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class GuidePhotosController < ApplicationController
  before_action :authenticate_user!
  before_action :load_record, :only => [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
  before_action :load_guide, :except => [:index, :new, :create]
  before_action :only => [:edit, :update, :destroy, :edit_photos, :update_photos] do |c|
    require_guide_user
  end

  # GET /guide_photos
  # GET /guide_photos.json
  def index
    @guide_photos = GuidePhoto.all
    @guide_photos = @guide_photos.where(id: params[:ids]) unless params[:ids].blank?

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # index.html.erb
      format.json { render json: {:guide_photos => @guide_photos.as_json(:root => false)} }
    end
  end

  # GET /guide_photos/1
  # GET /guide_photos/1.json
  def show
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # show.html.erb
      format.json { render json: @guide_photo.as_json(:root => true) }
    end
  end

  # GET /guide_photos/new
  # GET /guide_photos/new.json
  def new
    @guide_photo = GuidePhoto.new

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # new.html.erb
      format.json { render json: @guide_photo.as_json(:root => true) }
    end
  end

  # GET /guide_photos/1/edit
  def edit
  end

  # POST /guide_photos
  # POST /guide_photos.json
  def create
    respond_to do |format|
      if @guide_photo.save
        format.html { redirect_to @guide_photo, notice: 'Guide photo was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render json: @guide_photo, status: :created, location: @guide_photo }
      else
        format.html { render action: "new" }
        format.json { render json: @guide_photo.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # PUT /guide_photos/1
  # PUT /guide_photos/1.json
  def update
    respond_to do |format|
      if @guide_photo.update(params[:guide_photo])
        format.html { redirect_to @guide_photo, notice: 'Guide photo was successfully updated.' }
        format.json { head :no_content }
      else
        format.html { render action: "edit" }
        format.json { render json: @guide_photo.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # DELETE /guide_photos/1
  # DELETE /guide_photos/1.json
  def destroy
    @guide_photo.destroy

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to guide_photos_url }
      format.json { head :no_content }
    end
  end

  private
  def load_guide
    @guide = @guide_section.guide
  end
end

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Ohio pilot, 87, dies when plane he built crashes
Denise Sautters
Experienced pilot goes down east of Meese Road this morning, killing the pilot and closing off portions of the highway.
An 87-year-old pilot was killed Saturday when he crashed his homemade single-engine aircraft in a wooded area outside Canton.
Robert F. McGrath, of Airpark Drive in Louisville, crashed at 10:53 a.m. in a wooded area just east of Yoder Airfield. No one else was on board.
Federal Aviation Administration investigators did not yet know what caused the crash, said Ohio Highway Patrol Sgt. Dean Christ.
Kevin Rine, who lives nearby, said he saw the experimental plane in the air, but he didn't see the propeller rotating. "It went straight down," she said.
McGrath was taken to Aultman Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:49 a.m., said Harry Campbell, chief investigator for Stark County Coroner P.S. Murthy. An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday.
McGrath was an experienced pilot, having earned his private pilot's license in 1941.
"His dream was to build his own airplane and fly it, and so he was living his dream," said his wife, Eleanor McGrath. She said that as a paperboy, he had saved his money for flying lessons, which he started at 16.
"He said he was a very happy man, (that) he had everything," said his daughter, Julia Leeper of Louisville. "He said he had his plane, and he had his wonderful wife."
His wife of nearly three years, Eleanor McGrath helped him build the plane.
"She knew as much about that plane as he did," Leeper said. 'She did the upholstery inside the plane. She's a seamstress. They worked on the plane all the time together. She was his right hand."
An Altoona, Pa., native, McGrath went to work for Piper Aircraft in Pennsylvania at 17. He married and reared a family in Alliance before he was hired at HP Products and moved to Louisville.
An engineer, he retired at 72, caring for his wife at home until she died. They were married 63 years.
In 2004, he and his second wife began building his first airplane, the Sonex, named "My Beautiful Ladies." The 17-foot-long aircraft weighed 626 pounds, boasted an 80-horsepower engine and featured a wingspan of 22 feet.
It was finished and inspected federally about a year ago in June, Leeper said.
"He was very happy to have finally achieved the building of the plane. He just loved that plane; he was so proud of it," she said. "He was in the process of fulfilling flying requirements for the plane so he and Eleanor could fly it cross-country.
"He passed his physical two months ago. He was in excellent health, no medicines at all. He also rode a motorcycle, and he rode his bicycle three times a week in all kinds of weather, through the winter and everything. He used to jog two miles a day. For 25 years he did that."
And his wife couldn't wait to go up with him, Leeper said.
"She's never been in a plane of any kind. She was so looking forward to it," Leeper said. He needed 40 hours of flying time before he could take up passengers.
Eleanor McGrath also had a contract with her husband — signed, dated and notarized.
"He was supposed to live for another 20 years," Leeper said. "Physically, a contract. I wrote it up and I notarized it."
The crash dashed his chance to honor it.
"It is hard. It was just so sudden, but he was living his dream. He lived life to the fullest," said his son, Rob McGrath of Carrollton.
The father of three sons, two daughters and a step-daughter, McGrath died the way he loved to live.
"That was our family's one consolation," Leeper said.

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West Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board are to discuss how General Practice services are provided and commissioned at their meeting this month.
The Board meets on Thursday November 21st from 2.15 pm at County Hall, Chichester with representatives from West Sussex County Council, West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS England, District and Borough Councils and the voluntary sector.
On the agenda, NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group will present the current NHS England 'call for action' regarding the need for change in the way General Practice services are provided and commissioned.
Members of the Board will also hear from Healthwatch West Sussex on patient views about access to GP services.
The Board also receives an update on how funding from the NHS Support for Social Care allocation has been spent during the current financial year, and plans for the coming year. The funding is provided by the NHS to local authorities to be used to support adult social care services which also have a health benefit.
Projects supported to date include Proactive Care across the county, 'One Call One Team' which provides an integrated response to urgent care via a single point of access, additional community equipment and additional support to the Independent Living Service, and the Dementia Crisis Service, which works to avoid admission to hospital.
There will also be a presentation on recent Mental Health Needs Assessments for the Board to discuss how the information should influence future commissioning plans.
For more information and a copy of the agenda visit the Health and Wellbeing Board web pages on the Country Council website.


