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What should we learn from the account of Paul and Silas?
Question: "What should we learn from the account of Paul and Silas?"
Answer: Paul and Silas ministered together on the second missionary journey (Acts 15–18). Paul and Silas are first mentioned together after the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15, as both men were part of the group that took the council's decision back to Syrian Antioch (verse 22). Silas is called a "prophet" who "said much to encourage and strengthen the believers" in Antioch (verse 32).
After Paul and Barnabas parted ways, Paul chose Silas as a traveling companion, and they went to Syria and Cilicia, ministering to the churches (Acts 15:41). After that, Paul and Silas traveled to Derbe and Lystra, where they picked up another companion, Timothy (Acts 16:1–3). Following a journey though Asia Minor, the Spirit led Paul and Silas into Macedonia (verses 6–10). During the missionaries' time in Philippi, people were saved and a church was established, but Satan opposed their work. Paul and Silas were arrested, beaten, and put in prison for their preaching (Acts 16:16–24). While in prison, Paul and Silas sat with their feet in stocks singing hymns. At midnight, an earthquake broke open the prison doors, setting the prisoners free. The jailer feared that his superiors would blame him for the jail break, and he prepared to run himself through with his sword rather than face the punishment. Paul and Silas convinced him not to harm himself, they preached the gospel to him, and he was saved, along with his entire household that night (Acts 16:25–34). It seems from verse 37 that Silas, like Paul, was a Roman citizen.
Paul and Silas then went to Thessalonica together and preached to a synagogue of the Jews. Some of the Jews were convinced of the truth and were saved. Many Greeks and "leading women" also believed (Acts 17:1–4). Again, Paul and Silas were opposed by Satan, and the unbelieving Jews attacked the house of Jason, one of the new believers, accusing him of harboring "men who have turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:5–8). Paul and Silas moved on to Berea. There they encountered another group of Jews who were "more noble" than those in Thessalonica. The Bereans listened to Paul and Silas, and many of them believed after examining the Scriptures to ensure the truth of what Paul and Silas were saying (Acts 17:11–12).
The last mention of Silas in Acts is in 18:5, as he and Paul are in Corinth. Paul stayed with the Corinthians for a year and six months (Acts 18:11) and then left for Antioch, apparently alone. The Bible does not say what happened to Silas after that. When Paul left Corinth, he made a promise to return if possible (Acts 18:21). It is possible that Silas and Timothy remained at Corinth; a tradition says that Silas stayed behind as the pastor. Peter mentions Silas as "a faithful brother" in 1 Peter 5:12. Paul mentions Silas in 2 Corinthians 1:19 and in the introductions of both the epistles to the Thessalonians.
From the biblical record of Paul and Silas we learn the value of faithful companions and dedicated servants of the Lord in spreading the gospel. Paul and Silas were likeminded and equally committed to the service of God. Whether they were praying for guidance in Asia, blazing new trails in Europe, preaching in synagogues, or singing in jail, Paul and Silas did it together. Their loyalty to the gospel and to each other is a model of how believers should work together today.
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William Boyton Kirk (29 May 1824 – 5 July 1900) was an Irish artist, writer and clergyman.

Life

William Boyton Kirk was born on 29 May 1824 in Dublin. He was the second son of the sculptor Thomas Kirk. He trained under his father, and then went on to study at the Dublin Society school in 1839. He entered Trinity College Dublin in 1845, but left without a degree. He exhibited with the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) for the first time in 1844, becoming an associate member in 1850. Among his notable works is the figure of Justice on the Belfast courthouse. For Worcester china, he designed the "Shakespeare" dessert service which was exhibited at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853. From 1848 to 1857, he designed for Belleek porcelain. He illustrated an 1853 edition of Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream.

He married Sarah Watson Mahony, daughter of Denis Fitzgerald Mahony, County Limerick in 1853. He entered the church in 1860, and moved to England becoming the vicar at Holy Trinity, Birkenhead, and later at St Peter's, Ashton-under-Lyne. He resigned from the RHA in 1873, and became an honorary member. He wrote Poems on St Peter's church, Ashton-under-Lyne (1883), The immaculate conception or the martyrs of Santiago, The sailor's complaint, The martyrs of Antioch, and Antiqities of Ashton-under-Lyne and neighbourhood. He died in Ashton-under-Lyne on 5 July 1900.

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1824 births
1900 deaths
Irish illustrators
Irish sculptors
Artists from Dublin (city)

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I've really been enjoying your posts on bookstores, Bob. Thanks for sharing these treasures with us!
Glad you like them. And it is interesting, doing these generates more recommendations of places to check out!


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Bryce Harper's decision to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies not surprisingly set off a frenzy, as fans rushed to get their hands on his new team jersey. Sales have been shattering records online, and now it appears Harper mania is causing problems at the Phillies team store at Citizens Bank Park.
As noted on Twitter Monday by 97.5 The Fanatic's Marc Farzetta, a sign was posted outside the team store informing customers that the insane demand for Harper jerseys — and presumably for those of fellow newcomer J.T. Realmuto, among other rostered players as well — has resulted in a severe shortage of the letter "R" for jersey production, which evidently is done on site.
It was reported Monday that Harper's Phillies jersey set a Fanatics company record "by becoming the top online seller in any sport for any player during the first 48 hours after its launch," according to an ESPN report.
The onslaught of online orders at Fanatics for Harper jerseys broke the previous mark held by LeBron James, whose Los Angeles Lakers jersey this past offseason was greeted by similar demand.
There not surprisingly has been no shortage of hype and fanfare since Harper's free-agency odyssey finally came to an end last week. Hopefully, the official store at the team's home ballpark can stock up on Rs before fans start streaming through the gates come the regular season seeking a Harper jersey of their very own.


