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Student School Bus Safety Video Project Wins Championship
Nicole Schlosser
Adair County (Ky.) Primary Center students researched, scripted, recorded, and edited "Bus Safety for Everyone," a video on school bus safety, and created a school bus safety curriculum to present with it.
COLUMBIA, Ky. — Second-grade students here recently applied their researching skills and technological know-how to a video and school curriculum that address school bus safety and won a state championship.
The Adair County Primary Center students researched, scripted, recorded, and edited "Bus Safety for Everyone," a video on school bus safety, and created a curriculum to present with it. The video and curriculum won the Kentucky Student Technology Leadership Program Championship in March.
The students take part in the after-school Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP), which every year selects a topic to present information on in a regional showcase. The second-grade student STLP team chose the theme, "Bus Safety for Everyone," after realizing that the school bus safety video that was being shown to the students was almost 10 years old.
"Some of the people in the old video had already gone on to graduate and do other things," said Laura Marcum, the coordinator of the STLP team and a music teacher at the district. "And, they thought a new one would be fun to do, and would benefit students."
The school bus safety curriculum the students designed includes a board game and a recipe for a school bus-themed treat.
In addition to a video covering school bus safety rules, the students created an accompanying curriculum for teachers. It consists of materials that test school bus safety knowledge, including a worksheet, coloring page, cheer, board game, and a test. To sweeten the deal, the students added a recipe for an edible treat: a Twinkie that is decorated with cookies and candy to look like a school bus.
The board game and test are also digital-friendly: the questions for the test and cards for the game were created using Plickers, an online tool and app designed for teachers, allowing them to collect real-time data on student performance and comprehension without the need for student devices.
The teacher can take an iPad or a smartphone and scan across the room with the app, and the device's camera captures every player's cards, giving immediate feedback to the teacher on whether the students' answers are correct or incorrect, which is indicated with green and red tags. On a white board screen, students can view the question, choices for answers, who has answered or still needs to answer, and the percentage of correct and incorrect answers. The app also offers the capability to do a live feed with each player's name and score.
"The board game they created was impressive but pricey," Marcum said. "They made an alternative that can be projected on a white board. After printing off the game cards, magnets and dice can be used to play the game and reinforce topics and rules that were covered in the video."
Some curriculum materials, including the coloring page, worksheet, game cards and game board, bus safety test, and the treat recipe, are available to anyone for free through the school district's website.
The team competed in the State STLP Showcase in Lexington on March 29. Their project, "Bus Safety for Everyone," took home the K-5 State Championship.
The students will showcase their project this summer at the International Society of Technology in Education in Chicago, Illinois.
The video and accompanying curriculum can be found here.
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Nicole Schlosser Executive Editor
Tim Purvis
| about 2 years ago
Very well done, very thorough and all inclusive. What a great way to learn from ones peers as well. Thumbs-up to Adair County Public Schools in Columbia Ky.
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How Did The Kardashians Get Famous
If you've ever watched the TV show The Kardashian-Jenner Clan, then there is a good chance you have seen some of their famous flashes before. These glimpses are not only of the family in general, but also of individual members such as Kylie or Khloe Jenner, Kim Kardahian, and Kris Humphries!
The fame that the kiddies get to experience comes mostly from two sources: media attention and social media. Since the kiddos were always in front of the camera, they learn how to manage their image and keep sharing it for constant exposure.
Furthermore, most of these kids grew up with technology so they learned how to use social media to spread their name even more. All of this adds up to them having access to the best possible source of income: marketing!
Overall, the kiddies seem like pretty positive people who enjoy interacting with others and being known. They seem to love what they do and are very passionate about it!
This article will talk more in depth about each member and why they became popular.
After filming her first episode of The Kyle and Jackie Show in September 2010, E! decided to give Kourtney a TV show of her own. They created The Kylie _____________Show which featured her as she lived it every day with her family.
The show followed the life of famous fashion designer Kylie Jenner who also grew up watching The Hills along with her sister Kendall. She would make fun of their clothes and styles while helping them design new looks. Her style was always very fashionable and rich.
Her personal style has changed over time but still features classic pieces mixed in with more trendy clothing. Since starting her career as a model at age 15, she has appeared in many advertisements for top brands such as Neutrogena, Covergirl, Maybelline, and others.
She is now one of the most recognizable faces in the world and has influenced many other celebrities and designers. Many have said that she helped inspire their look or at least gave them inspiration to re-style themselves.
The Kardashian name alone makes this woman wealthy; however, her success comes from her hard work and creativity in designing clothes that people want to buy. She is known for being able to market herself and her image well and create media attention around herself.
This isn't the case for all celebrity kids, but she does get credit for creating an entertainment empire out of nothing more than being yourself and owning your mistakes.
Born in Chicago, Illinois as Kimberly Katherine Odom, Kim was raised by her parents in East Los Angeles. Her father is Robert Odom and her mother is Patricia Johnson. She has one older sister named Kylie.
At just 15 years old, Kim made her acting debut in 2005 when she appeared in an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Two years later, she landed her first major role as Dani DiLaurentis on the TV show Drake's Reign.
Since then, she has starred in several hit shows such as The Vampire Diaries, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and Marriage and Family.
She also amassed over 100 million followers on various social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram. In fact, she is so popular that she now has her own line of beauty products!
Her net worth soared to almost $100million making her one of the highest paid celebrities in America. So how did this beautiful young woman achieve such success?
Finding your passion and promoting it relentlessly are two great ways to gain recognition. Since Kim loves to take pictures and share them online, she leveraged her love for photography to promote her career.
By putting in consistent effort into building her brand, she succeeded in creating a celebrity empire.
Before there was The K-Team, there was just another pretty face. You may have heard of some of the members of The Kardashian Family, but you probably didn't know much about their pasts.
Early stages of the kiddie porn scandal involved only Kim, Kris, and Paris. It is our belief that these women were aware of at least one person filming them while they were nude or engaged in sexual acts.
In fact, many sources claim that all three had explicit videos made with them before the story broke. Many believe this to be true because, earlier this year, reports surfaced saying that Kylie filmed herself having sex with her then boyfriend, Travis Johnson.
After learning of this rumor, Kylie took to social media to make it clear that she is very conscious about what goes into her phone and computer and to prove it, she posted several nudes of herself online for anyone to see.
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Before there was K-pop, there were the Kardashian sisters. Born in South Africa, Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardahian, Kylie Bunchet and Khloe Oaly grew up together as kids with their father and mother. They lived in various houses around southern California before settling down in a neighborhood near the beach.
It wasn't until 2000 when the media really took notice of the family. That's when lawyer to the rich and famous Robert Kardashian noticed his daughter's knack for publicity. He got her into some modeling gigs and she soon found herself appearing on TV shows like The X Factor and Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
From there it was just a matter of launching other successful careers for himself and his children. While he may have been able to get his offspring jobs by being supportive or even generous, most of these opportunities came through connections or via hard work.
But now that his son Drake has announced his engagement to Ariana Grande, we can add another milestone to his list: fiancé with the biggest balls in show business.
Brody Jenner
As mentioned earlier, Kim Kardashian got her start as an entertainment reporter for E! News. While she has since branched out into other ventures, such as fashion lines and television shows, her career really took off when she filmed what would become one of the most famous MTV reality TV show franchises ever made.
The Kardashian franchise now boasts five main TV shows and over 100 episodes that follow the lives of the family members. These shows are all focused around Kim and her familiy, but they also feature Caitlyn Jenner (formerly known as Bruce), Khloe Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, and Brody Jenner, who is formerly known as Scottie.
The shows mostly focus on the family's everyday life, including their work and personal relationships. A few episodes do, however, delve deeper into something more important to the family- like Kylie's new boyfriend or whether or not Kris actually knows how to cook.
Since its debut in 2005, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has consistently been one of Mtv's highest rated programs. Following a similar format to its predecessor, TheRealHouseWivesofOrangeCounty, which premiered two years prior, RHOBH features wealthy suburban women living under the same roof.
But instead of talking about their kids, yoga classes, and food cravings, these housewives talk about their husbands, money, and possible infidelities.
Before we talk about how the Kardashian family got famous, let's take a look at someone who didn't quite make it into the limelight as quickly. Her name is Caitlyn, and she was born in December of 1965. She grew up in Southern California and spent her childhood playing sports and listening to music.
It wasn't until high school that Caitlyn realized she was very different from other people. She struggled with her identity due to her gender expression and overall appearance.
Caitlyn began using male pronouns and developing what would become one of the defining characteristics of her life- hair gel. After experimenting with various products and styles, she eventually settled on his and hers full hairstyles with tons of product!
By college, Caitlyn had fully transitioned and was living as a woman. It's around this time when she first noticed media attention, mostly positive. But it took awhile for the public to recognize her as an expert in changing genders.
After graduating with a degree in psychology, Caitlyn made her way to New York City where she could pursue a career in fashion. Unfortunately, she was not able to find work as a model and needed something else to pay the bills.
That's when she started offering herself as a spokesperson and influencer for beauty products and diet supplements. While she may have been paid for these opportunities, they are never truly free.
Before there was Kourtney, Kim or Kylie Jenner, there was Kendall. The youngest of the Kardashian sisters got her first big break when she appeared as a contestant on MTV's hit show _The Hills_.
Since then, she has built an impressive career for herself by lending her name to various products. She is also very popular online, where she posts pictures and videos frequently.
In addition to posting about her own life, Kendall enjoys giving her opinions on other people and things. This made her famous in the media because everything she says gets discussed and debated.
She is well-known for being dramatic and outspoken, which are qualities that help her popularity grow more quickly.
After filming her first Vogue Magazine photoshoot in early 2010, Kylie Jenner was asked by the magazine if she had any big plans for the future. She replied with an unexpected announcement- she would start her own fashion line!
The next day, while leaving the studio, Kylie ran into stylist Robyn Chachron who happened to work at Karmaloft, one of the largest clothing stores in Canada. Chachon invited Kylie to come meet with their marketing team and see how they use social media to market clothes.
Kylie loved it and decided to follow in their footsteps. Since then, the Kardashian family has enjoyed quite the successful career as influencers.

