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The Science News Reporter
Bees Have Been Declared The Most Important Living Being On The Planet
The Earth Watch Institute has declared the #bees as the most valuable species in the world in the last debate of the Royal Geographical Society of London.
The direct benefits that for life and #Saludhumana represent the products made by bees are secret to anyone. But the reality is that we should not stop just thinking about the benefits it brings to our health but assess its most extensive function in the natural chain that is pollination without which life on the planet would definitely be impossible. The bee is the only insect that provides food to humans.
The #biodiversity is the process of interaction between living beings and the planet, the relationship between them, and of course, the biological response of the environment to the species.
In this process the bee has a vital function since the world agriculture depends on 70% of these insects, said more clearly 70 of every 100 products that we use to feed depend exclusively on the bees. The balance is self-explanatory: Without pollination plants could not reproduce and without plants the fauna would also disappear and consequently, humans.
Theories that explain his disappearance
One of the hypotheses that explains the massive disappearance of bees is mobile telephony. This definitive conclusion was affirmed by the Federal Institute of Technology of Switzerland after proving that the waves emitted during a conversation are capable of disorienting them to the point of death, losing their sense of direction and thus their life dynamics.
Through more than 83 experiments researcher and biologist Daniel Favre unequivocally demonstrated that in the presence of a cellular communication the bees produce a noise ten times greater than usual and this behavior is what they use to warn the group that it is urgent to leave the hive causing the CCD phenomenon or "colony collapse problem".
The other, of course, is the use of pesticides in crop spraying. These products contain chemicals that act as neurotoxins and attach themselves to insects by collecting the flowers. Later they are hauled to the beehives where they contaminate the rest of the products that they process in common like wax, propolis and different honeys with the fatal consequence of affecting the rest of the honeycomb including the queen bee without which the hive disappears unfailingly. Also when these massive migrations occur, the young or larvae are abandoned and logically they also disappear.
San Francisco Becomes First City To Ban The Sale Of Plastic Bottles
Nowadays, the plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental burdens.
Statistics say that annually, we throw away enough plastic to circle the globe 4 times. Also, it has been shown that 50% of the plastic is thrown after the first use.
Newest studies suggest that the consumption of water and food in plastic bottles and packages is extremely detrimental to health, as plastic contains various harmful chemicals that leech in the water or food, and are thus entered in the human body.
One of the most harmful compounds in plastic is bisphenol A or BPA. The exposure to this toxin during pregnancy has been found to lead to low birth weight in newborn children.
This chemical has been initially used in the process of manufacturing of everyday plastics like helmets, food containers, goggles, paper receipts, and the coating of metal tins and cans for food. Due to all this, apparently, all people contain it at some level in the blood.
Moreover, this substance has been proven to have disastrous …
In August, the Andromeda galaxy will move closer to Earth : a cosmic event that only happens once every 150 million years
This August, the Andromeda galaxy will be even bigger than the moon in our sky!
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This summer, don't forget to look up at the sky in the middle of the night: the Andromeda galaxy will be shining brightly. And for a good reason since this galaxy's apparent diameter will be larger than the Full Moon! Through a unique cosmic phenomenon, a galaxy will be visible to the naked eye and will appear to the Earth's inhabitants to be even bigger than the moon!
This is the first time that humanity will be able to observe this exceptional phenomenon. The last time the Andromeda galaxy was so close to the Earth was exactly 150 million years ago, during the era when dinosaurs ruled its surface. Just imagine, mankind didn't yet exist!
This unique cosmic phenomenon known as "Andro…
This Circus In Germany Uses Holograms Instead Of Animals To Stop The Mistreatment
It seems that the zoos of the world are changing the concepts on which they are based. In many parts of the world, zoos have been left behind where wild animals are always locked in cages or abused, removing exceptions such as this one where they cut off a lioness's claws so that the children could play with it .
In the case of circuses the thing can be worse, but some of these circuses are walking a path in the opposite direction, sometimes even in a radical way and, for this, they are resorting to the latest available technologies. This here allows its visitors to enjoy the sight of animals in full action but without any of them being damaged.
The circus is located in Germany, it is called Circus Roncalli, and it is the first in the world that has replaced animals with realistic holograms. The animations made by computer are projected to real size and shown in a spectacular way. Animals such as elephants, wild horses, monkeys and even fish run, swim and do acrobatics on stage.


