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Change in Golan Heights status constitutes violation of UN resolutions: Russia's FM
Thursday, 11 October 2018 7:53 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 11 October 2018 9:44 AM ]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (Photo by AFP)
Russia rebukes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for asking the international community to recognize the regime's claim to "sovereignty" over the occupied side of Syria's Golan Heights, warning that any such move would constitute a flagrant violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
"The status of the Golan Heights is determined by the resolutions of the UN Security Council. Changing this status bypassing the Security Council, from my perspective, would be a direct violation of these resolutions," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
The Russian top diplomat was referring to UN resolution 497 in 1981, which stated that the "Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect."
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and has continued to occupy two-thirds of the strategically-important territory ever since, in a move that has never been recognized by the international community.
Lavrov's comments came two days after Netanyahu said the international community should recognize as "Israeli territory" the Golan Heights, which has been under the regime's occupation for over five decades.
During a visit to the occupied territory on Monday, the Israeli premier said he would discuss Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights in his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming that the Russian leader "understands the importance I attach to the Golan Heights."
He claimed that if Israel withdraws from the occupied Golan, the regime would find itself with Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah on the "shores of the Kinneret (sea of Galilee)" in the northern part of occupied territories.
PressTV-World must recognize occupied Golan as Israel's: PM
The Israeli premier says the international community should recognize the occupied side of Syria's Golan Heights as "Israeli territory."
Israel is deeply angered by Iran's military advisory assistance to Syrian armed forces in their operations against the terrorist groups, which have the backing of Tel Aviv and its allies.
Moscow says Iran's anti-terror role in Syria – like its own – is legitimate as it comes at the request of the legitimate government in Damascus.
Hezbollah forces have also been assisting the Syrian government on the ground to clear areas bordering Lebanon from terrorist groups.
Israel has been on high alert in recent days as Syrian government forces have made significant gains against foreign-backed terrorists near the Golan Heights.
The Tel Aviv regime has built tens of illegal settlements in the area since its occupation and has used the region to carry out a number of military operations against the Syrian government
Tel Aviv has also been pressing the US administration under Israel-friendly President Donald Trump to recognize its claim to sovereignty over the occupied territory in defiance of international law,
Syria has repeatedly reaffirmed its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, saying the territory must be completely restored to its control.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War, and formally annexed the territory in 1981. UN Security Council Resolution 497 of that year declared that Israel's annexation of the "occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect." It passed unanimously.
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Der Waldschusterbach ist ein etwas über 0,9 Kilometer langer Waldbach im Gebiet der Gemeinde Kainach bei Voitsberg im Bezirk Voitsberg in der Weststeiermark. Er fließt im westlichen Teil des Grazer Berglandes, in einem Waldgebiet und mündet dann von rechts kommend in den Oswaldgrabenbach.

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Der Waldschusterbach entsteht in einem Waldgebiet auf etwa  im westlichen Teil der Katastralgemeinde Kainach, nordwestlich des Hofes Eisner.

Der Bach fließt anfangs für etwa 250 Meter ziemlich gerade nordwärts und nimmt dabei drei kleine von links kommende Wasserläufe auf. Kurz nach der Einmündung des dritten Wasserlaufes und der Querung eines Waldweges schwenkt der Bach auf einen Nordnordostkurs. Nach etwa 300 Metern mündet nach einer weiteren Querung eines Waldweges ein von rechts kommender, unbenannter Wasserlauf in den Waldschusterbach der danach nach Norden fließt. Nach weiteren 60 Metern quert der Bach eine Zufahrtsstraße mündet und nimmt einen weiteren, von links kommenden Wasserlauf auf. Nach dieser Querung bildet der Waldschusterbach bis zu seiner Mündung einen flachen Linksbogen, der insgesamt nach Nordnordosten verläuft. Etwa 70 Meter vor seiner Mündung verlässt der Waldschusterbach den Wald und fließt an mehreren zur Ortschaft Breitenbach gehörenden Häusern vorbei. Etwa 50 Meter vor seiner Mündung unterquert er die Landesstraße L 341, der Kainacherstraße. Der Waldschusterbach mündet nach fast 1 Kilometer langem Lauf mit einem mittleren Sohlgefälle von rund 22 ‰ etwa 211 Höhenmeter unterhalb seines Ursprungs direkt an der Grenze zur Katastralgemeinde Oswaldgraben in den Oswaldgrabenbach, der danach geradeaus weiterfließt.

Auf seinem Lauf nimmt der Waldschusterbach insgesamt fünf unbenannte Wasserläufe auf.

