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package de.errorcraftlp.sugarplus;

import de.errorcraftlp.sugarplus.crafting.SugarplusRecipeRemover;
import de.errorcraftlp.sugarplus.dimension.BiomeSugar;
import de.errorcraftlp.sugarplus.dimension.WorldProviderSugar;
import de.errorcraftlp.sugarplus.gui.GuiHandler;
import de.errorcraftlp.sugarplus.item.SugarplusItems;
import de.errorcraftlp.sugarplus.tileentity.TileEntityCaramelFurnace;
import de.errorcraftlp.sugarplus.util.Constants;
import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
import net.minecraft.init.Items;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.world.DimensionType;
import net.minecraft.world.biome.Biome;
import net.minecraftforge.common.DimensionManager;
import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod.Instance;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.Side;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;

// TODO Achievements: When player creates refined sugar and caramel (maybe also some others?)
@Mod(modid = Constants.ID, name = Constants.NAME, version = Constants.VERSION)
public class Sugarplus {

	// Mod instance
	@Instance(Constants.ID)
	public static Sugarplus instance;

	// Creative tab
	public static CreativeTabs tabSugarplus = new CreativeTabs("tab_sugarplus") {

		@Override
		@SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
		public ItemStack getTabIconItem() {

			return new ItemStack(Items.SUGAR);

		}

	};

	// Sugar Biome
	public static Biome sugarBiome;

	// Sugar Dimension ID
	public static final int SUGAR_DIMENSION_ID = DimensionManager.getNextFreeDimId();

	@EventHandler
	public void preInit(@SuppressWarnings("unused") final FMLPreInitializationEvent event) {

		// Register sugar biome
		sugarBiome = new BiomeSugar();

		// Register sugar dimension
		final DimensionType sugarDimension = DimensionType.register("Sugar Dimension", "_sugardimension", SUGAR_DIMENSION_ID, WorldProviderSugar.class, false);
		DimensionManager.registerDimension(SUGAR_DIMENSION_ID, sugarDimension);

	}

	@EventHandler
	public void init(@SuppressWarnings("unused") final FMLInitializationEvent event) {

		// Allow sugar beet seeds to be dropped from tall grass
		MinecraftForge.addGrassSeed(new ItemStack(SugarplusItems.SUGAR_BEET_SEEDS), 8);

		// Register tile entities
		GameRegistry.registerTileEntity(TileEntityCaramelFurnace.class, "TileEntityCaramelFurnace");

		// Register the GUI handler
		NetworkRegistry.INSTANCE.registerGuiHandler(instance, new GuiHandler());

		// Register recipes
		SugarplusRecipes.init();

		// Remove vanilla sugar recipes
		if(!SugarplusConfig.enableVanillaSugarRecipes) {

			SugarplusRecipeRemover.removeVanillaSugarRecipes();

		}

	}

}

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To recap: a drum machine, a keyboard, and a wannabe songwriter walk into a bar.
"My Cake" is about selfishness. It's made of a bunch of tracks I recorded using instruments I don't play. I arranged the beats, keyboards, and vocals in layers and then wrote a couple of quasi-verses and a bridge that currently functions as a coda because this whole thing has been done in the most ad hoc possible fashion and the end was the only place to put it. The bridge/coda sounds completely different from everything else because I recorded it quickly and mindlessly the other day just so I could remember how it went.
Three songs make their presence felt here in ways large and small: A Real Hero from the Drive soundtrack, Actor Out Of Work by St. Vincent, and Pictures of Me by Elliott Smith.
Gary Smith helped me make a beginning, patched in the bridge/coda, and made the whole mess more listenable. Think of it as a scratch pad, or an underdeveloped snapshot, or six parts in search of a song.


WASHINGTON – Spring has arrived and it's time for the trade show industry to nail down plans to take part in the annual Exhibitions Day caravan to Capitol Hill in Washington.
Registration for the June 4-5 lobbying expedition to the halls of Congress is open at http://www.exhibitionsday.org/. The trip includes a welcome reception and orientation on the 4th with groups of show organizers and industry partners fanning out on the Hill. The following day they will visit congressional offices to urge members of Congress to support various issues effecting the industry.
More than 100 volunteers took part in last year's Exhibitions Day and industry backing for the event remains high. Trade Show Executive (TSE) is the Title Sponsor of the event and parent company United Service Companies is among the deep roster of sponsors.
There will be plenty to talk about when the trade show industry meets Congress in Washington this summer. This year's lobbying agenda includes online booking scams, safety and security, international travel and Infrastructure.
Exhibitions Day delegates won't be heading up to the Capitol empty handed. They'll be armed with facts on the economic benefits that trade shows and conventions bring to lawmakers' districts and how these coveted events benefit the voters back home. Talking points and an FAQ section can be found on the Exhibitions Day website www.exhibitionsday.org.
Reach Gabrielle Weiss at 312-493-7753 or gweiss@tradeshowexecutive.com; David DuBois at (972) 458-8002 or ddubois@iaee.com.


The Krewe of Hermes, Le Krewe d'Etat and the Krewe of Morpheus took Persian poetry, song-based satire and Louisiana's best features for their themes as they rolled on the Uptown route Friday.
Hermes' theme was "Rubaiyat," drawing float titles from a 1,000-year-old collection of Persian poetry. Le Krewe d'Etat chose "d'Etat Tells It Like It Is," combining New Orleans songs with current events for a series of biting, larger-than-life jokes. The theme of Morpheus was more traditional, "Louisiana Treasures," and featured the Saints, Audubon Zoo and other topics close to locals' hearts.
Follow the action from the route via our live coverage from Twitter below, collected via the hashtags #Hermes, #dEtat and #Morpheus.
Love the way you sanitized Krewe d'Etat's "Tell it Like it Is" float. I guess some things are too soon for the fair people of NOLA even six weeks later.
The float about LSU? Are you seriously suggesting that we censored commentary about football?
Not "Skeleton Crewe" but "Skeleton Krewe" with a K.


