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Ten Epic Songs of Epicness
What makes a song epic? Does it simply have to be long? Convoluted? Perhaps have a profound backstory to its conception? Possibly. But for the purposes of this list, I have come up with ten epic songs that I feel are both epically long and epically rocking. How did I come up with this list you may ask? Well, it all started from this picture…
Check out those sweet moves!
Ok, so not really. But it is an interesting picture isn't it? For those who don't know, which is many, this picture was taken on the day of the home opener of the Twins in celebration of their new stadium. CAN YOU GUESS WHICH CITY I WORK IN?!!!?? Anyways. I like the picture and these guys were really cool. They were very entertaining and had to be so for a long time, much like the songs on this list. Of course, the real culprit for getting me thinking about this list is this other list here. As you can see, assuming you clicked the link, is that many of those songs can be found on my list as well. The reason for this is that the author of that site and myself both have similar tastes in music. You will probably be able to decipher from my list that I really enjoy rock music, and, more specifically, a genre called Prog Rock, which is filled with the Pink Floyds and Rushs of this earth (as you can see, I'm especially fond of Pink Floyd). Anyway, on to my list, which is in no particular order. Also, pretty much all of the videos can be found as hyperlinks attached to the artist and song title at the top.
Led Zeppelin – Achilles Last Stand 10:25
I found this song by happy accident and loved the drums and guitar. Not only do I think it is one of Zeppelin's better songs on an album that is not given enough credit, it would be badass on either Rock Band or Guitar Hero! Dammit Led Zeppelin, get with the times already. I chose the live version of this song for the video simply because you can watch Jimmy Page shred that guitar hardcore.
Led Zeppelin Presence
Metallica – Outlaw Torn 9:59
I don't know who did it first, but when you add an orchestra behind a major rock band, the results are spectacular. Outlaw Torn is from the 1999 live album Metallica recorded using the backing of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen. Though I love a good, simple hard rock song, adding the orchestral score pumps it up even more and gives it a thoroughly epic feel.
Metallica S&M
Pink Floyd – Dogs 17:06
This song is 17 minutes of bliss. It is typical Floyd as well, starting off with a faster section, accompanied by a driving guitar solo in the middle and then slowing way down for the middle interlude before picking up again at the end with a flurry of lead guitar and drums. I've heard this song many, many times and it never ceases to get me going.
Pink Floyd Animals
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain 10:21
Look no further for your epic lead guitar solo. You can actually feel the emotion running through the fingers of Eddie Hazel. It seems to encapsulate exactly what he was told to think about while playing, namely that his mother had died in the first half, and then came back to life in the second. It plays out beautifully and is even more spectacular when you consider it was all done in one take.
Rush – 2112 20:34
The simple fact that I could only find this song in three separate parts is testament to the epicness it embodies. The fact that I am going to witness this band's awesomness in person later this year makes this song even better (though I doubt they will play it, but I wish they would).
Dream Theater – Octavarium 23:58
This is another band that I had never heard of before seeing the original list. I know nothing about them, or their music outside of this song, but I really appreciate this song for making me get lost in its entire length. A rare quality. In fact, this song starts off in a Floydian tone before delving into something akin to hard rock before taking that epic Floyd departure at the end again. Great stuff.
Dream Theater Octavarium
Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1 and 2) 26:00
Another Pink Floyd song, and this one is split into two parts. It is actually a nine part composition in tribute to the former leader of Floyd, Syd Barrett. This is one of those classics that most people will know the instant the first chord is struck. If I could, I would probably listen to this all day long.
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird 9:06
Ah yes. Skynyrd. This is the song that is constantly being politely suggested – by which I mean drunkenly yelled out – for every band in the history of the world to play. Right now, there have been 2,174 instances of this happening. However, the song itself is a rocking epic that is nine minutes long and one that, once again, pretty much everyone knows the tune of. Here it is, in its entirety, for your listening enjoyment.
Iron Butterfly – Inna Godda Da Vida 17:05
You can almost hear the psychedelic drugs coursing through their veins. And that bass line! Its hypnotic in its simplicity, yet makes everything about this song work. and makes the song come alive. And with a song being this long, it makes for fantastic solo work as well from every member of the band. I would love to see this video in full color, just to see the funk and colors and what their dreams must have looked like every night. Bonus: the Simpsons take on the song as well.
Iron Butterfly In A Gadda Da Vida
Pink Floyd – Echoes 23:28
Echoes is one of those tunes that is not known by many people. This is mostly because they have such a huge catalog of other hits that this one tends to get lost in the shuffle. It is also because it was not on a record of theirs that sold in huge numbers. This song was before they really took off after Dark Side of the Moon, but is one of their better tunes. This is another one of those that is normally broken into two parts, but I found it in its entirety, although it is synched up to the final part of 2001: A Space Odyssey for some reason. I recommend simply listening to it without the visuals, as they are distracting.
Pink Floyd Echoes
So, in this list alone, should you actually sit down and listen to all of the songs here, you will have a grand total of 167 minutes of music! How awesome is that? For some, not very; but for others, it is a great way to get into the rhythm and spirit of some grandiose songs that are too long for conventional radio, but perfect for making the day fly by. If you have any suggestions for anything that you feel would best be on this list, let me know. Or, perhaps you hated every selection. Either way, drop me a line and let me know.
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Nicholas C. Speller, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Professor Amanda M. Stockton, within the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has garnered a NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellowship to design a device for analysis of hydrated salt content on the icy surface of Europa.
His work seeks to complement the functionality of the Icy Moons Penetrator Organic Analyzer (IMPOA), a PICASSO funded effort that seeks to enable parts-per-trillion level organic analyses in lander/ rover inaccessible environments, currently being developed by the Stockton Group in collaboration with Texas Tech and Sierra Lobo. Analyses of ionic species could provide information relevant to the surface ice shell thickness, geochemical processes, and ocean composition of the icy moon. Furthermore such measurements can give context to sensitive sub-parts-per-trillion level signs of life analyses that would be performed by the IMPOA.
Speller's analyzer will employ cutting edge developments in instrument microfabrication and autonomy to fabricate a device that is robust to the physical requirements of a kinetic penetrator mission while meeting analytical merits including low detection limits and high selectivity.
A 2011 graduate of nearby Morehouse College, Speller obtained his PhD in Chemistry in 2016, under the guidance of Professor Isiah M. Warner. He is a recent addition to the Stockton Research group, with interests in the design and development of autonomous microfabricated analytical devices.


