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Q&A: Writer and Filmmaker Yaba Badoe
By Africa in Words on 6 October , 2017 • ( 1 )
This weekend at the Africa Writes Pop-Up in Bristol, Yaba Badoe will launch The Secret of the Purple Lake (Cassava Republic Press) – a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. Yaba will be running a writing workshop for young people and families as part of the festival (Saturday 7 October, 11am, Hamilton House), creating zines to add to Paper Nation's Dare to Write Library.
Yaba Badoe is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and fiction writer. She was born in Tamale, northern Ghana, in 1954. Following an education in Britain, she worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ghana before becoming a General Trainee at the BBC. She has also worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, and has taught in Spain and Jamaica. As well as being an author Badoe has worked as a producer and director of multiple documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV and directed and co-produced the documentary film The Witches of Gambaga, which won Best Documentary at the Black International Film Festival in 2010.
Yaba kindly spoke with Africa in Words ahead of Africa Writes and the launch of this new book.
Elly Roberts: I wanted to start by asking you what inspired you to become an author?
Yaba Badoe: I just really like stories. I have always enjoyed listening to stories from an early age and can remember wanting to write stories as well. I have written from an early age and just continued writing, and also making films, into adulthood. It's something I do in my spare time, and is just something I really enjoy doing.
EB: What do you draw on creatively when you write; where do these stories in The Secret of The Purple Lake come from?
YB: It's really hard to say categorically where any story comes from. It comes from my imagination, from dreams, and from things one has read in the past that have touched and resonated with oneself. I can't say this story comes from here or from there, or a bit of the story comes from here or there. It doesn't work like that for me.
ER: To me, the stories in this collection are redolent of fairy stories and myths in form and composition. Do the stories draw on particular symbols or myths prevalent in African culture?
YB: I'm not in a position to analyse them like that. I really just see them as fairy stories. Maybe they resonate with things that an African might identify with. Though hopefully they resonate with people in all different parts of the world. I can't say this bit comes from here and that bit comes from there. I have a mixed heritage from Ghana, Africa and Britain and the stories are a result of all my experiences.
ER: Which other authors do you admire and why?
YB: There are lots of authors I admire. I love the writing Ama Ata Aidoo. I also love Toni Morrison's work. I love the Bronte sisters; anything Victorian and gothic. Elizabeth Gaskell, as well as Dauphine Du Maurier. But the top for me is Toni Morrison.
EB: Your previous novel published in 2009 entitled True Murder was described by Brandon Robshaw in the Independent as "one of the few novels about children for adults". In September this year your next novel A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars came out, which I understand is written specifically for young adults. Now this new collection of short stories The Secret of The Purple Lake is also consciously aimed at children. What inspired you to write specifically for a younger audience here? Is the genre of children's writing particularly suited to exploring ideas and issues that you would like to as an author?
YB: True Murder tells the story of the psychological repercussions of a trauma experienced by a child, but as they are remembering it as an adult. Though the psychological nuances are teased out from an adult perspective, a young adult can certainly get something from it too.
As someone who really loves folk tales and myths, I think the short stories in The Secret of The Purple Lake resonate with people of all ages. One of my favourite collections is Grimms' Fairy Tales. They are for children but there was a time when they were thought too gory for children to take in. But I enjoyed them as a child and I enjoy them as an adult. My stories in The Secret of The Purple Lake are similarly ones that an adult can enjoy when reading them to a child. When I think of fairy stories I think of children, and when writing my stories I got the feeling they were folk tales rather than a collection of stories for adults. The age range of the characters in the stories varies, but the unifying theme is that they are written as fairy stories.
ER: The use of smart phones and modern technology has changed children's reading habits significantly, even since I was a child. What place does children's fiction in a traditional form occupy today?
YB: Well I'm told by some publishers that despite all such new technology, children still prefer to read from books than from kindles. I think if children read then they will read. If they don't, they don't. I mean a certain amount is required for exams and so on at school; essentially children are forced to read at school. But it's much better for a child to enjoy reading and for them to search out different books. There is absolutely nothing like reading to open up different worlds to people old and young.
The Fisherman's Daughter Dancing With an Octopus
ER: Moving back to the collection The Secret of The Purple Lake. The Purple Lake itself, from the title of the book, is under water in these stories. Indeed the sea is a recurring image and setting for a lot of the narrative action, which is traditionally a literary trope for the unconscious. Equally the stories repeatedly feature dreams – in particular in 'The Fisherman's Daughter' when Ajuba visits The Pink and Grey Cave she "feels as if she were floating in a dream". In fact, the opening sentence of True Murder is "Even now, after all these years, I can hardly bear to look in a mirror", suggesting a fear of confronting one's own inner mental space. Is the unconscious something you actively explore in your writing, and why?
YB: I'm not in a position to analyse my stories like a literary critic would. The settings of the stories such as Ghana and Senegal are countries that happen to be on the coast. Even with the story 'The Wild Princesses of Orkney', I just love Orkney and I leapt at the opportunity of writing a story set in Orkney because it really lit up my imagination. To me the sea is a space where, well, we are surrounded by water and we come from water originally if we believe in evolution. It's just a place for my imagination to dwell in. I'll leave it to others to say if my use of the sea is connected to the unconscious or anything else. To me it's just a place to marvel at and use as a setting for a story.
EB: The first and last stories in the collection can be read almost as inversions of each other – with the first one, 'The Fisher Man's Daughter', featuring a young girl who turns into a mermaid-type goddess, and the last one entitled 'The Fish-Man of The Purple Lake', featuring a young man who turns into a sinister Fish-man. The two stories also explore similar themes such as parentage and one's relationship with one's family, as well as both protagonists actually featuring in each other's stories. How would you describe the relationship between these two stories which bookend the collection?
YB: I don't choose to analyse the stories like that. I always felt that the African stories should top and tail the collection, then the middle stories of the Norseland and Spain were to lie in the middle. The key thing is that the stories are all interconnected and link with each other. There's a daughter story about a girl who doesn't like staying at home and helping her mother with the chores, and a son's story about a boy who doesn't like being a Viking. There's also a princess who is brought up as a boy and then made to wear girls' clothes once she is grown up. They are stories about people who don't fit in in some way and transgress, but who might find happiness and a place for themselves despite it all.
ER: Is there any significance in the fact that the first story has a female protagonist and the last one has a male protagonist?
YB: The stories in the collection feature multiple different protagonists, and they should all be looked at together as a whole.
ER: You've also done a significant amount of film work over your career, including Black and White in 1987 which is an investigation into race and racism right here in Bristol, as well as the award winning The Witches of Gambaga, which told the story of a community of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana. In reference to this latter film, you have spoken of the importance of giving other people the chance "to hear what has happened to women who have lived to tell their tales." How would you compare the process of telling factual tales and telling fictional tales?
YB: Factual tales have to be rooted in the real world, whereas with fiction you can make it say whatever you want. You can use your imagination and make people do all sorts of things; people can be transformed into all kinds of creatures for example. The imagination is a different thing all together from factual television, which is rooted in the real world. Of course you can't lie in documentaries, whereas you are constantly telling lies in fiction. Because of course fiction is a huge lie, it is a work of the imagination but hopefully it does resonate in a way that is truthful.
ER: The last story in The Secret of The Purple Lake however touches on the dangers of fantasising, as well as exploring the relationship between a tale and its teller. What does this story reveal about the role of a storyteller, both as author and film maker, and the function of stories in society?
YB: I think that's something you have to decide for yourself as a reader, rather than ask me for an explanation! Musa is a very attractive character who loves the stories he's telling, but there are perils to over-identifying with these stories.
Yaba Badoe's The Secret of the Purple Lake launches today and is published by Cassava Republic Press.
Storytelling Workshop: The Secret of the Purple Lake, Saturday 7 October, 11:00 – 12:00, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY
This drop-in workshop is open to all the family, and is primarily aimed at young people aged 8 – 12.
The workshop is taking place as part of Africa Writes Bristol Pop-Up. Brought to you by the Royal African Society, this festival of African literature and books also launches today, presenting a vibrant programme of events at The Cube Cinema and Hamilton House over the next two days. Curated with Bristol-based partners, this literary weekend brings together writers from Nigeria, Cote D'Ivoire, Somalia, Rwanda, Ghana and across the diaspora for workshops, film screenings, panel discussions, performances and book launches. For African literature enthusiasts and newcomers alike, the festival presents an engaging programme looking at literary activism, adaptation, the cities we live in, forbidden love, hidden histories, and more. Writers and literary producers appearing at the festival include: Elmi Ali, Yaba Badoe, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Edson Burton, Edwige-Renée Dro, Jowhor Ile, Chinelo Okparanta and Kivu Ruhorahoza.
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Texas Treasures: The Rescue of Bandit 113
Ruth Fields November 1, 2014
Over the past few years, Ed Duke has helped the H.E.A.R.T.S. (Helping Every American Remember Through Service) Veterans Museum of Texas acquire many military vehicles and aircraft now displayed on the museum's five acres near I-45 in Huntsville. He became so good at this endeavor, museum founder Charlotte Oleinik jokingly gave him the title of "chief scrounging officer." "He definitely earns that title," Charlotte says. "This is not his first rodeo."
In the early fall of 2013, Ed learned that a Vietnam-era Army UH-1H "Huey" helicopter on the east coast of Florida was being retired from service and was about to be scrapped. When Ed heard the last three digits of the helicopter's serial number were 113, he got excited. He knew a helicopter known as Bandit 113 had been assigned to the 281st Assault Helicopter Company during the war years in Vietnam. Although Bandit 113 arrived in Vietnam after Ed's last tour of duty, he had seen action as a helicopter pilot in the same unit.
"It was the very first H-model Huey," Ed says. "When we realized the bird was from my old unit, we really got active to get it." Bandit 113, Ed reports, was the lead aircraft in a mission that rescued a Montagnard village enslaved by the Viet Cong. The story is included in Thomas A. Ross' book Privileges of War.
In late 2013, Ed learned his efforts had been rewarded. The helicopter would be donated to the H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum and was available for pickup. There was, however, a catch: if it wasn't picked up in 10 days, the deal was off. Unfortunately, Ed was undergoing cancer treatments and was unable to help. So he called his old friend Lance Ham, who lives in Florida. Lance was gone on a hunting trip, but called some friends he served with in Vietnam. The men borrowed Lance's trailer and moved the helicopter to his farm, where it sat safely in the middle of a hayfield until March 2014.
Meanwhile, Ed located Jay Hays, the helicopter's first crew chief. "I asked him if the number 113 on this bird meant anything to him," Ed says. Jay replied that he'd heard the helicopter had crashed while in service with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Ed happily informed Jay that his information was incorrect. When Ed was able to move the aircraft to Huntsville in March, Jay drove from his home in northern Ohio to Florida, then accompanied Ed and the helicopter to Huntsville. "He made the trip just to be with the aircraft," Ed says.
Moving the helicopter from Lance's trailer to Ed's trailer for transport to Huntsville required a commercial crane. A local crane owner brought his entire crew for the transfer, but when Ed asked him what he owed, he simply shook Ed's hand, saying, "Thank you for your service."
During transport from Florida to Huntsville, the aircraft attracted a lot of attention. When Ed stopped for gasoline—choosing stations that would accommodate a 40-foot trailer hauling a helicopter—customers swarmed Ed and Jay. While they drove down the highway, passengers of other vehicles leaned out to snap photos.
When the helicopter reached Huntsville, Ed contacted Kirkland Crane and Rigging Company, which donated its equipment and expertise to move the helicopter from Ed's trailer to a hanger at Huntsville Municipal Airport. (Over the years, Ed says, many local businesses have volunteered to help move heavy displays at the museum, including Drake's Towing and Recovery, Johnson Wrecker Service, and Paul's Wrecker.)
Unfortunately, Bandit 113 wasn't in good condition. According to Ed, while Jay was crew chief, it was never struck by a bullet; however, during the intervening years, the helicopter's tail boom had been emblazoned with the word "Policia" and the aircraft had acquired several bullet holes. It needed parts and body work to bring it back to its Vietnam-era condition, so Ed began looking for parts.
"I have literally scrounged parts from coast to coast to put it back together," Ed says. Most of the parts, he says, were donated. Meanwhile, the 281st Assault Helicopter Company, the unit the helicopter was once assigned to, raised over $5,000 to help defray the costs associated with transporting and restoring the aircraft.
Ed then contacted Bearkat Collision and discussed the project with owners Bobby Beason and Tracy Turner, showing them "then" and "now" photos of the helicopter. "The 'now' pictures were pretty rough," Bobby admits. "We wanted to help out. I thought we could get enough people together where it wouldn't cost them anything." Bobby recruited volunteers and also contacted his paint supplier, Tasco Auto Color in Conroe, which donated the many gallons needed to repaint the helicopter.
"Mr. Duke brought it to us in pieces," Bobby says. "You don't drop off a whole helicopter and say, 'We'll see you in a week.'" The work is nearing completion, however, and Ed is hopeful that Bandit 113's restoration will be completed before the end of the year. At that time, it will land at the Vietnam Memorial Garden at the H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum. For more information visit heartsmuseum.com or call (936) 295-5959.
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Forest Oil Announces Continued Progress on Deleveraging Plan with Agreement to Sell South Louisiana Properties
Published Fri, Oct 12 20126:45 AM EDT Updated Fri, Sep 13 20134:33 PM EDT
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Forest Oil Corporation (NYSE:FST) (Forest or the Company) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell all of its properties located in South Louisiana for approximately $220 million. The transaction is expected to close on November 16, 2012, with an effective date of August 1, 2012, and is subject to customary closing conditions and post-closing purchase price adjustments. The properties produced 20 MMcfe/d (65% liquids) during the third quarter of 2012 and had estimated proved reserves of 45 Bcfe (62% liquids) as of December 31, 2011. Forest intends to use the proceeds from this divestiture to repay outstanding borrowings under its bank credit facility.
Since embarking on its deleveraging plan in early July, Forest has completed or has under contract, transactions totaling approximately $277 million. This includes the previously announced East Texas natural gas gathering assets for $34 million, approximately 5,600 net acres in the Eagle Ford Shale for $15 million, and other miscellaneous properties for $8 million. Upon closing of the South Louisiana transaction, Forest intends to update 2012 guidance.
Transaction ($MM) (MMcfe/d) (Bcfe)
South Louisiana Properties 220 20 45
East Texas Natural Gas Gathering Assets 34 - -
Eagle Ford Shale Acreage 15 - -
Miscellaneous Properties 8 2 7
Total 277 22 52
Proved Reserves at
Patrick R. McDonald, President and CEO, stated, "We are pleased to announce continued progress in our deleveraging plan with the sale of our non-core South Louisiana properties. Our team has made meaningful strides in improving the Company's financial position, and we will continue to focus on other non-core divestitures to improve our balance sheet and increase our financial flexibility as we maintain focus on the development of our core oil properties."
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that address activities that Forest assumes, plans, expects, believes, projects, estimates or anticipates (and other similar expressions) will, should, or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements provided in this press release are based on management's current belief, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events. Forest cautions that future natural gas and liquids production, revenues, cash flows, liquidity, plans for future operations, expenses, outlook for oil and natural gas prices, timing of capital expenditures, and other forward-looking statements relating to Forest are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties normally incident to their exploration for and development and production and sale of liquids and natural gas.
These risks relating to Forest include, but are not limited to, oil and natural gas price volatility, its level of indebtedness, its ability to replace production, its ability to compete with larger producers, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, regulatory changes, credit risk of financial counterparties, risks of using third-party transportation and processing facilities and other risks as described in reports that Forest files with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Any of these factors could cause Forest's actual results and plans to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.
Forest Oil Corporation is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas and liquids in the United States and selected international locations. Forest's principal reserves and producing properties are located in the United States in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Forest's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FST. For more information about Forest, please visit its website at www.forestoil.com.
Forest Oil Corporation
Larry C. Busnardo, 303-812-1441
Director - Investor Relations
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Safeskin Reports First Quarter Results
Safeskin Corp. (San Diego, CA) a developer of powder-free disposable latex and synthetic gloves for the healthcare, high-technology and scientific industries, today reported results for its 1999 first quarter ended March 31.
The company reported net quarterly sales of $41.8 million, a 22% loss.
Net income for the quarter was approximately one million dollars, or $.02 per diluted share. Gross profit margin declined to 49% in the first quarter of 1999 compared to 52% in the same quarter a year ago, primarily reflecting a higher proportion of international sales.
First quarter 1999 operating expenses declined by $1.5 million from the fourth quarter 1998 period.
Other expenses in the first quarter of 1999 of $3.3 million included approximately $1.7 million in net interest expense and $1.6 million relating to the impact of foreign exchange.
"We believe that the higher medical distributor inventories in the U.S., which prompted our lower sales and earnings in the first quarter, have largely adjusted to expected levels," said Richard Jaffe, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Safeskin.


