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Estrogens interact in a variety of ways with the liver. Not only is the liver an estrogen-responsive tissue, but it is also responsible for the interconversion, metabolism and excretion of the estrogens. The effect of liver disease on these processes has not been studied well, except in the specific case of alcohol-induced liver disease. Therefore, using five well-characterized animal models of liver diseases, we will assess the effect of a variety of liver diseases on several aspects of estrogen metabolism in the male rat. First, the potential responsiveness of the liver to estrogens will be evaluated by quantitation of cytosolic receptors in both the diseased and normal livers as well as by determination of the affinity of the receptors for estrogen. Second, we will assess changes in the levels and/or affinity of male-specific estrogen binding protein whose proposed role is that of an estrogen scavenger. Third, the synthesis and tissue levels of the catechol estrogens (2-hydroxy estrogens) will be examined in rats with diseased and normal livers. These compounds are of interest because they are major metabolites of the estrogens in the liver, and, additionally, because they have been shown to interfere with P-450-related drug metabolism in the liver. Therefore, since alterations in any one of these various aspects of hepatic estrogen metabolism could adversely effect individuals with liver disease, an evaluation of various types of liver disease on these individual processes should be meaningful. Moreover, this study should provide a basis for the understanding of the effect of specific types of liver disease upon various aspects of estrogen metabolism and thus the effect of such alterations upon the individual.
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Rainbow (ride)
Rainbow is the name of the amusement park ride created by HUSS Maschinenfabrik of Bremen, Germany which is now HUSS Park Attractions of Budapest, Hungary. The Rainbow was manufactured from 1983-2000 and is often confused with its cousins Ali Baba (ride) and 1001 Nachts but there are major differences between the ride designs. The HUSS Rainbow has developed a vast fan base due to its large stature, smooth ride and bright lights.
There were only 42 units produced which were found in many counties from Canada, United States, Australia, India, Africa, the middle east, Asia and Europe.
Still today there are several Rainbows still in operation mainly in the United States and Europe. The most recent refurbishing was unveiled at the January 2014 South Florida Fair owned by Wade Shows.
The popularity of the classic ride has sparked its own (independently managed) Facebook page and several websites and forums dedicated to the Huss Rainbow.
Design
The Rainbow was developed in the early 1980s from the design of the Ranger (ride) also built by HUSS. Its gondola holds 32 passengers in 3 rows with 2 persons per seat. An electronic controlled lap-bar (similar to the ones installed on HUSS Pirate rides - but shaped very differently) holds passengers in. Later some models were required to upgrade with seatbelts for added safety.
The Rainbow came packaged on 3 (possibly 4) oversized trailers or installed as park models. It took a crew of 4, about 6 hours to set up and 4 hours to tear down. A crane is used to erect the main shaft.
4 hydraulic motors drove the ride.
After set up, the Rainbow stands 20 Meters (66 Feet) tall with an on-ride rainbow in lights and a large bright sun face in the middle of its long white main arm.
The overall theme varied slightly from unit to unit. Some seats were Orange, Some blue or white and the main arm displayed a V shaped stripe of varying colors. Of course, once it was sold its new owner could change it to fit their internal theme. The gondola sported illuminated clouds underneath which was one of the many trademarks of the rides style.
Operation
The ride is run manually with a joy stick, apparently some models were programmed and ran from push-buttons.
It can move in either clock-wise or counter clock-wise direction with the ability of stopping or reversing at any point in its orbit. It was very customary to stop the ride in its up-most position and wait a while, then reverse directions.
Safety features
It was equipped with lap bars that raise and lower electronically from the main control booth. Most models have a foot pedal to ensure the operator is present.
In about 2000, Huss required that all Rainbows were to be fitted with seatbelts, which caused many parks to sell their old Rainbows for Ali Baba type models.
Some owners equipped their rides with cameras so the operator could see what the riders were doing while in motion, as a deterrent for guests who would slide from under the bars or stand up while the ride was in motion.
Accidents
On July 15, 2008, 30 people were injured when a Rainbow collapsed at Liseberg theme park in Sweden.
The ride was dismantled on July 17, 2008. Investigators then confirmed on July 19, 2008 that they had discovered a faulty drive shaft during their inspection. They believed that one of the axles that is designed to hold the passenger carriage horizontal failed. HUSS ordered the temporary closure of 40 Rainbows. The drive shaft was upgraded by HUSS in 2003, but by then many units had been scrapped or sold for parts.
On June 9, 2006, a 2-year-old boy broke his arms and legs after falling at least from the “Over the Rainbow” ride at Dixie Landin’ in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was seated next to 3½-year-old sister but about from his mother at the time; his mother says she was told that the other adjacent seat was out of order.
Appearances
The following is a record of Huss Rainbow rides, their owners, locations and current status. The information gathered was known to be accurate at the time it was entered but as rides change hands often, can not always be verified as the current ride's status. New information is more than welcomed and citations are required throughout the page to ensure content quality. Any information that is not 'cited' may be removed.
Operating
Former Rainbows
Unknown status Rainbows
See also
Top Spin (ride)
Ali Baba (ride)
References
External links
Category:HUSS Park Attractions
Category:Amusement rides
Category:Amusement rides introduced in 1982
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[Biological bases of ventricular remodeling].
Cardiac hypertrophy commonly observed in clinical practice is not a disease but a physiological reaction to disease, usually hypertensive or coronary. It involves changes in gene expression, often species specific, which account for the thermodynamic adaptation of the cardiac muscle to new conditions of load; some of these changes may have deleterious effects and explain changes in diastolic compliance and the arrhythmogenicity of hypertrophied hearts. The most important changes are in the myosin content and certain membrane proteins. Many hormonal factors also play a role in ventricular remodeling including angiotensin II and, independently, aldosterone.
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Sunday, November 06, 2011
lazy Sunday
"Falling back" has led to a day of perfect relaxation. I started off my lazy Sunday by casting off a puerperium cardigan (pictures soon!), then meeting friends for brunch at Milk & Honey Cafe, my favorite brunch spot in Chicago. Something about that place reminds me of Madison -- maybe it's the low-key vibe?
I love that color on the yarn you just bought. I jsut finished The Age of Steam and Brass shawl in a very similar color. And I bought a pumpkin coloway at a recent festival. I may have to pick up knitscene now.
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Geghamabak
Geghamabak (; formerly, Kayabash, Ghayabagh, and Quşabulaq) is a small village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
See also
Gegharkunik Province
References
Category:Populated places in Gegharkunik Province
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Embattled DR Congo opposition leader Moise Katumbi, who last month quit the country ostensibly for medical treatment, was sentenced to three years in jail Wednesday over a real estate dispute.
Katumbi, a football magnate, was seen as the leading challenger to President Joseph Kabila in elections due to be held this year, but the sentence effectively makes him ineligible to stand.
A three-judge tribunal in Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s second biggest city in the southeast of the country, rendered the decision against Katumbi on a day marked by twists and turns in the case.
The court found Katumbi guilty of fraud over a Greek national’s allegations that he forged and presented false documents in the acquisition of a property the Greek national said he would eventually inherit.
Katumbi was sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay $1 million in damages to the plaintiff, as well as a fine of 900,000 Congolese francs ($940).
The public prosecutor had been seeking a five-year jail term and a loss of Katumbi’s political rights for five years after serving his jail term.
The verdict elicited a certain amount of confusion and criticism in the hours after it was announced, however.
According to an AFP journalist at the courthouse, one of the three judges apparently refused to sign onto the judgement before it was rendered.
But by the end of the day, the journalist saw the judgement come back signed by all three judges.
The case had taken an even stranger turn that morning when a newspaper in the capital Kinshasa announced the three-year jail term before the court had made its judgement public.
Katumbi to appeal
Katumbi’s legal team, which had called into question the tribunal’s competence, immediately denounced the verdict and said it planned to appeal.
The sentence will be suspended pending the appeal’s final outcome.
Katumbi was an ally of Kabila for a decade but quit the ruling party in September over the president’s plans to split several provinces, including Katanga, which is the size of Spain, into four separate entities.
With political tensions soaring over expectations that Kabila wants to extend his rule despite being barred from a third term, Katumbi has left the country as he faces charges of undermining state security.
Katumbi, 51, is the wealthy owner of the prestigious Tout-Puissant Mazembe football club, three-time winner of the African Champions League.
He quit the country on May 20, a day after the government announced he would be tried for endangering state security.
He flew to South Africa, ostensibly for medical treatment, and subsequently settled in London.
Katumbi announced in May that he planned to stand in the election due later this year, but was swiftly hit with an investigation into claims he hired foreign mercenaries.
A few weeks ago, DRC released former US soldier Darryl Lewis after he was accused of being part of a network of armed agents infiltrating the country, allegations dismissed by the US embassy in Kinshasa as lies.
The ex-corporal was one of four members of Katumbi’s entourage arrested in Lubumbashi on April 24, a day after an opposition protest involving Katumbi’s supporters.
Opposition parties in the country said earlier this month they had forged an alliance to demand that Kabila quit when his term expires in December.
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import subprocess
def installCertBot():
cmd = []
cmd.append("yum")
cmd.append("-y")
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installCertBot()
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public abstract function getDate();
public abstract function getAppData();
public abstract function getMessage($msg);
public abstract function getEnquiryById($id);
public abstract function getEnquiries();
public abstract function createEnquiryMessage($message);
public abstract function getEnquiriesPagePerPage($page, $perPage);
public abstract function getEnquiriesPage($page);
public abstract function createEnquiry($enquiry);
public abstract function isUserAuthenticated();
public abstract function getEnquiryMessages($enquiryId);
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Carmarthen Bank
Carmarthen Bank was a bank established and formerly operated in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales during the 19th century. It became bankrupt in 1832 and its name was then adopted by another Carmarthenshire-based bank.
History
This bank was established in Carmarthen by the partnership known as Waters, Jones & Co., and probably developed from one or more earlier banks operated under the name of Waters and variously referred to in the London Directory, for the years 1811–1816, as Waters; Waters & Co.; R. & R. Waters; and Thomas Waters & Sons.
