Interactive algebraic systems with flowers.
"Math Flowers" is a free online game to study and solve popular algebraic equation systems with flower pictures. Find the missing number in the last line of the combinational flowers equations. Math learning game, suitable for online lessons and interactive classes. Interactive algebraic system. Fun educational math game. The Math Knowledge Board include 3 mathematical frustration puzzles with flowers to solve. The game is part of the Interactive Math School educational tools. Fun math quiz for all ages. Test for the smartest.
daisy + rose + snowdrop = ?
dahlia + edelweiss + aster = ?
tulip + crocus + pansy= ?
How to play Math Flowers.
You get 4 combinational lines of flowers and the sum of the first 3 lines is shown on the picture. Your task is to solve the last line, where you need to do simple addition, division, multiplication or subtraction. When you are done, enter your answer in the imput field with the question mark and press Enter. You must solve all 3 mathematical frustration puzzles to win the game and get a Knowledge Level.
This is another example of combination system equation with overall 3 unknown values that have been very popular lately. To solve it we need simple math and logic skills. The first line usually consist of 3 same flowers. So we need to divide the number at the end of the equation by 3 to find the value of the first flower. The second line include always one of the first flowers and another two same flowers. So we subtract the value of the first flower from the number at the end of the equation and then divide the result by 2. Now we have the value of the second flower. The third line include one flower from the second line and again two new flowers, but in different order. Then again we subtract the the value of the second flower and devide the result by 2. When we have the values of all 3 flowers, the last fourth line is to add them to one another by simple addition and find the missing number. This app include the following flowers: daisy, rose, snowdrop, dahlia, edelweiss, aster, tulip, crocus and pansy.


Time flies when you are with the people you love! I wish this wasn't so true! I really enjoyed being in Alpine! I miss the Dilts family so much when I am not with them! God truly blessed me with the best friends when I met Audrie and Steven in our school days! I love them so much and I also love thier families! Last weekend I was with Audire's Parents and this last week I spent with Steven's Family! A huge thank you to Roger, Carolyn, Bethany, Josiah & Bethany for opening your home this road warrior! I am so glad to have spent some quality time with you and getting to know you better! Alpine my old friend thank you for being beautiful as always! Below are some fun photos from Alpine some cool sky shots and a bit of Ultimate Frisbee with Friends, Also the Moon Shots and travel too Arizona!


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Q: Exception in thread when i using thread pool executer I get the following type of error and I want to know why this type of error appears:
Exception in thread "pool-1-thread-24077" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at etc.popserver.Pop3Handler.run(Pop3Handler.java:332)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)

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I wear a pair of flip-flop sandals, the sort with a sole and one strap across—the biblical type, I suppose. When I was a boy and read of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples, I thought of their feet as like my own in 1943, sweating in grey Utility socks and encased in heavy black shoes with stuck-on rubber soles. Consequently I regarded Jesus's gesture as far more self-sacrificing, more heroic, than it actually was. After twelve pairs of such feet, I thought, the Crucifixion would have been a pushover.
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A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled vest among a group of people protesting a local police commander in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, 11 September, killing 25 and wounding about 130, a provincial official said.
"Around four hundred people gathered for the protest and the bomber detonated his vest full of explosive among the crowd." - Captain Qais Saifi, Nangarhar province police headquarters.
General Ghulam Sanayee Stanikzai, police chief of Nangarhar province, said people from Achin district had come to the Momandara district to block the main highway between the capital Jalalabad and the Torkham border with Pakistan.
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Chandigarh | Cost of driving license up
8 March, 2017 Tanya Nanda
Now getting a driving licence will cost more as the Chandigarh administration has increased the rates from Rs 330 to Rs 750. Now, the residents will also be charged for undertaking the driving test.
Speaking to MahaPunjab, Karnail Singh, in-charge, Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA) said the rates have been increased from March 6 and this has been done after the Central government's notification. The Centre has increased the fee for a driving licence with an aim to make it uniform all over the country.
How much you have to pay?
The rates of learner's licence have been increased from Rs 30 to Rs 150. A driving licence test, for which residents were not charged any fee, would come for Rs 300 now. Even if one flunks and has to give the test again, the same fee of Rs 300 would be charged.
Earlier, including the typing fee and other charges, the fee was Rs 330. Also, the rate of international licence has been increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000. The charges for the renewal of a licence will also be increased from Rs 250 to Rs 500. As per the notification, those who fail to renew their licence in time will have to pay Rs 300 and an additional fee of Rs 1,000 for the delay of each year.
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package com.cloudera.labs.envelope.plan.time;

import com.cloudera.labs.envelope.spark.RowWithSchema;
import com.cloudera.labs.envelope.utils.PlannerUtils;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
import org.apache.spark.sql.Row;
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataTypes;
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructField;
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.sql.Timestamp;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

public class TestTimestampTimeModel {

  private TimeModel tm;
  private StructField field;
  private StructType schema;
  private Row first, second, third;

  @Before
  public void before() {
    field = DataTypes.createStructField("time", DataTypes.TimestampType, true);
    schema = DataTypes.createStructType(Lists.newArrayList(field));

    tm = new TimestampTimeModel();
    tm.configure(ConfigFactory.empty());
    tm.configureFieldNames(Lists.newArrayList(field.name()));

    Timestamp firstTs = new Timestamp(1000L);
    firstTs.setNanos(1000);
    Timestamp secondTs = new Timestamp(2000L);
    secondTs.setNanos(100);
    Timestamp thirdTs = new Timestamp(2000L);
    thirdTs.setNanos(101);

    first = new RowWithSchema(schema, firstTs);
    second = new RowWithSchema(schema, secondTs);
    third = new RowWithSchema(schema, thirdTs);
  }

  @Test
  public void testSchema() {
    assertEquals(schema, tm.getSchema());
  }

  @Test
  public void testBefore() {
    assertTrue(PlannerUtils.before(tm, first, second));
    assertTrue(PlannerUtils.before(tm, first, third));
    assertTrue(PlannerUtils.before(tm, second, third));
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.before(tm, second, first));
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.before(tm, third, second));
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.before(tm, third, first));
  }

  @Test
  public void testSimultaneous() {
    assertTrue(PlannerUtils.simultaneous(tm, first, first));
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.simultaneous(tm, first, second));
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.simultaneous(tm, first, third));
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.simultaneous(tm, second, third));
  }

  @Test
  public void testAfter() {
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.after(tm, first, second));
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.after(tm, first, third));
    assertFalse(PlannerUtils.after(tm, second, third));
    assertTrue(PlannerUtils.after(tm, second, first));
    assertTrue(PlannerUtils.after(tm, third, second));
    assertTrue(PlannerUtils.after(tm, third, first));
  }

  @Test
  public void testFarFuture() {
    Row ff = tm.setFarFutureTime(first);

    // > 2100-01-01
    assertTrue(ff.<Timestamp>getAs(field.name()).after(new Timestamp(4102444800000L)));
  }

  @Test
  public void testCurrentSystemTime() {
    Long currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
    tm.configureCurrentSystemTime(currentTimeMillis);
    Row current = tm.setCurrentSystemTime(first);

    assertEquals(current.<Timestamp>getAs(field.name()), new Timestamp(currentTimeMillis));
  }

  @Test
  public void testPrecedingSystemTime() {
    Long currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
    tm.configureCurrentSystemTime(currentTimeMillis);
    Row current = tm.setPrecedingSystemTime(first);

    Timestamp expected = new Timestamp(currentTimeMillis - 1L);
    expected.setNanos(expected.getNanos() + 999999);

    assertEquals(current.<Timestamp>getAs(field.name()), expected);
  }

  @Test
  public void testAppendFields() {
    StructType withoutSchema = DataTypes.createStructType(
        Lists.newArrayList(
            DataTypes.createStructField("other", DataTypes.StringType, true)));

