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PROUST AT ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
Alliance Francaise in New York is holding a panel discussion about Proust and a concert of his "favorite music." The concert was organized by Nurit Pacht and features Nurit Pacht, violin, Sharon Roffman, violin, Max Levinson, piano, Daniel Gortler, piano, Dov Scheindlin, viola, and Mark Kosower, cello.
The panel discussion is at 6:00 Friday, April 29th; the concert is at 8:00 and, in between, there is also a "picnic."
For information about the program, and for tickets, contact the Alliance website.
GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
In media articles about "global warming" there are descriptions of "global average temperature" which is said to be increasing a few degrees.
This statement, unfortunately, is complete nonsense and quite confusing to the public.
It permits comedians like Dennis Miller to make hilarious jokes about global warming (on the Daily Show, a few days ago, for example).
There is no such thing as "the global average temperature". Such a concept is meaningless. (Some accounts do not even specify whether the change is supposed to be Fahrenheit or Centigrade.)
Since temperatures can vary twenty degrees or so (Fahrenheit) over the course of a day, a hundred degrees or more in one spot over the course of a year, two hundred or more on any one day around the surface of the globe (including bubbling geysers, for example), and by more than that in 3D when you include the range from the bottom of the ocean to the top of the atmosphere and occasional lava flows over the course of a year, it is really hard for the average person to relate to a 2 or 4 or 8 degree average temperature increase, if there really were such a thing.
Actually, what one can say is that there are many global average temperatures (and each one would show some kind of change from year to year.
For example, one could place thousands of sensors scattered around the globe and measure the temperature at local noon each day -- Or local midnight. One could average those temperatures over a year and get an annual temperature average by location; or average over all the sensors to get a daily global average temperature; or do both and get an annual global average temperature. Obviously the average temperature calculated from the noon measurements would be different from the average temperature calculated from the midnight measurements.
Similarly measurements taken over the oceans would give different results from measurements in barren land areas which would be different from measurements based in cities. And measurements taken on the surface would be different from measurements under the oceans or measurements of atmospheric temperatures at different altitudes.
Statements that "the earth is warming" need to take into account the variety of ways that these measurements could be analyzed statistically. A convincing argument would specify exactly which quantity was actually being measured and averaged. And then it would need to relate that to a reliable model of how that particular average is correlated to environmental change.
In practice, the actual measurements are usually one of three kinds. First, there are the measurements of temperature sensors scattered over the earth as described above. Using older measurements and connecting them to newer measurements for long-term studies of temperature changes can be problematic, because the older measurements are sparce, often biased by where they were located (eg cities), and hard to calibrate for accuracy and consistency with current measurements. But newer measurements (when used consistently and corrected for bias), over the last 30 years or so, seem to give global average temperatures which fluctuate less than half a degree centigrade from year to year, and may be accurate to a tenth of a degree when plotting a five year moving average. Thirty year trends using this kind of measurement show changes (a gradual increase) which are much greater than the fluctuations.
Second, there are historical measurements made by inference, for example by studying the composition of gasses stored in packed ice (eg. near the poles). Using these measurements in a consistent way to provide an "average annual temperature" gives a correlation between these temperature measurements and climate over long periods of time. These measurements show changes of around ten degrees centigrade or less from ice ages to periods of warm, virtually ice-free earth.
Third there are satellite measurements. These can measure temperature inferred from radiation, and may be looking at temperature at different altitudes from ground based sensors. These measurements of earth can be similar to measurements of temperature on nearby planets -- Venus and Mars -- allowing connections to be made between planetary science and earth science.
It would be helpful to the discussion if the media always used descriptions of things that could be understood and verified.
While global climactic modeling is still primitive, not precise, not always accurate, and not reliable for any interesting time spans, there is much that is well understood and certain facts that are undeniable.
The temperature of the earth, defined using almost any measurement consistently (eg. the average over many sensors spaced more or less evenly around the globe), depends heavily on the difference between the amount of energy from the sun that reaches us, less the energy we radiate back into space.
The more carbon dioxide there is in the atmosphere, the less energy we radiate. So more CO2 in the atmosphere tends to raise the temperature of the earth. (A substantial fraction of the CO2 in the atmosphere is due to the burning of fossil fuels by humans, especially humans in developed countries.)
Ice reflects energy back into space without absorbing it, and water absorbs energy efficiently without reflecting it. This gives an important positive feedback. So when H2O freezes and forms ice it tends to further lower the temperature of earth, and conversely when ice melts that tends to allow more heating of earth. As a consequence, once freezing starts, or melting starts, the process can accelerate.
Other factors that affect the temperature are heat from inside the earth released by volcanoes and other processes; changes in the energy absorption and radiation of the atmosphere due to chemicals, particles from volcanic emissions and cloud cover; the circulation of hot and cold water in the three dimensional oceans; the pattern of radiation and atmospheric circulation due to changes in the earth's movement with respect to the sun; and the amount of energy radiated from the sun to the earth.
The New Yorker is running a three part series on global warming (Part II is in the May 2, 2005 issue). It describes very real, measurable, changes in the ice mass at the poles. As ice melts, the oceans rise, and the energy dynamics of the earth change.
A substantial amount of the CO2 (and other gasses) in the atmosphere responsible for trapping some of the solar energy appears to be caused by human use of fossil fuels. Continuing to increase the CO2 leads to increasing instability in the environment according to the best climactic models.
Even without fully understanding the cause of the melting of ice on earth, or knowing what actions humans could take to prevent it, it should be obvious that a change in the energy dynamic of the earth, and melting ice causing a rising level of the ocean, will have dramatic consequences on the lives of many people on earth.
Even if we are not prepared to prevent a rise in earth's temperature, or to stop the ice from melting, we will need to deal, possibly quite soon (within years or a few decades at most), with the consequences of changing weather patterns and coastal flooding.
Part II of the New Yorker article deals with evidence of how severe the effect of a changing climate has been on some of the great civilizations of the past.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAKESPEARE! LOVE'S WILL ONLINE
April 23, 1564 is the "accepted" date of Shakespeare's birthday, although it may not be the actual date he was born.
No matter. It's definitely his birthday season.
We have, on-line (requiring Flash, audio, and a speaker), a performance of love poetry by Shakespeare and other classic poets. It was created for Valentine's day, but makes a nice birthday celebration.
So, Happy Birthday, Bill!
PEN & TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL -- BUSY INT'L WEEK IN NYC
PEN, the international organization of writers is having a meeting in New York this week with many of the world's greatest authors speaking in person.
THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (TFF) also starts this week, beginning on the 19th with THE INTERPRETER, the Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn UN thriller directed by Sydney Pollack. TFF is one of the biggest, most event filled, film events of the year.
It is amazing that a city -- even one this big and vibrant -- can support so many huge events.
Here is the list of participants in PEN:
Please note: Participants and programs are subject to change.
Kader Abdolah
Fadhil al-Azzawi
Hanan al-Shaykh
Elizabeth Alexander
Esther Allen
Nuria Amat
Jonathan Ames
Antoine Audouard
Elizabeth Klosty Beaujour
Anouar Benmalek
François Bizot
Peter Bush
Jean Canavaggio
Yvette Christiansë
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Achmat Dangor
Mark Danner
E. L. Doctorow
Tomás Eloy Martinez
Victor Erofeyev
Martin Espada
Robert Faggen
Nuruddin Farah
Lilian Faschinger
Edith Grossman
Durs Grünbein
Ahmad Karimi Hakkak
Edward Hirsch
Nancy Huston
Ha Jin
Nassim Khaksar
Susanne Lange
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton
Susie Linfield
Carlo Lucarelli
Andreï Makine
Kanan Makiya
Aleksandra Mancic
Joan Margarit Consarnau
Khaled Mattawa
Zakes Mda
Pedro Rosa Mendes
Dunya Mikhail
Pankaj Mishra
Pat Mora
Kyoko Mori
Nahid Mozaffari
Shahrnush Parsipur
Robert Polito
José Manuel Prieto
Patrick Roth
Yuri Rythkeu
Shan Sa
Aline Schulman
Paco Ignacio Taibo
Niloufar Talebi
Goli Taraghi
Yoko Tawada
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Barber van de Pol
Lawrence Venuti
Eliot Weinberger
Leon Wieseltier
Sholeh Wolpe
Huang Xiang
Oksana Zabuzhko
HURLY BURLY
After a successful run on 42nd Street's Theater Row in NYC, HURLY BURLY, David Rabe's important play, is moving to 37th street and previews start tonight.
This is a dynamic, exciting, energetic production by The New Group. The setting, direction (by Scott Elliott), and acting are terrific. The play is interesting and compelling from the moment you step into the theater... to the last moment of the play.
My advice would be to get seats as close to the stage as possible. I was sitting in the first row (in the 42nd street theater) and felt almost like I was part of the characters' world. (It is amazing how Ethan Hawke, and all the other actors were able to maintain concentration, a natural life on stage, and tremendous vitality, with the audience barely inches away from them.)
The New Group website calls this play a "shocking, brutally comic reflection on the decade (80's) of decadence." I found it neither shocking nor brutal, but rather a penetrating view of something that seemed very real. Perhaps that's my punishment for having lived through the 80's.
HURLY BURLY at 37 Arts Theater 450 W 37th St. NYC.
NYT ON DANGEROUS FOODS
Two articles in the New York Times on April 10 described very different, but very serious problems with food.
A front page article by Marian Burros described tests on eight samples of salmon that were being sold as wild in different stores. The tests showed that six of the salmon were farm raised. One appeared to have been raised in a farm and then caught wild. Only the salmon from Eli's Manhattan on the Upper East Side tested wild.
According to the article, in addition to salmon taken directly from a farm, millions of salmon escape from farms. These fish are caught as wild, but were raised on a farm.
A number of stories (here is a selection from google) have described farm raised salmon as potentially very dangerous.
The second article (on a back page) by Michelle York, describes a banquet of venison served in New York State. One of the deer that was used in the feast (as well as several others not used) tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the deer version of mad cow disease. According to the article, there are no known cases of people getting sick from eating infected venison. However, because of the similarity to mad cow and other prion diseases, it is a serious concern.
GALA AT CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY
The Classic Stage Company (CSC), one of New York's oldest theater companies, founded almost forty years ago, is having an exciting gala on April 18th.
It features a silent auction, a cocktail party and dinner, and a special event with F. Murray Abraham, Norbert Leo Butz, Blair Brown and Martha Plimpton.
CSC's current show is The False Servant By Marivaux, translated by Kathleen Tolan, directed by Brian Kulick, and starring Martha Plimpton, 'til May 7.
Also, currently on Monday nights, CSC is presenting open rehearsals of Hamlet:
April 11 - Rob Campbell as Hamlet, Directed by Daniel Fish
April 25 - James Urbaniak as Hamlet, Directed by Karin Coonrod
May 2 - Michael Stuhlbarg as Hamlet, Directed by Andrei Serban
NOW PLAYING MAGAZINE
NOW PLAYING issue #1
There's a new magazine called NOW PLAYING that's brightly written, and has lots of preview information. It's pop culture of interest to the gaming crowd -- Computer Games Magazine is its older brother.
The first issue features articles on anime and Asian "product," "rising stars," comic book conversions to movies, game conversions to movies, and previews of lots of things related to games, comics, anime, Star Wars, games, comics, movies, more games and more comics and more anime; plus a little bit of music.
The "Rising Stars" were the star and director of Napoleon Dynamite, and -- paired with this shy, nerdy character -- Sunny Mabrey, a blond action beauty type (with a lead role in XXX: State of the Union) that catches your eye placed on the cover.
(Unfortunately, the insipid interview with this starlet is the one piece of bad writing in the magazine.
Starlets can be very interesting: they have to work hard to look beautiful, to learn to act well enough to anchor a film, and to succeed in a very tough business with a lot of good looking people. The trick -- when writing about a starlet -- is to concentrate on the details of the experiences and the hard work; and avoid lines like... "but she also wants to do more than just act. 'I'm also really into music' she notes.")
Typical of the better writing in the magazine is this quote from the website (a very good website with news, reviews, and a lot of specific information about many films comics, games, and other things).
From a review of Sahara...
"Sahara is the type of movie that underneath the title card establishing the setting of its opening battle flashback sequence as "Richmond, Virginia, 1865," also requires the explanatory text, 'the end of the Civil War.' "
The magazine is densely packed, and nicely art-directed. It's look is not as radical as the first issue of Wired, but it has personality.
There's a reasonable number of ads in the first issue, though mostly about games, comics, and films, and they probably stem from the brother publication. It would be nice to see this magazine establish a broader ad-base, in line with its pop-culture, rather than merely game-culture coverage.
Good luck, NOW !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE ADOLPHE
BRUCE ADOLPHE
Bruce Adolphe, a composer and host of presentations to children and adults for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, will be having a birthday celebration of his music on April 7, at the Rose Studio of Lincoln Center.
Funny, wise, witty, and eloquent, his lectures on chamber music for adults -- which continue next year after one more this season on April 6 (check the link for the complete schedule) -- are full of information and fun, while his performances for children are... well, full of information and fun.
The concert on his birthday should be most entertaining. (Tickets are $45; info at http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/events/performance_detail.php?id=327)
MELINDA AND MELINDA
Once again, Woody Allen has made a film that is worth seeing -- strong praise that is appropriate to few films. Creator of one of the largest bodies of great material of any film director (living or not), he has produced an idiosyncratic, personal, thought provoking, funny and serious movie.
Often hilarious, with someone (Will Ferrell) who can make "Woody Allen jokes" really work, this is not just a funny movie, this is also a tragic movie, exploring the same idea from both perspectives.
Set up in a frame, with four dinner companions discussing how a story can be interpreted from either a tragic view of life or a comedic one, the film intercuts between these two versions of the basic theme, with the same lead actress and different supporting casts.
The story is set in sumptuous apartments, amidst musical and tony parties, and theatrical people. It's fun to be -- for a few hours -- in the company of these people working on their lives. (Unfortunately for the box office, however, there are no killings, sexual body parts, or teenagers on screen in the film.)
Radha Mitchell (who plays Melinda ... and Melinda) is quite wonderful in this film, playing two very different versions of the same woman. She looks great, resembling a young Jessica Lange. And she carries her characters' very off-putting behavior in an attractive way.
It's a funny thing about jokes and comedians: If you tell a certain kind of joke once, it's original. If you have someone else tell your jokes the second time, it seems deja vu. But if you get to tell the same kind of jokes all the time (like Bob Hope, and Jay Leno, and Roger Dangerfield) or use the same actor as your muse and representative in several films (like Truffaut and Leaud), you get to be a legend. I'm hoping we see more collaborations between Will Ferrell and Woody Allen. It could burnish the legend.
It's time to resurrect the popularity of Woody Allen films.
I wanted to make some nice comments about TAXI, because I enjoyed watching it, and I think it got some bad reviews when it came out. It was funny, spirited, good-humored. harmless, enjoyable.
The trouble is, when I tried to write about it, I could hardly remember a thing that happened: there were some good looking bad guys (actually three very good looking bad girls); one scene where the best looking, baddest girl feels up the heroine; and Queen Latifah. That's it -- just about all I remember. I saw the DVD only a couple days ago, and could not remember even how it ended until I started talking about it.
Queen Latifah, though, is a great presence. Not just here, but in a whole bunch of films. More about that later.
Bottom line: Taxi, forgettable, but fun!


