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Snapchat will soon allow users to order items they are photographing directly from Amazon.
Developers Snap Inc announced on Monday they were testing a new way to search for products on Amazon.com through the Snapchat camera on users' smartphones.
The new feature called Visual Search will allow users to point the app's camera at shoes, jackets and other products to buy the item from the online store.
"Beginning this week, we're testing a new way to search for products on Amazon right from the Snapchat camera.
"We'll be rolling it out slowly, but we wanted to announce it to everyone at the same time.
"Snapchat has always been the fastest way to communicate, and now it's the fastest way to shop!"
The news comes after the company revealed it had lost three million users in three months.
The company has also launched a second-generation pair of its Spectacles, camera-enabled sunglasses that can upload content directly to Snapchat, in an attempt to diversify beyond software.


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By Daxim L. Lucas Original Article: Link The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will move its coin minting and currency printing complex to the new government complex that the Duterte administration is building 100 kilometers north of Metro Manila — a move that is expected to be completed by 2022. On Friday, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno ...
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By Anna Mae Lamentillo September 10, 2019 Original Article: Link A sports stadium alone can take about four years to build, but infrastructure developer MTD Philippines, together with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), was able to build a small city in just 18 months. "What we've done here is unprecedented," says MTD President ...
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Northstar Capital Invests in Crown Products, Inc
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Northstar Capital ("Northstar"), a provider of junior capital for middle market private equity transactions, is pleased to announce its investment in Crown Products, Inc ("Crown"), a portfolio company of ShoreView Industries ("ShoreView").
Headquartered in Bloomington, MN, Crown is a specialty distributor of flooring, flooring sundries, and carpet pad. Crown has over 40 branch locations in 16 states throughout the Midwest and Plains. The Company serves a diverse costumer base of builders, remodelers, contractors, and installers with a leading selection of top flooring and flooring sundries vendors. For more information on Crown, please visit www.crowndistribution.com
Northstar provided a co-investment to help ShoreView finance the transaction. The Northstar team remains committed to partnering with experienced management teams and private equity sponsors to help good companies become even better. Crown is the twenty-first platform investment in Fund VII, a $500 million committed parallel fund strategy consisting of Northstar Mezzanine Partners VII L.P. and Northstar Mezzanine Partners SBIC L.P.
About Northstar Capital
Northstar Capital is an investment management company with offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Fargo, North Dakota. Northstar specializes in junior capital investments and equity co-investments in middle-market companies. Since inception, Northstar has partnered with more than 150 companies and raised nearly $2 billion in capital. Northstar invests in a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, industrials, consumer, business services, food and agriculture, outsourcing, and distribution.
About ShoreView Industries
Founded in 2002, ShoreView is a Minneapolis-based private equity firm that has raised over $1.3 billion of committed capital across four funds. ShoreView partners with family and entrepreneur-owned companies across many sectors, including engineered products, distribution, industrial services, business services, healthcare, and niche consumer products. Shoreview structures various acquisition, recapitalization, and build-up transactions, typically in businesses with revenues ranging between $20 million and $300 million.


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Riding profile: Political winds keep changing in Gatineau
Tom Spears
This is the latest in a Citizen series of profiles of key local ridings.
The candidates
Bloc Québécois: The Bloc has a newcomer in Philippe Boily, who works as a financial education counsellor and has been president of the students association at the Université du Québec en Outaouais. He is telling voters that he's tired of having Gatineau treated as just another "suburb of Ottawa."
Website: facebook.com/boilypourgatineau
Twitter: @BQGatineau
Conservatives: The party's latest candidate is Luc Angers, a former city councillor representing the Pointe-Gatineau neighbourhood. He's a teacher in Ottawa.
Website: lucangers.conservateur.ca
Twitter @angersluc
Green: Another newcomer is Guy Dostaler, who has worked in construction for the past 28 years. Dostaler says he was motivated to join the party after seeing Al Gore's climate change film, An Inconvenient Truth.
Website: greenparty.ca/en/candidates/qc
Liberal: Steve MacKinnon is taking another run in Gatineau after coming third in 2011. He's a senior vice-president of Hill and Knowlton Strategies and also a former national director of the federal Liberal Party.
Website: stevemackinnon.liberal.ca
Twitter: @stevenmackinnon
New Democrat (I): Françoise Boivin is campaigning to return for the NDP. She's a lawyer and has been her party's justice critic. Oddly she has also held the riding for one term as a Liberal (until the Bloc defeated her in 2006).
Website: francoiseboivin.com
Twitter: @FBoivinNPD
Independent: Guy Bellavance joined the campaign late. He's a public servant who is running on a platform of opposing pensions to MPs, making electoral reforms in the Commons, electing senators, and more immigration.
The riding
Gatineau provided an almost-automatic win for the Liberals from the Second World War until nine years ago. Since then it voted for the Bloc Québécois twice, and most recently for Françoise Boivin of the New Democrats.
The riding's boundaries follow the pre-amalgamation city of Gatineau, or the east half of the modern city, minus the rural areas out toward Buckingham.
There were 106,425 residents in the riding according to the 2011 census, of whom 7,915 are immigrants. It's largely French-speaking: 89,965 listed French as their first language in the 2011 census, with 6,510 speaking English, 2,180 Arabic and 1,175 Spanish. It's heavily Catholic (84,075).
About a quarter of the workers in the riding — 15,190 out of just under 60,000 — worked for one of the three levels of government at the time of the 2011 census. Most are federal workers, making public service cuts an important issue. There's a strong union presence backing the NDP.
The former Abitibi-Bowater newsprint mill re-opened in 2013 under new management (Resolute Forest Products) but with about 200 fewer employees.
The mean income is $39,734 for individuals, and $88,844 for households, which puts Gatineau residents right in the middle of Canadian incomes.
The Bloc's Richard Nadeau seemed to be leading in the polls until the NDP's Orange Wave swept away all opponents. Boivin wound up with more than 35,000 votes, which was more than four times as many as anyone else. The Bloc placed a distant second, followed by the Liberals, and then the Conservatives.
Gatineau is a swing riding. It was a Liberal stronghold until Nadeau of the Bloc shocked them by capturing it twice, proving that separatists can indeed win in the national capital. Then it swung back to Boivin, except that now she's with the NDP instead of the Liberals.
All four major parties treated this riding as winnable in 2011, and there's no reason to think it's any different this year.
All four had candidates in place by early summer, which is earlier than in many parts of the country. The Liberal MacKinnon has had four years to make himself better known, and the Tory Angers has a base of support from his city hall years. The Bloc has a proven track record here not seen anywhere else in the national capital.
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Q: how to pass comma separated parameter to batch file and use if else in batch file? I have one batch file MyTest.bat
MyTest.bat

call "first.bat"

call "second.bat"

call "third.bat"

Now while executing MyTest.bat I will pass comma separated parameters like
call MyTest.bat first.bat,second.bat
now inside MyTest.bat I want to check which parameters are passed and based on those using if else condition
I want to execute internal statements.
for example something like it
MyTest.bat first.bat,second.bat

now inside

I will check

get all parameters list param[] = {first.bat,second.bat}

if param[i] ==  "first.bat"

{

call "first.bat"

}

else if param[i] ==  "second.bat"

{

call "second.bat"

}

else if param[i] ==  "third.bat"

{

call "third.bat"

}

// this assures that what parameters I passed only those statements gets executed not other.
The above code is just a pseudo code how can write actual MyTest.bat?

A: Next script requires another parameter order (list of batch names down to end all other parameters):
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions
rem usage: 33955749.bat name address "first script", second, third
:loop
  if "%~3" == "" goto :next
  if exist "%~n3.bat" (
    call "%~n3.bat" %1 %2
  ) else (
    echo can't found file; failed call "%~n3.bat" %1 %2
  )
  shift /3
  goto :loop
:next

For debugging purposes, prepare sample files "first script.bat" and second.bat; ensure that third.bat does not exist:
==> >"first script.bat" echo @echo %~nx0 parameters: %%*=%*

==> >second.bat echo @echo %~nx0 parameters: %%*=%*

==> 2>NUL del third.bat

Output (shows independency on used delimiters):
==> 33955749 name address "first script", second, third
first script.bat parameters: %*=name address
second.bat parameters: %*=name address
can't found file; failed call "third.bat" name address

==> 33955749 name address "first script"  second; third
first script.bat parameters: %*=name address
second.bat parameters: %*=name address
can't found file; failed call "third.bat" name address

Another approach: fist parameter = list of comma-separated batch names surrounded with a pair of double quotes:
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions
rem usage: 33955749b "first script,second,third" name address
rem no spaces surrounding commas or names
rem wrong: 33955749b " first script , second, third" would fail
set "_names=%~1"
set "_names=%_names:,=","%"
rem debug echo _names="%_names%"
for  %%G in ("%_names%") do (
  if exist "%%~dpnG.bat" (
    call "%%~dpnG.bat" %2 %3
  ) else (
    echo can't found script; failed call "%%~dpnG.bat" %2 %3
  )
)

Output (shows responsivity to used delimiters):
==> 33955749b "first script,second,third" name address
first script.bat parameters: %*=name address
second.bat parameters: %*=name address
can't found script; failed call "D:\bat\SO\third.bat" name address

==> 33955749b "first script, second,third" name address
first script.bat parameters: %*=name address
can't found script; failed call "D:\bat\SO\ second.bat" name address
can't found script; failed call "D:\bat\SO\third.bat" name address

Note that both 33955749.bat and 33955749b.bat scripts

*

*accept (partially or fully qualified) paths to called scripts, even with space(s);

*on the other hand, they both ignore file extension(s) even if supplied and force .bat.

