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A Cuban-American whose parents fled Castro's Havana with him still in the womb, Walter Salas-Humara was raised bilingual just across the Florida Straits in Fort Lauderdale. College at University of Florida in Gainesville and a residency with the Vulgar Boatmen left him with a lifelong habit of Mudcrutch/Tom Petty-style crunchy guitar riffs. Chasing the punk prairie fire to New York just in time to sift through the ashes, he formed The Silos in 1985 with guitarist Bob Rupe and violinist Mary Rowell, plugging the main cable of American rock idiom into the jerry-rigged soundboard of Velvets-era feral experimentalism. The unlikely result, as evidenced by About Her Steps (1986), the seminal Cuba (1987) and their RCA debut The Silos (i.e., The One with the Bird on the Cover, 1990) was a loose-limbed conceptual country-rock that in turn influenced (if not outright inspired) the alt-country No Depression movement just around the corner. The band was voted Best New American Band in Rolling Stone Magazine's Critics' Poll of 1987 and appeared on Late Night with David Letterman in 1990.
With this apocalyptic agrarianism safely encoded in his band's name, Salas-Humara moved on once that lineup had run its course -- taking with him not the country revisionism that by now could have sustained him in an endless holding pattern, but rather the Lower East Side's fervid avant-gardism, that high-test mixture of aggression and dissonance the neighborhood wears like a jailhouse tattoo. He forged connections in Austin, another lost outpost tailor-made for his particular set of influences, where he formed the poor man's supergroup the Setters with songwriters Michael Hall of the Wild Seeds and Alejandro Escovedo of the True Believers. Moving to Los Angeles, he recorded and toured with Tom Freund, Manny Verzosa, Jon Dee Graham, Gary Sunshine and Darren Hess. Those middle records – Hasta la Victoria! (1992), Susan Across the Ocean (1994), Heater (and its remixed mutant twin Cooler) (1998) validated the early acclaim and expanded Salas-Humara's reputation as one of the finest songwriters working in the American vernacular. In 1998, Salas-Humara moved back to New York and formed Silos 3.0, with Konrad Meissner on drums and Drew Glackin on bass and guitar.
Throughout the new millennium, the Silos have continued to release an admirable body of work. Laser Beam Next Door (2001) and Come on Like the Fast Lane (2007) are fierce power trio albums that burst with the crackling intensity of proto-punk legends the Velvet Underground and Television. When the Telephone Rings (2004) and Florizona (2011) are intricately crafted productions, densely layered with glittering detail. With the passing of Drew Glackin in 2008, and the addition of Rod Hohl (bass and guitars), Bruce Martin (keyboards) and Jason Victor (guitar), the band has entered a new phase. Walter Salas-Humara and Silos present and past have marshaled the best of America -- our wide tradition, focused innovation and unfettered optimism. Embrace them as a national treasure.
2014 brought the release of a new Walter Salas-Humara solo album, Curve and Shake. Rolling Stone editor Anthony DeCurtis describes the album - "That sense of being untethered from certainties, of floating, permeates Curve and Shake. The feeling is gentle, not quite scary, but with an element of unease. Letting go of expectations combines aspects of sadness, freedom and even wonder. Like so many great singers, Walter communicates as much by what he doesn't say as by what he does. His raspy tone provides a rich counterpoint to the genial surrealism, the offhand magical realism, of so many of his lyrics. His words are presented as if they're describing straightforward events, but they speak a rich, associative poetry that evokes emotions more so than facts. His guitar playing is similarly adaptable – raw and stinging one moment, dreamy and droning the next.
2016 brought the release of 2 albums. Work: Part One, an acoustic rendering of Walter's best songs written in the 80s, is the first in a series of acoustic albums defining Walter as a singer/songwriter. It is produced by guitarist extraordinaire Richard Brotherton and includes familiar Silos Mary Rowell on violin and Amy Allison on supporting voice. Explodes and Disappears is an album of new songs, the follow up to Curve and Shake. Walter sings witty songs about modern life, rocks a sweet Spanish melody on guitar, swings a sexy jazz number, and then reaches deep for a soulful expression of values in a troubled world. He tops it all with a funky number chronicling 3 American misfits searching for peace of mind and headed for disaster on the shores of Mexico -- all skillfully blended into a seamless flow.
2017 has seen the release of Work: Part Two, the continuation of the acoustic series produced by Rich Brotherton, and the new studio album WALTERIO was released in 2019 on Rhyme and Reason Records and he, solo and with band, is currently on a global touring schedule supporting this excellent album. The space-time of Salas-Humara is not a Technicolor world, or a green screen world of hyped fakery, it's a workaday world, paced as such, in which home and heart are the iconography of inspiration, played with pluck and gravelly insight. Or, as Salas-Humara suggests, "One's environment and one's experiences always informs one's songwriting. This happens naturally whether you like it or not. Songs are life, and my life has been just one very long song."
Walter Salas-Humara has shared the stage with the following greats: Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Matthew Sweet, American Music Club, Chris Whitley, Hootie and The Blowfish, Violent Femmes, The Jayhawks, Yo La Tengo, Certain General, The Reivers, The True Believers, The Wild Seeds, Victoria Williams, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Mark Ribot, Ryan Adams, Jon Dee Graham, Alejandro Escovedo, Let's Active, Young Fresh Fellows, Miracle Legion, Living Color, Souled American, The Minus 5, Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3, Jon Langford, The Waco Brothers, Chuck Prophet, Jerry Joseph, Caitlin Cary, Anders Parker, Tom Freund, Centro-Matic, Spottiswoode and his Enemies, Lynyrd Skynyrd, …to name a few.
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Having first moved to New York in 1982 to pursue a career in the visual arts, and having completed a year of graduate work at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Salas-Humara found steady work with the Leo Castelli Gallery during the '80s Manhattan art boom. Citing as his heroes '50s minimalist painter Ellsworth Kelly and Pop artist Jasper Johns, Salas-Humara's early paintings were primarily large abstract color fields. His art career was cut short with the success of the Silos three years later.
In the early 2000s, Salas-Humara took up painting again after a hiatus of two decades. On a whim, he created several stylized, cartoon-like dog paintings as holiday gifts for his nieces and nephews. They became so popular that he was soon spending much of his free time painting commissioned dog portraits in his signature style for friends and fans. In 2005, he formed a company called WaltersDogs and began producing originals and prints for sale at shows, by mail-order and in music-oriented art galleries like Yard Dog in Austin, eventually expanding his product line to include apparel, accessories, bedding and stationery products.
"I create paintings that combine qualities of the abstract art I like with fun imagery that anybody can relate to, even kids," he says.
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Q: Using packages (gems, eggs, etc.) to create decoupled architectures The main issue
Seeing the good support most modern programming platforms have for package management (think gem, npm, pip, etc), does it make sense to design an application or system be composed of internally developed packages, so as to promote and create a loosely coupled architecture?
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An example of this would be to create packages for database access, as well as for authentication and other components of the system.  These, of course, use external packages as well.  Then, your system imports and uses these packages - instead of including their code within its own code base.
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To me, it seems that this would promote code decoupling and help maintainability, almost in a Web-based-vs.-desktop-application kind of way (updates are applied almost automatically, single code base for single functionality, etc.).
Does this seem like a rational and sane design concept?  Is this actually used as a standard way of structuring applications today?

A: This is a good idea, all in all. You will need to think about setting up an internal package repository (usually called "artifact repository" in the Java world, or "pypi server" in the  Python world), so that you keep there those packages you don't want or can't release as open source.
As @pdr has noted, be prepared to have your own dependency hell, where a change to some package requires first another change in another package, and this means not just changing a line of code, but testing it, possibly getting the changes accepted, building a release, and uploading the release to the aforementioned package repository. And then changing what you intended to change.
The only recipe I can give you from my experience to try and minimize this: do not rely solely on abstracting common concepts from your packages into a "common" or "framework" package. This can seem like a very objective thing to do, but it will lead to a monster package that needs frequent, possibly contradictory changes and releases. Much better, think about the functionalities in your system, and create a helper package for each one of them, as you have outlined in your question.
Aside from that, the main benefit you will get is that your apps are insulated from (many) dependencies, so you can exchange them without pain.

A: I've been involved in projects like this twice now (both using nuget with .NET), and I would say that on balance it is a good idea. But your mileage may vary.
Don't think for a minute that it's a panacea, that it's going to solve all of your problems without causing new ones. Release management will gain a whole new layer of complexity, you'll need to deal with version-dependency issues you never knew existed, and you will have times when you curse the decision because you've got to upgrade four different packages because of a small bug that you need to fix and release quickly.
On the other hand, you're right that it decouples things nicely. Unless you overdo it, you'll probably find more occasions when you think "oh, that worked out nicely," than "that added a lot of effort." If you have code shared among multiple applications, it's particularly effective because you can easily upgrade your apps independently.
And, if you're anything like me, you'll quickly start writing test apps that use your packages, to remove entire layers of application from your bug-finding process. And that, in itself, can be more than worth the costs.