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Metals have developed a narrow band gap distribution of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes
(a) TEM images of partially carbon-coated Co catalysts; (b) Schematic diagrams of the growth of narrow bandgap semiconductor SWCNTs; (c) TEM photographs of the resulting SWCNTs; (d) Laser Raman spectra of the resulting semiconducting SWCNTs (excited The wavelength of the light is 532 nm); (e) Device performance of a thin film transistor fabricated using the resulting SWCNT as a channel material.
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can behave as metallic or semiconducting due to their different arrangement of carbon atoms. The semiconducting SWCNTs have nanometer scale, good structural stability, adjustable bandgap, and high carrier mobility. It is considered as an ideal channel material for building high-performance field-effect transistors and is expected to find application in a new generation of flexible electronic devices. However, the structure and generation energy of metallic and semiconducting SWCNTs differ slightly, and the carbon nanotubes generally prepared contain about one-third of metallic and two-thirds of semiconducting SWCNTs. This mixture of SWCNTs with different conductivity properties cannot For the construction of high-performance electronic devices. Therefore, the controllable preparation of high-quality semiconducting SWCNTs is the focus and difficulty of current research on carbon nanotubes.
Institute of Metal Research, Institute of Metals, Chinese Academy of Sciences The researchers of the Advanced Carbon Materials Research Department of Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science utilized the slight difference in chemical stability between metallic and semiconducting SWCNTs to propose a floating catalysis—in situ etching method. Introducing an appropriate amount of gas etchant (such as oxygen or hydrogen) during SWCNT growth preferentially etched metallic SWCNTs to obtain semiconductor SWCNTs with a purity of more than 90% (Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011, 133: 5232; ACS Nano 2013, 7: 6831). The band gap of semiconductor SWCNTs is directly related to the diameter. Accurately controlling the diameter of the SWCNTs can not only control the band gap of SWCNTs, but also facilitate the selective etching of metallic SWCNTs and further improve the purity of semiconductor SWCNTs. The transition metal catalysts commonly used for the growth of SWCNTs tend to agglomerate during high temperature growth and have poor dimensional uniformity. On the other hand, SWCNT growth from nanoparticle nucleation follows an uncontrollable "tangential growth" or "vertical growth" mode. That is, the diameter of the resulting SWCNTs may be equal to or smaller than the catalyst particles. This makes it difficult to control the diameter of the SWCNTs, and the resulting semiconductor-based SWCNTs have a wide bandgap distribution.
Recently, researchers from the Institute of Advanced Carbon Materials Research at the Institute of Metals and partners of the University of Aalto in Finland designed and prepared a partially carbon-coated Co nanoparticle catalyst. The coated carbon layer can effectively prevent the catalyst particles from agglomerating and growing. The Co nanoparticles can realize the nucleation of SWCNTs in the vertical mode only. Meanwhile, the catalyst particles prepared by the block copolymer self-assembly method have excellent homogeneity and monodispersity. Using this catalyst, they first achieved controllable growth of narrow-diameter-distributed SWCNTs (average diameter of 1.7 nm, over 90% in the 1.6-1.9 nm range), and the narrow bandgap distribution was obtained using the H2 in-situ etching method. 0.08 eV), high purity (>95%), high quality semiconductor SWCNT. With the fabricated semiconductor SWCNT as the channel material, a high-performance thin-film field-effect transistor device was constructed. When the current switching ratio is greater than 3×103, the average carrier mobility can reach 95.2 cm2v-1s-1.
The development of some carbon-coated metal composite catalysts provides new ideas for controllable growth of SWCNTs. The resulting high-quality, high-purity, narrow-bandgap semiconductor SWCNTs lay a foundation for its application in field-effect transistors and other devices. The main results of this work were published online at Nature Communications on March 30 (Nature Communications 2016, 7: 11160). This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Innovation Group, key projects, general projects, key deployment projects of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and international cooperation projects of innovation teams.
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IT is true. Those super high heels that supermodels wear to stride so confidently down the fashion runways of the world do let them down occasionally.
An effort to get an online peek into the life of a fashion model exposed some surprising 'ouch' moments suffered by some of the catwalk's coolest women.
What is really cool about them is the way they get back on their feet - or back on to their humungous foot platforms - and smilingly continue to strut, scraped knees and twisted ankles and all.
'America's Funniest Videos' television show has done its best to desensitise us to people falling over, off skateboards and diving boards, into fences and wedding cakes and on top of cats and old ladies. But as everyone really knows, falling down can really hurt.
"Even the famous and best of models, Naomi Campbell, had what is now known as 'the biggest fall of all' when she made an epic stumble whilst wearing Vivienne Westwood's notoriously high platform heels during her show at the 1993 Paris Fashion Week.
The fashion world and media was abuzz with this fall!
It comes as no surprise to read that it was probably men who invented the high heel. In any case it was apparently for men. Some historians attribute the high heel's origins to 15th century male equestrian footwear from Persia.
The style was designed to help men balance while shooting a bow from the back of a horse, and was not intended for everyday wear.
Others suggest it evolved from chopines, an early 16th century platform that was popular with Venetian women (perhaps to keep them out of the unhygienic street sludge and general dampness of the canal city).
The height and shape of the shoe required wearers to be accompanied by someone to help them balance.
Anyway the first documented evidence of a woman wearing similar styles to the heeled footwear of today is considered to be the fancy footwear of Queen Elizabeth I in 1595.
Something our own dear Queen may have cursed her for after standing for hours at official royal functions.
Although she leaves it to her granddaughters/in laws to wear the fashion footwear.
What is perhaps surprising that over the centuries women and some men (think cowboy boots) have continued to wear high, and higher, heels.
Various polls indicate that most do it for fashion and style, and others also because they believe it makes them look more attractive. In Fiji they wear them to special events and these days many feel the moderately high heeled pump is obligatory for office work.
And sometimes they trip. As a population, Fiji women are graceful and seem rarely to fall over in public. But given the state of many of our roads and footpaths, turned ankles and bruised knees are not entirely unknown. Stepping out briskly in stilettoes on a Suva street is asking for it, you may say.
Fashion models also face their challenges. They walk in the particular 'model' stride of the season, and they walk fast.
This is to show off the clothing to best advantage, especially the floating styles with ruffles, dipping hemlines and flowing trains which sometimes pose a hazard to those coming behind as well as the wearer.
Sometimes the walkways are slick or slanted making it little wonder there are occasional slips by even the most experienced models.
It seems photographers are on the ready to record any undignified moment, tumble or wardrobe malfunction which are really about as funny as stepping barefoot on a cockroach.
While the models climb bravely back on track, they could be left limping. Reported potential problems from high heels stemming mainly from the narrow toebox and inhumane heel height, include deformities of the foot such as bunions and hammer toes from squeezing the toes into too small a space.
There could also be pinched nerves on the ball of the foot called neuroma, also corns or calluses from rubbing. Not to mention blisters from teeny bit too tight footwear.
These are problems of prolonged wear, not just runway appearances, and take no account of genetic factors.
If your granny had toes that looked like a bunch of deformed bananas and bunions the size of golf balls by the time she was 40, chances are the defects could continue down the generations.
More likely, according to medics, are ankle sprains from having the foot in an unstable position and so rolling or twisting the ankle. Unsurprisingly, the risk for injury increases with the height of the heel.
This year's fashion shoe trends seem rather less hazardous. There is something called 'kitten heels' which appear to be quite low but slim and delicate. Slingbacks and slipons, practical in a country where we are frequently taking off our shoes to go inside seem also to be featuring, some in pretty pastels and florals.
Not for Fiji type climates are sandal styles with fur and feather trimming that seems set to trail in dust and mud.
The chaps in khaki will be in fashion with combat boots, but perhaps forget the PVC detailing. Clumpy sneakers don't look as comfortable as the more conventional ones although the refurbished Crocs could be interesting.
An unexpected twist in footwear is the idea of wearing brightly patterned socks with sandals.
To think we used to laugh at the English gentlemen who covered their toes as fashion tragics, although it does keep mosquitoes at bay.
Generally speaking, the styles look as if they could carry a model quite safely and even comfortably along the catwalk.
According to a small American survey, more than 70 per cent of women in the poll said their high heeled shoes hurt their feet. Some people are of the opinion that shoes of all sorts hurt the feet and stick firmly with the Fiji fashion au naturel.
What must be an overwhelming majority of Fiji women wear flat or wedge heeled sandals, street tough to beaded fancy; or the ubiquitous flipflops -- serviceable rubber, fancy style or icon brand name.
And of course we largely go barefooted, especially in the house, and also sometimes on the fashion walkway. Many of the outfits by Fiji designers suit our preferred sandalled or barefoot style.
A chance to see what's going on with feet this season will be at the 2018 Fiji Fashion Week, 25-26 May at the FMF Gymnasium, Suva.