For instance, 33955749 name address first.cmd second.cmd would attempt to call first.bat and second.bat.
Resources (required reading, incomplete):

*

*(command reference) An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line

*(additional particularities) Windows CMD Shell Command Line Syntax

*(%~G, %~1 etc. special page) Command Line arguments (Parameters)

*(%variable:StrToFind=NewStr% etc.) Variable Edit/Replace

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The VICE Morning Bulletin
Secret anti-FBI memo could drop any minute, more Rohingya mass graves uncovered, former Trump spokesman to speak with special counsel, and more.
by VICE Staff
Feb 1 2018, 4:12pm
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Everything you need to know about the world this morning, curated by VICE.
Democrat Says FBI Memo Was 'Secretly Altered'
Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, claimed "material changes" were made to the memo alleging surveillance abuses at the FBI before it was sent to the White House for possible release. A spokesman for the GOP-led committee said the Democrats were "complaining about minor edits." The FBI, meanwhile, announced it had "grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy." The memo was set to be released as early as Thursday.—CBS News
Former Trump Spokesman Slated to Speak with Special Counsel
Mark Corallo, a former spokesperson for the president's legal team, was reportedly set to tell Robert Mueller about the on-flight deliberations on how best to explain Donald Trump Jr.'s 2016 meeting with several Russians at Trump Tower. According to three sources, Corallo will inform investigators that communications director Hope Hicks at one point said Trump Jr.'s emails "will never get out."—The New York Times
San Francisco Wipes Out Weed Convictions
The city's district attorney planned to dismiss 3,038 misdemeanor convictions for pot-related offenses going back to 1975 now that recreational weed is legal in California. The DA's office was also going to look into almost 5,000 felony marijuana convictions and consider if they should be knocked down to misdemeanors.—VICE News
DHS Says Protected Syrians Can Stay Longer
The Department of Homeland Security was set to extend temporary protected status (TPS) to roughly 6,900 Syrian refugees living in the US for another 18 months. However, more recent escapees from the war-torn nation were not to receive the same privilege. The American Immigration Council said it was "deeply disappointed" more Syrians wouldn't be able to apply.—ABC News
More Rohingya Mass Graves Uncovered
Cellphone video and interviews with dozens of Rohingya refugees revealed five mass grave sites in or near the village of Gu Dar Pyin in Myanmar. Surviving villagers estimated that up to 400 people there could have been killed. Myanmar's government has conceded the reality of only one mass grave, in the vallage of Inn Din, since attacks (some called them genocidal ones) began on the Muslim minority began in August.—AP
Polish Lawmakers Back Holocaust Legislation
The country's upper legislative house voted in favour of a bill banning any accusations that the nation was complicit in the Holocaust, while also banning references even to individual collaborators. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the legislation, but Polish President Andrzej Duda indicated he will sign it into law.—BBC News
Turkish Court Overturns Decision to Free Amnesty Chair
A court in Istanbul blocked the release of the chairman of the Turkish branch of Amnesty International. Jailed over terrorism charges, Taner Kilic had been granted a conditional release Wednesday, only to see the decision annulled after prosecutors appealed. Amnesty's secretary general described the U-turn as "devastating."—Reuters
Fire at Japanese Welfare Facility Leaves 11 Dead
Eleven people were killed Wednesday when a blaze consumed a communal home in the city of Sapporo late Wednesday. Five of the 16 residents were rescued by firefighters. The head of the organization in charge of the home confirmed the building had no sprinklers. "I wish we had made the facility more properly equipped," he said.—AP
Kendrick Lamar Reveals 'Black Panther' Album Track-list
The rapper shared full details of the Marvel movie's 14-song soundtrack, due out February 9. Lamar is involved in five tracks, including a new one with The Weeknd. Vince Staples, Schoolboy Q, and Future also feature on the album.—Rolling Stone
Doping Bans Dropped for Russian Athletes
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) revoked bans on Olympic participation previously imposed on 28 Russian competitors. Another 11 Russian athletes will be allowed to return after the 2018 Winter Olympics.—CNN
Justin Timberlake Explains 'Man of the Woods' Title
In an Instagram video posted on his birthday, the star said his forthcoming album had been named after his son Silas. "His name means 'of the woods,'" Timberlake said. "Stop telling me I'm making a country album!"—Billboard
Maisie Williams Launches App for New Artists
The Game of Thrones actress co-founded an app with film producer Dom Santry to help budding creatives share their work. Williams said she hoped the "Daisie" app would "break down the archaic gap between youth and creative jobs."—i-D
Father John Misty Says 'Fuck Society' in Belated Acceptance Speech
The indie-rock star accepted his best recording package Grammy award for Pure Comedy in a speech made during a live show in Sydney, Australia. "I just wanna say fuck society… FlatEarth.com, please go check that out."—Noisey
New Purge Trailer Features a MAGA-Like Hat
Universal dropped a teaser clip for The First Purge featuring a red cap that resembles Trump's signature accoutrement. "There's only one solution to keep our country great: a new tradition," states the trailer's narrator.—VICE
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Parking in the shadow of 13th century walls, I walk into the town via the Porta San Giovanni and linger awhile in the town square by the bell tower; this bell one of many that rang of their own accord in 1253 upon the death of the town's paralysed patron saint.
Crooked cobbled steps climb ancient laneways to the highest knoll where I sit in a balmy breeze. A brick and stone arbour is part gnarled wisteria; sprouts of mauve framing a Tuscan montage of rolling hills beyond. I turn and stare across merchant house-towers that soar to a height of 50m and once numbered 72, built by jealous feudal families craving wealth and influence. I breathe in the scent of warm rock and earth, brushing frazzled tufts of summer grass from jeans and boots.
On a meandering downward staircase there's another turn and yet another set of stairs further down the hill, to a rustic Tuscan shopfront; the head of the window a low Roman arch.
For a moment I stand outside, peering through glass ancient and unclear. The door is heavy, the handle a dull brass ring. I twist and push the door ajar. There's the sound of someone whistling from somewhere within. The single room is all clutter, the now silent bellmaker still unseen.
I push past a bench and register, a chorus of tinkling bells ring in the breeze, the draft from the street having followed me in. The door swings shut with a bang, and I jump. A mosaic lamp flares into life, throwing mirror-ball beams about the scene: this maze of fairy bells that swing higgledy piggledy in their web of gossamer threads and tiny shards of Venetian glass.
More bells hang from timber-boarded, odd angled-ceilings and crooked metal brackets perched on walls of weathered brick, each adorned with delicate hues; sprays of flowers and cats in tuxedos. There's a 60s ambience of Nag Champa incense and wet clay.
I'm lost in a Lewis Carroll wonderland.
How fascinating to be there among all the varied bells and sounds, "lost in a Lewis Carroll wonderland." Now that's a place I'd love to be lost in! I love all your descriptions… "this maze of fairy bells that swing higgledy piggledy in their web of gossamer threads and tiny shards of Venetian glass." And the "60s ambience of Nag Champa incense and wet clay." Wonderful visual images, Ian! That's a beautiful photo. I really must visit Tuscany and the bell tower one day.
I'm sure you'd be quite @ home in those Tuscan hills.


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Actor André De Shields's Brief But Spectacular take on living his most authentic life
By Melissa Williams
Judy Woodruff: For over five decades, actor Andre De Shields, known for his recent role in "Hadestown" -- I mispronounced it earlier -- has shared his talents with New York theater audiences.
With Tony, Grammy, and Emmy awards already under his belt, De Shields is still looking forward to what's ahead.
Tonight, he shares his Brief But Spectacular take on living his most authentic life.
Andre De Shields, Actor: I play Hermes, messenger to the gods, in the Tony Award-winning for best musical Broadway show "Hadestown."
This is a line from "Hadestown."
So, here's the thing, to know how it ends and still begin to sing it again, as if it might turn out this time. I learned that from a friend of mine.
I am the guy who won his first Tony at age 73. I was not surprised that it took seven decades for me to arrive at this particular zenith in my career. This simply means there are many more golden steps for me to take on my journey. I have only begun.
I am the manifestation of my parents' deferred dreams. I made a vow to myself that, if I was going to have any personal success in life, the first thing I had to do was make education my beacon, to master the language of those who would oppress me.
Why? So that I could always understand what was being said to me and about me, and I could always make myself understood.
I'm a hardworking Black man. All audiences enjoy hardworking Black men. Drop on your knee, sweat a little, smile.
But the legacy that I'm creating, the legacy that I want people to embrace is Black man majesty. There isn't enough of it in the world. It got smothered during enslavement. It's time for it to come back.
My name is Andre De Shields, and this is my Brief But Spectacular take on living my most authentic life.
Judy Woodruff: And we're going to remember that one.
And you can watch all our Brief But Spectacular videos online at PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief.
Melissa Williams


According to the latest WHO data published in 2017 Birth Trauma Deaths in Egypt reached 7,022 or 1.37% of total deaths. The age adjusted Death Rate is 5.14 per 100,000 of population ranks Egypt #78 in the world. Review other causes of death by clicking the links below or choose the full health profile.


Earlier in September, seven Papuans arrived in Australia seeking political asylum following their involvement with a 'freedom flotilla', but they were quickly transferred to PNG. Meanwhile, a Catholic brother in West Papua reported that one person was killed and two injured when police shot at villagers who refused to cut their hair and beards. The PM of Vanuatu has requested the UN to revisit its role in the history of the troubled province.


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Home » News: 2 seriously injured, including New Sewickley police officer after I-79 head-on crash
News: 2 seriously injured, including New Sewickley police officer after I-79 head-on crash
BUTLER COUNTY, PA – A woman and police officer sustained major injuries after a head-on collision on I-79 on Tuesday.
According to KDKA, New Sewickley police officer Gregory Carney was traveling south in a patrol vehicle on I-79 near Lancaster Township. He lost control of the vehicle, crossed the center median, and struck a Jeep head-on.
Carney was taken to a hospital in Pittsburgh with serious injuries.
The 68-year-old woman driving the Jeep was airlifted to an area hospital and is reported to be in stable condition.
The collision remains under investigation.
If someone you love was hurt after a serious car accident, you may want to take legal action through a Pittsburgh auto accident attorney. An experienced member of our team can guide you through the claims process to get the compensation you deserve. Call us at (412) 345-8144 or visit our website to set up a free consultation.


