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Apple announces new MacBook Pros with a keyboard fix, oh, and more powerful processors
Matthew Panzarino	@Panzer / 3 years
Apple is updating its 15" MacBook Pro with new 8-core and 6-core processors and its 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar with 8th-gen quad-core processors. Apple says that these boosts mean the 15" MacBook Pro will run at double the speed of the previous quad-core models and hit 40% improvements over the 6-core MacBook Pro model.
Apple says this is its fastest Mac notebook ever.
Oh, and there is that keyboard update.
The $2,399 config of the 15″ MacBook Pro is getting a 2.6GHz 6-core i7 that boosts to 4.5ghz, a 400 MHz increase in turbo speed. The top end $2,799 config is now standard with an 8-core i9, two more cores and a 500 MHz increase over the current 6-core config.
The 13″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar gets boosted 2.4GHz quad-core processors, standard, which will turbo boost to speeds up to 4.7GHz. The configure-your-own option gets a 200MHz bump, making it a full 2x faster from the dual-core 13".
The speed boosts of the MacBook Pro and the keyboard changes come after a year of boosts for the flagship notebook. It got an update last July, a graphics update in October and now the i9 update. Amidst a shift in Apple's business driven by smartphone market saturation, the Mac has continued to grow out-sized to the industry and still acts as a beachhead for Apple in many enterprise businesses.
The new MacBook Pro models will be available for purchase today.
About the keyboard
Apple also told me that it is making three announcements about the MacBook Pro keyboard situation. Unless you've been under a rock, you're aware that the current generation of MacBook Pro (and MacBook Air) models have had issues with keys either not firing or firing twice, resulting in no letter or double letters typed. The industry term for this is "make or double make."
Apple recently revised the MacBook keyboards quietly with the addition of a membrane that seemed intended to prevent dust and particulates from making it under the keys and preventing firing. The updates, though seemingly improvements, still resulted in some malfunctions. And, Apple never really even said they were making the change.
Today, however, they told me they're taking three explicit steps to help with the keyboard situation:
The MacBook Pro keyboard mechanism has had a materials change in the mechanism. Apple says that this new keyboard mechanism composition will substantially reduce the double-type/no-type issue. Apple will not specify what it has done, but doubtless tear-downs of the keyboard will reveal what has been updated.
Though Apple believes this change will greatly reduce the issue, it is also including all butterfly keyboards across its notebook line in its Keyboard Service Program. This means that current MacBook Pros and even the models being released today will have keyboard repairs covered at no cost, in warranty and out of warranty.
Apple tells me that repair times for keyboards have been longer than they would like. It is making substantial improvements to repair processes in Apple Stores to make repairs faster for customers with issues.
If you bring a MacBook in with an older third-generation (the one with the membrane) malfunctioning keyboard, it will be replaced with this new fourth revision of the MacBook keyboard. So if you have an Air or a Pro that has issues, it will get the new mechanism.
As a note, the changes in the keyboards are "under the hood," meaning they are not intended to change the look or feel of the keyboard and should result in the same typing experience as current-gen keyboards.
The popularity of the MacBook Pro has only been highlighted by the keyboard issues, as no one notices a flaw in their tools more than people who live and die by them. If Apple is able to finally put the issues of this current generation of keyboards to rest it will have plugged a potential hole in MacBook sales and given itself breathing room to introduce a full new generation of the machines.
This speed bump comes in advance of Apple's WWDC conference where it is anticipated to launch iOS 13 and other software products for consumers and developers. Apple has, at times, used the stage to announce hardware improvements as well. Its decision to announce this speed bump and keyboard fix now could be a result of its desire to "clear the decks" for announcements onstage at the conference, or a desire to address the keyboard fix "off air" — or both.
WWDC is about a week and a bit away, and we'll be there on the ground to bring you the updates from the scene.


For our final evening together we gathered at a downtown restaurant (La Fermette Marbeuf), for a terrific French dinner.
Following dinner we headed toward the docks near the Eiffel tower and boarded a barge to set sail on a night cruise down the Seine River.
With music playing over the sound system or a handheld speaker to listen to the guided tour, we all enjoyed seeing Paris by night. If we weren't impressed by the city by then - this cruise certainly put us over the top! Under the bridges, past the Louvre and Notre Dame, the lights were brilliant and there couldn't have been a better conclusion to our journey.
On the way back to the hotel, our driver took us on a loop to see all the sites we had seen by day in their evening splendor. Most of us gathered in the hotel bar for a nightcap, to reminisce about all the things we've enjoyed on the trip and enjoy each other's company (and singing talents!) some more.
We had free time for our final afternoon in Paris and many of us headed to the Montmartre section. This is the last village of Paris and home to the famous basilica Sacre Coeur.
This artsy village is situated on a high and was home to many artists, including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The market area of the village is lined with local artists working and selling in the open air.
There were many shops in the area as well - which helped us get some more of our souvenir shopping done!
Givery - home of Claude Monet, and inspiration for so many of his masterpieces - is where we headed for our final morning of touring.
Our guide, Chris, shared lots of information about the town, Monet and the impressionist movement before dropping us off to tour the grounds on our own.
The water garden (featured in "Water Lilies") was terrific. Many of us said that we'd never look at the painting the same way after being there, standing on the bridge and looking across the pond.
The gardens were breathtaking! While we visited during the off-season and some of the blooms had wilted, the scope of the gardens was nearly overwhelming. Lots of photo-taking, as we roamed the grounds and noted the variety of flowers, trees, and bushes.
After a "petit" breakfast, we boarded on the bus for Versailles, with many tired faces. Our tour guide, Valerie led us out of the city and into the town Versailles, which is the oldest section of Paris. The town is mostly residential, with a 30 minute train commute to Paris.
We got to the palace and were simply amazed by the size. Valerie "whispered" in our ears as she gave a tour of the palace.
Just three kings lived in the palace - Louis XIV (Sun King), Louis XV (his grandson) and Louis XVI (great-grandson of the Sun King who was married to Marie Antoinette).
The palace was lavish and ornate. Clearly the Sun King was trying to impress the other rulers across the world (and his palace has been copied many times over).
Most impressive was the Hall of Mirrors - extraordinary!!!!
We also saw the Private and Public bedrooms of the king and the queen.
Everyone headed to the Eiffel Tower via the Metro and got spectacular views. Whether you stayed on the ground and took in the tower or rode the elevators to the middle or top landing - the sights were amazing!
Everyone also got to visit the Musee d'Orsay. Absolutely incredible what pieces of art were on display... original Rembrandts, Van Goghs, Monets, Manets, Pissaros were all on the same floor of the museum!!!! And the building itself is an old train station that was beautiful in its own right.
We split up and had dinner on our own - hopefully everyone enjoyed some French desserts!
Tomorrow morning we head to Versailles!
Our afternoon was a visit to Leeds Castle - which is NOT in Leeds.
This medieval castle was formerly a private home and was left by its last owner as a trust to be open to visitors. Interestingly, the widow of the owning family was American and she made huge improvements and modernizations to the castle before deeding it to the trust.
While the inside was interesting - so many artifacts and pieces of art - the outside gorunds were spectacular!
Acres of land with ponds, streams, varieties of trees, plants and flowers and lots of animal life (dozens of peacocks, black swan, sheep, etc). The grounds also host a golf course which some were playing as we roamed about.
On a beautiful spring or summer day many of us agreed we'd love to grab a good book and pull up a blanket somewhere here and simply enjoy the serenity and beauty.
Most of us headed out for our optional excursion today - Canterbury and Leeds Castle. Others took in the sites of downtown London - like the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace!
The 2 hour drive to Canterbury was very scenic once we hit the country. The town itself is a marvel.
A highlight is the cathedral; site of Thomas Becket's (St. Thomas of Canterbury) murder, as well as his crypt (until it was destroyed). The gothic architecture is awesome at this cathedral - one of the few in England in this style and it features the infamous flying buttresses.
The cathedral was huge - if you sat in the main seating area for Mass you'd never see (or hear) the celebrant. Everything was very elaborate.
There was a side door with a courtyard and a beautiful garden. Sheila, Maureen and Susan all discovered it first and then tried directing everyone else there. A favorite of their's was the yellow rose (I forget the exact name - but they'll remember!).
From Bath we departed to visit the ancient Stonehenge.
On the drive Katie offered a mini-lecture of sorts about Jane Austin. The information was terrific - informative and fun. She talked about Austin's life and also some of her works. She also answered our questions - what a treat!! Thanks Katie!
Everyone has seen photos and heard legends (some new legends mentioned for their construction: Merlin or the devil) of Stonehenge.
While we could not go up to the stones themselves, we did get a self-guided tour again and were able to take some great photos. One shot we took was of Ted and Isabel in their Stonehill gear!!
After the Globe Theatre we had free time to explore the city.
Some of us went to the Tate Modern Museum for viewing, others went to Harrods for shopping, others circled back and revisited some of the places we had seen by bus on the sightseeing tour the other day, for learning. All of us certainly took lots of pictures for capturing the moments!
A number of us met up at Gordon's Wine Bar (a recommendation of Katie's, as she has known this establishment for years and it is close to the National Theatre). Great wine, some food and terrific story-telling wrapped up a terrific day in London.
But we weren't done yet - 12 of us moved on tho the National Theatre to catch a performance of "Our Class". We made it to the theatre and headed to the Cottlesloe stage, which is a black box theater (new to some of us). The actors were so close!!
While at the Globe Theatre, we had the chance t go through its museum and also to see a costume demonstration.
Not only was this entertaining and very informative - but our very own Jenn got to be the "actress"!
The costumers dressed Jenn in the costume of Ophelia. From tunic and corset to hat and shoes the costumers dressed Jenn as they would dress the actress playing Ophelia. In doing so, they also explained what the garments were and why they were important to the costume and the character.
Thanks to Jenn for being such a good sport - and a great Ophelia!!!
We enjoyed a breakfast buffet in the hotel and boarded the bus to drive just 20 miles west of London to Windsor for our morning tour of Windsor Castle.
Along the drive our guide Barry (a surprise replacement who we enjoyed yesterday!) shared more stories of British history and provided an overview of the Castle.
The grounds of the castle are beautiful. Barry coaxed our driver to avoid the rules and drop us off just a short walk from the entrance. On our way in Barry showed us a view of Eton College and shared some background on this historic place. We also noticed that the Queen's flag was flying over the castle - indicating that she, in fact, was in residence today!
Once inside we received self-guided headsets (of sorts) and we were able to enjoy the castle at our own pace. Spectacular can't even describe it!
Chris led us to the local Tube station and showed us the ropes so we will feel comfortable using the system on our own later in the week and we arrived in the area near the Charles Dickens House Museum.
We arrived at what had been Dickens' home and took self-guided tours throughout. Some of us caught the introductory movie (others were afraid sitting in the dark room on little sleep would cause snoring!).
The museum was great - a very impressive library housing the National Dickens Collection, lots of photographs, sketches, hand-written notes, mini-biographies and even playbills were showcased.
We then had some free time to get some lunch and roam the area, which was very nice even though a number of shops and restaurants were closed for Sunday. We met back up at the Museum and boarded our shuttle for a tour of the city.


