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Cave Explorer
Laura K. Murray (author)
A brief exploration of what cave explorers do on the job, including the equipment they use and the training they need, plus real-life instances of exploring caves such as Kentucky's Mammoth Cave.
Animal Wrangler
A brief exploration of what animal wranglers do on the job, including the equipment they use and the training they need, plus real-life instances of animal wrangling on movie sets such as the Harry Potter series.
An elementary exploration of canyons, focusing on the geological evidence that helps explain how and where they form and spotlighting famous examples, such as Arizona's Grand Canyon.
Quinn M. Arnold (author)
A kindergarten-level introduction to wetlands, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and defining features.
Michael J. Rosen (author)
A primer on the basic dos and don'ts of fishing, including tips on choosing a proper rod and reel, advice on how to land a catch, and instructions for making a landing net.
A primer on the basic dos and don'ts of fishing, including tips on baiting and playing fish, advice on how to safely release a catch, and instructions for making a spoon lure.
Take the Bait
A primer on the basic dos and don'ts of fishing, including tips on organizing a tackle box, advice on how to select hooks and bait, and instructions for making a handline.
Tackling the Box
A primer on the basic dos and don'ts of fishing, including tips on finding and accessing new fishing spots, advice on how to avoid polluted waters, and instructions for making a creel.
Dire Wolves
An elementary exploration of dire wolves, focusing on fossil evidence that helps explain how their shaggy hair, strong jaws, and sharp teeth helped these beasts adapt to the last Ice Age.
Monster Birds (Teratorns)
An elementary exploration of monster birds, focusing on fossil evidence that helps explain how their wide wings and long feathers helped these beasts adapt to the last Ice Age.
Saber-toothed Cats
An elementary exploration of saber-toothed cats, focusing on fossil evidence that helps explain how their sharp, curved teeth and short legs helped these beasts adapt to the last Ice Age.
A primer on the basic dos and don'ts of fishing, including tips on the best times to go fishing, advice on how to prepare for a fishing outing, and instructions for making a bug lure.
A high-interest inquiry into the possible existence of Scotland's water-dwelling Loch Ness Monster, emphasizing reported sightings and stories as well as scientific investigations.
A kindergarten-level introduction to jaguars, covering their growth process, behaviors, the rainforests they call home, and such defining features as their short legs.
A young explorer's introduction to Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park, covering its geyser-filled landscape, plants, animals such as bison, and activities such as camping and fishing.
A young explorer's introduction to California and Nevada's Death Valley National Park, covering its desert landscape, plants, animals such as desert tortoises, and activities such as bird-watching.
A young explorer's introduction to Florida's Everglades National Park, covering its wetlands landscape, plants, animals such as West Indian manatees, and activities such as boating.
A young explorer's introduction to Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park, covering its desert and forest landscape, plants, animals such as California condors, and activities such as hiking.
A young explorer's introduction to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, covering its mountain landscape, plants, animals such as salamanders, and activities such as horseback riding.
Kate Riggs (author)
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of wild horses, animals that roam in bands. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how people began riding horses. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating animals. Beautiful photos are paired with accessible text to examine the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each book also presents a folk story that people have used to help explain the animal's appearance or behavior.
Forever Flower, The
Michael J. Rosen (author)Sonja Danowski (illustrator)
In this tender story about the virtues of finding, keeping, and letting go, a young grouse is waylaid on her seasonal migration and carries her precious cargo to a new land. As the bird's favorite Forever Flowers grow from planted seeds to blooming flowers, she discovers how unexpectedly one can stumble upon happiness and breathe into the contentment of life's quiet moments, even amidst the winter's dark. When spring arrives again, though, the grouse must make a decision: should she stay or fly away?
The Good Ship Crocodile
J. Patrick Lewis (author), Monique Felix (illustrator)
A crocodile named Snout assists his animal neighbors by ferrying them across a swollen river, then is repaid for his good deeds when he is in need of help.


