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The F-35 Fighter Is A Success. So How Do We Keep It Ready And Reliable For The Next 50 Years?
Loren ThompsonSenior Contributor
I write about national security, especially its business dimensions.
The F-35 fighter has successfully completed flight testing. It is now joining the combat fleets of three U.S. military services and a dozen overseas allies. By the end of 2019, nearly 500 fighters will have been delivered.
Each of the three fighter variants being built for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps meets all of the performance objectives set out at the program's inception. F-35 is by far the most survivable and lethal tactical aircraft ever built. Cost per plane is falling in each successive production lot, and reliability is running well ahead of expectations.
F-35 can look forward to 50 years of operations, during which it will undoubtedly be the most widely used tactical aircraft in the world. But that doesn't mean the management challenge is over. Now the U.S. and its allies must implement a program for keeping the fighters in the air and ready for combat at a price they can afford.
Military planners refer to the diverse activities involved in maintaining and operating weapons systems as "sustainment." If F-35 is like other military-aircraft programs, then the price of sustainment between now and when the last F-35 retires in 2070 will represent roughly 70% of total life-cycle costs. Sustainment is the main reason why F-35 has been called a "trillion-dollar program."
A Marine variant of the F-35 fighter prepares to land on the USS America. Although there is... [+] extensive commonality among the Air Force, Navy and Marine versions of the fighter, each has unique features. So each has somewhat different sustainment needs.
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Nobody in the general media ever writes about sustainment. Describing how components are repaired and parts are kept stocked makes for dull copy compared with recounting operational missions against heavily defended targets in hostile air space. But the military trains ten F-35 maintainers for every F-35 pilot it turns out, and without the work of those maintainers the pilots would never get off the ground.
The F-35 global sustainment system is huge, providing 15 distinct types of support to 16 different military services at three dozen locations. For example, in Europe heavy airframe maintenance is provided by Italy and the United Kingdom, while engine maintenance is provided by Norway, the Netherlands and Turkey. A separate sustainment system is being stood up in Japan and South Korea for their F-35s (Japan recently disclosed it would double its buy of the fighter).
I have some superficial understanding of this system, because airframe maker Lockheed Martin and engine maker Pratt & Whitney contribute to my think tank. So does BAE Systems, a key industrial partner in Britain and builder of the plane's electronic-warfare architecture (BAE and Lockheed are also consulting clients). But my grasp of what sustainment entails is probably not much better than yours; when somebody says "sustaining engineering" to me, I look at them blankly.
If you pay any attention to U.S. military budgets and programs though, you are probably going to be hearing a lot more about F-35 sustainment in the years ahead. With development hurdles surmounted, keeping the F-35 flying now bulks as the biggest bill that the program will need to pay. I did a back-of-the-envelope calculation last year and came to the conclusion F-35 sustainment will cost an average of $11.8 billion per year in today's dollars through 2070 if the military services buy all the fighters they say they need. My calculation was based on outdated data, but it illustrates the scale of resources that might be required.
The good news is that $11.8 billion is about one day's worth of federal spending at current rates to sustain most of the tactical aircraft in the joint fleet for a year–aircraft far more capable than the planes in the fleet today. The bad news is that the Pentagon has never spent anywhere near this amount of money sustaining a single family of aircraft, so controversy is likely. In fact, it is already upon us to some degree.
In December the Pentagon's Under Secretary for Acquisition & Sustainment, Ellen Lord, sent a report to Congress describing the gap between what the F-35 is expected to cost to keep flying through 2070 and the amount of money the military services say they have available for that purpose. There is a reasonable degree of alignment between resources and needs in the case of the sea services, but in the case of the Air Force there is a big gap. Specifically, the Pentagon says it costs about $7 million to operate each Air Force variant of the plane per year, and the service can only afford about $4 million. So a 43% gap needs to be closed.
This isn't as hard as it sounds, because F-35 has just begun operating in limited numbers and sustainment concepts are still being refined. Eventually there will be economies of scale due to size and commonality across the join fleet, and sustainers will move down the learning curve in pursuing efficiencies. For instance, contractor Lockheed Martin maintains an F-35 with three personnel, while the Air Force provides similar support with nine personnel. The difference is mainly organizational, and over time the Air Force will likely implement efficiencies.
New planes such as F-35 are invariably are more expensive to sustain than mature planes that have been flying for many years. The supply chain for spare parts has not been ironed out, maintainers don't fully understand all the intricacies of a new system, and large organizations are slow to adapt to changing technology. F-35 compounds these problems because it is revolutionary in all regards, from its stealthy airframe to its super-efficient engines to its sensing capabilities that seldom get discussed in public.
F-35 is actually the first fighter ever built that had a sustainment system developed in parallel, but so much has changed in the world of information technology since the program's inception that the sustainment system may need to be rearchitected. Once the dozens of efficiency initiatives being implemented by the joint program office and services are in place, the Air Force variant will probably cost around $25,000 per hour to operate, compared with around $20,000 per hour for a legacy F-16. That is arguably a bargain, when you consider how much more survivable, lethal and capable the F-35 is.
But much of the context surrounding such judgments will get lost in media reporting on sustainment costs. What news consumers will get is eye-popping projections of future costs, because whopping price-tags are what attract those eyes to a story in the first place. In other words, media coverage of F-35 sustainment could end up being just as misleading (meaning wrong) as coverage of the plane's development was. So fasten your seatbelt; it will all work out in the end.
Loren Thompson
I focus on the strategic, economic and business implications of defense spending as the Chief Operating Officer of the non-profit Lexington Institute and Chief Executive
I focus on the strategic, economic and business implications of defense spending as the Chief Operating Officer of the non-profit Lexington Institute and Chief Executive Officer of Source Associates. Prior to holding my present positions, I was Deputy Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and taught graduate-level courses in strategy, technology and media affairs at Georgetown. I have also taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. I hold doctoral and masters degrees in government from Georgetown University and a bachelor of science degree in political science from Northeastern University. Disclosure: The Lexington Institute receives funding from many of the nation's leading defense contractors, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and United Technologies.


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You could set up a whole blog about what we can learn from the Obama presidential campaign, but just a quick post to flag up this interesting article in the Guardian about Thomas Gensemer, MD of Blue State Digital, the company that ran the hugely successful Obama online effort, which raised over $500 million and recruited 13.5 million supporters.
Obama saw technology as the only way to transfer traditional community organising to a national level, with volunteers and donors signing up online and then being encouraged to go out to recruit further volunteers, hold meetings and house parties, spread the message.
Now Labour MPs are using Twitter, but the political capital that went into getting a couple of MPs to Twitter probably wasn't worth it. Prescott's petition on the bankers has 15,000 signatures, but what are they asking people to do? You could have asked for different things that would create a greater sense of engagement. None of this is a technology challenge; it's an organisational challenge, being willing to communicate with people.
Read the whole article here, which includes a short video of Gensemer reviewing the websites of the Labour and Conservative parties.
UPDATE – Gensemer also spoke to an audience at City University while he was in the UK. The reports from the talk make fascinating reading. You can also view a video here and download the powerpoint slides here.