Kuminga is an elite level athlete and emerging star. At this stage he projects as a possible lottery pick, who could potentially class-up to join the 2021 draft class. As his skill level develops and catches up to his athleticism, watch out! Kuminga could be a household name in a few years.


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Exception. The policy favoring anonymity in grading shall not, however, bar an instructor from using teaching and learning techniques involving such personal communication as unavoidably to reveal to the instructor the identity of the author of a work product counting toward the final grade in the offering.
Implementation. If the instructor chooses to base part or all of the final grade in an offering on a work product(s) other than one(s) which can be anonymously graded, the instructor shall submit the grade(s) for the latter to the Registrar by student examination number and the grade(s) for the former by student name. To determine the final grade for each student enrolled in the offering, the Registrar shall combine the grades as directed by the instructor.
Letter Grades. Except as provided in (3) below, work done for academic credit shall be graded on a scale of letter grades from A plus through F (A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F).
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A major part of the instruction and evaluation are based on simulation, performance, writing exercises or other work not suitable for anonymous grading.
If the instructor can factually demonstrate that because of the anticipated quality of work by the particular students enrolled in the class imposition of the strictures of the B mean rule would work an injustice the mean may be waived by a vote of the faculty.
A faculty member seeking a waiver of this rule for a particular course shall request a waiver no later than one week following the add/drop date fixed for each semester.
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A Neta.mk comic strip, republished with permission. Click to enlarge.
For the last two and a half years, an online comics series featuring a young female software engineer named Neta has been spotlighting the Macedonian tech scene and encouraging women to enter the traditionally male-dominated field.
Neta is produced by Netcetera, an international IT company whose biggest locations are in Zurich and Skopje. The script is written by the company's staff, while the illustration is by renowned Macedonian comics artist Zlatko Girov.
Its artwork is excellent and the programmers' jokes are really cool. What we particularly like is that the character of Neta is obviously female, and the Macedonian programming scene needs girls, because it needs fresh and new ideas. Maybe Neta will motivate young women to get interested in a profession dominated by male geeks?
#ILookLikeAnEngineer, a Neta.mk comic strip, republished with permission. Click to enlarge.
Our goal is to cover the perspective of the Macedonian tech community through a locally made comics. It's distinctive, not a copy of something already present on the Internet. We try to make the jokes as original as possible and to reflect our daily work so it resonates with the people who work in the area. On the other hand, we'd like to encourage students to choose engineering studies at universities, and in particular to encourage girls who should feel proud of their successes in their chosen engineering profession.
The comics do not contain straightforward advertising for the company, while some episodes directly promote tech initiatives aimed at young people such as the NASA Space Apps Challenge and programming competitions like the Macedonian CodeFu (which is unrelated to American program of the same name; many thanks to Neta admin for alerting us to our error) and the IEEEXtreme hackaton. The character of Neta has made an appearance or two at some of these events in the form of a mascot or cut-out figure.


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Q: Angular 1.6 routeParams Hi Having some issues with $routeParams, I have a bunch of json data which renders perfectly on the main page, i'm wanting to view more details when I click on an account but, i'm getting dupes error in dev console, I have no idea why because I can't find dupes, it's been a long while since doing any front end dev, it's a bit of a side job at work.
I have tried track by $index which also doesnt work, but surely if there were duplicates it wouldn't load on the first page?
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        $scope.account_details = [];
        $scope.overlayClass = "displayNone";
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            $scope.overlayClass = "display";
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        };
        angular.forEach(response.data, function(d, index){
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        $scope.account = response.data;
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"What are your assumptions, your unconscious beliefs?
it was the wrong one.
And I had to start again.
the new-old lens got attached to the camera.
(my brain) to figure out how to use it.
It has a lovely way with things, even when you don't focus it quite right.
whether the subject is in focus.
I'll get better at using it.
which means rain, clouds, and gray skies.
off we went, Saturday and Sunday, between showers.
east of Seattle. We roamed the wetlands of Mercer Slough.
There were raindrops and sun rays, clouds and puddles.
gracefully over a field with deep, slow wing beats.
feels heavy and authoritative in my hands.
where exactly the focus ring was – my fingers unsure on the new lens.
When you can get it right.
These Shaggy scalycap mushrooms are supposedly edible, but not choice. Nearby a woman was mushroom hunting.
She carried a big, flat-bottomed basket and wore a furtive look.
I didn't dare try to take her picture.
Leaves on the forest floor were a safer subject.
To end on a bright note, a late season Black-eyed Susan. I took this the first time I went out with the lens, three weeks ago.
For those who are interested, it's a Super Takumar 1.4 50mm lens made by Pentax. Though it's not expensive, it has a certain cult status for it's "particular character" – a sometimes oddly golden hue, a quality build with sharp glass, and "ethereal rendering." I think mine was made in 1965. (How many owners were there before me? What did this lens see and where did it go?). It's heavier than the lens that came with my Lumix G3, a small camera I bought because it does a lot well in a lightweight package. But the weight is not bothersome at all, the focus ring feels solid and smooth, and I think I'm going to enjoy this!
As for the slight golden hue, fall is a perfect time to go with that, isn't it? But just a slight drag towards the blue end in LR brings it back to normal, if that's desired.
This entry was posted in Nature Studies, Pacific Northwest, photography and tagged prime lens, SuperTakumar 1:1.4/50 lens. Bookmark the permalink.
Delightful pictures Lynn ! I want to get out my magnifier to see just what's going on in that miniscule green kingdom you've found in a single raindrop .
Autumn is beautifully breezing in here too .. it'll not be long though I'm sure before we're cussing about sweeping up piles of leaves in the garden !
One place I used to live in seemed to gather all the leaves from the neighborhood – it was crazy! I would love to spend time raking leaves now, but when they're attacking from all sides it's not funny!
Oh, good to hear. Film, yes it's so interesting what a different lens/camera/etc. does. Sometimes it's very subtle. It would be nice to have that setup, but one thing at a time, right?
Beautiful shots Lyn with a comforting softness to them. I can see you are going to have great fun with your new to you lens!
A comforting softness – yes, and I suppose the rainy weather helps with that.
That's nice to hear – the artist's focus and perspective – it's fundamentally where I'm coming from. Though many shots I take may be essentially snapshots, the ones that matter are more from the artist's perspective. Thanks!
Happy Travels, S! Looking forward to hearing about it….
So many marvelous shots but my favorite? The water – absolutely magnificent!
There was a satiny sheen on that puddle – it's always good to get out in changing weather, if you can! Thanks!
Interesting, both the variety of images and the text providing the context.
What a lovely experiment into bygone days with some marvelous results.
there is a definite time-shift in these fresh photos – begs the question, is time just a matter of focus?
Gorgeous autumn images! My fave go-to-lens is my 50mm 1.8….now I want the 1.4 too!
Oh my goodness, I love the blur in the first one, but I swooned over the one with the ripple of water! The reflections and the tones are so lovely. All are very nice photographs!
Wow, what a great discovery and such a diversity of shots…so cool to see how this lens inspired such great shots. Loved the shot of the dew on the blade of grass ~ great limited DOF.
Thanks! That's one of the things this lens does well, but it IS really hard to focus it where you want. Worth the challenge though.


