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Has the Holy Grail of long term storage finally been discovered?
Written by Adrian Pennington
Stone, papyrus, paper... the history of recorded information suggests that a physical medium has the best chance of long term survival. It's a problem that Hollywood studios have long grappled with by retaining archival film prints of movies in the knowledge that, contrary to many digital, optical or cloud-based formats, it will safely last a century.
While LTO tape could feasibly last several decades, work is afoot to find a longer lasting format which doesn't require manual migration every few years or run the risk of read/write obsolescence and data decay.
A new proof of concept seemingly made of Krytonite could provide a lasting solution.
Microsoft and Warner Bros. have collaborated to store and retrieve the entire 1978 Christopher Reeve Superman movie on piece of glass roughly the size of a drink coaster, 75 x 75 by 2 mm thick.
It was the first public test for Project Silica, a Microsoft Research project led out of Microsoft's Cambridge, UK lab in conjunction with a team researching optoelectronics at Southampton University.
According to Microsoft, the process works by laser encoding data within quartz glass. This creates 'voxels' or layers of three-dimensional gratings and deformations at various depths and angles. Machine learning algorithms read the data back by decoding images and patterns that are created as polarized light shines through the glass. It's somewhat like creating upside down icebergs at a nanoscale level, with different depths and sizes and grooves that make them unique. A 2-mm-thick piece of glass can contain more than 100 layers of voxels.
Image: Microsoft
Indestructible?
Here's the Krytonite bit. You can boil it, bake it, microwave it, flood and scour it, even demagnetise it but this is one tough glass. Data intact.
Calling it a major milestone but also a work in progress, Mark Russinovich, Azure's chief technology officer, said the question wasn't 'Can we do it?' but one of refinement and experimentation.
Important to note that this is not going be something that pops-up in a consumer device for playing back movies. This is about building storage that operates at the cloud scale to archive what's known as 'cold' data —stuff that doesn't need to be frequently accessed.
That includes a film studio's master copies for example. Warner Bros. says Project Silica could create a permanent physical asset to store digital content and provide durable backup copies. Right now, for theatrical releases that are shot digitally, the company creates an archival third copy by converting it back to analogue film. It splits the final footage into three colour components —cyan, magenta and yellow — and transfers each onto black-and-white film neg that won't fade like colour film.
Those negatives are put into temperature and humidity controlled vaults and if Warner needs the film back, they must reverse the entire process. With one eye on the dwindling supply of film labs in the world and another on the cost, studios need a way out.
"When we shoot something digitally and print that to an analogue medium, you destroy the original pixel values," says Brad Collar, Warner Bros' SVP of global archives and media engineering. "And, sure, it looks pretty good, but it's not reversible."
Glass storage has the potential to become a lower-cost option because you only write the data onto the glass once. Femtosecond lasers — ones that emit ultrashort optical pulses and that are commonly used in eye surgery — permanently change the structure of the glass, so the data can be preserved for centuries.
There are alternatives. DOTS (Digital Optical Technology System) stores digital data onto metal alloy tape and can be kept at room temperature. Microfiche-scale human readable text at the beginning of each tape contains instructions on how the data is encoded and on how to actually construct a reader so as long as cameras and imaging devices are available, the information will always be recoverable.
Originated by Kodak, US-firm Group 47 has developed the technology since 2008. "No other storage medium is stable for 100+ years under conditions of benign neglect," it states.
A rival preservation system from Norwegian developer Piql is claimed to store digital files on high resolution micrographic film for up to 500 years. The polyester-based media is more chemically stable than nitrate.
Like DOTS, the source code for the decoder is stored on the film at the beginning of the reel in both human readable and digital form so only a light source, a camera/scanner and a computer would be needed to restore the information in event of disaster.
Microsoft itself has a parallel project to Silica using DNA molecules to develop archival storage. Using DNA to archive data is attractive because it is extremely dense (up to about 1 exabyte per cubic millimeter) and durable (half-life of over 500 years).
Of course, what is not known for any of these technologies is just how long their shelf life actually is. Come back in 500 years and we'll have an update for you.
Adrian Pennington
Adrian has been writing about the media industry for 20 years in a wide number of leading publications. He is a longstanding member of The IBC and ISE Daily teams, International Editor for CinemaEditor, award winning film critic, conference moderator and copywriter of white papers, press releases and marketing materials for a wide range of organisations. He lives in Liverpool and absolutely loves it.
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Hand-powered cranks
Foot-powered cranks
Western World
Crank axle
Crank (mechanism)
Simple machine transferring motion to or from a rotaing shaft at a distance from the centreline
Hand crank for a winch on a sailboat - commonly referred to as a winch handle.
A crank is an arm attached at a right angle to a rotating shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. When combined with a connecting rod, it can be used to convert circular motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa. The arm may be a bent portion of the shaft, or a separate arm or disk attached to it. Attached to the end of the crank by a pivot is a rod, usually called a connecting rod (conrod).
The term often refers to a human-powered crank which is used to manually turn an axle, as in a bicycle crankset or a brace and bit drill. In this case a person's arm or leg serves as the connecting rod, applying reciprocating force to the crank. There is usually a bar perpendicular to the other end of the arm, often with a freely rotatable handle or pedal attached.
A compound crank
Hand crank on a pencil sharpener
Animation of a multi-cylinder engine
Familiar examples include:
Mechanical pencil sharpener
Fishing reel and other reels for cables, wires, ropes, etc.
Starting Handle for older cars
Manually operated car window
The carpenter's brace is a compound crank.
The crank set that drives a handcycle through its handles.
The crankset that drives a bicycle via the pedals.
Treadle sewing machine
Almost all reciprocating engines use cranks (with connecting rods) to transform the back-and-forth motion of the pistons into rotary motion. The cranks are incorporated into a crankshaft.
Tibetan operating a quern (1938). The upright handle of such rotary handmills, set at a distance from the centre of rotation, works as a crank.[1][2]
It was thought that evidence of the earliest true crank handle was found in a Han era glazed-earthenware tomb model of an agricultural winnowing fan dated no later than 200 AD,[3][4] but since then a series of similar pottery models with crank operated winnowing fans were unearthed, with one of them dating back to the Western Han dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD).[5][6] Historian Lynn White stated that the Chinese crank was 'not given the impulse to change reciprocating to circular motion in other contrivances', citing one reference to a Chinese crank-and-connecting rod dating to 1462. [7] However, later publications reveal that the Chinese used not just the crank, but the crank-and-connecting rod for operating querns as far back as the Western Han dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD) as well. Eventually crank-and-connecting rods were used in the inter-conversion or rotary and reciprocating motion for other applications such as flour-sifting, treadle spinning wheels, water-powered furnace bellows, and silk-reeling machines. [8][6]
Roman crank handle from Augusta Raurica, dated to the 2nd century AD[9]
The handle of the rotary handmill which appeared in 5th century BC Celtiberian Spain and ultimately reached Greece by the first century BCE.[10][1][2][11] A Roman iron crankshaft of yet unknown purpose dating to the 2nd century AD was excavated in Augusta Raurica, Switzerland. The 82.5 cm long piece has fitted to one end a 15 cm long bronze handle, the other handle being lost.[12][9]