The Power of Peer Benchmarking | Dealstruck Inc.
When small business owners are looking for ways to improve their business, they may hire a consultant – but that can be costly and might not always yield the desired results. As an alternative to costly consultants, many business leaders find the support and guidance they need by joining a peer benchmarking group.
Peer benchmarking is a process that allows companies to compare themselves against one another. The groups can be organized by industry, or they may be divided by region. It's a chance for businesses to get together to compare such things as best practices, performance metrics and business processes.
In sharing these metrics, participants not only learn what others are doing to be successful, but also may gain insight into some areas where they can improve.
Peer benchmarking allows you to do the equivalent of "grading on a curve." By learning how others in your industry are doing, you can better set your expectations and create realistic goals. It can help you see areas where you could become more competitive. As you track your progress internally in addition to comparing it with your peers you will, over time, have a much clearer idea of what is possible within your organization.
Business owners are often extremely hands-on in their operations. While that has many benefits, it may mean you are too close to the situation to see the bigger picture. Although you may know what kind of results your own organization is getting, basing decisions solely on that can cause you to lose sight of other opportunities.
By knowing how your results compare with your peers, you will be better able to determine whether your results are poor, average or excellent. Comparing your business to those of peers provides you with specifics that you simply might not be able to find any other way.
To create or join a peer benchmarking group, contact your local trade or industry group. You may already be a member of such a group and can ask the organization's director if it has a peer benchmarking group in place. If not, it may publish peer data you can use, or you could see if the group is interested in creating a peer benchmarking group. You also could ask other members of the organization if they are interested in creating such a group.
By organizing your financials in the same way they are compiled in the report or on a spreadsheet your group creates, you can begin comparing your results with others. It may take a lot of time to calculate how the other information is organized and to make sure your statements are done the same way, but it's a valuable use of time. It will set up a way of measuring for the future and let you see where you are underperforming relative to the rest of your industry.
As you look at what you need to improve, you can develop a strategy based on what your peers have done to find success. Every business has some individual features that must be factored in, but overall you can see what might work for you. Remember to track results so that you can see what's working – and what's not.