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Macintosh Plus – Floral Shoppe // Limited Edition 'Bubblegum' Pink Vinyl
RIYL: Vektroid, Vaporwave
Label: OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE
Carpe Vapor! Now's your shot to finally own a Vektroid-approved version of Floral Shoppe on limited edition vinyl for the very first time ever! This is THE classic vaporwave album. Don't miss out. You will be kicking yourself!
Limited Edition Bubblegum Pink Vinyl
Pre-orders -- Vinyl will be finished by mid-September
all copies will include a 22" x 22" full color fold-out poster featuring a new Floral Shoppe design by Vektroid
Floral Shoppe by Macintosh Plus
Eric Hughes 2017/08/07
This was an insta-buy for me.
David 2017/08/07
insta f-ing buy.
don 2017/08/07
Shame that it's put out by a label that doesn't answer email or ship orders out.
abv 2017/08/07
Can you elaborate? I don't want to get scammed again.
JWC 2018/07/26
They've been sending out their vinyls slowly but surely, but they bit off a bit more then they could chew for sure. Big big orders.
dozatoast 2017/08/07
does anybody know how many are being pressed of this?
Not sure yet, but at least 1200 people have purchased it on their Bandcamp site.
well its about to sell out so im guess like 1500 maybe?
Doesn't look sold out yet, doza. Someone may have been carting them or something.
Scott Wickberg 2017/08/07
Tasty stuff. Gotted me one.
TomSaulnier 2017/08/07
Spoke with OESB via email and the label sent me proof that it's happening, such as conversations with Vektroid and alternate artwork.
Jean William 2017/09/17
There's gonna be an all new cover? Aside from the darkened bust on the vinyl's actual cover. I'm interested in this alternate art.
Spammer 2017/08/07
I'm guessing this won't be limited at all. And that they have no idea of the edition size. They'll just sell as many as they can.
mydecember1985 2017/08/07
Well the purchase limit went down from 12 to 5... so maybe it's getting slightly closer to lower numbers?
Trapaholic 2017/08/07
What ever happened to the HKE - Dragon soul release? Doesn't this guy have a history of promising releases that never happen and not replying to emails?
OESB seems to have gone through some tough learning with a press plant that had quality control issues, and thus it seems that they had to restart the pressing for the Dragon Soul and Human Story 3 releases...
The good news is that they JUST posted new videos of new test presses for both releases on their vimeo page
https://vimeo.com/oesbee
So it seems like they are back on track. I can't speak to how they handled communicating this to all buyers though. I'm sure people were left wanting, and no one likes long preorder periods...
Also for HKE orders, it seems that due to the delay OESB are giving all orders a free print and cassette of unreleased material... so there's that too.
Seems funny that this guy is now responding to his customers with "proof" that a record he's charging money for, is actually happening haha better keep an eye on the date for that paypal claim.
Mitch Morgan 2017/08/08
These are once again available on the Bandcamp site. I'm afraid Spammer is right about the pressing number. Likely an "un" limited edition.
At some point they'll switch it to a black vinyl. But I'm sure they're planning on selling as many of these as they can. Purchase limit went up to 26 this morning, lol!
hyperstationusa 2017/08/08
Contacted OESB last night about whether any more would be available and he said to keep an eye on Twitter because some more would be available next week. So I'm a bit surprised (and happy) to see it back for sale today. I'm still waiting on HKE and James Ferraro from April, so fingers crossed on this one.
Back in stock for those who missed out!
Mark 2017/08/08
Sold out (again)!
Hope 2017/08/13
Seems fucked up that these are gone already. Really disappointed
VERY FEW of the bundles are available again, get on it...
https://oesbee.bandcamp.com/album/floral-shoppe
Matt 2017/09/05
Appaz gonna be heaps more available soon, from OESB:
"please spread the word that there is no need to pay ridiculous prices on eBay or Discogs for these -- we are pressing a large quantity so that we could make these available at a reasonable price for all of the fans"
This is a pre-order mate...
David Hampton 2017/09/06
Bandcamp page says "releases September 25, 2017"
Edward D 2017/09/06
I've been told that if you email the label directly and essentially "pledge" to buy one, they'll keep opening up their bandcamp after a while but they seem to close it fairly soon.
Inkhorn Minx 2017/09/06
Gah! Thank you David. Reading is hard.
Ghost 2017/09/26
Went live again. Picked one up. 4 left ATM. Says delivery in 50 days?
Ice 2017/10/04
Lets hope its not as warped as the pressing in the video. vimeo.com/236745523
I picked up my copy in the first round and no notifications yet. What gives?
Mitch 2017/10/20
I've emailed the label about the holdup, too. I ordered early as well and haven't heard a peep. I'm requesting a refund since I feel like I've been lied to.
Edward 2017/10/20
This is just another in a string of broken promises by the label. I paid for both James Ferraro and HKE back in late January for a April release that got bumped to late Sept and later to ??? Between this, those two and Tanning Salon (I went for the bundle) OESB owes me four LPs, one of them a double, and I have little reason to expect getting any of them the way the label's been all year.
Thanks for the update. I'll give it 2 more weeks.
Well, I just checked my BandCamp order page for this. Despite ordering August 7 (and receiving an email from OESB Oct. 4 that those who ordered early would get theirs soon), BandCamp now says the order isn't scheduled to ship out until Nov. 22.
OESB: I get it--shit happens. But at least have the decency to respond to the people keeping your ass in business.
Lesson learned, PayPal claim filed.
I really want this album, but I'm about to do the same. Sick of this BS with this label.
OESB has two more days to respond to my PayPal claim, otherwise it looks like I'm getting my money back for this huge mistake of an order.
maicco.ferreira 2017/11/06
SOME COPIES AVAILABLE!
RUN FOR IT : https://oesbee.bandcamp.com/album/floral-shoppe
Hola 2017/11/06
Any updates on this release? Anyone getting impatient yet?
Lol, I just read the replies, I guess this label is still up to their old shenanigans.
These guys have some balls putting up new copies while Day 1 people are still waiting for their orders. This company is FOS
Kevio 2017/11/13
Yeah, why the hell put them up when they are so back-logged. OESB never replied to my first email, so I just sent another. I'm giving this til December and then I'll flip my lid.
Nick 2017/12/14
They just put more pink copies up for sale on Bandcamp....
barry 2017/12/15
Probably cancellations from people just realizing that they've been swindled.
People still waiting for this? I've had no sign of seeing mine.
I'm still waiting.
What a colossal drag this whole thing has been. I'm an understanding person when it comes to vinyl delays, but I'm definitely done with buying from OESB ever again.
I ordered this within an hour of its initial drop in August. It was sold out, then it wasn't. Then it was again. Then it wasn't. Rinse and repeat.
Claiming they're buried in orders and simultaneously selling more of them boggles my mind. Meanwhile, people that ordered months after I did have already received their copies.
Not sure why I haven't filed a claim yet. What a bummer.
CorpsePile 2018/01/10
Yea this is complete bullshit for you gung-ho preorderers.
I was devastated I missed out on the first drop so when they reopened it because of all the cancellations or whatever it was I was ecstatic.
Even if it takes a year or more It's still better than not having it at all so the frustration is minimal for me, but still...
For you guys its complete and utter bullshit
I ordered a copy pretty late (early December ) on the Proviso - the bullshit blurb said they were being posted out at the beginning of January without fail....
Well I'm still waiting for confirmation of Despatch... they won't reply to e mails so I've opened up a pnother PayPal claim....
OESB are a total waste of time -i had exactly the same problem with my 2814 LPs amd did PayPal Claimback on those too...
I will be NEVER Buy from OLd English Spelling Bee again, absolutely Useless!
The Idiot that runs Dream Catalogue is a Waster! The Cleaner he's called? AKA Henry Moonchikd? More like The MORON! Still waiting for my PayPal Claimback to go through.
Henry Moonchild the CEO should be Prosecuted for Fraud!
Sent another email. History below
Me (Nov 13th 8:23PM)
"I tried contacting you about a week, maybe 2 weeks ago. I am a day-1 buyer. I saw some copies go up for sale (saw the note about cancellations). Should the next pressing wave fill the day-1 buyers finally?
Thanks"
OESB replied 30 minutes later
"hey sorry -- your order came in at the end of day two actually.
we are currently midway thru the day two shipments"
Received email about delays in December. Just let it ride for a while
Just sent this email:
"Hey guys. Checking up on this Floral Shoppe order again. I read your update email in December and just let it go for a while. It's been 2 months since your latest update.
Any idea when I can expect it to be shipped?"
And now the wait begins
Why does he have so many emails?
The original response is from oesbee2@gmail.
The later updater in December was oesbee4@gmail
Hache 2018/03/01
Is there still any chance to receive this?
@mydecember1985, from which mail did he replied finally?, I've tried to contact him and never replied.
EVERYONE check your email. He just sent an update about it to everyone that supposedly ordered.
About 175 copies available over here:
https://oesb-series-200.myshopify.com/products/macintosh-plus-floral-shoppe-lp
Updator 2018/04/10
I got my shopify order minutes ago. Nicely packed with bubble wrap and the posters. I forgot I ordered two; for the best I suppose since vectroid no longer associates with this release and OESB took it off of bandcamp and shopify. Lots of gripping about this release on Reddit, but i have no doubt the scalping will continue and that many will pay more since they complained, were impatient, and canceled their orders.
Still waiting for my original Bandcamp purchase
Also still waiting...
PDB2404 2018/05/19
As of May 2018, I am STILL waiting for my copy that I purchased nearly a year ago now, this is ridiculous.
Ben 2018/05/21
My order says that it shipped at the end of March. I never received it!!
Up now at Boomkat for pre-order? hmm. Still haven't received mine either.
Pre order also up soon at Juno, looking like there must be more avaliable some where. I've just filed a claim with Paypal as mine said it was shipped on the 22nd of November. Can't see that turning up.
Charlie Frank 2018/05/23
Will these ever be coming back?
Charmies 2018/06/09
Probably not, but there's a fairly large supply on eBay now, if you're willing to pay a pretty penny. I got my copy for 52$, but I've seen em go for upwards of 100$, depending. I don't like supporting flippers, but for now at least this seems to be the most viable way if you're like me and only hear about other shops carrying copies after they've been sold out for days.
What a Great Scam! Takes your money a nearly a year ago - and runs off with it!
It turns out this idiot didn't pay the manufacturer for most of his order, he paid for initial quantities - hence some got shipped initially .... the manufacturers got fed up of waiting to be paid - so sold them on to various bona fire outlets.. so basically Boomkat, Juno, And all the others are selling records you guys paid for last year......
I'm so glad I put my PayPal claim in a couple of months ago. Let's hope the idiot Cleaner Moonchild.... or whatever stupid name He is going by this week is prosectuted for Fraud!
Putting in my paypal claim in right now, as he obviously didn't respond to my email. Boomkat says my new copy is on the way. Hopefully any bands on that label find a new one.
Jay 2018/05/29
He actually had an attitude with me when I asked about my order, so I cancelled and put in a claim.
When he got the claim notice, he wrote, I was just kidding about the comment.
Too late, you're a dick.
Yup, I'm done waiting. Just submitted my claim to PayPal after just shy of 10 months. The longest I waited for an album was the crowdfunded Too Many Zooz album. 9 months. But that had to be funded, recorded, mastered, pressed, and shipped.
Considering he was supposed to ship them in a few weeks, my patience is just gone.
ACKCHYUALLY, now that I think about it, iam8bit had an order that took 10 months but at least they tell you up front that it's gon' be a minute. :'P
vaya198d 2018/06/04
How were you able to file a claim after 180 days?
@Vaya198d I didn't know there was a limit of 180 days. That's SO MESSED UP that he sent that email update 3 days before the 180 day mark. I feel like he did that just to keep people from filing last second claims.
Has anyone else had any success in getting their money back after the 180 days or did he walk away with hundreds of people's orders?
*grumble grumble* typical New Yorker motha#*&$% *grumble*
Oh, and I DID file a claim a few days ago, but it disappeared out of my resolution center. Like Paypal deleted it or something. Wife has like 8 grand in her account and has a credit card with them. I'll pull out so fast on them if they give me the cold shoulder. Chase is offering $500 cash back for opening account... May have a good reason to change over now
VinylSkitzo 2018/06/06
I just filed a claim too (I'm about a month over my 180 days) and under description I said how he would send updates to get people not to claim. I'm hoping they will understand on this, but I'm not holding my breath. What a terrible experience. ***DON was right all along!***
To be honest Henry Moonchild Need to be Prosecuted and Done for Fraud - Period!
And PayPal should Give everybody refunds! None of this 180 Day Bollocks!
Or if they don't, Everybody Club Together a small amount - And take Both PayPal amd Henry Moonchild (CEO of OESB) to Court For Losses incurred and Interest?
Anybody on here a Good Lawyer?
Nobody Knows how many people were scammed but I'm Guessing at Least 2000 - so that could be upwards of £50000-£60000 this idiot has run off with by the time you factor in the postage costs paid too.....
Eddie 2018/06/09
Less then 100 left. Last chance. $40
https://www.turntablelab.com/products/macintosh-plus-floral-shoppe-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp
Juan 2018/06/27
Just ordered mine from juno.co.uk, so if you're really quick...
Martin Anthony 2018/07/05
https://music.georgeclanton.com/album/slide 1000 copies chill blue-on-blue color splatter vinyl - 100% Electronica

