Last March, I decided I wanted to transition to natural from heat damaged hair. A lot of my hair was damaged, but now I can see a lot of areas with great curl and substantial length. Right now, I am 9 months into my transition and I'm debating on when to big chop!
My plan was to wait until I made it one year, and then I would big chop, but I am so anxious to see my pattern now! I don't know if I'll regret it or not. I think I'm ready, but I can't tell if I want to chop because I'm truly ready or because of frustration.
How do you know when you are genuinely ready to chop? Would it be wise for me to BC now, or wait?
the answer, of course, is it is a very personal decision. what bothers you more -- the look of 2 textures and how to deal with them, or the look of short hair after you chop?
i transitioned out of coloring my hair (darkest brown/black to it's natural gray/white) and i remember it was at 9 months that i cut off not all, but much of the color. it was shorter than i normally wear my hair but i was happy to have more than half my hair one color. however, i did read when people do that when they are transitioning from color that they are so upset by the change in length that they start coloring their hair again.
can you do a midway cut? would that be helpful at all?i don't know how tight your curl is so 9 months is meaningless as to how long the new hair is when curly. if you have a face that works with shorter hair, then maybe you will be happier and encouraged after you chop.
A midway chop is something to consider! I definitely hadn't thought about that before. I really just wonder if I would hate my hair if I chop. As far as what I can see, I'm a 3c texture, so I don't think the shrinkage would be terrible. I am not really opposed to maybe shoulder length, or even chin length, but anything shorter and I would have a fit. How did you feel when you chopped? Did you feel any relief or did you think you should have waited?
while i cut my hair shorter and it was a short cut, i did do a very short cut. in it's dry state it reached below my earlobes, but just above the chin. and, my top layers were long.
i did not like the cut but i think because the black/white color was so drastic and after 9 months i got very tired of wearing headbands every day, even the stretchy ones became annoying, that i was happy i cut off a large part of the color. the bottoms of my hair still were dyed, but while i did not love the length of the cut, i was happy with my progress transitioning and i knew with each month my hair would get a bit longer. i don't wear my hair very long, my best length for my hair/face is just above my shoulders, so it wasn't too drastic for me.
a midway cut can give you a little more control over the texture differences. and some style/accessories might work better that way. you have to decide what length you can live with. 3c is a very tight curl so if you do get it cut make sure they cut it dry to better see the finished length.
you don't even have to do midway, you can try a couple of inches. and remember, it will grow. it's already been 9 months!
Four or five years ago, I just buzzed all my hair off. Do you think it's worse to buzz your hair off than to just chop a significant part off? I have a craving to buzz my hair short again.
there is no right or wrong, ill's what works for YOU.


Ben Solo was perfectly content to go all through high school without any friends whatsoever. But when Rey shows up and eats his food, and smiles at his glares, and stands up to his parents, maybe having her as a friend isn't so bad.
But he could really do without the weird tightness in his chest whenever she looks at him.
Oh God, he's so doomed.
He angled his head away just enough for her attempt to miss, before he brought both her arms down in front of her, so he could wrap his hand around both of her wrists. With his free hand, he cupped her face, forcing her to look at him.
MMA fighter, Kylo Ren is suspended from the league and sentenced to community service at his uncle's martial arts academy. There he meets Rey Niima, a recent graduate with a natural ability and incredible potential.
"It's all ending, Cassian. We have three options now. You stay here and keep going, or you go back to your bosses and they order you to stay here."
"Run away with me. leave it all behind."
Or: The thoughts and hopes of a disavowed spy trying to come in from the cold.
The hyperspace leg from Corellia to Hoth is exhausting and without incident. Stakeout at night on desert worlds is draining and feels- for all his patience acquired over the years- futile.
But for the first time, he has other life forms to work with on missions, and Kaytoo has other people to bug with his statistics.
In the middle of this thankless war, Cassian struggles to keep his policy of detachment even as his crew repeatedly proves themselves loyal and he finds himself falling into an abyss that his trusty droid helpfully calls "inconvenient organic feelings".
Jyn doesn't embrace most nights the way the human body requires, because control is absent in sleep and the galaxy is a cunning place.
This time around, though, there are people who'll help with that.
Shara and Leia were standing at the door when Jyn opened it, blinking her eyes.
This was already too much for 1am.
"Shara drank too much to drive and I don't know how to drive stick. We want kebabs," Leia said, her voice completely matter-of-fact.
There are questions that may be answered and there are things that may be learned, when you stand on the precipice of death, but none of these things may be unlearned.
Or: Cassian stands vigil for a dead god and meets one who gave him a gift once.
Gods fade, and when they do, they do it unmourned and unremembered.
Or: Jyn comes to America and learns the truth about what it means to be forgotten as a goddess.
Cassian meets an long-forgotten story in the form of Jyn and comes to an understanding of America and its gods.
Everyone's only a story in the end.
Jyn Erso reimagined - She's still with the Partisans when Bodhi and his message arrives on Jedha, and he has surprising news... that her mother is still alive and held on Eadu.
Written for Jyn Erso Appreciation Week on Tumblr.
Ben and Rey, both a little different from the other padawans, find friends in one another from a young age. However, Ben soon realizes it's a bit more complicated.
The war is over and Bodhi Rook has been away from Jedha for too long. It's time to go home. He winds up with an unexpected passenger.
A love story between two people and a place, about all the different meanings of home.
The moment between life and death leaves a lot of time for reflecting.
Last night wasn't what the gossip might say, and it was a one time thing, anyway. It won't happen again.
Bodhi wasn't expecting to end up in Luke's bed the night before. Now he's taken by surprise in all new ways.


It is getting colder every day and we better continue our preparation for the winter, that is why we want to share with you an article about crocheting this super cute and beautiful bunny mittens that are presented on the photos.
The video tutorial that is presented in the article will help us with the preparation, it includes the instructions for the 1-4 year old size but of course we are also able to crochet them bigger or smaller, but let's not forget that this crochet project is meant to be a child project. I am sure that every child around you, you daughter or son, you relative or just a close person will be amazed by the mittens.
The video tutorial is great, it includes every single step we need to follow to get the result right and if you do so and follow the steps very carefully you are going to get the result that will amaze you in a very little time and without facing any kind of a problem or misunderstanding.


Truck shopping has become my favorite pastime the last few days. I looked at a '96 F250 diesel that I couldn't drive because the brakes sucked, then yesterday I looked at an '01 F250 diesel that I liked but can't use to replace my car because it's a supercab, not a crew cab, and we haz baby.
'89 F350, regular cab, dually. 460, automatic, allegedly totally rust free...which is kinda unheard of where I live. It's also driveable and very short money.
I'd like a diesel, but I don't actually need one, I just like the clatter. I've never had a big block, so that's kinda cool, and I think it's a pretty good looking truck. Also, combined with my blue P71, it'll look like a giant American flag when they're parked together.
Hopefully the rain mostly holds off today so I can see it today. If it's pretty good, it's likely that I'll buy it, given the cost.


