – an episodic adventure game developed by DONTNOD Entertainment. The new title was developed by Deck Nine Games and it enables the player to assume the role of Chloe Price, a character well known from the original game. The story presents how the protagonist met Rachel Amber and how the strong bond between two teenagers was born. It is worth mentioning that Chloe has no special abilities – this means that the choices made during the game cannot be changed.
Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery (iOS)
A part of the Five Nights at Freddy's cycle dedicated to mobile devices, using augmented reality technology. The player's task is to fight against animatronics.
Journey (iOS)
Adventure 06 August 2019
Developed by the thatgamecompany studio, Journey is a remarkably unique exploration game, in which we embark on a journey through the desert sands. Our goal is to reach the summit of a great mountain, constantly visible on the horizon.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier (iOS)
The third full-fledged season of the popular series of episodic adventure games developed by Telltale Games based on the cult comics and TV series, The Walking Dead. The mechanics of the game are similar as in previous installments of the series and they concentrate on exploration and conversations with non-playable characters.
The Wolf Among Us: A Telltale Games Series - Season 1 (iOS)
An episodic adventure game based on the popular Fables comic book series. The Wolf Among Us was developed by Telltale Games, studio that used the same mechanics as in its previous title, The Walking Dead. The protagonists are fairy creatures that were forced to look for a safe haven in the human world where they must hide their true nature. During the game the player can encounter many characters known from the comic books – including the Big Bad Wolf, Snow White or Ichabod Crane.
The Pillars of the Earth (iOS)
An adventure game from Daedalic Entertainment, based on a popular history novel written by Ken Follet, entitled The Pillars of the Earth. The game of the same title is set in the 12th-century, in the tumultuous period known as the Anarchy. After the sudden death of king Henry I and the only heir to the throne having been killed in the crash of the White Ship, England gets consumed in a violent war of succession.
Pilgrims (iOS)
Pilgrims is an unusual, humorous adventure game by the authors of such hits as Machinarium or Samorost series. It tells the story of a group of various heroes whose lives we shape ourselves using cards representing characters and objects.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition (iOS)
A detective adventure game from the visual novel genre. It was developed by Japan studio Spike Chunsoft. The main protagonist of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Naegi Makoto, is a teenager who starts his education in an elite high school. In contrast to his colleagues, he has no remarkable achievements and he was accepted to the school by winning a lottery.
Creaks (iOS)
An atmospheric 2D adventure logic game with elements of sneaking. In Creaks, we travel through a surreal and mysterious world, entered by the protagonist through a hidden passage in his apartment. The game was developed by Amanita Design, creators of Machinarium and the Samorost series.


Kirkland, Wash. – EvergreenHealth's designation as a Level III Trauma Center was renewed by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) last month. To achieve this level of certification, the Kirkland-based health system successfully completed the state's Trauma Designation Site Survey, which it conducts in eligible hospitals across Washington every three years.
As a Level III Trauma Center, EvergreenHealth voluntarily meets stringent requirements for education, equipment and care standards to provide high standards of trauma care for patients in its surrounding community.
The DOH survey team evaluated EvergreenHealth's emergency department, as well as other areas of the hospital including the Surgical Care, Critical Care and Progressive Care units. Among its criteria, Level III Trauma Centers must develop a multidisciplinary Trauma Quality Improvement Committee, implement an injury prevention program and have specialized health care providers immediately available to stabilize victims of traumatic injuries.
EvergreenHealth's emergency department (ED) fulfills the state's criteria for 24-hour trauma emergency, operative and critical care services, while also meeting standards for prompt assessment, resuscitation, emergency surgery and stabilization of trauma victims.
Washington state established a five-level trauma system in 1995, which today collectively serves more than 1.8 million Washington residents. Having a tiered trauma care system allows patients to receive quality trauma care closer to home, yet makes the highest standard of trauma care available to them at Harborview Medical Center, our region's Level I Center, should they need it.
For more information on EvergreenHealth's designation as a Level III Trauma Center, please visit www.evergreenhealth.com/level-iii-trauma-center.


This Springhouse Review for Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification, 4th Edition is edited by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Authors. This thoroughly updated review book provides the information nurses need to achieve certification in medical-surgical nursing from the credentialing arms of the American Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses and the American Nurses Association.
This Springhouse Review for Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification, 4th Edition is primarily for Nursing Students and Nurses who wants to qualify the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Exam. The Information provided in this copy is also useful for healthcare professionals including MBBS Students, Doctors and Clinical Pharmacists.


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Kırmızı (Red) is a Turkish Anatolian heavy metal band founded in Istanbul in 2005 by Idil Çağatay and Aslı Polat. They have been seen to "cultivate an image of female power and strength". On 5 October 2011 they performed on the CNN International show Inside the Middle East.