    Row without = new RowWithSchema(withoutSchema, "hello");
    Row with = tm.appendFields(without);

    assertEquals(with.schema(), withoutSchema.add(field));
  }

}

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Traderight
Legal disclaimers & Regulatory disclosures'
About Traderight UK
Traderight Limited is a London Metal Exchange Category 5 member offering its customers efficient transaction processing. The company is a private limited liability company incorporated in England, authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Traderight is a member of the London Metal Exchange. The Directors and shareholders of Traderight believe that the commodities market is primed for the introduction of independent, secure brokers focused on execution of trade and speculative flows in support of introducing brokers. The concentration of risk in a few large players will likely create opportunities for discrete brokers such as Traderight to establish a firm hold in the industry.
For the 14 years from 1997 to 2011, the Company performed as a UK regulated Commodity Trading Adviser (CTA). During this time it was also regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) and a member of the National Futures Association (NFA).
Traderight designed systematic trading programme in 29 markets
Founded Labrador Fund
The company ceased acting as a CTA and began to explore the possibility of joining the LME
Traderight gains a number of new shareholders, including a UK-based commodity hedge fund, a European based Introducing Broker and a large Chinese commodities corporate located principally in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Traderight commences trading as a LME category 2 Associate broker clearing member.
Traderight recategrorises as a LME category 5 member.
Traderight founded by Steven Spencer and Jacqueline Spangler as a CTA
Received SFA (Securities and Futures Association) permissions as a CTA and joined NFA. Company regulated by both SFA and CFTC.
Traderight hires a team to process the necessary regulatory and market applications to transform the company into a category 2 LME Broker
Traderight receives FCA approval for Variation of Permission and is approved by the LME and LCH (London Clearing House) as a Category 2 member of the LME
Traderight reclassifies as a LME Category 4 associate broker non-clearing member
Traderight Limited is authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 186033) and is a company registered in England and Wales (Company Number 03388433).


As we know, there are a ton of available sport books on the web. Because they've grown so significantly in size, it's become a bit harder to distinguish one from another. However, BetOnline Sports book has moved to the forefront in many categories, one of them being their inclusion of American bettors in their player pool. But it's not just this that makes them popular – BetOnline has a host of features and betting opportunities that have sports bettors blown away. BetOnline has not only become a marquee destination for U.S. visitors, but also a haven for some of the most skilled and inspired sports bettors in the world.
Being in operation since 1991, BetOnline as a whole has produced poker and casino entertainment options that have also lived up to expectations. Even with many other opportunities and sites being available, BetOnline wanted to make sure that they could be a force in the industry by expanding rapidly. Since birth BetOnline's purpose has been to bring a complete experience to each and every customer on their site, and they've done this through over 20 years of operation.
Their longevity is predicated on their ability to analyze both current and future trends, and in turn they're always able to stay a few steps ahead of the competition and offer things they can't. They have live sports betting, and have for a little while – a trend just now catching up with the online sports book community. While we've mentioned it already, let's keep in mind that they're also one of the remaining few sites that continue to offer real money play to North American visitors, something that few other sites are willing (or capable) of doing.
But when we get down to it one thing truly matters – the sports betting. BetOnline makes sure that they have all the games, events, fights and award shows covered because they know that their clientele wants to bet on it. Even if they're now aware now, they know that they will be in the future. Having a site that's so focused on advancement and technology are characteristics that every sports bettor wants; it keeps them both interested and on top of every occurrence in the sports world which allows them to make a ton of cash.
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Betting on sports is one of BetOnline's primary focuses, however, and they haven't relaxed when it comes to improving this atmosphere. Because sports betting can be tedious, finding new ways to spice up the genre has become a task they've zeroed in on. They try to add as many events and games as possible, but all of the major players are there – hockey, basketball, football, soccer, golf, tennis, and baseball. If we left out a major player in the world of sports don't fret, just because we didn't list it doesn't mean BetOnline doesn't have it. In all likelihood they do, and they have various games and lines you can select to make every game you watch more interesting.
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U.S. not to renegotiate Futemma relocation plan with Japan
The United States will not renegotiate the planned transfer of U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan to the shores of Camp Schwab in Nago, both in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, the State Department said Monday.
''The United States has no intention to renegotiate the Futemma replacement facility plan or Guam relocation with the government of Japan,'' department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.
The remarks came a day after the opposition Democratic Party of Japan won a crushing general election victory. The party has said it will aim to relocate the air base outside Okinawa Prefecture, despite a 2006 Japan-U.S. accord on the transfer of the facility within the prefecture.
The plan to relocate the air base is part of an agreement the United States and Japan struck in May 2006 to reduce the burden on local residents of hosting the U.S. military in their communities.
Transferring the Futemma's heliport functions is closely tied to another key element of the agreement -- moving 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam.
Separately, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the Japan-U.S. alliance relationship will continue even if the DPJ-led Japanese government is formed.
''We believe that we have always had a strong relationship and that that relationship will continue, regardless of what Japanese government is in power,'' he said.
During the election campaign, the DPJ promised to define what roles Japan and the United States should each play after developing an ''autonomous'' diplomatic strategy, so that Tokyo can build a ''close and equal'' bilateral alliance.
DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama, most likely the next Japanese prime minister, has said he needs to build confidence with U.S. President Barack Obama before embarking on issues standing between the two nations, such as the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan and a possible revision to the status of forces agreement.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on August 31, 2009)


