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Steven Robertson is a Scottish actor who stars as Detective Sandy Wilson in the BBC One adaptation of Ann Cleeves's Shetland, filmed near where Robertson was born and brought up. He portrayed Michael Connelly, a young man with cerebral palsy, in Inside I'm Dancing, and played Dominic Rook in the popular BBC Three comedy-drama series Being Human. He has had roles in numerous television programs including Luther and The Bletchley Circle.
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Where can I find my collective agreement? How do I update personal information? What is expected of me as an MHC employee? Find answers to these and other questions right here.
Payroll is distributed on a monthly basis by Electronic Funds Transfer. Distribution is on the third last banking day of each month.
Timesheets, banking information, and any other payroll changes must be submitted to Human Resources by 3 p.m. on the submission date in order to be processed.
Questions regarding your earnings statement may be directed to Human Resources.
Timesheets are to be completed if stated in your offer of employment.
Full-time, regular AUPE employees are required to complete timesheets to report overtime, shift differential, incumbency, and call-back pay.
Timesheets must be completed from the 21st of the previous month to the 20th of the current month, signed by you and your supervisor and arrive in Payroll by the submission date indicated on the Payroll Calendar.
Always provide your full name and department in the top left hand portion of the timesheet.
"Week Starting" will be the Sunday of each week you have worked - insert the month and date.
Insert the number of hours worked each day of the week in the appropriate row.
As your timesheet is required in Payroll prior to the 20th, you will have to estimate your hours for those last few days leading up to the 20th.
Any changes to hours worked in those last few days can be recorded in the following month's timesheet.
You will be paid once a month, on the third last banking day of each month, by automatic deposit.
It is your responsibility to ensure your Supervisor is notified when you are unable to come to work. A medical note is required as proof of illness for a leave that is more than three days in duration. Planned absences must be pre-approved.
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Prior to the absence, request approval from your Supervisor and complete the timesheet (absence side).
All completed and signed absence forms are to be sent to the Human Resources Department.
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Contact the Human Resources Department at Local 2250.
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Position responsibilities are outlined in the agreement between the Medicine Hat College Board of Governors and Medicine Hat College Faculty Association.
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Medicine Hat College also offers Instructional Skills Workshops (ISW), training and support for instructional technology (Blackboard), and offers assistance with research and scholarly activity initiatives. Contact the Centre for Innovation and Teaching Excellence (CITE)for more information.
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Evaluations are performed according to the agreement between the Medicine Hat College Board of Governors and the Medicine Hat College Faculty Association.
All new full-time faculty complete a two (2) year probationary period. During this time Instructors will be evaluated four times, once per semester. Please refer to the Faculty Association Collective Agreement for further information.
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15+ Ice Skating Rinks In and Around Waukesha County
December 18, 2022 December 26, 2022 / Leave a Comment / Christmas & Holiday Fun, Guides, Waukesha County Family Fun, Winter Fun / By Stephanie Cutler
Nothing says winter in Wisconsin like ice skating (inside or outside)! Find outdoor and indoor ice skating rinks at Waukesha County parks and other local parks located throughout Lake Country. Be sure to check the status before attending as warm weather can cause the rinks to close.
In this guide you will find:
– Over 12 Outdoor Rink Locations
– Images of the Outdoor Rinks
– Indoor Rink locations
***Disclaimer – This information can change as ice skating is weather-dependent, and weather in Wisconsin is unpredictable. Caution must be used at rinks that are on the water (not land rinks) to ensure ice is thick enough to skate on. Skate at your own risk. ***
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12 + Outdoor Rinks
*Most of the outdoor rinks require families to bring their own skates. If you are looking for where to sharpen your ice skates locally, try one of these places:
The Howard G. Mullett Ice Center in Hartland on the Arrowhead campus
Nagawicka Ice Arena in Delafield
Hockey Haven in Brookfield
Ice Rinks in Waukesha County –
The SK_8 Slab at Hartland's Nixon Park with Warming House
There is a warming shed and ice rink at Nixon Park again this year. (Many years ago, there was an ice rink in the parking lot.) This ice rink is brought to you by the Village of Hartland and many generous sponsors including Lake Country Family Fun in the initial year. Hours are sunup to 9 pm 7 days a week. Rentals are not available. The season will be based on weather. Follow Hartland Recreation Department on Facebook to stay up to date on if the rink is open or not. Check status on the Village Recreational Department's Facebook page. Bonus, they have music playing!!
Park Arthur Muskego
There is a lighted ice skating rink at Park Arthur located at S63 W17833 College Avenue! Lights are simultaneously activated with the push of the button at the sledding hill. We must add to all who are not familiar, the sledding hill at Park Arthur is a great way for the kids to burn some energy and to get outside! Call the Hotline at (262) 679-5645 for the most up-to-date information.
Kiwanis Village Park Pewaukee
Come check out the ice rink at Kiwanis Village Park! It will be back for 2022! Check here for status.
Delafield Fish Hatchery/Sports Complex
The ice skating rink is 52 feet x 100 feet and is maintained by the City of Delafield. There are two hockey goals available. It is free to use and has a portable restroom and benches. There is no warming house. Users must bring their own skates and are encouraged to wear helmets and other protective equipment such as elbow pads, knee pads and wrist guards.
Lowell and Buchner Parks Public Ice Rinks – Waukesha
There are two Ice Rinks that will be open for use this winter season in the city of Waukesha, weather permitting. Call the Parks Information Line at 262-522-9356 for the most up to date information on conditions or check here. At Buchner, (223 Oakland Ave) the rink is open all day; skating is free. There are no skate rentals available, so bring your own. A warming shelter is open from 12-3 on Sundays. Also find an unsupervised, public ice skating rink at Lowell Park (2201 Michigan Avenue).
Manchester Hill Park
A 15-acre park located in the north central part of Muskego: W167S7650 Parkland Drive, Muskego. A pond on the park's south end provides ice skating during the winter months.
Manchester Hill's skating rink is a pond which is between 3 feet and 4 feet deep. Freezing depth is 6 inches -8 inches. An access path takes you from the park's parking lot to the pond. There is lighting and an open, unheated shelter.
As with all program events, you can call the Hotline at (262) 679-5645 for the most up-to-date information.
Civic Center Ice Rink
N64 W23760 Main Street, Sussex.
Please bring your own ice skates. No skate rentals are available at this time. The rink is always "open skate"; there are no designated times for specific skating activities. There is a designated area to remove ice skates before entering the lobby. Skating Daily 5:00 am to 9:00 pm when open.
Civic Center Restrooms Available:
It is common for the rink to be open and closed multiple times throughout the winter season. Stay tuned HERE.
New Berlin Library Ice Rink
A synthetic ice skating rink is located at the New Berlin library for public use at the City Center Plaza located on the East corner of Library Lane and Michelle Witmer Memorial Drive. Skate rental and skate sharpening services are unavailable. Open 9am to 9pm. Check status before attending. 262-786-8610
Fowler Lake in Oconomowoc
A 10-acre community park located on the eastern shore of Fowler Lake central Oconomowoc: 500 Oakwood Ave., Oconomowoc. You can enter the rink from the boat launch. The area north of the boardwalk, will likely be non-usable due to Village Green construction. Here is a video about the City of Oconomowoc's Ice Rink grooming from 2016.
The City of Oconomowoc Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department maintains an ice skating rink on Fowler Lake when ice thickness in the rink area is 12 inches or more. Stay tuned for 2023 opening dates, which are weather permitting. *Not maintaining a rink on Lac La Belle for the foreseeable future.
Lisbon Ice Skating Rink
N78 W26970 Bartlett Parkway
Lisbon, WI
Flooded ice skating rinks will be maintained (conditions permitting) during the months of December, January, and February at Community Park. The rink has excellent parking facilities and is lighted until 9 pm.
Outdoor Ice Rink at Dayspring Church – Pewaukee
There is public skating every Sunday. TBD in 2023. Event details here.
Milwaukee County Fun –
This is not an exhaustive list of outdoor skating in Milwaukee County.
Slice of Ice at Red Arrow Park
920 N. Water Street
PICTURES OF OUR LOCAL OUTDOOR ICE RINKS
SK_8 SLAB IN HARTLAND
LOWELL PARK
KIWANIS PARK IN PEWAUKEE
MANCHESTER HILL PARK POND
LISBON COMMUNITY PARK
CIVIC CENTER IN SUSSEX
PARK ARTHUR IN MUSKEGO
6 Indoor Ice Rinks
Sometimes winter weather doesn't cooperate to ice skate outside. It can be too warm or too cold or the worst – rainy! Luckily, there are many indoor ice skating rinks in the Lake Country and Waukesha County area for your family to enjoy!
Mullett Ice Center – Hartland
700 North Ave. Hartland, WI
Click this LINK for public skate times.
Eble Ice Arena – Brookfield
19400 W Bluemound Rd, Brookfield, WI
To see Lake Country Family Fun's guest contributor's experience, click here.
The Ponds of Brookfield Ice Arena
2810 N Calhoun Rd, Brookfield, WI
Naga-Waukee Ice Arena – Delafield
2699 Golf Rd, Delafield, WI
View their calendar for open skate times
Petit National Ice Center in West Allis
500 S 84th St, Milwaukee, WI
Click this link for open skate times
Wilson Ice Arena
4001 S 20th St, Milwaukee, WI
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Cross Country Skiing Guide
Sledding Hill Guide
winter Fun Guide
Stephanie Cutler
Mom of three, adoptive mom, snowboarder, runner, wife, lover of all things Wisconsin....She loves writing about personal experiences, thoughts from the heart and all things fun and family in Lake Country!

