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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Coast Line Hospital, Los Angeles, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Coast Lines Hospital, later renamed the Linda Vista Hospital, in Los Angeles, California. The hospital opened in 1905, to provide medical treatment to Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company employees and residents of Los Angeles, California. For a number of years the hospital provided medical assistance until it closed its doors in 1990. In 2006, the Mission/Spanish Revival building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The facility opened in 1921 to provide medical treatment to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employees. In 1982, the building was converted into a mental health institution and renamed Memorial Hospital. The institution provided psychiatric services until it closed its doors in 2007. The Italianate style building was later placed, in 2007, on the National Register of Historical Places. In 2010, the historic property was refurbished into a boutique hotel called Hotel Parq Central.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, Temple, Texas
These photographs show the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital in Temple, Texas. The facility opened in 1891 to provide medical treatment to Santa Fe employees. The hospital closed in December 2013.
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital in Temple, Texas. The facility opened in 1891 to provide medical treatment to Santa Fe employees. The hospital closed in December 2013.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, La Junta, Colorado
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company hospital in La Junta, Colorado. Construction for the facility began in September 1908 when the cornerstone was laid. For a number of years the hospital provided medical care for Santa Fe workers and their families until the hospital closed and was demolished in 2011.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, Mulvane, Kansas
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Santa Fe hospital in Topeka, Kansas
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Hello my name is Miriam Cisneros I am a senior in high school and I am taking a gap year. In order to make my gap year productive there is an EF program for gap students. During that journey I will gain so much experiences like leadership, volunteering for a good cause, I even get to learn a new language!, and most importantly I get to find my passion know who am. Getting the opportunity to go on this program will mean a lot and pray everyday to get a chance to travel and learn new things.


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Keywords: Commensal, genomic islands, evolution, horizontal gene transfer, in silico, Mannheimia haemolytica, pathogenicity, virulence factors.
Keywords:Commensal, genomic islands, evolution, horizontal gene transfer, in silico, Mannheimia haemolytica, pathogenicity, virulence factors.
Abstract:Background: Genomic Islands (GIs) are commonly believed to be relics of horizontal transfer and are associated specific metabolic capacities, including virulence of the strain. Mannheimia haemolytica is a commensal, Gram-negative bacteria found in the upper respiratory tract of livestock. Amid stress or immune compromised conditions of the host, the bacteria known to induce malady.


On December 29th 2017 our radiant heat stopped working and we did not have any hot water. We called Papa Plumbing to come and resolve our problem to which they came on January 2 2018 to take a look at our problem.
I had already done some research on the internet as to what the issue might be so when they came I asked them to check the thermostat and the zone valves. They did neither and said that in order to fix the heat all they had to do was flush the hot water tank. I paid them and a few hours later it was obvious that this did nothing.
I called Papa Plumbing and spoke to Kal and told him that this did not resolve the issue - they came back and said a valve needed to be replaced and the system needed to be flushed again. I paid them and a few hours later it was obvious that the heat was still not working. I called them back and told them that my heat was still not working. They sent their supervisor who claims to have 20 years experience who spent most of his time complaining about how sick he his than actually working. Without doing any diagnostics or checks he stated it had to be the pump despite my requests for him to check the zone valves and the thermostat. He left and came back a couple of days later and replaced the pump and again flushed the hot water tank. I paid him and a few hours later it was obvious that the heat was not working.
I called Papa Plumbing again and spoke to Kal who at this point refused to come back and do any more work at my house. I was taken aback by this as I paid to get my heat fixed and they were refusing to come and do this. I repeatedly asked Kal why not and he stated because they had already been to our house numerous times. To which I stated but I paid you to fix my heat and it still isn't working so what did I pay for? How do I know what you guys fixed/replaced were actually broken and needed replacing? Kal said I am a plumber and have been doing this for over 20 years and that you are not a plumber and you don't know what you are talking about. I agreed I am not a plumber and asked him what did I pay for since nothing they did fixed my problem. I don't know why he was being so rude and disrespectful? so I requested he come and look at our problem and he said he would come with the supervisor the following Monday. They never showed up and my heat was still not working and over two weeks had passed by this point. After repeated calls and conversations with Kal, they never came back and he spoke to me like I was not worth the time. Very aggressive and rude, constantly talking over me and saying "you are not a plumber" not sure why we had to repeatedly establish the fact that I am not a plumber to which point I stated "this is why I called Papa Plumbing to fix my heat problems but it is obvious that Papa Plumbing does not really know what they are doing other than taking advantage of unsuspecting people by charging them inflated prices and in my case, fixing things that potentially did not need fixing. Kal asked me how I know it didn't need replacing to which I replied because my heat still did not work. Kal said you are not a plumber, my guys would not replace something if it did not need replacing. This comment makes no sense since not one of his plumbers ran any type of diagnostic other than touch a pipe or two.
I ended up calling a different plumber who came and after physically doing some checks realized that it was in fact the thermostat that needed to be replaced. The heat is now working. This took less than one hour.
I called Kal to tell him that I got the heat fixed and that it was the thermostat and he said "what do you want me to do about it?" and "what do you want now?" as if I did something wrong. This is by far the worst customer service and I do not know how BBB can give them an A+ rating...RIDICULOUS.
Regardless, I requested a refund for whatever they did because of the unprofessional behaviour, extremely poor customer service, living in cold for that period of time, etc.
Kal initially stated I will give you $50, I requested he give me $600 which is half of what I had paid him. He laughed at me and hung up. I called him back and he said he will think about it and get back to me. He never called me back.
I called Kal a few days later and suggested $200 was more than enough and fair. I stated I have been in the cold dealing with this for over three weeks and I am the one chasing you to get some resolution.
I have called Kal a couple of times since than to get some resolution and he refuses to refund me and has never called me back.
Part of the reason we called on Papa Plumbing was because last year we had an issue with our furnace and Papa came and replaced the entire furnace for a pretty penny (every plumber I have spoken to since then has stated we were way overcharged). After the furnace was replaced my problems still existed and Papa plumbing said that it was a zone valve that needed to be replaced. Once again we said OK, fix it. As soon as the valve was replaced, everything was working properly. After my recent experience and reflecting on my past experience I have to wonder "did my furnace really need to be replaced?" nothing was fixed after it was replaced. What if the only thing needing replacement was the zone valve?
I feel like I have been ripped off and taken advantage of. I will never recommend Papa plumbing to anyone. They have the worst customer service and it is obvious they are out there to just take your money.
Please please please for your own sanity find another plumber. I tried being reasonable but now I expect a full refund.
I had the misfortune of being a victim to a flood. Papa plumbing came in to do the pipe repair. They replaced approx 2 feet of pipe, new shut off valve, pressure regulator and repaired 6" piece of pipe on my hot water tank and charged me $1050. Not knowing I accepted, but only to found out later I was grossly over charged. I had talked to 2 plumbers after that quoted me about $400.
The plumber went on to tell me that I had PB pipe through my place and I should consider changing it because it's faulty. He quoted me $16,000 but told me he would give me a deal and do it for $8,000. He was truthful in the fact that the PB is no good. But the final quote I got from another plumber was $2000.
Furthermore, I contacted the company asking for a itemized receipt. I had asked them 3 times in the last 3 days and was only told "I'll look into it and send it via email."
I have never gotten anything from the company.
I called papa plumbing to fix the furnace in Feb2017. He told me need new control switch on the furnace, he changed it for $850 ! I felt he charged us overly ! That was ok done was done ! Last week the furnace stop working again, so I called papa plumbing again , I was just about to explain him that , the furnace was fixed in feb, now we are having iuuse again, he didn't let me finish sentence, he said "are you looking for free, we are not going to do free for you, I said you didn't even let me finish , what I was saying to you , I said I would write review about your company, he said go ahead, we will pay $50 to remove it ! Then he keep calling me many times, and finely , he texted threatening me "saying you think , you can scare papa plumbing by writing the reviews, his behavior was very unprofessional, I have called many plumbing companies through my life time , never dealt any one like that ! Next day I called different company, Thry were very friendly and pleasant job was paid and done ! I was very disappointed in papa plumbing , I would never call anyone to do free job for me ! What was he thinking !
Call papa if you need it done fast!
I called papa when my furnace kept shutting off and making a bad sound. When the tech arrived he removed the blower motor and said I needed a new one, and that he would be back the next day. Next day he came back with the new motor and now everything works great!
Tried to charge us an extra 550 to install a relief valve that we found out was built into the unit. Rude technician with a bad attitude and very aggressive.
We had replaced a sub pump last October 2013 and it had a one year warranty, well now it is only June and it is broken. We called and they came and replaced it, but they try to mislead us in telling us that we did not have warranty and that sanitary products and other unknown objects were flushed which voided the warranty. We had paper and receipt to confirmed that warranty was still in effect, as for sanitary products...that washroom is used buy a male and not a female renter for the past 3 years.
I was installed soft water tank few month ago it didn't work from the beginning I tried to call them they ask me to find my self plumbing & send them the invoice finally my plumber couldn't fix it and I called again & again they keep telling me some one will call me what kind the company & service, I will keep complaint to other department.
please give us a call, this is the first I am hearing about this. Thank you.. we can get this fixed for you.
He's been my primary plumbing contractor for the past 8 years so I don't even remember how we first got introduced. They do things right otherwise I wouldn't have been working with them for so long. They're on time and perform good service. My only problem is that the guys should be more cautious when opening the walls for plumbing repairs. They should cut it instead of smashing it open.
From flooding to furnaces, minor repairs to major restorations, no job is too big or too small for PAPA Plumbing. PAPA Plumbing & Heating Ltd takes care of it all! With plumbing, heating and drainage service that is guaranteed and sets us apart, they'll not only heat your home, they'll warm your heart! So when your plumbing, heating or drainage is at its worst, dial 604-437-PAPA (7272) first!


