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Frost Enterprises is celebrating its 25th year in the roofing business in 2003.
Frost Enterprises Inc., with locations in Dayton, Ohio, and Atlanta, is celebrating its 25th year in the roofing business in 2003. From these locations the company is able to handle the needs of regional and national accounts, in both commercial and residential applications.
On the low-slope end, Frost Enterprises installs modified bitumen, EPDM and thermo-elastic membranes that are hot-air welded. According to owner Bob Frost, the company places more emphasis on the latter primarily to combat the urban heat island effects in major metropolitan areas such as Atlanta. Frost believes this cool roofing trend will continue to move north for many reasons, including the environmentally friendly aspects of the products, proven performance, ease of application and cost effectiveness.
In steep-slope applications, Frost Enterprises also offers diversity including restoration products for metal roofs, shingles and standing-seam metals. Frost recognized that the residential roofing industry has a "less reputable" element and felt that his company could use its experiences to make a positive contribution to the industry. The result is StrongTowers Residential Services, the main objective of which is to offer dependable quality residential roofing services.
"We offer service and a quality product that exceeds the customer's expectations," says Frost, explaining the principles upon which the company was founded. Frost also strongly believes that communication and good job-site supervision are recipes for success. "The old adage 'actions speak louder than words' holds true," says Frost. "It can only take one customer to become dissatisfied as a result of a company under-performing. This can act to sabotage the years of hard work it takes to build a good name."
Another way to meet customer needs is by offering roof asset management services. Frost Enterprises provides roof inspections, recommendations, and repair and replacement campaigns.
A Chance for Artistic Expression
A hailstorm in Dayton, Ohio, on April 9, 2001, caused damage that created many opportunities for roofing contractors in the area. Most of the resulting roof replacements ranged from 3-tab shingles to 30-year dimensional shingles. However, Frost Enterprises landed a job, which, according to Frost, "was destined to be a … showcase that breaks the plain vanilla mold."
On this particular project, the homeowner gave Frost Enterprises the latitude to design a roof that was not only functional but also aesthetically pleasing. Taking note of the many lines and geometric shapes throughout this roof, Frost decided on a complete makeover using heavyweight shingles and architectural standing-seam metal roofing.
The shingles would accent the steep 11:12 roof pitch, show great depth, and bring out the three-dimensional beauty that the architect had designed in the roof structure. The standing-seam metal and related trim metal would be used for highlighting and outlining roof sections, hips, ridges and valleys. "This all needed to be balanced so there would be no single dominant or overwhelming feature," Frost explains. "Both shingles and metal would need to work in unison in order to bring out the best qualities in the house's visual appeal."
After discussing various design criteria with engineer Monty Orcutt, Frost decided to put the standing seam roof sections over the garage, the boxed gable returns, and the roof over the breakfast nook. The crew would also create a "sunburst" metal roof feature over the front door and grand foyer. Frost decided to use extra-wide metal valleys, and all hips and ridges were to be completed in metal of the same type and color as used in the standing seam.
"The selection of the shingles was not a simple matter and also not just any heavyweight shingle would suffice," says Frost. For suggestions, he consulted Randy Bauer, manager of Mueller Roofing Distributors, with whom he has maintained a 20-year relationship. "I use Mueller for their excellent service, knowledge of the products, and fundamental business beliefs," says Frost. He adds that Mueller's distribution centers in Cincinnati, northern Kentucky, and Dayton and Fairborn, Ohio, make it very easy and convenient to purchase products.
Frost decided to go with CertainTeed's Grand Manor and Carriage House shingles because of their heavyweight textured look, and most significantly, their large 8-inch exposure. "This gives the shingle a more slate-like appearance and it's much more dramatic than the standard exposures," Frost explains. "Another major deciding factor was that an individual's artistic expression can be displayed by mixing the squared edge Grand Manor and scalloped Carriage House shingles. Since the shingles are among the most expensive they are seldom seen on residential applications. This gives the roof the uniqueness we were looking for."
The standing-seam metal selection also demanded careful consideration. Frost chose Vincent Metals standing seam with a locking-seam cover. The 22-gauge panels were 12 inches wide, which limited the amount of oil canning. Frost was especially happy with the color selection in the Vincent line. He chose a color called Copper Penny in a Kynar 500 20-year finish. The finish will remain the same even after many years, as opposed to the patina on real copper, which was not a desirable look for this project.
The installation process was complicated because crews needed to coordinate where shingles would come in contact with metal. They certainly did not want the tear-off process and shingle installation process to damage any metal. Also, it was crucial to keep the roof from leaking during the process.
To add to the challenges, the job had to be started in the beginning of winter and it soon became apparent that working conditions would not be favorable. Crews had to contend with wind, rain, snow and ice. The job had to be left at the end of each day in a dried-in state in the event that harsh weather conditions prevented the crews from working on the job for days. Extra care was taken to ensure terminations and tie-offs.
In spite of the obstacle, Frost pronounced the job a success and says, "Everyone involved in the project actually had a lot of fun." Foreman John Hall says he is proud of the fact that he was involved with such a project where he was able to exercise his creativity. He says he would like to try his hand on similar projects using the same materials. Chief Operations Officer Drew Robbins was also quite happy with the results.
When asked what he learned from this experience, Frost said the message is simple: "To demonstrate to the public that a roof is not just a roof when the objective is to create a pleasing product in both form and function." In addition, he hopes that this roof "inspires people to look up and not down" and reminds us that, "there are sometimes noteworthy things taking place over our heads."
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Georgia Gibbs was Season 8 contestant in Australia's Next Top Model and previously she was also a finalist for Miss Universe Australia 2014. She worked as a model by Scoop Management Australia, Modelwerk EU, 2mgmt Los Angeles, and Wilhelmina New York City.
Now she is a model for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.
She was born on June 4, 1995, in Perth, Australia.
She was discovered in 2015 while in Sydney, Australia on business. She enjoyed dancing and horseback riding as she grew up. She has earned more than 600,000 followers on Instagram.
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GeneralNewsroomPress Release
Bioethics Professor Receives Award For Neuroimaging Research On Generosity As Related To Parental Instincts
Dr. Stephanie Brown Among 9 Awarded from 327 "Science of Generosity Initiative" Proposals
STONY BROOK, N.Y., December 3, 2010 – Stephanie Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, is one of nine researchers from the United States and Great Britain to receive the 2010 Science of Generosity Award, issued by the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Brown received the award for her research that will use neuroimaging to test whether generosity is related to parental instincts. The award includes a two-year $150,000 grant, effective December 1, 2010.
The Science of Generosity Initiative is funded from the John Templeton Foundation to Christian Smith, Director of the University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Religion and Society. 2010 marks the second year the initiative awarded top researchers who use scientifically rigorous methods from a variety of diverse perspectives to study the origins, manifestations and consequences of generosity. This year, the Initiative received 327 proposals by scholars. Only nine received awards.
Dr. Brown's research for the award is titled "The Neural Circuitry Underlying Altruistic Behavior." Through neuroimaging and behavioral methods, she and her co-investigator James Swain at the University of Michigan, will examine how altruistic behavior engages a suite of cognitions, emotions and neurophysiological circuitry that amount to a caregiving behavioral system that motivates parental and other forms of caretaking behavior.
"We will randomly assign individuals to help others and determine whether helping behavior recruits brain regions that have been identified as part of the neurohormonal basis of maternal care," explains Dr. Brown.
Her Science of Generosity project also fits within her research program, demonstrating health benefits of helping others, including showing that helping behavior is related to longevity. The project may help to understand more about the mechanism for this effect.
Much of Dr. Brown's research focuses on the neuro-affective mechanisms underlying altruistic and prosocial behavior. She has received grants from the National Science Foundation to examine the physiological consequences of helping others. More broadly, Dr. Brown and colleagues in the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics at Stony Brook, and from the University of Michigan, are designing research to shed light into the mechanisms underlying a caregiving motivational system, including its evolutionary origins and its implications for compassionate care, medicine, economic behavior, conflict, and other attitudes and behaviors.
In spring 2011, Dr. Brown will have an edited volume titled "Moving Beyond Self Interest: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience, and the Social Sciences," published by Oxford University Press. The book includes new models of human caregiving and describes implications of this new field for economics, social policy, and political science.
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Q: Symfony2 Custom Form Type w/Data Transformer - Service Injection I'm implementing a custom form type with data transformer to fulfill a many-to-many relationship according to http://symfony.com/doc/2.8/form/data_transformers.html
class ClientType extends AbstractType
{
    private $manager;