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Training for Captain Marvel Taught Brie Larson to Love Working Out
Her routine included 400-pound hip thrusts.
By Eric Lutz
Brie Larson packs some serious punch in the new Captain Marvel trailer, which should come as no surprise to anyone who's been following the epic strength training routine the 29-year-old Oscar winner embarked on in preparation for the role. For more than a year now, Larson has been sharing snippets of her workouts, including pull-ups, weighted pushups, and some moves with a sledgehammer that put Thor on notice.
In an interview with members of the media published by E! News on Tuesday, Larson revealed she never liked working out before training for her role as the first female lead in an Avengers movie, saying that in the past, she had been "more interested in my body never being part of the conversation." But rather than being an exercise in "objectification," as she had feared, gearing up for the flick gave her an even greater sense of ownership over her body.
"I just wanted to be a brain, so I've only cared about reading books and understanding words, and anything that involved my body made me itchy," Larson said. "But this was an opportunity for me to … make my body mine."
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Larson, who won Best Actress at the 2015 Academy Awards for her stirring performance in Room, said that her strength training—which included 215 lb. deadlifts and 400 lb. hip thrusts—didn't just transform her physically, but also helped her prepare mentally to become Captain Marvel, the most powerful hero in the Marvel Comics Universe.
"A huge part of [Captain Marvel] is her strength," Larson said. "I knew if I could go through that experience, I would get closer to her and I'd understand [her]."
That's all on full display in the latest Captain Marvel trailer that dropped Monday, which depicts Larson's Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, fighting a suspiciously strong old lady on a bus, battling in space, and bantering with Samuel L. Jackson's eyepatch-free Nick Fury.
The latest trailer, which aired during Monday Night Football, had already racked up close to eight million views on YouTube by Tuesday morning. The first trailer for the latest Avengers flick came out in September. Both trailers showed off Larson's strength, which she said she hopes inspires the young girls who'll see the first female-led Avengers film when it comes out next March.
"I love that she is unapologetic," Larson said of her character. "I love that she is not apologizing for her strength … She's never trying to shrink herself because of who she is, and she can't be somebody else even if she wanted to."
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David grows up in Provence and spends a part of his childhood in Verdon.
Been in love of nature and wild spaces since his youngest age, he is later passionate about the photography and dedicates himself to it completely in 2003. The photo camera becomes his best tool to capture the ambient magic.
Stephanie shares the same love for nature and images.
Of distant breakaways in closer dumpings in nature, they realize reports for the European press, in which photography of landscape and of animals get involved naturally.
David's images are awarded in numerous international competitions, whereas Stephanie dedicates herself to the writtings. It is a common passion which joins for four hands.
In 2013, they publish " Verdon, other faces ", a book gathering all these last years to cross and to rediscover the Regional Natural park of Verdon.
Autumn 2017 will see the outcome of a long-term project, with the publishing of a beautiful book of more than 260 pages. Fruit of more than ten years to be next to the thirteen species of owls of Europe, "Owls" will reveal you these nocturnal birds so fascinating, and will open the doors of their hidden and mysterious world.


