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The Men And Women From The Ministry
Further to a recent post about middle-aged men becoming obsessed with military books, I finally finished Giles Milton's 'Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' with, it must be said, a tear in my eye.
This is partly because I connected with the subject matter via my parents, but also because of the bravura storytelling that brought to life a story about which I knew nothing. To this day I don't know quite what my father did in his experimental unit, although I know part of it was involved with explosives.
It would be a shame if Milton's book was only read by the aforesaid MAM, because it also tells the story of the brave women who kept the secrets of the nondescript building in Baker Street full of unsung heroes. This is the unit HQ as it appears today.
The Special Operations Executive, a unit permanently broke and working insane hours, picked not just the brightest and best but the oddest. It was hated by most of the old school military, who felt that saboteurs and disrupters had no place in a 'civilised war'. They blithely ignored the fact that bombing raids hit less than 10% of their targets and very often killed civilians, while the saboteurs rehearsed and planned in order to conduct clean strikes, hurting few, crippling supplies and conducting raids that allowed them to appear and vanish without harm.
To be chucked out of a plane in pitch darkness into a Norwegian mountain pine forest in below-zero temperatures with no idea of where you are going or how to get there must have been terrifying. Often the adventures play out like clips of classic movies.
But it's also the story of Joan Bright, 29 years old and amazed to find herself surrounded by chaps blowing up their gardens with experimental bombs. After years of keeping track of these free-thinking lunatics she dated Ian Fleming and is most likely the original Miss Moneypenny.
The secret unit was eventually copied in America with more resources and a lot more money. After the war it became the CIA. In England, the original unit was simply disbanded and everyone packed off to civilian jobs, never able to discuss what had passed between them.
Giles Milton's book is not just for boffins – it's a highly atmospheric study of a government prepared to harness the abilities of people who simply thought differently. In a time when the young are obsessed with the idea of having super-powers (which are instant, unearned fantasy-abilities) it's fascinating to see how open-minded leaders could set up training schools for abnormal thinkers and give them purpose.
They were engineers (and in one case a caravan-maker) who became bombers and assassins, who ironically developed ideas for winning a war with far lower risk to civilians. In one extraordinary story, they persuaded the maker of Peugeot cars to blow up his own factory rather than jeopardise his workers' lives from allied bombers.
Now that the documents are no longer redacted there are several other books telling this story, including one identically titled (although now retitled) by Damien Lewis, which is rather pulpier. Milton's has a dryness of wit which makes it more delightful and at times feels like an Ealing comedy.
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Cornelia Appleyard says:
I have also just finished reading the book, and enjoyed it – so definitely not just for MAM.
I see that Joan Bright wrote a biography of Gubbins, albeit with help from a man 😉 and another book about the events she witnessed – added to my reading queue.
" After the war, it became the CIA." Now DARPA, complete with website, social media presence, and a 3B (USD) budget. .
Ian Luck says:
I wonder if Mr Gubbins lived long enough to see his name make it's way into general speech as a term for bits and pieces, the name of which, one is uncertain, eg.: "On opening the box, I found a new brass tap, and in a little bag, all the gubbins to fit it.'
I love words for odds and sods, but my favourite was invented by George Lucas (yes, THAT George Lucas), as a term for all the tiny model kit parts used to give detail and texture to special effects models. The word he used was 'Greeblies'. It has since become a film industry standard term, and as real model effects seem to be being used in movies again, it's back in use.
Ian Mason says:
In a similar vein, may I also recommend Leo Marks' "Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's Story 1941-1945" about his work with the SOE teaching codes and ciphers to the agents who had to use them in the field, including to Violette Szabo of "Carve Her Name with Pride" fame. Marks is also notable for writing the screenplay for Michael Powell's film "Peeping Tom".
In the little square next to Marylebone station( East toward Baker street) on the W side of this square theres another house which was used as a base for SOE personnel during WW2. Think the Montgolfier bros did a balloon ride to this square and it was also the site of first Lord's cricket ground I think. Not at home to check facts – off line at home am pretending to drink coffee at Costas have pinched somebody's dirty cup to sit behind. Been here ages.
I could never get over that poem by Violet Szabo, you know the one with "and yours, and yours and yours" To my admittedly not much educated mind that was one of the best things I ever read. How did someone with a mind and imagination like that go out and do what she did? Its not like she didn't have the imagination not o anticipate what was coming her way. I might have said that wrong but you know what I mean. How did someone like that do what she did? Hats off to her.
I lieu of the usual long unfocused comment, here it is reduced to one line.
The man who organised the Peugeot operation went on to appear in a film, playing a character based on himself, and you can watch it if you click here.
[For those that can't open links, the code string to find it on YouTube is "dlZ15_KoKQc": no region restrictions.]
Helen Martin says:
Jan, thank you for sending me on a quick search for information on MS Szabo. That poem was written by Leo Marks for Violette to use as a base for code building. I agree that it is a wonderful poem. I now know that there was a child Tania who lived (lives?) in Wales where her house burned down, leaving her in need of housing. She put her Mother's George Cross and Croix de Guerre up for auction, rather reluctantly, she said, but since she had no children she hoped it would be available for people to see. It was bought for the Imperial War Museum where it is apparently viewable.
I got the Ungentlemanly war book and a book of stories of the "children of WWII"
H I had convinced me self that the lady wrote the poem herself! In fact I could swear I can hear a voice off the telly telling me that. Perhaps more worryingly its just a voice in my head…..
Tis good though isn't it?
Yes it is, and one of the places where it was talked about gave you the instructions for the code. You couldn't use it now, though because it would be a first test in order to break it.
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The Traveling Electronic Theater from SIGGRAPH 2016 is coming to our chapter in June. This reel comprises the best shorts from the Electronic Theater and Computer Animation Festival. 20 hours of shorts and excerpts featuring the latest and greatest in Computer Animation are presented here in this approximately 90 minute film.
The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is the leading annual festival for the world's most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators. An internationally recognized jury receives hundreds of submissions and presents the best work of the year in the two programs of the Computer Animation Festival, Daytime Selects and the Electronic Theater. Selections include outstanding achievements in animated feature and short films, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, game excerpts, and much more!
By special arrangement with ACM SIGGRAPH, we will be screening the SIGGRAPH 2016 Traveling Electronic Theater. This is the best-of from the Computer Animation Festival and includes shorts not shown in the SIGGRAPH show.
Some content in the CAF is mature, and Parents are strongly cautioned, as some material may not be suitable for children. If a child is wearable meaning they do not walk, the parent must have the child in a sugglie, backpack, etc. The child cannot be carried nor can they be in a stroller. If the child becomes fussy the parent must leave immediately or you will have to ask them to leave quietly. For problems with uncooperative parents, speak with any of the Executive Council members present.
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While much remains unknown about the specific weapons Stephen Paddock fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, killing at least 59 people and injuring potentially hundreds more, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Monday that 16 firearms were found in the hotel room.
The sound of gunfire captured on videos recorded during the massacre indicates that Paddock used at least one automatic weapon, a type of firearm that is highly regulated in the United States though a fairly common find at gun shows and firing ranges, including one near Las Vegas that allows customers to shoot military-grade weapons.
It was unclear how Paddock would have acquired an automatic weapon, if he did use one. Those weapons can be legally owned if made before May 1986 and registered with the federal government, or owned by licensed dealers.
So far, at least one has been identified as an AK-47 type rifle, outfitted with a stand to steady it and improve accuracy, said people close to the ongoing probe. Lombardo said the weapons that have been recovered range in caliber from .223, which is associated with AR-15 style rifles, and .308, which is a caliber commonly used in hunting rifles. Lombardo was unsure if any of the weapons were automatic. Scopes were also recovered on the scene.
Agents with Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have yet to determine if Paddock modified mechanical components to a semiautomatic rifle to make it fully automatic, Lombardo said, which would be illegal. He also could have used a legal modification like an attachable crank to simulate automatic fire, which depresses the trigger faster than a finger and can be bought online for as little as $40.
It is important to note the distinction between a semiautomatic rifle and a fully automatic weapon. Semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15 patterned rifle – owned by millions of Americans and found on the scene after mass killings at San Bernardino, California; Aurora, Colorado, and Newtown, Connecticut – are the civilian variant of the military's M-16 and M-4 rifles.
One squeeze of the trigger means one round leaves the barrel, which physically limits the amount of fire to how quickly the operator can pull the trigger. AR-15 pattern rifles typically take 30-round magazines, which feeds ammunition into the weapon using a tension spring.
Some states, such as California, regulate the size of magazines, but Nevada does not. A trained shooter can easily remove one magazine from the weapon, load another from a tactical vest or pocket, and continue firing within seconds. There are higher-capacity magazines available, but they are prone to malfunctions and misfeeds.
An automatic weapon, by contrast, fires continuously as long as pressure is applied to the trigger and ammunition is available. While semiautomatic weapons are often incorrectly referred to as "machine guns," an automatic weapon's originally designed mechanical system – used to feed, eject and ready the next round – is what makes it a machine gun.
Semiautomatic weapons can also legally simulate automatic fire with "bump" modifications to the stock that reduces recoil and lets the shooter hold the weapon in a way that allows rapid fire, according to the Trace, a nonprofit website that examines gun violence in the United States.
Paddock's choice of a firing position 400 yards from the stage at a high overlook suggests a plan of attack to fire into a densely packed area where accuracy would not be a top concern. That distance is near the 500-yard effective range for an M-4, but machine guns typically have longer barrels which extend range. A weapon such as the M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is effective at 800 meters for individual targets.
The difference between the two is enormous from a lethality standpoint. On the battlefield, for instance, an M-4 rifle is a semiautomatic rifle. Training manuals suggest 12 to 15 rounds a minute for sustained firing, which would avert the risk of its barrel overheating.
The SAW fires the same 5.56mm caliber ammunition with metal links attached to the rounds. Manuals suggest 100 rounds for sustained fire, though 200 rounds can be used in dangerous combat situations.
A typical scenario in Iraq and Afghanistan would involve a SAW gunner firing an entire starter belt of 100 linked rounds at the beginning of a firefight to quickly suppress the enemy. It would take only a few seconds to fire the belt.
The high number of firearms found at the hotel suggest a concern for overheating rifle barrels. The barrels can reach several hundred degrees, turning orange and even blue as rounds travel thousands of feet per second through them.
Automatic weapons such as the SAW and the larger M-240 have lever releases on the barrel, allowing one to be swapped for another using a oven-mitt-like glove.
The National Rifle Association says Nevada law allows the purchase of machine guns and silencers in compliance with federal law and regulations.


