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Q: cocos2d CCMenu padding strange on retina device Situation:
I'm using [(CCMenu*)myMenu alignItemsVerticallyWithPadding:4.0f] to layout several buttons (CCMenuItemSprite) vertically. On non-retina device the padding appears as expected, but when in retina mode on simulator the padding seems to be doubled. Any ideas as to why?
Code:
CCMenuItemSprite *itemPlay = [CCMenuItemSprite itemFromNormalSprite:[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"play.png"] selectedSprite:nil target:self selector:@selector(goPlay:)];

CCMenuItemSprite *itemHowto = [CCMenuItemSprite itemFromNormalSprite:[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"howto.png"] selectedSprite:nil target:self selector:@selector(goHowto:)];

CCMenuItemSprite *itemSettings = [CCMenuItemSprite itemFromNormalSprite:[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"settings.png"] selectedSprite:nil target:self selector:@selector(goSettings:)];

CCMenuItemSprite *itemHelp = [CCMenuItemSprite itemFromNormalSprite:[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"help.png"] selectedSprite:nil target:self selector:@selector(goHelp:)];

CCMenu *myMenu = [CCMenu menuWithItems:itemPlay,itemHowto,itemSettings,itemHelp, nil];
myMenu.position = ccp(160.0f,216.0f);
[myMenu alignItemsVerticallyWithPadding:4.0f];
[self addChild: myMenu z:10];

Update:
I'd hate to do something like this but I will if no better solution exists:
float padding = 4.0f;
// flag stored in app delegate to know whether we are retina
if([[AppDelegate sharedAppDelegate] isRetina])padding = (2.0f);
CCMenu *myMenu = [CCMenu menuWithItems:itemPlay,itemHowto,itemSettings,itemHelp, nil];
myMenu.position = ccp(160.0f,216.0f);
[myMenu alignItemsVerticallyWithPadding:padding];
[self addChild: myMenu z:10];

A: Solved:
The padding problem was created by a setting in TexturePacker. I had 'inner padding' set to a value of 4px. Removing the setting fixed the problem. See screenshot below:

A: i dont have much experience with cocos2d but you can try this:
[myMenu alignItemsVerticallyWithPadding:(4.0f/[[UIScreen mainScreen] scale])];

A: Do you have retina assets? cocos2d will not auto scale up your assets, so it's your CCSprite that was half the size, hence the padding seems to be doubled.