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Kelleher Feted at Fellowship Launch; Rand Named Inaugural Fellow
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The School of Public Policy celebrated the legacy of College Park Professor Catherine Kelleher, a founding faculty member of the School, at a celebration at the National Academy of Sciences on May 5.
The event, co-hosted by CISSM and Women in International Security (WIIS), also celebrated the recent launch of the Kelleher Fellowship for International Security Studies. CISSM Director Nancy Gallagher announced that Lindsay Rand, a graduating SPP master's student, who is entering the school's doctoral program, was selected as the first recipient of the Kelleher Fellowship.
In honoring Kelleher, Gallagher recognized her role in founding CISSM and WIIS, in being a trailblazer for women in government service in international security, as well as the personal opportunities she afforded Gallagher when she first joined the school. School of Public Policy Professor Steve Fetter, who also serves as the university's associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, recognized the role that Kelleher played in putting the School "on the map" as a premier destination for international security scholars and students. Chantal de Jonge Ourdat, the current president of WIIS, and Laura Holgate, a past president of WIIS and a current Vice President at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, both recognized the inspiration that generations of women have drawn from Kelleher's example and generosity. SPP alumna Jessica Gottesman, who was Kelleher's research assistant while on campus, performed a Bach violin excerpt to start off the program.
At the end of the program, Gallagher introduced the inaugural fellowship winner. Rand (at right of Kelleher) also has a master's in nuclear health physics from Georgetown University. During her two years in the School of Public Policy master's program, Rand has been a graduate assistant at CISSM, where she has worked on research relating to nuclear energy development in East Asia, and completed her master's capstone project on the nuclear waste storage policies of emerging nuclear energy countries. Rand is preparing to study the effects of emerging technology on nuclear weapons policies in the School's doctoral program, starting in the fall of 2019.
The Catherine M. Kelleher Fellowship for International Security Studies supports exceptional graduate students pursuing a master's or doctoral degree at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Combined with a research assistantship, the fellowship provides full funding for a year of study. The award is open to any student studying international security policy broadly defined, but gives special consideration to students interested in cooperative approaches to reducing nuclear risks and addressing other security challenges in U.S.-European relations, an approach that Kelleher championed as a scholar, government official, and a policy practitioner. Support the Fellowship.
Jonas Siegel
Associate Director, CISSM
jsiegel@umd.edu
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In the Lilac trees in the evening there are small specks of yellow where the Gold finches have settled.
I like frogs, actually I like all nature. So many different textures, patterns, colours, habits etc etc. Everyday I see something beautiful and appreciate something new. As an artist there really is no shortage of inspiration.
I have a fascination with foxes, not good if you also care for chickens… But we keep a balance of respect and appreciation.
We watched the sun melt slowly into Lake Ainslie and listened to the call of the geese as they swam across molten ripples. Bliss.


Showing user activity over a specific time range is a basic query that can often be the starting point for more in-depth data explorations.
This article demonstrates how to determine the number of users that were active on each day, over a set period of time.
Since we're measuring user activity over time, we will build the sentence for this query using Time view.
This example uses the IA_MOVIES dataset, its useractor property, and Daily Activity actor property. You would select the appropriate properties for your dataset.
This query uses a custom actor property for Daily Activity. For information on how to create a custom actor property for this query, see Building a Daily Activity actor property.
We use the IA_MOVIES dataset for our example in the following procedure. Use the dataset that is appropriate for your business. To create the custom actor property used in this query, see Building a Daily Activity actor property.
In the second line of the query builder, select: Filtered to user actors with Daily Activity that is greater than 0.
Accept the default of Split by none.
Specify a Starting time by selecting from the drop-down list, clicking the calendar icon and choosing a date, or clicking inside the text field and entering a value, then accept the default Ending now. We entered a value of 180 days.
Click with time options and specify a time resolution with a trailing window. We accepted the default auto options, Pre-filtered to all events.


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Dave Brubeck - The Definitive Dave Brubeck On Fantasy, Concord Jazz And Telarc (2010)
Jazz | Author: SELMER | 14-09-2018, 16:29
Artist: Dave Brubeck
Title Of Album: The Definitive Dave Brubeck On Fantasy, Concord Jazz And Telarc
Label: Concord Music
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue, log, artwork)
01. I Found a New Baby (1:38)
02. The Way You Look Tonight (3:04)
03. (Back Home Again In) Indiana (2:36)
04. Laura (2:46)
05. Singin' in the Rain (2:37)
06. That Old Black Magic (2:40)
07. Sweet Georgia Brown (2:44)
08. Perfidia (2:20)
09. Avalon (2:08)
10. How High the Moon (3:06)
11. Look for the Silver Lining (3:44)
12. This Can't Be Love (4:10)
13. My Romance (2:40)
14. Lulu's Back in Town (2:24)
15. Over the Rainbow (5:05)
17. All the Things You Are (9:12)
01. Koto Song (8:51)
02. Black and Blue (7:12)
03. St. Louis Blues (9:45)
04. Take Five (7:05)
05. (Variations On) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (7:29)
06. Here Comes McBride (3:27)
07. Waltzing (7:17)
08. Day After Day (6:45)
09. Forty Days (6:17)
There is no denying that Dave Brubeck's hit sides for Columbia permanently established him in the popular jazz consciousness, but that's also a limiting factor: he cut great music before and after his tenure there. The Definitive Dave Brubeck, a double-disc, 26-track collection issued just in time to celebrate the pianist's 90th birthday and to coincide with the documentary film Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Time (whose executive producer is Clint Eastwood), fills in key points in the rest of the story. (Sony/Legacy has simultaneously issued a Brubeck-curated double disc entitled Legacy of a Legend that covers the Columbia period between 1954 and 1970.) This compilation was assembled by Russell Gloyd, Brubeck's manager, producer, and conductor since 1976. Disc one contains 17 tracks recorded between 1942 (the year the historic Jazz at the College of the Pacific was cut for Fantasy Records) and 1953 (when Jazz at Oberlin was released). These were the years that Brubeck's early trio (with Ron Crotty and Cal Tjader) and his original duets with Paul Desmond, and finally the quartet, began to make their mark on the West Coast. There are also solo piano tunes ("My Romance") and even one from the Dave Brubeck Octet recording ("The Way You Look Tonight"). Numerous cuts were chosen from the Dave Brubeck Trio's Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals and Brubeck & Desmond: Jazz at Storyville. The nine selections on disc two begin in 1982 with "Koto Song," from the live Concord on a Summer Night, and end in 2004 with "Forty Days" from the London Flat, London Sharp set, with cuts along the way from the albums Moscow Night (1987), Young Lions & Old Tigers (1995), Just You, Just Me (1994), So What's New? (2000), and The Crossing (2000). There isn't anything here that is previously unreleased, so hardcore fans will more than likely already possess the material. That said, for anyone only familiar with the Columbia recordings, or seeking an introduction to Brubeck, this collection is a worthwhile consideration. -- Thom Jurek
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Dave Brubeck - Legacy Of A Legend (2010)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Brubeck / Desmond (1987)
Dave Brubeck - Jazz Impressions of Japan & New York (1964) [2LP on CD]
Carmen McRae & Dave Brubeck - Take Five (2009)