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Pevely, MO's Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 is Second Consecutive New Track for Series
The iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Auto Parts Sprint Car Series season reaches the halfway point of its 2021-22 season tonight, visiting Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for the first time in its history. As always, the action can be seen live at 9PM ET on twitch.tv/iracing and DirtVision.
Last Race: After a thrilling late-race battle between a pair of prospective first-time winners, it was local hero Kenny Miller who outdueled Timothy Smith to take the checkered flag at Lincoln Speedway last Monday. Miller led the final nine laps of the race after catching and passing Smith on the outside, and he had an uncontested victory on the final lap as Smith, Alex Bergeron, and James Edens tangled while battling for second. Kendal Tucker and Clayton Tilley would avoid the last-lap carnage to jump up to second and third.
Last Season: I-55 joins last week's venue at Lincoln as the second and final new track to the iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Auto Parts Sprint Car Series calendar for the 2021-22 season.
Track Info: Pevely, Missouri's Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 is a high-banked, third-mile clay oval that has long been a staple of premier dirt oval racing in the United States. With an incredibly fast racing surface and layout, its track record for sprint cars is now under the 10-second mark. In the real world, it'll host the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on April 14-15 for the I-55 Outlaws Showdown and August 4-5 for the Ironman 55 and Night Before the Ironman.
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Emma wants to be adopted by parents who are 'kind and caring'
Ask Emma to recite her poetry, and she'll likely deliver one of her favorites. The 14-year-old – who's currently in foster care – is hoping to share her interests with a future adoptive Mom and Dad.
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DETROIT (WXYZ) — Ask Emma to recite her poetry, and she'll likely deliver one of her favorites. The 14-year-old – who's currently in foster care – is hoping to share her interests with a future adoptive mom and dad.
"I write poems according to the mood that I'm in. And I just based it on what kids might think of their life on the street," Emma said.
"She loves to write different poems about her life. And she'll write different poems about the Bible, about life in general," said her worker.
In addition to writing poetry, she also enjoys reading -- especially Harry Potter books.
"She's kind. She's encouraging. She's a great leader. She loves being a support to other people," said her worker.
Emma is also an animal lover. "I love cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs. When I grow up on want to do stuff with animals," she explained.
"The kind of family I'd like to live with is one that is basically more kind and caring. Somebody who will meet my needs," said Emma.
"I would like a Mom and a Dad, but if I were to have brothers and sisters, I would prefer them to be older so I can have someone else to rely on if Mom and Dad aren't there," she added.
"I want a family to basically support me whenever I need it," she said softly.
Her case worker hopes Emma finds a family that will support her and provide her with love and hope and understanding.
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How to hire a software developer: Part 3 – Online tech tests and alternatives
In the third of a four-part series, Mike Ritchie looks at the pros and cons of online methods for screening candidates.
How to hire a developer: Part 1: Hiring for the future
How to hire a developer: Part 2 – Why screen candidates?
How to hire a developer: Part 4 – Why in-person technical interviews still matter
Technical Screening
It's sensible for organisations to want to increase their confidence in a candidates hands-on coding ability before committing everyone's time to a live interview. It's good for the candidate too – if expectations on ability are mismatched, a live coding interview can turn out to be a difficult experience.
This used to be all but impossible, but there are a wide choice of online platforms now that make the job much easier.
Online technical test platforms
Online technical assessment tools like HackerRank and Codility are becoming more widespread in hiring. I understand why companies are using them, although I think they're used either wrongly or excessively more often than not. If you haven't used these tools, here's a potted summary:
The technical interviewer designs the test by picking from a list of coding challenges and questions.
The candidate is sent a link to the online test, and works though it, with a countdown timer running, to complete the challenge.
The screening tool tests correctness of the implementation using a variety of inputs and edge cases – empty input data, input data with one element, input data with all zero elements, input data with large values that could overflow a accumulator variable….you get the picture.
The screening tool assesses the efficiency of the implementation by pushing through inputs of increasing size in succession, timing these, and calculating the Big-O complexity of the candidate's solution.
Candidates lose marks for incorrectness, missing edge cases, and for implementing with less efficiency than is possible.
These platforms seem to provide an objective measure of capability, to differentiate between candidates. After all, the intent of HackerRank is to Rank your Hackers, is it not?
I see this all the time in software development – and not just in hiring – this urge to reduce something complex, nuanced and difficult to understand down to a dashboard metric. Numbers and measures are seductive. They promise simple answers and absolute truths.
Often, though, the way these tools are used is an example of the Streetlight Effect:
A policeman sees a drunk man searching for something under a streetlight and asks what the drunk has lost. He says he lost his keys and they both look under the streetlight together. After a few minutes the policeman asks if he is sure he lost them here, and the drunk replies, no, and that he lost them in the park. The policeman asks why he is searching here, and the drunk replies, "this is where the light is."
Just because there's light to see by, it doesn't mean you're looking in the right place. These tools measure what can be measured, but not necessarily what's important. Here's where we really want to look, at the things that have the biggest bearing on whether your code turns out to be an asset or a liability for your organisation:
Changeability and maintainability of code.
Clean code and simple design.
Ability to find a solution by working collaboratively in pairs, and in teams.
Working in small increments, driven by tests.
Readability and naming in the code.
There's no tool that's going to assess these things accurately…but it turns out that humans are pretty good at it. Any automated tool you decide to use works by assessing the characteristics of code, not of people. They're proxy measures at best, and not always useful ones.
And remember that point earlier about matched investment? That the candidate should learn as much about you as you learn about them? All they learn with these tools is that you're happy to have a machine run this part of your recruitment for you.
Don't sleepwalk into outsourcing your technical interview to an online platform. Some aspects of hiring are just hard work, and you need to be prepared to put in the personal effort with candidates as part of the live interview for the more challenging parts of your tech selection.
If you need to run a coding assessment online, consider using the excellent CyberDojo instead: a platform that emphasises test-driven development, working in small increments.
If algorithmic problem solving is a core skill for the sort of work you do, sure, I understand why these tools might be attractive. But there are better ways of running interviews around CS algo and data structure fundamentals. And really, if that's the main focus in the role, should it not be the centrepiece of the live interview? More in the next post on that.
But if this lengthy and slightly ranty effort to dissuade you has failed, and you feel you absolutely must use a tool like HackerRank, at least build your challenge sensibly. Rather than off-the-shelf coding challenges, consider creating your own. Use a (small!) mix of multiple choice, subjective questions and a coding challenge at the simpler end of the spectrum.
There's a temptation to "add to basket" when building the tests, but you're not doing your organisation any favours by making tests excessive. Also be very generous indeed on the time allowance – creating a false sense of urgency for the candidate is unrealistic, pointless, stressful and counterproductive.
Assessment of results should always be done by developers who understand the type of good code you're looking for. Arrive at a view of how the candidate did by looking at the code, not just the results. Review in pairs again, and discuss what you're seeing. Make allowances for nerves and pressure.
And one final point – if beat-the-clock coding challenges are appealing to you because you want people "working quickly" to meet arbitrary deadlines, I respectfully suggest you have other things you need to be thinking about before you hire anyone.
Coding assignments
If you need to scale up your technical screening, this will likely be a better way for you than the online test route. The basic idea is this – you set a small programming assignment along with a specification, and give to the candidate. They work on it at a time that suits them. You give them up to a week to get it back to you on GitHub (2017) or an emailed zip file (Ye Olden Days).
There are many benefits. For one thing, you can set a challenge that's a better fit for the core skill-set of the role you're recruiting for. A small website for web developers. A simple library with tests for a C++ developer. A single-screen mobile application for iOS or Android developers. A RESTful service for back-end Java developers.
The key is to construct a challenge that:
Can be completed in ~2 hours for an experienced developer – but remember that if you're hiring people right at the start of a career in development, this same challenge could take two or three times as long for them: scale it back.
Requires the candidate to do the things you want to assess: for example, something they would need to write unit tests for, or something with just enough complexity to see their OO design skills. Code katas can work well for this if you don't want to test for specific technologies and frameworks.
Emphasises code rather than configuration: it's fine to have technology-specific challenges that need candidates to do configuration and use the tools properly, but don't make it just about that.
You can communicate with candidates while they're doing this too, unlike online technical tests. GitHub has social and communication features, so you can review code, make comments, raise issues and also see the solution evolving – you can do this privately too, if you want to add the candidate as a collaborator to a one-off private repository that you create for them in your organisation.
In my view, this is a better format than an online tech test, more realistic and gives a better chance for the candidate to show what they can do. They can work with their own, familiar tools, in their own time. They can Google, they can Stack Overflow…just like real life.
Used well, this format meets one of the principles I talked about earlier – you match the candidate's investment:
By the challenge you set them, you can tell them about the technology you use.
Your notes on the challenge can expand on your values about code, and why these are important to you – even with links to further reading.
If they ask you questions, your responses will give them a sense of what you'd be like to work with.
Your code review comments give them a good idea of how you think about code specifics.
You should look for evidence that you have an ethical developer, as I talked about earlier: someone who cares about code, users, and colleagues. Look for good tests, good names and simple design.
Ask the candidate to commit early and often, then you can see the solution evolve. Ask them to add a README.md too, with informal working notes – this isn't something you review as part of their solution, it's just a way of them communicating back to you.
I always advise students to do this for tech assignments even if they aren't asked, noting down the decisions they made, things they think worked out well, things they would do differently. It's great insight.
Agree in your team a set of points to cover in code reviews, so that it's applied fairly and consistently across candidates. A lot of people find checklists to be an old-fashioned notion, but I think they're useful – a simple checklist is a good way to capture the areas to focus on in the reviews.
When you've made your decision, feed the candidate's solution forward into the live technical interview – it can make a very useful discussion point, and gives the candidate a sense that their efforts were valued.
Some organisations do psychometric evaluations or "aptitude testing". These are numerical, inductive, and verbal reasoning tests, and – spoiler alert – are absolutely nothing to do with real-world aptitude in software development.
I've no idea why organisations do these, and I strongly suspect they don't either. If someone can show from their experience that they've worked as part of a team in delivering solutions to complex problems, and their screening and technical interview shows they can write good code, I'd say their grey matter is working pretty well for them.
They're used also in assessing the potential of graduate entrants to companies, the rationale sometimes given that recent graduates don't have a work history or easily demonstrable skills to draw on. What graduates do have, though, is a very recent and detailed record of academic attainment, so I still find this puzzling.
I don't get it. Perhaps my inductive reasoning isn't all it should be. But still, hard pass.
A better funnel
In Part 1, we looked the "funnel" model that many organisations use. I recommend you work continuously rather than running stages in lock-step, especially when screening – respond to applications as they arrive rather than batching.
There's no universal ideal, but a good generic approach for me would look something like this:
Have a daily hiring standup in your team to maintain the cadence. At this standup, do a group review with your tech interviewers of CV and cover letters that came in the previous day. Aim for no more than a 24‑hour lead time from arrival. There will be some early exits here where the experience clearly doesn't match your requirements. Give feedback.
Aim for a very quick turnaround to phone screen for those candidates you want to go forward with. If there are multiple candidates you're talking to, fan out to multiple phone screen pairs. These pairs both make the call, and make the call (see what I did there?). Give feedback.
Have one form of technical screen only, with a preference for a technical assignment that's related to the tech domain (phone doesn't count here, it's a consistency check and not a technical assessment).
Get it reviewed promptly when the solution comes back – the daily standup helps coordinate this. Give feedback to both successful and unsuccessful candidates. Use a checklist, but also leverage GitHub as a review platform if that's possible for your organisation.
Make a decision for a live interview based on a balanced view of the CV, phone and tech assignment, but weighting towards the most recent contact, so CV < phone < code assignment.
The key to making this work is to keep the rhythm and devolve the process, removing managers as (a) sole decision makers and (b) a process bottleneck. Explain to people why broad involvement in tech hiring is important for diversity, and the future health of the team.
They'll get it, trust me, and they'll see the benefits of working next to colleagues they were instrumental in hiring.
Coming next
In the next part we're going to cover live technical interviews. Don't worry – it's much shorter than this part, because there's only one approach that I think is worth using.
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August 2013 (Volume 22 Issue 8)
Installation of an 800 MW Alstom unit at Xiangjiaba power plant
Hydroelectric units milestone
The historic commissioning of the 800 MW class units marks another step in Alstom's significant involvement in China's power generation sector
All four units manufactured by Alstom for China's Xiangjiaba underground hydro power plant have now successfully entered commercial operation. These 800 MW class units coupled with an 889 MVA generator are the most powerful hydroelectric generating units in the world. Each unit is able to supply the electricity consumption of approximately five million inhabitants during a year.
The four units were designed and manufactured in Alstom's factory in Tianjin, China, and delivered in a record time for such large machines – at an average of one unit every two months. After a first phase of reliability trials, the units began successively commercial operation between November 2012 and June 2013.
Each unit for the Xiangjiaba plant includes an 800 MW class Francis turbine coupled to an 889 MVA generator. The generators are the only air-cooled generators in the world with 23 kV windings. This high voltage allows an optimised electrical design for such a high power output. At almost 10 m in diameter, the turbine runners weigh over 400 tonnes.
With a total capacity of 6 400 MW, the Xiangjiaba power plant will run on eight units. When completed, Xiangjiaba will be the third largest hydro power plant in China and an important power source in the country's West to East Electricity Transfer Programme to satisfy the growing electricity needs of the country's eastern provinces.
"The successful delivery and commercial operation of the four units for Xiangjiaba plant represent another important milestone to showcase Alstom's contribution to China's hydro power development," said Yves Rannou, general manager of Alstom Hydro China.
Located in southwest China Jinsha River, the Xiangjiaba power plant is owned by the China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). The Xiangjiaba project is one of a series of successful co-operation ventures between Alstom and CTG, which include deliveries of Three Gorges Left Bank (eight units of 700 MW), Three Gorges Right Bank (six units of 700 MW) and Three Gorges Underground (two units of 700 MW).
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Karlsruher FV is a German association football club that plays in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Established on 17 November 1891, KFV was a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball-Bund) in 1900 and is the oldest still existing football club in Southern Germany. The club was one of the leading German football clubs before the First World War. The team went on to capture the national championship in 1910 with a 1–0 victory over Holstein Kiel, but lost the final in 1905 and 1912. The KFV claimed the Southern German football championship from 1901 to 1905 and from 1910 to 1912. After a financial collapse and a resulting disqualification from league operations in 2004, the club continued its activities in 2007.