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Girls That Growl
by Mari Mancusi
Sunny annoys Rayne with her decision: should she have sex with Magnus. The twin's mom announces that her boyfriend, David, will live in one of their rooms while his condo is being renovated.
After being mocked by the cheerleaders, Spider finds Rayne and tells her that Mr. Teifert is looking for her. She finds him, and he tells her that the school's quarterback, Mike, is missing. The cheerleaders have also been heard growling. He wants her to join the squad and check it out. When she tries to explain the situation is impossible, he tells her that the nano-virus in her is shards of wood that will stake her from the inside. He gives her a hall pass and a week deadline.
Rayne is frustrated with the situation and how much her blood mate has changed since loosing his powers. The beach-bum vampire starts quoting self-help books and Rayne agrees to tryout for cheerleading to stop him.
The next stop on Rayne's list is Sunny for a makeover. After explaining why, Sunny explains that she will have to acquire the skills and get past Rayne's ex-best friend, Mandy, who is the cheerleading captain. The thought gives Rayne an idea of how to make her audition stand out.
At tryouts, Rayne meets Cait, who is a really good cheerleader. Rayne is really bad, but after everyone but Mandy leaves, she threatens to post a bad picture of the cheer captain if she and Cait don't make the team.
Rayne goes to her first cheerleading practice, but didn't bother to learn any of the movers. She is really bad, so when Nancy starts making fun of her, Shantel sticks up for her and gives her a private session.
Shantel helps Rayne with her stage fright at their first game. Afterwards in the locker room, there is talk of a party at Mandy's house. Rayne starts to leave, but decides to go back to see about the party. The door is locked and Rayne can hear growling and glass shattering. Rayne mentally calls for vampire help, but when Jareth arrives, the door is already unlocked. The locker room is trashed and they find Cait hiding in a bathroom stall.
Rayne wants to protect Cait, but she already saw the other cheerleaders as human-wolf hybrids in bras and panties. She is bleeding, but it looks like a scratch, which shouldn't infect her. Rayne wonders if the squad ate Mike. Jareth is going to look for a cure to the lycanthrop virus, and Rayne will report her findings to Mr. Teifert.
All of Rayne's things have been moved out of her room for David to begin his stay. Rayne fill in Sunny about the cheerleaders being werewolves. They check and see that the next full moon is on homecoming.
Rayne notices that Shantel looks distraught, so she goes to talk to her. Shantel explains that her boyfriend, Trevor, is missing. Rayne changes the subject to Europe and Shantel tells her about the little village they stayed in where they snuck out to party and don't remember the night. Rayne tells Mr. Teifert and he says they will have to be put down if she can't find a cure before their next transformation. Rayne heads to the beach to fill in Jareth and they agree to leave for England on Friday.
Cait is terrified of the other cheerleaders during practice. Rayne goes to calm her down and finds the girl in a stall cutting her wrists. Rayne tells her she needs to get help. Many comes in and realizes that Rayne is hiding Cait, so the cheer captain talks about how Rayne blackmailed her. Cait runs out and Mandy tells Rayne she is just as bad as the rest of them with her judgmental attitudes. Rayne catches up with Cait, who is furious with her and tells her to leave her alone.
Still trying to deal with David living with them, Rayne ends up feeling replaced. She makes her mom cry by shoving him after he takes a cheap shot at her dad. Her mom goes to David for comfort and Rayne goes to pack her things.
Rayne is too angry to drive and gets into an accident on her way to the coven. Jareth picks her up and takes her the rest of the way. He tells her that he is going to England to find the werewolf antidote and she needs to see the coven counselor to help with her anger issues. Rayne pretends to agree and asks to have Sunny with her.
After a few hours of hiding in the plane bathroom, Rayne announces her presence to Jareth. He is surprised at first, but realizes quickly that she would never give up. He explains that she must be on her best behavior in the England Coven.
Rayne sleeps through most of the trip. Jareth wakes her up and offers her real blood. She drinks it thinking it is the synthetic she normally drinks. When she realizes it is human blood, she throws a tantrum which continues when she realizes her boyfriend is planning on arriving at the England Coven in a Batman T-shirt. She lashes out at him and he points out that she might be angry at him because he is happy and she isn't. Rayne apologizes and says she just wants the England vampires to like her.
When they arrive at the coven, Rayne is very disappointed. The girls that greet them are preppy and poke fun at her clothes and accent. When she turns down the blood of Marie Antoinette and asks for synthetic, they laugh at her. Luckily, they have already told them where the wolf pack is because Rayne announces she is a slayer and pulls out her stake to prove it.
Rayne and Jareth are kicked out of the coven and find a barn to sleep in. Rayne doesn't understand why Jareth won't forgive her. He explains that she ruined their relationship and could possibly have their coven voted off the counsel. They come up with a plan to use Rayne's vampire scent to find out about the wolf pack in their local bar.
Strutting into the bar with vampire scent running wild, Rayne instantly finds the wolves and their alpha, Lupine. She explains the cheerleader situation and Lupine tells her it was probably the rouge wolf who had tried to take his place. He says he can have the antidote by morning and she will have to put it on them while they are in wolf form. Rayne asks about the football players. Lupine believes they are being stored by the girls to offer to the rouge.
Rayne returns to the hotel victorious and tells Jareth what is going on. He tells her he can't be with her and will petition the coven to put her with someone more compatible. She begs him not to leave her, but he's already gone.
Deciding not to mope around the hotel, Rayne goes to a bar for food and beer. She meets a boy named Orpheus who invites her to a rave. Against her better judgment, she decides to go. They dance the night away. When Rayne is ready to leave, Orpheus instead takes her to his cave and says she is going to be his alpha female.
Orpheus restrains Rayne and doesn't believe that she is a vampire because she doesn't seem to have any powers. She sends out a mental cry for help to Jareth, hoping he's not too mad to come help her.
Orpheus leaves Rayne in the cave while he goes out. It turns out that the missing football players are there. When Orpheus returns, he says that he has to kill them all because Rayne told the Order what he did. Jareth swoops in as a bat in the last minute. He transforms back into vampire form, pulls out a gun, and kills Orpheus. He and Rayne make up, both admitting their mistakes.
Back in town, the pack puts Mike and Trevor into a simulator to make them transform into wolf form so the antidote can be administered. They are sent back home, where they won't remember anything. Rayne returns home and makes up with her mom, insisting that David stays with them. Even Cait is over her anger at Rayne. She quit cheerleading to get healthy, but was told to come back when she's ready. Rayne explains to Cait and Sunny how they are going to use a vampire rock star to turn on the cheerleaders, make them change, and spray them with the antidote.
David helps set up power locks, sprinklers with antidote, and gets the twin's mom out of the house. The cheerleaders arrive under the pretense of a farewell party for Cait. Sunny brings in Race Jameson and the girls start to change. Rayne sets off the sprinklers and they are all cured.
Rayne cheers in the homecoming game and enjoys compliments from her friends and family afterwards. Mr. Tiefert pulls her aside to let her know that Bertha will be taking the slayer position again. Rayne asks to be kept informed. She worries about the threat David mentioned might be coming after their family. Rayne and Jareth are with Sunny and Magnus when they are interrupted by Jane, who the vampire counsel has decided will be Magnus' blood mate.


