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Forty Favorite Pop Songs of 2010: #40 - 36
One year ago today, I embarked upon a journey into the world of music journalism with an open mind, an eagerness to learn, and a vague but important purpose in mind: to bring to the loosely defined genre and industry of "pop music" the type of thoughtful and intelligent commentary, criticism and analysis previously all but exclusive to the exclusive, elitist, snooty, and even more loosely defined realm of "indie," "rock," or otherwise non-pop music and almost pointedly denied to most mainstream-leaning music, as if the art form itself was so inferior as not to merit such consideration to begin with. It's been a fun ride thus far, at times requiring more training wheel assistance than I might have liked while still cultivating the occasional burst of inspired critical joyrides (of which I am thoroughly proud, perhaps to a greater extent than would be polite to publicize), and the immense amount of education I've received that I had no idea might be out there to receive is what excites me most leading into the second year of Vertigo Shtick's young existence. It's a convenient anniversary to have, coinciding as it does with the orgy of year-end roundup posts, lists, and summations of which it seems my peers in the music journalism realm simply cannot get enough.
Remember this? Vertigo Shtick's very first header.
While I take pride in Vertigo Shtick's continued commitment to the kind of in-depth, musically and artistically interesting coverage the brilliant writers at Pitchfork, one of my main inspirations, bestow upon all kinds of music excepting anything marginally more popularly appreciated than Robyn, or that the brilliant satirists/critics at PopJustice, the best pop music writing currently being produced (but with a UK-centric focus), have made and defended that title, let it not be said that I am immune to the self-important thrill of declaring and delineating those songs/albums/artists/events, etc. that Vertigo Shtick deems the greatest of them all. Of course, since I shan't yet go so far as to expect anyone to accept these lists as any more informed or reliable than those of one's senile Grandpa Joe or eleven-year-old Justin Bieber fanatic, I'll be sure to provide as much explanation and/or defense as possible to better inform and edify the curious reader. Here, therefore, is the first segment of a list I'll call Vertigo Shtick's Forty Favorite Pop Songs of 2010. If I might draw your attention to the word "favorite" and point out the difference in definition from that of "Best" once more before you proceed, perhaps some eyebrow muscles will be saved the effort required to extend vertically in dubiousness.
Vertigo Shtick's Forty Favorite Songs of 2010
#40 - 36
40. "None of Dem" Robyn feat. Röyksopp (Body Talk Pt. 1/Body Talk)
When former '90s teen pop princess-turned-critically adored rebel/pop genius Robyn announced, early this year, that she was to return after nearly half a decade promoting her masterpiece self-titled album - and not just return, but return with THREE albums before year's end - I doubt even her most ardent admirers (one among whom I count myself) were at all prepared for the deliriously fantastic barrage of near-perfect electronic dance-pop the Swedish icon would eventually pile upon us. Upon the June 15 release of by-then mostly leaked Body Talk Pt. 1, though, it was clear that Robyn had every intention of superceding even the high standard and expectations she'd set for herself, with a sprawling set of eight rather different tracks whose main commonalities were experimentation and excellence. "None of Dem," her collaboration with Norwegian electronica duo Röyksopp (for whose 2009 single "The Girl and the Robot" Robyn provided the mesmerizing vocal), is a haunting rebuff to a dreary, stagnant town from a worldly rebel meant for much more, echoing the album-wide theme of the outsider that also frames "Cry When You Get Older," "Dancehall Queen" and "Dancing On My Own." I should admit to taking rather a long while to appreciate this track, finally coming to my senses after seeing her perform the song at the second of two U.S. club tours this year (both of which I attended). It may also have been that I never bothered to listen to the track in full, thereby missing the full minute and a half Röyksopp draws out a chilling, minor arpeggio-laden climax, as if the rebel behind the lyrics were defiantly riding the road out of town, but heading toward a sunset that portends the potential of something even more sinister. SO European.
39. "Can't Be Tamed" Miley Cyrus (Can't Be Tamed)
Enter this one under "semi-guilty pleasures" (it's the first of several). This summer, the Artist Then-Soon to Be Formerly Known as Hannah Montana embarked upon her next step towards shedding the character and accompanying varnish that comes with being a bonafide Disney child star. Such a feat demands walking in the heavy footsteps of former Mouse House kids who made it big in the real world like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Zac Efron and Lindsay Lohan (ideally not the exact footsteps of Lindsay Lohan, but time will tell), but Cyrus is clearly jam-packed with the right stuff - including the wisdom to learn from one's elders, hence her liberal borrowing from the careers of Ms. Spears and Ms. Aguilera and coming out as a rebelliously-sexualized not-quite-18 year old, complete with midriff-baring album cover and a music video simply engineered to keep prudish stay-at-home moms with YouTube accounts and a penchant for judgment and posting comments plenty occupied (it also features a pair of killer CGI wings and an allover well-executed dance routine taking place inside a sinister-looking Museum of Natural History, of all places). It's a shame that some lazy producer felt it appropriate to dress up Cyrus' demonstrably solid voice with the by-then increasingly disparaged Auto-Tune in the style of the moment...about six months earlier, but it's a minor quibble, so convincing and urgent is Cyrus' vocal on the coming-out single. Neither the single and accompanying album were terribly successful, but I sense Can't Be Tamed may likely be merely a bridge from Cyrus' first non-Hannah Montana set Meet Miley Cyrus and an as-yet unannounced major release album cementing the singer's post-Disney persona without the need for further explanation.
Tremble before my bitchin' CGI-enhanced visual metaphor.
38. "Whip My Hair" Willow (Whip My Hair - Single)
I have to hand it to whoever greenlit a garishly overproduced pop/hip-hop jam about flaying one's locks in both directions as a means of flipping one's detractors the bird, sung by nine-year-old girl with movie star parents (and older brother), because not only does he or she possess some serious gonads, Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair" has turned out to be a rollicking, uplifting smash hit that has gleeful listeners of every age, race and level of elitism headbanging in a manner not seen since the death of Kurt Cobain. Smith (daughter to Will and Jada Pinkett) delivers a vocal that's necessarily endearing but also impressively confident and sassy in precisely the right manner to sell the moderately trite personal empowerment message. It's a performance that somehow manages to be both thoroughly age-appropriate (not here, praise the pop music gods, any uncomfortably/unbelievably disingenuous sexuality or romantic sentiment) and skilled beyond the young singer's paltry years, which bodes well for her planned debut album set to arrive early next year.
37. "Wouldnit (I'm a Star)" Ono (Dave Aude Club Dub)
