I spend the hottest part of the summer negotiating with myself over when I can turn on the oven and for how long. As much as I love stone fruit pies, roasted corn, and all that heat can bring to summer's produce, I am not built for hot weather (or cold, but at least turning on the oven in winter helps alleviate my weaknesses). I should probably take up grilling, since I'm not sure how my neighbours would feel about my visualizations of an outdoor kitchen.
One thing that can motivate me is high summer's tomatoes. I love roasted tomatoes. I usually slow-roast them, but David Lebovitz' quicker method is so good, I might just start using it all the time.
I had a meeting in the backyard while the tomatoes were in the oven, so the heat was only a factor when I was taking them out. I ended up leaving them in a little longer than the recipe calls for, inadvertently, but they came out just the way I like them – soft, jammy, and a bit browned. I roasted them with thyme and rosemary, lashings of black pepper and a little sea salt. They are sweet and savoury in perfect measure.
That was today's primary activity in making this week's Cook the Book Fridays selection, but I started preparing this dish yesterday. To make the herbed cheese, I bought some thick, Greek-style yogurt. It was supposed to be goat's yogurt, but the only containers I could find were huge and the yogurt inside seemed runny. So, on a whim, I used water buffalo yogurt instead. It's milder than goat, so the finished cheese is less tangy than it would have been, but I really like the results. It's more like labneh than a soft cheese and it's perfect for this recipe.
I've made chèvre before and loved it, but this recipe is much more likely to be made regularly. It's easier and can be used in many of the same ways as soft cheeses like goat cheese. Mixed with garlic, shallots, cayenne, and herbs (I used basil, flat-leaf parsley, chives, and thyme), it made a perfect foil for the tomatoes.
The last step was the easiest, but it required a little fortitude. I'd been out in the heat, running errands, and the last thing I wanted to do was turn the oven back on to toast the bread. It was worth it – who can argue with toast that's been slathered in olive oil before going into the oven and then rubbed with a garlic clove on its way out? But I might cheat tomorrow, if it's as hot. Toast can be brushed with olive oil on its way out of the toaster, after all.
I actually made this two ways – one version with gluten-free bread, vegan cream cheese, and the roasted tomatoes; the other with the French country bread, the herbed water buffalo cheese, and the roasted tomatoes. The second one was for me and I loved it. The first one didn't go over as well – the vegan cream cheese wasn't a perfect match for the roasted tomatoes.
I've got enough of everything to do it all over again tomorrow. And if I use my toaster cheat, I won't have to turn the oven on at all.
If you want to try this yourself (and if you have summer tomatoes available, you should), you can find the recipe here: Cherry Tomato Crostini with Homemade Herbed Goat Cheese. But, buy the book – everything in it is stellar.
It was fun watching the tomatoes roast, bubbling in their juices and olive oil! Water buffalo yogurt! wow!
There's nothing better than roasted tomatoes. The water buffalo yogurt was really nice! I'm glad I tried it.
Yum, your tomatoes look so deliciously jammy.
Thanks, Gaye – they were so good!
I have that same (is it okay to bake?) argument with myself (and especially with my husband) in the summer!
The temperatures are back up this week and I just want to eat fruit and bread.
I totally just made toast for this one – way too hot!! I love the way your "cheese" came out – need to look for that yoghurt myself!
I should have done that, too! There's no shame in using a toaster, after all. The buffalo yogurt made a nice, mild "cheese." I love the tang of goat's milk, but this was a good variation.
We seem to have done the same and gotten similar results. That includes toasting the bread. It was taking a long time before the bread turned medium brown in the oven, and was too crunchy, hard crunchy. I toasted the bread the next round and like it so much better. I'd start using this recipe too to make soft cheese and fast slow-roasted tomatoes. Very nice post.
Water buffalo yoghurt, now that is something that I have not tried before! These crostini were delicious and I can see that it is going to be a repeat in many of our kitchens!
Toasting is a great idea, not just for the heat factor, but it's quicker. Yours look wonderful.
This is a repeat recipe for sure.
Oh that looks so perfect! A great aperitif snack. I love buffalo yoghurt, but actually have not been able to find it since my favorite farmers market in Pimlico in London.
I didn't realize your temps in Vancouver were so high and hot. Here in the mountains we are spoiled, that's for sure. I loved these Roasted Tomatoes and, like you, although I have tried Dorie's and others, this recipe worked for me. I think the reason is that it was "less work." Your goat cheese looks delicious as well. This was a light and filling lunch and dinner for me. Easy to make again and again.
I use the toaster oven cheat as often as possible during our few (but terrible) days of hot weather, though it does still heat up the kitchen some. You guys have really been getting it this summer in terms of the heat and I'm sorry for that. I'm like you–I really want it to be between 65F and 78F, otherwise I'm too cold or too hot. I'd rather be cold, though.
Gorgeous photos and so glad yours worked out! That's interesting the vegan cream cheese didn't go well with the tomatoes and good to know if I ever want to make this for vegan or non-dairy friends. Hmmm.. And water buffalo yogurt! How cool!
P.s. I did see your post and YES! I'll be in touch. It's a super-short visit overall, and I want to see you!
Yours look wonderful, and I really appreciate your comments on making things vegan. I have some friends who have just moved here so even more reasons to look for ideas, and so it's always helpful! Buffalo yogurt. Wow. Oh, you might want to do the beans (from my "other" recipe), the black ones were great, but any would be yummy, I think! I was thinking maybe white bean dip… lots of ideas.
I like your adaptations and your willingness to try new things! Your tomatoes look so lovely and got me craving to make another round of these guys!
As I was reading your post I just kept nodding my head in agreement over and over again. All activity in my kitchen basically ceases once the temps go over 75. This summer, however, I think that only happened for one week back in June, and since then it's basically felt like autumn. I hear rumors that we will break into the 80s later this week, but since I wore a sweater to work today, it's kind of hard to image. It's been a weird summer.
Yum goat cheese and tomatoes. Sounds delicious.
The herbed cheese and roasted tomatoes sound like a heavenly pairing. Another reason to dig out my cookbook!
I am sure the toaster cheat worked perfectly! This one was good, wasn't it? I loved the herbed goat cheese and will make it again for sure. My husband is not eating grains of any sort right now, so he had a bowl of the roasted tomatoes with some of the goat cheese mixed in, and he reports it tasted wonderful.


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Cocama (Kokáma) is a language spoken by thousands of people in western South America. It is spoken along the banks of the Northeastern lower Ucayali, lower Marañón, and Huallaga rivers and in neighboring areas of Brazil and an isolated area in Colombia. There are three dialects. The robust dialect is known as Cocama, Kokama, Kukama-Kukamiria, Ucayali, Xibitaoan, Huallaga, Pampadeque, and Pandequebo. By 1999, Cocamilla (Kokamíya) was moribund, being only spoken by people over 40.

Out of a projected ethnic population of 15,000, the majority of Cocama speakers, 2,000, live in Perú.  Remaining speakers live in Amazonas state in Brazil, where 50 out of 411 ethnic Chayahuitas speak it and it is known as Kokama or Kokamilla.  Most speakers are trilingual and can also speak Portuguese and Spanish. Very few are monolingual.  There are 20 ethnic groups in Colombia's Lower Putumayo area with an unknown number of Cocama-Cocamilla speakers.  Most expected speakers would also be trilingual, but the language may be extinct in the region.

Cocama speakers have a 3% literacy rate, compared with 50% for Spanish. Grammar rules have been developed and the language is written using the Latin script. Parts of the Bible have been translated into the language.

Cocama is closely related to Omagua, a nearly extinct language spoken in Peru and Brazil.

Phonology

Consonants

Plosive sounds may also be realized as voiced.

Vowels

Phonetic realisations

Revitalization efforts
In 2013, residents of Nauta, Loreto Province, Peru created a children's rap video in the Kukama-Kukamiria dialect, in collaboration with Radio Ucamara. The local radio station has been involved in conserving the language for "a few years," and "started managing a school called Ikuar, with the goal of teaching the language through songs and traditional story telling."