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The principal risks facing U.S. municipalities and school districts are the same ones they've faced for decades, according to Scott Rohr, divisional president of Great American's public sector division.
These include employee safety, upkeep of public spaces, and the maintenance of fleets of autos and mobile equipment, he says. In addition, Rohr sees a series of emerging risk exposures for public entities, including drones, cyber bullying, excessive use of force by police, and evidence of lead in potable water supplies.
Great American's principal approach is to address these risks as a partner to hundreds of public sector risk pools. These pools have emerged since municipalities, schools districts, and other public entities experienced severe disruptions in the cost and availability of insurance in the 1970s and 1980s.
Roughly 80% of the nearly 90,000 public entities in the United States participate in one or more of over 500 such risk pools, according to a 2014 report of the Association of Governmental Risk Pools (AGRiP). "Because of pools' expertise managing public entity risks, local government agencies and schools are once again attractive to commercial insurers," the report reads.
"Approximately 95% of our business is insuring or reinsuring risk pools through-out the U. S.," says Rohr. "We have seen the pools improve greatly in areas such as claims handling and risk management, and they provide the stability and financial strength public entities and underwriters are looking for.
While Great American's public sector division concentrates on supporting risk pools, Glatfelter Insurance Group positions itself as an alternative to them.
"While these pools offer an alternative to insurance, some have collapsed for a number of reasons—mostly lack of financial stability," says Mark McCrary, president of Glatfelter Public Practice. "We generally view the pools as a competitor of sorts to our fully insured offerings.
As local governments emerge from acute financial crises brought on by the last recession, public sector risk pools and program partners find themselves tested by emerging risks that may occur rarely, but that shine an intense and critical light on the conduct of local governments and their employees.
In particular, police body and dashboard cameras, along with social media footage provided by civilians, have cast a harsh spotlight on police shootings of civilians. Incidents that once may have been local in nature are instantly broadcast worldwide. While it is unclear whether such incidents are happening more or less frequently, reports are that such cases have become costlier to settle, and municipalities have increased their loss reserves in response.
The Internet and social media expand liability exposures for municipal employees and officials other than those in public safety, Corcoran added.
Like virtually all organizations—public and private, for-profit and non-profit—municipalities face growing "cyber" exposure for breaches of networked data that compromise personally identifiable informationon individuals, households, and businesses.
According to Rohr, Great American's dedicated cyber unit offers eight separatecyber insuring agreements that can be purchased in any combination insureds and their agents choose. "These coverages address not only expenses and other first-party charges related to a cyber breach, but also the entities' potential liability to others," he says.
Among the cyber loss control and loss mitigation services available under Great American's program is access to "DataRiskStages," an online cyber risk assessment tool that insureds can use to identify their cyber exposures, protect them from a breach and help coordinate a response if a breach happens.
As public entities face emerging liability exposures, they also face growing exposures for first-party property loss, particularly in regards to aging infrastructure, which slowly but steadily increases the chances of catastrophic loss.
One way Glatfelter responds to the property coverage needs of public entities is by avoiding the use of margin clauses in its property programs.
Margin clauses essentially cap the amount recoverable under blanket property programs to a stated percentage of declared property values. The percentages often are in excess of 100%, but can still have the effect of denying the insured full replacement cost coverage, especially for property that is old and undervalued.
For his part, Rohr finds that "the property market for public entities continues to have an abundance of capacity, and is one the softest lines of business.
Understanding that many communities like their public bodies to "buy local," McCrary says that Glatfelter seeks out agents with strong connections to their communities and local decision-makers.


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A portable finger food in the Western world, though over time it has become prevalent worldwide.Thrilling fillings and tasty toppings for your bread, wraps, baps and buns.
Sandwich, in its basic form, slices of meat, cheese, or other food placed between two slices of bread. Although this mode of consumption must be as old as meat and bread, the name was adopted only in the 18th century for John Montagu, 4th earl of Sandwich. According to an often-cited account from a contemporary French travel book, Sandwich had sliced meat and bread brought to him at the gaming table on one occasion so that he could continue to play as he ate; it seems more likely, however, that he ate these sandwiches as he worked at his desk or that the world became aware of them when he requested them in London society. His title lent the preparation cachet, and soon it was fashionable to serve sandwiches on the European continent, and the word was incorporated into the French language . Since that time the sandwich has been incorporated into virtually every cuisine of the West by virtue of its simplicity of preparation, portability, and endless variety.
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This week, Alltop created a page for all the top Mayo Clinic news, which incorporates news feeds from Sharing Mayo Clinic and various other Mayo blogs, including the News Blog, Advancing the Science, and several from MayoClinic.com, including for example its Pregnancy blog. Mayo Clinic is the first medical center to have its own page on Alltop.
But the simplest way to see how it works is to try for yourself.
You might want to bookmark or "favorite" this page as a convenient way to scan Mayo Clinic news in one easy place. It's also listed among the links in the right column of this blog.


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Alison Ketner Goodman, a native of Hernando, Mississippi, is a member of the Mississippi Bar. She represents both self-insured employers and insurance companies in the area of worker's compensation and auto and premises liability.
Additionally, she practices in the area of intellectual property, specifically in copyright and trademark law. Maintaining her commitment to the community, she is on the Community Advisory Board of the Autism Center of North Mississippi and is the President of the Board of Directors of the Montessori School of Tupelo.
With a proficiency in the Japanese language, she also is involved in assisting the Japanese community living in the Tupelo area due to the arrival of the Toyota plant and its suppliers. Her professional experience includes having worked in insurance defense firms as a shareholder in Tupelo Mississippi, and as an associate attorney in Jackson Mississippi.
While in law school, she clerked for a Tokyo-based firm and worked as a Research Assistant for Temple University Law School in Japan. Attorney Goodman resides in Tupelo with her husband, Taylor Goodman, Esq., and her two daughters, Lila Ann ("Lila") and Camille Claire ("CeCe"). She is the daughter of Jane and Kenny Ketner of Hernando, Mississippi.