Yoko Ono, the Japanese avant-garde musician, controversial widow of the late John Lennon and accused catalyst/scapegoat for the breakup of The Beatles, is now 77 years old, but that didn't keep her from hitting the top spot on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart earlier this year. Admittedly, that particular chart sees more than its share of quirky absurdities, but when Yoko Ono appears in the number one slot on any Billboard chart 42 years after "Revolution 9," even a relatively casual dance music consumer like me might be moved to shell out a dollar for the iTunes download. The Dave Aude club mix of Ono's 1995 track "Wouldnit," off her 1995 album Rising, is but the latest in a nearly decade-long collaboration between Ono and a lengthy list of electronic and dance producers and djs, creating club-ready dance remixes of an eclectic selection of the eccentric musician's hefty repertoire, and the seventh to hit number one on the Dance Club Play chart since 2000. At just over six minutes, the track is succinct enough to hold the interest of traditional pop-leaning folks like me for whom the repetitive, cut-and-paste stylistic norms of the remix genre quickly grow tiresome, but still packs enough bonafide techno-dance punch to please the hardcore aficionados.
36. "Evacuate the Dancefloor" Cascada (Evacuate the Dancefloor)
I was never much into German dance group Cascada's 2005 hit "Everytime We Touch," and for some time while my only exposure to their newest chart-stormer "Evacuate the Dancefloor" came via the occasional chance encounter mid-song from a radio or store loudspeaker system I was unswayed in my lack of interest. It was only when I made a point, for some fleeting and long-since forgotten reason, to give the track a listen from start to finish, that I found something intriguing about the song's uniquely brazen approach to the melody of the two initial verses, particularly the dazzlingly complicated half-step chord progression on the trio of couplets "steal the night/ kill the lights," "time is right/ keep it tight" and "wrap it up/ can't stop" that precede the chorus, which, after such an unexpected and unusual exercise in melodic sophistication (and vocalist Natalie Horler's impressive command of the cruelly difficult harmonies therein) comes, to me at least, as something of a letdown. Though I rarely play the full length of the track (as is my tendency with the Ting Tings' similarly formulated "That's Not My Name," which loses me when Katie White's sassiness gives way to a repetitive, anticlimactic legato that somehow saps all the bite out of lyrics as delicious as "Are you calling me darling? Are you calling me bird?"), "Evacuate the Dancefloor" has graced my iPod playlist more times in the past year than I ever would have predicted.
Tags: best of 2010, cascada, dave aude, favorite songs, forty favorite pop songs of 2010, lists, miley cyrus, ono, playlist, robyn, röyksopp, single review, track review, willow
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Yangzhou Fongmming Cable:The Central Military Commission held a ceremony to promote the rank of general Xi Jinping issued a letter of order and congratulated the promoted officer
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The Central Military Commission's ceremony to promote the rank of general was held on September 6th at the Bayi Building in Beijing. Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, issued a letter of order to an officer who was promoted to the rank of general. The five officers who were promoted to the rank of general came to the rostrum with rigorous appearance and physical strength. Xi Jinping issued a letter of order to them to express his congratulations. The five officers wearing epaulettes of the rank of general saluted Xi Jinping and all the comrades who participated in the ceremony. There was a warm applause from the audience.
The promotion ceremony ended in loud military singing. Afterwards, Xi Jin guided comrades and took a group photo with the officers who were promoted to the rank of general.
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There are lots of Blog Hops and Christmas Tours this year in Blogland.
We're putting YOU in the Spotlight!
since we want to get on with the Party.
so I'll be sharing all the details and close-ups soon.
This was just a little of what's happening here.
I'll share more later this week.
Please link up to 3 of your favorite Christmas Posts, past or present.
Please no Etsy Shops or Items.
Please have a link to this party within your individual posts.
we'd love to have you share the link party love!
I'll be sharing some of your pics and links the next few days.
Your home is so lovely, Debra...I love your beautiful mantel and all of the wonderful touches of plaid! Thanks so much for hosting this fun party!
Your home looks beautiful and festive, Debra. I love the little tree with the cardinal.
Thank you for hosting such a thoughtful party for the ones that were all dressed up with no where to go... You are very kind. Your home is simply stunning. Festive, elegant and very inviting.
Your home is so classic and elegant, Debra - and I do adore those churches on the mantel!!
Your home looks like you're ready for the celebrations to begin, Debra! I love all the pops of red plaid, and all the vintage treasures you've collected throughout the years, especially your signature sheep. Thanks to you and Brenda for hosting this fun party where I'll probably be for the next hour...or more. Lots of inspiration!!
Your mini~tour for Christmas Open House is enchanting, dear friend!!!
I'll be looking forward to seeing you lovely home "all decked out for Christmas"
Come As You Are Party!!!
Your home is cozy and festive, Debra! Your coffee table decoration is stunning! Thank you for hosting such a thoughtful link party. I am sharing a few images of mine as I hope I was able to capture the spirit of Christmas in them. Have a wonderful Holiday season!
Debra ~ Thank you for hosting this special party with Brenda. Your home is pretty and your Christmas decorations compliment it so!
Your home is beautiful. I love the touches of red here and there and that old door leaning in the corner is awesome. Thank you for hosting such a fun party.Can't wait to check out everyone else!
Thanks so much for hosting this much need party. I just love all your Christmas plaid th year and your little churches are very sweet.
Oh such fun and very inspiring!
Your home feels so cheery wonderful! LOVE the bird and stipe pillows!!! You are so good at bringing people together, Debra. Thanks for the party!
Debra, I have really looked forward to this party ever since you first mentioned it. I love your home and that leading photo that shows your railing and the glimpse beyond. Textiles make all the difference in the world to me when decorating. Thank you for providing a platform for us all to be your guests. I've added your party button to my sidebar, and will be back again tomorrow with another fun & festive post, and to mix & mingle with others. Now I'm off to see Brenda!
Debra thanks so much for hosting the party. Your home looks so beautiful all decked out for the holidays.
I am loving all the inspiration. Your home is so festive, inviting and cozy for the holidays. This time of year goes so quickly so enjoy your pretty decor.
Your home looks so gorgeous and festive, Debra! Thanks for hosting.
Your Christmas home is beautiful, Debra! Love your style! Thanks so much for inviting us to the party!
Debra, your home is always so beautiful any time of year! Gorgeous!
Thank you for hosting such a fun Open House.
I dusted off my blog and joined in.
I am not sure where to post the link but I posted it here???
Your home is beautiful. Love the pops of red and the monogram. Thanks for hosting the link party too!
Oh wow I seem to be very late to an awesome party. What a bunch of lovely decor.
Your home is beautiful l decorated my favorite ones are the fireplace mantel with little white churches and the table top tree In the galenized pail and the bare tree with cardinal on it.


