When I talk about Meta here, I mean any meta but this one.
as they indicate (dis)agreement instead of usefulness. So in my example, the question wasn't really useful as-is, but I did agree, after hearing the ideas behind it.
so there is no reason to tactically downvote1.
What would you say of disabling the lock-vote feature on meta sites?
There is no problem with users who go bumping posts by up- and downvoting all the time (as suggested in the comments), since votes don't bump - thanks Hugo and cpast.
Moderator pro tempore elections - what if a nominated user does something stupid and you want to remove your upvote? Nope, too late.
1: as Shog9♦ points out, there still is a reason to tactically downvote: when you've answered a question yourself as well, then downvote the other answers to get your answer shown higher. I don't think this is a real problem with this feature-request, but a problem we have now too and will probably always have.
This should be implemented. Sometimes your opinion changes on a question after seeing the comments/answers or just after going away (outside? is that real? Wow the new cry engine is sooo realistic!) and re-thinking about it.
We should not be obliged to wait for an edit to be able to change our voice. Meta is about making the things going on and part of this is being able to express ourselves properly without having to hack an edit to make a vote change.
It happened to me today, where I found a question, that I had downvoted some time ago. After seeing some new answers and comments (which gave more precision) or after realizing that that feature was needed while doing stuff on the network, it made me realize that this could (and should) be implemented, and that it would be a great idea. But the meta did not see the situation in the same way!
Votes are locked after the first 5 minutes.
Sadly, I guess, I am obliged to stay against that idea then... Unless, someone edits that post AND that I stumble on the post again (AND realize it has been edited) AND change my vote.
That's a whole lot of things that have to happen in order for me to be able to change my vote!
I'm not saying that votes on meta should be ephemeral or always changing, but you should be able to change your opinion if someone brings up new facts and ideas in answers or comments, without someone editing the question.
This question has 120 upvotes and is two years old. There's only one reply by SE staff, Shog9, and it's not really an answer to the feature request.
Here's where this is most important. If you've been participating on a meta site for several years, the site policy sometimes changes. Never mind my own opinion, the entire site has since superseded an old policy from 2011 with a new policy from 2014. I should be allowed to change my vote on that old 2011 post without having to edit it. It's confusing to new users when they see an old post with tons of upvotes supporting something that I just told them was not allowed. And if that's not enough, we all have the right to change our minds about any topic, for any reason, and hence vote and re-vote accordingly.
I discovered an additional area where it is necessary to let me change my vote: The nomination phase of an election. We had an election on a site recently and I changed my mind about my vote on two candidates nomination. So I edited the posts just to change my vote. And I reserve the right to change my vote anytime for any reason, so I don't want to hear any crap like "you should have thought about it more before voting".
Let's push this through already, or at least get a proper response from the SE staff.
You don't get reputation on Meta, so there is no reason to tactically downvote.
The advantages would tend to be fairly limited - but then, I've never found tactical voting on questions that aren't watercooler nonsense particularly useful either. If the compiler sez you're wrong, down-voting competing answers doesn't help you much.
At 150 upvotes, and almost 4 years old, it is disappointing to see no response to this feature request. It seems obvious that users want this feature. The changes should be implemented, or at least, we should be given an adequate explanation on why it should not be (one that does not simply reflect the Stack Overflow team disagreeing with all of the users that have cared to upvote this question and the corresponding answers).
What about rage-quitters? Well.. we should be handling that pretty well, anyway..
Note that secondary meta sites do not have reputation. As a result, the user reputation issues brought up in the post linked to as a 'reason not to' by Shog9 is a non-event. If a user deletes their profile, remove all of their meta votes, regardless of reputation. There are two reasons we should already be doing this: 1. As mentioned, there is no reputation at stake, so there is no unnecessary penalty to other users. 2. If that user is no longer a member of that community, I would humbly suggest they no longer have a say in meta. Their votes, positive or negative, should be removed to reflect the fact that that user is no longer a part of that community.
It could be said that we don't really know if everyone that voted for this still agrees. That is one of the points we are trying to raise. We want to know what people think now; not 2-4 years ago.
I have run into issues, recently, where a new answer posted to a question I asked in meta convinced me of issues concerning another answer, which I had previously upvoted. On some sites, meta participation1 is almost non-existant. This appears to be the case on GameDev. As such, it would be beneficial to be able to retract or reverse my votes based off a change of opinion.
It has been said that we should be sure of our opinion, but this does not address the fact that as human beings, we are entitle to change our opinion. You can spend a long time in personal contemplation, only to have your view changed through the better explanation of another point of view.
1 We get high views, but nobody ever votes to actually participate.
We should encourage users to think through their opinions carefully before voting.
If a user receives more information that changes her opinion, then she should edit the answer to include new information, or post the new information as a new answer.
If her opinion changes because another answer is better, then more often that one is deserving of an upvote, and while she may "agree" with the original answer - well, this is only partly about whether you agree, it's about whether the answer was good enough to make you agree.
If her opinion changes for no reason whatsoever, then what's to stop it for changing for no reason whatsoever again? She should gain more information before locking in a vote, and get in the habit of not voting when it's still highly likely for this to happen.
Anyway, the bottom line point I am making is that it is good to think of a quality answer as one that brings people to agree with it, and bad to measure just by whether you agree with the basic opinion. Of course viewpoints become entrenched and periodically we take votes. But the quality of posts on all meta's is drastically increased by the idea that quality answers bring people to agree with them and build consensus, and this should be espoused.
Ultimately, we went with the SE approach to host meta.SO as well because at the end of the day, our discussions are more productive when they are not driven by flippant opinions, but driven by well-formulated, high-quality, persuasive answers and arguments. And this forum teaches its users that opinions may be formulated soundly and from reason and facts, that really shouldn't change unless the reasons or facts do. This makes meta awesome and we should continue encouraging it.
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"Plant yourself in the world you want to be a part of." ~ Bex Band, the Ordinary Adventurer.
For this reason, I drove to West Sussex alone, to camp in a field for 3 days during Storm Brian.
Yestival is the brainchild of adventurer Dave Cornthwaite. This "self-propelled" man has completed fourteen 1,000-mile human powered expeditions all over the world and is the founder of Say Yes More and The Yes Tribe.
Yestival brings together a community of people with a positive mindset and adventurous spirit, for a weekend of over 40 speakers, workshops, food and an awesome campfire. It began 3 years ago when Dave was curious how many of his Facebook 'fans' could turn into real friends. He invited these virtual friends for a campout in October 2015 and Yestival was born.
I want to become a paid adventurer and blogger, a career most of my friends say is unrealistic. I believe otherwise, so attended the muddy festival by myself, to mingle with people who are doing what I want to do.
Keen to get in on the action, I volunteered my services which lead me to my job role of 'Audio Recorder' in one of the 4 speaker tents. I know! Posh, right? The truth was, all I had to do was press a button on a dictaphone-sized machine at the start of every talk and press it again at the end. Bob's your uncle, the Yestival podcast will happen because of me!
My volunteer role required me to stay in the same tent for the whole weekend, meaning I saw speakers I wouldn't have usually seen through my own choice.
Red Bull Adventure Editor Pip Stewart & Extreme Sleeper Phoebe Smith spoke about how to turn writing, blogging and journalism into a career. These were the things that stuck in my mind.
These are the factors I should be considering when creating content, for me and anyone else.
One camera, no idea man Ed March is someone I wouldn't have normally seen because his adventures are engine-powered, but boy, I'm pleased I watched him!
Ed is an internet sensation with over 31,000 YouTube subscribers.
He has circumnavigated the world several times visiting 43 countries, looped the Arctic Circle and been on a 3 year trip from Alaska to Argentina experiencing temperatures of -33 degrees all on his pizza delivery bike. A bike worth £150 with the same engine capacity as a lawnmower!
People told him his adventures weren't possible. He proved they were possible.
My adventure girl crush Anna McNuff is an adventurer, speaker, storyteller and self-proclaimed mischief maker. Having seen her on my social media feeds I was thrilled she was speaking in my tent.
Keen to improve my skills as a public speaker, I was really excited to hear her advice on "telling stories in richer detail." My recent research suggests storytelling plays a huge part in the success of a talk.
The hilarious Jon Doolan spoke about how easy it is to publish your own book.
Lindsay Cole talked about falling in love with a fence and how she made friends with a trolley whilst walking 1,500 miles along the length of the Rabbit Proof Fence in Australia.
I learned about kizen, JFDI, watched my adventure bestie deliver the talk of her life, had a secret cry when I thought no one could see and then the festival ended with the story of all stories.
Emma Lawson. The girl in the sequin dress. What can I say? She ended the festival with a bang! I'll leave you to visit her website and learn more about her story. If you need a kick up the backside to sort yourself out and set about making your dreams happen, then this girl is the one to raise your spirit.
I left Yestival feeling inspired, motivated and even more determined to make my goals happen. In fact, it is because of the festival that I am writing my blogs again.
A 3-day Yestival ticket costs £150 and includes camping, all talks, food (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and activities.
Some say this is expensive, however, I beg to differ. The cost to hear a motivational speaker is between £15-£40. I saw 15+ talks, had 6 meals and took part in 2 yoga classes over 3 days. I think that's incredible value. Plus I came away with a notebook full of advice, new knowledge and a phonebook of new friends who will continue to inspire and support me.
Go and get what you want!