Composition
In March 2010 the line-up was reported as İdil Çağatay on vocals, Fulya Akgün on guitar, Aslı Polat on drums, and Başak Gün on bass.

Music
Their first single, named "Kırmızı" came out in 2010. After they published the music videos of "Veda Etme" and "Kırmızı", they become more popular.

In 2011 they released Turkey's first all female band album, Isyan (Rebellion). The first music video of the album was "Çekilin Başımdan", which was a duet with Hayko Cepkin. The second music video of the album was "Geri".

In 2012 they made an underwater performance music video for their song "Elveda", for which İdil Çağatay took scuba diving lessons.

The band was invited to perform at one of Europe's major world music festivals, Festival Mundial in the Netherlands.

Activism
Kırmızı supported the "100.000 SMS Against Violence" campaign of "Fight against Domestic Violence" platform by dedicating a song named "Araf" to all violated women in Turkey.

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Jharkhand's 'jal, jungle, jameen' to be returned to people if Opposition comes to power: Rahul
Rahul also said the Congress- JMM-RJD alliance will waive farm loan up to Rs 2 lakh and provide compensation for land acquired by force, if it forms government in Jharkhand.
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi uring an election campaign rally in support of party candidates from Kanke Suresh Baitha and Khijri's Rajesh Kacchap for the third phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections in Ranchi Monday Dec. 9 2019. (Photo | PTI)
By PTI
BADKAGAON: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the BJP of grabbing land from poor and the farmers in states under its rule, asserting Jharkhand's 'jal, jungle and jammen' (water, forest and land) would be returned to people if the opposition came to power.
He said the Congress-JMM-RJD alliance in the state will waive farm loan up to Rs 2 lakh and provide compensation for land acquired from them by force, if it formed government in Jharkhand.
He promised to the farmers a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2,500 for paddy similar to Chhatisgarh.
Gandhi addressed two poll rallies during the day in the state.
The first one was in Badkagaon in Hazaribagh district and later in Ranchi.
"The Congress government in Chhatisgarh procures paddy at Rs 2,500 MSP. Farmers in Jharkhand will also get the same rate if the party and its allies win the elections," he said while appealing to the people to vote for Congress candidate Amba Sao from Badkagaon assembly seat.
Expressing concern over "rising incidents of rape cases" in the country, Gandhi claimed women were not feeling "secured".
In a separate poll rally in Ranchi in support of Congress candidates, Gandhi said, "Assembly elections in Jharkhand are underway. It is a fight between two ideologies. The Congress and the JMM work for connecting people, including Dalits, poor, tribals and farmers while they (BJP) are promoting hatred and divisiveness.
" Promising the people of Jharkhand that their water, land and forest will be protected if the opposition coalition of Congress/JMM/RJD was voted to power, Gandhi cited Chhatisgarh government as an example where land had been taken back from a private company and returned to owners as the company failed to set up a factory within the five-year stipulated time.
"Government vacancies (in Jharkhand) will be filled up," he said and promised to give 27 per cent reservation to the other backward class (OBC) if the opposition alliance was voted to power.
Out of five-phase election for 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, two rounds of voting have been completed and the rest will take place by December 20.
Counting will take place on December 23.
BADKAGAON: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the BJP of grabbing land from poor and the farmers in states under its rule, asserting Jharkhand's 'jal, jungle and jammen' (water, forest and land) would be returned to people if the opposition came to power. He said the Congress-JMM-RJD alliance in the state will waive farm loan up to Rs 2 lakh and provide compensation for land acquired from them by force, if it formed government in Jharkhand. He promised to the farmers a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2,500 for paddy similar to Chhatisgarh. Gandhi addressed two poll rallies during the day in the state. The first one was in Badkagaon in Hazaribagh district and later in Ranchi. "The Congress government in Chhatisgarh procures paddy at Rs 2,500 MSP. Farmers in Jharkhand will also get the same rate if the party and its allies win the elections," he said while appealing to the people to vote for Congress candidate Amba Sao from Badkagaon assembly seat. Expressing concern over "rising incidents of rape cases" in the country, Gandhi claimed women were not feeling "secured". In a separate poll rally in Ranchi in support of Congress candidates, Gandhi said, "Assembly elections in Jharkhand are underway. It is a fight between two ideologies. The Congress and the JMM work for connecting people, including Dalits, poor, tribals and farmers while they (BJP) are promoting hatred and divisiveness. " Promising the people of Jharkhand that their water, land and forest will be protected if the opposition coalition of Congress/JMM/RJD was voted to power, Gandhi cited Chhatisgarh government as an example where land had been taken back from a private company and returned to owners as the company failed to set up a factory within the five-year stipulated time. "Government vacancies (in Jharkhand) will be filled up," he said and promised to give 27 per cent reservation to the other backward class (OBC) if the opposition alliance was voted to power. Out of five-phase election for 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, two rounds of voting have been completed and the rest will take place by December 20. Counting will take place on December 23.
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Watch Disney staff lose it as they learn they'll be working at the new Star Wars attraction
By Bradley Johnston| 10 months ago
It only makes sense that employees at The Happiest Place on Earth love their jobs. But if you ever wondered just how much, you need to see this incredibly heart-warming footage of candidates finding out they'd be working at the new Star Wars: Galaxy Edge park.
We're not crying, you're crying.
The behind-the-scenes clip shows the priceless reactions of some of the candidates as they discover they will be part of the crew working at the most anticipated Disney expansion park ever. Watch the full clip above, and have some Kleenex handy.
New details revealed about Star Wars: #GalaxysEdge, coming to #Disneyland and #WaltDisneyWorld Resorts. See the link in our bio for more info.
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In the adorable clip, Disney staff can be heard asking applicants, "are you ready to go to Batuu?", referring to the remote outpost planet featured in Star Wars, soon to be part of the new expansion.
Last month Disney announced that the brand-new Star Wars theme parks are set to open earlier than originally expected.
A post shared by Disneyland (@disneyland) on Dec 7, 2018 at 8:18pm PST
The long-awaited Star Wars expansion at Disneyland Resort, California will open as soon as May 31, 2019, with the Florida outpost set to open at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios on August 29, 2019.
The park is debuting ahead of schedule in response to the high levels of guest interest.


