Experts identify what makes workers happy - and why it's important.
According to Andrew Oswald, statistically the happiest kind of worker in Britain is: "a woman, in her 50s, not working in London, living close to her job so that she doesn't have a long commute. Not especially highly educated, possibly part-time or self-employed, probably working in a small work place with just ten or twenty employees."
For worker happiness to come about, it needs to be integrated into an organisation's working practices and into what economists call the work contract between capital and labour.
"One of the things we've been trying to do with organisations is to get them to understand the relationship between treating their staff really well and creating an environment where employees feel valued and how that links to not just the public image of the organisation but the organisation's performance. We think it's really important that organisations understand that treating their staff well doesn't just mean giving them lots and lots of money, it means an environment where they can actually give of their best. It means the reduction and elimination of discrimination generally, of systems and procedures that discriminate. It means allowing a level of empowerment, in terms of allowing people accountability and responsibility to make the organisation work. And it means finding innovative ways of working that allow people to give of their best whilst actually meeting other kinds of responsibilities that they have other than work."
"Arguably the work contract between capital and labour has been at the centre of economics since it developed as a social science 150 years ago. Now we're watching economists broaden the nature of what that contract is, recognising how people feel about their work, how they relate to it as a dimension that's pretty important in any calculation about productivity. I think that economists are actually wearing a pretty utilitarian hat when they begin to explore the nature of the work contract not just as a kind of money exchange between a worker and his or her hirer, but recognising all the other dimensions that make that worker work well."
The UK has some of the longest working hours in Europe, so it's in everyone's interest that workers are productive throughout the working week.
"I think two things flow from an engaged workforce, a workforce which feels it's working well. One – you get a high productivity economy and there's a lot of benefits from that. You just are wealthier, you can afford to do more interesting things. And whether it's public services or one's individual choices as a human being, all are enlarged by being wealthier rather than poorer. Secondly I think that the engagement that comes at work spills over into civil life; into political life. You get people who are more engaged in their local community, in their neighbourhood, in the political process, more willing to give to charity, more willing to participate in associations in their neighbourhood and so you get into a virtuous circle."
The balance between work and other aspects of people's lives is increasingly important.
"We're working longer hours, we're working irregularly, we're working in the evening, we're working at weekends. And the balance that we strike between those obligations to the workplace and to other dimensions of our life have become centre stage."
While some people manage to get a good work/life balance, most find it much harder to achieve.
"One group who often can get a good work/life balance is people who work for large organisations whose jobs are not particularly skilled and where the organisation is well-meaning. Some of the big retailers for example, where often the shifts are flexible. The second main group is people who have skills their employers really need, and they often have to go through an individual process of negotiation but can in the end get quite good terms.
It's less easy to categorise people who do have difficulties in negotiating measures that would help their work/life balance. Very often it's the attitudes of their immediate managers that's most important more than the overall employer's policy. In some cases managers have really put themselves out in order to help a particular employee to work against company policy . In other places, where an employer has a very good work/life balance policy allowing people to ask for part time work, for example, people will not ask for it if their own manager is unsympathetic."
What's more, the work/life balance point changes as individuals progress through their working lives.
"In UK business culture, people have been brought up to think of work as separate from their lives, and not understand the relationship between the two. One of the things that we're trying to get people to see is that they are very much part and parcel of the same thing. Organisations, in terms of building in flexibility, need to understand that as people go through their natural life cycle, their need and their relationship with work changes. For example, whilst organisations have been very good at providing child care and early years facilities for women, what they haven't been so good at recognising is that men are parents too. And people have other life cycle changes which leads to changes in their relationship with work, for example they may have caring responsibilities for elderly parents. "
Is worker happiness an achievable aim?
"I think we've now reached the point where there's sufficient critical mass of opinion amongst employers and amongst the workforce that the time has come to take these ideas on board that actually the flexibilities about how you organise your working life need to be a worker right, so that you can have much more autonomy over your working time. I think we're going to move from the right to ask for these privileges to the right to have them. I think without doubt that we're going to have them in the next ten or fifteen years."
Getting a balance between work and life is an attractive idea - but you've got to be able to separate them in order to balance them.
The 2018 World Happiness Report found Finland as the worlds happiest country which proves income does not necessarily lead to happiness says Professor Paul Anand.
The first national survey on well-being suggests that the happiest people are healthy home-owning rural couples with jobs. Meg Barker cautions against taking the findings at face value.
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Q: What condition should time series satisfy to be stationary? Consider the following time series model
\begin{align*}
X_t&=f_{1}(X_{t-1}) + f_{2}(Y_{t-1}) + \varepsilon_t^X\\
Y_t&=g_{1}(Y_{t-1}) + g_{2}(X_{t-1}) + \varepsilon_t^Y,
\end{align*}
where epsilons are all iid. What should functions $f_1, f_2, g_1, g_2$ satisfy for time series $(X,Y)$ to be stationary? Are there some known results for such a time series models?
Maybe a little easier question is that what should $f$ satisfy for stationarity of $X_t=f(X_{t-1}) +\varepsilon_t$ ? For example, we can assume that $f$ is continous and $liminf_{x\to\pm\infty}|\frac{x}{f(x)}|>1$. Is it enough?

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Q: How to add number of views in database in php mysql How do we add number of views ( eg  most viewed articles) in php mysql database. How to add numbers when a person click to database?

A: There are a couple different options.  If you have a Sproc that gets your data you could have it increment the counter every time it does so.  That would not give you unique views, but i think it would do the trick for you.
You could run the update yourself, maybe base it off a session value to make it a unique view.  If you want more details on either of these, let me know.

A: Several options.

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*Keep a log file for all request, along with some information that can be used to identify certain resources, e.g. articles - the query this global log for page view stats.

*On each request of one article, increment an integer field - something like view_count - in your table. Here, the data is held locally, which is certainly faster (but leaves your request data a little spread over your database, in case you want to track other view counts, too - not just for articles).
Keep in mind, that if you want to track unique visitor views, you might need to store some additional information in your session, since you don't want to count simple page reloads as page views.