Deep stops & Decompression stops in diving, what are they about?
Deep stops, what are they about?
You may have heard of them, or experienced divers – especially those who are technically trained – might have mentioned them to you in a conversation, you may even have read a thing or two about them. But the question remains, what the heck are deep stops, and why is it useful to know about them as a recreational diver?
In the last 15 years or so, deep stops have made a slow but steady progress on their way from the closeted realm of technical diving into the everyday recreational scuba diving. Their progress has been so pervasive that even computer manufacturers have relented, and today many recreational dive computers have deep stops built into their algorithms.
Today's diving computers utilize a very simple method to indicate a deep stop to the user. Most computers indicate a decompression ceiling for the diver as he begins his ascent, even if the diver has no decompression obligation. This ceiling, which is much deeper than any decompression stop ceiling, only lasts for one to two minutes once the diver reaches it. The diver can then resume his ascent as normal. But what we want to know is why all the fuss about deep stops, what are they and what do they do?
Casting an eye back in time, it becomes quite apparent that this whole new part of decompression theory and its development is mainly due to the genius of one man.
The early 90's was a great time in our understanding of decompression theory, as well as some big jumps in the quality and technological innovation of dive equipment. One of the biggest contributors to decompression theory was Dr Richard Pyle. The Doctor, who is an Ichthyologist (someone who studies fish), regularly conducted dives while working for a museum and research center in Hawaii. His diving, which was a mix of recreational and technical, resulted in him making a few observations that piqued his scientific curiosity, and the end result was the creation of deep stops.
The question that Dr Pyle tried to answer was a curious one, since over time he had noticed that although he conducted thousands of dives, sometimes he felt very fatigued after dives, and sometime he felt absolutely fine. This question really bothered the enterprising doctor since the event occurred on many dives that for all intents and purposes where identical. There had to be a reason why.
Like any self-respecting scientist, Dr Pyle began by applying his scientific method to the problem, and the first thing he had to do was amass a large solid data set to enable him to reach any viable conclusion. Dr Pyle began to meticulously record in great detail the events of every dive he was doing. After collating the data and studying it, he came to one stunning conclusion: the dives that resulted in less fatigue were the ones he collected a fish sample on. Dives where he did not collect a sample were the dives that made him feel fatigued post dive.
At first, the solution seemed psychosomatic – surely, Dr Pyle reasoned, it could not be a psychological high that "getting a fish" led to less fatigue! After all, he was an experienced scientist who had collected hundreds if not thousands of specimens, he was not a giddy new researcher happy with a fish. He would have to dig deeper to find out the truth.
After going back and looking at the data again the enterprising doctor finally had his eureka moment. He realized it was nothing to do with psychology, and had everything to do with exploding fish.
Fish have a unique way of controlling their buoyancy; inside the fish, there is a swim bladder that the fish uses like a BCD. The fish adds and removes gas from this bladder to control its buoyancy. When you capture a fish specimen and starts to ascend with it, you have to stop for a minute or so and use a syringe to release some of the expanding gas from the specimen's swim bladder. If the diver does not do this, the swim bladder will explode on ascent and ruin the sample, and this is exactly what Dr Pyle was doing every time he collected a sample. He realized that these stops, which were much deeper than his normal decompression stops, not only allowed the doctor to bleed out gas from the fish, but also allowed his own body to release small amounts of gas from his fast tissues. Thus preventing the formation of micro bubbles later in the dive or post ascent.
The doctor went on to publish his findings and develop a mathematical formula for calculating his way of doing deep stops, and from that day on Pyle stops and deep stops were born. Needless to say, since those heady days there has been more and more research as divers have taken a keen interest in developing this new branch of decompression theory.
I only dive recreational; do I really need to bother with deep stops?
Not necessarily, but they are a good idea, any recreational diver worth his salt does a 3-minute safety stop at 5 metres after almost every dive, why? To allow their tissues to off gas and reduce the risk of bubbles forming after surfacing. It is exactly the same with using deep stops when recreational diving. Think of them as much deeper safety stops that basically control your ascent speed and clean up the ascent profile. They are a tool that although not mandatory, you would be wise to use.
As a recreational diver, what is the best deep stop methodology to use?
It can be quite complex to try and work out Pyle stops or some of the other more technical diving oriented methodologies and implement them during a recreational dive. One of the best and the easiest to implement is based on the WKPP (Woodville Karst Plains Project) stop strategy. This strategy entails an initial slow ascent to 80% of the maximum depth of the dive, followed by a gradual ascent in 3 meter increments with at least 30 seconds stop at every level. Simply put, a 30-meter dive would have an ascent to 24 meters, stop for a minute then 21,18,15,12,9, etc. and at each subsequent level, there would be a at least a 30 second stop at each level.
So, are there any other deep stop methodologies?
Since the time of Dr Pyle, there has been a few methodologies that have been developed. Most of these remained firmly ensconced in the technical diving community, since they attempted to address a fundamental problem with Pyle stops. That is that they did not reflect actual tissue gas loading. Some of these methodologies include gradient factors, micro bubble stops, Gas Volume expansion stops, as well as the above mentioned WKPP stops. Today for technical divers the industry standard is gradient factors, since they are based on tissue loading, and are relatively easy to incorporate in dive plans and software.
Are there any new developments in deep stop theory?
In the last couple of years there has been one or two research papers that have questioned the validity and underlying theory behind deep stops. However, it must be noted that at this present time this research is still in its infancy and has not been substantiated yet. On the other hand, from experience we do know that deep stops actually work, and have been used by thousands of divers for thousands of dives over the past 20 years.
Find out more about decompression theory.


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This year's flu shot doesn't exactly match the virus going around, CDC report warns
The main strain of the flu virus which is circulating currently doesn't entirely match up with the flu vaccine that is being administered this year, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Generic Zantac makers halt worldwide distribution after FDA finds possible cancer chemical in drugs
Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, halted worldwide distribution of its generic version of the popular heartburn medication Zantac after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found traces of a possible carcinogen in it.
UK baby loses all 4 limbs following sepsis infection, mom claims one leg 'came off in her hand'
A United Kingdom mother is warning other new parents after her 11-month-old son, Oliver, developed sepsis that led to the removal of all four of his limbs — including one she claims self-amputated when his diaper was being changed.


Like many Batman fans, I grew up watching the Batman tv show from this 60s (I'm not that old, I just watched the reruns that were still playing over 20 years later) and of all of the characters on the show, I think the Riddler was perhaps my favorite. While I have never got into the Batman comic books, there are many people that have and have a love for the Riddler from there. And apparently one of those people also happens to be pretty talented when it comes to amazing eye makeup designs too!
DeviantART user KikiMJ created this phenomenal created this amazing Riddler eye makeup based on the DC comic book character. I'd say she did quite a spectacular job! If you like this, I'd suggest checking out her DeviantART account as she has a ton of other amazing eye makeup art and some rather creepy looking zombie makeup jobs.
It feels appropriate to end this post with a classic Riddler riddle from the 60s Batman tv show for you guys to answer in the comments. Don't cheat and look it up, try to figure it out!
Riddle: What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
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Each year I ask Monkey a series of questions as part of my obsession with recording memories and keepsakes – a Kids Birthday Questionnaire. It is an obsession believe me! But four years in its lovely to look back at the answers to see how things have changed. As I am now doing monthly updates on Kipper it only seemed fair to include Monkey's answers this year and so here they are.


Use the theme "It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark!" to promote your next food storage activity.
One ward created Project: Noah handbooks for each family. With the goal of encouraging families to focus on collecting items that will sustain life, they included a description of the importance of building food storage on the basics: beans, wheat, water, salt, sugar, powdered milk, and fats in each packet. It included a sheet to calculate how much of each item you need for your family. It also included an order form for the dry pack cannery.


We're always digging around for new ideas, and have introduced some particularly noshable nuts and gourmet popcorn into the Salty Towers litter. If you like Salty Dog crisps you should also try Darling Spuds potato chips – a bit more Lady than Tramp. Woof, woof!


Ready-to-use solution of Ferrous Sulphate.
Product has been filtered during production to enable use through sprayers without clogging nozzles.
Easy to use and user friendly – Eliminates the need to dissolve ferrous sulfate powder. No mess, no fuss.
Liquid application allows more accurate treatment and helps to prevent burning grass commonly found when using dry powder.
Produces healthier, greener, tougher grass and is the ideal conditioner and tonic for lawns and turf – As well as the perfect treatment against Moss, Iron chlorosis and diseases.
Very fast acting – visible results within a couple of hours – and within a few days, greener, healthier grass.
It is the main active ingredient in many commercial moss killer products as it will will turn moss black.
Test a small area with a 3% Ferrous Sulphate Heptahydrate solution (ie. 30mls/1L of water). If this does not give the desired effect a stronger solution can be used up to a maximum of 15% Ferrous Sulphate Heptahydrate (150mls/1L of water ).
A typical application for greening of grass would be 30ml-60mls per Litre. Be aware that at dilutions of 150mls per Litre and higher, blackening of moss will occur. It is for this reason that Ferrous Sulfate is often included as an active ingredient in commercial lawn moss killing products. Over application of the product could also result in blackening of the grass itself.
To reduce the pH of soil by 1 unit eg. to reduce a pH7 to a pH6 would require 6.75L to 13.5L of ferrous sulphate solution per 100sq feet of soil. This should be dug into a depth of 6 to 10 inches.As the acidiification occurs as the ferrous sulphate is biolologically degraded this can take several months so the process of acidifying is gradual. As it is important to avoid building up too much iron in the soil it is suggested that one should wait for 12 months before testing the pH again and repeating the process if necessary.


