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England name the same XI that started the 3-0 win over Senegal. Jordan Pickford wins his 50th cap. Raheem Sterling is back on the bench, having briefly returned to England following a burglary at his home.
Reigning champions France also name an unchanged team after beating Poland 3-1. Goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris wins his 143rd cap, breaking the all-time record for appearances in France. He previously (and briefly) shared the record with Lilian Thuram (142).
England players gather on the pitch before the clash with France. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Updated at 1:01 PM EST
England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Henderson, Rice, Bellingham, Saka, Kane, Foden.
Subs: Grealish, Sterling, Rashford, Trippier, Pope, Phillips, Dier, Coady, Alexander-Arnold, Mount, Ramsdale, Wilson, Maddison, Gallagher.
France: Lloris, Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Tchouameni, Rabiot, Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe, Giroud.
Replacements: Pavard, Disasi, Guendouzi, Muani, Fofana, Veretout, Mandanda, Saliba, Coman, Areola, Konaté, Camavinga, Thuram.
Arbitrator: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil).
This third chance rule favoring France, then. Alexandre writes: "Curiously, a somewhat similar French proverb is 'never two without three' (never twice without three times). In other words, something that happened twice will happen a third time. Proverbs turn against their own country! Now I don't know what to think. All we know for certain is that a pithy saying will be seriously compromised tonight.
Some happier news. Our man Jason Rodrigues was cycling through London and spotted Moroccan fans reacting as you would expect to their historic win over Portugal. Click below for good vibes.
A touching tribute to Grant Wahl. Flowers have been placed in the press box in memory of the much-loved American sports journalist who died last night during the Argentina-Netherlands match. Condolences to his friends and family.
Grant Wahl (1974-2022) Photo: Héctor Vivas/FIFA/Getty Images
We now know who will face England or France in the semi-finals. Morocco have spent the last two hours holding Portugal at arm's length, winning 1-0 and deservedly becoming the first African nation to qualify for the last four. Walid Regragui's breakthrough side could have had more than Youssef En-Nesyri's winning goal today too. I'd hazard a guess that Gareth Southgate and Didier Deschamps, given the choice of potential semi-final opponents, would have both opted for Morocco… but good luck breaking through that defence, and there's plenty of counter-flair too. attack in there. Here is the semi-final line-up as it is…
Tuesday 13: Argentina – Croatia (19:00 GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium)
Wednesday 14: England/France – Morocco (7 p.m. GMT, Al Bayt stadium)
Feelings of anticipation and excitement mixed with very real fear? They are perfectly natural. Go with them.
England face France tonight for only the third time in a World Cup final. The good news: they have won the two previous meetings, Roger Hunt's two goals are enough at Wembley in 1966; Bryan Robson scored after 27 seconds to spark a 3-1 victory at España 82. The bad news: France enter this game with both Kylian Mbappé and the third chance rule on their side. Kick off is at 7:00 p.m. GMT, 10:00 p.m. at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. يحدث! It's on!
España 82, and a Proustian rush for a certain generation. Gotta love ITV Sport theme guru Jeff Wayne (OK, and War of the Worlds dude)!
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Ever wondered what's the best hashtag to caption your Instagram post with? Thought if adding that extra hashtag would do any good or harm it?
Analyzing 100 million Instagrammers, we've identified the secrets of #hashtagging content to increase its viewable audience.
There is a plethora of possibilities to tag an Instagram post with. It can be easy to get lost within the myriad of photos hundreds of millions of users post daily. With our team of data-scientists, we've quantified the optimal number of hashtags that should be added to a post as well as what types of hashtags should be used.
Follow this guide to learn how to select the best hashtags for your Instagram photos and how many of them to add.
Why should I use a hashtag?
Hashtags are the best way for your posts to get noticed. Instagram posts with at least one hashtag get 12.6% more engagement than those without.
Though this number seems promising, we should take it with a grain of salt. Here's why.
Hashtag usage is heavier within popular accounts. These profiles tend to be more advanced with promoting their content to help it be found.
Thus, comparing posts with a hashtag to those that don't could imply we're comparing more popular accounts to those that are less popular. Even in the most quoted researches in this field, there is little clarification whether the data analysis of hashtag vs. no hashtag was being consistently done on the same users.
To account for this inconsistency, our data scientists compared for each user the engagement rates with and without hashtags. They have compared the content performance for casual users, micro-influencers, and power-users separately.
The breakdown below shows the greater engagement rates when hashtags are added to a post.
Casual users enjoy the best growth of interactions when adding hashtags to their Instagram captions.
A hashtag offers the best opportunity to be found, so intuitively the more the merrier, right? Not exactly.
Adding too many hashtags may make the content appear less authentic and bring in many spammy comments that ruin the experience for fans.
We took this dilemma to our data-scientists to figure out what science has to say about how many hashtags is ideal to use to get the best engagement rate.They accomplished this by comparing the total number of likes on a post to the total number of hashtags used.
Many people think that using the most popular hashtags will result in higher views. Take note though, a very popular keyword can drown your post in a sea of similar photos. To safeguard against this, choose a keyword that lies somewhere in the 'magic middle' or in between very generic and not so known.
A better way to increase relevancy and engagement with fans is to choose hashtags that are more topic or category based. Even better is to take into account the gender and age of your audience to maximize relevancy.
For example, if a coffee shop in Seattle wants to get noticed, it should avoid using the generic hashtag #coffee because the post would get lost in the flood of pictures that are tagged with one of the most popular hashtag on Instagram.
Instead, the coffee shop should narrow their choice of hashtags to #SeattleCoffee, #SeattleEats or #SpecialtyCoffee. By wording the hashtags to a specific year and location, the company creates a more unique reference to its product promotion and thereby increases its views and engagement.
What are the most relevant hashtags for your brand?
For a quick sample reference, we have compiled a list of the most relevant hashtags per specific topics to help you increase engagement.
How to find the perfect hashtag?
To find the perfect hashtag, there are several factors to consider. First, check the search volume surrounded around the specific keyword. With a higher volume score, it's more likely fans will be exposed to and notice your post. Again, take heed that the tag is not too generic. Specialty coffee lovers should use a tag in the golden 'magic middle' like #latteart and not #coffee.
You can check the volume of your keyword by typing the tag into the Instagram search bar. If you choose your hashtags based on this method, be sure to check the relevancy of the posts after searching the keyword.
For the more serious users, the Klear database provides a more in-depth and Klear solution (pun intended) to finding the perfect hashtag. Simply search a campaign or product hashtag, like #GapLove for example, and the database will compile all the data on Instagram relating to the search. You're left with a comprehensive and detailed breakdown of the dominant gender, top age group, top country, and more.
This data helps the user understand where exactly the volume is coming from. In this example, #GapLove has a strong women audience aged 18-24 from the United States.
The word or phrase of the hashtag itself can matter a great deal. For example, #visitNYC is much more common hashtag than #visitnewyorkcity.
Considering a hashtag by its simplicity or difficulty is a common practice just like with any SEO research. Prioritize the hashtags you choose based on how people use it on Instagram, and not as they would outside of the social network.
Being in the right place in the right time is an incredibly important part of this hashtag success equation. A great way to make sure this happens is this is through the Klear database. The platform helps zone in on a specific location, field of interest, relevant age group, and gender for a keyword. This feature bolsters the search for a hashtag that matches a post to the right type of audience.
From here, the advantages of the tool transpires as the user can pinpoint to whom exactly is using the hashtag, illuminating the types of people involved in the conversation about the brand or product.
After this due diligence, use the three criteria (1) Volume (2) Difficulty, and (3) Relevancy, to determine an opportunity score. In other words, these benchmarks will help you assess the likelihood of your chosen hashtag in capturing its target audience, expanding your reach, and maximizing engagements.
Here's a little trick to shortcut your research.
Our goal is to find the best hashtags to reach our target audience. So why not check which hashtags they use the most?
Let me share an example with you. Let's say you're a drone company who seeks aerial photographers. How would you find only those users among all the photographers on Instagram? That can be an endless search.
As you can see, we quickly found great suggestions like #dronoftheday and #dronelife. This process can be repeated with companies who target the same audience like yours, and even with niche influencers.
Think of Instagram hashtags as the best way to connect with new followers. That's the first time they will discover your account. That's why you should make a great first impression with wise pickings and not overdoing it with adding too many hashtags.
To maximize your competitive advantage as an influencer or a marketer on Instagram, choose the optimal amount of hashtags in relation to the content of your post. In addition, when researching for hashtags, whether you use an influencer marketing software or doing it manually, use audience-focused hashtags based on their interests and location.
Tested the two hashtags. 30 works better lol idk what this article is talking about. Maybe for justin bieber 2 work better but for us peasants thats not the case.
since when is #pancakes a sports hashtag?