A: Simplest solution:
Let's pretend your pages table is called "pages", and the number of views column is called "views".
Every page should trigger the following query:
UPDATE pages SET views=views+1 WHERE ID=19

(19 is the visited page ID)


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Portraits of Service: Students Honor Veterans with Artwork
Posted 4:32 pm, October 5, 2018, by Stacy Lange, Updated at 05:41PM, October 5, 2018
SCRANTON, Pa. -- Veterans in Scranton are getting a chance to see themselves as a work of art this weekend.
High school students spent weeks drawing portraits of residents at the Gino Merli Veteran's Center and the subjects are getting their first looks.
A rec room inside the veterans' center has transformed into an art gallery. The art is the residents -- veterans from World War II and each major conflict since then.
"I was in Spokane, Washington, Geiger Field, but I did my basic training Biloxi, Mississippi," recalled World War II veteran 93-year-old Angelo Losi.
At first, didn't recognize his face in a frame.
"I didn't recognize myself!" Losi exclaimed.
But, he was honored and humble.
"They all said I looked so nice, they think so, and I appreciate it."
These are the kind of men who don't necessarily like all the attention but deserve it.
Art students from West Scranton High School spent weeks drawing the portraits and are just now getting to meet their subjects.
Armand Martinelli was a teacher at West Scranton after serving in the Korean War.
"I was over there, Korea, about 17 months. I worked at, I was a special agent in counterintelligence," said Martinelli.
West Scranton High School is the only high school in the country that has a mascot -- The Invader -- honoring World War II vets.
"It's scary to know that they went out and they risked their lives to help make ours better. I just felt honored to be one of the artists to make one of the portraits," said senior Rachael Mehl.
And while he was honored to be a work of art, Angelo Losi said the greatest honor was getting to meet the young artist who brought his service to life.
"I hope he knows it's a big honor that I got to do this for him and his family," said senior Ava Jones.
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Ezechias Jerônimo da Rocha (Santana do Ipanema,  – Rio de Janeiro, ) foi um político brasileiro.

Filho do major Izidoro Jerônymo da Rocha e de Maria Umbelina da Rocha.

Em outubro de 1950 foi eleito senador por Alagoas na legenda da União Democrática Nacional (UDN), cargo que ocupou de março de 1951 a janeiro de 1959.

Ver também
Lista de senadores do Brasil por número de mandatos
Eleições gerais no Brasil em 1950
Lista de parlamentares de Alagoas
Eleições estaduais em Alagoas em 1950
Eleições estaduais em Alagoas em 1958

Senadores do Brasil por Alagoas
Naturais de Santana do Ipanema
Membros da União Democrática Nacional

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All my life I knew I wanted a family. I didn't have a dream of career and money; I had a dream of children and softball games, playing at the park, reading a story before bed. I was blessed with my son, Wyatt, on March 21, 2009. The pregnancy was hard for me because I suffer from emetephobia (fear of vomiting). I made it through and when Wyatt was about two and a half I knew I wanted to add to my family. My anxiety level was high because I knew that I would have to face my fear again. I was very lucky to get pregnant so quickly, we only tried two months and then we got that little plus sign. My husband and I were very excited. Wyatt had been a surprise so it was fun to have planned this one and receive our gift. What followed was not so fun. I became extremely sick with hyperemesis gravidarium. I went to the hospital about three times and took two kinds of anti nausea medicines, which didn't do much. This went on for 22 weeks and started affecting my emotional state, as well as my work and caring for the rest of my family. I was EXTREMELY depressed and anxious and even checked myself in to the hospital for help. I was put on Zoloft and after 6 weeks it did help immensely. During this time I was questioning if I should have gotten pregnant..what was I thinking? We can't afford this, I can't take care of two, it's too hard, and the list goes on. I even hoped for a miscarriage to end my suffering, I was not thinking clearly.
After week 22 I began to bond with my little girl. I had a diaper party, I started her baby book, we did a pregnancy photo shoot, and we set up all her things. I asked Wyatt who was in my belly and he would say "baby sister" or "baby Avery". I enjoyed feeling her move inside of me.
At week 36 I went in because I felt like she didn't move as much as Wyatt did. I did a non stress test and was sent to the hospital for longer monitoring. First they did a biophysical profile ultrasound and I scored 8/8. During the longer non stress test they said she would decelerate and they didn't know why. They thought it usually only happened during labor. I was having contractions but they didn't coincide with her decelerations. After a few hours they sent me home. The next week at 37 weeks they gave me another biophysical profile that scored 8/8 and did another non stress test. My doctor said that since I was full term, if he didn't like what he saw they would take her that day. She was still decelerating, but after a few hours they were happy with how she traced and sent me home. That following Sunday evening I had a weird feeling, which I ignored, and will probably always regret. I would sit down to do a kick count, and she would kick, but I just had a feeling. I ignored it because I was home alone with Wyatt and it was late and I thought it would be a hassle to go to the hospital when I kept testing fine. That Monday morning I awoke to no movement. I didn't think anything of it and went to my eye appointment. When I got home I drank some juice to try and wake her up, still nothing. So I went to have another non stress test. I didn't think anything of it. Then, there was no heartbeat. Two nurses checked, and then two doctors and they confirmed that there was no heartbeat. My doctor even said, "I wish I had taken her last week". WHY DIDN'T YOU!!!!! I know that if he thought there was danger he would have, but how can you help the "what if's"?
All I kept thinking was "Oh my God, this is not happening". My first reaction was just to immediately have a C-section, just get her out of me, I can't handle it. The doctor convinced me that to induce labor was better, no scar to remind me, less healing time, less risk of infection. He said "I know you said you aren't having anymore, but you would have to have a C-section next time". I finally agreed to it. During my induction I kept thinking, they made a mistake, she is going to come out alive. I felt cheated. This was going to be my last child, my family was going to be complete, I was going to have my mini-me, my little girl. I was never going to have to be pregnant again, never have to throw up for 22 weeks again. Wyatt was going to have a little sister 3 years younger than him, my husband was going to have his daddy's little girl.
She was born at 8:43 pm on 2/27/12. She was 6 lbs 5oz and 19 inches long. She had red curly hair, our Ginger, just like her daddy. She had my nose and the softest skin. She was perfect. Would I have felt better if there was a deformity? I don't know. The only explanation we have so far is that the cord was delicate. The doctor thinks it was a cord accident.
Then the thoughts begin. It was because I didn't bond with her in the beginning, it was because I was so sick and didn't take my vitamins right or eat right. It was because I hoped for a miscarriage, it was because I had to take Zoloft (which I took with Wyatt and he is fine).
I feel empty now. I have not put away any of her things. My husband says that he feels like if he does enough for her (our memorial wall, pictures, naming a star, freezing her flowers, etc.) that he can have her back. Even if we decide to try again, it will never be Avery. It might not even be a girl. I will never see that hair or that nose again. I never got to squeeze her hand or tickle her feet. I never got to nurse her, or complain about getting up every hour at night, or change her poopy diaper.
Wyatt is a blessing. He helps us smile through our tears. He gives us a sense of purpose, because right now everything else feels pointless.
If we try again I will be terrified the whole time of this happening again. I hope one day I do find the strength to try again.
You can contact Marie at marie.labreche@gmail.com.
I am so very sorry for your loss. Loosing a child is no easy task. I am sure that your sweet Avery is in heaven with my angel Jordan. I wish you much strength as you and your family grieve the loss of a precious life!
Marie I am so sorry for your loss. Our daughters were born days apart. I hate not having answers. And the "what if's" are enough to drive you completely crazy. My other daughter isabelle is what gets me through, shes just over two. I pray that God gives you peace and comfort in the future. God bless you and your family.
Cassie, I am so glad you have another daughter to help you smile through your tears…Those little people sure do make it worth it.
No words can describe how mothers feel when they loose a child. I, too lost my daughter, she was born still at 35weeks last January 19 because of cord accident. I also felt that maybe it was my fault because i did not eat right, did not drink my vitamins regularly… With God's help, my husband, family and friends i am coping, taking it one day at a time. I cried when I read your post especially the part where you mention that she is a mini you…I will pray for you and i'm pretty sure your little angel is always there for you.
I lost my little girl at 40 weeks on Feb 25th 2012. I understand your pain and I wish with all my heart that all the mummies and daddies out there who loose little ones never had to go through this pain its unbearable and totally unfair.
Oh Tarni, I am so sorry you had to experience this. Have your doctors been helpful? Do you have good support?
I understand completely how you feel. My son was born still at 23 weeks 5 days on 02-10-12. My water broke at 21 weeks and I was hospitalized on bed rest trying to save him. I had the same horrifying experience of nurses trying to find his heartbeat and being unable to… the nurse went to get another one.. she couldn't find it, finally they called the doctor who brought in a portable ultrasound machine and confirmed he had passed away. I pray that you find comfort in the precious memories you have of sweet Avery. I know pictures and such aren't enough.. believe me – it's a tiny comfort to me… but his pictures do make me smile some. I can't think of anything i'll ever have to face or any of us who have lost a child will have to face than this. My thouhts and prayers are with you… i'm living it too!
Jessica, I am so sorry you had to lose your baby. I am sad that we have to connect through such horrific circumstances, but to know someone has experienced and understand does help.
I too hate meeting people under these circumstances.. but it is nice to know someone who knows exactly what you're going through. I've started writing a blog.. that helps too. You can read my whole story on it, and I've also submitted it to be published on Faces of loss as well.


