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5 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2018 Edition
Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART II - CIVIL SERVICE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
CHAPTER 12 - MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL, AND EMPLOYEE RIGHT OF ACTION
SUBCHAPTER II - OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
Sec. 1215 - Disciplinary action
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§1215. Disciplinary action
(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), if the Special Counsel determines that disciplinary action should be taken against any employee for having—
(A) committed a prohibited personnel practice,
(B) violated the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation, or engaged in any other conduct within the jurisdiction of the Special Counsel as described in section 1216, or
(C) knowingly and willfully refused or failed to comply with an order of the Merit Systems Protection Board,
the Special Counsel shall prepare a written complaint against the employee containing the Special Counsel's determination, together with a statement of supporting facts, and present the complaint and statement to the employee and the Board, in accordance with this subsection.
(2) Any employee against whom a complaint has been presented to the Merit Systems Protection Board under paragraph (1) is entitled to—
(A) a reasonable time to answer orally and in writing, and to furnish affidavits and other documentary evidence in support of the answer;
(B) be represented by an attorney or other representative;
(C) a hearing before the Board or an administrative law judge appointed under section 3105 and designated by the Board;
(D) have a transcript kept of any hearing under subparagraph (C); and
(E) a written decision and reasons therefor at the earliest practicable date, including a copy of any final order imposing disciplinary action.
(3)(A) A final order of the Board may impose—
(i) disciplinary action consisting of removal, reduction in grade, debarment from Federal employment for a period not to exceed 5 years, suspension, or reprimand;
(ii) an assessment of a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000; or
(iii) any combination of disciplinary actions described under clause (i) and an assessment described under clause (ii).
(B) In any case brought under paragraph (1) in which the Board finds that an employee has committed a prohibited personnel practice under section 2302(b)(8), or 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or (D), the Board may impose disciplinary action if the Board finds that the activity protected under section 2302(b)(8), or 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or (D) was a significant motivating factor, even if other factors also motivated the decision, for the employee's decision to take, fail to take, or threaten to take or fail to take a personnel action, unless that employee demonstrates, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the employee would have taken, failed to take, or threatened to take or fail to take the same personnel action, in the absence of such protected activity.
(4) There may be no administrative appeal from an order of the Board. An employee subject to a final order imposing disciplinary action under this subsection may obtain judicial review of the order by filing a petition therefor with such court, and within such time, as provided for under section 7703(b).
(5) In the case of any State or local officer or employee under chapter 15, the Board shall consider the case in accordance with the provisions of such chapter.
(b) In the case of an employee in a confidential, policy-making, policy-determining, or policy-advocating position appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (other than an individual in the Foreign Service of the United States), the complaint and statement referred to in subsection (a)(1), together with any response of the employee, shall be presented to the President for appropriate action in lieu of being presented under subsection (a).
(c)(1) In the case of members of the uniformed services and individuals employed by any person under contract with an agency to provide goods or services, the Special Counsel may transmit recommendations for disciplinary or other appropriate action (including the evidence on which such recommendations are based) to the head of the agency concerned.
(2) In any case in which the Special Counsel transmits recommendations to an agency head under paragraph (1), the agency head shall, within 60 days after receiving such recommendations, transmit a report to the Special Counsel on each recommendation and the action taken, or proposed to be taken, with respect to each such recommendation.
(Added Pub. L. 101–12, §3(a)(13), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 27; amended Pub. L. 112–199, title I, §106, Nov. 27, 2012, 126 Stat. 1468.)
2012—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 112–199 amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: "A final order of the Board may impose disciplinary action consisting of removal, reduction in grade, debarment from Federal employment for a period not to exceed 5 years, suspension, reprimand, or an assessment of a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000."
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–199 effective 30 days after Nov. 27, 2012, see section 202 of Pub. L. 112–199, set out as a note under section 1204 of this title.


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One day, it was drizzling. Some pedestrians held umbrellas and some walked in the rain leisurely.
At his words, Pastor Kim and Preacher Ju were silent. They thought about this question over coffee.
Preacher Ju was excited, saying, "Thank the Lord. I remember the Bible says, 'And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit' (Joel 2:29). Here it says God will pour out His Spirit on the servants and handmaids, which most likely is the work of 'judgment beginning with the house of God.' By this, God will make a group of overcomers first. And I assume the servants and handmaids in this verse refer to the first fruits made by God. They're those who serve God in the kingdom in the future. It's very possible. In that case, it's quite meaningful for us to accept God's work when He comes in secret." "Thank the Lord. Hearing your words, I remember it also says in Revelation, 'For the Lamb which is in the middle of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them to living fountains of waters …' (Revelation 7:17). When it refers to 'the Lamb shall feed them,' this means that God will be incarnated as the Son of man to feed man. That is, God will personally become flesh as the Son of man into the world, giving man His living water of life and making a group of overcomers." said Pastor Kim.
"Thank the Lord. It's from God's guidance. We really can't wait here and do nothing. We should investigate God's work." Preacher Ju said with excitement. Then he discussed with Pastor Kim how to find the brothers and sisters from the Church of Almighty God so as to let them fellowship about the work of Almighty God. They thought: Today, since the Church of Almighty God testifies that the Lord Jesus has returned and spoken words, we should pray, seek and think carefully and clearly, and shouldn't deny or condemn it blindly. We must read Almighty God's word more and, after that, we will know whether it's God's voice naturally.
Pastor Lee drank his coffee with embarrassment and no longer challenged them.
Outside the room the rain had already stopped sometime. The sun had broken through the clouds, shining upon the earth.