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 Vallejos, Rosa. A grammar of Kukama-Kukamiria. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 08 Apr. 2016. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004314528

External links

OLAC resources in and about the Cocama-Cocamilla language
OLAC resources in and about the Omagua language
ELAR archive of The Kukama-Kukamiria Documentation Project

Languages of Peru
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Thirteen new officers for the UT Police Department started their field training Monday as part of the department's plan to increase the number of officers on staff.
With this addition, UTPD now has 91 officers on the force out of the 99 they are authorized to staff. Up until 2013, UTPD was allowed a maximum of 67 officers.
The push for more officers started when Chief David Carter took over the department in 2013. Since then, he has worked to raise the number of officers the department is authorized to staff as a way to increase UTPD's visibility both on campus and in the surrounding areas.
"(This addition) means we'll have more visibility," UTPD Lt. Jose Peña said. "We'll have more people out walking, on bike and also patrolling in the vehicles."
The 13 officers graduated from the UT System Police Academy on May 26 and will now be working with a Police Training Officer during the next 16 weeks of field training.
Peña will be overseeing the new officers during the next 16 weeks as coordinator of the Police Training Officer program.
"It's an excellent opportunity," Carter said. "When you have a large group of new officers, obviously that's a challenge to bring them up to speed, but it's also an opportunity to orient them to how to best serve our community."
In addition to the 13 graduates from the Academy, four officers will join UTPD by the end of the month as lateral transfers, or individuals who have previous experience in law enforcement. The department is hoping to hire another four lateral transfers, putting the total number of officers at 99, but it's not clear when that will happen, Peña said.
UTPD Captain Gonzalo Gonzalez said that in September, UTPD will be authorized for 100 officers.
"We're always looking for staffing models that help us increase our numbers on the street," Gonzalez said. "It all goes back to being visible, being proactive as much as you can."
Joell McNew, co-founder and vice president of the parent-led safety organization SafeHorns, likes the idea of more officers on and around campus as a way to make the campus safer.
McNew said UTPD has put a lot of energy into programs like Be Safe, which focuses on safety from an educational standpoint, but the new officers will improve safety in a more hands-on way.
"The No. 1 thing that I hear from students is they want to see infrastructure change," McNew said. "The educational portion is fine, but they want to see real change. Having more officers is definitely a good start."
One of the new officers, Vlad Zenchenko, said the concept of visibility has been encouraged during his training.
"I know visibility is big," Zenchenko said. "From what I've heard from relayed to me from the head officers is they want us to be visible, and that's being implemented in the way that we go through the day."
Zenchenko said he has worked with law enforcement in some capacity in most of his other jobs in the past. He said UTPD was the logical next step as he's figuring out his career.
"I think this is a fantastic opportunity," Zenchenko said. "I'm looking forward to whatever is to come in the next few years."
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Burt's Bees have built their reputation and business on their use of 99% natural ingredients, choosing them over test-tube chemicals as our skin is more receptive to them. They were set to release their latest natural lipstick range, with 18 different shades, when their experiential agency, Clink Clink, asked us for help. Could we build an augmented reality 'Magic Mirror' that would allow customers to try on all the shades, without physically having to apply and then remove each one? Of course we could.
Finally, lipstick you can try virtually
Mirror mirror on the wall, which colour lips are the best of all? To create the impression of a mirror, we used a touchscreen displaying a live video feed from a webcam placed directly above it. The video feed was required for the face tracking, which was based upon Visage's SDK, with extra detection points added to refine the lip contouring.
Our interface, which was built in Unity, positioned the menu of lipsticks at the bottom of the screen, and the other controls on the right-hand side, so as not to impede users' view of themselves. These controls allow users to not only see what the different shades look like on their lips, but also to take and share either a photo or GIF of themselves and enter a competition.
The animated GIFs are created by recording a video, which is processed and converted on a local server. Photos and GIFs are automatically sent from this server to users' email addresses via Mailgun, and to the 'Wall of Kisses': a big screen gallery that appears in-store beside the Magic Mirror. The files are simultaneously sent via a syncing system to a remote web server, which stores them in an admin system for Burt's Bees to use on social media and promotional material at a later date.
Both the mirror and the gallery screen were integrated into a touring unit, which also housed make-up stations, at which people could sample the physical lipsticks.
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Fujifilm X-Summit on May 31 2022: Fujifilm X-H2 with 5th generation sensor?
By Rod Lawton
Fujifilm video does not disclose the models, but there's widespread speculation they will include a new X-H2
Fujifilm has released a video celebrating 10 years of the X system, announcing the start of the selection process or the GFX Challenge Grant Program 2021, and a new 'Reflections' video project for 2022. However, the big news for camera fans is that the annual Fujifilm X-Summit will take place in May 2022, and showcase Fujifilm's new 5th-generation X-mount cameras.
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Update: According to Fuji Rumors (opens in new tab) sources, this event will now take place on May 31st. If true, that suggests Fujifilm is buying all the time it can while keeping to its 'May' promise earlier this year.
No new camera models are mentioned by name, but it's widely believed in the Fujifilm rumor community that they will include a new Fujifilm X-H2 (opens in new tab) model, possibly in two versions (opens in new tab). This camera would replace the X-T4 (opens in new tab) (or maybe an X-T5 is coming?) as Fujifilm's flagship X-mount camera.
Rumors have been growing steadily that there will be two versions of the Fujifilm X-H2, perhaps with different-resolution sensors (40MP and 26MP have been touted).
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What happened to the Fujifilm X-H1?
It seems a long time ago that the Fujifilm X-H1 (opens in new tab) was launched, though actually it was as recently as February 2018. It was designed as a fast, rugged and powerful alternative to the X-T2 (the Fujifilm flagship at the time) and was the first X-mount camera to come with in-body stabilization.
The X-T3 (opens in new tab) arrived in September 2018 with a newer 26.1MP sensor and superior video, but it was the Fujifilm X-T4 (opens in new tab) that really finished the X-H1 in February 2020. It did everything the X-H1 did, but better, and added in image stabilization too.
It's 10 years since Fujifilm launched the X system, with the X-Pro1 and three prime lenses. (Image credit: Fujifilm)
5th generation X-series cameras in 2022
Was this the end for the X-H series? It looked like it. But rumors of a new X-H2 gained strength in 2021 and for many, the promise of new 5th-generation X-series cameras at May's X-Summit is all the proof needed.
Apart from a Fujifilm X-H2, what other 5th generation candidates could we expect? We would put our money on a new Fujifilm X-T5, perhaps an upgraded X-S20 and maybe an X-Pro 4/5?
We might also get to see some new lenses, including an XF150-600mm super-telephoto zoom, which is expected some time in 2022 and is already on the Fujifilm lens roadmap. This lens could prove ideal for birdwatching wildlife and sports photography, with an equivalent focal range of 225-900mm.
Also on the lens roadmap for 2022 is a new XF18-120mm, equivalent to a 27-180mm lens in full frame camera terms. This looks like an extended zoom standard lens which might sit alongside the existing XF18-135mm and XF16-80mm lenses. The XF18-135mm lens is quite old now, and a strong candidate for replacement.
We will have to wait until May 2022 to know for sure, but this will be one X-Summit that's definitely worth watching. Broadcast live on YouTube, the X-Summit is traditionally used to reveal new models, new technologies and future development plans. We'll post the date and a link just as soon as we have it, and you can watch it with us!
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The department of Phytoenergy and Biodiversity consists of several working groups which are focused on the following areas of research:
Search for sources of natural resistance to important harmful organisms of woody ornamentals and their use for protecting future plantings
Research of in vitro propagation methods for rescuing endangered species and preservation of genetic resources of ornamental plants
Evaluation of genetic variability of tree species using DNA analysis for protecting endangered species and for breeding of fast-growing trees
Plant taxonomy focused on the evaluation of morphological variation and biogeography of selected woody plants genera
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Regarding phytopathology and plant protection, the long term research goal is focused on finding a source of natural resistance to important harmful organisms of woody plants in the Czech Republic. The selected resistant genotypes would create the ecological protection of future plantings in the human environment. The two most important problems of horse chestnuts in Europe, mining moth Cameraria ohridella (CO) and bacterial infection Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi (Pae), are currently studied. The cultivar ´Mertelik´, resistant to mining of CO was created and is being vegetatively propagated by grafting and by methods of micro-propagation in vitro for future plantings. The seedling of several genotypes showing resistant behaviour to Pae in artificial inoculation tests were selected and are subject to further research. Several clones of hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) resistant to Erwinia amylovora (the cause of fire blight of family Rosaceae) were also created and are being kept in vitro conditions as a gene pool for practical use. The occurrence of harmful organisms and conditions of poplar (Populus) and willow (Salix) in short rotation coppices is studied. The long term evaluation of pests' occurrence and diseases of ornamental plants is carried out. The collection of 26 ornamental plant viruses isolated in the Czech Republic are maintained under the Czech National Programme on Protection of genetic Resources of Economically Significant Microorganisms and Tiny Animals.
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The research is focused on the investigation of genetic variability of tree species using molecular markers (microsatellites, AFLP) for the protection of endangered species and for the breeding of fast-growing trees. Genetic diversity and population structure in natural populations of black poplar (Populus nigra), sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and European larch (Larix decidua) are studied. The possible use of microsatellites in the black poplar breeding for the biomass production is verified. Genetic analyses of hybrid clones Spiraea × billardii including its considered parents and other related taxa are performed. In the following period, the research will also focus on evaluation of the genetic diversity of willows (Salix) suitable for phytoremediation and on DNA fingerprinting of resistant clones of horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum).
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The plant tissue culture laboratory deals with the propagation and preservation of genetic resources of plants under sterile conditions. The advantage of in vitro techniques is the possibility of culture cultivation under controlled light and temperature conditions as well as a well-defined chemical composition of the nutrient media. The controlled culture conditions improve the propagation rate and reduce the period of growing cultures. These techniques are often used for plant genotypes that are difficult to propagate using classical methods and are a great benefit for the rapid multiplication of resistant clones in breeding programs. Under the National Program on Conservation and Utilization of genetic resources of plants, animals and micro-organisms collections of ornamental species were created in vitro, focusing on the most important clones and cultivars. In particular they are vegetatively propagated species such as chrysanthemums, dahlias and petunias. In vitro germplasm protects against contamination especially viral infections. Worth noticing is the dahlia cultivar 'Švitorka', which dates from 1934 and is one of the oldest Czech extant dahlia cultivars. From woody species selected cultivars of rhododendrons are maintained. The laboratory has also dealt long-term with some endangered species, mainly daphne and pasqueflower. A unique collection of rose daphne, which includes clones from the entire country even from sites where this species has not been confirmed for several years, was created. Original micropropagation protocol for spring pasqueflower, which can be used for rescue programs not only in this country but also abroad, was created.
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Some Interesting 40K Scale Comparisons
Here's a couple of quick scale comparisons that I find amusing. :)
At 1:64 (28mm) Scale, a standard 6x4 game table is just 1/2 of an inch wider than the flight deck of the USS Enterprise (above). The deck itself would be about 16 feet long. Which is, you know, big. But doable if you wanted to model the ship as a games table.
The 40K-scale wingspan of the F-18 fighter-bombers it carries would be 7.8 inches.
The 40K-scale wingspan of an E-3 Hawkeye is about 15".
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jon23516 November 11, 2012 at 11:06 PM
I've seen this several places. When did 1/64 become 28mm?
I grew up collecting Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, all marked as 1/64 scale diecast cars.
28mm is a little too small to use with 1/48 scale models. I've read that 28mm would be closer to 1/50 to 1/56 scale.
SandWyrm November 12, 2012 at 11:03 AM
GW doesn't really follow it's own scale very well, as their miniatures have crept up in size over time. But 'officially', 28mm is 1:64. Just as 15mm is officially 1:100.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1:64_scale
If you've ever tried kit-bashing standard model kits for making 40K stuff, you'll find that they're all either 1:32, 1:48, or 1:72. Looking at the people figs they come with, 1:48 is obviously too big, while 1:72 is obviously too small. 40K is solidly in-between these at an official scale of 1:64, and an unofficial scale that's probably more like 1:55.
Red Dizzle January 20, 2013 at 9:57 PM
You should never use Wikipedia as a source.
eriochrome November 12, 2012 at 8:59 AM
II really do not think most matchbox/hot wheels cars are really at 1:64 scale. Average car would be 2.5-3 inches long and almost 1 inch high. I think that they are really closer to 1:100.
Mercutioh November 12, 2012 at 6:23 PM
More interesting thing to me is a pistol can only shoot 4/5 or so of an f18..... heck I could THROW a bullet that far
Korona November 12, 2012 at 7:52 PM
hopefully not at lethal speeds! :P
SandWyrm November 12, 2012 at 10:20 PM
At true 1:64, the effective range of a pistol is actually about 24". Or slightly over half the width of the Enterprise's flight deck.
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The best online sports betting sites advertise their companies from the mainstream media in the United States, such just like sports magazines, college newspapers, or on other general gambling web-sites. This is simply because target sell for these institutions are American sports bettors, especially as a result of popularity of betting on games in baseball, basketball, and soccer ball.


