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Tracy Jackson is a bright and enthusiastic scientist, science teacher, and caver. In addition to helping to create CaveSim using her geology degree and artistic skill, Tracy has developed extensive educational programs for CaveSim. Tracy also plays a key role in creating our interactive electronically-sensed cave formations, artifacts, and cave fauna. By day, Tracy is the Education Director at Catamount Institute, a local non-profit with a mission to "inspire ecological stewardship." At Catamount, Tracy leads outdoor and environmental education programs for youth and adults, including field trips, after school clubs and camps. Tracy has always had a deep love for environmental science and has been exploring cave ecosystems since she was twelve years old. She pursued her love of the underground and environmental science, earning her undergraduate degree in geology from the University of Georgia. After putting her geology degree to work teaching in the field at education centers like Nature's Classroom, the Audubon Center of the North woods, and the Boy Scouts's of America's Philmont Scout Ranch, Tracy earned her Masters of Art in Teaching at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Tracy is a certified Project Underground Trainer, and she has designed lesson plans for CaveSim that are aligned with Colorado Department of Education standards.
Dave Jackson is a caver and electrical engineer. He is a life member of the National Speleological Society and has been digging holes and wiring projects since his childhood in New York state. Dave has Masters and Bachelors degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also has four years of experience teaching youth as a backpacking guide for the Boy Scouts at Philmont, where he met his wife Tracy. Dave continues to hone his teaching skills by doing nearly 2 dozen cave conservation programs each year for the general public using the mobile version of CaveSim. CaveSim was invented and created by Dave in 2008 after he experienced a cave rescue training in which a real cave was damaged (see our story). Since then, over 5000 people have learned about cave conservation by crawling through the mobile version of CaveSim at events in nine states and as far away as Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Dave has also created the world's first permanent installation of an artificial cave with electronic sensing in CityROCK climbing gym in Colorado Springs. Dave has a passion for both engineering and cave conservation, and he believes strongly in passing his enthusiasm on to young people. Dave hopes to have the opportunity to share CaveSim and the message of cave conservation with youth and adults all over the US, increasing interest in caving and cave conservation.
Chad and Bekah Sherwood
have worked on every aspect of cave passage construction for CaveSim. They use their artistic and construction skills, honed over more than 20 years, to help create our rugged, highly-realistic cave passage. This hardworking husband and wife team are also cavers, and their professionalism makes them a perfect fit for CaveSim. We are proud to have them contracting with our team.


Our shipping rates are calculated on the basis of the weight of the total order and the country we ship to.
Shipping rates include handling, postage fee and packaging costs for the shipping.
Shipping rates are due to change if necessary.


We will be submitting an application to be re-accredited with the bronze Athena SWAN award in Winter 2018. The bronze institution award requires universities to undertake an assessment of gender equality in the institution, including quantitative (staff data) and qualitative (policies, practices, systems and arrangements) evidence and identifying both challenges and opportunities. We are holding a series of focus groups at different levels during Spring/Summer 2018 and all BU staff are invited to attend. These will provide rich qualitative data about staff experiences and perceptions, as well as suggestions for improvements, around key areas assessed via the SWAN process. The focus groups also show BU's continuing commitment to gender equality and desire to engage with staff. The data will be reviewed by the SWAN Self-Assessment Team and Steering Group and will inform the award submission and action plan.
To book a place on these sessions, please email Organisational Development.
At the 14th BNAC (Britain-Nepal Academic Council) Nepal Study Days starting tomorrow (14th April 2016) FHSS's PhD student Jib Acharya will presenting his poster on 'A Comparative Study on Nutritional Problems in Preschool Aged Children of Kaski district of Nepal'. Jib's PhD project is supervised by FHSS's Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen, Dr. Jane Murphy and Dr. Martin Hind. Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen is also joint supervisor of Sarita Pandey (based at the University of Sheffield) whose poster 'Factors that promote and hinder provision of maternal health services by Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHV) in rural Nepal' will also be on display.
BU Visiting Faculty Dr. Bibha Simkhada (based at Liverpool John Moores University) will be presenting on the on-going THET-funded project 'Mental Health Training and Education in Nepal'. This paper is part of the education stream of the conference,and its acceptance is a reflection of BU's reputation in Educational Research. This paper has co-authors based in the UK and Nepal: Bibha Simkhada, Edwin van Teijlingen, Jillian Ireland, Padam Simkhada, Bhimsen Devkota, Lokendra Sherchan, Ram Chandra Silwal, Shyam K. Maharjan, Ram K. Maharjan, Geeta Sharma, and Samridhi Pradhan. Both Prof. Padam Simkhada and Ms. Jillian Ireland are BU Visiting Faculty.
The first Study Day tomorrow starts with an invited Skills-building session on Focus Group Research by Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen. The final day includes a paper on 'Impacts of Migration in Nepal' by Prof. Padam Simkhada and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen.
We are hoping to get the 15th BNAC Study Days to Bournemouth University for this time next year!


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Town Council raises objections again over plans to convert Michael Elkins
WESTBURY Town Council has raised objections over plans that would see the demolition of Michael Elkins Ltd in Westbury Leigh and the erection of nine dwellings and associated works. Councillors say that the plans do not fit in with the emerging neighbourhood plan, loss of local employment, and it would not provide the town with the necessary affordable housing.
Westbury Town Council originally objected to the previous application submitted by the car sales and repair business, over issues surrounding access to the site. The applicant has subsequently amended their plans, but the town council has raised objections again.
In a meeting of the highways, planning and development committee of the town council, held on 20th December, cllr Gordon King said, "This plan fails the test contained in Westbury's emerging neighbourhood plan draft policy.
"It does not deliver a sufficiently high quality of building by design which strengthens the local distinctiveness and completely ignores or preserves any of its former use as a light industrial, engineering, and commercial uses. All of which will be lost.
"The site by its current size and configuration is incapable of contribution to Westbury's obvious need for social or affordable housing as identified by the ACOM housing needs assessment."
Cllr King added, "In addition, we note with concern the apparent lack of a plan to achieve 'net gain' in biodiversity or even the protection of existing tree cover along the boundary of the site.
"We believe that the applicant should be required to provide proposals to demonstrate the effects of traffic they will generate and will cause to the local highway network.
"On these grounds, and grounds already communicated, this council strongly objects."

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What's better than riding, and helping out a great charity at the same time?
Were excited to have partnered with Rekluse, The Fringe Motorcycle Club, and Off Road Riders for Veterans to help raise some funds for an awesome charity!
A special thanks to Rekluse for such a generous gift and Russ Henry from ORRVA to help make this happen!
For more information check out the flyer below.
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Arethusana calciphila är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Varin 1953. Arethusana calciphila ingår i släktet Arethusana och familjen praktfjärilar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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What is our Cold Water Rental Policy?
When the water temperature drops below 13ºC, we require renters to know their in-water Rescues and to wear their personal wet/drysuit. The only exception is when there is a qualified staff accompanying you on your paddle. This is to ensure that a rescue can be performed in under 2 minutes in order to reduce your cold water exposure time. Programs which do not require a wetsuit include: Evening Social Paddles, Courses, Private Lessons & Guided Trips. Thank you for your understanding as we try to keep everyone safe.
The 13 Toronto Islands are on our doorstep, with secluded beaches, bird sanctuaries, washrooms, picnic areas, a cottage-country feel, and many waterways to paddle and explore. Stay healthy and experience the wilderness in the city! Click here to download a Map of the Toronto Islands and Paddling Boundaries.
Our rental program begins Victoria Day Weekend, assuming the water temperature has reached 12C. Our rental season ends the last weekend of September.
Previous paddling experience required for Solo Kayaks.
All renters are required to sign a waiver. Click here to view the waiver: Rental Warranty & Consent.
Renters aged 15-17 require parent/guardian to sign Youth Waiver.
Please check home page for weather/water conditions and water temp/wetsuit requirements.