    public function __construct(ObjectManager $manager)
    {
        $this->manager = $manager;
    }

    /**
     * @param FormBuilderInterface $builder
     * @param array $options
     */
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add('shortname')
            ->add('shortinfo')
            ->add('web')
            ->add('user', CollectionType::class, array(
                'entry_type'     => IntegerType::class,
                'allow_add'      => true,
                'allow_delete'   => true
            ));

        $builder->get('user')->addModelTransformer(new UserToPrimaryKeyTransformer($this->manager));
    }
}

The sub-type UserType is:
class UserType extends AbstractType
{
    /**
     * @param FormBuilderInterface $builder
     * @param array $options
     */
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add('loginname')
            ->add('firstname')
            ->add('lastname')
            /* ... */
            ->add('email')
            ->add('id')
        ;
    }
}

The transformer class is pretty much copy-pasted from the docs:
class UserToPrimaryKeyTransformer implements DataTransformerInterface
{

    private $manager;

    public function __construct(ObjectManager $manager)
    {
        $this->manager = $manager;
    }

    /**
     * Transform entity to pkid
     *
     * @param User
     * @return integer
     */
    public function transform($user)
    {
        if(null === $user) {
            return -1;
        }

        return $user->getId();
    }

    /**
     * @param integer $pkid
     */
    public function reverseTransform($pkid)
    {
        if (!$pkid) {
            return;
        }

        $user = $this->manager
            ->getRepository('AcmeBundle:User')
            // query for the user with this id
            ->find($pkid)
        ;

        if (null === $user) {
            /* ... */
        }

        return $user;
    }

}

So much for the context. The problem, however seems to lie in the service definition, precisely the injection of the Doctrine Entity Manager:
acme.form.type.client:
    class: AcmeBundle\Form\ClientType
    arguments: [ @doctrine.orm.entity_manager ]
    tags:
       - { name: form.type }

Now when I post this form, I get:
Type error: Argument 1 passed to AcmeBundle\Form\ClientType::__construct() must implement interface Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectManager, none given
Any ideas or pointers on what's going on? Does the @doctrine.orm.entity_manager variable have to be instantiated somewhere?
I'm on Symfony 2.8, btw

A: found the problem. I forgot that I was manually instantiating the form in order to fulfill an API requirement (it's a REST service I'm developing):
// create a form with an empty name in order to avoid needing a JSON ROOT element
$form = $this->get('form.factory')->createNamed('', new \AcmeBundle\Form\ClientType(), $client);

after changing this to
$form = $this->get('form.factory')->createNamed('', new \AcmeBundle\Form\ClientType($em), $client);

it worked.
Thank you all!

A: Your form type expecting ObjectManager and you are injecting EntityManager. I suggest to change constructor parameter to EntityManager and it'll be working

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王芳, 孙耀贵, 尹伟, 范阔海, 段智变, 孙娜, 李宏全. 苦参碱联合黄芩苷对LPS诱导小鼠肺炎的影响[J]. 中国药理学通报, 2018, 34(8): 1105-1109.
WANG Fang, SUN Yao-gui, YIN Wei, FAN Kuo-hai, DUAN Zhi-bian, SUN Na, LI Hong-quan. Effects of matrine combined with baicalin on mouse pneumonia induced by LPS[J]. Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin, 2018, 34(8): 1105-1109.
Abstract: Aim To investigate the effects of matrine combined with baicalin on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced lung injury in mice. Methods Forty-two mice were randomly divided into seven groups, including control group, LPS group, matrine group, baicalin group, combined high dose group, combined middle dose group and combined low dose group. A mouse model of acute lung injury was established by intraperitoneal injection of 20 mg·kg-1 LPS. Various concentrations of baicalin, matrine and matrine combined with baicalin were injected intraperitoneally 30 min after the administration of LPS. After 24 h of LPS challenge, serum was collected to examine the levels of interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α by ELISA. The lung tissues were isolated for observing pathological changes by HE staining and measuring the IL-6 and TNF-α mRNA levels by qPCR. MPO activity was determined by MPO activity kit. Results The intraperitoneal administration of LPS significantly damaged pulmonary function and induced inflammatory cell infiltration into the lungs. Compared with control group, the levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in both serum and lung tissues of LPS group increased (P < 0.01). Compared with LPS group, pulmonary function in compound treatment groups was improved, the levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in lung tissues significantly decreased(P < 0.01), and the levels in serum showed a downward trend. The MPO activities in compound treatment groups were reduced (P < 0.05). Conclusions Both matrine and baicalin possess anti-inflammation effects and no significant difference exists between 7.5 mg·kg-1 matrine combined with 50 mg·kg-1 baicalin and 30 mg·kg-1 matrine alone group or 200 mg·kg-1 baicalin alone group. Considering with the dosage and efficacy, the low dose of matrine combined with baicalin has more economic benefit and lower toxicity, as well as the minimum cost than other groups, hence it is recommended in future clinical application.
Fig 1 Observation of histopathological changes in lung tissues of different treatment groups (×400) A: Control group; B: LPS group; C: Baicalin group; D: Matrine group; E: Combined high dose group; F: Combined middle dose group; G: Combined low dose group.
Fig 2 ffects of different treatment on IL-6 and TNF-α secretion in serum (x±s, n=6) 1:Control group; 2:LPS group; 3:Matrine group; 4:Baicalin group; 5:Combined high dose group; 6:Combined medium dose group; 7: Combined low dose group. ##P < 0.01 vs control group; *P < 0.05 vs LPS group.
Fig 3 Effects of different treatment on IL-6 and TNF-α mRNA expression of lung tissues (x±s, n=6) 1:Control group; 2:LPS group; 3:Matrine group; 4:Baicalin group; 5:Combined high dose group; 6:Combined medium dose group; 7: Combined low dose group. ##P < 0.01 vs control group; **P < 0.01 vs LPS group.
Fig 4 Effects of different treatment on MPO activities of lung tissues (x±s, n=6) 1:Control group; 2:LPS group; 3:Matrine group; 4:Baicalin group; 5:Combined high dose group; 6:Combined medium dose group; 7: Combined low dose group. ##P < 0.01 vs control group; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs LPS group.
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 Shen K, Feng X, Pan H, et al. Baicalin ameliorates experimental liver cholestasis in mice by modulation of oxidative stress, inflammation, and NRF2 transcription factor[J]. Oxid Med Cell Longev, 2017, 2017: 6169128.
 Sun N, Sun P, Lv H, et al. Matrine displayed antiviral activity in porcine alveolar macrophages co-infected by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and porcine circovirus type 2[J]. Sci Rep, 2016, 15(6): 24401-13.
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 汪雪峰, 陈茜茜, 崔金瑜, 等. 莰醇对脂多糖诱导急性肺损伤的保护作用研究[J]. 中国药理学通报, 2018, 34(3): 388-93. Wang X F, Chen X X, Cui J Y, et al. The protective effect of broneol on LPS induced acute lung injury[J]. Chin Pharmacol Bull, 2018, 34(3): 388-93.
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 胡涛, 王加启, 张养东, 等. 阴外动脉注射脂多糖对奶牛临床症状及白细胞的影响[J]. 中国畜牧兽医, 2011, 38(6): 5-9. Hu T, Wang J Q, Zhang Y D, et al. Effect of external pudendal artery infusion of lipopolysaccharide on clinic symptoms and white blood cells in dairy cows[J]. China Anim Husb Vet Med, 2011, 38(6): 5-9.
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Physonectae is a suborder of siphonophores.  In Japanese it is called  ().