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Nearly two months after introducing Snappables, its social AR offering, Snap is now working with companies to create and sell branded versions of Snappables games. The new offering is part of a larger effort to make it easier for advertisers to purchase AR ads.
The first sponsored Snappables will go live on Thursday, according to a Snap spokesperson. King — the maker of Candy Crush — Dunkin' Donuts, and Bud Light are among some of the first companies who will be partnering with Snap on the games at launch. Snappables are multiplayer and high score games that users can play with friends on Snapchat, and are developed around a uniquely designed AR filter. One of the Snappables games introduced at launch encouraged users to open their month to "catch" eggs that were augmented onto the Snap screen.
Snap is also testing out new shoppable formats for Snap Ads and Story ads, which will now include a tappable product catalog that can take users to the web pages for multiple products for one company. A Snap spokesperson said this new ad format will roll out more widely later summer. In May, Snap introduced Shoppable AR features for sponsored lenses, including a "shop now" button that could direct users to the company's website or bring them to an app install page. The company didn't give a specific reason why it's testing out this format, but the product catalog is much more noticeable than the simple "shop now" button. Snap got into the ecommerce game itself recently, launching a merchandise store that lives inside Snapchat's discover section.


The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 66-year-old passenger woman on Sunday from the Carnival Conquest cruise ship.
The Carnival ship was 27 miles north of Cat Island, Bahamas when the woman was medevaced.
The passengers was reportedly suffering symptoms of a stroke. The Coast Guard station in Clearwater deployed a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew.
Last night, the United States Coast Guard medevaced a 24-year-old passenger from the Carnival Imagination cruise ship.
San Diego news station 10 reports that the young woman was suffering from appendicitis.
A newspaper in Alabama reports that a United States Coast Guard helicopter medevaced an 8-month-old baby girl from a Carnival cruise ship early yesterday morning.
Newspapers in New Jersey are reporting that the U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a passenger from a Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) ship on January 15th, approximately 75 miles east of Atlantic City.