A ca. 40 cm long true iron crank was excavated, along with a pair of shattered mill-stones of 50−65 cm diameter and diverse iron items, in Aschheim, close to Munich. The crank-operated Roman mill is dated to the late 2nd century AD.[13] An often cited modern reconstruction of a bucket-chain pump driven by hand-cranked flywheels from the Nemi ships has been dismissed though as "archaeological fantasy".[14]
Roman Hierapolis sawmill (3rd century AD), the earliest known machine to combine a crank with a connecting rod.[15]
The earliest evidence for the crank combined with a connecting rod in a machine appears in the Roman Hierapolis sawmill in Asia Minor from the 3rd century AD and two Roman stone sawmills at Gerasa, Roman Syria, and Ephesus, Asia Minor (both 6th century AD).[15] On the pediment of the Hierapolis mill, a waterwheel fed by a mill race is shown powering via a gear train two frame saws which cut rectangular blocks by the way of some kind of connecting rods and, through mechanical necessity, cranks. The accompanying inscription is in Greek.[16]
The crank and connecting rod mechanisms of the other two archaeologically attested sawmills worked without a gear train.[17][18] In ancient literature, there is a reference to the workings of water-powered marble saws close to Trier, now Germany, by the late 4th century poet Ausonius;[15] about the same time, these mill types seem also to be indicated by the Christian saint Gregory of Nyssa from Anatolia, demonstrating a diversified use of water-power in many parts of the Roman Empire[19] The three finds push back the date of the invention of the crank and connecting rod by a full millennium:[15]
With the crank and connecting rod system, all elements for constructing a steam engine (invented in 1712) — Hero's aeolipile (generating steam power), the cylinder and piston (in metal force pumps), non-return valves (in water pumps), gearing (in water mills and clocks) — were known in Roman times.[20]
Vigevano's war carriage
A rotary grindstone − the earliest representation thereof −[21] which is operated by a crank handle is shown in the Carolingian manuscript Utrecht Psalter; the pen drawing of around 830 goes back to a late antique original.[22] A musical tract ascribed to the abbot Odo of Cluny (ca. 878−942) describes a fretted stringed instrument which was sounded by a resined wheel turned with a crank; the device later appears in two 12th century illuminated manuscripts.[21] There are also two pictures of Fortuna cranking her wheel of destiny from this and the following century.[21]
The use of crank handles in trepanation drills was depicted in the 1887 edition of the Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques et Romaines to the credit of the Spanish Muslim surgeon Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi; however, the existence of such a device cannot be confirmed by the original illuminations and thus has to be discounted.[23] The Benedictine monk Theophilus Presbyter (c. 1070−1125) described crank handles "used in the turning of casting cores".[24]
The Italian physician Guido da Vigevano (c. 1280−1349), planning for a new crusade, made illustrations for a paddle boat and war carriages that were propelled by manually turned compound cranks and gear wheels (center of image).[25] The Luttrell Psalter, dating to around 1340, describes a grindstone which was rotated by two cranks, one at each end of its axle; the geared hand-mill, operated either with one or two cranks, appeared later in the 15th century;[26]
Medieval cranes were occasionally powered by cranks, although more often by windlasses.[27]
15th century paddle-wheel boat whose paddles are turned by single-throw crankshafts (Anonymous of the Hussite Wars)
The crank became common in Europe by the early 15th century, often seen in the works of those such as the German military engineer Konrad Kyeser.[26] Devices depicted in Kyeser's Bellifortis include cranked windlasses (instead of spoke-wheels) for spanning siege crossbows, cranked chain of buckets for water-lifting and cranks fitted to a wheel of bells.[26] Kyeser also equipped the Archimedes screws for water-raising with a crank handle, an innovation which subsequently replaced the ancient practice of working the pipe by treading.[28] The earliest evidence for the fitting of a well-hoist with cranks is found in a miniature of c. 1425 in the German Hausbuch of the Mendel Foundation.[29]
German crossbowman cocking his weapon with a cranked rack-and-pinion device (ca. 1493)
The first depictions of the compound crank in the carpenter's brace appear between 1420 and 1430 in various northern European artwork.[30] The rapid adoption of the compound crank can be traced in the works of the Anonymous of the Hussite Wars, an unknown German engineer writing on the state of the military technology of his day: first, the connecting-rod, applied to cranks, reappeared, second, double compound cranks also began to be equipped with connecting-rods and third, the flywheel was employed for these cranks to get them over the 'dead-spot'.
One of the drawings of the Anonymous of the Hussite Wars shows a boat with a pair of paddle-wheels at each end turned by men operating compound cranks (see above). The concept was much improved by the Italian engineer and writer Roberto Valturio in 1463, who devised a boat with five sets, where the parallel cranks are all joined to a single power source by one connecting-rod, an idea also taken up by his compatriot Francesco di Giorgio.[31]
Water-raising pump powered by crank and connecting rod mechanism (Georg Andreas Böckler, 1661)
In Renaissance Italy, the earliest evidence of a compound crank and connecting-rod is found in the sketch books of Taccola, but the device is still mechanically misunderstood.[32] A sound grasp of the crank motion involved demonstrates a little later Pisanello who painted a piston-pump driven by a water-wheel and operated by two simple cranks and two connecting-rods.[32]
The 15th century also saw the introduction of cranked rack-and-pinion devices, called cranequins, which were fitted to the crossbow's stock as a means of exerting even more force while spanning the missile weapon (see right).[33] In the textile industry, cranked reels for winding skeins of yarn were introduced.[26]
Around 1480, the early medieval rotary grindstone was improved with a treadle and crank mechanism. Cranks mounted on push-carts first appear in a German engraving of 1589.[34]
From the 16th century onwards, evidence of cranks and connecting rods integrated into machine design becomes abundant in the technological treatises of the period: Agostino Ramelli's The Diverse and Artifactitious Machines of 1588 alone depicts eighteen examples, a number which rises in the Theatrum Machinarum Novum by Georg Andreas Böckler to 45 different machines, one third of the total.[35]
The crank appears in the mid-9th century in several of the hydraulic devices described by the Banū Mūsā brothers in their Book of Ingenious Devices.[36] These devices, however, made only partial rotations and could not transmit much power,[37] although only a small modification would have been required to convert it to a crankshaft.[38]
Al-Jazari (1136–1206) described a crank and connecting rod system in a rotating machine in two of his water-raising machines.[39] His twin-cylinder pump incorporated a crankshaft.[40] After al-Jazari cranks in Islamic technology are not traceable until an early 15th century copy of the Mechanics of the ancient Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria.[23]
Cranks were formerly common on some machines in the early 20th century; for example almost all phonographs before the 1930s were powered by clockwork motors wound with cranks. Reciprocating piston engines use cranks to convert the linear piston motion into rotational motion. Internal combustion engines of early 20th century automobiles were usually started with hand cranks (known as starting handles in the UK), before electric starters came into general use. The last car model which incorporated a crank was the Citroën 2CV 1948-1990
The 1918 Reo owner's manual describes how to hand crank the automobile:
First: Make sure the gear shifting lever is in neutral position.
Second: The clutch pedal is unlatched and the clutch engaged. The brake pedal is pushed forward as far as possible setting brakes on the rear wheel.
Third: See that spark control lever, which is the short lever located on top of the steering wheel on the right side, is back as far as possible toward the driver and the long lever, on top of the steering column controlling the carburetor, is pushed forward about one inch from its retarded position.
Fourth: Turn ignition switch to point marked "B" or "M"