We often hear the phrase "separation of Church and State" spoken of with words of elation from politicians, historians, and average voters. On the contrary, a Catholic must understand that the separation of Church and State is a modern assault on the Dignity of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Kingship which we all universally celebrate. Perhaps no other modern idea is so falsely praised as is this erroneous one.
The Union between Church and State (i.e. Doctrine of the Two Swords), between the Priesthood and the Empire, was never stronger than during the Carolingian Dynasty, the second Frankish ruling dynasty (751-987 A.D.), founded by Pepin the Short, but named after his son, Charlemagne (Charles the Great). This Union and cooperation between the Church and Christian Princes continued during the Ottonian Saxon Dynasty (936-1024 A.D.), ruled successively by Otto I, Otto II, Otto III, and Saint Henry II. Pope Leo III restored the Western Roman Empire, when he crowned Charlemagne Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800 A.D. In 962 A.D, Pope John XII restored the Roman Empire again, when he crowned Otto I as Emperor. The actual term "Holy Roman Empire" dates from 1254 A.D.
He may apply an Indirect Power in the Temporal Field, which is entrusted to lay people, particularly to the natural leaders of men, such as emperors, kings, knights, heads of state, political leaders, magistrates, chiefs of tribes, heads of families. The Hierarchy doctrinally guide these natural leaders, but will admonish them, and even condemn them, if necessary, as they did to erring princes in past ages. By this Authority, and because Catholic leaders once respected this Indirect Power, past popes were able to depose the two above-mentioned German Roman Emperors. This power was last used by Pope St. Pius V, when he excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, thereby relieving the English of all allegiance to her.
Each year in October the Church celebrates the Feast day of Christ the King and gloriously acknowledges the Kingship of Jesus Christ. "The Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism, a way of life which leaves God out of man's thinking and living and organizes his life as if God did not exist. The feast is intended to proclaim in a striking and effective manner Christ's royalty over individuals, families, society, governments, and nations" (Rt. Rev. Msgr. Rudolph G. Bandas).
As the King of Glory mounted His Cross with a crown of thorns, He redeemed the world. We are subjects of that same king. And we have a duty to help spread His kingdom to all facets of society.
We as Catholics believe Christ to be the true King of all the world. He is the king of all individuals but also the king of all nations. Thus, not only should individuals honor Christ and the Catholic Church but all nations, societies, families, and communities should consecrate themselves to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts. Today, let all of us consecrate ourselves and our families to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.


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Terence Disdale designed Ecstasea, which was built under a strict confidentiality agreement at the Royal Van Lent shipyard for Feadship. Despite secrecy surrounding the yacht at the time of her release, information about her build has trickled out over time.
Ecstasea
LENGTH: 282ft. (85.95m)
SHIPYARD: Feadship, Holland
Terence Disdale designed Ecstasea, which was built under a strict confidentiality agreement at the Royal Van Lent shipyard for Feadship. Despite secrecy surrounding the yacht at the time of her release, information about her build has trickled out over time. Roman Abramovich became known as the owner of this speedy vessel. But as he soon took delivery of a couple of new yachts, he took the opportunity to sell Ecstasea to a new owner. Merle Wood handled the transaction. Equipped with a gas turbine, four MTU engines and waterjets, the yacht is said to have a 36-knot top speed. Asian themes have inspired the yacht's interior design, and its bow is said to house a helicopter garage. Its Abu Dhabi-based management company and recent visit to Dubai's Yas Marina where she docked alongside the modern facility, suggest her new owner hails from the Middle East.
July/August 2012Feadshipyacht profilesluxurydigital extrasLife on boardTerence DisdaleArchivessuperyachtsEcstaseaTop 100
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Ullswater is the second largest lake in the Lake District at 7.5 miles long. It is on average 3/4 miles wide and has a maximum depth of 205 feet at Howtown. The lake has 3 distinct bends giving it a dog's leg appearance. Visiting the Lake District is one of the most popular breaks for people across the UK and from further afield. The Lake District National Park has a wide range of attractions, as well as the natural beauty of the entire area.
The proud holder of 4 AA stars and 2 rosettes, our hotel, The In On The Lake enjoys one of the most spectacular settings in the Lake District, on the shores of Lake Ullswater amidst a vast 15 acres of beautiful private grounds. Each of the 47 en-suite bedrooms are all superbly decorated and fitted with a full range of modern amenities and feature luxurious beds. The hotel boasts a 9 hole pitch and putt course and a croquet lawn. Theresa and her team always do the utmost to make your stay a pleasurable one.


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Red-vented bulbul
P. c. bengalensis (Kolkata, India)
Pycnonotidae
Pycnonotus
Pycnonotus cafer
The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a species of bird. It belongs in the family Pycnonotidae.
The bird is found in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Burma and southwestern China. It has been introduced to many Pacific islands including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Hawaii. It has also been introduced in parts of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand. It is included among the world's worst introduced species.[2]
↑ BirdLife International (2009). "Pycnonotus cafer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 03 November 2009. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
↑ Lowe S.; et al. (2000). 100 of the World's worst invasive alien species: a selection from the Global Invasive Species Database (PDF). The Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG). Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pycnonotus cafer.
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Q: Need Processing help, draw random sets of buildings? void setup() {
  size(800, 500);
}

float x=20;
int y=480;
int aptSize=20;
float a, e;
float currentFloor=0;
float s;
float offset;
//float aptNum;
void draw() {

  //draw sky
  //  sky();
  float n=0;

// if(keyPressed){
 // sky();

  //draw a building
  for (int f=0; f<3 && x<600; f++, x = x + ((n*20)+20)) {
    n = building(x, y, 15);
  }
}
//}

void sky() {
  float r= 50;
  float g= 0;
  float b=200;
    background(random(r), random(g), random(b));
    r=constrain(r, 0, 140);
    g=constrain(g, 0, 65);
    b=constrain(b, 0, 255);
  }

float building(float x, int y, float floorNum) {
  for (int i=0; i<floorNum; i++, y=y-aptSize) {
    a = random(3, 12);
    int b = 7;
    currentFloor= y*aptSize;
    aptRow(x, y, b);
    if (currentFloor<floorNum/3) {
      b=b-1;
    }
  }

  return a;
}

void aptRow(float x, int y, float aptNum) {
  for (int j=0; j<aptNum; j++, x=x+aptSize) {
    if (x<width)
      aptUnitA(x, y, aptSize);
  }
}

void aptUnitA(float x, int y, int aptSize) {
  fill(155);
  stroke(0);
  rect(x, y, aptSize, aptSize);
  noStroke();
  fill(242, 235, 53);
  ellipse(x+5, y+5, aptSize/5, aptSize/5);
  ellipse(x+15, y+5, aptSize/5, aptSize/5);
  ellipse(x+10, y+15, aptSize/5, aptSize/2);
}

This code is a few buildings. I'm just trying to figure out how to draw a random new set of buildings every time a key is pressed and have some apartment rows that are different sized at the tops of the buildings?

A: To get keyboard input, you can use the keyPressed() function or the keyPressed variable. More info is available in the reference or in this tutorial (disclaimer: I wrote that tutorial).
To make the buildings different sizes, you could use the random() function to get a random number, then pass that in as the aptNum parameter of your aptRow() function.
I'd recommend taking a step back and getting something simpler working first. Can you show a single randomly sized rectangle every time the user presses a key? Work your way up from there towards your actual goal.

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Аполлоній Тіанський (; 1 рік н. е. — 98 рік н. е.) — філософ-неопіфагорієць. Збереглися 97 листів, приписувані Аполлонію.