Is there no more full stack certificate? What happened to all of that information about having the opportunity to work with a non profit organization after completing the back end projects? That's one of the main reasons I started working through the projects in the first place.


Howdy! That is Texan for hello. Wiggy waggety wag…that is dog for hello. I am bilingual now that I have been living with a Foster Mommy. I am just under 1 year old and weigh ruffly 40 pounds of lean machine. I had owners who gave me away, then a lady found me on the street and come to find out I am on my 5th home already and really lookin' to finally settle down and plant some toots…or is that roots….yes it's roots, not toots, nobuddy wants those planted.
I mostly look like a small lanky Pitbull, but I do the Pointer dog stance and my coloring is remininscent of a Pointer doggie too, so they think I have some in me. Either way I have very cool markings, expressive eyes, and brindle highlights on my black coat accented by white blazes.
I'm very sweet, loyal and devoted. I like everyone and everything! I have a healthy appetite! I droolz a lots when I have to wait in my crate for meal time! I am a slobberasarus, very slobbery. I still like to put my slobber and teefers on stuffs in the house, but I am learning that some things are a no-chew and some things are a yes-chew. Life tip…there are way more no-chews than yes-chews.
I mostly follow the resident doggies and learn good boy rules from them. The only thing I do that they don't do is talk to my Foster Mommy. I bark at Foster Mommy when she says no no. I am not sassy. I'm just trying to tell her how I feel and ask questions about why some many things are no no's! I bork when I play too. I have a big sister who looks just like me! We twins! She is fast but I try to catch her when we run and wrestle! I am practicing my big boy bark and it sounds really fierce, but then I jump up and lick your face!
I am crate and house trained for the most part but do still have the occasional accident, but only if I bork bork bork to be let out and Foster Mommy doesn't get it that I mean NOW, when you gotta go, you gotta go! But most of the time, I hold it good and Foster Mommy says I'm a good boy! Foster Mommy does recommend a wire crate for me, because I like to chew on my crate when I get bored even though I am fairly certain it is on the no-chew list.
I am fun and playful and get along with other playful dogs and even cats. Sometimes I have to tone it down a few notches because I can be overwhelming and presumptious that every dog wants to be my friend and you know what, some cats and dogs are really put off by overly friendly guys like me. So only extra-verts apply for me only please, because I am very extra and have a mega FRIENDLY outlook on life!
I love toys especially a Kong toy frozen with a yummy slurpy goodie inside. Helpful hint, that is one way to keep me busy for a while. I know that dog beds are very comfortable, but couches are better! We can watch sappy romantic movies while I nibble on my nylabone on the couch.
I'm really handsome and goofy and make my Foster Mommy laugh. You canb see lots of updates, pictures and videos of me doing my thang at this place cuz my mommy says I'm very photogenic, whatever that means! If you like fun guys that are also handsome studs, you will love me!
ALL OF THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTION FEE OF $250.00 FOR PUPPIES LOCAL (Local is in the state of Texas) and LOCAL ADULTS are $200 and Medical records will come with each dog at the time of adoption. IF THIS IS AN OUT OF STATE ADOPTION, TRANSPORT TO YOU is included in the adoption fee of $500.00 for PUPPIES and $400.00 for ADULTS. We transport all over the country!!
Please visit our website for helpful information re: transport, our adoption process and application, volunteering and fostering, and photos of our dogs/pups looking for homes!!


The incredible, heart-stopping beauty of South Africa, from Cape Town to KwaZulu-Natal, to the Kalahari to Namaqualand is the stuff photographers' dreams are made of. South Africa still charms the socks off the world as the number one most beautiful tourist locations in 2015.
Living in South Africa, we easily forget how special our country is and it is great to see it from an outside perspective. Sweeping international travel prizes, travellers rave about its beauty so much that SA has the highest repeat tourism of any long-haul destination in the world. Not only does the country have abundant natural beauty, but it's urban-amazing too.
The town of Franschhoek has been named amongst the five loveliest in the world.
The metropolis of Cape Town is more often than not picked as the most beautiful city on earth by travel lists and tourists alike, because of both its unparalleled natural setting and gorgeous architecture.
The Cape coastline is hailed as the most beautiful on Earth.
Cape Town has three of the world's 10 most beautiful coastal drives including Clarens Drive and Chapman's Peak.
South Africa also has an astonishing variety of marine life, with almost twice the number of marine species as the whole Mediterranean in a coastline only 2 000 miles long. It's the best place in the world to view whales from shore, and to swim with great white sharks. The world's largest migration of ocean life occurs here, and is one of the two largest migrations of any kind on Earth.
With some of the finest national parks in the world, including the Kgalagadi, Isimangaliso, Hluhlue Imfolozi and Tsitsikamma, South Africa has been rated the finest wildlife destination in the world and is Africa's most biodiverse. The Greater Kruger National Park and Limpopo Transfrontier Park has more species of large mammal than anywhere else in the world. Surrounding Cape Town is the world's densest plant kingdom by species count.
Surrounded by Cape Town is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature, Table Mountain. When viewed from across Table Bay, this world wonder provides one of the greatest views on Earth, and has been named one of the world's greatest mountains. Incredibly, two of the 11 mountains chosen for this honour are located entirely within South Africa, more than is claimed by any other country. The other is the Amphitheatre, in the Drakensberg, a gigantic cliff regarded as one of the most impressive in the world.
Falling off its face is possibly the tallest waterfall on earth, though officially the second tallest, which is about 20 times the height of Niagara. The Tugela Falls plunge over 3 000 feet in five abrupt steps. This, together with the Augrabies Falls, is one of two South African falls named in the Top 10 waterfalls in the world.
In the north of the Drakensberg is one of the greatest and most beautiful canyons in the world, the subtropical Blyde River Canyon. Other mountain ranges in the country include the best-exposed fold mountains in the world, The Swartberg or 'Black Mountains'. Unlike their name suggests, these mountains display astonishing technicolour sandstone cliffs folded in all directions through what geologists call anticlines and synclines. They house one of the most beautiful cave systems in the world, the Kango Caves.
Four of the 10 oldest mountain ranges in the world are found in South Africa, including the breathtaking Waterberg and the stunning Makhonjwa range, the oldest in the world. This is a country with a lengthy heritage, where both the oldest fossils and the oldest gold have been found.
Even the deserts in this country are astonishingly beautiful, from the powdered red sands of the Kalahari to the Karoo and Namaqualand. The latter is an area of arid desert larger than California that turns into the world's largest garden each spring in a floral display unrivalled anywhere on Earth. Thousands of species of flowers bloom and transform the landscape into an unimaginable blanket of blooms. It, together with technicolour city suburbs like the Bokaap, is part of why the country has been called the world's most colorful.
Unsurpassed wildlife and mountains, whales and waterfalls, architecture and antiquity, and the world's most beautiful city, make South Africa a traveller's dream, and a country that the locals need to boast about more often!


