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Robert Halleux, né le  à Villers-l'Évêque, est un historien des sciences belge.

Biographie
Après des études de philologie classique à l'université de Liège (1964-1968), il présente une thèse de doctorat en philosophie et lettres à l'université de Liège (Le problème des métaux dans la science antique, 1972), puis poursuit des études de philologie et d'histoire des sciences à l'École pratique des hautes études à Paris (1973-1976, thèse consacrée à Johannes Kepler. L'étrenne ou la neige sexagénaire), et est agrégé de l'enseignement supérieur en 1978 (thèse consacrée à La métallurgie des métaux non ferreux dans l'Antiquité gréco-romaine).

Robert Halleux effectue sa carrière au Fonds national de la recherche scientifique (à partir de 1969) et comme professeur à l'université de Liège (philosophie des sciences, 1986-1997), à l'université de Mons-Hainaut (histoire des sciences expérimentales, 1986-1997).

Il fonde en 1982 le Centre d'histoire des sciences et des techniques de l'Université de Liège, qu'il dirige.

Il est membre en France du Haut comité des commémorations nationales. Il en démissionne, avec neuf autres membres sur douze, par une lettre collective publiée dans Le Monde en . Ils protestent ainsi contre la décision de la ministre de la culture, Françoise Nyssen, de retirer le nom de Charles Maurras du Livre des commémorations nationales 2018, alors que ce choix avait été préalablement validé.

Publications
 Robert Halleux, Le problème des métaux dans la science antique, Les Belles Lettres, 1974, 236 p.
 Robert Halleux, Les textes alchimiques, Brepols, 1979, 153 p.
 Robert Halleux, Les alchimistes grecs, t. I : Papyrus de Leyde, Papyrus de Stockholm. Fragments et Recettes, Les Belles Lettres, 1981, 235 p.
 Robert Halleux, Jacques Schamp, Les lapidaires grecs : lapidaire orphique, kérygmes lapidaires d'Orphée, Socrate et Denys, lapidaire nautique, Damigéron-Evax (traduction latine), Les Belles Lettres, 1985, 355 p.
 Robert Halleux, A.-C. Bernes, L. Étienne, "L'évolution des sciences et des techniques en Wallonie", dans Wallonie. Atouts et références d'une Région, sous la direction de Freddy Joris, Gouvernement wallon, Namur, 1995.
 Robert Halleux, M. Blay (éditeurs), Dictionnaire critique de la Science Classique, Éditions Flammarion, 1998.
 Robert Halleux, Carmelia Opsomer, J. Vandersmissen. (éditeurs), Histoire des sciences en Belgique, des origines à 1815, Bruxelles, Crédit Communal, 1998.
 Robert Halleux, J. Vandersmissen, A. Despy-Meyer, G. Vanpaemel (éditeurs) , Histoire des sciences en Belgique, 1815-2000, 2 vol., Bruxelles, Crédit Communal, 2002.
 Robert Halleux, Cockerill. Deux siècles de technologie, Éditions du Perron, 2002.
 Robert Halleux, Geneviève Xhayet, Études sur les fonts baptismaux de Saint-Barthélemy à Liège, Éditions du Céfal, 2006.
 Robert Halleux, Geneviève Xhayet, La liberté de chercher. Histoire du Fonds National belge de la Recherche Scientifique, Éditions de l'Université de Liège, 2007.
 Robert Halleux, Le savoir de la main. Savants et artisans dans l'Europe pré-industrielle, Paris, Armand Colin, 2009.
 Robert Halleux, Geneviève Xhayet, P. Demoitié, Pour la science et pour le pays, 50 ans de politique scientifique fédérale, Éditions de l'Université de Liège, 2009.

Prix et distinctions
 1987 : membre de l'Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences.
 2003 : associé étranger de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (Institut de France, Paris)
 2003 : Prix du Wallon de l'année 2003
 2010 : membre de l'Académie royale de Belgique, classe Technologie et Société (Bruxelles).

Activités sociales et politiques
Robert Halleux est membre de la Fédération Liégeoise du Parti Communiste, membre du comité fédéral et du comité central.

Notes et références

Liens externes
 CV, pdf
 Robert Halleux sur le site de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique
 Robert Halleux sur le site Réflexions. Le site de vulgarisation scientifique de l'Université de Liège
 "Robert Halleux, candidat PTB + à Liège: Pas de géologie sans mineurs. Ni de géométrie sans maçons", interview par Alice Bernard, 2007

Historien belge
Étudiant de l'université de Liège
Professeur à l'université de Liège
Membre de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique
Naissance en août 1946
Naissance à Awans
Personnalité du Parti du travail de Belgique


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Service for Barrie Hubbard
A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Barrie Hubbard was held at The Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints (Crooked Spire) today.
Barrie, who passed away ten days ago at the age of 76, had two spells as chairman of the club and was named life president when he stood down from the board in 2012.
The service was led by Reverend Patrick Coleman, who spoke of Barrie's 32-year involvement with the club and his love of travelling, visiting many countries with his wife Janet.
Barrie's nephew, John, who worked with him at Hubbard Print, described him as a "tough but fair employer who had the respect of his employees". He said that Barrie, a lifelong Spireite, was proud of the new stadium after overseeing the move from Saltergate.
John added that Barrie was a member of the MCC who loved to watch Test cricket and revealed he was also a fan of musical theatre. He went on to describe Barrie as "the life and soul of the party who was generous and loyal to his friends".
The service was attended by members of the Spireites board and club staff, together with former directors and employees. Ritchie Humphreys, Ian Evatt and Tommy Lee represented the current squad while former players in attendance included Kevin Randall, Alan Stevenson, Dave Bentley, Andy Morris and Steve Williams. John Duncan, who served as manager under Barrie, was also among the congregation.

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Today I received a message from myself. A message from the 26th April 2013 version of me. It popped up on my iPhone. It popped up on my Mac. I sent myself a clear message – clear to me because I knew exactly what I had intended for it to mean on it's arrival today. It was designed in 2013 to activate me today in 2015. It said ….
What the??? Seriously! On this day 2 years ago I decided to set up a calendar event to remind me, convince me that all it takes is one click. One click and whola you are thin. You are successful. You have time and money up your sleeves. One click and you are magically happy, your house is clean and your kids listen to you. Lets be honest though – in all its simplicity that click was really directed at my weight.
What was I doing two years ago that made me come up with this marvellous idea? At what point did I actually think a message from my past self would actually work? My future self maybe but my past self really?? It does, however, show me that two years ago and today are just the same because I'm still as focused now as I was then on the same stuff. What is that quote about insanity …"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." The simple fact is that I am not willing to work for it. Any of it. I'm lazy.
What clicked today was my guilt. Which clicks a lot. Guilt that I didn't get my kids out of bed to go to the ANZAC dawn service yesterday morning because I was worried my youngest would cause a scene when there was supposed to be silence. Guilty because I sat on the couch for most of the morning, eating on and off but mainly on. Guilty because I saw a person who makes me hate myself and so I came home and ate chocolate. Guilty because I am sitting here typing rather than snuggling with my baby on the couch – but I think the couch has had enough of me today. Guilt because I am still the same as I was in 2013 and even earlier, much earlier than that. Guilt because I sit here whinging when so many others have it worse.
Today it clicked just how much I beat myself up still after all this time. Beat myself up because I live in my head – yes we've have had this discussion recently! Today it clicked that maybe I don't really want to change if I haven't already. Or maybe what's holding me back is stronger than the result I am chasing or I'm allowing that to be the truth. Like captive Elephants who, from an early age, have a single rope strapped to their ankle. Then as they grow into over a 3000kg creature they still believe that this single rope can hold them back. With the largest brain of any land animal elephants are conditioned to believe this to be true yet they have the capacity, the strength and the brain power to move forward! They just believe they can't.
Why do I live like this. Chained up to beliefs that hold me back. I want to be free!
So today I did what any smart land animal would do – I deleted my click. I deleted that fucker right off my calendar of events. This isn't a magic show. It's fucken life. I am not David Copperfield and that "magic" is all about illusion anyway! I'm still working on this…. This is far from over!