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Who's going to die in The White Lotus season 2?
With the season 2 finale of Mike White's HBO series fast approaching, A.V. Club staffers place their bets on who won't make it out of Sicily alive
Tim Lowery,
Hattie Lindert,
Saloni Gajjar,
and Cindy White
Photo: Fabio Lovino/HBO
This season of The White Lotus has built to a fever pitch, with multiple (multiple, you guys!) murders on the horizon, if we're to take what Rocco (Federico Ferrante) was apparently told in episode one as gospel. So now that the season finale airs on Sunday night, what are we all thinking? Who will bite the dust? Will it be Lucia (Simona Tabasco)? (And by the way, what game is she playing with Albie [Adam DiMarco], anyway?) Or douche-bro Cameron (Theo James)? Or … someone else entirely? Let us know your theories in the comments. And look out for Manuel Betancourt's recap of the finale, as well as our staff breakdown of how it all wrapped up, first thing Monday.
Michael Imperioli on his Sopranos and White Lotus characters, and his new novel
Does The Godfather point the way?
Hattie Lindert: Despite my desperation to watch twerpiest husband in America, Ethan Spiller, bite the bullet, last week's pressure cooker of an episode (and the post-credits tease of his underwater brawl with Cameron) leaves him more prone to kill than be killed. But when it comes to White Lotus Death Watch 2022, I'm prescribing to an outlandish theory based on a T-shirt Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) wore in episode six.
Here's how I see it: In the last episode, Portia donned a T-shirt from The Godfather, a movie we know she hasn't seen given an episode three conversation. The tee depicts a scene in The Godfather in which Michael's wife, by error, becomes the victim of a car-bombing meant for her husband. Portia's clearly no Coppola aficionado, and with Jack on her arm off-resort it's also unlikely she's trying to gain Albie's brownie points. Therefore, I'm convinced the shirt indicates someone who isn't meant to die stands to perish—and if last season tells us anything, death finds White Lotus guests in the darndest ways.
So who, exactly, stands to become the wrong hit? There are clearly dirty dealings afoot surrounding Tanya—to me, that means both Jack (Leo Woodall) and Portia are at risk. But if The Godfather also serves as a veiled reference to the DiGrasso Three, Lucia (Simona Tabasco) may face danger. Albie, his father, and grandfather have all proven their penchant for saviorism, and we know Albie has an eye on Alessio (we don't know whether or not he's truly a threat, as Alessio and Lucia's conversations are never afforded subtitles, which feels purposeful.) No matter whose head ends up on the chopping block, knowing Daphne (Meghann Fahy) was shown alive in episode one gives me the comfort I need to survive each sleep until Sunday.
The White Lotus 2x07 Promo "Byg" (HD) Season Finale | Theo James, Aubrey Plaza HBO series
Counting on Cameron (then again, maybe not)
Saloni Gajjar: Congratulations to Mike White on a commendable job of confusing the fuck out of me when it comes to predicting who will die in The White Lotus. I've spent so many weeks theorizing over character motivations and desires (is Daphne the real mastermind? How far will Lucia go to scam Albie?) that mulling over the victim's identity almost took a backseat. The fascinating second season has ruined almost everyone's vacation, and any of the resort guests could eat it. My strongest bets heading into the finale are Jack, Cameron (Theo James), and potentially Lucia. I know, Lucia doesn't count as one of "the few guests" who dies—as Rocco tells Valentina in the premiere—but at this point, she's constantly at the resort, so it's easy enough to call her a patron mistakenly. Lucia could be Albie's victim (or Albie and his dad together?), especially if we consider how she spoke about being punished for her profession earlier.
Season one ended with no one mourning Armond's death, and the guests left Hawai'i without much remorse over it (not even Jake Lacy's Shane). With that in mind, Jack, unfortunately, fits the bill. He's clearly not Quentin's "nephew" but a distraction hired to keep Portia away from Tanya. Jack also has a rough past (as he reveals in episode six), and he could end up being collateral damage in a fight that's not his. The trailer for episode seven hints at Tanya, Quentin & Co. spending time on a yacht. An "accident" could lead to multiple people drowning, too.
As for Cameron, I was confident he wouldn't be the body Daphne finds floating in the water because her reaction would be worse if it were her husband. But each passing episode has revealed she's a smart player who could be playing the long game. Daphne may not necessarily kill him, but she could help someone who did (Ethan? Harper?) to her advantage. Then again, if an asshole like Shane walked away scot-free, maybe Cameron could too? The foursome has been the most enticing part of season two for me, and there's no telling how their journey will end. The anticipation and speculation is exactly why The White Lotus is appointment viewing, huh?
Michael Imperioli
Photo: Courtesy of HBO
Steering clear of the obvious
Cindy White: I'm going to go against what I suspect might be a trend of predictions that someone involved in Tanya's storyline will be the one washing ashore and focus on someone else. My out-of-left-field guess is Dominic (Michael Imperioli). I haven't heard his name come up a lot in the death-pool talk so far, which makes him an unexpected victim (and I don't see Mike White taking the obvious route). I'm basing this all on Lucia's scheme to get Albie to take her to Los Angeles. Being the white knight he is, I can see Albie falling for her ploy with Alessio, who isn't really the threat she makes him out to be. The one obstacle she's not counting on is Dominic. He's willing to tolerate her hanging out with his son in Italy, but he may not be willing for it to go any further than that. Last season, the death was the result of an accident, not premeditated murder, and I think the show might go this way again (for at least one of the deaths). So a heated confrontation between Dominic and Lucia that gets out of hand makes sense to me. My guess for the second victim? I can also see Ethan absolutely snapping and getting revenge on Cameron.
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Romanian ruling party leader sentenced, thousands rally against his government
EURACTIV.com with Reuters
A man holds a mocking portrait of Liviu Dragnea, leader of Romania's rulling party PSD (Social Democrat Party) next to prison bars, while people use flashlights of their mobile phones during a protest in front of Victoria palace, government headquarters, in Bucharest, Romania, 21 June 2018. [Bogdan Cristel/EPA/EFE]
Languages: Polskie
The head of Romania's ruling Social Democrat party, Liviu Dragnea, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the Supreme Court yesterday (21 June) for inciting others to abuse of office, prompting thousands to rally against his government.
Dragnea, who is also speaker of the lower house, was found guilty of keeping two women on the payroll of a state agency in 2006-2013 even though they were employed by his party.
Romania's most powerful politician, he has repeatedly denied all the charges and is expected to appeal the verdict, which relates to when he was a county council chief.
Romanian anti-graft prosecutors charge head of ruling party
Romania's National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) has charged Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD), on suspicion of forming a 'criminal group' to funnel European Union funds, after an investigation by the EU's anti-corruption body OLAF.
A fresh criminal conviction for Dragnea, who is already barred from becoming prime minister because of a previous conviction for vote-rigging, could weaken his grip on Romania's biggest party and the five-month-old government.
He will not be jailed before an appeal is heard and the court issues a final verdict, but more than 5,000 people gathered outside the government headquarters demanding the resignation of Dragnea as speaker as well as of Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, his Social Democrat ally.
"Thieves, resignation, resignation," shouted the crowds. Several more thousand rallied peacefully in smaller cities across the country including Transylvania's Sibiu and Cluj.
Under the Romanian legal system, Thursday's sentence is preliminary. He will be able to remain party leader and speaker while the legal process continues.
Arguments about how to fight corruption in one of Europe's most graft-prone states have dominated Romanian politics since it joined the European Union just over a decade ago and magistrates have often complained of political pressures.
"Today's ruling is a courageous act by Romanian magistrates, it is of paramount significance for the judiciary," said political commentator Cristian Tudor Popescu.
At the start of 2017, attempts by Dragnea's coalition government to weaken anti-corruption legislation triggered the country's biggest protests in decades.
This week parliament approved legal changes that critics said could encourage criminals to act with impunity, the latest twist in a regional drama that has exposed the fragility of eastern Europe's post-communist democracies.
Romania parliament changes criminal procedure; opposition says aims to hide graft
Romania's lower house of parliament on Monday night (18 June) approved amendments to the country's criminal procedure, which critics and the centrist opposition say would weaken prosecutors' powers to probe high level corruption.
Dragnea was cleared of a separate, intellectual forgery charge on Thursday, the court said.
A final verdict, following his appeal might take months, analysts say, with magistrates on summer recess for two months until the start of September.
Top Social Democrats will meet on Friday and analysts expect them to voice their support for their leader. Several senior members have already denounced the ruling as politically-motivated.
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Q: Import a date from a CSV to a database field I've a CSV file like this:
15/11/2016;1.0765;5060.8;5448;5144.9;5196.3;5259;4382.2
16/11/2016;1.0702;5100.9;5459;5186.4;5238.3;5300;4391.8
17/11/2016;1.0717;5063;5426;5148.3;5199.8;5262;4349.2
18/11/2016;1.0629;5123.7;5446;5209.3;5261.4;5324;4402.6