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today * From the author of Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo . . . Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer.
But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever. Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch.
Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit.
Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva. The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband.
Oh, and maybe Hud—because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he's been inseparable since birth. Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can't stop thinking about promised she'll be there. And Kit has a couple secrets of her own—including a guest she invited without consulting anyone. By midnight the party will be completely out of control.
By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames.
But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family's generations will all come rising to the surface. Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them . . . and what they will leave behind.
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Истр Кире́нский () — древнегреческий писатель александрийской эпохи, ученик Каллимаха. Расцвет творчества — ок. 220 года до н. э.

Много писал в стихах и прозе. Известнейший из его трудов — собрание атфид: обширные «Συναγωγὴ τῶν Ἀτθίδων». Другие его труды касались могущества Аполлона, истории Элиды, историка Тимея  Его книга «Ἀττικαἰ λέξεις» была о грамматике. Сохранилось лишь несколько отрывков его произведений.

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 Ιωάννης Κακαβούλιας: Ελληνική Γραμματολογία (αρχαία και βυζαντινή), εκδ. Νικόδημος, Αθήνα, σελ. 140

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Q: Sort List by alphabetical order I'm trying to sort a list by alphabetical order and tried porting something i had in javascript to flutter. But it gives me an exception on String that it does not have the instance method '<'. I hope someone can help me fix this. Because i have no clue how to correct this issue.
data.sort((a, b) {
            var aName = a['name'].toLowerCase();
            var bName = b['name'].toLowerCase();
            return ((aName < bName) ? -1 : ((aName > bName) ? 1 : 0));
        });

I get this exception:
E/flutter (16823): [ERROR:topaz/lib/tonic/logging/dart_error.cc(16)] Unhandled exception:
E/flutter (16823): NoSuchMethodError: Class 'String' has no instance method '<'.

A: Thanks to Remi's answer, I extracted this as a Function.
typedef Sort = int Function(dynamic a, dynamic b);
typedef SortF = Sort Function(String sortField);

SortF alphabetic = (String sortField) => (a, b){
  return a[sortField].toLowerCase().compareTo(b[sortField].toLowerCase());
};

SortF number = (String sortField) => (a, b) {
      return a[sortField].compareTo(b[sortField]);
    };

with this you can write.
list.sort(alphabetic('name')); //replace name with field name

list.sort(number('name')); //replace name with field name

A: List.sort((a, b) => a.toString().compareTo(b.toString()));

The above code code works, but if you use  the above code, it will show capital letters first. That's why you have to convert them all to lowercase inside the sort extension.
List.sort((a, b) => a.toLowerCase().compareTo(b.toLowerCase()));

A: I found the best way to sort a list alphabetically is this:
      List.sort((a, b) => a.toString().compareTo(b.toString()));

A: late answer, i had a similar situation and here is how i solved it
     String a = 'towNnpBiDHRehMh4FhYAYShVFr62';
  String b = 'Yjeq9bA0spdZGmqlbr4J663LyvC3';
  String c = "RdeQo32uUwX3ftBeGm0nFChkzE52";
//if you try to sort the strings without converting them toLowercase ir uppercase you will get different results.
  List<String> _myBranchListName = [
    a.toLowerCase(),
    b.toLowerCase(),
    c.toLowerCase(),
  ];

  _myBranchListName.sort();
//if you want to add to strings from the result
  var userId = "${_myBranchListName[0]}" + "${_myBranchListName[1]}";
  print(userId);

  print(_myBranchListName);

A: void main() {
  List users = [
    {
      "name": "Abhishek",
      "age": 21,
    },
    {
      "name": "Raj",
      "age": 22,
    },
    {
      "name": "Rajesh",
      "age": 23,
    },
    {
      "name": "Aakash",
      "age": 24,
    }
  ];

  users.sort((a, b) => a["name"].compareTo(b["name"]));
  print(users);
}

Output:
[{name: Aakash, age: 24}, {name: Abhishek, age: 21}, {name: Raj, age: 22}, {name: Rajesh, age: 23}]

A: < and > is usually a shortcut to a compareTo method.
just use that method instead.
data.sort((a, b) {
  return a['name'].toLowerCase().compareTo(b['name'].toLowerCase());
});

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The Squaw Bay Limestone is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. The ammonoid Koenenites has been found in this formation.

References

Devonian Michigan
Upper Devonian Series
Middle Devonian Series


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Q: Pass a String in Python to a String in C# I know the title sounds a little weird, but I'm wondering if there is a good way to pass a string value in python to a string value in c#?
I have a neural-network that I am using in python to detect objects in an image. For each object that is detected, it also gets an identifier of what the neural-network thinks it detected which is stored in a string. I also have a C# application that I am creating, that runs my Python script through a bat file. What I want to do is get the string identifier from my Python script so I can use it as a string in my C# application. I've though about using a txt file where I would output the string from my Python script and have my C# application read the txt back. Is there any better ways to achieve this out there?