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DENSO Takes a Stake in Airbiquity to Advance Connected Vehicle Technology
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DENSO, the world's second largest mobility supplier, today announced it has taken a $5M stake in Seattle-based Airbiquity Inc., a global leader in connected vehicle services and a pioneer in the development of automotive telematics technology. The investment will accelerate the development of over-the-air (OTA) systems for wirelessly updating automotive software from a remote location.
DENSO Sponsors B.R.A.K.E.S Teen Defensive Driving Program to Advance its Vision for an Accident-Free Future of Mobility
Mobility Supplier Partners with Professional Racing Drivers and Law Enforcement to Reduce Teen Auto Crashes Across the Country
Inclusive STEM learning is imperative for future of our industry
Jun 25 | 2018
Education and career counseling for young students has come full circle. For decades, primary schools pushed students to pursue degrees aimed toward stable, 9-to-5 jobs. Carving out a steady career became a benchmark of success for young students, while vocational trade work became a back-up plan.
Flash forward to today and "STEM" (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is a near ubiquitous part of school curriculum and extra-curricular activities. It's all part of the effort to get kids excited about jobs and professions we need to fill in order to build the future. It's no secret we need to develop more STEM talent, and that means doing a better job fostering inclusive learning opportunities.
DENSO's Maryville investment named as a top business deal of 2017
NEC-DENSO Joint Venture to Explore Connected Car Tech
Dec 20 | 2017
NEC has found an onramp into the emerging smart cars market with a new joint venture. NEC-DENSO Joint Venture to Explore Connected Car TechThe company's subsidiary, NEC Platforms, has teamed up with automotive components supplier DENSO Corporation to form DENSO Next Co. Ltd.
Denso buys into ride-share software provider
Japanese supplier Denso Corp. has acquired an equity stake in Ridecell, a supplier of operating platforms for ride-sharing networks.
DENSO acquires Holland-based tech startup
HOLLAND — In a move into smartphone-based automotive technology, auto parts supplier DENSO International America Inc. on Thursday acquired a Holland-based tech startup.
BlackBerry, Denso partner to create better instrument, infotainment systems
BlackBerry Ltd. has teamed with Japanese Tier 1 supplier Denso to develop what they say is the world's first integrated automotive human machine interface (HMI) platform, which promises to lower costs for increasingly complex instrument clusters and infotainment systems.
Tech startup sells to global auto company
DENSO, an automotive technology company, said today it acquired Holland-based InfiniteKey, along with several patents and R&D resources.
No More Car Keys? There's a Smartphone App for That
The clunky key fob needed to enter or start cars could be joining the cassette player and other outdated components in the automotive history books.
Denso buys InfiniteKey, eyes smartphone as key tech for autos
Auto system supplier Denso bought InfiniteKey to leverage smartphones, Bluetooth Low Energy, and back-end cloud services at scale.
Denso acquires mobile phone software maker InfiniteKey
Denso International America Inc. announced this week it acquired Holland-based mobile phone software maker InfiniteKey Inc. Terms of the deal, which was completed on Oct. 27, were not disclosed.
Denso, Toyota intro test to analyze IoT data with quantum computer
Denso and Toyota Tsusho, a member of the Toyota Group, announced Wednesday they will conduct the first test using a quantum computer to process data from a traffic IoT platform, including vehicle location and travel data of roughly 130,000 commercial vehicles in Thailand.
Denso Claims World's Largest Auto Head-up Display
Nov 06 | 2017
Denso announces it has developed a thin-film transistor enabling it to produce what it says is the world's largest automotive head-up display, a human-machine interface with a nearly 24-in. (61-cm) projection.
DENSO unveils new 'Crafting the Core' brand
The Daily Times: DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee unveiled the automobile supplier's new brand "Crafting the Core" Thursday during a driving safety campaign kickoff that featured National Hot Rod Association racer Clay Millican and his dragster.
Toyota, Intel, others to form auto big data consortium
(Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), chipmaker Intel Corp (INTC.O) and other technology and auto companies are forming a consortium to create an ecosystem for big data used in connected cars, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday.
Road safety is at DENSO's 'core'
Daily Post-Athenian - DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee (DMAT) unveiled its new "Crafting the Core" brand with a special employee event on Wednesday.
DENSO receives Workplace Safety and Health award
DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee is recipient of the Commissioner's Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.
Denso looks far into the future
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Forecasters tell us how next year will unfold, and big thinkers might look into the coming decade. But Denso's strategists have peered into the year 2050 -- and now they intend to remake the company accordingly.
At Auto Conference, the Sky Isn't Falling — Yet
ACME, MI — During one session at the annual Management Briefing Seminars, there were variations on the phrase "the sky isn't falling." Then, during the same discussion, Denise Carlson, a planning executive for automotive supplier Denso, put up a slide to illustrate a point.
Denso to invest in Southfield headquarters, create 120 new jobs
Denso International America Inc. plans to create 120 new jobs and invest $75 million when it expands its headquarters in Southfield
Denso plans $75 million expansion of N.A. headquarters
Denso International America Inc. plans to invest $75 million by 2021 to expand its North American headquarters in suburban Detroit.
$50,000 DENSO grant to aid engineering students in academia and beyond
Oakland University: DENSO Supports Multiple Programs at Oakland University with $50,000 Grant - DENSO Presented Oakland University's School of Engineering and Computer Science with a $50,000 grant that will help fund the purchase of industry-standard equipment and upgrades to their Thermodynamics Lab.
Same community collaborative spirit behind DENSO EcoPark leads to public art installation
The Daily Post-Athenian: DENSO in Athens Helps to Create Artwork for Local EcoPark. - DENSO in Athens commemorates their 20th anniversary by creating artwork for the local EcoPark.
To End Distracted Driving, MIT Figures Out How People Really Drive
GIVEN THE SHEER numbers of things that go on in cars these days, it is, perhaps, a touch worrying that scientists still aren't quite sure how the human brain reacts to distraction.
Externships give Heritage High School educators inside look at DENSO
The Daily Times: Tennessee High School Teachers Get Inside Look at DENSO - A group of Heritage High School teachers in Tennessee were able to visit DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee Inc. this past month to get a better insight into what a company like DENSO is looking for when hiring employees.
DENSO teams with commercial truck industry leaders on road to automation
Apr 18 | 2017
DENSO increases investment in connected and automated vehicle company Peloton Technology's latest funding round.
DENSO Employees Raise $25,000 for Gatlinburg Relief Efforts
DENSO employees from Maryville and Athens teamed up to raise $25,000 for the Gatlinburg relief efforts.
Denso U.S. chief seeks partners
Feb 20 | 2017
Things are changing at DENSO, the auto industry's No. 2 supplier. The Toyota-affiliated producer of air conditioning and powertrain parts is preparing for the autonomous-driving age by forming partnerships with companies in emerging technologies.
DENSO Releases Guide to Small Assembly Robot Controllers
DENSO Robotics has released a free, six-page guide, titled, "Small Assembly Robots: Evaluating Controllers."
Denso showcases new employee health center
Jan 26 | 2017
Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc. unveiled its new health facility Thursday in a ceremony capping off years of work toward the project.
Denso Partners with CDTi on PowerEdge Line of Emissions Control Products
Denso Products showcased a new line of PowerEdge aftermarket emissions control products at the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week in Las Vegas this week.
Denso changes its recruiting as needs widen
Last year DENSO fell short of its North American talent recruitment targets. So this year the mega-supplier is pulling out all the stops.
DENSO to use North American International Auto Show as recruiting tool
DENSO, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, plans to open a recruiting center at Cobo Center in Detroit during the North American International Auto Show.
Denso opens R&D lab at University of Michigan
Denso International America Inc. has opened a new research and development lab at the University of Michigan, the supplier announced Tuesday morning at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
DENSO to invest in safety research, students at U-M lab
DENSO, one of the world's largest auto suppliers, will open a new research and development lab at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the Southfield-based company announced this morning at the Detroit auto show.
Vacuum cleaner shoes show up at CES because why not
Given that CES 2017 is the world's biggest tradeshow for tech, you're bound to see some quirky stuff. And lo, we did -- in the form of a vacuum shoe from Japanese auto company DENSO.
UM-Dearborn students part of car-sharing study
About 30 University of Michigan Dearborn students are part of a new Denso Corp. car-sharing study that will focus on helping design an electric vehicle specifically for people who live, work or visit one location.
DENSO looks at whole picture for safety, thermal, interface systems
Auto supplier DENSO International America Inc. reinvests about 9 percent of its net sales in research and development.
DENSO, Gridsmart demonstrate traffic safety technology
Gridsmart Technologies and DENSO International America demonstrated Thursday how each company's technology can work together to create safer traffic flow through intersections.
DENSO invests in deep learning and vision processing startup Thinci
DENSO says its investment in startup will help accelerate next-generation automotive technology, using innovative deep learning and vision processing silicon and software.
DENSO Once Again Helping EcoCAR Team Succeed
UT's EcoCAR team has once again gotten support from a familiar partner: DENSO has provided the team with $50,000.
DENSO donation brings robotics into classrooms
The generosity of a local industry will help accelerate the education of students here.
Equipment Grant From DENSO Will Support Rapid Prototyping
A new materials science laboratory will offer sophisticated new opportunities for Arkansas State University students in the STEM disciplines as a result of generous financial support from DENSO North America Foundation.
DENSO breaks ground on $400M expansion, begins hiring
DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee Inc. broke ground Thursday on a 186,528 square-foot warehouse, marking the first phase of a $400 million expansion, and has begun the hiring process for 500 new jobs.
DENSO investing $37 million in Michigan, adding 125 jobs
Japanese supplier DENSO is investing $37 million in machinery and equipment to expand automation at its DENSO Manufacturing Michigan, Inc. operation in Battle Creek.
DENSO, Pellissippi State team up to educate current, future employees
With a low unemployment and jobs that can be difficult to fill, DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee Inc. in Maryville has figured out a way to help close the skills gap that exists between open jobs and the ability of available workers to do the job.
DENSO EcoPark's 1st Phase opens
DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee creates opportunities both inside and outside its plant.
DENSO invests in lidar laser maker TriLumina
In the ongoing race to develop advanced driver-assistance systems and self-driving cars, DENSO International America has invested in lidar-maker TriLumina (Albuquerque, NM), giving the smaller company greater access to the automotive market.
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Watch the Gonz's New Short Film '08NOBEL80'
A few nights ago, I received a late night phone call from artist and skateboarder Mark Gonzales a.k.a. the Gonz. We made plans to meet at midnight at Astor Place. Over the next few hours, the Gonz shot footage of us riding skateboards and bikes through...
Catching up with Krussia, New York's Best Russian Rapper
For this week's Mahal, I hit up Russian rapper Krussia's 2 AM performance at CMJ's international show. Over the last few years, I've ran into Krussia from time to time as shredded the streets of New York on his bike. Here's a live video from his CMJ...
Jill Di Donato Talks About Her Book About Sex in the Lower East Side
For this week's Mahal, I met with author and sex columnist Jill Di Donato at a garden to discuss her new novel and video project, Beautiful Garbage, about the commercialization of sex and the art scene in the Lower East Side.
HiriiTheHuman Is a Suburban Rap Prodigy
For this week's Mahal, I met up HiriiTheHuman, a 15-year-old member of Rochester's suburban rap scene. While hanging out with Hirii, I asked him about growing up in the suburbs, his new song, and why there are no spaces in his name.
TV Killed the Lower East Side
This week, I'm presenting my friend Jade Katz's new video, TV Killed the Lower East Side. With the help of Jade's pet rat, Petunia, the video shows how television and movies convinced millions of people to move to New York City, ruining the...
These Art Kids Are Hosting an Ancient Greek Sacrifice in Bushwick
Instead of charging admission for their production of "Electra," these artists are requiring audiences members to offer a sacrifice of some kind. This includes—but is not limited to—fruit, meat, wine, a lock of hair, cigarettes, art, and socks. I spoke...
This Skateboard School Is Keeping Kids Out of Trouble in Brownsville
For this week's Mahal, I checked out the Summer Skateboarding Program at Mt. Ollie Baptists Church in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The program is a result of a collaboration between the Harold Hunter Foundation and Airwalk. Through the program, skateboarders...
George Gage's Cult Classic 'Skateboard' Is Coming to BAMcinématek
For this week's Mahal, I talked to director George Gage about his film 'Skateboard.' Released in 1978, the film tells the tale of a semi-bald loser who decides to manage a team of skateboarding teens in hopes of covering some unsettled debts with his...
The Amazing Falcon Bowse T-Shirt Transformation Program
Falcon Bowse has spent many years traveling between New York and San Francisco tattooing people and doing interior design. His most recent project, the Amazing Falcon Bowse T-shirt Transformation Program, creates five-panel hats out of t-shirts.
Billy Rohan Left Florida to Create Illuminati Videos
This week, I caught up with my forever friend, the pro skateboard personality and filmmaker Billy Rohan. After spending a year in Florida to gather his thoughts, he's back in New York City to launch a new video series called Illumignarly.
2013 Summer Roll
Between the outdoor drawing sessions and the sweet breeze of the air-conditioned cinemas, summertime is the most exciting time to mess around in New York City. In honor of the summer's encroaching end, I decided to share another summer photo roll.
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Russian Northern Fleet's Severomorsk anti-submarine ship is participating in joint Russian-Pakistani anti-piracy drills called Arabian Monsoon-2018, the fleet's press service said on Friday.
"Today, the Northern Fleet's Severomorsk anti-submarine ship has started its participation in the active phase of the international Russian-Pakistani anti-piracy exercise Arabian Monsoon-2018," the press service's statement, published on the official website of the Russian Defense Ministry, said.
The drills are being held in the northern parts of the Arabian Sea, in the Indian Ocean, with the Russian and Pakistani sailors training joint actions aimed at countering piracy and other illicit activities in the sea, the statement said.
The Russian side to the naval drills is also represented by the Kama tanker, while the Pakistani Navy has brought the Saif frigate, the Quwwat missile boat, the Karrar patrol boat and the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King warfare helicopter.
Earlier in the day, the Severomorsk ship ended its unofficial visit to the Pakistani port city of Karachi.