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The Palais Garnier, Charles Garnier's masterpiece, impresses by its lavish interior design, its sculptures, busts and mosaics, and its play on light and colour. The public areas of the opera house, laid out around the Grand Staircase and the main Auditorium, consist of reception rooms and foyers that can host up to 2,100 people for a cocktail.
Decked out in red and gold, the Italian-style auditorium contains 2,105 velvet-covered seats. It is lit up by a huge crystal chandelier and enhanced by the warm, bright colours of the ceiling, painted in 1964 by Marc Chagall (a work commissioned by the Minister of Cultural Affairs, André Malraux).
The huge, richly decorated foyers are favoured by audiences during intermissions.
The Avant-Foyer stands out for its mosaic-covered vault in shimmering colours on a gold background, offering a magnificent view of the Grand Staircase nave and the Carré des Cariatides.
The Grand Foyer was designed by Charles Garnier to echo the galleries of Classical period châteaux. Its huge size is further accentuated through the play of mirrors and windows. The magnificent ceiling painted by Paul Baudry illustrates musical themes. The lyre is the main decorative component, appearing on capitals, heating grids and door handles alike. A copy of the bust of Charles Garnier, by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, stands in the centre of the foyer, near one of the windows providing a view down the Avenue de l'Opéra all the way to the Louvre. An extension of the Grand Foyer, the openwork Loggia, provides a unique view over the Avenue de l'Opéra.
The two galleries communicate and are opened on the areas surrounding the Grand Staircase and on the whole first floor allowing large dinners up to 900 people.
This circular space was once reserved for subscribers, who entered via the covered entrance on the east façade, now the Opera Restaurant. The area devoted to the new ticket office on the other side, on the west façade, provides a more extensive view of the Rotonde des Abonnés, and has room for a larger number of guests. The majestic Pythia Fountain under the Grand Staircase is found further on from the Rotunda.
A light, airy rotunda adorned with a painted ceiling by Georges Jules-Victor Clairin and tapestry cartoons illustrating a variety of drinks, as well as hunting and fishing scenes. This room was added after the Opera had opened, and distinctly recalls the 1900s. This room provides a more intimate setting ideal for cocktails and suppers.
A light-filled gallery with large windows providing extensive views of the city, this room, situated in the heart of the Palais Garnier, is an excellent venue for more intimate events.
The Opéra Bastille, designed by the Canadian-Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott, was inaugurated on July 13th 1989. Its design is a play on lines, transparencies and light-coloured materials (white Verona marble floors, walls finished in Valreuil limestone and blue granite), upon which depart interiors featuring pear wood, black wood, luminous frosted glass and polished stainless steel. The opera house provides a unique collection of performance areas, with a main auditorium containing 2,745 seats, an amphitheatre seating 500 and a Studio seating 230, all surrounded by foyers.
With its optimal visibility and homogeneous acoustics, the main theatre of the Opéra Bastille is designed to provide equal comfort to each member of the audience.
This area consists of a semi-circular stage surrounded by terraced seating for up to 500 people. Its foyer can be used for receptions.
This small, welcoming auditorium with 230 seats people has a stage design and acoustic qualities that make it ideal for small-scale operas and concerts. It also has an adjoining foyer suitable for cocktails.
Located on the seventh floor, the Panoramic Foyer is a huge circular area providing an extensive view of Paris's finest monuments, with a unique east-west orientation.
Adjoining the stairways within the depth of the façade, the Boucliers are rooms both partially open to the public areas, while providing the intimacy required for cocktails during intermissions.


