Some pics to help with your rides paint.
Re: Some pics to help with your rides paint.
I think this will be what they will be.
Interesting stripe design on the Chevelle. I like the uniqueness.
I meant how the side stripes are a combination of SS & 73 base model stripes. Really different.
That cool. The more of them we can get the better.


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title: Image button inside RadGrid
description: Use templates to add image buttons to RadGrid.
type: how-to
page_title: Create an image button in Templates - RadGrid - Telerik UI For ASP.NET AJAX
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## Environment

			Product
			RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX

## Description

Q: How to create an imagebutton inside the grid?

## Solution

One of the easiest way is to use Templates. The example below shows how ImageButtons are added into Template Columns as well as into Command Item Template.

Demo Screenshot:

![](images/grid-add-imagebutton.png)

Grid Markup

````ASP.NET
<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" runat="server" Width="600px" OnNeedDataSource="RadGrid1_NeedDataSource" OnItemDataBound="RadGrid1_ItemDataBound">
    <MasterTableView CommandItemDisplay="Top" DataKeyNames="ID" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
        <CommandItemTemplate>
            <telerik:RadImageButton ID="RadImageButton1" runat="server" Image-Url="https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/Common/Images/theme-builder.png" Height="113px" Width="500px" PostBackUrl="https://themebuilder.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/?_ga=2.60748900.815688258.1574667336-2086774972.1538481513">
            </telerik:RadImageButton>
        </CommandItemTemplate>
        <Columns>
            <telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="MyTemplateColumn">
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <telerik:RadImageButton ID="RadImageButton2" runat="server" Height="269px" Width="369px">
                    </telerik:RadImageButton>
                </ItemTemplate>
            </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Desc"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
        </Columns>
    </MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>
````

Server Side Code

````C#
protected void RadGrid1_NeedDataSource(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridNeedDataSourceEventArgs e)
{
    (sender as RadGrid).DataSource = Enumerable.Range(1, 3).Select(x => new
    {
        ID = x,
        Desc = getTitleById(x)
    });
}

string getTitleById(int id)
{
    switch (id)
    {
        case 1:
            return "Kendo UI";
        case 2:
            return "Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX";
        case 3:
            return "Telerik UI for Blazor";
        default:
            return "No title";
    }

}

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    if(e.Item is GridDataItem)
    {
        GridDataItem item = e.Item as GridDataItem;
        var imgButton = item["MyTemplateColumn"].FindControl("RadImageButton2") as RadImageButton;

        int ID = (int)item.GetDataKeyValue("ID");

        if(ID == 1) {
            imgButton.Image.Url = "https://d585tldpucybw.cloudfront.net/sfimages/default-source/labs/vibe/kendo-ui.png?sfvrsn=e837ffcd_3";
            imgButton.PostBackUrl = "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/?_ga=2.955256.815688258.1574667336-2086774972.1538481513";
        }
        if (ID == 2) {
            imgButton.Image.Url = "https://d585tldpucybw.cloudfront.net/sfimages/default-source/labs/vibe/aspnet-ajax.png?sfvrsn=83134310_3";
            imgButton.PostBackUrl = "https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/?_ga=2.266886855.815688258.1574667336-2086774972.1538481513";
        }
        else if(ID == 3) {
            imgButton.Image.Url = "https://d585tldpucybw.cloudfront.net/sfimages/default-source/labs/ui-for-blazor-demo.png?sfvrsn=754b8a68_3";
            imgButton.PostBackUrl = "https://demos.telerik.com/blazor-ui/?_ga=2.30313590.815688258.1574667336-2086774972.1538481513";
        }
    }
}
````

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@interface ACLoginViewController : UIViewController

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Q: How can I erase drawings on imageview without changing the Image in iOS? My requirement is to erase the specific drawing on ImageView without affecting the image; in my case when I apply eraser on image, the whole image is also changing with drawings on ImageView [I want to erase only drawings].
NOTE:for eraser functionality I used a white color.

A: Use 2 image views and 2 images. The base image will be your body outline. Have the user draw into the second image, which you would draw on top of the first. When the user erases, erase the second, top image.
(Erase to clear, not white)

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Japanese photos of the late nineteenth-century: Ogawa Kazumasa and lovely flowers
Lifestyle Tokyo Culture
Lee Jay
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Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929) was born during the final period of the Edo era in Japan. Hence, the modernizing dynamics that followed during the Meiji period that began in 1868 impacted greatly on Kazumasa. This includes learning photography techniques based on a broad approach, including developing his chosen path in America before returning to his native homeland. Therefore, Kazumasa denotes many aspects of old Japan, sometimes based on realism and other times focused on reaching out to a market based on the manipulation of reality.
However, in this article, the sole emphasis is on his photography of flowers in the late nineteenth century. Indeed, the images obviously denote a time in the distant past based on the style of the photos he produced. Yet, the approach he took his fascinating and you can imagine the stillness of time when viewing.
Kazumasa at a relatively young age opened up a photographic studio during the ever-changing landscape of Tokyo in 1884. His enterprising spirit is further witnessed by opening a dry plate business followed by a printing factory in the late 1880s. Therefore, it is abundantly clear that Kazumasa was making the most of the freethinking times associated with the Meiji period in this period of Japanese history.
In another article about this esteemed photographer, I comment, "Kazumasa was a pioneer in photomechanical printing and photography. In truth, Kazumasa was multi-talented in the field of photography, printing, and publishing."
Kazumasa took the images of hand-colored flower collotypes depicted in this article in the late nineteenth century. They were then put together and sold in his book titled Some Japanese Flowers. Therefore, the subject matter and singular nature of the flowers in each photo are a glimpse into the techniques of this period with the end result being most pleasing!
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Dombkowski Lab
Epilepsy/Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Our laboratory is engaged in the development and application of bioinformatics tools used in a wide range of biomedical studies.
Protein Disulfide Engineering
Disulfides are naturally occurring bonds that provide stability to many proteins. Disulfides also restrict motion in protein regions that are bonded together. It is advantageous to artificially increase the stability of some proteins, for example to improve the stability of industrial enzymes or peptide-based pharmaceuticals. Additionally, to assist studies of protein dynamics and function, it is often desirable to insert a disulfide bond to restrict motion or alter enzymatic activity. Disulfide engineering is the directed design of novel disulfide bonds into proteins. We have developed algorithms and software to enable investigators to effectively utilize this biotechnological method by accurately predicting locations where disulfide bonds can successfully form in a protein.
See our review of disulfide engineering
Disulfide bond geometry. From Dombkowski et al., FEBS Letters, 2014, Vol. 588, Issue 2, p 206-212
To create a new disulfide bond, two amino acids (residues) in close spatial proximity must be mutated to cysteines. However, spatial proximity alone is not an efficient selection criteria for designing novel disulfide bonds. Cysteines involved in disulfides bonds conform to strict structural constraints. Therefore, we have developed bioinformatics tools to select residues in a target protein where mutation to cysteines will likely form a disulfide. Our computational algorithms are based on analysis of the geometry of hundreds of naturally occurring disulfide bonds. We have developed very accurate disulfide prediction methods, and our computational tools have been used in many published studies, including reports in Nature, Cell, and Science. We have licensed this technology to pharmaceutical firms.
Disulfide by Design used to expedite the search for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Four international research groups used DbD2 to assist in development of multi-epitope peptide vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 virus:
Ismail, S., S. Ahmad, and S.S. Azam, Immuno-informatics Characterization SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein for Prioritization of Epitope based Multivalent Peptide Vaccine.bioRxiv, 2020: p. 2020.04.05.026005.
Sarkar, B., et al., The Essential Facts of Wuhan Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in China and Epitope-based Vaccine Designing against 2019-nCoV.bioRxiv, 2020: p. 2020.02.05.935072.
Rehman, H.M.M., M.U.; Saleem, M.; Froeyen, M.; Ahmad, S.; Gul, R.; Aslam, M.S.; Sajjad, M.; Bhinder, M.A., A Putative Prophylactic Solution for COVID-19: Development of Novel Multiepitope Vaccine Candidate against SARS‐COV‐2 by Comprehensive Immunoinformatic and Molecular Modelling Approach. Preprints, 2020.
Nazneen Akhand, M.R., et al., Genome based Evolutionary study of SARS-CoV-2 towards the Prediction of Epitope Based Chimeric Vaccine.bioRxiv, 2020: p. 2020.04.15.036285.
Try our web-based tool for disulfide engineering
Tools for Functional Genomics
Better Bunny: Augmented Annotation and Orthologue Analysis for Oryctolagus cuniculus.
The rabbit is an important model organism used in many biomedical research studies. However, functional genomics studies using the rabbit have been impeded by sparse annotation of the genome, thus prohibiting extensive functional analysis of gene sets derived from whole-genome experiments. To address this shortcoming, we developed a web-based application that provides extensive functional annotation for rabbit genes, through orthologous relationships and integration of several external databases.
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miR-AT!: miRNA Combinatorial Analysis of Targets
miR-AT! is a computational tool for the identification of transcripts that are targets of a list of input miRNAs. Targets are identified using the Sanger MicroCosm Targets database, and the output provides a list of all computationally predicted targets, the number of sites in each transcript and the cumulative score. Filters can be applied to restrict target site selection. Links for each transcript in the output provide additional information from the NCBI and Ensembl databases, as well as miR target site locations. miR-AT! also enables the automated submission of output target lists to DAVID for functional annotation of ontologies and pathways.
miR-AT! Publication
miR-AT! Application


Our Wool is from Our Sheep! We began our journey with sheep in 2003. It has been a heart warming adventure. We have met so many wonderful people as we have learned about sheep. Our sons showed at the state fair for most of those years and we met even more wonderful people at the fair.
www.carolinafiberfest.org. Is the website for our local fiber event at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C. in the Kerr Scott Building at the Blue Ridge Rd. entrance. Check the site for all the up to date information.
These are some of our sheep.We have enjoyed our sheep journey, but it is work. For those who glamorize farming as a restful, laid back way of life, please be more realistic. It is a 24/7 job, with perks. Lambing is one of those perks.
Our beautiful sheep provide fiber for spinners, yarn for knitters and crocheters and we have loose wool for felters. Our wool is soft, luxurious and warm. We dye some of it and leave some natural colored.