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Home / What is Ticare?
The company name TICARE comes from the combination of the words tissue and care, words that capture the company philosophy of preserving the tissues.
The Ticare heart emblem and its colours simbolize the web formed by the tissues.
An icon of life itself, mixing the technological with the human and integrating the four conerstones on which "Tissue Care Philosophy" is based.
We are achieving a Zero Gap between implant and abutment.
The need for bone remodeling is minimized thanks to the accuracy of the fit. Ticare offers its clients an all inclusive implant-abutment solution.
Calcium phosphate is used as a resorbable blast media to achieve homogenous surface micro-roughness in every part of the implant.
Roughness values of between 1.2 and 1.6 Ra have been tested for and supported in several studies, including oncological and other difficult cases. These studies have been published in leading international journals as JOMI, JOMS, COIR, among others.
Drilling sequences have been researched and designed to guarantee correct preparation of the socket, avoiding traumas caused by overheating of the bone tissue.
Thanks to this, BIC values of 60 and ISQ values of 70 have been achieved.
With the Codigo Explorer, the concept of Ticare implant traceability goes far beyond what has been known so far, and provides patients with information on all Ticare implant products from their design to the last verification before being marketed.
With this, Ticare provides the professional with the tools to explain to the patient the extraordinary quality of the materials used in the implant.
None of this would have been possible without a reliable team of professionals working in 12 countries in Europe, America, Africa and Asia.
In Mozo Grau we have always been Ticare.
Where does Mozo Grau come from?
Ticare is launched in 2016, the 20th anniversary of the founding of the company. To understand Ticare and its Tissue Care Philosophy, we need to look back to 1996, when Mozo Grau, one of the pioneers of implantology in Spain, was founded.
Mozo Grau is passionate, almost obstinate, about quality.
Quality that is seen in the perfect abutment-to-implant fit.
Quality that is seen in our work to tolerances of 10 microns.
Quality that is maintained by our 100% verification of plant production.
Quality backed by excellent results and by the success of the treatments achieved with Ticare implants in the 20 years of the company`s history.
Quality designed to maintain and preserve the quality of peri-implant tissues.
With scientific methodology based on the principles of research and development, the Mozo Grau engineering and production team designs and manufactures using cutting edge technology.
A model of excellence endorsed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness with the innovative company award.
Over 60 articles in scientific journals endorse the high success rate of Ticare implants.
The company has ongoing collaboration programmes with hospitals, universities, and scientific societies. And is the only Spanish company in the implantology sector that has a permanent scientific collaboration programme. As supporter company with a university research centre in the United States.
Ticare is the newly adopted trade name of Mozo Grau implants and its objective is to maintain company growth in both national and international markets.


One of the key things we do on our trips to Haiti is look at potential wells sites. We enjoy meeting the people and hearing their stories. We hear stories of lives saved … and lives lost. The needs are so great but we are little by little making a difference and giving hope in Jesus' name. It is our call to Christian action. It is how we meet Jesus and share with children of God a cup, or bucket, of cold, pure, life-giving water. And we are making a difference, thanks be to God.