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A new coach, new season give hope for Cosmos football team
The Cosmos varsity football team has a new Head Coach, Donnie Scott (right), shown here teaching the team fundamentals at a recent practice.
By Mike Murphy
Special to The Review
When it comes to confidence, rookie Cosmos varsity football Head Coach Donnie Scott is brimming with it.
The fact that the Cosmos went 0-9 last year is no deterrent. According to Scott, it's a new staff and a new team, and he wants to transform Hamtramck into a town of proud football fanatics.
"I know most little cities all across America are huge football towns," Scott said. "Friday night, the stores should be closed."
The 32-year-old coach is no stranger to the game. He began his football career at 11-years-old playing for the Eastside Cowboys Police Athletic League team.
After graduating from Pershing High School, on Detroit's eastside, Scott played for the State University of New York, where he graduated with a degree in criminal justice.
Since coming back to the Detroit area, Scott returned to the PAL team. As a youngster, he played fly back. As an adult, he took over as head coach and led the Eastside Cowboys in an 11-0 season in his first year. He led the Cowboys to three league championships in his 12 years of coaching.
For Scott, the transition from player to coach came easy.
"I was always a leader on the field," Scott said. "I'm known for making programs a little bit better."
Scott said transforming the team will also involve a bit of a transformation for Hamtramck High School's football fans, who have understandably been disappointed as of late.
Although shuttering Hamtramck for the duration of the high school's football games may not work out exactly, Scott is still looking for some help from the fans.
"I just want to change the way people talk about Hamtramck football, because there's a lot of talent out there," Scott said.
Thus far in the 2014 season, Hamtramck took a forfeit victory over Highland Park, and lost last week to Rouge. Now, with a 1-1 record, Scott is predicting a 7-2 season.
"That's going to light the city up," he said.
Scott's confidence seems a bit striking considering last year's performance, but the new head coach said fans will see a new team this year. The differences lie in the efforts he's made to transform the team into a winning football machine, he said.
"I had to build the whole team," Scott said. "We have 27 players now, and I am looking for them to make the state playoffs this year after going 0-9 last year."


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Texans return to practice after COVID cleanup
FILE PHOTO: Oct 25, 2020; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Texans head coach Romeo Crennel looks on from the sideline during the second quarter against the Green Bay Packers at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Back from the bye week, the Houston Texans are on the practice field Monday and interim head coach Romeo Crennel believes any COVID-19 outbreak fears are in the rearview mirror.
Offensive guard Max Scharping tested positive, was placed on the team's reserve/COVID-19 list, and the Texans' facility was closed for a deep cleaning last week.
Crennel said only negative test results have been recorded by the team since Scharping tested positive, clearing the way for Houston to open the facility and practice on Monday.
"We did a deep cleaning," Crennel said. "We're taking all the precautions we're supposed to take. We had 900 negatives over the week and no positives."
There have been few positives for the Texans through seven games. At 1-6, they are well back of the AFC South-leading Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts, who have 5-2 records.
Crennel said November will be a crucial month with games against the 1-6 Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns (5-3), New England Patriots (2-5) and a Thanksgiving Day trip to Detroit to play the 3-4 Lions.
Tuesday could also be a landmark day if the Texans decide to entertain offers for any of their veterans at the trade deadline. Crennel, in place since the firing of Bill O'Brien, is one of multiple voices helping make personnel decisions for Houston.
"We will trade. I'm not trading for peanuts," Crennel said. "If they want to make a substantial offer, I will consider it."


Miss Jackson County RoseQueen Emily Sioma along with the eleven finalists for this year's RoseQueen will be attending the 7th Annual Fairy Festival. Emily and the finalists will participate in storytime, reading to the children and assisting with the crafts and activities of the day. Also joining in the festivities will be Ellen Wilson, Miss Jackson County Teen USA. The Annual Fairy Festival is a free community event with activities, performances, vendors, food and special treats. All are encouraged to dress up and explore the Fairy Kingdom, have tea with the Rose Queen, make fairy related arts and crafts and get your face painted too. See and hear strolling musicians, meet a Knight and make a sword or dragon wand, make a Fairy Terrarium and visit Ye Ole Fairy Shoppe too. See performances in the Ensemble Theatre by the Fairy Festival Players and ballet students from Jackson School of the Arts. Some activities have nominal fee of $1-5. Jackson School of the Arts is located at ART 634, 634 North Mechanic Street in Jackson. The hours are Saturday, 11-4 PM, Sunday 12-3 PM.


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Q: Pagination returns 404 after page 20 I got a paged loop that pulls in 4 posts per page from custom post type. It works great, with the only downside that the pagination wont go over the page/20 everything after that is 404, and the posts_nav_link won't show the next arrow at all. Like the pages just aren't there.
In total there are 119 published posts in the custom post type. If I change posts_per_page to, say 6, then I get access to more of the posts from the end, but it also stops at the page/20.
On the production site the pagination stops at 21, I guess because the live database has more entries.
I got the "Blog pages show at most" setting set to 6.
Here's the loop I'm using:
<?php
$paged = get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args  = array(
    'posts_per_page' => 4,
    'orderby'        => 'modified',
    'post_type'      => "projekte",
    'paged'          => $paged
);
$custom_query = new WP_Query($args);
$c = 0;
while($custom_query->have_posts()) :
    $custom_query->the_post();
    ?>

...

    <?php
endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata(); // reset the query
?>

I've gone through the functions.php a million times looking for a some limiting get_pre_posts filter but there's nothing I can see.
I also got an error log setup and nothing is returned there, I've tested it that it works.
Any suggestions?

A: What you are experiencing is quite normal and expected. This is one of the big reasons I always hammer on this point, never use custom queries to replace the main query on the home page or any type of archive page. They solve one issue but creates plenty other new ones
Lets look at what you have and why you are getting these results:
BASICS
Although you don't see the output on your archive page, the main query executes on every page load and returns an array of posts regardless. Removing the loop does not stop the main query from being executed. The loop just displays what is being retrieved by the main query. So what is basically happening, you are retrieving two sets of posts per page load if you replace the default loop with a custom one. The posts retrieved by the main query and posts retrieved by the custom query. If you want to test this, add the following line of code outside the loop on your archive page within php tags
?>
<?php var_dump( $wp_query->posts ); ?>
<?php

This will output the array of posts retrieved by the main query on that specific page
This makes custom queries very ineffecient when is replaces the main query. It is like replacing an inflated tyre which is in tip top shape with a punctured, worn tyre.
YOUR SCENARIO
You have the following scenario

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*119 posts from your custom post type

*Posts per page option set in admin is 6

*Custom query is set to retrieve 4 posts per page
THE MATHS
Your main query will return 20 pages which you can test with echo $wp_query->max_num_pages;. The maths is easy, you have 119 posts, which you can also check with echo $wp_query->found_posts;, posts per page is set to 6 in admin, so the ceiling of 119 / 6 = 20
As for the custom query, you can access the same info as above by changing $wp_query to $custom_query. You will see that you still have 119 posts, but you will have 30 pages due to the fact that posts per page is now set to 4. The ceiling for 119 / 4 = 30
404 ON PAGE 21
Whenever there are no posts to display by the main query, a 404 is triggered, and this is what you are seeing. There are enough posts to fill 20 pages, not 21 or more. So when go to page 21, the main query 404's simply because there are no more posts to display regardless if you still have plenty to display from your custom query.
I have seen posts where people say the solution is easy, simply change the amount of posts per page in the admin page to match that of your custom query.  Don't ever do that. Yes, it does fix the issue, but it defeats the real issue here that you should not replace the main query with a custom one. And BTW, the real solution to the problem is pretty simple, clean and is the proper correct method to achieve what you need
WHY THE CUSTOM QUERY
You have decided to go with a custom query because of two things

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*Different amount of posts per page on your custom post type archive page that the rest of the site