History

Early prominence
KFV co-founder Walther Bensemann established Internationaler FC Karlsruhe, the first football team in south Germany, in 1889. This club became part of KFV in 1894. He also had a hand in founding the Frankfurter Kickers a predecessor side to Eintracht Frankfurt. As well, Bensemann established kicker, Germany's first football magazine.
KFV was one of Germany's most successful sides in the years before the First World War. The club captured the South German title eight times from 1901 to 1912, leading to national final appearances in 1905, 1910, and 1912.
KFV figures in the strange story of Germany's first national championship in 1903 which was won by VfB Leipzig in a 7–2 victory over DFC Prague. The Karlruhers were scheduled to play a semi-final match against Prag in Leipzig, but cancelled their travel plans when they received a telegram – allegedly from the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German football Association) – indicating that the game had been rescheduled. Prag was awarded a win by forfeit when their opponents failed to show, and so made an uncontested advance to the final in spite of vehement protests by KFV. It has never been discovered who sent the telegram and people from Karlsruhe still search to this day to find who was responsible. Even Günter Grass wrote about this incident in his book My Century.
Denied a place in the national final, Karlsruhe did manage to arrange to challenge Leipzig the following year in a match representing the contest that might have been, but lost the game 3–7.
KFV also played a key role in the incomplete national final of 1904. Beaten 1–6 by Britannia Berlin in a semi-final match played in Berlin, Karlsruhe protested the result as under league rules the match was to have been played at a neutral venue. Ultimately, the DFB cancelled the final and the Viktoria trophy was not awarded that year.
KFV reached the final in 1905 for the first time and lost against Union 92 Berlin 2–0. KFV's championship was earned under the direction of English coach William Townley, a prominent figure in the early history of the game in Germany. In 1912, KFV lost the final against Holstein Kiel, 1–0.

From 1908, the club played in the new Südkreis-Liga, which it won in 1910, 1911 and 1912. In 1909, Phönix Karlsruhe, known today as Karlsruher SC, brought the city its first national championship. KFV's win the following year makes Karlsruhe one of only three cities in Germany that have been home to two or more national football champions. The others are Munich (FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München) and Berlin (Union 92 Berlin, BFC Viktoria 1889, Hertha BSC). Karlsruhe is the only city with two different teams that won the championship in two subsequent years.

Julius Hirsch, together with Fritz Förderer and Gottfried Fuchs, formed an attacking trio for the team. He helped Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German football championship.

While playing for the national team in 1912, KFV's Gottfried Fuchs scored 10 goals in a contest against Russia to set a German international match record that still stands. Fuchs and his fellow player Julius Hirsch were the only Jewish players to ever represent the German national team.

KFV made its re-appearance after the First World War, first in the Kreisliga Südwest and then in the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden, Gruppe Baden with the capture of the league championship in 1926. While they went on to dominate their division, the team was not able to make its way out of the South German league playoffs and back onto the national stage.
From 1925 to 1931 Jimmy Lawrence, the record holding former Newcastle United goal keeper and Preston North End manager relocated to Germany to manage Karlsruher FV. With the club he won the regional championships of Württemberg/Baden in 1926 and of Baden in 1928, 1929 and 1931 which qualified the club to participate in the matches for the German football championship in those years.
In 1933, Karlsruher FV took up play in the Gauliga Baden, one of the sixteen first division leagues established in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The club was relegated in 1937, but made a prompt return to the top flight after a one-year absence. Sent down again in 1941 they came back to play the 1943–44 season, after which the rump of the division struggled through just one more truncated season as Allied forces rolled through Germany in the last days of World War II.