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Alan Malcher
Military Historian and Freelance Defence Journalist
William Leefe Robinson VC (Royal Flying Corp)
The following is an extract from the official combat report written by Robson:
From: Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, Sutton's Farm
To: The Officer Commanding N0.39 H.D. {Home Defence} Squadron
I have the honour to make the following report on night patrol made by me on the night of 2-3 instant. I went up at about 11.08 pm on the night of the second with instructions to patrol between Sutton's Farm and Joyce Green.
I climbed to 10,000 feet in fifty-three minutes. I counted what I thought were ten sets of flares, there were a few clouds below me but on the whole, it was a beautifully clear night.
I saw nothing until 1.10am when two searchlights picked up a Zeppelin S.E. of Woolwich. The clouds had collected in this quarter and the searchlights had some difficulty keeping on the airship.
By the time I had managed to climb to 12,000 feet and I made in the direction of the Zeppelin which was being fired on by a few anti-aircraft guns; hoping to cut it off on its way eastwards I very slowly gained on it for about ten minutes.
I judged it to be about 800 feet below me and I sacrificed some speed in order to keep the height. It went behind some clouds avoiding the searchlights and I lost sight of it. After fifteen minutes of fruitless search I returned to my patrol.
… At about 1.50 am I noticed a glow in the N.E. of London. Taking it to be an outbreak of fire I went in that direction. At 2.05 am a Zeppelin was picked up by searchlights over N.E. London as far as I could judge.
Remembering my last failure, I sacrificed height, I was about 12,000 feet, for speed and nosed down in the direction of the Zeppelin. I saw shells bursting and night tracers flying around it.
When I drew closer, I noticed that the anti-aircraft aim was too high or too low, also a good many shells burst about 800 feet behind, a few tracers went right over; I could hear the bursts when about 3,000 feet from the Zeppelin.
I flew 800 feet below it from bow to stem and distributed one drum {ammunition drum on a Lewis machinegun}, it seemed to have no effect.
I therefore moved to one side and gave them another drum along the side, also without effect. I then got behind it and by this time I was very close, 500 feet or less below, and concentrated one drum on one part (underneath rear). I was at a height of 11,000 feet when attacking the Zeppelin.
I had hardly finished the drum before I saw the part fired at glow. In a few seconds the whole rear was blazing.
When the third drum was fired there were no searchlights on the Zeppelin and no anti-aircraft was firing.
Having little petrol left I returned to Sutton's Farm, landing at 2.45 am. On landing I found the Zeppelin gunner had shot away the machine gun wire guard, the rear part of the centre section and had pierced the main spar several times.
Wreck of the Schutte-Lanz airship at Cuffley – note that this airship was commonly referred to as a Zeppelin at the time.
YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Sqs6D1iIQ
The above represents the official and clinical account written for the benefit of his commanding officer by Leefe Robinson and does not capture the true events. From eyewitness accounts First world War aviation historian David Marks gave the following account of the events of that night and what happened afterwards:
"SL11 {Zeppelin} caught fire and in full view of the Metropolis, the giant raider fell in a roaring mass of flame, striking the ground at Cuffley. The crew of 16 died as millions of Londoners cheered the unknown hero who had been the first to shoot down an airship over mainland Britain.
Railway whistles blew, factory hooters were sounded, whilst people poured into the streets, singing and dancing. People broke out into spontaneous renditions of God Save the King and Rule Britannia.
Robinson landed safely at Sutton's Farm with little petrol and oil left in his machine's tanks. The exhausted pilot was borne shoulder-high in triumph from his biplane.
On 3 September, which was later referred to as "Zepp Sunday", news of Robinson's victory spread with incredible speed. Over the next two days 10,000 people travelled to the tiny village and police and troops were called in to control the crowds who clamoured for souvenirs of the wreck.
For shooting down SL11, Robinson was now the most famous pilot in the country and could not go without official recognition for long. On 9 September 1916 King George V handed him the Victoria Cross at Windsor Castle.
When SL11 was shot down, it was described officially and in the press as Zeppelin L21. This misidentification persisted for decades and was probably deliberately done for propaganda purposes." (David Marks)
"We think nothing now of high-speed interceptors taking off and attaining incredible altitudes within seconds. In 1916 men were flying aircraft made of wood and canvas, with engines with only tens of horse-power and small capacity fuel tanks. Maximum heights would have been not much over 10,000ft and it would take many minutes to get there. There was one advantage – the airships they were hunting were fairly sluggish.
We are also talking about one man, in control of a low powered and often unreliable aeroplane, at night with no electronic navigation aids, just a canvas backed map and a compass. Then you need to appreciate that Leefe Robinson was buffeted by cold air in an open cockpit, with a leather helmet and a thick and bulky sheepskin lined outfit. He had no radio and had to fire his often-unreliable machine gun by hand." (David Marks)
After being awarded the VC and becoming a national hero the army was reluctant to send him to the front line and used him for public relations and propaganda. Not liking his celebrity status Robinson made constant requests to be assigned combat duties on the Western Front and in April 1917 his request was granted and was ordered to report to No.48 Squadron as a flight commander.
On 15 April 1917 Robinson led a formation of six aircraft against Albatrol D.111 fighters from Jasta 11 led by the legendary 'Red Baron' Manfred Von Richthofen. During the dog fight four British fighters were shot down including Leefe Robinson who was injured whilst crash landing behind German lines and was quickly captured.
Jasta 11
Manfred Von Richthofen (Red Baron)
After being reported dead by British newspapers two months later his family received a letter from him which said he was safe and was a POW.
Due to making several escape attempts Robinson was moved to various prison camps and kept in solitary confinement and was eventually repatriated in early December 1918 and spent Christmas with his family and friends in Stanmore Middlesex. Shortly after Christmas day, at the age of 23, Robinson contracted Spanish flu and died on 30 December at his sister's home in Stanmore which is now part of Harrow.
Funeral of Leefe Robinson VC
William Leefe Robinson VC was buried with full military honours with thousands lining the route to All Saint's Church Harrow Weald and a solitary RAF aircraft dropped a wreath which was laid on his grave.
LInks and additional reading:
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/zeppelin-wreck-at-enfield
Additional reading https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-37164689
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THE SCIENCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, The Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases
by E.J. Wagner | Read by E.J. Wagner, Simon Prebble
Contemporary Culture • 8.75 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2099
Despite the title, this book is much more about science than Sherlock Holmes. The stories about the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle offer only jumping-off points for examinations of the history of forensic science. The book is interesting, informative, and even enlightening, but it's not Sherlock Holmes. The author narrates most of the work, with Simon Prebble reading only occasional passages from the Holmes stories. Overall, the work sounds like a lecture rather than a book. The author's voice is pleasing, but she doesn't vary her tone or pace much, thus failing to convey the enthusiasm for the subject that she expresses in her introduction. This book would have been stronger had the author read only the introduction and Prebble taken care of the rest. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2011]
Trade Ed. • Audible, Inc. • 2010
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Day One at E3 2014: Opening Salvos with Nintendo Waiting in the Wings
by Eric Smith | 6月 10, 2014
The day started off with a full frontal assault on the senses from Xbox diving into 90 minutes of nothing but game. They set out to show that they had learned from their mistake of not catering first and foremost to core gamers at the console's launch. Trailing PS4 by about 2 million units, the presentation screamed reboot.
The Xbox One Reboot
"We are humbled and amazed by your comments…you are shaping the future of Xbox and we are better for it." – Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox
After plainly displaying gratitude and deference to the core gaming audience, Xbox showed game after game on the massive screen at the Galen Center. Some of the major 2014 exclusive titles included:
Forza Horizon 2 launching exclusively on Xbox One on September 30, 2014
Dance Central Spotlight launching exclusively on Xbox in September 2014
Fable Legends beta launching exclusively on Xbox One in Fall 2014
Sunset Overdrive launching exclusively on Xbox One on October 28, 2014
Ori and the Blind Forest, a new side-scrolling IP from indie developer Moon Studios, will launch exclusively on Xbox One in Q4 2014
The Halo Master Chief Collection launching exclusively on Xbox One on November 11, 2014
The Halo Master Chief Collection is a remastered set of the first four Halo games on one disc in 1080p/60fps with all content unlocked so players can explore the story in whatever order they wish. This will also include content from the Halo TV series as well as a beta demo of Halo 5: Guardians prior to its 2015 launch.
Exclusive titles announced without release windows were:
Phantom Dust will be an Xbox One exclusive title
Scalebound, a new IP called from Platinum Games (creators of The Wonderful 101) will be an Xbox One exclusive title
Crackdown will be an Xbox One exclusive title
We excited about the future of "the new Xbox" – Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox
The tone couldn't be any clearer: Microsoft has heard the howls of gamers and it is repenting. There was absolutely no mention of streaming media, save for the brief mention of the Halo TV series. This was an intensely focused show for hardcore gamers: It was loud, flashy, and gory.
Sony Goes Beyond Software
Sony capped the night off with a wide-ranging presentation – vastly different than Microsoft's in my opinion. It was more deliberate, less focused on games, and frankly less stunning. That being said, Sony certainly didn't disappoint. In fact, the event got better as time passed.
"PlayStation is the best place for gaming" – Andrew House, SCEI President & CEO
It struck me as strange that Sony would lead off with Destiny, a game that launches concurrently on PlayStation and Xbox on September 9, 2014, but it was a good chance to show off the new Destiny bundle with a white 500GB PS4. Major exclusive PlayStation 2014 titles included:
Infamous First Light will be a new stand-alone DLC, an exclusive launch for PS4 available in August 2014
Little Big Planet 3 will launch exclusively for PlayStation on November 14, 2014
Entwined, a new artsy tunnel flying IP by Sony San Mateo and Pixelopus, launched exclusively and immediately on the PlayStation Store for $9.99
The Last of Us will be remastered for PS4 and launches exclusively on July 29, 2014
Sony also brought some key non-software announcements for 2014:
Powers, an original TV series based on the comic of the same name, will be released in the US in December for PSN members (first episode only) and PS+ subscribers (all episodes)
PlayStation Now will launch as an open beta for the North American market on July 31, 2014 exclusively for PS4. PS3, PS Vita, and select Sony TVs will join the beta shortly thereafter
PS Vita TV streaming and remote gaming device was previously only available in Japan, but Sony announced that it would arrive in North America and Europe in Fall 2014 with pricing tiers that match exactly with Amazon's Fire TV
Perhaps it was the jet lag, but the first half of the presentation left me a little underwhelmed on the software announcements. That was all rectified by the 2015 and beyond pipeline:
Bloodborne, a creepy new first-person shooter IP by Hidetaka Miyazaki and From Software, launches exclusively on PS4 in 2015
Far Cry 4 launches on PS4 with a very unique feature: Co-op play invites can be sent to friends on PS3 and PS4 even if they don't own the game
Announced without a release window were two games that could steal the show
No Man's Sky, a new IP from Hellogames, launches first on PS4; it literally offers an infinite number of environments (each player starts the game their own unique planet) for gamers to explore
Grim Fandango's remaster launches first on PS4 and PS Vita
Finally, Sony announced that over 25 free-to-play games will debut on PS4 in the next 12 months backing up claims by Shawn Layden, the new SCEA President & CEO, that Sony "is committed to making PS4 the best destination for free-to-play." Many of these games looked very good on a big screen.
All in all, it was an exciting first day with some neat surprises, stunning graphics, and innovative game play. I'm eagerly looking forward to what Nintendo has to offer as a follow up to its competitors and will continue to post updates as the days progress at E3 here and on Twitter (@esmith_SA). Of course a lot more happened in public and behind the scenes; the details of which I will publish in a written insight shortly after the show ends.
6/11 EDIT: I managed to leave out the October 28, 2014 release of Sunset Overdrive on Xbox One.
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Back up-to-date with my cycling!
Happy days! That's me just about back up-to-date with my cycling. I've made up, all the miles, I missed out in January. Last month, I was down 134.9 miles, on the same month of previous year. So far this month, I've done 257.8 miles. So 137 more miles than in the same month last year.
It's still so warm here in the UK for February. It reached a temperature of 21.2°C in Kew Gardens, London. So hotter, than I said in vlog! Which was, right when I firmed it. Also this warm weather give me good reason, to wear another cycling kit.
Another great cycle with my legs out!
Yet another great cycle with my legs out! But looking at the weather, come Thursday, I will have my Lycra tights on again! It got up to around 17C today, Thursday says up to around 12C.
So happy, that most of the UK is due to get great weather this Bank holiday weekend! Also great to get my legs out again!
Yet another October 2017 cycle done!
That's me done yet another cycle this month! Longest one so far, did 19.33 miles. Which takes my monthly total up to 54.05 miles. Of course, I still need to do many more!!!
Done 3,000 miles of cycling!
That's me done just over 3,000 miles of cycling so far this year! So should make it, to my goal of 4,500 miles.
I will leave you, will some photos from the cycle! And of course the route can also be found at www.strava.com/activities/1129697593.
Below are the top three most looked at photos on this website during June 2017.
Yet another good mini cycle out of the way. I did 35.3 miles, also found some more red phone boxes during the cycle! Full list, of all the ones, I've so far can be found here.