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Hi and welcome to 365 Laptop Repair. This is a tutorial on how to do a ASUS UX51 VZ-XB71 Teardown. It will show you how to prepare your laptop for many repairs including the DC jack, heatsink fan, damaged LCD screen, and video chip repair. There are a few things, which you will need to have to complete this repair. In this tutorial, we will be using tweezers, a prying tool, a Philips head screwdriver, a special screwdriver called a Torx T5, and optionally a power Philips screwdriver.
If you don't have the required tools or don't want to do the repair yourself, send it to us and one of our experienced technicians will fix it for you! Visit our Repair Page for this laptop!
Check out our teardown tutorial video for this laptop!
The very first step the disassembly of your ASUS UX51 VZ-XB71 laptop is to turn it off. Close it and then flip it. You will see 10 screws at the back of the laptop at all the four corners. The arrows colored in blue at the bottom are where your screws will be located.
Remove these screws using a Torx T5 screwdriver. Once the screws have been removed, lift up the bottom panel and the bottom cover of the laptop will easily come out. Set the cover aside and get started with the disassembly. Make sure you place all the screws and all the parts of the laptop that you dissemble in a safe place so that you don't lose them.
First of all, disconnect the battery connector using tweezers and remove the 6 battery screws. Here are the 6 screw locations in blue color.
The battery will come out easily. Put the battery aside.
Disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable using tweezers and then disconnect the trackpad and indicator lights ribbon cable. After this, you will have to disconnect the right side speaker cable. Then go on disconnecting the LCD screen connector. It is at the extreme left bottom corner as shown in the image.
You will have to then disconnect the second keyboard ribbon cable. After this comes the I/O board able which you have to disconnect from both sides.
Then disconnect the white and black WiFi wires. Remove two solid state hard drive screws both located parallel to each other and place them aside.
Then you have to remove the 12 fan and heatsink screws.
These are small black colored disks. Note that if you remove the red screw then the warranty of your laptop will become void. You will have to disconnect the 2 fan power cables so that the fans can come out.
When you will take out the fans you will see bracket screws slightly above the right side. Use a screwdriver to remove these 4 bracket screws.
Then remove the 3 right side screen hinge screws using a screw driver.
Now it is time to remove the motherboard. Remove the 8 motherboard screws.
Slide the clip outwards and the remove the RAM carefully and place it aside. Then remove the motherboard.
Now gently bend open the laptop to loosen up the screen hinges. You will then easily get to separate the lower part form the screen.
If you want then you are free to remove the speakers too from both lower ends of the right and the left side.
The disassembly part here is now complete. Next we are going to reassemble it.
The process of reassembly is almost the same but you have to set everything with last out, first in. Start the reassembly the replacing the speakers back in the slot. Then set the I/O board back in the slot and secure it with screws.
After this, place the lower side of the laptop that's in your hand on top of the LCD that you have separated previously and fix it again by reconnecting the LCD screen hinges on both sides. Place the 4 bracket screw and secure it with a screw driver. Place the motherboard into the case. Make sure it fits correctly and then replace the 8 screws that hold the motherboard in place.
Now you can place back the heatsink and the fan. Put them into place and start with replacing the 4 screws in x shape by first securing the screw at the top left, then at the bottom right, then at bottom left and then at the top right. The 5th screw will be placed on the right side of the heat sink. In order to hold the heat sink fan, replace the 2 screws. When the fan is secured, plug it back into the mother board.
Then, replace the cable that runs over the fan so that you can connect the mother board with the I/O board. Slide the cable into the connectors and close the latch. Reconnect the white and black WiFi wires, second keyboard ribbon cable.
Place back the two solid state hard drive one by one and secure them back with their screws. Put the RAM back and then connect the I/O board cable back into its place. Now that you have secured all the tough parts, you will have to replace the battery. Put it back into its place and fix the 3 screws, 2 at the bottom and 1 in the middle. After this,you are ready to connect the battery back to the motherboard. Make sure that you connect very cable and every item that you unscrewed. If you miss anything, the laptop will not function properly.
At the end, place back the bottom cover of the laptop. Fix it into place and use the Torx T5 screwdriver to replace the 10 screws. Now you are the done with the reassembly.
Disassembly is easy because you just have to disconnect things but reassembly is a tricky task as you have make sure you place the item in its exact place and all the cables are connected to make the laptop work.
With the completion of this tutorial, you now know how to take apart and reassemble your ASUS UX51 VZ-XB71 laptop. This tutorial, or parts of it, will help you prepare your laptop for repairs such as DC jack repair, fan replacement, damaged LCD screen replacement and video chip repair.
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January, like December, is another subzero cold winter month in Grand Haven, Michigan, with an average temperature fluctuating between 29.3°F (-1.5°C) and 21.7°F (-5.7°C). The coldest month is January, with an average high-temperature of 29.3°F (-1.5°C) and an average low-temperature of 21.7°F (-5.7°C). Weather in January »
February, the last month of the winter in Grand Haven, is also a subzero cold month, with an average temperature varying between 30.2°F (-1°C) and 22.6°F (-5.2°C). In February, the average high-temperature is practically the same as in January - a still subzero cold 30.2°F (-1°C). Weather in February »
March, the first month of the spring in Grand Haven, is a wintry month, with an average temperature varying between 29.8°F (-1.2°C) and 39.2°F (4°C). In March, the average high-temperature increases from a subzero cold 30.2°F (-1°C) in February to a cold 39.2°F (4°C). Weather in March »
April in Grand Haven, Michigan, is a frosty spring month, with an average temperature varying between 38.1°F (3.4°C) and 48.6°F (9.2°C). In April, the average high-temperature rises from a wintry 39.2°F (4°C) in March to a chilly 48.6°F (9.2°C). Weather in April »
The last month of the spring, May, is a moderate month in Grand Haven, Michigan, with temperature in the range of an average high of 59°F (15°C) and an average low of 47.8°F (8.8°C). In Grand Haven, Michigan, the average high-temperature in May increases from a chilly 48.6°F (9.2°C) in April to a mild 59°F (15°C). Weather in May »
The first month of the summer, June, is an agreeable month in Grand Haven, Michigan, with temperature in the range of an average high of 68°F (20°C) and an average low of 56.8°F (13.8°C). In Grand Haven, the average high-temperature in June increases from a moderate 59°F (15°C) in May to a pleasant 68°F (20°C). Weather in June »
July is a moderately hot summer month in Grand Haven, Michigan, with an average temperature varying between 64.2°F (17.9°C) and 75°F (23.9°C). In July, the average high-temperature marginally rises from a pleasant 68°F (20°C) in June to a warm 75°F (23.9°C). Weather in July »
The last month of the summer, August, is also a moderately hot month in Grand Haven, Michigan, with an average temperature ranging between max 75.2°F (24°C) and min 64.4°F (18°C). August is the warmest month, with an average high-temperature of 75.2°F (24°C) and an average low-temperature of 64.4°F (18°C). Weather in August »
September, the first month of the autumn in Grand Haven, is still a pleasant month, with an average temperature ranging between max 69.4°F (20.8°C) and min 58.1°F (14.5°C). In Grand Haven, the average high-temperature in September slightly decreases from a warm 75.2°F (24°C) in August to a pleasant 69.4°F (20.8°C). Weather in September »
October, like September, is a moderate autumn month in Grand Haven, Michigan, with an average temperature ranging between min 47.8°F (8.8°C) and max 57.2°F (14°C). In Grand Haven, the average high-temperature in October decreases from a pleasant 69.4°F (20.8°C) in September to a mild 57.2°F (14°C). Weather in October »
The last month of the autumn, November, is also a frosty month in Grand Haven, Michigan, with an average temperature varying between 37°F (2.8°C) and 45°F (7.2°C). In Grand Haven, the average high-temperature in November decreases from a mild 57.2°F (14°C) in October to a chilly 45°F (7.2°C). Weather in November »
December, the first month of the winter in Grand Haven, is still a cold month, with an average temperature ranging between max 34.7°F (1.5°C) and min 28.9°F (-1.7°C). In December, the average high-temperature drops from a frosty 45°F (7.2°C) in November to a cold 34.7°F (1.5°C). Weather in December »
What is the coldest month in Grand Haven?
The coldest month in Grand Haven, Michigan, is January, with an average high-temperature of 29.3°F (-1.5°C) and an average low-temperature of 21.7°F (-5.7°C).
What is the most humid month in Grand Haven?
January is the most humid month, with an average relative humidity of 84%.
How many days does it rain in Grand Haven?
Throughout the year, there are 139.5 rainfall days, and 22.8" (579mm) of precipitation is accumulated.
When does it snow in Grand Haven?
January through April, November and December are months with snowfall in Grand Haven.
How much does it snow in Grand Haven?
In Grand Haven, during the entire year, snow falls for 55 days and aggregates up to 14.21" (361mm) of snow.
What is the month with the least sunshine in Grand Haven?
January has the least sunshine of the year in Grand Haven, with an average of 2.3h of sunshine.
When is the lowest UV index in Grand Haven?
The months with the lowest UV index are January and December, with an average maximum UV index of 1.
When does it snow the most in Grand Haven?
February is the month with the most snowfall. Snow falls for 13.7 days and accumulates 4.13" (105mm) of snow.
When is Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Grand Haven?
On Sunday, March 12. 2023, at 2:00 am, Daylight Saving Time starts in Grand Haven, and the time zone changes from EST to EDT. Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, November 5. 2023, at 2:00 am, and the time zone reverts from EDT to EST.
When it does not snow in Grand Haven?
In Grand Haven, Michigan, snow does not fall in May through October.
When are the longest days in Grand Haven?
The month with the longest days is June, with an average of 15h and 19min of daylight.
What month has the most sunshine in Grand Haven?
The month with the most sunshine is July, with an average of 10.8h of sunshine.
What are the months with the highest UV index in Grand Haven?
The months with the highest UV index in Grand Haven are July and August, with an average maximum UV index of 6.
What is the warmest month in Grand Haven?
The warmest month is August, with an average high-temperature of 75.2°F (24°C) and an average low-temperature of 64.4°F (18°C).
What are the least humid months in Grand Haven?
The months with the lowest humidity are October and November, with an average relative humidity of 76%.
What is the rainiest month in Grand Haven?
October is the month with the most rainfall in Grand Haven. Rain falls for 16.5 days and accumulates 2.56" (65mm) of precipitation.
What is the driest month in Grand Haven?
The month with the least rainfall is November, when the rain falls for 10.4 days and typically collects 1.22" (31mm) of precipitation.
What is the month with the shortest days in Grand Haven?
December has the shortest days of the year in Grand Haven, with an average of 9h and 4min of daylight.
The month with the highest average low temperature is August (64.4°F).
The month with the highest atmospheric pressure is March (30.09"Hg).
The windiest months (with the highest average wind speed) are January and November (12.6mph).
The month with the highest relative humidity is January (84%).
The months with the lowest relative humidity are October and November (76%).
The driest month (with the least rainfall) is November (1.22").
The month with the highest number of rainy days is October (16.5 days).
The month with the least sunshine is January (Average sunshine: 2h and 18min).
The month with the most sunshine days is March (16.2 days).
The month with the least sunshine days is January (9.2 days).
The month with the most cloud cover is January (Cloud cover 77).
The month with the least cloud cover is July (Cloud cover 25).
The months with the highest visibility are February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December (6mi).
The month with the lowest visibility is January (5mi).
Grand Haven, Michigan - Climate and weather forecast by month. Detailed climate information with charts - average monthly weather with temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind, daylight, sunshine, visibility, and UV index data. [2361554]