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Q: Error Parsing JSON in RubyMotion I'm trying to parse the following JSON:
"{\"name\":\"Damien\",\"message\":[\"Hi\"]}"

However, I've tried native parsing and Bubblewrap only to get the following error:
-[__NSCFString bytes]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x98bde40
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFString bytes]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x98bde40'

I've tried:
e = Pointer.new(:object)
json_hash = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(json_string, options:0, error: e)

and
json_hash = BW::JSON.parse(json_string)

Both yield the same error. What am I doing wrong?

A: `JSONObjectWithData:options:error:' requires NSData object instead of String. You can convert from String to NSData using String#to_data
json_string = "{\"name\":\"Damien\",\"message\":[\"Hi\"]}"
e = Pointer.new(:object)
json_hash = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(json_string.to_data, options:0, error: e)


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var calc = (function () {
    return {
        add: function (num1, num2) {
            var first = parseInt(num1);
            var second = parseInt(num2);

            if (isNaN(first) == true) {
                throw new Error("Not a number");
            }
            answer = first + second;
            return answer;
        },

        multiply: function (num1, num2) {
            var first = parseInt(num1);
            var second = parseInt(num2);

            if (isNaN(first) == true) {
                throw new Error("Not a number");
            }
            answer = first * second;
            return answer;
        },

        divide: function (num1, num2) {
            var first = parseInt(num1);
            var second = parseInt(num2);

            if (isNaN(first) == true) {
                throw new Error("Not a number");
            }
            answer = first / second;
            return answer;
        },
        subtract: function (num1, num2) {
            var first = parseInt(num1);
            var second = parseInt(num2);
            if (isNaN(first) == true) {
                throw new Error("Not a number");
            }
            answer = first - second;
            return answer;
        }
    }
}())


Playing our first house show, along with Daniel Amedee and other local London artists Run Coyote and Jack Schindler.
Doors at 7:30, with $10/PWYC at the door, and beverages and snacks inside! Bring Your Own Friend!


Queen Mary University of London has used 'quality-related' (QR) research funding alongside funding from the Greater London Authority (GLA) to set up and support the Queen Mary Bioenterprises (QMB) Innovation centre, the largest purpose-built commercial laboratory space currently available for rent in London.
The university committed to a ten-year contract to support this in 2009, which has required annual investment from its own funds. The QMB has had a significant impact far beyond that predicted, including the creation and/or safeguarding of 437 full time jobs (exceeding the 250 job target initially set); it has assisted 195 businesses (compared to an initial GLA target of 20); and 8 businesses have entered the incubator.
Current tenants include the highly successful companies Spirogen (bought by Astrazeneca in a deal for up to US$440 million in 2013) and the QMUL spin-out hViVo (current market capitalisation £205 million). QMB is located in Whitechapel, in the middle of the site planned for QMUL's large-scale Life Sciences developments.


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08/27/2014 03:37 pm ET Updated Aug 27, 2014
New 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' Teaser Features Three-Legged Woman
Erin Whitney
The freaks are out, thanks to "American Horror Story: Freak Show."
Entertainment Weekly has revealed the third teaser for the upcoming Season 4 of Ryan Murphy's horror anthology and it introduces us to a freak inside the circus tent: the three-legged woman. This isn't just any lady with an extra leg though, she's also an acrobat.
Extra body parts is something "AHS" fans better get used to, since Sarah Paulson's Season 4 character will be Bette and Dot, a woman who two heads. Paulson recently told EW that filming her character has been the hardest thing she's ever done, "without a doubt." The other teasers for "AHS: Freak Show" include a man with a split-tongue and a creepy non-human-looking hand.
We also know that the world's smallest woman will appear on the show, there will be a scary clown and Matt Bomer will show up for an episode. Now you officially have zero reasons to not to be excited for "Freak Show."
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This one-day workshop aims at introducing key social science theories and techniques in reconstructing post-traumatic communities while lending support to the "helpers" who are pressed to intervene in uncertain territory with limited authority and leverage.
acquire a understanding of the complex dynamics which Characterise humanitarian work and assess how the concepts presented during the workshop can be fruitfuly applied to their own work .
become familiar with work tools which are part of emotional intelligence and supportive of artistic expressions of human experience that can help transcend barriers to human interaction and communication.
develop further their own working models of effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian work in situations of community development in post-conflict situations.
A nominal fee of EUR 395/CHF 475 is charged to cover lunch, coffee breaks and administrative fees (click on Brochure for more payment information). All other expenses are to be covered by the participants such as accommodation in Geneva and travel to and from Switzerland. The CSEND staff will assist in making reservations for accommodation if so required.
The workshop will be held in English. No interpretation will be provided.
Venue: World Council of Churches, Salle 4.


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Powiat świdwiński – powiat w północno-zachodniej Polsce, w województwie zachodniopomorskim, reaktywowany w 1999 r. w ramach reformy administracyjnej. Jego siedzibą jest miasto Świdwin.

W skład powiatu wchodzą:
 gminy miejskie: Świdwin
 gminy miejsko-wiejskie: Połczyn-Zdrój
 gminy wiejskie: Brzeżno, Rąbino, Sławoborze, Świdwin
 miasta: Świdwin, Połczyn-Zdrój

Według danych z 30 czerwca 2020 roku powiat zamieszkiwało 46 526 osób.

Położenie
Według danych z 2015 roku powierzchnia powiatu świdwińskiego wynosi 1093,06 km².

Powiat położony jest na Wysoczyźnie Łobeskiej i Pojezierzu Drawskim. Gospodarka powiatu opiera się na przemyśle drzewnym i przetwórstwie spożywczym oraz turystyce. W Połczynie-Zdroju znajduje się najstarsze uzdrowisko na Pomorzu.

Historia
Powiat świdwiński powołano 1 października 1954 roku w województwie koszalińskim, jako jeden z pierwszych powiatów utworzonych tuż po wprowadzeniu gromad w miejsce dotychczasowych gmin (29 września 1954) jako podstawowych jednostek administracyjnych PRL. Na powiat świdwiński złożyły się 2 miasta i 18 gromad, które wyłączono z dwóch powiatów w województwie koszalińskim (w praktyce gromady te należały do tych powiatów przez zaledwie dwa dni):

 z powiatu białogardzkiego:
 miasta Świdwin i Połczyn Zdrój
 gromady Biały Zdrój, Bierzwnica, Bolkowo, Brzeżno, Lekowo, Nielep, Oparzno, Rąbino, Redło, Rzecino, Rusinowo, Sława, Słonowice, Toporzyk, Zajączkówko i Ząbrowo
 z powiatu kołobrzeskiego:
 gromady Mysłowice i Sławoborze

1 stycznia 1958 roku do powiatu świdwińskiego przyłączono:

 z powiatu białogardzkiego – gromady Kołacz i Popielewo
 z powiatu drawskiego (z gromady Łabędzie) – wieś Karsibór (do gromady Bierzwnica)
 z powiatu drawskiego (z gromady Nowe Worowo) – wsie Lipno (do gromady Połczyn Zdrój), Cieminko, Smołdzęcino i Kolonia Lipno (do gromady Toporzyk)
 z powiatu szczecineckiego (z gromady Kluczewo) – wieś Czarnkowie (do gromady Połczyn Zdrój)

Równocześnie z powiatu świdwińskiego wyłączono gromadę Bolkowo i włączono ją do powiatu białogardzkiego.

Po zniesieniu gromad i reaktywacji gmin z dniem 1 stycznia 1973 roku powiat świdwiński podzielono na 2 miasta i 5 gmin :
 miasta Połczyn-Zdrój i Świdwin
 gminy Brzeżno, Połczyn-Zdrój, Rąbino, Sławoborze i Świdwin

Po reformie administracyjnej obowiązującej od 1 czerwca 1975 roku terytorium zniesionego powiatu świdwińskiego włączono do nowo utworzonego (mniejszego) województwa koszalińskiego. Wraz z reformą administracyjną z 1999 roku przywrócono w województwie zachodniopomorskim powiat świdwiński o kształcie i podziale administracyjnym identycznych do tych z 1975 roku (jedynie miasto i gminę Połczyn-Zdrój połączono 1 stycznia 1992 roku we wspólną gminę miejsko-wiejską Połczyn-Zdrój).