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Today I'm celebrating the resurrection of a Cambridge institution…Fitzbillies is (un)officially open!
This morning I hot-footed it down to Trumpington Street to purchase some of their infamous sticky chelsea buns.


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Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali insists their decision to sign up conditionally for the 2010 Formula 1 season does not mean they will accept a budget cap.
Ferrari and the eight other members of Formula One Teams Association (Fota) have submitted a joint entry dependent on conditions being met by 12 June.
One condition is that they can operate under current technical regulations.
Domenicali said: "Making the 2009 regulations the starting point means there will be no budget cap."
Ferrari had threatened to quit F1 after 60 unbroken years of competition if the International Automobile Federation (FIA) did not change the rules for the 2010 season which included an optional £40m budget cap.
But Ferrari's decision to enter conditionally was seen as greatly reducing the likelihood of their departure from the sport.
However, if the conditions, put forward by Fota members Ferrari, McLaren, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Renault, Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso, Brawn GP and Force India are not met, Domenicali pointed out the answer was simple.
"If the conditions are not met, the entries will be invalid," he said.
The FIA is due to publish the official entry list for the 2010 season on 12 June.
Williams were suspended from Fota after signing up for next season on their own last Monday.


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Q: Are vectors denoted in a single letter always a position vector? Does any vector, not having its initial point at the origin, must be shown in two letter only?

A: The question is not clear.
Formally, by modern definition, a vector is an element of a vector space.
If you're dealing with pre-20th century math and just look at vectors in the intuitive way (Euclidean vectors), vectors are only "entities with length and direction", usually represented as arrows in the plane. It doesn't matter where the origin of you arrow is; as long as two arrows point in the same direction (are parallel and both point upwards, or both downwards, or both in the same diagonal between left and upwards, etc.) and have the same length, they will represent the same vector. (This is called equipollence)
For those Euclidean vectors, we usually represent them with their origin at the origin $(0,0)$ of the "$xy$ plane", although this is not strictly necessary, but is good for computations related to Linear Algebra, Analytic Geometry, etc. For this representation we just need the tip of the arrow, a point $(a,b)$. Again, this is not strictly necessary, just really useful.

A: Not necessarily. We could write the displacement vector from point $\mathbf{A}$ to point $\mathbf{B}$ as $\vec{r}$ or as $\vec{r}_{AB}$ or as $\vec{AB}$ or as $\vec{B}-\vec{A}$ where $\vec{A}$ and $\vec{B}$ are displacement vectors relative to some third point $\mathbf{O}$.

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This is just me playing around with a simple parallelization for sorting a large array of integers.
I'm mostly please with how I used a queue to end the whole thing with a set of maximally parallel merges.
I also wrote a non-parallel version in C. C doesn't have widely available portable threading.