When you first go gluten-free, you may be intimidated by your new lifestyle, thinking that it eliminates a lot of foods from your diet, especially at breakfast time. While this is true to a certain extent, you actually do have a lot of possibilities at your disposal, especially if you focus on ingredients and healthy carbs that are naturally gluten-free. Here are 25 gluten-free breakfast recipes, from hearty breakfast bowls to sweet baked goods, all sure to make you see that you're not really missing out.


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Raviv Dozetas, Jibran Hussain, Danila Shurinov and Hassan Sohail award-winning designs for new bridge over the Irwell
by Raviv Dozetas
STUDENT designs for a futuristic bridge over the Irwell so impressed planners at Salford City Council, they're considering building it.
A new link bridge between Peel Park and The Crescent (A6) has been on the drawing board for some time as part of the city's vision to connect communities and improve quality of life.
Now graduates Raviv Dozetas, Jibran Hussain, Danila Shurinov and Hassan Sohail, from the School of the Built Environment, have put their own vision under the planners' noses – and they like what they see.
Raviv, who is part of the team who graduate on Wednesday, said: "We wanted a landmark design that is instantly recognisable, employs the latest construction technologies and is not merely a pass over water but a link between old and new."
Industry prize
Designed with strobes of light beaming from it, so that it can be seen night from distance, the suspension bridge takes inspiration from MediaCityUK and the legendary Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
The undergraduates looked at many factors from the depth of the river, and how the bridge could be supported at road side, to aspects of the park and how it could be transformed by the new access.
As well as winning plaudits from the City, which says it will consider incorporating elements of the design, it has won the group the annual Hays Prize for the best final-year research project from the School of Built Environment.
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Raviv, from South Africa, added: "We are very proud to have won this award. We are delighted to have been recognised for our work and it's always good to see that people are looking for British talent and world class designs in what is a very competitive market these days, as property becomes the driving force in today's economy.
Top 3 in country
The father-of-seven, who is considering a Masters degree, says he chose Salford because it is in the in top 3 in the country for his subject: "The faculty is brilliantly well run, it provides students with the resources to put their ideas in to practice and teaches you a wide variety of skills.
They team used Business Information Modelling to collectively design the bridge.
Raviv Dozetas, 37, graduates from the Building Surveying degree, Danila, 21, from Edinburgh studied Architectural Design & Technology; Jibran Hussain, 22, from Nelson, Lancashire, graduates in Civil and Architectural Engineering; Hassan Sohail, 24, from Gatley, Cheshire, graduates form Architectural Design & Technology.
Lecturer Mark Alston said: "The guys have done brilliantly well as the entire student cohort fully engaged with the project brief. Industry partners Romboll Structural Bridge Engineering and Salford City Planning helped make this this module a wonderful experience for all.
Team approach
"Raviv and the team worked incredibly hard in the development of their concept ideas and the resulting bridge design is a true reflection of an effective team approach to produce an innovative solution to real world constraints."
The £200 Hays Property Prize is awarded by Hays Construction & Property, part of the leading recruitment consultancy to the Built Environment in the UK, supplying architectural practices, building surveying and quantity surveying firms, as well as public-sector and multi-disciplinary organisations.
Johnny Hughes, Recruitment Consultant at Hays, said: "Congratulations to the group. It's an incredibly exciting time to be starting your career within construction and property and I would fully encourage graduates to register with Hays. I hope we can build a lasting relationship where we can assist you in finding a job which will allow you to flourish."
As a director and blogger of Sky Rise Investments Ltd in Bolton, Raviv Dozetas specializes in letting both the corporate and private sectors. Raviv Dozetas always helps in providing the contract accommodation services to various housing associations and corporate tenants in Bolton. Raviv Dozetas said that his ensured properties are always maintained and functioning to high levels. Raviv Dozetas says that his tenants enjoy the long term leases with him along with the best benefits.
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Pakistani climber Mohammad Ali Sadpara and his son make history on mighty K2
SKARDU: Pakistani climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara has announced that he along with his son would be hoisting the Pakistan flag at the K2 peak on Monday morning after scaling the second highest peak of the globe without oxygen.
In a message posted on his Twitter account, Sadpara shared a photo of him along with his son and said that they had reached C3 point from the base camp and after taking some rest, they will begin their expedition to climb K2 without oxygen from 9:00 pm today.
"Insh'Allah! we will be able to complete our expedition by 9:00 am on Monday and will hoist the Pakistani flag on the peak of K2," he said in a message on the micro-blogging site.
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Tuner builds wild Mercedes-Benz X-Class pickup truck
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Mercedes-AMG isn't planning to upgrade the X-Class anytime soon—it probably has to do with the fact the mid-size pickup truck is based on a donor Nissan platform—but there are plenty of tuners out there willing to step in.
One of them is Pickup Design, the pickup truck division of Polish tuner Carlex Design, which has just unveiled a wild X-Class that looks as aggressive as anything coming out of AMG's Affalterbach headquarters.
The upgrade is called the EXY and it comes in two styles: Off-Road Extreme and Urban. Neither offers any powertrain upgrades but the trucks certainly look the part with their body extensions and custom wheels. The front fascia even incorporates the A-wing motif used by AMG.
2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class by Pickup Design
Pickup Design's parent company is a specialist when it comes to car interiors, so it's no surprise that the EXY-spec interior looks like something you'd find in an exotic. Body-hugging seats feature at the front and are lined in leather. Matching leather trim also lines the dash and center console. It certainly would be a shame if such an interior were to be scuffed by work boots or soiled with dirt from a construction site.
As mentioned above there aren't any powertrain upgrades. Mercedes offers the X-Class in X220d, X250d and X350d models, all of them diesels. The most potent, the X350d, is fitted with a 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 with 255 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque. The truck is good for 0-62 mph acceleration in 7.9 seconds and a top speed of 127 mph.
Pickup Design hasn't said what markets it will offer the EXY upgrade in, though the United States won't be on the list as the X-Class isn't sold here.
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MOONSPELL is approaching their 30th anniversary as a band more ambitiously and stronger than ever. Hermitage – the gothic metal pioneers'13th studio album – was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Paradise Lost, Primordial, Ghost, Sólstafir, etc.) at the Orgone Studios in the UK. Building upon the album's dark, revolutionary and sensitive facets, it's an entertaining yet epic journey through the darkest days of human existence. Beautifully crafted tracks such as "The Greater Good" show us the modernity of the wolves in 2021, while "Common Prayers" embraces the MOONSPELL tradition of writing a dark, gothic metal song like no other band can. "All Or Nothing" brings back the ethereal and melodic sounds of MOONSPELL, served by a beautiful musical landscape, making it most likely one of the deepest and most sincerely heart-breaking tunes the Portuguese dark metal titans have ever written. But of course, they don't stray away from their metal roots, especially influenced by underground metal bands like Bathory on tracks like the bombastic and epic metal anthem "The Hermit Saints"!
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01. The Greater Good
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Q: GitHub GraphQL API returning forbidden when using access token from GithubAuthProvider I'm using GithubAuthProvider with the added scope repo to get the user's access token which is later used to access the GitHub GraphQL API (the GitHub App has the permissions for Contents and Metadata set to Read-only).
The problem is when I'm trying to list private repos. The API returns an empty array as if I don't have the required permissions. Moreover, when I try to list branches of a user's repo it returns an error of type FORBIDDEN.
Query:
query {
    viewer {
    repository(name: "some-repo") {
      refs(refPrefix: "refs/heads/", first: 10) {
        nodes {
          name
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:
{
    "data": {
        "viewer": {
            "repository": {
                "refs": null
            }
        }
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    "errors": [
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            "path": [
                "viewer",
                "repository",
                "refs"
            ],
            "extensions": {
                "saml_failure": false
            },
            "locations": [
                {
                    "line": 7,
                    "column": 7
                }
            ],
            "message": "Resource not accessible by integration"
        }
    ]
}

What am I missing?

