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Brendan Smith and Jamie Benn slugged it out Tuesday night when The New York Rangers took on the Dallas Stars in American Airlines Center.
The New York Rangers will look for a bounce back performance after a 6-4 loss to the New Jersey Devils in their last outing. Gregg McKegg had a goal and an assist for the Rangers while Tony DeAngelo, Mika Zibanejad and Filip Chytil each got on the score sheet as well. Pavel Buchnevich and Adam Fox each had a pair of assists with Buchnevich logging 4 shots on goal. Brendan Lemieux led the Rangers with 5 shots on goal while Phil Di Giuseppe also had 4 shots on goal in the losing effort. Igor Shesterkin took the loss, falling to 9-2-0 on the year after allowing all 5 goals on 23 shots faced in the losing effort.
The Dallas Stars will be out to snap a five-game losing streak after a 1-0 loss to the Nashville Predators in their last outing. Tyler Seguin led the Stars with 6 shots on goal while John Klingberg, Roope Hintz and Miro Heiskanen each had 4 shots on goal as the Stars outshot the Predators 37-23 in the losing effort, including 14-5 in the 3rd period but the Stars wouldn't be able to break through the Predators' goal for the 2nd time in 3 days. Ben Bishop took the loss, falling to 21-15-4 on the year after giving up the lone goal on 23 shots faced in the losing effort.
New York is 9-1 in their last 10 road games and 1-4 in their last 5 games overall while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games as a road underdog. Dallas is 0-5 in their last 5 games overall and 0-5 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 39-16-5 in their last 60 home games. New York is 1-5 in the last 6 meetings between these two teams.