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Today, I want to dive into something that is generally overlooked in the Magic community and that is the people who help keep the game alive. The players are a fantastic community but they wouldn't be half as strong without the people who are always there to support, bringing the cards you need and giving you cash on the cards you needed last week but are ready to trade. I recently got the chance to sit down and talk with Chris Bahls, the owner of a Magic the Gathering vending company, OCMMTG, and he had some amazing things to tell me.
OCMMTG is a retailer who buys and sells Magic cards. OCMMTG does frequent many events around the country, traveling to trade in person but they can also be found at www.ocmmtg.com for 24 hour buying. Even better, they now have a strong presence on MTGO. Simply search for OCMMTG and choose one of the many buying bots that are there to help you whenever you need!
After sitting down with Chris, I could instantly tell how much this guy truly loved this game and what he does. He was almost giddy with the passion he puts into his work ethic and the quality of his company. Chris is happy to serve all types of players whether their favorite format is standard, modern, legacy, vintage, popper, or commander. If you are just starting out or have been playing for years, Chris is likely to have just the cards you need in stock on his easy to use and convenient website. If you prefer to buy in person, feel free to check out the events calendar to see where OCMMTG is booked to vend next. Maybe you are not looking to buy cards at the moment but you are looking to reach out to other players or learn about their insights on the game, OCMMTG has articles written by their sponsored team members, #TeamTaco. OCMMTG is excited to announce there will also be live streaming of events and video content coming soon.
OCMMTG is very excited to become a bigger part of the MTGO side of the game because Chris feels that the people will find the most opportunity there. "People can play whenever they want, with like-minded people around the globe, with cards they might have a hard time finding in person," says Chris, when asked why he feels MTGO was the next best step for his company. With a unified currency and a constantly firing variety of games for all skill levels, MTGO has a lot to offer.
Revenant Media invites you to check out OCMMTG in one of their many platforms, in person, online or in MTGO. If you would like to receive notifications of updates, give them a like on Facebook. Play the game, travel the world. That was MTG's slogan for many years and it may be even truer now as it has become more accessible through vendors like OCMMTG and online varieties of the game. Let's travel the world together, 20 life points at a time.


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Latest Public opinion News
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC...
In Greece, unvaccinated people 60 and up face monthly fines
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece imposed a vaccination mandate Monday for people 60 and older as a spike in infections has put sustained pressure on Greek hospitals, where most of the seriously ill patients belong to that age group. Older people failing to get vaccinated will face...
Editorial Roundup: New England
Boston Globe. January 12, 2022. Editorial: Qualified progress on qualified immunity State commission recommends some worthy reforms, but punts on larger question of whether to change controversial rule that shields police officers from legal liability for abuse. ...
Analysis: Biden overshoots on what's possible in divided DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — He was supposed to break through the congressional logjam. End the pandemic. Get the economy back on track. Days before he hits his one-year mark in office, a torrent of bad news is gnawing at the foundational rationale of President Joe Biden's presidency: that...
In shadow of pandemic, Danish queen marks 50 years on throne
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's Queen Margrethe marked her 50 years on the throne of Europe's oldest ruling monarchy Friday, with some of the planned festivities postponed for September due to the pandemic. The outbreak, which also stopped public celebrations for the...
Abortion grows as priority issue for Democrats: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Roe v. Wade facing its strongest threat in decades, a new poll finds Democrats increasingly view protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government. Thirteen percent of Democrats mentioned abortion or reproductive rights as one of the issues...
Djokovic's father stays on offensive, says case 'is closed'
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Though Novak Djokovic still faces the prospect of deportation from Australia, his father is bolstering public opinion at home in Serbia that the case "is closed." "The whole situation regarding Novak Djokovic is closed by the verdict of the Australian...
In Israel, omicron, confusion drive 'real panic' for tests
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Aviran Yael fetched rapid antigen kits from a pharmacy in Tel Aviv's busy center, placed them in the light blue bag strapped to the back of his motorbike and headed off to deliver them. With that, Yael on Monday joined a growing army of couriers toting Wolt...
US unemployment sinks to 3.9% as many more people find jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9% — a pandemic low — even as employers added a modest 199,000 jobs, evidence that they are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans reluctant to return to the workforce. The drop in the jobless...
Editorial Roundup: Florida
Tampa Bay Times. January 5, 2021. Editorial: What Floridians can do to beat omicron Forget the politics and focus on the practical for a few weeks. Two news events this week tell a tale about where Florida is amid the pandemic and what each of us can...


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Guests of the Sidari Alkyon can enjoy a continental breakfast, which is served each morning.
The location of the hotel allows guests to easily reach multiple tourist destinations on foot. Sidari Beach is a short stroll away.


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I just love the fact that it is unique.
I love to collect different pieces for my collection, although sometimes they end up as a gift.
Add to my collection of Canadian coins.
I looked at this peice last year and couldn`t bring myself to buy it but kept looking at it and decided that it had to be mine. Thanks for it`s beauty.
A Very Unique and detailed Masterpiece, keep them Coming!!!!
I`ve been a coin collector since I was a young. This Maple leaf Silhouette is Absolutely GORGEOUS! Very rare shape to see. I purchased 3 for myself and another for a friend. He was amazed with the shape as well!
How many more leaf shape coins the mint is planning to make? Is it going to be one or two maybe each year? Thanks.
Hi Always fanscinated - we don't announce our products ahead of time, but if you sign up for our emails you'll be amongst the first to know about any new maple leaf shaped coins from us!
There are two reverses pictured; what's the story? Which one gets shipped if the coin is ordered?
There is only one reverse image for this coin, featuring two geese. There are two images showing the reverse shown here. One image shows the coin on its own, while the other shows the coin in its unique leaf-shaped capsule. Please see the product video for a full 360 degree view of the coin.
What does the obverse look like?
We do not have a pendant frame at this time.


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Q: what is the result of this sequence What's the result of this two sequences ?
$$\frac{1}{n} + \frac{1}{n+1} + \frac{1}{n+2} + ... + \frac{1}{n+C}$$
$$\frac{\log(n)}{n} + \frac{\log(n+1)}{n+1}+\frac{\log(n+2)}{n+2} + ... + \frac{\log(n+C)}{n+C}$$
EDIT:
I mean $\sum_{i=1}^{C} \frac{1}{n+i}$ and $\sum_{i=1}^{C} \frac{log(n+i)}{n+i}$, and yes C is a constant.
And what I want is expressions for this sums, whithout iterating over i.