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Pampus argenteus és una espècie de peix marí pertanyent a la família dels estromatèids i a l'ordre dels perciformes.

Descripció
Fa 60 cm de llargària màxima, tot i que el més normal és que en faci 30. Cos ferm, oval, comprimit i de color gris al dors (esfumant-se gradualment cap al ventre) i amb petits punts negres per tot el cos. Aletes lleugerament grogues. Aletes verticals amb les vores fosques. Aleta dorsal amb cap espina i 37-43 radis tous. 34-37 vèrtebres. Absència d'opercle. L'obertura branquial es redueix a una mena d'esquerda vertical als costats del cos. Membrana branquial unida a l'istme. Aletes dorsal i anal precedides per un reguitzell de 5-10 espines. Absència d'aletes pelvianes. Aleta caudal força bifurcada i amb el lòbul inferior més allargat que el superior.

Reproducció
Les poblacions occidentals fresen des de finals de l'hivern fins a l'estiu, amb pics des de l'abril fins al juny.

Alimentació
Els adults es nodreixen de ctenòfors, peixos, meduses i zooplàncton, i el seu nivell tròfic és de 3,18.

Paràsits
Pot ésser parasitat pels següents ectoparàsits: Bomolochus triceros (Bassett-Smith, 1898), Caligus multispinosus (Shen, 1957), Diphyllogaster aliuncus (Rangnekar, 1955), Lernaea cyprinacea (Linnaeus, 1758), Nothobomolochus triceros (Bassett-Smith, 1898), Naricolax insolitus (Ho & Lin, 2003) i Caligus pampi (Ho & Lin, 2002).

Hàbitat i distribució geogràfica
És un peix marí i litoral sobre fons fangosos (forma bancs associat a altres espècies dels gèneres Nemipterus i Leiognathus), bentopelàgic (entre 5 i 110 m de fondària), oceanòdrom i de clima subtropical (46°N-10°S, 47°E-142°E), el qual viu a la conca Indo-Pacífica occidental (des de Kuwait i el golf Pèrsic fins a Indonèsia, la península de Corea i el nord de Hokkaido -el Japó-, incloent-hi la mar d'Aràbia, el golf d'Oman, Bangladesh, l'Índia, la badia de Bengala, la mar d'Andaman, Sri Lanka, l'oceà Índic, Malàisia, el mar de Banda, les illes Filipines, el golf de Ragay, la mar de Sulu, la mar de Cèlebes, el golf de Siam, Tailàndia, Cambodja, el Vietnam, Taiwan -incloent-hi les illes Pescadors-, la Xina -incloent-hi Hong Kong-, el mar de la Xina Meridional, la mar de la Xina Oriental, la mar Groga, l'oceà Pacífic, però sense arribar a Australàsia). N'hi ha registres de captures a la mar Adriàtica, Hawaii i l'Atlàntic nord-oriental.

Observacions
És inofensiu per als humans, venut fresc als mercats locals o congelat amb destinació als centres urbans, utilitzat en la medicina tradicional xinesa i el seu índex de vulnerabilitat és moderat (41 de 100).

Referències

Bibliografia
 Anònim, 1996. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del museu ictiològic de la Universitat de la Colúmbia Britànica. Universitat de la Colúmbia Britànica, Vancouver, el Canadà.
 Anònim, 1999. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del Museu d'Història Natural de Londres. Londres, la Gran Bretanya.
 Anònim, 2000. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos de l'Institut fur Seefischerei (ISH). BIOLAB Forschungsinstitut, Hohenwestedt, Alemanya.
 Anònim, 2000. Col·lecció ictiològica del Museu Zoològic d'Hamburg (Zoologisches Museum Hamburg). Divisió d'Ictiologia i Herpetologia. Museu Zoològic d'Hamburg (ZMH).

 Anònim, 2001. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del Museu de Zoologia de la Universitat de Copenhaguen. Museu Zoològic de la Universitat de Copenhaguen.
 Anònim, 2002. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, NY 10024-5192, els Estats Units.
 Anònim, 2003. Col·lecció de peixos del Museu Reial d'Ontàrio. Museu Reial d'Ontàrio.
 Crespo, J., J. Gajate i R. Ponce, 2001. Clasificación científica e identificación de nombres vernáculos existentes en la base de datos de seguimiento informático de recursos naturales oceánicos. Instituto Español de Oceanografía (Madrid). Pàg. 90.
 Dwiponggo, A. i M. Badrudin, 1980. Length-frequency measurements of demersal fish. Contribution of the Demersal Fisheries Project, RIMF Spec. Rep. (7b), 94 p.
 FAO, 1992. FAO Yearbook. Fishery statistics: catches and landings, vol. 74. FAO Fish. Series 43. 677 p.
 Formacion, S. P., J. M. Rongo i V. C. Sambilay Jr., 1991. Extreme value theory applied to the statistical distribution of the largest lengths of fish. Asian Fish. Sci. 4:123-135.
 Frimodt, C., 1995. Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial warmwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, Anglaterra. 215 p. Pàg. 150.
 Gibbons, S., 1999. Collect fish on stamps. Stanley Gibbons Ltd., Londres i Ringwood. 418 p.
 Museu Suec d'Història Natural. Base de dades de la col·lecció d'ictiologia. Secció d'Ictiologia, Departament de Zoologia de Vertebrats. Estocolm, Suècia, 1999.
 Ricker, W.E., 1973. Russian-English dictionary for students of fisheries and aquatic biology. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Ottawa. Pàg. 210.
 Sanches, J. G., 1989. Nomenclatura Portuguesa de organismos aquáticos (proposta para normalizaçao estatística). Publicaçoes avulsas do I.N.I.P. Núm. 14. 322 p. Pàg. 85.

Enllaços externs

 Arctos Specimen Database
 AQUATAB
 BioLib
 ION
 The Animal Diversity Web
 Barcodes of Life
 Genomes On Line Database
 Flickr
 YouTube

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Which sentence has the correct placement of a semicolon? a. Because Sarah is absent a great deal; she has a hard time keeping up nevertheless she is willing to work overtime. b. Because Sarah is absent a great deal, she has a hard time keeping up; nevertheless, she is willing to work overtime. c. Because Sarah is absent a great deal, she has a hard time keeping up nevertheless; she is willing to work overtime.
The sentence with correct semicolon placement is: Because Sarah is absent a great deal, she has a hard time keeping up; nevertheless, she is willing to work overtime.