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Majd Al Zhouri: "When a bomb destroyed my bedroom in my home, my dreams were shattered." Three years later, Majd and his family, having escaped the devastation of Syria, landed in Antigonish. Ten months later, barely able to speak English fluently, Majd found himself on stage as a principal actor in a story eerily similar to his life story. This community theatre experience became a real healing therapy which has helped him to dream again.
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Overall, nouveau works without problem in managing discrete GPU PM, and if I check power consumption using powertop on a fresh boot it reports an average battery discharge rate of ~7W like always.
I attached the kernel log using following parameters when using only nouveau driver (no bumblebee/bbswitch/nvidia): log_buf_len=1M nouveau.debug=debug.
I might have the same issue - I posted it under bug 98386. Happens on a Dell M3800, Intel Core i7-4702HQ, Nvidia Quadro K1100M, Arch Linux w/ kernel 4.19.2.
Same as you, after fresh boot I get around  ~7W in idle and after S3 resume I get 15W and more, no matter how long I wait. Contrary to your observations, bbswitch works for me; nouveau doesn't.
I have found out, that echoing lowest pstate (/sys/kernel/debug/dri/*/pstate) after S3 resume solves this issue. Power consumption drops back to 7-8W in idle.
I will post full dmidecode and dmesg in a couple of hours.
No longer occurs under stable kernel 4.20.6. Can you confirm this @Domenico?
Still occurring to me on linux 5.0.2.


Dental implants are the ideal solution to restore tooth loss allowing the patient to eat all the foods they wish without any problem; speak clearly; and smile broadly with self-confidence because they no longer suffer from a lack of dentition.
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In the 1950's a Swedish scientist was performing an experiment by placing a titanium rod in the leg of a rabbit. When he went to retrieve the rod, he discovered that the rabbit's bone had merged so completely with the rod that he could not extricate it. This led to further experimentation; and when ready to try on a human subject it was determined that a much better controlled application would be in the jawbone.
Bone loss – when a dental implant is placed it actually helps jaw bone to remain strong. If a tooth just sits on top of the gum tissue, the bone that once held the biological tooth in place begins to deteriorate. Gum tissue can shrink leading to appearance changes; as well as changing how the false tooth functions.
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Don't buy the rumors Mike Brown's job is in immediate danger
By Kurt HelinNov 7, 2012, 11:21 AM EDT
The Lakers are a patient organization. One of their great strengths — along with insane revenue generation — is they don't make rash moves, they wait until the odds are in their favor then the act decisively. They don't panic. They don't care what you write on an internet message board or what a talk radio host says.
So sorry Lakers fans, Mike Brown's job is not in immediate danger. He's going to get his chance.
There was a report at Hoopsworld recently about how "many within NBA circles believe" Brown is on his way out sooner rather than later. But that is the voices swirling around the outside of the organization, the kind of people often prone to knee-jerk reactions.
That's not the Lakers. That's not how they have operated under the Buss family.
If you talk to people around the Lakers organization the feeling is very different — Mike Brown is on solid footing right now.
Look what Jim Buss told Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register, referencing Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak and still the ultimate power Jerry Buss.
"I'm a hundred percent behind Mike Brown. Mitch is. My dad is. We as a collective soul are behind him 100 percent."
Collective Soul? Now I'm picturing Kupchak singing "Shine" and it's a little disturbing.
But Ding emphasizes the point, saying the Lakers management doesn't expect Brown to be Phil Jackson (who would have gotten a pass from fans for this start because his teams came together).
Jim Buss' comments about Brown in our recent chat made clear that ownership's view is that Brown's gift is being "well prepared." That's not very exciting, and it's certainly not particularly fascinating genius, but it's how Brown was for his Lakers job interview, and it's what he's expected to be now.
"I felt that anybody who works that hard in preparation, if we give him the right players, he'll figure out how to win," Buss said.
That philosophy is up for debate. My two cents are that there are only a handful of truly elite NBA coaches that make a team better by walking in the door — Jackson, Gregg Popovich, Rick Adelman, etc… — and after that there are a lot of solid NBA coaches who can win a lot, maybe even a ring, if you give them the right talent. Brown is one of those guys to me. He works hard and with time savvy veteran players like Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol will figure it out. With or without a lot of input from Brown.
If the Lakers are still a hot mess as we get to the time you start actually doing you Christmas shopping — don't tell me you start before Dec. 15, we know better — then the ground may shift. May. The Lakers have a couple year window with this group and they aren't going to waste one. But if the Lakers make a change the more likely outcome is it happens after the season. Also know if it gets to that and the Lakers do decide to make a move, it will not be to a coach who will come in and dominate the franchise the way Jackson did. This is Jim Buss' show now and the coach will work for and with him. You decide for yourself how someone like Jerry Sloan would fit in that dynamic.
But take your time, because the Lakers will. Mike Brown is not going anywhere, not in the short term.
Tags: Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, Steve Nash