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Livelihoods on the edge: contested mangroves in Kachchh
Kharai (swimming) camels in Kutch, India feed on mangroves. After much struggle, they have gained official recognition as a breed.
December 5th, 2016 Max Martin Leave a comment
There is a real buzz about Mundra village on the Gulf of Kachchh coast, one of the fastest growing industrial hubs in India. A sprawling port, two of India's biggest thermal power plants, and a special economic zone with growing export industries jostle for space in what once used to be western India's biggest stretch of mangroves. Amidst these rapid changes, the livelihoods and lifestyles of local fisherfolk, and cattle and camel herding communities, are undergoing some dramatic shifts.
A STEPS research project looks at three dimensions of these changes: how local villagers use these mangroves for fishing, fodder, fuel and as a bioshield against storms and high tides; the changes in these socio-ecological systems; and the conflicts of interests amidst various stakeholders involved.
Growing on the margins between the land and the sea, mangroves support a wealth of life in tropical and sub-tropical coasts – microbes and fungi, honeybees, birds, plants feed fish, crabs, cattle and camels.
Mangroves. Photo: Max Martin
Mangroves are considered wonder plants. Their complex roots filter out salt, prop up the plants on the soft sediment between the tidelines, and mesh out and interlock, holding the mudflats tight against waves and tides. Their trunks and stems provide a buffer for coastal habitats against storm surges and high tides. Some plants like the hardy staple of Kachchh called grey mangrove or Avicennia marina have snorkel-like aerial roots that help them breath from above the water surface.
How life is changing in Kachchh
While on a field visit in Kachchh during August-September 2016, the STEPS team noticed some clear trends. First, several communities of cattle and camel herders and fisherfolk, who have depended on mangroves for centuries, are now getting edged out as industries expand. Second, large tracts of mangroves are being destroyed, degraded or fragmented, despite a set of large-scale, industry- and government-sponsored afforestation programmes. Third, there are conflicting interests among different stakeholders, including corporates, the state Forest Department, camel herders and fisherfolk.
Our field visits covered two major concentrations of mangroves in Kachchh, namely Mundra and Jakhau. The villagers told us how the mangroves became their lifelines. This extent of dependence is unique in Kachchh, where 789 sq km of mangroves account for 17% of the country's total mangrove area. It's the biggest forest area of its kind after the Sundarbans on the east coast.
In Kachchh, the nomadic pastoralist communities of Rabaris and Jats (pronounced 'Jaath', and not to be confused with the Jats of northern India) keep a local camel breed called Kharai (salty) that feed on the mangroves. They swim across the coastal waters to small forest islands to graze.
Studies show that the number of Kharai camels (along with that of the inland breed of Kachchhi camels) have dwindled as their grazing grounds have shrunk.
Camels and mangroves
At Asira Vandh, a hamlet near Jakhau inhabited by the Jat community, we saw women visiting the mangroves early in the morning in a hired tractor trailer to collect mangrove leaves and stems to feed their camels and buffaloes.
Muslims who have migrated from Baluchistan (where they came from Central Asia), Jats of Asira Vandh follow a Sufi saint and are called Fakirani Jats. They were primarily camel herders, but have diversified into buffalo and goat rearing and fishing of late. Camels are no longer the workhorses of the desert as they once used to be. Kachchh is an arid and semi-arid place, and the space occupied by the 170km wide Gulf of Kachchh was a desert long ago.
In the dry conditions of Kachchh, the mangroves provide enough fodder. A recent study showed that 96 per cent of the households in Asira Vandh depended on mangroves for their livelihood, saving them the trouble of buying fodder from the market. The local people, however, said they rarely use mangroves for fuel, as they get enough Gando baval (Prosopis juliflora), a wild plant that comes from Central and South America and has spread as an invasive weed even in the arid areas of Kachchh.
The villagers actively participated in a mangrove regeneration project of the Gujarat Ecology Commission, with technical support from the Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE), a leading research centre in Bhuj. The villagers said the initiative helped them save their livelihoods as they get enough fodder now.
Close to Mundra, at Tunda Vandh, Rabari nomadic pastoralists are not as lucky as their counterparts in Asira Vandh. They have to herd their camels across a stretch of power plants and industries to fragmented patches of degraded mangroves, and along the edges of a fast-track highway to the creek of Rand Bandar (harbour), a fisher-folk's campsite.
Rabari herder with camel. Photo: Max Martin
The industries allow them with permits and passes, though plantations in the nearby Luni village are out of bounds for them. The fisherfolk who plant mangroves on an industry-sponsored project say they try to chase the camel away, but the Rabaris resist. The Rabaris, on the other hand, say they are helpless as their camels have to survive.
At the harbour, however, the fisherfolk welcome the Rabaris and their camels to the fullgrown natural mangroves along the creek. As the local wisdom goes, when the camels graze the top foliage, the mangrove plants get cropped, allowing renewed growth. Besides, the camels stamp on the seeds, embedding them firmly in the mudflats and helping them to grow.
Fishing and mangroves
Traditionally, fisherfolk believe that there are more fish in mangroves than in bare creeks. Mangroves are also home to a rich variety of mudskippers, crabs, bivalves, gastropods, fish, and other species. "Fish come to the mangroves to breed, so we get a rich haul," said an elderly fisherman who coordinates the mangrove regeneration efforts. The fisherfolk also call them a 'bio-shield'.
In Asira Vandh, Bhadreswar and Rand Bandar the local fisherfolk said that the the mangroves partly protected their homes from the 1998 cyclone in Kachchh. At the same time the storm surge also uprooted huge tracts of mangrove forests.
Mangroves under threat
Fisherfolk and cattle and camel herders in Kachchh contribute to regeneration efforts, but they are concerned that mangrove ecosystems are increasingly threatened as industries and ports expand. Construction, routine maintenance, dredging and even vessel movement to the ports affect the mangroves. In short, pressures on these ecosystems are many: overgrazing, timber and fuel wood harvest, erosion of the shoreline, uncertain and sparse rainfall, industrial effluents, chemical pollution, maritime traffic and mechanized fishing. In future, mangroves are likely to shrink even more as sea levels gradually rise.
One of the results has been a drastic reduction in camel herds. Camel-rearing communities often have to travel great distances with their herds in search of grazing grounds. At Tunda Vandh, the villagers said that they have reduced the number of camels to about 600, many of them camping in faraway grazing sites. Elders say that three decades ago there were 10,000 camels, though local researchers estimate much lower figures.
As grazing fields shrink, camels are commonly left in faraway fields. At Nimdi Vandh in Lakh pat taluka, a Jat hamlet with about 30 households, the villagers said they look after 150 camels belonging to Rabaris from elsewhere, and let them graze in the local mangroves. The households that look after the camels could use the milk and earn a fee for keeping the animal. Rabaris visit the place occasionally and take away mature camels for sale.
Regeneration efforts
While communities feel the pressure of mangrove degradation, there have been massive efforts to regenerate these ecosystems. The Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC) coordinates most of these initiatives, using community-based models. Studies using satellite images from the early 1990s to 2016 show a twofold increase in mangrove areas. Still scientists note that, of the 30,000 hectares of plantations, half can be described as having failed. As such, mangroves in Kachchh are sparse because of the harsh climate and environment. Even so, the government is aggressively promoting more mangrove afforestation – the latest initiative being a World Bank project covering 20,000 ha in Kachchh and elsewhere along the Gulf of Kachchh.
GUIDE scientists note that the regenerated mangrove system takes years to yield environmental benefits, especially in a harsh environment like Kachchh. The villagers therefore often lose interest in an externally controlled, long-drawn-out process that does not give them short-term benefits. In Tunda Vandh, a place where fisherfolk get free healthcare, water supplies, free children's education and transport as part of a CSR programme from the multinational Adani Group, the villagers complain about the low wages they get from the mangrove plantation programme. Meanwhile, in Luni and Bhadreshwar, there is conflict between the fisherfolk who own boats and those who fish largely from the shore and shallow waters of the creek. While the boat owners would like the creek to be dredged and deepened, the shoreline fisherfolk prefer the current environment that makes it easier for them to fish.
Scientists working in the area suggest more imaginative community-owned systems of mangrove regeneration, especially making use of opportunities under the Clean Development Mechanism and REDD, and acknowledging the carbon sequestration potential of the mangroves. Research shows that a unit area of mangrove can absorb more carbon dioxide that most other forests. Future research could consider the role of mangroves as an environmental good, especially in the context of climate change, and the opportunities and challenges they offer, even amidst the conflicts over their use.
Header photo: Kharai camel, by Max Martin
Max Martin is a researcher with the project Market-based mangrove afforestation and reforestation in Kenya and India. He is an associate tutor in the Department of Geography at the University of Sussex, UK.
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HomeIndiaFarmers agitation will end soon, says Union Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar
Farmers agitation will end soon, says Union Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar
A day ahead of the Republic Day tractor rally by farmers in Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that the agitation against the farm laws which has been going on for almost two months, will end soon.
ANIUpdated: Monday, January 25, 2021, 08:43 PM IST
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar | File Image
"The protest will end soon," Tomar said.
While talking to ANI, Tomar said that the government which has so far held eleven rounds of talks with the farmers to break the impasse is still hopeful of a solution. He said that farmers could have chosen a different day for the tractor parade instead of holding it on Republic Day.
"Naturally, we are a democracy and everyone has the right to protest if one does not agree with something and present their view. When we see that some farmers, though are very few in numbers, are protesting then we should solve the crisis through talks and government is still hopeful of a solution," Tomar said.
Farmers' Protest: After tractor rally on Jan 26, farmers to march towards Parliament on Feb 1
The minister, however, said that he is sad that dialogue did not yield result due to a "few farmer unions from Punjab." "I am sad that there are few farmer unions and the majority of them are from Punjab have objections on these laws and we respected that objections and had started the dialogue but during 11th round of talks when there was no way ahead we gave a proposal of suspending the new farm laws for 1.5 years. We even said that we can approach the Supreme Court to say we defer implementation of laws and in meanwhile we can work things out through a committee," said Tomar.
The union minister also said that the government is committed towards the welfare of farmers and agriculture. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we ushered in many schemes and farmers are getting benefit from it. The MSP too has been raised. That farmers get attracted towards commercial crops and prospering, the government is reforming policies," added the minister.
The Minister said that farmers and the police administration have the responsibility to ensure a peaceful tractor parade tomorrow.
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"I think that the farmers could have chosen another day other than republic day. But they announced the tractor parade and police have given them permission and both will try to ensure that it happens without any untoward incident. Both have the responsibility to ensure that it happens peacefully," he said.
Special Commissioner of Police (CP), Intelligence in Delhi Police, Dependra Pathak n Sunday said, "The tractor rally will enter Delhi from Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur borders and return to its originating points. From Singhu, it will pass through Kanjhawala, Bawana, Auchandi border, KMP Expressway, and then return to Singhu." Farmers from all across the country are marching towards Delhi to take part in the scheduled rally. Tractors from Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan have reached on Tikri border as the farmers sit in for protest for nearly two months.
Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
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I spent alot of time thinking this through, it was a decision i did not take lightly.18 months ago, I decided to employ my niece who was 18 at the time, to work at the Marketing Eye Sydney office.
I decided that given how young she is, I would have her answer the phone and do administrative duties with the hope she would show aptitude for an area of the business, and we could further train her.
When she starting working for Marketing Eye, I knew that the team may be hesitant to say things in front of her or include her. Which they were. Though over the past year or so, they have learned to let down their guard. Not only has she never "talked out of school" or "dobbed on her peers", she doesn't have any other conversation with me other than about family and tactical things she does at work. In fairness, given that she is family, I would kind of expect her to... but she doesn't and probably has never had a reason to.
I seriously, couldn't be more proud. Is she the future CEO of Marketing Eye? I don't know the answer to that. She is still learning and developing her skills. She is studying not just marketing at University, but Human Resources as well and she enjoys that immensely. So let's see.
What makes a good public relations expert stand out?