Біографічні відомомсті
За життєписом Філострата, Аполлоній народився в заможній родині в каппадокійському місті Тіан. Рано захопившись філософією й аскезою, він провів свою юність при храмі Асклепія в місті Еги, пройшов п'ятирічну спокусу мовчанням і все своє подальше життя до глибокої старості провів у мандрах. Спадок, що залишився після смерті батьків, він віддав своїм братам. У мандрах він пройшов усю Малу Азію і спробував потрапити навіть до Індії, щоб ознайомитися з вченням брамінів. Скрізь він виступав як проповідник-мораліст і запевняв, що може передбачати майбутнє та творити чудеса. Хоча Нерон вигнав із Рима всіх магів і чарівників, Аполлоній вирушив туди, але згодом був змушений залишити місто. Відвідавши Іспанію, після смерті Нерона він попрямував через Італію до Греції і звідти в Римський Єгипет, де Веспасіан, який готувався захопити владу, скористався його впливом і популярністю; нарешті, він відвідав ще й Ефіопію.

Повернувшись з Єгипту, він знайшов милостивий прийом також і в Тита. За Доміціана був звинувачений в організації в Єгипті заколоту на користь Нерви, він був поміщений у в'язницю, постав добровільно перед судом і був виправданий. Об'їхавши ще раз Грецію, Аполлоній оселився в Ефесі, де заснував Піфагорійську школу, і помер у віці 75-80 років від роду, відмовившись від запрошення Нерви приїхати до Риму.

Примітки

Література
 Cerqueiro Daniel: El Taumaturgo (Apollonius of Tyana doxography), Buenos Aires 2005,
 C.P. Cavafy: «The Collected Poems: If Truly Dead» Translated by Aliki Barnstone,
 Graham Anderson: Philostratus. Biography and Belles Lettres in the Third Century A.D., London 1986,
 Jaap-Jan Flinterman: Power, Paideia and Pythagoreanism , Amsterdam 1995,
 James A. Francis: Subversive Virtue. Asceticism and Authority in the Second-Century Pagan World, University Park (PA) 1995,
 Maria Dzielska: Apollonius of Tyana in Legend and History, Rome 1986,

Посилання

 A collation of resources on Apollonius of Tyana (including the Adana inscription)
 Apollonius article at Livius.org
 Epistolographi graeci, R. Hercher (ed.), Parisiis, editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1873, pp. 110-130.
 Letters in Flavii Philostrati opera, C. L. Kayser (edit.), 2 vol., Lipsiae, in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1870-71: vol. 1 pp. 345-368.
 Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana

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Q: Problem with DocuSign Signature appliances DSA Rest Examples I want to integrate automatic digital signature capabilities in my application. I signed-up for DocuSign sandbox account and tried to build and run example code from https://github.com/docusign/docusign-signature-appliance-api-recipes/tree/master/dsa-rest/Hello-World-examples
While running java hello-world example I am getting error as
Feb 09, 2021 9:01:00 AM org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute
INFO: I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request to {s}->https://prime-dsa-devctr.docusign.net:8081: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
Feb 09, 2021 9:01:00 AM org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute

I tried running C# code also , but get similar error in calling REST Endpoint "https://prime-dsa-devctr.docusign.net:8081/sapiws/v1/digital_signature"
The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive

am I missing something here? I tried changing user credential used in code, but still error does not change.

A: Update: the issue should be resolved now.
The DSA team is working on this, this is not your issue. It's down at least when I'm typing this answer. I'll update it as soon as it's back up.


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Guri Shin clan () is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Guri, Gyeonggi Province. Their founder is Valeri Sarychev, a soccer player and instructor. He was a Russian-Korean from Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic which was one of the republics in the Soviet Union. He acquired Korean citizenship in the year 2000.

See also
 Korean clan names of foreign origin

References

External links

Sin clans
Korean people of Russian descent


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What form of home address did Romans use?
I visited Rome and also Pompeii last week. According to our tour guide and the evidence left by the protection provided to the ruins of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, citizens of Pompeii in 79 AD did have street names and house numbers. Some even had signs in the entry way to their home warning "Cave Canem" or "Beware of Dog".
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Mr. Cummings
Are there any ancient sources clearly testifying a frozen Tiber river in the year 398, 396, 271, and 177 BCE?
398 BC Livy, when writing about the siege of Veii in 398 BC in History of Rome: Book 5, says: The year was remarkable for such a cold and snowy winter that the roads were blocked and the Tiber rendered unnavigable. Source: Book 5: The Veii and the Destruction of Rome by the Gauls 396 BC Lamb may have copied a mistake here and got two dates (398 BC ...
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Lars Bosteen
What were the rights of various classes of people in the Roman Republic?
There's a pretty good discussion of this here: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/socialclass.html Briefly, in the early republic, the populace was divided into the plebs (common people) and patricians (aristocracy) with most public offices reserved for the patricians. Over time, this evolved into more layers, with the senatorial class (highest) followed by the ...
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Tom Barron
In the early Roman Republic, did every patrician family have at least one consul?
According to Titus Livius (Livy) the patrician families were founded during the reign of the first King of Rome, namely Romulus. Livy says of Romulus in his Ab Urbe Condita, 1.8: He created a hundred senators; either because that number was adequate, or because there were only a hundred heads of houses who could be created. In any case they were called ...
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D. M. Morgan
Is there any evidence that Celts produced chain mail?
There is extensive documentary and archeological evidence for Celtic chain mail; one Classical writer (Varro) even specifically named the Celts as the inventors of chain mail. You can take a look at this (PDF) article, for example, which includes quotations from Classical authors, contemporary depictions from archeological relics of Celtic warriors wearing ...
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Peter Erwin
What is the chair depicted in Cesare Maccari's 1889 painting "Cicerone denuncia Catilina"?
Roman senators sat on benches while the consuls had the privilege of sitting on curule chairs (which are not shown in the fresco). In addition to the arrangement of the seating, Cesare Maccari's Cicerone denuncia Catalina contains other errors, among which are the location of this particular meeting and Cicero's (apparent) age. The seating depicted is the ...
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"No sane man will dance."? When / where / about-what did Cicero say this?
Wikiquote renders it No one dances sober, unless he is insane. The quotation is Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit. from Pro Murena vi.13, 63 BC. Cato has accused L. Murena of dancing, and Cicero replies that Murena is accused of dancing but not of activities that would be precursors to dancing. Cicero says no sane man would dance ...
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choster
Why is Sulla's nose in the bust in Munich Glyptothek broken?
On very many statues from antiquity exserted parts are broken, in most cases hands, but noses are also very often. The purely mechanical reasons are evident. There are no reasons to conclude that this statue was defaced. Here is one example of the many: They say this is Cleopatra VII. I do not think anyone hated her so much as to break the nose on her ...
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Its quite possible, but don't be so credulous of Caesar's judgement and reporting. Not everything he's written has turned out to be 100% accurate. I don't know about the nuances of the original Latin, but that translation reads "they use Greek characters". That's not the same thing as using the Greek language. Right now, this post is using Latin characters. ...
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Short or long Roman numerals?
1995 = MCMXCV. The rules are: first triad: I, V, and X: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X Then all is repeated with: second triad: X, L, and C third triad: C, D, and M You can't use letters outside of their "triad": So, IM for 999 is wrong. CXC for 190 is correct, and 195 is CXCV (not CVC). You should write numbers in decreasing order: ...
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What kind of siege weapons were used during Punic wars?
There's actually quite a bit available, even just from wikipedia: Catapults: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carthage_%28c._149_BC%29 Trireme Rams, Corvus (naval): http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_corvus.html Sambuca, Claw of Archimedes, Heat Ray, onagers (naval): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Syracuse_%28214%E2%80%93212_BC%29#...
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The infantry-cavalry balance has changed a lot over time. And back and forth. In primitive warfare, the addition of a large animal gave the advantage to the cavalry. This changed during the times of the Greeks and Romans, who invented the phalanx and legion INFANTRY formations that had no cavalry counterparts. By "stabilizing" riders in horses, the ...
Tom Au
As I remember, the biggest problems of phalanx were slow pace and inability to operate on a rough terrain (consider the length of their spears). In the battle of Pydna the macedonians had early success yet the romans were able to regroup and won the battle in the later counter-attack. So the phalanx was pretty good for one-time onslaught but in an advanced ...
Did Romans piss into aqueducts as a joke?
I doubt that very much. Pecunia non olet, remember? Money doesn't stink, said Vespasian to Titus, when the latter complained about his father for raising tax on urine. Urine was a valuable ingredient for making leather and as an ingredient for cleaning. Urine was collected wherever possible. Shopkeepers kept jars ready for passers-by and customers relieve ...
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What was the legal process of raising a legion in late Republican Rome?
Through the entire Republican era only Imperium-holding Magistrates of the Roman People were able to lawfully raise an army of citiziens. (a legion) Private individuals could also form fighting forces from their slaves, clients or hired gladiators. That was sort of borderline, but happened quite often in the civil-strife ridden decades of the late republic. ...
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b.Lorenz
In Battle of Zama, how did Hannibal's use of war elephants lead to a Roman Victory?
One theory from Delbrueck: Hannibal wanted to win the battle with his infantry, which was superior to the Romans, and distract the Roman cavalry. Therefore, he wanted the cavalry clash to happen first, the idea being that his cavalry would be routed, the Roman cavalry would pursue them and be out of the battle, and he could start the infantry battle. ...
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David Thornley
Who proposed the motion that gave Gaius Julius Caesar the title Augustus?
Octavian who would later become Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus: My answer really focuses on the why as much as the who, because the reality may have been that in many ways he gave himself the title. Octavian returned from Egypt with a wealth of treasure and a serious wealth of power. He was respected by his legions, of which he was commander of all sixty of ...
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E1Suave
Why didn't Tiberius Gracchus seek the consulship?
According to the Cursus Honorum, Tiberius was not eligible to be Consul until the age of 42. As he was killed at the age of only 30 (163/2 BC to 133 BC) he was a long cry from being eligible for the Consulship, even given the extreme bending of the rules that was becoming commonplace about this time. The Cursus Honorum was a succession of offices to be held ...
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Bomb Blasts Kill Four Soldiers In Northwestern Pakistan
By RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal
FILE: Pakistani army tanks form a column during a ground military operation against Taliban militants in the main town of Miran Shah in North Waziristan, in June 2014.
Four Pakistani soldiers have been killed in two separate bomb explosions in the North Waziristan tribal district, local officials say.
Local administration officials told RFE/RL on November 4 that two soldiers were killed and another was wounded in a roadside bomb blast in the Razmak area.
The soldiers were on a routine patrol, the officials said.
Two more soldiers died in a second roadside bomb explosion in the town of Mir Ali.
Militants of Hizbul Ahrar, a splinter group from the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Pakistan launch a massive military operation in North Waziristan in 2014 to cleanse the region of Islamic militants.
RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal
RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal is a public-service broadcaster providing a powerful alternative to extremist propaganda in Pakistan's remote tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan.
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Mesolimax escherichi ist eine Nacktschneckenart aus der Familie der Ackerschnecken (Agriolimacidae), die zur Unterordnung der Landlungenschnecken (Stylommatophora) gehört.