A: You can pass your string as a command line argument to the .net program (e.g. myprog.exe)
Then read it out with Environment.GetCommandLineArguments
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/main-and-command-args/
if you need to do communication back and forth the easiest way to achieve that is by using a TCP/UDP client/server. The are available in c# and python. There are other mechanisms like named pipes on windows but tcp is the easiest.
This actually has a good sample you could use, but google around;
Send Data from [Python Client] to [C# Server] using Socket
This is called inter process communication btw, which is a great google term.
Also see:
What is the simplest method of inter-process communication between 2 C# processes?


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You are here: Home / An Outlook for Businesses in 2023, and How To Get Ahead of the Game
Businesses get a chance to try new things and put a halt to inefficient processes when a new year comes around. Before January hits, businesses often take the time to reflect on what went right and what didn't go so great over the last year. Some owners may make adjustments to add more benefits to their business, or they may find themselves removing pieces that aren't helping their bottom line. Let's take a look at some of the good things coming down the line for businesses in 2023, what to look out for next year, and how owners can get a jump on a new year of success.
Benefits coming to businesses in 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed into law back in August has a few benefits for small businesses and working families, according to Forbes. The legislation is focused on deficit reduction, increasing manufacturing, lowering drug prices, and taxing wealthier corporations. How will this result in benefits for small businesses across the country? Here's what Forbes says:
Taxes: The legislation "invests" in small businesses and working families instead of raising taxes on them. Businesses or families making under $400,000 will not see an increase in taxes. That's 98% of the American population.
Tax Credit: The IRA increases the refundable research and development tax credit for small businesses from $250,000 to $500,000. The credit can go towards payroll taxes and business expenses.
Energy: The investment the legislation makes in clean energy will help businesses afford more sustainable energy alternatives, such as heat pumps and rooftop solar panels.
[Read more from Forbes]
Also, here's a great resource from NerdWallet on federal, state, and private small-business grants you can apply for in 2023.
Hangups coming to businesses in 2023
To succeed in 2023, businesses need to be proactive and have some foresight into what issues may come down the line in the new year. Forecasting can help owners make adjustments to their business models to ensure they can weather any oncoming storms.
Wix takes a look at a few small business challenges that will linger on into 2023:
This year, 82% of businesses have raised prices due to inflation. Some businesses tried buying just enough inventory to cut costs, but that often resulted in big adjustments to business models and operations. 63% of business owners altered their supply chain operations in 2022. These trends are likely to continue due to ongoing supply chain disruptions.
Hiring will continue to be an issue into 2023. The Great Resignation created a huge shift across workforces everywhere, and workers' top values when it comes to their careers are changing. Lack of childcare, fear of illness, and remote work are just a few areas that amplify hardships with employee recruitment and retention.
Increasing brand awareness helps, but only if the customers are engaged. To keep customers engaged, small businesses need the bandwidth in their teams to be consistent with social media, marketing, and outreach efforts. Brand awareness will continue to be important in 2023, and it will be up to business owners to find the time and talent to stay engaged with their audiences.
[Read more from Wix]
Plans to put into action in 2023
Growing a business in 2023 is going to take some out-of-the-box thinking. Business owners may find themselves testing the waters with new social channels or discovering new ways to engage with their audience by trying some of these ideas from HubSpot.
Use social media as a customer service tool. One way to grow your online presence on social media is to show your audience that you are engaged in more ways than one. Allowing current and potential customers to message you about your products or services will help them feel more connected to your brand.
Make plans to be more socially responsible. In 2022, 45% of marketers planned to invest in social responsibility content. For 2023, that number is increasing to 89%. A HubSpot report discovered 50% of Generation Zers and 40% of Millennials want companies to take a stance on social issues, specifically racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, gender inequality, and climate change. These groups are more likely to purchase from a company that openly advocates for these topics.
Align the marketing and sales teams. If your business' marketing department is completely separate from your sales team, fixing this should be a high priority in 2023. When sales and marketing work together, both groups can get a more complete picture of their customers interests, hobbies, and demographics. The more they know about the audience and what they are passionate about, the better. Without some level of integration between the two departments, important data that could turn into a big growth opportunity can get lost. In 2022, 1 in 5 marketers struggle with his issue. In 2023, don't let it be you.
[Read more from HubSpot]
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Q: Azure devops issue with sonar cloud code coverage In azure devops build pipeline, I am having the below stages.

*

*Prepare analysis on sonar cloud

*dotnet restore

*dotnet build

*dotnet test

*dontnet publish

*copy test files .. this for copying (*.trx *.xml) to respective directory.

*Run code analysis

*Publish quality gate result.

here my pipeline runs successfully with the tests but its not giving code coverage. code coverage showing 0.00%
*.trx file is copying on the required path & I have also tried with the default path of trx file but its giving below message in logs.
ERROR MESSAGE
Post-processing started.
00:23:49.775  Property 'sonar.cs.vstest.reportsPaths' provided, skipping the search for TRX files in default folders.
00:23:49.995  Did not find any binary coverage files in the expected location.
00:23:49.995  Falling back on locating coverage files in the agent temp directory.
00:23:49.995  Searching for coverage files in D:\a\_temp
00:23:49.995  No coverage files found in the agent temp directory.
WARNING: The following projects do not have a valid ProjectGuid and were
not built using a valid solution (.sln) thus will be skipped from
analysis...
D:\a\1\s\Rost.API.Tests\Rost.API.Tests.csproj

I expect the code coverage in the pipeline, currently code coverage showing 0.00%.

A: May i confirm several questions with you?

*

*Did you add --collect "Code coverage" option to the command line arguments?

Code coverage can be collected by adding --collect "Code coverage"
  option to the command line arguments. This is currently only available
  on the Windows platform.

*If run the test command on local, did the code coverage show correctly?

BTW, SonarQube requires a valid Project GUID but Core projects dont actually use this.It is recommended to add the ProjectGUID in the test project file.
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
    <!-- SonarQube requires a valid Project GUID but Core projects dont actually use this -->
    <ProjectGuid>{9C99E491-F56E-4515-9F0B-D72A5207DB13}</ProjectGuid>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>


Our graduating student's shows are presented to industry and tickets are also available to the public via the links provided. We also offer a limited number of complimentary tickets to our alumni.
All ALRA North and South 3rd years and MA/PG students have the opportunity to be showcased at high profile venues in London and Manchester. These events are for an industry audience only and can be booked via Spotlight or directly from ALRA.
Click here for more information on this year's graduating actors.