A sudden burst of anxiety.
A whirling nudge of curses.
While my heart quotes verses.
Helping me run away the storm.
The day wears me down.
But its possibilities cement me to the floor.
Prohibiting me from joy in your will.
Would you come and lift it with your redeeming-touch?
Would you still be proud of me if I took the route of another hill?
Letting my faith and endurance grow.
I see now, my reservations booked.
My God does not quid pro quo, but He does let it go.
Rest assured you are acquitted.
Go on my son, knowing the burden is lifted.
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Q&A: Is Africa finally on Obama's agenda?
Former US assistant secretary of state for African affairs Jendayi Frazer discusses Obama's extended trip to Africa.
by Musaazi Namiti
26 Jun 2013 19:19 GMT
Obama will spend seven days visiting three African countries: Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania [Getty Images]
US President Barack Obama embarks on his first extended trip to the African continent on Wednesday - visiting Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania - in a trip many see as long overdue.
Obama spent just 22 hours in sub-Saharan Africa during his first term in office, in a stop-over trip to Ghana in 2009.
As a result, there is much interest in the timing of Obama's trip and speculation about the issues he is likely to raise and discuss, especially at a time when China, Turkey, Brazil and Japan are demonstrating remarkable fervour in pursuing stronger ties with African nations.
Al Jazeera talks to Jendayi Frazer, an adjunct senior fellow at the US Council on Foreign Relations and former US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, about what President Barack Obama's extended visit is likely to focus on, and whether Africa can expect to benefit.
Al Jazeera: Why has President Barack Obama chosen Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa as his destinations on his second visit to sub-Saharan Africa?
Jendayi Frazer: President Obama's selection of Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa as destinations on his second visit to Africa highlights stable democracies.
The Obama administration has prioritised engaging countries in Africa with a democratic tradition. South Africa has had multiple elections, though only two parties have governed for the past 65 years, the National Party (1948-1994) and the ANC (1994-2013).
Tanzania has had one governing party for the union since its independence. Senegal has managed both multiple elections and transitions to different political parties. All three countries have relatively strong governing institutions.
Also, previous US presidents have visited these countries, making them destinations that the US Secret Service is more comfortable with taking the US president.
AJ: What is the strategic importance of the three countries to the United States?
JF: South Africa is a strategic country to the United States since many US companies invest in South Africa, which has the largest and most diversified economy in sub-Saharan Africa.
Frazer headed the Bureau of African Affairs between 2005-2009 [EPA]
South Africa also plays a major role shaping African affairs through its influence in the African Union and contribution to peacekeeping and conflict mediation across the continent. South African businesses are also significant investors in other African economies.
South Africa is also positioning itself as a global player through its membership as a BRIC(S) [Brazil, Russia, India, and China] country.
Senegal and Tanzania are less strategic than South Africa to US interests, but have been significant and reliable partners and beneficiaries of US assistance, including the Millennium Challenge Corporation that rewards lower-income countries globally that are well-governed, invest in health and education of their populations, and have undertaken strong economic reforms.
Tanzania was awarded the largest compact [grant] - $698m over 5 years - of all countries during the Bush administration, and Senegal was awarded a five-year $540m compact in September 2009.
AJ: China's footprint in Africa is increasingly becoming bigger while the US is becoming less conspicuous. China is becoming more influential on the continent. Is Obama doing something to counter this?
JF: President Obama is making his second trip to sub-Saharan Africa since becoming president. In contrast, the former Chinese President Hu Jintao made multiple trips to Africa during his presidency and the new Chinese President Xi Jinping's maiden international trip was to Africa, visiting South Africa, Tanzania and the Republic of Congo in 2013.
President Obama's trip will help project America's influence. However, his administration will need to make more strategic investments and pursue significantly higher levels of engagement to effectively compete with China's growing influence in Africa.
AJ: Some commentators say Obama's visit to Africa is merely symbolic, and Africa does not stand to gain anything from it.
JF: Obama's trip to Africa is important to strengthen US-Africa relations, especially with the three countries he will visit. He will meet with African officials, entrepreneurs, civil society leaders and young people, offering an opportunity to explain US policies and deepen our ties. President Obama will also announce an energy initiative in Tanzania.
But the most significant gain for Africa is his direct engagement that will give Africans an opportunity to influence his administration's approach and policies towards Africa.
AJ: The president has, for the second time, avoided Kenya - the birthplace of his father - and is instead visiting neighbouring Tanzania, which is less strategically important.
JF: To date, no sitting US president has visited Kenya despite Kenya's strategic importance to the United States. Kenya is certainly the destination of most American private investment in East Africa, and it is the hub for international organisations operating in the region.
Many American tourists and students visit and live in Kenya, so US-Kenya people-to-people ties are significant. Kenya has also played a pivotal and positive role in the peace and security of the region with its significant contribution to mediating the Sudan comprehensive peace agreement and supporting stability in Somalia. In the past, the US Secret Service has vetoed US presidential visits to Kenya due to al-Qaeda security threats.
AJ: To what extent will counter-terrorism efforts with African nations feature in talks, given the fact that the president is not visiting African countries plagued by extremism?
JF: The terrorist threat is very likely to be raised during President Obama's visit to Senegal, which borders Mali, a country that is now at the centre of the terrorist threats across the Sahel. The three countries President Obama will visit have faced terrorism challenges, including the 1998 al-Qaeda attack against the US embassy in Dar es Salaam. South Africa has done a particularly good job managing the People Against Gangsterism and Drugs vigilante and terror campaign in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Tanzania's long maritime border requires significant monitoring.
AJ: The president will likely emphasise good governance and economic progress, and speak about the importance of human rights. But the US maintains relations with countries with poor human rights records such as Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia and Rwanda.
JF: The United States has multiple interests that have to be managed, so human rights is not the single litmus test for US engagement anywhere in the world.
Ethiopia and Rwanda, for example, have made significant economic progress and have better governance and human rights records than those of other countries the Obama administration has prioritised, such as Myanmar.
AJ: How does the Democrats' record on US-Africa relations compare with that of the Republicans?
JF: US policies towards Africa have been largely bipartisan. Republicans have treated Africa in more strategic terms. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Republican administrations have also provided higher levels of assistance than available under Democratic administrations.
Both Democratic and Republican administrations have to do a better job articulating Africa's importance to the United States and leave behind paternalistic views of the continent.
The foundation for mutually beneficial partnership has to be anchored by understanding Africa's importance to realising America's global interests and reinforcing America's contribution to Africa progress.
Musaazi Namiti
Musaazi Namiti is an online editor and team leader with Al Jazeera English's Africa section and has occasionally written