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The SMART-51 inherits the most successful and proven elements of the SMART-50 series printer to ensure the reliability. The upgraded SMART-51 will provide the most appropriate card issuance experience.
SMART-51 is upgraded with 10% faster print speed compared to the former SMART-50 series ID Card Printer.
SMART-51 is equipped with the Metal Frame body for the printing engine making sure to maintain long-lasting hardware structure and stable card printing quality.
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Before Tony, It Was Dickie - 'The Many Saints of Newark' Second Trailer
"I want to do whatever I can to help the family." Warner Bros / HBO Max has debuted a kick ass second trailer for The Many Saints of Newark, the highly-anticipated movie prequel based on David Chase's award-winning HBO drama series "The Sopranos." Both of the trailers released for this are fantastic, this one has the perfect song choice to get everyone smiling as this one plays out. "Legends aren't born. They're made." A look at the formative years of New Jersey gangster, Tony Soprano, growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark's history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family's hold over the increasingly race-torn city. The movie stars Michael Gandolfini as Tony, Alessandro Nivola, Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen, Michela De Rossi, John Magaro, along with Emmy winner Ray Liotta and Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga. And also William Ludwig as a younger Anthony Soprano. Even those who aren't already fans of the show might be interested in watching. I've got a feeling it's going to be a big hit this fall.
Here's the second trailer (+ poster) for Taylor & Chase's The Many Saints of Newark, from YouTube:
You can rewatch the first official trailer for The Many Saints of Newark here, to see the first look again.
Young Anthony Soprano (William Ludwig) is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark's history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family's hold over the increasingly race-torn city. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, who struggles to manage both his professional and personal responsibilities—and whose influence over his nephew will help make the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss we'll later come to know: Tony Soprano. The Many Saints of Newark is directed by producer / filmmaker Alan Taylor, who won an Emmy for his directing work on "The Sopranos", and he also directed the films Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, Kill the Poor, Thor: The Dark World, and Terminator Genisys previously. The screenplay is written by series creator David Chase & Lawrence Konner, based on characters created by Chase. Produced by Chase, Konner and Nicole Lambert. Warner Bros will release The Many Saints of Newark in theaters nationwide + on HBO Max starting October 1st this fall. Who's down?


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Looking at a bright future for telematics after eCall
Long promised, very often delayed, deployment of the European eCall system is scheduled for April 2018, after which all new cars sold in Europe must be factory-equipped with the technology to enable vehicles to make emergency roadside calls. Mandating connectivity for eCall was seen as an ideal means to rapidly increase the number of connected vehicles on the world's roads and, collaterally, expand the suite of associated telematics services but the many delays of eCall rollout also delayed those plans.
James Hodgson, industry analyst at ABI Research, says: "eCall is one of the best examples of bureaucratic inefficiency but it does have the potential to speed up the connection of vehicles and that will enable more forward-looking services and solutions beyond obstacle detection and collision avoidance." Hodgson believes the next big use case for telematics technology will be "a real expansion of car-to-cloud enabled services, a car-to-cloud-to-car approach in which data is captured by the entire vehicle fleet on the road, is sent to the cloud and disseminated as useful services to vehicle users."
This will be owing to the increase of connected cars after eCall is deployed in conjunction with more cars being equipped with sensors, cameras and radar for safety purposes, particularly in ADAS systems. "Industry in the US and EU is readying itself for this rapid increase in ADAS adoption and vehicle connectivity," Hodgson says. "The forthcoming rapid increase in connectivity, in conjunction with the trend of cars to be fitted with an increasing number of sensors, allows us to move beyond just cloud-to-car services and into car-to-cloud services."
These services will include real-time traffic data; weather data as provided, for example, by cameras or sensors in windshield wipers; road hazard data, such as ice or accidents, conveyed by brake-system sensors; and even the availability of parking spaces. Carmakers, such as Ford and Mercedes, are currently developing such a service using ultra-sound sensors and an in-car digital parking map. The sensors would detect spaces large enough to fit vehicles and transmit their location via the cloud to the parking maps in individual cars linked to the same platform.
Hodgson went on to say that there are other catalysts in the market that will drive growth of this service, such as the SENSORIS universal data standard developed by HERE and since submitted to ERTICO. SENSORIS will enable standardisation across brands.
"HERE's connected car services are available to all OEMs, not just those who contribute data, although they can do so in exchange for a discount," he explains. "BMW, Audi and Mercedes already contribute data to HERE's connected services. Itmeans you can build up that critical mass faster."
According to Benoit Tournier, marketing and business development director at Sierra Wireless, the growth of car-sharing services, offered by car-makers and private car-sharing companies, may be the next important use case for telematics.
Currently, he says, only about 200,000 out of the estimated 100 million connected cars in the world are dedicated to pure car-sharing. "However, what I see is that car-sharing is more and more part of the strategy of the car-OEM. Car-OEMs are thinking about repositioning, no longer being exclusively car vendors, but more and more being mobility service providers."
Tournier notes that carmakers such as Daimler, VW and BMW are now looking to put more of their cars at the disposal of their customers, to book and pick up virtually anywhere, as a seamless mobility service. "The vision of the car-OEM is to put car-sharing increasingly into the DNA of the car," he says. "Mobility services is one part of this vision; the other part is peer-to-peer car-sharing."
Peer-to-peer would consist of selling their cars to individuals who do not want to have their automobile sit idle. "About 99% of the time, our cars sit unused, so it's not an efficient investment," Tournier explains. "But if the car is ready for car-sharing when purchased, it could be considered an investment by the car-owner, and the telematics for the service will be factory-fitted."
There are companies today that offer peer-to-peer car-sharing, such as Koolicar. "This requires the installation of a reliable telematics device in the car, which will be able to connect from anywhere," Tournier explains. If you want to share your car through this company, they will install the device in your car free of charge.
"This connects to the door opening system, the car's ignition and to the Koolicar cloud," Tournier says. "If a subscriber wants to use your car, Koolicar will send a message to your car with the ID of the booking. The subscriber can then open the car with his NFC card or NFC smartphone and start the car with the key, which is already in the car."
This, however, requires a considerable investment by the company, since it installs the device for free. In the future, peer-to-peer car-sharing companies will operate fleets of vehicles with factory-embedded telematics, and the service will be offered by carmakers via an open API.
"They will license access to their cloud for peer-to-peer car-sharing service providers such as Koolicar," Tournier says. "And this will unlock the car-sharing market, because it will remove the barrier of entry, the cost, and will allow a car owner to make a real investment when they buy the car and we consumers will be able to own a car and provide a mobility service as well."
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Tags: ABI Research, Audi, BMW, Daimler, ERTICO, HERE, Industry Insight, Koolicar, Mercedes Benz, SENSORIS, Sierra Wireless, VW, Yes, Telematics,
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500g fish fillet, 1 egg, 1 stalk of coriander, 1/2 onion, some lemongrass, 1 clove of garlic, 1 red chili pepper, 1 lemon, 2T oil, some flour.
(1) 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp Kosher salt.
(2) 1 tsp chili powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp fennel powder, 1/2T oil.
1. Rinse fish fillet; Remove any fine bones with a pair of tweezers; Mince and put into a mixing bowl; Marinate in seasoning (1).
Add some lemon juice in the minced fish; Stir clockwise.
3.Rinse coriander and drain; Chop finely.
4. Peel, rinse and chop onion.
5. Rinse, seed and chop red chili pepper.
6. Rinse, drain, and chop lemongrass.
7. Peel, rinse and mince garlic.
8. Add seasoning (2), the coriander, the onion, the red chili pepper and the garlic to the minced fish; Stir clockwise till well mixed.
9. Scoop 1T minced fish into palm and press it into a round crepe with 7-cm diameter and set aside on a plate with some flour (repeat the step till the minced fish is used up).
10. Add 2T oil into a pan; Heat over a high heat; Turn to a low heat; Arrange the fish cakes the pan (leaving some space between the fish cakes); Pan-fry over a low heat till brown; Turn the cakes over and cook the other side till golden brown; Turn off the heat; Arrange on a serving plate.