The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), created in the 1930s during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's sweeping New Deal governmental reforms, has long marked the landscape of the upper south and controlled the waterways that run throughout Tennessee and portions of its bordering states. Controversial even at its inception, TVA grew to become the largest public power agency in the United States, combining social welfare goals with technological innovation and regional modernization. What began as a social uplift project for a depressed Tennessee Valley has, over many decades, devolved into an underfunded agency unable to adequately maintain its numerous dams, visitor centers, and recreational spaces.
In Dangerous Waters, documentary photographer Micah Cash uses his keen eye to highlight the beauty of TVA's vast architecture and brilliant engineering, but also its tenuous relationship with environmental stewardship and intermittent neglect of the social goals upon which the agency was founded. Cash illustrates TVA's contradictions through poignant shots of the agency's locations. He starkly captures, for instance, the artificial juxtaposition of beach sand at the shores of Douglas lake or the monumental infrastructure of South Holston, foregrounded by local gravestones. Cash's photographs also depict the increased security measures of a post–9/11 world, as many dams, visitors' centers, and scenic vistas are now blocked by haphazard fencing, bolt locks, and warning signs, further alienating would-be visitors. The conflict represented within each image mirrors the battle TVA must fight as an agency: to further its development of the Tennessee Valley and, at the same time, preserve both the agency's original vision and the natural environment of the region. It is a challenge TVA must surmount, but continued budget cuts, a sometimes disinterested public, and the War on Terror have made the fight more difficult.
Replete with color images and essays that are both personal and probing, Dangerous Waters deftly illuminates TVA as a complicated force operating within the Tennessee Valley and beyond. Cash's photographs beautifully showcase the dual reality in which TVA operates, and this book is sure to captivate readers and reignite a conversation on the direction of TVA.
Micah Cash received an MFA in visual media from the University of Connecticut and most recently taught at Wingate University and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. His photos and essays have appeared both on the web and in print in The Atlantic, The Bitter Southerner, Aint-Bad Magazine, and Places Journal, among others. He has exhibited his photography and paintings at numerous locations around the country, including Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York City.


Those who take the ferry to Calais risk missing out on a brilliant short break destination if they carry on their journey without stopping off to explore this fascinating port city with a turbulent history – including annexation by the English between 1387 and 1558.
One of Calais' main sights is the Cité Internationale de la Dentelle et de la Mode, a unique museum of lace and fashion housed in a 19th-century lace factory behind a contemporary façade, the design of which references both the sea's waves and a traditional lace pattern.
Calais continues to produce lace for export around the globe, with almost 3,000 locals employed in the industry.
Displaying fashion items, costumes and industrial machinery including five working looms, the Cité Internationale de la Dentelle et de la Mode can be reached by Calais' Majest'in canal boat – fittingly, since the first lace-making machines were brought here across the water, by English smugglers. Regular fashion shows and workshops keep things lively.
Another point of interest in Calais is the Hôtel de Ville or town hall with its magnificent UNESCO-listed belfry, built in the high Flemish and Renaissance style and soaring 75m over the city. It's topped by a statue of Duke François de Guise, who recaptured the city from the English. Nearby, Notre-Dame cathedral combines Flemish, Gothic, Anglo-Norman and Tudor architectural elements.
The English siege of Calais, which lasted more than a year during the Hundred Years' War, is commemorated in the city in the form of Les Bourgeois de Calais, one of the most famous of Rodin sculptures, situated in front of the Hôtel de Ville. The 'burghers' depicted are city leaders who surrendered themselves for execution in order that Edward III spare the people of the city.
Another key landmark comes in the the form of Calais' working lighthouse, a listed historic monument in operation since 1848.
Meanwhile, the area west of the city is dominated by the moat-encircled Citadelle, first built in the 16th century on the site of a medieval castle but much altered over time – mostly by French military engineer Vauban.
Lastly, Calais' best-kept secret is its fine beach, with soft sand, rows of pretty white beach huts, games and activities including mini-golf, volleyball and sand-yachting, and lots of restaurants and cafés at which to take in the sea air and watch the world go by.