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Schizogenius costiceps is een keversoort uit de familie van de loopkevers (Carabidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1869 door Steinheil.

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Q: Express Images With Umlauts Are not Displayed I noticed that all my images with ü,ä,ö are not working on my production server. Serving locally with nodemon + browersync works fine.
What settings do I have to make to get my images displayed.
I use utf-8 in my HTML head
<!doctype html>
<html class="no-js" ng-app="recipes">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">

I guess I don't have to make any settings in my mongodb:
How do I configure my MongoDB to take UTF-8 into account?
So then I guess only the express server ("express": "^4.12.0",) needs some extra config?
The image is on the server with the name:
niveskocht-71-grüne-speckbohnen-auf-mandel-pak-choi.jpg
And my chrome console shows me as path:
http://my-website/assets/images/niveskocht-71-gr%C3%BCne-speckbohnen-auf-mandel-pak-choi.jpg
I get a 404 when trying to load the image.
EDIT:
I added this to my server.coffee:
app.use((req, res, next) ->
  res.charset = "utf-8";
  console.log parseurl(req).pathname
  if (parseurl(req).pathname.indexOf('login') != -1 || req.session.userType)
    next()

according to this:
Node.js public static folder to serve js with utf-8 charset
And I get a utf-8 header:

That is how it looks on my localhost:

A: Its a pure guess but I think it is related to, that there are diff. types or encodings of umlauts. I now just renamed all my scraped images with gulp. But this looked like it is causing a problem:

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When Astrid Boons caused a shockwave with her Here we live and now duets Rhizoma and Vestige in the Netherlands, this did not go unnoticed abroad. She was invited by the Swedish Dans I Nord festival in Pitea to make a short choreography for the French dancer Pascal Marty in collaboration with composer Miguelangel Clerc. Decay is the result of a process whereby the illusion of a perfect, timeless surface is broken up and life forces itself to the body's surface.
After the performance Essential Rights that won him the BNG Bank Prize, Fernando Troya devoted his creative energies to a series of short pieces that together will form the performance Reminiscente. During All there is, he will present the first two parts. The solo The Colossus was inspired by Goya's famous series of prints entitled The Disasters of War, and a painting and print bearing the same title. The series of prints is also the inspiration for the duet En Calzones, together with the series Los Caprichos and a few of Goya's early paintings. Both pieces are accompanied live by Carlos Ema.
The third part of the afternoon will be held in the foyer. With this work in progress, Andrea Boll & Ivan Balgajcevic conclude a short residence in Korzo. In sage, the public can follow their research into one of the fundamental forms of communication from close by: touch. Andrea and Ivan have been working together for eleven years and wish, from that familiarity, to show the complex and delicate dynamic that results when two bodies come in contact with each other. They present a pallet of touches and caresses as an ode to the sensible, observing, and thinking human being.


"Questions with Answers Vol. 1: God and Creation" contains an overview of Scriptural truths about God and His creation. The songs teach who God is, what He did in creation, and why He did it. They also teach us who we are and how we should respond to Him.
"Questions with Answers Vol. 2: The Fall and Salvation" teaches what went wrong with the world and what God did to fix it. The songs give Scriptural explanations for where sin leads and how God saves.
"Questions with Answers Vol. 3: Christ and His Work" explains why God sent Jesus, what work Jesus did to accomplish our salvation, and what He does still today. The songs teach Scriptural truths about Jesus' nature, what his roles (offices) are, and how he reconciled us to God.
"Questions with Answers Vol. 4: The Word of God" contains songs which help teach the Ten Commandments and the Greatest Commandment and why they are important. Additional songs explain how and why God gave us the Bible, why we should believe it, and why it is important for us.
"Questions with Answers Vol. 5: Prayer and the Sacraments" takes listeners through the Scriptural basics of prayer, baptism and the Lord's Supper. The songs about prayer focus on what prayer is and to whom we should pray, along with examining the different parts of The Lord's Prayer. The songs about the sacraments teach the meaning and administration of baptism and the Lord's Supper.
"Questions with Answers Vol. 6: Christ and His Return" is the final volume of the "Questions with Answers" series and teaches about the great joy and hope of our faith! These songs rejoice in the completed work of Christ and His promise to return and bring us into His eternal presence.
"Songs for Saplings: 123" is designed to teach your little ones the word of God as they study their numbers. Songs 1-13 are about numbers, and songs 14-20 are about God's creation of the universe and His rest on the Sabbath.