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4 edition of America in the twenties found in the catalog.
America in the twenties
Ronald Allen Goldberg
by Ronald Allen Goldberg
Published 2004 by Syracuse University Press in Syracuse, NY .
Statement Ronald Allen Goldberg ; with a foreword by John Robert Greene.
LC Classifications E
Pagination xv, 211 p. ;
This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade. Focusing on the two Presidents of the s, the book points out key distinctions between the governing styles and political philosophies of Warren Harding and Calvin : The Twenties in America features long overviews and short entries discussing people, books, films, plays, and other important topics representative of that era. Every entry focuses on the topic or person during the s in order to explore what made the decade unique.
Native Americans Explorers Colonial America American Revolution The Constitution The United States Civil War Industrial Nation World War I The Roaring Twenties The Great Depression World War II The Cold War Civil Rights The 's The War in Vietnam Modern United States. The s in United States, also known as the Roaring Twenties had a lot of effect on the nowadays America. First of all, when people talking about the s, what showed up in their mind is a prosperous society and fast development after World War I. World War I had a big impact on the American society because during the war, the materials and weapons are highly required.
A new industrial revolution slipped into high gear in America in the s Of all inventions of era, the automobile cut the deepest mark (assembly-line, mass production) Americans adapted rather than invented gasoline engine and a few daring American inventors and promoters, including Henry Ford and Ransom Olds were developing the automotive. The best book about the 's is: "Daily Life in the United States, Decades of Promise and Pain" (The Greenwood Press "Daily Life Through History" Series.) By: David E. Kyving. I really hope you find this book extremely interesting, informative, and fun to read! Have fun! Enjoy! You are most welcome! Anytime!
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Fantastic history book on America during the nineteen-twenties, blew Frederick Lewis Allen's book out of the water thorough chapters on the labor movement, the left, immigration, unions, the I.W.W., Post WWI issues, corporate crime, Pinkertons, the Woman's Suffrage Movement, Bohemian New York, the Klu Klux Klan epidemic, major social and political upheavals, the sexual revolution, Cited by: This is the book to read to wash away the myths of the s.
Every chapter brought a new insight for me about a decade that was the transition of America from predominantly rural to a more urban, industrial society/5. America in the Twenties is the best history book that I have ever read. Clearly written and carefully researched, this manuscript sheds light on one of the most important decades in American history.
It explores the emergence and eventual downfall of business, changing cultural issues, three different yet engrossing presidencies, and the Cited by: James Joyce, Ulysses () If we're counting by literary influence, Ulysses was biggest book of the 20s by far—the most important Modernist text and certainly one of the most important novels ever written."Ulysses," T.
Eliot told Virginia Woolf, "destroyed the whole of the 19th left Joyce himself with nothing to write another book on. America in the Age of the Titans, covering the Progressive Era and World War I, and America in the Twenties and Thirties reveal the author's unerring grasp of various primary and secondary sources and his emphasis upon structures, individuals, and anecdotes about them.
The book is lavishly illustrated with various prints, photographs, and. Book Description: This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade.
Focusing on the two Presidents of the s, the book points out key distinctions between the governing styles and political philosophies of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
An American Tragedy is a novel by American writer Theodore began the manuscript in the summer ofbut a year later abandoned most of that text. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in and the trial of her lover.
In Dreiser returned to the project, and with the help of his wife Helen and two editor-secretaries, Louise Campbell and Sally Kusell, he. The decade nicknamed the Roaring Twenties was a time when the nation was at peace and the standard of living was, for the most part, rising.
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America in the s, Volume 2. The s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1,and ended on Decem In North America, it is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age", while in Europe the period is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age Twenties" because of the economic boom following World War I.
The Roaring Twenties The Culture of the Twenties. Fads. People danced for days in dance marathons. The last couple on their feet were the winners. A game called Mahjong was popular in the 's.
It is a combination of discs and dominoes. Since the game was from China people would dress in Chinese clothing and decorate their homes for Mahjong. In Julie Otsuka's acclaimed novel, a Japanese-American family ― mother, father, son and daughter ― are sent from California to a detention center in Topaz, Utah.
The book speaks in each family member's voice to tell the story of their trip to and time in the camp and how they recovered from the experience after release. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at American life in the s as framed by the aspirations, scandals, and attitudes of the Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover presidencies.
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The "Roaring Twenties"—a term that characterizes the distinct cultural tone of the s, principally in American cities, but also in Berlin and Paris—was a period of social, artistic, cultural, and economic dynamism.
It was not until the Wall Street crash of that this remarkable era ended and the Great Depression spread worldwide. The Roaring Twenties was a decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity, driven by recovery from wartime devastation and deferred spending, a boom in construction, and the rapid growth of consumer goods such as automobiles and electricity in North America and Europe and a few other developed countries such as Australia.
The economy of the United States, which had successfully. America in the twenties. [Ronald Allen Goldberg] -- A study of the decade that swept America into the modern age and changed it forever.
Book, Internet Resource: All Authors / Contributors: Ronald Allen Goldberg. Find more information about: ISBN: American Women The 's was a time of female emancipation.
After years of struggle women, won the right to vote in Daring women, known as flappers, smoked in public, danced till three, and discovered the romantic possibilities of the automobile.
Birth control devices such as. Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from to under the terms of the Eighteenth gh the temperance movement, which was widely supported, had succeeded in bringing about this legislation, millions of Americans were willing to drink liquor (distilled spirits) illegally, which gave rise to.
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In this spirit, here are ten books from the s that are worth reading now. Ole Edvart Rölvaag, Giants in the Earth () Traveling into the American heartland, Rölvaag's Giants in the Earth focuses on a Norwegian family's struggles as they attempt to set up a homestead in the Dakota Territory.
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Google Offers launches in beta form in NYC and Bay Area with Google Shopper 2.0 support
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Google Offers is the Google service that is trying to combat Groupon. The service offers special deals and offers to users for their local area. Google has announced that Offers is now available in NYC and the Bay Area. The service is launching in these areas with some interesting offers for locals like free samples of cupcakes, discounts on donuts, and lots more.
Google is also talking up the new Google Shopper 2.0 app for Android users that supports the roll out in NYC and the Bay Area. The new app will launch later today and will allow the user to buy, view, and redeem the Google Offer of the Day right on their smartphone. Purchased offers will appear in the My Offers tab in the Shopper 2.0 app and when the user visits the Google Offers website.
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The Hacienda Trail, in the southern half of the park
Located in the high hills above suburban Almaden Valley, Almaden Quicksilver is a very scenic park with a nice blend of oak woodland and open meadows. The northern part of the park has a suburban feel, while the southern part is more rugged and a little more remote.
Even more than other local parks, Almaden Quicksilver is at its best in the spring, when its grassy meadows are green and the oaks are just leafing out. In summer, the park seems a bit parched and the long, steep grades in the southern part of the park get very hot.
The park is very popular, especially the McAbee Road trailhead; on nice weekends the suburban roads around the trailhead are lined with cars, there's a continuous stream of people on the first quarter-mile or so of trail. Most people don't go far into the park, though; the short Senador–Guadalupe and Guadalupe–Mine Hill loops are the most popular. The trails further into the park, which are actually much more scenic, are much quieter and mostly used by joggers and mountain bikers.
A few remnants of mercury mining facilities are scattered throughout the park. There isn't actually a whole lot to see, but the most interesting spot is the San Cristobal Mine, a tunnel that visitors can walk a few yards into.
The recommended loop starts with a pleasant stroll through attractive woods, then returns on an open, ridgetop dirt road with striking panoramic vistas of the green Santa Cruz Mountains and the South Bay suburbs. The different kinds of scenery make for a varied and enjoyable hike.
This loop in the northern part of the park includes one of the park's few singletrack trails and a long, easy descent with nice views on the Mine Hill Trail.
Start at the busy McAbee Road trailhead. Turn left onto the Mine Hill Trail, which climbs past attractive meadows. At the next intersection, turn left onto the singletrack New Almaden Trail.
The New Almaden Trail
The New Almaden Trail is an especially enjoyable woodland walk. In recent years it's become popular; at peak times you might pass a group every 3–5 minutes. The trail dives into ravines deeply shaded by a dense bay laurel canopy and emerges into open fields with very nice views of rolling green hills and suburbs. It also passes through a few exceptionally attractive, open groves of blue oaks with a grassy lawn. From time to time traffic noise drifts up from the valley.
Although the trail looks roughly level on the elevation profile, it actually has a lot of up-and-down that can be tiring. In addition, the trail can be narrow and there's a lot of poison oak overhanging the trail. As an alternative, an unofficial trail lets you cut over to the much easier Randol Trail, which is a wide and level but less interesting dirt road.
The Webb Canyon Trail seen from its intersection with the New Almaden Trail.
Campbell's distinctive Pruneyard Tower is visible on the horizon.
Turn right at the Prospect #3 Trail, which climbs steeply through chaparral to the Randol Trail. Cross the Randol Trail and continue on the Prospect #3 trail, which climbs at a more moderate grade and switchbacks up to the Mine Hill Trail. The trail gets a little narrow and overgrown, with a bit of poison oak encroaching onto it, before emerging onto the refreshingly open Mine Hill Trail.
For an optional side trip, turn left on the Mine Hill Trail and climb 0.8 mile to the intersection with the Castillero Trail, near the crest of the Mine Hill Trail. The outbound walk isn't anything special, but the return trip has some of the best views in the park. At the intersection, there are a few picnic benches under some trees with a nice view of Mount Umunhum, a nice spot to have lunch. When you're done, walk back down the Mine Hill Trail.