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package org.elasticsearch.client;

import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ingest.DeletePipelineRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ingest.GetPipelineRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ingest.PutPipelineRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ingest.SimulatePipelineRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentType;
import org.junit.Assert;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.StringJoiner;

public class IngestRequestConvertersTests extends ESTestCase {

    public void testPutPipeline() throws IOException {
        String pipelineId = "some_pipeline_id";
        PutPipelineRequest request = new PutPipelineRequest(
            "some_pipeline_id",
            new BytesArray("{}".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)),
            XContentType.JSON
        );
        Map<String, String> expectedParams = new HashMap<>();
        RequestConvertersTests.setRandomMasterTimeout(request, expectedParams);
        RequestConvertersTests.setRandomTimeout(request::timeout, AcknowledgedRequest.DEFAULT_ACK_TIMEOUT, expectedParams);

        Request expectedRequest = IngestRequestConverters.putPipeline(request);
        StringJoiner endpoint = new StringJoiner("/", "/", "");
        endpoint.add("_ingest/pipeline");
        endpoint.add(pipelineId);
        Assert.assertEquals(endpoint.toString(), expectedRequest.getEndpoint());
        Assert.assertEquals(HttpPut.METHOD_NAME, expectedRequest.getMethod());
        Assert.assertEquals(expectedParams, expectedRequest.getParameters());
    }

    public void testGetPipeline() {
        String pipelineId = "some_pipeline_id";
        Map<String, String> expectedParams = new HashMap<>();
        GetPipelineRequest request = new GetPipelineRequest("some_pipeline_id");
        RequestConvertersTests.setRandomMasterTimeout(request, expectedParams);
        Request expectedRequest = IngestRequestConverters.getPipeline(request);
        StringJoiner endpoint = new StringJoiner("/", "/", "");
        endpoint.add("_ingest/pipeline");
        endpoint.add(pipelineId);
        Assert.assertEquals(endpoint.toString(), expectedRequest.getEndpoint());
        Assert.assertEquals(HttpGet.METHOD_NAME, expectedRequest.getMethod());
        Assert.assertEquals(expectedParams, expectedRequest.getParameters());
    }

    public void testDeletePipeline() {
        String pipelineId = "some_pipeline_id";
        Map<String, String> expectedParams = new HashMap<>();
        DeletePipelineRequest request = new DeletePipelineRequest(pipelineId);
        RequestConvertersTests.setRandomMasterTimeout(request, expectedParams);
        RequestConvertersTests.setRandomTimeout(request::timeout, AcknowledgedRequest.DEFAULT_ACK_TIMEOUT, expectedParams);
        Request expectedRequest = IngestRequestConverters.deletePipeline(request);
        StringJoiner endpoint = new StringJoiner("/", "/", "");
        endpoint.add("_ingest/pipeline");
        endpoint.add(pipelineId);
        Assert.assertEquals(endpoint.toString(), expectedRequest.getEndpoint());
        Assert.assertEquals(HttpDelete.METHOD_NAME, expectedRequest.getMethod());
        Assert.assertEquals(expectedParams, expectedRequest.getParameters());
    }

    public void testSimulatePipeline() throws IOException {
        String pipelineId = ESTestCase.randomBoolean() ? "some_pipeline_id" : null;
        boolean verbose = ESTestCase.randomBoolean();
        String json = """
            {
              "pipeline": {
                "description": "_description",
                "processors": [
                  {
                    "set": {
                      "field": "field2",
                      "value": "_value"
                    }
                  }
                ]
              },
              "docs": [
                {
                  "_index": "index",
                  "_type": "_doc",
                  "_id": "id",
                  "_source": {
                    "foo": "rab"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }""";
        SimulatePipelineRequest request = new SimulatePipelineRequest(
            new BytesArray(json.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)),
            XContentType.JSON
        );
        request.setId(pipelineId);
        request.setVerbose(verbose);
        Map<String, String> expectedParams = new HashMap<>();
        expectedParams.put("verbose", Boolean.toString(verbose));

        Request expectedRequest = IngestRequestConverters.simulatePipeline(request);
        StringJoiner endpoint = new StringJoiner("/", "/", "");
        endpoint.add("_ingest/pipeline");
        if (pipelineId != null && pipelineId.isEmpty() == false) {
            endpoint.add(pipelineId);
        }
        endpoint.add("_simulate");
        Assert.assertEquals(endpoint.toString(), expectedRequest.getEndpoint());
        Assert.assertEquals(HttpPost.METHOD_NAME, expectedRequest.getMethod());
        Assert.assertEquals(expectedParams, expectedRequest.getParameters());
        RequestConvertersTests.assertToXContentBody(request, expectedRequest.getEntity());
    }
}

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Сент-Меріс () — місто () в США, в окрузі Плезантс штату Західна Вірджинія. Населення —  осіб (2010).

Географія
Сент-Меріс розташований за координатами  (39.395054, -81.202758).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 2,66 км², з яких 2,65 км² — суходіл та 0,01 км² — водойми.