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We're seeing more and more companies, large and small, collaborating with universities via KTPs allowing academics to exchange skills and research with entrepreneurs. When it comes to claiming R&D tax credits, KTPs can be somewhat confusing.
The arrangement between a University and a Company under a KTP scheme
When a company and a university work together under a KTP arrangement, the university typically appoints one or more Ph.D. students or research associates to work on the relevant R&D project with the company.
The company then pays the university towards some of the salary costs of the team – typically 30% to 70% of the costs. The remaining costs are state-funded, which means the university gets paid directly by the government.
The confusion
Because the payment of the university costs is partly state-funded, businesses often believe this disqualifies them from claiming R&D tax credits under the SME scheme, and that rather the business should be claiming under the RDEC scheme, which is far less generous.
Fortunately, this is not the case.
Why businesses can claim under the SME scheme
In a KTP arrangement, the company is not in receipt of any state aid, meaning all the company sees is an invoice from the university which is then settled by the company. The university gets paid directly from the government, and so, the business is not directly in receipt of any state aid.
So what can the business claim when making an R&D tax credits claim?
For R&D tax credits purposes, the payments to the university are treated as payments towards an Externally Provided Worker. This means that for every £1,000 paid to the university, the business can claim up to 65%, being £650 as qualifying expenses in the respective R&D tax credits claim.
How do I increase the value of the R&D claim?
The good news is that the business is able to increase the value of the R&D tax credits claims and requires the co-operation of the university.
Quite simply, if the university provides and discloses a detailed analysis of the actual salary costs incurred, and both parties agree to be treated as 'connected" for R&D tax credits purposes, then the company can claim the full amount of the invoice as qualifying costs in their R&D tax credits.
The company needs to simply have a letter in place, signed by both parties, and elect to be connected.
How do the numbers work?
Let's assume that a loss-making SME company and a university are working together under a KTP arrangement and that the company is expected to pay (say) £50,000 to the university for a contribution towards salary costs for a Research Associate working on an R&D project
The university will pay the other £30,000 using state-funded government money.
Claiming R&D tax credits as a normal Externally Provided Worker
In the absence of a 'joint-election' arrangement, the company will claim 65% of the £50,000 as qualifying costs in the R&D tax credits claims, being £32,500. This would result in an R&D tax credits claim of £10,838.75.
Claiming R&D tax credits as a 'connected-party'
Should the university and company elect to be connected with each other, then the full £50,000 can be claimed as qualifying expenses for R&D tax credits purposes. This would result in an R&D tax credits claim worth £16,675.00.
By getting the university to collaborate with the company, the company can increase its R&D tax credits claim by 53.8%!
So it's very important to understand the nature of the arrangements between a company and a university or research organisation and appreciate who is really in receipt of the state funding. By carefully considering all the parties in the equation, the company can increase its R&D tax credits claim by over 50%!
At RDvault, our platform helps companies identify such opportunities and increase the value of claims by tens of thousands of pounds with very little effort involved.
You can find out more on this topic by contacting RDvault, and we'll happily explore your claim with you.
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The text of the bill below is as of Dec 1, 2016 (Passed Congress).
To update the financial disclosure requirements for judges of the District of Columbia courts and to make other improvements to the District of Columbia courts.
This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency Act .
The source, type and amount of the judge's income which exceeds $200 (other than income from the United States government and income referred to in subparagraph (C)) for the period covered by the report.
The source and type of the judge's spouse's income which exceeds $1,000 (other than income from the United States government and income referred to in subparagraph (C)) for the period covered by the report.
The name and address of each private foundation or eleemosynary institution, and of each business or professional corporation, firm, or enterprise in which the judge was an officer, director, proprietor, or partner during such period.
The identity and category of value (as set forth in subsection (b)) of each liability of $10,000 or more owed by the judge or by the judge and the judge's spouse jointly at any time during such period.
The source and value of all gifts in the aggregate amount or value of $250 or more from any single source received by the judge during such period, except gifts from the judge's spouse or any of the judge's children or parents.
The identity of each trust in which the judge held a beneficial interest having a value of $10,000 or more at any time during such period, and in the case of any trust in which the judge held any beneficial interest during such period, the identity, if known, of each interest in real or personal property in which the trust held a beneficial interest having a value of $10,000 or more at any time during such period. If the judge cannot obtain the identity of the trust interest, the judge shall request the trustee to report that information to the Commission.
The identity and category of value (as set forth in subsection (b)) of each interest in real or personal property having a value of $10,000 or more which the judge owned at any time during such period.
The amount or value and source of each honorarium of $250 or more received by the judge and the judge's spouse during such period.
The source and amount of all money, other than that received from the United States government, received in the form of an expense account or as reimbursement for expenditures from any source aggregating more than $250 during such period.
The source and amount of all waivers or partial waivers of fees or charges accepted by the judge on behalf of the judge or the judge's spouse, domestic partner, or guest during such period.
Reports filed pursuant to this section shall, upon written request, and notice to the reporting judge for purposes of making an application to the Commission for a redaction pursuant to paragraph (2), be made available for public inspection and copying within a reasonable time after filing and during the period they are kept by the Commission (in accordance with rules promulgated by the Commission), and shall be kept by the Commission for not less than 3 years.
for as long as the danger to such individual exists.
The intentional failure by a judge of a District of Columbia court to file a report required by this section, or the filing of a fraudulent report, shall constitute willful misconduct in office and shall be grounds for removal from office under section 11–1526(a)(2).
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports filed under section 11–1530, D.C. Official Code, that cover periods beginning during or after 2016.
Section 11–1732(j)(5), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended by striking Family Divisions and inserting Probate Divisions, and the Family Court, .
Section 11–1732(j)(4)(A), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended by striking Family Division and inserting Family Court .
includes point of sale transfers, automated teller machine transfers, direct deposit or withdrawal of funds, transfers initiated by telephone, and transfers resulting from debit card transactions.
The District of Columbia courts may accept payment of fines, fees, escrow payments, restitution, bonds, and other payments to the courts by credit card or electronic funds transfer.
shall make every effort to find the lowest cost vendor for purposes of accepting such payments.
Under any contract entered into under paragraph (2), the person making the payment shall be responsible for covering any fee or charge associated or imposed with respect to the method of payment.
If a person elects to make a payment to the District of Columbia courts by a method authorized under paragraph (1), the payment shall not be deemed to be made until the courts receive the funds.
The District of Columbia courts may accept payment of fines, fees, escrow payments, restitution, bonds, and other payments to the courts by check.
Under any contract entered into under paragraph (2), the person making the payment by check shall be responsible for covering any fee or charge associated or imposed with respect to the method of payment.
If a check or other method of payment, including payment by credit card, debit card, or charge card, so received is not duly paid, or is paid and subsequently charged back to the District of Columbia courts, the person by whom such check or other method of payment has been tendered shall remain liable for the payment, to the same extent as if such check or other method of payment had not been tendered.
11–1748. Authority of courts to accept certain types of payments.
Section 11–1321, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended by striking $5,000 and inserting $10,000 .
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any case filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
Section 11–2604(c), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting the following: Each chief judge may delegate such approval authority to an active or senior judge in the court in which the chief judge sits. .
by adding at the end the following: Each chief judge may delegate such approval authority to an active or senior judge in the court in which the chief judge sits. .
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any case or proceeding initiated on or after the date of enactment of this Act.


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Bludné balvany v Petřvadlu se nacházejí ve městě Petřvald v okrese Karviná v Moravskoslezském kraji.

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Čtyři bludné balvany byly nalezeny na katastrálním území Petřvaldu a v průběhu doby ledové sem byly přírodními procesy dopraveny z Fennoskandinávie ledovcem. Po zániku ledovce se usadily v novém geologickém prostředí. Bludné balvany se nacházejí na travnatém prostranství na ulici Družstevní v Petřvaldu. Jsou celoročně volně přístupné a jsou doplněny kamennou deskou s nápisem:

K místu také vede turistická značka. V Petřvaldu jsou instalované také další bludné balvany.

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Committee and task force files created by the President's Office during Thomas Meredith's tenure as president of WKU.
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Na teoria da complexidade computacional o teorema do intervalo é um importante teorema sobre a complexidade de funções computáveis.

O teorema afirma que, essencialmente, existem grandes intervalos computáveis na hierarquia das classes de complexidade.  Para qualquer função computável que represente um aumento em recursos computacionais, pode-se encontrar um limite do recurso tal que o conjunto das funções computáveis dentro do limite do recurso expandido é o mesmo que o conjunto das computáveis dentro do limite original.