I want to import this file into a database but I've some problems with date field. Which is the field type that I've to set into db? Date or datetime? In the PHP code, do I have to format the date in some way?
I've also got a CSV file like this:
201412;1.2326;5208.8;6423;5310;5363.1;5399.8;4105.7;5250
201501;1.1621;5002;5815.8;5112.6;5163.8;5204;3838.2;5100
201502;1.1352;5024.2;5702;5132.3;5183.6;5230.4;3719.9;5000

Where the first string of every row is a date composed by year and month. E.g.
201412 has to become 2014-12.
I use MySQL database and phpMyAdmin; I import the csv file with a query like this:
$query = 'INSERT INTO dailycoppergg
        (   ddmmyy,
            lmedollton,
            changedolleuro,
            euroton,
            lmesterton,
            delnotiz,
            girm,
            sgm
        ) VALUES (...)';

How have I to set field type into db in both cases? How have I format the string date before the db storage?

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/* File: acpi_osl.cpp, It's here as the OS layer for ACPICA */

#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#include <onyx/acpi.h>
#include <onyx/cpu.h>
#include <onyx/dpc.h>
#include <onyx/irq.h>
#include <onyx/limits.h>
#include <onyx/mm/slab.h>
#include <onyx/panic.h>
#include <onyx/port_io.h>
#include <onyx/scheduler.h>
#include <onyx/semaphore.h>
#include <onyx/task_switching.h>
#include <onyx/timer.h>
#include <onyx/vm.h>

#include <pci/pci.h>

uint64_t __pci_read(pci::pci_device *dev, uint16_t off, size_t size);

extern "C"
{

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsInitialize()
{
    printf("ACPI initializing!\n");
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsShutdown()
{
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS AcpiOsGetRootPointer()
{
    return (ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS) acpi_get_rsdp();
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsPredefinedOverride(const ACPI_PREDEFINED_NAMES *PredefinedObject,
                                     ACPI_STRING *NewValue)
{
    *NewValue = nullptr;
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsTableOverride(ACPI_TABLE_HEADER *ExistingTable, ACPI_TABLE_HEADER **NewTable)
{
    *NewTable = nullptr;
    return AE_OK;
}

#define DEBUG_ACPICA 0

void *AcpiOsMapMemory(ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS PhysicalAddress, ACPI_SIZE Length)
{
#if DEBUG_ACPICA
    printf("map %lx", PhysicalAddress);
#endif
    void *addrl = (void *) (PhysicalAddress + PHYS_BASE);
    return addrl;
}

void AcpiOsUnmapMemory(void *where, ACPI_SIZE Length)
{
    size_t pages = Length / 4096;
    if (Length % 4096)
        pages++;
    (void) where;
    (void) pages;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsGetPhysicalAddress(void *LogicalAddress, ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS *PhysicalAddress)
{
    *PhysicalAddress = (ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS) virtual2phys(LogicalAddress);
    return AE_OK;
}

void *AcpiOsAllocate(ACPI_SIZE Size)
{
    return malloc(Size);
}

void AcpiOsFree(void *Memory)
{
    free(Memory);
}

/* On the OSDev wiki it says it's never used, so I don't need to
 * implement this right now (all memory should be readable anyway)
 */
BOOLEAN AcpiOsReadable(void *Memory, ACPI_SIZE Length)
{
    return true;
}
/* On the OSDev wiki it says it's never used, so I don't need to
 * implement this right now (all memory should be writable anyway)
 */
BOOLEAN AcpiOsWritable(void *Memory, ACPI_SIZE Length)
{
    return true;
}

ACPI_THREAD_ID AcpiOsGetThreadId()
{
    thread_t *thread = get_current_thread();
    if (!thread)
        return 1;
    return get_current_thread()->id;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsExecute(ACPI_EXECUTE_TYPE Type, ACPI_OSD_EXEC_CALLBACK Function, void *Context)
{
    struct dpc_work w;
    w.context = Context;
    w.funcptr = Function;

    /* TODO: Something tells me these callbacks may sleep, and henceforth they're not
     * okay to use in dpc contexts, where latency is key.
     */

    /* My really crappy fix that doesn't fix a lot right now is to set the priority to LOW */
    if (dpc_schedule_work(&w, DPC_PRIORITY_LOW) < 0)
        return AE_NO_MEMORY;

    return AE_OK;
}

void AcpiOsWaitEventsComplete(void)
{
    /* TODO: This is impossible to implement right now */
}

void AcpiOsSleep(UINT64 Milliseconds)
{
    /* Without this check, the kernel might crash at early boot, when we don't have a thread */
    if (get_current_thread())
        sched_sleep_ms(Milliseconds);
}

void AcpiOsStall(UINT32 Microseconds)
{
    hrtime_t orig_us = clocksource_get_time() / NS_PER_US;

    while ((clocksource_get_time() / NS_PER_US) - orig_us < Microseconds)
        cpu_relax();
}