During the Panic of 1825, the Bank of England suspended cash payments due to frequent provincial bank failures, leading to a general run on British banks in December 1825. In December, 1825 public meetings were held at the Guildhall, Carmarthen and at Llandeilo, where votes of public confidence were passed in Waters, Jones & Co. and David Morris & Sons. Both enterprises survived the 1825 crisis but, on 19 January 1832, Waters, Jones & Co. suspended all payments. The partners in Carmarthen Bank at this time were John Waters, Arthur Jones and David Jones, all of Carmarthen.
Attempts were made to avoid bankruptcy, and on 7 February 1832, an agreement was drawn up which recited that the accounts had been inspected on 21 January 1832, and that assets were sufficient to meet liabilities. Under this agreement, Waters, Jones & Co. would meet all the assets of Carmarthen Bank under the supervision of inspectors, who were to receive the proceeds of realisation of the assets on trust for the bank’s creditors. This agreement contained a proviso that if the partners of Sir James Esdaile & Co., bankers of Lombard Street, London, and certain other creditors holding nine-tenths of the value of the bank’s debts, did not execute the agreement before 1 May 1832, the agreement would be void and a commission of bankruptcy would be issued against Waters, Jones & Co. Although the partners in the bank, and some of the creditors, signed the agreement, the partners of Sir James Esdaile & Co., who were owed a large amount, did not. A fiat of bankruptcy was issued, and the notes exhibited at the Ivy Bush Hotel, Carmarthen on 11 September 1832, when a first dividend of 5 shillings in the pound was paid.
According to one authority, the liabilities of Waters, Jones & Co. amounted to £300,000, and the failure of the bank was the result of ‘issuing notes to the extent of nearly £100,000 upon unmarketable securities, and making advances in opposition to every principle of common sense and common safety. Money was freely lent, without security, to drovers to enable them to purchase cattle, and the wants of a large agricultural district were soothed in a similarly paternal manner.’ It may be that such harsh criticism was due to the writer being a heavy depositor in the bank.
Successor in name
It was probably after the failure of Carmarthen Bank that David Morris adopted the name, and changed the name of his bank from David Morris & Sons to Carmarthen Bank. David Morris & Sons had been formed from the amalgamation of Morris & Sons, which he had established in Carmarthen, in 1791, and Carmarthen Furnace Bank, which had been established by John Morgan of Furnace House, Carmarthen.
Bank notes
The earliest known bank note for this bank is for £2 and is dated 10 October 1825. Existing specimens of bank notes issued by the bank are for £1, £2, £5, £8, and £50. So far as is known, it is the only bank in England and Wales that issued a bank note for £8
Other Carmarthenshire banks
Other Carmarthenshire banks include: Carmarthen Furnace Bank, Llandovery Bank, Llanelly Bank, and David Morris & Sons.
References
External links
Carmarthenshire Archives Service, Carmarthen Bank Collection
Carmarthen Bank Note specimen
Money and Coins in Wales
BizFace News Forum, Banking Crisis: "Lloyds was a safe bank in 1825", posted 22 October 2008 at 17:35 by Royston
Gaian Economics site
Category:Banks of Wales
Category:Defunct companies of Wales
Category:History of Carmarthenshire
Category:19th-century establishments in Wales
Category:Companies based in Carmarthenshire
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Shurabad, Fars
Shurabad (, also Romanized as Shūrābād; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Shūrābeh) is a village in Now Bandegan Rural District, Now Bandegan District, Fasa County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 252, in 47 families.
References
Category:Populated places in Fasa County
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Thomas Fischbacher <Thomas.Fischbacher@Physik.Uni-Muenchen.DE> writes:
Actually, this brings me to a question I wanted to ask for a long time:
while I never used this so far, I just assumed that OCaml does provide
hash tables where keys are compared w.r.t. "being the same" ('==' , that
is), rather than only hash tables where keys are compared for "being
equal" (say, '=').
Just look at hash.ml:
let find h key =
match h.data.((hash key) mod (Array.length h.data)) with
Empty -> raise Not_found
| Cons(k1, d1, rest1) ->
if compare key k1 = 0 then d1 else
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So it's structual equality, which is the same as '=' modulo the
float nan issue.
Bye,
Hendrik
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Q:
using haskell pipes-bytestring to iterate a file by line
I am using the pipes library and need to convert a ByteString stream to a stream of lines (i.e. String), using ASCII encoding. I am aware that there are other libraries (Pipes.Text and Pipes.Prelude) that perhaps let me yield lines from a text file more easily, but because of some other code I need to be able to get lines as String from a Producer of ByteString.
More formally, I need to convert a Producer ByteString IO () to a Producer String IO (), which yields lines.
I am sure this must be a one-liner for an experienced Pipes-Programmer, but I so far did not manage to successfully hack through all the FreeT and Lens-trickery in Pipes-ByteString.
Any help is much appreciated!
Stephan
A:
If you need that type signature, then I would suggest this:
import Control.Foldl (mconcat, purely)
import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
import Data.Text (unpack)
import Lens.Family (view)
import Pipes (Producer, (>->))
import Pipes.Group (folds)
import qualified Pipes.Prelude as Pipes
import Pipes.Text (lines)
import Pipes.Text.Encoding (utf8)
import Prelude hiding (lines)
getLines
:: Producer ByteString IO r -> Producer String IO (Producer ByteString IO r)
getLines p = purely folds mconcat (view (utf8 . lines) p) >-> Pipes.map unpack
This works because the type of purely folds mconcat is:
purely folds mconcat
:: (Monad m, Monoid t) => FreeT (Producer t m) r -> Producer t m r
... where t in this case would be Text:
purely folds mconcat
:: Monad m => FreeT (Producer Text m) r -> Producer Text m r
Any time you want to reduce each Producer sub-group of a FreeT-delimited stream you probably want to use purely folds. Then it's just a matter of picking the right Fold to reduce the sub-group with. In this case, you just want to concatenate all the Text chunks within a group, so you pass in mconcat. I generally don't recommend doing this since it will break on extremely long lines, but you specified that you needed this behavior.
The reason this is verbose is because the pipes ecosystem promotes Text over String and also tries to encourage handling arbitrarily long lines. If you were not constrained by your other code then the more idiomatic approach would just be:
view (utf8 . lines)
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<num>11-744</num>
<heading>Judicial conference.</heading>
<text>The chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall summon biennially or annually the active associate judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the active judges and magistrate judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to a conference at a time and place that the chief judge designates, for the purpose of advising as to means of improving the administration of justice within the District of Columbia. The chief judge shall preside at such conference which shall be known as the Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia. Every judge and magistrate judge summoned shall attend, and, unless excused by the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, shall remain throughout the conference. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall provide by its rules for representation of and active participation by members of the District of Columbia Bar and other persons active in the legal profession at such conference.</text>
<annotations>
<annotation doc="Pub. L. 94-193" type="History">Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1102, Pub. L. 94-193, § 1(a)</annotation>
<annotation doc="Pub. L. 103-266" type="History">June 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-266, § 1(b)(8), 108 Stat. 713</annotation>
<annotation doc="Pub. L. 112-229" type="History">Dec. 12, 2012, 126 Stat. 1611, Pub. L. 112-229, § 2(a)</annotation>
<annotation type="Effect of Amendments">The 2012 amendment by Pub. L. 112-229, in the first sentence, substituted “biennially or annually” for “annually” and added “and magistrate judges”; and in the third sentence, substituted “Court of Appeals” for “Courts of Appeals” and added “and magistrate judge”.</annotation>
<annotation type="Prior Codifications">1973 Ed., § 11-744.</annotation>
<annotation type="Prior Codifications">1981 Ed., § 11-744.</annotation>
<annotation type="Cross References">Superior Court, family division, exclusive jurisdiction, see <cite path="§11-1101">§ 11-1101</cite>.</annotation>
<annotation type="Cross References">Court administration, chief judges, responsibilities, see <cite path="§11-1702">§ 11-1702</cite>.</annotation>
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Q:
sf equivalent of R maptools package's SpatialLinesMidPoints
I've been moving most of my workflow to using the sf package in R, and I'm trying to find the equivalent to the maptools package SpatialLinesMidPoints function - I've used this function frequently over the years and had modified to get line endpoints as well (here).
Is there an equivalent function using sf package? I've looked at st_cast and st_line_sample, but want to explicitly get midpoints of lines. I'm guessing perhaps I can make use of either st_cast or st_line_sample with slight modification to get just midpoints but struggling a bit with approach.
Just to be explicit, I'm looking for equivalent of doing:
library(spData)
library(maptools)
library(sf)
seine <- as(seine, 'Spatial')
seine_midpoints <- SpatialLinesMidPoints(seine)
# To verify:
plot(seine, axes=T)
plot(seine_midpoints, add=T, col='red')
A:
Looks like maptools:::getMidpoint, which underpins maptools::SpatialLinesMidPoints, can be applied to a LINESTRING geometry set without too much modification, e.g.
st_line_midpoints <- function(sf_lines = NULL) {
g <- st_geometry(sf_lines)
g_mids <- lapply(g, function(x) {
coords <- as.matrix(x)
# this is just a copypaste of View(maptools:::getMidpoints):
get_mids <- function (coords) {
dist <- sqrt((diff(coords[, 1])^2 + (diff(coords[, 2]))^2))
dist_mid <- sum(dist)/2
dist_cum <- c(0, cumsum(dist))
end_index <- which(dist_cum > dist_mid)[1]
start_index <- end_index - 1
start <- coords[start_index, ]
end <- coords[end_index, ]
dist_remaining <- dist_mid - dist_cum[start_index]
mid <- start + (end - start) * (dist_remaining/dist[start_index])
return(mid)
}
mids <- st_point(get_mids(coords))
})
out <- st_sfc(g_mids, crs = st_crs(sf_lines))
out <- st_sf(out)
}
So,
seine_sf <- st_as_sf(seine)
seine_sf_mids <- st_line_midpoints(seine_sf)
plot(seine_sf)
plot(seine_sf_mids, add = TRUE)
Looks ok for sfc_LINESTRING, but the function would need some tweaks to handle sfc_MULTILINESTRING.
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Q:
java hibernate - unneeded saving of a method return value because it starts with get..()
I have created a
String getDisplayString();
method in a class which is a hibernate entity.