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Prairie Schooner Celebrates 10 Years of its Book Prize Series
Prairie Schooner, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's literary journal, will be hositing an event to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its annual Book Prize Series. The celebration will be hosted on Thursday, April 4 from 7-9 p.m. at the UNL International Quilty Study Center located at 2523 N. 33rd Street in Lincoln.
The celebration will feature introductory remarks by Hilda Raz and Peggy Shumaker, the founders of the Book Prize Series. Karen Brown and Susan Blackwell Ramsey, the 2011 Book Prize winners will also present readings. The event will include special performances by UNL's Ceramics and Music Composition departments. A reception with complementary wine and dessert will follow the event.
The Prairie Schooner Book Prize is recognized as one of the premier prizes of its kind for both established and emerging writers. Each year, Prairie Schooner accepts submissions of book length manuscripts of poetry and short story collections, offering a $3,000 prize to the winner in each genre, as well as publication with through the University of Nebraska Press.
The event will begin with an introductions by Raz and Shumaker. Raz, the editor of Prairie Schooner from 1970-2010, turned the prestigious literary journal into a financially viable enterprise with widespread distribution of regular quarterly issues. Under Raz's leadership, Prairie Schooner grew in prominence and stature within the literary community. Shumaker, a poet and contributer to Prairie Schooner, worked in conjunction with Raz to establish the Book Prize Series, and has provided generous and necessary financial support. Shumaker and her husband helped fund the prize with start-up money, and continue to donate annually. Under the guidance and support of Raz and Schumaker, the Book Prize Series has become an annual staple with international acclaim and regard, with a longevity to match the journal's famed 87-year history.
Both Ramsey and Brown will give readings of their award-winning poems and stories during the celebration.
Ramsey is the winner of the 2011 Book Prize in Poetry, for her collection of poems titled A Mind Like This. Ramsey is a Michigan Native, having received an MFA in Creative Writing from Notre Dame, and currently residing in Kalamazoo where she teaches at the Kalamazoo Institute. Ramsey has been included in Best American Poets.
An interpretation of Brown's stories into a song performed by the UNL music composition department will precede her reading. Brown is the winner of the 2011 Book Prize in Fiction. Brown's collection of short stories, Little Sinners and Other Stories is her second book. Brown has been selected for inclusion in PEN/O.Henry Stories twice, and has also been included in Best American Short Stories. She currently teaches at the University of South Florida.
Reflecting Prairie Schooner's goal to promote creative work in a public venue, the event will feature artistic interpretations of Ramsey and Brown's writing. The UNL ceramics department will present ceramic works meant to represent Ramsey's poetry, while the music composition department has written a song that will be performed as a tribute to Brown's short stories. This interdisciplinary presentation echoes the Prairie Schooner ethos to create and promote a supportive community for all of those involved in the creative arts.
More information about past winners of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize Series can be found on Prairie Schooner's website, http://prairieschooner.unl.edu. Books from previous winners and the recently published The Prairie Schooner Book Prize 10th Anniversary Reader are available for purchase on the University of Nebraska Press website at http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/catalog.


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"It is a great showpiece for us because hotels are an area of speciality for us and it is also featured right in the centre of our home city London."
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"We are very pleased with the result which is elegant and refined. The decorative plasters bring texture and depth to the walls. It is a very rich finish which can tell a story through the different layers of the application.
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Gong Xiaoming, a former obstetrician at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, joined the Shanghai First Maternal and Children Hospital in 2014,because the later promised him he could 'practice more'. And so, without even inquiring about the wage, he just 'transferred' from thousand miles away.
Gong Xiaoming does not want to share the same identity as traditional doctors – authoritative, without a sense of service, rigid. That is the ideal he is struggling for.
He loves the medical profession.
When I took college entrance exam, my dad wanted me to do medicine, because he felt that my personality was not suitable for the political career, learning medicine on the other hand was learning life-saving skills, which warranted a comfortable life." He recalled his internship. At first, I was in internal medicine and saw with my own eyes many patients arrived when they were already in advanced stage. The physicians were helpless and the patient proposed to look for qigong masters. "At that stage, the physician in charge could not refuse, so he had to agreed." He did not like this feeling of helplessness, and hope to find a quick and complete solution to the problem, so decided to be a surgeon, and finally took the opportunity to join the country's well-known obstetric and gynecology hospital.
He began working in 1998, and at that time, discovered a US website devoted to gynecology and obstetrics while China had no similar website. So in 2000, he created one, "it was the era of personal space, so I made a personal website, also applied for a top-level domain." After 10 years, the site became a domestic obstetrician's portal. Almost all obstetricians and gynecologists in the country know about this professional website that grants them access professional information and peer exchanges.
When Weibo and Weixin came out, he actively explored them, and used them to interact with patients. When weibo launched public accounts, he became the first doctor in China to open a Weixin work platform,making use of WeChat public platform to give the public popular science and obstetrics knowledge. Not long ago, he sent a public message asking patients who had had surgery with him to give him the time, place of surgery and the recovery progress so that he can easily provide them follow-up service via his personal WeChat.
In addition to "multi-point practice", he is also looking into online medicine. The website created in 2000 turned commercial in 2006, and the company he founded has evolved into a team of nearly twenty members and is now preparing to launch a Medical Software targeting pregnant women in 2015 called Hyacinth.
San Ming Zhi: You've been working with Weibo and Weixin since very early on. How did they help doctors in their practice?
Gong Xiaoming: I've found that they are useful tool to convey scientific information to more people. Journals on cervical erosion published by the end of 2012 were read by a total of more than thirty thousand people. I see a maximum of 30 patients in an outpatient clinic, how many days would it take to reach the number of 30,000 people? Weibo and WeChat can now give everyone the right opinions, they have benefited a lot of people and prevented excessive medical treatment, to me, this is a good thing.
Medical profession needs a humanistic spirit, and doctors must communicate effectively the likely outcome of each decision, thus avoiding conflicts. For patients who read my articles, they can understand my treatment better, communication between us is more effective, hence we can save time, which is good for both sides.
Previously, due to the loss of contact information, it was relatively difficult to revisit (my patients). Now, my personal WeChat account specially stores information on my previous patients. If they have any small questions to ask me, send a WeChat text to me and I can reply when available. After surgery, I can not abandon the follow-up. I have to know the recovery process. This brings a deeper meaning to my job.
China30s: User feedback on their experience is also very important for medical practice.
Gong Xiaoming: One day, I also told our Head of the hospital that our questionnaire revealed patients' satisfaction level is more than 95%, but to really understand the feelings of patients, at the same time, we also need to check for public comments on reputable medical websites about their experience with our hospital. Only if we understand patient's real concerns can we do better.
China30s: Your argument of "cervical erosion is not a disease" is indeed very successful, are you worried about hurting some people's benefits?
Gong Xiaoming: I don't worry about it, because even more people will benefit. There's no need for the patient to spend so much money on unnecessary medical treatment. Unless they can prove me wrong, I have to say it.
The Chinese medical community has been slow to update their medical knowledge. 30 year ago in Taiwan, cervical erosion was already considered as a non-disease, the same goes with Europe and the United States. In China there are still 80% of doctors treating cervical erosion as a disease, this is a waste of resources.
China Thirties: Why did you originally go to a private hospital in the US to practice more?
China30s: How do private hospitals feel different?
China30s: in 2003, you went to the US for an internship, is there anything you can share?
China30s: Do you enjoy being a web-entrepreneur?
China30s: Will you be releasing a mobile application next year?
China 30s: Do you still love this profession?
I am still finding my path, and I want to tell my colleagues, it is possible to gain both respect and happiness.


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Q: Error in final launch sequence Failed for OpenOCD (Olimex) for ARM (STM32fxx) I am using openOCD in eclipse for the arm STM32F10x series and after writing the whole code and  building everything without error in the program, I am going to Debug it and I am getting the following error after completion of 99% of the process:

Error in final launch sequence   Failed to execute MI command:
  -exec-run   Error message from debugger back end:   Error creating process

The following error is generated and I am not able to debug my program.
so please help me for this problem

A: This is a gdb error (the "back-end here refers to the gdb backend, in opposition with the front-end which is integrated with Eclipse). You need to give more information about your configuration, from what you said you are using Eclipse with openOCD and GDB. Did you compile openOCD correctly for your target? Which operating system are you using?
It also seems that you are confused about openOCD, openOCD is a program which does the JTAG communication with your target (in your case through the "Olimex", I assume you mean the Jtag Key from Olimex?). Once OpenOCD is launched and function correctly you can use GDB to debug your target.