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The hooktooth shark (Chaenogaleus macrostoma), is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, the only extant member of the genus Chaenogaleus, but there is an extinct species, Chaenogaleus affinis.  The hooktooth shark is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 30° N and 10° S, including the Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, and Java and Sulawesi in Indonesia, from the surface to a depth of 59 meters. It can reach a length of 1 meter. It is considered a vulnerable species.

See also

 List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera

References

Chaenogaleus
Marine fauna of South Asia
Marine fauna of Southeast Asia
Aquitanian genus first appearances
Extant Miocene first appearances
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Q: @foreach loop in MVC 3 I am new to MVC 3 and have this question to start with,
I have a class defined as
    Class abc
    { public string Id { get; set; }
            public string str1 { get; set; }
            public string Action { get; set; }
            public string Name { get; set; }
            public string Title {get; set;}

    }

on my MVC2 aspx viewpage , I was using this class abc as model and had this code
 <%
   Model.ForEach(a =>
            { %>
               <%= Html.ActionLink(a.Title ,
                                   a.Action  ,   // <-- ActionMethod
                                   a.Name  ,  // <-- Controller Name.
                                   new { key = a.Id }, // <-- Route arguments.
                                   new { title = a.str1 })%>

                  <% }); %>

can you please help me convert this piece of code to MVC razor view ?,
     @model abc
 <%
            Model.ForEach(a =>
            { %>
               <%= Html.ActionLink(a.Title ,
                                   a.Action  ,   // <-- ActionMethod
                                   a.Name  ,  // <-- Controller Name.
                                   new { key = a.Id }, // <-- Route arguments.
                                   new { title = a.str1 })%>

                  <% }); %>

when I try to use @foreach ( var abc in Model) , I get error message , need to implement  Ienumerable ? How can I implement using @for  Please help or give me pointers.Thanks

A: The model shows only one object, not a list of objects.
Therefore you should not use ForEach but access the properties directly without a loop as Model.Name etc.
If you want a list of objects, then you need to update your controller to return a list of those by using a generic list, for example.
var abcCollection = new List<abc>();

That should point you in the right direction.

A: user1005310,
a bit of understanding of the Razor syntax will help here. there are plenty of examples out there via Mr google. However, if you have a LOAD of code to convert, then you have a great little 'tool' out there to help (now OSS, originally developed by Telerik). Take a look at:
https://github.com/telerik/razor-converter
this is basically a convertor that takes an entire set of aspx views and converts them to Razor. I've tried it on a few test projects now and it works to 99% of my satisfaction, the other 1% is being addressed (or i can live with the minor tweaking).

A: I'd recommend you using a display template. This way you don't need to write any loops. So:
@model IEnumerable<abc>
@Html.DisplayForModel()

and then you define a display template which will automatically be rendered for each element of the model collection (~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/abc.cshtml):
@model abc
@Html.ActionLink(
    Model.Title,
    Model.Action,
    Model.Name,
    new { key = Model.Id },
    new { title = Model.str1 }
)

Notice that templates work by convention. They must be placed in either the ~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates folder or the ~/Views/SomeController/DisplayTemplates folder depending on whether you want to reuse them between views from multiple controllers or a single controller. ASP.NET MVC first looks in the specific folder for a template and then in the Shared. The name of the file is also important. In this case your model consists of an IEnumerable<abc> where abc is the type of the elements in this collection therefore the display template must be called abc.html.
Same rules apply for editor templates. Just replace display by editor. Editor templates, as their name suggests, are suitable for putting input fields for editing a view model.

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Imagining Home
Class, Culture and Nationalism in the African Diaspora
Edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Sidney J. Lemelle
Part of the Haymarket series
384 pages / December 1994 / 9780860915850
A fresh and creative approach to the history of Pan-Africanism and diasporic movements.
This collection of original essays brilliantly interrogates the often ambivalent place of Africa in the imaginations, cultures and politics of its "New World" descendants. Combining literary analysis, history, biography, cultural studies, critical theory and politics, Imagining Home offers a fresh and creative approach to the history of Pan-Africanism and diasporic movements. A critical part of the book's overall project is an examination of the legal, educational and political institutions and structures of domination over Africa and the African diaspora. Class and gender are placed at center stage alongside race in the exploration of how the discourses and practices of Pan-Africanism have been shaped.
Other issues raised include the myriad ways in which grassroots religious and cultural movements informed Pan-Africanist political organizations; the role of African, African-American and Caribbean intellectuals in the formation of Pan-African thought—including W.E.B. DuBois, C.L.R. James and Adelaide Casely Hayford; the historical, ideological and institutional connections between African-Americans and South Africans; and the problems and prospects of Pan-Africanism as an emancipatory strategy for black people throughout the Atlantic.
Classics from the Verso Archive
25 classics from the Verso archive.
Cedric Robinson
W.E.B. Du Bois and Black Sovereignty
An inquiry into Du Bois' articulation with Liberia, colonialism and its concomitant formations of Black middle classes, the history of the "Americo-Liberian" elite, and the advent of the United States as a colonial power.
Cedric Johnson
Harold Cruse and the Limits of The Old Left
Verso recommends
by Verso Books
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
by Andreas Malm
by Stuart Jeffries
Daring to Hope
by Sheila Rowbotham
Terminal Boredom
by Izumi Suzuki
Space Forces
by Fred Scharmen

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Eversys CCO Kamal Bengougam at your service
Kamal Bengougam, Eversys Chief Commercial Officer, on the vital importance of sound technical training and support in the world of coffee machines.
"At her Majesty's service" – a phrase made famous by movie icon James Bond – signifies total commitment, a matter of life and death, to a single cause. Yet unfortunately, many businesses don't share that same level of commitment to technical support or service. In many cases, it's often viewed as a cost, a necessary evil, rather than the business critical department it should be.
While sales people drive around in their German motors, attending customer lunches in chic restaurants, wearing smooth attire with clean fingers, service people amble up and down the country in their humble white vans. 'Techies' munch down sandwiches in their overalls, finding it challenging to keep their Loctite laden fingers at bay from the whiteness of their bread.
Sales people make more money, bonuses, and attend international shows. Techies ensure that everything works to make the sales people look like heroes. In my opinion, the unsung hero is the guy with the screwdriver, not with the Mont Blanc in their hands.
A customer asked my opinion recently about starting a new coffee company. His question was, in view of my global experience, how/where would I start? I answered very quickly that building a first-class service team would be my primary concern and responsibility.
It's the foundation of the business, not an afterthought. The coffee, machines, and sales people could follow.
Sales people may be the ones who get the business and get the glory as a result, but it is undoubtedly the service team that determines whether or not that customer stays with you beyond the honeymoon period. It is like all relationships – the courtship is the fun and easy part (most of the time), but the hard work is keeping the flame burning, and the commitment to long-term romance.
In my line of work, I meet a lot of disgruntled customers, people and companies going through a painful divorce from their current provider.
The reasons are always the same: "It was all good at the beginning but then the service levels went down and the negative impact on our business severe. We tried to fix it, but it fell on deaf ears. So now we have to look elsewhere."
So, how do you protect yourself against that predicament? Can Service Level Agreements be designed, maintained, and enforced? Can they resolve all issues? Experience would dictate that they do not, that they merely measure failure and that everyone can come up with their own version of data, which very seldom matches. Beyond that, as in all relationships, choose your partners well as decisions always have consequences.
But apart from choosing the right partner, what else could be done? Today, technology can provide customers with absolute transparency through telemetry. A client can demand access to his/her equipment, design a bespoke dashboard, receive alerts of failures, and measure the efficacy of their service providers. This transparency not only creates stakeholder visibility, but it should also help to build trust, and through trust, long-term sustainable relationships. Through those successful partnerships, long-term profits too.
Businesses cannot survive without profitability, which involves revenue generation as well as cost control. Top line revenue generation is often credited to sales people, whereas tech support is viewed as an overhead. Would it not be more accurate to allocate repeat business to the techies, making them a profit rather than a cost centre? Shouldn't you credit them with recurring revenue streams as they would be directly linked to service performance or the lack thereof? This would give them the right status in the business and recognise their true worth.
Unfortunately, most of today's businesses are evaluated from year to year, and so are decisions. Making a radical change such as this would go against the grain and the risk of not being approved would be significant. If businesses were scrutinised over a longer period of time – say three to five years – one could get a real picture of the managerial quality/competence as you could see the impact of decisions over time. Seasoned managers have become experts at hiding skeletons from year to year, but these old bones tend to rear their ugly heads over time and become more difficult to ignore.
Management today is about the short-term: results are appraised monthly/quarterly and audited yearly. In that space the impetus becomes more about stealing market share from competition than creating new business and innovating. Rather than make the pie bigger, leaders of today try to acquire a few percentage points of market share from the existing pie. They hire sales people from their competitors thinking that the business will follow them, or spend fortunes on launching new products and marketing them aggressively. In the short-term, that strategy could yield results but, is it sustainable in the long-term? Won't your competitors just do the same to you and headhunt your best people? I think that making the pie bigger should be the ultimate goal. But how do you do that? Build a business that has a foundation anchored around technical proficiency and a customer services department that is worth of its name.
One solution is to build a first-class customer services department as part of a sales and marketing strategy. A proactive, customer centric team, armed with telemetry tools that are monitored and utilised for the purpose they were designed for. People who engage in conversation with customers, problem solve, provide sound advice and direction and become your front line support sales team, your farmers. Give your techies the same status as a sales person, make them a strategic part of the business and not a mere overhead.
I think I could build a business simply by picking up those customers who are disgruntled with their current providers. This could be the new pie and we can call it Majesty. At your service, Majesty.