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало  осіб у 841 домогосподарстві у складі 543 родин. Густота населення становила 700 осіб/км².  Було 954 помешкання (359/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 0,4 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 1,3 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 20,5 % — особи молодші 18 років, 60,0 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 19,5 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 43,9 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 96,6 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 91,1 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долар (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 15,5 % осіб, у тому числі 34,5 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 8,8 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 781 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 32,9 %, виробництво — 14,1 %, мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 9,3 %, роздрібна торгівля — 8,5 %.

Примітки

Джерела

Міста Західної Вірджинії
Населені пункти округу Плезантс (Західна Вірджинія)
Окружні центри Західної Вірджинії
Населені пункти над Огайо

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Villa Oleander has been thoughtfully designed to pamper guests with all comforts engaging meticulous taste, as well as automated technology that simplifies the overall living experience and fulfills your every single need. A careful blend between modern and traditional yields sophisticated results and creates an ever-stylish fusion. The attention to detail is striking and consistent throughout the property.
Outdoors, summer unfolds at its best: a magnificent open-air setting equipped with a wonderful swimming pool with salt water systems, an inviting barbeque area and a dining area shaded by a pergola.
The villa is surrounded by a large garden with plenty of olive trees, aromatic herbs and flowers planted throughout.


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Description: Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Partner: West Public Library
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The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1960
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Come to watch us play music sometime. Peter fell in love with the girl. What surprised me most about that accident is how fast the lawyers arrived on the scene. Our visit has been very pleasant. My uncle works in this office. (Implied subject) will/want to eat. I had lunch with him today. Mark and Paul are my friends: one is a doctor and the other is a cobbler. Please will you close the door when you go out. We ate lobster and steak.
You met each other at the airport. Shankar was on duty. Let's take a picture for memory's sake. Our destination is still a long way off. I have no idea what I am doing. It is difficult for foreigners to get used to Japanese food. All I know is that something happened that scared the kids to death. We'll handle this. I'm as disoriented as any of you. She came at once.
I hate vacations. This is beyond reasoning. My best friend is a book. I prefer history to geography. It's a common name. Denis doesn't like speaking in public. This is the fifth concert by this orchestra. I think you'd better tell her. I don't really trust him. He said he's been there before.
Herve told me Jarvis wouldn't want to go. Why do we care about what Brandi is going to do? Most accidents, after all, happen around the corner, not in the rainforest. You can't go back there. Don't promise anything. My cousin is getting married tomorrow. Shouldn't be much longer and the anesthesia will wear off. Bernard never seems to feel the cold the way I do. There is only one interpretation possible for this sentence. His mother died when he was young, and his grandmother brought him up.
They will finish serving their sentence next month. I don't know English. Not for the faint-hearted! At least he's a consistent artist: all of his works are bad in my eyes. I'm trying to impress them. Dawson is one heck of a good-looking guy. Do you have any tickets for today's performance? Let's give Saumya some room. I forgot my debit card at home. I have no objection to that.
Ken knows everyone here by name. After the death of her parents, Ann has been raising her younger sister and brother alone. Let him believe this, and he will live more consistently and morally, than by any other system. Eva changes her nail color almost every day. These books are ours. What is peculiar to Japan at mealtimes is that people eat rice out of little bowls. You're killing me. I have very sensitive skin. Brandon did what he was told. As far as I'm concerned, they could do away with Christmas!
Go there. What that fortuneteller said yesterday is nothing to be concerned about. It wasn't the first time that Tracy had been late. Who did Marian save? We could not but give him up for dead. He'll be busy until four. I haven't met him before. Maria awaited him, but he did not come. Jingbai is financially independent. I don't want any beans.
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Do you have a smartphone? The accident stopped the traffic. I mean students in general, but not in particular. She was dropped from the height of happiness into the depth of misery. Did Anderson remember to add fabric softener to the rinse cycle? We misjudged her. I bring my children to the park almost every day. She's always happy and smiling. Why aren't you there? What's her teacher's name?


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Nov. 4, 2016 10:31 am
Brock Weatherup bought a pet care startup (and landed $2 million in seed capital)
Say hello to PetCoach.
By Roberto Torres / staff
About URBN View Open Positions
PetCoach CEO Brock Weatherup.
Brock Weatherup is taking yet another dive into the startup world. You'd think between presiding over Philly Startup Leaders and the angel investing, the 44-year-old entrepreneur had his plate full.
But no.
The entrepreneur and founder of Pet360 — which sold to PetSmart in 2014 — is hitting the startup pavement yet again as CEO of PetCoach: a health service platform for pet owners. The kickoff capital? A cool $2 million seed round led by Comcast Ventures.
"It is exciting to be back in the game with a new growing company," Weatherup said via email. "I am psyched to have gotten some amazing investors that are as excited about what we are doing/going to do."
But this isn't the first time we've heard of PetCoach. Back in 2014, Weatherup's company forked over $300,000 cash into the Dreamit Austin company founded by David Martin in exchange for equity and advertising. This year, Weatherup doubled down on his bet by fully acquiring the company —for an undisclosed amount — and joining the team as CEO.
Read on….IF YOU DARE!!!! https://t.co/3nDFG3ZJ7X pic.twitter.com/MHo5zX0cVG
— PetCoach (@PetCoachApp) October 31, 2016
PetCoach is working out of an office in Wayne, Pa., and has a full-time staff of four people including Martin (who remains on the team as Chief Data Officer) and Weatherup. Cofounder Alvaro Jimenez is based out of Madrid, Spain, and there's a dev team working out of Fortaleza, Brazil.
Initially the app seeks to connect pet owners with experts (mostly veterinarians) to get answers to their pet-related questions for free. Once an audience is built, the business aims at expanding that offering to include further access to vets and experts and direct care.
"Since selling Pet360 to PetSmart 2 years ago, staying on as CDO of PetSmart and then leaving that world 18 months ago, I have explored many options and locations for what to do next," said Weatherup. "Through all of that, I found this great opportunity in the $60B+ pet industry with some amazing people and in the ideal place to build a new company in Philly."
In addition to the cash from Comcast Ventures and Weatherup himself, PetCoach is also backed by Dreamit Ventures and consumer-only venture firm Maveron.
"We are thrilled to be assisting PetCoach in accelerating its growth and mission within the online pet healthcare industry," said Comcast Ventures Managing Director Sam Landman. "The team at PetCoach is well-positioned to become the leader in omni-channel pet care."
Companies: Comcast Ventures, DreamIt Ventures, Pet360, Philly Startup Leaders


Horace Burrell keeps talking about a final group of 12 teams.
In CONCACAF's case, instead of the final 12 teams being placed in three groups, there will only be a straight home-and-away play-off series, which means that each team would play 22 matches for the three automatic World Cup places.
On the other hand, or should I say in the other corner, Rafael Callejas, says CONCACAF will have two groups of four teams in the final round.
Mr. Callejas also says it's almost certain.
Sin embargo, en vez de una hexagonal final, como en la pasada eliminatoria, existirán dos cuadrangulares finales.
Also in that article, we're told CONCACAF are pushing for a fourth World Cup spot at the expense of CONMEBOL, who are totally against it.
Well, Out of Conmebol, 4 teams won their groups, the 5th was Chile, who finished 2nd to the World Cup champions, Spain.... That same group had Honduras, who couldn't score a single goal.