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A new study finds daily supplementation with Omega-3 essential fatty acids may improve measures of cognitive function like perceptual speed and memory.
86 people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) were randomly assigned to receive a placebo (olive oil) or an Omega-3 supplement (EPA 720 mg DHA 480 mg) daily for 6 months. The average mean age of the participants was 71 years of age. Significant improvements in scores on Basic Cognitive Aptitude Tests (BCAT), which measure cognitive function, were seen in the group taking the Omega-3 essential fatty acid supplements. Additionally significant improvements in working memory, space imagery efficiency and perceptual speed were seen in the Omega-3 group while no improvements were seen in recognition memory or mental arithmetic efficiency. Men tended to see significant improvements in space imagery efficiency, working memory, and perceptual speed, while women saw significant improvements in space imagery and perceptual speed. Both men and women saw significant improvements in BCAT scores compared to the placebo group.
Because the study group was small further research is needed.
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BUFFALO NEWS: The next train derailment could be far more disastrous
March 24, 2016 Roger Straw
Repost from the Buffalo News
Another Voice: The next train derailment could be far more disastrous
By Jean Dickson & Larry Brooks, March 24, 2016 – 12:01AM
The March 1 train derailment in Ripley should serve as a warning to all residents of Western New York, and especially to those living close to the rail lines.
Many people give no thought to the passing freight trains that run along the Lake Erie shore, through our suburbs, and around the Beltline, which runs through Buffalo's dense Black Rock, North, East Side and South neighborhoods with tracks crossing the Buffalo River in several places.
A century ago, there were even more tracks through the city, but the trains carried passengers and freight, which was mostly heavy and inert, such as grain, coal and lumber. If a car derailed, the only people hurt were those standing along the tracks. Now the freight includes huge quantities of hazardous chemicals, including chlorine gas, hydrochloric acid, ethanol, liquefied petroleum gas, propane and petroleum crude oil.
In Ripley, residents were very lucky that no spark lit up the ethanol and propane tank cars that derailed. In Lac-Megantic, Quebec, in July 2013, people were not so lucky: 47 people died when petroleum crude oil exploded and a large part of the town was burned. The downtown area is not yet habitable almost three years later, due to soil and water contamination.
Firefighters in Ripley knocked on doors to evacuate residents, but this took some time. The cars derailed at 9:30 p.m.; a resident interviewed by WBFO said he was awakened and evacuated at 11 p.m. If the cars had exploded, as in Quebec, this would have been much too late. In Buffalo, the number of people to evacuate would greatly exceed the 50 or so households evacuated in Ripley.
Ripley residents were also lucky that no tank cars of poisonous gas derailed. If one car of chlorine gas had burst open, it would have killed people for miles around, depending on wind conditions, even without a fire.
In Buffalo, this hazardous freight crosses more than 30 bridges, most of which are 100 or more years old. They belong to companies such as CSX and are used by many railroad companies. Some are in decrepit condition, rusty and dropping chunks of concrete on our roads as they fall apart.
While this railroad infrastructure is in corporate hands, the public has little influence on its condition. Before a deadly derailment occurs, we must do everything possible to inspect and repair bridges and to reroute the hazardous freight away from populated areas.
In the long run, we should make every effort to decrease the use of such hazardous chemicals.
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Rawhide (1951)
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Written by Dudley Nichols
The Western genre, while specific in its own way, allows for a great array of possible stories, which is one of the many attributes which attracts me to it. You have have huge, sweeping epics, but I think a lot of the charm of the western is in its smallness, not its vastness. The ability to tell the story of a small outpost town, or the contained, tense narrative of an outlaw is really a strength. Take films like The Gunfighter, or Yellow Sky for instance. They're small stories told extremely well, which makes for exciting narratives which pull the viewer into the film. But just like anything, it's possible for any story to fall flat, whether its big or small. The building blocks which make a film or story work are the same, so its less a matter of making a story big or small, and more a matter of making it the right way, in order to craft a truly entertaining and enriching narrative.
In this western, we find a pleasant stagecoach station named Rawhide, inhabited only by the station master and his assistant Tom (Tyrone Power). When a stagecoach carrying a single woman named Vinnie (Susan Hayward) and a child comes through, they must force her to stay at Rawhide, as there is an outlaw on the loose. As fate would have it, however, that outlaw, Rafe Zimmerman (Hugh Marlowe) soon shows up at Rawhide, detaining Tom and Vinnie in hopes of robbing the next stage through which is scheduled to carry a load of gold from San Francisco. Tom and Vinnie must work together to fight off Zimmerman and his band of outlaws in time to save the gold and save themselves.