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U.S. Senate passes $860 billion national defense budget that lifts military vaccine mandate
Craig Monger | 12.19.22
(Photo by Somchai Kongkamsri)
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is now headed to President Joe Biden's desk.
The NDAA, which authorizes national defense spending for fiscal year 2023, has been controversial since the addition of a Senate amendment that removes the military mandate for the COVID-19 vaccine.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined several other senators in supporting the legislation.
See also: Tuberville, Senate Republicans succeed in removing military vaccine mandate in NDAA after accusing Democrats of 'playing politics'
Despite accusations from Tuberville that Democrats in Congress were intentionally delaying the NDAA, the bill passed the Senate on Friday. However, questions remain about whether the bill will find any resistance in the White House.
The NDAA allocates nearly $860 billion in military funding over the next year. In addition to removing the mandate, the bill gives a 4.6% pay increase to servicemembers, $10 billion to finance weaponry and military equipment to Taiwan over the next five years, and $800 million in additional aid to Ukraine.
Tuberville praised the NDAA, claiming it had "several key wins for Alabama."
"Alabama has been at the forefront of America's national defense network for decades," Tuberville said. "More than 50,000 Alabamian service members and Department of Defense civilian officials work around the clock to defend the United States. The FY23 NDAA expands resources for our state to continue that work and provides crucial updates and additions to America's military.
"The importance of passing a strong NDAA cannot be overstated. To maintain our role as the world's leading superpower, we must also maintain the world's most modern, prepared, and lethal military. Bolstering our force and military capabilities ensures we are ready to defeat any enemy at any time. I am proud of my work on the Senate Armed Services Committee to draft legislation that gives the military the tools it needs to keep our country safe."
The outgoing U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) was also happy with the NDAA.
"Passing the National Defense Authorization Act is a critical step in the process of providing defense funding and supporting our Armed Forces," Shelby said. "This legislation sends a powerful message to our adversaries as we advocate for a robust military. I am pleased to have supported this bill and look forward to advancing defense appropriations legislation next week, ensuring our troops will have the training, equipment, and resources needed to carry out their missions. The security of the nation must always remain our number one focus."
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) initially voted against the NDAA in July, but when the Senate amended the bill to remove the mandate, he changed his vote.
"Removing this unconstitutional vaccine mandate from the NDAA is a massive victory for my district and for our brave service members who do not want to be forced to take an experimental vaccine," said Moore. "I am proud to have joined the Republicans who held the line and forced Democrats to compromise by voting against previous versions of this legislation which included the vaccine mandate and other poisonous policies that required women to register with the Selective Service and instituted red flag measures for servicemembers."
To connect with the author of this story, or to comment, email craig.monger@1819news.com.
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A man who was in court three weeks ago and given first offender status for heroin possession was back in court.
A man who was in court three weeks ago and given first offender status for heroin possession was back in Accomack County Circuit Court.
Steven Pearce has been uncooperative and verbally abusive to those trying to help him, said Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Matthew Brenner.
With first offender status, Pearce had to complete a year without using drugs or getting into further trouble. If he completed the year successfully, the felony drug conviction would be removed from his record.
Pearce got off to a rocky start, said Jen Hope, who works for an agency finding emergency housing for the homeless.
Hope said none of the other homeless people she placed were ever so critical or abusive to her. She said her agency paid $303.35 a week from grant money to a local hotel to house Pearce, but that money was running out.
She also said she found a place in Mappsville for $625 a month that would be available to him.
"He said he prefers to live on Chincoteague. That is going to be a problem," she said.
On the witness stand, Pearce apologized to Hope and agreed to take the Mappsville trailer.
Defense attorney Carl Bundick told the court he instructed his client to comply with the requirements of the court.
He warned Pearce he would be brought back to court if there is any more trouble. "No more chances, sir," he said.


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Child, 4, injured in Rancho Cordova drive-by shooting
Child, grandmother taken to UC Davis Medical Center
Shawn Brouwer
(Aug. 27, 2015)
A 4-year-old boy and his grandmother were injured in a drive-by shooting Thursday morning while they were asleep in their Rancho Cordova apartment, police said.The shooting took place about 5 a.m. in the 1000 block of Croetto Way.Watch report: Child injured in Rancho Cordova drive-by shootingThe boy and his grandma were asleep on the couch when bullets pierced their apartment walls."I was asleep, and they were like right there by the back of the window, just one after another," said Angelique Salazar, who lives nearby. " There was just four of them. They were really loud. You didn't hear (any) cars, no one run away. It was just really silent after that."Family members told KCRA 3's Brian Hickey the boy was alert and talking to paramedics as he was taken away in an ambulance with a gunshot wound to his back.The boy's grandma was shot in the hand, deputies said.Both people are expected to survive.One person who was near the boy's relatives was talked to by officers and later detained, but there is no word what his connection may have been to the shooting.No additional information has been released.Croetto Way is closed in the area as police investigate.Stay with KCRA 3 for more on this developing story.
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. (KCRA) —
A 4-year-old boy and his grandmother were injured in a drive-by shooting Thursday morning while they were asleep in their Rancho Cordova apartment, police said.
The shooting took place about 5 a.m. in the 1000 block of Croetto Way.
Watch report: Child injured in Rancho Cordova drive-by shooting
The boy and his grandma were asleep on the couch when bullets pierced their apartment walls.
"I was asleep, and they were like right there by the back of the window, just one after another," said Angelique Salazar, who lives nearby. " There was just four of them. They were really loud. You didn't hear (any) cars, no one run away. It was just really silent after that."
Family members told KCRA 3's Brian Hickey the boy was alert and talking to paramedics as he was taken away in an ambulance with a gunshot wound to his back.
The boy's grandma was shot in the hand, deputies said.
Both people are expected to survive.
One person who was near the boy's relatives was talked to by officers and later detained, but there is no word what his connection may have been to the shooting.
No additional information has been released.
Croetto Way is closed in the area as police investigate.
Stay with KCRA 3 for more on this developing story.


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Q: Span of permutation matrices The set $P$ of $n \times n$ permutation matrices spans a subspace of dimension $(n-1)^2+1$ within, say, the $n \times n$ complex matrices.  Is there another description of this space?  In particular, I am interested in a description of a subset of the permutation matrices which will form a basis.
For $n=1$ and $2$, this is completely trivial -- the set of all permutation matrices is linearly independent.  For $n=3$, the dimension of their span is $5$, and any five of the six permutation matrices are linearly independent, as can be seen from the following dependence relation:
$$ \sum_{M \in P} \det (M) \ M = 0 $$
So even in the case $n=4$, is there a natural description of a $10$ matrix basis?

A: As user1551 points out, your space is the span of all "magic matrices" -- all $n\times n$ matrices for which every row and column sum is equal to the same constant (depending on the matrix).  As an algebra this is isomorphic to $\mathbb{C} \oplus M_{n-1}(\mathbb{C})$.
You can think of this as the image in $\operatorname{End}_{\mathbb{C}}(\mathbb{C}^n)$ of the natural representation of $S_n$ on $n$ points -- perhaps this is where your question comes from.  The representation decomposes as the direct sum of the trivial rep and an $(n-1)$-dimensional irreducible.
The set of permutation matrices coming from the permutations $1$, $(1,r)$, $(1,r,s)$ for $1\neq r \neq s \neq 1$ form a basis of this space.  To see that they are linearly independent, consider the first rows then the first columns of the corresponding matrices.

A: The Birkhoff–von Neumann theorem states that the convex hull of permutation matrices is the set of all doubly stochastic matrices. Hence the span of all permutation matrices is given by $S=\{X\in M_{n,n}(\mathbb{C}): \textrm{ all column sums and row sums of } X \textrm{ are equal}\}$.

A: The set of permutation matrices indexed by the permutations having an increasing subsequence of length $n-1$ is a basis. This set is the same as the set of consecutive cycles, that is, permutations of $n$ that consecutively cycle a set of consecutive numbers. For example, $3 \mapsto 4 \mapsto 5 \mapsto 3$ is a consecutive cycle (as is its inverse) but $3 \mapsto 5 \mapsto 6 \mapsto 3$ is not.
This result is proved, and vastly generalized, in  https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.00107.

