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Q: How to tell lxml.etree.tostring(element) not to write namespaces in python? I have a huge xml file (1 Gig). I want to move some of the elements (entrys) to another file with the same header and specifications.
Let's say the original file contains this entry with tag <to_move>:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE some SYSTEM "some.dtd">
<some>
...
<to_move date="somedate">
    <child>some text</child>
    ...
...
</to_move>
...
</some>

I use lxml.etree.iterparse to iterate through the file. Works fine. When I find the element with tag <to_move>, let's assume it is stored in the variable element I do
new_file.write(etree.tostring(element))

But this results in
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE some SYSTEM "some.dtd">
<some>
...
<to_move xmlns:="some" date="somedate">  # <---- Here is the problem. I don't want the namespace.
    <child>some text</child>
    ...
...
</to_move>
...
</some>

So the question is: How to tell etree.tostring() not to write the xmlns:="some". Is this possible? I struggeled with the api-documentation of lxml.etree, but I couldn't find a satisfying answer.
This is what I found for etree.trostring:
tostring(element_or_tree, encoding=None, method="xml",
xml_declaration=None, pretty_print=False, with_tail=True,
standalone=None, doctype=None, exclusive=False, with_comments=True)

Serialize an element to an encoded string representation of its XML
  tree.

To me every one of the parameters of tostring() does not seem to help. Any suggestion or corrections?

A: I often grab a namespace to make an alias for it like this:
someXML = lxml.etree.XML(someString)
if ns is None:
      ns = {"m": someXML.tag.split("}")[0][1:]}
someid = someXML.xpath('.//m:ImportantThing//m:ID', namespaces=ns)

You could do something similar to grab the namespace in order to make a regex that will clean it up after using tostring.
Or you could clean up the input string. Find the first space, check if it is followed by xmlns, if yes, delete the whole xmlns bit up to the next space, if no delete the space. Repeat until there are no more spaces or xmlns declarations. But don't go past the first >.

A: There is a way to remove namespaces with XSLT:
import io
import lxml.etree as ET

def remove_namespaces(doc):
    # http://wiki.tei-c.org/index.php/Remove-Namespaces.xsl
    xslt='''<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="no"/>

    <xsl:template match="/|comment()|processing-instruction()">
        <xsl:copy>
          <xsl:apply-templates/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="*">
        <xsl:element name="{local-name()}">
          <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
        </xsl:element>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="@*">
        <xsl:attribute name="{local-name()}">
          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </xsl:attribute>
    </xsl:template>
    </xsl:stylesheet>
    '''

    xslt_doc = ET.parse(io.BytesIO(xslt))
    transform = ET.XSLT(xslt_doc)
    doc = transform(doc)
    return doc

doc = ET.parse('data.xml')
doc = remove_namespaces(doc)
print(ET.tostring(doc))

yields
<some>

<to_move date="somedate">
    <child>some text</child>
</to_move>

</some>

A: This is more in comment to the answer by 'unutbu' in which a suggestion to cleanup namespace was desired without giving example. this might be what you are looking for...
from lxml import objectify
objectify.deannotate(root, cleanup_namespaces=True)


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THE END OF HISTORY
LULU v.2 // because bad things happen to bad girls
adapted by ted witzel & the ensemble.
featuring texts by: salvatore antonio, margaret atwood, rose cullis, susanna fournier, sky gilbert, hesiod (sort of), evalyn parry, russell smith, aurora stewart de peña, & whoever that john guy was who wrote the book of revelation.
directed by ted witzel. dramaturged by mel hague & brendan healy. designed by helen yung. performed by mayko nguyen, lyon smith, and nicole st. martin. assistant directed by daniela pagliarello.
act five: london. december. 1888. it's raining. it's christmas. it's the end of the world.
a goddess with 7 faces meets a myth with no face in an attic in east london. she's an ordinary girl and he's an ordinary serial killer and he's going to do the ordinary and butcher her, while another woman screams, unheard.
this second part in the LULU series deconstructs lulu's death at the hands of jack the ripper. is it inevitable? a literary imperative and a mythic rebalancing of natural forces? or just a sadly-all-too- common statistical outcome? how do pleasure, shame, excess, and consequence intersect in the horrific final pages of wedekind's text?
ted witzel
helen yung
mayko nguyen
lyon smith
nicole st. martin
daniela pagliarello
wesley mckenzie
(taedon witztl doesn't live here anymore).
ted makes plays. usually they're by dead people. not always. right now he does that in toronto. he has also done it in vancouver, montreal, berlin, paris, milan, stuttgart, ingolstadt, baden-baden, and bad hersfeld, which is a small town with a lot of sheep in it. well, near it. he has a company where he makes plays with friends, called the red light district. ted has a so-called spider-plant on his desk that is taking an awfully long time to make spiders.
helen makes installations, interactions & interventions. she designs environments and practices marginalia. she writes secret tumblrs. she's recently taken to running. helenyung.com
mayko nguyen – select theatre credits: helen lawrence (canadian stage), passion play (otm/convergence theatre/sheep no wool – dora nomination outstanding performance ensemble), carried away on the crest of a wave (tarragon theatre), offensive fouls (hustle n' bustle theatre – dora nomination best tya production).
lyon smith is a toronto based actor and award winning sound designer. select acting credits include the drawer boy for theatre passe muraille, danny king of the basement for roseneath, macbeth for modern times, tumen then for autumn theatre and what i learned from a decade of fear for aluna/la mama. select sound credits: venus in fur, macbeth and the game of love and chance for canadian stage, ecce homo's of a monstrous child, the final savage land for sore for punching you and proud for the GCTC. lyon is the resident sound designer with sore for punching you. lyon is also a gemini nominated voice actor and is the voice of many popular cartoon characters.
nicole is titillated to work along side this wild and creative team. she last appeared as eurydike in cole lewis' production of anne carson's antigonick at summerworks and is currently in production for the feature film, monday night shakespeare, directed by ted atherton. some other credits include; hunger artist in enough rope (summerworks), cristina in the little crickets (summerworks), titania in a dream in the square's (london UK) production of a midsummer night's dream and hedda in hedda gabler (drama centre, london UK). this is her virgin voyage into the rhubarb festival and she couldn't be happier about it.
daniela pagliarello (bfa york acting 2013) played arturo ui in ted witzel's critically acclaimed the resistible rise of arturo ui. her next project is playing 'marguerite' in the new canadian play i am marguerite with alumnae theatre. she is excited to continue working as assistant director on the lulu variations with herr direktor witzel. she currently resides nowhere.
wesley mckenzie is a toronto based lighting and sound designer. previous sound design credits include: the misunderstanding (lester trips); the vagina monologues (vagina monologues at york university); wounds to the face (theatre@york). wesley has also worked as an assistant sound designer with canadian stage. previous lighting design credits include: elvis's toenail (toronto irish players); assistant designer for bella the colour of love (harold green jewish theatre company); 2014 inspirato festival; the three muskateers (lakeshore collegiate institute); the beggar's opera (theatre@york). wesley is looking forward to working as the resident lighting designer at the classical theatre festival in perth, ontario this summer.
this production is made possible through the generous support of:
as part of the 36th annual RHUBARB festival at buddies in bad times theatre
transgressions in performance
festival director mel hague
associate festival director cole alvis
festival sponsor TD bank group
media sponsor NOW magazine
thank yous:
thanks to mel hague and cole alvis, to everyone who participated in lulu v.1 (salvatore antonio, keith barker, sedina fiati, susanna fournier, sky gilbert, billy merasty, aurora stewart de peña, & david yee), NOWHERE gallery, lemontree creations, the toronto arts council, the ontario arts council, native earth performing arts, the cabaret company, and especially to brendan healy and everyone at buddies in bad times for their generous and extensive support of this project.
© 2022 the red light district™ info@theredlightdistrict.ca site by linn