This is the week to look out for Whitethroats. The jerky flight display and scratchy song of the Whitethroat are a characteristic sight and sound of scrub, young woodland and hedgerows. The Whitethroat has experienced dramatic crashes in its population in the past. These crashes are due to climate related changes in its African wintering grounds. In spring 1969, three-quarters of the Whitethroat population failed to reappear in the UK. After a low point in the population in 1974, numbers steadily increased before crashing again during the winter of 1984/85. Since then the population has stabilised. The catastrophe also affected other species that winter just south of the Sahara such as Sand Martin. Drought conditions in the Sahel can have a massive impact on the fortunes of migratory birds. You can help track the arrival of Whitethroats this spring by logging onto the BTO website www.bto.org/migwatch to record arrival dates.
For more information on Whitethroat see www.bto.org/migwatch and click on Focus on Species.THIS WEEK`S HIGHLIGHTS: Week 13 - 20 AprilAfter a slow start to April, migration finally picked up on April 13 with some decent falls of birds on the south coast. Portland Bill Bird Observatory witnessed a spectacular arrival of Willow Warblers on April 14 and 15, with over 1000 counted on each day, together with good numbers of Redstarts, Chiffchaffs, Wheatears and smaller numbers of Pied Flycatcher and Yellow Wagtail. By the end of the week migration had tailed off again.Two early records of Spotted Flycatcher have been submitted to Migration Watch, one in Surrey on April 14 and one at Portland Bill, Dorset on April 15. Typically, Spotted Flycatchers arrive at the end of April and into early May. Large numbers of terns were counted off Dungeness Bird Observatory on April 17 including over 900 Common Terns, over 500 Sandwich Terns, 40 Arctic Terns and 13 Little Terns. All these species are long-distance migrants wintering off the coast of Africa.


Of all the wise mantras employed by Jesus, this one is probably my favorite, because it can be applied to so many different areas of life.
Jesus knew that his message would not resonate with everyone. Did he let that stop him? Of course not! Everywhere he went, he simple said what he came to say, and left the rest up to God.
What if this was our mantra every time we shared our art with the market?
What if we stopped compromising our art in an effort to please everybody?
What if we stopped putting all the pressure on ourselves?
What if we let go of "popularity" as a goal?
What if, instead, we simply created what God had placed on our hearts, shared it boldly, and left the rest up to Him?
When art pleases everyone, it ceases to be art. Good art does not make everyone nod in agreement. Good art, much like a good sermon, evokes intense reactions and sparks great discussion.
If you're an artist, and I believe you are, you're not here to please everyone, you're here to provide a spark for change. And when it comes to game changers, I'm not sure I can think of a better example than Jesus himself. So perhaps it's time we all adopted his mantra.
As a teen poet, I forget I don't need hundreds of eyes on my work. I like being reminded about stuff like this.
Thank you Jon! I really needed to hear this... especially today. God speaks to me through you for sure!


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package io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.registry.registers;

import com.github.jonathanxd.iutils.object.TypeInfo;
import com.github.jonathanxd.wcommands.WCommandCommon;

import org.spongepowered.api.Game;
import org.spongepowered.api.command.args.GenericArguments;
import org.spongepowered.api.command.spec.CommandSpec;
import org.spongepowered.api.text.Text;
import org.spongepowered.api.text.format.TextColors;

import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.actions.Action;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.commands.AdminCloseReportCommand;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.commands.AdminReportCommand;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.commands.PlayerReportCommand;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.registry.IReasonRegister;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.registry.DefaultRegister;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.registry.Register;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.reports.IReportManager;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.statics.wReportInfos;
import io.github.jonathanxd.wreport.wReport;

public class CommandRegister implements DefaultRegister, wReportInfos {

    private final IReportManager reportManager;
    private final WCommandCommon wCommandCommon;
    private final Register<TypeInfo<? extends Action>, Action> actionRegister;

    public CommandRegister(IReportManager reportManager, WCommandCommon wCommandCommon, Register<TypeInfo<? extends Action>, Action> actionRegister) {
        this.reportManager = reportManager;
        this.wCommandCommon = wCommandCommon;
        this.actionRegister = actionRegister;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean register(Object plugin, Game game) {
        wReport wReportPlugin = wReport.wReportPlugin();
        IReasonRegister reasonRegister = wReportPlugin.reasonRegister();

        CommandSpec show = CommandSpec.builder()
                .description(Text.builder("Show all or player specific report(s)!").color(TextColors.GREEN).build())
                .permission(NAME.toLowerCase() + ".admin.reports.show")
                .arguments(
                        GenericArguments.optional(GenericArguments.player(Text.of("player")))
                )
                .executor(new AdminReportCommand(game, reportManager))
                .build();

        CommandSpec close = CommandSpec.builder()
                .description(Text.of(TextColors.GREEN, "Close report by id"))
                .permission(NAME.toLowerCase() + ".admin.reports.close")
                .arguments(
                        GenericArguments.longNum(Text.of("id")),
                        GenericArguments.choices(Text.of("action"), actionRegister.applyValueToKey(Action::getName), true),
                        GenericArguments.remainingJoinedStrings(Text.of("data"))
                )
                .executor(new AdminCloseReportCommand(game, reportManager, wCommandCommon, actionRegister))
                .build();

        CommandSpec adminReportCommand = CommandSpec.builder()
                .description(Text.builder("Show all or player specific report(s)!").color(TextColors.GREEN).build())
                .permission(NAME.toLowerCase() + ".admin.reports")
                .child(show, "show")
                .child(close, "close")
                .build();

        game.getCommandManager().register(plugin, adminReportCommand, "wradmin", "wreportadmin", "reportadmin", "wradm");

        CommandSpec playerReportCommand = CommandSpec.builder()
                .description(Text.builder("Report an specific player!").color(TextColors.GREEN).build())
                .permission(NAME.toLowerCase() + ".player.report")
                .arguments(
                        GenericArguments.player(Text.of("player")),
                        GenericArguments.choices(Text.of("reason"), reasonRegister.mapOfRegisteredReasonsName(), true),
                        GenericArguments.remainingJoinedStrings(Text.of("description"))
                )
                .executor(new PlayerReportCommand(game, reportManager)).build();
        game.getCommandManager().register(plugin, playerReportCommand, "report", "wreport", "reportplayer", "playerreport");
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return "CommandRegister";
    }
}

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Aluminum alloys are characterized by their low specific weight, low melting point, negligible gas solubility with the exception of hydrogen, excellent castability, good machinability, and good corrosion resistance. Premium quality castings are an essential requisite for the critical structural components used in automotive and aeronautics. The production of such castings requires that inclusions and porosity be minimized (or even eliminated) to supress their harmful influence on the mechanical properties, so that these properties are then mainly controlled by the microstructure of the castings.
Both tensile strength and elongation are reduced drastically with the increase in inclusion content. Clean metal, in general, is characterized by high tensile properties (yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, percent elongation).
Inclusions in molten metal produce a decrease in fluidity. Producing clean molten metal through filtration can increase the fluidity substantially, by as much as 30% at normal operating temperatures.
decompose upon cooling to produce dissolved hydrogen.
Defects in aluminum products such as pinholes in thin foils and razor streaks in lithographic plates are commonly caused by inclusions. Inclusions, in size range of 10 – 20 μm effective diameter can, at a concentration of a few parts per million, be harmful in rolled aluminum products.


In the following code, I have implemented an Extended Kalman Filter for modeling the movement of a car with constant turn rate and velocity. The code is mainly based on this work (I did some bug fixing and some adaptation such that the code runs similar to the Kalman filter that I have earlier implemented).
# see "Calculate the Jacobian of the Dynamic Matrix with respect to the state vector"
# and 90 means it is traveling east bound.
# We need an offset.
This entry was posted in Machine Learning, Python, Robotic, Tutorials and tagged Extended Kalman Filter on April 11, 2019 by admin.
In the following code I have implemented a localization algorithm based on particle filter.
This entry was posted in Machine Learning, Python, Robotic, Tutorials and tagged Parcticle Filter, python on April 10, 2019 by admin.