When I run the code there is an exception that tells me that I have to have a
setDisplayString()
Though there is no Member called DisplayString. No, to solve it quickly I havve created a set method that does nothing. it runs - but it saves a culmumn named DisplayString with the result of the getDisplayString() method (though not a member).
How do I make a getDisplayString() method and let Hibernate not use it?
A:
If class is mapped with annotations, you need to mark your get method as @Transient.
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
StartupUri="Window1.xaml"
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Lampaden
Lampaden is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The village is over a thousand years old and acquired grazing rights in the year 1036. The area was already populated in Celtic and Roman times.
During World War II, the only two operational V3 cannons used to bombard Luxembourg were installed in a wooded ravine of the Ruwer River at Lampaden about southeast of Trier. The village was heavily damaged in early March 1945 during a German counterattack.
References
Category:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:Trier-Saarburg
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Q:
How to set up tortoisegit to not require password using ssh
I am having trouble getting git/tortoisegit to use my supplied ssh key (created using PuttyGen). In the command prompt I get a permission denied error, and in the TortoiseGit UI I get prompted for a password. I tried this SO question, but as stated, I created with PuttyGen, have Pageant running with my keys loaded, and am configured to use TortoisePlink.
I then found this SO question, and tried to use the ssh in the git directory, the TortoisePlink in my TortoiseHG (used for Bitbucket/Mercurial), and as stated, had already tried the local TortoisePlink in TortoiseGit.
Oh, and I did set up my ppk in my Git account, as well as, in the Git->Remote section of TortoiseGit
So, what am I missing?
A:
Check what your origin url is.
Right click on your project folder
TortoiseGit -> Settings -> Choose Git -> Remote and select the origin entry.
Check that the url starts with ssh:// and that your private key is loaded.
If the url starts with https:// then it will ask you for your password every time.
Hope this helps.
A:
I could not make this work with github/tortoisegit either. Using git from the command line on linux worked fine. I then resorted to using my username/password as described here:
http://www.programmoria.com/2012/02/saving-tortoisegit-password.html
and elsewhere. It is not a real solution (sorry) but a workaround that achieves the same thing: automatic authentication without having to enter your username/password. The _netrc file is as secure/insecure as the private key that would also be stored somewhere on your computer so I consider it an acceptable solution. Comments on this are welcomed of course.
A:
Some Git servers are somewhat counterintuitive (IMHO) when it comes to authentication. For instance, Github docs say:
All connections must be made as the "git" user.
So, instead of trying to connect to ssh://<yourname>@github.com..., you have to connect to ssh://git@github.com....
I am not asked for a password any more and TortoiseGit now shows Success after completing a Push operation.
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Effect of duration of feed withdrawal and transportation time on muscle characteristics and quality in Friesian-Holstein calves.
Twenty-week-old Friesian-Holstein calves were used to assess the influences of the duration of feed withdrawal before transport (1 or 11 h) and of transport time (1 or 11 h) on carcass and muscle characteristics and meat sensory qualities. One hundred twelve calves were used for live weight and carcass measurements, following a 2 x 2 factorial design (28 replicates). Twelve calves were randomly selected in each treatment group to examine muscle characteristics and sensory quality of longissimus lumborum (LL) and semimembranosus (SM). Long transport (11 h) increased loss in live weight (P < .001) and dressing percentage (P < .001). Feed withdrawal for 11 h also increased dressing percentage (P < .001). Long transport resulted in decreased liver weight (P < .05), glycolytic potential (P < .01), and pH at 4 h postmortem (P < .05) in the LL. Drip loss, compositional traits, cooking loss, and sarcomere length in the LL, as well as drip loss, pH values, compositional traits, cooking loss, and sarcomere length in the SM, were unaffected by the treatments. However, long transport decreased tenderness score in the LL (P < .05) and SM (P < .01). It also increased myofibrillar resistance (P < .001) in the latter muscle. The results demonstrate an unfavorable effect of long transport on the sensory quality of veal. This effect cannot be explained on the basis of differences in pH values and(or) compositional characteristics.
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"Hey!" "Hey, is anyone there?" "Look, I need some help in here!" "All right, look." "I know you're probably panicking right now, but there is no time for that." "You need to focus." "I'm sure you're wondering who tied you to the desk." "Look, the truth is, it was you." "I mean, me." "I did it 'cause I needed you to get this message." "It would take too long to give you the full explanation, and you wouldn't remember it anyway, so you're just going to have to trust me on this." "Now, you'll find a knife taped to the underside of your chair." "Find it, and cut yourself loose." "Now, I need you to listen." "It is vitally important that you find this woman." "I don't know where she is, but you have to find her." "She can help." "Check the mess hall, or maybe they took her to the Bridge, I don't know." "You just have to keep looking." "Don't worry about anything else." "And for God's sake, don't trust anyone." 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"I don't see how a tingling sensation in your knees relates to this condition, especially since you're the only one experiencing it." "Yeah, but so far." "I'm just saying, we don't know anything about this disease." "Look, the best thing for you to do right now is try to relax, okay?" "And let me do my work." " Here you go." " Thank you." "What did Dr. Keller say?" "Oh, she's going to take it into consideration, thanked me for my input and..." "How you doing?" "Thanked me for my input and..." "How you doing?" "I'm okay." "Well, Dr. Keller's got her team working pretty hard." "I'm sure they're trying a bunch of stuff." "I'm sure they'll come up with a way to beat this thing in no time." " Seriously, are you okay?" " It's..." "My headache." "It's getting worse." "All right, look, is there anything I can do?" "Could you ask the nurse to bring me some tea?" "Well, what's wrong with this one?" "Oh, yeah." "Right." "Marie?" "What's..." "What's going on?" "I don't know." "I just got really dizzy." "Are you telling us that the infection has breached hazmat protocol?" "I'm not entirely sure." "It's possible she could have been previously exposed, but that would mean it's already spread much farther among the general population than we thought." "I've got off-duty medical personnel conducting random blood tests around the city just to get a sense of where we're at." "Have we confirmed it came from the mainland?" "Well, the plant and soil samples brought back by the botany department were negative, but it still seems like the most likely point of origin." "What about the database?" "I haven't found a match yet, but I'm still looking." "There is one more thing." "Since we have no idea what this disease does, or how it's spread, or even if our containment measures are having any effect," "I recommend we suspend all Gate travel immediately." "Thank you, Doctor." "Hey." "How you feeling?" "I don't know." "Oh." "Well, they brought dinner." "This Salisbury steak's actually quite good." "Oh, and by the way, I asked Dr. Keller about your friend Dr. Baxter." "She says he's asleep, but apparently the fever's down." " Who?" " Dr. Baxter." "That's his name, right, the guy on your team?" "Katie?" "Where am I?" "What do you mean?" "You're in the infirmary." "I brought you here, remember?" "Who are you?" "Hey!" "Hold it right there." "I don't want to cause any trouble." "I just..." "Yeah, put him with the others." "Go on, get him out of here." "Come on." "Yes, sir." "Well, what's the word?" "Well, the random test results came back." "Six different people working in six different areas of the city, all positive." "That doesn't sound very promising." "Well, it's either a statistical miracle, or the entire base has been exposed." "We're running more tests to confirm it, but it doesn't look good." "I don't know about you, but I feel fine." "Well, me, too." "And that's the problem." "If there is a delay before the first symptoms appear, it could've spread anywhere before we even knew what was happening." "I've informed Stargate Command that we're suspending Gate operations." "Colonel Carter, this is Dr. Keller." " Go ahead." " I'm sending you scans on Katie Brown as well three other patients who are beginning to show signs of amnesia." "All of them show large concentrations of affected cells in the medial temporal lobe." "It looks like the bacteria is causing these cells to produce a hormone that interferes with the brain's ability to access episodic memory." "How bad are we talking?" "Well, rate of deterioration seems to vary from patient to patient, but in all cases, it looks like it's progressive, meaning the longer they go without treatment, the worse it gets." "Pretty soon, they won't be able to remember their own names." "You said the first symptoms were headaches and dizziness." "Yeah, that's right." "How long after they appeared before the first signs of memory loss?" "Again, it seems to vary, but you're looking at an average of about six hours." "What about you, Doc?" "Showing any signs?" "Yeah, the headache started half an hour ago." "All right, keep searching the database." "I think it's our best bet to find a solution." "I'd love to, but if we're right about these numbers," "I'm about to get overrun with a lot of new patients." "It's already pretty crowded in here." "Mess hall." "We can clear it out and make a temporary ward." "Yeah, that's a good idea." "At the very least, it'll consolidate everyone in one place for treatment." "Do it." " Are you all right?" " Yeah." "Where am I?" "We were hoping you could tell us." "Who are all you people?" " We don't know." " None of us can remember anything." "What's happening out there?" "What did you see?" "Nothing." "It was just..." "Empty hallways." "How did I get here?" " The soldiers brought you." " Why?" "They bring everyone here." "They say it's for our own protection." "Don't waste your time." "It won't open." "Why are they doing this to us?" "Look, why can't anyone remember?" "My..." "The computer." "Where's my computer?" "It wasn't with you when they brought you here." "Why?" "I have to find someone." "It's a woman." "Teyla." "Do you know who that is?" "Does anyone here know Teyla?" "Anyone?" "I thought this city had some sort of automatic lockdown" " to prevent stuff like this." " It does." "Oh, yeah?" "What happened?" "You're asking me?" "You got a headache?" "Yeah, I guess it was just a matter of time, huh?" " John?" " I'm fine." "Hey." "How you feeling?" "I am fine." " Any symptoms?" " No, none yet." "Me neither." " What is it?" " How do they know we're all infected?" "My blood wasn't part of the sample that was tested." "Nor was mine." "Even so, it is likely we were exposed." "So?" "Being exposed doesn't mean you've got it." "Maybe it doesn't affect everybody the same way." "And all I know is I feel great." "So do I." "Perhaps you should make Dr. Keller aware of this." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Excuse me." "Dr. Keller." " I need to talk to you." " I'm a little busy right now." "I'm not sick." "Well, if you're lucky enough not to be exposed," " you just blew it by coming in here." " No, I know I've been exposed." "People I've been working with all day have been getting sick, but I'm not feeling anything." "Neither is Teyla." "You think you might have some kind of immunity?" " You're the doctor." " Okay." "Well, I'm going to need a sample of your blood." "Take as much as you need." " What are you doing?" " I have to remember somehow." "I already feel certain things slipping away." " All right, now what are you doing?" " Getting out of here." "All right, everyone!" "Listen up!" "I need to escape as quickly as possible." "Does anyone know how I can do that?" "You can't just leave." " Why not?" " What about the soldiers?" "We're just going to have to deal with them." "I'm sorry, call me crazy, but I don't exactly trust them." "That doesn't mean we should be running loose." "We have no idea what's out there." "Look, something caused this to happen, all right?" "And we're not going to figure it out from in here." "Somewhere out there, there is a woman that..." "A woman named..." " Teyla." " Teyla, right, thank you." " I think she knows something." " What?" "I don't know." "We got to get out there and find out." " I think we should listen to him." " Why?" "Well, it makes sense." "Why haven't the soldiers told us what's happened?" "Why haven't there been any announcements, or any help on the way?" "Maybe they don't know any more than we do." "We need a plan." " They let you out?" " Well, the second set of random blood tests just came back, all positive." "Didn't see much point in quarantining the infirmary anymore." " You showing any signs?" " Headache." "Yeah, same here." "Five bucks says you start losing your memories first." "Rodney..." "All right, we've got food, water and blankets." "We don't have enough beds, but we're just going to have to make do." "We may need to think about ordering all nonessential personnel to report to the mess hall." "I mean, they're going to wind up there anyways, and this way, we won't have people with no memories" " wandering the hallways." " That's what I'm worried about." "I'll send Lorne and a team out, make sure those orders are followed." "These are from Dr. Neves." "They're stimulants." "He thinks they may slow the effects of the memory loss." "I mean, it's just a stopgap, but at least it may buy us a few hours." "Do we know what's in these?" "Because I'm allergic to a lot of..." "Just take it." "Hand these out to Lorne and his men." "One more thing." "I've ordered Dr. Zelenka to remove the Gate's main control crystal." "No matter what happens, we cannot risk spreading this disease elsewhere in the galaxy, or to Earth." "What happens when we all start losing our memory?" "Dr. Keller will come up with something before that happens." "Hey." "I thought we were moving everyone to the mess hall." "He's our most advanced case." "His vitals are too unstable." "What can I do for you?" "I was just wondering if you found anything." "What do you mean?" "I'm not showing any sign of the disease, remember?" "Oh, well, it's possible you could have some sort of natural immunity." "Doc..." "Stay here." "I'm going to take a sample of your blood." "Doc." "You've already done that." "It's happening to me, isn't it?" "Doctor, he's convulsing!" "Okay, give him..." "Midazolam, four milligrams." "He's in v-fib." "I need a crash cart." "Charge it to 200." "Clear." "Charge it to 300." "Clear." "McKAY:" "Go, go!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "This way!" " Okay, I think we're clear." " Oh, thank God." "My lungs were about to give out." " So, what next?" " I don't know." "How do we find her?" " Who?" " Teyla." "The one we just risked our lives for." "Right, right." "I don't know." "All right, we'll just have to search room by room." "I mean, how big could this place possibly be?" " Where are you taking us?" " I already told you." "The mess hall." " I don't want to go there." " Just relax." "I know you're scared, but you're just going to have to trust me." "It's for your own good." "So much for coming quietly." "Hey." "Mess hall's this way." "Right." "Don't look at me that way." "It's easy to get turned around in this place." "Give me that respirator." "Got it." "Major Lorne's picking up some more stragglers." "We're starting to get a little resistance." "Yeah, they're starting to lose their memories." "They probably can't understand why there's a bunch of soldiers after them." "That's why I told him to take his men to the armory and equip them with stunners." "I'm not sure I like the idea of us shooting at our own people." "Well, we may not have a choice." "Yeah, I suppose you're right." "Pretty soon, there's going to be some panicked, confused people out there." "Okay, carry on." "What?" "Come with me." "You might want to go easy on that stuff, Major." "Sir, we need to delay this thing as much as possible." "If we all go, there's no coming back." "Yeah, I know." "That's what I want to talk to you about." "I got an idea." " Didn't we come this way before?" " No." "Are you sure?" "No." "I have an idea." "What are you doing?" "If we come back here, we'll know we've been this way before." "You're presuming of course that we remember that we're the ones who put it there in the first place." "I know you're out there." "Drop your weapons and come out slowly." "Little guy with glasses." " What are you doing?" " Hey, I know him." "Don't shoot." "I don't have any weapons." "Who are you?" "We were captured by the soldiers." "We escaped." "Really?" "Wait a second." "What is that?" " I found it." " Let me see." " What is it?" " I don't know," " but something tells me it's important." " Why?" "I don't know." " Hey, how did you know to do that?" " I don't know." "I just did." " Well, that's her." "Teyla." " You know her?" "Well, not exactly." "We're looking for her." "We think she can help us." "Huh." "But it says, "Find her. "" "How are we going to do that?" "This is what I wanted to show you." "This is the bacteria that is causing our disease?" "Not exactly, but it's very similar." "And you found this in the database?" "And you found this in the database?" "I stopped looking in the database." "I knew there was a reason why" "Teyla and Ronon are the only people who've tested negative so far, and we don't have a lot of information on the Satedans, so I started looking through Dr. Beckett's records on the Athosians." "This is a blood sample taken from a 10-year-old boy." "He was suffering from something called..." "Uh..." "I wrote it down." "Kirsan fever?" "Yeah, that's it." "It is a common childhood ailment throughout the galaxy." " I had it when I was eight." " I had it when I was 10." "But this cannot be the same disease." "Kirsan fever does not affect adults," " nor does it cause memory loss." " Well, that may be true, but the structure of the bacteria is too similar to ignore, and they have to be related somehow." "Wait a minute." "Maybe they are the same." "That would explain why the sensors didn't identify it as a threat." " How is that possible?" " Well, think about it." "I mean, this planet didn't have a stargate until we came here." "Maybe when the Ancients were first scouting this place, they accidentally brought this Kirsan fever with them." "It got trapped here, and over the course of 10,000 years, it mutated to cause the symptoms we're now experiencing." "That would also explain why you and Ronon aren't affected." "You have antibodies built up from when you were young." "Well, if they have the antibodies, then..." "It would take months to reverse-engineer a cure." "I mean, I'm not even sure it's possible." "The sap of the enchuri plant." "My people have used it for generations to combat Kirsan fever." "It is highly effective and not much is needed." " Let's go get some." " Take a Jumper." "Wait a minute." "You disabled the Gate, remember?" "You ordered Dr. Zelenka to take the control crystal." "Where did he put it?" "Zelenka, this is Sheppard." "Come in." "Check out the rooms down there and there." "I want this section cleared out in 10 minutes." "Lorne, come in." " Yes, sir." "Go ahead." "Have you seen Zelenka?" "As a matter of fact, I have." " Did you bring him to the mess hall?" " Sorry, sir, but he gave us the slip." "Must have heard us coming." "Cracked one of my people over the head with a metal rod and disappeared down a service hatch before I could get a shot off." "There's no telling where he is now." "Zelenka, respond." "Zelenka, come in." "Radek, we are not trying to hurt you." "We need your help." "Okay, this is pointless." "Look, we don't even know if he still has a radio, and even if we find him, chances are he's not going to remember what he did with the control crystal." "Let's face it, we're screwed." "There's gotta be some way out of this." "What about the Jumpers?" "They got DHDs." "That doesn't matter." "Without the control crystal, the gate can't establish a stable wormhole." "We're not going anywhere." "I'm missing something." "I can't concentrate." "What about the mainland?" "Ronon is right." "The enchuri plant is abundant on many worlds." "It may be here as well." "All right." "Assuming we can find the stuff, how are we going to distribute it?" "I'll figure something out." "I'll stay with Rodney." "Do you know what to look for?" "Grows like a weed on Sateda." "It's right there." "You can fly this thing." "It's in your blood." "Literally." "Oh." "Wait a second." "What am I doing?" "You said the quickest way to spread the cure was to aerosolize it and distribute it through the ventilation system." "You are currently attempting to override base protocol for temperature, humidity and air pressure." "Right." "Right, okay, it's easy." "Just a simple matter of accessing the root directory and..." " Come on!" " Rodney." "No, no, no, no." "I should be able to do this in my sleep." "Oh, God." " It's happening to me, too, isn't it?" " You have to remain calm." "No, no, no." "You don't understand." "My memory was lousy to start with." "I mean, with people's names, birthdays..." "I once forgot Mother's Day five years in a row." "What is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter?" "Well, that's pi." "It's 3.14159265, etcetera, etcetera." "That doesn't count, that's easy." "You are a scientist, Rodney." "That is what you care about." "That is what you will hang on to the longest." "Right." "Right, so..." "Wait a minute." "Doesn't that make me a really bad person?" "It makes you the type of person who is going to save all our lives." "Oh, okay." "What is this place?" "McKAY:" "I don't know." " Looks like they left in a hurry." " She's not here." "Let's..." "Down here!" "This way!" "Quiet!" "Go, go." "All right, everybody, spread out." "They got to be in here somewhere." "Sir!" "Found 'em." "Good." "Let's go." "Let's move out, come on." "Can we get out of here, please?" " What is it?" " I have an idea." "Come on." "Let's go." "Wait a minute." " What is this place?" " The mainland." "What are we doing here?" "I told you already." "We need to get that plant." "Something seems fishy." "Never gets old." "Sorry, buddy." "You're just going to slow me down." " How's it coming, Rodney?" " I'm just about finished." "I think." "What was that?" "I will go see." "Keep working." "Don't move!" "Major Lorne." "It's me, Teyla." "You shouldn't be out here." "Major, it's me." "Everyone's been ordered back to the mess hall." " But Dr. McKay and I..." " Put your hands on your head." "Slowly." "Teyla?" "Oh, God." "All right, let's get her up." "Come on." "All right." "Look, I know you're probably panicking right now, but there is no time for that." "You need to focus." "I'm sure you're wondering who tied you to the desk." "You're awake." " Major Lorne, you must set me free..." " Save it." "You're not going anywhere till I get some answers." "I need to know what you've done to my people." "What I've done?" "You believe I'm behind this?" "Is it a drug?" "Some kind of bioweapon?" "Major, they're sick." "You as well." "The entire base is infected with a disease." "Everyone except you." "Yes." "I'm immune to its effects." "Isn't that convenient?" "How many of those have you taken?" "Why don't you just let me worry about that, okay?" "It's the pills." "They're what's making you act like this." "They're confusing you." "They're making you unstable." "Making me unstable?" "Well, I'm not the one who unleashed a disease on my people, okay?" "Quit