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The Evolution of Jason Voorhees
October 6, 2015 Derek Schweigert
As I was cruising around the web, I came across this fantastic infographic focusing on the evolution of Jason Voorhees. Originating with the childhood innocence of the first Friday on through the 1980s and into the next generation, the image nicely summarizes precisely why Jason Voorhees remains one of the most beloved (and feared) villains in horror history. Never remaining static and constantly evolving, Jason has provided horror fans with countless memorable kills, terrific thrills, and dozens of classic scenes. Enjoy the image below and thank the folks at www.halloweencostumes.com for the lovely work!
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Collaboration is key in successful early completion of M23 project
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Through a number of evening and weekend closures and successful collaborative arrangements, leading construction and infrastructure player, Aggregate Industries completed the surfacing works ahead of schedule on the M23 smart motorway project, laying 52,000 tonnes of asphalt in one month.
The project is a great example of collaboration, engaging with external stakeholders across the supply chain to ensure the tight deadlines were met, resulting in breaking industry records to not only complete on time but ahead of schedule.
The works included widening of the carriageway to achieve the all lane running requirement, full depth reconstruction of the hard shoulder, central reserve works and collaborative completion of junctions 9,10 and lane four surfacing to enable the road to open for traffic.
With Aggregate Industries' Contracting Division acting as the lead surfacing partner, the materials for the project were supplied by its Asphalt and Aggregates Divisions, and delivered by its Logistics Team..
The company also took responsibility for recycling 100% of the old waste material from the pre-existing road utilising a local recycling facility that crushed and screened it for use in the new asphalt. A proportion of the material will also be used, where possible, in Aggregate Industries' larger asphalt plants within its materials. As a result of the close proximity of the recycling facility, less haulage was required reducing the project's carbon emissions.
Faced with an immense tonnage of asphalt to lay in an extremely tight deadline, Tarmac were enlisted to act as a second surfacing partner, drawing upon a long standing relationship with Aggregate Industries through the Highways England Category Management Pavement Framework. The collaboration between all parties; similarities in systems of working; and the ability to share resources, drove efficiencies that resulted in achieving 52,000 tonnes laid in one month, completing the pavement works by the end of March, 6 months ahead of the initial forecasted completion date.
In addition to the logistical, technical and time requirements for the project, the team also had to quickly adapt to a new working environment due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Undeterred, the team planned out stringent working arrangements with all parties involved to make sure that the project was finished in accordance with social distancing guidelines.
Paddy Murphy, Managing Director of Contracting at Aggregate Industries, said: "Not only is this project a great example of collaboration, flexibility and ingenuity within Aggregate Industries, but it is also further testament that even in uncertain times, businesses like ours, and all the parties we worked in close partnership with, are essential to keeping the country moving."
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Our March eNews really packs a punch with all that we have to share! We end this quarter with our video update from CEO, Mark Gorman, new functionality in Monarch designed to improve agency workflow relationships, a re-cap of the Borrell LOAC show, a peek at where you can find the Matrix team next and more - catch it all below! But wait there's more - See how you can win yourself a $250 gift card and comp registration to our 2020 Media Ad Sales Summit by submitting your Superhero Sales Success story for a chance to be this quarter's winner!
The Matrix Solutions team is heading to NAB and hosting customers, prospects, and partners in a suite at the Wynn where we will be showcasing the latest in global media ad sales platform innovation.Come and meet with us between April 8-11th in Vegas to learn how to gain productivity and profitability in your sales stack through aggregation, automation and integration (three reasons to meet us at the NAB Show) – gaining enhanced visibility into your business and exploiting revenue opportunities all while capitalizing on workflow efficiency.
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Our CEO recently spoke at the Borrell Local Online Advertising Conference (LOAC) and while on location, we caught up to him to talk about what lies ahead for data + integration in 2019. Mark articulates how this is the year that media companies are no longer looking for new data sources to bring in, but rather how to best leverage the data they do have to their advantage.
In this 5-minute case study originally presented at the recent Borrell Local Online Advertising Conference (LOAC), Mark Gorman, shares how one client adopted a new sales enablement work flow.
The case study highlights the pain points of multi-platform media sellers and articulates how adopting a sales enablement workflow can reduce errors and increase inventory utilization all while delivering a valuable return on investment.
Marketing Tech Insights caught up with our CEO, Mark Gorman, to expand on Matrix technology value, sales performance, ad churn in the industry and more.
How do brand safety standards disrupt ad sales performance? What impact could GDPR-like regulations have on ad sales performance?
It's true brands are becoming increasingly more careful over which media companies receive access to their data pools containing the personal information of their customers. So in this regard, we could see more brands being particularly possessive and more selective in where they purchase ad inventory. But above all, GDPR-like regulations will likely limit the output of media content, putting control over this matter into the hands of a select few. As far as sales is concerned, there will be few that leave happy and many that'll leave with nothing in their pockets.
What does your product roadmap/Content Marketing technology blueprint look like for 2018-2022?
Advanced AIML – Currently, Matrix is working on (i) advanced segmentation (delineating and analyzing ad buyers by behavior and seeking to identify inflection points that indicate shifts in buying behavior are coming); and (ii) advanced forecasting.
Single Pane of Glass – Seeking to bring forward 1st and 3rd party data to the right person at the right time as they begin and work through the sales process with an advertiser from beginning to end. Our objective would be to blend linear, non-linear, OTT, events, sponsorships, etc., into one system for one seamless level of planning, procuring and executing.
Matrix Solutions recently announced a new partnership with Aspirant to deliver greater customization and workflow solutions. We all know the media landscape has changed and so too have the ad tech stack requirements. Radio broadcasters are no longer selling just radio, they are selling digital, social and so forth. To deliver their customers customized workflows that meet their particular needs now and into the future, Matrix has teamed up with Aspirant, whom has the technical expertise to serve as a system integrator helping build and maintain more efficient workflows. Listen in as Matrix Solutions' CEO Mark Gorman and Aspirant's President Mike McClaine speak to Tech Vibe Radio about their new partnerships and hear how their companies are serving as the jelly to the other's peanut butter [Hint! If your time is limited, they jump in about 30 minutes into the podcast].
Matrix has selected a few power users to help us test our new reporting framework. The new reporting framework has allowed us to not only introduce the capability for users to build their own reports, but also enhances our standard reporting offerings. Pull data out of Matrix with new-found speed and flexibility.
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Scientists pair up two stars from the world of chemistry
Hybrid material opens the door to new possibilities in graphene applications
2016-09-20 – News from the Physics Department
Many scientists consider graphene to be a wonder material. Now, a team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has succeeded in linking graphene with another important chemical group, the porphyrins. Porphyrins are well-known because of their striking functional properties which for example play a central role in chlorophyll during photosynthesis. These new hybrid structures could also be used in the field of molecular electronics, catalysis or even as sensors.
Prof. Wilhelm Auwärter with a porphin model. (Photo: TUM)
Hardly any material is currently receiving as much attention in research as graphene. It is flexible, extremely thin and transparent, while at the same time it has very high tensile strength and conducts electricity, ideal prerequisites for a wide variety of application areas. However, using graphene to capture solar energy or as a gas sensor requires other specific properties as well. These properties can be achieved by fusing functional molecules with the carbon layer.
In previous research, scientists were primarily concerned with wet-chemical methods for attaching the molecules to the surface of the material. Together with his colleagues, Molecular Engineering at Functional Interfaces Professor Wilhelm Auwärter decided to take a different approach: They were able to link porphyrin molecules to graphene in a controlled manner in an ultra-high vacuum using the catalytic properties of a silver surface on which the graphene layer rested. When heated, the porphyrin molecules lose hydrogen atoms at their periphery and can thus form new bonds with the graphene edges.
Clean and controllable
"This method creates a clean and controllable environment," explains Professor Auwärter. "We can see exactly how the molecules bond and what types of bonds occur." Here the researchers use the latest in modern atomic force microscopy to depict the chemical structure of individual molecules, the atomic "skeletons", so to speak.
For the first time the scientists have succeeded in attaching functional molecules to the edges of graphene covalently, i.e. with a stable chemical bond. "We want to modify only the edges of the material; this way the graphene's positive properties are not destroyed," says Auwärter.
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The researchers chose the porphyrin molecules as the partner for graphene because of their special properties. "For example, porphyrins are responsible for transporting oxygen in hemoglobin," he continues. The molecules change their properties depending on which metals are at their center and can take on various different tasks, e.g. specifically bonding with gas molecules such as oxygen and carbon dioxide.
In the future this new method may make it possible to bond other molecules to graphene as well. The researchers also want to take even better control of the reaction, achieving targeted modifications by attaching molecules to carbon nanostructures such as graphene ribbons. These nanostructures are of central importance in electronic applications.
This work was supported by the European Research Council (ERC), the Munich Centre for Advanced Photonics, the TUM Institute for Advanced Study as well as the European Union Seventh Framework Programme.
Fusing tetrapyrroles to graphene edges by surface-assisted covalent coupling
Yuanqin He, Manuela Garnica, Felix Bischoff, Jacob Ducke, Marie-Laure Bocquet, Matthias Batzill, Willi Auwärter and Johannes V. Barth
Nature Chemistry (2016); DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2600
Tiny works of art with great potential – 2016-07-13