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Matsushima's 'good things' a lasting legacy for cattle feeding
Abbie Burnett
Originally ran in the Angus Journal
While conducting research for his doctorate at the University of Nebraska, Matsushima caught the attention of the Monfort family when he thought up one of the biggest contributions to the feeding industry to date: the steam corn flaker.
"Learn the good things, forget the bad things." That's 99-year-old John Matsushima's advice for living a good life.
You can see it in his face, too.
The wrinkles permanently creased are born not of age, but a century of laughter and remembering the good times.
Japanese-American heritage did not always make it easy, but you won't often hear him talk about it. Instead, he focuses on the people he's worked with — colleagues, peers and graduate students — as the secret to his success. This year's Feeding Quality Forum Industry Achievement Award is one of many accolades in the last decade. What he's provided to the industry is incalculable, the impact on lives immeasurable.
It started with curiosity piqued at his father purchasing 10 heifers and one bull at the Denver Union Stockyards: "I always thought, how can cattle eat green grass and then produce red meat?"
The boy enrolled in 4-H and Future Farmers of America and soon won a cattle feeding contest. Two subsequent scholarships paid his way to Colorado State University (Colorado A&M at the time) to receive his bachelor's and master's degrees.
"We were having breakfast one morning, and instead of bacon and eggs, we were having cereal," he recalls. "And it came to my mind, maybe what we ought to do is feed cattle a warm breakfast."
Matsushima knew how cattle were unique. "You're usually feeding the bacteria instead of the animal."
Changing the starch composition through steam flaking and then pressing the corn makes easier access for rumen bacteria.
That revolution lowered costs for the feeder, and in turn, the beef consumer.
"By improving the feed efficiency, you can trace this back to the economy," Matsushima said. "So today, the consumer can buy their beef almost 10% cheaper than before."
Steam flaking was the tip of the iceberg for Matsushima. Monfort and other early feeding greats convinced him to move back to Colorado State, where he taught and researched even more.
When he noticed scours tormenting young calves, he tried antibiotics, which practically eliminated the problem. What's even better, he followed those calves through to the packing plant and discovered they had no abscessed livers.
Matsushima made everything better for feedyard cattle, from curtailing foot rot with extended concrete aprons at bunks to creating a baked "feed grade" urea, and incorporating higher roughage to grain rations.
When cattle feeding started, the consensus called for very long periods on feed to utilize surplus grain. As Matsushima discovered, this added surplus fat to beef carcasses. So the National Western Stock Show Fed Beef Contest was born.
"After the animals were slaughtered, we took the carcasses and put them in a showcase," Matsushima said. "And that really surprised the people who came to visit the stock show."
He remained superintendent of the contest for 20 years, just one of many steps the scientist took to improve beef quality in the feeding industry.
With great work done in the states, he also made quite the impression globally.
Matsushima helped develop the first feedyard in Africa and consulted in countries like Germany, Australia and China. But perhaps his biggest international acclaim was in Japan.
What started as an invitation to speak at a conference in Tokyo blossomed into a warm relationship.
Matsushima knew Japan cut their carcasses between the fifth and sixth rib, where marbling started from the front, so he provided a little bit of advice.
"I told them, 'Well, if you buy carcasses from the U.S., you would be paying for the carcasses on the basis of the 12th and 13th rib, so when they get to Japan, you would find that U.S. Choice carcasses would probably grade a little higher.' That would be a profit for the Japanese distributors."
That opened their eyes.
Today, beef exports to Japan average more than $2 billion a year. For his efforts over time, The U.S. scientist received the Japanese Emperor award in 2009 at its highest level, the Emperor Citation.
While these accomplishments and their industry impacts are vast, Matsushima is more proud of his work as a professor, particularly when it comes to his students.
"They would always ask curious questions," he said. "They helped me a great deal. That was one of the research highlights of my career, in teaching."
One student asked when a steer will quit gaining 2.5 pounds a day. Matsushima didn't know – so they found out.
In all, he fostered discovery in more than 10,000 students and 55 graduate students, the latter helping to conduct the NWSS Fed Beef Contest and participating in his research projects.
One of those graduate students was longtime Elanco ruminant nutritionist Scott Laudert, who recalls Matsushima's work ethic.
"He was always early to get into the office. When I was a grad student, he would be out at the feedyard early in the morning," Laudert said. "It wasn't uncommon for him to be out there at 4:30 or five o'clock. He would read the bunks and do the paperwork for the cattle feeders to make their morning and afternoon feeds."
Since Matsushima taught him how to read bunks, he had to meet him at the feedyard about five o'clock every morning — daylight or darkness, rain or shine.
"He was just an exceptional teacher in that he'd take someone under his wing and teach them all they needed to know," he said. "And if they were able to perform, he's just let them take off on their own."
Matsushima would encourage the same bond among his graduate students that he developed individually.
"He's always tried to bring us together, to gather his former students at scientific meetings and whatnot," Laudert said. "I know that I and many, many of his graduate students very much appreciate everything that he's done for us. He's well deserving of this award."
Matsushima doesn't see these awards as recognition for himself, but of the people around him.
"You know, people don't receive credit for what they've done themselves," he said. "They've had other people help them, and that's true with me. There were good friends and good family — they all supported me. And there's been a number of good livestock leaders, good teachers, good students. They all helped me."
That support team included his late wife, Dorothy, two children Bob and Nancy, and four grandchildren.
"What I'm most proud of," says Matsushima, "is my family. And I'm proud I'm an American citizen."❖
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Engine manufacturer Scania is showcasing its IMO Tier III compliant 16-litre diesel engine, which is available in both a generator set version and as a main engine, at the Seawork conference in Southampton.
"While the IMO Tier III standard is already in force in the North American and United States Caribbean Sea areas, all new ships constructed on or after 1 January 2021 destined to operate in European waters will also require IMO Tier III-compliant engines," says David Bamber, General Manager – Scania Engines for Scania (Great Britain) Limited. "The same holds true for any ships replacing an engine with a non-identical engine or installing an additional engine. In bringing its IMO Tier III engines to market two years ahead of the standard becoming mandatory, Scania is helping the industry plan and prepare for the transition as operators focus more and more on sustainability."
All Scania engines are based on a robust design with a strength-optimised cylinder block containing wet cylinder liners that can easily be exchanged. Individual cylinder heads with four valves per cylinder promotes fuel economy and ease of maintenance. The engine features Scania's fuel-efficient XPI injection system and utilises selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to meet the IMO Tier III standard, reducing NOx emissions by more than 70 percent. The engines can also be run on HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil), a biodiesel which delivers reductions of carbon dioxide emissions compared to conventional diesel.
The engines are also designed for powering generator sets on commercial shipping and here the output can range from 199kW to 640kW. The engines are available with either built-in heat exchangers or to operate with single or dual keel cooling systems, and a limited range of emergency/harbour (fan drive) models/ratings. The 16-valve gensets are available in 1,500 rpm or 1,800rpm variants.
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Execution of Jewish refugees from Zaporozhye in Olkhovy Rog
Kind of place before :
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Witness interview
Anna S., born in 1928: "We found out about the war from the radio. Once the Soviet Union was attacked by the Germans, many refugees passed by the village. Some of them even settled down in the village thinking that Germans would not arrive here. There were Ukrainians, Russians and Jews among the evacuees. They all spoke Russian. Those who stayed started to work in the local kolkhoz. Then, after a while, the Germans arrived into the village by car and on foot. We didn't see them arrive because my mother hid us in the basement. I remember that some Germans stayed with the locals for a couple of days before going further." (Witness n°847R, interviewed in Olkhovy Rog, on November 9, 2018)
Soviet archives
"110 Jewish people including elderly people, women and children were shot on July 31, 1942, in the village of Balabanovka and Olkhovy Rog. All these Jewish families were evacuated from Zaporozhye and worked in the kolkhoz starting in September 1941. In the beginning of July 1942, when the Germans approached the village, all the Jewish families were about to evacuate to the East but were surrounded by the German troops. They were told to come back to the village. The day they returned to the village they were gathered under a pretext of a meeting, but in reality they were forced into a truck and taken outside the village to be shot. [Here follows the lists of the shot victims]." [Act n°190 drawn up by Soviet Extraordinary State Commission (ChGK); GARF : Fond 7021, opis 40, delo 5]
Olkhovyy Rog was created in 1946 as a result of a merge of two hamlets, Balobanovka and Olkhovyy Rog. Back in 17th century, Balobanovka was mostly populated by Germans who were deported to Siberia in 1946. From 1822 to 1932 there were about 102 households. Back then there were no Jewish people living in this area.
Holocaust by bullets in figures
Before the village was occupied by Germans on July 12, 1942, about a hundred Jewish refugees from Zaporozhye arrived in the village. They settled down with the locals and worked in the kolkhoz. Shortly before the occupation, the Jewish families attempted to escape to the East, but were surrounded by the Germans and ordered to go back. Once they came back, they were summoned for a meeting during which they were rounded-up on a truck and taken to be shot. Among the victims there were mainly elderly people, women and children. Only one Jewish boy, Dekenstein Semion, survived the occupation.
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Carmel Visual Arts is located in Carmel, CA on the Monterey Peninsula which is known for its unique place in the history of both painting and photography. Exhibitions for groups and individuals are scheduled throughout the year. Our workshops and classes are given in studio and outdoors amid this coastal wonderland filled with inspiration.
Rich Brimer, Director
Rich Brimer finds the dramatic beauty of the California coast an irresistible muse for his plein air paintings! Stalking the incredible light and beauty of the area and capturing it in pigment has become a ritual. With leadership skills formed in Ventura County art organizations that he participated in, combined with being a naturally patient painting instructor, Rich brings it all to Carmel Visual Arts in Carmel, California. The regional history of the arts on the Monterey peninsula provided an extra incentive for Rich to relocate and partner with Carol Henry in starting this new creative center for the arts.
Rich's background is a combination of illustration and technology, with a special interest in documentary film before he turned his attention full-time to fine art several years ago. He received his education at California Lutheran University with a Bachelor of Arts.
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Q: If $x$ is a natural number and $p$ is a prime number, then $x^p - x$ is a multiple of $p$. If $x$ is a natural number and $p$ is a prime number, then $x^p - x$ is a multiple of $p$.
How would you go about proving this using induction?
I know that for any prime number $p$, and any integer $k$ such that $1 \leq k \leq p-1$, the binomial coefficient $\binom{p}{k}$ is divisible by $p$.