Unfortunately for many undergraduates, reading a recent Herald article ("Library special collections reveal trove of scientific writing, history," Oct. 20) may be the extent to which they experience the impressive array of archival materials stored in our library system. Contrary to popular belief, the archived books, materials and other items in our library's collections are not accessible solely to faculty or graduate students. Instead, undergraduate students interested in incorporating original archival research into their academic or extracurricular work are only one conversation with a subject librarian away from doing so.
Many students see a trip to the library as one of the requisite stops on caffeine-fueled late nights. The library provides them merely a physical space to do work that could be completed anywhere else with an Internet connection, a desk and a chair. In their minds, the library's stacks represent a space for quiet study, rather than fertile grounds for intellectual exploration.
We are writing to remind students that there is more to our library system than open desks and quiet spaces. The University is home to some incredibly impressive collections of materials spanning modern and early modern history. These resources can provide a wonderful supplement to the papers, midterms and extracurricular activities whose content can sometimes feel remote or disconnected. In a digital world, there is still something special about discovering treasures lying within yellowed pages and bound volumes.
Part of the perceived inaccessibility of our library materials may be confusion surrounding where to begin. In addition to lacking knowledge of what lies within our archives, many students are unaware of the fact that subject librarians are excited and ready to help students make use of the library's expansive resources. Subject librarians are experts in the fields connected to the collections for which they are responsible, and they are therefore valuable resources for students unfamiliar with the archives.
Exploring Brown's collections can yield all sorts of important finds. Perhaps most importantly, it can be an educational exercise in and of itself. There is always the possibility that a student happens upon a new and inspirational idea, buried deep in materials that have long been locked away.
We hope more Brown students will make use of the expansive resources that lie within the libraries, beyond just their desks and long nights. There's a world of opportunity outside the reading rooms in our libraries, and it is about time that undergraduate students take advantage of them.


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Q: Using "hasn't he" in question tags I read about question tags, and they give this example:

He has a book, hasn't he?

I think that using doesn't he? would be more logical and in accordance to modern grammar.
Because I cannot say "He hasn't a book." or "Hasn't he a book?" — it's outdated. You always say "He doesn't have a book." or "Doesn't he have a book?"

A: The page specifically notes that

If the main verb is to have, either solution [hasn't he?, doesn't he?] is possible.

My American ear says this is wrong, and doesn't he? is the only correct tag, but I certainly recognize hasn't he? as valid British-English usage.

A: He has a book, doesn't he?
He has good news, doesn't he?
He has to go, hasn't he?
He has gone shopping, hasn't he?

*

*When has is used for posession (has a book) we use the tag "doesn't".

*When has is used as an auxiliary or irregular verb (he has to go/ has been shopping etc) we use the tag "hasn't".
And I believe this rule applies to UK English and American English Grammar and Spelling.

A: I think if the "has" acts like an auxiliary, it must take hasn't. For instance. He has taken my pen. In this statement, the "has" is an auxiliary verb to "taken". Therefore, it can't take "doesn't he"? But it should rather be "hasn't he?" But looking at this statement " He has a book", the "has" is the main verb of the statement. Therefore using "hasn't he?" won't be appropriate but rather must use "doesn't he?"

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La gare de Mimico est une petite gare située au quartier Mimico dans l'arrondissement Etobicoke de Toronto en Ontario. La gare dessert la ligne Lakeshore West entre Toronto et Hamilton, exploitée par GO Transit.

L'édicule de la gare est situé au nord de la voie à l'est du chemin Royal York.

Situation ferroviaire
La gare est située à la borne  de la subdivision Oakville de Metrolinx, entre les gares d'Exhibition et de Long Branch. À l'est de la gare, la subdivision Oakville rejoint le corridor ferroviaire de la gare Union. À l'ouest de la gare, une voie de contournement supplémentaire relie les quais et deux autres voies au sud, qui accèdent le centre d'entretien ferroviaire Willowbrook de GO Transit.

Histoire
C'est la construction du premier chemin de fer en Ontario dans les années 1850 entre Hamilton et Toronto à travers ce qui allait devenir la ville de Mimico qui a mené au premier plan d'une ville à cet endroit. Une gare a été construite au nord des voies, juste au sud de l'Église Christ Church de Mimico (la première église d'Etobicoke) à l'est de la rue Church (maintenant le chemin Royal York) au bout de la rue Windsor. Ce développement signifiait que le nom Mimico est plutôt associé au quartier où le chemin de fer traversait que le ruisseau Mimico ou l'ancienne autoroute du même nom. Néanmoins, le plan de lotissement de 1856 pour Mimico a en grande partie échoué, et c'est après le plan plus réussi de 1890 pour une ville à Mimico que l'ancien édicule de la gare, construit par le chemin de fer du Grand Tronc, a été construit en 1916 au nord des voies à l'ouest de la rue Church.

Avec la création du service de train régional GO du gouvernement provincial, une nouvelle gare a été construite sur le site de la gare historique de Mimico de 1856, au nord des voies, juste au sud de l'église. L'édicule de 1916 s'est détériorée et était sur le point d'être démolie jusqu'à ce que des bénévoles de la communauté l'aient sauvée et déplacée vers un nouvel emplacement permanent au parc Coronation, à l'angle nord-ouest de la rue Judson et du chemin Royal York en 2007. Les bénévoles espéraient restaurer l'édicule et l'ouvrir en tant que centre communautaire et musée ferroviaire, mais de multiples revers et frustrations à l'hôtel de ville ont fait caler le projet et l'organisation a été dissoute.

Considérant que la gare actuelle demeurerait inchangée depuis 1967, Metrolinx a annoncé son plan d'accessibilité en 2009 et identifié la gare afin de la moderniser et mieux répondre aux normes d'accessibilité. En 2012, l'agence provinciale a annoncé les détails de modernisation incluant l'allongement des quais pour accommoder des trains de 12 voitures, le système de fonte de neige aux quais, la réfection de l'édicule et l'amélioration d'accessibilité de la gare. La phase 1 des travaux a commencé en août 2012 et a été achevée début 2013. Le quai du sud a été allongé et élargi, les bordures du quai et les lumières ont été remplacés, et un abri de quai a été installé. La phase 2 a été complétée en 2014. le quai du nord a été allongé et élargi, une nouvelle sortie a été construite vers la rue Newcastle, 100 places de stationnement ont été ajoutées, et quelques places de stationnement ont été converties en parc relais.

En 2018, Metrolinx a présenté sa prochaine étape de moderniser la gare en vue d'améliorer la fréquence de la ligne à toutes les 15 minutes toute la journée, tous les jours. Le plan consiste un nouvel édicule, deux nouveaux tunnels accessibles entre l'édicule et les quais, deux entrées accessibles avec un nouveau parc relais sur la rue Manchester, réfection des quais existants (le système de fonte de neige, des abris de quai chauffés, des ascenseurs, des escaliers, des auvents de quai intégrés), et des dispositions pour l'électrification éventuelle du réseau. L'agence s'est associé à un promoteur immobilier privé pour construire un nouvel édicule et promouvoir le développement axé sur le transport en commun à usage mixte dans le but d'accroître l'achalandage, d'optimiser les terrains consacrés au transport en commun.

Service des voyageurs

Accueil
Le guichet de la gare est ouvert de 6h30 à 13h30 en semaine, et de 9h30 à 16h30 les fins de semaines et jours fériés. En dehors de ces horaires, les distributeurs automatiques permettent les passagers d'acheter les titres et de recharger la carte Presto. La gare dispose également un parc relais, des téléphones payants, des toilettes publiques, une salle d'attente, des abris de quai, et Wi-Fi. La gare n'est pas accessible aux fauteuils roulants.

Desserte
La gare dessert les trains de la ligne Lakeshore West au maximum toutes les 30 minutes tous les jours. Durant les périodes de pointe, les trains en direction ouest de la gare Union terminent leurs trajets aux gares d'Aldershot, d'Hamilton et de West Harbour. Hors pointe, tous les trains en direction ouest terminent leurs trajets en alternance à Aldershot, et à West Harbour. Des lignes d'autobus correspondent vers Hamilton, Brantford et Niagara Falls en fin de trajet.

Les trains du Corridor de VIA Rail vers Toronto, London et Windsor empruntent la même voie mais ne s'arrêtent pas à la gare.

