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Q: ??? Index exceeds matrix dimensions PSD Proplem Hey guys I am trying to find the Power Spectral Density of a .wav signal i recorded which is essentially a sine immersed in noise. The function that i have written is supposed to take records all of 1024 points in length and use it to find the Gxx of the signal by finding Gxx per record and then adding them and dividing them by the number of records better explained in the algorithm below:
a. Step through the wav file and extract the first record length (e.g. 1 to 1024 points). (Note that the record length is your new "N", hence the frequency spacing changes in accordance with this, NOT the total length of the wav file).
b. Perform the normal PSD function on this record.
c. Store this vector.
d. Extract the next 1024 points in the wav file (e.g. 1025:2048) and perform PSD on this record.
e. Add this to the previously stored record and continue through steps c to e until you reach the end of your wav file or the total number of records you want. (Remember that total records*record length must be less than the total length of the wavfile!)
f. Divide the PSD by the number of averages (or number of records).
This is your averaged PSD
The function I created is as follows:
%Function to plot PSD
function[f1, GxxAv] = HW3_A_Fn_811003472_RCT(x,fs,NumRec)
Gxx = 0;
GxxAv = 0;

N = 1024;
df = fs/N;
f1 = 0:df:fs/2;
dt = 1/fs;
T = N*dt;

q = 0;
e = 1;

for i = 1:NumRec;
    for r = (1+q):(N*e);

        L = x(1+q:N*e);
        M = length(L);
        Xm = fft(L).*dt;
        aXm = abs(Xm);

        Gxx(1)=(1/T).*(aXm(1).*aXm(1));
        for k = 2:(M/2);
            Gxx(k) = (2/T) *(aXm(k).*(aXm(k)));
            %Gxx = Gxx + Gxx1(k);
        end
        Gxx((M/2)+1)= (1/T)*(aXm((M/2)+1)).*(aXm((M/2)+1));
        q = q+1024;
        e = e+1;
        %Gxx = Gxx + Gxx1((M/2)+1);
    end
    GxxAv = GxxAv + Gxx;
    %Gxx = Gxx + Gxx1;
end
GxxAv = GxxAv/NumRec;

And the code I used to call this function is as follows:
[x,fs] = wavread('F:\Final\sem1Y3\Acoustics\sinenoise5s.wav');

[f1,GxxAv] = HW3_A_Fn_811003472_RCT(x,fs,100); %where 100 is the number of records to generated

plot(f1,GxxAv)

xlabel ('Frequency / Hz', 'fontsize', 18)
ylabel ('Amplitude Squared per Frequency / WU^2/Hz', 'fontsize', 18)
title ('Plot of the single sided PSD, using Averaging', 'fontsize', 18)
grid on

When Trying to plot this graph the following error was observed:
??? Index exceeds matrix dimensions.

Error in ==> HW3_A_Fn_811003472_RCT at 19
        L = x(1+q:N*e);

Error in ==> HW3_A_3_811003472_RCT at 3
[f1,GxxAv] = HW3_A_Fn_811003472_RCT(x,fs,100); %where 100 is the number of records to generated

I am not sure how to fix it and i have tried many different methods but still i get this error. I am not too familiar with Matlab but all I really want to do for line 19 is to go like:
x(1:1024), x(1025:2048), x(2049:3072), x(3072:4096)...etc to 100 records
Any ideas??? Thanks

A: This is obviously homework, so I am not gonna do your work for you. But there quite some things wrong with your code. Start by fixing all of those first:

*

*Use more appropriate function names, homework123 is not a good name to describe what the function does.

*Use more appropriate variable names. More standard in this context would be nfft instead of N and n_average instead of NumRec. I don't care about the exact thing you use, but it should describe exactly what the variable does.

*Your error message clearly hints that you are trying to index x in some illegal way. Start with making a loop that just prints the right indices (1..1024, 1025..2048, ...) and make sure it follows your instruction E. Only when this works as expected add the rest of the code.

*you use a triple-nested for-loop. You only need a single for-loop or while-loop to solve this problem.