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38th Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot feeds the hungry, ends in rare photo finish
By Graydon Megan
The first of 7,000 participants crossed the start line promptly at 9 a.m. Thanksgiving Day. (Graydon Megan / Pioneer Press)
An estimated 7,000 runners, joggers and walkers lined up at 9 a.m. Thanksgiving in downtown Elmhurst for the start of the 38th annual Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot, an event that over its long run has raised $3.9 million to help feed the hungry in DuPage County.
Founder Dan Gibbons, speaking before the start, reminded all that despite DuPage County's prosperity, tens of thousands of people in the county are food-insecure.
"That includes 20,000 kids," Gibbons told the crowd, speaking from a new vantage point on a balcony of The Hill condominium building at the southeast corner of Park and Cottage Hill avenues.
Elmhurst Mayor Scott Levin (l) and Turkey Trot founder Dan Gibbons spoke before the start of the problem of hunger in DuPage County. (Graydon Megan / Pioneer Press)
Proceeds have gone to Loaves and Fishes Community Services, West Suburban Community Pantry, People's Resource Center, United Community Concerns Association, Catholic Charities — DuPage County, DuPage PADS, Elmhurst Walk-In Assistance Network and the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry.
The vantage point may have been new, but for many in the crowd, the Turkey Trot is a well-established family tradition. That was the cases for Lora and Mark Saunders who were making the Trot with their daughter Teresa Mears, her husband Derek and their daughter Olivia, two and a half. Mark said he grew up in Elmhurst and Lora said the family has been participating in the annual event "for years."
(from left) Lora and Mark Saunders, their daughter Teresa Mears, her husband Derek and their daughter Olivia are longtime Turkey Trotters. (Graydon Megan / Pioneer Press)
While most aspects of the event have followed tradition over the years, this year had at least one rare feature. The fastest woman finisher was not one runner, but four, all teammates from the York High School girls cross country team that just won the Illinois High School Association Division 3A state title.
As the start time approached, the Men of Spirito, this year joined by some of Spirito's younger singers in the Bravura ensemble, sang a medley of familiar songs.
They were followed by Jim Cornelison, who sings at the start of Chicago Blackhawks home games, with a powerful rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner. Keeping with Turkey Trot tradition, at the 9 a.m. start loudspeakers blasted out a recording of Louis Armstrong singing "What a Wonderful World" as the four bright yellow vintage aircraft of Lima Lima Flight Team roared over the starting line.
Ethan Kern was the first place finisher among men. (Graydon Megan / Pioneer Press)
Ethan Kern was the first man to finish, winning with a time of 15 minutes 38 seconds. Kern, a York High School graduate now at the University of Kentucky, is the son of well-known local coach Charlie Kern.
First place among women was not one runner, but four, all York girls cross country teammates, finishing in a time of 19 minutes, 37 seconds. They are Katherine Klimek, Michaela Quinn, Katelyn Winton and Brook Berger.
Four members of the York High School girls cross country team were first to finish among women. They are, from left to right, Michaela Quinn, Katherine Klimek, Katelyn Winton and Brook Berger. Another York runner, in green headband between Quinn and Klimek was right behind them. (Graydon Megan / Pioneer Press)
2021 38th Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot by the numbers:
Registered participants: 7,000 (estimated)
Course length: 5 kilometers (3.1 miles)
Years event has been taking place: 38
First place finisher, men: Ethan Kern, who finished in 15:38
First place finisher, women: Four teammates from York High School girls cross country, finishing in 19:37.
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Free speech includes the right to be silent
Jun27 by Thomas Mitchell
The right to free speech includes the right to not be compelled to speak.
That includes not being required to pay dues to a union whose political view might be different from yours, not being required to advertise abortion availability at your faith-based pregnancy counseling service, not being required to use your cake baking talent to create a special cake or your flowing arranging expertise for a gay wedding.
All of these have come down from a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court in a matter of days.
Today the court ruled that public employees could not to be forced to pay dues to unions with which they might not agree. Justice Samuel Alito writes in the 5-4 opinion:
The First Amendment, made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment, forbids abridgment of the freedom of speech. We have held time and again that freedom of speech "includes both the right to speak freely and the right to refrain from speaking at all." … The right to eschew association for expressive purposes is likewise protected. … ("Freedom of association … plainly presupposes a freedom not to associate") … ("[F]orced associations that burden protected speech are impermissible"). As Justice Jackson memorably put it: "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein."
Just the day before the court ruled, again 5-4, that a California law that required pro-life, religious-oriented unlicensed pregnancy centers to place extensive disclaimers in large fonts and in as many as 13 languages in their ads and on billboards telling people about abortion services was an unconstitutional impingement on free speech. The ruling overturned a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion:
Here, for example, licensed clinics must provide a government-drafted script about the availability of state-sponsored services, as well as contact information for how to obtain them. One of those services is abortion — the very practice that petitioners are devoted to opposing. By requiring petitioners to inform women how they can obtain state-subsidized abortions — at the same time petitioners try to dissuade women from choosing that option — the licensed notice plainly "alters the content" of petitioners' speech.
A little more than a week ago in a 7-2 ruling the court held the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was inconsistent in its rulings relating to issues of the First Amendment's guarantee of free exercise of religion and free speech.
Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy noted that on at least three occasions the state Civil Rights Commission held that bakers who refused to create cakes with images that conveyed disapproval of same-sex marriage did so lawfully.
"The treatment of the conscience-based objections at issue in these three cases contrasts with the Commission's treatment of Phillips' objection," Kennedy wrote. "The Commission ruled against (Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack) Phillips in part on the theory that any message the requested wedding cake would carry would be attributed to the customer, not to the baker. Yet the Division did not address this point in any of the other cases with respect to the cakes depicting anti-gay marriage symbolism."
Shortly thereafter the court remanded a Washington case involving a florist who declined to arrange flowers for a gay wedding, citing the Colorado ruling.
The state of Nevada, under the direction of Attorney Adam Laxalt, had joined in both the public employee union case and the California abortion law case on the winning side.
Laxalt's office put out a press release about the California law ruling stating: "The ruling, which rests exclusively on free speech grounds, does not affect abortion providers; it neither requires them to change their practices nor infringes on their ability to provide abortions. The Supreme Court correctly held that compelling private organizations to promote the government's preferred message under those circumstances is inconsistent with the First Amendment. This is an important holding ensuring that the government cannot simply force private speakers with whom it disagrees to also promote the government's preferred message, especially when there are other ways for the government to promote its own message without interfering with private speech."
Republican Laxalt's Democratic opponent for governor in November, Steve Sisolak, put out a statement reported by The Nevada Independent saying, "I believe that women deserve access to all of their options when it comes to their reproductive health care. I still have concerns over the lack of information given by these crisis pregnancy centers and the harm it can cause."Sisolak continued, "As governor, I will fight to protect a woman's constitutional reproductive rights and her consistent access to comprehensive care. Adam Laxalt has shown repeatedly that he will pursue an anti-choice agenda that will roll back the clock on women's rights and bring Nevada down a dangerous path."
This has nothing to do with abortion rights and only to do with speech rights.
This point was lost on Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen who is running for Republican Dean Heller's Senate seat. She sent out an email saying, "Deceiving women about their health care options is an attack on women's fundamental reproductive freedom, and I will continue to stand against this Administration's attacks on women's rights and access to health care. Nevadans support a woman's right to make these personal decisions."
Lame-duck Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen sent an email saying, "It is disappointing that today's Supreme Court decision will allow unlicensed facilities to continue misleading women about the health care services they provide. No woman seeking accurate information about her health care options should be lied to, shamed, or denied access to basic medical care. This ruling is a huge setback in our nation's fight to protect and advance women's rights and will make it harder for women to access the health care services they need. We must continue fighting to ensure that every woman has the right to make her own health choices and has access to the full range of options."
Laxalt's political campaign sent out an email crowing about the two most recent court ruling and rubbing Sisolak's nose in it:
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that the government cannot force Nevadans to advocate political positions against their beliefs. We know Steve Sisolak disagrees. Steve said it was "shameful" when Adam visited a Nevada pregnancy care center, and he favors zero restrictions on abortion — a position to the left of most Nevada Democrats. He is benefiting from the government union in this case, AFSCME, that is running over a million dollars in attack ads against Adam right now — attack ads that PolitiFact has called "false."
These were great victories for free speech. Adam protected pregnancy care centers from a radical California law that would have forced these pro-life centers that offer care for pregnant women to advocate for policies they disagree with. Adam protected workers from being forced to give up their wages to a government union that pays for political lobbying and advertising that they may disagree with.
Steve Sisolak's fringe agenda is being exposed. This is a great week for freedom of speech in Nevada, and a terrible week for Steve Sisolak's radical political machine.
Anti-abortion activists celebrated outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. (Reuters pix via NYTimes)
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Rincon says:
Why is it reasonable, or even Constitutional for the government to dictate the terms of union/management negotiations?
People who invest in stock or a mutual fund may have some of their money appropriated for campaign contributions to politicians they don't approve of, but they cannot invest in the company and withhold their participation. Likewise, if a person doesn't agree with unions, then they should be free to abide by that view by not holding a union job. The union though, should also be free to negotiate a deal with the employer that employees must join the union to work in the establishment. Just as investors who don't approve can invest elsewhere, people looking for work can avoid applying for union jobs if they choose.
The practical side is even more important than theoretical "rights". Unions deserve credit for helping to form the entire middle class. Without them, Marx's predictions might well have come to pass. To force unions to allow employees to have all of the benefits of union membership while paying none of the costs will inevitably destroy unions. When that happens, it's back to Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" or Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath". Making union shops illegal will have the same consequences as outlawing unions. Even though unions are far weaker than before, the threat of union formation still exerts a check on the unfair treatment of employees by businesses. Do we really want to end even the threat of disgruntled employees banding together?
Hank Bond says:
Absolutely excellent piece.
So if it's not proper to require a pregnancy center (just what IS an unlicensed pregnancy center?) to advise clients regarding abortion as an option, then there should also be no requirement for anyone serving pregnant women in any capacity about adoption as an option. Fair enough, but my own profession is much more demanding. If I fail to provide my clients with all reasonable options in the diagnosis and treatment of their pets' disease issues, the State of Illinois has the power to take away my license to practice veterinary medicine. Where's MY freedom of speech?
SCOTUS decided, there is no higher Judicial appeal.
Write your Congresscritter, Rincon. IF they follow your twisted logic, they can write a new law.
Meanwhile, he's YOUR President! (member that?)
Thomas Mitchell says:
Tyranny of the majority?
Thomas Mitchell – Free speech includes the right to be silent – It Matters How You Stand says:
[…] June 27, 2018 – Thomas Mitchell […]
It might not make too much difference anyway. Assuming Conservatives don't invent some right for nonunion members to keep their "nonmembership" secret, the other members may very well treat the parasites in the same ways as they have historically treated scabs. Probably a pretty good motivator to join.
Lack of civility?
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Parking is available near Ford Field, at Frost School and at the Livonia Civic Center.
Things are back to normal this year for the Livonia Spree when it comes to parking.
Many changes took place last year with the I-96 reconstruction closing some bridges over the freeway, but with the road open, it means parking can go back to the way it was before.
Some parking is open on the Spree grounds, as well as some limited parking at Frost Middle School off Stark.
"That parking fills up pretty fast," said Michael Arakelian, a Livonia police officer. "That's the first place they get directed to; then we fill in the ball diamond.
Of course, Spree-goers can also take advantage of parking at the Civic Center campus near the library and city hall and get transported to the Spree grounds at Ford Field, Arakelian said.
"As in year's past, there will be a shuttle bus running from city hall," he said.
More parking is also available this year at Frost, as there will not be the level of contractors working at the school like there was last summer.
Farmington Road between Schoolcraft and Five Mile will also close Sunday evening for the annual fireworks display. Arakelian said the road will close at about 7 p.m. and will remain closed until after the fireworks are complete.
Police have a wide presence at the Spree for safety, and the command center is open in its usual spot, just south of Eddie Edgar Arena.
"When you consider the amount of people ... and the minor issues we deal with, I would have to say the crowd is well-behaved," Arakelian said. "The high level of uniform presence helps set that scene there."
He said last year, despite the construction and reduced parking, issues were kept to a minimum.
"To be honest with you, last year went fairly smooth," he said. It just took us a little while longer to empty out the grounds. The job got done."