Merkmale
Mesolimax escherichi erreicht ausgestreckt eine Länge bis zu 59 mm. Der Körper ist relativ robust und gedrungen, und immer tiefschwarz. Lediglich eine schmale Zone direkt um den Mantelschild ist geringfügig heller. Der Mantelschild nimmt weniger als ein Drittel der Gesamtkörperlänge ein. Das Atemloch liegt zentral bis leicht hinter die Mitte verschoben. Die Fußsohle ist in Längsrichtung dreigeteilt. Das mittlere Feld zeigt v-förmig nach hinten gerichtete Querfurchen. Die Seitenfelder weisen drei Längsfurchen oder vier bis fünf Längsfurchen auf.

Im Genitalapparat ist der Penis röhrenförmig und misst etwa ⅓ der Körperlänge. Samenleiter (Vas deferens) und Penisretraktor setzen apikal am Penis an. Der Samenleiter und der basale Teil des Penis sind von einer dünnen Membran umgeben. Der Ommatophorenmuskel und der Penis kreuzen sich. Die Spermathek ist oval und vergleichsweise klein, der Stiel der Spermathek ist kürzer als die Spermathek. Der Eileiter (Ovidukt) ist röhrenförmig, das Atrium ist kurz.

Ähnliche Arten
M. escherichi und Mittelschnegel (Mesolimax brauni) sind sich anatomisch sehr ähnlich. M. escherichi unterscheidet sich von M. brauni durch die Körperfarbe (konstant schwarz gegen Brauntöne bei M. brauni) und durch den etwas kürzeren Penis, der etwa ⅓ der Körperlänge erreicht (gegenüber dem längeren Penis bei M. escherichi, der halbe Körperlänge erreicht). Die Membran, die Samenleiter und Penis apikal umgibt, ist dadurch proportional etwas länger. Weiterhin weisen die Seitenfelder der dreigeteilten Fußsohle bei M. escherichi drei und mehr Längsfurchen auf (gegenüber zwei Längsfurchen bei M. brauni). Der Körper erscheint auch etwas robuster gegenüber dem etwas schlankeren Körper von M. brauni. Die beiden Arten kommen in der Südwesttürkei gelegentlich sympatrisch vor.

Geographische Verbreitung und Lebensraum
Die Art ist auf ein kleines Gebiet in Südwestanatolien um Antalya, Isparta und die Sultan Dagh-Berge beschränkt. Sie ist dort sehr selten. Das Habitat ist nur ungenügend bekannt. Yildirim & Kebapçi (2004) fanden sie in der Nähe von Flussufern, zusammen mit Bierschnegel (Limacus flavus) und Mittelschnegel (Mesolimax brauni).

Taxonomie
Das Taxon wurde von Heinrich Simroth 1899 erstmals beschrieben. Die Art ist nur sehr ungenügend bekannt.

Belege

Literatur
 Wiktor, Andrzej 1971: Die von der Niederländischen Biologischen Expedition in die Türkei in 1959 Gesammelten Nacktschnecken (Milacidae und Limacidae, Pulmonata) mit Beschreibung einer neuen Deroceras-Art aus dem Balkan-Gebiet und der Türkei. Zoologische Mededelingen, 45(23): 261–280, Leiden PDF
 Wiktor, Andrzej 2001: Fauna Graeciae. VIII. The slugs of Greece (Arionidae, Milacidae, Limacidae, Agriolimacidae - Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). 240 S., Natural History Museum of Crete & Hellenic Zoologic Society, Iraklio, Kreta
 M. Zeki Yildirim & Ümit Kebapçi: Slugs (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Lakes Region (Göller Bölgesi) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 28: 155–160, Ankara 2004 PDF.

Einzelnachweise

Agriolimacidae
Ackerschnecken


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The Bihar Lady Constable Recruitment 2017 results have been declared. The results are available on the official website.
CSBC aims to recruit 675 candidates for the post of Lady Constable in the Bihar Swabhiman Police Battalion. The Board had conducted the written examination on 17th December 2017, for Bihar Lady Constable Recruitment advertisement CSBC Advt No: 02/2015, released in July 2015. Candidates who have cleared the written exam are qualified for the Physical Evaluation Test (PET). The results are available on csbc.bih.nic.in.