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DOJ files second antitrust lawsuit against Google targeting its ad business
For the second time in under two years, Google finds itself in an antitrust lawsuit from the US Department of Justice scrutinizing its online advertising methods.
TJ Denzer
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It would appear that the US Department of Justice is set to tangle with Google for the second time in around two years. The DOJ has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, putting the fire under its online advertisement business and control of that particular sector. It marks the second antitrust lawsuit the DOJ has filed against Google recently, and the first under the Biden administration.
The DOJ formally filed its lawsuit against Google on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, as reported by CNBC. This particular lawsuit focuses in on Google's ad business and, if it passes, could force Google to divest parts of its business related to online advertising. The states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia have also joined in this lawsuit.
Previously, the Department of Justice hit Google with another antitrust lawsuit under the Trump administration back in 2020. Said lawsuit claimed that Google was illegally using an alleged monopoly to cut off internet search competition through exclusionary agreements. The case for that lawsuit is still set to go to trial in September 2023.
The Department of Justice now has two antitrust lawsuits against Google with the second targeting the company's ad business.
Source: Greg Nash/The Hill
The Department of Justice makes the claim that Google has too much control in the market and any further power could cement it as an overwhelming force in the markets of online advertising. "It could become 'the be-all, and end-all location for all ad serving," the DOJ argued in its suit. "Google would no longer have to compete on the merits; it could simply set the rules of the game to exclude rivals."
For its part, Google has raised concerns about the DOJ Antitrust Division's progressive chief, Jonathan Kanter, who has been involved in previous cases against Google. Last year, a Google spokesperson said that Kanter's history of work against Google in court "raise[s] serious concerns about his ability to be impartial."
Google also came in to 2023 looking to cut costs. The company just finished announcing layoffs of around 12,000 employees. With a second major antitrust lawsuit coming up, Google may find itself bleeding any cut costs out to legal fees over the course of the next few years. Stay tuned as we continue to follow this story for further updates and details.
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Does the legal profession see a problem with these cases taking 3+ years to even go to trial?


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Wilson Hudson
Printer-Friendly Guide to the Wilson Mathis Hudson Papers 011
Printer-Friendly Guide to Wilson Hudson Collecion 117
NOTE: There are two William Hudson collections. Above are the guides to the William Mathis Hudson Papers (Collection 011), donated by Hudson and Bill Wittliff, and the William Hudson Collection (Collection 117), donated by Joe Scruggs.
A Guide to the Wilson Hudson Papers, 1913-1991, n.d.
8 boxes (4 linear feet)
Acquisition: donated by Wilson M. Hudson and Bill Wittliff from 1986 to 1992
Access: Direct inquiries to the Archivist, Southwestern Writers Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666-4604
Processed by: Gwyneth Cannan, February 1993, Inventory revised by Brandy Harris, 2005
Wilson Mathis Hudson was born in Flatonia Texas on December 26, 1907. He received his B.A. in 1929 and M.A. in 1930 from the University of Texas at Austin. Hudson was an instructor of English at Rice University until 1937, when he briefly left teaching to work as a traveling representative for the publishing house of G & C. Merriam Co. In 1939, Hudson began his doctoral studies at the University of Chicago. World War II intervened and he left to serve in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1946. He ultimately received his Ph.D. in English in 1947. He then joined the English Department of the University of Texas at Austin and taught there until retiring as professor emeritus in 1974.
At the University of Texas, Hudson was friend and colleague to the folklorist J. Frank Dobie and the historian Walter Prescott Webb. In 1950, Hudson began teaching the popular English Department course, Life and Literature of the Southwest, which was initiated by Dobie in 1930. While teaching Southwestern literature, Hudson became interested in the cowboy writer Andy Adams, whose fiction had been rediscovered and championed by both Webb and Dobie as an accurate depiction of cowboy life. In 1956, Hudson edited Why the Chisholm Trail Forks and other Tales of the Cattle Country, a collection of Adam's campfire tales extracted from his fiction. Aided by Dobie's previous research papers, he wrote Adams' biography in 1964.
Comparative literature and folklore were Hudson's chief areas of scholarly interest. He was named an associate editor to the Texas Folklore Society in 1951 and was secretary-editor from 1951 to 1972. He edited or co-edited approximately eighteen books under the auspices of the Folklore Society.
Hudson was married to Mildred Ruckman from 1932 until her death in 1949. He married the professor of English and Browning scholar Gertrude Reese in 1951.
The Wilson M. Hudson Papers date from 1913 to 1991 and are made up of research material collected for (1) the biography of cowboy writer Andy Adams and (2) a study of J. Frank Dobie. The material consists of note cards, clippings, articles, photographs, correspondence, maps, manuscript drafts, and genealogical notes. There are also pamphlets and brochures from the Texas Folklore Society.
Wilson Hudson donated his books and papers to the Southwestern Writers Collection through Bill and Sally Wittliff of Encino Press. Encino Press had printed five books edited by Hudson, Andy Adams' Corporal Segundo, and four publications for the Texas Folklore Society.
Series 1: Andy Adams, 1913-1978, n.d.
Boxes 1-6
This series contains the research material and notes that Hudson used to write the biography of cowboy writer Andy Adams. The materials include J. Frank Dobie's research materials on Adams, maps, genealogical material, clippings, microfilm, copies of letters, articles by Adams, photographs (prints and negatives), correspondence with relatives and friends of Adams, handwritten note cards, and manuscript copies of Adams' Corporal Segundo, Barbed Wire, and Army Beef. There is also material on the collection of Adams' campfire tales edited by Hudson. Finally, there is correspondence with Southern Methodist University Press on the editing and publication of Hudson's biography of Andy Adams.
Series 2.: J. Frank Dobie, 1938-1974, n.d.
This series contains Hudson's files on J. Frank Dobie which include clippings and articles by and about Dobie, files of Dobie's autobiographical notes, clippings on Dobie's death in 1964 and a file on Dobie's widow Bertha.
Series 3: Texas Folklore Society and other Southwestern writers, 1936-1991,
This series contains programs and publications of the Texas Folklore Society for which Hudson was editor. Also included are articles and clippings on Texas writers Mody Boatright, Roy Bedichek and William Humphrey, as well as the illustrator Jose Cisneros.