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Claim : If $x$ is a natural number and $p$ is a prime number , $x^p-x$ is divisible by $p$

Proof by induction over $x$ :
Base case : For $x=0$ and $x=1$ , the claim is true because $0$ is divisble by $p$. (If you considered $0$ to be natural, you can start with $x=0$, else with $x=1$)
Induction step : We assume that $x^p-x$ is divisble by $p$
Now, we have $$(x+1)^p=x^p+\binom{p}{1}x^{p-1}+\cdots+\binom{p}{p-1}x+1$$
This implies $$(x+1)^p-(x^p+1)=\binom{p}{1}x^{p-1}+\cdots+\binom{p}{p-1}x$$
hence $$(x+1)^p-(x^p+1)=(x+1)^p-x^p-1$$ is divisble by $p$ (The remark in your question comes into play here; the binomial coefficients are divisble by $p$, hence the right side is as well)
Now, we consider $$(x+1)^p-(x+1)=(x+1)^p-x-1=(x+1)^p-x^p-1+x^p-x$$
(We subtracted $x^p$ and added it again to get two summands divisble by $p$; Such tricks occur often in induction proofs)
We have already shown that $(x+1)^p-x^p-1$ is disivisble by $p$. By induction hypothesis, $x^p-x$ is divisble by $p$. Since $(x+1)^p-(x+1)$ is the sum of the two expressions, it is divisible by $p$ as well.
This completes the induction step and therefore the proof.

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(Both pictures from Wikipedia.)
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: OUTDOORS: Expect invasion of coyotes:
Chances are most city goers and suburbanites in Virginia don't think of coyotes as a native species. Maybe they're from the American West. Or, if they're here, they're probably hiding out in the mountain redoubts of far southwestern Virginia. There's no way Henrico County or the City of Richmond is coyote country, is there?
In fact, that's exactly the case. And while it's true that coyotes aren't native to this state, their population and range has been steadily increasing for years. So while we may think of the wily coyote as an exotic species, it's one many Virginians will be getting to know on a much more intimate level in years to come.
Coyotes are one of the only species whose range and numbers have grown along with human expansion and intrusion into formerly wild areas. The key to the spread of the coyote across this state, as in the rest of the south and east, is its flexibility in diet and preferred living quarters.
"They're adapted to brushy, disturbed habitat, and they're very adaptable in their diet," said Mike Fies, furbearer program director with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. "They're omnivores. They'll eat just about anything. Everything from dog food in trash to mice, rodents, deer and livestock."
Don't forget cats and small dogs as well.
Coyotes, whose dimensions are usually similar to a medium-size dog (30-40 inches long, 40-45 pounds), are considered a nuisance species in Virginia and can be hunted all year. Fies said the most recent statistics – those from July 2005 through June 2006 – show almost 12,000 reported coyote kills by hunters. That's a significant jump from previous years.
This year, Varina resident Eddie Griggs joined that group while deer hunting at his hunting club in Buckingham County. He said club members killed seven during deer season and saw maybe 10 others they didn't get a shot at.
"We went from seeing none to seeing a couple maybe three years ago, then a couple more. Then this year it's just exploded.
"This year, we've really noticed that we don't have the deer population we used to, especially the younger deer. We made it a point to check the yearling deer. It is nowhere near what it has been."
Griggs hunts all over the state – Buckingham, Fairfax, Prince George, Caroline counties – and he said he's seen greater numbers and heard people talk about the rise of coyotes everywhere he's gone.
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Captain Marvel's Adventures
My blog dedicated to the original Captain Marvel and his adventures in the 1970s "Shazam" comics!
Comic of the Week - Shazam! #6
The Shazam! comic of the week is Shazam! #6 which published on July 19, 1973 and had a cover date of October 1973.
This comic featured two new Captain Marvel stories and one golden-age adventure featuring the Marvel Family. What's special to me about this issue is this was my very first Captain Marvel comic I ever purchased - it's the comic that introduced me to the World's Mightiest Mortal! The pictures in this article are from my copy that I've fortunately held on to all these years. It has a rolled spine and some staining, but to me it's a treasure I will not part with!
The first story pits Captain Marvel against his long-time nemesis - Dr. Sivana - in the story, "Better Late Than Never!" The world's maddest scientist goes toe to toe with the World's Mightiest Mortal!
The second story is "Dexter Knox and his Electric Grandmother." Please note that Dexter Knox, the boy scientist, also appeared in Cap's golden-age comics. For example, he appeared in Captain Marvel Adventures #135 in the story, "Captain Marvel and the Mystery of the Space Switch!" (June 4, 1952)
The third story is a reprint from Marvel Family #53 (September 22, 1950) entitled, "The Man Who Changed the World." This story wasn't complete in this issue and readers were advised it would be concluded in the next!
Another feature of this comic is the "Shazamail" section. There were a few letters written by Cap's golden age fans that seem to be enjoying Cap's new adventures. One very interesting letter concerns Black Adam! I was totally surprised that even though he was only in one golden age comic, fans remembered him and wondered if he'd be back in the 1970's editions!
My favorite story from this issue is "Better Late Than Never!" It's always good to see Cap and Sivana battle - and have Sivana lose again!
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Shazam! The Complete Live-Action Series on DVD
On September 7, 1974, Captain Marvel leaped into action on TV screens with the premier of the Saturday morning show, Shazam! DC had already brought Cap back in comics in December of 1972 with the first issue of Shazam comics. For me, the Shazam TV show was my first introduction to Captain Marvel and I loved watching the show each Saturday and started reading the Shazam comics. (I still have my original copy of Shazam #6!)
The Shazam TV show only lasted three seasons with a total of 28 episodes. The last episode aired on October 16, 1976. Fortunately for fans, all 28 episodes are available on DVD!
Here are some pictures of my DVD collection which was a Christmas present for me a few years ago.
The menu selection for the DVDs is pretty basic. You can play each episode individually, or just have them play back to back. The only extra feature is you can also play them all back to back but include Captain Marvel's "moral of the story" play at the end of each show as well. Below is an example of one of Cap's morals.
The DVD collection is still available, I recommend you check with your favorite retailer for a copy! On the Warner Brothers on-line shop, I noticed that you can order the collection with exclusive cover art by one of my favorite Captain Marvel artists, Jerry Ordway. Here's a look at that special art cover.
I've re-watched these episodes quite often and always enjoy them. I hope Warner Brothers produces the entire collection in the blu-ray format - that would be awesome!
Labels: TV show
The Comic That Never Was - Captain Marvel Battles Evil Incarnate!
When DC Comics brought Captain Marvel back in the 1970s, they did well to have one of his creators handle the artwork. C. C. Beck, who drew Captain Marvel for Fawcett in the 1940s and 1950s was once again doing Cap's artwork in the '70s. However, Beck would soon leave the Shazam! series after a small handful of issues. He did not like the direction DC was taking the character he created and so Beck and DC parted ways.
As I was doing some research for my blog I ran across an interesting article that tells how DC reached back out to Beck in 1974. E. Nelson Bridwell invited Beck to submit a script for a new Captain Marvel story. If the editorial board at DC approved the script, they would let Beck draw and create the comic story.
Beck went to work and created the story, "Captain Marvel Battles Evil Incarnate!" The story was in the vein of Cap's golden age adventures and included Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, the 7 deadly enemies of man, a witch, and magic spells. It also included the Marvel Family - Mary, Captain Marvel, Jr and Uncle Marvel.
Finally, after six months, DC's editorial board sent Beck back his script. Unfortunately, there were major re-writes and changes. According to the article, "Beck returned the rewritten script to DC and told them that he wanted nothing to do with it. DC's invitations to Beck stopped and they never contacted him again."
What a sad story! I would have loved to read that comic as created by Beck. It would have recaptured Captain Marvel and the Marvel family in all their golden-age glory once again. If you would like to read the entire article, you can read it here: The Marvel Family Battles Evil Incarnate
The Shazam! comic of the week is Shazam! #5 which published on June 19, 1973 and had a cover date of September 1973.
This comic featured two new Captain Marvel stories and one golden-age adventure featuring Captain Marvel, Jr! The comic cover is an almost exact duplicate of Captain Marvel Adventures #119 (February 2, 1951)! I wrote a brief article about that whcih you can read here.
The first story is "The Man Who Wasn't!" In this story, the world's mightiest mortal matches whits with a leprechaun!
The second story is "The World's Toughest Guy!" I've written about this story and you can read it here.
Finally, we have a reprint of a golden-age Captain Marvel Jr story, "Captain Marvel Jr Fights the Champ." This was originally published in Marvel Family #25 which originally published on May 21, 1948.
I personally liked "The World's Toughest Guy!" story the best. And also keep in mind, many people may not have been aware of Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family from the 1940s and 1950s, so that's probably why DC kept including reprints from their golden-age adventures.
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Going On Hiatus
Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to stop by this blog and read it. I appreciate it! I'm going to take a break from posting here for a while...not sure when I'll be back. I've been trying to maintain several social media sites for Captain Marvel from blogs, Facebook and Instagram and have found that I just don't have the time to manage them all and really need to cut back. I'm still a huge fan of Captain Marvel, but I just don't have Cap's powers and abilities to keep up with multiple social media sites!
Thank you again for reading my blogs - I greatly appreciate it!
Yours for old Shazam,
Shazam! Comics DC TV Imprint
The cover of Shazam! #25 featured a slight change to the comics cover. At that time DC was using the DC imprint that said "The Line of DC Super-Stars." But on the cover of Shazam! 25 (June 29, 1976) it displayed "A DC TV Comic" imprint.
Regular DC imprint from Shazam! #19
DC TV imprint from Shazam! #26
The DC TV imprint was also used on DC's other live action Saturday morning show, The Mighty Isis as both Captain Marvel and Isis had their own programs. The DC TV imprint on Cap's comics didn't last long as it ended with Shazam! #33 (October 4, 1977).
The Shazam! comic of the week is Shazam! #4 which published on April 17, 1973 and had a cover date of July 1973.
This comic featured two new Captain Marvel stories and one golden-age adventure featuring the world's mightiest mortal! The comic cover features Billy Batson in front of some fun-house mirrors - with Captain Marvel's image reflecting back! A similar cover was used in Captain Marvel Adventures #45. (I wrote a brief article about that which you can read here.)
The first storys is "IBAC the Cursed!" The front page tells us, "Out of the past comes one of Captain Marvel's deadliest foes, a hate-filled villain as bad as the world's mightiest mortal is good!" IBAC was one of Cap's golden age villains, making his debut in Captain Marvel Adventures #8 (1942) in the story "Captain Marvel and the Curse of IBAC!" Here, in Shazam! #4, IBAC makes a come-back!
The second new Captain Marvel story is "The Mirrors that Predicted the Future." Billy is bummed out that it appears his friends have forgotten his birthday. I wrote a separate article about that which you can read here.
The final story is a reprint of Cap's golden age adventure, "The Ownerless Diamond" which was first published in Captain Marvel Adventures #97 (1949).
There is also a full page of "Shazamail" with letters from fans. Interestingly, there are letters from two people that wrote Captain Marvel stories from Cap's golden age: Otto Binder and Manly Wade Wellman.
Captain Marvel and The Nicest Guy in the World!
In the pages of Shazam! #2 (published February 15, 1973) we are introduced to a new character in Captain Marvel's comics. In the st...
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Captain Marvel's Bronze Age Adventures Begin
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Lamarkizam (ili Lamarckovo nasljeđivanje), ideja da organizam karakteristike koje je stekao za života može prenijeti na svoje potomstvo (znana kao i heritabilnost stečenih karakteristika ili mekano nasljeđivanje). Ime je dobio po francuskom biologu Jean-Baptisteu Lamarcku (1744. – 1829.), koji je inkorporirao djelovanje mekanog nasljeđivanja u svoje evolucijske teorije kao dodatak svojem konceptu inherentno progresivne tendencije koja tjera organizme stalno k većoj kompleksnosti, u paralelnim no odvojenim lozama bez ikakva izumiranja. Lamarck nije prvi osmislio ideju mekanog nasljeđivanja, koja predlaže da su individualni napori za života organizama glavni mehanizam koji goni vrste na adaptaciju, pri čemu bi oni navodno stekli adaptivne promjene i prenijeli ih na potomstvo.