Intermodalité
Le transport en commun local est offert par la Commission de transport de Toronto (TTC). La route 76 Royal York South circule sur le chemin Royal York vers la station Royal York et la ligne 501 du tramway sur la rue Queen. La navette 176 circulait jusqu'en mars 2020 entre le terminus Park Lawn et la gare de Mimico pour correspondances entre les trains de banlieue, les autobus et les tramways. Le service de navette est suspendu jusqu'à nouvel ordre à cause de la réduction de services liée à la COVID-19.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Transport ferroviaire au Canada
 Ligne Lakeshore West

Liens externes

Gare à Toronto
Gare mise en service en 1856
Gare mise en service en 1967


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Jewish Music Performed by Violinist Rigo Murillo
I made these modest recordings of a few traditional Jewish songs with a tape four-tracker back in the late 1990's. I remixed them, transferred them to digital, and kept them "hidden" somewhere on my computer. Then, about 5 years ago, I remastered them lightly and kept them hidden until now. Here they are. Enjoy!
Hine Ma Tov/Hevenu Shalom Alechem
Bashana Hava'a
Ose Shalom
Hava Nagila
Listen to some of Rigo's Classical music here.
Rigo's Violin Repertoire
Repertoire Performed by Rigo Murillo
Rigo performs a variety of styles and pieces for different occasions. He is available for guest soloist appearences, recitals, special celebrations, weddings, anniversaries, and corporate parties.
To see a partial repertoire list of pieces in his repertoire, click the the music category links below. Some titles contain mp3/wma audio or video music samples for download.
These lists are only partial. If you would like to inquire of a specific piece for your event, please contact Rigo.
Jewish/Israeli
Classical Repertoire (listen to audio samples)
Concerto for 2 Violins & Orchestra in d minor, BWV 1043
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 1 in a minor, BWV 1041
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042
Sonata No. 5 for Violin and Piano op. 24 "Spring"
Romance for Violin and orchestra No. 2 in F Major -MP3-
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 1 in g minor, op. 26
Fritz Kreisler
Liebesleid
Tempo di Minuetto
Praeludium and Allegro
Schon Rosmarin
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in e minor, op. 64
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 3 in G major, K 216
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish"
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364 (K 320d)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 3 in b minor, op. 61
Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, op. 28
Romanza Andaluza, op. 22 No. 1
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D major, op. 35
Melodie in E flat Major -MP3-
Concerto for 2 Violins & Orchestra in a minor, op. 3/8
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in g minor, op. 12, No. 1 / RV 317
Concerto grosso for 2 Violins & Orchestra in D major, op. 3/11
The Four Seasons, RV 199
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 2 in d minor
Air on the G String-Bach
Ave Maria-Bach
Ave Maria-Schubert
Bridal Chorus-Wagner
Canon-Pachelbel
Dreams Of Vienna Waltz-Strauss
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik-Mozart
Four Seasons-Vivaldi
Hungarian Dance #5-Brahams
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desire-Bach – download sheet music –
Ode To Joy-Beethoven
Panis Angelicus-Franck
Romanza-Beethoven
Serenade-Haydn
Sheep may Safely Graze-Bach
Sheep May Safety Graze-Bach
Song Of India-Rimsky/Korsakov
Trumpet Voluntary- Clark
Water Music-Handel
Wedding March-Mendelsohnn
Jewish/Israeli Music (listen to audio samples)
Bashana Haba
Dayenu
Der Rebe Elimelech
Erev Shel Shoshanim
Havah Nagila
Hevenu Shalom
Jerusalem of Gold
Ma oz Tsur
Oifin Pripitchok
Siman Tov
Tsena
Tumbalalaika
Un Az Der Rebe Zingt
Are You Washed In the Blood?
At the Cross
Because He Lives
Blessed Assurance *video* *wma*
He Look Beyond My Fault
He Touched Me
His Name is Wonderful
I'll Fly Away
Isn't He Wonderful?
I've Got Joy Like a River
Jesus Paid It All
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
My Tribute
The Lily of the Valley
There Is Power In the Blood
This World Is Not My Home
'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
We Shall Behold Him
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
When We All Get to Heaven