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Former Arizona Cardinals chaplain Anthony Edwards running for city council in hometown
By Cole Claybourn Jul 1, 2022
Former Arizona Cardinals chaplain Anthony Edwards. (Photo courtesy of NFL Players Community)
For a guy who has worn a lot of hats in his career, former Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anthony Edwards is looking to add another to his collection.
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Edwards served in a number of roles for the Cardinals after joining the organization in 1991 as a player, including as team chaplain. But he is now running for city council in his hometown of Casa Grande, Arizona, which is also where he serves as the pastor at Greater Evangelist Temple Church of God in Christ, the church he grew up in and where his dad was once the pastor for 46 years.
"I'm spread out a lot, but I love it," Edwards said years ago. "If you think about it, all of what I do is ministry in some form or another.'"
Edwards left the Cardinals in May 2021, but he left his mark on the organization over the 23 years he was involved in the front office. After retiring as a player in 1998, he served as the senior director of player engagement, directed the team's training camp, handled the travel advance duties, and served as the team chaplain on top of all of it.
Now, he's finding a calling in civic government.
"One of the first reasons why I've decided to run for council is I now have the time," Edwards told the Casa Grande Dispatch. "I want to put something back into the community. I was able to do so serving on the board (Casa Grande Union High School District) for several years. I was pushing for students to be first and things like that."
It's a chance for Edwards to serve the community that raised him, though he didn't think he'd end up there as a pro. He was originally signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent out of New Mexico Highlands University. When head coach Buddy Ryan was fired, Edwards was released.
Thinking his NFL career might be done, he began working at a baby food manufacturer when he got a call from Ted Plumb, his old offensive coordinator in Philadelphia who had recently taken a job with the Cardinals. Edwards couldn't pass up the chance to return back to Arizona, and he remained involved with the organization all the way through May 2021.
It was his time in the front office that was arguably the most impactful.
All in all, he served in the player development and engagement role for 23 years, then 17 years as training camp director, 17 years as the travel advance coordinator, and 14 years as team chaplain. His time spent ministering was impactful to countless players, as former running David Johnson said on the Sports Spectrum Podcast in 2017.
Edwards' experience in the NFL will help him in his pursuit of public office, he said, as it taught him valuable life lessons about how to treat others.
"I think No. 1, character is key. It's one thing I talk about a lot," Edwards told the Casa Grande Dispatch. "I'd see it in the young men who came to our football team at Arizona. I told them when they arrived that their gifts and talents would take them many places in life, but character will sustain you. It is how we carry ourselves though life."
Edwards appeared on "The Gate" podcast with Pastor Eric Kluth in June 2021 and he shared a story where his character was strengthened and his faith in God was solidified. It's a story that has shaped who he is even today.
Though he wanted to attend Arizona State University, he wasn't offered the scholarships he needed to afford going there. He instead went to New Mexico Highlands University, where he broke a number of records as a wide receiver.
He was invited to attend the 1989 Blue-Gray Football Classic, an All-Star event for college seniors (which ended in 2001), and in his excitement for being selected, he decided to go out that night to celebrate with drinks. Around 2 a.m. the following morning, he got in a car accident where he wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was thrown to the passenger side of the vehicle.
"That hurt my shot at going to the Blue-Grey All-Star Game," he said. "That's what hurt me, because they did not get a chance to see me at the Blue-Grey All-Star Game. But that was my fault. I chose that night to do something that I was taught not to do."
He continued the story, describing how his friend rescued him from the car and got him to the hospital. The lieutenant on duty that night who responded to the accident was from Casa Grande and knew Edwards.
He got a citation for the accident, but overall was given far more grace than he expected, given the circumstances, he said. The case was ultimately thrown out once it got to court.
"Once we were walking out, I looked up and I said, 'I know there's a God somewhere,'" he said.
It took until July 1989 before he finally got the call from the Eagles that they wanted to sign him. Former NFL coach Rex Ryan, the brother of Buddy Ryan, had recently taken an assistant coaching job at New Mexico Highlands. Although he never directly coached Edwards, he called his brother to vouch for him.
"We know that God was behind everything," Edwards said on the podcast. "We know God was behind me going to Las Vegas, New Mexico, to that small school."
All of that allowed Edwards to fulfill his dream of playing in the NFL and being able to buy a house for his parents, something he said was always a goal of his. He wanted to give back to them for all they had done for him growing up.
"We know, and [my mother] knows, that it was nothing but the grace of God working behind the scenes on my behalf," he said on the podcast.
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Home / Updated Measurers Guidelines
Updated Measurers Guidelines
Dear Measurers,
Further to my recent email on rudder gudgeons the Technical Committee has undertaken an update of the Measurer's Guidelines to incorporate this information. A link to the updated version is attached. In conjunction with the update a new Hull Measurement Form has been approved by IACA and is to take effect from 1st June 2019. It is available in either Excel or Numbers and links are attached. Please update your computers or destroy any paper copies you may have and utilize the new form. The previous hull form was lacking in a number of measurement areas and now requires separate measurements for hull, rudders & dagger boards. It has also incorporated the .3m from the stern measurement which was not on the previous form. In regards to this measurement and with the trend to now have adjustable rudder rake, care must be taken when taking this measurement. Rule E.5a is very clear but you have two areas were this .3m distance could be breached. Most systems rotate around the bottom gudgeon so you must ensure that when you look for the maximum measurement you utilize the full range of adjustment. In the fully out position (maximum lift) the top of the rudder assembly will move further away from the stern and distance from the closest highest vertical hull point can not exceed .3m. Consequently in the fully in position (minimum or negative lift) it will push the bottom tip of the rudder blade out to its maximum position. The greater of these distances will need to be noted on the measurement form. Also take care with the actual rudder gudgeon, many retrofitted systems may use the existing gudgeon on an adjustable arm. In the case of the Exploder gudgeons many have an oblong hole that allows the rudder box to move back and forward within this hole. You need to ensure at measurement that "at worse" measurement is taken.
The Classic Discipline rules are still on a trial basis and pending finalisation, please use the comments box to record the minimum chord radius and maximum distance of dagger boards under boat. Link to these trial rules attached.
Should you have any queries or concerns please contact the Technical Committee or my self at gharbour@bigpond.com
Graeme Harbour
Chief Measurer IACA
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Gabriele Nebe (née le  à Aix-la-Chapelle) est une mathématicienne allemande qui travaille sur les réseaux, formes modulaires, design sphérique, théorie du codage, les groupes finis et leur représentations en nombres entiers, et plus généralement sur la construction explicite de structures discrètes, entre autres en calcul formel.

Biographie
Nebe fait des études de mathématiques à partir de 1986 à l'université technique de Rhénanie-Westphalie à Aix-la-Chapelle (RWTH Aachen), où elle est diplômée en 1990 et obtient en 1995 un doctorat sous la supervision de Wilhelm Plesken avec une thèse intitulée Endliche Rationale Matrixgruppen vom Grad 24. Pour sa thèse, Nebe obtient la plaquette Borchers et le prix Friedrich-Wilhelm de l'université. Elle ensuite est chercheuse postdoctorale à l'université de Bordeaux avec Jacques Martinet et en 1999 aux Laboratoires Bell avec Neil J. A. Sloane. En 1999 elle soutient son habilitation à Aix-la-Chapelle () et est ensuite de 2000 à 2004 professeure à l'université d'Ulm. En 2004 elle devient professeure à la RWTH Aachen.

En 2003 et 2004 elle est chercheuse invitée à l'École Polytechnique de Lausanne avec Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, en 2003 à Harvard chez Benedict Gross et en 2006 et 2008 à l'université de Sidney chez John Cannon. Elle a travaillé aussi avec .

Contributions

En 2010, Nebe construit un réseau unimodulaire pair extrémal de dimension 72, et résout ainsi un problème resté longtemps ouvert. Auparavant, de réseaux de dimension 24 (Réseau de Leech) et 48 étaient connus. Les réseaux droits unimodulaires ont des applications en  théorie des cordes notamment en dimension 16.

En 2002 elle obtient le prix de recherche Merckle de l'université d'Ulm.

Elle est depuis 2008 corédacteur en chef du   Jahresberichts des DMV et depuis 2003 éditrice au Archiv der Mathematik. Elle maintient, avec Sloane, un catalogue des réseaux.