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Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency review Sherlock for the stoner set
Goofy adaptation of Douglas Adams cult novel pairs Elijah Wood and Samuel Barnett for a crime-solving caper that over-delivers on quirk
It was always a certain kind of kid in high school that would be carrying around a dog-eared copy of Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: a bit of an outcast, kept to himself, was a little bit too into Star Wars, and always knew where to get the best weed. Its exactly that same guy who will love BBC Americas new adaptation of one of BBC radio producer turned novelist Adams other seminal novels Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency. For the rest of us, well, it might be a little much.
Todd Brotzman (Elijah Wood) is a hotel bellhop who is having an awful day his landlord is demanding rent money, he sees himself in a bloody fur coat roaming the halls of his hotel, and, worst of all, he discovers a murdered millionaire in the hotels penthouse. That is what attracts Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett), the suggestively named detective hired by said dead millionaire to investigate his own murder six weeks before he was killed in what appears to be an animal attack.
Dirk is a holistic detective, which means that he believes in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things and he investigates his cases by doing absolutely nothing and relies on coincidence and happenstance to guide him toward a solution. He says: My intuitions are rarely wrong but also rarely completely right. It seems unclear why anyone would spend either money or confidence on Dirks abilities, but, as these things do, they always seem to pan out.
Dirk decides that Todd was put in his path to be his assistant and best friend, a job that Todd certainly doesnt want but might be uniquely qualified for. Dirk promises that Todd will get paid for his work and Todd needs the money desperately. Hes not only in the red with his landlord but hes also trying to pay for his sister Amandas (Hannah Banks) treatment for Pararibulitis, a (fake) condition where she has hallucinations she believes are real. Its a genetic disease and one that Todd successfully fought himself.
But how does all of this fit together? And how does it fit with the Rowdy 3, a quartet (yes, they know) of marauding energy vampires, the kitty cat found at the murder scene, a corgi that seems to be following Todd around, a pair of mysterious black ops types who are secretly protecting Dirk, a woman who is chained to the bed in the apartment above Todds, and a holistic assassin who is on the warpath trying to find Dirk and killing anyone she wants before she gets to him?
That sure is a lot to pack into one show, and it sometimes feels like whiplash to go from one set of whimsy to another set of idiosyncratic mischief. However, the relationship between Dirk and Todd (just barely) holds the thing together. Though Todd says he has no interest in side-kicking, they soon settle into the familiar Sherlock and Holmes dynamic of an annoying genius that its hard to trust and his long-suffering and overly competent assistant.
In his annoying genius, Dirk Gently talks a lot about the parallels of life. Everything is chaos, but its synchronized, Dirk tells Todd. There is always something ready to mirror itself life turning inward. That is a perfect way to describe the program, but, so far, it doesnt seem like the chaos is synchronized at all. In fact, its a little too daffy for those who dont think two people killed by randomly ricocheting bullets in one pilot episode is one too many.
There is a lot of that True Detective by way of Cheech and Chong mumbo jumbo going around. Every second is a chance to save your life, Todd overhears on a television broadcast. Every choice is a new beginning. This is your chance to fix everything. These are the kids of platitudes that seem profound when youre coming down off of MDMA but completely fall apart when examined more deeply.
Just like this years Preacher adaptation on AMC (a sister network to BBC America) Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency manages to blend genre conventions and humor quite effectively, which is something we need more of in this very earnest age of The Walking Dead and Westworld. However, it ultimately fails at being anything other than goofy. That is another universal trait of that kid from your high school with the good weed: he always thought he was a lot deeper than he really was.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/23/dirk-gently-holistic-detective-agency-review-sherlock
Into the Inferno review Werner Herzog peers into the depths of the volcano
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MLS Week 7 Player Rankings: Vela, Ibrahimovic top star-studded list
Joe Tansey, Pro Soccer USA
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The top of the Pro Soccer USA Major League Soccer Player Rankings is a who's who of the biggest stars in the league following Week 7.
Los Angeles FC's Carlos Vela has been atop the list for over a month, but he has plenty of competition building up beneath him.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Jozy Altidore, Alejandro Pozuelo and Nani are all in the top half of the 20 best in-form players in MLS.
Our player rankings list the best in MLS based off form from the last four games, with the most-recent performances carrying more weight.
20. Latif Blessing, M, Los Angeles FC
Previous Ranking: 18
Apr 13, 2019; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles FC midfielder Latif Blessing (7) moves the ball while FC Cinncinati midfielder Leonardo Bertone (6) defends during the first half at Banc of California Stadium. (Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
LAFC's do-it-all midfielder, Latif Blessing wasn't as active as he has been in previous games, but he still put up solid numbers in the Black-and-Gold's 2-0 win over FC Cincinnati.
Blessing handed out a key pass and fired three shots while winning a pair of aerial duels.
The 22-year-old isn't the first standout player you point to when discussing LAFC's hot start, but he is one of the most important cogs in Bob Bradley's system.
19. Brad Smith, D, Seattle Sounders
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked
Apr 13, 2019; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Sounders FC defender Brad Smith (11) dribbles past Toronto FC midfielder Nick DeLeon (18) during the second half at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports
Speaking of unheralded stars on one of the best teams in MLS, Seattle's Brad Smith enters the list for the first time in 2019.
The Sounders left back doesn't get as much praise as he deserves because of the talent littered across the roster, but he is one of the most important players on both sides of the ball for Brian Schmetzer's side.
In Saturday's 3-2 win over Toronto FC, Smith picked up his second assist of the campaign.
18. C.J. Sapong, F, Chicago Fire
Apr 12, 2019; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Fire forward C.J. Sapong (9) dribbles the ball against the Vancouver Whitecaps during the second half at SeatGeek Stadium. (Mike DiNovo/USA TODAY Sports)
C.J. Sapong wasn't able to score his fourth goal of 2019 for the Chicago Fire, but he was still active all across the field in Friday's 1-1 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps.
The 30-year-old forward recorded three shots and was a menace in the air by winning four aerial duels.
With one more goal, Sapong will match his total from the 2018 season.
17. Nicolas Lodeiro, M, Seattle Sounders
Apr 13, 2019; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro (10) passes the ball under the defense of Toronto FC midfielder Marco Delgado (8) during the second half at CenturyLink Field. (Jennifer Buchanan/USA TODAY Sports)
Nicolas Lodeiro added to his 2019 totals with his fourth assist in Seattle's win over Toronto at CenturyLink Field.
In addition to his assist, Lodeiro was the most active Sounders player on the ball with 99 touches and a pair of key passes.
16. Evan Bush, GK, Montreal Impact
Apr 13, 2019; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush (1) exchanges words with an official during the first half of the game against the Columbus Crew at Stade Saputo before the game against the Columbus Crew. (Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports)
For those of you who haven't paid attention to the Montreal Impact, they are currently on a three-game unbeaten run.
Evan Bush has been one of the primary reasons why the Impact have played well of late.
The 33-year-old goalkeeper picked up a pair of clean sheets against D.C. United and Columbus Crew in Week 7, and has nine saves in his last three games.
15. Ezequiel Barco, M, Atlanta United
The breakout performance we've been waiting for from Ezequiel Barco appeared on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.
The much-hyped midfielder bagged a brace off the bench for the Five Stripes in their 2-0 win over the New England Revolution.
Bend it like Barco. pic.twitter.com/MMlY9A8K9W
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 14, 2019
Saturday's performance was the first multiple-goal showing for Barco, who earned the MLS Player of the Week honor.
14. Johnny Russell, M, Sporting Kansas City
The concerns about Sporting Kansas City not having a true No. 9 feel like a distant complaint after what we've seen out of the team's attackers so far in 2019.
Johnny Russell netted his fourth goal of the season in Sporting KC's 2-2 draw with the New York Red Bulls on Sunday.
Johnny Russell's left foot is made of Valyrian Steel.
(sorry).
(sorta). #SKCvRBNY 1-0 // #ForGloryForCity pic.twitter.com/6j5mz9lNOK
— Sporting KC (@SportingKC) April 14, 2019
In his last four league games, the Scottish midfielder has four goals and an assist.
13. Krisztian Nemeth, F, Sporting Kansas City
Mar 30, 2019; Kansas City, KS, USA; Sporting Kansas City forward Krisztian Nemeth (9) scores a goal during the first half against the Montreal Impact at Children's Mercy Park. (Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports)
The other four-goal scorer in the Sporting KC attack provided an assist on Russell's goal at Children's Mercy Park on Sunday.
The assist was one of four key passes handed out by Krisztian Nemeth, who gets a chance to add to his goal tally against San Jose in Week 8.
12. Wayne Rooney, F, D.C. United
Previous Ranking: 6
Apr 13, 2019; Commerce City, CO, USA; D.C. United forward Wayne Rooney (9) moves the ball against the Colorado Rapids in the second half at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. D.C. United defeated the Rapids 3-2. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Wayne Rooney is one of a few players who experienced drops from high positions after Week 7.
Since scoring four goals in two games against Real Salt Lake and Orlando City SC, Rooney's been sent off, served the subsequent one-game suspension and failed to put a shot on target.
If his production dries up again in Week 8, Rooney will likely drop out of the rankings.
11. Kei Kamara, F, Colorado Rapids
No matter where he's landed in MLS, Kei Kamara has been able to find the back of the net.
Kamara scored in his third consecutive game for the Colorado Rapids on Saturday in a 3-2 loss to D.C. United to move his season goal total up to four.
Of course it's @keikamara! @ColoradoRapids are right back in this one. #COLvDC https://t.co/Gz9UILml3G
Kamara has gained sole possession of fifth place on the MLS all-time scoring chart with 116 strikes. He needs 17 to reach Jamie Moreno in fourth place.
10. Zack Steffen, GK, Columbus Crew
Mar 30, 2019; Columbus, OH, USA; Columbus Crew goalkeeper Zack Steffen (23) celebrates a 2-0 win over Atlanta United at MAPFRE Stadium. (Philip G. Pavely-USA TODAY Sports)
Zack Steffen gave up his second goal of the season in Saturday's loss to Montreal.
Although the Columbus Crew came out on the losing end of the contest, Steffen still made six saves to keep Caleb Porter's side in it.
Through six games, the future Manchester City player has made 21 saves and earned four clean sheets.
9. Memo Rodriguez, M, Houston Dynamo
Mar 16, 2019; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Dynamo midfielder Memo Rodriguez (8) during the game against the Vancouver Whitecaps at BBVA Compass Stadium. (Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports)
Memo Rodriguez missed the Houston Dynamo's 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes in Week 7.
In the four games he has played in, Rodriguez has four goals, all of which have come in his last three starts.
8. Eduard Atuesta, M, Los Angeles FC
Apr 6, 2019; Washington, DC, USA; Los Angeles FC midfielder Eduard Atuesta (20) dribbles the ball against D.C. United at Audi Field. (Geoff Burke/USA TODAY Sports)
Eduard Atuesta continues to receive little focus from the MLS spotlight because of how well the LAFC attack has performed through seven weeks.
Again in Week 7, Atuesta provided a steady hand in the middle of the park for Bob Bradley's side by recording three key passes and completing 85.9 percent of his 71 attempted passes.
7. Nani, M, Orlando City SC
The first Orlando City player to enter the Player Rankings is the club's top offseason acquisition.
In his last three games, Nani produced three goals and two assists, including one tally against Real Salt Lake on Saturday.
Just too good from @luisnani! #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/JVGb7eAtVo
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) April 14, 2019
In total, the Portuguese midfielder has three goals and four assists in 477 minutes.
6. Diego Rossi, F, Los Angeles FC
Apr 13, 2019; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles FC forward Diego Rossi (9) moves the ball down the field past FC Cinncinati midfielder Allan Cruz (15) during the first half at Banc of California Stadium. (Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports)
In order to remain in the top five, you have to keep finding the back of the net.
With so many top scorers racing up the list, Diego Rossi fell back to No. 6 after failing to score against FC Cincinnati.
Saturday marked the first time since March 17 that Rossi didn't score in an LAFC game.
5. Jozy Altidore, F, Toronto FC
Jozy Altidore has five goals and one assist in 291 minutes for Toronto FC.
The U.S. Men's National Team forward continued his rampant start to the 2019 campaign with a brace in the loss to Seattle on Saturday.
The touch! 😳
Vote @JozyAltidore for Week 7 @MLS Goal of the Week ⬇
🗳 » https://t.co/61oVc87PVT#TFCLive pic.twitter.com/euTLRw461f
— Toronto FC (@torontofc) April 15, 2019
If he continues to score at his current rate, Altidore will undoubtedly be the starting forward for the U.S. Men's National Team at the Concacaf Gold Cup.
4. Alberth Elis, F, Houston Dynamo
Alberth Elis extended his scoring streak to three games with a tally in Houston's 2-1 win over San Jose.
A thing of pure beauty! 😍https://t.co/rJBoGvZD19
— Houston Dynamo (@HoustonDynamo) April 13, 2019
Just like the other players in the top portion of the rankings, Elis has been hot of late with three goals and three assists in his last three games.
Given how well he's played so far in MLS, Elis could be one of the top scorers at the Gold Cup for Honduras.
3. Alejandro Pozuelo, M, Toronto FC
Apr 13, 2019; Seattle, WA, USA; Toronto FC midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo (10) controls the ball in front of Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Cristian Roldan (7) during the first half at CenturyLink Field. (Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports)
Alejandro Pozuelo has filled the void left by Sebastian Giovinco to perfection.
Since stepping foot on the field for Toronto FC, Pozuelo has picked up two goals and four assists.
The Spaniard's impact in the final third has been on display the most through his connection with Altidore. Pozuelo assisted on both of the American's goals on Saturday.
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, F, LA Galaxy
All Zlatan Ibrahimovic does is score goals.
The Swede's brace against Philadelphia on Saturday was his second two-goal performance in three games for the LA Galaxy.
89 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic is averaging a goal approximately every 89 minutes in league play, the best of any #MLS player with 10+ goals since 2007. Preeminent. pic.twitter.com/HnE5eMkpgM
— OptaJack⚽ (@OptaJack) April 16, 2019
Five of Ibrahimovic's six tallies in the 2019 season have come in his last 270 minutes of play.
1. Carlos Vela, F, Los Angeles FC
Vela remains on top of the Player Rankings after finding the back of the net yet again on Saturday at Banc of California Stadium.
In addition to recording his eighth goal of 2019, the 30-year-old Mexican produced his fifth assist of the campaign.
13 – Carlos Vela has 13 goals+assists through the first seven weeks this season, the most since Thierry Henry (13) in 2012. Unstoppable. #LAFC pic.twitter.com/wZKTOiPg2B
Vela has two chances to add to his totals in Week 8. LAFC visits Vancouver on Wednesday before squaring off with Seattle in a clash of Western Conference titans on Sunday.
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Let's travel back to Europe in the late 1500s and think about international trade. Money, at this time, is predominantly gold and silver coins. However, each country has its own unit of account and its own coins. The unit of account is defined as a particular quantity and quality of the precious metals. In principle, it should be possible to determine the exchange rate between these coins from their metallic content and indeed, specialists were around to exchange one money for another (for a fee). Most people preferred to use the local coins as a medium of exchange and store of value.
Now, suppose that I am an exporter in Amsterdam. I sell flowers to a shop in London, but I prefer to be paid in florins (the local money). Meanwhile, the shop in London purchases these flowers and sells them in exchange for pounds. The firm in London specializes in importing and selling flowers. It wants no part of also having to manage different types of money. What an inconvenience! Furthermore, according to many historical accounts, at this time there were shortages in precious metals for coinage that would have made it hard to deal with managing multiple monies.
How could this problem be resolved?
The solution to this problem was the bill of exchange.
The bill of exchange worked for international payments as follows. A merchant bank in London would borrow florins from a merchant bank in Amsterdam. The London bank would then sell a bill of exchange to the importer (the flower shop owner in London). The importer would pay for the bill of exchange with pounds, but the bill of exchange was denominated in florins. The importer is paying in pounds, which it wants. Next, the importer in London would then use the bill of exchange to pay for the flowers from the exporter in Amsterdam. The exporter would then present the bill of exchange at the merchant bank in Amsterdam for florins. Since the bank in Amsterdam was doing the same thing as the bank in London, the two banks would then periodically settle payments.
What this process did was it effectively allowed the importer to pay in pounds and the exporter to get paid in florins. In addition, since the only need for actual pounds or florins to move from London to Amsterdam or Amsterdam to London was done via net settlement between these banks, it allowed for economization in the use of the coins and rendered it unnecessary for ships carrying large amounts of florins to pass by other ships carry large amounts of pounds.
The modern world has the same problem. For example, suppose that I have a friend in Argentina and I want to send him or her money. This can be difficult for several reasons. I have dollars. The unit of account in Argentina is the peso. I could exchange my dollars for pesos and then send the pesos. However, the Argentinian government has a history of manipulating official exchange rates. (If I check the official exchange rate, it says that the exchange rate is approximately 113 pesos per dollar. If I check the dolár blue website, it says that the exchange rate is 195 pesos per dollar. Quite the difference!) Thus, the purchasing power of the pesos that my friend receives is likely to be substantially lower than the purchasing power of the dollars that I sent.
Alternatively, I could send my friend dollars. In theory, my friend could use the dollars to buy things in Argentina since others might prefer dollars to the rapidly depreciating peso. On the other hand, if they have to use pesos, they could always exchange those dollars on the "black market" for a more accurate exchange rate. Unfortunately, sending dollars to my friend is hard to do since Argentina has currency controls.
An alternative is to use the Strike app, which in some ways is like a modern day version of the bill of exchange transaction described above. However, unlike a bill of exchange, it settles instantly via the Lightning Network, which is sort of a second layer to Bitcoin. The Lightning Network was set up to send fast payments of bitcoin. Whereas the Bitcoin blockchain adds a new block of transactions approximately every 10 minutes, the Lightning Network allows you to send bitcoin instantly (for a very low fee). The way that it works is that people holding bitcoin can move that bitcoin onto the Lightning Network. This network creates channels between users through which people can send bitcoin to one another. At any time, people can close their channel and settle their final balance on the Bitcoin blockchain.
So what does this have to do with sending dollars (or pesos) to Argentina?
Strike uses the Lightning Network, but does not require that anyone using the app actually uses bitcoin at all. For example, Strike allows you to hold money in your account in the denomination of your choice. I can transfer money from my personal bank account into my Strike account and have that amount denominated in dollars. Suppose that I have $100 in my account and I want to send that money to my friend in Argentina, but my friend wants to be paid in pesos. What Strike effectively does is uses the $100 to buy bitcoin, sends the bitcoin instantly via the Lightning Network and sells it for pesos, adding that peso balance to my friend's account. I send dollars and my friend receives pesos and all of this occurs instantly. Furthermore, since the ratio of the dollar price of bitcoin to the peso price of bitcoin should be an accurate measure of the exchange rate, my friend doesn't have to worry about exchange rate manipulation or currency controls taking away a fraction of the purchasing power that I am sending.
Like bills of exchange, Strike is a solution in which I pay in one type of currency, the recipient receives a different kind of currency but the actual settlement is all taking place in the background. It lowers the transaction costs of international exchange. But rather than correspondent banks handling this settlement in the background, it is the Lightning Network.
What does this have to do with price theory and supply and demand? After all, Brian and I are the "supply and demand guys." Exchange is fundamental to understanding supply and demand and money is central to exchange. Bitcoin, or cryptocurrency more generally, allows us to look at issues related to exchange, money, payments, and finance through a new lens.
Of course, if you want to tip me via Strike for this excellent post, you can find me here.
© 2023 Brian Albrecht and Josh Hendrickson