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A: You can specify it as a list of list of int by:
from typing import List

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Python itself will not complain if you try to append a string:
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but running mypy over it will complain:
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vecint.py:6: error: Argument 1 to "append" of "list" has incompatible type "str"; expected "int"
Found 1 error in 1 file (checked 1 source file)

A: This isn't equal, because len(a) = 1.  In C++, an empty vector has size 0.
There's no simple solution, because in Python an empty list is not a list of lists. It's just a plain list.

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Accelerate Gains Automatic Berth Into Breeders' Cup Classic
Accelerate (photo by Ernie Belmonte).
(Breeders' Cup press release) — Hronis Racing's 5-year-old Accelerate, the 2-5 favorite, shot to the lead with three-eights-of a mile remaining and romped home to a 12 ½-length victory over Pavel in the 1 ¼-mile, $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar racetrack on Saturday, and became the fifth horse to qualify for the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) this year through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.
The Breeders' Cup Challenge is an international series of 85 stakes races whose winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corresponding race of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, which will be held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on Nov. 2-3.
As a part of the benefits of the Challenge series, the Breeders' Cup will pay the pre-entry and entry fees for Accelerate to start in the Classic. Breeders' Cup also is providing a $10,000 travel allowance for all horses based outside of Kentucky to compete in this year's Championships.
Accelerate (2-5), ridden by Joel Rosario and trained by John Sadler, joins Kazumasa Yamada's 6-year-old gelding Nonkono Yume (JPN), winner of the one-mile February Stakes (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 18; Reddam Racing's 4-year-old Pavel, who won the Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) at Churchill Downs on June 16; e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables' 3-year-old Good Magic, who won the Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park on July 29, and the 5-year-old Diversify, who won the Whitney (G1) at Saratoga on Aug. 4, as the other Classic qualifiers thus far.
A chestnut son of Lookin at Lucky out of Issues by 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Awesome Again, Accelerate established a new stakes record with his 12 ½ length margin of victory in the Pacific Classic. Accelerate ($2.80) covered the 1 ¼ miles in 2:01.83 over a fast track.
Bobbling slightly at the start in the seven horse field, Rosario moved Accelerate to engage pacesetters Roman Rosso and Prime Attraction up the backstretch racing three paths off the rail, in fractions of 46.69 for the half mile and 1:11:24 through three quarters. At the end of the second turn, Accelerate suddenly surged away from his rivals to a four-length lead at the mile mark in 1:36.1. He increased his margin to eight lengths in the stretch, and sailed home uncontested.
Pavel was followed in third by Prime Attraction, Roman Rosso (ARG), Dr. Dorr, The Lieutenant and Two Thirty Five. Beach View was scratched.
Accelerate was bred in Kentucky by Mike Abraham.
"It was very impressive. He's been good on this track, he's won stakes here every year, said Sadler. "He's better this year so you had to figure he'd be better on this track this year. The only thing I was nervous about was Joel [Rosario]. I told him 'Ride him like he's the best horse. Don't let anything cheap get in front of you. Stay in contact with the leaders'. He did that, so I knew [Accelerate] would kick in well.
"I thought we had the best horse. He had a really good week. I woke up this morning refreshed. The toughest thing all day was getting into the parking lot."
Accelerate improved his career mark to eight wins in 20 starts. Today's victory was his fourth of the year, having previously won three of them at Santa Anita Park: The San Pasqual (G2) and the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), and most recently, the Gold Cup at Santa Anita on May 26. His lone defeat in 2018 was a second-place finish in the Oaklawn Handicap (G2) in April.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. - Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson spent Saturday at spring training with the Texas Rangers, hitting a home run in batting practice and drawing on his recent Super Bowl experience to deliver a message to the team.
A former minor league infielder for Colorado, Wilson was later acquired by the Rangers and practiced with them last year.
"I think I'm better in baseball than football," Wilson said, breaking into a laugh.
Wilson took out the lineup card before Texas played San Diego, but wasn't going to get into the game.
The last time he played in the Phoenix area, Wilson threw an interception at the goal line in the final seconds against New England, costing Seattle a chance to win its second straight Super Bowl.
Part of his message to the Texas players, he said, focused on: "How do you get back to that opportunity to where you are there again?"
"It comes back to fundamentals, but it also comes back to that team bonding. It comes back to 'I have your back' type of mentality at all costs," he said.
"We were walking to the field and Prince Fielder asked me what's it like, winning the Super Bowl. It's a great feeling just to be get to that moment. You can actually get there and say I've done it before."
Wilson said Fielder asked "another question about what's it like, trying to get back to it. It's the same feeling, whatever it takes."
"Obviously we had an opportunity to win the game, but it didn't happen the way we wanted to, but we believe we'll be in that situation again," he said.
Wilson won the Super Bowl as a rookie, beating Denver, before the 28-24 loss to the Patriots on Feb. 1 in Glendale, Arizona.
Wilson hit .229 with five home runs in 93 games during the 2010-11 seasons in the Rockies' system before starring in the NFL. He struck out 118 times in 315 at-bats in the low minors.
"I think there probably will always be an itch" to play baseball, Wilson said. "It was my first sport as a kid. It comes so natural to me."
The 26-year-old Wilson was with the Rangers a couple of weeks after Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo visited them.
"Do the Rangers have a quarterback controversy?" Wilson kidded. "No. I think the Rangers' fans are probably most likely loyal to Tony, a great quarterback."
Wilson said it was "an honor" to get a chance to work out with the Rangers.
"It's truly humbling just to be able to play with these guys, the big leaguers and take grounders with them, guys like Prince Fielder, (Adrian) Beltre and (Elvis) Andrus."
Wilson fielded groundballs at second base and hit several weak grounders and popups before going deep on a back field with several Seahawks fans watching and applauding his every move.
"I lasered one out to left-center field, so that was good," he said. "I stayed back and drove one to left-center. It feels good hitting a home run. It's something special about throwing a touchdown. It's so hard to get touchdowns, but hitting a home run is a good feeling, too."
Wilson took 10 to 15 swings, prompting Fielder to give a shout.
"How many swings are we going to give this guy?" Fielder hollered.
Wilson deferred when asked about a contract extension with the Seahawks.
"In terms of my contract, I don't talk about that stuff," he said.
After taking out the lineup card, Wilson stayed in uniform in the dugout.
"Maybe next year I'll play nine," he said.