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What is the order of the Shatter Me book series?
How many books are in the Shatter Me series?
Is Shatter Me series inappropriate?
Is the Shatter Me series complete?
Can you read the Shatter Me series without the novellas?
What is Warner's power in Shatter Me?
Is Imagine Me the last book?
How does the Shatter Me series end?
How many books are in the Shatter Me 2022?
What age should you read Shatter Me?
What age is the selection series for?
What age should you read Throne of Glass?
Is Destroy Me worth reading?
How many books are in the Shatter Me series without novellas?
Do you read destroy me after Shatter Me?
Is novella A short story?
Do Aaron and Juliette get married?
Do Warner and Juliette break up in restore me?
Who can touch Juliette?
Is Imagine Me a happy ending?
Do Warner and Juliette get back together in Defy Me?
Do Warner and Juliette get married in believe me?
Can Warner touch Juliette?
Who does Adam Kent end up with?
Will there be a 7th book in the Shatter Me series?
Shatter Me is the first of a series of six books. The second book in the series, Unravel Me, was published on February 5, 2013. The third book in the series, Ignite Me, was published on February 4, 2014. The fourth book, Restore Me, was published on March 6, 2018.
Violence includes gunfire, with one death and injuries, a brief sexual assault, and talk of children hurt or killed. Swearing is prevalent, but doesn't go beyond "s–t." Characters kiss, grope, and remove clothing with talk of wanting to have sex. At the core of Shatter Me is the idea of power.
The fifth book, Defy Me, was published April 2, 2019. The last book, Imagine Me, was published March 31, 2020.
Nes Read the novellas. Not necessary, but you won't get the full experience unless you step into Warner and Adam's heads and understand how they think, especially towards themselves, Juliette and the Reestablishment.
Energy Sensing: Warner is able to sense the energy of others. It is through his ability to sense the energy of others that he can sense their feelings.
Imagine Me is the sixth and final book in the Shatter Me series. It was released on March 31, 2020.
How does Shatter Me end? Adam and Juliette are separated from Kenji and James. Juliette and Adam are captured by Warner who tortures Adam, then tells Juliette he loves her and kisses her. She steals his gun and shoots him.
How many books are in this series? There are 11 books in this series.
The make out scenes were a bit intense which is why the recommendation age is 16.
13 – 17 Years
Sales rank: 3,488
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile: HL680L (what's this?)
These connections are the reason I personally &amp
professionally recommend the series to children beginning at age 10 who are reading at a 6.5-7+ grade level, primarily due to the challenging vocabulary.
Overall, "Destroy Me" is definitely worth reading right before reading "Unravel Me", exposing the vulnerable, raw nature inside Warner and revealing to the readers another side of the calculating villain that they saw in "Shatter Me".
Shatter Me (6 book series) Kindle Edition.
Read the books in this order: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Destroy Me, Fracture Me.
A novella is a standalone piece of fiction that is shorter than a full-length novel but longer than a short story or novelette.
In the end, she finally decides she will keep her name as Juliette Ferrars but Aaron decides to call her Ella but also Juliette. In the end, they finally get married.
She tells Juliette that Lena Mishkin, daughter of the Supreme Commander of Europe, was with Warner for TWO YEARS! She was deeply in love with him, but he wasn't affectionate with her, and he broke her heart. They split up eight months ago.
Adam has a revelation for her: He can touch her without getting hurt. In a majorly steamy scene (page 115 if you want to re-read it firsthand), a shirtless Adam promises Juliette that he will get her the hell out of Warner's clutches.
at the end if he has been able to heal himself. Possible theory for the second one is that he got shot so many times so quickly that he wasn't able to heal himself and as a result did die. Overall, it was a good book and good ending to the series.
However Juliette and Warner briefly break up in Restore Me after she finds out he has been lying to her about her past, although they still share some passionate moments together they do not yet get back together until Defy Me.
However, with all the chaos of taking on the role of rebuilding the world after defeating the Reestablishment, it has been difficult for Warner and Juliette to have their wedding.
In chapter 58 he explains what he understands to Juliette, then asks her to experiment on his new discovery. So what he does is that he touches Juliette—no horrible consequence due to the fact that he's absorbing it—and releases the absorbed energy, creating a very huge dent on the floor.
Adam Kent Anderson is one of the primary characters in the Shatter Me series. He has known Juliette since they were 8 years old and, in his own words, he has always felt attracted by her.Adam Kent.
Adam Kent Anderson
Romances Juliette Ferras (ex-girlfriend) Alia (girlfriend)
This is book number 7 in the Shatter Me series. The devastatingly romantic fifth novella in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series, chronicling the events after Imagine Me, the explosive sixth novel. Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the Reestablishment once and for all.
How many Hunger Games books are there?
Is The Maze Runner book appropriate for 12 year olds?
What happens in the book checked?
What is The Fault in Our Stars book about?
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With just a handful of ingredients and 10 minutes of prep, you can transform Thanksgiving leftovers into these Avocado Jalapeno Turkey Salad Biscuit Sandwiches with Pickled Cranberries!
Well, that was fun. 4 straight days home with my two favorite girls. It was truly amazing. Now it's back to work (until Christmas vacation, that is… man I love being a teacher!).
I absolutely love this time of year. It brings back such amazing memories. Asheley and I first started dating as a result of a Thanksgiving Eve "party" 5 years ago. Our good friends Steve and Val invited each of us to this big bash they were having. Little did we know, until we arrived, that we were the only two on the party invite list. Obviously they were amazing matchmakers… and I did a great job working my charm to secure my now wife and baby-mama.
Of course Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays (any day revolved around stuffing yo' face with so much food that you almost burst at the seams is an A+ holiday in my book). Enjoying our first Thanksgiving with Olivia was so special… so special that she tried fruit for the first time! Prunes. She mildly enjoyed it.
And then the day after Thanksgiving comes. I enthusiastically (a little too enthusiastic, according to Asheley) pull out all the Christmas decorations and rock out to my Christmas playlist. I'm a firm, strict believer in nothing Christmas until Thanksgiving is over. One holiday at a time. But now it's FULL ON CHRISTMAS MODE. Heck to the yes.
Oh, and of course let's talk about the ton of Thanksgiving leftovers. I'm not the reheating type. I don't want the same meal again. I want it reinvented. Better. Like in these Leftover Thanksgiving Hand Pies. Or Leftover Stuffing Waffles with a Fried Egg. Or a Turkey and Hash Sandwich with Cranberry Aioli.
And now, quite possibly my favorite creative Thanksgiving leftover recipe creation joins the party. These Avocado Jalapeno Turkey Salad Biscuit Sandwiches with Pickled Cranberries. You better believe Asheley and I stuffed our faces with these all weekend. Now we have enough for one more sandwich. Flip a coin Asheley?
And heck yes. Pickled cranberries. You might never want cranberry sauce again after pairing your turkey with these flavor bombs. They are SO good.
Can we talk about how much I love Pillsbury Grands!®. I'm a huge sucker for them. Asheley is too. Why are they so freaking good? What's their secret? Especially those Grands!® Flaky Layers Butter Tastin Biscuits. Ugh I want one five right now.
And for me, enjoying holiday leftovers is all about building the perfect sandwich. And the perfect sandwich begins with one of these biscuits. YESSSSSS.
Combine avocado, 1/2 jalapeno, mayonnaise, and apple cider vinegar in a food processor. Blend until smooth. Season with Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add a little more apple cider vinegar if a more zesty taste is desired. Mince the remaining 1/2 jalapeno and stir into chopped leftover turkey along with avocado aioli and pepitas.
Meanwhile, bake Grands!® Refrigerated Biscuits according to package directions. Top with turkey salad and pickled cranberries. Devour immediately.
Bring vinegar, water, sugar, and salt in a small saucepan to a boil. Add cranberries and pinch black peppercorns and cook just until cranberries split open and soften. Let cool and transfer to a bowl or mason jar. Refrigerate (up to 1 week) until ready to serve.
I grabbed my Pillsbury Grands!® at my local Walmart Neighborhood Market!
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China and North Korea say boosting bilateral ties is good for regional peace
Published Thu, Jun 20 20199:24 PM EDT
Chinese Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday for a two-day visit aimed at bolstering an ally under pressure from U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs and a breakdown in denuclearization talks with the United States.
The visit, the first by a Chinese leader in 14 years, comes a week before Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump meet at the G-20 summit in Osaka amid an ongoing trade dispute.
Xi said China firmly supported Kim seeking a political solution to the Korean Peninsula issue and the establishment of a great environment for self-development via "a new strategic route", according to KCNA.
South Koreans watch on a screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Seoul Railway Station on June 20, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that amid "serious and complicated" international affairs strengthening bilateral ties was good for both countries and regional peace, North Korean state media KCNA said on Friday.
Xi arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday for a two-day visit aimed at bolstering an ally under pressure from U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs and a breakdown in denuclearization talks with the United States.
Kim said Xi's visit, which may see China bring fresh support for North Korea's floundering, sanctions-bound economy, was crucial" to show the world the unchanging friendship between the two countries, KCNA said.
China is the North's only major ally.
Xi said Beijing and Pyongyang agreed that a political settlement of the Korean Peninsula's nuclear issue has been "an inevitable trend," and that they need to continue to stick to peace talks, according to China's Xinhua.
The two leaders agreed to have close strategic communication and deepen cooperation in various fields, KCNA said.
On Thursday, Xi praised Pyongyang's efforts towards denuclearization and said the world hopes North Korea and the United States can talk to each other and for those talks to be successful.
Since a failed summit between Trump and Kim in Hanoi earlier this year, Pyongyang has conducted some weapons tests and warned of "truly undesired consequences" if the United States is not more flexible.
At a dinner banquet on Thursday, Xi said China firmly supported Kim seeking a political solution to the Korean Peninsula issue and the establishment of a great environment for self-development via "a new strategic route," according to KCNA.
Reflecting the close bond between China and North Korea, Xi viewed a mass gymnastics and arts performance titled "Undefeated Socialism" with Kim at the May Day stadium on Thursday evening.
KCNA said the performance was specially prepared for the Chinese goodwill visit and included songs such as "Without the Communist Party, there is no new China" and "I love you, China."