stalling." "I want to know what you were doing in the hall." " Rodney!" " Teyla." "Yes." "It's good to see you." "Colonel Carter, Dr. Zelenka, you as well." "How did you find me?" "Well, we were having trouble finding you by ourselves, so we followed him." " Did you finish your work?" " What do you mean?" "Can you disarm the force shield?" "I don't know." "Quickly." "Don't move." "Drop it." "Now back away." "Now." "Tell me." "Who the hell are you?" "I know you don't remember everything." "You have no idea what's going on." "You're confused." "Maybe even a little scared." "I know I would be." "But you have to trust me." "We're friends." "The things we've been through together," "I don't care what anyone says, no disease can wipe that away." "Not completely." "Okay, deep down, you know I'm telling the truth." " Now, give me the gun." " Oh, nice try." "For all I know, you're the one who tied me up." "Fine." "Then shoot me, and you'll be all alone in the middle of a dark forest with no idea who you are, where you're going, or what you're going to do next." "How could I possibly make it any worse?" "That's a good point." "Here." "Sit." "Are you sure you wouldn't rather do it?" " I do not know how." " Oh, and I do?" "Yes." "You created the override program." "You said you were almost finished." "Oh, then it should be easy." "Rodney, listen to me." "You must do this." "It is our only chance." "The knowledge is inside you." "You just have to find it." " Wow." " He did it." "When I said I was almost finished, I guess I wasn't kidding." "Now what?" "Well, now we just have to hope that Colonel Sheppard and Ronon completed their side of the mission." "Right." "Right." " Who?" " Who?" " What is it?" " A ship." "Headed for the bay doors on the roof." " Have they identified themselves?" " No, sir." " It could be help." " It could also be some kind of an attack." "Get in touch with the others." "Tell them to meet me at the Jumper Bay." " Nice flying." " Thanks." "Come on, help me with this stuff." "We got to get this to Teyla right away." "Who?" "Come on." "Hands in the air." "Now." "Listen, Lieutenant, this is medicine." "We need to deliver it." "I said hands in the air." "Let's take them to the brig." "You're making a mistake." "There are sick people who need that." " You sure you know what you're doing?" " What the hell is going on here?" "Sir, we caught these men trying to infiltrate the base." "Lorne, you have got to listen to me." "Everybody on this base is going to die if you don't." " And who are you?" " Look in your pocket." " What?" " Just look in your vest pocket." "You took a picture of him just in case it came to this." "I was there." "He's telling the truth." "This is our commanding officer." "That's right." "I am your commanding officer." "So, you should do what I say." "Yes, sir." "What are your orders?" " Do what he says." " Gun." "Follow me." "Colonel, you're awake." "Mmm-hmm." "What happened?" "Teyla distributed the plant through the ventilation system." "Knocked you out for a bit." "How long have I been asleep?" " About a day." " A day?" "Hit some people harder than others." "How are you feeling, John?" "How's your memory?" "Oh, pretty good, I think." "I mean, things are a little fuzzy." "If I forget your birthday next year..." "I'll forgive you." "When you are feeling well enough," "Major Lorne wishes to speak with you." "He feels badly about what happened." "It wasn't his fault." "Just glad he still had the photo I gave him." "That was good thinking, by the way." "Yes." "If the distribution of the cure had been delayed any longer, many more people would have died." "What do you mean?" "Where's McKay?" "You should get some sleep." "It's okay." "I'm fine." "I can let you know when she wakes up." "I'll stay." "Okay." "She's not giving up, you know." "She's a fighter." "Katie?" "Doctor?" "She's moving her fingers." "Katie?" "Katie!" "Hey." "Where am I?" "You're in the infirmary." "You're safe." "Do you remember anything?" "Rodney?" " It's good to see you." " Yeah." "Yeah, it's good to see you, too."
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Q:
How do I convert a char * string into a pointer to pointer array and assign pointer values to each index?
I have a char * that is a long string and I want to create a pointer to a pointer(or pointer array). The char ** is set with the correct memory allocated and I'm trying to parse each word from the from the original string into a char * and place it in the char **.
For example
char * text = "fus roh dah
char **newtext = (...size allocated)
So I'd want to have:
char * t1 = "fus", t2 = "roh", t3 = "dah";
newtext[0] = t1;
newtext[1] = t2;
newtext[2] = t3;
I've tried breaking the original up and making the whitespace into '\0' but I'm still having trouble getting the char * allocated and placed into char**
A:
Assuming that you know the number of words, it is trivial:
char **newtext = malloc(3 * sizeof(char *)); // allocation for 3 char *
// Don't: char * pointing to non modifiable string litterals
// char * t1 = "fus", t2 = "roh", t3 = "dah";
char t1[] = "fus", t2[] = "roh", t3[] = "dah"; // create non const arrays
/* Alternatively
char text[] = "fus roh dah"; // ok non const char array
char *t1, *t2, *t3;
t1 = text;
text[3] = '\0';
t2 = text + 4;
texts[7] = '\0';
t3 = text[8];
*/
newtext[0] = t1;
newtext[1] = t2;
newtext[2] = t2;
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Renal lesions in Cockayne syndrome.
Two siblings with typical features of the Cockayne syndrome were studied at autopsy. Many glomeruli revealed a paucity of capillary loops and had thickened capillary walls. Some glomeruli with advanced lesions showed collapse of the glomerular tufts or complete hyalinization. Atrophy of tubules and interstitial fibrosis were also observed. There were no significant arteriosclerotic changes in the vessels. Ultrastructural studies demonstrated thickened glomerular basement membranes with bends and folds. These histopathological findings are different to those previously reported with the exception of the 1966 report by Ohno and Hirooka.
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SEOUL, South Korea — When the armored train carrying Kim Jong-un back from his summit meeting with President Trump in Vietnam reached Pyongyang Station at 3:08 a.m. Tuesday, throngs of flower-waving North Koreans greeted their leader with “boundless emotions and excitement,” the country’s state-run media said.
But Mr. Kim returned home empty-handed — without relief from international sanctions — prompting the question of what he will do next: Particularly, will he resume his nuclear and missile brinkmanship to reassert his leverage?
The revelation on Wednesday that North Korea had started rebuilding the partly dismantled facilities at Tongchang-ri, where the country tests technologies for its intercontinental ballistic missiles, raised the specter that Mr. Kim was returning to his provocative behavior.
But experts on North Korea say Mr. Kim may be boxed in: He returned home without sanctions relief amid strong signs that the North Korean economy is continuing to contract. The deepening economic trouble may force the country to return to the negotiating table.
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a mobile harbor crane for the combined handling of containers and bulk materials, having an undercarriage and an upper carriage, which is mounted rotatably on the base frame of the undercarriage and on which a tower with a boom that can be pivoted about a horizontal axis is arranged.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the standard version, mobile harbor cranes of the type described above are designed for quays that allow relatively high axle loads of about 60 t/axle and surface loads of about 50 to 60 t/sq m under supporting plates provided.
For specific customers, the axle loads or surface loads can be reduced, if appropriate, by using additional axles and larger supporting plates.
In many parts of the world, however, the above measures on existing mobile harbor cranes are not technically feasible or adequate because the quays are extremely old. Even the construction of more modem quays, where standard concrete components used for building road bridges are generally employed, often allows only relatively low axle and surface loads.
It is the object of the present invention to design a mobile harbor crane for combined handling of containers and bulk materials in such a way that the mobile handling apparatus can be used with significantly reduced supporting loads for loading and unloading ships, even in seaports and inland harbors where the quays are not capable of taking the supporting loads of standard mobile harbor cranes.
To achieve the object, four support beams are connected pivotally to the base frame of the undercarriage, symmetrically to the longitudinal and transverse axes of the vehicle, in such a way that they can each be pivoted about vertical axes. The support beams are provided at their free ends with vertically acting leveling cylinders, by means of which the support beams are supported on the wheels of a plurality of traveling gear assemblies via balancers for uniform distribution of the supporting forces.
The mobile harbor crane according to the invention provides a new type of handling apparatus that is extremely mobile and flexible in application. There are no additional costs compared with a mobile harbor crane adapted specifically to customer requirements. Nevertheless, the balancer system ensures a uniform axle load matched to permitted quay loads and does so both in the transportation position and in the working position of the machine. Additional enlarged supporting plates are no longer required since the pedestal-like base frame of the undercarriage serves as a mounting for the four supporting beams, which transmit the supporting forces of the mobile harbor crane into the traveling gear assemblies via the balancers. At the same time, the traveling gear has a minimum support base during the transportation of the machine and a maximum support base when being used for work because the supporting beams can be pivoted into the working and transportation positions.
In a further refinement of the invention, it is envisaged that between the base frame and the balancer of each traveling gear assembly there is a coupling rod that forms a parallelogram linkage with the support beam and by means of which the traveling gear assembly can be adjusted parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle in any pivoted position of the support beams. During and after the pivoting of the support beams, the coupling rods ensure that the wheels of all the traveling gear assemblies adopt a basic position in which they point in the same direction, namely in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, irrespective of the size of the pivoting angle of the support beams.
To obtain stable conditions in the working position and in the transportation position, provision is made, according to a further feature of the invention, for the support beams to be capable of being fixed both in their extended working position and in their retracted transportation position by means of telescoping locking devices, which are arranged between the base frame and the free end of the support beams.
The support beams are adjusted with means belonging to the traveling gear itself since, according to another feature of the invention, it is proposed that to adjust the support beams between the transportation position and the working position, the axles of the traveling gear assemblies, which axles are pivotable through xc2x190xc2x0, can be adjusted under computer control and in a monitored manner on a common steering column, and the pivoting movements of the support beams can be performed by actuating the traveling gear drives. The position of the axles during this process is monitored by means of angular resolvers and pivoting takes place automatically in such a way that all the axles turn in the direction of the center of the machine (center of the rotary joint), for example. In this way, the support beams can be pivoted without additional hydraulic cylinders or similar devices.