It was a tortuous road to get here, but honestly it could have been longer.
It was announced today that the statewide hand recount in the state of Florida was completed, and it has now been made official that Republican Rick Scott has defeated incumbent US Senator Bill Nelson. The contentious campaign had become a miasma of post-election vote dramatics and court cases.
The nation had been holding its breath collectively, while in Florida far more dramatic reactions were to be found. The specter of a long, drawn-out voting hand recount process, along with numerous accompanying lawsuits in the Sunshine State is one few would want to last for any duration. That this state managed to complete the hand tally in relatively efficient fashion without much more ensuing drama is nothing short of a surprise.
By this afternoon the completion of the hand recount showed that outgoing governor Rick Scott held a lead of just over 10,000 votes. He announced in an email statement that Nelson had actually conceded. "I thanked him for his years of public service," said the newest freshman Senator, referring to the man who has been in Florida politics since 1972.
For days now both candidates had been busy filing numerous lawsuits regarding the recount process. Scott had filed a few, mostly aimed at the embattled Broward County Elections office, and the Supervisor Of Elections, Brenda Snipes. Scott's suits were targeting some questionable actions from that office regarding the handling and tabulation of ballots.
Nelson meanwhile had a swarm of Democratic Party lawyers descending on the state to challenge a variety of election statutes. Nelson, and the Democrats, had argued to have recount deadlines extended beyond those set by state law, and they argued to have a deadline for provisional ballots to be extended as well. In yet another suit the lawyers not only argued against a law that invalidated ballots with mismatched signatures, but they also requested the just toss out the signature requirement entirely and count all ballots "sight unseen".
Ultimately the numerous court cases proved fruitless. The biggest hope Nelson had was here in Broward County, where it was expected he would make significant gains. That became a dashed dream when the machine counts reached the deadline on Thursday and, against expectations, not only did the totals come in lower but Nelson lost more ground.
The finality in Florida shows that the long-predicted Blue Wave did not actually materialize, and the Democrat party gains were more in line with traditional mid-term swings. The state has become a decidedly deeper shade of red, with only select few US House seats turning and very little change to the GOP-run state legislature. Not only is a President Trump acolyte moving into the governor's mansion but now Florida has two Republican Senators for the first time since 1875.
In a piece of finality the Florida Democratic Party issued a statement of gratitude to Bill Nelson for his years of service.


Christmas happens once in a year unlike crowdfunding that is already present all year round. The season is a great time to catch up with old friends and solidify relationships with the new ones. Reach out to family members or welcome new addition to the family. It can be thanking the people that have been helping you all these years or starting to help someone else.
All these and more encompass what people typically refer to as the holiday magic where people are moved to do things they might not have thought about at any time of the year. This is why the holidays are an important fragment of society that most people cannot wait for it to come along. They are all excited and looking forward for the coming days.
Contrary to the holiday season, crowdfunding is a year long process and it is there long after the Christmas decorations are put down and the holiday songs in the mall are replaced with canned pipe music. This is why if project initiators managing a crowdfunding campaign can tap into and have an inkling of what the holiday magic is all about, they might be able to use it to run their projects.
As Christmas approaches, here are a few things that you would definitely relate it to that would benefit a crowdfunding project.
The season of giving. The Christmas season does a number on people and makes them give more to their family and friends. They find joy and contentment in giving gifts and other presents to make other people's holidays a better one than before. This spirit of giving can spill over to crowdfunding projects for them to reach their goal. As it relies on the goodness and generosity of the backers as well as project efficiency, the holidays might just be what is needed to get a project over their funding goal.
Love is in the air. Love is hard to define in everyday life and even more difficult to quantitate in business operations. But this is a feeling like no other and once you fall in love with a person, you do everything in your power to make them happy. Crowdfunding offers people that chance to fall in love with multiple projects to support. But again, there is sometimes a mystique that is hard to put your finger on when you talk about falling in love with a project. It might be because of past experiences on why you think a certain campaign will do well in the future or you just know the initiators behind the project and trust them fully. Whatever it is, love is in the air this holiday season and it might be easier to catch it and use it for your crowdfunding project.
Compassion reigns supreme. This is most useful for those donation-based platforms where people who are down and almost out are reaching out to others for financial help. There are some homeless people who have been pulling out all the wrong cards in life or those who just lost their parents and in limbo on what to do in life. Compassion will mostly find its way into these people and crowdfunding then becomes a very powerful tool in helping to bring a glimmer of hope in the lives of those people in need. Of course, you need to be careful and weed out those who are just trying to get free lunch when they can very well work for it.


Our group has particular interest in the design of miniaturized devices that bridge multidisciplinary fields from material science, chemistry and biology. We aim to study a broad range of phenomena occurring at the interface between materials and biology, from fundamental studies to applications. Examples of those devices can be either integrated (bio)sensors in microfluidic chips or self-propelled nanorobots.