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Roadmap to Prison: Lessons Learned from the Criminal Prosecution of Alpha Ambulance's Leaders
23 February 2015 Health Care Law Today Blog
No one running an ambulance company ever planned to go to prison for doing his or her job. But that is a real possibility if the government knocks on the door, and the owner or manager is dishonest in his or her response to the inquiry. CMS contractors are increasing the number of audits they are performing of ambulance companies. Similarly, HHS-OIG and the Department of Justice are increasing the number of ambulance companies that they are investigating. How the owners and managers of ambulance companies react to these inquiries can have far-ranging consequences for those individuals and their companies. Take for instance the owners and managers of now defunct Alpha Ambulance ("Alpha") from Los Angeles County. Faced with a CMS contractor audit and a lack of strong documentation for prior submissions, company personnel admitted in their plea agreements that they altered records and patient files in response to an audit, and at least one person provided materially false statements to federal agents during an interview. The result: convictions and lengthy prison sentences after being indicted for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, as well as conspiracy to obstruct an audit and making a materially false statement to a federal agent. There are proper, legitimate ways to address documentation problems when being audited. These defendants failed to understand the importance of being both honest and transparent with the CMS contractor auditors. They are personally paying the price for their errors with the pain and shame of having to spend years in federal prison.
According to court documents, Alpha specialized in the provision of non-emergency ambulance transportation services to Medicare beneficiaries, primarily dialysis patients. According to the charges, knowing that the beneficiaries' medical conditions did not necessitate non-emergency ambulance transportation services, the owners of Alpha, Alex Kapri and Aleksey Muratov, conspired with Alpha General Manager Wesley Kingsbury and Training and Education Supervisor Danielle Medina to submit false claims to Medicare. As seen in other health care fraud cases, the Indictment alleged that co-conspirators instructed employees to document a justification for each transport even if one did not exist and to avoid certain words that would trigger non-payment. However, what the company leadership did next possibly transformed what could have been an expensive but non-criminal civil False Claims Act enforcement matter into a criminal case resulting in harsh sentences.
In March 2012, CMS contractor Safeguard Services notified Alpha that Alpha would be subject to a Medicare audit and requested production of 60 patient files and related documentation. This is certainly a relatively routine event in the EMS industry. Alpha employees collected the requisite patient files, and Kingsbury and Medina conducted an internal review. Unfortunately the documentation was not ideal. To deal with the documentation problems, Kapri, Muratov, Kingsbury, and Medina altered records and instructed others to alter the files to justify the transports. According to evidence adduced at trial, Alpha created a secret room with a light tracing table and a paper shredder where Alpha employees created false run tickets and destroyed original records. Of course, this type of conduct is what converted what could have remained a civil case into a criminal case.
Then, in April 2012, federal agents contacted Kingsbury regarding Alpha's response to the CMS contractor audit. Kingsbury then disclosed to Kapri and Muratov the names of the agents and the questions the agents asked. The following day, HHS-OIG and FBI special agents questioned Kingsbury regarding his conversation with Kapri and Muratov. Kingsbury lied. He denied that he disclosed the names and questions of the agents to Kapri and Muratov.
In September 2012, a federal grand jury charged Kapri, Muratov, Kingsbury, and Medina with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, health care fraud, and conspiracy to obstruct a federal audit. Kingsbury was also charged with making a materially false statement to law enforcement officers.
In October 2013, Kapri, Muratov, and Medina pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and received sentences of 75 months, 108 months, and 30 months, respectively. Kingsbury maintained his innocence through two trials but ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud, conspiracy to obstruct a Medicare audit, and making materially false statements to law enforcement officers. He was sentenced to 78 months.
According to the FBI's press release regarding this case, the FBI and HHS-OIG investigated this case together with the Medicare Fraud Strike Force. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force is part of the HHS and DOJ's joint Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) created in May 2007. During 2014, HEAT Strike Force efforts resulted in the filing of charges against 228 individuals or entities, 232 criminal actions, and $441 million in fines or recoveries.
In sum, the leaders of Alpha Ambulance erred in how they reacted to the audit and the follow up from the audit. If they had been transparent about their documentation problems, they likely would have had to pay monies to the government to address the problem, but might have avoided criminal prosecution. The early involvement of counsel can help company leadership comply with legal obligations and avoid mistakes and obstructive conduct. In addition, suggested steps in response to an audit request may include:
Gather responsive records;
Assess if there are problems or gaps in the responsive records;
If no problems or gaps, produce the records;
If problems or gaps, consult with legal counsel to discuss lawful options;
If there are significant problems, legal counsel will likely take over all communications with the auditors;
Understand that the responsive records will nonetheless likely still need to be produced by the company, regardless of the involvement of counsel;
Any communication with the auditors needs to be truthful and forthright;
No records can be altered, amended, back-dated, thrown out, or purged;
If a person is approached by a federal agent, politely decline the interview, contact legal counsel, and then determine with counsel's advice if a later scheduled interview would be helpful or not; and
Remember that anyone approached for an interview by a federal agent has a Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions.
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Established in 2003, the Department of Veterinary Anatomy provides for teaching and research in the fields of gross anatomy, histology and embryology. As a pre-clinical department of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) programme, the department equips students with the knowledge of the structure and function of living organisms with research areas in Skin Biology; Reproductive and Endocrine Biology, Neuroanatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Environmental Toxicology and Lipid Metabolism in Farm and Laboratory Animals.
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Over 13,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers to file $200m class action over Timor Sea oil spill
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[Australia, Indonesia] More than 13,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers are launching a $200m class action against the company they claim was responsible for Australia's worst offshore oil spill, which sent millions of litres of oil towards their shores.
The action to be filed in the federal court in Sydney on Wednesday follows a seven-year fight for justice by Timor Sea communities, who say their lives changed dramatically for the worse after the 2009 Montara disaster.
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers' class actions principal, Ben Slade, said the Montara rig operator, PTTEP Australasia, must be held accountable for the avoidable oil spill and the devastation it had caused Australia's neighbours.
"The operator of the oil rig has a serious case to answer for cutting corners that endangered lives, the environment and the livelihoods of thousands of seaweed farmers," he said in a statement.
The farmers from the islands of West Timor and Rote were making a decent living from growing seaweed for cosmetics and other industries, but saw production plummet soon after the 74-day spill.
The lead plaintiff, Daniel Sanda, 58, said that in September 2009, he noticed oil and a large number of dead fish in the waters around his seaweed crop at Oenggaut, a village in Rote.
It spelled disaster for his family.
"If, on the first day you noticed oil on the water, by the next day your seaweed would turn white, and the next day it would be totally dead," he said. "It was completely confusing to us and very hard for me.
"I had to think about my family, and it became so hard to live a normal life."
Seaweed had been a boon for villagers like Sanda, with the income from the healthy harvests allowing him to send three of his five children to university.
The industry hasn't bounced back and Sanda hopes for compensation for years of lost income.
"I just hope it will succeed," he said. "Until this day, we can't grow seaweed as successfully as before."
Josias Ferroh was one of the pioneers of seaweed farming on Rote.
Several years of successful harvests allowed him to make modest improvements to his simple home, and send his eldest child to university.
Like Sanda, in September 2009 his seaweed began to die.
"It happened so suddenly, I thought it must have been a disease," Ferroh said.
The effects have not only been economic, but some people in West Timor and Rote have reported skin lesions and respiratory problems after coming into contact with water.
Community advocate Ferdi Tanoni has spent years campaigning for the Australian and Indonesian governments to launch an independent environmental study in the region.
In 2014, the Indonesian government directly requested cooperation from Canberra, which said it did not have jurisdiction.
Tanoni said there was a sense of relief in West Timor that there was finally action.
"It is now seven years, less 18 days, since the spill," he said. "For all that time, these people have been waiting for justice."
PTTEP Australasia's own study found no oil had reached Indonesia's coast or inshore waters. The company has been contacted for comment.
In 2012, a Darwin court fined the company $510,000 for the spill.
It began on August 21, 2009, with a dramatic explosion and fire on the West Atlas rig, 250km off Australia's coast.
An estimated 300,000 litres of oil a day spewed into the sea until the leak was plugged on 3 November 2009.
The federal government held a commission of inquiry into the event, and no evidence was found of long-term damage to Australia's reefs and coasts.
A PTTEP Australasia spokesman said the company had always accepted responsibility for the spill.
"While PTTEP Australasia believes the class action filed in Australia on behalf of the communities of Nusa Tenggara Timor is misguided, we nevertheless respect their right to lodge this claim," a statement said.
The company stood by the research it had ordered in the wake of the incident.
The satellite imagery, aerial surveys and trajectory modelling found the majority of oil (98%) remained in Australian waters, it said.
"We are confident the results of these independent studies would stand up to the highest scrutiny," the statement said.
"As would our assertion that it is reasonable to extrapolate from the studies that, if the reefs closest to Montara where the oil and dispersant concentrations were at their greatest did not show lasting impacts, then it is highly improbable that the seas and coastline of Nusa Tenggara Timor would have been impacted."
Photo: Oil leaking from the Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea on 28 September 2009. Indonesian seaweed farmers have launched a class action seeking $200m from the company responsible. Photograph: Annabelle Sandes/AFP/Getty Images
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Lucas Ocampos on Marcelo Bielsa at Marseille: "He was like the professor in La Casa de Papel."
Speaking in an interview with TyC Sports, Sevilla winger Lucas Ocampos discussed being managed by Marcelo Bielsa at Marseille.
"It was unique to be managed by Marcelo Bielsa. Even if I had not got to know him, he has received a lot of positive comments. One day, his assistant called me to speak to Marcelo. We chatted and that was that. I grabbed my things and left for Marseille. I arrived on Tuesday and there was a match on Saturday. During this period, we did not have any contact, not even during training."
He also revealed an anecdote from his first match with OM:
"We were coming to the end of the 1st half, we were losing 1-0 (vs Rennes, 7th February 2015). He called me, he told me that I was going to come on and after 10 minutes on the pitch, I scored a goal… He taught me to distance myself (positionally). He was like the professor in La Casa de Papel. He substituted me off a little while later in the match, I was surprised. He then explained the reasons why to me and I understood."