I was searching for a Property and found this listing (MLS® #1857076). Please send me more information regarding 4672 Six Mile Lake Road, East Jordan, Michigan, 49727. Thank you!
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As we all know, there's far more to Loch Lomond than just the song. This beautiful destination offers visitors the chance to immerse themselves in nature, explore Scottish heritage or get their adrenaline pumping with some water sports.
Located in the heart of the Trossachs National Park, Loch Lomond is known for being one of Scotland's most scenic, natural gems. Whether you're planning a weekend getaway or a longer stay, there's plenty to see and do in and near this stunning area.
What is there to do in Loch Lomond?
If you're itching to get out into the great outdoors, you'll find lots of things to do as well as hiking trails to suit all levels of fitness. Long distance routes like the Three Lochs Way offer stunning scenery to the dedicated hiker, while those who fancy something a little less strenuous can enjoy the winding forest paths of Queen Elizabeth Forest Park and admire the beautiful views from the peaks of the Trossachs.
No trip to Scotland would be complete without pausing for a sip of whisky. Glengoyne Distillery, near the village of Strathblane, is the perfect place for a day outing from Loch Lomond. See how whisky is made with an engaging tour, learn all about the production of this world-famous tipple - and, of course, sample a little in a tasting session.
On the southeast shore of Loch Lomond, you'll find a stunning, well-preserved 19th century estate. Little about Balloch Castle has changed since 1800 and its rolling grounds are full of hidden treasures like the Chinese Garden, Quarry Pond, Kitchen Garden and Fairy Glen. In the summer months, a kiosk offers snacks for the perfect picnic. Relax and enjoy a leisurely lunch, surrounded by the beauty of the gardens.
With Scotland being the home of golf, visitors to the Loch Lomond area will find plenty of options if they want to play a round. We even have two courses of our very own for golfers to take a swing on: the Championship level Carrick course and the Wee Demon. The Carrick is for those a little bit more experienced but even non-golfers will appreciate the chance to admire the fantastic views of the forests and Ben Lomond from this historic course. The 9 hole Wee Demon, although slightly less challenging, offers similarly stunning views of Loch Lomond and in particular, the Cameron House Marina.
Exploring the surroundings of Loch Lomond is unarguably enjoyable, but try getting close to the water itself too. Depending on your activity level and the time of year, there are plenty of things to do and explore the lake. Sightseeing cruises are a relaxed way to admire the picturesque views, while the more adventurous can enjoy kayaking, canoeing or windsurfing in the summer months. Whatever you choose, it's a fantastic way to spend an unforgettable few hours.


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/**
 * References:
 * - KTX: http://github.khronos.org/KTX-Specification/
 * - DFD: https://www.khronos.org/registry/DataFormat/specs/1.3/dataformat.1.3.html#basicdescriptor
 *
 * To do:
 * - [ ] Cross-platform testing
 * - [ ] Specify JS/WASM transcoder path
 * - [ ] High-quality demo
 * - [ ] Documentation
 * - [ ] TypeScript definitions
 * - [ ] (Optional) Include BC5
 * - [ ] (Optional) Include EAC RG on mobile (WEBGL_compressed_texture_etc)
 * - [ ] (Optional) Include two-texture output mode (see: clearcoat + clearcoatRoughness)
 * - [ ] (Optional) Support Web Workers, after #18234
 */

import {
	CompressedTexture,
	CompressedTextureLoader,
	FileLoader,
	LinearEncoding,
	LinearFilter,
	LinearMipmapLinearFilter,
	MathUtils,
	RGBAFormat,
	RGBA_ASTC_4x4_Format,
	RGBA_BPTC_Format,
	RGBA_ETC2_EAC_Format,
	RGBA_PVRTC_4BPPV1_Format,
	RGBA_S3TC_DXT5_Format,
	RGB_ETC1_Format,
	RGB_ETC2_Format,
	RGB_PVRTC_4BPPV1_Format,
	RGB_S3TC_DXT1_Format,
	UnsignedByteType,
	sRGBEncoding,
} from '../../../build/three.module.js';

import { ZSTDDecoder } from '../libs/zstddec.module.js';

// Data Format Descriptor (DFD) constants.

const DFDModel = {
	ETC1S: 163,
	UASTC: 166,
};

const DFDChannel = {
	ETC1S: {
		RGB: 0,
		RRR: 3,
		GGG: 4,
		AAA: 15,
	},
	UASTC: {
		RGB: 0,
		RGBA: 3,
		RRR: 4,
		RRRG: 5
	},
};

//

class KTX2Loader extends CompressedTextureLoader {

	constructor( manager ) {

		super( manager );

		this.basisModule = null;
		this.basisModulePending = null;

		this.transcoderConfig = {};

	}

	detectSupport( renderer ) {

		this.transcoderConfig = {
			astcSupported: renderer.extensions.has( 'WEBGL_compressed_texture_astc' ),
			etc1Supported: renderer.extensions.has( 'WEBGL_compressed_texture_etc1' ),
			etc2Supported: renderer.extensions.has( 'WEBGL_compressed_texture_etc' ),
			dxtSupported: renderer.extensions.has( 'WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc' ),
			bptcSupported: renderer.extensions.has( 'EXT_texture_compression_bptc' ),
			pvrtcSupported: renderer.extensions.has( 'WEBGL_compressed_texture_pvrtc' )
				|| renderer.extensions.has( 'WEBKIT_WEBGL_compressed_texture_pvrtc' )
		};

		return this;

	}

	initModule() {

		if ( this.basisModulePending ) {

			return;

		}

		var scope = this;

		// The Emscripten wrapper returns a fake Promise, which can cause
		// infinite recursion when mixed with native Promises. Wrap the module
		// initialization to return a native Promise.
		scope.basisModulePending = new Promise( function ( resolve ) {

			MSC_TRANSCODER().then( function ( basisModule ) {

				scope.basisModule = basisModule;

				basisModule.initTranscoders();

				resolve();

			} );

		} );

	}

	load( url, onLoad, onProgress, onError ) {

		var scope = this;

		var texture = new CompressedTexture();

		var bufferPending = new Promise( function ( resolve, reject ) {

			new FileLoader( scope.manager )
				.setPath( scope.path )
				.setResponseType( 'arraybuffer' )
				.load( url, resolve, onProgress, reject );

		} );

		this.initModule();

		Promise.all( [ bufferPending, this.basisModulePending ] ).then( function ( [ buffer ] ) {

			scope.parse( buffer, function ( _texture ) {

				texture.copy( _texture );
				texture.needsUpdate = true;

				if ( onLoad ) onLoad( texture );

			}, onError );

		} );

		return texture;

	}

	parse( buffer, onLoad, onError ) {

		var BasisLzEtc1sImageTranscoder = this.basisModule.BasisLzEtc1sImageTranscoder;
		var UastcImageTranscoder = this.basisModule.UastcImageTranscoder;
		var TextureFormat = this.basisModule.TextureFormat;

		var ktx = new KTX2Container( this.basisModule, buffer );

		// TODO(donmccurdy): Should test if texture is transcodable before attempting
		// any transcoding. If supercompressionScheme is KTX_SS_BASIS_LZ and dfd
		// colorModel is ETC1S (163) or if dfd colorModel is UASTCF (166)
		// then texture must be transcoded.
		var transcoder = ktx.getTexFormat() === TextureFormat.UASTC4x4
			? new UastcImageTranscoder()
			: new BasisLzEtc1sImageTranscoder();

		ktx.initMipmaps( transcoder, this.transcoderConfig )
			.then( function () {

				var texture = new CompressedTexture(
					ktx.mipmaps,
					ktx.getWidth(),
					ktx.getHeight(),
					ktx.transcodedFormat,
					UnsignedByteType
				);

				texture.encoding = ktx.getEncoding();
				texture.premultiplyAlpha = ktx.getPremultiplyAlpha();
				texture.minFilter = ktx.mipmaps.length === 1 ? LinearFilter : LinearMipmapLinearFilter;
				texture.magFilter = LinearFilter;

				onLoad( texture );

			} )
			.catch( onError );

		return this;

	}

}

class KTX2Container {

	constructor( basisModule, arrayBuffer ) {

		this.basisModule = basisModule;
		this.arrayBuffer = arrayBuffer;

		this.zstd = new ZSTDDecoder();
		this.zstd.init();

		this.mipmaps = null;
		this.transcodedFormat = null;

		// Confirm this is a KTX 2.0 file, based on the identifier in the first 12 bytes.
		var idByteLength = 12;
		var id = new Uint8Array( this.arrayBuffer, 0, idByteLength );
		if ( id[ 0 ] !== 0xAB || // '´'
				id[ 1 ] !== 0x4B || // 'K'
				id[ 2 ] !== 0x54 || // 'T'
				id[ 3 ] !== 0x58 || // 'X'
				id[ 4 ] !== 0x20 || // ' '
				id[ 5 ] !== 0x32 || // '2'
				id[ 6 ] !== 0x30 || // '0'
				id[ 7 ] !== 0xBB || // 'ª'
				id[ 8 ] !== 0x0D || // '\r'
				id[ 9 ] !== 0x0A || // '\n'
				id[ 10 ] !== 0x1A || // '\x1A'
				id[ 11 ] !== 0x0A // '\n'
		) {

			throw new Error( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: Missing KTX 2.0 identifier.' );

		}

		// TODO(donmccurdy): If we need to support BE, derive this from typeSize.
		var littleEndian = true;