Omega-3 Fatty Acids, found mainly in fish oils, are thought to be beneficial for numerous medical conditions. The oilier fish, such as tuna, sardines, salmon, mackerel and herring, contain more fatty acids. Two long chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids, EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) have been the subject of many medical studies. These essential fatty acids are natural anti-inflammatories. It is now becoming clearer that inflammation may be the common denominator of numerous medical conditions including Heart Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease, Depression, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dementia, and perhaps even Osteoporosis, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Dermatomyositis, as well as Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease and Asthma. In an article in the Internal Medicine News of 2004 it was stated that, "All the evidence now suggests that inflammation may be a hallmark for depression as it is for cardiovascular disease, " and that, "depression is associated with low cell membrane levels of Omega-3 fatty acids, specifically DHA and EPA". Omega-3 fatty acids are an important component of nerve membranes and influence membrane fluidity, signal transduction, and enzyme function. Furthermore Omega-3 fatty acids are felt to be anti-thrombotic (preventing blood clots), and cause endothelial relaxation (the cells that line our blood vessels), as well reduce susceptibility to irregular heart rhythms. Notably the brain is an astonishing 60-percent fat and needs Omega-3 fatty acids to function properly. It is also felt that, aside from promoting cardio-vascular and neurological health, EPA and DHA promote joint health, gastrointestinal health, a healthy mood, glucose and insulin homeostasis, immune response, and bone, skin, and retinal health. By supporting healthy cell membrane structure, these Omega-3 fatty acids support cell receptor function and gene expression.
As noted above, EPA and DHA are long chain Omega-3 (polyunsaturated) fatty acids which are produced from essential fatty acids that can not be manufactured in the body. Accordingly they may be consumed in the diet, such as eating cold water fish, or provided in supplement form. The typical American diet contains approximately 10-30 times more Omega-6 fatty acids, which are pro-inflammatory, than Omega-3 fatty acids. The high levels of methyl-mercury and PCBs found in fish have caused the government to publish certain guidelines on fish and seafood consumption. For instance by some FDA figures, eating two cans of canned albacore tuna per week would exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's safe range by 300%. The FDA recommended that children and women of childbearing age should limit fish consumption to 12 oz. a week and avoid such fish as tile fish, mackerel, king fish, sword fish and shark. It is therefore more advisable to obtain the majority of Omega-3 fatty acids from supplements that are purified of heavy metals and pesticides. As noted in the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in 2003, "Fish are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and their consumption is recommended to decrease the risk of coronary artery disease, however fish such as swordfish are also a source of exposure to the heavy metal toxin mercury. The fish oil brands examined in this manuscript have negligible amounts of mercury and may provide a safer alternative to fish consumption." As noted in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine in March of 2004, "The American Heart Association recommends 1 gram of long chain Omega-3 fatty acids per day for those with known coronary heart disease. People with no known heart disease should eat oily fish at least twice a week." In addition that same article noted, "Since mercury toxicity is mostly a concern for fetuses and breast-fed infants, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's advice to avoid contaminated fish is directed primarily at pregnant women, those wanting to become pregnant, and nursing mothers."
Recent research has also suggested that fish oil may be useful as an adjunct for weight loss. A study done in Australia and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that when exercise was combined with fish oil supplements this led to a leaner body than simply exercise alone. Another study published in that same journal showed that mice which were obesity prone and fed high fat diets gained less weight when the diet was supplemented with fish oil. It is believed that the mechanism of weight loss is due to the up-regulation of intestinal lipid metabolism and quite possibly promoting lipolysis and apoptosis (death) of pre-fat cells.
As noted previously, fish oil supplementation may prove beneficial for numerous neurological conditions, including depression, dementia, autism spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, in addition to multiple sclerosis.
In an article published in the Internal Medicine News in 2002 it was noted that when a fish oil diet was combined with Ginkgo Biloba supplementation, the patients treated showed significantly less disease progression in the active treatment group, and demonstrated a beneficial effect upon memory, attention, and functioning. In an article published in the Archives of General Psychiatry in 2002 it was concluded that, "Treatment with EPA/DHA at a dosage of 1000 milligrams a day was effective at treating depression in patients who remained depressed despite adequate standard therapy". In another article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in August of 2004 it was concluded that, "Major depression is strongly associated with increased levels of CRP among men and could explain the increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with depression in men." Notably CRP is a marker of inflammation. Another interesting study was documented in the Newsweek article in 2001 in which 30 bipolar patients were treated with either 10 grams of Omega-3 fatty acids or placebo. The patients receiving the fish oil supplementation improved so much better that the study was discontinued and all patients were switched over to fish oil supplementation. In that same article it was noted that doctors have also gotten impressive results using fish oil supplementation in patients with schizophrenia as well as depression.
While EPA and DHA are found almost exclusively in seafood it is interesting to note that fish actually do not produce them. It is the single-cell marine organisms that fish eat which actually produce these oils, and so they are not only essential for fish but for human beings as well.
There are additional sources of DHA which have been found including some fungal and algae sources. Alpha-linoleic acid, which is also an Omega-3 fatty acid, is synthesized in the chloroplasts of leaves, as well as seed oils. Flaxseed oil is one rich source, in addition to Camelina, Chia, and Peria oils, as well as Olive oil, Canola oil and Soy bean oils. Alpha-linoleic acid is also found in nuts, primarily walnuts. Alpha linoleic acid is actually a precursor in the production of DHA, however only approximately 1-9% of Alpha linoleic acid is actually converted into DHA.
The question then remains of what dosage to use for specific benefits. Most of the studies have examined doses ranging from 1000 milligrams up to 20,000 milligrams a day. Doses ranging from 3 - 20 grams a day have been used in studies for benefits on blood lipids (notably triglycerides) platelet function, blood pressure, blood vessel flexibility, inflammation and endothelial function. One study suggested that 1500 milligrams a day of EPA/DHA appeared to stabilize carotid artery plaques. There is less information available on the effects of lower intakes, less than 1000 milligrams a day. The American Heart Association recommends 1000 milligrams of EPA/DHA a day for patients with coronary heart disease, as well as recommending eating oily fish twice a week or 500 milligrams per day for patients without any known heart disease. In order to lower triglyceride levels doses need to be increased from 2000-4000 milligrams a day. As noted above, bipolar patients responded to higher doses of 10,000 milligrams a day.
Finally there are concerns about toxins in fish as noted above, including mercury and PCBs. Fish on the top of the marine food chain can bioconcentrate mercury. Fish oil capsules contain no mercury, which is water soluble, not oil soluble, so that when the oil is extracted from the fish, the mercury as well as other heavy metals, including lead and cadmium stays behind in the fish meal. A consumer report examined 16 different brands of fish oil capsules and concluded that the EPA and DHA amounts found were reasonably close to their label claims and that all were free of pollutants. It should also be noted that while farm fish and wild fish are both good sources of Omega-3 fatty acids, farm fish may contain higher amounts of organic pollutants, since the fish oil put in their feed is not purified in the way that supplements are for human consumption. Wild salmon, which is caught earlier in their journey upstream to spawn, are richer in oil. As the fish make their way upstream their fat stores are utilized for energy.
In conclusion it appears that Fish oil may have many diverse benefits which are currently emerging with ongoing research.


It seems the closer I get to the end of the billing cycle the worse the dropped calls get. I can't receive or make calls. The problem gets worse when I leave my home. When at home I can at least make and receive calls but they get dropped within the first couple minutes. I can't even start a conversation. When I leave the house I can't make calls. They get dropped before phone rings. This happens whether I have WiFi calling on or off. I need phone. I do not have land line.
Wow that's really odd. Dropped calls are no fun and getting close to your billing cycle wouldn't make them worse. What kind of phone are you using? How many bars of signal do you have? Do you still have signal after the call drops or does it go away?
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I have had TMobile for 5 months and the price is good but I get dropped calls whenever I'm driving and alot of incoming calls go straight to voicemail or when I call out the phone doesn't even ring it goes straight to someone answering or takes a min to even connect to the call than drops out .
Most likely, your phone has a setting that puts calls on hold while you're driving. You should be more worried about driving rather than being on your phone while behind the wheel.
I've heard of dropped calls while driving due to something blocking the cell tower's signal (such as driving downtown and having buildings block the signal-crazy but true) but I've never heard of any relation between dropped calls and the end of a billing cycle (unless by end you mean you haven't paid but I don't think that's where you're coming from). If it happens in the same vicinity, it's likely a reception problem due to interference from terrain, distance from a tower, or nearby devices interfering. You can get a cell phone booster for your vehicle, but remember that if it's an issue of there being no signal, a booster won't help. I'd check and see what areas (if any) routinely give you trouble. Bring a friend or pull over and test your signal. If you are getting no signal, that's the problem. If you're getting a weak signal, a booster should help. Naturally, it also depends on how often this happens.


Over more than half a decade Rethinking the Future has been a leading organization committed to providing an international platform to not only recognize and acknowledge design talents from all over the world but also to celebrate and share the knowledge that created through a plethora of competitions, events and academic dialogues in the field of architecture and design. We welcome you to engage in this global endeavor with your peers across the world and participate in ACD Awards 2018!
Our reputable judges from across the globe will award Three Winners in each category. Also, depending on the Jury's decision, some projects will be awarded Honorable Mentions. ACD Awards has more than 40 categories to offer, further divided under 'Built' and 'Concept' Categories.
Rethinking The Future has been facilitating Awards for a long time now with its compass over the world, it has turned into a stage where winning is a fantasy for each one of Architects and Designers. Some of the previous winners includes world's most renowned firms like- Bjarke Ingels Group & Dialog, Perkins Eastman, Page, RTKL, AHR, Aecom, Henning Larsen, CAZA, DLR Group, Behnisch Architekten, UNstudio, HOK, Gensler, HKA, LMN Architects, LAN Architecture, WOW Architects, EYP Inc., Line and Space LLC, IDOM UK Ltd, Sanjay Puri Architects, Christopher Charles Benninger Architects, and BIOME. Rethinking The Future Awards are one of the Renowned Awards where winning is a dream for every one of Architects and Designers.


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New downtown Reno ice rink set to open Monday
The rink has moved to Sierra and 6th Streets in downtown Reno
Jim Krajewski
The ice rink in downtown Reno is set to open Monday, at a new location.
The rink is moving from the front of Greater Nevada Field, where it has been for the past few years, to the corner of Sierra and 6th Street in downtown Reno.
The new set-up is called "Rink at The Row" and will be across from the Circus Circus Reno.
The rink was at City Plaza before moving to GNF, and was at other locations in downtown Reno before that.
More:Adios, ballpark: Deal on table to move ice rink to parking lot near The Row
The Rink will have a chillaxation area with food and beverage options such as hot cocoa and hot toddies, among other winter warmers.
Special events like ice skating with Santa and New Year's Eve midnight skating during fireworks will be announced soon.
The 9,000-square-foot ice skating rink will be illuminated at night by 3,000 lineal feet of LED lighting around and above the perimeter.
Operating hours will be Monday-Thursday, 3 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Friday- Saturday from noon-11:30 p.m. and Sunday from noon-9:30 p.m. Hours are subject to change and may vary based on special events, holidays, weather or other factors.
Pricing includes skate rental and will start at $12 for children up to age 12 and adults will be $15, Monday-Thursday; and $15 for children and $18 for adults, Friday through Sunday.
Discounts are available for seniors, military and college students. Guests who bring their own ice skates will save $2. Rink at The Row will also have skating aids available to rent.
Jim Krajewski covers high school and youth sports for the Reno Gazette Journal. Follow him on Twitter @RGJPreps. Support his work by subscribing to RGJ.com right here.