Publications
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Liens externes

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Mathématicienne allemande
Mathématicienne du XXe siècle
Mathématicienne du XXIe siècle
Professeur à l'université d'Ulm
Professeur à l'université technique de Rhénanie-Westphalie à Aix-la-Chapelle
Naissance en mai 1967
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Jack Dorsey Says Ethereum Has Many Single Points of Failure
Since the outset, it has been evident that Twitter's former CEO is not a supporter of the Ethereum blockchain.
Too often, the founder has stated that he is a diehard Bitcoin supporter who is uninterested in Ethereum.
Jack Dorsey recently demonstrated his opposition against the second-largest digital asset and the blockchain in general.
To wit,
"If you're building on Ethereum you have at least one, if not many, single points of failure and therefore not interesting to me."
Jack Dorsey Slams Ethereum Network
Dorsey's belief in Bitcoin is almost absolute.
He consistently emphasizes that everyone should focus on the development of safe and adaptable technology that is not influenced by any middleman, individuals, or organizations.
The former Square and Twitter CEO is one of the most prominent Bitcoin supporters, having previously stated that he will leave both firms to focus only on Bitcoin.
"Bitcoin absolutely changes everything," Dorsey stated at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, adding, "I don't think there's anything more important in my lifetime to work on…If I weren't working at Square [now Block] or Twitter, I'd be working on bitcoin."
It's unclear which failure points Dorsey was referring to.
Currently, the biggest problem of the network is the lack of scalability, apart from the painful point of high gas fee, which motivates projects to switch over optimal alternatives like Solana, Cardano or Near protocol.
While being a non-supporter of Ethereum and other coins, Jack Dorsey doesn't embrace the concept of Web3.
According to Dorsey, Web3 is merely another centralized infrastructure with a different name that is controlled by venture capitalists.
Ethereum's Merge is expected to come this year. The network is still under development, with multiple testnets released.
The latest shadow fork ran successfully but the developers' team will need more time before the final product is released.
The integration will be delayed for one or two months, most likely beyond June, and no particular release date has been determined. Ethereum, like many other blockchains, strives to support as many users as possible.
However, scaling solutions have been a point of conflict for the blockchain. To put it another way, decentralization and network scalability are at conflict.
The developers are attempting to solve the problem, with Proof-of-Stake, and Sharding as the solutions.
Time may be the blockchain's enemy. Since many delays have surfaced, Etherem's major competitors have continued to expand and will not pass up any single opportunity to scale.
The merger must be completed as soon as possible, or else the future of cryptocurrency innovation will take place on other blockchains.
Ethereum ETF Lands In Australia
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has approved the launch of a spot ETF in Bitcoin and Ethereum, the world's two most valuable cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization.
Last week, Australia's securities regulator authorized to create a cryptocurrency spot exchange-traded fund (ETF), laying the groundwork for other countries to follow.
ETF Securities, an Australian asset manager, and 21Shares, a Swiss-based ETF provider, have both confirmed that two ETFs will be launched on April 27.
Following that will be the 21Shares Bitcoin ETF and the 21Shares Ethereum ETF. The fund will be listed in Australian dollars and traded on the CBOE Exchange in Chicago.
Because an ETF is similar to an investment and is traded on a conventional stock exchange, the market will be considerably broader. An ETF can be used to track the price of a particular stock, commodity, or asset, or it can be used to track the price of a complete basket of items.
A Bitcoin ETF would let anyone to have exposure to Bitcoin without incurring the costs of storage, regulatory expertise, or security.
While retail investors in the United States continue to wait for Bitcoin ETFs at spot market pricing and permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Australians will get Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs within the next week.
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February 6 is the date to store in your calendars, because it's the date that Phil Galfond's 'Run It Once' poker platform goes live. The high-stakes legend made the announcement himself, following a couple of years of speculation as to when the idea would become a reality.
In his most recent blog post, Galfond said that his site would go live on Wednesday and reminded fans of his blog about his long-term vision and journey with regard to Run It Once.
As it happens, he first outlined the poker site idea back in 2016, although has only been giving hints and snippets of information away since that time. Initially, Galfond put his own theories and ideas forward about what an online poker platform should provide to gamers. He advocated for an environment that works in a more player-friendly way before bringing up ideas for several innovations.
Of these innovations, one of the main issues that the pro player was very eager to bring a resolution to was the inclusion of tracking software. Galfond already followed in line with multiple other online platforms by blocking third-party tracking, although he has come up with something else that he's pleased with for Run It Once, introducing a unique HUD alternative. This means that screen names on the platform will be completely random, although certain letters of such will remain the same during the course of the day. This way, players do have some level of familiarity.
What Else Will Run It Once Provide?
To add to this, the platform will incorporate an internal tracking system, which will go on to record a selection of both pre and post-flop statistics from players. Rather than go straight ahead and display details of such though, the Run It Once HUD will integrate a creatively modified system.
Galfond stated of this, that instead of displaying such stats directly next to the opponents at your table, they're grouped into one of eight different playstyle categories. That information will then be communicated via each players avatar emotion.
Not only that, but the site incorporates a unique loyalty program, which connects up with the live streaming community there. This will see the innovator provide players with a percentage amount of their rake back, which is based on the number of hours that they remain active on Twitch.
This, of course, does appeal to the "in thing" right now, as many online poker players utilise the Twitch streaming service while playing at their favourite sites. With Galfond offering a rewards scheme for such users, there's already a great deal of appeal in place for Run It Once. Streams certainly seem to have become an integral part of playing online poker.
Naturally, why wouldn't Galfond take this and integrate it into his own poker site? It's just another positive side of what Run It Once is expected to be once it launches on February 6.


The Governor of California and the Santa Clara Valley Water District have called on all residents to continue to be water wise in their consumption. At this time mandatory conservation is not in effect but we do encourage our customers to continue good conservation habits with a requested target of 20 percent.
San Jose Water has had a robust water conservation program in place since the early 1990s. Many customers have already taken action by using water wisely and reducing their water usage, which is why even though the Bay Area's population has continued to grow over the last 20 years, we're delivering the same water volumes we were in the 1990's.
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Customers must fix leaks, broken irrigation systems, or broken plumbing fixtures within 5 working days if notified to do so by San Jose Water.
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No watering between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM and irrigation cannot exceed fifteen (15) minutes per zone per day with exceptions made for zones exclusively using drip irrigation, low precipitation sprinkler heads that apply water at or less than 1.0 inches per hour, hose with a positive shutoff device, or hand held bucket or similar container.
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No. While our water supply outlook is much improved, the Governor's emergency drought declaration remains in effect. Locally, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) is maintaining their call for conservation and limiting outdoor watering of ornamental landscape to a maximum of three days per week.
What is the conservation target?
The District took action on January 24, 2017 to maintain their call for 20% conservation. The District's 13 water retailers, including SJW, are being asked to adopt this target and to implement conservation measures to achieve it.
Are drought allocations and surcharges still in effect?
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We believe our conservation measures are working as intended and continue to closely monitor the water supply situation and evaluate the results of the conservation efforts. With the heavy usage summer months ahead, additional efforts from customers are needed to meet the 20% reduction target.