Pain; Depression; Drugs of Abuse.
Development and elucidation of SAR (Structure-Activity Relationships) and SAFiR (Structure-Affinity Relationships) of structurally and mechanistically novel analgesics/analgesic adjuvants and antidepressants employing classical and contemporary medicinal chemistry.
Synthesis, molecular modeling, binding affinity, functional activity (i.e., agonist, partial agonist, allosteric modulator, inverse agonist, antagonist) at the sub-molecular (e.g. biochemical assays) and molecular (e.g. behavioral assays) levels are utilized as tools.
QSAR (Quantitative Structure-Activity/Affinity Relationships) of ligands that interact with LGICRs (Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors), in particular 5-HT3 receptors, and GPCRs (G-Protein Coupled Receptors), particularly alpha2-adrenoceptors, using 3-D receptor models are of special interest.
13.	Glennon, R. A.; Dukat, M. Serotonin receptors and drugs affecting serotonergic neurotransmission. In: Foye's Textbook of Medicinal Chemistry. D. A. 6th ed, Williams and T. Lemke, eds., Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 2008, pp 417-443.
74.	Dogruer, D.; Lee, M.; Dukat, M.; Damaj, I.; Martin, B. R.; Glennon, R. 3-(4-Aminobutyn-1-yl)pyridines: binding at alpha4beta2 nicotinic cholinergic receptors. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2004, 14, 523-526.
75.	Glennon, R.A.; Dukat, M.; Liao, L. Musings on alpha2beta4 nicotinic acetylcholine (nACh) receptor pharmacophore models. Curr. Top. Med. Chem., 2004, 4, 631-644.
76.	Dukat, M. 5-HT3 Serotonin receptor agonists: a pharmacophoric journey. Curr. Med. Chem. – CNS Agents, 2004, 4, 77-94.
77.	Glennon, R. A.; Dukat, M. alpha4beta2 nACh Receptor Pharmacophore Models. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2004, 14, 1841-1844.
78.	Chang-Fong, J.; Rangisetty, J. B.; Dukat, M.; Setola, V.; Raffay, T.; Roth, B.; Glennon, R. A. 1,2,3,4-Terahydrocarbazoles as 5-HT6 serotonin receptor ligands. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2004, 14, 1961-1964.
79.	Dukat, M.; Smith, C.; Herrick-Davis, K.; Teitler, M.; Glennon, R. A. Binding of tryptamine analogs at h5-HT1E receptors: a structure-affinity investigation. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2004, 12, 2545-2552.
80.	Khorana, N; Pullagurla, M. R.; Dukat, M.; Young, R.; Glennon, R. A. Stimulus effects of three sulfur-containing psychoactive agents. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 2004, 78, 821-826.
81.	Prisinzano, T.; Dukat, M.; Law, H.; Slassi, A.; MacLean, N. A.; DeLannoy, I.; Glennon, R. A. 2-(Anilino)imidazolines and 2-(benzyl)imidazolines derivatives as h5-HT1D serotonin receptor ligands. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2004, 14, 4697-4699.
82.	Shelton, K. L.; Dukat, M.; Allan, A. M. Consequences of 5-HT3 receptor over-expression to the discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res., 2004, 8, 1161-1171.
83.	Wesolowska, A.; Young, S.; Dukat, M.; MD-354 potentiates the antinociceptive effect of clonidine in the mouse tail-flick but not hot-plate assay. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 2004, 495, 129-136.
84.	Dukat, M.; Taroua, M.; Dahdouh, A.; Siripurapu, U.; Damaj, I. M.; Martin, B. R.; Glennon, R. A. (±)8-Amino-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinolines as novel antinociceptive agents. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2004, 14, 3651-3654.
85.	Lee, M.; Rangisetty, J. B.; Pullagurla, M. R.; Dukat, M.; Setola, V.; Roth, B, L.; Glennon, R. A. 1-(1-Naphthyl)piperazine as a novel template for 5-HT6 serotonin receptor ligands. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2005, 15, 1707-1711.
86.	Kolanos, R.; Siripurapu, U.; Pullagurla, M.; Riaz, M.; Setola, V.; Roth, B. L.; Dukat, M.; Glennon, R. A. Binding of isotryptamines and indenes at h5-HT6 serotonin receptors. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2005, 15, 1987-1991.
87.	Setola, V.; Dukat, M.; Glennon, R. A.; Roth, B. L. Molecular determinants for the interaction of the valvulopathic anorexigen norfenfluramine with the 5-HT2B receptor. Mol. Pharmacol. 2005, 68, 20-33.
88.	Ramunno, A.; Dukat, M.; Lee, M.; Young, R.; El-Zahabi, M.; Damaj, I.; Martin, B.; Glennon, R. A. 6-(2-Phenylethyl)nicotine: A novel nicotinic cholinergic receptor ligand. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2005, 15, 3237-3240.
89.	Abate, C.; Kolanos, R.; Dukat, M.; Setola, V.; Roth, B. L.; Glennon, R. A. Interaction of chiral MS-245 analogs at h5-HT6 receptors. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2005, 15, 3510-3513.
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Carletto Caliari, född 1570 i Venedig, död där 1596, var en italiensk konstnär.

Carletto Caliari var son till Paolo Veronese och stannade efter faderns död kvar i dennes verkstad under farbrodern Benedetto Caliari, även om han åtog sig en del egna uppdrag. Han anknöt sig till faderns teknik och komposition, och de verk som kunnat tillskrivas honom är antingen signerade eller har direkt samband med något av hans signerade verk.

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 Konstens Venedig. Utställning anordnad med anledning av Konung Gustaf VI Adolfs åttioårsdag. Nationalmuseums årsskrift 1962.

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Martin Scott is an American businessman, educator, politician, and pastor from Georgia. Scott is a former Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives from District 2.

Early life
Scott was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Education
Scott earned a degree from Shorter College and Chattanooga State. Scott earned an MBA from Kennesaw State University.

Career
Scott is a businessman, former teacher and realtor.

On November 2, 2004, Scott won the election and became a Republican member of Georgia House of Representatives for District 2. Scott defeated Sadie Morgan with 69.16% of the votes. On November 7, 2006, as an incumbent, Scott won the election and continued serving District 2. Scott defeated Sadie Morgan with 67.10% of the votes. On November 4, 2008,
as an incumbent, Scott won the election and continued serving District 2. Scott defeated Sadie Morgan with 70.94% of the votes. On November 2, 2010, as an incumbent, Scott won the election unopposed and continued serving District 2.

In 2012, Scott founded River City Church in Rossville, Georgia. Scott is the lead pastor.

Personal life
Scott's wife is Jane Scott. They have four children. Scott and his family live in Rossville, Georgia.

References

External links
Georgia House of Representatives bio
 Martin Scott at ballotpedia.org
 Q&A with Rep. Martin Scott at northwestgeorgianews.com (January 2, 2007) (archive)

21st-century American politicians
Kennesaw State University alumni
Living people
Republican Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
People from Rossville, Georgia
Shorter University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)


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Taxodium mucronatum Ten. 1853 é uma espécie de conífera arbórea pertencente à família das Cupressaceae, nativa do México, mas também presente em zonas muito localizadas do sul do Texas e noroeste da Guatemala. É considerada a árvore nacional do México. A espécie encontra-se em bom estado de conservação.