Strategically located at the heart of Central Asia (it alone borders every other country in the region), Uzbekistan just marked 21 years of independence. I recently traveled to its capital, Tashkent, for our third round of Annual Bilateral Consultations, or ABCs, with the Government of Uzbekistan. I returned from Tashkent with appreciation for the increasing breadth and depth of our relationship, as well as its greater trust and candor.
In 2009, we began holding ABCs with each of the Central Asian countries to further cooperation across a broad range of bilateral issues, including security and human rights. The ABCs provide an opportunity to review progress in our relationship, discuss mutual concerns, and identify action to advance common interests. Our relationship with Uzbekistan, as with other countries in the region, is a complex one that affects vital U.S. interests. In Tashkent, I thanked the Government of Uzbekistan for its support for Afghanistan, especially its support for the Northern Distribution Network, a critical transit route for our military supplies going into and out of Afghanistan. We also discussed cooperation in a wide range of areas, including trade and investment, science and technology, human rights, security, and educational and parliamentary exchanges.
An important part of the ABCs is advancing U.S. business interests and identifying opportunities to increase trade and investment. General Motors is already one of the largest foreign investors in Uzbekistan, and we believe the country holds considerable potential. Coinciding with this round of ABCs, the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce organized a business forum with 50 U.S. businesspeople representing 25 companies. During the event, Lockheed Martin and the Uzbekistani government announced they would move forward with negotiations on an air traffic management program, and we held frank exchanges with Uzbekistani officials on reforms to make Uzbekistan more attractive for trade and investment.
Human rights issues remain an essential part of our engagement with Uzbekistan. We continue to monitor the human rights situation and raise these issues with all levels of the government. During the consultations, we had a long and candid discussion of human rights issues, including religious freedom and trafficking in persons. I reiterated our strong belief that the surest path to long term stability and prosperity is through democratic reform, respect for human rights, and the rule of law. To be sure challenges remain, but we saw some signs of progress. The Government of Uzbekistan hosted the first-ever Civil Society Forum as part of the ABCs, to discuss the role of civil society in working with and supporting parliament in areas such as parliamentary oversight, promoting the rule of law, and ensuring the adherence to international human rights norms. Going forward, I am optimistic we can further expand the scope of issues and participation in this forum, with the goal of deepening and enhancing our engagement on these vital issues.