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Coach's Corner: Jiri Briza
This new World Para Ice Hockey content series will spotlight coaches around the world every month of the season 06 Dec 2019
VITAL TIPS: Jiri Briza
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By Stuart Lieberman | For World Para Ice Hockey
When Jiri Briza showed up at the 2013 World Championships as the new head coach of the Czech Republic's para ice hockey team, he was like a ball of energy that could not be stopped. His enthusiasm at the tournament was palpable.
Everyone he met lit up with a smile. Briza led the Czech Republic to victories in its first two matches at that tournament, and for the entirety of those matches he stood on his team's bench, signaling his players and calling the shots, with his eyes always glued to the puck.
Six years later, Briza is still rolling and has become one of the hardest workers in the Paralympic Movement. This year, he helped organize the most successful World Para Ice Hockey Championships in history, attracting nearly 65,000 screaming spectators to Ostravar Arena, and assisted in acquiring NHL legend Dominik Hasek to be the tournament's ambassador. He then led the Czechs to a best-ever fourth place finish at the event.
On top of that, Briza is often dubbed the most talented development coach in the world for para ice hockey. He traveled to Israel to help develop a para ice hockey programme there and in January will be heading to Australia to assist with the development of its team.
How did hosting the 2019 World Championships in Ostrava change the Czech Republic's para ice hockey program?
Because of the World Championships we were able to expand para ice hockey development camps for beginner athletes in the Czech Republic.
What was your favorite part about the 2019 World Championships?
Being in Ostrava and seeing the marriage between the Czech fans and the players on the ice was the best part. The energy and atmosphere was just incredible.
As a coach, what advice do you have for people looking to start playing para ice hockey who may not know where to start?
It someone likes able-bodied hockey, then that passion will usually carry over into para ice hockey. There is a lot of courage and patience needed to start the sport, but it is worth it and once you get past that and become a para ice hockey player, you will love it.
What type of speeches to you give to your team in the locker room and how to you keep your players motivated?
I always try to coach and keep my players informed with an entertaining style, always keeping in mind our passion for the game. In para ice hockey, passion is the most valuable thing and helps inspire not only us but also others who may be watching the sport.
If you were not a para ice hockey coach, what other sport would you coach and why?
Rugby! It is the toughest, cleanest and most gentlemen-like sport to me.
Who do you model your leadership style after and why?
I don't model it after anyone. I just try to be myself.
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Home South Asia Pakistan 'Expensive' poisonous food takes life of two minors: who is responsible?
'Expensive' poisonous food takes life of two minors: who is responsible?
In an appalling incident, two children of age 5 and one-and-a-half died of food poisoning after they dined out at a posh restaurant in Zamzama Karachi on Sunday evening.
According to the details, the family had dined out at a high-end restaurant Arizona Grill in Defense Housing Authority's Zamzama area and afterward ate candy from a shop outside Chunky Monkey amusement park located in Phase IV, DHA.
Sindh Food Authority Director Operations Ibrar Shaikh visited the restaurant and sealed it after taking food samples from the eatery.
Soon after eating out, the family fell sick and was shifted to a hospital where both kids died while mother survived but is still under treatment as medics say her condition is stable.
The police sealed the eatery, took samples of food for forensic analysis and also gained the footage from CCTV installed at the restaurant. The police have collected food sample from the refrigerator present in the home of the affected family too, as the children consumed milk when they got back home from the restaurant.
Police investigators took samples of the children's blood, urine, and of vomit from dustbin and clothes. The Sindh Police has constituted an investigation team headed by SSP South Pir Mohammed Shah to probe into the matter. SSP Tariq Dharejo and ASP Clifton are also included in the team, which would present the investigation report in 72 hours.
According to Medico-legal Officer Jinnah Hospital, Dr. Shiraz the post-mortem of the minors suggests the death was caused by food poisoning.
Authorities sprang into action as Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took notice of the incident and sought a report from the city commissioner. Sindh Food Authority Director Operations Ibrar Shaikh visited the restaurant and sealed it after taking food samples from the eatery.
Rasheed Channa, spokesperson of chief minister said that the CM had directed the food authority to start inspection of all restaurants in the city. It is, however, shameful to see that the two kids had to die to wake the Sindh Food authority (SFA) from the slumber and to start the crackdown on city restaurants.
The incident depicts the ignorance of the department as the restaurant involved was not any ordinary eatery; how could the registered restaurant (the one supposed to have no objection certificate from SFA) do such practice? And if the eatery was not registered, who else is to be blamed but SFA?
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The Gearhead Toolbox, second opening. Tools for diagrams and gauges.
21 hot programming trends—and 21 going cold
Data visualization tools: The features users love and hate
By Mark Gibbs, Network World |
For more than 30 years, Gibbs has advised on and developed product and service marketing for many businesses and he has consulted, lectured, and authored numerous articles and books.
The Gearhead Toolbox: Dashboards and visualizations
There are an incredible number of products and services in the dashboards and visualizations domain and today I've chosen three particularly interesting projects
In this issue of the Gearhead Toolbox I'm covering dashboards and visualizations. There are an incredible number of products and services in this domain and today I've chosen three particularly interesting projects ...
Mark Gibbs
Cachet: A Status Page System
As our businesses become evermore complex and simultaneously faster moving, communicating the status of services and activities is crucial to keeping things moving and minimizing confusion. It is also often on of the least well-executed functions. Enter the idea of corporate status and incident tracking dashboards of which Cachet, a free, open source status page system is a great solution.
Cachet, released under the BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License, was written in PHP (5.5.9 or later required) and works under Apache, Nginx, or Caddy. It requires Composer and works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite. In operation, Cachet lists your service components along with both current and historical incident reports and you can customize the look of your status page. Incidents can be posted using markdown either directly via the Web interface or by using the extensive and well-documented JSON-based API.
Cachet also provides metrics, has localization (ten languages are currently supported), two factor authentication (it's compatible with the Google Authenticator app), and subscribers can be notified of status changes via email. A great feature of Cachet is that its Web interface uses the Bootstrap framework so it's fully responsive and looks great on tablets and smartphones.
For installation details you'll need to go to the Cachet GitHub repo and the publishers, Alt Three Services Limited, also provide installation support starting at a (crazy low, low) price of $149 with discounts for education and non-profits. This is a fantastic tool and really easy to install, configure, and use. Highly recommended.
Lightning: Interactive Data Visualization
While a status page is great for basic updates, when you want to show more complex information, such the scope of equipment outages in a large network, you're going to want to use a visualization and that's what Lightning was designed for.
Lightning, released under the MIT license, is a complete data visualization system that:
… provides API-based access to reproducible, web-based visualizations. It can be deployed in many ways, including Heroku, Docker, a public server, a local app for OS X — and even a server-less version well-suited to notebooks like Jupyter. It comes bundled with a core set of visualizations, but is built to support custom ones. / Lightning can expose a single visualization to all the languages of data science. Client libraries are available in multiple languages, including [Python, Scala, JavaScript, and R] with more coming soon.
A collection of example Lightning visualizations is available. Very impressive.
Dashing: A Dashboard Framework
Since we're talking about displaying information I'll include Dashing which describes itself as "The exceptionally handsome dashboard framework" and it is! As of 2015, Dashing maintenance ended but as it's been in production and polished for years, it's stable and usable. Dashing, created by Shopify, is free, open source software released under the MIT license and was based on Sinatra:
…a free and open source software web application library and domain-specific language written in Ruby. It is an alternative to other Ruby web application frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Merb, Nitro, and Camping. It is dependent on the Rack web server interface … Sinatra is small and flexible. It does not follow the typical model–view–controller pattern used in other frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails. Instead, Sinatra focuses on "quickly creating web-applications in Ruby with minimal effort." - Wikipedia
Dashing builds on this framework and its features include:
The use of pre-made widgets or you can create new widgets with SCSS, HTML, and CoffeeScript. These widgets use data bindings to keep things DRY ("Don't Repeat Yourself") and simple, powered by batman.js (which is also no longer under development).
An API to push data to dashboards or you can make use of a simple Ruby Domain Specific Language for fetching data.
A drag and drop interface for re-arranging your widgets.
The ability to host dashboards on Heroku in less than 30 seconds.
This is an amazing piece of engineering and it would be hard to recommend its use if it wasn't for its existing large and enthusiastic community that provides advice, support, and a stream of new widgets.
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Life at the Speed of Us
By Heather Sappenfield
Silence is safe. Fate is not. When Sovern Briggs survives a car crash, she stops talking in order to seal in the memory of the final sounds of her mother's life. As conflict with her father builds and failure in school looms, Sovern seeks relief in a dangerous boyfriend and in speed's adrenaline edge. These needs collide, leading Sovern to a snowboarding accident that changes her future . . . and perhaps that of our universe. Life at the Speed of Us weaves dyslexia, math, cutting-edge science, genius, and love into a young woman's reluctant journey toward grace.
Heather Sappenfield (Vail, CO) received an MFA from Pacific University. She has written for The Writer's Chronicle, Mountain Flyer Magazine, and Mountain House and Home. Her fiction has appeared in Meridian, Shenandoah, Limestone, and Tampa Review. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been a finalist for the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award, the St. Lawrence Book Award, the Doris Bakwin Prize, and the Flannery O'Connor Award.
Publication date: Jan 08, 2016
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Time Travel
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Theo Adam (Dresde, 1 de agosto de 1926-Dresde, 10 de enero de 2019) fue un cantante alemán, con voz de bajo-barítono.