Postwar play
KFV played in the Oberliga Süd where they finished dead last, five points in back of rivals Phönix Karlsruhe. Not immediately relegated as the league was being re-structured, the club played another season in the Oberliga Süd, and this time both Karlsruhe sides were relegated, although FV did manage to finish ahead of Phönix.
Karlsruher FV emerged in the 2nd Oberliga Süd in 1951–52 and played second division football there until being relegated in 1957. The club won two titles in the Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) in 1952 and 1974 but after this the team fell to tier V Kreisliga play before being disqualified from league operations in October 2004, after collapsing financially.

Revival
The club was not dissolved at any time after the disqualification from league operations and returned to amateur league football in 2007, finishing 9th in the Kreisklasse C, Staffel 3 – Kreis Karlsruhe (X), the lowest division in the North Baden region, in 2007–08. The 2008–09 season proved disastrous for the club, coming last in its division with only one win and 21 losses in 24 games. After a tenth place in 2009–10, in 2010–11, the side finished 15th and last once more, with only two wins, a draw and 27 defeats and 127 goals conceded. The club came last in its division once more in 2011–12 but conceded less than 100 goals in this season. In 2017-18 the club went on to finish 2nd and was promoted to the Kreisklasse B after two victories in the play-offs.

Honours
The club's honours:

League
 German football championship
 Champions: 1910
 Southern German championship
 Champions: 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1912

Regional
 Südkreis-Liga (I)
 Champions: 1910, 1911, 1912
 Kreisliga Südwest (I)
 Champions: 1922
 Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden (I)
 Champions: 1927
 Bezirksliga Baden (I)
 Champions: 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932

Cup
 North Baden Cup (Tiers III-VII)
 Winners: 1961, 1962, 1965

Notable former players

 Julius Hirsch
 Gottfried Fuchs
 Hermann Bosch
 Max Breunig
 Fritz Förderer
 Wilhelm Gros
 Ernst Hollstein
 Lorenz Huber
 Franz Immig
 Manfred Eglin
 Ernst Willimowski
 Ludwig Damminger
 Kurt Ehrmann
 Bekir Refet
 Fritz Keller
 Michael Nees
 Pietro Lombardi

Notable former coaches
 William Townley
 Karl Striebinger
 Fritz Ruchay
 Bernhard Termath
 Jimmy Lawrence

Notable former athletes
 Lina Radke
 Georg Amberger
 Albert Steinmetz

Former Chairmen and patrons
 Friedrich Wilhelm Nohe
 Ivo Schricker
 Walther Bensemann
 Prince Maximilian of Baden

Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

 With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

References

Sources
 Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv  historical German football league tables

External links

 Official Karlsruher FV website (in German)

Sport in Karlsruhe
Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg
Association football clubs established in 1891
1891 establishments in Germany