		///////////////////////////////////////////////////
		// Header.
		///////////////////////////////////////////////////

		var headerByteLength = 17 * Uint32Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT;
		var headerReader = new KTX2BufferReader( this.arrayBuffer, idByteLength, headerByteLength, littleEndian );

		this.header = {

			vkFormat: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			typeSize: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			pixelWidth: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			pixelHeight: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			pixelDepth: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			arrayElementCount: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			faceCount: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			levelCount: headerReader.nextUint32(),

			supercompressionScheme: headerReader.nextUint32(),

			dfdByteOffset: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			dfdByteLength: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			kvdByteOffset: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			kvdByteLength: headerReader.nextUint32(),
			sgdByteOffset: headerReader.nextUint64(),
			sgdByteLength: headerReader.nextUint64(),

		};

		if ( this.header.pixelDepth > 0 ) {

			throw new Error( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: Only 2D textures are currently supported.' );

		}

		if ( this.header.arrayElementCount > 1 ) {

			throw new Error( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: Array textures are not currently supported.' );

		}

		if ( this.header.faceCount > 1 ) {

			throw new Error( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: Cube textures are not currently supported.' );

		}

		///////////////////////////////////////////////////
		// Level index
		///////////////////////////////////////////////////

		var levelByteLength = this.header.levelCount * 3 * 8;
		var levelReader = new KTX2BufferReader( this.arrayBuffer, idByteLength + headerByteLength, levelByteLength, littleEndian );

		this.levels = [];

		for ( var i = 0; i < this.header.levelCount; i ++ ) {

			this.levels.push( {

				byteOffset: levelReader.nextUint64(),
				byteLength: levelReader.nextUint64(),
				uncompressedByteLength: levelReader.nextUint64(),

			} );

		}

		///////////////////////////////////////////////////
		// Data Format Descriptor (DFD)
		///////////////////////////////////////////////////

		var dfdReader = new KTX2BufferReader(
			this.arrayBuffer,
			this.header.dfdByteOffset,
			this.header.dfdByteLength,
			littleEndian
		);

		const sampleStart = 6;
		const sampleWords = 4;

		this.dfd = {

			vendorId: dfdReader.skip( 4 /* totalSize */ ).nextUint16(),
			versionNumber: dfdReader.skip( 2 /* descriptorType */ ).nextUint16(),
			descriptorBlockSize: dfdReader.nextUint16(),
			colorModel: dfdReader.nextUint8(),
			colorPrimaries: dfdReader.nextUint8(),
			transferFunction: dfdReader.nextUint8(),
			flags: dfdReader.nextUint8(),
			texelBlockDimension: {
				x: dfdReader.nextUint8() + 1,
				y: dfdReader.nextUint8() + 1,
				z: dfdReader.nextUint8() + 1,
				w: dfdReader.nextUint8() + 1,
			},
			bytesPlane0: dfdReader.nextUint8(),
			numSamples: 0,
			samples: [],

		};

		this.dfd.numSamples = ( this.dfd.descriptorBlockSize / 4 - sampleStart ) / sampleWords;

		dfdReader.skip( 7 /* bytesPlane[1-7] */ );

		for ( var i = 0; i < this.dfd.numSamples; i ++ ) {

			this.dfd.samples[ i ] = {

				channelID: dfdReader.skip( 3 /* bitOffset + bitLength */ ).nextUint8(),
				// ... remainder not implemented.

			};

			dfdReader.skip( 12 /* samplePosition[0-3], lower, upper */ );

		}

		if ( this.header.vkFormat !== 0x00 /* VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED */ &&
			 ! ( this.header.supercompressionScheme === 1 /* BasisLZ */ ||
				this.dfd.colorModel === DFDModel.UASTC ) ) {

			throw new Error( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: Only Basis Universal supercompression is currently supported.' );

		}

		///////////////////////////////////////////////////
		// Key/Value Data (KVD)
		///////////////////////////////////////////////////

		// Not implemented.
		this.kvd = {};

		///////////////////////////////////////////////////
		// Supercompression Global Data (SGD)
		///////////////////////////////////////////////////

		this.sgd = {};

		if ( this.header.sgdByteLength <= 0 ) return;

		var sgdReader = new KTX2BufferReader(
			this.arrayBuffer,
			this.header.sgdByteOffset,
			this.header.sgdByteLength,
			littleEndian
		);

		this.sgd.endpointCount = sgdReader.nextUint16();
		this.sgd.selectorCount = sgdReader.nextUint16();
		this.sgd.endpointsByteLength = sgdReader.nextUint32();
		this.sgd.selectorsByteLength = sgdReader.nextUint32();
		this.sgd.tablesByteLength = sgdReader.nextUint32();
		this.sgd.extendedByteLength = sgdReader.nextUint32();
		this.sgd.imageDescs = [];
		this.sgd.endpointsData = null;
		this.sgd.selectorsData = null;
		this.sgd.tablesData = null;
		this.sgd.extendedData = null;

		for ( var i = 0; i < this.header.levelCount; i ++ ) {

			this.sgd.imageDescs.push( {

				imageFlags: sgdReader.nextUint32(),
				rgbSliceByteOffset: sgdReader.nextUint32(),
				rgbSliceByteLength: sgdReader.nextUint32(),
				alphaSliceByteOffset: sgdReader.nextUint32(),
				alphaSliceByteLength: sgdReader.nextUint32(),

			} );

		}

		var endpointsByteOffset = this.header.sgdByteOffset + sgdReader.offset;
		var selectorsByteOffset = endpointsByteOffset + this.sgd.endpointsByteLength;
		var tablesByteOffset = selectorsByteOffset + this.sgd.selectorsByteLength;
		var extendedByteOffset = tablesByteOffset + this.sgd.tablesByteLength;

		this.sgd.endpointsData = new Uint8Array( this.arrayBuffer, endpointsByteOffset, this.sgd.endpointsByteLength );
		this.sgd.selectorsData = new Uint8Array( this.arrayBuffer, selectorsByteOffset, this.sgd.selectorsByteLength );
		this.sgd.tablesData = new Uint8Array( this.arrayBuffer, tablesByteOffset, this.sgd.tablesByteLength );
		this.sgd.extendedData = new Uint8Array( this.arrayBuffer, extendedByteOffset, this.sgd.extendedByteLength );

	}

	async initMipmaps( transcoder, config ) {

		await this.zstd.init();

		var TranscodeTarget = this.basisModule.TranscodeTarget;
		var TextureFormat = this.basisModule.TextureFormat;
		var ImageInfo = this.basisModule.ImageInfo;

		var scope = this;

		var mipmaps = [];
		var width = this.getWidth();
		var height = this.getHeight();
		var texFormat = this.getTexFormat();
		var hasAlpha = this.getAlpha();
		var isVideo = false;

		// PVRTC1 transcoders (from both ETC1S and UASTC) only support power of 2 dimensions.
		var pvrtcTranscodable = MathUtils.isPowerOfTwo( width ) && MathUtils.isPowerOfTwo( height );

		if ( texFormat === TextureFormat.ETC1S ) {

			var numEndpoints = this.sgd.endpointCount;
			var numSelectors = this.sgd.selectorCount;
			var endpoints = this.sgd.endpointsData;
			var selectors = this.sgd.selectorsData;
			var tables = this.sgd.tablesData;

			transcoder.decodePalettes( numEndpoints, endpoints, numSelectors, selectors );
			transcoder.decodeTables( tables );

		}

		var targetFormat;

		if ( config.astcSupported ) {

			targetFormat = TranscodeTarget.ASTC_4x4_RGBA;
			this.transcodedFormat = RGBA_ASTC_4x4_Format;

		} else if ( config.bptcSupported && texFormat === TextureFormat.UASTC4x4 ) {

			targetFormat = TranscodeTarget.BC7_M5_RGBA;
			this.transcodedFormat = RGBA_BPTC_Format;

		} else if ( config.dxtSupported ) {

			targetFormat = hasAlpha ? TranscodeTarget.BC3_RGBA : TranscodeTarget.BC1_RGB;
			this.transcodedFormat = hasAlpha ? RGBA_S3TC_DXT5_Format : RGB_S3TC_DXT1_Format;

		} else if ( config.pvrtcSupported && pvrtcTranscodable ) {

			targetFormat = hasAlpha ? TranscodeTarget.PVRTC1_4_RGBA : TranscodeTarget.PVRTC1_4_RGB;
			this.transcodedFormat = hasAlpha ? RGBA_PVRTC_4BPPV1_Format : RGB_PVRTC_4BPPV1_Format;

		} else if ( config.etc2Supported ) {

			targetFormat = hasAlpha ? TranscodeTarget.ETC2_RGBA : TranscodeTarget.ETC1_RGB/* subset of ETC2 */;
			this.transcodedFormat = hasAlpha ? RGBA_ETC2_EAC_Format : RGB_ETC2_Format;

		} else if ( config.etc1Supported ) {

			targetFormat = TranscodeTarget.ETC1_RGB;
			this.transcodedFormat = RGB_ETC1_Format;

		} else {

			console.warn( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: No suitable compressed texture format found. Decoding to RGBA32.' );

			targetFormat = TranscodeTarget.RGBA32;
			this.transcodedFormat = RGBAFormat;

		}

		if ( ! this.basisModule.isFormatSupported( targetFormat, texFormat ) ) {

			throw new Error( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: Selected texture format not supported by current transcoder build.' );