If you're skipping the side trip, just turn right on the Mine Hill Trail, cutting 1.6 miles and 230 feet of climbing from the hike.
The Mine Hill Trail, with the Guadalupe Trail splitting off to the left
The Mine Hill Trail descends through oak-dotted meadows. This is the least busy part of the loop. The trail has really nice views of the Almaden Valley and the vast Santa Clara Valley, as well as the impressively green Sierra Azul Mountains, crowned by Mount Umunhum with its distinctive cube-shaped pillbox. At the bottom of the hill there's a nice view of the Guadalupe Reservoir, winding into the green hills.
The trail reaches a saddle and the intersection with the Guadalupe Trail. The route shown on the map takes the Guadalupe Trail, which descends past the Guadalupe Reservoir dam and passes through some oak-lined meadows. This route isn't especially enjoyable at first, mainly because of traffic noise from a nearby road, but it improves a lot after climbing to a low ridge with views of the imposing hills and the Bay Area. For a shorter trip take the Mine Hill Trail, which descends through an open oak wood; this easier route cuts 1.4 miles and 270 feet of climbing from the hike.
The Guadalupe Reservoir and Mount Umunhum, seen from the Mine Hill Trail
Here are a few more photos of this hike.
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Bernardine Evaristo's Book Recommendations
Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com's books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you're on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you're here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite titles will become one of yours, too.
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Bernardine Evaristo is not new to making history. She was the first to co-found a Black women's theater company, Theatre of Black Women (1982 – 1988); the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize (for 2019's Girl, Woman, Other, a favorite of President Barack Obama) and head a major drama school; and the first person of color to become president of the Royal Society of Literature. Now, after eight novels, comes her memoir called Manifesto (Grove Press), out January 18.
The daughter of a Nigerian welder and a white English schoolteacher, Evaristo was born and raised in south London with seven siblings. Youth theater instilled in her a love for the arts, and she attended what's now known as Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance, where she serves as president.
The author and activist, a professor of creative writing at Brunel University London, is using her platform to lift up other voices. Her The Complete Works mentorship program and Brunel International African Poetry Prize supports poets of color. She curates the Black Britain: Writing Black series, which republishes books by Black writers that did not get their proper due.
She's a big believer in affirmations, having written down that she would one day win the Booker; once wanted to be a nun; was awarded an OBE in 2020; has written for a Valentino campaign; once worked in the BBC World Service News Distribution Unit; wrote her first published piece at 13 in a grade school magazine on suffragettes; and has never met anyone with her name.
Likes: Colorful clothing and Angelique Kidjo, artist Amber Roper, celebrity gossip, photographer Zanele Muholi, her Zenith E camera bought at 15, yoga/pilates/cycling, her 9-foot Ikea dining table used as a desk, cheese and onion potato chips (made into a sandwich with tomato), and vodka neat. Dislikes: A conventional office job.
The book that:
…kept me up way too late:
Misery by Stephen King. I like watching thrillers on the screen but generally avoid them as a literary genre, but this one had me hooked. I can't quite believe that a book could scare me, but it did, which is why I found it hard to sleep.
…made me weep uncontrollably:
Not quite uncontrollably but Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart had me in tears towards the end. Such a bond between mother and son—a book full of love soaked in struggle.
…I recommend over and over again:
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It's a classic and everyone should read it. Hurston was way ahead of her time. Imagine her in today's world—she'd be the queen of social media.
…shaped my worldview:
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, which I first read in my twenties in the '80s. She was the bravest of scribes who wanted to share her knowledge about how to survive the system when the system is not designed to support you.
…I swear I'll finish one day:
Ulysses by James Joyce. What a mighty tome—probably best studied under academic guidance, but to be read for pleasure? Really? OK, it's been a couple of decades since I last tried and I'll give it a go one day soon. I will, I will, I will.
…I read in one sitting, it was that good:
If a book is that good I'll spin it out for as long as I can, and certainly more than one sitting.
…currently sits on my nightstand:
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by Mary Beard. I've been interested in power for quite a while: who has it, who doesn't, how to acquire it and how to use it for the greater good.
…made me laugh out loud:
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin, about a polygamous family in Nigeria. The pompous husband, the patriarch is completely undermined by his wives, although he hasn't a clue what's going on behind his back. What's not to like?
…I'd like turned into a Netflix show:
Any novel I've written. No, seriously, I have to get that in.
…I last bought:
Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941 – 1995 edited by Anna Von Planta. Highsmith is a fascinating figure and clearly problematic with some of her views. At one point Highsmith's editor referred to her as a "horrible human being." This alone is reason enough to want to get inside her mind.
…has the best title:
Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful by Alice Walker, a poetry collection, and By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, a prose poem novel by Elizabeth Smart. Both titles are long but easily remembered.
…should be on every college syllabus:
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett because she is a seductive, atmospheric storyteller exploring the taboo subject of shadeism through light-skinned twin sisters, one of whom passes for white and the other doesn't. And The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta. The story of a woman's life in Nigeria in the first half of the twentieth century.
…I've re-read the most:
Midsummer by Derek Walcott is a poetry book I return to again and again when I want to be inspired.
…everyone should read because:
Fiction by people from outside their community, culture, country. Fiction takes us outside ourselves and inside the lives of people who are not like us. This is a good thing. It fosters empathy and understanding.
…I'd want signed by the author:
Any novel by Charles Dickens. I reckon it will be worth a bit by now. I could sell it on eBay.
Bonus question: If I could live in any library or bookstore in the world, it would be:
The British Library—wherein all knowledge is contained.
Read Evaristo's Picks:
Douglas Stuart
Sister Outsider
The Secret Lives of the Four Wives
Lola Shoneyin
Edited by Anna Von Planta
Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
Elizabeth Smart
The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta
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Parkway 100
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Winter Fountains
by artist Jennifer Steinkamp November 2017 - March 2018
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Winter Fountains by Jennifer Steinkamp
December 2017 - March 2018, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
Please note that Winter Fountains is no longer on view. Thank you to all of our partners and everyone who supported this project!
Presented by the Parkway Council and commissioned by the Association for Public Art (aPA) for Parkway 100, with major support from the William Penn Foundation
Four large fiberglass domes glow with Jennifer Steinkamp's dream-like animated video projections, inspired by Franklin's electrical research and the Parkway institutions
On view November 30, 2017 – March 18, 2018, nightly from sunset to midnight on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Domes were installed at Aviator Park, Rodin Museum, Park Towne Place, and Spring Garden Triangle
Steinkamp is a world-renowned video and new media artist and professor in UCLA's Department of Design Media Arts
For Parkway 100, the centennial celebration of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Parkway Council presented Jennifer Steinkamp's Winter Fountains, a major installation commissioned by the Association for Public Art (aPA). Winter Fountains served as a centerpiece of Parkway 100, which includes more than a year of public events and activities planned by the Parkway Council – a coalition of cultural and educational institutions, businesses and residences in the Parkway Museums District. Winter Fountains was on view along the Parkway from November 30, 2017 – March 18, 2018, nightly from sunset to midnight, and was made possible with major support from the William Penn Foundation.
Winter Fountains (2017) by Jennifer Steinkamp, presented by Parkway Council and commissioned by Association for Public Art. Photo James Ewing Photography.
Inspired by the signature fountains of the Parkway, the installation features four 13ft-high and 26ft-wide architectural domes – metaphorical winter fountains – that glow with Steinkamp's phantasmagoric and dream-like animated video projections. Eight digital animations are projected onto the surface of the domes in distinct hues, whether cool green or blue, or warm red/pink or yellow. The imagery reimagines the formation of electricity in clouds, inspired by Benjamin Franklin's research and evoking the art and science explorations represented by the Parkway institutions. It's a celebration of scientific inquiry.
"Anyone who's ever observed water melting and glistening on a piece of ice will get my project," says Steinkamp. She takes a universal observation in nature and magnifies it into an otherworldly experience.
Layers of animations evoke tiny dust particles colliding to create lightning or to spark static electricity; others depict water combusting into gas and steam. Asteroid-shaped particles hurl forward in space and liquid droplets contract and expand in different colors, motions and sequences. Otherworldly constellations of shapes appear to be coming at the viewer, moving up and down or changing directions randomly. In one dome, steam seems to rise in disconcertedly real-looking puffs. Hand-drawn by Steinkamp, cascades of spring flowers also flow through the animation. From asters and blue bells, to lilies and Solomon's seals, plus blue-eyed grasses, columbines, dahlias, irises, lobelias, oxeyes, and phloxes – there are 11 flowers featured, and with the exception of dahlias, all are native to Pennsylvania.
The four sites where Steinkamp's Winter Fountains were installed on the Parkway: 1) Aviator Park 2) Rodin Museum 3) Park Towne Place Museum Residences 4) Spring Garden Triangle near The Oval
The four domes and 16 video projectors were installed along the Parkway at Aviator Park in front of the Franklin Institute, the Rodin Museum grounds near 21st Street, the Park Towne Place Museum Residences, and the Spring Garden Triangle near Eakins Oval, forming a glowing constellation within a mile-long landscape. Made of fiberglass and embedded with glitter, the "fountains" shimmer in the day and glow in the evening.
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Winter Fountains for the Parkway is presented by the Parkway Council and commissioned by the Association for Public Art (aPA) for Parkway 100 in Philadelphia, with major support from the William Penn Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Association for Public Art (aPA); The Logan, Philadelphia's Hotel; and individual donors. In-kind support is provided by Visit Philadelphia, Pennoni, The Franklin Institute, and Urban Sign. Our partners include the City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation.