Biografía

De niño cantaba en el Dresdner Kreuzchor (Coro de la Iglesia de la Santa Cruz de Dresde). Entre los veinte y veintitrés años estudió con Rudolf Dietrich, debutando en 1949 en el Dresdner Staatsoper con el papel del Ermitaño de Der Freischütz (El cazador furtivo), de Weber; durante las décadas siguientes continuó apareciendo en papeles en este teatro de Dresde.

Tres años después participó en el Festival de Bayreuth con Wieland Wagner, allí cantaría el personaje del Rey de Lohengrin, Amfortas (Parsifal), Hans Sachs (Los maestros cantores de Núremberg), el Holandés Errante y Wotan (El Anillo del Nibelungo), siendo este último su papel más aclamado.

Desde 1953 formó parte de la Ópera Estatal de Berlín, posteriormente actuaría en la Ópera de París, Covent Garden, Festival de Salzburgo, Ópera de Viena y en 1969 debutaría en el Metropolitan Opera con el papel de Sachs de Los maestros cantores. y en el Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires como Amfortas en Parsifal junto a Regine Crespin bajo la dirección de Erich Leinsdorf. Trabajó con los más prestigiosos directores de la época, Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch, Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber, Otto Klemperer.

Con una voz excepcional, de bajo-barítono, acompañó a sus interpretaciones con un grandísimo talento dramático. Además del repertorio wagneriano ha cantado papeles de Verdi, Mussorgski y Berg, estrenó Baal de Friedrich Cerha en Salzburgo (1981) y El rey Berenguer de Heinrich Sutermeister (1985). También se ha dedicado a la puesta en escena.

Discografía

Entre sus grabaciones destacan el Dr. Schön de Lulú (Alban Berg) con Maazel en 1983; Publio de La clemenza di Tito (W. A. Mozart) con Böhm en 1979; el Maestro de Música de Ariadna en Naxos (Richard Strauss) con Rudolf Kempe en 1968; Wotan y Wanderer de El Anillo del Nibelungo (Wagner) en el Festival de Bayreuth de 1967, bajo la dirección de Karl Böhm (grabación en vivo para Philips Classics); el Holandés de El holandés errante (Wagner) con Otto Klemperer en 1968; el Rey de Lohengrin (Richard Wagner) en el Festival de Bayreuth de 1954 con dirección de Eugen Jochum; Hans Sachs de Los maestros cantores (Wagner) con Karajan (1970) y Kaspar de El Cazador Furtivo (Weber) bajo la batuta de Carlos Kleiber (1973). También La Misa en mi bemol mayor de F. Schubert dirigida por Wolfgang Sawallisch en Philips.