O teorema foi inicialmente descoberto e provado por Boris Trakhtenbrot em 1964, que o publicou em russo e como resultado, recebeu pouca atenção na época da Guerra Fria. Oito anos mais tarde, o mesmo teorema foi publicado por Allan Borodin em 1972 em inglês e recebeu grande atenção, e como resultado, foi chamado de teorema do intervalo de Borodin.

Teorema do intervalo
A forma geral do teorema é a seguinte.
Suponha que  é uma medida de complexidade abstrata (Blum). Para qualquer função computável total g para o qual  para todo , existe uma função computável total t de tal forma que em relação a , as classes de complexidade com funções limitantes  e  são idênticas.

O teorema pode ser provado usando os axiomas de Blum sem qualquer referências a um modelo computacional concreto, então ele se aplica a tempo, espaço ou qualquer outra medida de complexidade razoável.

Para o caso especial da complexidade de tempo, o teorema pode ser estabelecido de forma mais simples como:
para qualquer função computável total  tal que  para todo , existe um limite de tempo  tal que .

Como o limite T(n) pode ser bastante grande (e frequentemente será não-construível) o teorema do intervalo não implica nada que seja interessante para classes de complexidade como P ou NP, e não contradiz o teorema de hierarquia de tempo ou o teorema de hierarquia de espaço.

Veja também

Teorema da aceleração de Blum

Referências

Teoria da complexidade computacional
Teoremas na matemática discreta


The winds have been a little strong on our last few Tampa Fishing Charters, but nothing we cant handle. This weeks Tampa Fishing charters found Sea Trout, Spanish Mackerel, Red Fish, Flounder and Snook all in good numbers. We targeting these species using the best Tampa Bay bait there is live green backs. The bait in Tampa Bay is mixed right now and can range from small to large, but it is still on the flats and is very plentiful. We have also been seeing some Tampa Bay Cobia show up on the backs of Manatees, Sharks, and Rays. Over the next couple of weeks we expect the water temperatures here in Tampa to drop giving us great opportunity to catch a variety of species. This is truly one of the best times to be on a Tampa Fishing , the bite in the month of November can be incredible. Look for the fantastic Tampa Fishing to get even better and make sure you keep an eye on the winds as well. Book your Tampa Fishing Charters while the bite is hot!


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First Look At PS5 Box Art
As we get closer and closer to the launch of next-gen consoles we are bound to get little information drops that will help shape what these consoles and their ecosystems will be. Today was one of those instances as we got our first look at the retail packaging of PlayStation 5 titles.
The reveal came via PlayStation's Twitter as well as the PlayStation Blog.
While this is by no means significant news it is always interesting to see if companies will take a different design approach for retail packaging when transitioning to their next generation system.
Sony has clearly not departed much from the PS4 box design but we do now have the white header to match the consoles look.
The image also gives us a look at the cover art for Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales which will be releasing on the PlayStation 5 later this year.
What do you think of the PS5 box design and do you think Xbox will have a bigger change aesthetically? Let me know in the comments.
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L. Robert Baker received a BS degree from Brigham Young University in 2007 and a MS degree from Brigham Young University in 2008. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley under the supervision of Gabor Somorjai in 2012. Following his PhD he performed postdoctoral research with Stephen Leone before joining The Ohio State University as an assistant professor in 2014. His research interests are in ultrafast spectroscopy, heterogenous catalysis, and surface science. He is a recipient of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award and the Department of Energy Early Career Award.


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The Future of MBAs
For almost two decades MBA programmes have offered up-to-date education on burning business topics while giving students access to prestigious networks with job opportunities. But as COVID-19 emerged, leading inevitably to paradigm shifts in numerous dimensions, businesses were forced not only to promptly redesign their strategies and reposition their markets, but also to partially or fully 'relocate' to the online sphere.
The 'turn' to the online mode was phenomenally abrupt and even though it was widely expected that the situation would progressively align with the demands of Industry 4.0, substantial adjustment was needed. MBA programmes have consequently suffered the unprecedented state of reality and were forced to adapt to the new delivery. However, an even bigger challenge has arisen. Is there really a demand for what the traditional MBA offers to students and industries today? Are MBA programmes at a transition point where they should undergo a holistic revamping, or should they keep up with the status quo and keep going as before?
Sotiris Karagiannis, Graduate Business Programs Director at the University of New York in Prague and Saa ikovi, Vice Dean for Science and International Strategic Partnerships at the Faculty of Economics and Business University of Rijeka in Croatia, together with EFMD Global Network, conducted a comprehensive online session on the forthcoming tomorrow of MBA programmes. "The future of MBAs: Face lift or a total reconstruction" gathered 80 participants from all over the globe and highlighted the most important dilemmas of the MBAs in the post COVID time.
A PARADIGM SHIFT
The audience consisted of MBA directors, deans and vice deans, programme directors, senior programme managers, programme design and administration professionals, career services, alumni management and other business school executives. Participants formulated a set of questions focusing on the future of MBAs, and had a far-reaching discussion about the challenges and need to overhaul their MBA programmes.
What are the pros and cons of online delivery and will the COVID-19 pandemic shift MBA programmes further towards this mode of delivery?
When COVID-19 struck Europe in February 2020, the majority of HE institutions immediately shifted their work online. The hybrid model has remained active during and after the so called "virus peaks" and many believe that online learning will remain in place after the pandemic is over. However, throughout the pandemic, MBA students have expressed the desire to attend classes in person albeit with the necessary safety measures, stating that an MBA is "all about the networking and that the networking is not fully possible during the online mode". Yet even if the situation stabilises within one year, we can assume that the hybrid model will remain. The idea of recording lectures and not only broadcasting classes live may continue after the pandemic, due to the fact that many students are working and they are unable to attend classes in real time. Nonetheless, MBA students may want to wait before enrolling for next year's programme because the "social, physical, or so called, human" component of the classes is per se missing in the hybrid mode.
Do we prepare our MBA students to meet the needs of the Industry 4.0?
Even though all the information one needs today is accessible with just one click, everyone in the industry will need and want the "T-shaped set" of skills, a unique blend of specialised professional and interdisciplinary knowledge. The essential skills that are required for the 4.0 Industry era of digitalisation include cognitive, intrinsic, altruistic and holistic capacities that enable us to "see and feel" the reality from the perspective of others. These affinities will help us better understand and assist each other, our colleagues and our environment. The "t-shaped skill set" shouldn't be mainly focused on industry, but also on academia and its requirements. Interdisciplinarity should be embedded in every curriculum and each scientific field.
Introducing well-being courses in the MBA curriculum: a novelty or an absolute necessity?
Courses on well-being are definitely a necessity in today's world. With the inevitable personal and social consequences of COVID-19, well-being courses can offer a healing zone to alleviate our stress, worries and insecurities. Such a course can be extremely beneficiary for those who spent time in isolation and quarantine, who cannot go back home, or who were directly affected by COVID-19. The consensus is that all programmes should take care to include similar courses in their curricula to provide much-needed comfort, empathy and encouragement.
Why should MBA professors play the role of coaches/ mentors for their students?
Students are facing a Hamlet dilemma of how to develop themselves based on what they learn and what is accessible to them in the online arena. Professors on MBA programmes should hence help and empower their students on a personal level as well, and as their coaches, support them as they acquire a desirable set of soft and hard skills. On the other hand, professors should also be role models and advise students on how to successfully meet the demands of Industry 4.0. The relationship between students and their coaches/mentors can be a beneficial, reciprocal learning journey where both parties have the unique opportunity to further develop and broaden their knowledge and tackle problems. Simultaneously, special attention should be given in curriculum development to providing adequate training for professors to thrive within their new coaching/mentoring roles.
Was too much emphasis put on internationalisation instead of regionalisation and how can we build a compromise between the two?
A SUCCESSFUL MBA PROGRAM
MBA programmes have always sought to have an international image, but what will happen to programmes outside the top tiers? We see today what the top-ranked MBAs can pursue with their international agendas, but for smaller MBA programmes, strategy has aimed more at the regional markets. This diversification of course, has ample pros and cons: regional vs. international markets may give the students an additional 'personal touch' because of cultural similarities, but on the other hand, institutions should be cautious not to lose their brand identity. For MBA programmes with a well-established international identity, regionalisation may have an impact on how future students perceive the overall programme including any imminent market restrictions.
The strategy of regionalisation is thus most desirable for countries with common language, history, customs etc., as with Scandinavian and some Asian countries. MBA programmes should not forget that on graduating, the majority of students will be working in their local economies. The future of MBAs thus should definitely be tackled together with the industry, and curricula should be designed in accordance with the Industry 4.0 demands. In parallel, business schools should not feel bound by the current strategic status quo; on the contrary they can learn from the contextual frames and embed in their curriculum the current 'new normal' industry necessities and a more 'personal' approach including the coaching/ mentoring relationship and support.
What will happen with alumni communities and networking in the online arena?
As Arthur Ashe said, "Start where you are, use what you have and do what you can." We should thus focus on the strengths of the present reality. The online environment gives many more opportunities for meeting and staying connected, and business schools should embrace this momentum. The online arena is a brilliant forum for alumni from different regions to stay in touch and exchange ideas and best practices. Staying connected online should be boosted by the social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, WeChat and similar as essential means of communication at present. A deeper question arises in relation to the authenticity of these online relationships: are those relationships among students equally strong and long-lasting as the in-person ones? One potential solution for alumni associations in the COVID-19 era, is to organise virtual conferences uniquely designed for alumni groups on a platform where they can continue to brainstorm and communicate in the future.
What is the secret of a successful MBA programme?
The key to a successful MBA programme is originality: business schools should not try to copy the models of the top tiers, but to strive towards innovation and improvement in their own way. These continuous processes de facto need time and they do not miraculously happen overnight, but once the quality sui generis is present, it will be acknowledged both by the market and the industry. MBAs should 'listen' to the demands of Industry 4.0 and simultaneously adapt their curricula to the needs of the "new normal". They should become 'liquid', with more opportunities for students to choose different subjects and hybrid learning models. As Daniel Pink states in his "3.0 motivational theory", MBAs should also move in the direction of autonomy, mastery and purpose.
FOSTERING A BRIGHT FUTURE
The essence of the future MBA lies in these three pillars. To begin with, each MBA programme should firstly define its purpose in collaboration with its stakeholders, industry, professors and students. Autonomy is a metaphor for a new self-direction that will help students with their future professional and personal choices, as well as fostering continuous learning and engagement during and after their studies. EG
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Not simply content with escaping spaces with a backslash, e.g. ~/some\ directory/some\ file.jpg, scp demands the backslashes themselves be escaped, resulting in ~/some\\ directory/some\\ file.jpg. But no! This is not enough. We must quote the entire path regardless of the fact that the spaces have already been escaped. Twice.
Now we end up with "~/some\\ directory/some\\ file.jpg". Ridiculous. And just to be clear, it's not any old quote, it must be a double one. Single quotation marks just don't cut the mustard, apparently.
It's times like this I really don't like the CLI for being so obtuse.