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The Minute Book
If You Don't Stand Behind Our Troops
Topic: Commentary
The messaging of the image above, whether in a facebook feed, on a bumper sticker, or plastered somewhere else has always raised my hackles. It's in keeping with the rhetoric that comes of veteran outrage syndrome and the trend that continues to propagate the same sense of entitlement is well described in this article; The Death of the Quiet Professional.
"If you don't stand behind our troops,
feel free to stand in front of them!"
Really? If you've ever spouted this, did you actually pause and think about what it's actually saying? No, I didn't think so?
I'm sure some soldiers and veterans, and supporters of same, picture this (if they picture it at all) in the context of an armed force in all-round protection. Soldiers in a tight circle (proportional to the force size, of course, for the pedants out there), all facing outwards, sheltering a select deserving few inside, and everything outside defined as potential targets, where everything in front of the muzzle is the enemy. But life's never really that simple, is it?
First off, it's not the soldier's choice who might be under his (yes, or her) protection. That decision falls to the political masters, the ones who decided if we'd be at war, and with whom. And the soldier certainly doesn't get to decide that someone no longer deserves protection. The mere thought of that undermines the whole context of being a soldier in a democratic society. Soldiers can't claim to be defending the rights and freedoms of our country's populace, if they don't accept and allow them having an contrary or adversarial opinion. That, quite specifically, is one of those rights and freedoms.
"Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication… – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom
That freedom includes being able to disagree with how the elected officials running the country decide to employ the military. even if they, directly or indirectly, benefit from the military's existence in some other way. Those citizens are still entitled to express their opinion. We should be glad that they are, for they maintain that right even as some soldiers evolve from ardent supporters of their employer, the Government, to ardent veteran critics of every thing that same Government does in support (or perceived lack thereof) of soldiers and veterans.
Soldiers protect, both persons and materiel, and defend the rights and freedoms of their society, in ways chosen by the Government (that's part of the deal, the Government chooses the missions), and they protect individuals, very directly, when they happen to be inside one of those protective circles soldiers form on operations. No serving soldier on an operational mission would turn to a sheltered civilian (of any status) and declare that they no longer deserved protection. No soldier who dutifully embraces their responsibilities would cast a civilian from that protective circle.
You cannot hide behind suggested contexts and declare that the lack of a physical intent to cast someone out excuses the thought. The declaration itself offers to withdraw the protection that it is a duty of a serving soldier to provide. The soldier does not have the authority to withdraw it, because that authority has not, and never will be, delegated. To make such an declaration doesn't display a strong validation of one's support of soldiers and mission, it antagonistically shows a careless disregard for duty and loyalty to the nation's rights and freedoms. It doesn't reinforce the support it attempts to proclaim, it undermines it.
It's not simply a cute rhetorical quotation, it's an offer of violence, directly or indirectly. Parsed by the military mind, it says to the receivers that if they doesn't wholly support the soldier and his purpose (or support the soldier separate from mission, as some angry veterans might allow), than the receiver is welcome to walk into the danger zone. The citizen who does not agree with the Government's use of the military does not deserve to be sent into the crossfire. That citizen's opinions are just as valuable, and just as worthy to be expressed, in a democratic society. If anything, their right to express that opinion deserves to be openly recognized, and protected, from those who might try to muzzle it.
Soldiers like the analogy of sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves. Soldiers are the sheepdogs, protecting the populace (the sheep) from the bad guys (the wolves). The sheep can rest peacefully, because the sheepdogs remain awake, alert, and ready to counter the wolves. But the analogy always leaves out one important player … the shepherd … the Government. The sheepdog obeys the shepherd, and no true sheepdog abandons a sheep to the wolves, no matter how recalcitrant that sheep might be. It's not the sheepdog's choice, to do so is counter to the sheepdog's duty.
It's time for this facile expression to die and disappear. Those who express it are certainly entitled to their opinion, but perhaps they need to think a little harder about that opinion first and how it can be interpreted. It's not just a reprehensible expression, it's directly in contradiction to the soldier's duty.
In its place, I offer this quote, which thoughtful soldiers have seldom hesitated to express:
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." – Voltaire
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Why Should Your Occupancy Rate NOT Exceed 85%?
How to Calculate Occupancy
What Is the Difference Between Occupancy and Utilisation?
Occupancy in Contact Centres: Definition, Impact and Management
What Is the Right Figure for Contact Centre Occupancy?
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Filed under - Workforce Planning, NICE, Occupancy, Workforce Management (WFM)
Allowing occupancy rates to go above 85% is a big mistake that many contact centres still make. But why can it be such a big problem?
Let's answer this question once we've briefly established the correct definition for occupancy and how it is measured.
What Is Occupancy?
Occupancy is the percentage of time that an advisor handles contacts over the course of their shift, versus sitting in the idle state waiting for a call.
"Handling contacts" includes wrap-time as well as talk time.
We can therefore calculate occupancy by using the following equation:
If you use a different formula, you are likely confusing occupancy with utilization – another common contact centre mistake.
While occupancy only considers time logged in, utilization considers total time at work. This includes lunch breaks, team meetings and one-to-one coaching.
So, now we all understand this distinction and the true definition of occupancy, we can all better understand why occupancy shouldn't go above 85%.
For more on this distinction, read our article: What Is the Difference Between Occupancy and Utilization?
What Happens When Occupancy Goes Above 85%?
While we want advisors to be busy, as we are after all paying them to handle contacts, we don't want them to be so busy that they face call after call after call with no respite in between. This is what will happen if occupancy goes above 85%.
If your occupancy rates go above 85%, people may pull together at first, but soon morale and quality standards fall and advisor burnout becomes a big problem.
Omri Hayner
"In this situation, employees don't always do the right things for customers, because they either rush through calls or sometimes prolong an existing call to take a breather from the rush," says Omri Hayner, a general manager at NICE.
When advisors "take a breather", they may talk longer to a nice, friendly person – so they don't have to take another call – or they will most likely stay in after-call work (ACW) longer than is needed.
So, when occupancy goes too high, they will do whatever it takes to get an extra break, damaging advisor engagement and the service they provide to customers.
Find out other tricks that advisors use to get out of handling calls by reading our article: 7 Tricks That Call Centre Employees Play
High Occupancy Rates Can Be Linked to High Attrition Rates
As high occupancy leads to low morale and advisor burnout, it is no surprise that many contact centre professionals see a clear link between high occupancy and high attrition rates.
There is plenty of evidence of high occupancy driving higher churn in headcount.
"There is plenty of evidence of high occupancy driving higher churn in headcount," says Giles, a contact centre operations manager.
In addition, our readers have also reported to us that high occupancy has had the following impacts in their contact centre:
Small CSAT drop-offs
Dips in internal quality scores
Low engagement scores
Big contact centres are particularly at risk from suffering from these issues if they do not manage occupancy properly.
Why? Because in smaller contact centres, the work is more random. This means that occupancy will generally be lower in a contact centre that is staffing for the same level of service as a larger one.
With this in mind, it's even more important for big contact centres to know how to use occupancy rates in the most appropriate way…
What Should You Be Using Occupancy For?
To avoid all of the negative consequences that come with high occupancy, we need to manage it. This means incorporating the measure into our staffing plans.
To do this, we need to set a target for both service level and occupancy and apply them to our staffing calculations.
Let's look at the table below as an example of staffing calculations:
Number of Staff
Average Speed of Answer (ASA)
Service Level (SLA)
26 Erlangs 28 Staff 93% 55 secs 56% in 30 secs
26 Erlangs 31 Staff 84% 9 secs 88% in 30 secs
Let's say we are trying to hit a target of answering 80% of calls in 30 seconds. We would first think to schedule 30 staff.
But if we were to set a target of 85% occupancy, we will have to go to 31 advisors because, if you look at the table, the occupancy for 30 staff would be 87%.
While this extra 3% may not seem to be a big deal, let's just say that two members of the team are absent and we now only have 28 advisors in place. All of a sudden occupancy is at 93%. A jump from 84% to 93% will halve the amount of idle time advisors have.
Penny Reynolds
This is the best way to approach occupancy, according to Penny Reynolds, Founding Partner at The Call Center School, who says: "You don't want to think about occupancy as how busy you are, but instead as what happened to my team's idle time?"
Also, we can see that when occupancy and service level go above target, Average Speed of Answer (ASA) increases greatly. This, over the course of the day, can have a serious negative impact on cost.
High occupancy is a consequence of the power of one rule.
Published On: 6th Jul 2020 - Last modified: 18th May 2021
Read more about - Workforce Planning, NICE, Occupancy, Workforce Management (WFM)


