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SBI (Small Business Institute) calls on Cyril Ramaphosa to champion SMME-led growth. We are all for this initiative and the reason why we at FundingHub (www.fundinghub.co.za) exist - to assist SA SMEs. For further details read full article published by SBI earlier today.
For one reason or the other loans are sometimes needed by business owners for financing their business operations or expansions. However, there are so many things to consider before deciding which loan is right for you.


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Q: Is path animation possible with SVG.js There are many examples of SVG path animation, both natively
http://jsfiddle.net/FVqDq/

and with Raphael.js
http://jsfiddle.net/d7d3Z/1/
p.animate({path:"M140 100 L190 60"}, 2000, function() {
    r.animate({path:"M190 60 L 210 90"}, 2000);
});

How is this possible with the svg.js library?

A: No, this is not yet possible with svg.js. I have been looking into it and it will be a rather large implementation. As I try to keep the library small it will never be part of the library itself, but I might write a plugin. Although at the moment I do not have much time on my hands so all help will be appreciated.
UPDATE:
This is now possible with SVG.js out of the box if you use paths with equal commands but different values.
But we also have a path morphing plugin for SVG.js which is probably the thing you are looking for.

A: There is a quick and dirty way to animate a line with svg.js:
http://jsfiddle.net/c4FSF/1/
draw
    .line(0, 0, 0, 0)
    .stroke({color: '#000', width: 2})
    .animate(1000, SVG.easing.bounce) // Using svg.easing.js plugin(not required)
    .during(function(t, morph) {
        this.attr({x2:morph(0, 100), y2: morph(0, 100)})
    })

Animating complex SVG paths as wout said will require a plugin.
Unfortunately I don't (yet) know enough about SVG, but I'm thinking of writing a plugin which would use the SMIL animation tag. Which is what is used in the first link of the question.

A: We can make path animation by finding the bounding box of your path and the do like this.
if your path having some clipping -rectangle means like that below
<g id="container_svg_SeriesGroup_0" transform="translate(128.8,435)" clip-path="url(#container_svg_SeriesGroup_0_ClipRect)"><path id="container_svg_John_0" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="5,5" stroke-width="3" stroke="url(#container_svg_John0Gradient)" stroke-linecap="butt" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M 0 -17.25 L 21.7 -112.12499999999999 M 21.7 -112.12499999999999 L 43.4 -51.75 M 43.4 -51.75 L 86.8 -25.875 M 86.8 -25.875 L 108.5 -155.25 "/><defs><clipPath id="container_svg_SeriesGroup_0_ClipRect"><rect id="container_svg_SeriesGroup_0_ClipRect" x="0" y="-155.25" width="118.5" height="148" fill="white" stroke-width="1" stroke="transparent" style="display: inline-block; width: 118.5px;"/></clipPath></defs></g>

var box = $("#"+ path.id")[0].getBBox();

create the rectangle based on the  box and the set this rectangle as your clip-path in path.
then increase the width of the rectangle step  by step in jquery.animate.
doAnimation: function () {

//cliprect is your clipped rectangle path.

        $(clipRect).animate(
                                 { width: 1000},
                                 {
                                     duration: 2000,

                                     step: function (now, fx) {
                                         $(clipRect).attr("width", now);
                                     }
                                 });

    },

jquery.animate step function is used to increase the width of your clip-rect step  by step.

A: You can animate paths using the svg.path.js plugin.
See the first examples (using the .drawAnimated method).

A: Another option, which we've resorted to, is to use textPath and then use a character.
In our case we're using the • entity, but I'm thinking if you create your own typography in .svg, .woff etc, you can have flat shapes of any kind.
So you would use your character as in here:
http://jsfiddle.net/wbx8J/3/
   /* create canvas */
    var draw = SVG('canvas').size(400,400).viewbox(0, 0, 1000, 1000)

    /* create text */
    var text = draw.text(function(add) {
      add.tspan('•').dy(27)
    })
    text.font({ size: 80, family: 'Verdana' })

    /* add path to text */
    text.path('M 100 400 C 200 300 300 200 400 300 C 500 400 600 500 700 400 C 800 300 900 300 900 300')

    /* visualise track */
    draw.use(text.track).attr({ fill: 'none'/*, 'stroke-width': 1, stroke: '#f09'*/ })

    /* move text to the end of the path */
    function up() {
        text.textPath.animate(3000).attr('startOffset', '100%').after(down)
    }

    /* move text to the beginning of the path */
    function down() {
        text.textPath.animate(3000).attr('startOffset', '0%').after(up)
    }

    /* start animation */
    up()

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Q: How to store tuples in a pandas dataframe cell? I have a csv import of datas store in such fashion
username;groups
alice;(admin,user)
bob;(user)

I want to do some data analysis on it and import them to a pandas dataframe so that the first column is stored as a string and the second as a tuple.
I tried mydataframe = pd.read_csv('file.csv', sep=';') then convert the groups column with astype method mydataframe['groups'].astype('tuple') but it won't work.
How to store other objects than strings/ints/floats in dataframes?
Thanks.

A: Untested, but try
mydataframe['groups'].apply(lambda text: tuple(text[1:-1].split(',')))


Sligo manager Kevin Walsh has announced his team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Wicklow in Aughrim (throw-in 5pm).
There are four changes in personnel and five positional switches to the side that suffered a surprise defeat to Leitrim in the Connacht Championship last month.
Brian Kennedy from Tourlestrane will make his Championship debut at centre-back, replacing the suspended Brian Curran. A fully-fit Noel McGuire also returns at full-back.
Former All-Star Eamonn O'Hara has been named at midfield, but is expected to be given licence to roam with Tony Taylor dropping back from full-forward.
Mark Breheny, who scored 0-2 as a substitute against Leitrim, comes back into the side at centre-forward and Brendan Egan is another new inclusion in an attack which includes the versatile David Rooney.
Alan Costello is one of the players to make way - he is unavailable due to the retrospective one-match suspension he received for a remark made to referee Joe Curley after the loss to Leitrim.
Kenneth Sweeney, meanwhile, has travelled to London and will miss the rest of Sligo's season. Johnny Davey and Colm McGee, despite making good progress with their injuries, have been kept in reserve.
This will be Sligo's first Championship encounter with Wicklow. The counties clashed in Division 4 of the Allianz League in April 2009 when the Yeats men recorded a one-point win (0-11 to 0-10).
Walsh and his players had a 'clear the air' meeting in the aftermath of the Leitrim game, and captain Charlie Harrison is demanding a much-improved display from his side.
"We've analysed and assessed what went wrong that day but now it's time to move on. The players were hurt after the Leitrim performance and we all realise that we've got to stand up and be counted now. It's up to us to show responsibility and leadership on the pitch," he told the Sligo Champion.
"After the season we've had (being relegated from Division 2 and exiting the Connacht Championship), it's understandable that some people are writing us off but as a group we still have great ambition.
"We've put in a massive amount of work since Kevin Walsh took over three years ago and all that will count for nothing if we lose to Wicklow. We're aware of that so we certainly won't lack motivation in Aughrim."
SLIGO (SFC v Wicklow): Philip Greene; Charlie Harrison (capt), Noel McGuire, Ross Donovan; Paul McGovern, Brian Kennedy, Neil Ewing; Eamonn O'Hara, Stephen Gilmartin; Brendan Egan, Mark Breheny, David Rooney; Stephen Coen, Tony Taylor, Adrian Marren.


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DIT nurtures innovation and creativity across and between disciplines and has been committed to making education accessible to people from diverse backgrounds since its inception.
Dublin Institute of Technology provides lively environments for interaction among students and between students and colleagues. Its aim is to provide the best educational experience for each and every one of its students. DIT students participate in a wide array of extra-curricular activities, societies and clubs.
Being located at the heart of the social, cultural and business life of Ireland's capital city, Dublin Institute of Technology provides rich opportunities for intellectual and personal development. Its graduates demonstrate the confidence, interpersonal skills and the commitment to innovation crucial to their professional and personal lives.
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Blake made it past the one year mark of year round swimming and he really started to find his stride. He advanced into a higher level which meant his practice time increased to 1.5 hours, three days a week. Each practice consisted of swimming well over 1000 meters. Practice was definitely not easy but Blake was incredibly loyal to his team and pushed through a lot of discomfort.
I rarely stayed for practice because I was usually running the other boys in three different directions, but occasionally I'd sneak in early and admire the golden light shining across the lanes.
I happened to catch a balancing game they were playing at the end of practice one day.
Blake's hard work paid off during swim meets. His times consistently dropped. It's amazing how much excitement there is over a drop of a few seconds.
Blake's friends came to support him at one of his particularly scorching hot meets.
He beamed from all that love and support.