Kada je Charles Darwin objavio svoju teoriju evolucije prirodnom selekcijom u O porijeklu vrsta, nastavio je davati povjerenje u ono što je nazivao "nasljeđivanjem uporabe i neuporabe", no odbacio je ostale aspekte Lamarckovih teorija. Poslije je Mendelova genetika nadomjestila zamisao nasljeđivanja stečenih crta što je naposljetku dovelo do razvoja moderne evolucijske sinteze i općeg napuštanja lamarkističke teorije evolucije u biologiji. Unatoč tomu napuštanju zanimanje za lamarkizam se nastavilo (2009.) kada su istraživanja na polju epigenetike rasvijetlila moguće nasljeđivanje bihevioralnih crta koje je stekla prethodna generacija.

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 Baldwinova evolucija
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 opsoletne znanstvene teorije
 ortogeneza
 Marcus Pembrey
 rasna memorija
 Ted Steele
 povijest evolucijske misli
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Preporučena literatura

Burkeman, Oliver. Why everything you've been told about evolution is wrong. The Guardian, 19. ožujka 2010.

 Medawar, Peter (1959). "The threat and the glory". BBC Reith Lectures No. 6.

 Waddington, Conrad. (1961). "The human evolutionary system". In: Michael Banton (Ed.), Darwinism and the Study of Society. London: Tavistock.

 Honeywill, Ross (2008). Lamarck's Evolution: two centuries of genius and jealousy. Murdoch Books, Sydney See website
Fecht, Sarah. (2011). Longevity Shown for First Time to Be Inherited via a Non-DNA Mechanism. Scientific American.
Ward, Lester Frank. (1891). Neo-Darwinism and Neo-Lamarckism. Washington Biological Society, Proceedings, VI.
Jablonka, Eva. Lamb, Marion. (2008). The Epigenome in Evolution: Beyond The Modern Synthesis. VOGis Herald. Volume 12: 242–254.
Persell, Stuart. (1999). Neo-Lamarckism and the evolution controversy in France, 1870-1920. Edwin Mellen Press.

Burkhardt, Richard. (1995). The Spirit of System: Lamarck and Evolutionary Biology. Harvard University Press.
Madaule, Madeleine Barthélemy. (1982). Lamarck, the Mythical Precursor. Mit Press.

Gissis, Snait. Jablonka, Eva. Zeligowski, Anna. (2011). Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology. MIT Press.

Vanjske poveznice

 Nonsense in Schoolbooks - The Imaginary Lamarck : Michael T. Ghiselin prepričava Lamarckovo doba i pisanja.
 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck : works and heritage : englesko-francusko mrežno mjesto koje uređuje Pietro Corsi (Oxford Univ.), a omogućuje CNRS (France - IT team of CRHST). Ovo mrežno mjesto sadrži sve knjige, tekstove, rukopise i Lamarckov herbarij.