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InkFreeNews.com March 19, 2019 5:00 PM Liz Shepherd Updated: Mar 19, 2019 @ 4:57 PM
Pictured, from left, are Scott Werstler, Matt Long, Carrie Hoffman, Brandon Penrod, and Bill Patrick.
SOUTH WHITLEY — The resignation of Pierceton Elementary School Principal Mike McClain was announced during the Whitko School Board meeting Monday, March 18.
Dr. Brandon Penrod, Whitko School Corporation superintendent, read McClain's letter of resignation to the board. His resignation will be effective June 30 of this year.
"I would like to thank the Whitko community and the Pierceton community in particular for all of the opportunities afforded to me as principal," said McClain's letter. "I have truly enjoyed being a part of the community from the first minute I stepped through the door. The community support for the school is at a tremendous level right now, and I look forward to seeing the great things to come."
"I certainly appreciate your time here," said Penrod. "We appreciate your time, diligence and efforts here with Whitko Community Schools."
In other business, Ward Lamon, curriculum director, told the board that Whitko Community Schools was chosen by the Indiana Department of Education to be a digital leadership model for the state.
"We're really excited about that," said Lamon. "We have an exceptional IT department and it really says a lot about this district."
During the meeting, Penrod discussed a house bill in the Indiana state legislature regarding school funding.
For the 2020 funding increase, charter schools would receive an 11.35 percent increase, while public schools would receive a 1.59 percent increase.
"Those are state numbers, but aren't specific to any school," said Penrod. "The percentage that they're currently projecting doesn't keep pace with inflation and doesn't come close to the increase charter schools would receive. That particular bill as it stands does not help public education."
Penrod recommended the public contact local legislators regarding the proposed bill.
Whitko Jr./Sr. High School Principal John Snyder also discussed changes to the school's course guidebook. With the new updates and additions to courses, students will have the opportunity to potentially earn more than 60 college credits at Whitko.
"Our students are at a significant advantage," said Snyder. "We had a meeting with Ivy Tech and I asked, 'How can we do better?' And they said that we're doing amazing. That many credits is basically entering college as a sophomore for free."
In the next school year, there will be new courses in agriculture, business, mathematics, performing arts, and physical education.
"We've tried to have the balance to add courses that will have the most bang for the buck for our students," said Snyder.
Kosciusko County Community Foundation made a donation to Pierceton Elementary School in the amount of $1,350 to purchase a water bottle filling station. This donation matches a donation made by the Pierceton Elementary School PTO, allowing the school to install two filling stations this summer. The school is continuing to seek a donation to purchase a third water filling station.
The board also congratulated Whitko Jr./Sr. High School's archery group for being the 2019 Indiana Middle Division NASP/IBO 3D state champions. Whitko High School art students were also recognized. To date, the school's art students have received 40 state, 43 national, and 202 international awards. The sophomore art group will be recognized at the Indiana General Assembly March 28.
The following students were recognized at the meeting as students of the month at their schools in the Whitko School Corporation:
Payton Gidley, Pierceton Elementary School
Tucker Laukhuf, South Whitley Elementary School
Nadia Rhoades, Whitko Jr./Sr. High School
Kaylee Gaff, Whitko Jr./Sr. High School
Whitko Jr./Sr. High School's spring musical "Where's Charlie?" will have performances on Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23.
Whitko High School announced Samuel Mark Rickerd and Livia Elise Rose as its Class of 2019 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.
The board approved two field trips for the Whitko Varsity Girls' Soccer Program and the Whitko Marching Band.
The board heard a presentation from Teresa Knepple, Whitko Middle School science teacher, regarding Lego Robotics.
Pierceton Elementary School will hold its talent show Friday, March 22.
Whitko Jr./Sr. High School will hold a mattress sale fundraiser Saturday, March 23.
The board's next meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, at South Whitley Elementary School.
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It is not something I am very good at and which is probably why I have refrained from running in the past. However this changed last week when at work there was a 10km charity team relay. Basically team of five members who ran two laps of the school field on a course which had been measured out at 1km.
As the winter approaches and the evenings become darker it isn't as easy to get out on the bike in the week. The dark evenings also provide a suitable amount of cover for when I pull myself around the streets close to my house. If I manage to continue to keep this going it will really help with the winter training which until now has fully stopped due to the pressures of work etc. I have managed 2 runs since the weekend the first being quite frankly horrible. My breathing was out and I had to walk more than I felt I should and I managed 3.5km in a very sorry 26 minutes. At least the second run last evening was better as I managed 4km in 25 minutes so at least there has been some progress. I know these figures are hardly earth shattering (that is just the effect when my heavy body smashes into the ground), but I suppose it is a start and we all have to start somewhere.
What do I hope to achieve? I hope the end result will be less weight which will help when on the bike (and running) and improved cardiovascular ability which means I can go further for longer. This combined with the full on training programme come the spring should have me fully prepared for 2014 and the rides which I aim to complete, Ride London 100 (if I get through the ballot), either London to Brighton or Dunwich Dynamo and the possibility of the school cycle event which I will need to organise.
So there could well have been a shift in activity, along with a change in the season, but the end goal is still less weight and go longer on the bike. All through hard work and more hard work. No turning to the dark days of cycling to help me through the long dark winter which faces us.
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My plan for 2014 could be coming together after a brief chat with a friend when I saw him with his shiny new bike, a Boardman in red with the same pedals I have on my Specialized Allez Sport.
He is a fellow teacher at another secondary school in the area we both live. We are also both governors at our local primary school so see each other a lot, however this is not the main point of the blog. A team of staff (12 in total) will be cycling from their school to Brighton, I assume for charity, but even if not it is a good twist upon the London to Brighton rides I have completed over the last two years. The will set off from their school, Birchwood, and cycle the 94 odd miles straight through London to the south coast city. Sorry that should read 151.2km as to not fall fowl of the rules. In effect is is a fairly strait line on the map, so a good route, and this has got me thinking.
Each year at my school we have a charity week with loads of different fund raising events from cakes sales to more energetic events like our version of Strictly Come Dancing, or as it was called Strictly Come Prancing. In effect the fundraising goes on for much of the year and is organised mainly by the students and they do a fantastic job. Anyway back to my thinking and yes this involves bikes again. From earlier posts I have been looking for something a little different for 2014. I am now thinking there is an opportunity for a staff team to cycle from our school (which starts with an L) to another UK town or city with the same letter. The first place which came to mind was Leicester. A nice 177 km but going inland means we wouldn't finish near the sea. Another option was Lowestoft on the coast of East Anglia. This would be 167km and could be completed in a day without too much trouble even is a large group all travelling together. The advantage here is you could cool off in the sea afterwards and I think the beach might be a sandy one rather than the pebbles of Brighton. Other locations which would have to be discounted this time round purely on location would be Looe and Liskard in Cornwall, both lovely places and anything past Leicester so Liverpool would not be possible on a first attempt. Wherever the location is needs to be more than 161km just to break the 100 mile barrier!
The location can be sorted in the next few weeks but the main consideration would have to be the time for the event. Obviously it couldn't be on a school day as there is work to be done, but could easily be a weekend and probably best if it was one which was attached to a school holiday, but this isn't essential as I went to work after the London to Brighton rides. Quicker recovery comes to fitter riders, so More preparation would be required. Then there is getting a team together to complete this with me. There are a few cyclists amongst the staff who could be interested in completing this challenge if we get it off the ground. I think between 8-14 riders would be a good number to allow us to ride at a reasonable speed whilst doing so as efficiently as possible in a long train. I can see an email in the next few weeks being set to the team who organise the charity events. I can organise the ride it's the charity aspect I would leave to the group.
Then there would be the kit. I feel for such an event there should be matching kit so people know who we are and what we are doing. Ideally a cycling clothing manufacturer would hear about this idea and be willing to kit us out in order for the team to perform well on this super fundraising event. Note to self, go and chat with the local bike shop down the road from school to see if they want to get involved. The worst they can say is No Thank you! When this gets a bit more than just an idea I will approach more outside organisations and see who would be willing to help.
Well the next job is to send an email to the staff who co-ordinate the charity work which goes on in school, and if that gets the green light then start to gather a crack team of cycling staff from work who will complete a great challenge for as yet an unknown charity, whilst getting in fantastic shape doing it.
As always when I have more I will keep you all informed!
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A clash in 2014! What should I do?
The weekend of 12-13th July will be a busy one for cycling. On this night two night rides are due to leave London, one heading south whilst the other in a north easterly direction. The question is which one to do?
The first of these rides is the 60 mile London to Brighton night ride for The BHF. This is a ride I have completed for the past two years and has become something of an annual event. It is a well organised event and I still have unfinished business with this ride, to complete it in less then 4 hours!
The other ride is the Dunwich Dynamo, a 120 mile ride from North London to the lost city of Dunwich on the Suffolk Coast. This is a turn up and ride event and as a result has less support if things go wrong. However it has a certain appeal and would be the longest ride I would have completed in one go. Plus it is a ride which has been on my radar for a few years now.
The question is which ride to compete. Last year I should have done both as they were a weekend apart. This would have been a huge effort but possible. In 2014 this isn't an option. Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
So how should a decision be made? Take on the new, longer challenge and complete a PB on a bike, or really go for the sub 4 hours for London to Brighton, another PB. I suppose this comes down to the bigger plan for 2014. In February I will find out if I am successful in the ballot for the Ride London on 10th August. If I am then the longer more challenging 120 mile ride makes more sense. Complete this and just a month later complete 100 mile ride which includes parts of the Olympic road race course. Or take it easier and save myself by completing a 60 mile ride a month before Ride London. Both rides end up at the coast and both on a shingle beach so it will come down to the ride.
I think some serious thinking will have to be done as well as working out the correct training plan. Also a chat with a few friends who could be interested in both of the challenges. Oh well decisions. If you have any advice, I'd love to hear from you. It could be your piece of advise which helps me decide.