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To celebrate our National Donut Days, The Salvation Army Tri-City Corps Community Center is hosting a Donut Eating Contest and Fundraiser.
To celebrate our National Donut Days, The Salvation Army Tri-City Corps Community Center is hosting a Donut Eating Contest and Fundraiser! Funds raised will help provide much needed services and programming for individuals and families within the tri-city region. To compete in the live Donut Eating Contest, please sign up as a fundraiser using the button below and then contact us to let us know you plan to eat donuts on June 7th.
Cheer on the contestants during our Live Donut Eating Contest on Friday June 7th at Blue Goose Market in St. Charles, starting at 7:30 am!
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12. c. AD 450–650 West Stow Anglo-Saxon village
c. AD 450–650
West Stow Anglo-Saxon village
Excavations from 1965 to 1972 revealed one of the earliest settlements of the English people. It had a mixture of timber buildings. The larger ones, built with earthfast posts, are interpreted as 'halls' for both living and sleeping; the more numerous and smaller 'sunken-featured buildings' (being built over an internal shallow pit) may have been used for ancillary domestic accommodation or working spaces. Experimental recreations of the buildings began in 1973.
The reconstructed Anglo-Saxon is now a part of West Stow Country Park:
https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/leisure/Parks/weststow.cfm
West, S.E., West Stow, the Anglo-Saxon Village, 2 vols, East Anglian Archaeology no. 24, 1985
http://eaareports.org.uk/publication/report24/


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But I can see more buyer request on my buyer request page. I know that it is not seen every time. How can I see more buyer request.
You can read it to know more about buyer request issues.
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A long time ago, in this very land, a man and his son went out fishing. They caught many giant fish, but that was not all.
While sitting on a log, a toad hopped up beside the boy. The boy momentarily surprised by this, reached over and grabbed the toad thinking it would jump away like most of the toads he had tried to catch. This one he was able to catch without much fuss, almost like that was the animal's desire. They catch a few more fish that day and head home, the boy with his prize and the man with the fish. It's time for dinner when they get home, and while his mother is preparing the fish, the boy goes outside to get insects and spiders for his new pet. The toad greedily gobbles them up.
After dinner the boy went out to get more bugs and when he comes back to the cage, notices the toad has already gotten bigger! He throws the bugs in with the toad. He greedily gobbles them up and before his very eyes the toad doubles in size! Then the toad does something even more unusual- it opens his mouth and speaks. He says one word, simply, "MORE!" Soon the toad isn't satisfied by mere insects, so the boy starts feeding him mice. Simply, "MORE!"- The toad barks, after every meal. It's always hungry, always wanting. Soon mice aren't enough either and he's fed rats, then rabbits, then dogs.
One day the man is looking for his boy, who had just been feeding the toad. He sees at the feet of his child go down the gaping mouth of the enormous toad. He runs to the kitchen to grab a knife, to free his boy from the toad's bloated stomach. When he gets close enough to strike the animal, the toad greedily devours the man's arms. Simply, "MORE!"- The toad roars. The man kicks the toad in the belly, making him release his lost limbs, but not the boy. Using his legs, he puts his arms in a bag and goes to the doctor.
It takes a while to get to the doctor, since he lives miles away. During this time his arms are rotting away. When he gets to the doctor, he's told that there's nothing he can done to repair the damage done. The limbs are too rotten and he is given artificial arms instead.
On the way home he stops at a local shop and purchases something to kill the toad. When he finally gets home, he finds the animal sitting on the couch. It surveys the room like a despotic king, observing his kingdom. He lazily looks at the man. Simply, "MORE!"- He thunders at the man. The man looks down at the floor in front of the creature, he sees laying there his wife's shoes. The beast has eaten his whole family! A wave of anger floods the man and he pulls back the blade. Trying to shield itself with his front legs, the man chops them off. The man pulls back for another strike and takes off the thing's head. Exhausted from the events of the past couple of days, the man collapses. It's not only from being tired that he falls, though. The toad's bite has become infected and he is dying from the wound. He spends the week in agony; he can't swallow and finds it hard to breath. The toad too has a surprise for him; he has regrown its head and front legs. Not only that, but three other toads, smaller than the first one, have grown from the detached appendages! Now there all four very large beasts staring back at him.
"My children and I will go now and spread across the land. We will kill all the dreams of man, together as one, because that is the way we will control him and that is our reason. He will be submissive or die, like you are now. None will know freedom, individuality or even happiness. So good-bye, kind host, because we need more," the monster calmly states. With that said, it eats the man. The toad then puts all its strength to its massive back legs, now bigger than the man, and slams into the door, knocking down the whole wall in the process. He leads the procession of ravenous brutes out and down the road, a chorus of simply, "MORE!"- As they go.
The toad laughs in reply, then answers, "Why did I eat the man and his family after all they had done for me? Why did the three of you eat so many who put trust in you not to do so? Would you not eat me if you could? You already know the answer to your questions. There can only be one of us in the end. That is inevitable." He leaps forward, causing the earth to shake, and eats the smaller toad. Without anything else to eat, the toad dies, completely alone. His kingdom is a silent wasteland and his appetite has destroyed everything in the end, including himself.
The fable 'The Man and the Toad,' is about the dangers of cronyism; the toads are the symbols of the collusion between the government, the capitalists, special interests and unions. As a single entity each is dangerous, but in collusion they are deadly. As is the case with such things, these entities start small and innocuous, but quickly grow feeding off their host. When the host dies, they move onto the next to feed off. At some point all the hosts are gone and the toads are forced to feed off each other, because sharing is not in the nature of the toad, as is the same in government. The government sets the rules and the example for the rest to follow. If the government were to lead with a positive example, cronyism would die off. Cronyism won't ever die off however, because there will always be self-serving authoritarian government officials.
The birth of this tale is actually from a dream I had for a couple of days in a row. It was of a boy getting his arms bitten off by an enormous toad. After reflecting on the dream, it grew into this tale.


Home Home Server How to install MySQL Server on Ubuntu and Secure it?
This post shows you how to install MySQL Server on Ubuntu. MySQL (My Structured Query Language) is an relational database management system that is widely used to store information (most commonly for websites). Several web applications such as WordPress, Drupal, MyBB, phpBB, etc. use MySQL to store data. It is one of the core components of LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) or LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP). But why do you need MySQL Server running on your Ubuntu machine or Ubuntu home server? Well, if you would like to setup a shared Kodi Library you will need to install MySQL Server on Ubuntu. You also need MySQL if you run a typical web server or website from your home server.
A LAMP stack, which includes MySQL, can be installed during Ubuntu Server installation as shown in the picture below. You will be presented with the following package selection window during Ubuntu Server installation. If you install LAMP server you will have MySQL server installed as well. To install MySQL server on Ubuntu this way, just follow our Ubuntu Server setup guide. You can then secure MySQL as described later in this post.
During MySQL setup on Ubuntu Server, you will be asked to enter a strong password for the "root" account, as shown in the picture below. You will have to type the same password twice to confirm. Needless to say, note down the password in a safe location or choose something you will remember.
A root account is the administrator account for MySQL. Root account can access all databases within MySQL. Since this is a security risk, always setup a very strong password for the root account. If you are trying to setup a MySQL shared library for Kodi, you will be creating a separate user that will only have access to the Kodi library database.
Once the MySQL setup completes, you can enter the MySQL commandline prompt using the command mysql -u root -p, as shown below.
If you are new to Linux, you may prefer not to work in commandline mode. If so you may install phpMyAdmin, which offers a web-based interface to create and manage MySQL databases. If you decide to use phpMyAdmin then take a look at these phpMyAdmin Tweaks to enhance your experience.
One thing to note is that if you install phpMyAdmin then Apache and PHP will be automatically installed as they are needed for phpMyAdmin to function. For this reason, I always recommend installing the whole LAMP server using sudo tasksel command as described above. If you do not want Apache or PHP for some reason, you may install Webmin on Ubuntu, which has a very basic MySQL database manager.
Now that you have setup MySQL on Ubuntu Server, let us secure it. Securing your MySQL database server is highly recommended and it is very easy to do. Just run the following command and follow through the 6 steps.
As shown in the picture below, first you will be asked to enter the current root password to continue. Then you will have the option to change the root password. You can say "n" if you don't want to change it. Then say "Y" to "Remove Anonymous Users", "Y" to "Disallow root login remote", and "Y" to "Remove test database and access to it". And finally, answer "Y" to reload the new privileges.
As you can see, it is very easy to install MySQL in Ubuntu. The procedure exactly same to install MySQL on Debian Linux as well. So go ahead, install MySQL Server on Ubuntu and start setting up a website or a shared Kodi media library.