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New research from the University of Buffalo confirms previous research showing that dental implants.
This new research was completed by a doctor of dental surgery candidate and her professors who noticed that more and more of their patients who experienced implant failure were using antidepressants. Looking at the charts of their patients, they found that a full third (33%) of patients who had an implant failure were using antidepressants. Among those without an implant failure, only 11% used antidepressants.
They then began to explore the numbers and found that, overall, antidepressant use seemed to increase the risk of implant failure by four times. Each year of antidepressant use seemed to double the risk of failure.
Researchers put the failure risk down to a complex of four different complications related to antidepressant use. Antidepressants can change the way the bones heal and restructure, which contributes to osteoporosis. They can also lead to akathisia, a disorder in which a person has to constantly move, including additional movements of the head and jaw.
Antidepressants are one of the most common medications that cause bruxism, which can damage implants. Finally, antidepressants can cause dry mouth. Without saliva to suppress the growth of bacteria, infections of dental implants become more likely.
Although this recent research was completed by a DDS candidate rather than a full professor and it's only being presented at a scholarly conference and not being published in a peer-reviewed journal, we think it's important research that is likely valid because it confirms work already done in this area.
We're speaking of 2014 article looking at the impact of the most popular family of antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSRIs) on dental implants. It showed that the use of these antidepressants was associated with a dental implant failure risk 6.28 times as great as that among nonusers. Nearly 11% of implants failed in patients taking SSRIs. This article was published in the journal of Dental Research, one of the most prestigious dental journals.
Before we begin your dental implant procedure, we will look at all factors that could influence the success or failure of your procedure. This includes your use of medications as well as general health conditions like diabetes. We want to be as sure as possible that you will get a successful dental implant.
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You will find many of Australia's most interesting animals detailed on this page. There are some amazing animals in Australia, many are only found in Australia.
I hope the facts listed on this page help you to better understand our Aussie animals. You will also find many different photos of these animals in a range of settings.
The Red Kangaroo is the largest living Marsupial. Like all marsupials, the baby Kangaroo, called a joey, is born after a short gestation period (approx 30-33 days). Immediately after birth, the joey crawls up the mother's belly, into the pouch.
The joey is born undeveloped; it has no eyes, ears, legs, tail or fur. It is the size of a small fingernail. Once inside the pouch, the joey attaches itself to a teat where it will remain, suckling milk for the next several months.
The joey will leave the pouch around 7.5 months and is independent at about 12 months of age. The female Red Kangaroo has the ability to care for three joeys, all of different stages of development.
The mother is pregnant with the youngest joey; an embryo. The middle joey will be living inside the pouch. The oldest joey will be living outside the pouch, but still suckling milk from the mother. The middle joey and oldest joey drink different strength milk, from individual teats.
The Wombat is the largest living, burrowing Marsupial. They dig large burrow complexes, which usually house several wombats.
Once inside the pouch, the joey attaches itself to a teat where it will remain, suckling milk for the next several months. Wombats are muscular and powerful animals.
They commonly weigh between 25 and 35 kilos. They have the ability to run short sprints at speeds of up to 40km per hour, in order to get away from danger. The Dingo is the main predator of the Wombat.
The Wombat is herbivorous, feeding on native grasses.
The Wombat is a member of the Marsupial family and had a backwards facing pouch (opposite to the Kangaroo).
The Dingo is a primitive dog which evolved from the Indian Wolf, about 6000 years ago and became widespread throughout southern Asia.
It is believed that Asian seafarers introduced it into Australia about 3500-4000 years ago.
There are differences between Dingoes and domestic dogs. Dingoes only have one breeding season per year, whereas domestic dogs have two. Dingoes tend to howl more than bark as a way of communication.
Dingoes lack the distinctive 'dog-smell' of domestic dogs.
The Dingo is an opportunist hunter. Mammals make up the majority of their diet, along with a small amount of reptiles, birds, insects and even a small amount of plants and fruit.
When hunting a small animal, the Dingo will hunt alone; when hunting a large animal, Dingoes will form a pack.
This magnificent bird of prey can have a wing span of approx 2.5m, making it Australia's largest bird of prey.
The Wedge Tailed Eagle hunts rabbits, wallabies, small kangaroos, ground dwelling swamp birds and reptiles, however this is thought to make up a fairly small portion of their diet.
They hunt by high soaring flight, circling on thermal air currents for hundreds of metres. Upon sighting prey, it swoops down, however is often unsuccessful.
They feed largely on carrion. They sometimes congregate in groups of 20's and 30's over carrion, however rarely do more than 2 feed on a carcass at a time; the others stand or perch nearby, waiting their turn or digesting.
The Wedge Tailed Eagle is commonly found throughout Australia and Tasmania, over forest and open country, on plains and mountains.
Echidnas are covered in spines, which act as protection. When threatened, the Echidna will curl into a ball or dig into soft soil to protect its vulnerable underbelly.
The Echidna is a Monotreme; an egg laying mammal. About 2 weeks after mating, the female lays a single soft-shelled egg, directly into the pouch on her belly. The egg hatches after about 10 days.
Whilst in the pouch, the young suckles milk that is secreted from numerous pores of the paired mammary glands.
The young, which is called a puggle, is first seen when it is about a year of age; it is covered in short spines and weighs less than 2kilos (adults can weigh up to 5-7kilos).
Short Beaked Echidnas are found throughout Australia, and have no particular habitat requirements; they are found in regions of winter snow to dry arid deserts.
They feed mainly on ants and termites. After digging into a nest with their forepaws, they extend their long sticky tongue into the chambers of the nest; the insects are drawn to the sticky saliva. The Echidna is toothless.
The Spotted Tailed Quoll (also commonly called the Tiger Quoll) is the largest carnivorous marsupial on the mainland of Australia.
It is an opportunist hunter of a variety of prey, including birds and their young, rats and other small terrestrial and arboreal mammals, gliding possums, small macropods, reptiles and arthropods. It also scavenges carcasses of domestic stock.
It is largely nocturnal, however will bask in the sun during the day. Sexual maturity is reached at approx 12 months. The gestation period is approx 3 weeks. The female's pouch develops during the breeding season and opens towards the tail.
The joeys (4 or 5 per litter) spend about 7 weeks inside the pouch and become independent at approx 18 weeks of age. The average lifespan is 4-6 years.
The Emu belongs to the Ratite family; it is a large flightless bird. The Emu has the ability to run at speeds of approx 48km per hour.
The Emu is found throughout Australia, excluding Tasmania. Being omnivorous, the Emu feeds on a combination of insects, fruits, leaves, grasses and flowers.
The female will spend about 3 weeks laying a clutch of eggs. She then leaves the clutch to join a group of migrating Emus.
The male incubates the eggs for approx 2 months. During this time he rarely moves to eat or drink. After he has hatched the eggs, he raises the chicks.