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Cow protectionism was spirit behind freedom movement: Minister
Cow protectionism was the "spirit" behind the country's freedom movement as she defended Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's decision to shut illegal slaughter houses.
PTI, New Delhi
Cow protectionism was the "spirit" behind the country's freedom movement as she defended Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's decision to shut illegal slaughter houses.(Reuters Photo)
Amid an uproar over ban on illegal slaughter houses in UP, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said cow protectionism was the "spirit" behind the country's freedom movement as she defended Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's decision to shut illegal slaughter houses.
Sitharaman was replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on a bill on footwears during which members from Congress and Trinamool Congress raised the issue of availability of raw hide and skin for the leather industry in the wake of ban on cow slaughter in UP and other parts of the country.
The bill to declare the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) an institution of national importance was later passed by the House with voice vote.
"So, for all those members who wonder as to where the leather is going to be coming, this country, not today but over the centuries, has had leather tanning and it has given a steady flow of leather.
"That has never obstructed our own cow protection movements, about which each one of us will have to be proud of and that has been a part of our freedom movement's call," Sitharaman said.
She said before the Congress criticises the UP government, they should "recognise" that cow protection was part of our freedom movement and "there is nothing new which is happening in Uttar Pradesh".
"Why are we suddenly so agitated about what is happening in Uttar Pradesh? The Chief Minister is only doing what was very much the spirit behind our freedom movement itself. So, I would want the members to be very clear that it is not one thing during the freedom movement and another now," she said.
Adityanath, after taking over as the Chief Minister last month, had banned illegal slaughter houses in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
As Congress member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the issue of government focus on beef export, Sitharaman said: "we should not exaggerate a situation where a genuine attempt is being made by a Chief Minister in a State to legalise the matter and to not encourage illegal practices.
"I am sure that none of us is worried about when an elected Chief Minister is doing his job".
As Chowdhury continued with his remarks, Sitharaman said: "By disrupting my answer, the facts are not going to change. Our freedom movement has been fully encouraged and spirited by the cow protection movement. I do not want that to be forgotten, much before we criticise what is happening in Uttar Pradesh, which is the legitimate duty of an elected Government and that is what the Chief Minister is doing there.
"This country has given legitimate leather for the leather industry and that would continue".
Talking about the footwear bill, Sitharaman said there are 7 FDDIs in the country and 5 more are coming up.
The total number of campuses will be restricted to 12 as of now as "we do not want to proliferate the number of campuses", the Commerce and Industry Minister said.
The bill seeks to make FDDI an institution of national importance for the promotion and development of quality and excellence in education, research and training in all disciplines relating to footwear and leather products design.
Replying to opposition charge of high cost of admission, Sitharaman said students passing out from these institutes have been placed in "very good jobs" and the rate of recruitment was also high.
"The course is self financed, capital expenditure is not recovered from the students. Since job opportunity is there, cost has not deterred students to come and join," she said, adding even as the fees was expensive but people eager as it provided employment right away.
Sitharaman said these institutes impart modern skill, provides trained manpower and updated technology to capture global market as the demanded is now towards branded leather goods.
She assuaged member concerns over admission of women in the institutes saying everyone is being given equal opportunity and there will be enough representation of the fairer sex.
Sitharaman also said that the prevailing rules for reservation of SC, ST and OBCs would be followed even in these institutes.
Rajasthan: Cops arrest 3 for lynching of Muslim man by cow protection group
Watch: Muslim man assaulted by cow protection vigilantes in Rajasthan, dies


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Q: Finding self-intersections of a closed curve represented by an interpolation function I've been trying to find particular simple closed curves on a plane.
k = x'[t]*y''[t] - x''[t]*y'[t] + 2 a (y'[t]*x[t] - x'[t]*y[t] - y'[t]*Tanh[2 a*x[t]]);
a = 1;
curvatureConst = -2.2598969107936748290654804804944433271884918212890625;
maxTime = 15;
xInit = 0; yInit = 1; xInitVel = 1; yInitVel = 0;
sol = NDSolve[{k == curvatureConst, (x'[t])^2 + (y'[t])^2 == 1, \
   x[0] == xInit, x'[0] == xInitVel, y[0] == yInit, y'[0] == yInitVel}, \
   {x, y}, {t, maxTime}]
Clear[a];
ParametricPlot[Evaluate[{x[t], y[t]} /. sol], {t, 0, maxTime}]

After a numeric solution has been obtained, I'd like to figure out at what $t$ the curve returns to the initial position, or when it first self-intersects.

For the return to the initial position, it is likely that there is a small error.  Neither Solve nor NSolve seem able to deal with that.  Is there a good approximately equals to expression?
To find other intersections, I also haven't had any success with Solve, NSolve, or FindRoot.  I suspect that the nature of the interpolating functions is just making this particularly difficult.  Are there any recommended approaches?  I don't necessarily need to know what the points are, only that they exist.
Any help is much appreciated.