ATTENTION INSTALLER: We recommend that you read all of this text before starting. Even though we tried to assemble the information in a logical fashion, there may be some considerations that appear in later text that could have helped you earlier. You may even find some helpful information printed under the heading of a mount you do not even have. The NGP antenna kits are extremely user friendly, but we want you to get the absolute most from your system. The time will be well spent.
a) All antennas perform best if they are given the room to work. If you sandwich the antenna between two or more objects, or place it in a way that prevents it from being able to radiate its energy in one or more directions, you will have diminished the antennas capabilities. Generally speaking, you should make every possible effort to keep the upper most two-thirds of the antenna above the roofline. If a four-foot antenna causes you to want to install the mount lower, it would be better to use a three-foot antenna and place the mount higher on the vehicle.
b) Transmit antennas are fussy when it comes to their near field of radiation. Objects, especially those made of metal, can distort the radiation pattern and/or cause energy to be reflected back into the antenna. Give your antenna the most freedom that you can and it will perform better.
a) Unlike standard antenna systems, the NGP mount does not require grounding. You may mount it to plastic, wood, fiberglass or any other non-conductive substance. However, if you mount it to a grounded surface, such as a mirror arm, luggage rack, etc., don't worry. The path to ground will be isolated as long as the rest of the mount components are properly installed (refer to pictorial of your specific mount). In every case, the mount MUST remain insulated from the antenna base. If you ever have continuity between the mount and antenna base while the coax is unattached to the radio, you will have a mechanical problem that requires fixing.
b) Roof Mount: The roof mount requires a 1/2" hole and a flat surface, preferably as horizontal as possible. The stainless steel disc and rubber-sealing disk go to the outside of the vehicle. The nylon shoulder washer with the longest shoulder should also be installed on the outside of the vehicle, as should the lock washer, flat washer and spring-stud. Because of the variation in the thickness of material used on vehicles, it is a good idea to make sure that the mount will properly tighten on your vehicle. If one or more of the shoulder washers are preventing the assembly from tightening, you should sand down the shoulder of one or both nylon insulators. Refer to the pictorial of this mount for the proper location of the coax termination. You may use silicone type sealant in conjunction with the rubber gasket for additional water protection if you wish.
c) Molded Plastic Side Mount: This mount is specifically made for mounting on a vertical surface, such as the side of a motorhome, camper, pick-up, etc. Two holes are required, one directly below the other. The top hole needs to be 13/32 to accommodate the shoulder washer while the bottom hole should be drilled to 3/16" diameter. The mount and rubber gasket stay on the outside of the vehicle, the metal plate, shoulder washer, and nuts go on the inside. Refer to the pictorial of this mount for the proper location of the coax termination. You may use silicone type sealant in conjunction with the rubber gasket for additional water protection if you wish. Trick: If mounting on a motorhome with double thick walls, try to select an area where you have clear access from the inside, such as a flat wall or inside a cabinet. Pick up a "no-holes" electrical wall plate at the hardware. Hold it to the wall and make an outline and mark where the two mounting screws go. Now cut out an access hole from the inside that is smaller than the wall plates requirements. Drill your mounting holes from the inside. After everything is finished, mount the wall plate with wood screws fore a professional looking installation.
d) 3-Way Mount: The stainless steel 3-way mount is the most versatile mount on the market. You can mount it in a vertical or horizontal bar (mirror arm, luggage rack, ladder, cargo rack, motorcycle frame, etc.), or use it as a flat mount on any vertical surface. If need be, the angle can be changed by bending the bracket to accommodate minor slopes from vertical. When mounting to a bar, use the supplied clamp and two sets of the stainless steel hardware. If side mounting, we recommend using all four sets of the mounting hardware unless, a) mounting to a strong metal surface, or b) when using the clamp on the inside wall of the installation for added strength. Refer to the pictorial of this mount for the proper location of the coax termination. You may use silicone type sealant in conjunction with the rubber gasket for additional water protection if you wish. Read mounting "trick" regarding double thick walls.
The coaxial cable used on the NGP systems are an integral part of the system. As a matter of fact, neither the antenna nor the coax may be used with other antennas or coax that are not designated a being Firestik NGP components. This is a closed, tuned system.
Unlike standard coaxial cables, if you were to place an ohm meter across the center pin and ground housing of the radio connector, you might think that the cable is shorted. However, on the NGP system, this is normal for we have built a path that allows the coax shield to act as the needed antenna counterpoise. There are some very important issues to keep in mind when dealing with the NGP coaxial cable.
a) Never, ever reduce the length of the cable. It is so sensitive that removing 1/2" could cause the system to be untunable at the desired center frequency of your transceiver.
b) Never, ever ground the coax at the mount. This is unconventional, but necessary. Only the center conductor at the mount end needs termination and connected to the spring-stud assembly.
c) If you need or want a longer feedline, use a barrel connector and add the additional cable between the radio and the NGP cable. We found that lengths that are multiples of nine (9) feet (9, 18, 27, 36, etc.) perform consistently well.
d) Treat the cable gently when routing it through the vehicle. Don't let it become pinched and avoid sharp bends. Protect the outer cover from abrasion because holes in the cover open the door to RF leakage.
Why should you tune your antenna? For maximum performance! When your antenna is tuned in a manner that allows your radio to transmit the maximum amount of power, you will benefit. When you first install your Firestik NGP antenna, set the tuning screw about half way out (the gap between the lock nut and bottom of the tip, the exposed thread area, will be a little more than 1/4"). At this position, assuming that your mount and cable were properly handled, you can safely operate your radio. Nonetheless, we always recommend that you measure the standing wave ratio (SWR) of your system and fine tune it to your vehicle.
The vinyl antenna cap should be on during all SWR measurements. If you set the antenna with the cap off, then put it on, the SWR will change.
Move the vehicle to an open area when testing. Your readings will be more accurate. Simulate actual use.
Keep doors, hood and truck closed as they can reflect signal and possibly cause false readings.
If SWR on all channels is greater than 2.0:1, you may have a problem with the way the mount was assembled.
Your primary goal should be to have the SWR on all 40 channels below 2.0:1. For best performance across all channels, your specific goal should be to have the SWR on channels 1 and 40 set at the same value. It is really very simple! Even though the meters that are built into some radios are okay for general adjustments, an external meter between the radio and system coax will return the most accurate readings and make your job a bit easier. Radios with built in SWR meters, and external SWR meters always have instructions on how to use the meter. Nonetheless, take a reading on channel 1 and on channel 40 ... write them down.
If the SWR is a "Higher" value on channel 1 than on 40, you need to "Raise" the tuning screw.
If the SWR is a "Lower" value on channel 1 than on 40, you need to "Lower" the tuning screw.
You will develop a feeling for how much the SWR shifts with the amount of change you make in the tuning screw. When you have everything perfect, the SWR on channel 1 and 40 will be below 2.0:1 and will also be close to the same value. If you have accomplished this, the SWR on channel 20 (mid-band) should be below 1.5:1. Remember, low SWR equates to higher output. If you always use a particular channel that is not near the center of the band, you can shift the lowest SWR point to that particular channel. But keep in mind, the further you move from that channel, the higher the SWR will become. For instance, if you "dip" the SWR to its lowest point on channel 5, than move to channels over 25, your SWR may begin to exceed the 2.0:1 value.