I have problems with touch functionality under Win7. Please use the attached code to reproduce the issue.
The behavior for the ComboBox is that it won't open easily and a selection does not close the dropdown list.
I'm sorry you're having trouble. I tried this on both Windows 10 and Windows 7 and didn't see a problem though. I used touch to open the ComboBox and select things. This was tested with our latest version.
Also I noticed that you had a DocumentWindow directly as a child of the Workspace. That hierarchy isn't allowed and I removed it before testing. You would need a TabbedMdiHost/TabbedMdiContainer in between those if you wanted MDI support.
thanks for your quick reaction! I don't have access to your latest version. Would it be possible to test this with the version I am using to find out if it has been fixed in between?
I just tried v16.1.0632 on Windows 7 too and didn't see a problem either. The only difference in my sample vs. the one you posted was I removed that DocumentWindow directly within the Workspace.
I'm sorry but for security reasons we can't run pre-compiled .exes. Please make a new simple sample project instead that we can open in VS and run. Thanks!
I hope you can handle .zip files.
I'm running Windows 7 in a Hyper-V VM on a Surface (all our touch devices here have been upgraded to Windows 10 already) and am able to run your sample ok. Note that since it's in a Hyper-V VM, it's not enabling Aero glass and I don't appear to have a way to test that scenario.
Are you only seeing this with Aero glass enabled? What happens if you turn Aero glass support off, like changing your system theme to Aero Basic?
I switched to several themes and the bug stays the same. I even tested the "Windows Classic" one. So I would say it's not connected to this.
I believe you indicated you are using an older build of our products. Can you grab the latest 2017.2 build and see if it still happens in that? We've made a lot of updates to Docking/MDI over the past year, which is why I ask. Please let us know.
I just checked with an evaluation of your latest build and it works just fine. So it seems this issue got fixed in the meantime. I know we don't have access to your latest build right now so I cannot get rid of the bug.
I will check if it is possible to move to your latest build.
I'm glad to hear it's resolved in the newer builds. Since you said you were already licensed for 2016.1, you could also try the latest maintenance release of 2016.1 to see if it fixed it as well.
the latest release of 2016.1 fixed the issue as well!
Thank you very much! I appreciate the quick reactions on this!


(Natural News) Sometime between 2012 and 2014, singer and actress Selena Gomez was diagnosed with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease where the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue. According to a recent study, patients with lupus have double the risk of dementia.
The study comes after earlier research which determined that patients with lupus can suffer from memory and cognitive function impairments. The study authors warned that patients of all ages with lupus are "at higher risk to develop dementia," and they advised doctors to keep an eye out for lupus should their patients show any signs of early onset dementia.
Patients with lupus report a "lupus fog," which involves "difficulty concentrating, remembering facts, and expressing oneself." The fog can also include depression and anxiety, which may indicate a lupus flare up.
These symptoms are similar to those suffered by patients with dementia and Alzheimer's. The latter affects at least 5.5 million people in the U.S. However, this study shows that even patients who do not have a neuropsychiatric form of lupus are at a higher risk of dementia.
In 2016, lupus made headlines when Selena Gomez revealed that she has the disease. The singer was first diagnosed with lupus in 2015. Gomez revealed her diagnosis in 2016 after symptoms like panic attacks and depression led to the early cancellation of her world tour.
About 80 percent of patients with lupus use corticosteroids as one of the primary treatments for the disease. Corticosteroids can help patients manage inflammation related to lupus and its flare-up. However, negative side effects of the treatment include weight fluctuations, memory loss, and cognitive impairment in individuals diagnosed with lupus.
Follow an anti-inflammatory diet – Because inflammation is the major symptom of lupus, eat foods that can help prevent it. Avoid processed foods, added sugar, gluten, trans fat, alcohol, caffeine, high-sodium foods, and certain legumes that contain the amino acid L-canavanine that can trigger lupus flare-ups. Eat more organic, unprocessed foods, foods high in antioxidants, coconut oil, raw milk, cucumbers and melons, green and herbal teas, and bone broth.
Exercise regularly – Regular exercise can help patients with lupus by reducing stress, improving sleep, strengthening the heart, reducing joint pain, and improving flexibility and range of motion. Exercise for at least 20 to 30 minutes, but don't tire yourself out. Get enough rest after exercising.
Eat omega-3 fatty acids – Studies show that the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid) in fish oil can help reduce inflammation.
You can read more articles about scientific breakthroughs on mental health at Brain.news.


Saturday 14th October saw ten St Helens Sutton AC athletes compete in the first cross country of the 2017/18 season, held at Heston Park Manchester.
Three athletes competed in their first ever cross country for the club, including Jessica Bairstow, Rhys Hopkins and Michael Duffy.
For the under 13 boys, Rhys was first home, finishing in 13:27, in 22nd place, shortly followed by Michael Dobson who completed the 3.28km course in 13:46 in 30th. Also in this race were the under 13 girls; Hollie Brussels ran 15:29 to finish in 37th place and Jessica Bairstow finished in 20:34 in 82nd place.
Charlie Roberts led the under 15 boys team home, he finished in 19:57 in 16th position. Michael Brussels ran 21:42 and finished in 34th whilst Michael Duffy finished the 4.97km race in 26:12 in 41st.
Coming back from injury; Gemma Connolly finished 3rd in the senior ladies 8.49km cross country. Gemma finished in 34:51.
Representing the senior men in the 9.84km race, Ian Roberts finished 249th in a time of 47:36 whereas Ian White finished in 296th place in 49:45.