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Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Website .endocrine.org
Key people Richard J. Santen, MD - Past-President Lisa H. Fish, MD - President Henry Kronenberg, MD - President-Elect Kenneth H. Hupart, MD - Secretary-Treasurer Carol A. Lange, PhD - Vice President (Basic Scientist) Susan J. Mandel, MD, MPH - Vice President (Physician-in-Practice) Anthony McCall, MD - Vice President (Clinical Scientist)
Celebrating 100 years endocrine society
The Endocrine Society is a professional, international medical organization in the field of endocrinology and metabolism, founded in 1916 as The Association for the Study of Internal Secretions. The official name of the organization was changed to the Endocrine Society on January 1, 1952. It is a leading organization in the field and publishes four leading journals. It has more than 17,000 members from over 120 countries in medicine, molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry, physiology, genetics, immunology, education, industry, and allied health. The Society's mission is: "to advance excellence in endocrinology and promote its essential and integrative role in scientific discovery, medical practice, and human health."
Plans for endocrine society s centennial
Hormone Health Network
It is said to be "the world's oldest, largest and most active organization devoted to research on hormones and the clinical practice of endocrinology."
Annual Meetings have been held since 1916 except in 1943 and 1945 during World War II when meetings were cancelled at the request of the United States government. Realizing the increasing importance of endocrinology to general medicine, the Council, in 1947, established an annual post graduate assembly now known as the Clinical Endocrinology Update.
The Society publishes Endocrinology, the first issue of which was published in January 1927 and edited by Henry Harrower. Another publication, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, was established in 1941, and the name of the journal was changed to The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism on January 1, 1952.
In 1997, The Society established The Hormone Foundation, a public education affiliate; the name was changed to the Hormone Health Network in 2012. The mission of the Network is to serve as a resource for the public by promoting the prevention, treatment and cure of hormone-related conditions through outreach and education.
The Endocrine Society provides a forum for other related societies to discuss, interact and share views in the field of endocrinology. The list of related societies is as follows:
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
American Society for Bone & Mineral Research
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society of Andrology
American Society of Endocrine Physician Assistants
American Thyroid Association
Androgen Excess and PCOS Society
Association for Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Endocrine Nurses Society
International Society for Clinical Densitometry
Pediatric Endocrine Society
Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Society for the Study of Reproduction
The Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
The Obesity Society
The Pituitary Society
The Endocrine Society publishes the following journals:
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
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How to Use a Compass
This information on How to Use a Compass is aimed at people who have not previously used compasses for hiking.
To become accomplished at taking bearings and converting them will require you to read carefully through the following directions and let the directions "sink in". Think about an easy way for you to remember how the conversions work and what simple check you can think of to test the method. Do I add or subtract the magnetic variation? What information is on the map that could help you remember? Practice taking bearings on walks (ask the leader if you can practice your navigation skills) and become familiar with moving from a map to a compass and back again. Check your bearings with other walkers.
Become familiar with the features shown on maps (Eg. gullies, ridges, spurs, saddles, plateaux, rivers, cliffs, mountains) and learn to recognise them on the ground. Which features could provide bearings? Which types of terrain are easiest to walk through? Which routes do experienced walkers take? Why? Where could you seek emergency shelter in a storm? Is the creek water likely to be contaminated? Where is the nearest farm house to make a phone call to summon help in an emergency? Where might unpolluted drinking water be found?
Most of us usually start with a basic compass having a straight edge (costing around $20 to $30) which is quite adequate and will last for many years. Confidence in using it comes from continued practice when out walking. However, if you can afford a compass which has an offset adjustment (for compensating for the magnetic variation), then you may find it easier to use. The Silva brand is recommended. They simplify life considerably when taking bearings and reduce the risk of taking a wrong bearing due to miscalculation or poor memory. The amount of magnetic variation varies significantly across Australia and adjustments will be required depending on where you are walking.
Using a compass is a life saving skill – possibly your own life or someone in your group could be saved by your skill at reading a map and navigating your way to safety.
Remember that Grid North (GN) will usually differ from True North (TN) – the size of the variation will depend on the particular map, but is usually less than 2 degrees.
Do not take compass readings directly under high voltage transmission lines, near anything containing iron (Eg. car bonnets), in areas with high iron content or close to watches, packs or other compasses. The compass needle will be diverted away from Magnetic North and give a false reading.
When taking bearings from a map, it doesn't matter which way the map is oriented. However, you may find that if you align the map facing TN then it is easier to relate to the geographical features around you. Eg. Creeks, valleys, ridges, spurs, saddles, power lines, farms, roads, etc.
Protect your compass from heat and damage. Most navigators usually carry them on a loop of thin cord around their neck so that they can tuck it into their shirt pocket. Others carry it in their map cases which is also carried around their neck. This allows the navigator to frequently check their location on the move, rather than having to stop and put the map and compass back into their pack every time.
There are many good books available on this subject. Find one that suits you.
Practise. Practise. Practise.
1. Taking a Point to Point Grid Bearing
To take a grid bearing between one point A on a map and another point B, lay the edge of the compass along a line between the two points. Then rotate the bezel until the north orienting arrow on the bottom of the rotating bezel is pointing to the top of the map (Grid North). The compass manufacturers make it easier for us by also providing some lines on the bottom which are parallel to the north orienting arrow. This allows us to reduce the parallax error when trying to visually align one of these lines to become parallel to the vertical grid lines. The grid bearing can now be read over the bearing line. This bearing isn't of any use however until it is converted into a magnetic bearing that can be set on the compass so that you can start walking towards the object at Point B.
2. Converting a Grid Bearing to a Magnetic Bearing
The rule is to take the Grid bearing and SUBTRACT the Variation.
You can derive the formula from the diagram shown on the bottom right-hand corner of every map which shows you the angular relationship between True North, Magnetic North and Grid North.
Consider that if an object was due north of you (0 degrees Grid – vertically up the grid line), then magnetically it would be 12 degrees west of Magnetic North. Thus we SUBTRACT the variation (12 degrees) to give the Magnetic Bearing.
Eg. If you calculated a bearing of Point B away from Point A on a map in Melbourne as 102 degrees, then you would subtract 12 degrees to give a magnetic bearing of 90 degrees.
The typical mistake is to add the magnetic variation instead of subtracting it, thus giving an error of twice the magnetic variation. (Eg. 24 degrees away at 114 degrees)
3. Walking Along a Magnetic Bearing
With the compass horizontal, rotate the bezel until the specified magnetic bearing angle is over the bearing line (with the arrow). Now turn yourself around slowly until the north end of the compass needle ends up between the two luminescent dots or lines or pointing at the N on the bezel. You will now be pointing along the bearing, ready to start walking. However, trying to walk in a straight line along a magnetic bearing will generally be difficult due to finding trees and other obstacles in your path or if you have a tendency to veer to the left or right. It becomes easier if we split the walk up into a series of shorter sections (and take bearings of intermediate objects along the way).
A simpler and easier method which usually saves time and energy is to take a bearing of a large prominent object that you can see from a distance (preferably up high when walking in hilly country so that you can check your location whilst walking along the easiest route towards this object). The object could be either natural (Eg. like a mountain or large prominent rock or tree) or man-made (Eg. like a church spire or a building or communication tower).
4. Taking a Magnetic Bearing of a Distant Object
Raise the compass to eye level then align the pointer or edge of the compass directly at the object you wish to take a bearing of. Rotate the bezel (the rotating part) until the north end of the floating magnetic needle lines up between the two luminescent dots or lines which are on the flat surface of the rotating part or directly over the red orienting arrow (depending on which brand of compass you are using). Read the magnetic bearing directly from the bezel opposite the pointer line. The accuracy is usually within +/- 5 degrees depending how carefully you hold the compass. (A sighting compass can improve the accuracy (or reduce the error) to within 1 degree.)
The usual mistake is to align the wrong end of the compass needle, thus giving an error of 180 degrees. The magnetised end which points towards north is usually coloured red or blue.
5. Converting a Magnetic Bearing to a Grid Bearing
If you wish to find or mark your position on a map, you will need to take a magnetic bearing of at least two (preferably three) prominent objects using a compass and then convert each magnetic bearing to a grid bearing.
The rule is to take the Magnetic bearing and ADD the Variation.
Some people may find it easier to use a mnemonic to remember whether to add or subtract the variation. One popular mnemonic which is listed on all the maps (so you don't have to remember it) is CMA – which usually stands for the Central Mapping Authority – but can be used as "Compass – Map – Add". That is, when converting a magnetic bearing from a Compass to use on a map – and thus give a grid (Map) bearing so that lines can be drawn on the map to determine your position (by taking back bearings) -you Add the variation to the magnetic bearing. Conversely, when converting from Map to Compass – you subtract.
Another simple method is to remember the compass diagram shown on the bottom right-hand corner of every map. Consider that if the object was magnetically due north of you (0 degrees magnetic), then physically it would have to be 12 degrees east of Grid North. Thus we ADD the variation (12 degrees) to give the Grid Bearing.
Eg. If you took a bearing of a distant object in Sydney as 78 degrees magnetic, then you would add 12 degrees to give a true bearing of 90 degrees – due east of your present location. This is because the Magnetic North is offset by 12 degrees east of Grid North.
The usual mistake is to subtract the magnetic variation instead of adding it, thus giving an error of twice the magnetic variation.
6. Finding Your Position by Taking Back Bearings
Take a magnetic bearing of a prominent object in the distance and which you can positively identify on the map. Convert that bearing into a grid bearing and draw a straight line on the map starting from that object (use the side of the compass or any straight item to draw the line). You are located somewhere along this line. Take another bearing from a different object, ideally at 90 degrees from the first object. Convert the magnetic bearing and draw the next line on the map. This second back bearing line should intersect with the first line. If your bearing objects are high, narrow, not too far away, lines are straight and your compass alignment good, then you are likely to be within 100 metres of the location shown by the intersection of the back bearing lines. If not, you could be located within a radius of up to 300 metres. If you have to walk out a specific spur or creek then the accuracy can be critical. You could walk up the wrong spur and be forced to stop and camp overnight due to night falling. If you take a bearing from a third object and draw in another line on the map, you will usually end up with a triangle being formed by the three intersecting lines.
7. Deliberately Off-setting Bearings (or Aiming Off)
This is done when approaching a long feature running at 90 degrees across your path which is directly in front of you and where the risk of not being sure whether to go left or right when reaching this feature (Eg a cliff line, road or river) could be critical if time is wasted by going the wrong way. The method is to determine from the map (if you cannot see the object or aiming point) an accurate magnetic bearing directly at the object or aiming point and then deliberately add an off-set (say 2 degrees to the left of your aiming point) so that you will then know when you reach the feature that you will definitely have to turn right to reach the aiming point (or vice versa).
8. Magnetic Variation (Declination)
Every topographic 1:25000 CMA map in Australia shows the magnetic variation (or declination) for that specific area. If you marked up a map of Australia showing all of these variations you would end up with the map below which shows that the magnetic variation varies significantly across Australia. The magnetic variation is very slowly moving easterly as noted on the bottom of each map.
Remember to allow for the change in magnetic variation depending on where you are going to walk.
9. Determining the Time to Get From A to B
This involves having a good understanding of the different types of terrain and vegetation cover that will be traversed and the probable speed of the group. Is the group fit and fast or tired and slow? Consider the pace and energy level of the average walker – high energy after breakfast, slowing down to lunch, slight increase after lunch but getting gradually tired and slower late in the afternoon (especially after climbing up hill all afternoon). What packs are they carrying – light day packs or heavy overnight packs?
A guide as to how fast a group of average bushwalkers (say 6) with overnight packs can travel.
1 kph – Climbing up a steep sloping spur with thick scrub
2 kph – Scrambling over large rocks along a steep sloping creek
3 kph – Walking down a steep sloping spur
4 kph – Walking along a flat track (this pace can be maintained all day)
5 kph – Walking with extra effort – Eg. Making an effort to catch the train
6 kph – Walking with considerable extra effort (only maintained for several minutes)
Modify pace according to:
Faster if – Fit, small light packs, less dense vegetation, flat ground, long legs, high energy levels, early in day,
Slower if – Unfit, heavy packs, thicker vegetation, steeper slopes, short legs, low energy levels, late in day, injuries/blisters,
To determine the expected time taken, divide the estimated distance travelled by the guesstimated pace of the group.
Eg. 2 klms to walk / 4 kph = 0.5 hr
Add up the times for each section of the walk, allow for rest periods (5 minutes/hr), tea breaks (additional 5 minutes every 2 hrs) to give a cumulative time for how long the walk is expected to take. Experience will fine-tune your guesstimating skills.
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DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge and DEA Technology Specialist Convicted of Hiding Ownership in Adult Entertainment Club
By Allan Lengel
David Polos, an assistant special agent in charge with the DEA, and Glen Glover, an information technology specialist with the agency, were convicted Thursday in Manhattan federal court of conspiracy and making false statements by failing to disclose their ownership and involvement operating a New Jersey adult entertainment club.
The conviction followed a two week trial before before U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe.
"David Polos and Glen Glover had important and sensitive law enforcement jobs that required honest answers to national security clearance forms," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Bharara said in a statement. "But as a unanimous jury found today, Polos and Glover lied on those national security forms, concealing their secret jobs owning and operating an adult entertainment club. Their actions were not just a betrayal of their oaths as DEA employees, but as the jury found, a violation of federal law."
Authorities said the criminal complaint and evidence in trial established that Polos, who supervised the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Strike Force, and Glover, an expert in sensitive law enforcement techniques who assisted narco-trafficking investigations domestically and abroad, failed to disclose their involvement in operating the Twins Plus Go-Go Lounge in South Hackensack during a background check to determine their suitability to have access to classified information.
Polos also failed to disclose his relationship with a dancer at the club in response to a question about his relationships with foreign nationals, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. The dancer was from Brazil.
Authorities said the national security forms that Polos and Glover submitted for background checks required disclosure of outside employment, in part due, to concerns that certain types of employment might put them at risk of blackmail.
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/**
 * This header file contains the declarations of all possibly available order 1 potentials. Currently:
 *   - Box potential
 *   - Sphere potential
 *
 * @file PotentialsOrder1.h
 * @brief This header file contains the declarations of all possibly available order 1 potentials.
 * @author clonker
 * @author chrisfroe
 * @date 15.06.16
 */