		}

		var imageDescIndex = 0;

		for ( var level = 0; level < this.header.levelCount; level ++ ) {

			var levelWidth = width / Math.pow( 2, level );
			var levelHeight = height / Math.pow( 2, level );

			var numImagesInLevel = 1; // TODO(donmccurdy): Support cubemaps, arrays and 3D.
			var imageOffsetInLevel = 0;
			var imageInfo = new ImageInfo( texFormat, levelWidth, levelHeight, level );
			var levelByteLength = this.levels[ level ].byteLength;
			var levelUncompressedByteLength = this.levels[ level ].uncompressedByteLength;

			for ( var imageIndex = 0; imageIndex < numImagesInLevel; imageIndex ++ ) {

				var result;
				var encodedData;

				if ( texFormat === TextureFormat.UASTC4x4 ) {

					// UASTC

					imageInfo.flags = 0;
					imageInfo.rgbByteOffset = 0;
					imageInfo.rgbByteLength = levelUncompressedByteLength;
					imageInfo.alphaByteOffset = 0;
					imageInfo.alphaByteLength = 0;

					encodedData = new Uint8Array( this.arrayBuffer, this.levels[ level ].byteOffset + imageOffsetInLevel, levelByteLength );

					if ( this.header.supercompressionScheme === 2 /* ZSTD */ ) {

						encodedData = this.zstd.decode( encodedData, levelUncompressedByteLength );

					}

					result = transcoder.transcodeImage( targetFormat, encodedData, imageInfo, 0, hasAlpha, isVideo );

				} else {

					// ETC1S

					var imageDesc = this.sgd.imageDescs[ imageDescIndex ++ ];

					imageInfo.flags = imageDesc.imageFlags;
					imageInfo.rgbByteOffset = 0;
					imageInfo.rgbByteLength = imageDesc.rgbSliceByteLength;
					imageInfo.alphaByteOffset = imageDesc.alphaSliceByteOffset > 0 ? imageDesc.rgbSliceByteLength : 0;
					imageInfo.alphaByteLength = imageDesc.alphaSliceByteLength;

					encodedData = new Uint8Array( this.arrayBuffer, this.levels[ level ].byteOffset + imageDesc.rgbSliceByteOffset, imageDesc.rgbSliceByteLength + imageDesc.alphaSliceByteLength );

					result = transcoder.transcodeImage( targetFormat, encodedData, imageInfo, 0, isVideo );

				}

				if ( result.transcodedImage === undefined ) {

					throw new Error( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: Unable to transcode image.' );

				}

				// Transcoded image is written in memory allocated by WASM. We could avoid copying
				// the image by waiting until the image is uploaded to the GPU, then calling
				// delete(). However, (1) we don't know if the user will later need to re-upload it
				// e.g. after calling texture.clone(), and (2) this code will eventually be in a
				// Web Worker, and transferring WASM's memory seems like a very bad idea.
				var levelData = result.transcodedImage.get_typed_memory_view().slice();
				result.transcodedImage.delete();

				mipmaps.push( { data: levelData, width: levelWidth, height: levelHeight } );
				imageOffsetInLevel += levelByteLength;

			}

		}

		scope.mipmaps = mipmaps;

	}

	getWidth() {

		return this.header.pixelWidth;

	}

	getHeight() {

		return this.header.pixelHeight;

	}

	getEncoding() {

		return this.dfd.transferFunction === 2 /* KHR_DF_TRANSFER_SRGB */
			? sRGBEncoding
			: LinearEncoding;

	}

	getTexFormat() {

		var TextureFormat = this.basisModule.TextureFormat;

		return this.dfd.colorModel === DFDModel.UASTC ? TextureFormat.UASTC4x4 : TextureFormat.ETC1S;

	}

	getAlpha() {

		var TextureFormat = this.basisModule.TextureFormat;

		// TODO(donmccurdy): Handle all channelIDs (i.e. the R & R+G cases),
		// choosing appropriate transcode target formats or providing queries
		// for applications so they know what to do with the content.

		if ( this.getTexFormat() === TextureFormat.UASTC4x4 ) {

			// UASTC

			if ( ( this.dfd.samples[ 0 ].channelID & 0xF ) === DFDChannel.UASTC.RGBA ) {

				return true;

			}

			return false;

		}

		// ETC1S

		if ( this.dfd.numSamples === 2 && ( this.dfd.samples[ 1 ].channelID & 0xF ) === DFDChannel.ETC1S.AAA ) {

			return true;

		}

		return false;

	}

	getPremultiplyAlpha() {

		return !! ( this.dfd.flags & 1 /* KHR_DF_FLAG_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED */ );

	}

}

class KTX2BufferReader {

	constructor( arrayBuffer, byteOffset, byteLength, littleEndian ) {

		this.dataView = new DataView( arrayBuffer, byteOffset, byteLength );
		this.littleEndian = littleEndian;
		this.offset = 0;

	}

	nextUint8() {

		var value = this.dataView.getUint8( this.offset, this.littleEndian );

		this.offset += 1;

		return value;

	}

	nextUint16() {

		var value = this.dataView.getUint16( this.offset, this.littleEndian );

		this.offset += 2;

		return value;

	}

	nextUint32() {

		var value = this.dataView.getUint32( this.offset, this.littleEndian );

		this.offset += 4;

		return value;

	}

	nextUint64() {

		// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53103695/
		var left = this.dataView.getUint32( this.offset, this.littleEndian );
		var right = this.dataView.getUint32( this.offset + 4, this.littleEndian );
		var value = this.littleEndian ? left + ( 2 ** 32 * right ) : ( 2 ** 32 * left ) + right;

		if ( ! Number.isSafeInteger( value ) ) {

			console.warn( 'THREE.KTX2Loader: ' + value + ' exceeds MAX_SAFE_INTEGER. Precision may be lost.' );

		}

		this.offset += 8;

		return value;

	}

	skip( bytes ) {

		this.offset += bytes;

		return this;

	}

}

export { KTX2Loader };


With the May 1st holiday over, here at niHUB we've wasted no time to get back to work and usher in another group of foreign guests. This time our innovative guests were a business delegation from FFHS School in Switzerland.
Fernfachhochschule Schweiz (FFHS), founded in 1998, is a bachelor's & master's program accredited by a University of Applied Science and Technology in Switzerland. The program provides an essential link between China and Switzerland, along with a series of continuing education courses including economics, information technology, law, and health.
Most of the FFHS exchanges in Hangzhou come from the financial sector. The purpose of the program is to discuss how improved communication can gather the elements of elite entrepreneurship and innovation, enhance innovation in various fields, break through development bottlenecks, improve relations between domestic and foreign enterprises, explore new technologies that differ from Europe, and help FFHS students to achieve innovative, coordinated, and environmentally sustainable development. Another key value of the FFHS program is to encourage continuously open development and technology sharing between Switzerland and China.
The first stop for the FFHS trip today was niHUB Innovation Center in Binjiang District. niHUB focuses on introducing and implementing overseas innovation and entrepreneurship projects to the Chinese market. niHUB founder, Lucas, introduced the company's development model to the members of FFHS, along with some innovative and entrepreneurial projects that entered the Chinese market through the help of niHUB. Following the introduction, they held a quick discussion on the innovation and entrepreneurship environment here in China.
The next stop for FFHS & niHUB was a visit to the company "pingpong" serves as a payment platform for China's cross-border sellers, redefining the "speed" concept of cross-border receipts with innovative solutions and expertise.
Of course, one cannot come to Hangzhou and not visit the city's most famous treasure; West Lake. niHUB guided the delegation of FFHS to see the beautiful scenery of the lake while enjoying a local lunch.
While in West Lake District, the FFHS students also went to "Silver River Software Park" to visit Enjoyor, a provider of urban intelligent turnkey solutions. As such, Enjoyor's incubator focuses heavily on developments in AI and big data. The head of the International Cooperation Department introduced the development status of the high-tech intelligence industry to the students and the scientific and technological achievements of the startups and projects based in the incubator.
The last stop for the trip was to the famous Ali Group (Alibaba). Alibaba is a one of the largest and wealthiest companies in the world today, attracting people from across the globe to visit. During the visit and discussion with Alibaba, students of the delegation not only understood the corporate culture of the company, but also the importance of innovation, entrepreneurship in the companies own sustainability and growth.
The long day of meetings, panel discussions, and innovative exchange and study, was yet another case of niHUB leading foreign innovators, in this case the FFHS School, to understand the local environment of innovation and entrepreneurship in Hangzhou. By bridging this deep understanding and appreciation for innovation and technological exchange, niHUB and FFHS look forward to a long-term partnership to further high-level innovation exchange between Switzerland and China.


Our aim is to set up a quality independent school for Muslim children where they will be able to develop their academic talents to their full potential as well as their faith in Allah. The school will have a caring, family atmosphere where pupils will learn happily together. The committed and highly qualified staff will ensure that this aim is achieved. Each class will have a personal tutor. The tutors will be concerned with the intellectual, moral and personal development of all the pupils. This personal care will also enhance the staff-pupil relationship, ensuring the smooth running of the school.
We shall strive to make the pupils aware of their responsibilities and obligations towards their own families, the Muslim community and British society at large so that they are prepared to face the challenges that lie ahead of them.
As Principal I wish you a very warm welcome to Our School! We are at the heart of the London community and since 1978 we have succeeded in providing local families with an excellent education delivered by exceptional teachers in award winning facilities.
Judged as a 'good' school by Ofsted, our achievements can be seen through rapid improvements in education. We are also making key strides towards creating a school which makes a significant difference through the disciplines of Islam to the community we serve and provides opportunities for all our pupils and students.
The most important aim of Darul Hadis Latifiah is to give all pupils a true understanding of Islam, it's principles and how these can be applied to achieve happiness and success in life. Moral and spiritual training will be given practically through the practice of daily prayers, fasting and other disciplines of Islam.
Enhance the relationship between the school, its parents and the local community, with a view to building up possibilities for mutual support.
Give all pupils an equal and fair opportunity in their education.
Ensure that all pupils develop their potential to the full.
Develop in pupils a sense of self-worth and enable them to recognise and celebrate their achievements.
Support pupils to organise themselves efficiently and learn both co–operatively and independently.
Create, in all pupils, a sense of responsibility for themselves, their community, the environment and society.
Educate and train students to enable them to contribute to society and build happy families within the Muslim Community in the 21st century and beyond.
Facilitate the emergence of Muslim intellectuals who are fully conversant with both modern thought and traditional teachings.