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Hand formed never frozen HALF POUND Angus beef patty made from a special blend of brisket, chuck & short rib. Served on a jumbo Brioche bun grilled with garlic butter. Add Applewood smoked bacon and your favorite toppings.
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Cholesterol is a waxy, fatlike substance that occurs naturally in every body cell and is needed by the body to function normally. It is found throughout the body, including the brain, nerves, muscle, hormones, vitamin D, and the bile acids that help to digest and absorb fat. With the help of sunlight, cholesterol in skin can change to vitamin D, which is essential for building strong bones.
Only a small amount of cholesterol is needed in the blood to meet all the body's needs. Too much cholesterol in the bloodstream can lead to atherosclerosis, a type of "hardening of the arteries." Atherosclerosis is a condition in which cholesterol and fat are deposited in artery walls, causing them to become narrow and reducing blood flow. Narrowing of the coronary arteries by atherosclerosis can produce signs and symptoms of heart disease, including angina and heart attack. Sometimes there are no symptoms until an artery is about 75 % blocked.
There are two types of cholesterol: blood (serum) and dietary cholesterol. Blood (serum) cholesterol circulates in the bloodstream. While every cell can make cholesterol, the liver produces most of it. When the body makes too much, this increases the risk for heart disease, including heart attack and stroke.
The body of an adult can make all the cholesterol it needs, but most people also get it from foods. Unlike adults, children under age two do not produce enough cholesterol; therefore, their food must supply part of it.
Plants do not produce cholesterol, even if they contain fat. Dietary cholesterol only comes from foods of animal origin. Common sources are eggs, meats, poultry, fish, dairy products and animal fats, such as butter or lard.
Blood cholesterol cannot mix with blood, so it needs a vehicle to transport it around the bloodstream. Therefore, cholesterol uses three lipoproteins as vehicles: high density lipoproteins (HDL), low density lipoproteins (LDL) and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL). These three measures make up total blood cholesterol level. Table 1 shows what LDL and HDL do in the body and their effects on risk of heart disease.
Full Name: Low Density Lipoprotein. High Density Lipoprotein.
What it does: Takes cholesterol from the liver to the rest of the body, depositing some on artery walls and vessels. Primarily takes cholesterol from body tissue back to liver for removal from the body.
Effects on risk of heart disease: Excess amounts increase risk. High amounts reduce risk.
Nickname: "Bad" cholesterol. "Good" cholesterol.
Triglycerides are the main form of fat in food, whether it is saturated, monounsaturated, or polyunsaturated. The body produces them when excess calories are eaten from any foods (protein, carbohydrate or fat). Most of the fat in the body is stored as triglycerides. Triglycerides trigger the liver to make more cholesterol, causing the levels of LDL and total cholesterol to rise. The desired level for triglycerides is < 250 mg/dL. High triglyceride levels alone may not be associated with heart disease. Triglyceride levels are affected by alcohol, medication, hormones, diet, recent exercise, menstrual cycle, and time of day.
The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) recommends that everyone age 20 and older obtain a "fasting lipoprotein profile" every five years, more often for older adults and people at risk for heart disease. A child is considered at risk if a parent has a total cholesterol level of 240 mg/dL or higher or suffered a heart attack before age fifty-five, and if there is a family history of heart disease. A "fasting lipoprotein profile" is a blood test done after a nine to twelve-hour fast without food, liquids or pills. It reveals information about the total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels in the blood.
Total cholesterol is made up of HDL cholesterol (good) and LDL cholesterol (bad). Problems develop when the total cholesterol or LDL cholesterol gets too high and HDL is too low.
There should be more HDL cholesterol than LDL cholesterol. HDL carries the artery clogging cholesterol out of the body, while LDL carries the cholesterol around the body, depositing it where it can cause serious problems.
Results of the "fasting lipoprotein profile" can help determine the overall risk for heart disease. Other risk factors include: age, gender, family history, high-fat eating, inactivity, cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol intake, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and low HDL. Before menopause, women usually have lower cholesterol levels than men. However, women's LDL cholesterol often rises after menopause.
Table 2 shows how test results are classified for everyone, regardless of height and weight. Since this test is a per unit measurement rather than a measure of all the cholesterol in the body, each deciliter of blood should contain less than 200 milligrams of cholesterol.
Some doctors also believe that the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL (TC/HDL) is the most predictive measure of risk for heart disease. Women should strive for a ratio less than 4.0 and men should strive for less than 4.5.
How are Fats Related to Blood Cholesterol?
According to scientific evidence, blood cholesterol can be affected by the type and amount of dietary fat consumed. High cholesterol levels and high LDL levels are most often related to a diet high in saturated fats and a sedentary lifestyle. Dietary cholesterol can raise blood cholesterol but generally is not as important as saturated fat and total fat in the diet.
High > 240 mg/dL 1 An HDL of 60 mg/dL and above is considered protective against heart disease.
To lower blood cholesterol levels, eat less fat, especially saturated fats, and replace some saturated fats with polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats (especially olive and canola oil). High total blood cholesterol levels and LDL cholesterol levels increase risk of heart disease while lower levels reduce risk. Higher levels of HDL cholesterol help lower the risk for heart disease.
Genetics can be an important factor as well. Some people have genetically high blood cholesterol levels, and despite their best efforts cannot lower their cholesterol into the safe range without the help of medication.
There is no single type of fat. Rather, the word "fat" is often used to refer to all of the fatty substances found both in food and in the body. Here are the types of fat.
Lipid: Scientific term referring to fat, cholesterol and other fat-like substances. A common quality among lipids is that they do not dissolve in water.
Lipoprotein: A protein-coated transporter that carries fat and/or cholesterol in the bloodstream.
Triglycerides: Scientific name for the main form of fat found in the diet and in the body. Most of the fat in the body is stored as triglycerides.
Monounsaturated Fats: Liquid at room temperature, monounsaturated fats are missing one pair of hydrogen atoms. They lower blood cholesterol and trigger more HDL cholesterol production. Monounsaturated fats primarily come from plants and include olive oil, canola oil and peanut oil.
Polyunsaturated Fats: Liquid at room temperature, polyunsaturated fats are missing two or more pairs of hydrogen atoms. They can lower total blood cholesterol and may lower HDL, as well as LDL. Many common vegetable oils, such as corn, soybean, safflower, sesame, cottonseed and sunflower oil, are high in polyunsaturated fats.
Hydrogenated Fats: Polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats are sometimes processed to make them stable and solid at room temperature and to protect against rancidity. Examples are stick margarine and packaged crackers and cookies. Hydrogen atoms are added through a process called hydrogenation.
Trans Fatty Acids: A type of fat formed during the process of hydrogenation. Trans fatty acids act like saturated fats in the body and tend to raise blood cholesterol levels. They have been shown to increase LDL cholesterol and lower HDL cholesterol, which may increase the risk for heart disease.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: A type of fatty acid that is highly polyunsaturated. Omega-3 fatty acids are mainly found in higher-fat, cold-water fish, such as salmon, albacore tuna, mackerel, whitefish and herring. While eating fish is encouraged, the use of fish oil supplements is not currently recommended by the American Heart Association. Additional omega-3 sources are nuts, soy, canola and flaxseed oils. Diets high in omega-3 fatty acids may help lower levels of LDL cholesterol and triglycerides and reduce risk of heart disease. They may protect from hardening of the arteries and help reduce blood clotting.
Omega-6 Fatty Acids: Polyunsaturated fatty acids found in vegetable oils. Soybean, corn and safflower oils are good sources. Omega-6s may reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering total and LDL cholesterol levels. However, they also may lower HDL levels.
Frequently, recommendations for fat are given in percentage of calories from fat or fat calories. The average American gets about 34 percent of total calories from fat. Most medical experts think this is too much. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines advise a general reduction in fat (especially saturated fat) and cholesterol. Table 3 presents the dietary recommendations for fat and cholesterol intakes for both the general public and for people with high LDL cholesterol, heart disease and/or diabetes. These recommendations are for the total diet, not a single food or meal.
Total Calories Balance energy intake and expenditure to maintain desirable body weight and prevent weight gain.
Some people with high risk may find that diet therapy alone is inadequate. Most people, however, continue diet therapy at least six months before deciding whether to add drug treatment.
Optimal fat intake for children is unknown, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. However, 30 percent of calories from fat seems sensible for adequate growth and development in children, especially after the age of two.
Diet impacts blood cholesterol levels both positively and negatively. Dietary cholesterol can elevate blood cholesterol levels, although it does not automatically become cholesterol in blood. The total amount of fat eaten, especially saturated fat, has a greater impact on blood cholesterol levels.
Watch caloric intake by eating a wide variety of foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol.
Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables. To meet this goal, enjoy one at breakfast, one fruit and one veggie at lunch and a salad plus one cooked veggie for dinner. Fruits are excellent snacks and desserts. Eat the whole fruit, skin included, rather than drinking fruit juice, which contains no fiber.
Eat organ meats, egg yolks and whole eggs in moderation. Choose egg whites and egg substitutes, which contain no cholesterol and little or no fat.
Consume nonfat or 1% milk dairy products rather than whole-milk dairy products.
Eat more fiber-rich foods, particularly those containing soluble fiber. It appears to help bile acids, which are made up of cholesterol, pass through the system as waste while the body absorbs less cholesterol. Good sources of soluble fiber are oats, legumes, and many fruits and vegetables such as apples, pears, oranges, and carrots. When increasing fiber intake, remember to go slowly so that the system has time to adjust.
For breakfast choose fiber-rich foods like oatmeal, whole grain muffins and fruit. Read nutrition labels on cereal boxes and select those containing five grams or more of fiber per serving. Oat bran and rice bran are the most effective. Eat legumes at least three times a week. Replace meats with dry beans and peas occasionally. Bean soup, cold bean salad, humus sandwiches, black bean dip, toasted soybeans, textured soy protein, soy milk, and tofu are excellent choices.
Garlic, both raw and cooked, contains compounds that may help lower the liver's production of cholesterol. Other cholesterol fighting foods are raw onions, salmon, olive oil, almonds, walnuts and avocados. Although the latter five are high in fat, most of the fat is monounsaturated, which helps to improve cholesterol levels.
Choose food products that contain plant stanols or plant sterols. These are noted on product food labels and include cholesterol-lowering margarines.
Eat plenty of foods that contain beta-carotene, and vitamins C and E, the natural antioxidants. Foods rich in beta-carotene include: apricots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, carrots, and cantaloupe. Foods rich in vitamin C include: red and green bell peppers, cantaloupe, papaya, oranges, grapefruits, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and strawberries. Vitamin E-rich foods include: sunflower seeds, almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, wheat gum, soybeans, wheat germ oil, and soybean oil.
Eat less fried foods, fatty and processed meats like hot dogs, sausage, bacon and lunch meats, and skip high fat desserts such as ice cream, pastries, pies, and cheesecake.
Add flavor to foods with herbs and spices rather than high-fat sauces. Minimize the use of fats and oils, such as vegetable oils, butter, margarine, lard, cream cheese and bacon. Broil, bake, boil, steam, stir-fry, grill or microwave foods rather than fry them.
Learn portion sizes. The amount of cholesterol and fat in food choices depends on how much is eaten as well as what is eaten.
Small amounts of wine or beer may be helpful in lowering cholesterol levels, according to studies. Those who choose to drink alcoholic beverages should do so sensibly and in moderation, defined as the consumption of up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men.
Enjoy at least 30-60 minutes of vigorous activities on most (or all) days of the week. This raises HDLs, lowers LDLs, and helps total cholesterol and triglyceride levels remain normal.
Maintain a healthy weight and trim any extra pounds of body fat.
In Summary: Eat foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol, and eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and non-fat dairy products. Foods known to help lower blood cholesterol include soluble fiber, garlic, salmon, foods rich in vitamin C and E, and food products that contain plant stanols or plant sterols. Maintain a healthy weight and stay physically active.
Lean = Less than 10 grams fat, less than 4 grams saturated fat, and less than 95 mg cholesterol per serving and per 100 grams.
Extra lean = Less than 5 grams fat, less than 2 grams saturated fat, and less than 95 mg cholesterol per serving and per 100 grams.