Fifth: Set the carburetor control on the steering column to the point marked "START." Be sure there is gasoline in the carburetor. Test for this by pressing down on the small pin projecting from the front of the bowl until the carburetor floods. If it fails to flood it shows that the fuel is not being delivered to the carburetor properly and the motor cannot be expected to start. See instructions on page 56 for filling the vacuum tank.
Sixth: When it is certain the carburetor has a supply of fuel, grasp the handle of starting crank, push in endwise to engage ratchet with crank shaft pin and turn over the motor by giving a quick upward pull. Never push down, because if for any reason the motor should kick back, it would endanger the operator.
A crank axle is a crankshaft which also serves the purpose of an axle. It is used on steam locomotives with inside cylinders.
Beam engine – Early configuration of the steam engine utilising a rocking beam to connect major components.
Crankshaft – Mechanism for converting reciprocating motion to rotation
Piston motion equations
James Pickard
Slider-crank linkage – Mechanism for conveting rotary motion into linear motion
Sun and planet gear
Trammel of Archimedes
Winch – Mechanical device that is used to adjust the tension of a rope
Human power
^ a b Ritti, Grewe & Kessener 2007, p. 159
^ a b Lucas 2005, p. 5, fn. 9
^ N. Sivin; Needham, Joseph (August 1968), "Review: Science and Civilisation in China by Joseph Needham", Journal of Asian Studies, Association for Asian Studies, 27 (4): 859–864 [862], doi:10.2307/2051584, JSTOR 2051584
^ White, Jr. 1962, p. 104
^ Hong-Sen Yan, Marco Ceccarelli (2009). International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms. Springer Science and Business Media. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-4020-9484-2.
^ a b Needham 1986, pp. 118–119.
^ Yan 2009, pp. 236–249 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFYan2009 (help).
^ a b Schiöler 2009, pp. 113f.
^ Date: Frankel 2003, pp. 17–19
^ A single find of a fragmentary stone dating "perhaps" to the 6th century BC may indicate a Carthaginian origin (Curtis 2008, p. 375).
^ Laur-Belart 1988, p. 51–52, 56, fig. 42
^ Volpert 1997, pp. 195, 199
^ White, Jr. 1962, pp. 105f.; Oleson 1984, pp. 230f.
^ a b c d Ritti, Grewe & Kessener 2007, p. 161:
Because of the findings at Ephesus and Gerasa the invention of the crank and connecting rod system has had to be redated from the 13th to the 6th c; now the Hierapolis relief takes it back another three centuries, which confirms that water-powered stone saw mills were indeed in use when Ausonius wrote his Mosella.
^ Ritti, Grewe & Kessener 2007, pp. 139–141
^ Mangartz 2006, pp. 579f.
^ Wilson 2002, p. 16
^ Ritti, Grewe & Kessener 2007, p. 156, fn. 74
^ a b c White, Jr. 1962, p. 110
^ Hägermann & Schneider 1997, pp. 425f.
^ a b White, Jr. 1962, p. 170
^ Needham 1986, pp. 112–113.
^ Hall 1979, p. 80
^ a b c d White, Jr. 1962, p. 111
^ White, Jr. 1962, pp. 105, 111, 168
^ White, Jr. 1962, p. 167; Hall 1979, p. 52
^ Hall 1979, pp. 74f.
^ A. F. L. Beeston, M. J. L. Young, J. D. Latham, Robert Bertram Serjeant (1990), The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature, Cambridge University Press, p. 266, ISBN 0-521-32763-6
^ al-Hassan & Hill 1992, pp. 45, 61
^ Banu Musa, Donald Routledge Hill (1979), The book of ingenious devices (Kitāb al-ḥiyal), Springer, pp. 23–4, ISBN 90-277-0833-9
^ Ahmad Y Hassan. The Crank-Connecting Rod System in a Continuously Rotating Machine.
^ Sally Ganchy, Sarah Gancher (2009), Islam and Science, Medicine, and Technology, The Rosen Publishing Group, p. 41, ISBN 978-1-4358-5066-8
Curtis, Robert I. (2008). "Food Processing and Preparation". In Oleson, John Peter (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-518731-1.
Frankel, Rafael (2003), "The Olynthus Mill, Its Origin, and Diffusion: Typology and Distribution", American Journal of Archaeology, 107 (1): 1–21, doi:10.3764/aja.107.1.1
Hall, Bert S. (1979), The Technological Illustrations of the So-Called "Anonymous of the Hussite Wars". Codex Latinus Monacensis 197, Part 1, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, ISBN 3-920153-93-6
Hägermann, Dieter; Schneider, Helmuth (1997), Propyläen Technikgeschichte. Landbau und Handwerk, 750 v. Chr. bis 1000 n. Chr. (2nd ed.), Berlin, ISBN 3-549-05632-X
al-Hassan, Ahmad Y.; Hill, Donald R. (1992), Islamic Technology. An Illustrated History, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-42239-6
Lucas, Adam Robert (2005), "Industrial Milling in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds. A Survey of the Evidence for an Industrial Revolution in Medieval Europe", Technology and Culture, 46 (1): 1–30, doi:10.1353/tech.2005.0026, S2CID 109564224
Laur-Belart, Rudolf (1988), Führer durch Augusta Raurica (5th ed.), Augst
Mangartz, Fritz (2006), "Zur Rekonstruktion der wassergetriebenen byzantinischen Steinsägemaschine von Ephesos, Türkei. Vorbericht", Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 36 (1): 573–590
Needham, Joseph (1986), Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology: Part 2, Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-05803-1 .
Oleson, John Peter (1984), Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices: The History of a Technology, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 90-277-1693-5
Volpert, Hans-Peter (1997), "Eine römische Kurbelmühle aus Aschheim, Lkr. München", Bericht der Bayerischen Bodendenkmalpflege, 38: 193–199, ISBN 3-7749-2903-3
White, Jr., Lynn (1962), Medieval Technology and Social Change, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press
Ritti, Tullia; Grewe, Klaus; Kessener, Paul (2007), "A Relief of a Water-powered Stone Saw Mill on a Sarcophagus at Hierapolis and its Implications", Journal of Roman Archaeology, 20: 138–163, doi:10.1017/S1047759400005341, S2CID 161937987
Schiöler, Thorkild (2009), "Die Kurbelwelle von Augst und die römische Steinsägemühle", Helvetia Archaeologica, 40 (159/160), pp. 113–124
Wilson, Andrew (2002), "Machines, Power and the Ancient Economy", The Journal of Roman Studies, 92, pp. 1–32
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As Obamacare enters its third year, there are still some big gaps in understanding. While many people are aware that they have to buy coverage or pay a penalty, many don't know where to get that coverage or that there are subsidies (which in some cases are very large) available to help them pay for it.
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As income increases though, the subsidies get smaller. If Anna was making $21,000, that silver level plan would cost $96/month, and a bronze plan would cost about $50. If she was making $30,000 it would be about $200/month for the silver coverage and $164/month for bronze.
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Q: Windows update errors 0x8007007b 0x80240017 volume licencing Recently we had to purchase 6 copies of Windows 10 Pro to update some Windows 7 computers to comply with Cyber Essentials.
When we did this, we looked hard for the cheapest copies we could find without buying volume licences.
However, the ones we found, although not advertised as volume licences, were actually volume licences.  We discovered this after purchasing 6 of them and installing them.
Everything worked fine for a while.
Then 6 different Windows 10 Pro computers that we have failed to update.  They give error codes 0x8007007b and 0x80240017, indicating that they were looking for a KMS (key management server).  These are OEM copies of Windows 10 Pro that came with the computers they are installed on.
I did try removing the product key (slmgr /upk), and rearming (slmgr /rearm) and then installing the updates while in the state of "waiting for activation" but when Windows restarted to do the install it must have somehow reinstalled the product key and reactivated itself because it was activated when it had finished booting and gave exactly the same error.
We have since purchased 5 and installed 4 genuine Windows 10 Pro Licences over the volume licences (slmgr /ipk xxxxxxx; slmgr /ato), but although it has eased my conscience somewhat, it has made no difference to the update problem we have.  Regardless, I hope to replace all 6 licences.  However, I also need to sort out the problem!
When initially installed the volume licence editions of windows self-identified as "VOLUME_MAK" channel.  After some time, they identified as "RETAIL" channel.  After installing a new licence, they identify as the expected channel.  This information was taken from the output of slmgr /dli, and is also how I discovered they were volume licences.
Despite the Windows update errors, none of the computers – OEM or volume licenced – have ever reported that they think they have pirated copies of Windows; they all report that they are permanently activated, whether or not they will update.

