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LUSK, Wyo. — A young Dick Cheney began his first campaign for the House in this tiny village — population 1,600 — after the state’s sole Congressional seat finally opened up. But nowadays, his daughter Liz does not seem inclined to wait patiently for such an opening.
Ms. Cheney, 46, is showing up everywhere in the state, from chicken dinners to cattle growers’ meetings, sometimes with her parents in tow. She has made it clear that she wants to run for the Senate seat now held by Michael B. Enzi, a soft-spoken Republican and onetime fly-fishing partner of her father.
But Ms. Cheney’s move threatens to start a civil war within the state’s Republican establishment, despite the reverence many hold for her family.
Mr. Enzi, 69, says he is not ready to retire, and many Republicans say he has done nothing to deserve being turned out.
It would bring about “the destruction of the Republican Party of Wyoming if she decides to run and he runs, too,” Alan K. Simpson, a former Republican senator from the state, said in an interview last week. “It’s a disaster — a divisive, ugly situation — and all it does is open the door for the Democrats for 20 years.”
The developments underscore the complicated relationship between the Beltway-centered Cheney family and the sparsely populated state that provided its political base. Dick and Lynne Cheney, who divide their time between McLean, Va., a home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and a house near Jackson Hole, Wyo., are widely admired here.
Liz Cheney, who grew up in McLean and moved her family to the Jackson Hole area last year, is eager to establish her Cowboy State credentials, peppering social media sites with photos of her children’s horse-riding competitions and descriptions of Wyoming as “God’s Country.”
Ms. Cheney’s ambitions reflect a greater tension within the Republican Party as a younger generation feels less reluctance to challenge incumbents in the party, especially if they are seen as too consensus-minded or insufficiently conservative.
Mr. Enzi is known as a studious, low-key legislator who worked well with Senator Edward M. Kennedy. He avoids political talk shows because, he says, their goal is to get guests to “beat up on their colleagues.”
In an interview last week after a town hall-style meeting at the county fairgrounds here, a few feet from a plaque marking the site of Mr. Cheney’s first political speech, Mr. Enzi revealed that Ms. Cheney told him this year that she was thinking about challenging him in 2014.
“She called me and said that she’s looking at it,” he said.
And did Ms. Cheney ask Mr. Enzi, now in his third term, if he was planning to run again?
“No,” Mr. Enzi said.
Unlike former Republican colleagues who were felled in recent elections because they lost touch with home or cast votes that angered Republicans, Mr. Enzi has a reliably conservative record and has not offered critics much fodder. And at his town meetings, even as constituents flashed anger at Washington and assorted powers “back East,” none showed any ill will toward him.
“I know of no one who doesn’t want Mike Enzi to run for the Senate again,” said Douglas W. Chamberlain, a former Wyoming House speaker.
Mr. Enzi noted with a soft chuckle, “There’s at least one person out there who wants me to retire.”
Ms. Cheney declined to comment.
What has startled some people here is not just the fact that Ms. Cheney is seemingly trying to nudge Mr. Enzi into retirement, but that she appears to be doing so with a hand from her father.
The former vice president and Mr. Enzi have been friends since the 1970s, when Mr. Cheney was Wyoming’s at-large congressman and Mr. Enzi was the mayor of Gillette. They became closer, Mr. Enzi recalled, over a shared passion: fly-fishing. The two were on the same team competing in a popular annual One Fly tournament — fishing with the same fly lure all day — in the Snake River.
But Mr. Enzi said he had not recently heard from the man he calls his “good friend.”
“I would expect that he’d call before she declares,” Mr. Enzi said of Mr. Cheney.
Wyoming residents say they have seen more of Mr. Cheney since his daughter moved to the state and his health rebounded after a heart transplant.
He has appeared on the political dinner circuit, and he made news last month for accepting Gov. Matt Mead’s invitation to help represent Wyoming this fall in the annual antelope hunt competition with Colorado.
Mr. Cheney’s schedule is nothing compared with his daughter’s, however. Ms. Cheney, the mother of five school-age children, has become ubiquitous, appearing many times in communities over 300 miles from home. She has told associates that if she runs, she wants to do so in her own right.
Driving long distances in a state where towns can be 70 miles apart is not unusual for residents here, but few of them so frequently post Twitter or Facebook messages about their activities. Last month, Ms. Cheney shared a picture on Twitter of her daughter steering a horse around a barrel course.
If Ms. Cheney feels the need to blend in with the locals, it may be because of the carpetbagging charges her father faced when he moved back here from Washington in 1977 after working for President Gerald R. Ford.
Liz and her younger sister, Mary, grew up helping in their father’s campaigns. And while Mr. Cheney has always been close to both daughters, he has relied heavily on Liz since he left the White House. She helped write his memoir and has become his de facto publicist and gatekeeper. Now, with Mr. Cheney enjoying a new burst of energy, he appears to be returning the favor.
Republicans report spotting Mr. Cheney and his daughter together in recent months at events like the Crook County Lincoln Day dinner. He has also talked up his daughter’s candidacy in meetings with wealthy Republican donors in New York, and next month father and daughter will be the featured speakers at a conservative conference in Steamboat Springs, Colo., an event expected to attract donors Ms. Cheney could turn to in a Senate bid.
Ms. Cheney has not criticized Mr. Enzi, but he suspects she may take aim at his legislation, passed this year in the Senate, to let states collect sales tax on Internet purchases. She also might note that in modern times, no Wyoming senator has served more than three terms.
Ms. Cheney’s broader line of attack on Mr. Enzi, though, may be that he is too willing to work with Democrats and not vocal enough in pushing conservative causes. Ms. Cheney, a State Department official in the administration of President George W. Bush, is a pugnacious partisan and has called President Obama “the most radical man ever to occupy the Oval Office.”
The only reason Mr. Enzi would “be in any difficulty is if there’s a weird group of Republicans who think compromise is akin to communism,” said Mr. Simpson, who called Mr. Enzi and Ms. Cheney “both wonderful people” and, like many here, does not want to have to choose.
Others in the Republican establishment are coalescing around Mr. Enzi, who indicated that he especially wants to continue serving now that he has won a long-sought seat on the Finance Committee.
In a local TV interview last month, Representative Cynthia M. Lummis, the state’s at-large Republican congresswoman, said pointedly that she would support Mr. Enzi if he ran again. And in a message many interpreted as a warning to Ms. Cheney, Ms. Lummis said she would run for the Senate if Mr. Enzi retired.
That message was echoed by Republicans at Mr. Enzi’s town hall sessions. The mere mention of Ms. Cheney to a woman after an event in Newcastle brought forth disapproving references to an article published a few days earlier in a Casper newspaper about a political organization based in California promoting her candidacy for Senate. (Ms. Cheney said through an aide that she had no connection to the group.)
“It wouldn’t go over well here if she stepped over him,” the woman said. “She just moved back here, she didn’t even grow up here, and I don’t think she could beat him.”
But seeing a reporter jot down her remarks, the woman pleaded that her name not be published because she did not want to offend the Cheneys.
“We love her and her family, and we hope she has a place,” she said. “But not his place.”


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Yes TCS is the first company to announce annual hike in 2021 in India. And the media has circulated this news in a way that is bound to confuse many individuals. Most of the media houses quoted the news as :
“”We can confirm that we are on track to give increments to all associates across our geographies effective April 2021, in line with our benchmarks,” the company said in a statement.
“This step is a reflection of our steadfast commitment to our associates,” the TCS spokesperson added.
This would be the second salary hike which the company would implement within a span of six months. The previous pay increment cycle was delayed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in March last year.
With the salary hike rolled out in October 2020 and the upcoming hike on April 2021, TCS employees will get around 12-14 percent average increment and this will be in line with the company norms, according to sources familiar with the development.”
Seeing this many people specially TCSers will think that they will be getting another hike within one year and most importantly TCSers are thinking that they will be getting 12–18% hike in April 2021. Then let me tell all those people that this 12–18% hike is never going to happen in April and never ever in future also.