Mooresville, Indiana, 17 miles west of Indianapolis, lies between numerous other small towns and farms just a few miles off of Interstate 70. Although Mooresville does not have a haunted house in town at the time of publication, those looking for chills and thrills can find numerous nearby options during the month of October within a short drive of the city limits.
Open since 2005 in Indianapolis, the Asylum House (theasylumhouse.com) promotes "fear and fetish in the dark." The action begins right in the parking lot. In addition to standard haunted house scares, guests walk through displays that include a 3-D room, a moving "black-out" house, a hillbilly hunting scene and an outdoor carnival maze. Actors are known to get extremely close to patrons. Tickets can be purchased on-site or online; the Asylum House offers group discounts, coupons and VIP tickets -- which allow you to jump to the front of the line. A portion of the purchase price is donated to local food banks.
Also in Indianapolis, Necropolis (Darkarmies.com) spreads its spookiness over 30,000 square feet in what was formerly a warehouse, and also runs a year-round paintball facility. Two additional attractions can be added on a combination ticket -- Dark Terrors showcases a mad scientist theme complete with special "flashlights" controlled by haunted house operators, and visitors to the Zombie Inn tour a hotel with rooms inhabited by zombies. Adult, child and group prices are available. This attraction cautions against bringing very young children, and children's tickets are only sold the first hour of the evening.
The temperature in Mooresville, Indiana in April tends to be very predictable, so you can generally count on the forecast and travel light.
The temperature in Mooresville, Indiana in April is somewhat unpredictable, so be on the safe side and prepare for a variety of conditions.
The temperature in Mooresville, Indiana in April is highly unpredictable, so use the forecast as a guide, but be ready for anything!
With scary action both inside and outside, Hanna Haunted Acres (hannahauntedacres.com), also located in Indianapolis, lists attractions such as the Phantazmagoria Haunted House, Blackout, Scarecrow Revenge, Medical Malpractice, Carnevil and a haunted hayride. All but the hayride are wheelchair accessible. Tickets can be purchased for one attraction or all six. A fast pass for shorter lines is available, and you can print a coupon from the website. Hanna Haunted Acres opens at dark, and closing hours vary from the weekdays to the weekend.
In Danville, 18 miles from Mooresville, Halloween scare-seekers can find Haunts of Hidden River (hauntsofhiddenriver.com) at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds. Started about a decade ago as a haunted hayride, this attraction has moved to the "feargrounds." A volunteer "Boo Crew" provides the thrills, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to community charitable organizations. Parents are cautioned not to bring children younger than 8, but a family-friendly version is also offered on certain nights. The wheelchair-accessible waiting area is inside unless the line is exceptionally long, which can happen close to Halloween. Visitors can purchase tickets at the fairgrounds.
Lapierre, Lori. "Haunted Houses in Mooresville, Indiana." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/haunted-houses-mooresville-indiana-102360.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.
Front and northern side of the Mooresville Friends Academy Building, located at 244 N. Monroe Street (State Road 267) in Mooresville, Indiana, United States. Built in 1860, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Co-Founders Jamey Heit (left) and Robin Donaldson in front of "Major," the bronze bull sculpture, in Durham.
Durham-based startup écree helps improve students' writing with color-coded, real-time markups. But it likely put away the virtual red pen and brought out the gold stars for the check-writing of SEI Ventures.
SEI Ventures is the new seed-stage venture fund for Strategic Education, Inc., the publicly traded parent company of online universities Strayer University and Capella University and several chains of coding camps. The new fund's first investment is $500K in écree, leading a $1.5M round completed the last week of October. Strayer University students have had access to the écree software since the fall of 2016, which ultimately led to the strategic investment.
The four-year-old company plans to use the new investment for further development of its assessment capabilities and to expand the service to more students. This will include reaching out to local schools in Orange, Wake and Chatham Counties as well as in higher education nationwide, looking to add to écree's current roster of more than 100 schools.
Teachers can create personalized assignments using écree's nine standard essay formats, from argumentative to synthesis essays, or they can input their own questions and prompts. This allows the teachers to focus more on teaching new content and engaging students, Heit says, rather than grading papers.
The software highlights content to help students edit their papers in real time with constant feedback.
The software's algorithms highlight the students' work in different colors. The color red means "work needed," yellow means it's "satisfactory" and green means it's "good" content. These colors can change as students edit their writing. The feedback helps students identify where they need the most help and apply the new concepts in real time.
Students want to learn, Heit said, it's just close to impossible for teachers to sit down with every single student to go over their writing in detail. But écree allows students as much time as they want to practice.
A junior at a high school in Houston — Heit calls her "Maria," but that's not her real name — set the record for most revisions to a paper on écree: 94 drafts. Maria started off with a grade of 38 percent, which she didn't know at the time, but she knew a lot of things were wrong because of the red highlights smeared across the screen.
Her final paper was a 98.
In the future, écree hopes to expand nationally and also broaden their software's capabilities — maybe even entering the realm of creative writing. But for now, they are focusing on helping students learn and teachers teach.