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Q: Negative or decimal Hi guys i just want to know what is the problem of my code but i think i've getting some logic errors
 this would be the out put of the program
"Enter a float values: -4.6

 Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of -4.6: r

 You must have a positive for square root.

 Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of -4.6: s

 The number -4.6 squared has the value 21.159999122619638

 Do you want to enter more data ? y/n: n .

//============================================================
This is the logic error i got .
Enter a float values: -4

Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of -4.0: s

You must have a positive for square root.

Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of -4.0: s

The number -4.0 squared has the value 16.0

Do you want to enter more data ? y/n:

Supposed to be i will be getting the squared of the value instead of getting the statement" You must have a positive for a square " that won't be really necessary to happen because i did not chose R to "Square root the -4:
hope you understand and help me ..
This is the logic error i got .
Like this , this should be the correct answer .
Enter a float values: -4

Do you want the (s)squared or square (r)root of -4.0: s

The number -4.0 squared has the value 16.0

Do you want to enter more data ? y/n:

thanks guys . I'll be waiting for your answers and help
BTW this is the code ^^
{
    Scanner console = new Scanner (System.in);

    float FloatValue;
    char again = 'y';
    char letter;

    String token;
    String SqrSqrt;

    do

    {

        System.out.print("Enter a float values: ");
        FloatValue = console.nextFloat();

        System.out.print("Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of " + FloatValue +": ");
        SqrSqrt = console.next();

        if (FloatValue < 0)
        {
        System.out.println("You must have a positive for square root.");

        System.out.print("Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of " + FloatValue +": ");
        SqrSqrt = console.next();

        }

    switch(SqrSqrt)

        {

        case "r":

        {

            System.out.println("The square root of " + FloatValue +" is " +  Math.sqrt(FloatValue) );
            break;
        }

        case "s":

            System.out.println("The number " + FloatValue +" squared has the value " +  Math.pow(FloatValue , 2) );
            break;

        }

    System.out.print("\nDo you want to enter more data ? y/n: ");
        token = console.next();
        again = token.charAt(0);

        }
    while ( again == 'y');
  }
}

A: Your flow is wrong.  The problem is once you get your input you are checking if its less than 0. If yes you are printing the message You must have a positive for square root. (even if user really wanted to perform square) Instead do that checking only is user selects r option.
Change like this
do
{

  System.out.print("Enter a float values: ");
  FloatValue = console.nextFloat();

  System.out.print("Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of " + FloatValue +": ");
        SqrSqrt = console.next();

switch(SqrSqrt)
{
 case "r":

   if (FloatValue < 0)
   {
       System.out.println("You must have a positive for square root.");
   }
   else
      System.out.println("The square root of " + FloatValue +" is " +  Math.sqrt(FloatValue) );
            break;

 case "s":
            System.out.println("The number " + FloatValue +" squared has the value " +  Math.pow(FloatValue , 2) );
            break;

}

    System.out.print("\nDo you want to enter more data ? y/n: ");
        token = console.next();
        again = token.charAt(0);

        }
    while ( again == 'y');

A: As mentioned above one approach i am giving second approach to solve this.
main issue is in your if condition that should be changed to loop.
instead of :
 if (FloatValue < 0)
    {
    System.out.println("You must have a positive for square root.");
    System.out.print("Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of " + FloatValue +": ");
    SqrSqrt = console.next();

    }

you can write :
 while( ! ("s".equalsIgnoreCase(SqrSqrt)) && FloatValue < 0)
    {
    System.out.println("You must have a positive for square root.");
    System.out.print("Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of " + FloatValue +": ");
    SqrSqrt = console.next();

    }

A: In addition to obvious errors, I would like to remind that Java does not have built in complex number support. You can not just Sqrt(-4) it would just return NaN (acronym for: Not a Number). Furthermore diferent locales have different numbering formats (Ex: US uses "." and FF uses "," as decimal separator), by default Java uses your system locale.
If you would like to get result as 2 decimal place number as a String view using US locale:
public static String GetSqrt(double x) {
    return String.format(x < 0.0 ? "%.2fi" : "%.2f", Math.sqrt(-x), Locale.US);
}

Assuming you are a beginner here is a demo:
import java.lang.Math;
import java.util.*;

public class HelloWorld{
    public static void main(String []args){
        double x=-4;
        System.out.println(String.format("sqrt(%.2f) is "+ GetSqrt(x), x));
    }
    public static String GetSqrt(double x) {
        return String.format(x < 0.0 ? "%.2fi" : "%.2f", Math.sqrt(-x), Locale.US);
    }
}

A: Well... In case you still did not find your solution or If you are looking for a more structured approach for this problem, I think you should do it by breaking the problem into smaller problems and defining a function responsible for each of these smaller problems.
Now use these smaller chunks to solve the problem.
In this case your problem can be broken into following,

*

*Ask for the float input.

*Ask for operation : "r" or "s"

*Check if the operation is appropriate, and re-ask if not.

*Calculate and Print the result.

*Ask for user choice to continue, go to step one if yes.

You can do it in a structured way as shown below,
    import java.util.Scanner;

    public class SquareOrRoot {

    static Scanner console = new Scanner( System.in );

    public static void main( String[] args ) {
        askFloatAndPerform();
        askAgain();
    }

    public static void askAgain() {
        System.out.print("\nDo you want to enter more data ? y/n: ");
        String token = console.next();
        char again = token.charAt(0);
        if ( again == 'y' ) {
            askFloatAndPerform();
            askAgain();
        }
    }

    public static void askFloatAndPerform() {
        System.out.print( "Enter a float values: " );
        float floatVal = console.nextFloat();

        // this will keep asking untill we have a proper oper
        String oper = checkOper( floatVal, "" );

        switch( oper ) {
            case "r":
                System.out.println( "The square root of " + floatVal + " is " +  Math.sqrt( floatVal ) );
            case "s":
                System.out.println( "The number " + floatVal + " squared has the value " +  Math.pow( floatVal , 2) );
        }

    }

    public static String checkOper( float floatVal, String oper ) {
        if( oper.equalsIgnoreCase( "r" ) && floatVal < 0 ) {
            System.out.println("You must have a positive for square root.");
            // ask for oper again
            oper = askOper( floatVal );
            // check it again
            oper = checkOper( floatVal, oper );
        }
        else if( oper.equalsIgnoreCase( "s" ) ){
            // Do nothing, oper is allright
        }
        // If anything other than "r" or "s"
        else {
            // ask for oper again
            oper = askOper( floatVal );
            // check it again
            oper = checkOper( floatVal, oper );
        }
        // By now the oper should be allright
        return oper;
    }

    public static String askOper( float floatVal ) {
        System.out.print( "Do you want the (s)quare or square (r)oot of " + floatVal +": " );
        String oper = console.next();
        return oper;
    }

}

I think comments should explain the code but if you don't understand something, ask away.