#pragma once

#include <ostream>
#include <readdy/model/compartments/Compartments.h>
#include "PotentialOrder1.h"

namespace readdy::model::potentials {

template<typename Geometry, bool inclusion>
class HarmonicGeometryPotential : public PotentialOrder1 {
public:
    HarmonicGeometryPotential(ParticleTypeId particleType, scalar forceConstant, const Geometry &geometry)
        : PotentialOrder1(particleType), _forceConstant(forceConstant), _geometry(geometry) {
    }

    [[nodiscard]] scalar calculateEnergy(const Vec3 &position) const override {
        Vec3 shortestDiff = _geometry.template smallestDifference<inclusion>(position);
        return 0.5 * _forceConstant * shortestDiff.normSquared();
    }

    void calculateForce(Vec3 &force, const Vec3 &position) const override {
        force += -1 * _forceConstant * _geometry.template smallestDifference<inclusion>(position);
    }

    [[nodiscard]] std::string type() const override { return std::string(Geometry::name); }
    [[nodiscard]] const Geometry &geometry() const { return _geometry; }
    [[nodiscard]] scalar forceConstant() const { return _forceConstant; }
    [[nodiscard]] std::string describe() const override {
        return fmt::format("Harmonic {} {} potential with force constant {} and parameters {}.",
                           Geometry::name, inclusion ? "inclusion" : "exclusion", _forceConstant, _geometry.describe());
    }
private:
    scalar _forceConstant;
    Geometry _geometry;
};

template<bool inclusion>
using Box = HarmonicGeometryPotential<geometry::Box<scalar>, inclusion>;
template<bool inclusion>
using Capsule = HarmonicGeometryPotential<geometry::Capsule<scalar>, inclusion>;
template<bool inclusion>
using Sphere = HarmonicGeometryPotential<geometry::Sphere<scalar>, inclusion>;