Gospodarka
W końcu września 2019 roku liczba zarejestrowanych bezrobotnych w powiecie świdwińskim obejmowała ok. 1,7 tys. mieszkańców, co stanowi stopę bezrobocia na poziomie 11,9% do aktywnych zawodowo.

Przeciętne wynagrodzenie pracownicze w 2011 roku wynosiło 2772,15 zł, przy liczbie zatrudnionych pracowników w powiecie świdwińskim – 5866 osób. Przeciętne wynagrodzenie w sektorze publicznym wynosiło 2700,58 zł, a w sektorze prywatnym 1848,38 zł.

W 2013 r. wydatki budżetu samorządu powiatu świdwińskiego wynosiły 58,8 mln zł, a dochody budżetu 62,6 mln zł. Zadłużenie (dług publiczny) samorządu według danych na IV kwartał 2013 r. wynosiło 10,9 mln zł, co stanowiło 17,4% dochodów.

Demografia
Według danych z 31 grudnia 2019 roku powiat świdwiński zamieszkiwały 46 724 osoby.

 Piramida wieku mieszkańców powiatu świdwińskiego w 2014 roku.

Komunikacja
 Linie kolejowe:
 czynne:

202 Gdańsk Główny – Stargard Szczeciński  (przez Świdwin, Nielep, Rąbino)

 nieczynne, istniejące:

421 Połczyn-Zdrój – Świdwin  (przez Stare Ludzicko, Redło, Cieszeniewo, Smardzko),

 nieczynne, nieistniejące:

410 Grzmiąca – Kostrzyn  (przez Kołacz, Połczyn-Zdrój, Międzyborze, Zajączkowo, Dobino, Toporzyk, Gawroniec)

wąskotorowe:

 Linia kolejowa Białogard Wąskotorowy – Lepino Trójkąt,
 Linia kolejowa Gościno – Sławoborze (przez Rokosowo, Lepino, Lepino Trójkąt).

 Drogi:
 wojewódzkie:
 151  Świdwin – Recz,
 152 Połczyn-Zdrój – Płoty  (przez Świdwin),
 162 Kołobrzeg – Drawsko Pomorskie  (przez Sławoborze, Świdwin i Brzeżno),
 163 Kołobrzeg – Wałcz  (przez Połczyn-Zdrój),
 170 Połczyn-Zdrój – Tychowo,
 172 Połczyn-Zdrój – Szczecinek,
 173 Połczyn-Zdrój – Drawsko Pomorskie.

Bezpieczeństwo
W 2009 r. wskaźnik wykrywalności sprawców przestępstw stwierdzonych w powiecie świdwińskim wynosił 76,6%. W 2009 r. stwierdzono w powiecie m.in. 164 kradzieży z włamaniem, 8 kradzieży samochodów, 54 przestępstw narkotykowych.

Powiat świdwiński jest obszarem właściwości Prokuratury Rejonowej w Świdwinie i Prokuratury Okręgowej w Koszalinie.

Na terenie powiatu działa 7 jednostek Ochotniczej Straży Pożarnej włączonych do krajowego systemu ratowniczo-gaśniczego. Istnieje jednostka ratowniczo-gaśnicza przy Komendzie Powiatowej Państwowej Straży Pożarnej w Świdwinie.

Administracja

Siedzibą władz powiatu jest miasto Świdwin. Organem uchwałodawczym jest Rada Powiatu w Świdwinie, w której skład wchodzi 17 radnych.

Gminy powiatu świdwińskiego są obszarem właściwości Sądu Rejonowego w Białogardzie, jednakże sprawy karne i wieczystoksięgowe rozpatrywane są przez 2 wydziały zamiejscowe w Świdwinie. Powiat świdwiński jest obszarem właściwości miejscowej Sądu Okręgowego w Koszalinie. Powiat świdwiński jest obszarem właściwości miejscowej Samorządowego Kolegium Odwoławczego w Koszalinie.

Mieszkańcy powiatu świdwińskiego wybierają radnych do Sejmiku Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego w okręgu nr 3. Posłów na Sejm wybierają z okręgu wyborczego nr 40, senatora z okręgu nr 99, a posłów do Parlamentu Europejskiego z okręgu nr 13.

Sąsiednie powiaty
 powiat białogardzki
 powiat szczecinecki
 powiat drawski
 powiat łobeski
 powiat kołobrzeski

Zobacz też
 podział administracyjny województwa zachodniopomorskiego

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Dane o powiatach i gminach (Regioset)

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Compression Techniques in Delphi – A discussion on members' experience with various compression options available for Delphi.
ZLIB  presented by Ian Krigsman.
Use of the popular 7 Zip compression engine is possible in Delphi with additional units from the JCL (Jedi Component Library). Of all the compression components presented 7 Zip provides the most extensive range of compress and un-compress formats. There is however no documentation other than source code comments and a runtime library (7 Zip libraries) need to be either distributed or downloaded onto the client machine.
For compression that was only to be compressed and decompressed by the one system or application set then ZLIB is suitable.
For compression that required files to be from third parties or delivered to third parties than Abbrevia is the preferred if an open source solution is acceptable, or TZipfile if the short comings of the component are not a barrier.
The additional effort and complexity of deployment with 7 Zip was considered only worthwhile if the required compression format(s) were not supported in the previous solutions.


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Genome Biology – lots of exciting software this month
Andrew Cosgrove 25 Aug 2011
The August issue of Genome Biology is now available on our website, and it's a bumper issue this month. As well as several high-quality research articles (such as the wallaby genome sequence, the transcriptome of regenerating heads in planarians and a comprehensive screen for substrates of the Chk1 checkpoint kinase), we have a number of exciting computational methods for analyzing high throughput genomics data.
Kim and Salzberg present TopHat-Fusion, a modified version of the popular TopHat package for analyzing RNA-seq datasets, that can identify transcripts from fusion genes. As fusion genes are often important in carcinogenesis (such as the canonical BCR-Abl fusion from the Philadelphia chromosome in some leukemias), this has important medical applications.
Uwe Ohler and colleagues present PARalyzer, a package for analyzing PAR-CLIP data. PAR-CLIP is a relatively new method for identifying where specific proteins bind to RNA molecules. PAR-CLIP stands for 'Photoactivatable Ribonucleoside-enhanced Cross-Linking and Immuno-Precipitation'. Crosslinks are induced between proteins and RNA, and specific proteins pulled down using antibodies. The RNA fragments attached to the proteins can be determined using high throughput sequencing. Until now, packages for analyzing these data have been few, but the new method from Ohler's group will help researchers interpret their results.
Shirley Liu and colleagues give us CISTROME, in which they have integrated 29 different packages to provide a complete suite for the analysis of ChIP-chip and ChIP-seq data at all stages, from preliminary peak calling, to downstream genome feature association, gene expression analyses and motif discovery. These have all been combined into an easy-to-use application based on the Galaxy open source framework.
After Jason Lieb's ZINBA program that we published last month this goes to show that Genome Biology's support for first-rate data analysis applications goes from strength to strength.
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Companion articles explore the kangaroo genome
Long-term monitoring in wild black bears
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Andrew obtained his PhD in molecular biology from the University of Dundee in 2005. He joined Genome Biology in 2009 after a post doctoral research position at the University of Sheffield investigating chromosome positioning during meiosis in yeast.
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Remarkable Benefits of Cream of Tartar As someone who loves and finds time to bake, it's easy to assume that you're very familiar with cream of tartar. By definition, it's actually a by-product of wine and is very acidic in nature. It is produced once grape juice is fermented inside a barrel, wherein the natural process leads to the production of a sediment, which in return is purified and made into a white powder later called as cream of tartar. The reason why it has that weird name is because its chemical term is potassium hydrogen tartrate. Although it is mostly used in baking to stabilize egg whites and avoid forming sugar crystals, it has been recently discovered to have several health benefits, too. So let's take a look at the health benefits of cream of tartar that you still don't know: 1 – It helps in the treatment of urinary tract infection.
First of all, the effectiveness of cream of tartar in treating UTI is legitimate and not just some obscure claim by some self-proclaimed medical expert. Because cream of tartar successfully changes the pH level of the urine, what happens then is that bacteria won't be able to thrive in it. Drink one cup of warm water mixed with one and a half teaspoons of cream of tartar.
2 – It alleviates arthritic pain. It is widely believed that a mixture of water, lemon, orange, salt, grapefruit, and cream of tartar is very effective in soothing the painful effects of arthritis. 3 – It can remove nicotine in the bloodstream. This is obviously beneficial to smokers who want an alternative in terms of the goal of quitting smoking for good. What cream of tartar does is that it removes the presence of nicotine in the bloodstream; and when that happens, the body responds by way of eliminating its craving for the same harmful chemical. 4 – It helps fight heartburn. When you're unfortunately suffering from a heartburn, the first thing you obviously will do is take some antacids. However, you actually can make an alternative treatment if antacid isn't readily available, and all you need is a mixture of baking soda, cream of tartar, and water. 5 – It's an effective prevention against gallstones. You probably aren't aware of this but with the help of three tablespoons of cream of tartar mixed with juice from six pieces of lemons and a tablespoon of salt, you now have a very potent weapon against gallstones. This is as convenient a prevention can be, especially for those individuals who are prone to have gallstones than most people. 6 – It can also be of great help in terms of lowering high blood pressure. Lastly, people who lack potassium in their system are most likely to have high blood pressure. So as to prevent that from happening, consuming cream of tartar, which by the way is literally potassium, can help in lowering that blood pressure.