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On November 20th, QUALITANCE Co-founders Radu Constantinescu and Ioan Iacob were presented the "Zero Tolerance to Failure" Award by one of the leading Romanian publications in economics, Profit.ro.
The 3rd edition of the publication's gala – "Stories of Profit. Made in Romania", which took place at JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, awarded 10 top Romanian businesses that stood out on the market and experienced significant growth in 2018.
QUALITANCE was the only tech company to receive this distinction, and Radu Constantinescu was there to tell the story of resilience and success.
"In 2007, when we started QUALITANCE, we were in awe with the newly launched iPhone. We sensed that from that moment onward technology would ascend at an accelerated pace and we wanted to keep up with it. And we did – every 2 or 3 years, we switched gears and changed direction.
Even though we've underwent several transformations, all the way from consulting and outsourcing to innovation, we've always invested 100% of our efforts into creating the best solutions. At the same time, we're very much into rapid prototyping, which enables us to avoid working with assumptions and making mistakes.
To watch Radu on stage at "Stories of Profit. Made in Romania", check out the FB livestream.


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– Last week on SMW TV… Commissioner Bob Armstrong had a busy week, encouraging Robert Gibson to find back-up after being beaten up by the Koloffs and Jimmy Golden, booking a Six-Man Tag for the Fantastics and fining everyone in the brawl that ended the February 22nd episode, and let Dutch Mantel know that as long as he's at the announcers table, Brian Lee can't touch him. Dutch, of course, comes down with a cold when his match is scheduled to take place, and has Carl Stiles take his spot… Mr. Ron Wright encourages fans to send him money, reading a fake letter for sympathy… the Tag Team Title Tournament is coming soon, we promise!


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Q: Specified months previous month data in mysql I want to display data of specified month and year's previous month's data.
Example : My input is December 2014 and i want to display November 2014 data.
I have table userBalance with fields:
mappingid  varchar(200);
username   varchar(200);
createddate datetime;
openingBalance varchar(200);

and i have procedure to get opening balance of previous month of "monthint" and "yearint" :
getBalance(int monthint,int yearint)

I tried with :
select  *
from userBalance where userBalance.username='e00b6542-b5c6-11e4-aee9-00016c0fd125' and
 month(userBalance .createddate) =(select DATE_SUB(month(userBalance .createddate),INTERVAL 1 MONTH));

But by specifying month() , not getting data from table.
Please help me out.

A: SELECT *  from tbl_usertask
where userBalance.username='e00b6542-b5c6-11e4-aee9-00016c0fd125' and
month( DATE_SUB(userBalance.createddate,INTERVAL -1 MONTH))=monthint and
year( DATE_SUB(userBalance.createddate,INTERVAL -1 MONTH))=yearint;