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Halloween is quickly approaching and I squeezed in a few simple pumpkin cookies over the past few weeks.
While they are nothing "earth shattering", I do love how they came out.
Once again, I turned to my favorite cookie stencils, Simply Sweet Stencils.
For these pumpkins, I chose THIS and THIS stencil.
"Happy Halloween" on a 3 inch cookie?
It is not fun! Thankfully there is a stencil for that!
I used THIS and THIS Stencil and they turned out perfectly!
Really...does it get any easier or cuter then this?
Until next time...Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!


There is nothing like a deadline to focus the mind. As mentioned in the previous post, Keith's un-named and un-built has been invited to the Kyle Model Railway show in May 2016. More details will appear in the New Layout Projects page.
Joe has decided to return to 4mm modelling after a brief fling with 7mm. A new layout is in the planning and details will again appear in the New Layout Projects page in due course.


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· Should not be connected to the power for long periods to avoid overheating or creation of a short circuit.
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Literature Lovers Need To Visit Harrisburg!
When Charles Dickens visited Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1842, he was highly unimpressed. Describing the state capital, he said it had "feeble lights, reflected dismally from the wet ground, did not shine out upon a very cheerful city". It's a shame he didn't take more time to make better acquaintance with Harrisburg's charms, as I suspect he would have found some kindred literary spirits.
Today, Harrisburg is the perfect destination for literature lovers - no matter what Dickens might have muttered! Here are my top pics for a beautiful, book-filled adventure!
Before you check into your hotel, before you head out to dinner, you need to visit the Midtown Scholar to sooth your soul and fill your heart. THIS is what other bookstores dream of being when they grow up. This independent, vibrant, community-loving, high-end second hand bookstore is actually the gateway to a number of businesses-within-a-business, including a bakery, coffee shop, rare print seller, and art gallery. It's well worth inquiring about special events, as the Midtown Scholar is host to a number of book clubs and social gatherings and also stocks The Burg, a free magazine of Harrisburg happenings.
You could get lost for hours among the stacks as you admire their rare tomes on art history, American art history, and American and world history - they're some of the most extensive collections in the United States. You could wile away the afternoon, writing and drinking organic, fair trade coffee at the cafe bar - and see if you can tease some of the staff into revealing the bar's unique, century old, political history. Or you could do what I did and spend some quiet time alone in the cool, snug room housing the rare prints, picking up one-of-a-kind book plates for as little as $4.
Beloved by locals as one of the finest dining establishments in Harrrisburg, Char's restaurant at the Tracy Mansion has a number of beautiful spaces but I was captivated by the charming and handsome McKee Library. Named after local artist Gerald McKee, who took up painting at the age of 70, the library houses many of his artifacts and McKee's paintings are displayed throughout the restaurant. This is the perfect place to unwind with a gourmet cocktail and scrumptious dessert!
History buffs and architecture fans will be swooning over Harrisburg's centuries old mansions. The Harris-Cameron mansion is especially interesting both for it's period fixtures and for it's exceptional connection to two of Harrisburg's most influential fore fathers.
I loved how the tour combined some quirky chatter about Simon Cameron (be sure to ask about the mirrors that were two feet too long!) with dollops of local happenings (like who had the most opulent bathroom in town!) But what book lovers will enjoy best of all is the beautiful and sunny library, complete with a rolling ladder and fragile, old books. And as we all know that no library is complete without the means to have a little nip of gin, the 'refreshment' closet will be sure to delight!
Happily, Charles Dickens was very happy with one aspect of his visit to Harrisburg - the accommodations! Describing the owner of the now closed Eagle Hotel as "the most obliging, considerate, and gentlemanly person I ever had to deal with," Dickens perfectly summed up the area's hospitality. While the Eagle Hotel is no more, the Sheraton Hotel can easily sub in as a worthy substitute for the literature lover.
The Sheraton's bedrooms are exactly what you would expect from a 4 star hotel - clean, comfortable, stylish, and consistent. But it's peerless lobby is where the Sheraton really stands out. The hotel buys second hand "books by the foot" and displays them not according to subject matter or title but instead by color.
The attractive curves of blue books in every possible hue - along with a smattering of grey and green, includes everything from classic novels to college alumni directories - and the guests love it! Some regulars apparently even borrow books in between their stays!
One of my favourite things to do when I travel is to relax with a good book - and if that book has a local connection, even better! While I'm always tempted to go-go-go while on the road, it's nice to take things slow and recharge and relax every now and then. I hope on your next trip to Harrisburg - or wherever you travel - is a wealth of inspiration and relaxation!
I'd love to hear about your favourite book related travel discoveries - where have you found the perfect bookstore?
Wine, Art, and Memories of a Travel Splurge - Nova Scotia Style!
My visit to Harrisburg was facilitated by the Hershey-Harrisburg Visitor's Bureau. This did not affect my reviews and all opinions remain my own.
I know exactly how you feel! I grew up in a heavily visited area (Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia) and it always feels a bit strange to read about it - I was always itching to get away!! But it can also be refreshing to see your own town through a new set of eyes. If we're ever both in Harrisburg at the same time we'll have to go to the Scholar together and have some coffee!
Great post. I love how you tied a few different attractions together from Harrisburg. Definitely gave me a new look on the city.
Well, coming from Harrisburg's premier travel blogger, I take that as a huge compliment! Thanks!
Great post - had never heard of Harrisburg but I can't believe it wasn't yet on my radar - I LOVE literature and that book store looks like the store of my dreams!!
It's a fairly small city and I think it hasn't hit a lot of people's radars yet! But there's tons to see and explore and there are a lot of historical sites too.
As someone who LOVES to read this looks incredible!!! I could cozy up in any number of those places and read my life away!
Agreed! I was thinking I should start reading more American novelists - there's a thriving lit scene to inspire me!