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Q: How can I make the logged-In name the default option in dropdownlist box? Experts.
When a user logs into one of our web apps, there is a dropdownlist containing the names of all of our employees.
An employee could log into the system to record his or her entries into the database.
The employee could log the entries for another employee.
So far, an employee has had to select his or her name from the dropdown list and we don't want employees typing their names, just for consistency and to preserve data integrity.
Our problem currently is how to have employee's login name become the default option in the dropdown. The employee can select another name from the list if making the entries for another empployee.
Any ideas how to accomplish this task?
Thanks alot in advance.
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    If Not IsPostBack Then
        Dim s As String
        Dim reader As OleDbDataReader
        txtFullName.Text = Session.Item("assignedTo").ToString

      'Initialize Connection
        s = "Select login_id, UserName from tblusers ORDER BY UserName"
        Dim connStr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("allstringconstrng").ConnectionString
        Dim conn As New OleDbConnection(connStr)
        Dim cmd As New OleDbCommand(s, conn)

        'Open the connection
        conn.Open()

        Try

            'Execute the Login command
            reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
            'Populate the list of Users

            txtLoginName.DataSource = reader
            txtLoginName.DataValueField = "login_id"
            txtLoginName.DataTextField = "UserName"
            txtLoginName.DataBind()
            'Close the reader
            reader.Close()

        Finally
            'Close Connection
            conn.Close()
        End Try
    End If

End Sub

<--new code -->
        Try
        'Execute the Login command
        reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
        'Populate the list of Users
        Dim currentUserName As String = ""

        While reader.Read()
            If (reader("login_id").ToString().Equals(currentUserName)) Then
                currentUserName = reader("UserName").ToString()
            End If
        End While

        txtLoginName.SelectedValue = currentUserName

        'Close the reader
        reader.Close()

    Finally
        'Close Connection
        conn.Close()
    End Try

A: you can use Page.User property to get the Name and then assign it to the dropdown's selected Value on Page_Load event.

A: Could you just simply select it by text after you populate the list? I assume you'll know the login_id once the user logs in, so you could find the username from the results of the query, like so:
UNTESTED:
string currentUserName = "";
While reader.Read()
    If (reader("login_id").ToString().Equals(currentUserLogin)) Then
        currentUserName = reader("UserName").ToString()
    End If
End While

And then, once the list is populated via the results, select the correct user by username.
txtLoginName.Items.FindByValue(UserName).Selected = true;

Or even better yet, since you should already know the login_id, you can simply select by value from the populated drop down list, like so:
txtLoginName.SelectedValue = login_id

It's worth noting that this is making a very big assumption that the login_id will exist in the list. You may want to perform the appropriate check first to see if the login_id exists before selecting.

A: If you are using forms or windows authentication, wouldn't you just use:
txtLoginName.Text = User.Identity.Name

I believe this will select it if the text is in the list and matches exactly.  Or, just use Sam's method.  But was it the User.Identity.Name that you were looking for?


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An Analysis Of How State Campaign Finance Laws Affect Challengers And Incumbents
For years, academics, political theorists, and campaign finance reformers have debated the causal relationship between campaign contribution limits and the outcome of elections. Some argue that limiting campaign contributions amounts to "incumbent protection;" others contend that limits make challengers more competitive. This study is the first of its kind to comprehensively examine the states with contribution limits and empirically measure changes in competitiveness. Based on an analysis of 30,000 elections in 45 states, this study found that campaign contribution limits slightly favor challengers by reducing the incumbent margin of victory.
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For years, academics, political theorists, and campaign finance reformers have debated the causal relationship between campaign contribution limits and the outcome of elections. Some argue that limiting campaign contributions amounts to "incumbent protection;" others contend that limits make challengers more competitive. This study is the first of its kind to comprehensively examine the states with contribution limits and empirically measure changes in competitiveness. Based on an analysis of 30,000 elections in 45 states, this study found that campaign contribution limits slightly favor challengers by reducing the incumbent margin of victory.
The chief findings are:
• Placing limits on individual contributions reduces the vote margin in state House races for all candidates first elected after the limits have gone into effect by 7.6%. Incumbents who were first elected prior to the enactment of contribution limits see their races become closer by 3.1% due to contribution limits. Placing contribution limits on PACs, corporations, labor unions and parties also reduces margins of victory.
• The lower the limit, the tighter the election. When controlling for the number of candidates in a race, lowering the contribution limit by $1,000 leads to a decrease in the margin of victory by three percentage points for races involving incumbents, and 2.6 percentage points for all races.
• Because most incumbents win by very large margins, reducing contribution limits by $2,000 in every state would have led to just four percent of successful incumbents losing their reelection bids. So while contribution limits do make elections closer, they do not dramatically reduce incumbent reelection rates.
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In support of government's efforts to improve the delivery of their services, PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has inked an agreement with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to roll out free Wifi services via Google Station in more LTO branches across the country. These additional venues will join the growing list of more than 600 Google Station sites nationwide that Google and Smart announced earlier this year.
Present at the MOA signing ceremonies were (L-R) PLDT Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise Juan Victor I. Hernandez, LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante and PLDT Enterprise First Vice President Vic Tria
To date, Google Station is already available in LTO offices in Metro Manila, Davao and Laguna. As a result of this agreement, this Smart-powered Wi-Fi service will be available across LTO district and regional offices nationwide in the coming months.
"The internet is already integral to the Filipino lifestyle. Aside from using the internet to keep in touch with their families or to post on social media, people also use it to access online services that are relevant to them, including government services," said LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante. "Given this, reliable connectivity is crucial to delivering timely and efficient government services," he added.
"This partnership with the LTO is proof of the commitment of PLDT and Smart to support government by boosting the delivery of public services in the country through enhanced connectivity and digital solutions," said PLDT Chief Revenue Officer and Smart President and CEO Alfredo S. Panlilio.
"With quality connectivity at their fingertips, motorists who visit the offices to obtain or renew their driver's licenses, motor vehicle registrations, and other permits can easily access these online services," said PLDT Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise Juan Victor I. Hernandez.
Aside from LTO offices, Google Station is also available in other government offices such as city and provincial halls, as well as in offices of the National Bureau of Investigation across the country.
Moreover, Google Station is also available in other heavy foot-traffic areas such as airports and other transportation hubs like bus stations and seaports, hospitals, tertiary schools, and malls.
The nationwide rollout of Google Station complements Smart's ongoing network expansion and modernization program across the Philippines.
For 2019, PLDT capex is expected to reach P78.4 billion, including allocations for the expansion of PLDT's fiber broadband service, which also supports Smart's mobile network by providing high-capacity links for cellular base stations.
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Q: Old movie (50 years +) where older couple get a machine that allows them to live through other people I am looking for a movie I vaguely remember. I believe it's a British movie and I would guess from the late 60s/early 70s based on what I remember.
The plot is essentially that an elderly couple acquire some sort of item (a machine I believe) which allow them to live through other people. They enjoy the mobility of youth and the process of taking risks whilst in control of other peoples bodies. I am very vague on the details but I seem to remember it ends with a car crash whilst the old man is controlling someone.
Dos anybody know what I'm talking about?... I feel like I would know it if I saw it.

A: This is The Sorcerers (1967).
From Wikipedia:

The Sorcerers is a 1967 British science fiction/horror film directed by Michael Reeves, starring Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Ian Ogilvy, and Susan George. The original story and screenplay was conceived and written by John Burke. Reeves and his childhood friend Tom Baker re-wrote sections of the screenplay, including the ending at Karloff's insistence, wanting his character to appear more sympathetic. Burke was removed from the main screenwriting credit and was relegated to an 'idea by'.

From IMDB:

An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.

Near the end of the film -- at around the 1:23:33 mark -- there's a scene where a young man crashes a car. It appears that the hypnotist and his wife were fighting for control over the young man at the time.