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May 17, 2020 August 26, 2021 BENS WORLD - an interesting read with your coffee.
THE DAY PUNK ROCK BECAME A PUSSY.
My ideas of what missing right now. What is surely needed came to me when I find myself watching the play Punk Rock at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre in 2015.
The play Punk Rock is based on the pressure our youth face to conform in a world of heightened anxiety fear and confusion over where exactly one belong and what ideas are acceptable and what ideas are not in a changing landscape where the role of gender class and sexuality are not what they use to be. A place which eagerly wants to put people into their definable sub-classes but not to give them a voice but rather to take control so we do as we're told. The play in fact beyond its title has little to do with Punk Rock other than the playwright Simon Stephens makes the astute observation;
"Punk rock is not a musical genre. Punk rock is not even as simple as a state of mind. Punk rock is an energy of total interrogation. Born out of New York CIty in the wake of the collapse of the hippies, it spanned the world on Tom Verlaine's guitar and Patti Smith's back and John Cale's violin. Some of the Brits got it but mainly Mark E Smith. The rest wanted to be Chuck Berry with cheaper amplifiers and swear words. Punk rock is not about swear words. Punk Rock is not about class war. Class war only ever feeds into structures. Punk rock dismantles them. Class war wears swastikas and communist flags with equal irony. Punk rock is not ironic. Punk rock wasn't born on housing estates. Punk rock was born in art schools. Punk rock was never about redistribution of wealth. It was about savaging the idea of money. Punk rock was never stupid. Punk rock was never graceless. Punk rock moved like a gazelle, read book after book after book and looked at every single kid in class at school and knew they were wrong and dared to tell them."
I like the idea of 'evolution' (as opposed to repetitive revolution), which seeks not to tear the world down with anger and rage as it lashes out at the words unfairness. Rather it is their to challenge old ideas, the dominant dogma of the day (the status quo) based on two simple rules.
1. What powers the evolution is fun!!.
Its not into rocks and molotovs cocktails. It fuelled by any art form which has the passion to stand up and say 'success is not a bag full of gold or fitting in. Success goes way beyond these tiny ideas'.
2. Participation is all that's required. You succeed not by conforming but simply by doing. It use to be part of Dunedin's rich musical heritage that anyone could get on stage and give it a bash be it poetry, music, painting or whatever. You did not have to be cool you just had to have a brave heart.
Somewhere along the way Dunedin music and art scene (as is the case in so many parts of our world) turned into the hostages of the 'kool kids'.
It became a pussy.
So afraid that the lime light might be taken from them it became the norm to create tribal riffs where people encouraged each other to tear apart those who did not stand with the crowd. For in the attempt to own and claim ownership, establish control, of the kudos of the 'good old days' , the actual punk philosophy that lay behind the Dunedin sound has been forgotten.
What is missing is the bit where people simply took it as their birth right to have a voice and the right not to have to conform. To feel they did not have to belong to something greater than themselves as opposed to simply being allowed to be a self thinking autonomous cell who co-existed alongside the tribe of cultural evolution (as opposed to boring stagnating predictable repeating revolution – stuck on its hipster hamster wheel doing revolution after revolution and still going nowhere fast). A healthy community which embraced and applauded not a single Truth or the "right way" but rather welcomed anyone who wished to contribute whatever their talents.
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It seems necessary to riff on aspects of time lately, so here I go again. In an earlier post I mentioned the benefits of taking the Long Now approach to time, seeing yourself playing in the future, simply sticking with it. If four year olds and marshmallows rings a bell, you'll remember from another post that it can pay to have patience, a special and valuable relationship with time. A few days ago I mentioned playing with rhythm, yet another form of time. Today, I'm interested in rhythm again, specifically practicing with the necessary slowness. When you practice slowly however, your focus shouldn't be only on the relative slowness of the change from one note to the next, your focus should encompass more, most especially on not making any mistakes. None. Zero. Zip. Zilch. This is the most essential component of going slowly. Don't practice mistakes!
The myelin production process in your brain doesn't care about right or wrong. It knows no difference. Myelin is a white coating of fatty substance that increases the efficiency of neuron firing in your brain. Neurons responsible for things you practice or do often get thicker coatings of myelin so they work better. If you fail to eliminate mistakes, even simple ones, the myelin will be coating the wrong movement/breathe/whatever. Going slowly will help you avoid this.
If you go slowly enough to really listen, your attention can encompass other important aspects of your playing, too. What I mean is that your focus should also include all the other meta-musical behaviors necessary for good tone and solid playing: posture, breathing, relaxed-ness, etc., and also adjusting, changing, experimenting and evaluating each of these if you're new at the instrument. Memorize whatever it is you're working on. Not reading music will free up the cognitive load on your brain and allow you to pay attention to other things.
And of course, remember that sometimes it can be good to forget all that attention crap–all that trying–and just listen to the tone and not think about anything at all. Find your own balance with these concepts.
Cat Anderson would play a 2nd line G (an easy mid-range note on trumpet) as quietly as possible for 30 minutes! Of course he stopped to breathe, but maybe not. There is such a thing as circular breathing. Going slow is essential. But what if you're trying to learn an improvised solo, say this one below by Cat Anderson (a very worthy candidate) and it's just too fast to take in? You can slow down that, too, with some digital trickery. There is a great free program called Audacity, which is able to slow down any sound clip without changing the pitch. It's an easy, intuitive program to use and many help files and manuals are available if you get stuck.
Before you see the vid with Cat Anderson, consider what slow practice means in the words of flute master and teacher, Julius Baker who said, "You'll never make a mistake if you never make a mistake." Have patience, go slowly enough to eliminate all mistakes. Go slowly enough to really listen to yourself and perceive other aspects of your technique. Sounds easy, but you may be surprised.
Enjoy the vid of Cat Anderson playing a 12-bar blues in C!
A tasty 12 bar blues in C (that's the key of D for trumpet) w/ Cat Anderson on muted trumpet taking the solo, Duke Ellington and his band backing him up. A tight and tasty performance. A great solo to learn on any instrument if you're into the blues. It's more than a little challenging on trumpet, as you might imagine. This would be a fun one to try to imitate on guitar. Maybe with a wah-wah pedal. Inflection is everything!


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package org.helios.journal;

import org.agrona.CloseHelper;
import org.agrona.MutableDirectBuffer;
import org.agrona.concurrent.IdleStrategy;
import org.agrona.concurrent.MessageHandler;
import org.agrona.concurrent.ringbuffer.RingBuffer;
import org.helios.mmb.SnapshotMessage;

import java.util.Objects;

public class JournalHandler implements MessageHandler, JournalDepletionHandler, AutoCloseable
{
    private final JournalWriter writer;
    private final RingBuffer nextRingBuffer;
    private final IdleStrategy idleStrategy;
    private final SnapshotMessage snapshotMessage;

    public JournalHandler(final JournalWriter writer, final RingBuffer nextRingBuffer, final IdleStrategy idleStrategy)
    {
        this.writer = writer.depletionHandler(this);
        this.nextRingBuffer = Objects.requireNonNull(nextRingBuffer);
        this.idleStrategy = Objects.requireNonNull(idleStrategy);

        snapshotMessage = new SnapshotMessage();
    }

    @Override
    public void onMessage(int msgTypeId, MutableDirectBuffer buffer, int index, int length)
    {
        try
        {
            writer.onMessage(msgTypeId, buffer, index, length);
        }
        finally
        {
            while (!nextRingBuffer.write(msgTypeId, buffer, index, length))
            {
                idleStrategy.idle(0);
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onJournalDepletion(Journalling journalling)
    {
        snapshotMessage.writeSaveMessage(nextRingBuffer, idleStrategy);
    }

    @Override
    public void close() throws Exception
    {
        CloseHelper.quietClose(writer);
    }
}

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Q: Creating a Poker Hand Analyzer in python so, i'm trying to pull a C out of my python class and my final project is killing me.  first we had to create the deck of cards using a dictionary and a list.  i got that to work.
suits = {0: "Hearts", 1: "Diamonds", 2: "Clubs", 3: "Spades"}
ranks = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
card_deck = []

def create_deck():
    for suit in suits:
        for rank in ranks:
            card_deck.append([rank, suit])

create_deck()

now i have to create a function to associate the list entries with the actual card.  so, 1, 0 will read Ace of Hearts and so on.  i have no clue clue how to do this.  anybody have any suggestions or possibly links?  we got hints of:
card = (1,0) index the tuple to get the suit
suit=card[1] now take the suit and plug it into the dictionary to get the appropriate text
suit_text=suits[suit]
it looks like i need to create a new dictionary with the face cards in it
cards = {1: "Ace", 11: "Jack", 12: "Queen", 13: "King"}

but how do i get them to associate to the list entries??