Chemical reaction yields "tapes" of porphin molecules – 2014-08-15
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6th Egyptian Congress of Pediatric Pulmonology (ECPP) is organized by Folder Group and will be held from Apr 30 - May 03, 2019 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 28 hours. Conference Description: The Largest Arabic congress entirely devoted to Pediatric Pulmonology. During four consecutive days, there will be a leading specialists and researchers from all parts of the world, bound by the common purpose of improving the management of our young patients. The congress will encompass number of themes in Pediatric Pulmonology, including but not limited to: Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Respiratory Infections in children, Pulmonary Hypertension, Respiratory Allergies, Sleep Disorders, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Childhood interstitial lung disease, Pulmonary Intensive Care, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery and Medical Education. ECPP 2019 provides opportunities to engage in collaborative professional learning experience in the field of pediatric pulmonology. Registration fees Egyptian Non Residents Late Fee - 350 USD Egyptian Non Residents Onsite Fee - 400 USD Non Egyptians Late Fee - 500 USD Non Egyptians Onsite Fee - 600 USD Non Egyptians Juniors Late Fee - 200 USD Non Egyptians Juniors Onsite Fee - 200 USD Developed Countries Late Fee - 250 USD Developed Countries Onsite Fee - 300 USD Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
2nd Conference on Liver Disease in Africa (COLDA) is organized by Virology Education B.V. (VE) and will be held from Sep 05 - 07, 2019 at Cairo, Egypt. COLDA 2019 aims at empowering African healthcare professionals (HCPs) to diagnose, prevent, treat and achieve a cure for Liver Diseases for the benefit of patients in Africa. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
Port said 10th Neonatology conference 2019 is organized by Port said Neonatology Society (PNS) and will be held from Oct 17 - 19, 2019 at Cairo, Egypt. The conference will host workshops, panel discussions and conference talks about hot topics in neonatology from speakers from different Egyptian univeristies & overseas. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
Splendors of Egypt & The Nile on Uniworld: Sleep Medicine, Dentistry & Effective Planning for Healthy Aging is organized by Professional Education Society (PES) and will be held from Oct 31 - Nov 11, 2020 at Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, Cairo, Egypt. Credits: Physicians: Programs are reviewed by the American Academy of Family Physicians for a minimum of 14 Prescribed Credit Hours. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) toward the AMA Physician Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1. Dentists: The Professional Education Society is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of dental education. 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PES is fortunate to have dental and medical practitioners representing a variety of specialties participating in the CME/CE sessions. PES understands the importance of offering inter-professional healthcare education, allowing colleagues to gain cross-specialty perspectives and updates in the treatment and prevention of disease. More than 70 million Americans experience fatigue, irritability, depression, inability to concentrate, memory problems, loss of productivity and auto or workplace accidents, primarily due to sleep disorders. These symptoms affect many aspects of your life and if left untreated, some sleep disorders may increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart attack or stroke. The course will educate healthcare providers on sleep disorders as the physician typically bears the burden of diagnosis, however, dentists, psychologists and respiratory therapists are usually involved. 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Cruise & Tour Itinerary Highlights: • Gaze upon the mighty ancient Pyramids and the mysterious Sphinx • Wander amongst the towering ruins of the Temple of Karnak, the world's largest ancient religious complex, and the Temple of Luxor • Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's first female ruler • Follow in the footsteps of renowned scholars and explorers at Valley of the Kings, the ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty • Enjoy an exhilarating ride in a felucca, a traditional Nile River sailboat • Visit the Egyptian Museum and its unrivaled collection of artifacts, including treasures recovered from the tomb of King Tutankhamun • Join a bird watching boat ride and enjoy tea with a Nubian family Seminar Topics • Healthcare System in Egypt: Medicine & Dentistry • Introduction to the Basics of Sleep Physiology • Sleep Apnea – Overview and Diagnosis • Review of Oral appliances for treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing • Evidence Based Review of Longevity Strategies • Overview of Planning Considerations for Health and Aging Educational Goals: Our goal is to provide unparalleled CME/CE travel opportunities for healthcare professionals that combine their most passionate destination desires with their educational goals, fostering exceptional learning experiences, friendships and connections with national and international colleagues. • Conduct educational healthcare programs to learn about best practice models reflecting current approaches in medicine and healthcare across different cultures for providing quality patient outcomes • Provide professional educational exchanges with international colleagues, healthcare educational organizations and clinics to gain cross-cultural perspectives and updates in the treatment and prevention of disease • Allow medical/healthcare professionals to compare current best practices in medical/healthcare delivery to provide quality patient outcomes in their own professional setting. 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A Global Green New Deal
Right before Christmas, researchers from Stanford and Berkley, published a 119-page report on the impact of a global GND on grid stability, costs, jobs, health and climate across 143 countries grouped into 24 regions.
The plan would require an investment of about $73T USD over the next 30 years, but the research shows that a payback period, adjusted for new jobs and estimated savings from climate related disasters, could be as little as 7 years.
The timeline is aggressive, with 80% of the work being done in the next decade and the remaining 20% completed by 2050.
The best thing about this plan, almost all of the technology needed to make it happen already exists. The only exceptions are electrified long-distance travel across both land and sea.
Here are a few of the points I highlighted from the paper:
For each case in each of the 24 world regions, the model was run forward in time. Simulations were run for three years (3.15 million 30-s timesteps) from 2050 to 2052.
The shift to Wind-Water-Solar reduces end-use energy consumption for 5 primary reasons: 1. Efficiency of electricity and hydrogen over combustion in transportation 2. Efficiency of electricity over combustion for industrial heat 3. Efficiency of moving low-temperature building air and water hear with heat pumps 4. Eliminating the energy needed to mine, transport, and process fossil and bio fuels 5. Improving efficiency and reducing energy use beyond what will occur under "business as usual"
The shifts above would reduce end-use energy by 57.1%, reduce private energy costs to $6.8T per year, and reduce social costs to $6.8T per year
The net job creation from this plan would be 28.6M
Gains would occur in construction of generation, storage, and transmission, EV manufacturing, the electrification/maintenance of all vehicles ranging from lawn mowers to airplanes, solar and wind maintenance, etc…
The biggest job losses would be in mining, transporting, and processing fossil fuels as well as the opportunity costs of not constructing generation plants powered by fossil fuels, refineries, and midstream pipelines.  The new land footprint is actually really small - only 0.17% net new land area would be needed, 0.65% when accounting for spacing.
This is equivalent to about 1.85 times California's land area for virtually all world energy.
Today, that number is 0.48% in the countries of the study.
This number did not count the space needed to mine the materials to build solar panels and wind turbines.
However, it also did not count the land that could potentially be freed up once fossil fuel plants are recommissioned or demolished.
The researchers created a new metric to include climate and social costs into the cost of energy if we continue on in a business as usual scenario.
The WWS-to-BAU levelized cost of energy is the cost of energy when factoring in social costs. (private plus health plus climate cost of energy)
The figure indicates that, among 143 countries, the aggregate annual private energy cost in the WWS case is $6.83 trillion/yr and in the BAU case is $17.7 trillion/yr. The main difference is the 57.1% lower end-use energy consumption in the WWS case mentioned above.  Uncertainties in the plan were wide-ranging:
There are inconsistencies among the load and resource data sets that were used
The downtime of generation and storage
Perfect transmission
Not modeling congestion
Regulatory risks  The plan assumes that load curves will shift to be flatter both daily and seasonally due to EV's and heat pumps.
I've never been a fan of the GND on the whole, I think government intervention into most problems has gone poorly - education and healthcare being the two prime examples.
However, this report is the most quantitatively driven report I've seen to date. I also liked that they acknowledged the uncertainties in their model. I highly doubt perfect transmission occurs in the near future mostly because of regulators and not modeling congestion probably hurts the model in the short-term as congestion is an inevitability in major metros for the foreseeable future even if the transition occurs at a rapid pace.
Perfect transmission would require connecting the grid at every node so congestion could be balanced in real-time, that would cost an enormous amount of money which would be passed on to consumers in some fashion and regulators would never approve it.
This group did a great job of paying attention to the per/kWh cost of energy and is something I wish more studies did. The reason, I believe we will pay a higher cost per kWh in the future, but should consume much less given the potential efficiency gains. This is a long-term play, which again I can't see regulators approving.
Regulators and politicians would be well-served in helping their constituents understand that we are making a multi-generational investment into our future while incentivizing the private sector to tackle these problems in the way they have done with wind, solar and EV's.
Overall, it's clear that the transition is a net positive one regardless of the climate and social gains as a result of it, and we'd be well-served to come together to tackle the issue for both moral and capitalistic imperatives.
The Energy Transition in 3 Acts
One of my favorite phrases regarding venture investing is "my job isn't to see the future, it's to see the present as clearly as possible"…
Kevin Stevens 9 Feb 2020 • 7 min read
The Energy Transition: A 4.3T Underfunded Opportunity
The UN Climate Conference kicks off today in New York which makes this feel like an appropriate time to discuss the current state of capital allocation in the energy sector.
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Q: Why do buckets created inside a Firebase cloud function don't appear in the console? I'm creating a bucket from a cloud function like this:
return admin.storage().bucket(new_bucketName).create();
That works just fine, except that I can only see the new bucket in the storage browser (https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser?project=...) but not in the firebase console, unless I explicitly import it.
Is there a way to import it (or create it with the appropriate options, maybe I'm just missing something there) in code?