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Luke Maye has tested the waters of the NBA Draft. Now he's ready to return to the safe harbor of college to play his senior season at North Carolina.
The 6-foot-8 forward announced Thursday via his Instagram account that he is withdrawing his name from the draft to finish his career with the Tar Heels. His decision will likely make him the preseason favorite for ACC Player of the Year honors while greatly enhancing UNC's chances of challenging for both conference and national championships.
Maye was one of the most improved players in the nation last season, averaging 16.9 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game while shooting better than 43 percent from beyond the 3-point line.
The former walk-on posted 17 double-doubles and ranked second in the ACC in field goals and rebounding while earning first-team all-conference honors.
He will be one of three returning starters for the Tar Heels in 2018-19, joining forward Cameron Johnson and shooting guard Kenny Williams.
Maye is the latest UNC player to use the NBA Draft process as an opportunity to be evaluated before returning to school. Justin Jackson did it in 2016 and went on to become the ACC's Player of the Year. Kennedy Meeks did the same and played an integral part in the Tar Heels' national championship run.
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More powerful direct-injected Infiniti M and G models on the way
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Infiniti's 3.7L V6 engine from the current G lineup of cars already has one of the highest specific horsepower outputs of any production naturally aspirated V6 engine, with the most powerful unit, found in the G37 Convertible, delivering a healthy 328hp (245kW). However, in less than a year this engine, still without the aid of any form of forced induction, will be producing upwards of 350hp (261kW).
This is because of the application of direct-injection technology, which Car and Driver reports will first appear in the next-generation M sedan due early next year. Infiniti has already previewed the engine in its recently revealed Infiniti Essence concept car at the Geneva Motor Show, where it was also fitted with a pair of turbochargers and a hybrid drive system for a combined output of 592hp (442kW).
With direct-injection, a feature that injects fuel directly into the cylinder rather than in the intake ports, Infiniti will not only boost power but it will also help reduce fuel consumption. After the M sedan, which will likely be called the M37, the updated engine will also make its way across to the G37 range of vehicles as well as the EX and possibly even the FX crossovers.
As for the Essence concept's full blown twin-turbo hybrid system, salivating fans will have to wait a few more years as Infiniti is planning a new V8 engine for its range-topping models. Infiniti, and its parent Nissan, wants to reduce the number of V8 engines from the current two to just one. This means that the companies SUV and truck models will be fitted with the same mill as their passenger cars. Expect this new engine to also be equipped with power boosting direct-injection technology.
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Business|Deepening Cycle of Job Loss Seen Lasting Into '09
Deepening Cycle of Job Loss Seen Lasting Into '09
Construction workers at a commercial residential and retail complex in Richmond, Va. on Tuesday. Plummeting home prices have eliminated jobs for hundreds of thousands of people, including many in the construction industry.Credit...Steve Helber/Associated Press
By Peter S. Goodman
As automakers dropped their latest batch of awful sales numbers on the market on Tuesday, reinforcing the gloom spreading across the economy, the troubles confronting American workers seemed to intensify.
Plummeting home prices have in recent months eliminated jobs for hundreds of thousands of people, from bankers and real estate agents to construction workers and furniture manufacturers. Tighter lending standards imposed by banks in the wake of huge mortgage losses have made it hard for many Americans to secure credit — the lifeblood of expansion in recent years — crimping the appetite of consumers, whose spending amounts to 70 percent of the economy.
Joblessness has accelerated, and employers have slashed working hours even for those on their payrolls, shrinking the size of paychecks just as workers need them the most.
Now, add to that unsavory mix the word from automakers that sales plunged in June — by 28 percent for Ford, 21 percent for Toyota and 18 percent for General Motors — a sharp sign that consumers are pulling back, making manufacturers more likely to cut production and impose more layoffs. Until recently, the weak labor market has been marked more by the reluctance of employers to create new jobs than by mass layoffs.
Among economists, the sense is broadening that the troubles dogging the economy will be stubborn, leaving in place an uncomfortable combination of tight credit and scant job opportunities perhaps well into next year.
"It's a slow-motion recession," said Ethan Harris, chief United States economist for Lehman Brothers. "In a normal recession, things kind of collapse and get so weak that you have nowhere to go but up. But we're not getting the classic two or three negative quarters. Instead, we're expecting two years of sub-par growth. Growth that's not enough to generate jobs. It's kind of a chronic rather than an acute pain."
Mr. Harris expects tepid economic growth and a shrinking labor market to persist through the fall of 2009.
The national unemployment rate climbed a full percentage point over the last year to 5.5 percent in May, according to the Labor Department. That does not include people who are jobless and have given up looking for work, or people who have been bumped to part-time jobs from full-time. Add in those people and the so-called underemployment rate rises to 9.7 percent, up from 8.3 percent in May 2007, according to the Labor Department.
Goldman Sachs forecasts that the unemployment rate will peak at 6.4 percent late in 2009 before the picture improves, meaning that the painful process of shedding jobs may be only half-way complete.
"The labor market is clearly deteriorating, and it's highly likely to keep deteriorating," said Andrew Tilton, an economist at Goldman Sachs. "It's clear that the housing downturn and credit crunch are still very much under way. Clearly, there are more jobs to be lost in housing, finance and construction — hundreds of thousands of more jobs to be lost collectively."
On Thursday, the Labor Department will release its snapshot of the job market for June. Economists generally expect the report to show 60,000 more jobs lost, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline.
But many anticipate the unemployment rate will nudge down a little bit, swinging back from an abrupt climb that could have been exaggerated by survey glitches in the previous month, when the rate jumped by half a percentage point — the sharpest one-month spike in 22 years.
If the unemployment rate were to hold steady or rise, that would likely spook markets, underscoring the impact of the economic slowdown.
"Slowing wage growth and falling employment is absolutely toxic if your business is selling anything to consumers," said Ian Shepherdson, chief United States economist for High Frequency Economics.
Recent indications lend credence to the view that the job market is in the grip of a sustained downturn. Three weeks in a row, new unemployment claims have exceeded 380,000, a level generally associated with recession. Construction spending fell in May. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey, which tracks attitudes about business and personal finance, has dropped to a depth last seen in 1980.
On the factory floor, a weak dollar has been fanning export sales. The I.S.M. Manufacturing Index — a widely watched gauge of factory activity — nudged up in June to 50.2 from 49.6 in May, entering barely positive territory, which indicates a slight expansion.
But that mostly reflected a buildup of inventories and higher prices for raw materials, and not an improvement in orders for factory goods, said Stuart G. Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Service Group in a note to clients. If business stays weak and orders do not materialize, factory layoffs could accelerate. Indeed, the employment component of the index declined to its lowest level in five years.
The slide in the labor market has become both symptom and cause of a weak economy, pulling many families into a downward spiral. Back when housing prices were still rising, Americans borrowed exuberantly against the value of their homes to finance renovations, vacations and shopping sprees. But that artery of finance has constricted considerably along with access to credit cards, forcing a reversion to the traditional limits of household finance. Millions of American families must now confine their spending to what they can bring home from work.
With job losses growing and working hours shrinking, many paychecks are eroding, prompting millions of families to cut their spending. Soaring prices for food and gasoline are overwhelming modest wage gains for most workers, leaving households with even less money to spend. All of which deprives struggling businesses of sales, prompting them to shed more workers, sending the cycle down another turn. Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it would close stores and eliminate up to 12,000 jobs, about 7 percent of its work force.
The fear of a downward spiral prompted the Bush administration to unleash $100 billion worth of tax rebates in the hopes that recipients would spend money and spur sales. The Treasury has already dispensed more than $78 billion, and the money appears to be finding its way into cash registers, with consumer spending climbing by 0.8 percent in May, according to the Commerce Department.
Economists expect the rebates will continue to help retail sales through the summer, fueling modest economic growth that spares some jobs and prevents an outright contraction.
But few expect these rebate-laced sales to expand the job market, because businesses understand that the one-time surge of money will wear off later this summer.
Many experts expect the economy to then be pulled back into the weeds by the same forces that have led the downturn — declining home prices, tighter credit and leaner paychecks.
"It's going to be very hard to overcome those headwinds," said Mr. Harris, the Lehman economist.