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This Part shall govern the procedure for an expedited appeal to the Appellate Division, pursuant to CPL 210.20(6)(c), 450.20(1-a) and 450.55, of an order by a superior court reducing a count or counts of an indictment or dismissing an indictment and directing the filing of a prosecutor's information.
Sec. filed Oct. 29, 1990 eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
Section 105.2 Request to expedite appeal.
After the People file and serve a notice of appeal pursuant to CPL 460.10(1), either party may request that the Appellate Division to which the appeal has been taken expedite the appeal. If a request is made, the Appellate Division shall hear the appeal on an expedited basis as set forth in this Part.
(a) The Appellate Division shall establish an expedited briefing schedule for the appeal. Briefs may be typewritten or reproduced. The People shall file nine copies of a brief and an appendix, which shall include a copy of the indictment and the trial court's decision and order. The respondent shall file nine copies of a brief and, if necessary, an appendix. One copy of the brief and appendix shall be served on opposing counsel.
(b) The appeal may be taken on one original record, which shall include copies of the indictment, the motion papers, the trial court's decision and order, and the notice of appeal.
(c) The People shall file with the Appellate Division, separately from the record, one copy of the grand jury minutes.
(d) The Appellate Division shall give preference to the hearing of an appeal perfected pursuant to this Part and shall determine the appeal as expeditiously as possible.
Section 105.4 Court-assigned counsel to continue representation.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Appellate Division, if the defendant is represented in a superior court by court-assigned counsel, such counsel shall continue to represent the defendant in any appeal by the People of an order reducing an indictment or dismissing an indictment and directing the filing of a prosecutor's information.


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Benedictine Military School having success with new learning model
OFFICERS SAY THERE IS áNO INDICATION OF FOUL PLAY. BENEDICTINE MILITARY SCHOOL IS IN ITS THIRD WEEK BACK -- AND OFFICIALS TELL WJCL 22 NEWS TONIGHT... SO FAR, SO GOOD. THIS SCHOOL YEAR, STUDENTS ARE USING A áBLENDED LEARNING MODEL. HALF THE STUDENTS RECEIVE IN- PERSON INSTRUCTION THREE DAYS A WEEK -- AND ONLINE LEARNING THE OTHER TWO -- WHILE ANOTHER GROUP LEARNS VIRTUALLY THREE DAYS A WEEK -- AND IN-PERSON THE OTHER TWO. THOSE GROUPS THEN ALTERNATE. (JACOB HORNE- PRINCIPAL, BENEDICTINE MILITARY SCHOOL RT: :13) "IT WENT WELL, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY ADAPTING TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH ARE THE LOGISTICS OF BRINGING THE YOUNG MEN ON CAMPUS AND THE TEACHERS ARE ADAPTING GOING INTO THE SECOND CYCLE OF LEARNING THEIR OWN ACADEMIC INSTRUCTI
So far, so good — that's the word from Benedictine Military School after the school's return to classes.Benedictine just finished up its third day of the third week of school Wednesday. A return that's featured a unique, blended learning model.That model features half of the students receiving in-person instruction three days a week, and online learning the other two, while another group learns virtually three days a week and in person the other two.Those groups then alternate in-person and online instruction the following week. "It went well," said Jacob Horne, principal of Benedictine Military School. "We are obviously adapting to a lot of different things, not the least of which are the logistics of bringing the young men on campus and the teachers are adapting going into the second cycle of learning their own academic instruction."Benedictine is enjoying its largest enrollment in 20 years this year. They also report there have been zero positive cases of COVID-19 with any students, faculty or staff since classes began Aug. 10.
SAVANNAH, Ga. —
So far, so good — that's the word from Benedictine Military School after the school's return to classes.
Benedictine just finished up its third day of the third week of school Wednesday. A return that's featured a unique, blended learning model.
That model features half of the students receiving in-person instruction three days a week, and online learning the other two, while another group learns virtually three days a week and in person the other two.
Those groups then alternate in-person and online instruction the following week.
"It went well," said Jacob Horne, principal of Benedictine Military School. "We are obviously adapting to a lot of different things, not the least of which are the logistics of bringing the young men on campus and the teachers are adapting going into the second cycle of learning their own academic instruction."
Benedictine is enjoying its largest enrollment in 20 years this year. They also report there have been zero positive cases of COVID-19 with any students, faculty or staff since classes began Aug. 10.


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Q: SENDING STRUCTS using tcp sockets I am reading a file to the structs, then write them to the server.
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This is how I run the file : /a.out IP PORT < file.txt

A: When you say "read and store the file to each struct", could you clarify that question?
To ensure the right padding and endian-ness, you have to do two things:

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*Send the struct one field at a time. It is a pain. Since you are declaring each struct member as a uint16_t type (and from that family), sizeof() will give you the same answer across all platforms.

*TO ensure endianness, you have to use the host-to-network-order family. See: http://www.gnu.org/s/hello/manual/libc/Byte-Order.html

*When you do this, you have to use htons() (host to network short) when sending and then ntohs() (network to host short) when receiving. For each member of your struct.
Often people ignore this; if both machines are modern Intel boxes, which is true for the vast majority of us, you can get away with the code you have for sending structs. But like you have mentioned, that doesn't gaurantee padding and endinaness!
You could also use the #pragma pack() GNU directives for specifying how padding should be handled. This works if you can rely on the GNU toolchain for both your client and server, as that is not part of the C specification.

A: Don't use send/recv (sockets) or read/write (file descriptors) with structures. It's virtually guaranteed to break later on. Among other problems, the padding and/or alignment of the structure members can change depending on the compiler, the compilation options, and the environment.
Instead, marshal the data into an independent format (like text) and send that. If the data must be absolutely the same on both sides, encode it into base 64 and prepend a checksum.
If you absolutely must transmit binary data, remember to convert each of the structure members to network byte order (man byteorder) and send each one individually.