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The Arctic is 'unraveling' due to climate change, and the consequences will be global
Calved icebergs from Greenland's Twin Glaciers are seen floating on the water on July 30, 2013 in Qaqortoq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Chris Mooney
Reporter covering climate change, energy and the environment.
April 16, 2015 at 10:25 AM EDT
We often hear that climate change is radically reshaping the Arctic, a place many of us have never visited. As a result, it can be pretty hard to feel directly affected by what's happening up in a distant land of polar bears, ice floes and something odd called permafrost.
A new booklet from the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council wants to change that. Synthesizing much past academy work on the Arctic region, the booklet– being released just before the United States assumes the chairmanship of the eight-nation Arctic Council later this month — blazons this message: "What Happens in the Arctic Doesn't Stay in the Arctic."
Here are four potential ways, drawing both upon the new report and much of our prior reporting here, that changes in the Arctic will reverberate well beyond it and, in some cases, have planet wide consequences:
1. Changing Your Weather.
This is controversial, but there is growing scientific research backing the still contested conclusion that changes to the Arctic are leading to changes in weather in the mid-latitudes. The basic idea is that a warmer Arctic plays games with the jet stream, the stream of air high above us in the stratosphere that carries our weather and that is driven by temperature contrasts between the mid and high latitudes.
If the Arctic warms faster than the mid latitudes do, then the jet stream could slow down, goes the theory. It could develop a more elongated and loopier path, leading to a persistence of particular weather conditions — whether intense snow, intense heat, intense rain, or something else that is, you guessed it, intense.
A recent study published in the journal Science found that a more wavy and elongated jet stream in the summer "has made weather more persistent and hence favored the occurrence of prolonged heat extremes."
The National Research Council handles the controversy over this idea by simply stating that "some scientists" have suggested these changes to the jet stream are happening. For now, we'll simply have to watch closely as the debate over this idea continues.
[The scary idea that won't go away: Global warming messing with the jet stream, and your weather]
2. Changing What You Eat.
The National Research Council booklet also notes that warming oceans could have a substantial effect on the fishing industry, which prowls the Arctic and sub-Arctic for a crucial part of its catch. "About half of the U.S. fish catch comes from subarctic waters," notes the report.
Fishermen and fishing boats may have new routes open to them due to a less icy Arctic, the report acknowledges. But at the same time, the composition and distribution of species could change with warming waters:
Atlantic cod, for example, have been displacing the endemic polar cod in the waters surrounding the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard. In addition, rising temperatures and an influx of fresh water from melting ice can cause rippling effects through the marine food chain. In the North Atlantic, for example, scientists project that ocean warming will cause shifts in the spawning and feeding grounds of several economically-important fish populations, including Arctic cod, herring, and capelin.
Granted, we shouldn't be alarmist about this. As we've previously reported, contrary to a number of press accounts, global warming is not going to take away your fish and chips.
3. Raising Sea Levels.
The melting of ice on land in the Arctic — whether from glaciers and ice caps in the Arctic, or the Greenland ice sheet — contributes to sea level rise that does not stay in the Arctic, but rather, spreads around the world. Greenland is of course the biggest potential contributor, since if it were to melt entirely, it would cause 20 feet of sea level rise.
And there's also a less known Arctic contributor to sea level changes: the way polar melting could weaken the great overturning circulation of the oceans.
There is suggestive evidence that the melting of Greenland is already contributing to a freshening of the waters of the north Atlantic. This, in turn, may be slowing down the so-called Atlantic meridional overturning circulation — which carries a tremendous amount of warm water northward in the Atlantic.
[Global warming is now slowing down the circulation of the oceans — with potentially dire consequences]
If the circulation weakens, then it affects sea level on either side of it. That's for two reasons (explained in more depth here): Warmer waters lie to the right or east of the Gulf Stream, and warm water expands and takes up more area — leaving sea level lower on the U.S. coast side of the circulation. A weakening would thus raise our sea level.
There's also the fact that in the northern hemisphere, "sea surface slope perpendicular to any current flow, like the Gulf Stream, has a higher sea level on its right hand side, and the lower sea level on the left hand slide," according to Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. So again, a weaker Gulf Stream evens that out, and you'd see sea level rise on the U.S. coast.
4. Worsening Global Warming Itself.
Finally, changes in the Arctic are expected to amplify global warming itself. The principal way this could happen is through the thawing of frozen ground or permafrost, which covers much of the Arctic, and which contains huge stores of frozen carbon.
[The Arctic climate threat that nobody's even talking about yet]
Recent scientific analysis has affirmed that Arctic permafrost is packed with carbon — some 1,330 and 1,580 gigatons worth, and that may be a low end estimate — and that over the course of the century, a substantial fraction will get released to the atmosphere. It would probably happen slowly and steadily, but it could amount to a significant contribution to overall global warming.
Why will this occur? As the National Research Council explains:
Plants are essentially made of carbon. When a plant dies in a temperate area, it decomposes, releasing some of its carbon into the air and some into the soil. But when a plant dies in a place too cold for decomposition, it simply stays put, locking its carbon in place.
Until permafrost thaws, anyway. If enough of it does so, the volume of carbon emissions could be enough to set back worldwide efforts to reduce emissions from fossil fuel burning by adding an entire new source of greenhouse gases beyond the usual suspects, like fossil fuels and deforestation.
Last month, when we learned that Arctic sea ice had reached a new record low for its winter maximum ice extent, former deputy assistant secretary of state Rafe Pomerance said: "The Arctic is unraveling, warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet."
It's a powerful quotation, and as the United States takes chairmanship of the Arctic Council on April 24, you shouldn't assume that "unraveling" is irrelevant to you. We're all invested in the Arctic, because we're all invested in the planet.
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Aiden Mitchell – who lives with his Mum and Dad in Witham – took a trip to the nation's capital this week to help support his favourite charity.
The four-year-old was representing Action Medical Research at the annual #GFICharityDay in London.
Aiden's Mum Fleur says he always enjoys the spectacle: "This is our third year supporting Action at this event and there's always lots going which I think he finds very stimulating.
The GFI Charity Day runs alongside the BGC Charity Day with 100% of global revenues raised on 11 September donated to participating charities and the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund.
When Aiden was born he suffered from a shortage of oxygen and for the first few hours his parents didn't know whether he had survived.
He was whisked away to the intensive care unit where the team began to reduce his body temperature to protect him from brain damage, a process known as cooling therapy. This breakthrough therapy is the product of a 20-year programme of research to which Action Medical Research contributed.
Aiden's Dad Keith says the family likes to support Action whenever they can: "It's just such a wonderful charity and we'll forever be grateful for the research that Action helped fund.
Aiden was joined in London by two other Action supporters: the charity's mascot Paddington Bear™ and TV presenter Davina McCall.
Action Medical Research has been funding medical breakthroughs since it began in 1952 including helping to introduce the first polio vaccines in the UK, developing the use of ultrasound in pregnancy and testing the rubella vaccine.
The charity is currently funding research into conditions including asthma, prematurity, epilepsy, meningitis, cerebral palsy, brain cancer and some rare and distressing conditions.
For 60 years, British-born writer Michael Bond has delighted children and families all over the world with his stories about Paddington, the bear from Darkest Peru, famous for his love of marmalade. Paddington is popular with children and adults alike who feel affectionate and warm towards him; the charm and humour of the Paddington stories is the key to their enduring popularity.
Paddington's adventures have been adapted several times for television and at the end of 2014 Paddington made his debut onto the big screen. The movie, produced by StudioCanal, part of the international content and media group Vivendi, is the best-selling non-Hollywood family movie ever released. A second Paddington movie, Paddington 2, launched globally at the end of 2017 to great critical acclaim.
In 2016, Vivendi took full ownership of the Paddington brand worldwide, with the exception of the classic publishing rights.
In 2015, in recognition of Paddington's extraordinary popularity and success, Michael Bond was made a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to children's literature. Michael Bond died in June 2017, leaving behind a legacy of one of the best loved children's characters in the world. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the first book, A Bear Called Paddington, which was published by William Collins on 13th October 1958.
Licensed on behalf of STUDIOCANAL S.A.S by Copyrights Group.
Action Medical Research is a leading UK-wide charity saving and changing children's lives through medical research. For more than 65 years we've helped pioneer ways to prevent disease and develop treatments benefiting millions of people. Our research has helped to beat polio in the UK, develop ultrasound in pregnancy, fight meningitis and prevent stillbirths. But we urgently need to develop more new treatments and cures for sick babies and children and we can't do it without you.


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I also want the user input in this case "back in black - acdc" to be put into a txt file with the username. That way i have all requests in one central place and i dont have to search my chat for requests.
What you are looking for is mostly documented here: https://community.phantombot.tv/t/writefile-line-override/4042. Look at the original post with the custom command using the tag (writefile).
Just change the name of the file being used (don't use sub.txt, use something that makes sense to you).
Now, of course if you want the users to pick from a list of songs then that would need a custom script instead.