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Effective LARC Providers: Moving Beyond Training
James D Shelton and Anne E Burke
Global Health: Science and Practice August 2016, 4(Supplement 2):S2-S4; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00234
James D Shelton
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
For correspondence: jdshelton@jhu.edu
Anne E Burke
Effective and productive providers are the key to successful provision of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). But LARCs demand more of providers than short-acting resupply methods. In addition to sound training, key elements to developing highly productive providers of LARCs include a thorough understanding of the service delivery system context; selecting providers with the most potential, especially from mid-level cadres; strong mentoring and supportive supervision; and attention to the supply chain and to demand-side support.
This special issue of GHSP, focused on long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) based on papers presented at the 2016 International Conference on Family Planning, provides testimony to the remarkable rise in the popularity of implants and intrauterine devices (IUDs), as well as some limited evidence on permanent methods. As these articles report, we see substantial uptake of LARCs in a wide variety of situations when they are provided in a quality fashion, including provision of a wide choice of methods. These situations include:
Public and private sectors
Postabortion
Difficult crisis-affected settings
Peri-urban slums
With vouchers for those particularly in need
Via a range of provider cadres.
Moreover, these articles provide insights specifically into the acceptability and provision of IUDs, which have long been recognized as underutilized.
WHAT IS NEEDED FOR GOOD LARC PROVISION?
For any health service to be successful, going beyond the technology or basic intervention alone is crucial. This lesson is particularly important for LARCs and permanent methods, which are more complicated to provide than short-acting methods. It is essential to address the local context, systems, and infrastructure through which LARCs are provided. Key situational issues include physical resources, staffing, organization of work, and cultural context.
Providers are central to the success of any health program. The global health field tends to focus on training to assure providers' capabilities. But training alone is not enough. Drawing largely on articles in this issue, we offer observations on some program elements that are necessary to help providers be highly productive in LARC programming.
Selecting Providers With the Most Potential
Inserting and removing LARCs requires particular skills and more effort than providing many other family planning services, such as pills or injectables. Thus, providers of LARCs must be not only technically competent but also motivated to provide the service again and again. So, one selection criterion is whether a provider is likely to be able to provide LARCs often enough to keep her or his skills and have confidence in them. And that calls for selecting staff who are already motivated to provide, and even be champions for, family planning in general. Also, many nonphysician providers may find satisfaction from "task sharing"—being able to provide a service that was previously reserved for physicians—and so may be enthusiastic about providing LARCs. Providers such as midwives and qualified nurses often suit this role. In addition, it appears crucial to select providers who are likely to remain in their posts for a number of years rather than staff who are going to retire or could be transferred soon.
LARC providers must be not only technically competent but also motivated to provide the service again and again.
Mentoring and Supervising
It is telling that many of the articles in this special issue that describe full programming efforts emphasize ongoing support to providers, variously referred to as mentoring, supportive supervision, or coaching (Samuel,1 White,2 Gueye,3 Muthamia,4 Pleah5). A common strategy is to begin by recruiting, training, and deploying a core cadre of mentors, who then train and mentor other providers. Good mentoring greatly benefits any service, providing technical support, accountability, and motivation. But it is especially productive for a potentially challenging intervention such as provision of LARCs, which calls for a higher level of skill, commitment, and motivation, and for which skills are easily lost if not practiced. Good mentoring also provides broader support for provision of all family planning methods, including counseling and practical problem solving.
Good mentoring benefits any service but is especially important for the provision of LARCs.
Assuring the Supply Chain
A provider without the proper commodities cannot provide the service. And a disrupted supply chain undermines confidence in the entire service. Thus, several of the articles in this issue focus on building and maintaining a reliable supply chain. In addition to the contraceptives themselves, LARC provision requires equipment and supplies such as gloves, antiseptics, and local anesthetics. While external donors may supply the implants and IUDs, especially at the beginning of a project, disposable supplies cannot be overlooked or assumed. A reliable source of ongoing supply is crucial to sustain continuous services, particularly once programs leave the shelter of donor funding.
Provision of LARCs can be the linchpin in the effort to attain FP2020 goals.
Supporting the Demand Side
Several of the articles emphasize demand promotion activities, especially outreach to the community, including religious leaders, and some mass media communication. Promotion of IUDs, in particular, benefits from such activities. Misperceptions about IUDs persist among both providers and the general public, as documented by Twesigye and colleagues.6 Addressing such misperceptions is essential. In addition, the use of vouchers can increase demand and service seeking among clients particularly in need, as reported by Boddam-Whetham and colleagues7 and Bajracharya and colleagues.8
CONTRAST WITH A LESS SUCCESSFUL PROJECT
The project in Bangladesh reported by Rahman et al.9 resulted in some appreciable increase in use but less than in comparison districts, which had no such intensive intervention. The project included substantial training, with some focus on the supply chain and demand-side support. However, it appears the intervention was operating in a much more challenging system context than that in the comparison districts. For example, there were substantially more provider vacancies and fewer clients were contacted by community health workers in the program districts than in the comparison districts. The high vacancy rate of providers speaks to the possible importance of a stronger selection process from the outset. Notably, an appreciable ongoing mentoring or supportive supervision activity was absent. Would the Bangladesh project have been more successful had it had included stronger provider selection and mentoring components? Yes, we believe so.