Escritos
Seht, hier ist Tinte, Feder, Papier. Aus der Werkstatt eines Sängers. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1980.

Die hundertste Rolle oder: Ich mache einen neuen Adam. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-362-00009-6.

Ein Sängerleben in Begegnungen und Verwandlungen. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89487-250-0.

"Sprüche in der Oper". Erlebt und gesammelt während 50 Sängerjahren in aller Welt. Parthas Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-932529-66-9.

Vom Sachs zum Ochs. Meine Festspieljahre. Parthas Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-932529-34-0.

Bibliografía

Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon. Unveränderte Auflage. K. G. Saur, Bern, 1993, Erster Band A–L, Sp. 7 f., ISBN 3-907820-70-3.

Hans-Peter Müller: Theo Adam. 3. Aufl. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-370-00170-5.

 Renate Rätz: Adam, Theo. In: Wer war wer in der DDR? 5. Ausgabe. Band 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 En el final de La Valquiria

Bajo-barítonos de Alemania
Autobiógrafos de Alemania
Estrella de la Amistad de los Pueblos
Militares alemanes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Prisioneros de guerra
Nacidos en Dresde
Músicos clásicos de Alemania del siglo XX
Miembros de la Academia de las Artes de Berlín
Fallecidos en Dresde


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(E) Grateful Dead's last keyboardist, Vince Welnick, dies at 55
By Nenad N. Bach | Published 06/3/2006 | Friends | Unrated
Grateful Dead's last keyboardist, Vince Welnick, dies at 55
Vince Welnick and Nenad Bach at Vince's house
I knew Vince for a long time, almost 20 years, before he joined Grateful Dead. Great player and a friend. He played on my last album 'Thousand Years of Peace' on couple of tunes. Great musical sense and easy to work with. I enjoyed every moment with Vince, whether we recorded, talked about Croatia, Bosendorfer (my choice of Piano, as well as Vince's) or horses. We'll miss you.
Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Vince Welnick, a keyboardist who possessed a fluid and precise style and played with the Tubes, Todd Rundgren and the Grateful Dead, died Friday in Sonoma County at the age of 51.
The cause appears to be suicide, Sonoma County sheriff's department said.
Mr. Welnick, whom friends called a gentle and sensitive man, was classically trained and spent hours practicing each day. Although he was a member of the Dead for just five years until the band folded after the death of guitarist Jerry Garcia, he left an indelible mark on his bandmates.
"He was a good soul, a very sweet guy," said band spokesman Dennis McNally. "He was also an exceptionally competent keyboardist."
In a statement posted on its Web site, the band said, "His service to and love for the Grateful Dead were heartfelt and essential. He had a loving soul and a joy in music that we were lucky to share. Our Grateful Dead prayer for the repose of his spirit: May the four winds blow him safely home."
Mr. Welnick was born in Phoenix, Ariz., where he started playing piano as a kid. He and friends put together a garage band called the Beans, which became the Tubes when they moved to San Francisco in 1969.
"Thank God for rock and roll, because it was a place for all us skinny artistic kids to go when it was 115 degrees outside and we didn't fit in anywhere else," said Michael Cotten, a member of the Tubes who designed many of the band's album covers and elaborate stage shows.
The Tubes toured constantly, and their rowdy antics and energetic shows -- which integrated rock music, video technology and outlandish costumes and sets -- earned them a devoted following. The band recorded more than a dozen albums and scored hits with "White Punks on Dope" in 1975 and "Talk to Ya Later" in 1981.
"It was an amazing time. We played everywhere, and I don't think Vince ever missed a show," said Tubes vocalist Fee Waybill. "But even with all the success, we were still a hippie band from San Francisco. We all lived together, traveled on the same bus, shared everything."
Throughout his time with the Tubes, Mr. Welnick also played with Todd Rundgren.
Mr. Welnick auditioned for the Dead in 1990 after keyboardist Brent Mydland died of a drug overdose. He was among a handful of musicians who sought the job, and he immediately impressed the band.
"He just magically appeared and he had the attributes they were looking for," McNally said.
Mr. Welnick cherished his years with the Dead and thoroughly appreciated both the tradition and hoopla of Deadhead lore and of the band, McNally said.
His soulful, high harmony vocals and classical training were a good fit for the band, and his "moment to shine" came whenever the band played The Who classic, "Teenage Wasteland," which begins with an instantly recognizable and utterly unique keyboard passage, McNally said.
It "opens with one of the most amazing riffs in rock and roll," he said. "Vince was great at that."
Mr. Welnick was devoted to his craft and spent hours a day practicing for most of his life, friends said. He was especially proud of his Boesendorfer piano, which is the piano equivalent to a Stradivarius violin.
"His fingers just flew on that thing," Cotten said.
Mr. Welnick was close to Garcia, and when the guitarist died of a heart attack in 1995, Mr. Welnick fell into a deep depression.
"He was extremely shattered by Jerry's death and was very frank about it," McNally said.
Still, Mr. Welnick continued to perform and write. He formed the band Missing Man Formation and performed with Ratdog, a band featuring Dead guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Rob Wasserman.
One of the highpoints of his post-Dead career came in April 2005 when the Tubes had an impromptu reunion at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz.
Five of the original members were playing, and Waybill invited other alumni. They all wound up onstage, playing together.
"It was amazing, like walking on air," said Cotten, who's working on a Tubes documentary.
"The place was packed. People went nuts," said Waybill. "It was a great, great night. Vince was always up for things like that. He was really excited about playing with the Tubes again."
And so it was that Mr. Welnick's death came as such a shock.
"A few of us were just talking about Vince today and about the incredible music he brought us," Cotten said. "What they call chops, that's what Vince had. That's what we want to remember."
Mr. Welnick's death is the latest in a string of recent tragedies for the Dead. Three other members of the band's extended family have died since May 17 -- crew member Lawrence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, drummer Hamza El-Din and road manager Jonathan Riester.
He also is the fourth of the band's five keyboardists to die, following Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Keith Godchaux and Mydland.
"It's not a happy history," McNally said. "Each one of these guys had a fragility, which isn't that uncommon for musicians."
Mr. Welnick is survived by his wife, Lori Welnick.
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Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick dies
By Sara Wykes
Mercury News
Vince Welnick, 55, who played keyboards with the Grateful Dead for five years before the death of band founder Jerry Garcia, died Friday.
Sonoma County sheriffs said he was taken, injured, from his home in rural Forestville near Santa Rosa, to a local hospital.
He died there, police said.
An unofficial spokesman at the Welnick home said, ``It looks like he took his own life.'' But that is not known for sure, he said. ``The family is very grieved, and trying to figure it all out.''
Welnick arrived in San Francisco in 1971 from his hometown of Phoenix, Ariz., already a keyboardist with a group called the Beans. The Beans became the Tubes and in 1983 their song ``She's a Beauty'' was a hit.
Welnick played with Todd Rundgren after the Tubes broke up, and in 1990, was invited to try out for the Dead.
Welnick told an interviewer with the Vermont Review that the tryout was exciting. Before he played, the band sent him tapes and CDs, but he didn't have a CD player. He practiced in the hayloft of his barn and then waited for two weeks before he heard he was in.
``That fact that I screamed a lot as a child paid off and got me into the Grateful Dead,'' he told the paper. At his first concert with the band, a sound man jumped on his piano seat to test his microphone and broke the seat into 100 hundred pieces, Welnick said.
``I was somewhat paralyzed playing at first. I remember . . . thinking to myself: `Come on fingers, let's get unstuck. Let's get loose here.' Then I heard this ripple in the audience and there was a kid who yelled, `Welcome Brother Vince!' and there were stickers that said, `Yo Vinnie' stuck to the side of my keyboard. The crowd was very forgiving.''
He told the interviewer that he'd never seen the likes of such music, friendship and spirit and did not know if he ever would again.
As a member of the Dead, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
He was scheduled to play the House of Blues in Chicago later this month, according to a Web site devoted to his career.
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An increasing number of car manufacturers now fit run flat spare tyres to their cars – especially upmarket models. These are tyres that stay driveable even if they are punctured. One of the reasons for this is to reduce the danger of a sudden blow out at high speeds, but another reason is so that they don't have to provide a spare wheel.
Personally, I wouldn't want to be without a full size spare wheel (not one of these ridiculous, "don't go above 50mph" undersized space saver wheels). However, manufacturers don't seem to agree – and perhaps you don't either.
Apparently, run flat tyres like those on Car Magazine's MINI will keep you going for up to 150 miles until you can get the tyre replaced, which is ok for most situations I suppose.
Does you car have run flat tyres? Do you have any experience of how they behave when punctured?
Update: I've just seen an interesting comment (scroll to the bottom) about the availability of replacement tyres in The Telegraph's excellent Honest John Motoring Q&A column. It definitely could be inconvenient if travelling a lot/at night.


