How your body beats disease-causing pathogenic bacteria.
It was about 130 years ago – in the late 1880s – that the term pathogen was first used to describe a microbe that can cause disease.
Perhaps it was no coincidence that, around the same time, Russian zoologist Ily Ilyich Mechnikov began his groundbreaking work investigating the mechanisms through which white blood cells can help to fight off microbial infection, for which he would ultimately share a joint Nobel Prize.
Not surprisingly, we talk a great deal about microorganisms in our weekly newsletters, but we figured that it was high time for us to produce a short primer on the basics of bacterial infection.
It's definitely not intended as a deep scientific drive, nor as some kind of definitive clinical handbook. It's just a reminder of the underlying microbiology.
Although both bacteria and viruses can be responsible for disease, right now we'll solely focus on the former.
It's important to recognize that pathogenic bacteria are not the disease themselves: they cause disease, generally by releasing toxins, which are poisonous substances.
Bacteria, of course, are microscopic organisms. Most are no larger than 10 micrometers long. That's 10 millionths of a meter.
When the conditions favor it, bacteria can multiply rapidly, meaning that the wrong kinds of microbes have the potential to produce substantial levels of toxins in a short space of time.
Of course, in order to affect a human, these microbes need to enter the body, and they can do this in many ways.
It might be through a cut or wound.
You can breathe in bacteria, or transfer them to yourself by touching your mouth, nose, or even eyes, after your hands have been in contact with a dirty surface.
Bacteria can also get into your body if you eat or drink foods or liquids containing pathogens.
Some of the diseases that can be caused by bacterial infection include food poisoning, cholera, typhoid, whooping cough, and gonorrhea.
However, if this is all starting to sound a bit disturbing, it's probably reassuring to know that your body has some remarkable natural defense systems that enable it to fight off pathogenic microbes without external assistance.
These systems are mainly centered around your white blood cells, invaluable components produced in your bone marrow, which work hard for you in two main ways.
First, they're able to ingest (or absorb) and destroy pathogens.
Secondly they have an extraordinary ability to produce antibodies that can destroy pathogens, and also generate antitoxins that neutralize toxins.
While it's tempting to imagine that white blood cells somehow eat pathogens, this is not the case – when a human cell ingests a bacterial cell, it takes place as a kind of absorption, almost like a paper towel mopping up a kitchen spill.
White blood cells come in two main varieties: phagocytes and lymphocytes.
Phagocytes were first recognized by the aforementioned Russian Ily Ilyich Mechnikov in 1882, when he noticed that specialized cells seemed to be involved in defending against microbial infections.
Somewhat improbably, he discovered this while poking a tangerine thorn into the larvae of a starfish.
While this may seem an unusual thing to have done, as we said earlier, it did lead to him being jointly awarded (with Paul Ehrlich) the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1908, recognising his work on phagocytes and "phagocytosis," which describes the useful bug-busting work carried out by phagocytes.
The process builds on the ability of phagocytes to easily pass through the walls of blood vessels into surrounding tissue, where they can then move towards pathogens and toxins.
When good guy meets bad, a phagocyte is able to either ingest and absorb a pathogen or toxin, or release an enzyme that zaps the unwanted guest.
When phagocytes have absorbed a pathogen, they may then broadcast a chemical message that helps the other main type of white blood cell – lymphocytes – to identify the flavor of antibody that's required to neutralize this particular pathogen.
Lymphocyte circulation was discovered in 1959. Lymphocytes contain chemicals that are foreign to the body, known as antigens.
A lymphocyte carries a specific type of antibody, antibodies being proteins that have a chemical "fit" to a certain antigen.
Things happen quickly when a lymphocyte with the appropriate antibody comes across its matching antigen.
The lymphocyte reproduces rapidly, manufacturing many copies of the antibody, which in turn neutralize the pathogen.
Antibodies are able to neutralize pathogens in several ways.
They may bind themselves to the attacking bacterium, damaging or destroying it.
Alternatively, they can coat pathogens, causing them to clump together, allowing phagocytes to more easily ingest them.
Another helpful mechanism is the ability of antibodies to bind to pathogens, releasing chemical signals that attract more phagocytes.
Fortunately it's relatively rare for humans to be seriously affected by pathogenic bacteria, but it's illuminating to be reminded that the microorganisms making up the human microbiome don't just sit there in silence.
There's an ongoing, highly complex, set of interactions that takes place between different microorganisms, and between microbes and the human host.
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I'm actually wondering if there is a thread where this is explained (been looking for one but haven't been able to find one). Thanks.
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Incorporating radical Islamist movements into formal political systems may have some benefits in theory. It's hoped that it will moderate them over time, encouraging them to accept nonviolent methods and non-radical political goals. But the structural limitations in some Muslim countries with prominent radical groups make it unlikely that these groups will adopt such reforms, at least not anytime soon.
Take Pakistan for example. The largest anti-India radical Islamist group in the country, Jamaat ud Dawah, announced the creation of a political party Aug. 7 called the Milli Muslim League. The party's leader said that JuD's new political arm had been created to transform Pakistan into an authentic Islamic state. JuD touts itself as a social movement, but its predecessor, Lashkar-e-Taiba, was designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and India in 2002 following its attack on the Indian parliament. And after its involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, JuD was also declared a terrorist organization. Its leader is currently under house arrest in Pakistan.
In the 1990s, it operated in India as a proxy group of the Pakistani state, a connection that remains but has become murkier since 9/11. While Islamabad wants to combat jihadist insurgents in Pakistan, it also wants to maintain influence over groups that are engaged in India and Afghanistan.
JuD maintains an international terrorist network, but in Pakistan, it has opposed jihadist forces fighting the Pakistani government. And in recent years, the group has established a significant presence in civil society. JuD runs a vast network of charities, schools, hospitals and other social services in Pakistan.
In many ways, forming a political party was the next logical step. It gives the group some legitimacy and allows it to mitigate international efforts to dismantle its organization.
But in addition to avoiding the international crackdown on terrorist groups, JuD has a much bigger agenda: The group now wants to translate the social capital it has built in the past 15 years into political power. It previously refused to participate in politics because it opposed the democratic system, believing it to be un-Islamic. This move has required a shift in its ideological position. Other groups have made a similar compromise – Egypt's al-Dawah al-Salafiyyah, a nonviolent social movement, has denounced democracy but formed a political party called Hizb al-Dawah in 2011.
Though such groups remain opposed to democracy in theory, they are willing to participate in electoral politics to enhance their influence over the state. Extremist groups thus become incorporated into existing institutions and try to push radical changes from within the system.
But some social scientists have promoted the idea that radical movements will become more moderate if they are included in mainstream politics – a concept called the inclusion-moderation theory. The proponents of this theory point to examples like Marxist and Catholic groups in Europe that went on to become social and Christian democrats.
But transformation is less likely for radical Islamist groups. In Afghanistan, the U.S. has been trying to carry out negotiations with the Taliban. But there is no coherent Afghan political structure into which the Taliban could be incorporated. More important, it's unrealistic to think that the Taliban will form a political arm that will compete in elections and hold political office while giving up on violence and terrorist activities.
The Taliban are essentially an insurgent movement; they seek power through armed insurrection, so expecting them to drop their weapons and participate in electoral politics is unrealistic.
The Taliban, moreover, have the upper hand in Afghanistan. They have very little incentive to negotiate anytime soon. They can have a far greater impact by staying outside the political system than they would within it. The same is true elsewhere in the region, particularly in Syria. Many, if not most, of the rebel groups that are trying to topple the Syrian regime espouse the Salafist-jihadist ideology. They want to replace the secular, authoritarian Assad regime with an Islamist autocracy.
While mainstream politics in Pakistan is fragmented and Afghanistan is an incoherent state, the political systems in both these countries, particularly Pakistan, are at least democratic and maintain some legitimacy. In Syria, the entire political system is considered illegitimate. Even before the Islamic State and al-Qaida became involved in the Syrian civil war, the uprising that sparked the war was against the autocratic Assad regime. It will be even more difficult, therefore, to get rebel groups to negotiate a power-sharing agreement with the government in Syria. It is unlikely that these groups will be transformed into political parties.
Radical Islamist groups will not be incorporated into mainstream politics because of their ideology and because the political systems in some Muslim countries lack the structure and legitimacy to absorb them into formal politics. They also know that they cannot compete in mainstream politics as they lack the organization and experience. The move toward organized politics and negotiations is therefore often driven by the desire to pursue their radical goals through different means.