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COVID 19 UPDATE 12/06/20: CLICK HERE
SCOTTISH ORTHODONTICS UPDATE
Dear Patient
Notice to start face to face treatment
We hope this letter finds you and your family in the best of health. We are pleased to announce that our practices will be opening soon to see our patients. We will begin seeing patients with specific problems with their braces, appliances or wires from Monday 29th June 2020. We will see patients in accordance with the priority guidance given by the relevant bodies to book appointments when we are open. Please avoid contacting the practice unnecessarily. However, if you are in pain please feel free to contact the practice directly via telephone.
Whilst many things have changed, we want to reassure you that we remain committed to the safety of our staff and patients. Therefore, we are screening staff and patients before allowing them to attend the practice. Patients who have symptoms will need to follow the government guidance on social distancing and self-isolation until symptom free. If you have any of the following, we will be unable to see you for an appointment:
A new continuous cough
High temperature (37.8°C or over)
If anyone in your household has a new, continuous cough or a high temperature
If you or anyone in your household has tested positive for coronavirus and are still in the self/household isolation period
Have experienced a change or loss of taste or smell
We will only see low risk symptom free patients for face to face appointments in the initial stages of return to work.
We have always maintained the highest standards of infection control. We would like to inform you of changes we need to implement to reduce the risk to you, your families and to our staff.
All patients must stay outside the practice and call the number we would have sent to you upon arrival. Please do not try and walk in without calling.
Someone from the practice will call you to answer some questions
Upon arrival the patient's temperature will be taken. Patients with temperatures above 37.8 ̊C will be rescheduled. Please do not take any paracetamol prior to the appointment as this makes the readings inaccurate
Only the patient will be allowed in the practice (please contact us beforehand if you have any reasons why you need to attend with your child)
Patients will be asked to sanitise their hands on arrival and before leaving.
Patients will also be asked to ensure all their contact details are correct and up to date
You must maintain social distancing whilst in the waiting areas. The waiting area will not have magazines, toys or games as these are difficult to disinfect
No food is to be consumed on the premises
Patients must avoid touching any surfaces unless absolutely necessary
Appointments will be staggered to aid in social distancing and protect patients and staff. Therefore, appointments may be longer
Once the appointment is complete, we will send a treatment update with your child. Feel free to request a call to discuss the appointment with the treating clinician
We will do our best to allow more time between patients to reduce any waiting times and the traffic of people in the practice
Any appointments that can be conducted virtually will continue to be performed virtually to reduce the risk of exposure
Some treatments may be limited due to BOS guidelines regarding Aerosol generating procedures
We will not make appointments on the day and will instead send them out to you. Please contact us if you have to change appointments
Due to these guidelines, we will be seeing fewer patients per day so please be patient with us. We have a back-log of patients to see and will try to prioritise those in most need as per BOS guidelines. We will always wear a mask, a face shield and a disposable gown or apron. All team members will be health screened before their shift. Unfortunately, the virus is still a threat. However, we have always used universal precautions and we will continue to do so. We thank you for your understanding and patience in this difficult time.
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Who is WikiLeaks' Founder Julian Assange's Fiancé Stella Morris?
Assange fathered her two children while the authorities were on round-the-clock guard at the Ecuadorian embassy.
By Usman Khalid	 On Apr 14, 2020
Stella Morris is WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange's fiancé (according to the latest updates). She was previously referred to as Sara Gonzalez Devant and is a lawyer by profession.
Stella Morris Age and Early Life
She is 37 years old and was born in South Africa in 1983. Her birth name was Sara Gonzalez Devant but later changed it to Stella Morris.
The 37-year-old South African studied law and became a professional lawyer. In the last decade, she became famous as WikiLeaks' boss, Julian Assange's extradition lawyer.
Stella Morris Relationship History
Not many knew her until two days ago. She became the talk-of-the-town when she revealed her secret relationship and engagement to the WikiLeaks' founder. Julian Assange's fiancé Stella Morris shared the details with the Daily Mail.
I met him in 2011. As a legal researcher and I was looking into ways to halt Julian Assange's extradition. We developed a strong intellectual and emotional bond over time and became good friends. In 2015, we began a relationship despite the "extraordinary circumstances".
It is the first time the world came to know about Julian Assange's relationship. His private life has remained a secret for the longest time.
The former legal researcher for Assange has applied for a plea to release the former hacker on the basis of serious health concerns amid the Coronavirus outbreak.
I love Julian deeply and I am looking forward to marrying him. Over the past five years, I have discovered that love makes the most intolerable circumstances seem bearable but this is different – I am now terrified I will not see him alive again. Julian Assange's poor physical health puts him at serious risk, like many other vulnerable people, and I don't believe he will survive infection with Coronavirus.
Another interesting thing she mentioned was their two kids Max and Gabriel. According to sources, the former hacker fathered them while he was under surveillance of the Scotland Yard in the Ecuadorian embassy.
There's no more information available about WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's fiancé Stella Morris at the moment. Dankanator will keep you updated.
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Country: Bolivia, France, Spain, UK
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American Visa
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Q: Absolute values and Quadratic The difference of the roots of the quadratic equation $x^2 + bx + c = 0$ is $|b - 2c|$. If $c \neq 0$, then find $c$ in terms of $b$.
I know Vieta, for sum and product of roots of a quadratic, but am not seeing how to apply any of those tools to find the absolute difference $|b-2c|.$ I'm definitely missing a nice trick to do this. Solutions?

A: From the quadratic formula, one root is $\dfrac{-b+\sqrt{b^2-4c}}2$, and the other is $\dfrac{-b-\sqrt{b^2-4c}}2$,
so the difference is $\sqrt{b^2-4c}$.
So we have $b^2-4c=(b-2c)^2=b^2-4bc+4c^2$, or $4c^2+4c-4bc=0$.
If $c\ne0$, that means $4c+4-4b=0$.  Can you take it from here?