A: The first sum can be written as $\Psi(n+C+1) - \Psi(n)$, the second as
$\lim_{z \to 1+} \left(\zeta(1,z,n) - \zeta(1,z,n+C+1)\right)$ where $\zeta(1,z,n)$ is the derivative (with respect to $z$) of the Hurwitz zeta function.  Those expressions may not help you much, if you look at the definitions of those functions.  But they may help with asymptotics, e.g. according to Maple, as $n \to \infty$ with $C$ fixed,
$$ \Psi(n+C+1) - \Psi(n) = {\frac {C+1}{n}}-{\frac {C \left( C+1 \right) }{2 {n}^{2}}}+{
\frac {C \left( C+1 \right)  \left( 2\,C+1 \right) }{6{n}^{3}}}-{
\frac {{C}^{2} \left( C+1 \right) ^{2}}{4{n}^{4}}}+{\frac {C
 \left( C+1 \right)  \left( 2\,C+1 \right)  \left( 3\,{C}^{2}+3\,C-1
 \right) }{30 {n}^{5}}}+O \left( {n}^{-6} \right)
$$


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The Future of Afghanistan
Isla Pearson '24
After the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan on August 15 of this year, uncertainties lay ahead for the country, especially for its 14.2 million women and girls. Since the withdrawal of American forces and the takeover of the Taliban, the international community is wondering what Afghan society will look like in the near future.
The Taliban's control is a serious threat to the liberty of women and girls. Few women are seen on the streets, those who are seen are forced to wear a burqa (a garment worn for religious purposes that covers the face and body), and those enrolled in further education are not permitted to return to classes.
A major fear of the world is that the Taliban will return to their policies of the 1990s, where women could not go out in public without a male chaperone and were restricted from receiving an education.
The Taliban's hold is not just affecting the women in the country- banks are not open, electricity and internet are not stable, and hunger is ravaging the people.
Taliban forces in Afghanistan; Felipe Dana, Associated Press
In response to this humanitarian crisis, Pashtana Durrani, founder of a nonprofit focused on female education in Afghanistan explained in an interview with NPR, "…any civilian can pressurize the government into pressurizing the Taliban into doing that [aiding the people of Afghanistan] because the Taliban are fishing for legitimacy and aid, and every country contributes to Afghanistan".
One hope for Afghanistan is that they will accept foreign aid for their people and that liberties will be returned to the women and other oppressed groups in Afghanistan. However, only time will tell and we'll be sure to update you on the situation.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/9/29/photos-afganistan-kabul-life-changing-under-taliban-just-not-all-at-once.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/world/asia/taliban-women-kabul-university.html.
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/22/1030099980/predicting-whats-ahead-for-afghans-one-week-after-the-taliban-arrived-in-kabul.
Isla Pearson '24, Editor, Staff Writer


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Serve the almond-crusted zucchini sticks with warm marinara and enjoy immediately!
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« Memoir of right-to-die pioneer – just out
US Supreme Court has said that states may decide assisted suicide laws – Judge Gorsuch »
US Supreme Court asked to rule on speech to dying person
Mar 16th, 2017 by ergo
FEN takes Death with Dignity case to the U.S. Supreme Court
The Board of Directors of Final Exit Network has authorized an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States from the corporation's conviction in Minnesota on a charge of "assisting" in a "suicide."
On Tuesday, March 14, the Supreme Court of Minnesota declined to review the Network's 2015 conviction. The Network's petition for review by the Supreme Court of the United States is required to be filed within 90 days of the Supreme Court of Minnesota's denial of review.
In May 2015, Final Exit Network, Inc. was convicted by a jury in Hastings, Minnesota of "assisting" in a "suicide" for having provided Exit Guide services to a woman who elected to terminate her extreme suffering. The Network was fined $30,000 and required to pay an additional $3,000 in restitution to the "victims," the family of the deceased Network member, to cover her funeral expenses.
The Network appealed the 2015 conviction to the intermediate Court of Appeals of Minnesota, which affirmed the conviction last December. The Supreme Court of Minnesota denied review of the Court of Appeals' decision.
Even though it was established at the trial that the Network's Exit Guides, in accordance with the Network's practices and protocols, did not provide any physical assistance in the death, the Network was convicted merely for giving information to Doreen Dunn, 57, of Apple Valley, Minnesota.
Under the Minnesota courts' interpretation of that state's law against "assisting" in a "suicide," the Network was convicted for giving the Apple Valley member the website address where she could purchase Derek Humphry's landmark bestseller, "Final Exit," the Network's namesake.
In all the Minnesota courts, the Network has asserted and will continue to assert in the Supreme Court of the United States that Final Exit Network's giving of information to its members is a First Amendment-protected exercise of free speech, and therefore Minnesota cannot make it a crime.
"No other state in the country makes it a crime to give information about self-deliverance," said the Network's president, Janis Landis. "We find the Minnesota law intolerable and wrong and we will not give up the fight. This will be an expensive project and I call upon supporters of death with dignity and freedom of speech to contribute to our legal defense fund."
www.FinalExitNetwork.org
Tags: aid in dying, assisted death, assisted suicide laws, Death With Dignity, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Self-directed death
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Cantonul Mézières-en-Brenne este un canton din arondismentul Le Blanc, departamentul Indre, regiunea Centru, Franța.