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Home News World Over 80 Chinese Christians Arrested for Worshipping
Over 80 Chinese Christians Arrested for Worshipping
Joyce Dimaculangan
Persecution watchdog, China Aid, reported that more than 80 Christians have been arrested after police authorities raided a network of house churches. Police invaded the Fangcheng Fellowship in northwestern Xinjiang and arrested the Christians in early January, days before the Lunar New Year.
The Christians were accused of "engaging in religious activities at non-religious sites." Public security bureaus targeted the house churches in the cities of Urumqi, Kuytun and in Shawan Counties.
Chen Xiangyan, one of those detained, said, "We believe in Jesus whole-heartedly. What just happened was not fair. We did not cause trouble. We did not bother the neighbors. All we did was study the Bible."
In another incident, police officers on January 20, 2017, invaded a church and disturbed a group of Christians during fellowship. They labeled the gathering "illegal" and arrested 10 church members but later released the sick, elderly, and those who were previously arrested.
Six women were detained for 15 days and fined 1,000 Yuan or $145 for "gathering and praying under the name of Christianity."
Chen Xiangyan, one of those detained, said, "We believe in Jesus wholeheartedly. What just happened was not fair. We did not cause trouble. We did not bother the neighbors. All we did was study the Bible."
Another detainee, Zhu Xiaohua, revealed that authorities have persecuted members of the church and urged them to join the Three-Self Church. They were accused of breaking the law and were ordered to stop their private gatherings.
Chinaaidorg. (2017). Chinaaidorg. http://www.chinaaid.org/2017/03/arrests-and-detentions-sweep-across.html
Cbncom. (2017). CBNcom (beta). http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2017/march/more-than-80-chinese-christians-arrested-for-praying-under-the-name-of-christianity
Joyce has more than 15 years experience writing news, industry articles and blogs for the private and public sectors. Most of her career was spent writing technical documentation for a software company in the Philippines. She earned a B.A. in Communication Arts with a concentration in writing from the University of the Philippines, Los Baños. During her leisure time, Joyce pursues her interest in reading fiction and playing with her dogs. She can be contacted at Joyce@1cvm.com.
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"Our community, our paroikia, can only improve through initiatives that enhance cross-collaboration, activism and interest in community affairs, as well as sharing insight and experience," said Tammy Iliou, Vice-President of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) at the opening of the inaugural Women's Forum.
Greek-Australian women representing a diverse range of community organisations met at the Greek Centre last Sunday to discuss and design the pathway for active participation of women in Greek community organisations and affairs.
The President of the GCM, Bill Papastergiadis, on behalf of the Board of Directors, endorsed the Forum and its objectives and congratulated Tammy Iliou for her vision to create and lead this initiative. Mr Papastergiadis thanked all his Board for their continued support to developing the Forum and their participation.
The Greek Consul Georgia Mpotsiou, representing the Consul General of Greece in Melbourne Dimitris Mihalopoulos, Maria Vamvakinou MP, Federal Member for Calwell, and Kat Theophanous MP, Victorian Member for Northcote also participated. There was also representation from interstate Greek community organisations.
"I want you to know that you are all playing an important role in moving this organisation, and the many community organisations that are here today, forward – and to be more inclusive," Tammy Iliou said in her opening speech. "This change starts with you and your presence. Balance is better. And, that is why we are here today".
• "Εσύ: Women Inspiring Change" – to identify and brand this initiative which aims to develop and design the pathways for active participation of women in Greek community organisations and affairs. The logo is attached to this Press Release.
• Upskilling – the GCM will offer women who volunteer on a board of a community organisation access to a free workshop to elevate their understanding of the duties and responsibilities of board directors, good governance and financial literacy. The GCM believes this initiative goes towards increasing the capacity of the individual, their organisation, and therefore our community's capacity as a whole.
• Continuation of the Women's Forums – the GCM will continue to host Women's Forums to facilitate and progress dialogue and the creation of a tailor created Slack Channel.
• Mentoring – the GCM will facilitate a guidance program for women who are under 25 years old and who are interested in community affairs to be partnered with women are involved in community affairs.
In addition, the GCM received a number of proposals during the Forum, and it is excited to look into these in further detail.
"Today is a launching day, and from now on, we will focus on delivering these, as well as other initiatives and ideas– and delivering these in the most efficient way," Tammy Iliou said.
The Forum consisted of three panel discussion. Participants had the opportunity to share experience, insight and advice within a supportive and encouraging environment.
Forum participants agreed that being involved in an organisation, in a voluntary capacity is difficult. Work, family, health and general life keeps everyone busy. But, at the same time, there is recognition of the importance of our Greek heritage, our community, and more broadly, volunteerism.
Forum participants also discussed results of a survey conducted by the GCM prior to the Forum, including findings on key issues which affect Greek-Australian women and initiatives that could enhance ongoing dialogue, active participation and create pathways into community organisations, especially at the leadership level.
The day also showcased a range of creative women in our community, including a musical performance, live-painting demonstration, as well as dancing, food and wine.
The GCM looks forward to its next event as part of its "Esi: Women Inspiring Change" targeted at designing pathways and opening dialogue and networking opportunities for all women of our community.


This resource provides a comprehensive overview of substance use disorders and focuses on those substances used, abused and leading to addiction, as well as the clinical implications of SUDs. Epidemiology, etiology, classifications of SUDs, screening and assessment, and pharmacotherapy and psychosocial interventions are discussed alongside case histories illustrating the material covered. Additional chapters focus on problems caused or worsened by SUDs such as Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS and co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Relapse and recovery are also explored given many patients with substance dependence relapse. Adolescents with SUDs, prevention and harm reduction interventions are also reviewed.


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Q: Java RMI server connection refused RMI interface:
import java.io.File;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.util.List;

public interface RMIinterface extends Remote
{
    void getTrees() throws RemoteException;
}

Server class:
import java.io.File;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry;
import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
import java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject;
import java.util.List;

public class Server implements RMIinterface{

    List<File> server_file_tree, server_folder_tree;

    @Override
    public void getTrees() throws RemoteException {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        server_file_tree = Shared.getFileTree(Shared.serverRoot);
        server_folder_tree = Shared.getFolderTree(Shared.serverRoot);
    }

    public static void main (String args[])
    {
        try
        {
            Server server = new Server();
            RMIinterface stub = (RMIinterface) UnicastRemoteObject.exportObject(server, 0);
            Registry reg = LocateRegistry.getRegistry();
            reg.bind("get_trees", stub);

            System.out.println("Server ready.");
        }catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println("Server exception: " + e.toString());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}

Exception:
java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: 127.0.1.1; nested exception is:
    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: 127.0.1.1; nested exception is:
    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:619)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:216)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:202)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:341)
    at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.bind(Unknown Source)
    at Server.main(Server.java:27)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:339)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:528)
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:425)
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:208)
    at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirectSocketFactory.java:40)
    at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMasterSocketFactory.java:147)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:613)
    ... 5 more

Hosts file:
127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.1.1   dereaper-G73Jh

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

Why am I getting this exception and what can I do about it?

A: You haven't started the Registry. LocateRegistry.getRegistry() doesn't do that. See the Javadoc. Try createRegistry(), but make sure to store the result in a static variable.