A: Firebase PM here,
Cloud Storage for Firebase allows developers to link any Cloud Storage bucket to Firebase.
Concretely, "linking a bucket" means that Firebase adds permissions to that bucket to allow our SDKs to access those files--protected by Firebase Auth and Security Rules
Because this action adds a second access channel with different authentication and authorization than the standard GCS auth mechanisms (of which there are many), we don't automatically perform this for all GCS buckets.
The typical GCP project contains a number of different buckets for storing source code, built container images, ML models or training data, test lab videos, etc. that developers likely don't want exposed or accessible through Firebase SDKs, therefore we opted to keep these buckets unlinked.
Today, all linking is done through the console, though we are investigating a Firebase "Admin API" that would perform these actions.

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RODNEY COOK MEMORIAL METAL DETECTING WEEKEND
Metal detecting rally raises almost £40,000
Over 650 detectorists from across the world travelled to a site near Bath for a charity weekend of metal detecting, raising £11,330 for The Forever Friends Appeal and two other charities, CLIC Sargent and Starlight Children's Foundation.
The event, dubbed The Rodney Cook Memorial Rally was set up last year by Gary Cook in memory of his dad Rodney who passed away in September 2017. Proceeds from the ticket sales, raffle and extras will go towards the Appeal's RUH Cancer Care Campaign for the planned Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath.
Gary Cook, member of the Trowbridge and District Metal Detecting Club said:
"My Dad braved a two year battle with cancer and was treated and cared for by staff at the RUH, so we are very proud to have raised this amount in his memory for the Forever Friends Appeal's RUH Cancer Care campaign.
"There were some great finds over the weekend ranging from Roman, Celtic, Saxon, and medieval and in the two years that we have held this event, we've raised over £60,000. Almost £40,000 has gone to The Forever Friends Appeal which I think is a truly fantastic achievement – a great legacy for my late father. I would like to thank everyone, the sponsors, land owners, our friends and family who helped made this event happen."
In November last year, The Forever Friends Appeal welcomed the Trowbridge and District Metal Detecting Club as Senior Community Partners of the Appeal for their significant contribution towards the RUH Cancer Care campaign.
Lauren Noble, Senior Community Fundraiser, The Forever Friends Appeal said:
"When members from our community work together, it's quite impressive what can be achieved and the Trowbridge and District Metal Detecting Rally is a clear example of that. We would like to thank everyone who had a part to play in the organisation of such a fantastic event. We are incredibly grateful for all their hard work."
Each charity has received £11,330 and the Trowbridge and District Metal Detecting Club are now looking for a new site for next year's event. If there are any land owners who would like to help them out, please contact them via their Facebook page The Rodney Cook Memorial Rally
Your ticket for the: Metal detecting rally raises almost £40,000


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Miami…(March 8, 2017) Fridays of Lent are days of fast and abstinence. However, the third Friday of Lent, March 17th, falls on Saint Patrick's Day. While only an optional memorial on the Church's liturgical calendar, the feast of St. Patrick, patron Saint of Ireland and Nigeria, is of great significance to great numbers of the faithful in the Archdiocese and beyond.
Therefore, at the request and concurrence of the Archdiocesan Presbyteral Council, I am happy to grant a dispensation to those required by Church law to fast and to abstain from meat on Friday, March 17th so that they might observe St. Patrick's Day in a more festive manner.
Those not celebrating St. Patrick are urged to keep Friday as a Day of Fast and Abstinence. Those celebrating St. Patrick are encouraged to substitute another day in place of March 17th to observe this hallowed custom of fasting and abstinence during the Lenten Season.
Thanks you Archbishop Wenski for the St.Patrick's Day dispensation!


