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Today's the last day
Office closed on Bank Holiday Monday
Issues with Cup Final buses
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New Community Kit available
Relive the Cup Final on MotherwellPics
Club express Cup Final thanks
'Well stars left devastated
McCall proud despite defeat
Celtic defeat in pictures
'Well fans have until close of business today to take up the fantastic 'Early Bird' discount on Season Tickets.
It has been an absolutely fantastic last year for the Fir Pakers with a Co-operative Insurance Cup Semi Final, a top-six finish and, on Saturday, a Scottish Cup Final.
You can help us repeat that by backing Stuart McCall and the lads in 2011/2012.
Incredibly, you can save as much as £637 as compared to pay-at-the-gate prices each week*and an adult and two juveniles ticket in the Davie Cooper Stand costs just £290
That's not where the value ends though… Other than demonstrating your loyalty to Motherwell Football Club, why else should you become a Season Ticket Holder at Fir Park for 2011/12?
Claim up to two Under 16 season tickets absolutely free of charge in the Davie Cooper Stand.
Hire any of our fabulous function suites at Fir Park free of charge!
Get priority purchasing (if required) for tickets for European or Cup games.
New for 2011/12: Through our new WELLevate scheme, claim a Under 12 season ticket absolutely free of charge in either the East or Phil O'Donnell Stands.
New for 2011/12: Take advantage of our new scheme which entitles any Season Ticket holder to a range of discounts and offers from a variety of businesses throughout Lanarkshire and beyond including McDonalds, KFC, Brewers Fayre, Subway, Livingwell Health Club, Evans Halshaw, Pizza Hut and many, many more…
Easier to buy…
As ever, we've made buying your Motherwell Season Ticket as easy as possible. We will, once again, run the interest free option where fans can spread payments over four months (May, June, July and August) without incurring any additional charges.
If you want to spread payments, Zebra Finance will also return to offer the facility to pay over a 10-month period (19.9% APR).
Pop into the Fir Park Ticket Office now.
Phone our Ticket Office hotline on 01698 333 333 (Option 2).
Book online at: http://motherwellfc.iristickets.co.uk/
For a full price breakdown, Click Here
*Based on the 1x Adult and 2x Free Juvenile Season Ticket comparing to pay-at-the-gate prices of 15 Standard Games, 4 Premium Games and 1 Cup game (Cup game price average of £15 for adults and £5 for concessions).
Sunday 29 May 2011
Fans should note that the offices at Fir Park will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday (30th May 2011).
They will re-open again as usual on Tuesday morning at 9.15am.
However, the Club Shop located within the Cooper Stand will be open as normal – 9.30am to 4pm.
>> Standard Chapman Building Opening Hours
Following last Saturday's Scottish Cup Final, the club understand that there were a number of issues surrounding the return transport to Fir Park.
We would like to assure fans that an investigation into these issues has already been launched and the club will report the outcome in due course.
Motherwell FC can today confirm John Sutton has opted to leave the club on freedom of contract to sign for SPL side Hearts.
The club offered 27-year old Sutton the best contract it could but he has chosen to sign a deal with the Gorgie club.
'Well boss Stuart McCall added, "We are obviously disappointed to lose John but it's not the end of the world.
"We have been preparing for this and already have several irons in the fire. This club, over the last seven or eight seasons, have had a seemingly endless list of quality strikers including James McFadden, Scott McDonald, David Clarkson, Ross McCormack, Chris Porter, Lukas Jutkiewicz and Nick Blackman – all of them hitting double figures in one season.
"I am absolutely certain we will, once again, be able to find a more than capable replacement."
The club would like to thank John for his effort during his three years at Fir Park and wish him the best for his future career.
The Motherwell Community Trust has launched a brand new kit for kids taking part in any one of the numerous courses that run throughout the week.
Available for just £17 (or £14 if you trade in an old Community kit), the 'RESPECT' kit consists of a stylish amber top with claret and white flashes at the shoulders along with all-claret shorts.
You can purchase the kit from the Community Trust offices, located in the Davie Cooper Stand, from 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm Monday to Friday (or late night on a Thursday until 8pm).
Meanwhile, kids who attend the Bank of Scotland Midnight League on a Friday night at Wishaw Sports Centre should note that from this Friday (27th May), the class will move to the Fir Park Astro (7pm – 9pm).
>> Bank of Scotland Midnight League
Did you enjoy hospitality with the club at the Scottish Cup Final? Relive some of the magic moments on motherwellpics.com.
Our photographer for the day, Angie Isaac, captured some of the best moments both at Fir Park and at Hampden.
You can purchase your special memory of the day over a number of products including photographic pictures, frames, Mouse Mats, Mugs, Jigsaws, Fridge Magnets and much more.
For the full gallery Click Here
Motherwell Football Club would like to acknowledge the numerous people involved in the weeks leading up to Saturday's Cup Final.
Special thanks are reserved for Gavin Whitefield and his team, over various departments, at North Lanarkshire Council for all their assistance, cooperation and positivity.
AMEY Roads have been terrific with the installation of all the bunting around the town. To Boris and all the staff at Brandon Parade along with the traders, the majority supporting their local team with such fantastic colour and enthusiasm over the past few weeks.
Thanks go to Anne Marie Arthur and all the various staff at the Scottish Football Association for the months of hard work that went into to making the game such a spectacle.
To Strathclyde Police Operations and Traffic departments, Securigroup and St Andrews Ambulance for their logistical assistance
To the hard-working group who put together, organised, financed and installed the absolutely fantastic card display that, for most 'Well fans, will be the particular memory of the 2011 Final.
And finally, to the loyal, dedicated and supportive Motherwell fans that turned up in such terrific numbers and stayed with the team despite it not going to plan on the park.
Motherwell's beaten stars have vowed to make sure defeat to Celtic acts as a learning curve – as they plan ahead to future visits to Hampden.
It had been 20 years since 'Well's last Scottish Cup final but, after three trips to Hampden this season, the players are hoping the familiarity continues and the club won't have to wait another two decades for the next Hampden showpiece.
21-year old Motherwell star Jamie Murphy summed up his mix of disappointment and determination: "That's not something I want to go through again; standing there as runners-up, watching the other team go up and lift the trophy.
"It gives you a bit of inspiration to try and get back to this stage and be the one up there lifting the trophy.
"Being here shows that we do have the ability to make it to finals and we want to play at Hampden and play in semi-finals and finals every year. Hopefully if the squad stays together in the summer then we can be back here soon."
Murphy also bemoaned the difference in fortune between two key strikes in the first half – Ki Sung-Yeung's, which rocketed into the bottom corner and Gavin Gunning's, which rattled the frame of the bar and bounced out.
Those chances somewhat set the tone for an afternoon which never looked like being the Steelmen's day.
"We had a gameplan and wanted to keep things tight," Murphy said. "But then Ki scores a goal with his weak foot which is so good that I'm sure he's never done before.
"Then Gavin hits the underside of the bar with his shot and that's the break they needed; just that bit of luck that we didn't have, and they pushed on from there."
Motherwell stalwart and midfield orchestrator Keith Lasley was another player who was visibly devastated by the result after the match but, like Murphy, he clung on to some semblance of positivity following Celtic's Cup win.
A European run, two semi-finals, a final and a top-six finish has to be considered a positive campaign for 'Well – and now the focus is on keeping the squad together and achieving the same next season.
"It's key to keep the squad together," Lasley insisted. "I suppose that's the down side to having a good season; teams start to circle around your players.
"If we can keep the core of this squad together then I think we have a good chance of emulating this season."
And the 31-year old also paid special tribute to the noisy, colourful band of 'Well fans who made one half of Hampden their home for 90 minutes.
Over 16,000 supporters made the journey to Glasgow's South side, and there was palpable disappointment from Keith that he couldn't help to give them the trophy they so desperately yearned.
Lasley lauded: "To walk out and see all those fans was special. I've been at this club a long time and you get to know a lot of the supporters, and what they sacrifice to follow this club is unbelievable. I'm really gutted when I think about all of those people.
"They follow through the bad times and through the good; spend every penny they've got, and the support was tremendous, but I expected nothing less."
Stuart McCall has described his pride at Motherwell's effort at Hampden as his courageous Steelmen side fell at the final hurdle of a memorable Scottish Cup run.
The 53th game of a mammoth season proved a bridge too far for the 'Well stars, as Celtic ran out 3-0 winners, a result which flattered the Hoops, as a tiring Motherwell side chased the game late on.
A feeling that it was not fated to be 'Well's day was compounded in the first half when Gavin Gunning smashed a stunning drive against the underside of the bar – moments after a similarly blistering effort from Ki-Sung Yeung found the net.
But regardless of the defeat at Hampden, all 'Well fans can look back on a season, which has included two semi-finals, a final, top-six football and a respectable European campaign, with a great deal of satisfaction.
That was the message from Stuart McCall as he praised his weary stars, and looked forward to his first full campaign at the Fir Park helm.
"We couldn't ask for anymore in desire, drive and determination and after they scored, we raised our game and started playing like we can do." Praised McCall. "But there's no doubt Celtic were the better side.
"There were a couple of bit of luck, if they had gone for us, could've changed the game. They've had one long-range shot from Ki which has screamed in, we've had one long-range shot which has hit the underside of the bar and come out."
"With 15 minutes to go we were 1-0 down and were still in it and then it was the cruelest of cruel deflections.
"Next it's going to be hard to top; getting to a League Cup semi-final, a Scottish Cup final and into the top six."
The 'Well gaffer was also desperate to praise the masses of Motherwell fans who made the trip to the national stadium.
The swathes of claret and amber – who sold out their 16,000-plus allocation comfortably – created an almighty din throughout the match and added colour and character to the occasion with flag, banners and a prodigious card display pre-match.
Several players, including Keith Lasley and Chris Humphrey described their awe at the following after the match, and McCall was equally gushing regarding the Steelmen faithful.
"The fans were outstanding," The former Everton and Rangers midfielder praised. "They stayed with us and the support they gave the team lifted everybody and we're all proud of the backing we had and we're just disappointed that we just didn't produce our best."
Pictures from the 3-0 defeat by Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden. These action shots and more are available to buy online at www.motherwellpics.com.
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According to the SITA 2019 Air Transport IT Insights, published at SITA's Euro IT Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, airlines and airports are enjoying a return on their record 2018 US$50 billion spend on IT to support improvements to the passenger journey.
Matthys Serfontein, SITA president, Air Travel Solutions, said: "The good news is that the growing investment in automating the passenger journey means the industry is providing a faster, more pleasant airport experience. This is a real success story for automating the passenger journey, particularly at a time when we expect passenger numbers to double over the next 20 years, with physical airport infrastructure struggling to keep pace. Technology is key to alleviating the industry's capacity crunch and avoiding negative impacts on passengers."
Projections for 2019 show investments will continue to grow.
Serfontein said: "The increase in airline spend over the past year was driven by the larger airlines which continue to invest to speed up the pace of digital transformation. Investments in business intelligence and cloud services have emerged as priorities."
Continuing investment in real-time and historic data views of operations has led to airlines and airports to proactively manage everything from baggage and passenger flows, to aircraft turnaround and the allocation of key assets, such as parking stands and gates.