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The United Church of Christ's Statement of Faith
We believe in God, the Eternal Spirit, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and our Father, and to His deeds we testify:
He calls the worlds into being, creates man in His own image, and sets before him the ways of life and death.
He seeks in holy love to save all people from aimlessness and sin.
He judges men and nations by His righteous will declared through prophets and apostles.
In Jesus Christ, the man of Nazareth, our crucified and risen Lord, He has come to us and shared our common lot, conquering sin and death, and reconciling the world to Himself.
He bestows upon us His Holy Spirit, creating and renewing the Church of Jesus Christ, binding in covenant faithful people of all ages, tongues and races.
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He promises to all who trust Him: forgiveness of sins and fullness of grace, courage in the struggle for justice and peace, His presence in trial and rejoicing, and eternal life in His kingdom which has no end.
Blessing and honor, glory and power be unto Him. Amen.
In 1836, Rev. Ephraim Kieffer, in connection with the Lurtherans, orangized what is now know as St. John's UCC.
In 1869, the Reformed congregation (chartered in 1844) purchased the Lutheran interest.
Damage due to a furnace fire in the small frame building spurred the congregation to build the present stone sanctuary. The corner stone was laid in 1880 and the sanctuary was dedicated in 1883.
The German Reformed church merged with the Evangelical Snyod of North America in 1934 and our church became St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church. This new denomination stressed liberty of conscience and authority of the Bible.
In 1957, the Evangelical and Reformed joined the Congregational christian churches to become the United Church of Christ.
Brief History of St. John's UCC


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Q: A question about notation in matrix calculus: $\dfrac{\partial Ax}{\partial x}=A^T$ or $ \dfrac{\partial (Ax)^T}{\partial x}=A^T$? I was looking for an explanation of the derivation of quadratic forms in matrix calculus, and during my search I came across two different, seemingly contradictory, identities.
On the one hand, some derivation used
$\dfrac{\partial \mathbf{Ax}}{\partial\mathbf{x}}=\mathbf{A^T}$, which implies that $\dfrac{\partial \mathbf{x}}{\partial\mathbf{x}}=\mathbf{I}$.
On the other hand, my book on matrix algebra for example states that $ \dfrac{\partial \mathbf{(Ax)^T}}{\partial\mathbf{x}}=\dfrac{\partial \mathbf{x^TA^T}}{\partial\mathbf{x}}=\mathbf{A^T}$, which is quite the opposite of what I found elsewhere.
I can follow the derivation in both cases, but I would like to understand the deeper context, and why there are different approaches? Which of the two notations is the most common?

A: Define $F \colon \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$ by $F(x) = Ax$. The derivative of $F$ at $x$, denoted $DF(x) \colon \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$, is simply $DF(x) = A$. Naturally, $DF(x)$ is represented by the matrix $A$.
Define $G \colon \mathbb{R}^n \to M(1 \times n, \mathbb{R})$ by $G(x) = (Ax)^T$. Since $G$ is linear, the derivative of $G$ at $x$ is given by $DG(x)y = G(y) = (Ay)^T$. $DG(x)$ can be represented by a matrix by choosing bases for $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $M(1 \times n, \mathbb{R})$. For example, if you use $e_1, \dots, e_n$ as a basis for $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $e_1^T, \dots, e_n^T$ as a basis for $M(1 \times n, \mathbb{R})$, then the matrix representation of $DG(x)$ with respect to these bases is $A$.

A: Given
$\mathbf{x}=
\begin{pmatrix}
x_1\\
x_2\\
\vdots\\
x_n\\
\end{pmatrix}\in\mathbb{R^n}$ and
$\mathbf{y}=
\begin{pmatrix}
y_1\left(x_1,\ldots,x_n\right)\\
y_2\left(x_1,\ldots,x_n\right)\\
\vdots\\
y_m\left(x_1,\ldots,x_n\right)\\
\end{pmatrix}\in\mathbb{R}^m
$ we consider the Jacobian matrix $\mathbf{J}$ in the form
\begin{align*}
\mathbf{J}=\frac{\partial\left(y_1,\ldots,y_m\right)}{\partial\left(x_1,\ldots,x_n\right)}
=\left(\frac{\partial y_i}{\partial x_j}\right)_{{1\leq i\leq m}\atop{1\leq j\leq n}}\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times n}\tag{1}
\end{align*}

Given an $(m\times n)$-matrix $A=\left(a_{i,j}\right)_{{1\leq i\leq m}\atop{1\leq j\leq n}}\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$ we obtain using the numerator layout notation (1)
\begin{align*}
\color{blue}{\frac{\partial \mathbf{Ax}}{\partial \mathbb{x}}}
&=\frac{\partial\left(\sum_{k=1}^na_{1,k}x_k,\ldots,\sum_{k=1}^na_{m,k}x_k\right)}{\partial\left(x_1,\ldots,x_n\right)}\\
&=\left(\frac{\partial\left(\sum_{k=1}^na_{i,k}x_k\right)}{\partial x_j}\right)_{{1\leq i\leq m}\atop{1\leq j\leq n}}\\
&=\left(a_{i,j}\right)_{{1\leq i\leq m}\atop{1\leq j\leq n}}\\
&\,\,\color{blue}{=\mathbf{A}}
\end{align*}
which corresponds to OPs second formula $ \dfrac{\partial \mathbf{(Ax)^T}}{\partial\mathbf{x}}=\dfrac{\partial \mathbf{x^TA^T}}{\partial\mathbf{x}}=\mathbf{A^T}$.

On the other hand we can also consider the Jacobian matrix $\mathbf{J}$ in the form
\begin{align*}
\mathbf{J}=\frac{\partial\left(y_1,\ldots,y_m\right)}{\partial\left(x_1,\ldots,x_n\right)}
=\left(\frac{\partial y_i}{\partial x_j}\right)_{{1\leq j\leq n}\atop{1\leq i\leq m}}\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times m}\tag{2}
\end{align*}

Given an $(m\times n)$-matrix $A=\left(a_{i,j}\right)_{{1\leq i\leq m}\atop{1\leq j\leq n}}\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$ we obtain using the denominator layout notation (2)
\begin{align*}
\color{blue}{\frac{\partial \mathbf{Ax}}{\partial \mathbb{x}}}
&=\frac{\partial\left(\sum_{k=1}^na_{1,k}x_k,\ldots,\sum_{k=1}^na_{m,k}x_k\right)}{\partial\left(x_1,\ldots,x_n\right)}\\
&=\left(\frac{\partial\left(\sum_{k=1}^na_{i,k}x_k\right)}{\partial x_j}\right)_{{1\leq j\leq n}\atop{1\leq i\leq m}}\\
&=\left(a_{i,j}\right)_{{1\leq j\leq n}\atop{1\leq i\leq m}}\\
&\,\,\color{blue}{=\mathbf{A}^T}
\end{align*}
which corresponds to OPs first formula $\dfrac{\partial \mathbf{Ax}}{\partial\mathbf{x}}=\mathbf{A^T}$.

Note: I've skimmed through some of my Analysis books and found the numerator layout notation only. This might indicate that in the context of analysis  it is more often convenient than the denominator notation. It was also the notation I've learned during my math studies (Analysis from Harro Heuser).

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*Numerator layout notation:

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*Foundations of Modern Analysis, Vol. 1 by J. Dieudonné

*Introduction to Calculus and Analysis II by R. Courant

*Principles of Mathematical Analysis by W. Rudin

*Calculus of Serveral Variables by S. Lang

*Lehrbuch der Analysis, Teil 2
by H. Heuser.