?Using this query i got output as expected. Thank you

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NetworkLobbyPlayer uses OnLevelWasLoaded in conjuction with theNetworkLobbyManager to determine that the player has either entered the lobby or entered the game. Our focus is on the latter.
I was noticing an issue when I was using the NetworkStartPosition that comes with UNet. The issue was sometimes a player object would spawn at the center of the world and not the spawn positions that were setup. After digging through the source code and running some tests it was apparent that the code that created the game player was running before theNetworkStartPositions had registered themselves with the NetworkManager. Even though the NetworkStartPositions register themselves in Awake the call toOnLevelWasLoaded was executed before that. The code within NetworkLobbyPlayer that tells the server that the scene was loaded was running before the scene was ready to be used.
All objects that are required to be setup before running the code for the new scene either implement the ISceneDependency interface or extend the SceneDependencyBehaviourclass. Additionally a SceneDependencyManager must exist in the loaded scene already. The manager keeps a reference to all ISceneDependency objects and will runOnSceneWasLoaded when all dependencies have reported that they are ready. Full source code is available here on Github.
Here is our version of the NetworkStartPosition which I've calledNetworkSpawnPosition which extends the SceneDependencyBehaviour.
A benefit of this system is that any time a new game player needs to be made the data needed for their setup doesn't need to be sent again. Players can return to the lobby, change the map and play again without having to transmit some potentially sizeable data. UNet has a bandwidth limit of 4kbp/s before it will disconnect players but the limit for the first 2 minutes is 40kbp/s to allow for any expensive setup.
It's important that the server starts the game when all the connected players have fully setup their instances of the game. We know that the scene is setup correctly as we did this earlier and we know that was can setup each player in each game instance correctly but theres some more we need to setup before the game can begin. Let's consider just one instance of the game for ease of understanding.
When you are setting up your local instance of the game the instructions won't always arrive from the server in the same order. When you first start with developing games over the network this can be one of the toughest realities to wrap you're head around. The server can send instructions to create Player A, B and C but your game could process them in any order - remote players could be created in your game before you are.
Here is a snippet of code from our NetworkLobbyManager that our Player class invokes methods on. This code will only run on clients and is called from Player.OnStartClientand Player.OnStartLocalPlayer.
The server will do a similar thing and keep a record of all clients that have send their 'game scene ready' message, then once all players are ready the server will send the message telling all players to start their games.