Organisms in the suborder Physonectae follow the classic Siphonophore body plan. They are almost all pelagic, and are composed of a colony of specialized zooids that originate from the same fertilized egg. While species of Physonectae are not generally well-known by the public, a famous example of the order Siphonophorae is the Portuguese man o' war, well-known for its painful sting.

Distribution
The majority of physonect siphonophores are pelagic, with the exception of Rhodallidae, which are a family of benthic physonects first collected during the Challenger expedition and described by Ernst Haekel in his Challenger monograph.

Physonects, and siphonophores in general, are known to be widely distributed globally, but are understudied. Few individuals have been collected and are often misidentified. As a result, their exact global distributions are unclear.

Morphology
All physonect siphonophores have an aboral, apical pneumatophore filled with gas, which is formed by invagination of the superficial cell layers of the apical side of the larva. In some species in the suborder Physonectae, the pneumatophore has a pore located either on the apical or basal pole of the organism and plays a role in controlling gas volume and pressure for buoyancy control. Gas in the pneumatophore is high in carbon monoxide and is secreted by the pneumadenia, or gas gland.

Below the pneumatophore, an organism has a long stem with two distinct regions. The nectosome is more apical relative to the siphosome and is composed of asexual nectophores, or swimming bells. These swimming bells are the animal's zooids specialized for swimming. The siphophore includes the gastrozooids (feeding polyps) and sexual medusoids.

Reproduction
Each physonect colony is composed of individual organisms originating from the same fertilized egg, with specialized functions including locomotion, feeding, and reproduction. The ventral budding zone of the nectophores in the animal lies immediately below pneumatophore. As new buds are produced asexually, the swimming bells are displaced downwards.

Sexual reproduction occurs to give rise to a new colony of zooids. The siphosome is made up of groups called cormidia,  which consist of a gastrozooid with a tentacle, bracts and palpons, and the gonodentra. The gonodendra bears the gonophores, or sexual bodies. Among physonect Siphonophores, many are monoecious, some are protandrous, and few are dioecious. Eggs and sperm are deposited directly into the water and fertilization happens externally.

Life stages
While the life cycle of physonects has been studied in a limited number of species, in a typical physonect life cycle, external fertilization happens between eggs and sperm released by free-swimming eudoxids, which are released into the water from mature physonects. Like all siphonophores, physonect eggs are yolky, and act as the source of energy for their early development. The sperm are attracted to the egg by species-specific chemicals. A planula forms, which then develops into a bilaterally symmetric siphonula, then mature into a young colony, and eventually into a mature colony. Most physonectae are pelagic for their entire life cycles.

Diet
Physonectae are carnivorous predators and vary in diet depending on the local availability of prey. In a study on the diets epipelagic siphonophores in the Gulf of California in the Sargasso Sea and in Friday Harbor, Washington, it was found that compared to other suborders of Physonectae, species in the suborder Physonectae have fewer, large gastrozooids. They primarily consume large copepods, some smaller copepods, and a variety of other large, non-copepod prey. Gastrozooid length appears to correlate to preferred and maximum size of prey. In Canadian Pacific waters, physonects similarly included larger copepods, but also larger arthropods, chaetognaths, and fish larvae.

References

Siphonophorae
Cnidarian suborders
Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel

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Q: Change the default pagnination URL of Wordpress - is this possible? Currently, I am using the default /page/2/ format, but I would like this to be /?page=2/
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This Racing Sim Is So Realistic It Can Break Your Wrists
Don't play any Grand Theft Auto in this thing
By Eric Limer
CXC Simulations
That tricked out racing wheel your rich friend had back in grade school? That's nothing compared to CXC Simulation's Motion Pro II. Not only does it have a wrap around screen, force-feedback on the wheels, and motors that will jostle the chair around. It's actually so powerful that a virtual crash could give you real injuries if you're not careful.
Before you get too jazzed (or scared) you should know this rig is almost certainly not for you. It's an absolutely top-of-the-line piece of equipment and it carries that sort of price tag: $54,000. But for the cost of one expensive car, the rig can emulate more than 1,000, down to the very feel of the tires. As for what you're driving on, the Motion Pro II comes with a number of real-life tracks scanned in with millimeter accuracy. Tracks that you drive using a vibrating, force-feedback steering wheel and gear shifter, while staring at the three-TV, 1080p, 60-degree FOV screen.
"If you hit the wall in an Indy Car and don't take your hands off the wheel, you'll break your wrists."
Some simulators try to mimic the feeling of being in a race car by moving the entirety of the seat around, but the Motion Pro II takes a more targeted approach. According to CXC Simulation's research, the most effective way to fool the brain into thinking it was experiencing race-like G-forces wasn't to try and emulate them in total, but to focus on quick bursts of movement targeted at the head and torso, where drivers report feeling Gs the most. That, plus mechanisms to realistically yank the seat belt, and vibrate just about every part of the simulator according to what real-life jostle would feel like.
The result is some serious power. The steering wheel can deliver 16 newton-meters of force if it's dialed up all the way. CXC Simulation talked to IEEE Spectrum about their newest simulator, and explained exactly what that means. According to founder and ex-racer Chris Considine:
If you hit the wall in an Indy Car and don't take your hands off the wheel, you'll break your wrists. Our wheel is a one-to-one replication of that, but we don't turn it up that high. It's the first time we've been able to replicate racing forces so high that it introduces liability questions.
If you're in for that ride though, the Motion Pro II is waiting for you. You and your buddies, if you wanna team up to shell out of a multiplayer pack of up to four of the things. For most of us, Grand Turismo is probably plenty, but the toys out there for pros are clearly totally insane.
Source: CXC Simulations via IEEE Spectrum
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Plus at the International Conference of Women Mathematicians
We talk to delegates of the International Conference of Women Mathematicians, taking place in Hyderabad, India, about the challenges faced by female mathematicians around the world.
Plus podcast 22, February 2010: Evaluating a medical treatment
New treatments and drugs are tested extensively before they come on the market using randomised controlled trials (RCTs). We talk to David Spiegelhalter (Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk), Sheila Bird (Professor at the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit), and Nigel Hawkes (journalist and director of Straight Statistics).
Plus podcast 21, December 2009: Protecting the nation
Vaccination is an emotive business. The furore around the MMR vaccine and autism has shown that vaccination health scares can cause considerable damage: stop vaccinating, and epidemics are sure to follow. But how do scientists decide whether a vaccine and a vaccination strategy are effective and safe? We talk to Paddy Farrington, Professor of statistics at the Open University. You can also read the accompanying article.
Plus Podcast 20, September 2009: How does gravity work?
In our fourth online poll to find out what you would most like to know about our Universe, you told us that you would like to know how gravity works. We took the question to Bangalore Sathyaprakash from the University of Cardiff, and here is his answer. You can also read the accompanying article.
Plus Podcast 19, September 2009: The story of the Gomboc
A Gomboc is a strange thing. It looks like an egg with sharp edges, and when you put it down it starts wriggling and rolling around as if it were alive. Until quite recently, no-one knew whether Gombocs even existed. Even now, Gabor Domokos, one of their discoverers, reckons that in some sense they barely exists at all. So what are Gombocs and what makes them special?
Plus Podcast 18, July 2009: Are the constants of nature really constant?
As part of our celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 we brought you the article Are the constants of nature really constant?, in which John D. Barrow tells us how it all depends on which constants you choose. In the podcast of this interview you can hear how changes in the constants that define our Universe might have implications for extra dimensions, gravity, and climbing flies...
Plus Careers Podcast 5, April 2009: Mathematics educator and author
If you're worried that a mathematics degree might limit your career options, then there couldn't be a better person to talk to than Steve Hewson. Find out how his varied career has taken him from the lofty heights of theoretical physics, via the trading floor of a major investment bank, into the maths classroom, and has also seen him writing his very own maths book. This podcast accompanies the career interview from issue 50 of Plus.
Plus Podcast 17, April 2009: What happened before the Big Bang?
In our online poll to find out what Plus readers would most like to know about the Universe, you told us that you'd like to find out what happened before the Big Bang. We took the question to the renowned cosmologist John D. Barrow and here is his answer. The Universe is an infinitely self-perpetuating foam of bubbles, it seems. This podcast accompanies the article What happened before the Big Bang?.