Serfontein said: "Overall, we can see that the industry is focused on improvements to its operations to make it more efficient and facilitate better collaboration with partners and other stakeholders in what is a highly integrated industry. This in turn is having a profoundly positive impact on the service they are able to provide to passengers."
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Body odor class gap guided Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite'
Director tells of Palme d'Or winning film, persona
By Park Jin-hai
Bong Joon-ho. Yonhap
Director Bong Joon-ho, who won Cannes' top prize with "Parasite," has said more about his film and actor Song Kang-ho, whom he calls his "persona."
His tragicomedy, telling the story of two families of extremely different social backgrounds, one poor and one wealthy, allowed him to become the first Korean director to win the Palme d'Or last Saturday.
Mentioning that the widening rich-poor gap is a worldwide issue these days, Bong said he wanted to evade the typical way of depicting the two different social classes. "It is a very familiar scene where those poor and righteous people with great a cause join forces to fight against those vile, greedy and violent rich people. But I don't think this reflects the reality," the director said during an interview with The Korea Times at a cafe in Seoul, Wednesday.
"I wanted to feature the class gap in a more delicate and multi-layered manner. So the rich family couple has been depicted as well-mannered, elegant and naive sometimes. But, looking at them closely, the camera picks up their hysteric side as well. The poor family seemed to be ordinary in a way, but they are the ones who deceived people to take away others' jobs. People are not good or bad in their entirety. That way, I thought the characters would earn more reality."
"Body smell" works as a sharp tool to show the class gap, which functions as the seed for all tragedy that happens, Bong says.
"In normal life, the rich and the poor don't share the same living space. On the same plane, there are sections for rich riders and poor riders and they are separate. The only time those of different classes can smell each other is when the poor work for the rich families as tutors, housekeepers and drivers," the director said.
In "Parasite," the four poor scammers succeed in being hired and up close to the rich family. The young rich couple, played by Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Yeo-jeong, in their private conversation casually mention the "particular body odor that subway-riders emanate," saying the smell of subway commuters is different from that of rich people who only use fancy expensive cars.
"Talking about one's body odor is taboo even among close friends, because doing so is viewed as very aggressive and rude. By talking about different smells, the film puts the class issue under the microscope. Through smells, the film's tension and suspense mount, which eventually makes a multi-layered foundation for the upcoming tragedy."
Regarding veteran actor Song, who plays the father of the poor family, the director said the actor encouraged him to move forward and try something new. Including "Parasite," Bong worked with the actor in four previous films. During the photo event after Bong won the Palme d'Or, the director knelt down to jokingly present the prize to the actor.
"Song's acting performance has such power that sets the tone of the entire film. Many of my films tell strange, abnormal situations, like a creature appears in the Han River in The Host, and the story end without catching the serial killer in Memories of Murder; the actor's performance make audiences immersed in and believe the story that I tell," he said.
"In my new film, there is this climax of emotional explosion. It is not something that people see in ordinary situations. With Song, I can have more room for my cinematic creativity. When I'm writing a script, imagining Song is in the role, I can become bolder and more confident."
Bong said he is planning to make two films of a similar scale to "Parasite." "While shooting my latest film, I thought that films the size of Parasite and Mother suit me perfect. So I'm planning to make one with a U.S. studio and another with a Korean studio with the similar scale. The latter one is actually the one that I wanted to make since the mid-2000s. It will be a scary story in Seoul, but cannot be categorized simply as a horror or thriller," he said.
"Parasite" will hit local theaters Thursday.
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According to a report by Mickey Shuey of the Indianapolis Business Journal, several lawsuits were filed in Marion County Commercial Court against Spring League LLC and its owner, USFL's president of football operations Brian Woods. It should be noted that Fox Sports was a minority owner in the TSL at the time.
The TSL is on the hook for over $1.4 million in unpaid Hotel and stadium fees in the report. This past Spring, the TSL played its hub season at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.
"The suits allege the eight-team league accumulated a bill of $1.1 million during its stay at the hotel, along with another tab of nearly $235,000 for six games played at the stadium."
For the new USFL 2.0 to return, it had asked the city of Birmingham for $3.6 million to cover the cost of hosting the 43-game USFL season. The new USFL 2.0 games will be played at Protective Stadium and Legion Field between April and July 2022.
"According to the Crowne Plaza suit, The Spring League booked about 4,740 room nights over a two-month, one-week period. The bill also includes food purchased from the Hotel's convenience kiosk, parking, banquet room use, breakfasts, and other meals."
The report says that TSL CEO Brian Woods told the Hotel that their debts would be paid. He just needed more time.
"According to the suit, league CEO Brian Woods told the Hotel's general manager in a mid-August email he expected the outstanding invoice to be paid by the end of that month. In September, Woods followed up with a phone call with that individual and then an email outlining a plan for payment, writing The Spring League planned on "closing a significant capital raise in the next 2-3 weeks. Accordingly, we will be using those proceeds to pay the Crowne Plaza on or before October 15 for the entire balance."
Paying bills on time is not the first time we have heard of Brian Woods having this issue. According to reports, some players from the Spring League have still yet to be paid what they were promised. Also, some coaches were paid recently for their time in the TSL last Spring.
According to a report by our own Mike Mitchell, Woods has had issues going back to his Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL).
"Woods has had a series of lawsuits and complaints levied against him some of them through the Better Business Bureau in the past for failed payments, but Woods has been able to prove hardship financially to get out of his commitments."
You begin to see a pattern here that we assume Fox Sports executives are well aware of and okay with.
"According to the CIB's suit, The Spring League indicated in an emailed response it planned to pay off its debt by Oct. 20. After no payment was received, the CIB sent a follow-up letter to The Spring League on Nov. 12, with no response from league officials."
No word on if Rice Stadium and the Hotels in Houston had all their bills paid on time. Let hope history does not repeat itself with the USFL 2.0 era in Birmingham. Football leagues are expensive, and you need a lot of capital to run them. There seem to be many broken promises made when it comes to Woods and his football leagues. Let's hope this gets sorted out to focus on the players and games, not the business side of things.
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1:53 AM, and Sacha's phone was ringing loudly. The woman on the other end of the line was trying to speak calmly, but the fear in her voice was obvious. It was clear that this was the first big production failure she'd had to deal with.
"Production job SYSSYNC_VMX_PROD02 failed, it says something about a failure with... JCL? Er, was it TSS?" Embarrassed and flustered, Leah confessed that she forgot to bring her notebook with her and couldn't remember the specific error.
Sacha tried to be reassuring. "OK, good, so it's nothing to worry about." Oh god oh godohgod, he thought. "At least it wasn't SYSSYNC_VMX_PROD01 that failed!" What the hell is SYSSYNC_VMX_PROD02? Is there even a PROD01 job? "We have a six hour SLA, which should give us plenty of time to fix it." God help us if we can't fix it in six hours. Sacha wondered if he was failing at sounding calm as much as Leah was.
SLA Compliance
There's failure to comply with SLA at your job, and then there's failure to comply with SLA at a military job. You're probably thinking "no, the consequences are pretty dire if someone screws up at my job." Yeah, cry me a freaking river. You probably have to fill out some paperwork, talk to the bosses, and get on with your life. In the military, you slip up, and R. Lee Ermey screams at you until you're ready to cry, then your coworkers hold you down to your bed and beat you with pillowcases full of soap. Then you have to fill out some paperwork and talk to the bosses. Leah was right to be worried, as was Sacha.
Despite having heard and occasionally using all kinds of arcane acronyms, Sacha didn't know what JCL, TSS, TSO, or CICS were at the time. Fortunately, he had the on-call mainframe guru at his disposal. After some back-and-forth, the mainframe guru reported that it was just a faulty tape mount issue. "All you'll have to do is change this parameter in the JCL file and re-submit the job for execution." And so Sacha did. And the job hummed along nicely. He called Leah, who was clearly relieved at the good news; crisis averted with hours to spare! At 3:10, he hung up his phone, happy to return to sleep, hoping to have the dream where he's an eskimo.
A Late-Night Workout
Three and a half hours later, Sacha was living it up in his dream igloo when Leah called back, panting heavily. He briefly contemplated screaming "pervert!" and hanging up, but decided against it. "What's up, Leah?"
"Mainframe *pant* robot *pant* constantly *wheeze* asking *pant* tape *pant* replacement..."
"Whoah, slow down," Sacha said. "Did you engage in mortal combat with the mainframe robot?"
Leah was clearly unamused, but was still more concerned with catching her breath.
Sacha learned that since the "quick fix," the library had exhausted its internal mount capacity. "It asked for a tape *pant* after the JCL file change *pant*. I went to the *pant* supply closet and grabbed one *pant*."
"The 204-B closet?"
"Yes *pant*." As she described the situation, she was able to talk for longer stretches without as many deep breaths. After she'd grabbed the first tape, it didn't take long before the system asked for another tape, sending Leah back to the closet, and then back to the machine. This process kept repeating itself, with the system launching thousands of tape requests, munching tapes like popcorn.
The poor girl had run a 30 meter dash some 400 times to keep the system fed with tapes. 400 times running 60m (30m each way) was almost 25km. Leah was still breathing heavily after describing all of this; she sounded like she was ready to collapse at any moment.
Sacha called the mainframe guru again, and the three of them worked out a different solution that thankfully meant less running for Leah. But on the bright side, they maintained SLA compliance, and Leah didn't have to go to the gym that day.
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C Fenno Hoffman is one of our favorite Facebook friends. He posted these thoughts on his Facebook page and has allowed us to reprint them here.
1. On the left, a steel bench, with a back and arms, that allows snow to melt quickly, and adapts to body temperature quickly, gives a little when you sit down-making it feel softer, is light and easy to deliver, and locate, and relocate if things change, or you get it wrong (location matters) is bought from a catalog, is affordable, and familiar, i.e. people know it's a bench for sitting.
Finally, the steel bench is comfortable to sit on, lean back in, and creates a place to relax, while the stone bench is uncomfortable, makes you sit awkwardly upright, or leaned forward over your knees, and creates an awkward, awful place.
Note also that one of these was specified as part of a lengthy, expensive, collaborative process, involving professional urban designers, landscape architects, business owners, city staff, and millions of dollars of public and private money, and the other was, I believe, the result of a corner restaurant owner buying a bench.
This bench example is symbolic of a larger problem in the architectural and urban design worlds, which involves the design of buildings and urban elements as sculptural things, designed in ways that overlook human needs for comfort, familiarity, and delight, in favor of their being original, unusual, and unfamiliar, above all else.
This abandonment of centuries of experience, wisdom, and common sense, in favor of the whimsical shape making of one "difficult" designer, is exhausting and anxiety provoking, because it ignores fundamental human needs. The places that result look like zoo exhibits. These particular benches look like they were designed for elephants.