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Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church
Virgil Porter
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Minister of Music
Dave Masterton
Children's Church Ministry
Wednesday Night Children's Ministry
Pastor Virgil Porter was raised in the Matthews, Missouri farming community in Southeast Missouri. He surrendered to the ministry in 1970. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible from Central Baptist College, Conway, Arkansas and a Master of Theology degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas. He came to Pleasant Valley as pastor in December 2007. He also teaches as associate professor of Bible at Central Baptist College, Conway, Arkansas.
He and his wife Sheila have two married sons, Trey and his wife Misty and Matthew and his wife Nikkina. They also have four grandchildren, Luke, Hailey, Kyle and Elleigh.
Dr. Porter has served as pastor of several churches in Arkansas and Texas, has written Sunday school literature for DiscipleGuide Publishing, theological journal articles and devotionals, and has served in various offices and positions in the Baptist Missionary Association of America on the local, state and national levels.
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Segmented number / digit displays for quickly adding readout displays to your projects.
Dual Alphanumeric Display - 16 Segment LEDs with 2 digits. Can display both numbers with decimal points and letters.
With this 4 Digit Alphanumeric Display you can make a clock, display numbers AND text characters!
Use just 2 pins to control this 4 digit display. This module makes it easy to add a timer or clock display to your projects using just 2 pins from your Arduino or Raspberry Pi!
Jumbo sized Single Digit LED Display measuring 1.8 inches. Super Bright Red.


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Q: It takes like 5 seconds to assign a 1000x1000 pixel texture to a SpriteSheetBundle in the Bevy game engine Is there a way of improving this situation or am i just using the engine wrong?
I tried to go around this problem by first creating and spawning Images of the Background with lower Quality.
fn spawn_background(commands: &mut Commands, texture: Res<Textures>) {
    commands
        .spawn(SpriteSheetBundle {
            texture_atlas: texture.background_low_texture.clone(),
            transform: Transform::from_scale(Vec3::splat(10.0)),
            ..Default::default()
        })
        .with(Dummy)
        .with(Background);

    commands
        .spawn(SpriteSheetBundle {
            texture_atlas: texture.background_med_texture.clone(),
            transform: Transform::from_scale(Vec3::splat(10.0)),
            ..Default::default()
        })
        .with(Dummy)
        .with(Background);

    commands
        .spawn(SpriteSheetBundle {
            texture_atlas: texture.background_texture.clone(),
            transform: Transform::from_scale(Vec3::splat(10.0)),
            ..Default::default()
        })
        .with(Background);
}

I am loading the Texture to the "Textures" Resource like this
fn setup(
    commands: &mut Commands,
    asset_server: Res<AssetServer>,
    mut texture_atlases: ResMut<Assets<TextureAtlas>>,
) {

    let background_texture_handle = asset_server.load("textures/background.png");
    let background_texture_atlas = TextureAtlas::from_grid(background_texture_handle, Vec2::new(1000.0, 1000.0), 1, 1);

    let background_low_texture_handle = asset_server.load("textures/background_low.png");
    let background_low_texture_atlas = TextureAtlas::from_grid(background_low_texture_handle, Vec2::new(1000.0, 1000.0), 1, 1);

    let background_med_texture_handle = asset_server.load("textures/background_med.png");
    let background_med_texture_atlas = TextureAtlas::from_grid(background_med_texture_handle, Vec2::new(1000.0, 1000.0), 1, 1);

    commands.insert_resource(Textures {
        background_texture: texture_atlases.add(background_texture_atlas),
        background_low_texture: texture_atlases.add(background_low_texture_atlas),
        background_med_texture: texture_atlases.add(background_med_texture_atlas),
    });
}

A: When compiling with the --release command line option, it runs much faster as the release profile have optimization enabled.
See cargo documentation

A: Since the performance issues arise from bevy itself and not your code, using the release flag seems a bit radical. With the following lines added to your Cargo.toml, just the dependencies are compiled with optimization and it will increase your compile times while developing.
[profile.dev.package."*"]
opt-level = 3


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TX, United States // Maritime hires and promotions
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition expands leadership team
Jennifer States, Blue Sky Maritime Coalition vice president and chief strategy officer.
The Houston-headquartered Blue Sky Maritime Coalition (BSMC) has appointed Jennifer States to serve as vice president and chief strategy officer.
States has 20 years of industry experience in renewable energy and clean technology, non-profit, government and research environments. She most recently served as vice president for projects and strategy at Washington Maritime Blue, a cluster organization for maritime innovation and sustainability. She has also been an active member of BSMC since its inception, serving on its board of directors as government relations director and as the policy workstream lead.
"We are excited to expand our Blue Sky team by adding Jennifer and her wealth of experience in maritime decarbonization and sustainability," said BSMC president and CEO David Cummins. "Jennifer is a strong leader and comes at a pivotal time for Blue Sky as we continue to bring North American maritime stakeholders together to accelerate the transition of waterborne transportation in the U.S. and Canada toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions
"I'm thrilled to start this new chapter with Blue Sky Maritime Coalition," said States. "I look forward to the opportunity to focus on maritime decarbonization efforts across the U.S. and Canada. Having been involved since the initial formation of both Washington Maritime Blue and Blue Sky Maritime Coalition, I know that the collaborative model is critical to accelerating innovations to reduce emissions. The cooperation between these organizations and with our members is critical to the progress that can be made, only by working together across our value chains."
Susan W. Dio is the former chairman and president of BP America and former CEO of BP Shipping. [Image: BP America] Houston-headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), the largest tank barge operator in the U.S., has appointed Susan W. Dio to its board, effective January 24, 2023, expanding it to ten directors, nine of them independent. Prior to… Read More
WaterIQ Appoints Water Veteran Tom Bundick as Vice President of the Process Water Division
WaterIQ Technologies™, the leader in next-generation ultrasonic solutions to combat harmful algae and biofilm without the use of chemicals, today announced the appointment of Tom Bundick as Vice President of its Process Water Division. Bundick has a strong background in industrial and municipal wastewater and water treatment solutions. He will play a key role in… Read More
GPA appoints new Vice President of Sales and Marketing: Flavio Batista
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has named Flavio Batista as its new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In his new position at GPA, he will direct international marketing, business development, and the sales effort toward beneficial cargo owners. "His depth of knowledge and the energy he brings to this new position will continue and… Read More
TDI-Brooks Hires Maxon as Senior Environmental Scientist
Cynda Maxon has joined TDI-Brooks as a senior environmental scientist, broadening the company's environmental capabilities and services. She has more than 30 years of experience as a program manager, environmental chemist, field supervisor, and risk assessor encompassing a wide range of offshore and coastal projects throughout the world. She has a thorough understanding of environmental… Read More
Maritime Industry New Hires and Promotions
Gagan Pal Singh Diwan – Appointed as Vice President at Adani Ports and SEZ!


Raising the legal age for tobacco purchase from 18 to 21 years is likely to reduce smoking rates in young people and make the generation smoke-free, experts suggest.
Most smokers start smoking during childhood and two-thirds of those who try smoking early will become regular smokers later, said the study published in The BMJ.
Increasing the legal age to 21 would make it harder for children to obtain cigarettes and take the legal age beyond school age, said Nicholas Hopkinson, respiratory specialist from the Imperial College London.
"Smoking is a contagious habit transmitted within peer groups, and the age increase will protect younger children from exposure to older pupils in school who smoke. It will also remove a potential source of supply within schools," said Hopkinson.
He stressed that besides helping existing smokers to quit, preventing young people from taking to smoking is imperative.
Hopkinson also suggested that a "polluter pays" tax set to raise around $198 million per year from tobacco manufacturers will help to pay for a revitalised, evidence-based set of tobacco control policies.
"This could include the introduction of a retail licensing scheme for tobacco products, which could help limit underage sales. It would also make it easier to ban sales from those who break the law," Hopkinson said.