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March 15, 2021 EnergyNow Media
(Bloomberg) Oil held above $69 a barrel in London after a raft of economic data from China added to signs of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.Brent futures traded up 0.4% after earlier climbing 1.2%. Figures from China for the first two months of the year showed a surge in industrial output, underscoring the strength of its V-shaped rebound and reinforcing expectations for increased energy demand. Citigroup Inc. raised its full-year Brent forecast.
China processed more than 14 million barrels a day in January and February, and refiners have kept consumption above that level every month since June. There are also signs that demand is picking up in other countries. The number of U.S. air passengers hit a 12-month high on Friday, while road use is creeping up in parts of Europe.
Crude has rallied strongly this year, supported by the vaccine-aided recovery from the pandemic and OPEC+'s decision to keep a tight rein on supplies. That combination — plus attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure — helped Brent top $71 a barrel last week, and drawdowns from inventories are expected to continue.
"Further price strength is very feasible," said Tamas Varga, an analyst at PVM Oil Associates Ltd. An increase to $80 later this year "has now become more than just wishful thinking."
Brent for May settlement edged up 0.4% to $69.52 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange as of 10:42 a.m. in London
West Texas Intermediate for April also rose 0.4% to trade at $65.90
Citigroup, like PVM, also said Brent could spike to $80 amid "aggressive" actions by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies. The bank sees prices averaging $69 this year, up $5 from its previous outlook.
There are some less positive signs in the short-term, however. WTI's nearest timespread flipped into a bearish contango structure — signaling oversupply — after crude stockpiles in the U.S. grew in recent weeks.
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Movie Review: "Power Rangers" – Go Go Somewhere Else
Written by Matt Butler April 04, 2017
I should apologize in advance to any Power Rangers fans. I never watched the show, so this movie had very little to offer me, and so I have very little to offer you. But, as usual, movies need to carry themselves above their source material. But with the way this movie is carried out, it almost feels like anything Power Rangers was left as an afterthought.
I think it's fair to assume everyone has a passing familiarity with Power Rangers. If you didn't watch the show, you saw the commercials. If you didn't know the characters, you knew the theme song. It's really no different from Transformers or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It's corny, colourful Saturday morning junk food that isn't trying to convince you it's anything but. All they're really there for is to sell toys, and I'm sure this movie is no different. The only difference here is that unlike the Bayham of the Transformers franchise and the first TMNT reboot, Power Rangers seems eager to elevate itself above its commercial premise. At least until it becomes a giant Krispie Kreme commercial.
"Are we more like Iron Man or Spider-Man?"
Behind the standard superhero plot formula, minus a few important beats, Power Rangers shows slivers of a character story with flavours of The Breakfast Club. Every Ranger has an attitude, and despite some heavy exposition, they all have motivations. Still, it's complete happenstance that they all find themselves in the same spot at the same time. Is it destiny? Or clumsy screenwriting? Fortunately, it's the Rangers that end up saving the film with their natural and serviceable performances. They outdo most of their older co-stars, who just can't be bothered. At the very least, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks, and Bill Hader seem to be having fun with their roles as Zordon, Rita, and Alpha 5 respectively.
And that's all you would expect from a movie based on anything as forwardly silly as Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. But as is the norm with these big-studio TV-to-film transitions, Power Rangers is unnecessarily dark (tonally and visually). It's injected with so much moodiness that it loses all its energy before the Rangers can even morph (which isn't until the last 20 minutes of the movie). And by the time they get in their zords and ride into battle, theme song playing, you pull back in your chair and realize, "Oh right, I'm watching a Power Rangers movie." By that time, you're so disengaged with everything that the climax doesn't matter. It's just another generic boss battle.
"This is your destiny. This is your time."
Power Rangers is clearly trying to update the source material for a fresh audience (even switching around the nationalities of the Rangers, for obvious and tasteful reasons). But it forgets the audience that grew up with the show. Again, I've never seen a full episode, but I can tell that one of these things is nothing like the other. The Rangers work fine as an ensemble, but the story and tone are all over the map. For a film touting the importance of teamwork, there's very little holding Power Rangers together. Watch Pacific Rim or Voltron. Either one is closer to Power Rangers than this. Take it from a person who has no idea.
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Living with Swallows
Unique Nests, Unique Neighbors
By Teisha Rowland
Fri May 21, 2010 | 5:00pm
Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (shown here) and Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) have become close neighbors with humans, building their mud nests on many human-made structures, such as the underside of this bridge.
Crafting their own mud-based additions to our houses, swallows often live very closely with people. Although to some these unique neighbors may seem only to be a nuisance, swallows and humans affect one another in many ways both positive and negative.
The first birds evolved from dinosaurs around 150 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic era. The birds diversified for millions of years and then, around 50 million years ago, the predecessors of the swallow family (family Hirundinidae) evolutionarily diverged from their relatives.
Teisha Rowland
Swallows today often astonish onlookers both with their swift, aerial acrobatics, which they perform to catch flying insects, and the mud nests that they frequently attach to buildings. It's thought that they originated in Africa, where a drier climate may have promoted making nests from mud—a behavior also seen in flamingos, for example. It was clearly a successful strategy, as there are now more than 75 swallow species worldwide, living or migrating through nearly everywhere except in the most extreme environments.
While seven different species of swallows have been spotted in Santa Barbara County at some point, two of the more common species have developed an intimate relationship with humans, whether their presence is welcomed or not.
The cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) and the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) both create distinctive mud nests under the eaves of buildings. (However, this clearly could not always have been the case, as human buildings haven't been around for very long on evolutionary timescales). Because they need mud to build their nests and swarming, flying insects to eat, the swallows prefer nesting areas with bodies of water nearby. And that may give you an idea for cutting down on those annoying mosquitoes.
Barn Swallows v. Cliff Swallows: Both cliff and barn swallows sport the same general hues, having an overall blue, slender body along with a rust-colored spot on their face and a white belly, but the two can be told apart by other distinctive features.
The most identifiable difference is that the barn swallow has a deeply forked tail, while the cliff swallow has a square tail. Additionally, the cliff swallow has a pale orange-brown band on the back of its neck and forehead, forming a blue "crown" on the head. The other most notable difference is that cliff swallows create large nesting colonies, made famous by the colonies of San Juan Capistrano, whereas barn swallows have smaller nesting colonies in more rural areas.
Both barn and cliff swallows travel impressive distances each year. Cliff swallows generally breed in North America or Mexico, and migrate to South America for the winter. While breeding, they're most numerous in the mountainous areas of western North America, specifically near open areas with water and cliffs or human-made structures. By late February or early March, cliff swallows arrive in Southern California, and are found in Northern California a few weeks later. They time their migration so that flying insects, which require warm weather, are available to eat as they progress northward. During the fall, cliff swallows fly south, to winter throughout South America, sometimes flying as far as Tierra del Fuego or the Galapagos Islands.
Barn swallows, known commonly in Europe as simply "swallows," are the most widespread species of swallow, breeding by farmlands or human habitations in Asia, Europe, and North America. In Europe, barn swallows typically arrive in the springtime to breed and nest, then in the fall start heading south to Africa to winter. In the Americas, like cliff swallows, barn swallows migrate south to winter throughout South America.
Life and Love in the Colony:: Cliff swallows arrive at old nesting colonies in waves, often returning to their previous colony sites. However, the nests are not necessarily taken by the birds that originally made them; the birds frequently choose a new nest. The intact, old nests are highly prized and quickly claimed first, while damaged nests are next. Any old nest remnants, even a bit of mud, can entice a swallow to rebuild an entire nest in a previously used spot, and nests that fall will be persistently rebuilt.
The nest building process starts when a male cliff swallow finds and claims a nesting spot, chasing away other interested birds. But, if a female is persistent for several days, he may accept her as his mate. The two copulate and begin to build a new home together. The male starts by creating a narrow crescent of mud, which turns into a ledge, off of which the pair can build the rest of the nest.
As with cliff swallows, a male barn swallow also picks the nesting site, but because barn swallows are almost always monogamous, they are often paired before arriving. Consequently, the male barn swallow acts to entice a female to a nesting site, performing a little dance accompanied by a song, and may even show her several nesting sites before she is satisfied. Once the site is decided upon, they mate near it.
For both cliff and barn swallows, it takes one or two weeks for the couple to build a new nest, though only a few days to repair a damaged one.
Cliff swallows are famous for their gregarious nature: They form colonies that usually have a few hundred nests, but that may have as many as 2,000 or 3,000. Nests are fiercely guarded, sometimes to the death, and frequent disputes break out. Females attempt to lay eggs in, or even carry them to, other swallows' nests, while males attempt to breed with females that aren't their mates.
Barn swallows are not as social, and usually have only single pairs nesting in an area, or groups of up to 30 pairs. However, their lives are still far from drama-free. Although barn swallows are monogamous, broadly speaking, some males may mate with multiple females in the colony. Unpaired males may kill hatchlings and then try and mate with the now-offspring-less female.
Different Nests: Not only are cliff and barn swallow colonies easy to tell apart due to the great difference in nest numbers, but the individual nests appear different as well.
Cliff swallows create pear-shaped nests attached to a vertical wall and covered by a horizontal overhang or mud roof, with a tunnel traveling downward to the interior of the nest.
Barn swallows create deep, bowl-shaped nests, which may contain coarser material, such as horse hair, grass stems, and occasionally seaweed, lined with feathers.
Cliff swallow nests are made of about 1,000 to 1,400 mud pellets (which are mostly sand, clay, and silt), while the slightly smaller barn swallow nests may have about 1,000 mud pellets. Each pellet represents one trip to a pond, ditch, or puddle up to half a mile away.
And if that doesn't sound like enough work, cliff swallows may build two to three nests per season, some of which may not be used at all!
Although these birds may seem to be big planners, cliff swallows actually start laying eggs before the nest is complete. In Southern California, usually the first eggs arrive in March when the floor, walls, and part of the tunnel are established, but the nest is still very much under construction. Cliff swallows lay three to four eggs; Barn swallows have about four to five. Both species hatch after about two weeks' incubation.
In large hunting flocks, cliff swallows search two to four miles from the nest for flying, swarming insects to feed the nestlings. Prolonged periods of rain can make it difficult for the parents to find insects, and consequently the baby birds may be abandoned. In a good year, however, the dull-colored fledglings start taking flight around May to June, but still remain near the nest and communicate with their families through a variety of calls. Cliff swallows normally have one brood annually, rarely two, while barn swallows have two broods, and sometimes a third.
By October, most swallows have left for their winter retreats. The average swallow lives only a brief span of years, with records of nine years for cliff swallow and nearly 16 years for barn swallow.
Along Comes Human: Humans and human-made structures have significantly changed the lifestyle of barn and cliff swallows. As their name implies, cliff swallows originally built their nests on cliff walls in canyons. Barn swallows built their nests in caves as well as cliff sides. When people started to build permanent structures, swallows became attracted to them for nesting. Today, cliff swallows will nest on the side of a variety of manmade structures, from buildings to bridges and overpasses. Barn swallows prefer these structures in more rural settings, nesting in farm buildings and stables near domestic animals, such as cows and pigs. The great number of structures created by people has significantly increased the number of nesting sites for these swallows, drastically increasing their numbers overall.
However, the interaction between these swallows and humans hasn't been all positive. In the mid 1800s, the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) was introduced to North America and proceeded to do quite well, competing with native birds. House sparrows sometimes take over cliff swallow nests whether they're empty or not; the tell-tale sign is grass and feathers sticking out of the nest's entrance. Barn swallows had declines in the 1800s due to the house sparrow introduction, although most barn swallow populations have increased in the last century due to the creation of more human-made structures, buildings, and bodies of water.
The uniquely close relationship between swallows and human structures allows us to better watch and admire these birds up close, but sometimes they can cause a nuisance. Caution must be taken when attempting to remove the nests, as swallows are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, and, as a result, a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must be obtained to remove a nest occupied by the birds, their babies, or their eggs. Instead of tearing the nests down, it is recommended to (install devices to prevent nests from occurring, if there is any concern that they may, for example, pose a heath hazard by contaminating food. Ideally, we can find some way to coexist with these longtime neighbors even if they are a little messy; we haven't been the best of neighbors either, as we too have created problems by, among other things, destroying nests and inviting over the pushy house sparrows.
For more on swallows, see Angela Turner's Swallows and Martins, Charles R. Brown and Mary Bomberger Brown's Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow, the Division of Agricultural Sciences University of California's "Cliff Swallows: How to Live with Them," David Winkler and Frederick Sheldont's "Evolution of nest construction in swallows (Hirundinidae): A molecular phylogenetic perspective," Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's "Living with Wildlife: Barn Swallows and Cliff Swallows," Wikipedia's article on Swallows, the Fish and Wildlife Service's "Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918," a memo clarifying the Act, and Independent article by Lisa Acho Remorenko on "Living in Harmony with Wildlife."
Biology Bytes author Teisha Rowland is a science writer, blogger at All Things Stem Cell, and graduate student in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at UCSB, where she studies stem cells. Send any ideas for future columns to her at science@independent.com.
https://www.independent.com/2010/05/21/living-swallows/