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Credit Opinion: Getin Noble Bank S.A.: Update to credit analysis
Announcement of Periodic Review: Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Getin Noble Bank S.A.
Issuer Profile: Getin Noble Bank S.A.: Key facts and statistics - Q1 March 2020
Rating Action: Moody's confirms Getin Noble's Caa1 deposit ratings, changes outlook to negative from review
Moody's downgrades Getin Noble Bank S.A.'s deposit ratings to B2 from B1; outlook is negative
Frankfurt am Main, December 14, 2018 -- Moody's Investors Service, ("Moody's"), has today downgraded Getin Noble Bank S.A.'s (GNB) long-term local and foreign currency deposit ratings to B2 from B1, its long-term local and foreign currency Counterparty Risk Rating (CRR) to B1 from Ba3, its long-term Counterparty Risk Assessment (CRA) to B1(cr) from Ba3(cr) and its baseline credit assessment (BCA) and adjusted BCA to caa1 from b3. The bank's short-term Not Prime deposit ratings and CRR and Not Prime(cr) CRA are affirmed. The outlook on the long-term deposit ratings has been changed to negative from rating under review. Today's rating action concludes GNB's ratings review initiated on 10 October 2018.
The rating action was prompted by GNB's Q3 2018 financial results, published on 28 November 2018, as well as Moody's assessment of recent market developments around the bank and their negative implications for GNB's financial fundamentals. GNB reported a reduction in its capital shortfall and reported a smaller loss in Q3 2018 than in the previous quarters of this year. However, the bank became the subject of negative newsflow in the second half of November. Moody's understands that this negative newsflow resulted in a withdrawal of significant amount of customer deposits from GNB during this period. According to GNB the situation has largely stabilised and the Polish central bank has announced its readiness to provide GNB with liquidity support if needed. Nonetheless, the rating agency believes that these developments could have weakened customers' and investors' confidence in GNB, which is under increasing pressure to recover its profitability and capital adequacy.
The full list of the affected ratings can be found at the end of this press release.
RATINGS RATIONALE
- RATIONALE FOR DOWNGRADING RATINGS
The downgrade of GNB's BCA to caa1 from b3 reflects the increased risks to the bank's credit profile stemming from the continued pressure on its financial fundamentals due to persistently high problem loans and a significant, albeit declining, capital shortfall. The recent negative publicity around the bank will weigh on GNB's efforts to improve its financial fundamentals due to rising uncertainty about the bank's long-term prospects.
GNB's third quarter results improved compared to previous quarters, despite recording a small net loss. However, in Moody's opinion the progress made is insufficient to dissipate concerns about the longer-term viability of the bank. According to Moody's estimates, the bank's Tier 1 capital shortfall against the minimum required level of 11.85% in October 2018 fell to around 2.2% from around 3% in Q2 2018 due to higher Tier 1 after a capital injection and the reduction in two capital buffer requirements by the regulator -- GNB was exempted from other systemically important institution's buffer of 0.25% and its foreign currency mortgage buffer was reduced to 1.29% from 1.72%. According to GNB's capital replenishment plan, the bank's main shareholder provided additional PLN100 million of equity to the bank in Q4 2018, on top of PLN290 million provided earlier this year. Whilst these support measures ease the capital pressure on GNB, Moody's believes that GNB's prolonged undercapitalization and reliance on a single shareholder for access to capital elevate risks to the bank's viability.
On 13 December GNB announced that it was considering to attract a financial investor who could recapitalise the bank.
GNB's loan book remains weak with non-performing loan ratio (NPLs, stage 3 loans under IFRS 9) at 15.3% in Q3 2018, slightly up from 15% in Q2 2018. On a positive note, GNB's coverage of NPLs by loan loss reserves increased significantly in 2018 to 67% from 44% in December 2017 and is now close to the average levels of the Moody's-rated banks in Poland.
The bank's liquid assets accounted for 16% of its total assets in Q3 2018, declining from 21% at year-end 2017. The aforementioned deposit withdrawals could have strained GNB's liquidity further, prompting the central bank to pledge liquidity support to the bank in case of need.
The bank's net income remains vulnerable to additional asset impairment charges as well as to potential significant costs arising from policy measures on Swiss Franc (CHF) mortgages. GNB has one of the largest exposures to foreign currency mortgages in Poland, which accounted for 23% of the bank's total loans as of September 2018 (26% a year earlier).
The downgrade of GNB's deposit ratings was driven by the downgrade of the bank's BCA to caa1 from b3. Consequently, the bank's B2 long-term deposits ratings incorporate (1) its caa1 BCA, and (2) maintaining two notches of rating uplift from Moody's Advanced Loss Given Failure (LGF) analysis.
- RATIONALE FOR NEGATIVE OUTLOOK
The negative outlook on GNB's ratings reflects the continued downward pressure on the bank's BCA despite the additional capital injection that would account for about 3% of the bank's shareholders equity as of end-Q3 2018 and is therefore unlikely to meaningfully contribute to closing the gap to the regulatory minimum capital hurdles. Any deterioration in the bank's liquidity position beyond Moody's current expectation could also exert downward pressure on the ratings. In addition, the negative outlook takes into account possibility of a lower notching uplift under the Advanced LGF analysis if the share of corporate deposits in total deposits declines materially.
-- WHAT COULD MOVE THE RATINGS UP/DOWN
A credible capital strengthening plan which will allow GNB to achieve compliance with its minimum capital requirements under the capital replenishment plan approved by Polish authorities including a material improvement in asset risk and return to sustained profitability could result in a stabilisation of the ratings outlook.
A deterioration in the bank's capitalisation and liquidity may result in ratings downgrade.
Further, changes in the bank's liability structure may modify the amount of uplift provided by Moody's Advanced LGF analysis and lead to a higher or lower notching from the bank's adjusted BCA, thereby affecting the deposit ratings.
LIST OF AFFECTED RATINGS
Issuer: Getin Noble Bank S.A.
..Downgrades:
....Long-term Counterparty Risk Ratings, downgraded to B1 from Ba3
....Long-term Bank Deposits, downgraded to B2 from B1, outlook changed to Negative from Rating under Review
....Long-term Counterparty Risk Assessment, downgraded to B1(cr) from Ba3(cr)
....Baseline Credit Assessment, downgraded to caa1 from b3
....Adjusted Baseline Credit Assessment, downgraded to caa1 from b3
..Affirmations:
....Short-term Counterparty Risk Ratings, affirmed NP
....Short-term Bank Deposits, affirmed NP
....Short-term Counterparty Risk Assessment, affirmed NP(cr)
..Outlook Action:
....Outlook changed to Negative from Rating under Review
PRINCIPAL METHODOLOGY
The principal methodology used in these ratings was Banks published in August 2018. Please see the Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.
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For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit support from the primary entity(ies) of this credit rating action, and whose ratings may change as a result of this credit rating action, the associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity. Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures, if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
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Q: Visual Studio 2019: System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow errors in .NET Core projects Hoping someone might be able to assist me with this.
I've been having an issue with Visual Studio where parts of the background processes are constantly crashing and throwing exceptions.
To re-create it I just simply create a new .NET 5 console project, and open it and this is what I am greeted with:
StreamJsonRpc.RemoteInvocationException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow, Version=4.6.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

I get these windows appearing constantly. If I clear and rebuild solution they come back.

I am currently on Enterprise 16.11.5 (latest as of this post).
I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, repairing, disabling extensions, different solutions etc etc but nothing seems to get rid of it or fix it.
Anyone got any ideas?
Also the stack trace for the screenshot below is essentially the above snippet, but there is more if needed once I find out how to attach files.

A: Although not technically what I would classify as a solution, reinstalling windows did resolve the error.

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Elaborate Antique Valentine's Day Fan with Adorable Cupids Yes we ship worldwide!
This is an original antique Valentines Day Fan. It is NOT a reproduction. During the 1890-1920's elaborate Valentine's Day cards were all the rage.
This elaborate Valentine's day fan from the 1900-1920s era is stunning. Front says "To My Valentine".Pull fan out and it has six arms with a cupid on each arm doing some thing different. The gold background color behind each Cupid makes fan very elegant. There are beautiful purple and flowers on each arm under the cupid. Above each cupid is an arch of blue flowers and light and dark green hearts. The fan is embossed. On the back the ribbon that holds fan together needs to be repaired. Printed in Germany.
Measures about 13" W x 7" H when fan is extended.
Guaranteed to be "old" and authentic. Not a recent reproduction.