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On call contracts: physician convenience trumps patient care?
Editor's note: This is the last of a series on profit share versus patient care on the Central Coast.
Based on a dozen interviews and other material, CalCoastNews has learned that numerous local physicians are threatening patient care in San Luis Obispo County by not showing for emergencies even though they're paid to be "on call" at local medical facilities.
Some see this as part of a scheme to shut down one of the two major hospitals in San Luis Obispo.
The focal point of these concerns, according to physicians who are appalled at some doctors' practice of not showing up for work, is that these offending doctors are taking advantage of federal laws that require hospitals to have certain specialists "on call" to treat specific emergencies.
Although dozens of local doctors collect compensation of between $200 and $400 a day to be "on call" at local hospitals, CalCoastNews has learned that some fail to comply with their contractual agreements. Thus, according to critics, their "on call" pay helps provide a lucrative practice without disrupting the doctors' personal lives.
In their defense, some doctors claim they are not making enough money because of the area's rural rating, which means lower medical reimbursements are paid here as opposed to urban areas like Los Angeles or San Francisco.
CalCoastNews tried to get authoritative information from medical professionals in "on-the-record" interviews, but many were uncomfortable with that approach out of fear for their ability to make money.
Hospitals by federal law are required to have physicians "on call" for emergency treatment; forcing the doctor to comply with an "on call" contract is the hospital's responsibility. Paying doctors to be "on call" whether they show up or not may open the hospital up to fraud charges.
"Hospitals are required to maintain a list of physicians who are on call for duty after the initial examination to provide treatment necessary to stabilize an individual with an emergency medical condition," according to Medicare statute 42 USC §1395cc(a)(1)(I).
Medical staff contractual failures are reviewed by peer physicians, meaning that doctors who have a monopoly on a specialty are responsible for policing their business partners. Even so, after repeated absences, hospital administrators have the ability to report the doctors' shortcomings to the medical board.
Because many of the county's medical groups are monopolies, hospitals are forced to balance the need to hold doctors to their contracts with the necessity to maintain relationships with these same doctors who could choose to take their business elsewhere.
For example, while a physician may be "on call" at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, the doctor could actually be out of town, working at Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, or otherwise unavailable to treat patients as required by the "on call" contract.
Also, a doctor who is "on call" at one hospital may cause a patient to be transferred to another hospital for the convenience of the physician, not the patient.
Independent cardiologist Kenneth Tway and doctors from Coastal Cardiology — a group of 13 physicians who have a virtual monopoly on local cardiology care — continue to collect money for serving "on call" at Sierra Vista even though they primarily transfer patients to French.
The physicians with Coastal Cardiology and other investors own the land where French Hospital is located. They lease the land to Catholic Healthcare West, which owns French.
On Feb. 11, the husband of a nurse who works at Sierra Vista arrived at that hospital's emergency room complaining of chest pains.
Tway – who was "on call" at the time – failed to respond to numerous calls to read the stress echo cardiogram that technical staff had performed, even though he was being paid to do so.
After eight days of waiting, another doctor was asked to read the patient's results in order to give the patient a diagnosis.
Two months ago, along with Coastal Cardiology doctors Mark Bocchicchio and Robert Doria, Tway joined a cardiac section committee focused on improving and supporting cardiology services at Sierra Vista.
However, Tway told CalCoastNews that he believes Sierra Vista should shut down. He believes the community would be better served by only one hospital in the City of San Luis Obispo: French Hospital.
"I am not one of the doctors who owns the land under French," Tway said. "There is not enough business in the area for two hospitals. I had planned to bring in a partner – that was before Sierra Vista brought in Ken Stevens."
Stevens is a cardiologist that Sierra Vista recruited to join its staff in 2009.
A handful of local medical professionals, not long after a group of them purchased the land under French Hospital, began airing their goal of shutting down neighboring Sierra Vista.
Meanwhile, cardiac patients transferred to French have had to wait for hours on equipment because of the backlog created by Coastal Cardiology doctors' shifting of patients — while cardiology labs at Sierra Vista remain vacant. Because of the current shortage of cath lab patients at Sierra Vista, management recently terminated three employees and reduced lab hours from 24 hours seven days a week to nine hours on weekdays. No weekend service is offered.
Critics of the "one central hospital" plan contend that neither French with 135 beds nor Sierra Vista with 165 beds is large enough to adequately compensate for the closure of the other.
After years of "on call" abuses, some hospitals have fought back against doctors who force hospitals to compensate them for services to patients that they do not actually provide.
In 2006, a Virginia hospital took action against a group of cardiologists over hospital transfers and their continued failure to show up when paid to be "on call." The hospitals filed a suit against the doctors alleging federal anti-trust violations.
The Federal Trade Commission has frequently taken action against physicians who try to illegally negotiate as a group. Withholding contracted services may also violate anti-trust laws, and transferring patients may violate Medicare fraud and abuse regulations if any compensation is tied to the transfers.
Subjects: Health Care San Luis Obispo
Legislature offers up $2 billion in budget cuts
Our Farmers Market food fight
dertigyrl
Hey wait a minute, think about it. The administrators of Twin and Sierra should be held responsible for all this BS!..It's a simple case of the "Good 'Ole Boys Club". The administrators allowed the physicians to make a monopoly of this type of business dealings. Tenant paid to have a Cardiac Lab initiated at Twin, which they took the director from Sierra Vista (before Tenant owned Sierra) and the Cardiologist recruited the same director to French, which the director of the Cath Lab recruited employees from Twin to go to French. The Cardiologist is one group of Doctors. I am sure the parent company does not know what goes on. If the hospitals were smart they would have "NO Compete Laws Signed". They've allowed it to happen! It's just a simple case of stupid and bad management on Sierra and Twin.
Soon we won't have to worry about it, the death panel will make our choices for us.
TexasHoldum
I'm sure ignorance is really wonderful and all but please read this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health/policy/14panel.html?_r=1
"There is nothing in any of the legislative proposals that would call for the creation of death panels or any other governmental body that would cut off care for the critically ill as a cost-cutting measure"
slohealth
Agreed Texasholdum there IS NO Death Panel.
No they are just further reducing the reimbursements for physicians across the board. Cardiology just took a 36% cut, and the proposed SGR cut will go into effect in 2 weeks adding an additional 21% reduction in physician reimbursements.
Folks, if you care about your quality of medical care, especially here In SLO where we are the LEAST remibursed and the 3rd highest cost of living please contact Lois Capps or Sam Blakeslee. The myth of the wealthy Physician in majority does not exist here, they also provide much needed employment for our area. If they can't live they'll leave or worse, continue compromising our health for their $$ gain.


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Yong Wang Elected Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(May 2013)
Yong Wang, AIChE Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Yong Wang on being chosen as an American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellow. Wang is internationally known for his catalysis research, which has significantly improved energy efficiency in the chemical and fuels industries. His work includes basic studies of structure-function relationships of metal catalysts, novel material development, and reaction engineering to improve biomass and hydrocarbon conversion to fuels and chemicals.
He holds a joint appointment with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University. At PNNL, Wang is an Associate Director of PNNL's Institute for Integrated Catalysis. At WSU, he is a Voiland Distinguished Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering.
Known for his innovations, Wang is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. The Chinese Institute of Engineers named him the 2006 Asian American Engineer of the Year. He has won three R&D 100 awards, the Presidential Green Chemistry Award, and been issued 86 US patents.
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is a professional society with more than 45,000 members from more than 90 countries. Wang will be presented with his honor at the upcoming AIChE meeting in November 2013 in San Francisco, California.


Bingo was initially a kind of lottery which has been around since Italia. It had been then referred to as Lo Giucco del Lotto D'Italia. Le lotto as bingo ended up being known attracted the folks particularly the intelligentsia way in the 16th century. In the last versions from the bingo games handmade cards were split into three horizontal and nine vertical rows to create bingo cards. Each vertical row comprised of amounts from 1 to 90 as the horizontal rows had five amounts in random order with four blank spaces. Within the vertical rows the amounts one to ten were designed in the very first row 11 to twenty within the second row also it ongoing within the same fashion till 90.
Over time a more recent form of the overall game emerged. The first bingo game as you may know it now was setup with a toymaker from Georgia named Lowe. The 2 versions from the bingo offered were the 12 card pack game at $1 and also the 24 card pack bingo game at $2.
It's not so hard to help make your own bingo card. All you need is really a card board that is split into five posts and 6 rows. On top of each column write the title "BINGO" and write amounts within the letters as well as your bingo game card is prepared. Usually the winning format from the bingo includes any row meaning all of the amounts entered in either the very best center or bottom row or a couple of full houses where the foremost and second individual who crosses out all of the amounts within the bingo card wins a bumper prize.
Bingo games could be modified to the theme. For instance a Christmas bingo could be performed using the whole family. Rather than writing "BINGO" on top of the hand crafted bingo cards, the term "ANGEL" might be written. The rows and posts could be loaded with Christmas theme pictures. Even children would love this particular variation from the bingo.
Bingo for kids might be converted into an academic tool. When the children have learnt the alphabet, the teacher could make "Bingo" cards with uppercase minimizing situation alphabets and also the child who crosses out all of the alphabets properly first can obtain a prize. In the same manner children could be trained fundamental multiplication having a "Math Bingo" game in which the teacher would on-site visit 5×3 and also the child needs to discover the answer around the bingo card. Bingo games really are a huge hit for children's parties too.
Why Are People Leaning Towards Online Bingo Games?


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Q: How to confirm a Skype meeting? I want to ask someone if "Thursday" is a good day for a skype meeting.
How should I ask?

*

*Is Thursday at 10am a good day? (sounds wrong)

*I just want to confirm our meeting at XYZth at 11am. Will you be available? (sounds weird)

Update:
I already sent an email for this person and he didn't reply yet.
I just want to make sure that he saw my email and confirm the meeting.

A: Here are a few I can think of if you are asking for the first time:

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*Are you free on Thursday at 10am? - What time on Thursday are free?

*How about Thursday at 10am? - Are you free any other time on Thursday?

*Can we speak on Thursday at 10am? - At what time can we speak then?

For confirmation (at least what I've heard):

*

*Is everything in order (as planned) for Thursday?

*Are we still okay on Thursday?

You could eventually write and ask him why he didn't reply:

*

*You didn't answer my email, I'm worried, so do we meet on Thursday at 10am or not?