/**
 * A potential that forms a concentric barrier at a certain radius around a given origin. It is given a height (in terms of energy)
 * and a width. Note that the height can also be negative, then this potential acts as a 'sticky' sphere. The potential consists
 * of harmonic snippets, such that the energy landscape is continuous and differentiable, the force is only continuous and not differentiable.
 */
class SphericalBarrier : public PotentialOrder1 {
    using super = PotentialOrder1;
public:
    SphericalBarrier(ParticleTypeId particleType, scalar height, scalar width, const Vec3 &origin, scalar radius);

    readdy::scalar calculateEnergy(const Vec3 &position) const override {
        const auto difference = position - origin;
        const auto distance = difference.norm();
        if (distance < r1) {
            return static_cast<scalar>(0.);
        }
        if (r4 <= distance) {
            return static_cast<scalar>(0.);
        }
        if (r1 <= distance && distance < r2) {
            return static_cast<scalar>(0.5) * effectiveForceConstant *
                   std::pow(distance - radius + width, static_cast<scalar>(2.));
        }
        if (r2 <= distance && distance < r3) {
            return height - static_cast<scalar>(0.5) * effectiveForceConstant *
                            std::pow(distance - radius, static_cast<scalar>(2.));
        }
        if (r3 <= distance && distance < r4) {
            return static_cast<scalar>(0.5) * effectiveForceConstant *
                   std::pow(distance - radius - width, static_cast<scalar>(2.));
        }
        throw std::runtime_error("Critical error in calculateEnergy of spherical barrier");
    }

    void calculateForce(Vec3 &force, const Vec3 &position) const override {
        const auto difference = position - origin;
        const auto distance = difference.norm();
        if (distance < r1) {
            // nothing happens
        } else if (r4 <= distance) {
            // nothing happens
        } else if (r1 <= distance && distance < r2) {
            force += -effectiveForceConstant * (distance - radius + width) * difference / distance;
        } else if (r2 <= distance && distance < r3) {
            force += effectiveForceConstant * (distance - radius) * difference / distance;
        } else if (r3 <= distance && distance < r4) {
            force += -effectiveForceConstant * (distance - radius - width) * difference / distance;
        } else {
            throw std::runtime_error("Critical error in calculateForce of spherical barrier");
        }
    }

    std::string describe() const override;

    std::string type() const override;

protected:
    const Vec3 origin;
    const readdy::scalar radius, height, width, r1, r2, r3, r4, effectiveForceConstant;
};

template<bool inclusion>
class Cylinder : public PotentialOrder1 {
    using super = PotentialOrder1;
public:
    Cylinder(ParticleTypeId particleType, scalar forceConstant, const Vec3 &origin, const Vec3 &normal,
             scalar radius) : super(particleType), forceConstant(forceConstant),
                              origin(origin), normal(normal / normal.norm()), radius(radius) {};

    scalar calculateEnergy(const Vec3 &position) const override {
        Vec3 pos = position - origin;
        Vec3 perpendicular = pos - (pos * normal) * normal;
        scalar distanceFromAxis = perpendicular.norm();
        if constexpr (inclusion) {
            if (distanceFromAxis > radius) {
                return static_cast<scalar>(0.5) * forceConstant *
                       std::pow(distanceFromAxis - radius, static_cast<scalar>(2));
            }
        } else if constexpr (!inclusion) {
            if (distanceFromAxis < radius) {
                return static_cast<scalar>(0.5) * forceConstant *
                       std::pow(distanceFromAxis - radius, static_cast<scalar>(2));
            }
        }
        return static_cast<scalar>(0.);
    }

    void calculateForce(Vec3 &force, const Vec3 &position) const override {
        Vec3 pos = position - origin;
        Vec3 perpendicular = pos - (pos * normal) * normal;
        scalar distanceFromAxis = perpendicular.norm();
        if constexpr (inclusion) {
            if (distanceFromAxis > radius) {
                force += -forceConstant * (distanceFromAxis - radius) * perpendicular / distanceFromAxis;
            }
        } else if constexpr (!inclusion) {
            if (distanceFromAxis < radius) {
                force += -forceConstant * (distanceFromAxis - radius) * perpendicular / distanceFromAxis;
            }
        }
    }

    std::string describe() const override {
        std::string inOrOut = inclusion ? "inclusion" : "exclusion";
        return fmt::format("Cylindrical {} potential with Force constant={}, origin={}, normal={}, and radius={}",
                           inOrOut, forceConstant, origin, normal, radius);
    }

    std::string type() const override;

protected:
    const Vec3 origin;
    const Vec3 normal;
    const scalar forceConstant, radius;
};

template<typename T>
const std::string getPotentialName(typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<SphericalBarrier, T>::value>::type * = 0) {
    return "SphericalBarrier";
}

template<typename T>
const std::string getPotentialName(typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<Cylinder<true>, T>::value>::type * = 0) {
    return "CylinderInclusion";
}

template<typename T>
const std::string getPotentialName(typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<Cylinder<false>, T>::value>::type * = 0) {
    return "CylinderExclusion";
}

}


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With the universal Christian Church, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.
Grace alone, Scripture alone, Faith alone.
The word "Synod" in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod comes from the Greek words that mean "walking together." It has rich meaning in our church body, because the congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the Synod. Diverse in their service, these congregations hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions. The congregations of the Synod are "confessional." They hold to the Lutheran Confessions as the correct interpretation and presentation of Biblical doctrine. Contained in the Book of Concord: the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, these statements of belief were put into writing by church leaders during the 16th century (the simplest of these is Luther's Small Catechism). The Augsburg Confession gives more detail on what Lutherans believe.
In grateful response to God's grace and empowered by the Holy Spirit through Word and Sacraments, the mission of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is vigorously to make known the love of Christ by word and deed within our churches, communities, and the world.
Adapted from A Week in the Life of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, copyright 1996, Concordia Publishing House.