Fred Teng is President of the America China Public Affairs Institute. Most recently, Mr. Teng served over seven years as Chief Executive Officer of China Newsweek Corporation, the publisher of NewsChina magazine. Prior, Mr. Teng has served as senior management in the financial, telecommunications, and media industries, including Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer & Co, AT&T, DVS New York, and Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc.
In addition, Mr. Teng also serves as the Senior U.S. Representative of the China-United States Exchange Foundation; a Special Council Member of the China Foundation for Peace and Development, Counselor of the EastWest Institute, a Board Member of the Center for China and Globalization, and a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and a Centennial Society member of the Economic Club of New York. Mr. Teng is a regular commentator and contributor on issues relating to U.S. China relations.
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Posted on June 7, 2016 by Point Pleasant Register
'Mayor's Night Out' free concert series returns
Beth Sergent - bsergent@civitasmedia.com
Popular singer songwriter Paul Doeffinger returns to Mayor's Night Out for a free concert at 8 p.m. July 15 in the amphitheater at Point Pleasant Riverfront Park. The free concert series begins at 8 p.m. this Friday with C.C. Miller performing country rock and blues.
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Mayor's Night Out Concert Series returns to Point Pleasant Riverfront Park this Friday and continues through Friday, Aug. 26.
All concerts begins at 8 p.m. Fridays, with the exception of the June 24 shows (details listed below), and all take place in the amphitheater at Riverfront Park. There will be no concerts July 1 or Aug. 12 due to the Point Pleasant Regatta and Mason County Fair taking place, respectively.
"We are very excited once again to have such great talent from throughout our area to perform at the riverfront park," Mayor Brian Billings said. "We look forward to a very exciting concert season."
For the past several years, Point Pleasant City Council has passed motions to pay for the free concerts, giving back to the community and utilizing the riverfront park in the process. Concessions are also sold during the shows.
This year's itinerary of performers is as follows: 8 p.m., this Friday, C.C. Miller performs country rock and blues music; 8 p.m., June 17, 542 performs classic rock; June 24 at 7:45 p.m. Pop Friction takes the stage followed at 9 p.m. by Blue Z Band, both performing radio rock and pop rock music; 8 p.m., July 8, Praise and Worship performs gospel music; 8 p.m., July 15, Paul Doeffinger performs original songs and popular singer songwriter hits; 8 p.m., July 22, C.C. Miller returns for country, rock and blues performance; 8 p.m., July 29, Mason Dixon and Backwoods Brotherhood performs country music; 8 p.m., Aug. 5, Four Ever Blessed performed gospel music; 8 p.m., Aug. 19, Modock Rounders performs classic country and classic rock music; 8 p.m., Aug. 26, Two River Junction performs country music.
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/06/web1_6.8-PPR-Paul.jpgPopular singer songwriter Paul Doeffinger returns to Mayor's Night Out for a free concert at 8 p.m. July 15 in the amphitheater at Point Pleasant Riverfront Park. The free concert series begins at 8 p.m. this Friday with C.C. Miller performing country rock and blues.
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Q: Error in shinytest. Cannot detect my script is a R file I am trying to test an shiny application with the function shinytest.
I have made an record and get a new file:
The picture show my test file and how I have specified the path to my application
When I try to run the app I get the following error:
Error in is_rmd(path) :
  Unknown whether app is a regular Shiny app or .Rmd: C:/Users/LUCBA/Projects/markt_to_marketpricingtool/test/myshinyapp.R
I know the file is an R file, but I get the error anyway.
Why is this happening and what can I do to fix it?
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A: This was the code that caused an error in Lucas's original question
app <- ShinyDriver$new("C:/Users/LUCBA/Projects/markt_to_marketpricingtool/test/myshinyapp.R")

The problem is that the first (path) argument to shinytest::ShinyDriver$new can only be a directory (containing either an app.R file or a server.R/ui.R pair) or R markdown .Rmd file. Sadly, a Shiny app file cannot be specified directly by name, so it can't be named myshinyapp.R.

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Brighton broadcaster looks back at the swinging sixties
Posted On 28 May 2016 at 11:25 am
Brighton broadcaster Simon Fanshawe looks back at the swinging sixties in a documentary to be screened on Wednesday (1 June).
He is presenting Living in '66 – The Education Revolution, produced by Brighton-based production company Factory Films for BBC South East.
It is one of 11 in a series of films looking at the era that will be broadcast by the BBC regions on the same evening.
It is 50 years since England won the football World Cup and mini-skirts and the Beatles were making headlines. But the programmes aim to look beyond the famous fashion, music and football of the decade, with Mr Fanshawe speaking to some of the early students at Sussex University.
Simon Fanshawe
Sussex was one of 15 new universities to open in the early 1960s and Mr Fanshawe studied law at the Falmer campus in the 1970s, later chairing the university's governing council.
He tries to find out what it was like for the first generation of Sussex students, asking if they realised at the time that it was such an important moment of social change.
The 30-minute documentary combines archive footage and the memories of those now in their own swinging sixties – or even older. It is being aired at 7.30pm on Wednesday.
The BBC South East programme was made by factual producers Lisa Fairbank and Julie Heathcote who set up Factory Films in 2012. Their other programmes include The Dog Hotel.
Chris 29 May 2016 at 11.39am Reply
Having lived through the supposed swinging sixties I can say that for the vast majority of the youngsters nothing much happened – most towns and villages just carried on as normal with everything closed by 10.30pm and the clothes shops still selling the same for adults and teens alike. You had to go searching for some sign of change and there was great suspicion that civilisation would come to an end if "pop" music was allowed for more than an hour a week on the valve driven "wireless set" located in the best parlour. Students returning home with "Afghan" goatskin coats, beards and whacky baccy did eventually bring something new to the suburbs and rural communities but it took a while.