/* Do all these undefs to satisfy vscode, whose intellisense defines __linux__, etc */
#undef AcpiOsCreateMutex
#undef AcpiOsDeleteMutex
#undef AcpiOsAcquireMutex
#undef AcpiOsReleaseMutex

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsCreateMutex(ACPI_MUTEX *OutHandle)
{
    *OutHandle = (mutex *) AcpiOsAllocateZeroed(sizeof(struct mutex));
    if (*OutHandle == nullptr)
        return AE_NO_MEMORY;
    mutex_init((mutex *) *OutHandle);
    return AE_OK;
}

void AcpiOsDeleteMutex(ACPI_MUTEX Handle)
{
    free(Handle);
}

// TODO: Implement Timeout
ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsAcquireMutex(ACPI_MUTEX Handle, UINT16 Timeout)
{
    mutex_lock((mutex *) Handle);
    return AE_OK;
}

void AcpiOsReleaseMutex(ACPI_MUTEX Handle)
{
    mutex_unlock((mutex *) Handle);
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsCreateSemaphore(UINT32 MaxUnits, UINT32 InitialUnits, ACPI_SEMAPHORE *OutHandle)
{
    *OutHandle = (semaphore *) AcpiOsAllocateZeroed(sizeof(struct semaphore));
    if (*OutHandle == nullptr)
        return AE_NO_MEMORY;
    sem_init((semaphore *) *OutHandle, InitialUnits);
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsDeleteSemaphore(ACPI_SEMAPHORE Handle)
{
    free(Handle);
    return AE_OK;
}

/* TODO: Same as above, Timeout. */
ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsWaitSemaphore(ACPI_SEMAPHORE Handle, UINT32 Units, UINT16 Timeout)
{
    while (Units--)
        sem_wait((semaphore *) Handle);

    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsSignalSemaphore(ACPI_SEMAPHORE Handle, UINT32 Units)
{
    while (Units--)
        sem_signal((semaphore *) Handle);
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsCreateLock(ACPI_SPINLOCK *OutHandle)
{
    *OutHandle = (spinlock *) AcpiOsAllocateZeroed(sizeof(struct spinlock));
    if (*OutHandle == nullptr)
        return AE_NO_MEMORY;

    spinlock_init((spinlock *) *OutHandle);
    return AE_OK;
}

void AcpiOsDeleteLock(ACPI_SPINLOCK Handle)
{
    free(Handle);
}

ACPI_CPU_FLAGS AcpiOsAcquireLock(ACPI_SPINLOCK Handle)
{
    return spin_lock_irqsave((spinlock *) Handle);
}

void AcpiOsReleaseLock(ACPI_SPINLOCK Handle, ACPI_CPU_FLAGS Flags)
{
    spin_unlock_irqrestore((spinlock *) Handle, Flags);
}

ACPI_OSD_HANDLER ServiceRout;

irqstatus_t acpi_sci_irq(struct irq_context *ctx, void *cookie)
{
    ServiceRout(cookie);
    return IRQ_HANDLED;
}

struct driver acpi_driver = {.name = "acpi", .bus_type_node = {&acpi_driver}};

extern bus acpi_bus;
static struct device acpi_dev
{
    "acpi_sci", &acpi_bus, nullptr
};

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsInstallInterruptHandler(UINT32 InterruptLevel, ACPI_OSD_HANDLER Handler,
                                          void *Context)
{
    acpi_dev.driver_ = &acpi_driver;
    assert(install_irq(InterruptLevel, acpi_sci_irq, &acpi_dev, IRQ_FLAG_REGULAR, Context) == 0);
    ServiceRout = Handler;

    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsRemoveInterruptHandler(UINT32 InterruptNumber, ACPI_OSD_HANDLER Handler)
{
    free_irq(InterruptNumber, &acpi_dev);
    ServiceRout = nullptr;
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsReadMemory(ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS Address, UINT64 *Value, UINT32 Width)
{
    void *ptr;
    ptr = AcpiOsMapMemory(Address, 4096);
    *Value = *(UINT64 *) ptr;
    if (Width == 8)
        *Value &= 0xFF;
    else if (Width == 16)
        *Value &= 0xFFFF;
    else if (Width == 32)
        *Value &= 0xFFFFFFFF;
    AcpiOsUnmapMemory(ptr, 4096);
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsWriteMemory(ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS Address, UINT64 Value, UINT32 Width)
{
    UINT64 *ptr;
    ptr = (UINT64 *) AcpiOsMapMemory(Address, 4096);
    if (Width == 8)
        *ptr = Value & 0xFF;
    else if (Width == 16)
        *ptr = Value & 0xFFFF;
    else if (Width == 32)
        *ptr = Value & 0xFFFFFFFF;
    else
        *ptr = Value;
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsReadPort(ACPI_IO_ADDRESS Address, UINT32 *Value, UINT32 Width)
{
    if (Width == 8)
        *Value = inb(Address);
    else if (Width == 16)
        *Value = inw(Address);
    else if (Width == 32)
        *Value = inl(Address);
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsWritePort(ACPI_IO_ADDRESS Address, UINT32 Value, UINT32 Width)
{
    if (Width == 8)
        outb(Address, (uint8_t) Value);
    else if (Width == 16)
        outw(Address, (uint16_t) Value);
    else if (Width == 32)
        outl(Address, Value);
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsWritePciConfiguration(ACPI_PCI_ID *PciId, UINT32 Register, UINT64 Value,
                                        UINT32 Width)
{
    pci::device_address addr;
    addr.segment = PciId->Segment;
    addr.bus = (uint8_t) PciId->Bus;
    addr.device = (uint8_t) PciId->Device;
    addr.function = (uint8_t) PciId->Function;

    pci::write_config(addr, Value, Register, Width / 8);
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsReadPciConfiguration(ACPI_PCI_ID *PciId, UINT32 Register, UINT64 *Value,
                                       UINT32 Width)
{
    pci::device_address addr;
    addr.segment = PciId->Segment;
    addr.bus = (uint8_t) PciId->Bus;
    addr.device = (uint8_t) PciId->Device;
    addr.function = (uint8_t) PciId->Function;