A: In the Server Class:
Put
System.setProperty("java.rmi.server.hostname","ipaddress");

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Home > Nonfiction Anthology > Dream of Europe: selected seminars and interviews: 1984-1992
Dream of Europe: selected seminars and interviews: 1984-1992
Audre Lorde and Mayra Rodriguez Castro (Editor)
Publisher: Kenning Editions
SKU #: L07A
Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. African & African American Studies. Women's Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Edited by Mayra Rodríguez Castro. Preface by Dagmar Schultz. AUDRE LORDE: DREAM OF EUROPE elucidates Lorde's methodology as a poet, mentor, and activist during the last decade of her life. This volume compiles a series of seminars, interviews, and conversations held by the author and collaborators across Berlin, Western Europe, and The Caribbean between 1984-1992. While Lorde stood at the intersection of various historical and literary movements in The United States—the uprising of black social life after the Harlem Renaissance, poetry of the AIDS epidemic, and the unfolding of the Civil Rights Movement—this selection of texts reveals Lorde as a catalyst for the first movement of Black Germans in West Berlin. The legacy of this "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" has been well preserved by her colleagues in Germany. These selected writings lay bare struggles, bonds, and hopes shared among Black women in a transnational political context, as well as offering sometimes surprising reflections on the US American counter culture with which Lorde is associated. Many of the poems that were important to Lorde's development are excerpted in full within these pages, serving as a sort of critical anthology.
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) published over a dozen books of poetry, a novel, and several volumes of essays, including From a Land Where Other People Live (1972), which was nominated for a National Book Award. Her later works include Coal (1976), The Black Unicorn (1978), and ZAMI: A New Spelling of My Name (1982). Her critical essays, such as "Poetry Is Not A Luxury," have received world recognition, urging generations to come into their own voices. Her work has recently been published in DREAM OF EUROPE: SELECTED SEMINARS AND INTERVIEWS: 1984-1992 (Kenning Editions, 2020) and SISTER LOVE: THE LETTERS OF AUDRE LORDE AND PAT PARKER 1974- 1989 (A Midsummer Night's Press, 2018).
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We made real progress this year on important policy issues impacting children with cancer and childhood cancer survivors. As the year comes to a close, we want to thank you for your support and share some of the highlights of our year with you.
We kicked off 2016 with a refresh, welcoming a new CEO and launching a brand-new website. From there, we took off running full speed ahead!
- We launched the Kids Action Network, a new grassroots advocacy program to create a cadre of engaged and effective advocates around the country. (Join here!)
- The 5th Annual Alliance for Childhood Cancer Action Day brought approximately 200 advocates to DC, resulting in a big STAR Act milestone: within days of advocates' visits to Capitol Hill, more than half of the U.S. House had become co-sponsors!
- In June, the Children's Cause hosted a Congressional briefing about critical childhood cancer survivorship issues.
- A notable mention during September's busy slate of Awareness Month activities was the release of the childhood cancer landscape report, "Translating Discovery into Cures for Children with Cancer." Our president and founder Susan Weiner served on the report's 7-person Steering Committee.
- In October, we co-hosted a Pediatric Oncology Workshop with PhRMA and BIO, convening a wide range of stakeholders to discuss challenges in developing new drugs for children with cancer and exploring potential approaches to solving them.
- Last month, we presented the inaugural Rosen Research Award to Mary McCabe at our annual New York Reception. Ms. McCabe is the Director of the Cancer Survivorship Initiative and Memorial Sloan-Kettering, where she plans to initiate a guest lectureship focused on the ethics issues related to the development of new therapies for children.
- And in this final month of the year, we celebrated the STAR Act's passage in the House of Representatives. Despite its failure to advance in the Senate, its House passage was a landmark moment for our community. We also launched a new monthly advocacy webinar series, diving into childhood cancer policy prospects under the new Congress and Administration in the first installment.
We're proud of the year we've had, and we're grateful for friends like you who make this progress possible. As we look ahead to a new slate of challenges and opportunities in 2017, we need you to stick with us -- there's much more work to be done, and we can't do it without you. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift before the year is over to help us enter the new year with strength: Give now.
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Is there a way to get in the meta menu by right click on an object in the object manager ?
what do you mean with "meta menu"? Do you mean the context menu? Many menus in Cinema 4D are based on resources files and can be edited during the C4DPL_BUILDMENU message. The object manager context pop-up however is dynamically created an cannot be edited.


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by Toni Morrison
Reading Group Discussion Questions
The importance of names is a prevalent theme in the novel. Pilate carries the origin of hers in an earring she fashioned out of a snuff box. Her brother, Macon, "yearns for some ancestor, some lithe young man with onyx skin and legs as straight as cane stalks, who had a name that was real. A name given to him at birth with love and seriousness. A name that was not a joke, nor a disguise, nor a brand name." What do you think is the significance of some of the names in this novel: Milkman, Pilate, Guitar, Macon Dead, Circe, Sweet, even Not Doctor Street? Which characters have more than one name, and why?
The novel opens with a busy and memorable scene: Perched on the roof of the hospital, the black community's insurance collector prepares to soar to his death wearing blue wings he has made himself. On the hospital steps below him a pregnant woman collapses, her basket of velvet rose petals tumbles, and sends its contents flying through the wintry air. Also on the ground, a strangely clad black woman sings an equally strange and mournful song. What do you make of this scene? Which images resonate, and continue to resonate throughout the novel? How, in this scene, does Morrison set forth the tone of the novel and its many themes?
Although Morrison never gives us the exact location of Milkman's home town, she tells us that it is up north, near Lake Superior. In his search for the buried gold, Milkman travels as far south as Virginia, where he feels like a stranger amidst the black men he meets. In this example and others, how does Morrison set up comparisons between a Northern black community with the Southern black way of life? Do you sense that she values one over the other?
Ghosts are a common presence in Morrison's fiction. What role do they play here, whether in the apparitions both Pilate and Ruth have of their perspective fathers, or in Circe's ghostly existence in the old mansion where she worked as a maid? Are ghosts real or imagined? Why are some characters haunted by ghosts, while others are comforted by their appearance?
Macon Dead, Jr., seems haunted, even threatened, by his sister, Pilate's, very existence. He willingly admits that he used to love her, but now he calls her "a snake." Still, he is drawn to her house and to its music where, "near the window, hidden by the dark, he felt the irritability of the day drain from him and relished the effortless beauty of the women singing in the candlelight." Why are his emotions so passionate and so mixed? What does Pilate represent to Macon's way of life?
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Appointments+ user schedule doesn't update. I tried disabling all other plugins and changed the theme to twentyfifteen. The global store hours are set from 1am - 5pm. I tried changing the working hours for one service provider to 1am-3am using the profile page for that user but it doesn't save. I tried changing the user to administrator level. Didn't work. I tried another user...same result.
I was able to change the individual provider's hours using the plugin "working hours" tab but the profile working hours selections don't change anything.
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Drainage pipes can be affected by mold and unpleasant odors, especially when the weather is very warm or rainy. Deodorizing sprays are useful to cover these unpleasant odors, but they are not a long-term solution because they don't treat the cause.
Fortunately, there are many natural remedies that are equally useful, which we can prepare at home with inexpensive ingredients.
All you have to do is combine baking soda with white vinegar. These two organic ingredients will kill mold, eliminate grease deposits and remove any other substances that cause unpleasant odors.
First, put the water to boil until it reaches the simmering point.
As soon as it starts to boil, add the white vinegar and mix well.
In the meantime, pour baking soda onto the drain pipe you want to clean.
Pour the hot water mixture and white vinegar on the drain so that it combines well with baking soda.
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Of the three revisionist works John Charmley has written about British foreign policy in the mid-twentieth century this is the centrepiece.
The author argues that Churchill deserves more credit for 'their finest hour' than has been granted, but just as his virtues were built on the heroic scale, so too were his faults and failures. The statesman who had struggled to destroy Nazism and restore Europe's balance of power ended by allowing Stalin to dominate central and eastern Europe.
This is no mere exercise in debunking, in many ways the complex man presented in these pages is more interesting than the more hagiographical portraits.
'This is not instant history run up to cause a sensation, but a meticulously documented reappraisal of Churchill's war leadership and of the career that led up to it. Nor is its tone contemptuous or vindictive. The author accepts that Churchill was a great man. His starting point is that even great men make mistakes.' John Keegan, Daily Telegraph
'Probably the most important revisionist text to be published since the war.' Alan Clark, The Times
Of the three revisionist works John Charmley has written about British foreign policy in the mid-twentieth century this is the centrepiece. The author argues that Churchill deserves more credit for 'their finest hour' than has been granted, but just as his virtues were built on the heroic scale, so too were his faults and failures. The statesman who had struggled to destroy Nazism and restore Europe's balance of power ended by allowing Stalin to dominate central and eastern Europe.This is no mere exercise in debunking, in many ways the complex man presented in these pages is more interesting than the more hagiographical portraits.'This is not instant history run up to cause a sensation, but a meticulously documented reappraisal of Churchill's war leadership and of the career that led up to it. Nor is its tone contemptuous or vindictive. The author accepts that Churchill was a great man. His starting point is that even great men make mistakes.' John Keegan, Daily Telegraph 'Probably the most important revisionist text to be published since the war.' Alan Clark, The Times
About John Charmley
John Charmley is a British diplomatic historian and a professor of modern history at the University of East Anglia, where he is head of the school of history. He is the author of eight books, five of which are being reissued in Faber Finds. He is perhaps most famous for his revisionist interpretation of British foreign policy in the mid-twentieth century, dealing with subjects like Appeasement and the Second World War with a degree of iconoclasm.