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Q: Asp.Net Core 2 Razor AddPageRoute : How to pass id or other information into Model? I want to pass in information into my Page Model via the page route:
options.Conventions.AddPageRoute("/News?handler=Pageid&id=10", "News/2018/Jan");
options.Conventions.AddPageRoute("/News?handler=Pageid&id=11", "News/2018/Feb");
options.Conventions.AddPageRoute("/News?handler=Pageid&id=12", "News/2018/Mar");

I have a corresponding method:
public void OnGetPageid(int id) {

But this approach does not work - the page is blank - does anyone know how I can accomplish this in a simple and straightforward way? This does work:
options.Conventions.AddPageRoute("/News", "News/2018/Apr");
options.Conventions.AddPageRoute("/News", "News/2018/May");

But no Model-specific info is passed in


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Q: How to log errors in VueJS project, deployed on nginx docker image? I'm having a VueJS project, which is deployed using a nginx docker image.
My .Dockerfile looks like:
# build stage
FROM node:lts-alpine as build-stage
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm i npm@latest -g && npm install
COPY . .
RUN npm run build

# production stage
FROM nginx:stable-alpine as production-stage
COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
COPY --from=build-stage /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
EXPOSE 80
CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]

And my nginx.conf looks like:
server {
  listen 80 default_server;
  listen [::]:80 default_server;

  root /usr/share/nginx/html;

  index index.html;

  location / {
    # Support the HTML5 History mode of the vue-router.
    # https://router.vuejs.org/en/essentials/history-mode.html
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }
}

Now I'm looking for a way to set up some kind of logger, so that any potential errors that may happens in the application, to be written in some .log file on the server. Since the application is already on the production, I would like when I will open this file (where I will be able to log the errors) to see any potential warnings / errors that are present in the application and that may harm the normal flow of the users.
Since VueJS is a client side JavaScript frame-work, I'm not sure how to put all of this together and on which side I will need to add the logger, so therefore I shared the code from the docker-sizing flow. At the moment what I'm doing is just adding the console.log messages, but this will not help to me when I will want to review the potential errors.

A: I have used a 3rd party logging service like Loggly to do this.  Create an account, and then you can use https://www.npmjs.com/package/loggly to setup a connection:
  var loggly = require('loggly');

  var client = loggly.createClient({
    token: "your-really-long-input-token",
    subdomain: "your-subdomain",
    auth: {
      username: "your-username",
      password: "your-password"
    }
  });

And then you simply log like this:
  client.log('127.0.0.1 - oops i did it again');

You then log into their service to see the log and a bunch of tools for analysis.
There are other logging services like Logzio, etc.


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Home Entertainment ET News Samuel L. Jackson In Ghana To Film Documentary On Slavery
World-acclaimed American film actor Samuel Leroy Jackson, popularly known as Samuel L. Jackson, is currently in Ghana.
The actor, whose films have made the highest total gross revenue, according to sources, is in the country to shoot a documentary on slavery.
The documentary, 'Enslaved', myjoyonline.com gathers, will be a six-part series which will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.
The series, created by documentary outfit Associated, will chart the horror of slavery through underwater archaeology.
Producers are commencing on the production at a time that Ghana is celebrating the Year of Return. This year is exactly 400 years after the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia.
Journalist Simcha Jacobovici (The Naked Archaeologist) is in charge of the series which will retrace the harrowing sea voyage that brought millions of Africans, including Ghanaians, over hundreds of years, to a life of slavery.
The documentary and its host Jackson, who is a licensed diver, will go in search of the sunken slave ships that went down with their human cargo.
Samuel L. Jackson arrived in Ghana from Gabon, where he believes his own ancestors came from.
He was last night seen at the +233 Jazz Bar & Grill where he is reported to have given a speech.
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When I unscrewed the lid, there was a protective cap on the jar which just lifts off.
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This are my "before" photos, before applying the mask. I do have deep set laugh lines by my mouth, as you can see me pointing to it. I hope that over time, they will diminish by using this mask.
The application instructions say to apply once a week to your face, neck, and decollete with circular motions, smoothing the mask into facial contours. Allow it to hydrate and firm the skin for ten minutes and then rinse off with warm water and pat dry.
The mask smelled like like a subtle floral scent, yet it also reminded me of fresh clean air. It smelled good and clean, but I couldn't pinpoint just one smell, as the mask was layered with a few aromatic smells.
When I washed the mask off my face, my face felt very lightweight and soft.
This is my laugh line "before" applying the mask.
This is my laugh line "after" applying the mask. Now I know that I will need to keep applying this face mask weekly, in order to see see my laugh line diminish. As with a flower, it doesn't grow overnight. It takes time to grow with nourishment from water and the sun. The same is true for wrinkles and fine lines. Those wrinkles took a long time to grow, but with the nourishment of this mask, it will hopefully diminish their appearance.
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Researchers at UNSW's Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) have masterminded an effective method to turn old clothing and textiles into high-quality building products such as flat panels.
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These high-end composite products have already tested exceptionally well in labs for qualities such as fire and water resistance, flexibility, acoustic and load-bearing capabilities but have not undergone any formal regulatory assessment.
Professor Sahajwalla said the research follows a separate but related exercise that converted used glass into high-quality ceramics suitable for benchtops and tiles in kitchens and bathrooms that can come in all sort of sizes, colours and finishes.
This new work builds on technology which can recover and reform materials from electronic waste from UNSW's demonstration e-waste microfactory launched in April 2018.
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THE SECRET FLOATING FOREST
Wentworth Point
FLOATING FOREST
A piece of history just a stone's throw from Marina Square.
While there are fascinating locations all over the city, one of the best places to see Sydney's rich industrial heritage is the Parramatta River. It's no surprise that one of the most interesting relics of the past is just offshore from Wentworth Point.
If you look carefully along the shore south of Marina Square, you'll see it: the SS Ayrfield. But it might not seem like a boat at first, because the first thing to catch the eye is a beautiful tree growing through the hull. It's a majestic collision of Sydney's industrial history and its natural world.
The SS Ayrfield was built in the United Kingdom in 1911. Originally called the SS Corrimal, it was a collier (a steam-powered coal transport ship) weighing 1,140 tonnes and ran between Sydney and Newcastle.
In World War II it was purchased by the Commonwealth of Australia and used as a supply transport ship to assist American troops in the Pacific. After the war, it returned to its previous role as a collier under the Miller Steamship Company, often travelling to the company's terminal in Blackwattle Bay. In 1972 it was finally decommissioned at age 61.
The old ship was taken to Homebush Bay for breaking up, but in the middle of the process work ceased at the shipwrecking site. The vessel – like several others nearby – was abandoned in its half-demolished state.
And then nature took over.
107-years old, the Ayrfield now resembles a floating forest. It was rediscovered in the bay in the last ten years, overgrown with huge mangrove trees. The site is popular with photographers and tourists, but it can still be overlooked by many. Round out your day at Marina Square with a visit to the look-out point.
How to find it
Homebush Bay is about 30 minutes from downtown Sydney by car, but there are also bus and train routes. Don't overlook the Darling Harbour ferry as an option to get there either.
The site is a half-hour walk from Rhodes Station, or 15-20 minutes from Marina Square. Once you get to the Olympic Park Archery Centre, it's a stroll across the road to the waterfront. The ship can be seen most clearly from the walkway there.
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Shudder Wants You To Enter The VIDEO PALACE | Birth.Movies.Death.
Chase Williamson stars in a new podcast drama along with... our own BC!
Johnny Carson once noted that Chevy Chase "couldn't ad-lib a fart after a bean dinner", and it's a put-down I've applied to myself over the years, because I'm just as bad at any sort of improv. So I was a bit confused when Ben Rock asked me to be on his new podcast experience Video Palace, as it would require that very skill - it'd be like asking a mute to join a singing contest. But I guess I managed to give them something usable, as you'll hear me alongside folks like Steve Barton, Adam Green, and Sam Zimmerman as we're all interviewed by the podcast's host Mark Cambria. Now, me and those other guests are all playing ourselves, but if Cambria sounds familiar even though you don't recognize the name, it's because he's played by Chase Williamson from John Dies at the End and The Guest.
So yes, it's a blend of reality and fictional storytelling (written by Rock and Bob Derosa, created by Nick Braccia and Michael Monello), concerning the mysterious "White Tapes" that Mark and his girlfriend Tamra have discovered, which not only have them talking in their sleep (in a language that seemingly doesn't exist) but also puts them neck-deep in an occult conspiracy that keeps pointing to the eponymous Video Palace, a legendary rental shop in Vermont. The series launched today, and you can/should subscribe on iTunes for new installments (weekly, I believe), but if you're one of those smart horror fans who subscribes to Shudder, you can access all of the episodes now, along with bonus installments featuring longer interviews with me, Sam, etc. Some other genre-friendly voices pop up as well, so keep your ears fine-tuned (or just check the credits) to find out who else joined in on the fun!
Gotta say, Shudder is doing pretty much everything right these days - they're acquiring more and more classics to round out the library, while also acquiring original content and creating their own to boot, making it more and more essential for horror fans as time goes on. Here's hoping they do more things like this, which are not only inventive, but also easier to find time for than a two hour movie - the episodes are 20-30 minutes a piece, making them ideal for your commute or to listen to while making dinner or what not. And of course we are in the final few days leading up to Halloween, after which it is apparently illegal to do anything related to horror, so I hope you jump on board soon! And let me know how I did playing myself!