STOCKTON - Efrain Perez waited for someone to pull his father's body from the Deep Water Channel running along the Port of Stockton. For a long time, nobody came.
Longshoreman Jose "Pepe" Correa, 79 and close to retirement, had disappeared in the early afternoon Aug. 9. Family members noticed his disappearance later that evening, and a search revealed that his truck had tumbled off a dock into the channel.
Convinced he had been in the water too long to survive, officials called off rescue attempts and contacted a group of divers in Sacramento to instead recover Correa's body and vehicle. By the time they arrived the evening of Aug. 10, Correa had been under water for more than 11/2 days while Perez, a fellow longshoreman, and other colleagues waited above.
"At one point, a ship had to go by," recalled Perez, 37, referring to the large cargo ships that move up and down the channel. "I knew he was down there. That was the hardest part."
The Stockton Fire Department has divers trained to respond during a drowning or when a car drives into a waterway, officials said. But when enough time passes that a rescue becomes unlikely, it becomes a recovery effort, and fire officials won't risk the safety of divers when lives no longer hang in the balance.
Correa's union, International Longshore Workers Union Local 54, is working to assemble a local team that will perform recoveries more quickly. Union Treasurer Gene Davenport has dogged city and county officials for the past year to provide seed money for a local Dive and Recovery Team - nicknamed DART - so they no longer have to wait for divers to come from Sacramento.
"You have people using the Delta all the time," Davenport said. "It's just common sense."
The team would be operated on a volunteer basis through the county Sheriff's Office, Davenport said. He has requested a $50,000 contribution from the county to help with startup costs, such as equipment and training, and has lobbied other local governments for smaller payments in the hopes of fielding a team by 2008.
Davenport said he believes it will cost about $50,000 a year to run the program but hopes to fund ongoing costs through grants and private contributions.
Some local officials are behind the effort. The Manteca City Council recently donated $1,000 to the cause, and the Sheriff's Office has agreed to oversee the DART team.
Assistant Sheriff Jess Dubois said underwater recovery efforts aren't an everyday occurrence in the county. With more than 1,000 miles of waterways crisscrossing the area, however, the need does arise.
"We've seen a need for something locally based," Dubois said. "We don't want to rely on another agency outside the area to handle it."
The county Board of Supervisors has not discussed Davenport's funding request, and other local governments have shown only lukewarm interest in his proposal. But the union official says he'll keep at it until representatives from the county and all its cities are on board. When that happens, he plans to bring them all out to the dock where Perez and other longshoremen stood helpless, waiting for Correa to be recovered.
"He worked with all of our fathers. That's how long he'd been here," Davenport said. "I'm not going away. I'm not stopping."


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Martincová reached a singles ranking high of world number 94 in June 1997 and even ranked world number 69 in doubles during a career in which she won one WTA doubles title and a total of 17 ITF tournaments. She made three appearances for the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in the 1990s.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

ITF finals

Singles (1-2)

Doubles (16–23)

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1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Brno
Czech female tennis players
Czechoslovak female tennis players


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Last night, "The Hunger Games" grossed a truly staggering $19.7 million from midnight showings across the country — the highest midnight total ever for a non-sequel, and the seventh highest midnight total ever (behind three "Harry Potters" and three "Twilights"). After only a few hours, it's clear that the film is already a smash, and it's almost certainly headed for a debut well above the $100 million mark.
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Based on this $19.7 million figure, "The Hunger Games" should take in at least $50 million on Friday and could reach as high as $150 million over the full weekend frame — although that estimation is very bullish. My fellow box office prognosticating colleague John Young is predicting a more sensible $130 million weekend. We'll have to wait and see see how high it climbs.
Either way, it appears that the odds are very much in Lionsgate's favor!
See the full article at EW.com.