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Annie Baker's agonies of small talk
November 09, 2017 · 6:00 PM EST
Producer Matt Frassica
Playwright and 2017 MacArthur Fellow, Annie Baker
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The plays of Annie Baker aren't like other plays. It feels like half of them pass in awkward silence.
When characters do talk, they don't often put their feelings into neat sentences.
The result feels remarkably lifelike. But every "um," "ah," and pause is meticulously calibrated, like notes in a musical score. Those who love her plays really love them — she won the Pulitzer in 2014 for "The Flick" — but they're not for everyone.
She spoke with Studio 360's Kurt Andersen.
A year after it debuted in 2009, your play Circle Mirror Transformation was the second-most staged play in America. Why?
That shocked me, because when I sat down to write the play, I was writing about this community center in Amherst, Massachusetts, where I grew up. One of the things I've discovered since the play blew up is that most towns in the world have an eccentric lady who teaches a drama class in the basement of a community center. That's sort of a worldwide phenomenon.
Also, it's accessible. It's not experimental.
I think of my work as very accessible, if not too accessible. I beat myself up in private over being overly accessible and conventional, so I'm always surprised when people say stuff like "cutting edge" or "divisive." I think of myself as a panderer.
The characters in "The Flick" are desperate to make a human connection but can't quite do it. In general, do you have the feeling that people are talking past each other?
Yes, I do. I feel that way a lot, and I assume most people do. I feel constantly distressed by the amount of small talk that we all have to do every day. I'm really bad at it. I think small talk is something that I'm exploring in my plays — the agonies of small talk.
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A useful cooking method to master for your time out in the woods is the Dutch oven method. It makes great use out of the coals from the fire you are bound to have and produces some great meals as well. Whether you're an experienced chef or have the skills to get by, there are options for you with this method. It was quickly adopted by the cowboys of the Wild West due to its simple and efficient steps and kept them fed as they spent days out tending to their herds. Use these steps and safety tips to get you on your way to mastering this backcountry cooking method.
Using the Dutch oven method goes back centuries but was most widely used in the Wild West days. Ranchers and cattlemen would utilize the ease of this method when out tending to their herds. All that was required was a sturdy cast-iron pot and a lid, which were easily transported and sturdy enough to handle the harsh conditions of backcountry traveling. Keeping with that mentality, Dutch oven cooking is easily adopted by backcountry hikers with the advantage of new lightweight equipment meaning that the heavy cast-iron of the past doesn't have to be carried in.
Setting up this form of cooking is relatively easy and can be done quite quickly if you've already got a fire burning. Simply follow these short steps and you will be on your way to a great tasting backcountry meal.
Step 1 – Take the coals from your fire and spread them evenly creating a single layer. This layer should be hot but not too hot that you couldn't hold your hand near the coals briefly.
Step 2 – Prepare your meal, place it in a cast-iron pot and secure the lid tightly over the top.
Step 3 – Place the pot on top of the coals and press down slightly to secure it so there isn't any shifting during the cooking. The last thing you need is for the pot to tip over with your dinner after a long day of hiking.
Step 4 – Shovel a layer of hot coals on top of the lid to your pot. These coals should be hotter than those of the base layer.
Step 5 – Replace the top coals as they cool with more hot coals and repeat until your meal is complete.
Step 6 – Clean off the lid, remove from the heat and serve.
As with the use of fire in any situation you should always choose a site that is clear of any debris and dry brush. The site should be clear with a radius of several meters to keep the risk of stray embers from igniting new fires. Even if there aren't any visible risks radiant heat from the flames can be a big danger. Vegetation buried below the surface can heat up and cause fires. When putting out your fire make sure to over soak the pit to ensure all hear is dampened. Overhanging branches from trees cause the same risk so avoid covered sites. When choosing the wood you are going to use make sure it is dry. Wet wood will cause an excess of smoke. This will affect the taste of your meal but more seriously if the smoke gets out of hand it can cause issues with visibility making it hard to tend to your meal because you're distracted with burning eyes.
The most important safety tip for your own health is the heat of your coals. If you are cooking vegetarian dishes then you won't be as concerned with this but meat-eaters pay attention! Coals on the top layer should be hotter than the bottom layer and need to be monitored for their temperature. Coals that are left to cool and aren't replaced will leave meat undercooked and dangerous bacteria like salmonella can be ingested as a result.
There aren't really a lot of restrictions to the types of meals you can cook with the Dutch oven method. A quick search of Google produces countless tasty options. Chilies and stews are always a hardy meal appreciated by tired hikers. Dutch ovens make easy work of casseroles, bread, and sweet desserts as well. You can make as simple a meal as you want or channel your inner top chef. No matter what ingredients you pack, there is a delicious Dutch oven recipe waiting for you.
For a few tasty temptations to get you in the mood to try out this cooking method, check out some of the links below.
This is a relatively straightforward cooking method and it will produce quality recipes when done correctly. Here are a few mistakes that can be made with this method. Consider them before starting and save yourself the hassle of learning the hard way.
Tip 1 – Ensure your base layer is even. If it isn't stable your whole meal could end up in the coals and it will turn into a granola bar and a spoonful of peanut butter.
Tip 2 – When removing the lid make sure all the coal and debris is cleaned off or else you will end up with ash in the pot covering your food.
Tip 3 – Keep a watch over the temperature of the coals you are using. If they cool down and aren't replaced then your food won't cook evenly and in the case of meat, it could lead to some health risks as well.
Whether you're out for a day or enjoying the farthest reaches of your local national park be sure to pack a lightweight cast-iron pot and some of your favorite ingredients to try out some new Dutch oven recipes. Choose a clear spot to set up your fire, prepare your coals, and get going with this efficient cooking method. Use these steps and safety tips to start you off on this new culinary adventure!


Paranormal investigators put forth loads of time and energy into trying to capture something extraordinary on camera. With their gadgets they document different experiences as they progress through areas where most people would dare not tread. This time around, one paranormal investigator lost their life perhaps to something beyond our understanding.
Australian investigator Gaurav Tiwari was found unconscious recently on July 7th, 2016. Police reports have been noted saying his death is mysterious. It seems what killed him is strangulation of the throat and was ruled as death by asphyxiation. Dark bruising was found around his neck. No foul play was found and the paranormal community believes he encountered "negative forces". Gaurav was known for his television appearances on the Syfy channel Haunting: Australia.
Gaurav was born September 2nd, 1984. He was only 32 years old. He was involved with well over 6,000 total investigations in his career. Gaurav on average was doing just over 2 paranormal investigations a day. This leaves reason for exhaustion as a partial cause of his death. Gaurav also established the Indian Paranormal Society being the founder of it.
With his passions he led by example towards the darkness and the light. The spirits he chased down inevitably caught up to him. He leaves behind his wife and family. His wife mentioned that she had conversations with him stating that a negative force was pulling him down. Was Gaurav deeply saddened by his life and decided to end things? This is a possibility as well. But his actual death is shrouded by such mystery.
His wife and family heard a large thump on the bathroom floor the night he was discovered. Gaurav was unconscious and immediately sent to the hospital. There he was pronounced dead. His father mentioned that he didn't believe in ghosts and the like.
However, he did say that his son's death was rather mysterious indeed. His daughter-in-law ignored his tell tale signs of trouble by ignoring him. She didn't think anything about it at first, Gaurav was overworked and had not taken time to rest while he was still alive. The news of his death spread fairly quick to the paranormal community. Friends and family have peoples deepest condolences.
The supernatural forces at work are something to not be taken lightly. Much of the unknown is pure speculation. Yet sometimes different things are revealed and people simply dismiss them as fraud or staged. Maybe Gaurav encountered a spirit which he shouldn't have. Where there is good there is evil.