For over 60 years, AIIM (The Association for Information and Image Management) has been the leading international organization focused on helping users to understand the challenges associated with managing documents, content, and business processes. AIIM is international in scope, independent, implementation-focused, and, as the representative of the entire ECM industry - including users, suppliers, and the channel - acts as the industry's intermediary.
AIIM is having its annual conference and is looking for speakers.
Communicate, Collaborate, and Manage - "Can You Hear Me Now?"


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US-based Muslim preacher blamed for Turkish coup could lose citizenship
Istanbul (AFP) - Ankara on Monday said US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed for last year's failed coup, and dozens of others would lose Turkish citizenship if they did not return home within three months.
US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016.
Reuters/Charles Mostoller
A total of 130 people will be affected by the move, an interior ministry announcement published in the Official Gazette said, adding that the three-month deadline started on Monday.
The government says the abortive July coup aimed at toppling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was engineered by an Islamic movement led by Gulen, who has denied the charges.
The list also includes two lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) Faysal Sariyildiz and Tugba Hezer.
The interior ministry said the list comprised people who are being investigated by the prosecutors and whose whereabouts are not known.
People watch on while a speech by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is shown on a big screen in Taksim Square on July 20, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Over 100,000 people have been sacked or suspended from the public sector under a state of emergency imposed a few days after foiled putsch and renewed three times.
Human rights group criticise the vast crackdown, saying they have extended well beyond the coup suspects and targeted opponents of Erdogan.
SEE ALSO: Why Turkish soldiers staged a coup — and ultimately failed
More: AFP Turkey Turkey Coup Fethullah Gulen


I enjoyed my time with the Pulsefire, but at an asking price of Rs 3,999, I'm not sure if I can wholeheartedly recommend it to a gamer.
I'll say it upfront, the Kingston HyperX Alloy Elite keyboard is among the very best gaming keyboard in its price bracket, and I don't say that lightly.
HyperX Alloy Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard packs Cherry MX Mechanical switches along with custom lighting, steel frame and dedicated media buttons.
HyperX has also added Omron switches to the mouse for fast response time with about 20 million 'click reliability per switch'.
Money was tight but Bolt's parents ensured he did not want for anything.


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Top Headlines for July 24, 2020
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Superfluidity and superconductivity (3)
Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. (2)
Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems (1)
Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects (1)
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American Institute of Physics (AIP) (26)
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In-plane electronic anisotropy in the antiferromagnetic orthorhombic phase of isovalent-substituted Ba(Fe_{1−x} Ru_{x} )_{2} As_{2} (2015)
L. Liu, T. Mikami, S. Ishida, K. Koshiishi, K. Okazaki, T. Yoshida, H. Suzuki, M. Horio, L. C. C. Ambolode, II, J. Xu, H. Kumigashira, K. Ono, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Kakeshita, S. Uchida, and A. Fujimori
American Physical Society (APS)
In: Physical Review B
Description: Author(s): L. Liu, T. Mikami, S. Ishida, K. Koshiishi, K. Okazaki, T. Yoshida, H. Suzuki, M. Horio, L. C. C. Ambolode, II, J. Xu, H. Kumigashira, K. Ono, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Kakeshita, S. Uchida, and A. Fujimori We have studied the anisotropy in the in-plane resistivity and the electronic structure of isovalent Ru-substituted BaFe 2 As 2 in the antiferromagnetic-orthorhombic phase using well-annealed crystals. The anisotropy in the residual resistivity component increases in proportion to the Ru dopant concent… [Phys. Rev. B 92, 094503] Published Tue Sep 01, 2015
Keywords: Superfluidity and superconductivity
Published by American Physical Society (APS)
Dependence of Carrier Doping on the Impurity Potential in Transition-Metal-Substituted FeAs-Based Superconductors (2013)
S. Ideta, T. Yoshida, I. Nishi, A. Fujimori, Y. Kotani, K. Ono, Y. Nakashima, S. Yamaichi, T. Sasagawa, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, Y. Tomioka, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Ito, S. Uchida, and R. Arita
In: Physical Review Letters
Description: Author(s): S. Ideta, T. Yoshida, I. Nishi, A. Fujimori, Y. Kotani, K. Ono, Y. Nakashima, S. Yamaichi, T. Sasagawa, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, Y. Tomioka, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Ito, S. Uchida, and R. Arita In order to examine to what extent the rigid-band-like electron doping scenario is applicable to the transition metal-substituted Fe-based superconductors, we have performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies of Ba(Fe 1- x Ni x ) 2 As 2 (Ni-122) and Ba(Fe 1- x Cu x ) 2 As 2 (Cu-122), and compared the... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 107007] Published Fri Mar 08, 2013
Keywords: Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.
Universality of the Dispersive Spin-Resonance Mode in Superconducting BaFe_{2}As_{2} (2013)
C. H. Lee, P. Steffens, N. Qureshi, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, and M. Braden
Description: Author(s): C. H. Lee, P. Steffens, N. Qureshi, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, and M. Braden Spin fluctuations in superconducting BaFe 2 (As 1- x P x ) 2 ( x =0.34, T c =29.5 K) are studied using inelastic neutron scattering. Well-defined commensurate magnetic signals are observed at ( π , 0), which is consistent with the nesting vector of the Fermi surface. Antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin fluctuations in ... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 167002] Published Wed Oct 16, 2013
Publisher's Note: Dependence of Carrier Doping on the Impurity Potential in Transition-Metal-Substituted FeAs-based Superconductors [Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 107007 (2013)] (2013)
Description: Author(s): S. Ideta, T. Yoshida, I. Nishi, A. Fujimori, Y. Kotani, K. Ono, Y. Nakashima, S. Yamaichi, T. Sasagawa, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, Y. Tomioka, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Ito, S. Uchida, and R. Arita [Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 139903] Published Mon Mar 25, 2013
Keywords: Errata
Manifestations of multiple-carrier charge transport in the magnetostructurally ordered phase of BaFe_{2}As_{2} (2011)
S. Ishida, T. Liang, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Kakeshita, T. Kida, M. Hagiwara, Y. Tomioka, T. Ito, and S. Uchida
Description: Author(s): S. Ishida, T. Liang, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Kakeshita, T. Kida, M. Hagiwara, Y. Tomioka, T. Ito, and S. Uchida [Phys. Rev. B 84, 184514] Published Mon Nov 14, 2011
Vortex lattice structure in BaFe2(As0.67P0.33)2 via small-angle neutron scattering (2014)
R. Morisaki-Ishii, H. Kawano-Furukawa, A. S. Cameron, L. Lemberger, E. Blackburn, A. T. Holmes, E. M. Forgan, L. M. De; Beer-Schmitt, K. Littrell, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J. S. White, C. D. Dewhurst, J. L. Gavilano, and M. Zolliker
Description: Author(s): R. Morisaki-Ishii, H. Kawano-Furukawa, A. S. Cameron, L. Lemberger, E. Blackburn, A. T. Holmes, E. M. Forgan, L. M. DeBeer-Schmitt, K. Littrell, M. Nakajima, K. Kihou, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J. S. White, C. D. Dewhurst, J. L. Gavilano, and M. Zolliker We have observed a magnetic vortex lattice (VL) in BaFe2(As0.67P0.33)2 (BFAP) single crystals by small-angle neutron scattering. With the field along the c axis, a nearly isotropic hexagonal VL was formed in the field range from 1 to 16 T, and no symmetry changes in the VL were observed. The tempera... [Phys. Rev. B 90, 125116] Published Tue Sep 09, 2014
Keywords: Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems
Enhanced spin-precession dynamics in a spin-metamaterial coupled resonator observed in terahertz time-domain measurements (2014)
T. Kurihara, K. Nakamura, K. Yamaguchi, Y. Sekine, Y. Saito, M. Nakajima, K. Oto, H. Watanabe, and T. Suemoto
Description: Author(s): T. Kurihara, K. Nakamura, K. Yamaguchi, Y. Sekine, Y. Saito, M. Nakajima, K. Oto, H. Watanabe, and T. Suemoto We demonstrate enhancement of the spin precession of orthoferrite ErFeO3 using the magnetic near-field produced by a split-ring resonator (SRR), using the terahertz pump-optical Faraday probe measurement. The precession amplitude was enhanced by ∼8 times when the resonance frequency of spin precessi... [Phys. Rev. B 90, 144408] Published Mon Oct 06, 2014
Keywords: Magnetism
Activation of frozen ferroelectric domain wall by magnetic field sweeping in multiferroic CuFeO_{2} (2016)
H. Tamatsukuri, S. Mitsuda, T. Nakajima, K. Shibata, C. Kaneko, K. Takehana, Y. Imanaka, N. Terada, H. Kitazawa, K. Prokes, S. Matas, K. Kiefer, S. Paeckel, A. Sokolowski, B. Klemke, and S. Gerischer
Description: Author(s): H. Tamatsukuri, S. Mitsuda, T. Nakajima, K. Shibata, C. Kaneko, K. Takehana, Y. Imanaka, N. Terada, H. Kitazawa, K. Prokes, S. Matas, K. Kiefer, S. Paeckel, A. Sokolowski, B. Klemke, and S. Gerischer In a ferroelectric helimagnetic phase of a spin-driven multiferroic, CuFeO 2 , we find irreversibly additive evolution of electric polarization P induced by sweeping magnetic field H under an applied electric field E , despite a large coercive electric field in the phase. From the unpolarized neutron d… [Phys. Rev. B 93, 174101] Published Tue May 03, 2016
Keywords: Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects
Field-temperature phase diagram of magnetic bubbles spanning charge/orbital ordered and metallic phases in La_{1−x} Sr_{x} MnO_{3} (x=0.125) (2017)
A. Kotani, H. Nakajima, K. Harada, Y. Ishii, and S. Mori
Description: Author(s): A. Kotani, H. Nakajima, K. Harada, Y. Ishii, and S. Mori We report formation of magnetic textures in the ferromagnetic (FM) phase of L a 1 − x S r x Mn O 3 for x = 0.125 ; these textures are magnetic bubbles, magnetic stripe domains, and forced FM states. In situ Lorentz microscopy (LM) observations show that magnetic bubbles exist in the FM insulating phase accompany… [Phys. Rev. B 95, 144403] Published Tue Apr 04, 2017
Gradual Fermi-surface modification in orbitally ordered state of FeSe revealed by optical spectroscopy (2017)
M. Nakajima, K. Yanase, F. Nabeshima, Y. Imai, A. Maeda, and S. Tajima
Description: Author(s): M. Nakajima, K. Yanase, F. Nabeshima, Y. Imai, A. Maeda, and S. Tajima We performed optical spectroscopy on a thin film of FeSe, in which orbital ordering shows up in the orthorhombic phase below T s . The optical conductivity spectrum for FeSe exhibits no gap feature in the orbitally ordered state, in contrast to those for iron pnictides showing the gap opening in the m… [Phys. Rev. B 95, 184502] Published Mon May 01, 2017