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filed: July 13, 2014 • Ontario
Bow Lake opponents blown away
Credit: By Brian Kelly, Sault Star | Sunday, July 13, 2014 | www.saultstar.com ~~
A Ministry of Environment review panel has blown down a blast of opposition to a 58-megawatt wind farm in the Montreal River area.
The decision, dated Wednesday, finds seasonal resident James Fata and 2401339 Ontario Ltd., did not present enough evidence proving the 36-turbine wind farm on Bow Lake would harm human health or impact the operation of an Environment Canada weather radar station at Montreal River.
"The director argues that, without the assessment and support of a qualified expert, Mr. Fata's allegations remain unfounded," the decision reads. "The director submits that the appellant 'offered no credible evidence to show that annoyance, whether from visual or noise impacts, is an agent of disease as alleged. The appellant put forth no evidence as to the level of visibility or noise that may be directly or indirectly associated with annoyance, much less evidence of a casual link to adverse health effects."
The tribunal also saw no evidence the wind farm would increase fire risk.
Fata uses lease-hold property in the area of the project as a hunting camp. He argued human health would suffer for several reasons including sound vibrations, electromagnetic fields, low frequency sound, property access and fire risk.
"All of the participants and presenters testified to their sincere and significant concerns that the project will result in negative health impacts to them and to their community," the decision reads. Adventurer Joanie McGuffin told the tribunal the wind farm would "change forever the experience of the imagery that informs our brains about this natural landscape." She argued the landscape featured in works by the Group of Seven should be protected.
Amy Zuccato, a Prince Township councillor, said the construction phase of the wind farm in her community "had more significant impact than was anticipated" on animals such as bats and turtles. She also said there were major problems draining area wetlands for dust suppression on turbine access roads.
Dr. Robert McCunney, speaking on behalf of project partners BluEarth Renewables and Batchewana First Nation, said the venture will not cause serious harm to human health.
Fata's appeal was dismissed.
2401339 Ontario Ltd., argued the 36 turbines would cause serious harm to animals, especially birds and bats, and would pose a risk to humans by interfering with the operation of the weather radar station in Montreal River.
Two categories of bat species use the project area. Migratory bats pass through during migration season and may roost in the Bow Lake area during the summer.
Hibernating bats, including the endangered little brown bat, have summer roosting locations in the area.
The tribunal saw no evidence of harm to bat habitat or danger of "serious and irreversible harm" to migratory bats.
Two experts who spoke during the hearing agreed it's not known how many little brown bats live in the area 80 kilometres north of Sault Ste. Marie. It's estimated there could be one or two bat maternity colonies. Each would have about 70 bats.
About 40% of the bats killed at Prince Wind Farm in 2008 were little brown bats. The tribunal found the collision mortality rate at that farm "has considerable weight" because of its proximity to Bow Lake, about 65 kilometres, and built in a similar landscape near Lake Superior.
"The little brown bat is killed in wind turbine collisions despite the fact that it forages below the blade-swept area and that it is a reasonable conclusion that little brown fatalities may be higher in the landscape in which the Bow Lake project is sited, than the current provincial or continental averages" the decision said.
The tribunal wants bat mortality to be monitored at a minimum of 12 turbines for at least three years after the turbines go up. If 10 bats per turbine die per year, steps that must be taken include feathering the turbine blades between sunset and sunrise from July 15 to Sept. 30 during the project's lifespan.
A technical advisory committee watching bat deaths includes a representative of the project operator, Ministry of Natural Resources biologist and independent bat expert.
No evidence was found that the wind farm would cause serious harm to birds because of loss of habitat.
"The tribunal finds that it was not established that there are any geographic features on the project site or in the area that would cause a 'funnelling' of migratory birds that such a high number could be expected to collide with wind turbines," the decision said.
Two experts said the Bow Lake area is not suitable for foraging or nesting by Peregrine falcons. Nesting sites may be in the vicinity.
"The evidence from other wind projects shows that peregrine falcons are at a very low risk of colliding with wind turbines," the decision said.
Only two peregrine falcons are known to have died at all of the wind farms in North America.
The site is the closest wind farm erected near a weather radar station studied by Environment Canada. The federal agency first expressed its interest about the close distance in September 2009. Three years later, when Environment Canada submitted an official concern, it found the Bow Lake project and weather station could not co-exist "without a significant impact on users of weather information."
Conditions have since been developed. An exceptional weather event protocol is being negotiated. It would allow Environment Canada to ask for a temporary suspension of the wind farm "during weather events in which human life and property are significantly at risk."
Low elevation scans from the weather station are expected to be affected by the turbines "in the absence of any mitigation." Accurate forecasts are still anticipated with the accommodations.
"The director states that the radar imagery and forecasts that pilots depend on will not be impacted by the project, even without mitigation measures. Forecasting would be impacted only in respect of radar data at ground level for thunderstorms occurring directly over the project and snow squalls occurring within a narrow wedge approximately 40 kilometres southeast of the project," the decision said.
Motorists will still get "timely and accurate" forecasts of road conditions.
The appeal by Fata and 2401339 Ontario Ltd., was field on Dec. 31, 2013, about two weeks after Ministry of Environment approved the project.
The hearing ran 10 days in March at City Centre Travelodge and Algoma's Water Tower Inn in Sault Ste. Marie.
Panel chair is Heather Gibbs. Member is Maureen Carter-Whitney.
The decision can be read online at https://www.ert.gov.on.ca/english/decisions/index.htm
[rest of article available at source]
Source: By Brian Kelly, Sault Star | Sunday, July 13, 2014 | www.saultstar.com


I'm looking to put together two crafts for a large party, the children would range from aged 2-5. So easy to assemble, and cheap to purchase.
Do you do season crafts with your kids?
Go to pinterest and search there. There are tons of ideas!
I agree with pinterest too! But the Crafty Crow is always my first go-to for kids crafts.
SPAM me with pictures of your crafts area/storage for your kids please!
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# bhwi - Blogger Heaven Widget Instagram

A lightweight customizable Instagram widget. Able to handle different APIs.
See the corresponding [bhwi API](https://github.com/bloggerheaven/bhwi_proxy).

## Installation

### Easiest: jsdelivr

Thanks to [jsdelivr](https://www.jsdelivr.com/) for hosting it.

Current version can be found here: [https://www.jsdelivr.com/?query=bhwi](https://www.jsdelivr.com/?query=bhwi)

```html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/bhwi/<version>/bhwi.min.css" type="text/css">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/bhwi/<version>/bhwi.min.js"></script>
<!-- latest version can be found in the release section -->
```

### Easy: bower

```sh
bower install bhwi
```

## Example

```html
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/bhwi/<version>/bhwi.min.css" type="text/css">

<!-- Don't forget to load jQuery before bhwi -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/bhwi/<version>/bhwi.min.js"></script>

<!-- Insert a element with the id 'bhwi' -->
<div id="bhwi"></div>

<!-- Initialize bhwi -->
<script>
  (function() {
    new Bhwi('your_user_id', {client_id: 'your_client_id'});
  }).call(this);
</script>
```

## Usage

### Initialization of bhwi

#### Sample

```js
new Bhwi('your_user_id', {client_id: 'your_client_id'});
```

#### With options

```js
new Bhwi('your_user_id', {url: 'http://right-url/recent_images/', type: 'bhwi', form: 'slider', speed: '2000', lightbox: false});
```

### Options

The first parameter (your_user_id) is th ID you get when looking up your Instagram username (could look like: 2027952057).

The second parameter is a hash, all available options are described in the table below.

Key                       | Default                                           | Others available                  | Notes
------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ---------------------
client_id                 | '' (empty)                                        | 'your client id'                  | The client id you get from Instagram API (could look like: 29f9487a7c14f2e46f1e9fa227cb2675)
credits                   | true                                              | false                             | Decide if you wanna show credits (in the footer of the lightbox)
dom_element               | 'bhwi'	                                          | 'any ID'                          | ID of the dom element where the widget will be appended
form                      | 'timeline'                                        | 'slider'                          | Type of the widget
images_number             | {xs: 3, sm: 5, md: 7, lg: 9, xl: 11}              | 'any number' for a screen         | Number of images, depending on screensize (only affecting the build process, not resizing) in the timeline (only available for the timeline)
images_spacing            | 6                                                 | 'any number'                      | Number of px between the images in the timeline (only available for the timeline)
lightbox                  | true                                              | false                             | Enables lightbox
lightbox_background       | false                                             | true                              | Experimental (only looks good with high resolution images)
lightbox_key_navigation   | { previous: 37, next: 39 }                        | 'any unicode key code'            | Only supported previous and next
preloading_images         | true                                              | false                             | Preloads images for slider & lightbox
screen_widths             | { xs: 380, sm: 544, md: 768, lg: 992, xl: 1200 }  | 'any pixel number' for a screen   | The diffrent screen sizes, taken from bootstrap 4
speed                     | 4000  (ms)                                        | 'any number' (ms)                 | Time per slide (only available for the silder)
timeline_direction        | 'horizontal'                                      | 'vertical'                        | Specify the direction of the timeline (only for timeline)
type                      | 'instagram'                                       | 'bhwi' or 'bhwi-media'            | Type of API
url                       | '' (empty)                                        | 'bhwi proxy (cdn) url'            | Url of bhwi proxy (cdn) (only required if type 'bhwi' or 'bhwi-media')

## Example

```
git clone git@github.com:bloggerheaven/bhwi.git
cd bhwi/example
Open index.html in a browser
```

## FAQ

* bhwi slider is not visible? - You have to specify yourself a height & width.