A: Finding the intersections
You can use use Graphics`Mesh`FindIntersections (see Implementation of Balaban's Line intersection algorithm in Mathematica for example) either on the plot or on the points stored in the InterpolatingFunctions in sol:
With
curvatureConst = -3.5;
there are five points of intersection:

Here are the two methods:
intersections = Graphics`Mesh`FindIntersections[
  Line@Transpose[{x["ValuesOnGrid"], y["ValuesOnGrid"]} /. First[sol]]
  ]
intersections = Graphics`Mesh`FindIntersections[plot]
(*
  {{-0.043451, -0.990455}, {0.173594, 0.976447}, {0.386241, -1.02621},
   {0.998533, 1.03024}, {1.87042, -0.508015}}
  {{-0.0433839, -0.990405}, {0.173527, 0.976393}, {0.386279, -1.02621},
   {0.998525, 1.03019}, {1.87043, -0.508032}}
*)

They are slightly different due to different sample points.  It does not really matter, since we will use these to get the approximate times the solution sol passes through/near them and the solve for more precise points.
Roughly approximating the times of intersection
Each of the points in sol is associated with a time.  We just need to find the nearest points on each curve and get their corresponding times.  There are a couple of pitfalls that I'll leave to those who need a more robust solution.  If there is a multiple intersection (three or more segments of the curve), there will be multiple times to solve for; there code in the next section should handle this situation.  One should beware that these methods are approximate, so if the multiplicity of the intersection is $n$ lines, then expect ${}_nC_2 = n(n-1)/2$ points of intersection that will be nearly the same.  However, if another segment of the curve passes very close to a point of intersection but not through it, the code might capture a time associated with it; such a time will probably lead to a spurious solution (or possibly an error).
We can use Nearest to find the times; below nf is the NearestFunction that the times associated with the points nearest its argument.  In the form nf[pt, {All, rad}], it will return the times for all points in sol that are within a distance rad of pt.  These times will form clusters belonging to each branch of the curve that passes by or through pt.  FindClusters will help sort them out.  The first time in each cluster will correspond to the point on each branch in sol that is closest to pt.  Now we don't want the radius rad to be too small or we might not capture a point in sol on one of the branches; on the other hand, we don't want it to be too big or we'll capture points on branches that pass close to, but do not pass through a point of intersection.  Some manual adjustment may be necessary.  We can determine how far apart points in sol are and set the distance to be a little bigger than the maximum.  Satisfying the other condition won't always be possible, and I will leave that to be dealt with on a case by case basis.
rad = 1.05 Max[
    Norm /@ Differences@
      Transpose[{x["ValuesOnGrid"], y["ValuesOnGrid"]} /. First[sol]]
    ];
nf = Nearest[
   Transpose[{x["ValuesOnGrid"], y["ValuesOnGrid"]} /. First[sol]] ->
    First[y["Coordinates"] /. First[sol]]];
approxtimes = First /@ FindClusters[#] & /@ nf[intersections, {All, rad}]
(*
  {{14.2283, 12.6884}, {0.175879, 1.74677}, {12.2531, 10.6247},
   {4.38008, 2.62039}, {8.69479, 6.90757}}
*)

Solving for the intersections
For simple intersections (of two branches), FindRoot is sufficient.  The following returns the points of intersection and the times the curve passes through each.
MapThread[
 Function[{pt, t0},
  {{x[t], y[t]} /. # /. First@sol, #} &@
     FindRoot[{x[t], y[t]} == {x[s], y[s]} /. First[sol], {t, #1}, {s, #2}] & @@ t0],
 {intersections, approxtimes}
 ]
(*
  {{{-0.0434545, -0.990458}, {t -> 14.2286, s -> 12.6877}},
   {{0.173592, 0.976449}, {t -> 0.175734, s -> 1.74863}},
   {{0.38622, -1.02623}, {t -> 12.2491, s -> 10.6203}},
   {{0.998544, 1.03025}, {t -> 4.38009, s -> 2.62287}},
   {{1.87043, -0.508036}, {t -> 8.69794, s -> 6.9039}}}
*)

For intersections of higher multiplicity, minimizing the sum of squares of the differences with FindMinimum will yield the points of intersections and times.  One could add a check that the minimum is in fact close to zero to check for spurious solutions.
MapThread[
 Function[{pt, t0},
  {{x[t[1]], y[t[1]]} /. # /. First@sol, #} &@ Last[
        FindMinimum @@ {
          Total[Differences[({x[#], y[#]} & /@ #)]^2, 2] /.
           First[sol], Sequence @@ Transpose[{##}]
          }] & @@ {Array[t, Length[#]], #} &@t0],
 {intersections, approxtimes}
 ]

To illustrate the issues with multiple intersections, consider the 3-petal rosette:
sol = NDSolve[
 {{x'[t], y'[t]} == D[{Cos[3 t] Cos[t], Cos[3 t] Sin[t]}, t], {x[0], y[0]} == {1, 0}},
 {x, y}, {t, 0, Pi}];

The procedure above yields three approximate points of intersection:
intersections
(*  {{-0.00221279, 0.00330872}, {-0.0021968, -0.00154454}, {0.00171799, 0.000895285}}  *)

With FindMinimum they reduce to the same point (approximately the origin):
{{{4.47922*10^-7, 2.79*10^-7}, {t[1] -> 0.523599, t[2] -> 2.61799, t[3] -> 1.5708}},
 {{4.47922*10^-7, 2.79*10^-7}, {t[1] -> 0.523599, t[2] -> 2.61799, t[3] -> 1.5708}},
 {{4.47922*10^-7, 2.79*10^-7}, {t[1] -> 0.523599, t[2] -> 2.61799, t[3] -> 1.5708}}}

Return to initial position
You can use WhenEvent to determine when the system returns to its initial position.  Since it may not return exactly, one has to use one's judgement about how close to the initial position will be counted as a "return."  The way I'm proposing is to monitor one variable.  When it returns to its initial value, check whether the other variables have returned to their initial values.
We define the initial conditions ics and measure the return with EuclideanDistance:
ics = {x[0], x'[0], y[0], y'[0]} == {xInit, xInitVel, yInit, yInitVel}
return = EuclideanDistance @@ ics /. h_[0] :> h[t]}

The one has to pick a value to compare return to; below I used 10^-6.
curvatureConst = -2.2598969107936748290654804804944433271884918212890625;
ics = {x[0], x'[0], y[0], y'[0]} == {xInit, xInitVel, yInit, yInitVel};
With[{return = EuclideanDistance @@ ics /. h_[0] :> h[t]},
  sol = NDSolve[{k == curvatureConst, (x'[t])^2 + (y'[t])^2 == 1, ics,
     WhenEvent[x[t] == xInit, If[return < 10^-6, "StopIntegration", {}]]},
    {x, y}, {t, maxTime}]
  ];
plot = ParametricPlot @@ {{x[t], y[t]} /. First@sol,
   Flatten[{t, x["Domain"] /. sol}]}

We can see that integration was stopped at t == 8.13255:
x["Domain"] /. sol
(*  {{0., 8.13255}}  *)

Note the documentation might lead you to believe that the following would be equivalent to the WhenEvent above:
WhenEvent[x[t] == xInit && return < 10^-6, "StopIntegration"]

But at the step taken, the value of return needs be less than 10^-6.  In fact, it is greater than 10^-3.  So you would have to use something like
WhenEvent[x[t] == xInit && return < 10^-2, "StopIntegration"]

to detect the return.  The event location procedure finds the time when x[t] == xInit occurs, and it happens that the value of return at that point is actually about 4*10^-8.  But if it were only slightly less than 10^-2, then integration would be stopped.  Thus approach I used originally gives somewhat finer control.