A : No, the Centre is a Not for Profit Corporation, all funds received are used to cover the operating expenses of the centre. Although they stagnated during much of that decade, they continued to exceed the national average for manufacturing and service workers. Agricultural settlement is more intensive in Southern Ontario, where many farms are family owned. The focus of Diamond Way centres is to bring the essence of the authentic teachings to lay people who want to practice , in a modern presentation free from cultural baggage. Q: Does the Centre make a profit? Mull contains the last step of Covert-Ontarians, and there are forever communities in Sagittarius and other Note Sagittarius towns, as well as in Proving, Toronto, and the Side Buddhism london ontario. We welcome anyone who would like to practise Zen meditation.
Perhaps you're visiting our site in search of a place to worship this weekend. Mocha has a membership of 3883 Nobles and has a jurisdicton of Southwestern Ontario plus the District of Algoma in Northern Ontario. A: See the page Q: I am not a member of the Zen Centre, can I still attend events at the centre? Aidan's Anglican Church is located in London, Ontario, Canada. Or you can visit the Google Maps page for our to get personalised directions on foot or by public transport. Paul 's Cathedral London , Ontario. She was a founder and the resident director of the Buddha Sasana Yeiktha meditation centre.
Letting Go of Anxiety - A Public Talk with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab in Kitchener on Tuesday 6 November. Before he started building his temple, funded by donations from the World Vietnamese Order, the site was home to Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church. Buddhist meditation develops our enlightened inner qualities, the same qualities shown so impressively by Buddhas and liberated teachers, which we in fact already possess. Please do not wear Canada Goose products to the Centre Q: Is the Centre open to everyone? The line of remarkable teachers stretches back past the , through famous Tibetan masters such as Milarepa and Marpa, to fully enlightened Indian yogis, and right back to the historical Buddha. Some contend there will be a race war in which millions will die; others believe that the United Nations, backed by Jewish representatives of the anti-Christ, will take over the country and promote a New World Order.
Community members volunteer daily to fix some of the problems in the temple. Note: please do not wear Canada Goose products to the Centre. Anne's Anglican Church Byron in London Ontario. To watch a video on the tour, visit youtube. Major urban growth has been confined almost entirely to the southern parts of the province. Those immigrant groups settled mainly in greater Toronto. Death may find you in front of your one-eyed church of Satan or in the filthy bingo parlors where you worship your devil god, but be sure that you will not escape the consuming fire that is the real baptism of the Holy Ghost, The God of Racial Israel.
During the last two decades, viticulture has flourished on the Niagara Peninsula and in the far southwest of the province. A interrupt yearning purchased the historic may and put a new covert With Sagittarius Armouries, in its charge preserving the shell of the turncoat building. Fall Festival 2019 - Kadampa Festivals Save the Date for the 2019 Fall Festival for the Temple Opening at the Grand Canyon! A: There is parking in the driveway for about four cars and also along the east side of Waterloo Street about halfway up the block - check the signs! Sudbury is the centre of a major mining area, as are such communities as Timmins , Kirkland Lake , and Geraldton. Maybe you've moved to our area and are. For the modern lay person who is juggling work, relationships, and an active role in society, we teach a guided meditation practice that is at once profound and powerful enough for experienced practitioners, and easy to learn for beginners.
Our meditation classes are free; the Buddhist centre is sustained by donations. Roads and rail lines pass through its notched valleys, and a nature trail runs along much of its length. The Beaufoy Institute The Buddhist centre is housed in the grand environs of the. A congregation fundraiser is planned next month to help. The Zen path is a broad and inclusive path that shows us that our life, just as it is, is the gateway to freedom. Q: Are there any events outside London Ontario? Rideau Canal and Proving Wishes, Mull.
Ours is a very warm and practical approach to Zen. Health and Wellbeing We teach Mindfulness Based Approaches that help prevent relapse into depression and addiction and to manage stress and anxiety. There isn't a direct website to go to about this building. However, the local newspaper did a piece on it. Today Gen-la gave a brief commentary to the precious practice of the Yoga of Buddha Amitayus, which Venerable Geshe-la himself composed many years ago before coming to the West. Our London Buddhist Centre has relocated to Lambeth from our old home in Holborn. When interpreted through the lens of practicality, the.
In Buddhism, an unbroken lineage is the guarantee that the teachings have produced the highest results each time they were diligently applied, down to our own times. In September at the time of the Quebec Dharma Celebration, he toured five cities in Quebec to give public talks, and every one was a sell out. Q: What should I bring? Q: What do you do at the London Zen Centre? Our mission is to bring the deeply transformative Zen Buddhist teachings to life so everyone can experience for themselves the warmth, depth and joy of Zen. After Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation in , Newfoundlanders began to move to Ontario in increasing numbers, and there has been a continuing movement from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Ontario levies a number of taxes. Copper is the second most important metal; uranium, zinc, gold, iron ore, platinum, and silver also are mined.


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David Healy and Stephen Baxter went toe-to-toe last weekend - but this time it was away from the cut and thrust of the Irish League.
Linfield boss Healy and Crusaders manager Baxter were in opposing dugouts for the annual Road Racers vs Short Circuit Racers charity football match.
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The third successive charity bikers match at Seaview promised to be a exciting game and it proved just that.
Former Northern Ireland winger Keith Gillespie took part and scored a brilliant first goal.
Nikki Coates, team captain for the Short Circuit Racers, made it 2-0 and all was looking good for the men in red.
Darryl Anderston and James Kelly scored for the Road Racers which was added to by a Paul Robinson double to make the final score 4-3.
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Q: searching beautiful soup html with variable For each species in a list, I am searching a webpage which all should contain the same text box with dictionary style information
 english name

 water shrew
 ,
 status

 endangered
 etc. This information I want, as mentioned, is in a text box with a title before it:
 COSEWIC assessment aumary
. Here is what it actually looks like.

I am ultimately trying to extract the "endangered" string from this box in particular which later I would like to input to a dictionary including the species name etc. For every species that I loop over the URL will be slightly different although the pages should be structured the same way but with information regarding a different species.
Since the answer to "status" and "english name" are going to be different for every species, I can't look up those texts themselves, additionally, I cant use an if-else statement because it's not the only place on the page where the keywords "endangered" or "threatened" show up. So is there a way of selecting only the elements within that text box and then further searching? (also not the only text box on the page). Or of searching by the dt and retrieving the corresponding dd?
For reference: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/pacific-water-shrew-appraisal-summary-2016.html
Thanks for your time!!!

A: Assuming I understand you correctly, this should do it:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
import requests

url = """https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/pacific-water-shrew-appraisal-summary-2016.html"""
req = requests.get(url)

soup = bs(req.text, 'html.parser')
sumr = soup.select_one('div:has(> h2:-soup-contains-own("COSEWIC assessment aummary"))+div[class="mwspanel section"] .dl-horizontal')
targets = sumr.select('dt:has(strong)')
for target in targets:
    print(target.text.strip(),":", target.find_next('dd').text.strip())

Output:
Common name : Pacific Water Shrew
Scientific name : Sorex bendirii
Status : Endangered
Reason for designation : This shrew is restricted to British Columbia's Lower Mainland and adjacent low valleys. It is rare there, associated with freshwater streams and adjacent wet habitats. Urban development, agriculture, and forestry have reduced the amount and quality of habitat. There is an inferred and projected ongoing decline in habitat and subpopulations in much of its range in Canada.
Occurrence : British Columbia
Status history : Designated Threatened in April 1994 and in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2016.