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One of the main things resource wise I am looking for is a way to ask or gauge what sort of value I/we can bring with us, what are the areas missing or lacking or needing in these communities? How can I get in touch with the locals to find these kinds of things out? We are looking at moving sometime around August of 2011 so I have some time for this.
Currently we are looking at the following areas: Albion, Ft. Bragg and Willits. We are pretty open though providing we can be less than an hour from the coast. Inland is preferable as growing and raising some livestock are high on my list even if it ends up being just for our use and I would like to be out of the influence of the Coastal Commission.
I will add to this thread tomorrow the resources I do have already which basically consist of online newspapers, government agencies and local websites for things like local CSA's and food forests etc.
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Unfortunately I do not have much information at all for Humboldt county as it only recently became a serious consideration. I will post additional resources as I come across them.
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Going To Woods Lake - A Love Story
By Tom Correa
Utica Reservoir was ablaze with Autumn.
But once night fell, the overwhelming gold and copper and green of the Sierra's turned into black shadows around him. Now and then he'd hear something scurry in the dark brush, but he didn't pay it much mind. He was used to camping alone and he knew no one would be around in the middle of the week. Right then his mind was more on his coffee.
To John, coffee seemed to taste its best either at the ocean or in the mountains. The outdoors does something to a cup of coffee, he thought.
Although he didn't know what it was that made it that much better, he truly loved it. Soon enough he'd take in that scent of camping that he's missed for so long. And it wasn't long after he set his old tin pot on a flat rock next to the flames of his campfire that the aroma of fresh ground sped through the campsite.
For the first time in weeks, he was content. It was nice, he thought, I can finally take off my pack. It was the same feeling he had for years while he was in the Corps.
He really became aware of how nice a feeling it is when he was going through training for the Infantry many years ago. At times those days felt like yesterday, although he knew too well that they weren't.
As a young Private humping up the hills and across the ridge lines of Camp Pendleton, it felt good and clean to get the order to take off his pack and stand down. The feeling good part always spoke for itself. Shucking a field pack after a long hump up some damn hill felt good. It was just that way.
The clean feeling came from knowing many others in better physical shape fell back or out along the way. He found out early that physical was a big part of what was needed, but it wasn't the kicker. It wasn't what made men survive, and more importantly, he knew it wasn't what enabled men to prevail.
He could take his pack off knowing that he had the heart, and he knew that with the heart came the will to saddle-up at any time to do it all over again. No march was ever too long or ever too hard to where he'd fall out and be looked at by others as not being able to hack it.
Now he liked feeling clean about who he was. For now he knew there was only now, so he sat on a rotting log feeling at ease with his coffee brewing and fire taking hold.
With the sounds of the burning wood cracking, squealing, now and again popping out away from the fire, he turned down his old lantern until it was almost out. He wanted to see every blue and orange flame whip up to kiss the night.
He knew some had problems building a simply fire, or to sit near enough to it after it was built. Not him. He liked feeling the heat spread and sweep up across his legs and pass his face, and so he sat with his fire.
A cavern formed under the big log near the edge of the pit. The logs that crossed over it were smaller and a gentle wind swept through them and beneath the big log's underbelly. The orange gold chips of coal glistened hot. The fire hissed as sap from greener branches sizzled and spit.
At first the flames stretched up high to break and run atop the smaller logs, then they'd return to the low coals where ash blew in the hovering silver blue heat as if it were some small varmints fur in a winter wind. It made the coals appear as jewels wanting to be touched and now and again small flames from around and between the coals would peer out then they would slowly disappear again.
The smoke funneled upward in the dead wind. The trees stood still, as if they didn't want to disturb him. He shook his head a little when he felt the fire pull in all his thoughts.
Reaching over to his bag, he drug it over and pulling it open he rummaged around until he found a couple of blue tin cups and filled it with the now hot coffee and sat back down. But when he tried for a taste, he quickly found out it was plenty hot and believed in his heart it couldn't get any hotter.
The cup warmed his hands as he sank back into the fire. And as the night curled around him, John noticed something he'd never heard before. For some reason the fire seem to have a whisper of wind chimes. The night consumed him.
"Do you have the fire built yet?" Joanna called out.
Looking over at his jeep, he saw Joanna drying her long dark hair. Bent over, she let a towel fall over her head. He couldn't make out what she was saying. He strained to hear her, but the towel muffled her words.
"I said, don't you have that fire built yet?" she said as she whipped her hair, now wrapped in the towel, back over her head.
Sitting there looking at her over by "her" jeep, he was taken by her. It was not something new, he was always taken by her.
"You look like you're wearing a turban," he said tossing a few more branches on the fire.
"Yea, I probably do," she laughed walking over to him, "but if I had to wait for one of your famous fires, my head would freeze. Then my hair would start falling out and I'd look like you."
She sat next to him and curled into his shoulder, then put her mouth to his ear to nibble on his earlobe. The sensation was there. He tried not to cringe!
"You think so, do you?" he replied pulling his ear away from her. "I think you still look funny. Maybe I ought to get you a flute and a basket with a snake in it."
"Who cares anyway?" she asked, breathing heavy into his ear, "and who needs a basket? I've got you."
"Joanna, don't do that!" he said shrugging his shoulders. " I swear, it honest to God tickles. You know that!"
"Does more than tickle," she said, breathing into his ear again. "Anyways, you'd care about me even if I'd wear a turban all the time. You'd care about me just the way I am, wouldn't you? Well Johnny, wouldn't you?"
She rested her head into his right shoulder again and watched the fire. He knew he didn't have to answer. She knew he didn't have to answer. She knew. She knew too well he loved her, but she wanted to hear it. He liked it when she showed him that she knew he was hooked.
"You! You can keep it forever if you want," he said poking at the fire with a stick he'd put aside just for that purpose. After she didn't reply, he looked down at her and saw a small smile.
They liked to watch the cinder ash take flight turning into so many fireflies along the way. Both were drawn into the flames for what seemed like hours. At times he thought she fell asleep and was afraid to move and maybe wake her. If there was anything in this world that he truly loved, it was looking at her while she slept.
Her profile never left him, no matter what time of day it was. With her eyes closed and lips at ease, not smiling or showing concern, she looked peaceful and unstressed.
At times he wished he could make all of her days that way. The problem for him was that he didn't know how to treat a good woman the way he thought one should be treated. She told him to take her off the pedestal, but she knew this was the first time for him. It was the first time he'd allowed himself to love without question and openly.
Vulnerable or not, he felt open with her and liked the feeling that he could trust her. She wasn't like most of the women he'd known, but instead she was what he'd hoped for. She wasn't one to take any of his hardass attitude, but she wasn't hard and unable to love either. She was his Top Sergeant, and he liked that. He most likely always would.