*Have posts sorted by date modified and not the default post date
As you can see, you have solved two issues with your custom query but have created other problems
THE SOLUTION
This the correct, simple method to solve your issue. Use pre_get_posts to alter the main query before it is executed. pre_get_posts alters the query variables accordingly which is used to calculated the SQL query for the specific page request.
You have to do two things here, the first would be to remove your custom query on your archive page and replace it with the default loop. Once you have done that, you will see 6 posts per page ordered by post date as it should be by default.
Now, open functions.php and use pre_get_posts  to correct the amount of posts per page and sort order
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( $q )
{
    if(    !is_admin()
        && $q->is_main_query()
        && $q->is_post_type_archive( 'projekte' )
    ) {
        $q->set( 'posts_per_page', 4          );
        $q->set( 'orderby',        'modified' );
    }
});

You should now see 4 posts per page ordered by modified date, correctly paged on your custom post type archive page projekte
EXTRA READING
You should also read the following post I had done on a similar issue a while ago, and all the posts I have linked to in that specific post

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*When to make use of a custom query
EDIT
For those stuck with the dinosaur php versions which does not support closures, here is the fall back version of the pre_get_posts action
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'wpse176347_pre_get_posts' );
function wpse176347_pre_get_posts( $q )
{
    if(    !is_admin()
        && $q->is_main_query()
        && $q->is_post_type_archive( 'projekte' )
    ) {
        $q->set( 'posts_per_page', 4          );
        $q->set( 'orderby',        'modified' );
    }
}


I may be rebellious. I may despise conformity. But I am also, in some things, a creature of habit. During the holidays, for instance, I adore tradition. Until just last year I eschewed the idea of any deviation from what I considered a traditional holiday feast. Especially when the feast was to be had on Thanksgiving.
Turkey, mashed potatoes — in my defense I had deferred many years earlier to the advent of smashed potatoes as a time-saving substitute on this count — green beans, corn, biscuits, gravy, squash, cranberry relish, stuffing. It's unclear whether or not (most likely not!) those who celebrated the real first Thanksgiving would have considered even a portion of my meal traditional, but my opinions have always stood nonetheless.
What is moss? Let's start with a quick botany lesson. Lacking conventional leaves, stems and roots, moss is a simple plant belonging to the class Bryopsida. It is believed to have evolved from primitive vascular plants and is among the first green land plants to have developed during the evolutionary process. There are now over 12,000 species of moss.


At Dell Children's, our dedicated NICU team is trained to care for very sick babies. Our goal, along with providing quality care, is to provide families with the tools needed to share positive experiences with their baby. With your support, we are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for each child we serve through individualized treatment, compassionate care, and research.


Jimmy Mallett and Jack Clifton will perform from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Bella Fiore Wines, 224 S. Carson St.
Escalade will perform at 6 p.m. today and at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Carson Valley Inn in Minden.
Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St., will host Songwriters in the Round featuring local singers and songwriters performing their own work at 6 p.m. Friday. Dennis and Lynn Klenczar will sing and play piano at 6 p.m. Friday at J's Old Town Bistro, 30 Pike St. in Dayton.
The Michael Furlong Band will perform at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Casino Fandango, 3800 S. Carson St.
Cherie and John Shipley and Neil Strocchio will present a jazz jam at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Brewery Arts Center's MHJ Black Box Theater. The cover is $5.
Capital City Community Band will honor veterans and commemorate the anniversary of Pearl Harbor with a variety of patriotic music and marches at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Carson City Community Center.


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Q: Backup Magento Theme I am making some changes to a purchased magento theme. Is there any simpler way to backup my work other than by copying the relevant folders inside app skin and media and their directory structures.

A: What I recommend that you do is to have your purchased theme as your default theme, i.e. in the "default" folder under your package. You can then declare another theme, e.g. "custom", and copy the path/files to there that you wish to override. You just need to set the "Default" value to "custom" in Admin > System > Configuration > Design > Theme.

A: Just thought I'd answer this for anyone coming along - as far as i can make out the answer to the question is no, not really - unless I'm doing it the wrong way - ( and I think not ) then the best method of backing up a custom theme is to first compress the entire app, skin and media ( if relevant) directories into one archive file, move this and expand it in an empty directory, then carefully delete all the other theme folders, leaving just the files which you are using and the directory trees which you have created - this preserves any files you have in your custom theme and also the necessary directory structure. If anyone has a better method maybe they'd share it.


The Battlestar Valkyrie, Bill Adama's last command before taking control of the Galactica, isn't exactly as famous as the show's namesake, or even the Pegasus. But it looks magnificent in this LEGO recreation.
LEGO builder Garry King has, by getting hold of images of the old ship, done a fine job of bringing the dead ship back to life in a model that's made up of 43,341 pieces, weighs a staggering 110lbs/50kg and stands (well, lies) around ten feet long.
Plenty more shots and details at the link below.


We will be celebrating our high school graduates: Becca Hamby, Cassie Greening and Billy.
The teens will meet at the church at 9:00 am to load and deliver the donations to Savers. After that they will be headed to Devil's Den State Park to hike for the afternoon. Check with Amy for more details.
Teen trip to SNU in Oklahoma City. See Amy for details.
Leaving from the church at 4. Bring money for your food.
Youth super bowl party at Ken & Melanie Guinn's Home Meet at the church at 5 for a ride.
Youth pie auction during Birthday fellowship. If you would like to donate a dessert, please contact Amy at 479-208-3061.
Leave the church at 4. Shop for gag gift at Walmart. Bring $5. Alex Duncan's Home in Hartford.
Youth Fundraiser for NYC. Dinner and entertainment. $10 per person.
The youth are ringing the bells at the Walmart on Kelley Hwy. See Amy if you would like to volunteer. Everyone welcome to help.
As electrifying as a gathering of hundreds of thousands of Jesus followers is, Together 2018 is about more than a single event: It's a lifestyle.
• IT'S BIBLE READING with an eye toward transformation.
• IT'S PRAYER for others, yourself, and our world.
• IT'S DISCIPLESHIP with intentional steps to share and follow Jesus.
• IT'S RELATIONSHIP to listen, share, and understand.
Annual Southern Nazarene Night at Six Flags Over Texas. See Amy for details.
Fun. Food. Games. Scavenger Hunt. Bring $5 for pizza.
For youth completed 7th - 12th grade. Cost $195. See Amy Pettigrew for more info.
Trip will include a visit to the Grand Canyon.
See Amy Pettigrew for more details.
Special speaker from the Harbor House is coming to talk about drugs and alcohol. They will be sharing their testimony.
Where: All American Paintball in Charleston. We will meet at the church at 9:15 a.m.
It is $27 to paintball.
We will return to the church at 1.
Join us for breakfast with Pastor Wayne in the Family Life Center at 9:30. Parents may join their children or attend Sunday school. We will have pancakes with a special object lesson. First time guests and the child who brought them will be given a prize.
Children will particiapte in the morning Easter celebration service.
After the morning worship, we will gather in the back of the sanctuary for our Easter egg hunt. Don't forget to bring your Easter baskets.
Meet at the church and bring a friend.
Game night in the FLC.
The Youth are having a Fundraising Pancake Breakfast on Sunday January 21st in the Family life Center from 8:30—9:30 am. Please support our youth and have a delicious breakfast of Pancakes, Sausage and coffee.
Youth are going on a Work and Witness Trip to Native American Academy in Sun Valley Arizona.
We will be partying at Randy and Ava Daily's. The van will leave the church at 4:30. Bring $5 for a gift exchange. We will make our annual Walmart trip on the way to the party.