A: For
curvatureConst = -2.25

the equations in the Question yield

An intersection can be found from
First@FindRoot[{(x[t] - x[t2]) /. sol, (y[t] - y[t2]) /. sol}, {{t, 8}, {t2, 10.5}}]
(* t -> 7.8869 *)
Flatten[{x[t], y[t]} /. sol /. %]
(* {-0.0330813, 0.693441} *)

Of course, there are multiple intersections, and which is obtained depends on the initial guess given to FindRoot.
To find where a curve closes, consider the curve displayed in the Question.
FindRoot[((x[t] - x[0]) /. sol)^2 + ((y[t] - y[0]) /. sol)^2, {t, 8}]
(* {t -> 8.13255} *)
Flatten[{x[t], y[t]} /. sol /. %]
(* {-6.30735*10^-8, 1.} *)

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United have to be in the top flight. Anything else is failure, and if they can't achieve that soon, that could be very dangerous for all concerned at Tannadice.
If this season was a boxing match, Dundee's basement battle would be the rumble in the jungle minus the heat.
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If you've yet to check out the piece "The Smartest Spenders In Sports," from Businessweek, be sure to do so. It's a ranking of all the professional sports teams of the MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL, and a look at how they rank in regards to how they spend their money and what it's brought them in the last five years. Unfortunately for the Detroit Lions, they aren't viewed very highly on this list.
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by admin | Jul 16, 2001 | 2001 Archive Story
By David Yon
Southern heat has a way of slowing things down; throw in a blanket of humidity and we find ourselves crawling around our familiar trails in sweat drenched cloths at paces that make the Turtle seem like the champ and the Critter to feature at next weekend's Dothan 5K Critter Run. But just because the mercury is climbing up the thermometer, that does not mean everything has stop or gone inside to the airconditioning.
Lee Willis found cooler running grounds in Cork, Ireland and blazed to a PR performance in the 1500 finishing in 3:47.72. He will need all of the new speed to stay ahead of Ryan Deak when Lee returns to teaching at Maclay. Speaking of that a good bit of the high school cross country talent has been working out at camp in Brevard, North Carolina. We hope to have a preseason team-by-team analysis for you by the beginning of August. We will do our best to give the scoop on the local talent, led by Kara Newell and Ryan.
The European racing season is in full swing with lots of top-notch meets. U.S runners are doing a good job of knocking off "A" qualifiers for the World Championships. Two of the three men's 1500m runners got their times. Paul, "who needs ten toes," McMullen joined Seneca Lassiter as a 1500m qualifier by running 3:35.30 at Heusden-Zolder. Andy Downin is still looking for his qualifier, while Gabe Jennings waits to go in the event he does not get it. Matt Lane ran 13:24.23 to beat the 5,000m time and make the team so long as Alan Culpepper runs only the 10,000m. There was bad news for distance running also, as world record holder, Khalid Khannouchi's injuries look like they will probably keep him out of the marathon competition. The World Championships start on August 3, 2001. It will be one great track meet.
There are two events that have been slow to allow women to become full members of the club in track and field – the pole vault and steeplechase. Stacy Dragila has shown what a terrible mistake that was in the pole vault. The first women's Olympic champion (Sydney was the first games that women were allowed to compete in) is an incredible ambassador for track and field and she continues to put on quite a show in Europe this summer after breaking the world record at least twice in the US. Fans line up to get her autograph and she patiently obliges them for hours. Her goal is to crack the 16-foot barrier before the rest of the world catches up with her. In addition to the world record, she has the top six jumps in the world this year. The steeplechase is creating its own new stars and records are falling faster than the raindrops in Tallahassee this summer. The steeple is behind the pole vault in respect, but it is finally being treated as a real event and hopefully will be added to the major championships competition soon. On July 9, 2001 Justyna Bak of Poland knocked almost 25 seconds off her world record lowering it from 9:44.36 to 9:25.31. On June 21, 1998 the record was 9:55.28, but given a chance to compete in a serious manner for the first time this year, the record is tumbling at a sensational rate. In the US, the American record has traded hands between Lisa Nye and Elizabeth Jackson. Jackson set the current American record on July 9th in the same race Bak set the world record. Her time of 9:43.36 is the third fastest in the world. Nye held the record during the month of June with her 9:49.41 effort that gave her the US Championship in Eugene. The bad news is the pinheads at the IAAF have told these women that they do not get to compete in Edmonton during the World Championships this year. Maybe Katherine Switzer would like to take on Lamine Diack, the IAAF President.
The GWTC board took a different turn at the last board meeting. The club has been extremely generous to local youth organizations and other community organizations over the past few years. While the money has been well spent for good causes, it becomes awkward and hard to plan a budget when folks just show up on a haphazard basis to ask for help. So, the Board asked the Chenoweth Committee to look at modifying the Chenoweth Endowment Fund's guidelines to permit groups to receive awards from the Fund instead of approaching the board directly. This past Wednesday these new guidelines were presented to and approved by the board. The goal is not to reduce the amount of support, but to make it more structured and to separate fund raising efforts between money to give away and money to for the club to use to build a better organization. Members have been extremely generous over the past few years and we hope this won't change. The club, either through its general budget or the Chenoweth Fund has given away tens of thousands of dollars to support deserving groups. But it is important that we not forget that the club must also be fiscally responsible. Folks like former president Ray Hanlon remember days when there was no money to pay bills. We hope this new approach will permit the club to have the best of both worlds – a sound fiscal base and the resources to continue to make a major impact on the community. You will find all of the information you need about the Chenoweth Fund by following the links in the index on the left. And if you have any thoughts about all this let us hear from you.
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XVIVO Perfusion AB (publ) was given approval by the FDA in the previous quarter to increase the number of centers in the ongoing NOVEL study in the USA. The participation of the University of Washington in Seattle in the NOVEL study will lead to more patients with lung disease now being able to receive a transplant.
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