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Where is the real life nuketown paintball field?
East Dundee, Illinois
"Nuketown 2013" is a paintball event/field that was sponsored by Tippmann (manufactures of Paintball gear) which opened this weekend at Paintball Explosion, a paintball field located in East Dundee, Illinois.
Where is the nuketown Airsoft located?
A paintball arena based on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's multiplayer map Nuketown 2025 has been created at a paintball park called Paintball Explosion in East Dundee, Illinois.
What is nuketown based off of?
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
Nuketown was inspired by a scene from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where Indy stumbled upon a replica 1950s suburb that acted as a nuclear testing facility — complete with the eerie, lifeless mannequins which would make their way onto Nuketown.
What nuketown 84?
Nuketown '84 is a multiplayer map featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Players who have purchased Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and log in before December 3, 2020 received a Nuketown Weapon Bundle which includes a Shotgun Blueprint, a Sticker, a Calling Card, and 6 Charms.
Is the Nuketown map real?
This Nuketown map was transitioned from a video game to a real-life experience in 2013 by Tippman Sports, a paintball manufacturer out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tippman Sports funded the first Nuketown paintball field in East Dundee, Illinois.
Will more maps be added to cold war?
Included in the upcoming Season 6 content are new multiplayer maps that will help refresh the map rotation. It will include several changes to the multiplayer and the Call of Duty: Warzone experience. Fans of the multiplayer experience in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War can expect three new maps.
When was nuketown 2025 made?
Console Codename (PC) Nuketown 2025 is a downloadable map released for Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It was available for free on November 13th to anyone who pre-ordered the game, purchased a launch copy, or purchased the Hardened edition or the "Care Package" limited special edition of the game.
Who made the Nuketown map?
Adam Hoggatt
The map started out as an "unofficial" project for level designer Adam Hoggatt, who had developed a working design in two days. It quickly became a favorite among the developers at Treyarch.
Is there a real life nuketown?
So, is "Nuketown" a real place or a pretend playground for paintball players? It is actually a real place. In January of 1951, the Nevada Test Site (NTS), which is approximately 65 miles north of Las Vegas, was a testing ground for a significant number of nuclear weapons tests in the United States.
What is Nuketown Paintball?
Tippman Sports funded the first Nuketown paintball field in East Dundee, Illinois. According to the reviews, which have mostly been positive, this first Nuketown had everything the Nevada nuclear test site model had. Tactical positioning, a giant school bus, homes, vehicles and mannequins to simulate the real life people of Nuketown.
Where can I play paintball in Call of Duty Black Ops?
Xtreme Paintball near Springfield has taken Call of Duty's most popular and successful Black Ops map and made it in to an action-packed adventure paintball / airsoft Nuketown field that will have you coming back for more and more, over and over!
Is Nuketown real in real life?
When Paintball Explosion and Tipmann poured all of their experience together to create Nuketown in real life, they went into excruciating detail and it has really paid off because Call of Duty and paintball fans alike absolutely lost their minds over it – and it's easy to see why.
What is Nuketown in Black Ops?
Nuketown is an iconic, highly-stylized, multiplayer map in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Originally released on November 9, 2010, the first Black Ops featured the original – and probably most loved – version of Nuketown, a fake town setup complete with fully dressed mannequins just to test nuclear weapons.
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BATON ROUGE — Caterpillars are poisonous. A caterpillar transforms into the butterfly that would be named Louisiana's official butterfly. So, Rep. Greg Miller said he didn't want to be on record supporting the butterfly bill. He wanted to reverse his previous vote supporting the proposal.
"Do you eat a lot of caterpillars?" asked Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Metairie.
The exchange on the House floor last week was one of the stranger give-and-takes of the regular legislative session. But if it seemed silly, it was meant to be.
Miller, who eventually withdrew his request about the butterfly bill, was trying to draw attention to a practice little-known to the public that lets House lawmakers change their votes after bills have passed or failed — as long as the switch doesn't change the outcome.
Critics say the practice allows lawmakers to change their position after the fact to lessen pushback against their votes or to curry favor with particular lobbying groups and organizations. They say it undermines the chamber's integrity.
"I want people to just live with their votes," said Miller, who acknowledges he changed votes in prior sessions.
In a recent special session, a number of Republican House lawmakers who had voted for changes to an insurance tax credit later that day streamed to the microphone to switch their votes to opposition. They worried language in the bill might have been an indicator of support for Medicaid expansion, and they didn't want that on their records.
Only the final decision shows up in the vote tally listed online for a piece of legislation. People tracking bills would only know that lawmakers switched their positions after the vote if they looked in the official journal of the day's floor action, a more cumbersome — and less obvious — search.
An official "legislative calendar," printed months after a session ends, includes an index showing the vote changes. But that document isn't available online. The calendar for the 2015 regular session showed 144 vote changes from 59 lawmakers.
The Senate doesn't allow such switches after the voting machine is closed. If senators change their minds, or if they disagree with a vote cast for them by an aide or another senator, they're limited in response.
"The only thing they can do is put a note in the journal that they meant to vote a different way," said Senate spokeswoman Brenda Hodge.
In the House, the rules once were more liberal, allowing House members to change their votes on legislation days or even weeks later, as long as the passage or failure of the bill didn't change. In 2008, then-House Speaker Jim Tucker tried to make it harder. He pushed a rule that limited lawmakers to vote changes on the same day the legislation was heard and required lawmakers to make the request at the microphone on the House floor.
That hasn't quelled the vote-switching.
Rep. Gene Reynolds, head of the House Democratic caucus, raised the possibility of a rule change. He said the vote switching often looks politically motivated.
"We've got to change the culture of what we're doing. It looks bad on us, and I love this body and I don't want us to look bad," said Reynolds, D-Minden.
But he pulled the proposal in the special session amid concerns it would limit House members' ability to cast or correct votes they missed because they were working on legislation in the Senate or elsewhere in the building.
Miller has started questioning lawmakers about switched positions on bills when they ask for permission to change their votes, rather than allowing it to be routine.
"It's nothing personal against anybody. It has nothing to do with the content of the bill. I just want to get people out of that practice," he said.