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Q: WPF and MVVM question regarding usage of UI element function I am trying to move an already existing application towards the MVVM pattern but it's not easy. How do people solve issues where they have to call methods on UI methods when for instance calculating complex properties.
For instance if I have a Canvas and want to access PointFromScreen method, or handing a Viewport element? Do you have to create a derived class?

A: The first thing I would think about when rewriting those methods is, if they are UI specific or manipulating data.
If your PointFromScreen method is UI specific, you wouldn't have to move it into MVVM at all and instead keep it as is.
If it is however changing the underlying Model you would have to make a new Command (deriving ICommand) and pass the attributes through the CommandPropertiesin XAML.
Hope this helps a little?

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Mr. Mutton was one of the founding members of the world-renowned railway research facility, the BHP-Melbourne Research Laboratories and, for approximately 30 years, has played a key role in providing technical leadership at that facility. Since January 2000, he has been Associate Director of the Institution of Railway Technology at Monash University, where he has made a major contribution towards the elevation of the Institution's position as a recognized world-leader in railway technology.


How custom e-learning solutions have been the key driver of e-learning market ?
The shift from conventional learning to digital e-learning model has helped many corporates across the globe to up their productivity. Ease of accessibility and learning;a host of simplified learning features; personalised engaging content, and economical cost have been identified as key components for drivingthe e-learning market.
Thus, not surprisingly, the global e-learning market worldwide is expected to touch $65.41 billion by 2023.
Why custom e-learning solutions will be the preferred choice for the corporate world in the years to come ?
It is estimated that growth of e-learning market size will come a long way from over USD 150 billion in 2016 to$12.85 billion in 2017 to about $240 billion by 2023 at over 5% CAGR. Importantly, the uptrend of e-learning market has been attributed to innovative solutions such as custom e-learning solutions.
Studies reveal that employees have largely benefitted from personalised learning solutions and e-learning solutions have aided to boost their productivity, by about 50%.
US has been at the top the list when it comes to adoption of custom e-learning technologies, followed by UK, Russia and other European countries. Developing economies and increasing literacy of the countries like India, Malaysia, Thailand, China, and other Asian countries have made them a hot bed for the growth e-learning industry. The growth of self paced and customised learning speaks volume for itself as it has reached billion dollar mark.
Why custom e-Learning solutions have found favours over off-the-shelf e-learning courses in the e-learning market ?
Of late, custom e-learning course development has turned into hot favourites for many corporates compared to off-the-shelf e-learning courses. The primary reason for this being off-the-shelf e-learning adopts one-size-fits-all approach, which may not necessarily fit in the requirements slot. Also, very often, one-size-fits-all strategy turns out to be less creative, engaging, and impactful.
The list of some well-known industry players who actively invest in custom e-Learning solutions include Adobe systems Inc., Citrix, SAP, McGrawHill, Oracle, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Articulate, Apollo Education Group Inc., Saba Software, Tata Interactive Systems, and Haiku Learning.
How custom e-learning development services have changed the e-learning market scenario ?
Personalised e-learning courses include features such as gamification, simulations, videos, quizzes, and many more to make learning attractive, interesting and effective. In other words, e-learning solutions are customised to suit learner's learning style.
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The patches below are available in CVS via the OPENBSD_2_1 patch branch.
CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly harder..
Some rarer PC BIOSs do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting, but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation problems. Read the document, please.
The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1 after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards. Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system. The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.