The concept of this western is chock full of solid western tropes. Outlaw on the run, confined space, budding, unexpected romance, crazy sidekicks. The formula is tried and true and from a screenplay standpoint, Rawhide is the type of movie that should work, especially for my tastes, and yet it doesn't. There are lots of factors that go into making a movie, especially a good one, and while the screenplay/story is a major aspect of that formula, it plays but one part. I found the performances here as well as the pacing to be truly lacking, which ultimately doom what is an otherwise entertaining and intriguing premise for a western. I wonder what this film would look like if directed by a bigger name, if it starred bigger names. This is not to say Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward are not capable actors, I just found them ill-suited for this film.
They're both more supporting characters in my mind, but in reality they're fine here. There is nothing much wrong with what they bring to the table. My biggest problem is with the main villain, the outlaw Rafe Zimmerman played by Hugh Marlowe. His presence is just completely flat and not menacing in any way. His performance is monotone and unthreatening. I never believed for a second that he was a hardened criminal capable of killing. For a story such as this, this is a major problem, as it sloggs the rest of the proceedings as a masquerade. They're play acting. And while that is what they're really doing (they are actors), it's not what I should be seeing. I should be believing their story, along for the ride. The one acting performance that I genuinely enjoyed was that of Jack Elam as Tevis. His crazy eyes are perfectly suited for his characters menace, and he really brings an interesting dynamic to the story.
I wouldn't mind seeing more of either Tyrone Power or Susan Hayward. I wouldn't even mind seeing more from director Henry Hathaway. It just works out that this was not their best effort (one hopes). The elements are there, but the lack of energy, conviction, and memorable moments/performances sinks it to the level of completely and instantly forgettable B-movie fare. The kind during which the youngsters were likely loitering about the concessions and making out in their cars at the drive-in, waiting for the real picture show to start up after. Some of these B-movie types can be diamonds in the rough, but not this one. It is a throwaway movie if ever there was one, with bits and pieces which show promise, but not enough connective tissue to bring them all together into a worthwhile film.
★★ – Didn't Like It
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North Korea War: It's Clear That NK Poses A Serious Threat to the U.S.
By Mayura Iyer
On Thursday, a "mistakenly declassified" sentence from a classified Pentagon report on North Korea's nuclear program was accidentally read at an open hearing on Capitol Hill. During a hearing by the House Armed Services Committee discussing the Pentagon's budget, Rep. David Lamborn (R-Colo.) read the unclassified sentence from the conclusion of the otherwise classified report by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA):
"DIA assess with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles, however, the reliability will be low."
The mistaken declassification of the sentence has raised questions on how this error could have occurred, and plays into the larger debate on North Korea's nuclear threat to the United States.
Moreover, the report has implications for the United States' course of action with Iran in terms of nuclear threat. According to WikiLeaks, North Korea has shared some of its nuclear technology with Iran, which can also pose a threat to the United States down the line. If the report is true, and North Korea does have nuclear weapons, it's possible that Iran is not far behind.
A defense official told CNN that "several of us here in the Pentagon were shocked by hearing that assessment read aloud in an open hearing." While it's not uncommon to have different paragraphs within a report classified at different levels, it's unusual for a single sentence, that to a sentence at the conclusion of a report, to be unclassified.
Despite the implications of the report in terms of information security and the threat of nuclear attack, the Pentagon tried to downplay the importance of the conclusion of the report.
"It would be inaccurate to suggest that the North Korean regime has fully tested, developed, or demonstrated the kinds of nuclear capabilities referenced in the passage," read a written statement by Pentagon spokesman George Little. "The United States continues to closely monitor the North Korean nuclear program and calls upon North Korea to honor its international obligations."
However, the reaction of surprise from other Pentagon and defense officials at the disclosure of this document, and the passage that has been read from the DIA report indicates that the United States does believe (though with "moderate confidence") that North Korea has tested and developed a competent nuclear program, one that can pose a threat to our national security in the future on various fronts. The question is, when?