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Der Geheimnisträger ist eine deutsche Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 1975 mit Willy Millowitsch in der Titelrolle.

Inhalt
Der Kölner Buchhalter Kuno Hopfen ist ein liebenswerter, netter Gemütsmensch, der niemandem etwas Böses will. Für den Nachrichtendienst ist er damit die ideale weil völlig unverdächtige Person, um ihn für eine Geheimmission einzusetzen – natürlich ganz ohne sein Wissen. Und so pinselt man eines Tages eine streng geheime Formel auf das Hinterteil des Betäubten. Als Kuno mit dieser wertvollen Info und seiner Familie auf eine Reise nach Griechenland aufbricht, die er angeblich in einem Preisausschreiben gewonnen hat, werden plötzlich Agenten aus aller Herren Länder aktiv. Auch eine sinnliche, wohlproportionierte Blondine namens Tanja umgarnt ihn vor Ort mit den Waffen einer Frau.

Kuno reist nach Rhodos, immer die Agenten an seinen Fersen. Einerseits will man die wichtige Formel von seinem Allerwertesten abschreiben, andererseits hat man alle Hände voll zu tun, dass Kuno nicht den Strandurlaub zu dem nutzt, für den er gemacht ist: Um ins Wasser zu gehen und zu baden und zu schwimmen: Denn die Geheimtinte, mit der die Formel auf seinen stattlichen Po geschrieben wurde, ist nicht meerwasserfest...

Anmerkungen
Der Geheimnisträger war ein durch staatliche Gesetzgebung geförderter, typischer Abschreibungsfilm jener Jahre, der sich über Investitionen von Anlegern finanzierte, mit dem jene hofften, auf diese Weise Steuern sparen zu können. Das Gros dieser Filme – darunter auch Das chinesische Wunder, Auch Mimosen wollen blühen, Lady Dracula und Frauenstation – waren dementsprechend einerseits hochrangig besetzt und teuer (wenngleich nur selten hochwertig) produziert, erwies sich andererseits aber regelmäßig als veritabler Kassenflop. Aufgrund der trotz bekannter Schauspieler (von Heinz Rühmann über Horst Buchholz und Stephen Boyd bis zu Theo Lingen und Senta Berger) und erfahrener Regisseure (wie Wolfgang Liebeneiner und Rolf Thiele) bisweilen sehr schlechten Qualität dieser Filme gab es regelmäßig große Schwierigkeiten, für diese Produktionen einen Verleih zu finden. Während Der Geheimnisträger und Auch Mimosen wollen blühen relativ zügig nach Ende der Dreharbeiten in die Kinos gelangten, verzögerten sich die Uraufführungstermine anderer Abschreibungsproduktionen erheblich: Das chinesische Wunder und Frauenstation (beide 1975 gedreht) wurden erst 1977 uraufgeführt, Lady Dracula (ebenfalls von 1975) kam sogar erst 1978 in die Kinos. Geheimnisträger-Produzent Hans Pflüger war bei der Herstellung von Abschreibungsfilmen besonders rührig.

Der Geheimnisträger wurde am 18. Dezember 1975 uraufgeführt.

Walter Tjaden hatte die Produktionsleitung, Peter Rothe schuf die Filmbauten. Mit Romanautor Heinz G. Konsalik (Drehbuch) und dem griechischen Komponisten Mikis Theodorakis (Filmmusik) konnten zwei prominente Persönlichkeiten für diesen kaum gezeigten und wenig bekannten Film gewonnen werden.

Kritik
Das Lexikon des Internationalen Films fand milde Worte: "Zwar kein großer Wurf in der Gattung der Lustspiele, aber doch ein halbwegs passabler Spaß."

In Film-Lexikon.de heißt es: "Franz Josef Gottliebs Komödie ist nicht nur ein Heidenspaß, sondern wartet auch mit großen Namen auf."