A: after some work, i figured it out.
def print_card():
    for card in card_deck:
        suit = card[1]
        suit_text = suits[suit]
        if card[0] == 1 or card[0] == 11 or card[0] == 12 or card[0] == 13:
            rank = card[0]
            rank_text = face_cards[rank]
        else:
            rank = card[0]
            rank_text = ranks[rank] - 1

        print (str(rank_text) + " of " + suit_text)

print_card()

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Gut Liver Brain Biochemical Axis in Alzheimer's Disease
Kaddurah-Daouk, Rima F. Van Duijn, Cornelia Marja
Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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New Photocatalytic Coupling Reactions to Prepare Bioactive Molecules
Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence
LISPRO, an ionic cocrystal of lithium, as a potential novel treatment for Alzheimer's disease
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Dementia is the leading cause of dependence and disability in the elderly population worldwide with Alzheimer's disease (AD) being by far the most common form. The absence of effective therapies causes major socioeconomic burden. Increasing evidence supports that AD is a metabolic disease with high diabetes co-morbidity and a wide range of metabolic perturbations occurring early in the disease process. While genetic risk clearly plays an important role in AD, it is also important to note that gut microbiome, the environment and life style might contribute to disease pathogenesis. Rapidly growing support for role of gut microbiome in human disease is emerging. Gut microbes complement human metabolism. For example, the gut-brain metabolic axis facilitates bidirectional chemical communication between the central and enteric nervous system through neuroactive metabolites, such as hormones, neurotransmitters among others. Changes in gut microbiome composition have been associated with a wide array of conditions, including neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders such as multiple sclerosis, autism, depression, schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. In the AD Metabolomics Consortium (ADMC), which is funded by NIA as part of its national programs (AMP-AD and M2OVE-AD), we have created a comprehensive metabolomics database for AD to enable mapping of metabolic failures across the trajectory of disease. In two large Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative studies (ADNI-1 and ADNI-GO/2), the ADMC team has shown that bile acids (BAs), which are products of hepatic cholesterol metabolism and gut microbial activity, are dysregulated in AD. A decrease in primary BAs and an increase in bacterially produced secondary BAs correlated with cognitive decline, brain atrophy, and a reduction in brain glucose metabolism suggesting that the gut microbiome might play a role in AD pathogenesis. In addition, we have identified major changes in phospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism early in AD, correlating with CSF pathology, and changes in branched-chain amino acids, amines, and acylcarnitines, correlating with brain atrophy and cognitive decline as disease progressed. Many of these metabolites were recently shown to be regulated in part by gut microbiome activity. In this application, we bring the power of metabolomics, (meta)genomics and large clinical and community studies to gain further insights in the role of gut microbiome in AD mechanisms. We seek to define gut bacterial composition and activity that mediate aberrant bile acid, lipid and amine profiles as well as other blood metabolites and their relationship to AD pathogenesis. In addition, we will use cutting-edge computational systems biology techniques to identify human and microbial genes, reactions, and pathways and their interplay that are involved in AD pathogenesis. We will evaluate the role of the gut-brain metabolic axis in the development of AD, with the ultimate goal of defining human and microbial genes and proteins that may serve as potential therapeutic targets.
Alzheimer?s disease (AD) is a major national public health priority with big socioeconomics burden. Large number of trials have failed to show benefit suggesting lack of our understanding of mechanisms of disease and directing therapeutic research to prevention and early treatment. There is growing support for strong connections between the intestinal environment, with its diverse microbial composition and activity, and the functions of the central nervous system. The ?gut-brain metabolic axis? facilitates bidirectional chemical communication between the central and enteric nervous systems, the disruption of which seems to contribute to several psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. We have implicated bile acids as one gut liver brain axis in Alzheimer disease that contribute to cognitive decline and brain atrophy in AD. We propose to further characterize connections between gut bacterial composition and activity and AD pathogenesis steps to define novel breakthroughs for prevention and early treatment for AD.
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1RF1AG058942-01
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1)
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USM to drum up interest in National History Day
Ellen Ciurczak, American Staff Writer
University of Southern Mississippi officials are hoping to encourage more middle and high school participation in a national history contest that has been shown to increase students' confidence in a variety of academic skills.
The National History Day Workshop, hosted by the Department of History, from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, is for middle and high school teachers, as well as students, parents and homeschooling parents.
"Our workshop is meant to help people learn about the National History Day program and what resources on USM's campus are available to make student projects a reality," said Rebecca Tuuri, assistant professor of history and coordinator of National History Day in Mississippi.
Speakers at the workshop will explain how to assimilate National History Day projects into classes like history, English, government, foreign language and social studies and link the projects to Mississippi testing standards.
The National History Day contest began in 1974 at Case Western Reserve University to inspire students in grades 6-12 to conduct original research. Since its creation, the contest has expanded to an international competition with more than 600,000 participants who take home thousands of dollars in scholarships and prizes annually after submitting projects centered around a chosen theme. The theme for 2017 is "Taking a Stand in History."
Tuuri said Southern Miss educators would like to see more students participate in Mississippi's contest in March, but lack of information and time have been challenges.
"It's a really good program, but people don't know about it, and it's asking teachers to add one more thing to their already busy schedules," she said. "So the goal with our workshop is to help teachers incorporate the program into their lesson plans."
The top students in the Mississippi contest go on to compete nationally in June.
A 2011 study found students who created projects for the contest had more confidence than their non-contest peers when it came to knowing about subjects not studied in school, evaluating information found online, developing work habits, perseverance and communication skills and coming up with a research plan.
The study also found the students scored better on standardized tests than students who did not participate in the contest.
Al Wheat, Gautier High School history teacher and co-coordinator of National History Day in Mississippi, will be leading the workshop. He plans to use his own experience to help teachers see how they can integrate contest projects into their classroom instruction.
Wheat said his students began to oversee their projects.
"Teachers are definitely an overworked group, but once you get the system flowing, it can drive itself," he said. "While teaching in McComb, the kids were spot checking each others' work to make sure it was getting done and getting done right."
Tuuri said instilling a love of history in young people is important and the National History Day contest can do that.
"If you don't know your history, you're doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past — that's what many of us who study and teach history believe," she said. "History has answers. It's in everyone's best interest to study history so we can learn from humanity's errors and celebrate its victories."
National History Day Workshop
When: 10-11:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Liberal Arts Building 101, University of Southern Mississippi
Details and teacher resource list: www.usm.edu/national-history-day-mississippi