A: One could also approach the question in this way.  We are given that the difference between the two zeroes of this (monic) quadratic polynomial is $ \ |b - 2c| \ \ . $  Since we cannot distinguish the  relative "order" of the zeroes in the abstract, we may simply designate them $ \ r \ $ and $ \ r + b - 2c \ \ . $
The factorization of the polynomial is then $ \ (x - r)·(x - r - b + 2c) \ \ , $ thereby giving us
$$ x^2 + bx + c \ \ = \ \ x^2 \ + \ (-b + 2c - 2r)·x \ + \ (r^2 + rb - 2rc) \ \ . $$
Consequently,
$$ b \ = \ -b + 2c - 2r \ \ \Rightarrow \ \ 2b \ = \ 2c - 2r \ \ \Rightarrow \ \ b \ = \ c - r \ \ ; $$
$$ c \ = \ r^2 + rb - 2rc \ = \ r^2 + r·(c - r) - 2rc \ = \ r^2 + rc - r^2 - 2rc \ = \ -rc \ \ . $$
We find that $ \ c + rc \ = \ c·(1 + r) \ = \ 0 \ \ . $  Since the stated conditions exclude $ \ c = 0 \ \ , $ we conclude that $ \ r = -1 \ \ , $ and thus $ \ b \ = \ c - (-1) \ \Rightarrow \ c \ = \ b - 1 \ \ . $
Note that although the problem statement places no restrictions on the zeroes being real versus  complex, we see that one and therefore both zeroes are real.
EDIT (9/26) --  After a little further investigation, I find that the relation also works if we permit $ \ b \ $ and $ \ c \ $ to be complex.  The polynomial $ \ z^2 + (\alpha \ + \ \beta·i)·z + \ ([\alpha - 1]  \ + \ \beta·i) \ $ has the one real zero $ \ -1 \ $ and one complex zero which differs by $ \ |b - 2c| \ \ . $

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WATCH: Dave Grohl covers Metallica's Enter Sandman with country band
1 February 2019, 15:08 | Updated: 5 February 2019, 15:29
The Foo Fighters frontman joined the Zac Brown Band to perform a cover of the famous Metallica track during Pandora Live's Super Bowl event.
A video has emerged which sees Dave Grohl performing Metallica's Enter Sandman with the Zac Brown Band.
The Foo Fighters rocker made a surprise appearance at Pandora Live's Super Bowl 53 gig, which featured a set by the country band in Atlanta last night (31 January).
Watch them in action below, in a YouTube video shared by Eric Moran:
Their cover stayed pretty close to the original, with the Zac Brown Band rocking out pretty hard.
It's not the first time Grohl has played the famous metal anthem, inviting a 10-year-old fan to join the band onstage last year.
Watch them perform together tomorrow:
Meanwhile, Grohl and the Learn To Fly rockers are preparing to play their own Super Bowl related concert, headlining the Alantic Station for DirecTV.
The band shared their excitement for the Super Saturday Night gig, which takes place this Saturday 2 February, by filming a spoof video, where they transformed into American Football players.
See the 70s-inspired spoof here:
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The question is about hiring a new police officer in Rindge. The town applied for a federal grant (aka taxpayer dollars) from a program called COPS. The town was awarded the grant but taxpayers will still have to put up more money to hire the new police officer in order to receive the actual grant.
That's why it can't go to town vote because people vote their pocket books.
32:6 Appropriations Only at Annual or Special Meeting. – All appropriations in municipalities subject to this chapter shall be made by vote of the legislative body of the municipality at an annual or special meeting. No such meeting shall appropriate any money for any purpose unless that purpose appears in the budget or in a special warrant article.
32:8 Limitation on Expenditures. – No board of selectmen, school board, village district commissioners or any other officer, employee, or agency of the municipality acting as such shall pay or agree to pay any money, or incur any liability involving the expenditure of any money, for any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated by the legislative body for that purpose, or for any purpose for which no appropriation has been made.
2016 CHP award will cover up to 75 percent of the approved entry level salary and fringe benefits of each newly hired and/or rehired full-time sworn career law enforcement officer over the three-year (36-month) award period, with a minimum 25 percent local cash match requirement and maximum federal share of $125,000 per officer position. CHP award funding will be based on your agency's current entry level salary and fringe benefits for full-time sworn officers. Any additional costs for higher than entry level salaries and fringe benefits will be the responsibility of the recipient agency.
The total amount of the grant for the 3-year period is $125,000. The total amount a new officer position will cost the taxpayers, including benefits is $228,576. Clearly the taxpayers will have to dole out cash right away in order to pay for the position. After 3 years, taxpayers will be fully responsible for budgeting that position for at least an additional 12 months.
It does appear that many citizens actually agree with hiring a new officer; however, Oeser still doesn't trust them to make that decision. Even though it's taxpayers who will employ that officer and it is money from their pockets that will be used to pay for that officer, Oeser doesn't want to follow the statutes and put out a warrant article or call for a special meeting.
Oeser is a symptom of a huge problem around New Hampshire, she believes she knows what's best for the people. How dare anyone demand she follow the laws? She was elected to represent the people of Rindge. In that capacity, she was also elected to follow the laws. How is Oeser representing the people who elected her by trying to circumvent the law and their right to vote on all appropriations that are paid for with their hard-earned tax dollars? If Oeser can't trust voters, how can voters trust her?


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Q: How do I conditionally build .Net Core 3.0 only if supported by tooling? I would like to use the TargetFrameworks .csproj element to multi-target both .Net Core 3.0 (netcoreapp3.0) and .Net Framework 4.8 (net48) for a console application, like so:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
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</Project>

However, I would like the same .csproj file to degrade gracefully in older tooling and compile only .Net Framework 4.8 when the tooling does not support netcoreapp3.0 (such as with Visual Studio 2017).
I reviewed the conditional compilation documentation, but it seems to talk only about changing settings when compiling, not whether to do the compilation in the first place.
How can I accomplish this?

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I reviewed the conditional compilation documentation, but it seems to
talk only about changing settings when compiling, not whether to do
the compilation in the first place.

Yes, msbuild conditions should work inside the <Project> node. For your requirement, I can only imagine one possible way that you add the conditions to the first PropertyGroup( Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)'=='16.0'"), something similar to this format:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)'=='16.0'">
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)'!='16.0'">
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <!-- ... other PropertyGroup with conditions-->

  <!--I use this script to confirm that when building the project in VS2017(msbuild15.0),the VS version is 15.0 while in VS2019(msbuild16.0), VS version is 16.0-->
  <Target Name="TestVersion" AfterTargets="build">
    <Message Text="version=>$(VisualStudioVersion)" Importance="high"/>
  </Target>
</Project>

Have to say most of the time, we use Multi-targets for class library projects instead of console projects, not sure about your specific reason to do this... Hope it makes some help :)
Update:
To build .net projects when VS is not installed, we can consider using Build Tools for VS package, here's the link of build tools for VS2019(contains the msbuild 16.0). In All downloads=>Tools for VS2019 we can find the build tools package.
To make sure we can use the msbuild.exe from this package to build .net framework4.8 and .net core3.0 console projects, make sure we enabled these workloads and components when installing:

We can navigate to Individual Components to make sure .net core 3.0 and .net 4.8 is enabled.