Actually I do have plans for this. If the players decide to run with OS/2 Warped I'll be running a series of classic 1e modules updated. This should be a treat for me as I haven't messed with them in years and my players as the modules were out of favor about the time they entered gaming.
Which modules will be in use is yet undecided, though I am thinking Keep on the Borderlands, Sinister Secret of Salt Marsh and possibly the Assassin's Knot and the Slavers/Giants/Demonweb series as well.
The rule will be a modified version of my OS/2 Warped (available in the side bar of course) with some useful bits of Myth and Magic the 2e retro-remix added in as appropriate.


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namespace WebCore {

class V8DOMActivityLogger {
public:
    virtual ~V8DOMActivityLogger() { }

    virtual void log(const String& apiName, int argc, const v8::Handle<v8::Value>* argv, const String& extraInfo) { }
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Q: How to display the input's filename in Angular.js? I have the following object:
 "file": "https://www.example.com/file.zip",

Which I set like this:
$scope.building.file

and display like this:
<input class="form-control" type="file" ng-model="building.file">

ng-model="{{building.file}} this part, though, doesn't work. How can I display the name of the file in that input file tag?

A: you could create a directive handle this stuff there.
(function() {
 'use strict';

 angular
   .module('testApp')
   .directive('testFileUpload', testFileUpload);

 function testFileUpload(){
   return {
     scope: true,        //create a new scope and prototypically inherits from parent scope
     link: function (scope, el, attrs) {
       el.bind('change', function (event) {
         var files = event.target.files;
         //iterate files since 'multiple' may be specified on the element
         for (var i = 0;i<files.length;i++) {
           //emit event upward
           scope.$emit("fileSelected", { file: files[i] });
         }
       });
     }
   };
 }
})();

A: Here is the mistake:
<input class="form-control" type="file" ng-model="{{building.file}}">

It should be:
<input class="form-control" type="file" ng-model="building.file">

The name of the selected file shows even if you don't add ng-model.

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Huge congratulations to our very own Ben and Aleesha who both came 3rd in their respective races at the Mid-Canterbury Schools Cross-Country on Friday. You rock!
And well done to Callum, Georgia and Alex who also competed in the same event. They demonstrated great sportsmanship and Tinwald School is proud of you, too.


We are pleased to inform you that we have launched a new initiative to raise funds and awareness for the Teach for Excellence program called Honor Thy Teacher, whereby parents and individuals in the community can give a monetary gift to the Foundation in honor of a specific teacher. Funds raised will benefit the grants program. Information on Honor Thy Teacher is available online now at www.pinellaseducation.org.
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Fast forward half a year of working on the record with Grammy award winning mix and master engineers J.R McNeely and Ted Jensen, early 2014 has seen Decades - after 5 years of trying - finally receive their first ever NZ On Air 'Making Tracks' grant to fund the music video for Bright Eyes, the first single off the EP. Released in April 2014, Bright Eyes is a catchy-as-all-hell ballsy up-tempo pop/rock track that's the perfect taster for what's to come from Decades's debut record, Music is Boring out on July 4th of 2014.
Decades are sure to not only appeal to fans looking for a solid rock act, but also people looking something unique, fresh, and a little left of centre. Stay tuned.
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Q: Pydantic: how to pass custom object to validators I wanted to use pydantic to validate messages sent by players in a turn based game.
For example, I want players to select a card that they want to play, and the validation is first, whether the card ID is correct at all, and then I want to validate if player has this card on hand.
Here's the code:
class SelectCardActionParams(BaseModel):
    selected_card: CardIdentifier  # just my enum

    @validator('selected_card')
    def player_has_card_on_hand(cls, v, values, config, field):
        # To tell whether the player has card on hand, I need access to my <GameInstance> object which tracks entire
        # state of the game, has info on which player has which cards on hand. How do I pass this instance here?
        pass

It seems like the "custom validation" feature lets me write code that can access only fields directly on the model instance, and nothing else, i.e. no access to any external state. It seems like a serious limitation of how validation can be used by programmers.
Am I missing something? I know the doc says that pydantic is mainly a parsing lib not a validation lib but it does have the "custom validation", and I thought there should be a way to pass custom arguments to the validator methods (I could not find any example though).