An overwhelmed Jeevabai rushes towards her daughter-in-law to show a photograph of a camel herd swimming in sea water. Curious, other women of the house in Kachchh's Laiyari village surround the two. The picture features the Kharai camel--a breed that can swim up to three kilometers into the sea in search of mangroves, its primary food. Jeevabai's excitement stems from nostalgia. "When I was married, my in-laws owned 5,000 of these camels. But now less than 500 are left which have been sent to Aliabet (an island in the Narmada Delta) because there is no food for them here," she says. Her in-laws, like most families in Jatt and Rabari communities of Kachchh, are traditional rearers of Kharai camels.
Given the breed's ability to survive both on land and sea, the Kharai camel is one of the most preferred choices of graziers in the arid coastal region of Kachchh. People consume its milk, while male calves are sold for economic returns (females are not sold because they are considered sacred). A male calf fetches anywhere between Rs.6,000 and Rs.14,000, says Ramesh Bhatti of Sahjeevan, an NGO working on livelihood issues of graziers in Kachchh.
The camel's unique quality to survive on mangroves has become a cause of its suffering. Due to the growing control of industries in the coastal region of Kachchh and the Gujarat forest department's rigidity in not permitting grazing in mangroves, the Kharai camel has lost access to food.
The consequence is worrisome. The breed population has declined drastically. Three decades ago, there were more than 10,000 Kharai camels in Laiyari. Now they are just over 1,000, says Pachanbhai Rabari, son of Jeevabai. Breeders in Laiyari send their camels with graziers to graze on mangroves in the nearby Mohandi and Bhagodi Vandh villages. But almost half of the mangroves in the two villages have been destroyed by a jetty constructed by a cement factory, informs grazier Ahmedbhai. "The camels now have to swim double the distance to reach the mangrove," he adds.
The Kharai camels in Tunda Vandh village are facing a similar fate. Till 10 years ago, the village had 1,500 such camels. "There are less than 250 now," says resident Hirabhai Rabari. The coastal village falls between two power plants near the Adani SEZ in Mundra. Its direct access to the sea was cut by a canal and conveyor belts built by the companies running the power plants. "We had to walk for six kilometres to reach the sea. Many camels died or were abandoned because no food was left due to industrialisation," says Hirabhai.
The two power companies recently built an iron bridge over the canal to allow residents access to the sea front. "The camels use the bridge to go to the mangroves but there is hardly any vegetation left there," says another resident of Tunda Vandh.
The Kharai camel's decline has hit breeders hard. Many of them have abandoned camel rearing and, due to lack of other skills, are working as daily wagers. There are also not many buyers for the calves. Ahmed bhai, a grazier from Nimribandh village, says at least 15 to 20 calves were sold every year from his village. "For the past two years, no buyer has landed in my village," he adds. With the advancement in the transport sector, the demand for camels has reduced, points out D N Rank, professor of animal genetics at the Anand Agriculture University. "Besides, there is no market for camel milk," he adds.
Despite growing industrialisation, Gujarat registered a 13 per cent increase in the total mangrove cover between 2005 and 2011. This is because of the aggressive plantation drive by the forest department. The department has categorically refused to allow grazing on its plantations. "The camels have nowhere to go. First industries destroyed the mangroves, then forest department fenced the fallow land after plantations," says Malabhai Rabari of Laiyari. Pachanbhai says the industries and the government are denying him his rights. "I have documents to show the Maha Rao (ruler) of Kachchh had given my ancestors the permission to graze camels in the mangroves. Later in 1960s, the state forest department also gave us a similar permission," he adds.
In the absence of food, some Rabaris have moved with their Kharai camels to the mainland and stopped feeding them on mangroves, but it has not worked. "The breed cannot live without mangroves," says Suleman Isa who took his camels from Aliabet to mainland Kachchh two years ago. Within six months, his 30 camels died. "Mangroves have disappeared in Aliabet. They say because of the dams on the Narmada not enough fresh water reaches the delta to feed the mangroves there," he adds.
Pachanbhai of Laiyari says the Kharai camel's liking for mangroves is associated with a folklore. "About 400 years ago, there was a dispute between two brothers in a Rabari family over distribution of property. The family had only one camel, so they could not decide its taker. To find a solution, they went to Sawla Peer, a holy man who lived in the mangroves. Sawla Peer made a small wax statue of a camel and asked each of the brothers to choose between the real and the wax one. The elder brother opted for the living camel and went away. The holy man then advised the younger brother to immerse the statue in the sea and leave without looking behind. As the man did so, thousands of camels started coming out of the sea and followed him till he looked back. All those camels are now called Kharai camels," he says. Since then the Rabari and Jatt communities rear the Kharai camel as a sacred animal. The camel is also considered the sacred vehicle of Momai Maa, a local deity worshiped by Hindus.
Since the Kharai camel has not been recognised by the government as a separate breed of camel, there are no official figures on their numbers.
However, a survey done by Sahjeevan in selected villages shows their population has declined by more than 85 per cent in the past two decades. At present, there are just over 5,000 Kharai camels in Gujarat. Officially, if the population of a livestock breed is below 10,000 in its native place, it is considered threatened.
While breeders in Kachchh are aware of the two varieties of camel-Meethawala or Kachchhi camel in the mainland, and Dariawala or Kharai camel along the coasts-the government was not aware of the Kharai breed till recently. The authorities always included Kharai camels with the Kachchhi. In fact, the Kachchhi camel was declared threatened in 2007 as it counted 8,186 in Kachchh, below the 2003 count of 10,477. The population of Kachchhi camel across Gujarat is 30,000. "It was only when we started working for the conservation of Kachchhi camel three years ago that we came to know about the Kharai camel," says Bhatti.
The Kachchh Camel Breeders Association plans to apply to the animal husbandry department for the recognition of Kharai camel as a separate breed. "Not in just grazing and rearing practice, the Kharai camel is different from Kachchhi in physical characteristics as well. Its head and hump is smaller and has a thinner skin. Its wool is much smoother than that of Kachchhi," says Kiran Patel of The Kachchh Camel Breeders Association.
A study by Anand Agriculture University has established that the Kharai camel is genetically different from the Kachchhi camel. "We found 10-15 per cent gene variations between the two," says Rank. The professor at the university warns there is a greater threat of mixed breeding of Kharai and Kachchhi camels because of high migration rate.
"It is important to preserve the Kharai camel breed because we do not know what advantage can this important germplasm provide in the future," he says.
As other animals are decreasing in India.. I pray to god that like them human count should also decrease. Can nature decrease human counts in one decade to 10 Cr. that means more 110Cr people will be killed or die somehow.
I am always frustrated with long queues, traffic, seats availability in trains etc. Because this population everywhere life is hell in India.
When are we humans going to realise that we should live and let other species live too?
Probably time is not far away when we will find only humans everywhere and no other living species or vegetation.
At that time we will start eating one another for our survival and govt might have to pass a bill which will allow killing or slaughtering of human beings by others for self consumption for survival.