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Mario's Palace Hotel was built in 1889 and was originally used as a coffee palace. Back in the day when Broken Hill was known to have a pub on every corner, a local temperance group had a vision for a non-alcoholic venue where people could dine and drink coffee. They organised a competition for submissions for a building design. Alfred Dunn of Melbourne won the competition and the Coffee Palace opened. But, the locals never quite grasped the idea of a non-alcoholic meeting place, and any thought of profits went down the drain and the Palace opened as a licensed hotel in 1892.
Mario Celotto purchased the hotel in the early 1970's. Mario and his 2 brothers migrated from Italy in 1949, thinking that Australia would be a lovely change from their cold and wet home. The extreme heat of the Australian outback was too much for two of them - 1 brother left after just one week and the other left two and half weeks later. But Mario stuck with it and earned a nice fortune in the mines and in hotel real estate. He purchased the Palace Hotel and gained inspiration for turning it into something different and arty while on a holiday to his native home. While in Italy, he saw the famous Renaissance paintings and on his return to Broken Hill spent the next 6 months painting the ceiling with his version of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus'.
He challenged the locals with a $1000 reward to match it. A local aboriginal artist, Gordon Waye, took up the challenge and created an amazing artwork on the wall. He used normal house paint and finished his artwork in 8 hours. He won the $1000 and the painting is still there.
Gordon Waye painted nearly 50 paintings on the walls of the Palace Hotel over the years.
The artists were allowed to paint what they wanted, but with one condition. The paintings must have included water - Mario wanted visitors to remember his Hotel as an oasis in the outback.
The Palace was made famous in the 1994 Australian movie "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". Broken Hill is a popular location for movies and many great scenes from Priscilla were filmed in and around the Silver City, including inside Mario's Palace Hotel.
These days, they have a special room that you can book into - The Priscilla Suite - a great talking point for your holiday!
The Palace Hotel in Broken Hill is a really unique hotel and well worth a visit. There's a massive balcony that overlooks the main street and is the perfect spot for sitting and relaxing.
The interior just has to be seen to be believed. There's a coin operated spotlight system - just pop in a coin, the lights shine on the artworks and you take it all in (or take as many photos as you can) before the lights go out again. It's breathtaking and something you simply must do when visiting Broken Hill.
I love this quote by Mario's son, Marat Celotto: "people see Priscilla, they see the paintings and it's just a wow thing. It was a wow of a movie, wow of a place, wow of a country, isn't it?"
Mario's Palace Hotel is located at 227 Argent Street, Broken Hill, NSW.
Broken Hill is a remote city in the New South Wales outback. Although in New South Wales, the city is very close to the South Australian border and uses the same time zone and phone area code and receives Adelaide TV and radio stations.
Explorer Charles Sturt first named the area Broken Hill after a number of hills that looked to have a break in them. The original "Broken Hills" no longer exist due to extensive mining in the area. The original name for the area was Willyama.
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Accurate and rapid identification of earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 and stronger is critical for disaster response and mitigation efforts, especially for tsunamis. Calculating the strength of a tsunami requires detailed knowledge of the size of the earthquake and associated ground movements. Acquiring this type of data for very large earthquakes is a challenge for traditional seismological instruments that measure ground shaking.
High-precision, second-by-second measurements of ground displacements using GPS have been shown to reduce the time needed to characterize large earthquakes and to increase the accuracy of subsequent tsunami predictions. After the capabilities of the network have been fully demonstrated, it is intended to be used by appropriate natural hazard monitoring agencies. USGS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are responsible for detecting and issuing warnings on earthquakes and tsunamis, respectively.
The READI network is a collaboration of many institutions including Scripps at the University of California in San Diego; Central Washington University in Ellensburg; the University of Nevada in Reno; California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena; UNAVCO in Boulder, Colo.; and the University of California at Berkeley.
NASA, NSF, USGS, and other federal, state and local partners support the GPS stations in the network, including the EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory, the Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array, the Bay Area Regional Deformation Array and the California Real-Time Network.
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KD, Exercise, a myriad effect
Posted November 6, 2017 January 27, 2019 Janak Nathan
As mentioned in our earlier post, there is lot more in store for you in terms of Ketogenic diet (KD) and exercise in neurological conditions. So let us understand how exercise creates a myriad effects.
Last week we explained you one of the most important factors, namely, BDNF. Now let us examine other mechanisms:-
First let us look at the effect of KD on various neurological disorders.(Kristin W. Barañano et al, 2008) and then we will take a look at the symbiotic effect of exercise.
Metabolic defects:
The utility of the ketogenic diet in PDH deficiency and GLUT-1 deficiency likely derives from its ability to provide 2-carbon substrates, with subsequent relief of blocks in metabolism upstream from the tricarboxylic acid cycle.
Phosphofructokinase (PFK) deficiency: Swoboda KJ (1997) in a study observed that a patient with PFK deficiency displayed marked gains in muscle strength and improvement in his developmental milestones after being placed on the ketogenic diet.
Glycogenosis type V (McArdle disease), which is caused by a defect in the muscle-specific isozyme of glycogen phosphorylase. Busch V et al (2005) observed that after initiation of ketogenic diet, the patient's exercise tolerance improved and there was a trend toward decreased baseline creatine kinase levels.