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The Prohibition of alcohol in America during the 1920s gave birth to some great concoctions. A few of these have stood the test of time and make a frequent appearance on cocktail lists across the world. Here's one Prohibition cocktail and a bit about how it came to be.
A popular slang phrase of the time, 'the bee's knees' meant 'the height of excellence'. A favourite on any list of prohibition cocktails, the Bee's Knees used honey and lemon juice to hide the repulsive taste and smell that accompanied all bootlegged bathtub gin. The sweet and sour flavours mask the alcohol well, but be warned – this one is potent, and how!
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A story about two heroes, and what it teaches us about talent, hard work and high performance.
In August 2016 at the Rio Olympics, the O'Donovan brothers (Gary and Paul) won a silver medal in the lightweight double sculls; the first rowing medal ever won by Ireland at the Olympics. These two brothers stunned the world with this result, and also won the respect and the hearts of millions with their humble and humorous personalities. It was a true Olympic moment that turned these young men into heroes.
Generally when we observe acts of greatness like this, we naturally find ourselves in awe at the talent shown by these athletes, and we marvel at the skill on display. What we often fail to recognise however, is that high performance never comes from talent alone. In fact, many would argue that it has very little do with talent at all.
I was intrigued recently by the idea that talent is nothing more than a gift that we are given at birth. Whether given to us by God (or whatever religious belief a person has), or through our genetics (from parents), or any other source; it is something that we are born with, and more importantly have done nothing to earn. We therefore all have innate talents in different areas, but high performance will only come when we add something to this equation; and that comes in the form of 'hard work'.
This is not a new idea, and 'hard work' can be used as an all-encompassing statement for all the other aspects that a person needs to add, in order to build their talent, and produce moments of greatness. These include things like work ethic, attitude, grit, preparation, sacrifice etc. Unlike talent, these are all things that we can lay claim to; the hours of mental and psychical sacrifice and effort that drives someone to achieving high performance, or ultimately winning an Olympic medal.
With that in mind, we turn our attention back to the O'Donovan brothers, and when we look deeper, we see the perfect example of this equation in action. In fact it is amplified, because unlike most other professional rowers, these two brothers achieved this feat without any world class support structures in place.
Rowing, like many sports, is driven by elite institutions and clubs who have the funds to offer athletes the best equipment, coaches and support to achieve world class results. Universities like Oxford and Cambridge come to mind, and certainly not the Skibbereen Rowing Club in County Cork, Ireland. Although the club is one of the most successful in the country, it is far from a world class facility. In a fantastic new documentary released earlier this year, we are taken behind the scenes by Gary and Paul, where we see a rowing club that is almost comically simple and 'run down' and devoid of any professional looking equipment. In fact the brothers resorted to buying pieces of scrap metal to make weights to train with! They had no advantage of any kind, and had no choice but to rely more on hard work than anything else…and that was the key to their achievement.
Having qualified for the Olympics by a quarter of a second, as the slowest of 11 teams, they realised a year out from the Games, that success would come not from their talent, but from the hard work they would put in. They focussed on what they could lay claim to, and started to train harder than ever before in order to go faster. They brought a renewed sense of focus and intent to their preparation, and grew their belief and confidence.
They also appreciated the fact that they were ostensibly the same as every other rowing team: same boats, same number of arms and legs, same water to compete on and with the same single aim to make one boat go as fast as it could from point A to point B…something they did with near perfection in the biggest race of their careers.
Winning that silver medal, the O'Donovan brothers showed us that success always comes from good old hard work, and that heroes are produced not through superhuman talents, but instead through superhuman efforts.
Justin works as a Learning and Development Programme Manager and has spent the last 10 years in the corporate world of L&D. He holds an Honours Degree in Organisational Psychology from UCT, and is also a qualified Integral Coach (ACC). He has a passion for how people identify and develop their talents, and is particularly interested in leadership development.