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Radiant / Z Architecture
© Jonathan Letoublon
https://www.archdaily.com/600972/radiant-z-architecture
Cultural Architecture, Restoration
Caluire-et-Cuire, France
Architects: Z Architecture
Area Area of this architecture project Area: 2185 m² Area: 2185 m²
Photographs photographs: Jonathan LetoublonPhotographs: Jonathan Letoublon
Text description provided by the architects. After more than 20 years of use, the Radiant Bellevue had to be rehabilitated to adapt to current standards and practices (change bleachers, setting accessibility, replacing the sound system, renovating the reception area and refurbishment of the facades) .
Beyond simply responding to the program, the project was an opportunity to reconnect the Caluirards and more widely the inhabitants of Rhône-Alpes with the wonderful scenery of the Balmes of Caluire (small hills in the Rhône-Alps region). In this purpose, most planned developments have been designed toward the new relationship that the cultural center will have with his "Grand Landscape of the Monts d'Or."
A New entrance
The historic entrance of the Radiant-Bellevue was on the back-side of the building, turning his back to the landscape but facing the principal street of Caluire-et-Cuire. The architectural team decided to move up front this entrance, creating a new esplanade which will take advantage of the unique point of view on the surrounding landscape and will connect to the architecture of the town hall.
In order to protect the hall form the sunlight, the architect added vertical, bicolor shades made of aluminium that would lessen the thermic impact on the glass facade while style offering transparency. The old entrance is transformed into a signaletic facade made of steel blades.
This new acces leads to a new lobby that includes a bar and a reception made of the same wood and steel. The ceiling is punctuated with lights that create a homogeneous atmosphere at night and bring a magic lantern effect from the outside of the concert hall. The curved shape of the lobby is followed by the glass facade that opens the view on the balmes.
A Belvedere
Following the curve of the lobby, the creation of a terrace offers a unique point of view on the landscape surrounding the Radiant-Bellevue. Made out of a steel structure and a wooden floor (massive larch), this new outdoor space adds a unique perspective for the artists and the spectators.
The Concert Hall
The concert hall introduces a new moving bleachers system that can accept up to 700 seated person or 2500 standing person when retracted. The hall is also rehabilitated to the current standards of accoustic and scenography.
Address:Caluire-et-Cuire, France
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Colombia commemorates five years of peace with the FARC
In a renewed act of reconciliation, the signatories of the 2016 accord symbolically gathered in Bogota for the first time in five years and reaffirmed their commitment before representatives of the international community and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Side by side, the former president (2010-2018) and Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos and the former Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Rodrigo Londoño, each in their own way, praised the progress of "peace train".
The presence of the current president Ivan Duque, who was for a long time an opponent of the 2016 agreement because he considered it too favorable to the FARC, added to the force of the ceremony organized in the premises of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP ), a tribunal created to do justice to the nine million victims of the conflict: killed (260,000), mutilated, missing and displaced.
"We insist on asking forgiveness from the victims of our actions during the conflict, we understand their pain a little more every day and this fills us with sadness and shame."said Mr. Londoño, better known by his war name of"Timochenko".
"Nothing and no one can shake our belief that the path we have taken is the right one", assured the one who was at the head of nearly 13,000 combatants, now demobilized and who are trying to reintegrate into civilian life. Nearly 300 of them have nevertheless been murdered since 2016.
Former President Juan Manuel Santos, the man who managed to convince the FARC to sit down at the negotiating table, took stock "positive"of the five years of the agreement signed with Mr. Londoño, which"has respected its commitments".
"The peace train that so many wanted to derail or stop continues to advance", judged Mr. Santos, expressing in passing his"satisfaction"to see that the current President Duque, one of his greatest political opponents, is also"got on that train".
– "Risks to peace" –
With the 2016 agreement, often praised by diplomats as a "model for the world", the FARC guerrilla, a movement of peasants who took up arms in the 1960s, in the midst of the Cold War, has become a legal political party (under the name"Common") with guaranteed representation in parliament, but without real influence at the ballot box.
The agreement signed five years ago provided for political and agrarian reforms – the land issue is a key to the conflict – which in theory should be implemented by 2031.
While it has significantly reduced the violence, many armed groups continue to rage in the country, including FARC dissidents who have resumed arms, who have exploited to their advantage the void left in the mountains by the departure of the United Nations. former Marxist guerrillas.
These groups, numbering nearly 10,000 members, live off drug trafficking and illegal mining, contributing to deforestation.
The security situation in these remote and marginalized areas remains critical, with violence against local communities, in particular indigenous people and of African descent, assassinations of social leaders, human rights and environmental defenders.
The head of the United Nations again warned, as he had done the day before, against "risks to peace"posed by"armed groups linked to drug trafficking".
"It is not too late to reverse this trend by concentrating all efforts (…) in the places where the violence is most intense", underlined Mr. Guterres, renewing the"full support" de l'ON.
For his part, after calling for a minute's silence and enumerating his government's actions in favor of peace, President Duque called for a "total truth" and "not a tailor-made truth"for the victims of the conflict."All of us here want to see effective, swift and real justice", insisted the conservative president.
A frequent target of the Colombian right, the JEP is preparing to hand down its first sentences against the former FARC command for more than 21,000 kidnappings. It must also try soldiers for the executions of some 6,400 civilians.
In exchange for the recognition of their crimes and reparations made to the victims, the accused will be able to benefit from alternative sentences to prison.
Shipwreck in the Channel: at least 31 migrants died, an emergency meeting around the Prime Minister organized on Thursday morning
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Media Release Next Generation of Banknotes: $10 Enters General Circulation
Date 19 September 2017
The new $10 banknote enters general circulation tomorrow, and follows the release of the new $5 banknote last year.
The Governor, Philip Lowe, said: 'The launch of the new $10 banknote is a milestone in our program to deliver Australians banknotes at the cutting edge in terms of security against counterfeiting. I am pleased that from tomorrow people will start to see the new $10 entering their wallets and pockets, and that it continues the tradition of celebrating two of Australia's most prominent writers.'
The design of the new $10 banknote retains images of Dame Mary Gilmore and AB 'Banjo' Paterson and includes elements of their works. It also is the same size and uses the same colour palette as the existing $10 banknote.
Features introduced with the new $5 banknote are also included on the new $10 banknote to protect against counterfeiting and to maintain public confidence in the banknotes. These include the top-to-bottom window that contains multiple interactive elements, a patch with a rolling colour effect, fluorescent ink and raised printing. All banknotes in the new series also include a tactile feature to assist the vision-impaired community.
The $10 banknote will be the first with the signature of Governor Philip Lowe.
While the existing series of banknotes will be progressively withdrawn from circulation, they will retain their legal tender status and can continue to be used.
The new $50 banknote is expected to enter circulation in late 2018. The remaining denominations in the series will be introduced in subsequent years.
This image shows the signature side of the new $10 banknote.
This image shows the serial number side of the new $10 banknote.
Further information on the new banknote, including videos explaining the new features, can be found at banknotes.rba.gov.au.
As previously announced, key aspects of the existing design – colour, size and people portrayed – have been retained for ease of recognition and to minimise the disruption to businesses.
A range of images of the banknote can be downloaded from Flickr.
Videos are available on the Reserve Bank's YouTube channel.
Next Generation of Banknotes: Issuance Date for the New $10 Banknote
Next Generation of Banknotes: $10 Design Reveal
Banknotes – Reserve Bank of Australia


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Q: How can the blank space in a C# comboBox be filled as a hint for the user? When a comboBox in C# is dynamically populated the comboBox appears blank until the user clicks on it to view the available items in the dropdown.  Ideally, I would like to use this blank space (prior to clicking the dropdown) to be used to give the user a hint as to what s/he should do.  For example, it might say something like, "Select such-and-such..."  Is there a way to do this?  I tried setting the Text property, but that didn't do anything.  I am using Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition.  Thanks.

A: It is called a "cue-banner".  Windows Forms doesn't support it but it can be bolted on.  Add a new class to your project and paste the code shown below.  Compile.  Drop a button and the new control from the top of the toolbox onto your form.  Set the Cue property to the text you want to show.  Vista or Win7 required, the cue is only visible if the combobox doesn't have the focus.
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public class ComboBoxEx : ComboBox {
    private string mCue;
    public string Cue {
        get { return mCue; }
        set {
            mCue = value;
            updateCue();
        }
    }
    private void updateCue() {
        if (this.IsHandleCreated)
            SendMessageCue(this.Handle, CB_SETCUEBANNER, IntPtr.Zero, mCue ?? "");
    }
    protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e) {
        base.OnHandleCreated(e);
        updateCue();
    }
    // P/Invoke
    private const int CB_SETCUEBANNER = 0x1703;
    [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="SendMessageW", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
    private static extern IntPtr SendMessageCue(IntPtr hWnd, int msg, IntPtr wp, string lp);
}

A: Add the "hint" item to the combo box:
yourComboBox.Items.Insert(0, "Select one");

then set the selected index of the combo box to 0 like this:
yourComboBox.SelectedIndex = 0;

A: Set comboBox.SelectedText instead of Text. (Yay for consistency.)

A: All you need to do is set an event handler. In this case a click event handler should work. Add something like this:
private void comboBox1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
       comboBox1.Text = "Please select...?";
}

A: Set:
comboBox.SelectedIndex = -1


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Q: Git code management with environmental differences I'm starting to question if I'm following best practice on my Git strategy between master and dev since deployment is not as straight forward as it seems it should be.
I have a master and dev branch that have some environmental differences. In most places where it is a configuration difference (i.e. connection string, app setting, etc.) I have been able to abstract these different into environment configuration files which live outside of Git. When switching from master to dev, the developers on the team copy and paste in the correct environment configs and everything works correctly.
However, there are some places where the code itself differs between master and dev. The most concrete example of this is within the Ninject (DI) configuration file which differs between using the production Email Service and the development one so customers are never accidentally emailed.
We've considered using the #if DEBUG preprocessor but this wouldn't protect against a developer running the dev branch in "Release" mode.
This difference in code across branches becomes difficult to manage when merging dev into master because each time we find ourselves manually ensuring the master code is never overwritten. To aid in this we ended up creating a "merge" branch which is already set up with the production commits and ignores the conflicting dev commits.
The issues becomes keeping all these branches in sync and merging / issuing pull requests in the correct order to ensure the correct code is merged.
If possible, can someone suggest a better "strategy" on managing these branches so deployment is as simple as merging dev into master?

A: For configuration files, you need to maintain several value files (value.master, value.branch1, ...) and one template file per config, in order to generate automatically the actual config file.
See "Do not overwrite config file on Azure using GIT": it uses a content filter driver.
For code, if you can, maintain different execution paths within the same code in order to avoid managing merges.


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Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 1983–84 season.

Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship.

League standings

Results

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

References
Hungary - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons
1983–84 in Hungarian football
Hun

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Q: Suppose that f(x) and g(x) are irreducible over F and that deg f(x) and deg g(x) are relatively prime. Show g(x) is irreducible over F(a) "Suppose that f(x) and g(x) are irreducible over F and that deg f(x) and deg g(x) are relatively prime. Suppose $a$ is a zero of f(x) in some extension field of F. Show that g(x) is irreducible over F(a)."
This is from Gallian's Abstract Algebra textbook. The one problem I have so far is how do we know $a$ is also not a zero of g(x)? The problem does not assume that $a$ is only just a zero of f(x) but not g(x). If it is a zero of g(x), then it has a linear factor over F(a) and it is reducible.
Another point: most of the answers to this problem starts with "Let b be a root of g(x) in some extension field of F(a)"...
But doesn't that already assume that that g(x) cannot be reducible over F(a) which is what we are trying to prove?
Why not say "Let b be a root of g(x) in some extension field of F(a) and b is not a root of f(x)"
Because that way, we eliminate the possibility that F(a,b)=F(a).