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Huawei's revenue increased despite US Sanctions. A Chinese company that has faced trade sanctions and various sanctions between the United States and China, which is still in profit. French news says all efforts by the United States to isolate the Chinese company globally were frustrated. Despite all the efforts, the company's revenue increased by 24.4% in the first nine months of this year. According to the company, Huawei made a profit of $ 86.2 billion and saw its profit rate rise by 8.7 percent.
Donald Trump blacklisted but Huawei's revenue increased despite US Sanctions, in May of this year through an executive order. The basis for which the alleged links with the Chinese government of the company were laid. According to the news agency, the United States had expressed concern that China could use its telecom company Huawei's product to monitor. on the other hand, Huawei dismissed the allegations, saying that their company not harm anyone. In a July interview with Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said, when it was blacklisted by the United States, Huawei company was not ready for it and its smartphone sales dropped 40% in the first two weeks after the ban, leading to concerns about operating systems. However, he said the company is now able to relinquish its American dependence on its key products. The company said that the company is focusing its attention on the improved infrastructure of smart devices and is working to accelerate and improve their performance.
Huawei announced that it has signed 60 contracts with the other telecom carriers to provide equipment for 5G networks. while earlier this year Huawei announced to launch a new Operation system HarmonyOS which replace Android but it is very tough to convince the world to replace Android so that is why the company is going to launch with the dual boot system if the report is true so will it not hart the performance of smartphone?
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Jammu: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has extended his heartiest greetings to the people of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on the eve of Shab-e-Qadr.
In his message of felicitations, the Lt Governor observed that the auspicious occasion provides an opportunity to pray and seek blessings from the almighty.
"May the festivity of the holy night strengthen the bond of brotherhood amongst all the sections of society and bring sustained peace, progress, and prosperity in J&K," prayed the Lt Governor.
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Gli eroi della strada (Streets of New York) è un film del 1939 diretto da William Nigh.

Il film ha per protagonista Jackie Cooper, ormai giovane attore, affiancato da un attore bambino emergente come Martin Spellman. Il film si colloca nel filone che affronta il problema della delinquenza giovanile ma anche della possibilità di riscatto che si offre a chi voglia uscire attraverso l'onestà e il sacrificio personale dalle seduzioni del crimine.

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"Jimmy" e "Gimpy", un bambino orfano storpio che Jimmy ha preso sotto la sua protezione, gestiscono un'edicola, con la quale offrono lavoro onesto ad altri ragazzi del quartiere. Spike, un delinquente del quartiere, fa tutto il possibile per metterli nei guai e interrompere la loro attività.

Il giudice Carroll cerca di aiutarli. Non vuole che Jimmy diventi un delinquente, come il suo fratello maggiore, "Tap". Jimmy frequenta una scuola serale e sogna di andare al college e diventare un avvocato, come il suo eroe, Abraham Lincoln.

Alla fine si troverà drammaticamente a dover scegliere tra una vita onesta e la sua famiglia, quando suo fratello, braccato dalla polizia,  viene da lui a chiedere aiuto.

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Il film fu prodotto negli Stati Uniti dalla Monogram Pictures.

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Distribuito dalla Monogram Pictures, uscì nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi il 12 aprile 1939.