Certain moisturizers that swell up are not be applied.
Separate eye creams/gels are a must if you suffer with puffy or ageing eyes.
Hold a metal spoon under cold running water for a few minutes and then gently press it onto the eye area to soothe, cool and reduce swelling.
Cucumber slices are good one for reducing puffiness and soothing tired, sore eyes.
Hemorrhoid creams containing sharks liver oil or yeast applied to the puffy area, they're good are for reducing swelling.
Soak used tea bags in cold water for around ten minutes (making sure they are really cool) and place them on the puffy area. Start at the outside of the eye and roll them gently inwards.
Elevate your head when you sleep to encourage fluid to drain away from the eye area.
Place a slice of raw potato underneath your eyes. The potassium in them counteracts dark circles.


From the 8th century at least and more over from the gregorian Popes, the organisation of processions in Rome takes a significant place in the political communication of medieval papacy. The pope recovered the antic imperial ceremonial and invested the urban space, especially between the Latran and the Vatican, to show his power as the spiritual father and the temporal master of the city and the world. He first took advantage from the movements linked to the stationnal liturgy, and extended the use of processions (usually on horses) for the day of the crowning and for the Advents, which implied to join spaces outside and inside the city, to organise a way across the decorated town, and to get the peaceful assistance of the clergy, the aristocrats and the population. From the middle of the 11th century and above all after 1304, the more numerous absences out of Rome caused important changes in the ceremonial and its meaning.
In Medieval Venice, urban space was not only the scene of the conflicts between mendicant orders and parishes chapters but, in real terms, a primordial actor. This paper whishes to put urban space in the centre of attention, using three examples which allow to understand its real place in the conflicts and the leading role it plays, especially at the end of the Middle Ages, in the deep modification of the spiritual and devotional opposition between mendicants and the laity.
Il racconto di fondazione (1606) fa risalire l'origine del santuario rupestre al 1567, anno della sua scoperta seguita ad una epifania. La sua genesi, però, è più antica e complessa e si affianca alla presenza dell'attigua cappella votiva, anch'essa ricavata da una grotta, dedicata a s. Margherita. Questo culto riservato alla santa sauroctona - sorto in prossimità di una lama - viene messo in relazione con l'esigenza di protezione dalla malaria, propagatasi in conseguenza del frequente ristagno delle acque.
The essay analyzes the figure and the action of cardinal Alessandro Farnese, then Pope Paul III, as bishop-administrator of the diocese of Parma, between 1509 and 1534. In spite of his almost continuative absence from the diocese to live in the Papal court, cardinal Farnese was able to create a series of relations with the local powers, laical and ecclesiastical – in a period of deep changements in the political life of the city – which allowed him to lay the foundations for the building of the Farnese duchy of Parma and Piacenza.
On the account of his membership of the Dominican Order and owing to his friendship with Noël Alexander, cardinal Vincenzo M. Orsini, archbishop of Benevento from 1686 until 1724 and later pope Benedict XIII (1724 –1730), was and is still labelled now as pro-Jansenist and deaf to the bull Unigenitus, now as anti-probabilist and opposed to Jesuits. This study, which is based on a plenty of unpublished archive material and mainly focused on Orsini's long Beneventan episcopate, just goes to show how basically rash such assessments were and still are. As for contemporary problems, the Church worried about between the XVII and the XVIII century, Card. Orsini displaied indeed an unchanging attitude of sound balance and, above all, of genuine loyalty on Roman policy guidelines.


Birth Defects: Misc. Government Heart / Stroke-Related: Misc.
Cancer: Lung Cancer: Misc. Government Surgery: Misc.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- You probably know a narcissist -- someone who believes he or she is the best at everything and has little regard for others. Now, new research suggests narcissists also tend to have little regard for democracy.
Behavior Government Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.
Environment Fears / Phobias Government Health Costs Pollution, Air Pollution, Water Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.
MONDAY, Oct. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- In an attempt to head off federal regulation, America's pharmaceutical manufacturers announced Monday that they would take voluntary action to make drug prices more transparent.
TUESDAY, April 17, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant teens should receive some state support as long as they meet certain conditions, such as taking parenting classes, many American adults believe.
That's the finding of a poll of more than 2,000 adults nationwide with children under age 18.
Environment Exercise: Misc. Government Psychology / Mental Health: Misc. Weight: Misc.
Cancer: Misc. Drugs: Misc. Food &, Drug Administration Government Health Costs Prescription Drugs Therapy &, Procedures: Misc.
THURSDAY, March 1, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Recent U.S. immigration policy changes are causing significant mental distress for many Hispanic parents in the country, a new study finds.
TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- An opioid addiction treatment program for Rhode Island prison inmates appears to have significantly reduced overdose deaths among those who are released, researchers say.
Addiction Drug Abuse Drug Abuse: Social Issues Drug Abuse: Treatment / Solutions Drugs: Misc. Government Therapy &, Procedures: Misc.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Extreme weather such as severe flooding and droughts will become much more common if the targets in the Paris Agreement on climate change aren't reached, researchers warn.
Government Injuries Safety &, Public Health: Misc. Sleep Problems: Misc. Trauma Travel Safety: Misc. Travel Safety: Motor Vehicle Injury Travel: Misc.
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- President Donald Trump is in excellent physical health and also shows no signs of age-related cognitive decline, according to a detailed briefing Tuesday following his annual check-up.
Aging: Misc. Government Heart / Stroke-Related: Heart Attack Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- States that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) had fewer hospital closures, especially in rural areas, a new study finds.
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Time is running out for millions of American kids covered by the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Stopgap funding for the federal program for these kids will expire Jan. 19. Soon thereafter, states will begin to cut kids' coverage as the money runs dry, experts say.
Government Insurance: Lack Of Insurance: Medicaid Insurance: Misc. Kids: Misc.
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- NASA scientists say they have satellite evidence that the international ban on chlorine-containing chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) has helped heal the massive hole that was chewed in the Earth's protective ozone layer.
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity rates among poor kids may be declining, U.S. health officials report.
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans who die each year from inhaling fine-particle pollutants has dropped dramatically since 1970, thanks to laws that originated from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- With a flourish of his pen, President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the biggest revamping of the U.S. tax code in three decades. It also means the end of the Affordable Care Act's controversial individual mandate.
MONDAY, Dec. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- How states treat undocumented immigrants with kidney failure affects their health -- including, in some cases, whether they live or die, a new study has found.
The states involved in the study -- California, Colorado and Texas -- have different guidelines on the treatment such patients should be given.
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Sales of antibiotics for use in U.S. livestock fell in recent years but still remain too high, according to the National Resources Defense Council.
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to kicking the smoking habit, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Addiction Food &, Drug Administration Government Smoking Cessation Tobacco: Cigarette Smoking Tobacco: Misc.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Just 5 percent of people referred for opioid addiction treatment by the U.S. criminal justice system receive the best treatment, a new study finds.
Government Insurance: Medicaid Smoking Cessation Tobacco: Misc.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Despite the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris Accord on climate change, the United States will benefit from international efforts to slow the global environmental threat, researchers say.
Government Health Costs Insurance: Medicaid Insurance: Medicare Insurance: Misc.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Steering opioid addicts toward treatment programs instead of prisons, while tightening federal policies on opioid prescribing, could curb the opioid epidemic, President Donald Trump's opioid crisis commission said Wednesday.
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Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) today announced that their bipartisan legislation to increase oversight of federal agencies has passed the House by a 382-2 vote and now heads to the President's desk to await his signature. The Good Accounting Obligation in Government (GAO-IG) Act requires federal agencies to report on open and unimplemented recommendations from the Office of Inspector General (IG) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
"The House and Senate have now both approved a set of new, bipartisan tools to identify and fix problems all over the federal government, so it can work better for all Americans. I was proud to work with Senator Young to get this done," said Senator Warren.
"Implementing these important recommendations will save taxpayer dollars, improve government efficiency, help Congress make decisions, and drastically improve government programs. I'm hopeful that the President will quickly sign this bill into law for the benefit of Hoosiers and all Americans," said Senator Young.
Inspectors General and the GAO issue thousands of reports and audits every year that make recommendations to agencies about how they can improve programs and save money. The GAO-IG Act would require agencies to report on the status of recommendations as part of their annual budget justification. Currently GAO has over 8,000 open federal agency recommendations, and has neglected to act on these recommendations. To ensure that recommendations are implemented, GAO and IG would have to provide a timeline for implementation of outstanding recommendations or provide justification for not implementing the recommendations.
In 2013, GAO published recommendations to improve wait times at the VA, so that veterans can have timely access to medical care.
In 2015, GAO found that the Department of Justice could do more to measure progress addressing overcrowding in prisons and recidivism rates.
In 2014, GAO found significant oversight gaps in training for Department of State and USAID personnel that jeopardized their safety as well as others.
In 2018, GAO found areas to improve lead grant programs and compliance monitoring processes under the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Failure to act on these recommendations could negatively impact the lives of all Americans, and the GAO-IG Act makes certain that Congress and taxpayers are armed with the information needed to hold federal agencies accountable.
The GAO-IG Act passed the Senate on December 6, 2018. An earlier version of the bill passed the House on July 16, 2018.