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US Thumbs up Ayade's Industrialisation Drive
February 21, 2019 mofsite On The Move
The United States Consul General to Nigeria, Mr. John Bray says he is impressed with the industrialisation drive of the Cross River Governor, Prof Ben Ayade within his three years in office. Bray stated this in Calabar recently and shortly after being conducted round several industries built by the Ayade-led administration in the state. Industries visited included the Cross River Garment Factory, the Rice Seeds and Seedlings Factory, the Calabar Pharmaceutical Company and the 21 megawatts power plant. "I am really impressed as I have not seen lot of things like these in Nigeria in my five years in the country. Seeing all these developments in one area is very impressive," the US Consul General remarked.
Bray who was in Calabar to prepare grounds for some visitors into the state explained that he had to take time out to see investment opportunities in the state and that what he saw is a beautiful state that would compel him to visit often.
On possible areas of collaboration between the United States and Cross River, he said it was evident that such exist already with the American-made tractors on ground at the rice seeds and seedlings factory as well as American engineers at the power plant. His words: "There are always areas of collaboration. Seeing the American-made tractors in the rice city with United States engineers on ground, that is an evidence of collaboration between the United States and Nigeria, though from a private sector, but there is collaboration already." Continuing, Bray said: "It is beautiful because government cannot do everything, so seeing the private sector here and United States products and engineers on ground, it is very great."
In his reaction, Governor Ayade expressed delight that his efforts at developing the state were being acknowledged, adding that "it is a reflection of the fact that I have a pass mark from America and Germany. Americans don't mince their words, when they want to say something to you, they will tell you truly how they feel." "This is my third year in office and we have gone round three factories with many more to go if we had the time. I wanted to take him to the largest banana plantation in Africa few minutes away from here, but I am sure we have other things to do, but one day we will be back and I will take them through." Ayade who commended Bray for accentuating and concentrating America investments and interest in Cross River, noted that the deployment of American turbines, engines and other machines in the factories remain a source of delight to him. High-points of the visit was the planting of rice seedlings with the trans-planter machine at the factory amidst cheers by Cross Riverians who gathered at the scene chanting, "digital," "digital governor," "super digital," "na you we know."