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This month sees our Youth Co-operative Action project expand to even more communities across the UK and we're urging young people aged 14-19 to take part and make a difference in their local area.
Our groundbreaking programme, supported by the Co-operative Foundation and the#iwill Fund, focuses on youth activism, inspiring a new generation of young people to use co-operative values and principles to make a change where they live.
Delivered in towns and cities across England, each cohort is encouraged to think differently to solve problems in their community and understand the real power of their voice. Empowered with the skills, knowledge and platform to tell their story, they work together to inspire real, meaningful change.
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Through taking part in the scheme, young people will learn new skills, meet new people and have fun. Focused on team work and problem solving, all those taking part will gain the confidence to tackle the issues that matter to them, both now and in the future.
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SGI President Ikeda sent the following message to the 46th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting of the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, held in the Three Founding Presidents Conference Room of the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, on August 26, 2020. A newly composed world youth song, "Eternal Journey with Sensei," was unveiled on this occasion.
Congratulations on this first Soka Gakkai Headquarters leaders meeting held in the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu.
"The assembly on Holy Eagle Peak which continues in solemn state and has not yet disbanded"[1] (OTT, 135)—these words perfectly describe this gathering of the Soka family, bound by their shared commitment "for the fulfillment of the great vow for kosen-rufu through the compassionate propagation of the great Law."[2] What a magnificent and infinitely creative assembly it is!
I am certain that our first and second presidents, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, would be especially pleased to see the courageous growth and advance of our youth division members, who embody the principle of "from the indigo, an even deeper blue."
Ahead of the Soka Gakkai's 90th anniversary (on November 18), let us deeply engrave in our lives once more the cornerstones of the spirit of the oneness of mentor and disciple. In November 1944, in the midst of World War II, Mr. Makiguchi, who was selflessly dedicated to propagating the Law, laid down his life for his beliefs. And in that very same month, Mr. Toda, who was waging an unremitting struggle in prison to protect the correct teaching, experienced a profound awakening to his identity as a Bodhisattva of the Earth.
The Soka Gakkai is none other than the gathering of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth called forth through the solemn resolve of this mentor and disciple united as one, transcending the bounds of life and death.
Each Soka Gakkai member is a bodhisattva who has emerged from the earth, cherishing a vow from time without beginning to work for kosen-rufu and establish the correct teaching for the peace of the land. They have each appeared voluntarily, in accord with their own wish, in the most challenging time and place in order to rid the world of suffering and misery.
Chanting and spreading the Mystic Law, the Bodhisattvas of the Earth possess unlimited power.
In "The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life" and other writings, Nichiren Daishonin indicates that the Bodhisattvas of the Earth can relieve people and the world from suffering by manifesting the fundamental compassion pervading the universe. He says they embody the power of the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo, which he corresponds to the five elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and space (heaven).[3] This could be expanded as follows:
(1) Just as the element of fire burns and gives light, the Bodhisattvas of the Earth can burn away suffering and pain, changing them into the wisdom to advance toward happiness and illuminating the darkness of the four sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death with the light of eternity, happiness, true self, and purity.
(2) Just as the element of water washes away filth, the Bodhisattvas of the Earth can wash away and purify the defilements of karma and the impurities of the age.
(3) Just as the element of wind blows away dust, the Bodhisattvas of the Earth can sweep away all obstacles and devilish functions and infuse people with fresh energy.
(4) Just as the element of earth nurtures and supports the growth of trees and grasses, the Bodhisattvas of the Earth can cherish life with a steadfast state of mind. They can build a society of peace, harmonious coexistence, security, and safety in which all can flourish in their own unique way in accord with the principle of "cherry, plum, peach, and damson" (cf. OTT, 200).
(5) Just as heaven provides nourishing moisture to all things, the Bodhisattvas of the Earth can create value that enriches and revitalizes the lives of all.
The Daishonin encourages us on a truly cosmic scale!
As the third Soka Gakkai president, carrying on the legacy of Presidents Makiguchi and Toda, I have blazed open the road to worldwide kosen-rufu together with my trusty lionhearted comrades in justice and shared struggle. We have done this through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for the happiness of ourselves and others and tapping the inexhaustible power of the Mystic Law to triumph over all onslaughts of the three obstacles and four devils.
The decade from the Soka Gakkai's 90th anniversary to its centennial in 2030 will be crucial. We must be even more determined to show victorious proof of our own human revolution, to transform all great evil into great good, and to effect a powerful change in the destiny of all humankind.
The upcoming World Youth General Meeting (scheduled to be held on September 27) will mark the hope-filled start of that far-reaching journey of mentor and disciple.
With our beloved young global citizens of Soka in the lead, let's summon forth the boundless life force of Bodhisattvas of the Earth, expand our network of good friends, and proudly fulfill our vow of mentor and disciple!
I am praying with all my heart for the health, security, happiness, harmony, and success of each and every one of you, my dearest and most precious fellow members.
[1] A passage found in the orally transmitted esoteric teachings of the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai of China.
[2] From one of the inscriptions on the Soka Gakkai Joju Gohonzon enshrined in the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu.
[3] The five constituents of all things in the universe, according to ancient Indian belief.
Translated from the August 27, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai daily newspaper. Published in New Century, November 2020 issue.
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The Laurier curling teams are ready to hit the ground running and start off the new year right where they left of last season.
2016 was a remarkable year for the men's curling squad, as they were able to capture the CIS gold medal after defeating the the Alberta Golden Bears 7-4.
The Laurier men had an historic season as they dominated the country finishing an impressive 20-2 overall, averaging 7.6 points per game.
The team also had some incredible individual performances as Aaron Squires was named a CIS first Team All-Canadian for the third time in his career and Richard Krell and Spencer Nuttall were named second team all stars.
In what was an incredible journey for the team — they won bronze and silver in the previous years. Now the many new faces on the team are embarking on a new journey under newly hired head coach Matt Wilkinson who is replacing former coach, Glenn Paulley.
The team will only sport a few familiar faces this season, as many of last season's key players have since moved on from the program.
The women's team also had an impressive 2016 season, as they captured OUA gold and advanced to the CIS finals.
Although both men's and women's teams will be saying goodbye to several key players and welcoming new faces to the teams, Wilkinson isn't concerned that it will hurt the men's team's performance.
Even with a new roster and a new head coach, Wilkinson assured that team's mentality has remained the same.
"Expectations are to win and to win an OUA championship. Then we'll see what happens at nationals," he said.
The men's team has been practicing tirelessly and are ready to start a legacy of their own.
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"War on Everyone is utterly irresponsible, completely hilarious, brilliantly scripted and right up there with the very best of Quentin Tarantino. Maybe the funniest bad cop movie ever" ****
Award-winning writer-director of THE GUARD & CALVARY, John Michael McDonagh crosses the globe for his much-anticipated third film, a jet-black action comedy starring Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña and Theo James.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Terry Monroe (Skarsgård) and Bob Bolaño (Peña) are two corrupt cops who set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he?
Known for his distinctively witty sensibility and confrontational humour, McDonagh previously wrote and directed the acclaimed drama Calvary, starring Brendan Gleeson, and offbeat comedy The Guard, also starring Gleeson alongside Don Cheadle, which became a worldwide sleeper hit.
WAR ON EVERYONE stars Alexander Skarsgård (Tarzan, Melancholia, True Blood), Michael Peña (Ant-Man, Fury, End of Watch) and Theo James (Insurgent, Divergent). Joining in supporting roles are Tessa Thompson (Selma, Dear White People), Malcolm Barrett (The Hurt Locker, My Best Friend's Girl), Caleb Landry Jones (X Men: First Class), Paul Reiser (Concussion, Whiplash), Stephanie Sigman (Spectre, Miss Bala) and David Wilmot (The Guard, Calvary, '71).
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The dollar continues its strong position this morning following a recent upward trend. The currency saw its fifth day of gains in a row after last week's jobs figures prompted rises in US bond yields. Experts predict the dollar will rise further during this week. Europe's markets were down slightly this morning after weak German data which showed a drop in industrial output by 1.8 per cent; its biggest fall in two years. In Asia there was muted trading with no real surprises; this Thursday China's trade data will be much anticipated in the region. Read the full story.