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Matisse Thybulle is ready for NBA debut: 'This one means something'
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October 21, 2019 3:22 pm ET
The Philadelphia 76ers are finally moving on from the preseason and are beginning to prepare for the regular season starting with their opener on Wednesday against the Boston Celtics at home. For one Sixer, in particular, he's happy that opening day is finally here and preseason is over.
Rookie Matisse Thybulle has been waiting for this day for a long time. The draft process is over, the summer work is over, the preseason is over, and it's time to finally play some real games and get some real work done.
"It's exciting because this one means something," said Thybulle at practice on Monday. "Those preseason games were a good chance for us as a team, and me individually, to just get a good feel for each other and get back in the swing of things, but now it's like these ones mean something so it's exciting to get out there and play for our goals this season."
Thybulle averaged 7.2 points and 2.6 steals in the preseason and he even earned a start in one game. It was a good chance for the rookie out of Washington to get to work and experience the NBA game, but now it's time to play real games.
"It's been a long time coming, it's been a long summer," he added. "To finally get out there and play for something real and be able to play towards what our goals are for this year. We've got something on the line, we've got something to prove, and we actually get to go do it now."
The Sixers and the Celtics square off on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. EST that will begin an NBA championship quest for them.
Joel Embiid, Sixers understand it's 'go time' as Celtics opener nears
Al Horford discusses facing Celtics for first time compared to Hawks
Joel Embiid spends end of practice hiding from the team cameraman


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Since the launch of the ASUS Transformer Prime, there has been a very good response from consumers as expected and increasing demand. Well Office Depot has got the stock for 32GB of Transformer Prime. ASUS Transformer Prime is the first Quad0-core Tegra 3 device featuring a keyboard dock.
The 32GB version is priced at $499.99 and for 62GB you will have to wait for some days, but one thing to note that office Depot is only offering the device for online consumers, so your local Office Depot won't have the device for sale .If you really want a digital camera with your Quad-core device, just enter this coupon code 856155942 at checkout. The retailer offers free shipping once you order the tablet online. It shouldn't take a long time to seel the device in-store, so stay tuned.


Tamale (N/R), January 8, 2018 – Tradeline Consult is launching a flagship project, Finance Factory, to link investors and financial institutions with Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs). The project is designed, in the short and medium term, to train 500 Business Development Officers over three (3) years to help MSMEs in Ghana access practical and innovative solutions to finance and investment challenges in various sectors.
Finance Factory (FIFACT) is an innovative and practical product designed to ensure that MSMEs have full-time access to Accounting and Business Development Services at their own convenience. This would be achieved through our current partnership with four (4) Auditing Firms in good standing and ten (10) Financial Institutions.
The FIFACT model resulted from Tradeline Consult's (Tradeline) successful Business Advisory Service partnership with Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project (USAID-FinGAP) in the Agricultural Sector. As a USAID-FinGAP partner, Tradeline has, within three years, facilitated finance of over $2 million for MSMEs in the maize, rice, and soy value chains and over $3million dollars in other sectors.
Tradeline expects Finance Factory to challenge MSMEs into developing robust and innovative businesses that are profitable and can be scaled-up to attract investors. To achieve this, the consultancy will facilitate direct investment into some of the MSMEs through its partner company BUFIA Investment Limited and consortia of impact and corporate investors, locally and internationally.
Under the FIFACT project, Tradeline Consult is recruiting fifty (50) Business Development Officers, from each of the (10) regions of Ghana, to be trained and equipped with tailor-made sector-specific skills to help MSMEs unlock and access investment and finance opportunities. To this end, Finance Factory will house entrepreneurs and MSMEs with the sole aim of addressing their business development and investment needs through an integrated and sustainable business approach.
Among others, the project will provide support to businesses faced with investments and finance challenges, low or dropping sales, poor financial record-keeping, how to identify investments opportunities and forge trusted business partnerships. Being a value chain consulting company, Tradeline is committed to contributing strategically towards developing entrepreneurship ecosystems to solve the major challenges expressed by MSMEs with regards to limited access to finance and investment opportunities.
Tradeline Consult is a limited liability company based in Accra-Ghana and Lilongwe-Malawi that offers a variety of business consulting services and training to SMEs with 70% Agricultural value chain consulting and 30% Non-Agriculture related. We focus on "Results and Positive Impacts First, rewards second." At the heart of the company's growing success is innovation and creativity.
I'm so much enthuse with these comprehensive and well tailored program with the sole aim to promote entrepreneurship and expand the agro processing base in the ten regions of Ghana! I therefore hope that this initiative will provide investors the necessary guide, skills and knowledge to grow their business and also allow infant businesses and industries to acquire the needed Logistics and training to grow and expand their business!


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Hodgson Artistries was created by Michelle Hodgson in 2018. Michelle is an artist that works and lives in Durham Region, Ontario. She works mainly in acrylic paint and photography, but also works in illustration, linocut, watercolour, and multimedia. Recently she has been working with her mother Wendy on a clothing line, creating scarves, wraps and ponchos.
She grew up in Millbrook Ontario, a small town outside Peterborough where she would explore the surrounding area with her family. They would travel around southern Ontario camping and boating along the Trent Severn Waterway and Lake Ontario. Her family owns a cottage on Canal Lake which influences Michelle's art. Landscapes are a main theme in her art and are influenced by the places she grew up and travels to as an adult. Her influences include Tom Thomson and the Group Of Seven, Monet, J.M.W. Turner, and Edward Burtynsky.
Michelle Studies visual art at York University graduating in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honers, where she focused on painting and photography while minoring in human and environmental geography. Through her studies at York Michelle developed a new perspective on the landscapes and people she was inspired by. Her painted portraits are often of pop culture icons that influenced her and are in a pop art style. Influenced by the pop art greats, her pieces convey a piece of the icon's spirit through the use of colour and line. She also uses her photography to create portraits that capture a moment of emotion or passion.


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Luss is a scenic small village on the banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland. The village attracts many visitors from around the world, for its scenic streets and buildings. Most of the small houses in the village were built in the late 1800s to house workers employed at a slate quarry.
More interest in the village is due to it being the setting for the TV soap Take the High Road that ran from 1980 to 1993.
The image below is of the large car park in Luss village looking at the village shop. There is also a visitor centre at this car park for information on the village and attractions in the area. 26 Large Images of Luss.
Luss Hotels
Luss Road Map
The image below is looking down Pier Road towards the loch. The Village Rest Cafe is on the left here, and the Luss General Store next door. Many of the small gardens down this street just have to be seen, for their unique designs.
The image below is from further down Pier Road, the main street in the village, looking at Luss Pier.
The image below is of Luss Pier looking north with the 3,196ft Ben Lomond in the distance. There are many boat trips from the pier including from Loch Lomond Leisure that provides speed boat tours as well as many more water sport activities and boat hire.
The hop on hop off Loch Lomond Water Bus also visits Luss. You can use the water bus to visit attractions on the more remote east side of the loch.
The small Clan Museum is situated where this photo was taken from.
The image below is from the pier looking over Luss. The hills in the distance are popular for hiking, with great views over the village and loch. The highest hill is Beinn Dubh at 2,155ft. There is a foot bridge that leads from the primary school by the car park over the main road and onto the hills, where there is a good path all the way to the top. Hike Photo Tour . Large Image.
The image below is of the Luss Gift Shop at the pier with the beach leading north.
This was the Post Office, Paper Shop and General Store in the TV show Take the High Road that run from 1980 to 1993. The shop here was probably the most filmed place in the show, as it was where most people met, and most of the confrontations took place. There was no pub in the village, so the shop here was the main meeting place.
Moira Barton (Natalie J. Robb), the farmers wife in Emerdale, began her career here, and Joseph McFadden went on from here to play PC Joe Mason in Heatbeat. The store was run by Isabel Blair (Eileen McCallum).
The image below is of Luss Beach looking north with Ben Lomond mountain on the east side of the loch. The Loch Lomond Water Bus drops off at the foot of Ben Lomond and there is the Rowardennan Hotel close to that pier for meals and drinks.Ben Lomond Area Photos.
The buildings alnng the beach are The Lodge On Loch Lomond Hotel with great loch views, also with a number of boat trips and water sports available from its own jetty.
The image below is of Luss Parish Church built in 1875, in the south side of the village. There have been a number of places of worship on this site over the past 1500 years. With it being so picturesque, and with a great setting next to Loch Lomond, many weddings take place here each year. You can visit the church interior free. www.lusschurch.com . Large Image .
The image below is from Luss War Memorial looking up Pier Road towards the Loch Lomond Arms Hotel.
The image below is of the Loch Lomond Arms Hotel on the west side of Luss, close to the large visitor centre car park. The hotel is ideal for meals, drinks and accommodation. lochlomondarmshotel.com.
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Q: Expand the equation and find the value of n. If the equation

\begin{equation}\sum_{i=1}^n(x+i-1)(x+i)=10n \end{equation}

has roots $r$ and $r+1$, find $n$.