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Nikolaj Hansen ist der Name folgender Personen:

* Nikolaj Hansen (Politiker) (1892–??), grönländischer Landesrat
 Nikolaj Hansen (Fußballspieler) (* 1987), dänischer Fußballspieler

Siehe auch:
 Nicolai Hansen (* 1982), dänischer Handballspieler
 Nicolai Munch-Hansen (1977–2017), dänischer Jazzmusiker


Can you learn to love the work you do?
Are you are struggling with work that you don't prefer for any reason and you seem unable to make a change? Consider that your perception determines your ability to see your work and most everything else as a choice. The more you are able to find good in the work you don't prefer, the greater the likelihood that you will find something more preferable.
How can your business be profitable, yet you have no money?
Cash management is a challenge for businesses of any size. Seasonality may impact your business and cause you to borrow operating funds. Aggressively collecting receivables is critical to maintaining a healthy cash position.
To learn more, read The Successful Entrepreneur available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Or contact http://www.yorkinc.com.
Who says bad words to us?
When we say such things to ourselves as, "you're not smart enough," "not pretty enough." not good enough," etc. , we are programming our unconscious computer with negative affirmations that cause us to believe things about ourselves that are untrue. The unconscious computer is a servo-mechanism that produces as directed. Thoughts held in mind, reproduce after their kind.
Dr. Rick Rigsby is a powerful voice of reason in a culture of chaos. As a communication professor and a life coach he has made many true and introspective statements. Among them is " "Ego is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity." Good advice for us all.
Read The Successful Entrepreneur available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Or contact http://www.yorkinc.com.


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Inaugural Sound on Sound music festival kicks off
Chase Otero
Deep into the foliage in the heart of McDade, Texas, laid our states latest music festival.
Sound On Sound Fest happened this past weekend, and gave Central Texas the jam session many had been eager to catch. Formally known as FunFunFun Fest, Sound On Sound is brand new music festival, located approximately fifty miles east of Austin. The line-up featured acts of rap, indie rock, alternative, electronic, and experimental including the likes of Courtney Barnett, Death Grips, Young Thug, Run the Jewels, Beach House, Phantogram, and many more, including various comedians.
Taking place literally in the middle of a forest, Sherwood Forest is known for hosting many medieval reenactments, and an annual family forest faire. This past weekend, however, contained an eclectic assortment of artists and brought them to a town almost no one I know has heard of. One thing that I definitely enjoyed about this festival was the community of fans that were brought together by this one of a kind lineup. Also, the attendance of the festival seemed to be much smaller than the attendance at Austin City Limits, which I thought would favor my chances of getting up close. My guess would be around 40,000.
The band that I was most intrigued by was Death Grips, a band that is notorious for skipping out on their shows, making them incredibly illusive to catch, like a legendary pokémon. The best way I can describe being in the audience for Death Grips would be like, standing in a meteor shower that takes place on a raft in the middle of a tsunami, or in other words, all living hell breaking loose.
One of the best performances of the festival was Run The Jewels. Known as a politically charged rap super group, that isn't afraid to voice their opinions, stole the show on Saturday night. I specifically remember during the middle of their set, the most pits toward the front the stage brought a Donald Trump Piñata, and started shaking it above their heads. No less than 30 seconds later, Killer Mike began rapping "Banana Clipper" and the piñata was then ripped to sheds shortly after. Killer Mike later joked after the end of the song, "I hadn't even finished four bars before that trump piñata got obliterated".
The last day of the festival unfortunately got evacuated due to the storms cells hitting McDade during mid-day. However, after an hour and half of waiting, the festival gates soon opened back up to the public. Cold, muddy festival grounds didn't stop the music as Young Thug and Explosions in the Sky rounded out the festival to a pleased crowd.
I'm not going to sugarcoat the feeling after the last day of the fest but this was the most exhausting festival I've ever been too. By the time I left, my legs felt like they just ran a couple rounds at the Kentucky Derby. While seeing some of the most unique bands that are out there in this world is surely special to say, especially mentioning that it took place in the middle of an enchanting forest, but being surrounded by friends I love made the experience a memory I never want to forget.
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The Happy Huff House: SO READY!!!
Leaving tomorrow morning around 8:30am.... we'll be in Charleston by late afternoon!! Wooo-Hoooo!
Wish us luck on the plane ride, I'm a little nervous with a 3 yr. old & 11 month old.?
Oooh, have fun. Charleston is awesome! Have you guys been before?
ooh! have fun!! I hope the weather is warmer than it is here!
I got your message about babysitting. Im sorry to say that I won't be able to do it. :( I will have class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in Rochester. I would have loved to watch the boys. I can however give you the name of one of my friends that might be able to help you out. Let me know if you are interested in getting in touch with her.


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New Chornobyl confinement will prevent radiation leakage for next 100 years
The Arch, the world's biggest movable facility, is 110 m high and 165 m long, was built by JV Novarka. On November 29, it was finally put in place over the 4th reactor of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, Joinfo.com reports. The Arch
New Chornobyl confinement almost in place
A giant dome, called "The Arch", will cover the old crumbling concrete sarcophagus constructed over the ruined 4th reactor of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant after the catastrophe on April 26, 1986, Joinfo.com reports. In a few days, the 36,000-ton steel structure will
Reuters: China to build solar power plant in Ukraine Chornobyl exclusion zone
GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI), a subsidiary of the GCL Group, said it would cooperate with China National Complete Engineering Corp (CCEC) on the project in Ukraine, with construction expected to start next year, according to Reuters. "There will be remarkable social
Ukrainian President established Chornobyl Radiation and Environmental Biosphere Reserve
The newly established Biosphere Reserve will become one of the largest environmental institutions of Ukraine. It is located on the territory of Ivankov and Polissia districts of Kyiv region within the exclusion zone and zone of unconditional (obligatory) resettlement. The establishment of the
EBRD shows Chornobyl's New Safe Confinement construction site
According to the statement of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), never before has such a huge structure been assembled under comparable circumstances and in the vicinity of a heavily contaminated site, Joinfo.ua reports. Work on the Chornobyl's New Safe
30th anniversary of Chornobyl: Ukrainian President honored memory of liquidators and victims of disaster
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko laid flowers to memorial "To Heroes of Chornobyl" and memorial sign "To Warriors of Chornobyl" in the Memorial Complex of the Victims of Chornobyl Disaster, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the Presidential press service. During his visit to


Mystery Island has recently opened up a restaurant and needs the help of Rufus, the Grand Bogen, to make sure it's a big success. With guests from all over Neopia clamouring to get in and try the best berries that the island has to offer, it's up to you to accommodate everyone's needs and have them leave happier than they came in.
Lemwarts are first on the menu. The owner tells you that the tourists love this fruit, and to you it's no surprise. It looks kind of like a lemon, tastes kind of like an apple, and has a scent that would catch anyone's attention an island away.
Gruish Melons are also in season now, though you still can't quite understand its appeal. Looking like it hales from a Tyrannian's mane more than a pretty green bush near the beaches of Mystery Island, the blue and orange fur exterior leaves much to be desired – until you break through the shell to the delicious interior. It's a berry you'll likely still stay away from during your time here, but that won't stop you from highly recommending it to any tourist in site when they ask for the most exotic thing you have.
Honeyplumes are going to give you trouble. A delicacy known all over the world, you can't help but be reminded of fond memories of your childhood when your mother would bring home a single Honeyplume to share with you for Gadgadsbogen. The scent lasted longer than the fruit itself, as the peel alone would brighten up even the dreariest of homes when used as a decorative bug repellant afterwards. How bugs could be driven away by the smell you'll never understand, but what you do understand is that nobody else will and this will likely be the most popular item on the menu as a result.
Banans might be the least popular of the bunch, as they just resemble a bunch of bananas fused together. While the taste isn't quite the same as a banana, you know that nobody wants to stick too close to familiar territory when exploring new food options so you already expect only upturned-nosed elders to tout their appreciation for this under-desired fruit.
Pluburbs are the last listed item on the menu. You can't help but gawk at the price tag, but from what you've gathered from the whispers in the corner of the Tiki Tack Tombola you know that only the bravest of Neopian would dare put this carefully prepared berry in their mouths. Not that it's that dangerous – it can't be, right? The owner knows what he's doing – but it'll be a rare sight to behold on your own serving platter, you know that well. You toy with the idea of saving up enough Neopoints to have your own before the festival is over but you look over at a Honeyplume bush and remember why you're here in the first place – and it's not just for you.
The owner comes over from the freshly pruned bushes and gestures to the line forming on the grass. It's time to open, and oh Fyora you were not expecting that many guests to show up this early in the morning but you put on a smile you hope is as pleasing as the owner's and get started on your first day at work. Everything is simple enough: bring guests to their seats, take their orders, pick the best berries from the abundant bushes and serve them fresh, then clean up their mess and collect your tip. It's not as easy as it sounds when some Neopians eat faster than others, and others have the patience of a Meepit, but you keep going in hopes that you'll learn their habits quickly enough.
The tourists are friendly enough so that keeps your confidence going, but when you clean their crumbs off the table and count your tips you can't help but grumble and wonder what you did wrong. Things don't get better when the elders start to trickle in, but to your surprise even when they had not a single good thing to say about your service you still made more than double what a tourist tipped you. You stifle a smile before accommodating the next guests assigned to you, wondering if this is how the rest of the day will be.
In the end, the day sure was full of highs and lows but you know that if it weren't for the smell of each Honeyplume you delivered that day wafting into your nostrils you wouldn't have been able to keep going. The owner was pleased, though, and when you groomed the last of the blades of grass for tomorrow's guests to trample all over you go home in a satisfied mood and dream of your mother.
At the start of the next day you think you've formed a decent strategy, though. Even though it's been only a day, you know what to expect tomorrow and all the tomorrows after that. The owner was right: anticipation is the only path to success. Now that you now what everyone likes and what they tip, you know where to put your attention and when you can keep someone waiting. The key is to juggle everyone in such a way as to keep them as happy as they can be without risking the joy of others, and with the fruit available on Mystery Island you know it won't be that hard. All you need to do to take that gold trophy home is to know when to pay attention and when to cut your losses, and like all things on this beautiful island listening to the elders is key.