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Real coach complains of being left in dark over transfers
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Real Madrid's German coach Bernd Schuster hit out Wednesday at the Spanish club's managers as he complained that he was being kept in the dark over possible new recruits.
"I am the last to find out anything. I would love to know more. I am pleased because the president has come to inform me of what is going on," he told reporters at the club's training camp in Austria, Spanish media reported.
"I am not that bothered as I am used to be being more or less the last to find things out. Everyone else seems to know things before me," he added when asked about the possible arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon, who arrived at Real's Austrian training camp on Wednesday, said earlier in an interview published in sport daily AS that he is still willing to splash out on the Portuguese star.
Calderon said the Spanish champions were close to signing Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart from Hamburg, as desired by Schuster, but were not interested in recruiting Spain striker David Villa from Valencia.
Real have long been linked with a big money move for Ronaldo, with reports suggesting the price tag could be 85 million euros (134 million US dollars), but Manchester have made it clear they will not let the 23-year-old go.
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October 21, 1978: Country Music Star Tragically Commits Suicide
Randy McDaniel Updated: November 8, 2021
Born in the 1930's near Grundy, Virginia, Mel Street was not a 'cosmopolitan' country music singer. He wasn't 'urban' country. He didn't try to crossover to pop music. What was he?
Well, when I started in radio back in the 1970's I considered Mel Street a great honky-tonk hard-core country music artist in the tradition of 1950's country music.
Mel had absolutely no problem singing about cheatin' and broken hearts. His first big hit single was 1972's "Borrowed Angel."
He followed that up with "Lovin' On Back Streets" and by the time I started in this business in 1974, Mel Street was a huge country music star. If you want a great cheatin' country classic, 'I Met A Friend Of Yours Today' would fit the bill.
Personally, my favorite Mel Street hit was "Smokey Mountain Memories" from 1975. Just a beautiful cut.
Mel compiled over a dozen Top Twenty hits in his career and was a constant on country music radio stations.
But there is something you may not know about this great country artist. Mel Street's life was cut tragically short, and by his own hand.
Mel committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot on his 43rd birthday, October 21, 1978. There were reports he suffered from clinical depression, alcoholism and loneliness from being on the road almost constantly and away from family and friends. Whatever it was, there is never a good reason for suicide.
How respected was the great Mel Street? His music idol George Jones sang "Amazing Grace" at his funeral. Yes, we lost a great artist who left us with great classic country music.
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Surcharged 2¢-on-2¢ and 1¢-on-3¢ Washington envelopes (Scott U537 and U539b), issued in 1958 to meet the new 4¢ per ounce domestic letter rate, were the last of the Circular Die stamped envelopes to be issued — 42 years after the series began.
By Ken Lawrence
On Dec. 20, 1915, Third Assistant Postmaster General A.M. Dockery issued an announcement titled "New Stamped Envelopes and New Watermarks." This was his description:
The new stamp is printed in red ink and is in the form of a circle about 11/16 inches in diameter. In the center is embossed the head of Washington in profile, looking to the left. The sides and upper portion of the border carry the words "United States Postage" in white capital letters, and within the border beneath the head is the word "cents." with the numeral "2" on each side enclosed in a small white circle.
In effect, the U.S. Post Office Department had given postal stationery collectors a 1915 Christmas gift, but with a catch:
For awhile the Department cannot fill all requisitions with the new envelopes. The old embossing dies will be displaced with dies of the new design gradually, and until all of the stamping machines are equipped with the new dies, return-card envelopes with the old or the new stamp will be furnished in response to the requisitions of postmasters. Unprinted envelopes bearing the old stamp will be issued by the Department until the stock on hand is exhausted.
Earliest Documented Use
Nevertheless, the Jan. 15, 1916, issue of Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News reported that the first of the new envelopes had been placed on sale Dec. 20: "This was size 5 on white," meaning a letter-size envelope on white paper. For 25 years I have searched in vain for a carmine 2¢ George Washington Circular Die stamped envelope used in December 1915 or shortly afterward.
The earliest examples of Circular Die envelopes I have seen were both long legal-size envelopes with government-printed business corner cards, which the POD called "special request" envelopes, used in February 1916 — one example on white paper canceled Feb. 17, and one on amber paper canceled Feb. 18. The postmarked corner sections are pictured nearby.
More Denominations and Envelope Colors
Besides white and amber paper, 1¢ Benjamin Franklin and 2¢ Washington stamped envelopes were issued on blue, oriental buff, and manila papers; stamped wrappers on manila and brown papers. Envelopes and wrappers denominated 1¢ paid the printed matter and drop letter rates; 2¢, the domestic surface single letter rate.
Black 4¢ and blue 5¢ Washington envelopes were issued only on white, amber, and blue papers; the 4¢, only in legal size. The 4¢ was intended for double weight domestic letters; the 5¢, for surface letters to foreign countries.
When World War I added a 1¢ war tax to the domestic letter rate effective Nov. 2, 1917, dark violet 3¢ Washington envelopes were issued to meet that need.
When the domestic printed matter rate increased in 1925, brown 1½¢ Washington stamped envelopes were issued on white, amber, blue, and manila papers. (Oriental buff color had been withdrawn as a stamped envelope option in 1920.) The surface letter rate had reverted to 2¢ per ounce in 1919, but rose again to 3¢ in 1932. The subtly different color of the 3¢ Washington indicium on 1932 and later Circular Die envelopes is listed as purple in the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers and Vol. 1 of the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.
Also issued for the first time in 1932 were legal-size orange 6¢ Washington envelopes on white, amber, and blue papers to meet the second-ounce domestic rate.
Both standard- and extra-quality papers of differing weights and thicknesses were offered on the various denominations at different times. Because of the World War II emergency, use of colored paper ended in late 1943, and only 3¢ envelopes continued to be manufactured.
1920 Revaluation Surcharges
Each basic postal rate change left large quantities of envelopes in post office and customers' inventories that were obsolete.
On July 1, 1919, the World War I war tax on first-class letters and cards ended. The domestic letter rate reverted to 2¢ per ounce, which rendered 3¢ stamped envelopes obsolete.
Members of the public were given one month to redeem 3¢ envelopes at full value, including the premium charged for envelopes and the added amount paid for government-printed special-request corner cards (but not the cost of privately printed advertisements and corner cards). Redemptions after July 1919 were credited only the postal value of the envelopes.
Meanwhile, postmasters were ordered to retain unsold stocks of the obsolete envelopes, and to report the quantities in inventory. In January 1920, with 169 million leftover 3¢ envelopes in inventory, "to conserve, during the prevailing condition of short paper production throughout the country, large quantities of paper which would otherwise be wasted," the POD began revaluing them by adding 2¢ surcharge overprints.
On Jan. 28, Washington dealer W.P. Colman wired the editor of Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, "3c white envelope size 13 surcharged 2c and on sale here today." A first-day cover of that Scott U448 entire addressed to Henry Hammelman exists, formerly owned by Lawrence S. Fisher and Dr. Alfred S. Martin.
Surcharges Continue Through 1921
On Jan. 31, 1920, the POD authorized postmasters to revalue envelopes in their local inventories "by running them through cancelling machines equipped with special dies bearing the numeral '2' in place of the regular postmarking-canceling dies … with either black or red ink." Dies were supplied by headquarters in several styles, and some nonstandard dies were obtained from local suppliers.
Surcharging continued for almost two years, until the end of 1921, because the 2¢ dies were passed from one post office to another. Philadelphia dealer and writer Philip H. Ward Jr. estimated that a complete collection of overprint types, envelope sizes, watermarks, and colors would add up to about 2,500 different entires.
Inevitably, both by mistake and intentionally, some offices surcharged envelopes of the wrong denominations and of earlier series, many of which are catalog-listed. Some albino error envelopes exist with surcharges; some envelopes were surcharged more than once.
After the single-piece third-class rate increased to 1½¢ for two ounces of printed matter on April 15, 1925, 1¢ Franklin Circular Die envelopes in post office inventories were revalued to 1½¢ by the same method.
Precanceled and Demonetized Envelopes
Congress first authorized the POD to precancel stamped envelopes in 1925, but Ward had reported three examples five years before that. In the March 20, 1920, Mekeel's, "Mr. H.W. Boers sends for our inspection an oddity in the way of what seems to be a precancel. It is the 1c green oval die envelope precanceled with a fancy scroll design." In the Dec. 18-25 issue, "the current [Circular Die] 1c and 2c envelopes precanceled in black, between two horizontal lines, 'Carolton'."
Nevertheless, a practical need for precanceled stamped envelopes arose only after the adoption of a bulk-rate subclass of third-class mail for at least 200 identical pieces of printed matter in 1928.
Although bulk postage by definition was rated according to the aggregate weight of a mailing, the minimum amount was 1¢ per piece. Precanceled 1¢ Franklin Circular Die stamped envelopes, the first to be overprinted by the envelope manufacturer, became convenient for such mailings. The illustrated example, endorsed "Sec. 435½ P.L.&R.," obeyed the regulation.
Other overprinted and surcharged Circular Die envelopes included 2¢ Washington envelopes with "AIR 6¢ MAIL" surcharges, issued in 1945 for use by members of the armed forces overseas at the World War II concessionary airmail letter rate, and "POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE $300 OFFICIAL BUSINESS" overprints that demonetized obsolete denominations for official use by the POD itself.
Interesting Uses of Circular Die Envelopes
Stamped envelopes offer opportunities for collectors that are not available to specialists who study only adhesive stamps, because until 1938 private courier services and express companies that carried letters out of the mails were required to enclose them in sealed, dated, canceled stamped envelopes.
I also enjoy unusual and offbeat uses. Two are pictured here. One is a 3¢ Washington office request envelope that was carried on Keyser, W.Va., rural route No. 4 from one resident on the carrier's trip to another resident farther along the same route, canceled only with the carrier's stamp "MAILED ON RURAL ROUTE." Only the 1933 date in the watermark monogram offers a clue to the approximate date it was sent.
Advertising collars that surrounded postal stationery envelope stamps on 19th-century U.S. government envelopes made for interesting decorative elements until the POD banned them, so they are rarely seen on Circular Die envelopes. I have seen only two, one of which is illustrated — a privately printed propaganda slogan, "KEEP UNITED STATES OUT OF WAR – BE NEUTRAL," surrounding a 2¢ Washington stamp indicium on a cover mailed Sept. 28, 1939, to a local address at Flushing, N.Y.
Campaign to End the Circular Die Series
By the mid-1930s, collectors had become bored with Circular Die envelopes. In an article titled "Pity The Envelope Collector" in the April 16, 1934, Mekeel's, Thomas Doane Perry wrote:
Some sympathetic and aggressive stamp journal ought to take up the pitiable case of the envelope collector, who has recently attained his majority, and has never been aware of any current envelope issue but the age old Circular Dies. A few short-lived commemoratives are the only exception. Even hardened veterans in the envelope collecting field have grown weary of this series that has served valiantly for almost twenty years.
On February 25, 1935, Perry's local Southern Indiana Stamp Club at New Albany adopted a resolution that called on the POD "to provide, as soon as reasonably possible, a new series of stamped envelope dies, either depicting patriotic emblems, or symbolizing some event of national interest."
Seven years later, Perry and his club almost had their wish granted for a new envelope series. An article in the Jan. 25, 1942, New York Times by Kent B. Stiles predicted, "Designs in Use Since '16 To Be Replaced by Modern Series":
Release of the first units in the long-promised series of embossed stamped envelopes is expected to begin some time in February. … Illustrations of the designs will be made available by the Postoffice Department within a fortnight. … The newcomers for regular postage will replace a series that has been in circulation since 1916. Collectors believe that because of the altered designs they will stimulate fresh interest in envelope collecting.
It was a false alarm. No doubt Stiles' "authoritative source" had been sincere, but by the time his article appeared in print, the United States was at war and the POD had no time or spare resources to retool.
U.S. Envelope World Demands a New Envelope Series
Perry gained an influential ally in 1949 when New Jersey dealer and cataloger Prescott Holden Thorp began publishing a monthly postal stationery bulletin called U.S. Envelope World. "Circular Die Design Starts 34th Year — Time for a Change" headlined the March issue. An article by Perry pressed his case:
It is an interesting speculation whether new envelope dies will be substituted for the 33 year old Circular Dies. Collectors point out that a complete series of new dies were prepared in 1941 … but have never been used. The design of these dies is a solid block type in erect oval format, withal a bit modernistic and quite a departure from the conventional. Some like the design and some don't. They are, however, well adapted to the embossing-printing process.
Thorp continued to beat his drum. In April, "horse cars were still running on Chamber St., N.Y., when the Circular Die was introduced." His May issue reported a petition to Congress from the Wichita Stamp Club to replace "the monotony of the circular design." The June-July issue lamented that perhaps the Circular Die "will remain with us forever." In his August-September issue, Thorp yawned, "Yes, one of these days the Post Office Department must get around to changing the design of the present Circular Die."
Finally the top of the January 1950 front page heralded good news: "NEW ENVELOPE STAMPS TO BE ISSUED": "The designs to be used will probably be those which were prepared some years ago." Indeed they were, but 10 more months passed before the Oval Die issue of 1950 made its appearance in New York at the National Postage Stamp Show. International Envelope Co., the POD's contractor, actually printed the new 3¢ envelopes at the exhibition.
But Circular Dies still had an encore to perform.
Last of the Circular Dies
Surcharged 2¢-on-2¢ and 1¢-on-3¢ Washington envelopes, issued in 1958 to meet the new 4¢ per ounce domestic letter rate, finally closed out the series.
The rate was effective Aug. 1. On July 3 the POD had announced that surplus stocks of the old envelopes would be revalued at regional distribution offices, and ordered postmasters to sell revalued envelopes before placing new 4¢ envelopes on sale.
The late postal stationery expert William Maisel owned a 2¢-on-2¢ Circular Die envelope canceled Aug. 27, 1958, at Leesburg, Fla., the earliest-documented use of that surcharged envelope. I have no report of a 1¢-on-3¢ envelope used in 1958, but they ought to exist in some readers' collections.
Those were the last Circular Die stamped envelopes to be issued, 42 years after the series began. Some were still being used in the 1960s.
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Q: Drop Pandas dataframe rows if geocoordinates outside country shapefile I'm working on a script that will filter and drop any rows containing coordinates outside a specific country shapefile.
Here's what I have so far
import pandas as pd
import shapefile
from shapely.geometry import Point
from shapely.geometry import shape