A: Your comment did clarify your intention a bit. I think I understand what you are after now.
A Pydantic models defines a schema for some data. A validator enforces constraints on that data. As I said in my comment, a validator is a class method. It has no access to any instance of the model it is defined on, unless that instance is somehow present in the class' (or even the global) namespace. Aside from that, a validator (depending on the configuration) may have access to already validated values meant to be assigned to other fields of the model.
If you need some instance of Game, you can thus either assign one as a class variable to your SelectCardActionParams model or just make it globally available.
Then, since you need both values to be present and probably don't want to rely on which order they are defined it, it is probably easiest to just use a @root_validator.
It could look like this (simplified):
from typing import Any, ClassVar
from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError, root_validator

class Game:
    def player_has_card(self, player_id: int, card_id: int) -> bool:
        return player_id == card_id  # just for demo purposes

game_singleton = Game()

class SelectCardActionParams(BaseModel):
    game: ClassVar[Game] = game_singleton
    acting_player_id: int
    selected_card_id: int

    @root_validator
    def player_has_card(cls, values: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
        player_id = values["acting_player_id"]
        card_id = values["selected_card_id"]
        if not cls.game.player_has_card(player_id, card_id):
            raise ValueError(f"Player {player_id} has no card {card_id}")
        return values

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(SelectCardActionParams(acting_player_id=1, selected_card_id=1))
    try:
        SelectCardActionParams(acting_player_id=1, selected_card_id=2)
    except ValidationError as e:
        print(e)

The output:
acting_player_id=1 selected_card_id=1
1 validation error for SelectCardActionParams
__root__
  Player 1 has no card 2 (type=value_error)


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It is a rainy, Halloween night. A few children came to the door just before it started to rain. I thought I would have to eat all the candy myself. Then, right in between downpours, a group of five kids showed up. Two were pre-teens apparently in charge of three young children. They had large bags filled almost to the brim. They said they were cleaning up because they were the only ones out in the rain. One of the youngest kids said, "I'm not gonna let a little rain ruin my Halloween." I dumped the bag of candy into his bag. He was too cute, and I loved his attitude. There were adults waiting for them in a car, so I knew they were being careful.
I had lunch with my friend Jeanne today. Visits with her are always uplifting and fun. After a long lunch visit, I stopped by the Austin Sewing Machines and Quilting. It is conveniently located close to my son's house. I bought some beautiful autumn fabric to make a set of reversible place mats. I also found a pattern for making fabric bowls that I will try to make tomorrow.
I had four charms and enough remnants from another project, to make some mug rugs.
My plan is to make three sets of Thanksgiving place mats to give to my sons. Sandra, of Gray Barn Designs, posted a pattern for a table topper that featured a cute turkey named Garret. I adapted Sandra's design to make place mats, and I pieced the tops today. Thanks for the pattern, Sandra.
I am house/pet sitting for one of my sons. It is turning out to be a great retreat. His two pets have become my sewing buddies. I find myself asking Marley if she likes what I made and she just wags her tail in affirmation. Richard Parker, on the other hand, gives me his cat stare as if to say: Why are you bothering me?…or…Old lady, do you realize that you are talking to a cat?
Last Friday, we had a family pumpkin carving night. It really got me in the spirit of the season. Today, I lit a pumpkin scent candle that filled the room and really set the mood for me. I decided to make an owl tote bag for my granddaughter. She loves Minky fabric, so I used it for the owl belly.
When I went to the grocery store to buy pumpkin muffins, I found this cute book, Owl Diaries.
Now, it is time to eat those pumpkin muffins.
The Super Mario fabric I ordered to make a tote for my grandson's video game was delivered this afternoon. I was still trying to decide on how I would make the tote. Yesterday, my grandson asked if I could make a pouch with a zipper. I liked the idea, so I used some fat quarters I had to make a zippered pouch this morning.
I made a pattern to look like the overalls worn by Mario. The pocket in front is for the battery charger.
I decided to make a pillowcase with the Mario fabric.
We had a beautiful evening carving pumpkins.
When I bought my sewing machine at Austin Sewing and Quilting, I was told that I could have two lessons to learn my machine. I explored and learned a lot on my own, but today I went for my first lesson.
This may not be exciting to others, but I learned how to make a button hole today! The last time I made a buttonhole was in a home economics class in 1968…and it was disastrous. Now, these new machines just make it easy-peasy!
I believe in celebrating the little things, so I'm very happy about this buttonhole! Yay!


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Q: Firefox process doesn't die, and prevents new instances to start I'm having a strange problem with Firefox 3.5.8 on Win7 x64. If I start Firefox and close it, and then later want to start it again, the little icon in the task bar gets its highlighted background for a few seconds, then it disappears and no firefox window appears.
I have checked this against Task Manager, and found that the earlier process is still running - in the list is an entry for "Firefox *32", which usually is taking up around 200,000 K private working memory. If I kill that process, I can start firefox normally without problems.
Why doesn't this process die when I exit firefox? Is there anything I can do to "automagically" kill it, either right after exit, or right before starting a new instance, so I don't have to go into task manager every time?
Edit:
I have now discovered that this does not only prevent me from opening new instances of the program when I have closed it - it also prevents some popups, if they require opening in a window and not just in a new tab. In that case, killing the current process is not an option, since I don't want to be limited to one firefox window at a time.
I experience the same problems if I try to start a second window with the first still open, by right-clicking the icon in the task bar and selecting "Mozilla Firefox".
For some reason, Firefox is preventing me from opening a new window, if there is already a firefox process running - regardless of whether I already have a window open or not.