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We are writing about this Chevrolet intermittent electrical problem, but the issue also occurs on GMC and Cadillac trucks.
My customers have been complaining about this for years, but when they show up everything worked properly. It’s hard to fix a truck that isn’t broken.
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Intermittent electrical problems remain some of the worst issues to solve. With that said, enough people have had the issue, that the problem finally got solved.
Customers complain about intermittent power outages throughout the vehicle.
Sometimes the power door lock starts going off by itself or the dash lights go out. In extreme circumstances the entire truck loses power.
Chevrolet Ground Cable Connection
Whenever crazy things like this happen my mind starts going to a ground connection problem. When symptoms become widespread and randomized poor electrical connections become suspect.
Nevertheless, intermittent ground connections can cause some really crazy side effects.
In this situation we have a failure of the main ground cable that runs from the battery to the engine block and frame.
I have seen several issues with this one ground cable in many years, make and model General Motors products.
However, the vehicle that brought me a successful diagnosis became a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe. Thank God for this truck.
The Chevrolet intermittent electrical problem got so bad the problem finally occurred in front of me.
When I checked the ground cable for tightness at the battery I saw looseness at the actual crimp fitting that holds the negative cable in place.
Unfortunately, this is not the only problem I found with this cable.
Chevrolet Negative Battery Cable
I'm no stranger to complicated automotive electrical problems. But the issue with this Chevrolet negative battery cable had me scratching my head. Let me tell you why.
As I mentioned the connection where the cable goes into the battery terminal was loose. So I thought I'll just fix this connection and everything will be fine.
However that wasn't the case. I pulled the cable out, cleaned the end of it and then soldered it back into the battery terminal.
Unfortunately, the intermittent electrical connectivity of the truck remained. So I went to the other ends of the ground connection.
One is located on the frame of the truck and the other is on the engine block. We'll get into how to find these connections in the next section.
After performing the same clean and solder repair of the ends of the cable the problem persisted. At this point I realized that I would have to get a new cable.
A brand-new Chevrolet negative battery cable from the dealer parts department cost just shy of $100. Highway robbery if you asked me.
We fixed the truck by replacing the battery cable. It appears that water somehow infiltrates the covering of the cable and rots out the cable from the inside.
This is not the end of the story, because the positive battery cable looks identical in construction to the negative side.
When I grabbed the positive cable and started wiggling it, I got a couple of dropouts of the electrical system.
It's for this reason that I think you should seriously consider replacing both the positive and negative side battery cables to eliminate this Chevrolet intermittent electrical problem once and for all.
Replacing the GM Negative Battery Cable
Chevrolet Engine Ground Location
Let's talk about the negative side first. The battery is on the passenger side of the engine compartment near the firewall.
The negative cable has three total connections and a three wire sensor also plugs into the cable itself.
The battery connection is self-explanatory and tackled first. The next connection becomes the large connection at the engine block. You can trace the wire down and find that it's mounted to a stud.
The stud threads into the block near the front corner of the cylinder head. It looks like the nut will come off, but when you start wrenching it out the whole stud usually comes out with the nut.
The final connection on the ground side is a little harder to get at. It mounts to the inside of the front section of the frame out near the radiator on the passenger side.
You can get it from the underside of the vehicle. However, there is a lower plastic shield with four 7 mm bolts holding a cover to protect the underside.
After you remove this panel you'll be able to reach the 10 mm bolt holding the ground cable to the frame. The new cable comes with the retaining clips in the right places.
You want to make sure that you tuck the cable in just like they did from the factory. I’ll go as far to say that the new negative battery cable features an improved design.
You don't actually see a space between the terminals and the wire. This should keep the water out and you shouldn't have to worry about repeat failure.
Replacing the GM Positive Battery Cable
Chevrolet Intermittent Electrical Problem
The positive battery cable on these General Motors trucks includes the 175 amp mega fuse. I have yet to see one of these giant fuses blow.
Although the fuse itself isn't the problem the connections to it are. First, I inspected the fuse to verify it wasn't open or intermittent with a voltmeter while wiggling it. Instead I found a loose connection.
With that said, I found the lug loosening up that goes into the fuse itself. This was unexpected.
Instead of tightening the connection or replacing just the mega fuse and being done with it, I started looking at the positive cable.
Do you know where this runs to? That's right, it actually runs to the main fuse box in the engine compartment on the driver side.
This means an interruption in power through this cable can take outany of the individual systems fused in that main relay and fuse box.
The likely hood of the positive cable as the root cause of a Chevrolet intermittent electrical problem just got a boost.
Interestingly enough, when people have problems with the General Motors positive battery cable they often complain about the power door lock actuators activating by themselves.
Withthat said, power disruptions while driving also remain a commoncomplaint.
The replacement cable comes with all of the cable anchors inthe proper locations. This means you don't have to be overly cautiouswith the removal of the old positive cable.
Chevrolet Intermittent No Start Problems
On some Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC truck models there’s a separate section of cable that runs to the starter solenoid.
On some of these models this connection to the starter solenoid becomes integrated into the main positive battery cable. You’ll have to check and see which type you have on your vehicle.
I've heard of people complaining about intermittent no starts from failure of this positive battery cable.
I even had a customer tell me a story about how the dealership misdiagnosed this intermittent no start on their Chevrolet Tahoe.
The dealership believed that it was a faulty ignition switch. However, after they replaced the ignition switch the problem continued.
When they returned to the dealership a technician with a little more experience got involved and found a defective positive side battery cable. You would expect more from a flagship dealer service department.
Nevertheless, the Chevrolet intermittent electrical problem can even throw an experienced technician in the wrong direction.
When these parts malfunction the airbag light can come on. In addition, the trucks main computer can set various check engine light codes that have nothing to do with the actual malfunction.
These erroneous symptoms can set a technician on the wrong path of diagnosis from the very beginning.
If you own a Chevy truck, take a look at this related article about GM ignition switch problems. These issues can cause the dash warning lights to flicker and engine stalling.


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How do we know that God Blesses America? Because He gave us this holiday devoted to man's favorite things: Food, football, and family.
Incredible taste combination of tangy dressing over sweet pears, smokey bacon, crisp nuts, and good-for-you spinach.
For the pecan pie connoisseur, this is the richest flavor you'll find! I think this is the perfect combination of sugars and nuts to produce the ideal flavor and texture. For the pie crust, believe it or not, the refrigerated rolls of pie dough from the store are great for this pie. (Don't buy the pre-molded pie crust!)
I have made this pumpkin pie many times for friends, and they always ask me for the recipe afterward. One friend tells me this is "just like the pie my grandmother used to make!"
A green bean casserole made using "real" ingredients, other than the canned fried onions.
Black Rice aka Dirty Rice. This is a turkey stuffing most often used in the South in place of traditional bread dressings. The blacker the rice; the better the stuffing. The s e c r e t of black rice is the chicken livers. The darker you cook them the blacker the rice. Also you can add more livers if you want.
Using a few basic ingredients, this stuffing baked in the oven has been a favorite at our Thanksgiving meal for years. It can be prepared the night before and refrigerated until ready to bake.
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This is a recipe I got from my mom...we use it as a side dish and its always a hit!
Great, simple stuffing you'll eat down to the last crumb on Thanksgiving.
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This is the original Wilted Spinach Salad as first served by The Cove restaurant in Los Angeles. The only addition is the optional hard boiled egg garnish.
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Open just six months, the aerospace training center at Everett’s Paine Field already is drawing national attention.
The Washington Training and Research Center is a finalist for the Bellwether Award from the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Florida. The center was opened in June to provide training for the state’s aerospace industry.
The center is operated by Edmonds Community College, but was started through an agreement between Snohomish County and the Aerospace Futures Alliance. The center has received both local, state and federal funding.
The training center offers an Aerospace Manufacturing Core Certificate and an Aerospace Assembly Mechanic Certificate, which can be counted toward an associate’s degree.
Certificate programs take about 11 weeks to complete. New classes start Jan. 13. For information on classes, visit the center’s Web site.
Two other community college workforce development programs in Washington State are Bellwether finalists: Shoreline Community College’s “A Proven Partnership: Shoreline Community College and Automotive Manufacturers/Dealers,” and Bellevue College’s “It Takes a Village: Strategic Partnerships for Student Success.”