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Soccer balls and backpacks
Mary Taylor dressed in traditional Ugandan clothing presenting the new backpacks to our kids.
As the school year starts, we have a lot to be grateful for. For our health and friendship as we start a new term full of challenges and new learning. We also just want to say a big thank you to Mary Taylor for her generous donation to our kids with backpacks and other gear to kick start the school year. We are sure these will really be treasured.
We know that "back to school" time is big in our country and kids of all ages are excited to go back with their new books and new gear but how often do our kids get to enjoy that? Now they too can be proud going back to school - not only have they done well to pass and achieve getting to the next grade, but they can be proud of their new gear, wearing their new backpacks, as they walk back through those school gates for the first time in 2013. Of course we know it isn't the clothes or the new gear that counts in the end, but this gift is more than that. It is a gift to say to these kids that they are worth it and they are special. And that is important.
Girls playing with their new basket ball.
We have another thank you to make, especially on behalf of our fantastic soccer coach Lameck. For some time he has been aware of the state of our soccer gear but we had not found sponsors that could support the team. However, the Leland Comets, through Mary Taylor (her local school), have donated new balls and even frisbees to be used by our kids. How awesome is that!? We know they will get such great use out of them, and Lameck is so happy. However, when you have to play every game on a bare rocky "field" as our kids do, your sports gear can quickly wear out. If anyone is keen to donate sports gear/balls/or money to our Suncity Soccer team, or to the Kids First group to use, we really want to hear from you!
Our final exciting news, as a follow up on something that was written in the 2012 annual report, is that Joshua is now the proud owner of a brand new laptop! Now we can't wait to get more photos and more frequent updates on our kids and we know it will make life a lot easier for our brother Joshua.
Thanks everyone, and remember - if you want to contribute in any way, please just get in contact. We have our details in the contact menu, and we are on facebook.
Exciting Times!
It's a great feeling being at the beginning of a year, seeing the days, weeks and months unfolding in front of you with all the dreams and possibilities of what can be done and achieved in that time. Here at Kids First we hope that this year will be full of adventure and excitement as we seek to grow and reach out to so many more. One of the most exciting things happening at present is a visit from Mary Taylor in the US. She has come to spend time with our kids and their families, to meet with them, join in activities and hopefully continue her support long after her trip is over. The above photo is Mary with some of our kids on an art day organised by our friend Andrew (Andrew, hope you don't mind me poaching your photo, and Mary hope you don't mind being a part of our blog!!)
It's so exciting to have people come and visit our kids. It gives us a boost - knowing others out there are interested in us, and not only that, but are willing to put their money where their mouth is (so to speak) and actually get out there and join with us in supporting our kids. We're sure that is reciprocal as being amongst a bunch of such enthusiastic smily and playful kids is truly amazing! But more than all that, it is a huge blessing to the kids involved, for whom life is a struggle, and the fact that someone they don't know will come from a country far away with a willing heart and loving spirit shows them that they are worth it - worth attention, worth effort, worth love.
We know our kids at home with us are worth all that and more - how about showing our Kids First kids some of that love too! We now have another kiddie added to our sponsorship this year (that's 3 new kids already!). Let's make it even more!
Photo Credit - check out Ludigo's facebook page
2012 Annual Report!
So, Joshua has exceeded his usual brilliance recently and has written his first annual report on Kids First in Uganda. I have copied and pasted it into here so I hope it will turn out ok. It sums up everything pretty well I think.
The other exciting news is that we are looking to add 2 new kids to the school sponsorship this year! There could be more if any of you would like to sponsor one of our precious kids - just get in touch with us on here or facebook - easy!
Kids First Child Sponsorship Annual Report 2012
Year 2012 started well with our directors Sunny and Sarah settling in well back in New Zealand, and Joshua the Ugandan Project Coordinator moving to Gaba (Gertrude's ex-residence). This has been a good move for Joshua and the Kids First family, as they can continue to meet safely and freely in Gertrude's courtyard.
Main objective and introduction:
Give an education to children, rescuing them from poverty and preparing them to become independent with a hope for employment. We operate from the district of Bbunga, in Kampala, although our secondary school kids attend Highfield High School in Wakiso district. We depend on sponsors who are based in New Zealand, but mostly it's been Sunny and Sarah our directors plus their family members and friends who have been supporting the project. Sponsored kids are attached to a sponsor who pays mainly school fees and a small lunch at school and, where possible, sending some gifts to the child. Our sponsored kids are currently in nursery through to secondary school. We hope they will continue to be sponsored for further education once they have graduated from secondary school. As of this year 2012, we have 11 children on the program going through school: 1 in nursery (pre-primary), 7 in primary, and 3 in secondary. We have also had almost more than 40 kids go through our sports program. More emphasis has been put on supporting girls who are more vulnerable in the community, so 7 of these kids who are being paid school fees are girls and 4 are boys.
This year 2012, two children sat for National Examinations which begun in October. This will lead them in joining secondary education come next year.
Children who sat P.L.E (Primary leaving Examination) and will be joining secondary schools in Senior 1:
1. Maureen Nampeera
2. Catherine Komuhangi
Children who sat their end of year examinations and have been promoted to the next class:
1. Emmnual Muwanga from baby class to middle class (pre-primary)
2. Jane Mukama from primary three to primary four
3. Martin Kitimbo from primary four to primary five
4. Victoria Ileka from primary four to primary five.
5. Annet Badaru from primary six to primary seven.
6. Moses Ssekamate from secondary one to secondary two
7. Pauline Nassali from sevondary two to secondary three
8. Christine Najjuma from secondary two to secondary three
The following child changed school and remained in class:
Mike Kasumba changed schools from Bunga Hill Primary and Nursery School to Gaba Model School, as he was not achieving well in Bunga Primary. At Kids First we do not want to give up on our kids although they may not seem to be doing well. One way we do this is to co-operate with Art at Heart and sports programmes to discover hidden talents and also find out how best we can help our kids reach their potential. I sat with Mike, his mum and his teachers at Bunga Hill, came to a decision to change Mike to Gaba Model, as Mike did not like Bunga Hill because he looked too old for the class and also his teachers were giving up on him. He likes Gaba Model and although the teachers have recommended he repeat primary six, his performance and attitude towards school has improved and we look forward to better results from him.
The sports program:
The weekend sports programme has been going very well this year thanks to Lameck our sports coach who has worked so hard in training the kids. In the past most kids were inconsistent in attending the programme but this year we were able to meet with some of the parents of these kids to explain to them how important it is to support and develop their kids' God given talents and creativity, even in sport. I am happy to report that since that meeting there has been a change in kids attendance and parent support. We have had a challenge of lack of enough sports gear which we believe will overcome next year.
Regrets:
Christine's mum gave birth to a still born baby.
1. Kids First has paid all necessary school fees on time in the full amount.
2. A new child, Emmanuel, has started the program and he is going to school now.
3. Two more children have completed primary school - Maureen and Catherine - making a total of five kids in secondary come next year.
4. Kids First managed to get a camera for use in Uganda.
5. Kids First managed to do a successful project with Art at Heart, with more planned for next year.
6. Kids First has managed to strengthen its co-operation with other parties involved e.g. with standardized and reduced school fees from both schools that the kids attend.
7. No child has dropped out of school.
8. Kids First got more books for its kids and they have been of good help.
9. Kids First has a friend from the US, Mary, who wishes to support the project and has planned a visit for next year.
Life changing story of the year:
About three years back our directors Sunny and Sarah visited the project in Uganda, and among the so many things they did on their visit was to visit each of the sponsored children in their homes, and among the children I am going to talk about, they visited Maureen.
Maureen was staying with her mum and the step father but this girl was being abused by her step dad, and as we were talking to her she just broke down and cried. At her age the situation was too hard, and it was confusing to the mum who could not give up her marriage due to finances. At the same time she didn't know how she could protect her daughter from the abuse she was going through.
Whenever you would look in this young girl's eyes all you could see was fear, and the situation was severely affecting her performance at school.
Thanks be to God for Kids First because the directors managed to get a sponsor who would support Maureen to go to boarding school where she can be protected from any abuse from the step dad.
Wow what a change if you are to meet Maureen now she has the biggest smile of all sponsored kids and I am happy to report that she has managed to finish primary school, so she will be joining secondary school come next year.
1. Joshua the project coordinator had an accident this year so visiting and monitoring the kids has been difficult
2. Low cooperation of some care givers as in letter collection/feed back
3. Unstable communication between New Zealand and the Joshua the Project Coordinator due to the accident and limited computer access
4. Lack of a budget in Uganda to help respond to emergency project associated needs.
5. Lack of a proper place where Kids First can carry out its work, e.g. kids meetings (they currently meet in the open courtyard where Joshua lives.)
Goals for year 2013.
1. Number of sponsored children to reach 50 by December 2013
2. Children's Christmas gifts to be spent wisely as to benefit the whole family - we intend to emphasize income-generating activities.
3. Getting more Kids First equipment like a computer to smoothen the coordinator's work in Uganda and enhance communication with New Zealand directors.
4. Keep the facebook and website for Kids First up to date.
5. Proper functioning Kids First offices both in Uganda and New Zealand.
6. Encouraging more people to sponsor our kids
7. Registering Kids First in Uganda.
8. Opening up a Kids First post office box in Kampala, Uganda
Annual report from
Kids First Ugandan Project Coordinator
Kids First Uganda Office wishes you all a merry Christmas and a happy 2013.
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Rip, Fold, Scrunch was developed as part of the Exchange for Change programme and was presented on the Festival Day, 16 July 2009. It subsequently went on to tour nationally in 2011.
Five artists, ten days, and one nursery – outcome: unsure. The basis of the project was collaboration: an interaction of ideas, meaningful dialogue with the target audience, a space for all the artists to exchange disciplines and skills and hopefully create new stories and worlds. Our ensemble certainly shared plenty of opinions, chat, and get-up and do! From the outset I wanted to ensure that the three cultural and artform contexts that we were working within – the cello and jazz vocal; the spoken text and physicality of the theatre performer; and Kathak dance and rhythms – were given an equal platform. This translated into the idea of three children who exist happily in their own egotistical worlds and then journey throughout the play to become friends. We needed to create a world for these three children to inhabit and were shown the way by the 3 year olds we met at the nursery. During our visits they showed us how to play with paint, shapes, textures and colours, splashed about in some water and went on a journey with large bits of coloured paper. It was the paper that caught our imagination most and so we started to rip and fold and scrunch, on occasion reducing the studio to a chaotic jumble of paper scraps. Throughout the development and devising period we spoke a lot about engaging with the emotional world of a child, that was once monochrome but is now blooming into colour, with possibility and experience straining at the seams. This is what we hope Rip, Fold, Scrunch reflected.
Maria Thomas first came to Half Moon Theatre as an actor in 2004 and then became a drama facilitator for the company. She talks about developing a new cross-arts piece for young children through the company's artform development programme, Exchange For Change, in 2009. Interviewed by Toni Tsaera.