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Mankato Nonprofits Receive Otto Bremer Trust Grants
Mankato Free Press (December 2, 2020) — Three Mankato nonprofits received a combined $151,500 in grants in the Otto Bremer Trust's latest round of funding. The grants include $76,500 for the Mankato Area Foundation, $50,000 for Connections Shelter and $25,000 for Lutheran Social Service. The foundation and shelter will both
Demand for Mental Health Training Skyrockets as Pandemic Worsens
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Home Top News Demystifying COVID-19 vaccine
Demystifying COVID-19 vaccine
By Eunice Masunungure
HAVING received the first delivery of 200 000 doses of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) vaccine donated by the Chinese Government in the fight against COVID-19, Zimbabwe has began inoculating its citizens.
The Sinopharm vaccine is approved in China for general public use and is also used in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Morrocco.
There is need to demystify the fear triggered by thinking history vis-a-vis vaccination and point out the truth regarding vaccines.
Health personnel were trained to safely deliver the vaccines.
Government has implemented strategies that provide clear and accessible information on the vaccines as required by the WHO.
However, there are numerous misconceptions about the vaccines.
"There is no guarantee that the jab will work and there are so many 'complaints' going around regarding vaccinations efficacy. My decision regarding own vaccination is shrouded in fear. What if I get severely sick afterwards?" asked one citizen.
Most of the fears are unfounded.
According to Phyllis Arthur, managing director of Infectious Disease and Diagnostics Policy for the Biotechnology Innovation Organisation (BIO), recommendation of care providers is the most important factor in the decision whether to vaccinate and "Doctors need to be incentivised to stand up for vaccines … They also need to be told how to communicate."
Chipo Mudere argued: "Won't the disease disappear without vaccines?"
This is the belief among many that natural immunity is better than vaccine-acquired immunity.
Linking fear
Biological warfare and bio-terrorism are often used interchangeably, but bio-terrorism usually refers to acts committed by a sub-national entity, rather than a country.
Biological weapons are not just a 21st Century concern: humans have used infectious agents in conflicts for hundreds of years.
In a 1336 attempt to infect besieged city dwellers, Mongol attackers, in what is now the Ukraine, used catapults to hurl the bodies of bubonic plague victims over the city walls of Caffa.
Tunisian forces used plague-tainted clothing as a weapon in the 1785 siege of La Calle.
British officers discussed plans to intentionally transmit smallpox to Native Americans during Pontiac's Rebellion near Fort Pitt (present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in 1763.
It is not clear whether they actually carried out these plans. But, whatever its source, smallpox did spread among Native Americans in the area during and after that rebellion.
The Japanese used plague as a biological weapon during the Sino-Japanese War in the late 1930s and 1940s.
They filled bombs with plague-infected fleas and dropped them from airplanes onto two Chinese cities; they also used cholera and shigella as weapons in other attacks.
An estimated 580 000 Chinese people died as a result of the Japanese bio-weapons programme.
The US military developed biological weapons and investigated their effects in the 20th Century. The US army's Biological Warfare Laboratories was based at Camp (later Fort) Detrick, Maryland, from 1949 to 1969.
The programme produced and weaponised several biological agents, including anthrax and botulinum toxin, though the biological weapons were never used in conflicts.
History shows that anthrax was used to slaughter Zimbabwean forces during the liberation struggle and the effects have been felt years after our independence.
In 1975, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) came into force.
More than 100 nations, including the US, have ratified this international treaty which aims to end the development and production of bioweapons. In spite of the agreement, bioweapon threats from fringe groups, terrorists and nations not committed to or observing the convention continue to worry public health authorities.
According to Ian Amanna et al Viral Immunol (2005) titled Public fear of vaccination: Separating Fact From Fiction: "Public confidence in vaccination may erode because of real or perceived risks associated with immunisation, and this in turn may lead to lower vaccination coverage and loss of herd immunity."
The scientific American Custom Media also produced an article titled: "Regardless, the overall efficacy of vaccines is largely dependent on coverage, so when coverage dwindles, outbreaks occur." (entificamerican.com).
The analysts argue: "The first step to improve vaccine uptake is to address the fear that prevents it. It is not like people fear vaccines for the same reasons."
General members of the populace must be comforted that no matter what vaccine, "Countries must have systems in place to detect any adverse reactions or events following vaccination."
The system must allow for any side effects to be quickly identified, properly logged and managed in community or health facility and reported directly to the manufacturer to determine if the event is related to the vaccine.
The system must also be prepared to treat any potential side effect that may be reported from the vaccine.
According to dw.com, airing a television programme, it is normal to have certain reactions after a vaccination: There may be redness, swelling or pain around the injection site.
Fatigue, fever, headache and aching limbs are also not uncommon in the first three days after vaccination.
The reactions are argued to be usually mild and should subside after a few days.
It is also argued that the reactions show that the vaccine is working, because it stimulates the immune system and the body forms antibodies against the infection that is only 'feigned by the vaccination'.
dw.com produced an article that argued such typical vaccination reactions
have also been reported after receiving the BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and the Russian Sputnik V vaccines which are already in use.
The article further argues: "The approved vaccines are safe according to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO); otherwise they would not have authorised the vaccines."
According to Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention, in a report dated January 15 2021, titled Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, after receipt of the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the US was noticed on December 14-23 2020.
Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that occurs rarely after vaccination.
The vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported
1 893 360 first doses of the pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (11.1 cases per million doses).
And 71 percent of these occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination.
The report argues that an adverse report following vaccination does not mean that the vaccine caused the event.
Although vaccines are known to cause minor, temporary side effects such as soreness or fever, there is little, if any, evidence linking vaccination with permanent health problems or death.
The immune system could never truly be overwhelmed because the cells in the system are constantly being replenished.
In fact, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the CDC as for immediate danger from vaccines, in the form of allergic reactions or severe side effects, the incidence of deaths are so rare they can't even truly be calculated.
For example, only one death was reported to the CDC between 1990 and 1992 that was attributable to a vaccine. The overall incidence rate of severe allergic reaction to vaccines is usually placed around one case for every one or two million injections.
Gleaned from the members of the public, the fear that vaccines can infect a person with the disease it is trying to prevent has no clinical evidence.
According to CDC records, vaccines can cause mild symptoms resembling those of the disease they are protecting against.
A common misconception is that these symptoms signal infection.
In fact, in the small percentage (less than one in one million cases) where symptoms do occur, the vaccine recipients are experiencing a body's immune response to the vaccine, not the disease itself.
Judging from previous texts, if too many people do not vaccinate themselves they contribute to a collective danger, opening up opportunities for viruses and bacteria to establish themselves and spread.
Vaccines are one of the great pillars of modern medicine. Life used to be especially brutal for children before vaccines, with many succumbing to diseases like measles, smallpox, whooping cough or rubella, to name just a few.
Today, these ailments can be completely prevented.
History of vaccinations
The practice of immunisation, dating back to 100 years, portray successful drives of vaccines as revealed in a research by the University of Auckland titled History of Vaccinations and Diseases Tamed by Vaccines ( 2017)
For example, Buddhist monks drank snake venom to confer immunity to snake bite.
Variolation (smearing of a skin tear with cowpox to confer immunity to smallpox) was practiced in 17th Century China.
Edward Jenner is considered the founder of vaccinology in the West in 1796, after he inoculated a 13-year-old-boy with vaccinia virus (cowpox), and demonstrated immunity to smallpox.
In 1798, the first smallpox vaccine was developed.
Over the 18th and 19th centuries, systematic implementation of mass smallpox immunisation culminated in its global eradication in 1979, which was a success.
Louis Pasteur's experiments spearheaded the development of live attenuated cholera vaccine and inactivated anthrax vaccine in humans (1897 and 1904, respectively).
Plague vaccine was also invented in the late 19th Century.
Between 1890 and 1950, bacterial vaccine development proliferated, including the Bacillis-Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination, which is still in use today.
In 1923, Alexander Glenny perfected a method to inactivate tetanus toxin with formaldehyde.
The same method was used to develop a vaccine against diphtheria in 1926.
Viral tissue culture methods developed between 1950-1985 led to the advent of the Salk (inactivated) polio vaccine and the Sabin (live attenuated oral) polio vaccine.
Mass polio immunisation has now eradicated the disease from many regions around the world.
Attenuated strains of measles, mumps and rubella were developed for inclusion in vaccines.
Measles is currently the next possible target for elimination via vaccination.
Such progress in the history of vaccines points to the success of vaccination and the more reason to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
History testifies that vaccines are the way to go.
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The relationship between mining activities and mining-induced seismicity is vital. Having a better understanding of it allows mine operators to anticipate and plan for necessary ground support and to reduce those risks which might compromise the safety and productivity aspects of a mine. Drs. Hani Mitri and Atsushi Sainoki with the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering of McGill University, working with Vale Canada Limited's Copper Cliff Mine, undertook a comprehensive investigation and evaluation of the fault-slip potential in an underground mine. The project, supported by CEMI and NSERC through a Collaborative Research & Development grant examined and analyzed mining induced fault-slip, microseismicity, and violent shear rupture data using conventional continuum numerical modeling techniques and a new, advanced discontinuum modelling approach. Commercially available software, FLAC3D and 3DEC, was also used.
Development of a methodology to distinguish aseismic fault-slip from seismic fault-slip by using numerical modelling techniques and microseismic data to investigate whether the shear movement along the targeted fault is seismic or not (Figure 1). Currently, positive fault-slip potential in mines is perceived as a strong indicator of the likelihood of a future seismic event thereby requiring implementation of potentially unnecessary and costly preventive measures, such as the installation of dynamic support. Avoiding this would represent real value to mines. The developed methodology achieves this by enabling the ground control specialist to make informed decisions on the need for dynamic support element deployment, based on the type of anticipated future fault-slip potential, (i.e. whether seismic or aseismic).
Development of a new perspective on the cause of mining-induced seismicity that takes place away from mine openings. It is common belief that mining-induced stress change causes seismicity in a massive, highly stressed rockmass. While this is true, the stress state numerically analyzed or measured away from mine openings, is often less than the critical threshold needed to create seismic activity. The McGill study has shed light on the influence of fracture networks in the rockmass and on the associated occurrence of mining-induced seismicity. A discontinuum numerical analysis successfully demonstrated that complex interactions of fractures away from mine openings can accumulate sufficient elastic strain energy to cause localized violent shear rupture (rockbursting). The result is an index of fracture-network- induced strain energy (Figure 2). A guideline or index such as this makes it possible to assess the severity of potential mining-induced seismicity, allow for optimization of mine planning, support system selection and mine design. Theoretically, this could enable reliable productivity improvements and potentially, lower costs.


Denying any leniency to the Sahara India's city arm, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission's circuit bench imposed a heavy cost of Rs 86.70 lakh on it for allegedly defrauding 17 customers by not handing them flats after entering into contracts and accepting huge amounts.
A bench led by presiding officer BA Shaikh and member Jayashree Yengal also ordered Sahara Prime City Limited, a subsidiary of Lucknow-based Sahara India, to repay booking amount of all customers ranging from Rs11 lakh to Rs52 lakh with 18% interest from 2007 to 2011, when they had paid amount towards purchasing flats, row-houses, and penthouses, at company's scheme on Wardha Road.
"We hold that the Sahara has rendered deficient service to complaints by not refunding their deposited amounts with interest and compensation. It has also shown an inability to fulfill contract by handing over possession of their flats/houses within a stipulated period. No leniency can be shown to them while considering rate of interest over the amounts to be refunded to the customers," the judges said.
The forum held that the company is liable to pay compensation of Rs5 lakh each to 17 complainants for physical and mental harassment for loss suffered by them due to cost escalation in the price of residential units since, the date of proposed allotment to them at Sahara City Homes.
The company was also asked to pay Rs10,000 each to all customers towards the cost of litigation.
The complainants moved forum through Counsel Nalin Majithia after Sahara officials failed to handover possession of flats and other tenements in 'Sahara City' within stipulated period even after charging huge money from them ranging from Rs11 lakh to Rs52 lakh.
They said they had deposited entire amount as demanded by the company's officials and they assured to handover the possession within 38 months from the date of allotment letters.
Opposing their prayers, the company contended that after Supreme Court restrained it from selling off any of its properties in contempt petition, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had attached its properties, including Sahara City.
"The company can't take advantage of its own wrong in not completing the construction in prescribed time. There is no evidence showing hurdle during the stipulated period. There is no fault of complainants, as they hadn't committed a breach of any terms and conditions of an agreement. The complaints paid huge amounts with a hope of getting their residences. But the company enjoyed their money and failed to deliver possession of their tenements," the judges said, before partly allowing their complaints.