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Weitz & Luxenberg is continuing to fight for Oklahomans affected by the industrial deep disposal that is causing earthquakes in Oklahoma, rumbling the earth beneath their homes and businesses, knocking over historic towers, and rattling houses to the point that parts of them fall or crack.
Because of these human-created earthquakes, people have been injured; foundations, basements, and walls have been cracked; and innocent citizens fear for their safety on a daily basis.
The earthquakes haven't stopped shaking the ground, and Weitz & Luxenberg has not stopped our steady pursuit of justice.
Even after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed in federal court relating to the quakes, Weitz & Luxenberg is persevering in its fight for citizens through class actions and individual litigations making their way through state courts. We have also filed a lawsuit in Tribal Court on behalf of the Pawnee Nation over damages to tribe property caused by fracking-related earthquakes.
The advancing lawsuits assert that Oklahoma's thousands of earthquakes in recent years have been caused by the oil and gas industry's disposal of wastewater resulting from fracking, which involves pumping pressurized fluids into rock and other formations to force the release of oil and gas. This has made Oklahoma the most seismically active state in the continental U.S.
Wastewater from fracking is injected back deep into the earth under extreme pressure in injection wells. This process has awakened long dormant fault lines, causing earthquakes that have shaken the earth in Oklahoma since at least 2011.
The human-caused earthquakes have caused significant damage to the Pawnee Nation's important, historic governmental buildings, which are more than 100 years old, appear on the national historic registry, and are used every day by the Nation for government and administrative functions, community meetings, cultural events, and education for the Nation's 3,489 members.
Although new regulations appear to have reduced the prevalence of human-made earthquakes in the state, there remains a "significant likelihood" for damaging quakes, according to a prediction from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In fact, the severity of the earthquakes has increased in recent years. The year 2016 saw three earthquakes measuring more than 5.0 in magnitude, including the record-breaking 5.8 magnitude quake in the Pawnee area.
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Earthquakes in Oklahoma increased from annual totals of about 167 before 2009 to more than 5,800 in 2015. And the magnitude of the quakes has also gone up, with the number of quakes rated 3.5 and above going up 50-fold.
In January 2016, the Oklahoma Geological Survey imposed rules that it says reduced wastewater injecting in the central part of the state by about 40%.
After that, the rate of earthquakes decreased in 2016, and this led researchers to forecast lower seismic activity rates for 2017. Yet they also expect the activity to continue to be significantly higher than seismic activity experienced in Oklahoma before 2009.
The USGS estimates 3.5 million people live and work in areas of the central and eastern United States, including Oklahoma, where there is a significant chance of damaging earthquakes caused by humans in 2017, in addition to another 500,000 people facing a significant chance of damage from naturally occurring quakes.
And even more worrying: Even though the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma appears to be going down, the intensity of earthquakes is on the rise. The state experienced its largest earthquake ever recorded on Sept. 3, 2016, when a magnitude 5.8 quake shook the ground northwest of Pawnee. Cushing experienced a 5.0 magnitude earthquake in November 2016 that damaged historical downtown buildings and residences. The state also saw the greatest number of large earthquakes ever in 2016.
In the area around the Pawnee, there were at least 41 quakes of at least 2.5 magnitude and as high as 3.6 before the end of September 2016, with 11 more earthquakes in October and November 2016. One quake on Nov. 2, 2016, was rated as 4.5 in magnitude. These quakes disrupted or suspended normal, daily, administrative, educational, and cultural activities in some Pawnee buildings. Understandably, the continuous ground shaking has rattled the nerves of members and leaders of the Nation, as well as other residents in the Pawnee area.
As Weitz & Luxenberg said in our lawsuit, "The Nation has experienced encroachment for hundreds of years from enemy tribes and white settlers. This time, the encroachment is environmental, perpetrated by the defendants through their wastewater injection operations, which have damaged and interfered with the use, enjoyment, value, and possible structural integrity of the Nation's property.
The Sept. 3, 2016, quake was found by government authorities to be caused by wastewater disposal activities. It was "not an act of God," Weitz & Luxenberg asserted in a class action lawsuit in state court. "Instead, the defendants' pollution of the environment caused it and the other earthquakes that followed."
USGS: Millions At Risk for Damaging Quakes
Between 1980 and 2000, the USGS says Oklahoma had an annual average of about two earthquakes greater than or equal to magnitude 2.7, which is when the ground can be felt shaking. By 2014, that number was 4,000 and it was 2,500 in 2016, a year in which 21 quakes were rated 4.0 or higher and three were greater than 5.0.
In fact, the chance for damaging earthquakes in central Oklahoma is now comparable to the rate of naturally occurring quakes in high-hazard parts of California, according to the USGS, which says there is a potential for significant damage as a consequence of these quakes.
"The forecast for induced and natural earthquakes in 2017 is hundreds of times higher than before induced seismicity rates rapidly increased around 2008," said Mark Petersen, chief of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project. "Millions still face a significant chance of experiencing damaging earthquakes, and this could increase or decrease with industry practices, which are difficult to anticipate."
Weitz & Luxenberg is asking state courts to force the parties responsible for that record-breaking quake, the 5.0 magnitude earthquake in Cushing, and others, to compensate the victims of their actions and to pay punitive damages to help deter that kind of conduct in the future.
With our passion for environmental justice and our expertise in environmental litigation, Weitz and Luxenberg will do everything possible to ensure that Oklahoma citizens get the help they need.
U.S. Geological Survey. (2017, March 1). New USGS Maps Identify Potential Ground-Shaking Hazards in 2017. Retrieved from https://www.usgs.gov/news/new-usgs-maps-identify-potential-ground-shaking-hazards-2017
Regan, M.D. (2016, August 28). Why is Oklahoma seeing fewer earthquakes? Scientists point to new oil & gas rules. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/earthquakes-oklahoma-wastewater-oil/
Petersen, M.D. et al. (2017, March 1). 2017 One-Year-Seismic-Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes. Retrieved from http://srl.geoscienceworld.org/content/early/2017/02/24/0220170005
U.S. Geological Survey. (2016, September 3). M 5.8 - 14km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. Retrieved from https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006jxs#executive
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Although it's a little blurry I love this photo of my mother and two of her sisters. They look like little Christmas elves in their matching snowsuits.
This is my first layout for Tresors de Luxe, using some of their beautiful laces, flowers and jewelry pieces. These are some of the pieces I used.
I struggled with the My Creative Scrapbook design work I did in my last post, coming to the conclusion (especially when I saw what beautiful things the other designers accomplished with the kit), that perhaps I am not suited to design for a kit club. I remember a designer on tv once saying "give a designer a limited budget and watch them sweat genius". Well, I sweated all right, but I didn't smell any genius, lol.
I was much more comfortable working on Little Snow Elves for Tresors de Luxe.
For this page I used MajaDesign papers from their Vintage Frost collection.
I stamped the background using several different Kaisercraft texture stamps with brown and dark grey archival inks. Then I used a memory box stencil with molding paste, applying it in patches to random areas. I washed over those areas with very diluted brown watercolour paint.
Under the large piece of lace at the bottom I cut a wide strip of a darker coloured paper from the Vintage Frost collection. I used 2 sets of dies to cut out the layered shapes (although the My Favorite Things one is difficult to see) and punched a border for the top and bottom tucking it underneath the upper layer.
The large pink "snowflake" under the top right corner of the photo was cut from very thin chipboard on a Cricut using the Close to My Heart - Art Philosophy cartridge. I inked it and embossed it with Stampendous Frantage Embossing Enamel - Shabby Pink.
The berries, lichen covered branch and red cedar pieces I bought years ago at Michael's Arts and Crafts when I used to make topiaries and flower arrangements as a hobby. The smaller flowers are by Prima.
The little snowflakes were made with Sculpey Ultra Light and Best Flexible Molds - Let It Snow. I painted them brown and dry brushed multiple layers of white overtop.
The pieces of jewelry from Tresors de Luxe were cut apart with tin snips and dry brushed with white and pink paint. I also dry brushed pink paint over the flowers and lace.
Thanks Lisa. You don't have to apologize for commenting "late", lol. I appreciate your comments so very much and I am not always prompt to leave you comments myself.
I find the whole process fascinating of marrying textures and papers, then stamping and printing. I remember when ! was still a kid, I loved things you could stamp whether cutting holes or printing ink. I think it all started when I saw old documents and passports that had stamps and signatures from all over the place. I guess it gave me a sense of a journey or something?
You are showing up everywhere now, lol. That's what I get for getting involved in social media (just kidding). But you know I'm not the most social person, so I might not be the most chatty person in reply.