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El territori de Krasnoiarsk (en rus: Красноя́рский край) és un subjecte federal de Rússia (un krai). És la segona regió més gran de Rússia després de la República de Sakhà i ocupa una àrea de 2.366.797 km² (un 13% del total de la Federació, l'equivalent a l'extensió d'Algèria). La seva capital és Krasnoiarsk

Geografia
El krai està localitzat al mig de Sibèria i abasta 3.000 quilòmetres de nord a sud, des de les muntanyes del Saian, prop de la frontera amb la Xina, tot seguint el curs del riu Ienissei fins a la península de Taimir al nord. Limita amb les províncies de Tiumén, Tomsk, Irkutsk i Kémerovo, les repúbliques de Khakàssia, Tuvà i Sakhà, i amb l'oceà Àrtic al nord (en concret amb els mars de Kara i Làptev).

Està situat a la conca de l'Àrtic, on desguassen un gran nombre de rius; els principals són el Ienissei i els seus afluents (de sud a nord): el Kan, l'Angarà, el Tunguska Pedregós i el Tunguska Inferior.

L'arxipèlag àrtic de la Terra del Nord, amb uns 37.000 km², pertany a aquest krai.

Zona horària
El territori de Krasnoiarsk se situa a la Zona Horària de Krasnoiarsk (KRAT, KRAST a l'estiu), que correspon a UTC +7 (KRAT) i UTC +8 (KRAST).

Història
El territori administratiu es va instaurar el 1934, i en aquell moment incloïa el que ara és Khakàssia. El 1991, Khakàssia se'n va separar i es va convertir en república.

En els temps de Stalin, molts russos, ucraïnesos i bielorussos van ser arrestats i enviats a Krasnoiarsk a l'exili.

L'1 de gener de 2007, segons el que es va acordar el 17 d'abril de 2005, els districtes autònoms d'Evènkia i de Taimíria es van unir al krai.

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Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has dismissed claims that Nigeria will break up.
The SGF says he laughs whenever he hears people talking about the country's breakup.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, after his daughter's wedding on Saturday, the SGF said the foundations of the country were too deep for a break-up.
According to Mustapha, "Amanda was not the first to get into inter-tribal marriage from my family.
"I am a trail blazer, I went ahead of her, it is a marriage of unity.
"That is why whenever I hear people talking about Nigeria breaking up I just laugh.
"The foundations are deep, they are really deep,'' he said.
Going further, the SGF said he came from a home with other siblings who all, except one, got married to people outside his tribe.
"I come from a home where I have other siblings, with the exception of one, my elder sister, nobody ever got married from my tribe.
"All of us got married, I have a brother in-law who is Igbo, a have a brother in-law who is Urhobo, I am married to a Yoruba.
"So basically our home has always been a small Nigeria and whenever we congregate there are Igbos, there are Urhobos, there are Yorubas, there are all manners of people.


we would like to draw your attention to the Vienna Arbitration Days and the 7th Annual Bergsten Lecture.
The University of Vienna and the Austrian Arbitration Association (Arb|Aut) cordially invite you to the 7th Bergsten Lecture which annually takes place in Vienna during the Vis Moot finals.
The Lecture is held in honour of Professor Eric Bergsten, the "father" of the Vis Moot who had organized this event for more than 20 years.
"The Importance of Dealing with Fraud, Corruption and Illegality in International Arbitration – the Evolution as a Legal Standard and Impact on Development"
The Lecture will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Paul Oberhammer (Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna) with Andrea Kay Bjorklund (Professor, McGill University Faculty of Law) and Florian Haugeneder (Partner, KNOETZL) as panel speakers.
For further information and registration, please visit the Arb|Aut Website.
With 230 participants from 30 countries, the Vienna Arbitration Days 2019 were a great success. The feedback we have received on the panels, the World Café and the discussions among delegates and panelists was extremely positive. Thank for your contribution of insights to this year's conference.
For photos of the conference, please go to the Arb|Aut website.
Please join us again in 2020.
Vienna Arbitration Days. 21-22 February 2020. SAVE THE DATE!


Within the context of the 300 Supporter aid project, censhare has become involved as official partner. The project was initiated by the advertising agency Serviceplan Solutions. The aim is to bring 300 companies together and jointly support selected projects of the Plan International Deutschland child welfare organization by way of an endowment fund.
The donations are financing an aid project focusing on securing the basic care and livelihood of children in Uganda. As a result of the civil war, there are many households that are run by children. Plan International Deutschland supports these children in coping with their emotional burdens and creating a foundation for their daily livelihood once again.
As Kathrin Hartkopf, Head of the Plan Endowment Center relates: "On a visit to a school in the Lira district in Uganda, the director told us that more than 250 children from the surrounding areas were not able to attend school, because they were the only ones who were able to care for their younger brothers and sisters and their livelihood. It is wonderful that the involvement of 300 Supporter has contributed to such sustained improvements in the situation of these children, thereby opening up brighter prospects for their lives in future."
The 300 Supporter aid project was initiated by Florian Paul, Managing Director of Serviceplan Solutions. Numerous employees as well as service partners are also involved on a voluntary basis.
"We are convinced that we can achieve a great deal together and we would like to put our network of partners to good use in order to activate a large number of individuals and bring substantial aid and support to the world. With our 300 Supporter initiative we are making it as easy as possible for companies and employees to make genuinely substantial contributions," as Florian Paul explained, who has also personally visited the Lira District in the north of Uganda.