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Hanban News
First Confucius Classroom at Vocational College Opens in Zambia
[Source]????China Youth Daily APP?[Time]????2019-08-07 16:30:33?
On the morning of August 2nd, local time, a signing ceremony of the Confucius Classroom jointly established by Beijing Polytechinc College and China-Zambia Vocational College of Science and Technology was held in Luanshya, Zambia. The guests attending the ceremony included Brian Mushimba, Minister of Higher Education (Zambia), Japhen Mwakalombe, Minister of Copperbelt Province in Zambia, Nathan Chanda, Mayor of Luanshya, Yu Jie, Inspector of Vocational and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education, Shao Xubo, Director of Division of Asian and African Confucius Institutes of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Song Kai, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Nonferrous Metals Mining Corporation, Liang Chiming, Deputy Chief of the "Going Global" Project Team on Vocational Education of China Nonferrous Metals Mining (Group) Co., Ltd., and Zhou Yan, Vice President of Beijing Polytechinc College.
Under the witness of Shao Xubo, Director of Division of Asian and African Confucius Institutes of Confucius Institute Headquarters, and Song Kai, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Nonferrous Metals Mining Corporation, Zhou Yan and Liang Chiming, Director of the China-Zambia Vocational College of Science and Technology, signed the cooperative agreement on Confucius Classroom.
The Confucius Classroom at China-Zambia Vocational College of Science and Technology is the first classroom sponsored by a vocational college in China. In 2016, Beijing Polytechinc College was identified by the Ministry of Education as one of the first pilot colleges of vocational education's "going global" project. In 2017, it was listed as the first batch of "Belt and Road" national talent training bases in Beijing. In the past four years, Beijing Polytechinc College and Enterprises of China Nonferrous Metals Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. in Zambia have conducted in-depth cooperation and steadily promoted the "going global" strategy of vocational education. In order to better facilitate the integration of overseas corporate culture and improve the professional qualities of employees in overseas enterprises, Beijing Polytechinc College (Chinese college) and China-Zambia Vocational College of Science and Technology (Zambian college) jointly established an independent Confucius Classroom in Zambia, Africa. The classroom features in vocational education, provides services for local communities and Chinese enterprises with plan to expand overseas businesses, and conducts "Chinese + vocational education" with Chinese language teaching and industrial Chinese teaching as its main tasks.
In the future, the Confucius Classroom at China-Zambia Vocational College of Science and Technology will also carry out various projects, such as Chinese language teaching, Chinese cultural activities and competitions, training of local Chinese teachers, taking local teachers and students to attend China Summer (Winter) Camp, and compiling textbooks of Chinese language and culture. Through the opening of the Confucius Classroom, the Confucius Institute explores the development mode of independent Confucius Classroom with enterprises as its backup, vocational education as its feature and a combination of Chinese and vocational education, aiming to create a brand of Confucius Classroom for vocational education and promote the understanding and friendship of people between the two countries.
Story by Liang Guosheng, China Youth Daily, youth.cn; Correspondent Zheng Xing, China Youth Daily app


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Sector Expert: Brian Ostroff
Windermere Capital
Brian Ostroff is a managing director at Windermere Capital, where he focuses on the junior and mid-tier mining sectors. He also serves as CEO of Arianne Phosphate. He brings over 25 years of small-cap mining expertise to the table, having served at RBC Dominion Securities and as a managing partner at Goodrich Capital, an M&A advisory firm.
Companies Commented On
Arianne Phosphate Inc.
Surging Agricultural Prices, $17 Trillion and Phosphate (11/23/20)
Brian Ostroff, managing director at Windermere Capital and CEO of Arianne Phosphate, discusses the recent rise in agricultural commodity prices and their spillover into fertilizers.
Fund Manager's Top Picks for the Early Stages of a Trend Change (7/25/19)
Brian Ostroff, a partner at Windermere Capital, in this interview with Streetwise Reports, discusses three companies in his portfolio that he believes are poised to benefit from the rise in commodity prices.
How Does Top Resource Fund Manager Brian Ostroff Invest in Domestic Peace of Mind? Two Words: Gold and Phosphate (10/2/13)
International uncertainty about conflict, growth and market transparency can make the world a scary place to invest your life savings. In this interview with The Gold Report, Windermere Managing Director Brian Ostroff focuses on North American gold and phosphate stories that offer an alternative to risky jurisdictions and can be profitable at even conservative resource prices. By understanding the unique supply and demand factors for each subsector, he isolates the opportunities that often get buried in the big, bad commodity basket.
"There have been a lot of good reasons to own DAN, including the high quality of the phosphate it produces at Lac à Paul."
— Brian Ostroff, Windermere Capital (3/8/14)
"A lot of people throw around the words 'world class,' but DAN's asset is just that."
— Resource Investing News Interview with Brian Ostroff (11/5/13)
"DAN has tripled the resource at its Lac à Paul pit; it is the biggest undeveloped phosphate asset in the world."
— The Gold Report Interview with Brian Ostroff (10/2/13)
"BAR has done very well."
— The Gold Report Interview with Brian Ostroff (11/26/12)
"AGE is onto something very exciting and will continue to prove it up."
"AGE has wonderful management and a lot of opportunities."
— The Gold Report Interview with Brian Ostroff (4/15/11)