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Health Policy and Planning has launched a new supplement examining gender across a range of health policy and systems contexts, from access to services, governance, health financing, and human resources for health. Spearheaded by Research in Gender and Ethics: Building Stronger Health Systems (RinGs), this supplement includes articles which draw upon research from the three Research Programme Consortia (RPC) which RinGs brings together: Future Health Systems, ReBUILD and RESYST.Read More
Future Health Systems is a research consortium working to improve access, affordability and quality of health services for the poor. We are a partnership of leading research institutes from across the globe working in a variety of contexts: in low-income countries (Bangladesh, Uganda), middle-income countries (China, India) and fragile states (Afghanistan) to build resilient health systems for the future. After a successful first five-year phase from 2006-2011 (see our success stories), we are entering a new six-year phase of research, funded mainly by UK aid.
WEBINAR: How can “learning-by-doing” help to improve the delivery of health services, and reach poor and marginalised people?
This Future Health Systems webinar sees the launch of a new journal supplement entitled Engaging stakeholders in implementation research: lessons from the Future Health Systems Research Program experience. During the webinar, Future Health Systems members will share, reflect and compare their experiences of learning through many years of interaction with diverse health systems actors in different settings.Read More
WEBINAR: Quality improvement that works: mentoring, supervision and involving the community. Lessons from the Maternal and Neonatal Implementation for Equitable Systems project in Uganda
Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 8am EST, noon GMT, 2pm CEST, 3pm EAT and 5:30pm IST (duration: 1 hour)
To register for the event
1. Go to https://who-meeting.webex.com/who-meeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=e2ebeb630b0eea83be8695faf52721934
2. Click "Register".
3. On the registration form, enter your information and then click "Submit".
The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal and Newborn Health (Quality of Care Network), is organizing a webinar to share some of the lessons from the Maternal and Neonatal Implementation for Equitable Systems (MANIFEST) project which the Makerere University School of Public Health ran in 2012-2015. The study was conducted in three districts in Eastern Uganda to help reduce maternal and neonatal deaths through the use of a participatory action research approach.
The speaker, Dr Suzanne Kiwanuka will explain how this approach involved communities, district and facility management simultaneously. She will highlight how mentoring and supervising quality improvement teams were key in seeing quality improvement take hold in a facility. Dr Kiwanuka will present some of the outcomes of the project in specific health facilities. She will emphasize the importance of continuity of supervisory teams, the use of action plans and the importance of focused mentoring sessions for quality improvement.
The presentation will be followed by a Q & A session.
Presenter: Dr. Suzanne Kiwanuka, is a Senior Lecturer at Makerere University School of Public Health Kampala Uganda and a health systems and policy expert with interest in human resource policy and practice, maternal and newborn health and knowledge translation.
Who should join: Health practitioners and managers.
This is a webinar in the special country highlights series of the Quality of Care Network. For more information about the series on capacity building for improving quality of care in health facilities click here.
A new collection of research articles in the journal Global Health Action shares findings from the Maternal and Neonatal Implementation for Equitable Systems (MANIFEST) study in Uganda, led by the Makerere University School of Public Health in Kampala. The team, who are partners in Future Health Systems, used a participatory action research approach to engage different actors to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes in the districts of Pallisa, Kibuku and Kamuli, in eastern Uganda.Read More
On 17-18 July 2017, FHS partners met at the Institute of Development Studies in Brighton, UK, to take forward work on deepening equity analysis; extending primary research on community empowerment strategies; and applying FHS learning to strengthen health system resilience.Read More
Future Health Systems research in Bangladesh and Uganda is assessing how community empowerment strategies can affect service delivery and community capabilities. In Uganda, FHS partner, Makerere University School of Public Health, has partnered with Kibuku District in Eastern Uganda to develop and test a community and facility score card for maternal and newborn health service delivery. The feasibility study aims at identifying facilitators, barriers and factors that could influence implementation, institutionalization and scale-up of community and facility score cards in Uganda.Read More
Join us for the live WHO launch of the Bellagio White Paper - Public Health Performance Strengthening at Districts: Rationale and Blueprint for Action.
Monday, July 3, 2017 12:00 pm, Europe Summer TimeRead More
From 21-25 November 2016, 20 public health experts, including FHS researcher David Bishai from Johns Hopkins University, met in Bellagio, Italy to develop a way forward to assist countries strengthen public health practice as a way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. You can find out more about it in our news item about the meeting.
The proceedings from the conference are documented in this recently published White Paper, titled 'Public Health Performance Strengthening at Districts: Rationale and Blueprint for Action'. This white paper provides guidance on strengthening public health practice, and can be used by public health agencies, ministries, development partners, and practitioners.
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Webinar: "Health Systems Research Ethics: Special Issue Webinar"
When: 05/30/2017 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Host: Professor Adnan Hyder (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Health systems research ethics is a relatively new and emerging field, with numerous normative and descriptive questions that have largely not been considered. It has been argued that the ethical issues arising in health systems research projects may be unique or nuanced relative to biomedical research.
To further build the field of health systems research ethics and promote scholarship in this area, a special issue of Developing World Bioethics was devoted to it in 2016. This webinar brings together the authors (including some FHS Researchers) of four papers published in that special issue (Sassy Molyneux, Bridget Pratt, Hayley MacGregor, Gerry Bloom, and Abbas Rattani) as well as one of its co-editors (Adnan Hyder) to share their findings and work.
The webinar is one hour and will consist of an introduction, 4 short presentations by the authors discussing their papers, followed by a Q&A with the authors and a broader discussion on the ethics of health systems research moderated by Joe Ali (Berman Institute of Bioethics).
- Introduction: Professor Adnan Hyder, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Bloomberg School of Public Health; Guest Editor of Special Issue
- Health Systems Research Consortia and the Promotion of Health Equity in Low and Middle-Income Countries, Bridget Pratt, University of Melbourne (Australia)
- Health Systems Research in a Complex and Rapidly Changing Context: Ethical Implications of Major Health Systems Change at Scale, Hayley MacGregor, Institute of Development Studies (UK)
- Research Involving Health Providers and Managers: Ethical Issues Faced by Researchers Conducting Diverse Health Policy and Systems Research in Kenya, Sassy Molyneux, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (Kenya)
- What Makes Health Systems Research in Developing Countries Ethical? Application of the Emanuel Framework for Clinical Research to Health Systems Research, Abbas Rattani, Meharry Medical College (USA)
To join the webinar: https://connect.johnshopkins.edu/hsr2017/
Please RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/Kfwj7NX9vm8myZvz1
Makerere University School of Public Health under the stewardship of the SPEED Project is pleased to announce the Symposium on Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage in Low and Middle Income Countries, which will be taking place in Kampala, Uganda from 16 - 18 August, 2017.
The theme of the Symposium is 'Financing for Universal Health Coverage More money for health AND more health for the money', with the folloowing sub-themes:
- Ensuring financial risk protection using public funds
- Risk sharing and pooling of funds through insurance
- Leveraging health benefits from investment in other sectors
- Strategic purchasing and results based financing
- Global health initiatives and innovative financing approaches
Deadline for Early Bird abstract submissions is 14 May, 2017, and Late Breaker Submissions are due 27 May, 2017. Registration opens on 15 May, 2017. For further information, please visit the Symposium website.