# Development

## Requirements

* [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm)

## Setup

```
git clone git@github.com:bloggerheaven/bhwi.git
cd bhwi
npm install bower gulp tsd -g
npm install
tsd reinstall --save --overwrite
```

## Gulp

### Development

(Auto compiling)

```
gulp
```

### Compile

```
gulp compile
```

### Release

```
gulp compile --type production
```

## Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at [https://github.com/bloggerheaven/bhwi](https://github.com/bloggerheaven/bhwi). This project is intended
to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to
the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org) code of conduct.

## Contact

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[https://github.com/bloggerheaven/bhwi](https://github.com/bloggerheaven/bhwi)
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## MIT License

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In an Australian-first, as the nation experiences unprecedented fires, drought, heat and storms, thousands of students from hundreds of schools across metropolitan and regional Australia are today [30th November] striking from school to demand their politicians act urgently to stop further dangerous climate change and the Adani coal mine, which threatens their future.
30 major strike events are taking place across the country, in every capital city and almost 20 regional centres including Townsville, the Whitsundays, Inverell, Coffs Harbour, Ballarat, Newcastle and Bega. Instead of going to school, students will today be at their nearest Parliament House or Federal MP's office for the day.
See the full list of strikes taking place here. Student spokespeople can be made available for interview, and links to vision and stills can be found below.
In a week of storms, fires and record heat: On Monday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison used Question Time to urge students not to join the strike. On Tuesday, the Senate passed a motion in support of the strike. On Wednesday, over 200 student strikers flooded Federal Parliament to meet with MPs about climate change. On Thursday, Adani announced it has funding to push ahead with its coal mine which is a key target of the students.
Inspired by 15 year old Swedish student Greta Thunberg, who has been striking outside the Swedish Parliament since August, year 8 students from Central Victoria brought the initiative to Australia and have been striking in Bendigo a day a week during November. As a show of support for the Australian strike, students in Sweden, France, Norway and Finland are also striking this week.
Students plan to continue strike action after the summer holidays and ahead of the Federal election. Many are organising meetings with their Federal Politicians to call for an end to the Adani coal mine, no new coal and gas projects and a commitment to get Australia to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
Photos from the walk-outs will be uploaded HERE with November action pics.
Vision from the walk-outs will be uploaded HERE.


We are delighted to announce that Matthew Seymour, grandson of the Chairman Robin Seymour, has recently joined Seymour Hotels as Group Operations Co-ordinator.
Matthew is the fifth generation of the Seymour family to join the company. The Group was originally established in 1920 by Matthew's great grandfather, George Frederick Seymour, together with his great great grandfather, George Andrew Seymour.
Matthew graduated from the University of Gloucestershire in 2009 with a BA Honours degree in Marketing and Events Management. Since then he has worked for a global sports and music marketing agency, where he co-ordinated various large-scale sponsorship engagements for FTSE 100 and blue chip organisations such as HSBC, NatWest, Tesco and Vodafone.
Upon returning to Jersey, he managed the largest surf school in the island and, more recently, worked in fiduciary services - firstly for Pentera Trust Company, and then for Sanne Group, where he worked in their Private Client department as a senior administrator, supporting family offices and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals.


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Programmers Shred Pentagon's Paper Puzzle Challenge
Katie Drummond
A team of California computer programmers have conquered the Pentagon's latest civilian research challenge. The military's way-out research arm, Darpa, today announced that the team of three, called "All Your Shreds Belong To Us," had scooped up the $50,000 prize.
A team of California computer programmers has conquered the Pentagon's latest civilian research challenge.
The military's way-out research arm, Darpa, today announced that the team of three, called "All Your Shreds Belong To Us," had scooped up the $50,000 prize. To do it, they'd required 33 days and 600 man hours, all to re-assemble five shredded documents. A whopping 9,000 teams entered the contest, which gave groups until Dec. 5 -- meaning the winners barely scraped by -- to use whatever means necessary to put pulverized papers back together.
The contest is the latest in a series of Darpa-led efforts -- from diverless cars to balloon hunts -- that harness civilian smarts to spur military-related innovations. This time around, agency leaders were looking for new, creative ways to help soldiers reconstruct sensitive documents that are found in piecemeal form. The initiative could also help U.S. officials determine the safest way to protect their own covert paperwork.
All in, there were 10,000 pieces of paper that needed to be sorted. To do it, the winning posse designed custom-made software, whereas other competitors opted for mass, global crowdsourcing or (suckers!) good-old-fashioned by-hand puzzle assembly. Once created, the software used visual recognition technology to help a user find and place the right pieces.
"Imagine if you're playing a regular puzzle," Otavio Good, the computer programmer who led the team, said. "Pieces are scattered around. You click the place that you want to match a piece to and the computer recommends a number of pieces ordered by score, and you choose which one you like the best."
If Good makes the entire thing sound annoyingly easy, 8,999 bitter losing teams ought to placate themselves: He's a renowned programmer whose first-ever company was acquired by Sega, and who developed "Word Lens," an award-winning augmented reality app that can translate text. So unlike Darpa's red balloon challenge, which was solved by a crowdsourced effort that recruited 5,000 participants, this challenge was essentially conquered by a few really, really smart dudes.
"Lots of experts were skeptical that a solution could be produced at all, let alone within a short time frame," Dan Kaufman, director of Darpa's Information Innovation Office, said in a statement.
Ah! But the puzzles (which you can see here) have indeed been solved. And Darpa's got a nifty new computer program on their hands, all ready to roll. Which means I have some documents to go burn into oblivion.
Image: Darpa*
Katie Drummond is a New York-based writer and a regular contributor to Forbes and Prevention.
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In a high-energy laser, the thermal aberrations degrade the beam quality and reduce the laser's output power. Adaptive optics (AO) technique based on a stochastic parallel gradient (SPGD) algorithm can be used to compensate for the distortions in real time to clean up the laser beam. Such a beam clean-up system was simulated and experiments were conducted to study the optimization of the parameters of the gain coefficient and the amplitude of the perturbation. The results show that the convergence property of the SPGD algorithm is improved after the parameters being optimized.


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The original item was published from 5/9/2016 3:31:00 PM to 10/13/2016 9:33:35 AM.
[ARCHIVED] Two Drummers Smokehouse wins "Local Hot Spot" award
James City County is pleased to announce that Two Drummers Smokehouse won the title of "Eat Like a Local - Local Hot Spots" in the 2016 Virginia is for Lovers Culinary Challenge. The award is the largest accolade in the annual culinary contest sponsored by the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC). Restaurants are nominated through public feedback and vetted by VTC before they are able to compete.
To win the title, Two Drummers Smokehouse competed in a public vote against 32 other restaurants including two other County restaurants, Dudley's Bistro and Old Chickahominy House. Located at 8864 Richmond Road West in Toano, Two Drummers Smokehouse offers a full menu of barbequed and smoked items with a variety of southern comfort foods and brunch on weekends. Two Drummers Smokehouse features locally sourced produce and uses local purveyors to cut down on fuel emissions.
Two Drummers Smokehouse is owned by brothers Jon and Jason Wade. The duo opened Two Drummers Smokehouse in 2013 and have since expanded the restaurant and its offerings to include breakfast. The Wades grew up in James City County and worked at a variety of local restaurants before opening Two Drummers Smokehouse.
"We appreciate all the support from our customers, friends and family. Being recognized as a "Local Hot Spot" is awesome and it lets Jason and I know that our work to become Virginia's best smokehouse is paying off," said Jon Wade.
Two Drummers Smokehouse recently announced that they will begin composting all food scraps to create organic material for the restaurant's garden.
For more information about Two Drummers Smokehouse, visit them online at www.twodrummerssmokehouse.com, on Facebook at Two Drummers Smokehouse or call 757-250-3839.