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Microsoft After Gates (And Bill After Microsoft)
By Newsweek Staff On 6/21/08 at 9:26 AM EDT
In some respects, this week won't be terribly different for Bill Gates than the previous 1,712 weeks he has spent working full-time at Microsoft, the company he co-founded as a teenager. The 52-year-old icon has some one-on-one meetings scheduled with a few of his top technical executives. He has some customer meetings. And, as often happens, he'll go to the television studio on Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., campus to tape a few messages for events he won't be able to attend. In addition, he says, "I hope to write a few memos."
But normalcy will be an illusion. Everybody knows that when the week ends, Bill Gates will walk out of his office for the last time as someone on the clock for Microsoft. (On that final day, the routine will be shredded, and the staff has planned some internal commemorative events.) He'll take a break this summer (including a sojourn to the Beijing Olympics), and beginning in September the new focus of his work life will be the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the organization he began with his wife in 2000. With a current $37.3 billion endowment, it's the world's richest philanthropic institution.
Gates leaves at a challenging time for Microsoft, but this is the final step in a painstakingly planned process that began four years ago. It was spring 2004 when the Gateses began discussing the possibility that if Bill increased his role at the foundation—making as big a donation in brainpower as he has in dollars—he could save or improve many lives. Gates formalized the move in June 2006, when Microsoft announced a two-year transition period scheduled to end, well, right now. "I don't know of any retirement that's been as carefully thought through," says Gates.
The paradoxical aspect of this period has been that while Gates has consciously been stepping back in some areas (almost no one reports to him, and he has limited his tech focus to a few key areas like search and the next version of Windows), his passion for the software world is as intense as ever. "Bill comes to every meeting like he's going to be here for the next 10 years," says CEO Steve Ballmer. So no one really knows how much culture shock will set in when Gates leaves the campus this Friday. Though he will remain the chairman of its board of directors—assuring him a huge voice in any big decisions—and plans to spend the equivalent of one day a week on company business, the idea that he won't be there seems unreal. Microsoft without Bill Gates? It does not compute.
"He's not just Bill Gates, he's the Bill Gates," says Ballmer, the guy who will be holding the bag after Gates leaves the building. "If you were to say who are the five most famous guys on the planet today, he'd probably be on that list. He founded the company, he's accumulated this wealth, he's got this foundation, he's got this fame. That's irreplaceable. Also, Bill grew up with every one of the technologies in this company. He's got more capacity to remember things than anybody I've ever known. It's unlikely we'll have anybody again who has that breadth."
Since Gates and his partner Paul Allen invented the PC software industry (they formed Microsoft to write the first program for the very first personal computer, the Altair), one can say that an era is truly ending. On the other hand, critics of Microsoft contend that Gates's departure is anticlimactic—because the company is past its prime. "The Gates era has already ended—this is the coda," says Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus, the spreadsheet giant humbled by Microsoft in the 1980s. "Today, Google is the defining company in the industry."
Was it only a decade ago that Silicon Valley quaked at Microsoft's every move? Start-ups would abandon business plans if they felt that Microsoft was thinking of competing in their space; no one wanted to take on the "800-pound gorilla," as pictured in the cover image for James Gleick's influential 1995 New York Times Magazine story. Yes, Microsoft's revenues are still massive, and its core products still permeate the computer world with monopoly-level market share, but in terms of intimidating Valleyites, the gorilla is a chimp. When Web start-up guru Paul Graham was telling a young entrepreneur about how companies used to fear Microsoft, the kid couldn't understand why anyone would behave that way. "It was as if I told him how much girls liked Barry Manilow in the '80s. Barry who?" Graham wrote in a well-linked 2007 essay entitled "Microsoft Is Dead."
It's hard to characterize a company's taking in more than $50 billion a year as deceased. But Microsoft has some serious woes. Its stock has barely budged in five years. (Its core business of Windows and Office is still hugely successful, though—so much so that, while its U.S. antitrust matters are settled, the EU is constantly investigating Microsoft for behavior that supposedly exploits its 90-plus percent market share.) The latest version of Windows, Vista, was a disaster: Microsoft released it years late, without key features originally promised, and its performance failings have led customers to make unprecedented demands on PC makers to downgrade their new computers to run the previous operating system, Windows XP.
Then there is Google. Microsoft is doing so miserably in competing with the Mountain View, Calif., search giant—in both the number of searches and the ad revenue from those queries—that it attempted, unsuccessfully, to buy Yahoo for almost $50 billion. In the aftermath of that fiasco, Microsoft is left with an admission that its Internet strategy needs a deep fix that isn't forthcoming. Meanwhile, the hostile takeover attempt sent Yahoo into the willing arms of Google, as CEO Jerry Yang arranged to let Microsoft's key rival handle some of his search advertising.
To Gates, such pressure is business as usual: it has always been this way. (Indeed, looking back on over a dozen years of interviews, that's what he has said consistently.) "Every year that we've existed, we've had the excitement that this is a fast-changing business. This wouldn't be a fun business if it wasn't always risky," he says.
But doesn't the Yahoo move mean that Microsoft's online strategy—forged in 1995 with a Gates memo, "The Internet Tidal Wave"—has been swamped by Google? "Let's see," says Gates, his voice raising in volume. "How have things gone since 1995? Have our sales increased? Have our profits increased? (Answer: yes, about tenfold.) Then he softens a bit. "Do we also wish we'd done everything that Google has done? Sure. But I'll take our track record since 1995 versus anyone."
That's a refrain that echoes down the corporate chain. "A lot of the company's strength is that Bill created a culture of crisis—if there weren't a Google, we'd have to make one," says Ray Ozzie, who has inherited Gates's title as chief software architect. "While they are significant competitors, Google and the rest aren't materially different than others in the past. This is a period of unprecedented strength for the company. If there had to be a time when Bill transitioned out, we couldn't have set it up better than it is right now."
The question is whether Microsoft can compete as effectively without its founder. Ballmer, who took over as CEO from Gates in 2000 after 20 years as his key exec, is confident it can. That transition had been rough for both parties; according to Ballmer, it took a while to determine who was the junior partner and who was senior. But after the bumpy transition, Ballmer is comfortable flying solo. Anyway, it won't be like Gates is falling off the face of the earth; one day a week, he'll be there (though, in a symbolic act, Ballmer is moving into Gates's office, forcing Bill to establish his part-time digs down the hall). But if Gates got so totally involved in working out Third World microfinance deals that he stopped taking Ballmer's calls, "we'd be fine," says Ballmer. "If he really said, 'You can't have a minute of my time in the next year,' I'd feel bad. But the place would be fine."
While Ballmer runs the business, the burden of filling the Gates gap in geek expertise falls to a pair of technical leaders who will split duties. Craig Mundie, a 16-year Microsoft veteran, will make more public appearances, and grapple with and lead longer-term projects involving education, health care and software that exploits the superpowerful computers that will appear in the future. He'll also concentrate on more basic technologies like chips and infrastructure. Ray Ozzie—the software pioneer (he invented Lotus Notes) who arrived in 2005 when Microsoft bought his company, Groove—will be more of an internal presence, crafting the Web-based strategy that will roll out in the next couple of years.
As for Vista, Microsoft is well aware of its failings and Gates wants to make sure the next release, Windows 7, will not suffer a similar fate. Several months ago, he outlined his product vision to the team. "He brilliantly brought together the history of Windows, the mission that was ahead of us and the importance of Windows, but also challenged us on a personal level to think about what we could do better," says Steven Sinofsky, who heads the Windows effort. To Sinofsky, it was a bittersweet moment. "It was hard to escape the reality that his time allocation to Microsoft will be shifting while we're building this product," he says. Sinofsky's worries are mitigated by the fact that Windows 7 is one of the projects Gates will continue to follow closely. (Others include search, the next version of Office and the user interface.) In fact, the last of the notorious "Bill Reviews," a sort of geek kabuki where Gates unstintingly assesses a product, was devoted to the latest iteration of Windows 7.
Anyway, that one day a week on Microsoft business isn't a firm limit. "Measuring time is always tricky when you're someone who is on e-mail night and day," says Gates.
While Gates has a clear picture of his continuing role at Microsoft, the details of his new job at the foundation are somewhat fuzzier. "He's still trying to figure out what mix of things he'll be doing," says foundation CEO Patty Stonesifer. Some things, though, are determined. "He'll be out there working with people in Germany on foreign aid, and working with Bono on the advocacy end. He'll use the same approach here that he uses as chief software architect at Microsoft."
Gates does have some specific ideas, big and small. At the suggestion of Warren Buffett—who will donate billions from his fortune to the foundation over the next few years—Gates intends to work on an annual letter, in the same spirit as Buffett's yearly missive to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. To learn more about areas the foundation is working on, he is doing intensive reading on education and science, and has monitored online college courses in geology, history and microparticle physics. He is fully engaged on several problems already. "People know I have a particular fascination with AIDS and malaria," he says. One obsession is an AIDS vaccine, and Gates was disappointed when a trial indicated that a promising candidate for a solution, made by Merck, was not effective. Discussing the vaccine, an intense Gates cites research that implies that a variation might be more effective. Clearly, he's viewing the process the same way he views software development—maybe version 3.0 will do the trick.
One thing he won't do is get involved with the foundation's day-to-day operations. That's a job for the CEO. Coincidentally, Gates's transition occurs as Stonesifer is leaving that job; after several months of searching, Gates and his wife chose as a successor Jeff Raikes, a 27-year Microsoft executive who is close to the couple. "He will be very easy to get into a rhythm with, because we know each other so well," Gates says. Raikes admits, "If the Joe and Sally Smith Foundation had been the world's largest, I might not have immediately been thought of as a candidate." But as a product of Nebraska farm life, Raikes is interested in agriculture (a foundation focus), and his business skills will be important as the foundation roughly doubles its staff over the next few years and moves to a campuslike headquarters near Seattle's Space Needle.
Gates understands that his identity as a philanthropist will be drastically different than his role as the king of software. "We don't have a CES on malaria, so you don't get 50,000 people converging on a city and saying, 'Oh, Bill's keynote on malaria is coming'," he says. He realizes that working on the issues of the foundation could make him more of a lightning rod than he was as the head of the digital Borg. "The new world is more controversial than the old world," he says. "We do family planning. We fund research on crops, and some people think that you shouldn't take science to help the poor people. This whole thing about which operating system somebody uses is a pretty silly thing versus issues involving starvation or death."
As an example, Gates cites the choice he must soon make regarding the foundation's malaria funding. As he explains it, one alternative is to spend $300 million for trials of the current, imperfect vaccine. Or he could wait a few years until the vaccine is refined, possibly becoming more effective in preventing the disease. "You can't do both," he says. "One of those paths saves millions of lives, compared to the other path. I've never had a Microsoft decision that had exactly that character."
Treading on uncertain ground like that underlines the difficulties Gates may face in leaving the job he has loved so much. "It may be more of a change than he thinks," says Paul Allen, recalling his own departure from Microsoft in 1983. "You don't always realize how dramatic that transition is going to be when people aren't depending on your decisions day by day."
"In no sense would I say, 'Oh, I'm making a sacrifice because it's something my mother told me I ought to do'," Gates says. "I am doing something my mother told me I ought to do, but it's going to be a lot of fun. And I feel good about the impact as well." As for Microsoft, there's always e-mail.