Live Design announces the winners of the Ninth Annual Excellence in Live Design Awards, chosen online by our readers.
Submitted by World's Famous Building Corporation, the Jack Chow Building won for the Architainment category. With dramatic showcase presentations inspired by the four elements found in the history of man, civilization, and universal concepts, such as love, magic, and the history and modernization of Vancouver Chinatown, The Jack Chow building runs hourly shows synchronized to music, animating the facade during the day and at night.
Submitted by LMG Touring, J. Cole's Forest Hills Drive Tour won the Concert category. Platinum recording artist J. Cole capped off his Forest Hills Drive Tour by selling out signature venues across the country like Madison Square Garden and the coveted Staples Center. LMG Touring provided video, audio, and lighting in support of his "Hollywood" act, which will conclude a massive three-act stretch.
Port Lighting Systems immerses guests in a 360 degree, 512' wide x 31' high projection screen for the 50th Anniversary of Education First, "The World Leader in International Education," which won for the Corporate Event category.
A.C.T Lighting submitted Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show, winning the Live For Broadcast category. Katy Perry's glittering 12-minute halftime show at Super Bowl XLIX in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona marked lighting designer Bob Barnhart's seventeenth big game and his fifth as the primary or sole lighting designer. Barnhart deployed 140 Clay Paky Sharpys, 120 Mythos fixtures and 94 B-EYE K20s, all provided by PRG.
Submitted by theLOOP Production, OMNI Nightclub in Taipei won the Venue (Club or Lounge) category. Opened in May, 2015, OMNI has won numerous awards and accolades in less than a year, including none-other-than the prestigious iF Design Award 2016 in the Hotel/Spa/Restaurant/Bar category, making it the first nightclub in Asia to receive such an honor. In addition to the iF Design Award, OMNI has also won the German Design Award, I-Ding International Design Award, JingTang Prize, CIDA Award, and the China Good Design Award.
As part of a large cultural development in Xishuangbanna (China), Stufish was commissioned by Dalian Wanda Group to design a theatre. Consequently, Stufish became the first practice ever to deliver all architectural and show elements for a theatre. Designing the entire project allowed Stufish to present a holistic architectural language throughout. The structure of the 1183 seat building is inspired by the geometry of the palm frond found in local Dai culture and regional nature, and is specifically reflected in the shallow peaked roof. Permanent "dragon roots" appear to grow out of the stage, creating the impression that nature is taking over the architecture. The Dai Show Theatre won the Venue (Theatre Or Performance) category.
Submitted by UVLD, The Gift Of Christmas 2015 won the Theatre Production category.Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano Texas has a long history of presenting some of the most creative and cutting-edge Christmas productions in the country. Having decided to re-imagine the production and creative direction of the show this year, Prestonwood turned to long-time design collaborators UVLD to deliver an all new production and lighting design as well as provide overall technical direction of the show.


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Q: How to make UITableView re-evaluate the need of a footer for a specific section? I have a dynamic UITableView where I programmatically add rows and then I call insertRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:.
The problem is, before the rows are added, I have a section footer. This section footer is no longer needed after the rows are inserted.
Is there any method that will force the UITableView to ask it's source again whether or not it needs that footer? Or maybe a way for me to manually remove it?
As a workaround I called reloadSections:withRowAnimation: but obviously that is not optimal since it's rendering my first call useless (I could call only reloadSections but it might be too much processing when I'm only adding rows - not to mention animation issues).
In a perfect world, I'd have a way to make the UITableView call for tableView(_:viewForFooterInSection:) again.
Ps [1]: Just reinforcing that i'm dealing with footerInSection, not tableViewFooter.
Ps [2]: Sorry for the horrible title.


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Home News Briefs Oaktree and Advent back Thrasio
Oaktree and Advent back Thrasio
Thrasio, which acquires Amazon FBA brands, has raised $750 million in funding.
Thrasio, which acquires Amazon FBA brands, has raised $750 million in funding. The investors include Oaktree and Advent.
BOSTON and NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thrasio announced today that it has completed another round of financing, adding $750,000,000 to its balance sheet. The equity round was funded almost entirely by Thrasio's existing investors, including Oaktree and Advent, and follows Thrasio's January announcement of a $500 million debt financing led by JP Morgan Chase Bank, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Barclays, UBS, Credit Suisse, Oaktree and RBC.
The $750,000,000 in fresh capital was raised efficiently – diluting existing shareholders by just 11.1% – and will enable Thrasio to accelerate its acquisition activities in the Amazon FBA ecosystem. "Thrasio continues its exceptional growth," noted co-founder and co-CEO Joshua Silberstein. "Over the past two months, we've been acquiring $1.5 million in revenue per day. Thrasio is now closing two or three deals every week."
When asked whether the company had raised enough capital for now, co-founder and co-CEO Carlos Cashman responded: "In ten years, omnichannel retail will be the backbone of the entire consumer products ecosystem – but today, it's still in its genesis. Every day, the very fabric of this market is twisting as it continues to evolve. Our balance sheet isn't built to win yesterday's battles – it is designed to pursue the accelerating opportunities that accompany these kinds of seismic changes in an industry."
This round, which was materially oversubscribed, brings total funds raised since Thrasio's inception to over $1.75 billion. The company is expanding globally with an international team of over 700 employees and contractors (hiring 30-40 people a week) and has just expanded its European operations with hubs in Germany and the UK.
About Thrasio
As the largest acquirer of Amazon FBA brands globally, Thrasio boasts a massive innovation and experimentation platform that brings high-quality products to market across digital marketplaces and retailers globally. With the experience of evaluating 6,000 Amazon companies, acquiring nearly 100 top-rated brands, and managing the scale of nearly 14,000 category-leading products, Thrasio's brands are more profitable, grow faster, and outperform almost every other seller on Amazon. Under Thrasio's management, Amazon native brands compete with top household name labels, quickly becoming the trusted items that consumers turn to for their everyday needs. Thrasio brands include the Vybe Percussion deep tissue massage gun, Circadian Optics bright light therapy lamps, and skincare products from Sdara Skincare. For more information, visit https://thras.io.


When Ryerson University's senior basketball player Jean-Victor Mukama recalls the first time he stood next to James Johnson as his opponent during a previous Crown League season, the first thing he remembers was simply how big the Miami Heat forward was.
"You see the difference in terms of not just skills, but body," Mukama, who is listed at 6'8" himself, told me before his team 6Man was set to take the floor last Friday night versus the Northern Kings.
Held in the heart of downtown Toronto at Ryerson University, it's not an unusual occurrence in the Crown League for a Canadian university basketball player like Mukama to find himself standing opposite to professional players like Johnson.
In its fourth season, the Crown League has continued to cultivate a community for athletes from all walks of basketball life to come together to reunite and compete in the offseason. This year has seen participation flourish from players from the NBA, G League, overseas, NCAA, U Sports and even high school.
The common comparison is to the Los Angeles-based Drew League, which is also a product of Nike and has had participation from NBA superstars including James Harden, Kevin Durant, and DeMar DeRozan.
And while the NBA presence at the Crown League in past years has proven a big draw itself, with the likes of Kelly Olynyk, Delon Wright, Norm Powell, Pascal Siakam, and James Johnson, it's really the unique mix of basketball experience that has allowed for the league to serve as a multipurpose platform for development, a launchpad to a professional career, or simply a rare opportunity for competition in the summer.
Joel Anthony, the two-time NBA champion who recently won his second championship in Argentina for San Lorenzo, played on Friday night in the Crown League for M.A.D.E. and has come to appreciate the offseason competition that an organized basketball platform like the Crown League provides.
While for Jean-Victor Mukama, the blending of talent and the thriving platform is a strong reason why he's returned for another season at the Crown League.
Despite the fun atmosphere that the players enjoy so much about Crown League, Mukama maintains a certain focus on absorbing as much knowledge that he can play alongside professional players – an experience that he looks forward to bringing back to his team at Ryerson University.
As quickly as the Crown League has become the go-to basketball event in the summer for Toronto, the unique atmosphere has also made for a social tradition for both players and fans.
Philip Aglipay, a marketing professional, has been coming to Crown League since its inception in 2015 and says he tries his best to come out every Friday night during the annual five-week period of competition.
Former Toronto Raptor and current free agent, Bruno Caboclo, who returned this past week to Crown League for a second year in a row for 6Man, noted that while the games are a good way for him to stay in shape and see his former Toronto basketball peers, it's also the ambiance that's really made it an enjoyable experience.
As the Crown League heads into the playoffs on July 20th, and subsequently the finals on July 27th, there's no doubt that the Toronto summer pro-am league will continue to grow its impact on the basketball culture of Canada's largest basketball market. And as Toronto increasingly becomes a popular destination for NBA players in the offseason, there's little reason why Crown League won't continue to make huge strides.