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-Eco Mural Project 10: Channel-Billed Toucan, Green Line Cafe Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA (Painted and designed by Olivia Losee-Unger)
-Eco Mural Project 9: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, Cedar Park Triangle, Cedar Park Neighbors, University City District, Philadelphia, PA
-Eco Mural Project 8: Chesapeake's Bounty, Painted and designed by Katie Lillard and the 2019 Public Art Class of Wye River Upper School in partnership with Hagopian Arts and Kent County Arts Council, The Mainstay, Rock Hall, MD
-25th Anniversary Marathon Mural, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA
-Eco Mural Project 7: Nautili, Choy Wong Kitchen, Philadelphia, PA (Painted and designed by Olivia Losee-Unger)
-The Mercantile Library Mural, 1021 Chestnut Street Mural, Brickstone Realty, The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA
-Eco Mural Project 6: Honeybee, Inner Rhythms, Philadelphia, PA
-Eco Mural Project 5: Wetlands, Davis Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA
-Eco Mural Project 4: Amphibian, University City Housing, Philadelphia, PA
-Eco Mural Project 3: Arowana, Red Lotus Spa, Philadelphia, PA (Painted and designed by Olivia Losee-Unger)
-Mural design for the Philadelphia Marathon's 25th Anniversary through the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
-Mural design for CSL Behring and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
-Archetype Solutions Group Interior Mural
-New Courtland Fellowship Mural and Painting Workshops 3, Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA.
-Brauhaus Schmitz, South Street, Philadelphia, PA.
-Eco Mural Project 2: Symbiosis, Emlen School, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA.
-Eco Mural Project 1 - Pilot Piece: Kauai Coral Reef Life, One Stop Deli, Philadelphia, PA.
-Mural design for TD Bank & The Village of Arts & Humanities, Philadelphia, PA.
-Victim Advocates, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Harrisburg, PA.
-Neighborhood Bikeworks Mural and Community Paint Day, Philadelphia, PA
-Metamorphosis, NewCourtland Fellowship Mural and Painting Workshops, Center For the Emerging Visual Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
-Toll Brothers, Apartment Living Mural, Phoenixville, PA.
-Front Street Mural Project, Honeygrow, Philadelphia, PA
-Creative Corner Mural and Community Design Workshop, Feltonville Rec. Center, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA
-ZAPPOS and Beautify Earth project, 1 of 10 nationwide murals, Philadelphia, PA
-Boys and Girls Club Mural and Community Paint Days, Vineland, NJ
-Cleavers, Center City Philadelphia, PA
-Drexel Dragons, The Summit, Philadelphia, PA
-Daddy and Me Mural and Community Paint Day, Fairton Correctional Institution, Fairton, NJ
-Ann Dougherty Garden Memorial Mural, Free Library of Philadelphia, Kensington Branch, Philadelphia, PA
-Spartans, Philadelphia New Years Mummers Brigade, Philadelphia, PA
-Cancer Treatment Centers of America Mural and Community Paint Day, FORCE Conference, PA Convention Center, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Philadelphia, PA
-Southern Flair, Scratch Biscuits, Philadelphia, PA
-New Courtland Fellowship Mural and Painting Workshops, Center For the Emerging Visual Arts, Philadelphia, PA
-Hello Monday, New York, NY
-Colligas Mural and School Paint Days, The Hillside School, Allentown, PA
-Babes, 826 N Broad St., Philadelphia, PA
-Project Street Art - Location 7, Friedman Electric, Stroudsburg, PA
-Forever Home Mural and Community Paint Day, Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, N.East, Philadelphia, PA
-When Women Gather Mural and Community Paint Day, The Pennsylvania Conference for Women, Pennsylvania Convention Center, PA
-Welcome, Colligas Family Markets: ShopRite, Philadelphia, PA
-Garden of Knowledge, Acclaim Academy, Germantown, PA
-Our Urban Landscape, Re-envision, Sponsored by The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Colligas Family Markets: ShopRite, Philadelphia, PA
-Historic South Philly, Private Mural Commission, Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, PA
-No Place Like The Shore Mural and Community Paint Days, Shore2Love NJ Mural Tour, Seaside Heights, NJ
-Party Favor, Colligas Family Markets, ShopRite, Philadelphia, PA
-Americana, Colligas Family Markets, ShopRite, Philadelphia, PA
-Vineyards, Colligas Family Markets, ShopRite, Philadelphia, PA
-Royalty, Upper Darby High School, Upper Darby, PA
-Movement Series 4, RAWawards, Philadelphia, PA
-Movement Series 1, ReSource Arts, Philadelphia, PA Murals Featuring Chroma Dolls
-Paint 4 Play Mural and Community Paint Day, The Big Sandbox, George W. Nebinger Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
-Magic Carpet, Designed by: Candy Coated, Sponsored by The Association for Public Art, Eakins Oval, Philadelphia, PA
-Polly Apfelbaum + Dan Cole: The Love of Gene Davis, Installed by: Chroma Dolls LLC, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
-Rise And Shine Mural and Community Paint Days, Designed by: James Burns, Sponsored by The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Affiliated with Sobriety Through Outpatient, Department of Behavioral Health, Philadelphia, PA
-Peace is a Haiku Song Mural and Community Paint Days, Designed by: Parris Stancell, Josh Sarantitis, in collaboration with poet Ursula Rucker, Sponsored by The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA
-Salida Del Sol: Arroyos, Designed by: MLS Studios, Mark and Stephanie Medoff Theater, Las Cruces, NM
-Our Vision, Our Testament Mural and Community Paint Days, Designed by: James Burns, Sponsored by The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Sobriety Through Outpatient, Philadelphia, PA
-Finding The Light Within Mural and Community Paint Days, Designed by: James Burns, Sponsored by The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Affiliated with The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Department of Behavioral Health, Horizon House, Philadelphia, PA
-Tell Me What You See Mural and Community Paint Days, Designed by: James Burns, Sponsored by The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Sobriety Through Outpatient, Philadelphia, PA
-Summer Invitational, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
-Passport to Paradise, Era Contemporary, Bala Cynwyd, PA.
-Snowflake Biennial, Heavy Bubble, Philadelphia, PA.
-Winterscapes, Era Contemporary, King of Prussia, PA.
-City Arts Salon, Philadelphia, PA.
-New Courtland Fellowship, Center For The Emerging Visual Arts, Tyler School of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
-Women Artists, Artist's House, Philadelphia, PA
-Young Visions, Artist's House, Philadelphia, PA
-Mural Arts Staff Show, Thomas Eakins House, Philadelphia, PA
-The Muse, The Lover & The Misfit, Impact Hub, Philadelphia, PA
-Through Dangers Untold, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
-Celebration of Art and Life, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
-RAWartist of The Year Semi-Finalists Show, RAWarts: g lounge, Philadelphia, PA
-ENSEMBLE, RAWarts: g lounge, Philadelphia, PA
-ReSource Arts, Crane Arts Old School: The White Space, Philadelphia, PA
-Wall Ball Auction, Vie, Philadelphia, PA
-Exhibition with Blaise Goldman, Colonial Wall Coverings, Philadelphia, PA
-Juried Exhibition for Emerging Regional Artists, Delaware County Community College, Juried by Kate Kraczon, PA
-Solo Exhibition, Portside Parlor & Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
-Group Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Alumni Gallery, Juried by Michael Gallagher and Liz Osborne
-Membership of 'Armenian Women Artists' Online Gallery, http://www.aiwa-net.org
-Art Scene Today Cityscape Finalist, Juried by Roberta Berman
-Amy-Lauren's Gallery, Hanapepe, HI
-Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
-PPA Project Stream Grant Recipient, 2019
-Puffin Grant Recipient, 2018
-NewCourtland Fellowship Recipient, Center For Emerging Visual Artists, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.
-Philadelphia RAW Artist of the Year, RAW: Natural Born Artists, 2012.
-Featured Artist: Best of Kauai, 2010.
-American Art Collector: Art of The Horse, June, 2010.
-Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts Award, 2007
Visiting Artist, Center For The Emerging Visual Artist Fellowship, NewCourtland Senior Center and Project Learn School, Germantown Philadelphia, PA Visiting Artist, The Hillside School, Instructed workshops with students grades K -8, Allentown, PA, 2015. Led several Community Paint Days on different murals--see above mural list.
Kala Hagopian is the former co-founder of Chroma Dolls LLC (2012-2016)