Hublot, who has never left the lead in designing special and limited edition models, showed up with the new collections inspired by Mykonos and Ibiza, popular holiday destinations for summer.
Having referred to Bodrum -our great holiday town that is famous with its blue sea- with the Bodrum Blue model, Hublot added a pair of new collections that are inspired by popular summer holiday locations; Mykonos and Ibiza.
Aero Fusion Mykonos Edition, which comes as a part of the Classic Fusion product line, combines the charm of the famous Greek island with Hublot's "Art of Fusion" motto in every detail.
The model comes in a 45mm diameter case with two material options as Titanium (limited to 50 units) and 18K King Gold (limited to 20 units). The bezel is made of carbon fiber finished in a matching blue tone. The case sports AR coated sapphire crystals on both side and it is water resistant to 50 meters.
The dial is designed in skeleton form. Prepared in Bi-Compax chronograph lay out, the dial features a "wind mill" inspired small seconds sub-counter at 3 o'clock that evokes the island.
Aero Fusion Mykonos Edition is powered by the brand's manufacture movement Hublot Caliber Ref. HUB1155. Self-winding movement features a Bi-Compax chronograph and a date display feature besides the time keeping function. Beating at 4Hz, the movement is capable of providing 42 hours of power reserve when fully wound and it is visible through the sapphire crystal display caseback.
For both versions, contrast white stitching, blue alligator strap is preferred. The strap is supported by a vulcanized rubber lining for comfortable wear in hot summer days and it is secured by a Hublot signed folding clasp made of titanium or 18K King Cold depending on the case material.
Inspired by famous holiday towns, the other collection is designed for Ibiza, which is considered one of the most popular vacation spots of all times with its parties and nightlife.
The model comes in a 45mm Classic Fusion style case like the Mykonos version. However, this time the case (and the bezel) is made of blue ceramic. There are AR coated sapphire crystals on each side of the case where the one at the back is adorned with a Hublot Loves Ibiza motif. The case is water resistant to 50M.
Skeleton style is preferred for the dial prepared using blue tones in accordance with the design. The "piece sign" is added to the small seconds sub-counter on the 3 o'clock position of the Bi-Compax chronograph laid out dial, a reference to the hippie groups of the 1960's, which made the island popular with their presence.
Aero Fusion Ibiza Edition is powered by the brand's manufacture movement Hublot Caliber Ref. HUB1155. Self-winding movement features a Bi-Compax chronograph and a date display feature besides the time keeping function. Beating at 4Hz, the movement is capable of providing 42 hours of power reserve when fully wound and it is visible through the sapphire crystal display caseback.
Limited to 50 units only, the model comes on a blue alligator strap with matching blue stitching. The strap is supported by a vulcanized rubber lining for comfortable wear in hot summer days and it is secured by a Hublot signed folding clasp.


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CODENAME: Dogevertising
======

A new way to profit from page views without advertising. TO THE MOON!
=======
# I Dig Doge

## License & Thanks

So I don't know how to license stuff. I just start reading the legalese and my brain shuts down. Either way, I want to thank this guy for his work, which provided a huge speed boost on the client side. I think I've included the appropriate notices in the `scrypt/license.txt` file.

https://github.com/tonyg/js-scrypt

## Dependencies

There's a few packages from NPM that you'll need.

### Development

- `uglify-js` for minifying JS
- `sqwish` for minifying CSS

### Development & Production

These are also in the `package.json` file, so you can just run `npm install` in the proper directory and it will get these for you.

- `express`
- `jade`
- `nodemailer`
- `redis`
- `hiredis`

## Some Important Files

- `compile.sh` is a super simple script that minifies and concatenates files for the front end.
- `config.js` contains the configuration for everything. Bet you didn't see that coming.
- `payer.js` is a run file. It checks the database for submitted shares, and updates the submitter's balance if the share is valid.
- `processing` is the directory that contains the code that actually connects to the Dogecoin RPC-API and processes withdrawal requests. It's a manual process though, which I've detailed below.
- `server.js` is a run file. It's where the bulk of the work happens. It serves API requests, connects to the parent pool, and pretty much everything else. It also serves as a handy list of endpoints for everything.

## Getting Started

- Fill out the `config.js` file.
- Start up the server using something like `node server.js`.
- Start up the processor using something like `node payer.js`.

### Environments

Express checks the `NODE_ENV` environment variable to know what features to turn on. I've configured three:

- `development` serves unminified files from the `raw` directory. Logs requests to the console.
- `testing` serves minified files from the `public` directory. Logs requests to the console.
- `production` does not serve files. Turns on `trust proxy`. Does not log requests. I run it behind NGINX, which I have set up to serve the files from the `public` directory and log everything.

## Paying Out

This is a manual process right now, for a lot of reasons. You're welcome to automate it if you see fit though. Here's the basics of how it works. All of this goes on in the `processing` directory.

- Connect to the redis database using `redis-cli`.
- Run `LRANGE withdraw 0 -1`. You'll get something like this:

```
1) "{\"email\":\"hello@example.com\",\"amount\":\"1\",\"address\":\"DM7BaRfSxUhvz8eJ9dHeChzEifJaP5poFL\"}"
2) "{\"email\":\"blank@example.com\",\"amount\":\"1\",\"address\":\"DM7BaRfSxUhvz8eJ9dHeChzEifJaP5poFL\"}"
```

- Copy the results into the `data.txt` file, and remove the line numbers and junk from the front. Like so:

```
"{\"email\":\"hello@example.com\",\"amount\":\"1\",\"address\":\"DM7BaRfSxUhvz8eJ9dHeChzEifJaP5poFL\"}"
"{\"email\":\"blank@example.com\",\"amount\":\"1\",\"address\":\"DM7BaRfSxUhvz8eJ9dHeChzEifJaP5poFL\"}"
```

- Run the `generate.js` file. This will put the proper information into the `output.json` file, which will look like this since the above addresses are the same:

```
{
	"DM7BaRfSxUhvz8eJ9dHeChzEifJaP5poFL": 2.00000001
}
```

- The `payout.js` file has the line that actually makes the transaction commented out by default. I run it once to make sure the balance will cover the transaction. If it will, I uncomment it, and run it again. When the transaction is made, the transaction ID will be logged. Or an error, depending on what actually happened.
- To get rid of the processed transactions, run the command `LTRIM withdraw # -1`, replacing the number sign with the number of records processed. In the above example, it would be `2`. This makes sure you don't remove any withdrawal requests that were made since the `LRANGE` command, because that would be bad.
>>>>>>> origin

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Another arrest warrant issued for Jermain Taylor | Inside the Ropes Boxing - Your #1 source for boxing news.
In a series of sad ongoing events, Jermain Taylor has more legal issues on the way. As first reported by TMZ Sports, Taylor has an arrest warrant out for his arrest due to alleged attack on a man during his stint in a rehab center. The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department in Arkansas says a warrant for Taylor's arrest was issued the morning of Thursday May 28th.
Earlier this year, Taylor was stripped of his IBF middleweight title after pulling a gun on a family at a Martin Luther King Jr. day parade. Prior to this Taylor was set to stand trial for allegedly shooting his cousin, meanwhile his Instagram account become, for lack of a better word disturbing. The scary part of all this is this version of Taylor is nothing like the one we first met on HBO, which makes most rational people wonder if the health of Taylor is top notch after the brutal wars he endured in the ring.
Adrien Broner thrown into slammer for 30 days!
Adrien Broner wanted for assault per TMZ report?