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Derry win gave Steelstown freedom to conquer Ulster says Brian Ogs' Eoghan Bradley
In Pictures: 30 brilliant images from Steelstown Brian Ogs historic Ulster title victory
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Seamus Mullan: 'One of Derry GAA's greatest ever unsung heroes'
DERRY GAA has expressed its sadness following the death of Seamus Mullan who has been described as 'one of Derry GAA's greatest ever unsung heroes'.
By Simon Collins
Tuesday, 4th January 2022, 9:43 pm
Updated Tuesday, 4th January 2022, 9:44 pm
The late Seamus Mullan (left) pictured with former GAA President Christy Cooney.
The Doire Colmcille and former St Canice's, Dungiven member, has been a key figure in local GAA circles and a 'proud and key driver of the modernisation' and redevelopment of Celtic Park.
Originally from Drum but living in Derry city for decades, Seamus passed away peacefully at his Waterside home today (Tuesday).
Derry GAA issued the following statement, describing the local GAA stalwart as someone who lived his life 'in the service of others'.
"Derry GAA is saddened to learn of the passing of Seamus Mullan (Doire Colmcille and St Canice's Dungiven)," it read. "Seamus Mullan was one of Derry GAA's greatest ever unsung heroes.
"Diligent, single-minded, determined and talented, Seamus was a founding member of Club Derry and a proud and key driver of the modernisation of Celtic Park which saw it rise from the ruins of the Troubles to become a modern, provincial stadium. Seamus Mullan lived locally but thought on a national level delivering events like GAA Congress and Féile Peile in his home county.
"Above all he believed passionately in GAA volunteers and their ability to make society a better place for people His was a life lived in the service of others."
"Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal."
Seamus' funeral will take place from his home on Thursday at 11.30 am for 12 o'clock Requiem Mass in St Columb's Church, Chapel Road. Interment afterwards in St Patrick's Cemetery, Dungiven.
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After lunch, visit Lichy Bay, where you can trace the history of Guangzhou by observing the traditional architectures of ancient styles. Then tour Zhujiang New Town to appreciate the impressive Huacheng Square and the ecological Haixinsha Island. What's more, you can view and take some photos of the unique constructions of the stunning Guangzhou Opera House and Canton Tower.
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Today's Activities Start this day tour from Yunnan Red Wine Village, where you can know about the colorful wine culture and have a taste of the delicious red wine. Then it's time to head to Jianshui ancient town which remains generously historical and cultural relics such as numerous age-old civil residences and well-preserved ancient buildings.
After lunch, visit Zhu's Family Garden. to catch a glimpse of the characteristic residential buildings in local architectural style built in the end of Qing Dynasty. Confucian Temple, the biggest & best-preserved Confucius relic in China, is also on your visit-list. Stay overnight in Jianshui town.
Today's Activities The first stop of this day is Tuanshan Village, home to 15 well-preserved traditional civil houses of Han nationality and 6 temples or joss houses which were built at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Afternoon drive about 2 hours to Yuanyang County, featuring its unparalleled terrace fields which were considered a unique man-made miracle on the earth. Transfer to Tiger Mouth Pass to appreciate and take pictures of the spectacular sunset view Tiger Mouth Terrace, the largest and most magnificent terrace in Yuanyang. It is a very good position from where you can overlook the extensive view of terraces. Under the sunshine, everything is sparkling and changing in different colors. Later turn back to the hotel in Yuanyang.
Travel Tips The best time to take photos is after 4pm. There is a gazebo along the National Road 214, on which you could see the seemingly endless terraces weave across the mountains and valleys. You can walk down along the ridges in the fields to photograph the different faces and angles of it.
Today's Activities Wake up early this morning and head to Duoyishu Terrace to take in the beauty of the most breathtaking sunrise view in Yuanyang. Use your camera to record this dynamic scenic painting at dawn drawn by nature. After lunchtime continue your photography tour to Bada Terrace and turn back to the hotel later.
Today's Activities This day is highlighted by a visit to Qingkou Hani Ethnic Village inhabited by Hani People. Get a sense of natural beauty and unique customs, and record the primitive earthen buildings and daily life of locals by means of your camera. Appreciate the charming landscapes alongside on the way back to Kumming and spend your nightlife there.
Travel Tips Surrounded by layers of terraces, Hani Ethnic Village offers very spectacular panoramic and perspective views for photography lovers, which can be shot near the National Road 214. Enter the village to take photos of mushroom houses and Hani customs. You can appreciate the distinctive shows of Hani People in the square, if lucky.
Today's Activities Enjoy a breezy good time for breakfast at hotel in the morning, we'll see you off at Kunming airport, crowning your tour in China.
At Zhu Family Garden Hotel in Yunnan, China you will discover your own Shangri-La... a distant and secluded hideaway of great beauty and peacefulness. A remote paradise on earth where harmony reigns, where the gods walk among the people, and where man and nature embrace.
Yunti Hotel comes as the first choice of economical hotels in Yuanyang. It provides the guests with all-around facilities and service at relatively low prices. Apart from center of Hani folk, the hotel still has access to one-stop shopping mall and recreational programmes. Moreover, located at the highest spot in Yuanyang, the hotel gives a marvelous view of the ancient town. Concerning all the advantages mentioned above, Yunti Hotel is definately the best hotel in Yuanyang meeting multiple needs.
-- Cantonese Cuisine: Comparing with other Chinese cuisines, Guangzhou dishes use few thick spicy dressings in order to keep from masking the original taste of the food.
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by David Goyer (writer), Geoff Johns (writer), Stephen Sadowski (penciler), Buzz Marcos Martin (penciler), Michael Bair (penciler)
Had I read the previous JSA volume, Justice Be Done, before buying this one, I probably would have passed it by. As it was, I picked them both up from Half-Price Books, which should have given me something of a clue as to how much their previous owner enjoyed them. In my review of Justice Be Done, I laid the blame mostly on James Robinson, whose name is conspicuously absent from this volume, so I have to revise myself and look to David Goyer as the writer who created this mess.
And a right mess it is. Having just saved the universe from one of Dr. Fate's enemies, this time the big baddie is an Hourman arch-nemesis called Kobra who can be anywhere at anytime, and is looking to add omniscience and omnipotence to his omnipresence. In a way, the previous volume led to this, because with comics, as with soap operas, the next thing has to be bigger and badder than the last. All the same problems that existed in that volume are here in spades: characters that walk-on and -off with alacrity, instant accomodation to psyche-splitting events, references to characters and events that only the most scholarly of super-junkies could be assumed to remember.
The only redeeming value to this is the ending, where Goyer lets slip a little bit of revenge fantasy that is less typical of superhero stories. As one character says to the revenge-meister, "You may live to regret that," and that promise is the only reason why I'd be interested in the slightest in continuing to follow this series.
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'If it happens...'
Call the Midwife star Charlotte Ritchie hints something could get in the way of Barbara and Tom's wedding
He surprised us all by popping the question on the Christmas day episode
PAUL SIMPER
Updated: 30 Mar 2017, 9:45
Fans of Call The Midwife have one major hope for this series after that Christmas Day episode when Tom Hereward surprised us all by popping the question to Barbara Gilbert – another Poplar wedding.
But they could be out of luck…
Charlotte Ritchie hints there could be a hitch with Tom and Barbara's weddingCredit: BBC
"I don't think the wedding is at the forefront of their minds," teases Charlotte Ritchie, who plays Barbara.
"But that's probably a good thing. I personally don't understand the furore around weddings; I think they should be an excuse for a knees-up with your friends and that's it. It's all a bit of a song and dance, marriage. But this will be my first telly wedding – if it happens…"
Charlotte's been delighted by the warm reception that Barbara's romance has received, which culminated in Tom fashioning a ring for the midwife's finger out of a blade of bush grass in the South African-set special.
"Tom moving on from Trixie Franklin to Barbara was definitely not easy for a lot of people to take because Tom and Trixie were such an iconic couple, so it was really sad," admits Charlotte.