He was so comfortable at that point, he really didn't want to move. But the fire needed more wood, so he reached over grabbing a chunk of wood. Moving only his arm, he tried not to wake her or let her off away from him. He was about to throw it in the fire when she stopped him.
"Wait a minute," she said. "John, isn't that the piece I said we'd take home for my cactus garden? Why are you going to burn my piece of wood? You said, we could take it home."
He tried like hell to stop a smile, but it struck him funny and couldn't see the difference between one old rotted piece of wood and another. Needless to try to make any sense of it, he thought. He knew once she'd set her mind on having that piece there would be no changing her mind. He also knew it would be completely against his nature if he didn't try, and she'd be disappointed in him if he just rolled over without a fight. They knew the rules to the game, and she wouldn't want the piece if he didn't play the game according to the rules. Now it was his move.
"We can get another piece tomorrow. One just as nice. Maybe one even nicer," he said still holding the piece in his hand balancing it on his left knee near the fire.
He didn't know if this tactic would work, but he figured he didn't have anything to lose. That was simply the way their game was played and he knew it. A parry might work, he thought.
"You really think there's a nicer piece out there?" she asked.
"Of course there is," he said. "I put on an order with Old Mother Nature. She said she'd have one out there for us tomorrow."
It was corny but fun, he thought, and maybe that would do the trick and get her to change her mind. After all, they needed it for the fire. He was sure they could find another big gray rotten piece out there somewhere.
"Good!" she said digging her head into his collar, "then we'll have two to take home."
He put her piece aside and looked at the fire. He wondered what would be harder, getting the Pope to become a Mormon or get Joanna to change her mind.
"Well," he said with a slight laugh, "I know what I'm going to do as soon as we get home."
"What's that?" she asked looking at him.
"I think as soon as we get back, I'm calling the Vatican," he laughed. "I need to talk to the Pope!"
She stood up and walked to the sleeping bags. She untied both and zipped them together to make them into one. Bundling up their jackets, she put them at the opening of the bag. Once she had them set, she walked back to the fire and picked up John's cup to fill it with hot coffee.
"Here's a warm-up," she said handing him his cup. "You'll get over it later. Believe me, you will."
He watched her as she walked to the jeep. Cocky little shit will never change, he thought. A small smile crept across his face.
"So how's it feel?" he asked. After not getting an answer, he asked again, "so tell me, how's it feel?"
There was nothing wrong with her hearing. She knew what he was asking, but she also knew he put himself in that position.
No one was ever truer to her, and no man ever treated her better. It was this that made her expect a lot more of him. She knew he could do anything, and at times he thought he could do anything. It was an attitude that he'd gotten from his years in the Marine Corps.
Most of the time it was nice, but then there were times when he seemed so out of touch with the civilian world. His whole life was the Corps, and now he missed it. This bothered her. He was a hardass, hard headed, cocky and full of shit, but he was the best man she'd ever be with.
She looked at how old he looked, much older than 36. That was the Corps' doings, she once figured. It made him older than he was.
Now in front of the fire, his age showed with every line and deep crevice on his face enhanced by the fire. Even his hair, which was turning quite gray, sparkled in the light. But she loved this man. And yes, she loved who he was.
"Well John, I'll tell you straight" she answered standing by the sleeping bag. "Actually, it doesn't feel that bad. Yea, not bad at all!"
By now the fire needed wood. The flames were dying and he knew he didn't want to let it go out. It was almost completely gone except for a small pocket of red coals showing through the ash. It was as if that pocket was fighting to stay lit.
They hadn't turned up the lantern, the night was broken only by the soft glow of the dying amber, so he reached for more wood.
"You don't want to do that," Joanna called out from the sleeping bags.
He tried to focus, but the moon swallowed Woods Lake behind her so all he could see was the lines of her silhouette.
"John, come away from the fire. I'm cold. Hold me." she said just above a whisper.
Still unable to see her, he walked over to her, put his arms around her and held her as she pulled her arms into his chest. She crossed her arms in front of her. Leaning into him, he thought how she felt soft and smooth. She felt secure. The fire was almost gone.
There were no clouds to block the stars over Woods Lake. It was their special place. Now there was only now.
"Johnny, you're mine," she whispered to him.
Suddenly light was everywhere. John looked up from the fire and saw two sets of high-beams coming into camp. To his surprise it was his friends, Richard and Len.
"What the hell were you doing?" Len asked. "You look like a damn statue, what the hell were you thinking about?"
"I was thinking about the trout at Woods Lake," John said while reaching out to shake his old friend's hand.
"You weren't thinking about no damn fish at Woods Lake," said Richard as he grabbed at John's hand to shake it before going to get an overnight bag out of his truck. "You've got to stop going to Woods Lake, Buddy. After ten years, you still won't let her go?"
"Shit! How about a drink? Hey Richard! How about it?" John said trying to sound upbeat and maybe change a sore subject.
Len slapped John on the shoulder, then put his hand up to his neck to pull him close. "It's OK," he said. "but she's been dead a long time. Joanna's gone. John, it's OK, but she's gone."
"I don't think so, Len. She was here. Damn it guys, she was here!" John's said angrily.
Richard was still on his way back up the small hill to find the bottle of whiskey he'd packed away when he heard John snap. Both he and Len looked at John, but they didn't say a word. He saw the looks of concern on their faces. His old friends looked at him as though they thought he'd lost his mind.
"Good God!" he sighed shaking his head. He looked at the stars and the sliver of moon. "Hey Richard, where's that drink? I'm coffee'd out."
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Ambitious Eagles Set out for Victory
Ally Dickt, Section Editor
This year's Varsity Volleyball is looking very optimistic. The girls are ready to improve themselves and show the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference that North Point is the best. In practice the girls have been working hard to push themselves to be the best person on and off the court. The players are ready for the challenge and are willing to step up to the plate.
The head coach this year is Coach Stephen Solohub. When asked how he started coaching he responded he has been playing volleyball for a very long time and coached at Mary Baldwin College, an all girls'college, for two years. He started coaching for North Point after having one of the coaches asked him to step in. Coach Solohub has high expectations for his girls this year. He wants them to go beyond the first round and knows they have the talent to do so.
The coach is not the only person ready for this new season. "I think the team has the potential to go very far" says Captain Catie O'Donnell ('15). The girls are ready for this season and the chance to show how much they can do. Also, Captain Crystal Simmons ('15) went on to say "I think the team will do very well and go very far. We work extremely well together and I'm really excited for what this season will bring." Varsity Volleyball proudly represents North Point and makes an effort to carry the name with pride. They have already had a great start to their season by winning their first game against Soghton Keough. If you talk to any of the girls you can hear the passion for the game in their voice. They are devoted and ready to put the work in.
This season North Point will show Southern Maryland Athletic Conference who the best team out there is. Come out and support the girls this season as they battle their way to victory.
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Harrana (named after Qasr Kharana, an archeological Umayyad desert palace in the area) is part of the Jordan eastern plateau some 60 kilometers southeast of Amman city.