A: A lot of times this is also caused by an installed extension not stopping properly, causing Firefox to hang during closing.  Check your list of installed Firefox extensions and disable them one at a time until you track down one which is preventing Firefox from closing fully.
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A: I had this happen to me too quite a few times when i used Firefox. I always removed the profile and created a new one. You can read how to do this here:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles#Removing_a_profile
Do note that removing a complete profile also deletes:

*

*bookmarks

*passwords

*user preferences

*etc.

So make sure to create backups before doing so!

A: On my machine it was the "Symantec Intrusion Prevention 11.3.0.9 - 5" extension that was causing firefox to hang when closing. I simply disabled it and restarted firefox and it now closes properly.

A: Usually, FFox uses too much memory :(. try "End Process Tree" in the task manager and like to advise to use CProcess


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Morgan Sindall Professional Services rebrands as BakerHicks
Specialist design and engineering business Morgan Sindall Professional Services (MSPS) has been relaunched as BakerHicks, a name which acknowledges two of the original founders of the IDC Group from which MSPS ultimately emerged.
Howard Hicks, the IDC Group chairman, was a well-known developer and entrepreneur while Professor Sir John F Baker, previously head of Cambridge University's Engineering Department, was the Group's research and development director.
They founded the business to provide 'Integrated Design and Construction' services with its headquarters on the same site in Stratford-upon-Avon currently occupied by the company.
As a design and engineering consultancy that's been delivering innovation in design and engineering since 1957, BakerHicks said it will continue to create inspiring environments for tomorrow's world – in aviation, defence, life sciences and manufacturing, nuclear, power, public and rail sectors.
Its disciplines range from initial architecture to the most complex civil and structural, building services, specialist high voltage and process engineering services, programme management, temporary works, and CDM consultancy, using the very latest innovations in Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the most efficient and cost-effective design.
Managing director of BakerHicks, Martin Lubieniecki, said that the rebrand allows a new chapter in the company's history to be written: "MSPS has developed dramatically as a business in recent years, and we wanted to reflect that in our new name and identity.
"Although we have always operated as a wholly independent design and engineering consultancy, our former name suggested an attachment that potentially confused our 'independence' story," he said. "Describing ourselves as providing 'Professional Services' also did little to convey the full range of disciplines we deliver.
"With our new name and identity, we can both celebrate being an endorsed brand within the Morgan Sindall Group, but with a name that allows us to return to our roots and enable potential clients not to be distracted by an association either real or imagined."
BakerHicks delivers structural engineering design for historic council HQ
BakerHicks and Balfour Beatty launch Scottish Prison Service HMP Highland schools design programme
BakerHicks' excellence in DE&I strategy recognised as best practice
BakerHicks' head of sustainability named new Central Scotland chair for Women in Property