The position of the axles (together with the wheels) is controlled by detectors of a control unit so that the alignment of all the wheels corresponds to the direction the crane will be moved. For example, if the crane moves straight ahead, all axles are oriented in parallel. To follow a curve, the axles are oriented so that the wheels follow an arc.
Since quays are often only relatively narrow and, after subtracting the necessary truck lane from the width of the quay, leave insufficient standing room to set up a standard-type mobile harbor crane with the required load capacity, the vehicular crane according to the invention offers, according to another feature of the invention, a free space in the longitudinal direction of the mobile harbor crane, between the traveling gear assemblies of the latter, to allow transportation vehicles to drive under the mobile harbor crane.
Because the mobile harbor crane according to the invention no longer requires separate support, the traveling gear that simultaneously serves as a support must be appropriately vibration-damped. To achieve this, the proposal is made, according to another feature of the invention, that the traveling gear assemblies of the mobile harbor crane have tires and, to damp vibration of the machine, the tires of the wheels are about 75% full of water. The vibration-damping effect of this measure is desired particularly when the machine is in the working position. Antifreeze is added to the water in the tires if required.
The invention provides a flexible and mobile handling apparatus that can be used cost-effectively and hence economically even on narrow quays where the subgrade is not very strong.
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawing and is described below.
Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood, however, that the drawings are designed solely for purposes of illustration and not as a definition of the limits of the invention, for which reference should be made to the appended claims. It should be further understood that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale and that, unless otherwise indicated, they are merely intended to conceptually illustrate the structures and procedures described herein.
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For salon straightness that lasts twice as long, contains breakthrough Cera-Heat straightening technology Uses a supercharged heating system with ultra fast heat recovery for constant high heat Ionic steam enhances the hair condition and eliminates frizz for a high shine finish Retractable de-tangling fins give a professional combing effect for extra-effective straightening Up to 230°C with ultra-fast heat recovery for constant high heat and ceramic-titanium plates for ultimate smoothness
bought these for for my daughter, had them a year the light turns on but they don't heat..sending them back monday.. got mine in argos for £34.00 when they did work they were great.. hopefully they can fix
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Hastings Keith
Hastings Keith (November 22, 1915 – July 19, 2005) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
Keith was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on November 22, 1915. He graduated from Brockton High School, Deerfield Academy, and the University of Vermont in 1938. He performed graduate work at Harvard University. He was a member of the faculty of the Boston University Evening College of Commerce.
In 1933, he was a student in the Citizens Military Training Camps. He served as battery officer in Massachusetts National Guard. During the Second World War served in the United States Army with eighteen months overseas service in Europe. Keith was a graduate of the Command and General Staff School, and was a colonel in the US Army Reserve. He was a salesman and later district manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society in Boston. He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate, a partner in a general insurance firm in Brockton and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in 1956.
He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973). On April 19, 1974 President Nixon appointed Hastings Keith of Massachusetts as a Member of the Defense Manpower Commission. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress, but was a candidate for nomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress until he withdrew from the race. He died in Brockton on July 19, 2005. He was buried at Union Cemetery in Brockton.
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Q:
Reading data from a text file into a 2D array and getting out of bounds exception
I've been having trouble with reading data in from a text file to a 2D array. I am not too sure what the issue with the out of bounds exception is because I thought I initialized it correctly but I am not sure.
Here is my code.
String [][] f_team = new String [20][6]; //20 and 6
int cnt = 0;
int cnt2 = 0;
String line = "";
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
loadData();
}
public void loadData()
{
try {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(getAssets().open("team.txt")));
while(cnt<=20) {
line = br.readLine();
f_team[cnt][cnt2] = line;
cnt2 = cnt2 + 1;
if (cnt2 == 5) {
cnt = cnt + 1;
cnt2 = 0;
}
}
br.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Here is my logcat for the error:
05-16 17:33:29.119 26312-26312/com.jmac.jmac.footy E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.jmac.jmac.footy, PID: 26312
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.jmac.jmac.footy/com.jmac.jmac.footy.Pitch}: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=20; index=20
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2693)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2758)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:177)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1448)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5942)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1399)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1194)
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=20; index=20
at com.jmac.jmac.footy.Pitch.loadData(Pitch.java:82)
at com.jmac.jmac.footy.Pitch.onCreate(Pitch.java:74)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6289)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1119)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2646)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2758)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:177)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1448)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5942)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1399)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1194)
A:
If your array has size 20, you can only access index [0;19]
you are accessing index 20 in your while clause
while(cnt<=20)
you have to put:
while(cnt<20)
see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/arrays.html
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5:44 PM,
Sep. 19, 2013
Starbucks announced it will no longer welcome guns inside its cafes following the Washington Navy Yard shootings that left 13 dead.
Written by
Robert Farago
In an open letter published on Starbucks website and published in newspaper ads, the coffee chain's CEO, Howard Schultz, "respectful(ly) requests that customers no longer bring firearms into our stores or outdoor seating areas." It's a "request" because "a ban would potentially require our partners to confront armed customers, and that is not a role I am comfortable asking Starbucks partners to take on."
Yet that's exactly what his "partners" are doing right now, well, not exactly. The gun-wielding folks his employees have to confront aren't "customers," they're armed robbers.
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Q:
Block user from entering letters
I have a menu that switch the options by pressing the UpArrow and the DownArrow, i want to prevent the user from entering letters or numbers or any key that print something on the screen.
I was thinking to set the cursor position at the end of the text and than print a white space but it prints the letter after the white space, maybe if there's an event that occurs after the letter is printed on screen.
Any ideas?
A:
You can use Console.ReadKey(intercept: true) to get a key without echoing it to the console.
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This proposal aims to understand the changes in visual processing that occur when subjects shift between alert and non-alert waking states. While great advances have been made in understanding central mechanisms of visual perception of alert, attentive subjects, there is little understanding of cortical processes that come into play when alertness wanes. The awake, non-alert state is not equivalent to anesthesia, or to sleep states. When non-alert, we are capable of perception, but our perceptual capacities differ. It is commonly believed that accidents happen when we are not alert, but the extent to which early thalamic or visual cortical mechanisms may be responsible for this (as opposed to higher cognitive processes) is an open question. This proposal relies on a unique model system that is very well-suited to address this question: the awake rabbit, an animal who's inner mental life transparently and frequently shifts between alert and nonalert EEG-defined states, and who's stable eyes and diffident nature make it an ideal subject for these experiments. The proposed research will examine how changes in the brain state of awake subjects influence the multiple, sequential stages of information processing that occur within the visual thalamocortical, intracortical, and cortical output networks. The experiments will compare state dependent changes in the visual response properties of excitatory and inhibitory neurons at the input layer and within several output systems of the cortex and will investigate the underlying mechanisms leading to these changes, at the subthreshold and spiking level. This work will lead to a better understanding of cortical mechanisms of visual processing in a dynamic, awake brain. From a health perspective, these studies will have an important impact on our understanding of how alertness/vigilance deficits can impact visual perception and performance, and will provide the basis for future clinical studies of human mental health and behavioral disorders.
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It’s been an intense 10 months since the FCC approved its latest Open Internet rules (aka Net Neutrality).
On the wired side, we’ve seen the unbundling of content, as channels such as HBO (via HBO Now) and ESPN (via Sling TV) have split from cable to go “over-the-top” with direct-to consumer offerings. These are a direct result of the clear FCC rules prohibiting broadband providers from throttling, degrading, or otherwise fucking with this internet traffic. This is clearly pro-consumer, as people can now buy the channels they want unbundled from the crap they don’t, and it’s pro-innovation, in that even the smallest video startup is now competing on even footing with the big guys — I can launch a video service tomorrow that competes head-on with HBO or ESPN, and both of us have exactly the same distribution, without having to cut a deal with the cable company.
On the wireless side, it’s been much more of a circus, as wireless providers experiment with a variety of so-called “zero-rating” plans. Zero-rating is the practice of selectively exempting certain content from wireless data caps. Zero-rating isn’t monolithic — there are many ways one can do it, which are varying degrees of bad — which is why the FCC didn’t explicitly rule on zero-rating, but rather left it up for review on a case-by-case basis.
The two cases that are happening right now are T-Mobile’s Binge-On, which exempts certain video providers from data caps (and throttles the speed of all video), and Facebook’s Free Basics (formerly Internet.org), which offers free access to Facebook and partner content to mobile users in India and Africa.
Both have been controversial, and Free Basics wildly so.
The question that we’ve been wrestling with is: if you believe that exemptions from data caps are pro-consumer (and this is not a given), then to what extent to these programs enable or limit open competition? To what extent are they “open” or “neutral”? To what extent are the underlying platforms controlling access, playing favorites, and limiting competition?
Looking at it that way, then Free Basics is really, really, really bad, and Binge-on is just kind of bad.
With Binge On, any “qualifying provider” can join the program and have their video content exempted from participating users’ data caps (here are the exact terms). So, you still need to jump through a hoop to get outside of the cap, but theoretically anyone can do it; you don’t need to cut a special deal with T-Mobile. Then, T-Mobile also throttles download speeds of all video for participating customers (regardless of whether the source is a Binge-on partner). While this is sucky and disingenuous, and clearly violates the FCC open internet rules, it doesn’t have as huge a direct impact on competition & innovation as Free Basics does.
The question Binge-on raises is: are data caps necessary at all, and what impact does throttling video have on video innovation and investment in network capacity. Those are valid points which are central to the theory of the virtuous cycle of investment in content and infrastructure and the reason for the FCC’s ban on throttling by content provider or by class of content (in this case, video).
Free Basics, on the other hand, is creating a Facebook-controlled walled-garden — a modern-day “AOL on the Internet” — where partners must both be approved on a one-by-one basis, and must also submit to having their content completely proxied and remixed through Facebook’s platform. This post — Free Basics is a Nightmare on the Internet — has a very detailed breakdown of the issues with Free Basics.
For the hundreds of millions of users who join the “internet” via Free Basics, they won’t be joining the real internet, they’ll be joining “Facebooknet” — a limited, controlled version of the internet that lives inside of Facebook. This is clearly not a charitable program offering access to millions of unconnected users, but rather a brilliantly evil user acquisition and business development strategy.