A: I have now tried a very basic solution which appears to have worked.  On one of the computers that would not update Windows I have reformatted drive C: (the system drive) and reinstalled the same version of Windows (10 Pro OEM).  It picked up the original product key from the BIOS and activated itself.  It also proceeded to install all the necessary updates.  I did this on 2020-03-23.  Being cautious I waited till today (2020-03-25), when it had also installed Windows 10 update KB4541335 before saying that it has worked!

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Bygg Mats Patric Mabergs (born 18 February 1992 in Malung) is a Swedish curler.

He is a 2014 European mixed curling champion and a two-time Swedish mixed curling champion (2014, 2017).

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His younger sister is Swedish, European and Olympic curler champion Sofia Mabergs.

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1992 births
People from Malung-Sälen Municipality
Swedish male curlers
European curling champions
Swedish curling champions
Universiade medalists in curling
Universiade silver medalists for Sweden
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade
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Following its opening in 1993, Tate St Ives became a model for how museums connect to their location and their community. It has engaged and inspired local visitors as well as attracting people from around the UK and across the world, generating £11m a year for the economy of Cornwall.
Around a quarter of a million people come through its doors every year – over three times the number for which it was built – and its ambitious programme has included major exhibitions of international artists.
To accommodate these growing demands, the gallery has undergone a £20m development, allowing twice as much art to be displayed and giving more space to visitors to get actively involved.
The competition winning design for the new Tate St Ives building is a complete transformation of Cornwall's most popular gallery.
The building is located on the edge of the ocean, set into the rock face, with a 15m drop from the clifftop to Porthmeor Beach below. The coastal setting and vernacular of St Ives informed the design of the 1,325m2 new building.
Entirely excavated into the hillside, the new gallery extends, in a continuous journey, the existing gallery sequence as originally designed by Evans & Shalev.
This project has added 600 square metres of galleries, and created spectacular new studios for learning activities giving enough space to accommodate 1/4 million visitors each year –three times the original number. Tate St Ives has initiated a new £5 a year Locals' Pass to the gallery, encouraging local tourism, with over 5,000 being sold since opening.
Due to an increase in visitors to the gallery there will be economic benefits for St Ives and Cornwall, leading to an increase of an additional £11 million into the local economy. In terms of long term impact, Tate St Ives will attract an additional 77,000 visitors each year, generating an additional £87million for the local economy in the ten years post project delivery. This income will create and sustain 198 indirect tourism jobs and safeguard 68 jobs.
The project also created 54 direct jobs at Tate St Ives and 236 construction jobs during delivery, as well as four salaried year-long internships. The visitor experience team has also grown, with 20 casual visitor experience roles and an additional 35 volunteers engaged.
The initial site investigation revealed the ground conditions consisted of varying depths of made ground overlying Mudstone of the Mylor Slate formations, with intrusions of a hard igneous rock, known locally as Blue Elvan.
The Mudstone had a good allowable bearing pressure of 500kN/m2, and was relatively straightforward to excavate using conventional breakers and excavators. However, the bedding planes in the Mudstone twist and dip in different directions. Where they dip towards the back of the site the rock is stable but where they dip towards the beach the rock becomes potentially unstable. A geologist was on site throughout the excavation to assess the stability of the face at each stage and to specify the number of rock anchors required to maintain stability. A combination of rock anchors, netting and sprayed concrete maintained the stability of the face and kept workers safe.
Along the eastern boundary the proximity of adjacent buildings meant that a series of Odex Piles were installed before excavation started, to ensure that there was no risk of ground movement. Additional rock anchors and walings were installed as excavation proceeded.
The Blue Elvan was much harder rock, unaffected by weathering, and very stable with an allowable bearing capacity of 5000kN/m2. The Blue Elvan was extremely difficult to excavate by conventional methods, so difficult that the team considered using a variety of methods including dynamite, although the risks involved quickly ruled this out.
After trialling several different approaches, the most successful and productive proved to be the largest breaker machine the team could get into the excavation. Occasionally, the end of the pecker would become so hot it would catch on fire, and so whenever progress became impossible the team would pre-drill the Blue Elvan and fracture it using expanding grout. This approach was slow and time-consuming.
Reinforced concrete was the chosen material for the structure of the gallery due to its durability in the harsh maritime environment and its suitability for below ground structures. The concrete within the gallery has been left exposed for two reasons: to give the space a rugged feel reminiscent of the Cornish landscape; and to provide thermal mass which could help moderate fluctuations in ambient conditions within the gallery.
For the superstructure, a number of options were investigated for the structural form of the gallery roof. The flexibility offered by having a single column free space out-weighed any savings that came from having internal columns and the preferred solution was a simple ribbed concrete slab spanning the full width of the gallery.
The infill and extension were all in reinforced concrete and the new RC frame has columns which go down through the existing building to the existing footings. These columns support a new RC beam at 4th floor level and a large RC ring beam at eaves level which cantilevers out to support the roof above. The columns supporting the ring beam are set back to maximise the views meaning that the eaves level ring beam is working in torsion.
This project has doubled the space for showing art, adding almost 600 square metres of galleries, and created spectacular new studios for learning activities.
Due to an increase in visitors to the gallery there will be economic benefits for St Ives and Cornwall, leading to an increase of an additional £11 million into the local economy.
Total excavation - 5000m3 with a total of 977 lorry-loads of rock transported off the site. Over 250 tonnes of steel reinforcement were utilised, supporting 3,200 tonnes or 1,320m3 of concrete across the two phases, which took the specialist frame contractor over a year to complete.


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Q: Missing assumption? (Convergence of random variables and characteristic functions) Here are two exercises from my Probability book ("Probabilidade: um curso em nível intermediário", by Barry James). (I have translated them from Portuguese to English and modified them a bit.)

Prove the following claims:
$1$) If $\phi$ is a characteristic function and there exists $\delta > 0$ such that $\phi (t) = 1$ for all $t$ with $|t| < \delta$, then $\phi (t) = 1 \forall t$.
$2$) Let $X_{1}, X_{2}, \ldots$ be random variables whose characteristic functions $\phi _{1}, \phi_{2}, \ldots$ converge pointwise. If there exists $\delta > 0$ such that $\phi_{n} (t) \rightarrow 1$ for all $t$ with $|t| < \delta$, then $X_{n}$ converges in probability to $0 $. Hint: use Claim $1$.

I've proven Claim $1$, and I can prove Claim $2$ if I assume that the limit of the characteristic functions $\phi _{1}, \phi_{2}, \ldots$ is also a characteristic function. My question is: is Claim $2$ still true without this additional assumption?

A: Yes, thanks to Lévy's continuity theorem, the pointwise limit is a characteristic function as soon as it is continuous at $0$.


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Echenais quinquemaculata är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Mengel 1913. Echenais quinquemaculata ingår i släktet Echenais och familjen Riodinidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Working with natural stone allows us to bring the elements of nature in to our homes. The connection we experience with the outdoors is evident in the natural characteristics of veining in marble, sediment layers in travertine, and the mesmerizing waves of sandstone.
Marble ranges across the spectrum and allows for a variety of color options.
The natural elements of travertine are impossible to overlook. The connection to nature is seen in every unique finished product.
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News: Palaeolithic Era
The genetic imprint of Palaeolithic has been detected in North African populations
The first genomic study to contextualize this region of the world
An international team of scientists has for the first time performed an analysis of the complete genome of the population of North Africa. They have identified a small genetic imprint of the inhabitants of the region in Palaeolithic times, thus ruling out the theory that recent migrations from other regions completely erased the genetic traces of ancient North Africans. The study was led by David Comas, principal investigator at UPF and at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE: CSIC-UPF) and it has been published in the journal Current Biology.
The field of genomics has evolved greatly in recent years. DNA sequencing is increasingly affordable and there are major projects studying genomes at population level. However, some human populations like those of North Africa have been systematically ignored. This is the first genomic study to contextualize this region of the world.
The origin and history of the population of North Africa are different from the rest of the continent and are more similar to the demographic history of regions outside Africa: the Middle East, Europe or Asia. Palaeontological remains exist that prove the existence of humans in the region more than 300,000 years ago. In any case, previous genetic studies had shown that current populations of North Africa originated as a result of a Back to Africa process, that is, recent migrations from the Middle East that populated northern Africa.
Hence, the debate that arises is one of continuity versus replacement. On the one hand, the continuity hypothesis posits that current North African populations descend from Palaeolithic groups, i.e., that such ancient humans are the ancestors of present human populations. Meanwhile, other hypotheses argue that the populations that existed in Palaeolithic times were replaced, and that the humans that currently inhabit North Africa are the result of recent migrations that arrived there as of the Neolithic.
In this study, the researchers compared genetic data from current North African individuals with data recently published on the DNA of fossil remains found at different sites in Morocco. "We see that the current populations of North Africa are the result of this replacement but we detect small traces of this continuity from Palaeolithic times, i.e., total replacement did not take place in the populations of North Africa", reveals David Comas, full professor of Biological Anthropology at the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS) at UPF. "We do not know whether the first settlers 300,000 years ago are their ancestors, but we do detect imprints of this continuity at least since Palaeolithic times, since 15,000 years ago or more", he adds.
"We have seen that the genetic imprint of Palaeolithic populations of North Africa is unique to the current North African populations and is decreasingly distributed from west to east in the region, inversely proportionally to the Neolithic component coming from the Middle East, which had a greater effect on the eastern region, which is geographically closer", says Gerard Serra-Vidal, first author of the article.
"Therefore, our results confirm that migrations from other regions such as Europe, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa to this area did not completely erase the genetic traces of the ancient North Africans", explains David Comas, head of the Human Genome Diversity research group of the IBE.
These results of the populations of North Africa are in contrast with what is known about the European continent, in whose current populations a strong Palaeolithic component is found, i.e., more continuity and less replacement than in North Africa.
Many genomic data are still missing, both of current populations and of fossil remains, to be able to establish the population history of the human species. "This is or particular concern in populations such as those of North Africa about which we have very little information compared to other populations in the world. In order to have a complete picture of human genome diversity still have to do a considerable amount of research", David Comas concludes.
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New drought atlas maps 2,000 years of climate in Europe
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I have been a fan of Heikkinen and Komonen Architects for a while. As one of the few Finnish practices with an International profile, they practice a form of Finnish Rationalism in which clear forms and grids are often juxtaposed in compositions betraying a deep understanding of the program. Their ability to create forms and describe them with clear structures that are simultaneously modern are not at all cold.
The Centre for Systems Biology in Dresden finished in 2017 is a beautiful study in a three dimensional grid in which objects are offset within producing deep, comprehensible, and poetic spaces, even accounting for the fact the building is a laboratory. It follows their Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, also designed by them in 2001 also in Dresden.