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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is looking for feedback on a new plan aimed at slowing the spread of brucellosis in parts of Park and Big Horn counties.
The department will host a public meeting next week on its draft brucellosis management action plan for the Clarks Fork elk herd. The meetings starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the basement of Cody's Big Horn Federal Bank.
A map of the Clarks Fork Elk Herd Unit from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
The Clarks Fork Elk Herd Unit runs between the North Fork of the Shoshone River/Sunlight Creek Divide north to the Montana state line, and the area west of the Bighorn River and north of U.S. Highway 14-16-20 to the Yellowstone National Park boundary. It contains hunt areas 51, 53, and 54 and, in the average winter, roughly 3,700 elk.
Creating management plans was one of the top recommendations from the governor's Brucellosis Coordination Team — a panel of cattle producers, scientists, wildlife professionals, veterinarians, and lawmakers who were assembled in 2004. They made multiple recommendations aimed at reclaiming and retaining class-free brucellosis status for Wyoming's cattle.
Brucellosis is a bacterial disease, primarily found in elk and bison, that can cause animals to abort their young. The disease can infect and harm people, but the more common concern is its spread to cattle.
Representatives from the Wyoming Livestock Board and/or USDA-APHIS-Veterinary Services plan to attend Tuesday's meeting. They'll offer input on the management options, discuss the brucellosis Designated Surveillance Area and answer any technical questions.
The draft Clarks Fork elk herd brucellosis management action plan is available online.
Big Horn Federal Bank is located at 1701 Stampede Ave.


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Q: How to split array but No use loop Determine if it possible to divide a list (lst) at some index such that the sum of values in the first part of the list equals the sum in the latter part of the list.
No loops are used.
def split_array2(lst, all_sum=0):
    first = split_array(lst[0:-1])
    last = lst[-1]

def sum_(lst):
    if len(lst) == 0:
        return 0
    return lst[0] + sum_[1:]

A: a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8]

def split_array(a, i=1): # changed to 1 to save 1 function call. AND to be sure that there is a valid split when sum(a)=0.
    if i == len(a):
        return False
    if sum(a[:i]) == sum(a[i:]):
        return i
    return split_array(a, i+1)

split_array(a)
>>> 5
#sum(a[:5]) = 15
#sum(a[5:]) = 15

This is a recursive function. Recursion is in a lot of cases an alternative to loops.

A: So something like this?
def canBeSplitted(lst,ind=1):
    if ind == len(lst):
        return false
    return sum(lst[0:ind]) == sum(lst(ind:)) || canBeSplitted(lst,ind+1)

canBeSplitted(lst) #usage

A: There is always going to be some loops going on but you can hide them using recursion or library functions (if you're merely aiming to avoir the for/while constructs):
For example:
from itertools import accumulate
from bisect import bisect_right

def splitsum(lst):
    i = bisect_right([*accumulate(lst)],sum(lst)/2)
    return lst[:i],lst[i:]

L = [1,2,3,4,5,7,8]
print(*splitsum(L))

If you only need to determine if it is possible or not, you could return sum(lst[:i])==sum(lst[i:]) or better yet simply check if sum(lst)/2 is in accumulate(lst).


"Sometimes I might shoot it at a different point," he said. "Or my head might move."
UK Coach John Calipari also noted the need for consistency in Goodwin's shooting motion.
"It doesn't mean you make every shot. ... ," he said. "It means every shot you shoot is in that range. You look at it. That's the same shot. Whether you're running. Whether it's in transition. Whether it's a three. Whether it's a free throw. You have the same look to your shot. He doesn't have that right now."
The difference between college and high school basketball necessitates a more consistent shot, Calipari said.
"In high school, you can miss the first 12. You're getting 12 more, 15 more," he said. "Now, you can't do that. (Not) If he's going to shoot a lot of balls for us,"
A highly regarded prospect, Goodwin described his game as versatile and effective.
"I'd say I'm an attacker," he said. "I can shoot. I can drive. I play good defense. Work hard on both ends. Just listen. I'm a great listener."
Even at this early stage, Goodwin has gained a reputation as a leader.
"Just being that guy who speaks up at practice," he said. "Not so much to try to tell people or instruct people in what to do. ... More of an encouragement-type thing to make sure everybody is focused."
Goodwin cautioned against seeing his attempts at leadership reflecting a pre-eminent role.
"We all lead in different ways," he said. "It's just a little small thing I do. Everybody does their own thing."
Goodwin also shied from the label of shooting guard or point guard, the latter a possibility, Calipari said. Goodwin sounded eager to play any role the UK coach had in mind.
"If he needed me to move to 'five' (center), I'd play the 'five,'" he said with a smile. "I probably wouldn't do a great job at it. ... "
But lack of effort would not be an issue.


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When you're injured in an accident, mounting medical bills, pain from your injuries, insurance claims, and dealing with missed work and employer headaches can all be sources of stress. Advocating for yourself to ensure that you are adequately compensated for your expenses is just another stressor on the list. However, seeking advice from a personal injury lawyer can set your mind at ease and allow you to focus on your recovery.
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As mentioned, legal proceedings surrounding your case can be just another stressor, but they don't need to be. Personal injury attorneys are well versed in handling cases just like yours. In addition, attorneys have every resource available to gather all the proper knowledge and documentation to pursue compensation from the insurance company or another party.
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Q: Unique constraint on sequelize column Using NodeJS and Sequelize 2.0, I'm writing a migration to create a new table. In addition to the primary key, I want to mark a second column to be enforced as unique. I can't find anything about this in the documentation.
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    id: {
        type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
        primaryKey: true,
        autoIncrement: true
    },
    key: {
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A: The following works:
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ABSTRACT: New generations of video surveillance systems are expected to possess a large-scale network of intelligent video cameras with built-in image processing capabilities. These systems need to be tethered for reasons of bandwidth and power requirements. To support economical installation of video cameras and to manage the huge volume of information flow in these networks, there is a need for new shared-medium daisy-chained physical and medium access control (bus arbitration) layer communication protocols. This thesis describes the design principles of Spatial reuse FireWire Protocol (SFP), a novel request/grant bus arbitration protocol, architected for an acyclic daisy-chained network topology. SFP is a new extension of the IEEE 1394b FireWire architecture. SFP preserves the simple repeat path functionality of FireWire while offering two significant advantages: 1) SFP supports concurrent data transmissions over disjoint segments of the network (spatial reuse of bandwidth), which increases the effective throughput and 2) SFP provides support for priority traffic, which is necessary to handle real-time applications (like packet video), and mission critical applications (like event notifications between cameras) that have strict delay and jitter constraints. The delay and throughput performance of FireWire and SFP were evaluated using discrete-event queuing simulation models built with the CSIM-18 simulation library. Simulation results show that for a homogeneous traffic pattern SFP improves upon the throughput of IEEE 1394b by a factor of 2. For a traffic pattern typical of video surveillance applications, throughput increases by a factor of 7. Simulation results demonstrate that IEEE 1394b asynchronous stream based packet transactions offer better delay performance than isochronous transactions for variable bit rate video like MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. SFP extends this observation by supporting priority traffic. QoS for packet video is provided in SFP by mapping individual asynchronous stream packets to the three priority classes.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Christensen profusely for his valuable support, encouragement, and guidance throughout my graduate studies and during the course of this research. I would like to thank Dr. Ranga and Dr. Labrador for being on my committee. I extend my thanks to my family and friends who have been a constant source of encouragement.