Atheist? Or Agnostic? Which makes better sense?
Even as someone convinced of god's existence, I understand this challenge, I really do. I would simply insert "Agnostic" instead of "Atheist". What do you think?
As one does, I got involved in a bruising little debate between "Lili" and "Mike" on Facebook today.
Lili, a feisty and opinionated mid-teens schoolgirl was being taken to task by Mike for posting one of those silly greetings cards that pop up all over the Net.
She repeatedly challenged Mike to "prove" God's existence. Mike repeatedly ignored her. This was my response: I'd be interested to know what you think.
But not because, in my considered opinion, that he/she/it doesn't exist.
But rather because if we could prove God exists then there would be no point in faith, and faith is what makes life meaningful. Jesus makes this point himself with the Doubting Thomas episode … it is one of the most significant passages in the Bible.
Lili, I applaud your scepticism. I would simply suggest you keep an open mind, not a closed one. To me, as a believer, the appropriate response for someone who is not convinced that God exists is agnosticism, not atheism. Atheism is a very hard row to plough. It means you have to dismiss the vast literature and experience of God throughout human history.
Please note, I say God, not religion.
Plenty of skeptical, liberal people, plenty of scientists, for example, in all different cultures around the world, nevertheless report having experienced something so other-worldly as to be both beyond coincidence and inexplicable.
To be an atheist is to accuse ALL those people, every single one, of being either deluded or stupid. Big call.
It is my life experience that many people answer that challenge at some stage of their life, and become, through it, convinced that God exists.
Not that they understand "It", or that, even, they are particularly comforted by the experience.
Simply that they experience something they cannot otherwise explain.
I would therefore urge you, simply, to leave enough of the door ajar to consider that all those people are not idiots.
Agnostic I can definitely understand. Atheist? That seems much more problematical for me.
Your post raised an interesting question and I would like to respond.
To me the scientific method is way of evaluating something using scientific rules. Why must these rules necessarily be followed in matters of faith?
Aren't they a kind of religion in themselves?
We're talking about faith here, something that certainly exists in people's heads but maybe not in the world of science.
Most people who follow a religion do it because they have the gift of faith, or they pretend to have it because their tribe expects it of them.
Their faith tells them to follow certain rules; rules which are designed to govern and control the behaviour of the tribe.
Thus faith facilitates an orderly tribe.
It gives tribe members a sense of meaning and belonging.
It provides solace for people whose lives are burdened with suffering and injustice.
It helps people tolerate life events that would otherwise be intolerable.
It gives people hope that their suffering will one day prove to have been worthwhile.
At the same time it can stimulate them to take risks and perform selfless, dangerous acts such as suicide bombings.
It justifies the persecution of individuals who are perceived as not of the same faith or as rule-breakers.
•	Follow these rules or be punished.
•	Tolerate this suffering and be rewarded.
•	Persecute these people who don't share your faith or act according to its rules.
So you can probably gather that I don't have the gift of faith.
But I respect those who do.
I see it as a therapeutic tool for many as well as a dangerous weapon for a few.
I appreciate the way it encourages people to follow rules that make life better for everyone.
I know that prayer works. If asked, I would say that it works by stimulating "feel good" hormones that reduce pain and mental distress. Maybe it does more.
I envy you your faith. I don't think you should have to justify it or apologise for it but I don't share it.
I can also recommend a book I enjoyed recently called "Religion for Atheists" by Alain de Botton which examines the search for meaning shared by all humans, be they atheists, agnostics, humanists or people of faith.
Thank you for such an interesting and thought provoking response. I will compose a decent reply when I have a little more time!
Interesting discussion. I am a Christian myself, but that leaves me free to deplore uncounted things that Christians are doing purportedly in the name of Christ. I could talk at length about the separation of church and state ("My kingdom is not of this world") as well as the causes and effects of unwanted and obnoxious evangelism. But having recently read this article (http://www.alternet.org/atheism-intellectual-luxury-wealthy) and experienced a kind of mini-epiphany, I strongly suspect that what brings the most acrimony into this topic is not faith or morals, but manners. And a little empathy.
I do agree with you too, Yolly, that God must enjoy Lily's using her intelligence (which I believe he gave her) to question him. Probably the most interesting material he's had to listen to all day.
Thank you for that thoughtful contribution, and look, it got through!
Some people believe in God. Others don't.
Some people say problematical. Others say problematic.
Oo-er, I think on reflection problematic is correct!
Did a bit of research and apparently both are correct. Thought it was a bit of a microcosm of your entire article. Different strokes for different folks and all that.