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UFC's Ronda Rousey Selects Her Next Challenge: Marketing 'Taichi Panda'
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 09:35AM
July 21, 2015: Even as UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey trains for her next bout — against Bethe Correia in UFC 190, scheduled for Aug. 1 in Rio de Janeiro — the athlete known as the "most dangerous unarmed woman in the world" has selected to fight another opponent.
Snail Games USA, developer of the "mobile hack 'n' slash dungeon crawler" Taichi Panda, has signed Pousey to be the game's official spokesperson, to include multi-media marketing and other activations.
Financial terms of the alliance were not disclosed.
According to Rousey, "I got my start in Judo, and since I was little it's really been a lifelong love affair with martial arts. It's taken me amazing new places, and I'm really excited to now be working with a game that shares that passion."
Although specific details were not released, marketing with Rousey will include TV, Internet, mobile and social media, under the umbrella theme, "Unleash your inner fighter."
Snail Games USA, Los Angeles, described Taichi Panda as an action RPG for mobile "with strong influences from martial arts."
"We're very excited to be working with Ms. Rousey," said Snail president Shi Hai in a statement. "We look to partner with individuals who share our appreciation of martial arts, old and new. For this, we feel she is a good fit."
"We look to partner with individuals who share our appreciation of martial arts, old and new. For this, we feel she is a good fit."
"(This) new partnership is a really exciting step for me and for martial arts," said Rousey.
Rousey also has deals that include Reebok, Monster headphones, Metro PCS and Buffalo clothing and accessories.
Taichi Panda is available on App Store and Google Play.
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Other Side of the River Review by Elma Schemenauer:
As a Mennonite child growing up in Saskatchewan and attending a country Mennonite Church, I heard many stories about the Mennonite experience in Russia. An ancestor of Mennonite neighbours was thrown into a well because the Communist officials considered him too wealthy. One of my own Mennonite relatives was imprisoned for preaching the gospel. Another, a woman, was threatened with rape by Russian soldiers, but distracted them by singing and playing her guitar.
With stories like these lurking in my mind, I'm always interested in novels about the Russian Mennonite experience. One is The Blue Mountains of China by Rudy Wiebe. Another is The Russländer (also titled Katya) by Sandra Birdsell. A new novel, Other Side of the River by Janice L. Dick, stacks up well in comparison with these. In some respects, it's like The Russländer on steroids.
As Dick's novel opens, it's 1926 in the Siberian village of Alexandrovka. The first page of the story introduces us to the two main characters, Luise Letkemann and Daniel Martens. They're devout young Mennonites hoping to marry and live a peaceful, useful life in their close-knit Mennonite community.
Also on the first page, we meet a major enemy of their hopes and dreams. He's Senior-Major Leonid Dubrowsky of the GPU, the dreaded Soviet secret police
Dubrowsky isn't fond of Mennonites. He finds them too successful, pious, and independent-minded. As the story progresses. Dubrowsky's shows himself to be especially opposed to Daniel and his father, who dare to criticize him and the totalitarian Communist regime he represents…As punishment, the young man is shipped off to a work camp in the far north.
At home in Alexandrovka, Luise…faces a gut-wrenching decision. Her family plans to move east, about as far east as possible in Russia. They want to settle in a Mennonite village near the Amur River, which constitutes the border between Russia and China in that area. Luise's father and other Mennonites believe that the GPU would bother them less in that remote location. Luise thinks this may be true, but agonizes over whether to accompany her family or not. What if Daniel returns to look for her in Alexandrovka? How will he know where she's gone? Will he be able to join her in the far east with travel so dangerous, especially for a declared enemy of the state?
Luise's life is further complicated by her prickly relationship with her stepmother. Anna, the stepmother, is a complex character. She treats Luise harshly because she's jealous of the young woman's rapport with her father, i.e. Anna's husband. Sometimes Anna also shows symptoms of a mind dangerously unhinged from reality. On the other hand, she seems able to foretell the future. "God tells me things," she insists…
Dick is a good plotter, keeping readers wondering what will happen next. However, I occasionally found the story a bit unbelievable. For instance, I'm not sure Daniel would keep speaking out against the regime and getting himself into deeper and deeper trouble. On the other hand, I admire his courage.
The author sometimes uses him to comment on the political system of the time. For example, at one point Daniel tells Dubrowsky: "I have a mind and ideas that could help you and your cause, but instead you try to ruin me and others like me with preposterous laws that stifle any independent spark. It is independence and individual motivation that foster success, not repression."
Dick uses enough touches of dialect to add flavour to her narrative, but not so many that they hinder the reading. For example, at one point a woman says, "I am just pulling out from the oven some perishky" (Mennonite-style fruit or meat turnovers). On another occasion young people play knipsbraat (crokinole). Such references sound wonderfully homey to me; I grew up with them.
I would love to have written a novel like Other Side of the River myself, but Dick beat me to it.
Elma Schemenauer
Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books, editor of many others, elmams@shaw.ca, http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/, http://elmams.wix.com/elma
Other Side of the River Review by Janet Sketchley:
Author Janice L. Dick immerses readers in the world of Russian Mennonites, a persecuted people wherever they try to settle in the Soviet regime of 1926.
As the story opens, Luise is determined to remain optimistic and to see the bright side in everything, but sorrow brings change. In some ways this was a heavy book because of the people's struggles, but the way they dig deeper into faith and find the resources they need to carry on in the face of oppression is an example and an encouragement to readers today in whatever stresses we find ourselves.