The area is largely uninhabited except for seasonal Bedouin sheep and camel herders who bring their livestock to the area during December through April.

Harrana's climate, much like most of Jordan, is influenced by the moderate Mediterranean climate from the west, the very hot Sahara's climate from the east, and the cold European climate from the north.

Though arid, the area is rich in animal life. Birds, owls, rodents, rabbits, foxes, occasional wolves and hyenas, snakes, and lizards are some of the animals that take refuge in Harrana. A variety of flowering plants bloom during late winter and early spring months, including mustard plants, oriental poppies, and wild irises. Cistanche tubulosa, or the desert broomrape, is another resident in Harrana blooming towards the end of spring and beginning of summer.

Harrana is significant for its fossil deposits preserved in gigantic limestone concretions that date back to the latest Maastrichtian some 66–67 million years ago, a period notably close to the end-Cretaceous extinction events when many groups of animals such as dinosaurs and  as much as 65–70% of all marine animal species became extinct. Mosasaur specimens along with their remarkably well preserved scale imprints have been discovered from late Maastrichtian deposits of the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of Harrana The best preserved and complete specimens of the extinct teleostean fish genus Saurocephalus and the most complete mosasaur Carinodens remains come from the latest Maastrichtian of Harrana.

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The model I have created for Christian Leadership Coaching Session Fees has its foundation in simplicity and flexibility for you as a Christian Leader. The goal is to provide you with a platform that gives you the most choice for your Coaching needs and incentives and rewards for your commitment to the partnership.
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All plans require an initial up front setup fee of $99.00 billed and paid in full prior to the first Coaching Session which covers the cost of account setup and administration.
A 1 hour Session is defined as a Tele-Coaching interaction that requires 10 minutes of prep time for me as your Coach (completed prior to our 1 to 1 session) and 50 minutes of connected time for both of us together during our Coaching Session. You will also be expected to complete an Online Pre-Session Prep Form no later than 24 hours prior to your upcoming session.
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For over 15 years, Schmidt has turned his sketches of sweeping arcs and sleek curvilinear lines into fine stainless steel sculptures. His polished mirror-finished creates a brilliant and complex image with a surface that reflects the organic transformation between existence and illusion. He uses one of the highest grades of stainless steel, type 316, which is very resilient for all weather conditions; resulting in a surface that can be maintained with minimal effort.
Schmidt's creative interest started at the early age of five in Origami and Constructs (predecessor to legos). Later during his school years, he explored into painting and photography; excelling in both set a definite artistic direction. Throughout his childhood years, he spent the weekends and summers learning to work with wood, metal, and plastic in his father's business of custom remodeling, landscaping, and handcrafted playgrounds. Transitioning into college, he furthered his studies in photography, painting, drawing, color, and design, printmaking, ceramics, and finally transitioned into sculpture. Schmidt began working in cast aluminum, later in bronze, and ultimately found the everlasting properties of stainless steel with its brilliant reflection to be most satisfying. In 2002, he established Rykan Expedition, Inc. and started combining landscaping, water fountains and outdoor sculpture. Later, he moved to Los Angeles and spent 5 years to focus more on producing sculptures while establishing his gallery connections. Schmidt returned to his hometown in Bryant, Arkansas in 2015 to expand the production of sculptures.
In recent years, Schmidt has exhibited throughout California, Michigan, Arkansas, Florida, and Taiwan. He won "First Place" at the Hot Springs 4th Annual Sculpture Showcase in Arkansas (2009), "First Place" at the 11th Annual Indian Wells Arts Festival in California (2013), placed in the "Top 25" at Art Prize in Michigan (2015, 2017), "Third Place" Sculpture category at the 54th Annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival (2017), and recipient of Proskauer Prize at the National Sculpture Society's 85th Annual Awards Exhibition for his Rain of Faith Sculpture (2018). Schmidt's corporate installations can be found at the Taiwan International Contemporary Artist Association in World Trade Center Taipei, BankUnited Building at the Financial District Downtown Miami, Florida, and Amway Botanical R&D Center in Wuxi/Shanghai, China; and his public works in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Northglenn, Colorado, Little Rock, and Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is represented by galleries in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Aspen, Miami Beach, Dubai, San Antonio, and Bridgehampton, New York.
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Club Swizzle combines cabaret, with circus, and jazz with big band, all set on the bar of a underground cocktail club.
Club Swizzle is on at the Roundhouse, Camden until August 26th.


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The Future of Life: Here on Earth and Elsewhere
Friday October 21, 2016 - Saturday October 22, 2016
Location: Engineered Biosystems Building - Atlanta, GA
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Summary Sentence: A workshop on human exploration of the cosmos
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With robust aerospace, chemical evolution, and planetary science programs, and with four authors of NASA's astrobiology roadmap as faculty, Georgia Tech is a thought leader in origins of life science. The College of Science and College of Engineering's contributions to space exploration and astrobiology research have spanned decades. Together with contributions from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, the Institute is well poised to frame broad discussions of astrobiology and its cultural relevance that will shape societal decision making and inspire future research. To that end, Georgia Tech will host a two-day series of conversations and scholarly workshops designed to connect scientists and liberal arts scholars from across the campus, city, and country with the stirring possibilities and consequences of humanity's shared endeavor to understand its origins, its station, and its future.
· 9:15: 'The Origin of Biochemistry,' Professor Nick Hud, Chemistry, Georgia Tech
· 9:45: 'Multicellularity,' Professor Frank Rosenzweig, Biology, Georgia Tech
· 10:15: 'Habitability of Worlds and the Discovery of Water on Mars,' Assistant Professor James Wray, Earth and Atmospheric Science, Georgia Tech
10:45: 'Engineering Perspectives on the Origin of Life,' Professor Martha Grover, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech
· 11:15: 'Design of Machines and Craft that Search for Life,' Assistant Professor Amanda Stockton, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech
· 12:00: Lunch and Discussion
· 1:15: 'Rethinking Big Narratives,' Professor Kenneth J. Knoespel, Literature, Media and Communications, History and Sociology, Architecture, Georgia Tech
· 1:45: 'The Other Worlds of Science Fiction,' Lisa Yaszek, Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Tech
· 2:15: 'Security and the Exploration of Space,' Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech
· 2:45: 'The Matter of Religion,' Associate Professor Derek Malone France, Philosophy and of Religion at the George Washington University
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I haven't read River in some time. This was a nice reminder.
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First off I'd like to say hello to my fellow PS2 enthusiasts! It's cool to find a place of like minded individuals here. I've done my fair share of retro gaming for awhile now, and it's nice to see that the scene is still very much alive.
Okay, so to my issue. I'm having an issue trying to activate codes via PCSX2's built in cheat engine, but only for this game in particular. I've successfully modified a couple of my other games using the pnach method with no issue. However, it seems like Gran Turismo 4 (SCUS-97328, CRC 0x77E61C8A) just doesn't want to work. I've created a pnach file identical to one of my successful endeavors, and tried using multiple different sets of codes from all around the web with no avail. It seems like none of the codes want to work with it, including max cash, all gold license, etc. I've double checked my codes and editing in OmniConvert, but even using ready made RAW codes doesn't seem to work. I've also tried to put the pnach in both my documents and my main PCSX2 Cheats folder with no luck. Also tried creating a new save game and using an old save game.
Can someone give me a little direction here as I'm pulling my hair out trying to get this rogue game to behave correctly. Thanks in advance!
Are you sure they are for your version of the game?
I "believe" it's the correct version, but I could be wrong.
I've seen some people exchange the phrase "word" for "extended". Tried both with no luck. PCSX2 has the "Enable Cheats" option selected. I've also tried to decrypt and enter a "Max Days" cheat just to see if it would trigger anything within the game (if the money cheat wasn't correct) but nothing changed.
Another strange occurence is that now some of my games that were confirmed to work with the built in cheat engine no longer work now with cheats enabled. Either they hang at the initial boot screen, or it crashes the program itself. I'm wondering if maybe this has something to do with PCSX2 itself.
First of all, you don't need the master code. Secondly, for the Max Cash cheats, here are the ones I use. They always work for me.