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USA involve Ukraine in biological warfare – ex-MP
In Ukraine there are biological laboratory, US, says Olejnik
Volodymyr Oliynyk said that the country has biological laboratory of the United States.
Ex-MP Vladimir Oleinik said that the United States draws Kiev into the biological war against Russia. About this he wrote in his blog.
According to the policy in Ukraine has created a reference laboratory that has been deployed by the Ministry of defense. Including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Moldova..
"Two official version of the Pentagon next. First, concern about the storage conditions of pathogens. The second to exclude the possibility of a biological attack on America. Global American project aims to minimize these threats, that's why I invested tens and hundreds of millions of dollars in the lab that the idea is to eliminate possible leakage into the environment of dangerous strains of microorganisms," – says Oleynik.
According to the former Deputy, indirect evidence of these laboratory are cases of animals and humans, exotic types of diseases.
"As a rule, the publicity of such local epidemics are not made. Ill try to heal behind closed doors, the special clinics. Is impossible to hide strange epidemic of the African plague regular Cosima the number of pigs, the bird flu killing chickens and causing the delivery of chicken for export. It is difficult to hide and when unknown viruses claim the lives and health of Ukrainian citizens," adds Olejnik.
He also claims that Ukraine has a half a dozen reference laboratories and monitoring network of biological research stations.
"But let's assume that the Pentagon has two tasks. And one of them is preparing for a possible war with our Northern neighbor, whom Poroshenko, by the way, for Americans continues to be called "aggressor". In this case, everything falls into place," explains his position Alania.
"Laboratory in the Ukraine part of the shadow struggle with Russia. And the Ukraine becomes a hostage in a big game," concluded the ex-MP.
Earlier, bill gates warned the world about the threat of bioterrorism.
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To Høyanger on the "Ships starting with H" page.
Also, click on this link to see another picture from her launching.
The last 2 pics are from Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.
More pictures can be found via the last external links at the end of this page.
Tonnage: 4624 gt, 8600 tdwt.
Delivered in Aug.-1926 from Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen.
From Jan.-1956 until March-1956 a British able seaman by the name Thomas Patrick Shaw served on this ship - see my text for Hallfried for a picture and more details on him, including some of his WW II and other post war ships. If anyone remembers this man, please contact me via the address provided at the end of this page.
Dispersed 48N 15.04W, July 2.
Traded West Coast USA/Canada until Sept. 25-1940.
Dec. 16 Liverpool – – OB 260 Dispersed Dec. 19.
Traded West Coast USA/Canada to March 7-1941.
Traded West Coast USA/Canada to July 25-1941.
1942 Jan. 27 Liverpool – – ON 61 For Vancouver.
June 25 Belfast Lough New York City July 8 ON 190 Convoy will be added.
Aug. 26 Milford Haven New York City Sept. 10 ON 199 Convoy will be added.
Nov. 6 New York City New York City Nov. 6 HX 265 Put back, engine defects.
Oct. 16 Liverpool – – ON 260 Convoy will be added.
March 7 Southend New York City March 25 ON 289 Convoy will be added.
May 7 Liverpool New York City May 22 ON 301 Convoy will be added.
For information on voyages made prior to and in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the Norwegian archives and A. Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details; the Commodore's notes are also available for some of them, and several Norwegian ships took part.
With a cargo of wood pulp and lumber, Høyanger is listed in the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 47 at the end of May-1940 (in which the Norwegian Italia was sunk - follow the link for details). Høyanger arrived Liverpool on June 16, Garston the next day. Later that month, she joined Convoy OB 176, which left Liverpool on June 29 and dispersed July 2. Her destination is given as San Pedro; according to Page 1 of the archive documents, she arrived Cristobal on July 18, proceeding to Los Angeles the next day, with arrival July 30 - see the external link provided within the table above for more on this convoy.
In Oct.-1940, she was 1 of several Norwegian ships in Convoy HX 79. Others were Benwood, Sandanger, Egda, Triton, Thyra and Ravnefjell. This convoy departed Halifax on Oct. 8 and arrived Liverpool on Oct 23 with the loss of 12 ships, but no Norwegian ships were sunk. Høyanger had again joined from Bermuda, sailing in station 81 of the feeder convoy, BHX 79, later taking station 85 of the combined convoy, carrying pulp, lead and lumber for Liverpool. Ships sunk are named on my page about this convoy; see also the external link at the end of this page.
According to the external website that I've linked to at the end of this page, she was scheduled for Convoy OB 256, leaving Liverpool on Dec. 8-1940, but she did not sail (going back to Page 1, we see that she was in Garston on Dec. 7, departing that day for Liverpool. It'll also be noticed that she had spent quite a long time in Garston). She shows up again, with destination Cristobal and Los Angeles, in OB 259, leaving Liverpool on Dec. 14, but note that she's also listed, along with Bjørkhaug (returned) and Varangberg, in OB 260, departing Liverpool on Dec. 16, dispersed on the 19th, so probably did not join OB 259 either. She arrived Cristobal on Jan. 7-1941, proceeding to Los Angeles a few days later.
On March 27-1941, she was scheduled for the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 117, but instead joined the next convoy on March 31, HX 118, carrying a general cargo and lumber, as well as 8 bombers, station 73. In May that year, we find her in Convoy OB 318, in which Eastern Star was sunk, but Høyanger is said to have made it safely to Sydney, C.B. (note that this port is not mentioned on Page 2 of the archive documents, which says she arrived Cristobal on May 27, continuing to Los Angeles the next day). My page about D/S Borgfred and the external website that I've linked to at the end of this page have more on this convoy battle.
In Aug.-1941, Høyanger was in Convoy HX 145 from Halifax (in station 95 with 3 bombers on deck). 2 Kos whalers are named among the escorts, namely Kos IX and Kos VIII, and Troubadour served as the Vice Commodore's ship. Høyanger subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 17, leaving Liverpool on Sept. 17, dispersed Sept. 29, Høyanger arriving Cristobal on Oct. 11, again proceeding to Los Angeles. Christmas that year was celebrated while in Convoy HX 166, departing Halifax on Dec. 21-1941.
In Jan.-1942, she's listed as bound for Vancouver in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 61* (left Liverpool Jan. 27, dispersed Febr. 10). According to Page 2, she stopped at Bermuda (Febr. 14), Cristobal (Febr. 23), and Los Angeles (March 8) before proceeding to Vancouver, where she arrived March 13. When on an independent voyage from Cristobal to Halifax in May, she's said to have been involved in a collision with the British Toorak, and was beached at Shelbourne on May 27. She was refloated on June 11 and later underwent repairs in New York, where she arrived Aug. 5. She did not leave again until Oct. 26, when she joined Convoy HX 213. Cargo is given as "valuables and explosives" and she had station 63 of the convoy. She stopped at Belfast Lough Nov. 9, continuing to Swansea 2 days later, with arrival there Nov. 12 - see Page 3. Later that month, she headed back to New York with Convoy ON 149*, arriving New York on Dec. 12, and on Dec. 29 she was ready to join Convoy HX 221 from New York, general cargo for Liverpool, station 51. The Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy (the Commodore was in Abraham Lincoln).
HX 221 had arrived Liverpool on Jan. 14-1943, and on Febr. 1 she joined the westbound Convoy ON 164 in order to go back to New York, arriving there on Febr. 19, remaining for a month. According to A. Hague, she now returned with Convoy HX 230*, departing New York on March 18, arriving Liverpool Apr. 2 - Høyanger also went to Manchester, again, see Page 3. Later that month, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 179*, arriving New York on May 6, subsequently joining Convoy HX 240 from New York on May 19. The Commodore says that Høyanger and another ship had difficulty in maintaining a speed of 9.5 knots with wind of force 4 and slight sea. The speed of the convoy had to be slightly reduced from time to time on their account. "It is recommended that these vessels be not again included in fast convoys". Her destination is given as Glasgow (arrived June 4), general cargo, station 73. She returned across the Atlantic towards the end of June with Convoy ON 190*, and on July 23, we find her in Convoy HX 249 from New York. She was bound for Cardiff with general cargo, station 93, arriving her destination (via Belfast Lough) on Aug. 6. Later that month, she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 199*, again bound for New York, and according to A. Hague she later joined Convoy HX 265* (Commodore in Abraham Lincoln), which left New York on Nov. 6, but she returned to port with engine defects, joining Convoy HX 270* on Dec. 10, and arrived Liverpool on Dec. 25 (Commodore in Elisabeth Bakke).
On Jan. 8-1944, she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 219*, arriving New York on Jan. 27 (Elisabeth Bakke again served as Commodore Vessel). In March we find her in Convoy HX 282, bound for Avonmouth, where she arrived March 22 (Page 3), returning the following month with Convoy ON 231* along with 14 other Norwegian ships, namely Bernhard, Ferncourt, Haakon Hauan, Spinanger, Vav, Solstad, Idefjord, President de Vogue, Heranger, Kong Haakon VII, Thorsholm, Skaraas, Østhav and Nordanger. This convoy originated in Liverpool on Apr. 7 and arrived New York on the 24th; Høyanger had sailed from Cardiff on Apr. 5 and stopped at Belfast Lough on the 7th - see Page 4. In May, she acted as Vice Commodore ship (Reidar G. Bruusgaard) for Convoy HX 291, which also included several other Norwegian ships, among them Heranger, Vav, O. B. Sørensen, Para, Villanger, Stirlingville, Minerva, Velox and others (follow convoy link). This convoy departed New York on May 10; Høyanger was bound for Liverpool with a general cargo (according to the Stavern Memorial, which I've linked to at the end of this page, 2nd Mate Asbjørn Stangeland died in an accident at sea on May 26-1944, the day Høyanger arrived Liverpool). Some of these ships, including Høyanger, subsequently returned in June with Convoy ON 240* (from Liverpool June 10, to New York June 28, Høyanger served as the Vice Commodore's ship again), and in July she sailed in Convoy HX 299, again as the Vice Commodore's ship, while the Commodore was in Laurits Swenson. Høyanger was bound for Middlesbrough with general cargo, arriving there on July 28.
She headed back to New York on Aug. 18 with Convoy ON 249*, arriving Sept. 2 (this time, the Vice Commodore was in Norma), later serving as the Vice Commodore's ship for Convoy HX 310 from New York on Sept. 21, bound for Liverpool with general cargo (the Commodore was in Reinholt). Acanthus, Rose and Tunsberg Castle are named among the escorts, as is Buttercup, which came under the Norwegian flag following the loss of Tunsberg Castle (see HX convoy escorts). Høyanger subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 260* on Oct. 16, this time serving as the Commodore Vessel. Buttercup, Rose (sunk - follow link above for details) and Tunsberg Castle are again named among the escorts - see ON convoy escorts. Høyanger arrived Baltimore on Nov. 2, then went back to the U.K. with HX 321 on Nov. 19, again bound for Liverpool with general cargo (Buttercup was among the escorts for a while). Christmas that year was celebrated while in the westbound Convoy ON 274*, for which Samuel Bakke served as Commodore Vessel. Please see the Voyage Record above (and Page 4) for further dates and info on these voyages.
Early in Febr.-1945, she joined the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 336, general cargo for London - the Commodore was in John Bakke. According to "Nortraship's flåte", Høyanger headed back in the other direction the following month with convoy ON 288*, together with Villanger, Viggo Hansteen, Tanafjord, Slemmestad, G. C. Brøvig, Dageid, Heranger, Harald Torsvik and Polartank. This convoy departed Southend on March 2 and arrived New York on March 19. The Norwegian R. G. Bruusgaard was Commodore in the British Port Fremantle. All the other ships mentioned here are indeed listed in that convoy, but Høyanger is not - A. Hague instead has her in the next convoy, ON 289*, which left Southend on March 7 and arrived New York on the 25th (again, see Page 4). He now has her returning with Convoy HX 349* (departure New York Apr. 8, arrival Liverpool Apr. 23 - Commodore in John Bakke), and the following month, she acted as the Commodore Vessel for the westbound Convoy ON 301*, which arrived New York on May 22, having left Liverpool on the 6th; in other words, she was at sea when the news of peace in Europe was received.
As will be seen when going to Page 5 of the archive documents, she got to go home to Norway in Nov.-1945.
*The ON convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them, many of which were Norwegian, are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys, along with escorts. The entire HX series will also be updated and completed - please see ships in all HX convoys. Again, several Norwegian ships took part.
Høyanger was sold in June-1958 to Ole T. Flakke, Kristiansund N, and renamed Orkla. Arrived Hamburg March 18-1961 to be broken up by Walter Ritscher.
Høyanger in Narvik around 1950.
OB convoys - As can be seen, Høyanger is mentioned in OB 256 and OB 259 (but instead appears to have sailed in OB 260).
Stavern Memorial commemoration - This is 2nd Mate Asbjørn Stangeland who, according to this memorial, died in an accident at sea on May 26-1944. From Page 4 of the archive documents, we learn that Høyanger arrived Liverpool from New York on that date.
Pic. 2 of same ships - These links both go to the British Columbia Archives website. Pictures were taken by Frank Cyril Swannell (1880-1969) at Ogden Point, Victoria in 1940.
Back to Høyanger on the "Ships starting with H" page.
Westfal-Larsen had another Høyanger post war, delivered in March-1959, built in Amsterdam, 9477 gt. Sold to Arne Teigens Rederi/Bruusgaard Kiøsteruds Rederi, Drammen in Apr.-1974, renamed Hermion. Taken over by p/r Hermion (Thoresen International), Drammen in 1977, then by Bruusgaard Kiøsteruds Skibs-A/S, Panama in 1981.
The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Misc. sources, incl. "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "The Allied Convoy System" Arnold Hague, and Westfal-Larsen fleet list - ref. My sources.