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Yotam Silberstein
Future Memories
Jazz & People
Taking on board a bassist as exceptional as John Patitucci (Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter), guitarist Yotam Silberstein's new album is like a great voyage, which draws inspiration from a multitude of musical traditions. Alternating the accordion and piano of the Brazilian prodigy Vitor Gonçalves and the piano and Fender Rhodes of the rising star of the New York City jazz scene Glenn Zaleski, his quartet—completed by the Israeli drummer Daniel Dor (ex-Avishai Cohen Trio)—forges a nomadic and virtuoso repertoire, with stopovers in numerous territories and with a predilection for South America, Brazil in particular. Vibrant and inspired, "Future Memories", in his own words the most personal recording of Yotam Silberstein's career, reveals itself to be like a series of windows open onto the beauties of the world and the memory of the emotions they evoke in each of us. A profound and majestic album, by one of the major guitarists on the international scene today.
Embarquant à ses côtés pas moins que le bassiste John Patitucci (Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter), le guitariste Yotam Silberstein signe un disque de grand voyage, qui puise son inspiration dans une multitude de traditions musicales. Alternant l'accordéon du prodige brésilien Vitor Gonçalves et le piano de l'étoile montante du jazz… more
released March 1, 2019
Yotam Silberstein: guitar, vocals, percussions
Vitor Gonçalves: piano, accordion, keyboard, percussions (1, 4, 7, 8, 10)
Glenn Zaleski: piano, Fender Rhodes (2, 3, 6, 9)
John Patitucci: acoustic and electric bass
Daniel Dor: drums, percussions
+ Andre Mehmari: synthesizers (1, 3, 6)
Son nouvel album séduit par sa sensibilité, son lyrisme, sa maturité"
Jazz Magazine "Révélation"
"Album jazz de la semaine" – FIP
"The album title's oxymoron is reflected in the music: the melancholic flavor of the past complements the futuristic adventurousness well."
★ ★ ★ ★ – All About Jazz
"He's a player with the vision to see ahead and the chops to get there" — Jazziz
"Future Memories" is a very accomplished album and a delight to listen to. There's no doubt that Silberstein has found his true voice. – UK Vibe
"Few artists are capable to blend post-bop and Latin jazz with such a class as the Tel Aviv-born guitarist Yotam Silberstein." – JazzTrail
"Admirers of his instrumental prowess will not be disappointed, the album offering a crystal-clear window into his signature sound and approach." — Down Beat
"Future Memories catches you by the heart and never lets go" — JazzTimes
Yotam Silberstein – Guitars, Vocals, Percussion
Vitor Goncalves – Piano, Accordion,keyboard, Percussions (1, 4, 7, 8, 10)
Glenn Zaleski – Piano, Fender Rhodes (2, 3, 6, 9)
John Patitucci – Electric & Acoustic Bass
Daniel Dor – Drums, Percussion
Andre Mehmari – Synthesizers (1, 3, 6)
More albums from Yotam
Universos
En El Jardin (with Carlos "Negro" Aguirre)
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Let the (Ink)Force be with you as you check out these highlights!
With 12 teams and only one could win, it was lucky number 7 (seed) BET taking the title 3-2 over Spicy Kraken Rolls (SKR)!
Something to note is that all four sets in top 4 (both semifinals, grand finals, and the bronze match) went at least four of the five game maximum. This means that these teams are relatively close in talent and InkForce is a tourney to watch out for if you want some high level Splatoon gameplay!
If you are interested in learning more about this event, be sure to follow Vespher on Twitter and tune in to his Twitch on Wednesday nights!
BnS Season 3 Splat Zones Edition!
Bleck! Here is a Spoon-fed recap of the most recent BnS event!
They were top two seeds in this event for a reason, and late into the night, Prophecy was able to outlast Team Upgrade by sweeping them away 4-0 in grand finals!
Two teams, very close in talent, faced off twice during this event. Gemini took the match played in groups over License to Krill (LtK) 3-1, but LtK came back with a reverse sweep to take the bronze and finish third overall!
BnS had their first Japanese team play during this event, as the team (whose name translates to) "Infinity Squared" participated and made top cut by finishing second in their group!
There was also a pickup team that was promised $20 total if they made top cut, called "Hey, $20 is $20." captained by Bob of SKR! Might this type of thing happen again? You will just have to play and find out!
Be sure to follow InkTV on Twitter and tune in on Thursday nights at 8 pm EDT on Twitch for all the action in BnS!
Author's Note: I am very excited to announce that I plan on extending my tourney roundups to cover events in international scenes more consistently, and this is one such event!
As many of you may know, the French scene has plenty of teams we do not normally see. Here are a few highlights from their latest event!
Two teams came into grand finals a perfect 6-0 in the bracket stage, but one of them had to blink. The ultimate winner, Alliance Rogue, walked away with the victory over Rising Moon, losing only one game in the bracket stage and three when combined with the prior Swiss stage!
Alliance Rogue's roster consisted of Erza, Gray, Kiver, and Kronos.
This tournament is hosted in collaboration with FRST and eSportsBrosTV, so go check out their Twitch for all the action!
This event is also biweekly and typically hosted on Fridays (especially for North American time zones), so if you are looking for a little more competitive Splatoon action before the events of the weekend, be sure to tune in!
A sundae on a Sunday? That is genius!!! Here are some highlights!
This tournament is a new biweekly series on Sundays, in order to tag team with a tournament called "The Tide Pool" (which, should it happen this coming Sunday, will be touched on in the next tourney recap).
Prophecy won their second tournament in four days (counting BnS), taking down a new team called "Oblivion" in grand finals!
Another team of note is OctoPi, as they came in a respectable third, defeated the veteran team TakeOver!, and were the only team besides Prophecy to take a game off second place finisher Oblivion.


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Il Liptako è una regione storica dell'Africa occidentale. È compreso nel Burkina Faso orientale, nel Niger sudoccidentale e in una piccola porzione del Mali centro-orientale. Una regione collinare che inizia sulla parte posteriore destra del fiume Niger, Liptako è solitamente associata all'Emirato di Liptako uno stato islamico dei Fulani dell'inizio del XIX secolo, fondato da Brahima Saidu. Con i semi nomadi Fula, la principale popolazione storica di Liptako sono i Gourmantche, una popolazione minoritaria in ciascuna delle tre nazioni, così come i Mossi e i Songhai. L'altro nome comune per la regione, Liptako-Gourma, è un riferimento al popolo Gourmantche.

L'odierna Liptako, la maggior parte della quale ricade in 10-19 province del Burkina Faso, insieme al dipartimento di Tera e Say in Niger e in piccole parti del Mali, è un'area collinare e in parte scarsamente popolata. Come altrove, la popolazione Fula, conosciuta come "Liptaako" o Liptako Fula, è storicamente sostenuta dall'allevamento e dal commercio di bestiame semi-nomade. Say, un vicino centro commerciale del fiume Niger, dominante a livello regionale nel XIX secolo, faceva affidamento in parte sulle rotte commerciali dei Fula attraverso Liptako. Alla fine del XX secolo, qui furono scoperti l'oro e altri minerali, che portarono alla creazione nel 1970 dell'Autorità Liptako-Gourma, una zona regionale focalizzata sulla promozione delle risorse minerarie, energetiche, idriche e agricole della zona. La zona coperta dall'autorità comprende un'area di 370.000 km², più ampio dello storico Liptako, ricoprendo 19 province del Burkina Faso, 4 regioni amministrative del Mali e due Regioni e una comunità urbana del Niger. Le principali città di Liptako includono Diagourou, Téra in Niger e Dori, Koala e Aribinda in Burkina Faso.