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It is no secret that millennials represent a rather unique demographic that is not necessarily thought of as the primary audience of investment programs. However, as they grow old and rich they too become interested in getting a residency or citizenship from other country, in fact, since the millennials are often more global minded it is more trendy amongst them to have such investment ideas. In many ways these new younger generation of investors are changing the game for investment programs and the usual agents that deal with it.
A Changing Demographic of Investors
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Investments require a lot of money and that is why more often than not it is the people with a lot of money, thus older generations, that actually undertake them. However, our world is going through a transition in which the classical understanding of economics is no longer working properly. In an increasing amount there are now quite a lot of young entrepreneurs that are often even under the age of 40 but are still millionaires. Sometimes through luck, sometimes out of a good start up, and especially lately thanks to certain technologies, there is a growing number of such individuals on the world. These people are already quite more broadminded people than their predecessors. In fact, you can hear people being called global citizens these days, that applies to these new group of rich millennials as well. Not surprisingly more and more of these millennials are now investing in Golden Visa programs and thus the more than 60-year-old investors that the sector was used to in the 90s is now being replaced by people much younger, in certain cases less than 40.
Being younger is not the only thing new that those investors bring to the table for citizenship-residency by investment programs. Most of these millennial millionaires are coming from India and China. This may come out as not a surprise because these places are known for their younger millionaires, in comparison to American and European millionaires rather high age average. Moreover, both India and China are known for its mobile phone loving population. Use of social network apps as well as all sorts of mobile services in both of these countries is quite high which creates rather similar global minded citizens from both of them. These people, often knowledgeable about latest technologies and trends usually find it easier to make money and thus the phenomenon of millennial millionaires are born.
Simple brochures or lengthy manual are not doing the trick for the millennials when it comes to attracting them for lucrative business opportunities. What is working is the use of latest social media apps and a more image-heavy introduction to the topic. Millennials are known to frequent Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn thus the citizenship-residency by investment professionals have started to have a presence in these environments as well. Due to the massive differences of such media outlets the very nature of advertisement is changing. A gorgeous photo of a house for sale in a Caribbean island that can offer you a citizenship-residency by investment opportunity often attracts these younger investors more than an essay on how much profit they could have off of it in the next few years. These new clients are much more likely to investigate opportunities on their own and go for the source if they need any answers thus it is becoming more and more important for investment consulting offices to have a presence in as many media outlets as possible.
The fact that the new wealthy millennials doing their own research also means that the professionals in the business should adapt to meet their specific needs as well. Merely a few decades, even years ago, it was often necessary to help out a customer decide which country to settle in let alone which real estate to buy. Nowadays the majority of the millennials investors that are interested in citizenship-residency by investment programs already know a lot about it. They usually already have well laid out plans on which country to go to, which city to buy a house from, and even which tax benefits does that bring them. This may seem to mean that there is basically no need for any intermediaries anymore, but the data shows that this is wrong. Millennials still need, and often want to have a human touch while handling their investment. There is simply way too much legal issues to know of before handling international investments and it is very hard to come across someone that is willing to handle everything on his/her own with no issue. Due to an increasing demand and also supply in the market (with new rich people and new citizenship-residency by investment programs from different countries) it is becoming harder to navigate it so more than likely a need for specialist will continue to exist in the upcoming years.
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Analysis of Hyperspectral Images for High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping
Venue: UAntwerpen, Stadscampus, Prentenkabinet Hof van Liere - Prinsstraat 13 - 2000 Antwerpen (route: UAntwerpen, Stadscampus)
PhD candidate: Mohd Shahrimie MOHD ASAARI
Principal investigator: Paul Scheunders
Short description: PhD defence Mohd Shahrimie MOHD ASAARI - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Close-range hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has recently gained popularity for its application in high-throughput phenotyping platforms (HTPP), which allow for rapid and non-destructive monitoring and assessment of growth dynamics of plants throughout their vegetative stages. The integration of close-range HSI in HTPPs for the extraction of phenotypic traits is still under development and requires input from the biological as well as the technological perspective.
The acquisition of hyperspectral data in close-range setups is challenging and requires a detailed inspection of factors related to the imaging setup, that influence the obtained spectra. Particularly, the reflectance spectra from leaves in close-range imaging are highly influenced by plant geometry and its specific alignment towards the imaging system. This induces high uninformative external variability in the recorded signals, whereas the spectral signature informing on plant biological traits remains undisclosed. In this thesis, a method to deal with these effects is developed. In the proposed method, the standard normal variate (SNV) normalization method was applied to remove linear effects and a clustering approach is employed to remove pixels that exhibit nonlinear multiple scattering effects.
Once the uninformative variability due to the external factors has been normalized, the desired information was extracted from the spectral reflectance. In this thesis, two major strategies for the interpretation of reflectance spectra with respect to phenotypic traits were developed, unsupervised and supervised data-driven approaches. In the unsupervised data-driven approach, the plant characteristics were inferred entirely from the spectral fingerprint without any prior information about the plant's parameters. For this, a spectral similarity measure and a band selection strategy were employed to quantify subtle biological information and characterize the plant growth dynamics. In the supervised data-driven approach, machine learning regression algorithms were employed to model the relationship between the spectral variables and the plant physiological parameters. The developed models were tested for their ability to estimate four plant physiological parameters which highly correlate with the water-deficit stress factors as the proxy for drought stress responses.
The proposed methodologies were demonstrated by the study of water-stress and recovery of maize plants in a high-throughput plant phenotyping platform. The results showed that the analysis methods allow for an early detection of drought stress responses and of recovery effects shortly after re-watering. This demonstrates that close-range HSI has a high potential to become a rapid and non-destructive novel technology for high throughput phenotype studies.
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Q: Finite limit for a function that becomes infinite. I have a function like this:
$$f(x) = \Big(1-\frac{1}{\cos x}\Big)\frac{1}{\sin x}$$
I need to evaluate the limit of this function when $x\rightarrow \pi /2$. A simple calculation shows that the function blows to infinity. Is there any way to get a finite limit out of this function?