 The Sins of the Fathers, Take 2: "At tributes to Darwin, Lamarckism — inheritance of acquired traits — will be the skunk at the party." Sharon Begley, Newsweek, 17. siječnja 2009., iz izdanja magazina datiranog 26. siječnja 2009.
 Essay on Meta-Lamarckism, Ross Honeywill

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Home Air Power Airlift and Tanker Embraer successfully completes KC-390 troop unloading and evacuation tests
Embraer successfully completes KC-390 troop unloading and evacuation tests
Embraer successfully completed the troop unloading, evacuation by hatch and evacuation tests through the front and rear doors of the KC-390 multi-mission medium airlift recently held at Brasília Air Force Base, in Brazil.
The tests complied with the requirements for achieving the Final Operational Capability (FOC), which is the subject of the final military certification of the aircraft, due to occur in the last quarter of 2019. The tests were supported by the Brazilian Air Force as well as the Brazilian Army and involved approximately 370 military personnel.
"By completing this important stage of the testing campaign toward final military certification with excellence, the KC-390 demonstrates compliance with the industry's most stringent operating and safety standards," said Walter Pinto Junior, vice-president of the KC-390 Program.
Embraer KC-390 is a tactical airlift designed to set new standards in its category while presenting the lowest life-cycle cost of the market. It can perform a variety of missions such as cargo and troop transport, troop and cargo air delivery, aerial refueling, search and rescue and forest fire fighting.
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        return Objects.hash(postOwnerId, postId, commentId, sharedPostOwnerId, sharedPostId, topicOwnerId, topicId, topicPostId);
    }

    @Override
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        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("StreamingEventId{");
        sb.append("postOwnerId=").append(postOwnerId);
        sb.append(", postId=").append(postId);
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        sb.append(", topicOwnerId=").append(topicOwnerId);
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        sb.append('}');
        return sb.toString();
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CONFIRMED: Adele IS married to Simon Konecki
"...I'm married now. I've found my next person."
By Carolina Nicolao
After months of speculation, Adele confirmed at a concert in Brisbane, Australia, on Sunday that she's married to longtime love Simon Konecki.
The pair have been together five years and have one child together, 4-year-old Angelo.
While discussing the mysterious ex-boyfriend who inspired her 2011 hit Someone Like You, the 28-year-old singer told the crowd, "I was trying to remember how it was I felt at the beginning of the relationship that inspired that record because — as bad as a breakup can be, as bitter and horrible and messy as it can be — that feeling when you first fall for someone is the best feeling on Earth, and I am addicted to that feeling."
Adele continued, "Obviously, I can't go through with those feelings because I'm married now. I've found my next person."
That's all she said, but that's total confirmation if you ask us.
The singer's new husband recently did the cutest thing to celebrate their five year anniversary by replacing all of the white confetti during her show with pink hand-written "I love you" notes.
"Oh we've got pink confetti tonight, look at that!" @Adele pic.twitter.com/tbK1XKawwN
— madeline ✨ (@madswilkerson) October 19, 2016
After filling up stadiums on tour, closing a £90 million record deal, and now getting married, seems like you can have it all, Adele.
These are the most stunning celebrity engagement rings ever (including Dakota Johnson's huge new emerald)
Simon Konecki
Every Bridgerton sex scene, ranked
We need to talk about how Simon never lasts for more than 35 seconds.
H&M's next designer collaboration is with Simone Rocha (and you don't have to wait long for the launch!)
High-Street
The high street's most epic collab to date?
People think Taylor Swift is married after seeing this picture from her new video
Not gonna lie: I'm convinced.
Adele is officially coming for 2021 as she records 'powerful' new music just before Christmas
She masked up and hit the studio last week.


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Micheal A. Edwards successfully defended a workers' compensation claim by a 23 year old furniture mover for compensability of a back condition. The claimant allegedly injured his back while moving a sofa bed. Employer witnesses contradicted the claimant's testimony regarding the occurrence and reporting of an accident/injury at work. There was also conflicting medical testimony regarding objective evidence of a back injury. Before trial, claimant demanded $50,000 to settle the claim and rejected a settlement offer of $5,000. The Judge of Compensation Claims found that the claimant did not sustain an injury by accident in the course and scope of his employment and denied all claims.


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package com.microsoft.z3;

import java.math.BigInteger;

/**
 * Rational Numerals
 **/
public class RatNum extends RealExpr
{
    /**
     * The numerator of a rational numeral.
     **/
    public IntNum getNumerator()
    {
        return new IntNum(getContext(), Native.getNumerator(getContext().nCtx(),
                getNativeObject()));
    }

    /**
     * The denominator of a rational numeral.
     **/
    public IntNum getDenominator()
    {
        return new IntNum(getContext(), Native.getDenominator(getContext().nCtx(),
                getNativeObject()));
    }

    /**
     * Converts the numerator of the rational to a BigInteger
     **/
    public BigInteger getBigIntNumerator()
    {
        IntNum n = getNumerator();
        return new BigInteger(n.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Converts the denominator of the rational to a BigInteger
     **/
    public BigInteger getBigIntDenominator()
    {
        IntNum n = getDenominator();
        return new BigInteger(n.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation in decimal notation.
     * Remarks: The result
     * has at most {@code precision} decimal places.
     **/
    public String toDecimalString(int precision)
    {
        return Native.getNumeralDecimalString(getContext().nCtx(), getNativeObject(),
                precision);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of the numeral.
     **/
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return Native.getNumeralString(getContext().nCtx(), getNativeObject());
    }

    RatNum(Context ctx, long obj)
    {
        super(ctx, obj);
    }
}


REMINDER: in-district session recap events tonight and tomorrow!
Rep. Gina McCabe invites people to attend listening tours Jan. 3 and 4 to discuss ideas for how to improve 14th District communities and Washington state.
Rep. Gina McCabe encourages residents of the 14th District to stay in touch during the summer and fall.


Indonesia is the world's biggest island country, located between the Pacific and Indian oceans. It enjoys a maritime country with abundant natural wealth and diverse flora and fauna. Each island is unique in terms of cultures and traditions followed. It has become one of the top destinations in the world, for couples, families and backpackers.
How to find cheap flights to Indonesia?
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A friend and I were talking about creating a virtual network connection. In this case, we were thinking about defining two IPs on one physical Network Interface Card (NIC). I will use the FastEthernet interface, hme, as an example.
Ensure that you populate the name service (files, nis, nis+, etc) with the virtual's IP address.
Congratulations ,very good idea .I hope you guys do that "real".
PD sorry for the bad english.
Don't worry about the English. I appreciate your comment.
We've done it before and it was just one of those things that came up in conversation when we needed another NIC card but didn't want to pay for it.


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Apple faces legal dispute over "Memojis"
Social Technologies LLC recently filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. ("Apple") accusing the tech giant of falsely indicating that it holds a trade-mark over the "Memoji" mark in the United States.
"Memoji" is the name of Apple's new personalized emoji feature for iPhone and iPad, introduced as part of iOS 12. Apple has included "MEMOJI TM" in its list of U.S. trade-marks on its website since June of this year. However, Social Technologies is currently the holder of the federally registered trade-mark for "Memoji" and argues that Apple's inclusion of "Memoji" in its list is misleading.
Social Technologies offers an Android app named "Memoji" on the Google Play store, which the company describes as "the world's best messaging app that will capture the facial expression of the end user with full-motion capabilities, and transpose the image into a custom, personalized emoji of the user's actual face". Social Technologies is seeking a declaration that it owns the only federally registered Memoji trade-mark.
Apple has applied for two Memoji trade-marks with the U.S. Patent and Trade-Mark Office (one being "MEMOJI" and the other being "MEmoji") but both applications are currently suspended due to the ongoing litigation with Social Technologies.
Authors: Scott Kerr and Duncan Lurie
NFL Quarterback Kyler Murray Seeks to Trademark Catchphrases, "Hail Murray" and "Murray Magic"
US Burger Chain Grills English Pub for Allegedly Infringing "Smashed Burger" Trademark
Federal Court Considers the Admissibility of Expert Reply Evidence
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Charlie Poole, an eighth grader at Longfellow Middle School, and his brother A.J., a seventh grader, are not typical middle school students. The brothers recently presented the keynote speech to adults attending the American Association of Caregiving Youth conference where they talked about the advocacy website they developed and how to help and support youth caregivers.
The Poole brothers developed A Little Bit of Happy, a website designed to provide ways that people and organizations can identify, recognize, and reward kids aged 18 and younger who are currently caretaking for a family member with Alzheimer's Disease, dementia, or another care-intensive condition at home. The website helps spread awareness of young caregivers, outlines what caregivers can experience, provides resources for parents, and offers information on helping kids recover when serving as caregivers. They also have a Facebook page that chronicles their experiences and advocates for youth caregivers. The Pooles were 10 and 12 when their grandmother, who had Alzheimer's Disease, moved into their McLean home. They helped their parents care for her until her death in June 2015.
One goal of the website is to have students be identified as caregivers, supported by teachers and counselors, and to be able to learn service learning hours and recognition for the time they dedicate to caregiving. A Little Bit of Happy includes a number of articles that focus on how youth caregivers are frequently overlooked and the challenges and risks they face when taking on this role.
Over 1.4 million kids in the United States are currently caretaking for a family member with a memory-related or other condition requiring intensive attention and care in the home.
Global problems and real world solutions—that's what students at Falls Church High School have been working on through their English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) classes as they tackled a weeks-long inquiry-based project.
Busy intersections are a given in Northern Virginia, but rarely—if ever—do students have the opportunity to closely examine them and provide feedback to traffic engineers and the Virginia Department of Transportation to make them safer.
On a recent Wednesday, teachers at South Lakes High School lined up with $7 and a customer loyalty card. They were looking forward to a brief break from the classroom to enjoy a delicious lunch in a restaurant located inside the school.