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Turkish Lira Rebounds After Qatar Pledges $15B
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Turkish lira banknotes. (Reuters/Murad Sezer/Illustration/File Photo)
The Turkish lira continued to rebound from record losses on Thursday a day after Qatar pledged $15 billion in investments to help Turkey's economy.
The currency strengthened some 2 percent against the dollar, trading at around 5.85 per dollar, hours before Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak was scheduled to update international investors about the economy.
The lira had nosedived in recent weeks, hitting a record low of 7.24 earlier this week, amid a diplomatic and trade dispute with the United States that has exacerbated investor concerns over Turkey's economy.
Washington imposed sanctions on two Turkish government ministers and doubled tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum imports over the continued detention of an American pastor on espionage and terror-related charges. Turkey retaliated with some $533 million of tariffs on some U.S. imports — including cars, tobacco and alcoholic drinks — and said it would boycott U.S. electronic goods, singling out Iphones.
The White House said Wednesday that the United States "won't forget" how Turkey treated Andrew Brunson, the detained American pastor, after a court rejected his appeal for release.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also criticized Turkey's move to impose tariffs on some U.S. goods as "regrettable and a step in the wrong direction." She wouldn't be drawn on whether the Trump administration would respond.
The Turkish currency began to recover after authorities this week took steps to help bank liquidity and limit swap transactions. Also helping the currency were moves by Turkey this week to gain favor with European countries, including releasing two Greek soldiers and an Amnesty International human rights campaigner from prison.
Qatar said it would provide "a host of economic projects, investments and deposits" worth $15 billion to support Turkey's economy. The decision came after Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
International investors have been worried by Turkey's high levels of foreign debt and Erdogan's refusal to allow the central bank to raise interest rates to support the currency, as experts say it should.
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La Alternativa
Circo contemporáneo y animación callejera
Barra Infantil
Venta de boletos
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LES 7 DOIGTS DE LA MAIN
Premiere in Mexico
Viernes 25, Teatro Degollado, 20:30 h, Admisión: $120 - $250
Sábado 26, Teatro Degollado, 20:30 h, Admisión: $120 - $250
Domingo 27, Teatro Degollado, 18:00 h, Admisión: $120 - $250
"The 7 Fingers"
Shana Carroll, Isabelle Chassé, Patrick Léonard, Faon Shane, Gypsy Snider, Sébastien Soldevila
and Samuel Tétreault
Staging and choreography: Les 7 doigts de la main
Directed by: Shana Carroll
Guillaume Biron
Mohamed Bouseta
Jean-Philippe Cuerrier
André Farstad
Danica Gagnon Plamondon
Catherine Girard
Naël Jammal
Olga Kosova
Florent Lestage
Tom Proneur
Julien Silliau
Les 7 doigts de la main translates literally as "the 7 fingers of the hand". It is a twist on a French idiom ("the five fingers of the hand") used to describe distinct parts united tightly, moving in coordination towards one common goal. Here it refers to the 7 founding directors of the company (Isabelle Chassé, Shana Carroll, Patrick Léonard, Faon Shane, Gypsy Snider, Sébastien Soldevila et Samuel Tétreault) who, by combining their distinct talents and experiences, work towards their common artistic goals with the beautifully awkward dexterity of a 7-fingered hand.
Founded in Montréal in 2002, the 7 Fingers initial goal was to bring circus to a human scale. They began as artists on stage, creating collectively, and soon branched out, expanding their creative talents as directors, choreographers, writers and coaches, passing on their collaborative and unique 7 Fingers process to a new generation of circus artists.
Out of this emerged 6 shows, LOFT, TRACES, LA VIE, PSY, FIBONACCI PROJECT, and PATINOIRE. A relaxed and funky artist's loft, a bunker, purgatory, or a psychiatrist's office, an international collaboration of cultures or a solo clown show, each show offers a distinct setting and yet carries the same 7 finger-print.
In addition the 7 Fingers have developed a special events department through which they have delivered a diverse range of projects, including participation in The Royal Variety Performance for the Queen of England, ceremonies of both the Turin and Vancouver Olympics, large corporate events for companies such as Caterpillar and BMW, directing the National Circus School end-of-year show 2 years in a row, and much more. Each project is custom-made, approached with the same hands-on creativity.
Performance-art derivatives of Cirque du Soleil have become a staple of New York's downtown theater scene, but the Montréal-based troupe 7 Fingers has created something special. It's not just their amazing leaps, tumbles, balancing acts and stunts with bars, seesaws and skateboards. It's the streetwise intimacy of their presentation (the youthful acrobats, dressed in ordinary street clothes, even give us snippets of autobiography) and the way it pulls us in with the sense of danger: an acrobat plunging to the ground head first, only to be caught by others a foot from the floor; a series of leaps through a steadily growing line of rings, the occasional miss raising the tension even higher. At Cirque you sit in awe. Here you're on the edge of your seat.
Richard Zoglin
TIME Magazine, Diciembre 2011
Premiere in México
PSY merges acrobatics of the body with acrobatics of the mind and soul.
For their fourth creation, Les 7 Doigts de la Main delves into the rich and surreal underworld of the human psyche. PSY travels through a shifting landscape of distorted visions, fading dreams and fractured memories.
Insomnia, addiction, amnesia, paranoia, hypochondria. juggling, Chinese pole, German wheel, aerial rope, teeterboard. By juxtaposing these darker issues with the invigorating and life-affirming language of circus arts, PSY brings out the humour, beauty, and commonality of these various neuroses, all the while celebrating the power of the individual to surmount their ailments and self-imposed restrictions, finding moments of strength, courage and joy while flying through the air.
"Demolishes generational barriers by mixing the visual with the intellectual and originality with virtuosity."
"Les 7 doigts are one step closer to reinventing the wheel."
The Independant
"A special sort of madness – a therapy everyone needs."
"Watching PSY is like having the front-row seat to someone else's fever dream. Les 7 doigts raises the bar on what cirque nouveau can do – not just physically but emotionally."
Guillaume grew up in France and discovered the circus at the age of 10. Five years later he enrolled in the École Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault where he majored in hand-to-hand, trampoline and static trapeze. When he was 18 years old he was drawn to the National Circus School in Montréal. There he specialized in Korean board and static trapeze, while also practicing juggling, balancing, acrobatics, dance and theatre arts. His professional career subsequently has taken him to points around the globe: the Olympic Games closing ceremonies in Turin, the Montréal Jazz Festival, and Mexico, France and Norway.
Main role: Michel Michel, who Hears Voices
Secondary roles: Pedestrian, little boy, several park passers-by, guy in bar, drugee, psy
Disciplines: Trapeze fixe, hand-balancing, group juggling
Mohamed grew up in a family of eight children in the north of France. Hyperactive by nature, he began to try different sports as a means of channelling this energy. His life took a turn for the better when he met the great Rumanian gymnast Adrian Munteanu, then retired, who had opened a circus school in front of his home. Beyond a teacher he found a true mentor, and the circus quickly became more than a passion. Before joining The 7 Fingers, Mohamed continued his training at Rosny-sous-Bois and the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in Châlons-en-Champagne.
Main role: Danny the Manic
Secondary roles: Pedestrian, psy, Papa, guy in bar, WWF Wrestler (the Head Shrinker)
Disciplines: Hand to hand, fly mat
André Farstad
André's first dream was to become a stuntman, and it was this he had in mind when he joined the circus at age 17. Finding the circus was like finding a home, and after working as a performer and stuntman, André realized that his calling was the stage. He entered the circus program at the University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm, Sweden, specializing in teeterboard. He has since performed with Cirque du Soleil's Corteo (over 300 shows across North America); Sweden's Cirkus Cirkör; a children's theatre in Helsinki, Finland; and circus festivals in Germany and Belgium.
Main role: Dexter, with Multiple Personality Disorder
Secondary roles: Pedestrian, little boy, several park passers-by, guy in bar
Disciplines: Teeterboard, hand-balancing, group juggling
Danica Gagnon-Plamondon
At the age of seven Danica began training in artistic gymnastics through which she developed acrobatic agility and a great deal of determination. She then vaulted into the world of the circus by enrolling in the National Circus School in Montréal. There she not only acquired performing experience but forged an artistic persona. Even though versatility is second nature to her, the desire for a specialty number led her to focus on the swinging trapeze. This artist maintains a comprehensive tool kit that includes the arts of juggling, dance and acting.
Main role: Lily the Agoraphobic
Secondary roles: Pedestrian, Maman, several park passers-by, girl in bar, drunk girl, prostitute, psy
Disciplines: Swinging trapeze, group juggling
Nael Jammal