A: Write $$\frac{\cos(x)-1}{\cos(x)}\cdot \frac{1}{\sin(x)}\cdot \frac{\cos(x)+1}{\cos(x)+1}$$

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Notre Dame promotes Freeman, 35, to replace Kelly as coach
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FILE - Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman watches during warmups before an NCAA college football game against Navy in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. Notre Dame is working on a deal to promote defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to head coach to replace Brian Kelly, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday night, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame has completed a whirlwind coaching search that never seriously left campus, promoting defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to coach of the Fighting Irish on Friday.
Freeman, 35, takes over less than a week after Brian Kelly's surprising departure for LSU with the Irish still in contention for the College Football Playoff.
Notre Dame posted a video on social media of Freeman being introduced to the team at a morning workout for the first time as head coach.
"Marcus' ability to connect with people, his fit at Notre Dame and the way he coaches young men set him apart as we went through our search process," athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement. "I can't wait to see how the culture created by these remarkable student-athletes continues to grow under the tutelage of Marcus and his staff."
In a statement, Freeman said he was "eternally grateful" to both Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins and Swarbrick for the opportunity.
"Notre Dame is a very special place and I look forward to pursuing a national championship with the most outstanding student-athletes, coaches and staff in college football," Freeman said.
Notre Dame scheduled a news conference on campus with Freeman for Monday.
Swarbrick said Tuesday, just hours after a brief 7 a.m. meeting in which Kelly said goodbye to the team, that Notre Dame would conduct a thorough search for the storied program's 30th coach. The search didn't last long as word began to leak Wednesday afternoon that Freeman was Notre Dame's choice.
Notre Dame officials acted fast to keep most of its staff together, with Kelly interested in bringing Freeman, offensive coordinator Tommy Rees, recruiting coordinator Mike Elston, strength and conditioning coach Matt Balis and others to Baton Rouge. Promoting Freeman was the final piece of the puzzle on Friday.
"No one is more deserving! This program is just getting started… Time to work! #FreemanEra," linebacker JD Bertrand posted on Twitter.
Notre Dame is on a run of five consecutive seasons with double-digit victories, and its leadership decided to prioritize continuity while also taking on the risk of handing over the top job to a first-time head coach who is one of the newest members of Kelly's staff.
Kelly, who became Notre Dame's winningest coach in 12 seasons at the school, hired Freeman away from Cincinnati after the 2020 season. The former Ohio State linebacker spent four seasons with the Bearcats, helping Cincinnati develop into a playoff contender.
At Notre Dame, Freeman helped the Irish go 11-1 in what was expected to be a transition season after making the playoff. He also established himself as a vital recruiter for Notre Dame.
Less than two weeks before college football's early signing period, Notre Dame has a class of verbally committed prospects that ranks fifth in the country, according to 247 Sports.
"Marcus Freeman has not only proven himself a superb football coach, he has shown – both in his time at Notre Dame and in my conversations with him this week – that he is a person of highest integrity who cares deeply about our student-athletes and is committed to their success in the classroom as well as on the field," Jenkins, who is in Rome, said in a statement.
The Fighting Irish have won seven straight games since their 24-13 loss at home to Cincinnati (CFP No. 4). They allowed just two touchdowns in four November games.
Independent Notre Dame is No. 6 in the CFP rankings and idle heading into conference championship weekend. But it still has a shot to be selected for the playoff. If the help the Irish need doesn't come, they are still in position for New Year's Six bowl, possibly a bid to the Fiesta in Arizona.
The Notre Dame defense got off to a shaky start under Freeman, but finished strong to rank sixth nationally in interceptions (15) and defensive touchdowns (four), seventh in sacks (40), 11th in takeaways (23) and scoring defense (18.2 points per game) and 18th in third-down conversion percentage (.329).
The 40 sacks are one shy of the school record set in 1996.
″#FreemanEra starts now!! Finish the season Strong" defensive end Isaiah Foskey, the team leader in sacks, tweeted.
Teck, Steelworkers at B.C.'s Highland Valley Copper mull mediator's contract proposal
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Grocery stores are struggling with rising labour and product shortages that could threaten Canada's food security, experts say. Employee absenteeism due to workers calling in sick and COVID-19 protocols has hit about 30 per cent at some stores and is continuing to rise, Gary Sands, senior vice-president of public policy with the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, said Tuesday. Without access to rapid testing in many provinces, he said workers are repeatedly forced to isolate for a week
Ballard Fuel Cells to Power Expansion of Canadian Pacific Hydrogen Locomotive Program
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COVID contact means Michel can't be at EU parliament session
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Council President Charles Michel on Wednesday became the second top-level European Union official who has had to pull out of the bloc's parliament session because of contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen already canceled her attendance on Monday. Michel said "I have been informed that I was in close contact with someone who tested positive," Michel said. "Therefore I will not be able to attend" th