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The world is at the crossroads of either quickly changing the energy picture towards implementing efficient renewable energy sources or postponing this process by another generation. Based on the author's more than 30 years industrial experience, this book gives a set of assumptions by extrapolating known technology developments and shows that 100% coverage by renewable technology of the global energy needs is much more probable than previously argued.
Winfried Hoffmann obtained his PhD in biophysics in 1977. From 1997 until 2014 he was a member of the Board of EPIA (European PV Industry Association) and President for more than eight years. He is a member of the Scientific Board of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy and the NEXT Institute in Oldenburg, as well as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hameln and the Helmholtz Centre Berlin. He acts as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Solarfabrik AG and is a member of the Supervisory Board of SMA Solar Technology AG. In 2012 he received the European Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in PV from the European Commission.
Contributor: Winfried Hoffmann
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The control technique with penetrating liquids is based on the "wetting/capillarity" properties of particular liquids and the method is used to detect surface defects on both metallic and non-metallic materials. Schematically, it works by applying a liquid to the surface under examination which penetrate by capillarity inside the emerging discontinuities; and, after removing the excess liquid from the surface itself, the fraction introduced into the discontinuities is highlighted by a particular absorbent agent, thus giving rise to a visible indication corresponding to the surface defect sought.
The indications obtained can be observed in white light or with Wood's light (UV radiation) depending on whether they are used, respectively, penetrating liquids with COLOR CONTRAST or FLUORESCENT. The latter, by virtue of the resulting high luminous contrast, guarantee a higher detection sensitivity than can be obtained with colour contrast penetrants.
Differently from magnetic particles testing, where the machine is often designed considering the piece that has to be inspected, Penetrant Testing is recommended to be the most flexible and malleable one and it offers a single system thought for an extended range of items. These systems are divided into three large families:
Tank systems;
Cabin systems;
Mixed tank/cabin systems;
TANK SYSTEMS
Most of the time, tank liquid penetrant systems include the immersion of the examined items into the liquid penetrant used. The full immersion of the piece ensures the liquid application on the 100% of the surfaces. In this kind of systems, the following pre-washing operations, the emulsification (if necessary), the final washing, the drying and the application of the developer can occur or not occur into the tanks according to the method applied.
CGM CIGIEMME S.p.A. provides its customers with a full range of tank systems, starting from very simple manual systems (MODULAR), arriving at totally automated systems where the pieces follow their cycle moved by automatic manipulators. The systems are designed and constructed entirely according to the available space and the inspection cycles to be followed. This type of plant can very often work with different penetrant levels (S1, S2, S3 and S4) managing the different work cycles with ease.
The most modern applications CGM CIGIEMME S.p.A. they include the application of penetrant and developer by means of electrostatic guns also for tanks systems. This is to minimize the consumption of the products, with an eye towards the environment.
CGM CIGIEMME S.P.A. systems are CE marked and realized in accordance with the rules in force.
CABIN SYSTEMS
Cabin penetrating liquid systems involve the application of penetrating liquid on the surface of the piece being examined by spraying inside cabins equipped with an optimal suction system. Spraying can be a standard spraying or, more modern, electrostatic method.
This type of plant is usually used for medium-large sized pieces, for which the immersion of the piece would become difficult to manage. Given their great flexibility, they can also be used when the dimensional range of the pieces is wide and varied.
The handling of the pieces and the application of the products can be manual or totally automatic, depending mainly on the required productivity. CGM CIGIEMME S.p.A. has developed fully automatic booth lines, where the only manual operations are the loading / unloading of parts and the inspection.
Work cabins can have different dimensions depending on the pieces to be processed. The number of cabins may vary depending on the space available and the cycles required. The implants allow the use of different penetrant sensitivities (S2, S3 and S4).
MIXED TANK/CABIN SYSTEMS
The mixed liquid penetrating systems for tanks and cabins have been developed by CGM CIGIEMME S.p.A to provide the customer with the high flexibility characteristic of booth systems and the high process control, typical of tank systems.
In this type of system, the application of the penetrant in the cabin with standard or electrostatic spraying is envisaged, while the application of the emulsifier and the subsequent important Stop-Off phase is managed in tanks, so as to have total control of the times in these two fundamental phases of the process. Washing, drying, application of the developer and inspection are executed inside the cabins.
Mixed cabin-tanks systems are widely used in the Aerospace / Energy sector where great flexibility and absolute control of the process phases is required.
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Gaspar de Witte, né le  à Anvers où il est mort le , est un peintre flamand de la période baroque, principalement renommé pour ses paysages.