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Apple Android Tablets Apps
Rockstar announces official Max Payne Mobile release dates
posted by Charlene S. / Apr 06, 2012, 8:23 AM
Way back in September we got wind that Rockstar Games was working on a mobile version of its iconic Max Payne game with updated graphics. At that time there was no release date or confirmed platforms. We guess that it would hit both Android and iOS around March 2012. We were pretty close!
A few minutes ago Rockstar Games took to its website and various social networking outlets to make the official Max Payne Mobile announcement. Max Payne Mobile will launch exclusively for iOS devices on April 12, 2012 followed by Android devices, two weeks later, on April 26, 2012.
The game will be the complete Max Payne PC title optimized for mobile devices. It will sport HD graphics, high-resolution textures, Social Club connectivity, and user-customizable controls.
Rockstar will release an Android compatability list soon, but says, on the iOS side, Max Payne Mobile runs on the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 4, iPad 1, iPad 2, and the new iPad.
Check out some iOS screenshots courtesy of Rockstar:
1. Bluesky02
Woow! That's some great news
2. EclipseGSX
Love this game, I heard they are working on a Max Payne 3
posted on Apr 06, 2012, 10:08 AM	0
5. vishu9
I thought it got shelved? Would definitely buy it though. I hope they decide wisely and build another great game basing on the game's immense popularity.
posted on Apr 06, 2012, 3:36 PM	0
10. JeffdaBeat unregistered
Max Payne 3 already has commercials. I believe it debuts sometime this year. It's got a different tone though. Not as close to the film noir that Max Payne 1 and 2 had. Should be interesting. Still, I'll be happy to have a Max Payne adventure on my phone. I wonder what the story line will be...
14. iLikeiPhones
Posts: 2; Member since: Nov 22, 2011
i went to a convention called Pax East this weekend and actually got a chance to play Max Payne 3. It's going to be sweet and comes out next month!! It has a very original Max Payne feel to it.
3. saket.shrivastava
who plays hardcore pc ( read widescree) games on a fuc king mobile ???????????
4. mozes316
posted on Apr 06, 2012, 12:38 PM	3
lmao@mozes316. Thumps up.
8. sgtdisturbed47
Max Payne was never hardcore. Have you heard of Modern Combat[2]? People play that on their phones. Lots of people. It's a fun first-person shooter that's easy to play and the graphics are OK. Just because it's on mobile doesn't mean it's hardcore, and it doesn't mean it sucks. Before you start spewing your immense knowledge of the gaming demographic, you muight want to do a quick Google search and educate yourself for 5 minutes.
12. saket.shrivastava
i dont know about u guys its just how do u play something like dat on phone, without mouse how is a fps possible ?????? are there such games for andoid ???????? pls tell i think i would try it out.... :-)
13. sgtdisturbed47
I know where you're coming from, because I use a PC for gaming. Look up Modern Combat 2, it's available for iPhone and Android. Takes a few minutes to get used to, but it's an FPS. The controls are on the screen itself and you can customize the controls and how they work. It's also an online Multiplayer game, so you get to play against other players.
Any idea about the pricing? I'm guessing it'll be free on Android although I wouldnt mind paying 4-5$ if it turns out to be a good game.
7. downphoenix
If its running on a 3GS, I hope Rockstar did a good job for Android compatibility unlike with GTA 3 where it more or less requires a dual core processor androdi to play it.
9. thelegend6657 unregistered
honestly i regret buying GTA3 on my iTouch Gangstar Rio is much more fun


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Q: rails search by string RecordNotFound error Couldn't find all Items with 'id' I want to find all items where has Item name has my substring.
This is my item.rb
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
    def self.search(search)
  if search
    find(:all, :conditions => ['name LIKE ?', "%#{search}%"])
  else
    find(:all)
  end
end

end

This is my search function in controller:
def search
  @items=Item.search(params[:word])
end

And I get this error:
Couldn't find all Items with 'id': (all, {:conditions=>["name LIKE ?", "%xxx%"]}) (found 0 results, but was looking for 2)
Extracted source (around line #4):

    def self.search(search)
  if search
    find(:all, :conditions => ['name LIKE ?', "%#{search}%"])
  else
    find(:all)
  end

What do I do?

A: The find(:all, :conditions => '...') syntax was removed in rails 4.1. You can add it back with the activerecord-deprecated_finders although this is not going to be updated for rails 5 (at least not by the rails team).
The modern way of expressing this would be
where("name like ?", "%#{search}%")


Bring a small pot of water to a boil and salt it. Poach peas in water until bright green, about 30 seconds, and remove with a slotted spoon; drain and cool for a few minutes. If you would like a milder flavor, poach onions for 15 seconds, and remove with a slotted spoon; drain and cool for a few minutes. In a bowl, combine peas, onion, bell pepper, crab, olive oil, lemon juice and some salt and pepper; taste and adjust seasoning as necessary. To serve, spoon into lettuce cups or on top of endive leaves; garnish and serve.


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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former spy chief installed after Robert Mugabe's removal in a coup in November, was elected on Thursday after a poll marred by the deaths of six people in an army crackdown on opposition protests.