On February 21 the Clarke Historical Library opened its current exhibit, The Hemingway Collection at the Clarke. For almost two decades the library has worked closely with a number of key partners to locate, develop, and make use of a growing body of material documenting Nobel-laureate Ernest Hemingway's experiences in Michigan.
Hemingway's family owned a cottage on the shores of Walloon Lake, near Petoskey. Ernie Hemingway, the eldest son of Dr. Clarence Hemingway and Grace Hall Hemingway spent his summers exploring the lake's shoreline, learning more and more about life and people as each summer passed.
Today, the Hemingway collection in the Clarke Historical Library is of national importance. The presentation, however, did not dwell on the pieces of the collection that make this statement true. Rather than talk about what was in the library, the presentation, made jointly by Mike Federspiel, Janet Danek, and Frank Boles, talked about how the collection came into being, and how it is used to educate and inform through exhibits and other outreach tools. The talk was, in practice, a case study on how archival collections are built and the uses they can be put to in public programming.
To hear their presentation please visit, https://vimeo.com/319562106 which is the website of Mt. Pleasant's local public access television station, which recorded the talk.


Join Mark Watson (great comedian, writes books, blue eyes) and Sofie Hagen (great comedian, podcasts, nice toes) as they attempt to think of new jokes and stories. After this, they will record a podcast. If they are as good at comedy & podcasting as Mark Watson is at making Sofie Hagen write the blurb for the show, then this evening will be SPECTACULAR.


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Julie Doll: Freedom is just another word for bad behavior
By Julie Doll/Special to Gannett Kansas
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If a short trip to Walmart last week provides clues about how seriously Kansans are taking COVID-19, expect this summer and fall to be dogged by disease.
I went to Walmart in search of elastic to make a few more face masks. I found no elastic, but I did find a busy store. Fewer than 10% of customers were wearing face masks, and even fewer followed store directions regarding social distancing.
This situation is not peculiar to Walmart. Across the country, employees at stores, restaurants and other businesses must tolerate people who refuse to follow rules or recommendations from the most qualified doctors in the country. Some customers even mock or yell at workers — adding insult to the risk of disease.
So COVID-19 likely will continue to spread — all because many Americans think following rules is an unconstitutional attack on their freedoms.
Many of these Americans frame their lack of respect for rules and for others as a battle to reopen and restore the economy. But it's just the opposite. The continued spread of COVID-19 means a longer, more damning period of lost business and jobs.
Researchers know too little about this virus to say with certainty, but studies of other highly contagious diseases indicate the disease will spread for a long time unless people take steps to combat it.
At the same time, economic data so far show states that refused to place significant restrictions on businesses and people have not escaped either serious economic problems or disease.
It's too soon to measure, much less understand, the extent and cause of all the damage. The disease is still spreading out of control in many states. And no one knows when people will feel comfortable going out to shop, eat or work — even with precautions.
But it's clear that, uncurbed, the disease can be as damaging as any government restrictions.
Consider the meatpacking industry.
In Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, South Dakota and other states, plants had to close or cut production as disease cut down the workforce. That harmed not only the meatpacking industry, but ranchers, farmers, grocery stores and others in the supply chain.
And what we've experienced in that industry is only a fraction of the damage that would have occurred had restrictions not been in place to lessen the spread of the highly contagious virus.
Intertwined with the economic damage are human costs.
Viruses don't stay in the workplace. They travel with infected employees when they visit grandma, go to church, and pick up the kids from day care.
At those places, the virus can infect others, who then visit restaurants, nursing homes and stores, such as Walmart, where the disease spreads to countless others.
Yes, death rates for COVID-19 are relatively low, but only in most, not all, places. And we don't know why. Contagion rates, however, are very high. That's why stores and governments issue social-distancing rules even after businesses reopen.
Those who argue we should all get the disease and take our chances are just refusing to admit what happens if we make that choice. It's a needless loss of life on top of economic catastrophe.
My intention is not to scare people so that they never leave their homes. It's to ask them to consider how their behavior and lack of respect for rules and for other people are not just personal choices.
Whether we like it or not, we're in this together.
A native of Garden City, Julie Doll is a former journalist who has worked at newspapers across Kansas.


The Ride Crush has a mellow flat to rocker rocker profile that makes for good stability between the feet.
The shape is flat in the middle, then slowly rises a bit after the inserts to the nose and tail. It makes for a more fun board to turn. Very easy to one foot off the chair and flat base on long flat runs.
Edge hold is good but nothing to write home about. As the snow get's harder you don't feel this holding on as well as many other boards with a little extra in the side cut and even some boards with a traditional side cut do better.
For 2011 and 2012 not much has changed that is worth mentioning and it's still a fun ride anywhere in the park.
There is one gimmick that is worth mentioning is the Crush changes colors according to temperature. Some might like this but we don't really care about it because looking cool doesn't make you ride well.
We try to get as many images of the Ride Crush, but forgive us if they're not all there.


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I Am Team GB, the nation's biggest ever sport day, comes to Gower
Rebecca Evans, AM for Gower, is delighted to be backing I Am Team GB, the nation's biggest ever sports day on Saturday 27th August.
I Am Team GB is brought to you by ITV and The National Lottery, working with the British Olympic Association, UK Sport and supported by Join In, the London 2012 volunteer legacy charity. The day will see thousands of sports clubs across the UK open their doors and in an unprecedented move, ITV, STV and UTV will switch off their channels for an hour to inspire the nation to take part in a wide range of sports, free of charge.
The day will also celebrate the support the public gives Team GB's athletes via The National Lottery. Over £80 million has been raised each year by National Lottery players to help fund elite athletes during the four-year build-up to Rio 2016.
It is a golden opportunity for every sports club and activity group to welcome new members and supporters and Rebecca Evans AM is encouraging local clubs in Gower to get involved.
"I Am Team GB is the nation's biggest ever sports day. It is a chance for Gower's local clubs and teams to showcase what they do, and to welcome new people to their sport. It is also chance to be inspired by the fact that Great Britain's squad boasts a record number of Welsh athletes for an overseas Olympics this summer in Rio," said Rebecca.
If you are a local sports club and would like to take part, or a member of the public wanting a fun day out on Saturday 27th August, please go to http://iamteamgb.com/ to find out how you can be part of I Am Team GB.