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PDO thread lift is a treatment used to lift sagging skin. It helps in tightening the skin to appear as young and repair the sin. Generally, this method uses the dissolvable suture, which is often used in surgeries. The suture used is also a biologically degradable element. There are many PDO threads available in the market to treat sagging skin.
Polydioxanone(PDO) threads are very thin, thinner than our hair. The material present in PDO is protein. The treatment time takes between 45 minutes to one hour. This method enhances the growth of collagen in the skin. It also takes some time to dissolve the threads.
How Long After PDO Threads Can I Exercise
After undergoing the treatment of Polydioxanone, the person needs to avoid certain activities to ensure the efficiency of the treatment. It requires a certain amount of time for the threads to get dissolved in the skin. The skin where we underwent treatment should be left untouched at least for 12 hours after the surgery.
The time taken to recover from the surgery would be two or three weeks. The PDO threads dissolve over time. Usually, it takes three to nine months for them to dissolve. The skin which can be treated using PDO threads is the area under the eyes, cheeks, neck, and jaws. There are certain things to avoid after the treatment like we should not exercise for a specific time.
The exercise we do should not be heavy, however. Generally, a person can resume moderate activities such as walking, playing table tennis, etc., after one week. If we want to continue heavy exercises like weight lifting, we need to wait until the recovery of the surgery. It is necessary to take the recommendations of the surgeon regarding heavy activities.
People who can heal quickly can start to exercise after they recover. However, it takes several months to feel normal in the skin. It is also recommended to avoid stretching your mouth too wide for at least some days after the surgery. The threads work efficiently for people with heavier skin. Hence The treatment is ideal for adults over 18 years.
|Exercise Intensity||Time Taken to Resume Exercise After Surgery|
|Moderate (walking, table tennis, etc.)||1 Week|
|Strenuous(Weight lifting, Hiking, etc. )||until thread lift sites are healed|
Why Does It Take That Long After PDO Threads To Exercise
When a person undergoes PDO threads treatment, he needs to take care of certain things like avoid taking alcohol and any vitamin or mineral supplements. It requires specific time to heal the process. These kinds of activity must be avoided. It is also necessary to stay away from exercising or any other physical work. As we can go for a light walk, we need to avoid vigorous physical exercise.
Physical exercise is not recommended because of several reasons. One of the reasons is, if a person does strenuous exercise, the heart starts to pump blood quickly, increasing the blood flow. Blood flow causes the affected area to swell. So, the swelling, in turn, increases the healing time. Hence it is required to take adequate rest from physical workouts.
The other reason to avoid physical activity after undergoing PDO threads was that the moves could cause facial tissue movement and lose the lifted effects. It would take one or two weeks to heal, and the physical activity may not affect the skin where we underwent PDO treatment. It is the period for the sutures to dissolve in the skin. Hence care must be taken by the patients.
We need to take care to get rid of the unwanted compilations due to the PDO threads surgery. Avoiding alcohol and smoking is mandatory to heal quickly. Exposure to heat may also become a threat to the healing process of the PDO threads. Women must also additionally avoid makeup as it can cause the skin to suffocate.
PDO thread treatment is considered a revolutionary treatment for skin surgery. It is so because the threads used in the treatment are biodegradable and can be dissolved in the skin after healing the skin. As a result, it gives instant results for skin upliftment. In addition, the surgery takes only fifteen to thirty minutes to complete.
However, aftercare must be taken to avoid delay in the healing process or any other dangerous compilations. The surgeons use different types of PDO threads for the treatment of varying skin issues. The threads dissolve in six to nine months after undergoing surgery.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on stage during the Hulu panel at Winter TCA 2020 at the Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 17, 2020 in Pasadena, California.
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Hillary Clinton tries her hand at fiction writing.
The crime fanatic and former foreign minister works with the award-winning author Louise Penny to write her first fiction book “State of Terror”.
The novel revolves around a new foreign minister who works in the administration of a rival politician trying to solve a wave of terrorist attacks. The newly minted president was inaugurated after “four years of American leadership that has shrunk from the world stage”, a clear blow to former President Donald Trump.
State of Terror, jointly published by Clinton’s publisher Simon & Schuster and Penny’s St. Martin’s Press, is due to hit bookstores on October 12th.
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“When it was suggested that my friend Hillary and I write a political thriller together, I couldn’t say yes fast enough,” Penny said in a statement Tuesday.
Clinton has previously written a handful of non-fiction books, including her memoir “Living History”; “Hard Choices” that covered their time with President Barack Obama; and “What Happened,” which describes her loss to Trump in the 2016 election.
Clinton’s transition to fiction writing comes when her husband, former President Bill Clinton, publishes his second collaboration with mystery writer James Patterson. The couple previously wrote the cyber thriller “The President is Missing” and will be releasing a follow-up titled “The President’s Daughter” in June.
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Effects of Ascorbic Acid Intake on the Intima-Media Thickness and Blood Flow Velocities of the Carotid Artery in Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia
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This study aims to investigate and compare the effects of six-week oral vitamin C supplementation on blood velocities, intima-media thickness, and cross-sectional diameter (CSD) of the common carotid artery of sickle cell anemia (SCA) and non–sickle cell anemia (NSCA) subjects using sonography. Results showed that the CSD and end-diastolic velocity were significantly higher (P < .002 and P < .001, respectively) in the SCA subjects than in the NSCA subjects in the presupplementation phase. Calculated resistivity index (RI) was significantly lower in the SCA subjects (P < .003). Vitamin C supplementation had a slight effect on all the measured parameters in the NSCA subjects but caused a significant increase in peak systolic velocity (PSV) (P < .02) and RI (P < .01) in SCA. A comparison of change in each measured variable between the groups showed significant differences. Oral supplementation with vitamin C should be encouraged in patients with SCA as prophylaxis against endothelial damage, thereby preventing vaso-occlusive crises and their associated morbidity.
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Emil Nolde - Hof Seebüll
Watercolour on Japan paper 35.2/34.7 x 46.5 cm Framed under glass. Signed 'Nolde.' in grey lower left. - Vibrant colours. The sheet edges minimally irregularly cut and with drawing pin holes in the corners.
“Those who are familiar with the landscape around Utenwarf and Seebüll will rediscover it in Nolde's pictures. His colours really exist here: the bold green of the broad expanses of meadow, the yellow of the rapeseed fields and the deep blue of the lakes, rivers and sluices. They change in the light of the sky, which - with its slowly wandering clouds and particularly in the autumn, morning and evening - glows in abundant colours, whose scale ranges from pale green to dark violet and blue, from yellow, brown and orange to glowing red; the light transforms everything into an unreal sea of colour. This landscape means the same for the art of Nolde as Provence near Aix-en-Provence, Tholenet and Chateau-Noir at the foot of Sainte-Victoire for Cézanne.” (Martin Urban, Emil Nolde. Landschaften. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Cologne 1969, p. 29).
The view across the expansive land, with the Seebüll homestead gleaming on the horizon, represents one of the iconic views in Nolde's pictorial programme. He repeatedly found his way back to this motif by successfully transcending concrete appearances in a striking manner which resembles that in his best floral pieces. In our watercolour - in contrast to other landscapes by the artist - Nolde has chosen a higher horizon line and animates the foreground with his depiction of several geese. Only rarely does the double character of his art become as apparent as it does here: an art that draws its untamed power equally from authentic nature and its metaphysics.
The watercolour is registered at the Nolde Stiftung Seebüll.
Nolde Stiftung Collection, Seebüll; Galerie Meta Nierendorf, Berlin (1967); Marlborough Gallery, London (1969); H. R. James, Esq, London; in family possession since, England
Claudia Haschke und Petra Niebuhr-Timpe, Meilensteine. Geschichte, Kultur und Wissenschaft. Meisterwerke der Kunst, Gütersloh 2006, p.304 with colour illus.; Florian von Heintze, Kunst und Architektur, Wissensbibliothek vol. 10, Gütersloh 2006, p.227 with colour illus.
Berlin 1967 (Galerie Nierendorf), Expressionismus, cat. no. 87 with illus.; London 1969 (Marlborough Gallery), Edvard Munch - Emil Nolde. The Relationship of their Art (without catalogue mention, but with exhibition label on frame backing)