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Minimal rate increase proposed for Gisborne city residents
HomeYour CouncilOur NewsMinimal rate increase proposed for Gisborne city residents
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A 3.5% increase in total rates collected is likely to be proposed by Gisborne District Council to fund it's 2011/2012 Annual Plan. This is significantly less than the 8.1% increase forecast in Council's Ten Year Plan. Gisborne city residential properties will have the smallest increase. An average city property valued at $280,000 will go up by less than 1%; well under inflation.
"I hope this will be a relief for the majority of our ratepayers who live in Gisborne city. They have faced some of the highest increases in the district over the last five years especially with the building of the new wastewater treatment plant," says chief executive Lindsay McKenzie. "We are very aware that the affordability of rates in this district is a major issue for many because of low incomes. We have worked hard to keep costs to a minimum while absorbing increased Kiwisaver and ACC costs."
Significant savings have been made in the provision of water and dealing with stormwater. The projected costs from the new wastewater treatment plant are $1 million less than estimated. This is due to reductions in depreciation, interest and lower operating costs than earlier predicted.
The rate increase for different properties varies significantly. "A residential property in Ruatoria we looked at will get a rate decrease of 2.57% due to the reduced cost of rubbish collection. This is balanced by a slightly above average increase for a property we looked at in the Te Karaka township."
In many cases the greatest impact will be felt by high value properties. Original estimates showed the cost of landfill, transfer stations and some corporate expenses would be funded as part of the Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC) portion of the rates. This would have taken fixed charges to 32% of total rates revenue. By law this must not exceed 30%. Costs of $1.4 million have therefore been transferred to general rates which are spread over the whole district and are based on the capital value of a property.
Many properties that have enjoyed lower rate increases over the last 5 years will be harder hit next year says chief financial officer Mike Drummond. "We looked at some examples of higher priced properties. The Wainui beach home, rural forest and a city retail property all had less than a 5% increase in total over the last five years. Next year the proposed increases for these areas are likely to be above 6%."
"Owners of commercial buildings in the central business district face one of the largest increases. This comes on the back of negligible increases in rates over the last five years. In the example we looked at there had been no increases at all for that property over the last five years. It would face a 10% increase next year. This is mainly due to the fact that these properties now pay the full costs (7% of the increase) of the much appreciated City Watch Team. Previously 67% of this service was funded by a Work and Income NZ Grant."
Rural properties are also affected by targeted rates for rural fires and increased roading and pest control costs.
How rates are spread across the district is a result of Council's revenue and financing policies. These will be reviewed next year and the public will be asked to get involved in this process.
The rating estimates are based on what it will cost to deliver the Council's 2011/2012 Annual Plan. This plan is year three of a ten year plan and does not include any new major works. Council will be seeking feedback on its plan in March next year with a series of Community Update meetings throughout the district.
The rates comparison tool will be updated in early March so that people can compare the rates they are paying now with the proposed rates for their property. Once all consultation has been considered the amended plan will be adopted. New rating levels will take affect from July 2011.


Prof. Levi-Schaffer (FLS) is a member of the Institute for Drug Research (IDR) in the Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy. FLS has over 25 years experience in allergy research, specifically on mast cells and eosinophils, and is head of the Immunopharmacology Laboratory for Asthma and Allergy Research. Her laboratory consists of 5 Ph.D. students and one senior research assistant all working on several projects focusing on the topic of allergy. The major research topics are: 1) Inhibiting and activating receptors and their ligands on mast cells and eosinophils; 2) The allergic effector unit and its immuno-pharmacological modulation; and 3) Eosinophils, angiogenesis and hypoxia in allergic inflammation: a key to fibrosis.
FLS's lab has all the material resources for immunology, molecular biology, pharmacology, as well as first class animal facilities in the Animal facility of the Medical School. The lab is specialized in tissue culture of cord blood derived MC and eosinophils, murine cell culture, angiogenesis systems, evaluation of specific mast cell and eosinophil mediators. Moreover, the lab routinely carries out experiments in mice in which allergic asthma, allergic peritonitis, PD, AD, etc. The lab's resources include all the standard lab equipments; Becton-Dickinson FACScalibur; and an interdepartmental equipment section with resources including electron microscope, image analysis, mass spectrometry, peptide synthesis, etc.
Experimentation of New Drugs, Israeli Ministry of Health; a member of the Executive Committee of the International Eosinophil Society; and Vice President of the newly formed European Mast Cell and Basophil Research Network.
1. Rocha-de-Souza CM et al Infect Immun. 2008 76:4489-97.
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AccueilAutres actualitésConférence de Tenzin Norbu : Tibet's Environment: Denuding, Degrading and Depopulating
Conférence de Tenzin Norbu : Tibet's Environment: Denuding, Degrading and Depopulating
2 juin 2013 admin Autres actualités, Autres conférences et colloques, Conférences Commentaires fermés sur Conférence de Tenzin Norbu : Tibet's Environment: Denuding, Degrading and Depopulating
DANS LE CADRE DU SÉMINAIRE RITUELS
Le JEUDI 13 juin à 17h
MAISON DE L'ASIE
22 Avenue du Président Wilson
Salle du rez-de-chaussée
TENZIN NORBU fera une conférence sur
Tibet's Environment: Denuding, Degrading and Depopulating
Situated at the heart of Asia, Tibet is one of the most environmentally strategic and sensitive regions in the world. Scientists are increasingly calling the Tibetan Plateau as the 'Water Tower of Asia', 'Barometer of Asia' and most importantly 'The Third Pole'. For centuries, Tibetans have lived in harmony with nature based on the principles of simplicity, interdependence and non-violence enshrined in their religious beliefs, customs and taboos. However, the occupation of Tibet by People's Republic of China (PRC) made way for the implementation of environmentally destructive policies and projects, which further accelerated the effects of global climate change on the 'roof of the world'. Tibetan Plateau today is heating twice as fast as the global average and consequently, it is faced with a series of environmental challenges that not only affects its ecology but its social, political and economic attributes as well.
A large part of Tibet's 2.5 million sq. km area has been grossly denuded due to the implementation of several development plans and policies by PRC since 1960s, including land-use policies, mining, deforestation, urbanization etc. Different grassland and livestock rearing policies to increase production have instead threatened the sustainability of the fragile environmental balance of this immense upland. Similarly, mining operations carried out with minimal participation of Tibetans and poor environmental safeguards, have resulted in pollution of land and water; destruction of grazing lands, soil erosion and loss of wildlife biodiversity, which in turn affects the livelihood of Tibetans. The large-scale deforestation that has already destroyed half of Tibet's rich timber resource continues unabated even after the official logging ban declared after the disastrous floods of the middle and lower Yangtze River in 1998. Tibetans have been protesting across Tibet to voice their concern about these impacts on their ecology and livelihood.
The global climate change and local human-induced factors have caused a multi-faceted environmental degradation which further enhances the warming process. In the past few decades, the alpine glaciers are rapidly melting, vast permafrost layer are constantly reducing, river hydrology is swiftly declining, wetlands and lakes are constantly shrinking while stretches of grasslands are turning into arid region. The degradation of glacier, permafrost, wetlands, lakes and grassland which serves as a major carbon sink, leads to the release of huge amounts of green-house gases into the atmosphere, intensifying the already warming global climate.
As a response to the large-scale desertification of grassland, Chinese government is aggressively implementing a policy to depopulate millions of drogpas (Tibetan pastoral nomads) from their ancestral pastoral grounds by forcing them to abandon their livestock and settle them in socialist-style ghettos. Over half of the 2.45 million drogpas have been already been "resettled" under the guise of ecological protection and social development. These drogpas are faced with souring poverty, unemployment and social breakdown. Ironically, these drogpas have maintained a unique pastoral culture and has in-fact been the real guardians of these alpine pastures for more than 8000 years. Lands and pastures inhabited by Tibetan farmers and nomads are expropriated to make way for mining industries and hydro-power projects. China has dammed all the major rivers originating from Tibet, which supports over 1.3 billion people in Asia.
The effects of accelerating denudation, degradation and depopulation of Tibet's fragile ecology will resonate for beyond the plateau, changing the water supply for billions of people and altering the atmospheric circulation over half the planet. With survival of Tibetans as well as almost half of humanity at stake, the need to save the Tibetan Plateau from ecological devastation is highly urgent, more than ever before.
Séance de présentation et de dédicace : Le renoncement au féminin. Couvents et nonnes dans le bouddhisme tibétain
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Art analysis requires critical thinking skills and an understanding of the forms and functions of art. Learners put their skills to the test as they complete an activity where they must analyze a single piece of art. The worksheet provides five areas to focus on during the analysis; cultural impact, artistic choices, context, function, and subject.
Students analyze the art of Jacob Lawrence. In this art analysis lesson, students examine a art from Jacob Lawrence. In this art analysis lesson, students complete image based discussion activities and two related activities.