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ApplicantStack was founded nine years ago, and since that time we've made dozens of upgrades to our ATS software. ApplicantStack makes it easy to obtain consistent feedback easily using a candidate evaluation form. The Jobs Tab is the heart of ApplicantStack, and we're constantly adding features to make adding, organizing, and managing open positions even easier. ApplicantStack realized early on that security is a primary concern for small business owners.
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Secret Formula posted a topic in Technical F1
1. First, make the car look like 2008 season, but wider (as wide as the late 80s - mid 90s cars & the current 2017 F1 cars which is 2m wide instead of 1.8m wide) and wider thicker tyres (as wide and as thick as 2017 F1 tyres). And larger wheel diameter (as large as Indycar's wheel). Add a little bit of 2017 F1 cars' improved aerodynamics is fine, but don't change the 2008 F1 car shape. Also, flexible parts of the chassis like Red Bull used to have on their 2009 car flexible front wings and like Ferrari had earlier this year on their flexible floor. What's wrong with it if it makes the car faster? It should be allowed and instead it should be the new regulation! 2. And then, bring back the V10 engine. But, make the V10 engine 3.6 l instead of 3.0 l or 3.5 l. With the angle of the engine remains at 90°. Also, don't put rev limiter on the engine, don't put limitation on the oil burn, and don't put limitation on the exhaust flow if it makes the car slower. Not just that, these kind of regulation actually killing innovation! 3. Stop making the tyres degrade easily. More pit stops doesn't mean more exciting race if the drivers can't always push the cars to the limit just for saving the tyres. 4. Last but not least, add Quad (4) Turbo Chargers, Quad (4) Super Chargers, Formula-e Electric Engine, Formula-e Electric Motor, Formula-e Electric Battery, ERS (Energy Recovery System) with MGU-K and MGU-H, Dual (front and back) DRS (Drag Reduction System), Blown Diffuser, ABS (Anti-lock Braking System), TC (Traction Control), NOS (Nitrous Oxide), Methanol, radiator, and 360° T-Cam.
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My F1 Pet Project: Evolution Of The F1 Car
biplaneblues posted a topic in F1 Discussions
Hi all, I want to share with some F1 fans my moving infographic project. An animated timeline of all F1 chassis from 1950-2012... https://vimeo.com/43233380 Let me know what you think, any crits or ideas for improvement. I also have a large res infographic with a bit more detail... http://3.bp.blogspot...onza_Wheels.png Thanks!


Ernesto Valverde has sought to temper the expectations of Barcelona supporters after another encouraging performance from Ricard Puig, who was among a group of players to leave AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso gushing over the "beauty of football".
Puig has been introduced as a substitute in each of Barca's three International Champions Cup matches, and impressed again in the 1-0 loss to the Rossoneri in Santa Clara on Saturday.
Still only 18, there have been calls for the midfielder to feature in the Supercopa de Espana against Sevilla in Tangier.
And while Valverde is satisfied with the efforts of Barca's fringe players in the absence of the first-team stars afforded an extended break after the World Cup, the coach wants to avoid putting too much pressure on La Masia's latest graduates.
"Of course, we are happy with the response of all the 'B' players who have come in," he said.
Milan boss Gattuso did not help Valverde in his attempts to take the spotlight off Barca's youngsters, the former Italy international hailing the technical quality of the Blaugrana's academy products.
"Even though [Barca] have players that look like kids, they touch the ball with such beauty," he said.
Barça falls to AC Milan by the minimum at Levi's Stadium on a goal in second half injury time.
The majority of Barca's first-team regulars are yet to feature for the senior side in pre-season, and Valverde acknowledged the situation is less than ideal, with competitive action now fast approaching.
"Yes, of course it's worrying, it's a handicap we already knew about, we knew there was a World Cup and seeing the calendar it's clear that we're facing the Super Cup with people who have not played any games yet," he said.


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Some Toothy Facts About Your Pearly Whites
August 30, 2015 | IN&nbspDENTAL HEALTH
Did you know that 1950s heart-throb, James Dean, had no front teeth…he wore a bridge!
Did you know that the average adult has 28 to 32 teeth, depending on whether or not they have kept their "wisdom" teeth?
Flossing aside, how well do you know your pearly whites?
If you don't floss regularly, you miss cleaning 40% of your tooth surfaces.
The average person brushes for a mere 45-70 seconds a day. The recommended amount of time is 2-3 minutes.
Tooth decay is the most widespread disease of humanity…and the oldest.
The second most common disease in the United States is tooth decay. The first is the common cold.
The first nylon-bristled toothbrush with a plastic handle was invented in 1938.
The electric toothbrush first appeared in 1939.
Certain kinds of tumors containing cells from other body parts of teratomas may contain teeth.
The ancient Sumerians described tooth decay as "tooth worms."
Sadly, 73% of Americans would rather go grocery shopping than floss their teeth.
Happily, over three million miles of dental floss is purchased in North America each year.
The hardest substance in the human body is tooth enamel.
More than 300 types of bacteria combine to make dental plaque.
Babies begin to develop their primary teeth just six weeks after conception.
About one in every 2000 babies is born with 'natal teeth.'
A tooth that has been knocked out starts to die within 15 minutes. But if it's held in the mouth or put in milk, it will survive longer.
People with hyperdontia have extra or 'super-numerary' teeth. Most remain hidden below the gum line, but occasionally they erupt and crowd other teeth.
Most tooth loss in people over 35 is from periodontal disease.
Most tooth loss in people under the age of 35 is from athletic trauma, fights, or accidents.
And last but not least…the Statue of Liberty's mouth is three feet wide!
Call us at 951.698.4426, and let's talk about your amazing teeth!