A: $\bf{My\; Solution::}$ Given $$\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n}(x+i-1)\cdot (x+i) = 10n\Rightarrow \sum_{i=1}^{n}(x+i)^2-\sum_{i=1}^{n}(x+i) = 10n$$
So $$\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n}\left[(x^2+i^2+2xi)-(x+i)\right] = 10n\Rightarrow \sum_{i=1}^{n}x^2+\sum_{i=1}^{n}(2i-1)x+\sum_{i=1}^{n}(i^2-i)=10n$$
Now Using $\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n}1=n$ and $\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n}i=\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$ and $\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n}i^2=\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}$
So Equation Convert into $$\displaystyle nx^2+(1+3+5+....\bf{n-terms})x+\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}-\frac{n(n+1)}{2}=10n$$
So $$\displaystyle nx^2+\frac{n}{2}\left[1+2n-1\right]x+\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\left[\frac{2n-2}{3}\right] = 10n$$
So $$\displaystyle x^2+nx+\frac{(n^2-1)}{3} = 10\Rightarrow 3x^2+3nx+(n^2-31) = 0$$
Now Given Here Roots $r$ and $r+1$. So $\displaystyle r+r+1 = -\frac{3n}{3} = -n\Rightarrow 2r=-(n+1)$
and $$\displaystyle r\cdot (r+1) = \frac{n^2-31}{3}\Rightarrow 2r\cdot (2r+2) = 4\left(\frac{n^2-31}{3}\right)$$
Now put $\displaystyle 2r = -(n+1)$


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Jette Müller (born 1 October 2003) is a German diver.

Diving career
Müller participated in the World Junior Diving Championships 2018 and 2021. In the 2021 FINA World Junior Diving Championships, she won two gold medals (Girls A 1 m and Girls A 3 m).

She missed the German championships in 2021 due to a thumb injury, which made it impossible for her to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Müller represented Germany at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, where she finished 7th in the women's 1 m springboard event. She finished 4th in the 1 m event at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome.

References

External links

German female divers
2003 births
Living people
21st-century German women

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Making its debut at Miami Music Week, Electronic Opus is a multi-dimensional musical event featuring a symphony orchestra merged with multimedia from Barco and EDM artist Brian Transeau.
Barco, a leader in visualization technology, is continuing in the projection mapping landscape, powering numerous shows and events around the globe with its award-winning large-venue projection. Its latest foray, Electronic Opus, is a creation of TanZ Group and Video Games Livecreator Tommy Tallarico. It presents a pioneering, immersive electronic symphonic concert featuring famous works reimagined by world-renowned EDM artist, film composer and technologist Brian Transeau.


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Q: How can i upload video on specific youtube channel in iOS? How can i upload video on specific youtube channel?
Currently every video i am uploading is uploaded on my channel only!
Please guide,thanks in advance


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Елизабет Иден Харис (; Чикаго, 31. мај 1997), професионално позната као -{Cupcakke}- (стилизовано -{CupcakKe}-), америчка је реперка. Позната је по својој хиперсексуалној, дрској и често комичној личности и музици. Међутим, у своју музику је уврстила теме као што су права хомосексуалаца, феминизам, хришћанство и свест о аутизму.

-{Cupcakke}- је започела своју каријеру као реперка објављивањем материјала крајем 2012. Године 2015. две њене песме, "-{Deepthroat}-" и "-{Vagina}-", постале су виралне на друштвеним медијима.