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Search and rescue with serpentine robots
Author(s): Howie M. Choset; Douglas Hull; Jonathan E. Luntz; Ellie Shammas; Tarek Rached; Christina C. Dent
Serpentine robots offer advantages over traditional mobile robots and robot arms because they have enhanced flexibility and reachability; especially in convoluted environments. These mechanisms are especially well suited for search and rescue operations where making contact with surviving victims trapped in a collapsed building is essential. The same flexibility that makes serpentine robots incredibly useful also makes them difficult to design and control. This paper will describe the current status of serpentine robot design and path planning underway in our research group and point towards future directions of research.
Date Published: 10 July 2000
Proc. SPIE 4024, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology II, (10 July 2000); doi: 10.1117/12.391639
Howie M. Choset, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (United States)
Douglas Hull, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (United States)
Jonathan E. Luntz, Univ. of Michigan (United States)
Ellie Shammas, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (United States)
Tarek Rached, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (United States)
Christina C. Dent, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (United States)
Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology II
Grant R. Gerhart; Robert W. Gunderson; Chuck M. Shoemaker, Editor(s)


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Children Hospitalized Due To Covid Increases In Five States
Health NewsNews
According to review of Department of Health and Human Services data, children hospitalized with Covid-19 increased by 52% in the last four weeks, from 1,270 on November 29 to 1,933 on Sunday.
Adult Covid hospitalizations climbed by 29% during the same period, implying that pediatric hospitalizations grew at nearly twice the rate.
According to the information presented, the number of children hospitalized with Covid has more than doubled in ten states and Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The information does not indicate whether the youngsters had been immunized or were vaccine-eligible.
On the other hand, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio have contributed the most to the rise in pediatric hospitalizations.
On Tuesday, a vaccination expert at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia expressed that the spike was likely unavoidable due to the onset of winter and the transmissibility of the omicron form.
"I think you were going to see an upsurge anyhow," said Offit, the director of the hospital's Vaccine Education Center. "It's winter, and this omicron is very contagious, so I think you were going to see an accumulation anyway."
The Covid-19 epidemic is covered in detail.
However, he noted that many children at his institution had tested positive for Covid without exhibiting any symptoms or becoming ill.
"We screen anybody who is admitted to the hospital for whatever reason to check if they have Covid, and we see a significant increase in instances. However, we aren't witnessing a rise in the number of children who are hospitalized or admitted to the intensive care unit due to Covid", Offit remarked.
Patients are considered as having Covid if they are suspected of having or laboratory-confirmed positive for the condition, even if they were not admitted to the hospital for that reason, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The contagiousness of omicron serves as the latest reminder that children are not immune to Covid, according to Dr. Buddy Creech, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
"When the delta variant came up, we noticed similar problems," he said. "We assumed that children were unaffected by Covid, but we noticed an increase in the number of kids who were infected and were admitted to the hospital with difficulties."
Physicians find that the omicron variant replicates considerably better in the nose and upper airways than prior forms, so parents should be on the lookout for symptoms like a scratchy throat or a runny nose.
"We may see more of the basic respiratory sickness," Creech added, referring to viruses like influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
In comparison to adult Covid cases, pediatric Covid cases are often mild. However, children can develop major consequences, such as protracted Covid and MIS-C, an inflammatory condition that affects several organs. Children between 5 and 11 are the most likely to get the syndrome.
New York has witnessed a particularly noticeable surge recently, putting many parents on high alert.
As omicron spreads, New York City schools are increasing up Covid testing.
On Christmas Eve, the Department of Health of New York State warned clinicians about an "upward trend" in pediatric hospitalizations.
As per notification, surge was focused in New York City and was based on data collected between December 5 and the week of December 19.
The letter did not say how many children were admitted to hospitals, but it did say that admissions in New York City increased "fourfold" during that period in December.
During that time, half of the children admitted to hospitals were under 5, indicating that they were not eligible for the Covid vaccine.


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Another clue to the origins of dinosaurs
May 12, 2014 protohedgehogEcology, Evolution
This was originally posted at: http://blogs.egu.eu/palaeoblog/?p=1222
Often the early evolution and radiation of the first dinosaurs is an overlooked part of their tale, in favour of the more dramatic but arguably no less important tales of their later radiations and extinctions. It is actually a fairly poorly understood part of their evolution too, with the timing, and actual mechanism that drove them to become the most successful land group ever still a bit of a mystery.
We are, however, learning more and more about this important phase of their history, in a time known as the Late Triassic some 231-201 million years ago. A new fossil site from this time in Poland – probably not one of the places you'd associate with important fossils – is helping to fill in the blanks. Usually, dinosaur-bearing sites from around this time are known from the southwestern United States and southern South America, so a European locality can potentially tell us quite a bit!
So what is present in this new site? One animal is known as a silesaurid – a weird reptile from a group of dinosaur ancestors called a dinosauriform, known just from a thigh bone. Another is probably one of the most ancestral theropod dinosaurs, typically known from South America, called a herrerasaurid – however, there's still quite a bit of debate about what position these guys occupied around the origin of dinosaurs. Another specimen is a definite theropod dinosaur, known from parts of the hip bones, as well as a neotheropod (a dinosaur that could bend the Matrix to it's will – ha. ha.), known from a portion of the tibia – one of the lower leg bones.
Life restoration of Silesaurus (source). CC-BY SA 3.0
So it's rather an eclectic collection of not easily identifiable to the species level, but important specimen in refining the origins of important groups of early dinosaurs and dinosaur relatives. Such an association of animals is known from North America, the famous Chinle Formation, suggesting that this ecological grouping was fairly common through the Late Triassic. Additionally, it suggests that there was little latitudinal control on this distribution, with the Chinle Formation being about 10 degrees North, and the Polish locality being around 35-40 degrees North at this time. We also now know that dinosaurs were occupying the top apex predator parts of food webs now by this point, perhaps a quite important role in their early success.
So while these fossils aren't particularly spectacular, or representing some grand new tyrannosaur species or anything, they are scientifically important in providing an extra clue in the still ongoing mystery of dinosaur origins. As an ongoing study, new fossil finds from the Polish site should continue to provide exciting insight into the story of the early evolution of the most successful land animals ever.
Niedzwiedski et al., (2014) Basal dinosauriform and theropod dinosaurs from the Mid-Late Norian (Late Triassic) of Poland: implications for dinosaur evolution and distribution, Palaeontology (link)
Chinle Formation, Dinosaur Evolution, Dinosaur Origins, Dinosaurs, Late Triassic, Poland, South America, southern South America, theropod dinosaurs, Triassic
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