Our two weeks in Norway were split between two centres: Geiranger the first week and Balestrand for week two.
We spent the first night in Bergen, and the following day we drove to Geiranger.
Bergen is also very steep!
Looking down on to Geiranger from the famous viewpoint. Geiranger, and its fjord, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Looking down on part of Geirangerfjord: the fjord itself winds in an exaggerated 'S' from the village of Geiranger to the larger Sunnylvsfjord.
A view of Geirangerfjord from a walk on the northern side of the fjord.
A climbers hut in a spectacular location!
The road into Geiranger from the south winds in innumerable switchbacks from the viewpoint.
At any one time there can be up to four big ocean-liners anchored at Geiranger, with as many as 8000 people wanting to be taken by 50-seater coaches (of which there are a great many dozen) up the switchbacks to the viewpoint. We were very lucky to choose the four days before and the two days after Mid-Summers-Day. Although we had these ships for our first and last days in Gangereir, the 3-days prior to the 21st June were blissfully free of the ships and their accompanying hordes.
Our sentiment exactly: it cannot be pleasurable for anyone, ship-tourists or otherwise, to be part of this ridicules chaos!
For a location worthy of UNESCO status, it is a great shame that the Norwegian authorities allow this particular piece of heaven to become a hell on earth by under-regulation!
After 6-days at Geiranger we headed off inland on our way to Balestrand.
This is known as The English Church of St Olav. Built in 1897 in the "Dragon" style, is part of the Diocese of Gibraltar.
This is a statue of King Bele, the mythical ruler after whom Balestrand is named.
And it lived up to the forecast: the only tee-shirt and shorts day that we had in Norway!
It was a lovely day, but it was not to last….
The following day, our last day, it rained again….
Norway is a beautiful country, when the weather is on your side!