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Voci correlate

 Dipartimento di Téra

Geografia del Burkina Faso
Geografia del Mali
Geografia del Niger


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Sonnabend Gallery
Sonnabend Gallery website
Camilla McGuire Remembers
Sharon Watts' SoHo
Small Town Rag
RELATED ARCHIVAL
Map of SoHo Art Galleries 1971
420 West Broadway (n.d.)
Early History Of Avalanche (1996)
SoHo – From Boho to Bobo: The Business Establishments of West Broadway
SoHo Statement Publication (November 20 1971)
The other day, I was going through issues of The SoHo Weekly News for a research request and I came across the very first issue, Volume One Number One from October 11, 1973. I thought it merited a closer look, that it could tell us something about what our neighborhood looked like 44 years ago and also give us a glimpse of what the startup newspaper and its editor, Micheal Goldstein, had in mind at the very beginning.
Everyday Life in SoHo
Here, we follow Watts on her remembered meanderings around SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, and The World Trade Center. These vivid descriptions of the downtown New York art scene of the early-1970's, as seen through the eyes of a young transplant from Pennsylvania, are illustrated with pieces of ephemera from her scrapbook and offer us a backward glance at a New York long gone but not forgotten.
SoHo People
Camilla McGuire, known as Cammy to her friends, has lived down the street from me for thirty years! I finally got to meet Cammy, who is now 86 years old, at her loft, which still retains traces of the old days—a toilet from the stone age and an elevator cab that took me back to my childhood.


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Statewide Offices
Georgia State Senate
Georgia State House
Creates the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund to protect water quality, wildlife habitat, and parks.
House Resolution No. 238
Resolution Act No. 414
Ga. L. 2018, p. 1138
"Without increasing the current state sales tax rate, shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to create the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund to conserve lands that protect drinking water sources and the water quality of rivers, lakes, and streams; to protect and conserve forests, fish, wildlife habitats, and state and local parks; and to provide opportunities for our children and families to play and enjoy the outdoors, by dedicating, subject to full public disclosure, up to 80 percent of the existing sales tax collected by sporting goods stores to such purposes without increasing the current state sales tax rate?"
Creates a state-wide business court to lower costs, enhance efficiency, and promote predictable judicial outcomes.
"Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to create a state-wide business court, authorize superior court business court divisions, and allow for the appointment process for statewide business court judges in order to lower costs, improve the efficiency of all courts, and promote predictability of judicial outcomes in certain complex business disputes for the benefit of all citizens of this state?"
Encourages the conservation, sustainability, and longevity of Georgia's working forests through tax subclassification and grants.
House Resolution No. 51
"Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to revise provisions related to the subclassification for tax purposes of and the prescribed methodology for establishing the value of forest land conservation use property and related assistance grants, to provide that assistance grants related to forest land conservation use property may be increased by general law for a five-year period and that up to 5 percent of assistance grants may be deducted and retained by the state revenue commissioner to provide for certain state administrative costs, and to provide for the subclassification of qualified timberland property for ad valorem taxation purposes?"
Provides rights for victims of crime in the judicial process.
Senate Resolution No. 146
"Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide certain rights to victims against whom a crime has allegedly been perpetrated and allow victims to assert such rights?"
Authorizes fair allocation of sales tax proceeds to county and city school districts.
Senate Resolution No. 95
Ga. L. 2017, p. 857
"Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize a referendum for a sales and use tax for education by a county school district or an independent school district or districts within the county having a majority of the students enrolled within the county and to provide that the proceeds are distributed on a per student basis among all the school systems unless an agreement is reached among such school systems for a different distribution?"


Frequently Asked Questions About Child Support - from the Texas Attorney General's Web Site.
What if the child's non-custodial parent lives in another state?
The law requires states to cooperate with each other. The non-custodial parent is legally required to make regular child support payments, no matter where he or she lives.
What if the non-custodial parent gets behind in child support payments or refuses to pay?
filing a lawsuit against the non-custodial parent asking the court to enforce its order.
Who is affected by the license suspension law?
Non-custodial parents who hold a state license, owe more than three months of past-due child support, and are not in compliance with an existing court-ordered or voluntary repayment schedule face license suspension.
What types of licenses are usually suspended?
Most adults have a driver's licenses. Computer matches can determine which obligors have other licenses and permits ranging from medical, dental, and law licenses to hunting and fishing licenses.
How many licensing agencies are involved?
The statute identifies 60 licensing agencies. However, this list is not exclusive. For example, "licensing authority" includes political subdivisions and any other board or agency not listed by name.
The Attorney General's Child Support Division matches its caseload with computer tapes from different licensing agencies. When the match shows an obligor who meets the statutory criteria for license suspension as holding one or more of the identified licenses, the Office of the Attorney General will provide the license holder with a warning and an opportunity to resolve the outstanding delinquency.
If the obligor fails to respond, the Child Support Division will confirm the location of the obligor and other information necessary to suspend the license and then refer the case for administrative or judicial prosecution.
Can a parent take custody of the child instead of making child support payments?
Both parents must provide for the child, no matter which parent has primary custody. Child support is normally paid to the custodial parent for the benefit of the child. Legal custody can be changed, but only if the parents go to court to modify the previous child support order and establish a child support amount for the new non-custodial parent.
Does the Office of the Attorney General handle custody and visitation disputes?
Federal regulations do not allow the Office of the Attorney General to provide services for custody or visitation disputes. The Attorney General encourages mediation of these issues, and most cases are resolved by agreement. In the rare case where custody and/or visitation are contested, the Office of the Attorney General encourages each parent to hire a private attorney.
If you cannot afford a lawyer, you may be eligible for federally funded legal assistance. Look in the phone book under "Legal Aid" or "Legal Services." Sometimes the court will appoint a lawyer for the child. Also, many law schools operate legal clinics at which law students assist people under the supervision of a law professor or other lawyer. Contact the law school nearest you for more information.
Child support and visitation rights are separate issues. The court will determine both and will usually order the non-custodial parent to pay child support and the custodial parent to make the child available for visits.
The custodial parent has a duty to obey the court order for visitation, even if the non-custodial parent cannot or will not pay child support. The court can enforce its orders against either parent.
In Texas, county-operated domestic relations or child support offices, private attorneys, and private collection agencies also provide some child support enforcement services.
Private agencies do charge for their services. If you use the services of a private child support collection agency, be sure that you fully understand any contract that you sign. If you receive free child support services from the Child Support Division and these services result in your collecting money from a non-custodial parent, your contract with a private agency may obligate you to pay the private agency a portion of the collected money even if that agency was not instrumental in the collection.
The majority of the Child Support Division's incoming cases do not have established paternity or child support orders. These cases take longer to process than cases with established paternity and child support orders. Private child support collection agencies and county domestic relations offices generally handle only cases with established paternity and existing child support orders.
The Office of the Attorney General is required to provide child support services to all families applying for services and to all families receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Moreover, the Child Support Division provides a full range of child support services. The Division's caseload is very large - much larger than that of any private collection agency. A private agency may therefore be able to process some cases more quickly. This factor must be balanced against the cost of using a private agency.
As mandated by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act of 1975 and designated by the State of Texas, the Office of the Attorney General is responsible for the establishment and enforcement of child support. The Office of the Attorney General represents the State of Texas and cannot represent individuals involved in child support suits.


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Q: android application that uses the same MySQL database as a PHP website I am trying to develop an android application that will use the same MySQL database as an existing PHP website.
I have the php codes for every operation done by the web site, for example the php code of making an advanced search.
My problem is that I don't know how to implement this operations on my app.
I assume that I should use webservices, but I don't know which type.
I appreciate yourhelp guys...
PEACE.

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