Healthy competition is one of the most important elements in keeping our economy afloat. Its what drives people to take jobs and is the core base of all sporting events. A little bit of healthy competition isn't just healthy, but it is also extremely important. It is also an element that is wired into the human psyche. Most people are competitive by nature, and this factor drives them forward. There are many types of competitions in the world but not all of them are what you would expect. Here is a list of 10 of the strangest competitions you can battle in.
This rural competition managed to become an actual event thanks to the annual Egremont Crab Fair. It involves putting your face through a giant horse shoe and making a silly face known as 'gurnin through a braffin'. This might seem completely strange and pointless, and it really really is.
This competition may sound juvenile at first, but it is actually one that goes back all the way to 1976. It was started by a pub in Derbyshire, and now sees hundreds of people eagerly competing in the event. It is known to get pretty competitive as well, with many cases of broken toes and ankles reported at the event.
This competition is conducted annually, and involves people busting hot rubber bottles using only their nose. It might seem extremely strange, but this is considered an actual skill by many people. The current record is held by Jemal Tkeshelashvili, who burst three bottles in under a minute.
This might seem like a feat very few people can do, but you will be surprised to see the turnout of competitors at the palm tree trunk climbing competition. This is conducted during Indonesia's Independence day, which is August 17th, and involves teams of four helping each other reach the top of the tree first.
This bizarre competition was started in Ireland in 2009. The competition involved a whole lot of women parading the streets one at a time, and all the competitors have to line up and wolf-whistle at them to the best of their abilities. The men and women were extremely sportive about this competition.
The World Egg Throwing Competition has been happening each year since 2006 and is conducted in jolly old Britain. It involves four major categories, if you can believe it, including 'throw and catch', 'egg static relay' and 'egg Russian roulette'. These events are contested by teams of varying sizes and the overall turnout is pretty huge if you consider the fact that this is a competition involving eggs.
This race was started by a shoe manufacturer as a form of publicity but has now become a global event conducted in many cities. The women are supposed to run a marathon only using high-heels and if they win the race, they get an awesome shoe from Manolo Blahnik.
Soccer was clearly not exciting or challenging enough as a sport, so people decided to make it just a tad bit more layered by adding some mud to the equation. There is an actual world championship for Mud soccer and it sees participation in the thousands.
This event was started in New York in 2009, in response to the rising rate of unemployment. A former computer programmer decided to create this event to lift the spirits of all those people who are unemployed. Over 20 people participated in games such as 'pin the blame on the boss', 'office phone skee-ball' and the 'You're fired' race.
This hilarious event was conducted in Cali Columbia which saw a participation of over a thousand babies. The rules are pretty simple – babies between the ages of 8 to 18 months are supposed to race down a 5 meter straight strip. First baby at the end of the line is the winner!


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Q: Django selectdatewidget how to render manually? I'm trying to render a selectdatewidget in django out manually so I can customise with bootstrap.  However I'm not clear on how I render out the indvidual inputs with the selectdatewidget?
class ProfileForm(forms.Form):

    first_name = forms.CharField(max_length=30)
    last_name = forms.CharField(max_length=30)

    eighteen_years_from_now = (datetime.datetime.now().year - 18)
    date_of_birth = FieldBuilder(User, 'date_of_birth', widget=SelectDateWidget(
        years=range(eighteen_years_from_now, 1919, -1)))

template to render an individual field:

    {{ field.label }}

  {% if form.is_bound %}
    {% if field.errors %}
      {% render_field field class="form-control is-invalid" %}
      {% for error in field.errors %}

          {{ error }}

      {% endfor %}
    {% else %}
      {% render_field field class="form-control is-valid" %}
    {% endif %}
  {% else %}
    {% render_field field class="form-control" placeholder=field.label %}
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  {% if field.help_text %}
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A: The short answer is that you can't get the control needed, without overriding the inbuilt django template.
Thankfully Django 1.11 changed the widget system to use templates rather than python code making this easier to override.
From reviewing the templates in django/forms/templates/django/forms/widgets we can see that the select date widget loads the multiwidget template which for each subwidget loads the widget template:
{% for widget in widget.subwidgets %}{% include widget.template_name %}{% endfor %}
For select date widget this means the output is the 3 select tags (month, day, year) next to each other.  This can't be eg made inline with bootstrap as each <select> needs to be wrapped in a div with the appropriate css class.
Templates can be overriden by following the django docs here:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/forms/renderers/#overriding-built-in-widget-templates


"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it" – Buddha Scott Papek believes in following his passions in life: photography and nature. During a morning when the fog was dense and he wasn't sure what he was looking for, Scott found himself standing in front of a row of trees—just as the fog lifted. He set up his tripod, sipped his steaming coffee, and captured this misty moment in time. Photo © copyright by Scott Papek.


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Signs of Trouble to Come
"The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, 'We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?' But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel" (v. 43).
- 2 Samuel 19:24–43
Scripture frequently depicts David as the model king. First Samuel introduces him as the man after God's own heart (1 Sam. 13:14; 16:1–13). Foreseeing the messianic kingdom, the prophets frequently look for his return to the throne as a way to highlight the glory of the coming age by comparing it to the golden era of Israel under David, its greatest king (Jer. 30:1–9; Ezek. 34:11–24). Yet, God's Word also shows David's imperfections. In addition to David's sins in the matter of Bathsheba and Uriah (2 Sam. 11), the king made several poor decisions during his reign.
Consider today's passage. Remember that while David was fleeing Jerusalem during Absalom's coup attempt, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, told the king that Mephibosheth was hoping to take David's place on the throne. David evidently believed Ziba, granting him Mephibosheth's inheritance (16:1–4). However, 2 Samuel 19:24–30 reveals that Ziba had lied to David. Mephibosheth greeted the returning David in a state of being unwashed and unshaven, gestures of mourning for David's exile (v. 24). He had remained behind in Jerusalem because Ziba stole a ride on Mephibosheth's donkey, leaving the grandson of Saul unable to go with David (vv. 25–27). Mephibosheth's loyalty should have been evident to David, but instead of returning the property to Mephibosheth or at least investigating the matter further, he dispensed with any potential problem with Ziba and his promise to him by splitting the property (vv. 28–29). David made a poor decision. It was enough for Mephibosheth, however, that David was back. He was not interested in financial gain (v. 30). Matthew Henry comments that "a good man can contentedly bear his own private losses and disappointments, while he sees Israel in peace, and the throne of the Son of David exalted and established."
David's poor judgment regarding Mephibosheth indicates that although David was a good king, he could not be counted on to deal perfectly with trouble. In fact, Israel's troubles would increase after David, and we see a sign of this in verses 41–43 (see also vv. 8b–15). Upon David's return, there was a dispute between Judah and Israel over who would actually get to bring the king back (ten shares means the ten northern tribes, or every tribe of Israel except Judah and Simeon). Such arguing portended greater division to come, though the kingdom would remain united under David.
As we will see, Israel would be divided into two kingdoms after the death of Solomon. However, signs of the future division were evident as early as David's reign. When we are facing trouble, we can often look back and see that potential danger was evident for a long time. We do well to look out for hints of trouble in the present so that they do not become more significant problems in the future.
Daniel 4:28–33


Now that Domino has closed (sob!) I have to settle for looking through back issues for inspiration. Architect Lisa Mahar made this photo gallery from 24 Pottery Barn frames stuck together with duct tape!
Does anyone else remember this book?