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Sister Eugena Poulin, RSM	geneolafgs	2017-02-17T07:37:37+00:00
Sister Eugena Poulin, RSM, is a part-time professor of French at Salve Regina University in Newport. Previously, she served five years as chairperson of the Modern Languages Department. She earned her Bachelor of Education Degree at Catholic Teachers College, her Masters Degree in French Literature at Assumption College in Worcester, Certificats Cours Superieur et Perfectionnement at the Institut Catholique in Paris, and a Doctorate in Romance Languages at the University of Florida.
In addition to the twenty years she has served at Salve Regina, Sr. Eugena taught at various elementary and secondary schools throughout Rhode Island.; and also taught adult education for the federal Title I Program, and summer school for disadvantaged children for the City of Newport.
Sr. Eugena is a member of the American-French Genealogical Society, American Association of Teachers of French, the Alliance Francaise of Newport, and the American Council for Teaching Foreign Languages. She is an active and respected member of the Franco-American community, and was selected the Franco-American of the Year by the Rhode Island Heritage Commission in 1987.
She is has authored many articles for a variety of publications including the AFGS journal, Je Me Souviens. Among the AFGS articles are: Hail the Midwives; Beware the Witches, Women of Seventeenth Century New France, Nuns, Wives, Mothers and Much More: The Contributions of Women to the Economy of New France, and Crime and Seventeenth Century Women in New France. Seventeenth century women in New France have a special fascination for Sr. Poulin, and she is continuing to add to the series of articles on this topic.
Sr. Poulin was elected to the Executive Board of the French Institute in Worcester in 1998. She was a panelist at the French Institute Colloquium, and the keynote speaker at the 1998 annual meeting of Les Dames Francaises de Nouvelle Angleterre. She has received two Salve Regina Small Grants for research at the National Archives in Quebec. In 2000, she was awarded the Salve Regina University Presidential Grant for Research.
Currently, she is working with Dr. Claire Quintal on the translation and annotation of Gazette Francaise, a newspaper published in Newport in 1780-81.
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May 8 3 Books of Poetry to Change Your World
I've been reading Patrizia Cavalli's book translated from the Italian, My Poems Won't Change the World for a couple of years now. (Which is how poetry is best read, through time, repetitively, learning something new with each reading).
You can just hear the weight and the lightness, the drollness and the dryness, the seriousness and mock-seriousness in the following:
Someone told me
of course my poems
won't change the world.
I say yes of course
There are many ways to go on (not) changing the world, and the poems are a witness to beauty; they win the reader over merely by existing.
O stay where you are! Here
in the uncertain hour of a late afternoon
looking outward and looking in
I see this beauty
all I see is beauty.
Something that convinces, asks to be seen,
though it does nothing, just stays where it is,
and merely by existing wins me over.
In another poem, the speaker declares, "How sweet it was yesterday imagining I was a tree!" and notes, "I was neither joy nor torment to myself." There is a sort of brilliantly lazy mood, if that makes sense, running through the poems, a raised eyebrow. The poems are uttered as if the poet is just about to walk away from the listener with a shrug. They are most often short, which I think is a feat unto itself. Cavalli manages to make a grand sweeping gesture but condense it in five lines:
How life tries! It knows
it must end, it's condemned,
and even in dying it tries.
Even diminished, there it is, it persists,
playing its part, playing at life.
The Brazilian poet, Adelia Prado has been on my radar for a while – she received The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry's Lifetime Recognition Award in 2014. But it was when I read this article in Image magazine that I ordered her selected poems, The Mystical Rose. There's something about an author who steadfastly refuses to speak about herself that appeals to me.
Her poems are spiritual, transcendent, yes, but they are also about ordinary days and occurrences. When she was discovered by the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade when she was nearly 40, he said that "St. Francis was dictating verses to a housewife in the provincial backwater of Minas Gerais."
In "Guide" Prado begins, "Poetry will save me." She goes on, "I feel uneasy saying this, since only Jesus / is Saviour..." But, "Nevertheless, I repeat: Poetry will save me." The poems ends, "What is poetry, if not His face touched / by the brutality of things?"
In "The Alphabet in the Park" Prado gets right to the heart of life:
I know how to write.
I write letters, shopping lists,
school compositions about the lovely walk
to Grandmother's farm which never existed
because she was poor as Job.
But I write inexplicable things too:
I want to be happy, that's yellow.
And I'm not, that's pain.
Get away from me sadness, stammering bell,
people saying between sobs:
"I can't take it any more."
Later in the poem she says, "There's no way not to think about death, / among so much deliciousness, and want to be eternal. I'm happy and I'm sad, half and half." Which is so often how it is.
She writes about poetry in a way that most writers will relate to. When it leaves us, everything leaves.
Once in a while God takes poetry away from me.
I look at a stone, I see a stone.
The world, so full of departments,
is not a pretty ball flying free in space.
I feel ugly, gazing in mirrors to try to provoke them,
thrashing the brush through my hair,
susceptible to believing in omens.
I become a terrible Christian.
In the introduction to the poems, the translator, Ellen Doré Watson asks Prado about her way of writing and Prado responds, "Who am I to organize the flight of the poem?" Watson remarks: "She sees poetry as open territory, open arms that refuse nothing. Each poem, then, is allowed to live its individual and multiple life without setting out to prove a point, provide a final solution, or better the previous one."
The third book I'd like to talk about is titled Visiting Night at the Academy of Longing by American poet, Kate Farrell. Well, tbh, she had me at the title, which I think is gorgeous and poetic and speaks volumes. These are very often thick, long poems, meaty and fine. They're both philosophical and conversational.
In "The Instructions" she begins:
PLEASE NOTE that the instructions are
encoded in the world around us (peonies out
back laying down their lives for us, the laurel in
front lifting its millions of cups) all intricately
correlated with every nuance of our fluctuating
situations, apart and together – and thus in easy
reach where you go....
We all have the instructions for life, which can often be best read, or understood, when we are in the presence of death. And as in life, there are deaths in these poems. How many of us haven't lost someone we loved? In "The Ticket," Farrell pulls no punches, "One day a few months after / my husband's suicide, I was on my way to pick up the kids / at nursery school when a cop / pulled me over for doing 40 / in a 25." What follows is tears, and the reader breaks down, too, at the cop's dressing down which begins, "did you happen to notice..."
I've experienced something similar to what Farrell talks about in "Dying Before Spring."
The summer after she died, I went to
Europe for the first time and found her in
paintings, moving easily between landscapes
houses, centuries, situations. She would
sit beside a river,
open a book, turn to say
something in turbulent blue weather; the face
at the supper, the servant with a dish, the girl
lost in thought in a fresco one morning.
There are all sorts of hauntings in the book, not all of them bad, and really just a part of the job, the work of poetry – witnessing mystery.
One of my favourite poems in the book is the last one, maybe because it's brave enough to be so minimalist after the thicker poems preceding. It goes:
for me,
that fell
the leaves
to that
dark slope
trees?
The instructions are there, too, in the scraps of light, which also follow us through life, just as we see our loved ones in paintings and frescos, or maybe in a museum crowd.
Will any of these poems change the world? Will poetry save anyone? I'm naive enough to think that, yes, it can. For I believe in the scraps of light that fall through leaves, and in the messages of peonies, and sometimes a stone which steadfastly remains a stone. I believe in the way that life persists, and in how poetry captures small slivers of beauty, even though poetry has been condemned, and even though we all are.
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Queen Elizabeth II's Cause of Death Revealed
The British monarch died at her Balmoral Castle residence on Sept. 8 at age 96
By Kelly Gilmore • Published September 29, 2022 • Updated on September 29, 2022 at 4:42 pm
More details have emerged following Queen Elizabeth II's passing earlier this month.
According to her death certificate made public by the National Records of Scotland on Sept. 29, the cause of the Queen's passing was revealed to be "old age." The British monarch died at her Balmoral Castle residence on Sept. 8 at age 96 --marking the end to her 70-year reign on the throne. Her death certificate confirmed she passed away at 3:10 p.m. local time in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The news of the Queen's death came just hours after Buckingham Palace informed the public that doctors were "concerned" over her health after an evaluation. Following the news of her death, fans around the world shared touching tributes in honor of Her Majesty, including her eldest son, now King Charles III, who ascended the throne after her passing.
"The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family," the 73-year-old wrote in a statement shared by Buckingham Palace. "We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother."
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Queen Elizabeth II previously shared her hopes for King Charles III to be well-received within his new title, alongside wife Camilla Parker Bowles, now Queen Consort. She noted in a Feb. 5 statement, "When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me."
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Over the years, I've developed a 4-step plan to deal with my distress. I hope this would be helpful to you too.
1. Know when you're not in pain.
2. Do not feel bad about feeling bad.
3. Do not feed the monsters.
4. Start every thought with kindness and humor.
1.Know when you're not in pain.
When you're not in pain, know that you're not in pain.
This is a very powerful practice on multiple levels. On one level, it increases happiness. When we're suffering pain, we always tell ourselves, "I'll be so happy if I'm free from this pain", but when we're free from that pain, we forget to enjoy the freedom from pain. This practice of constantly noticing the lack of distress encourages us to enjoy the sweetness of that freedom, and thereby helps us to be happier.
On another level, I find that even when experiencing pain, the pain is not constant, especially emotional pain. The pain waxes and wanes and there are times (perhaps short intervals of minutes or seconds) when a space opens up where one is free from pain. The practice of noticing the lack of distress helps us abide in that space when it opens up. This space gives us temporary relief and it is the basis from which we launch our recovery and find the strength to face our problems.
We have the tendency to feel bad about feeling bad ("meta-distress", I call it). This is especially true for good people. We would berate ourselves by saying things like, "Hey, if I'm such a good person, why am I feeling this much anger?". This is even more true for good people with contemplative practices like meditation. We would scold ourselves by saying, "Maybe if you're actually a good meditator, you won't feel this way. Therefore, you must be a lousy meditator, a hypocrite, a useless piece of [insert context-appropriate noun]".
It is important to recognize that distress is a naturally-arising phenomenon, we all experience it from time to time. Even Thich Nhat Hanh, the very symbol of enlightened peace in the world, once got so angry about someone he almost wanted to stand up and slug him.
Also recognize that feeling bad about feeling bad is an act of ego. It's a reflection of our ego's image about itself, and the net result is the creation of new distress for no good reason at all. The antidote is to let the ego go, with good humor where possible.
And remember, meta-distress is really bad economics.
Let's pretend our distress are monsters that arise from and occupy our minds, wrecking havoc in us. What can we do to stop them? They seem so overwhelmingly powerful, we feel so weak at stopping their arising, and we are powerless to make them leave.
Happily, it turns out that our monster need us to feed them. If we don't feed them, they'll just get hungry and maybe they'll go away. Therein lies the source of our power. We cannot stop monsters from arising, or force them to leave, but we have the power to not feed them.
Not feeding monsters is very good economics.
In every situation, distressing or otherwise, it's useful to begin each thought with kindness and compassion. Kindness both for oneself and others. The practices most useful for cultivating this quality of heart are Metta Bhavana (Meditation on Loving Kindness) and Tonglen.
In my experience, the most important quality of kindness is its healing effect. Imagine taking a rough, spiky brush and repeatedly brushing it hard and quickly on an area of your skin. Eventually, your skin will become inflamed and painful. Kindness is the quality of gently stopping that harmful brushing action, and if you do that, eventually, the skin will heal.
I also find it very useful to see humor in my own failings. Everytime I lose my anger or arise a thought of greed or spitefulness that doesn't go away for a while, it's like I've fallen off the wagon again. I can interpret falling off the wagon as a painful, humiliating, embarrassing experience, of course. However, I found it much more fun to think of the experience as a scene in an old black-and-white comedy. Guy fell off wagon in the context of fast, playful music, makes a funny face, dusts himself off, and then climbs back up the wagon in awkward, jerky, quick motion. It's all very funny. So everytime I fail, it's a comedy.