Trump Has 'Commanding Lead' Over Hillary on National Security - Stumpin' For Trump!
To the extent terror incidents like the horrific bombings in Brussels keep voters focused on national security, it could give Donald Trump a decided advantage over Hillary Clinton in a projected November match-up.
That conclusion comes from a Newsmax/Fabrizio, Lee & Associates online survey of 1,500 voters.
Overall, the survey showed Clinton leading Trump by a razor-thin margin of 45 to 44 percent in a poll with a 2.5 percent margin of error.
But when voters were asked which candidate would be better suited to keep America safe, they gave Trump a commanding advantage despite Clinton's presumed expertise on the international scene after four years as secretary of state.
By a 37 to 27 percent margin, voters said Trump is better suited than Clinton to keep the United States safe from terrorists. Trump also won – 40 to 32 percent – on the question of which candidate would do the best job "of standing up to" China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
Trump's advantage on national security is even more pronounced among voters who designate "terrorism and homeland security" as their No. 1 issue. These voters see Trump as more capable than Clinton by a huge 51 percent to 19 percent margin.
Trump also enjoys an advantage on an issue often seen as strongly linked to national security: Combatting illegal immigration and getting control of the porous southern border.
"Mr. Trump's strong rhetoric on combatting illegal immigration has also paid dividends," Fabrizio stated in a memo that accompanied the poll results. Fabrizio is a nationally recognized opinion expert, pollster, and strategist.
When voters were asked to choose which candidate would be better able to solve the illegal immigration problem, Trump led Clinton by a 41 to 26 percent.
But a closer look at the survey suggests Trump's advantage on the issue is even greater.
Among voters who cite U.S. immigration policy as a reason why they believe the country is on the wrong track, Trump is seen as more capable to address the issue by a staggering 79 to 5 percent margin. So to the extent the campaign focuses on national security, immigration, and the war on terror, Trump has the advantage.


So I just got my Quarterly Company box for Jason Kottke and I'm not quite sure what to think of it. I had never heard of Jason Kottke before but I just had to know what he would send out. "Jason Kottke is a blogger and developer living in NYC. As editor of kottke.org for the last 14+ years, he's scoured nearly every corner of the web for juicy links and things for people to read. Jason is also hard at work on Stellar, a web app for tracking and discovering your favorite things online."
For those of you who are not familiar with with Quarterly Co., it is a service that allows you to pick out who decides on the products that you receive each quarter. Last time, I received the box from Joel Johnson. Click here to see Joel Johnson's box. There are a lot of contributors to choose from and they all have their own style. I'd be surprised if you didn't find a contributor that you didn't like! Click here to see all of the available contributors.
I've decided that I wanted to turn my blog into something a little bit more personal, while still keeping my Subscription Box reviews. So I decided to do my very first link-up with Jen over at Ramblings of a Suburban Mom!
I love getting eco-friendly products! They always make me feel better about buying them. That's why I subscribed to Conscious Box. For those of you who are not familiar with Conscious Box, it is a monthly subscription box, "Inside, you'll find incredible products that help you lighten your carbon footprint and better show your love for Mother Earth. From healthy, sustainable snacks to ultra-conscious home products, the April Box will introduce you exciting exciting new things in the world of green!"
They even have a vegan and gluten-free option now for those of you who would prefer one of those! I just get the classic box for now, but I may end up switching it eventually.
This week I'm trying a different type of post! Since I love subscription boxes, that means that I love surprises. So, of course I would love to try out surprise candles! I wanted to see which type of ring candle was better, Diamond Candle or Prize Candle.
I got both candles in 2 different scents, Prize Candle was Blue Cypress and Diamond Candle was Be Mine (smells like wild berries, amber and roses). Each of the candles cost $25 a piece. Although, Prize Candle offers $10 your first purchase and Diamond Candle offers free shipping on orders $45 or more.
Inside both companies candles, there is a ring worth $10-$5,000.
First, the shipping. I ordered both candles the same night, within 15 minutes of each other. Prize Candle came 2 days before Diamond Candle did. My Prize Candle came pretty dirty though, I had to clean off the glass container because in had candle wax all over the sides. My Diamond Candle came in perfect condition though.
Want to sell your old clothes? Poshmark.
If you have a bunch of clothes that you don't wear, then Poshmark is the best thing for you. Poshmark is an app on iPod, iPad and iPhone products. The app lets you post pictures of clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc. that you don't wear anymore. The items can be new with tags, new without tags and lightly worn (just don't try to post your old t-shirt with that pizza stain on it, I can promise you that nobody will buy it).
A couple of weeks ago, I found out that Groupon was doing a mystery deal. For $10 (plus a little bit for shipping) they send you a a mystery gift. It could have been a pair of sunglasses, a hat, a toaster, water bottle or various other things. A couple of lucky participants even got a laptop or a nice looking watch. I decided to go ahead and buy this deal, hoping that I would get a TV :) When I saw my package sitting in my mailbox, I knew right away that I didn't get the laptop or TV.


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Q: setup.py not installing swig extension module I'm struggling to figure out how to copy the wrapper generated by swig at the same level than the swig shared library. Consider this tree structure:
│   .gitignore
│   setup.py
│
├───hello
├───src
│       hello.c
│       hello.h
│       hello.i
│
└───test
        test_hello.py

and this setup.py:
import os
import sys

from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension
from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py as _build_py

class build_py(_build_py):
    def run(self):
        self.run_command("build_ext")
        return super().run()

setup(
    name='hello_world',
    version='0.1',
    cmdclass={'build_py': build_py},
    packages=["hello"],
    ext_modules=[
        Extension(
            'hello._hello',
            [
                'src/hello.i',
                'src/hello.c'
            ],
            include_dirs=[
                "src",
            ],
            depends=[
                'src/hello.h'
            ],
        )
    ],
    py_modules=[
        "hello"
    ],
)

When I do pip install . I'll get this content on site-packages:
>tree /f d:\virtual_envs\py364_32\Lib\site-packages\hello
D:\VIRTUAL_ENVS\PY364_32\LIB\SITE-PACKAGES\HELLO
    _hello.cp36-win32.pyd

>tree /f d:\virtual_envs\py364_32\Lib\site-packages\hello_world-0.1.dist-info
D:\VIRTUAL_ENVS\PY364_32\LIB\SITE-PACKAGES\HELLO_WORLD-0.1.DIST-INFO
    INSTALLER
    METADATA
    RECORD
    top_level.txt
    WHEEL

As you can see hello.py (the file generated by swig) hasn't been copied in site-packages.
Thing is, I've already tried many answers from the below similars posts:

*

*setup.py: run build_ext before anything else

*python distutils not include the SWIG generated module
Unfortunately, the question still remains unsolved.
QUESTION: How can I fix my current setup.py so the swig wrapper will be copied at the same level than the .pyd file?

A: setuptools cannot do this the way you want: it will look for py_modules only where setup.py is located. The easiest way IMHO is keeping the SWIG modules where you want them in the namespace/directory structure: rename src to hello, and add hello/__init__.py (may be empty or simply include everything from hello.hello), leaving you with this tree:
$ tree .
.
├── hello
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── _hello.cpython-37m-darwin.so
│   ├── hello.c
│   ├── hello.h
│   ├── hello.i
│   ├── hello.py
│   └── hello_wrap.c
└── setup.py

Remove py_modules from setup.py. The "hello" in the package list will make setuptools pick up the whole package, and include __init__.py and the generated hello.py:
import os
import sys

from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension
from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py as _build_py

class build_py(_build_py):
    def run(self):
        self.run_command("build_ext")
        return super().run()

setup(
    name='hello_world',
    version='0.1',
    cmdclass={'build_py': build_py},
    packages = ["hello"],
    ext_modules=[
        Extension(
            'hello._hello',
            [
                'hello/hello.i',
                'hello/hello.c'
            ],
            include_dirs=[
                "hello",
            ],
            depends=[
                'hello/hello.h'
            ],
        )
    ],
)

This way, also .egg-linking the package works (python setup.py develop), so you can link the package under development into a venv or so. This is also the reason for the way setuptools (and distutils) works: the dev sandbox should be structured in a way that allows running the code directly from it, without moving modules around.
The SWIG-generated hello.py and the generated extension _hello will then live under hello:
>>> from hello import hello, _hello
>>> print(hello)
<module 'hello.hello' from '~/so56562132/hello/hello.py'>
>>> print(_hello)
<module 'hello._hello' from '~/so56562132/hello/_hello.cpython-37m-darwin.so'>

(as you can see from the extension filename, I am on a Mac right now, but this works exactly the same under Windows)
Also, beyond packaging, there's more useful information about SWIG and Python namespaces and packages in the SWIG manual: http://swig.org/Doc4.0/Python.html#Python_nn72


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Q: Bootstrap radio button in bootstrap without styling not changable I have an html page with 2 radio buttons ('on' and 'off' where 'off' is the default) that has no styling whatsoever.
This works fine if I'm not including bootstrap javascript. As soon as I include it in the head, the radio-button doesn't work anymore. I can not change it from 'off' to 'on'.
I do not want to style this one because my users are accustomed to the radio buttons being circles :-(
Marcel
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/jquery.js">
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/bs.js">
</head>
<body>
....
<form id="config" method="post">
....
<input type="radio" name="DHCP" id="DHCP_OFF" value="DHCP_OFF" checked>off
<input type="radio" name="DHCP" id="DHCP_ON" value="DHCP_ON">on
....
</form>
....
</body>
</html>

A: The problem was in the part that is not in the code.
I had data-toggle="button-radio" on the div around the radio buttons.