It's not a traumatic read. These are resilient people and although some break, the community bond is strong and supportive. Luise, her gentle father Abram, her acidic stepmother Anna, Luise's step-brother and step-sister, Tante Manya and Daniel are all real characters with individual struggles, weaknesses and strengths.
Janice L. Dick is a Canadian author of Mennonite heritage. Her Storm series (Calm Before the Storm, Eye of the Storm and Out of the Storm) also traces the lives of Russian Mennonites. I hope we'll see another novel to follow Other Side of the River.
Janet Sketchley, author
Other Side of the River Review by Marcia Lee Laycock
I was captivated by this story from the beginning. The setting seemed real, the events dramatic yet believable. I followed this story eagerly as it came out in volumes and will buy the hard copy when it's published. Well worth the time to read.
Marcia Lee Laycock
Other Side of the River (Volume One) Review by Ruth E. Kornelsen
Janice eloquently brings to life not only the characters of her novel, but also the cruelty of situation and urgency of time. My grandparents lived through similar circumstances but shared little with us so, for me, this story brings life to their story. Yet, even if the history is not personal, the story is moving. The noises of revolution are loud, the consequences of decisions are harsh, and the love of family is strong. Why not five stars? I could hardly put the book down and just when a major life decision is imminent, I have to wait for the next instalment. I want the whole story now!
Other Side of the River (Volume One) Review by Anne Baxter Campbell
The Mennonites had a hard go of it in Siberia in the 1920s. Communists had pushed them out of their homeland, and now they were threatened again. Janice L. Dick has woven a realistic and heart-touching tale around circumstances that many of the Mennonites must have faced.
Luise Letkemann has an understanding with Daniel Martens. His family has a prosperous farm, and they intend to be married one day, although it hasn't been spoken aloud.
Anna Letkemann is Luise's stepmother, a harsh often hysterical woman who has little love for Luise or her husband's other offspring. She says they must move east to a safer place. She is sickly and cannot get a permit, but she says they must sneak out, and soon.
Luise is torn. What should she do? Stay with Daniel, or go with her father and siblings who need her? I would recommend this for teens and adults–clean and inspirational.
Anne Baxter Campbell
Other Side of the River (Volume One) Review by "sparky"
By sparky – Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
I truly enjoyed The Winds of Change. Since I read a good bit of historical fiction, I'm always inclined to seek out books in that genre. Imagine how happy I was to find a book about the Mennonites set in Siberia in the 1920's! The central character, Louise, is vividly portrayed. That she has a difficult choice to make gained my sympathy. I appreciate the author's skill in transporting me from present-day Alabama to rugged climes and times of Siberia!
Other Side of the River (Volume One) Review by Jamie Adams
By JamieAdams – Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
I really enjoyed reading The Other Side of the River. The story pulls the reader in and it is hard to put the story down. I'm looking forward to reading more from this writer.
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«Shahin Sayadi» was in his early teens when the Iran-Iraq war started with a surprise attack on Abadan, an Iranian industrial city across the arvand river.
He didn't know then his father would be one of the 21 civilians killed on that day in September 1980.
While hundreds of thousands of people fled, a small number of civilians — including Sayadi's cousin, Ali, a soccer star — chose to stay, living in a city under siege.
Chess with the Doomsday Machine is the story of those who remained. The play, which has its Canadian premiere Thursday to Feb. 14 at Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, is an adaptation by Sayadi of the novel of the same name by Iranian author Habib Ahmadzadeh.
"It's the story of Moosa, a young paramilitary guy in Abadan, about a year into the war. The city is surrounded on three sides. His job is to identify a very smart radar system, the Doomsday Machine," explains Sayadi, who came to Halifax a year after the war ended in 1988 and is artistic director of Onelight Theatre.
Moosa encounters a small band of civilians who could not or would not leave Abadan. They include a mother and daughter who are outcasts, a priest who believes that divine intervention will protect him from the bombs and an engineer who has been abandoned by his family.
Onelight premiered Chess With the Doomsday Machine in Abadan, then took it to the Fadjr International Theater Festival in Tehran in a whirlwind journey that lasted two weeks.
The story — a very free adaptation of a good-sized novel — is told with five actors: Hugh Cape, a young Dalhousie University graduate as Moosa, and Theo Pitsiavas, Jeff Schwager, Karen Bassett and Sarah-Jean Jones, who play multiple characters, says Sayadi, still jet-lagged after returning from Iran less than 72 hours before.
It is told mostly through movement, and is in English and Farsi, though there is minimal dialogue in either language.
"I wanted to make it accessible for both audiences," Sayadi says.
"I didn't want voice-overs or subtitles. I thought about using my voice in English and in Farsi, but the actors did such very good work, I didn't see the need for it.
The music is by Iranian-born Montreal composer Kiya Tabassian.
Chess With the Doomsday Machine was work-shopped in Canada and Iran for over three years and was in rehearsals for almost two months before the troupe headed to Iran.
Sayadi identifies with the novel by Ahmadzadeh, a war hero who became a filmmaker and writer and now is a university teacher, with its mentions of streets and neighbourhoods with which Sayadi is familiar.
And it was ideal to become the third work in his Civilian Project, a series of plays about civilians caught in the middle of wars.
Onelight produced The Toxic Bus Incident, by Montreal playwright Greg MacArthur, at Neptune's studio theatre in April 2009, and Sayadi's autobiographical Return Ticket: Halifax-Abadan-Halifax, staged at the studio theatre in November 2009.
Return Ticket dealt with Sayadi's trip back to Iran to research his soccer star cousin who stayed in Abadan through the 1980s but never joined the army, and died years ago from the effects of injuries sustained in chemical attacks during the war. Sayadi says he got in conflict with the authorities in Iran for poking his nose into that story and others.
In Iran, Sayadi's actors met some of the characters in the novel and saw places where incidents in the play happen. "It became more tangible for the actors and affected their portrayal," says Sayadi.