    *Value = pci::read_config(addr, (uint16_t) Register, Width / 8);
    return AE_OK;
}

ACPI_STATUS AcpiOsPhysicalTableOverride(ACPI_TABLE_HEADER *ExistingTable,
                                        ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS *NewAddress, UINT32 *NewTableLength)
{
    *NewAddress = 0;
    return AE_OK;
}

void AcpiOsPrintf(const char *Format, ...)
{
    va_list params;
    va_start(params, Format);
    vprintf(Format, params);
    va_end(params);
}

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Winner-Take-All Electoral College Could Enable Dreaded Constitutional Crisis
Support for abolishing the institution is rising amid reports that swing states could appoint Trump-loyal electors.
Candice Bernd ,
Congressional pages carry the chests containing the Electoral College votes from the states and territories for president of the United States during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2017.
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Support for abolishing the Electoral College has reached its highest level in nearly 10 years as calls to reform other minoritarian structures, including the composition of the Senate and the Supreme Court, come under increasing scrutiny after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
A Gallup survey found 61 percent of those surveyed want to get rid of the Electoral College, with 89 percent of Democrats and 23 percent of Republicans favoring picking the president based on the national popular vote. The findings are similar to levels of support in 2000 after George W. Bush won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.
This comes as poll comparisons show the Electoral College remains President Trump's most likely path to victory again this year. Comparisons between 2020 and 2016 September polls show Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden up eight points compared to Hillary Clinton's corresponding five-point lead four years ago.
Pollsters note that Clinton was seven points up on Trump just three weeks before losing in 2016, and warn that support for Trump among white, working-class voters in states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan could once again plot his path to victory through the Electoral College.
The institution is facing even greater pushback after Barton Gellman reported in The Atlantic that the Trump campaign has been discussing "contingency plans to bypass the election results and appoint local electors in battleground states where Republicans hold the legislative majority."
15 States Have Already Taken Steps to Make the Electoral College Obsolete
Momentum is growing among state legislatures to award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
Three Republican leaders in Pennsylvania told Gellman they had already discussed the direct appointment of electors among themselves, and one of them, Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Lawrence Tabas, said he had discussed it with Trump's national campaign.
Such a maneuver would amount to a coup attempt, using the president's false claims of voter fraud as cover to completely bypass the popular vote. It's just one of several vulnerabilities in the electoral system, particularly the Electoral College system, that the Trump campaign is looking to exploit this fall that could potentially lead to a constitutional crisis.
Other moves as laid out by Gellman include legal fights over the language of the Electoral Count Act and declaring absentee ballots fraudulent before they're processed. In all likelihood, the president will pronounce himself the winner on election night before all mail-in ballots are tallied.
In particular, Gellman focuses on the ambiguities of the Electoral Count Act, which lays out and regulates the process for counting states' electoral votes when the new Congress meets on January 6. The Act also has a provision that provides instructions for how to resolve contested vote counts.
"[The Electoral Count Act] anticipated exactly this scenario, so it's actually less ambiguous than people think."
Gellman argues that the Act's unclear language could lead to an electoral crisis in a scenario in which the Pennsylvania state legislature submits a different vote certificate than what the state's Democratic governor submits, and a Republican-controlled Senate disagrees with a Democratic-controlled House about which slate of electors to accept.
John Kowal, vice president of programs at the Brennan Center for Justice, cautions that while the potential for a constitutional crisis is certainly not impossible, the Count Act actually does make pretty clear what would happen even in the case of a disagreement between the Senate and the House.
Firstly, Kowal notes, when there are two contested slates of electors, the law states that Congress should count the votes of the electors "in the mode provided by the laws of the State," referring to laws passed prior to Election Day, he says. Because every state already provides that presidential electors are decided in the vote on Election Day, Congress must apply those prior statues when counting electoral votes.
Even in a case in which Republicans attempt to push forward with a rogue slate of electors, the Act still specifies that Congress should pick the slate that is certified by a state's governor. "[The Act] anticipated exactly this scenario, so it's actually less ambiguous than people think," Kowal told Truthout. "It's very hard to read the law, but this part of the law is pretty crisp, actually."
No one should be under any illusion that there's no default answer in the Electoral Count Act, he warns. "The law was intended to prevent a chaotic situation by making clear that the process has to be governed by law, and Congress should look to prove whether electors have been chosen legally under the statutes of every state, and that is, by definition, not a rogue slate of electors," he says.
Kowal's legal analysis is backed up by more than 50 election experts with the National Taskforce on Election Crises, which released a report finding that state legislatures cannot legally appoint their preferred slate of electors after Election Day or use delays in counting ballots or resolving election disputes as a pretext for usurping the popular vote.
Additionally, Kowal notes, the Supreme Court also validated the principle that state law takes precedent when it comes to election processes in regard to state electors, in particular in two decisions this year regarding so-called "faithless electors."
In July, the court ruled unanimously that states can require members of the Electoral College to cast their votes for presidential candidates they had pledged to support, limiting electors' ability to change their vote when it comes time to actually cast their ballot.
The court resolved disputes in a pair of cases concerning electors in Washington State and Colorado, saying the states have the right to fine or remove electors who went rogue. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia have laws requiring faithful electors. In states without such penalties, though, electors remain free to change their votes.
"The notion that, based on any kind of ginned-up arguments of fraud, that state legislatures could take back what they gave to the people in a law without changing the law seems to run counter to the spirit of what the Supreme Court said this year."
The connection with the maneuver being discussed by Republicans in Pennsylvania, Kowal says, is that existing state law ultimately matters. "The notion that after an election happens, that based on any kind of ginned-up arguments of fraud or whatever, that state legislatures could take back what they gave to the people in a law without changing the law … seems to run counter to the spirit of what the Supreme Court said this year," he says.
Still, none of this rules out potential abuse of legal processes and precedents. Moreover, whether the Electoral Count Act is even constitutional remains a question that looms heavily over the outcome of a potential contested election. Many legal scholars have argued that it isn't, since a current Congress may lack the authority to bind a future Congress. The Supreme Court has never ruled on the issue, and it's unclear how a newly composed court might decide in a politically tense atmosphere defined by social unrest.
Kowal does see a need for ambiguities in the Electoral Count Act to be clarified. "There has been a call by many legal scholars and others to update it, to make it clearer, and that's an obvious thing a new Congress should do," he says. "Relying on a law from 1887, it's just one of those things where we've never had the perfect storm where anyone had to worry about it, so we've let sleeping dogs lie."
Meanwhile, the movement to abolish the Electoral College is continuing as state legislatures weigh whether to adopt a measure that would award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