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Discussion is very informal. Call the YWCA @ 234-7589 for more information.
|February 18, 2013||Shell Games||Jeffrey Copeland|
|March 18, 2013||A Secret Gift||Ted Gup|
|April 15, 2013||Unbroken||Laura Hillenbrand|
|May 20, 2013||Selection of books for the next year and salad luncheon|
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Expert: Statin denial is an Internet-driven cult with deadly consequences
Steven E. Nissen, MD, researcher, patient advocate, and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinic, says that Internet propaganda promoting bizarre and unscientific criticisms of statins has given these life-saving drugs a bad reputation. As a result, statin adherence rates are extremely low, despite their well-documented morbidity and mortality benefits. Dr. Nissen's commentary is published in Annals of Internal Medicine in response to an article about continuing statin prescriptions after adverse reactions.
People on the Internet with little or no scientific expertise suggest that statins are harmful while peddling "natural" remedies for elevated cholesterol levels. Dr. Nissen suggests that the widespread advocacy of unproven alternative cholesterol-lowering therapies began with the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. DSHEA places the responsibility for ensuring the truthfulness of dietary supplement advertising with the Federal Trade Commission, not the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As such, manufacturers of these products commonly imply benefits that have never been confirmed in formal clinical studies.
While consumers are easily seduced by claims of a cure through supplements or fad diets, these claims have no basis in science. What research does show is that discontinuation or nonadherence to statins can have deadly consequences. Physicians need to work together with the media to educate the public about the dangers of statin denial.


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One of the veteran Tollywood actor who has given many family entertainers like Pellam Oorelithe, Ottesi Cheputunna, Vinodam etc., has slowly built his career by doing many films and appeared as a supporting actor in Chiru’s Shankar Dada MBBS and Zindabad!!
From the latest reports, we heard that, Srikanth has been roped in for this film to play as a villain!! Makers of this film are yet to confirm the news.
Do you remember Srikanth’s first film??
In the beginning of Srikanth’s career, he acted as a villain after some film and turned as an actor. Now it looks like Srikanth went back to his career starting days.
In recent flick of Stylish Star Allu Arjun’s Sarrainodu, he appeared as Allu Arjun’s uncle.
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I’m now in the good company of Anthony Bourdain having finally tried Taste Our Goods
(or “togs”, as my husband has lovingly dubbed it) in Kerrytown this weekend. Although, I think Mr. Bourdain had lunch there and I’ve tried their breakfast so far. This sweet little breakfast and lunch counter tucked into the back corner of Sparrow Market has a good thing going. What a creative menu and nice change from overpriced and overrated Ann Arbor diner breakfasts.
The woman who greeted us on Saturday was very friendly and helpful. She told us it would be about 10 minutes before our meals were ready and said they could bring it out to us or check back if we liked. We popped across the way to grab a table and get some coffee from Sweetwaters.
I tried out Taste or Goods’ Sweet Hash Dude, a great deal for only $7. Shredded sweet potato mixed with onions, mushrooms, bell pepper, dabbed with goat cheese and topped with eggs of my choice (I had them over medium); a fruit cup and a side of toast (Farmer’s for me) were also part of the deal. All I can say is “yum!”. Great flavors in the hash and the fruit, though mostly blueberries, was fresh and seasonal. I did have to request some jam to go with the toast, but this was a very tasty breakfast stop. I even liked the eggs which I don’t usually enjoy because it’s not my favorite food on its own.
I’m looking forward to a lunch visit soon!
First off, I apologize for the quality of the above photo. The interior of The Jolly Pumpkin
is quite dark at lunchtime, even by pub standards, and my cell phone camera doesn’t have a flash. I don’t mind a tavern atmosphere, but at lunch I expect to have a little more lighting. But, that’s really the only flaw I found with my first visit to this upscale brew pub.
Although I eyed the Grilled Romaine Salad with Warm Potato Croutons on the menu for a bit I wanted something I could sink my teeth into a bit more. I ordered the Not Just a BLT with the Market Salad with Roasted Garlic dressing for the side. The sandwich lives up to its title by combining applewood smoked bacon, arugula, oven roasted tomatoes, house-made mozzarella and salsa verde on toasted farm bread.
The salad was simple with mixed greens and cucumbers, but the dressing was delicious. The pickled zucchini spear that came with my dish was a nice change from your traditional dill pickle. It had a balsamic vinegar sweet tang to it. I dipped the zucchini spear in the wonderful roasted garlic dressing for an extra flavor punch, but it stands on its own just as well. The bread for the sandwich was perfectly toasted with a light nutty flavor. The bacon wasn’t greasy and paired well with the slightly peppery arugula, mozzarella and oven dried tomatoes. The house made mozzarella had great texture and a mild flavor. I didn’t taste much of the salsa verde, so I’m not sure it added much to the sandwich. The only suggestion I have is to make the oven roasted tomatoes into a spread or tapenade in place of the salsa verde so their flavor permeates each bite of the sandwich. But, the combination of flavors were absolutely delicious overall.
Service was pleasant and attentive, but not rushed. I didn’t get a chance to try dessert this time, but with such tasty food on this visit, I’m sure I’ll have lots of chances in the future. I’ll make sure to bring a flash camera to my next meal here!
I adapted a Cooking Light recipe for Raspberry Oat Bars to use up what I had on hand, so they turned into Cherry Chocolate Oat Bars made with cherry preserves and bittersweet chocolate chips. Using preserves instead of jam I needed to add a bit more than what was called for in the original recipe, but the chunks of cherry were a nice addition. I also loved the contrast of the bittersweet chocolate with the sweetness of the brown sugar and tartness of the cherries. I think this one is a keeper:
Cherry Chocolate Oat Bars
Adapted from Cooking Light
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Yield: 16 servings
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips (I used Ghirardelli)
- 15 oz cherry preserves
Preheat oven to 375°. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Set aside. Combine sugar and butter in a medium bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add the flour mixture to butter mixture, and stir until well blended (mixture will be crumbly.) Remove 3/4 cup of dough; toss with chocolate chips. Set aside. Press the remaining dough into an 8-inch square baking pan, and spread evenly with preserves. Sprinkle with chocolate chip mixture. Bake at 375° 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack.
We’ve been going to Plymouth more and more lately for a quick bite to eat. It’s really not that far from Ypsilanti and if you take the back roads, it’s also a nice scenic 20-25 minute drive. Last weekend we went to try out a new restaurant called Ironwood Grill
The decor is a mix of sports bar and modern. It’s a bit dark inside, with multiple plasma televisions lining the walls. I found it a little odd that rather than use the ‘closed captioning’ option for the sports being shown, they actually had the volume turned up one one of the select games they were showing. It might not have been an issue, but they were also playing rock music in the background so it became a bit much.
The menu is a mix of mostly barbecue, pizza and burgers. I opted for a teriyaki chicken sandwich with their sweet potato fries and coleslaw (you get a choice between standard fries and sweet potato; and coleslaw and potato salad with each sandwich). I loved that they didn’t tack on an extra fee for the sweet potato fries as so many places do these days.
The sandwich was good. The chicken was a touch on the dry side, but I’ve had much worse. The sauce was sweet and tangy and the pineapple slice was fresh. The sweet potato fries were some of the best I’ve had. They were cut into wedges and were still filled with soft sweet potato goodness. Too bad they weren’t served with a horseradish sauce, they had ridges that would have held onto a sauce perfectly and ketchup just isn’t right with these. Still, they held their own when most are begging to be dipped. The coleslaw was so-so, nothing special. For dessert we shared the mixed berry mousse. It was nice and light after a filling meal. The berry flavor was really pronounced and delicious.
Service was fine overall. It took a while to get our drinks refilled, but our waitress was pleasant and otherwise efficient. I’ll have to give their barbecue a shot next time.