Biographie

Gaspar de Witte est né à Anvers dans une famille d'artistes. Il apprit d'abord son métier chez son père Pieter de Witte II. Ses frères Jean-Baptiste de Witte et  furent également peintres.

Il fit un voyage à Rome vers 1646 et y fut membre des Bentvueghels, une association d'artistes flamands active dans la « ville éternelle », où il reçut le « totem » de « goujon » («  »).

Il est actif en France vers 1648.

Après son retour à Anvers en 1650, il se fit inscrire à la Guilde de Saint-Luc, en qualité d'« échanson » («  »), fonction réservée aux fils de maître de la guilde.

À côté de son activité picturale, il tenait également boutique d'objets destinés à l'exercice de la peinture.

Parmi ses disciples, on relève le nom des peintres Cornelis Huysmans et Adrien Verdoel.

Œuvre
Il est surtout connu pour ses paysages, particulièrement ses paysages d'hiver, et ses intérieurs de boutiques de marchands d'art. Ses paysages sont dans la mode du baroque italo-flamand, alors que d'autres œuvres penchent plutôt vers la manière plus sévère des Provinces-Unies.

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie
  « WITTE, Gaspar or Jasper de (1624 - 1681), Painter », notice du Dictionnaire Bénézit, lire en ligne, .
  Cornelis de Bie, Het Gulden Cabinet, 1662, p. 394

Articles connexes
 Famille de Witte (peintres anversois)

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Peintre flamand (avant 1830)
Peintre baroque
Naissance en octobre 1624
Naissance à Anvers
Décès en mars 1681
Décès à Anvers
Membre de la guilde de Saint-Luc d'Anvers
Membre des Bentvueghels
Décès à 56 ans

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The Importance of Being Earnest, is a play written by Oscar Wilde. We are performing it as two women of colour, that is myself and actress Kudzanayi Chiwawa. Between us, we are doing ALL of the parts. This means multi-roles, multi-accents and taking the confusion of this play to a whole new level.
Earnest is a farcical play. It involves mistaken identity and basically, gaslighting. I am fascinated by the concept of gaslighting because I think it happens so much and is still being discovered on major and minor levels in our loves. For those who have not come across the term yet "gaslighting" is the word for when you manipulate (someone) by psychological means into doubting their own sanity. The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy. Within it, when you delve into the issues, there is a very dark side. For example, there are matters of abandonment, child abuse, child neglect, domestic abuse, lying, bullying, and manipulation. Furthermore, there are very real themes of being an outsider and questions on class, status and belonging.
In our delivery of Earnest we are being led by two incredible artists, namely Arne Pohlmeier (director) and Tonderai Munyevu (co-director and actor). Together, Arne and Tonderai are the Two Gents. Two Gents is the name of their theatre production company, which they have been running successfully for the past ten years.
"We are a cross cultural touring theatre company based in London. We write, devise, develop, and perform challenging and unique work that draws equally on classic texts such as Shakespeare and our experience of migration and displacement".
Kudzanayi and I are each 50% of the cast for Earnest. We have been given space to develop Earnest with our own experiences as an underscore. This is something I will forever be overwhelmingly thankful for. I have been challenged to an extreme level as a performer. Consequently through being in tour we take the show to different venues and audiences and use audience interaction as part of the story-telling. This takes deep self courage, and great theatrical talent. Not to mention all the character development as we have over four characters each.
Earnest was written by Oscar Wilde at a time when to be homosexual in England was illegal. As a homosexual man, he was in the middle of trials, which led to a prison sentence, illness, and eventually his death. Incredibly, Wilde gives a prophecy in the play through the lines of the character Jack Worthing: "my brother…my brother Earnest…he died…in Paris…of a severe chill". After writing the play, Oscar Wilde himself died of a severe chill, in Paris.
It feels aptly profound to be performing this play as two black women. Oscar Wilde was hiding, because of his sexuality, he was an outsider. Black women often hide in many different ways. This includes not showing our natural hair, to changing our tone or speech in order to avoid discrimination. The unique challenges to survival (let alone thriving) that black women face due to the intersectionality of our gender and race is not a new matter. However, it IS an on-going fight. This play is usually performed as a light comedy commenting on British manners and the upper classes. In presenting it ourselves, we challenge the play simply stepping onto the stage and saying "we own this". It is the best feeling, and I feel it respects the true spirit of the fight and struggle. There is hiding and pain within the text of the play as experienced by the author himself. I hope Oscar Wilde would commend us for it.
So far, our feedback from Earnest has been excellent. We have performed in churches, community centres and also theatres. Thanks to Applause Rural Touring (who provide an ability for venues in Kent and Sussex to book theatre for their local communities including at discount rates) we have had full venues and engaged audiences. From some who have never heard the play, to others who know every line, we have been kept on our toes and also supported with standing ovations, laughter and curiosity.
We are going to be able to share the work in London for a whole three weeks at Tara Arts Theatre in spring of 2019. In the meantime, we will be continuing to delve to the heart and soul of Earnest, what it means to us, what it means to society today, and where we can go next with it. Tickets for the London show are on sale now!
A beautiful opportunity to do a pre-show touch tour – actresses Ayesha Casely-Hayford, Kudzanayi Chiwawa and director Arne Pohlmeier.