A: For GitHub GraphQL API, only scope repo may not be enough.
Following are scopes requested for reference. Authenticating with GraphQL
user
public_repo
repo
repo_deployment
repo:status
read:repo_hook
read:org
read:public_key
read:gpg_key

The API returns an empty array as if I don't have the required permissions.
I wonder whether you are query under the viewer. viewer can get the private repos he/she owned. For repos owned by other people, you can try
repository(name: "repo-name", owner: "login") {
  name
}

It will return NOT_FOUND error if you don't have the required permissions.

Your query works fine for me :)

A: It turns out I read through the Firebase instructions too fast and created a Github App instead of an OAuth App.
It's now working as it should.


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Carol's Second Act Has Been cancelled With No Season 2
15th May 2019 by 3 Comments
Genre: Sitcom
Carol's Second Act Season 2 is Cancelled at CBS 20th May 2020
Status for season 2
The series is NOT renewed for a new season. It has been cancelled and there will not be a season 2
CAROL'S SECOND ACT (Thursday, 9:30-10:00 PM)Emmy Award winner Patricia Heaton stars in CAROL'S SECOND ACT, a comedy about a woman who embarks on a unique second act after raising her children, getting divorced and retiring from teaching: pursuing her dream of becoming a doctor. At age 50, Carol is a medical intern and must sink or swim with peers who are half her age. It's her enthusiasm, perspective and yes, even her age, that may be exactly what will make her second act a great success. Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins; Patricia Heaton, Adam Griffin, David Hunt and Rebecca Stay (Four Boys Entertainment); Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor (Kapital Entertainment); and Pamela Fryman (pilot only) are executive producers for CBS Television Studios. Fryman directed the pilot from a script by Halpern and Haskins.CAROL'S SECOND ACT stars Patricia Heaton as Carol Kenney, Kyle MacLachlan as Dr. Frost, Ito Aghayere as Dr. Maya Jacobs, Jean-Luc Bilodeau as Daniel and Sabrina Jalees as Lexie. Lucas Neff guest stars as Caleb.
Jennifer Vandenbroek says
Please renew it. Me and my mom love this show.
M.D. says
26th July 2020 at 5:11 am
Another bad decision made by CBS!!! This was a great show! You keep canceling good shows. Pretty soon there'll be no need to watch CBS because there'll be no good shows to watch! Cancel Big Brother- dumb show.
I'm devastated this is cancelled. Ridiculous, we all need encouragement for a do-over right now. Such bad judgment. Especially with the addition of Kelsey Grammar!!


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Q: Design view disappeared from Interface Builder All of a sudden, the visual design window disappeared from my Interface Builder. It is a regular UIView, has some UIImageView, UILabel, and UIButtons on it. When I open IB, I can see the document window (with File's Owner, First Responder and View in it), Library and Inspector, but the visual design window disappeared. Double click on "View" in the  document window doesn't do anything. If I go to List mode, I can see all the components on the view, but just can no longer find the visual design window. All other XIB can open just fine, only this XIB lost its design window.
First I thought maybe it was hidden somewhere on the screen. Tried all kinds of things, even rebooting the computer, but nothing helped.
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance! By the way, I'm running SDK 3.2 Beta 3.

A: Does it show up in Exposé? Does the inspector show its properties when you double click on the view? I'm just wondering if the view's editor window has somehow been moved offscreen.
Here's an idea. XIB files are just XML. You should be able to open it in a text editor and change the window's location. Search for the string ">{{", which should match against encoded NSRects. See if you can find a rect with an origin that would put it offscreen.

A: For whatever reason what worked for me was: double click the "View" icon, press CMD-w, double-click "View" again.

A: Just right-click (or ctrl-click) at the .xib or .storyboard and choose: Open As > Interface Builder.

A: very new to Xcode & interface builder - I had a similar problem and came across this page whilst searching for solutions.  I found that by going to the 'document' window and dbl clicking on the 'window' icon, brought the design view of the window back.

A: Simply expand the side outline view pane if not already open (triangular arrow in a circle at the bottom left of the IB pane), then open and expand the object hierarchy and click in any one of the view objects. It will select it and center it into the view. That will miraculously make the whole view reappear. At least worked for me in Xcode 4.3.3 and Xcode 4.5.2. I certainly got scared the first time it opened on a blank view though, I thought it had lost the design. But it was just off screen with no scroll bars to get to it (in my world it's called an XCode bug).
I like Todd Yandell's solution to edit the file as a permanent fix, but it's more work...


GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Officials at Grand Valley State University announced Thursday that they will ask the board of trustees to approve an 11-acre, multimillion dollar purchase near downtown Grand Rapids to expand their health campus.
If approved, the property, located northeast of downtown, will provide the university a total of 18 acres to expand health programs. They currently have roughly 5,000 students studying in nursing and health-related fields.
The proposed land is bordered by Hastings and Trowbridge streets and Clancy and College avenues, according to the university. The board will meet Friday, Nov. 1 at Grand Valley's Detroit Center to vote.


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LG introduce new tablet, new G Pad II 10.1
In: Tablets
Tagged: LG G Pad II 10.1, new G Pad II 10.1
The IFA 2014 is just around the corner, and manufacturers are starting to show some of the devices that will try to highlight it in a few weeks. LG is one of them, and the new proposal is the new G Pad II 10.1, ten-inch tablet and a respectable specifications, although we will not stop with the open mouth.
A few weeks ago LG already released a 8-inch LG G Pad II, although this was directed exclusively to the South Korean market and its Snapdragon 200 not made it stand out too. Its older sister however does have some interesting hardware specifications, and also will be available in both Asia and Europe and North America.
LG G Pad II 10.1, specifications
The LG G Pad II 10.1 will equip a 10.1 inch screen with 1920 x 1200 resolution. Inside will beat a Snapdragon 800 processor with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage expandable through microSD cards. The device uses the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop operating system, and will be powered by a powerful battery of 7400 mAh.
The new proposal for the Koreans will include a little striking two and five megapixels front and rear camera and also noted for its finish, which will be topped in shades of purple and 'Shiny Bronze'. What it will have are some extras as a mode of reading that will lower the blue lights and a multi-window screen.
The tablet will have two models with WiFi and LTE connectivity, and we will offer storage plus to come with pre-installed Microsoft application OneDrive and 100 GB of free internal storage in the cloud.
The price is the big question of the new LG G Pad II 10.1, although as we have said, what we do know is that it will be available both in Asia and in Europe and North America. Therefore, to know both its price and launch dates we have to wait to see it at the IFA in Berlin next month.
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Carnell Augustino Lake (* 15. Juli 1967 in Salt Lake City, Utah) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler. Er spielte auf der Position des Defensive Backs in der National Football League. Zurzeit ist er als Assistenztrainer bei den Pittsburgh Steelers tätig.

College
Lake spielte von 1985 bis 1988 an der University of California in Los Angeles bei den UCLA Bruins als Linebacker. Noch heute steht er in den Rekordbüchern seines Colleges. Er konnte 25,5 mal den gegnerischen Quarterback hinter der Anspiellinie zu Fall bringen (Sack) und erzielte insgesamt 45,5 Tackles, die zu einem Raumverlust des Gegners führten.