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女 (nǚ): Woman
Spoken: 258th (0.01%)
Written: 224th (0.10%)
KangXi Radical: 女, #38
681 derived characters (1.39%)
Our next character, 女, fills the role of the English words for "feminine", including "woman" and "female". In modern usage, it often occurs with another character to create the full word. For example, "女人", literally "female person" is Chinese for "woman". 女-child and 女-son = daughter. 女-friend = girlfriend.
A slightly compressed form also acts as a radical usually on the lefthand side of characters related to women.
Oracle Bones 女
Seal Script 女
The original form of 女 was pictographic. It showed the profile of a kneeling woman with arms crossed in front of her as if swaddling a baby. The primary difference between the Oracle Bone inscriptions and the modern form is that we see two arms and one leg rather than the opposite. By the time of the Seal Script, the second arm had descended down to also form a second leg. This form was eventually simplified into the modern character with one stroke showing both arms and two strokes depicting the crossed legs.
Varieties of 女
Beware Similar Characters
This character may potentially be confused with the following: 文 (culture), 又 (right hand), 攵 (tap), 夂 (go), and 夊 (go slowly). In each case, 女 can be distinguished because the first stroke goes continuously from almost vertical to diagonal. Also note that the "arms" of 女 fully cross the character.
人 (rén): Person
Spoken: 24th (0.61%)
Written: 7th (0.97%)
KangXi Radical: 人, 亻, #9
Our first word is the Chinese for man or person. In addition to meaning an individual, it can be used like the traditional English term, man, meaning mankind or humanity. 人 is also used with a place name to indicate a person's origin. For example, America-人 means an American.
This character can be combined with others to form many words. Some examples include work-人, worker; 人-work, manpower; 人-mouth, population; 人人, everybody; male-人 and female-人, man and woman; big-人, grown-up.
Oracle Bone 人
Seal Script 人
As you may guess, this word is very ancient and common. By the time of Oracle Bone inscriptions, 人 was standardized as the profile view of a man standing with arms slightly extended. This form still occurs as the "standing man" radical, which we'll encounter in future characters.
During the time of Seal Script, the strokes were extended in order to fill the required rectangular space. This was later simplified into the modern form where the two strokes are about equal in size.
Varieties of 人
This character can be easily confused with three others. Take care to distinguish it from 入 (enter) where the second stroke extends above and to the left of the first and 八 (eight) and 儿 (child) where the two strokes are slightly separated. The latter's right hand stroke is also closer to a 90 degree angle.
What's in a Character?
Learn about the fascinating history and makeup of Chinese characters. Follow along to build your 汉字 vocabulary.


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Exhibition "To the Bulgarian Army – Salute!"
Already in the early years of the restored in 1878 Bulgarian state, military parades in Sofia, as well as in 21 garrisons of the Principality of Bulgaria complemented the celebrations of certain holidays of the holiday-ritual system.
Celebration of The Day of Bravery began with the establishment in January of 1880, by Prince Alexander I, of the oldest and most prestigious Bulgarian order "For Bravery". A few days later, the Day of Bravery was introduced, originally only as a holiday to St. George – the universally recognized representation of victory and bravery, observed according to the old style calendar on April 23 (May 6). Priority, however, had the officially adopted as Day of the Cavaliers of the order "For Bravery", April 17. The date was chosen as it was simultaneously the date of the election of Alexander Battenberg as Prince of Bulgaria, and the birthday of the Russian Emperor Alexander II. On this holiday were held the award ceremonies for the order "For Bravery", and the monarch, the order's Grand Master, held a reception for the cavaliers.
Soon after the triumphant Serbo-Bulgarian war and as a demonstration of respect for the brave and heroic army, the last day of triumph in the war, crowned by the taking of Pirot on November 15, 1885, was declared Day of the Bulgarian Army – Victory Day (Holiday). It was introduced in 1888 by Prince Ferdinand I, alongside the already traditional promotion of distinguished officers. The holiday, marked ceremonially, with military parades attended by memorial services for the courageous fallen soldiers and prayer services for wellbeing and strength of the army, patriotic speeches and other army and public events, in which besides the troops took part also representatives of the State, the Church and the society.
The adoption of St. George's Day and the date April 23 (May 6), in place of the former date as Day of the Cavalries of the Order "For Bravery" and Day of Bravery – April 17, was effected through a Royal Decree of April 10, 1891. Tsar Ferdinand I judged that marking the date of enthronement of his precursor as Day of Bravery was inappropriate. Over the subsequent years, the Day of Bravery began to be marked with a parade not only in Sofia, but also in Plovdiv, Tarnovo and other cities.
During the wars for national unification (1912 – 1918) the Day of Bravery was marked in combat settings. Memorial services were held for the fallen heroes and a prayer service for the living; the troops were inspected, and celebrations culminated in a brief military parade.
Popularity gained also Victory Day (Holiday), celebrated not only within the old state borders, but also in Macedonia and Moravia. The first major wartime parade on the occasion of the holiday was organized in Nish, on November 15, 1915, mere days after the Bulgarian troops capture the town. With the adoption of the new style calendar in 1916, Victory Day (Holiday) is pushed from November 15 to the 27.
Serbia and the Great Powers supporting her, took their revenge at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, when Bulgaria was forced to sign the treaty on November 27 – the day traditionally marked by the Bulgarian Army as Victory Day, a commemoration of the defended in the Serbo-Bulgarian war Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria with Eastern Rumelia.
Evidence of parades organized in the first post-World War One years is scarce. Although they continued to be held, due to the massive layoffs in the army as result of the 1919 Neuilly Treaty, the parades were on a severely restricted scale and with reduced participation of military units. Already in 1920, however, in Sofia was held a modest military parade, with the participation of the cavaliers of the order "For Bravery".
In 1925, Victory Day (Holiday) was celebrated for the last time in Bulgaria, but began to be marked – until the Second World War, as day of nation-wide protest against the unjust clauses of the Neuilly dictate.
Over the following years, celebration of the two holidays – Victory Day (Holiday) and the Day of Bravery merged and in 1931 the unified holiday – Day of Bravery and Victories is officially declared also Day of the Armed Forces. Since 1937, the festivities are preceded by ceremonial illuminations on the previous night. In this parade for the first time took part members of the Bulgarian military aviation.
Day of the Bulgarian's Army
After the declaration of Bulgaria as People's Republic in 1946, the celebration of the holiday on May 6 was suspended. As Day of the Army was adopted the date September 9, and in 1947 was held the first festive military parade in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. From 1953, as Day of the Bulgarian's People's Army was designated September 23 – the day of the declaration of the September Uprising of 1923, but the parades continued to be held on September 9. The most grandiose military parade in Bulgaria happened in1974, when it involved spectacular numbers of war machines – including more than 160 units of military aviation equipment. Also grand was the parade of 1981, dedicated to the then-marked 1300th anniversary of the foundation of the Bulgarian State.
After 1990, the Seventh Grand National Assembly decreed as Day of the Armed Forces August 23 – the day of the decisive battles at Shipka (1877), from the Russo-Turkish War. The date was revisited in January of 1993, when with a decree of the Council of Ministers, May 6 was restored to the calendar of holidays as Day of Bravery and Day of the Bulgarian Army. Also restored were the traditions surrounding its celebration – a memorial service for the fallen, a prayer service for the wellbeing and strength of the living, and water blessing of the battle flags and of the sacred flags, presentation of garlands and flowers to the memory of the fallen in the wars for national liberation and unification soldiers and a military parade.