Descrição
Dado o seu significado cultural, a espécie Taxodium mucronatum é conhecida por múltiplos nomes comuns, entre os quais cipreste-calvo-de- montezuma, cipreste-montezuma. ou ahuehuete, Esta espécie de Taxodium é nativa do México e da Guatemala, onde as populações locais desde tempos imemoriais a consideram como árvores referenciais. O nome ahuehuete, o mais comum na região, deriva do nome na língua nahuatl para estas árvores, āhuēhuētl, que pode ser grosseiramente traduzido por "tambor vertical na água" ou "velho homem da água".

A espécie produz grandes árvores (mesofanerófitos a megafanerófitos) perenifólias ou semi-perenifólias, crescendo até aos 40 m de altura e com um troncos com 1–3 m de diâmetro (ocasionalmente muito mais, como no caso da famosa «árvore de Tule» (a «Árbol del Tule»). As árvores das montanhas mexicanas alcançam uma robustez notável. Ao contrário de Taxodium distichum e Taxodium ascendens, este cipreste Taxodium mucronatum raramente produz joelho de cipreste nas suas raízes.

As folhas são dispostas em filotaxia espiral, mas rodadas na base por forma a ficarem em duas fileiras horizontais, com 1–2 cm de comprimento e 1–2 mm de largura. Os cones são ovóides, com 1,5-2,5 cm de comprimento e 1–2 cm de comprimento.

Um espécime, conhecido por Árbol del Tule em Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, México, é consideraa como umas árvores com tronco mais grosso de todo o mundo, com um diâmetro 11,42 m medido à altura do peito. São conhecidos vários outros espécimes com tronco com diâmetros de 3 a 6 m.

Distribuição e habitat
O habitat preferido de Taxodium mucronatum é primariamente as zonas ripárias, crescendo ao longo das margens dos rios., especialmente nas regiões de planalto, mas também ocorre próximo de nascentes e pântanos. Ocorre dos 300 aos 2500 m de altitude no México, principalmente nas terras altas entre os 1600 e os 2300 m de altitude. A espécie é muito tolerante à seca e de crescimento rápido, preferindo contudo climas que são chuvosos durante todo o ano ou pelo menos com chuvas intensas no verão.

Taxodium mucronatum é nativo de grande parte do México, desde a região central para sul até às terras altas do sul do México. Nos EStados Unidos apresenta distribuição disjunta, com populações no Vale do Rio Grande no extremo sul do Texas, outras no sul do Novo México, perto de Las Cruces. Na Guatemala, a espécie está restrita ao Departamento de Huehuetenango.

Etnobotânica
A espécie foi escolhida como árvore representativa do México em 1910. Em 1921, para comemorar o centenário da independência mexicana, foi selecionada como árvore nacional por seu esplendor, beleza, longevidade, dimensões colossais e tradição. Desde os tempos pré-hispânicos, esta árvore foi atribuída qualidades sagradas e fez parte das lendas e da história de lugares de diferentes línguas hahuehuetl.

A árvore é sagrada para os povos nativos do México e consta do mito da criação tradicional da cultura zapoteca. Para os aztecas, a sombra combinada de um āhuēhuētl e um pōchōtl (Ceiba pentandra) representava metaforicamente a autoridade de um governante. De acordo com a lenda, Hernán Cortés chorou sob um ahuehuete em Popotla após sofrer derrota durante a batalha de La Noche Triste.

Esta espécie é mencionada no conto Rivers, publicado em 2015 pelo escritor John Keene, no qual reinventa a história das Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain.

Estas árvores têm sido usados como ornamentais desde os tempos pré-colombianos. Os aztecas plantaram āhuēhuētl ao longo dos caminhos processionais nos jardins de Chapultepec por causa de sua associação com a figura do governante. ilhas artificiais, chamadas chinampas, foram construídas nos lagos pouco profundos do Vale do México adicionando solo a áreas retangulares cercadas por árvores como os āhuēhuētl, embora maioria da literatura mencione apenas salgueiros para a formação destas estruturas. Estas árvores também eram usadas para ladear os canais da região antes da conquista espanhola.

Estas árvores são frequentemente cultivados em parques e jardins mexicanos. A madeira é usada para fazer vigas de edifícios e móveis. Os astecas usavam a resina destas árvores para tratar a gota, a úlcera péptica, algumas doenças de pele, feridas e dores de dentes. Uma decocção feita a partir da casca foi usada como diurético e emenagogo. Um breu derivado da madeira desta árvore foi usado como cura para a bronquite. As folhas actuam como relaxante e podem ajudar a reduzir a coceira.

John Naka, um mestre bonsai de renome mundial, doou o seu primeiro bonsai, um cipreste desta espácie, para o Museu Nacional de Bonsai e Penjing dos Estados Unidos. Um alameda destas árvores está localizada no pátio principal do Getty Center Art Museum, instalada em 1995.

Híbridos
Conhecem-se pelo menos os seguintes híbridos cultivados:
Taxodium × 'LaNana' (T. distichum × T. mucronatum)
Taxodium 'Zhongshansa' (T. distichum × T. mucronatum)

Referências

Bibliografia
Eguiluz T. 1982. Clima y Distribución del género pinus en México. Distrito Federal. Mexico.
Rzedowski J. 1983. Vegetación de México. Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Martínez, Maximinio. 1978. Catálogo de nombres vulgares y científicos de plantas mexicanas.

Ligações externas

Cupressaceae
mucronatum


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What are we asking older Christians to do?
I was once a part of a group for men who talked about their same-sex attraction experiences week by week. It wasn't an ex-gay group; it was a group where we could talk candidly about our wives (most of the men were married) or our temptations or attractions or broader life-issues. It was very helpful for me in that season of my life, before I was more forthcoming about my attractions to people in general.
The face-off…
There was a bit of age divide in the group. Most of the under-40 set were unmarried (there was one exception to this that I can remember) and most of the over-40 set were married (there were one or two exceptions to this). The over-40 set never wanted to be referred to as "gay Christians." The under-40 set (especially the under-30 set, of which I was a part) had no trouble whatsoever with the title "gay Christian;" for us, it was saying "We're same-sex attracted and we love Jesus." To the older guys, it was tantamount to bringing everything that would fall under the heading of "biblical sexuality" into question and to being two steps away from finding a boyfriend and giving up on Church.
I've often pondered the divide I'd observed and I think that Melinda Selmys at Spiritual Friendship has spoken very capably to the need for those of us who are "Side B" gay Christians (that is, we see sex as being for use and enjoyment between a married, opposite-gender couple) to reach out to those older (and generally conservative-leaning) Christians and explain ourselves patiently and with the goal of maintaining and cultivating unity in the Church around Scripture. She says at one point,
In the case of homosexuality, a lot of older people (and also younger people raised in extreme religious communities) have been conscientiously conditioned to see not only the behaviour but even the inclination as sinful and repugnant. For example, in the 50′s homosexuals were explicitly portrayed as evil, predatory, and possibly murderous monsters who would pull the unwary and unsuspecting in their traps. Homosexuality was understood as a form of dangerous mental illness, and the person who suffered from it was understood in much that same way of most people today would conceive of a paedophile. As is easily observed if you read a lot of right-wing press, many of these memes are still alive and circulating – and for people who have been conditioned by them the idea of a "chaste, Christian homosexual" is a really hard swallow.
I certainly have experienced such a thing from well-meaning, older school-board members myself (circa December 2011).
But if this is the backdrop of older Christians' lives, then I and others like me need to be willing to have those conversations even when the conversations are not pleasant. There is a gravity to promoting the unity of the Church in the Gospel and I, for one, have treated it lightly many times. As a 30-something Christian, I've tended to rejoice that more people who are willing to give me a shot at pastoring a congregation are graduating from seminary but I've tended to wish those who would have concerns which spring from the sorts of social conditioning Melinda refers to above would just…well…disappear.
But that's not a very loving way to deal with people for whom Christ died and whom I, in turn, are called to love, minister to, commune with, sing with, cry with, and pray with.
How can such dialogue be carried out well with someone who can't conceive of a "chaste [gay] Christian"? I don't know. It will no doubt be a bumpy ride.
N. B.: As a post-script, it's probably worth familiarizing yourself with the current controversy at Crisis Magazine to which Melinda refers. I would spend time covering such things here on my blog, but Ron, Wes, and the rest at SF are covering them nicely without my voice being added to the volume of life at present. Pray for them as it is very difficult to hear that what you are doing damages the Church when you love it as much as those bloggers do.