df = pd.read_stata(r'C:PathtoDataFrame')
shp = shapefile.Reader(r'C:PathtoShapeFile')
all_shapes = shp.shapes()
all_records = shp.records()

def InCountry(lo,la):
    point_to_check = (lo, la)
    for i in range(len(all_shapes)):
        boundary = all_shapes[i]
        if Point(point_to_check).within(shape(boundary)):
            #Inside country shape file
            return (1)
        else:
            #Outside country shape file
            #return (0) this doesn't work use pass instead
            pass

#Create copy of dataframe with only incountry coordinates
df_copy = df.apply(InCountry(df.geopointlongitude, df.geopointlatitude))

However, I keep getting a
TypeError: cannot convert the series to <class 'float'> error

When I run the script.

*

*How can I solve this?

*How can get the InCountry function properly filter the geocoordinates.
Any suggestions on how to improve the script are appreciated.

A: To avoid the TypeError, try replacing the code for creation of dataframe copy as follows:
df_copy = df.apply(lambda x: InCountry(x.geopointlongitude, x.geopointlatitude), axis=1)


The program for CVPR consists of high quality contributed papers on all aspects of computer vision and pattern recognition.
Sharif, Mahmood and Bauer, Lujo and Reiter, Michael K.
Sharif et al. study the effectiveness of $L_p$ norms for creating adversarial perturbations. In this context, their main discussion revolves around whether $L_p$ norms are sufficient and/or necessary for perceptual similarity. Their main conclusion is that $L_p$ norms are neither necessary nor sufficient to ensure perceptual similarity. For example, an adversarial example might be within a specific $L_p$ bal, but humans might still identify it as not similar enough to the originally attacked sample; on the other hand, there are also some imperceptible perturbations that usually extend beyond a reasonable $L_p$ ball. Such transformatons might for example include small rotations or translation. These findings are interesting because it indicates that our current model, or approximation, or perceptual similarity is not meaningful in all cases.
Dong et al. introduce momentum into iterative white-box adversarial examples and also show that attacking ensembles of models improves transferability. Specifically, their contribution is twofold. First, some iterative white-box attacks are extended to include a momentum term. As in optimization or learning, the main motivation is to avoid local maxima and have faster convergence. In experiments, they show that momentum is able to increase the success rates of attacks.
Second, to improve the transferability of adversarial examples in black-box scenarios, Dong et al. propose to compute adversarial examples on ensembles of models. In particular, the logits of multiple models are summed (optionally using weights) and attacks are crafter to fool multiple models at once. In experiments, crafting adversarial examples on an ensemble of diverse networks allows higher success rate sin black-box scenarios.
Akhtar et al. Propose a rectification and detection scheme as defense against universal adversarial perturbations. Their overall approach is illustrated in Figure 1 an briefly summarized as follows. Given a classifier with fixed weights, a rectification network (the so-called perturbation rectifying network – PRN) is trained in order to "undo" the perturbations. This network can be trained on a set of clean and perturbed images using the classifier's loss. Second, based on the discrete cosine transform (DCT) of the difference between original and rectified image (both for clean and perturbed images), a SVM is trained to detect adversarially perturbed images. At test time, only images that have been identified as being perturbed are rectified. In experiments, the authors show that this setup is able to defend against adversarial attacks and does not influence the classifier's accuracy significantly.
Figure 1: The proposed perturbation rectifying network (PRN) asnd the correcponding perturbation detector.
Overall, the proposed approach is comparable to other work that tries to either detect adversarial perturbations, or to remove them from the test image. One advantage is that the classifier itself does not need to be re-trained. However, as the rectification network is itself a (convolutional) neural netowrk, and the detector is a SVM, both are also potential targets of attacks – althoguh attacking the whole system might be more challenging (especially crafting universal perturbations).