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Achieving a Lean Transformation
Steve Hudgik, Graphic Products
A company that is moving from an old way of doing things to applying lean principles is said to be going through a lean transformation.
A lean transformation is more than just eliminating waste. It involves changing a culture. It requires changing your thinking. It means changing your relationships with your customers and suppliers. A lean transformation is a complete transformation of your business, and it is going to be difficult to accomplish.
In the book Becoming Lean: Inside Stories of U.S. Manufacturers, Jeffrey K. Liker writes this about a lean transformation:
"When it works, it is a frighteningly powerful competitive advantage, but to accomplish it and keep it going is very difficult."
In the forward to the same book, James Womack writes:
"Why is lean thinking and lean manufacturing so challenging to implement? It is not — as many early commentators believed — a set of isolated techniques, but a complete business system, a way of designing, selling and manufacturing complex products that requires the cooperation of thousands of people and hundreds of independent organizations. A successful 'lean leap' (lean transformation) requires 'change agent' leadership, a sensei (teacher) to demonstrate the techniques, a long-term commitment to the workforce to inspire their best efforts, proactive development of the supply base, aggressive management of distribution and sales system to smooth demand, and a score-keeping system (accounting methods plus individual compensation) that motivates managers to do the right thing every time."
A lean transformation is really about people, and people changing how they do their jobs. The way to get started is to start small, let employees become comfortable with and confident in the changes a lean transformation brings, and build support for future changes. This usually means starting with the low hanging fruit, the easiest things to do that also bring the largest benefits.
A Lean Transformation Example
Let's say you own a company that makes widgets. These widgets are usually black and come with two buttons. Lately, customers have been ordering widgets in other colors such as red and blue. So once a month, your company does a special production run to produce the red and blue widgets. Of course, you charge more for these special orders.
One day the sales manager comes into your office. One of your largest customers has just switched to buying widgets from your competitor, ABC Widgets. The competitor can supply any color widget, put the customer's logo on it and deliver them in two days. Their price is also 10 percent less than your price.
"That's impossible!" you say. "They'll soon go out of business."
But over the next few months, more and more of your customers switch to buying from your competitor. Not only is ABC Widgets delivering custom widgets at a lower cost, they are guaranteeing better than a 99-percent on-time delivery, have higher quality and have just come out with a new lightweight three-button widget. What happened?
ABC Widgets has undergone a lean transformation.
Elements of a Lean Transformation
What changed? How is ABC Widgets able to produce high-quality custom widgets, sell them at a lower price, deliver them quickly and still be able to innovate and develop new widget designs?
There are a variety of lean principles that combine to produce a lean transformation. They have names such as kanban, kaizen, 5S and total productive maintenance. However, a lean transformation does not start by picking a lean principle and implementing it. It starts with your customers.
What Does the Customer Value?
The first question to ask is, "What is the customer willing to pay for?" If there is a step in your manufacturing process that is not adding value for the customer, that step should be eliminated.
For example, widgets have always been produced with rounded corners. Everyone has forgotten why, but that's the way they've always been made. But ABC Widgets learned that customers don't need widgets with rounded corners. So their widgets have square corners, which eliminated three steps in the production process.
On the other hand, growing numbers of customers wanted widgets of various colors. Custom colors added value to widgets that customers were willing to pay for. As a result, ABC Widgets designed an automated painting machine that had multiple paint nozzles instead of one. The new machine could paint individual widgets in any color with no change-over time required and at no more cost than painting them all black.
Introducing Kanban
As ABC Widgets improved its understanding of its customer's needs, the company implemented a "pull" type of manufacturing system. This lean principle uses customer demand to "pull" products through the manufacturing process. For ABC Widgets, this meant that widgets were not manufactured until they had been ordered. With waste in the production process eliminated, the entire process tightened up to include just those things that added value to the customer. Custom widgets could be produced in less time and with higher quality. Instead of waiting up to a month to get widgets in the colors they wanted, ABC Widget customers could get their custom-colored widgets in just a few days.
The "pull" approach to manufacturing is a lean technique called kanban. A kanban is a signal that a customer order has been received and a product needs to be produced. With Kanban, inventories are reduced (freeing additional space), and products are produced based on customer demand.
Not a Smooth Process
Things did not go smoothly as ABC Widgets moved ahead with its lean transformation. There was confusion, and people tended to go back to their old way of doing things. Problems such as machine breakdowns, long change-over times to reconfigure machines to make different styles of widgets and not having the right tooling available when it was needed were all serious stumbling blocks that looked like they would derail the lean transformation.
Introducing 5S
The 5S lean technique involves getting cleaned up and organized. With 5S, unused tools, equipment and supplies are eliminated or stored in a remote location. Regularly used tools and supplies are stored close to where they are needed in a way that makes it easy to quickly and correctly return them to their proper storage location when they are not in use.
Once ABC Widgets had implemented 5S, some of the problems were cleared up. Clean work areas and machines made it easy to spot oil and fluid leaks. The sources of the leaks could then be fixed long before they became major maintenance problems. Tools and dies could be easily found when they were needed. Employees took more pride in their work and became more supportive of the lean transformation, including contributing their ideas for further improvements.
Kaizen Continues the Improvements
Kaizen is an on-going process of continual improvement. It is based on suggestions from those closest to production, the employees who make the products. However, at times suggestions come from other employees or even from customers. The objective is to continually make small improvements, and it does not matter where the ideas for improvement come from.
Even when everything was going well, ABC Widgets continued to encourage employees to make suggestions, and they acted quickly on those suggestions. Employees could quickly see the positive impact of their suggestions, and when managers thought a suggestion would not work, they quickly followed up with the employee. By talking with those making the suggestions, the ABC Widgets managers learned about the problems and issues that were causing waste or quality problems, and in some cases solutions not envisioned in the original suggestion were developed.
Other Lean Principles
As ABC Widgets continued its lean transformation, other lean principles were applied. Total productive maintenance was used to put preventative maintenance into the hands of the machine operators. Value stream mapping helped identify activities that added value customers wanted and eliminated waste. Poka-yoke was used to reduce the possibility of errors and improve quality.
Many lean techniques and principles rely on visual communication to keep employees informed about production status and customer needs. ABC Widgets used DuraLabel printers to make custom labels and signs that supported the changes being made. Reminders about the changes were posted where they were most needed. Employees were able to make and sustain the needed changes with minimum disruptions to the on-going production. The signs and labels also provided warnings about new hazards, changes in production configuration and modifications to the facility. With the ability to make custom signs that specifically addressed each situation, ABC Widgets kept its employees informed and safe.
The Lean Transformation Continues
It took ABC Widgets nearly two years to reach the point where it began to take away significant numbers of customers from its competitors. But that was not the end of its lean transformation. As the former industry leader tried to begin its own lean transformation, ABC Widgets continued to apply lean principles and improve further. New widget designs continued to expand the market, and powered by its ever-improving efficiency, quality and innovation, ABC Widgets moved into making related products and serving new markets. It was not easy. The lean transformation never eliminated the need for hard work, but it multiplied those efforts so that the results were much greater than had ever been experienced in the past.
Steve Hudgik
Steve Hudgik works at Graphic Products Inc. He attended the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and currently lives in Beaverton, Oregon.


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Q: Gradle script, how to execute a task (file copy) right after compilation and deploy The following is my backend build.gradle for an android app.
After build and deploy, I would like to copy a few hibernate files to folders under build/exploded-app/. Instead of running gradlew cpyHibernate from terminal, how can I execute the cpyHibernate task from the script right after the deploy?
buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.google.appengine:gradle-appengine-plugin:1.9.18'
}
}

repositories {
    jcenter();
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'appengine'

sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7

dependencies {
    appengineSdk 'com.google.appengine:appengine-java-sdk:1.9.18'
    compile 'com.google.appengine:appengine-endpoints:1.9.18'
    compile 'com.google.appengine:appengine-endpoints-deps:1.9.18'
    compile 'com.googlecode.objectify:objectify:5.1.5'
    compile 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5'
    compile 'hibernate:hibernate:3.1rc2'
    compile 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.37'
}

appengine {
    downloadSdk = true
    appcfg {
        oauth2 = true
    }
endpoints {
    getClientLibsOnBuild = true
    getDiscoveryDocsOnBuild = true
    }
}

task cpyHibernate(type: Copy) {
    from 'src/main/java/hibernate.cfg.xml'
    into 'build/exploded-app/WEB-INF/classes/com/example/myapplication/backend/hbm/'
}

Thanks

A: You can make some task finalizing another, in that case this task will run only if another one was called, right after it. You can read about it in the official user guide. This could be done as:
task cpyHibernate(type: Copy) {
    doFirst {
        //check anothe task status and skip this one if it didn't actually work
        if (!tasks.getByName("deploy").getState().didWork) {
            throw new StopExecutionException();
        }
    }
    from 'src/main/java/hibernate.cfg.xml'
    into 'build/exploded-app/WEB-INF/classes/com/example/myapplication/backend/hbm/'
}

deploy.finalizedBy cpyHibernate

You just have to know the deploy task name. In the example above, a supposed, that it's name is deploy. Note, your cpyHibernate is modified, to check, whether deploy task actally did some work and is not up-to-date. If you don't need it, just remove the doFirst section from it.

A: You can add build and deploy tasks as dependencies for cpyHibernate task.
After declaring task:
cpyHibernate { ... }
cpyHibernate.dependsOn build, deploy

Or in one place:
task cpyHibernate(type: Copy, dependsOn: [build, deploy]) {
    from 'src/main/java/hibernate.cfg.xml'
    into 'build/exploded-app/WEB-INF/classes/com/example/myapplication/backend/hbm/'
}