Oregon became the 15th state last year to join the National Popular Vote interstate compact and the fourth state to join the compact after Democratic governors in Colorado, Delaware and New Mexico also signed versions of the model bill.
The model legislation in each state only becomes effective once enacted by enough states to possess the 270 electoral votes necessary for a majority. Once enacted, at least 270 presidential electors will give their vote to the candidate who received the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia — making that candidate president. Currently, the compact's 15 states and D.C. account for 196 electoral votes.
The Supreme Court's faithless electors decision was also a boon to the interstate compact effort, affirming that states can govern their electors however they please, and suggesting that their power wouldn't be limited if states' electors were awarded to the national popular vote winner.
In the 18 states that don't have faithless elector laws, the compact would operate similar to the systems already in place. In these states, the presidential electors would be chosen by the political party whose presidential candidate receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and D.C., instead of just the popular votes of that particular state.
"Relying on a law from 1887, it's just one of those things where we've never had the perfect storm where anyone had to worry about it, so we've let sleeping dogs lie."
The nonprofit behind the compact, National Popular Vote Inc., recently announced a partnership with FairVote to track presidential campaign visits and release a map showing their findings each Friday between now and November 3. Their first map shows that 54 campaign events during the first four weeks of the 2020 campaign have been concentrated in just 10 battleground states. Pennsylvania has received the most events and Wisconsin received the second-largest number.
"Why are [the presidential candidates] campaigning in 10 states? Well, because of the winner-take-all rules and because, to be blunt, the winners in the other 40 states don't matter," says National Popular Vote Chairman John Koza. "That's why we might be headed for a constitutional crisis … because the current system suddenly makes it critical whether somebody carries Florida by 537 votes or carries Michigan by 11,000 votes," he says, referring to Bush's and Trump's vote margins in 2000 and 2016, respectively.
The compact has largely passed in blue states but is coming under increasingly organized opposition from the right in purple and red states. The compact's next target is Colorado, whose state legislature passed the compact's model bill in March 2019. After Republicans certified a veto referendum against the measure, it will now be on the ballot in November.
The two committees against the compact, Protect Colorado's Vote and Conservatives vote No on National Popular Vote, reported $1.47 million in contributions and $1.06 million in expenditures, respectively. Total spending on the referendum, however, has paled in comparison to the average amount raised for ballot measures across the U.S. in 2018.
"We might be headed for a constitutional crisis because the current system suddenly makes it critical whether somebody carries Florida by 537 votes or carries Michigan by 11,000 votes."
That's why national popular vote proponents argue that if the Democratic Party and progressive groups make the compact a national priority and invest and organize in pushing the model bill in state legislatures, the effort could turn a corner and reach its threshold.
Now, a new Supreme Court could potentially change the math, even despite the court's favorable decisions this year. There are likely to be legal challenges from the right if the compact reached all 270 electoral votes it needs to go into effect — especially in the red states it still needs for ratification. The Supreme Court's potential legal validation of the maneuver being discussed in Pennsylvania, for instance, would also be ominous for the fate of the compact.
"The public is becoming more aware of how dangerous [the Electoral College] system is. Never mind whether it's a good way to elect the president or not," Koza says. "You can talk about philosophy all you want, but it's a terrible way in terms of creating crises because, first of all, election crises are virtually unknown in [non-presidential] elections, and the reason is you have a single pool of votes when you vote for governor or U.S. senator or congressperson."
"I think the country's in big trouble, and it flows from the winner-take-all rule. We have made a handful of votes in a handful of states super important, and when you do that, you invite shenanigans."
The Brennan Center's Kowal notes, however, that Republican opposition based of the current blue-state, red-state divide could change based on demographic and electoral shifts. "Texas is poised to become a purple battleground state. Once that happens, then I think Republicans clinging to the current Electoral College system might start being more open to something different because they might realize that they're suddenly really disadvantaged by the Electoral College," he says.
Still, the current questions being raised about potential scenarios involving swing states' Republican legislatures appointing Trump-loyal electors and problems with the Electoral Count Act that could produce unprecedented constitutional crises all stem from a single minoritarian structure, as National Popular Vote's Koza puts it.
"I think the country's in big trouble, and it flows from the winner-take-all rule," he says. "We have made a handful of votes in a handful of states super important, and when you do that, you invite shenanigans."
Candice Bernd
Candice Bernd is senior editor/staff reporter at Truthout. Her work has also appeared in several other publications, including The Nation, In These Times, the Texas Observer, Salon, Rewire News Group, Sludge, YES! Magazine and Earth Island Journal. Her work has received awards from the San Francisco Press Club, the Fort Worth chapter of Society of Professional Journalists, the Native American Journalists Association, and the Dallas Peace and Justice Center. Follow her on Twitter: @CandiceBernd.
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Tiana in her sleepwear. Click here to see the a full body view and the CC list!
These are extremely beautiful. Great Job!
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Gorgeous <3 Has taken a lot of effort. Did you create everything (clothes, hairdos, make-up, jewelry etc.) yourself?
Btw, your Ariel's face reminds me of Liv Tyler as Arwen.
Thank you so much @TrishaGold! @Gwiniel, I styled all of the looks myself, but the CC belongs to the respective creators. Thank you! Ariel does look a bit like Arwen, I didn't notice that before.
Tiana in her swimwear. Click here to see the a full body view and the CC list!
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This concludes Tiana's looks. To see her full lookbook, click here. Rapunzel is next and should be posting shortly on my tumblr (link in my signature).
Rapunzel, from Tangled, is princess number ten in the Disney lineup. Here she is in her everyday classic look. Click here to see the a full body view and the CC list!
Rapunzel in her modern every day look. Click here to see the a full body view and the CC list!
Pic dump incoming because I've been dealing with a hugely stressful/busy holidays and tumblr's been posting away without me. If you want to see the posts as they go live, follow me on tumblr. They are set to go up every couple of days and I should have enough stocked to get us through this busy time. Thank you all for your comments, likes, and views. I feel incredibly blessed to see so much interest in my little lookbooks.
Rapunzel in her classic formal look. Click here to see the a full body view and the CC list!
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That hot weather dress is gorgeous on her!
@Gwiniel Thank you! I liked it a lot.
Merida, from the movie Brave, is princess #11 in the Disney princess lineup. She is the first Pixar princess and the last to officially make it to the Disney Princess franchise. (I will be including Anna and Elsa from Frozen—which will, according to Disney—never be inducted into the franchise as they are still super successsful on their own, and Moana, who will probably be inducted once her movie franchise winds down—so look for those princesses coming after Merida is done).
Merida in her modern every day look. Click here to see the a full body view and the CC list!
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Marchal | Sinfonia per il cembalo
Pedro Anselmo Marchal (ca. 1758-1821) - Sinfonia per il cembalo
443 pages. ISMN 979-0-801254-60-3 (paperback)
Also available in digital format (PDF)
Pedro Anselmo Marchal was a famous French harpsichordist, pianist, composer, teacher and businessman. He became known at the Concerts Spirituels in Paris in 1781. From then on he began to develop his career as a concertist, later along with his harpist wife María Teresa Schneider, and as a composer. He worked in Paris, Lisbon, Madrid and Bordeaux, where he died in 1821. His works include pieces for solo harpsichord or pianoforte and with instrumental accompaniment.