Malignancy: Ketogenic diets (some using calorie restriction) have been associated with decreased tumor growth in animal models of gliomas, prostate cancer, and gastric cancer. Unlike normal cells, cancer cells have both a high glycolytic rate and are dependent on glucose for energy metabolism. (D. Krex et al, 2007). Ketogenic diet targets the difference between cancer cells and our cells as the former are unable to utilize ketones due to mitochondrial defects. KD causes a reduction in lactic acid which in turn reduces the survival and malignant capacity of cancer cells. (Maurer et al, 2011) In the context of cancer, ketone bodies may provide an alternative substrate for ATP production in malignant cells. (Seyfried TN et al, 2005). There are now several case series documenting this in humans.
Trauma and ischemia: In Prins ML et al (2005) study, animal data suggests a role for the ketogenic diet in protection against trauma and ischemia, as ketones may be a preferred fuel in the injured brain
Neurodegenerative disorders: The ketogenic diet appears to enhance mitochondrial function via a number of potential pathways. Given the important role of mitochondrial dysfunction in many neurodegenerative diseases, it is important to outline potential mechanisms of apparent disease-modifying effects of the ketogenic diet.
Ketones are an alternative fuel for those areas of the brain unable to utilize glucose due to paucity of glucose transporters (Glut) and regional hyper-insulinemia.
There is also data suggesting that calorie restriction itself is protective. Further, the low carbohydrate content, in the ketogenic diet affects glucose utilisation and factors such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (one example of a potential indirect effect of the diet). (Maswood N et al, 2004)
Multiple Sclerosis:
In an animal study, it was observed that KD significantly reduced motor disability, CNS inflammation and memory dysfunction in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) mice. (Hao et al, 2012). Sullivan et al, 2004 observed that KD has anti-inflammatory properties and decreases ROS production by increasing the expression and activity of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins. This could be especially useful in progressive forms of MS.
Parkinson's disease:
PD is a neurodegenerative condition in which the impairment of mitochondrial complex I activity is hypothesized to play a role in the death of the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta. Various investigators have hypothesized that ketones could bypass complex I to provide an alternative fuel source for neurons at risk. Alternatively, ketone bodies may enhance mitochondrial function and thus ATP production, thereby protecting cells against various insults that demand high levels of usable energy (Kashiwaya Y et al, 2000).
Alzheimer disease:
There is glucose hypometabolism and insulin resistance in Alzheimer's patients. Lowered glucose supply could in turn lead to regional energy deprivation and neuronal damage with consequent further lowering of glucose demand and ultimately leading to cognitive loss. The reduction in glucose uptake and therefore energy deprivation can be remedied by a supply of an alternative energy source like ketones. (Cunnane et al, 2016). The ketogenic diet also may function in a neuroprotective fashion in AD (Kashiwaya Y et al, 2000).
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : Recent animal studies suggest a role for the ketogenic diet as a potential therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS results from the death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Zhao Z et al (2006) study suggested that ketosis induced by the ketogenic diet might affect progression of the disease.
Autism : Evangeliou A et al( 2003) observed a variant of the ketogenic diet which were applied to children with autism who showed improved performance and also were appeared to respond better. Ahola-Erkkila et al (2010) study suggested that ketones might improve mitochondrial function by enhancing mitochondrial biogenesis in murine models.
Depression: Murphy P et al (2004) suggested that the ketogenic diet can result in behavioral changes similar to those seen after antidepressants are administered.
Migraine headache, narcolepsy: Few studies reported that dietary therapies similar to the ketogenic diet also may be useful in the treatment of migraine headaches and narcolepsy (Strahlman 2006 ;Husain AM et al, 2004).
Effect of exercise on Neurological disorders
Effect of exercise
Prevents cognitive decline Alzheimer's Behrman S et al (2014)
Neuroprotective agent Parkinson's Zigmond MJ et al (2014)
Anxiety and stress reduction In depression Salmon P (2001)
Improve learning and memory Autism Carl W.Cotman et al(2007)
Neurogenesis Cancer Mustroph ML et al(2012)
Reduces oxidative stress Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and cancer. Zsolt RadaÂk et al(2001)
Enhances brain plasticity Epilepsy, Alzheimer's Carl W.Cotman et al (2002)
Now let us examine the mechanism of exercise i.e. how exercise benefits the functioning of our brain by releasing various neurotransmitters which have different role to play in various neurological disorders which is beautifully explained in below diagram and further in detail explained in the book Spark – The Revolutonary New Science ofExercise and the Brain-by Dr. John Ratey.
Mechanism of Exercise:
We would like to conclude that there are perquisites when the positive effects of ketogenic diet in neurological disorders are combined with exercise which also releases endorphins, also known as "feel good" chemicals (neurotransmitters), in your brain.
'So feel good by exercising while on keto diet'.
References:-
Kristin W. Barañano et al. The Ketogenic Diet: Uses in Epilepsy and Other Neurologic Illnesses. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2008 November ; 10(6): 410–419.
Swoboda KJ, Specht L, Jones HR, et al. Infantile phosphofructokinase deficiency with arthrogryposis: clinical benefit of a ketogenic diet. J Pediatr 1997;131:932–934.
Busch V, Gempel K, Hack A, et al. Treatment of glycogenosis type V with ketogenic diet [letter]. Ann Neurol 2005;58:341.
Krex, Dietmar, Barbara Klink, Christian Hartmann, Andreas von Deimling, Torsten Pietsch, Matthias Simon, Michael Sabel et al. Long-term survival with glioblastoma multiforme. Brain130, no. 10 2007; 2596-2606.
Maurer GD, Brucker DP, Bahr O, et al. Differential utilization of ketone bodies by neurons and glioma cell lines: a rationale for ketogenic diet as experimental glioma therapy. BMC Cancer. 2011; 26(11):315.
Seyfried TN, Mukherjee P. Targeting energy metabolism in brain cancer: review and hypothesis. Nutr Metab (London) 2005;2:30.
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Michael Zachrau (ur. 5 sierpnia 1994 w Frammersbach) – niemiecki skeletonista i skoczek narciarski.