Children's Home For Life is a nonprofit organization that has been helping disadvantaged and neglected kids to take back control of their life. We have a residential treatment facility along with A.C.E. curriculum schooling. Our organization was founded in 2011.
We opened our first outreach center in Jonesboro, Arkansas in December 2012. Our work began with the Craighead, Greene and Poinsett County District Court and Judges, to provide services for their juvenile departments. We created and implemented numerous programs for the courts, including our EOP program with equine-assisted therapy, Drug Court program and community service weekends. We also founded our non-denominational church, Home for Life Ministries in Jonesboro. Read about our board of directors.
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We had also paired with Families Inc. counseling services to allow therapy groups to come to our facilities. They worked closely with our staff and animals in order to associate and work with the children.
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You've gotta love the grander than grand Charlotte Tilbury counters right? It's like a makeup exhibition within a department store. When it comes to the really premium brands like Charlotte Tilbury, I very rarely buy on impulse, apart from this time of course. That does mean though that of the three items I bought, one of them doesn't take my fancy, but oh well I might find another use for it later down the line.
Firstly is the Brow Lift Pencil. It shows how little I knew about this when I bought it because it was only when I tried this at home that I realised a highlighter pops out and it was purely by accident that I discovered it! So yes, basically this is a 3 in 1 brow product that has an arched pencil with slightly rounded corners on one end, a spooley on the other end and then the pure genius and little surprise bit is a golden beige brow highlighter which you unscrew to reveal. This comes in three shades, each named after three supermodels: Cara D which is the darkest of the three, Brooke S a medium brown shade and Grace K the lightest of the three. I have Brooke S and it is a perfect colour match. Despite being a little bid fiddly to screw back together again I really rate this as an eyebrow product and the highlighter is what makes it so unique.
Next up is the K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Coachella Coral. This is a medium coral pink which has a satin opaque finish and is true to colour. This is a perfect day wear lip colour as it adds just the right amount of pop to the lips without being too overbearing.
The last product and the one which is a miss for me is the Beach Stick in Moon Beach. Eh….I wanted to like this but it just doesn't float my bloat. This a multi-tasking product to use both on the lips and the cheeks. It leaves a dewy finish but the colour payoff just isn't that great. I suppose cream lip and cheek products aren't really my thing so I'm not sure what I was thinking. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts though, maybe I need to find another way of applying it.
Despite not loving the Beach Stick I'm pleased with the other two products and recommend you try them out if you get the chance.


Food and religion have always been connected through celebrations.
Every religion I am aware of has faith practices that include special meals and fasting. Perhaps it is the connection food has to the cycle of life and death in our world. If you can imagine back in ancient times when food was hunted and gathered, it was a blessing to be able to find food. It took skill and practice to hunt, but there was always a bit of luck or blessing involved with a good hunt. Every meal was greeted with some measure of gratitude and little was taken for granted.
If you were to read the Old Testament through the lens of a food anthropologist, we find a small thread in the great tapestry that shows a proclivity towards sin as civilization moved from hunter-gatherer, to farming, to urban life. The further the Hebrew people got from raising (or finding) their own food, the further they tended to get from God. Now, we have to be careful not to emphasize that too much, because that is certainly not the main point of the scripture. Claiming so would be tantamount to claiming that the musical Fiddler on the Roof was about Russian politics and had nothing to do with the lives of Jewish women. It misses the forest for a single tree.
It also may be that we have the cause and effect switched. It may mean that the further away from God we get, the less able we are to produce our own food. There are multiple accounts where God's people are held in check agriculturally and economically to prepare them for a greater work down in their future. This follows the New Testament reinterpretation of the Passover meal as well.
The theology of agriculture is a minor doctrine, even compared with the theology of eating, and there is plenty of room for flexibility. God points this out in Acts 10:9-16 when Peter receives a vision from God that commands him to eat animals that God had previously forbid the Hebrew people to eat in the Old Testament. This change in the law was like moving some stop signs in a four-way stop to bring create a highway intersection with only stops on the side. It would have felt like a major change to the people who had lived there. But the overall law of stopping at stop signs would still be in effect, and the greater law of when you drive, drive on the road would not be changed in the slightest. So it was with the food laws.
Jesus taught that it was not what goes into the mouth that makes someone unclean, but what comes out of it. So perhaps we should focus not on what we consume as a measure of faithfulness in God's Kingdom, but instead, what consumes us. What so captures our attention, time, money, energy, and lives that we find ourselves taken up and control taken away from us. The people of the scriptures would call these the things we worship. Many are false idols and cause us to stumble in sin instead of following Christ in faith. They ruin and destroy us one day at a time. They hold us back from embracing our true purpose and calling in life. They are the true balls and chains we where that keep us prisoners in our own life, because that place of worship is reserved for God alone.
Where has God taken away control in your life so He can teach you to rely on His provision?
Tags Biblical Agriculture, Consuming Movement, food laws in the Bible, God stayed on the farm when we moved to the city, People Moving, where do you get your food?


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Q: logstash, grok - how match optional field after multiline data? I use logstash to parse messages from filebeat.
Individual messages have the following syntax:
key1: some data!....
-...data continues..special symbols ..:!?111--
whatever...1234!"..??..data..continues !!';;; blabla
key2: important data

key1's value is a multiline mess which I want to ingore.
Also note, that key2 is optional, and it can happen to not to be in the log message!
I want to parse key2 value, if present, and tried it as so:
key1: (?m)%{DATA}(\nkey2:%{DATA:value})?