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Four Seasons Sports Complex has an Olympic size swimming pool and offer swim lessons to all ages and ability levels throughout the entire year. Individual and group lessons are available for boys and girls.
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CandyCash is a new Match-3 60sec-Genre Facebook game by SparklingBit, which combines frantic speed-clicking action with a deep gameplay. Collect coins to level and unlock new bonus tiles!
CandyCash is actually a variation of the well known Candy Dash game. The player removes groups of at least three adjacent tiles of the same color by clicking. The remaining tiles slide down, filling up the gaps created by the removed group. Contrary to the original game, however, any removed tile is replaced by a new tile. The board is filled up with random tiles dropping in from the top, so it will never be empty. Basically, CandyCash is like same game on endless.
CandyCash is fast-paced, action-packed and comes with an appealing look. The limited game time makes it the perfect choice for a "game for in between", triggering the player's "just one more game" nerve. There is no downtime, the game is intuitive and the learning curve is rather smooth. CandyCash is just instant action and compressed entertainment.
The key to success in CandyCash are the bonus tiles. These tiles are having different effects on the game. For instance, one bonus tile removes an entire column and row. Another one removes all tiles of one color and so on. The spawning of those bonus tiles is random, but the "dice roll", although never completely controllable, is affected by the actions of the player.
In addition, CandyCash offers a level system which grants the player new bonus tiles as he levels up, thereby increasing the chances for new high scores and sustaining the long term motivation.


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Query Studio and Workspace Advanced training classes were put on hold earlier this summer in preparation for the upgrade to Cognos Analytics. Because the upgrade has been moved to spring, we will begin holding these classes monthly again, starting in August.
We are trying something new to make training more convenient for our users. Rather than asking everyone to travel to West Campus for classroom sessions, we will hold one session per month on Danforth and one per month at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. These sessions will rotate content, so one month Query Studio Intermediate will be on Danforth and Intro to Workspace Advanced will be at WUSM, and the following month they will switch. With the reduced availability of computer lab spaces campus-wide and the new parking zones going into effect, we hope this change will make it easier for our trainees to join us for a class.
Query Studio Intermediate and Intro to Workspace Advanced will continue to be offered once per month for the immediate future. Current course offerings are listed in Learn@Work, and signup through the online system is required. As we finalize the plans for the Cognos upgrade and move closer to go-live, we will terminate these classes to focus on upgrade training. Any changes to this effect will be announced on the website and in e-news.


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Q: Loading and Saving C++ torch model in Python and another OS I have a custom LSTM pytorch model in C++. After training I save the model using
torch::save(lstmNetwork, 'model.pt');

where lstmNetwork is std::shared_ptr<LSTMNetwork>;
class LSTMNetwork : public torch::nn::Module {
public:
  LSTMNetwork(const torch::nn::LSTMOptions &lstmOpts1,
            const torch::nn::LSTMOptions &lstmOpts2,
            const torch::nn::LinearOptions &linearOpts);
  ~LSTMNetwork();

  torch::Tensor forward(const torch::Tensor &x);

private:
  torch::nn::LSTM lstm1;
  torch::nn::LSTM lstm2;
  torch::nn::Linear linear;
};

LSTMNetwork::LSTMNetwork(const torch::nn::LSTMOptions &lstmOpts1,
                     const torch::nn::LSTMOptions &lstmOpts2,
                     const torch::nn::LinearOptions &linearOpts)
    : torch::nn::Module(),
      lstm1(register_module("lstm1", torch::nn::LSTM(lstmOpts1))),
      lstm2(register_module("lstm2", torch::nn::LSTM(lstmOpts2))),
      linear(register_module("linear", torch::nn::Linear(linearOpts))) {}

LSTMNetwork::~LSTMNetwork() {}

torch::Tensor LSTMNetwork::forward(const torch::Tensor &input) {
  torch::nn::RNNOutput lstm_out = this->lstm1->forward(input);
  lstm_out = this->lstm2->forward(lstm_out.output);
  torch::Tensor y_pred = this->linear(lstm_out.output[-1]);
  return y_pred.view({-1});
}

// .....
  torch::nn::LSTMOptions lstmOpts1(input, hidden);
  torch::nn::LSTMOptions lstmOpts2(hidden, hidden);
  lstmOpts1.layers(numLayers)
      .dropout(NetworkConstants::klsmt1DropOut)
      .with_bias(NetworkConstants::kIncludeBias);
  lstmOpts2.layers(numLayers)
      .dropout(NetworkConstants::klsmt2DropOut)
      .with_bias(NetworkConstants::kIncludeBias);

  torch::nn::LinearOptions linearOpts(hidden, output);
  linearOpts.with_bias(false);
  lstmNetwork = std::make_shared<LSTMNetwork>(lstmOpts1, lstmOpts2, linearOpts);

  torch::optim::AdamOptions opts(learningRate);
  optimizer = std::make_shared<torch::optim::Adam>(
      torch::optim::Adam(lstmNetwork->parameters(), opts));

  if (gpuAvailable) {
    lstmNetwork->to(torch::kCUDA);
  }
//....

I can reload the trained model in C++ without issue, using:
 torch::load(lstmNetwork, 'model.pt');

I have two questions related to the above snippets:
a) Is the trained model OS independent? Can I save the model on Windows 10 and reload it on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
(The application is complied on both the platforms)
b) How do I open the saved pytorch model ('model.pt') in python?
Following gives an error:
lstmModel = torch.load('model.pt')

Error : (showing the exact model name)

lstmModel = torch.load('stockData\BOM500570.pt') Traceback (most recent call last):   File "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 187, in
        nti
            n = int(s.strip() or "0", 8) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 8: 'ZZZZZZZZ'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):   File
  "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 2289, in next
      tarinfo = self.tarinfo.fromtarfile(self)   File "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 1095, in fromtarfile
      obj = cls.frombuf(buf, tarfile.encoding, tarfile.errors)   File "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 1037, in frombuf
      chksum = nti(buf[148:156])   File "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 189, in nti
      raise InvalidHeaderError("invalid header") tarfile.InvalidHeaderError: invalid header
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):   File
  "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\serialization.py", line 591, in
  _load
      return legacy_load(f)   File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\serialization.py", line 502, in
  legacy_load
      with closing(tarfile.open(fileobj=f, mode='r:', format=tarfile.PAX_FORMAT)) as tar, \   File
  "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 1591, in open
      return func(name, filemode, fileobj, **kwargs)   File "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 1621, in taropen
      return cls(name, mode, fileobj, **kwargs)   File "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 1484, in init
      self.firstmember = self.next()   File "C:\Python37\lib\tarfile.py", line 2301, in next
      raise ReadError(str(e)) tarfile.ReadError: invalid header
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):   File "", line 1, in
     File
  "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\serialization.py", line 422, in
  load
      return _load(f, map_location, pickle_module, **pickle_load_args)   File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\serialization.py", line 595,
  in _load
      raise RuntimeError("{} is a zip archive (did you mean to use torch.jit.load()?)".format(f.name)) RuntimeError:
  stockData\BOM500570.pt is a zip archive (did you mean to use
  torch.jit.load()?)

However following executes correctly:
lstmModel = torch.jit.load('model.pt')

For the latter case, I cannot use python's forward()/ overloaded () function, and I'm not sure how to use the loaded model.
>>> lstmModel = torch.jit.load('stockData\BOM500570.pt')
>>> input = torch.arange(5)
>>> lstmModel.forward(input)

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "", line 1, in
     File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\jit__init__.py",
  line 1585, in getattr
      return super(ScriptModule, self).getattr(attr)   File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\nn\modules\module.py", line 585,
  in getattr
      type(self).name, name)) AttributeError: 'ScriptModule' object has no attribute 'forward'

>>> lstmModel(input)

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "", line 1, in
     File
  "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\nn\modules\module.py", line 541,
  in call
      result = self.forward(*input, **kwargs)   File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\jit__init__.py", line 1585, in
  getattr
      return super(ScriptModule, self).getattr(attr)   File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\torch\nn\modules\module.py", line 585,
  in getattr
      type(self).name, name)) AttributeError: 'ScriptModule' object has no attribute 'forward'

>>> lstmModel

ScriptModule(
      original_name=Module
      (lstm1): ScriptModule(original_name=Module)
      (lstm2): ScriptModule(original_name=Module)
      (linear): ScriptModule(original_name=Module)
    )