The most impressive contribution (in the 1.5 years I've been with this company) is the above cake.
It was my F3 that suggested it might be a mille feuille because of all the layers. I was able to detect whipped cream, a dark chocolate shell over meringue and some sort of cream filling. And there are makeshift smores on around the perimeter.
I talked to the guy from France who made this delicious creation and he said the key to this desserts is to assemble the layers without them getting soggy.
I was correct on some of flavors in the cake but he also mentioned that there was chantilly cream and white chocolate mousse.
It might be time to pull the pastry cream out of my freezer and make my own attempt with fresh berries.


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Randall Munroe, född 17 oktober 1984, är en amerikansk programmerare och serieskapare. Han är framför allt känd som skapare av serien xkcd.

Munroes första bok Tänk om... är inspirerad av frågor om och respons på hans serie xkcd. I boken Så funkar allt: komplicerade saker förklarade med enkla ord förklarar han olika komplicerade fenomen med enkla ord; endast de 1 000 vanligaste orden i engelskan används (jämför Basic English).

År 2019 gav han ut boken Gör så här: absurda vetenskapliga lösningar på verkliga problem, som marknadsförs som "världens roligaste och minst användbara självhjälpsguide". Munroe beskriver där till exempel hur man skulle kunna ladda sin mobil med el man utvinner från rulltrappor om man bygger en generator med skovelhjul som är anpassade till trappstegen. De "verkliga problemen" har valts i några fall efter saker han själv har försökt göra, i några fall genom att studera forskning och börjat fundera på hur man skulle kunna använda den i vardagslivet.