"That whole drama was so difficult last year; that was the real juicy bit, not the engagement. Female friendships are so important – friendship is for life, you never know if a relationship is.
Fans looking forward to seeing another Poplar wedding might be out of luck...Credit: BBC
"We love that the show is about female camaraderie and unity. The women are never against each other, so as actors we found it quite difficult to process that storyline. It was against Midwife's whole ethos.
"But equally, as a result, Barbara and Trixie have ended up stronger and they became a real double act in South Africa. Trixie was so gracious about the engagement in the Christmas episode.
"It was such a lovely resolution with that gorgeous chat between Tom and Trixie on the beach.
"I think there has been a slow enough burn between Barbara and Tom that viewers have been nice about it too. Them getting married feels like a lovely conclusion to a very sweet relationship.
"There is a sincerity to both of those characters that I don't feel I can have in my life – I can't say the kind of things they say to each other."
The drama in South Africa wasn't limited to the screen, however. Charlotte recalls how she and her co-stars encountered sharks, deadly spiders and even murderous bandits.
"There was one point during filming when Helen [George, who plays Trixie] and I wandered too far into a graveyard in the town where we were filming, and a production assistant ran after us to tell us to come back because it wasn't safe," reveals the actress.
"There were bandits in the hills ready to kidnap you. We were very naive to the situation."
Getting up close and personal with great white sharks, however, was entirely her choice.
"I don't know what I was thinking – that was a terrible decision! I was quite hungover that day. I went with Jack Ashton [Tom].
"We had to get up at 6.30am to drive two hours to this bay, squished between lots of other tourists. The waves were huge – sharks are the least of your worries when you're hungover with big waves.
"I remember it so vividly.
"You go into a shark-diving cage and they tell you not to put your arms out or to hang on to the bars because the sharks can go for your limbs.
"What I didn't realise until halfway through was that the back of the cage was also exposed – all of us had our knees and legs out! But it was really fun."
With the South African sun now a distant memory for the Nonnatus House midwives as this sixth series begins, it's now 1962 and a time of social revolution with new communities beginning to appear in Poplar.
As Call The Midwife has shown since it first hit our screens in 2012, it doesn't shy away from tackling the hard-hitting issues of its time. Writer/creator Heidi Thomas has confirmed that the themes of the new series – which will include a storyline about female genital mutilation (FGM) – are "compassion, anger and love".
Charlotte's character Barbara is caught up in a tale of domestic abuse involving a young mum, her violent jailbird husband and a heartbreaking performance by newcomer Tommy FinneganCredit: BBC
"That's what I take from it," says Charlotte. "I'm just so proud that there's a show about women, and not just about women but about what some might see as the gross side – blood, periods, placentas and incontinence.
"It's not at all demure, yet it's a primetime show with a solid cast of mainly women and 10 million viewers. That doesn't exist anywhere else.
"Heidi says it deals with minority subjects for a majority audience and I love that. There are so many other cultures being touched upon and Barbara is very closely involved in the FGM storyline with a pregnant lady from the Somali community.
"Barbara has never seen anything like it, but there were cases in London at that time. It was just never really spoken about.
"It's beginning to be now but it's still a very difficult subject – even the name FGM is disputed because women who have undergone it don't want to feel they've been mutilated.
With the South African sun now a distant memory for the Nonnatus House midwives as this sixth series begins, it's now 1962 and a time of social revolution with new communities beginning to appear in PoplarCredit: BBC
"The actress who plays the pregnant lady is absolutely brilliant. Her character has a voice, she isn't just a victim, she talks about it. It's a difficult subject to broach and I'm impressed [the producers] have. It's important to get these kind of issues into mainstream media."
Away from her midwifery duties, Charlotte's had a busy couple of years with roles in comedies Fresh Meat, Siblings and Raised By Wolves. Fresh Meat came to an end after four series and Raised By Wolves after two, despite an attempt to crowd-fund a third, but Charlotte's not given up on either of them.
"I was disappointed that Wolves didn't reach its crowd-funding target," she says, "but I'm more disappointed that it wasn't funded properly by another channel. People should see that it's a brilliant show and commission it.
As usual there are some difficult situations faced by the midwivesCredit: BBC
"The characters are great and the writing is so sharp. But it's not as though it doesn't exist – everyone can discover it in a box set on All 4. I'd be up for a Raised By Wolves movie if I could have a few lessons for my [Wolverhampton] accent. I had a panic attack about that."
And does she miss Fresh Meat?
"We had a reunion in the summer," she says. "We hired a barge, which is a joke from the show where JP and Howard say: 'We're just going to f*** off and hire a barge.'
So we rented a canal boat, went round part of Maida Vale [west London] and then had a lovely lunch.
Without sounding too mushy – and this is the same with Midwife – it's like hanging out with the family; you just know each other in a way that you don't know your other friends. Obviously I know my other friends better, but it's a particular relationship that's so special."
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Tech Designed For Space Is Saving Lives On Earth
Space travel calls for a lot of creative solutions and space agencies invest a ton in developing technology that's the best of the best. But astronauts aren't the only beneficiaries. Space technology is all over, in unexpected places like memory foam mattresses and those cool clear braces for straightening teeth. Space science gets applied in all sorts of ways that were never intended, like making us healthier here on Earth.
Earlier this year, for example, NASA just happened to develop the perfect material for some really high-tech stitches while doing research for Mars. It all started because researchers were trying to figure out how to bring back a sample from the Red Planet. We have never done that before and that's because it's kind of tricky.
Drilling gets messy and any dust that gets on the seal of a container could keep it from closing all the way. That's a big problem because scientists needed to be 100% positive that Earth's atmosphere wouldn't contaminate the sample on its way in. That means they needed a really strong seal. They wanted this thing to close so tightly that they could measure the amount of leakage on the scale of molecules.
The idea was to use what's called a knife edge seal, where a sharp edge literally cuts into a softer metal edge, but if the knife part wasn't clean, the seal still wouldn't be perfect. So, engineers set out to make an extra layer that would wipe the knife edge clean on its way toward the softer metal, which would strengthen the seal. The only appropriate material that was space-friendly and wouldn't contaminate the sample seemed to be Teflon.
Fortunately, that nonstick coating on your pans is just one of Teflon's many forms. It starts as a powder that can have different properties depending on how it's processed. In this case, engineers processed it under high pressure to make a soft, flexible and strong ribbon. And it worked great. But that wasn't all. In addition to being delicate and strong, these ribbons of Teflon are also compatible with the human body. That means they can be implanted without the immune system attacking them. For procedures like heart surgeries where it's kind of inconvenient to cut a person back open just to take stitches out, these could be a gamechanger.
As it happens, these fancy stitches are not NASA's first contribution to heart health. In the mid-80s, a NASA scientist struck up a collaboration with his former heart surgeon and the two built a heart pump inspired by the fuel pumps for rocket engines. They wanted to create a pump that would help people whose hearts didn't circulate blood properly, especially because many of them were dying while they waited for a transplant.
This unusual pair thought they might have a solution. So they pulled together a team. The researchers took NASA supercomputers, which were designed to model the flow of fuel through rocket engines and used them to model the flow of blood through the heart. They then used that data to build a heart pump.
It wasn't perfect, but after about a decade of work, they came up with a design that would do the least possible damage to passing blood cells. It also got rid of stagnant areas where clots could form. But most importantly, it was about 1/10th the size of other heart valves at the time. That made the device much less invasive, and it also meant it could be implanted in kids.