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from openstack.telemetry.v2 import _proxy
from openstack.telemetry.v2 import alarm
from openstack.telemetry.v2 import alarm_change
from openstack.telemetry.v2 import capability
from openstack.telemetry.v2 import meter
from openstack.telemetry.v2 import resource
from openstack.telemetry.v2 import sample
from openstack.telemetry.v2 import statistics
from openstack.tests.unit import test_proxy_base

class TestTelemetryProxy(test_proxy_base.TestProxyBase):
    def setUp(self):
        super(TestTelemetryProxy, self).setUp()
        self.proxy = _proxy.Proxy(self.session)

    def test_alarm_change_find(self):
        self.verify_find(
            'openstack.telemetry.v2.alarm_change.AlarmChange.find',
            self.proxy.find_alarm_change)

    def test_alarm_changes(self):
        larm = alarm.Alarm.existing(alarm_id='larm')
        expected_kwargs = {'path_args': {'alarm_id': 'larm'}}
        self.verify_list(self.proxy.alarm_changes, alarm_change.AlarmChange,
                         method_args=[larm], paginated=False,
                         expected_kwargs=expected_kwargs)

    def test_alarm_create_attrs(self):
        self.verify_create(self.proxy.create_alarm, alarm.Alarm)

    def test_alarm_delete(self):
        self.verify_delete(self.proxy.delete_alarm, alarm.Alarm, False)

    def test_alarm_delete_ignore(self):
        self.verify_delete(self.proxy.delete_alarm, alarm.Alarm, True)

    def test_alarm_find(self):
        self.verify_find('openstack.telemetry.v2.alarm.Alarm.find',
                         self.proxy.find_alarm)

    def test_alarm_get(self):
        self.verify_get(self.proxy.get_alarm, alarm.Alarm)

    def test_alarms(self):
        self.verify_list(self.proxy.alarms, alarm.Alarm, paginated=False)

    def test_alarm_update(self):
        self.verify_update(self.proxy.update_alarm, alarm.Alarm)

    def test_capability_find(self):
        self.verify_find('openstack.telemetry.v2.capability.Capability.find',
                         self.proxy.find_capability)

    def test_capabilities(self):
        self.verify_list(self.proxy.capabilities, capability.Capability,
                         paginated=False)

    def test_meter_find(self):
        self.verify_find('openstack.telemetry.v2.meter.Meter.find',
                         self.proxy.find_meter)

    def test_meters(self):
        self.verify_list(self.proxy.meters, meter.Meter, paginated=False)

    def test_resource_find(self):
        self.verify_find('openstack.telemetry.v2.resource.Resource.find',
                         self.proxy.find_resource)

    def test_resource_get(self):
        self.verify_get(self.proxy.get_resource, resource.Resource)

    def test_resources(self):
        self.verify_list(self.proxy.resources, resource.Resource,
                         paginated=False)

    def test_sample_create_attrs(self):
        self.verify_create(self.proxy.create_sample, sample.Sample)

    def test_sample_find(self):
        self.verify_find('openstack.telemetry.v2.sample.Sample.find',
                         self.proxy.find_sample)

    def test_samples(self):
        met = meter.Meter.existing(name='meterone')
        expected_kwargs = {'path_args': {'counter_name': 'meterone'}}
        self.verify_list(self.proxy.samples, sample.Sample,
                         method_args=[met],
                         paginated=False, expected_kwargs=expected_kwargs)

    def test_statistics_find(self):
        self.verify_find('openstack.telemetry.v2.statistics.Statistics.find',
                         self.proxy.find_statistics)

    def test_statistics(self):
        met = meter.Meter.existing(name='meterone')
        expected_kwargs = {'path_args': {'meter_name': 'meterone'}}
        self.verify_list(self.proxy.statistics, statistics.Statistics,
                         method_args=[met],
                         paginated=False, expected_kwargs=expected_kwargs)

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With Tokyo being the great metropolis that it is, there is a variety of avenues for networking and building new friendships from expat business groups and professional organizations, to private membership clubs and interest groups. There are a variety of ways to identify these groups, including Metropolis Magazine (http://www.metropolis.co.jp) and Tokyo Meetup Groups (http://www.meetup.com/cities/jp/tokyo/).
Business and Professional Organizations
Chambers of Commerce are a great networking source including the American Chamber of Commerce (http://www.accj.or.jp) which is the most active foreign Chamber in Japan, the British Chamber of Commerce (http://www.bccjapan.com), and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (http://www.cccj.or.jp), among others. The main goal of these Chambers of Commerce is to strengthen business ties between Japan and their country. They often hold social activities to encourage networking. See each specific Chamber website for more information.
Some of the more prominent organizations for networking include:
The Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo (http://www.ea-tokyo.com), led by Dave Mori, an entrepreneur himself. EA-Tokyo was founded to promote and support entrepreneurship in Japan.
Caroline Pover founded Being A Broad (http://www.being-a-broad.com) in 1997 to help women make the most of their lives in Japan.
Foreign Executive Women (http://www.fewjapan.com) provides foreign women in Japan with a professional and social network connecting more than 200 members.
The Tokyo American Club (http://www.tac-club.org) is a full-service membership club including dining facilities, fitness center (including a swimming pool), book and video library, and other services. At the close of 2007, the Tokyo American Club (TAC) moved from its home in Azabudai to a temporary facility in Takanawa while a new TAC is built in its old location. The new facility, which aims to be the premier club in Asia, will re-open in January 2011.
Roppongi Hills Club (http://www.roppongihillsclub.com/visitor/dfw/en/index.html), located on the 51st floor or Mori Tower in the Roppongi Hills Complex sports 8 restaurants and 5 bars, not to mention one of the most incredible views in the city.
The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (http://www.fccj.or.jp/) was founded in November 1945 with some journalists that were accredited to General MacArthur's headquarters. While primarily for journalists, others interested in membership can join as associates.
While volunteer opportunities are not prevalent in Japan for those that do not speak Japanese fluently, there are a number of organizations – especially charities – where a helping hand is always welcome.
The Run for the Cure Foundation (http://www.runforthecure.org) and the Tyler Foundation are two such organizations.
The Tokyo American Club's Women's Group(http://www.tokyoamericanclubwomensgroup.org/) has more than 800 members and is always looking for new participants, as does Foreign Executive Women.


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Teams Ireland Wales played so far 8 matches.
Ireland won 3 direct matches. Wales won 2 matches. 3 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 1.88 goals per Match.
Ireland in actual season average scored 1.00 goals per match. In 10 (52.63%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 6 (31.58%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Wales average scored 1.25 goals per match in season 2019. In 10 (62.50%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 5 (31.25%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
STREAKS FOUND FOR DIRECT MATCHES!!» Ireland played 3 matches in a row without draw.
» Ireland lost all recent 2 matches in a row.
We invite you to check Ireland and Wales match statistict (Tab Stats->Match statistics), where you will find out who is the best scorer. Also you can check the statistics of possession, shots, corners, offsides, and many other applications.
In tab Goals stats (tab Stats->Goals stats) check how many loses and scored goals per game, how many games won and lost to zero. You will find what results teams Ireland and Wales usually end matches with divided into first and second half.
In tab Form(Stats->form) you find graph teams form and a list of all matches of Ireland and Wales in season.


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The Eyserbeek (;  ) is a river in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. The Eyserbeek is a right-bank tributary to the river Geul, which later joins the Meuse. Rising in Bocholtz and flowing through Simpelveld and Eys, the Eyserbeek eventually drains in the river Geul in Gulpen. The Eyserbeek lies on the north of the plateau of Bocholtz and south of the plateau of Ubachsberg.

Sources of the Eyserbeek can be found in Bocholtz near Hoeve Overhuizen, from where it passes the N281 provincial road, before flowing through the town square of Simpelveld. In 2012 Simpelveld reorganised its town square, which used to cover the river, opening the river to view and creating a new riverbank with bluestone. The Eyserbeek then passes the monumental Oude Molen and Bulkemsmolen watermills, build in 1774 and 1753 respectively, before passing into the village of Eys, which was named after the river. The Eyserbeek eventually drains in the river Geul near the former Motte-and-bailey castle Gracht Burggraaf in Gulpen, where also the Gulp River joins the Geul from the opposite bank.