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Meet the Baby Scale for Digitally Connected Parents [VIDEO]
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LAS VEGAS — Tracking your baby's weight used to be a matter of visiting the doctor's office. But now, digitally connected parents can not only weigh their baby at home, but track the growth of their bundle of joy via mobile apps and share it on social networks.
Withings, the company previously known for tweeting scales and blood pressure tracking iOS apps, revealed its new Smart Baby Scale at CES on Sunday. The scale allows parents to weigh their child of up to 55 pounds (25 kilograms) and transmit that data over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to their iOS or Android device.
The company's app will then chart the baby's growth and let parents share it out on Facebook and Twitter. It also allows them to measure the baby's length and input that as well for more detailed tracking. The company says the Smart Baby Scale will be available in Q2 and sell for around $180.
See Also: The hottest stories from the floor of CES 2012!
Withings also sells a Smart Baby Monitor that lets parents watch their baby and control the camera from their smartphone.
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Government, Restaurants at Odds Over Nutrition
New research found that meals at the vast majority of major U.S. chain restaurants do not meet the recommended daily limits put forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The "What's on the Menu?" report conducted by Rand Corporation found that 96 percent of main entrées on adult meals overshot the USDA recommended daily limit in terms of calories, fat, and sodium. The USDA recommends no more than 667 calories, 35 percent of calories from fat, and 767 mg of sodium for a main entrée.
The report found that one in four main entrées exceeds 890 calories. Further, one in four appetizers exceeds 1,145 calories.
The study examined the availability of data on menu offerings at 245 major U.S. restaurant chains and then analyzed the nutrient levels.
Full-service restaurants averaged higher levels of calories, fat, and sodium than the quick-service sector, according to the study. Fast-casual menu items also had significantly higher calorie counts, but not significantly higher amounts of sodium of fat.
"If you think about it, the portion sizes at family-style restaurants are just bigger, so of course it's higher in calories and sodium and saturated fat," says Helen W. Wu, who oversaw the study. "It could be the case that the fast food restaurants are more to blame for the obesity epidemic … but just mapping out objectively what's available on the menu, family-style restaurants tend to be more problematic."
The report also found that nutrition standards set by restaurant-supported organization Healthy Dining differ from the daily limits recommended by the government.
For example, the USDA recommends no more than 2,300 mg of sodium in an entire day. The Healthy Dining stamp of approval goes to a single dish with anything up to 2,000 mg of sodium.
"[This] could allow intake of up to 6,000 mg of sodium across three meals—two to six times the USDA RDA (recommended daily amount) for adults," the study states. "A much larger proportion of main entrees could meet Healthy Dining and Kids LiveWell criteria, compared with one-third of the USDA RDA limits, suggesting that restaurant industry-supported criteria are more generous than government-established ones."
Only 11 percent of children's menus have fewer than 600 calories and 770 mg of sodium, which are the voluntary criteria set by the National Restaurant Association through Kids LiveWell, according to the study.
Wu says the industry's primary concern should be addressing sodium levels by slowly reducing the amount in foods.
"If it's done gradually, over time, then there's reason to believe that people will not object to the changing taste, because palates adapt based on what they're accustomed to," she says.
The "What's on the Menu?" report also examined the availability of nutritional info at chain restaurants.
"Restaurants that made nutritional information easily accessible on websites had significantly lower energy, fat, and sodium contents across menu offerings than those providing information only upon request," the study states. It suggests U.S. restaurants that have fewer outlets or are considered upscale are less likely to report data.
"There were some [restaurant websites] that just had a comment up there and said, 'We don't have [nutritional] information here, but you can e-mail us to get it,'" Wu says. "And it does strike me as a little bit odd to create that more of a difficult barrier to getting information."
Update: The National Restaurant Association disagrees with the claim in RAND Corp.'s study that a larger proportion of restaurant meals meet Kids LiveWell standards than the USDA's, suggesting Kids LiveWell is more generous than the USDA.
According to the NRA's director of nutrition, Joy Dubost, Ph.D., R.D., Kids LIveWell formed its standards from the 2010 USDA dietary guidelines, which the study was using as a basis of comparison. The discrepancy, Dubost says, may have come from the fact that Kids LIveWell covers all children under 12 and the study divided children's dietary intake needs by ages 4-8 and 9-13.
"Our goal was to roll something out that could be implemented within the restaurants fairly easily, if you will, but still stay in line with the dietary guidelines," Dubost says.
She explains that the 2010 dietary guidelines recommend no more than 2,300 mg of sodium for the healthy, active population above two years of age. Since one third of that is 770, Kids LiveWell recommends no more than 770 mg of sodium per meal. The same technique was used to determine calorie and fat levels.
Dubost also says the study used data collected in 2010, so it is not reflective of the present restaurant marketplace.
"I think the data would look really different if they had looked at it right now," she says. "I realized this was published and they were looking [at it in] retrospect, but I don't think it reflects what the current market shows."
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An inn for myself
Having arrived at the Oberalp Pass
"Gruezi" from the Oberalp Pass at an altitude of 2044 meters in Graubünden in Switzerland. After a ten-hour train journey, during which I had to change trains four times with about 40 kilograms of luggage (including my folding bike), I have reached the starting point of my donation bike tour "School up! River down!". One of the Rhine sources is located about three kilometers from here. When I arrived up here late in the afternoon, I was surprised: early September and already winter conditions.
Wimps
Here I'll set off on Monday morning
Yesterday it snowed 40 centimeters high. The idea of a fast hike to the source, which I had flirted with, turned out to be impossible. My light hiking boots would have been wet through in no time due to the slush. After all, the pass road is snow-free, so I can start tomorrow morning with my little bike. I have the inn on the pass, where I spend the night, for myself. The other guests have canceled their bookings because of the onset of winter in the late summer. Wimps!
Wild and beautiful
The Rhine gorge
Today I was able to take a look at tomorrow's first stage. The train passed the Rhine gorge between Chur and Disentis. It is quite wild, especially as the river has a lot of water due to the precipitation of the last few days. The bike route leads over the hills somewhere on the right side of the Rhine. I'm curious. Not only on the route along the river, but also on the experience to do such a far-distance trip with my folding bike, which has only eight gears. This model is not really intended for this purpose, but rather for commuters on short distances. But that also provides a bit of uncertainty, which belongs to real adventure.
Where does the EuroVelo 15 end for me?
How far can I get from the source to the mouth of the Rhine in the Netherlands in the given time window of a maximum of twelve days, on the more than 1200-kilometer-long route "EuroVelo 15"? Once again, I would like to invite you to sponsor the campaign "School up! River down!", with an amount of your own per each kilometer I drive. If you want to give for instance two cents per kilometer, it would be a total of 24 euros at 1,200 kilometers. Those who prefer to contribute a fixed amount of money can, of course, do so. I am grateful for any euro.
All into the project
Construction site in Thulosirubari
These donations will be used one hundred percent for the ongoing construction of the new school in the mountain village of Thulosirubari, some 70 kilometers east of Kathmandu. The former school had been so badly damaged by the devastating earthquake in Nepal on 25 April 2015, that it had had to be demolished. Along with the famous climbers Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Ralf Dujmovits, I launched the donation campaign "School up!" in June 2015 to rebuild the school as soon as possible. Under the keyword "School up!" in the upper line of the blog you can read more about how the project has developed since then. At the end of October, the first two buildings will be painted.
This is the bank account of "School up!":
Recipient: Nepalhilfe Beilngries e.V..
Bank: Volksbank Bayern Mitte eG/Germany
Intended purpose: Gerlinde and Ralf School
Already a thousand thanks to all who will support me on "School up! River down!"- and thus the children of Thulosirubari! You are great.
P.S.: I cannot promise that I am able to translate every blog post during the trip. If I am too tired to do so, please use exceptionally (!) Google Translate or another software to translate the posts written in German.
Aid project: School up!, EuroVelo 15, Faltrad, Florin, Graubünden, Hilfsprojekt in Nepal: School up!, Nepal, Oberalppass, Rhein, School up! River down!, Thulosirubari
Bad weather forces the climbers of the winter expeditions on the eight-thousanders K2 and Nanga Parbat in Pakistan and on Manaslu in Nepal to inactivity. The team from Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan led by Vassiliy Pivtsov returned to K2 Base Camp yesterday after the seven climbers, according to their own words, had fixed ropes on the classical Abruzzi route up to an altitude of 6,300 meters.
While the winter expedition teams at the eight-thousanders K2 and Manaslu have only just moved into their base camps, the Italian Daniele Nardi and his three companions on Nanga Parbat are in a more advanced phase.
Several winter expeditions in the Himalayas and Karakoram started in the first days of the year. Two of the three climbers who had succeeded the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat in 2016 met in Lhukla in Nepal, however now with different goals: The Spaniard Alex Txikon wants to tackle K2 in Pakistan, the last remaining eight-thousander to be climbed for the first time in the cold season, the Italian Simone Moro is drawn to Manaslu again.
Cho Oyu Lhotse Karakoram Annapurna winter ascent Dhaulagiri Mingma Gyalje Sherpa Tamara Lunger Earthquake Luis Stitzinger Ralf Dujmovits Mount Everest Alex Txikon Nanga Parbat Aid project: School up! Nepal Tomek Mackiewicz Tibet first ascent Thomas Huber Expedition Pakistan Nepalhilfe Beilngries Avalanche Shishapangma Daniele Nardi Broad Peak Elisabeth Revol K 2 Expeditions Amical Alpin Simone Moro Billi Bierling winter expedition Manaslu K2 Makalu Kangchenjunga Ueli Steck Thulosirubari