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Thomas Rocco Barbella was born in 1919 in New York City. Nowadays he is best known from the famous Rocky films inspired by him. Rocky grew up on the streets of New York. He began to commit crimes such as stealing but in 1939 he began boxing and he won the title of the Metropolitan AAU welterweight. He decided that boxing is a nice way of making money after selling his gold medal for $15.
In 1942 Rocky joined the army, after which he became a professional boxer. Rocky Graziano fought his first title fight in 1946 against middleweight champion Tony Zale and even though Zale kept his title it was a very close game. In 1947 Graziano returned for a rematch and he became the middleweight champion of the world by dethroning Zale. The next year Zale defeated Rocky again but Rocky responded with a series of wins. The challengers continued to come and in 1948, Sugar Ray Robinson took his title. Even though Rocky lost the fight, Robinson claimed that he wasn't stung like that by another boxer. He retired after losing his next boxing match to Chuck Davey. At Rocky's funeral in 1990 Vito Antuofermo said that Rocky was "tough, could hit like a mule and had all the guts in the world."
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) emerged victorious in the IPL 2017 eliminator beating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
After the game resumed post rain, Kolkata needed 48 runs in six overs to win the match. KKR captain Gautam Gambhir played a knock of 32 not out to lead his team to victory.
After winning the toss, KKR bowled to restrict SRH to 128-7, their lowest total of the season.
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Located in the Northwest section of Dallas, Stereo Live Dallas is one of the area's best destinations for enthusiasts of electronica and DJ-based music. Here, artists such as Ferry Corsten, Bear Grillz, Dash Berlin, and Tommy Trash ply their trade to capacity crowds.
Recently, a new sound reinforcement system was installed at the club and, to ensure the best possible audio performance, loudspeakers from the Aero Series 2 and Event catalogs of Valencia, Spain-based D.A.S. Audio were deployed.
Colorwave, an AV integration and event production house with offices in New Braunfels and Dallas, TX as well as Denver, CO, was contracted to coordinate the installation of the new sound system at Stereo Live Dallas. Erik Johnson, who handles sales, system design, and technical operations for the company, discussed his reasons for selecting D.A.S. Audio's Aero 40A and Aero 20A line array systems, LX-118A and UX-221A subwoofers, as well as Event 208A line arrays.
Erik provided comments: "Stereo Live Dallas is a two-story complex with a 1,500-person capacity, so it's a good sized facility. Being a concert venue for DJ and electronica music artists, it was vitally important that the sound be big and full throughout the venue. After carefully listening to the expectations of our client and observing what actually takes place inside the venue, we elected to use line array technology with low frequency support from a good number of sub bass enclosures. This led us to D.A.S. Audio's Aero Series 2 line."
The setup as designed by Erik includes sixteen loudspeaker enclosures consisting of two flown clusters in a left – right configuration for the house mains. Each loudspeaker cluster employs a combination of six Aero 40A powered 3-way line array elements and two Aero 20A powered line arrays (for downfill coverage). The Aero 20A boxes are suspended beneath the larger Aero 40As. Low frequency support is provided by eight D.A.S. UX-221A subwoofers positioned in a center mono-block configuration.
For the DJ booth monitor setup, Erik and his crew specified a left-right configuration. Each side is comprised of a single D.A.S. LX-118A powered subwoofer with two Aero 20A line array enclosures stacked on top of each subwoofer.
When queried about those attributes of the D.A.S. Audio equipment that he found particularly compelling for a project of this nature, Johnson focused on two key items: audio performance and control. The clarity, punch, low end capability, and definition produced by the D.A.S. loudspeakers are really impressive. Erik wanted top notch audio quality and these loudspeakers deliver the goods.
Equally noteworthy is the company's DASnet audio management application for remote monitoring and control of D.A.S. powered cabinets and digital signal processors.
The DASnet active monitoring is among Erik's favourite aspects of the D.A.S. boxes. Being able to keep an eye on each box, its components and on system performance is an aspect many have applauded.
D.A.S. Audio's customer and technical support services are first rate company. They are there when they are needed and are happy to answer any questions. If a customer is in the middle of a big job or event and answers are needed, the sales rep, Carlos Henao, and the technical team at DAS are always on hand.
The new sound system at Stereo Live Dallas was installed in May 2016 and the system was first placed into service in early June. Since that time, Erik reported the system is performing every bit as well as he had envisioned: "There are a lot of loudspeaker brands on the market, but when it comes to the hands-down best value, best performance, and most features, the competitors just can't touch D.A.S. That's why they are one of—if not the fastest—growing loudspeaker brands on the market. The products are rock solid and they do exactly what they are advertised to do. These D.A.S. products perform well and they do it reliably. As an end user, you can't ask for much more than that."
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Don't be fooled by the small size of this powerful singing bowl. Yes, it is intended mostly as a gift, to remind one of the beautiful tone and energy that singing bowls can provide, but it also produces a surprisingly clear tone. This is not a handcrafted bowl as our larger ones are, but the gift box, mallet, and singing bowl cushion are.
These mini-sized singing bowls also make great travel companions. They pack up easily in any size travel bag, and provide a pleasing tone with a longer-than expected sustain. Of course, as with all of our products from Tibet, these are fair-traded, and profits go to help Free Tibet.
Symbolizing the full flowering of wisdom, the vining lotus on this box evokes the perfect unity and harmony that exists in all things. In Tibetan language, the inner meaning of the lotus is associated with the expression Tsangma, which embodies purity of body, speech and mind. Inside the box, a hand-cast meditation bowl is ready to reflect your perfect self. Handmade in Nepal by skilled artisans using traditional methods.
How to Use Your Meditation Bowl: Find a quiet place. Set the bowl on its pad. Take a calming breath and gently strike the edge of the bowl with the wooden baton. Relax, focus on the resonating sound, and bring your awareness to the present. Continue to concentrate as the sound gently subsides. Rest in the tranquil moment that follows. Repeat as needed! This handcast (not hand-hammered) bowl is carefully made by artisans in Nepal. It is hand tuned for clarity of sound but not really intended, as explained above, for use as a traditional singing bowl.