After meeting with Romano Fenati, the FIM has decided to withdraw the Italian riders license for the remainder of the race season – following his 'brake-grabbing' incident with Stefano Manzi at the San Marino GP.
The latest news regarding Fenati's future comes just days after it emerged that with the approval of Dorna's CEO Camerlo Ezpeleta, he could be back on his bike in time for the Japanese GP. But that's not going to happen anymore, with his initial two race ban extended for the remainder of the 2019 season.
This is a departure from the International Motorcycling Federations usual actions. Until now questionable and unsporting behaviour out on the track has generally gone unpunished by the FIM – who tend to leave it up to each individual championship to deal with offenders and hand out punishments. As a result, it will be very interesting to see how the FIM reacts to future incidents on track. Maybe this is the start of a more hands on approach from the international governing body.
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Looking for a quick, easy way to prepare the asparagus that's plentiful in your produce section this spring? This recipe has an Asian taste that marries sweet and sour flavors and makes a perfect side dish to broiled chicken or fish. Select firm, straight stalks with closely closed tips, whether you like pencil-thin or thick stalks. Choose stalks of uniform size for even cooking.
1) Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet or wok.
2) Add the shallot and stir-fry over medium-high heat for 1 minute.
3) Add the asparagus and mushrooms and continue to cook, tossing the vegetables constantly, until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes.
4) Lower the heat to medium. Add the red pepper flakes, cilantro and hoisin sauce. Stir to mix well.
5) Place in a serving bowl. Top with ginger and sesame seeds. Serve immediately.
What Do The New American Heart Association Blood Pressure Guidelines Mean For You?
New guidelines lower the zone for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition.
Skinny garlic shrimp pasta so succulent, so mouthwatering, so healthy. Enjoy this amazing culinary delight tonight.
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High Blood Pressure: Understanding the Numbers.


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Saltwater Creek on the shores of Tuggerah Lake is one of the Central Coast's favourite tourist spots. The creek is a natural obstable in the busy walking track that connects Killarney Vale and Long Jetty, making a pedestrian bridge a much needed piece of infrastructure. When we installed the shared walkway and cycle bridge across the creek we provided an essential link in the track, giving local residents and visitors continuous access around the lake.
Because of the natural beauty and cultural significance of this site, our brief called for the design of the new pedestrian and cycle bridge to blend into its surroundings, without spoiling the views of the Creek. It needed to have minimal impact on the environment and, during the build, cause as little disruption for the local residents as feasibly possible.
The key challenge here was environmental: the sensitivity of the ecosystem in this region required very careful handling of the operations. It was essential that we didn't disturb the acid sulfate soils in the surrounding mangroves. Also, with the bridge footings at water level, it was essential to prevent any corrosion from damaging the structure.
With DE2, we've refined over 20 years of client engagement into a collaborative, end-to-end process that's founded on the principles of trust and certainty. And there's never a more important time to apply these principles than when we're approaching a project of such environmental sensitivity.
Consultation with the local council gave us the information we required to assess the local ecosystem and understand the limitations and considerations we were working with.
Our first step was to match the Council's specifications with products that had already been developed through our DE2 methodology for similar projects. We call these our 'off-the-shelf' options.
These 'off-the-shelf' products are ideal for our partners who want a tried and tested solution, that has already been previously imagined and designed by our team of specialist Design-Led Engineers at our Hub. These proprietary solutions are easily adapted and customised to meet a specific need, making them a fast-track to a great outcome.
The options chosen were a twin tower cable-stayed Stirling™ bridge, a single tower cable-stayed Stirling™, and a cantilevered arch Sandford™. Each option we reviewed and presented to the Central Coast Council.
In making their decision, the Council referred to our recently installed pedestrian bridge at Tumbi Creek, Berkeley Vale.
The Sandford™ pedestrian bridge was chosen because it features rolled main girders, custom arcing central support columns and approaches at both ends. This ensured the pathway was code compliant.
The bridge also incorporated FRP mini-mesh joists and decking, galvanised balustrade and a stainless steel handrail.
Following collaboration with Council on the chosen bridge design, our visualisation and drafting team assembled photomontage. This delivered the detail and realism to allow the Council to see how the reworked design would look and work once it had been evolved to meet their specific requirements.
Once the Council was happy with the visualisation, we could move on to developing the detail. Every aspect of the engineering designs, materials selection, construction process was thoroughly documented and presented to the Council in preparation for construction.
At each stage of development, our DE2 model allowed us to revert back to the Council and gather feedback. This allowed us to make changes to the design, which with this project were only minor.
The great thing about using and adapting one of our existing tried and true bridge designs is that the client experience is smooth and uncomplicated.
Anyone who's visited our Wetherill Park Workshop will know the size of the space and the scale of the pre-assembled construction we're able to complete there. This enabled us to manufacture and pre-assemble the bridge and approaches in three main sections at our Workshop.
To prevent corrosion and increase the durability of the metal frame and components, we applied Marine Gel coating.
Once prepared, we transported the bridge sections to the site for easy installation by our Onsite Construction Crew. Moving from in-house to on-site, our installation team used an overhead crane to minimise the impact on creek banks.
As we explained the introduction, our methodology is underpinned by principles of trust and certainty, and no-one is more in tune with these than our Onsite Crew. Because they're so experienced working within fragile or preservation areas they could confidently prevent any disturbance to the mangroves, or the release of acid-sulfate during excavation.
Once complete, the local residents could enjoy uninterrupted access all along the Tuggerah Lake foreshore. They have commented to us that they're happy (and relieved!) that no elements of the new structure have obstructed their existing views of the creek and the surrounding reserve.
With all Australian Standards met, the bridge introduces a beautiful structure to the landscape that complements the natural surroundings. We're very proud to say, that for such a complex geometrical shape, this was quite an achievement!
You can clearly see the curve in the bridge. So not only is there the arced elevation over the creek, there's also this single curve which needed to be included in the plan. This made it a more complex structure than the original Sandford™ pedestrian bridge, so the design and detail had to be amended to ensure it worked structurally, and still met the relevant Australian Standards for a shared cycle and pedestrian path and bridge.
Beautiful smooth and elegant lines along the large span allowed us to meet the objective in the design brief from the client: i.e. to "keep the structure as slimline as possible." By designing curved superstructure support that reduced the actual clear span, we reduced the size of the main beams. We then used screw piles and concrete footings to support the structure.
What sets Fleetwood Urban apart is the overall value for money-the product and the price combined. They do both very well. For Council, It's good to be able to hand over the whole package-Fleetwood do the design and then follow through with quality construction.