Become a human weather gauge!
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Go outside, whatever the weather.
Discuss the effect and how it makes you feel. For example: I can't feel any wind, I feel calm and happy, I can feel the sun on my skin, it's hot, my hair is blowing about, my hat's blown off - I feel excited!
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Jason Aldean's wife Brittany on Las Vegas shooting: 'We were the lucky ones'
By Sasha Savitsky , | Fox News
Jason Aldean and his wife Brittany Kerr arive at the 11th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tennessee. (Reuters)
Jason Aldean's wife Brittany shared an emotional post detailing her experience during the mass shooting during her husband's show at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Sunday night in Las Vegas.
"It's been hard to process what happened the other night...still feel like I'm in a daze," the expecting mom wrote on Instagram Wednesday.
A gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas onto a crowd of 22,000 people, killing at least 58 and injuring more than 500.
The 30-year-old said she wanted to thank the first responders who "completely put everyone else's lives before theirs and we are all forever grateful."
Brittany wrote she was not with her husband when the gunfire started but "with some friends in a tent closer to Mandalay."
Jason Aldean performs during the Route 91 Harvest country music festival at the Las Vegas Village on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (FilmMagic)
"As you can imagine my first instinct was to run to him and his was the same."
She recalled, "As we laid behind equipment onstage with some of our road family, bullets flying past...all I could think was 'I never even got to hold my baby.'"
The former makeup artist and Aldean are expecting their first child together, a boy, later this year. Aldean has two daughters from a previous marriage.
Brittany wrote they "ran for cover where we stayed for the next couple hours" because they did not know where the bullets were coming from or if there were multiple shooters.
"We were the lucky ones," she said. "I can't put into words the pain and heartache we feel for the ones who are no longer with us."
She concluded, "May God be with their families and friends during this horrendous time. Each and every one of you are and will forever be in our prayers."
Sasha Savitsky covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.
Britney Spears rips Jamie Lynn in latest Instagram post: 'Selfish little brat'


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Men's Clothing in 16th Century Tudor England
November 23, 2016 by Rebecca Larson	Leave a Comment
"A man's clothes were a matter of great public importance, a woman's less so. With his clothes a man advertised his place in society, a fact that had serious consequences in Tudor England. Laws restricted a man's rights to wear certain fabric and colours to those within particular social strata so thoughtless dressing could land a man in legal trouble" – Ruth Goodman
The use of cloth of gold and purple silk was reserved to members of the royal family and declared in the statute of 1483. The legislation of 1483 reserved cloth of gold of silk or purple silk to the King, the Queen, the King's mother and the immediate royal family. The legislation of 1509-10 then applied the same to cloths used for horses.
Sumptuary laws were passed during Henry VIII's first Parliament to preserve rank and ensure no subject dressed above their rank – these laws were passed and prohibited anyone below the rank of Knight of the Garter with the exception of certain Lords, Judges and those of the king's council and the Mayor of London to wear velvet in their gown and doublet, or satin or damask in his gown or coat. Others with the title of Earl or higher could wear sable fur. With that being said, other furs could be worn by lower ranks.
There were also certain clauses that prohibited the wearing of foreign wools and furs, which protected local businesses and trade.
Tudor Men's Hats
While styles of hats varied, common amongst the commoners of the time were the "flat caps" which had been in use for much of the Tudor reign. These might be made of wool, felt, or leather, and could be lined with linen. Amongst the nobility, tall hats similar to a modern top hat, but featuring a tapering crown, or an arched brim hat might be popular amongst both men and women. Italian style "bonnet" hats also were popular during the period, and any of these hats could be made of a fine fabric over a frame of linen stiffened with gum. Leather was also a popular material for the construction of fashionable hats. – Tudor Shoppe
Tudor Men's Shoes
The legs were covered with hose, which had become two separate pieces. Upper stocks covered the top half of the leg, while lower stocks covered the bottom. The differentiation between the two pieces is particularly clear in Henry's portrait. The emphasis on width is continued all the way down to the shoes, called duckbill shoes. Duckbill shoes were flat and square in front, made of leather, and could be slashed for decoration. – The Fashion Historian
GENTLEMAN'S SHOES, TUDOR STYLE
Brown leather, wide rounded toes, brass side buckles, shoes.
This leather thigh boot was found in the hold of the Mary Rose. It appears to have been lined, with a leather top lining and at least two different fabrics, and still has its bootstraps attached, allowing it to be pulled on with ease.
Sources/References:
Wooglar, C.M.; "The Great Household in Late Medieval England"
Goodman, Ruth; "How to be a Tudor – A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Tudor Life"
Mason, Emma; "What clothes did people wear in the Tudor period?" via History Today
Posted in: History	Tagged: Tudor Clothing, Tudor Men
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Alex Natan (eigentlich Heinz Alexander Nathan; * 1. Februar 1906 in Berlin; † 14. Januar 1971 in London) war ein deutscher Journalist, Schriftsteller und Leichtathlet.

Leben und Wirken

Alex Natan wurde 1906 als Sohn einer mittelständischen Familie in Berlin geboren. Nach dem Besuch des Realgymnasiums studierte er Rechtswissenschaften, Geschichte und politische Wissenschaften an den Universitäten Berlin, Heidelberg, München und Leipzig. Seine Dissertation schrieb er 1930 über Südwestafrika als Mandat C des Völkerbundes.

Neben seinem Studium fand Natan Zeit für eine erfolgreiche sportliche Laufbahn im Sprint: 1929 war er Kapitän der deutschen Leichtathleten-Equipe bei einem Wettkampf mit der Schweiz. Mit der Mannschaft des SC Charlottenburg konnte er im selben Jahr den damaligen Weltrekord in der 4-mal-100-Meter-Staffel stürzen. 1927, 1929 und 1930 wurde er mit der Charlottenburger Stafette Deutscher Meister, zuvor war ihm dies bereits 1926 mit Phönix Karlsruhe gelungen. Er wechselte 1931 zum jüdischen Sportverein Bar Kochba Berlin. In der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus wurde Natan, der nach den Maßstäben des Regimes als Jude galt, aus den Rekordlisten gelöscht. Rugby spielte er zunächst beim SCC, leitete ab 1931 die Rugby-Abteilung von JTSC Bar Kochba-Hakoah und war auch Leiter der Geschäftsstelle des Brandenburgischen Rugby-Fussball-Verbandes, ansässig in Berlin-Schöneberg.

Nach der Machtübertragung an die Nationalsozialisten 1933 emigrierte Natan erst in die Schweiz und noch im selben Jahr nach England, wo er seinen Nachnamen in Natan änderte.

1935 bis 1937 war Natan als Rockefeller Assistant for International Relations an der Universität London tätig. Nach dem Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde Natan als "feindlicher Ausländer" verhaftet und ab 1940 in Kanada interniert. Nach seiner Entlassung aus der Internierung übernahm Natan 1943 eine Stelle als Senior History Master an der King's School in Worcester.

Später arbeitete Natan als Mitarbeiter in Presse und Rundfunk in Deutschland, England, der Schweiz und Italien und wurde freier Schriftsteller. Er war außerdem Mitbegründer der Anglo-German Association und Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik.

Schriften

 Neues Deutschland. Blackwell, Oxford 1955.
 Sport aus Leidenschaft. Thomas-Verlag, Zürich 1956.
 mit Richard Kirn: Fußball. Geschichte und Gegenwart, Regeln und Begriffe. Ullstein-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1958.
 Sport and Society. A Symposium. Bowes & Bowes Publishers, London 1958.
 German Men of Letters. Twelve Literary Essays. Oswald Wolf, London 1961.
 Silver Renaissance. Essays in Eigteenth-Centry English History. Macmillan, 1962.
 Prima Donna. Lob der Stimmen. Basilius Presse, Basel/Stuttgart 1962.
 Richard Strauss. Die Opern. Basilius Presse, Basel/Stuttgart 1963.
 Primo Uomo. Grosse Sänger der Oper. Basilius Presse, Basel/Stuttgart 1963.
  mit Richard Kirn: Stadion 60. Basilius Presse, Basel /Stuttgart 1964.
 Britain Today. 1965.
 Graue Eminenzen. Geheime Berater im Schatten der Macht. Walter Verlag, Olten und Freiburg im Breisgau 1967.
 (Hrsg.): Sport kritisch. Hallwag Verlag, Bern und Stuttgart 1972.