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Annotation Type XmlIDREF

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value={FIELD,METHOD})
public @interface XmlIDREF

 Maps a JavaBean property to XML IDREF.

 To preserve referential integrity of an object graph across XML
 serialization followed by a XML deserialization, requires an object
 reference to be marshalled by reference or containment
 appropriately. Annotations <tt>@XmlID</tt> and <tt>@XmlIDREF</tt>
 together allow a customized mapping of a JavaBean property's
 type by containment or reference.

Usage

 The <tt>@XmlIDREF</tt> annotation can be used with the following
 program elements:

 a JavaBean property

 non static, non transient field

See "Package Specification" in javax.xml.bind.package javadoc for
 additional common information.

 The usage is subject to the following constraints:

 If the type of the field or property is a collection type,
        then the collection item type must contain a property or
        field annotated with <tt>@XmlID</tt>.

 If the field or property is single valued, then the type of
        the property or field must contain a property or field
        annotated with <tt>@XmlID</tt>.

Note: If the collection item type or the type of the
        property (for non collection type) is java.lang.Object, then
        the instance must contain a property/field annotated with
        <tt>@XmlID</tt> attribute.

 This annotation can be used with the following annotations:
        XmlElement, XmlAttribute, XmlList,
        and XmlElements.

Example: Map a JavaBean property to <tt>xs:IDREF</tt>
   (i.e. by reference rather than by containment)

   //EXAMPLE: Code fragment
   public class Shipping {
       @XmlIDREF public Customer getCustomer();
       public void setCustomer(Customer customer);
       ....
    }

   <!-- Example: XML Schema fragment -->
   <xs:complexType name="Shipping">
     <xs:complexContent>
       <xs:sequence>
         <xs:element name="customer" type="xs:IDREF"/>
         ....
       </xs:sequence>
     </xs:complexContent>
   </xs:complexType>

Example 2:  The following is a complete example of
 containment versus reference.

    // By default, Customer maps to complex type <tt>xs:Customer</tt>
    public class Customer {

        // map JavaBean property type to <tt>xs:ID</tt>
        @XmlID public String getCustomerID();
        public void setCustomerID(String id);

        // .... other properties not shown
    }

   // By default, Invoice maps to a complex type <tt>xs:Invoice</tt>
   public class Invoice {

       // map by reference
       @XmlIDREF public Customer getCustomer();
       public void setCustomer(Customer customer);

      // .... other properties not shown here
   }

   // By default, Shipping maps to complex type <tt>xs:Shipping</tt>
   public class Shipping {

       // map by reference
       @XmlIDREF public Customer getCustomer();
       public void setCustomer(Customer customer);
   }

   // at least one class must reference Customer by containment;
   // Customer instances won't be marshalled.
   @XmlElement(name="CustomerData")
   public class CustomerData {
       // map reference to Customer by containment by default.
       public Customer getCustomer();

       // maps reference to Shipping by containment by default.
       public Shipping getShipping();

       // maps reference to Invoice by containment by default.
       public Invoice getInvoice();
   }

   <!-- XML Schema mapping for above code frament -->

   <xs:complexType name="Invoice">
     <xs:complexContent>
       <xs:sequence>
         <xs:element name="customer" type="xs:IDREF"/>
         ....
       </xs:sequence>
     </xs:complexContent>
   </xs:complexType>

   <xs:complexType name="Shipping">
     <xs:complexContent>
       <xs:sequence>
         <xs:element name="customer" type="xs:IDREF"/>
         ....
       </xs:sequence>
     </xs:complexContent>
   </xs:complexType>

   <xs:complexType name="Customer">
     <xs:complexContent>
       <xs:sequence>
         ....
       </xs:sequence>
       <xs:attribute name="CustomerID" type="xs:ID"/>
     </xs:complexContent>
   </xs:complexType>

   <xs:complexType name="CustomerData">
     <xs:complexContent>
       <xs:sequence>
         <xs:element name="customer" type="xs:Customer"/>
         <xs:element name="shipping" type="xs:Shipping"/>
         <xs:element name="invoice"  type="xs:Invoice"/>
       </xs:sequence>
     </xs:complexContent>
   </xs:complexType>

   <xs:element name"customerData" type="xs:CustomerData"/>

   <!-- Instance document conforming to the above XML Schema -->
    <customerData>
       <customer customerID="Alice">
           ....
       </customer>

       <shipping customer="Alice">
           ....
       </shipping>

       <invoice customer="Alice">
           ....
       </invoice>
   </customerData>

Example 3:  Mapping List to repeating element of type IDREF

     // Code fragment
     public class Shipping {
         @XmlIDREF
         @XmlElement(name="Alice")
             public List customers;
     }

     <!-- XML schema fragment -->
     <xs:complexType name="Shipping">
       <xs:sequence>
         <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
           <xs:element name="Alice" type="xs:IDREF"/>
         </xs:choice>
       </xs:sequence>
     </xs:complexType>

Example 4:  Mapping a List to a list of elements of type IDREF.

     //Code fragment
     public class Shipping {
         @XmlIDREF
         @XmlElements(
             @XmlElement(name="Alice", type="Customer.class")
              @XmlElement(name="John", type="InternationalCustomer.class")
         public List customers;
     }

     <!-- XML Schema fragment -->
     <xs:complexType name="Shipping">
       <xs:sequence>
         <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
           <xs:element name="Alice" type="xs:IDREF"/>
           <xs:element name="John" type="xs:IDREF"/>
         </xs:choice>
       </xs:sequence>
     </xs:complexType>

Since:

JAXB2.0

Author:

Sekhar Vajjhala, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

See Also:
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- Colorado has accepted an invite to the Pac 10. First one off the sinking ship formerly known as the Big 12. Does Colorado even have a baseball team?
- Nebraska is expected to announce as early as tomorrow that they are also leaving the Big 12, but for the Big 10. Does Nebraska immediately become the class of the Big 10 in baseball?
- Five other Big 12 teams also are reported to have invites to join the Pac 10: Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Would the new Pac 16 rival the SEC in football? Certainly they would be the top baseball conference, if they aren't already, wouldn't they?
- If the SEC decides to expand, would Florida block Florida State and Miami from joining for the recruiting advantages (ie SEC vs. ACC)?
- Nothing to do with baseball, but USC is expected to receive a two year ban from bowl games. Good. About time.
- Notre Dame. I keep hearing they are forced to make a move soon or risk being left out in the cold. I don't buy that. Whether it's two days from now, two months from now, or two years from now, if Notre Dame wants to join a conference, they will be welcomed with open arms. Remember, this is about money.
Since I've opened this up to sports other than baseball, feel free to comment on football and basketball too. But mostly, how do you see this affecting college baseball, if at all? And feel free to post any new rumors/news you hear.
Colorado doesn't have a baseball team.. it's a club sport for them.