This is one of the prophecies made by the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) of which Allah gave him knowledge of. Proof of his prophet-hood.
It's yet to happen, and only Allah knows whose army it'll be.
What's relevant to us is the lesson in it: everyone will be judged by their intentions, not the apparent actions. Someone could go to the market remembering Allah and running their errands while another could be involved in a sin being in the same place. Let's say both of them were in that market at the same time and the calamity took place, would they be resurrected to see the same fate? No. They'll be judged based on their intentions.
Another thing: being in the company of bad people can be dangerous. You might not be doing what they're doing but you just might see the same fate as theirs. If a calamity befalls them being there, it befalls you as well. Avoid bad places + bad people.


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Supreme Court sides with Planned Parenthood in Medicaid funding case
By Brian Niemietz
US president Donald Trump watches his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh speaks after he announced his nomination in the East Room of the White House on July 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP/Getty Images)
Despite adding a pair of right-wing Justices under the Trump administration, the Supreme Court decided against hearing a case that would block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
Recently appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, broke ranks with fellow conservative judges Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito, who voted to listen to arguments from states including Louisiana and Kansas that had been shot down by a lower court.
A guard stands watch in front of the Supreme Court (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Only four Justices are needed to bring an appeal in front of the nation's highest court. Justice Thomas penned the dissent on behalf of the judges wanting to hear the case.
"What explains the court's refusal to do its job here?" Thomas wrote. "Some tenuous connection to a politically fraught issue does not justify abdicating our judicial duty."
The state of Kansas asked the Supreme Court to reconsider a lower court's ruling that there is a limit to the "broad authority" states have to govern which health care providers are fit to be serviced by Medicaid, according to CNN.
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When Justice Kavanaugh was confirmed to the bench in October following a contentious battle that saw him accused of sexual misconduct, critics feared the conservative jurist would set back women's reproductive rights.
Along with Justice Gorsuch, who was sworn into office in April 2017, Kavanaugh was nominated by President Trump.
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While serious game fishing in Victorian waters has only developed in the last two decades, angling has been among the most popular outdoor leisure activities for adult males in Australia since the mid-19th century. Melburnians have always had an above-average ownership rate of fishing tackles, and the variety and number of marine facilities, estuaries and rivers, as well as the proximity of Port Phillip Bay to the city, have contributed to the popularity of fishing sports.
The Melbourne Anglers' Protective Society, formed in 1862, often held five-hour fishing matches at sites such as Saltwater River (renamed the Maribyrnong River in 1913), and was dedicated to preserving fish in rivers throughout the State. By the early 20th century the society had become the Victorian Anglers' Club, describing itself as the 'oldest angling club in Australasia'. A plethora of angling clubs now exist in suburbs such as Altona, Abbotsford, Albert Park, Elwood, Keysborough, Ringwood, Northcote and Preston, although many of these groups combine their interest in fishing with other related activities including yachting and boating. The pristine Yarra River was originally a prime location for colonial anglers, but some of the more popular fishing spots now include the piers at Mordialloc and St Kilda and, for the land-based angler, the 'Warmies' at Williamstown, where a variety of fish, including bream, flathead, snapper, garfish, trevally and pinkies, can be caught. White shark were common in the bay throughout the 19th century, and there were a number of dramatic sightings and captures at Brighton and St Kilda in the 1870s.
Navigation hazards in the bay are few, but the wind and tide combinations at Port Phillip Heads represent the most dangerous area of water for mariners and fishers. While the multimillion-dollar commercial fishing industry has traditionally been the focus of government regulation, the impact on the natural environment of this activity has also led to increasing control of the extensive recreational fishing market. The declaration of 13 marine national parks and 11 marine sanctuaries in Victoria in November 2002 has highlighted the increasing conflict between those who fish for recreation or sport and those who fish for commercial purposes. More environmentally sensitive groups, such as the Essendon Fish Protection Society and Anglers' Club and the Melbourne Coarse Anglers' Club, who are allowed access to wetland areas for catch-and-release fishing, may represent the future of recreational fishing in Victoria.
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Dunn, Bob, Angling in Australia: its history and writings, David Ell Press, Sydney, 1991. Details
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Though the New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000) is based on and closely matches the International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS) through the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF), it is not a dynamic system. NZGD2000 is defined by its relationship to a dynamic global reference frame at a specified epoch (2000.0) and does not include coordinate changes that occur in geologically dynamic New Zealand as a result of earthquakes and tectonic motions. Monitoring of changes between the datum as a whole and the global reference system (ITRF) is essential. While GNSS stations network allows building a relative local velocity model, VLBI is able to directly link this (local) model to the ITRF. Development of New Zealand VLBI service for geodesy is, therefore, one of the central tasks in sustaining the New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 and maintaining its link to the ITRF. VLBI is also capable to contribute to solution of the problem of vertical datum development in New Zealand. A 12-m geodetic radio telescope has been built in New Zealand near township of Warkworth, 60 km north of Auckland. Recently, it became a network station of the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS) and started regular observations in the framework of IVS geodetic observational programs. The radio telescope is collocated with a GNSS station operated by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). The inter-technique (VLBI and GNSS) solution is capable of increasing reliability of the national geodetic infrastructure. Here we outline a VLBI program focusing on the synergy with GNSS geodetic network in New Zealand. Comparison of the first coordinate measurements conducted with GNSS and VLBI techniques are provided, and discrepancy between these results is discussed.


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Q: Databricks Scala : How to stream result from sql select I need to send data from a databricks delta table into azure event hubs.
The data will be selected with a sql select
spark.sql("SELECT [columns] FROM table WHERE [where clause]")

This select will return many many rows and after it, I will apply some transformation (mainly to be in accordance to the event hub event data message).
At the end I will send it to event hub.
As far as I can tell, at the moment of writing, I need to use "writeStream" but is this enough? How can I control how many messages are sent per batch? Do I even need to care about it or does the lib handle it?
Another question I have is, from the moment I use "writeStream" the command hangs in a running/streaming state for eternity. Is this correct or am I not being patient enough? If I'm correct, then how can I stop it (in a non-manual way) after sending all data?
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*This will be running in a job that is to be triggered manually

*The lib i use for the event hub connection is com.microsoft.azure:azure-eventhubs-spark_2.11:2.3.14.1

A: Once you get your final records which you want to save in eventhub than after your write command you need to call .start() method which will enable your stream to write data back to eventhub.
Also if your jobs gets failed than in that case you need to stop your sparkContext using sc.stop() or spark.sparkContext.stop()


To get deliciously made grilled chicken and other meat items in a perfect way, there is no substitute of having Electric Rotisseries. For commercial zones like hotels and restaurants where the expected daily production is high, installing electric rotisseries is must. There is a huge range of these rotisseries that are energy efficient and always provide a perfect grill. These appliances come equipped with glasses without any tint so that a cook can keep an eye on the progress of the recipe all the time. The stylish looking stainless electric rotisseries are pretty cost effective that is another reason behind their popularity.
Three sides of good quality glasses. The process of broiling can be seen at a glance.


The Green Leaf is a 100% Handmade and handsewn belt.
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Green stitching with light green finish.
The black side is a thick and strong leather while the green is a first choice calf leather.
Drop-shaped holes, made in Cuor di Pelle leather shop.
Unique piece. Handmade bracelet included!


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One of Russia's unmanned Progress resupply spacecraft left the International Space Station (ISS) Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The departure was timed to make way for a new Progress, which is currently slated to arrive at the orbiting laboratory and workshop Monday.
The Progress 48 cargo vessel was at the ISS for about half a year, and then it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, where it was incinerated. The entire process, from unlatching from the space station to the spacecraft's demise, took about four hours total, with departure occurring at 8:15 a.m. EST and reentry occurring around noon.
As with most things that occur on orbit, the loss of the Progress 48 spacecraft was used to benefit the Expedition 34 crew members on board. In this case, the spacecraft was packed with about 3,700 pounds of garbage.
Even as Progress 48 was meeting its fiery end, the Progress 50 spacecraft was being readied for launch. The cargo vessel was rolled out to the Site 1 launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress 50 is currently slated to launch at 9:41 a.m. (8:41 p.m. Kazakhstan time) Monday. The Progress 50 will send some 764 pounds of fuel, 110 pounds of oxygen (including air to breathe), 926 pounds of water, and approximately 3,000 pounds of various equipment. All total, nearly 3 tons of cargo will be ferried to the space station.
Progress 50 will dock at the same port that Progress 48 had been berthed to—the Pirs docking component of the ISS. The process by which Progress 50 will arrive at the station is accelerated compared to most of its predecessors (only two others before Progress 50 have used this method). The cargo ship will arrive at the station just six hours after it was launched. If anything should go wrong, controllers at the ground can switch back to the old, slower method, which would mean it would take two days before Progress 50 arrives at the ISS.
Monday's launch will be covered live. If all goes according to plan, docking should occur at 3:40 p.m. EST.
The Russian Progress is one of four cargo vessels that deliver supplies to the station. The European Space Agency employs its Automated Transfer Vehicle, or "ATV," the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency uses the HTV, and the U.S. has restarted sending supplies to the ISS via Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft. Of all the cargo vessels that visit the ISS, only the Dragon does not burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.
The unpiloted ISS Progress 50 cargo craft docked to the International Space Station at 3:35 p.m. EST Monday, less than six hours after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.