Instruments: harpsichord, two violins, viola and basso
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Jacinto Codina Marfá (†1818) - Piano concerto 122 pages. ISMN 979-0-9018857-0-7 (paperpack) Also available in digital format (PDF) Instrumental parts available on demand.
Albero | Harpsichord sonatas
Sebastián Albero (1722-1756) - Harpsichord sonatas 127 pages ISMN 979-0-801254-14-6 (paperback) Also available in digital format (PDF)
Marchal | Six rondos pour le clavecin ou...
Pedro Anselmo Marchal (ca. 1758-1821) - Six rondos pour le clavecin ou piano forte avec accompagnement de flûte ou violon Op. 10 (Lisboa, 1794) 44 pages. ISMN 979-0-801254-21-4 (paperback) Also available in digital format (PDF)
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Gaspar Esmit (1767-1819) - Quintet for harpischord, two violins, viola and bass 28 pages. ISMN 979-0-805412-50-4 (paperback) Also available in digital edition (PDF) Instrumental parts available on demand.
Fandangos for keyboard Vol. 1
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READ THE STORY: 'A lot of full-cash offers right now': Seabright 'tiny home' fetches a cool $1M amid multiple offers
(Courtesy of Walter Stauss, Coldwell Banker Realty)
'A lot of full-cash offers right now': Seabright 'tiny home' fetches a cool $1M amid multiple offers
By Grace Stetson
Source: Lookout Santa Cruz
After only four days on the market, a 328-square-foot home in Seabright sold for over $1 million, following five competitive offers and a packed open-house weekend. According to listing agent Walter Stauss, who's sold homes in the area for nearly 25 years, it's a sign of the demand vastly outpacing the supply: "There's a huge pressure on the inventory."
A seemingly idyllic beach bungalow came on the market from Coldwell Banker Realty just over a week ago. The 328-square-foot home is a one-bedroom, one-bath, on a 3,833-foot parcel just steps away from Seabright Beach, and all with a deck overlooking the spacious backyard.
But it was the price tag on the tiny vintage bungalow built in 1948 that really got locals buzzing: It was listed at $988,000 and sold a mere four days later for $1.025 million.
It's a sign that the first dip in the county's median home prices in months in September was not a trend in the making.
In fact it's a continued sign of the pressures on the local real estate market, said listing agent Walter Stauss, who has sold homes full-time throughout Santa Cruz County for the past 25 years. While demand has generally gone up over the past few decades, Stauss believes the problem now is the lack of supply — which makes homes like this one highly sought after, and commanding of a surprisingly robust sum.
"This market kind of got crazy about two years ago, with an increase in demand from the Bay Area," he said. "They were much less price-sensitive and also had a lot more cash — there are a whole lot more full-cash offers right now."
A view of the home's kitchen, looking into the living room. At 328-square-feet, the Seabright one-bedroom is fairly compact.
For this particular home, Stauss noted that there were a total of five offers, with one being a full cash offer. Stauss said this trend has been on the upswing for the past few years, putting more pressure on properties close to the Pacific Ocean, which in turn affects homes farther inland in Santa Cruz County.
"There's just not enough inventory for everybody," he said. "There's not enough to go around."
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As soon as the property went live on the market Oct. 22, with an open house Oct. 24, Stauss and the seller had already garnered substantial interest; they closed the offer date period on Oct. 26. Stauss said the buyer — who was excited to move in as quickly as possible — has purchased the home as his primary dwelling.
In response to a news report from KSBW-TV last Friday, hundreds of local Santa Cruzans expressed their disappointment in the home price via Facebook. "No longer an affordable place to live for most of our younger generation, sad," one woman said. Another noted: "The right price is whatever any fool is willing to pay for."
Stauss said these trends aren't a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but noted the pandemic has put more pressure on buyers to act frantically in their home search, rushing to put in offers often substantially above asking. It's added another layer of difficulty for Santa Cruzans looking for homes amid competition from buyers seeking second homes and the strain the UC Santa Cruz student population puts on housing.
The Seabright home is a one-bedroom, one-bath, but there's room to expand.
As for what this particular home and its selling price could mean for the future of the Santa Cruz market, Stauss worries less about the real estate and instead focuses on the impact on Santa Cruz society.
"How's this all going to work, in this crazy market?" he asked. "It's hard on everybody."
With the influx from Silicon Valley, Stauss hopes newcomers will incorporate themselves into the fabric of Santa Cruz. He also hopes that the supply and demand discrepancies are addressed so there isn't as much "us vs. them" mentality in the market moving forward.
"People resent that they can't afford a house here anymore, and they think there are very definite reasons for why that has happened," he said. "I would much rather have prices back where they were 20 or 30 years ago … it was easier to make more people happy."
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Something of an anomaly in the German carmaker's lineup, the Volkswagen Routan seven-seat minivan was an attempt by the German carmaker to compete head-to-head with the highest-volume names in that segment: the Chrysler Town & County and Dodge Grand Caravan twins, the Honda Odyssey, and the Toyota Sienna.
But you may notice more than a few similarities between the VW and the Chrysler minivans--and you wouldn't be wrong. An unusual agreement between Chrysler and Volkswagen gave VW a new model that was jointly engineered but built and supplied by the U.S. automaker. The differences include unique front-end styling, revised lines at the rear, and interior trim that's distinct to the Volkswagen. The German engineers had also tweaked the suspension tuning for tighter handling, giving it a more sophisticated ride and a quiet interior, though Chrysler's engineers adopted many of VW's revisions for their own model updates a year or two later.
First sold as a 2009 model, the Routan was unceremoniously discontinued after the 2012 model year—following mixed messages from VW as to whether any 2013 models existed. Volkswagen is expected to start building a mid-size seven-seat crossover in its Tennessee plant, based on the underpinnings of its next-generation Passat sedan, perhaps as a 2015 or 2016 model.
Meanwhile, for families who need that third-row seat, there may be leftover 2012 Routans on dealer lots well into 2013. And the third row in the Volkswagen Routan does fold flat--and even that rearmost row offers enough comfort for adults, at least on short trips. VW didn't, however, get access to one of Chrysler's greatest innovations in minivans: the second-row Stow 'n' Go feature (which folkds and drops the rear seats neatly into the floor). The Routan instead gets second-row captain's chairs that fold and slide forward. (It didn't get the now-discontinued Swivel 'n' Go either--which let the second row face the rear, with a removable fold-up table).
The first 2009 Routan originally came with either a 197-hp, 3.8-liter V-6 or a 251-hp, 4.0-liter V-6, both with a six-speed automatic transmission. Between these two, the 4.0-liter was the better choice by far. Starting with the 2011 model year, Chrysler installed its new 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 into its minivans, so the Routan got that powertrain, too. It's far smoother than the previous engines and has improved fuel economy.
The Routan has been offered in S, SE, SEL, and SEL Premium trims, with SE and SEL models getting the removable captain's chairs. The combination of these various seating arrangements allows all models to fit 144 cubic feet of cargo with all rear seats stowed. There have been only minor changes to the Routan over the past several model years, other than that powertrain news.
Routan SE and SEL models offer some of the same options as the Chrysler models, but under slightly different names in some cases. Power rear windows, a power liftgate, and touch-screen navigation are on offer, as is a JoyBox (MyGig) 30-gigabyte hard-drive media system. The Volkswagen Routan also remains higher-priced than the Chrysler vans, which leaves us scratching our heads on the value and the appeal.
The Chrysler minivans' top safety ratings from the IIHS also apply to the structurally identical Routan, so it's one of the safest picks in this class; blind-spot monitors and a rearview camera system are available.