Dewang Mehta, the head of the IT industry body NASSCOM for a good decade from 1991 to 2001, used to narrate a lovely anecdote that needs recounting now that the Satyam fraud has hit the false-roofing.
An Indian IT company wants to appoint an auditor to look at its books. It floats a global tender. Since it is an IT company with global standards, the bar is high, very high. And since it is an IT company with global standards, only the best and brightest are expected to walk away with the contract.
Over a dozen applications are received from around the world by the company. The applications are evaulated and a short list is prepared. There are three companies left in the race to bag the prestigious contract: A European company, an American company, and an Indian company.
On D-day, the chairman of the Indian IT company, known for his extremely humble beginnings, himself decides to be present as the interview panel fires questions at them.
The European auditors are called in first for the interview.
The Europeans are aghast. They pick up their folders and walk out in a huff, unable to stand the insult to their intelligence.
The Americans boot up their laptops, open their spread sheets, work the numbers, and arrive at their answer to show proficient they are with modern technology.
Finally, the Indian auditors walk in.
"How much is two plus two?" asks the chairman.
The Indian auditors gesture the chairman to step out of the interview room for a while.
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European and American auditors will build a model using the latest supercomputer built by a crack team of "Noble" prize winning economists and will come up with a complex derivative scheme for their clients to sell (which might also win a Noble prize, if it goes on long enough), to learn the "true market" value of "2+2" which might run from 0 to bazillion, which will inevitably collapse in time when it dawns on the holders of the complex derivatives that 2+2 is 4.
The Indian auditor saves time and money by just asking his client what he wants it to be and also saves the would-be holder of the complex derivatives.
PWC is not an Indian based auditing firm.
I agree with Vishwas Krishna … if u see all the accounting scandals all across the world, American/European accounting firms have been involved.
Starting from Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing every one of them had the famed 4 (or is it 6?) involved.
Satyam may have been better off if they had retained an Indian accounting firm instead of blindly going in for the foreign ones.
How would Satyam have been better off any which way? They were the main fraudsters – and PWC went along for the fee.
An Indian accounting firm would have done the same or they would have had to stay away from the fraud Satyam. And anyway many of the PWC auditors who looked into the Satyam account would be Indians.
With the Satyam scandal, everyone should sit up and look into the various auditing firms and their way of working. As for PwC, all the firms they have audited should be under the scanner as, this is not the first time they have been in the news for bungling/fudging of accounts. Either they are plain incompetent or plain corrupt. Start from the top, scrutinise all the partners based in India.
If the ICAI cannot take action against the firm itself (PwC) the investors and other affected people should.
Enough of corruption and enough of terrorism!
All the commenters are missing one thing. If Dewang Mehta of NASSCOM shared it 10 years ago, it's a common business practice in most Indian companies-including the IT companies. Maybe the top 3 dont…but who the hell really knows! Can ANYONE Be Trusted????
ICAI seems to be unwilling to take action against PwC. Who are they shielding and why?
RBI has rightly advised Banks not to use the services of PWC and there is a need for Income Tax authorities to re check all accounts audited by PWC in the last few years.
There should be a CBI inquiry on the operations of PWC in India.
PWC deserves immediate suspension from its activities in India.The investors and shareholders need to get together and form a forum and teach PwC a lesson.
PwC has charged exorbitant fees and the top officials are enjoying a luxurious lifestyle which they just don't deserve.


We were out and about one Saturday afternoon in Del Mar and decided to hit up a few new breweries on our way home. We were surprised to find that the old AleSmith Building had a new inhabitant and we decided to check it out.
Back in the day, this used to be the AleSmith small facility. Since AleSmith moved to their larger facility, Mikkeller has stepped to replace its tasting room atmosphere. Standing room only barrels have been replaced with moderate seating and the general feel was that the quality of beer would be high. Yet however, it feels like it over promised and under delivered on taste and experience. Pricing on the flights makes for an expensive visit.
Tasting Notes: Chelsea likes Sours… Chelsea enjoyed this.
Tasting Notes: While warm for cask is to be expected… flavor is too, and it disappointed.