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08:12 am Old Enough The Raconteurs Consolers Of the Lonely Warner Bros.
09:08 am Shameless Lissie not listed Red Light Mgmt.
11:24 am Linger Cranberries Everybody else is doing i so why can't we?
02:32 pm Crush With Eyeliner R.E.M. Monster Warner Bros.
03:32 pm Madness Muse The 2nd Law Warner Bros.
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The Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a letter on 8 April 2020 to all the levels of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina asking for support for the industry and film professionals.
The letter proposed 13 measures on three different levels: the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Government of Kanton Sarajevo. It was co-signed by the Sarajevo Film Festival, the Academy of Performing Arts, Film Center Sarajevo, the Association of Directors of BiH, the Association of Cinematographers of BiH, the Neum Animated Film Festival, the Mediteran Film Festival Široki Brijeg and domestic film production companies.
The proposed measures include both the protection of existing film and cultural programmes and new initiatives that should help the industry battle the crisis. The main focus on the federal level is on continued Calls for Entries for film and culture in general with special regulations for the Film Fund's Call in 2020. On the national level, the emphasis is on securing funds for international programmes with the accent on Creative Europe 2021-28 and the functioning of Creative and Media Desks in the country. Furthermore, the proposed measures emphasise the inclusion of film and television on the list of endangered economic sectors, so that the companies and associations in this sector could benefit from the mitigation measures, establishing a Crisis Fund that will help firms, and associations, freelancers and self-employed professionals, as well as securing help for cinemas and distributors.
More than 8 million KM, mostly foreign investment, was spent on film and TV production in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 and record Box Office was recorded in the same year. Through direct and indirect costs, the Sarajevo Film Festival brings yearly revenues of 51.6 million KM to Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, returning 2.11 KM for every 1 KM of public funds invested in it. Without government support, the film and TV industry fear losses might prove much higher than expected.


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The Mitchell Retort
Disorganized reactions to a first skimming of the Mitchell Report:
It's short on new, revelatory information. I'd be a embarrassed to have turned up so little we didn't already know after 20 months worth of work and $20 million.
Roger Clemens has apparently been a bawdy little monkey. ESPN.com is reporting that there are over 9 pages of material specifically relating to him and 82 references to him by name.
Human growth hormone appears to have performed as advertised for Mo Vaughn.
As Rotoworld notes, HGH apparently does not help you throw to first base.
The willful turning a blind eye in the face of overwhelming and obvious steroid use by players on the part of ownership and management is really reprehensible. Giant's GM Brian Sabean deserves particular dishonorable mention in this regard. See the section on Barry Bonds starting on page 121 of the report.
Hey baseball teams, here's a suggestion -- when someone applies for a job with your organization as an athletic trainer or wishes to use your facilities while working with one of your players in the capacity of an athletic trainer, how about verifying that he is, in fact, a qualified athletic trainer and not a seedy gym rat who struggled to make the same middle school baseball team as your star player.
With all the Mets of the early 90s on steroids, how come they sucked so bad?
Players named in the report involved in trades or signing contracts in the last two weeks: Miguel Tejada (traded from Baltimore to Houston), Jose Guillen (signed with Kansas City), Andy Pettitte (signed with Yankees), Paul Lo Duca (signed with Washington), Eric Gagne (signed with Brewers). Nook Logan was also non-tendered by Washington on Wednesday.
Thanks to Mike Stein for those last two points.
Here are two marginally more organized thoughts:
1) Having reviewed the report, I think it was improper for Mitchell to have included player names, given the nature and quantity of evidence included and the level of cooperation he received from the MLBPA and its members. To be clear, I don't think it's improper or unfair towards the players who were named: they made their beds and now they need to lie in them. Mostly, I think it's unfair to the public by virtue of the impression that it creates.
The MLBPA clearly decided that its members were not going to cooperate with the investigation and, for the most part, they didn't. This means the only players who were implicated in the report were those who could be fingered by sources outside of the MLBPA that Mitchell et al were able to get in touch with. On any realistic reckoning, this surely represents only a minority of players who used performance-enhancing drugs. In the interest of justice and perspective, I think this fact needs to be made abundantly clear, because if you don't do so, it contributes to...
2) The report succeeding in doing a pretty clever job of what I'm sure MLB would like very much for it to do: laying the groundwork for moving past the issue. Less than half of the 88 players mentioned in the report are still in the majors, and all of the specific incidents described took place 2 or more years ago. It's easy for baseball to spin this in such a way as to suggest that the problem isn't really an ongoing one (or has at least been greatly diminished).
But if you read between the lines, you get a sense of the culture of indifference (if not tacit support) that pervades baseball when it comes to performance-enhancing substances. There are so many stories of fellow players, clubhouse employees, training staff and management choosing to ignore evidence of the use of banned substances (the nonsense at the Giants being the most clear example). That just doesn't happen unless their use is simultaneously widespread, widely accepted and deeply entrenched. You're not going to convince me that in a few short years, that type of culture has been totally turned around, especially when the current drug of choice, HGH, can't be detected by available testing methods.
Labels: Barry Bonds, baseball, Mitchell Report, steroids
Tigers and doubt
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Highlights from the 2016 NOLS Wilderness Medicine Staff Meeting
By Sarah Buer on 9/22/16 11:59 AM
September 12th kicked off the 2016 NOLS Wilderness Medicine Staff Meeting, our annual gathering at the Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus in Lander, Wyoming. Read on for some of the week's highlights!
Topics: Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus, Wilderness Medicine
Wyss Campus Acquires More LEED Certifications
By Becca Sage on 3/4/15 4:08 AM
To have a LEED certification is an honorable feat in the world of sustainability. A product of the U.S. Green Building Council, the multi-tiered LEED certification system has been a pioneer and leader in sustainable building initiatives around the world.
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green building certification program that recognizes responsible building designs and practices. In pursuit of sustainability, NOLS has jumped on the LEED train and is successfully taking the school toward a greener future.
Topics: Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus, Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability, Wyoming, WMI, Environmental Stewardship
Wyss Campus to open its doors
Located along
the Little Popo Agie River that flows through the largely federally protected
Red Canyon near Lander, Wyo. is the new NOLS Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus,
dedicated Oct. 12. This week, the campus will welcome its first Wilderness EMT
Topics: NOLS, Wilderness EMT, Behind the Scenes, Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus, Popo Agie, Lander, Red Canyon, technology, National Outdoor Leadership School, wilderness medicine, Wyoming, Wyss, students, energy use, viability, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, cabins, undeveloped, wildlife, caretaker, Hanjorg Wyss, educational facilitiy, efficient building, habitat, campus
The state of the school: FY 2012
Staff, faculty , advisory council members, and NOLS Board of
Trustees gathered in Lander, Wyo.
last Friday for the annual board and
committee meetings. The weekend commenced with State of the School addresses by
new Board Chair Kate
Gunness Williams, NOLS Executive Director John Gans, and the executive
director team.
Topics: NOLS, Behind the Scenes, WyoFile, Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus, Board, Trustees, Lander, Kate Gunness Williams, educate, enroll, faculty, awards, wilderness education, National Outdoor Leadership School, Wyoming, Faculty Summit, County10, fundraising, strategic plan, WMI, advisory council, Nonprofit Times, Outside Magazine, State of the School, staff, student, Expedition goals, leader, wilderness, record, John Gans
WMI: Fun with numbers
By Casey Adams on 9/28/12 2:16 AM
Last week, NOLS Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI) hosted
its annual staff meeting, complete with lectures, workshops, and a departmental
update from WMI Director Melissa Gray.
Topics: NOLS, Behind the Scenes, Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus, Portuguese, Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician, Swedish, AmeriCorps, increase, Spanish, National Outdoor Leadership School, VA, Veterans' Administration, wilderness medicine, scholarships, WMI, courses, Moving Hands, American Sign Language, WEMT
From our history into the future, together
NOLS' and Skander Spies' histories have weaved through one another extensively over the past five years.
Topics: Missoula, responsible, NOLS, Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus, LEED, Serious, American made, wilderness medicine, Northwestern University, Energetechs, windows, Live the Dream, energy efficiency, Alaska, sustainability, Montana, Denali
Excellent EB for the good of the river
By Casey Adams on 4/23/12 10:25 AM
Friday brought beautiful weather and buses full of eager Lander Middle School students to the banks of the Little Popo Agie River, where they practiced expedition behavior and developed their environmental ethic.
Topics: NOLS, Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus, willows, Popo Agie River, Trout Unlimited, Lander MIddle School, Popo Agie Conservation District, TU, fish, Red Canyon River Stabilization, Environmental Stewardship, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Popo Agie Anglers, fishing