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\section{Particle Astrophysics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array}

In the past decade, ground-based TeV gamma-ray astronomy with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) has advanced from a novel technique to a basic tool of particle astrophysics.  As of 2014, 149 sources have been detected.\footnote{http://tevcat.uchicago.edu}  IACTs detect the Cherenkov light produced by gamma-ray-induced air showers that develop in the atmosphere.  Each telescope has a matrix of focal-plane photodetectors and associated electronics that records an image of the air shower, serving as a camera.  The photodetectors must be sensitive enough to detect single photons and fast enough to discriminate the few-nanosecond flash from the steady night sky.  The current generation of instruments (H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS) has demonstrated that stereoscopic imaging with multiple telescopes provides excellent signal reconstruction and background rejection.  The next step is to build a larger array, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), featuring dozens of telescopes~\cite{concept}.  CTA will detect point-like gamma-ray sources with an order of magnitude greater sensitivity than the current generation of instruments.

CTA will consist of both a Northern and a Southern array to provide full sky coverage.  The Southern array will feature four large (23~m diameter) telescopes with the light collecting power necessary to achieve a low (30~GeV) energy threshold; up to 25 single-mirror mid-size (12~m diameter) telescopes and up to 24 dual-mirror mid-size (9.5~m diameter) telescopes to cover the core energy range from 100 GeV to 10 TeV; and $\sim$70 small (4~m diameter) telescopes to span the 10~km$^2$ collecting area necessary for the lower gamma-ray fluxes detectable at several TeV and above.  The sensitivity of CTA for gamma-ray point sources is compared with other instruments in Figure~\ref{sensitivity}.

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=10cm]{sensitivity.pdf}
\caption{Integral sensitivity of CTA to gamma-ray point sources, compared with other instruments.  Each IACT instrument is shown for a 50-hour observation.  Fermi and HAWC sensitivities are shown for one year of observations.  Figure from~\cite{concept}.}
\label{sensitivity}
\end{figure}

CTA will discover hundreds of new sources, each of which is an astrophysical particle accelerator comparable to or more powerful than the Large Hadron Collider.  Moreover, it will study the known TeV sources with much better sensitivity, sufficient to not only detect the sources but to study their morphology, spectral characteristics and temporal behavior.  Such quantitative studies are necessary to understand the mechanisms of astrophysical accelerators including supernova remnants, pulsars, pulsar wind nebulae, binary systems, active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, and likely new source classes that have not yet been detected at these extreme energies.  In addition to particle acceleration and cosmic-ray production, CTA will study dark matter.  By searching for gamma rays produced from dark matter annihilating or decaying \emph{in situ} in the cosmos (in gravitational wells such as the Galactic center and dwarf satellite galaxies of our Milky Way), CTA could confirm the particle nature of dark matter.  The observatory will complement the strong constraints produced by the Fermi Large Area Telescope, enabling a discovery or strong constraints for weakly interacting massive particles of higher mass than accessible to Fermi.  In addition to its gamma-ray measurements, CTA will be an excellent cosmic-ray electron and positron detector.  CTA will measure the total electron plus positron spectrum up to $\sim$100~TeV, and the charge-separated fluxes at the TeV scale using the Moon spectrometer method.  These measurements will provide important observational constraints on the many models developed to explain the surprising positron excess discovered over the past several years by PAMELA, Fermi, and AMS.

\section{Schwarzschild-Couder Telescopes}

Until now, IACTs have been built with single-mirror Davies-Cotton (DC) optics.  A superior optical design featuring dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) optics was proposed several years ago~\cite{vassiliev2007}.  While both designs typically use segmented mirrors, the dual-mirror technology features a secondary mirror in addition to the primary mirror.  The dual-mirror design enables both an excellent optical point-spread function across a wide field of view and a small camera plate scale.  The small camera plate scale results in a compact camera with modest weight, power consumption, and cost.  Moreover, the small plate scale enables modern photodetectors such as silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) and readout electronics featuring application-specific integrated circuits that together provide high pixel density.  These features together result in telescope optics capable of finely focusing the Cherenkov light onto many small pixels, providing a high-resolution image of each air shower.  The improved resolution of the images improves the precision of gamma-ray direction and energy reconstruction and improves the ability to reject proton-induced background events, which are much more numerous than gamma-ray events.  The simulated performance of SC telescopes compared to DC telescopes is described in~\cite{jogler2013}.

While much experience has been gained designing and operating Davies-Cotton telescopes over the past decade, a Schwarzschild-Couder telescope has not yet been built.  Prototype dual-mirror telescopes are now under construction for both the small-size and medium-size telescopes.  We focus here on the camera design for the medium-size Schwarzschild-Couder telescope (SCT).  Sub-system production is now underway for the prototype, which will be commissioned in 2015 at the VERITAS site in Arizona.  The prototype SCT will include a full primary mirror, a partial secondary mirror, full camera mechanical and positioning systems, and a partially populated focal plane and readout system.  The telescope design is shown in Figure~\ref{telescope}.  The optical design features a 9.5~m diameter primary mirror and an 8$^\circ$ diameter field of view.  In addition to the camera design for the medium-size SCT, a similar design (named the Compact High Energy Camera) is being developed for dual-mirror small-size telescopes.  The SCT and CHEC cameras share common components, including the front-end electronics and backplanes, as much as possible.

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=8cm]{telescope2.pdf}
\caption{Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope design.  The mount, primary mirror, secondary mirror, and camera are visible.}
\label{telescope}
\end{figure}

\section{Silicon Photomultiplier Camera Design}

While photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) have provided fast, sensitive photo-detection to particle physicists for decades, silicon photomultipliers (also known as Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes or GAPDs) have become a preferred sensor for a growing number of applications.  They are mechanically robust, operate with relatively low voltage ($\sim$70~V), are not sensitive to magnetic fields, and can achieve a multiplication factor comparable to PMTs (10$^6$).  Their main disadvantages are that they have relatively high noise (dark current), relatively small collecting area, and temperature-dependent gain.  However, it was recognized several years ago that these are not serious disadvantages for IACTs because they operate in the night sky which has significant background light that is typically higher than the dark current, they use focusing optics so that a relatively small collecting area is sufficient (particularly with dual-mirror optics), and the temperature can either be stabilized or monitored to calibrate the gain, potentially with real-time bias voltage feedback to stabilize the gain.  Silicon photomultiplier technology is advancing rapidly, with several manufacturers introducing design improvements every few months.  A small single-mirror telescope featuring the first camera built with SiPMs for an IACT, FACT (First GAPD Cherenkov Telescope), has operated since 2011 on La Palma in the Canary Islands~\cite{FACT}.

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=15cm]{cta_cameraDesign_v2_070714.png}
\caption{Hierarchical, modular camera design.  A complete camera for a single telescope is composed of nine sub-fields, 177 camera modules, 2,832 trigger pixels, and 11,328 image pixels.}
\label{focal_plane}
\end{figure}

Because of the advantages described above, the SCT camera design is based on silicon photomultipliers.  In order to produce, operate, and maintain many telescopes each with many channels, we follow a design strategy that is hierarchical and modular at each level, as shown in Figure~\ref{focal_plane}.  The full focal plane consists of nine \emph{sub-fields}.  In order to approximate the circular focal plane, five of these are fully populated (each with 25 \emph{modules} arrayed in a square), while the four corner sub-fields are partially populated (each with 13 modules), for a total of 177 modules.  Each module consists of 64 pixels arrayed in a square, for a total of 11,328 pixels per telescope.  Each module consists of both a focal plane module and a front-end electronics module.  Each sub-field has a single backplane which connects to the front-end modules of the sub-field.