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Q: How to provision a VM with SSH using python in Azure? I am able to create a VM with SSH from the portal and login to the machine.
I have followed the steps here but this creates VM with password. I tried this method  with following modification in os_profile. I am able to create the VM but unable to login to the machine.
"os_profile": {
    "computer_name": VM_NAME,
    "admin_username": USERNAME,
    # "admin_password": PASSWORD
    "linux_configuration": {
        "disable_password_authentication": True,
        "ssh": {
            "public_keys": [
                {
                    "path": '/home/' + USERNAME + '/.ssh/authorized_keys',
                    "key_data": SSH_PUBLIC_KEY
                }
            ]
        }
    }
},

How can we login through SSH using azure python sdk? Is there something wrong with the os_profile modification I made?


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Marriott's New Content Studio Partners with JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts Brand - Debuts Short Film 'Two Bellmen' With Worldwide Release March 10th
'Two Bellmen', the first original short film production from Marriott International, Inc.'s Content Studio, will have its world premiere on March 10th, 2015 with a global YouTube launch, as well as a gala screening and party at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. The iconic JW Marriott property plays a starring role in the film.
A collaboration between the Content Studio and renowned dance, parkour, extreme sports, martial arts, and music collective Substance Over Hype, 'Two Bellmen' represents the boldest move yet by Marriott International to use narrative storytelling and entertainment to elevate its portfolio of brands – kicking off with the company's distinctive and sophisticated JW Marriott brand, which currently consists of 69 luxury properties in 26 countries and is expected to reach more than 100 hotels in over 30 countries by 2019.
'Two Bellmen' was directed by Daniel "Malakai" Cabrera and written by Cabrera and Jade Raybin. Marriott's Content Studio head David Beebe served as Executive Producer and Evan J. Cholfin of Stories International, Inc. produced. The film follows a competitive relationship between two exceptional bellmen that grows into a new friendship when the pair works together to thwart an attempted art heist. The hotel, the bellmen and JW Marriott' signature service culture emerge as heroes.
The film is a comedic, genre-bending explosion of parkour, martial arts, dance and music action, and features the biggest stars from the hip hop and B-boy dance worlds, including leading Hollywood stuntmen William Spencer (SPIDER-MAN; SPIDER-MAN 2) and Caine Sinclair (NBC's Grimm; How I met Your Mother) as The Bellmen. The cast also includes Henry Simmons (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.); Miles Brown aka Baby Boogaloo (ABC's Black-ish); Sophina Brown (Shark; Numb3rs; The Good Wife); noted B-boy dancer Josue "Beastmode" Figueroa (Southland; STEP UP REVOLUTION); Josue Antonio (STEP UP series; The LXD); Taryn Southern (The Single Life); and So You Think You Can Dance hip hop legend, Stephen "tWitch" Boss (STEP UP films; So You Think You Can Dance; MAGIC MIKE XXL), as well as other amazing talents from Substance Over Hype. The music and dance world is also fully represented, with AMP Live, Scarub, and Fingazz all making appearances.
The film debuts on YouTube March 10th. It features a multiplatform, all-screens distribution strategy including digital, theater, in-room, online, Marriott.com, and Marriott's 47 million Marriott Reward members. For more information, check out http://twobellmen.com.
Director Malakai of Substance over Hype explains, "Marriott helped fulfill our desire to build on a comedic hotel bellman routine we'd developed a while back. The JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A LIVE provided us both a context AND setting for that story. We created a role for the hotel that showcased all its beauty and amenities and combined it with all the stuff we do with dance, stunts and comedy. From there, it just flowed."
David Beebe, Vice President, Creative and Content Marketing at Marriott International, adds, "'Two Bellmen' is ideally suited to build an emotional relationship between our consumers and the JW Marriott brand. With its brilliant cast and story, and the hotel playing a character, the film entertains consumers, draws them in visually, promises terrific, nonstop action and fun, and delivers content to develop community to drive commerce."
'Two Bellmen' is a milestone—the most ambitious project yet undertaken by Marriott's Content Studio—which Marriott announced in September 2014. The Studio is dedicated to publishing, distributing and sharing digital content across multiple platforms and on all screens. To further the company's focus on next-generation travelers and to drive new business, the studio aims to own original content marketing and produce engaging content that builds worldwide communities of people passionate about travel that will drive commerce to the company's hotels.


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The Ariel Quartet's 2015-16 CCM Concert Series Comes to a Conclusion on March 1
CCM's internationally-acclaimed string quartet-in-residence the Ariel Quartet concludes its 2015–16 concert series at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, in Corbett Auditorium.
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The program will include Joseph Haydn's String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2; Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7; and Johannes Brahms' String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2. Tickets for this performance are on sale now.
The Ariel Quartet is comprised of Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; Amit Even-Tov, cello; Gershon Gerchikov, violin; and Jan Grüning, viola. The Quartet was formed in Israel 17 years ago when its members were young students, and they have been playing together ever since. Recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, the Quartet serves as the string quartet-in-residence at CCM where they direct the chamber music program and perform their own annual series of concerts.
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The Ariel Quartet's March 1 performance is dedicated to the loving memory of CCM emeritus faculty member Peter Kamnitzer, who served as violist for the legendary LaSalle Quartet from 1949 until the ensemble's retirement in 1988. Kamnitzer passed away in Israel on Feb. 23, 2016, at the age of 93. As a member of the LaSalle Quartet, Kamnitzer helped to cement CCM's reputation on the international stage. This performance is presented in his honor. You can learn more about Kamnitzer here.
Performance Time
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 1
Corbett Auditorium, CCM Village,
Purchasing Tickets
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $15 for non-UC students and FREE for UC students with valid ID.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online now through our e-Box Office! Visit ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice for CCM Box Office hours and location.
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the new U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
CCM Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Community Partner: ArtsWave
The Ariel Quartet's 2015-16 CCM concert series is made possible by the generous contributions of Anonymous, The Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander, Mrs. William A. Friedlander, Dr. & Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth, Mr. & Mrs. J. David Rosenberg, Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen, Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman and Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bloom.
The Ariel Quartet's 2014-15 CCM Concert Series Comes to a Stunning Conclusion on March 31
CCM's internationally-acclaimed string quartet-in-residence the Ariel Quartet concludes its 2014–15 concert series at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, in Corbett Auditorium.
The program will include Joseph Haydn's String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4, Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 and Johannes Brahms' String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major. Tickets for this performance are on sale now.
From left to right: Amit Even-Tov, Jan Grüning, Alexandra Kazovsky and Gershon Gerchikov are the Ariel Quartet. Photography by Saverio Truglia.
Last season, the Quartet performed its first complete Beethoven Cycle in Corbett Auditorium, a feat that the Cincinnati Enquirer's Janelle Gelfand characterized as "a challenge like climbing Mount Everest, and you could only marvel at their musicianship each step of the way." You can watch excerpts from last season's concert series by visiting www.arielquartet.com/video.
"The Cycle" proved so popular that the Ariel Quartet was invited to perform another complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets for New York City audiences at the SubCulture music venue on Bleeker Street.
This concert will be dedicated to the loving memory of businessman and philanthropist William A. Friedlander. The Friedlanders' generosity has helped to make the Ariel Quartet's residency at CCM possible.
Below, watch the Ariel Quartet perform Haydn's Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, "Joke," at the 2012 Vermont Summer Music Festival:
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 31
Corbett Auditorium, CCM Village
Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online now through our e-Box Office!
Visit ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice for CCM Box Office hours and location.
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.
The Ariel Quartet's 2014–15 CCM concert series is made possible by the generous contributions of The Corbett Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth, Mr. & Mrs. William A. Friedlander, Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman and Dianne & J. David Rosenberg.
CCM Philharmonia and Wind Symphony Celebrate the Music of America this Month
The CCM Wind Symphony welcomes special guest Michael Daugherty on April 29.
Two of CCM's major ensembles pay tribute to the prolific and talented composers who were born in or immigrated to America in a two concert pairing. CCM Philharmonia celebrates American immigrant composers on Thursday, April 28 at 8 p.m. in CCM's Corbett Auditorium, while CCM Wind Symphony features living American-born composers with special guest, Grammy Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty on Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. in Corbett Auditorium.


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