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Q: Multiplas requisições ajax usando jquery Possuo este código repetidas vezes e queria simplificar isso em uma espécie de plugin ou função. Informações que geralmente utilizo, o Type => 'get' ou 'post' e a url, e o retorno eu trato na sequencia com jquery.
$.ajax({
    type: '',
    url: '' ,
    dataType : 'json',
    //data: jsonString,
    beforeSend: function () {
        //SPINNER
    },
    success: function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {

    },
    complete: function () {

    },
    error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {

    }
});

A: Em minhas requisições ajax normalmente crio uma classe js e lá ficam métodos genéricos, porém por semântica acabo separando gets, posts..
Segue abaixo um exemplo que uso para Post
function BaseEnviaPost(url, objeto, onSuccess, onError) {
    $.ajax({
        url: url,
        type: "POST",
        data: objeto,
        datatype: "json",
        success: function (data) {
            onSuccess();
        },
        error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
            onError(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown);
        }
    });
}

Quando preciso usar, a chamada fica simplificada assim:
var success = function (data) {
   //ação
}

var error = function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
    //ação
}

function BaseEnviaPost() {
    var url = "";
    var data = {};
    BaseEnviaCreate(url, data, success, error)
}

A: Cara, acho que da mais jogo explorar uma tecnologias mais recentes que Dao uma flexibilidade maior com Ajax calls. Por exemplo... angularjs, facilita bastante. voce criaria um serviço e nesse serviço usaria $http.get(<url>) e pronto. Enfim. fica a dica mas não responde a pergunta.
agora, voce poria sim escrever uma funçãozinha mas ou menos assim pra resolver o teu problema:
function (url, type, successFn, errorFn = undefined){
   // escreve os códigos aqui...
}

Na real, nao ajuda nada fazer isso, é trocar 6 por meia dúzia. Da uma olhada no angularjs, super fácil!

https://www.w3schools.com/angular/angular_services.asp

A: Função:
function funcaoAjax(type, url, dateType, beforesend, success, complete, error){
  $.ajax({
      type: type,
      url: url,
      dataType: dateType,
      beforeSend: beforesend,
      success: success,
      complete: complete,
      error: error
  });

}

Para chamar:
funcaoAjax("POST", "minnhaurl", "POST", function(){
  // código do beforesend
},
function(data, textStatus, jqXHR){
  // código do success
},
function(){
  // código do complete
},
function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
  // código do error
});

A: Cria uma função à volta desse ajax com alguns pressupostos que podem ser mudadod, e usa o facto de o ajax retornar um objeto tipo promise. Aí vais repetir bastante menos código.

function ajax(options) {
  return $.ajax({
    method: options.method || 'GET',
    url: options.url || './meu/endpoint/favorito,
    dataType: 'json',
    data: options.data || {},
    beforeSend: function() {
      //SPINNER
    },
  }).fail(function() {
    // aqui tratas dos erros que possam haver
    console.log('Erro...');
  });
}

E depois para usar:
ajax({url: './endpoint1').then(function(resposta){
    console.log(resposta);
});


Signed custom cut Topps Star Wars trading card with authentic John Williams autograph. The item "John Williams Signed Custom Cut Topps Trading Card Star Wars BAS 00011007238" is in sale since Thursday, December 20, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Non-Sport Trading Cards\Star Wars Trading Cards\Trading Card Singles". The seller is "hawkerine" and is located in Omaha, Nebraska. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam.


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Their website itself is a modern West Coast theme with all their products easily navigable from a toolbar at the top while the body is a bright collection of professional pictures full of smiling youths wearing Knockaround apparel and sunglasses. Their Instagram feed adds to the overall feel of the store with an air of social proof, each and every picture adding to the brand's overall social credit.
All of the company's products are made from quality materials that are still affordable and assembled with the intent to last. In addition to the reasonable pricing that can be found storewide, the company further sweetens the deal for potential buyers by offering free shipping on all orders over $50. In addition to their apparel and products, Knockaround also makes an effort to give back to the art and social communities via what they refer to as "projects", large works of art and social media campaigns.
Knockaround has several advantages compared to most typical sunglasses. The first being the price point with many similar goods in the modern world being priced at above $100 Knockarounds typical price hovers around a much more modest $25, this however does not affect aesthetics or quality with many people calling their Knockarounds works of art.
The modest price point makes purchasing these sunglasses a more economical choice compared to many other brands.
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The wide range of off the shelf designs means there's something for everybody, and for those that are particularly picky there are custom options.
Many special products give back to the community adding a philanthropic vibe to any purchase you make.
Knockaround brand products are sold online all over the world and in physical stores all over North America making them readily available to all shoppers.
When buying two or more pairs the shipping is free.
For entrepreneurs the company offers an incredible wholesale program accessible straight from their website.
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Another 6 months have passed since I've gotten my MacBook Pro and now Apple is at it again, releasing a whole new line of MacBook Pros and MacBooks. This time, there were some big changes for the MacBook line. First of all, Apple has shed their desire for white plastic electronic items in every household, only to replace them with a greener and slicker looking aluminium finish.
Several changes can easily be spotted starting with the black bordered LCD screens and wait a minute, the new MacBook looks like the younger sibbling of the MacBook Pro.
I bet you can't tell the difference between the two photos here!
In previous designs, the MacBook was distinguished as a fashion icon whilst the MacBook pro has always been designed for a classy and yet professional look. While that still remains the fact, the new fashion statement in notebooks these days are simplistic design with a hint of minimalistic touch and yet boasting enough features to blow the average consumer's mind away.
New improvements include having the DVD slot moved from the front to the side in order to cater for it's new battery design and easy removability as well as upgrade options to include a SSD drive. Another new feature which I think is extremely useful is the battery indicator.
Another new item which caught my eye is the new 24″ Apple Cinema display. Of course designed in theme with the new notebooks, the ACD is sporting a black border as well with the theme that it was designed with MacBooks in mind.
The advert shows it all!
Judging from the size, this is something I am really interested in but of course I shall wait for a full and comprehensive review on it about it's colour and image processing performance.
With all of these new radical changes, Apple continues to be the market leader (IMHO) in gadget designs which are known to be iconic. From the 1st generation iPod to the early days of the Macbook, Apple continues to impress me. The only downside was that rumours did say that Apple might release a sub $899 notebook but the only news was that the older Macbook stock would be sold off at $999 instead. If Apple did manage to release a sub-$899 Macbook, I can easily see Apple grabbing larger pieces of the notebook market share.
More details on the MacBook and MacBook Pro can be found here.