, but it seems that the first DATA block just matches the whole message and the optional part is skipped.
I need the first DATA block to not to be greedy, and so not to skip key2.Thanks for any suggestions :)

A: Is this by any chance stacktrace which is intented? Then you can filter for spaces.
An example of your log might be of help.

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NFS Heat 2019- Need for Speed Gameplay trailer revealed at Gamescom
UPDATE 19 August: NFS Heat gameplay trailer has been revealed along with NFS Heat Studio app for iOS and Android. Visit the following link for all the information on the NFS Heat gameplay trailer and the app.
UPDATE 14 August: NFS has finally released the official trailer for NFS heat 2019. To watch the trailer on Youtube, you can click the button below. NFS Heat 2019 is now available to pre-order. The game will be released for PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on November 8. You can pre-order NFS Heat 2019 for these platforms from the official EA website.
Need For Speed reveal trailer for 2019 is going to premiere on YouTube on 14 August. The name of the NFS Game is still not disclosed in the title, but the description of the video says: " Burn all limits. August 14, 6 am PT / 3 pm CEST".
Everyone is now eagerly waiting for the reveal trailer. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Only a few more hours to go!
UPDATE: NFS updated their profile picture on Facebook today. We can expect an official announcement from them anytime soon
One of the most successful car racing game franchise, Need For Speed has been entirely silent about the next installation. NFS Payback was the last game to come from EA Games Studios in 2017. NFS Payback was released for next-gen gaming consoles including Xbox One and PS4 along with PC. The game did "fairly" well and was well-received by critics.
EA didn't release any NFS game in 2018, and speculations suggested towards a significant update in NFS series. Although there is still no official update about the release date or name from the Studio, the next installation will undoubtedly be releasing in December 2019.
Gamescom will run from 20th-24th August in Germany this year. EA Studios released an investor update that mentions their plans of releasing the next NFS installation near Christmas 2019.
The name is not confirmed, but according to leaks on the internet, the next title might be called NFS Heat. Many fans are waiting for EA Studios to re-create the magic of NFS Most Wanted or NFS Underground. According to insiders, EA has put Ghost Games on the task of developing NFS Heat.
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Home » Environment » RECORD HEAT PUTS AUSTRALIA AT RISK OF INTENSE FIRE SEASON
RECORD HEAT PUTS AUSTRALIA AT RISK OF INTENSE FIRE SEASON
Nov 21, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson
By MICHELLE INNIS NYTIMES
A fire east of Esperance in Western Australia this week. A prolonged fire season could strain the largely volunteer firefighting forces in Australia and destroy crops, livestock and farms. Credit Department of Fire and Emergency/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
SYDNEY, Australia — A fire that raged this week across hundreds of thousands of acres of grasslands and about-to-be harvested wheat crops, killing a farmer and three workers, points to a dangerous summer ahead in Australia, scientists and weather watchers say.
The fire, in the south of Western Australia, began last weekend after lightning struck about 12 miles north of the township of Esperance. It was flaring six days later after burning through 580 square miles of farmland, fanned by temperatures above 100 degrees and bursts of wind gusting at more than 50 miles an hour.
The combination of record heat and very dry conditions — October was the hottest month in Australia ever after its third-driest September — is prompting some officials to predict an especially intense fire season, which started early this year.
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"It is going to be a horror summer," said Trevor Tasker, a firefighter and regional emergency services inspector from Western Australia. "I've never seen conditions like this."
A prolonged fire season could strain the largely volunteer firefighting forces in Australia and destroy crops, livestock and farms, many of which have suffered through decades of drought.
In early November, the Bushfire and Natural Hazards research center warned that large tracts of the country, from Rockhampton in Queensland's north, down through New South Wales and along the south coast, to Adelaide in South Australia, would suffer higher-than-normal risk of fire through summer, which lasts from December through February. Tasmania's east and north coasts as well as a large part of Western Australia are also likely to experience an above average threat of bushfires.
The center pointed to an El Niño-linked drought, significantly less rainfall over almost 20 years, and rising temperatures globally and in Australia as reasons large parts of the country might be burning this summer.
Lesley Hughes, a professor and researcher at the Climate Council, a publicly funded research institute, said in a major report released on Thursday that climate change and fire risks were directly linked.
"Climate change is loading the dice when it comes to fire risk in Australia," Ms. Hughes said in an interview. "El Niño adds another level of complexity."
The Climate Council also cautioned that a worldwide increase in the length of fire seasons would threaten Australia's ability to share specialized water-bombing helicopters and firefighters with nations in the Northern Hemisphere.
Temperatures in the country are climbing. At midday in Sydney on Friday, the temperature was 104 degrees, and higher in some western suburbs away from the coastal breeze.
"Once the weather passes a certain threshold, there will be some fires that cannot be stopped," said Justin Leonard, a bushfire research leader at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
Firefighters said the conditions in Western Australia this week, where two houses burned down, were catastrophic, an official fire rating that reflects extreme weather, the bush or crops that fuel a fire and increase its intensity, and a lack of moisture or humidity in the soil and air.
Esperance, a town of 14,000 that is 450 miles southeast of Perth, and the nearby bush townships of Salmon Gums, Grass Patch and Norseman, recorded temperatures around 107 degrees on Tuesday, said Neil Bennett, a weather forecaster based in Perth at the Bureau of Meteorology. The days before the fire were marked by strong gusts of wind, dry lightning and no rain.
"This is the earliest we have seen the temperatures this high," Mr. Bennett said. "But we have had a drying trend going back 30 to 40 years."
Farmers in the district had just begun to harvest wheat. Unharvested fields contributed to the ferocity of the fire, which burned through metal grain storage sheds, causing them to buckle and collapse.
"By the time we knew that fire was alight, it was unstoppable," said Mr. Tasker, the firefighter and regional emergency services inspector. "There was nothing anyone could do but get out of the way and let it unleash its fury."
Kym Curnow, 45, a farmer in Esperance, was killed, along with three farm workers: Tom Butcher, 31, of England; Julia Kohrs-Lichte, 19, of Germany; and Anna Winther, 29, of Norway.
Mr. Curnow is believed to have been caught in the blaze when he was driving to neighboring farms to urge residents to evacuate. His body was discovered in his car, where he had bunkered down under his seat.
Mr. Leonard, the researcher, said Australia would have more days where the severity of the weather pushed the fire rating to catastrophic. "On bad weather days, a fire will build and then it gets a run," he said.
Mr. Leonard said the country 's worst bushfires, in February 2009 when 175 people were killed in one afternoon in the southern state of Victoria, showed the complexity of predicting a tough season.
"It is about a bad day, or extreme weather over a few days, " he said. In February 2009, temperatures had soared and gusts of hot wind blew the roofs from houses minutes before the firestorm. Embers were carried long distances and winds dried fuel, which then combusted.
The Climate Council said higher temperatures meant more fuel, particularly as foliage from eucalyptus forests dried to flammable tinder.
"Weather has a very strong influence on bushfires and is directly affected by climate change," said Ms. Hughes of the Climate Council. "It is clear that changes to the climate and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels driving these changes will have an impact on fuel and therefore on bushfires in Australia."
A version of this article appears in print on November 21, 2015, on page A4 of the New York edition with the headline: Record Heat and Dry Conditions Put Australia at Risk of Intense Fire Season. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
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Hey all. It's Wednesday again and you know what that means! It's blogger crush Wednesday! Today we are crushing on one of my favourite bloggers and probably one of the first bloggers I followed when I started my blogging journey. Beaton's blog is called Becoming the Muse. This blog kind of reminds me of YouTube.