Literatur
 Klaus Amrhein: Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005. 2 Bände. Darmstadt 2005 (publiziert über Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft).
 Kay Schiller: "Der schnellste Jude Deutschlands". Sport, Moderne und (Körper-)Politik im bewegten Leben Alex Natans (1906–1971). In: Stadion. Heft 2, Jg. 43, 2019, S. 185–218, DOI:10.5771/0172-4029-2019-2-185.
 Kay Schiller: »Der schnellste Jude Deutschlands«. Alex Natan (1906-1971). Eine Biografie. Wallstein, Göttingen 2022, ISBN 978-3-8353-5317-6.
 Natan, Alex. In: Joseph Walk (Hrsg.): Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918–1945. Saur, München 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4, S. 277

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Where System Testing fits in Early Testing
by Samuel Garratt | Jul 1, 2016 | Blog, Delivery, Managed Services, Quality Assurance | 0 comments
When some consider early testing they may then think that unit testing their entire code will solve all their problems and disregard higher levels of testing. Although more unit testing does pick up defects early, the proper and essential place of System Testing and of other higher levels of testing should be understood and not neglected.
So what exactly is System Testing? System Testing tests that a particular system (composed of many integrated units) performs what the business intended it to perform. It is a kind of black box testing, requiring no understanding of the inner workings of the system. It has many aspects including both functional and nonfunctional requirements, covering aspects such as:
The system's own internal functions according to requirements
How this system interacts with other systems
How it performs under pressure
Compliance to standards
There are different levels of systems depending on the work at hand and what stage of testing is required (eg. for a robotic arm – you would consider a finger a system of joints, a hand, a system of fingers, and an arm, an even greater system). Although developers should be writing unit tests, people with an independent critical mind are necessary at this stage to point out defects in the system as a whole.
System testing's importance
Those examining the system should understand clearly how the system under test will be used and through analysis identify shortages in the requirements that may have led to unit tests being passed yet an incorrect system being produced. In my opinion they should be given as much insight as the Business Analysts who define the requirements. By investigating different functions of the system, what it is meant to do and (on a high level) how it is meant to do it, requirement defects can be detected early. For example, in my previous client I had a system that would create and prepare some data in a certain state and then modify it and inquire its status. I noticed there was a field that was inquired of that was never being set by a create or modify call and so could never be expected to return a value. This field happened to be a very important field that was just missed out in the creation requirement documents and since unit testing was based on these requirements, it was never picked up.
How do the various types of testing fit together? To illustrate System Testing's position within early testing, I'll use the rear wheel of a bike. Five main parts of a bikes rear wheel are its hub, spokes, rim, tyre and the air valve used to blow up the tyre. This illustrates a system where there are units joined at different parts, with one unit (the spokes) – being reused multiple times, and with a simple purpose of supporting a bike's weight and converting the rotational motion of the gear to a linear motion on the ground.
Considering this picture it is easy to comprehend the benefits of testing at different levels. These levels would include testing:
Units in isolation
Spokes can be tested independently for their capability in bearing different kinds of forces before they're put together into the wheel (in which case testing would be more expensive)
The hub could be tested to ensure it is the correct size to join onto the main frame of the bike
The combination between just a few units
The air valve could be tested in its ability to blow up the tyre without leaking air (without connecting the tyre to the rim and the rest of the wheel)
The hub, spokes and rim could be tested independently of the system to ensure they fit together
The system (entire wheel) itself as a black box, with all its units together
Can the system sustain a certain weight on the hub while moving on a rough texture
Does the wheel's size match the required size
How much slippage occurs on smooth surfaces
Does the wheel meet safety standards
Would mechanics know how to fix such a wheel if something goes wrong
Hopefully, from this picture you can see that although unit testing verifies that smaller parts meet requirements, some things can only be tested adequately when they're integrated into a system. Also, a high level view of a system is often needed to sort out defects in the requirements themselves (from which unit tests are based). Therefore System testing must not be eliminated or minimized when trying to shift left and test early. Furthermore, those with a critical mind who are responsible for ensuring quality should be involved in analyzing the system during the requirement development phase (so that defects can be found out earlier), rather than included after units have been developed to meet the system requirements.


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21st Century Comics
Ten Questions with Bill Holbrook of Kevin and Kell
October 3, 2004 Xaviar Xerexes 1 Comment
Bill Holbrook is the creator of Kevin and Kell, one of the most long-running and delightful webcomics around. In addition, he is also the creator of two additional daily strips, On the Fast Track and Safe Havens which are syndicated to newspapers around the country. Luckily for us, he found time to answer ten questions from the Comixpedia community.
Who are your biggest artistic influences? —Alschroeder
The biggest artistic influences on me were the MAD Magazine geniuses, particularly Jack Davis and Mort Drucker. Walt Kelly also had a deep impact.
Who are your biggest storytelling influences? —Alschroeder
That would be Charles Schulz. Within four panels, there was nothing he couldn't do. For longer forms, few people can touch Will Eisner.
There's a lot of anime (Japanese cartoons) influence in most comics these days. How do you feel about them? –Rebelsun.
As with anything, I enjoy and respect the good stuff.
There's a lot of imaginative elements in most of your comics, from moat monsters, to variations of Art napping, to Wendy's attempts to break a (literal) glass ceiling, to a talking calculator for a mascot, to a granny in a mirror, to a kid hanging upside from wires god knows where that tied to, *gah* so many stuff I wish to list! How do you come up with such stuff?
I realy felt people should look up to you as much as Bill Watterson. Both you & the other Bill are special because of all imaginative elements in your work. –Altercator
Gee, thanks! If the question is where do I get these ideas from, I haven't a clue. I just try to imagine the lives of the characters, put them in situations that require a dramatic response, and see what happens next.
I'm often as surprised as anyone.
I'd really really like to know how do you do it to have so many daily comic strips done and not go nuts. —MaritzaCampos
Who says I haven't gone nuts, Maritza? 🙂 Seriously, I work on a three-week schedule. During this week, for instance, I'll be writing three week's worth of Fastrack material, and drawing the 21 gags I wrote for Kevin & Kell last week. Next week I'll write for Safe Havens while drawing the Fastrack batch. And on it goes…
On a typical day I'll begin by writing four gags by 2:00, then I'll pick up my daughters at their schools. When I return I'll begin drawing, usually doing about four strips. At night, after everyone goes to bed, I'll write two more gags. I end up the week with more gags than I need, and my wife picks the best ones.
That leaves weekends free to get caught up on E-mail.
What do you see in the future of newspaper comic strips? —MaritzaCampos
There are omnious signs all around. For the artform to survive and prosper, it will require a commitment from newspaper editors to support the section that is proven to attract and hold readers.
What do you think of other "furry comics?" Have you looked at any for inspiration? —Tcampbell
I admire so many 'furry comics' that I can't list them individually. I'll mention just one: Pogo.
Kevin and Kell's premise is very original: a carnivore animal marrying and living with her potential prey. How did you conceive it? –m_estrugo
I started with the idea of showing people overcoming differences and coming together. The predator/prey angle allowed me to comment on that in a universal way, without getting sidetracked into the particulars of a specific conflict.
You work very hard to make different species act… well, differently in Kevin and Kell. How do you balance storytelling requirements with 'realism' between carnivores and herbivores (and all the rest). —Websnark
It always depends on the requirements of the individual gags. When devising the behavior of species I try to follow the Roger Rabbit rule: Only If It's Funny.
Does Lynn Johnston have as foul a mouth as everyone says? —Boxjam.
She's never used bad language around me.
Bonus question: How is doing a webcomic different from doing a newspaper comic? Where do you think the future lies? —Alschroeder.
I wish I could see the future, but I'm just stumbing around like everyone else. To me, the main difference between webcomics and newspaper strips is the existence of archives. With past strips a click away, readers of webcomics can enjoy longer and more complex storylines without getting lost. Newspaper readers only have that day's strip in front of them.
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Wandering webcomic ronin. Created Comixpedia (2002-2005) and ComixTalk (2006-2012; 2016-?). Made a lot of unfinished comics and novels.
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I think Kevin & Kell is the best online comic I've ever read and it beats 99% of the comics in the newspapers around the country. Bill Holbrook is a genius in my opinion and I have only said that about one other cartoonist…that being Charles Schultz. Long live Kevin & Kell!!!!
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Salve Maria is a women fashion brand. With a religious concept within the brand, they searched for us to develop a logo that could express the brand meaning and inspire costumers. We also created all identity design of the brand.


A little collection of illustrations I worked on mostly over my travels and spare time. I love to work on paper just using cross-hatching as a technique. Stripped down as a style but I think you can achieve so much with it. I'm hoping to get more of this kind of work as I enjoy it immensely.


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Q: Calling member function in oracle 11g I have a type called budget defined as
create type budget as object (
    year number,
    amount number,
    member function left_over (year in number) return number
)

Body:
create type body budget as
    member function left_over(year in number) return number is
    begin
        return amount;
    end left_over;
end;

And an object table
create table budget_table of budget;

How do I use the member function to return the amount? Something like:
select b.left_over(2010) from budget_table b;

Thanks

A: You don't need a parameter to the method:
SQL> create or replace type budget as object (
  2      year number,
  3      amount number,
  4      member function left_over return number
  5  )
  6  /

Type created.