The prototype SCT will include all components (SiPMs, focal plane modules, front-end electronics modules, and a backplane) for a complete sub-field.  It will be possible to operate the telescope with this sub-field in any of the nine positions to test the telescope optics.  We have characterized several SiPM models for CTA~\cite{bouvier2013}.  For the first sub-field of the prototype telescope, the SiPM model we selected is Hamamatsu S12642-0404PA-50(X).  This model features through-silicon-via technology to achieve low dead space.  Each device (\emph{tile}) contains 16 individual SiPM chips arrayed in a square.  Each chip is 3~mm $\times$ 3~mm.  We wire the outputs of each square of four chips together in parallel to form four \emph{image pixels} per tile, each 6~mm $\times$ 6~mm.  Each image pixel views 0.067$^\circ$ $\times$ 0.067$^\circ$ on the sky.

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics*[height=5cm,trim = 6cm 0 8cm 0, clip]{Rev_2_2_stepped.JPG}
\includegraphics*[height=5cm,trim = 5cm 0 9cm 0, clip]{Rev_2_2_stepped_iso2.JPG}
\caption{Focal plane module from two perspectives.  The module contains a heat sink and copper finger with a Peltier element between them.  The module contains four quadrants, each with four SiPM tiles mounted on carrier boards.  Each SiPM tile of 16 chips provides one trigger pixel and four image pixels.  Insulating foam (yellow) surrounds the copper finger.}
\label{fpm}
\end{figure}

The silicon photomultipliers will be temperature stabilized at a temperature (between 0 and 20~$^\circ$C) below ambient.  The temperature stabilization, mechanical registration, and electrical connections for the SiPMs are provided by the focal plane modules (Figure~\ref{fpm}).  Temperature stabilization of each SiPM within $\pm$0.25~$^\circ$C across the focal plane and over time is achieved with a Peltier element and a copper heat conductor coupling the SiPM to the Peltier element.  Laboratory tests of the Peltier system have achieved better than $\pm$0.25~$^\circ$C stabilization.  All focal plane and front-end electronics modules are aligned parallel to the optical ($z$) axis.  To closely approximate the curvature of the ideal focal surface, the focal plane modules are offset relative to one another in $z$ and furthermore each focal plane module is divided into four \emph{quadrants} each of which is offset relative to one another in $z$.  This is achieved by machining the copper finger of each and then adjusting finely with shims.  Each focal plane module has 64 image pixels.  Each quadrant has 4 tiles.

The bias voltage supplied to each image pixel is the sum of a fixed 70 V voltage (provided by power supplies located behind the camera and routed through the backplanes) plus a trim voltage (provided by an analog-to-digital converter on the front-end electronics module) that can be adjusted between 0 and 4 V independently for each image pixel.  The operating voltage of each image pixel will be determined in order to operate all channels at a fixed gain.  In bright conditions such as operating in partial moonlight, the gain can be decreased.

Each focal plane module is connected to a front-end electronics module.  Each front-end electronics module features four TARGET (TeV Array Readout with GSa/s sampling and Event Trigger) chips~\cite{bechtol2012}.  TARGET chips are self-triggering switched capacitor array digitizers.  Each chip samples 16 channels in parallel, each with a deep (16,384 samples) analog buffer.  Cells from the analog buffer are digitized when a readout command is issued based on the TARGET trigger.  Triggering within TARGET is performed on the analog sum of four channels such that each \emph{trigger pixel} is composed of 2 $\times$ 2 image pixels.  The chip generates a low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) trigger output with a width of several nanoseconds that is used by higher level trigger logic to make a readout decision.  In addition to the four TARGET chips, each front-end module has a single field-programmable gate array (FPGA) which controls the TARGET chips and receives their data, a control system for the Peltier elements, and a pre-amplifier circuit for each input analog channel between the SiPMs and the TARGET chips.  The pre-amplifiers feature two stages of gain for up to 100$\times$ total amplification, as well as a passive high-pass filter with a pole-zero cancellation resistor to shape the SiPM pulse.  While the SiPM output pulse has a fast rise and slow fall for an overall $\sim$40~ns full-width at half maximum (FWHM), the pre-amplifier output pulse has a FWHM of $\sim$10~ns.  By narrowing the pulse shape, we can determine the charge of each image pixel over a narrower integration window, reducing the contribution from electronic noise and night-sky background.

All 64 modules per sub-field connect to a single backplane board.  The backplane has an FPGA which performs the second level of trigger logic (\emph{camera trigger}).  If three contiguous trigger pixels pass the first level (TARGET) trigger in a short time window, the second level trigger is satisfied.  Both adjacent and diagonal trigger pixels count as contiguous.  Because there is no cross-communication between backplanes, the trigger pattern must be satisfied within a single sub-field.  Because the camera trigger logic is implemented in FPGAs, the coincidence time, multiplicity, and overall algorithm are programmable.  In addition to providing the camera trigger, the backplanes relay data, monitoring streams, and slow control commands between the front-end modules and the telescope data acquisition computer.

A Distributed Intelligent Array Trigger (DIAT) performs coincidence between neighboring telescopes in the array.  Because DIAT hardware is located at each telescope, this array trigger is decentralized rather than requiring all telescopes to report to a central location.  This array trigger logic is again implemented in FPGA and will be programmable.  In addition to pixel hit locations and times, the DIAT trigger will receive basic topological information such as image moments from each camera, which can be used as part of the array trigger decision.  The deep (16~$\mu$s) TARGET buffer provides sufficient time for cable propagation and array trigger logic to return a readout decision to the front-end modules.

The mechanical structure of the camera is shown in Figure~\ref{camera_full}.  A rack and cage system provides rigid support for the camera modules to meet the stringent alignment requirements of the telescope optics.  The rack is built with carbon fiber rods featuring low mass and low thermal expansivity.  Each camera module is mounted within an aluminum cage that slides into the rack from the front and attaches to an aluminum bulkhead at the back.  Connectors pass through slots in the bulkhead to mate with backplanes on the other side.  The mechanical system enables low focal plane deformation (less than 50~$\mu$m) under gravitational loads experienced for the full range of zenith angles that will be observed.

An active cooling system in the camera removes waste heat from the electronics and prevents thermal gradients that can cause focal plane deformations.  The cooling system uses high-flow fans blowing across a two-layer heat exchanger.  Thermal modeling indicates that deformations within 100~$\mu$m will be achieved.

An entrance window (6 mm thick polymethyl methacrylate) covering the SiPMs will protect them from the elements.  The window has good optical transmittance across the wavelength range detectable by the SiPMs, for the wide range of incidence angles (up to 60$^\circ$) that are reflected to the camera from the secondary mirror.  The peak power consumption of a full camera is estimated to be 7~kW.  The total mass of a full camera including  modules, backplanes, and mechanical structures is estimated to be 700~kg.

\section{Conclusion and Outlook}

We have designed an IACT camera well suited to the fine imaging capability of Schwarzschild-Couder optics.  The camera provides fine pixels to match the excellent optical point spread function of the dual-mirror optics.  The camera has more pixels than all 11 cameras of H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS combined, in a volume smaller than any one of them.  We achieve this high channel density with innovative technology including silicon photomultipliers and TARGET self-triggering digitizer chips.  Sub-system production for a prototype SCT including telescope structure, mirrors, and camera is now underway.  The prototype will be commissioned in 2015 at the VERITAS site in Arizona.

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=6cm]{Camera_Full.png}
\caption{Mechanical structure of the camera.  Camera modules are inserted in the lattice.}
\label{camera_full}
\end{figure}

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{\bf Acknowledgements}
This research is supported by grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and by funding from the University of California, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Minnesota, the Smithsonian Institution, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, the University of Wisconsin, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology in Japan, and Nagoya University.  We gratefully acknowledge support from the agencies and organizations listed at http://www.cta-observatory.org.

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