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South Africa is increasingly turning to alternative energy sources.
A Spanish firm has just built a solar power plant, which is now feeding into the national grid.
Energy consumption in Southern Africa is expected to treble by 2050 and while in the midst of an energy crisis, Africa's second-most advanced economy is trying to both catch up, and prepare for the future.
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Q: javascript regular expression I have a function that through regular expression removes html content:
a.replace( /<.*?>/g, "");

However, if there are spaces they remain, for example:
    testing

That will keep the spaces. Also for something like this:
    $20

I would like the function to return only 20. So, the question is:
How do I modify the regular expression so that $ and spaces get removed as well?

A: You could extend your expression and use:
a.replace( /(?:\s|\$)*<.*?>(?:\s|\$)*/g, "");

Now, (?:\s|\$) was added. This forms a pattern of whitespaces (\s) or the $ sign (\$). The escape before the $ sign is necessary since it would match line ends otherwise. Putting ?: directly after the parenthesis creates a group for searching that is not returned as a group result.
The pattern occurs twice to allow removal of whitespace or $ signs before or after the tag.

A: alternatively
a.replace( /<.*?[>][\s$]*/g, "");

A: or to also remove the whitespace and dollar if there is no html tag present.
a.replace( /(<.*?>)|([\s$])/g, "");


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Q: integration of trigonometry functions I have question regarding the following two integrals;
$\int_0^{2\pi} \frac{\sin\theta}{A-\sin\theta} d\theta$, and
$\int_0^{2\pi} \frac{1}{A-\sin\theta} d\theta$ where $A>0$.
What method can be used to integrate them.

A: $\newcommand{\bbx}[1]{\,\bbox[15px,border:1px groove navy]{\displaystyle{#1}}\,}
 \newcommand{\braces}[1]{\left\lbrace\,{#1}\,\right\rbrace}
 \newcommand{\bracks}[1]{\left\lbrack\,{#1}\,\right\rbrack}
 \newcommand{\dd}{\mathrm{d}}
 \newcommand{\ds}[1]{\displaystyle{#1}}
 \newcommand{\expo}[1]{\,\mathrm{e}^{#1}\,}
 \newcommand{\ic}{\mathrm{i}}
 \newcommand{\mc}[1]{\mathcal{#1}}
 \newcommand{\mrm}[1]{\mathrm{#1}}
 \newcommand{\pars}[1]{\left(\,{#1}\,\right)}
 \newcommand{\partiald}[3][]{\frac{\partial^{#1} #2}{\partial #3^{#1}}}
 \newcommand{\root}[2][]{\,\sqrt[#1]{\,{#2}\,}\,}
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$\ds{\int_{0}^{2\pi}{\sin\pars{\theta} \over A - \sin\pars{\theta}}\,\dd \theta =
-2\pi + A\int_{0}^{2\pi}{\dd\theta \over A - \sin\pars{\theta}}}$.
  I'll assume $\ds{A \in \mathbb{R}\setminus\bracks{-1,1}}$.

\begin{align}
\int_{0}^{2\pi}{\dd\theta \over A - \sin\pars{\theta}} & =
\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}{\dd\theta \over A + \sin\pars{\theta}} =
\int_{0}^{\pi}\bracks{{1 \over A + \sin\pars{\theta}} +
{1 \over A - \sin\pars{\theta}}}\dd\theta
\\[5mm] & =
2A\int_{0}^{\pi}{\dd\theta \over A^{2} - \sin^{2}\pars{\theta}} =
2A\int_{-\pi/2}^{\pi/2}{\dd\theta \over A^{2} - \cos^{2}\pars{\theta}} =
4A\int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\dd\theta \over A^{2} - \cos^{2}\pars{\theta}}
\\[5mm] & =
4A\int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\sec^{2}\pars{\theta} \over A^{2}\sec^{2}\pars{\theta} - 1}
\,\dd\theta =
4A\int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\sec^{2}\pars{\theta} \over
A^{2}\tan^{2}\pars{\theta} + A^{2} - 1}\,\dd\theta
\\[5mm] & =
4A\,{1 \over A^{2} - 1}\,{\root{A^{2} - 1} \over \verts{A}}\int_{0}^{\pi/2}
{\verts{A}\sec^{2}\pars{\theta}/\root{A^{2} - 1} \over
\bracks{\verts{A}\tan\pars{\theta}/\root{A^{2} - 1}}^{2} + 1}\,\dd\theta
\\[5mm] & =
{4\,\mrm{sgn}\pars{A} \over \root{A^{2} - 1}}\
\underbrace{\int_{0}^{\infty}{\dd t \over t^{2} + 1}}_{\ds{=\ {\pi \over 2}}}\ =\
\bbx{2\pi\,{\mrm{sgn}\pars{A} \over \root{A^{2} - 1}}}
\end{align}

where
  $\ds{t = {\verts{A} \over \root{A^{2} - 1}}\,\tan\pars{\theta}}$.

A: Hint: substitute $$\sin(\theta)=\frac{2t}{1+t^2}$$ and $$d\theta=\frac{2}{1+t^2}dt$$
Your new integral is given by $$\int 4\,{\frac {t}{ \left( A{t}^{2}+A-2\,t \right)  \left( {t}^{2}+1
 \right) }}
dt$$
to integrate use that $$\frac{4t}{(At^2-2t+A)(t^2+1)}=4+1/5\,{\frac {1}{ \left( t-2 \right) A}}+1/5\,{\frac {-t-2}{ \left( {
t}^{2}+1 \right) A}}
$$

A: Hint:
Consider the substitution
$$u=\sin \theta$$
and the identity
$$\cos\theta =\pm\sqrt{1-\sin^2\theta}$$