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It was over 500 years ago that the Venetians rediscovered ancient Mesopotamian techniques in the production of murrini, millifiori and filigree glass These techniques were developed and refined by the Serino brothers on the Venetian island of Murano. They held a patent on the process for ten years before others on Murano were allowed to imitate their style. Prior to the 1600s, these techniques were kept a closely guarded secret on the island. Glass wares created in Murano were commonly given to royalty and dignitaries from around the globe. It is because of the mystique of the process and their highly skilled abilities that Venetians are renowned to this day for their glass.
Virginia Wilson Toccalino and Tony Toccalino proudly work within the Venetian tradition, drawing heavily on ancient techniques, while infusing them with a touch of space-age technology. Our Filigree Stardust bells are an excellent example of this and it is our hope that this article will shed light on the intricate, time-consuming process by which they are produced.
Given the complexity of the process, it is important to start with the fundamentals, that is, with the medium itself. Clear crystal is created by blending silica sand, soda ash, and lime with other trace minerals and chemicals. The blended sand, or 'batch', is then melted in a containment furnace for approximately 12 hours at 2400° F and is kept at 2100 degrees F for as long as the glass studio, or 'hot shop', is in production. Clear crystal, while in the furnace, is a material that must remain in a molten state; turning the furnace off at the end of the day is not an option. Given the corrosive effects of the high lime content in the 'batch' and the extreme temperatures required to maintain the required molten state, a typical glass melting furnace may need to be replaced after approximately five years of constant running. Replacement costs for equipment, as well as the cost of fuel, electricity, labour and space are the primary factors that contribute to what some people deem to be high prices for finished hand crafted pieces of glass.
Initially, the most striking aspect of our work is the colour embedded within the clear crystal. However, it is colour that presents the most serious problems for glass makers practicing Venetian techniques. For example, we have all seen paperweights with flowers, insects or designs encased in clear crystal. The object beheld is never organic in nature, as it would not survive the ordeal of being encased in 2100° F molten crystal. These objects, no matter how realistic they may seem, are all created by using various combinations of coloured glass alone. Difficulties arise from the clear crystal and various colours expanding and contracting at different rates while working on a piece. A difference in expansion and contraction between colours causes a sheering effect and will result in the piece breaking when cooled or the crystal cracking around the colour, thus relegating the piece in question to the trash heap. This situation is ideally corrected before production begins by testing the compatibility between all colours involved and the molten crystal. Coloured glass itself, is made by adding metals and minerals in various ratios to molten crystal, and is produced in only a few factories worldwide.
Testing compatibility is a time-consuming, trial and error based procedure that involves layering colours and molten crystal and pulling 'stringers', or 'threads', of glass similar to a bi-metal spring found in home thermostats. If the glass stringer cools straight we know the colours involved are compatible. If, on the other hand, the stringer arks when cooled, we know that one colour is contracting more rapidly than another, thus causing stress that results in sheering or cracking. Compatibility may be marginally off, causing a piece to break after many years. This test is one of several used for testing the coefficient of expansion, or the C.O.E., of crystal and colours and is essential for producing art glass that will stand the test of time.
Now that we have covered the basics, we can begin detailing the long, drawn out processes involved in the production of various forms of Venetian glass cane used in our stardust bells, paperweights and other work, including: common cane, overlaid cane and murrini, as well as complex cane, complex murrini and millifiori.
A piece of coloured glass, approximately the size and shape of a roll of quarters, is picked up on the end of a glass blowing pipe and is coated with a layer of clear crystal. This cylindrical mass of clear crystal and coloured glass is then heated to a malleable consistency. We then attach another pipe to the free end of the cylindrical mass so that it is locked between two pipes, with one artist at each end. Once contact is made, there is no turning back for reheats, we are at that point fully committed and must proceed to pull, moving swiftly in opposite directions to stretch the mass of glass into a long, thin rod. We will continue to make rods of different colours all day in preparation for the next day's work.
This type of cane is made in a very similar manner as common cane, the difference being that we begin with one piece of colour and overlay it with a selection of other colours. Then we encase those colours with molten crystal and heat and pull in the same way. This is where the coefficient of expansion of colours, or C.O.E., becomes critical. If the sheering effect is present, the entire rod, or 'pull', will fracture.
When you hold the finished cane vertically in front of your eyes, what you see is one of the lines that are perceptible in a complex cane or finished piece of filigrana glass. While a murrini is a small slice that has been cut off the cane, revealing a cross section of the composite crystal and colour, which, in our case, looks similar to a bulls-eye or dart board.
Following the pulling of overlay cane on day one, we cut and sort it, looking for consistency in diameter and colour density, and then we bag it in sets of up to twenty canes in preparation for work on day three. On the third day we take our packaged sets of overlaid cane, lay them out or stand them up in a mold, bring them up to temperature with a propane torch and pick them up on the outside or inside of a cylinder of clear molten crystal. The coloured rods, as many as 16 or more, are responsible for the spiral effect we see in complex cane. The spiral effect is achieved by heating the rods and crystal to a uniform flexible consistency and securing the resulting cylindrical mass between two metal blowpipes. With an artist at the end of each pipe, they must simultaneously pull and twist the pipes in opposite directions at great speeds. The pull takes place at approximately 1600° F and must be completed within sixty seconds or less because the glass cools quickly and becomes stiff while suspended in the air. If you twist too long or hard, the complex cane strand will cool, snap, hit the floor and shatter, thus bringing an abrupt and traumatic end to several days work. This happens occasionally and is, in a certain respect, necessary in order to determine the limits of what we can do with the glass. Often, the colour being used is responsible for loss of control. Some colours heat up fast and stay flexible longer, while other colours are slow to heat, or stiffen faster. Thus, an attuned sense of touch to resistance of the mass of glass, as well as a great deal of precision, control and knowledge, are required during a pull of complex cane. The failure of a pull, apart from being disappointing, is a big financial loss in terms of time, material and labour and is occasionally hard to avoid.
If complex murrini is the desired product, overlaid rods or components of similar or various colours are shaped and grouped together and the pull is executed without twisting as with overlay and common cane, see diagram (1A) photo of rods grouped.
(1A) Overlaid star murrini rods ready to be pulled into complex murrini or millefiori cane.
This results in a multi-profiled, single cane, which can be sliced in to ¼ inch sections and grouped to create a millefiori piece, such as a paperweight or blown work. See photo of millefiori paper weight set up (1B).