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Starting your own website can be a daunting task. Thankfully, website builders have made even the least experienced capable of creating professional-looking websites on their own. This is what platforms like Squarespace does best. With its high-quality templates and intuitive website editor, you can launch and manage a blog, portfolio, or online store even without writing a single line of code.
GoDaddy, which is more popular for its web hosting services, also brandish an easy-to-use website builder with exceptional e-commerce features. Customization is a little more restricted compared to Squarespace, but if you want to launch a website fast, it's definitely the tool for you. However, is it the right one for you? Below, we compare these website builders across key areas to help you decide.
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Standout Feature Intuitive website builder and stunning website templates Guided website-building and solid e-commerce features
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SSL Yes Yes
Custom Domain Supported Supported
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Templates 60+ templates 100+ templates
Mobile Friendly Templates Yes Yes
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Social Media Syncing Sell products on Instagram Sell products on Facebook and Instagram
Customer Support 24/7 email support and live chat, help center, community answers 24/7 phone support, live chat, help center, community
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Clean and organized best sums up how Squarespace's website editor is.
Squarespace is quite similar to other website builders like Weebly and Wix. The platform, for instance, uses a drag-and-drop editor to add content to your site. Moving these blocks or page elements around is fairly straightforward, too. You literally just have to drag them into place. In addition, all the tools you need are neatly organized in a minimalist left-side panel. This makes it easy to navigate between pages and features.
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What makes Squarespace different, however, is its section-based editing approach. Wix, for example, allows you to work on an entire page, dragging and dropping content as you please. Squarespace essentially just allows you to work on one section at a time. It's not as cumbersome as HostGator's manual editing tool. But it does require a bit of a learning curve, especially if you're coming from a platform like Wix.
Signing up on GoDaddy is easy thanks to guided prompts
GoDaddy, on the other hand, is all about speed. The platform uses ADI (Artificial Design Intelligence) in creating websites. Users simply need to sign up, answer a few questions (like what Squarespace does), and the next thing you know, a pre-built website is ready. GoDaddy is lightning-fast and hassle-free.
Personalizing your website, however, is a different matter. GoDaddy's website editor looks plain compared to Squarespace. The drag and drop feature feels basic, too. While adding content isn't too much trouble, dragging and dropping page elements — as opposed to clicking add buttons — feels more natural. As such, GoDaddy comes across as a bit more restrictive compared to other site builders.
GoDaddy has more website templates but Squarespace has better designs and more room for customization.
There are plenty of elements you can modify on Squarespace.
Squarespace has the advantage when it comes to templates. Its catalog isn't as wide as GoDaddy's — 60 plus templates versus the latter's 100 plus. However, Squarespace's selection feels more carefully curated. Although most of the templates follow a minimalist design, there's enough variety between them that choosing the right one can be both fun and difficult.
That isn't to say GoDaddy's templates won't give you a professional-looking site. With more choices available, you're bound to find one that will lend your online presence a level of credibility. Overall, however, these templates are less sophisticated compare to what Squarespace offers.
GoDaddy allows users access to basic customizations.
Of course, you can always customize your design. Like most site builders, GoDaddy allows you to modify your website's color, change font pairings, and resize content blocks. You can quickly personalize your website, too, by changing your template's theme.
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But the level of creative control you get pales in comparison to Squarespace. The latter simply has more style options, whether it's for a page configuration or content block. Plus, you can make deeper customizations with the platform's built-in CSS editor.
What both Squarespace and GoDaddy do really well is organizing their templates. Designs are simply categorized by industry. This makes it easier to look for a template suited for your product or service. It also gives you a peg or model to follow when building your site, which is useful if you're not a designer by profession.
Both Squarespace and GoDaddy come with a plethora of SEO, e-commerce, and marketing features.
Squarespace has impressive blogging features.
Managing and growing a website, however, isn't just about good design. If you want more people visiting your page, solid SEO tools are important. In this line, GoDaddy has a lead over Squarespace. The web hosting company's platform allows users to submit a sitemap to Google, which should help enhance your site's rankings.
Squarespace does have better social media integrations. GoDaddy's social media links are limited to a few buttons you embed in your site. With Squarespace, the social sharing tools allow users to push fresh content across different accounts, pull content from social media to your site, and even link your social media to specific elements on your website.
When it comes to e-commerce and marketing, Squarespace and GoDaddy are pretty even. Both platforms have flexible payments and the option to sell unlimited products. Standard e-commerce features like abandoned cart recovery, tax and shipping rates, as well as the ability to offer discounts are also available.
For the data-driven, website analytics are built-in. In addition, Squarespace and GoDaddy also come with their own email marketing campaigns, so you don't have to spend extra on integrations. If you do want the added functionality of a third-party app, Squarespace will give you that via Squarespace Extensions. Keep in mind, however, it isn't as extensive as what WordPress or Wix offers.
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To make the most out of the platforms, you can choose from the different Squarespace and GoDaddy plans.
Here's a look at the plans offered by Squarespace and GoDaddy.
As is typical of most website builders, Squarespace and GoDaddy are subscription-based platforms. This means you get more advanced features as you move up the pricing ladder. You also get discounts if you opt to pay annually.
Currently, Squarespace has four plans: Personal ($12 per month), Business ($18 per month), Basic Commerce ($26 per month), and Advanced Commerce ($40 per month). Do note these rates are for annual subscriptions. Expect to pay more if you decide on a monthly payment scheme.
GoDaddy, on the other hand, similarly offers four plans. Their current rates are also less expensive across the board compared to Squarespace. The monthly cost of their plans is as follows: Basic is at $9.99, Standard is at $14.99, Premium will set you back $19.99, while Ecommerce comes in at $24.99. Again, these figures represent monthly fees billed annually.
While Squarespace doesn't have a free plan, the platform currently offers a 14-day free trial. This should give users more than enough time to test the platform's features. In contrast, GoDaddy does have a free-forever plan. The option includes access to templates and analytics. If you want to start selling, however, you need to sign up for Ecommerce.
Creative professionals and businesses stand to benefit from Squarespace more. Beginners, on the other hand, will find GoDaddy easier to use.
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The main draw of Squarespace has always been its templates. In the market today, it's hard to find a website builder with designs as good as what Squarespace offers. This makes the platform ideal for creative professionals or businesses who prefer websites that have a strong, visual appeal. Blogs, creative portfolios, online magazines, beauty shops, and retails stores — all stand to benefit from Squarespace's features.
Beginners, however, will probably like GoDaddy a bit more. The web hosting company's no-nonsense website builder requires little tinkering to create a site. Once you've answered the guided prompts, a functional website is just about ready. Of course, the tradeoff of speed is a lack of deeper customization features. But if you don't really mind not being able to modify certain page elements, GoDaddy is good enough.
📌 What's the difference between Squarespace and GoDaddy.
Squarespace and GoDaddy are both easy-to-use website builders. Squarespace offers better-looking templates and more customization features. However, GoDaddy is easier and faster to use in starting a website.
📌 Does GoDaddy's free plan come with a SSL certificate?
Yes, GoDaddy's free plan includes an SSL certificate for your website's security.
📌 Is Squarespace better than GoDaddy when it comes to blogging?
Squarespace's blogging features are better than GoDaddy's. After all, the platform was originally conceived for content-based websites. Squarespace's blogging features also include extensive social media integrations, customizable layouts, and support for podcasts.
📌 Can I edit my GoDaddy website using a mobile device?
GoDaddy supports on-the-go editing. This means users can edit their website with their smartphones or tablet device.
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Honeycomb by Joanne M. Harris, illus. by Charles Vess
Fairy tales for grown-ups, allegories, visions and horrors: these gorgeously illustrated linked stories are guaranteed to transport.
With Honeycomb, the prolific Joanne M. Harris (Chocolat; Peaches for Father Francis), who has written fantasy, historical fiction, suspense, cookbooks and more, offers an enchanting collection of darkly delightful, imaginative fairy tales and parables of the modern world. (These stories began as a series on Twitter.) Illustrator Charles Vess (Stardust; Sandman) brings to life Harris's Silken Folk, "weavers of glamours, spinners of tales… whom some call the Faërie, and some the First, and some the Keepers of Stories," in richly detailed images.
In the world of Honeycomb, the Sightless Folk (regular humans) unwittingly often share space with the numerous and diverse Silken. "There are many doors between the worlds of the Faërie and the Folk. Some look like doors; or windows; or books. Some are in Dream; others, in Death." These 100 stories form a whole that is magical, fanciful, enchanting and occasionally nightmarish. Some center on single-appearance characters, and some characters are revisited, but all belong to the same universe. "Dream is a river that runs through Nine Worlds, and Death is only one of them." In special moments, "all Worlds were linked, like the cells of an intricate honeycomb, making a pattern that stretched beyond even Death; even Dream," and the stories are likewise linked cells.
Some act as allegories, as in "The Wolves and the Dogs," in which the Sheep elect a Wolf to protect them because at least he is honest. In "The Traveller," the titular character passes quickly by many delights in pursuit of his destination, which turns out less impressive than he'd hoped. "Clockwork" is a horrifying tale in which a husband rebuilds his wife piece by piece. "The Bookworm Princess," on the other hand, ends with deep satisfaction. There is the Clockwork Princess and the watchmaker's boy; a girl who travels with a clockwork tiger; and a mistrustful puppeteer who manifests what he fears. A recurring farmyard is packed with colorful animal characters–a troublesome piglet, a petulant pullet–and allegory, Orwellian and otherwise. The connecting character is the Lacewing King, whom readers meet at his birth in "The Midwife" and follow for hundreds of years, as the fate of Worlds hangs in the balance. "There are many different ways to reach the River Dream. One is Sleep; one is Desire; but the greatest of all is Story…."