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Assessing acute toxicity potential of persulfate ISCO treated water
Liang, Chenju, Wang, Chi-Wei
Chemosphere 2013 v.93 pp. 2711-2716
Cyprinus carpio, acute toxicity, fish, hydrogen, ions, lethal concentration 50, mortality, oxidation, pH, remediation, risk
Persulfate anion (S2O82-), a widely used in situ chemical oxidation agent, is increasingly applied for environmental remediation. However, limited information on environmental and toxicological effects is available for the evaluation of the environmental risk of exposure to S2O82-, particularly after its application. In this study, the acute toxic effects on the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) were employed as a model to investigate S2O82-, sulfate ion (decomposition product of S2O82-), hydrogen/hydroxide ions and also the mixtures of these ion species. Acute toxicity test results showed 96h median lethal concentrations (LC50) of 540±23mgL−1 for S2O82- and 4100±110mgL−1 for SO42-. S2O82- was considerably more toxic than its decomposition product SO42-. Additionally, solution pH was also an important factor influencing toxicity, and S2O82- posed reduced acute toxicity when pH was in the range of 6–10. Water conductivity up to approximately 8000μScm−1 did not appear to significantly increase fish mortality. In the mixture toxicity test (i.e., S2O82-/OH−), LC50 values of 130±10mgL−1 for S2O82- and 23±2mgL−1 for OH− were lower than those obtained from the individual toxicity tests and therefore exhibited higher toxicity to fish. However, upon complete decomposition of S2O82- in the mixture, a reduction in acute toxicity may be expected. The results of this study revealed that it may be necessary and/or desirable to control the residual S2O82-and pH after S2O82- addition when potential exposure to an aquatic system is a concern.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.078
DOI (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.078)
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