I've probably learnt more about history through my fiction reading, because I usually find myself looking up certain times and places to see 'if that really happened then'. Of course that's so much easier now, with the tools available on the internet.
I love finding out the history of places I go to. Walking down a street named after a figure from the past, or visiting an historical site, is always more interesting to me if I know the background beforehand. I love the fact that we are, all of us, walking over and around our history every day – even if we are not aware of it much of the time.


Once again, a royal wedding, and we all wish the young couple well. But here's a confession: as a musician I find weddings chastening and sometimes depressing. Musicians experience large indoor crowds mainly at concerts – where people sit quietly, pay close attention to the music, applaud when appropriate, comment intelligently afterwards, and generally give back in appreciation what they have received in enjoyment.
As a young organist drafted in to play at weddings, I was baffled by the crowd behaviour I encountered: noisy chatter during the prelude, rows of guests staring down in mute embarrassment at their service booklets during the supposed singing of the hymns, mass clicking of cameras as the choir performed its anthem during the signing of the register . . . what's the matter with these people? I asked myself.
The realization dawned: they haven't come for the music. They aren't the self-selecting group of music-lovers you would find in a concert hall. They are a cross-section of the public, and they aren't all musical. At the 2011 royal wedding, to judge by the acres of press coverage of frocks, guest lists, designer cakes, celebs etc, compared to the lack of any mention of the music, journalists are even less interested in music than the public they write for. At the event itself, I wanted to give a well-aimed kick to the prominent senior politician (he knows who he is) who sat slumped in ostentatious boredom as the combined choirs of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal gave their inspiring all.
And yet . . . before I let my blood boil at the mass unmusicality and rudeness of the public, I think back to the football match I was taken to aged about 11. When it comes to sport, I am the equivalent of tone-deaf, and as the match at Wembley was played to the cheers of the crowd I experienced a boredom so intense I would have faked an epileptic fit just to be taken home so I could practise my scales instead.
We are all different. For some of us, a few bars of a Bach prelude are enough to open the door to a magical world, to others they mean no more than the revving of a lawnmower. Was Shakespeare right when he had Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice declare 'The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, strategems, and spoils . . . Let no such man be trusted'?
That's putting it a bit strongly, perhaps. Let's accept our diversity, and enjoy the royal wedding each in our own way.


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Malcolm Gladwell's new book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, argues that in a contest between mismatched adversaries, perceived weaknesses can be strengths, particularly when flexed in unexpected ways. In a post-9/11, dot-com, Barack Obama world where institution topplers emerge out of nowhere, this is not exactly news.
It's certainly not news for entrepreneurs, who are devotees of against-the-odds victories. With that crowd, Gladwell is preaching to the choir. But not the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. In Gladwell's narrative framework, entrepreneurs would be congregants from a humble church in Iowa who take down the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in a sing-off thanks to skills they developed performing on the streets to support their impoverished families.
That sounds as if I'm mocking the book, and I don't mean to. As always, Gladwell spins a great yarn. He makes a smart case for the paradoxically fierce power of nonviolent resistance, like that of the civil rights movement. His questioning of the presumed superiority of prestigious schools--students may fare better at less-elite institutions where their self-esteem takes less of a beating--adds a provocative wrinkle to the hot debate over education. The association of childhood bereavement with success (a disproportionate number of accomplished people lost parents early) is a bit of an eyebrow raiser, but the theme of personal compensation for adversity rings true.
Although Gladwell barely touches on business, David and Goliath is full of ego boosts for the entrepreneurial crowd, who are told, for example, that innovators are open, conscientious, and willing to court disapproval. Readers will smile with recognition at the tale of Lawrence of Arabia leading his ragtag band of Bedouins 600 miles through the desert to take the Turks by surprise. "The Turks simply had not thought that their opponent would be crazy enough to come from the desert," writes Gladwell. Crazy is high praise for an entrepreneur. Half the fun of making it is proving someone wrong.
Two of Gladwell's insights deserve more sober analysis. The first involves the "inverted U curve," which models the inflection point at which the addition of units--of effort, of people, of money--stops making something better; and the further point at which adding units actually makes something worse. Gladwell uses this device to discuss optimal classroom size and family wealth, but it is also a useful conceptual tool for scaling companies.
The second insight concerns remote misses. During the Blitz, Gladwell tells us, Londoners grew largely inured to the bombing. In fact, many were emboldened. Gladwell explains that people who experience the thing they fear most but emerge unscathed feel invulnerable. It's a phenomenon entrepreneurs should guard against. Just because you've escaped a few hurtling boulders and snake-filled pits doesn't make you Indiana Jones.
Each section of David and Goliath begins with a passage from Scripture attesting to the ennobling power of weakness or the illusory boon of strength. The Bible's most notable quotable on that subject ("Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth") does not appear. Meek, outside of the Gospel, suggests a failure of spirit. Weak, in the Gladwellian context, means starting from adverse circumstances, then using spirit, guile, and everything else in your quiver to triumph.
In his opening chapter, Gladwell writes that "the act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty." That, of course, is what entrepreneurs do best. They survey the battlefield. They scrabble for weapons. They summon courage. They change the rules.


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Welcome to Bear Lake State Park
Brilliantly blue waters combined with sandy beaches are what call park visitors to play, fish, boat, and camp here at Bear Lake State Park. Minerals (calcium carbonate) suspended in the lake's waters are what help create its spectacular aqua-blue color.
The Park's concession operator, Bear Lake Fun Time, offers a variety of goods and services. So, whether it's boat rentals, comfortable cabins, fast-food services, or on-the-water fuel at the marina, we can help complete your vacation here at Bear Lake.
Three distinct areas of the Park provide a number of amenities for both day and overnight use:
The State Marina –on the west side of Bear Lake – On the north end of Garden City, approximately 1 mile north of the US 89 and SR 30 junction.
Rendezvous Beach – On the southwest curve of Bear Lake – Approximately 2 miles northwest from Laketown on SR 30 from the Cisco Road and SR 30 junction.
The Park's Eastside Areas – On the east side of Bear Lake – Includes the areas known as First Point, South Eden, Cisco Beach, Rainbow Cove, and North Eden. Distances vary from four miles to 13 miles north on Cisco Road from Laketown and the Cisco Road and SR 30 Junction.
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