In 1999, when WAP was the future of mobile, the industry group behind SIM cards worked out a way to use the programmable space on a SIM to build a complete WAP browser. This meant that instead of having to wait for consumers to buy new phones with WAP built-in, mobile operators could push a WAP browser onto every phone already in use over the air and get people to start using these services straight away.
This looked like genius - if you worked for the SIM industry group. The problem was that any phone that hadn't shipped with a WAP browser also, ipso facto, had no kind of dedicated data network access (GPRS at the time) and so would be accessing these services over dial-up at something under 9.6 Kbits/second (and paying per minute for call time), and also almost certainly only had a one or two line character-based screen. Adding WAP to such a phone would be almost totally pointless.
Hence, retrofitting a WAP browser to existing phones was a bridge and, indeed, WAP itself was a bridge. It was self-evident even by 1999 that the 'right' approach was to put the web onto phones in some form (even if it was a mobile version of the web). But outside Japan, where NTT DoCoMo launched exactly this with i-mode in early 1999, phones and networks were not good enough to do that and WAP was something that could be done now.
In hindsight, though, not just WAP but the entire feature-phone mobile internet prior to 2007, including i-mode, with cut-down pages and cut-down browsers and nav keys to scroll from link to link, was a bridge. The 'right' way was a real computer with a real operating system and the real internet. But we couldn't build phones that could do that in 1999, even in Japan, and i-mode worked really well in Japan for a decade.
Do you have a long enough market window for people to use it before the 'right' approach (or the next bridge) becomes viable?
Is the experience you can do today good enough to be useful in its own right?
WAP had a window of 5 years or so, but the experience was so bad even on phones that were designed for it that no-one ever used it, and it was a fiasco. Conversely, i-mode had a window of a decade and was a great product despite not quite being 'the web', and at its peak well over half of the Japanese population was using it (and the clones from the other Japanese mobile operators). Meanwhile, the problem with the Firefox phone project was that even if you liked the experience proposition - 'almost as good as Android but works on much cheaper phones' - the window of time before low-end Android phones closed the price gap was too short.
Sometimes, though, it's not clear which tech is the bridge. Sometimes the 'right' way to do it just doesn't exist yet, but often it does exist but is very expensive. So, the question is whether the 'cheap, bad' solution gets better faster than the 'expensive, good' solution gets cheap. In the broader tech industry (as described in the 'disruption' concept), generally the cheap product gets good. The way that the PC grew and killed specialized professional hardware vendors like Sun and SGi is a good example. However, in mobile it has tended to be the other way around - the expensive good product gets cheaper faster than the cheap bad product can get good. For example, multitouch smartphones running UNIX-based operating systems crushed featurephones, and short-range local wireless systems (DECT, CT2, PHS) lost out in public services to cellular.
The most obvious bridge technology today, I think, is the use of LIDAR for autonomous cars. Everyone agrees in principle that at some point in the future we'll be able to make fully autonomous vehicles that drive with vision alone - after all, people drive without LIDAR. And LIDAR sensors today are very expensive (tens of thousands of dollars per unit with several needed per car) and bulky. But the consensus amongst researchers in the field is that the science of computer vision is not good enough yet to do autonomy unaided, and will not be for perhaps 5 or 10 years, and so we use LIDAR (and sometimes radar) until then. LIDAR is a bridge - it's not ideal, but it's the sensor tech that works now. It's the J2ME of autonomous cars. Meanwhile, autonomous driving itself doesn't yet work even with LIDAR (for unrelated reasons), and LIDAR pricing and practicality is rapidly improving. So, will autonomy start working and vision get good enough before LIDAR gets small and cheap? If so, it might be forgotten (this is obviously Elon Musk's bet at Tesla). Or, will autonomy work and LIDAR get cheap before stand-alone vision is good enough? Or will we always use lots of different sensor types? We'll find out.


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The Republic City Council voted 7-0, in the absence of council member Meagen Duran, to go ahead with a refurbishment of the Flowrider, also known as The Huna, a surf simulator at Republic's aquatic center.
The Huna is the aquatic center's featured attraction, the only one in Missouri, in fact, and was originally installed in 2005. Now nearly 14 years old and near the end of its life span of 10-15 years, the water ride is in need of a revamp. Of the three bids submitted for the job, Flowrider's $65,650 bid was the lowest, and therefore chosen.
With the checkbook out, the council also voted to accept a bid from Hambey Construction for $74,254.73 for a remodel of the existing city hall. The upgrades will address safety, security and accessibility among other issues. The company will have 90 days to complete the project. Hambey was the lowest of three bids submitted.
In other business, the council also voted 7-0 to enter into another three-year agreement with Cox Fitness Center, to continue operating the health center located within the Republic Rec Center.
The rent fee for the occupant peaks in 2021 at $115,926.67.
Another agreement continued by the council is with Seniorage Area Agency on Aging for services at the Republic Senior Center to Feb. 1, 2019.
Lastly, the council voted 7-0 awarding a bid for waterline materials for the installation of 1,406 feet of waterline to be relocated for the RepMo Drive roundabout next to Republic High School. Of the two sealed bids, the lowest was submitted by Harry Cooper Supply, at $27,703.72.
It was also noted that the roundabout project will start on approximately March 15, 2019, and should be completed before the beginning of the following school year.
In the early moments of the meeting, the council voted to support the appointment of Cynthia Hyder to the Planning and Zoning Commission, to fulfill the term of the out-going Shane Grooms, which expires June 2019.


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Clashes erupt in Bahrain town home to Shiite cleric
By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press | Posted - Dec. 21, 2016 at 7:50 a.m.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Bahrain clashed with residents of a besieged town that is home to a Shiite cleric on Wednesday, arresting at least two youths and fueling protests throughout the day, witnesses and activists said.
The massing of riot police drew wailing women in black chadors onto the streets of Diraz, fearful that Sheikh Isa Qassim would be deported after losing his citizenship in June over the Sunni-ruled government's allegations that he fueled extremism.
The sheikh's supporters and activists say he's been targeted as part of a wider crackdown on dissent on the island nation, which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet and an under-construction British naval base.
Police fired tear gas during the confrontation and at least one person was slightly wounded, witnesses and activists said.
One witness said police targeted a building near the sheikh's home where young people who protectively surround his home at night sleep during the day. Qassim has been in legal limbo since June, living quietly at his Diraz home while police surrounded the town from the outside, controlling who could enter.
Witnesses and activists spoke on condition of anonymity as a politician previously faced charges for speaking to The Associated Press.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry later said on Twitter that "several arrest and search warrants have been enforced for some individuals and their residences." It did not elaborate and Bahraini officials did not respond to a request for comment.
The arrests sparked later protests in other areas, with some demonstrators dragging flaming debris into roadways.
Bahrain has been in the midst of a crackdown on dissent at a level unseen since its 2011 Arab Spring protests, when the country's predominantly Shiite population and others demanded more political freedom from the island's ruling Al Khalifa family.
Follow Jon Gambrell on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jongambrellap . His work can be found at http://apne.ws/2galNpz .
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Kanye West Defends Michael Jackson, Says Companies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Tear Down "Heroes"
Aleia Woods Updated: June 10, 2020
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Kanye West has jumped in the ring to defend the late Michael Jackson despite the iconic artist facing public scrutiny over his child molestation allegations.
During a recent interview with Pharrell for i-D magazine, 'Ye compared the treatment he's received from the media to that of MJ as he stood up for Jackson's legacy and accomplishments.
While complimenting the Neptunes producer for the musical barriers he has broken over the years, Kanye said that Pharrell has "tore down the walls and the doors much like Michael Jackson did a generation before."
"In a way, he's very similar to Michael Jackson, in the ways where Michael Jackson was doing covert, super gangsta stuff, like he'd just pop the needles off," the Chicago-bred rapper continues. "He kissed Elvis Presley's daughter on MTV. Black culture used to be...we used to be fronting all night, but Michael was doing stuff that was different to what we were programmed to understand as being what we should do. He bought The Beatles' back catalogue. That was Mike Jackson, right there."
The G.O.O.D. Music founder then says that companies should be prohibited from diminishing the feats of legendary individuals, whom he deems "heroes."
"We should have something that says we can't allow any company to tear down our heroes," Kanye says. "Not on The Shade Room, not on social media and especially not in documentaries. I'm like every time the media isn't happy with me it's like, 'Here they go. They're gonna come and Wacko Jacko me.' Which in some ways, they've tried to do."
This isn't the first time Kanye has shared favorable thoughts on Michael Jackson. Last year, during a Sunday Service performance, 'Ye spoke on the Leaving Neverland documentary, which focuses on two men who claim they were sexually abused by Jackson as children. He could have been alluding to R. Kelly's Surviving R. Kelly documentary as well.
"They just gonna pull up full documentaries on him," he said in a clip that began circulating on social media. "Then they gonna come with the Michael [Jackson] documentary...We can all enjoy all their music all we want. I thought I wasn't going to go there today. If we're gonna tear down artists, let's go ahead and take [Leonardo] da Vinci out the Lourve. Let's take down all the art."
Shortly after, Kanye's wife, Kim Kardashian-West, stepped in to clarify his statement, saying that he was referring to his own personal experiences with cancel culture.
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President Donald Trip took to Twitter to say that the colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday was terrible.
Police have said the blaze is thought to be linked to the structure's ongoing $6.8 million renovation project.
News quickly spread about the awful fire at the historic cathedral, which is believed to have been caused by renovations, in the early morning hours of April. 15.
Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. It is loved by Parisians, by French people, indeed people all around the world.
"From our hotel room we watched the big tall spire go straight down into the nave of the church", Debbie Furr said. That is beyond countries, that's beyond anything.
In the streets, people are "super silent", said Franck Pierron, a former Montrealer who lives in Paris.
Earlier today, the commander had warned that "we are not sure if we will be able to stop the spreading of the flames to the North Tower", sparking fears the cathedral's structure may be a loss. "Let us stay more united than ever, in hope".
"It's been 800 years that the Cathedral watches over Paris", Pascal said. Henry VI of England was crowned inside the cathedral in 1431 and Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France inside the cathedral in 1804.