So, the question then becomes, what would be a better way to deliver internet access to the hundreds of millions of people who will be coming online in the next decade? How can we ensure that they get connected, and also ensure that they benefit from the diversity, openness and innovation of the real internet? How can we design access programs that are pro-consumer, pro-competition and pro-innovation?
I won’t go into all the details here, but there are a few ideas, including:
Related are the points that internet access in India is already growing very quickly without Free Basics (India grew from 300M to 400M mobile users in 2014) and that smartphone purchase is actually the most expensive part of getting online, not data access.
So, I suppose that the “network level” innovation that’s happening here is good in that it’s teasing out all the possible schemes and giving us a real close look at the details of each. My view is that, despite its warts, T-Mobile’s Binge-On is closer to the spirit of bringing users the whole internet as quickly and cheaply as possible, while Free Basics is closer to a geniusly evil world domination scheme.
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The physiologic basis for clearance measurements in hepatology.
Three hepatic clearance regimes (flow-limited, general, and enzyme-limited) can be defined from a model of hepatic perfusion-elimination relationships. Substances that can be used for clearance measurements can thus be classified into three categories according to the relation between their kinetic elimination constants (Vmax, Km) and hepatic blood flow. The pathophysiologic and clinical importance of the clearance regimes is discussed with special emphasis on the effect of changes in hepatic blood flow and liver function. The criteria for choosing test substances within each regime are stated. This choice depends on the object of study for a clearance measurement (blood flow, drug elimination, liver function). Only the enzyme-limited clearance regime is suited for direct assessment of quantitative liver function ('true clearance'), while the other regimes depend more or less on blood flow.
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X17 photographers snapped Fergie arriving at a baby shower at the Hotel Bel-Air in Brentwood on Saturday, but it turns out it wasn't for her! It was actually a bash for Oliver Hudson's pregnant wife Erinn Bartlett, but we're guessing Fergie will be next...
The 38-year-old singer showed off her bump in a colorful dress and heels, and she's clearly not having any of the same issues as Kim Kardashian when it comes to her feet ... or her g-l-a-m-o-r-o-u-s style. Sorry Kimmy!
In other news, Fergie recently revealed that hubby Josh Duhamel has been "amazing" when it comes to pampering her. "He’s so nice and wonderful and he sings and talks to my belly all the time. He’s very complimentary. I’m very lucky that he is really good to me,” she told Us Weekly. “He’s going to be an amazing father. He’s just got natural parenting instincts and he wanted to knock me up from our first date! He is ready!”
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Cats do not have the same homing instinct that dogs do. Cats can easily get lost in unfamiliar surroundings. They expand their outdoor territory slowly over time... time that they don't have in a campground. Read the many sad tales in RV forums of those who have stayed beyond their scheduled time at a campground, fruitlessly hoping "kitty" will come home. While you may think they are trained to stay around the trailer, all it takes is a fast squirrel or bird to trigger their instinct to chase... chase so focused on the target that they aren't keeping track of their surroundings.
Ours are literally house cats 100% of the time. They DO get to spend time outdoors, but in a folding cage. I don't recommend a pet door in an Airstream.
I am hopelessly aware of cat's and their limitations...thanx for letting others know.
Unfortunately, I was forgetting that most people on the Forum are fairly "mobile"...and was thinking about it for those, like me, who are living full-time in their RV.
"Bear" is my HOME....and my new kitty will be trained to be indoors for the most part...but, will be allowed to go out and chase butterflies once in a while. I will have a 'cat door' on my 10 x 10 shed too...to allow her the chance to escape. She will also be trained to 1. come like a dog when called, 2. not eat plants; 3, not scratch the furniture; 5, not get up on the table/counters, and to snuggle with me.
AND NO, I don't believe "CAT WASTE" WOULD HURT THE BLACKWATER HOLDING TANK ANYMORE THAN HUMAN WASTE WOULD. I'd be interested in hearing any experiences on this otherwise. I think RV holding tanks are limited only by what is 'biodegradable" or not.
A cat door can be purchased at any hardware store, and I am just installing it where it won't have to go through the 'fuselage' of the rig.
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(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a home security system that monitors the inside of a facility, and especially relates to a home security system that detects any occurrence of alarming situations and captures the images within a house or a facility by a camera.
(2) Description of the Related Art
So far, a home security system for monitoring the inside of a house has been proposed (see Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. H10-271572 as reference).
The conventional home security system mentioned above includes a plurality of sensors that detect any intruder breaking in, a plurality of cameras that are installed within a house, and a control unit that controls the cameras according to the result of detection by the sensors.
For example, when one of the aforementioned sensors detects an intruder breaking in, the control unit makes a camera that is fixedly associated with the sensor to capture the image, and sends the captured image data to an external home care service center via communication lines.
However, in the conventional home security system, each of the sensors and cameras are always associated with each other according to certain relationships, and the locations for capturing images cannot be varied nor the number be increased or decreased according to the level and condition of monitoring.
For instance, when the conventional home security system is installed in a house, and a sensor that detects an intruder breaking in from an entrance hall and a camera that captures the image of the entrance hall area are fixedly associated with each other, then when the sensor detects an intruder breaking in, the control unit chooses, among a plurality of cameras, the camera that is associated with the sensor to be the only camera to capture the image. As a result, even when the user, meaning the resident of the house, desires to have sufficient monitoring for going out, only one camera that is fixedly associated with a certain sensor captures images in the conventional home security system, and cannot make other cameras capture images. On the other hand, even when the user is at home and feeling a light monitoring is sufficient, in the conventional home security system, all the cameras that are fixedly associated with a certain sensor are going to capture images.
Now, in consideration of the foregoing problems, the object of the present invention is to provide a home security system that allows to vary as well as increase and decrease the locations of capturing images according to the level and condition of monitoring.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is the home security system that monitors an inside of a facility and comprises: a plurality of detection units operable to detect an alarming situation in different locations inside the facility; a plurality of image capturing units operable to capture an image in different locations inside the facility; an association memory unit operable to memorize associations between a plurality of the detection units and a plurality of the image capturing units; an updating unit operable to update the associations memorized in the association memory unit; and a control unit operable to, when one of a plurality of the detection units detects an alarming situation, have the image capturing unit which is associated with the detection unit that detects the alarming situation capture an image based on the associations memorized in the association memory unit.
Accordingly, since the updating unit updates said associations, it becomes possible to vary as well as increase and decrease the locations of capturing images according to the level and condition of monitoring.
Also, in the home security system, a plurality of the detection units, a plurality of the image capturing units and the control unit may communicate each other via an electric power line.
Therefore, when configuring the system in an already constructed house, a plurality of the detection units, a plurality of the image capturing units and the control unit can be connected using electric power lines that are already established in the house. As a result, not only that the system can be configured easily, but the detection units and the image capturing units can be added quite easily.
The home security system further comprises an image display unit, wherein the image capturing unit sends image data that indicates content of the captured image to the image display unit, and the image display unit displays the image captured by the image capturing unit based on the image data.
Accordingly, since the image captured by the capturing unit is displayed on the image display unit, the state of alarm situations can be confirmed easily by viewing the images.
Also, the home security system may further comprise a server that communicates with the image display unit and provides an image via a communication line, wherein the image display unit sends the image data obtained from the image capturing unit to the server, and the server provides the image based on the image data to a device that accesses the server via the communication line.
Accordingly, since the server provides the images captured by the image capturing unit via communication lines, the user is able to confirm the images captured by the image capturing units even from a place where he/she has gone by accessing the server using personal computers etc.
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Turkish police clashed with protesters in Diyarbakir on Wednesday, using tear gas and water cannon to prevent them demonstrating against the detention of the Kurdish-majority city's co-mayors.
Gultan Kisanak and Firat Anli, members of the Democratic Regions party (DBP), were taken into custody on Tuesday night in a surprise move against the leaders of a city which has been hit by the renewed fighting between Turkish security forces and members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The two were detained as part of a "terrorism" probe, security officials said. The Diyarbakir prosecutor said in a statement that Kisanak and Anli were accused of having links to the PKK and "inciting violence".
Hundreds of protesters tried to march to the town hall in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey, some throwing rocks at police, an AFP correspondent said.
Officers responded using batons, tear gas and water cannon to repel the protesters, the correspondent said.
"The pressure will not intimidate us," demonstrators chanted.
The Diyarbakir governor's office had warned that any planned demonstrations on Wednesday were "unlawful" and would not be allowed, saying that since 15 August, public gatherings and meetings were banned in the city.
Other rallies were planned elsewhere in Turkey including Istanbul.
Idris Baluken, a member of the pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP), called on Twitter for protests to continue against the government.
.@idrisbaluken: Sadece bir protesto gösterisi yapıp evlere dönülmeyecek. Halkımız direnişte kararlıdır. — HDP (@HDPgenelmerkezi) October 26, 2016
"They have cut the internet. They are that scared. Use whatever tactic you want. The resistance will continue uninterrupted," he said.
"It won't be just a protest and then a return home. Our public is determined to resist."
The prosecutor said Kisanak was accused of being a member of the PKK, while both individuals had made speeches in support of the rebel group.
They are also alleged to have allowed the use of municipal vehicles for the "funerals of terrorist members", the prosecutor added, referring to the PKK.
The PKK is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey as well as the European Union and US.
More than 40,000 people have been killed since it first launched an insurgency in the southeast in 1984.
A two-and-a-half-year ceasefire collapsed in July 2015 which led to almost daily attacks by the PKK against security forces while Ankara launched military operations in the southeast to rid urban areas of fighters.
Last month, 24 mayors suspected of links to the PKK were suspended and replaced with officials close to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) co-founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Gad Rausing
Gad Rausing (19 May 1922 – 28 January 2000) was a Swedish industrialist and archaeologist. Together with his brother Hans he inherited the Swedish packaging company Tetra Pak, founded by their father Ruben Rausing and by 2011 the largest food packaging company in the world by sales. In 1995 Rausing bought out his brother's interest in the company in what was at the time the most extensive private buyout in Europe.