We're taking a break from our series of posts about our European Tour to bring the focus back to the U.S. in honor of its 239th birthday. Earlier this week, our President, Stuart Streit, got a chance to sit down with rising sophomore Kieran Kelly, a Midshipman in the Navy ROTC.
Stuart Streit: What made you decide to join the Navy ROTC Program?
Kieran Kelly: My brother Rory is a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps and my brother Joe is an Ensign in the Coast Guard—both are tremendous role models in my life. Because of their service, I was first exposed to the idea of a military-related career around my freshman year in high school, certainly a formative period for a young man. At different times in high school, I was very invested in rugby, math club, and chorus. While my involvement in some of these activities ebbed and flowed throughout the years, the desire to serve remained constant. When I discovered the ROTC Program it seemed to be the perfect match for me: An opportunity to attend the University of Notre Dame and also earn a commission in the U.S. Navy, a branch that interested me because of its technical emphasis, both in academic rigor and in the Fleet.
SS: Rugby, math club, and chorus…I feel like there's usually not a lot of crossover between those.
KK: [Laughs]. No, usually not a lot there.
SS: I suppose that kind of explains how you ended up being in both ROTC and Glee Club. As a civilian who doesn't know how these things work, I've been wondering what the service commitment after college is. Can you explain that?
KK: A commissioned officer from the Navy ROTC Program incurs an eight-year service commitment—five active and three reserve—although this can sometimes be dependent on the community you join. For instance, those who pursue the aviation pipeline will usually have another couple years tacked on because of the extensive flight training needed to become a pilot. Of course, you can continue to serve past your commitment, as many officers do. From decade-old Department of Defense data I was able to dig up via Google, there is a 50% retention rate for Navy ROTC commissioned officers after the 8 year mark, 38% after the 11 year mark, and 32% after the 15 year mark.
SS: Couldn't have expected less from a Stats major. Alright, here's another thing I've been wondering: Does ROTC pay for your education? I know some people are on scholarship, but I don't know how exactly that works either.
KK: The scholarship application was very similar to that of any college scholarship – a bevy of hard-copy forms, essays, and interviews. Midshipmen that are awarded the scholarship do have their tuition, some fees (incredibly, this does not include football season tickets), and certain travel expenses paid for by the Navy. We are particularly fortunate at Notre Dame to have one of the largest Navy ROTC Programs in the country (~100 Midshipmen) and presumably, a larger number of scholarships from which to draw than other schools. I'm not sure on exact figures but my guess would be that around 85-90% of the Battalion is currently on scholarship.
SS: What does a typical day look like for you, with Statistics, ROTC, and Glee Club?
KK: An early morning workout followed by breakfast, a full day of classes and a judiciously planned power nap. Off to Glee Club rehearsal, dinner at South, and then Club Hesburgh. Surviving day in and day out all comes down to time management. If I have twenty minutes in between classes I'm going to find something to cross off my list, even if it's a mundane task. It all adds up in the long run and less time wasted translates to more Z's before the alarm goes off again the next morning. Glee Club rehearsals at 5:00 PM really help split up my day, and are a fantastic stress-reliever. It was important during the year to realize that my body performed best going full throttle for a couple hours, taking a break, and then putting the pedal to the metal again. On the other side of the coin. though, there is always a point in the late-night grind where staring at a textbook and re-reading the same page for the fifth time isn't helping me any, and I'm better off just calling it a night.
SS: Wow—that really is a full load. Impressive, man. Do you stay that busy during the summer? How does ROTC factor in between semesters? I'm assuming that internships and that sort of thing aren't as much of a priority, with your post-graduation life somewhat mapped out.
KK: As it turns out, summers in NROTC are pretty mapped out for you as well. The Navy sends Midshipmen on required summer cruises—think training, not yachting. The first summer serves as an introduction to the Navy of sorts, as each Midshipman spends a week with the Marines, and the Aviation, Submarine, and Surface communities. As you progress through the ROTC program your summers become more and more specialized within your (or the Navy's) community of choice. Summer cruises are around 4-6 weeks long so you still have the remaining summer break available to take a class, work a part-time job, stay fit, and/or lay around the house. Because I had a shoulder surgery earlier in the year, I didn't go on summer cruise this time around and will make it up at a later date. Most of my summer has so far been dedicated to getting my shoulder back in shape, making money, and Facebook stalking any and all Glee Club members for photo tours of Europe.
SS: Oh boy. I need to do a better job watching what I post. Am I correct in believing that I should be calling you Midshipman Kelly?
KK: Haha, well I mean, I guess you're not exactly wrong, but it'd be like a non-Glee Club friend referring to you as President Streit … you'd definitely do a double-take.
SS: Yeah, as much as I'd enjoy the respect, that would probably feel a little weird.
KK: While we're on that topic though, one reason I didn't consider the Army was that I would be addressed as Cadet Kelly, the title of which I understand was a truly awful Disney movie starring Hilary Duff. I'm being somewhat facetious.
SS: [Laughs]. That's incredible. I like the foresight. Ok, you're a busy guy, so we'll end this with one last question. What does "God. Country. Notre Dame." mean to you?
KK: For those who don't know, this is the famous motto engraved above the Basilica's East door. It is part of a memorial that honors the Notre Dame men who sacrificed their lives in the Great War. Notre Dame and the military have a storied relationship that stretches far beyond the football games played against the service academies every fall. Most notably, the Navy used Notre Dame's campus as a training base in 1943, providing Notre Dame the funding it needed to keep its doors open during the nation's economic troubles. ROTC was then formally established in the decade following WWII and the military has had a visible presence on Our Lady's campus ever since. In my interpretation, the motto serves as a reminder for us to stay vigilant and recognize that each of us is responsible in our duties to faith, patriotism, and community.
Glee Club would like to thank Kieran, as well as Walker Embrey, Navy ROTC, for their service. We would also like to thank all Alums that have served or are currently serving. Happy birthday, America. And many, many more.


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Top Tropical Clobber : Club Tropicana…
Very happy to announce that I will be starting this new role as Head of Communications at the Marine Biological Association in February of next year. 💙
https://www.mba.ac.uk/blog/mba-appoints-new-head-communications
From the Marine Biological Association website:
The MBA is delighted to announce the appointment of Maya Plass to the new role of Head of Communications. Maya comes to the MBA with a strong background in marine biology and many years of media experience. She is also a long-time member of the Association.
MBA Director Willie Wilson said: "This new strategic role is an exciting development for the MBA, and Maya will bring together an experienced team of marine biologists who are enthusiastic about public engagement and scientific outreach. She will strengthen the Association's capacity to spread the word globally about the importance of life in the ocean and its relevance to society."
Maya said: "It is such a privilege to join the MBA in their new role as Head of Communications. I've been a huge fan of the MBA since my early days as a marine science student at the University of Plymouth. At a time when our life-sustaining and stunning seas are facing such immense pressures, it is more important than ever that we communicate our latest cutting-edge marine science to help connect with the public in an engaging way. The prospect of using my media experience to facilitate this important dialogue is incredibly exciting."
Maya will start in February 2020, heading up the existing Communications Team and enabling exciting developments in the MBA's communications.
Marine ecologist and television presenter Maya Plass has long been obsessed with our seas and oceans. Her working life as a marine educator is spent on or near the water sharing her knowledge and love of the sea, in particular the British coast. Maya is a qualified HSE scuba diver and loves any opportunity to promote the sport to the next generation. She is author of RSPB Handbook of the Seashore and has presented on BBC Springwatches and also appeared in a Wickes advert with Farne Island seals.
Red Sea, April 2017 with Blue o Two
Solace Stones – Circle of Life
Wickes Video


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Nepenthes Mensae is a plateau, and classical albedo feature, in the Amenthes quadrangle of Mars.  Its location is centered at 9.19 north latitude and 119.42 east longitude.  It is  long. The name "Nepenthe" is a Greek word which literally means "without grief" (ne = not, penthos = grief) and, in Greek mythology, is a drug that quells all sorrows with forgetfulness.

See also
 List of quadrangles on Mars

References

External links
 Nepenthes mensae: WikiMars map location

Amenthes quadrangle
Mensae on Mars