On the fourth day we cut and package sets of complex murrini and, or, complex cane rods to be used in the production of filigrana and millefiori pieces. With an end product in mind that is awe-inspiring and unique, we look for consistency of twist, colour, style and size of rods. We then introduce into the mixed package of rods previously prepared strips of dichroic glass, which is a shimmering, iridescent glass product developed by NASA for use in the windows of space vehicles. Dichroic glass, which comes in a multitude of patterns and colours, is created by fusing metal oxides three to five millionths of an inch thick onto clear glass; this, in turn, functions to deflect light and repel harmful gamma radiation in space. When we break down the word 'di-chroic' we get 'di', or 'two', and 'chroic', meaning 'chromatic' or 'colour', thus alluding to this medium's ability to refract multiple colours, as well as change colour when viewed from different angles. With our preparation treatments, this effect is enhanced significantly. Dichroic glass is not cheap, adding to an already costly and time consuming process. However, the bigger issue is trying to assemble a piece successfully. The reflective nature of dichroic glass means that it not only repels light but heat as well, creating a temperature variance that causes great amounts of stress in a given piece. If this stress is not recognized and appropriately dealt with, the piece can quite easily explode on the blow pipe, particularly when in close proximity to the 2300° F flame in the reheating chamber, known in the glass world as 'the glory hole'. An additional concern is that the reheating flame is also capable of burning the metal molecules off the surface of the glass, in which case the piece loses any value it may otherwise have had. So again, extreme caution, a gentle touch and a refined sensitivity to the inner workings of the medium are necessary in order to successfully pull this off. The positive side to all of the anguish and difficulty involved in this process is that the most beautiful, ancient filigrana style is now being joined, or married, with the most cutting edge, space age glass, pushing the ancient Venetian style into the future.
(2A) Fusing and compressing rods.
(2C) Joining rods and knocking off the button.
Once the button is off and the cylinder is closed it is capable of holding air, at which point we can commence the blowing and shaping of the body of the bell. After we have achieved the desired shape, we proceed to transfer the body off of the blow pipe by attaching a metal 'pontil' iron to the other end of the piece; we then apply stress to the glass neck, where the body and the blow pipe meet, and gently tap the blow pipe, which creates a fracture in the neck and separates the body from the blow pipe. This is a common glass blowing procedure that allows us to work on the opening of the piece. Now that the body of the bell is attached to the 'pontil' iron by the handle end, the other end can be flared open and manipulated to give the bell its characteristic shape.
It should be noted that because of the different colours and types of complex cane used, in combination with dichroic glass, each rod moves independently of the next in reaction to the extreme temperature of the 'glory hole'. Rods consistent in colour and style will react similarly; however, because the rods are staggered, with some slumping or running sooner than others that are more resistant to heat, the end result is a ruffling effect. This is something the glass does on its own and the exact contours of the ruffle are impossible to predict. No mold is used to obtain any shape or ruffle. This makes these bells extremely difficult to duplicate. Temperature, colour, speed of twisting and the energy flowing from the artist through the pipe to the piece make each and every bell truly unique. Once stabilized, the bell will be separated from the 'pontil' iron and placed into an electric annealing oven to slowly cool down from approximately 1000° F to room temperature over a 16 to 18 hour period. This lengthy cooling down process allows the glass molecules to align themselves properly and relieves the internal stresses within the piece, giving it stability and durability. This is absolutely necessary, given that coloured glass and clear crystal is fundamentally a liquid, and will continue to move, albeit imperceptibly, over the coarse of time.
Aside from cutting, sorting and packaging common overlay and complex cane, the bulk of the work up to this point requires no less than two artists. From day six on, one artist can effectively manage the task of completing the bells and putting on the final touches. The first step in this second phase is to take complex cane rods and, using a torch, 'flame-work' small matching ball clappers on the end of them, one for each bell body. Once completed, each clapper made must also spend at least 16 to 18 hours in the annealer to stabilize.
On the seventh day we rest – so it was written and so it shall be. Although we still have art-glass bells on our minds.
On day eight we concentrate on bell handles, which we make by gathering clear crystal and shaping it into the desired form. Once the shape is achieved, a complementary complex cane rod is taken and fused on the handle and manipulated in a manner pleasing to the artist. Naturally, these pieces must also spend the mandatory 16 to 18 hours in the annealer.
On day nine we commence the grinding and polishing of the bell bodies and the handles. The mating surfaces must be ground perfectly flat. Once leveled and plumbed, so that the handles sit vertically on their corresponding bells, the surfaces are given a final, fine polishing and the handles are assembled.
On the tenth day the handles must be inspected at the contact points and detailed, insuring a clean, neat fusion. Once completed, the bells are turned upside down and secured in a jig so that the clappers can be installed. Separate jigs must be made for each bell and clapper because the rods used at this stage are of different lengths to suit the various depths of the bell bodies, as each piece is completely unique. The clapper is suspended by the ball end in the jig and secured to the body of the bell using a sterling silver cap and chain. In the past, some of our bells were assembled with bridge and clappers made entirely of glass. These bells take a considerable amount of extra work and haven't been pursued due to the rather grim cost and return factor. At the present time, there are less than ten bells made by us that fit this description, making them extremely rare. Bells of this type may soon go the way of the dodo bird, unless there is a sudden, unexpected surge in demand.
At long last we arrive at day eleven. An overall assessment of the bell is made, with special attention given to the connecting points of the clappers and handles. Once passing our stringent quality control inspection, the piece is signed by the artist and offered up for sale. See photo (3A).
On The Seventh Day We Rest !
The following is a simple breakdown of this time-consuming, labour intensive process. Taking into consideration that the preparation of dichroic strips takes a day to complete, we will add one day to the breakdown. Excluding the day of rest, this makes it a 12 day process for our Filigree Stardust Bells and 11 days for a typical filigree bell.
Day 1: One artist cutting and preparing dichroic strips.
Day 2: Two artists engaged in all-day production of common and overlaid cane.
Day 3: One artist cutting and sorting overlaid cane rods in sets.
Day 5: One artist cutting and sorting complex canes, selecting and matching different styles of rods with or without dichroic glass panels.
Day 6: Two artists fusing complex cane rods into panels, one set at a time, which are in turn used in the creation of the filigree bell body.
Day 10 and 11: One artist grinding, polishing and mating and leveling handles and assembling them onto the bell body.
Day 12: one artist inspecting and detailing handle connections; making jigs and installing clappers.
If we look at the breakdown of the process, we see that there are 9 days where one artist can perform the required tasks, and 3 days where two artists are required. This adds up to 12 working days for one artist and 3 for the other, for a total of 15 individual work days. During this 11 to 12 day time period (not including our day of rest) we would be working on one day's worth of bell bodies, approximately 11 to 12 pieces. In the end, three pieces may not make the grade because of structural or stylistic flaws and will have to be discounted at time of sale or trashed. Thus, only if we're exceptionally lucky do we pull off an average of three quarters of one bell in one day. When you take into consideration the rising cost of space, natural gas, electricity, insurance, equipment and materials in today's market, as well as the cost of labour or the return some may feel entitled to for their services, one can only come to the conclusion that the artists in question must be passionately committed to their art form. Well, we can certainly say that we love and are committed to this style of glass, while an economist may think that we should just be committed.
stone wheel, we have no employees. This is not a factory setup, we do it all.
We hope that you, the reader, have come to a better understanding of the filigrana and millifiori techniques that we use in the creation of our work. Both Virginia and Tony welcome your questions either in person or by email. It's easy to see why this method of glass making eluded the rest of the world for centuries – no one could wrap their head around the lengthy, intricate process involved. Interestingly enough, when the Murano secrets escaped the Venetian lagoon many hundreds of years ago, the techniques began to show up in the making of candy, baked goods, pottery and plasticized clay products such as fimo. In today's world, there are a select few who continue these past traditions – creating paper weights, orbs, vases, bowls, goblets, plates and bells –each putting their own personal 'twist' on an ancient technique that is as timeless as it is beautiful.