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Cristiano Ronaldo exit rumours intensify as Juventus look to explore the possibility of cashing in
It's rare that anyone would pay any kind of substantial fee to sign a 36 year old striker, but that doesn't mean that Juventus won't be looking to cash in if there is serious interest.
Cristiano Ronaldo will turn 36 next year and although there's nothing to suggest that his playing career is close to ending, his time in Italy might be done after this season.
Rumours started to pop up a few days ago that suggested Ronaldo had no intentions of extending his Juve contract past 2022, but Mundo Deportivo have since reported that the Italian giants will explore the idea of letting him go this summer.
They claim that Juve are unlikely to offer him a new contract, but they would rather put him up for sale next year to see if they can recoup some of their investment.
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It's possible that a sharp downturn in the club's economic situation has led to this situation, but it also makes you wonder who will pay good money in this financial climate.
PSG are always going to be obvious suitors while Man United have shown they like to throw money at a problem. Outside of Europe it looks like MLS could also be a possibility, but Ronaldo will want to play at the highest level for as long as he can.
We've seen over the years that the biggest transfers can often take months to happen, so this does look like Juve are trying to lay the groundwork for a big sale after this season.
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Ladies in Black begins in the summer of 1959. Lisa (Angourie Rice), a bookish school girl, takes a summer job in Sydney's renowned department store, Goode's. At first she doesn't fit in with Patty (Alison McGirr) and Fay (Rachel Taylor), the worldly women with whom she works, but her sweetness and charm soon win them over. Magda (Julia Ormond) is a European supervisor in the designer dress department and a connoisseur of elegant fashions. She takes Lisa under her wing, and Lisa's world begins to change in ways she could never have imagined.
Lisa in turn begins to influence those around her. Her open-mindedness allows her to navigate other cultures and appreciate the differences she encounters. Through Lisa's influence and Magda's connections, Fay meets Rudi (Ryan Corr), the man of her dreams.
Because of Lisa's hard work and persistence, her father (Shane Jacobson) finally begins to see that women have as much right to an education as men do. Little by little barriers break down and the world begins to change for the 'ladies in black' as they, in their own ways, influence Australia's future.
Marital estrangement and miscommunication; cultural stereotyping; gender inequality
Ladies in Black has references to the violence of World War II, refugee camps and Nazi atrocities.
Ladies in Black has some sexual references. For example:
A doctor asks Patty how often she and her husband 'have relations'.
Fay talks about how all the men she has recently dated have only one thing on their minds.
Ladies in Black shows some use of substances. For example, various characters smoke and drink throughout the movie.
Ladies in Black has some nudity and sexual activity. For example:
Patty looks at herself in a mirror wearing nothing but a towel. Off screen, she lets the towel fall to the floor and puts on a silky negligee. Her husband walks in and tells her that he 'will help her take it off'. The scene shows them kissing in bed.
A man gropes Fay under the table while they're on a date. She pushes his hands away from her thighs.
Fay tells Rudi about how she once worked as a prostitute for a rich man.
Nothing of concern
Ladies in Black has some mild coarse language, insults and name-calling. For example:
Some characters use derogatory terms like 'bloody foreigners', 'reffos' and 'continentals' to describe immigrants.
Patty's husband is called a 'dill'. A woman is called a 'cow'. Magda is called 'bossy boots' behind her back.
Patty calls her husband 'gormless' and tells him to 'go to hell'.
Ladies in Black is a comedy drama based on the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John. It gives an accurate and often humorous glimpse into women's lives in Sydney during the 1950s. It's likely to appeal to mature audiences but might lack interest for younger children.
The main messages from this movie are that people are the same regardless of where they're from and that 'a clever girl is the most wonderful thing in creation'.
Values in this movie that you could reinforce with your children include:
being tolerant of and open-minded towards others
following your dreams and always striving to do your best, no matter what others think you're capable of.
This movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about real-life issues like:
cultural and gender stereotypes
open communication between couples
gender inequality and the freedoms that women have and haven't gained over the last 60 years.


Imagine a group of children (4–10 years old) gathered on a field of grass or by a shade tree.
A costumed character enters, sets up a Nature story, and takes the kids on a quest full of learning, games and adventure.
The stories have a very simple plot and costumes can be as basic as wearing a colored sheet as a cape and adding a mask. It's all in the book: How to Run an Outing, Group Management, Costume and Prop ideas/checklists and more.
It's easy to run a Nature's Theater outing. Even teens enjoy their experience leading a group of younger kids through a story—it gives them a sense of meaning and accomplishment.
You can lead a very special outing for your kids. An outing kids remember for a long time. It's called Nature's Theater.


Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for an exploration of Northeastern Tennessee on Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer a weekly podcast featured on NPR's Podcast site that's produced by KCBX Public Radio.
Cindy Dupree, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development's Public Relations Director offers an insiders' overview of the Volunteer State's not to be missed destinations including, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, the Smokey Mountains and more. And then it's off to the legendary Bristol Motor Speedway, a visit to Bays Mountain Park and planetarium on the outskirts of Kingsport. A visit to the Fossil Site in Gray, TN reveals a much different world 7 million years ago when elephants and rhinos were the local residents.


I really appreciate the messages, phone calls and emails I have received in the last 24 hours following the announcement of my call as President of the Portsmouth Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I have been overwhelmed by the response.
Yesterday afternoon, I had some time to reflect on the events of the weekend. I have been the recipient of great teaching and counsel this weekend, this combined with the outpouring of love and support from those present at the conference and from those far and wide and the witness of the Holy Ghost provides me with the confidence that the Lord leads and guides his chosen representatives.
"Seemingly ordinary men whom I knew well were called as stake presidents. I raised my hand on those days as you did today and had a witness come to me that God had called His servants and that I would be blessed by their service and for sustaining them. I have now felt that same miracle countless times across the Church.
I can categorically tell you I am a very ordinary man and the experiences of this weekend give me the confidence that this will indeed take place.
I had this forwarded to me by Matt Lowder. I must say that my testimony has shaken by this news, and I don't know if I can stay in the church with this announcement.
Just kidding, man. I'm not sure whethet to say congratulations or offer my sympathies. Either way, good luck.
I am so proud to know you. The way I remember you, you're very good for this job, you not only trust in the Lord, I believe you have a great support through your wonderful wife and your adorable kids. And not to young. Our stake just got a new president, and he's 32. I can still remember how blessed our family was, through our dad's callings. Btw next year my parents will leave for their first mission. Big swiss hugs from here to all of the Gilmours!