Parkway 100 is also made possible through the generous leadership support of PECO, PNC Bank, and 6abc.
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Winter Fountains (2017) by Jennifer Steinkamp, presented by Parkway Council and commissioned by Association for Public Art. Photo Jeff Fusco Photography.
Jennifer Steinkamp is an American installation artist who works with video and new media to explore ideas about architectural space, motion, and perception. In 1980, Steinkamp moved to Los Angeles to attend Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, studying with Mike Kelley, Gene Youngblood, and Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe. She then transferred to the California Institute of the Arts, where she studied experimental animation. In 1991, Steinkamp returned to Art Center to earn her BFA and MFA and in 2011 was recognized by the school with an Honorary Doctorate. She is currently a professor in the department of Design Media Arts at UCLA.
Jennifer Steinkamp has participated in such noted exhibitions as Time Square Arts: Midnight Moment (2016), Prospect. 2 in New Orleans (2013) and executed a range of commissions, included the projection work 6EQUJ5 on the central dome of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Her installation art has been the subject of exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; and MassMoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts; among other venues.;and has toured with the band U2.
What is Parkway 100?
Presented by The Parkway Council – a coalition of cultural and educational institutions, businesses, and residences in Philadelphia's Parkway Museums District – Parkway 100 is a year-long celebration to mark the centennial of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. From September 8, 2017, through November 16, 2018, the Parkway Council presents a calendar of exhibitions, events, community conversations and promotions that are themed to this important milestone. Jennifer Steinkamp's Winter Fountains – presented by The Parkway Council and commissioned by the Association for Public Art (aPA) – served as a centerpiece for Parkway 100.
Parkway Council members include: the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Aimco/Park Towne Place, Association for Public Art (aPA), the Barnes Foundation, Brandywine Realty Trust, Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter & Paul, Center City District (Cret Park, Dilworth Park, and Sister Cities Park), Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, College of Physicians/Mütter Museum, Eastern State Penitentiary, Fairmount Water Works, Fox Rothschild LLP, The Franklin Institute, Free Library of Philadelphia, Friends Select School, Independence Visitor Center, The Logan Hotel, Moore College of Art & Design, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Mormon Temple, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Philadelphian, and the Rodin Museum.
About the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
The development of the Parkway took place over decades, from the first proposal and signed petition received by City Council in 1891, to groundbreaking in 1907, and finally construction in 1917. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the Parkway's October 26, 1918 completion in its story, "Parkway is Open From Hall to Park" (October 27, 1918, pg. 3). The one-mile Benjamin Franklin Parkway stretches from Philadelphia City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, connecting the city's business district to Fairmount Park, one of the largest urban green spaces in the United States. Known as the Parkway Museums District, the cultural destination is home to some of the city's most treasured museums, including the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Barnes Foundation, The Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Rodin Museum. The picturesque Swann Memorial Fountain at Logan Square is among the Parkway's most scenic spaces and an example of the Parkway's abundant public art, with a unique interpretive program by the Association for Public Art (aPA). Locals and visitors like to gather at the Parkway's pocket parks, including Dilworth Park, Love Park, Cret Park, Sister Cities Park, and The Oval, or run the steps "Rocky" made famous. Trees and international flags line the boulevard, which is also known for its exceptional architecture. The Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter & Paul, Friends Select School, Moore College of Art & Design, and the newly completed Philadelphia Mormon Temple are also here.
Learn more about the history of the Parkway in this commemorative Museum Without Walls: AUDIO program, Parkway at 100: Dreams into Reality.
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Voices heard: PENNY BALKIN BACH is the Executive Director & Chief Curator of the Association for Public Art and the author of many books and articles about Philadelphia's public art. DAVID BROWNLEE is an architecture historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of Building the City Beautiful: The Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Producer: Alex Lewis
Check out these special Winter Fountains events!
Photo © James Ewing Photography
Winter Fountains Final Reception
Friday, March 16, 2018, 7:00-8:30 pm
Park Towne Place Apartments – North Tower Lobby
It's the last weekend! Join us for a reception at Park Towne Place to celebrate the final days of Jennifer Steinkamp's Winter Fountains on the Parkway. Enjoy complimentary light refreshments and discuss art on the Parkway with Art Ambassadors from the Association for Public Art, Parkway 100 representatives, and art curators from Park Towne Place. You can also experience Configuration: Nicholas Kripal, an exhibition of ceramic sculpture presented by Park Towne Place and InLiquid.
Winter Fountains Dessert Reception at The Galleries at Moore
Friday, February 16, 2018, 5:00-8:00pm
20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Walk the Parkway to catch Jennifer Steinkamp's Winter Fountains, then come inside the Galleries at Moore for dessert and hot chocolate! Also explore Moore College of Art & Design's current exhibitions:
Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Art World and Beyond
Kara Springer: Ten Days Before Freedom, a Hymnal
Moore Monuments: Recent MFA Projects
Winter Fountains Dessert Reception & Dinos After Dark
Friday, January 26, 2018, 5:00-8:00pm
*Live animal shows at 5:30pm and 7:00pm
Pay-what-you-wish (suggested donation is $10)
Explore Jennifer Steinkamp's mesmerizing Winter Fountains on the Parkway, then come inside the Academy for dessert and Dinos After Dark. The museum will be open late with pay-what-you-wish admission, a Dino Drafts beer garden with food in Dinosaur Hall, live animal presentations (at 5:30pm and 7:00pm), and fun hands-on activities. Adults and families are welcome. The beer garden will be set up among the dinosaurs, and partial proceeds will benefit the Academy. Art Ambassadors from the Association for Public Art will also be available to talk to visitors about Winter Fountains and the Parkway's extraordinary collection of public art.
Winter Fountains Dessert Reception & Barnes Pop-Up Holiday Market
Friday, December 15, 2017, 5:00-8:00pm – Free
Barnes Foundation
21st St and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Experience Jennifer Steinkamp's four-domed Winter Fountains along the Parkway, and stop by the Barnes Foundation for hot chocolate, cookies, art and shopping! Enjoy free admission to the world-renowned Barnes collection and their special exhibition, Kiefer Rodin. Shop for funky apparel, artisanal goods, and handmade jewelry from local vendors.
Free Public Reception and Ceremonial Lightning
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 5:30-8:30pm
Fels Planetarium, The Franklin Institute
20th St and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Free! Warm drinks and desserts will be served
5:30-6:00pm – Remarks and light refreshments
6:30pm – Ceremonial lighting in Aviator Park (just outside)
6:30-8:30pm – Dessert reception
Join the artist, Parkway Council, and Association for Public Art (aPA) for a free public reception and ceremonial lighting of Jennifer Steinkamp's Winter Fountains, in celebration of Parkway 100. Enjoy hot chocolate and refreshments indoors at The Franklin Institute before heading outside to Aviator Park to view one of four Winter Fountains light up with Steinkamp's animated video projections. Afterward, explore all four dazzling and mesmerizing Winter Fountains along the Parkway.
Museum Without Walls: AUDIO
Every sculpture has a story
Jennifer Steinkamp, who created Winter Fountains, is a world renowned artist and professor in the Department of Design Media Arts at UCLA. Steinkamp works with video and new media to explore and share ideas about space, motion, and perception.
Penny Balkin Bach is the Association for Public Art's Executive Director and Chief Curator for Winter Fountains.
Matt Rader is the Vice President of the Parkway Council and President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Larry Dubinski is the President & CEO of The Franklin Institute.
Segment Producer: Anne Hoffman
Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO is the Association for Public Art's award-winning audio program for Philadelphia's outdoor sculpture. Available for free by cell phone, mobile app, audio download, or on the web, the program features more than 150 voices from all walks of life – artists, educators, civic leaders, historians, and those with personal connections to the artworks. Unique audio programs are available for more than 70 outdoor sculptures throughout Center City Philadelphia and Fairmount Park.
Support Winter Fountains!
Your gift will support the world premiere of Winter Fountains in Philadelphia.
Questions? Contact contributions@associationforpublicart.org
About the Parkway Council
A coalition of cultural and educational institutions, businesses, and residences in the vicinity of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Parkway Council is dedicated to ensuring the Parkway Museums District realizes its potential as a truly unique cultural destination. The Council's members are committed to creating a distinctive, vibrant, and welcoming place for residents, visitors, and the institutions and businesses that share the Parkway. It works closely with the City of Philadelphia and other public and private organizations to identify the best strategies for enhancing and promoting the Parkway, and serves as a strategic partner and catalyst to ensure that those strategies are implemented.
About the Association for Public Art (aPA)
The Association for Public Art (aPA, formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association) commissions, preserves, interprets, and promotes public art in Philadelphia. The aPA is the nation's first private nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a "Museum Without Walls" that informs, engages, and inspires diverse audiences. Supporting originality and innovation while honoring the past, aPA advances opportunities for creative people to contribute to the city's places and spaces. Established in 1872, aPA integrates public art and urban design through exemplary programs and advocacy efforts that connect people with public art.
Special thanks to those who helped make Winter Fountains possible:
Association for Public Art Staff
Penny Balkin Bach, Executive Director & Chief Curator
Greta Gabriel, Project Assistant
Laura S. Griffith, Associate Director
Ashley Lippolis, Digital Content & Program Assistant
Caitlin Martin, Media & Communications Manager
Susan Myers, Assistant Curator & Project Manager
Ginger Osborne, Office Manager
Nora Sutherland, Development Manager
Andrew Southern, Andrew Southern Consulting
Artist Assistants
Dino Zhang
Julieta Gill
Technical Installation Assistance
Aaron Igler and Matthew Suib, Greenhouse Media, LLC
Matthew Kensil and Anthony Piscielli, Pennoni Associates, Inc.
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Parkway Council
Judi Rogers, Executive Director
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Michalina Olszańska, née le  à Varsovie (Pologne), est une actrice, écrivain, violoniste et chanteuse polonaise.