Przebieg kariery

Skoki narciarskie (do 2011)
Zachrau początkowo uprawiał skoki narciarskie, które zaczął trenować w 2001. W dyscyplinie tej osiągał sukcesy w rywalizacji dziecięcej i juniorskiej w Niemczech. Jego trenerem był Thomas Kümpel.

Na arenie międzynarodowej występował głównie w rywalizacji w cyklu Alpen Cup. W sezonie 2010/2011 zdobył 12 punktów i uplasował się na 63. pozycji w klasyfikacji generalnej tego cyklu. W 2010 roku zdobył także złoty medal w konkursie drużynowym w ramach zawodów OPA Nordic Games. Ponadto rok później w Libercu zdobył brązowy medal Zimowego Olimpijskiego Festiwalu Młodzieży Europy 2011 w konkursie drużynowym, w którym wystartował w reprezentacji Niemiec, skaczącej w składzie Michael Zachrau, Ludwig Pohle, Michael Herrmann i Florian Menz.

Skeleton (od 2011)

2011/2012
W czerwcu 2011 roku zakończył karierę skoczka narciarskiego i zaczął uprawiać skeleton. W 2012 roku w dyscyplinie tej zdobył brązowy medal mistrzostw Niemiec.

2012/2013
Na arenie międzynarodowej w rywalizacji skeletonistów zadebiutował w listopadzie 2012 roku. W swoim drugim takim starcie, 25 listopada 2012, zajął 3. pozycję w zawodach Pucharu Europy w Königssee. W sezonie 2012/2013 na podium zawodów Pucharu Europy stanął jeszcze raz – 18 stycznia 2013 był pierwszy w Altenbergu. W klasyfikacji generalnej cyklu uplasował się wówczas na 5. pozycji z dorobkiem 339 punktów.

2013/2014
W kolejnym sezonie Zachrau ponownie dwukrotnie stawał na podium zawodów Pucharu Europy – 7 grudnia 2013 był trzeci w Igls, tę samą pozycję zajął także 17 grudnia 2013 w Winterbergu. W klasyfikacji generalnej uplasował się na 4. miejscu z dorobkiem 363 punktów.

2014/2015
W listopadzie 2014 zadebiutował w zawodach Pucharu Interkontynentalnego. W sezonie 2014/2015 wystartował w pierwszych czterech konkursach tego cyklu, opuszczając cztery ostatnie. W sumie zdobył 364 punkty, plasując się na 9. pozycji w klasyfikacji generalnej.

W styczniu 2015 powrócił do rywalizacji w Pucharze Europy, gdzie wziął udział w trzech ostatnich zawodach sezonu 2014/2015. W tych startach raz, 15 stycznia 2015 w Sankt Moritz, gdzie był trzeci, uplasował się na podium. W klasyfikacji generalnej zajął 19. miejsce z dorobkiem 138 punktów.

15 lutego 2015 zadebiutował w Pucharze Świata. W zawodach w Soczi zajął 15. miejsce. Dzięki zdobytym wówczas 104 punktom uplasował się na 38. pozycji w klasyfikacji generalnej cyklu.

2015/2016
Przed sezonem w niemieckich kwalifikacjach do Pucharu Świata na ten sezon zajął trzecie miejsce w klasyfikacji łącznej tych eliminacji i wywalczył miejsce w trzyosobowej drużynie narodowej na ten cykl (oprócz Zachrau znaleźli się w niej też Axel Jungk i Christopher Grotheer). Zajął szóste miejsce w rozegranych w Sankt Moritz Mistrzostwa Europy oraz jedenastą lokatę w Mistrzostwach Świata w Igls. Zmagania w Pucharze Świata zakończył na siódmej pozycji.

Osiągnięcia – skoki narciarskie

Zimowy olimpijski festiwal młodzieży Europy

Indywidualnie

Drużynowo

Starty M. Zachrau'a na zimowym olimpijskim festiwalu młodzieży Europy – szczegółowo

FIS Cup

Miejsca w poszczególnych konkursach FIS Cupu

Uwagi

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Niemieccy skeletoniści
Niemieccy skoczkowie narciarscy
Urodzeni w 1994

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Fear by Iranian officials from the people
Iranian Protests | News / Atrocities Human Rights Violation /
On Friday 27 December, the Friday prayers' Imams in Iran played the same symphony of fear in their orchestras.
While playing the same melody, they reminded their audience of 30 December 2009, the day that they claimed that they managed to overcome the 2009 protests, while rallying their puppets and arranging a so-called pro-government rally.
But it was clear that the purpose of this reminder was something else. The purpose was to address the main subject. More than a month after the latest Iran protests, the regime's officials are grateful that they have not yet been overthrown, but are also expressing their extreme fear of future protests.
Meanwhile, reports about the so-called 30 December 2019 ceremony shows that the ceremony itself was very stagnant and very few people have attended to it.
The streets were empty and they had brought just a number of school children to march.
Of course, the situation in other cities has been more or less the same, as the news has shown the people have been overwhelmed and turned away from such shows.
Just a few Basijis joined the march, mostly school children.
Shohada square, no one joined; there were just a few posters about the day itself.
Around the Municipality of the city, just 20 people were marching, and the people were mocking them.
Zangan
There were reports that since the people refused to participate in the ceremony in Zangan, the government was forced to hold the ceremony in a mosque.
Neyshabour
A resident sent a film and reported: "I was in the shop early morning. There was no march in the city. As you can see in the video, no one is participating. Three times they extended the march. But there was no crowd."
Qazvin
These government rallies were mostly held in the Sabzeh street and Qazvin square, but this year since the people refused to participate, this rally was held in the Emamzadeh Hossein (mosque), and there was no march on the streets.
The regime's officials have are right to be afraid, because they no longer have the support of the people. The following show this fear:
The first case of this horror belongs to cleric Mohamad Ali Arzande, the Friday prayers' leader of Bahar in Hamedan, who said bluntly: "There are more than just one or two seditions. It is not so that you and I think that one sedition was in 2009, one in 1999, one in 2018 and one in 2019. No, it's not so. Unfortunately, there were, and will be, many seditions, and we should be careful… as the supreme leader said… there is a bigger sedition on the way. Bigger, bigger, bigger, and much bigger is on the way."
He added: "Sedition will not have any end; the enemies of Islam will not give up. Every time they come, and come with a brighter vision, with more awareness of how they can hurt more… and standing in from of the regime, this is the place where we should be careful."
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor in chief of Keyhan daily, known as Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei's mouthpiece added: "30 December was the end of the 2009 sedition, but not the end of all seditions. We should be careful."
If the uprising lasts 4 days…
Cleric Hassan Zadeh Kavaki, Friday prayers' leader of Khaboushan in North Khorasan Province, while fearing upcoming uprisings, now 'cares' about the public properties and sheds crocodile tears. He said:
"In just two days, more than 20 trillion tomans … they have harmed the government, and it was intended to continue. If it had been four days, it would not just be billion-dollar damage; it would destroy the country."
Javad Javidnia, the deputy chief of cyberspace in the Attorney General's Office, also admitted to his fears and the stalemate of the regime: "If the Internet is shut down, people will say 'the government is against information technology', and if it is not shut down, the chaos will increase." (Tasnim news agency, 30 December 2019)
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Dominique Joseph van Oost (* 8. August 1677 in Lille; † 30. September 1738 ebenda) war ein Historien- und Porträtmaler.