From a very young age, Naël transformed his garden in the south of France into a circus ring and his parent's bed into a trampoline. At the École Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault, he worked on hand-to-hand, banquine, Russian bar and juggling before specializing in balancing on canes. He then enrolled in the National Circus School in Montréal and was involved in a variety of projects, exchanges and shows. The circus for him is a sort of nexus, a place to mingle and share. With a skill set acquired through practicing parkour, classical dance, hip-hop, capoeira and clowning, Naël has forged a special style which continues to evolve. Before embarking on the adventure of PSY, Naël appeared in several performances of TRACES.
Main role: Jacques the Hypochondriac
Secondary roles: Pedestrian, baby, several park passers-by, drag queen, psy
Disciplines: Principle hand-balancer, group juggling
Originally from Kiev, Olga immigrated at the age of six to the United States. After a promising debut in competitive rhythmic gymnastics, she also was a dancer. She trained on the aerial rope and in Chinese acrobatics with Master Lu Yi at the Circus Center in San Francisco, at the same time performing with Trapeze World, Vau de Vire and New Pickle Circus. Olga then went on to the National Circus School in Montréal. While training there she developed theatricality, dance, music and clowning skills, and perfected a new apparatus, the aerial net.
Main role: Suzi, with Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Secondary roles: Pedestrian, little girl, several park passers-by, girl in bar, psy, prostitute
Disciplines: Knife manipulation, corde lisse
Florent is an artist who uses juggling and other circus techniques to create a timeless universe of heightened senses. In this weight-defying atmosphere, objects take on new life, encouraging the juggler to help them take flight. Florent finds inspiration in silent films, dance, music, visual arts, travel, personal interactions, cultural exchanges, and in his dreams, just as in his disappointments. He began training in circus at the age of 12 at l'Ecole de cirque de Cuers, in his native France. Deciding to dedicate his life to circus, he pursued professional training programs at l'Ecole de Cirque de Lomme and at l'École Balthazar, and then in Canada at the National Circus School in Montréal.
Main role: John? Joe? Jim? the Amnesiac
Secondary roles: Pedestrian, guy in bar, psy
Disciplines: Juggling, solo and group
Tom Proneur- Orsini
Passionate about dance from a very young age, Tom expanded his repertoire at Cirque de Nexon in France where he practiced juggling, trampoline and acrobatics. There he studied towards a degree with a "dance option" in association with the Conservatoire de Danse Contemporaine. At the same time, he pursued regular circus training and coached French trampoline champions before entering the École Nationale des Arts du Cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois. He went on to major in hand-to-hand at the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in Châlons-en-Champagne where he trained for two years. In parallel to his academic career and to help underwrite his studies, Tom was also a dramatic artist with the Entrac't circus company.
Main role: Smith/ Mr. OCD
Secondary roles: Little boy, several park passers-by, guy in bar, psy
Disciplines: Hand to hand, hand-balancing, group juggling
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Julien spent much of his childhood at his mother's circus school before entering the École de cirque Balthazar in Montpellier then the École Nationale des Arts du Cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois, both in France. During this training he acquired great versatility as both juggler and acrobat, and performed in several events in association with the Acrobacirque circus school, École Nationale de Cirque de France, Festival du Cirque de Demain in Paris. He has also performed in Tunisia and Argentina and was part of a circus company of street performers. Upon enrolling in the National Circus School in Montréal he majored in the German wheel, not only making the discipline his own but bringing a new dynamic to it.
Main role: Johnny the Addict
Secondary roles: Pedestrian, older brother, dog, several park passers-by, guy in bar, psy
Disciplines: German wheel, hand-balancing, group juggling.
Jean-Philippe was initiated into the circus arts as an 8 year old at the Verdun Circus School in Montreal. Quickly hooked, he practiced juggling and acrobatics for the next ten years and then entered the National Circus School of Montreal. There, he perfected multiple disciplines and took on the aerial cradle. Following graduation, he set off to Switzerland for an eight-month tour with Circus Starlight. He soon joined Cirque Eloize for two creations and adventures: Rain and Nebbia. He regularly returns to the Circus School in Verdun as a teacher, in hopes of passing on the same passion he once discovered.
Main role: George the Paranoiac
Secondary roles: Psy, Pedestrian, clown, several park passers-by, guy in bar
Disciplines: Hand to hand, Chinese pole, group juggling, fly mat
After several years of gymnastics and an initial degree in dance, Catherine completed her training at the National Circus School of Montreal in 2001. Throughout her career, she's collaborated with companies such as Circus Starlight (Switzerland), Tout Fou to Fly (France), Cirque Eloize (Canada), Cirque du Soleil, and various cabarets in Germany, before winding up today with the 7 Fingers. Her curiosity and love for the circus arts have led her to develop and perfect many disciplines over the years: aerial cradle, hand to hand, aerial hoop, contortion, trapeze duo, and recently the Chinese pole. An artist with many facets, Catherine also has a strong interest in theater and music.
Main role: Claire the Insomniac
Secondary roles: Pedestrian/love interest, little girl, several park passers-by, girl in bar, drunk girl, psy
Disciplines: Hand to hand, Chinese pole.
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Ohio governor says 'polls will be closed' Tuesday as confusion roils primaries
Ohio Health department cites public health emergency over coronavirus
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says "polls will be closed" Tuesday due to the coronavirus-related public health emergency. (Justin Merriman/Getty Images file photo)
By Bridget Bowman
Posted March 16, 2020 at 3:34pm, Updated at 11:09pm
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine declared late Monday night that the "polls will be closed" in the Buckeye State on Tuesday, amid confusion over whether the state will hold its primary election as scheduled. DeWine had called for the primaries, which feature presidential and congressional contests, to be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But the Republican governor does not have the authority to postpone an election on his own, so he backed a lawsuit filed Monday by two voters that asked a state judge to delay Tuesday's primary until June 23. The judge rejected that lawsuit Monday night, saying that postponing the primary would set a "terrible precedent," according to The Columbus Dispatch.
But the Ohio Department of Health then ordered the polls closed, citing a public health emergency.
"While the polls will be closed tomorrow, Secretary of State @FrankLaRose will seek a remedy through the courts to extend voting options so that every voter who wants to vote will be granted that opportunity," DeWine tweeted late Monday.
The late night back-and-forth roiled campaigns, which believed earlier Monday that the elections would be postponed. Before DeWine's latest announcement, one Democratic campaign operative in Ohio said the election has been "thrown into chaos."
The operative said campaigns were scrambling to put Election Day plans back in place after believing the primaries would be postponed: "No one knows for sure what is going on or what will happen tomorrow."
Spokespersons for the governor, secretary of state and a lawyer working on the lawsuit did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Polls were due to open at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, though there were reports that poll workers were told not to show up, the Dispatch reported.
DeWine had tweeted Monday afternoon that he was recommending that Tuesday's primaries be postponed until June 2. He said voters would still able to request absentee ballots and votes already cast would be counted.
Ohio is one of four states that was scheduled to hold elections Tuesday. Illinois is also holding its presidential and congressional primaries, and Arizona and Florida are holding presidential primaries.
Meanwhile, Kentucky became the latest state to postpone primary elections this year, with state officials announcing Monday that their May 19 presidential and congressional contests would be delayed until June 23.
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams said in a video posted on Twitter that both he and Gov. Andy Beshear agreed to postpone the elections, as required by state law.
"Postponing the primary was not an easy decision. But the Republican secretary of state and Democratic governor are in agreement, and so are the county clerks of both parties, and they are our frontline election administrators," Adams said.
Adams said there could be more changes, describing Monday's decision as "a first step to buy us time and keep our citizens as safe as possible."
Louisiana and Georgia have already postponed their upcoming presidential primaries. Wyoming Democrats have canceled the in-person portion of their April 4 presidential caucus.
At a White House news conference Monday, President Donald Trump said he thought postponing elections was unnecessary.
"I'd leave that up to the states. It's a big thing postponing an election. I think, to me, that really goes to the heart of what we're all about," he said.
Trump added that states were working at "spreading people out."
"I think they'll do it very safely. I hope they'll do it very safely. But I think postponing elections is not a very good thing. … I think postponing is unnecessary," he said.
Kate Ackley contributed to this report.