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How to generate animation using numpy arrays. the following line %matplotlib qt has to be writtenÂ I can plot to the axes, redraw the canvas and pan and zoom. Thus, in order to see the result of a rotation, a new (and preferably small) rotation must be initiated. Matplotlib’s animation base class deals with the animation part. Animation Â¶ The easiest way to make a live animation in matplotlib is to use one of the Animation classes. This can be used to rotate the axes programatically. Instead, use ax.clear() to empty the axes at each frame, followed by a new call to ax.plot_surface(). In his blog post Embedding Matplotlib Animations in IPython Notebooks, Jake VanderPlas presents a slick hack for embedding Matplotlib Animations in IPython Notebooks, which involves writing it as a video to a tempfile, and then re-encoding it in Base64 as a HTML5 Video.. In my last two blog posts I have already shown how to create an animated 2D line/scatter plot and how to plot a 3D chart. If you right-click and move the mouse, you will zoom in and out of the plot. In this #Matplotlib tutorial, I am going to share a basic example how we can use matplotlib to create simple animation in #Python.Buy Me a Coffee? Changed in version 1.1.0: Function signature was changed to better match the 2D version. See wire3d_animation_demo for another simple example of animating a 3D plot. Share a link to this question. (This example isÂ Rotating a 3D plotÂ¶. Again the same libraries and functions are loaded. (This example is skipped whenÂ A very simple animation of a rotating 3D plot. Examples of it include dimensionality reduction techniques such as Principle Component Analysis (PCA), or word2vec and much more. It was originally developed for 2D plots, but was later improved to allow for 3D plotting. random. Set the elevation and azimuth of the axes. Each depicts one-dimensional chaotic and random time series embedded into two- and three-dimensional state space (on the left and right, respectively): I noted that if you were to look straight down at the x-y plane of the 3-D plot on the right, you’d see an image in perspective identical to the 2-D plot on the left. See wire3d_animation_demo for another simple example of animating a 3D plot. codes like these classic works, Your email address will not be published. python 3d animation matplotlib, Recently I used Matplotlib (Python), R, Plotchart (Tcl), and D3 (JS). Matplotlib 3D scatter animations. Aft… I like to develop Physics related apps and softwares from time to time. See wire3d_animation_demo for another simple example of animating a 3D plot. This last example shows you how to animate a 3D Object with the help of the matplotlib library. for angle in range(0,360): ax.view_init(30,angle) plt.show(), How can I rotate a matplotlib plot through 90 degrees?, Text objects in matplotlib are normally rotated with respect to the screen coordinate system (i.e., 45 degrees rotation plots text along a line that is in between horizontal and vertical no matter how the axes are changed). For 3D axes manager can add additional rotation of the view point resulting in both object modification and rotation animation. The rotation angle of the 3D plot in the X-Y plane can be get and set easily in Matplotlib. Example 4: Rotating Animation of RGB Cube with Matplotlib. Download Jupyter notebook: rotate_axes3d.ipynb, Rotating a 3D plot, A very simple animation of a rotating 3D plot. I am able to produce a 3d scatter plot and was trying to produce a rotating plot--I have been somewhat successful, but struggling through the animation API. January 12, 2017, at 06:46 AM. Is there still good Indian food to be eaten there? Animations with Matplotlib. axes3d.get_test_data(0.1) ax. Python, together with Matplotlib allow for easy and powerful data visualisation. from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D from matplotlib import cm from matplotlib.ticker import LinearLocator, FormatStrFormatter import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.gca(projection='3d') X = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25) Y = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25) X, Y = np.meshgrid(X, Y) R = np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2) Z. See wire3d_animation_demo for another simple example of animating a 3D plot. The animation is advanced by a timer (typically from the host GUI framework) which the Animation object holds the only reference to. See wire3d_animation_demo for another simple example of animating a 3D plot. A very simple animation of a rotating 3D plot. A Surface Plot is a representation of three-dimensional dataset. Here we show how to make a very simple animation of a 3D scatter plot using the mplot3d toolkit. Your email address will not be published. Doc version v3.1.1-79-g90d53b526. I can generated a 3D plot in spyder or in a jupyter Notebook but after that it remains static and I cannot interact with it and rotate/change the angle of the viewpoint. Download Python source code: rotate_axes3d.py. See wire3d_animation_demo for another simple example of animating a 3D plot. In this article, we will see how to animate a sample chart and then save it as a gif file. (This example is skipped when building the documentation gallery because it intentionally takes a long time to run), Animate a rotating 3D graph in matplotlib, If you want to learn more about matplotlib animations you should really follow this tutorial. First we'll use FuncAnimationto do a basic animation of a sine wave movingacross the screen: Let's step through this and see what's going on. This lets you manually rotate them by clicking and dragging. How to animate 3d plot_surface in matplotlib, I have created a 3D plot surface from a file and I'm trying to animate the plot. It includes, plt.xticks(rotation= ) ArtistAnimation: Animation using a fixed set of Artist objects. Once you get comfortable with the 2D graphing, you might be interested in learning how to plot three-dimensional charts. Rotating a 3D plot, from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.âfigure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d') # load someÂ Rotating a 3D plot. It can also be used as an animation tool too. Rotate axis matplotlib 3d. However, at times one wants to rotate text with respect to something on the plot. In my last two blog posts I have already shown how to create an animated 2D line/scatter plot and how to plot a 3D chart. import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.animation as animation def update_line ( num , data , line ): line . See wire3d_animation_demo for another simple example of animating a 3D plot. Â¶. It describes a functional relationship between two independent variables X and Z and a designated dependent variable Y, rather than showing the individual data points. This lets you manually rotate them by clicking and dragging. It provides a framework around which the animation functionality is built. By updating the data to plot and using set_3d_properties, you can animate the 3D scatter plot. See matplotlib.axes.Axes.autoscale_view() for documentation. Thank you for making this! Here we combine the two codes. Rotating a 3D plot, from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt. This is thanks to its simple API and NumPy/SciPy integration, making it easy to add interactive plots to any code. In addition, the interactive backends enable rotating and zooming the 3D graphs. AFAIU, animated GIFs don't use cross-frame compression, which makes them very byte-hungry for longer frame sequences. Note that the axes limits must be reset after ax.clear() is called. If you just want a line chart then use the following: For a combination of Scatter and Line chart use the following code. In this post, I will walk through how to make animated 3D plots in Matplotlib, and how to export them as high quality GIFs. A very simple animation of a rotating 3D plot. if elev or azim are None (default), then the initial value is used which was specified in the Axes3D, mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D, view_init (self, elev=None, azim=None)[source]Â¶. This function will be called by FuncAnimation (). share. Download Python source code: rotate_axes3d.py. It is a companion plot of the contour plot. The The mplot3d toolkit can be used as an add-on to matplotlib for simple 3D plots and charts. Reducing the number of frames to the bare minimum and making the images smaller (by playing with the figure size and/or DPI in matplotlib… Program can deal with both 2D and 3D animation. PhD researcher at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany. A Surface Plot is a representation of a three-dimensional dataset. In this lab we explore the functionality ontainecd in the 3D plotting and animation libraries in Matplotlib. Setting a callback to stop animation during rotation doesn't seem to help, since (see code and attached video) the little red ball, which should be following the blue line, goes "off-track" Using matplotlib 3.1.2. without callback. Looking forward for more Generate animation of 3D surface plot using , This page shows how to generate animation with rotating azimuth angle in the 3D surface plot using python, matplotlib.pyplot, and matplotlib. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. It explains in great length how to create animatedÂ Rotating a 3D plot. A very simple animation of a rotating 3D plot. mplot3d tutorial, Getting started; Line plots; Scatter plots; Wireframe plots; Surface plots those using older versions of matplotlib, change ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='â3d') to length as xs and ys or a single value to place all points in the same plane. Plotting 3D surface from points coordinates in matplotlib, You will have to use the plot_surface command from your ax object. This page shows how to generate animation with rotating azimuth angle in the 3D surface plot using python, matplotlib.pyplot, and matplotlib.animation.FuncAnimation. âazimâ stores the azimuth angle in the x,y plane. Can code in most of the popular languages. See wire3d_animation_demo for another simple example of animating a 3DÂ Animate a rotating 3D graph in matplotlib. set_data ( data [ , : num ]) return line , mplot3d API, view_init (elev=None, azim=None)Â¶. It is a companion plot of the contour plot. How to rotate axis labels in Matplotlib in Python, Many of the pyplot 1D plots seem to have "orientation" or "pivot" line line = pyplot.plot(data, 'r--', transform= rot + base) # or alternatively, use:Â from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig=plt.figure() ax=fig.add_subplot(111,projection='3d') # for rotate the axes and update. Copyright ©document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); All Rights Reserved, UIButton set selected state programmatically. In my previous discussion on differentiating chaos from randomness, I presentedthe following two data visualizations. I have created a 3D plot surface from a file and I'm trying to animate the plot. If you right-click and move the mouse, you will zoom in and out of the plot. I am graphing out positions in a star cluster, my data is in a dataframe with x,y,z positions as well as a time index. Three-Dimensional Plotting in Matplotlib, Here we'll plot a trigonometric spiral, along with some points drawn randomly near the line: ax = plt.axes(projection='3d') # Data for a three-dimensional line zline Analogous to the contour plots we explored in Density and Contour Plots,âÂ 3D Surface plotting in Python using Matplotlib.