Leben und Wirken
Der Sohn von Jakob van Oost dem Jüngeren wurde 1699 in Lille eingebürgert. Er repräsentierte die dritte Generation der Künstlerfamilie van Oost. Sein Schaffensbereich waren Lille und Tournai. Es sind nur wenige Werke von ihm überliefert. Im Jahr 1720 fertigte er die Porträts von Kaiser Karl VI. und des Prinzen Eugen für den Schöffensaal in Tournai an. Im selben Jahr porträtierte er einen Kanonikus für den Sitzungssaal des Hôpital Notre-Dame derselben Stadt.

Das Porträt des Rechtsgelehrten Patou von 1726 befindet sich im Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille. Weitere Werke waren in den kirchlichen Einrichtungen seiner Heimatstadt.

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The Papers of Thomas William Heyck (also known as "T.W." and "Bill") document his career as educator and administrator at Northwestern University from 1968 to 2007. A scholar of British and Irish history, he was also involved in significant campus committee work, including establishing the Residential College system and chairing the Task Force on the Undergraduate Experience.
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Flowers and mementos are seen at a makeshift memorial outside Walmart, near the scene of a mass shooting which left at least 20 people dead, on August 4, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Domestic Terrorism against Hispanics
22, that's the number of people whose lives were taken away in what is being treated by the Justice Department as an act of domestic terrorism.
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Celebrating Year-Round
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Women's Fight Cannot Be Stop
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Sandra Rodriguez
On Saturday, August 3, a white supremacist traveled to the southern border of El Paso, Texas with a clear motive in mind — to open fire and kill Hispanics.
What many of us feared became a reality that day: the Hispanic community was attacked, but this time with more than just words from our President.
From the moment Trump took center-stage, he has rarely missed a chance to criticize and dehumanize Latinos and immigrants — calling immigrants drug dealers and rapists, and demanding a way to keep them out through building a wall.
Now, those living in El Paso have paid the deadly price for his words.
In a manifesto allegedly published on Saturday by the gunman and posted online just minutes before the shootings, the suspected shooter warned of a "Hispanic invasion of Texas," blaming them for taking away jobs and blending cultures in the United States.
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On Sunday, Trump told reporters "hate has no place in our country" but how can the Hispanic community trust our president when at a recent rally in Florida, he laughed off a supporter's suggestion to shoot unauthorized migrants at the border.
With everything said and done, we are left to wonder if this anti-immigrant rhetoric contributed to the massacre.
As Texans and the rest of the nation went to sleep mourning the loss of life, we woke up to the news of another mass shooting taking place in Dayton, Ohio where nine people were killed.
This leads us to ask when is enough, enough? Has America become a nation so plagued by mass shootings that people are becoming desensitized?
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Direct Booking Summit Europe: Day 1 roundup
Google Analytics, wholesalers, metasearch, loyalty, OTAs, guest experience, automation and EU regulations. Is there anything we didn't talk about today?
Lily McIlwain
Lily is Lead Product Marketing Manager at Triptease. When she's not investigating the industry or spreading the word that #DirectIsBest, she enjoys music, cycling, and obscure radio quiz shows.
by Lily McIlwain
What. A. Day. Google Analytics, wholesalers, metasearch, loyalty, OTAs, guest experience, automation and EU regulations. There isn't much we didn't cover on the first day of the European edition of the Direct Booking Summit.
The hundreds of hoteliers that joined us here in Barcelona spent the day debating, networking and even indulging in a spot of bingo. It was tough to narrow it down, but here's our pick of today's best moments:
It's time to talk contracts
It truly feels like there's been a sea change in terms of what hotels realise they can demand from their partners - OTAs and wholesalers alike. Our keynote speaker, Geneviève Materne of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, said her most important piece of advice to hotels would be:
"Check your terms and conditions! Right now you're giving wholesalers everything they need to sell your rates on OTAs and metasearch. Don't be angry at them - evaluate your own contracts."
Similar advice was given during our closed-door panel on Managing Wholesale Distribution in the Digital Age. It's not OTAs like Amoma that we should be angry about, one hotelier contended. It's up to hoteliers to be strict with their contracts and penalise wholesalers when necessary.
Nobody can get enough of CRM
CRMs, or Customer Relationship Management systems, were the topic du jour among hoteliers at the event. The Set Hotels's Brian Gore was one of the many to mention the ultimate goal of a 'single source of truth' - a centralised data bank of everything you know about a guest. It's this 'truth' that can then be leveraged for The Set's long-term aim: personalisation. It's this that will be 'key' to winning over guests and encouraging them to stay again, Brian told us.
Bilderberg's Arlette Gilbert told us how to make big data manageable for the small(er) hotel. "Move the data away from the experts," she says. "Move the projects into the hands of people who want to improve the guest experience or drive higher sales." As a self-confessed data 'non-expert', Arlette's advice was to start small and build up your data bank over time - there are too many disparate systems to try to integrate all at once. And most of all, she says, leave your preconceptions at the door.
"As hoteliers, we have all sorts of assumptions about what will drive our business. Take a step back and let the data surprise you."
Hoteliers will never stop amazing us
Today, we found out we were in the presence of some direct booking rockstars. A straw poll of the delegates revealed that several had managed to grow their direct bookings by more than 20% this year. Two even managed to get the increase above 30%. A remarkable feat that quite rightly drew some oohs and ahs from the crowd.
Of course, we asked for the ingredients to their secret sauce. The first's recipe for success was nailing Google Analytics. A deep dive into that data helped him run really effective campaigns. The second - Celine Montefusco of Egypt's Orascom Development - played hardball with OTAs and cut off supply. A brave and risky move, and certainly not something that could be replicated by every hotel - but one that can clearly work for some, despite the best efforts of OTAs to convince us otherwise. Both solutions won well-deserved rounds of applause and a key to unlock a secret cocktail at tonight's beach party.
Even as I type, today's speakers and delegates are sipping on some much-deserved cava before being whisked away to the Direct Booking Summit's exclusive party at the W. They'll soon be tucking into tapas and paella, before a performance from the best Flamenco dancers in Barcelona (at least, that's what we've been told!)
It's the perfect preparation for day two's workshops, which include a deep dive into the modern hotel guest's path to purchase and insight from our Chief Tease Charlie Osmond on how to turn the booking process into a booking experience.
There's plenty more to keep you occupied in the meantime. Check out our latest report, Spotlight on… Online Guest Experience: a exploration of what makes a really effective hotel website. We're hosting a webinar on the subject too and you can book your place here.
We're off to change into our dancing shoes. See you back here tomorrow for more from the Direct Booking Summit!
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Q: Retrieving direct messages from twitter using PHP? I am trying to retrieve direct messages sent to my account real time. But the way, my script is working is that when someone sends me a message, I have to refresh the script to get the latest message. I would like to make it real time such that whenever someone sends me a message, I get it instantly. How do I go about it? Any help/suggestions is highly appreciated.
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
require_once('twitterapiexchange.php');
require_once("twitteroauth.php");
$settings = array(
    'oauth_access_token' => "*********",
    'oauth_access_token_secret' => "*********",
    'consumer_key' => "*********",
    'consumer_secret' => "*********");
$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/direct_messages.json';
$getfield = '?since_id=240136858829479935&count=1';
$requestMethod = 'GET';
$twitter = new TwitterAPIExchange($settings);
$string = json_decode($twitter->setGetfield($getfield)
                      ->buildOauth($url, $requestMethod)
                      ->performRequest(),$assoc = TRUE);
foreach($string as $items)
{
    $url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/direct_messages/show.json?';
    $requestMethod = 'GET';
    $getfields = array('id' => $items['id']);
    $twitter = new TwitterAPIExchange($settings);
    $do = $twitter->setGetfield($getfield)
        ->buildOauth($url, $requestMethod)
        ->performRequest();
    echo "Teet: ".$items['text']."
";
    $senderId = $items['sender_id'];
    $messageText = $items['text'];
    $timeStamp = $items['created_at'];
    $recipentId = $items['recipient_id'];
    $messageId = $items['id'];
    $screenname=$items['sender_screen_name'];
    if(!empty($messageText)) {
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        $obj = json_decode($json);
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    }
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A: You'd need to use the streaming API and maintain a continuous connection to a user stream, then filter out direct messages from the responses.