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Jermaine Jones (l.) is fit to face his former club Eintracht Frankfurt and Takashi Inui (r.) after recovering from an injury which has kept him out since 23 March
Race for Europe gathers pace
Munich - Eintracht Frankurt and FC Schalke 04 go shoulder to shoulder for a place in Europe in what promises to be an attack-minded encounter.
Eintracht Frankfurt - FC Schalke 04
Elsewhere, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will be looking to pull further away from that duo by leaving Hoffenheim in ever greater relegation danger, while Fortuna Düsseldorf are determined to avoid a similar fate away to Hamburger SV. bundesliga.com rounds up the Saturday afternoon fixtures...
, and are all back for Schalke 04's trip to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, a game which could go some way in defining the two sides' European ambitions.
With just six points in their last nine games, Frankfurt have slipped out of the race for a place in the UEFA Champions League, although they are still in the running for a UEFA Europa League berth.
Tough challenge
The Royal Blues, on the other hand, have climbed up to fourth with 17 points over the same period, and another win at the would strengthen their claim to another year in Europe's elite club competition after reaching the last 16 this season.
Nevertheless, Schalke are not taking the task lightly, although Neustädter believes they have the strength and resolve to hold off their challengers for a top-four finish. "On paper, we have some tough challenges, but I think we've seen in the games against Dortmund or even in Leverkusen that we can get points in such games and come back when needed," the midfielder said.
Hamburger SV - Fortuna Düsseldorf
will not have such fond memories of Fortuna Düsseldorf as he prepares to lead Hamburger SV out against the Bundesliga strugglers at the Imtech Arena.
In the reverse fixture between these two sides, the Dutchman picked up an injury after 31 minutes and missed the following four games. He has since returned and was last week named the north German club's new captain for the 2-1 win at 1. FSV Mainz 05. In view of that result, changes are unlikely as Hamburg bid to seek revenge for a 2-0 defeat in the North-Rhine Westphalian capital.
Change or no change?
"I'm tending towards giving the same eleven who shone against Mainz the chance," said coach Thorsten Fink. That includes two-goal hotshot Heung Min Son, although top-scorer Artjoms Rudnevs, who was rested in Mainz, "could slip back in," according to Fink. "It's a tough decision, especially when you've won your last game."
Fortuna have to go back over two months to remember what that feels like. Since a 1-0 win over Greuther Fürth, they have picked up just three points in their last seven games and find themselves on the brink of the bottom three. "We knew it was going to be a tough season, but we are right in the running," said coach Norbert Meier.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1899 Hoffenheim
While Leverkusen striker Stefan Kießling was absent from training on Thursday, there is no reason to start ringing the alarm bells according to coach Sami Hyppiä.
The Germany striker, scorer of 19 and creator of seven of the side's 53 goals this season, was "just tired" and should be fit to face 1899 Hoffenheim. After letting a two-goal lead slip away to Schalke last week, the hosts will be champing at the bit to make amends this time.
Transformed Hoffenheim
Since Markus Gisdol has been calling the shots in Sinsheim, the strugglers have awoken from their slumber and are now fighting back to extend their five-year permanence in the Bundesliga. "Since they changed their coach, they've been playing differently," said Hyppiä. "Some people may think it will be easy for us, but that's certainly not the case."
According to Hoffenheim defender Andreas Beck, Gisdol has struck a chord with the team. "The way we've been playing recently suits us," he said. "It makes us play with more freedom and the pressure has reduced." Pressure is nevertheless there as Hoffenheim chase aim to close the six point gap on 15th place.


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Republicans vow to move quickly on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court vacancy
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just over six weeks before the election cast has an immediate spotlight on the high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly vowing to bring to a vote whoever President Donald Trump nominates.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden vigorously disagreed, declaring that "voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice to consider".
Sen. McConnell, in a statement just over an hour after Justice Ginsburg's death was announced, declared unequivocally that Mr Trump's nominee would receive a vote, even though he had stalled President Barack Obama's choice for months ahead of the 2016 election, eventually preventing a vote.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg acknowledges applause before a speaking event in Chicago in September 2017. (AP)
Mr Trump, in brief remarks to reporters after learning of her death, called Ginsburg "an amazing woman," adding that "she led an amazing life".
He had continued with a campaign speech for more than an hour after the nation learned of her death, and said later he had been unaware.
He had boasted in the speech that the next presidential term could offer him as many as four appointments to the nine-member court, whose members are confirmed for life.
Legal pioneer and cultural icon: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life in pictures
Mr Biden, returning to Delaware from his own campaign stop in Minnesota, praised Justice Ginsburg upon his arrival.
Justice Ginsburg was "not only a giant of the legal profession but a beloved figure," he said.
She "stood for all of us."
The process of replacing her should not begin until after the election, he made clear.
Justice Ginsburg's death could significantly affect the presidential race, further stirring passions in the deeply divided nation as the campaign pushes into its stretch run.
Mr Trump took the stage for a Minnesota rally not long before Justice Ginsburg's death was announced.
He spoke for more than 90 minutes, never mentioning it, apparently not alerted to the development.
He spoke to reporters about her passing as he boarded Air Force One to return to Washington.
But he did say in his speech that whoever is elected in November will have the ability to potentially fill several Supreme vacancies, declaring, "This is going to be the most important election in the history of our country and we have to get it right."
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (AP)
A confirmation vote in the Senate is not guaranteed, even with a Republican majority.
Typically it takes several months to vet and hold hearings on a Supreme Court nominee, and time is short ahead of the election.
Key senators may be reluctant to cast votes so close to the election.
With a slim GOP majority, 53 seats in the 100-member chamber, Mr Trump's choice could afford to lose only a few.
Sen. McConnell did not specify the timing, but pushing a confirmation off to the post-election lame-duck session would carry other complications, including the political tangle of trying to push it through in the final weeks of the year after voters have decided control of the White House and control of the Senate.
Mr Trump has made appointments to the federal judiciary, including two Supreme Court justices, part of his legacy and said last month that he would "absolutely" try to fill a vacancy on the high court if one came up before the end of his first term.
"Absolutely, I'd do it," Mr Trump said in an August 11 interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.
"I would move quickly. Why not? I mean, they would. The Democrats would if they were in this position."
US President Donald Trump has already appointed two justices to the Supreme Court. (Morry Gash/AP Photo)
Mr Trump last week added 20 names to his list of candidates he's pledged to choose from if he had future vacancies to fill.
Mr Trump tried to cast the list in contrast with judges who could be nominated if Mr Biden wins in November, warning Mr Biden would select "radical justices" who would "fundamentally transform America without a single vote of Congress," even though Mr Biden has never outlined his list of potential picks and the Senate must confirm any nominee.
Naming his possible choices, less than two months before the election, is aimed at repeating the strategy that Mr Trump employed during his 2016 campaign, when he released a similar list of could-be judges in a bid to win over conservative and evangelical voters who had doubts about his conservative bonafides.
The average number of days to confirm a justice, according to the Congressional Research Service, is 69 days, which would be after the election.
Mr Biden has promised to nominate a Black woman to the high court if given the chance.
He has said he's also working on a list of potential nominees, but the campaign has given no indication that it will release names before the election.
Democrats believe doing so would unnecessarily distract from Mr Biden's focus on Mr Trump's handling of the pandemic and the economy, while also giving the president and his allies fresh targets to attack.
Mr Trump, however, insisted that presidential candidates "owe the American people" a list of whom they'd consider because, aside from "matters of war and peace, the nomination of a Supreme Court justice is the most important decision an American president can make."
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El río Unciti (en euskera Untziti) es pequeño curso de agua, afluente del río Elorz, y que transcurre por el Valle de Unciti.

El río recibe también aportaciones de la Balsa de Monreal, cuyas aguas provienen del Canal de Navarra y desde donde se dispone de una conducción alternativa que permite alimentar la Estación de Tratamiento de Agua Potable de la Mancomunidad de la Comarca de Pamplona, independientemente del funcionamiento de la presa.

Referencias

Afluentes del Elorz
Ríos de Navarra

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is. Specifically within the city limits.
we can't shoot, at least we can shoo!
voracious appetites of said interlopers.
will be a venison free zone if it kills me!
worth going to jail for are they?
man's best friend. I totally guarantee it!
job done BEFORE next winter hits!