Halibut fishing is an exciting action packed pursuit, suitable for all anglers. Generally the only complaint we receive from our clients is being tired of reeling in fish.
Located in the town of Ninilchik, Discover Alaskan Adventures fishes the beautiful and protected waters of the Cook Inlet. The Cook Inlet experiences the second biggest tide changes in the world. Because of this we fish around the "slack tide", a time near high or low tide when the water is moving the slowest so our departure times will change daily.
Call or click here for departure times.
Consistent- There are some days that remind us that we are fishing and bot just catching but those days are, fortunately, very few and very far between.
Action Packed- Halibut fishing is a hands on fishery. Whether you are running your rig to the bottom or reeling up a creature from the deep it seems there is always something to do.
Cost effective– As most sportsmen will readily admit while the outdoors are our passion and the food we provide merely a bonus, most of our trips cost much more than purchasing it at the store. This is not the case with halibut fishing. At $20 per pound in stores, your charter more than pays for itself by merely bring home 13 pounds of fillets. Its silly not to go fishing with us.
Season: Halibut have no closed season. Due to new state regulations there is no halibut charters on Wednesdays. Our season begins May 1st and finishes September 5th.
World class, while cliche, is really the only way to describe Cook Inlet Halibut Fishing.


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Diocosma is een geslacht van vlinders van de familie sikkelmotten (Oecophoridae), uit de onderfamilie Oecophorinae.

Soorten
D. callichroa Meyrick, 1909
D. ceramopis Meyrick, 1909
D. cruciata Meyrick, 1938
D. eotrocha Meyrick, 1918
D. filinotella Viette, 1958
D. molybdela Meyrick, 1917
D. obliquestrigella (Walsingham, 1881)
D. rhodopola Meyrick, 1930
D. tricycla Meyrick, 1909
D. zarifa Meyrick, 1921

Sikkelmotten


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Q: Oracle - some problems with Group Operations I need your help ... i tryed more time but can't find a soluction (i think that is simple but I have errors in oracle :( :( )
an example:
i have a table with
teams: what team played
gameDate: when played
goalHours: when teamA or teamB do a goal
goalNumber: how much goal are doing in the same hour
endGame: when finish the game
teams            gameDate goalHours goalNumber endGame
team01-VS-team02 20110901 21 2 20110902
team01-VS-team02 20110901 22 1 20110902
team01-VS-team02 20110901 23 3 20110902
team03-VS-team02 20110902 18 3 20110905
team03-VS-team02 20110902 19 1 20110905
team04-VS-team02 20110904 06 5 20110906
team01-VS-team02 20110101 18 1 20110902

I need a select with all distinct teamA-VS-teamB  the last gameDate
i need for every distinct teamA-VS-teamB, in their last game, the distinct hours of goalHours,  the sum of goalNumber, and when stop the game.
something like this:
teams            lastGameDate distinctGoalHours sumGoalNumber endGame
team01-VS-team02 20110901 3 6 20110902
team03-VS-team02 20110902 2 4 20110905
team04-VS-team02 20110904 1 5 20110906

i try with:
SELECT   teams,
MAX(gameDate),
MAX (endDate),
SUM (goalNumber),
COUNT (DISTINCT goalHours)
       FROM myTable
GROUP BY teams

this select doesn't work well because i don't want count
team01-VS-team02 20110101 18 1 20110902, this isn't last game date.
with this select i have 4 distinctGoalHours  and  7 sumGoalNumber.
i need a select with
team01-VS-team02 20110901 3 6 20110902
team03-VS-team02 20110902 2 4 20110905
team04-VS-team02 20110904 1 5 20110906

... I hope that i show you all information that you need and thank you very much! :D

A: Like any other SQL, you need to restrict the result set with the appropriate filter.  In your case, you need to use a sub-query to identify the latest gameDate for each team.
There are several different ways of implementing this.  Here is one which works:
SQL> SELECT   teams,
            MAX(gameDate),
            MAX (endGame),
            SUM (goalNumber),
            COUNT (DISTINCT goalHours)
FROM  myTable
WHERE (teams, gameDate) IN
    ( select teams, max(gameDate)
      from myTable
      GROUP BY teams )
GROUP BY teams
/
  2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12
TEAMS                          MAX(GAMED MAX(ENDGA SUM(GOALNUMBER) COUNT(DISTINCTGOALHOURS)
------------------------------ --------- --------- --------------- ------------------------
team03-VS-team02               02-SEP-11 05-SEP-11               4                        2
team01-VS-team02               01-SEP-11 02-SEP-11               6                        3
team04-VS-team02               04-SEP-11 06-SEP-11               5                        1

SQL>

A: You need to include the gameDate in the group by. Something like:
SELECT  teams
    ,   gameDate
    ,   MAX( endDate )
    ,   SUM( goalNumber )
    ,   COUNT( DISTINCT goalHours )
FROM    myTable
GROUP BY teams
    ,    gameDate


a draw! Congratulations to both Smudge (story 1) and bob414bob (story 2) for their winning entries amongst some tough competition. Well done everyone.
I'm not sure what happens about setting the next challenge when there's been a draw.
Maybe a kind mod could explain. Thanks!
Smudge and Bob - you can decide together to set a challenge if you like.
Otherwise, pistols at dawn has been used in the past, but it proved a bit messy and we did lose a member.
If you need help, give me a yell, but I'm sure between those two highly creative brains you can come up with a decent challenge.
I've Pm'd (if there is such an expression) Smudge and we'll let you know when we've come up with something.
Thanks to anyone who voted, even though its only for fun, its a huge confidence boost.
Oh and not forgetting, the director and the catering crew. But most of all, to my parents, who always believed in me.
In the end I had to toss for it.


GraficEurope, the first conference for the pan-European graphic design profession, has received Icograda's endorsement.
Brussels (Belgium) - GraficEurope, the first conference for the pan-European graphic design profession, has received Icograda's endorsement. The event aims to gather a broad spectrum of designers from Europe and around the world to address the opportunities and threats facing the graphic design profession today. Keynote speakers include Stefan Sagmeister, Peter Saville, Wim Crouwel and Kyle Cooper. The conference will be held 27-29 March 2003 at the Catalonia Palace of Congresses in Barcelona and is organised by RotoVision, the visual arts publisher renowned for its high-quality books for professionals in graphic design.
The conference will include an exhibition of work from the most innovative and imaginative young designers in the world and a 'Resource Centre' featuring the latest services, technologies and materials from exhibiting companies. During the conference, delegates can attend evening parties and participate in studio and design tours in and around Barcelona. The three-day event will be sure to inspire and invigorate designers.


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Four tricks to take advantage of Google Play Store
Cheri Lynne Marie
No doubt all Android users have ever had to go through the Google Play Store application store and find a sea of 'apps' competing for a space on the mobile device. At first glance, the store could seem quite simple.
Users search and download applications, but the Google store, installed by default on Android devices, has many more features.
Next, know four things you can do in the app store that you may not have known:
1. Download applications from the computer
If you wish, you can install applications from the Google Play Store for your mobile device from your computer. Just enter the website of the platform with your user (Gmail account) and select the application you want. Then click on the install button and select the device to which you will direct the download.
2. Did you change your mobile device and want to recover your apps?
You do not have to make memory trying to remember what applications you had before on your old device. In addition to Bluetooth pairing options that have multiple devices, you can choose to recover them from the app store. In your account are stored the usage data and the history of the applications that you have had over time.
Go to the menu options, then 'My apps and games' and in the 'Library' section all the applications that you have ever used with that user will be displayed. There you can find the option to download them again on another device.
3. Activate the parental control of applications on your children's cell phones
Within the sea of 'apps' found in the Google Play Store, there are no age restrictions unless you activate them. The store has the option for you to control which content can be downloaded or purchased according to the child's maturity.
Open the app store and go to the menu. In configuration, you will find the option 'Parental controls'. Activate it, create a security PIN and select the type of content you want to filter.
4. Access to Beta Play Store
Finally, if you are one of those people who want to be aware of the latest games and releases of 'apps', you can get ahead of your contacts and get advance access to future applications, because Beta Play Store will allow you to use trial versions of applications before they go on the market.
Open the Play Store, look for the 'early access' link at the end of 'Hit lists' and 'Games'. Then, look for an application that you would like to have in the trial version and press install.
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With a Masters in Computer Science, Cheri Lynne Marie is passionate about game development, game programming, and game testing for computers and mobile both. But it is not just about games for him. Apart from the gaming world, he also loves to play guitar and create one or two rhythms of his own.
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