Completely engrossing, exquisitely inventive, brilliantly illustrated and thought-provoking, Honeycomb is a world, or Worlds, to get lost in. "Some of these tales have stings attached. But then, of course, that's bees for you."
This review originally ran in the May 3, 2021 issue of Shelf Awareness for the Book Trade. To subscribe, click here.
Rating: 9 candied cockroaches.
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Choices for the Fill of an object, from left to right: No paint, Flat color, Linear gradient, Radial gradient, Pattern, Unset paint.
Choices for the Stroke paint of an object, from left to right: No paint, Flat color, Linear gradient, Radial gradient, Pattern, Unset paint. The stroke has been widened to make it easier to see the effect of the different options.
Custom Swatch (document dependent swatch). New in v0.48.
In principle, this is a simple description for specifying any color. The complexity comes from assuring that the color reproduced on a display or in printing matches the color the artist envisioned. Various color "systems" have been developed to facilitate this. Inkscape supports base ICC profile functionality through the use of LittleCMS. Setting up color management can be done under the Color management section in the Inkscape Preferences dialog. You can declare multiple ICC profiles for a document in the Color Management tab of the Document Properties dialog. If everything is setup properly the "Color Managed View" can be toggled on/off via View → Color-managed View or by clicking on the icon in the lower right corner of the window. This will give a better representation of what you can expect to see in the final rendering of the drawing as well as mark out-of-gamut colors. Note, profiles internal to a bitmap are not used. A complete discussion of this topic is beyond the scope of this book.
The fill color of an object can be modified a variety of ways, including using the Fill and Stroke dialog, the Palette, the Swatches dialog, and the Dropper Tool. Some of these methods can also be used to change the color of a Gradient stop when a Gradient handle is selected.
The color Palette, located near the bottom of the main Inkscape window, and the Swatches dialog (View → Swatches... (Shift+Ctrl+W)) allows one to quickly set the color of an object's Fill or Stroke or to set the color of a Gradient Stop. They can also be used to set the Current style. Their use is essentially identical so they will be treated together. The visibility of the Palette can be toggled via a check box in the View → Show/Hide submenu.
Left Mouse Click on a swatch to change the Fill of selected objects or the color of selected Gradient Stops to the color of the swatch. Shift+Left Mouse Click on a swatch to change the Stroke of selected objects. The Current style will also change (no object need be selected). Note, the Current style is not displayed correctly in v0.48 if the Auto palette is selected.
Left Mouse Drag from a swatch to an object's Fill or Stroke or to a Gradient Stop to change the corresponding attribute to the swatch's color. Shift+Left Mouse Drag to anywhere on an object to set the Stroke color (except to a GradientStop). The target object need not be selected. The Current style will not change.
Right Mouse Click on a swatch to open a small dialog which allows you to assign the color to the Fill or Stroke of selected objects. The Current style will also change. In v0.48, one can also edit or delete a Custom Swatch through this dialog.
Inkscape has a variety of built-in palettes (some copied from Gimp). More palettes can be added by installing palette files in the directory share/palettes. The files use the Gimp palette file structure where colors are defined in terms of a triplet of numbers in a RGB format. See the section called "Custom Swatches or Palettes" in Chapter 24, Customization, for details.
An Auto palette was added in v0.48. This is the default palette shown in the Swatches dialog. Initially it is empty. It will automatically include Custom Swatches as they are added to a document. This palette is document dependent.
Both the Palette and the Swatches dialog have a pull-down menu (far right, small arrow) where you can set the size and shape of the swatches, if the colors should be displayed in one row or in multiple rows, and which palette should be used. Hovering the pointer over a swatch will display a color's name in a tool tip and in the Status Bar. A scroll bar gives access to colors in a palette that are not displayed when there are too many colors to fit.
The Style Indicator located on the left side of the Status Bar displays information on selected objects, text fragments, or Gradient stops. The indicator includes a number of methods to alter style, including: pop-up menus, targets for Drag and Drop colors, and Color Gestures.
The Style Indicator showing the attributes of an object with a red Fill, a blue Stroke paint, a Stroke width of 10 pixels, and an Opacity of 100%.
Color swatch: Shows color with (left) and without (right) Alpha (Alpha refers to the Fill and Stroke paint attributes and not the object's opacity).
A Right Mouse Click opens a pop-up menu that allows the stroke width unit to be changed as well as a preset width to be selected. The stroke can also be removed with this menu.
Last selected color: Applies the last selected color to selected objects. The last selected color is the color of the previously selected object(s) prior to selecting the object(s) whose color is to be changed. If the color is to be applied to multiple objects, they must be selected together using a rubber-band selection. In v0.48, Custom Swatches are ignored in determining last selected color.
Color Gestures is the name given to changing the color of a Fill, Stroke, or Gradient Stop by dragging the mouse from a fill indicator into the Inkscape window. The principle is that as you drag the mouse, the color will change proportionally to the distance from a 45° line from the indicator. The farther away you are, the more subtle the changes can be. Changes are made in the HSL color space.
Color Gestures: Dragging the cursor away from the Fill indicator to the left or up from the dash line increases hue (blue to red) while dragging to the right or down decreases hue (blue to green). Dragging straight up or straight across results in the maximal change possible (blue to yellow).
Without any modifier key, changes are made to hue. With the Shift changes are made to saturation while with the Ctrl changes are made to lightness. Note that the letter next to the cursor will change to indicate the mode. Key modifiers can be changed while dragging. When a key modifier is changed, the "zero" line (normally at 45°) changes to pass through the current cursor position. This is to avoid abrupt changes in color when changing modifiers. The Alt modifier disables changes to the color so that the cursor can be repositioned.
Ctrl+C: Copy color under cursor to system clipboard in the form of an 8-digit hexadecimal number (2 digits for each of RGBA).
Pick opacity enabled, Assign opacity enabled: The color and opacity are both copied from the picked object. A dark blue object with an opacity of 50% would result in a light blue color composed of a dark blue fill with an opacity of 50%. Opacity of set object changed. Note: This is only applicable if the color is picked from an object with transparency that is not over another object.
To attach a Gradient with the Fill and Stroke dialog, simply select an object and click on either the linear or radial Gradient icons in the dialog. A Gradient with two Stops will automatically be created and applied to the object. The Stops will have the color of the previous Fill with one Stop having full opacity and the other full transparency. The following figure shows the dialog after attaching a Gradient this way.
Gradients can be modified by adding, deleting, moving, or changing the color and opacity of Stops. They can be edited onscreen. This is much more convenient than using the Gradient Editor dialog.
Circle, diamond, and square handles represent start, intermediate, and end Stops, respectively. Editing Stops has many parallels to editing nodes.
Double-click on the Gradient path. A new Stop will be added where you clicked. The Stop will take the existing color under the path.
Use the Del to remove selected Stops. If there is at least one intermediate Stop, then deleting the start or end Stops will shorten the Gradient with the nearest intermediate Stop becoming a start or end Stop. If there is no intermediate Stop, then deleting a start or end Stop will replace the Gradient with a solid Fill of the color of the remaining Stop.
Drag it with the Gradient Tool, Node Tool, or one of the shape tools. If more than one Stop is selected, they will all move together. Dragging with the Ctrl snaps the Stops at points that are multiples of 1/10th of the distance between the nearest neighboring unselected Stops. Dragging with the Alt moves selected Stops according to how far away they are from the dragged Stop.
The Fill and Stroke dialog: If no Stop is selected, the Gradient is previewed at the top under the Fill or Stroke tab. Otherwise the current color and opacity values for selected Stops are shown. Changes apply to all selected Stops.
To delete a Stop, select the Stop, then click on the Delete stop button. As at least two Stops are required to define a Gradient, you cannot delete a Stop via the dialog if only two are defined.
Any object or set of objects can be turned into a Pattern and used in the fill of an object. The Pattern can be shifted, rotated, and stretched as necessary. Inkscape includes a set of Patterns accessible through the Fill and Stroke dialog. The Vine Design tutorial covers creating and using Patterns.
The "tile" size of the Pattern is the total bounding box of the objects in the Pattern. If space is required around the objects, a non-visible rectangle object can be added or the Pattern size can be edited with the XML Editor dialog.
To adjust the origin, scale, and orientation of the Pattern, drag the translation handle (×), scale handle (square), and rotation handle (circle). The translation handle can conveniently be dragged over the object with the Pattern fill. Holding the Ctrl key down while dragging will restrict the movement to the horizontal or vertical direction. The scale is governed by the distance between the translation handle and scale handle, the orientation by the relative position of the rotation handle with the translation handle. The x and y directions can be scaled independently. Hold the Ctrl down to force the scaling to be uniform. Handles can be snapped.
Custom Swatches allow per document palettes with swatches of solid colors and Gradients. Custom Swatches are automatically added to a special Auto palette as they are created (selectable in the Palette or Swatches dialog). Solid color swatches are implemented as one-stop Gradients.
To create a Custom Swatch, with an object selected that has the desired solid fill or Gradient, click on the icon in the Fill and Stroke dialog (in the Fill or Stroke paint tab as appropriate). After creation, the color or Gradient of a swatch can be edited using the Swatch fill section of the Fill and Stroke dialog or by using the Gradient Editor dialog that is accessed by selecting Edit... in the menu that pops up when you Right Click on a swatch in the Palette or Swatches dialog (when the Auto palette is displayed). Any change to a swatch affects the fill of all objects that reference that swatch.
Swatch section of Fill and Stroke dialog.
To assign a Custom Swatch to the fill of an object, either select the desired swatch from the menu in the Swatch fill section of the Fill and Stroke dialog (if a swatch is already assigned to the fill) or click on the desired swatch in the Palette or Swatches dialog (if the Auto palette is selected).
To delete a swatch, select Delete from the menu that pops up when you Right Click on the swatch in the Palette or Swatches dialog (the Auto palette must be selected). Note that using File → Vacuum Defs will not remove unused swatches.