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Tense Quiet Takes Hold Along Gaza Border Amid Reported TruceBy
Conflicting reports on whether cease-fire was reached
Violence was the most serious in the area since 2014 war
A tense quiet settled over the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on Wednesday amid conflicting reports over whether a cease-fire had been reached.
Gaza militants were holding fire and the Israeli military halted attacks on targets in the Palestinian territory after the most serious flare-up in hostilities since the sides’ last war in the summer of 2014.
A spokesman for the Islamic Jihad militant group announced late Tuesday that a truce had been reached through Egyptian mediation. “We are committed to this cease-fire as long as Israel is committed to it,” said spokesman Dawood Shihab.
Spokesmen for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the military declined to comment on Wednesday, as Israeli ministers gave conflicting assessments of the situation.
Education Minister Naftali Bennett denied the cease-fire, while Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said “I imagine there have been understandings” on ending this round of violence.
The Gaza border has become a deadly flashpoint in recent weeks. Israeli soldiers have killed more than 120 Palestinians since March 30, most at protests dramatizing the Palestinian demand to reclaim land lost in the fighting surrounding Israel’s 1948 creation. Organizers billed the demonstrations as peaceful, but pockets of violence have emerged. Israel said it has acted against militants who used the mass gatherings as cover to attack troops and try to infiltrate Israeli territory.
Sirens sounded in Israel throughout much of Tuesday warning of about 70 incoming rockets and shells, some intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. Israel responded with attacks on Hamas and Islamic Jihad positions throughout the Gaza Strip.

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India is grappled in the COVID-19 pandemic with the number of cases increasing day by day and till now more than 3 lakh people in the country have been affected by the virus on a daily basis.
Meanwhile, fake news has become another headache for India as this menace is constantly created to take advantage of the situation. A WhatsApp message is being circulated, which claims that Uttar Pradesh has extended the existing lockdown due to rising COVID cases.
The message has become viral and it is said to be claiming that Uttar Pradesh will be under lockdown till May 10 and not May 4 as announced earlier. This is an absolutely fake message.
The fact check team of Uttar Pradesh clarified by issuing a notification that there won’t be any extension to the current lockdown in the state. At least for now.
Posting a screenshot, the Fact Check team showed that the message showed the lockdown being extended till May 10.
The Uttar Pradesh government extended the lockdown announced till May 6. Earlier, it announced a lockdown in the state last week, from Friday evening, April 30 to May 4, Tuesday morning.
Besides that, the fake WhatsApp message also claims that 21 districts of Uttar Pradesh will be under lockdown till May 10 which includes Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Agra, Bareilly, Moradabad, Rampur, Sitapur, Aligarh, Saharanpur, and Muzaffarnagar, among others.
Also, there is another message that is doing rounds on social media platforms that suggests guidelines during the lockdown that includes suspension of home delivery service from restaurants which is turned out to be fake.
The Uttar Pradesh Fact Check team has requested people to not believe in these messages and cross-check with official sources.


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Lot 134. A lime-green ground famille-rose 'Tea-poem' tray, seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 16.2 cm, 6 3/8 in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD (12,740 - 19,110 USD). Lot Sold 625,000 HKD (79,725 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.
of oval lobed form supported on four ridge feet picked out in gilt, the interior centred with a lobed panel enclosing an imperial poem pertaining to the preparation of tea and dated to the dingsi year of Jiaqing's reign (in accordance with 1797), all within two bands of scrolling lotus and florets bordering the gilt rim, the exterior similarly decorated with a composite floral scroll band, all reserved against a light lime-green ground continuing over the base save for a six-character seal mark in iron red.
Note: Compare a similar lime-green ground tray with an iron-red inscription, sold in our London rooms, 13th May 2015, lot 346. For a translation of the poem in English, see Stephen W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, London, 1981, p. 239.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art from the Collection of Sir Quo-Wei Lee, Hong Kong, 03 oct. 2018, 10:10 AM


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Original title: Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
Nation, Year: U.S.A., 1971
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
Main cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales
Language: Original English audio version
Version: DCP, international distribution by Xenon Pictures
After being unjustly arrested and saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute, Sweet Sweetback, begins a manhunt with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels. Chased by white, racist and corrupted cops, he meets on his way any kind of disreputable character of the suburbs between drugs, sex and violence, then he finally managed to escape thanks to his fighting spirit.
The film is a progenitor of the fighting pride of the African-American world. Melvin Van Peebles is not only the director of the film, but also protagonist and writer. He stages a guerrilla film in which an African-American rebel against the injustices of the white oppressors, managing to emerge victorious. Van Peebles takes sides in the racial clash at the opening of the film describing the entire cast in credits as «The Black Community». The Black Panthers praised the revolutionary implications of the film, celebrating it and defining it as the first truly revolutionary Black film made by a black man.