Profikarriere
In der NFL Draft 1989 wurde Lake in der zweiten Runde an 34. Stelle durch die Pittsburgh Steelers verpflichtet. Lake wurde von den Steelers zu einem Defensive Back umgeschult und spielte überwiegend als Safety. Die Steelers entwickelten sich mit ihm und anderen Leistungsträgern wie Greg Lloyd, Rod Woodson oder Levon Kirkland zu einer der besten Abwehrreihen in der NFL. 1995 konnten die Steelers mit Cheftrainer Bill Cowher das AFC Championship Game gegen die von Ted Marchibroda trainierten Indianapolis Colts mit 20:16 gewinnen und zogen damit in den Super Bowl ein, wo sie sich aber im Super Bowl XXX gegen die von Quarterback Troy Aikman geführten und Barry Switzer trainierten Dallas Cowboys mit 17:27 nicht durchsetzen konnten.

1999 wechselte Lake für ein Jahr zu den Jacksonville Jaguars. Die Jaguars gaben ihm einen Vertrag über 18 Millionen Dollar mit einer Laufzeit von vier Jahren. Nachdem er die Saison 1999 noch erfolgreich gestalten konnte (die Mannschaft aus Jacksonville scheiterte erst im AFC Championship Game an den Tennessee Titans mit 14:33), musste Lake die Saison 2000 aufgrund einer Verletzung komplett aussetzen und wurde daraufhin nach dieser Spielrunde von den Jaguars entlassen. Für ein Jahr schloss er sich den Baltimore Ravens an, beendete aber nach der Saison 2001 seine Laufbahn.

Lake wurde aufgrund seiner Athletik immer wieder dazu eingesetzt, die gegnerischen Runningbacks zu stoppen. In seiner Karriere gelangen ihm 821 Tackles in 185 Spielen während der Regular Season. Er konnte 16 Pässe intercepten. Durch eroberte Fumbles und seine abgefangenen Pässe konnte er fünf Touchdowns erzielen.

Nachdem Lake einige kleinere Stationen als Trainer absolvierte, wurde er am 7. März 2011 als Coach der Defensive Backs eingestellt.

Ehrungen
Lake spielte in fünf Pro Bowls, dem Abschlussspiel der besten Spieler einer Saison. Er ist Mitglied in dem NFL 1990s All-Decade Team. 2007 wurde er als Kandidat für die Aufnahme in die Pro Football Hall of Fame nominiert. Jedoch schaffte er es nicht in die Endauswahl.

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The amendment to the taxation of Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) that was included in the Finance Bill 2022 was received positively by the market. The removal of the benefit in kind (BIK) on employer contributions now makes the PRSA a very real competitor to both retail and group master trusts. Indeed, it is significant enough that some of the life companies have … [Read more...] about Are PRSA's the Future?
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November 24, 2022 By Eoin Hassett
The Finance Bill 2022 will introduce definitive legislation to cover the taxation of retirement lump sums from foreign pensions for the first time. The change means that a lump sum taken by an Irish resident from a foreign pension arrangement will now be treated in the same way as a domestic pension, counting against their normal pension lump sum limits where the first €200,000 … [Read more...] about Changes to taxation of foreign pension arrangements
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Weatherspoon, Spurs rally to upend Swarm
CEDAR PARK, Texas — The Austin Spurs (11-9), presented by SWBC, came back to defeat the Greensboro Swarm by a final score of 126-123 in their first overtime game of the season on Friday night in front of more than 5,000 fans at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.
Quinndary Weatherspoon led all scorers with 30 points (12-20 FG, 4-8 3FG, 2-4 FT) to go along with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in 33 minutes of play. San Antonio Spurs assignee Keldon Johnson finished with 21 points (5-10 FG, 1-2 3FG, 7-8 FT) in 36 minutes of play. Spurs assignee Chimezie Metu recorded a near double-double with 8 points and 9 rebounds, while also blocking 3 shots in 26 minutes of play. Drew Eubanks finished the game with a double-double, posting 18 points and 10 rebounds in 24 minutes, while Jeff Ledbetter chipped in 16 points off the bench in 19 minutes.
The Swarm (4-17) shot .511 (23-45) from the field, .500 (8-16) from the three-point line and .800 (4-5) from the free throw line, giving them a 62-58 lead at the end of the first half.
In the second half, the game was highly contested as the score was tied twice and the lead changed six times. Weatherspoon and Johnson led the way for the Spurs in the second half scoring 16 and 12 points respectively. The Swarm held a six-point lead with 37.1 seconds left. Ledbetter scored 5 points in the final 30 seconds and Johnson knocked down two free throws with 15 seconds left to tie the game at 117 apiece and send the game into overtime.
In overtime, Eubanks scored 7 points and the Spurs ended the game on a 9-6 run allowing them to come away with a 126-123 victory in their first game of the New Year.
For the Swarm, Charlotte Hornets assignee Caleb Martin led the team in scoring with 25 points to go along with 9 rebounds and 6 assists in 41 minutes. Five other Swarm players finished with double-digit points, including Kobi Simmons (21), Thomas Welsh (16), Jalen McDaniels (13), Tyler Nelson (12) and Joel Berry II (12).
The Austin Spurs return to action on Sunday, Jan. 5, when they will take on the Rio Grande Valley Vipers at 4 p.m. at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. For tickets or the full season schedule, visit austinspurs.com.


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The useless NBC/WSJ poll
Ed Morrissey Mar 05, 2012 9:50 AM ET
Today is likely to be Poll Day, as we try to analyze the potential outcomes the day before ten states hold their nominating contests in the Republican presidential race. Let's start on the lighter side with today's NBC/WSJ poll, which is a great tool — for having a few laughs. Neil King reports that Mitt Romney has taken a six-point national lead among Republicans, and that Barack Obama has again hit 50% in job-approval ratings:
Mitt Romney has regained the lead in the Republican presidential contest thanks to new support from conservatives, while evidence emerges that the bitter nomination fight has damaged the GOP candidates' standing among the wider public, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.
The resurgence of Mr. Romney, who hadn't led the Journal poll since November, lays the path for a potential matchup against a president whose own position is strengthening. President Barack Obama's approval rate hit 50% in the poll, its highest since last May, as more voters expressed confidence in the economy.
Why is this laughable? The poll was taken among 800 adults, not registered voters or likely voters, the usual and more predictive models for political surveys. In the case of Republicans, the sample data states that they needed an "oversample" of 185 voters (additional interviews above the 800 conducted in the main polling) in order to get to 400 interviews with GOP primary voters. That would put the original sample at about 27% Republican, which is a fairly significant undersample.
But we don't need forensic math to determine that. Question Qf1b/c asks respondents whether they voted for Obama or McCain in the 2008 election. The split from that question is 43/31 Obama, with 18% who didn't vote at all (Obama won the national popular vote by seven points in 2008). The next question on midterm election voting has 32% not voting at all in 2010.
Clearly, this is skewed toward Democrats and useless as a predictive model for voting in 2012. One has to wonder why they bothered to publish the results.
Update: I missed Q13; Jazz Shaw pointed it out to me:
Strong Democrat ……………………… 18
Not very strong Democrat …………. 9
Independent/lean Democrat ………. 16
Strictly Independent ………………….. 18
Independent/lean Republican …….. 15
Not very strong Republican ……….. 7
Strong Republican ……………………. 13
Other (VOL) …………………………….. 3
Not sure ………………………………… 1
So the D/R/I in this poll of adults is 27/20/49, which is even more risible. If you include leaners, it's 43/35/18. Either way, it's nonsense. My apologies for missing it in the first place, though — usually this question gets asked with the rest of the demographic questions at the end of the survey.
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Penlight brings together a set of generally useful pure Lua modules,
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Error handling is still hit and miss.

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      (examples)
  tests
      (tests)
  docs
    (index.html)
    api
       (index.html)
       modules

All you need to do is copy the pl directory into your Lua module path, which
is typically /usr/local/share/lua/5.1 on a Linux system (of course, you
can set LUA_PATH appropriately.)

With Lua for Windows,  if LUA stands for 'c:\Program Files\Lua\5.1',
then pl goes into LUA\lua, docs goes into LUA\examples\penlight and
both examples and tests goes into LUA\examples

##Building the Documentation

The Users Guide is processed by markdown.lua. If you like the section headers,
you'll need to download my modified version:

http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/sdonovan/lua/markdown.zip

docgen.lua will preprocess the documentation (handles @see references)
and use markdown.

gen_modules.bat does the LuaDoc stuff.