The idea for this end of year ritual came from Denise Duffield-Thomas and I would want to give her all the credit for this really great idea. In her newsletter she was talking about finishing the year on a high – even if the year felt not that great. Or let's put it differently, especially when you have the feeling that things didn't go your way, sit down and do this exercise, as I will do it in a few minutes.
So the idea is to make a list of everything you're proud of over the last year. EVERYTHING. And Denise was pointing out to keep that list not too short. So we are talking a minimum of 50 or so things. I remember having had a conversation with a dear friend of mine last year about us not bragging enough about our successes. We both said that as women we are just not bragging enough in general. So we challenged ourselves and had to brag about something every day for 21 consecutive days. At the beginning it felt really weird, but after a while, it was a good feeling to remind myself about my success, my achievement, something I am proud of. Why you might ask? Here is the scientific answer (youtube).
Wow, what a year I had. The key to this exercise is the "What else?" question.
Maybe I could go on, maybe. But one thing is for sure. I did have a great year including all its ups and downs. Thank you to everyone I met. Thank you to every life I got to touch. Thank you for every lesson I learned. Thank you for every emotion I got to feel.
I am wishing all of us a Happy New Year. May it bring health and peace.
Warning: This is not a cheerful piece of reading. For emotional unstable readers I strongly suggest to turn the page and to read something else.
Everything in our lives has a BEFORE and an AFTER. These two are like two countries bound to be together forever. There can't be a BEFORE without an AFTER. And there will never be an AFTER if there wasn't a BEFORE. They are like Siamese twins. They never part and there is just a blink of an eye between them.
In the land of BEFORE, HOPE walks the streets. HOPE can be seen, heard and felt everywhere. HOPE is there even if there is just no rational reason for it to be there. But HOPE is stubborn and omnipresent. It keeps you warm when you are cold. It feeds you when you are hungry and it gives you something to drink, when you are thirsty. HOPE is your companion, your guide, your protector. When HOPE walks those streets of BEFORE, anything and everything is possible.
And then a fraction of a millisecond later, you crossed over from BEFORE to AFTER and suddenly the landscape looks all different. In fact, there is no landscape to be seen and HOPE doesn't walk the streets anymore. HOPE doesn't belong here. Here – here is nothing. There is emptiness, there are no words to be said, no music plays, there are no colour to be seen and there is a smell of wet, moist mouldy nothing. And the feeling, OMG the feeling couldn't be more different. First there is a huge lump in your throat that makes swallowing nearly impossible. To swallow the words that where spoken in that fraction of a millisecond, they just don't go down. They hang around in your throat and if I could only spit them out like a chewing gum, that has lost its taste. And when finally that lump disappears into thin air, there is nothing left. Nothing. Complete and absolute emptiness. HOPE is nowhere to be seen or felt.
Why are there always BEFORE and AFTER and where the hell did HOPE go when I went to AFTER? Couldn't it have come with me? Why the hell did it have to take some time off? Did it go on a short w'end trip to some forsaken place or is it gone for good? Doesn't she have helpers that could take over her work, when she feels she needs to take a holiday? I mean, I am the last one not to understand, that sometimes things are too tough and we need to get out, just to survive. I know what that feels like. And I support anybody who needs that. But seriously? Really? Did HOPE have to take its sabbatical right at that moment, right when I crossed over from BEFORE to AFTER? Couldn't it wait at least a little while longer? No? Why? Am I it not worth it? What did I do to piss off HOPE? Did I forget to say "Thank you" and "Please"? Was I a bad girl? Do I need punishment? F… really?
Now the question is what or who takes over, when HOPE isn't there. Well there is a whole bunch of very unpleasant guys. There is F… YOU ALL. He is a big guy. Hug. When he is out, nothing else has any room. No sun can penetrate AFTER. No other feelings have room. He has an Ego as big as a football field and beyond. And he is there early in the morning, in the middle of the day and late at night. If he could, he would be around the entire time. But there is also ROBOT WOMAN. She is pushing F… YOU ALL a side and takes over on occasions. When she is around, things get done. There are no emotions attached. She is just analytical, structured, organised and keeps her eye on the ball. She is great. And then there is little HELP. Oh, she is so sweet, so tiny, in fact, she is so tiny and so quiet not no one ever hears or sees her. She is invisible to the world. But she is there and the only thing she wants and needs is that someone finally recognises her and gives her the biggest hug ever.
There are many more in the bunch. Too many to introduce them all. But the main question remains, what do I have to do for HOPE to get back? Pray? No, because then I invite FAITH into the house. Beg? Well, I have tried that, it didn't work. Write a letter of complaint? To whom?
I need HOPE. As long I have no HOPE everything feels pointless. Whatever I do in this land AFTER, has no direction, it has goals but no feelings attached. I am like a robot, who functions but doesn't feel anything. Well, maybe that is better, because the feelings I am having at times are not pleasant at all: Anger, Frustration, Pain… all is connected to HOPElessNESS. Ok, there we go, HOPElessNESS walks the streets of AFTER and she just brought all her friends along. Great. F… off and go away.
What a beautiful saying. And how often do we actually forget, what we have and just focus on what we are missing or lacking. Since the beginning of this year, I have kept a gratitude journal, in which I wrote every single day, what I was grateful for. Sometimes there were very small things, like a warm bed or running water, and sometimes, they were really important things like a surgery gone well. Taking daily the time to reflect on what I have instead of what I am missing has given me sense of happiness and contentment.
Currently we, my family and I, are taking a sabbatical year. And the first 3 months of this sabbatical have come to an end. They brought us to Scotland/Findhorn. Looking back over the time there, I can think of several things I am very grateful for.
I am grateful for everything that fell into place for us to actually come here: the family that rents our home back in Switzerland, my family who supported me in this dream, my partner's employer who helped with a flexible working arrangement and my daughter's school, who thought this was a great idea.
Dorota, who invited us into her beautiful home, in a calm neighbourhood and with a kind flatmate.
Our first month my daughters and I spent volunteering in Cullerne Garden, Findhorn Foundation. From day one we felt welcomed. My girls, Lara and Alina, flourished in this environment, spending most of their time not with me but with other members of the garden team. They fell in love with the place and the people. For many days they were the candles in the circle during tuning in and out. And later when I did a few shifts in Park kitchen, Alina had a great time helping to prepare dinner. I know how difficult it can be to travel with children, so I will forever be grateful to everybody who helped to make this experience a pleasant one.
Through my ad in the Rainbow Bridge offering my help while we were here I had the chance to meet amazing people. My special thanks goes to Barbara and Don, who took us in and made us part of their family for the time we were here. I will never forget the times we shared in their garden, the conversations we had, the Peace Pole Planting we witnessed and the baked potatoes that Don invited us to. I also was part of Ray's Opportunities, a local charity in Forres. There I spend my time in the office doing bookkeeping. I learned a lot, and was part of something bigger. And finally obviously my time in Cullerne Garden. I seeded. I planted. I harvested. I washed vegetables. I hoed. I prepared compost. I looked after the forest and the flower garden. I helped at the Cullerne Harvest Fair, made green smoothies and sold cakes. And on my very last day I even painted a ceiling. I loved being out there under the blue sunny sky and also when it rained and I got soaked. I loved our tea breaks. But most of all I loved the feeling of the soil under my feet.
Between July and now my body grounded itself. I have had a few brain surgeries and it has been difficult for me to feel balanced with my eyes closed. After some weeks in Cullerne I realised, I could close my eyes and still feel safe, calm and balanced.
Anderson Primary School in Forres and its staff. A lot of people assumed that my daughters were going to the local Steiner school. But I took the conscious decision that they would go to a public school and although the very first day was a bit of a disaster, all others were a bliss. Both my daughters loved their teacher, their classes and even their school uniforms. In those weeks they learned so much English and made new friends. Alina's class had the privilege of spending every Tuesday morning in the community Sanquhar Woodlands with the Wild Things, a charity, that turns our local woodlands into an outdoor classroom and natural playground. and I joined them. I learned an enormous amount about the woods, the animals, about conservation and John Muir.
Not being part of a program at Findhorn but only being a volunteer made it at times difficult for me to feel not lonely. Now after three months I feel at home. I met various people, shared stories, listened to conversations and suddenly I recognize people wherever I go. A feeling of family and belonging.
I got to experience a Womb Blessing in the Natural Sanctuary in Findhorn Park. I feel blessed having been part of that group of women. They shared some of their personal stories with us and thereby let me be part of their lives for a short moment.
We got to spend two beautiful birthdays here. First it was Lara's 10th birthday. And we had a really nice little party in Cullerne Garden after her school. And then three days later it was me being suddenly 44 years old and jumping into very cold water.
I got to do SoulCollage® on various occasions. I had come to Findhorn and had oped I could maybe offer some SoulCollage® workshop here. And although I didn't get to do that, I introduced several people to it and every single time I loved it. So I am grateful for being given that chance and I hope that Dorota, Graham, Margret, James, Barbara, Toni, Yvonne and Stéphane will keep their cards close to their hearts. I am confident that what their soul needed to show became visible in those cards. I myself made several cards in those months, some alone, some in company and some with Agne, my dear SoulCollage® friend.
Nothing serious went wrong. Our guarding angels must have worked overtime. You might smile about this, but travelling all the way from Switzerland by car, having two free spirited children – this is a blessing. Alina had once temperature, but after a couple of days she was back to her usual self. Nothing broke. Nothing got stolen. No serious injuries.
I am leaving with just as many questions as I had when I arrived. I found some answers and with them I found new questions. I still don't know what my purpose is in life. I still wonder where I belong, what my gift for the world might be, if all will be well in the future or not. But I feel more comfortable about having all those questions. I feel more at ease being in doubt and not sure. And maybe meeting so many others having similar wondering thoughts made me realized that I am not the only one.
So thank you everyone for allowing us to have such a great experience in the past 3 months in and around Findhorn and Forres. Our adventure will continue for the next 271 days and if you want to read about it, you find my blog on my homepage www.anja-foerster.com. And let me just leave you with a poem, I already quoted on the 14th August 2015.


Shahrin Johry, Assistant Choreographer and Principal Dancer of Maya Dance Theatre, known for its 'cross-cultural collaborations and integration of Asian traditional dance forms with contemporary dance' created KA: Knowledge Possesses the Soul of Man, his first full-length dance presented at the Drama Centre, Black Box, on 15th and 16th January 2016.
KA represents a process that transpired over the duration of approximately a year beginning on 9 January 2015 and performed on 15 and 16 January 2016. Shahrin collaborated with a creative team of twleve artists at various times and durations towards KA's creation.


We want to wish everyone a wonderful new year that is about to arrive. In particular we want to thank all those who have supported us during the course of this year which is coming to an end after the release of our first CD "ilmondoarovescio". 2018 awaits us with news that we will communicate as soon as possible.
A huge wish to all and see you in 2018!