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Our ministry takes place firstly, through accessible and transformational biblical education. Secondly, by establishing-Bible based urban churches in strategic cities, which will in turn serve as spring board for church planters. Thirdly, it is our endeavour to contribute to the education and health care of the impoverished.
The name NPact is coined of two words: Entrust and Impact. The letter N stands to express our vision to entrust the Word to faithful men (2 Tim.2:2.) Entrust also conveys a sense of unsurpassable value of the truth, the Word, that we are obliged to pass on. 'Pact', the second part of the name stands for the impact the Word of God would bring about in lives.
We envision nothing less than the total transformation of lives in the land. The Biblical Education programme is carried out as we follow a well-defined curriculum by a US based organisation, to provide a seminary level education to pastors and church leaders that have little or no access to biblical education. We envision to meet the critical shortage of trained church leaders in the region, our endeavour is to strive to raise and equip multiplying leaders. We also envision that these maturing leaders will meet the ever-increasing influx of new believers by channelling them into stable, healthy and multiplying churches.
In addition to the above, over the past several years, we have been actively involved in several social activities. At one stage, we could help the persecuted and displaced, in a substantial way. In addition to that, over the last several years we are involved in the lives of four under privileged young boys by looking after their living and education in the environment of love and care of a family. It is our vision that we reach them to a level of education (from where they were un-schooled) where they will be able to stand on their feet.
Finally, a brief word about our call and vision. Susan and I have had the privileged to be born and brought by the believing parents in the southern State of Kerala. It was entirely different motives from what we do now, that brought us to North India 33 years ago. But the Lord in His sovereignty called us to serve Him, and allowed us to go through different experiences in various ministries as part of His training. It all began with serving in Operation Mobilisation in North India for several years. After having been trained as Nurse and Hospital Administrator, Susan and I served with a Medical Mission in the remote regions in North India for several more years. The Lord used these years to open our eyes to the spiritual needs of the region, and compelled us to step out in faith for theological education; and later to return to North India to serve here as we had originally committed ourselves to serve Him.
Over these years, the Lord gave us two precious children as His gift: a daughter and a son, and in turn a lovely Son-in- Law. It is our prayer and commitment that as Joshua said, "…as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
We invite to join in our journey of fulfilling His vision.
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Linkin Park - One More Light | Release Day Thread
Discussion in 'News' started by Ree, May 18, 2017.
Captain-EO Gibs Sux LPA Super Member
Captain-EO, May 23, 2017
Paree said: ↑
PS: I'd love it if LP Made Pendulum ish DnB Rock Fusion.
I know a band...
And @Gibs really loves them.
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Blake, May 24, 2017
I finally decided to listen to other music today
This album is so good I couldn't stop playing it for basically a week
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brady, May 24, 2017
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I think one of the major reasons why I have been listening to this album so much is because of how it puts me in a good mood. That's what I love that is different about this album: it truly is a feel good album, and I really dig it.
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Brady said: ↑
I can agree with that until One More Light the song turns me into an emotional wreck haha.
I also listen to the album so much because of how fun it is to sing a long to.
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wattmatters, May 24, 2017
Man this review reflects me so much when listening to this album in the car. I hope you all feel the same.
Do check this out.
GIVE THIS MAN A COOKIE JOE...!
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One thing that I really love about One More Light is that it is not only a message to people to hold the ones you love tight and remember those who have passed away, but there are messages about depression/suicide in it. Especially in the first verse, with lines like:
"Should've stayed, were there signs, I ignored?
Can I help you, not to hurt, anymore?"
This is some of the best writing of all of Linkin Park's discography (in my opinion of course).
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minuteforce, May 24, 2017
"Heavy" and "Battle Symphony" really were the worst songs to pick to promote this album ... but I'm glad they picked those ones so that I wasn't disappointed by any of the remaining 8 songs I hadn't heard beforehand.
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Derek, May 24, 2017
I think what's good about the lyrics on this album is that the band (for the most part) abandoned the super vague imagery that they were obsessed with putting in their lyrics the last few albums. The songs are for the most part a lot more straightforward, and while in some cases that could turn out to be a bad thing...in the case of OML it works. Many of the songs are a lot more relatable because they deal directly with the emotions being encountered, instead of being buried under vagueness.
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Nimz Lp, May 24, 2017
Do we have any Sales update on OML? How much copies has it sold till now in US? Will it debut at #1?
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It's projected to go #2
Agent, May 25, 2017
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He is not adressing the fans, he is talking about the people who are questioning their artistic integrity and calling them sell outs. They are not fans.
Like it or not, many of them saying that are LP fans. I wouldn't say they sold out but the sudden change in sound to such a blatant radio-friendly pop music + the Mercedes product placement in music videos.... it doesn't really put them under the best light.
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Dyl, May 25, 2017
They say they doubt it will surpass Kendrick Lamar so looks like this will join Hybrid Theory and The Hunting Party on being #2! Congrats to Linkin Park! This one is for all the haters.
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Going #2 will be ammo for haters, saying they should have gone #1.
Even worse is that it's a 1 month and 1 week old album it's losing to. That's even more ammo.
Also, I swore THP went #2 but I looked it up today and it went #3
They'll always find something to go at. And what?! I swore it went #2 too! That's crazy!
Well it was up against Lana Del Rey and Sam Smith
crazygolfer Well-Known Member
crazygolfer, May 25, 2017
This album cycle has been a big headache for me, personally.
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A sale of 90,000 is expected. Less than THP which did 110,000.
Wizardofozil Well-Known Member
Wizardofozil, May 25, 2017
It gonna be number one in England for suRe
Michele Praise Brad Delson, our Lord and Savior. LPA Addict
Michele, May 25, 2017
I wonder if it will not hit #1 here in germany, because they always did.
The Joesen One Fun-employed LPA Super Member
The Joesen One, May 25, 2017
Wizardofozil said: ↑
Are you sure? I don't think "Heavy" is doing as well there so I don't see much buzz from that side of the world.