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The truth is that a 'normal' man also cares about human dignity, perhaps less obviously than those at the WSF simply because they aren?t there at the WSF, writes Indrajit Hazra.
God knows this world is full of cheats, exploiters, filchers, Scrooges and crooks. So, yes, it is bad form to be critical about the good guys even when they are being silly. But then, silliness can lead to its own crookedness and music-hall tragedies. On the face of it, the ongoing World Social Forum 2004 is a celebration of what can be called the 'feel bad' factor. There's nothing wrong with that.
To question the notion that God's in His heaven and all's right with the world is a legitimate exercise that needn't upset even believers simply because there are lots of things going on in this world to actually feel strongly upset about. The 'India Shining' campaign notwithstanding.
But then, how are the 80,000-odd delegates from 100 countries congregated in Mumbai exactly going about their business to rid the world of exploiters and bloodsuckers since January 16? Answer: by unleashing a lava-flow of rhetoric.
Here's Nobel Prize-winning Iranian delegate Shirin Ebadi at the WSF: "We are here to announce our commitment to human dignity. Absolute poverty is against human dignity. We are here to announce that human rights are crucial. We are here to announce that suffering in war has no dignity. We are here to announce that human beings are born with special rights and respect for these rights is for every government compulsory." We are here with you, Shirin.
Nobody should have problems with what Ebadi, Patkar and many others are saying in Mumbai. In fact, to think otherwise is to be inhuman, to be Margaret Thatcher, and without having any regard for others — in effect, to be what all of those singing, dancing, placard-waving and gung-hoing in Mumbai consider qualities of a person worshipping Mammon (American-style corporatisation) these days.
But the truth is that the man in the living room also cares about human dignity and human rights — perhaps less obviously than those at the WSF simply because they aren't there at the WSF. But like this specimen of the middle-class, the rousing tide in Mumbai too doesn't seem to have too much to offer as concrete steps to correct wrongs.
Well, actually they do, in their own focused ways. Back in Iran, Ebadi as a lawyer has done very real work to fight and protect the rights of political prisoners. Patkar, too, through her Narmada Bachao Andolan, has brought the earlier tut-tutted issue of relocation of dispossessed people in the centre of the Big Dam debate in this country.
It's when all these concerns — human rights, gender, caste, communalism, environment, MNCs — are brought together on a platform as vast and all-encompassing as the WSF that the issues get diffused. And through no real fault of those doing genuine good work (rather than those simply making placards and singing Hum Honge Kamyab), they end up sounding, the truth be told, rather silly.
And here's just a smattering of our Jean D'Arc, Arundhati Roy: "The United States is using anti-women Islamic text to justify its war against the Taliban... trishuls can soon turn against women... Iraq is the culmination of neo-liberalism and imperialism..." And just to show that she has an all-redeeming Plan B all ready, Roy demands delegates to select two American companies, prepare a list of their offices spread around the world and then "shut them down". Abbie Hoffman lives!
While the Naomi Kleins of the world rage against the logo and corporate culture, and their desi versions spit venom on multinational corporations, it seems rather remarkable how seamlessly the war on Iraq, human rights violations, communal violence, caste violence and mental violence against short people all get linked up with that ugly bugbear: neo-liberalism.
The equal distribution of wealth is a worthy ideal. Because this is the bedrock of communism, the ideology, despite its many horrific mutations on display, remains more than a palatable idea for the liberal at heart. While earlier Indian governments had tried the socialist model of economy, no one can doubt that it was a pretence to serve the poor. Garibi, let's be honest, hasn't been hatao-ed, not by a long shot.
With liberalisation, the earlier pretence is missing. Instead, it is the mantra of 'It is glorious to be rich' — or at least 'to be not poor' — that is taking over. The question is whether this 'wealth' will somehow, with some checks and valves in place, trickle down to the masses. The people at the WSF think not. Some less apocalyptic rhetoricians simply see an opportunity that is better than what was provided by the older model. So, it basically boils down to a tussle between pretence and hope. Or if you're more cynical, between one kind of cynical powerplay and another.
Globalisation is not unani medicine. Those selling it as such are quacks, while those opposing it because they see it as such are deluded. According to those like Joseph Stiglitz, who understand the profits and perils of globalisation better than Arun Jaitley and Arundhati Roy (or, for that matter, myself), a nation like India needs liberalisation, but a managed one. All the people at WSF 2004 are good people who want a better world. But to have a Woodstock-type fest that clumps all the ills of the world in one basket, hoping for someone (Who? The governments are evil!) to pick up and throw that basket into the sea, is to invite the tag of being, well, naive.
Perhaps, there's a lesson or two our good people in Mumbai could learn from Bhatt. And yes, another world is possible. But alas, the best of intentions and telekinesis alone aren't the right fuel for the job.


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Centered around the prolific songwriting skills of singer/guitarist Tim Rogers, You Am I is one of the most successful and internationally admired Australian bands of the 1990s.
Rogers formed You Am I in December 1989 with school friend Nick Tischler and older brother Jaimme Rogers. Mixing the gritty early 70s raunch of The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Faces with the frenzied attack of The Clash, The Jam and The Replacements, the band gained valuable experience playing support gigs to Sydney contemporaries like The Falling Joys and The Hard-Ons.
Jaimme Rogers left at the end of 1990 and was replaced by Mark Tunaley. By April 1992 Tischler had also left the band and was replaced on bass by the band's sound mixer, Andy Kent. In May they released a five-track EP, Goddamn.
By mid-1992 they had signed with independent label, rooArt Records and released their third EP, Can't Get Started.
Striking up a friendship with Sonic Youth, You Am I travelled to Cannon Falls, Minnesota, to use Sonic Youth's Pachyderm Recording Studios where Lee Ranaldo produced their debut album, Sound as Ever (November 1993).
The album provided three singles; Adam's Ribs (October 1993), Berlin Chair (February 1994) and Jaimme's Got a Gal (May 1994). Drummer Mark Tunaley was fired from the band and Tim Rogers initially considered disbanding the group but continued with Russell Hopkinson on drums.
Their second album, Hi-Fi Way (February 1995) was recorded in New York with Cathy's Clown released as a single. By April, the group had added Greg Hitchcock as an auxiliary member on guitar and keyboards.
You Am I's third album, Hourly, Daily (July 1996), was produced by the group and recorded in Sydney in December 1995. The album debuted at #1 on the ARIA Albums Charts and earned the band six Aria Awards – for Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Independent Release, Producer of the Year, Best Video and Engineer of the Year.
Subtle country influences were apparent on fourth album #4 Record (April 1998) and accompanying singles What I Don't Know 'bout You (February), Rumble (April) and Heavy Heart (July). By July 1999 the line-up of the group was augmented by Davey Lane on second guitar.
After a three year gap between studio albums, You Am I released Dress Me Slowly in April 2001. It debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart and spawned three singles; Damage (October 2000), Get Up (March 2001) and Kick a Hole in the Sky (July).
You Am I's sixth studio album, Deliverance, was recorded in January 2002 and released in September but did not receive the critical and commercial success that the band's earlier work had enjoyed.
In September 2003, You Am I were dropped by their record label (BMG) when the company refused to support a tour of the US. In late 2005, the band recorded their seventh studio album (Convicts) on their new label, Virgin.
Dilettantes was released in September 2008, debuting at #1 on the ARIA Australian Music charts.
The band's self-titled album (their ninth LP) was released in October 2010.
Vocals, guitar
Andy Kent
Bass, vocals
Russell Hopkinson
Nick Tischler
Greg Hitchcock
Guitar, keyboards
Jaimme Rogers
Mark Tunaley
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