I've always wondered how you keep an open, trusting relationship with your kids. How do they know that they can talk to you about anything, even things that might upset you? Certainly there's no one answer to these question and, in reality, trust has to be woven through a loving relationship. But we have one activity that we think is a helpful tool for building trust and making it easier for kids to open up.
Lincoln is graduating from college.
You know how it sometimes seems like as soon as Halloween comes, it is Easter? Where there are only a few days between each holiday, and kid's birthdays happen four-or-so times a year? Where have the years gone? It seems like just yesterday I walked Lincoln in to his first day of Kindergarten, and now here we are.
Oh, wait. That WAS yesterday.
Well, here we are for real, then. Lincoln's first week (well, two days, rather) of school. He appears to love it. His adjectives of choice have been "great" and "super." He can name 6 of the 15 kids in his class, and he said that they all listened well in class. His school day is from 9 to 11:30, which works amazingly well for our family (I sighed with relief yesterday when he was still sleeping at 7:30 in the morning and I remembered that one of the schools we considered started at 7:45 and was 15 minutes away.). We are going to try him riding his bike and me pushing Cora in the stroller to his school this weekend to see if that is feasible to do on a school day. Lincoln's teacher seems great and super, to borrow Lincoln's adjectives, though I do mean them sincerely, and she looks a lot like our Auntie Laura, so she must be awesome. She seems to be kind and thoughtful, and in control.
On the lighter side, I've laughed at seeing Lincoln fill his cheeks with air and clasp his hands behind his back as they do before they go out for recess, and I love the "silent cheer" where they all put hands in the air, without making a sound. I guess I'm not surprised that his favorite part of the day is recess, though they are not yet into the meat of learning, and I wonder if that will change. I'm sort of sad that they want the Kindergarten kids to walk down the hallway from the office by themselves next week, and I'm so incredibly glad that it was the day before school started, not the day after, when I learned that Lincoln's class ended at 11:35, not 12 like I initially thought!
Cora is a girl through and through (not that there was ever any doubt!). She has been playing baby and kitchen for hours daily. I'm not sure what Fuzz thinks of eating cucumbers, but at least he is getting some time in rotation with the babies.
Cora dressed up for Valentine's Day at church just before I realized she has a fever and we weren't going anywhere.
Early morning fun (after I vetoed watching TV at 8 in the morning).
Lincoln with the pontoon boat he made with Grandma Linda. They recently went to the Children's Museum in Denver with Auntie Beth, Devon, and Aydon.
Last weekend, we went to Fort Myers, Florida, to celebrate the long meaningful life of Mark's Grandpa Warner, who passed away in November. It was a good time with family, telling stories about Grandpa Warner and his influence on his family and friends.
While there we also got to go to the beach for a morning, which was absolutely delightful.
If you ask Cora how old she is, she will quickly hold out her hand toward you, with one finger up, and say, "Ya-Ya, Goo!" which of course translates to "Cora, two!" When we sang "Happy Birthday" to her, she blew out her candle when we said, "Happy Birthday to Cora," and then tried to blow it out again when the song finished. Guess we practiced just blowing it out more than the when of blowing it out. She got a new little doll for her birthday, and she has already connected with it, starting with a hug after she opened it. She is such a girl!
Scottie the Skeleton Rides Again!
Great Grandad and Great Grandma enjoying Piper.
Cora and Lincoln's first real fishing experience.
What? We have a blog?!?!
Lincoln is as surprised as I am.
I can feel it happening. We truly are on the roller coaster of bringing up children, which starts out slowly, gathers speed, and then hurtles headlong into a rapid ride, complete with dips, drops, climbs, and maybe even some backwards motion. Thrilling, delightful, but may cause occasional nausea. I am amazed that Lincoln is 4. The thought of school NEXT YEAR is absolutely crazy. AHHHHHHHH!! Hands up in the air!!!!!!!!
Lincoln's birthday party was delightful–I just hope he had as much fun as I did. We went to Sunflower Farm in Longmont, the new place I will suggest we take guests with kids any time they visit us. Here are some moments from the evening.
I so need to post about Lincoln's birthday, but until I really do that, here are a few pictures.
Last weekend, Mark and Butch took Devon and Lincoln to Bandimere Speedway for the "Nights of Fire and Thunder" races. When he got home, Lincoln told me all about the jet cars that had fire coming out of them, about the clean-up machine that is called "the clean-up machine," and about the "snobobiles" that had people driving them, and about how the cars went VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! There were parachutes in them ("Watch how they went out, can you? That's how they slowed down."). And, "the one that winned put out their parachutes but the other one that didn't winned didn't do that. The orange light means one winned. Mark reported that Lincoln didn't say a word for about the first 30 minutes they were there, but by the end, he was talking plenty about it. Since then, the car bin in our play room has seen much more play this week than it usually does.
Also, we recently went to a "Playdough Playdate" at the church building with the Keenagers (i.e. the more "mature" members of the congregation). It was a great time, with about 8 tables of kids and Keenagers and tons of playdough and toys. Cora enjoyed just playing with the extra toys on the floor more than with the actual playdough. And now, I should really stop this post and either finally take a shower, or else figure out a plan for dinner!
Last weekend I had some of the best "girl time" I've ever had. Cora and I went to Canada to meet Piper and hang out with her and Kari while their boys were on a trip and my boys were back here in Colorado. I wish I had a picture of Piper doing a little jig (with her Mommy's help) when we finally emerged out of customs, after a relatively easy flight. She is beautiful. And in person, she is so much more 3-dimensional than in pictures! I know, amazing, huh. She has some huge blue eyes, and her whole body smiles when she is excited (Truly. Her arms start to wave and she pulls her legs up if she is really grinning). How could it not be a good trip when greeted by this little face?
Our Green Day project. . .
Lincoln picked out all of our clothes. . .
After a hard days work, Lincoln walks up to his house. . .
Seriously, how much fun would it be to have an entire holiday centered around your favorite color?
So, what are your favorite colors?