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I continued with my 'work', preparing a video for Instagram and uploading my YouTube video to Facebook and my website. I tidied up the mess that had developed in my room and I used a plastic bag to plug up a hole in the wall out of which a mouse kept popping to raid the bin. My water bottle was growing a layer of algae so I gave it a scrub and rinsed it with my stove fuel (methylated spirits) in an attempt to sterilise it. Like yesterday, I only popped out twice, each time when I got hungry. Tomorrow I plan on being a proper tourist. I am quite restless from being in the same place for several days so I look forward to being on the move again.


Ahead of Valentine's Day this Thursday, Disney's Contemporary Resort put together a new "Villaintine's Day" event today, February 13.
The hotel put together a gorgeous cake display in the main lobby to advertise the special event, but we had to come for the good stuff: the specialty villain themed treats at Contempo Café.
We'll start with the best because you deserve the best. No one cupcakes like Gaston, apparently.
This cupcake features an orange cream filling and cake, red dyed frosting, and a tootsie roll belt. It was fantastic.
This cupcake will have you considering a trip to the underworld. A sparkly blue cupcake with blue frosting flames and a white chocolate Hades piece pays tribute to the god of the underworld.
We believe this cake to be strawberry flavored (they totally could've opted for something more nut-Meg, though.) It has strawberry pearls and purple sprinkles inside, which is much cuter than being filled with the souls of the dead.
The Cruella de Vil cupcake features red buttercream with a fine coat of white buttercream on top. Thankfully, no puppies were harmed in the making of this cupcake… but this is Villaintine's, after all.
The interior of the cupcake features a cookies and cream filling tucked away inside of yellow cake. While enjoyable, the allusion to mashed up puppies weighs on our conscience.
Just kidding, it's delicious. It isn't an overpowering cookies and cream taste and tastes great with the other components. Puppies be damned!
We knew we couldn't trust this cupcake. Just something about how nice and pink it was… and it smelled like strawberries.
There was this cloying, artificial flavor coming from the frosting. The strawberry pearls were the only things adding real strawberry flavor and the brownie was just okay, making this overall the weakest of the villainous bunch.
This was a creative attempt with Captain Hook floating atop a chocolate wood plank in a sea of buttercream waves, getting attacked by Swedish Fish.
This was a dark chocolate cake and far better than the Lotso brownie.
While there was a lot going on here with the cake, frosting, and gummies, it was really good in that worms and dirt kinda way.
Halfway through our review, the Contempo Cafe actually brought out an entire new set of Villain pastries, fresh from the bakery. Since we're gluttons for punishment (and just plain gluttons) we decided we'd review these too, and complete the set.
The cards, the cards, the cards will tell! The past, the present, and the cookies, as well.
This Dr. Facilier cookie has sparkly sugar on top, with a chocolate piece of his hat as well.
Overall, though, this was just a chocolate chip cookie sandwich with chocolate chip cream inside. Good, but we've tasted better on the other side.
This tart really is the fairest in the land.
We appreciated the fresh berries on top of the tart. Only blackberries and blueberries, of course.
The crust was actually delicious, with an even more amazing custard inside. We'd definitely bring Snow White's heart in a box for this one.
While nicely designed with glossy purple ganache, black sprinkles, and a gold shell on top, this was basically the same mini confetti cake that's usually available at Contempo Cafe.
We reviewed it over here.
The Maleficent flourless cake looked like a stunner, but overall it was too much of the same texture.
It was actually just fudge and cake on the inside.
While not bad tasting, the overall mouthfeel felt gelatinous after a while.
The Scar Peanut Butter Pie is the usual peanut butter confection that's available here, but with a Scar overlay.
Jeremy Irons would be proud.
It's intensely rich with all the peanut butter, chocolate sprinkles, and frosting going on, but it's incredible.
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During the Vietnam War, more than 30 years ago, he said, he and two sniffer dogs saved thousands of lives, including his own on seven occasions as they walked through mines, booby traps and tunnels filled with explosives. He went on to make a living with dogs, running Anthony Jerone's School of Dog Training & Career Inc, in Fresh Meadows. Now Jerone hopes to return the favors to the species he loves so much.
Jerone apparently has succeeded in getting approvals for a 10,000-square foot dog run in Cunningham Park at 193rd Street and Union Turnpike after a five-year battle with several community boards. Community Board 8 has agreed in principle to a six-month trial run after Jerone signs a maintenance agreement with the Queens Parks and Recreation Department promising to keep the area clean. "I will sign it as soon as it is drawn up," said Jerone, who was joined in his effort by about 30 dog owners attending a recent board meeting.
The run will be covered in cedar chips and enclosed by a six-foot fence. An association of four people will volunteer to clean the area. After the trial period, the board will decide whether the dog run, an enclosed area of land where the dogs can run freely without leashes and play with others, will benefit the community and Parks and Recreation will rule if it will be permanent.
because members believed it was not a suitable site. In July of the same year, the board also said no to a proposal of Alley Park Pond without giving a reason. Mary Tschinkel, the assistant to the district manager of Community Board 5, said Jerone had planned for a dog run at Juniper Valley Park, but the Civic Association and local residents opposed it.
But Jerone says that, with only one other dog run in Queens (at Mueller Park on 55 Street and Woodside Avenue), there is a clear need. The additional space will ease the problem of owners being fined $100 for a first-time offense and $1,000 for multiple offenders for allowing dogs to run in parks without a leash, he said. City law states dogs also must be licensed and have a rabies shot tag. According to the Parks Department, there were 416 summons issued to dog owners last year, mostly for dogs without leashes.
Jerone's stories about dogs could be the stuff of movies. After he joined the U.S. Army in 1968, he went to Fort Benning in Georgia and was introduced to Lobo, a German Shepherd, who was sold to the military for $1 by his owner because he had bitten five people on the face. Trainers taught Lobo- one of two dogs Jerone worked with- to become a scout to sniff out mines, booby traps and enemy ambushes.
After three months, Jerone and Lobo went to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam with the Ninth Infantry Division where he was known as "the dogman." "We did everything together, we ate and slept together," he said. "Our job was to walk 100 feet ahead of a unit of 20 to 100 and make sure the path was free of explosives.
Lobo died of a disease after six months. "It devastated me," Jerone said. "I had to bury him and it took me a while to get over it. I still have a photograph of him.