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Arcana's best of 2022
How has 2022 been for you? It has been a difficult year for so many, and I don't know about you, but I find music takes on an even more important part of our lives when the going gets tough. This year we have been able to rely on a consistently strong line of releases, giving us extra resolve and relief from the day-to-day.
Arcana has reviewed a lot of music this year. What we tend to do on these pages is concentrate on music and artists that we know are likely to be good – and we assemble our thoughts on them so you can then make your own investigations. Classical music is usually our starting point, but from there we travel afar to the outer reaches of electronica, dance and contemporary music.
It was another strong year for electronic music of an ambient dimension. Switched On is the area of Arcana concentrating on new music in this area, and without putting too many musical names on these albums, we really enjoyed a good deal of slower stuff. Starting with a single instrument, Vanessa Wagner's Study of the Invisible (above) made an understated but lasting impression, particularly with Caroline Shaw's Gustave Le Grey at its heart. Vanessa plays with poise and expression, and this wonderfully curated selection worked so well.
Meanwhile long term favourite Erland Cooper charmed with his pure, still music written to soundtrack the Superbloom installation at the Tower Of London, Music For Growing Flowers (above). Speaking of earthy sounds, Sonic Cathedral gave us twilight wonders from Pye Corner Audio and, with a little more country in the mix, Sunset Dreams from Mark Peters.
At the hottest part of summer, Arthur King's music was extremely evocative in Changing Landscapes – as was that of Deepchord, making a return to the long player from Detroit with Functional Designs. Steve Davis, meanwhile (yes, that Steve Davis!) was busy enhancing his reputation as part of the electronic trio Utopia Strong and their excellent album International Treasure
More studied electronica gems should also be shouted from the rooftops – we are lucky to have British artists of the calibre of Bibio, Gold Panda and Plaid, each returning with excellent new albums. Meanwhile Clarice Jensen took her cello as a starting point on new album Esthesis, making music of great colour and descriptive power to counter the onset of lockdown. Also facing the elements head-on was Daniel Avery, whose new album Ultra Truth was a powerful statement indeed:
There were some very strong releases on the classical side of things, as record companies dusted themselves down and started to include orchestral recordings again on their release schedules post-pandemic. Leading the way were the Sinfonia of London under John Wilson, a throwback to the golden age of orchestral recording in their challenging schedules for Chandos. With Hollywood, British and French music all covered, one in particular stood out, with the orchestral music of John Ireland given its rightful place in the spotlight:
Speaking of French music, a charmer from the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and Pascal Rophé proved the ideal hot weather soundtrack as it explored orchestral versions of Debussy keyboard works. Their accounts of the Petite Suite, La boîte à joujoux and Children's Corner were full of colour and character.
This year saw the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of the finest British composers of the 20th century. Somm Recordings made a memorable tribute by way of the undervalued string quartets, these lovely autumnal works given vibrant performances from the Tippett Quartet.
Contemporary classical music put in some very strong appearances this year, and few more than Stuart Macrae, showing off the quality of his chamber music on an album from the Hebrides Ensemble on the excellent Delphian label. We enjoyed a number of online and in-person concerts from the English Symphony Orchestra and Kenneth Woods, which were capped by an outstanding recording of Adrian Williams' Symphony no.1, a commendable raising of the flag for new British music
During 2022 we made a couple of visits to the outskirts of jazz, in the company of super group Flock – their excellent self titled debut – and a triumphant and experimental return from Szun Waves.
On the dancier side of things, Heavenly Recordings excelled themselves this year with no fewer than six collections of remixes! We loved the first two instalments, which acted as a prelude to the utterly essential third and fourth volumes which brought together remixes from the much missed Andrew Weatherall.
The Haçienda celebrated 40 years since its inception with a handsome package from Cherry Red, while the best DJ mix honour goes to Cinthie – her contribution to !K7's DJ Kicks mix series really was a thing of pure dancefloor enjoyment. So, too, was a John Morales-edited compilation devoted to the art of Teddy Pendergrass, vocalist for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes.
Cultured music for the discerning dancefloor came our way from Au Suisse, a welcome reunion for Morgan Geist and Kelley Polar, and also from Hot Chip, who further explored their emotions with an excellent and heartfelt eighth album. Moderat, returning after a long absence, went more for the jugular with the thrilling More D4ta
With all that said and done, what would an Arcana album of the year look like? Something like this…the most listened to long player of the year in these parts, Fleeting Future – a vibrant offering from Akusmi which channelled all sorts of intriguing influences into something wonderfully original:
We will have a few more reviews to come over this week – but for now, we thank all our readers for your visits and wish you a happy, peaceful and regenerative Christmas holiday season. Oh, and a Happy New Year for 2023!
Posted in Chamber music, On record, Orchestral, Switched On | Tagged Akusmi, Andrew Weatherall, Arthur King, Cinthie, Clarice Jensen, Erland Cooper, Flock, Hebrides Ensemble, Moderat, Pascal Rophé, Stuart MacRae, Tippett Quartet, Vanessa Wagner | Leave a reply
Switched On – Heavenly Remixes 3 & 4: Andrew Weatherall (Heavenly)
Posted on February 23, 2022 by arcanafm
Heavenly have already released two volumes of compilations celebrating the art of the remix on their label. They have turned to a wide range of their artists either as remixers or as providers of the original song, moving from older staples from Saint Etienne and Doves to more recent Heavenly royalty Working Men's Club, The Orielles and Gwenno.
Volumes 3 and 4 tell a different story, coming to you directly from the mixing desk of the much missed Andrew Weatherall. Weatherall was a shining light in dance music – rock music, too – from the 1990s onwards, sprinkling his production stardust on albums from Primal Scream (notably Screamadelica) and Beth Orton, while providing production and remixes for a huge range of artists.
This selection is all exclusive to the Heavenly label, celebrating his achievements and status with the label, for their first ever remix was from Weatherall himself.
In a word, brilliant. Weatherall made so many remixes but managed the difficult juggling act of having his own distinctive style without ever making the same mix twice.
That first remix – the Andrew Weatherall Soul Of Europe Mix of Sly & Lovechild's The World According To Sly & Lovechild – is an uplifting call to arms at the start of this collection. It may begin with the vocal gambit "These are dark days" but it is a wholly positive vocal, dressed with undulating marimbas and a chunky bassline. Next up is Mark Lanegan, the legendary vocalist who as I write this review sadly passed away only yesterday. Beehive gets an upfront remix with the couplet "lightning coming out of the speakers, wanna hear that sound some more". After these two heavyweights, an even bigger mix lies in wait in the form of Flowered Up's 'Weekender' from 1992. This is expertly paced over 17 minutes, no less, getting into its groove early on and never letting up. A similar rhythm permeates Gwenno's Chwyldro but this is a wholly different approach, with a hazy palette and some weird harmonies complementing her softer tones.
Another legendary remix follows, Weatherall taking Saint Etienne to the dancefloor with his take on Only Love Can Break Your Heart, a dub-infused version that drops into a full vocal version half way through. A heady remix of Confidence Man's Bubblegum follows, then a Sabres of Paradise mix of Espiritu, whose Conquistador goes through the wringer in an up-tempo flurry of percussion and rave riffs. Finally The Orielles' Sugar Taste Like Salt plays havoc with the stereo placement and rolls out a big set of drum fills, both favourite tricks of Weatherall's as he succeeds in displacing the listener.
Volume 4 is just as good – and once again presents a set of shapeshifting beats that manages to twist the original artists almost beyond recognition. audiobooks are first, Weatherall taking them to the electro disco with the groovy, spacey, Dance Your Life Away, before an edit of the Two Lone Swordsmen Dub of Saint Etienne's Heart Failed In The Back Of A Taxi, a suitably grubby affair.
Next up is Doves' Compulsion, an unlikely candidate but packed with reverb and big vocals as it settles into a brilliant chugging groove with constantly flickering electronics. TOY's Dead and Gone gets a minimal, relatively straight remix with a good deal of white noise, then Confidence Man's Out The Window makes the most of a vocal that could have been sent from the Hacienda. LCMDF's Gandhi is a shape-shifter in Weatherall's hands, then another Espiritu track – Bonita Mañana – gets taken to the cleaners over 13 glorious minutes. Finally – and regretfully – we reach the end with Unloved and a slow, loping take on Devils Angels, doom-laden and disorientating on headphones.
It does, handsomely – and it matters not a jot that some of these remixes weigh in at more than a quarter of an hour. Flowered Up's Weekender is a great example of how to make one remix sound like half of a DJ set, and it says a lot for Weatherall's craft that it would be easy to listen to the track all over again.
Yes – for this is the sound of an artist constantly finding new ways to express familiar vocals, always with both eyes on the dancefloor. It is clear that Andrew Weatherall had nothing but fun in his studio! Weatherall fans and anyone wanting to learn the dos and don'ts of a good remix should get this, as should anyone with a passing interest in dance or indie music from the 1990s onwards. Even without any of the historical baggage, this is simply a brilliant set of grooves with a feelgood atmosphere running throughout!
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Switched On – GLOK: Dissident Remixed (Bytes)
Posted on August 29, 2020 by arcanafm
This time last year Ride fans – and electronic music devotees – were both surprised and delighted at the appearance of GLOK, the self-titled instrumental album from the band's guitarist Andy Bell. Bell had kept his electronic alias relatively under wraps until then, but he revealed himself as an accomplished producer harnessing the influence of Krautrock into some strong, beat-laden grooves.
With a talent for expanding his music to fill bigger structures, Bell also recognised the flexibility of his recordings for the remix treatment – which is what we have here. His enviable contact book has resulted in remixes from a number of sources including James Chapman (Maps), Richard Sen and the late Andrew Weatherall with one of his last studio contributions.
Remix albums can be substandard affairs and stopgaps when an artist's inspiration is running dry, but there is no danger of any of that happening here.
Franz Kirmann impresses greatly with his two versions of Kolokol. The first has added squiggles and a dogged beat that presses all the right buttons, while the second has murkier textures and a stripped back, dubby beat. Timothy Clerkin delivers a remix of Projected Sounds with head nodding goodness, while Andrew Weatherall's mix of Cloud Cover is underpinned by characteristically dark bass line and fluttering atmospherics.
On the downtempo side of things there is a nice, woozy take on Weaver from C.A.R., and a lovely hazy dub version of Exit Through The Skylight from Jay Glass, with rich instrumental colours. Bell himself turns in a brilliant extended version of Pulsing. Stretched out to 15 minutes, the track turns subtly from a laid back, dub-inflected tread to a dreamy breakdown in the middle, before extra bleeps and bass are introduced.
One of the most striking inventions comes from Minotaur Shock, bringing analogue beats and warm synth colours to Weaver, twisting and turning the source material. It is immediately complemented by another excellent remix of Pulsing, this time from Maps – James Chapman reaching for the stars with a typically wide panorama.
Yes. It works as a remix album should, building on the original and bringing out different elements of Bell's music. The variety of talent on show is laid out in an appealing structure, using his acumen to craft another album that has an ideal ebb and flow.
Very much so. GLOK Remixed emerges as a companion to put alongside the original, showing off the flexibility of its source material and making some really excellent, alternative grooves from it. With Bell's debut solo album as a vocalist coming up soon, there is much to enjoy from him this year!
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Invest Prudently
Why mutual funds fail?
It is simply because the objectives of mutual fund companies and mutual fund investors are totally different.
The more asset mutual fund companies gather, the more money they make. On the other hand, mutual fund investors want investment performance and protection of their capital.
Most of mutual funds fail because of their assets are so big that they could not buy the best stocks and sell the losers. The major stock holders of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers during 2008 financial crisis were all mutual funds, and they have no choice but held the falling stocks all the way to zero.
In the June 25, 1999 Business Week, Warren Buffett said: "If I was running $1 million today, or $10 million for that matter, I'd be fully invested. Anyone who says that size does not hurt investment performance is selling. The highest rates of return I've ever achieved were in the 1950s. I killed the Dow. You ought to see the numbers. But I was investing peanuts then. It's a huge structural advantage not to have a lot of money. I think I could make you 50% a year on $1 million. No, I know I could. I guarantee that."
No mutual fund companies want to cap their funds at $10 million, and many mutual funds are managing multi-billion dollars of retirement asset.
Yale Professor David F. Swensen, who is on President Barack Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, explains very well in page 294 of his 2005 book "Unconventional Success": "For the vast majority of mutual-fund investors, the future appears dim. Regulators identify abuses, deal superficially with the most high-profile issues, and move on to other matters. Meanwhile, the mutual-fund industry find new ways to place profits above investor interests. Even if the SEC eliminates pay-to-play revenue sharing, enforces fair-value pricing mechanisms and bans soft dollars, the mutual-fund industry, as it has from its beginning in 1924, will employ its endless creativity to find visible and less visible means to take advantage of individual investors."
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Q: gtk_init caused crash on ubuntu 16.04 if program run without sudo gtk_init caused crash on ubuntu 16.04 if run program without sudo. If run with sudo, then have not problem. On other ubuntu versions also have not problem with and without sudo.
Minimally reproducible example:
#include <gtk/gtk.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
    {
        printf("%d\n", i);
        usleep(1000 * 1000);
    }
    return 0;
}