Biographie

Les parents de Michalina Olszańska sont l'actrice et musicienne Agnieszka Fatyga et l'acteur réalisateur Wojciech Olszański. Dès l'âge de sept ans, elle commence l'apprentissage du violon.

En 2009, Michalina Olszańska publie son premier roman Dziecko Gwiazd Atlantyda puis, deux ans plus tard, le roman Zaklęta. Elle s'inscrit en 2011 à l'Académie de théâtre de Varsovie, avant de s'inscrire à l'université de musique Frédéric Chopin, également à Varsovie. Elle a joué en tant que soliste avec des orchestres symphoniques à Katowice, Rzeszów, Łomża, Słupsk et Berlin.

À partir de 2013, elle travaille régulièrement en tant qu'actrice, écrit paroles et musique de chansons et est aussi chanteuse.

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Au cinéma

 2013 : To tylko komedia : Marta
 2013 : Solange : Solange
 2014 : Tiger (Tygrys) : chat
 2014 : Warsaw by Night : Agnieszka
 2014 : Piąte: Nie odchodź! : Roma
 2014 : Facet (nie)potrzebny od zaraz : Étudiante
 2014 : Insurrection (Miasto 44) de Jan Komasa : Danseuse
 2014 : Jack Strong : Iza Michalak
 2015 : Ojciec : Bum's Girlfriend
 2015 : Bangistan
 2015 : Anatomia zła : Halina
 2015 : Żyć nie umierać : Ania Zaręba, sœur Małgorzata
 2015 : The Lure (Córki dancingu) de Agnieszka Smoczyńska : Złota
 2016 : Moi, Olga Hepnarová () de Petr Kazda et Tomás Weinreb : Olga Hepnarová
 2016 : Legendy polskie: Operacja Bazyliszek : Mme Rzepicha
 2016 : Pollution of the Heart : Anna
 2017 : Matilda : Matilda
 2018 : Sobibor : Hanna
 2019 : L'Ombre de Staline (Mr. Jones) d'Agnieszka Holland : Yulia

À la télévision

 2018 : 1983 : Ofelia Ibrom (série télévisée)
 2018 : 1918-1939 : Les Rêves brisés de l'entre-deux-guerres : Pola Negri

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Actrice polonaise
Violoniste polonaise
Naissance en juin 1992
Naissance à Varsovie
Écrivain polonais du XXIe siècle
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import multiprocessing

bind = "127.0.0.1:8000"
workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count() * 2 + 1
errorlog = "/opt/humantrafficking.tips/log/humantrafficking.tips_error.log"
loglevel = "info"
preload_app = True

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PlanSpeak is a free community-based service that tracks costs, features and benefits of individual Member cell phone plans so that all Members can easily keep their plans up-to-date.
It's free because your plan makes the system work. Member plans are the crowd-sourced components that are continuously compared with other plans. If anyone has a better comparable plan, we let you know.
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Every time a Member enters or updates their basic plan information, we check if this is a better value for other Community Members (once we confirm it is a valid plan). If we identify a better value opportunity we notify you straight away. NOTE: We only send notifications of improved plans that are currently available on the market.
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The Peperomia is a relative of the South American pepper plant and has small, succulent leaves and striking spike-shaped flowers.
Keep in a warm place.
Allow soil to dry out completely before watering (it doesn't like to be overwatered).


As the name may suggest these images were inspired to some extent by Leonardo Da Vinci. As in a Da Vinci work there is a depth of layering and grunge incorporated into these pieces. There are several backgrounds that alone are made up from 10 different layers. Every one of the pieces include a Da Vinci drawings and/or text. Viewing a Da Vinci artwork is like looking into his artistic life with incredible perspective. It is this depth of his work that intrigues and inspires me the most. After printing and mounting on canvas, many of these images were embellished with metallic leaf, craqueleur surface treatments, collage,etc .
I was particularly interested in the idea that artworks are evolutionary in the sense that age radically changes the character of the piece not only within its historical context but also in its outward surface appearance.