JULIO IGLESIAS IN SUID-AFRIKA HIERDIE OKTOBER!
Die Julio Iglesias SA Toer skop af by Moreleta Ouditorium in Pretoria op 19 Oktober and die finale konsert vind plaas in Johannesburg op 23 Oktober in Carnival City se "Big Top Arena". Drie betowerende aande saam die legende wat jy nie kan misloop nie!
JULIO IGLESIAS THIS OCTOBER IN SOUTH AFRICA!
The Julio Iglesias SA tour kicks off at the Moreleta Auditorium in Pretoria on October 14, then to Cape Town for Grand Arena at GrandWest on October 19 and the final concert will take place on October 23 in Carnival City's Big Top Arena Johannesburg. Three magical evenings with this living legend you can not miss!


House Danijela with pool is located in the village of Barbat on Rab Island.
The house has its own parking, pool, barbecue, table tennis. Very close to the house there are restaurant, shop, car and boat services, boat crane, dry marinas, gas station. Distance to the old town Rab is about 3.5 km.


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Q: Django 1.8.6 LookupError: App doesn't have a user model I am creating custom user model in app main and using the same for admin as well as python social auth.
When I run my first migration everything works well, However if I try to run manage.py migrate again it throws app can not find User model.
I have already configured :
1. Installed app in settings.py
2. Set user model in AUTH_USER_MODEL and SOCIAL_AUTH_USER_MODEL
Following is my code :
main/models
from django.db import models

# Create your models here.
from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser,BaseUserManager,PermissionsMixin
from django.utils import timezone
from django.core import validators
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from django.conf import settings

class CustomUserManager(BaseUserManager):

    def _create_user(self, email,username, password,
                     is_staff, is_superuser, **extra_fields):
        """
        Creates and saves a User with the given username, email and password.
        """
        now = timezone.now()
        if not email:
            raise ValueError('The given username must be set')
        email = self.normalize_email(email)
        user = self.model(email=email,username=username,
                          is_staff=is_staff, is_active=True,
                          is_superuser=is_superuser, last_login=now,
                          date_joined=now, **extra_fields)
        user.set_password(password)
        user.save(using=self._db)
        return user

    def create_user(self, username, email=None, password=None, **extra_fields):
        now = timezone.now()
        if not email:
            raise ValueError('The given username must be set')
        email = self.normalize_email(email)
        user = self.model(email=email,username=username,
                          is_staff=False, is_active=True,
                          is_superuser=False, last_login=now,
                          date_joined=now, **extra_fields)
        user.set_password(password)
        user.save(using=self._db)
        return user

    def create_superuser(self, username, email, password=None, **extra_fields):
        now = timezone.now()
        if not email:
            raise ValueError('The given username must be set')
        email = self.normalize_email(email)
        user = self.model(email=email,username=username,
                          is_staff=True, is_active=True,
                          is_superuser=True, last_login=now,
                          date_joined=now, **extra_fields)
        user.set_password(password)
        user.save(using=self._db)
        return user

    class Meta:
        app_label = 'main'

class myuser(AbstractBaseUser,PermissionsMixin):

    GENDERS = (
        ('male', 'Male'),
        ('female', 'Female')
    )
    VISIBLE = (
        ('public', 'public'),
        ('private', 'private')
    )
    username = models.CharField(_('username'), max_length=30, unique=True,help_text=_('Required. 30 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and '
                    '@/./+/-/_ only.'),
        validators=[
            validators.RegexValidator(r'^[\w.@+-]+$', _('Enter a valid username.'), 'invalid')
        ])

    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
    email = models.EmailField(blank=True)
    is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    is_active = models.BooleanField(_('active'), default=True)
    date_joined = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)

    gender = models.CharField(max_length=20, null=True, blank=True,
                              choices=GENDERS)
    visibility = models.CharField(max_length=20, null=True, blank=True,
                              choices=VISIBLE,default='public')
    birthday = models.DateField(default=timezone.now)
    facebook_id = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
    city = models.CharField(max_length=250, null=True, blank=True)
    dob = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)
    locale = models.CharField(max_length=10, blank=True, null=True)
    height = models.IntegerField(blank=True,null=True)
    weight = models.IntegerField(blank=True,null=True)
    profile_photo = models.ImageField(upload_to=settings.STATIC_ROOT+'profiles/',null=True)

    USERNAME_FIELD = 'username'
    REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['email']
    objects = CustomUserManager()

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.username

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """ ensure instance has usable password when created """
        if not self.pk and self.has_usable_password() is False:
            self.set_password(self.password)

        super(myuser, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
    def get_gender(self):
        "Returns the short name for the user."
        return self.gender
    def get_short_name(self):
        "Returns the short name of user"
        return self.first_name

    def get_profile_photo(self):
        "Returns the short name of user"
        return self.profile_photo

    class Meta:
        app_label = 'main'

main/admins.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin
from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserChangeForm,UserChangeForm, UserCreationForm
from main.models import myuser
from django import forms
from django.utils.translation import gettext as _

class MyUserChangeForm(UserChangeForm):
    class Meta(UserChangeForm.Meta):
        model = myuser

class MyUserCreationForm(UserCreationForm):
    class Meta(UserCreationForm.Meta):
        model = myuser

    def clean_username(self):
        username = self.cleaned_data['username']
        try:
            myuser.objects.get(username=username)
        except myuser.DoesNotExist:
            return username
        raise forms.ValidationError(self.error_messages['duplicate_username'])

class MyUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
    form = MyUserChangeForm
    add_form = MyUserCreationForm
    fieldsets = (
        (None, {'fields': ('username', 'password')}),
        (_('Personal info'), {'fields': ('first_name', 'last_name', 'email','birthday','gender','city','visibility')}),
        (_('Permissions'), {'fields': ('is_active', 'is_staff', 'is_superuser',
                                       'groups', 'user_permissions')}),
        (_('Important dates'), {'fields': ('last_login', 'date_joined')}),
    )
    add_fieldsets = (
        (None, {
            'classes': ('wide',),
            'fields': ('username', 'password1', 'password2')}
        ),
    )
    list_display = ('username', 'email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'is_staff')
    list_filter = ('is_staff', 'is_superuser', 'is_active', 'groups')
    search_fields = ('username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email')
    ordering = ('username',)
    filter_horizontal = ('groups', 'user_permissions',)

admin.site.register(myuser, MyUserAdmin)
admin.site.unregister(Group)

settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'grappelli',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'main',
    'registration',
    'profiles',
    'crispy_forms',
    'social.apps.django_app.default',
)

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
   'social.backends.facebook.FacebookOAuth2',
   'social.backends.google.GoogleOAuth2',
   'social.backends.twitter.TwitterOAuth',
   'social.backends.instagram.InstagramOAuth2',
   'social.backends.fitbit.FitbitOAuth',
   'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
)

AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'main.myuser'

SOCIAL_AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'main.myuser'

Error Log :
# python manage.py migrate

/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sites/models.py:78: RemovedInDjango19Warning: Model class django.contrib.sites.models.Site doesn't declare an explicit app_label and either isn't in an application in INSTALLED_APPS or else was imported before its application was loaded. This will no longer be supported in Django 1.9.
  class Site(models.Model):

Operations to perform:
  Synchronize unmigrated apps: messages, staticfiles, crispy_forms, grappelli
  Apply all migrations: sessions, auth, default, registration, contenttypes, main, admin
Synchronizing apps without migrations:
  Creating tables...
    Running deferred SQL...
  Installing custom SQL...
Running migrations:
  Rendering model states...Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 159, in get_model
    return self.models[model_name.lower()]
KeyError: 'user'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/db/migrations/state.py", line 238, in __init__
    model = self.get_model(lookup_model[0], lookup_model[1])
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 202, in get_model
    return self.get_app_config(app_label).get_model(model_name.lower())
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 162, in get_model
    "App '%s' doesn't have a '%s' model." % (self.label, model_name))
LookupError: App 'main' doesn't have a 'user' model.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 354, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 346, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 394, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 445, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 222, in handle
    executor.migrate(targets, plan, fake=fake, fake_initial=fake_initial)
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 100, in migrate
    state.apps  # Render all real_apps -- performance critical
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 59, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/db/migrations/state.py", line 166, in apps
    return StateApps(self.real_apps, self.models)
  File "/var/webapp/fit_env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/db/migrations/state.py", line 248, in __init__
    raise ValueError(msg.format(field=operations[0][1], model=lookup_model))
ValueError: Lookup failed for model referenced by field default.UserSocialAuth.user: main.User

A: FIXED :
Unfortunately this was nothing to do with django settings or migrations.
I might have created my virtual env without option (--no-site-packages)
I think this is why python-social-auth kept referring to default User (No idea why).
Solution :
Removed virtual env.
Created new virtual env. with --no-site-packages
Installed required packages in this env. and voila its working fine now !