Stacktrace:
Thread 2 "dconf worker" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0xb6567b40 (LWP 6735)]
0xb71bbfd0 in g_source_set_ready_time () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
(gdb) bt
#0  0xb71bbfd0 in g_source_set_ready_time () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#1  0xb73e8bf4 in g_task_get_type () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#2  0xb744b6a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#3  0xb743eb00 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#4  0xb73bd0e9 in g_initable_init () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#5  0xb743f230 in g_bus_get_sync () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#6  0xb668c314 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
#7  0xb668c423 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
#8  0x0807e22a in g_main_context_dispatch ()
#9  0x0807e638 in g_main_context_iterate.isra ()
#10 0x0807e700 in g_main_context_iteration ()
#11 0xb668c58b in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
#12 0x0809eabd in g_thread_proxy ()
#13 0xb7aaf295 in start_thread (arg=0xb6567b40) at pthread_create.c:333
#14 0xb79d10ae in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:114

I tried to compare strace output with sudo and without - without sudo is being created problem thread dconf worker, but if run with sudo it thread is not being created and programm work correctly
What can be done to fix this problem?

UPD: Stacktrace with `libglib2.0-0-dbg
Thread 2 "dconf worker" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0xb6567b40 (LWP 3574)]
0xb71bbfd0 in g_source_set_ready_time (source=0xb5c09938, ready_time=-1)
    at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./glib/gmain.c:1786
1786    /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./glib/gmain.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) bt
#0  0xb71bbfd0 in g_source_set_ready_time (source=0xb5c09938, ready_time=-1)
    at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./glib/gmain.c:1786
#1  0xb73e8bf4 in g_task_get_type () at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./gio/gtask.c:1907
#2  0xb73e8bf4 in g_task_get_type () at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./gio/gtask.c:590
#3  0xb744b6a0 in _g_dbus_worker_new () at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./gio/gdbusprivate.c:227
#4  0xb744b6a0 in _g_dbus_worker_new () at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./gio/gdbusprivate.c:267
#5  0xb744b6a0 in _g_dbus_worker_new (stream=0xb5c016c8, capabilities=G_DBUS_CAPABILITY_FLAGS_UNIX_FD_PASSING, initially_frozen=0, message_received_callback=0xb7438400 <on_worker_message_received>, message_about_to_be_sent_callback=0xb7435eb0 <on_worker_message_about_to_be_sent>, disconnected_callback=0xb74359c0 <on_worker_closed>, user_data=0xb5c04818)
    at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./gio/gdbusprivate.c:1649
#6  0xb743eb00 in initable_init (initable=0xb5c04818, cancellable=0x0, error=0xb6567068)
    at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./gio/gdbusconnection.c:2573
#7  0xb73bd0e9 in g_initable_init (initable=0xb5c04818, cancellable=0x0, error=0xb6567068)
    at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./gio/ginitable.c:112
#8  0xb743f230 in g_bus_get_sync (bus_type=G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION, cancellable=0x0, error=0xb6567068)
    at /build/glib2.0-2aRhhS/glib2.0-2.48.2/./gio/gdbusconnection.c:7254
#9  0xb668c314 in  () at /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
#10 0xb668c423 in  () at /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
#11 0x0807e22a in g_main_context_dispatch ()
#12 0x0807e638 in g_main_context_iterate.isra ()
#13 0x0807e700 in g_main_context_iteration ()
#14 0xb668c58b in  () at /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
#15 0x0809eabd in g_thread_proxy ()
#16 0xb7aaf295 in start_thread (arg=0xb6567b40) at pthread_create.c:333
#17 0xb79d10ae in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:114

A: Unset GTK2_MODULES, GTK_MODULES and GTK_IM_MODULE fixed this problem, but i don't understend why it work
#include <gtk/gtk.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    unsetenv("GTK2_MODULES");
    unsetenv("GTK_MODULES");
    unsetenv("GTK_IM_MODULE");

    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
    {
        printf("%d\n", i);
        usleep(1000 * 1000);
    }
    return 0;
}


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National Reconciliation Week is celebrated across Australia each year between 27 May and 3 June. The dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey—the anniversaries of the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court Mabo decision.
This Saturday, 10th May, Noongar elders in conjunction with the City of Stirling will be presenting Mooro Country Tours as part of the 2014 National Heritage Festival. The bus tour offers an opportunity to learn about traditional medicine, bush tucker and cultural practices used by Noongar people.
This is the second and last time the tour will run over the course of the festival. Tickets are free but bookings are essential. The tour will start at 9.30 and, light refreshments are provided. For more information or to book click here.
The 2014 National Heritage Festival runs from 18th April to 18th May, if you would like to find out what events are on near you click here to visit there website.
YMAC would like to congratulate staff members Tamara Murdock and Jessyca Hutchens on receiving the Charlie Perkins Scholarship.
The Scholarship was launched in 2009 in memory of Aboriginal leader and activist Dr Charlie Perkins who was the first Indigenous Australian man to graduate from university.
Both Tamara and Jessyca will be undertaking their studies at Oxford University. Jessyca will be studying a DPhil in Fine Arts and Tamara will be studying a Master's of Science in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management.
Everyone at YMAC is very proud of Tamara and Jessica, and we wish them the very best with their studies in the UK.


Should I pay cash or prefer a 0% interest loan for home furnishings?
I live in France. I bought an apartment with a mortgage a month ago. I've been buying plenty of stuff for this apartment like furniture, decoration, oven, etc. And I still need to buy other stuff.
I've been offered to pay some of them cash and some of them in installments without any fee or interest. To contract this 0% APR credit with zero extra fee, I am not required to tell the credit company about the other credits / mortgage I am paying off.
Should I prefer paying with this 0% fee 0% APR credit, or pay everything at once? My guts tells me I should go with the 0% credit, but I'd like to have an second opinion on that. I have enough money to pay on the spot.
There are several issues with paying for furniture and appliances with 0% credit instead of paying with cash.
When you pay with 0% credit, you might be tempted to spend more on something than you would have if you paid with cash, because it feels like free money, and you've justified in your mind that the extra you earn will help pay for the more expensive item.
Businesses don't offer 0% credit for free, and they don't lose money on the deal. When you shop at a store that offers 0% credit, you are generally overpaying for the item. By shopping at a store that does not offer 0% credit, you might be able to get a better price.
Your savings account is likely earning very little interest. You might invest the money you intend for your purchases in a place that gets better returns, but in most of these places the returns are not guaranteed, and you might not do as well as you think.
0% loans typically come with lots of conditions that have very heavy penalties and interest rate hikes for late payments. You can mitigate this risk by setting up automatic payments, but things can still go wrong. Your bank might change your account number, making the automated payment fail. As you mentioned, you might also forget to put the proper amount of money in the account. A single mistake can negate all of the tiny gains you are trying to achieve.
Ultimately, the decision is yours, of course, but in my opinion, there is very, very little to gain with buying something on 0% credit when you could be paying cash.
Read the terms and conditions very carefully. Many zero percent deals have a requirement that you pay back at a certain date, and if you don't, you'll have to pay some enormous percentage. Nobody will remind you of the date, because the lender has the secret hope that you will forget.
A friend recently bought an 800€ TV on 0% financing. Sounded like a sensible thing to do. Why pay 800 when you can pay 80pm for 10 months?
It took 30mins to set up the 'loan'. She had to sign all kinds of documents, giving away much personal information (age, employment info, income, email address etc). She now has a financial relationship with an institution which has nothing to do with the item purchased. She is bombarded with all kinds of financial offerings.
If you can set up automatic payments (like direct debits in the UK) and you can be disciplined enough to not spend the money on something else then this can be a good way of building/improving your credit rating. Banks / Lenders like it when they see you have previously taken, and repaid, credit. This can help you get better finance deals etc. in the future.
If a shop offers 0% interest for purchase, someone is paying for it.
e.g., If you buy a $X item at 0% interest for 12 months, you should be able to negotiate a lower cash price for that purchase. If the store is paying 3% to the lender, then techincally, you should be able to bring the price down by at least 2% to 3% if you pay cash upfront.
I'm not sure how it works in other countries or other purchases, but I negotiated my car purchase for the dealer's low interest rate deal, and then re-negotiated with my preapproved loan. Saved a good chunk on that final price!
You take the credit and reinvest the cash equivalent (be it a savings account or otherwise), yielding you the x% at virtually zero risk. Unless of course you consider possibility of your own negligence a risk (in case of missed payments, etc.).
You pay by cash and have the peace of mind at the cost of that x%.
The ultimate decision depends on which you value more - the $ you get from x%, or the peace of mind.
Remember that due to inflation you are paying back the loan with cheaper dollars in the future. If there are no gimmicks in the loan like early payment penalties, or must pay by a certain date or that the credit was for a store that sold the products at a higher price than you could get elsewhere then you are not just getting free money they are paying you to take the money.
0% furniture loans can hurt your credit rating. I was told by a bank mortgage officer (sorry I can't cite a document) that credit rating algorithms consider "consumer" loans like 0% appliance loans and certain store-specific credit cards as a negative factor, lowering your overall score. The rationalization given was that that taking that type of credit is an indicator that you have zero cash reserves. The actual algorithms are proprietary, so I don't know how you could verify this. If true, it runs counter to the conventional wisdom that getting credit and then paying it off builds your credit score.
There are lots of good points here already, but something that hasn't been mentioned yet is what would happen if the purchased items break or are somehow defective? Depending on the warranty and how trustworthy the company is, there could be an advantage to not having fully paid for the item yet when a defect is discovered, as it might incentivize the company to be more attentive to your warranty claim, since they are faced with knowing that you could stop making payments if they don't act in a timely manner. Note I'm not suggesting you stop making payments in this case, just that companies (and banks) are oftentimes more willing to work with you when you owe them money.
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Print on the iPad
A smashing success
The iPad is transforming media firms, and frustrating them
BusinessSep 18th 2010 edition
THE advertisement for Newsday's iPad application starts blithely enough. A man in a shirt and tie sits in the kitchen, reading the New York newspaper on his tablet computer. He turns the device on its side and watches the live feed from a traffic camera. Then a fly lands on the table. The man quickly raises the iPad and smashes it down, shattering the glass. The ad implies that the iPad is superior to old-fashioned print in all sorts of ways, just not every way. It is a joke—but also a good summary of how newspaper and magazine outfits have come to feel about Apple's product in the eight months since it was unveiled.
Even before the device had a name, media executives knew what they wanted from the iPad. Like the Kindle, Amazon's e-reader, it could be used to sell digital issues of newspapers and magazines. Like the web, it could be used to deliver targeted advertising. It would look better than both. Newspaper and magazine firms were determined to steer its evolution. Terry McDonell, who oversees Sports Illustrated, helped create a futuristic-seeming video of a hypothetical issue filled with whizzy graphics and interactive ads.
It is a mark of the quality of Apple's device as well as the efforts at Sports Illustrated that the magazine's actual app does not differ much from the video. Others have created beautiful applications that are drawing consumers. Wired, a technology magazine owned by Condé Nast, claimed to sell 24,000 downloads within 24 hours, at $5 each. Newspaper and magazine apps are popular with advertisers, who pay up to 10 cents per reader—several times what newspapers tend to charge for web ads—for the privilege of appearing on a sexy new device.
The iPad's effect on media firms extends well beyond its screen. The device contains a web browser as well as an app store, bringing together the world of paid content and the open web, where print content tends to be free. It is as though a news-stand carried two versions of every magazine—one costly, the other inferior but free. Media firms that were already coming to believe that the web is a mediocre advertising platform have drawn a stark conclusion: they should pull back from the free web.
Time magazine has begun to hold back some stories from its website, on the ground that it is now providing a decent digital alternative. Time Inc is moving towards all-access pricing, in which content is available on all platforms to people who pay for it. This is in line with the "TV Everywhere" plan developed by Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner's chief executive. Others are likely to follow. James Moroney, publisher of the Dallas Morning News, says the release of a paid iPad application later this year is likely to coincide with the erection of a paywall on the Dallas.com website. It is illogical to charge for one but not the other, he says.
Yet obstacles lie in the path of media firms that want to move in this direction. The first is that many print publications do not have enough information about their customers to enable them to sell across platforms. Ken Doctor, a media analyst at Outsell, points out that American newspapers tend to sort their readers by address rather than by name. The second obstacle is Apple. The firm has made it difficult to sell subscriptions on the iPad, and is reluctant to disclose much data on buyers. This is a particular problem for magazine firms, which use customer data to push other products and to sell advertising.
Apple's device is proving both transformative and deeply frustrating. Media firms are praying that another device, perhaps using Google's Android operating system, becomes popular and gives them leverage over Apple. Much as they love the iPad, they would gladly smash a few if the thing could be replaced by another, equally compelling, tablet computer.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline "A smashing success"
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The climb from the small parking area to the summit of the central "Hill of the Witch" was a pretty good workout for our legs. That, and the site's relative remoteness from the more famous Neolithic sites of Tara and Newgrange, and the not-exactly-main-road access work together to make this a sparsely-populated attraction. What a lovely confluence of circumstances!