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Rivers of the Netherlands
Rivers of South Limburg (Netherlands)
Gulpen-Wittem
Simpelveld


In 1588 there were, according to Edward Hasted, 123 communicants, a total population of perhaps less than 150. This seems to have remained virtually unchanged in 1640.
Bagshaws' "Directory of Kent 1847" states that in 1841 there were 63 houses in Kingston.
Note: In 1889 Denne Hill and another detached part of Kingston were transferred to the parish of Womenswold.
There was no census in 1940 because of the war.


text:
require 'spec_helper'

describe PyramidScheme::IndexClient do
  before(:each) do
    @client = PyramidScheme::IndexClient.new
  end

  it 'should have an index provider' do
    @client.index_provider.should_not be_nil
  end

  it 'should bounce pids after indexing' do
    @client.index_provider.stubs(:retrieve_index)

    PyramidScheme::ProcessManager.expects(:bounce_searchd)
    @client.retrieve_index
  end

end


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One of the three men charged in the vandalism of Qwest utility boxes in St. Paul was sentenced Wednesday to two years and three months in prison.
Ian-David McCombs, 22, of White Bear Lake, pleaded guilty Dec. 27 to damaging utility company property. A charge of possessing burglary tools was dropped as part of the plea deal.
McCombs admitted that on Oct. 14, he and two friends, Christopher Dee Walter, 26, and Levi Thomas Glennie, 21, broke into Qwest utility boxes near View Street and Jefferson Avenue in St. Paul's West End neighborhood, then hit another box near Erie Street and St. Clair Avenue, cutting wires in both and disrupting service for about a thousand customers in the area.
"I'll bet you never thought when you were out there screwing around with those boxes that you'd be in here looking at prison time," Ramsey County District Judge Diane Alshouse said to McCombs.
She noted that McCombs had five prior felonies, thus upping his potential sentence.
The prosecution noted that Qwest had filed a request for restitution in the amount of $22,000. The probation department will review that for consideration of payment by the defendants.
The other two men's cases are pending.


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26.08.2021 | Bioparc Valencia relies on 100% green electricity
Energy turnaround Iberia Origination Renewable energy
Tobias Kistner
Axpo Iberia recently began supplying a sustainable wildlife park in Spain with electricity certified to be generated 100% from renewable energies. Bioparc Valencia is committed to protecting endangered species and the environment, as well as the preservation of African wildlife. Now, thanks to an agreement with Axpo, it will be eliminating more than 580 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year.
Since 2008, gentle Congolese gorillas, majestic Serengeti lions, heavyweight hippos from sub-Saharan Africa and agile lemurs from the island state of Madagascar have been living in the midst of the Spanish metropolis of Valencia. They have found a refuge in the Bioparc, which covers an area of more than 100 square kilometres and was designed to closely resemble their native African habitats. The spacious wildlife park is home to 4,000 animals and divided into four large sections. Each replicates a different environment: the Central African forest, wet and dry savannahs, and the island habitat of Madagascar, all carefully reproduced using indigenous African vegetation.
Spectacular wildlife at close range
At first glance, there are no visible barriers between the visitors' paths and the animal compounds. Similar to a safari, young and old visitors alike can enter the habitats of approximately 250 African species and learn first-hand the importance of protecting natural environments. In coming years, the entire facility will be expanded to include habitats for Asian and American animal species.
The facility's Director Luis Angel Martinez explained: "The Bioparc is a new kind of wildlife park concept, where we want to heighten awareness of environmental preservation and the rich biodiversity of our planet." The primary aim is to change society's mindset and make visitors more conscious of sustainability issues.
Among the herds of antelope, zebra, giraffe, and rhino, surrounded by chimpanzees, water buffaloes and leopards; on the elephant trail leading to the legendary Kenyan Kitum cave; in the baobab forest and underwater with crocodiles and fish of every colour, visitors quickly come to appreciate the importance of preserving the unique diversity and beauty of our planet.
Modern technology at work
Since opening 13 years ago, the Bioparc has been making a sustainability contribution of its own, implementing energy efficiency measures by using solar panels, LED lighting and biomass boilers. Reducing the Bioparc's consumption of precious resources such as water is also achieved by using the latest technologies such as time switchers, intelligent watering systems and special chemical-free water treatment.
Martinez and his team have also significantly reduced waste through recycling and compost produced from animal excrement and green waste. The Bioparc was also the first such facility to ban plastic tableware in its restaurant and replace it with biodegradable and compostable items.
Two pioneers join forces
To go a step further, the Bioparc recently began working closely with Axpo Iberia, one of the leading marketers of electricity from wind and solar plants in Spain and Portugal. The Axpo subsidiary supports large corporations and SMEs in implementing their sustainability strategies with, for example, long-term power purchase agreements for electricity from renewable sources.
Axpo Iberia Managing Director Ignacio Soneira explains: "Our strong commitment to supporting customers in the efficient use of energy, achieving significant energy savings and environmentally responsible energy consumption is in our DNA. We share our know-how because sustainability and environmental protection is just as important to us. So I am delighted that we are now working together with Bioparc Valencia. They have played a pioneering role in sustainability, building social awareness of the importance of protecting both the environment and endangered species."
Giraffes in the Bioparc Valencia
Axpo Iberia supplies the wildlife park and its entire infrastructure with electricity generated 100% from renewable sources. The agreement means that Bioparc Valencia is also contributing to the de-carbonisation of the Spanish economy by reducing its own CO2 emissions. In practical terms, the facility will eliminate more than 580 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year, the equivalent of about 12,000 return flights between Madrid and Valencia.
Luis Angel Martinez concludes: "Our guests, from small children to grandparents, understand what's important after visiting Bioparc Valencia. We all have a big responsibility to make a difference, and agreements like this one with Axpo Iberia are important steps towards a more sustainable world."


In the United States, treatments for hair loss are a $3.6 billion industry with products ranging from supplements to shampoos, laser-producing helmets, and even surgery. But do any of these treatments actually work?
Our hair grows in a cycle with three distinct phases.
First, hair grows and gets longer in the anagen phase which can go on for several years. Then, during the ~10-day catagen phase, hair stops actively growing and separates from its follicle, which is what holds the hair in place beneath the skin. Finally, in the telogen phase, the follicle goes into rest mode for several months until the hair falls out. Then, the process starts anew.
The average person loses 50 to 100 hairs per day naturally due to this cycle. But if the process is interrupted at any stage—for example, if the follicle doesn't come back out of resting mode or starts to shrink—hair loss and hair thinning can result. Interruptions to the cycle can be caused by hormones, stress, poor diet, chemical hair treatments, certain medications, and, of course, good ol' genetics.
The most common form of hair loss is androgenetic alopecia, or, in other words, male or female pattern baldness or hair loss. Androgenetic alopecia is genetic and affects an estimated 50 million men and 30 million women in the United States. Among white women in the U.S., an average of 19% are affected by female pattern hair loss, but that percentage increases with age. The prevalence is nearly doubled in Australia at 32% and much lower in Korea and China at < 6%. As of 2015, no studies had been done on the prevalence of female pattern hair loss in Brazil or Africa.
Male pattern baldness is linked to a sensitivity to the hormone dihydrotestosterone and usually manifests as a receding hairline or ring of missing hair. Female pattern baldness instead typically causes the hair to thin all over the scalp but not fall out.
Another fairly common form of hair loss is alopecia areata, which usually presents as patches of hair loss over the scalp and is autoimmune related. In autoimmune conditions, the body's immune system attacks bodily tissues even when they are healthy. In the case of alopecia areata, the hair follicles are prevented from growing new hair.
A more temporary form of hair loss is telogen effluvium or when hair follicles get stuck in the telogen or resting phase and stop growing new hair. Telogen effluvium can occur three months after a significant medical event like childbirth, surgery, or a high fever, but can also be caused by a thyroid imbalance or iron deficiency. Certain medications like blood thinners and birth control pills are also linked to this form of hair loss.
To determine the cause of your hair loss, a doctor will typically conduct blood work to diagnose any missing nutrients or autoimmune disorders, take down your family history, study the pattern of the hair loss (in other words, is it a receding hair line or patchier in nature?) and potentially take a scalp biopsy.
Which hair loss treatments work?


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