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Alumnae in the Visual Arts March 27, 2013
McKenzie Floyd '12
"As one of the first students to graduate with this new degree, I had so much support from many professors in many different departments: chemistry, art history, anthropology, archaeology. The focus on interdisciplinary studies at Scripps provided me with the perfect environment in which to combine my passions for both science and art."
McKenzie graduated from Scripps in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in art conservation. "As one of the first students to graduate with this new degree," McKenzie commented, "I had so much support from many professors in many different departments: chemistry, art history, anthropology, archaeology. The focus on interdisciplinary studies at Scripps provided me with the perfect environment in which to combine my passions for both science and art."
She studied abroad at Studio Art Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy, where she learned techniques for paintings and fresco conservation. Although she logged over 1200 hours of hands-on conservation work, she always knew she wanted to get her Ph.D. in chemistry. McKenzie accepted a research position at the George Washington University, where she works in Dr. Akos Vertes' analytical chemistry lab. Although her current research is not art-focused, she considers it a perfect complement to her conservation studies. McKenzie is learning how to improve instruments' limits of detection, which is important in a field where samples are limited. On the weekends, she volunteers at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. After earning her doctorate, McKenzie's goal is to work in a conservation science laboratory.
Scripps Senior Exhibition


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Q: Stiefel Whitney class of a representation $\rho\colon D_{2n} \to O(2)$ As the title suggests, I'm trying to figure out what is the Stiefel Whitney class of the following representation of $D_4=\langle a,b \mid a^2=b^2=1, bab=a^{-1}\rangle=\Bbb Z_2\langle a\rangle \oplus \Bbb Z_2\langle b \rangle$, the usual Klein group.
$$ \rho \colon D_4 \to O(2)$$ $$ a \mapsto \begin{matrix}
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this representation induces a map $B\rho \colon BD_{2n} \to BO(2)$, and therefore it represents a well-defined 2-vector bundle. So it makes sense to compute the S-W classes of it. There is a way to prove that the first S-W class is $b \in H^1(D_{2n};\Bbb Z_2)=\hom(D_{2n};\Bbb Z_2)$, but I'm not aware of methods for computing the second S-W class.
I'm not very expert in representation theory (not at all honestly), I'm a topologist (well, I'm studying topology) that's why the question.


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McDonald's earnings; Stock streak ends; Trump and the Fed
by Ivana Kottasová @ivanakottasova October 24, 2017: 5:03 AM ET
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1. Fast food earnings: It's a yummy earnings day on Wall Street.
McDonald's (MCD) will report third quarter results before the opening bell. Investors and customers seem to be liking the burger chain's recent image change and menu additions, and shares are up 34% so far this year.
It's a different story at Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), which also reports before the open. Its shares are down 15% in 2017.
The chain has been struggling to win back customers following E. coli and norovirus outbreaks, as well as a recent rodent sighting in one of its restaurants in Dallas.
2. Stock streak ends: The Dow Jones industrial average snapped its impressive six-day run of records on Monday. The index closed 0.2% lower.
The S&P 500 shed 0.4% and the Nasdaq declined 0.6%.
3. Trump and the Fed: President Trump says he will announce his choice for Federal Reserve chair "very soon." Trump must decide whether to stick with current Fed boss Janet Yellen, or put his own stamp on the central bank. Stanford University economist John Taylor and Fed Governor Jerome Powell are both in the running.
4. U.K. treasury chief questioned: U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond is set to be questioned in parliament at 6:30 a.m. ET.
Brexit and the country's upcoming budget are bound to be on the agenda.
Britain and the European Union have made little progress in Brexit negotiations, and businesses are getting nervous.
5. Global markets overview: U.S. stock futures were pointing higher.
European markets opened mixed, following a trend set in Asia.
Japan's Nikkei hit another record high as investors cheered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's election victory.
6. Stock market movers: Whirlpool Corp (WHR) was down sharply in extended trading after the company cut its earnings guidance.
7. Company news: 3M (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Eli Lilly (LLY), Fiat Chrysler (FCAU), General Motors (GM), Infosys (INFY), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Sherwin-Williams (SHW) and TD Ameritrade (AMTD) plan to release earnings before the open.
AT&T (T), Express Scripts (ESRX), iRobot (IRBT), Regal Entertainment (RGC) and Texas Instruments (TXN) will follow after the close.
Unicredit (UNCFF), Italy's biggest bank by assets, was forced to release its preliminary earnings two weeks ahead of schedule after some of the data leaked early. The bank's stock was trading 0.4% lower in Milan.
Tuesday -- AT&T, GM, Chipotle, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar and McDonald's earnings
Wednesday -- Coca-Cola, Walgreens, Boeing and Visa earnings; ECNY luncheon with Wilbur Ross
Thursday -- Mattel, Twitter, Alphabet, Microsoft, Intel, Comcast, Ford, Southwest, American Airlines, Hershey, Xerox and Amazon earnings
Friday -- ExxonMobil, Chevron and Merck earnings; GDP Q3 estimates
CNNMoney (London) First published October 24, 2017: 5:03 AM ET