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Q: How to set up EdiFabric to use multiple X12 versions I've purchased ediFabric and have a question about how to set up a project to use it. The SDK that comes with it has a Rules project with a few Codes, Complex Elements and Segments that are specific to a version of the X12 spec, e.g. 005010. My application uses different different versions based on transaction type. For example, 753 & 856 use 005010 and 810 & 855 use 004010.
Should I have one rules project with different folders for the different versions? Or should I have multiple rules projects with one version per project.

A: You would normally group rules by either version or partner. In case your partners conform to the standard specifications and you didn't have to amend the rules in any way - please split rules by version.
The pattern is to have each version in a separate project\assembly. EdiFabric allows only one message per version and type in the same assembly. This way is also neat and easy for you to maintain.
Each rules project will contain the 3 common files, Segments, Complex and Codes and the files for the transactions you will be using. There is no point to add all the files and you can gradually upgrade this whenever you need it.
Loading the correct specification dynamically can be achieved by using a factory. Please refer to the X12 SDK for sample code or the documentation here.


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Q: How to 'get past' A HALT in debuggung C#, WPF I am running an app C#, WPF and the manager is making some changes to some SP's (not mine) but it causes the app to halt. He says i should be able to
'get past this'. but when i try to continue in the Debug, it is stuck here.
here is the code: it gets halted here: "while (reader != null && reader.Read())"
Namespace OPTFDashboard.Common.Modules.AccountReceivables.DataAccess
{
    public static class BalancesRepository
    {
        public static void Summary(IEnumerable<Facility> facilities, DateTime date, Action<List<AmountDate>> completionHandler)
        {
            QueryBalances(facilities, date, true, completionHandler);
        }

        public static void Details(IEnumerable<Facility> facilities, DateTime date, Action<List<AmountDate>> completionHandler)
        {
            QueryBalances(facilities, date, false, completionHandler);
        }

        private static void QueryBalances(IEnumerable<Facility> facilities, DateTime date, Boolean isSummary, Action<List<AmountDate>> completionHandler)
        {
            DBHelper.Execute(
                DBHelper.StoredProcedure("OGEN.DBD_GET_AR_BALANCES",
                    new DBHelper.Parameter("@ASOFDATE", date),
                    new DBHelper.Parameter("@FACSTRING", DBHelper.GetFacilString(facilities)),
                    new DBHelper.Parameter("@FUNC", isSummary ? 1 : 0)),
                (reader) =>
                {
                    var balances = new List<AmountDate>();
                    while (reader != null && reader.Read())
                    {
                        balances.Add(AmountDate.CreateBalance(DBHelper.To(reader["FACILITY_KEY"], ""), DBHelper.To(reader["FACILITY_NAME"], ""), DBHelper.To(reader["GROUP_NAME"], ""), DBHelper.ToX(reader["VALUE"], 0m), date));
                    }
                    completionHandler(balances);
                });
        }

error: "The name '$exception' does not exist in the current context"

A: I assume if balances are not added, the rest of the program continues? I assume this due to your manager's statement. If so, set a breakpoint at the beginning of the routine that grabs data and move past the routine when it hits the breakpoint. Manual, yes, but it will get you past this problem. If it blows up when balances are not added, then you will not just "get past it".


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Q: VBA code not correcting dates for all rows of data I hope you can help. I have a piece of code and it works relatively well.
What it does is it opens up a dialog box using a command button that allows a user to select another excel sheet once this sheet is selected the code then consolidates the duplicates and creates a new row with the earliest possible start date and latest possible end date then deletes the duplicate rows.
So in Pic 1
We can see that we have duplicate rows with multiple start date and end dates what the code should do is find the duplicates with the earliest start date and latest end date and make a new line.
Pic 1.

In Pic 2
you can see that the duplicates have been removed and for the first duplicate the dates are correct with the earliest start date and latest end date possible available Agnholt Jørgen Steen Start date 01/04/2016  end date 17/06/2016
But for Breum   Leif its the wrong way round 04/05/2016 13/01/2016
Pic 2.

Can my code be amended to solve this issue. As always any help is greatly appreciated.
My code is below.
CODE
Sub Open_Workbook_Dialog()

    Dim strFileName     As String
    Dim wkb             As Workbook
    Dim wks             As Worksheet
    Dim lastRow         As Long
    Dim r               As Long

    MsgBox "Select Denmark File" '<--| txt box for prompt to pick a file

        strFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename(FileFilter:="Excel Files,*.xl*;*.xm*") '<--| Opens the file window to allow selection

    Set wkb = Application.Workbooks.Open(strFileName)
    Set wks = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1)
    lastRow = wks.UsedRange.Rows.Count

    For r = lastRow To 3 Step -1
        ' Identify Duplicate
        If wks.Cells(r, 1) = wks.Cells(r - 1, 1) _
        And wks.Cells(r, 2) = wks.Cells(r - 1, 2) _
        And wks.Cells(r, 3) = wks.Cells(r - 1, 3) _
        And wks.Cells(r, 4) = wks.Cells(r - 1, 4) _
        And wks.Cells(r, 5) = wks.Cells(r - 1, 5) _
        And wks.Cells(r, 6) = wks.Cells(r - 1, 6) _
        And wks.Cells(r, 7) = wks.Cells(r - 1, 7) Then
            ' Update Start Date on Previous Row
            If wks.Cells(r, 8) < wks.Cells(r - 1, 8) Then
                wks.Cells(r - 1, 8) = wks.Cells(r, 8)
            End If
            ' Update End Date on Previous Row
            If wks.Cells(r, 9) > wks.Cells(r - 1, 9) Then
                wks.Cells(r - 1, 9) = wks.Cells(r, 9)
            End If
            ' Delete Duplicate
            Rows(r).Delete
        End If
    Next
End Sub

A: Judging by your output, it appears that the cells in column H and I are text, not dates.  Thus "04/05/2016" is less than "13/01/2016", and (for Anders Nyboe Andersen) "15/03/2016" is greater than "14/03/2016" is greater than "07/04/2016".
Providing your locale settings are such that dates are represented as "dd/mm/yyyy" format (your profile says Ireland, so I am guessing that they are), you can get your tests working by converting the text in the cells to be a Date prior to performing your comparisons:
' Update Start Date on Previous Row
If CDate(wks.Cells(r, 8)) < CDate(wks.Cells(r - 1, 8)) Then
    wks.Cells(r - 1, 8) = wks.Cells(r, 8)
End If
' Update End Date on Previous Row
If CDate(wks.Cells(r, 9)) > CDate(wks.Cells(r - 1, 9)) Then
    wks.Cells(r - 1, 9) = wks.Cells(r, 9)
End If


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Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co cuts steel for Viking Line newbuild
The steel-cutting ceremony for Viking Line's new LNG-powered ship (Image: Viking Line)
Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co (XSI) cut the first steel plates for Viking Line's new cruise ferry at its yard in China on 3 September.
Set for delivery at the end of 2020, Viking Line's new vessel will provide passenger and freight services on the route between Turku in Finland, the Åland islands and Stockholm, Sweden from early 2021. The 2,800-passenger vessel will be built to Ice Class 1A standards and will feature systems and technologies that have been designed by various European suppliers, including ABB Marine, Almaco, Deltamarin, Kone and Wärtsilä.
The newbuild will be fuelled by LNG and will be equipped with optimised energy efficiency and environmentally friendly solutions. This will enable her to consume 10% less fuel than Viking Line's Viking Grace, which debuted as the world's first LNG-powered large passenger ship in January 2013.
Swedish architectural firm Koncept Stockholm has designed the interiors of the 922 cabins and public spaces, which combine "Scandinavian lightness and playfulness in an attractive way" and will provide unobstructed views of the Åland archipelago.
"Our company's roots are in the archipelago and we wish this fact to be reflected in our activities," said Jan Hanses, president and CEO of Viking Line. "On the new ship, the views are unobstructed, and one can experience the overall presence of the sea. To protect our unique marine environment, we utilise innovative technologies. Tomorrow's passenger experiences will incorporate an emphasis on environmental factors and comfort."