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Q: updating one to many relationship automatically I have two tables(notification and alertFrequency) with their respective models. There is a one-to-many relationship. It works. when i try to update it automatically, here is where I get the issues. In short my model notification is:
class Notification extends Model
{
    public function alertFrequencies()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('App\AlertFrequency');
    }

    public function alert()
    {
        $alert_frequency = AlertFrequency::with('notification')
            ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->select('created_at')->first();
        if ($alert_frequency == null) {
            return false;
        }
        return $alert_frequency->created_at->toDateTimeString();
    }
}

It returns time stamp.
What I'am trying to accomplish in the guzzle controller is to update the created_at(field in alertFrequency table) with notification_id(field in alertFrequency table). the code is as follows
public function status()
{
    $notifications = Notification::where('active', 1)->get();
    $status = Status::where('name', 'health')->first();
    foreach ($notifications as $notification) {
        $this->updateStatus($notification, $status);
    }
}

private function updateStatus(Notification $notification, Status $status, AlertFrequency $alert)
{
    $status_health = $notification->status('health');
    $check = empty($status_health['timestamp']);
    $elapsed_time = $check ? 10000 : \Carbon\Carbon::parse($status_health['timestamp'])->diffInMinutes();
    $check_frequency = $this->getCheckFrequency($notification);
    if ($check || $elapsed_time >= $check_frequency) {
        $resCode = $this->getStatusCode($notification->website_url);
        $this->addStatusToNotification($notification, $status, $resCode);
        $this->sendNotification(
            $notification,
            $status_health,
            $this->getAlertFrequency($alert),
            $resCode
        );
        /*working right for alert*/
        var_dump($this->getAlertFrequency);
    }
}

private function getAlertFrequency(AlertFrequency $notification)
{
    if ($notification->alert() == null) {
        return false;
    }
    return $notification->alert();
}

till function update, I am able to var_dump() the value and is working correctly. but I don't know how to call it in the status function so that it will automatically update the alerFrequency table? would appreciate your help!

A: If I understand correctly you want to call updateStatus() method from status(). You cannot do it as updateStatus() expect instance of AlertFrequency as an argument. This is the issue.
If so, slightly change your ``updateStatus() method like this so you don't need to pass AlertFrequency as an argument. You can resolve it using app() method inside updateStatus() method.
With you comment I've made some changes.
private function updateStatus(Notification $notification, Status $status)
{
     $alert = app(AlertFrequency::class);
    // Rest of your code here

    if ($check || $elapsed_time >= $check_frequency) {
        return $this->getAlertFrequency();
    }
    return null;
}

public function status()
{
    $notifications = Notification::where('active', 1)->get();
    $status = Status::where('name', 'health')->first();
    foreach ($notifications as $notification) {
        $frequency = $this->updateStatus($notification, $status);
        if (!empty($frequency)) {
            $notification->alertFrequencies()->create([
                'notification_id' => $frequency
            ]);
        }
    }
}

Before using the create method, be sure to review the documentation on attribute mass assignment.