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COLOMBO (News 1st); The Government is moving forward in the right direction, says Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Participating at an event in Embilipitiya, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa responded to the allegations levelled against the Government.
Pointing out that the present Government faced various obstacles since they came into power, the Prime Minister said that the biggest challenge to the Government proved to be the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, it can be accepted that during the recent past, no good news regarding issues such as fuel, rice, and fertilizer were heard, he stated.
When certain policies were implemented, some political parties who identify themselves as radical groups urged farmers to stop farming, and instead urged farmers to take to the streets, the Prime Minister alleged, adding that they burned crops and destroyed bags of vegetables, and did not conduct any of their actions for the sake of the farmers, but for their own.


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Home » Graindorge, Coulommiers en Bries cheeses recalled on suspicion of listeriosis
Graindorge, Coulommiers en Bries cheeses recalled on suspicion of listeriosis
After the Buitoni brand frozen pizzasinfected with bacteria Escherichia colithe cases of salmonellosis discovered in Children's chocolate products made in Belgium and recalled by the manufacturer Ferrero, it's the turn of the cheese.
Following the discovery of a cheese containing the bacteria responsible for listeriosis, a recall was launched on Tuesday 5 April concerning two types of raw milk cheese from a Graindorge cheese factory (which belongs to the Lactalis group) and on the market. is supplied by major retailers. the government site Rappel Conso.
it involves "a few hundred cheeses", said Bruno Lefèvre, the director of the Fromagerie de Livarot, which produced them and which belongs to Graindorge. These are Coulommiers en Bries of the Normanville brand and the Graindorge brand. Graindorge is a brand specialized in the purchase and processing of raw milk, the production of AOP and regional cheeses, owned by Lactalis since 2016.
A check turned out a very low presence of Listeria monocytogenes on a single cheese », explained Mr. Lefèvre. And, "In accordance with our quality procedures, we have decided to apply the precautionary principle and to recall the entire batch made from milk collected from 4 of our milk producers" based in the Pays d'Auge, he said.
Rare but potentially deadly infection
These recalled cheeses may contain: Listeria monocytogenes (agents responsible for listeriosis). Listeriosis, a foodborne infection, is rare – a few hundred cases a year in France – but once diagnosed, it can be fatal: about a quarter of patients die. The incubation period can be up to eight weeks.
The cheeses in question have been marketed throughout France since mid-March in the supermarkets of the brands Auchan, Leclerc, Casino, Carrefour, Intermarché, Cora, Système U, but also in Schiever (very present in the northeast) and WE Anti grocery stores. gaspi. Any other coulommiers marketed by Franprix and with the same batch number is subject to a recall under the same conditions.
Also read: Children's products recalled by Ferrero due to suspected salmonella presence
The government site recommends returning the products for a refund or destroying them. People who have consumed the products and have a fever, isolated or accompanied by headache, and body aches are invited to consult their doctor. Pregnant women, immunocompromised people and the elderly should be especially alert to these symptoms, it specifies.
The recall procedure ends on April 19. The identification number of the recalled batches is 250222LI9 and the health mark or stamp is FR 14.371.001 CE, according to the website rappel.conso.gouv.fr.
Also read: Article reserved for our subscribers E. coli Bacteria: How Buitoni Pizzas Were Washed Out by Health Authorities
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On Friday, Nov. 14, World Series of Fighting held the weigh-ins for its 15th event which takes place Saturday, Nov. 15, from the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla.
In the evening's headliner, surging middleweight David Branch puts his championship on the line against longtime UFC stalwart Yushin Okami. Branch defeated two opponents in the course of the WSOF middleweight tournament to capture his crown, but his first defense of the strap stands as a much tougher test. Okami, meanwhile, will look to capture the one thing that eluded him for so long in the UFC, a championship belt.
In the co-main event slot, Justin Gaethje was set to defend his lightweight title against challenger Melvin Guillard, but Guillard missed weight and the bout was switched to a non-title affair. Guillard, a longtime UFC veteran, has struggled to find consistency in his MMA career. Gaethje is no stranger to wild exchanges that end with an unconscious body crumbling to the mat. Usually, the body belongs to his opponent, but Guillard packs the power to change that equation on Saturday night.
However, the WSOF is sticking to the mantra of ladies first. Before the men battle for gold, one of the best female fighters in the world will take to the cage in an effort to defend her strawweight title. Champion Jessica Aguilar has been on a roll since a 2010 loss to Zoila Frausto, and now, thanks to the WSOF, she has a major stage on which to showcase her talents. Her latest challenge comes from Brazilian prospect Kalindra Faria, who leaves the XFC in the rearview mirror as she travels to the United States for the first time in her career.
The four-fight main card, which also includes a three-round lightweight bout between Jorge Patino and Eric Reynolds, airs live on the NBC Sports Network beginning at 9 p.m. ET. The eight-fight preliminary card kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET and airs live on nbcsports.com.
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Q: Serial communication: Sending data from C++ to Arduino i'm trying to send data from a C++ program over serial communication to an Arduino. I formed a struct for sending the data as an object:
typedef struct
{
   double width;
   double height;
   bool passBoard;
} MachineParameters;

I'm using this Serial library: http://wjwwood.github.com/serial/ for sending the data like this:
    MachineParameters mp;
    mp.width = 100;
    mp.height = 200;
    mp.passBoard = true;

    ser.write((const uint8_t *)&mp, sizeof(mp));

The library makes it possible to send the data as uint8_t, std::vector or std::string.
The Arduino does receive data, but i don't know how to parse the data into the struct. I'm using the same struct as in the cpp code.
// In Arduio

MachineParameters mp;
int byte_size = 24;

loop() {
   if(Serial.available() >= 24) {
     Serial.readBytes((char*) &mp , 24);
   }
}

// Goal: Read received mp data just like
// mp.width or mp.height

After hours of trying, i still cannot figure it out, how to send this struct to the arduino successfully. Is there another way of sending this data to the arduino? It worked sending the data as string, but that did not seem right.
I am pretty new to programming with C++, so please excuse any obvious questions...
Thank you for helping!