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Five years ago I wrote a column on my first day of official retirement. I reflected on what it was like not going to work that day, attending to all the details of putting out a daily newspaper.
Back then, I wasn't sure what to expect from retirement but I wasn't worried. I had a lot of other things on the go, things that would more than fill up my day.
That's not the way you should think about retirement, of course — finding things to fill up your day. It should be about finally being able to do what you want.
The problem is, when your work is also your passion and your hobby, it's not so easy to focus entirely on your golf game, or the garden, or baking a perfect loaf of bread.
Mel Rothenburger is a former mayor of Kamloops, former school board chair, former editor of The Kamloops Daily News, and a current director on the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board. He was awarded the Jack Webster Foundation's lifetime achievement award in 2011. His editorials are published Monday through Thursdays, and Saturdays on CFJC Today, CFJC Midday and CFJC Evening News. Contact him at mrothenburger@armchairmayor.ca.
Thanks for this article Mel. It just reinforces I'm going to retire at 101! Jaromír Jágr (45) is still going strong with the Flames. Warren Buffet (87) shown no signs of slowing down, Clint Eastwood (87) is still active. They all have more wealth than they know what to do with. I don't see see anyone going up to saying "say Mr. Yager, you've just come off a $3.5 million contract with Florida , you really don't need to be playning hockey y'know" They're all following their passion and know why they get up in the morning!
Though you must admit you do have a lot of time on your hands to think and write…and personally I often enjoy the results. However there are time when perhaps a little extra-ordinary hobby could be beneficial. Like spending a little more quality time with your ex-RCMP friend and slowly but surely instill a little usefulness into his retirement. This is of course a comment in the tongue&cheeks category so no need to edit it…hopefully!


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The recombination mechanisms leading to amplified spontaneous emission at the true-green wavelength in CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskites
Priante, Davide; Dursun, Ibrahim; Alias, M. S.; Shi, Dong; Melnikov, V. A.; Ng, Tien Khee; Mohammed, Omar F.; Bakr, Osman; Ooi, Boon S. (Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing, 2015-02-23) [Article]
We investigated the mechanisms of radiative recombination in a CH3NH3PbBr3 hybrid perovskite material using low-temperature, power-dependent (77K), and temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) measurements. Two bound-excitonic radiative transitions related to grain size inhomogeneity were identified. Both transitions led to PL spectra broadening as a result of concurrent blue and red shifts of these excitonic peaks. The red-shifted bound-excitonic peak dominated at high PL excitation led to a true-green wavelength of 553nm for CH3NH3PbBr3 powders that are encapsulated in polydimethylsiloxane. Amplified spontaneous emission was eventually achieved for an excitation threshold energy of approximately 350μJ/cm2. Our results provide a platform for potential extension towards a true-green light-emitting device for solid-state lighting and display applications.
Perovskite Nanocrystals as a Color Converter for Visible Light Communication
Dursun, Ibrahim; Shen, Chao; Parida, Manas R.; Pan, Jun; Sarmah, Smritakshi P.; Priante, Davide; AlYami, Noktan Mohammed; Liu, Jiakai; Saidaminov, Makhsud I.; Alias, Mohd Sharizal; Abdelhady, Ahmed L.; Ng, Tien Khee; Mohammed, Omar F.; Ooi, Boon S.; Bakr, Osman (ACS Photonics, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2016-05-31) [Article]
Visible light communication (VLC) is an emerging technology that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or laser diodes for simultaneous illumination and data communication. This technology is envisioned to be a major part of the solution to the current bottlenecks in data and wireless communication. However, the conventional lighting phosphors that are typically integrated with LEDs have limited modulation bandwidth and thus cannot provide the bandwidth required to realize the potential of VLC. In this work, we present a promising light converter for VLC by designing solution-processed CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) with a conventional red phosphor. The fabricated CsPbBr3 NCs phosphor-based white light converter exhibits an unprecedented modulation bandwidth of 491 MHz, which is ~ 40 times greater than that of conventional phosphors, and the capability to transmit a high data rate of up to 2 Gbit/s. Moreover, this perovskite enhanced white light source combines ultrafast response characteristics with a high color rendering index of 89 and a low correlated color temperature of 3236 K, thereby enabling dual VLC and solid-state lighting functionalities.
Imaging Localized Energy States in Silicon-doped InGaN Nanowires Using 4D Electron Microscopy
Bose, Riya; Adhikari, Aniruddha; Burlakov, Victor M; Liu, Guangyu; Haque, Mohammed; Priante, Davide; Hedhili, Mohamed N.; Wehbe, Nimer; Zhao, Chao; Yang, Haoze; Ng, Tien Khee; Goriely, Alain; Bakr, Osman; Wu, Tao; Ooi, Boon S.; Mohammed, Omar F. (ACS Energy Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018-01-23) [Article]
Introducing dopants into InGaN NWs is known to significantly improve their device performances through a variety of mechanisms. However, to further optimize device operation under the influence of large specific surfaces, a thorough knowledge of ultrafast dynamical processes at the surface and interface of these NWs is imperative. Here, we describe the development of four-dimensional scanning ultrafast electron microscopy (4D S-UEM) as an extremely surface-sensitive method to directly visualize in space and time the enormous impact of silicon doping on the surface-carrier dynamics of InGaN NWs. Two time regime dynamics are identified for the first time in a 4D S-UEM experiment: an early time behavior (within 200 picoseconds) associated with the deferred evolution of secondary electrons due to the presence of localized trap states that decrease the electron escape rate and a longer timescale behavior (several ns) marked by accelerated charge carrier recombination. The results are further corroborated by conductivity studies carried out in dark and under illumination.
Band Alignment at GaN/Single-Layer WSe2 Interface
Tangi, Malleswararao; Mishra, Pawan; Tseng, Chien-Chih; Ng, Tien Khee; Hedhili, Mohamed N.; Anjum, Dalaver H.; Alias, Mohd Sharizal; Wei, Nini; Li, Lain-Jong; Ooi, Boon S. (ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2017-02-21) [Article]
We study the band discontinuity at the GaN/single-layer (SL) WSe2 heterointerface. The GaN thin layer is epitaxially grown by molecular beam epitaxy on chemically vapor deposited SL-WSe2/c-sapphire. We confirm that the WSe2 was formed as an SL from structural and optical analyses using atomic force microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy, micro-Raman, absorbance, and microphotoluminescence spectra. The determination of band offset parameters at the GaN/SL-WSe2 heterojunction is obtained by high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron affinities, and the electronic bandgap values of SL-WSe2 and GaN. The valence band and conduction band offset values are determined to be 2.25 ± 0.15 and 0.80 ± 0.15 eV, respectively, with type II band alignment. The band alignment parameters determined here provide a route toward the integration of group III nitride semiconducting materials with transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) for designing and modeling of their heterojunction-based electronic and optoelectronic devices.