In the context of availability of a wide range of other methods, provision of LARCs can be the linchpin in the effort to attain FP2020 goals to meet the contraceptive needs of millions of people. The global health community must make the necessary investment to foster the skills and motivation of LARC providers and give them sufficient system support to facilitate program success.
Competing Interests: None declared.
Cite this article as: Shelton JD, Burke AE. Effective LARC providers: moving beyond training. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2016;4 Suppl 2:S2-S4. http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00234
© Shelton et al.
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Samuel M,
Fetters T,
Desta D
. Strengthening postabortion family planning services in Ethiopia: expanding contraceptive choice and improving access to long-acting reversible contraception. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2016;4 Suppl 2:XX-XX. doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00301
White JN,
Corker J
. Applying a total market lens: experience of Population Services International in increasing IUD service delivery through complementary public- and private-sector interventions in 4 countries. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2016;4 Suppl 2:XX-XX. doi:10.9745/15-00307
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Wesson J,
Koumtingue D,
Stratton S,
Viadro C,
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Springfield College Welcomes New Comfort Dog
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By Luke Whitehouse
Photo Gallery of Comfort Dog Ceremony…
For many college students, mental health is an uphill battle and can affect a person every day. Whether it's going through the stress of a rigorous school year or even personal problems, it's all too common for students to keep these things to themselves.
Over the past few years, a lot has been done both on the Springfield College campus and in healthcare systems to assist in the betterment of mental health for all – creating a healthy environment where reaching out is encouraged. But sometimes just talking to someone isn't enough. In some situations, a calming presence can be very heartening.
Throughout the last handful of months, the Springfield College Police Department, in conjunction with MiraVista, a behavioral health provider in Holyoke, Mass., had begun the search for a comfort dog to assist students here on campus.
WWLP TV 22's MassAppeal Highlights the new Springfield College comfort dog.
"Dogs are natural comforters," said Lieutenant Jack Vanasse, who vouched heavily to bring a dog to campus. "When I came here and I heard a whisper of a comfort dog I said I'm in."
MiraVista's goal is to help improve the mental wellness for people of all ages – which is why they were very eager to help.
"When [Lieutenant Vanasse] began to have conversations about the dog it was an absolutely easy thing for MiraVista to do," Kim Lee, who spoke on behalf of MiraVista, said. "We know the challenge that exists among college campuses across the country when it comes to mental wellness…And so we were honored to be able to play a role in bringing a dog to Springfield College."
On Tuesday, a little Australian labradoodle was introduced to students and staff in the Dodge room, located upstairs in the Student Union.
One problem facing the department was a name for the dog. To solve that problem, there was a campus-wide poll put out to students to vote on a name.
The conclusion? Rookie.
As the newly named Rookie made his way into a jam-packed room, so did some of his friends.
Many dogs and handlers from other colleges and law enforcement agencies made the trip to Springfield for this wonderful event. The colleges that were represented included Bridgewater State, Brown, Yale, Harvard and Western New England as well as the Hampden County Sheriff's Department and the Groton (Conn.) Police Department.
"Within comfort dog law enforcement there is a tight kinship," Vanasse said. "And so I want to thank you all for coming."
Rookie will go through 36 weeks of training as he learns basic obedience, socializing skills and advanced manner classes. Officer Steven Martel will be Rookies handler. Rookie will be available during the second and third shift – running from 3 p.m till 7 a.m – for students that may be going through any mental health struggles, as well as anyone who may need some comfort at a particularly stressful time.
Rookie was donated from Green Mountain Labradoodles in Essex Junction, Vt. and officer Martel made sure to thank them.
"Without them this probably wouldn't have been possible," he said. "Their generosity is greatly appreciated."
Lieutenant Vanasse thanked both President Mary-Beth Cooper and Chief-of-Police Joseph Tiraboschi for supporting this project and allowing this to come together.
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Roy was truly a legend.
I tried to stomach through part of the CMA show last night, and it didn't appeal to me at all. All the greats are leaving us.
I keep seeing confirmation articles from major news sources so maybe it's not another hoax.
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herofan wrote: Roy was truly a legend.
There are plenty of greats in every generation, but you won't find them on the FM dial or awards shows.
Roy Clark was certainly one of the best entertainers of our time, and one heck of a picker. RIP.
I enjoyed his music. He seemed like a genuinely good man.
Never liked his singing..but he was a string master,and actually better on banjo then Buck Trent ...though I like Buck as well..
ALACOWMAN wrote: Never liked his singing..but he was a string master,and actually better on banjo then Buck Trent ...though I like Buck as well..
Bill Kircher could give 'em a run for their money.
Roy was one of the all-time Greats!! I always enjoyed his music and his shows.
True. I miss the days when people like him were part of mainstream entertainment. I guess I'm getting old. That may be the way 50 year old people felt years ago when Roy, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Waylon Jennings were hot. They were probably thinking, "I wish Country Music was still good like when Hank Snow and Lefty Frizzell were big stars". I guess I'm showing my age.
Bob Wills . I still think of "country" and "western" as two different things. Always will I suppose.
Back when I was chasing rodeos I met a lot of country music stars. I met Roy at Tulsa in 1973(?). Unlike a lot of the others Roy made the impression on me of being a genuine nice guy.
Probably one of the best pickers ever.