A: I am not sure about social-auth but for some auth apps their order in INSTALLED_APPS matters. Also don't forget to run python manage.py makemigrations.
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'grappelli',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'social.apps.django_app.default',
    'crispy_forms',
    'registration',
    'profiles',
    'main',
)

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The Atayal People are an integral part of Taiwan history who have settled there far before the Han Chinese arrived. Taiwan is home to a number of Austronesian indigenous groups reported to have arrived as far back as 4000 BC. Some historians dispute their arrival as far back as 8000 BC or earlier. The Atayal people remain as Taiwan's 2nd largest indigenous tribe today, although considered a minority today with less than 5% left of the population.
Wulai is the perfect getaway for a day away from the busyness of Taipei. Just a 45 minute ride, a visit to the Atayal Museum in Wulai is a must as well as Mei-Lu's Coffee & Souvenir shop inside the museum for a stroll down Atayal History. Not only is Wulai the place to go for affordable and relaxing hot springs, it is the place to enrich your knowledge in Taiwanese history through one of their most known Aborigine Culture.
Centered in the midst of Wulai Old Town is the Atayal Museum, one of the highlights of Wulai. Entrance is free for all guests.
Spend an hour watching the informative video available upon entrance on Atayal History and Culture. Then stroll through 2 floors of the museum filled with art, history, culture, rituals, festivals and artifacts. Hire a museum guide for an informational tour and learn more about Atayal Culture. Allow your mind to expand into a visual imagery of how the Atayals once lived.
Atayal Culture once thrived in two main sectors. For the Atayal males, in Fishing, Hunting, Gathering and Crops. For the females, traditionally in Hand-Weaving, Wood-Working and Net-Knotting. Many Atayal people still hold on to these useful skills as many sell traditional Hand-Weaved crafts (purses, clothing, blankets) to tourists.
Today, there are less than 100,000 Atayal people left, representing only 16% of the Taiwanese indigenous population. This makes them the 2nd largest indigenous group in the country. Some studies have shown that they originated from South China while Genetic Studies have disputed their origins from Southeast Asia and Polynesian Islands of Thailand, Phillipines, New Zealand and Polynesian Hawaii. It is very possibly a mix of all as many inter-racial marriages had occurred through the centuries. Atayal languages spoken are traditionally Atayal and Sediq although many today also speak Taiwanese and Mandarin.
Traditional Atayal Outfit as shown on a friendly Doll.
Facial Tattoos were a huge symbol and importance in Ayatal History as a Rite of Passage dating back 1400 years. Today, facial tattoos can mainly only be spotted in the elder living generation. In the past, boys were awarded tattoos between the age of 5 to 15 by proving their worth to the tribe through their skill in hunting and even head-hunting. For girls, they prove their worth by their skill on the loom in hand-weaving.
Once you've completed your Ayatal History Lesson through the museum, stroll on over to Mei-Lu's Coffee and Souvenir shop on the main floor. Visiting the shop is a whole experience in itself as we found ourselves feeling right at home with the charismatic owner. "Mei-Lu", as named after the 'Mei-Lu Shan' (mountain) by her father, was born and raised in Wulai and is of Atayal descent. Her ancestral lineage trace back hundreds of years on the island of Taiwan.
She has owned and operated this successful shop for over 20 years offering a wide array of services from serving coffee, rice liquor and hand-weaving classes. Additionally, tied to her shop is an out-door garden for guests to enjoy the view of Wulai. It is in fact very common in Taiwanese culture (and same with Taiwanese-Americans) to meet strong, independent, entrepreneurial woman like her. Despite the alpha female persona, the classic Taiwanese hospitality remains.
Upon entrance, her bubbly, vibrant personality radiates the room welcoming you in. Mei-Lu introduces her shop and all that she has to offer. Learn about the locally grown coffee as the conversation naturally leads into learning about the local rice & millet liquor which I was naturally more curious about. She offers a tasting of the liquors, her favorite being the "Áh-Mà Rice Liquor" made by elderly women residing in the near-by mountain villages (tastes like a sweet moonshine).
Shop at her souvenir shop selling hand-weaved bags and clothes as she prepares you a cup of coffee which takes some time, made with extra love. She also offers Hand-Weaving classes. Email her if you are interested at MeiLu1228@yahoo.com.tw.
Sit for as long as you would like as Mei-lu loves to chat and learn about what part of the world her guest is visiting from. You could also learn a lot about Atayal culture. She shares stories of her ancestors who are rooted from this land formerly known as "Formosa".
The Atayal People in Wulai are mainly devotees of the Christian religion. Mei-Lu is an ever cheerful lady who references quotes in passing which reveals her passionate faith in God. She will share how Christian Missionaries have helped revive her home town of Wulai in the past century through education and medical care.
For a Day Tour of Wulai or other awesome tours, I recommend hiring MyTaiwanTour. Tours typically start at $100 USD. It includes pickup from hotel, day tour, lunch, hot springs and a personal tour guide. Request Joshua Samuel Brown, an American expat who has resided in Taiwan off and on for the past 20 years. Joshua is a human encyclopedia of Taiwan who's authored or co-authored four books on Taiwan including two Lonely Planet Taiwan Guidebooks.


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Looking ahead: May-July 2016
It's nearly half way through the year, and the Favorite Edition 2016 list is pretty sparse. Every new release I've bought this year is on the list because I don't have enough to fill the list out. So I'm pretty much watching out for vinyl reissues.
Anohni, Hopelessness, May 6
I miss Anohni (a.k.a. Antony Hegerty). I only ever seem to encounter him on Björk albums any more.
10,000 Maniacs, Our Time in Eden, May 3
This album was released on vinyl in Europe back in 1992. I nearly bought a used copy of it. I already have the first three Maniacs albums on vinyl, which I originally bought in the '80s. In My Tribe also gets reissued the same day.
Enya, The Memory of Trees, May 6
The Memory of Trees makes its first appearance on vinyl with this reissue, which also sees the return of Watermark and Shepherd Moons.
The Killers, Hot Fuss, June 17
Have you seen the resale value of the original vinyl release of this album? We're talking triple digits.
Sonic Youth, Murray Street, June 17
Amazon originally listed April 22 as a release date, but now it's changed to June 17.
LeAnn Rimes, Blue, July 8
People were awed by how much the teenaged LeAnn Rimes sounded like Patsy Cline at the time this album was released. I remember playing it on the stereo at the student newspaper office in college. For some reason, we were all really into it.
Duran Duran, Duran Duran (The Wedding Album), Sept. 23
I still haven't seen much corroboration for this reissue. I don't even think the band knows it's being planned. Amazon originally listed Feb. 12 as a release date, but it came and went without a single copy in sight. I would be a lot more anxious for this reissue, but I dropped a pretty penny for a used copy of a Korean issue.
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Q: jQuery disable other dropdown values based on selected value of other dropdown I have in my website 3 dropdowns and every dropdown has 8 options (1 to 8).
My goal is to disable the dropdown options based on what you've already selected in the other dropdowns, the total sum is maximum 8. So for example if you select 4 in the first dropdown you can only select 1 to 4 in the other 2 dropdowns.
If you select 8 in the first you can't select anything else from the others.
This is what I've tried:
$(".options select").change(function() {
  var value1 = $("#input_1_5").val();
  var value2 = $("#input_1_6").val();
  var value3 = $("#input_1_7").val();
  var sum = parseInt(value1) + parseInt(value2) + parseInt(value3);
  var rest = 9-sum;

  $("#input_1_6 > option").slice(rest,9).each(function() {
    $(this).attr("disabled", true);
    });

  var rest2 = rest - 9
  $("#input_1_7 > option").slice(rest2,9).each(function() {
    $(this).attr("disabled", true);
    });
});

The problem with this is that it only work the first time you select something, unfortunately.
EDIT: jsfiddle update https://jsfiddle.net/k7krx87L/4/
Thanks in advance!

A: You would use the following selector:
$("#input_1_6 option:gt(4)").prop("disabled", true);

This means disable all options in element with id #input_1_6 starting from 5th, the selector gt(4) means elements from index 4, indexes start from 0 in DOM.