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Introducing the new cautious, subdued Kim. More than a month after five armed men posing as police officers bound, gagged and robbed her at gunpoint inside her Paris apartment, Kim, 36, struggles to move past the terror of that event. To ensure that never happens again, she and husband Kanye West have ordered "a complete overhauling of security," a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
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3M and Xperion Developing Next-Gen CNG Tanks
June 16, 2014 • by Staff
3M and Xperion have announced an agreement to develop a new line of 3M-branded compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks for use in the heavy-duty transportation industry.
The tanks will integrate 3M's Matrix Resin technology with Xperion's engineering and proprietary design technology. A new Xperion facility, currently being constructed in Heath, Ohio, will deliver production of these new tanks starting later this year.
3M and Xperion plan to continue to address the light-duty CNG segment as well, where 3M commercially introduced its first CNG tank early last year and Xperion introduced its X-STORE CNG tank in 2008.
The two companies will collaborate to provide similarly sized tanks in this space, now using the Xperion X-STORE cylinders. 3M and Xperion will work to incorporate 3M's proprietary nanoparticle resin into the design of X-STORE tanks. During the transition, customers can count on the best-in-class support and customer service they've come to expect.
3M's and Xperion's announcement follows another recent announcement regarding 3M's agreement with Rush Enterprises to provide enhanced CNG fuel systems, distribution and service support. Together, these companies now look to offer a complete back- and front-end CNG solution.
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Q: Integer sequence as a non-type template parameter I'd like to pass several arbitrary length integer sequences as non-type parameters to a template class, so the instantiation would look something like this:
Foo<Bar, {1,2,3,4}, {5,6,7}> foo;

Is there a simple way to do this, possibly with C++11?
*** EDIT
Ok, here's a more specific situation:
#include <vector>
using std::vector;

void f(vector<int> const & vec1, vector<int> const & vec2) {
    // do something with vec1 and vec2
}

template<MagicalSequenceType & seq1, MagicalSequenceType & seq2>
struct Foo {
    Foo(){
        f(vector<int>(seq1), vector<int>(seq2));
    }
};

main(){
    // I want to be able to do something like this:
    // ideally with syntax this elegant but not necessary
    Foo < {1,2,3,4}, {5,6,7} > foo;
}

This is a bit on a pseudocode level. I guess MagicalSequenceType is what I'm after, be it an actual type or some syntactic template trickery :)

A: The standard doesn't allow braced init list {1,2,3,4} to be a template argument. This can be seen from temp.names#1:

template-argument:
    constant-expression
    type-id
    id-expression

And since {1,2,3,4} is not any of the above three listed constructs, it cannot be used as a template argument.
Additionally note that {1,2,3,4} is not an expression and does not have a type.

A: Here is an example on how to use arbitrary length integer sequences as template parameter in c++11. It requires a bit of template magic as we can see :P
#include <array>
#include <utility>
#include <iostream>

// Crude c++14 integer_sequence
template<int...>
struct ints { };

// Turn an integer sequence into a std::array
template<int... Is>
constexpr std::array<int, sizeof...(Is)>
ints_to_array(ints<Is...>)
{
    return std::array<int, sizeof...(Is)>{Is...};
}

// Get the n'th sequence from a template parameter pack
template<std::size_t Idx, class First, class... Sequences>
struct get_n
{
    static_assert(Idx < sizeof...(Sequences) + 1, "Idx must be in range");
    using type = typename get_n<Idx - 1, Sequences...>::type;
};

template<class First, class... Sequence>
struct get_n<0, First, Sequence...>
{
    using type = First;
};

struct Bar { };

// The class needing multiple integer sequences
template<class T, class... Sequences>
struct Foo
{
    void function_using_second_sequence()
    {
        using sequence = typename get_n<1, Sequences...>::type;
        constexpr auto vals = ints_to_array(sequence());
        for (auto i : vals) {
            std::cout << i << " ";
        }
        std::cout << '\n';
    }
};

int main()
{
    Foo<Bar, ints<1, 2, 3, 4>, ints<5, 6, 7>> foo;
    foo.function_using_second_sequence();
}

Try it on godbolt
EDIT: In c++20 it is much simpler :P
#include <array>
#include <iostream>
#include <utility>

template<std::size_t Idx, class First, class... Args>
constexpr decltype(auto)
get_n(First&& first, Args&& ...args)
{
    if constexpr (Idx == 0)
        return std::forward<First>(first);
    else
        return get_n<Idx - 1>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
}

template<class T, auto... Sequences>
struct Foo
{
    void function_using_second_sequence()
    {
        constexpr auto vals = get_n<1>(Sequences...);
        for (auto i : vals) {
            std::cout << i << " ";
        }
        std::cout << '\n';
    }
};

struct Bar { };

int main()
{
    Foo<Bar, std::array{1, 2, 3, 4}, std::array{5, 6, 7}> foo;
    foo.function_using_second_sequence();
}

A: This is a simplified answer that assumes you only need 2 integer sequences, instead of a variadic amount of them as in @Mestkon's solution. This supports C++11 since std::integer_sequence was added in C++14. See on godbolt
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

// std::integer_sequence is since C++14, and the OP requires C++11
template< class T, T... Ints >
class integer_sequence{};

void f(std::vector<int> const & vec1, std::vector<int> const & vec2) {
    for(auto val : vec1) {
        std::cout << val;
    }
    std::cout << " ";
    for(auto val : vec2) {
        std::cout << val;
    }
}

template <class Sequence1, class Sequence2>
struct Foo
{
    Foo() {
        call_f(Sequence1{}, Sequence2{});
    }
    template <class T1, T1 ...Ints1, class T2, T2 ...Ints2>
    void call_f(integer_sequence<T1, Ints1...>, integer_sequence<T2, Ints2...>) {
        f({Ints1...}, {Ints2...});
    }
};

int main() {
    // Prints 1234 567
    Foo<integer_sequence<int, 1, 2, 3, 4>, integer_sequence<int, 5, 6, 7>> foo;
    return 0;
}


The Bank of England has called in the chief executives of the UK's biggest banks to hold crisis talks following the country's vote to leave the European Union late last week.
Bank chiefs were called into the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, as the BoE is nicknamed, on Wednesday to discuss the state of the UK's financial system after the Brexit vote, according to a report from the Financial Times.
The Bank of England declined to comment to the FT and did not respond to an email requesting comment from BI.
Citing a "person briefed on the meeting," the FT says that the chief executives of HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, RBS, and Standard Chartered, along with representatives from Nationwide, TSB, and others, were given reassurances about the amount of liquidity in the financial system. BoE governor Mark Carney reassured the markets on Friday morning that the Bank stands ready to provide as much as £250 billion in extra capital to the system if needed.
CEO were also encouraged by the Bank of England to keep lending to both consumers and companies to ensure that there is no repeat of the "credit crunch" of 2008 when lending dried up following the collapse of Lehman Brothers. That set in motion the wheels of the global financial crisis. Lenders were given assurances that the Bank continues to closely scrutinise the areas of the British economy that are most worrying lenders, including the UK's rampant housing market.
Lenders were given assurances that the Bank continues to closely scrutinise the areas of the British economy that are most worrying lenders, including the UK's rampant housing market.
There was also a broader discussion of the way the markets handled the wild volatility seen on Friday and the expected impacts on the broader UK economy. Carney had warned before the referendum that a Leave vote could tip the UK into recession.
Since the UK's Brexit vote, banking stocks have taken a huge hit, with shares in RBS and Barclays falling so quickly on Monday that they were briefly halted.


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