In 2004, after two decades of research, the FDA approved the life-saving device for small children. In case exploring the universe and saving heart patients weren't enough, NASA technology is also helping cure cancer.
Recently, NASA developed an image-analysis software that could look at cancer in 3D. The technology started with a completely different health problem that was affecting astronauts. After being in space for months, people begin to have vision problems. Scientists thought that this might stem from blood flowing differently in microgravity. But they wanted to be sure.
Some researchers had the chance to study tissue samples from mice in space and they thought to examine the blood vessels in these samples might help them get to the bottom of what's going on. But it was hard for them to do the analysis manually. They were trying to do things like count blood vessels and determine their shapes, but different people were getting drastically different results, because, well, humans don't have perfectly consistent judgment. So the team needed something more reliable.
They turned to a company that specializes in image-analysis software. The company came up with an algorithm that could spot blood vessels within tissue samples and collect some important details. The end result was much more reliable than a human. Though, doctors still haven't fully solved the mystery of space-induced vision problems.
Luckily, this same software is probably going to be useful for diagnosing and monitoring lots of medical conditions, like cancer for instance. It can pick out subtle differences in the shape of tumours, which can help oncologists tell whether or not they're likely to be benign. It can also look at tumours in 3D and pick up on growth or shrinking that might not show up in standard 2D CAT scans. The technology is still new, but already, it shows a lot of promise for keeping humans healthy in space and on Earth.
These are just a few of the life-saving inventions that are twists on technology from space. Each year, space programs inspire inventions that are perfectly at home here on Earth. And that's because, while these programs have the tools and inspiration to produce these amazing technologies, in the end, space research is not just for people in space it's for all of us.
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Tabernacle Choir postpones its European tour — again
Originally slated for 2020, Heritage trip was delayed until 2021. Now it's set for 2022.
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square sings at the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Saturday Oct. 6, 2018.
By Scott D. Pierce
| March 5, 2021, 3:50 p.m.
The Tabernacle Choir's 2021 Heritage Tour has been delayed until 2022 because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
It's the second postponement of the tour, which was originally scheduled to take The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square to Europe in 2020. It was then slated to run from mid-June into early July of this year.
According to the choir, it will perform next year at the same venues in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom — Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; Copenhagen, Denmark; Oslo, Norway; Cardiff, Wales; and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Information about new dates at those sites will be released in "the next few weeks," according to a news release, and ticket holders are asked not to contact the venues until those details are available.
The famed choir — the showcase troupe of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — got a new name nearly 2½ years ago and a new logo last year. During the pandemic, however, its live performances have ceased. The group's weekly "Music and the Spoken Word" program, the longest continuously running network broadcast in radio history, has featured reruns of past shows, and its performances at twice-yearly General Conferences of the Utah-based faith also have been from previous recordings.
(Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) New logo for The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Thursday, April 23, 2020.
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Iñigo Sanchez-Cabezudo
director, Global Markets
Iñigo is director, global markets for the America's, Caribbean and Spain at SHRM (Society of Human Resources Management), the largest association in the world dedicated to HR professionals.
Prior to SHRM he was senior regional manager at ATD (Association for Talent Development, formerly ASTD), where he managed International relations with Europe and Latin America for five years and half.
Prior to his role in ATD, Iñigo worked as director of sales and marketing at Fonexion USA, a European Bluetooth and wireless accessories distributor, managing U.S. and Latin American operations. Before that, he was deputy director for AGRAGEX (the Spanish Farm Equipment and Irrigation Exporters Association) for ten years in Bilbao, Spain. He extensively promoted farm equipment products, organizing trade shows and trade missions and bringing entrepreneurs to more than 85 countries.
He holds a BA in economics from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and a diploma in economics from the University of Wolverhampton (UK), and has taken several doctorate courses in development economics at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao (Spain). He is fluent in English, Spanish, and French, and is currently learning Portuguese. He has presented at different conferences and workshops in Latin America and Europe. He recently became SHRM- SCP (Senior Certified Professional).
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Posts Tagged 'Law of Classic Films'
December 14, 2012 | by Mr.Temple | Featured, Movies | 2 Comments
If you haven't ever seen It's a Wonderful Life, or even if you have seen it, but don't remember it well, do yourself a favour and go watch it. It is one of those somewhat rare classic films which still holds up amazingly well today. More than that, it isn't at all the sappy, corny movie that most people assume it is or mis-remember it as.
Far from the cinematic snow-globe that most people mis-categorize it as, It's a Wonderful Life is surprisingly dark, very witty, and truly entertaining.
Whether they've seen it or not, most know it for Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey running through Bedford Falls, yelling "Merry Christmas!"; and of course for the sacharine-sweet Zuzu proclaiming "Teacher says, every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!"; all culminating with the tearful reprise of Auld Lang Syne. Those are the images that everybody –everybody who doesn't remember the film well– recalls immediately upon hearing its name. And I'd agree, if those scenes were indicative of the overall tone of the movie, it would indeed be a sappy mess, hardly worth watching, save for when you desperately need a simple and sweet bit of holiday fluff.
But that is not the feel of the movie! Far from the cinematic snow-globe that most mis-categorize it as, It's a Wonderful Life is surprisingly dark, very witty, and truly entertaining. The film is thoroughly rewarding even to more refined modern-day audiences. And while it has been elevated to Christmas canon, very little of it actually occurs around Christmastime, and it certainly isn't your standard holiday fare.
The first two hours of the film are a long, dark study in the psychological torture of George Bailey.
The reason for the dissonance between the perception and the reality of the film is obvious; for decades television network and advertising executives have slavishly adhered to the Law of Classic Films, the law mandating that all, and only, the most clichéd moments of classic films must be repeated, ad nauseum, in every advertisement or reference to said films.
What makes It's a Wonderful Life such a surprise to the first-time viewer is that, while its runtime is a hearty 130 minutes, all of those oft-remembered, oft-rehashed, and awfully sweet moments occur in the final 7 minutes of the film. While the final few minutes are indeed a super-concentrated distillation of the essence of Christmas, they serve as a well-balanced counterpoint, a satisfying glaze, too sweet on its own, but just perfect as the topper to the body of the film. These clichéd, over-sweet moments work so beautifully well, because the first two hours of the film are a long, dark study in the psychological torture of George Bailey.
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Details on Dione
The face of Dione is almost fully lit as the Cassini spacecraft flies in between this moon and the sun with Dione at low phase.
With a few hundred pixels of its digital camera, Cassini details dozens of craters a million kilometers away.
This view was acquired at a distance of approximately 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles) from Dione and at a Sun-Dione-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 9 degrees. Image scale is about 6 kilometers (4 miles) per pixel. Dione, at 1,123 kilometers (about 698 miles) across, is the fourth largest of Saturn's moons.
This view looks toward the trailing hemisphere of Dione. North on Dione is up and rotated 7 degrees to the right. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Dec. 31, 2008.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org .