Rausing had a lifelong passion for archaeology and the humanities and was an accomplished scholar, earning his PhD from the University of Lund in 1967 with a dissertation on Scandinavian pre-historic bows and arrow-heads. In addition to his work as deputy managing director at Tetra Pak he was a frequent lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology at Lund University and the author of several books.
Early life
Rausing was born in Bromma, outside of Stockholm, in 1922 as the eldest son of industrialist Ruben Rausing and his wife Elisabeth (née Varenius). He had two younger brothers, Hans and Sven.
Career
Rausing studied chemistry at the University of Lund and began his career as the head of the research laboratory at Åkerlund & Rausing, his father's company, where he was in charge of the team developing suitable materials for the newly invented tetrahedron package. The tetrahedron subsequently became the central product of Tetra Pak, which was founded in 1951 as a subsidiary to Åkerlund & Rausing.
Rausing joined Tetra Pak as deputy managing director in 1954. Over the years the company evolved from a small family business with six full-time employees, in 1954, into a multi-national corporation with over 20,000 employees (2011), a development much of which has been credited to the leadership of Rausing and his brother throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The great success of the business was largely the result of their development of aseptic packaging technology, developed in the 1950s and early 1960s and later called the most important food packaging innovation of the 20th century.
Rausing had a parallel career as a scholar in pre-historic Scandinavian archaeology and was a Reader at the Institute of Archaeology at Lund University. Asked how he could uphold a position in senior management of a global corporation and do archaeological research at the same time, he stated "a fair number of left-over hours in airports and planes" as his key to finding the time.
Patronage
Rausing's passion for the humanities led to his frequent sponsoring of various research projects, among others the excavation of the 10th Century Viking trading town of Birka outside Stockholm. Rausing's foundation, The Birgit and Gad Rausing Foundation, awards grants to research within the humanities and supports several important institutions, among others the Lund and Oxford universities.
In 2002, the Gad Rausing Prize for Outstanding Humanistic Research was instituted by Rausing's three children in memory of their father at the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, where Gad Rausing was a member during his lifetime. Rausing became Doctor Honoris Causa at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 1983.
Gad and Birgit Rausing Library
The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) library has been renamed as Gad & Birgit Rausing Library to acknowledge the donation provided by the Rausing family to construct the library building. Dennis Jönsson, the CEO of Tetra Pak, inaugurated the library on March 17, 2011, noting that the Rausing family funds were utilized for educational purposes and unveiled a plaque commemorating the Rausing family's donation.
Personal life
Gad Rausing was married to Birgit Rausing and had three children, Finn, Jörn and Kirsten.
Legacy
The Swedish Sea Rescue Society has a class of rescue vessels where the lead ship Gad Rausing was built in 2002 after a large donation from the Tetra Laval group.
References
Selected bibliography
Rausing, Gad, China and Europe: some notes on communications in early times, Lund: Tetra Pak International, 1996
Rausing, Gad, Prehistoric boats and ships of northwestern Europe: some reflections, Malmö: Liber Förlag/Gleerup, 1984
Rausing, Gad, Ecology, economy and man, Malmö: Liber Läromedel/Gleerup, 1981
Rausing, Gad, The bow: some notes on its origin and development, Lund: Gleerups, 1967
Rausing, Gad, Lars Lawskis vapensamling, Norrköping: Norrköpings museum, 1960
External links
Tetra Pak Homepage
The Birgit and Gad Rausing Foundation
The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquity
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Category:2000 deaths
Category:Lund University alumni
Category:Swedish businesspeople
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I am a single mom raising an eight year old boy. We mostly read children's books, romance, mystery, and Christian. We love to review books so if you have one we can review, let us know!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
My Happy Life
My Happy Life by Rose Lagercrantz
This is a chapter book about a girl named Dani that has to go through some tough times. Her mother died when she was younger (although it only touches on that a little), her best friend moves away and she has small daily decisions to make at school. Can Dani stay happy through all of this or will she lose her happiness?
I thought this book was cute. My son and I really enjoyed it and read it all in one sitting. The thing I personally like is that that Dani's dad is a single father. You do not see that much in print so I appreciated that. This book was told by Dani so it is written like a six year old talks. That confused me at times and made it hard to read but my son really got into it. He laughed out loud several times!
Review from my five year old son-"This book is a little bit cool and I really liked Meatball!" (You will have to read the book to see who meatball is!!!)
All in all, it was a cute book and I enjoyed reading it.
***This book was given to me by the publisher for an open and honest review***
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Field of the Invention
This invention relates to temporary roadways, and more particularly to reusable wooden mat units which can be easily transported and interlocked with other like units edge to edge, edge to end, or end to end to form a strong wooden surface suitable for use around oil field drilling sites and for supporting heavy equipment and vehicles.
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How roel_v started their logo design journey
Company name
METRONAMICA
Overview
We are a small company grown from a research institute. We develop and sell a software product that is used by policy makers in government organizations to simulate the effects of proposed policy measures on land use. It answers questions such as “if a road is build from point A to point B, what will that do to the future urban development in the area?”.
Apart from selling this product we also do contract research with our product, sometimes alone but usually in consortia with other researchers from universities and research institutes. Therefore this is another market in which we want to grow the recognition of our brand.
We are just growing from the research phase into the ‘production’ (i.e., have our product used by customers rather than just by ourselves internally) phase and need a logo to bring our product to market.
Tell us a bit about who you are and the people you reach
Government officials, employees of government administrations, scientists/researchers/professors at universities.
Requirements
An important property of the logo is that it should look nice and clear when shrunk to icon-size – 16x16 and 32x32 pixels. So I’m looking for a 2-part logo: a ‘graphic’ part and a ‘text’ part, where the two together form the ‘full’ logo but where the ‘graphic’ can be used alone. Take for example the Adobe logo, it’s the red ‘A’ with ‘Adobe’ written below it, but the ‘A’ can be used on its own.
I’d like to see an icon version (16x16 size) of the logo in the submission.
We’d like a clean, professional look. The software uses graphics in the ‘Windows XP icons style’, i.e. a bit cartoonish, so bright colors in the logo would work well with the rest of the software.
It’s hard to capture all the functionality of the software in one graphical representation, what our software does is bring computer models on urban, rural, environmental and socio-economic issues together in one system and helps policy makers to make decisions. I hope this captures the spirit and image of the product a bit. We tried to combine these things in the navitation bar of our website design, you can have a look at http://www.riks.nl and look at the top of the page to see if you think we succeeded :) Obviously something like this is going to be too crowded for a logo, so feel free to be creative.
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8BitDo is best known for its throwback-style Bluetooth gamepads, but a few months ago, it released DIY modding kits for original NES, SNES and Sega Mega Drive controllers. As the name suggests, some assembly is required. Luckily, it was simpler times back then, before DualShock 4s with thumbsticks and touchpads. All you have to do to make an old controller new again is swap out a single circuit board.
The procedure is at once simple and fiddly. Using the screwdriver included in the kit, it took me all of 30 seconds to take apart an original Super Famicom controller and remove the old circuit board. Positioning 8BitDo's replacement green wafer wasn't any more difficult, but it did take me about 15 minutes to figure out why the two halves of the controller were unwilling to fit snuggly back together. Turned out one of the wires that links the main circuit board to the trigger pieces was getting caught on a bit of plastic.
I was hesitant to prod and pull at this wire too much in case I tore it from its solder point, and nervousness isn't unwarranted here. The modding process isn't complicated, but the components are delicate -- too delicate, perhaps. The only opening in the upcycled controller is where the old cable used to be, and that's not big enough for any kind of charging standard like micro-USB. Instead, you get what looks like a really old Nokia charging port: a hole with a thin pin in its center. I could picture myself wrecking it in one clumsy movement. And I did, in a way.
I hadn't quite fitted this charging port into the controller correctly. It was poking out at an odd angle, so I took it apart again, and snapped it clean off as I was trying to reposition it. In hindsight, I think I damaged it during the initial installation as I couldn't get the controller to charge, hence opening it back up again to check out the port.
Playing Operation with the Mega Drive controller was much easier. There's just one circuit board, with a solid micro-USB slot soldered straight on to it and no trigger pads flopping around. The cable you get with the Mega Drive kit is much longer, too, though you have to jam it deep into the hole where the original tether used to be to get a solid enough connection to charge it. The only problem I had with this kit was the first controller that arrived from eBay was a fake, with a much smaller circuit board and not enough space for the 8BitDo replacement.
An original Mega Drive controller (left) next to the smaller circuit board from a fake pad (right)
Once I had them up and running -- 8BitDo sent me another SNES kit after I broke the first, and I bought another, legitimate, Mega Drive controller -- both worked without issue. I had to double-check the instructions a few times because you turn them on with different button combinations depending on what you want to connect them to. Both paired instantly with my Switch and MacBook and were very responsive, which is to say there's no noticeable lag between input and action.
On the Switch, I messed around with a few of the old NES games you can now play with the online subscription. And on my laptop, I made a start on Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow for the Game Boy Advance (run through OpenEmu).
The SNES controller is much easier to use with the Switch since the button layout is Nintendo-ready, but the Mega Drive pad still works fine. OpenEmu identified both controllers as PS4 Dualshocks, but button mapping works as it should.
These old controllers might not be as well-built or ergonomic as modern ones, but when the screen is fast filling up in Dr. Mario, I'm not paying a great deal of attention to what pad I'm using. In that sense, they are all about that old-school feel and aesthetic. 8BitDo's kits simply make them viable options for your modern systems: Windows or Mac PCs, Android devices and the Raspberry Pi. A charge time of half an hour for 10 hours of play isn't too shabby, either.
If you're careful not to break them during assembly, they are perhaps the ultimate fanboy accessory. I mean, does it get any better than playing The Legend of Zelda, on your Switch, with an original, wireless, NES pad? Exactly.
All the DIY kits are available to buy direct from 8BitDo for $20 a piece. There is also an abundance of cheap original controllers on sites like eBay if you don't have any lying around (though beware of fakes from the likes of "SEQA Enterprises"). Still, it might be cheaper to just buy one of 8BitDo's readymade, retro-styled controllers if that sounds like too much effort.
There is an added benefit to repurposing an old pad if you happen to have one, though. If you ever do decide to dust off that retired SNES at some point in the future, a simple circuit board switch will restore it back to its original tethered form.
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