SQL> create or replace type body budget as
  2      member function left_over return number is
  3      begin
  4          return amount;
  5      end left_over;
  6  end;
  7  /

Type body created.

SQL> create table budget_table of budget;

Table created.

SQL> insert into budget_table values (budget(2010,99));

1 row created.

SQL> commit;

Commit complete.

SQL> select b.left_over() from budget_table b;

B.LEFT_OVER()
-------------
           99

(I assume this is an academic exercise, as it would make no sense to create tables like this in a real business database!)
To restrict to the budget for a particular year:
SQL> insert into budget_table values (budget(2010,99));

1 row created.
SQL> select b.left_over() from budget_table b;

B.LEFT_OVER()
-------------
           88
           99

SQL> select b.left_over() from budget_table b
  2  where b.year = 2010;

B.LEFT_OVER()
-------------
           99

A: It is a scoping issue.  Your function left_over() is a method on Budget, which is an individual thing.  However, you want to have a method which does a look up from a range of budgets.  The method as you have written it cannot do this, because an instance can only know about itself.  How can the Budget for 2009 possibly know the figures for 2010?
What you need is an object Budgets which has a collection of Budget as an attribute, and a member function  left_over() which returns the whatever for a given Budget in its collection.  Of course, the only way of getting that information is for the method to iterate over the collection, which will perform far less efficiently than a WHERE clause on a regular table but seems to be the standard approach in OO data practices.


On November 19, 2009, the northern region of RWJBarnabas Health became smoke-free—following the lead of our southern counterparts, who became smoke-free last November. This event coincided with the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout.
This initiative included Clara Maass Medical Center, Livingston Services, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center, RWJBarnabas Health Corporate Center, RWJBarnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health Outpatient Centers and all RWJBarnabas Health facilities and property in northern New Jersey.
Smoking is one of the top four causes of death. As the largest healthcare system in the state of New Jersey, it is our responsibility to provide a healthy environment for our employees, patients and visitors, and to protect them from the harmful effects of tobacco. By creating a smoke-free environment, we are discouraging the use of tobacco products, eliminating secondhand smoke in our entryways and preventing it from coming through our windows, doors and ventilation systems.


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Scientists Confirm Century-Old Speculation on the Chemistry of a High-Performance Battery
Scientists have discovered a novel chemical state of the element manganese. This chemical state, first proposed about 90 years ago, enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery that could quickly and efficiently store and distribute energy produced by solar panels and wind turbines across the electrical grid.
This direct proof of a previously unconfirmed charge state in a manganese-containing battery component could inspire new avenues of exploration for battery innovations.
X-ray experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) were key in the discovery. The study results were published Feb. 28 in the journal Nature Communications.
Scientists at Berkeley Lab and New York University participated in the study, which was led by researchers at Natron Energy, formerly Alveo Energy, a Palo Alto, California-based battery technology company.
The battery that Natron Energy supplied for the study features an unconventional design for an anode, which is one of its two electrodes. Compared with the relatively mature designs of anodes used in lithium-ion batteries, anodes for sodium-ion batteries remain an active focus of R&D.
The anode featured in this latest study is made up of a blend of elements – including manganese, carbon and nitrogen – that is chemically similar to the formula of the iron-containing paint pigment known as Prussian blue.
"Typically, in lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, the anode is more often carbon-based," said Wanli Yang a staff scientist at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source, the source of X-rays that were used in the battery experiments.
But in this case, both of the battery's electrodes utilize the same type of materials based on elements known as "transition metals" that are useful in chemistry because they can exhibit various charged states. The other electrode, called a cathode, contains copper, nitrogen, carbon, and iron.
The atomic structure of the anode material that achieved high performance in a sodium-ion battery. Sodium (Na) atoms and manganese (Mn) atoms are labeled. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)
"The very interesting part here is that both electrodes are based on the chemistry of transition metals in the same type of materials," he added, with iron in the cathode and a special manganese chemistry in the anode.
"One of the direct benefits of utilizing such materials for both electrodes in the battery is that neither of the two electrodes fundamentally limits the power capability, cycle life, or cost of the device," said Colin Wessells, CEO at Natron Energy. The battery outperforms the Department of Energy's cycle-life and price targets for grid-scale energy storage, as the researchers report in their latest study.
Wessells noted that the battery is very stable, its materials are abundant, its overall cost is competitive with conventional lead-acid batteries, and it has a lesser environmental footprint than conventional batteries.
The battery has been shown to deliver up to 90 percent of its total energy in a very fast, five-minute discharge, and to retain about 95 percent of its discharge capacity for 1,000 cycles. It offers an alternative to gravity-based energy storage systems for electric grid, in which water is pumped uphill and then released downhill on demand to generate electricity.
Just how the battery achieves its high performance, though, had puzzled researchers.
There was speculation, dating back to a 1928 German-language journal article, that manganese could exist in a so-called "1-plus" or "monovalent" state, which means that a manganese atom in this state loses only a single electron. This is unusual, as manganese atoms typically are known to give up two or more electrons, or no electrons, in chemical reactions, but not just one.
Such a novel chemical state would enable a voltage range that is useful for battery anodes. But there hadn't been any measurements confirming this monovalent form of manganese.
The Natron Energy researchers studied the battery materials at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry, a nanoscience center, and then offered up some sample battery cells for study at the ALS.
The first round of X-ray experiments at the ALS, which used a technique called soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, appeared to show mainly the 2-plus form of manganese.
"We only caught a hint (of another form) in the initial tests, and had to rely heavily on theory to speculate about a different state," said Andrew Wray at New York University, who performed the theoretical calculations.
In the middle and right images, produced using an X-ray technique at Berkeley Lab, there is a clear contrast in an exploration of the manganese chemistry in a battery electrode material. Another technique, known as sXAS (graph at left) does not reveal the same level of contrast. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)
Then the team turned to a newly built system at the ALS, dubbed in situ resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, or iRIXS. The technique, which provides a high-sensitivity probe of the internal chemistry of materials, showed a telltale contrast in the electrons during the battery's charge and discharge cycles.
"A very clear contrast immediately shows up with RIXS," Yang said. "We later realized that manganese 1-plus behaves very, very closely to the typical 2-plus state in other conventional spectroscopy," which is why it had been difficult to detect for so many decades.
Wray added, "The analysis of the RIXS results not only confirms the manganese 1-plus state; it also shows that the special circumstances giving rise to this state make it easier for electrons to travel in the material. This is likely why such an unusual battery electrode performs so well."
Commercial prototypes based on the battery tested at the Lab entered customer beta testing earlier this year, Wessells noted. In addition to grid applications, Natron Energy is promoting the technology for data centers' emergency power, and for heavy equipment such as electric forklifts, among other possible applications.
Yang said that the chemical puzzle solved in the latest study could inspire other R&D in new types of battery electrodes. "The operation of a battery could drive the emergence of atypical chemical states that do not exist in our conventional thinking. This basic understanding could trigger other novel designs, and open our eyes beyond our conventional wisdom" on electrode materials, he said.
"This study was like a perfect package, with combined industry, national lab, and university contributions," Yang said.
The Advanced Light Source and Molecular Foundry are DOE Office of Science User Facilities.
The work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at Berkeley Lab, and the National Science Foundation.
Source: Berkeley Lab, written by Glenn Roberts Jr.
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Q: How to dynamically expand indexpath row in tableview? Dynamically expand the height for Tableview indexpath row depend upon the UILabel height.
I've tried many times but still not working.

A: set constraint of UILabel
then write this line into viewDidLoad
self.tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 170;
 self.tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension;

and use this delegate
 func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGFloat {
        return UITableViewAutomaticDimension
    }


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Q: GridSearch LightGBM with GPU How do you use a GPU to do GridSearch with LightGBM? If you just want to train a lgb model with default parameters, you can do:
dataset = lgb.Dataset(X_train, y_train)
lgb.train({'device': 'gpu'}, dataset)

To do GridSearch, it would be great to do something like this:
lgbm_classifier = lgb.LGBMClassifier()

param_grid = {
    'learning_rate': [...],
    'n_estimators': [...],
}

GridSearchCV(lgbm_classifier, param_grid)

But it doesn't look like lgb.LGBMClassifier() has a parameter for device like lgb.train() does. How do you set it to use the GPU?

A: LGBMClassifier() does have the device/device_type parameter which can be set to 'gpu' as per the parameter docs.
To set it to 'gpu', you can configure GPU-based LGBM. A couple of community members have demonstrated how to do that here and here. The second resource also has something called glances (on PyPi.org) to observe the GPU usage which addresses the comments raised.