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Moons
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, the Cassini spacecraft took its final optical navigation, or OpNav, image of the mission. Throughout its journey Cassini has used its narrow angle camera to capture imag...
Cassini Takes Final OpNav Image
This is one of the first raw images returned by the ESA Huygens probe during its successful descent. It was taken from an altitude of 16.2 kilometres with a resolution of approximately 40 metres pe...
Huygens at Titan 2
Titan in Natural Color Full-Res: PIA06081 Despite the views of the surface of Saturn's Titan moon provided by the Cassini spacecraft...
Titan in Natural Color
Few large craters are to be found in the wrinkled terrain of Enceladus, where the surface has been reworked by geologic processes presumably resulting from the moon's inner warmth. Cassini spied t...
Moon With a Warm Heart
This image from NASA's Dawn mission reveals the creeping dawn over the north pole of the giant asteroid Vesta now that sunlight is shining over that area. The mosaic shows two large impact craters.
Dawn over the North
This image composite was created with images taken during the Cassini spacecraft's closest flyby of Titan on April 16, 2005. Cassini's cameras have numerous filters that reveal features above an...
Cassini's View of Titan: Monochrome View
Prometheus shines brightly in this image, taken as part of the ongoing campaign to precisely determine the orbits of Saturn's small moons. Moons are usually quite bright in this type of observatio...
Orbit Quest
This view obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft during its Survey orbit illustrates the diversity and complexity of Ceres' geology.
Complex Relationships in the Occator-Kirnis Region
Three of Saturn's satellites are visible in this snapshot from the Cassini spacecraft. Janus (179 kilometers, or 111 miles across) is in the top left of the image.Pandora (81 kilometers, or 50 mil...
Moons in a Row
Global images of Earth from Galileo. In each frame, the continent of Antarctica is visible at the bottom of the globe. South America may be seen in the first frame (top left), the great Pacific Oce...
Global Images of Earth
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Saturn's Light from Within
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Map of Mimas - June 2008
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Titanic Deluge -- Unannotated
Mimas and the Rings October 26, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06506 This Cassini image shows a nearly half-full Mimas (a moon that is 398 kilo...
Mimas and the Rings
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Hiding Dione
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Saturn, Distant Moons
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The Cassini spacecraft captures here one of its closest views of Saturn's ring-embedded moon Daphnis.
Closest Daphnis
Moons and Gaps October 19, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06501 This image captures several important targets of the Cassini mission: icy moons, ri...
Moons and Gaps
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, located in asteroid Vesta's Urbinia quadrangle in the Vestan southern hemisphere, shows a small crater with ejecta made of dark material.
Dark Material in the Ejecta of a Small Crater
This image of bright spots in a small crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 1, 2018 from an altitude of about 179 miles (288 kilometers).
Bright Spots in Small Crater on Ceres
This image of Ceres is part of a sequence taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 7, 2015, from a distance of 8,400 miles (13,600 kilometers).
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MMA Fighting's 2020 Fight of the Year: Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
December 28 2020 by cranbak in MMA |Comments Off on MMA Fighting's 2020 Fight of the Year: Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Zhang Weili at UFC 248 on March 7, 2020, in Las Vegas | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
1. Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk– UFC 248
Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Zhang Weili at UFC 248 on March 7, 2020, in Las Vegas
Legend has it that if UFC fights didn't have a five-round limit, these two would still be slinging leather.
Zhang Weili had taken the strawweight division by storm, winning her first four UFC fights to bolster her pro record to 20-1 and completely obliterating Jessica Andrade in just 42 seconds to become UFC champion. Still, there was plenty of reason to be skeptical of her chances in her first title defense. Standing across from her at UFC 248 was the 115-pound GOAT, Joanna Jedrzejczyk. The Polish star had successfully defended that same belt five consecutive times and only lost to Rose Namajunas and Valentina Shevchenko (the latter at 125 pounds). There was a reason that her nickname was "Joanna Champion."
The preview for this fight pitted Zhang's power vs. Jedrzejczyk's precision. Explosive finishing ability vs. death by a thousand cuts. The new champ vs. the old guard. And after 25 minutes, we all knew we had seen the best vs. the best.
At a glance, you wouldn't know that Jedrzejczyk was the challenger. She stalked Zhang with the same confidence she had during her title reign and landed with the sharpness and accuracy we'd grown accustomed to. The thing is, Zhang was right there with her, punch for punch and kick for kick. Outside of the Namajunas fights, Jedrzejczyk had rarely been challenged in the standup department. It had become a familiar sight to see her out-strike and outpace her foes. That wasn't going to happen with Zhang.
Re-watch the fight and you'll swear there was an invisible tether between Zhang and Jedrzejczyk. Except for in-between rounds, they were never far from each other, always ready to throw. This wasn't a wild brawl either. They took their time picking their shots and assaulting every inch of the human body that they could reach. Sizzling combinations, perfectly-timed counters, raging flurries. There was hardly a moment for them to catch their breath and the same was true for the entranced audience.
It didn't stop. For five classic rounds, it just didn't stop. In fact, according to the stats, the striking output increased as the fight went on. Even as they did their best to permanently rearrange each other's faces (an accidental headbutt that later caused Jedrzejczyk's forehead to swell to the size of a melon didn't help things), neither showed any quit. This was one of the most majestic dogfights you will ever see.
If the quality of a title fight is defined by its championship rounds, then this may have been the greatest UFC title fight ever. They saved the best for the last 10 minutes, leaving it all in the octagon and leaving everyone wanting more.
The end result was a split nod in favor of Zhang, who is destined to cross paths with Jedrzejczyk again someday. Jedrzejczyk suffered her fourth straight loss in a championship fight, but this performance will be remembered as one of the best of her storied career, regardless of who had their hand raised.
It's fitting that this bout took place on the last UFC event of 2020 before the pandemic changed everything, because until fans can attend fights again this will serve as a reminder of the magic that can happen when a live crowd gets to witness two all-time greats at the peak of their powers.
Nine months later, people are still talking about it. Expect that to still be the case 90 years from now.
2. Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno – UFC 256
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Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 256 on Dec. 12, 2020, in Las Vegas
Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno reminded us of a simple, inarguable fact: Flyweights rule.
Heading into his first UFC title fight, Moreno's story was as incredible as that of any contender. The lowest-seeded fighter of the 16 contestants on The Ultimate Fighter 24, Moreno was eliminated in the first round of that season's tournament, won his first three UFC fights, headlined a show in Mexico City, and then found himself released less than 18 months after making his octagon debut.
Figueiredo had a more traditional route to championship glory, though his story isn't without its quirks. A former hairdresser and sushi chef among other pre-UFC occupations, "Deus da Guerra" has always had the skills to rule a division, but there was the question of whether he could consistently make championship weight, something he failed to do in his first bid for a title against Joseph Benavidez.
That meant beating Benavidez twice, which he did spectacularly, and then recording another fast finish of Alex Perez (stepping on as a replacement for former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt) to secure his first title defense. Little did Figueiredo and Moreno know they'd be called upon to do something no fighters had ever done in UFC history.
Twenty-one days. That was the turnaround for the flyweight stars, who immediately went from UFC 255 to UFC 256 so that the Dec. 12 pay-per-view would have a title fight on it after several other championship matchups fell through. In the end, it's hard to imagine any of them topping what Figueiredo and Moreno did.