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Patrick Robinson is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.
Coming to Florida State as a 169-pound freshman, Robinson matured both on and off the field. His added bulk, along with his excellent speed, has often seen him emerge victorious when taking on the opponent's premier wide receiver. Few cornerbacks have the natural hands and ball skills Robinson displayed in his career. He can go up and compete for the ball at its highest point with the best receivers in the game. Robinson is capable in run support as well and took on a more active role inside the box in 2009. Twenty-four of his career-high 52 tackles came vs. the running game in 2009.
Attacking the ball like a receiver is how Robinson intercepted six passes in 2007 to earn honorable mention All-ACC recognition. The cornerback burst onto the scene as a sophomore, intercepting six passes while starting five games to tie for seventh on the school's season-record list. He also tied a school record by picking off a pass in five straight games.
In 2008, Robinson notched 26 tackles, four passes defensed and one interception. He capped off his career in 2009 by earning second-team All-ACC honors as a senior while helping Florida State to a victory over West Virginia in the 2010 Gator Bowl. He provided a lasting memory of his outstanding speed in that contest by chasing down blazing fast West Virginia running back Noel Divine on a 70-yard run.
Robinson attended South Miami High School before transferring to Gulliver Prep. As a junior, he was an All-Region selection by Prep Star, as he caught 32 passes for 491 yards and six touchdowns offensively and added eight interceptions as a defensive back. Robinson scored 10 touchdowns and intercepted 11 passes as a senior to earn first-team All-State honors for Class 2A from the Florida Sports Writers Association. Scout.com and Rivals.com gave the cornerback a four-star rating as both recruiting services listed him as the 16th best prospect at his position nationally.
Robinson chose Florida State, enrolling in 2006. He played in 12 of the team's 13 games as a back-up to Tony Carter at left cornerback. The first-year freshman made an impact on the Seminoles' special teams unit.
In the Clemson clash, Robinson blocked a PAT attempt that was returned for a defensive score, marking the first time in school history the feat had been accomplished. He later returned a blocked PAT the length of the field for a defensive score in the Seminoles' victory over Duke.
In his second season, Robinson exploded onto the scene, playing in 12 games and starting five contests at the boundary cornerback position while splitting time with Michael Ray Garvin. He led the team with six interceptions and tied a school record by picking off a pass in five consecutive games. He averaged 0.5 interceptions per game to rank third in the ACC and 12th nationally. His six pass deflections were also tops among Seminoles defenders.
He started eight of the nine games he played in 2009. He racked up 26 tackles (22 solo) with two stops for loss of six yards while deflecting four passes and intercepting another. As a senior in 2009, Robinson started all 12 games he played in, missing the Georgia Tech contest with a sprained left ankle, and earned second-team All-ACC honors. The senior cornerback ranked fifth on the team with 52 tackles (16 solo), including three stops for losses of seven yards. He tied for seventh in the ACC with an average of 0.92 passes defended per game, as he totaled a career-high 11 pass deflections.
In 45 games at FSU, Robinson started 25 contests at the right cornerback spot, collecting 117 tackles (82 solos), including seven stops for losses of 21 yards…He deflected 21 passes and intercepted seven others for 87 yards in returns…His six INTs in 2007 tied six players for seventh on Florida State's single-season record chart…Intercepted passes in five straight games in 2007 to tie a school record…Also forced two fumbles and blocked a PAT that was returned for a defensive score vs. Clemson, marking the first time in school history the feat had been accomplished…Returned one blocked PAT for another defensive score vs. Duke in 2006…On special teams, Robinson returned 15 kickoffs for 330 yards (22.00 avg).
Second-team All-ACC selection by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association…Team's Hinesman Award winner as the most dominant player this past spring…Team Defensive MVP...Started 12 games at boundary cornerback…Fifth on the team with a career-high 52 tackles (36 solos) with three stops for losses of seven yards…Tied for seventh in the ACC with an average of 0.92 passes defended per game, as he led the team with a career-high 11 pass deflections, including three in third-down attempts…Forced two fumbles…Made 33 stops after receptions for 414 yards (12.55 avg), five touchdowns and 17 first downs, as he made 13 third-down stops and another on fourth-down vs. the aerial game…Rerouted receivers away from 16 pass attempts…On 24 running plays, the opposition gained 241 yards (10.04 avg) and six first downs against Robinson, including two third-down stops…Returned 11 kickoffs for 218 yards (19.82 avg).
Starter at the boundary corner position in eight of nine games he appeared in, as Robinson posted 26 tackles (22 solos) with two stops for losses of 6 yards and a forced fumble…Deflected four passes and intercepted another, as FSU ranked sixth in the nation and led the ACC in pass defense (162.38 ypg)…Gained 112 yards on four kickoff returns (28.0 avg).
Earned All-ACC honorable mention from the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association and named second-team by Rivals…Member of the Miami Herald All-Florida team...Played in 12 games while starting five contests at the right (boundary) cornerback position...Earned a team and career-high six interceptions, including one each in five consecutive games to tie the school record for consecutive games with at least one interception, totaling 87 yards, as he also deflected six passes…His interceptions ranked third in the ACC and tied for 12th in the nation…Recorded 28 tackles (18 solos) with a stop for a 3-yard loss and a forced fumble.
Played in 12 of 13 games at the field corner position...Recorded 11 tackles (6 solos) with a stop for a 5-yard loss and gained 16 yards on a blocked punt return.
Attended South Miami High School before transferring to Gulliver Preparatory (Miami, Fla.)…Starred in football and track and field, finishing third in the state champions in the 100 and 200 meter sprints during his senior season…As a junior on the gridiron, Robinson was an all-region selection by Prep Star magazine while recording 32 catches for 491 yards and six touchdowns offensively, adding eight interceptions on defense…He was named first-team All-State for Class 2A by the Florida Sports Writers Association after intercepting 11 passes on defense and scoring 10 touchdowns on offense as a senior…Represented Team Florida in the annual Cali-Florida Bowl and was named to Rivals.com's Florida Hot 11 list after his performance in the event's practices and game…He was given a four-star rating by Scout.com as that recruiting service listed him as the nation's 16th best corner-back prospect…Given a four-star rating by Rivals.com, who listed him as the nation's 16th best cornerback prospect and the 37th best recruit from Florida.
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TimesPro, IIM Jammu strategically collaborate to launch technology & management centric programmes
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TimesPro and the Indian Institute of Management Jammu have entered a strategic collaboration to launch several new-age management and technology programmes to upskill and reskill working professionals to build their competencies and leverage the opportunities presented by Industry 4.0.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between Cmdr Kesavan Baskkaran (R), Chief Administrative Officer, IIM Jammu and Anish Srikrishna, CEO, TimesPro. The partnership aims to offer programmes in product management, digital marketing, leadership, project management, change management, senior management, senior leadership, business management, strategy management, data science, applied finance, fintech, digital transformation, operations, and supply chain management, among others.
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Q: Spark: structure of intraday data of 100 stocks to efficiently calculate moving averages etc. per stock I'm new to Spark and need to do an assignment in which I will predict the stock price direction using Random Forests.
To do this I need to calculate certain features like Moving Average. I already read in my data (100 csv files with 6 columns: time, open, close, high, low, volume) using wholeTextFiles. So now I have an RDD of file names and content. What is the most efficient way to transform this RDD in order to be able to calculate the moving average of the close column? Should I make an RDD for every stock or should I use a DataFrame or...?
Thanks in advance for any help provided!
Code snippet:
import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
import org.apache.spark.mllib.rdd.RDDFunctions._
import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD

object TradingRules {
  val conf = new SparkConf().setAppName("Thesis").setMaster("local")
  val sc = new SparkContext(conf)

  def main (args: Array[String]) {
    /**We import all the csv files of the different stocks and put them in an RDD
      * with key=file name(stock) and value=file content*/
    val data = sc.wholeTextFiles("C:\\Users\\Giselle\\OneDrive\\Thesis\\DATA")

   /**HOW TO TRANSFORM THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO CALCULATE MOVING AVERAGE PER STOCK FOR CLOSING PRICE*/
  }

  /** To calculate the simple moving average we have to make a sliding window of the
    * last five time stamps and then take the average of this*/
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It's after the holidays and we're sitting here dreaming of holidays for nurses that we wish could be real. It's free to dream so here goes!
Whoever thinks holidays are relaxing and peaceful must live in the boondocks or must NOT be a nurse. Christmas and New Year are some of the busiest days of the year for nurses who have to spend it at work.
Patients who are well enough to go home are discharged, but patients who are really really sick are left behind. And then of course, there's that influx of patients who have gotten sick due to the holidays from forgetting their medicines or overindulging.
And on the flip side, nurses who are lucky enough to score vacation time usually get caught up in the usual flurry of mad holiday activities like shopping and wrapping up a gazillion gifts and meeting a flock of friends and relatives.
So yeah, we totally need a holiday from the holidays!
This might be a bit random but for every nurse who has had to hold it in, this one's for you. On National Bladder Day, nurses get to pee ANY time the urge comes.
For the sleep-deprived nurse, here's a holiday where you can sleep in all you want in your favorite pj's. We'll throw in a steaming cup of yummy chicken soup too for that extra TLC.
On this day, all nurses get a FREE and all-expense paid trip to a Caribbean resort where we can laze under the warm sun in a bikini, get a lovely tan, and sip margaritas.
Since we are the powers that be, we were toying with the idea of a No-Telephone holiday. But hey, that won't work too well if we gotta run over for emergencies so we hatched a better idea.
Why not a national No-Emergency holiday? With this supplementary holiday, we get to enjoy our Caribbean holiday with no distractions!
Back to the simpler joys of life, how about a day wherein nurses get no contact whatsoever with bodily fluids? It's a National No-Splatter Day for nurses!
On this very special day, Dr. Know-It-All and Annoying-Patient-Relatives will have to be nice to nurses. That's two annoying things scratched off our list.
Are you understaffed and overworked? Here's a magical holiday for you. On this day, the hospital gets staffed just right. No understaffing in sight! Everybody gets to do their rounds without having to juggle too many tasks and patients.
Thanks for putting up with our silliness! Wouldn't it be great if nurses had these holidays?
How about you? What holidays for nurses do you want to wish for? Tell us in the comments section or in our FB page!