I visited a market of a different kind last week. Several rows of boats neatly anchored alongside a pier with hawkers assigned a boat each to sell their wares. While curious buyers made their way through the narrow pier to reach the boat-shop of their choice, the sellers anxiously waited for people to come and make purchases. Floating Market at Patuli is an alternate arrangement provided by KMDA at Kolkata to support the hawkers. While many foreign countries have had such successful ventures, in Kolkata this is still a concept that is just picking up.
My friend and me went to him, made ourselves comfortable near the entrance of the boat, close to where he sat. What unfolded was a forty minute long heartening chat covering interesting facts about the floating market, his life's experiences and lessons on living life to the fullest!
Mahabir sells rice by kgs and several other such day to day necessities from his boat since 2018. Prior to this, he sold ration on the street nearby. As we spoke, the boat rocked from side to side, the noise of the shoppers around filled up the air. Some haggled with the sellers while the younger crowd took to clicking selfies.
Mahabir told us that not many come here to buy, they come to tour the market. My business flourished on the street. This is a novel concept but so far, it has not helped me much.
I wondered if he worked at this age out of choice or was it a necessity? When he told us that his sons work and take care of him, I got my answer. A self-made man of integrity and ambitions, to come and work everyday at this age was certainly a choice that he had made.
Years ago, Mahabir worked not only as a hawker but he was also a fine chauffeur who worked for a span of more than 50 years for a district judge. In the mornings, he played the role of a chauffeur and in the evenings, you could find him at his rice shop.
I was suprised when he told me that he has been working since 1982! My immediate reaction was – 'Dadu, I was not even born then!!' he returned an adorable toothless smile.
The lights twinkled, the water was calm and still; mirroring much of the man's disposition. Calm and composed with eyes that sparkled with many aspirations.
I took home with me that day, a memory that i'll treasure for long.
The name of the person has been changed due to personal reasons.
Thanks for covering it and sharing this with us. Hope to visit here the next time I am in Kol.
Oh and yes he doesn't drive anymore. That was a typo. He left the job of driving years ago because of his age and medical conditions.
Hi Mayuri, also adding the post, he used to be both. A chauffeur by the day and a hawker in the evening.
We have been wanting to go to the floating market for some time since we moved to Kolkata. Now we will definitely go! Loved your concept.
Your series is being more interesting with time.
Very beautifully you are capturing lives of common citizens of Kolkata. It is a news to me that market on water is being experimented upon in Kolkata.
Thank you 😊 This is a very new venture and the citizens are still not many are very familiar with the concept. I went there for the first time too.
First time heard about this market. Mahabir reminded me of my Grandfather. He is also in his 80s but still an independent and self-esteemed person. Great post!
Thank you Sanjota! 😊 The stories that they have are so interesting!
Been there a couple of times. Unfortunately the business is very slow. I love the way you are bringing out street photography and the stories behind them.
Thank you! 😊 Yes, the Hawkers are not too happy but hoping it picks up.
I loved it. Never knew there was a floating market in Kolkota. Inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
A heart warming story indeed and very well expressed. Th photos of the old man on his boat selling rice and busy in conversation with you almost transport us right there. Well done on bringing out a story from a newly formed market of Kolkata ! You are expanding your reach and varieties and we are simply loving your tales.


Almost overnight my RSS timeline changed from "Facebook blah Facebook blahblah" to "Pinterest blah Pinterest blahblah". There's so much buzz around this new social network that I'm not even going to explain what it is and why it is the future. Others have done so and have done so better, especially Neil Patel's marketing guide to Pinterest. A must read, which lists SFMOMA as a brand doing well on the platform. Chapeau.
Regardless of your topic, an image and strong tagline almost always tell a more convincing story online than an image and a 2,000-word essay. I'm sure a good board can replace many a regular culture blog, reach a wider audience and be more engaging. Plus, it's easier to get a 5-word quote about a painting from a curator than have her write a 500-word blogpost.
So the Guernica inspired hundreds of artists (and rightfully so)? Make a board that shows a "timeline" of all the art influenced by this piece, and where Picasso took his inspiration from. This makes a great exposition, and – thus – a great board on Pinterest. You could also crowdsource such a project by opening up the board to contributions by your followers.
Pinterest is all about showing your taste. It's not about painting your house, but about exactly which colour scheme you want to put on your wall. Recommending (liking or repinning) tastes that fit your values and collection is a great way to make your audience feel special and putting them in a positive spotlight (and improve their opinion of you).
What you can do for your audience, you can do for yourself as well. What does your institution find tasteful, beautiful, appropriate, useful, desirable, inspirational…? Pinterest can do for you what a consultancy firm would charge a small fortune for: charge your brand. Especially look for things both you and your ideal target audience like, so you can build relationships between the two of you.
If you look at my Pinterest timeline, you'd think all my friends'd be married soon. And some of them are thinking about tattoos. Researching the names of the boards of the people that follow you and the stuff they pin gives an incredible insight in their psyche. Must more than by reading good-weather tweets and by checking Facebook likes, Pinterest can show trends within your target groups.
Most of these things are pretty obvious, and I'm certain that in the months to come we will find new and more successful ways to use Pinterest for culture. If there's anything you've done that worked amazingly well, please share in the comments. Happy pinning!
N.B. Following my own advice, I've taken this blog to Pinterest as well. Same content, less words, more imagination.
Photo by Karla Cantu on Flickr.