Benavidez and Perez failed to make it out of the first round in their championship challenges and while Moreno had never been finished, it wouldn't have surprised anyone if Figueiredo dispatched him with the same swiftness. But Moreno was no walkover. He took the fight to Figueiredo from the opening bell, competing with the reckless abandon temerity that had won over fans since the first time they'd seen his boyish grin grace their televisions screens. Moreno might always look like he's just happy to be there, but he wasn't playing around with a UFC title within reach.
Figueiredo showed the poise of a champion, welcoming Moreno's ferocity and reminding the challenger why few dared to go toe-to-toe with him. Still, Moreno came forward. The action was marred somewhat by a low blow in round three that cost Figueiredo a point (which occurred after an eye poke that Figuereido was not penalized for) and a questionable 10-9 scorecard for Moreno in round five. After all of the chaos, we were left without a winner, though Figueiredo did enough to retain his title.
These two are likely to meet in an immediate rematch soon and while it's hard to imagine the sequel being better than the original, you know damn well they'll risk it all to outdo themselves.
3. Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker – UFC Vegas 4
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Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker at UFC Vegas 4 on June 27, 2020, in Las Vegas
Dan Hooker was arguably the hottest lightweight in the UFC heading into his fight with Dustin Poirier.
"The Hangman" had won seven of his last eight fights, not only putting on some of the most entertaining fights in all of MMA but also establishing himself as a legitimate title challenger. A win over Poirier, coming off of his own bid for the lightweight championship, would all but guarantee him a future headlining slot on pay-per-view.
Hooker's exquisite range striking and brutal clinch work gave him the early advantage against Poirier, though "The Diamond" pressed on as he calculated how to close the distance without Hooker slicing him to pieces. He found a way and soon they were trading freely, with both fighters bloodied and bruised by the end of the second round.
It went exactly as you'd expect a fight between two of the most reliable action fighters around to go. The only question was whether it was time for Hooker to make that last step towards greatness. Poirier firmly held his position, maintaining a steady pace as he took Hooker's best shots and tested Hooker's chin with his own haymakers. When Hooker changed tactics and attempted to out-wrestle Poirier, it nearly spelled Hooker's doom. Poirier's ground superiority saw him dominate the fourth round and he likely would have won by submission or ground-and-pound if it wasn't for Hooker's uncanny resilience.
Poirier ended up beating Hooker by decision, but it's just as accurate to say he outlasted him. What brutal and beautiful and bloody battle. In a division that produces dozens of fantastic fights every year, this one stood above the rest.
4. Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos – UFC Vegas 3
Shane Burgos and Josh Emmett at UFC Vegas 3 on June 20, 2020, in Las Vegas
Pound-for-pound, there might not have been a harder-hitting fight in 2020.
The phrase "bomb-fest" comes to mind when discussing Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos, a featherweight encounter that was a potential show-stealer when it was booked and a surefire Fight of the Year candidate when it was over.
What's the most impressive part of this fight? Emmett's absurd right hand bombs? Burgos walking Emmett down and firing as if he wasn't at risk of getting KO'd at any second? How about Emmett fighting on one leg after injuring his left knee in round one (it was later revealed that Emmett tore his ACL, sprained and partially tore his MCL, and also injured his femur and tibia)?
When Emmett dropped Burgos early in the third, it was almost a relief. It showed that Burgos was actually human… or at least it did until he suffered a second knockdown that would have had the average person curling up into a ball and praying for the referee to save them. Instead, Burgos got back up and finished the fight, looking like he was just warming up when the final buzzer sounded.
Emmett came out on top, halting Burgos' rise for now and keeping himself in the thick of the featherweight contenders' race. Whenever he's healthy and ready to compete again, it's doubtful that too many fighters are going to line up for the kind of fight he and Burgos gave each other.
5. Justin Gaethje vs. Tony Ferguson – UFC 249
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Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on May 9, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Glass half empty view, this is the fight that patted down the dirt on Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson ever happening; glass half full, we might not see another fight as viscerally impactful as this one anytime soon.
Let's get one talking point out of the way right now. When this fight was waved off in the fifth round, Ferguson actually had the cojones to voice his displeasure with the stoppage. According to the stats, he'd absorbed 100 head strikes up to that point. He wanted more. More punches to the head from Justin Gaethje. Were this any other man, that would seem strange, but it's become par for the course for Ferguson. His fight with Gaethje was just another example of "El Cucuy" being too tough for his own good.
Gaethje was the perfect dancer partner for Ferguson in many ways, one of the few men on the planet who can match Ferguson's unique combination of non-stop aggression, uninhibited striking, and sheer fearlessness. He's not the kind of fighter who would be discouraged by Ferguson absorbing his hardest shots. He'd just make sure to throw harder next time.
It was actually Ferguson who scored the most devastating blow of the opening two rounds, smoking Gaethje with an uppercut that buckled "The Highlight" at the buzzer. That prompted Gaethje's coach Trevor Wittman to offer some key advice, telling Gaethje to take just a little off of his strikes. As it turned out, 90 percent of Gaethje's punching power was more than enough to get the job done.
Every punch that Gaethje and Ferguson landed echoed through the empty arena in Jacksonville, Fla., replacing the roar of the crowd. Even those of us watching at home got a strong sense of what it was like to be in the same room as this titanic clash. So when Gaethje turned up the heat in round five and forced referee Herb Dean to step in, it wasn't too upsetting even with Ferguson still on his feet.
Gaethje became a UFC champion that day with an interim designation, but a champion all the same. While he'd fall short of earning undisputed status five months later, he still holds a title that no one else can claim: he's the only fighter defeat Ferguson via strikes. All he had to do was go to hell and back to pull it off.
Here is how the voting for MMA Fighting's 2020 Fight of the Year played out.
Vicente Luque vs. Niko Price – UFC 249
Julija Stoliarenko vs. Lisa Verzosa – Invicta FC: Phoenix Series 3
Dan Hooker vs. Paul Felder – UFC Auckland
Glover Teixeira vs. Thiago Santos – UFC Vegas 13
Jon Jones vs. Dominick Reyes – UFC 247
Juan Archuleta vs. Patchy Mix – Bellator 246
Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz – UFC Vegas 7
Rose Namajunas vs. Jessica Andrade 2 – UFC 251
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Q: Source configuration filr in terminal though perl script I need to source configuration file 'eg.conf' to terminal though perl script. I am using system command but its not working.
system('. /etc/eg.conf')
Basically I am writing script in which later point it will use the environment variable (under conf file) for execute other process.

A: It is not clear what you are trying to achieve, but if you want to make the config available from within Perl AND your config file is valid Perl code you can use do or require (see perldoc for more information).
What you are doing in your code is to spawn a shell with system, include the config inside this shell (which must be in shell syntax) and then exit the shell again which of course throws all the config away on close. I guess this is not what you intend to do, but your real intention is not clear.

A: What is your goal?  Do you need to source eg.conf to set up further calculations from within a perl controlled shell, or are you trying to affect the parent shell that is running the perl script?
Your example call to system('. /etc/eg.conf') creates a new shell subprocess.  /etc/eg.conf is sourced into that shell at which point the shell exits.  Nothing is changed within the perl script nor in the parent process that spawned the perl script.
One can not modify the environment of a parent process from a child process, without the assistance of the parent process[1].  One generally returns code for the parent shell to source or to eval.
1: ok, one could theoretically affect the parent process by directly poking into its memory space.  Don't do that.


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