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Tag Archives: Near furture fiction
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood: Fun with dystopia
It's been quite some time since I've read a new Margaret Atwood – a little too much dystopia in her later novels for me – but the synopsis of The Heart Goes Last appealed: homeless couple in the nearish future signs on for a project where they alternate a month in prison with a month in a comfortable house then one of them becomes obsessed by their counterparts. What took me by surprise was how funny it is – almost to the point of being a caper – but lest you think this is dystopia-lite it has some very serious points to make.
Stan and Charmaine are living in their car. He's lost his job in the Empathy section of a robotics company, she's lost hers at the Ruby Slippers care home she loved so much. They're part of the fallout from the financial meltdown. The streets are lawless, roamed by menacing gangs turned out from overcrowded prisons and not averse to a spot of rape. When Charmaine watches a promotional video offering an escape in the shape of a social experiment she jumps at it, persuading Stan to check out the induction programme by dangling the prospect of motel sex in front of him. She's had enough of sex on the back seat, avoiding it whenever she can. The induction is slick and convincing. All they have to do is spend alternate months in prison while someone else lives in their house, then switch – and all for the greater good. Run by Positron, the town will be called Consilience: 'Cons + Resilience. Do time now, buy time for our future!' is its snappy, seemingly socially conscious slogan. Once they've signed there's no going back as Stan's streetwise brother points out but Stan sees the prospect of regular sex and stifles his worries about just who's benefiting from this 'experiment'. All goes well to begin with but when Stan spots a passionate note supposedly from Jasmine, their female Alternate, he becomes obsessed, going to great lengths to track her down only to find that the truth is entirely different from anything he could have imagined. Soon he's embroiled in a scheme which will blow the lid off the increasingly sinister goings on at Positron/Consilience.
Atwood is the consummate storyteller, slinging out well-aimed barbs as she reels her readers in to this tale of suburban utopia gone horribly wrong. All manner of things are in her satirical sights – the privatisation of prisons, sex obsession, robotics, big business, an ageing population – to name but a few. Both Charmaine and Stan's characters are expertly drawn. Their internal monologues are often very funny: Charmaine's wholesomeness, verging on the twee, takes a surprising turn; Stan's lurid fantasies about the sensuous Jasmine come back to bite him. There's a good deal of sly wit – the beautiful Veronica's sexual fixation on a knitted blue bear is particularly funny as are the inane self-help videos streamed into Consilience homes. But despite all that it has a deadly serious message: we humans are all too easily lulled into a soporific acceptance leaving us wide open for exploitation. And its ending is a triumph – no copouts from Ms Atwood here.
If you like the sound of The Heart Goes Last you might like to read Naomi's account of Erica Wagner's interview with Atwood at the Manchester Literature festival over at The Writes of Women.
This entry was posted in Reviews and tagged Bloomsbury Books, Canadian Fiction, dystopian fiction, Margaret Atwood, Near furture fiction, The Heart Goes Last on 14 October 2015 by Susan Osborne.


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Q: SQL statement to limit an attribute I have 3 tables REVIEW,PAPER and PCMEMBER and the codes for it is as mentioned below:
CREATE TABLE REVIEW(
due_date DATE NOT NULL,
review_date DATE NOT NULL,
recommendation VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
comment VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
pcmem_id NUMBER(10) NOT NULL,
paper_id NUMBER(10) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT review_pk PRIMARY KEY (pcmem_id,paper_id),
CONSTRAINT review_fk FOREIGN KEY(paper_id)
REFERENCES PAPER(paper_id),
CONSTRAINT review_fk1 FOREIGN KEY(pcmem_id)
REFERENCES PCMEMBER(pcmem_id));

CREATE TABLE PCMEMBER(
pcmem_id NUMBER(10) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
pc_fname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
pc_sname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
pc_title VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,
pc_position VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
affiliation VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
pc_email VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
track_id NUMBER(6) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT pcmember_fk FOREIGN KEY(track_id)
REFERENCES TRACK(track_id));

CREATE TABLE PAPER(
paper_id NUMBER(10) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
paper_title VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
abstract VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
paper_type VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
submission_date DATE NOT NULL,
track_id NUMBER(6) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT paper_fk FOREIGN KEY(track_id)
REFERENCES TRACK(track_id),
CONSTRAINT chk_type CHECK(paper_type IN ('full paper','Research-in-Progress','posters')),
);

I'm trying to add a condition where "Each paper will be reviewed by exactly 3 PC members". Not sure what CHECK constraints I should be using? I just need this for creating tables. Thanks

A: One way you could implement this type of check constraint is with a scalar function that performs the check.
The following function, given a paper id, will check whether the paper is reviewed by 3 members only and it returns 1 if the condition is satisfied and 0 otherwise.
CREATE FUNCTION isReviewdByThreeMembers (
    @paperID NUMBER(10)
)
RETURNS INTEGER
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @count INTEGER

     SELECT @count = COUNT(*)
       FROM Review
      WHERE paper_id = @paperID

     RETURN CASE
        WHEN @count = 3 THEN 1
        ELSE 0
        END
END

And then use this function in your check constraint like so:
CHECK (isReviewdByThreeMembers(paper_id) = 1)

You mentioned you want each paper to "only be reviewed by 3 members" but this condition can never be satisfied by records that don't already exist because each new paper would initially start with no reviews and incrementally get new reviews until it gets to 3.
If you were to modify the constraint to allow each paper to be reviewed by "up to 3 reviewers" then the constraint would actually be a bit more useful. Perhaps in conjunction with another constraint that would maybe prevent the status of a paper from transitioning into "REVIEWED" or "COMPLETED" once the 3 required reviews are completed.


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Cáca Milis () is a 2001 Irish short film starring Charlotte Bradley and Brendan Gleeson.

Plot
An exhausted businesswoman named Catherine is sitting on a train reading a romantic novel. It is established that this is the only time in the day where she has time for herself, as she is otherwise caring for her ageing mother. A blind man with asthma called Pól sits across from her. He proceeds to annoy her and prevent her from reading her book in peace by making loud noises, asking peculiar questions and telling inane stories. When Catherine gets sick of Pól constantly annoying her, she begins to taunt and confuse him. She learns that he becomes short of breath when he is confused. Eventually, she tells him that a piece of the sweet cake that he is eating has a worm in it. When she tells him this he panics and begins to suffer from an asthma attack. He attempts to find his inhaler on the table, but Catherine quietly takes it and hides it from Pól. As he suffocates, she places the inhaler back down on the table just out of his reach. Pól slumps over in his seat as Catherine disembarks from the train.

Cast
 Charlotte Bradley as Catherine, a businesswoman who's caring for her ageing mother
 Brendan Gleeson as Pól, a blind man who uses the train regularly
 Eithne McGuinness as Nora, Catherine's mother
 Phyllis Ryan as Theresa
 Ciabhán Ó Murchú as Tea Steward

Legacy
The film is studied by Irish students who study Irish for the Leaving Certificate Examination.  As such, it has become a cult classic among Irish youth.

References

External links

IrishFilmBoard.ie - Film Directory / Oscailt / Cáca Milis

2001 films
Irish-language films
Irish short films


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Also born on this date is the second Manager in Yankee franchise history.


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