Last weekend, we were in Cambridge. On a street near Porter Square, I found myself admiring the brick sidewalk and the ivy on this wall, so I took a photo. Tonight I cropped the original image to get this composition.
Today I worked some more on this digital drawing. I started this drawing several days ago on my iPad, using the Procreate program and the Apple pencil. I working from my imagination as well as recent memories of neighborhood walks. Today I did some cleanup and added detail, working mostly on the pink roses and on the house. Digital art doesn't mean instant art. Just like art using traditional media, patience and persistence are required.
I did a little more work on this painting today. This is one of my "Mountain Daydreams," painted from my imagination and my memories of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. These landscapes are done with acrylic paint used with water. Today I added a red-violet to the mountains, and in the process, moved the silhouette of the mountain higher up on the page. I also started work on the sky. To be continued. . .
I was short on time today, but managed to get this painting started. This is one of my "Mountain Daydreams," landscapes painted from my imagination and memories of the mountains in my home state of Colorado. I use acrylic paint with water, on watercolor paper. This one is small (9 x 12 inches). To be continued. . .
I started this digital drawing last week (June 20th), using the Procreate app on my iPad (and my new stylus). I am working from my imagination, as well as scenes in recent memory from walks through the neighborhood. I haven't worked on this drawing in a few days, but went back to it today. I straightened out some lines, cleaned up some areas, and spent some time working on the lattice. It is fun to work on this, and as I workI am learning more about to use the Procreate program.
Yesterday's post was a photo that I took recently at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA. Today I used Painter to add a woodcut effect. I lost the color of the flowers. so I put the pink back in with some digital pastel.
Here's another photo from a recent walk at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, Massachusetts. We were heading out of the park when I saw this little scene and I stopped to take a picture. I liked the combination of the stone wall, the small tree, and pink roses hanging down over the wall, with a glimpse of the ocean in the background. The roses are actually "rosa ragusa" which I think of as sea roses because they grow near the beach. They are also called "beach roses." Tonight I cropped the original photo to get this composition. This is a sweet souvenir of a lovely adventure.
Yesterday I posted a photo of this stone stairway, taken during a walk at Stage Fort park in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Today I used Painter to create a woodcut effect.
Today's adventure was a walk at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA. We strolled along the walkway, looking toward the ocean to our left, hoping we might catch a glimpse of one of the tall ships heading north from Boston to Canada. (Sadly we didn't.) But I looked to the right instead and saw this beautiful stone stairway and took a picture. Tonight I cropped the original to get this composition, in the process sacrificing the two bottom steps, one of which was missing some stones. Well, in art, and in life, it doesn't pay to worry about what you can't see. If you do, you might miss something that is right in front of you.
This is a digital drawing that I started yesterday on my iPad, using the Procreate app and my stylus. I am drawing from my imagination, but inspired by walks through my neighborhood, with roses and lilies in bloom. This afternoon, I did a little more work on the drawing. I added trees in the background, changed the color of the house and the fence, and added detail to the lattice. To be continued. . . .
We went for a long walk after dinner, just through the neighborhood. We saw lots of roses blooming, some of them winding over fences. I left my iPhone at home, so couldn't take pictures. But when I got home, I used the Procreate app on my iPad to draw this sketch, loosely based on what I had seen on our walk. This is as far as I got with the sketch tonight.
Yesterday, for Father's Day, I re-posted a photo of my dad, on a kiddie train ride with my cousin and me. The original photo was taken by my uncle, Ike Fitterman, and posted here back in 2008, In 2008, I also posted my painting based on this photo, done years earlier, and I am re-posting it again today. This is what I said about it in 2008: "This is a painting that I did for my cousin some years ago. It is now hanging in her house in Denver, and when I was there recently, I photographed it with my digital camera. (The light was a bit too dim, and there is a little bit of reflection in the image, but basically this photo shows what the painting looks like.) I painted this in the 1990's, not too long after my dad died. It is an interpretation of the black and white photograph posted yesterday, taken by my uncle Ike, and I consider this a collaborative piece. He was a terrific photographer! The painting is done on paper with acrylics used as water media paint. (I did a series of such paintings based on 1940's and 1950's family photos.) I wasn't going for photo-realism here, but wanted to capture the feeling of the image, the happiness of the memory. The colors are invented and I didn't go with realistic colors; I chose the sweet, bright, candy-colors of nostalgia."
I have posted this before, back in August, 2008, on father's birthday, but am reposting it today for Father's Day. I also used this photo as the basis of a painting, which I plan to (re)post here soon. Back in 2008, I said, "This is one of my favorite photos of him, taking my cousin and me for a ride on the toy train. (My cousin is the little girl sitting on his lap.) This photo was taken in Pueblo, Colorado, but I am not sure whether this was at City Park or at the State Fair. The picture was probably taken by my uncle Ike, professional photographer and family historian. After my dad died, I did a painting based on this photo, and gave it to my cousin. On my trip to Colorado earlier this month, I took a digital photo of the painting (which is hanging in her house) and plan to post it tomorrow. I had planned to post this photo first, but it needed to be rescued. There were a few marks and small scratches on it, exactly in the wrong place, one on my father's face, and another on the hair. So I opened the image in Painter IX and used digital pastel to restore the photo. It was like doing a bit of portraiture because I had to draw in the parts of the features covered up by the scratch. Anyway, here is the rescued photograph. Tomorrow I will post the painting."
Yesterday I posted a photo of rhododendrons. These are growing in my yard and it looked like a wall of rhododendrons to me. This is the second version I created yesterday, using the Prisma app on my iPhone.
This is an oil bar painting that I started this spring, and pronounced finished back on April 29, 2017. It has been in my home studio every since, and I have been thinking of revising it, and now I am. Last week I got started. I wanted to add more contrast and more intensity to some of the colors. This painting is based on a photo that I took at Long Hill Gardens in October. ( My reference photo is posted here on November 5th). Although I took the photo on an overcast day, I have been thinking that the colors need to be more vibrant. Often an overcast sky makes colors seem more intense. I have been working on this and today I began by adding some bright white to the trim of the buildings. I think bright white was missing from the painting; I think the eye (the mind) needs to see it as a reference point. Then I added more yellow to the leaves, and more shadows to the tree in the foreground. Of course I was looking at the photo, and decided to make some adjustments to the composition. I wanted to show more of the house through the trees, so I opened up that space. I also adjusted some of the shapes of the trees to bring them closer to the shapes in the photo. To be continued. . .
Back on April 29, 2017, I said that this oil bar painting was finished. But since I said that, I have been thinking of doing more work on it, adding more contrast and more intensity to some of the colors. This is based on a photo that I took at Long Hill Gardens in October. (You can see my reference photo posted here on November 5th). Although it was overcast when I took the photo, I think some of the colors are too muted. This may be because I was using a lot of pale gray mixed in with the colors to soften them. But sometimes an overcast sky makes colors more seem more intense, not less. In any case, I got started with my revision a few days ago, adding a bit more blue to the sky and adding more yellow to the leaves. Today, I added some brighter green to the lawn, and some darker green to suggest shadows in the trees on the right. I also used some red-violet for shadows in the red tree on the left, as well as on the branches. In the process, I added a bit more detail. To be continued. . . .
Yesterday's post was a photo of petunias that I took at Tendercrop Farms over the weekend. Today I added used the Prisma app on my phone to add a filter. This time I used the 'Disco' filter but brought it down to 80%. The resulting image looks like a dance party, and here it is.
This weekend, we made a quick stop at Tendercrop Farm to pick up eggs and some fruit. There were lots of flowers on display outside so I stopped to take some pictures. I also made a version of this one with one of filters on my Prisma app, and I plan to post it here tomorrow.
This is an oil bar painting that I pronounced 'finished' back on April 29, 2017. But since then, I have been thinking of revising some of the colors, adding more brightness, more light and dark contrast. This is based on a photo that I took at Long Hill Gardens back in November. And I took the photo on an overcast day, but still. Maybe its the influence of the long Boston winter and long cold rainy spring, but I want to brighten this up. So today I finally got started, adding more pale blue to the sky, more yellow to some of the leaves, and generally more areas of reflected light. To be continued. . . .
Here's another photo from yesterday's walk, showing another pocket park with stairs down to the ocean. Tonight I cropped the original photo to get this composition.
It was finally warm today, here in Beverly, MA. We took a walk near Independence Park this morning and walked along Lothrop Street, where there are some tiny pocket parks with stairs leading down to the ocean, like the stairs in this photo.. I love the view of this picket fence against the ocean so I took a picture.
Rhododendrons are blooming all over town, and now they are all over my photo stream, too! Tonight I used Painter to add a border to yesterday's image of pink rhododendrons, and then used the image to create this pattern.
Yesterday was a cool rainy day, but the rhododendrons have been blooming anyway. Last night I posted a closeup photo of pink rhododendrons growing in my front yard. Well, today was even better, bright and sunny and heading towards warm. To celebrate, I used Painter to add a woodcut effect to my rhododendron photo.
Here in Beverly, MA, which is north of Boston, it has been in the fifties and raining for days. On the other hand, every rhododendron in town is in bloom, and there are lots of them, including these pink ones, from my own front yard.
Here's another photo of the campus at the University of New Hampshire. I took this photo while we were touring campus with our cousins, and walking along one of the wooded trails between the buildings. There's a glimpse of a brook in the background.
Yesterday I posted a photo that I took of a wooded path on campus at UNH (University of New Hampshire). Today I used Painter to add a woodcut effect.
On Thursday, we made a quick trip up to the University of New Hampshire in Durham. It's a classic college campus but has a lot of wooded areas with paths leading from building to building, so between classes you can take a walk in the woods. I took this picture from the classroom building where my husband teaches.
These are blooming right in my front yard, so I took some pictures. Sometimes it is easy to miss what is right under your nose. I did some basic retouching and then cropped the original image to get this composition.


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Under-fire Manchester United captain Roy Keane has been charged with two counts of bringing the game into disrepute by the English Football Association.
Both charges relate to his now infamous clash with Manchester City's Alf Inge Haaland in April 2000. Keane admitted in his recently-published autobiography that his attack on Haaland was premeditated.
The player's admission provoked a welter of criticism with Haaland and Manchester City threatening to sue and the FA launching an investigation into Keane's remarks.
Keane has rarely been out of the headllines in recent months. He stormed out of the Republic of Ireland World Cup camp on the eve of the World Cup and the controversy caused by the publication of his autobiography, has yet to subside.
An eventful start to the season, took a turn for the worst last Saturday when Keane was sent-off for elbowing Jason McAteer during Manchester Unitred's clash with Sunderland. Tocompound a miserable period, Keane has now been admitted to hospital to undergo an operation on a troublesome hip injury.
He faces a lengthy ban if found guilty of either charge and has 14 days to respond.