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It's quite time consuming doing it that way, all those wires to cut, strip, tin, solder :-( So when I saw a different guide on RetroHacker.info I was curious to give this a go too.
I can't better the guide on RetroHacker.info, so here's a few photos and notes of mine as I'm building it. I used a SMD 3.3v Voltage Regulator to power the new EEPROM. I did read elsewhere that you could use a Voltage Divider though which I'd never heard of before, but sounds interesting.
Anyway, I use the pin method to remove the old Maskrom.
Soldered the chip in place (much like I soldered the Saturn Region Free BIOS), I've also added some solder onto those lifted legs, ready to wire them up.
For the Voltage Regulator, you need to feed it 5v and Ground, there's a very convenient spot nearby the EEPROM so use that. I've also cut off the middle leg and straightened the tab out so that they don't touch the cart board (although that's probaby overkill on my part), the tab is also 3.3v output.
I decided to scrape away a bit of coating to give a bigger soldering points.
I forgot to mention linking the legs up and then soldering them to the Voltage Regulator. I strip about 1cm from the end of a piece of wire (this is kynar), then mark how long each segment needs to be and use a pair of wire cutters to cut the wire coating and push it along to make the gaps. You could of course just use a couple of pieces of wire if you find that easier!
Soldering ground for the Voltage Regulator needs a very hot soldering iron, if you are having trouble then you could get GND and/or 5v from elsewhere, the capacitor in the bottom left of the board is a good place, labelled C1, and it's clearly marked showing which is positive.
Very big thanks to Midari at RetroHacker.info who has shared some really interesting projects and PCB designs.
The Voltage Regulator I used on this cart was from a different eBay seller and although it was outputting the correct Voltage, the cart didn't work. Bad_Ad84 suggested a 100nF capacitor linking the VCC pin of the EEPROM to GND, so I placed it like this and it worked straight away (I wish I asked him BEFORE I spent an hour or so removing the chip, testing other chips etc!).
I've already mentioned it, but here it is again, you have to make sure the ROM file has no header – it should be exactly 4,194,304 bytes and not byteswapped. There's lots of tutorials on removing the header and explaining what it is.
To play this on a PAL SNES, you'll need to either do the SuperCIC mod to the console or alter the cartridge so it's also PAL.
If you're inserting just the cartridge board into your console to test it, remember that the chips face the rear of the console, it looks like it's going in backwards!
Maybe fit a new battery or battery holder?
I'd probably buy AMS1117 3.3v Voltage Regulators again, so I don't have to use the decoupling capacitor as seen in the last photo.
I used uCON64 to check the original ROM file. I downloaded and configured the GUI for uCON64 to make life simpler. You can use it to remove the header, fix the checksum, check to see if it's byteswapped etc. Here's the info from the file I used.
Which checksum must be in not byteswapped file?
I suppose that it have some tolerance greater than the specified in the datasheet, but i'm afraid because of the damage that could cause the chip if its fried.
Cheers for the guide, I didn't have a regulator to hand so I built a small voltage divider using two 1N4148 diodes in series and a 220ohm resistor. Works a treat!
Minor suggestion: cut the thick 5v trace between pad 23 (bottom left), and run a wire from the 3v3 regulator to the capacitor left of pad 23, and then on to pad 33 and pad 1 like you already did. This way you don't need an additional decoupling capacitor, and you only have to lift 2 instead of 3 fragile legs.
Thanks a lot Pete for sharing this tutorial! I just did it, and it's workig great!
Have you tried modding SF zero 2?
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Have you sung with 300 people?
no, what I'm talking about is when 300 people join together to make song, music, harmony, where each individual in this huge mass of people termed a "choir" has a specific purpose, a specific role, a specific contribution to make to the success of the single entity called the "choir". Where everyone has a unique voice, unique history, unique country. Like the combinations of all the colours in the spectrum coming together to form this clear beam of light that illuminates the world with music and explodes in all shades of hues and luminosity upon reaching the listener's ears. Like the transmission of this iridescence explosion from many to one, so marvelous and miraculous some call it magic.
Imagine the moment when you realize the music is so much bigger than you, that the relationships made with those who sing with you are as sacred, as pure as the words and harmonies that have been forged and refined in the kiln of tears and sweat.
Then you realize, you have sung with 300 people, and 300 people have sung with you.
So, have you sung with 300 people?
I have, and I testify, after the song has ended, one emerges a changed, new being.
Happy days are over… NOT!!
With the THREE instalment having come full circle after 6 long years, we are once again embarking on another trip to Japan, where we will have another combined performance!! 🙂 I honestly cannot suppress the excitement and joy of meeting up with the people from Ateneo Chamber Singers and Gaia Philharmonic Choir. I am looking forward to the opportunity to sing together with them again and I am sure that it is going to be a night filled with wonderful music and choral camaraderie.
Of course, how can I forget the ever energetic Ko Matsushita and happy-go-lucky Jonathan Velasco?? I am sooo looking forward to being able to be conducted by them in our 3-choir combined pieces!! Of course, we will also have our lovely Ms Jennifer Tham conducting a combined piece composed by our very own local talent, Americ Goh! Wah… just typing down all these things is already making me uber excited!!
Hung from the ceilings of the arcades that lined the Piazza, the Europa Cantat Torino banners defined choral terms and displayed scores.
Like most choirs who love to sing, we couldn't help but stop before every readable score to sing.
Within a 10-metre stretch, we must have sung at least 4 different scores – an English canon, an African spiritual, a Gregorian chant and even a Renaissance motet. It was like a singing galleria.
In no time, we had passers-by, shopkeepers tagging along our little parade, listening to the music.
Okay, but back to reality, this year is my 4th and final year in University, and it has made it much harder to make time for choir already. With all the immense workload and deadlines that I had to meet, for the first time since I joined the choir in 2007 April, I had to miss one performance/event with SYC Ensemble Singers!! That gig was the Rothko Chapel performance, which we were supposed to perform together with people from YST. I was feeling a little disappointed that I had to miss out on that performance, however, looking from another perspective, it was an opportunity for me to take a short breather after such a hectic year in choir.
So, your might ask, what exactly do all these things have in relation to the entry title? Well, basically what I would like to say is that sometimes, when we are all so busy with choir events, gigs and performances, we might 'lose' our way, and start to lose the very thing that made us love singing… the passion, the thirst of knowledge. Well, I had the firsthand experience after I had to take leave away from choir for about 2 weeks to prepare for my exams. As the saying goes, "Absence make the heart grow fonder", and in my case, absence from choir make me realise that I really miss choir a lot, not just the people, the music, but really just getting to sing together with other people and make wonderful music!! It is times like this that it gives you the chance to step back and take a look and ponder exactly what we are looking for through singing in the choir. This is something that we people in a result-oriented country like Singapore might be very susceptible to experiencing.
Okay, I am not like encouraging people from choirs to start taking leave and breaks just to get the passion- for-singing feeling back again. Lolx, conductors will just KILL me for that… XD But, what I feel is that sometimes, we just need to occasionally take a step back and evaluate ourselves, our lives and the purpose of what we are doing. This doesn't have to apply just to choral singing only… Take it as an opportunity to rethink and reorganize ourselves, so that we are better able to handle the various curveballs that are thrown our way.