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Einstein's Wife: The Real Story of Mileva Einstein-Maric
Allen Esterson
David C. Cassidy
Ruth Lewin Sime
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Was Einstein's first wife his uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his unacknowledged helpmeet? The real "Mileva Story."Albert Einstein's first wife, Mileva Einstein-Maric, was forgotten for decades. When a trove of correspondence between them beginning in their student days was discovered in 1986, her story began to be told. Some of the tellers of the "Mileva Story" made startling claims- that she was a brilliant mathematician who surpassed her husband, and that she made uncredited contributions to his most celebrated papers in 1905, including his paper on special relativity. This book, based on extensive historical research, uncovers the real "Mileva Story." Mileva was one of the few women of her era to pursue higher education in science; she and Einstein were students together at the Zurich Polytechnic. Mileva's ambitions for a science career, however, suffered a series of setbacks-failed diploma examinations, a disagreement with her doctoral dissertation adviser, an out-of-wedlock pregnancy by Einstein. She and Einstein married in 1903 and had two sons, but the marriage failed. Was Mileva her husband's uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his essential helpmeet? It's tempting to believe that she was her husband's secret collaborator, but the authors of Einstein's Wife look at the actual evidence, and a chapter by Ruth Lewin Sime offers important historical context. The story they tell is that of a brave and determined young woman who struggled against a variety of obstacles at a time when science was not very welcoming to women.
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Publish Date: 19-Mar-2019
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Red Bull Global Rallycross Returns to Port of Los Angeles for 2016 Finale
CorrienteLatina | Posted on September 22, 2016 September 21, 2016
"Red Bull Global Rallycross Returns to Port of Los Angeles for 2016 Finale"
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On October 8-9, the Port of Los Angeles will once again host Red Bull Global Rallycross' signature double-header event. For the first time in series history, Los Angeles will also be home to the series' season finale. "Our annual doubleheader at the Port of Los Angeles has proven one of our most popular events since its introduction three years ago," said Red Bull GRC CEO Colin Dyne. "This year we are excited to end the 2016 season on the waterfront for the very first time, and look forward to crowning this year's champions in our home market. We expect an incredible turnout!"
The Port of Los Angeles hosted Red Bull Global Rallycross for the first time in 2014, with Scott Speed and Rhys Millen splitting the inaugural doubleheader. In last year's event, Speed became the first Supercar driver to sweep a doubleheader in Red Bull GRC history, propelling him to his first series championship just two months later.
In 2016, this spectacular waterfront location will host one of the series most technical tracks with a crossover jump and bridge and an all new track design that will provide the ultimate test for the cars and drivers as they battle for the championship.
Tickets for Red Bull GRC Los Angeles at the Port of Los Angeles are on sale now. Adult single-day GA tickets are available at the early bird price of $25 through September 3, while kids ages 12 and under are free with a ticketed adult. For more information and to purchase tickets online, please visit http://www.redbullglobalrallycross.com/tickets.
About Red Bull Global Rallycross
Designed to produce some of the fastest and most exciting racing in motorsports, Red Bull Global Rallycross pits small production-based cars against each other in door-to-door racing featuring dirt, asphalt, and table-top jumps. With enhanced engineering and safety features, the cars produce 600 horsepower and can accelerate from 0-60 miles per hour in less than two seconds, and can also withstand 70-foot jumps and other vehicle contact. For more information visit www.RedBullGlobalRallycross.com.