###What's new with 0.8b ?

####Features:

pl.app provides useful stuff like simple command-line argument parsing and require_here(), which
makes subsequent require() calls look in the local directory by preference.

p.file provides useful functions like copy(),move(), read() and write().  (These are aliases to
dir.copyfile(),movefile(),utils.readfile(),writefile())

Custom error trace will only show the functions in user code.

More robust argument checking.

In function arguments, now supports 'string lambdas', e.g. '|x| 2*x'

utils.readfile,writefile now insist on being given filenames. This will cause less confusion.

tablex.search() is new: will look recursively in an arbitrary table; can specify tables not to follow.
tablex.move() will work with source and destination tables the same, with overlapping ranges.

####Bug Fixes:

dir.copyfile() now works fine without Alien on Windows

dir.makepath() and rmtree() had problems.

tablex.compare_no_order() is now O(NlogN), as expected.
tablex.move() had a problem with source size

###What's New with 0.7.0b?

####Features:

utils.is_type(v,tp) can say is_type(s,'string') and is_type(l,List).
utils.is_callable(v) either a function, or has a __call metamethod.

Sequence wrappers: can write things like this:

seq(s):last():filter('<'):copy()

seq:mapmethod(s,name) - map using a named method over a sequence.

seq:enum(s)  If s is a simple sequence, then
     for i,v in seq.enum(s) do print(i,v) end

seq:take(s,n)  Grab the next n values from a (possibly infinite)
sequence.

In a related change suggested by Flemming Madsden, the in-place List
methods like reverse() and sort() return the list, allowing for
method chaining.

list.join()  explicitly converts using tostring first.

tablex.count_map() like seq.count_map(), but takes an equality function.

tablex.difference()  set difference
tablex.set()  explicit set generator given a list of values

Template.indent_substitute() is a new Template method which adjusts
for indentation and can also substitute templates themselves.

pretty.read(). This reads a Lua table (as dumped by pretty.write)
and attempts to be paranoid about its contents.

sip.match_at_start(). Convenience function for anchored SIP matches.

####Bug Fixes:

tablex.deepcompare() was confused by false boolean values, which
it thought were synonymous with being nil.

pretty.write() did not handle cycles, and could not display tables
with 'holes' properly (Flemming Madsden)

The SIP pattern '$(' was not escaped properly.
sip.match() did not pass on options table.

seq.map() was broken for double-valued sequences.
seq.copy_tuples() did not use default_iter(), so did not e.g. like
table arguments.

dir.copyfile() returns the wrong result for *nix operations.
dir.makepath() was broken for non-Windows paths.

###What's New with 0.6.3?

The map and reduce functions now take the function first, as Nature intended.

The Python-like overloading of '*' for strings has been dropped, since it
is silly. Also, strings are no longer callable; use 's:at(1)' instead of
's(1)' - this tended to cause Obscure Error messages.

Wherever a function argument is expected, you can use the operator strings
like '+','==',etc as well as pl.operator.add, pl.operator.eq, etc.
(see end of pl/operator.lua for the full list.)

tablex now has compare() and compare_no_order(). An explicit set()
function has been added which constructs a table with the specified
keys, all set to a value of true.

List has reduce() and partition() (This is a cool function which
separates out elements of a list depending on a classifier function.)

There is a new array module which generalizes tablex operations like
map and reduce for two-dimensional arrays.

The famous iterator over permutations from PiL 9.3 has been included.

David Manura's list comprehension library has been included.

Also, utils now contains his memoize function, plus a useful function
args which captures the case where varargs contains nils.

There was a bug with dir.copyfile() where the flag was the wrong way round.

config.lines() had a problem with continued lines.

Some operators were missing in pl.operator; have renamed them to be
consistent with the Lua metamethod names.

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This Carson Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon review is part of our value wine series. Discover great, affordable and easy to find wines.
Today I want to cover a relatively recent find at my local Total Wine. The Carson Ridge Cabernet is arguably the most affordable, complex and flavorful New World Cabernet Sauvignon I've come across for under 8 bucks.
I wanted to discuss both the 2013 and 2014 vintage, as it seems many retailers are beginning to phase out the 2013. (If you find it, let us know who's still selling it in the comments). In short, I prefer the 2013 Carson Ridge as it was a bit more well rounded, cola-esque and tannic. The 2014 is fine, but being a bit more youthful it has a brightness to it that I'd rather let calm down for a year or so before drinking.
Decant both the 2013 (15 minutes) and 2014 (30 minutes) Carson Ridge Cabs to get the best value. Chill to around 62 degrees Fahrenheit. The 2013 is drinkable now, but would advise waiting a couple of years on the 2014 Carson Ridge.
In the glass, this Cab gives off some traditional hints of Paso Robles. The core is rich, ruby and magenta, indicating youth. The rim is a bit thinner and somewhat translucent, indicating a slightly lighter body. You'll see some lengthy legs on this bad boy. The nose is inviting and fresh, with evidence of plum, pepper and a ripe mixture of red berries.
This is a medium-full bodied Cabernet. On the opening palate, almost instantly we detect some clingy tannins backed by black cherry, red currant and raspberry. On the mid-palate the tannins soften up a bit to reveal some subtle oak, cassis and cracked black pepper. It almost tastes like a blackberry-cola cobbler with chewy tannins and black pepper. Approaching the close, light vanilla custard, blackberry and cedar dance across the tongue over a medium velvety finish. As mentioned earlier, the 2013 vintage is more well rounded and balanced than the 2014.
Texas-style barbecue brisket makes for an ideal food pairing with the Carson Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon. Image courtesy Serious Eats.
Given the fruit forwardness, soft oak and youthful tannic content evident in this delectable vin, consider pork as a top choice for food pairing. Pulled pork sandwiches will work quite nicely here.
Secondarily, barbecue brisket or chicken teriyaki will work equally as well. Basically, savory and peppery should be your focus here.
Your best bet is to look for the current Carson Ridge vintage at Total Wine or Ace Spirits.


Julie Pillans' clients know they have a superstar in their corner for all their home buying or selling needs. They find she's available almost all the time, constantly working. That's why she has successfully completed numerous transactions, accumulating comprehensive experience in all areas of real estate: buying, selling, leasing, property management, relocation--- you name it.
Julie grew up and still lives in the Dallas area and is personally familiar with the neighborhoods of Uptown, East Dallas, Lakewood, Lake Highlands, West Dallas, Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Richardson, Plano, Allen and McKinney. She also has experience with properties in Southlake, Colleyville and Grapevine.
Because of her strong negotiating skills, her savvy marketing techniques, and her forthright honesty, Julie has earned the respect of clients and peers alike. She stays in demand, thanks to the referrals which make up almost all of her client base. In addition, Julie is a member of Ebby's elite RELO team, and addresses the relocation need of a Dallas-based Fortune 100 corporation. A licensed REALTOR® since 2005, Julie joined the Preston Center Ebby office in late 2011. She has consistently ranked among the top producers in her office and serves as a mentor to new associates. She chaired the office's wildly successful United Way campaign, and she is also a major contributor to the MetroTex Association of REALTORS®. She has earned a SFR designation and stays current on the latest real estate law and best practices. In addition, Julie networks with a wide range of real estate and other professionals through the Young Professional Network.
Full time professional; available to clients around the clock.
Familiar with Uptown, East Dallas, Lakewood, Lake Highlands, West Dallas, Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Richardson, Plano, Allen, McKinney, Southlake, Colleyville and Grapevine.
Intimate knowledge of Dallas from growing up here.
Exceptional negotiating, marketing, and interpersonal skills.
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Pizza. Just saying the word makes us hungry. Making pizza at home is a relaxing and satisfying experience. Achieving the pizzeria result at home requires high temperatures, and a perfect surface. The Bull Pizza Oven range will cook the perfect pizza every time.
No one knows pizza more than the Italians. That is why we source our Pizza Oven range from master Italian pizza oven makers, because we know that be it a gas pizza oven or a wood fired pizza oven, nothing can beat the know how that Italians have. And obviously they get the Bull seal of approval.