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Conserving Yosemite's Beloved Bridalveil Fall
A Community Effort in Yosemite National Park
Announcement: For every Ansel Adams Bridalveil Fall Modern Replica purchased, our Gallery will donate 10% to the Yosemite Conservancy Bridalveil Restoration Fund for the expected three-year duration of the Bridalveil Restoration Project. Help us contribute to the effort!
Bridalveil Fall, 1927, Highest Quality Reproduction of Ansel Adams' Original Photograph
Available in many sizes, finished to museum quality, and exclusively from The Ansel Adams Gallery
Carved by glaciers eons ago, this 620-foot waterfall is one of the most beautiful and majestic waterfalls in North America. Ansel Adams captured this thundering image of Bridalveil during the late 1920's. Years before, his father-in-law, Harry Best, exchanged vows with his wife at the base of Bridalveil for their wedding ceremony. Guests could hardly hear a thing with the roaring waters as their backdrop! Bridalveil's wispy curling mist, known to all Yosemite visitors, inspired its Native American name Pohono, meaning "spirit of the puffing wind."
Bridalveil Fall is the first grand waterfall that most park visitors experience. It typically flows year-round, resulting in constant visitation. The popularity of this fall has out-spaced surrounding facilities and trails, which has led to the need for a large-scale restoration project to protect the surrounding habitat and enhance the visitor experience.
Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, Spring 2019
Yosemite Officials have created a robust restoration plan estimated at $13 million in improvements, with half of the funding being provided by the non-profit Yosemite Conservancy.
According to the Yosemite Conservancy, "The project to restore Bridalveil Fall will enhance the visitor experience and protect surrounding habitat, based on a design informed by a public process and a shared vision for the area."
Bridalveil Fall, Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
You can expect some changes at the beloved Fall—all for the better. Schuyler Greenleaf, Projects Director of the Yosemite Conservancy updated us on how a planned restoration to the popular site will unfold and when. With construction beginning in the summer or fall of 2020, the upgrade will be executed in two phases. The good news is that during the project, the trails and site will remain open for all to enjoy!
Restoration Plans:
Trails:
The plan redevelops the trails to allow for wheelchair access at an additional viewing area, and looping the trails to allow better distribution of visitors.
The trail's alignment has been laid out. Trees have been cut for historic views and also fire and forest protection.
The accessible trail will will start at the new restrooms and will include a boardwalk through the areas that get spring runoff.
The second half of the project is to have an upgraded restroom facility appropriately designed for the high volume of visitors.
A hookup will be added to the valley water, sewar, and power systems. Work has already begun on the water source.
There may be temporary closures at times, and the existing parking lot will close for an extended period, but access from Southside Drive will remain open. This project is currently in the design phase, with anticipated completion during the winter and contracting in the Spring.
"Ultimately, this project will reclaim the priceless natural beauty, rustic character and riparian habitats of a popular part of Yosemite Valley, while providing an exceptional and memorable experience for visitors." — Yosemite Conservancy
Help contribute to the effort by owning an Ansel Adams Bridalveil Fall Modern Replica!
Bridalveil Fall, 1927
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Learn more! Watch this video for an in-depth view on the conservation effort to protect Bridalveil and the spectacular beauty of the fall, one of the most iconic destinations in Yosemite Valley.
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What I've figured out the second time around is that it's been best to follow my children's lead on certain things. For example, for the last six months, I've been asking my now three-year-old daughter Evelyn about being moved over to a "big girl bed". "No mommy, I love my crib," she would respond. Well, I kept checking in with her every month and still the same thing. To be perfectly frank, I was totally fine with it and not having any anxiety around it all. I couldn't care less if anyone were to look at me and say, "She's still in a crib?!" We all know she can't stay in a crib forever and I knew when she was ready she'd let me know. Well, that time has come people! We've just returned from our family vacation and when I asked, she said yes!
Buy a simple twin bed and box spring. No bed frame, toddler bed, or princess bed. And don't refer to it as a "big girl bed." We just called it Evelyn's new bed.
As I did with Mabel, I took Evelyn on a special date to Target and she picked out 2 sets of sheets for her new bed. Thankfully they were cute !
Magic Bumpers keep her not just safe but with a new larger mattress/space to get used to, it brings the boundaries in. Something that she has grown accustom to since being in a crib for so long. Dock A Tot is another great transitioning item that you can place on the twin bed. It also keeps your child safe from rolling and since it's three-sided, very cozy too.
Two bed rails . One for the head (like a headboard) and the other for the side. Unless you can (preferably) push the bed into a corner then you would just need one rail for the side.
And a high safety gate in front of her bedroom door. To me this was so important to make this process successful. The thought of Evelyn being able to roam around the house freely at night sent chills up my spine. And she would never sleep in her own bed if she knew she could just simply leave her room at any.
Another tip is any special lovies or blankets your child had in their crib, bring them over to the bed. Evelyn has her Barefoot Dreams lovies and blanket she can't live without! Just helps make the new surroundings feel a little familiar.
So now my baby isn't so much of a baby anymore, sigh. She's so proud of herself and her bed. I'm especially thrilled that we've been thrown a bone as it's been one easy transition!
Any crib to bed transition stories or tips to share, please do!
Hi Emma! We recently transitioned our three year-old out of her crib as well. I'm with you, the thought of her walking around the house at night worried me a lot. One thing we found that really helps her is a touch-activated puck light. I put it on her dresser and shine it on the ceiling so it gives just enough light so she can still fall asleep. I can also go in her room and "tap" it off once she is out. With our other girls we also had a soft glow nightlight doll that actually faded and turned itself off after 15 or 30 minutes.
Have a great rest of the Summer with your family!
I have 2 years old baby girl. last few days i am thinking to move him crib to bed. Thanks for sharing some helpful tips transition from crib to bed. It's really helpful for me.
Good luck! I can't stress enough that because my daughter was ready, it made the transition much easier!
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I have a 4 (almost 5) year old who has begun to notice the differences between our lives and the lives of those around us. She has started to notice when people have larger houses than us or different/better toys. Every once in a while she will wistfully say "I wish we had a house/car/toy like that".
I have worked very hard in the last few years to learn how to practice gratitude for where we are in our life. I have never really been into comparing the things I have with the things that others have and neither has my husband. Keeping up with others hasn't been our priority. Our financial and personal goals have outweighed the want to have all the fancy/expensive items. We simply can't have both and we choose to stick to our goals.
In the past, however, I would shop when I was feeling stressed or down. I love clothes and home decor and this is where I normally would spend my money. I did a no-spend year and forced myself to learn better self-care techniques so that I wasn't spending money every time I felt unhappy.
One of the self-care techniques that has been powerful is gratitude. Taking the time to think of all that I have to be thankful for can really help me to stop the urge to spend money. I have to remind myself that the clothes I have are perfectly good and don't need to be replaced. I am content to use what I own.
When my daughter mentions something that she wishes she had, I stop and remind her of all that we do have. We have many people in our lives who have larger or newer homes than ours. When my daughter "wishes" for a bigger house I remind her that our house does all the things that we need it to do. Our house keeps us safe and warm. It protects us from the elements. It doesn't have to be fancy or new to do those things. Most importantly, our house contains our family and that really is the most important thing. When reminded of all the things our house does for us, my daughter usually responds with "Yeah, I love our house".
Envy is a normal human emotion, but we can teach our children how to grateful for what they have. I don't feel guilty for not "giving everything" to my children. My children need their needs met and love. My husband and I do those things for them. Everything else is icing on the cake. Our goal is to raise children who understand that things do not create happiness. Contentment leads to a much more peaceful life.