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Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden (1) goes up for a shot against Detroit Pistons' Bojan Bogdanovic (44) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
PUBLISHED: December 21, 2022 at 10:33 p.m. | UPDATED: December 21, 2022 at 10:34 p.m.
By KEVIN COONEY
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 22 points and 10 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers used a balanced scoring attack to extend their winning streak to six games with a 113-93 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
Tobias Harris had 17 points, despite early foul trouble, and James Harden added 15 points and eight assists for the Sixers. Philadelphia got double-figure scoring from six players, including De'Anthony Melton (12), Georges Niang (11) and Montrezl Harrell (10).
The Sixers' six-game winning streak is their longest since a seven-game run from Dec. 26-Jan 10 in the 2021-22 season. Philadelphia has won eight straight games at home after starting the season 5-5 in their own building.
Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid, right, tries to get past Detroit Pistons' Marvin Bagley III during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Detroit was lead by Jaden Ivey, who followed up his career-best 30 points on Tuesday night with 16 points. Killian Hayes scored 12 and Saddiq Bey 11 for the Pistons, who have lost seven of their last eight games.
Philadelphia overcame some offensive struggles with defensive stinginess. The 76ers forced 22 turnovers and held the Pistons to 32.1% shooting from the floor in the third quarter. That allowed the Sixers to weather an offensive drought and maintain a double-digit lead.
Pistons: Hayes started for Detroit despite being labeled as a game-time decision with a left knee contusion. … Detroit has lost nine straight at Wells Fargo Center, dating to March 4, 2017. … Jalen Duren had his streak of seven straight games with 11 or more rebounds snapped. It was tied with Dwight Howard for the longest in NBA history by a rookie.
76ers: Furkan Korkmaz, who has missed the last two games with a non-COVID illness, returned to the Philadelphia bench and was available Wednesday night, playing late in the contest, when the game was secure. … There is still no timeline on Tyrese Maxey's possible return. Maxey, the Sixers' No. 3 scorer from the guard position, has missed the last 15 games due to a fracture in his foot.
Pistons: At Atlanta on Friday night.
76ers: Wrap up seven-game homestand on Friday night versus the Clippers.
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You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. Even a simple game of dodgeball becomes a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants - and that was only the beginning. Now Camp Half-Blood is under attack, and unless I can get my hands on the Golden Fleece, the whole camp will be invaded by monsters. Big ones . . . This full-colour graphic novel is adapted by Robert Vendetti, with art by Attila Futaki and colour by Tamàs Gàspàr.
Which Greek god makes the best parent? Would you want to be one of Artemis' Hunters? Why do so many monsters go into retail? Spend a little more time in Percy Jackson's world—a place where the gods bike among us, monsters man snack bars, and each of us has the potential to become a hero. Find out: Why Dionysus might actually be the best director Camp Half-Blood could have How to recognize a monster when you see one Why even if we aren't facing manticores and minotaurs, reading myth can still help us deal with the scary things in our own lives Plus, consult our glossary of people, places, and things from Greek myth: how Medusa got her snake hair extensions, why Chiron isn't into partying and paintball like the rest of his centaur family, and the whole story on Percy's mythical namesake.
The third demigod-magician crossover story in the action-packed world of Percy Jackson Trouble is brewing on Governor's Island... An ancient Egyptian magician is back from the dead, experimenting with powerful magic and trying to become a god himself. It's more than Percy Jackson can handle alone - but when he teams up with Annabeth, Carter and Sadie, they find their usual weapons and spells aren't strong enough this time. Can they rise to the challenge and take down this wannabe god, before it's too late? Now includes an exclusive audio recording by Rick Riordan and a sneak peak from The Sword of Summer, the first in Rick Riordan's brand-new series, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard!


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Upgraded Train Service On Arriva Cross Country Network
By root 4th October 2016
Passengers on the Arriva Cross Country network will benefit from £20M upgraded trains under new contract announced today.
A new contract has been announced today (29 September), which will give rail passengers across Britain thousands of extra seats, quicker journeys and free wifi, after the government agreed a new deal for services for the Cross Country franchise.
As part of the £20M investment, Arriva Cross Country will continue to run train services across Britain, which under the contract will deliver better connections, a better customer service and a tough new set of targets.
The operator has been set 'tough' targets for punctuality and reliability on Cross Country services, which run from Aberdeen to Penzance, Bournemouth to Manchester and Stansted to Birmingham, among other routes.
Journey times from Birmingham to Manchester will be cut by nine minutes on weekdays and 12 minutes at weekends.
An additional 39,000 more seats will be available at peak time along the Edinburgh to Plymouth route through Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol by December 2017, according to the Department for Transport.
The government have said passengers will also get free Wi-Fi by 2018.
In addition to the upgrades, customer services will open 24 hours a day, and a new mobile app will allow customers to buy tickets and check live running times.
The £10 charge for a change in tickets will also be removed, and extra trains will run to Morpeth.
Arriva Cross Country Managing Director Andy Cooper said: 'We are delighted to have the opportunity to deliver even more for our customers over the next three years through this new agreement.
'Satisfaction is the theme for the range of investments we will be making, with better, faster journeys with more seats and free wi-fi.
'We will also be looking to our customers for feedback on how we can deliver them great journeys, and a strong focus on engaging with the many communities and stakeholders our trains serve across the country.'
Rail minister Paul Maynard said: 'We are making the biggest investment in the railways since the Victorian era and today is a key milestone in giving passengers better journeys right across the Cross Country network.
'The franchise, which spans parts of England, Scotland and Wales, serves both commuters and long distance passengers and these benefits from Arriva Cross Country will deliver extra and smoother journeys for customers using these services.'
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About the Instructor: Daniel Maguire, RYT, studied yoga for 20 years and has been teaching in Seattle for 14 years. He has studied with a range of internationally known instructors, and received his certification in 1999 from Bob Smith, author of Yoga for a New Age. Daniel teaches classes, workshops and one-on-one instruction in Alaska, Ohio, and Washington state. His yoga instructon is Hatha-based, flexible and geared to the needs of the students in each class.
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Мархама́тский райо́н  () — административная единица на юге Андижанской области Узбекистана. Административный центр — город Мархамат.

История
Район образован 29 сентября 1926 года. Постановлением президиума ЦИК СССР от 7 марта 1933 года утверждено Постановление ЦИК Узбекской ССР от 3 ноября 1932 года о переименовании административного центра Мархаматского района (бывший район Араван) кишлака Русское Село — в кишлак Мархамат.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета Узбекской ССР от 24 декабря 1962 года в рамках укрупнения районов в состав сельского Мархаматского района включён упразднённый Ленинский район с административным центром в селе Русское Село.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета Узбекской ССР от 15 февраля 1965 года объединённому району присвоено название Ленинский район, при этом центр района перенесён из села Русское Село в город Ленинск.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета Узбекской ССР от 7 декабря 1970 года из Ленинского района вновь выделен Мархаматский район с административным центром в селе Русское Село (с 26 июня 1972 года — посёлок городского типа).

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета Узбекской ССР от 7 августа 1974 года посёлок городского типа Русское Село преобразован в город районного подчинения с присвоением ему наименования Мархамат.

Административно-территориальное деление
Район состоит из одного города (шахари), одного городского посёлка (шахарча) и 5 сельских сходов граждан (кишлак-фукаролар-йигини), включающих 48 сёл:
 город Мархамат — центр.
 городской посёлок Палванташ.
5 сельских сходов граждан:
 Карабогиш,
 Каракурган,
 Кутарма,
 Мархамат,
 Шукурмерган.

Природа
Рельеф на юге и юго-востоке представлен равнинами, на юге и юго-западе — Алайский хребет, а также адыры Улугтог и Туямуюн, которые образовывают горную систему Айим-Мархамат-Ходжаабад. На севере расположены адыры Майлисай.

Климат высоких субтропических нагорий. Средняя температура июля — +26.1˚С, февраля — −2.9˚С. Вегетационный период составляет 220 дней. Среднегодовое количество осадков — 218—320 мм.

По территории района протекают река Аравансай, каналы Шахрихансай, Каркидон и Южный Ферганский канал. Почвы преимущественно серозёмы, на адырах обогащены, в предгорьях — лучные серозёмы, лучные и болотисто-лучные.

См. также
 Список населённых пунктов Мархаматского района

Примечания

Ссылки
 Сайт Андижанского областного хокимията

Районы Андижанской области


This post (part 1 of 2, possibly) will be short and sweet due to lack of time. This little post is in regards to the reality of using the thing for a few weeks - mostly for video (but not exclusively) in a documentary shooting style.
I received the beautiful 42mm Apple Watch Stainless Steel edition on April 24th 2015. I have now been using it and wearing it daily since, and now with just over two months in I feel compelled to write some real thoughts about using it.
You can read great overviews and reviews at places like imore.com. I will spare you all of the technical jargon and get to brass tax - what it's really like in the life of a busy creative who works 12-18 hours a day.