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apf-simulate-scheds

$ cat test.conf

[apfqueue]

sched = Ready, Scale, StatusTest, MaxPerCycle, MinPerCycle, MaxPending, StatusOffline

sched.ready.offset = 4
sched.scale.factor = 0.5

sched.minpercycle.minimum = 0
sched.maxpercycle.maximum = 100
sched.maxpending.maximum = 25

sched.statustest.allowed = True
sched.statustest.pilots = 3

sched.statusoffline.allowed = True
sched.statusoffline.pilots = 1

$ /usr/share/apf/apf-simulate-scheds --conf=test.conf--activated=100 --pending=10 --running=8 --status=online

inputs:
      activated :  100
      pending   :  10
      running   :  8
      status    :  online

sched plugin ReadySchedPlugin
   configuration:
      sched.ready.offset = 4
   output 86

sched plugin ScaleSchedPlugin
   configuration:
      sched.scale.factor = 0.5
   output 43

sched plugin StatusTestSchedPlugin
   configuration:
      sched.statustest.pilots = 3
      sched.statustest.allowed = True
   output 43

sched plugin MaxPerCycleSchedPlugin
   configuration:
      sched.maxpercycle.maximum = 100
   output 43

sched plugin MinPerCycleSchedPlugin
   configuration:
      sched.minpercycle.minimum = 0
   output 43

sched plugin MaxPendingSchedPlugin
   configuration:
      sched.maxpending.maximum = 25
   output 15

sched plugin StatusOfflineSchedPlugin
   configuration:
      sched.statusoffline.pilots = 1
      sched.statusoffline.allowed = True
   output 15

Final output 15

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This Exhibition Is A Tribute To New York Museum Wanderings
You might recognise the bright and cheerful work of Adriana Picker from our TDF Collect exhibition in 2017. In her latest exhibition at Saint Cloche, Adriana puts a new spin her love of the botanical world, in her celebration of the opulent floral decorative ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Take a tour through Adriana's vibrant tribute to museum wanderings, at the opening of Vases from the MET on January 23rd, in Paddington.
21st January, 2019
Vase 4 artwork by Adriana. Photo – courtesy of the artist.
New York-based artist Adriana Picker is back home in Sydney for a show! Photo – Nikki To.
Studio details. Photo – Nikki To.
Miriam McGarry
Monday 21st January 2019
'…it's certainly a good exercise as an artist to do something completely different. Stagnation and repetition is the death of creativity.' – Adriana Picker
In 2018, Australian artist Adriana Picker followed the path of many antipodean creatives, and moved her life to The Big Apple. Her new exhibition, Vases from the Met, is directly inspired by this experience, described by Adriana as 'a tribute to many days spent exploring the gigantic collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.'
The museum served as a place of refuge, inspiration and connection for the artist, but as anyone who has experience museum fatigue will agree, the MET can be an overwhelming treasure trove to deal with in a single visit. Adriana describes, 'The experience of visiting the MET can be utterly overwhelming, and I tried to approach each visit with a different focus – marble sculptures, florals, and vases.'
Adriana focused on decorative vessels for this collection of paintings, and invites viewers of the exhibition to 'accompany me on a tightly curated tour of my personal MET.' The works retain Adriana's trademark love of the botanical world, as she admits that she took some artistic license in adding a few floral flourishes to the designs!
The move to New York has not only provided artistic inspiration for Adriana, but has also altered her style of working. Without a studio space, she has predominately been working digitally, which has promoted a looser and more experimental return to painting. She highlights 'my first love will always be the detailed botanical works I create, but it's certainly a good exercise as an artist to do something completely different. Stagnation and repetition is the death of creativity.'
You might assume that the concrete jungle of NYC could prove to be a difficult home for a self-described botanical obsessive, but Adriana has found pockets of greenery throughout the city to keep her inspired. With a book of botanical illustrations on the horizon, we look forward to seeing how the artist parlays New York's offerings into floral artworks.
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Dunsmuir to begin search for new city manager
Shareen Strauss
Special to the Mount Shasta Herald
The Dunsmuir City Council voted to create an ad-hoc committee to search for the next city manager.
The council praised Todd Juhasz, who lasted two years as the city manager and is moving on to work in Mount Shasta.
He will be replaced in the interim by Jefferson Spencer.
Juhasz said at his last council meeting on Thursday, Oct. 21:
"The city staff here is top-notch. I'm not fully sure this is the right move (to become the city manager of Mount Shasta). I've worked hard to get us on the right track. I care about this community and want to see it succeed. I am glad that I had 3 weeks to work with interim City Manager Jeff Spencer."
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Addressed an ordinance related to buildings that are vacant and in disrepair. Dunsmuir has 11 commercial and 12 residential sites that fall under the ordinance's guidelines. The city sent the building owners warning letters instructing them to show progress, sell or prepare for fines, which would be added to their tax bill at the end of the year.
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The study looked at the cost of services and estimated that based on the adopted fee schedule, cost recovery averages less than 48%. To fix this, the study recommends that the city establish fee deposits that are set just slightly below estimated costs to acquire grants and loans.
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North Carolina family wins $75,000 settlement from condo association that forced them out
A federal jury has determined that an Etowah, North Carolina condominium association and certain residents violated the federal Fair Housing Act when they forced a family of four to move out of the development and took illegal steps to discourage other families from moving in. The jury of five men in. The jury of five men and three women awarded $65,000 in compensatory damages to Lisa and Ronnie Edwards and their minor sons, Alex and Davey, after a trial in August.
In addition to the compensatory damage award, the Jury notified United States Magistrate Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. that punitive damages were appropriate based on the defendants' malicious or reckless disregard of the plaintiffs' rights.
While the jury deliberated on the punitive damage award, however, the parties settled the case for $75,000. The jury found that the defendants first attempted to keep Lisa Edwards and her two sons, Alex and Davey, aged 12 and 6 respectively, from moving into the development by invoking the Association's illegal bylaw restricting residents to persons aged sixteen and older. When the attempt to discourage Mrs. Edwards from moving in failed, the defendants collectively harassed the family until the family put their home up for sale three months later.
Association wrote letter to real estate agent instructing her not to sell to families with children
The defendants then sent a letter to B.J. Greer, an Etowah real estate agent with Century 21 Real Estate, instructing the agent not to show condominium units to families with children. After Greer refused to follow the association's illegal instructions, the defendants erected a sign at the entrance to their development which falsely advertised that the development was a "Retirement Community." The jury found all of these actions constituted an illegal attempt to steer families with children away from the development.
The award may be the largest award for a familial status violation under the federal Fair Housing Act in North Carolina history. The defendants had argued to the jury that the defendants' actions, taken together, had amounted to no more than a technical violation of the Fair Housing Act worth perhaps five hundred to a thousand dollars.
"This jury has sent a very clear message not only to these defendants but to other condominium associations," said Asheville Attorney Philip J. Roth who, along with his law partner, Clifford C. Marshall, Jr., represented the Edwards family. "That message is that our civil rights are important and not something to be trivialized or trifled with."
"Mrs. Edwards and her family deserve this award. This was a clear violation of the Fair Housing Act," said Stella Adams, Executive Director of the North Carolina Fair Housing Center. The Center originally investigated this case and currently has several additional complaints pending against the Etowah Condominium Association with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for similar violations.
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