The first encounter with music that I remember was listening to my dads classic rock cd's. My first classical music encounters were sometime in my elementary years as my grandmother and I would often attend concerts at the Plano and Dallas symphonies.
I started playing the bassoon in 6th grade band when I started middle school. I always knew that I wanted to play it as I was greatly inspired by seeing the pros play it at the concerts with my grandmother.
I think I must have made the decision somewhere in between my transition from middle school to high school as I started to really improve at that point and was starting to experience higher level successes at TMEA region and state auditions.
It is nearly impossible to chose one memory as a favorite as I have been so fortunate to have been part of countless meaningful musical experiences. Two of my favorites are performing Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 with Orchestre de la Francophonie in 2016 and performing Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra in a side by side with the Cleveland Orchestra in 2015.
Outside of music, I enjoy movies, video games, amateur cosplay, hiking, and relaxing at the beach.


Curwensville, PA – A local marching band helped raised thousands of dollars in honor of their football coach for ALS research.
Andy Evanko is the head football coach for Curwensville High School, and he was diagnosed with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) three years ago.
The band held a benefit concert on Saturday, with all of the proceeds going to the Penn State Hershey Medical Center's ALS program.
With lots of help from the community, Curwensville raised $2,601.76 for research.
Although ALS research got a big boost in donations over the past few years from things like the Ice Bucket Challenge, there is still a long way to go.
ALS weakens the nervous system and makes it difficult to move. Although there are treatments available that can make life easier, there is still no cure for ALS.
The Curwensville band and the football team say they're proud to be able to support not just Coach Evanko but also all of the local patients suffering from the disease.
Learn more about ALS and the research being done at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center's ALS Program website.
Learn more about the Curwensville Gold Tide Marching Band at their Facebook page.
Photo courtesy of the Curwensville marching band.


Low-frequency electrical properties of organic condensed phase: the case of liquid crystals and liquid-crystalline polymers.
Low frequency dielectric properties of selected liquid crystalline materials have been measured in time as well as frequency domain. The results have been compared with those related to liquid crystalline polymer. It is worth noting that in this case different behavior of the sample is observed in respect to current i vs time t as well as conductivity (sigma) vs frequency f dependencies. The behavior of polymer samples is like the behavior of solidified liquid crystals. The phenomena were interpreted and a possible explanation is proposed.


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Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators
The men of slip-formed concrete and the buildings they created in North America
The Men of Slip-Formed Concrete
Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators mourns the passing of contributor Neil A. Lieb
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Neil A. Lieb, left, and Blaine Bell .
We have learned with regret of the recent passing of our contributor Neil A. Lieb. His son Neil, Jr. sent an email on Sunday, Oct. 25, and it includes these details.
At about 10 a.m., Saturday morning, my father Neil Lieb passed away.
He recently battled a case of pneumonia and although it appeared he was able to recover, it probably weakened his body beyond repair. While we won't know exactly what caused his death, the doctors we spoke with said he may have been suffering over the last few days from a leaking heart valve which manifested itself as severe back pain.
As you may know, he battled many illnesses later in life including COPD, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes to name a few. He was a such strong fighter it seemed like he would live to 100 and beyond…but alas it was not in the cards.
After losing his wife and the love of his life just over three years ago, he was never quite the same. I'm sure he is happy now that he is reunited with his bride of 59 years.
The story of how Neil met his wife Jolene while on the job for Tillotson Construction Company is documented in this blog.
Neil first contacted us in July 2014:
My name is Neil A. (Anderson) Lieb. I graduated from Pocahontas High School in May of 1949. I worked on the original concrete elevator from June until its completion. I also worked on the one built in Clare the same summer. I continued to work for Tillotson Construction Company until August of 1951.
While employed by Tillotson I helped build similar structures in Bushland and Cannon, Texas; Alto and West Bend, Iowa: and Marshall, Missouri. I am currently working on my autobiography and would like to have some data on these structures (capacity, specifications, etc.).
The message led to several enjoyable hours of phone conversations with Neil and his supplying dozens of photos from Tillotson jobs. He said that he didn't take the photos and didn't know who did, but as far as we were concerned, it was no matter because we had a new wealth of documentary details.
We salute Neil Lieb for his great contribution to our blog and extend our condolences to his family.
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Some initials on a bronze plaque in Limon, Colo., help to solve a mystery
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Bruce Selyem
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