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Low profile frame design. - Positions the center of gravity close to the rotor head, increasing cyclic response.
Modular frame design. - The upper frame holds the drive train, and the lower frame protects the batteries in the event of a crash.
Helical main and tail gears reduce gear noise and improve smoothness.
All components are positioned around the main shaft, and the servos have short, direct linkages to the swash plate. The rotor head spindle is 10mm, and the main shaft 12mm.
The battery is easily removed on a one-touch slide tray which mounts on aluminum rails. There is space for most battery configurations, and the batteries can be positioned for a perfect center of gravity.
The rear body faring supports the tail boom and ensures no boom flex. Because of the shaft drive tail, the rear body faring is easily removed.
You can choose to fly with rear body faring, or in a standard pod and boom configuration.
The tail output shaft is 6mm diameter and the pitch control lever is simple and durable. The tail case has removable side plates for easy maintenance.
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starting with the most recent. Happy reading!
Been away for a few days and have returned to find live Quintessence etc waiting for - thanks very much, I'm listening as I type. It's really good stuff and reminds me just how much more like the Grateful Dead they were live than on record. If only someone could track down their full set from the Glastonbury Fayre DVD!
I hope you enjoy the book Rudra and I'll be very interested in any comments/criticism you might have.
Hello Andy – got your book today and I believe this makes for a wonderful holiday read as I'm about to depart for the South of France tonight. Hopefully the CDs are with you as well.
I was a huge Quintessence fan back in the 70s, although only managed to see them one (St George's Hall, Bradford, March 1972 I think) and always thought they were underrated by the music press and many so called music fans. Anyway Jeremy pointed me to your website and I notice that there is a Live 1972 CD listed. Is there any way I can acquire this - or indeed any other live Quintessence shows?
Either way, keep up the good work, it's an excellent website for an excellent band.
I am asking/requesting for something from a long way back !
I am working on a website concerned with the legendary venue Aylesbury Friars which ran 1969 – 1984 and want to make it interesting rather than just list the gigs – so I am researching press cuttings, reviews, posters etc etc. I am also trying to seek artiste and fan memories of the venue too.
This project has the full co-operation and support of what was the Friars team including David Stopps the promoter.
Quintessence played a number of gigs in Aylesbury 1969-71. A number of artistes old and new have agreed to contribute to my website and I hope that you may be able to share some memories of Aylesbury Friars.
The more artiste and fan memories I have really validates the time and effort into making the website interesting (in terms of nostalgia, trivia, memorabilia) for fans and musicians alike.
As I said, it's a big ask going back so far, but if there are any memories you can share with me, I would be very grateful.
This is a message for Shiva. My name is Magda and I am originally from Germany. I lived in London from 1968 – 1970, and was going to every Quintessence concert with my friend Teresa. I was at concerts at the Roundhouse (Chalk Farm), Royal Albert Hall, Hammersmith Town Hall, Heidelberg Holy Ghost Church, to name a few. I also was a friend of Dave McKay, then a roadie with the band. I now live in Australia, in Darwin, and have been learning about Native American Indian and Aboriginal Culture and Spirituality since I left Germany in 1990. I am amazed to find all this information about you, known as Shiva Jones on the internet. I had no idea that you were playing in a band in Australia when you were young and also knew you only by the name of Shiva. I am also excited about the fact that the spirit of Quintessence still lives on as my impression was that it was a thing of the past. Long live Shiva's Quintessence!
After recently seeing Quintessence briefly on a BBC 3 documentary ('The Alternative Society', performing Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga), I was moved look again at my video of 'Glastonbury Fayre'. I've always loved the performance on this movie and made a few half-hearted attempts to find out what the song was called (song titles aren't listed in the credits), unsuccessfully. Could you answer a question that's been bugging me for years?
If my memory is still intact, I believe I was fully present, as a wide open teenager, at an extraordinary (at least, for me looking back, it is a lifelong /momentary pinnacle of unforgettable/unquenchable optimism) quintessence gig in the awesomagnificent cathedral of my home city, Norwich, U.K.,in the early 70s.
I live in Australia now, in the hills behind Byron Bay, with my two teenage sons and we are constantly inspired by the evolution of 'psytrance' under the even more awesomer stars (or rainclouds) around this even exquisiter and still more blessed place. I would love to hear from anyone who might have been there (Norwich Cathedral, early 70s!), or who could have been similarly inspired for life, by that mighty quintessential crew.
Quintessence hatten mich auf die "Spur" gebracht - und die hält bis heute an und führt wer weiß wohin... gibt es eine neue cd?, in einem Inerriew mit Shiva Jones war so etwas angedeutet. Gibt es die irgendwann möglichkeit, shiva jones in Deutschland zu erleben?
Hurra - Shiva Jones, der ehemalige Sänger und Frontman der Gruppe Quintessence (spirituelle Kultband der späten 60er und frühen 70er) läßt seine wunderbare Stimme wieder ertönen.
Unterstützt wird er dabei von dem genialen Musiker Rudra Beauvert, dem es mit seinem elektronischen Instrumentarium hervorragend gelingt den alten Quintessence-Geist in moderne, zeitgemäße Musik des beginnenden 21. Jahrhunderts zu verwandeln.
Auch Mahadev, der ehemalige Gitarrist von Quintessence, konnte für dieses neue Projekt gewonnen werden und unterstützt die Macher von Shiva's Quintessence als Gastmusiker mit seinen gewohnt-guten Gitarrenriffs.
Die Freunde moderner Synthesizer-Sounds kommen dabei ebenso voll auf ihre Kosten, wie auch die Liebhaber klassisch geiler Gitarrensoli, Blues-Harp- und Didgeridoo-Klängen oder gar indischer Mantra-Gesänge.
Auf CD1 haben Shiva's Quintessence nur neue Songs veröffentlicht, die jedoch von ihrem spirituellen Charakter ganz im Fahrwasser der ehemaligen Quintessence-Besetzung liegen. Dabei greift Shiva Jones jedoch auch aktuelle Themen auf wie in HOLLYWOOD GURU (einfach köstlich !!!). oder in DIDGERIDOO MEDICINE MAN (mein persönlicher Favorit von CD1), das für mich die beste Verschmelzung von Didgeridoo-Sounds mit westlicher Rockmusik darstellt, die ich je gehört habe.
Auf CD2 sind neben neuen Songs auch einige alte Quintessence-Klassiker und damals nicht mehr erschienene Quintessence-Songs enthalten. Diese erscheinen jedoch in völlig neuem Kleid und wurden durch neue Strophen bzw. Zwischenparts ergänzt. Mir persönlich gefallen sie dadurch meist besser als die Originale. Wenn z.B. bei GIANTS der neue Zwischenpart ertönt geht mir regelmäßig das Herz auf und ich empfinde die Musik und Botschaft noch viel schöner und weitreichender als es bei Quintessence ohnehin schon der Fall war. Sehr schön auch das Wiedertreffen mit GANGA MEI - I must be in heaven !
Fazit: Diese CD ist ein Muß für alle Freunde von Quintessence aber auch für alle, die Musik lieben in der spirituelle Texte für eine gewisse Geistigkeit sorgen, in der jedoch auch Rhythmus und Lebensfreude nicht zu kurz kommen.
Shiva Jones is an epic figure who used to front the wonderful cult band Quintessence in the 60s and has after many years returned to the Quintessence catalogue, arm in arm with his new buddy Rudra Beauvert from switzerland.
The two have produced an album that has flashes of brilliance, wit, beauty and the occasional downright wierdness. Quintessence fans will head for disc two for some excellent re-interpretations of old classics. Giants is especially good, and Gangamayi irresistable..
But side one contains some delightfully subversive stuff, too. If you are into a mordant look at the planet Earth and our consuming monster of a culture, check out Shiva as he tears it all apart. Some of it will have you laughing out loud.
A must-have. Also check out the earlier Shiva's Shakti album, more of the same if a little less assured.
As an added bonus, many of the tracks feature another Quin member Maha Dev strumming away on the guitars. And Rudra's surefooted synth colours make many tracks modern classics.
Heaven in a CD. Jai Gangamai!!!
Hi: Just wanted to touch base with you folks. Totally blown away by Cosmic Surfer. Received a promotional set in the mail today.
My name is Kenny Solomon and I'm letting you know some airplay and support is going to happen through the internet radio station where I'm on the air and also handle the majority of artist contacts. The station is called Progressive Soundscapes Radio. As a quick basic look in at the operation, Progressive Soundscapes is a non-commercial and non-revenue generating, 24/7 internet-only radio station and website dedicated to the best in independent progressive music from around the world.
We're cleared to air all Eclectic Discs artists, so please feel free to inquire with Vicky regarding our humble, but loveable little hole in the ethernet. If you'd like additional information regarding the station, there's a full letter of introduction set to send electronically, or via standard post. There's also numerous professional references available if required. Cheers!
I recommend this record to anyone who likes to listen rather than talk! Excellent guitar playing and the vocals are sensational as are the songs. I especially like 'Didgeridoo Medicine Man'. This record is impossible to catagorise cos it's so good!
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>>but not that. The dj said it was brand new. I can't wait to buy it.
home I have some very old b/w photographs of the occasion.
thrilled to stumble across your site while on a search for Mott the Hoople!
Good to learn you are in touch with Shiva and others.
years ago and Ive never managed to find it anywhere.
track-listing...??!! [Too much to expect a copy, I suppose...??!!].
all and got into an argument with a member of TYA!
guitar playing on the albums.
to maintain that peace in his life.
with Allan again. Do you have an email address?


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