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By David Furones
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College football in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that many games may not happen when they were supposed to happen — or may not happen at all.
And now, games that weren't supposed to happen can suddenly be added to the schedule to replace the ones that won't happen, as the Miami Hurricanes learned over the weekend.
Miami, which already was idle the past two Saturdays as it took two weeks to allow a coronavirus outbreak among the team to subside, had its rescheduled date for its trip to Wake Forest called off on Saturday due to COVID concerns with the Demon Deacons. As Duke faced the same issue with its upcoming opponent, Florida State, it was a natural match for the two to get paired this Saturday with Duke playing host for an 8 p.m. kickoff, as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Sunday night.
UM (7-1, 6-1) and Duke (2-7, 1-7) normally face each other every season as ACC Coastal Division foes, but as the conference went without divisions in an altered 2020 season, it was a pairing that was originally nixed. Now, it's back on.
With the Hurricanes returning to practice Monday, they know they're still far from in the clear regarding coronavirus concerns.
"We know we won't have everybody back, just due to some of the counts of what we're waiting on," Miami coach Manny Diaz told 560-AM on Monday morning regarding player quarantine requirements, some of which will last through game day. "But, as things go well, we knew when we planned in talking to the league, we had certainly enough to go play the game. The way we practice will be a little bit modified this week with our ability to get guys back certain different days during the week, but we got enough to go play Saturday. And if we continue to go and do the right thing, keep the virus out of our building, we should be ready to go."
Beyond simply having a necessary total number of players, Diaz indicated that notion extends to position groups in his Monday afternoon press conference. The Hurricanes were shorthanded on the offensive and defensive line and on the verge of being unable to play last time out, a 25-24 win at Virginia Tech on Nov. 14.
"Without getting into specifics, we feel like we have enough depth at all positions to be good again," Diaz said while cautioning it's always a fluid situation in 2020. "Obviously, we've still got a couple of rounds of testing that we have to get through during the course of the week. ... But we do feel like our depth gives us the opportunity to play, and so we're up for going to play."
Miami held team meetings over web conference during the two-week hiatus. Players eligible for workouts participated in socially distant individual conditioning. Monday, while UM students are taking final exams due to an academic calendar that was moved up from normal, was the team's first true practice back in what Diaz called "an hour-long workout."
"We basically started like what we did in June," said Diaz, who recovered from coming in contact with the virus himself. "Obviously, we had a setback, and sometimes, just like coming off of a tough football game, we get to restart. We felt good about our protocols and the way we did things, and we kind of just went right back to basics. We got different guys that are at different points of clearance, in terms of their ability to come back and their workout ability."
After two Saturdays without football and then the threat of being game-less for a third consecutive weekend, the Hurricanes are coming off of Thanksgiving weekend pleased to be returning to game preparation.
"I think there is a level of just being thankful right now," Diaz said. "To take all of these games and understand they're not promised to us. We do have a special team, and this team wants to finish what they've started."
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Ranked No. 9 in the AP and Coaches Poll and awaiting an updated College Football Playoff ranking on Tuesday night after debuting at No. 10 there last week, Miami can also be thankful of where it is positioned as the 2020 calendar shifts to its final month, even if the chances at a spot in the ACC Championship Game over either Clemson or Notre Dame are dwindling down.
"We're in the mix. We're in December. We've got one loss. We're in the top 10. We're in the mix," Diaz said. "Who knows what's going to happen the last few weeks? This could be a last-man-standing operation. It's just such an unknown. Anyone sitting around saying, 'Well, this is what it's going to look like by the end of December.' You're pretending like it's a normal year, and it's just not."
Looking beyond the Blue Devils is the last thing Diaz wants his players to do this week after UM has suffered losses to Duke each of the past two seasons.
"If we think about later in December, we won't be thinking about going up to Duke this weekend," he said. "A team that's beaten us two years in a row, and all the weird adversity things we face having not played in a long time and guys getting cleared at different points during this week to go full speed in practice. We've got enough to deal with this week to just go win a football game."


During the present study solvent extracts (water, ethanol, acetone, methanol and chloroform) of roots, bulb, aerial part, and leaves of various local plants viz. Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth. (Liliaceae), Cotula anthemoides L. (Asteraceae), Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (Amaryllidaceae), Annona squamosa L. (Annonaceae) occurring at Purulia District of West Bengal were evaluated for phytochemical analysis and their antibacterial activity using agar well diffusion method. The significant results are obtained in case of U.indica and C.anthemoides. The phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phlobatannins, terpenoids and saponins in the studied plant parts.


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Beneficial interest is a situation that arises when a document you're asked to notarize would give you some kind of improper benefit beyond the standard notarization fee. Usually this is financial, but it can be any sort of gain or advantage.
Notarizing a document that would transfer ownership of a car or home to you are obvious cases of beneficial interest. However, notarizing a document that gives your family free tickets to a baseball game would be beneficial interest as well.
Even if not spelled out directly in state law, the NNA recommends that you do not notarize any document that gives you a beneficial interest. That includes potential benefits, including inheritances. Both potential and actual beneficial interest can be used to challenge a document's validity in court.