A: <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.0.0-beta1/jquery.js"></script>
<script>
 $(function () {

    $('#input_1_5').on('change', function (){
        var input_1_5 = $(this).val();
        var input_1_6 = $('#input_1_6').val();
        var input_1_7 = $('#input_1_7').val();
        var cur_val;
        cur_val=parseInt(input_1_5)+parseInt(input_1_6)+parseInt(input_1_7);
        for(i=1;i<=8;i++)
        {
            if((i+parseInt(cur_val))<=8)
            {
                 $('#input_1_6').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
                 $('#input_1_7').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
            }
            else
            {
                 $('#input_1_6').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
                 $('#input_1_7').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            }
        }
    });
    $('#input_1_6').on('change', function (){
        var input_1_5 = $('#input_1_5').val();
        var input_1_6 = $(this).val();
        var input_1_7 = $('#input_1_7').val();
        var cur_val;
        cur_val=parseInt(input_1_5)+parseInt(input_1_6)+parseInt(input_1_7);
        for(i=1;i<=8;i++)
        {
            if((i+parseInt(cur_val))<=8)
            {
                 $('#input_1_5').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
                 $('#input_1_7').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
            }
            else
            {
                 $('#input_1_5').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
                 $('#input_1_7').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            }
        }
    });
    $('#input_1_7').on('change', function (){
        var input_1_5 = $('#input_1_5').val();
        var input_1_6 = $('#input_1_6').val();
        var input_1_7 = $(this).val();
        var cur_val;
        cur_val=parseInt(input_1_5)+parseInt(input_1_6)+parseInt(input_1_7);
        for(i=1;i<=8;i++)
        {
            if((i+parseInt(cur_val))<=8)
            {
                 $('#input_1_5').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
                 $('#input_1_6').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
            }
            else
            {
                 $('#input_1_5').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
                 $('#input_1_6').children('option[value="' + i + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            }
        }
    });

 });
</script>

 <select name="" id="input_1_5">
     <option value="0">0</option>
     <option value="1">1</option>
     <option value="2">2</option>
     <option value="3">3</option>
     <option value="4">4</option>
     <option value="5">5</option>
     <option value="6">6</option>
     <option value="7">7</option>
     <option value="8">8</option>
 </select>
 <select name="" id="input_1_6">
     <option value="0">0</option>
     <option value="1">1</option>
     <option value="2">2</option>
     <option value="3">3</option>
     <option value="4">4</option>
     <option value="5">5</option>
     <option value="6">6</option>
     <option value="7">7</option>
     <option value="8">8</option>
 </select>
 <select name="" id="input_1_7">
     <option value="0">0</option>
     <option value="1">1</option>
     <option value="2">2</option>
     <option value="3">3</option>
     <option value="4">4</option>
     <option value="5">5</option>
     <option value="6">6</option>
     <option value="7">7</option>
     <option value="8">8</option>
 </select>

</body>
</html>

Hope this will help you.

A: Try this, it will work perfectly.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.js"></script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/result-light.css">
  <script type="text/javascript">
    $(window).load(function(){
        var $dropdown1 = $("select[name='project_manager[]']");
        var $dropdown2 = $("select[name='test_engineer[]']");
        var $dropdown3 = $("select[name='viewer[]']");

        $dropdown1.change(function() {
            $dropdown2.empty().append($dropdown1.find('option').clone());
            $dropdown3.empty().append($dropdown2.find('option').clone());
            var selectedItem = $(this).val();
            if (selectedItem) {
                $dropdown2.find('option[value="' + selectedItem + '"]').prop('disabled', true);
                $dropdown3.find('option[value="' + selectedItem + '"]').prop('disabled', true);
            }
        });

        $dropdown2.change(function() {
            $dropdown3.empty().append($dropdown2.find('option').clone());
            var selectedItem = $(this).val();
            if (selectedItem) {
                $dropdown3.find('option[value="' + selectedItem + '"]').prop('disabled', true);
            }
        });
});

</script>
</head>
<body>
  <select name="project_manager[]">
  <option></option>
  <option value="1">Test 1</option>
  <option value="2">Test 2</option>
  <option value="3">Test 3</option>
</select>

<select name="test_engineer[]"  >
  <option></option>
  <option value="1">Test 1</option>
  <option value="2">Test 2</option>
  <option value="3">Test 3</option>
</select>
<select name="viewer[]" >
  <option></option>
  <option value="1">Test 1</option>
  <option value="2">Test 2</option>
  <option value="3">Test 3</option>
</select>
  <script>
    // tell the embed parent frame the height of the content
    if (window.parent && window.parent.parent){
      window.parent.parent.postMessage(["resultsFrame", {
        height: document.body.getBoundingClientRect().height,
        slug: "vrLr9wyg"
      }], "*")
    }
  </script>
</body>
</html>


To further clarify my last comment, it's a great message but the background music distracts from it.
Thanks John for your feedback. An updated version of the video will be uploaded soon and we'll adjust the audio.


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May 25, 2017 /in news, science
MRP Barrier Systems used in the search for dark matter
MRP Systems Ltd. has recently supplied one of its unique barrier systems to Boulby Mine, the only deep underground science facility in the UK.
Boulby is a special place for science, the deep underground environs enabling a diverse range of studies from astro/particle physics to studies of geology, geophysics, climate, the environment, life on Earth and beyond.
The depth of the mine offers a 1 million factor in shielding from interference from cosmic rays, and the surrounding salt itself is very pure and doesn't emit much in the way of radiation. However, the MRP Barrier will provide another level of shielding in the search for WIMPs, the Weakly Interacting Massive Particles that are thought to make up Dark Matter, the 'missing matter' in the Universe.
Based on observations such as the amount that light from the distant galaxies is bent before it reaches us (known as gravitational lensing), and the rate of spin of galaxies, astronomers believe that we can only see around 5% of the 'stuff' that makes up the Universe. The rest is dark matter and dark energy, invisible to us.
WIMPs rarely interact with the matter that we can see, and so scientists have built a range of ever more sensitive particle detectors to try and catch some of them and prove their existence.
Sensitive detectors need to be kept away from cosmic rays and everyday background radiation that would bombard them with particles and mask any signal from WIMPs – and Boulby and the MRP Barrier System are ideal for precisely this.
So far neither the detectors operating at Boulby, nor those operating in the few other deep underground laboratories around the world, have made of positive detection of WIMPs. But the search goes on. Professor Sean Paling, director of the Boulby Deep Underground Facility, believes that the next generation of detectors could find WIMPs in the next five years.
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MRP provides shielding material to support the search for neutrinos
Shielding material to support the search for neutrinos.
MRP Systems has recently supplied a block wall enclosure to the ANR funded Project SoLid, which is undertaking a Search of Oscillations at very short distance with Lithium6 Detector at SCK-CEN BR2, in Belgium.
The project, which is funded by the French Research Agency ANR, is undertaking a search for one of the most enigmatic ingredients of the standard model of particle physics, the neutrino.
This project is an international collaboration between eleven laboratories, including Bristol University; Oxford University; University of Gent; Imperial College of London; Vrije Universiteit Brussels; LAL Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire; LPC CAEN; SUBATECH; Antwerp University; SCK-CEN and Virginia Tech, involving over fifty physicists.
The SoLid project is an unique opportunity for the community to obtain sufficiently large and accurate data of neutrino flux at very short distance from a nuclear reactor, and then provide a reference measurement of pure 235U, essential for neutrino flux predictions used in current and future neutrino measurements.
What makes the SoLid proposal distinctive is the antineutrino source, the technology of detection and the shielding material, all of which have been brought together to establish a unique experiment, which will take place at the BR2 research reactor of SCK-CEN (in Mol, Belgium).
SoLid allows oscillation measurements at distance varying from 5.5 to 12 m from the core. In addition to this large range, the site is distinguished by its exceptionally low background environment and by having no-access to site constraint.
The physics run, with the full detector, will begin shortly and run for a duration of two years minimum.
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I am streaming movingAverage:4|c continuosly to graphite using statsd and was expecting this value to rise from 0 to 4 and stay there. But the graph's shape is not a continuous straight line because the graph drops below 4 sometimes.
I am not sure why the value drops to 3.5 or 3.6 sometimes.
I use statsd and the statsd log also shows only movingAverage:4|c always. I am a beginner and might be overlooking something.
What is your statsd flushInterval and your lowest-precision in your storage-schemas.conf (they should match)? How often are you sending the count to statsd?
Are you looking at "stats.movingAverage" or "stats_counts.movingAverage"? Statsd puts the raw counts received into stats_counts but puts a per-second average (total count over the flushInterval divided by the flushInterval) in the 'stats' tree.
Moreover I have changed the algo. that sends moving averages and it looks like the values are appropriated drawn in the graph now. So there doesn't seem to be any problem now but I have to check.
What is the lowest-precision in the storage-schemas.conf you mean ?
Sorry, I should have said "*highest* precision" (which is also the lowest retention). In this case, your highest precision is 10 seconds per point which does match the default for statsd. These values not matching are sometimes a cause of missing or unexpected values is why I asked.