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Q: How do I uninstall all instances of Java and blacklist it from being installed again? For security reasons I want to remove/uninstall all instances of Java from my computer and prevent it from being installed again. On Windows computers I would simply just not install the software found at this webpage: http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
But on Ubuntu I've noticed that Java seems to have gotten installed on my system without my explicitly doing it and it shows in several ways, e.g., through plugins, etc.
What Java software on ubuntu is the equivalent of having installed the software at http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp on Windows? Will uninstalling one "Java-named app" uninstall everything Java related on my computer?
How do I blacklist Java so that it isn't installed again?

A: Fistly, I also think totally banning Java is a bit paranoid :)
Secondly, you can achieve what you want by removing Java packages from the system - this will also un-install all the programs which depend on it. Something like
sudo apt-get remove java-common

then you'll need to make it non-installable, so it won't ever be installed as a dependency of another program (which will make the packages which depend on it non-inslallable too). My google-fu says that you can achieve this by editing /etc/apt/preferences and adding something like
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The "fakerepo" thing makes apt to look for the package in a wrong place which prevents its installation. For more details see  http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2009-07/msg00479.html


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Claysburg-Kimmel School District » Departments » Special Education » Brain Injury Awareness
ANYTIME - ANYWHERE
• 2.4 million people, including 475,000 children, sustain a TBI in the U.S. each year. 5.3 million individuals live with life-long disability as a result ofTBI.
• 52,000 people will die from their injuries. 275,000 people will be hospitalized. 1.4 million people will be treated and released from emergency departments.
• Just as no two people are exactly alike, no two brain injuries are exactly alike.
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BRAIN INJURIES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE
• A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow, jolt or bump
to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts
the normal function of the brain.
• 2.4 million people, including 475,000 children, sustain a
TBI in the U.S. each year. 5.3 million individuals live
with life-long disability as a result ofTBI.
• 52,000 people will die. 275,000 people will be
hospitalized. 1.365 million people will be treated and
released from an emergency department.
• TBis are caused by caused by falls (35%); car crashes
(17%), workplace accidents (16%), assaults (10%),
and other causes (21%).
• TBI is a contributing factor to a third (30.5%) of all
injury-related deaths in the United States.
• About 75% of TBIs that occur each year are
concussions or other forms of mild traumatic brain
injury (MTBI).
• Just as no two people are exactly alike, no two brain
injuries are exactly alike. For some, brain injury is the
start of a lifelong disease process. The injury requires
access to a full continuum of medically necessary
treatment and community-based supports furnished
by interdisciplinary teams of qualified and specialized
clinicians working in accredited programs and
appropriate settings.
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• Average hospital-based acute rehab is about
• Range for post-acute residential is about $850 to
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• According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, in the U.S., direct medical costs and
indirect costs of TBI, such as lost productivity,
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"Since anyone can sustain a brain injury at any time, it is
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burden of long term care that is transferred to tax
payers at the federal state and local levels."
Dr. Brent Masel, National Medical Director
for the Brain Injury Association of America
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Q: Understanding the query string after .htaccess rewrite I'm of the understanding that Wordpress' .htaccess, like below:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

sends all queries through to the index.php (unless the filename exists on the server etc).
So, if I go to http://example.com/checkout Wordpress rewrites that as http://example.com/index.php?pagename=checkout.
But what I don't understand is that I have, at the top of a page template
<?php print_r($_GET) ?>

and when I navigate to http://example.com/checkout that returns Array(). I'd expect something like Array('pagename' => 'checkout');
How can I access the variables that Wordpress uses when handling a URL?

A: It's not really rewriting the URL in the conventional sense, URL parsing happens entirely within PHP.
You can access the query vars in the global $wp_query->query_vars, or with the get_query_var function.
Also note that parse_request is the earliest action where this info will be available.

A: It calls index.php, not index.php?page=...
I'm not sure how WordPress does its routing, but you could use $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] or $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

A: Don't get fooled by the names. mod_rewrite Rewrite Rules and WordPress Rewrite Rules are two very different things.
In the .htaccess, there are mod_rewrite rules that don't do anything other than run WP's index.php for any requests that don't directly hit an existing file or directory.
To figure out, what /checkout means, WordPress then relies on its' own set of rewrite rules which have nothing at all to do with mod_rewrite, so don't get confused.
WordPress' $redirect part looks like it passes variables via HTTP GET, but that isn't really the case. Those will be used as rewrite tags. See the documentation for add_rewrite_rule for a few examples and further explanation.


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