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Belgium pulled off a stunning come-from-behind win to condemn a spirited Japan 3-2 and fix a quarterfinal date with Brazil in a rip-roaring round of 16 FIFA World Cup game .
Genki Haraguchi (48th) and Takashi Inui (52nd) gave Japan a shock 2-0 lead in the space of four second-half minutes but Jan Vertonghen (69th), substitutes Marouane Fellaini (74th) and Nacer Chadli (90+4) swung the tie dramatically in Belgium's favour in theatrical fashion.
Belgium will now take on Brazil on July 6 in Kazan.
As expected, Belgium bossed the opening period with Eden Hazard coming close to breaking the deadlock in the 27th minute.
Dries Mertens' cross found Romelu Lukaku in the middle but the ball got tangled under his feet with Hazard on hand to take a swipe.
Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima wasn't really tested throughout the first half as the Asian powerhouses showed a lot of grit at the back and tried to break on the counter.
Hazard and in-form striker Romelu Lukaku seemed frustrated with the inability of their team-mates to find them.
Thibaut Courtois was forced into a save when Takashi Inui met Yuto Nagatomo's cross inside the box.
Japan's best chance came towards the dying minutes of the first period.
Nagatomo's cross-shot nicked off the foot of Yuya Osako to trickle towards Thibaut Courtois who uncharacteristically spilled it.
A quick recovery from the Belgium defenders stopped the ball from rolling over the line.
After the break, Japan looked like a side possessed and were 2-0 up inside of the first 10 minutes after the restart when Haraguchi scored Japan's first from a Gaku Shibasaki through ball that was mis-played by Jan Vertonghen.
Immediately, Hazard's try from just outside the box came off the post at the other end but to the Asian side's delight a Vincent Kompany clearance fell to Shinji Kagawa, who laid off for Takashi Inui to fire home a stunner from 20 yards away that left Courtois no chance.
Japan then missed a couple of chances as Lukaku also spurned a header wide in a match which was end to end to say the least.
Roberto Martinez's team sprang to life after their first and were level soon after as substitute Fellaini met Hazard's cross and ruffled the net to make it 2-2.
Kawashima then kept out two quality Belgium chances on 85 minutes, punching away a Chadli header before palming Lukaku's follow-up effort over the bar.


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I had one of those weekends where I cleaned the house, listened to tons of old episodes of This American Life(If you haven't listened to this show, you really have to!) and made things. I'm someone who likes to tinker and makes tons of mistakes, this weekend was fairly successful.
On my trip to Colorado I picked up some arrowheads at a little thrift shop, I ended up making some necklaces out of them. I thought they turned out pretty cute. I also finished this calendar that I have been working on for the last month or so. I used chalkboard paint around the outside and then hung laminated paper from the nails. Laminating the paper lets me write on with dry erase marker. Pretty excited to decorate for each season and holiday on this.
I also had a pair of shoes I picked up about a year ago and changed the fabric color to black; using an acrylic paint and fabric medium mix. I wasn't wearing the shoes because I didn't have enough stuff to go with them so the black and dark brown combo makes them go with just about everything!
My weekend feels like it was a total whirlwind! San Francisco also had some great weather so I made sure to walk in Golden Gate Park on both Saturday and Sunday. This weather is amazing! I hope everyone had a great weekend!


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Your Coverage is Invited: Congressman Chaka Fattah Hosts Capitol Hill Ceremony Honoring Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2011
Congressman Fattah (D-PA) will recognize the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity for its success in erecting the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Monument.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 800 members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and their guest will gather on Capitol Hill this weekend to receive recognition for their diligence in securing a place on the Mall for a National Memorial for their frat brother and civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110323/DC70526LOGO)
Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) will host the ceremony on the eve of the unveiling of King's Memorial for members of the Alpha's, of which he is a member. Almost 30 years ago, the nation's first African American fraternity established a foundation that led the fund-raising drive for the memorial. Over $114 million was collected for the monument to honor Dr. King who was also an Alpha.
"Without the dedication and determination of my frat brothers, without the millions donated by them and those who believe in Dr. King's dream, the King National Memorial would still only be an idea," said Fattah. "Instead, their dream, conceived almost 30 years ago, to honor 'the dreamer' is now a reality. It is proper and fitting to thank them for their efforts."
The Alpha Phi Alpha ceremony listed as part of the official weekend events will include remarks by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and King's only surviving daughter, Elder Bernice King.
Fattah said, "Dr. King has secured a place for all of us on the National Mall and in the heart of our nation. His legacy has improved the lives, and the life chances, of our entire country. He has made the world a better place. Dr. King's life is the foundation upon which this National Memorial is built."
WHO: Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Elder Bernice King ? Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Alpha Phi Alpha Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
WHAT: Ceremony Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and recognizing the work of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in erecting the National Memorial for the civil rights leader.
WHEN: Saturday, August 27, 2011
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cannon House Office Building – Room #345
Independence and New Jersey Ave SE
www.house.gov/fattah
SOURCE Office of Congressman Chaka Fattah


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Double helix of masonry—Researchers discover the secret of Italian renaissance domes
The double loxodrome technique is comprised of rows of vertical herringbone bricks that spiral around the dome and are filled in by horizontal field bricks. Effectively, each course of bricks creates a structural element known as a plate-bande or flat arch that wedges interior bricks between the vertical end caps to distribute load throughout the structure. Credit: Vittorio Paris and Attilio Pizzigoni, University of Bergamo; Sigrid Adriaenssens, Princeton University
In a collaborative study in this month's issue of Engineering Structures, researchers at Princeton University and the University of Bergamo revealed the engineering techniques behind self-supporting masonry domes inherent to the Italian renaissance. Researchers analyzed how cupolas like the famous duomo, part of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, were built as self-supporting, without the use of shoring or forms typically required.
Sigrid Adriaenssens, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton, collaborated on the analysis with graduate student Vittorio Paris and Attilio Pizzigoni, professor engineering and applied sciences, both of the University of Bergamo. Their study is the first ever to quantitatively prove the physics at work in Italian renaissance domes and to explain the forces which allow such structures to have been built without formwork typically required, even for modern construction. Previously, there were only hypotheses in the field about how forces flowed through such edifices, and it was unknown how they were built without the use of temporary structures to hold them up during construction.
For Adriaenssens, the project advances two significant questions. "How can mankind construct such a large and beautiful structure without any formwork—mechanically, what's the innovation?" she asked. Secondly, "What can we learn?" Is there some "forgotten technology that we can use today?"
The detailed computer analysis accounts for the forces at work down to the individual brick, explaining how equilibrium is leveraged. The technique called discrete element modelling (DEM) analyzed the structure at several layers and stages of construction. A limit state analysis determined the overall equilibrium state, or stability, of the completed structure. Not only do these tests verify the mechanics of the structures, but they also make it possible to recreate the techniques for modern construction.
Applying their findings to modern construction, the researchers anticipate that this study could have practical applications for developing construction techniques deploying aerial drones and robots. Using these unmanned machines for construction would increase worker safety, as well as enhance construction speed and reduce building costs.
Another advantage of unearthing new building techniques from ancient sources is that it can yield environmental benefits. "The construction industry is one of the most wasteful ones, so that means if we don't change anything, there will be a lot more construction waste," said Adriaenssens, who is interested in using drone techniques for building very large span roofs that are self-supporting and require no shoring or formwork.
"Overall, this project speaks to an ancient narrative that tells of stones finding their equilibrium in the wonder of reason," said Pizzigoni, "from Brunelleschi's dome to the mechanical arms of modern-day robotics where technology is performative of spaces and its social use."
Concrete printing in 3-D will put an end to boring buildings
More information: Vittorio Paris et al, Statics of self-balancing masonry domes constructed with a cross-herringbone spiraling pattern, Engineering Structures (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110440
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Q: How to install a specified bundle (com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core) in Eclipse I am new to Eclipse plug-in development. I downloaded a completed source code of an Eclipse plug-in. When I tried to export it and install it in my local Eclipse, I encountered an "Install job" problem:
Operation details
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found. ** requires 'bundle com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core 0.0.0' but it could not be found

In MANIFEST.MF:
Require-Bundle: com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core,
 com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind

I guess the problem would be solved if I can install com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core, but I am wondering how can I install it?

Environment:

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*Windows 10 64-bits

*Eclipse Oxygen.1a Release (4.7.1a)

A: The easiest way to install it would be from Eclipse Orbit.

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*Open the install manager (Help > Install New Software....)

*Put the relevant Orbit site as location

*Check the plugin in question

*Walk through the wizard to finish the installation

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