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I have a Double Easel fun fold for you this week. I used the Gather Together stamp set and coordinating framelits. I particularly love the three leaves that both emboss and cut at the same time. A link to the video in which I show you how I made this card (and how you can make this card) is down below.
The next couple of images are close-ups of the details.
Cutting and Scoring Measurements
Card base: 4-1/4” x 11, scored on the long side at 5-1/2”
Easel piece: 4” x 9-3/4″, scored on the long side at 2-1/4” and 4-1/2”
Inside panel: 4” x 4-1/4″
3-3/4” x 5″
3-3/4” x 2″
The products used are listed below and link directly to my online store.
Here are photos of the prototype card I made:
You can find the video tutorial here.
Enjoy making this card.


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The long awaited post office management simulation story Willowbrooke Post is fast approaching the game’s Early Access launch. With that additional characters and soundtrack samples have been revealed.
Willowbrooke Post’s two newly revealed characters are Andrea and Ren. Little is known or was shared, unlike previous reveals, about the characters except for a few screenshots. Andrea has pink hair and appears to be wearing a business like blouse. Ren has black hair and is wearing a purple shirt with black vest. One can only guess what either character’s role in the community will play beyond both appear to be well dressed.
In addition to the new character reveals, two soundtrack samples composed by Chris Randle, Willowbrooke Post’s composer. The first track is the Willowbrooke Post Main Theme. Included are Chris’s comments on main theme.
The overarching goal of the soundtrack was to create something that reflects the warmth and neighbourliness of life in a small village. The main theme sets the scene, so it had to communicate this idea. I focused on making the musical setting as intimate as I could by using brushes on drums, breathy woodwinds and fingerpicked guitars.Chris Randle on the Willowbrooke Post Main Theme
The other released soundtrack sample for Willowbrooke Post is titled Train Journey Through a Snowy Landscape. This particular piece accompanies the game’s opening sequence as the player travels from their home to Willowbrooke.
The train to Willowbrooke takes place on a snowy New Years Eve night. I wanted to capture this in the music. The melody itself is based on a steam train whistle, played using blown bottle samples. I chose the accompanying organ because it reminded me of the chuffs of a steam engine. The high chimes sit behind it all to add a wintery, starry feel.Chris Randle on the Willowbrooke Post – Train Journey Through a Snowy Landscape
Chris Randle (@chris_randle Twitter) has been a freelance composer and sound designer since 2013. After graduating from Westminster University Chris started his career at Blitz Games Studios. There he worked on several titles spanning four and a half years across most major platforms. He gained valuable experience collaborating with development teams and using audio middleware. For more information on Chris Randle’s talents visit his website at chris-randle.com.
Willowbrooke Post is scheduled to enter Steam Early Access on March 14, 2019.
Willowbrooke Post is a passion project for solo developer Dante Knoxx. With nearly a decade of industry experience Knoxx has worked on various innovative projects for PC and Xbox. Production on Willowbrooke began in late 2017 and signed with Excalibur Games in 2018. Excalibur Games is the publishing arm of parent company Contact Sales Ltd.

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Research Undermines Narrative of Youth-Led Crime Wave
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Crime rates among young people have dropped dramatically in recent decades - despite media coverage that points to a supposed "crime wave" led by youth.
That's the finding in a recent report from The Sentencing Project, which shows the proportion of overall arrests of kids under 18 was cut in half between 2000 and 2019.
Karen Pillar director of policy and advocacy at TeamChild, a legal advocacy group for youth in Washington state. She said locking kids up in the past hasn't worked - and can even have the opposite effect on crime in this age group.
"The truth, which I think we know, is if we have this very punitive response, we're just going to make this one bad act sort of exacerbated, right?" said Pillar. "You might lose your housing, you might not be employable down the road, you might drop out of school; you're going to meet a whole bunch of other young people who are struggling."
Pillar said the narrative that young people are dangerous is entrenched in American culture and is harmful to youth of color in particular.
Richard Mendel is a senior research fellow at The Sentencing Project and authored the report. He said people should be skeptical of pushing for more punitive measures by those who assume kids get into more trouble when they have more free time, as in the pandemic lockdowns.
"This is not a moment to be panicking about youth crime," said Mendel, "especially if that panic is going to lead us to embrace solutions that we know that the evidence shows do not work."
Pillar said in Washington, the State Legislature has made some progress moving away from relying so heavily on incarceration.
This past session, she said lawmakers increased the number counselors, mental health professionals and nurses in schools, partly in response to the pandemic.
"The counter to this notion - that 'young people have bad behaviors, and so we need to increase the punitive response system,'" said Pillar, "is to say that young people have needs, and we need to increase the teams of people available to support them in their needs."
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For clean and efficient electric power generation, the combination of solar power towers (SPTs) with ultrasupercritical steam cycle power plants could be the next development step. The methodology of the European concentrated solar thermal roadmap study was used to predict the annual performance and the cost reduction potential of this option applying tubular receivers with various appropriate high temperature heat transfer media (HTM). For the assessment, an analytical model of the heat transfer in a parametric 360 deg cylindrical and tubular central receiver was developed to examine the receiver’s efficiency characteristics. The receiver’s efficiency characteristics, which are based on different irradiation levels relative to the receiver’s design point, are, then, used to interpolate the receiver’s thermal efficiency in an hourly based annual calculation of one typical year that is defined by hourly based real measurements of the direct normal irradiance and the ambient temperature. Applying appropriate cost assumptions from literature, the levelized electricity costs (LEC) were estimated for each considered SPT concept and compared with the reference case, which is a scale-up of the state of the art molten salt concept. The power level of all compared concepts and the reference case is . The sensitivity of the specific cost assumptions for the LEC was evaluated for each concept variation. No detailed evaluation was done for the thermal storage but comparable costs were assumed for all cases. The results indicate a significant cost reduction potential of up to 15% LEC reduction in the liquid metal HTM processes. Due to annual performance based parametric studies of the number of receiver panels and storage capacity, the results also indicate the optimal values of these parameters concerning minimal LEC.
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Project Data Last Updated: 17/04/2018
IATI Identifier: GB-1-204471
To support a deeper and more inclusive financial sector that supports the livelihoods and well-being of low income people in Rwanda. This will be done by: (1)Supporting the capacity and systems development of financial service providers that serve the poor, with a specific focus on automating the operations of Rwanda’s Umurenge Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) and their connectivity to microfinancial institutions and commercial banks; (2) Supporting the flow of financial services to the agriculture sector; (3) Supporting the development of pensions for informal sector workers to promote long term savings; and (4) Supporting improved resilience to shocks whilst reducing the risks associated with productive investments through the utilisation of microinsurance. AFR targets to enhance livelihood opportunities for 1,670,000 poor women and men during the period 2016-2020.
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A comparison of forecast spend and the total amount of money spent on the project to date.

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Strengthening their squad further for the 2018/19 season, news from the Cornish Pirates confirms that centre Rory Parata has signed a one-year contract with the club.
Having previously played for Munster at youth level and then Irish provincial side Connacht, the Australian-born player, aged 23, joins the Pirates from Italian Pro14 side Zebre.
Qualified to play for Australia by birth, plus New Zealand through his father, it was being raised from the age of nine in his mother’s native County Cork that saw Rory capped for Ireland under 19s.
Cornish Pirates coach Gavin Cattle has commented:
Rory is a young player who has been exposed to two high performing environments in the Pro14 with both Connacht and Zebre. He is a good decision maker in the 13 channel, has a good all-round skill set and will be a fine acquisition to our squad.
Despite the unfortunate poor weather there was an excellent turnout for Friday’s Cornish Pirates ‘Meet the Players’
The Cornish Pirates can confirm that fly-half/centre Javier Rojas Alvarez is returning to the club,
The investment will enable the club to expand its ITEC hospitality marquee to cater more guests in the coming season