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Knivsta Municipality
Out-of-the-box implementation of Google GSA.
The Municipality of Knivsta, north of Stockholm, is facing the challenge of serving its citizens around the clock with information about everything from council meeting protocols to the opening hours of the nearest day care center. They do not have a large organization for IT operations which had implications when their existing website search needed to be replaced by a scalable solution. It had to be easy to manage, not too complex and without technical administration. The ultimate goal is to create a full Enterprise Search solution and integrate the intranet as well which demands the solution to also be scalable and easy to connect to new sources.
Using the Google GSA, Findwise created a robust solution which can easily be expanded to a full enterprise search in the future. The new search uses all available out of the box features in the GSA such as document preview, query suggest, dynamic navigation and entity recognition. Since the project only required customization of existing functions Findwise was able to deliver with a minimum of consulting hours, saving budget resources for future expansion of the search function.
The new search solution has indexed approximately 3000 web pages and 1000 documents so far and continues to serve the citizens of Knivsta with information about the municipality around the clock.
Try the search at www.knivsta.se
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Freeing Russian Jewry: The Refuseniks
This video tells the story of Soviet "refuseniks," Jews in the former Soviet Union who were denied access to emigrate to Israel. Jews faced severe anti-Semitism and persecution and Natan Sharansky became a symbol of Jewish pride and strength. The international Jewish community united in protest of the Soviet policy against Jewish emigration and rallied for the Soviet Jews' freedom. Known as "Let My People Go," this movement was headed by prominent American rabbis Lookstein and Carlebach and the controversial Meir Kahane, and many others. The video features the story's themes of Jewish unity, activism and longing for Israel.
Watch this video and use these prompts to foster discussion, critical thinking and meaning making.
What tactics did Avital Sharansky employ to help rescue her husband from Soviet prison?
What role did American Jews play in helping Russian Jews at this time?
True or false? The 1987 rally in Washington D.C. was the largest Jewish gathering of American Jews in US history, totaling 250,000.
How many Jews emigrated from the USSR between 1989-2006?
What famous Jewish song, that became the anthem of the "Let My People Go" movement, did Shlomo Carlebach compose after the 1964 New York rally to free Russian Jews?
Hava Nagilah
Am Yisrael Chai
Oseh Shalom
The Pravda, the official USSR newspaper, wrote in 1948: "the State of Israel has nothing to do with the Jews of the Soviet Union, where there is no Jewish problem, and therefore no need for Israel." Does a country need to have a "Jewish problem" in order for its Jews to "need" Israel? In the 21st century, do you think Jews in the diaspora need Israel?
Why did the majority of Soviet Jews have their eyes set on Israel rather than America or another country?
When Golda Meir, who served as the first Israeli ambassador to Russia, visited Moscow on Rosh Hashanah 1948, 50,000 Jews turned up to see her. What do you think her visit meant to Russian Jews at that time?
Jews around the world were united in this shared cause of freeing Soviet Jews. Can you think of a time when you experienced a strong sense of Jewish unity? Do you find that Jews unite only in times of crisis, or when things are going well, too?
In 1966, Elie Wiesel wrote: "What torments me most is not the Jews of silence I met in Russia, but the silence of the Jews I live among today." Is there a cause today that you feel that you, or your community, is silent about? How can you raise your voice?
What motivated Natan Sharansky to keep going through nine years of imprisonment and harsh physical and psychological conditions? Is there something you value so strongly that you can imagine standing up for in such an extreme way?
Natan Sharansky, Fear No Evil
Ben Sales, "Natan Sharansky Recalls When 250,000 Jews Rallied for Soviet Jewry 30 Years Ago" https://www.timesofisrael.com/natan-sharansky-recalls-when-250000-jews-rallied-for-soviet-jewry-30-years-ago/
Oleg Yegorov, "Why Did the USSR Help to Create Israel, but then Became its Foe" https://www.rbth.com/history/327040-ussr-and-israel-from-friends-to-foes
Robin Herman, "Marchers in Manhattan Show Their Support for Soviet Jews" https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/03/nyregion/marchers-in-manhattan-show-their-supporet-for-soviet-jews.html
David Green, "This Day in Jewish History 1948: Stalin Extends Warm Welcome to Golda Meir" https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/this-day-stalin-welcomes-golda-meir-1.5175741
https://www.refusenikproject.org/
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The Dreyfus Affair
The Law of Return
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Operation Thunderbolt (Entebbe)
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Lee and the Boys - New Comic on Wednesdays! » You're Late!!
Here's a brand new full page comic!
As you can see, the site's been completely re-done. I'm still working out some bugs but it is functional. I've moved over some of the older archives. You can see them by using the arrows above and below the comic or by clicking the ARCHIVES link at the top. The dates are wrong for all of them, but who cares?


Easy to adjust across a broad size range - "Y Front" Tracking Harness.
This harness can be adjusted from a toy sized dog, through to medium breeds, it can fit your young dog and will probably still fit when it is fully grown.
The Y Front Tracking Harness gives you active feedback through the "floating lead connection" allowing you to more easily "feel" your dog's activity at the end of the lead and the Girth Straps will actively tighten if a dog tries to back out of the harness.
Since its initial release we have also made the Y front harnesses easier to adjust. Based on customer feed-back we have changed the way the adjustments are threaded to make them much easier to adjust, so you can easily get the best fit for your dog.


The Sri Lankan government and the leaders of the national carrier SriLankan Airlines wish to establish regular flights between Seychelles and Sri Lanka.
Three rotations per week will thus be scheduled between Colombo and Victoria.
Discussions between the Seychelles authorities and their Sri Lankan counterparts, along with officials from airlines of the two countries have agreed on early flights from October 2013, as indicated the nation.sc site.


Situated in Pisz, Apartamenty Pisz features accommodation with a flat-screen TV. Free WiFi is available. The units have a fully equipped kitchenette with dining area, a microwave and a fridge. There is a fully equipped private bathroom with shower and a hair dryer. The apartment offers a children's playground. A terrace is available for guests at Apartamenty Pisz to use. Mikołajki is 42 km from the accommodation. Olsztyn-Mazury Regional Airport is 78 km from the property.
Please inform Apartamenty Pisz in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.


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Oceanfront Home in Laguna Beach, California, Asks $38.9M
The 6,130-square-foot house has a tide pool
By Willa Rubin
| Originally Published On November 30, 2018 | Mansion Global
A house in Laguna Beach with views of the California coastline is on the market for $38.9 million.
Jola Jablonska/Cyrus Polk/Robert Ortiz
The 6,130-square-foot main house has five en-suite bedrooms and seven bathrooms spread over two stories. The property also has a guest house, according to the listing. It was listed on Tuesday.
The home was gut-renovated over the course of eight years, and was completed in 2014, the listing notes. It was newly designed by Laguna Beach-based architect Horst Noppenberger.
"I was drawn to the coastal textures, the sunlight and the water" around the house, and tried to incorporate those colors and textures in its design, Mr. Noppenberger said.
More:Laguna Beach, California, Mansion With Grotto to Be Auctioned on Nov. 30
In the renovations, the owner and architect added a six-car garage with a show car turntable, which can be viewed through a window in the home theater, said Andrew McDonald, listing agent at the Agency. There's also a mechanics room.
Outside, there's a saltwater tide pool built in 1932—one of six on the Laguna Beach coastline, the listing notes—and a private beach.
The property was last purchased in 2005 for $9.5 million by a trust, according to records on PropertyShark. Mansion Global could not confirm the trust's owner.
From Penta:Blue Diamonds Take the Spotlight at Holiday Auctions
"This house was never planned to be sold, [the owners] were going to keep it for a lifetime," said Mr. McDonald.
Plans changed after the owner's wife passed away—and, Mr. McDonald said, the owner is ready for a new project. "He's got one more dream build in his veins, in his heart."
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