UPDATE: Working solution below
After a view more tries and thanks to your tips, i figured it out. Here is the code, which worked for me. I found out that my problem was the wrong byte size, used for parsing the buffer. The size of the struct in C++ is 12, whereas on the arduino it's 9. Using the original size (12) for parsing the buffer on the Arduino, the struct was parsed correctly.
/* --- C++ CODE --- */
typedef struct
{
   double width;
   double height;
   bool passBoard;
} MachineParameters;
// sizeof(MachineParameters) returns 12.

MachineParameters mp;
mp.width = 11.1;
mp.passBoard = false;
mp.height = 22.2;

ser.write((uint8_t *)&mp, sizeof(mp));
/* --- END OF C++ --- */

/* --- Arduino Code --- */
#define   BYTE_SIZE   12
char messageBuffer[BYTE_SIZE];

typedef struct
{
   double width;
   double height;
   bool passBoard;
} MachineParameters;

MachineParameters mp;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {

  if (Serial.available() >= BYTE_SIZE) {
    Serial.readBytes(messageBuffer , BYTE_SIZE);
    memcpy(&mp, &messageBuffer, BYTE_SIZE);

    // mp.width returns 11.1
    // Success :)
  }
}
/* --- END OF ARDUINO --- */

A: on the arduino you receive the data in a buffer as raw bytes
now you have to parse this, you can do this using memcpy to copy the data in the struct
however for doing this the data has to be aligned meaning that you have to know exactly where it begins. so you should send a synchronization byte ( start / stop bytes ) to be able to fix where the data begins
then you can use the code in parsing buffer data into struct :
struct abc {
    char a;
    char b;
    char c;
    char d[2];
};

int main() {

    char arr[5] = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e' };
    struct abc sa;
    memcpy(&sa, arr, 5);

    return 0;
}

here arr is incoming buffer, and with memcpy all the contents are copied appropriately.

ser.write((const uint8_t *)&mp, sizeof(mp)); is correct
you can create an identical structure mp_arduino on the arduino and copy the content of the receive buffer into this structure with
memcpy ( &mp_arduino, receive_buffer+n, sizeof(mp_arduino) ); where n indicates the position / byte in receive_buffer where your data begins and receive_buffer is defined as uint8_t receive_buffer[] ( or uint8_t* receive_buffer is the same... )
( http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstring/memcpy/ )
this is how a struct is stored in memory : How is a struct stored in memory?
on both systems a float should be 32 bit https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/language/variables/data-types/float/


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Sierra de San Pedro Mártir (Kiliwa: ʔxaal haq, ) is a mountain range located within southern Ensenada Municipality and southern Baja California state, of northwestern Mexico.

It is a major mountain range in the long Peninsular Ranges System, that extends from Southern California down the Baja California Peninsula into Baja California Sur state.

Geography
The range's highest peak is Picacho del Diablo at  in elevation. Also known as Cerro de la Encantada (Enchanted Mountain) and Picacho la Providencia (Providence Peak), it is the highest point in Baja California state and of the entire Baja California Peninsula.

The range is a drainage divide that demarcates the drainages flowing west into the Pacific Ocean or east into the Gulf of California for this section of the Baja California Peninsula. Snow is usually present at the highest elevations in the winter.

The Sierra de Juárez are on the north, and Sierra de San Francisco are on the south, both are also part of the Peninsular Ranges System.

Features
Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir
Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir protects an area of  in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir. It was established by presidential decree in 1974, and the first of two national parks to be established on the Baja California Peninsula. The second is Parque Nacional Constitución de 1857 to the north, in the Sierra de Juárez and also in Baja California state.

National Astronomical Observatory
The National Astronomical Observatory is located at an elevation of  in the range. The astronomical complex was built in 1975. It has several large telescopes, the largest of which is  in diameter.  The observatory's site takes advantage of the high elevation, along with typically clear skies, low relative humidity, low atmospheric pollution, low light pollution, and low levels of radio interference.

The range was a site considered for construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, now tentatively planned for a controversial site on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

In 1889, there was a gold rush in the Santa Clara mountains about  southeast of Ensenada.

Ecology

Flora
Sierra de San Pedro Mártir has a very similar flora to the Sierra de Juárez on the north. Higher elevations have Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests ecoregion flora, which are surrounded at lower elevations by California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion flora, and at lowest elevations by the Baja California Desert ecoregion flora.

The flora is distinct from that of 'mainland' Mexico across the Gulf of California to the east, and shares many species with the Laguna Mountains and Cuyamaca Mountains, also Peninsular Ranges, in San Diego County, California. Typical conifer species include white fir, sugar pine and Jeffrey pine. The canyons of the lower eastern Sierra de Pedro Mártir are the southern range demarcation of natural California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) distribution. Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica) can be found with Canyon live oaks (Quercus chrysolepis) and California fan palms.

Fauna
Baja California rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni) are native to the headwaters of Rio Santo Domingo in the Sierra San Pedro Martir. Desert bighorn sheep also live in the range

California condors, zoo-bred from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park condor program, were reintroduced into the Sierra San Pedro Martir in 1987, the first time seen in the range since 1937. Each year, a small group of young California condors are selected from the pool of birds being bred by the Los Angeles Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Oregon Zoo, and The Peregrine Fund for release to the wild. Annual releases range from four to seven zoo-bred birds.

See also

 Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests ecoregion

References

External links

 Official  Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir website—
 National Astronomical Observatory website—
 Rancho Meling, 100 años de tradición—

San Pedro Mártir
Peninsular Ranges
Geography of Ensenada Municipality