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Russia Post COVID-19: Putin's Leadership at Risk?
By Paul Dibb
Russia is experiencing a triple crisis that threatens to undermine the authoritarian leadership of President Putin.
The coronavirus is starting to hit Russia very hard indeed.
World oil prices have collapsed.
And the Russian economy has stagnated for the last six years.
Any one of these crises would be a serious matter.
Taken together, the question is whether Putin can survive?
As recently as mid-April, Putin told Russians that the coronavirus crisis was under control. By May, however, he warned that the country is facing "perhaps the most intense stage in the fight against the epidemic."
The country is now registering the second highest spread of infection in the world with more than 10,000 new infections daily, bringing the official tally to over 170,000 with 1500 deaths. This reported death rate must be seriously questioned.
Russia's health service is a shambles with Soviet-era hospitals suffering from a shortage of doctors, leading to long waiting times. Its badly underfunded national health system is at risk of being overwhelmed. Putin now acknowledges that the situation inside the country "remains very difficult."
The prominent Russian scholar, Lilia Shevtsova, observes that the coronavirus crisis was not the kind of challenge the Russian government was expecting.
While Russia was preparing for threats, real or imagined, from geopolitical rivals and internal opponents, the pandemic has struck and it has now paralysed the system of personalised power. A state accustomed to surviving by means of mobilisation and militarism has suddenly demonstrated that it cannot function in an emergency. Shevtsova considers that the Russian state's failure of personalised power to govern in a crisis may be a disastrous sign of things to come.
While other states have offered their populations emergency aid packages amounting to as much is 10 to 12% of GDP, the Kremlin has been prepared to spend only 2.8% of GDP with most of it going to state-owned industries, including companies that have close ties to the Kremlin.
Small and medium-sized private sector businesses accounting for about a third of the workforce, or 40 million people, have been promised only 3% of the state's total financial assistance package. Even if this virus is contained before the end of the year, Russia will not avoid serious economic damage. Experts predict that Russia's GDP will decline by 10% in 2020 and unemployment of 11%. Already, 30% of small and medium-sized businesses are on the verge of bankruptcy. Russia's response to this pandemic has been late and inconsistent, and it is now clear that the disease is rapidly spreading across the country.
Added to this is the collapse of world oil prices, which will totally undermine Russia's state budget that is 30% dependent on oil revenues. The stark fact is that the federal budget only breaks even at a price of $US42 a barrel. In response to the global pandemic, world oil prices have plunged from $US64 a barrel last year to not much more than $US20 a barrel at present. The combination of the massive attack of the coronavirus on Russia's economy together with the collapse of world oil prices is creating an unprecedented financial shock in post-Soviet Russia.
All this comes on top of a broader economic crisis over the last six years.
Russia's economy has been facing tumbling growth rates and declining living standards ever since Western sanctions were imposed in 2014 in response to the invasion of Crimea and the occupation of eastern Ukraine. At the end of April, 54% of respondents to a poll complained about falling incomes, and 24% said they had no income at all.
The question now arises whether such a severe economic and health crisis will provoke growing social unrest. Approval ratings for Putin's response to the crisis already are below 47%, according to an independent survey last month, while a state-funded polling agency found just 28% of respondents picked Putin when asked to name a politician they trust.
The fact that 38% of respondents say Putin represents the interests of oligarchs, 37% say that he represents the interests of the power structures, and 28% say that he represents the bureaucrats is a warning, claims Shevtsova, that "mass support for his leadership is not guaranteed."
The first half 2020 was supposed to have been the decisive breakthrough to enshrine Putin's presidential power via a revised constitution. But the coronavirus pandemic has derailed those plans and compromised his authority. Some reports suggest that the public mood is shifting from shock to anger. None of this is to argue that Putin is about to be overthrown.
But for a man who paints himself as having personally led the Russian people out of "a time of troubles" (smutnoe vremya) into an era in which Russian greatness is being restored, the future now looks grim.
Putin's essentially Soviet paranoid worldview is obsessed by what he fears are Western plots to see him overthrown, which is what he believes happened to the elected President of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych, in 2013. Shevtsova predicts that widespread fear of the virus, the state's failure to cope with it and the rage of ordinary people could become a powerful explosive. But she warns that if Putin is replaced the nature of any future power centre in Moscow most probably will again be authoritarian.
All this leads me to the question of whether Putin might strike out militarily at a time when the US and European NATO countries are totally preoccupied with the corona virus pandemic.
An obvious target would be Ukraine, given that Putin proclaims Russians and Ukrainians are one people.
The Kremlin has a pathological fixation with Ukraine, which is shared by the mass of Russians including much of the educated elite.
For Putin, Ukrainian independence over the last quarter of a century has been a grievous geopolitical mistake.
Paul Dibb is professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University.
As a senior intelligence official, the Soviet Union was his intelligence focus for over 20 years.
This article was first published by The Australian on May 5, 2020 and is reprinted with permission of the author.
And the featured image comes from The Australian article and is credited to Eric Lobbecke.


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FOLLOW LIVE: Packers, Rams trade field goals, tied in 2nd quarter
Loyd hits 3 at buzzer, WNBA-leading Storm beat Los Angeles Sparks
Jewell Loyd made a 3-pointer off an inbounds pass with 0.8 seconds left to give the WNBA-leading Seattle Storm a 90-89 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night.
Jewell Loyd , The Canadian Press
BRADENTON, Fla. — Jewell Loyd made a 3-pointer off an inbounds pass with 0.8 seconds left to give the WNBA-leading Seattle Storm a 90-89 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night.
Chelsea Gray went 1 of 2 from the free-throw line with 20.8 seconds left to give Los Angeles an 87-85 lead. It was just her second miss from the stripe this season in 41 attempts. After a timeout, Breanna Stewart drove the lane and scored on a left-handed layup to tie it.
Riquna Williams was left alone under the basket and was fouled by Stewart before making two free throws with under a second left. Seattle advanced the ball to mid-court and Sue Bird delivered the winning assist to Loyd in the corner.
Loyd finished with 25 points, going 2 of 7 from distance, for Seattle (15-3). Stewart had 20 points, eight rebounds and nine assists. Bird had 10 points and seven assists.
Candace Parker had 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Los Angeles (13-5). Nneka Ogwumike did not play and Gray finished with 18 points.
MYSTICS 79, SKY 69
Leilani Mitchell had 20 points and a career-high 12 assists, Myisha Hines-Allen added 19 points and 10 rebounds and Washington snapped a five-game losing streak with a victory over Chicago.
Mitchell had eight assists in the first quarter and 11 by halftime to tie a WNBA record for a half. On Monday, Chicago point guard Courtney Vandersloot set a WNBA record with 18 assists, and she finished with 11 against the Mystics.
Emma Meesseman scored 15 points and Ariel Atkins had 13 for Washington (5-12), which had lost 12 of its last 13 games. Mitchell made four of the Mystics' 10 3-pointers.
Cheyenne Parker scored 17 points and Vandersloot had 16 points for Chicago (11-8), which clinched a playoff spot on Tuesday when Indiana lost. Allie Quigley was just 4 of 14 from the field for 12 points.
LYNX 88, WINGS 75
Damiris Dantas had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Napheesa Collier added 14 points and 14 rebounds and Minnesota beat Dallas.
Minnesota trailed 49-41 at halftime but pulled away in the third quarter by going on a 22-5 run - with nine points from Bridget Carleton. The Wings only made one field goal through the first six-plus minutes of the third quarter, and finished with 26 second-half points.
Odyssey Sims scored 16 points and rookie Crystal Dangerfield added 15 for Minnesota (13-5). Carleton and Rachel Banham each had 11 points.
Allisha Gray led Dallas (6-12) with a career-high 26 points. Arike Ogunbowale was just 4 of 15 from the field for 14 points, snapping a string of 28 straight games with at least 15 points. Ogunbowale reached the 1,000-point mark in her 51st game.


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Organic mixed greens, tomato, fresh basil, Mandarin orange, crumbled feta and sunflower seeds tossed in our homemade lemon vinaigrette dressing.
Iceberg lettuce wedge, crispy bacon, tomato, red onions and avocado, topped with creamy blue cheese dressing.
Chopped romaine, roasted cheddar cheese, shredded carrots, crispy tortilla strips, tomatoes, diced onions and grilled chicken breast tossed in BBQ ranch.
Chopped romaine, roasted balsamic red onions, garlic butter croutons, artichoke hearts and shredded Manchego cheese tossed in our homemade Caesar dressing.
Baby spinach, Gorgonzola cheese, dried blueberries, walnuts, red onions and tomatoes, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
For the purist. Made with 1/3 lb. of hand formed Meyer's Ranch 100% natural Angus beef, grilled medium well, served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Cheese. Made with 1/3 lb. of hand formed Meyer's Ranch 100% natural Angus beef, grilled medium well, served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Cheese and hickory bacon. Made with 1/3 lb. of hand formed Meyer's Ranch 100% natural Angus beef, grilled medium well, served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Cheese, bacon and avocado. Made with 1/3 lb. of hand formed Meyer's Ranch 100% natural Angus beef, grilled medium well, served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Cheese, crispy onions and honey-chipotle sauce. Made with 1/3 lb. of hand formed Meyer's Ranch 100% natural Angus beef, grilled medium well, served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Cheese, sauteed portobello mushrooms and caramelized onions. Made with 1/3 lb. of hand formed Meyer's Ranch 100% natural Angus beef, grilled medium well, served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Double meat, double cheese and grilled onions. Made with 1/3 lb. of hand formed Meyer's Ranch 100% natural Angus beef, grilled medium well, served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Organic buffalo burger. Served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Black bean and brown rice veggie patty, mushrooms, caramelized onions, jack cheese and wheat bun. Served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Grilled ahi tuna, soy-ginger glaze, onion rings, melted Swiss, wasabi mayo, lettuce and tomato. Served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
A full pound of beef, American cheese, grilled onions, lettuce, tomato, pickles, French roll and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Charbroiled wild salmon filet, caramelized onions, fiery chipotle mayo and burger works. Served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Pepper jack cheese, jalapenos, avocado, chipotle mayo and habanero sauce. Made with 1/3 lb. of hand formed Meyer's Ranch 100% natural Angus beef, grilled medium well, served on a Sciambra Bakery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and holy sauce (ketchup, mayonnaise, sweet relish and dab of Dijon).
Garlic rubbed chicken breast, jack cheese, avocado, chipotle mayo, lettuce, tomato and French roll.
Buttermilk dipped fresh natural breast, onion rings, chipotle mayo, lettuce, tomato and pickle.
1/2 lb. fresh natural chicken breast, wheat bun, lettuce, tomato, onions, pickle and holy sauce.
Natural turkey burger, lettuce, tomato, onions, pickle and holy sauce.
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, mayo and wheat bread. Served with fries or salad.
All natural, all beef hot dog and grilled onions.
Louisiana hot link, grilled onions and jalapenos.
All natural beef hot dog, voodoo chili, cheddar cheese and grilled onions.
Bacon wrapped all natural beef hot dog, onions, tomato, jalapeno, ketchup, mustard and mayo.
Hand cut and sea salt.
Freshly chopped garlic, olive oil and chives.
With voodoo chili and cheddar cheese. Spicy.
Buttermilk dipped, hand cut onions and ranch.
Ale braised beef chili and cheddar cheese. Spicy.